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The news & observer., 1905-12-13

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WANTED BY JANUARY 1st-REG-
istered Druggist. State reference
and salary expected. Address,
Drugs" care News and Observer.
12-12-2t
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
seems especially adapted to the needs
Of the children. Pleasant to take;
soothing in its influence; it is the rem
cdv of all remedies for every form OF
throat and lung disease.
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

Sheriff Wallace, of Mecklenburg
county, yesterday brought negro to
the penitentiary to serve 2O-year
term for shooting another negro at a
church festival.
The news & observer., 1905-12-13
CANCER CURED.

we WaIli every man ana woman IL
tDe J12ted States CU Know what W'
tIe doing We are Hurine cep0er'
tumors and chronic soreE withouT tn
use Of knife. and are endorsed by th
SeDRIe ana Legislature of Virginia
you are seeking cure. Gome here en-
you will get 1t.
We GuarSntee Our Cures.
THE KEILAM CANCER BOSPSEa'
Richmond. Va
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

Ordinary household accidents have
no terrors when there's a bottle of DR.
Thomas Electric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises
SprainS. Instant relief.
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

With his mind deranged Mr. w. A.
Jones, of Fuquay Springs, was brought
here yesterday and placed in the
county Jail to await admission to the
State Hospital.
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

State Librarian NJ. 0. Sheriff. who
has been IN Atlanta, in attendance on
the meeting of the State Librarians
Association, returned to Raleigh yes
terday.
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters is the natural,
never failing remedy for lazy liver
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

MIR. S. L. Rogers, of the Corporation
Commission, went to GoldSboro on
official business yesterday.
The news & observer., 1905-12-13
FOR SALF-ONE PAIR STYLISH

bay horses thoroughly broken; per-
fectly gentle. Winners of blue rib
bon at Richmond Horse Show. For
terms, apply to S. r. Biggs, Will
liamStOn, n. G.
12-10-2t-Sun wed
The news & observer., 1905-12-13

The State Auditor has sent out the
last pension warrants to the counties
The news & observer., 1905-12-13
MUNICIPAL BONDS FOR SALE

NJ NONIOII IfI bONDS TOIN S1tIITl-
$4,000 worth of twenty-year. five
per cent. bonds on city of Mount
Olive. Apply to j. f. Ange. Mount
Olive, N. G. 1291W
The news & observer., 1905-12-13
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.


IN AND ABOUT THE CITY,
The State Auditor has sent out the
last pension warrants to the counties.
Mr. S. L. Rogers. of the Corporation
Commission, went to Goldsboro on
official business yesterday.
After being ill for two weeks Mr..
John Mangum, chief of the Fire De-
partment, is able to be out again
large number of county superin-
tendents have arrived to attend the
State meeting, which begins today.
Mr.. T. K. Bruner went to Green's
boro yesterday, being summoned as
witness in the Brown VS.. Briggs case in
Guilford court.
State Librarian NJ o. Sheriff. who
has been IN Atlanta. in attendance on
the meeting of the State Librarians
Association, returned to Raleigh yes
terday
With his mind deranged Mr.. w. A.
Jones, of Fuquay Springs, was brought
here yesterday and placed in the
county Jail to await admission to the
State Hospital.
Sheriff Wallace, of Mecklenburg
county yesterday brought a negro to
the penitentiary to serve 2O-year
term for shooting another negro at a
church festival.
Mr.. Lewis f. Rollins was yesterday
made administrator of the estate of
the late Mrs. Matte B. Rollins, of
Buckhorn. township, her will being
probated in the office of the Clerk of
the Court here. ..3
Frank Montgomery and Larry Nc
Coy were fined $13.15 each yesterday
by the Police Justice for disorderly
conduct Eulice Dunn and Nero Grit
All We're negroes.
The resignation of Rev. R. J. Bate
man rs pastor Of the Fayetteville
Street Baptist Church is to take ef
feet the first of February. and he will
go to the Spurgeon Memorial Church,
in Norfolk in February.
Deputy Sheriff G. A. Moore. of Gran
Vile county, brought. to Raleigh yes
terday Lawrence Workman and wife,
colored, charged with retailing liquor
without license, for trial in Federal
court, having been convicted in Gran
vile Superior court.
Rev. Howard B. Grose. d. D.. edi-
torial secretary of the American Home
Mission Societ-- New York. is stopping
at the Marlborough. He gave an ex-
ceedingly interesting lecture last
night in the Chapel of Shaw University
on "A Day With Prince Bismarc."
DR.. Hubert A. Rovster, Dean of the
University Medical School, has gone
to Louisville. Ky to attend the meet
i~~ Of the Southern Surgical Asso-
citation, which will be in session three
days. A. Greensboro he was Joined
by Dr.. j. w. Long, and both are to
1ead nanerS at the meeting
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
AresFysiSNat
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.
Revealed In Regard 70 the Suicide Of
an Iowa Woman.

