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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Court Awards Fortune.

The possession of $4,000 in money
and property and the removal of OBJ.
stacles to her early marriage, are
boons which come to Miss Anna Paul
son, telephone operator at Gibson
City, ILL.,, through decision in local
court at Sioux City. Judge Kennedy
has just decided that although Miss
Paulson Is the illigitimate child of Pc
ter Johnson, murdered three years ago
by Fred Hokuff, and although the. ia
ther never saw the child, she is en-
titled to the property in dispute. Sixty
four collateral heirs brought suit
against the daughter, but there APP
peared sure line of proof that she
was the offspring of the murdered man
and the court ruled in her favor. Evi-
dence adduced in court showed that
Miss Paulson was engaged to be mar
ried but that the wedding had been
postponed until the pair had saved up
little more money. Now the nuptial
ceremony will take place at once.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Rescues Her Children.

Finding her home in flames at 8
O'clock in the morning, Mrs. Fannie
pakleaf of Sioux City by heroic efforts
saved not only her FIVE children, but
four men rooming at the house. When
she was reused by the sound of the
kitchen walls falling in, her first
thought was for the sleeping ones,
and, after rousing the boarders, took
the children in her arms and carried
them out. She lost all her furniture
and is now destitute. Her husband, a
brakeman, was killed few years ago
and it has been hard struggle for her
to support herself and children.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
GURDOA1 u,sjSUQJE DEPARTS
LEAVES PUERTO PLATA FOR
MONTE CHRISTI.
No Details Of Departure from San Do
mingo Port Reesived-Washing-
ton Notified Of TrDuble.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-The navy de-
partment Wednesday received a brief
dispatch from Puerto Plata, San Do
mingo, announcing the departure from
that port Tor Monte Christi OF the gun
boat Dubuque No details OF her Bafs-
sion have yet been received. The
state department Wednesday received
by cable from San Domingo advices
which throw much needed light on
the revolutionary disturbance reported
from there. These were to the effect
that the diplomatic corps had been
notified by ths Dominican minister of
foreign affairs, Gen. Tejera, that the
president (Morales), having abandoned
the capital, leaving the government
without an acting head, the cabinet
had called upon the vice president
AGen, Caceres) to take charge pending
the temporary failure of the president
to exercise his functions. The city Of
Santo Domingo was quiet and the cabi-
net officers were exercising their func-
tions without interruption. President
Morales was reported to be at Jaima,
ten or twelve miles from the capital,
among a band of revolutionists who
were fighting there. 1t was reported
that the new governor appointed by
the cabinet to replace Gov. Perez, who
was dismissed by decree, had been
peacefully installed at Puerto Plata.
Tuesdays advice was to the effect
that Perez had barricaded the town
and was about to resist the cabinet,
with the expectation that he would be
Joined by Morales. Gen. Caceres is
understood to By ct Puerto Plata, and
as the Clyde line steamer Cherokee,
with Capt Cotton, the comptroller of
customs aboard, is due to touch at
that port Wednesday, it is understood
that he will take passage Immediately
for Santo Domingo City, almost two
days distant.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
AFTER A YEAR OF LITIGATION.
Three Women Settle Turmoil over
Their Husbands Estate.

