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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-23
Changes In pure Seed Law.

Changes In Pure Seed Law.
That the pure seed law of Iowa,
which went into effect July A, 1907,
and which after years trial has
been found defective, should be chang
ed and amended was the decision
reached by the Iowa Seed Dealers as
ISOLATION which met in second an
nual convention at the Chamberlain
hotel. The provisions of the law
were literally torn to pieces by the
seedmen who attended the conven-
ton In the discussions which were
held.
For several hours at the afternoon
session. State Commissioner H. r.
Wright stood before the convention
and answered questions asked by the
seedmen in regard to the law. Mr..
Wright heartily agreed with the mem
bers of the organization that the law
is unsatisfactory and needs to be
changed.
The chief objection found with the
present pure seed law is that there is
no way to get after small town seed
dealers who receive consignments of
seeds marked "unclean seeds; to be
recleaned," and remove these tags,
selling the seeds as the cleaned pro-
duct. Mr.. Wright said that the law
should be changed SO that farmers
could take samples Of seeds to some
state commission which would ex
anime the seeds and label them &C.
cording to the impurities. In this
way the farmer would be informed
as to the quality Of the seeds and
could sell them only under the tag.
| Prof L. H. Pammel OF Ames, one
Of the three trainers Of the seed law
said that since the law has had q
years practical test he has seen It'll
defects and admitted that 1t needed
remedy. He said that there should
be provision for state commission
to set standard of seeds. He alss
declared that he favored an amend
ment to the law which will take Ii
under the pure seed law all vegetabl,
and flower seeds, as we'll as agricu
ture and field seeds which are nov
covered by the law.
| Commissioner Wright said that dur
Ing the past year he has observed be
tween 500 and 1000 cases Of wher,
seed dealers might be prosecuted I'm
der the pure seed law but because o
the law being new one he had oye,
looked minor offenses. He declared
however, that In the future he woult
prosecute every violation of tho pre-
visions OF the law,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-06-23
New Secretary Is Named.

New Secretary is Named.
George A. Wrightman Of Chicago
formerly assistant secretary Of the
Illinois Manufacturers association,
has been appointed secretary OF the
Iowa State Manufacturers associa.
ton to succeed DR.. A. C. Hutchins OF
Des Moines, who resigned. The
headquarters will be in Des Moines
with offices in the Croker building
At the annual emeting 1t was decided
to make Des Moines the headquarters
with a secretary In charge who could
give his entire time to the work.
Mr.. Wrightman comes highly re
commended from the Illinois associa.
ton and was selected from a LONG
list of applicants. Because of his
professional duties Dr.. A. G. Hut
chins. who has done effective work
for the association, was forced 90 re-.
sign.
The Iowa State Manufacturers as.
sociation was organized IN Des
Motnes In 1903 as q result Of feel.
ing among the manufacturers in the
state that their interests were becom.
ing of such Importance that con.
solidation was necessary to obtain
beneficial results. Its headquarters
and offices have been with DIR. A. c.
Hutchins of Des Moines. 1t has been
influential in securing legislation and
freight rates from the railway com.
panies.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-17

The sewers will be laid just as soon as the
Williams s. DAWSON Co. can set carload
from Pittsburg, which will not be later than
Thursday of this week.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-17
We sold $20,650.00 worth Of these lots from
Tuesday, the lth TO Saturday. the
18th, Of last week.


People know who and the value of BROADDUs
LOTS, and you want to purchase this get
choice believe most of them Will this week.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
CAN OF BEER USED AS WEAPON
Mrs. PIeiss Severely Injured ny Blow
Struck by Charles
Folger.

Charles Folger, 1912 South Twentieth ave-
nue., was arrested last night on the charge
Of striking a neighbor, Mrs. Pleiss by name,
over the head with a 'can" of beer.
The Folger and Pleiss families occupy
houses which have the same back yard and
the proprietorship of this parcel Of ground
is supposed to have brought on the trouble.
When Folger came home from work last
night the row started and both families
Joined In.
DR.. Schleirer was called to attend the in
jured woman and stated that she had sus-
tanned a slight conclusion of the brain
Owing to the condition of her health, it is
feared complications may ensue.
During the progress Of the melee Folger
was struck on the head and slightly IN
ured, but his condition is not serious.
Because of Mrs. Pleiss' severe condition
the case was not heard in police court
this morning. The matter may prove more
serious than was at first supposed and the
police will hold the man at the city Jail
until it is ascertained just how badly Mrs.
Pleiss has been injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
TAKES TWO SHOTS AT BURGLAR
p. w. Edwards Interrupts Work of
Man who Entered His
H0me.

