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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15
Americas Peril.

Every foreign observer believes mat
the grand struggle between The
Halves" and the ~Have-nots'' which is
10 mark this century will be fought
out first OF all upon American SOIL
London Spectator.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15
Chair free

Big Morris chair to be given
away at Keener Drug Store. Ex-
anime chair and get particulars for
securing II.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

land by the hundreds from distin-
guished citizens. including one from
President Roosevelt, who issued a
proclamation to the people eulogizing
the character and service Of the ex-
president and ordering full military.
and naval honors on the day Of the
funeral and public flags at half mast
for thirty days. at the same time the
president changed his plan of attend
Ing the Yale Harvard boat races and
announced his purpose to attend the
funeral. Grover Cleveland was born
at Caldwell, MI, in 1887. studied aud
practiced law at Buffalo, N. Y, was.
district attorney and mayor of Buffalo
and governor of New York prior to his
election to the presidency.
Latest Hammondsport Flight.
The airship known as the June Bug,
designed by G. II. Curtis, has had a
successful trial fight at Hammonds-
port. N. Y. The June Bug went the rec
ord distance of 2,lI5 feet at speed Of
.shirty.siy niles an hour.
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
An international Steel Trust.

T. ll
Despite numerous and repeated de-
malls from parties interested, the re-
port from London that great inter
national steel combination is in proc
ess Of formation gains credence. The
largest concerns of Europe and Amer
lea are said to be included.
Changes In Standard Oil.
81. NJ. Flagler has resigned as q vice
president of the Standard Oil company,
and his place is taken by w. Fl. Til
ford, whose place as treasurer is taken
by G. NJ. Pratt, formerly secretary.
Walter Jennings becomes the secre-
tary.
The Business Outlook.
The last weekly statement issued by
r. G. Dun & Co. says:
Midsummer quiet Is augmented this
year by the general contraction that
has occurred in all departments of
trade and industry. but splendid prog
ress of the crops strengthens conf
dence in the future, and preparation
for a large volume of fall business is
gradually increasing the percentage of
active machinery. Erratic fluctuations
in prices Of raw material retarded i'm
provement In the cotton goods indus
try, but the recent sharp advance in
hides and leather on account of small
receipts Of cattle failed to check prog
rcss at shoe factories, and fair ton
mage Of new business is received by
the steel mills. Semiannual clearance
sales of dry goods We're well attended.
country merchants replenishing de-
pleted stocks at satisfactory prices, and
reports from all sections Of the coun-
try testify to a good distribution Of
lightweight wearing apparel. Idle
freight cars have been reduced to less
than $4,000. and many railroad shops
are resuming repair work, while earn
ings in June show a loss of pol per
cent as compared with the same month
last year. Preliminary statistics of
failures indicate that strictly CONNER
cial suspensions in June will compare
favorably with every month since the
collapse last October. Foreign COM
merce at this port alone for the last
week shows decreases Of $685. in
exports and $3,630,375 in imports as
compared with the same week last
year. Money rates remained easy, de-
spite preparations for semiannual set
Elements next week. and security prices
declined fractionally on small sales.
Bank exchanges at New York for the
week were 11.S per cent less than in
1907, and at other leading cities the de-
crease was 1872 per cent.
Commercial Failure.
Commercial failures this week in
the United States, as reported by R.
G. Dun & Co., are 2S2 against 2GO last
week, 2S5 the preceding week and 1872
the corresponding week last year.
Failures in Canada number &c against
26 last week, "a the preceding week
and % last year. Of failures this
week in the United States 95 were in
the east 70 south, II west and 81 in
the Pacific states, and 101 report liza
bilities of $4,000 or more against 90
last week. Liabilities of commercial
failures thus far reported for June are
SO, 565,9O4 against $13,734,O67 for the
same period the previous year.
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
FOR N
Persian RevoIutionists Crushed.


