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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
PLANSTR|KE |NPAR|S.
AUTHORITIES AND WORKERS GET
READY FOR FRAY AND
LONG SIEGE.
FRENCH PREMIER is ILL
Leader Of Party In Control Declares
He Would Resign Office Rather
Than Allow Employees to Get Upper
Hand.

Paris, May 10.-Both the govern
ment and the state employees, lnclud-
ing the men OF the department of
posts and telegraphs. Sunday rapidly
marshaled their forces for the i'm
pending struggle.
Premier Clemenceau was confined
to his room by sickness, but he was
in constant communication with his
colleagues and declared he would re-
sign rather than make terms.
Troops and special police reserves
were disposed to guard the central
post and telegraph station. the switch
board machinery, and the exposed
lines leading to the provinces.
M Barthou, the minister of public
works, Is OF the opinion that a con-
siderable proportion of the state en-
ployes will stick to their posts, and
that with the aid of soldiers and the
cooperation OF the Chambers OF Com
meroe and the hotel keepers associa-
tons. who are organizing auxiliary
forces, the public services will be
maintained One hundred and fifty
thousand carrier pigeons. trained for
war service, have been placed at the
disposal of the government.
Ridicule Government Measures.
The strike committee of the postal
employees ridicule the measures adopt
ed by the government. and promise
big surprises. 1t is understood that
they do not intend to declare a strike
until next Tuesday, in order to give
parliament. which will reassemble on
Monday, chance to intervene in their
favor. Their manifestoes. which are
couched in the phraseology of revolu-
ton, read as ii they were martyrs to
liberty. For instance, In announcing
the refusal OF seven postmen to ap-
pear before the council of discipline
today on the ground that to comply
would be an interference with their
liberty, these men are described as
going to the execution in char
rettes,'" term employed In the day
which conveyed the victims of the rev.
olutionary tribunal to the guillotine
Many of the groups of railroad men
In the provinces have voted sympathy
with the postmen and announce their
support of the resolution of the rail-
road mems congress to go on strike
II parliament does not vote pension
bill.
In the meantime. Notwithstanding
the excitement and the apparent ap-
proach of crisis, Paris is as gay as
ever. The social season Is at its
height, and the boulevards are filled
with pleasure-seeking crowds. One
newspaper describes the situation as
follows:
I'VE are standing over volcano
but Paris. as usual, only amuses IT.
self"
When the council of discipline. com
posed of five chiefs Of division and
five advisory representatives.. met to
day to consider action in the case OF
the seven postmen charged with at
lacking the government and parlia
ment, only two Of the advisory mem
bers were present. They asked i'm
mediately that the council declare it
self incomplete. and upon refusal they
walked out and announced their in
tention of resigning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Rabcock,s Fortune sacz. 500.

Washington. May S-The total
value of the estate of the late Repre-
sentative Joseph w. Babcock of Wis
consin, who died here. was given as
1907, 500 in a petition filed yesterday
by the executors of the state asking
that the will be admitted to probate.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

that she passed. through the massacres
safely and was not injured.
Miss Webb is well known in Iowa,
having once lived in Bloomfield. With
her sister she went to Turkey as a
missionary several years ago for the
American Board of Foreign Missions
Many Armenians were killed about
her mission at Adana, but she escaped
and has written thrilling story of
her experiences.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

Mrs. J.. o. SWINEY
Grand Opera house, Friday evening,
May 81, and the program will include
some of the most noted soloists and
choruses in the country.
Chorus Of Forty Voices.
The Harmonic chorus of forty
voices, under the direction of Miss
Louise ST. John Westervelt, head of
the vocal department of the Columbia
School of Music of Chicago, will be
featured This women's chorus is a
department Of the Harmonic society of
Davenport that has existed uninter-
ruptedly since 1875, and it is claimed
that no organization of it's kind in
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Business Man Shoots Two.

Huntsville. Ala, May 10.-J. Robert
Jones. a prominent insurance man,
was killed and A. D. Mcdowell, a ship
ping clerk. was fatally injured here in
a shooting affair by A. L. Halsey. q
Huntsville business man.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Road Officials In Thrilling Escap

Chicago, May S.-High officials Of
the Pennsylvania lines experienced a
thrilling escape yesterday from fire
which destroyed the special car on
which they were travelling from Pitts.
burg to Chicago. The officials were
First Vice-President Joseph Wood.
Second Vice-President ]. ]. Turner,
and Chief Engineer Thomas Rodd.
Mr.. Turner escaped through q win
dow.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

now for two years. While some won.
en- bake cakes and others write stories
and still others keep hens and make
butter for their pin money and to aid
their husband. Mrs. Ellsworth COM
petes with men in hog buying and
makes good.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

Colonel S. w. Durham is dead at
Marion. Ia. He was a member of tie
state constitutional convention of 1874
and ninety-two years of age.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Fatally Hurt in Car crash.

