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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28

back to the palace, with the ruler Oh
turkey having fit, and about hun
ured soldiers came up on the yeranda.
where dad and had broke up the pro-
cesslon, and they lit on dad like bug
yards on dead horse, and took possess
sion OF the hotel, and began to search
our baggage.
One Turk choked dad until his tongue
hung out of his mouth, and another took
me by the ear and stretched it out SO
II was long as a mules ear, and they
took us to bastile, and dad says it is all
up with us now, because they will drown
US like mess of kittens in a bag, and al
because we woke them up with foot
ball yell, in the wrong place.
Well, we might as well wind up our
career here as anywhere. Good-by, old
man. You will see our obituary in the
papers.
Your repentant
HENNERY.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
CASToRlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Boughl
s' sssss ~ . l7zzzs1
Sour
Stomach

No appetite. less Of strength. nsFyeps-
pess. headache. constipation. bad breath,
general debility. sour risings. and es{aIlh
81 the stomach arc al due to lndigesHap.
kodol cures indigestion. This new aiseey-
cry represents the natural juices Of dies9-
ton as they exist In Z healthy stomach.
combined with tho greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys-
Pepsia Cure does not only euro indigestion
and dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
cures all stomach troubles by clsandng,
purifying. sweetening and strengthening
Mr.. S. S. Ball. a Rayenswood. w. Va. seys.-
was troubled with sour stomach for twenty yuays.
for baby =, q Is ..f'-'''T.
Kodol Digests what You Eat.
Bottles only $l.oo Size holding az times the tsial
size which sells for so csnts. ''a'
Prepared ny E. q. psWlIT 4 co., CHICAGO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
millionaire DIES
IN WRECK OF AUTO
NJ. T. HANCOCK, FAMOUS PLow
INVENTOR, KILLED IN CRASH
AT Los ANGELES, CAL.
HAD ACQUIRED FAME
AS RECKLESS DRIVER.
Four Others Injured-Machine Col
ides with Buggy and Fatal Re-
suit Understanding at High
Speed When Accident Happens.

Los Angeles, Cal, July %. M. T..
Hancock, the well-known millionaire
plow inventor and manufacturer, is
dead as the result of an automobile ac-
cident in this city, in which, also, his
wife, son and daughter were seriously
injured Hancock himself sustained
two fractures of the skull and concus-
sion of the brain. He died at the receiv-
ing hospital without recovering con-
seriousness.
Travelling at High Speed.
The party, in large machine, were
travelling 40 miles an hour, when the ma
chine collided with a buggy. The car
swerved to the curbstone and crashed
into telephone pole, demolishing It
and hurting the occupants to the street.
Following are the injured: Mrs. M. T..
Hancock, cut and seriously bruised;
Eugenfa Hancock, left arm broken,
conclusion Of the brain; M. T. Hancock.
Jr., severely cut and bruised; j. Saul,
dairyman, scalp wound and internal In
juries.
Party Hurled to Pavement.
Saul was the driver of the buggy into
which the automobile dashed. He was
thrown from his vehicle to the street
and severely hurt. M T. Hancock, Jr.,
a 16-year-old boy, was driving the ma
chine at the time Of the accident. With
him in the front seat was his younger
brother, Newton Hancock, who was the
only member of the party to escape un-
hurt. In the rear seat was Hancock,
his wife and daughter. All were hurled
to the pavement by the terrific impact
of the machine against the curbing and
telephone pole and several of them
were rendered unconscious. They were
promptly removed to the receiving hos
pttal. The machine was wrecked
Known as a Reckless Driver.
Hancock was known here as one of
the most reckless automobile drivers
in the city. He had been in the police
court on different occasions for driving
his machine in excess Of the speed limit.
and on one occasion few months ago
was fined $3.50 for fast driving. He paid
his fine at the time with check which
he Insisted should bear the inscription
across Its face: For driving an auto
mobile 60 miles an hour in the city of
Los Angeles"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
THE "FIRINo" OF LlskuM.
Being an Illustrative Instance a III
Virtue Of Submissive
ness.

