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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
ATHLETICS AT FAIR.
TREAT FOR LOVERS OF srRENU.
Gus SPORTS AT ST. LOUIS,
Revival Of olympian Games at Expo
sition Will Present a Series Of Con-
tests Lasting from August
Il 20 to September 8.

st. Louis, Aug. 15.-Lovers Of the
strenuous sports from every part Of
the world are gathering at st. Louis
to take part In or witness the contests
Of world athletes in the Olympic games
series, beginning at the Stadium on
the Worlds Fair grounds on August
70. This Is the most important ath.
letic event Of the times and the
records made here will stand as per,
manent history.
Athens, the birthplace of these royal
sports. revived the Olympic games
eight years ago, and later at the Paris
Exposition they were restored to their
proper dignity as a world event. Upon
the latter occasion American Drawn
and muscle conquered in most Of the
contests and the victories were brought
for the first time to this side Of the
Atlantic.
On the Worlds Fair grounds In St.
Louis, just as they were waged in the
ancient Grecian arena, these games
will be played again, Greek pitted
against his Roman foe as of old. and
Briton challenging the strength and
prowess Of the American. The Indian,
the Japanese, the Filipino and half q
dozen other races will be represented
In these contests. and the winners Of
! the prizes will be victors indeed.
While these sports are revived from
the long ago, they are by no means to
be old-fashioned. All Of the contests
are under the auspices Of the Ameri-
can Athletic union, and the officials
who have charge Of the events were
appointed by the union. Modern rules
will prevail throughout all of the
games.
The programme Of the Olympic
series follows:
Monday, Aug. 29.-sixty.meter run;
throwing the 16-pound hammer; 400
meter run; 2,590-meter steeplechase;
standing broad jump; running high
Jump.
| Tuesday, Aug. 30.-Marathon race,
10 kilometers.
| Wednesday, Aug. 31.-Two hundred
meter run; putting the 16-pound shot;
lifting bar bell; standing high jump;
international tug-of-war (trials),
teams Of five men each. weight I'm.
limited; 400-meter hurdle race.
| Thursday, Sept. Eight hundred
meter run; throwing 56-pound weight
for distance; 200-meter hurdle race;
running broad jump; running hop
step and jump; tug-of-war (ana) /;
dumb-beli competition, first section.
| Saturday, Sept. 3.-One hundred
meter run; throwing the discus;
dumb-bell. second section; 1,500.meter
run; 110-meter run; pole vault for
height; three standing jumps; inter
national team race, each country to
start five men.
In connection with the above scratch
events for the championship Of the
world, the following handicap events
will be given:
Monday. Aug. 2s.-one hundred
and twenty-yard hurdle; running broad
Jump; 8SO-yard run; putting the 16
pound shot.
| Wednesday. Aug. 31.-One mile
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Banker spalding Released.

Chicago, Aug. 20.-Charles w.
Spalding, the banker convict" was
Friday ordered released from the
Joliet penitentiary. His petition for
habeas corpus was granted by Judge
Dunno. The order Of the court re-.
leasing Spalding from imprisonment
came at the close of the argument OF
the attorney general who sought to
block the issuance of the releasing order.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Fish Mysteriously Dying

Albert. Mimi, Aug. 2o.-There is con-
sternation over the death Of nsh in the
lakes about here, and no one can ex-
plain the cause. Large pickerel, bull
heads, suckers, perch and all kinds ara
dying. They seem to suffocate, although
there is good stage Of water. Tons Of
fish are dead along the shores and must
be hauled away and buried.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Rabv Rhino Pet.

The wife of the governor Of north
Borneo has pet which few women
will envy her. The governors house
is near jungle, and from 1t strayed a
baby rhinoceros. Captured as curl.
osity he at once became tame and re.
fused to return to his native wilds. He
consumes 16 quarts Of milk day and
on this diet thrives and grows fat. He
might be mistaken for queer sort Of
hog were 1t not for the horn in the mid
die Of his face. He is devoted to his
mistress and follows her about like .
dog.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Deadlock Sill on.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 2O-The demo-
cratic congressional convention adj
journed at 10: 80 Thursday night after 9O7
fruitless ballots. Unless dark horse is
admitted there will be little chance of
settling the matter without another pri-
mary.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Victims Of Treachery.

