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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
STOCKHOLDERS BRING sulT.
Want Transfer Of Assets Of Masonic
Accident Association Set Aside.

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Want Transfer OF Assets OF Masonic
Accidents Association Set Aside.
Suit was Instituted at Council Bluffs
last week on behalf Of $500 stock
holders in the National Masonic Ac-
cident association, which formerly had
headquarters at Des Moines, to set
aside as fraudulent the sale and trans
fer Of the assets OF the association
last February to the North American
Accident Insurance company OF Chi
cago. The action Is brought In the
name of T. w. Nichols of Chicago,
former president OF the National Ma
sonic association, and several local
stockholders. The defendants are Al
fred Wingate, H. G. Alverson and 9th
or large stockholders, who were also
officers OF the association together
with State Auditor B. F. Carroll and
Attorney General L. W. Mullan of
Iowa and the Moth American COM
pany.
It Is asserted in the petition that
the defendant officers OF the Masonic
association turned over $4,000 OF
cash and securities to the Chicago
company without notice to the stock
holders in general, who are scattered
over Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and
Minnesota. The state auditor is de-
clared to have allowed the reserve
fund on deposit with himself to be
withdrawn and turned over at the
same time. The petition prays that
the assets be ordered turned back and
a receiver named for the National Ma
sonic association.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
BY MEAD PUBLISHING co.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
APOLOGY THAT WAS LOST.
Absent Minded Professor Makes a
Mistake in Trying to Do
the Polite.

The professor of philosophy, absent
minded and full of enthusiasm, came
Into the sitting room, relates Harper's
Magazine.
What a beautiful woman Mrs. Ray
mond Isl" he exclaimed. Il have just
had pleasant talk with her in the book
store"
His wife looked up from her sewing.
Joint" she. exclaimed, where is your
eollar?" fi5
| The professor of philosophy put his
hand to his throat. Il must have left it
at the barber shop. Yes, that's it.
went to the barber shop, then to the
bookstore. Why" he ended, lamely,
mrs. Raymond would think it very
careless of me to appear In public with
out my collar, wouldn't she?'
Rather" said his wife. Perhaps
you'd better call her up and tell her how
1t happened"
Exactly" said the professor.
The professor went to the telephone
Hello. central, hello. Hello-is this
Mrs. Raymond? Yes? Well, really, 1t
was very stupid Of me, Mrs. Raymond,
but, you know, had been thinking of
something very Important, and l quite
forgot my collar. Lob! -ah! good
by"
The professor suddenly hung up the
receiver. He gave utterance to mild
exclamation.
"John!" exclaimed his wife.
"She says she hasn't been out OF the
house to-day" groaned the professor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Brothers In Fatal Flight.

81 \ 4
An ARRAY which came near being a
double tragedy, and which terminated
in sensational suicide, took place at
the farm home Of John Weidmann,
six miles east Of Waverly,. at O'clock
one night last week John Weidmann.
aged twenty-five, had spent the day In
fishing. In the morning, when he de-
parted, his brother Henry, bachelor,
aged thirty-hve, who lived with him,
warned him to return by chore time
or there would be killing at the
weidmann home. John took q bottle
with him to while away the time.
Henry remained at home with another
bottle. Both men drank freely
throughout the day. Ats o'clock, just
as the last chors had been completed,
John appeared. Henry met him with
knifs and terrible battle ensued.
John received four deep wounds in the
head and neck and sank unconscious
from the loss of blood. Thinking he
had killed his brother, Henry ran to
the barn and hanged himself to q
rafter with hay rope. Help arrived
IN a few moments but they found him
dead. The Weidmanns were sons Of
Fred Weidmann, wealthy resident Of
Waverly. It Is believed John will re
cover from his wounds.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
search for Iowa oIrIs.

Misses Josephine and Edna Filter
Of Moquoketa, L., probably are lost
on the slopes Of Pixies peak In Colo.
RADIO. They were members OF burrc
party that left Manitou last Tuesday
morning to ride to the summit, but
they have not returned and their
friends are greatly alarmed. Sheriff
Grimes was appealed to and search.
Ing party was sent out. The sisters
have had no experience with noun
tain climbing and were insuff1ciently
clothed for exposure to the night air
It Is feared they may have met with
an accident.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Form.r orldiron Hero shot.

