Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-08-26
RAILROADS ARE cLAssEp.

RAILROADS ARE cLAssED.
Forty.one Listed by Secretary Stat,
Executive Council.
Des Moines, Aug 23.-1owa ha.
twenty.seven ''class A. railroads
five .'class B" railroads, and nine
"olass c." railroads. according to I
certificate of classification issued By
A. H. Dawson, secretary Of the exc
cutive council. The total number Of
classified railroads is therefore forty
one, including interurbans.
Following is the classification:
Glass "a" railroads To
peka & Santa Fe railway, Cedar Rap
Id. & Iowa City Railway & Light Co.
Cedar Rapids & Marion City railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail-
way, Chicago, Great Western railway
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way, Chicago & Northwestern rail.
way, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway, Chicago, st. Paul, Minnea.
polls & Omaha railway, Davenport,
Rock Island & Northwestern railway,
Des Moines Terminal company, Den
Moines Union railway, Dubuque &
Sioux City railway, Iowa Central rail-
way, Iowa & Great Northern railway,
Iowa & Illinois railway. Iowa Trans
fer railway. Mason City & Clear Lake
Traction company, Omaha Bridge &
Terminal railway. Oskaloosa & Bux.
ton Electric railway, Sioux City Ter
minal railway. st. Paul & Des
Moines railway. Tama & Toledo Elec'
trio railway, Union Pacific railroad,
Union Terminal railway. Waterloo.
Cedar Falls & Northern railway. Wa
bash railroad.
Glass "B" railroads-Albia Inter
Urban railway, Colfax & Northern
railway, Des Moines & Western rail-
way, Inter-Urban railway, Minneapolis
& st. Louis railroad.
Glass &C" railroads Abba 3 Con.
terville railway, Atlantic Northern &
Southern railway, Boone Suburban
railway, Chicago, Anamosa & North.
ern railway, Crooked Creek Railroad
and Coal company. Fort Dodge. Des
Moines & Southern railway, Manches-
ter & Oneida railway, Muscatine
North & South railway. Tabor Z
Northern railway.
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Important Event In 1heatrlcaIs.
The opening of the Des Moines Or.
pheum theater Sunday, August q for
the season marks an Important event
in theatricals for Iowa. This season
the Orpheum circuit is affiliated with
the greatest vaudeville circuit Of Eng
land and France which insures peo-
pie the best attractions OF Europe
will be booked over the circuit Of
theaters in eighteen Of the largest
cities Of America in which number
Des Moines is included. Mr.. Henry
Sonnenberg the resident manager in
Des Moines has given assurance that
Des Moines will have vaudeville pro.
grams hitherto never equaled in the
state.
New York hlppodroms At Coliseum.
It is anticipated that over $4,000
viii be in attendance at the exhibi.
lions Of the New York Hippodrome
which comes to Des MolEes' monster:
Coliseum during eight days Of the
Iowa state fair. The dates will be
August 2s-Sept. 4, inclusive.
Among the features Of the weeks
attraction will be Signor Lombardo,
the noted orchestra leader. who comes
to Des Moines with an orchestra OF
over eighty pieces and in addition
carries an added feature of six oper-
attic voices, the quality Of whose tone
is famous throughout eastern musical
circles.
Plan for Big Army Show.
Final arrangements of the plans
and program for the Des Moines mill
tary tournament, September 2e to
October 1. were made at conference
of the military tournament committee
Of the Commercial club, with General
F. A. Smith and Captain A. L.
Christie, who arrived from Omaha
Monday. General Smith is command
er OF the Department of the Missouri.
which will furnish the 5000 troops
for the great show and Captain
Christie is to be in charge of the
program and the arena.
pr. Rood's Will 10 Filed.
The will Of the late DR.. L. Drakely
Rood was nled for probate in the dis
trict court with Probate Commission
er James E. O'Brien. DR.. Rood died
in Des Moines on Aug. 8. BY the will
he leaves all his property to his wife.
Bertha Rood, and appoints her ad-
ministratrix of the will.
Mayor Phillips ousted.
Judge Wilcockson at Sigourney has
handed down his opinion in the case
of Mayor Thomas Phillips of Ottum-
wa. Judge Wilcockson GUSTS Mayor
Phillips on grounds of willful neglect
of duty, and finds that the mayor
was Intoxicated on April 30.
Double Capacity.
Officers of the Des Moines Silo
company have announced that they
will Immediately double the capacity
OF their plant. Work on new struc.
tmre sf NV 1nl f,,et will begin nj once