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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-29
BURLINGTON EMPLOYEES PICNIC
At Seward, Neb., Fourth of July, Given
Under the Auspices of the B. of /.
E., B. of |. F.. o. r. G. and
the & Of r. T.

t-ss 70 VI - - - - - 0''S
the B. of r. T.
Program of the day:
Speaking by the Hon. p. James Co.'S
grave, 11-12.
Lunch, 12-1 p. m.
Ladies nail driving contest, p. M,
first prize So, second prize 81.
10O-yard dash, free for all, 1:45 p.
m First prize IS, second prize So.
Boys 75-yard foot race, under IA, 2
D. m. First prize So, second prize 81.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-29
Real Bargains
in DOmestics

5 lie yard-Fine soft finished Muslin,
bleached, full yard wide, worth. !. Sc
4 3-4c yard-Good IL unbleached Muslin
4 1-2c yard-Standard Prints, blue, gray,
red, white, and light blue, worth &c.
4 3-4c yard-For good Apron Bingham.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-29

Panama Skirts worth $3.50. -. $675
Silk Mohair Skirts worth $3.50. $685.
Henrietta Skirts worth $500. 49,. 1895
Silk Waists worth $3.50. 1926
Pongee Waists worth $3.50. .$1.98
White Pique Skirts, neatly styled, at
$3.50 and $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
HUNDREDS LEAP
FROM FIRE PERIL RI
Flames Trap Throng in Grand
stand and Sweep Acres J..
ss at Ohio Fire. =. .-~... -. !.
urnal Special Service,

Journal Special Service. ~. =. .-.E-
Bucyrus, Ohio, Oct. 14.-While, the
county fair was in progress this after
noon, a gasoline stove used by con-
cessioner under the grandstand ex-
ploded and within two minutes the big
building was a mass of flames. Peo-
pie in the grandstand,. interested in
the race that was in progress, were
unconscious of their danger, until
smoke and flames began to creep
from the floor at their feet.
A panic ensued in which the one exit
from the stand was blocked. The
only way to safety was to leap to the
track in front Of the stand. A drop
Of fifteen feet made this dangerous.
In the excitement, women and chill
dren leaped, falling upon each. other.
Many were injured by the fall and
others badly burned. - ".s ?
Hundreds of people were burned and
bruised, though no fatalities are re-
ported. Half Of the exhibits were
ruined, while those in the buildings
that were saved were damaged by be-
ing ruthlessly torn from their places
In half an hour many buildings, small
and nreat, were transformed into a sea
Of flames. So ~r....--. -, ....--...., ss-.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
DID POISON KILL :
Him, A YEAR AGO?
Remains of Matthias Harff Of Has
san Township May Be Disin-
tered by Authorities.
Was Matthias Harff, who died nearly

