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NOTES AND COMMEND.

tf-
The Washington Press says that
farmers are not praying for rain any
more.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil OBJ.
serves that the Black Hand has got
Its foot into it.
The Chicago Record Herald rudely
suggests that Mark Twain ought to
have quit writing when he was
through.
There are three women still on the
pension lists of the revolutionary war.
All are literally Daughters of the
Revolution. None is over ninety
years old
Senators returning to their homes
after the tariff debate is over" says
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. will
probably be surprised to find that the
conflict that has been raging in the
senate for the last two months has
created little interest or stir among
their quiet, peace loving and prosper
GUS constituents"
Returning to his home at Watson.
vile from visit he had paid to Sa-
linas, Cal, for the specific purpose Of
disproving rumor that he naa zen
killed in an accident, Percy Morse, a
young seed grower, was killed by the
overturning of his automobile. He
persisted almost in the exact manner
that he was rumored to have died
twelve hours before.
The report of the state banking de
partment shows that at the close Of
business on May Is, 1909, there were
in the 620 savings banks, 263 state
banks and fifteen trust companies de
posts in Iowa amounting to 1925. 155,
1e4.G1. an increase over the report o
February 20, 1909, of 1886 e35.27
The latest report shows the bank.
have in gold. silver and currency oil
. hand $685., sO0.65. The increase ii
deposits since May IA 1908, one yea
ago, is s27,227. sGo.12
c. Durant Jones. of Perry, stat
chairman of the prohibition party
has issued a call for state confer
, ence of prohibitionists in Des Moline
, for two days, beginning Tuesda,
, June %. 1t is said the meeting ha
l been called to prepare for an aggre'
, sive prohibition campaign in lows
! and prominent prohibitionists hav
said the party expected to profit b
: the legislatures failure to pass a r.
submission resolution. Indication
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A SUGGESTION.

Marshalltown Times-Republican If
as marvellous personality as Billy
Sunday can concede that newspaper
publicity is half the force of his draw
ing power, what ought the average in
dividual who has goods to sell think
about It?
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Boost Iowa.

Mt. Vernon Hawk-Eye: Iowa news
papers, big or little SO Ear a. subscrip-
ton lists, size of sheet, number of is
sues per week or month, can be en-
gagged in nc better editorial cause
than that Of advocating the interests
Ct their home state.
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Grand Rapids, Mich. is said to have
surplus OF 100000 In Its treasury.
This is the first intimation anybody
hereabouts has had that Grand Rapids
is operating under the commission
plan.
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President David Starr Jordan, Of
Stanford university, in a recent adj.
dress to the women OF Stanford and
Palo Alto, said that the ballot for
women is inevitable and must come as
a natural outgrowth Of the educational
development i of the civilized world
He also expressed the conviction that
! the change is most desirable.
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The esteemed Quincy Journal holds
out the hope that settled weather
may reasonably be expected
as soon as all the Sunday
school picnics have been held
! The thing to do under the circum
stances, clearly. is to bunch the pic
MICS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-15

II June has any thought Of living up
to it's reputation it will proceed at
once to give us more smiles and fewer
tears. Thus far this year it has rivall-
ed April as Niobe.
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somethinu the Matter.

Lincoln journal; When any man
begins to look upon himself as an in
tellectual giant, 1t is time to take
treatment for 1t.
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The papers are saying that Mr..
Hearsts independence party did not
have Tar to go when it went out OF
business.
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'sFourteen minus six feet through
the valley doesn't make such an In
spring war cry.-S Sioux City Journal.
No. But it has In it the "makins. !"
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keokuk, Iowa ......... June IS, 1870
s.oLp eLoRY.p

A gift to the children, the nation. the
world.
A banner OF progress, Ger true
hearts unfurled,
A plea to our manhood trust from
the grave,
Oh. emblem OF liberty! long may It
wave!
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The oid Town Band.