Fritz Westbrook. a salesman in de-
partment store at Des Moines, is dead
as the result OF pistol wound and
the police are mystihed over the case.
westbrook was returning from a visit
with 4 girl friend when he was shot
down IN the street. His wound was
similar to that inflicted upon the late
President Mckinley at Buffalo, and
exactly the same operation was per-
formed in an effort to save the mans
life. Westbrook lived approximately
the same length q time after the
shooting that the president did. West
brook was formerly player on the
Iowa college football team. The po-
lice have taken the stand that the
murder was the result of Jealousy and
that Westbrook met q rival for his
sweetheart's affection and fought the
man.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Que up 100000 urea sure.

Treasure in gold, silver and precious
stones, aggregating 100000 In value,
has been dug up on quarter-acre
plot of ground of John Nelson, hermit
and miser, who was found dead in
front of his little shack In Munterville,
Wapelln county, few days ago. BUSH
ness has been suspended IN Munter-
Wills and residents spend most Of their
time gold hunting. Nelson is said to
have been at one time a prosperous
jeweler in Illinois. He had liver In
Munterviile for forty years and never
had been seen to work there.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Three Men Killed and Two Others
Probably Fatally Injured in an
iowa Central Railroad Wreck
Near Rlehland.

Three men were killed and two
probably fatally injured in a freight
wreck on the Iowa Central railroad
near Richland, Ia., last week. The
dead are: Jesse Long, engineer; Will
lam West, fireman; Samuel Woolsey,
brakeman. The injured are: Engineer
o. X. Williams and Fireman w. l..
Mcmahon. A care OF oil took fire, the
tank exploded and burned the bodies
Of the killed to crisp. The fire de-
stroyed bridge over a creek, where
the wreck occurred and burned Six
cars. All the dead men lived ut os.
knloosa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Bent Her Double.

knew no one, Tor four weeks,
when was sick with typhoid and kid
neY trouble, = writes Mrs. Annie Hun.
ter, of Pittsburg, Pa, .!and when I
got better, although l had one ct the
best doctors could get, | was bent
dou BILE, and had to rest my hands
on my knees when I walked. From
this terrible afliction was rescued
by Electric Bitters, which restored
my health and strength, and now
can walk as straight as ever. They
are simply wonderful" Guaranteed
to cnre stomach, liver and kidney dis.
orders; at p. "A. Clemmer's Drug store
Price SOC.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21

tho sugar question, Alabama On the
iron question, etc, to the end Of
the chapter. That's the pronuncia-
mento What they really intend and
expect TO accomplish by vigorously e1-
Guiding Mr.. Sanbo is to gobble all the
federal offices. for a southern Repub-
lican without piece Of federal pie is
a pitiablsobjeot The colored man and
brother may object to this programme
and may take It into his noddle to run
southern Republican conventions and
primaries and to send colored men,
and colored men only, as delegates to
conventions. etc, thereby getting up
q scheme to eliminate the white south
ern Republican, as sort Of counter
irritant. It's ten to one shot that
the great Lily White movement will
come to naught but words, words,
words.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
aeynd over on Murder Charge.

Mfx j. NJ. Pratt and her hired man.
WilliaM, Psrsing. lave been bound
over to the grand Jury st Sioux City,
in the sum OF $500 each. charged
with conspiracy to take the life Of the
woman's husband. Mr.. Pratt died
two weeks ago. and his funeral was In
terrupted because Of suspicious cir
oumstances, and the stomach OF the
dead man was sent to the state
chemist, who reports finding enough
arsenic In the stomach TO have caused
death. Mrs. Pratt admitted buying
arsenic, but said Il was for mice. The
accused are in fail.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Farmer Burned to peath.

3. q. Howard, farmer living near
ehembaugh, In Page county. was
creihatsd last week while trying to
save few valuables from his burning
home. He had rescued his wife and
two-months'-old child, but re-entered
the house again and was overcome by
the flames and smoke. His wife ran
nearly q mile over rough roads in her
bare feet. to summon aid. but was too
late. The fire was Of mysterious
origin and the neighborhood is aroused
by a feeling that . hrsbug started the
flames.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Driven Insane by the Flood.

