STATE TOTJBHAMENT
8OWA FIREMEN'S STATE ASSO
CIATION TO MEET.
Big Days at Sioux City , Iowa , on
June 18 , IB , 20 , fll , 1007 $3,500
in Cash Purses JJarge Attendance
"Expected.
Arrangements are rapidly beinj.
Completed for the state tournament of
tthe Iowa Firemen's State association ,
-which is to be held at the fair grounds
in Sioux City , la. , on June 18 , 19 , 20 ,
21 , 1907. It is anticipated that at
least 2,500 "smoke eaters" will attend
the tournament and some close and
- exciting contests are looked for.
The principal cities of Iowa will bo
represented at the tournament by the
: .paid departments , and there will also
be a number of volunteer teams pres-
-ent. Ilaces will be provided for each
-class , making it interesting for all.
There will be races between paid de
partments , showing companies in their
stations , horses in their stalls , men
-in their bunks. Alarm is given , de-
Apartment makes hitch , run one-hall
; mile and lay hose , giving a complete
.reproduction of a run to a fire.
Another interesting feature of the
tournament will be illuminated street
runs of the Sioux City fire department ,
-which will be spectacular and exciting.
Program.
Tuesday , the 18th , will be given over
rte the reception of the firemen , and
the meeting of the board of control ;
Ther6 will be no races that day , but
plenty of them the next three days , as
.follows : '
Wednesday , June 19.
10:00 a. m.Grand parade.
-Largest department from any one >
-city , local department barred , first
-.prize , 5100 ; second prize , $50.
The best appearing company from
any city , with or without appa
ratus , first prize , $50 ; second prize.
# 25.
j JBvery company entering any of thf-
congests of this tournament must join
In this grand parade.
1:00 p. m. Straight-away hose
irace , hub and hub , first prize , $50 ; second
/ond prize , $30 ; third prize , $20.
2tOQ p. m. Amateur hose race , first
jprize. , 565 ; second prize , $45 ; third
, $25 ; fourth prize , $15.
3:00 p. m. Flag race , first prize ,
; second prize , $25 ; third prize , $15.
3:30 p. m. State paid fire depart
ment race , first prize , $200 ; second
j5 > rize , $125 third prize , $75.
-J.:50 . m. Tug of war , first prize ,
trope -and $25 ; second prize , $15.
7:30 p. m. Meeting of Iowa State
firemen's association at headquarters.
Thursday , Juno 20.
2:00 p. m. Hook and ladder race ,
jfirst prize , $100 ; second prize , $50.
2:30 p. mj First state race , first
tprize , cup and $100 ; second prize , $70 ;
-Third prize , $60 ; fourth prize , $35 ;
TFlfth prize , $25.
3:00 p. m. Paid fire department
'tffree-lor-all. Open to the world. First
eyrlze , $400 ; second prize , $200 ; third
$100.
3:00 p. m. Running coupling con
gest. Two gold medals ; one for coup-
vier and one for pipeman.
3:30 p. m Hub and hub race be
tween two teams making slowest time
" , fn amateur hose race , first prize , $35 ;
. -second prize , $15.
4:00 p. m. Fire company drill
, corps , first -prize , $100 ; second prize ,
5:00 p. m. Ladder climbing contest ,
medal.
7:30 p. m. Meeting of Iowa State
firemen's association at headquarters.
Friday , June 21.
' 2:00 p. m. Second state hose race ,
sfirst prize , cup and $100 ; second p ze
570 ; third prize , $60 ; fourth prize ,
r$35 ; fifth prize , $25.
2:30 p. m. Paid fire department
iiub and hub race , first prize , $100 ;
-second prize , $50.
3:00 p. m. Xovelty hub and hub
Those race , first prize , $75 ; second
rize , $50 ; third prize , $25 ; fourth
-rprize , $15.
3:30 p. m. . Hitching contest , first
-prize , $30 ; second prize , $20.
4:00 p. m. Hub and hub race be
tween the two teams making fastest
rlime at tournament , first prize , $25 ;
-second prize , $15.
.5 00 p. m. Leaders * foot race , med
als , first , gold medal , value * 25 : second -
. > end , silver medal , value $15.
There is perhaps nothing more interesting -
- teresting to the average person than
: ihe sight of our brave laddies in their
-.fierce fights with their enemy , fire.
; jCowhere can one obtain a better
' chance to see the different phases oi
'J
-he work than at one of these tourna-
-snents.
Reduced rates have been secured on
-jail railroads , and there should be a
Tlarge attendance from the territory
/surrounding Sioux City.
Music will be furnished by Reed'a
, of Sioux City.
Found tae Vest.
Little David has always been r
. .girded by his doting relatives as par
.fticularly clever. Still , says a write *
tin the Philadelphia Ledger , he rathe )
himself when a rough-lookini
Invaded the yard one afternooi
. ; and asked him where his father kep1
jhis money.
"It's In his vest in the kitchen , " ra
-.plied David.
A few minutes later the tramp carat
rtbrough the kitchen doorway in J
' 'Siurry , much battered and torn.
