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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
After Asset Currency Again.

The iuanciers are planning to make
another descent upon congress in the
interests Of asset currency. 1t will be
rsasabsssd that at meeting held
sftsF the last election the bankers as
secistion formulated such plan and pre-
ssntsd it to congress. But even when
~ election was over the republican
ss1Rrsssmen were afraid to endorse
tAs scheme, and the bill was never
brought before the house. An effort
u being made to revive the scheme,
but it will hardly meet better fate at
this time now that the presidential
election approaches.
Knowing that public sentiment is
against an asset currency, the friends
Of this policy call it an emergency cur
rency, and provide that tax shall be
imposed upon the issue so as to compel
its retirement as soon as the emergency
is over. This is mere subterfuge.
They aim to get a recognition of the
asset currency principle, and then they
can reduce the tax afterwards. The
first result of the election of 1896 was
the reduction of the tax upon national
bank circulation. The banks insisted
that they were issuing money for the
accommodation of the public and that
therefore they ought not to be taxed
for it, and while the taxes were increas-
ed upon the general public by the Ding
ley act, the tax upon the banks was
decreased. If they can now secure the
right to issue an asset currency in an
emergency, they will next insist that
the tax should be reduced and then we
will have the asset currency in its max
ed ugliness.
The fight must be made against the
principle, and must be made now. An
asset currency is dangerous, and its
opponents will be able to invoke the
very argument which the fnanciers
used in 1896 against silver. They pro-
fessed to be very much alarmed LEST
the widow and orphan would suffer
from fifty cent dollar, and now they
are advocating an asset currency unde,
which dollar will be put forth that
has no intrinsic value at all and is only
redeemable when the redeemer is sol
vent. While most of the banks or near.
ly all of them night redeem their notes,
the fact that an occasional bank might
fail to do so would cast suspicion up
on all asset currency because it would
be impossible to tell in advance which
bank would fail. We can not afford to
have such a currency in circulation. Ir
the name of the widow and the orphans
we protest; in the name Of an honest
dollar and sound currency we indict
this cheap dollar, this dishonest money.
Labor must not be swindled by such
legislation. The dollar in the hands OF
toilers must not be subject to shrinkage
when cashier disappears or bank
president loans to himself upon worth
less collateral. The national honor
must be sustained, and the money Of
the country must be good all over the
world.
Strange this reversal in the situation
The champions of an honest dollar now
the defenders of debased currency
and those who were charged with re
pudiation the champions of national in
tegrity!-The Commoner
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
Boy browns In Water Tank.

The body of Francis Hayes, the
three-year-old son of Frank Hayes of
Denver, Colo, was found In water
tank at the farm home OF his grand
mother, Mrs. Murine Welsh, near
Jessup last week. The child was
visiting there and escaped the watch
fulness of relative and fell into the
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
WIFE DRINKS CARBOLIC ACID
Because Spouse Refused to Stay to
Help Entertain Company.


Because her husband wished to
spend the evening downtown, Mrs.
William Bahr of Waterloo swallowed
an ounce of carbolic acid in an at
tempt to end her life.
Mrs. Rahr is twenty-five years of
age and usually of cheerful DISPOSE
ton. She was to entertain company
and wished her husband to assist, but
he refused.
When the friends arrived they
found Mrs. Bahr unconscious on the
floor. Medical attention was given
her and it is thought she will survive
She left a note addressed to hel
husband, telling him she was Kidding
him of her company SO he could marry
some other woman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
From Start to Finish.

BE mine" he implored.
Certainly" she replied
And so they were married and
Beware" he cried.
"Oh, fudge" she exclaimed.
So they We're divorced and lived happily
ever after
Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
Then he Melted Away

Count Hickoff-You refuse me ze
one kiss! Why, at Newport | was
loinized.
Miss Tabasco-I thought perhaps
were galvanized.
Count Hickoff-Gal.anized How
extraordinary you do speak. Why?
Miss Tabasco-Because you have
such a hard cheek.-Chicago Daily
News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
Out of Sight.