Maysville, KY. May 10.-ln a rear
end collision between street cars here
Saturday several passengers were bad
ly bruised and child was fatally
hurt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

Ida Fuller, inventor of the fire dance.
is spending vacation at her old home
at Forest City, la. She has just closed
an engagement in Mexico and will
soon go to Paris and upon her return
will go to the Pacific coast to fill en-
gagements, one of them at the Alaskan
exposition. She commands salary of
5000 a week and has accumulated a
fortune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Four Nearoes Drown.

Seaford. Del, May s-Four colored
persons, three men and a woman,
were drowned by the upsetting of a
canoe opposite Woodland, in the Nanti.
coke river.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
GEORGIA Treasurer is Dead.

Atlanta, Ca, May 8-Robert e.
Parks. state treasurer died here yes
terday after an operation for an alb
scess. He was 66 years old.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
patten In New Mexico.

Trinidad, Col, May flames A..
Patten is still on the Bartlett ranch
In northern New Mexico.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

DeWitts Little Early Risers, gentle,
easy, pleasant, small little liver pills.
Sold by Edward T. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

OF' DAVENPORT.
haeuser Reimers of Rock Island. who
studied piano under Wager Swayne of
Paris; Miss Bertha Klein of Burling-
ton, the we'll known exponent of Miss
Blanche Sherman's teaching; Miss
Alice Clough. violinist, pupil of Lis
termann; Miss Clara Sloan. organist.
who has studied with Clarence Eddy
and Guilmant in Paris, and Miss Ger
trude Housed, violinist, member of
the faculty of Augustana Conservatory
of Music OF Augustana college, Rock
Island. Master Lyle Utts, boy so,
prano of Grace Cathedral choir, will
sing at one OF the sessions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
Moonsriners KIN Deputy Marshal.

mOoHaI'lC'o N'' DSPo1y WdF6ndi.
Hugo, Okla, May 10.-In battle be.
tween a posse and band of moon.
sinners near Turkey Creek. United
States Marshal Lou Holden was killed.
The band was routed after many shots
had been fred. Three of the moon.
sinners were captured. The still was
destroyed and quantity of Whisky
confScated
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

Henry Shove. Jr., and Blanche Ben
edict. both aged twenty, have eloped
from Marshalltown, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
ESCAPES ADANA MAssAcREs
Miss Elizabeth S. Webb Of Iowa Sur
wives Days of Terror.

There is joy at Eldora. Ia. where
the brother of Miss Elizabeth S. Webb.
a missionary at Adana, Turkey, in
Asia Minor. has heard from his sister
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
IOWA HAS WOMAN HOG BUYER
Mrs. Ellsworth of Nashua Completes
With Men and Makes Good.

Iowa has at least one woman hog
buyer who can judge fat porker as
well as any man and sees that she
gets the best price at the Chicago
stock yards.
She is Mrs. q. H. Ellsworth of
Nashua and has been in the business
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

We know of nothing better for cuts,
burns, bruises, scratches, or in fact
anything where salve is needed, than
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve. 1t is especially good for piles.
We sell and recommend it. = Edward
r. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
To Mothers In Thu. Town,

Children who are delicate, feverish
and cross will getimmediate relief from
dren. They cleanse the stomach, act.
on the lily liver making sckly child lid
worms. Sold by all druggists, 25c-
Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, New York. 66w4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14

You who have occasional trouble
from Indigestion, such as sour stomach,
belching of gas, sour risings and weak
stomach, should not delay moment to
help the stomach digest the food for
all these little ailments, annoying both
to yourself and to others, are caused
simply by undigested food in the stom-
ach. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion taken occasionally will soon re-
lieve you of all the simple stomach all
ments that you now have, but which
may be more serious later. Try Kodol
to-day and take it on our guarantee.
We know it will do what we say it will
do. 1t is sold by Edward T. Lomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
OATS
SHELLED CORN
FOR SALE
ENQUIRE AT CRESCO
ROLLER MILLS
Lived 152 Years.

