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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

LII general appearance the tube Is
similar In appearance to an ordinary
city subway, being perfectly dry, well
lighted and equipped with heavy rails
and a modern signal system. The cars
are of the regulation type, operated by
trolley poles. The atmosphere is from
10 to 10 degrees cooler than on the
surface of the street. As the car near
ly fills the tube it acts as piston,
pushing the air out In front and draw
ing fresh supply after 1t.
At n luncheon served to Mr.. Bel
mopt's guests NJ. ]. Degnon, the build
err said the entire work on this first
tube had been done since July IA, 1905.
ana that it was Il worlds record for
this kind OF work. Mr.. Belmont made
answer to the public clamor against
his company, saying that it had re-
ceived nothing but abuse and that this
treatment was not such as to inspire
further effort on the part of private
enterprise. He said they could split
the present combination into its COM
ponent parts, but that without private
enterprise they would not have any adj
ditional service for the city.
Now 22,oGo In Shoe Strike.
The general executive board Of the
Independent Boot and Shoe Workers
union of Missouri has extended the
strike begun by the cutters of st. Louis
so Us to include over $4,000 members
Of the allied trades. Demands were
made for nine hour day instead of n
ten hour one and the same scale of
wages as now in force Many Of the
allied trades had already gone out in
sympathy with the cutters. All but
| four plants in st. Louis were effectual
| ~ shut down by the strike, and these
worked under an agreement with the
union.
Alcohol For Explosive Engines.
Experiments conducted at Columbia
university and in the department OF
agriculture now demonstrate that al
coLol can be used as fuel In internal
combustion engines with the same de.
gree of success as gasoline and hep9
sene fuels. Professor Lucke, in charge
of the experiments, says that any gas
pline engine of the ordinary type can
be run On alcohol without material
change in construction, and Its opera:
ton will be more noiseless and its
maximum power materially higher
For automobile air cooled engines al
cohol is especially adapted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
sc1E
Bruce Expedition Safe.

BRUCE E%PeCiIIon 0a1cs
The arctic exploration party headed
by William s. Bruce of Edinburgh,
which started out some months ago to
Investigate the coal fields Of King
Charles island, the most easterly Of
the Spitzbergen group, has been heard
from after two relief expeditions had
returned unsuccessful. A third search
party finally found them In great diff
ficulties, and all are now safe.
Radium Deep In the Alps.
a report from Geneva, Switzerland,
says that Professor Jolly after COM
plcting geologica! examination Of the
rock Dorings from the Simplon tunnel
finds rich traces OF radium, indicating
larger deposits of this rare and ex-
tfenaely valuable element than any
hitherto discovered in Europe. 1t is
his theory that the presence of this
ore caused the abnormal heat expert
5encel in digging the tunnel, and he be-
lieyeS that the worlds supply Of radi-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
EDUCATIONAL
Vesetarianism In Football.

Vesetarianism In Football.
Coach Stage of the University Of
Chicago football team has inaugurated
a vegetarian regime by announcing
that only flesh abstainers will be per-
United to take places on the varsity
eleven this fall. He claims that the
endurance and agility Of athletes are
greatly enhanced by the vegetarian
diet and hopes in this way to win back
the western championship lost last
year to Minnesota.
Railroad Course at ilIineis.
President James of the University Of
Illinois has announced the appoint.
ment Of Professor e. r. Dewsnup as
professor Of railroad administration
and management. Professor Dewsnup
is an Englishman who has studied rail
roads In several countries.
100000 Pupils Defective.
Former President G. C. Birmingham of
the New York board of education, as
chairman of committee which has
been investigating the conditions Of
school children In all the larger cities Of
the country, reports that about 10000
600 boys and girls are behind their
proper grades because Of physical de-
fects that could be remedied with prop
er medical attention, or about one-third
Of the entire school attendance. In
New York alone there are 465, 800 de-
fectives. Among the 1,400 children
studied In that city 10 per cent We're
suffering from malnutrition and IA per
cent came from families living on less
than $40 week. More than SO per
cent have only tea or coffee and bread
for breakfast. A little over half of the
families in this group have lost no
children.
Jesuit Colleges Merge.
Woodstock college, the philosophical
and theological training school for the
Jesuit scholastics, which has been To-
Gated ut Woodstock, near Baltimore,
since 1869, is soon to be moved to
New York city and made part of the
University of Fordllam.
Education In Massachusetts.
The Experiment Station Record an
nounces that the Massachusetts col
lege has established department of
agricultural education, its work to
include both instruction and research.
Normal courses will be offered to pro.
spective teachers, and studies will be
made OF. problems confronting agri-
cultural teaching In colleges and
schools of various grades and of agrl-
cultural extension with view to intro.
ducing agriculture into the elementary
schools, establishing agricultural high
schools and correlating and unifying
the agricultural instruction given in
the state. The work will be in close
cooperation with existing educational
agencies, especially the state Industrial
commission.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