Advices from Teheran, the Persian
capital, told of bloody battle in the
streets between the government Cos
sacks and the members of the assem-
bly,. First a force Of cavalrymen sur
rounded the parliament while the de-
mand was made that certain members
be given up. This was refused, and
thereupon heavy guns were brought
up, and bombardment of the parlia-
ment buildings and the neighboring
mosque was begun. Bombs were hurl.
ed by the parliamentarians, and the
streets We're said to be filed with the
dead. Later the shah's troops stormed
and captured the parliament A score
Of revolutienists We're taken before the
shah, who ordered them executed with
out trial. Martial law was proclaimed
in the capital, and the national assem-
bly, dispersed, leaving the government
apparently master Of the situation. bur
fighting was also reported at Tabriz, In
dicating that the revolution was spread
Ing.
Short Terms For Jew Baiters.
The trial at st. Petersburg of the
men accused of instigatiny or of talk
ing part in the Bialystock massacre of
Jews in 1905 resulted in the conviction
of fourteen persons, one of whom re-
ceiyed three years sentence to penal
serritude and the rest to short terms
of from six months to year. Fifteen
were acquitted.
Americans Quit Venezuela.
Jacob Sleeper, the American secre-
tary of legation and charge at Caracas,
Venezuela, and the attaches wentaboard
the gunboat Marietta June 90 and
sailed away from Venezuelan waters,
thus virtually breaking off diplomatic
relations. While the immediate occa-
sion of this action is the admitted ex-
istence of the bubonic plague in the
port towns, 1t is pursuant to studied
policy Of ignoring Castro since he re-
fused to submit the questions in dis
pute to arbitration last winter.
Secret Voting In France.
Both the senate and the deputies Of
France have passed the electoral re-
form law, the object of which is to
provide complete secrecy of voting.
End Of Women's Congress.
The international congress of women
at Amsterdam, Holland, ended week
Of sessions on the Goth. Decided prog
ress was reported in all the principal
nations except the United States, which
was well represented, however, by a
group of able women recognized as
leaders in the world movement, includ-
Ing the Rev. Anna Shaw, Mrs. Gait
and Ida Hustled Harper. The militant
suffragettes of England were not form
ally recognized or represented in the
congress. After heated discussion
the congress rejected the proposal to
form an alliance with the Socialists.
The question of general or limited suf-
frage was left to the Judgment Of the
different countries represented.
France to Buy Railway.
BY the narrow majority of three the
French chamber sustained the Clemen-
ceau ministry in its plan to buy the
Western railway, thus adding 5000 Kill
ometers to the total Of the govern
nent's system.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
LEGAL CRIMINAL

The twenty-four members of the pa
per pool known as the Manila Paper
and Fiber company, at New York, We're
fined $1,000 each by Judge Hough in
the federal court, they having pleaded
guilty. The fine was paid and the as
ISOLATION dissolved.
Race War In Texas Serious.
The elimination of hard feeling be-
tween the whites and blacks Of Sabine
county, Tex, and of several recent
murders therein was the lynching of
six negroes by mob of whites, who
broke into the jail at Hemphill and
took six colored prisoners out to their
death, five being hung to the same tree
and the sixth shot as he was trying to
get away. The negroes had been held
on the charge of having murdered
Hugh Dean. white man, about three
weeks ago. State troops were ordered
to the scene to preserve order.
New York Ice Trust Held.
-Four indictments were the result Of
the New York grand jury's investiga-
ton Of the affairs of the American
Ice company, all charging unlawful re-
straint of trade. This Is regarded as
slap at Jerome, who found that there
was no evidence on which to base q
case against the trust.
Public Service CRATER Hit.
j.. Immel, member of the CO.
lumbus (O) board of public service,
who was recently put out of Office be-
cause of street paving scandal, fore
stalled trial by voluntarily pleading
guilty. He was sentenced to four
years In prison and fine of $1,000.
Race Track Police Enjoined.
The efforts Of the New York city pe-
lice authorities to enforce the recent
anti race track laws received setback
when the city supreme court granted
the Coney Island Jockey club re-
straining order to prevent the police
from interfering with individuals on
the property of the club or from pre-
venting the lawful use of said property
and from trespass;ng upon the prop
erty.
First Boyertown Arrest.
At last, after the elapse Of nearly six
months since the burning of the Boyer
town Pa) theater, resulting in the loss
Of III lives, the first arrest has been
made, that of DR.. Thomas II. Rhoads,
the owner of the building, on the
charge of violating the factory laws in
maintaining building dangerous to
the public safety. The coroner's jury
had asked the indictment of the
woman who managed the entertain
men and the deputy factory inspector,
Bechtel, but the district attorney re-
fused to proceed against them.
Two Land Grafters Convicted.
AT Washington jury found guilty
two of the westerners on trial for land
grating, F. A. Hyde and Joost II.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
EDUCATIONAL
Eliot Rebukes Roosevelt.

