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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
NICARAGUA Shells
PORT OF HONDURAS
CITY OF AMAPALA, ON PACIFIC
SIDE, BEING BoMBARDED, Ac-
coRDING TO REPORT.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE
HELD AT WASHINGTON
Provisional Government In Defeated,
Republic Not Likely to Be Rec
ognized for the Present-FiIbus-
tiers Go to Join Bonila.

Washington, March 29.-The state
department has received dispatch
from United States Minister Merry
at San Jose, Costa Rica, announcing
| that it is reported there that Amapala,
Honduras, is being bombarded.
Amapala is the chief Honduran port
on the Pacific side and President
Bonilla of Honduras is reported to
have fed to that port which was for
merly one of his strongholds. Some
time ago it was reported that Mica
ragua had sent gunboat to storm
Amapla.
Course Not Yet Decided Upon.
Senior Creel, the Mexican ambassa-
dor, and Secretary Root had long
conference Thursday concerning the
provisional government in Honduras
and Secretary Root also conferred with
Mr.. Corea, the Nicaraguan minister;
Mr.. Calvo, the Costa Rican minister,
| and Mr.. Toledo, the Guatemalan min
ister Mexico and the United States
have not yet decided upon what
course they shall follow to insure
peace in Central America, but it is
not likely that these two republics
will recognize the provisional govern
ment in Honduras until they have
consulted the wishes of all the Cen
trail American republics.
Several of the Central American
ministers received dispatches Thurs
day concerning the new Honduran
provisional government. AS yet no
president has been selected and af-
fairs are in charge of a junta COM
posed of the following men: Gen.
Maxine Rosales, A. Bustillo and
Miguel Davila. Mr.. Bustillo is a
prominent lawyer and Mr.. Davila is
a wealthy planter and business man.
Fiiibusters Go to Honduras.
Havana, March ga report is cur
rent here that an expedition sailed
from the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba
lately to join the forces of President
Bonilla in Honduras.
1t is said that there are several
Americans in the expedition. A Hon
duran agent has been recruiting here
for several weeks. The expedition
was not large one, for all of it's
members embarked in a small sailing
vessel
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
A Reporter Knocked Out.

Reporter (breathlessly)-T PEG
pie say there has been a suicide here
Landlady-Yes; young woman
Ann Blank.
Reporter (rapidly writes)-"Miss
Annie Blank, the young and beautiful
daughter Of Who was her ia
Their?
Landlady-Mr. A. z. Blank, Of Chi
eago.
Reporter Continues writing5--"A
T. Blank, of Chicago, killed herself a,
her boarding house. No. 1884 So3tt
street. yesterday, because" What
did she kill herself for?
Landlady-Because she was 81
homely.-N. Y. Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
GEN. BENJAMIN j. WLJoEN.
Dr.. Jameson's Captor Now United
States Postmaster.)

longed for adventure, and three years.
later he became organizing officer OF
the volunteer militia, with the rank Of
lieutenant, rising gradually until hes
became major. His first leap into
the spot light was made in 1896, when
he gained international renown as
leader In the capture of Doctor Jim.
whose misfortune was that he made
his spectacular move just a little toe
soon,
For his services at this time VII.
joen was promoted to the position of
commandant of militia and special
commandant of the burgher, or citi-
zen, forces, of Johannesburg. His
mettle having been tried and found
true, in 1897 he was intrusted with
leadership of an expedition in Swat
land.
During the latter stages of the he
rcic Boer struggle for independence
against an overwhelming weight of
numbers and material resources, Viii
joen captured many armored trains,
and kept up an unceasiug campaign
with the object of harassing and wor.
rying the enemy, while his com.
patriots, De Wet and Botha, were CO.
operating elsewhere. Two months
before the last shot was fired he was
ambushed at midnight, while crossing
the British Gordon with small escort,
His horse was shot under him, and
he was severely wounded, making his
capture easy. He was sentenced to
Punishment for life on the island
of st. Helena, where he was confined
until in the fall of 1902. He was then
paroled and returned to South Africa
to bid farewell to the land for which
he had fought in vain, to sever old
ties, and to gather together the little
that belonged to him that had escaped
the general cataclysm. He was one
Of the wrreconcilables," steadfastly re-
fHsing to accept amnesty at the price
af swearing allegiance to the king.
A few faithful followers, bound to
him by ties of blood, elected to &C.
company him into exile, and together
they set sail for the land of the free.
arriving in New York in December,
1909.
The exiles found the hearts and
homes of America open to them, and
selected New Mexico as their land of
opportunity. On his way to his new
home Gen. Viljoen foreswore his al.
legiance to the red god of war, meet
ing red-cheeked girl of Illinois in
st. Louis, and surrendering uncondi.
tionally to the dimpled deity of love.
He had lost his country, but he had
found wife, who now rules Jointly
with him over the post Office at Cham.
berino; and If the shadows Of past
greatness sometimes haunt him, Iii
her sympathetic arms he banishes r@
gEet. -,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Tramp Has WindfaIl,