As C. w. Edwards. who lives at 24s9
Henderson street and who is employed as
a clerk at the Bennett store, was prepar-
ing to go to bed last night he heard a
noise downstairs. He went down and found
that he had neglected to lock the back
door and that a window was also open.
He fastened up the house and looked
around for providers, but saw nothing.
Later on he heard another noise and going
downstairs found a nan In the house. He
shot at him but the burglar made his es-
cape. Edwards followed him into the back
yard and fired again, but did not succeed
In hitting him.
Edward thinks the man was In the house
when he went downstairs the first time.
but that he concealed himself in a pantry.
Detectives Ring and Murphy were de-
tailed on the case and visited the house
but no trace OF the man could be found.
SO far a. Is Known nothing is missing from
the house
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
FOREIGN FIRM DRAWS FIRE
DR.. HOlOvtchiner Opposes Giving
school Contract to st. Louis
Company.

J. c.. Bixby & Son company was awarded
the contract for sewerage, plumbing and
gas piping in the new Omaha View school
by the Board of Education in adjourned
session late yesterday afternoon. The firm
bid SASS for the work. Bids for the heat
ing and ventilating and for electric wiring
also came up, but the awarding of con-
tracts for this work was postponed until
Monday evening.
DR.. Holovtchiner started the fllibuster
which resulted in the postponing of the
warding OF the contracts. The lowest bid
for heat and ventilation was presented by
Lewis G. Kitchen OF st. Louis, and the
doctor objected to the awarding of the con-
tract to this firm on account Of its being
an outside concern, employing outside labor,
and taking practically all of the money out
OF Omaha. Lewis & Kitchen also furnish
all the plans for heating and ventilating
apparatus and the doctor revived the dis
cussion of the feasibility of allowing the
engineers to bid on their own plans.
A. C. Kugel secretary Of the plumbers
union, and Henry Bidwell and John Hardin,
other members OF a committee from that
union, appeared before the board and pro-
tested against awarding the contract to an
outside firm. A representative of Lewis &
Kitchen made the statement that If his
firm was awarded the contract Omaha
plumbers would be employed on the work,
but 1t was shown hat men were imported
TO install the heating and ventilatlng
apparatus in the Franklin school, the con-
tract for which was awarded the st. Louis
house.
Upon the statement OF Secretary Burgess
that unless the board adopted a schedule OF
salaries for the ~janitors and engineers in
the Lothrop, Farnam and Franklin schools
there would be no school Friday, the EN-.
ployes being adverse to working withou.
knowing what compensation they are t
receive, the board adopted a schedule O
salaries for them last night. This schedule
calls for the payment of so per month 70
each OF the engineers and janitor salarie
of $50 per month in the Farnam school,, IS
per month in the Franklin school and 50
per month in the Lothrop school.
some Of the board members and man.
having bids for work on the new Omah
View school missed yesterdays meeting o.
account OF the system Of elevator service 4
the city hall. The elevators shut down a
$50 in the afternoon and those arrivin
after that hour thought the meeting ha
adjourned and did not climb the five flight
OF stairs to the Board OF Education room:
The meeting adjourned at $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
VISITING GERMANS HONGRED
Consul General and Agricultural Ex-
! pert CHESTS Of Local Germans.
.AEcERTTON FOI1Ows DINNER
Latter Held at Duetches Hsus, Purely
InformaI and Proves 10 he a.
e., Most. Enjoyable Affair TO
All Concerned.