After years litigation to determine
who was the legal widow of the late
3. l.. Dubois, wealthy contractor of
Des Moines, three women have settled
the turmoil, the final act being the sale
by two of the women for $40 to the
widow recognized by the court of the
grave where the much married mans
body reposes. Dubois belonged to
wealthy German family and was high
ly educated. He was wandering sol
der of fortune, an engineer of ability
and in various countries moved in the
highest circles. While at Denver eight
years ago he married a prominent wo-
man.. Then he secured a contract in
st. Paul, but maintained his wife in
Denver While in ST. Paul he married
another woman, and had homes for her
there and in Des Moines. Later he
spent a summer in New Orleans and
married prominent woman there. In
his matrimonial alliances he did not
bother to secure divorce but kept in
touch with the three women and sup
ported them. He died suddenly in
Des Moines, with wife No. of st.
Paul at his bedside. She arranged for
the funeral However, some one who
knew of Dubois other wives wired
them of his death. The Denver and
New Orleans women came to Des
Moines on the day of the funeral, The
services were in charge of the Elks, of
which lodge Dubois was past grand
exalted ruler. The Elks managed to
keep the widows apart until after the
funeral, when they were told of the
mans perfidy, The Denver woman
was declared the rightful widow by
the courts, and secured the property
all except the lot in Woodland ceme=
terry, which she bought last week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
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Unhealthy Signs of the Times.--Days ~
Of 1895 Recalled.--Prices of Stocks.
Politics In New York - Bailey of
Texas e. Roofs Presumption: $50: 90
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lies to deliver it into the hands OF their
opponents. 1t looks like the Arthur
Blaine-Folger tragedy over again.
In no other mans political prospects
In America have the last five years
wrought such disastrous change as
in those of Governor Odell. He was
chief executive of the most populous
and wealthy state in the Union, young,
vigorous, ambitious. He aspired to
the presidency and not unreasonably.
Colonel Roosevelt was in the vice presi-
dental chair-not a good place for an
aspiring statesman-but the bullet Of
Czolgosz changed the situation i'm
mensely to the benefit of Roosevelt and
immensely to the disadvantage Of
Odell. The net result is that Roosevelt
Is in the White House and Odell is
down and out. That bitter feud be-
twixt the New York Republican fac
tions is on there can be no question.
May it lead to long series Of Demo
cratic victories, as that of 1882 did!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Iowa State League.

Tuesday, May s. 1906, will be the
opening day Of the coming season Of
the Iowa State Baseball league. Al
though the actual opening is months
away, the date has been fixed so that
the schedule makers could begin their
work. The season will consist of 12f
games, the same as last year, but the
opening games, instead Of being
played in the southern half of the cir.
cult, will be in the north and the clos
ing games in the south. 1t is prob
able that the league will be composed
of the same clubs as last season, viz;
Burlington, Waterloo, Marshalltown
Boone, Oskaloosa, Keokuk, Ottumws
and Fort Dodge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
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Especial Washington letter.

lSpecldl washington Letter.
~ ERTAIN signs of the times are
not propitious. The breaking
4 of the three great banks in
Chicago, involving $4,000, 0OO1
coming close on the heels of the huge
Deylin smashup, and other failures OF
the same kind are by no means reas-
surfing. Quite the contrary. Here is a
more unhealthy sign The following
dispatch carries the mind back to 1892,
when the panic of 1893 was beginning:
Pittsburg. Pa, Dec. GA cut of SO 1-3
per cent in the wages of the window
glass workers is to be made to meet the
low prices that have been established
A. l.. Faulkner president of the new or.
ganization of workers, has sent an adj
dress to the membership in which he an
nounces that no power on earth can keep
the men employed unless a reduction in
wages is made to meet present conditions
The factories of the country are producing
glass at the rate of nearly 100000 boxes
month, while the consumption is but
little more than an average of 100000
boxes month. One manufacturer de-
clared that there is enough glass on hand
with what the American company will
produce next year, to supply the entire
demands of the country for 1906.
In this connection the following ex-
cerpt from the last circular letter of
Messrs. Henry Clews g. Co. furnishes
much food for thought:
1t is quite time that cautionary signals
were again in evidence. Recent bank diff
ficulties in Chicago are an intimation of
what might happen elsewhere. Serious
trouble was only prevented in that instance
by heroic action, the necessity for which
showed the seriousness of the case. The
recently suspended Chicago institutions I
fear are not the only ones which have
been lending more freely to the large
capitalists who dominate them than ordi-
nary business prudence would permit, and
unless something occurs to check this
sort of extension of credits more trouble
Is likely to follow.
Another source of doubt is the extreme
ly high prices to which many securities
are being pushed Bold spectators with
unlimited capital behind them have been
successful in forcing their favorites to
unreasonably high levels. By means of
adroit manipulation they have induced
the public to enter the market more freely
than for many weeks past and by allow
ing the earlier public buyers to make
some profit they have naturally been able
to encourage and widen the new buying
interest. There has no doubt, however,
been much realizing under cover, and
some of the rich and heavy holders Of
securities have been freely unloading dur
ing the past week or two. Stocks which
are selling at unduiy high prices are too
well known to require mention, but at
their present altitude they are a menace
to the market and should be carefully
avoided by either spectators or investors.
Another element of risk in the market Is
the sensational activity in copper stocks.
/ Here. too. the process Of unloading upon
the public is actively at work, and all
! sorts of questionable properties are sell,
ing at unreasonable prices.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
BISHOPS Salary.