the question of his eligibility to til.
president, who later intimated that W,
would be acceptable.
Another important item of news
from I'elling is the ISSUANCE of an i'm
perial edict authorizing Prince pu Ian
who was envoy to the st. Louis expo
sition, and sun Chi Anal i'll co-ope.a
ton with the grand council to plan !;
council of deliberation as a foundatiol
for an elective parliament
Moors Accept Frenc:, Terr.s.
Paris heard with much pleasure La
week that the delegates Of three III,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
EDUCATIONAL
Still Advocating the Pod.


The New York city board of educa.
ton has appointed special committee
Of three to inquire Of the teachers
whether the adjustment of corporal
punishment in public schools has been
beneficial or detrimental in maintain
ing order and respect. Should the con-
sensus of opinion be adverse to the
present methods 1t is proposed to re-
store tho rod to Its former position in
the schools of the city. Complaints
have recently come from some teach
ers that they are unable to maintain
order because the supervising force is
powerless to inflict punishment for Of
lenses affecting general behavior.
A School For Authors.
Editor Page of Worlds Work is adj
vocating the establishment of school
for authors In connection with the uni
versities. He holds that writing is a
trade like any other and that those
who propose to follow 1t should receive
regular course Of instruction. He
would have each poet student com
PEELED to write q sonnet day for one
term and each prose student 1000
words, the course to extend over three
or four years.
A New High School Wrinkle.
At Spokane, Wash. $4,000 admin
istration building Is to be erected for
the high school. 1t will include a gym
nasium. separate shower baths for
girls and boys, teachers assembly
hall, board room. supervisors offices
and teachers library.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

appointed TO the
post at Washington
Gossip at the cap.
ital had it that
there would be OBJ.
lection to Mr.. WI
because of his &c.
tivity in connection
with the boycott oil
American goods. L
was evidently til,
intention of Secre
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

murder the two girls
went to Frankfort
and We're about tc
enter the statehouse
by the rear entrance
when they heard the
report of a gun. AT
the same time they
noticed a man stand.
ing just outside the
door, whom they rec.
ognized as Sanford.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

If you take DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills you will get prompt relief
from backache, weak kidneys, infiam-
nation of the bladder and urinary
troubles. A week 8 treatment rs cents.
Sold by e. T. Tomas Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
Minnesota Rate Law Halted,

Judge Lochren of the federal court
at st. Paul has issued an injunction
tying up the new commodity rate law
pending final decree. This is de-
signed to protect the railroads from in.
reference in state courts.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
FOREIGN
Minister WI Ting F.

Minister WI Ting Fang Again.
The announcement was made at Pc
king that the we'll known and popular
former Chinese minister TO the United
States, WI Ting Fang, had again been
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

fraud the govern
ment Of 1920
acres Of Idaho
timber lands. To-
gether with Bo-
rah, twelve other
men We're indict.
ed, including one
known as John
Doe" This man
turns out to be
none other than
the late Govern.
or Steunenberg
as announced by
District Attorney
Ruick. The CASE
was called be
fore Judge Ed
ward White Will.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
KEEPING TAB
ON THE WORLD


More Oil Trust Methods Exposed
by Prosecutor Kellogg-Landis
Still After Indiana Branch.
Trial of Borah on at Boise.
Mississippi Gusts Compress
/! Company Minnesota Rate
Law Enjoined-First East Riy-
er Tunnel Completed
!, dent Off on Southern Trip ana
Root In Mexico-China Sends
Mr.. WI Here Again-Peace In
Morocco.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Senator Borah on Trial.

