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Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
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Good Home Recipe.

Get from any prescription pharma-
cist the following:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake we'll in bottle and take a
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime.
The above is considered as the most
certain prescription ever written to
relieve Backache, Kidney Trouble,
Weak Bladder and all forms of Uri-
nary difficulties. This mixture acts
promptly on the elimative tissues of
the Kidneys. enabling them to filter
and strain the uric acid and other vast e
matter from the blood which causes
Rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with these
Affections may not feel inclined to place
much confidence in this simple mixture,
yet those who have tried it say the re-
suits are simply surprising, the relief
being effected without the slightest in.
jury to the stomach or other organs.
Mix some and give it trial. 1t GER
tainly comes highly recommended. II
is the prescription of an eminent au
thority, whose entire reputation, it i.
said, was established by it. 80
A druggist here at home, when ask
ed, stated that he could either suppl.
the ingredients or mix the prescription
for our readers, also recommends it a
harmless.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
BANKER KILLS SELF
Prominent Detroiter Suicides
by Shooting.
LONG A FINANCIAL LEADER
Henry C. Potter, Jr., Dead from Bullet
Wound in Head-lIlness Said to Be
Responsible for Deed-Accounts
Are Straight.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 5.-Henry G. Pot
ter, Jr., vice-president of the Peoples
State bank of this city, former secre
tary and treasurer of the Pere Mar.
quette railroad and prominent figure
in financial circles of Michigan, com
mitted suicide yesterday in the bath
room of his residence at 666 Jeffer
son avenue by shooting himself
through the head. He had been suffer
ing from nervous depression for q
number of weeks following upon 8
heart trouble which had bothered him
for months and his family and asso
ciates at the Peoples State bank
unite in declaring that it was his i'll
ness alone which was responsible fol
his action.
His Accounts Are Balanced.
Vice-President George H. Lawson
of the bank made statement for the
institution to the effect that there is
not the slightest suspicion of any
thing irregular in Mr. Potter's rela
tions with the bank. President Geo. P
Russell supplemented this with the
statement that Mr.. Potter was wortl
between 100000 and $500,000 and hat
no cause to worry over any financia
matters. All of his personal loans
Mr.. Russell said, were small and vel
secured.
A month ago Mr.. Potter was fount
unconscious in his bath room with th'
| gas turned on.
Previous Effort Hinted.
Hints of attempted suicide at tha
time were scoffed at and it was sail
that the gas had been turned on b,
accident when he was overcome b.
| heart trouble.
| Mr.. Potter leaves widow and thre
sons. He was son of DR.. H. {
Potter of Saginaw, Mich, one of tn
builders of the Pere Marquette raj
way, and brother of the late Williar
F. Potter, president, at the time Of hi
death, of the Long Island railroad.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
CASTRO SURVIVES OPERATION.
Goes Under Knife In Berlin and Is Re-
ported Doing Well.

Berlin, Jan. 5-Former President
Castro of Venezuela was operated up
on in this city yesterday by DR.. Is
rael, the German specialist, for
kidney complaint. The present opera
ton was regarded as so dangerous
that before submitting to it Castro
caused the following statement to be
given out: 81 can only express salts
faction that this operation is to be per-
formed so that the whole world may
know l did not come to Germany in
order to shirk responsibility, and much
less because imagined for single
moment what was going to happen in
Venezuela during my absence"
Castro is doing well.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Who viii Weld House GaveJ?

Who Will Weld House GaveI?
The question of who will WELD the
gravel during the next session OF the
legislature may absorb the attention
of the most of the members of the as
sembly and the politicians generally,
but a coincident and collateral in
qu1ry with respect to who will WELD
the gavel when the house is called to
order next Monday morning is agitat.
ing friends of the Polk county men,
bers of the body and furnishing some
merriment to offset the politics OF the
speakership. A Polk county member
always has exercised the privilege and
discharged the duty OF taking the
speakers stand and calling the house
to order when the members first con-
vene on the second Monday in Janu-
ary In general way 1t has been
understood to be the province of the
senior member from Polk. The ques-
Of service or of age counts. Probably
the interested members will settle it
amicably, for they are good natured
about it. John B. Sullivan and Fred
H. Hunter are the Polk county mem
bers. Teach of them is 80 years OF
age but Mr.. Hunter is about six
months the senior of his colleague.
On the other hand, Mr.. Sullivan is
entering on his second term while
Mr.. Hunter will begin his first on
next Monday. Isaac Brandt has kent
tract of this sort of thing in his time
and he is of the opinion that the mem.
Der older in years is the one whom
custom requires to call the house or
order. There is no law on the sub.
ject.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08