Paris.-There Is an interesting Sc
Duel to sentence passed on a tramp
named Chazulier at St. Marcellin.
The tramp was found on the road
without resources and was sentenced
to eight days imprisonment. A law
yer saw the case in the paper and re-
membered that he had been instruct.
ed to find man named Chazulier,
who had been left 10000 francs In
quiries were made, and they showed
that the man sought for and the
tramp we're one and the same. The
man was overieysd by the news.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Gotham Fires Cost s5,e7s.ee1.

New York, March 29.-Fire de-
stroyed $5.679,G91 worth of property
in the boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx
and Richmond in the year 1906, ac-
cording to figures submitted in the an
nual reports of Fire Commissioner
Francis ]. Lantry and Fire Marshal
Peter Soery to Mayor Mcclellan. Of
this amount Manhattan lost $5,2O4, 500.
The total number of fires in the three
boUughs was 1881, an increase of 5S1
over the previous year-an average of
nearly % day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
THE MEANEsT MEM HOST.

Il guess" said the man who always
tries to talk like monologue, that
the meanest hotel man lives in Penn
sylvania. | won't name the town.
i stayed at his place all night, re-
Gently, and when l went to pay my bill
In the morning 1 complained that his
food had made me restless in the
night, and that the bed was inhabited
otherwise than by me. When he hand.
ed me my bill he had added two dol.
lars for a horse and buggy
F" What do you mean?' 7 asked in
surprise I had no livery rig. Where
does the horse come IMP
You had q nightmare, didn't your
he asked.
Yes l said; but buggy?'
The bed he answered calmly.
Il paid. Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Flour for China.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April Am
order for 10000 sacks of flour to be
sent 20 China forthwith was received
Saturday by the Washburn-Crosby
company. The flour is to be paid for
and shipped on direction of Dr. Louis
Kloptsch, editor of the Christian Her.
aid and head Of the Chinese relief
commission.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
To Move Leo,s Body.

Rome, April According to a
notification received by the gov.
eminent from the vatican the pope
has decided that the removal of the
body of Leo XIII. from st. Peters to
the new tomb in st. John Lateran,
shall take place in the day time, pro-
vided that it is guaranteed that the
cortege shall pass through Rome I'M
molested. The removal will probably
occur early in April.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Tracing 100000 Frisco Graft

San Francisco, March 29.-Evidence
being introduced before the grand
jury by District Attorney Langden has
to do with tracing the 100000 the
Home Telephone company spent to Sc.
cure franchise. The money, it is
said, was sent from Los Angeles to
an Oakland bank, then transferred to
another bank under name other
than that of the telephone company.
The investigators are trying to un.
earth the whole transaction and to
And exactly where all the money
ESht
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Cost of One Kiss s4z.z5.

Baltimore, Md.-A kiss taken from
the lips of Mrs. Pansy Schmidt while
she was tending her husbands cafe
the other night cost George Wilkin-
son $47.75 by order of court Wilkin-
son claimed he had kissed her num-
Der of times before, but she declared
he hadn't.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
ARMSTRONG; Resians Position,

New York, March 30.-Robert b.
Armstrong has resigned as president
OF the Casualty Company of America,
1t was announced Friday. Ill-health
is given as the cause. Mr. Armstrong
was an assistant secretary of the
treasury under Secretary Shaw.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
French TROOPS Occupy Morocco.

