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THORPE.

Mrs. q. Griffin of Waterloo spent
a few days with her sister. Mrs.
John Robertson.
Mrs. Fred Pops and children of
Manchester visited a week with her
brother, Il. IA. Kane.
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DELHI.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Barnes went
to Monticello Friday to attend the
Wallace Shows.
Mrs. Mary Perkins is visiting
friends in Anamosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ireland Of
Coggon visited at Thomas Simon's
last week.
Ralph Jamison and Miss Blanche
Quart both Of this place were mar
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cvpid's Hsarty App.aite,

you know" said the soulful youth,
music Il the food Of love-
'.Nonsense.' replied the practical fel-
low. MY love prefers lobster salad,
terrapin and other expensive fodder
Philadelphia i'reas.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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sue following, all correspondence
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LEGATION.
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County Correspondence.

visited friends in town the first of
the week.
Mrs. Jessie Sheldon, Miss Tacy De-
Woody and Miss Sybil Sheldon have
returned from Cedar Rapids. The
former We're looking up new fall
styles in millinery at Lyman Bros.
Monitor.
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II. F. ARNOLD.
A ATTORNEY AT Law. Once over Delaware
"A County State Bank, Manchester. lows,
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WATCHAAKRR. Jswsler and EpRr.yer
w dealer in watches. Clocks. silver and Pal
60 Ware Fine Jewelry. Hpectacles, CUltefy
Ausical instruments. etc.. Main sue "a -
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W.. L. CREW.

DRY GOODS. Carpets. Millinery. Hats and
~ caps. Boots and Shoes. etc.. nain street..
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!. N. pGAasE.
JUSTICE OF THK PEACE AND OOLLnr
S.,, Oa. Al business entrusted 70 him giyen
''0one noof.
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WIN. DENNIS.

WM. DENNIS.
(tARPENTRR. CONTRACTOR i BUILDER
~ am now prepared TO DO ali WoIk n nv
line 10 good aud w0rkm1nlike manner. Eatls.
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimntas mn
ntshed. Work taken In town or county. ehon
near the stand tower on nest Side Of river,
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Ano.a. : ,n,L,.,.

AMoRRs Phillip.
nRUGGIsTs AND sTATIONERs, Toilet
" Articles, Wall Paper, Paints, and Qua.
Cornsf Main and Franklin SSfoess.
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oiLohER BROS.
NLoTaiNG sad Cents furnishing goods. cl,ys
" Hall block. franklin street. !, -
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VETERINARIAN.

Or. J. ". scorr.
VETERINARY surgeon and Dentist. toIR
Aain Street. Telephone $50.
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Physicians
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pHYsIolAN AND SURGEON. A.nelester.
i Iowa, Once In the Clneer building On
franklin st.. opposite the City Hail. Cslls
anewered promptly. special Sttsntion given
p deseaees o. the eye. ear. nose and Ihloas.
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3. CLARK
DRY GOODS. Notions. Csrpsss, Gents Fur.
" nishlnS goods. etc. Franklin street.
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Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
THE CAPITOL CASES
First Trial Called Before Judge Kun
kle at Harrisburg.

First Trial Called Before Judge Kun
kIe at Harrisburg.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 27.-The first OF
the thirty-seven criminal suits against
former state officers. contractors and
others connected with the building and
furnishing of the new capitol Of Penn
sylvania was brought to trial before
Judge Kunkle The defendants in the
suits are Architect Joseph NJ. Huston,
Philadelphia; Contractor John H. San
derson. Philadelphia; former Auditor
General William P. Snyder, Spring
City; former State Treasurer William
l.. Mathues, Media and James NJ. Shu-
maker, Johnstown, former superinten-
dent of public grounds and buildings.
The defendants are charged III these
suits with conspiracy to cheat and de-
fraud the state out of $135,O0O by falsi
flying the weight and measurment OF
certain furnishings supplied by San
derson under his per foot and pei
pound" contract with the board oi
grounds and buildings. The prosecu'
ton has selected five cases agains'
these defendants to be tried first.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
SECRETARY TAFT
ON PHILIPPINES
Says Great Changes Bave Occurred
in the Islands.
FUTURE OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT

