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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
TWO OFFICERS DIE IN DUEL.
Each Mistakes Other for Struggle,
and Both Are Slain.

81 Paso, Tex, Mar. 21.-Mounted
Customs Inspectors Charles Logan
and Charles Jones fought duel in the
dry bed of the Rio Grande river in this
city and both were killed. Their bodies
were found Friday. It is supposed that
each mistook the other for smuggler.
Logan was son of the late Maj. T.
II. Logan Of the United States army,
and q brother of the wife of Capt.
Frank D. Wickham, Twelfth infantry,
U. S. A.. stationed at Governors Is.
land, N. Y. Jones was a railroad man
and lived at San Antonio and Houston,
Tex, before entering the customs
service.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Under the Guarantee sv.ten,.

A reader of the Commoner sends in
an item in regard to an Iowa bank
which failed. The amount on deposit
was about 100000, of which $4,000
belonged to the county. The county
had security and as soon as the failure
was known the county compelled the
bondsmen to make good the deposit,
but the individual depositors, not hay-
ing any protection, lost considerable
part of their deposits
Under the guarantee system all of
the depositors would have been paid
in full and the community would not
have suffered from embarrassment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Killed by "Niaht Riders"

Carlisle, KY, Mar. pa band of
might riders" shot and killed Harlan
Hedges, a prominent farmer, seven
miles northwest of this place. This is
the first murder by the might riders"
In the bluegrass region of Kentucky.
Hedges was awakened by shouts
shortly before two o'clock in the morn
ing. He went to his front door with
shotgun and fired. The mob replied
with volley which killed Hedges just
as his wife reached his side. The
masked men then rode away and did
not attempt to set fire to Hedges
house or barn. Hedges was an indie
pendent tobacco raiser
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Who Is Copying?

/ The Washington Post may not re-
i recent editorial it says that the
Nebraska platform repeats many of
the paragraphs of the Taft platform
adopted at Columbus-not word for
word, Of course, but meaning for mean
Ing" and then it proceeds to specify.
1t quotes the Republican platform as
favoring protection Of Illegal trusts,
monopolists and all evil doors, both in
the public service and In the CONNER.
cial world, together with the enforce.
ment Of all wholesome measures
which have made safer the guarantee
of life, liberty and property" The
Nebraska platform is quoted by the
Post as follows: I'VE favor the vigor-
our enforcement of the criminal law
against trusts and trust magnates, and
demand the enactment of such addi-
tional legislation as may be necessary
to make it impossible for private
monopoly to exist in the United
States" This, the Post alleges, SIS
tweedledee and tweedledum drawn to
a fine point"
In the first place, the language
quoted from the Democratic platform
of March 5 was copied verbatim from
the Nebraska Democratic platform of
last September, SO that If anybody
copied" the Taft managers have COP
led the Democratic platform.
Will the Post make the correction
Gratis were in the field first, or will 1t
allow the mistake to stand?
But, as matter of fact, the two
paragraphs are not at all alike. The
Republican platform asks for the pros
ecution of illegal trusts and monopo-
lies. 1t does not ask for the en-
forcement Of the criminal law against
trusts and magnates," neither does
the Republican platform demand "the
enactment of such additional legisla-
ton as may be necessary to make it
impossible for a private monopoly to
exist in the United States" There
is no suggestion in The Republican
plank. quoted by the Post, of addition
nj legislation, while the Nebraska plat.
form demands additional legislation.
1t not only demands additional legisla-
ton, but 1t specifies certain legisla-
ton which is demanded, as follows:
Among the additional remedies we
specify three: First, law prevent
ing the duplication of directors among
competing corporations; second, q H..
cense system which will, without
abridging the right of each state to
create corporations, or its right to reg
ulate as 1t will foreign corporations
doing business within its limits, make
It necessary for manufacturing or
trading corporation engaged in inter-
State commerce to take cut federal
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Plutocracy's Defenders.