Algiers, Aug. 2o-Eighty-three horse
men sent by the Moorish pretender,
Blu Hamara. to Chief Armada, of the
BENZ Buzzagora tribe, to ask his daugh-
ter in marriage, were treacherously
murdered by the chief.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Will Not Accent.

New York, Aug. 20.-Elihu Root has
made it SO plain to republican leaders,
both national and state, that he will
not accept the republican nomination
for governor Of New York that those
who are in a position to know are con-
fident that he will not be named for
the place.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
National Bank Closed.

Washington, Aug. 20.-The Peoples
national bank at Swanton. VT, was
closed Friday by order of the comptroller
of the currency. National Bank Exam
liner Frank L. Fisk has been appointed
receiver.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
WHY WE WALK IN CIRCLES.
Reason for Leaving Straight Course
When Lost Explained by
Biologist.

men lost in fog or in forest or
In desert walk In circles because one
leg is longer than the other" said q
biologist. III you take number Of
men and measure them you will fnd
them to be uneven. Not more than
seven or eight per cent. will have legs
of equal length. About 80 per cent,
will have the left leg longer than the
right and 60 per cent. will have the
right leg longer than the left. He
whose left leg IL the longer will, on
getting lost, make a circle to the left,
A longer right leg causes right cir.
Gle. In walking, you see, we make
VS.. Each leg moves forward and out
ward. The leg that is longer neces.
sarily makes the longer step, and this
longer step necessarily goes further
outward than the other. Hence when
we are lost we circle to the left or
right, according to the legs Unequal.
ity."
Easily Identified Himself.
Potter-What makes you look 80 &C.
rious7 Anything troubling you?
Clay-Ive had stroke of unusually
hard luck. Been refused by young
woman before had chance to pro-
pose.
Potter-How did it happen?
Clay-1 overheard Miss Daisybud say
the other evening she wouldn't marry
the best man in the world.-Boston
Transcript.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Adirondack Camp Burned

Plattsburg, N. Y, Aug. Polish Rock
Camp. owned by Isaac Seligman, Of New
York, located on Upper Saranac lake,
and said to have been the most beauti-
full and expensive camp in the Adiron-
dacks, has been destroyed by fire of I'M
known origin. The loss is estimated at
S75. 600
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
GREAT FORESTS
BURN F|ERCELY
IMMENSE DAMAGE IN THE FAR
NORTHWEST.
ENORMOUS AREA is ABLAzE
Houses and Lumber Mills in State Of
Washington and British Column
bia Have Been Destroyed
Flames Spreading.

Portland. Ore, Aug. 20.-Fires are
still raging in the great forests of Wash
ington, doing incalculable damage. The
IRE in the neighborhood of Fourth
Plane, not far from Vancouver, Wash,
is still burning fiercely Reports from
that district show that seven houses
have been destroyed, together with the
mill Of the Homestead Lumber company
and large quantities Of cut wood and
many valuable trees. The situation is
30 serious that detachment from the
Vancouver barracks has been sent to the
scene.
Railway Terminus in Danger.
Wellington, B. c., Aug. 2O.-The ter
minus Of the Esquimalt & Northern
railway is in great danger Of being
wiped out by fires, which surround it.
Already much property, including the
city schoolhouse of eight rooms, has
gone. Owing to the dense smoke, it
is impossible to penetrate to the lower
end of the town, but it is known that
the church, rectory and several large
residences are in the greatest danger.
The railway employees are fighting the
flames, four locomotives hauling water
The fre is drifting towards the Hamil-
ton powder works, and the greatest anx-
Lefty is felt, as strong wind is driving
the flames in that direction.
In British Columbia.
Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 20.-Owing to
the long continued dry weather, forest
fires are spreading throughout the in,
terror and along the coast of British Co.
lumbia. Practically every district in the
province which is wooded has its fire
and great tracts of valuable timber are
ablaze. Nothing but heavy rains will
prevent the further spread Of the flames.
There is so much smoke in the air that
navigation is rendered difficult. Mil
lions Of feet of standing timber have al
ready been destroyed by the flames.
Forest fires are burning in East Koote-
nay. At Fernie the coal mines are
filled with smoke. The flames are draw
ing closer to Michael, and threatening
to sweep the whole town. Prepara-
lions were made to leave town and all
unwieldy treasure was buried in holes
In the yards, while buildings were del
uged with water. The wind has now
shifted away from town, but should it
change the worst may be expected.
Trains are ready to take away the in
habitants.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
A Fatal ouarrel.

