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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
LONDON HAS 100000 FIRE.
Blaze Sweeps Through citys Busiest
Industrial Center.

London, March 1S.-Three big ware
houses in the Finsbury district, Lon
dons busiest industrial center, were
ruined by fire Saturday morning, caus-
ing damage to the amount of about
$1,O0O,0O0.
Starting in Featherstone street, in
the premises of Cox & Co., hat manu-
facturers, the flames, famed by a
strong wind, jumped the street and
enveloped the establishment of the
Maxine company, wood turner's, and
spread to the adjoining warehouse of
Green &, Co., shoe manufacturers. Ow-
ing to the strength of the wind, it ap-
peared for time as though the whole
block of adjoining property would be
destroyed, but after three hours hard
work the firemen gained control of
the situation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
NEWS OF THE WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.
MasonviIle Bank Robber confesses and
Takes Officers to Where Part of
the Stolen Money Had
Been Hidden.

Bernard Hansen, arrested in con-
nection with the robbery of bank In
Masonville, has, it Is alleged, con-
fessed the robbery to Chief of Police
Pickley of Dubuque.
Hansen duplicates Hugh Moore and
William Gadbois. Gadbois has not
been arrested, but Moore is in custody.
Hansen says the booty was hidden
in two barns. He accompanied Off
GERS to these places. At the first barn
1900 was found and at the second
$3.50.
This amount, with 1851 found during
the chase and which was lost by Cad
bois on Williams farm, and $50 found
on Hansen and Moore, makes a total
of $4,000 recovered of the $4,000
stolen.
The state militia was called out to
guard two bank robbers arrested for
blowing up the bank at Masonville,
March 6, from mob violence, and Sher-
if John Hennessey asked the COVER
nor for more aid but it was not found
necessary. Company d for time
was on guard with instructions to
shoot. The action followed the GUST
ing Of the grand jury which was de:
clared illegal, and which. therefore,
| cannot indict the men held. Angry
| citizens soon formed a mob and were
bent on lynching the men.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Aged German a Suicide.

Detected over the failure of the leg.
islature to appropriate money for the
establishment of home for the aged
at Burlington, an object which had
been the ambition Of his life, Herman
Heimuth, we'll known and prominent
German citizen Of Burlington, commit,
ted suicide. For years Mr.. Helmuth
had sought to promote the founding of
home for the aged. A bill for this
purpose, the Introduction of which Mr..
Helmuth secured, has recently been
killed, and this fact, together with
financial difficulties, is believed to
have induced him to kill himself by
firing bullet into his head.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Find MISSING Wheat.

After resting under the stigma Of
supposed theft for three years, Ed
ward Deal, living at Mount Pleasant,
has been cleared in rather peculiar
manner Three years ago Deal was
arrested on charge of stealing wheat
from the grist mill at Oakland, near
where he lived. The ease against him
was dismissed on account of proof.
Workmen who were engaged In de.
molishing the old mill discovered
twenty-five bushels of wheat in con-
cealed bin whose existence appeared
to have been forgotten. AS this is the
amount which Deal was charged with
having stolen. it Is believed that the
wheat had been stored in the bin by
an employe of the mill who afterward
had forgotten the circumstances.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Memphis Government Abolished.

Nashville, Tenn, March 16.-The
Memphis charter bill, over which one
of the bitterest fights that has been
waged in a Tennessee legislature for
years, was passed by the house Friday.
The effect of the bill is to abolish the
city government of Memphis and gives
Gov Patterson the power to appoint
new city officials. Senator Carmack
led the fight for the opposition. The
bill had previously passed the senate.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Saved Her SONS Life.

The happiest mother In the little
town Of Ava, Mo-, is Mrs. S. Rupee
She writes: "One year ago my son was
down with such serious lung trouble
that cur physician was unable to hello
him, when, by our druggists advice
began giving him DR.. Kings New
Discovery, and l soon noticed i'm
provement. l kept this treatment up
for few weeks when be was perfect
ly we'll: He has worked steadily since
at carpenter work. DR.. Kings New
Discovery saved his life." Guaranteed
best cough and cold cure by P. A.
Olemmer, Druggist. SOC and Sl.00
Trial bottle free. b
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Bad SYMPTOMS.

