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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
RELIGIOUS
Protestant Church Union.

TFoteStant NhufCn union.
The Evangelical general conference
at its recent session at Milwaukee took
4 decisive step toward the union of
the Evangelical church and the United
Evangelical church, adopting the re-
port of the committee on revision,
which recommended the appointment
OF q commission from each church to
arrange details of the union. 1t was
also decided to open negotiations with
other Protestant churches, including
the Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists
and Congregationalists, with a view to
a federation on all lines of church
work into which UNCONVENTIONAL differ
ences do not enter.
No Successor to Mrs. Eddy.
Alfred Farlow, the official spokesman
for the Christian Science denomina-
ton, has issued the following state
ment in reply to the rumors regarding
a successor to Mrs. Eddy: Mrs. Eddy,
founder Of the faith and today in su-
preme control Of the Christian Science
church, will have no successor. Nei-
ther Mrs. Augusta Stetson, the leader
Of the New York church, nor the Lady
Dunmore, who has been prominently
mentioned, will ever fill the position
occupied today by Mrs. Eddy. With
the death of the aged leader the Chris
tan Science church will have no sin
gle personal leader. The business of
the organization will undoubtedly be
considered by board of directors,
while the memory of the founder and
discoverer will remain the only name
ever connected with the faith"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
INDUSTRIAL
Railways Reduce Forces.

In connection with the meeting of
the American Railway association in
New York city reports are spreading
of the intention Of many of the rail
roads to curtail expenses by the dis
charge of large numbers of workmen,
especially those who have been en-
gagged in improvement and extension
service. Indeed this movement has al.
ready commenced. as the Union Pa
cific discharged more than 1000 men
on Oct. 30, thus practically putting a
stop to every piece Of construction
work OH the system. 1t is said that
none of the operating force has been
discharged and probably will not be
for some time.
Strike Blockers Now In Demand.
Now it is the strike blocker" that
is taking the place of the strike break
err in n secret campaign of the en-
ployers against the labor unions. ac-
cording to an article by Allen San
gree in American Industries, organ of
the National Manufacturers associa-
ton. The newcomer is the man who
when an industrial strike approaches
in any line joins union and by con
ferring with the employer and then
the members Of the union learns the
exact cause Of the trouble. ITO Go
this" says Sangree, che must have the
confidence of each, and to unionists
of course, his identity must not be re-
1f.I 10 se, 80
ton. Sangree goes on to say that
within the last year strike blocking
concerns have been established in ev-
cry industrial center of the country.
The operatives number thousands, and
already more than u dozen big strikes
have been averted by them. Their
efforts are directed by men who COM
bine the abilities of detective and labor
leader. The phrase Of the professional
blocker is reason rather than force"
Thomas j. Farrell of New York is cred
tied with being the leader of the strike
blockers. He says lie believes in un
ions, but seeks merely to eliminate the
opportunities for graft,
Pittshurg Workrnen Laid OF,
/. is reported from Pittsburg that be-
cause of lack of orders $500 men
have been laid off from work. The
plant in Sharon. Pa, Of the Amer
lean Sheet and Tin Plate company
was closed down completely. and
the officials gave the men no satisfac-
ton as to when operations would
be resumed. The works employed
1000 men. The Westinghouse inter-
ests laid off 1000 men. The Westing-
house air brake plant was placed on
half time, and 500 Of its employees
We're sent away.
Latest kin!< In TroI!eys.
On the Madison avenue line at New
York new type of surface trolley
car has just been put in operation
which is an Improvement us to COM
fort, speed ana safety This car, which
Is known as the Montreal car is
longer than tho prevailing Kind and
has platforms SO rallied as to divide
the passengers who enter from those
who leave. Passengers can leave the
car at either end. but can board ii
oaly al the rear. The conductor col.
lectS f:"C& III the rear doDr ms the pas
seuGars enter, so that he will not have.
to 60 Trough tie cur at all. Each
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
FOREIGN
Warship Crew Mu.i,;es.