VIM. Parr-E ngland's Oldest man
married the third time at 100. worked
in the field till 1872 and lived 20 years
longer. People should be youthful at 80.
James Wright, of Sporlock, KY, shows
how to remain young. II feel just like
l6-year old boy" he writes, "after
taking six bottles of Electric Bitters.
For thirty years Kidney trouble made
life burden, but the first bottle of this
wonderful medicine convinced me / had
found the greatest cure on earth. I"
They're godsend to weak, sickley run
down or old people. Try them. Soc at
P. A. Clemmer's. F
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17

melody. was not the inspiration Of Mrs
Whitman. but a Baltimore poem. writ
ten in one OF those periodical visits 10
Baltimore after the death OF Virginia,
when with an unborn love OF the Mary
/ land city, he would return to the Joy
haunted retreats OF youth and manhood
The house where this famous poem was
written still stands and a visit TO il last
week awOke many "reminiscences from
its occupants Judge Guiles. who WIS
Poe's host that memorable night when
the wild resonant music OF the sleigh
bells aw0ke Ike music IN the poet
heart is dead The room Poe Quilted
so quietly after the divine spark had
left him Is stu utilized as law Office,
and strange 20 say, Is occupied BY the
srandRephew Of judge Gailes, A. Bartlett
Floyd. a pension attorney Of Baltimore.
Where "GOEd Bugr Was Written.
Near Hellingsford street. on Pratt. II
is not difficult 10 locate the oyster shop
Of the Widow Meaghers, where the prize
story. The Gold Bug" was written on
the TOP Of an oyster barrel for a desk
and the noise Of outgoing and incoming
customers powerless 10 disturb ne divine
flow OF Poe-s inspiration True to tradi-
ton the place is stiH a GROCERY. but
how surprised the present habitues would
be II they knew who had preceded them
IN frequenting the quaint tavern
The circumstances Of the drugglng OF
Poe which lead to his death. has ever
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been shrouded IN mystery. No one could
tell them. but Poe himself and members
Of the Plug Uglie's gang. They we're
members Of secret society and their
lips are therefore sealed.
The poet never regained consciousness
long enough to relate the truth The
tales Of besotted men have 10 value for
in ali probability they were not thought
OF until after years had rendered any
story plausible Family traditions and
records. however, have this authentic
version OF the finding or Poe on the night
OF October g. 1879. Ny grandfather. the
first cousin OF the poet, was passing down
Baltimore street, on the night o. the 90
Of October, when he saw lying under
the steps OK the Baltimore Museum, cor
man in what he thought was a drunken
stupor.
Finds HIS own Cousin.
II was election night and MS first
thought was that II was some one over
come with indulgence Of the day. Pity
for the unfortunate caused him to bend
over the man, when, 20 his amazement, hs
saw It was his cousin Edgar. Quickly
sending q message 20 Nelson Poe, an
other cousin. who lived near, ne took
carriage and. placing the stiIl unconscious
poet IN II. took him 20 TIE Washington
University Hospital. now the church
home on North Broadway. For three
days the doctors worked unavailingiy TO
at least restore him to consciousness, but
in vain The case was diagnosed as drug
poisoning and exposure combined, with
weak heart, proved fatal
On Sunday morning, October !, as the
Angelus was ringing all over the city.
his soul passed with the bells out into
the surSing sea OF death. Followed 20
the end by his attending guardian his
last words have been reported. how ur-
gently I cannot say. Would 70 God
someone would blow my ID brains
out"
The following. day a little funeral train
went through the city Of Baltimore. No
one turned 10 look after II and yet II
was the Monumental City's most gifted
son going 10 his long rest Not 6 bel
tolled except those bells OF fancy he had
immortalized-
Buried Beside His Grandfather.
Reaching Westminster churchyard,
where his ancestors were buried. he was
placed in an open grave IN lot q, By the
side Of David Poe. his grandfather,
Revolutionary patriot Tbs committal
service was read by Rev. " D. GLENN,
distant relative OF Virginia GLENN
Even IN death the silence he claimed was
denied him. for the noises OF the city
surge outside the gate. but they DO not
mar the peace Of the grave
In after years the monument provided
By the family being destroyed. Miss
Sarah s. Rice. principal OF the Central
Female High School. having her symPs-
thies aroused by his neglected grave. col