"Out of sight, out of mind" is ar
old saying which applies with special
force to sore, burn or wound that's
been treated with Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind
and out of existence. Piles too and
chilblains, disappear under its healing
influence. Guaranteed by P A. Glenn
mer, Druggist. 25c. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
FARMERS AND HoRsEMEN,

Are your horses afflicted with Heaves?
If so, you should at once procure a
bottle of LUERS' HEAvEi DROPS, sure
cure for Heaves, Shortwindedness,
Coughs and Indigestion. For sale by
j. H. Luers Drug Co.; P. A. Clemmer;
VIM. Connolly; and Edward T.
Lomas. 93y1.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
Business Section Burned.

Fire wiped out the entire business
I section of the town of Lowmoor last
week. The origin Of the fire is I'm.
known.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
A Man
Duty

is to his family first, then to
his friends.
What Obligation requires a
man to give personal security
for his friends, and thus imperil
his fami1y's weHare7
Corporate Bonds, as furnished
by the American Surety Com
pany of New York, are in
every way superior to Personal
Sureties, and are rapidly ST.
perseding them.
Don't assume an unnecessary
risk because of a mistaken idea
Of friendship.
When asked to sign a bond, do
your friend a serviceby putting
him IN communication with the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
CA II A.
,ears +bo 1Iae Kind You Have Always Bought
''s. at &ZzAzzez<u

To feel strong, have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy
life, use Burdock Blood Bitters, the
great system system tonic and builder.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29

A Small Farm at a Big Bargain
ITO acres; well improved, good build
ings, fenced and cross-fenced, good
well and spring brook, all cultivated
except one acre of nice, light timber,
20 bearing apple trees. Call at this
Office, or enquire of
JOHN BARRET,
R. F. D. No. 5. Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
A Difference.

Going away for vacation?"
yes. My wife and leave next
Saturday"
What! Going to take your wife on
vacation?"
Sure. I'm going for vacation, not
for rest. Detroit Free Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
o II g Is CD T.. - Is.
p.,,,, 7lhs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at LIlzIANz6u

Cures baby's Group, Willie's daily
cuts and bruises, mama's sore throat,
grandma's lameness DR.. Thomas Ec-
lectric Oil-the great household remedy
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29

A lazy liver leads to chronic dyspep-
STA and constipation weakens the whole
system. Doan's Regulets Us cents
per box) correct the liver, tone the
stomach, cure constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29

Chicago, Oct 22-With every pre-.
caution against being disturbed, Gen.
William Booth, commander of the Sal
walton Army, lies in darkened room
at 244 Ashland boulevard in critical
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
CAS7ORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
a sssss the ., lzE7zzzu

Itch! Itch! Itch! Scratch! Scratch!
Scratch! The more you scratch the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment,
1t cures piles, eczema, any skin itching.
All druggists sell it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-10-29
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
GREAT FLEET IS
NEAR SAN JUAN
Cruise Thus Far Is Without In
Cident-SCene Is PiCtur-
eSque One.
NO NEWS AT WASHINGTON
ADMINISTRATION BEARS MOTH
ING FROM WARSHIPS.

New York, Dec. 1s.-The following
message from its correspondent on
board Admiral Evans flagship was re-
ceived by the Associated Press by
wireless telegraph tonight:
"On board u. S. S. Connecticut, Dec.
IS (noon).-The battleship ieetlat this
hour is $50 miles north by northwest
of st. Thomas. The weather is fine. -
The later message from the fleet, re-
ceived through the DeFOTest wireless
station here tonight, reads:
~. s. s. Connecticut, at Sea, Dec.
1S.-During the twenty-four hours
since noon yesterday the fleet made $40
miles, the course continuing due SOUTH
east.
This afternoon Admiral Evans sig
nailed the squadron commanders to
align their ships, which had been NOV
ing in four perfect columns, in double
formation al intervals of 500 yards.
The movement was spIendidIy execuJ-
ed and evoked from the commander
in1chief the signal Wei done
I'VE are now beyond the gulf stream
and only a moderate swell distuFbs the
surface OF the sea. The weather is
magnificent, and between the blue of
the sky and the blue of the waters the
two white lines of battleships moving
with stately precision make a magnif-
cent picture.
The squadron can be said to be
scarcely shaken down as yet, but still
keeps at perfect distances"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
CORTELYOU FAVORED BANKS
This the Charge Made by Citizen
Who Sent in Bid for Panama
Canal Bonds.

