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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-29

Either you killed Graham, or I1emntne
did,
why, yes" answered Drysdale, look
Ing at him in some establishment, .'rea-
eonably sure"
Godfrey fell moment silent; then
he shook his head impatiently.
There's another thingss' he said.
How did your pistol get out there, in
that boat?"
That's another puzzler.."
"Now, see here, jack continued
Godfrey seriously, there's one thing
PERTAIN, either you killed Graham or
Tremaine did"
"TremaineT repeated the, prisoner,
with Tightening lips.
eyes. Do you know Of any evidence
against him?'
Drysdale paused a moment, his brows
knitted.
NO." he answered positively at last.
Il don't see how Tremaine could pos
sibly have done it,"
why not?'
Because he didn't leave the house,
so Delroy says. I know he was there
when Went out and when I came
back I saw him sitting by his lighted
window, writing apparently"
"Ah!" Then after moment, "Did
you keep that journal you promis ed to
keep"
Yes. You'll find it in my ro>sm.
That is'
He stopped suddenly and colored.
well! Out with it,
Il just happened to think that per-
haps that fool Of coroner's got it.
See here, Jim, il you find it want you
to promise me one thing-tllat you
won't read it-not yeti won't help
you bit.''
I'm not SO sure Of that" retorted
Godfrey grimly. why don't you want
me to read it?"
"The fact is" Drysdale ans wered
coloring still more, .that after got
started IL forgot was writing it fol
you
Il see" said Godfrey dryly as the
other paused. "I'll promise you this
Jack-I won't read 1t unless find tha
can't clear you any othes way
Drysdale heaved sigh of relief.
That's all want" he said. AFTER
ward perhaps I won't unind, but jus1
now
His voice trailed off, his lips trem
bled.
"And you've nothing more to tel
us?"
mot a thing"
Every well; we'N ,go out and have e
look about the IAa.e. Well come il
again this afternoon. We're going t.
clear you," he sdd,.d confidently.
We heard the ,Jailer's footsteps ap
preaching along the corridor.
Il don't doubt; it." said Drysdale
with a puzziing listlessness. "It's very
good Of you both to take all this trou
ble."
The jailer opened the door, and W,
passed. out.
DO you Know when the inquest vii
be? Godfrey asked as we stepped
through together into the outer room.
Eyes, sir; t'Inorrer mornin'. They't
have had it to day. but Coron er Heffel
bower hopes t find tn nee .klace b,
t'morrer."
"Oh. so they haven't .fo4nd It, then?
No MI. thaEs ;ssaFah lrysdaie'
,'3 F g5Ssys.s r.. $500 49, H. KO0
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-29
EARN For sALE!

1851 acres In Howard County, |
mile east of Maple Leaf, 9 miles from
railroad. All well fenced. The build
ings alone are worth s2500.cO. Price,
sS4O0 90. Write for further particu,
lars to JOHN WANDAs, Ft. Atkinson
Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-29
FARMERS AND HoRsEMEN

Are your hOrSeS amlcted W1tn7
Heaves? II SO you should at once
procure bottle of LUERs' HEAvE
DROPS, q sure cure for Heaves, Short
windedness, Coughs and Indigestion.
For sale by ]. n. Luers Drug Co.; p
A. Clemmer; m. Connolly; and
Tomas s. MILF. 93y1.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-29
Send Your Cattle aud Horse Hides

to the CROSBY TRISTAN FUR
COMPANY, Rochester, N. Y, and
have them converted into coats, robes,
rugs, gloves and mittens; better and
cheaper goods than you can buy:
Never mind the distance, Crosby
pays the freight" See our new illus.
trated catalogue page IS. II interest.
ed send for 1t. a:ss
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
Boodlers and Bribers to Be Indicted Today
Millionaire Criminals Seeking Services of D. NJ Delmas

Nsbe A gHaryK Iham New
II a to pb the p financial d in
ar ddy n means png an
in
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
oRovILLE is SAFE
Waters Receding and Citizens Giving
Attention to Refugees

oRovILLE. March 1s.-The river is
fast subsiding tonight, having fallen
a total of over six feet since it began
to recede at 1880 o'clock today. Re-
ports from the mountains are to the
effect that a warm storm is raging
and that eight feet of snow has melted.
If this report is true the water will
probably rise again tonight. A citi-
zens' committee has taken charge of
relief work Merchants have lost
thousands of dollars in the food. The
homeless are being cared for and the
hungry fed. Provisions may be scarce
for couple of days. The domestic
water system is out of commission.
The total loss in OrovilIe and vicinity
will be over s1,000.0oo.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
LEvEEs PROTECT CAPITAL
Sacramento Feels Safe Though the
Country Is Inundated

