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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
R,a, Love stories.

one ~ the great daily newspapers
! has been making a feature Of late OF
the personal history of citizens who,
BY means Of their prominence, are
supposed to be known to its readers.
In q series Of articles entitled, Real
Love Stories" II has told how they
won their wives and pictured the life
OF the family. More than 80 OF the
stories have been published. Since
they are romantic in the best sense,
and since they crafty that harmless
curiosity which is inspired by admira-
tion and respect, there Is no reason 10
regret their popularity. One might
60 little further, indeed, and say
that the fact bears OPPORTUNITY and
conclusiyely on comment by an
English traveller which was recently
printed in another newspaper. "Theres
no home life in this country. you know,
among people of my class he is re-
ported to have said Your men are
business men and marry for CONNER
cial reasons; many of your women 40
the same: and If the result Is not
alienation, it is liable to be unpleas'
antness.' The reader will wonder
what kind of people the unlucky tour
list has met. Men and women who
know the United States, because they
live in it, seldom find any who answer
his description. The couples who hs'
ure in the stories" married for love
and reared happy homes upon that un'
commercial basis, declares the Youth S
Companion, and persons who are not,
as they are, in the public eye. are DO
Ing the same thing everywhere ana
every day. Family quarrels and DO
mestic scandals get into the neWspa-
pers and are talked about simply
because they are exceptional events.
Behind most marriages in this country
there is a real love story, and 1t IS al
ways ITO be continued
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
ALL RUN DOWN.
Miss Della Sroe6s. wAo lad Gov
fslsk<y Lest Her Health. FosSd
RekxftIom P<.,x ma at once.
Read What She Says:

MISS DELLA sTROEBE, 10 Rich.
4VA mond St., Appleton, Wis.,, writesa
"Fcr several years I was in rur
down condition, and ] could find no 70
lief from doctors and medicines. I
could not enjoy my meals, and could
not sleep at night. had heavy, dark
circles about the eyes.
"My friends were much alarmed. ]
was advised to give Peruna trial, anc
TO my Joy I began to improve with the
first bottle. After taking six bottles ]
felt completely cured. Icannot say too
much for Peruna ~ medicine for
women in rundown condition."
Pe.ru-na Did Wonders.
Mrs. Judge J. F. Boyer, 1921 Sherman
Ave., Evanston, ILL.,, says that she b.
came run down, could neither eat nor
sleep we'll, and lost flesh and spirit. Pc.
Yuns did wonders for her, and she thanks
Peruna for new life and strength.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

A man in Chicago died of imaginary
poisoning, the result of auto sugges
ton, and it is said by doctors that
many people do die from this cause
II auto suggestion is SO powerful as tc
kill man who has really nothing the
matter with him. why cant it act
otherwise and allow people to persuade
themselves when the atmosphere is
sizzling loud enough to compete with
q trolley gong that they are enjoying
cool and pleasant breezes? 1t Is poor
Ia very poor-rule which will not
work both ways.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Clinton Wires Under Ground.

ed in putting underground .ClinSn' S
overhead wires. Both the Iowa and
the Bell telephone companies will
build connexions new exchange
buildings during the coming year,
and these companies are putting all
of their wires in the business an:
main residence districts of the city,
into underground conduits. The fire
alarm system also, will be placed
underground during the next few
months, the city council having call
ed for bids for the completion OF this
work
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
How Il Was Done.

1hree-year-old May had pencSant
sor cutting everything in sight, when
,he could get pair Of scissors. Ono
lay, being left alone with her curly
headed baby brother, she promptly Gu.
svery curl from the back Of his head.
When the nurse discovered the dam.
lge she said:
ooh! May, how dare you cut baby's
surls OFF,"
"He cut them hisself."
How Gid he reach the back OF HE
aead?"
He stood on the stool"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
HORSES TAIL IN THRASH Err.
It is Literally Torn From Animals
Body.

