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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
FORTUNE IN A TRUNK
OLD RECEPTACLE OF TRIPLER
PROVES TREASURE CHEST.
Search for vaIuables of Liquid Air
Man Results in Discovery of Jew
els and Papers Believed to Be
Worth $4,000.

Manhasset, L. considerable in.
terest has been aroused here by the
announcement of the finding of unex-
pected wealth in the Tripler mansion
on Broadway, in this village. A trunk
that has been passed over by every.
one coming into the house was finally
opened and found to contain valua.
bles and jewelry to the amount OF
over $35,000
The mansion belonged to the late
Charles Tripler, who gained fame in
connection with liquid air expert
ments. Several years ago he came
here, when his health failed him, and
purchased the Haai place on Broad
way. He lived there until last fall,
when he died. After his death it was
found that he had left everything to
his wife. She began to make arrange
ments to settle up the estate when she
was taken i'll and soon afterward died.
The only heir to the noted scien-
lists wealth was hia son, L. B. Tripler.
He was recently appointed administra-
tor by the surrogate's court in Mine
ola. After his appointment he began
going over the effects in the house.
Most of the supposed wealth of his
father was well invested, and was
quickly gotten together. Recently the
administrator began making an insen-
tory of the contents of the mansion
In an out.of-the-way place was the
trunk that later proved to be the treas
ure chest. 1t showed the signs of age
and neglect, and very little attention
was paid to it. Finally Mr.. Tripler,
after looking over everything else, de-
cided to see what the trunk con-
tanned.
There was no key to the trunk, SO
the lock had to be forced. Scarcely
had the trunk been opened before the
searchers began to be astonished.
Neatly done Up in packages in the up
per part Of the tfun@ were diamonds
and jewels of thousands OF dollars in
value. Then valuable documents were
disclosed. According to the rumors
tbs iiola1 value of the contents of the
trunk was more than $4,000.
Mr.. Tripler is now giving attention
to all of the unusual places in the
mansion and to the contents of all
boxes and packages in the hope of
finding other hidden treasures.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
HOW WE ESCAPED BEING FISH.
Earth Would Have Been Completely
Enveioped by Oceans But for Moon.

Chicago.-lf it were not for the
moon the inhabitants of this world
would to-day be swimming around in
one worid-sized tishpond. Fins and
scales would be their only clothes,
Angleworms would be their diet, and
they probably would be furnishing the
greatest sport for the fishermen who
inhabit Mars and other nearby worlds.
How they escaped this fate is ex,
planned by DR.. William II. Pickering,
professor of astronomy in the Massa,
chusetts Institute of Technology and
in the Harvard observatory, in the
Journal of Geology, issued from the
University of Chicago.
Ile contends that the moon was
made out OF materials which formerly
filled the basin of the Pacific ocean
and that when it separated from the
earth it took along three-fourths of the
.s9rth's crust, the remainder of the
crust being tofr in two to form the
eastern and western continents
IF the moon had not been formed,
or if it had carried away the whole ot
the terrestrial crust, our earth would
have been completely enveloped by its
oceans" he says.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
TROUT STORY DRAWS TEARS,
Dinner Speaker Tells Of Great Low,
for Michigan Stream.

New York.-Many of the hundred
or more diners at the annual dinner Of
the Michigan society of New York city
at the Hotel Astor were moved to
tears by the speech of Levant F.
Brown, who told of his love for a GER
tain trout stream deep in the woods
OF tbs wolverine state. Mr.. Brown is
almost 10 years OLD and he has fished
in the stream for 40 years.
He told the diners that the chimes
of old Trinity church here rang daily
for him that there were just SO many
hours less for him to suffer the pangs
OF civilization in this city and that
every deep }naoote of the bells accentu-
ated the Cali Of the crystal voice of
that trout stream in his native sta1e
Next summer, he said, an iron rail-.
ing will be placed by his direction
around a bit of ground on the bank
of his beloved stream and it will in
close space for his grave and those
of two fellow fishermen who have kept
him company many Summers at the
brook and afe as fond Of ii as lie. ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
THE BUSY MANS CORNER.