Mr.. Bishop and his salary appear
quite likely to become as important
matters as did certain Mr.. Jenkins
and his ear in the halcyon long ago,
except that the latter embroiled differ
ent nations, while the former may serve
only to set the Republican factions at
daggers' points, but anything that pre-
cipitates row among the Republicans
ought to be hailed with unfeigned de-
light by all lovers of the country. OF
course the Bishop salary is preposter-
GUS, but that certain Republican big
bore statesmen are merely making that
preteXt for a war on the administra-
ton, which they had already determin-
ed on, is the general conclusion. Re-
publican senators never hankered after
Colonel Roosevelt in the first instance.
They have always been FESTIVE under
his domination, and they seem to be in
q frame of mind to assert their power
and prerogative to the fullest extent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Thrown From Train.

R. ]. McIntire, who says he is a
stonemason from New Jersey, is at
Agatha hospital in Clinton suffering
from serious and perhaps fatal wounds.
He was picked up in the Northwestern
railroad yards in a semi-conscious con:
dition. Later he declared that he had
been thrown from a passenger train
on which he had ridden from Cedar
Rapids, by two tramps who had shared
his quarters on the head end of the
baggage car. The train was moving
at rapid rate, and the man received
terrible cut on the scalp, which, 1t
Is believed, penetrated the skull.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
On Embezzlement Charge.

Edwin O. Soule, formerly cashier of
an Iowa Falls bank, who embezzled
$4,000 three years ago, finished his
sentence at Anamosa penitentiary last
week and was Immediately arrested
by Sheriff Mitterer on an indictment
charge Of embezzlement as bailee.
Soule went before Clerk Lockwood and
gave bonds for his appearance at the
January term Of the Hardin county
district court. The Indictment was
found last October,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Would Abolish Private Car Lines.

At the concluding session of the
Western Fruit Jobbers' association at
Des Moines last week strong resolu-
lions were adopted demanding the en-
aetment of legislation abolishing pri-
vate car lines and pointing out the in
sufficiency Of pending legislation be-
fore congress in this respect. The as
sociation also gave endorsement to
Governor Cummins, who aroused en-
thusiasm at the annual banquet by his
arraignment of private car companies
and of congress for what he declared
to be its slothfulness in needing the
petition of shippers for relief.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Missing Man Located.

/ Duluth, MINI. Dec. 2s.-James A.
Pratt, 40 years old, of Flushing, N.
r., heir to an estate valued at more
than 100000 and who disappeared
from his home on Easter day, leaving
a wife and five children, is believed to
be somewhere in northern Minnesota,
but so far the police Of the state have
been unable to find him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
President leaves
FOR HOLIDAY outing.
ROOSEVELT AND FAMILY TO
SPEND A FEW DAYS AT
PINE KNOB, VA.
EXECUTIVE TO REST;
SONS PLAN TO HUNT
Chief and Wife Will Enjoy Horseback
Rides Over Country Roads on
Pretty Little Virginia Estate
Few Accompany Party.