Nevada.-A most peculiar accident
happened at the II. c. Lowery farm.
southeast of town. While engaged in
thrashirg on the farm Cecil Mullen,
who was driving a team belonging to
Homer White, neighboring farmer,
drove up near the machine, and
while fighting flies one of the horses
switched it's tail into rapidly run.
ming belt. The tail was literally tori
from the horse, leaving only a short
stump. The animal became frantic
and ran awas tipping over the wagon
and throwing young Mullen to tbs
ground. While no bones were
broken, he was badly bruised up,
especially about the right arm, liz
wss brought to his home in Ibis cit,
and is now getting along very nicely
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Great Parade of Pythians.

Boston.-Ten thousand members of
the uniform lodge knights of Pythias
resplendent in their uniforms and led
by bands playing martial airs, Tues.
day afternoon marched through the
streets of Boston, The parade was
composed of Is brigades Of Pythians
from every section Of the country, as
well as from Canada. Maj. Gen. Ar
thur Stobbart of Indiana was at the
head of the procession. At the stand
on the common the parade was re-
viewed by Lieut. Gov. Eben S. Draper
and others.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Wreck on Southern Railway

Atlanta, Ga. Train No. 80 on
the Southern railway, the New Or
]oans-New York limited, northbound,
which left here at noon Sunday met
with an accident some 80 miles from
Charlotte. N. c.. Sunday night. Tie
tender mail car and club car left tn;
rails and three mail clerks were i'll
jured. No passenger was hurt, ard nc
one was killed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

A Commute version Of Hamlet is
being advertised in New York. II
would be interesting to hear what one
William Shakespeare would say if he
knew his work was being boiled
down" to suit the demands of the 20
minute vaudeville Sketch circuit.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

bloated to twice their normal size.
Doctors did not help, and was fast
drifting into the hopeless stages. ]
used Doan's Kidney Pills at the criti-
cal moment and they really saved my
life"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

A persistent rumor that President
and Mrs. Roosevelt will visit England
next year is current in American cir
8cIes abroad. It is said that he will stu,
six months in London with his family
and will study the organization Of the
navy and the management of the
dockyards.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Socialistic,

The Patient-Doc, can't bay: yoG
no money while amt gone mona
already. Will you dake it oud II
drade?
The Dentist-Well, might considsV
that. What's your business? 80 Ess
The Patient-I lead leedle Chok
man band. Veil come aroundt und
serenade you effry nighd for q mont.
yet!
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Good News for Jamaica.

Kingston, Jamaica. After II
months of litigation, the insurance
companies have been defeated in their
attempts to resist payment of the in.
surance claims resulting from the
damage caused by the fire of January
IA, 1907, when Kingston was visited
by severe earthquake.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
clinton Bridge Half Done.

Clinton.-The mammoth 100000
Northwestern bridge. across the Mis-,
sissippi from this city is complete
from the Illiois side to Little r. J;
Island III the center of the river.
Trains yesterday ran over that por.
ton Of the structure for the first
time, using the old bridge for the west
half Of the trip. The draw and me
second section VIII be completed with.
M = yesr. .8j
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Indicted for Embezziement Mt,

New Orleans.-L. V. Guillotte, reg
lister of conveyances of Orleans par
ish, was indicted Tuesday by the
grand jury here for enlbezzlement II
is alleged that there have been irregu.
larities in Guillotte's Office covering
a period of several years.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Hawaiian RifIemen Comma.

Honolulu---The crack rifle team OF
the National Guard of Hawaii sailed
Wednesday on the steamer Alameda
to participate in the national rifle com,
petition to be held by teams from the
regular clrny and the National Guare
at Camp Ferry, o.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Race War Proves Fatal,

Uniontown, pa.-One man dead and
rs others seriously injured, some OF
them fatally. are the results of riot
early Sunday between Italians and
Slavs at Gates, one of the H. c. Prick
Coke company plants, near Mason
town
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
Shah Massinu Troops.

Teheran, Aug. IA battery of
quick firing guns has been sent from
here to Tabriz. The shah is augment.
ing the military forces in Teheran
by the formation of new units Of
troops.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
walk. Into River and browns.

