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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-12-29

The season Of indigestion Is upon us
and Dyspepsia viii do everything e'i FOR,
over-worked stomach can. not do for
itself. Kodol Dlgests what you eat
gives the stomach rest relieves sour
stomachs, belchinq, heartburn, indis
gestion, etc. Sold by Luers Drug Go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-12-29
Bon-Bon Boxes Of Vegetables.

DoH 0OAeS OF VeSVIHp1eS.
Big turnips, sweet potatoes, beets
and small squash answer this purpose
capitally. Cut off the tops, leaving q
slanting edge for a fair-sized paper
Of candy wrapped in oiled paper.
Place this in the hollow vegetable and
fit the lid on the top by using wooden
toothpicks as lacks. No one would
suspect that your bonbonniere Is not
lust common vegetable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-12-29
Improves With Age.


Hon. John Wesley Gaines of Tennes-
see, who represents the far famed
Hermitage district in the house of rep
resentativeS, is like wine in one regard
at least-he improves with age. On the
resolution to refer the presidents mes
sage, he delivered on the insurance
question one of the ablest and most
carefully prepared speeches which have
been heard in that body in ten years.
He had the undivided attention of the
house while speaking and was fire.
quently applauded At the close he was
most heartily complimented by MEM
bers on both sides of the chamber. A
more honest, courageous or Industrious
man does not sit in congress, and he is
growing man. This last speech shows
vast amount of study and research
and will well repay careful perusal. 1
have not room to quote it here, which I
sincerely regret.
Governor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa
has been in Washington lately There
was no public statement as to why he
5NtfS s9SfS: LudS haNC OCCl AOl ASClSt-
ton or for business. 1t may be that
this eminent Hawkeye Republican tar
iff reformer was here to consult with
that eminent Republican tariff revision
list from Massachusetts, Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, and to try to induce him
to enlarge his programme of revision,
for it will be remembered that up to
date the Bay State senator confines his
efforts at revision to an effort to place
green hides on the free list.
Taken by large and small, the house
debate Oh the distribution Of the pres
ident's message" was of high order
Several brilliant speeches were made,
many good ones, scarcely a dull one.
The range of subjects was wide, as
was to be expected, for the president
touched Oh fifty-five subjects in his
message. But in the main the subject
discussed was insurance Not word
was said in defense of the insurance
magnates who have been plumdering
the people.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-12-29

ANN Il w AIN says tldC human
iva nature is very strong and
Il that we all have heap of it
in us. Somebody else has
said that "all the world loves lover"
A sort of compound of these two say
ings is, ga touch of nature makes the
whole world kim" All of these ancient
sayings have been illustrated by the
hearty manner in which Washington in
general and congress in particular have
received the news of the betrothal of
Representative Nicholas Longworth of
Cincinnati and Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Everybody congratulated Longworth,
and everybody would have congratulate
ed Miss Alice if everybody could have
had chance, for every well regulated
person feels as much like congratulate
ing woman on getting a good hus-
band as he feels like congratulating
man on getting good wife. All this
goes to show that the average Ameri-
can citizen, man or woman, believes
that marriage is not failure notwith-
standing what few disgruntled and
sensational writer's have had to say in
recent years. Oh, yes, divorces are
numerous. These are exploited for all
they are worth-indeed, for more than
they are worth. One swallow does not
make a summer, and the unhappiness
Of those divorced and seeking divorce
doesn't prove that there are not millions
of happy homes in this broad land-the
happiest places on earth. Perhaps the
fact that the announcement of the ap-
preaching nuptials was made as the
Christmas holidays We're near at hand
had somewhat to do with the pleasure
with which it was universally received,
for Christmas has come to be much
more of a home festival than a re-
ligious festival. Unquestionably the
fact that the bride elect is presidents
daughter and the bridegroom men,
Der of the house had much to do with
increasing interest in the news. 1t is
not spirit of fiunkyism, but of genu-
inc Americanism, that causes Ameri-
cans to take an interest in whatever
pertains to the White House and it's oc-
cupants. The White House is our
house. The president is our president,
whether we voted for him or voted
against him. Most people are glad that
he is young enough to have daughter
young enough to marry. Every Ameri-
can is glad that the presidents daugh-
ter is going to marry an American and
] did not hitch herself in double harness
with some foreign duke or earl or
count. The fact that Mr.. Longworth
is congressman shows that he is held
In high esteem in the city where he was
born and where his ancestors have
dwelt for generations. Weddings in
the White House have been few and
far between, largely by reason of the
fact that several Of the presidents were
childless and most Of those having chill
dr;,.,n were so old that the children We're
married and settled in life before the
fathers were eleclen 10 the presidency.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-12-29
Il II Il II II II i,