The Old Town Band.
Well do l remember how the old band
played,
o. the witching music that the old
band made
The Glitter, Glitter clatter OF the wee
snare drum.
And the clarinet a-shrilling till the
birds sat dumb.
And every singing creature that the
good Lord made
Took on its hat and listened when the
old band played.
The music went a-rolling like ball Of
thistle down
Till it hit against the woodland and
came floating back to town:
It swayed the bending clover top. the
violet and fern,
And the locusts stopped their fiddling.
they had so much to learn;
And the heart within fellow sort O
lifted up and prayed,
For the music was vesper when the
old band played.
The touch of Barber Streeter when
shaving us, swear.
Was no lighter ami no surer than
when tapping of his snare:
And the way Ben Hull could rapsodize
that old bass drum
| Is something that can't forget till
Kingdom come;
For Isaw the light that never was on
sea nor land,
AS / stood enthralled and listened to
the old town band.
| Twas music that would burst your
heart the old band played
When marching with slow step in a
sad parade,
Out among the marble stones where
the soldiers slept
And I, a boy too young to know,
stood there and wept
Meier again I'll really see a Decora-
ton Day.
Because I'll never hear again the old
/ band play!
"They died for the Union" the gray
preacher said,
Cheers for the living flowers for the
dead;
The soil that they saved. with their
life blood they wet,
But the flag that they loved it Is
streaming DER us yeti"
Where is that preacher now that told
Of the brave? +.
He has marched with the soldiers
down to the grave.
Where is Harvey streeter and the
drum that he played?
Show me the churchyard where Bel
Hull is laid
Where is Ham Tyson and his. big horl
of brass? ,
/ know old Ross is sleeping unde
the grass III
All Of them gone On their separat
And the" there's not ,El the old-t an musr
when the new band plays.
For we'll remember how the oil
band played.
The witching, haunting harmony tn
old band made;
: The song Of Glitter, clatter" that tn
snare drum sang,
! The horns high halle-lujah and tn
cymbals' clang.
Till singing birds sat silent-restin
in the shade,
:, Listening and learning while the O
!, band played.
&C. L. Edison, in Kansas City Sta
t -
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rhe lnconspIcuous Hrldearoom.

DEBORAH Public Opinion: 1t takes
many frills to decorate this years
June brides. one Of the least conspic
uous Of whica is the June bridegroom.
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The Way Iowa Makes Roads.

Columbus Junction Safeguard: The
new law making road dragging COM
pulsory seems to be regarded as a joke
by the officials of Louisa county
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are that the meeting will be a large
one, since the invitations have been
sent out broadcast.

Work and save" is Booker Wash
ington's advice to the colored man.
1t occurs to the Omaha Bee that TINS
is pretty good advice to the white
man also.
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ST. LOUIS TO ST. PAUL.

81. IOOTS To S1s rEtO6s
Largest and finest passenger steam
ers on Mississippi ris err.
FIRST-cLAsS SERVICE.
Steamer Dubuque leaves KeokuYfor
st. Louis every Monday and Friday AZ
s a. m.
Steamer Dubuque leaves KeokV K for
Davenport every Wednesday at NV
p. m.
| Steamers duo to leave Keokuk fof
st. Paul. Mimi. at 2:30 noon on June
n, so. July 4. 9. Is. is. 22, 81 and alst.
lno. McNamara, Agent, ,
/ Keokuk. Iowa
ISAAC P. LUsK
| Gen. Pass Agent, st. Louis.
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The Black Hand should be amputat-
ed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-15

The Washington Press says that
farmers are not praying for rain any
more.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-15

There are three women still on the
pension lists of the revolutionary war.
All are literally Daughters of the
Revolution. None is over ninety
years old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-15

The Chicago Record Herald rudely
suggests that Mark Twain ought tc
have quit writing when he was
through.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-15

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil OBJ
serves that the Black Hand has go,
It's foot into 1t.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
VISITS CONVICT TWICE A YEAR.
For 40 Years Wealthy Man Has Made
Trip to Penitentiary.