Cincinnati, Aug. 20-During quar-
rel in saloon over dice Friday, Isaac
Adams was stabbed by John Parks.
Adams died at the hospital, and Parks
was arrested. Both are miners.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Back Of the Flood,

Macintosh beasts good deal about
his family, doesn't he?"
Eyes, think he claims that the head
of his family was the original MacIn-
tosh that Noah had with him during
that rainy season" - Philadelphia
PftsA j.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Drowned While Trying to Escape

Drowned While Trying to Escape.
St. Louis, Aug. 20.-M. c. Bennett, Of
Des Moines, Ia, was drowned in the Mis-
sissippi river here after having leaped
into the stream In an attempt to escape
from the workhouse. He was arrested
during the democratic national conven-
ton, having been found in an upper cor
ridor of one Of the hotels and was not
able to satisfactorily explain his pres
ence to the police.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Shot Himself.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 2O.-William Mont
gomery, vice president and general man.
ager of the Georgia Cotton Mill company,
shot and killed himself at his Office here
Friday evening. No cause for the oct
hAs bssn given.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23

closing in on the works guarding that
region. The principal of these forts is
Etseshan, one of the strongest in the
whole circle of Notifications. The force
that landed in Pigeon Bay is supposed to
be in possession of Lang mountain, the
LIANT hills and White Wolf hill. south
west of Port Arthur, and within range
of the town.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Easily identified Himself.
Rather !Egotistical.

He-You say she is always talking
about her enemies?
She-Yes; and she's her own worst
snAmy.-Chicsso Daily News
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Measured by Feet.

what makes Brown so naughty
these days?"
"Why, his secret benevolent asscci-
alton has elected him to an Office that
has title seven feet longer than any
title there is in Smiths secret society"
Chicago Post.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Quick Lunch in England.

The American system Of quick lunch
is gaining popularity in England. It
is said to have been introduced by o
revolutionary Irishman, who chuckles
with joy as he sees the victims
crowd in.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Suicide Of Rich Sheep Man.

Roswell, N. NJ, Aug. 20.-J. Frank
Kirby, formerly of Blue Springs, Mo-,
blew his brains out here Thursday. He
was considered one of the wealthiest
sheep men in this vicinity.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23

The advanced position taken by the
Japanese center column against Port Ar
thur is indicated in the map. This is a
little south of Palingchang, or PAIL
ehwang, which is about two miles from
the Notifications. The left wing of No
gi's forces, to the eastward, commands
the forts from Takushan, while the west
wing, now In the Pigeon Bay district, is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Grade Crossing Accident.

Cedar Rapids, Ia. Aug. 20.-Michael
Callahan and John Markham, Of Van
Horne, were killed by a Chicago &
Northwestern freight train Friday at
a grade crossing near Blairstown.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
A Resolve.

Cousin kate-Now that you are well
of, Charles, you mustn't let them say
of you, "a fool and his money are
soon parted"
Cousin Charles-No; you BET won't.
I'll show 'em that I'm an exception to
the rule.-N. Y Life
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Big Crowd Expected

Dig O1VW0 G4pecteu.
San Francisco, Aug. 20.-The knights
templar and their friends from the east
who will attend the triennial conclaye
here beginning September 9Th, are ex-
pected to form an immense crowd.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
His Experience.

132o 99APS11c0Cos
"Your southern girls said the
northerner. ARE SO funny. Nearly all
Of them say, Yes, indeedy.'"
mot all Of Them replied the south
ern youth, dismally; some of them
say No, indeedy.' philadelphia
Ledger
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
TORNADO CAUSES
RUIN IN ST. LOUIS
PORTION OF WORLDS FAIR CITY
SWEPT BY THE WIND.
ONE PERSON LOSES HIS LIFE
The Injured Number About Fifty
Panic in Festival Hall Averted
by a Song-one Killed
at Venice, Ill.

st. Louis, Aug 2O.-A tornado of small
proportions, but Of extreme fury, swept
down upon the residence portion of
North st. Louis Friday, resulting in the
death of one person, injury to probably
80 and damage to property estimated at
100000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
The Victims.