With the roar Of the waters OF the
Missouri river, bank full, constantly
ringing In his ears to remind him that
the merciless stream was slowly but
surely eating It's way toward his fine
farm, Samuel A. Besette, a Lakeport
township farmer, lost his mind under
the strain Of apprehension and was de-
clared insane and taken to the Chero-
kee state hospital for treatment.
Besette is forty-seven years old and
has wife and seven children.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Boy Drowned.

Henry Muster. aged nine years, was
drowned In the Kanaranzi river near
Rock Rapids last week. The stream
was very high from the recent rains.
and the boy, who was In swimming
with number of others, was caught
by the strong current. The body has
not yet been recovered.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Capital Hoodoo Again Busy

The statehouse hoodoo broke out
afresh last week when two accidents
which may result in death occurred
simultaneously. Toma Gilcrest. an
employee Of the historical wing, was
struck by a boulder which fell from a
derrick and his skull was fractured.
Three men fell from scaffolding in the
rotunda to the marble floor and Will.
lam Martin sustained serious cut on
the back Of the head. The men were
engaged on the mural decorations.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
W. M. MOI arland Dead.

W. M. Mcfarland, former secretary
Of state Of Iowa fell dead on the plat.
form Of the union depot at ST. Paul
last Saturday night from heart dis.
eAse. Aftsf the body had been ex.
amidsd BY Deputy Coroner T. ]. Ma.
lpney II was taken to the county
more0A Mr.. Mcfarland had been to
Canada IN special car, accompanied
by several friends. They had been
psgotlaAtng the sale OF q large tract
81 land west Of Winnipeg. Mr.. Me-
Ehrlapd was running to catch train
Ehsn hs collapsed. Mr.. Mcfarland
was born In Ohio t1fty years ago. He
~ elected secretary Of state Of Iowa
ten yeafs ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Is It Possiblep

Nordy-Heres a girl acted in .
very extraordinary way. She was be-.
ing courted by a fellow whom she
knew to be rogue and a rascal, abb
solutely without principle. and man
who would be apt to abuse her, and
yet
Butts-She married him, eh?
/ Nordy-No; that's the queer part Of
st. She refused him.-Louisville
Courier Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Tourlst Printer Killed.

g. Koenig, a tramp printer, whose
home IL supposed to have been IN Al:
bSrt Lea. Mimi, fell from the roof 3.
q house at Carroll, Ia.. striking hts
head on the cement pavement fifteen
feet below. His skull was crushed il
horrible manner, and he died.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21

Your food must be properly diges ted
and assimllated to be Of any value to
you. II your stomach is weak or dis
eased take Kodol dyspepsia Cure. IT
digestS what you eat and gives the
stomach q rest. enabl Dg 1T to reou,
strong again. Kodol cures sour stom..
ach, gas, bloating, heart palpita ton
and all digestive d orders. Sold BY j.
81. Luers Drug Co
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
THE EMPIRE OF SPEECH.
What Has Been Done by Improve
ments in the Telephone to
Advance It.