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Revealed In Regard to the Suicide Of
an Iowa Woman.
Startling developments have come
to light in the case of Mrs. Lillian May
Cover, who committed suicide a few
weeks ago in Marshalltown. A few
weeks before she killed herself Mrs
Covers husband, w. l. Cover, died.
He left some property and by the re-
port of the administrator filed in court
last week 1t is shown that Mrs. Cover
was not his legal wife. 1t has been
found that she was married three
times before. that all her husbands ex-
,cept Cover are living and that She
had not secured divorce from any of
them. She was married to Cover
In Marshalltown In 1900. Her other
husbands were: August Bargholte, to
whom she was married as Lillian
Ramsdell in Tama county, Jan. 10,
1884. Two years later she was mar.
ried to Charles R. Dayton atMaryville,
Kan The third marriage was at
Webster City. Ia, Aug, 10. 1898, to
Frank j. Bartlett. At the time she
committed suicide, in spite of the fact
that her husband had only been dead
a few weeks. she was living with an
other man named Hedstrom, but 1t is
not known that they had been married.
Cover left an estate of $4,000, and it
is supposed Mrs. Cover feared the
publicity which settlement Of the, es-
tate would bring about. She was the
daughter Of wealthy parents in Tama
county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF AwEEk THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
Auch Excitement Aroused in o'Rrien
County by Attempt of Federal
Government to Recover
Farming Lands.

Much excitement has been aroused
at Sheldon by number OF dispatches
from the department of the interior at
Washington, dated June 81, and adj
dressed to all holders OF titles to the
much Irrigated railroad lands In
O'Brien county, saying that suit at
once will be Instituted to recover the
titles to the government and allowing
each claimant sixty days to file rea-
sons why such suit should not be
prosecuted There are $1,000 acres of
railroad land in O'Brien county, of
which more than half Is directly af-
fected by this action Of the govern
ment.
The story of this litigation briefly is
as follows:
When the Omaha road was running
Its track from Minneapolis to Sioux
City the government offered as induce
ment the alternate ten square miles
on each side of the track, providing
the road was completed according to
contract. The road did not live up to
the letter of the compact and the gov
eminent instituted proceedings to re
cover title, the litigation ending in its
favor. The government at once issued
patents to all persons who could prove
that they innocently. had bought the
land by contract from the railroad
and 1t is these patents which the suits
are about to be brought against. II
the government. succeeds in recover
ing, the lands probably will be opened
up under the homestead laws Of
granted to any homesteader who car
prove up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Farmers Form a Combine.

Dissatisfied with the prices paid for
grain by two elevators at Sloan, Ia.
about 200 farmers. including practical.
ly every leading tiller OF the soil in
that section OF the county, have gone
into the elevator business themselves,
and probably later will engage in the
flour mill and coal and lumber bust
ness. The articles OF Incorporation
for the Farmers Cereal company. with
a capital stock of 5000, have been
filed at Sioux City for the company,
with seventeen incorporators. The
promoters have provided that any Of
the stockholders who shall sell grain
to any dealer other than the Farmers
Cereal company shall pay a fine OF "a
q cent q bushel for each bushel sold
to thsir own corporation. The new
company will proceed at once to pMr-
chase . site and erect an elevator.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Bowl Or CAPITOL TO SHINE
70 Be Lighted Up with 5000 Incan-
descent Globes, According to
Present Plans.

