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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-19
MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. wEsr
INDIES. ETC.

SATURDAY G9).-At a. m for bermuda per s.
Trinidad. $40 a. supplementary $50 a. nj Tor
Curacao and Venezuela. Zuha mail Tor
Colombia. via Curacao be directed per s.
Juan: $50 t-.-l--'nent ary 1850 a
m island. Janalca 'oomhia exeepe
NqgdaIsra Department mail for
LtNon. must Ted per 3 =
VaIenca'O: 10 a m. for Gu 5. Nexiso VA
Havana. a 1880 a. N. for Bra. ger $ 8 Moorisl
Prince Pernambuco Rio Js-..i1 and FloTtanoDous
Northern Brazil Argentine and Uruguay ususs
be directed per s Moorish Prince ,
SUNDAY $50 p. for St Pierre, MQueIon.
per steamer from North sydney
MONDAY t2Il.-At 10 a. for Mexico per 8 . Matan-
zas TampcO mail must De directed per s.
TUESDAY t22,-At ESQ 4 m Complementary 1870
a ny for Nicaragua except East CoaSIl. Honduras
Cexcept East Coast. Salvador. Panama Canal Zone.
washington via lran for Ciuateuala and Csuca
Department Of Colombia must be directed per 8 g
tYJy OF WashlngtOnl; al 10 a N. for Haiti. per q
prins Wlem " tmail for GOnaives. Curacao, EeneH-
Prins WIIIen ~: l. for C1uGad Bolivar.
s Manzarares (maH for other parts or Nsnezusla
must b, directed per 5. NanZ4narss'
NOTTCE-FIve per half ounce In addition "a ths
war6ed by the Supplementary Mails. and letters do
marked Letters for Foreign Coun
ries after the Closing % the Regular Mail for dis
rat.L particular vessel Will rot be forwarded
Nv stamps. Supplementary Tr1nsati anric Mails ara
siso onened on OF the American, English and
TreDrb steamers whenever the sailingS occur a.
m o. later: and mail may De deposited In tho
h0veS On TIE piers Of the German Lines sailing
fror TobCken. The malls on the piers open one hour
baIf before sailing time. and close 10 minutes
49, sailfr- time. Onv regular postage 0etters
Cents half is required on articles mailed on
- Disrs OF the American. White star and German
p0s-, steamers. double Qettsrs 10 csats
half other lines
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:. c. HENDRIX ESTATE. s1.a55ooo

N an application made yesterday by Mrs Nav
Alice Hendrix. widow of Joseph C Hendrix. the
banker. and Clifford r. Hendrix their son. for tho
appointment OF themselves and the United States
trust Company administrators Of the estate
the value OF Mr.. Hendrix's personal proneyt,, g.,
placed AT sl,z5SOJo. There Is no real estate C1rdt
Marty the bond OF the administrators is double tho
amount OF the persona! property In this case
~ g"s.trt Application has been made 10 Surrogate
AuIch OF Kings County for q reduction Of he IonS
v ~ ~ amount double the amount OF The debts
IT, nay De Gone in such cases under the code
.e peLLioners say they have made diligent search
of WILL but have been unable TO find one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-19
DuTcHgss COUNTY MEN MEET.

The Duchess County Society of New-York held
its eighth annual meeting at the ST. Regis last
night and elected officers for the year. DR.. Irving
Townsend was elected president; George Place.
NJ f Atkins. Colonel John Jacob Astor and A J.
Rose vice presidents; William 5. Cross, secretary
and Bishop Potter. chaplain. All the officers named
succeed themselves except NJ. F. Atkins, second
Vicc-president, a new board of directors also
Justice Henry A Gildersleeye, Walter S. Wilson
and owen Ward AT the meeting arrangements
were made for the ninth annual dinner, which Will
be held in the banquet hall OF the ST. Regis on
La
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-19
M'KINLEY FUND COMPLETED.
Design for Monument Will Be Adopted Here
Next Tuesday

Chicago. Nov. 1S-Announcement made to-
day of the completion the fund Of $500 600 for the
erection of a national monument TO President Nc
Kinley. Alexander II. Revel. chairman Of the
Illinois State auxiliary of the Mckinley National
Memorial Association, in a report submitted to the
State committee stated that $5000o the proportion
allotted to Illinois, had been raised.
In New York next Tuesday the national trustees
OF the association VIII meet and adopt design for
-l,a man
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REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.