Washington, Dec. %. - President
Roosevelt will pass his holidays at
Pine Knob the pretty little estate in
Mrs. Roosevelt
Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
their children, Miss Ethel, Kermit
and Archie, the president left Wash
ington Wednesday for a five days out
ing. The trip was made via the
Southern railway in the private car
Rover attached to regular train. The
Garden, Va, the nearest stop to Pine
Knob, about 2:40 p. m. The station
is IL miles below Charlottesville.
Few Accompany Executive.
The president was accompanied on
the trip by M. G. Latta, his personal
stenographer, and James Sloane, the
presidents secret service guard Mr..
Loeb and his other secretaries re-
manned in Washington
! President Roosevelt said he was go
ing TO Pine Knob to enjoy genuine
rest. He added that, while he and
Mrs. Roosevelt would ride horseback
over the fine roads in the vicinity of
their estate, he did not expect to do
any hunting. Masters Kermit and
Archie took gun with them, and will
do some rabbit shooting. Archie took
with him the small bear dog Skip
which the president brought to him
from Colorado last spring, and he will
be used In the hunting of rabbits.
To Be at Home Sunday.
Mr.. William Wilmer, whose plantation
adjoins Pine Knob, was at the railroad
station Wednesday to wish the presir
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt a pleasant
outing. AS the presidents horses are
in Washington, he and Mrs Roeser
yelt, in their rides, will use the
horses of Mr.. Wilmer.
The president expects to remain at
Pine Knob until next Sunday after
noon. According to present plans he
will reach Washington Sunday night
at $50 o'clock. He was accom-
panied on the trip Wednesday by Col,
L. S. Brown, general agent of the
Southern railway. who had charge OF
the railroad arrangements for the
Journey.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., will join mig
father and mother at Pine Knob and
will remain with them until they re-
tur1 next Sunday night to Washing
ton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05

A reasonable amount of food thor
oughly digested and properly assimi-
lated will always increase the strength
If your stomach is a little off" Kodol
Dyspepsia cure will digest what you
eat and enable the digestive organs
to assimilate and transform all
foods into tissue building blood Kn-
dol relieves Sour Stomach, Bleeching,
Heart Burn and all forms OF Indiges.
ton. Palatable and strengthening.
Sold by j. Fl, Huers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
CHARGE Against Carrier.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 2s.-H. Randall,
city letter carrier, was arrested
charged with delaying and opening
United States mail intrusted to him as
! carrier The arrest was made after
n investigation lasting several days
s. Post Office Inspector Wayland.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Coming to His Own.

Every man likes to have his opinion
indicated. am no exception to the
rule. When began writing these let
tiers Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey of
Texas was Democratic leader of the
house of representatives, picked at and
thwarted by certain jealous Demo
Gratis and loyalty upheld and supported
by as true friends as any man ever
had. Many newspapers joined in the
attack upon him. Even great metro
politan journals debased their noble
profession by mean filings at his tenn
per and his clothes, though, truth to
tell, he is always well appareled. Had
all the house Democrats stood by him
in his capacity of leader, as they ought
to have done, we would have elected
house in 1893, and he would have
been speaker. With Democratic COM
mittees to investigate the rotten per-
formances In connection with the
Spanish war we would have unearthed
enough campaign material to have
elected Bryan in 1900, and much his
tory would have been changed But
it was not to be. "There's a destiny
that shapes our ends, rough hew them
as we may" OF, as one of my most
brilliant constituents, DR.. Samuel w.
Buckner, renders that passage from
Shakespeare, ''Theres a destiny that
shapes our ends rough, hew them as
we may" Most assuredly the jealous
hearted Democratic representatives
who harassed and bedeviled Bailey
shaped the ends Of the party rough
very rough-so rough that we have
been wandering in the wilderness ever
since. For his part Bailey gave up his
ambition to become speaker and went
to the senate. While he was contend
ing with the factions pronounced him
to be great man, one Of the very
strongest debaters on this continent. I
loved him for his talents, his courage,
his integrity and his mistaken fidelity
to a friend or principle. His unruly
temper was the chief sin laid at his
door. That did not lessen him in my
esteem, for man who lives in glass
house himself is forbidden to throw
stones. OF course / am delighted to
observe that the whole country is CON-
ing to hold the same opinion touching
Bailey that held in 1898, still hold and
will continue to hold till I 60 hence
without day. When he mauled the sen
ate into sanity touching the suspension
of Senators Gilman and McLaurin and
forced it to revise itself he was hailed
as a great constitutional lawyer and
powerful debater by sundry editors
who had for years tried in every way
possible to belittle him. Lately his
speeches as ~ criminal charges against
senators have ELECTED golden opinions
from all classes and conditions OF men,
SO that this splendid young Texan is at
last coming into his own. His friends
bis true and trusted friends-who
have always beliexed IL him and in his
destiny are rejoiced at this state of
affairs which they have long predicted
and which they were sure would come
to pass. 1t has been slower in coming
than they hoped, but 1t has come, and
thew are exceeding glad.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Hydrophobla Panic,

All Sioux City is terrerized by the
revival of hydrophebia scare. Ten
people were bitten on the streets last
week, four seriously, and fully thirty
dogs were bitten. The mayors order
Of two weeks ago to muzzle all dogs
was not generally obeyed. although
the slaughter of CANNES has been go
ing on. One dog was found with lock
Jaw.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Indian Erozen to Death.