Or. waither Viewer. German consul
general. and the agricultural attache Of the
legation. .Nichol Kaumanns, who are start
ing on a tour of inspection OF the agricul-
tural resources of Nebraska, arrived in
Omaha Wednesday afternoon and were en-
tertained by the German societies Of this
city.
/ The "psrty was met by a committee at
Council Bluffs, which accompanied the dis
tinguished, visitors to Omaha. A dinner
was given Wednesday at Ed Maurer's
restaurant and in, the evening the German
societies Of Omaha gave a perfectly in
formal function in honor of the visitors at
Deutches Haus en- South Thirteenth street
Father Roesing Of West Point acted as
chairman Of the meeting at the German
club house and a most enjoyable evening
was spent by the 15c guests who gathered
to hear the speeches and listen to the
music, part Of which was furnished by
the Maennechoir. On behalf Of the club
Robert Fink delivered the address of well
come to the visitors and DR.. Viewer re-
sponded.
-Four years ago 1 came to Omaha to
investigate the agricultural resources of
this great state and met hut a few Ger
mans" said DR.. Viewer. 1T did not
at tina time realize there were so many
Germans in this section of the country.
1t is a most agreeable surprise to me to
see this magnificent club house and a
great pleasure to meet so many prominent
citizens of Omaha. This club house has
been built since 1 was here and it is truly
a magnificent structure and 1 predict FOL
you many good times within its walls"
DIR. Viewer has been in Chicago eight
years and expects to leave in a short time
10 become the German consul general at
Cape Town, South Africa.
Father Herman of Council Bluffs was
called upon and spoke in a felicitous vein,
telling among other things the way the
potato bug came into existence.
Prof. Peters of the agricultural depart
ment, University of Nebraska, was also
called upon and told the visitors of some
OF the many wonderful sights they might
expect to see while travelling in Nebraska.
Several prominent visitors from out in
the state were present at the evening ses-
sion at the club house, among whom was
State Senator Volpp of Scribner.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
CRACK K. OF P. TEAM COMING
lola Champions of Dayton Will Send
TheIr Hundred and Five Mem
hers to Convention.

w. C. Kerschner. one OF the managers
Of the lola Lodge champion drill team OF
Dayton, o.. reached Omaha Thursday to
make arrangements for the coming OF the
l05 members of the team. This Pythian
aggregation is the most famous drill team
in the world and has assuredly Travelled
more miles and been seen by more people
than any other. The team which will
travel hither in four special cars. will ex-
empIify first rank work Monday afternoon
in conjunction with the drama Damon
and PythiasF at the Auditorium. In the
evening the session win be secret and 500
candidates from various status will be
given the third degree-not in the police
sense, however. ]. c. Cleland, grand
master OF Nebraska. came Thursday also
and opened Nebraska headquarters at the
Loyal hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
LINCOLN MAN HURT IN FIGHT
Badly Cut About the Head by n Club
In the Hands of w. l..
notV.

Bert Fullerton. who gives his home as
Lincoln, Neb., was badly cut about the
head and face last night in a fight with
w. L. Doty, owner of the Omaha stables.
Doty claims that Fullerton, who is a dis
charged employee, came to his place with
Tilden Hawkins, q friend, and started some
trouble, Doty secured a club and proceeded
to work on him..
The three men were arrested by Officers
Bitter and Reidy and are held on a charge
Of disturbing the peace by fighting. DR..
Smith, police surgeon, attended the injured
man, who claims that he was merely pass
ing the place with his friend when Doty at
tackled him
In police court Thursday morning all
three men were discharged. Judge Craw-
ford saying that Doty should nave called
a policeman instead OF taking the law into
his own hands. Fullerton had his head
tightly bandaged and 1t was thought that
enough punishment had been dispensed in
the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
BuiIdinE Permits.

Frank ]. Fitzgerald. Thirty-eighth and
Farnam streets, frame dwelling. 5000;
Frank J. F1tzsersid. Thirty-eighth and
Frank ]. Fitzgerald, Thirty-eighth and Far
nam streets. frame dwelling 5000; Frank
j. Fitzgerald. Thkty-eighth and Fanam
streetA, frame dwelling, 5000; Payne-Bost-
wick company, Thirty-fourth and CASTELAR,
streets, frame dwelling. S2.50O; g. A Hamp-
ton. gu North Forty-first avenue, altera-
tons and repairs TO frame dwelling, 500;
alterations and repairs to frame dwelling.
500.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20

Winter blastA, causing pneumonia,
pIeurisy and consumption win soon be here
Cure your cough now. and strengthen your
lungs with Foley's Honey and Tar. Do not
risk starting the winter with weak lungA
when FoIeys Honey and Tar win cure the
most obstinate coughs and colds, and pre-
vent serious TssultA SOLD BY all druggists
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20

There is an atmosphere about
some turnouts that distinguishes
them as more than mere vehicles.
About some clothing there is
the same character. A tailor
may take the same high-grade
woolenS and the same trimmings
that are used in a Stein Bloch
suit or overcoat and make you a
suit that lacks this distinction
which the material used deserves
and which rightfully belongs to
his customer. g
The suit willy" wear" but it
will never be anything but a
cloth covering.
On the other hand, some
tailors con give you the style
and distinction that you demand
but they charge heavily for
this atmosphere.
The problem would be a
pretty one. fol, you TO solve did
not Stein Bloch step in to solve
it for you. They are tailors for
msn and have copcentrated their
energies on, making clothes as
well as clothes can be made.
They have struck .aSgolden mean
of proven fashions, of tested
woolenS, of smooth fit, of proper
style. yfy
Ready at the best clothier's.
If you will write for "Smartness,"
the ILLUSTRATED book of Fall and
Winter fashions you will appreciate
what this means.
rfc~NNiS-sFHt
The Stein Bloch Company
Tailofs for Men
Offices and Shops:. New York,
Rochester, NY. 13O-I32 Fifth Ave.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
steamer PassenEer Suicides,

