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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Goes Back on Gard Playing.

Before congregation of nearly
1000 persons, and while the preacher
was in the midst of his sermon, Mrs
A. B. Sims. well known society
woman and the holder of the ma,
tional woman's whist championship
arose in the University Church OF
Christ at Des Moines and denounced
card playing as a sin. Two years age
Mrs. Sims won the first prize fol
women in the whist tournament held
at Cleveland. Last year, at ST. Louis
she won the national woman's cham
pionship. 1t is said that recent evan
gelical meetings are responsible fo
the change in Mrs. Sims ideas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
j, j, J.,

Speaking of the recrudescence Of Da-
vid Bennett HILL it may be apropos to
refer to another recrudeScence in an
entirely different field of human en-
deavor-tbat of James J. Jeffries, boil
ermalSer of Los Angeles and bruiser
paramount of the wide, wide world.
1t will be remembered that John Law
renee Sullivan ully," as his admir-
ers loved to call him-refused when at
the meridian of his fame to take off
his hat in the presence of King Ed
ward VII, then prince of Wales, on
the very reasonable ground that he
(Sulliyan) was as eminent in his pro-
fession as Albert Edward was in his,
fact which no one within striking dis
lance of "the Boston boy" dared to dis
pute. By the same method of reason
ing / conclude that there is no cause
for complaint if the temperance of
J. J. J. in his chosen field should be
mentioned as of equal Importance as
chosen field Indeed, ] am not at all
certain that J. j. j. will not be hailed
with greater delight than ID. 3. H.. 1t
Is the fashion just now to draw the
color line, and J. J. J., not to be out
Of the fashion, drew it in fistic matters
by fatty refusing to fight negro
named johnson even for the enormous
purse OF 100000. Johnson, it must be
confessed, is Il good deal of a scrap
per, but j. ]. j. wohld have none of
him. Ii he is criticised for this, he
can plead the precedent of the inn
Mortal sully. who when in his prime
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Bravery of Engineer.

Rushing through the town of Belle.
plaine at the rate Of seventy-tive miles
an hour fast mail No. 10 on the North
western came near being smashed in
it's wild career because Engineer Lou
Shull and Fireman Ed McVey were
badly scalded on account of the plug
blowing out of the boiler head. 1t
was impossible to shut off the steam.
Shull literally cooked from face to feet
crawled over the tender, where the
express messenger met him with two
guns, but Shull got in and pulled the
air just in time to prevent derailment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
LYNCHERS FACE ARREST
PROMINENT CITIZENS lMPLicA
TED in IOWA HANGING.
Murderer Is Taken From Jail at
Charles City and Swung
Off BRIDGE.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 11.-Gov. A. B.
Cummins Thursday ordered Immediate
prosecution of as many as possible of
the mob of 1000 that lynched MUIR
derer at Charles City. The leaders
of the band are known and will be ar.
rested at once All are prominent cit.
liens.
Charles City, Ia, Jan. 11.-Leaders
of the mob that hanged James Cullen
said Thursday they did not fear prose-
cution. If they were arrested, they
said, they would be acquitted at once.
The mob took James Cullen, a white
man 60 years old from the Jail, storm
ing it with such force that the sheriff,
w. w. Schermerhorn, did not resist.
None of the lynchers was masked.
The suspension of Schermerhorn by
the governor is expected to-day
Cullen shot and killed his wife and
son, shot himself in the head, then
came here for medical attention, as
he said in his confession to the mob
that he didn't have nerve enough to
finish the job" He fought the lynch
ers until he was overpowered
The men stopped at bridge few
blocks from the jail The rope which
one of the members had been carrying
was placed about the mans neck and
attached to the iron work of the
bridge which spans the Cedar river
Before Cullen was swung off the
bridge to his death prayer meeting
was held. The leader of the moi
led the prayer and blessings were
asked upon the murders soul. Five
ministers were present.
The prisoner was then asked t,
pray for himself and he feebly re
peated the words which the leader ut
tered. Then he was forced over tn
edge of the bridge. His neck wa
broken.
The hanging was largely the resul
of the pardon granted to Louis Busse
a Bremen county wife murderer
One of Cullen's sons, it is said, wa
hanged by mob in Missouri nea
Joplin dozen years ago for hors
stealing. Cullen had been marie,
three times, his two former wive
leaving him. His brother, Richart
Cullen, a banker from Warren, Ill
who was in the city, did not hear o
the lynching until it was all over
Cullen was contractor. He lief
$4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
THE RAINY Day"