Senator Borah on Trial.
In the federal court at Boise, Ida.
Senator William e. Borah, who was
chief prosecutor in the recent Hay.
wood trial, is now on trial on the seri.
Gus charge Of having conspired to de.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

A Criminal Attack

on an inoffensive citizen is frequently
made in that apparently useless little
tube called the appendix" It'sgener-
ally the result of protracted constipa-
ton, following liver torpor. DR.. Kings
New Life Pills regulate the liver, pre-
vent appendicitis, and establish regular
habits OF the bowels. 25c at p. A.
Clemmer's drug store.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' sssss the :, lhAzzM
For Sale.

For Sale.
A few good, improved prairie and
timber farms in central Minnesota at
from $500 to $500 per acre. Good
farms and city property in Howard
county on easy terms.
A. M. PIKE, Cresco, Ia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-04

Motive Power Bang
hard was the mo-
torman. The car
went from Third
avenue and Forty
second street. Man.
haitian, to Jackson
avenue and Fourth
street, Queens, in
four minutes. This
is Il reduction Of at
least thirty minutes
in the time between
under the old condi-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

"
ordinance committee to report at the
next meeting OF council when the or
dinanse will come up for second read
ing.
Councilman Nichols offered the fol.
lowing resolutions: THE difficulty In
having the bills of the various hospi;
talss ~after9tte patients have been dis
Charged properly approved, be It here:
by ordered: that from and after this
date when a patient is received the
proper official Of the hospital shall at
once notify the city recorder, giving
the name Of patient, from which ward,
and. II possible. by whose authority
the patient was sent, and the hospi-
tails be required to comply with the
foregoing. The resolution was passed.
Harvey shain appeared before coun-
Gil and asked to be allowed for dam
age done to his property. The matter
was laid on the table until next meet
ing.
a building permit was granted to
J.. E. Mccoy to build an addition to
the Mccoy building In the Fourth
ward.
Council adjourned to meet next
Tuesday night.
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informed, although We have '
tried 1t personally.
The operator runs the mine for
The financial returns 70 him. That
is the ankindest cut OF all. We sup.
pose the general Impression in the
Queen City IS that he runs the mines
for his health or that In the hot
months they are converted into sum.
mer resorts aud in the winter into
under ground caves where tourists
may explore the meanderingss OF the
UNDERGROUND passages free from the
cold wind and Indictment weather.
Yes, the plot chickens. He believes
In luck" Isn't that sound logic?
II there Is a well balanced business
class OF people In West Virginia with
brains. foresight and ability, It IS
the mine operators Of the State. They
take first rank with the business peo-
pie of the State socially and CONNER.
FciatIy. They do not depend on luck.
hocus pocus. nor l~egerdemain. but
with well defined plans invest their
wealth in the West Virginia hills and
carry out the development to their
financial gain as well as to the gen.
eral advancement of the State. And
It is TO their good business Judgment,
II not to their respect for human life.
that the charges of wilfui neglect
against the operators will fall. Does
any sans person suppose that the
mine owner himself Is not FIRST above
all others interested in the safety
OF his mine? 1t is no; his loss IL his
mine is put out of commission by an
explosion and his passage ways to
market are clogged up with debris.
slate and the bodies of his employees?
His loss financially is great when.
ever these accidents happen. The
mine owner is as much Interested In
safeguarding his property. the lives
of his men, and the correct superin.
tendence Of his works as the State or
any Of the newspapers OF this or any
other State. They can be relied upon
to facilitate any movement that will
decrease the fatalities Of mining.
the less hazardous they can make
their work the less expensive will be
mine operations and no other theory
will stand against them with people
who do their own thinking, and there
is yet enough people in West Virgin.
ia to do considerable thinking with.
out outblde interference.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

ton the concrete. taken At the right
Tine can be coded into any form:
but let the critical momen pass with
out fits being rightly nodded. and Il
becomes set" ana hardened and
worse than useless The South has
entered the plastic age In the forma-
tien Of character. and unless Its PEG,
PIE be rightly nodded now. southern
character viii set and harden be.
ycnd mans power to change or I'm.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

TAvERN-G. W. Bone. Tuinnelton;
F. g. Best. D. H. Barnes. ]. E. Elem.
Ing. Morgantown: c. E. 'zerk. Kllarm:
G. A. Whissen. Keyser; o. o. Osborn,
Montana; K. Jurgensen, e. w. Alb.
boa C%larlssburg; Raymond Valen-
tine. Berryburg; Henry Clayton,
Wheeling; e. Proudville. c. e. Brows.
ing, Weston: ]. B. Canning. Grafton;
7. B. Henderson. Petersburg; Jo.
seph Scion. c. 6. Listop, Tunnelton:
e. NBs Heyser. chariestoni p. j. Con:
dry, Pickens.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20
i a : PLEASED.