The woman who has periodical head
aches, baekache, sees imaginary dark
spots or specks floating or dancing before
her eyes, hasrgnawing distress or heavy
full feeling N stomach, faint spells, drag
ging- down feeling in lower abdominal or
pelvic region, easily startled or excited,
Irregular or painful periods, with or with.
out pelvic cat04rh, is suffering from
weaknesses and Arrangements that should
have eNy attention: Not all Of above
s syse it a Zm likely to be present In any
Neglected or badly treated and such
cases bftEn run into maladies which de-
manG TIE surgeons knife II they do not
No medicine extant has such long
and p aFss dIs sSGs
tion.. No medicine has such strong
protessi6MaQ1dols ot -eae9 ot- US
seYeraI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. more fhap any
number Of ordinary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES! les.
timOnIals, The very best ingredients
known to medical science for the cure OF
composition. No alcohol, harmful, or
habit-forming drug is to be found in the
list of it's ingredients printed on each
bottle-wrapper and attested under oath.
In any condition of the female system,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can do
only BOOu-IeNeT udTul. 1OS WLolo cncCo
is to streng then, fnvigorate and regulate
the whole female system and especially
the pelvic organs. When these are de-
ranged in function or affected by. disease,
the stomach and other organs of digestion
become sympathetically deranged. the
nerves are weakened. and long list OF
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too
much must not be expected of this VIA
vorite Prescription" 1t will not perform
miracles; will not cure tumors-no med
icine will. 1t aoill often prevent them, If
taken in time, and thus the operating
table and the surgeons knife may be
avoided.
Women suffering from diseases of long
standing, are invited to consult Doctor
Pierce BY letter, free. All correspondence
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser (1OOO pages
is sent free on receipt of 81 one-cent
stamps for paper covered, or 81 stamps
for cloth bound copy, Address as above.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
DONNA HOUSE CEILING FALLS.
Seats in Taurida Palace, st. Peters.
burg, Are Badly Wrecked.

st. Petersburg, March 16.-The cell
fng of the hall in the Taurida palace,
where the lower house of parliament
meets, collapsed at six o'clock Friday
morning and caused widespread
|wreckage among the seats below.
Though many rumors were circu-
lated to the effect that the fall of the
ceiling was the result of plot to in
terfere with the meeting of parlia-
ment, its purely accidental character
was clearly established. An examina-
tion showed that the nails and other
fastenings binding the ceiling to the
rafters had not been replaced since
the time of Catherine II. and broke
under the extra weight of the new
decorations.
The entire section of the plastering
and lathing covering the center and
left of the house and small portion
pf the right fell to the floor, 80 feet
below. A few heavy beams and tim.
bers were affected, but the regular
structure of the roof was not injured.
The aggregate weight of the cell,
ing material was SO great that in it's
fall it twisted the massive bronze
electrollers in such a way as to indi-i
cate that terrible catastrophe would
have resulted had the fall occurred al
few hours later, during the session Of!
the house. The places occupied by
the president and ministers were not
touched, but it was judged that a few
members of the center or of the left
would have escaped death or serious
injury.
4 1t was at first thought that it would
be necessary to abandon the days ses-
sion of the house, but President Colo
win, after hasty consultation with
the party leaders, decided to hold
short session in the rotunda, when it
was decided to postpone any further
sittings until the president of the
house and the department. of palaces
and public buildings secure another
hall. It is hoped that this will be
done within a week
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Justice Acts Quickly.

Probably pustice was dealt out
swifter and in shorter time to Anton
Seefried, in the Butler county courts
last week than has ever before been
known in Iowa, at least in that section
of the commonwealth. Seefried stole
team from George Kramer Tuesday
morning. Wednesday morning he was
arrested and taken to the county seat
that afternoon. The grand jury then
in session Immediately Investigated
the case Wednesday evening and had
an indictment ready to turn in to the
judge the next morning. Seefried
pleaded guilty and was at once SEN
fenced to nine months in the Anamosa
penitentiary, and was taken there
Thursday night.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
rARpoNFo THE RAlNsBARoERs.
VIII BE Resisted by the Wife of One
of the Convicts.