Oudja, Morocco, March 3O.-A col
umn of French troops occupied this
city at ten a. m. Friday. The Moor.
ish governor met the French com.
mander and gave him an assurance of
the friendliness of the population.
No further incidents occurred. Two
companies Of French Zouaves and a
detachment of cavalry are quartered
in Oudja. Three battalions of in
fantry and a battery of artillery are
encamped outside the city.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
King Alfonso a consumotive9

Paris, March 29.-According to a
rome dispatch to the Journal. it is
said that news has reached the ami.
rlnal that King Alfonso of Spain is
suffering from tuberculosis and that
the Spanish court is very uneasy re-.
specting his condition.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Use Derrick to Bury Man.

Belleville, Hit was necessary to
use derrick in lowering the body of
Michael Kelley, a prominent con
tractor from the second story of his
home, and into the grave at his burial
the other day. Kelley weighed sgt
pounds, and his coffin was is inches
wide.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Quake Felt at Tacoma.

Tacoma, Wash, March 30.-Three
distinct shocks of earthquake were
felt here few minutes before seven
o'clock Friday morning. No damage
was reported.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Deeply Stirred.

Deacon Drybones enthusiastically
Does not this congregational singing
stir you up?
Prof. Note "a muslcian) Stir me
up? Indeed it does. Makes me swear.
IN. X. Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Fireworks Kill and Iniure.

New York, March 29.-One man
was torn to pieces, a boy and two
girls were fatally injured, and six
other persons were burned in an ex.
piosion OF fireworks in a factory at
aranlteville, l.. |. A spark from
manner blow ignited the powder
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
Gorky Hs. CONSUMPTION.

London, March 30.-A Rome dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
company says that Maxim Gorky, the
Russian writer, is seriously ill there
with consumption.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-02
New SUBMARINES / auncbed

quincy, Mass April 1.-The new
submarine boats Viper and Tarantula,
built for the United States navy were
launched Saturday at the yards of the
sore RIVER shipbuilding company,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-01
BASEBALL AT x. U.
Jayhawkers Pitching Staff Exception
ally Strong This Season.

Lawrence, Kan..-April 1.-The Jay
hawker fans have forgotten about
track records and trophies : and are
now talking about "spitballs,' south
paws" and other baseball lingo. To-
day the Jayhawkers will hook up with
the st. Paul American association
team.
The K. U. pitching staff looks good
on paper. Kaufman, Harlan, Hoff-
man and Holmes as slab artists form
a strong combination
The team as now lined up is:
Brookens, captain and catcher; BEN
Young, on first for his third year;
Holmes, second; "Spide' Bailey will
play shortstop for his third year;
Moves the freshman from Troy, on
third; Hoffman in the left garden;
Bloss IN centerf1eld and Carlisle in
right field. This is Hoffman's first
year in the field, but he is making
good st@C 80
Thursday the team. will start on the
hrst trip. Games will be played with
Arkansas, Drury college, Washington
at ST. Louis. st. Louis university and
Missouri.
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WHAT BAKER WILL DO.
The Baldwin Baseball Team Expects
to Defeat Everything Else.

Baldwin, Kan. April baseball
prospects at Baker look mighty good
this year Coach Selby is working out
a promising, bunch of candidates every
day and the local students are already
talking about walloping every team on
the schedule. .s...--
Walter Lewis, veteran. will hold
down first base. He is one of the
heaviest hitters on the team. Fred
Lewis will be at second again, while a
new man, Shorty Carpenter, who
played great game on the city team
here last season. looks to be a fixture
at short Sawin, another regular, will
be at third.
In the outfie1d Hoover and Cook, two
stars, will be in the game. For the
third place in the out garden O'Neil,
Champion, Shepard and Dougherty
will contest.
Back of the plate will be used Bray
nard, Calhoun and Lloyd, all three are
good in handling pitchers and have
strong throwing arms. In the box Ma
son and Uhl will do most of the work.
Pyle, new man, may also be used.
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KANSAS CITY.
.. 8. purely YEGETAB[E

ability disease
cuperive needed
and the
widely
entirely healing purifying and bark of the
and known the time the qualities to build and
the king of blood purifiers but the medicine that be
contains particle of mineral in
troubles
builds
medicines fail blood disease write
charge for either TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA Ga
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TEXAS LINES MAKE OFFER.
Prepared to Spend Millions If Rate
Bill Is SheIVed.