The Matter of Railroad
Rates-How c Congressman
Sulzer Would Remedy Re-
bate Evil - Democracy's
Bright Outlook-Split In
G. o. P. Foreshadowed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-12-29
:. Il Champ
:. Clark'S
/. Letter

Especial Washington letter.

LSpecIaI washington Letter.J
II ARK TWAIN says that human
iva nature is very strong and
4 that we all have heap of it
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

New York, Dec. 4.-The most inter.
esting development in the life insurance
investigation today, was contained in
the testimony OF Horace A. Brockway,
hotel proprietor ami director Of ths
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com.
pany, who had he had given $4,000 to
President Burnham Of that company, at
the demand Of Burnham in 1893.
Brockway told the committee that
Burnham had told him IL he would take
out a policy in the Mutual Reserve, he
would make him director. Brock.
way took out policies amounting to
$4,000.
After having been director for some
time. he was put on the payroll Of the
company at $500 n week, and received
that salary for four months, and then
il was cut to 5000 per week.
Asked what he did TO earn the
money, he said he looked over some of
the loans for the company, was con.
suited by policy holders rs to whether
the company was good one to insure
in aud did whatever he was asked to
do.
What President Burnham did with
the money was explained by Vice Presi'
dent Eldridgc, Of the Mutual Reserve,
who testified that Burnham had told
him he had given IL to Hilary Bell, a
newspaper man and publicity agent OF
the company, to secure the publication
of articles favoring the company, at a
time when it was being criticised in
the newspapers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
P0PULAcE INDIFFERENT.
Care Not for Scenes Of Anarchy and
Government Is Powerless

Care Not for Scenes OF Anarchy and
Government Is Powerless
Paris. Dec. 4.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal says seri-
ous difficulties have arisen in the min.
istry resulting in an acute crisis.
Socialists, the correspondent adds,
have informed the government that If
the postal men be not replaced, an ap-
peal will be made to the people to take
up arms against the government st.
Petersburg correspondent of the Matin
describes q sinister aspect at the Rus
sian capital. He says there are patrols
everywhere, doors and windows Of hous-
es are closed, stores are barricaded and
Cossacks are camping in the streets,
There Is No news from other parts of
the Empipre, says the correspondent.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of
the Figaro says Wite has presented to
the Council of Ministers, project for
the granting of universal suffrage. The
population of st. Petersburg, according
to correspondent, display absolute in.
difference to scenes Of anarchy, while
the Empire, says the correspondent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

st. Petersburg, Sunday, via Edytku-
hnen, East Prussia, Dec. 4.-The city
remains quiet, but extreme tension pre-
walls. Armed patrols are in the streets,
especially in the neighbcrhood Of the
telegraph Office. The telegraph and
postal tie.up remains complete. Soldiers
Adj employees Of Other departments
are being used TO deliver portions OF
the vast accumulation Of mail.
The telegraph operators met yester-
days threat 10 discharge them unless
they returned TO work, by resolving TO
prosecute the strike until their demands
were satisfied.
The League Of Leagues, which is Is
suing DEGREES like veritable provision
al government, has openly defed the
Projects warning to walking delegates
and agitators, that any attempts TO
persuade the employees to leave their
work would lead To their arrest and
fine, and is issuing n counter proclama-
tion, warning not only Russian, but
Danish operators to work at their
peril. The authorities think the strike
will be broken in few days, but the
basis Of their optimism is not stated.
witte is now convinced that the En-
peror by acceding TO the demands Of
universal suffrage, may still find COM
mon ground on which the government,
and the moderate and extreme elements
can stand. II this fails to stay the
headlong march of events, the prccla-
nation Of a ready made constitution
might be tried as a last card. Then
nothing remains except dictatorship.
Competent judges of the situation be-
lieve that dictatorship, while it might
restrain the rising food temporarily,
would only increase the dimensions OF
cataclysm, and when the dam goes out
would sweep the government and dyn-
asty away to common ruin.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
EXILE RETURNS
Prominent Editor and Lawyer Returns
to Warsaw.