Washington. Dec 1S-Justice Gould of
the district supreme court today cited
George B. COrtelyOu, secretary of the
treasury, to appear in court, Jan. 3. to
show cause why he should not be en-
Joined from turning over or delivering
the balance of the S21, $4,000 Of the Pan
ANA canal bonds to certain banks and
persons to whom he has announced al
lotmentS. The citation issued by Justice
Gould is based on petition filed by
George w Austin of New York, who
describes himself as taxpayer and
property owner in the United States, and
who declares he made a proposal to pur-
of 100000 He AYERS that he had agreed
to pay at the rate of 10S.315 and accrued
interest per S100 and on notice of the ac-
ceptance of his subscription stands ready
to deposit the amount with the assistant
treasurer at New York.
Mr.. Austin informs the court that he
has been advised through the public press
that, iTt direct violation of the statutes
and in absolute disregard of the treasury
departments circular. of the S25, 000. 900 of
the bonds Alotted only 81 900 were al
loted to natural persons, who were indi-
Vidual bidders. and who. in accordance
with the statutes and said circular, were
given equal opportunity TO subscribe
therefor; the remaining s24Oo0.009 were al
lotted to divers national banks. and only
50 $4,000 of which were allotted to banks
which had offered a higher price than
that bid by him.
When he learned that his bid had been
ignored and no allotment made to him.
he says he complained to the department.
and the response convinces him of the sec
retary's intention to disregard the stat
utes and thereby commit a malfeasance,
for which, he says. Mr. Cortelyou is not
a man of sufficient means to answer to
the citizens of the United States and to
him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
COMMITTEES OUT TODAY
Speaker Cannon Completes Assign
ments and List Goes to the
Public Printer.

Washington. Dec 1S-When the house
reconvenes at noon tomorrow Thursday
Speaker Cannon will announce the re-
naming assignments of members to com.
mittees The house will then be organ
lied and in position to get down 10
the business of the session Immediately
after the holiday recess, which viii last
from Saturday, the 2lst, until Jan. 6.
Speaker Capnon did not complete his
committee assignments until nearly y
clock tonight. To insure the printing
of the official lists in time for tOmOr-
rows session each committee table was
sent to the public printer tonight as soon
as it was finished. John Sharp Williams,
who. by virtue of his minority leader
ship, had the naming of Democrats to
the various committees, worked behind
locked doors all of yesterday and today,
and tonight sent his completed list to
the speaker
The assignment task was heavier this
year than ever before. for two reasons
The creating of about fifty additional
committeeships by the enlargement OF the
more important committees by one Re
publican and one Democrat on account
of increased membership of the house,
and the fact that many members fore
see in the speakers selections an effect
real or fancied-on the presidential stu
alton.
Non-return of members of the Fifty
ninth congress to the SiXtieth congress
created 1SS vacancies in committees. not
taking into account the fact that Rep
resentative H Bird Cassell of Pennsyi-
vania though reelected. has not yet be-
come a member of the house, preferring.
according to his own statement, not to
take his seat until the charges against
him in connection with the capitol inves-
tigation at Harrisburg have been cleared
I'D. Of the 1S0 vacancies thus created
70 are chairmanships.
Additional committeeships provided for
by engagements of committee member
ships brings up the total to nearly 25G
assignments TO be announced by the
speaker tomorrow; and the fact that. to
quote him, there have been nineteen
pegs seeking every hole" has not light
ened the task of trying to please every
body without diScOncerting the intricate
machinery of the congress in presiden-
tial year.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming is
the ranking member of the committee on
public lands, and probably will relinquish
the Craftsmanship of the committee on
irrigation and arid lands to step into that
place putting Reeder of Kansas in first
position for the irrigation Craftsmanship.
BY ordinary progression Mr.. Scott of
Kansas would become chairman of the
committee on mines and mining. but his
prospective appointment TO the ehairman-
ship of the committee on agriculture
opens the way for Mr.. Huff ofaPennsyl-
vania who likely will succeed to the va
cancy created by the non-return of Rep
Msentative Brown of Wisconsin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
POLICEMAN IS MURDERED
Wife Beaten Kills Portland Officer in
Pistol Fight While Resist
ing Arrest.