Eliot Rebukes Roosevelt.
The published correspondence be-
tween President Roosevelt and Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard over the re-
moyal of two members, Fish and Nor
gan, Of the Harvard varsity crew.
shows that the head of the university
resented the interference of the presl-
dent. The latter, in conjunction with
Assistant Secretary Bacon as fellow
alumni of Harvard, had wired Eliot If
1t was not possible to find some other
punishment for the oarsmen, who had
violated certain rules, which Eliot re-
garded as dishonorable. Roosevelt
took the ground that 1t was unfair to
make others suffer for an offense for.
which some other punishment might be
found. Eliot replied that "a keen sense
of honor being the finest result of col
lege life, think the college and gradu-
ates should condemn effectively dis
honorable conduct" and that 1.-THE col
lege should also teach that one must
never do scurvy things in the supposed
interest for the pleasure of Others"
Taft's Smile Brightens Yale.
The presence of the Republican presi-
Dental nominee at Yale during the
commencement festivities as paember
Of the class of IS added to the popular
interest in the occasion From start to
finish Taft was one of the boys and en-
tered into all the doings with great
good humor and evident enjoyment,
even marching in the mud to root for
the ball team which downed Harvard.
Degree For ]. P. Morgan.
Next to the presence of Bill Taft the
comforting of the honorary degrees was
of most interest to the Yale throng and
to the public. Chief among those so
honored was ]. Pierpont Morgan, the
New York financier, who received the
degree of LII. d. in recognition Of his
services in the recent panic. Ex-Sen-
ator Spooner was also honored with a
Yale degree.
Presidents Son Swift Too.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son Of the
president, took his degree as bachelor
of arts at Harvard, thus finishing a
four years course in three years. The
young man has made known his pur-
pose to begin his career in the ranks
of manual laborers and is said to have
accepted a place MS miner.
Public Feeding of Children.
In anarticle in this weeks Charities
DR.. Edward T. Devine of the Charity
Organization society gives some Of his
views on the underfed child in the
schools and tells why he is opposed
to the public feeding of the, children.
DR.. Devine says that the question is
a serious one, involving a conflict in
opinion and fundamental differences in
social theory.
Stories as to starving school chill
dren, DR.. Deyine points out, were
plenty In Europe. and 1t was not I'M
til two or three years ago that the cry
was raised in this city. While not
mentioning Robert Hunter, Mr.. Devine
evidently has in mind Hunters book
that appeared about that time, in which
the number of breakfastless school
children in this city was put at 10000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

\. ~
4e'i'i Guggenheim: 1--WE
scattered money too freely. A big CON
Germ would hire q $4,000 man and pay
him $4,000 or more just to keep a RI
val from getting him. 1t was the same
all the way down the line to the day
laborer. A man with a pick would
command $3.50 to SO for an eight hour
day and do four hours work. Now the
men are earning what they are paid
When business starts up again every
thing will be in trim for profitable
work."
Laekawanna Branches Out.
What business men regard as Sign
OF better times ahead is the decision
OF the directors of the I.ackawanna
railroad to spend $1l,00o.O00 in i'm
provements. The assurance of bumper
crops Is factor in this decision. and
changed conditions all along the line
favored it. Other railroads are prepar
iag to take similar action.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
r. ELIG 10 u S
Huge Pan Anglican Offering.