SACRAMENTO, March 1s-Since
at IL o'clock this morning the American
River at this point has been gradually
receding. Considerable damage was
done all along the course of the river,
but all the levees around Sacramento
are standing firmly and no harm to this
city is expected The Sacramento River
registered 261z feet here this evening
and 1t is still rising at the rate of an
inch an hour. It is not expected that
the food in the Sacramento River will
crest here for many hours.
In addition to the wreck of county
bridges at Fair Oaks and Mormon
Island the half-completed bridges of
the western Pacific and Northern Elec-
trio companies at this point We're badly
damaged. There is an unconfirmed re-
port that the Rattlesnake bridge across
the American River in Placer County
and the Co1oma bridge between Placer
and Ell Dorado counties have been
washed away. The town of Folsom is
virtually cut off from the outside world
both by mail and wire. Overflow water
backed up between Perkins and May
hews and covers the tracks three feet
deep for several mifes. Hundreds OF
acres of farming land are covered
with water and reports came to this
city that many of the farmers were
rescued from the roofs of their houses.
Many head of cattle and horses were
drowned in the flooded district and the
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20

farmers were powerless to save them
having all they could do to escape with
their families.
Weather Observer Scarr predicts
that the worst has not been reached
In the flood situation.
Reports from FL Dorado County are
to the effect that many bridges have
been swept away. The water Is fall
ing at Marysville. as a result of a
break at Starr Orchard. where the Sac
ramento River is pouring out a large
stream upon Sutter County orchards
and Yuba City. The greater part OF
Western Yuba County is under water
and many head of cattle have drowned
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
STOCKTON SUBMERGED
Flood Pours Into City and Damage
Is Enormous


Is Enormous
STOCKTON. March 1s.-The greater
part of the city is under water tonight,
the most serious food ever experienced
here having descended from the foot
hills. Two lives have been lost and
the property damage is enormous. The
rains have overtaxed the natural out
let's and from two channels streams
are pouring upon the city.
Mrs. Maud Menesee and George East
man were drowned while trying to
cross an arm of the San Joaquin River.
near Venice Island. today. They were
in skiff and the surging flood waters
capsized the frail craft. The bodies
have not been recovered.
Not since 1852 has flood invaded
the city farther north than Poplar
street, but at midnight last night there
was not spot in the city which was
not under water from one to four feet
in depth. small section is above
water tonight The country surround
ing the city is vast inland lake.
Weber avenue is more like a mill
race than a street Hacks and vehicles
can make no headway against the
stream and the residential section is
entirely isolated from the business part
of town.
Business is suspended; car lines are
stopped; telephone service is suspend
ed on account of damage to under
ground wires. The water has broken
over the banks of Miner Channel and
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
ONE DROWNED AT NAPA

NAPA, March 1s.-when the food
waters in East Napa receded this aft
ernoon the body of Charles H Heater.
local shoemaker, was found hang
ing to a barb-wire- fence near East
Third street. He had been carried off
the sidewalk by the strong flood cur
rent early this morning. He was 81
years of age. and leaves a widow.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20

dren. Mrs. Legallay and Stella Le-
gsllay.
A relief train from Chico with boats.
clothing and provisions was dis
patched over the Northern Electric
road, reaching the scene after much
difficulty. The work of rescue con-
tinues. Fifty people are yet on the
island and there is much suffering
among women and children.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
Village of Dreadful Swept Away
by Flood of Feather River
Lives of Seven Women and Children Lost


0 nj ldf o fory hours Smant
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20

much damage will result. The storm
has not absted and the San Joaquin
River is flooding the lowlands along
its banks.
What the total loss will be in this
city cannot be estimated even approx
mately at this time. Every store
which held reserve stock in easements
has lost very heavily.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
.SanderSOn Returns and
Confession Is Taken
Last Cast of the Dragnet