Philip Corbin of New Britain,
Conn, president of the American
Hardware Company and looked upon
as Connecticuts richest citizen, has
returned from the state prison in
Wethersfield, where he visited his
old chum, Charles Gilbert, a convict,
sentenced in 1864 for murder. Mr..
Corbin makes such trips twice a year.
Years ago when both men were
young with their way to make in the
world they were members of the New
Britain cricket team. Corbin was the
star bowler and Gilbert was a terror
at the bat. They were big factors
in making New Britain win a great
majority of it's games. One day Gill
bert, in fit of rage, shot and killed
Henry Caldwell. Corbin stood by his
friend through the trial, but the evil
dence was conclusive, and Gilbert
was regarded as lucky to escape the
gallOws.
You are guilty" said Corbin,
and you deserve your punishment
but l shall still be your friend and
twice every year I'll come to see
you For forty-fve years Mr.. Cor
bin has kept his word.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
NEGLECT OF PENIS GRAVE.
Shocked at Weeds Which
Almost Hide Inscription.

American tourists who recently
paid a pilgrimage to the grave of
William Penn at Chalfont, st. Giles,
Buckinghamshire, twenty odd miles
from London, England, have been
hurt by the neglected condition of
the resting place of the founder of
Pennsylvania.
DR.. Walter Lindley of Los Angeles,
Cal, is highly indignant at what he
describes as the disgraceful manner
in which PENIS grave is kept.
IF such little reverence is going
to be paid by Englishmen to PENIS
resting place" said DR.. Lindley, I'VE
Americans must take the great Amer
can cOlOnizer's bones to Pennsylva-
MIA and raise fitting monument to
them.
"Jordan's burial ground is a
small, rough Enclosure at the back
of the Friends Meeting house at
Chalfont, st. Giles. 1t is a delight
fully picturesque spot, appropriated
to the sepulcher of Quakers, but no
longer used. Here, | thought, as |
entered the cOnsecrated ground, is
just the place that the simple heart
ed Quaker might have chosen for
his last long sleep, but you may
Judge of my feelings when I found
that PENIS grave was all but I'M
marked! Only small stone distin-
cuisines the grave from others
Weeds and rank grass almost obliter-
ated the inscription"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
Fits of Insane Cruelty.
HEART IN WIFE'S GRAVE.
Strange Burial Carried Out as DIR.
Prime Had Directed.

A Newburgh, n. Y, dispatch says:
Horror of being buried alive, which
seems to have been characteristic
of the Prime family for three or
four generations, was responsible for
the burial of a mans heart in the
grave with the remains of his wife,
who died thirty-two years ago. The
burial took place in Cedar Hill Gem
etery.
The Rev. DR.. Wendell Prime, who
was for many years pastor of the
Union Presbyterian church of this
city, left Newburgh thirty years ago
Mrs. Prime was buried in Cedar Hill
cemetery. After leaving Newburgh
DR.. Prime went abroad. He died in
Switzerland in 1907.
Pursuant to the wishes expressed
to friends before he died an autopsy
was performed in accordance with
the family custom and to guard
against premature burial. His heart
was removed also, according to a
wish expressed before his death, and
placed in a leaden box, sealed, and
this in turn placed in an iron case
The case was brought to Newburgh
and inferred in the grave where the
remains of his wife are buried in
Cedar Hill cemetery. Ralph Prime,
a prominent attorney of Westchester
county, came here with the casket.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
A TALE OF PATHOS.

BAINBRIDGE.-There is a side
TO the life and actions of A. D. Oliver,
the millionaire bank president of
Climax, that would be romantic were
1t not a tragedy.
III, footsore and worn, he sought
2dmittance for lodging at the Climax
Hotel, Mrs. English, proprietress, one
day the first of the year. 1t was a
cold, dreary, winter day, and the rain
was falling in fitful gusts. This
klnd-hearted woman could not refuse
MN lodging and something to eat,
although he stated he was penniless.
About the cOzy fire in the hotel office
We're several commercial men when
oliver entered They protested
along with regular guests of the
mousse, at this individual, whose ap-
pearance was that of a tramp, being
admitted.
Received q Mothers Attention.
Mrs. Englishs benevolence wcI
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
OLIVER AN ESCAPED MISSISSIPPI CONVICT
Millionaire" Banker of Climax Has Hard Criminal Record
Operated in Several States. Known in the West