Washington, Jan. q. - Nine years
after the battle of Manila bay, Secre- !
tary Taft records the results of the
American occupation of the archipelago
and forecasts the future of the Fill
pinos, in an exhaustive report trans
mitted to congress by the president,
with a letter written by the chief ex-
ecutiye. commencing in the highest
terms. the secretary's conclusions. The
president declares that ruin would have
followed the adoption of any other
policy towards the Philippines than
that outlined by William Mckinley and
carried forward through these nine
years. and asserts triumphantly that
there is no brighter page in history
than that dealing with the relations
between the strong and weak in those
islands. He adds that the FilipinOs
have yet a long way to travel before
they will be fit for complete self gov
eminent
Secretary Taft's report records his
observations on his recent visit to the
islands to the extent of nearly eighty
printed pages. Generally speaking the
secretary is optimistic in a high degree
in treating of this subject, even though
he cannot fix a time for declaring the
indeDendence of the island. In answer
to the critics, who have made the
most astounding and unfair statements
in respect to the cost to the United
States of the Philippines" he figures
out a total annual expenditure of So
100000 and he vigorously denies the
| failure of the Philippines policy. He
says that great changes have occurred
/ in the islands. The people are now
anxious to have the American soldiers
retained. There is a high standard OF
| administration of justice. Nothing is
more popular than the cOnstabulary
There are no questions between the
government and the Roman Catholic
church, unless the Aglipayan schism
| can be said to be involved. Peace pre-
walls in a greater degree than evel
before in the history of the islands
The magnificent Benguet road is now
| justified by the results obtained.
The secretary is willing to limit thu
amount of sugar and tobacco that car
be exported to the United States. H,
predicts a development of business
within twenty-five years that will max
the Filipinos themselves stand high il
tie worlds industrial populations. Hi
recommendation are that Philippin
products be admitted into the Unite
States free of duty under reasonabl
limitations; that present restriction
be removed on the acquisition of min
ing properties; that the Philippine gov
ernment be authorized to conduct a
agricultural bank and finally that tn
islands be exempted from the opera
tions of the coastwise shipping laws.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
A SALOON FOR CHARITY
Mining Company VIII Run Bar to
Keep Miners.

Mining Company VIII Run Bar to
Keep Miners.
Huntington, w. Va, Jan. 25.-Hol-
den, a mining town near here, Feb
will have a saloon, the profits of which
will be devoted to charity. Represen-
tatives of the United States Coal and
Oil company. operating at Holden, have
been granted a license. Replying to
protests against the license the attor-
neys for the applicants stated it was
not the desire to operate the saloon
as a money venture, but that it is i'm
possible to keep miners because they
will not stay where drink cannot be
procured. The attorney asserted the
company had lost heavily on account
of this condition, and offered to enter
into a written agreement to operate
the saloon on a strictly business basis
and to turn the profits over to such
charity as the court might direct. This
proposition was accepted and the Ii
cense granted.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
JURY ACQUITS
ANDREW DETSCH
Not Guilty of Shooting Harry Fer
rec in Boarding House.
VERDICT CHEERED IN COURT