According to a statement issuad
by U. oyama. secretary Of the Jap.
.anese consulate at San Francisco. the
|Mikado,s people are pleased over the
agreement reached between the Fed.
teral authorities and the schmitz par.
~ ut Washington. secretary oyama
says:
I'VE have received no Official lnfor,
nation regarding the matter. but IL
the newspaper reports are correct I
am sure that the Japanese people as
a whole will be pfeasedwith the terms.
We have every confidence in Prest.
dent Roosevelt in this matter. We
have insisted that the Japanese as a
people shall not be Disseminated
against, and ! believe that this Is Sc.
cured by the agreement reached in
Washington
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20
The Highest Praise
Horace Howard Furness. Editor Of the
Variorum Edition Of Shakespeare on
Observation-Disclosures to the Phlla.
delphia a Public Leduer.

hGlpHtd q FupttC Ledger
To the Editor Of the Public Ledger:
Kindly permit me through your col
umns TO urge, with all possible empha-
sis, every student Of dramatic litera-
tare, every lover of the drama, every
reader of the history Of and
customs, every student OF theological
history. every Protestant clergyman
with bis congregation. every Roman
Catholic priest with Tbs congregation
to see the old 18th century morality of
"Everyman." Never again may such
an opportunity be offered. Not to have
seen 1t ought to be a lifelong regret
to all thoughtful minds.
HORACE HOWARD FuRNEsS.
The above enthusiastic comment on
"Everyman" from the pen OF the edi-
tor of the famou variorum edition of
Shakespeare, stands as one of the
strongest critical eulogies ever given.
Mr.. Furness's Judgment is practically
final In such matters. No n can af-
ford to miss this play and it is likely
that few will. II the Fairmont public
are not to be distanced, they must buy
at once. The sale yesterday was $50.
seats.
The seats in the boxes for the Mer-
chant or Venice may now be purchas.
ed separately at the proportional
rates.
Three hundred excellent seats for
"Eyeryman" remain in C, D. r, F. G.
II, ], J, X, and L, on the floor.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20
Council Held
Busy Session

CONTINUED prom page one.1
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

Democrats howl about Republican
extravaganza and then when an ap.
preparation they want for some instl.
tuition is scaled down they howl about
stinginess and parsimony. The Nor.
gantown New Dominion is having a
case of the jumping fits because the
Republicans. as it says, have failed
to appropriate money for a woman's
Hall, a Heating Power plant and 9th.
.er things for tile West Virginia Uni.
yersity. 1t is the constant com.
plant of Democratic papers that
causes many of these important ap-
preparations TO be denied 1t Ger.
tainly is hard for n Republican legis.
lature to please a small Democratic
constituency.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

The more we learn through testl.
mony concerning the vile and sensa.
tfonai life Of the great White vuiture
who fed upon the characters of young
girls who came in his way, the less
inclined we are to censure Harry
Thaw for committing murder. The
White brute ought to have been put
out of the world many years ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20
Body Taken to St. Cloud.

The body of MIR. I. R. Jones was
taken to st. Cloud. W. va, this morn.
ing where interment viii take place.
Mrs. Jones. who has been critically
Ill of typhoid fever, is no better and
her death is momentarfiy expected.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

MARIETTA-E. H. Meagle, s.
Bradley, J.. v. Stewart. Wheeling;
Will j. Talbot, Monongah; A. L. An.
derson. Friendly. H. R. Gruber, MIR.
and Mrs. ]. C. Mcclellan, Manning.
ton; N. s. Parks, Philippe, c. S. Hor.
nor. Lumberport; W. 9. umburn,
Amos: NJ. J.. Francis. wilsonburg.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20
A SERMON ON rnE sourH.