Through intermediates, communication Dos estob-
lished yesterday betOeen Mayor Schtz and the District
Attorneys office. While no definite proposals lDere made
either side the information conveyed to the Mayor tDas
of such nature that presented the alteratiue Of con-
fession imprisonment for the rest of his life The inter
nedimies were in no wdy clothed whh official poUer
They personal friends of the Mayor and they lDere
aloled by the District Attorneys office to see enough to
conuince them that the euidencc against Schmtz noun
tain high Later in The day they called upon the Mayor al
his home and informed him that resistance his part l0ould
be hopeless Schnitz gaze them no direct answer stating
that his habit to discuss such matters Nth his GttOr-
ncys before taking them UP Nth his friends The IN
tcrmcdiaics tOh pay another uisH to Schn,z during the
lDeek.
No definite promise Of immunity pM be made to
Schnz but is the intention of the prosecution to direct
its efforts to the conuicton of the bribc-giuerS Should
Schntz confess may be stated that he wM be allowed
to go free
Indictments against Mayor Eugene E. schmitz his
creator and MASTER Rue and Theodore v Halsey, bribe
dispenser for the Pacific States Telephone Company are
the first fruits of the unparalleled confessions of the brbe
taking puppet Supervisors made te the prosecuting of
fcers and the Grand Jury Monday The first these
indictments will be returned today They will be followed
quickly by bills against the bribegvers the
employers of Hasey, and in turn the who through
Ruef and Schmtz bought the Board of Supervisors for
the United Railroads. the Fight Trust the Home Tee-
phone Company, the water companies and the manpu-
lators of the Ocean Shore franchise
Johnson Spends the Day Preparing Indictments
Special Assistant Prosecutor Hiram w. Johnson the
indictment expert worked all day yesterday the batch
of indictments that will be transmitted to Presiding
Judge Cofey today. Their number is expected to be
nearly 1OO They will be eveed at Ruef Schmitz and
Halsey who the Supervisors have confessed paid them
$4,000 each for their services behalf of the Pacific States
Telephone Company prior to the time Ruef ended that
term of service by selling them to the rival Home Com
pany.
With the confessions of all the boodlng Supervisors
in their possession and the testimony of all the old Board
Supervisors that of Sanderson and Duy before
the Grand jury the prosecutors longer entertain the
slightest doubt of their entire ability make good their
every pledge to purge the city of the grafers and
vict the bribe-givers.
Last Cast of the Net to Bring Up Big Fish
With the information now in their possession the
conviction of the brbegves longer depends upon the
confession of the Curly Boss The is cast for the last
drag When it is drawn the big fish will be enmeshed
with the small fry the creatures who betrayed their trusts
for corporation gold.
Sanderson has been brought back from Arizona.
all he knows Of the graft which permeaed the Supervsoral
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
neW CWine Law.

The senate last Monday passed
ii. F. No. $50, the bill authorizing
the State Board of Control to sell
the prison binder Irvine outside
the state when, in its Judgment,
such action is for the best inter
ests of the state, and authorizing
dealers in the prison Irvine to
charge profit of i. cents a pound
when the Irvine is. sold on credit.
The dealers are now allowed to
charge only a profit of l cent on
all sales.
The provision which authorizes
the sale of the Irvine outside the
state, as explained by Senator
George III. Sullivan of Saltwater,
was for the purpose of placing the
Board of Control in a position to
meet competition in this state and
further to make provision for the
disposal of the years output in
case of a crop failure in this state.
The bill was passed by vote of
AZ to 5.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

did nothold him, and he hitthe floor
with the seat of his pants. When
he tried to get up, his legs we're
under the stove. He thought he
might just as we'll make good
job of it, so he heaved part of that
stove out of the skylight. Well,
he finally found high place, and
then wanted to know where the
snake was.
He had to call me two or three
times before [ woke up; then [
had to get up and see if the snake
was in the box. He was the mad
dest man I ever saw. If Hank
ever found out what started the
RATHER, he never told me. All [
could get him to say about it was
that it was blamed curious what
stirred that buzzer. And that was
the end of Hanks great notion.
1906.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
Reflection.

Once by the margin of a crystal spring
An outcast knelt, his burning thirst to lave;
And ere he rose, refreshed, to 60 his way,
He stayed the mirror'd likeness there to gaze
He saw a visage, furrowed, lined and scanned
With passions; each in turn had held fullsway.
Tho DER his life, yet all unheeded quite,
The Light of Wisdom shed its guiding ray.
Then viewed the sparkling liquid as it threw
Back to him the record of a life of sin.
And bitter thoughts arose within his being,
To think how all his life fool he'd been.
In abodes of vice he had fingered oft.
From childhood his motto had ever been:
"Let's eat, drink up, and be merry today.
Perhaps tomorrow may never be seen.''
For Life it is short, we're long time dead;
, Here goes then for good time, anyway.
That strain of the SIRENS alluring song,
Increasing her victims day after day.
Many friends he'd had, for the broad white way
Is thronged and o'ercrowded with kindred
souls
Who, respected, honored, loved might have been,
Had they but chosen different goal.
He'd seen them all die as he went along;
They'd had their fling now the Piper's to pay,
And the Dead Sea fruit, with its ashen core,
Is the goal at the foot of the broad white way
Then he fees at last from the haunts of men;
Adrift DER the world, and without a home;
And he wanders on here, there, everywhere,
Reaping the harvest in youth he had sown.
But one day at last, now filled with despair,
By this spring bubbling upward from the
ground.
Truth long hidden to his vision points the way
Where happiness, tho lost. may yet be found.
r,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
Prison Population.