Warshp Crew Mutir;es.
The crew Of the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Skory mut;nied Oct. 80 and
after overpowering their officers and
killing their commander and slipping
the cable in their anchorage at Vladi-
vostoll, steamed out into the harbor and
opened a murderous fire upon the CITY,
This fire was returned by the forts
and the other warships lying in the
harbor. Much damage was done In
the city, and many lives were destroy
ed. but finally the Skory became so
crippled by the tremendous fire direct
ed upon her that she was beached by
her crew, most Of whom We're killed
and the others captured. This outbreak
followed the mutiny of battalion of
army sappers, which on the previous
day had attacked and almost captured
one of the barracks of the city, being
suppressed only after considerable loss
of life.
A Reform Wave In Africa.
King Menelik Of Abysslnia has de-
creed the formation of cabinet as
step toward granting liberal con-
satution with an elective parliament.
Heretofore the government has been
feudal in character.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08

rear PLATFORM holds twenty passen-
gers. and as soon as all up to this num-
Der are on he gives the signal to go
ahead. The passengers pay and enter
while the car is in motion. Push but
tons at every seat enable any passen-
ger to stop the car at the point desired
The cost Of each car is $780,
Gold and Silver Production.
The production of gold in this coun.
try. according to the report of the d.
rector of the mint for the year 1906
was $94,373, GOO as compared with $751;
10000 for the preceding year. the
principal gain being In Alaska and
Nevada. In Colorado there was a de-
crease Of S2,7G6,7O0. The total produc-
ton Of silver was 5G517,OOO ounces of
the commercial value of S3S,25G, 400 as
against S5G, 600 in the preceding
year. The average price of silver was
$O61O27.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
SOCIOLOGICAL
Civic Federation Platform.

The report Of the committee on
resolutions in the National Civic fed.
Grafton convention at Chicago last
week urges upon congress new law
for the curbing of trusts to meet the
changed conditions which have arisen
during long period Of active progress
in the enforcement of old laws and in
the removal of abuses in the manage
ment Of corporations. The changes
suggested are, first. to permit agree
ments between railroad corporations
on reasonable freight and passenger
rates, subject to the approval of the
interstate commerce commission, and,
second, as the next step in executing
the will of the people to secure "jus-
tice and equality Of opportunity for
ALL the creation of nonpurtisan
| commission in which the interests of
| capital, labor and Of the general pub
lie shall he represented.
This commission should be emDow-
| cred to deal with the whole subject Of
business and labor combinations and
report such plans for the formation
and regulation of corporations "as
shall preserve individual initiative
competition and the free exercise of
| free contract in all business and in
dustrial relations"
In connection with this law the
Civic federation urges that legislation
should modify the prohibition now ex.
listing against organizations of labor
| associations of farmers and combina
tons of capitalists whose bust sess is
| IN the public interest. The proposed
| commission should make a thorough
! Inquiry into the system of federal
| license for incorporation Of interstate
concerns. The inspection and super
vision of great producing corpora.
tons should be enlarged and extended
and complete publicity In the capitali-
cation and operation of all such cor
porations large enough to have n
monopolistic influence should be re,
CURED. No expression was thought
fitting on the conflicts between state
and federal authority pending the final
decision of the supreme court Oh this
subject
Hotel Home of the Wealthy.
Already more than one-half of the
300 living rooms In the new Plaza no.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08