VIII Be RESISTED by the wire OF Ohe
of the Convicts.
The people of Hardin county are
much interested in the doings Of the
pardon committee of the Iowa legisla-
ture with regard to the granting of
parole to Frank and Nathan Rains
barger, the two Hardin county men
who have been incarcerated at Ana
mosa pentientiary for more than TWEEN
ty-three years for the murder of
Enoch Johnson.
The presence in Eldora of Pension
Agent W. V. Wilcox of Des Moines
whets the interest all the more. Mr..
Wilcox was sheriff of Hardin county in
1884 and 1855, at the time when there
was something doing in criminal his
tory there, and he is doing all in his
power to keep the two men from Sc
curing pardon.
Enoch Johnson, who, it is alleged.
was counterfeiter and the father-in-
law of Frank Rainsbarger, was MUIR
dered on the night of Nov. 10, 1884.
The two brothers were accused of be-
ing his murderers and were arrested
in January, 1885, for the crime. They
We're indicted by the grand jury in
April of that year, and about six
months later were convicted and given
life sentences. The most of the men
in Hardin county who had to do with
their conviction now are dead, and Mr..
Wilcox Of Des Moines and John T.
Boylan of Eldora are the only officials
who still are living.
Mrs. Nettie Rainsbarger Haily, wife
of Frank Rainsbarger, who seeks par
don, is doing all in her power to pre-
vent its being received, and she has a
beautiful daughter who shares in her
mothers appeal. This daughter, now
Mrs. Charles Lynx, was baby In
arms at the time of the murder.
After the two brothers were con.
victed, many strange things happened
One dark night, two of the remaining
Rainsbargers were taken by vigi.
| lance committee from the old Jail at
Eldora and lynched. A brother-in-law
Henry Johns, died mysteriously, and
the county finally was rid of gang of
lawbreakers that for long, long time
made dark days for the county. The
county is divided as to the favorine
of parole
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22

to rush into the city. Fifty houses
were swept away, and SO more are
tottering on their foundations. A
thousand persons are homeless and
are being cared for in churches and
halls.
Two Families Perish.
Steubenville, O., March 1S.-Six to
ten members of two foreign families
are reported to the officials at Mingo
Junction to have been drowned Fri
day in the flood. The houses floated
away with their occupants. Every
house on the east side of Mingo juno
ton is submerged and 1000 people
there are homeless. At Empire every
house but three is submerged and 500
people are homeless.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
CreSco Union
Savings Bank
Capital 100000
ROBERT THOMSON. Cashie,

THE SUCCESSFUL TAILOR
the one you would employ to
makeyour wedding clothes-euts
the coat according to the cloth.
To be a success you also must
cut your coat according to your
cloth-that is, you must suit
your expenditures to your in
come.
AS your income grows your
expenditures increase. Often we
hear man cay, eff l had a sal
airy like Smith, / could save
something At the same time.
you know his neighbor Jones.
who has only one-half of Smiths
salary and he manages to save
something every year.
Men and women grow rich,
not because they earn large sums,
but because they form the habit
Of saving small sums and de-
posting them in the bank for
safe keeping.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Dowie Now Rests in Grave.

Chicago, March 16.-John Alexander
Dowie, founder of the city and creed
of Zion, was buried late Thursday
afternoon at Lake Mound cemetery
with no scenes of disorder developing
after the pickpocket scare. In the
heart of the city that sprung up like
magic before his will and in the midst
of his former triumphs and glory he
was laid to rest with simple ceremony.
The eulogy delivered by V. V. Barnes
embodied plea for reunion of the
many factions of Zion Five thousand
people filled Shiloh tabernacle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Woman Hangs Herself.

Mrs. Ruggles committed suicide at
Grundy by hanging herself. She was
sister of Mrs. c. M. sprague, with
whom she had been living for some
months. Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague went
to California to spend the winter,
leaving Mrs. Ruggles to keep house
for their son Henry, who is attending
school. The work seemed to have
worried her greatly and she is thought
to have been temporarily unbalanced
mentally. She tore the eieetrice light
wires loose in her yoom and hanged
herself with them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
TESTIMONY OF ABE
HUMMEL is BARRED.
DEFENSE WINS SIGNAL VICTORY
IN THAW MURDER
TRIAL.
WITNESS MAKES AN
IMPORTANT STATEMENT
Slips Into Evidence Declaration That
Evelyn Told Him She Had Told
Defendant in Paris White Did Not
Drug Her.