: Was Matthias Harf, who died nearly
a year ago, poisonedR .s -2
That question has been asked num-
Der Of times recently by residents in
and around the Harff farm in the town
of Hassan, Hennepin county. It has
been asked by the administrator Of the
Harf estate and the solution Of it is
being eagerly sought by some of the
relatives and friends. -
The question was asked of County
Attorney Al j. Smith a few days ago
and whether or not that official will
be able to answer it remains to be SEEM
John Russell, Jr., the administrator.
went to the county attorney, stated his
suspicious and the grounds for them
and asked that the body of Matthias
Harff be disinterred and a post-mortem
examination Of the remains be made
by the coroner. The matter is still in
abeyance and it is probable that. if
the body is taken from its grave, the
estate or the relatives will have to paw
the expenses of disinterment.
Matthias Harf died nearly a year
ago under somewhat peculiar circu1n-
stances. He was about "a years old
He was not well, but it was given out
by his physician that he would live fol-
at least a year The family and friends
had but fairly settled down to that idea
WISH oHo uoi iAiAR CHey 1ouHu n1m ,Qead
and from no apparent cause. He left
$1,000 life insurance policy and con
siderable property. There was no will
The widow made no petition for letters
of administration and finally, after sew.
eral months, one Of the daughters made
application in the probate court and
John Russell was soon after appointed
administrator.
Shortly after Mr. Harff's death ru
mors of poisoning began to be heard
Mr.. Russell stated to- the county attor
ney that he had, after q fashion, in
vestlgated these rumors and that, il
ms opinion. the facts warranted an Of
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
General Staff Has Plan
of Attack on Caracas
Should Force Be Nec-
essary to Bring Castro
to Terms.
President Will Call on
Congress to Decide
Upon a Course of
Action ir, the Vene.
zuelan Taagle. . ~.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Oct. 14.-Congress will
probably be called upon by President
Roosevelt to decide on the course Of
action to be taken by the United
States in bringing the Venezuelan gov
srnment to terms; The report made made by
his Investigations recently in Venezue-
Ia will, it is said today, show that the
New York and Bermudez Asphalt com
pany has not received just treatment
at the hands Of the Venezuelan govern
ment. Judge Calhoun is now, in. New
York preparing his report, which will
probably be submitted to the state de-
said this afternoon that he hoped the
Venezuelan imbroglio would be set
tied by diplomacy and without force.
Unquestiona bly, this hope is felt by
the entire administration, and yet there
are many indications that the United
States government expects that event
ually the attitude assumed by Vene-
lean citizens will lead to the employ
ment Of force by this government.
Army Plans for. Attack.
The general staff Of the army has
prepared a careful plan for an armed
attack by land on Caracas. Military
and naval officials are carefully watch
ing every move made, by the Venezuelan
government and particular cognizance
was taken Of the fact that President
Castro recently ordered from the Gro
set company of France thirty field bat
teries and six mounted batteries of ar
tillery. -. a.. = E.~5 $50 ~ ~:
One Of the questions which is said
to have received. careful consideration
at yesterdays cabinet meeting was the
proposal OF the French government for
combination with the United States in
securing a settlement of the claims of
the two countries: against Venezuela.
Castro Is Bold. 80 ..s53 2s &
The president has decidsd to go slow
in this matter, as it is thoroly realized
that Castro4sdoes not intend t~to recede
from his position, either as regards this
country or France, unless cofnpulsion is
threatened and perhaps applied. u ssaz
President Roosevelt does not care to
take the responsibility, of sending an
armed force, either military or naval,
against Venezuela without the full
knowledge and consent Of congress-.
And yet it is evident that the inter
ests Of American property owners in
Venezuela will have to: be protected
and that the Venezuelan, courts, being
absolutely under the influence Of Cas-
tro. cannot be relied upon to afford
such protection. 3 -
Judge Calhoun, it iss believed, will
report that the courts Of Venezuela
were practically directed by Castro to
render decisions adverse to the claims
of the New York and Bermudez AS.
phalt company. -,7 - .r =. s'@sA5's +
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

Journal Special Service. .-.'' !" -
louisville Ky Ky' oGt os 14T9o A. footheiX7 theX
team of the Kentucky Institute for the
Blind was defeated today by the Cres.
cent Hill football team by a. score of
25. to 0. The Crescent Hill team is
composed Of strong players and out
weighs the blind boys. Notwithstand-
ing these handicaps, however, the blind
team put.up good exhibition, the stars
being Captain Elwood, Short, who
played full, and Baxter Coodert, right
guard. -
Professor Gregory, who is athletic in
structor at the institute and devised a
IS f now in Use in various institutions
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
CUNLIFFE LAUGHS
AT The SLEUTHS
Absconder, With Express Com
pany's Hundred Thousand,
Writes to Newspapers. Z.
Special to The Journal.

Chicago, Oct. ~14.-George E. Cunliffe,
the absconding. Adams Express agent,
who Disappeared with 100000, has
written letter to a Chicago newspaper
in which he "guysO the press and po-
lice for failing to catch him. He laughs
at the stories to the effect that be had
been seen in st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The letter, which is written on station
cry of the Morton House, Grand Rapids,
Mich, is as follows:
uGrand Rapids, Mich, Oct: 12, 1905:
Sitting tonight in tho lobby Of the
Morton House, I am amused at the
antics Of the detectives thruout the
country, especially your chief Of police
of Chicago. I have read today'e Her
aid and American. I am possibly in
Chicago, and I may be in st. Paul or
Minneapolis. but you will see from
this letter I am in neither place, and
when you get this I will not be here.
It amuses me to see how bright your
brightest Of bright detectives are. But
they are only human, and not mind
readers. Of course I will not be here
when you get this letter.
Is SO George Cunliffe, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
BATES
STOPS A PANIC.
With Robert billiard, She Quells
Turmoil Over Fire on j
. the Stage. +. $3.50. !.
Journal Special Service.