The Victims.
John Ellington was killed.
A partial list of the injured is as fol-
lows: Jacob Harmeste, shoulder dislo-
Gated; William H. Linham, cut; Edward
Papison, badly cut; Girtwood Powinski,
burned by live wire, seriously; James
Crosby, broken hip; William Ditck-
hauer, leg and arm broken; William
Fouche leg broken; Louis McCullin, leg
broken; Herman Sauerwine, aged 10,
arm broken and crushed. will probably
die; William Bigger, bruised: w. H.
Largan cut and cruised; T. A. Sommers,
bruised; William Yoricke, leg broken;
six employees in Niedringhaus rolling
mill, not seriously, names unknown.
Progress Of the Tornado.
A shower passed over St. Louis
earlier in the day, but there had been
no rain in North st. Louis. The sky had
cleared and the atmosphere had become
very murky and hot when citizens in
North ST. Louis noticed dark cloud APP
preaching from the southwest. Sudden
ly, and without the slightest Fremont
ton, an arm seemed to shoot to the
ground like a gigantic cable, twisting
and turning. The end touched the
ground at Nineteenth and Angelrodt
streets and with incredible swiftness and
force, swept east along Angelrodt for
ten blocks, then turned north and swept
three blocks along Broadway, when it
jumped eight blocks northeast to the
foot of Brennan street and the river.
where considerable property along the
river front was destroyed. The tornado
then jumped to about the middle of the
river and encountered ferryboat,
which was turned and tossed about, but
was not, sunk. Leaving the ferry, the
capricious tornado once more jumped
and struck the Illinois shore near Madi-
son, where it demolished several DWELL
ings, the Leiderkranz hall and blew
down portion of the Madison cooper
works, killing John Ellington, Severe
damage was done also to buildings in
Venice and Granite City, which adjoin
Madison, and number of persons were
fpi,1rod
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WHAT TIME is IT?

o
and nimals-he O'Clock
Other path Of time but he alone count the
a calendar, celebrates
reckn duration nd the the globe and attempts
to the veil. o the
5 a to a
We IN present n the
we are
with the rthe beginnings the march long line of hhouac
which backward We
n the route the ARCH!
The possibilities the day be fresh beginning! We
on
What it hte?
matters Hope both Hope
Faith is
fellow. Faith smiling
unqualified
ainl to of
1t is this
To the life looks like gtrng hroug the evershtng
kaleidoscope
the rises o
AZ o
reacherou sands Butt
That $
backward paths
We the by which tell what clock but
Mnat tiers
lam the Mase OF my fate
j am o
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THE TYPHOID CASES IN THIS CITY

spreading
the city.
For lack OF definite people have inclined creience
the number typhoid, while
hand Of UNI i
not in
believe truth public
like health.
The Times should typhoid
and Then remedy be
sought and applied.
of typhoid hurting
Of the Honesty municipalities well Al individuals
Typ old fever prevalent in Tacoma
The charge
cations certainly a pollution the Gtys
month January typhoid
treated which should be stated did here
but in ron other places
existed last 1t probing supply the city while
authoritative the
responsible the typhoid
already developed it is clean and should be
The SECONDHAND
the burden These the will feel
the suspected of
from contaminated points bordering its of supply
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THE TACOMA TIMES

small efforts to Jail the Armos swft MOs and others of the combination
After assault the trust
assessing Of fine Of $1,000 the
brought forth mouse.
The anitoxn incident valuable
1t shows how little to be in the Of
Did John Rockefeller feel
mans light?
Don't anything but merc
DDS from all who have throtted competition
some when wisdom high places will that
there should be nonopols
the ,
we will put our itoxn, positive remedy
that will
lie IN the hands OF the them
sonalstc doctrine? No
common has been beginning o
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Good
Merchandise at
Right Prices
Solves the Story