QUEENSTOWN. Ireland. Nov. 19.-John
Krauss. woh is said to have been connected
with the Pacific State and Sunset Tele-
graph company OF San Francisco, COM
mitted suicide today in his cabin on the
steamer Adriatic, while the vessel was
coming from C~herbourg to this port.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
At the Theaters

'sThe Man Of the Hour at the BOYD.
A modern play, by George B~roadhurst. The
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-20
DSuamite Wrecks buildings

as completely as coughs and colds wreck
lungA Cure them quick with DIT. Kings
New Discovery. soc and u-a For sale by
Beaton Drug Co
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17
sl..h.d Her HUSBAND. Throat.

Denver.-With several ugly gashes
In his throat, cut by a razor, and faint
ing from loss Of blood, George Ernest
Armstrong stumbled into the home OF
his brother at 1860 Center street Tues
day night and declared his wife, Alice,
had tried to murder him because he
refused to roll her cigarette.
Apparently dying. Armstrong was
taken to the county hospital in the
police ambulance after Police Surgeon
McGillivray had temporarily dressed
his wounds. His recovery is consid-
cred doubtful
Police headquarters was notified by
Patrolman Anderson. and Detectives
Peterson and Koehler were sent out
on the police ambulance.
They found Mrs. Armstrong had
fed, but half an hour later she was
found hiding in the brush on Colfax
avenue. She still clutched the blood
stained razor.
When taken to Jail she told an en-
tirely different story from that related
to the police by Armstrong.
Il am hard-working woman" she
said, between sobs. II worked yester-
day from early morning until late last
evening, washing for people on Capitol
hill. AS usual, when reached home
l found my husband drunk. He
started to abuse me, and made
slash at him with q razor"
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17
American Women slow.

American women seem slow In
utilizing one of the greatest labor
saving devices ever invented for the
householder. Several years ago fire.
less stoves or self-cookers came into
use in Germany. They consist Of
boxes, constructed with doublewalls,
containing material that prevents the
escape of heat The food is first thor
oughly heated on an ordinary stove,
then placed inside the box. sealed and
left until wanted, when it is taken
out, steaming hot, and with all the
favors retained that. by the ordinary
process of cooking, are dissipated.
American men promptly utilized this
discovery; freless stoves have been
found invaluable by the army in the
west. Why have the women remained
apathetic? Is 1t because the self
cooker. as at first constructed, was
available only for boiling or stewing
food? If SO, there is no further ex-
cuse for holding back, for, as Consul
General John w. Dye writes from Ber.
lin, there is now on the market an
improved fireless stove that not only
cooks, but fries and roasts, with the
aid Of heated stone. Here is help
In solving the servant problem by re.
ducing the hours of work.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17
k.n... city D.po. Fire.

Kansas City.-The Union Station
annex. In Union avenue. adjoining the
by fire early Monday. The Union sta
tion proper, one Of Kansas City's land
marks. was saved by the firemen after
hard fight. The burned building
Adams and Wells Fargo and Pacific
Express Companies, branch mailing
room Of the postofilce, the offices OF
the Fred Harvey Eating House Com.
pany, the Pullman Palace Car Com
pany's linen room and the Railway
Mems Y. M. C. A. rooms. The loss Ia
estimated at close to = quarter of
million dollars.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17
The Money In IS

