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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

Inlctlng the wound be cut open and applied TO the
WnouhO, While Paul OF 1Eginas recipe was to make
bne pauent drink a light tisane thickened BY the
Drains or the culprit fish.
- ne dolphin is often caught at by sailors and
~ considered most excellent food Before eating
~ however IL Is the usual custom to test the flesh
oy putting piece OF silver into the vessel i'm
YIN. %ic1 II mas oeen cooked. it being belief
dark. INV ''' VIII ''i''
me salmon, which is OF the best OF food
hSneS was looked upon aSkance by some Of tina
8 l doctors. as it was thought by them that
lne frequent eating of il was conducive leprOsy
which. after the crusades Of the Middle Ages was
a fOrmldab bic disease In Europe
In the Wicawachee River Florida Is a snrirg
guShlng up from some subterranean source ard
TINS mas been named the Fishes Hospital bv
persons who have observed IT. Owing to the clear
ness OF the water every foot of the deep hole in
Ihe river bottom. from which the spring bursts
Iorth. can be observed, and numerous eyewitnesse,
TESTIFY to seeing many wounded and sick fish COM
ing Insre for refuge and healing In consequence %
some peculiar property in the spring water their
wounds heal rapidly. and cured they
disappear. TO be succeeded by other injured ones
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

these is the waltz. and scarcely any would
recognize that The music. usually guitars and a
queer sort Of mandolin is played about four times
fast ours. and the dancers simply spin around
In circle alarming rate 4 short time ago
a friend OF mine, a teacher OF English in a neigh
boring town, and myself had returned from all
Gay horseback ride 10 find his house packed with
visiting senoTitRs enjoying a dance. The sonora
made come in. and brought up two young women
for US dance the waltz with. I a little be
1ildered, but finally grabbed the girl who seemed
scared TO death, and jerked her out the floor.
Try hard I might 1 simply couldn't go
fast as she and the music did. The poor creature
kept painting and gasping: ''Yo no Sc: yo no Sc"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03
ALL ON ONE SIDE.

From The Philadelphia Press
Mrs Rostfng-It couldn't have been very corn
,ortahIe automobiling along that back road. yes
terday. -, - N, ry,,x-.-a ard
me? -. ,-o,, ,rs-s
Miss Bo.tng-Yes. ard when saw you you "o''
osciiIating from side TO the other. ,..,.
Miss FIurtey-Oh that's nh! The ssco~o'~
ms an On hs stdA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-03

CT don't know: I don't know And all the time
punging nadly around, humping into the
bystanders stepping each others feet and kick
ing each others ankles. Instead Of paying any at
tention the uproarious laughter of the Others.
tried TO explain my partner that they didn |
dance quite as fast in the United States, but /
hoped / would learn the other dances. because
I liked to dance with Porto Rcan girls, and didn I
she think II was a lovely moonlight night. When
got dizzy couldn't stand mp longer stopped
and looked around to see low my friend had stood
It, He seemed be busy explaining TO his part
ner that the reason he could not dance very well
that night because he had taken sach long
horseback ride in the day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
FIRST ALGERIA TREATISE.
A Columbia University Professor
stumbles on Translation Of
a. Ancient Document.

An Arabian mathematician, who
hourished in the reign of Haroun All
Raschid, Of Arabian Nights fame.
wrote the first book on algebra. His
works were translated into Latin away
back in the dark ages The transla-
tons. with one or two exceptions, were
lost until comparatively recent times.
and now one has been found by chance
In the library of Columbia university.
In examining some old manuscripts
recently Prof. David E. Smith came
upon document Of very ancient ap-
pearEnce. 1t proved to be a transla-
ton OF the work Of Mohammed Ben
Musa AL Kkowarizmi. the most cole
brated mathematician Of the Baxdad
school. which dourished under Mamun,
Haroun Al Raschid and AL Mansur.
The manuscript came to Columbia in
a large consignment of old books and
papers bought in the secondhand book
shops Of Europe. Its presence was I'M
noticed until Prof. Smith made care
full examination. He reported his ind
to Librarian Canfeld, who verified the
authenticity Of the document.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EvENTs OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Jury in the eIydenbursh Murder Case
at Eldera Finds Defendant
Guilty and Recommends
Life Imprisonment.
Life imprisonment.

