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OUT OF THE FLOOD.
Continued from Page one.)
Foot Rise at Abilene.

Abilene, June 10.-The river gauge
at this place indicated 23 feet of
water in the Smoky Hill river at 9
o'clock this morning a rise of one foot
during the past twelves hours.f This
is rise of an inch an hour an hour
and the water is increasing at this
rate.
Tomato Plants for Flood Losers.
H. E Jackson, living at SIG Fill
more street, has several thousand to-
glad to give to the North Topeka flood
sufferers free of charge. There is
probably not a garden in North To-
water and many people over there
will be glad to avail themselves of
this kind offer.
POStOffice to Reopen.
Postoffice substation A, the one
which serves North Topeka, will
move back across the river late this
afternoon from the central postoffice,
where it has been quartered ever
since the Kansas river has been on a
rampage. North Topekans can re-
ceive their mail at the substation this
evening and will not be compelled
hereafter to come to the south side.
Surrounding villages and towns
which are waterbound without train
service come to Topeka in skiffs and
wagons securing their mail here. This
includes ST. Marys, Lecompton, Ross
vile, Silver Lake, Valencia, Tecumseh
and Granville. Boats are used in
coming to Topeka from st. Marys,
Rossville, Silver Lake and Granville
and in the remaining in
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gestive apparatus that is doing its full
duty. getting every particle of vitality
out of all food by transferring it to the
bowels in a perfectly digested state
this above all else brings health
Mr.. A. c. Brock, chef of the Brock
Restaurant, Market District, Boston,
Mass, who is staunch believer in Mr..
Cooper's theory and medicine has this
to say: II had chronic indigestion for
over three years. I suffered terribly,
and lost about thirty pounds. I was a
physical wreck when 1 started this
Cooper medicine, month or so ago.
Today I am as we'll as I ever was in
my life. 1 am no longer nervous, my
food does not distress me in the least,
and have a splendid appetite. I am
gaining flesh very rapidly-in fact. at
the rate of a pound day. would
not believe any medicine on earth
could have done for me what this has
done. 1t is a remarkable preparation
and Mr.. Cooper deserves all his sue
cess.
We recommend the Cooper prepare
lions as being remarkable medicines.
Geo. W. Stansf1eld, 632 Kansas ave.
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stronger than ever before and has e
much, better chance to VIM" -.
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MAIL POUCH GONE.

Kansas City. Mo-, June 1o-A regis
tered mail pouch en- route from Los
Angeles to New York is reported to
time Saturday might last. While. mo
definite information can be secured
from the local fpostoffice inspectors It
is admitted guardedly that a very val
liable pouch is missing" From one
quarter it is stated that the pouch
contained several thousand dollars an
other source placing it as high as 10
thousand. These statements are with
out verif1cation, however, and local pos
tai officials say that at this time am
postoffice department at washington.
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GUEST AT FAIRVlEW.

Lincoln, Neb., June 10-Colonel Henry
Watterson, of Louisville, arrived here
today and is the guest Of w. J. Bryan
at Fairview. He will remain with Mr..
Bryan until tomorrow afternoon when
he will leave for st. Louis. Colonel
Watterson admitted that various
matters of Democratic interest would
be discussed. Concerning Mr.. Bryan's
candidacy, he said:
Il have accepted Mr.. Bryan as the
inevitable candidate of the Democratic
party and he will be nominated on the
first ballot. I think Mr. Bryan is
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DOOMED TO DIE
The Rat must go, is the Verdict Of
Health Onicers Everywhere.