In everybody's life the pro-
verbal rainy day" is pretty
sure to come, sooner or later.
Fortunate indeed is the
person who, when it arrives,
is prepared for it.
The way for persons of
moderate means to guard
against the needs of the
'"rainy day." is to inaugrrate
now a systematic plan of
saving. Most persons who
are improvident do not mean
to be so. They either do not
understand the Importance
of small economies or they
have neglected to save
because they have never tried
practical syste m.
Building up Savings
Account in a bank is the
greatest incentive to systems
attic saving.
And when you save a little
as you go, you are ever pre-
pairing for the demands of
that future "rainy day.
Start a Savings Account
to-day in the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
HImportant If rrue.n

Hon Charles L. Murphy, like Alex
ander Selliirk. is monarch of all he
surveys. Selkirk's bailiwick was his
desert island; Murphy's is Tammany
HALL AT the last general meeting Of
the Tammany braves Murphys con-
duct in the last campaign was indors-
ed by Il strong resolution which was
adopted with warwhoop which could
be heard for blocks in every direction.
He appears to have as firm grip on
the organization as John Kelly or Rich
ard Croker ever had. From time to
time there We're small rebelliOns
against them, just as there are small re-
bellions against Murphy now, but they,
in the end, always came out on top,
just as Murphy seems to be doing now.
Whatever else may be said Of it, this
| must be said-that it is the best disci-
plined organization that is or ever was
part of the Democratic party.
But NIurphy's triumph is not the
most sensational news feature that has
lately come out Of the east. That is
the report that David Bennett Hill has
| emerged from his retirement and is
| about to take an active hand in poll
tics once more. Surely this may be
labeled Important if true" for unless
David Bennett has lost his cunning
| and it's q ten to one shot that he has
not-he will, if he re-enters the ring, be
| a powerful factor in affairs political
| The rumor is that Hill and McCarren
will join forces to control the state or
ganiZation. OF course that will be in
the nature Of gall and wormwood to
Mr.. Charles Il. Murphy, but he will be
happy in the knowledge that even the
Hill-McCarren coalition cannot bulge
him from his Tammany STOOL BY jul
| dicious combinations with parties out
| side greater New York who are mimi
cal to Hill and McCarren, or to either
Hill or McCarren, Murphy may be able
to prevent the combination from get.
ting control of the state organization
There is still another situation pos
sible and that is for Hill, McCarre1
and Murphy to line up together, com
pose their differences and thus become
the triumvirs of New York Democracy
for certainly Murphy's quarrel will
McCarren is no more bitter than hi:
quarrel with William Randolph Hears
prior to the last campaign.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
County Supervisors to Meet.

The program for the eleventh an;
nuai convention of the State Associa
be held in Des Moines on jan %, "a
and 25, has been completed and copies
have been sent out over the state by
Supervisor f. T. Norris OF Des Moines
president of the association. Many
questions of great Importance will be
discussed at the meeting. The gooc
roads problem. which has agitated
county supervisors for years, will be
one Of the interesting papers dis
cussed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Guest in Fatal Swoon.

While the Methodist Home Mission
airy society was giving reception al
the home of o. M. Criswell in honor
of Mrs. W. E. Cole, who, with her
husband and family was to leave Den
ison next day for their new home in
Missouri, and while the society sang
MAY God Be With You Till We Meet
Again" Mrs. Cole fell in a swoon from
which she did not regain conscious
ness, dying about midnight She hat
been troubled with apoplexy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Fires Cause Panic.