Liskum was the "butt" Of the 40.
cal' room of the daily on which he
worked, says the Brooklyn Eagle. He
was q dried-up wrinkled little chan.
who might have been either 20 or 60
years OF age. Whatever went wrong
about the Office was laid to Liskum,
and whatever was attributed to him he
accepted without murmur, only smil.
Ing a crinkly little smile that won
the hearts OF the whole star. For.
joke him as they might, every re-
porter on the paper had q tender SPOT
for Liskum.
One day Tompkins, the "star" re-
porter, came in to find the group about
the big stove in the local room indsg-
pantly discussing something.
"Liskum has been fired" some one
told him. There was great fuss
about the Third ward story in this
mornings paper"
Why, ] wrote that myself" said
Tompkins. 'Liskum had nothing to
do with It," And with that he start
ed for the managing editors room.
Mr.. Rockman sat by his fat.toppsa
desk; Liskum stood opposite him,
Tompkins slowed down in an apollo
getic way, for lie remembered that he
had violated precedent by entering the
editors room without knocking.
"Come in. Tompkins,'' said Mr..
Rockman. You are just the man /
want to see,''
Liskum turned his criakly smile On
Tompkins, but spoke not q word.
"lshave just dismissed Mr.. Liskum
for that Third ward story" said the
editor.
II heard so.' replied Tompkins, ebut
| wrote that story myself, He had
nothing to do with It."
Il know that" said the editor.
'aThat is why dismissed him, A for
midable delegation Of Third ward peo-
pie came here this morning, and made
it very plain to me that something
must be done to soothe them. / knew
you were such q fiery chap it would
never do to let you face them, SO /
brought Liskum in and Indignantly
dismissed him from the reportoriaI
stan, ! am just now engaging him az
assistant city editor"
Liskum turned another crinkly smile
on Tompkins, and the star reporter
went back to the big stove in the city
room.
Boys" he said, "the old man is all
right"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
PROGRESS OR vANDAr.--.--.I.

i Vi i.
When we get Niagara harnessed
And her useless cliffs and crags
Have been d...ed to feed the yearnings
VI our yawI!ng money bags,
What joy will thrill our bosoms-
All romantic nonsense drowned
AS we hear her torrents thunder
Through the wheel pit under ground!
Then we'll blast away Goat island,
Turn 1t into building blocks,
Put turbine in the whirlpool,
Build shot towers down the rocks.
How we'll pity our poor forebears,
Prating of aesthetic taste,
While allowing, thoughtless fellows.
AL those kilowatts to waste
Forward. Spirit Of Progression.
Natures still a giddy shirk.
Tear away her fancy toggings.
Get her into trim for work.
Turn the Adirondack forest
into neat and useful pianks;
Straighten out the crooked Hudson.
Line with piers her grassy banks.
Crush the Dunderberg for pavements,
Make the Palisades cement,
FIJI the Catskills up with signboards--
Lots OF good rock space to rent,
Rip the redwoods into shingles,
Sow the Yellowstone to wheat,
Turn the geysers into laundries
And the bear and deer to meat,
What are mere aesthetic fancies.
Hill or vale or wood or vine,
TO the graceful curves and meaning
OF the pleasing dollar sign?
IN. Z, Tribune,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28

would pass by in carriage, with an es-
cort, on the way to mosque, to pray to
Allah, and everybody could see the sui
tan, 30 we got q place on-a balcony, and
ct the appointed time the procession
came In sight. It was imposing but
solemn, and the people on both sides Of
the street acted like they do in America
when the funeral OF q great man is pass
ing. No man spoke, and all looked as
though they expected, IL they moved, to
be arrested, and have stone tied to
their feet. and thrown into the Bos-
phorus, the way they kill one of the sui
tan's wives when she firts with stran-
ger,
We watched the soldiers, and finally
the carriage OF the sultan came. and in
II was dried up man. with liver COM
plant, with a nose like an eagle, and
eyes like shoe buttons. He looked as
though death would be relief, and yet
he seemed afraid of it, and there was no
sound OF welcome, such as there would
be il Roosevelt was riding down Michi-
gan avenue at Chicago, on the way to
the stockyards to pray to Armour, in
stead of to Allah. /.
You could have heard pin Drop
said Dad, this is too solemn, even for
sultan, Let's give him the university
yell, and show that mummy that he has
4 got two friends in Constantinople, anyz
way. Here she goes" says dad, and
We leaned over the railing, just as the
sultan's carriage was right in front of
us, and not ten feet away, and in that
oppressive silence dad and / opened up,
~ Rah Rah- Wis Con-Sin, zip boom
Ali" and then we started to sing,
eThere'll Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight"
Well II any man in the crowd had
touched off bomb, there could have
been no greater CONSERVATION. The sui
tan turned pale, as pale as 80 yellow q
man could, and became faint, and fell
over into the arms Of general who sat
beside him, the Bazi Bazouks on horse
back began to ride up and down the
street, the crowd scattered, the sultsp's
carriage WAS turned around. and rushed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28