the best posted men In II United
States on the iadastrtai conditions
OF the South, is the arIrhor Of he fol
lowing very interesting article. rt
is worthy of reproduction by every
paper In the United states and q Il
u pleasure for us to place Il before
our readers.
Mr.. Edmonds SAYS:
During 1906 the weaith n toe
South Increased 81 q for everv
day of the year. SUNDAYS included mr.
a total of 90 goo ooo ooo Tho oct,,.,
Increase in assessed yaane was AZ.
o7e.479.7ss. and this vas on the ayee.
age Of 40 per cent. 81 the trne va,nc
The amazing magnitude n M. sa,n
OF s7.sooeoe a day Il stri.4nc,y
shown by the statement a. the r an.
don EXPRESS. which h-emoanin. a.
inability OF Great Rr,ta,n - rean
pace with Americas prnwth nuts
the Increase In Great Rritain.s weaIt,
at 81. 900. Goa n week9
Contrast the so,,,b,s t,ere.se =, e.
100000 a day with Great Britain.s
100000 a week and then think ~
the future.
Great Britain. wiz comnor,t,ve,v
few natural resources
upon the outsida yvorId ~, nea,,. ~,
its foods,pns n. mr.n !, H.
ore for ali az lie .ot,na -, : ,a.sa
part ~ ,,s ,r,nhsr 80 ne an,.
10 ooo sousr - mics u ~, :. u.s,as
n large norton has seen wosaes as.
b,s 10 400 ooo 80 - '
NJ oroa aa,,a, - ~. - 80 80
ha,, - tsss 'nah
iooh !. a
~ 'a eeoa 1sae
nao WIN w.
i 'tu NY =. snsin coa helds'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

whirlwind harvest Tor the South.
The signs Of the storm are seen in
many directions. and wnen It breaks.
these leaders who have sold their
birthright for a mess OF pcttage VIII
be the first to seek shelter.
People tell us that the negro is es.
sential TO the southss prosperity,
that without him rs o worker this
section would cease It's wonderful in.
dastriaf development. That doctrine.
is false. Now that me world knows
In part the riches OF the south,s ma.
terial resources. now that ii real.
ICES TO some extent the yastness Of
its coal and iron supplies and Its
strategic relation to the worlds in.
dustrial life. whether this section were
peopled with savage cannibais or
were without single ~fnhabitant
economic development would force a
great population and vast material
Inpbuilding southward. tg
Did the deadly arrow or the rife OF
the Indian stop the westward warch
popuAs.o Dio Tue seemihgiy
with the fearful suffering entailed,
halt even for an hour the tide Of DOT
ulation when once the prospect OF
gold became the alluring vision? We
need not stop for a moment TO think
about whether the South will draw
~ of hot' ihas Is Just as GER
W.. n " .norfows sun.
nomeser, very seriously
go. "na. part 'he people OF the
msn.a.sa. aFe ~ play IN tne
- -, aeseiopneh
~" ne eui'a'h - just pegin'
t ae .eacn.he' through
70 ~. 'he rising generation
tei training 70 meet the new
'hrousn taiiure 10 Y
heSer petore
ss stufoihess OF
49, nee' e'
80, 80 ~ 70 see
49, opp'es VI ehe
y" own peopte may IN
~ aase eeo~ the ne"'
!. "oou anu .he "f@mers Oh water
ny 'een"'ea' man'
~ ~.n VINO are worse taah
e' eme ~ .oadsfhs 70 tue
Se's anu heFaiuihs as wise
$50 .o' 'ue souta 10 'oiiow people
VIM Know apsoluteiy nothing ABOUT
% reai eoueatiohal heeds; II the men
~ AhtsNeh "eai are ioreSer us
eussins 'he hesro queseion n mus
He seAi psopehi "aeie none of
'mpof.ahee eAists pu' lot this aelta-
oh anu discussion woaid all unite
IN one uhtirihe u 10 arouse Tie
ouen " Il. us whise boys ana giris
ior the h'sh'y ahead.
'aes "ouia theh pc oolng good SER
vice to their country.
Some time g lheari an grafton
to the effect that the supreme need
OF the south 10 a Few great
ties. In diction II delivery it was
weii'nish perfect, but 1t was funda-
mentally false. 1nis Is not the day
Tor great universities In the South.
such as we have, II properly handled,
are wen enough In their way. This
Is The day Tor the technical man. for
the next quarter OF a century at least
belongs to the industrial leader. Dur
ang that period the South Is to see,
such material progress as lever fell
to the lot OF any country on earth.
me people who are to control tho
vast wealth to be created are the
technically trained botis of to-day:
II not Southern boys, then boys who
are being trained elsewhere and made
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-20

The newspapers OF the State are
practically a unit on theitwo cent fare
proposition. They nearly all favor the
Senate measure.