Wheeling, w. Va, Jan. 11.-Five
fires, starting almost simultaneously
in Bellaire, Ohio, shortly before day
light, threw the city into panic and
dragged the entire population from
bed. The cause of the fires was a
sudden increase in the natural gas
pressure and the flames in each case
were extinguished with little loss
Five persons, Frederick Bickel and
wife, Harry Bickel and wife and Viii
liam Mason, were unconscious when
rescued. Mason will die.
"A GOOD JOKE ON HIS
STATUESQUE WIFE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
sTATUEsQUE WIFI

"And here is the soap l have been
promising you," chuckled the buffoon
husband as he dropped package on
the table.
"Soap!" exclaimed the young wife.
ooh, how kind of you. And what kind
is it, oaar?"
WHY sand slap"
Sand soap? stow ridiculous. How
horrible. What ID you mean by max
ing fun of me in that way?"
why, haven't you been telling me
for the last ten days that the beauty
doctor said you had marble brow?"
Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Commission Organized.

The new state railroad commission
organized by electing N. S. Ketchum
Of Marshalltown, chairman, and Dwight
N. Lewis of Des Moines, secretary,
Commissioner w. l.. Eaton of Usage
succeeding Edward A. Dawson of Wav.
erly. Thomas H. Boylan was elected
to succeed himself as clerk of the
board and Clarence Ladd of Esther.
vile was elected stenographer to sue
coed Mrs. Fred McCausland of Wash
ington.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Retires on Pension.

It is announced at Drake tina. Judge
G. G. Cole, dean Of the Drake law
school, has been retired on a pension
of $3.50 from the Carnegie fund He
was teacher forty years, organizing
the first law school in the state and at
one time was judge of the supreme
court of Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
The Right Name.

uMr. August Sherpe, the popular
overseer of the poor, at Fort Madison,
Ia, says: "Dr. Kings New Life Pills
are rightly named; they act more
agreeably, do more good and make
one feel better than any other laxa-
tive" Guaranteed to cure billousness
and constipation. 25c at z. A. Glenn
mer's drug store. f
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Russe Will Not Hang.

Louis Busses sentence finally has
been committed to life imprisonment
by Governor Cummins. because the
supreme court was divided three and
three, WHICH affirmed the lower court
on the question of the regularity of
the trial.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Fine Howard Co., Iowa, Farm for Sale

80 acres good, clean rich land nearly
all under cultivation, balance mead
ow and about II acres young timber,
fenced and cross fenced; crop this
year mostly corn; fine building site;
situated about one mile from follow
ing utilities: A new $4,000 Catholic
church, general stores, blacksmith
shop, splendid creamery, half mile
from school house, miles from r. r.
town, IL miles from county seat, Sis.
sters school to be built this coming
year. The people are Irish and b.
hemians, some Germans. II larger
farm is desired a quarter section OF
good land with substantial buildings
and improvements can be had adjoin-
ing. Price reasonable.
JOHN &. DALEY,
a04tf r. 8, Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18

Especial washington Letter.
"a YOT long since in cheap Boston
ESs rooming house died Franklin
4 u ]. Moses, ex-governor of South
Carolina, by asphyXiation.
Whether the gas was turned on acct
dentally or with suicidal intent mat
tiers little. When Frederick, prince Of
Wales, father to King George Ill,
died he was and for years had been Oh
notoriously bad terms, or, rather, on
no terms at all, with his parents,
George H. and his queen. Sad truth
to tell they and most others We're glad
that the prince had departed this life.
Some wag with turn for rhyme sum-
med up the public feeling in this wise:
Fred
Is dead.
There is no more to be said.
The feeling about Franklin j. Moses
is about the same. He's gone, and
there is general sense of relief.
He was Il reminder of the evil days
of reconstruction, which to the younger
generation seem as far away as the
Punic wars, but which still give the
elders the horrors every time they
think of them. Moses was not a car
petbagger. He was. in the parlance
of that day, "a scalawag"-that is,
| native southerner who rated to the
carpetbaggers and helped them loot
the south Moses was native South
Carolinian and ut the beginning of the
war between the states was private
secretary to Governor Pickens, sutfi-
cient evidence of his high standing,
socially and politically. He solicited
and received the privilege of running
the Palmetto flag up over Fort Sumter
after Major Anderson surrendered it.
| He was Confederate soldier; but,
though his courage was never ques-
toned, he cut little figure in the army
He achieved the bad eminence of being
the only ex-governor Of state ever
convicted of stealing. This happened
to him repeatedly. He was q recon
!, struction governor, the most profiigate
the most corrupt, the most shameless
OF all that mad orgy of crime. So ut
terly disreputable, in fact, was he tina
even the reconstruction gang could no
stomach him and refused him the usu
al denomination, proof positive that h
was the worst of his kind.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Gift From Andrew carneaie.