"We arc going to begin ,ultere zoe left off,"
want your judgment on the plans. An
tston Is hanging on your condition,
Harry" he went on. There's small
CARLOAD of visiting cards downstairs
for you. But l imagine you haven't
begun to receive yet eh?"
live seen nobody" Hugh spoke
hurriedly and hoarsely. Tell the doc
tor to let no one come-no one but
you. I'm not up to it,
"Why, of course not" said the bish-
op quickly. "You need quiet. and the
people can wait"
The bishop chatted awhile of the par
ish. Hugh replying only when he must,
and went away heartened. Before he
left Hugh saw his way to hasten his
own going. On the next visit the seed
was dropped in the bishops mind so
cleverly that he thought the idea his
own That day he said to the sur
geon in charge:
He is gaining so rapidly have been
wondering If he couldn't be taken
away where the climate will benefit
him. VIII he be able to travel soon?"
II think So" answered the surgeon.
I'VE suspected internal injury at first,
but imagine the worst he has to fear
Is the Disagreement. Mountain or sea
air would do him good" he added re-
fectively. What he will need Is tonic
and building up"
The bishop had revolved this in his
mind. He knew place on the coast,
tucked away in the expresses. which
would be admirable for convalescence
He could arrange special car, and he
himself could make the journey with
him. He proposed this to the surgeon
and with his approval put his plan in
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
~ hdve learned his true character dur
ing these days."


habilitation against hatred and suspi-
cion, the courage that had dared for a
child's life, the honesty of purpose
that showed in self surrender. The
prisoner, he said, had recovered his
memory before the accusation and as
serted his absolute innocence. Those
who believed him guilty Of the murder
of DR.. Moreau must believe him also
vulgar liar and poseur. He left the
inference clear: If the prisoner had
fred that cowardly shot he knew it
now; if he lied now he had lied all
along, and the later life he had lived
at Smoky Mountain. eloquent of fair
dealing, traightforwardness of pur
pose. kindliness and courage, had been
but hypocrisy. the hootless artifice Of
a shallow buffoon.
| The session was prolonged past the
noon hour, and when Fielder rested his
case 1t seemed that all that was possi-
| BILE had been said. He had done his ut
most. He had drawn from the people
of Smoky Mountain dramatic story
and had filled in its outlines with color.
force and feeling. And yet as he clos
ed the lawyer felt sick sense of fall
ure
Court adjourned for an hour, and in
the interim Fielder remained in little
room in the building. whittier DR..
Brent was to send him sandwiches and
coffee from the hotel.
You made fine effort. Tom" the
latter said as they stood for moment
in the emptylng courtroom. You're
| doing wonders with no case. and the
town ought to send you to congress OH
the strength of 1t. declare. some of
your evidence made ne feel as mean as
n dog about tho rascal. though | knew
all the time he was as guilty as the
devil"
The lawyer shook his head Il don't
blame on I..ent." he said. FOR you
don't know him as Co have seen
much of him lately. bcen often with
him. watched him under stress. for he
doesn't deceive E:.nsel': he has NJ
thought of ncruttal! We none Of us
!lne"' Hug'l Sire. We Pct hin down
for Il shallow. vulgar blackleg. without
redeeming qualities. But the maa We
are trying Is Il gentleman. Il retaed
and cultivated man of taste and feel
ing. l haTe learned his true characte,
during these days"
Well" said the other. IF you be
lieve in him. so E.uch the better. You'll
make the better speech for it. Tell me
one thing Where was Miss Hollne?"
II don't know"
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
TWO KILLED IN HEAD-oN CRASH.
Passenger and Freight Train In colll-
sion Near TusIa, Okla.