During the past week there were
four arrivals, five discharged on
expiration of sentence, and one
liberated on parole.
The population of the prison is
7O5, distributed as follows: First
grade, 528, second grade, 1877, and
third grade 10.
The last register numberis2 1O9.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

There are quite a number of
desperate-looking tomcats making
their home inside the prison in
closure. They are of the genus
hobo species. AS soon as the ice
in the lake disappears Mr.. Back
land will again corral them and
sink them in his cat graveyard at
the bottom of the lake.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals
and all others desiring to send THE
MIRROR to friends we wish to say that
the privilege will be granted by COM
plying with the following rules: Write
out your own name and register num-
Der and send to this Office with name
and address of person to whom paper is
to be sent. Each paper must be kept
clean and folded in the same manner as
1t is when you receive it and placed in
your door every Friday night. All In
mates are requested to comply with this
order whether sending out a copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
Wise and Otherwise.
3-By G. A. Y.-G


Telegraph poles are now being
made of concrete. 1t would be in
terestlng to see lineman climb
one with an ordinary pair Of
climbers.
Once in awhile Mr.. Dooley says
a pretty pat thing. The following
epigram strikes me as being as
good as anything [ have seen in
some time: "If the docthers
would open fewer people and more
windows there wouldn't be SO many
Christian Scientists. 81
We have recently enjoyed the
spectacle of big bunch Of
railroad magnates journeying to
Washington to confer with the
president on the transportation
question. The men who have
been at the capitol are presidents
or managers of all the great sys-
TENS, even Geo. F. Divine Right
Baer being of the party. The
spectacle is unique in that during
former administrations 1t has been
the custom of these magnates tosend
note to the chief magistrate by
some legal funky informing him
of what the interests wanted done
or did not want done. The deadly
determination of President Roos-
evelt that corporate interests must
bow to the law seems at last about
to become an actually.
The railway interests are becom-
ing aroused because of the storm
Of adverse legislation which is
overwhelming them Oh every side.
AS [ remarked a few weeks since
the railroads are certainly getting
theirs" this winter, and out of all
this turmoil and strife good is
bound to come; rates must come
down, and this means that whole
oceans of water must be squeezed
out of railroad stocks, a consum-
nation devoutly to be prayed for
For years we have Witnessed bat
tie of the giants, the people on the
one hand fighting for competing
lines, the managers on the other
hand seeing the danger in free
competition began to pool, the law
stopped this; then came the mer-
ger, but Roosevelt and Governor
Van SAINT killed that move and now
comes the creating of great sys-
TENS under one management.
Free competition was destructive
alike to the interest of the railway
and the people; the great systems
under one management is the
proper solution of the problem
provided that these great systems
are not owned but controlled by the
power of the national government,
honestly administered. Concen-
tration of ownership is bound to
come, in fact it has already arrived,
and it rests with the managers as
to whether these great combines
shall be controlled by federal reg
ulations, or whether in their
wrath they SOW to the wind and
reap the whirlwind of federal
ownership, a most undesirable out
come but one that will come iffed-
eral supervision be combatted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

Altho robins are as yet not very
plentiful in the prison yard, they
have been seen down town and in
the residential section Of the city.
Perhaps in few more days there
will be any number of them about
the premises.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

The interior decorators have
been busy the past few days Civ
ing the walls of the dollhouse their
annual spring coat of whitewash.
When this is completed, the win
dows will be taken out and
cleaned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

"A one thousand pound hogshead
of leaf tobacco arrived at the to-
bacco factory the foreparr Of this
week. This consignment will
furnish smoking and chewing for
the next few months.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

There was very little marching
last Sunday morning On account
of the muddy condition of the
street along the west wall. There
must have been at least three in.
ches of mud and water at this
point.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Easter occurs next Sunday. The
chapel will be decorated with lilies
and other beautiful plants from
the greenhouse.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28
CHAPEL Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel
Sunday, March Oath, Rev. S. j..
Kennedy officiating:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

Warden Wolfer was about the
various departments of the institu-
ton last Friday with a party of
friends. They also visited The
MIRROR Office while making the
rounds of our big prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

Messrs. Hart, Haley, and Con-
way, foremen in the shoe factory,
were initiated into the Elk lodge
one night last week. No doubt
these popular shoemen were heart
lily welcomed to the ranks of Elk.
dom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

New steps were put on the stair
way in the dollhouse, leading from
gallery four to FIVE, during the lat
ter part of last week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

The prison fire department made
a very good practice run last Sat-
urday morning. The men had
just returned from bathing, and of
course they were feeling as lively
as young colts.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

The following cell transfers
were made during the past week:
III to 400; 400 to l2l; 23O to 476;
COZ to so; Bis to 8; $50 to III;
444 to ID; to Al; 634 to 612;
612 to 634.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

The main street of the prison
was washed and cleaned of it's Ice
during the past week. It is now
beginning to assume it's usual neat
appearance.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-03-28

Captain Alexander is confined
to his home by illness. Mr.. Walsh
has charge of the dollhouse dur
ing the formers a bsence.