Wlshingtaa, 9. sC.-Three thousand
D incaNd INT glok will soon be placed
IN ~ ddNe pf& He capitol, and it will
thel putsiha e dpmspf the congress
sion libEarN far fRmsa for its great
3 brill knoH Plans for tie lighting have
= been drawn by Elliott Woods, the super
tntgHdg 1hd the BIDS for: the furnish
v ting and installing Of the new lights will
, shortly be issued.
y The lights are to be arrangedsin four
4 Fows around the dome. The hfst row
u viii light the large fresco painting at the
Htop. The other three rows will be at diff
ferent distances and so arranged that
feet Iil IS hatissBis. shts a siso vii III
be pleeed oysHthe,etght large OH paint
aa T 1as AsR5 g. g Bs s5 e. s9 Sa
4 just been fitted with new and expensive
Zchandeliers, which materially increase
, the 6sAt effs.t thFpY sh.the building.
q I3b9pmApf t}ecapitpl Will soon rank
az one Of the handsemestt of its kind in
SO sr sf Ell, s aas t. r iPer en,y
feature. that is not complete is the frieze
4 wolk which e1afcIes ssths dome about
half way OF It's height. The contract
yfor the finishing Of this work is now I'm.
cer a adyls sens ~ lief 30n bltl0d2 3
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
One Killed and Two Injured.

Engineer Phillip Barnhart of Stuart,
Ia. was killed and Fireman Frank
Higgins badly injured In wreck of
the Rock Island eastbound limited
No. 40 near Iowa City last week. The
engine and two cars left the track and
turned over, the accident being due to
the fact that the passenger train was
following freight SO closely that the
switchman did not have time to set
the switch again after letting the
freight on siding. No passengers
were hurt except woman whose
hand was cut,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Three Known to Have Perished.

z The Mississippi river went out of its
banks from Clinton to Davenport last
week and was near the danger line at
Burlington and Keokuk. Thousands
OF acres were inundated and the crop
and property loss will run into the
hundreds of thousands. The situation
at Muscatine and Clinton was critical.
"A rise Of another foot would have
flooded part Of the streets In both
cities. The pleasure island at Day.
export was surrounded, several thou.
sand people who had gone there on the
electric line having to be removed by
boat, the road having been covered.
William Dehr and William Wells Of
McGregor were drowned in the Mis-
sissippi. One was swimming and the
other boatriding when the accidents
occurred. Helen Holmes, four years
old, OF Muscatine, was drowned by
walking out on the bank Of the Mis-
sissippi, which the current had under
mined.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Robbery and Attempted Murder.

a.
Lying In bed under the influence of
chloroform while their house burned
about them, the police and fire depart
ment found Henry ,Kunkle and his
wife, an aged couple, at their home,
407 Southeast Sixth street, Des
MONIES, one morning. The room in
which the old couple slept was thick
with smoke. Policemen carried the
two to the barn and reconstructed them
while the fire force fought the flames.
A robbery had been committed.
Thieves had cut the screen and pried
open the bedroom window. When the
fire was out it was discovered $25 had
been stolen from Mr.. Kunkle's clothes
and that his watch was gone from the
dresser.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Meet Of iowa euardsmen.a

Orders have been issued for the
state encampment of the Iowa Nation.
al guard at Des Moines from July, s
to July 13. According to- a recent
ruling all companies in the national
guard throughout the state must be
recruited UP to forty-ffve men. Each
must have two musicians, two cooks
and three officers in addition. The
state rifle meet will be held at Des
Moines beginning Aug. II. Five men
will be chosen from each company to
take part in this contest. The twelve
best shots will represent Iowa at the
national meet at Sea Girt. N. j.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
cIlnas 10 Her ReIlalon.

BY refusing 100000 rather than
change her religion by becoming a
Catholic, Mrs. Lucinda Ganson Of
Davenport has astonished her friends.
Charles Simpson, a Wealthy friend of
the Ganson family, died in Sacrament
to, Cal, and Mrs. Ganson has received
word that he left her 100000 on condi-
ton that she become Catholic. In
the event Of her refusal Of the money
on this condition, It was to go to a
Catholic orphanage in Sacramento Il
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
piq for Treasure.

John Nelson, an aged recluse Of
Munterville, a small town near OF
tumwa, was found dead last week and
about 200 neighbors at once started
digging up his two-aore farm in search
Of fortune that he is said to- have
buried. Nelson was prominent
jeweler at Rockford, ILL.,, for years. He
became slightly demented and sold his
store and a large amount Of property
and went to Munterville. He left no
heirs, and the neighbors believe that
whoever finds the money and jewels IL
entitled to them, aus
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
BY MEAD PUBLISHING co.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
REAL ROMANCE IN A NOVEL
Story Writer of Macon, Mo-, Tells
Love Tale of Her Own In
New Book.