Tusla, Okla. Jan. 5.-A passenger
train and a freight train on the
Frisco road collided head-on near
Fisher. small station IL miles west
of Tulsa, yesterday. One engineer
and one fireman were killed and a
score of others were more or less in
jured, some seriously. A relief train
carrying physicians was sent to the
scene from Tulsa,
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Restore Land From Sewage.

Wesley Green, secretary of the
State Horticultural association, is
advocating complete change in the
system of disposing of the sewage Of
great cities. He claims it Is an eco.
nomic crime to turn the sewage into
the streams and lakes of the coun-
try, not to mention possible diseases
from the contamination of the waters.
He believes and will advocate meals
OF turning this sewage back to the
lands, in some system by which the
annual waste may be stopped, and
the land of the country restored. This
system has been tried in a small
way at the state hospital for tuber-
culosis at Iowa City, where a large
tract of land has been underlaid with
tile. The sewage from the hospital
Is conveyed to the tile and seeps
through it to the surface. The meth
cd. while in the experimental stage
only, has proved a great advantage
and the plant may be increased tc
cover a larger acreage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
New York Taxicab Strike Off.

New York, Jan. 5.-After weakening
gradually during the past week, the
strike of cabmen and chauffeurs, men,
bers OF the Liberty Dawn association.
was officially declared off. The union
men assert that $50 members of the
association won their demand for in
creased wages.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
NEGRO Case Dismissed.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The supreme
court yesterday dismissed the case of
Oscar Reid, one of the negro soldiers
summarily discharged by the presi-
dent on account of the Brownsville
riot, holding that the amount in
volved was not sufficient to justify the
bringing of the case to the supreme
cOurt
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Shoots Father to Save Mother.

Lansing Mich, Jan. 4.-John Clifford
is in critical condition at a local hos
pital with five bullet wounds. and his
son, Reggie, II years old, is being de-
tained by the police. The boy said he
shot his father in protecting his
mother and expressed no regret.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Beach Harois Released.

Lexington KY, Jan. 5.-Beach Har'
gis, who was allowed bail at Irvine
several days ago, was released yester,
day, his uncles. Floyd and John Day.
having signed the papers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Smack!

"'And at that junction." related the
pretty girl who was reading a sum-
mer novel, "'the hero kissed her."
''Gracious!" laughed her chum.
"And what kind of a junction would
you call that?"
'Why-er-I guess that was a grand
Junction, my dear."-Chicago Daily
News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Mail Orders.

Mott & Co., want your Mail Orders
Special attention given them. Send for
samples and Ladies' Home Fashion
Sheets. Very truly yours,
2tf MOTT & Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
No Special Rate Granted.

Judge Kennedy of Sioux City and
William Ellis. special counsel for the
Milwaukee railroad company, appear
ed before the state railroad commits
sion to discuss the question of wheth-
er the commission had power to make
special rate for the industries at
Riverside. which have been getting
a switching rate from the Milwaukee
into Sioux City. They contended, or
at least indicated that they believed
the commission had power to put in
a special rate which would enable the
industries affected by withdrawal of
the Milwaukee switching rate to do
business at the same figure as form
erly. The commission indicated that
1t believed the distance tariff law OF
Iowa would prevent the establish.
ment Of such special rate.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
State Officers Take Oath.

At the state house several state
officers elected by popular vote be-
gan additional terms of service Jan.
4th while one, John L. Bleakly, will be
inducted into Office for the first time,
as auditor, giving Goernor-elect B.
F. Carroll a brief respite from official
service. Warren Garst continues to
be chief executive of the state until
the Inauguration of his successor,
Jan. IA. For Secretary of State w.
c. Hayward and Treasurer W. W.
Morrow the passing of their first
terms will be marked only by the
filing of new bonds and the formality
of taking the oath of office. Attorney
General Byers and Superintendent
Riggs will be required only to take
oaths. Altogether it will be the
quietest passing of an administration
In many years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Want Free Rates on Return.

Des Moines poultry shippers will
appeal to the state railway commits
sion in the near future to compel the
railroads to carry return chicken
crates free, just as they now carry
milk cans. AS far as the members
Of the commission are aware, milk
cans are the only articles carried
free, but the system can be expand
ed indefinitely, and egg cases. chicken
crates. beer barrels. soap boxes and
thousand and one returnable arti-
cles could be added. The case will
be hard fought before the commits
sion, as the railroads will have to
abandon their milk can traffic or
carry large amount of other re.
turn traffic.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Has Own Brother Arrested

New York, Jan. 5.-Joseph Cola, an
Italian grocer of Williamsburg, has
his own brother arrested on the
charge of attempted extortion.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Faithful Service Brings Reward.