Washington, Nov. lS-Headquarters of the Re
publican National Committee will be opened in a
absence of Chairman Cortelyou. Secretary Dover
will have charge a considerable staff OF clerks
will be maintained, at least until after Inaugural
ton. Permanent headquarters viii be Kept open
here. but the force employed viii not be SO large
after Inauguration: II is understood that Chalr
man Cortelyou will not spend q great deal OF time
in Washington this winter.
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PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

BRESLIN-H /. Person Detroit: H l.. Burn
ham r i Boston GRAIND-c4ptain J. H Rice, Z S
Thomas Bigeow. Cambridge; Marshall Field, ir
Chicago Senator John Cabot Lodge Massachusetts
Allen of shefield England. IMPERIAIe-C. G
Childs Philade phia MANHATTAN-Sir w c
Van Horne. Montreal MURRAY HIII-Saneca
Kelly, Syracuse. NETHERLAND-Julius Garfinkle,
Washington. PLAZA-B. r. Stillman. Hartford
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SCIENTISTS LABoRs IN ANTARCTIC.

Berlin Nov. 1S.-The budget Of the Interior De-
partment provides for defraying the expenses of
working out the scientific results of the German
Antartic expedition The work will take eight years
TO complete and will be published in ten volumes.
The Ministry continues its policy OF building
homes for government laborers and minor officials,
for which Sl,250.000 is asked.
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AN ENGAGEMENT.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TEIBUNE.l
Cambridge Mass, Nov. 1S.-Nrs. William A Ban
croft wife of Major General Bancroft, the Boston
elevated railroad president. announced at her home
to-day the engagement of her daughter. Miss Cath
crime Bancroft, to William David Haviland Mr..
Havand is the son of Theodore HaviIand, OF
Limoges France, the well known china manufact-
urer He is a graduate Of Harvard, class of O2,
and is q partner Of his father.
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LANGFORD-WEEDEN-At the church OF the Holy
Trinity. Brooklyn on November 16 1904 by the Rev
: ID, Mcdonnell, D. D, assisted by the Rev. John H
Melsh, Mary Louise Weeden. daughter o Louisa l..
and the late George F. Weeden, William S. Lang
ford.
VAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS New-Ciermantovn
y. J.. November TO- 1904. by Rev. l. A BIauyeit % % :
Cora Sayre Hoesche. daughter OF James n. Sayrr 10
". warren Van Derbeck.
WASHINGToN-GoX-o Saturday, November 10. at St
Andrew Church, London. England. Rankin Cox
sister of John Watson Cox Of NeW-York Lew Will
lam Washington, Virginia formerly of PittsbureI
brother OF William Ianier Washington. OF NeW--York
Baltimore and Ptttsburg papers please copy
Notices of marriages and deaths must be IN
dorsed with full name and address.
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TRANSATLANTIC MAILS

SATURDAY QSl.-At s a N for Europe. >. =
New York. via Plymouth and Cherbourg tmail for
Liverpool, Scotland and ireland be directed per
New Yrrk'D: at $50 m. supplementary 10
nj for EuroDe. :. 5. Lucania. via Queenstown
and Liverpool; at $50 a m for Belgium direct per
3 Nadsrland fmaii be directed per . a
Vaderland1: at 80 a. m for italy direct per s.
Hohenzollern mail De directed per Hohsn-
zOIIern'l. at D. Scotland direct.
Colu-lbia tmau directed per : Columbia
p for Azores Islands, ;. Peuinsular. from
New Bedford
TUESDAY t22l.-At $50 a m for Europe. per 8. a
kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. via Plymouth, Cherbours
and Bremen
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l'0stofice Notice.