journal Special Service. : q 6
Pittsburg, Oct. 14.-Blanche Bates
forgot she was The Girl from the
Golden West" and Bob Hilliard mo-
mentarily laid aside the role of The
Stranger and outlaw, on the stage of
the Belasco theater this afternoon as
they gave an impromptu peri formance
Of fighting the flames, thereby saving
the theater from disaster and the au-
dience Of 1000 from panic.
& During the third act, when the two
lovers met in the ngirl so room, in
the light Of an oil lamp, and the outlaw
lover begged for a. kiss, the struggle
which ensued resulted in overturning
the lamp and setting fire to the rug.
Hilliard at once seized the lamp and
carried it to the wings. Returning, he
rolled up the burning rug, stamped out
the fire as best he could, and hurled it
back to join the demolished lamp.
But a woman cried Fire. - Then
scores rushed from their seats and a
stampede was imminent. Miss Bates
rushed to the footlights and cried:
"Turn on every light in an instant. y
The electrician obeyed and the audience
became calm.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
LESS THAN CENT ON DOLLAR.

Boston, Oct. 14.-Less than one cent
tors Of Burnett, Cummings & Co., who
failed on May. 81 for $1,714, 1868, will
receive on their claims, according to
the report of the trustee in bankrupt.
cy,. Joshua NJ. Sears, which is nearly
ready for petition to the United States
court, the value Of all the assets be-
ing but a few hundred dollars. The
creditors for the most part are banks
and railroad companies. The company
controlled number of unproftabie
street railroad enterprises. 1>,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Henry lruing Died
=... of a Broker, Heart
Veteran Tragedian Crushed in Spirit and Broken In
,>-~-~, ,=~==. Health by Loss of 7heaters .. s..
-, =@.. and Fortune. ~. &C. ss=<.

New York Herald Special Service. 81 : !.
/: London, Oct. 214.-Sir Henry Irving
died Of a broken heart over the loss of
the ~Lyceum theater in this city, which
had passed out of his hands on account
Of persistent financial misfortunes, to
become second rate music hall. His
death has shocked and isaddened all
Britain. To. the last the veteran trage-
dian. remained in English estimation
stage. :: s.e- -. - =. -
S Irving felt that he belonged as much
to the United States as to Great Brit
ain. He had planned, indeed, that his
farewell tour thru the United States in
1905 should be his real farewell to the
atrical life. His frequent trips to the
United States and the unusual honors
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
.DOWlE'S WlE HORSE
4. NOT -DOWIE, lLL
Prophet Not Paralyzed, but
His Steed Is Lame Be !
cause Of a Fall. -. =,
By Publishers Press.

BY Pubhshers Press -. ---.--I - g =.
City of Mexico, Oct. 14.-John Alex
ander Dowie left this city yesterday
afternoon, going to Tampicc. A sen.
ticnal railway station suffered another
stroke of paralysis is Indignantly de-
MED by his friends.
The clerk of the Palace hotel, where
the doctor has been staying, says the
rumor is incorrect, saying the only
ground for the rumor is that the horse
behind which the doctor was riding
slipped on; the pavement and lamed
himself. The doctor took another car.
riage and proceeded on his way. The
doctor and his party are reported to
have departed in frst-class health and
Spirits.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Insurance President Sits
in So, 900 Chair at a
$4,000 Desk on a
$l2, 900 Rug, in His
Office.
Like Mccall, He Sticks
to His Post, Tho Loud
Demands Be Made
for designations OF
Insurance Chiefs.
NORTH DAKOTA AROUSED

Grand Forks n. D., Oct 14.-
"A convention Of New York Life
policyholders in this county has
been called for Oct. ,25 to select
three delegates to attend a state
convention Of policyholders to be
to select five delegates to attend
national convention to be held In
New York city at the call Of
Thomas w. Lawson Of Boston.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

accorded him there always {gratifed his
countrymen; who regarded him as an
eminent missionary in the cause Of An
glo-American fraternity. Many Of his
warmest personal friends in the United
States were Chicagoans. Hesloved Chi
cago and liked to play there
It will grieve Henry Irving s admir-
ers to learn that despite the fortune
earned in his long: career he. died a
9ompaTaayiy gas tSe ahort tie ha, sank
cessfui ss ios prodnction i ton o" Of Faust 81 @ corio-
lanus, "Robespierre and g .Dante,''
and it was the run Of bad luck which
these plays encountered that caused him
to fail in his tour two years ago to
America. Neither his spirit nor his
health survived his humi1iation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
OUR. ARMY READY FOR
VENEZUELAN INVASION
Blind School Team
IN a Football Game
SigL ,ss Eleven from Kentucky Puts up a Snappy
T.. .. Contest against Players Superior IN
2s."5..> WEIGHT Also In Vision.