New York, March 15.-The greatest
victory for the defense in weeks was
won by Harry K. Thaw Thursday
when Justice Fitzgerald sustained At
torney Delmas' objection to the intro
duction of Abe Hummel's testimony,
accusing Th.w as wife-beater. The
decision followed brilliant and con-
vincing argument by Attorney Delmas
against the admission of Hummel's
statement on the plea that he was
acting as attorney for Evelyn Nssbit
at the time of the alleged statement
Hummel was prepared to say that
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had made an aft
davit in his Office to the effect that
Harry K. Thaw had stripped and beat
en- her for refusing to sign state
ment in proceedings to have White
sent to jail
When the Thaw trial opened Abe
Hummel was recalled to the stand
Mr.. Delmas then began his argument
in reply to District Attorney Jerome as
to the admissibility of Hummel's evil
dence
While on the witness stand Hummel
declared that Evelyn Nesbit told him
in 1903 that she had told Thaw in
Paris that it was not true Stanford
White had drugged and betrayed her.
The answer to a question by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome was made so
quickly that the counsel for the de-
tense had not time to interpose an OBJ
lection, but Mr.. Delmas let the answer
stand, saying there was no occasion to
strike it out after it had once been
given to the jury, adding significantly
that he preferred it should remain q
part of the record.
Expert Takes the Stand.
When court convened for the after
noon session District Attorney Jerome
called upon six of his experts to he
sworn. These were Flint, Hirsch, Die
fendorf, Mabon, Pritchard and Ferris.
After all had taken the oath, Mr..
Jerome directed Mr.. Flint to take the
stand. The doctor said he graduated
from the Jefferson Medical school at
Philadelphia in 1857, and has for rs
years made specially of mental dis
eases and has many times been called
as an expert in insanity cases.
He said, in answer to questions, that
The had read the letters which have
been placed in evidence, the will and
codicil and the letter to Anthony
Comstock Mr.. Jerome then began to
read to the witness the hypothetical
question which Mr.. De1mas had sub
mitted to his experts. On this DR..
Flint said he thought Thaw knew the
nature and quality of his act and knew
the act was wrong.
At 2:47 Assistant District Attorney
Garvan began the reading of the pros
ecution's hypothetical question.
iThaw's counsel, with copies of the
question in their hands, followed the
reading closely.
4 The hypothetical question which Je-
rome put to his experts and on which
he asked them to base an opinion as to
Thaw's sanity, covered practically all
of the evidence in the case. 1t con-
tanned about $4,000 words, and
throughout the question Thaw was
referred to as III. K. T." and Evelyn
Nesbit as &c. N"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
MaeFarIand Defeats aalliaan.

Packy Mcfarland of Chicago, "the
Davenport discovery" gave Joe CALI:
gan the worst beating in his career
before the Davenport Athletic club
Hast week. For seven rounds he
pounded Galligan around the arena,
punched him to the ropes and knock
ing him down seven times. In the
eighth, when Joe was hopelessly beat
en-, Adam Ryan tossed the towel from
Galligan's corner and Paclsy was pro.
claimed victor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Explosion in a School.

An explosion in district school
near Upton caused panic among the
pupils and resulted in the injury of
one boy. Ernest Fischer, son of a
wealthy farmer, had taken cartridge
to school in his pocket. While at
tempting to open it with his knife, he
struck the cap and caused the shell to
explode. One of his fingers was torn
off and his hands were badly LAGER
ated. The children were so frightened
by the explosion that the teacher was
compelled to dismiss the school for
the day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Hard Coal to Go Down.

Philadelphia, March 15.-Anthracite
operators have agreed to make the
usual 50-cent reduction in the price of
coal April 1, when the new spring
schedule will go into effect. If there
is any decrease in the price of pea
coal, however, it will not be more than
rs cents ton, the operators say. Be-
cause of the large quantity of fuel on
hand and the slow demand the 80 col
lieries of the Reading company will be
closed all of next week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
How to Rema n Young.