Philadelphia, Jan. 25.-After a trial
of three days Andrew Jackson Detsch,
who was charged with numbering
Harry Ferree in a boarding house in
this city last November, was acquitted
after the Jury was out nearly three
hours. The announcement of the jury's
verdict was received with an enthusi-
astic demonstration in the crowded
court room.
The killing of Ferree was sensa-
tional, and owing to the peculiar cir
cumstances surrounding the case Gre
ated great interest throughout the city.
Detsch claimed he killed Ferree in mis-
take for a burglar, and the jury took
this view of the case.
Detsch, who is twenty-three years of
age, lived with his wife and child in
an uptown boarding house. On the
hight of Nov. policemen heard sew
real shots and traced them to the
boarding house. They forced an en-
trance, and on the third floor hallway
in front of the door of the Detsch
apartments they found Ferree dead
with three bullet wounds in the body.
He was in his stocking feet. Ferree
was about fifty years of age, and had
occupied a room on the second floor.
In the bedroom occupied by the
Detsch's the police found the young
husband and his wife, who is twenty
two years old. and their eighteen
month-old child. Detsch told the po-
licemen that he heard some one trying
to get in the room and thinking it was
a burglar shot four times through the
door with a heavy calibre revolver, not
knowing that the man on the outside
was a fellow bOarder
The police were inclined to accept
this explanation, but in searching the
personal effects of Ferree they found
many letters that had passed between
Ferree and Mrs. Detsch and number
of suggestive photographs.
The police then charged Detsch with
having deliberately killed Ferree. They
contended that Detsch learned Of al
legged misconduct between his wife ant
Ferree and that he planned to kill the
latter. The theory of the common
wealth was that Detsch caused hi!
wife to lure Ferree to her room on thu
belief that the husband was absen
and that Detsch fired the shots through
the door when he heard Ferree plac
his hand on the door knob. Detscl
maintained during the trial that ne di
not know that the man outside the doc
was Ferree, and he thought he wa
shooting at burglar. In an endeavo
a'us~rshow motive for the shooting tn
commonwealth made an effort to intro
duce the letters and photographs, bu
the court ruled them out on the grOun
that the commonwealth must prov
Detsch knew of the alleged intimacy {
his wife with Ferree. This left tn
prosecution without a motive, and
rested its case after proving the killing
Counsel for the defendant in his clio!
ing argument to the jury said that
did not appeal to the unwritten lay
but that the defense stood on Detsch
statement that he took Ferree for
burglar Counsel said that there is I
unwritten law in Pennsylvania, ar
that the so-called unwritten law is NJ
worth the paper it is not write
uDOn"
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Follows Husband TO the Grave.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Mary
Jane Guy died just thirty hours after
her husband. William Guy, county poor
director, was laid in his grave. She
was eighty-one years old. For years
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy lived at Corapolis,
being among the best known residents
of the county. Mrs. Guy was injured
in a fall three years ago, from which a
depression of the brain developed. She
was seriously i'll when her husband
was brought hsme suffering from
pneumonia few days before his death
and the shock hastened her death. She
had not been told of the death of her
husband.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
BIG BANK FAILURE
National Bank of North America In
New York Closed.

New York Closed.
New York, Jan. 27.-President W. F.
Havemeyer, of the National Bank of
North America, announced that the
directors of the bank had decided to
request the comptrollS- of the cur
rency to assume charge of the affairs
of the institution.
President Havemeyer said that owing
to persistent rumors aflOat for the past
ten days, there had been a continuous
drain on the resources of the institu-
ton and the indications were that the
Withdrawals would be so heavy that
the bank would be unable to meet
them. President Havemeyer said that
the action placing the affairs of the
bank under the charge of the comptrol-
Ter of the currency had been taken to
insure that all depositOrs would be
treated alike.
Charles A. Hanna. national bank eX-
aminer, has been appointed receiver,
The National Bank of North Amer
lea has a capital of $2,OOO,OOO. and on
Aug. 22 last, at which time a report
was made to the comptroller of the
currency, showed deposits of $19,7S7,
400. This sum had been largely and
gradually decreased by Withdrawals
during and subsequent to the panic
and on Dec 3, the date of the next
report. showed deposits of $6,926,50C
and cash on hand 1881 900 Since that
time, according to President Have
meyers statement, the deposits have
shrunk further and now amount to ;
little over $3,OO0,0O0.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Petition For Repeal of Rate Law.

Danville, Va, Jan. q. - Believing
that a restoration of the old passenger
rate laws in North Carolina will pre-
vent the reduction expected in their
salaries. the employees of the combined
railroads of the state will petition the
legislature now in session to repeal
the present two and one-half cents per
mile law Since the passage of the
recent anti-railroad laws, the railroad
companies have already begun cutting
salaries in various departments and it
IS believed it will be only matter of
time before all employees will be af-
fected.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
"a Good Name at Hon1e'

ais tower of strength abroad"-and the
excellent reputation of c.. 1. Hood Co. and
their remedies in the city of Lowell, where
they are best known, inspires confidence
the world over, not only in the medicines
but in anything their proprietors say
about them. If Made by Hood It's Good"
II believe Hoods Sarsaparilla the best all.
round family medicine known today" Mrs.
G. D. FARLEY, 652 Wilder St, Lowell. Mass.
II recommend HOo1's Sarsaparilla to any
one" JOHN B. DUEFY. IA Auburn Street.
Lowell, Mass.
II am strong and healthy woman today.
from taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
keep in the house for all the family MRS.
FANNIE BALCH, 10S Leyerett St, Lowell, Mass.
Il consider Hoods Sarsaparilla the best
blood-purifier in the world" MRS. JENNIE
e. CARLTON, 11S Liberty St, Lowell. Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold everywhere.
In the usual liquid, or in tablet form called
SarsatabS. 100 Doses One Dollar. Pre-
spared only by C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Rockefeller Attends coIored Church,