out, however, and the man was cared
for that day, the next and the next.
He rapidly regained his health. He
brushed up his clothes a bit, but he
had no baggage. He told the kind
hearted landlady one day after he
had been her guest for several days
that he was en- route to Savannah,
where he expected to go into bust
ness; that he was not as broke"
as he appeared, and he would certain
ly reward her motherly attention.
The kind lady induced him to go
into business in Climax.
The Beginning at Climax.
Then the Climax operations be-
gun!
Oliver induced a well-known man
to go into business with him.
He went further and began ma
nipulatiOns that were astonishing.
Everybody had confidence in him,
it appeared, and he soon handled
money as if it grew on trees. He
began to dress better. He was still
a guest at the English House. He
bought lands, automobiles, horses,
turpentine plants, saw mills; in fact,
everything any body had to sell.
How he managed to get the little
cash he paid down on transactions
was a mystery until his arrest a few
| days ago when it was found his bank
depOsitors had furnished his capital.
COurted Rosebud English.
Soon after he began to buy lands
!, 70 10
Rose gud English, the beautiful six
! teeA-year-Old daughter of the woman
who took him in when he was sick
and without money and friends. He
! lavished diamonds and other costly
presents upon her. He took her
driving behind the finest horses
money could buy.
They Were Married.
Tho were married a few weeks
ago. de gave her $4,000 in cash and
many costly gems as wedding pres
ents. He built the finest home in
Climax and there could not be pro-
cured enough finery to furnish it
To this home he led the noble daugh-
ter of a good woman.
A Tragic Finale.
The tragic part of the story comes
next His wife stood by her husband
through all his operations and be-
lieved him master of millions. MOI
until Oliver saw he was trapped, and
with an automobile laden with gold
silver and currency made his fiigh
with his young wife to the railroad
station, did the young wife learn the
bitter deception.
Oliver was caught. His young
broken-hearted wife was sent to he
mother.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

BAINBRIDGE.-Th "millionaire"
bank president, A. D. Oliver, of Gil
max, appears to be hardened crimi-
nal, and it develops today that he
has a record of many years of crimi-
nality. Sheriff Jones of Aberdeen,
Miss, came this morning to identify
Oliver, and he did so unhesitatingly.
1t seems that Oliver served three
years in the Ohio state penitentiary,
and that his number in the peniten-
tiary was BAIL.
After leaving the Ohio state peni-
tertiary he had considerable deal
ings of a crooked nature in Alabama,
but seems to have escaped from Ala
bama without detention and COnvic-
ton.
Operated ON Large Scale Near Aber-
deem.
His operations before going to Gil
max were near Aberdeen, Miss, and
were on a large scale.
His dealings went to pieces in Mis-
9IoSl ppl do IlISJ nave III DCNGACOA
county.
He received a sentence at Aber-
deem of eleven years, a part of which
he has served, escaping from the pen
itentiary there in December prior to
his operations in Alabama.
''Chas. Harding in Atlanta.
1t seems that he lived in Atlanta,
and that his name there was Chas.
Harding. He had a wife in Atlanta
who sued him for divorce througn
Attorneys Arnold & Arnold. Wheth-
er or not he had a divorce cannot
be learned At any rate, he married
again in this county.
Just what will be done with Oil
Yer, alias Harding and many others
has not yet been determined. The
assets of his many defunct enter
prises are in the hands of the United
States court for adjustment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
BIENNIAL SESSIONS CERTAIN
GOV. BROWN WILL RECOMMEND
THAT CHANGE BE MADE.
Would Result in Saving $4,000
Every Two Years. All But Six
States Have Adopted Plan.