the scientific world through his dis
covery within six months of two
comets which had escaped the atten-
ton Of professional astronomers. The
young man has, after working hard on
the farm during the day. been studying
the heavens at night, using apparatus
largely of his own construction. His
recent achievements have opened the
way for him to pursue his studies in
the Washburn observatory, and n
bright future is confidently predicted
for him.
The Scientific Immortality.
Sir Oliver Lodge. the noted British
scientist, has delivered another pro-
nouncement on the subject of the i'm
mortality of the soul. lie says first
that the simple important truth to be
kept in sight is the commonplace fact
that there is nothing immortal or per-
sistent about the body except the ma
terial atoms of which it is composed
He dismisses utterly the notion, still
taught by part of the Christian church,
that these atoms will some day be
gathered and reunited so as to consti-
tute complete man as he appeared OH
the earth and who thereafter will last
forever. This lie regards as merely
clumsy cSpedient to make pleasing the
idea of the homeless, wandering spirit
or ghost of the departed individual.
Sir Oliver says that nobody knows
what the soul is, but that common
sense rebels against its being nothing.
and that no genuine science had as
sumed to declare it purely imaginary
nonentity He holds it must be ac-
knowledged by science that no really
existing thing perishes; it only changes
form. AS this has been shown clearly
in the case of matter and energy it
must also be true of mind, conscious
ness, will, memory, love and Other ac-
tivities which interact with matter and
appeal to the bodily senses. These
facts of the individual human con-
seriousness. he says. cannot be regarded
as nothing, and they will never vanish
into nothingness. They did arise with
us. They never sprang suddenly into
being from previous nonexistence.
They are as eternal as the Godhead
itself and will in eternal being endure
forever.
New Race at the North.
Curator Gordon of the University Of
Pennsylvania archaeological depart.
ment who has just returned from
Alaska. brings word of new race
which he discovered on the hitherto
UNEMPLOYED Koskokwin river. He says
these people now number only about
400 and are unlike either Eskimos
or Athabascans. They show strong
traces of Asiatic ancestry They had
never seen white man before, and
crime is unknown among them. They
have no laws. being governed by
priests who are patriarchs. They are
all intelligent, and their religion is
nature worship Of high order. In
stead of dressing in skins they use
the breasts Of looms.
Knots In Saturn's Rings.
Professor w. w. Campbell director
Of the Lick observatory. says that
prominent knots have been visible
during the past week i'll Snturns rings.
These appear to be Systematically
placed, but as vet have not been ac-
counted for, and no theory has been
formulated as to their meaning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08

tel, which was recently completed nj
the corner of Fifty ninth street and
Fifth avenue, New York city, at the
cost of $12.500,000, have been taken
in the form of suits as permanent
homes for millionaire families under
yearly contracts. The rentals of these
tenants vary from $4,000 to $4,000 Il
year. The suits include parlor. din
ing room, library and a varying number
of bedrooms, all opening upon pri
vate hall, which in turn connects with
a public hotel corridor. This insures
privacy and a sense of family unity to
each set of rooms. Warming and re-
frigeratinS apparatus in the private
pantry is connected by chutes and
tubes with the general kitchen in the
basement, so as to give dining serv
Ice the advantage of a perfectly equip
ped hotel plan, but in the privacy of
an individual home. Names prominent
among those who have taken suits
here are the Goulds, Gateses and Van
derbilts. Single rooms may be rented
for 81 a day and double rooms with
bath for So q day. The hotel will be
fully occupied when it houses 600 peo.
pie because SO many rooms are used
as parlors and dining rooms.
Students Abolish Hazins.
The senior class of the University of
North Carolina has adopted rcsolu-
ton commencing the sophomore class
for the manner in which the latter
body has turned its face resoutely
against the tradition of hazing. Since
the students of this institution have
taken the matter in hand haZing has
become & thing of the past
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
Berlin Editor Acquitted.

Maxinlilien Harden, editor Of the
Berlin paper zukunft. has been acquit-
ted of the charge of defaming Count
Won Moltke. formerly military gov
ernor of the German capital. after n
highly sensational trial in which the
evil practices of the knights of the
Round Table were fully exposed. The
Judge held that Harden had proved the
truth of his assertions in general and
that the count was a man of abnormal
proclivities. The latter must pay the
heavy costs of the trial. Upon the
reading of the verdict the count wept
bitterly and cried: II am ruined. 1
wish ! was dead" Although Harden
IS Jew and his paper has attacked
all parties in turn. he is for the mo-
ment being lionized by the general
public. The disclosures are expected to
help the Socialist movement
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Greene and Gaynor Must Stay.