Keckuk, Ia.-William O'Blenness
assistant engineer on the Keokuk s
Hamilton bridge, walked through the
door Of the engine room into the river
Tuesday and was drowned.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

"A French traveller says that where
Roosevelt is going 10 hunt in Africa
the natives eat white men. A Ger, tain
party is liable to brand him as a ne.
ture faker.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

disease started with
slight irregularity
and weakness and
developed into dan.
gerous dropsy. To-
came weak and lam
guild, and could do
no Homework. My
back ached terribly.
I had bearing down
mains and NV limbs
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
No AmaIqanation Of Teamstsrs,

Detroit, Mich.-The International
Brotherhood Of Transfers Wednesday
rejected the overtures of the United
Transfers of America to amalgamatc
the two organizations.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07

"A sona-armed man takas up the col.
lection in a church at Toleia. Bah.,
witch seems at least as good scheme
as that Of the Chicago iastor who SUE
gests cash registers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-08-07
"You look worried, old mani"
Eyes. Had three proposals Last
night and I don't know which one
ought to accept"
SAVED At THE SRISlS.
Delay Meant Death from Kidney
Troubles.

Mrs. Herman Smith. 901 Broad
Street, Athens, Ca, says: kidney
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
FLEET AT cEYLoN.
All of the Battleshlps Were Berthed
 W'i4hassa Incident.

All of the BattleshIps We're Berthed
 Withossa Incident.
 Colombo. Ceylon, Dec. 1S--The United States battleahip fleet was auxiously awaited here by large crowds of na- tives and Europeans.
 The fleet approaches slowly in single file. The flagship Connecticut with Rear Admiral Sperry commander of the fleet aboard. entered the .harbor at 2 u'cloeiSs tho others following at short nEteteals. Aha wafships sa10ted the port and the Baiute was returned
 The leet left Manila on Dec. al o'clock in the morning and passed Singapore six days later, The voyage was uneventful. the weather being fine and the battleships proceeding at an even speed of about ten knots an hour. The health of the men on the ships is excellent with the exception of one case of smallpox on the Georgia. The smallpox victim is seriously i'll and all of the Georgia's crew have been vac cinated
 This is one of the most difFicult haf- bors the fleet has yet entered, but all the battleships were berthed without incident. the perfect manouvering oc- casioning great admiration. During the period the fleet will remain here, the officers and men will be enter tained extensively. The oflciai recep- ter that every hour of leisure will be fully occupied in enjoying the excur- sions and festivities arranged.
 The program includes daily trip to Randy, which lies near the centre of the island on the banks of an artificial lake, sixty-twO miles north of Co., lombo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Confessions, Talks and
 Thanksgiving Hymns
SERMON OF BISHOP Hoss
Seven Practitioners are Ordained as
 Deaeons.
The Appointments win Be Read Out This Morning, After which the South Alabama Conference
 VIII Adjourn.
BY TARLEToN COLLIER.

Greensboro, Dee. 15.--(speciaLl-- With heartfelt confessions. earnest talk and hymns Of thanksgiving. the love feast of the south Alabama Con- ference was held this morning. Rev. W. T. Wild. presiding.
 Following the experience meeting, Bishop Hoss conducted the morning devotional exercises. Taking as his text the words of Christ to the Phari- sees through Mathew. And What Think Thee of christ7' the Bishop dwelt on the question. The greatest and most vital.' as he said that af- fects the Christian religion. He treated the issue from every viewpoint, what Christ thought Of himself. what con- temporaries thought of Christ and the view Of history.
 q and my father are one" said Christ of Himself. illustrating the first phase of the question as put by BiEhop Hoss. Thou art the Christ. the Son of the Living Cod was the reply of the contemporaries, and Ihrs the Bish- op answered the second of his ques- tions.
 Touching the question. What history thinks Of Christ Bishop Hoss told of the vital influence of the Nazarene'a personality on aEt. literature and even architecture. So indispensable a part does the life of Christ thus play. said the Bishop. that without it is an orer- throw of what Is good and beautiful in modern times.
 Seven probationers were ordained as deacons by Bishop Hoss. who waa assisted in the ceremony by Rev. E. Those ordained were Robert T. Miils, !. Bruce Airey, A. c. Clayton. Roy Moore, !. c. Martin Bryant and A. B. Shafer.
 During the afternoon. six were or- dained as elders, pr. J. s Fraser. Dr. J M Mason. Dr. 8 M. Hosmer and pr. A. J. Lamar assisting Bishop were; D.. H.. McNaal, Felix M Wood S. J. Gibson, L.. B. Green, Frank Sens and P. &. Hudson.
 pr. Gross Alexander of The Metho- dist ouerteriy Review preached the ordination sermon holding up the fife of Paul as an example to, all who are tired of life or weaFied or glntted with an earnest admonition to work on and on with out cessation from duty and from the right.
 At night, memorial exercises were held, at which memoirs of three mem bers of the Conference who had died during the year, were read by the Memoirs Committee. The three to whom tribute was paid were; Rev. F. M z. Peterson. Rev. J. M. Patton and Rev. A. Rood.
 Monday. q short session of the Con- ference will be held, there being little or nothing to be transacted save the reading of appointments. These will come early, 1t is thought. and confer ence will be adjourned shortly there- after, enabling the members to board an eastbound special at 1 D. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
MCKINLEY MEMORIAL.
President-elect Taft speaks At The
 DedHcatfon Exerclaea.