Portland Ore, Dec. 1S.-As a result of
a pistol fight between Policeman j. w.
Giddings, and C. W. Bradley, an en-
ploye in the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton car shops. in front of a saloon at
the corner of SellwOod and Delay streets
tonight the policeman was killed and
Bradley is at large bearing wounds from
the officers weapon
Bradley. it is alleged, had been beat
ing his wife Mrs. Bradley's brother,
George w Zibner, summoned Officer Gid
dings, who lives nearby, to put Bradley
under arrest When they returned to the
Bradley home, Bradley had gone to the
saloon. They followed him to the saloon
and. leaving Giddings outside, the broth
er-in-law went inside and called Brad
ley to the door. As Bradley came from
the saloon he began firing at Zibner and
Giddings began shooting at Bradley
Bradley turned his weapon on the Off
Ger and IN the exchange Giddings re-
ceived d wound in the region of the heart
which resulted in his death a few min
utes later. Bradley ran from the scene
of the shooting and, because of his hav-
ing left a bloody trail, the officers think
he is wounded. Zibner was not hurt. The
police department has a large force of
men securing the vicinity in which the
shooting occurred and Bradley will prob
ably be captured within a few hours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
ADDRESS BY MINERS.
Federation Sends Out Statement of
its Grievances.

Denver Dec. 1S.-1n an address issued
today by the executive committee OF the
Western Federation of Miners, labor
union men are urged to rally TO the de-
Tense Of officers and members OF the
federation charged with the murder OF
former Governor Steunenberg of Idaho,
and other crimes, and of the Goldfieid
New miners who are on strike.
The address declares that the financial
stringency was caused by the operations
of 'frenzied financiers' and is being Ia
Ken advantage OF to shut down mines in
order to destroy the miners unions
Governor Sparks is referred to as a
''puppet'' Of the mine owners and the
president as the plant tool of the cap
italistic interest in its attempt to crush
organized labor"
'4The mine owners" the address con-
tinues, ARE determined to re-enact the
bloody scenes of Colorado in Nevada. and
il is our duty TO do ali in cur power tC
prevent the accomplishment of then
hellish designs"
President Charles II. Meyer of the fed
Grafton. and George a. Petti5one. now
on trial at Boise. are declared in the
address to be marked out for slaughter
by the cruel. desDOtic rule of capitalism,
whose only aim is 10 crush the federation
that the mine owners may ride trium-
phantiy over an outraged. humanity.
that labor may be hound hand and foot
and that the last Vestige of American lib
erty may be summarily annihilated."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
HAD MUCH VALUABLE ORE
House Raided in Goldfeld Said to
Contain 100000 Worth of Rich
Gold Bearing Rock.
Especial to The Herald)