The great pan-Anglican congress at
London, embracing 5000 delegates
from all the various branches of the
Church of England in many climes
and countries, came to an end with
service in st. Paups, at which
the 200 bishops present made the Of
ferings of their dioceses. They laid
on the altar vouchers for sums aggre-
eating $1,666.O40. The most important
feature of the sessions conferred around
the subject of the relation of the
church to the prevailing evils of So
ciety today. Most of the speakers en-
phasized the necessity Of the church
taking an active part IN removing the
Industrial evils tending toward social
ism. Others openly advocated social
ism as the duty of the church.
Saloon Defending Preacher Quits.
The Rev. George G. Richmond, rec
tor of the st. Georges Episcopal
church at Rochester, N. Y, who has
created a sensation in the church by
his sermons in defense of the saloons
and of Sunday baseball, has been in
duced to tender his resignation. He
holds that the saloon is social neces-
sity. From the pulpit he admitted
that he drank liquors and liked them.
Richmond finally shocked his parish.
toner's by marrying two variety per-
formers on the stage at night before
an audience OF 1900 men.
lnterdict For French Clergy.
Under the law which established or
CARNATIONS for the protection Of the
poor priest and mass funds the pope
has forbidden the French clergy from
protecting the funds.
Saloon Defending Preacher Quits.
The Rev. George c. Richmond, rector
of the st. Georges Episcopal church at
Rochester, N. Y, who has created a
sensation in the church by sermons in
defense of the saloons and of Sunday
baseball, has been induced to tender
his resignation. He holds that the sa-
loon Is social necessity. From the
pulpit he admitted that he drank
liquors and liked them. Richmond
finally shocked his parishioners by
marrying two variety performers on
the stage at night before an audience
Of 1900 men.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
What Do They Cure2

The above question is often asked con-
corning DR.. Pierce's two leading medi-
cines, vGolden Medical Discovery and
sFavorite Prescriptions
The answer Is that rGolden Medical
Discovery is q most potent Alternative or
blood-purifier, and tonic or invigorator
and acts especially favOrably in a cura-5
tive way upon all the mucous lining sur
faces, as Of the nasal passages, throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach. bowels and
rhal CAKES whether the diseaseAffects tho
nasal passages. the thxoat, larynx, bron-
CHA, .stomacE>l as catarrhal dyspepsia),
bowels Gas soYS>l1aFyheAl bladder,
uterus or other pelvic organsS Even in,
the chronic or -nlcera tive STAGES Of f6eS0
lions. 1t Is. often successful In affect.
Ihe . FaYQrite Prescriptionr is advised
Tor the cOra Of one class OF diseases-th0Sa
Reculiar. veal I1eSSeS. deTah9elhekts and
irreg1lafltl incident to women oMIy. sH
Is powerful yet gently acting invig6fat-
Ing tonic and neryine. For weak worm
out, oyer-worked women-no matter what
has caused the breakdown, eFavorite
Prescription will be found most effective
in building up the strength, regulating
the wonanly functions, subdning pain
condition of the whole system.
a book OF particulars wraps each bottle
giving the formula of both medicines and
quoting what scores of eminent med
ical authors, whose works are consulted
by physicians of all the schools Of practice
as guides in prescribing, say of each in
gradient entering into these medicines.
The words of praise bestowed on the
several ingredients entering into Doctor
Pierce's medicines by such writers should
have more weight than any amount Of
non professional testimonials, because
such men are writing for tho guidance of
their medical brethren and know whereof
they speak.
Both medicines are non-alcoholic, nom
secret, and contain no harmful habit
forming drugs, being composed of glyceric
extracts Of the roots of native, American
medicinal forest plants. They are both
sold by dealers in medicine. You can't
afford to accept as q substitute for one of
these medicines of known composition,
any secret noStrum.
DIR. Pierce's Pellets. small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and in.
vigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS
Harvard outrows Yale.


notwithstanding that Secretary Taft
was on hand to root for the Yale crew
on the Thames, the Harvard eight won
the annual varsity race with ease aft
er Yale's stroke collapsed at the end Of
two miles. The Harvard freshman
crew also won, but the Yale four was
successful.
Roekefeller's Autobiography.
The fact that John D. Rockefeller,
custodian of the greatest fortune in
America and sharing with President
Roosevelt the distinction-ofI being one
of the most discussed characters of
our time. has begun writing the story
of his life rs 4 serial feature for the
Worlds s.olk magazine is widely no.
dced by the press. In explanation of
MS self inspired tas.. Nj. Rockefeller
SAYS, y haiie coa:p 10 SIC that If my
family AMI III adj, ,Ya.s gone records
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

business outlook. He
said that European
financlers We're con-
fident Of the quick
return of prosperity
in America. The
panic he described
as a cleaning Of
the Augean stables. .
Now, he said, sala-
ries and wages had
been cut down to
hard pan and the
various wastes and
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