Galveston, April 1.-The railroads of
Texas have made an offer that If the
passenger fare is not reduced to cents
per mile, they will expend .s15. 100000 in
extensions and improvements in this
state. They declare this sum shall be
expended within the next fourteen
months, and it is only a portion of new
mileage and extensions planned which,
within the next five years, will aggre-
gate over 100000 ,000 The roads set
forth the rapid settling of Texas and
progressive development of the south
west. They argue that every mile Of
new railroad built means the increase in
value of land within a radius of ten
miles.
Some of the extensions mentioned are
the Friscos line from Houston to the
Louisiana state line, new terminals of
the Yoakum lines and Santa Fe at
Houston, Sunset and Rock Island new
lines to Arkansas Pass, Santa Fe's new
line from Brentwood to New Mexico
border. The future plans include i'm
mense docks and terminals for the Rock
Island-Frisco lines at Galveston If the
passenger rates are reduced to 2 cents
many Of these projects, so the railroad
managers say, will have to be inden:
nitely deferred, and the development OF
Texas will necessarily suffer.
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derive very much revenue from the
large production Of iron ore and steel.
Much of this is consumed by he rail-
roads themselves in the construction
and repairing of new and old lines, and
the building OF cars, locomotives
bridges, machinery, etc. ~
While it is believed that the world
consumption OF iron IN the next ten
years Will far exceed that of the con-
sumption from the. beginning of re-
corded history to the present time, the
indications are that the United States
will be able to hold. her own in this
output which indicates continued pros
perity for the railroads and for the
country generally
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BIG HoMEsEEKER BUSINESS.
Roads in Southwest Expect 1t to Be
Greater Than Ever


This is the time of the year when the
railway lines running into the south
west offer special inducements to the
travelling public to look up the farming
lands in that section, all the way from
Kansas to Texas and California.
In addition to the regular round-trip
hrst-class settlers rates to the south
west, for first and third Tuesdays of
each month, - 'one-way- second-cIass
tickets will be sold to the same terri
tory every Tuesday during March and
April at a great reduction Also, until
April 80, one-way second=class coIonist
tickets will be sold to all points in Cali
fornia and Arizona; and to some points
In New Mexico, at about three-f1fths
the usual fare; these colonist tickets
are honored in tourist sleepers, the
berth rate being extra.
The passenger department of the San
ia F>e reports that the colonization bus
mess this spring will surpass that of
last season. On one homeseeker day re-
Gently the passenger traffic passing
through the Kansas City gateway was
So per cent greater than for the cor
responding day last year. The entire
country seems to be land hungry There
is no crazy boom in farms anywhere,
but those who buy with good Judgment
today can reasonably expect a nice
profit if they should sell out within a
few months.
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VALUE OF THE HILL LINES.
System Makes Complete Inventory o
Its PrODerfy

Washington. April 1.-The Hill
railroad system has accepted in adj
vance the challenge of the Roosevelt
administration to a consideration of
the actual valuation of railroad prop
critics in fixing railroad rates.
1t has laid before the Interstate
commerce commission a remarkably
complete inventory of the Northern
Pacific property, showing that its sys-
tenn today is worth $3.50, 0O0,000-that
and that it is capitalized for only
about 1926, 100000.
On this showing the Northern PACT
f1c proposes to argue, in the famous
Spokane rate case, that it cannot just
ly be subjected to a reduction of it's
rates, and it will put up to the COM
mission an entirely new case, far
reaching in it's significance.
Here were the items presented when
the Northern Pacific told the commits
sion how much it would cost to repro
duce its property:
Nine great terminals. land only,
$40, 100000; right of way for remain
der of system, $50, ZOO, 900; cost Of re-
producing road, tunnels and structures
on this right of way, $20O,O0O,00;.
equipment, $40, 000,0O0; coal lands and
mines owned, $50,0OO,OO0. Total, $780,
Commissioner Prouty tried to find
out how the basis of these valuations
were arrived at. He was told that ex-
pert real estate men had been sent to
appraise the terminals in the different
cities at current-going prices of gem
eral property. Their statement that
nine city terminals would cost more
today, by two and one-tI1ird times.
than all the rest of the right of way
for line from the lakes to the Pacific,
was rather staggering at first, but they
had the most detailed statements to
prove it.
The acreage of land for general
right of way was compared carefully
with general land values, and in this
way the cost of buying another right.
Of way was reached. Then engineers
and other experts demonstrated what
1t would cost to bore tunnels, make the
cuts and fills, ballast the line, lay the
ties and iron, build structures and
provide equipment equal to that now
used The result was the set of figures
as summarized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-01
Cardinals Won Sunday Game.