(shouId Be read DAILY BY Interested. as changes
timel
Foresn mails for the week ending November - 1904
VIII close promptly all General Pest
office follows: Parces-Post Mails close
Her than closing shown below Pa-Ceis-POst
for Germany close at ? November IA per
Bremen. November Is, 3 Hamburg: and NOVeTn-
Der u, s. Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse.
Regular and Supplementary mails close a Foreign
Station of West and Morton Streetsl hale
later than closing time shown below. tsxcept
Elementary Malls for Europe and Central America. via
Colon. close hour later at Foreign statical
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MAILS FORWARDED OVERLAND. ETC. ExcEPr
TFANSPACIFIC.

CI-BA-Via Fort Tampa, Florida. closes at this once
1870 a connecting
mails close here oil Mondays Wednesdays ald Sat1r-
MEXICO CITY-Overiand unless specially addressed to-
nv steamer closes This ONCE daily.
sunday al 80 2. N. and 1880 ?. m sundays az
100 D IN and 1880 p III.
NEWFOU MIDLAND except Parcels-Post Maisl-By rail
North and thence by steamer closes this
Office daily. excep, sunday AT p n; sunday at $50
m tconntctiug malls close here every Monday.
Wednesday and Saturday
IA .ICA-Bv Boston. and thence By
closes al mis- office 2 Tuesday.
Philadelphia ana thence by steamer closes
This Office az 1880 Wednesday
NT6I-f,I O%-Ey rail BOSTON and thence by steamer.
closes al this daily except sunday. p m
v,f5iTTSiT HONDURAS HONDURAS East COAST and
GT-ATEMAI.A-By rail TO New Orleans. and thence by
this Office caiiy except sunday
III so o and 1850 ? sundays at T1-oo ?.
1000 n connecting mai SlCseS mere NondAJs
Ell tlO."0 %. M
sfeaney closes Al this office Sunday. a
-1-2O m 11O.3U p sundays Tl,OO p m
and p. connecting mail closes here Tuesdays
at 1880 M
~ closes this Office daily except
sunday at p IT 4iU-3o p. sundays
100 . m. and 1850 p m. connecting mail closes
hers THURSDAYS a +10:3O p. M
tReglstered Mail closes at ? m previous day
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rr;AxsrAcIFlc MAILS, FORWARDED ovERLAN

The schedule OF closing Of Transpaeihe Mails an
rsased % their uninterrupted
ami transit 10 port sailing The anal connecting
exrep Registered Transpacihc Mails which close p
i1us dayj the General Pos;otce. New York.
a. follows
Tahfi ana Marquesas Islands Francisco. close
Is ? IN. erlaer - Tor dispatch per 8 MaTtposa-
Hawaii Korea china and specially addressed mall
Philippine isle:tS. va san Francisco. ciose At
n N November 81 FOR dsDatch rer = 5 Copttc
Japan except Parcels Post Naisl Korea, China and
specially addressed mail FOR philippine Islands via
Vancouver and Victoria, r. g.. close at p n NoSera-
be- f1r dispatch Pc Empress OF China
Phiprtne Islands and Guam via san Francisco clos
3. November &c for dispatch per Z $ TrAnsN
New Zealand Australia texcept wesO. New Caledonia.
Samoa. Hawaii and FIJI Islands. Via san FRANCHISE
close az p. m. ernbr- - fer dlsrRtch per u
Seaama tlf the CuuJrd steamer carrying the Brft0
mail New zealand does arrive IN tine 70 coc-
with this dispatch extra m7S-ciosing AZ -
a. 80 a n. and sundays at sSO a n
a. and 9 D m-wN be made up aad iorwArdod
japan China and Philippine Islands. via
Francisco. close .. November p TOR cis-
patch =. Korea.
FIJI Islands AustlIa except wesO and New Caledonia.
Via Vancouver ami Victoria b G. close at p M
December 3 for disnatch $. MCana-
Mauchurta except SswchwanGl and Eastern Siberia -
forwarded Via Russia
forwarded New Zealand via Francisco.
and certain places Chinese Province o. Yunnsr.
British Inda-the Quickest routes philippines
specially addressed via Europe must os fully pro-
raid the foreign Hawaii 10 forwarded VI
San Francisco exclusively
EDWARD NJ. MORGAN. Acting PostmaseuA
POstornee. New York. N Y. November II. 1904
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Highest temperature yesterday, 80 degrees lowest 90
average 34 average corresponding date last year ss
average or corresponding date last twenty years A.
light TO fresh southerly winds.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.
OmeiaI Record and rorecast.-washtnr,on No,.