GOldfield, New, Dec. ia house be-
longing to Charles Rookard. at els Fifth
avenue, was raided by Constable Inman
last night and ore said TO be valued at
$4,000 was seized. RoOkard, who was
working at the furnace. was arrested on
a warrant sworn to by Frank Oliver,
manager of the Little Florence mine. His
place was completely equipped for the
reduction of ore, even to a cyanide plant
which was in operation when the Off
GERS arrived. They were refused admit
tance until they threatened to break in.
RoOkard had an electric call bell at
the back door, which was fastened by
means Of a drop latch of the old style
connected with the middle room by a
rope The door also had a peephOle. en-
aiding the inmates to scrutinize any ap-
plicant for admission. The building is
within five feet of the house occupied
by a deputy sheriff The plant was run
at night only.
Rookard is said to have been twice
arrested in Cripple Creek for purchasing
stolen ore. The windows of the build
ing were heavily cUrtained and the lower
sash boarded up. The officers claim that
the ore seized is of the same character
as that stolen by the five men who were
arrested recently on the 300-foot level of
the Little Florence lease.
A Colorado man by the name of Kirby
who is the janitor at the sheriff's office
in the county court house, was arrested
last night by a deputy sheriff while
breaking into Harvey's Toggery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
WAGES MUST COME DOWN
President of Erie Road Replies to
Gompers' Statement as to
Labor Conditions,

New York, Dec. 1S.-FredeTick B. In
derwOod, president of the Erie railroad,
declared today that Samuel Gompers,
head of the American Federation of La
Dor, was reckoning without his host when
he said, as quoted. that the wages OF
organized labor would not have to come
down along with the prices of raw ma
terials in the present general business
and financial depression"
'The inexorable law of supply and de-
mand, which is the basis of political
economy" said Mr.. Underwood. s'will
make itself felt in the case of organized
labor as well as in all other branches
of business. Mr.. GOmpers Notwithstanding.
In case an attempt is made to hold up
the present abnormally high price of la
Dor. when the earnings of railroads and
industrial corporations do not warrant it,
the alternative will be to shut down.
Labor has been at a premium for the
last four years, and it has also been less
efficient than ever before. All classes of
employees have pointed to the heavy earn
ings and in consequence have received
their share in the shape of higher wages.
Now a change has come. Earnings are
falling off and employees will receive a
lower wage. This they should do with
out protest, as they have the precedent
that when earnings were improved their
wages were advanced
Mr.. Underwood added that the drop I'm
the cost of living gives the wage Garner
under q reduced scale of wages the same
purchasing power he had in the past.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-19
GUN THAT KILLED GoEBEL
Deadly Rifle Is introduced in Evi.
dence in Trial of Caleb Pow
ers of Kentucky.

Georgetown, KY, Dec. 1S.-For the
first time since it sent a bullet speed
ing into the body of William Goebel.
Jan. 80 1900, the Marlin rifle about
which so much has been said. was
placed in evidence today, when Grant
L. Roberts took the stand in the Caleb
Powers trial today. 1t is now i'm the
custody of the court as an exhibit
When the gun was brought into court
it was found to have been carefully
screwed in a wooden box made for the
purpose of its preservation, the box
wrapped in brown paper and the
whole securely tied. The steel bullet
and snnokeless powder cartdiges re-
maining in its magazine after that one
shot had been fired had been removed
by Mr.. Roberts before packing it, and
these, too, are filed as exhibits in the
case.
Grant Roberts would not identify
the gun without qualifications. He
was pretty sure" that this was the
long missing rifle which he had
bought from Clarence Fugazzi IF
Frankfort, but would not speak with
absolute certainty.
Before closing for the day Judge
Morris, at the request of the defense,
issued an order for Henry Youtsey to
be brought again from the peniteutia-
ry tomorrow. s. S. Shepherd, deputy
marshal at COvingtOn, who was in the
state auditors office in Frankfort in
1900, testified this afternoon that on
the Friday or Saturday before Goebel
was shot he had seen Youtsey enter
the office with a gun. apparently mucn
excited. and said that Youtsey ex-
claimed: "Cet your gunsi Something
is going to happenl Caleb Powers is
a brave man. but if they let me have
my way about it I win soon settle the
matter. 1 have a good position at
stake
Shepherd said: II was at my desk
when Goebel was shot. / dropped my
work and went to the west door of the
executive building, when l Nav Henry
Youtsey coming from the east door
with a pistol in his hand"