Macon, Mo.-"Love vs.. Law" Is the
title OF book written by Mary Ander-
son Matthews, young matron Of this
city.
I. Before her marriage to Ohio Mat
thews she was Miss Mary Anderson,
daughter Of q lawyer of Palmyra. Miss
Anderson was law student herself
and while city attorney Of Palmyra
met her future husband in court, he
Appearing on the opposite side of a
case. The book is largely drawn from
her own romance.
Jack Gordon, young lawyer Of st.
Louis, Is the hero of Mrs. Matthews
story. He becomes very much inter-
ssted in Margaret, the heroine, In q
lawsuit, and from discussing law they
drift into love. Jack is appointed at
forney for tottering railroad In the
zinc and lead regions and Margaret is
receiver. One day while they are jour
neying horseback to a neighboring
town with sacks of silver to pay OF
the men they are held up by high
wayman.
Jack holds out his hands for the rob.
Der to handcuff him. But Margaret
had the foresight to bring her pistol
along She reached into her shirt.
waist, leveled it at the bandit and
pulled the trigger. The latter day
Dick Turpin fell to the ground, blind.
cd Tor life. Margaret felt SO sorry fol-
him that. she gave the $1,000 reward
Tor his capture to founding of home
for the blind. The blind bandit be-
came her friend for life. n
Jack was preparing to propose mex
day when he overheard Margaret dis
4 GUESSING the law which permitted ig
norant loafers to vote and denied tn,
same right to ..;'e!l.gent women. Jacl
was q snntaerner, and to him womel
were too sacred to be in politics
He wrote Margaret to that effect ans
things went wrong for awhile. Jack'I
conversion is an interesting an elab.
crate brief on the subject Of women's
rights and privileges, presented to The
United States senate. in the presence
Of the president, by Margaret.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Kidnapped Her Two sisters.

At Lake City, Ia, Edith Brown,
aged fifteen, Kidnapped her two sis
ters, aged three years and three
months, respectively. and left for an
unknown destination. After a long
search 1t was found she had gone to
Perry, Ia, on her; way to the home Of
her grandmother. Mrs. Clarke Of Min
burn. The kidnapping was the result
OF q "spat" with her sister. Half the
town Joined in the search for the chill
dren.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Iowa Man Dead In BOX Car.

The body of s. q. Harger Of Ran
dolph, Ia, was found suspended to the
rafters Of a box car in the Erie rail-
way yards at Chicago last week. The
body was hanging from the rafters
by four handkerchiefs, which were
knotted together. On the mans arm
was found his name tattooed in blue
ink, and in his pocket was found a
slip of paper with his name and "Ran-
dolph, Iowa." The body was that OF
q man apparently fifty-six years old.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
CATCH BIG FLYING SNAKE,
Reptile with Wings, That Fed on
(. Birds, Killed in Virginia
Always Lives in Air.

i Comorn, Va.--A most remarkable
and uncommon flying snake" that
was captured and killed at Berry
plain" the home of John s. Dickinson,
In this county, q few days ago, has at
tracted wide attention and excited no
little interest. The curious reptile was
arst noticed flying about in the air
with several feet Of its horrid snake
ship dangling around, presenting the
appearance, may be, of an ordinary
snake attached to q strange looking
bird. iif,
As far as IL known, 1t never once
descended to the earth and crawled on
the ground after the manner of snakes,
but It would occasionally alight in
trees and catch such birds as best
suited Its appetite and fancy.
,9 It was finally killed and measured
and proved to be five feet long and
about one inch in diameter of body
It had perfect wings of good size, and
these were covered with feathers
Berry, plain" where the curious thing
made its unceremonious advent and
met It's untimely end, is one of the
finest plantations and homesteads in
King George, and, being situated on
the banks Of the Rappahannock, it is
conjectured by some that the flying
snake may have come from an i'm.
penetrable marsh Of the river or some
! neighboring creek.
But this theory is not accepted b,
many, for, as far as can be learned
.nfothing bearing the slightest similar
ity to this serpent or reptile, or what
ever 1t lie, was ever before seen Of
siheaFd Of anywhere in this section o.
1.-THE country. Such thing was hardl,
aver dreamed Of by a certain professor
81 aITship fame.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
~ ~
Insane Youth Ends His Life.

Virgil Stanley, eighteen years old,
shot himself through the body near the
heart with shotgun, nine miles
southeast of Mount Ayr. He lived
less than two hours and a half. Doc
tors say lovesickness drove him tenn
porarily insane. Stanley and his
sweetheart recently tried to get mar
ried in Missouri but were too young,
and this fact is held accountable for
his mental condition. S
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Drowned While Boating.