Physicians everywhere recognize
the danger of bubonic plague infec-
ton from rats. Stearns' Electric Rat
and Roach Paste is the best and
simplest method of killing off rats and
dangerous vermin of all kinds.
1t drives ratSEout of the house to
die and is guaranteed to kill them or
money refunded. Also exerminates
cockroaches, mice and other vermin.
Sold by druggists or general stores ev-
erywhere or sent prepaid on receipt OF
price. o. box Csc. 16 or box S1OO.
Stearns' Electric Paste company. Buffalo.
New York.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Isaac Newton McElroy died at IT'S
Harrison street at 1920 Wednesday,
June 10, of cancer, aged rs years. He
leaves a wife, Mrs. Harriet McElroy
Topeka. William McElroy, Mrs. L. G.
Hammond, Mrs. Harry s. Knox, Mrs.
Richard T. Ruby, Mrs. J. Harry
French, James F. McElroy and Mrs. A.
G. Killinger. Also brothers, and sisters,
Miss Amanda McElroy of Topeka; Mrs.
McElroy, Meriden;. Mrs Margaret Rob-
inson, Leavenworth; William McElroy,
Hannibal, Mo-; James McElroY, To-
peka; Mrs. John Fulford, Topeka. Fun
eral services will be held from the resi-
dence of A. G. Killinger. 1905 Harrison
street, Friday, June IL, at 2:30 p. m.
Interment in Topeka cemetery.
Mrs. Bert Carson, aged "a years, died
at o'clock last night of tuberculosis
at her home of her father, E. S. An
derson, 800 Polk street. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock from the residence of p. S.
Anderson and interment will be in Fos-
ter'S cemetery.
Drusilla. Wilson, mother of the late
Joseph C. Wilson of Topeka, died yes
terday, June 9, in Carmel, Ind, at the
age of IS years. Mrs. Drusilla wilson
was a prominent Quaker, and nearly
all of her life was devoted to the inter
est of the Quaker church. Fifty years
ago she moved to Kansas and lived at
Lawrence a good many years, during
which time she was active in prOmot-
ing the cause of temperance.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Jane
Dennis will be held at her late resi-
dence, 81 Tyler street, Thursday morn-
ing, at 10 o'clock. The body will be
taken to Waverly, ILL.,, for burial
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New York Money Market.

New York. June -MONEY-Money on
call easy. 11941M per cent; ruling rate and
closing bid II. per cent; offered at IA per
cent. Time loans duh and steady. Sixty
Gays, "a per cent; 80 days, 215 per cent; 6
months, 31zGSs4 per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 31zG4
1er cent; sterling exchange irregular with
lctual business in bankers bills at $4S6A
d4S6SO for demand and at 81. ssh "a. $40 for
y day bills; commercial bills, Sass
S1LVER-Bar silver 531ac; Mexican dol
lars s.6a
BoNDs-Governmen bonds steady.
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New York and Philadelphia

cannot be more pleasantly or con-
veniently reached than by the Grand
Trunk-Lehigh Valley double track
route via Niagara Falls. Solid through
trains of coaches and sleeping cars.
Magnificent scenery.
For descriptive literature apply to
Geo. w. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., Grand
Trunk Railway System, 135 Adams
ST., Chicago
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proper practices of the saloonkeeper.
Whenever a spirit of genuine inquiry
and rational betterment shall take the
place of needless persecution aiming
not at Improvement, but at the exter-
mination of their business the brewers
will welcome 1t and will gladly refrain
from participating in politics.
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stances wagons are enabled to make
the trip by wagon roads which are
still passable.
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Cotton Marker.

Galveston. Tex. June 1O.-COTTON-
Market lower, 115sc
New York. June 1O.-COTTON-Sales to-
day none. Spot closed quiet. Middling up
lands, S11. 10; middling gulf $1165
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Joe Letter Married.

Washington, June 10.-A wedding
of unusual interest was that which
took place at the home of the brides
parents at noon today of Miss Juliette
williams, daughter of Colonel and
Mrs. John r. Williams of this city, to
Joseph Letter, son of the late Levi q.
Letter of Chicago and Washington.
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We will not handle any live stock un.
til further notice
CHAs. WOLF PACKING co.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12

of water. their eyes are red, and
that they froth at the mouth In
reality they frequently lap water and
show no dread Of It, inasmuch as they
sometimes swim across rivers and
lakes.
Rabies is conveyed to the follow
ing domestic animals, besides man,
by the bite OF the rabid dog: dogs,
cattle, horses, cats. swine, sheep,
goats and fowls.
"a supposedly rabld dog should not
be killed, but should be captured, II
possible, SO that the health authori-
ties can make a proper examination
and determine the existence of rabies
by scientific methods Of investigation.
dogs which have been bitten by a
rabId animal come down with the
disease in from three to six weeks. In
some cases the incubation period Is
much shorter; in others, much longer
Hence, when a dog is bitten by sus-
pected animal II should, II Of no value,
be killed at once; or il valuable should
be chained and destroyed when the
first symptoms develop.
"The following diseases simulate
rabies: Inflammation OF the brain, dis
temper, epilepsy, gastritis, enteritis,
parasites In the nose, bone wedged in
between the teeth, paralysis Of the
Jaw. mnstroke, and great excitement
from various causes"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12