Sir William Kingston, for years dean
of the medical profession of Canada,
died at Montreal, Quebec, aged IS
years.
Thomas G.. Dawson, U. S. minister
to Santo Domingo, arrived at New
York on the steamer Seminole from
San Domingo.
The Kansas City Jail physicians
stated that Frank Hoffman, the con-
demned murderer who attempted to
commit suicide, will recover.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., being ini-
tiated into the Parcellian club of Har-
ward, was made to kiss the feet of q
roast pig at the clubrooms in Cam
bridge, Mass. He was not allowed to
partake of the feast.
In pastoral letter, Rt. Rev. N. C.
Matz, of Denver, Roman Catholic bish-
OPP of Colorado, has forbidden men to
marry Protestant wives. Women may
yet enter mixed" marriages under
protest.
Count John A. Creightons will, filed
for probate at Omaha, Neb., makes
specific requests of $1,5O0,000, of which
$250,000 goes to relations and friends,
and 100000 to educational and benev-
olent institutions.
Assessment life insurance companies
in the District of Columbia must have
$4,000 assets to write policies of ST.
900, and 100000 invested assets for
higher risks, according to bill passed
in the national house.
David Mittenthal and Max Salzman,
two young men hailing from New
York, are in the custody of the police
at Rochester, N. Y, charged with de-
frauding Yonkers IN. W bank of
$4,000, and banks in Boston, Balti-
more, New York and Philadelphia of
various amounts.
Gen. Winfield S. Edgerly, U. S. A.,
who returned from the Philippines
last week and is now visiting in Los
Angeles, Cal, has been ordered to
Atlanta to take command of the de.
partment of the gulf Col. j. C. Wood.
bury, now stationed at Fort Lawton
Wash, probably will take temporary
command of the department of Cali.
fornia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
KILLS TWO; is HIMSELF SLAIN.
cold-Blooded Murder at Maiden, Mo-,
Is Quickly Avenged.

Maiden, Mo-, Feb. 2O.-A. l.. Bran
non, saloon keeper, killed Prescott
ing Attorney D. R. Cox and DR.. ]. w.
Beall. Brannon himself was shot to
death just before midnight while the
sheriff was taking him from the Jail
to the county seat.
Brannon's murder of Cox and Beall
was as deliberate as his own killing
by the hands of the unknown avenger
was mysterious.
A man concealed in the shadow of
the Jail fired several shots at him as
he was being taken out of the build,
ing. The avenger escaped in the
darkness
Cox and Beall were martyrs to their
zeal in enforcing the iocal-option
law. There are no saloons in
Maiden, but Brannon had Joint just
across the New Maiden county line,
which is within the city limits, which
they were planning to close up.
Cox and Beall with farmer named
Davis, were sitting in the doctors Of
flee while Dr. r. H. Beall, father Of
j. w. Bea1i, was in an adjoining room,
when Brannon stepped in the door
and began firing without warning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Charged with Bribery.

Columbus, o., Nov. 2o-Ee,son Can.
non, agent, and H. G. Long, superiA-
tendent of the Cleveland Trinidad
Paving company, we're arraigned in pc.
lice court Tuesday and officially
charged with bribery Of the members
of the Columbus board of service la
the matter of the paving of East
Broad street. They pleaded not guilty
and were released under $4,000 bonds
each.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

S0lutOS 0V SO'Su
by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu.
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition Of the mucous Inning of the
Eustachtan Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
ipe cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an iHfamed condition of
the mucous surfacss. .:s !. >. .,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caHsed by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
elrculars, free.
F.J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, 9.
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Kissing From the Grave.