Every Two Years. All But Six
States Have Adopted Plan.
ATLANTA, Ga.-Biennial sessions
of the legislature, after the present
one has completed it's service, is a
practical certainty 1t will be inn
possible to inaugurate the change I'M
til after next year, as it will have
to be passed on by the people at the
general election in October, 1910. A.
constitutional amendment is neces-
sary to make the change.
Joe Brown Favors Plan.
1t is reported that Governor-elect
Brown will urge in his inaugural
message that the change be made, as
well as that the time for holding
the sessions be changed back to the
fall or winter months Should this
cut off several months of his admin
istratiOn it is believed that he will
offer to make the sacrifice.
Legislators Willing for Change.
Practically every member of the
legislature with whom the subject
has been discussed lately are in favor
of change to biennial sessions.
Officials at the capitol are unanimous
for the change. The public general
ly is strongly in it's favor. The fact
that all but six states of the union
have adopted either biennial or
quadrennial sessions to the great sat-
1sfaction of the people makes it rea-
sonably sure that Georgia will soon
make the change.
Won't Extend Length of Sessions.
1t is probable also that the length
OF the sessions will not be greatly ex-
tended. In order for the lawmakers
to get through with their work in
half the time much useless work may
be taken from them.
At present about half of the time
of the Legislature is taken up with
local bills. Ninety per cent. of the
measures adopted are of that class,
affecting distinct communities alone.
and put through by the representa-
tive or representatives through
courtesy" The average member
knows nothing of thas measures.
and, usually votes" for them " lille
spending Saturday at home or 4. a
summer resort
Matters for Courts.
The people interested have much
better opportunity of having thei..
will respected if such laws as those
chartering towns or creating small
courts were left to the superior
courts or grand juries, and the leg
islature would be relieved of a lot
of excuse for killing time. 1t is
probable that this change will be
made. The courts already have au-
thority to grant or amend Town char
ters.
To have only ore session wouId
result IN saving of about $4,000
every two years to the tax payers,
not to mention the mass of useless
! Legislation which would be avoided.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

innate friend of the dead girl, OBJ
served bruises on the body. She was
so persistent that after the funeral
the body was exhumed. Many CASH
es and bruises were disclosed The
cuts were ragged and apparently
made by some blunt instrument. On
the legs were blisters such as would
be produced by acid or burn. The
theory of the prosecution was that
the girl, for an unknown motive,
was beaten and pummeled to death
by degrees, and that Mrs. Kaufman
threw boiling water on her.
Fits of Insane Cruelty.
The thought that a Polish servant
child should live and that her own
little girl had to die, it is charged,
drove Mrs. Kaufman into fits of
insane cruelty. Intense feeling was
aroused against Mrs. Kaufman at
the time of her arrest. Two hun
dred society women threatened to
dynamite her home if she was not
sent to Jail. Since her liberation on
bail she has resided for the most of
the time away from Sioux Falls
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
THREATENED WITH EXTINCTION
The Last French Colony on This Side
of the Atlantic.

st. Pierre, the last French colony
on the North American side of the
Atlantic ocean, is said to be threat
ened with extinction. st. Pierre is
a little dot on the map just south of
Newfoundland. The sole industry of
the island is fishing. Once on a
time the banks of st. Pierre were
famous for their fishing, but of late
years the steam trawlers have about
ruined the hand-fishing business.
Forty trawlers from France are now
on the banks, and the Pierrois say
they will have to emigrate or starye
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
WOMAN TRIED FOR MURDER
MUCH INTEREST IN THE CASE
AGAINST MRS. KAUFMAN.
The Death of Own Child Drove Her
Into Fits of Insane Cruelty
to Another Girl.

FLANDREAU, S. D.-Much inter-
est is manifested here in the case
of Mrs. Emma Kaufman, whose
second trial for the alleged murder
of Agnes Polreis, a 16-year-old girl
who was in her employ as a servant,
is docketed to begin in the Moody
county circuit court on Tuesday.
The case was brought here on change
of venue from Sioux Falls.
Wife of Wealthy Brewer.
Mrs. Kaufman is the wife of Moses
Kaufman, who has made a fortune in
the brewery business in Sioux Falls,
and is prominent in politics. For
nearly three years Mrs. Kaufman
has been at liberty in bonds of $685.
600. At one time she was in grave
danger of physical collapse, but re-
Gently has shown much improve
ment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09
The SearchHght of a BattleShip
Frightened Negro Woman to Death

light on the battleship Mississippi
on the river. Its judgment light"
she screamed and fell dead.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

Stops earache in two minutes;
toothache or pain or burn or scald
in five minutes; hOarseness, one
hour; muscleache, two hours; sore
throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, monarch over pain.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-06-09

FORCHE, La.-Adeline Hawkins,
A negress, was literally frightened
to death here by the powerful search