Joe Chapple. editor Of the National
Magazine. IL moved to observe that
II the human race could be all happy
By habit. or even moderately rational.
there would be little bitterness. and
no more Of the absolutely needless
sacrifice Of the nobler and upliftins
emotions OF mankind. To-day" he
says. I'VE offer human sacrifices Just
~ truly as did the Axtecs. and our
shafts of sarcasm and persecution cut
- deep a. any sacrifcial knife of old.
beneath which the human blood
gushed out and stained the great
stone slab ON which the victim lay
bound. True. those who suffered in
the old days were not all helpless vic
tims-some went to the stake cheer
fully content to die for their convic-
tions. They are now made victims for
personal revenge and public honors.
which could never be attained except
by staying those in power, over whose
PROSTATE forms the ambitious grasp
the tinsel of glory they covet, but
which they. too. some day will md
only a broken bauble. 1t has been
said that the way to appeal to an
Englishman Is through his stomach:
let It not be said with equal truth
that the way to appeal to an American
10 through his purse. Too many great
questions to-day are considered on the
basis of whether or not there is
money in 1t; but all manhood cannot
be bought with gold. or the nations
sense of Justice dulled by pecuniary
gain. Ruskin was one who loved his
fellow-man. This great man said:
The sum of enjoyment depends not
on the quantity Of things tasted, but
on the vivacity and patience of
taste.'"
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17

There is at present only one route
across the South American continent
from east to west which the traveller
can take without resorting to mule
back journeys for long distances. The
road is the route from Valparaiso to
Buenos Ayres, which can, except in
winter time, be covered by railroad
and stage, the railroads at the ends
and the stage route, of course. over
the mountain passes. Two days will
sufiice for the 900-mile trip, but at that
It is not without its discomforts and
even perils. Before many years have
passed, however. 1t is predicted that
there Vill be at least three railroads
across the Andes. one of them being
transcontinental, the other connecting
with steamers on the Amazon or its
tributaries.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17
ANoTHEa DENVER MURDER.
chIss Clerk In shsrIm's ONCE shsa ~
His Former Housekssper.

hls Former HouseksspsF.
Denver.-William Otto Shirley. chief
clerk in the sheri6's ONCE for
ten years. aged forty-nve years.
was shot and instantly killed
about IL O'Clock Monday night in his
home, $500 Curtis street. by Miss Be-
atrioe Gordon, his housekeeper. and
for eight years his mistress. Follow
Ing II the Republicans account Of tho
tragedy:
Her voice and body quivering with
pain. Miss Gordon confessed the shoot
ing to Chief OF Police Michael Delaney
at 5:46 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
after being brought back from LAfey-
cite. Colorado. In an automobile. She
claimed 1t was accidental. For an
hour she retained her coolnsss and
composure under the sweating OF the
chief-then she broke down and told
. terrible tale of humiliation and indig-
mites. which she claimed had been
heaped upon her by Shirey.
Miss Gordon finally slipped Imply
down in her chair. what do you want
to know" she demanded.
What did you do with the gun with
which you shot shirey?" asked the
chief.
II hot him with his own gun and
dropped I. ON the floor" Then the
woman broke down completely.
Later she told her whole story to a
representative of the Republican. She
lay, during the recital. on cot in the
matron's quarters. her body quiveriDg
with shame and horror. alternately
clutching q red worsted shawl with
shaking, toil-hardened hands, hard
ened in the service Of the man she
killed. Her body quivered and shook.
her ewes stared wide at the scenes
she described, her voice was low,
tense, and monotonously despairing.
II shot him with his own gun and
dropped it on the door. l was kneel-
ing to him, begging him to treat me
better or let me go away from him for
ever and forget But he kneeled be-
side me, little to the rear, and would
not let me go. He wanted me to stay
with him the rest of the night. But
said could stand no more; was
broken-hearted and did not want to
live. He handed me gun, l think
from his pocket. and said, Take this
gun, then, you damned fool. and go
kill yourself, but don't do 1t in my
house. took 1t and raised 1t to-
ward my breast to shoot myself. but
had been waiting for him so long on
the porch that I was cold and my
hand trembled. The gun went of and
shot lin. did not mean to kill him.
| often told him I would never harm
hair of his head, because did not
want to disgrace his children, whom
loved. For myself, 1 did not care what
/ came Of me. wish to God that 1t
had been me that was killed. wish
that 1t had been me-" and the agoniz-
Ing words. coming between gasps and
sobs, ceased as she hid her flushed
and convulsed face In the pillow.
But in spite Of the confession there
are still ements of mystery in the
story which the police have not yet
unraveled.
The Holly chieftain., 1908-01-17
kan,., P.ehlb!tlen vphe!d.

Washington.-The Supreme Court
of the United States has upheld the
anti-liquor law Of Kansas by amrm'
ing the decisions OF the Supreme
Court of that state In . number OF
cases. including that OF Fritz Durien
Of Shawnee county, convicted OF vio-
lating the law. Durlen appealed to the
Federal Supreme Court on . writ OF
error on the ground that the statute
contravenes the federal constitution
because 1t gives discretion to probate
judges in granting permits.