thruout the country, has slightly modi.
fed the rules of football. The game
by q seeingb boys. The same kind Of
signals are used and the ball is put
into place in the same way.
Professor Gregory says that with
little more practice his men will i'm
prove their team work till it is as .ac-
curate as it was last season, when they
defeated several strong. teams. They
go into the sport as enthusiastically as
though blessed with vision, but will
have no roughness or brutality about it
They work by the sound Of their mates
aided by the shouts Of these in the
crowd, who invariably help out the
blind boys. Il
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
BEELL TO wREsTLE COLLINS.

Calumet, Mich, Oct. 14.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for wrest-
ling match between Joe Collins, cham
pion Of Canada, and IEr Fred Beell, cham, "a r
place at the Kerredge theater, Han
cock, Oct. 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04

would not continue to exist year
after year unless it paid to run them
And the public will never know how
much the publishers of Everybodys
Magazine and how much TOM Lawson
each pays for the advertiskgS in Iowa
that brings good money ~ Moth the
publishers and the copper Ny If one
doubts that Iowa has .sp Srs will
ing to risk much if tl-o,n First les are
great, let him read u.--.isI0fy of
the Lillooet dredgc, gold mining
scheme, which was financed in Iowa
Falls. Let him quietly ascertain how
many dollars of money in his own town
have been invested during the past ten
years, i'm silver mine stock, in oil we'll
stock, in gold mining stocks, in steel
stock, in biscuit stock and in Dakota,
Minnesota and Canadian lands. And
when he finds out what large amount
his own town has furnished for spec
ulation. multiply it by 1000. for we have
more than that number of good towns
in Iowa. and one will realize that
Lawson knows his business. But now
try and start little scheme for some
manufacturing plant in your own town
and see how they'll turn you down.
Then. they have no money to invest.
~ - Tie eA~5~A-e.ss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04
spooNER OBJECTS.

1t Is an amusing incident in the rou-
tine Of congress to find Senator Spoon
err Directing to the acceptance of the
cross of the Legion of Honor by John
Hay ana General Horace Porter, to
whom this much priced distinction has
been offered by President Loubet, OF
France. Gifts and foreign decorations
and titles, may not be accepted by
American government officials without
the consent OF the American congress.
And Senator Spconer objects on the
grounds that American officers are
better off without distinguished notice
from foreign potentates and rulers.
The funny part of the whole busl-
ness is that Spooner should object to
the bestowal of foreign courtesy
upon such men as Hay and Porter,
both clean handed great men. ana
representative of the best In the re-
public. Spooner branded with the
t1eur de lis Of the traction interests,
with his lumber woods record ana all
the remainder that goes to make the
senior Wisconsin senator, rising to
object to the bestowal of a decoration
alive with splendid history and sacred
in its traditions of the noble deeds
that have won it thru generation upon
generation, upon the man who has
made most for the peace and quietude
of the new century. John Hay is
representative American. Senator
Spooner is a representative also, but
not likewise. Hay will lose nothing
with the cross He will remain a
great man. Senator Spooner will win
nothing by his objections. He will be
Senator Spooner still.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04

SCHOOL FINANCES.

Receipts and expenditures, together
with estimates for the coming year Of
the Marshalltown Independent School
nisfricf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04
HAYTPs COMPLAINT.

The two "black republics" that in
fest the pestiferous little island of
Hayti are protesting against the recent
action of the United States, which has
instituted a sort of necessary police
guardianship over San Domingo and
her revenues. Secretary Hay has as
sured the Haytian minister that this
country has no intention of annexing
the negro republics.
The United States wants as little to
do with Hayti as possible. What it
has done it has been forced to do in
it's own protection, and with view
to avoiding international complica-
tons. Hayti and Santo Domingo are
bunions on the feet of the Monroe
doctrine. The action of the United
States has been simply that of the
sufferer from corns.
There is no desire on the part of this
country to annex trouble with the So
called black republics, but there is a
duty that must insist that those who
shelter under the Monroe doctrine
shall keep the peace. This nations
hand is not to be forced by turbu-
lent mob of negroes calling itself a
republic. Hayti is not to he annexed
but spanked if she makes the occasion
a necessary one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04
s7Sss~ss
: LOOKER-ON lin IOWA ]