4 PROMINENT manufacturer, VIM. A.
fertWell, of Lucama, N. O., relates q
most remarkable experience. He says:
y fter taking less than three tottles
nf Electric Bitters, I feel like one ris.
Ing from the grave. My trouble is
Brights disease, in the Diabetes
stage. ] fully believe Electric Bit
tiers will cure me permanently, for 1T
has alreadyEtopped the liver and blad-
der complications which have troub-
led me for years - GuaraD teed at p.
A. Clemmer's Drug Store. Price only
SO cents. r
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Fayors Reduced Fare.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20.-The state
senate Tuesday unanimously favored
the bill reducing passenger fares to
two cents a mile, sending the bill to
engrossment. The only argument
against it, in debate, was for postpone.
ment. but this motion was withdrawn.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
FINE CHURCH ON PRAIRIE.
iowa Farmers Have Built Cathedral
Which Cost $4,000.

>Eldora, 1a,-At Petersburg, on a
prominent point of the fertile prairies
of Bremen township, Delaware coun-
ty, about eight miles northwest of
Dyersville stands just completed one
of the most beautiful Catholic
churches of modern times. 1t was
erected at cost of $4,000. The
church is of a beautiful Gothic de-
sign, built of massive rock and cut
stone and its dimensions are 81 feet
wide and $50 feet long, and at the
transepts the church is "A feet wide.
Three beautiful spires adorn the
front of the church, and under each
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
To Mothers in:This Town

Children who are delicate, feverish
and cross Will get immediate relief
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children. They cleanse the stom.
ach, act on the liver, making sickly
child strong and healthy. A certain
cure for worms. Sold by all druggists,
25c. Sample FREE. Address Allen
S. OlmSted, LIE Row. N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
also convincing proof that the kidney:
and bladder are out of order.
What INo m

also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge 80
often expressed, that DR.. kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfi1ls every wish i'll curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
1t corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain i'll passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne,
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect Of Swamp-ROot
is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis.
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold bydrug-
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have sample bottle and a
:;::: i: E i: 81: IS: );
ha1nton, N. Y. When Home of swamp-foOt.
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and
the address, Binghamton, N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Mother and Son Burned TO Death

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 2O.-Mrs. John
Grimshaw and her eight-months-old
son James were burned to death in
their house on farm near ROYAL Oak
ten miles out on Woodward avenue.
Grimshaw saved his five-year-old
daughter by tossing her out of a win.
dow, but was badly burned himself.
and was unconscious when rescued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Ill-Heaith Causes Suicide.

Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. 90. - Josiah
Ross, president of the Ross Manufac-
turing company, manufacturers of
woodworking machinery, shot himself
in his Office Tuesday afternoon, dying
almost instantly. III health is sup
posed to have seen the cause.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Precautions,

What have YOU to be thankful torg.
asked the discouraged person.
T don't know yet" answered the
optimist. "And when find out I'm
going to keep it secret for fear
somebody like you will try TO argue
me out of il. ''-Washingto Star. -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
A Valuable Lesson

"Six years ago l learned valuable
lesson, I: writes John Pleasant, of Mag.
nnlia, lnd. y then began taking DE-.
Kings New Life Pills, and the longer
| take them the better find them. u
They please everybody. Guaranteed
at p. A. Clemmer's Drug Store. CSC.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
To Pfopaoate and Terr,,;,

Allentown, Pa.--So profitable has
trade in mud turtles become that the
systematic breeding and raising Of
them is being seriously considered by
quite number of people.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Great Northern Indicted

New York, Feb. 2o-The federal
grand jury Tuesday indicted the
Great Northern Railway company on
charge of violating the Elkins act by
paying rebates Of Lowell F. Palmer,
traffic agent of the American Sugar
Refining company in this city. There
are two counts alleging the payment
in all of $14,599. in May and June,
1906.
ROd01 dyspepsia Cure
D1n1Sts wifat YOU vnt3
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
1t Keeps the Feet Warm and Drv,