Faithful Service Brings Reward.
Frederick John Alber, who will
take place in the banking depart
ment of the Office of Auditor of State
Bleakly, realizes what it is to be
rewarded for faithful and conscien-
tious devotion to duty without seek
ing recognition therefor Mr.. Alber
as one of the state custodial force
has had charge of the senate prop
erty and the rooms south of that
chamber. The legislative insurance
commission of which Mr. Bleakly was
a member, occupied the rooms of the
lieutenant governor. These rooms
were in charge of Mr. Alber. AS a
result he and Senator Bleakly became
acquainted and at the close Of the
last session of the senate when
speeches were being heard from
Governor Garst and other notables
along the same lines that such
speeches have been made for sixty
years, there was call for Alber, who
had extended his acquaintance among
the senators during the session, ana
the legislature witnessed the interest
ing and novel spectacle of a janitor
addressing the state senate. That he
did 1t creditably goes without saying.
When Auditor Bleakly came later to
make up his office force he included
Mr.. Alber in one of the responsible
places.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Ask to Be REGULATED.

Des Moines.-The spectacle OF cor.
porations seeking state regulation and
supervision is new That is what the
Independent telephone people of Iowa
are doing, however, and their COM
mittees have been interviewing the
governor, the incoming governor and
the attorney general with respect to
the matter. Conference also has been
had with the state railroad commits
sion with respect to the project. The
plan of the Independents is to secure
the enactment in Iowa this winter of
the Nebraska law, which will give
the railroad commission the supervi-
sion of the telephone business. But
they are quite willing to go under the
supervision of a general public utili-
ties commisson such as Is doing bust.
ness in New York; or they would
not object to the establishment of
commission especially charged with
the supervision of the telephone busi-
ness
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
convicts Get Good Time.


Warden Barr of Anamosa Reform
atory inquired If convict who was
given an indeterminate sentence for
crime whose maximum punishment
were five years, and who was not
paroled by the board of parole at
any time, would be compelled to re-
main in the reformatory the full five
years or would he be allowed the
good time fixed by the statute. The
attorney general holds that the good
time law applies to all convicts un-
der all conditions, unless they are de-
prived for refusal to obey the rules.
etc, of course, as provided by the
statute. The good time earned by
the convict in question must be cred
tied to him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Governors Message on Tuesday.

After the organization of next
Monday is perfected the houses will
adjourn and on Tuesday, probably,
Gov. Warren Garst wiN present his
message. Thursday Inauguration will
take place the committees will be an
nounced and the assembly may ad-
journ over till the next Monday or
Tuesday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
The Child Labor Committee.

With every vacancy caused by
death or departure from the state
filled by fresh workers and the ap-
pointment of twelve additional men,
bers, Iowa's child labor committee
is preparing for a statewide agitation
In favor Of bill which will put
upon the employer the necessity Of
proving that child is not under age
when an action is brought under the
Iowa law. Senator A. B. Cummins
will take the place on the committee
made vacant by the death of Senator
Allison.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Provide Ieachers of Farm sclence.
Goldman sympathizer ousted.

San Francisco, Jan. 6.-Private VIII
liam Buwalda Of the coast artillery.
who was sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment on Alcatraz island, for sha
king hands with Emma Goldman dur
ing her recent meetings In this city.
has had his sentence commuted to dis
honorable discharge from the army,
by President Roosevelt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer., 1909-01-08
Accept Byers, Law.