provements of the telephone show what
undeleveloped capacities still lie hidden
In this wonderful far-talker of modern
science. In the first place, says the Cos.
mopolitan, it has become possible to
eliminate the telephone girl as con.
Meeting link, or rather a connector Of
links, between the sender and the re-.
ceiver Of message. One can now
switch on" without her intervention.
II you wish to talk with friend by this
new system, you simply look up his or
her number, and then on dial, or min.
failure switchboard, in your own house
or Office, you turn the indicator to the
digits representing that number, and
Immediately your friends bell rings,
and. without any further preliminaries,
you may begin your conversation. The
switching mechanism at the central ex-
change has automatically followed the
movements of your indicator at homo
and put you into direct communication
with the desired point. Besides, 1t gives
a delightful sense of privacy to a tele.
phone talk. Mechanical contrivances
possess no ears and no memories, and,
having nothing to forget, make no blum.
ders.
But If the automatic telephone excites
grateful wonder, another recent inyen-
tion-the telephone that takes your
speech, keeps it unuttered If your friend
happens to be out, but speaks it into his
ear as soon as he returns, whether the
interval be an hour or week-must be
regarded as a marvel of marvels. That
machine may consist either of steel
wire wound on a revolving drum, or a
hard steel disk revolving in horizontal
plane Above the revolving wire, OF
disk, is placed asmall electromagnetic ac-
tuated by the telephone circuit. All the
varying impulses that come over tha
the speakers voice are impaired by the
little magnet to the steel moving be-
meath it, and they make upon that steel's
surface series of magnetic Impressions,
like invisible dots, each Of which pos
sesses its own peculiar polarity and de-
gree of intensity. It is just as if the
steel were sheet Of paper and the mag
net a pen, and the magnetic impulses q
series Of alphabetical signs jotted down
on the paper-only nothing is visible to
the eye. But the hundreds of little mag
netic poles are there. though unseen,
and when the wire or the plate carrying
these mystic hierglyphica is again
passed under the electromagnetic (tAe lat.
ter being now connected with tele.
phone receiver) they reproduce exactly
the same impulses that created them
these impulses passing into the receiv
or vibrate the speaking membrane and
give forth the voice and the words which
they had stored.
The only thing that man who has q
telegraphone in his Office needs to do is
to set the apparatus going when he has
time to listen to 1t, and If any of his
friends have been speaking to 1t while
he was out, or busy, or asleep, theil
messages will be repeated.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
WeII Done,

Any fact that will encourage any
body to accomplish anything prAetica
to curb the trusts should have the Wild
est possible publicity, for it seems that
1t will require the united and persist.
emit efforts Of all who are fesced By
the modern monsters to put bit In
their mouths. In these letters some two
years ago l told how one Of my friends,
who is one of my constituents and
whose constituent was, stata Senator
~ Il. K. Biggs, had secured the pas
sage Of bill through the Missouri leg
tslature for manufacturing binder
Irvine In the penitentinry, and ! predict.
% that It would pro-e & s..ccess. Many
wisetsfss. soine Of them IN high ped
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Another Fourth Of July Victim.

Tetanns caused the death Of an
other Fourth OF July victim In Clinton
county last week. Eddie Iverson died
in Grand Mound from lockJaw caused
by infection In a wound inflicted by
toy pistol. He Is the sixth victim Of
the Fourth In Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Getting slekf

00f6no SiokI
One By one the universal annexation
lsts are becoming weary Of the scheme.
Even the Cincinnati Enquirer gags at
Jamaica, for 1t says.
A correspondent writes that Jamaica
yapts annexation to tive wire" repub-
u Instead Of subsection to an etfete mon
atbhy. THAT sounds like real hot stuff."
sxpiaims the New York Herald.
sounds that way perhaps. but there IL
nothing IA H." Jamaica 10 fair coun-
Try, and tourists speak OF Il In high terms
81 place 10 visit A very large part Of
IT. population. howsvsr. b ignorant, indif-
tNr1nt and without sepse OF patriotism
just the sort Of people to be patient and
ltstfsss under selfish British domination.
deeak Britain owns the island and does
Npthtng for Il There are nne people on
The island, but the undesirable popula-
ttpn - 20 large that there Il no pride or
1paSit 60 revolt and Of course. England
naalsss no concess4oxs. No doubt our own
country % the ope alluded to a. the five
wire republic Really, though, we would
have no use for 70 much dad wire as we
would set with 5nmaicA We have UNDER
taken ~ much benevolent assimilation as
No can attend to IA many years. Let
GREAT Britain continue to wrestle with
tbs Jamaica case. The people Of that
island need not be worried on account of
being dependent. They may be sure thrt
the mother country"-in this case SO
lot stepmothsr = will get moro than =.
gtVoS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
FARMER crushed Id Death,

George Halter, Sir, a prominent
farmer living near Marshalltown,
while attempting to climb on a load
Of hay, fell under the horses feet and
was trampled to death.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
Woman Accidentally KIlIes

Mrs. J. w. CARTS of Rhodes was ac-
cidentally shot and killed by her hus-
band, who was cleaning q gun.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
When e'er you feel impending Ill,
And need magic little pill,