Leslie's Weekly is one of the papers
that habitually seek to deceive and
mislead the public. 1t recently pub
lished an article entitled Then Panic
Stood at the Threshold" and the ar
ticle has been published in the Official
Time Table (No. 212) of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad (Which went into effect
in February.
Leslie's Weekly condemns the Sher>
man antitrust law and declares 1t
failure; 1t finds fault with the passage
of that law and claims that 1t was
enacted under pressure Of public
clamor." It complains of the "denun-
citation Of the wealthy" and declares
that the railroads want to be sure
that for some simple and perhaps in
nocent infraction of complicated law
they can not be mulcted for millions"
1t attacks the courts and the Judge
who imposed the $2s,0o0,0oo fine for
"a technical violation Of the law" 1t
calls these and other decisions out
rageous" and says they were formed
by socialistic public sentiment and
carried out in the name of law, etc.,
ETC."
Was the editorial written for the
Pennsylvania railroad or did the
Pennsylvania railroad just happen to
stumble on to the editorial? Who
owns Leslie's Weekly? Is 1t not worth
while for the reader to find out who
stands behind these magazines that
assault the government. the congress
and the legislature? Whose knife is 1t
that is stabbing out of the dark? What
conscience, what character, what repu.
tation stands back of the editorial in
I.eslie's Weekly? If we knew the con-
trolling force we could better weigh
the words, and the above is only a
sample of what is now going on in this
country.
The press that ought to be the ave-
nue. through which information reaches
the public has in many cases become
the vehicle for the spread OF misin-
formation and for yelled attacks upon
those who would enact legislation just
to the masses.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
CONlMONER
COMMENTS
WARMING TO DEMOCRATS
MoNoPoLlsTic INFLUENCES SEEK
CONTROL OF CONVENTION.
Watchfulness Needed to Prevent Dupli.
cation OF Underhand Work Of Four
Years Ago Nebraska and
Taft Platforms Compared.
rFrom the conmoner.l

Just after the election of 1904 a
man who was prominent among the
advocates of Mr.. Parker's nomination
at st. Louis remarked that great
many people who were advocating Mr..
Parkers nomination showed very little
interest in the campaign after the
nomination. 1t is true. There are
certain financial interests which are
always active before the conventlon'
they want to dominate both parties
and nominate both candidates. Alter
the convention adjourns, they pick out
their candidate and proceed to help
elect him, ignoring entirely the other
candidate. even if they helped to
force him upon the convention. That
is Just the situation at this time.
There are certain monopolistic intiu'
ences that are demanding that the
Democrats nominate a man friendly to
predatory wealth. These men have
their representatives in the various
states, and they are working under.
hand. When they talk to man they
say: "Of course, we cannot prevent
instructions, but we can get the right
kind of men on the delegation, and
then watch our opportunity These
men are speaking in whispers; they
are working underground. II they can
control the Democratic convention
and nominate some one in whom the
predatory interests have confidence,
they will thensfeel sure that the Dem
ocratic party has no chance, and pro-
coed to help the Republican candi-
date.
Can they fool the voters? Not this
time. The experience of four years
ago has not been forgotten and with
that experience fresh In memory the
Democrats will put none but the trust
worthy on guard If the Democratic
voter wants to understand the real
purpose of the trust papers, let him
compare the eulogies of Judge Parker
which appeared before the convention
with the denunciations of him that fol-
lowed. These papers that told what
a splendid man he was and how
strong the party would be under his
leadership turned against him as soon
as the campaign opened The New
York World, one of his loudest cham
pions, received money from the Re-
publican campaign committee for an
advertisement (unless the World pub
lished 1t gratuitously) for space for a
scurrilous cartoon the Sunday before
election.
The interest of predatory wealth in
the Democratic party is oply tempo
rary. 1t is manifested just before the
convention, because it would cost less
to defeat the Democratic party in the
convention than to defeat 1t at the
polls, and the defeat of the Democrat
&c party is the only thing which 1t
desires
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
HOLD conference
At White HOUSE
PRESIDENT HAS LONG CONSUL.
TATloN WITH LEADERS OF
CONGRESS.
BIG MEN ATTEND
SPECIAL SUMMONS
Announcement OF Conclusions Arrived
At Is Withheld for the Present
Mystery Attends Midnight Gather
ing Where Chief Is Present:

Washington, Mar 23.-An impor-
tant conference was held at the White
House Saturday, the president having
summoned Senator Aldrich and Rep
resentatives Payne, Dalzell and Hep
burn to consider the legislative pro-
gram, which, it is understood, in
cludes measures amendatory of the
! employers liability act, the bill modi-
flying the power of injunction, the
Aldrich financial bill, the Hepburn
proposition to amend the Sherman
antitrust law and the proposal to
prosecute tariff inquiry during the
recess of congress.
The conference was suspended at
noon to allow the participants to at
tend the session of congress, and an
announcement of the conclusions
reached was withheld for the present.
Mystery in Night Conference.
Diltgent effort fails to disclose the
nature of the business of Festus ].
Wade and J. E, Smith, the western
toard OF trade men who were called
to Washington for midnight confer
ence at the White House. Mr.. Smith
was again with the president Saturday
forenoon, and it was intimated that
formal statement as to the nature of
the business in hand would be given
out here
Waterways Involved.
In the case of Mr.. Wade, who went
to the Philippine islands several
months ago in connection with the dis
rosal of certain church lands and prop.
critics, it is believed that at least
part of his business in Washington re-
lates to that matter. But it is known
that both Wade and Smith have been
deeply interested In the inland water
ways project, and suggestion that
meets with favor is that the president
sent for them to determine personally
their availability for service on the
waterways commission, and perhaps
to obtain their cooperation in having
legislation enacted to initiate this
great project
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
CHARGES BRUTALITY IN PRISON.
Senator Lambs Accusation Against
Penitentiary Authorities.

Columbus, o., Mar. Ex-senator
Lamb of Toledo created sensation
here by the statement that while visit
ing the Ohio penitentiary in company
with some Toledo women ne saw a
prisoner hanging by his wrists. The
mans head was hanging down on his
shoulders, according to Senator Lamb,
and his feet were just touching the
floor
81 was astonished," continued the
senator, "and soon saw that the at
PENDANTS were trying to keep me away
from this man. / insisted on seeing
him and the man said to me: I have
been hanging here since Thursday,
and they only let me down to eat
bread and water
1.-THE guard" said Mr.. Lamb, told
the man to shut up, but got this
much out of him, anyway"
Senator Lamb admitted that he did
not ascertain the identity of the man
nor the cause of his punishment, but
he will report the case to the peni-
Tertiary probing committee.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Kills Wife; Lynchina Feared.

Sorrento. III, Mar. 23.-L. Evans
shot and killed his wife, near the
Clover Leaf railroad station, and then
shot himself. but inflicted only slight
wounds. He was Immediately arrested
and placed in Jail. A heavy guard
was placed at the Jail, owing to covert
threats OF lynching. Evans and his
wife separated four months ago and
ne left town, returning unexpectedly
His wife was in the railroad station
when he called her outside and shot
her three times.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Hotel Fire Imneriis Lives

Waterbury, Conn.,, Mar. 23.-Fire
broke out in the United States hotel
in Grand street early Saturday. The
inmates were aroused by two police
men just in time to escape suffocation.
Two flremen were found unconscious
in the rear of the building as the re.
suit of inhaling gas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
The Lucky Quarter

Is the one you pay out for box of DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. They bring you
the health that's more precious than
jewels. Try them for headache, bill
iousness, constipation and malaria. If
they disappoint you the price will be
c;heerfully refunded at P. A. Clemmer's
drug store.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Cotton Report issued

Washington, Mar. 21.-The census
report issued Friday shows that the
cotton crop grown in 1907 aggregated
11,261,16S running bales, counting
round as half bales and including
linters, and showed total of 27,577
active ginneries for 1907.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Fatally Hurt in Riot

Cleveland, O., Mar. 2o.-one man
was fatally injured and number of
others seriously hurt in a riot near
the plant of the American Steel and
Wire Company, on independence road
In the southern outskirts of the city
Thursday. Fifty men crowded around
the gates of the plant to seek en-
ployment, word having gone out that
additional help would be taken on.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Alleged Train Robbers Break jail.