NCCePA 0ySTS IdW.
At a meeting of the good roads
committee of the Greater Des Moines
committee, a proposed law drafted
by Attorney General Byers was
agreed upon. The feature of the law
will be the creation of permanent
state highway commission with an
engineer appointed by the commits
son. A reward or bonus will be Of.
fered to the townships or counties
building permanent roads under the
direction of the highway commission.
Reception For Carroll.
The citizens of Bloomfield, the old
home of Governorelect B. F. Carroll
are planning to hold an elaborate
reception and banquet In his honor
when he visits there Jan. 3rd.
Provide Teachers Of Farm Science.
Senator B. w. Newberry of Clay
ton county has drafted bill embody-
ing his plan to provide for teaching
agriculture in the state normal school
and the accredited colleges of the
state, of which there are about
twenty. The measure will be offered
in the senate probably by Senator
Frederic Larrabee. The bill will
carry a 100000 appropriation annu-
ally for carrying out it's purposes.
The state will furnish teachers Of
agriculture and domestic science, and
the local school twenty acres of land.
Goldman Sympathizer Ousted.
| San Francisco, jan 6.-Private VIII
liam Buwalda Of the coast artillery.
who was sentenced to five years i'm
, 1909-06-10
Start New Restaurant.

Mrs. W. 81. Humphrey, who
rented the Sweetwater building
for a restaurant has furnished
the front part of the large room
for a dining room and opened
Monday noon, giving the first
meal on that occasion. The rear
part of the building is occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs Humphrey and
family as a residence, a very con-
venient arrangement. The room
is quite pleasantly furnished, is
centrally located, and as Miss
Vina Humphrey, the eldest daugh-
ter, who has the reputation of be-
ing one of the best mattresses that
Saratoga ever knew, will wait on
customers, the business should
prosper and a fair share of the
trade will fall to the new venture.
, 1909-06-10
Fine Team Of Torrent Colts.

Peter Vapderplancke and wife
were down from bennington Fri
day and Saturday on land bust
ness, Mrs. Vanderplancke taking
up a 320 acre desert claim.
Mr.. Vanderplancke drove a fine
span of three-year old mares,
which were very much admired by
all lovers of good horses. The
animals, one a bay and the other a
very dark brown, showed their
breeding very plainly in the man
ner in which they carried them
selves in harness. They weigh
between 1000 and 1900 pounds
and are considered a very valua-
BILE team. While here Mr. Van
derplancke invested in a fine two
seated covered rig, which shows
that the bank accounts of Beaver
creek ranchmen are growing.
, 1909-06-10
The K h Mining Co.

Ray Campbell, the general man.
ager of the Elkhart Mining Co.,
who spent the winter in Oklahoma,
returned to this place Sunday.
Mr.. Campbell says the outlook
for development on their Elk
Mountain property is good and as
soon as the surface water recedes
sufficiently to make it possible,
they will unwater the mine again
and begin active operations. The
showing of ore bodies in the mine
is most encouraging and the
stockholders are so certain of a
producing property that they will
spare no expense in equipping the
property with a first class plant
and prepare to begin ore ship
ments. Mr.. Campbell thinks
they have 300 tons of high-grade
ore on the dump that would pay
to ship and one of the objects of
his presence here is to make some
arrangements looking to the reg
ular shipment of ore from the
mine.
, 1909-06-10
Ball Game Sunday.

The Saratoga Ball team return
ed Sunday night about midnight
from a good days sport. Raw
Inns turned and showed them a
good time, even if they did win
the game. Twenty-eight were
down from here besides the team
The game was close enough tho
to make it interesting for both
teams. The weather was fine I'M
til after the game was over, then
it rained. The game stood s to 7
in favor of Rawlins at the close of
the ninth inning.
, 1909-06-10
To Abandon Bennett Postoffice.

G. @. Young and wife of Ben
nett, were down from that place
Monday. Mr.. Young said that he
had resigned the postmaster-ship
of Bennett, which he has held
continuously for the past twenty
years, and that his res ignation
would be accepted June 18th and
the Office abandoned.
Mr.. Young said that the rural
free delivery had so reduced the
income from the Office that it did
not pay him 10Y to give it the
time and attention it needed. He
also said that the abandonment OF
the office would make practically
no difference with the patrons OF
office, for the eason that every
one of them, by erecting boxes at
convenient points, could be sup
piled just as quickly and just as
conveniently by the mail carrier
from Saratoga to French.
Mr.. Young has been in service
many years and we will venture to
say that there has been less fault
found with his administration as
postmaster than of any officer oil
like duration of service. His &C.
counts were always correct and he
was always kind, considerate, and
accommodating to all the patrons Of
the office.