lected funds for a small monument IN
der which Re was re-iuteTred in 1873 with
imposing ceremonies, and forever laid a.
rest by the side OF Virginia and Mrs
GLENN.
Poor Edgar Allan Poe" the world
says. How poor2 The rewards and pleas
ures Of genius lie n the soul OF genius
itself: what does Il matter what the world
thinks2 Its after reEoTse Is enough
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child Of melancholy. a pariah outside
I the Castle Happiness. a Lazarus seeking
I the crumbs Of Joy
POe's Mother Passes Away.
As IN the case Of Poe's Ligela. Eliza
/ beth Poe, delicate, fragile creature, still
was Of iron will By her personal exer-
/ tons she kept the family from want.
I The romance was ended; all was tragedy.
/ starvation. and death The birth OF the
third child. Resale. sapped the last mod
I icUm OF strength from Elizabeth Poe
I The iron rod Of necessity still kept her
| before the fOOtilghts Then Christian
/ charity stepped IN and a benefit was ar
1 ranged Tor the family. But the forthcom-
I ing help was too late Mrs. Poe died Of
I Pneumonia and mainutrition, and a few
Z days later David Poe died Of consump-
I ton: some say a broken heart.
/ II was near Christmas time ISL. that
Edgar Poe lost his mother. The exact
date Is not known, but in the Richmond
Enquirer Of December 10. 1911. appears
the following appreciation:
Died, on last Sunday morning. Mrs.
Poe. one Of the actresses Of the company
at present playing on the Richmond
boards. By the death Of this lady the
stage has been deprived Of one OF its
chief ornaments; and to say the least OF
her, she was an interesting actress and
never failed TO catch the applause and
command the admiration Of the be
holder
In an Unknown Grave.
The spot in Richmond where Poe's
mother rests is at present unknown. Her
memory remained with the poet, a holy
memory, a sweet fragrance of real
mother love, a fragment Of the unselhsh
woman devotion that giorifed his IN
happy life his guardian mother, Mrs.
Maria GLENN, rests with him in West
minister churchyard. Baltimore. but his
own mother sleeps in an unmarked grave.
very likely a DauDeT'S grave. in the arts
tocratic city where her son was a So
ciety lion.
Through adoption. upon Elizabeth Ar
mold POe's death came his second mother
in Mrs John Allan. first, Of Richmond.
Va The Allans were thrifty Scotch folk.
varm-hearted. provident. and God-fear-
ing. Out Of Christian charity they took
tie tiny Bohemian waif into their hearts
and home. Mrs. Allan adopted him. pet
Ied MN. and spoiled him. and raised him
tenderiy
Contrary to ordinary understanding,
the Allans were not wealthy when they
adopted Edgar. When he was about six
years old they came into considerable
property. and for business motives sailed
for England on the 18th Of June. ISIS. the
day before the battle OF Waterloo when
the star OF Napoleon was to set forever
in the heavens OF destiny. It was but a
brief visit the Allans expected TO make
in the old World; il turned out to be FIVE
years long-fve Of the most formative
years Of Edgar's life An eager boy he
was then. thrown into contact with the
culture, the mysticism. the fascination
OF Europe, Of England at period when,
flushed with NeIlington's victory at
Waterloo, the happiness Of triumph had
set the staid English blood afiame
While the Alians Travelled Edgar en-
tered school at Stoke Newington, Eng
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Royster wrote the following entertaining
description OF this love affair
He was a gentleman IN every sense
OF the word" she SAYS He was one
Of the most fascinating and refined men
I ever knew. Edgar was a beautiful boy
he was not very talkative. and his gen
eraI manner was sad, but when he did
talk, his conversation vas very pleasant
he was devoted 10 the first Mrs. Allan
and she 20 him. OF his own parents he
never spoke.
I have the greatest respect for his
memory, Our acquaintance was kept Up
until he left for the university, and dur
ing the time he was there he wrote 10
me frequently But my father inter-
cepted the letters because We were too
youns-for no other reason I was be
tween fifteen and sixteen when We were
engaged I was not aware that he had
written to me from the university until
after was married, when ! was seven
teen. TO Mr.. Shelton
The ideal and the real woman thus
arrived Poe only loved one-the ideal.
He went on 10 the University of Virginia.
at Charlottesville. where ne maTiculated
in 1876. and spent one short year, one
halcyon year OF youth. and entirely got
over the Register affair.