Helena, Mont, Mar. 23.-George
Frankhauser and Charles Mcdonald,
charged with having held up the Great
Northern Oriental Limited last Sep.
TENDER and rifled the registered mails
of $4,000 being transported to a Spo.
kane bank, broke Jail here and are
still at liberty.
The men sawed their cell doors, the
corridor bars and the bars in win
dow. Immediately upon discovery Of
their escape several posses were
formed and are now in pursuit. Men
answering their description We're seen
in the southern part of the city max.
ing for the mountains.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
RUSS Murderess Escanes.

st. Petersburg, Mar. 2O.-It is re
ported here that Mile. Maria spirido.
novo, who was exiled to Siberia two
years ago for the murder of the chief
OF police Of Tambov. has escaped, and
is now in either Australia or New
Zealand. !
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Collision Fatal to Three.

Woodyille, N. H.. Mar. 21.-In q
head-on collision between two freight
trains on the White mountain division
of the Boston & Maine railroad, about
mile and a half south of the Haver
hill station. Friday, Engineer E. e.
Cross and Fireman Converse, both OF
Concord, were killed and Fireman A.
II. Davis OF Woodsville was fatally In.
iured
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Resolutions Adopted by The State
Association Of Mutual Insurance
Companies Of Michigan.

Lansing, Mich, February Is, 1906.
WHEREAS Prof West Dodd of Des Mone scientific
ally and satisfactorily demonstrated
which Nature produces lightning guarding
against thereby saving large cent of
much life
THEREFORE RESOLVED That it the this
ton that the Offices of the
to Professor Dodd his work of educating the people Michigan
in the method Of saving life and destruction light
and that the Dodd Suters hereby
all patrons of Mutual Insurance Michigan system
protecting buildings from lightning
BE FURTHER RESOLVED The thanks of this
venon hereby extended
lecture and that these
this convention and this
Dodd. j. E. Belding,
j. S. SKATER,
A. o. WHITE, Fremont, Mich.
Committee.
Unanimously adopted
j E. TAYLOR. Secretary
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Be careful about that little cough.

Be careful about that little cough.
Get something right away; some good,
reliable remedy that will move the
bowels. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup acts gently yet promptly on the
bowels and allays inflammation at the
same time. 1t is pleasant to take and
it is especially recommended for chill
dren, as it tastes nearly as good as ma
pie sugar. Sold by E. 7. Tomas Drug Co
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-03-27
Testimonials
To the Efficacy Of the Dodd &
Struthers' System Of
Lightning Protection
Christian Influences at Work for
Dodd & Struthers system of
Lightning Protection

To WHOM 1T CoNCERN
The statistics other
more losses are caused by lightning than by fire.
If Christian with
safeguards against losses by fire.
not also guard against lightning by the
We have been convinced that the lightning
Dodd Strute of Des Mone proper safeguard against
losses by lightning By practical gives
scientific Of the phenomena of lightning method
of preventing damage to life and property.
Many hundreds of Mutual publicly
recommended the firm and their rods Besides
fully convinced of the efficacy of their rod buildings
equipped with the that best
with each rod and state ephacay that building has
been struck by lightning that had their rods upon it.
We all
Dodd Struhers for further information which will gladly
We have interest whatever the lightning
the
have few losses possible.
WISCONSIN CHURCH MUTUAL FIREINS ASSN,
of Merrill
New-York tribune., 1908-08-24
ON THE GOLF LINKS.
Factions Unite to Make Success OF
Vap Cortlandt Tournament.