The jury in the Blydenburgh murder
case at Eldora came in at o'clock
Friday morning with verdict of gull.
ty of murder in the first degree and
recommending life imprisonment.
Attorney Huff, for the defense, filed
q motion for q new trial.
The nerve displayed by Rlyden-
burgh all through the long trial was
remarked about upon al! sides. Even
when the verdict was read to him not
a muscle Of his face indicated that 1t
was of any concern to him. He went
to the judges private rooms for a few
moments and chatted with his brother
and his attorney, Herbert A. Huff,
and was then taken by a deputy
sheriff to the county Jail, where he
will be lodged until sentence is pro-
nounced.
The scene at the Blydenburgh home
after the verdict was returned was an
affecting one. Three motherless chill
dren deplore this crime OF their father
and are now left alone. Mrs. Keller,
sister OF Mrs. Blydenburgh, is rejoiced
over the verdict and feels that her sis
ter's murder will be expiated. She
will leave at once for her old home
and live in Ohio.
The jurymen left at once for their
homes. The attorneys are worn out
by the long siege.
All three of Eben S. Blydenburgh's
wives died under suspicious circum-
stances, and when the third wife died
suddenly her brother instituted an in
vestigation. An analysis of the stom-
aoh disclosed the presence of poison
and Blydenburgh was arrested. The
trial WAS stubbornly fought, experts
testifying on both sides.
Blydenburgh has been sentenced to
life Imprisonment
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
WORLDS Best cornhu.ker.

Charles Rannack of Shenandoah.
Page county. Ia, has fully established
bis right to the title Of champion
cornhusker Of the world by husling
sO1 bushels of corn in ten hours. The
championship was won as the result
Of a wager Of several hundred dollars
by friends OF Rannaek, who were posi-
tive that he could husk 200 bushels of
corn In ten hours. A light snow was
falling the day the final test was made.
but Ranneck won the wager by pick.
Ing 201 bushels and 10 pounds in ten
hours time that he worked, stopping
half an hour for his dinner. Rannack
!s twenty-four. weighs 10 pounds, and
Ia member Of the Nfty.fifth regiment.
Iowa national guard.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
MOTHER AND CHILDREN PERISH.
Fire at Council Bluffs Results In Six
Deaths.

USdtnSs
Early one morning of last week the
residence Of Peter Christiansen in
Council Bluffs, at Sixteenth avenue
and Third street, was destroyed by
fire, his five children. ranging in ages
from babe in arms to eleven years
Of age, burned to death. and Mrs.
Ghristiansen burned so that she died
the same day. The husband was in
the country at the time. No one
knows how the fire started. The
Dead are: Edna, eleven years; Frank,
eight years; Lila. four years; Jane,
two years, and barry, five months old.
Just before o'clock. Mrs. Christian
sen woke up and discovered the in
terror Of her house in flames. She
rushed to another room where the
children We're sleeping. That room
was a mass OF flames and 1t was in.-
possible to gain an entrance.
Mrs. christensen ran into the street
and raised an alarm. This aroused
turned in. The neighbors then turned
their attention to the house. but being
wood, It burned rapidly, and was to-
tally consumed before the arrival of
the department. The bodies of the
children were crematcd. only the
blackened trunks remaining.
Mrs. christensen was terribly
burned about the face and body. She.
In telling of the fire. said when she
awolle the rooms seemed to be filled
with flames. When she went to bel
at 10 O'clock at right. she said there
was fire in the kitchen stove, but it
was low. This. was the only stove.
and consequently the only fire in the
house.
Mrs. Christensen died in the even
ing from her injuries.
The charred bodies Of all the chill
dren have been recovered.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Chicago Man Runs Amuck,

George Hart Of Chicago had things
his own way for a time Saturday
night in East Dubuque. He started
out by thrashing fve saloonkeepers,
assaulted four prominent residents of
the town and wound up by slashing
Marshal Duffy with a knife, perhaps
fatally injuring him. Hart became in
toxicated early in the evening and ter
rorized the town. The police chased
him for two hours. firing almost in
discriminatory. He was finally sur
rounded by mob and taken to the sta.
ts>n- Ha threareneu TO set-Rrc-tu the
punk In his cell and when the mar
shall had his back turned he slashed
his face with knife. There is talk
Of lynching.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Tho Kansas Situation.