Official Record and Observation-Disclosures. Nov 10
Weather conditions have remained practically unchanged
since Thursday night There have rains
and SHOWS IN the North Pacific States northern
plateau while elsewhere the weather gener
ally clear. Temperatures however. have all
districts east OF the Rocky Mountains except
IRENE Southwest. They have fallen the noun
and decidedly lower in the British Northwest
Forecast for Special Localities.--Fcr District Of
Columbia, Delaware. NewJelsey, Eastern Pennsylvania
Eastern NewYork, fair and to-day: Sunday
fair: light TO fresh south winds.
Western Pennsylvania fair to-day Sunday partly
cloudy. colder in north portion fresh
For Western New-Yoyk. fair to-day. warmer in east
portion sunday partly cloudy ana colder
west to winds
For New-EngIand fair and to-day: sunday
partly cloudy: fresh south winds
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Marriage notices appearing in THE TRIBUNE win
be reDublished In The Tri-Weeky Tribune without
extra charge.
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MR.. eENEDlcT's PARTY AT BERMUDA

Hamilton. Bermuda Nov. 1S-The American stea1
has arrived here.
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Domestic Rates

By EARLY MAIL TRAIN
For all points In the United States Canada ana M.xfa
Outside OF the borOushs Manhattan
Also to Cuba Porto Rico. Hawaii PhiIipptoaau
without extra exnease for foreign postage
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Special Notices.
Tribune Subscripfion Rates.

THE TRIBUNE will be by mail anv add-seu
in this country abroad and address often
desired Subscriptions be your rexulas
dealer before leaving IL Convenient than
in az HIiE TRIBUNE ONCE
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For points IN Europe all countries Unvsrsai
lowing
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Died.

Death notices appearing in THE TRIBUNE will be
repubshed In The Tri-Weekiy Tribune without extra
charge.
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Frank Daniels will appear here next spring in
the title part of Sergeant Brue" the musical COM
.sdy which is said have convused London with
laughter owen Hall, who owned up to writing
'Florodora" is the author and Nine. Liza Leh-
mann who set Omar to music is the composer.
Theodore Leowald. imperial German commissioner
general TO the Worlds Fair at ST. Louis and Count
l.. Strum and Baron Won Bardeleben who ara
East attend the unwilling Of the statue of Fred
erick the Great at Washington. are TO come TO New
York Monday be at the first night of FRITZ
Schef at the Broadway Theatre Miss Scheh III
private life is the Baroness Won Bardeleben
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-19

AfPETIZING DINNERS
offered by several to-day in the Little
Ads. of the People"
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Foreign Rates.