Presidemt-elect Taft speska At The
 Dedication Exercises.
 New York. Dec, elect William H. Taft speaking tonight at the dedication of a Mckinley memorial organ in Metropolitan Temple. told to the audience the story of his official association with the late president and declared with reference to the Philip pine Islands that the policy laid down by MT. Mckinley in 1900 had been the policy of the present. as it will be the policy of his own administration in the White House
 Mir. Taft will remain here until Thursday when he leaves for Augusta. Ga, to spend the five weeks preceding his proposed departure to the Panama canal
 Mir. Taft gave out some further de- tails of his proposed trip to Panama saying he would take along several consulting engineers not connected in any way with the work on the canal. He said he might continue his annual trips to Panama after entering the White House. The story about the canal being a failure has come to be about as regular a feature as the story in Democratic campaigns about the electorate going to be bought. It comes about Oct. IS in every cam paign." said MT Taft.
 Mir. Taft deplored the accident on the isthmus. and hoped that few of the injured men would suffer serious consequences.
 With reference to his interview with Congressman Burton in Washington yesterday, Mir. Taft said he had rec iterated his position of keeping hands entirely of the Senatorial fight in Ohio
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
FOR SAFE KEEPING
GEORGIA SHERIFF AND SON
 HURRIED TO SAVANNAH.
Men stood Around TraBR With Pistols fin Their Pockets and Tears of
 Rage Streaming Down Their Faces.

Savannah. Ga, Dec. 1S.-So intense was the feeling at Jessup. Ga, dur ing today and last night that to pre- vent a very probable outbreak, Sheriff w. B. Lyons and his son, Archie, deputy sheriff of Wayne County. who killed M. Fleming Smith, druggist. there Saturday night, were hurried to Savannah for safekeeping.
 Men stood around the train with pistols in their pockets and tears of rage streaming down their faces. A small group of the sheriffs friends were prepared to stand by him at any cost but the greater number of those at the depot were open In their express sions of anger because of the killing. It is declared that more than twenty pistol shots were fired at Smith. who was struck five times, and then beaten down with a butt of a shot gun. Smith died in the arms of his fiance, begging her not to cry.
 A coroner's jury found that the sher- if and his son did "unla wfully and with malice aforethought" slew Smith.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
FOURTEEN ARE DEAD
GOETHALs WIRES CANAL COMMIs-
 SION OF EXPLOSION.
Besides the Dead, Three of Whom Are Americans, Fifty Others Were Injured in the Dis~
 aG4er.