John southwind, giant Winnebago
Indian, came over to Sioux City one
night last week and INDUCED in fire.
water. The next morning he was
found on q sand bank frozen to death.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
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RELIEF.IN sIX HOURS

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relieved in six hours bv NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" 1t is great snrprisa on ac-
count Of its exceeding prom ptness in
relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and
back, in male or female. Relieves re:
tention Of water ALMOST Immediately.
If you want quick re lief and cure this
is the remedy Sold by ]. q. Luers
Drug 90 Crescp, iowa. 2fm6
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05

marker in futility to the attempt to
increase Governor Shaw's information
on the tariff. When read Of what Sec
rotary Root is trying to do to Secretary
Shaw / recalled Bret Harte's lines:~
Do sleep? Do 1 dream?
Do wonder and doubt?
Are things what they seem III
Or are visions about?
Is our civilization a failure
Or Is the Caucasian played out?
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Catholic Church Burned.

Sacred Heart Catholic church at
Rockwell, built in 1892, was entirely
destroyed by fire. 1t cost $4,000 to
build, and the fixtures were valued at
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Amazing.

AInazInSs
The newspapers say that Mr.. secre-
tary Root is instructing Mr.. Secretary
Shay how to proceed In patching up q
modus viYendt with Germany touching
the tariff imbroglio until the senate can
be induced to act with sense enough to
ratify a reciprocity treaty with that
puissant empire That anybody any
where SHOULD have the temerity to at
tempt to teach Mr.. Secretary Shaw
anything about the tariff is the most
astounding thing that has happened
since "the stars fell" II not the most
astounding thing that has happened
since the morning stars first sang to.
gether for Joy. 1t has been assumed
that he knew all about 1t that anybody
else knew, and then some. Did not he
invent the remarkable theory that Q
high tariff increases imports7 That's 4
brand new discovery, one calculated to
make the cold chills chase each Other
In rapid succession up and down the
spinal columns of the beneiciaries OF
the blessed Diagley pill, the fount Of
every blessing, which gave us d sAcces
sion Of the finest crops that ever grew
out of the ground, for it goes withou,
saying that the stand patters believe
religiously that the pingley bill con
trolls the seasons IL not the tides OF tbs
/ ocean. But as from time immemoria.
It has been proclaimed to be the mis-
sion of q tariff bill! to exclude imports
products Of the pauper labor of Other
countries, and give the home producers
monopoly of the home market, 4
must have required bilad faith on th,'
part of the stand patters TO accept tliis
Shaw theory. In fact, the only nsef4
purpose of his pronunciamento is q
show to what desperate shifts yer!
ingenious man may be driven when en-
dsavering to defGad an indefensibl'
theory. But even that Rregester9n
theory which Mr.. Secretary Shaw
evolved from his inner consciousness |!
not one-half as amazing as the fac
| that Mr. Secretary Root should pre-
sumo to instruct him as to his duties
Carrying COSTS to Newcastle ID not
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Notorious Crook Arrested.

The police OF Clinton have arrested
Jack Sieyers, a notorious crook, who
has served five terms In an Iowa pris-
on on charge of breaking into three
Clinton saloons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Farmer,s Neck Broken.

e. Fanselow, farmer, four miles
east of Pocahontas, fell off load of
hay end broke his neck. He leaves a
large family.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Heavy LOSS From Fire.

Fire which started in Swift's restau-
rant, burned six large brick blocks on
the north side of the square at Chart
ton. The loss may reach 100000.
The postoftice and most of the contents
Rre burned.