A dispatch TO The Times Union from
New York says Hon. Thomas A.
Darby formerly State Senator from
Putnam county, died in Alaska last
Monday OF apoplexy. Senator Darby
was member Of the Legislature OF
1897. which elected stephen r. Nal.
Tory as United States Senator. Mr..
Darby was for years a prominent
business man in Alachua county, and
the people OF this section viii regret
to learn OF his death. He was recent.
" married to Miss Caroline Brevard
Of Tallahassee. who was his second
wife.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12
SCARLET FEVER LESS DREADED

Now that smallpox, thanks to com
puIsory vaccination, has become a
rarity in civilized communities, scar
let fever steps forward as the worst
Of the eruptive diseases Of childhood
IL is a malady OF enormous antiqui-
ty. ThucydIdes, writing nearly 1--WE
hundred years before the beginning
OF our era, called 1t heritage from
the remote past It has scourged the
white races In all ages and all coun.
tries, and the physicians Of all schools
have leyeled their heaviest artillery
upon 1t, says DR.. Leonard X. Hirsh-
berg in The August Delineator. Yet
II remains a puzzle unsolved and an
enemy unconQuered. even today. We
are in doubt as to It's cause. and
there Is no drug or antitoxin that viii
cure II.
But despite all this. the death-rate
from scarlet fever is steadily declIn-
ing. and we may expect II TO decline
more and more as the years go by.
The reason for this. / take it, lies in
the fact that the modern doctor is a
great deal more sparing with pills
and powders than his predecessor. and
"a great deal more lavish with water.
air and antiseptics. In the old days
II was customary to dose scarlet.
fever patients with all sorts OF violent
remedies, in staggering quantities,
and, as a result. many OF them died.
Today medicines are but minor aux.
iliaries in the sick.room and both
doctor and nurse devote their main
energies to preventing spread Of
the infection.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12
AeW,s Liz

We otter One Hunerod Dollars Re
ward Tor any case OF CatArrh that
cannot be cured BY Hans casarvh
Cure, CHENEY & co. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known
y. J. Cheney for the las, eteen wears.
ard believe him perfectly honorable
m all business transactions and nnan.
eiaily able 20 carry out any obllsa,
ton made by his arm.
wAi.nnSG. EINNAN a MARVIN.
Wholesale nroggiste. Toledo, o.
Halls catarrh Cure y taken lnturn
ally, as,ing directly upon the Mood
and macous surfaces o. ,he system
Testimonials seat fFce Price 7sc rei
BOTTLE. SQlA rs an drugglsss
Take Halls Family Pins sor conssi
patlon
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12

Few people who have never attend.
ed National convention OF at least
one Of the great political parties Of
these United States can comprehend
the magnitude Of the tribute paid to
hon. W. }. Bryan during the conyen.
tion at which he was nominated IN
Denver last week. The Denver con.
vention was not as largely attended by
the public as the one held IN Kansas
City eight years ago. and the number
OF delegates and alternates only ex-
ceoded that assembly by a hundred or
30 But the tribute paid the great
Commoner last week seems to have
eCualIed that paid him on the Fourth
Of July, 1900, II such a thing were pos.
sible. The editor OF The Sun was
delegate 70 the Kansas City conven.
tion, and he can picture In his minds
eye the scene that occurred in Den.
YER last week. When the Bryan ban.
ner was waved In the convention Ia
Kansas City ten thousand flags were
immediately held aloft by delegates
and spectators, the standards OF the
different States we're seized BY excited
advocates Of the great Nebraskan,
and a march around the immense audi
forum with these banners waving be.
gan which lasted for over an hour. 10
give an idea OF the enthusiasm which
prevailed we have only to state that
such men as former Chief Justice Lid.
dop Judge Palmer OF Lake City, and
others OF the older members OF the
delegation took turn about as banner
bearers. aA one or the other would
become exhausted from the excessive
heat. The younger" element. how.
ever such as Major Wright Of Tampa,
Judge Gibbons OF jacksonville. Nc.
Donald OF DeLand. and one or two
others, maintained their composure
and dld not become unduly excited, al
though they were heartily IN favor
Of Bryan's nomination under the cir.
cumstances. What they feared most
was the i6 10 / craze, and time has
demonstrated that they were right ON
this question.
When an effort was made In the
Kansas City convention 10 get David
n hill to accept second place on the
ticket with Mr. Bryan the demonstra.
ton was as great II not greater, than
that accorded 20 Bryan. but this was
probably due TO the TACT that Mr.. Hin
was a participant m the PROCEEDINGS
OF the convention. When he was com.
PEELED 70 mount the speakers stand IN
response 10 the aannna ~ the dele.
gates and audience he could absolute.
" have walked on the heads from
his place In the New York delegation
20 the rostrum, and as Il WAS ne was
virtually passed from the arms OF one
man TO another until he was landed
ON the rosuum.
The writer has never seen the ike
ot the scene as these two demonstra.
toms In the Kansas City convention.
and 4 is not likely that the demon,
siraiion IN the beaver convention SUR.
passed either one OF them. The
tribute paid Col Bryan. however AZ
ihe nenvcr convention shows that ~
still holds nrst place 10 ne hearts Il
Democrats ana les IA al hope that
ne returns In November VIA ahow
thar he now holds nrs, place ia the
hearts u majority Of hls eountr,
men, MS Views ca National matters
have certainly srown IA popaarlt,
durng The rssi eight wears. ana AZ
lhe expopeni oi ghese ideas he oush,
20 - aeleearcd hy ghe aeopie 60 pst
them into elect
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12