The month just closed was the most sue.
cesstul January we have mad, which proves
to us more clearly TIE advantage of selling
good merchandise at right prices. The
people are being educated up to the fact
that We sell the best of whatever We han
die at less price Ian others charge for
inferior grades of similar makes.
When you can get from us Hart. Schaff-
ner & Marx & Alfred Benjamin g. Co.'s
SUITS, Overcoats and Ram Coats at the
moderate prices for which We sell them.
it will not pay you to waste your time by
looking at other makes that they tell Won
are as good.
Every garment sold " us guaranteed.
and we press and fit every suit.
We are sole distributors for the above
makes in Tacoma.
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BAN ON BOXING

BOSTON, Mass, Feb. THE action of
the authorities in arresting the principals
in the recent ChoynsEl-nart fight has put
a damper on boxing in the Hub The Tam
many -.-lletic club ha a show scheduled
for tonight, and severed other events were
to be pulled off this week, but it is prob
able that all viii be deferred until some.
thing more definite and encouraging is
learned regarding the future attitude OF
the city officials. The game will probably
be kept going, however. at Cambridge.
Marlboro anu other nearby points, so that
the Boston sporting fraternity will not be
deprived altogether of their fistic enter
tainment
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Tbe Home
BY CYNTHIA GREY

hundred yards, in advance. is often out Of
sight of the main party.
The insurgents, lying in ambush, let the
point pass and open with volley upon
the wagons and main body of the escort.
They fire one or two volleys. then run
away. Sometimes never a man of them
can be seen
The dogs would need little training
Their instinct for hunting would justify
their use.
Captain Steele possesses dog named
Done. and asserts that no detachment
with which it has been out has fallen
into an ambuscade The dog lives on
short rations and covers the ground
quickly.
The introduction of the dog and the
effect of his dog sense" in methods of
warfare would be interesting.
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SOME TIMELY "DONT'S"

The hand when off its unoud thousands
of
health publish to
areg venbe
t $ comple cured
Don't the cold a overheatd
go o reetw
Don't IN oHheated than help
moderate is heal
Don't in a al too bun
Don't rim too much
Of ests to kepth
in a proper o ressta
to the A III may nunder
bill
These anywhere 1t be observed of them
found steam
heated 5
o little attent
The S
o $ a hrgepr of
to of precautions suggested
you
health youhfe
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STUFFED CLOTH ANIMALS.

There never lived the child who was
not delighted with the cloth animals
which are now so common. A great deal
of pleasure is added if the stuffed animals
will stand erect like the real ones. This
may be accomplished by having two
wires, each long enough to run down
into the front leg and back and down
the back leg. The ends of the wires
must be wound to prevent accident from
the sharp ends in case the cloth should
be worn through.
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JACKSON, MICH, Feb l--Fifty years
ago-on July g. lS54-the Republican
party, which has dominated the national
government almost exclusively ever since,
was organized under the oaks" at Jack
son. Mich. A picture of the exact spot
where the birth OF the party took place,
as it appears today, is shown herewith.
On July of this year the Republicans
will observe the sem-centennial of their
party by celebration of national inter-
est 1t will be held under the oaks
in jackson. 1t is planned to have the
nominee of the national Republican con
vention receive his formal notification
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alimony of $4,000 a year, today appeared
before a commission appointed to deter
mine as to his sanity.
Moore is the son of Andrew M. Moore,
formerly proprietor of the Girard house
in Philadelphia Andrew Moore died in
1896 leaving a fortune of S3.OOO,OOO for
division among three sons. The money was
left in trust and an income of $4,000
year paid to each Of the boys.
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PEANUT CRISP.

LA IN ~ AhlDI
Procure good sheled peanuts Roast
to light brown, stirring often; remove
from oven and let them cool Then turn
them into sieve -four meshes to the
running inch), rub them brskly and the
husks will fall off and drop through,
blanching the nuts. Pour them on a
marble slap or molding board and crush
fine with a rolling pin. Work into them
salt to season. Place all in a dish in the
oven until the butter . absorbed then.
pour out again on wax paper and allow to
cool. Next make a thick mucilage by dis
solving half pound of gumarabic in one
quart of hot water and simmering it down
to one pint, to be kept in bottle for
use; mix it through the crushed peanuts
roll out like pie crust. cut into three-inch
squares and set them in the open oven
on tins to dry crisp but not to bake.
Wrap each one in wax paper.