OF things which may shed light on
matters that have been somewhat dis
cussed. 1t is right that ], should yield
to their advice and in this informal
way go over again some Of the events
which have made life interesting to
me.a
"Tin Plate King Passes Away.
William B. Leeds, formerly president
Of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific railroad and the man who rose
from n position as conductor to the
possession of a fortune of $40, OOO, 900,
made largely in the development of the
tin plate industry which was taken
over by the steel trust, died at Paris
after long Illness. June %. He was
forty-seven years old.
American Girls Royal Wedding.
In the Royal Chapel of st. James
palace, with the king and queen OF
England looking on. Miss Jean Reid,
daughter OF Ambassador Whitelaw
Reid, was married to the kings fa-
vorlte equerry, John Hubert Ward.
Nothing short of wedding in the
royal family ever created SO much So
cial excitement.
Death Of Grover Cleveland.
Grover Cleveland, president Of the
United States from, 1855 to 1880 and
from 1893 to 1897, died at his home in
Princeton. N. j.. June "a, just as lie
was thought to be recovering from a
long and critical Illness. The doctors
in attendance say that for many years
Mr.. Cleveland had suffered from gas
tro-intestinal disturbances and had
long standing organic disease of the
heart and kidneys. Mrs. Cleveland was
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
Republicans Destroy Our Republic.
BY ROBERT HUNTER.

All great students of political history
agree upon one thing. They all say
Democracy is invariably destroyed by
militarism. 1t destroyed the republics
of the past.
At periods of Social Unrest history
shows that some reason is always found
for increasing the army and navy. The
lying politicians Away say "1t is to
protect ourselves from the enemies
outside the gate.'
Jingoism and the war spirit is foster
ed and infamed. The people are made
to feel that the nation is in danger.
Gradually military funds pile up, gun
boats added to gunboat, and regiment
to regiment.
Almost imperceptibly, Republicanism
and Democracy give way to militarism
and oligarchy.
Are we at the beginning of this trans
ition?
Chairman Tawney, of the Committee
on Appropriations made statement
IN the House the other day (Which was
suppressed by the newspapers.) TWAS
startling statement, ominous and
threatening.
He said that we are spending now on
war accounts and in preparation for
war more than any other nation in the
world.
We are this year expanding IS mil
lions more than EEngland, 1876 millions
more than Germany, and 1853 millions
more than France.
No comment is necessary. We have
Republican" government trying
with might and main to destroy our
Republic.
But how many of our citizens care?
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

were convicted on all but ten of the
counts. The verdict was rendered after
the jury had been out seventy-two
hours. The convicted men later fled
notice of an appeal Already Benson Is
under ten months sentence in Call.
fornia, but this has been appealed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

Schneider, but
acquitted John
A. Benson, who
W q $ supposed
to be at the
h "a d Of the
land frauds in
California, and
Henry A. d.
mond. Benson
and Dt IN ond
were acquitted
on all of the
+ ort t w 0
counts. W h lie
fI,a othar tu,o
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

with her husband
at the end, but the
children We're away
at their s Il m m e r
b o M e in N e w
Hampshire. T b e
funeral was held at
the home Friday,
June 2G. and the
body inferred in
the Princeton GEM
etery. Messages of
condolence poured
-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03

nomination of Bryan as the unit rule
has been adopted. In spite Of this the
Bryan managers now claim that the.
have two-thirds of the delegates to the
national convention pledged for their
man.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
Zeppelin Airship Does Stunts.
COMMERCIAL

Gussenheim Sees New Era.
Back at his New York desk after
vacation Of four months abroad, Daniel
Guggenheim of the smelter trust In an
Interview took roseate view of the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-07-03
Taft's Place In Cabinet to Be
Filled by Wright-MiIitia In
Standing Army-Bryan Says
Republican Platform Is a Call
to Retreat-Gompers Not Sat-
isfied Persian Constitution
aIists Crushed by Guns Of
shah-Ex-President Cleveland
Dead.
Elk We
Wright In Taft's Place.

The resignation of Secretary of War
Taft having been accepted, to take eff
feet June 80, the president made
known his decision to appoint to the
office thus vacated Luke e. Wright, the
Memphis lawyer and Confederate vet
eran who succeeded Taft as governor
of the Philippines. In this choice the