Greene and Gaynor Must Stay.
The circuit court of appeals, sitting
at Montgomery, Ala. denied hearing
to Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene.
now serving prison sentences for the
Savannah harbor frauds. This means
that they must serve out their four
years in prison at Macon, Ca, and pay
their fine of S575.7794 unless they can
show that they are not possessed of
more than $50 each, in which case they
may serve thirty days more on account
of the fine.
Judge Grosscup Indicted.
Warrants issued at Charleston. H..
for officials and employees of the Mat
toon City Railway company as the re-
suit of & wreck on that line last .Au-
gust, in which eighteen passengers
were killed, included one against Fed
eral Judge Grosscup. director. Grim
inal negligence tending to manslaugh-
ter is the charge
Labor Leader Sentenced.
Business Agent MCGEE of the New
TIuSldtlu Iron MOluerS union WAS
sentenced at New Haven to one year
In the county Jail on the charge Of in
timidating workmen at the McLagen
& Co. factory in that city Notice of
an appeal to the state supreme court
was given.
Actor Hitchcock Indicted.
Raymond Hitchcock. the comedian,
who recently has been playing in ga
Yankee Tourist" at New York. was in
dicted Oct. 80 in that city on the
charge of wrongdoing with four young
girls. He had previously been released
on $4,000 bail since previous arrest
on the complaint of one of the girls.
On the day of his indictment he failed
to appear at the theater and it was
thought lie had fed to escape appear
ance in court.
Six Months For Gillette.
The aged DR.. Walter r. Gillette.
former vice president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, nearly col
lapsed when Justice bowling of New
York formally sentenced him Oct. 2S
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08

enable congress to act intelligently in
making appropriations for carrying OH
the work.
Seattle Socialists Arrested.
A number of Socialist speakers and
sympathizers have been arrested in
Seattle, Wash. for speaking on the
public streets. Mayor Moore has de-
clared that he will not allow the street
meetings, while the Socialists insist on
holding such meetings nightly and
have secured about forty speakers
who will continue their work until the
supply is exhausted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08

tlnc held. L Ii / S
would make the first division Of the
college course. He would have the
second division composed of three
years devoted to purely special and
technical training. He believes that
under this system many students
would choose to take six years in order
thus to obtain both an arts and pro-
fessional degree.
AS to the Cornell Medical school,
which is located in New York city. he
proposes to make it Il purely graduate
affair, pointing out that the graduate
field Is filed in Boston by Harvard, in
Baltimore by Johns Hopkins, but in
New York by no institution. He would
require for entrance to the medical
school not only degree of bachelor of
arts. but also one equivalent to a Cor
nell degree by work in physics, chemis-
try and biology.
PIeadlng for reduced fees for tuition,
President Schurman says that If the
republic is to remain democracy
there must be ian education ladder ex-
lending from the gutter to the COM
mencement stage which may be as
cended by the talented. studious and
d1l1gent children Of the poor as well
as by those of the well to do and
RICH" He declares that every adj
vance in fees tends to exclude a GER
tain portion of our population from
the benefits Of higher education and
to create an aristocracy Of wealth in
combination with an aristocracy Of
talent
A new scheme is also proposed for
housing students at Cornell 1t is to
have the university acquire several
houses accommodating from forty to
thirty students each. These would
nave common room for social inter-
course and would be rented to con-
genial groups. They would have all
the advantages of dormitories on the
Harvard plan with the social features
which make fraternity lodges pleasant
This plan has already been operated
for women students in Sage college
and by alumnae associations.
Japanese Ethics For Chicago.
President Schneider of the Chicago
school board is advocating the Japa-
nese imperial rescript on education as
the standard of ethical and mora!
teaching in the Chicago public schools.
A copy Of this rescript. which recently
has been translated, shows it to be a
sort of educational creed issued some
thirty years ago by the emperor of
Japan. 1t includes such injunctions
as devotion to parents and family.
modesty. moderation, benevolence.
pursuit Of learning. cultivation of arts,
advancement of the public good, re-
spect for law and loyalty to the state.
Trial Of the Group System.
Superintendent Maxwell of New
York has urged principals to give the
group system Of teaching and grading
trial. The general principle is to
SO arrange the progress of pupils that
each may have individual attention.
Glasses are separated into divisions,
and definite times are fixed for study.
This allows bright pupils to do more
advanced work by going from one
division to another as fast as they
are able.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS
Financial Confidence Restored.