difference Of her hostess, what do
you suppose I've been running this
town over for the last few days? Just
to get acquainted with your"
Whatever your object" Mrs. Tryon
responded, bit nettled herself. your
trouble was useless"
do you mean to say that you won't
give me the lace?" The visitor was on
her feet and her eyes were flashing.
"You certainly have grasped my
meaning" retorted Mrs. Tryon.
But it's mine. I can't finish my
dress without 1t. Why, 1t will ruin
everything. The dress cost me 5000, |
tell you. Surely you'll be lady enough
to sell 1t to me. It only cost you rs
cents"
81 couldn't think OF parting with It,"
Mrs. Tryon interrupted. Besides, I'm
just ready to make it into waist"
"I'll give you 81 for it," the thor.
oughly excited woman went on.
1--WE already spent 50 for material to
30 with it."
"Will you take $15?"
"Never."
you're a vicious, ugly old cat" the
visitor snapped, and the door was gen.
erously slammed behind her by Mrs.
Tryon.
"I'd have let her have it for s15,"
Mrs. Tryon said as she was telling her
husband about it that evening, IF she
had only been decent about 1t. But
the hussy insulted me by her superior
manner. I'd have liked to make that
money. though. Fourteen dollars and
twenty-five cents is pretty good profit
to make on one piece of rs cent lace.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
DISCOVER A new MUTIAy
CONSPIRACY EXISTS IN RUS
SIAN BLACK SEA FLEET.
Finnish Police Chief Is Shot to Death
Several Are Killed by
Bomb.

odessa July 24.-A report has reached
here from Sebastopol to the effect that
mutinous conspiracy has been discov-
cred among the crew of the vessels of
the Black sea fleet in consequence of
winch the summer maneuvers have
Deen cancelled. Gen. Ignatief, presi-
dent OF the special conference for the
revision of exceptional laws designed
Tor safeguarding public order, ar
rived here Saturday for the purpose of
investigating the disorders. It is re-
ported from Elizabetgrad that Gen.
lgnatieff, after spending several days
there, sent for the representative
Jews, and Informed them that unless
tney Kept the youths from participant
ing in the revolutionary movement
ne would destroy the city. Renewed
disturbances are reported In the coun-
try districts. At Kartamysheyka
peasants who were complaining to the
proprietor of their lands of the ex-
orbitant rents were attacked by Cos
sacks and infantry. Three peasants
were killed, II were wounded. and 120
were arrested.
Helsingfors, Finland, July 24.-Col.
kremarenko, chief of police, was shot
by a man named Procope. Ptocope
was arrested and has been identified
as an accomplish Of the man who re.
Gently attempted to assassinate For
mer Gov. Missojedoff. A dispatch to
news agency says that Col. Kre.
marenko has died of his wounds.
Byelostok, Russia, July PA bomb
thrown in the center of the town killed
several persons and severely wounded
number of others, including the
chief of police and his son.
st. Petersburg, July 24.-saturday
was widely observed by the working
classes and liberals Of st. Petersburg
and many other parts of the empire
as memorial day for those killed in
the disturbances Of January %, six
months ago. No reports of serious
disorders were received.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
: GET OUT. you HOUNDS"