That Jordan is hard road to trav-
ep in Kansas Republican politics is
demonstrated by the retirement Of
Governor w. ]. Bailey from the gu
bernatorial race to succeed himself.
Bailey's political career has been siren
uous and disappointing. Some years
ago he was elected representative in
congress Mt large. He could have been
renominated and reelected, but In an
evil hour for him he permitted the Re
publican enemies of Charlie Curtis to
persuade him to tackle Charlie for
seat from the First district. Curtis
mopped up the Kansas prairies with
bis corpus. Two years ago Bailey was
elected governor and bounced Into
worldwide aotoriety by bis efforts to
secure a wife. This time he was q
candidate for denomination, which is
usually conceded to Kansas gov
ernor> mem. con-, but he had made 80 |
SaaS enemies ~ ths Republican tanlpI
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
ORIGIN OF THE EARTH
New Theory Advanced by Chicago
University Professor.
The "Nebular Hypothesis" Repudist-
sd-Declares 1t Was Built Up Bit
by Bit from a Mere speck-
Theory of Volcanoes.

New theories of the origin, formation
and growth of the earth, Of thermal
distribution and Of the formation and
action of volcanoes are advanced in a
new book on geology, written by Prof.
Thomas c. Chamberlain, head of the de-
partment Of geology at the University
Of Chicago, and Prof. Rollin B. Sails
bury, of the same department.
DR.. Chamberlain repudiates what Is
known as the "nebular hypothesis" Of
the earths origin and advances in its
stead a new hypothesis, startlingly diff
ferent from the first, which might be
termed the "accretion hypothesis
According to the nebular hypothesis,
the earth was once in gaseous state,
passed thence into liquid, and later.
cooling off, became solid.
According to the view held by Prof.
Chamberlain the earth started mere
speck in space, and was built up grad
ually by the infall of matter, bit by bit,
at such rate that though each little
mass became hot as a result of its fall,
it cooled off before others fell on the
same spot. Under this view the inter-
nal heat of the earth arose chiefly from
compression due t., the earth's gravity.
The incoming bodies must probably
be assumed to have fallen in promiscuous
order, and hence to have been indiscrim-
inately mingled in the growing earth.
AS they became buyied deeper and deep
err and their temperatures and pressures
were raised, much accumulation, chem
zeal and physical, may be presumed to
have followed.
1.-THE accretion hypothesis assumes
that the internal HEAT was gradually de-
veloped from the center outward as the
earth grew and the internal compress
sion was progressively developed. The
heat, therefore, continued to rise at the
center as long as compression contin-
ued."
In a chapter on volcanoes, the authors
advance new theory to explain the ex-
istence of volcanoes. According to the
!; old view, volcanoes were but pipes lead
ing down to a molten mass within, OF
outlets for reservoirs of molten matter.
The new theory assigns the outflow OF
deep-seated heat as the cause of volca-
noes.
by hypothesis says the book, "the
interior Of the earth is composed of va
rious kinds of matter, mixed as they
happened to fall in. Hence, as tempera-
these constituents VIII be reached be-
fore those of others. The gases and vol
atile constituents in the mixed material
would naturally enter largely into the
liauefied portion. AS the liquefed parts
rose by fusing or duxing their way, the
pressure upon them became less and less.
and hence the temperature necessary for
ihquefaction gradually fell, leaving them
a constantly renewed margin of tempera-
ture available for melting their way
through the upper horizons. The indie
pendence of volcanoes is assigned to the
Independence of the liquid threads that
worked their way to the surface"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
THALATTosAURUs DISCOVERED
Animal of New Species, New Family,
New Genus and New Order I'm
earthed in California.