Financial Confidence Restored,
Developments in the financial situa-
ton throughout the country continued
favorable. and the bankers in many of
the larger cities followed the example
of New York in issuing sloan certiii-
Gates, while savings banks enforced
the notice rule requiring time for with
drawals. President Roosevelt in Il
letter to Secretary Cortelyou congrat-
ulated the latter on the way he had
handled the crisis and declared that
the panic was caused by dishonest
dealing. The president said that no
one could question the underlying
soundness of the business structure.
Andrew Carnegie. returning from Eu.
rope. said it was only device to serve
intrigue to attribute the trouble to the
Roosevelt policy. Action was taken
at New York to admit the trust COM
panies into the clearing house.
Commercial Council Called.
Secretary Straus of the department
of commerce and labor has invited
representatives Of all the chambers of
commerce and labor to meet him Mt
Washington Dec. to consider a plan
for bringing about closer cooperation
between them in times of stress.
Hartman Loses U. P. Fund.
Directors of the Union Pacific rail-
road have decided to withdraw from
the control Of Z. II. Hartman the i'm
re
which has been the source of his great
power in the past, and place it in the
hands of holding company. This
fund includes all stocks of roads not
forming an integral part of the Union
Pacific
Landslide Buries Thousands.
The city of Karatash (meaning Black
Mountain), in Russian Turkestan, was
suddenly and completely destroyed by
n huge mountain slide following the re-
cent earthquake, and almost the entire
population, probably $1,000 people.
were buried alive. The people had just
returned. after fleeing to the plains
during the quake. when the mountain
which overhangs the town seemed to
fall apart. The quake was recorded
by the seismographs on Oct 81.
Pedestrian Wcston's Test.
Edward Payson Weston. the noted
champion pedestrian Of former pc
Rod. nov. at the age of sixty-nine. has
undertaken to repeat his exploit of for
ty years ago by walking from Port
land. Me-, to Chicago He started from
Portland Oct. 90 and expects to reach
his destination Nov. %.
You can't be we'll if you have weak,
unhealthy, tired out stomach. Neither
can you feel good if by some little ir-
regularity in eating you have caused
the stomach to get out of order. These
little stomach troubles are signs of in
digestion, which may and very often
does turn into very bad case dyspep-
STA. Don't allow this to go on a single
day without doing something to over
come it. Take some good reliable and
safe digestant like KODOL. For Dys-
pepsia, KODOL is the best remedy
remedy known today for heart burn,
belching and all troubles arising from
disordered digestion. 1t is pleasant
to take and affords relief promptly.
Sold by 3. I. Lomas, druggist.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
POLITICAL

Attacking the Supreme Court.
Added emphasis is lent to the recent
deliverance of Chief Justice Clark of
North Carolina i'll an article in the
Arena, denying the authority of the
supreme court to nullify acts of con-
gress, by striking paper in the cur
rent number of Van Norden's Maya
zine from the pen Of Franklin II. Gid
dings, professor of sociology aud the
history of civilization in Columbia uni
versity. Professor Giddings undertakes
to show that the people of the United
States "are awakening to the fact that
neither the Mayflower compact nor the
Declaration of Independence, neither
the federal constitution nor the Gettys-
burg address of President Lincoln. ere.
ated popular government in America"
He admits that we have learned few
things in our century and a quarter.
but holds that we have suuandered it
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08
A Hard Debt to Paw.

81 owe debt of gratitude that can
never be paid off, )" writes G. S. Clark,
of Westfield, Iowa, for my rescue from
death, by DIR. Kings New Discovery.
Both lungs were so seriously AFFECTED
that death seemed imminent, when |
commenced taking New Discovery. The
ominous dry, hacking cough quit before
the first bottle was used, and two more
bottles made complete cure. I" Moth
ing has ever equalled New Discovery
for coughs, colds and all throat and
lung complaints. Guaranteed by P. A.
Clemmer druggist. SOC and $1.OO.
Trial bottle free.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-11-08

There is nothing better for stomach
troubles than KODOL, which contains
the same juices found in a healthy
stomach. KODOL is offered on a
guaranteed plan for the relief of heart
burn, fatulence, sour stomach, belch-
ing of gas, nausea, and all stomach
troubles. So at times when you don't
feel just right, when you are drowsy
after meals, and your head aches or
when you have no ambition, and you
are cross and irritable, take a little
KODOL. 1t digests what you eat. it
will make you healthy. Sold by E. T.
LomaS.