Mall subscribers IN New-York City 10 the DAILY and
TttI-WEANLY will be charged coOy RI
postage in addition TO the rates named above.
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Local Official RecOrd.-The following official raoord
from the Weather Bureau shows the changes in the
temperature the last twenty-four hours in COM
parison with the corresponding date OF last vear
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Tribune Local observations

In this diagram the continuous white line shows Tho
changes in as indicated by The Tribunes
perature recorded by the local Weather Bureau
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SINGLE COPIES

SINGLE COPIES
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DAILY. cents TRI-WEET(I,Y $500
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Died.

Died.
WAKEMAN-Emily Ludlarn Waterman. wife Of rn.a,
II. aged So years
WILDER-On November II. at her residence No "a
Cascadlla Place, ithaca. y. Y Sarah Nchcls.
wife OF Burt Green Wilder aged 30 years Funeral ~
Saturday, November 10
CEAEI EHIES.
Great Pfnelawn Cemet-sy.-wrtts or call IN, NJ,
trated pamphlet 46 West 24th ST.. ". Y
UNDERTAkEKS
esd st. Frank F. Campbell stephen Mervitt.
EmbfE Inst 241-3 West 23d 81 Cn.,sss.
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I4o4 1909 (
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-23
CHARLTON.

Charlton April 21.-Mrs. Henry Bell,
of Ottumwa, spent the day Wednesday
in the city with her mother, Mrs. j. D.
Purse.
Frank Holmes, of Lucas, has been
spending a few days with friends here
Lew Champiin leaves tomorrow for
Ames, where he will engage in the
mercantile business.
Miss Grace Slater, of Alton, came
yesterday for visit with relatives in
this city.
Misses Hannah and Emma Peterson
will entertain the members of the Con-
cordia society on Friday evening in the
basement of the church.
A. ]. Woodman, of Russell was look
Ing after his business interests in the
city Wednesday.
Messrs. Hogue Roberts, of this city
and Mace Wheeler, Of Lincoln town
ship, are the two candidates thus fal
that have announced themselves fol
member of the board of supervisors
The present incumbent Mr.. Larifner
will not be a candidate again.
Mrs. Harve Elliott, of Russell spen
the day Yesterday with friends.
| An extra stock train going east las
night about IL o'clock ran into thu
switch engine in the upper part of tn
yards and completely ruined the ten
der, and damaging the other engine t.
some extent. Fortunately there wa
no one hurt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-23

ALBA.

Abba, April 21-The time Of the dis
trict court yesterday was taken up in
arguing demurrers and motions. The
cases assigned for today are: The
State VS.. O'Bryan, State VS.. Tisdale,
Love vs.. Barnwell and Raybourn VS..
Abegglin.
L. E. Smith and bride stopped in
Abba yesterday for short visit. They
are on their way home to Oskaloosa
from Chicago and ST. Louis, where
they have been on their wedding trip.
Mr.. Smith is manager Of the 7. K.
Smith jewelry house.
Deputy Recorder Frank S. Griffin left
for Excelsior Springs, Mo-, this morn
ing. Mr.. Griffin goes there in the hope
he Is greatly afflicted. Miss Katherine
Dashiell will take his place during his
absence.
The clerk of the district court issued
a marriage license yesterday to Emmett
E. Bates, aged 81, to Jeanette G. Ben
son. aged %, both of Hynes.
w. A. Koontz sold his residence in
Third ward yesterday to John p. Reese
for $4,000.
A. r. Paul and H. E. Randolp, of Chi
cago, are in Abba today transacting
business.
The funeral services of Mrs. Jane
Marley took place this morning at II
O'Clock from the home of her son, Rob
| ert Marley, three miles north of town
conducted by Rev. William Parter OF
the Associate Presbyterian church OF
Abba
Dwight P. Breed of Grinnell. was
looking after business matters here
this morning.
N. Ambrose. of Keokuk, was an Abba
visitor yesterday.
]. P. Colbut, of Iowa City, is in the
city today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-23
10 CALL CONGRESS
PLAN TO ORGANIZE A UNION LA.
Dor COOPERATIVE MERcAN.
TILE COMPANY IN IOWA.
Cooperative Congress Of All Interest
ed Parties To Be Called For May 81
Arrangements Made at a Meeting
Held In Des Moines.