Geneva, March An Grinnell this
week during the warm spell, days
when the Iowa mud was in evidence,
the writer noticed again the large
| number of stone crossings, and the
care on the part of the city authori-
| ties to keep them clean. Some years
ago under wise city administration
the system was inaugrlrated of replac-
| ing all worn out wooden crossings with
a to 6. inch thickness of stone slabs,
| these placed little above the street
now is that from the business part
level and kept clean. The consequence
of the town ten to fifteen blocks away
| the crossings are of stone, and besides
being a permanent improvement are
must appreciated by foot Travellers
Altho costing more when first put IN
| than wood, yet there are many of these
stone crossings put in fifteen years ago
| that have not cost the city a cent
since they were placed in position, a
matter of decided economy, when 1t is
we'll known wooden crossing that
is much used only averages five years
before necessary repairs are made.
Some one suggests that an easy
way to settle the exciting mayoralty
contests this spring in many towns in
Iowa, is to hire professional mayors.
This plan is in vogue in France, where
young men by education fit them
selves for the position Of mayor. In
other words. hire mayor as we do
school superintendents. Get the best
man we can for our money and pay the
I, ;oil,o r,an afford AS
rule, hiring mayor from
out of town will have decided advan
tages He will come to the city to
execute the ordinances as he finds
them on the books and not with refer
encei to any ward politician, to whom
he is under obligations for favors re-
ceived, said ward politician not be-
ing slow in asking for return of
the same. These professional mayors
being paid a good salary do not find
it necessary to stand In with the
"bum" element or to "divy" when fines
are imposed on houses of ill-fame or
gambling establishments. With this
professional mayoralty plan establish
ed, all of the energy now devoted to
electing as mayor a popular man a.
round town, one that never has made
a success of managing his own affairs,
can be devoted to electing members
of the city council, and numerous
trades that often result in putting
some incompetent man on the coun-
ell, will be avoided. In a word, elect
city council as we do school board.
| Let the council hire mayor, as the
school board do the school superin-
| tendent.
Lawson advertising his "Frenzied
Finance" in the Iowa dailies seems to
many a waste of money. Where will
he get returns? For it can be assumed
| that this self-same Lawson is not fool
| ing away his money by advertising
his wares, in Iowa or England, with
out show of getting back his money
and more. The facts are Iowa is full
of spectators. This is shown by the
number Of ''bucket shops" that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04

horse in the street and went up to
take the office he had won.
1t is pity that for Thomas own
sake he could not come back today
and realize the difference. Roosevelt
would be "de-lighted. The country
could prove to him that the declaration
remains unforgotten by showing him
the fac SMILES in the school text books.
lie could feast his eyes on the mag
niticent city he helped to found at the
gateway to Maryland. He might whirl
down it's magnificent avenues, where
he rode horseback, in n hundred
horsepower motor at a speed that
would make his best thoroughbred
seem a cart horse. He could whirl
across the continent thru it's splendid
cities. and fatten his soul with the
sight of his dream of empire come
truer than he dreamed The stretch
ing miles of a country greater in ma
terial prosperity, broader in liberty
IMAM Jefferson, prophet VI lipeity anu
slave holder, ever knew or imagined.
And it is only 104 years since Jeffer-
son hftched his horse in the streets
Of Washington for its first inaugural.
If jefferson came back today, where
would he stand on freight rates. on
tariff revision, on monopoly and graft
and special interests represented In
high office? Would he herd with
Aldrich and Spooner and Pennypacker
and Blythe, or stand with Roosevelt
and Cummins and Van SAINT and La
Toilette? If Thomas Jefferson, Wash
ington, and the shades OF the great
who stood for popular rights could
come to the present inaugural they
would feel at home in the white house
and among the people. How would
they feel in the senate?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-04

these systems is that they deny the
freedom of the human will and re-
move from the conscience the sense OF
sin, and reduce virtue to a mere nat
ural phenomenon. According to pam
thesm, the mind of man is but a. nee
essary enlanation of a blind imperson-
al force to which no responsibility eth
err of praise or blame can belong.
"The doctrine of divine immanence,
when pushed to it's extreme, as it is
by many at the present time, asserts
that everything is the result of the
present activity of God. As advocat-
ed by DR.. Lyman Abbott, all second
airy causes are abolished and every
thing resolved to the direct agency
of the Creator; this makes God the
author of sin as we'll as of virtue. IF
he makes an exception in favor of sin
and attributes that to man instead of
Cod. he has abandoned the theory and