Ask to-day for Aliens Foot-Ea a
powder. 1t cpreg Chilblains, Swollen,
Sweating. Sore, Aching, palpp Feet.
At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, Csc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26

Had Good Chance to Judge.
The Deaeon-Insomnia is an awful
thing.
The Parson-Yes; but from what /
see guess there is precious little of
1t in my congregation. Yonkers
Statesman,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26

a sedinentor set
Hipgiindicatesar
unhealthy" s2H.
ditio1l of the kid.
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid.
ney trouble +; toe
frequent desire
to pass 1t es pain
in the back is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it
How To Find Oh

Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26

clad Dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years: No appetite, and What I did
eat distressed tpe terribly. Burdock
Blood Ritters cured me. NJ. 81. Walk.
er, Suabury, Ohio,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26

Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer cut, bruise, burn or
Scald. BE prepared. DR. Thomas &c
lectric OH instantly relieves the pain
quickly cures the wound.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-26
Before
Building

see chat your contractor furnishes
the BEST security for the per.
Torrance of his contract.
MANY OWNERS REQUIRE
contractors to give bonds of the
American Surety Company of New
York. If you do this you will
have back of your contractor the
strongest Surety Company.
A RESPONSIBLE CONTRACT.
OR will find it to his advantage
to furnish bond of the American
Surety Company of New York,
because it affords the highest form
of security to the owner.
FOR BONDS ON CONTRACTS.
and Surety Bonds of every Kind
apply to the
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
RAILROAD AROUND A VOLCANO
Stretch of Track That VIII Cost Much
Money to Build.

The stretch of road that runs from
Tuxpan in the state of Jalisco to Coli
ma. Mexico, is one of the most expen-
sive pieces of railroad building in
America. 1t will cost more than 49,
100000 gold to build this forty-three
miles of road The unreliable antics
OF the Colima volcano had to be taken
into consideration in selecting the
route. Jets of steam are constantly
belched forth from its crater and
eruptions of violent character occur
periodically. The steam is condensed
when it strikes the cold atmosphere
above the crater and in the form of
water it seeks the sea by means of
numerous deep gorges. In time of
eruption streams of lava are elected
from the seething cauldron within
the mountain and this molten mass
follows the courses marked out by
the waterways and pours down upon
the more level land far below. The
gorges, or barrancas, as they are
called in Mexico are 500 to 600 feet
in depth and 100 TO 1000 feet across.
1t has been a stupendous task to
get the necessary machinery, such as
steam shovels, into the almost i'm
penetrable region. All machinery had
to be knocked down and carried along
narrow mountain trails upon the backs
Of burros. Frequently when impass-
able Darrancas were reached the
loads had to be let down to the bot
tom of the gorges by means of ropes,
and carried across to the other side
by Mexican laborers, and then hoisted
TO the trail on the other side, to re-
sumo the journey upon the backs of
the patient burros.-W. d. Hornaday
in Moody's Magazine
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
Minnesota Fish Car.

ter in the cans cold Pipes will be
run from the water tank around the
car so that they can be replenished
with fresh supply of water when
needed. The car has capacity. of
200 caas and the water tank is above
the level of the tops of the cans SIS
they stand on the floor of the car.
Beyond them is the engine room
from which supply of air will be
provided for the Cans. Next come the
kitchen, toilet room, heater and then
the parlor compartment with five
berths and the dining-room.
The car is equipped with six-wheel
trucks. according to specifications APP
proved by railroad engineers for pas
senger coaches.
At present the commission can ship
only 20 cans at a time, and this keeps
the men on the road much of the
time, while with the new car they
can haul 200 cans at load and sup
ply the demand along one line of
road in a single trip.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
New Cars Were Lost

Several years ago the Lehigh Valley
road invested in a bunch of new box
cars of a certain pattern and in the
shipment there was shortage OF
three cars. They could not be traced
Seven months after the shipment one
of these cars was discovered in Chi.
cago and had made two trips to San
Francisco. 1t was year before the
second car was rounded up, well worn,
while months later it was discovered
that the third missing car had been
smashed in kindling in a wreck.
1t is a wonder to the ordinary OBJ.
server that these knight errant box
cars ever get back home. Some OF the
cars are gone for months, and it has
been charged that in times OF shortage
many of the roads are not particular
about sending cars back home.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
PRIVATE CAR FOR FISH.
From Vehicle Commissioners viii Dis
tribute Finny Tribe.