Virgil White, a prominent young
lawyer, was drowned in the river at
Des Moines by the capsizing of ca
noe. He was the son Of Fred E..
White, ex-congressman from Iowa.
and twice candidate for governor Of
this state.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
brakeman Killed.

Bert Ballard, brakeman on the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad,
was instantly killed while coupling
his train at Alton. He was caught be-
tween the dead bumpers Of two Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific stock
cars, and life was crushed out in an
instant. Mr.. Ballard was about TWEEN
ty.six years Of age.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Something Still Lacking.

Luther Burbank, the plant wizard Of
southern Gfali5plFfnaiaf HAS originated a
TAbove ground Now If he will give US
sn eggplant that will grow omelettes OF
{ sven2thes soft boiled yaristy ora rhuI
tarb the I'll. gE..7e ffitit otready- mads
1ptss, his fame viii be complete.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
Banker Drops Dead.

Frank Champlin, president of the
City Bank Of Boone and a widely
known member of the Order of Rail.
way Conductors, dropped dead of ap,
poplexy in his garden last week. aged
seventy.four.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
M. Defy Of Z, T,x.,.

Ibene 10 . news item floating around
n 4he papers which II it turns out to
b true Will cause President Roosevelt,
ths modern Nimrod, bad half hour
p fact, several Of them. It is dis
patch from Kountze, Tex, telling how
one George DOty, who Yves ont black
eASytns, was attacked By eco pound
\ sfh bear and how, being pneymed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30
sion. Of tn, Times.

"enaws show which way the wind
bloWs% likewise, 1Coming events cast
their shadows before For some nm
accountable reason even Democratic
newspapers have failed to note the
significance Of recent political events.
The overwhelming defeat last fall APP
psars to have .stupeasd OF cowed them.
They should bsace up. The '.straws"
indicate that Democrats are crawling
out Of the brush and plucking up hope.
Chicago after giving Roosevelt and
Fairbanks q beastly majority returned
to hsE Democratic mporings at the re-.
osat municipal election, and Judge
Dunne defeated Judge Harlan for may
Or ~ decisive vote, and 1t was a po-i
ntiell not personal, triumph, for, ac-
cording to all the evidence, Harlan -
4 most excellent citizen, as is his ia
ther. justice John Marshall Harlan
Of the supreme court of the United
States. A little later A. congressional
election was held in the Evansville
Qnd.) district to I'LL vacancy caused
BY the translation OF Hon. James a..
Hemenway to the senate. True, the
Republican pulled through, but by a
much reduced maJority-so much re-
duced, in fact, that II a similar reduc-
ton In the Republican vote should be
general next fall we would carry the
house by large majority and over
half the states now held by Republic
ans, That's straw No 2, which
seems to have entirely escaped the ar
gus eyed Democratic editors. Straw"
No. 3 is more encouraging still, but
seems to have svaded the eagle optics
Of the Democratic press. That is the
triumphant election Of Colonel Tom
Davis, aged ssysnty-seyen, brother to
0randpa Henry a., over the Republic
m candidate In West Virginia dis
rtct to all congressional vacancy
caused by the elevation Of Judge Day
ton to the federal bench. Last year
Dayton carried the district by over
2aoo majority. This year Colonel .Da-
Wis carries 1t by oyer a thousandl And
yet not a single rooster has appeared
in the Democratic papers Of the coun-
try. II SO, he has escaped my vision.
No Importance attaching to 1t, eh? A
fluke in an of year, isit7 The friends
Of that palpitating patriot, Senator
Stephen Benton Elhins, do not think
TO- His term expires next year, but
since that election, which, by the way,
10 in the Elkins district, his lieutenants
have been hurrying to and fro trying
to rebuild the Republican fences for
fear that he will receive his coup dc
grace next year, and the Elkins contin-
gent is not In the habit Of getting
scared unless there is danger impend-
Ing. Such a revolution all over the
country as Colonel Davis achieved
would not only give us the house next
fall, but would give us two-thirds Of
the state administrations In the Union
- well as the senate Of the United
States. These three cases in Illinois,
West Virginia and Indiana show. that
general causes are working together
Tor good to those who love pure gov
eminent. Just why the encouraging
results have not challenged the atten-
ton Of the Democratic pressaI do not
| know.