st. Louis, April lone of the largest
crowds that ever attended a ball game
in St. Louis watched the local, National
defeat the local American league team
to Sunday in the second game of
the 7-game series for the Champion
ship of the city. The diamond was COM
pletely surrounded by spectators pack
ed ten deep and there was not standing
room in any of the stands. The at
tendance was estimated at between
Is, 600 and 10000.
The score: R.HE.
Nationals .....:.O 1 90 o 20 Is 10 3
Batteries-Pelty and Buelow; Karger
and Marshall.
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Dallas 16. Cincinnafi 4.

Dallas. Tex, April 1.-The Colts of
the Cincinnati National league club
were given a hard drubbing as a clos
ing of the exhibition season in Dallas
Sunday afternoon. The score was 16
to s in favor of the Texans, but the
hitting was harder than the runs of the
locals would indicate. They made q
safe hits for total of SO bases. The
Cincinnatis started for home last night.
The score: rR.HE.
Dallas ...3 o11oo O1.o lis ii 4
Cincinnati ......1 0 1 2 O'2 o O-6 Z 5
Observation-Disclosures Burnett and
Kerns; kennedy, Leary and Haas. UNI
pfre-A. P. Bailey
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BasebaII a. -Ieayenwortll.

Leavenworth. kan, April LIST. Paul
defeated a Washington ball team by a
score of to o, Sunday afternoon: The
ball grountis-were regarded recently and
owing to the rain were wet. There was
no life to- the Washington players. St
Paul scored one re9rfsin the second inning
three, each in the sixth and seventh and
one in the eighths The Saints tried three
pitchers, Dickersdn,f Suetter and Adams,
and two catchers,s Moran and Sugden.
Washington tried two pitchers. Wilson
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and former manager of the Boston
merican sIeaeA es Club, who committed
suicide at West Baden, were laid to rest
at Underwood cemetery Sunday after
noon. -he floral offerings made a triple
bank around the. grave, Ex-Congress-
man James NJ. Robinson delivered an
eloquent eufogy. He praised hts -devo-
ton to his mother. Criger, Freeman,
Parent and Dineen, team mates, were
among the Tnoln.ners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-01
TARIFF FILING RULES.
Lines in Trouble Over Requirements of
Commerce Commission.

Traffic officials of western roads are.
in trouble regarding the requirements
of the interstate commerce commits
sion on the filing of. tariffs. It Is stated
that to comply with all the require
ments is almost Impossible One is to-
leave the publication of ali the big
tariffs to the associations and the other
is to leave 1t to the individual roads
entirely. At present the associations
publish some of the tariffs and the
railroads publish some. The commits
sion will accept 1t is understood, asso-
citation tariffs IF the association heads
are given power of attorney to repre-
sent the railroads joining in the tariffs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-01
Tigers Won Opening Game.

Columbia, Mo, April 1.-The Tigers
opened their baseball season on Rollins
field by defeating Westminster college Z
to 2. The Tigers turned seven hits into
as many runs, aided by nine errors by
the college boys. Westminster CLEANED
seven hits off Salisbury and Stewart, but
with three errors by the Tigers could
count only two runs. Batteries-Nfissouri.
Stewart and Swanson; Salisbury and
Lewis. Westminster, Yates and Tasley.
ITmpire-Venable.
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punched three hits. The Wichita pitch
ers were invincible. TR same teams
will play today.
The score: R.H.E
Wichita .,.....O1O.0O 0O-Ox-1 ga
P1ttsburg ......o o O 0 O o o 90 3 8
Enthusiastically, Speer, Dick and
Nichols; Atchison and Reed.