His WOmanTess Years.
After the university came a short period
in the Allan counting house at Richmond.
These were the womanless years OF Poe.
when his heart seemed buried in a wo-
mans grave Meanwhile. his cratic ways
irritated Mr.. Allan very much. He har-
assed Poe and Poe undoubtedly fretted
him Gentle Mrs. Allan did all she could
10 lessen the breach between the foster
father and foster son. but the boy poet
chafed under Mr.. Allan's iron rule His
only relief was in poesy, and he worked
away at beautiful, mystical al Araaf,"
the most pretentious of his early works.
firing Of restraint. Poe left the count
ing-house and started out on his own &C
count. a well authenticated tradition
says that, during these first years Of
freedom, he enlisted IN the United States
army. under the name OF Edgar A Terry.
Then ne roamed about Greece and
Turkey, sfterward returning 70 Rich
mond as the result of overtu-es from Al
Ian, who had grown lonely through the
loss Of his wife. the kind foster mother
Of Poe's boyhood.
So at last he sent Poe OF to West
Point The end OF this venture was in
evitable- The poetic spirit cannot be
bound and tortured by the rigors OF Mill
tary discipline Poe discovered this for
himself and deliberately brought about
his expulsion on March 6, 1881.
Starts Out Into World.
The West Point days over, Poe re-
turned 10 Richmond 10 see bis foster
father, who had become the father Of
young heir by his second wife. The lat
ter lookedly coldly on Poe. Mr.. Allan
was necessarily piqued at Poe's failure
at West Point. and al his wits ends as
what to do with the brilliant boy. Nat
urally, he upbraided him bitterly His
position was humHiatlng to Poe.
and too proud 70 endure tolerance. he
left the Allan home and. penniless. start
ed out 10 make his way in the world
Continued on Page & CoTuu,v, 2
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for American literature. But the Hub Of
the Universe" must grant that many a
poet has never breathed the combined
fragrance OF cold and salt air from her
classic Back Bay:
The infant Edgar was seen BY relatives
OF the Poe family when he was but a day
and a half old and on such occasions
grandmothers and aUnts are not apt 20
be mistaken There is every proof Of his
Baltimore birth The Baltimore sun in
comment upon his death says. Mr.. Poe.
we believe. IS a native OF this city (Balti-
more)''
There seems 20 be no question OF Il
during his lifetime: it was only when his
fame was assured that other cities, awak
eni1g 10 a realization Of his merits, de-
manded q share OF the honor.
The world knows the history OF his
Ilfe until his tragic death. He was not
so much victim Of drink as a victum
OF circumstances Old friends and neigh
bors, mother-in-law. teachers. bOyhOOd.
and colleges mates have refuted this
fabrication. There IS q legend in our
family that stimulant in the Hghtest
form would excite him and act almost in
has been known 10 have had the effect q
hqour-
Not Child OF Delirium.
HIS Raven" was not written while
In the madness Of delirium tremens. No.
delirium tremens does not have that ef-
feet: II 1t did how many poets Of now
adays would gladly indulge in frey
liquors in the Efforts 10 also write &
Raven" OF an equal masterpiece.
Addicted 10 the use OF liquors he might
have been. but he was not known as a
drunkard at all during his life time. To
be unfortunate is not 20 be evil To my
mind the quality OF evil is never 10 be
applied 20 the unfortunate. Their &C
tons are beyond their volition. They, too,
would Be honorable, but physical crav-
ings deny them this privilege Crime IS &
moral starvation that should be nOUr-
ished and fed until the spirit reborn into
life casts away the crust OF crime and
gTaSps the leaf Of rectitude.
The Bells that haunting bit OF word
The Washington herald., 1909-01-17

Mrs Vya Poe Wilson Miss Elisabeth E1cot Poe the
OF Edgar Allan Poe which appear this page,
direct second cousins of the of American literature They
the only living relatives Of Americas greatest poetic genius who
gage seriously literary work
Mrs Wilson and Miss Poe professional writers furnishing from
Washington special articles and stories ouoown papers
magazines Mrs Wilson especially talented writing fiction
and has done much original research among
the girl workers of this and other cities.
Miss Poe of poetic temperament than sister
her writings nnes the side of life number Of pro-
appeared Munse and the Cosmopolitan
magazines Some of Miss POe poetry which has been recently pub
shed The Washington Herald has attracted favorable