The Shasta county California; fossil
beds that have been so prolific in the
production Of the remains Il prehls-
toric extinct animals have yielded still
another specimen to the scientific
world and the geological kingdom. 1t
was discovered by John G. Merriam,
professor of paleontology at the Uni
versity of California. The animal ap-
pears to have been OF family un-
known to Psychologists and has been
named the thalattosaurus. 1t is huge
sea lizard and is estimated to have
been at least seven feet long. Orisi-
nally it was shore form, but became
after long period marine animal,
Prof. Merriam says the remains pre-
sent not only new species, new
family and a new genus, but a new
order, statement the Importance of
which will be appreciated BY scientists
as very considerable one.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Bio TeIephone Meroer.

The Stratford Independent Tele-
phone company and the Webster City
wing Of that company We're merged ur-
der the name of Hamilton County In
dependent Telephone company. The
organization was capitalized at $24,-
900. A committee from the new COM
pany will meet various committees
from other companies which purpose
to merge with them and arrange the
details. 1t Is expected that by the
first of next week all the companies
which will Join the merger will have
come in. The officers elected at the
meeting were: D. c. Chase, Webster
City, president; A. NJ. Johnson. STRAIT
ford. vice president; j. w. Lee, Web
ster City, secretary: John A. Wilke,
Webster City. treasurer. The lines
which these companies expect to have
merged with them are: The Stanhope
lines, the farmer lines out of Kamrar,
the Ellsworth company. the Ross COM
pany at Williams and the Blairsburg
COMPANY
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Every Man Must Vote.


Representative McAllister has In
troduced bill in the legislature which
makes 1t a misdemeanor to fail to
vote. punishable by forfeiture of the
right of suffrage for the two succeed
Ing general elections. He has the in
dorsement of large number of the
member of the house for the meas
ure. and claims he will make hard
fight for 1t. He says the law would
be constitutional and is similar to
statutes in force In Canada and several
other countries. Illness or absence
are the only excuses for failure to
vote. Seventy.f1ve thousand qualified
voters failed to exercise their fran
chise In the recent election in this
state, and McAllister says it is men
ace to the nations welfare.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
"Mother Wheeler" Dead.

Mrs. Mary R. Wheeler, who has Just
passed away at the home Of her daugh-
ter at Beloit Ia, was one of the heroic
figures of the Civil war. She was
nearly eighty-six years of age at .;ie
time Of her death and was known as
Mother Wheeler" No army nurse
rendered more valiant service for the
sick and wounded soldier boys than
did this noble woman. She received
q pension from the government for her
valiant service as an army nurse. She
saw service from Washington to New
Orleans and did much work in the
Geld. She is the last of the celebrat-
Cd army nurses to be mustered out,
and thousands of veterans will remem-
Der Mother Wheeler" who cheersd
and nursed them on Southern battle
fields over forty years ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
No Real Pro.nerity

mere is no srch thing as real pros
perity IN this country when the general
public is short OF surplus money. There
Is no abatement OF real prosperity when
the general public goes on making
money and saving some oft. The specu-
lative gambler may be rolling in wealth
or he may be absolutely poverty-strick-
en-. and neither the one condition nor the
other reflects the situation of the gen
eral public and the country. Something
that does, unfailingly and emphatically.
is the total of the savings hanks deposits
tine surplus wealth of the general pub.
IN. Y. Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Iowa Law Attacked,

As result Of an indictment return
cd some time ago by the grand Jury
for charging demurrage on their cars
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific,
the Chicago Great Western and the
Illinois Central railways went In court
at Waterloo to argue a demurrer
against the indictments. The case ia
to test the law, which one court has
already decided is unconstitutional.
The railroads attorneys gave this as
the ground for their remurrer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Forfeited Their Bonds.

Herman Kombaecher and George
McGiness, indicted for keeping a
house OF ill-fame at Dubuque, forfeited
their bonds Of $1,000 each by their
non-appearance. and bench warrants
were issued for their arrest. They
ned from the state to escape the peni.
Tertiary. The state secured conyic-
ions In other cases. They were the
only ones untried.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Masked Men Rob Farmer,

Two masked men bound and gagged
Fred Snyder. q farmer residing near
Give, small town Ave miles west OF
Des Moines. While he was milking and
secured $780, proceeds Of livestock
sale. Unconscious from the cold, sny.
der was discovered three hours later
and taken to his home. The money
was drawn from the bank to meet
some obligation due. There Is no clue,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Extensive skIn.eraftino operation.