Iowa college at Grinnell has been
notified of second gift OF $4,000
from Andrew Carnegie. The gift was
a surprise, as it was understood to be
Mr. Carnegie's policy not to help tho
same college twice.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
I04tf
)4tf r. 8, Cresco, Iowa.

Nearly every person who is subject
to attacks from the stomach suf-
fers from morbid dread of q
dietic treatment for relief, that is
three-fourths starvation. and one
fourth toast and milk. On the
other hand you can eat as you please
and digest the food by the aid of q
good digestion, thus giving the tired
stomach equally IS much rest. Eat
what you please and take little Ko-
dol For Indigestion after your meals
1t digests what you eat. Sold by j.
81. Luers Drug 90.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Negro Probably Murdered.

The body Of an unknown negro was
found dead in East Dubuque last week
1t is believed he was murdered He
was called Davenport by his com.
panions, who are missing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18

''They like the taste as we'll as ma.
pie sugar" is what one mother wrote
of Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
This modern cough syrup is absolutely
free from any opiate or narcotic
Contains Honey aud Tar. Conforms
to the National Pure Food and Drug
Law. Sold by j. Ell. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18

Clear up the complexion, cleanse the
liver and tone the system. You can
best do this bya dose or two Of De-
Wits Little EARLY Rlsers. Safe, re-
liable little pills with a reputation.
The pills that everyone knows
Recommended by j. Ii. Luers Drug Co
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18

tie, deceased
Notice of application by Executor, for order
to sell real estate.
NOTICE
To Eva R. IIlshka, and - aushka. her hus-
band. NJ. q. DOOlitte and - DOolitJle, his
wife. Ellen Phoebe DJOlittlc and May Doc
little.
You. and each Of you. are hereby notified
that here is now on file in the office of the
clerk CT the District Conrt of Iowa, in and for
Howard county. a petition. (appiicattOn). Of s.
A Sutton. the Executor of the estate Of Jane
E. Doolttle deceased showing that he has on
hand about the sum of $l35.01. being in cash,
and the proceeds OF miscellaneous personal
property. Tina there has been some expense
attending the progress of the settlement III the
said estate, SO far, and that there are debts Of
The said e-tate, approved. and including be-
quest TO RoDa ii. Doolittle. to the extent OF
more than $4,000, and that the Executor, is
unable to settle the said estate. without making
a sale Of the folio wing described real estate,
to-wt:
Lots u and l6 in block 10. In Baldwins ADJ
ditlOn to Cresco, howard county, Iowa.
And accordingly, the said Executor, asks the
court. 10 make an order authorizing him 10 sell
thereof. together with the general balance now
on hand, in discharge OF the obligations of the
said estate, and in settlement thereof
And you are further notified that unless you
appear tc the said petition, (application.) and
make objection thereto on or before noon of
the first day of the next Term or the said court
when VII! begin on the 18th day of March 1907,
and be held at the court Rouse In the CITY OF
Cresc0, howard county, Iowa, the prayer OF the
l.Sald petition will be granted. and orders of
court, entered accordingly. Of all of which
you VIII take due notice, and govern yourselves.
Dated, Sth day of January 1907.
s. A. SUTTON. Executor, aforesaid,
by his Attorney, FRANK SANRE 3SWl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Notice in Probate.

To Whom 1t May Concern;
You and each of you are hereby notified to
appear at the Court House IN Cresco, Howard
county, Iowa, on the 18th day OF March A. ID
l9oI. ate O'Clock p. M, to attend the probate Of
an instrument pufporting to be the last Win
Howard county, Iowa, deceased, at which time
aud place you will appear and show cause. II
any. why said Will should not be admitted to
probate.
In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto sub
scribed my name and affixed the seal of the
District Court this list day of Jan. 1907.
EUGENE IRVINE.
36t3 clerk OF District Court.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Brakeman Killed.