Iowa is to have a union labor coop.
erative association for the purpose Of
handling merchandise in large and
small quantities, the establishment Of
branch stores in various cities Of the
state and to advance the interest Of
all union made goods, if the present
plans of the promoters are carried
out. At meeting held in Des Moines
March "a. attended by over seventy
delegates, 1t was unanimously decided
to call cooperative congress Of all
interested parties at some central
point in the state May FL.
Samuel Cooper of Hynes was elect
ed temporary president and instruct
ed to make all arrangements for the
call and convention. The following re-
port Of the meeting and the plan Of or
ganizing the cooperative association
was arranged by the president
Purpose Of Association.
'rDes Moines, March rs, 1904.
Your committee begs leave to sub.
NIT the following report:
AFTER due consideration of the ad.
visibility Of forming cooperative as
ISOLATION in the interest of all who
may participate therein, your com.
mittee recommended the following:
First = That cooperative asso
citation be formed to handle merchan
disc in large and small quantities by
mail or agency plan.
Second To establish central
distributing depot or store.
Third - To establish branch dis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-23

tended meeting of Presbyterians at
keokuk this week.
Will Long returned to his home In
Keosauqua yesterday, after several
months spent here. His wife and baby
Will remain here about two weeks.
Frank Jenkins arrived yesterday
from Chicago to make visit with rela-
tives here.
Mrs. e. w. Gregson, of Bentonsport,
was shopper in Bonaparte yester-
day.
G. e. Fuller returned yesterday from
business visit at st. Francisville, Mo.
Miss Eta Weaver of Bentonsport,
was In town yesterday.
Miss Emma Beck was a Keosauqua
visitor yesterday.
Miss Georgia Mohler visited friends
IN Bentonsport yesterday.
Grin Smith, of Bertrand, Neb., Is
visiting here with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. H. Smith.
Craig Fuller left today for Cantril
called there by the serious illness OF
his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. T. Newman re-
turned last even from Colorado. While
out in that country they purchased a
fine farm.
| The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Long is reported to be quite i'll with
the grip.
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Issued to All Unions.

"The report was issued to all local
unions and all who were interested
with a request to call meeting and
elect representatives and name city
for the congress to be held to organ
lie the Cooperative Mercantile Com
pany of the state Of Iowa.
Cali communications with the name
of the city must reach Samuel Cooper
on or before May 1, 1904, so that he
can issue the call for the convention
with the name of the city that has re-
ceived the nomination.
"The call will be issued with a cir
cular showing the object of the socie-
ty together with valuable information
received from many friends of the
movement.
The Rochdae Plan.
1.-THE Rochdale plan was the most
popular system submitted in Des
Moines and is undoubtedly the one
that will be adopted for it stands for
the following:
First - All members have an
equal voice and vote - no proxies -
and one vote to a member, regardless
Of number of shares. thus avoiding the
uoASSl Va Zig Uuo1ACos
in the hands of few.
Second = Goods bought and sold
for cash or its equivalent in other pro
ducts. No bad debts, the curse of the
credit system.
Third - Pure goods sold at stand
ard rates. No cutting prices.
Fourth = Profits returned to the
members in proportion to their pur
chases.
Fifth - Employees given gooe
wages. share in the profits, and are
carefully bonded.
Sixth The various association!
will be federated in the state and ma
tional associations and operate thei
own wholesale stores, mills, elevators
and factories.
Seventh = Under the Rochdal,
system each association is entirely in
dependent Of all others. Each make
and changes its own laws at will
elects its own officers and has abso
lutte control Of It's own affairs.
elects delegates to the co-operativ
congresses, and may take stock il
wholesale houses, factories and othe
industrial enterprises, but is neve
controlled by them"