to buy something, so dad picked up a
little jim-crack, worth about ten cents,
and gave the Turk five-dollar gold
piece, and while the Turk went in be-
hind the curtain to get the change told
dad now was the time to skip, and you
ought to have seen dad make. sprint
out the door and around corner, and up
another street, while followed him,
and we got away from the danger of be-
ing stabbed, but dae got his foot into it
again before we had gone block.
Nobody in Constantinople ever hur-
ries, or goes of walk, SO when the peo-
pie saw an old man, with fez on his
head, running amuck, as they say here,
followed by beautiful boy, they began
to crawl into their holes, thinking dad
was crazy, but when we were passing a
sausage store, where about 20 dogs were
asleep in the street, and dad kicked half
dozen dogs and yelled "get out, you
hounds" that settled it, and they knew
ne was wrong in the head, and they
yelled for the police, and we were pulled
for fast driving, and taken before a
Turkish justice of the peace, followed by
the whole crowd.
The justice did not wear a fez, but
had on turban, so dad did not give him
any signs, but after jabbering a while
they sent for an interpreter, who could
talk pigeon English, and then dad had
trial, and acted as his lawyer. told
about how dad had tried to be kind and
genial to another mans wife, and how,
In his hurry to get away from the muir
derous husband he fell over mess Of
dogs, and that he was distinguished
American, who was in Turkey to nego-
tiate loan to the sultan.
Say, that fixed them, and they all
made salams to dad, and bowed all over
themselves, and the justice of the peace
prayed to Allah, and the interpreter
said we could go, but to be careful about
touching Turkish woman or dog, par
tcularly dog, as the Turks were very
sensitive on the dog question. So we
went out of the courtroom, and wan
dered around the town, and you can bet
that dad didn't look at any more wom-
en-, though they were everywhere with
Felis tnat covered their races 30 nothing
but their eyes could be seen.
Gee, but you never saw such eyes as
these Turkish women have. They are
big and black, and they go right through
you, and clinch on the other side. Dad
says the facilities for setting into trou-
BILE are better in Constantinople than
any place we have been, as the men look
like bandits and the women look like ex-
ecutioners Dad thanked me for help
ing him out Of that scrape by claiming
he was the agent Of a financial syndicate
that wanted to lend money to the sultan
II ! had said dad was collecting agency,
to make the sultan pay up, they would
have sentenced him to be boiled in oil.
Well, we thought we had been in trou-
BILE before, but we are In 1t now worse
than ever. We heard at the hotel that at
u o'clock in the morning the sultan
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
Won Suit and Died

La Crosse, Wis. July %. - Col. N. R.
Nelson, formerly member Of the star
Of Gov. jeremiah Rusk, of Wisconsin,
who ten days ago received a verdict OF
$500 in a suit against the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad company, died
Thursday night. His suit was based on
the allegation that the railroad carried
him past La Crosse while he was ill and
that the experience caused 9 change by
which his paralysis was made incurable.
He had suffered 16 paralytic strokes in
the last two weeks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
Temperance Made in Germany

1e111Pe1e11Co 11kesueT III 0e1 1UHuy. =
Germany continues to supply the
world with temperance lessons, not
withstanding the fact thatit is common,
ly regarded as one Of the greatest Of
drinking countries. The announcement
comes that German chemists have dis
covered q method Of making beer which
will have no alcohol in it. And, Of
course, without alcohol there will be nc
.:fnddle." At various other times there
have come indications of strong tenn
perance sentiments in Germany, II that
country is going in fer beozeless beer
and wine that will carry with itno sting
of the serpent. the total abstainer will
not have to search far to find his earthly
paradise.-Trny Times.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
Dad Wears His Masonic Fee In Con-
stantinople They Find the Turks
Sensitive on the Dog Question-A
College Yell for the Sultan Sends
Him Into = Fit.
BY HON, GEORGE W. PECK

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor Of Wisconsin. Former Ed.
itor OF Pecks Sun, Author Of "Peck's
Bad Boy" etc.
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B: Bowles
Constantinople, Turkey.-My. Dear
Old 'Shriner"-We got out Of Russia
just in time to keep from being arrested
or blown up with q bomb. Dad wanted
to go to Moscow, because he saw a pic
ture once of Moscow being destroyed BY
6re by Napoleon, or somebody, and he
wanted to see ii they had ever built the
town up again, but I felt as though
something serious was going to happen
in that country If we. didn't look out,
and SO persuaded dad to go to Turkey,
and the day we started for Constantine.
pie we got the news that the Nihilists
had thrown q bomb under the carriage
of the Grand Duke Sergius, and blew
him and the carriage into small pieces
not bigger than slice of summer sau-
sage, sAnd they had to sweep his remains
up in a dustpan and bury them in two
quart fruit jar. Wouldn't that jar your
When dad heard about that you
couldn't have kept him In Russia on q
bet, and 80 we let the authorities have
all the money we had, giving some to
bach man who held us up, until we got out
Of the country, and then we took the
nrst long breath we had taken since we
struck the God forsaken country of tho
czar. II the bombs hold out do not think
there will be a quorum left in Russia
In q year, either cars, dukes or any
thing except peasants on the verge Of
starvation and workingmen who have
not the heart to work. wouldn't take
ehe whole Of Russia as gift, and have
70 dodge bombs night and day.
Say, old man, you never dreamed that
! knew all about you and dad joining
the Masons that time, but watched you
and dad giving each other signs and
grips, and whispering passwords into
each others ears, in the grocery, nights,
after you had locked up. thought, at
the time, that you and dad were plan
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
WHAT ARE you GOING TO Do
WITH ITYe