George Huff, aged twenty-five, q
Milwaukee brakeman living at Ottum-
wa, was killed near Muscatine by fall
ing from train. He was fixing the
air hose when he lost his balance and
fell while the tain was in motion.
Food don't digest? Because the stom
ach lacks some one of the essential di
gestants or the digestive juices are
not properly balanced. Then, too. it
is this undigested food that causes
sourness and painful indigestion. Ko-
dol For Indigestion should be used for
relief. Kodol is a solution of vegeta-
BILE acids 1t digests what you eat
and corrects the deficiencies Of the
digestion. Kodol conforms to the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
Sold here by ]. 81. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
by his Attorney, FRANK sAYRE, ssw

When the cold winds dry and crack
he skin box OF save can save much
discomfort. In buying salve look for
the name on the box to avoid any i'm.
itations. and be sure you get the origi.
nal DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salve. Sold
by j. 81. Luers Drug Co.
q a. % To R Z
Bears the nlhs Kind You Have Always Bought
s'ss e &1HAz111x
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
"Names of Warships."

Under that heading the Washington
Post of Dec. % contained the follow
ing editorial, which is one of the rich
est pieces of humor that have been
printed in America or anywhere else
since Mark Twain wrote 1.-THE Jumping
Frog of Calayeras County," The Post
says:
Several novel suggestions have been
made recently by esteemed contempo-
raries which realize the embarrassment
of the navy department in the naming of
battleships. Counting Oklahoma, only
four states remain which are not repre-
sented on the high seas by war vessels.
AS the supply of war vessels will soon
exceed the supply of names, something
must be done to help the department.
One journal suggests that the good old
names be revived = the Macedonian, the
Levant the President, the Congress and
the United States These are all good
names, stirring names and worthy of ac-
ceptation. Another paper thinks the
British nomenclature is superior to ours.
It speaks Of the hypnotic power of such
names as the Dreadnought, the Teme-
raire, the Devastation and the Invincible
Still another journal refers to the French
habit of naming vessels after illustrious
philosophers and poets.
This strikes us as opening peculiarly
rich field for the navy department. The
United States has plenty of philosophers
and poets. The supply has never run
short, and we hope it never will What
noble emotions would soon cluster around
gigantic warship bearing the name of
Petroleum v. Nasty! Think of the ter
ror that would overcome the enemy il he
should hear that the armored cruiser
John Kendrick Bangs was bearing down
upon him. The name alone would stupefy
and stun like the detonaticn of forty
FOUNDER. What could the arrogant Jap
do If suddenly confronted with the un-
conquerable armor clad Mr.. Dooley? Even
the stolid Teuton would hesitate before
entering ono of our harbors guarded by
the stealthy destroyer James WhitcomB
Riley. There is a psychology in these
names, a terror by suggestion, that
should not be lost. 1t should be trained
on the enemy by all means Already at
Panama the United States has started
this custom by naming one of its mud
scows the Poultney Bigelow. Let the
good work go on The philosophers and
poets will do their share toward van
gushing the foe.
Peters Luck.
If a plebiscite were held among the
| newspaper readers of the world for
the purpose of naming the luckiest
man Oh earth, always of course, OK
cepting the present occupant of the
White House, King Peter of Servia
would perhaps receive the most votes.
His luck is not 50 much in becoming
king of that turbulent country, for that
seems at distance to be most ul-
desirable berth, but in keeping his
three and one-half years while or the
throne. When, upon the assassination
of King Alexander and Queen Draga,
Peter succeeded, there wasn't a life
insurance company in Christendom
or out of 1t that would have issued
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18

9 a. - re @ Il ia.
Bears the 11hs Kind You Have Always Boughl
ass z A@,HAz7a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
CHAMP
CLAIR KS
LETTER
Especial Washington letter.

Especial Washington letter.
"a YOT long since in cheap Boston
EN5 rooming house died Franklin
4 J. Moses, ex-governor of South
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18

1t seems that that eminent lawyer,
senator and publicist of Pennsylvania,
Hon. Phiiander C. Knox, has walked up
to the fact that the late Senator George
of Mississippi was Il lawyer Of excep-
uonal ability, Il fact known by thou
sands while the great Mississippiap
was still in the flesh Better late than
never is a dictum applicable to Sena-
tor Knox's recent discovery.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-18
Original Notice.
In the District court of iowa, In and for Howard
county,

March Term A. D, 1907.
In the matter OF the Estate of Jane F. Doolit-
lie, deceased.
Notice Of application by Executor, for order
to sell real estate.