II you try TO "overadvertise" your
store for a while--you'n be thankful
that such "crazy idea" ever got into
your head.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12

Finding something. the average
person" looks 70 the Lost and Found
ads. 10 trace the owner.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-12
WEAK MER RECEIPT FREI

Any man who suffers with nerxoas debntv.
loss OF natural power. weak hack. falling
memory o. cercient manhood. brought on ~
ekreA4es. dieA tpat4on. unnatural drains or the
tollct o. yputh. nav cure himself &c home
with SIMPLE prescrsption that vii giadly
send lrNN. IN VAIN sealed Nnyelupc. 10 anv
man Who " gu write Tor ~ a, Robinson
tees Lacg haildiug. Detroit. MichiNan.
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CONFIDENCE
We Back Up our Statements With
Our Personal Reputation and
W. Money

We are so positive that We can
cure constipation, no matter how
chronic may he, that We offer to fur.
nish the medicine free Of all cost il
we fall.
1t is worse than useless to attempt
to cure constipation with cathartic
drugs. Laxative or cathartic do
much harm. They cause a recrea.
ton, irritate and weaken the bowels
and make constipation more chronic
Besides, their use becomes a habit
that is dangerous and often fatal.
Constipation is caused by weakness
of the nerves and muscles of the
large intestine or descending colon
TO expect cure you must therefore
tone up and strengthen those organs
and restore them to healthier act
ivity.
The discovery of the active prin
ciple of our remedy evolved the la
Dor of the worlds greatest research
chemists. 1t possesses all the best
qualities of the remedial active prln
ciple of the best known intestine
tonics- and it is particularly promp
in it's results.
We. want you to try ReXall Order
lies on our guarantee. They are ex
ceedingly pleasant to take and are
ideal for children They act directly
on the nerves and muscles of tbs
bowels They have a neutral actor
en- other organs or glands. They de
| not purge or cause any liiconven
fence whatever. They will positive
| ly cure chronic or habitual constipa
ton and the myriads Of associate Of
dependent chronic ailments. Try
RexaM Orderlies at Our risk Pau
V. Mccoy & Co., Minot, N. D.
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Judge Murray's Invitation

Judge Murray received an invita-
ton and a letter from D. NJ. Noah.
VINO is to be hanged at the peniten.
tlary tomorrow morning. The invi.
tation is beautifully gotten up at,
fair all hand drawing that would be
credit to any artist. The front Of
1t contains the monogram
of R. S. ~, the initials Of r. S.
Noah, the condemned mans brother,
under whose name he was found
guilty and sentenced. Under the
monogram appears the word, alias.
On the back of the invitation, is the
mumerers own monogram, done
very beautifully
Judge Murray intends to go to
the hanging, and if he does, this will
have been the eighth hanging that
he has attended in his life. P. ].
Hyland, captain of police of this
city, will represent the Independent.
The letter and invitation is as fol.
lows:
State 4Penitentiary, North Dakota.
Hon. Judge Murray,
Dear Sir:
/ will try and drop you my last
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letter probably, and tell you your
kindness and friendly way will new
er be forgotten, and never would
have been, had / lived 100 years yet.
But Judge, my stay here on this
land is short, but if God is willing
we will meet again, where parting
is unknown. So l will send you ?
nice invitation card, and don't refuse
to come, please don't, for you are
my only friend on earth. Yours very
obligingly for all you have done for
me,
D. M. Noah
Grove, Burleigh Co., N. D.
Hon. Judge Murray, ;Minot, n D.
Invitation.
North Dakota State Penitentiary.
Oct 16, 1908
Hon. VIM. Murray, Minot, N. D.
Honored Sir and Friend:
You are hereby invited to be
present at the North Dakota peni-
Tertiary. Oct 20, at one O'Clock, a
M, to witness my departure to that
"bourne from whence no traveller
returns Respectfully,
D. NJ Noah.
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RICE LAKE