Augusta, Ca, Jen. q. - John D.
Rockefeller occupied his first Sunday
morning in Augusta this winter list
ening to d sermon in the Tabernacle
Baptist church (colored) by Rev. c. T.
Walker the BLACK Spurgeon." who
got out of a sick bed to preach when
informed that Mr. Rockefeller would
be one of his congregation. After the
sermon Mr.. Rockefeller held a confer
ence with Rev. Mr.. Walker in the lat
ters study, when he made a very gen.
erOus donation to the church"
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Dinhtheria Races In 4 Reformatory.

Railway, n. j., Jan. 25.-Twenty
inmates are suffering with diphtheria
in the New Jersey Reformatory here,
where there are now $40 prisoners con-
fined in quarters intended to accommO-
date only 355. New cases have been
developing at the rate of one or two
a day. and the situation has become so
serious that the state board of health
has sent its own physician TO aid in
combating the disease. Lack of facili-
ties for isolating patients has greatly
complicated the situation.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
3. & o. REDUCES WAGES
A Ten Per Cent Cut For All Receiving
Over S166 a Month.


Baltimore, Jan. 24.-Attributing the
action to depression in business re-
sulting in largely decreasing railroad
earnings, the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road company announces a reduction
of ten per cent. in the pay of all Off
GERS and employees receiving over $166
per month, and bringing down to $3.50
all monthly salaries between $3.50 and
$166 per month, this becoming effec-
tive Feb. l. The reduction will apply
to all officers from president down. No
change is made in pay Of the large
number of clerks and other employees
receiving $3.50 or less month, but it
is understood that should further
measures of economy be required, a
revision of the rate of pay of all other
employees will become a matter neces-
sary consideration.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
waitress Inherits s2oo.oOo.

Boston, Jan. 25.-Miss Georgia A.
Smythe. a waitress in a Cambridge
street lunch room, has received news
from her home in New Brunswick that
she is entitled to a fortune of 100000
by virtue of being great at-great-grand-
daughter of Maria Fitzherbert, cele-
brated in history as having been mar
rleg to King George w. of England,
though her marriage was never Off
cially recognized. Miss Smythe's faith
er is dead and she and a sister are his
only heirs.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Dangerous Insane Man at Large.

Worcester, Mass, Jan. 27.-John ].
Hoster, thirty-five years old, said by
the attendants of the Worcester In
sane hospital to be the most danger
GUS man they had in confinement, es-
capped by picking the locks of three
doors with a hairpin. Hoster has es-
capped twice before Once he went to
st. Louis, where he engaged as an at
tendant in an insane asylum. While
there he gave testimony on which one
John Smith. an attendant, was con-
victed of numbering a patient. Then
Hoster beat another patient there into
insensibility, which caused Hoster to
be sent back to Massachusetts and
Smith to be freed
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
n Does The Business.

Mr.. E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton,
Maine, says of Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
cit does the business; I have used it
for piles and it cured them. Used it
for chapped hands and it cured them.
Applied it to an old sore and it healed
it without leaving scar behind. 25c
at Benton N. Weldon's, drug store.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
THREE FIREMEN KILLED
Many Others Injured by Falling
Walls in Baltimore.

Many Others Injured by Falling
Walls in Baltimore.
Baltimore Md, Jan. 24.-Fire broke
out of the upper part of the building
occupied by the firm of J. REGISTER &
Sons, corner of Holiday and Saratoga
streets. The first alarm was followed
by a general one, calling out all the
apparatus in the city. Then by high
wind from the northeast the fire spread
rapidly and in an incredible short time
the northern wall of the building fell.
Saratoga street being very narrow,
three firemen were killed and many in
jured, among them being George Hor-
tor, the fire department chief. The fire
burned towards number of old struct-
ures. A four-stOry building in the
rear occupied by the E. B. Read & Son
company, soon caught fire and burned
fiercely.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
SIMPLE REnEuY EoR LA GRIPPE

La grippe coughs are dangerous as
they frequently develop into pneu-
monia. Foley's Honey and Tar not
only stops the cough but heals and
strengthens the lungs so that no
serious results need be feared. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar con-
tains no harmful drugs and is in a
yellow package. Refuse substitutes.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
H. GASSAWAY DAVIS ILL
Cold Due to Trip In Snowstorm May
POSTPONE His Wedding.