yyorrpp factions connected with the fourth an
nrial open professional golf tournament at van
-Cortlandt Park have buried the hatchet' Wh'ch
practically guarantees the success or ths coming
affair scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. August
81 and September !. This annual event probably
the most largely attended competition OF It's kind
in the country was started few years ago by
a few amateurs-WIlliam H Beers, Charles Kirch-
uer John j. O'ConnelI Harry q. Pyrke.
They succeeded In raising through friends and
fellow golfers about 500, which distributed as
prizes among the professionals participating. Inc
tournament proved such pronounced success that
it has been repeated each year since. The tourna-
ment this season not undertaken by the oriSi-
nal executive committee-the name under which the
men who undertook the responsibility concealed
their identity-because the Metropolitan Golf AS
ISOLATION had been asked for dates, and they had
not been consulted nor invited to take part. A
little later the plan 10 hold the tournament was
abandoned. and it seemed though one Of the
greatest treats in golf 10 become thing Of
the past.
The Scottish American Golf Club then undertook
the task and while It worked hard the obstacles
In the way found to be more formidable than
appeared on the surface committee from the
Scottish American club. consisting of s. B. Mac
Clinton. chairman. and members Of the tourns-
rent committee. recently met the original execu-
tive body, and the latter promised to lend its as
sistance and cooperate in every way To make the
tournament a success.
The original executive body went further and
offered to meet any deficiency In prize money UP
to 5000 As the Scottish American club has raised
so far all but $50 for prizes it is possible that
the old COMMITTEES viii add some special prizes.
Arrangements have already been made for seven
regular cash prizes. follows: First, $3.50; sec
ond $50 third, $50; fourth. $40. fifth, $40; sixth
$50 and seventh. SO. prize of s25 will also be
given the player making the best eighteen-hole
score each day, and another $50 will go to the
golfer who succeeds in breaking the course record
This mark is So established by Gilbert Nichols in
the Van Cortlandt tournament a year ago. There
is an entrance fee of 81, and the tournament will
consist of seventy-two holes of medal play.
A feature OF this years tournament will be the
driving of the first ball by Park Commissioner
Berry He will use a special silver mounted driver
for the occasion which will be presented to him
as a souvenir. The caddie retrieving the first ball
will receive IS gold piece 1t is understood that
eyery effort will be made during the next ten days
to get the greens In the best possible condition.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-24
ALERI FIRST BOAT HONE.
But Sally TX Has Probably Hon
.Hanhasset Cruising Race.

Eleven OF the fourteen yachts that started at
5e5 p. m Saturday on the a-si1h cruising
race OF the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club for the
Howard Gould cup and other prizes crossed tho
finish line off the clubhouse before 10 O'Clock yes
terday morning. and IL is doubtful IL there mas
ever been closer racing over course or seventy
miles than this contest produced
The Alera. owned by A r. and J. W Aike'
finished first at S:fS2s. and Sally 1X owned by
4 +, Black and sailed by Charles J.! Neyand.
crossed second. at s;s2:5 So only minutes Il sec
onds in her wake The third boat was D :
Hunters Juanita. at 5:56:12 Only o. minutes M t,s
Z seconds separated the first from the last OF 'he
eleven boats The Naiad and the Mink were only
seconds apart at the finish, and the Ianya ana
the Phryne only 9 seconds apart
Sally TX is probably the winner or the cup
rating is not above 21.S5 she wins II II is II A
Jsckson's Mist, which Is the winner IN the haldi !
cap class will also he the winner OF the prlncipii
prize with Sally IN second ana the quest . Inllu a.
fThe Yachts had light airs from the southeast az
the start and strong breezes from the westward
during the latter half of the The Mist was
the fPst Yacht around the Stratford ShoaI Light /
house The Bobtail withdrew anu the Patience
and the Mopsa were not timed
THE summary. subject to some corrections Whet'
+be rating of all the boats is known. tollowS.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-24
BOHEMIAN oARsMEN IN REGATTA.

Ideal weather and tide conditions helped TO
make successful the first annual regatta of the
First Bohemian Boat Club which was held on
the Harlem River yesterday. The events were
run Off smoothly. and there were accidents
worse than the swapping of Nearly five
hundred men and women, friends of the members
attended All of the races were over a half-mile
straightaway course.
The feature OF the regatta wac the eight-oared
shell In OF the most interesting fin
ishes crew No. the by scant half
length. II nip and tuck arfair between crews
2 and 8 all the way. but because of the crab
bins" of No z in the third crew. they only
cured second honofs Crew No. T. which finished
third put np n strong for the first quarter
of mile. but after that it seemed Ia have lost
courage. ana fell back. but regained some OF tho
distance In the last few Yards and beat crew
Nc (. the only other entry IN the event.
The unexpected happened ~ the senior gig
handicap j Suchanek, who had three seconds
handicap expected tn Tin, but forced
into third place ". kouGeiks, who had five
seconds, won handily in v airlwind finish.