Warsaw, Dec. 4.-Libtski. a promi'
nent lawyer and editor, whom the Gov
ernor General of Warsaw exiled, and
who was released at the request OF
the Zemstvo Congress, returned here
TODAY from st. Petersburg. He ex-
pressed confidence that the presentF agi-
tation would not result in revolution
He added the strike was epidemic and
even now is dying, owing to the ex'
haustion of the working classes. Lib
tski further declared that the military
mutinies were not planned but merely
.poradic outbursts, resulting from the
general ferment. He said Witte was
certain to overcome difficulties with the
military and the strikers and thus
strengthen his own position.
Jewellers arriving at Odessa from
Iiietr, report serious fight there Fri
lay, between engineers and Cossacks,
Many hundreds were killed or wounded
The Neue Erie Presse publishes dis
batch from Lemberg, Galicia, evidently
eferring to the same occurrences at
Nieff, says the enginetls refused to
work as telegraphers, whereupon the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

Washington, Dec. t.--The assembling
today Of the Fifty ninth Congress, for
the arA session, was marked BY no un.
usual incidents, bat II attracted crowds
Of spectators, who took lively inssr'
est In the proceedings.
In ths Senate, the proceedings were
brief. but In the House, the sc. Ion
lasted more than three hours, and
while the proceeding. followed the pro-
gram that has marked the opening Of
Congress for many years. there was
enough Of interest 10 hold the eScep-
tionaliy large audience during the en-
tire time. One noticeable feature was
the absence Of flowers, which heretofore
has been common 10 both chambers.
senators Allison and Morgan were
appointed by Vice President Fairbanks,
A. a committee 10 notify the President
that Congress was ready for any COM
munication he desired 10 make. The
Senate was In session only twenty min
utc.. senators Aldrich, r. l.; Knox,
Penn. Warner, Mo-; and Frazier Tenn
took the oath OF office, and an adjourn.
mn was taken ~ q mark Of respect
10 the late Senator platt of Come Ii.
cut.
Preliminary steps TO organization
were taken by the House. Joseph q,
Cannon. vas reelected Speaker; mem.
bers of the House took the oath Of Of.
fee; officers and floor employees Of the
body we're re- elected; rules OF the last
Congress were adopted and the mem.
bers went through the formality Of
drawing for seats.
In brief speech against the adop'
tion Of the rules, Minority Leader VIII
lam-. of Mississippi, touched on the in
cident Of the country in the tariff legis'
ation and told Of the new Republican
"idea-" which were being waited Ia
Washington on brcezes from every part
Of the country These, he said, might
be properly legislated. should the min
ority of the majority" stand with the
Democratic members in opposing the
adoption Of the old rules and the form
ing Of new ones, which permit the con.
sidcration Of such legislation as popu'
lar opinion might dictate.
A committee was appointed to act
with the Senate Committee In notify
ing President Roosevelt that Congress
was ready 10 transact business. A
rules committee and q committee on
mileage was appointed and the House
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
HEAVY RAINS IN NEW YORK.

Utica, \. Y, Dec. 4.-Yesterday's
heavy rain and snow fall swelled the
streams in this section and much dam
age has been done. The Mohawk river
is unusually high, all the fats for a
great distance through the valley being
flooded. A section of the bridge across
the ne wehanel Of the river now being
dug here was carried away and there
are fears for other structures. Electric
light, telephone and telegraph wires
were affected. Three men with q team
were carried down stream at Whites
borod and had a narrow escape from
from drowning. Reports Of similar ex-
periences are frequent.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

trouble began. Five. hundtd armed
men left the barracks and parsded the
streets. where they were Joined by q
number OF infantrymen and followed by
crowd Of workmen
Near the railroad station the mutt
neers engaged 300 Cossacks and drove
them OF Later ~ the Jewish quarter
the mutineers faced the infantry regi.
ment, which fired two voileys, killing
l65 persons and wounding many. The
remainder of the mutineers surrender
ed.
Many Russian and Polish families,
the dispatch says, are fleeing from kiefi
where martial law has been declared.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
HEIRESS MARRIES.