No other one will I'LL the bill,
Like DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
The Famous Little Pills, Early Ris.
ers, cure Sick Headache, Biliousness,
etc. They never grippe or sfcken, but
impart early string energy. Good for
children or adults Sold by j. 81.
Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21

Plokstlng az Bad 40 Lynchlne.
"Picketing is as bad as lynching. !"
said Judge Mcpherson Of the federal
court at Des Moines in decision last
week holding the Santa Fe railroad
pickets guilty Of contempt Of court in
violating strike order issued a year
ago at Fort Madison. No punishment
WAS fixed. -. !.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
TWO Elahermen Drowned.

Charles Burchett and Charles Stew
ems, both sons Of prominent farmers,
were drown In Coon river west Of
Dallas Center Sunday. The young
men were fishing when their boat was
upset.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21

Secretary Shaw now claims that
when he made the prophecy Of only
s1S,0o0,o00 deficit for the fiscal year
1905 he ought to have made the figures
s22 100000, as some wicked clerk made
mistake Of $4,50O,OO0 Hind sight is
better than foresight even with secre-
taries of the treasury.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
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Bears the nlhs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature :, l|2Azzzzn

What's the secret OF happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels,
the stomach, the liver and Kidneys
strong ard active. Burdock Blood
Bisters does 1t.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21

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Of doubt. Recently ! went on
4 lecture tour through those three
great states and closely observed the
political situation. At GAINESVILLE, Ca.
where spoke before the Chautauqua
on the glorious Fourth. was intro
duced to the audience by Governor
Terrill In as happy speech as ever
heard, speech eloquent with burning
patriotism and packed with good sense.
The burden of his remarks was that
the southern people Of all our citizens
have the greatest reason for celebrat-
ing the anniversary Of the Declaration
Of Independence, because southern
statesmen and soldiers contributed
most to establish the republic and to
put representative government on its
feet on this continent. It's pity that
his opportune and thrilling speech
could not be printed In every newspa-
per and speech book in the land.
'Twould do world Of good. Govern
or Terrill is handsome, capable gen.
tleman in the flower Of his years and
is just beginning his second term in
the gubernatorial chair. More, much
more, will be heard Of him in public
life or miss my guess.
Strange to tell, while Governor Ter
rill has two years more to serve the
state Is In a turmoil as to the succes-
sion. Hon. Hoke Smith. ex-sscretary
Of the interior, has SHE'D his caster into
the gubernatorial ring and Il stump
ing the state Of oglethorpA William
a. Crawford, Bob Toombs, Alexandsc
a. stephena, Ben Hiil and Henry W,
Grady IA way that u stirring mp tn
natives. Mr.. Smith u stunning o. q re
former. The candidate whom he seenl
to be after most eagerly and who 4
after him most eagerly IL Hon. Cla1a
\ Howell, editor Of the Atlanta Consd
tuition. who pours editorial broadstdes
i double shotted and bitter - gail intoths
Honorable Hoke day altar day. amls4
replies In kind IN bis speeches, en3
there Is blood on the moon. Nvss5pody
II agog from the Atlantic % The IN
nessee border. Smith and howell an
both men Of national reputation, md
the contest Will attract uuavessl ateen
ton. In the meantime Hon. Joe Hit
Hall claims that both Smith and How
ell have stolen his reform platform and
insists that he Is the man to run ON It
So he is running. Colonel Dstill tn
wealthy Savannah editor who mads Z
creditable race against Governor TYR
rill for the nomination two years aga
is In the aght once more, and la
stranger things have happened than htl
winning, not only By reason Of his OWL
strength, but BY the intense btttesnAsl
engendered between Smith and How.
ell.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
ROBERT THOMSON. Cashier

That is to.say, depend up
on yourself. Have you,a Saw
|ings account?
The man or woman who ex-
poets to make money had. bet
ter learn how to save some-
thing out of their present in
come.
Fortune is for those who by
diligence, honesty and fru-.
|gality place themselves in a
position to grasp hold of for
tune when it appears in view.
Application in youth makes
|old age comfortable.