An extensive skin-grafting opera
tion is now in progress at the emer-
gency hospital In Los Angeles. On
Jan. 20, G. NJ. Schinsler, formerly OF
Des Moines. Ia, was horribly burned.
There remained on his body an area
from which the cuticle Is entirely
missing equal to three and a half
square feet. Two hundred persons
Will furnish the cuticle needed for
grating. The Modern woodmen Of
America have undertaken the work Of
supplying men from whom the skin
may be taken,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Breeders to Meet In Sioux civ.

Upon invitation OF the Sioux CITY
Commercial club the 1905 meeting Of
the Central Shorthorn Breeders asso-
citation will be held there. The SEES.
sions are attended by about 300 mem.
bers from South Dakota, Iowa, Ne.
braska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma.
Texas. Colorado and Wyoming.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Police offlelaI coe. to Jail.

Edward M. Anderson, former super.
intendent Of police at Sioux City. Sat.
urday was sentenced to pay a fine of
$500 and serve six months in jail for
taking bride from J. H. Bigalow. a
slot machine man. The sentence was
the limit under the law. Anderson will
appeal the case.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Would Fine Old Maids.

The mayor of Gowrie has proclaimed
that he will fine all old maids and
widows who do not propose in 1909:
also widowers and bachelors who re-.
fuse advances Of the fair sex, proceeds
to go to the public library.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Hunter kllIed.

O. F. Nelson, recently Of Chicago.
was found near Corydon with his head
partly blown off. He went rabbit
hunting and was not seen alive after
his departure.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Two of a Kind.

The evidences are accommodating that
General Nelson A. Miles is pushing his
candidacy for the presidential nomina.
ton ON the Democratic ticket. There
was method In his madness in making
that astounding ride In Oklahoma last
summer. He was proving to an amaz-
ed world that while under the law he
was old enough to be retired, having
reached the age Of slxty-four. as
q matter Of fact he is young aud Wig
orous enough to be president Of the
United States. 1t Is not unclaritable
to assume that bis prominent partic-
patton in the Washington peace cou.
ference was to force contrast with
President Roosevelt whose voice ia
supposed. somewhat enormously, no
doubt, to be always for war. Now
comes another development showing
which way the wind blows. Colonel |
Rpole.srs -upuluas7 srowI lSrSSlyl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
Fire Loss Of Twenty Thousand

Fire at Buffalo Center destroyed the
Northern Lumber company's yard and
office. Gus Rocks two-story building
and hardware stock, and Burns &
Dressman's two-story land office.
Origin Of fire not known. Loss, $50.
f)ff ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
a Nealfhy iowa.

TAs health onice1 Of ysara2ld has rem
dered bis report to che government,
which shows that there were during the
entire year 1908 but SO deaths from all
the population Of about 1000. This death
rate was az per thousand. which was4
410lnS ess-kax nv SsaA1Anaa6tN3NnA j
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12
To Stop Private BANKING

A determined effort is to be made
In the legislature to practically nut an
end to private banking In the state OF
Iowa -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12

King Peter Of servia perhaps compre.
hends better than any other living man
the old saying, Uneasy rests the head
that wears crown" He hasn't much
OF crown-certainly one not at all
calculated to cause him to contract a
case OF swell head-but he has man
aged to keep his head on his shoulders
and his crown, such as it is, on his
head, such as it is, almost eight months,
about seven months longer than most
persons supposed he could.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12

&*.OO More Than Half Fare wa .;hicag
Great Western Railway.

To points In Arkansas, Colorado,
kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Tickets
on sale Jan. 5th and 10th, Feb 2nd and
10Th, Nch. LIST and 18th, April 5th ard
lsth. For further particulars apply
to any Great Western Agent, or j. p.
Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, Ill. Apr. 10
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-12

Especial Wellington Lettse.1
n I the present writing Republic
IA an opposition. to the nomina-
tion of Colonel Roosevelt pre-