New York, Dec. 4.-Miss Majorie
Merriwether Post was married TO Ed.
ward II. Close at Grace church at noon
yesterday. Miss Post Is the only dau.
gh,er Of G. W. Post. president Of the
Nationpl citi,ehS Indutrial Alliance
and |. In her nineteenth year In her
sixteenth Mr.. Post made his daughter
independent by giving her s2.0oo,Ooo.
Before the honeymoon journey abroad
the young couple viii visit their grand
parents In Texas.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

German squadron is sighted in the Bal.
tic sea near the Russian coast. The
rumor attributes the appearance of the
squadron a. preparatory to the flight
Of the Russian imperial family. Agrar-
ian and anti-Swedish outbreaks are re-
ported TO have occurred in the govern
ment's Chernigof, Terek, Kursk and
Kasan.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
Plot Uncovered.

st. Petersburg, via Edykuhnen. Dec
4.-The trial Of Nine. Leontiff and a
dozen Others. charged with being impli-
Gated in Terrorist plot to kill Ire
pof. develops into the existence OF a
big conspiracy, with rhmifcations at
Moscow and elsewhere, with the pur.
pose Of assassinating Grand Duke Ser
gius, already accomplished, and TrepofI
and other tyrants.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
CsIilornia to Revise the Rules oi
Football.
STANFORD IS CO. OPERATING
Two Universities Will Act Independent
of Nationsi Committees and Smaller
Universities of Coast viii Be Asked
to Bind Themselves Accordingly.

Berkeley, Dec. 4.-The Academic
Council, Of the University of CalifOrnia
has taken into its on hands, the matter
of revising the game Of football, on the
Pacific coast, so the Objectionable fea-
lures in the sport, as now played, may
be eliminated.
Stanford is cooperating in the move
ment and the authorities of the two
unsventtiSs will act in entire inHe-I
pendence Of the national committee.
The smaller universities of the coast
will be asked to bind themselves by
the recommendation OF the committee.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
Nobility Attacked.

Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Dec. A.
The 0strepussiche Zeitung prints re-
ports received from Libau, saying sew
eral Of the nobility. officials and other
residents Of Livonia and Courland, were
attacked by peasants, killed and terribly
mutilated.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

Vienna, Dec. 4.-The Tageblatt pub
fishes communication from Odessa,
via Podwoloczyska, Galicis, saying that
thousand reservists have suddenly
been released from service and are
hungry and homeless. They are parad.
ing the streets, asking for food. The
Governor General, Kaulbars refuses to
help them and they are threatening to
steal and plunder.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

London, Dec. 4.-The political crisis
in the United Kingdom reached aclimax
today, when Arthur ]. Balfour, Pre-
mie, formally tdldered tina resigna-
tions Of himself and Cabinet to King
Edward, who accepted them. His maj
esty has invited Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, to an interview tomorrow
morning, when be will offer him the
mission of forming the Cabinet
Sir Henry will accept the task and
within a few days, even within q few
hours, a new government will be form
ed.
II may be stated as certain, that
Lord Reberury will be entirely ignored
in the makeup of the Cabinet, and
John Morley viii be one Of the chief
advisers Of Sir Henry, in drawing up
the list of his official family.
There is some uncertainty as TO when
the dissolution Of Parliament win b
effective, but It is not considered prob
able that it will be until after the New
Year An interesting feature Of the poll
teal situation, is the prospect Of slcs-
er alliance between the Irish and ths
Labor parties, in the new Parliament.
James Kier Hardie, Socialist and In.
dependent member, in q political speech
tonight, frankly invited such an al
lance. He pointed out that forty.hve
Labor members, combined ith seventy
FIVE Irish members, provided q voting
strength which no Government, however
stronc, could afford to IGNORE.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
EXPECTS AcQUIEscENcE.

London, Dec. 4.-The Vienna cores.
pondent Of the Daily Telegraph nys;
The international feet has occupied the
island Of Lemnos. European Turkey
The Austrian foreign office expects the
Porte to Immediately acqsssce In the
demands Of the powers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
TO DISCUSS FISHERIES.