Everybody is busy digging pota
toes.
A pleasant surprise was given ]
M. johnson OF Jerome last week
at Jacob Johnson's.
NJ l.. Bates is making little
trail OF his own towards the north
Something must be doing for its
getting quite worn.
Misses Nellie Lenwick and Petra
STIFFNESS closed their respective
schools and departed for Minnesota
last week Their many friends join
in wishing them back again.
A very successful basket social
was held at the Jerome school house
last Saturday night. AS the boys
furnished the baskets the girls were
obliged to bid. The program which
followed was very much enjoyed by
all.
Rev. Graham Of Oscar will hold
services at the old Mr.. Tangedahl
ranch. Services will commence al
II O'Clock a. m. and all are cordially
invited. to come.
ThresIiing has been very much
delayed of late on account Of the
weather. Three machines are al
work in this vicinity. s|
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1t happened on the Oriental Lin
tied, the other might and was told
by prominent Knight of the Grip
Her home is in the east and she
was on her way to Minot to visit
friends. Forty miles east of here
she began to make preparations to
leave the train Her merry Wild
ow," was three stories wide and
half a story high. She primped and
fixed. She powdered her nose
rolled up her sleeves, put on her
long gloves, gathered up her sun.
shade, her hand bag, her wrap and
a magazine and floated out of the
sleeper, down the steps, across the
platform into the arms of her
friends. While waiting in the de-
pot fer carriage, she discovered
that she had forgotten something
With little shrek, she dropped her
belongings, and few out Of the sta
ticna, cross the platform into the
sleeper, from which she shortly re-
appeared. She had forgotten her
baby and had left it in the car. II
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RaiiroaGinq.

The Great Northern railroad com
pany have found a good supply OF
water at a shallow depth in Paler-
mo in new we'll Many important
railroad improvements are planned
at Palermo for the coming year,
and there is assurance that the
branch which has been surveyed
northwest from here will be started
in the spring. The land holdings OF
the Great Northern railroad COM
pany at Palermo are larger, than at
any place within $50 miles in either
direction, which is an indication
that Palermo is sure to become an
important railroad point.-Palermo
Standard r.
Rev. E. P. Lawrence, the Presby-
terian minister will go to Burling-
ton Sunday afternoon where he will
take charge of the Sacrament Of the
Lords Supper at the Presbyterian
church in that burg. ....
Dr. A. n CUM returned this week
from Chicago. The doctor has his
offices on the third floor of the
Scofiedl block and is rapidly gain
ing a good practice.
Excellent opportunity for. the
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ID
Burton Harris and wife Of St
RaAl arrived .Friaay e y arp 20. ~ ~
charge of the, Mercantile 1'radina
Co. w. H, Hanscom. having resign
~ - maaaxer. Mr.. Hanscom s~i''
return to st. Paul. Mr.. Harris
knew Minot we'll in the early days
hHying bean engaged here as A.
instla4 interpreter. He has crossed
tie state several times Il on horse
back prairie schooner; ins
SAed River OK cart ard With dos
teams. He aAas Minot A0efeai
'f,om the little COW Boy village he
.us6d tosRnon her to DO.
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A. Kruger, a wealthy Berthold

A. Kruger, a wealthy Berthold
farmer. was in Minot last Thursday
Mr.. Kruger had in nearly 400 acres
OF crop this year, which made hin
a mint of money. He threshed 2S70
bushels Of wheat, and his share o.
oats was 1850 bushels. He still has
his fax to thresh. One load thresh-
ed however yielded seven bushels.
He has already dug 100 bushels %
potatoes and placed them in his eel
lar, besides he has lot more t..
dig. MIR. Kruger Is model farmer
and believes in plowing his land goos
and deep and putting in his CROP
we'll. He had one piece Of oats that
averaged ~ bushels to the acre.