The new Minnesota game and fish
commission car is expected to arrive
in st. Paul next week, when the side
track running to the fish hatchery is
completed. says the ST. Paul Pioneer
Press. The grading for this track is
now being done and the Burlington
road has agreed to put in the sid
ing at once A house also will be
built in which to store the car when
not in use.
The car is 20 feet long and dark
orange in color. The compartment
in which the cans of fish will be kept
is 80 feet long and has tank at the
front end in which supply OF fresh
water will be kept. Adjoining this is
the refrigerator, where ice will be
stored to be used in keeping the wa
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
British Railroad Fioures.

From the official railway returns is
sued at London it appears that British
railway capital last year increased by
only e2,500,000, the smallest sum re-
corded since the construction Of rail-
ways began.
The total capital invested in Brit
ish railways amounts to G1,2S6,0O0,-
900. On this the average interest paid
last year was 3.46 per cent-not a
large return.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
Road GROWS own ries

The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad has gone into tree growing
IN order to provide for its future sup
ply Of crossties The Santa Fe has
adopted the eucalyptus as the most
suitable species for tie purposes. be-
cause Of its rapid growth, great dem
sity and durability, and is now plant
ing 200 acres in a ranch Of 5000 acres
In southern California to eucalyptus
seedlings.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
Towns With FAMOUS Names.

There are " cities and towns
named Troy in the United States, 1S
named Athens, II Uticas. 16 Alexan.
drias, Is Romes and IL Carriages, not
TO speak of Z Atticas and SYRIA
cuses. Only two states, Indiana and
New York, contain towns bearing all
eight of the names. Ohio and Missouri
contain seven each
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
41.:,E;s.zzl.1 a s''. ..s s s....
In 3 forms
Bouquets for Americans.

notice that American dressing al.
ways seems systematic. never haphaz.
ard. and can not help admiring the
way in which they unite Partisan chic
and American cuteness in their natti-
ness. One never sees the American
waistline depressing, or the necktie
other than taut and trim. Daphne In
London Black and White.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
Journal Want Ads
Help all who help
themselves.

The man who can't sell gold
dollars at 80 cents, is the only
kind Of a fellow that Journal
Want Ads won't help.
At a very small cost they will
put you in touch with the buy
err, seller, or he who has a priv
ilege to let, then it's up to you
to make the deal. Don't doubt
their efficiency, try one.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
The Refinement Of Humiliation

TO shout in your widest tones
"Fore!" to those playing $50 yards in
advance, and then, when they have
scurried to cover, drive the BAH three
yards two feet and seven inches.-
Life.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05

There are some unique quotations
on optical goods in the advertisement.
Of w. l.. Jones in today's issue, These
are followed by statement concern
ing the services to be had at this store
and as a Whole this should interest
every person wanting goods in this
line.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05
Immense ser.pent.

The largest serpent ever measured
was an anaconda. which DR.. Gardner
found dead In Mexico. 1t was 81 feet
long. and it took two horses to drag
II along.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05

NJ. L. Compton & Son have holiday
goods, jewelry, toys, presents for
grown folks, girls and boys. See their
list for few of the samples of values
they offer
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-05

Holiday Goods Books, Bibles, novel
ties in wood, leather and Nina, games
are demanding your attention at Bur
dette's Book Store. See the list quot
ed in todays adj