Ottawa. Dec. 4.-Edward Mcbride,
Premier of British Columbia, and Mr..
Tatlow, finance minister, arrived lere
today to discuss the Pacific coast fish.
cries with Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Do
minion Premier.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
MONEY FOR BOYCOTT.

Singapore, Dec. 4.-0ver thousand
Chinese merchants attended a meeting
here today, at which a considerable sum
was collected for the purpose of con-
tinuing the boycott on American goods.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
Bills Numerous In House.

Washington. dec. 4-The records for
the introduction OF bills was broken
today by the House. Four hundred and
ihirty.one public bills were offered
and private bills were 80 numerous
thu, employe. had not counted all Of
them up 10 late hour.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
MURDERER PLEADS GUILTY.

Independence, Ia, Dec. 4.-William
Mcwilliams plbd9i guilty today on
three indictments found against him
for killing his FIVE children.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
SHOCK IS FELT.

Florence, Dec. 4.-The Royal Observ-
atory today recorded three violent
shocks OF earthquake. The shocks were
felt in Sicily and Calsbria. There was
no damage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

Girard, Kan, Dec. Airs. IneE Berry
of Spokane, the passenger from Spo-
kane to Tusla, I. T., who became insane
last Saturday and with pistol drove the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
Imperial Guard Mutinies.

London, Dec. 4--The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times says three
regiments at Righ have refused TO per-
form police duty. Sailors at the i'm
perial guard have mutinied.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
Another Strike Expected.

Hapnarda, Sweden, Dec. A dis.
patch received from Tornea, Finland,
reports a new railroad strike in Fin
land, caused by the nominations to the
new Senate, and an industrial strike
may be expected.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
HUNGRY AND COLD INSANE
WOMAN WILL NOT SURRENDER

occupants from the car, which was side
tracked here, is still in possession Of
the car. She is suffering from cold and
hunger, but refuses 10 surrender. say.
ing she win die in the car.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05

San Francisco, Dec. &--John ID. Is
aacs, has been appointed consulting en-.
gineer for the completed lines of the
Union Pacific railroad, and the Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company, the Ore.
uon Railroad a Navigation Company
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
2 ASTORIA, OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER

adjourned. In compliance with resolu.
iions announcing the death OF Senator
Plntt. Of Connecticut, and Representa-:
tive Marsh, Of Illinois.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
NAMED AS CONSULTING
ENGINEER OF THE LINES

and the Southern Pacific, with head.
quarters in this city. Isaacs viii have
complete charge of oil matters relating
to construction, bridges and building
signalling and the preservation of tim.
Der.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
German Souadron sighted

st. Petersburg, via Eyalknen, Dec. 4.
1t Is reported from Cronstadt, that a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
Soldiers and EmOlOyees Of Other Departments Busily
Engaged In Delivering Vast Amount Of
Accumulated Mail.
LEAGUE oFLEAoUEs OPENLY DEfIEs Tnt pREFEcTs ORDERS

Issues DEGREES Like vabe Provisional Government Replies Warning
Prefec Threatening and Pine Any Who Mo Employees
Counter Poamaions Warning Russian Danish Operators Not
Work Pi-Auhnts Believe Strike Will Broken
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
where MONEY Went
President Of Mutual Reserve spent
kFor Newspaper Comment.
HOTEL KEEPER ON STAND

Says He Was Made Director on condi-
ton that He Take Out Policy for Six
Thousand and that He Drew Three
Hundred Dollars Week as Employee.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
SENATE IS VERY BRIEF
New Members Sworn In and the
Session Lasts But Twen.
ty Minutes.
HOUSE B4EAKS THE RECORD

Over Four Hundred Private Bills In.
tfodueed During Day and so Many
Private Ones that Total Number
Was Not Compiled by Clerks.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-05
CABINET ALSO RETRES
King Promptly Accepts and Re.
quests Audience With
Sir Henry.
ROSEBERRY TO BE IGNORED

Win Not Be Consulted in the Naming
of the New Cabinet, But New Pre-
mier Will Probably Advise With Nor
ley Regarding His Official Family.