Washington, Dec. t3.--Fourteen are known to be dead, three of them Americans. and fifty injured. three or four seriously as q result of the pre- mature explosion of twenty-one tons of dynamite at Bas obispo, in the Panama Canal zone yesterday.
 The following despatch was received by the chief of the Washington office of the Isthmian Canal Commissions:
 "Culebra, Dec. 12, 1908. Captain F. c. Boggs, Washington,
 D. C.
 "The premature explosion of twen- ty-one tons of dynamite at Bas Obispo at 1:16 o'clock this morning resulted in the death of fourteen men and the injury of fifty. Three or four of the injured will probably die. Following Americans killed: James l.. Hummer, oraneman. steam shovel. Dunnellen, N. l.; John J. Korp. steam shovel engi- neer. Phillippsburg, N. J.; John J. Reidy, powder man, Indianapolis, Ind. Seriously wounded: Benjamin H. Cole. foreman. Rochester. N Y. Slightly wounded: Arthur H. Bassett. foreman. Philadelphia, Pa; ". c, Bell fora- man. New York City: C. " Hayden. stsam shovel engineer, sandusky. Ohio.
 "Gothals" A ninety-ton steam shovel Hes a complete wreck. crush ed under the weight of falling rocks. Every one of the crew was killed. All the tracks in this section were torn to pieces, and are now covered with tons of de- bris.
 The work of clearing away the wreckage continued throughout the night, but a much longer time will be necessary to take away the great heap of earth and rocks in the search for the buried dead. Hundreds of men were on the scene today working he- roically to find the bodies of their dead comrades. Many evidences are come across of the terrible force of the blast, as here and there pieces of hu- man flesh and bone are turned over with a shovel. The charge consisted of fifty-one holes sixty feet deep and spread out over a large section of ter ritory. The last hole was being charg- ed by John J. Reldy, an experienced powder man, when it exploded. The others were exploded by the concus- sion. Reidy was blown to pieces. The officials at the Ancon Hospital, where many of the injured were taken, re- port that the injured are doing well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-14
Terrific Explosion of
 Bomb in Chicago
DIRECTED AT COLISEUM
Crowds Rash To The Street In a Panic.
The wrecked Buildings AdJoin Tho CoIiseHm where The First Ward Democratic BaiI Is scheduled
 For Tonight.

Chicago, Dec, 1.-Two buildings were wrecked. and windows were shat tered for a block around by the terrific explosions of a bomb in an alley in Wabash Avenue, near Sixteenth Street tonight.
 The wrecked buildings adjoin the Coliseum, where the first ward Demo- cratic bail. an annual reyel, against the holding of which, this year. much op- position is made, Is scheduled to be held tomorrow night. The police are working on the theory that the bomb thrower designed to frighten people from going to tho Coliseum and thus prevent the ball.
 The report was heard for mile. The congregations of Grace Episcopal guests of several nearby hotels rushed to the streets in panic. A two story frame building on Wabash Avenue, which adjoins the south wall of the Coliseum annex, Immediately collapsed and took fire. The fire leaped across an alleyway and spread to another frame building, also wrecked. Proper ties of the Coliseum, stored In the two buildings, added fuel to the flames Crowds of excited people. believing that the Coliseum, a great stone struc- ture. had been blown up. rushed to the scene.
 The police and firemen began search among the burning debris in the belief that people were in the building when the explosion occurred It was report ed that two men had entered one of the buildings a short time before. That the bomb was intended for the Col issum and that 1t was an effort of some would be reformer to make i'm possible the holtiing of the ball tonor- row night. the police express little doubt, It is thought that the bomb thrower was proving in the alleyway searching for favorable spot at which to drop the weapon when, through sonie nalscalcuIation, he had to leave il whsfe t exploded.
 Anotter theory is that the bomb waf thrown . & anothsr chapter in the "Gamblers war which has been mark. ed by the throwing of a series oi bombs. or dynamite sticks. in th' vicinity of alleged gambling resorts The twenty-seventh explosion in tnai series occurred a few weeks ago.
 The first ward ball has long been a source of contention between reformers and the promoters of the annual festi- val. Recently a pastor of a church ir the neiEhborhood sought and failed tC secure an injunction to prevent the holding of the ball on the ground tha' 1t was prejudicial to the morals of tht community. The ball is supported by first ward citizens who are represented in the city council by Alderman Michael Kenna and Alderman JOhr Coughlin. The proceeds of the bal which are variously estimated at from $15.OOO to $25,000 annually. are useC 4. ~u- Ak. l. ward whose term expires the following spring.
 After searching until midnight, thG police were unable to find evidence o anyone having been killed. It was be- lieved all had escaped.