Cold Due to Trip In SnoWstorm May
Postpone His Wedding.
Washington, Jan. q. - Friends of
Henry Gassaway Davis. the West Vir-
ginia multi-millionaire and Octogenar-
ian, are alarmed over his illness, which
may cause his wedding to Miss Maude
Ashford to be postponed. Miss Ash
ford admits his condition is serious.
He is at his hotel, attended by ply
sician and trained nurse. He was
caught in a snowstorm Thursday night
and took cold. 1t is reported that his
illness followed a disagreement with
his daughter. Mrs. Lee. following the
announcement of his approaching mar
riage to Miss Ashford.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
ELKINs FOR SECOND PLACE
West Virginia Wants to Furnish the
Candidate for Vice President.

NdnQIQdIC IOT NlCC TISSlNCiA1s
Washington, Jan. 25.-The first
boom for vice president has been
launched. West Virginia demands
the second place on the Republican
ticket for United States Senator Ell
kins, and it is understood that assur-
ances of support have been had from
other states.
Senator Elkins, it so happens, is a
son-in-law of Henry G. Davis, who was
on the Parker ticket four years ago.
At that time Senator Elkins said that
the chief difficulty with the Demo
cratic national ticket was that it was
upside down. He couldn't support
that kind of a ticket.
Senator Elkins was seriously con-
sidered as a running mate with Nc
Kinley in 1900, when Roosevelt was
named.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
POISON FOR WHOLE FAMILY
Arsenic In Milk and Rolls lmperiIs
Five.

Arsenic In Milk and Rolls lmperiIs
Five.
Union Hill, N. j., Jan. PA family
of five persons were poisoned by ar
senic dropped into milk and sprinkled
over rolls left over night at their
home. The victims ere Mrs Eva each
wind, widow of Coroner John Zach
wind. of Jefferson street; her daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Formon, Jr.; their baby daughter
Eva and Mrs. Helena Cooper, do
mestic.
All are out of danger. but DR. Rich
ard Schlems says they had narrow
escape. An investigation of the case
is being made
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
'aUncle Joe" Campaign Buttons Out.

Washington, Jan. 27-The first cam
paign buttons seen in Washington ap-
peared Saturday, and they bear the
likeness of Uncle Joe" Cannon-as
he appeared twenty years ago. The
speakers beard is portrayed as brown.
with only a suggestion of gray, and the
top of his head gives only the slight
est suggestion of badness. Every en-
T.oye of the house is wearing one.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Shot and Killed at Prayer.

Oil City. Pa, Jan. 27-W. H. Pien-
augh, Of Sheffield, Pa, was shot and
killed while kneeling in prayer pre-
paratory to retiring. A party of for
eigners nearby were firing revolvers
in celebration of a wedding and doubt.
less the bullet came from this source.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Frozen to Death In Snow Drift.

Pottsville, Pa, Jan. %. - Frank
Ridge, of Minersville, was found
frozen to death in snowdrift at that
place. In his pockets were found two
whiskey bottles, one full and the other
empty.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Is Middies Get Pink Eve.

Annapolis, Md, jan 25.-An cpl
demic of pink eye" has broken cut
among the midshipmen and about
seventy-five cases have been treated
at the sick quarters in the last week
The affection has not been particu-
larly serious in its effect, but it is
feared it Will lead to grave eye trou-
BILE unless it is checked promptly.
Smyrna times., 1908-01-29
Man Hiccoughed Six Days and Died

Washington, N. j.. Jan. 24.-Abram
S. Andrews, seventy-seven years old
is dead at his home here, after suf-
fering six days with hiccoughs. He
was first attacked by pneumonia and
then hiccoughs came on and racked
him till he died.