Fryon did not hesitate. The coveted
fabric was in her possession when she
arrived at home.
eWhat are you going to do with it?"
her husband asked, after he had ad-
mtFed the lace in his clumsy way.
There don't seem to be much to do
with"
Mrs. Tryon smiled condescendingly.
'Why. I'll make waist Of it, Of
course"
sof that?" her husband asked, in
establishment, o. he noticed the iimsy
character Of the lace.
aNot exactly. yeu goose" she replied.
Il mean I'll trim waist with it."
Huh" responded the husband, 81
guess It isn't such bargain after all
If you've got to buy something more
to go with it,
"Well," pouted the lady. 81 need a
nice waist. anyway"
A few days later she came home
from strenuous morning in silk
department with three yards Of waist
material. It had cost her So q yard,
but as she explained to her lord and
pravider. II couldn't get anything
cheap that would look well with that
fne lace. For several days she
planned and planned how she would
make up the new waist, and when she
finally made Up her mind she called in
her neighbours and had an exhibition Of
the goods and descriptive lecture on
how It was to be transformed into the
dearest waist that ever was. To all of
which the neighboring women agreed
and each showed the proper degree Of
envy over the bargain Shortly after
the women had gone, a carriage drove
up to the Tryon mansion and styl-
ishly dressed woman alighted. Mrs.
Tryon met her at the door.
.Is this where Mrs. Tryon lives?"
the woman inquired. 80
~ am Mrs. Tryon.,'
ooh, I'm SO glad to have found you.
the visitor went on with sigh OF re.
lief. I've been searching for you for
several days. There has been an awk.
ward mistake made, but I'm sure 1t
Can be Strengthened out now"
Indeed" hummed Mrs. Tryon, ut.
terly at loss to fathom her visitor
Eyes. You see, am having an ex.
quisite dress made. 1t will cost over
5000 when it is finished, and 1t is to be
trimmed with lace. got what 1
thought would be sufficient lace, but
when the. dressmaker got far enough
along she discovered we were going to
be about yard short. / found that
there was just another yard Of the lace
in the store. and ordered them to
send 1t out forgot all about 1t for
several days until the dressmaker
asked me for the lace again, and then
I found cut 1t had never Gomez
Mrs. Tryon began to be nervous.
when went to the store to SEQ
about 1t" continued the visitor, II was
told that the lace had been sent to me,
but that 1t was returned, and the driver
told them that did not want 1t. OF
course that was one of those silly mis-.
takes they are always making. They
probably took " to the wrong house
and the driver was told that the lace
had never been ordered. Anyway,
when they looked for the remnant it
was gone-sold, they said, on a bar.
gain counter for rs cents yard. T
paid 50 for mine The clerk remem:
bsred that you had bought 1t, but they
lid not know your address. I went
W - & Is a.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
Notice Of Hearing Of Final Report.
In the District court of Iowa in and for Howa

In the District court of Iowa In and for Howard
County.
In the Matter of the Estate Of John b. Rmith.
Deceased. =
To the following named heirs Of said deceased,
& to-wit: Peter Smith, Malcolm Smith. Mrs
Jane simpson. James j. Smith. Mrs. Ursula
ed in said estate:
You are hereby notified that on or before
e 10 tb ea aca the Try VII Se t Sn
our of iowa. In and for Howard County, the
final report Of the undersigned a. Administers
that he be finally discharged and his bondsmen
exnnorated, and that unless You appear and
object thereto on the first day of the next term
OF october 1905, or as soon thereafter as the
same can be heard, said report will be approved,
said admin istrator be discharged. and his
T. +. FARNswQRTH.
9ow4 AdmlnHtrator.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
Gift from Mrs. Lnga,

1 Springfield, Ill. July 81. = In letter
received by Gov. Deneen, Mrs. John A
Logan, formally rendered the valuable
historical collection owned by Mrs. Lo-
gan to the state of Illinois The eollee-
ton, which is closely connected with
the life of Gen. John A. Logan and the
history of the county and the state, is
now in memorial hall at Mrs. Logan's
house in Washington
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-28
Rlackmar,s Body III Boston

Boston, July a. The body of the late
Gen. Wilmon W. Blackmar, command
er in chief of the Grand Army Of the
Republic, who died at Boise, Idaho, last
Sunday, has arrived here. Adetail from
Mnsley post, G. A. r., escorted the
funeral party to a private chapel in Rex
bury, whence the body will be taken to
the state house to lie in state.