To continue young in health and
strength, do as Mrs. N. f. Rowan, Nc
Donough, Ca, did. She says: "Three
bottles of Electric Bitters cured me of
chronic liver aud stomach trouble,
complicated with such an unhealthy
condition of the blood that my skin
turned red as flannel. am now prac-
tically 20 years younger than before /
took Electric Bitters. I can now do
all my work with ease and assist In
my husbands store" Guaranteed at
P. A. Clemmer's Drug Store. Price
50 cents, +
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22

The winds of March have no terror
to the user of DeWitt's Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salve. It quickly heals
chapped and cracked skin. Good too,
for hollis and burns, and undoubtedly
the best relief for Piles. Sold here
by J. 81. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Asks Millions for Good Roads.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 15.--A macad-
amized highway "a feet broad, from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia, has been
practically pledged in speeches by
Highways Commissioner Hunter and
William Flynn at the convention Of
the National Roadmakers' association.
In addition to this it was the sense Of
the Pennsylvania delegate that $780,
100000 should be appropriated by the
state legislature for good roads in
Pennsylvania, s5,OOO,OOO of which
should be forthcoming at once.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
viii Visit Jamaica and Havti.

Washington, March 16.-On their re-
turn trip from Panama the congress
men now on the isthmus will stop at
Kingston, Jamaica, and Port-au-Prince,
Hayti. They will leave Colon next
Sunday and will probably reach New
York on March "a or rs.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22

To remove cough you must get a.
the cold which causes the cough
There is nothing so good for this as
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup.
The liquid cold relief that is most
quickly effective, that stills and quit
cts the cough and drives out the cold.
Sold by j. 81. Luers Drug Go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Youna Fairbanks Case Closed.

steubenville, O., March 1s.-The in
dictment against Frederick Fairbanks,
son of Vice President Fairbanks, &C.
,cusing him of swearing falsely to OBJ
tain a license on which he was re-
Gently married, was nolled by Judge
Richards. The case is considered
closed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22

Little globules of sunshine that
drive the clouds away. DeWitts Lit
tie Early Risers will scatter the gloom
of sick headache and biliousness.
They do not gripe or sicken. Recon-
mended and sold here by j. 81. Luers
DrugCo.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
sire Damages Coal Mine,

Fire which broke out in the roof of
the tipple at the Numa coal mine at
Seymour destroyed all the buildings
and equipment at the coal mine, ex-
cept the engine house. The loss is
estimated at $4,000, partially insured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Two Get Life Terms.

Arnold thinner, white, and Tom
Grimes, colored, who pleaded guilty
to the murder of John Gavin on Jan.
%, were sentenced to life imprison-
ment by Judge Wilthrow in the dis
trict court at Moupt Pleasant.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Third Time succeeds.

Burlington has voted to issue bonds
in $4,000 to build a new high school
by 1,078 majority. This was the third
attempt to vote the bonds and there
was much opposition, but the women
came out in droves ard carried the
proposition.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Street Car Strike Ends.

Louisville, KY, March 16.-Street
car service was resumed Friday under
the terms of the agreement reached
by the company and its employees.
Practically the entire force is back at
work and cars are moving on schedule
Asne.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Released With Liuht Penalty.

Sam Miller, held for the attempted
murder of his wife in Charles City
Monday night, was released after pay
ing 500 and costs on a charge of dis
orderly conduct. His wife refused to
appear against him. She is convalesc-
ing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Engineer And Fireman Killed.

Engineer Kellogg and his fireman
were killed in wreck on the Chicago
Great Western railroad at Waterloo.
A, car on a westbound train jumped
the track while passing an eastbound
train.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22

Aged "a, Man Hangs Himself.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, March 49,
John Hunt, aged "a, committed sui
eide by hanging himself with strap
in a clump of trees.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
Old Man Hanos Hin1seIf.

When Mr.. and Mrs. Poplds arrived
home from Shell Rock they found
John Bergers, the father of Mrs. Pop
kis, in an clubhouse hanging by the
neck, dead. He had hanged himself
with a piece of binding twine