"Smart kid , dat ! " he muttered
"Never said a .word about de old mai
* d vest"
Bad us u. iflr.
JChere was once a sporty old Mr.
Went to call on another man's Sr.
33e dyed bis mustache ,
"ffo make a big mache
And left his trademark where he Kr.
New York Globe.
I'uxrled.
Johnnie What does that notice say
- over there , mother ?
Mother It says , "No dogs admitted. "
Johnnie But the '
dogs can't read ,
_ 4caa they ? How are they to know ?
DWOBCED.
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FIENDISH WRECK PLOT.
Soawt L.IJIC Jjimitccl Hurled from
Trestle A'ear LiO.s AngclcM.
A fiendish train-wrecking plot was
perpetrated near Los Angeles , Cal. ,
that resulted in the death of one man
and the injury of twenty-two persons.
Train No. 20 , one of the Southern
Pacific's coast line flyers , Tuesday
night was hurled from 'the tracks on a
trestle at West Glendale by the delib
erate work of murderous , train wreck
ers. Seven cars plungedyoff the tres
tle , while the train was inaking forty
miles an hour , falling sir-teen feet to
the bottom of a gulch.
In accomplishing the wreck of the
train , which was the "Coast Line
Limited , " a devilish ingenuity was ex
ercised. At a point on a trestle over
the Arroyo Secbthe fishplates and
bolts of two connecting rails on the
south-bound track had been removed ,
and in the apertures whence the bolts
were taken strands of heavy wire were
fastened abthe end of each rail. From
the appearance of the track after the
wreck it was evident that some person
hidden on a hillside close -to the tres
tle 'had pulled the wire as the train
approached and spread the rails out
ward toward the edge of the trestle.
The train , three hours late , was
traveling at a rate of between thirty-
five and forty miles an hour. The en
gine wheels were first to leave the rails
and the engine took to the ties , trav
eling nearly 100 yards before itwas
brought to a standstill.
The tender , the diner , two Pullmans ,
the buffet , mail and baggage cars
plunged over the edge of the trestle ,
falling a distance of sixteen feet The
buffet car , the express car , and one
of the Pullmans were turned upside
down and the others landed on their
sides. All were badly crushed and
splintered.
INVADING MEXICO.
American. Farmers Arc Benefiting
Themselves and the Greasers.
More tban a hundred families from
the United States have gone into the
republic of Mexico during the last thirty
flays to develop farming lands along the
flortbern border.
They took their household effects and
went to live just like they have been liv
ing in the United States. This is some
thing of a departure from the plan here
tofore followed with but indifferent suc
cess by people from the States who have
gone to live on farms in Mexico.
The old plan was to form colonies.
The colony proposition was not a great
success. It was due more to the failure
of the colonists to agree and adapt them
selves to their environment than to any
other cause that the colonies were not
successful.
It has been discovered by the pioneer
Americans on farms of Mexico that con
ditions in the republic are stable and
there is no need for colonies. So indi
vidual American families are now locat
ing themselves on haciendas in Mexico
just as they used to do in the West.
They are becoming neighbors to the Mex
ican families and each is learning some
thing to advantage from the other.
So far as the experiment of ! individual
effort at farming in Mexico by Americans
has gone , it has proven successful. The
cotton-growing possibilities of the repub
lic have never been appreciated by the
people beyond the Rio Grande , and in
this one line there promises to be great
profit for the American farmers who un
derstand growing the staple. The high
price of cotton is an inducement to these
farmers to plant cotton.
The Mexicans are learning the Ameri
can style of agriculture from their neigh
bors from the States , and the general
result of immigration of families of farm
ers from the United States to occupy the
cheap lands of Mexico promises to be
very good.
STORM AND TIDAL WAVE.
Immense I oss of Life from Hurri
cane that Svreeps Caroline Isles.
A dispatch from Sydney , N. S. W. ,
says a report has reached there that a
hurricane and tidal wave swept over the
Caroline Islands. Immense damage was
done to property and 200 persons are
reported killed.
The Caroline Islands belong to Ger
many and consist of about 500 coral
islets , in the Pacific ocean , of which Po-
nape is the seat of government. The
population Is chiefly of Malay origin ,
with some Chinese and Japanese. The
chief export is copra.
Francis Emory Warren , who is to rep
resent Wyoming for the fourth time in
the Senate , is a native of New England.
He was a private art 17 in the Forty-ninth
Massachusetts volunteers. He is one of
the most extensive stock raisers in bis
adopted Sta *
MOB SLAYS WOMAN AND CHILD.
Lives Lost in Kace Conflict in Geor
gia Shots on Uoth Slile.i.
At Reidsville , Ga. , a mob included a
colored woman and children among
its victims at a "lynching. " One white
man and four colored persons were
killed and seven are on the injured list
as a result of an effort to capture a
colored man who attempted to attack
Mrs. Laura Moore , a widow living near
Manassas.
Fifteen persons surrounded the
house of Sam Padgett , whom they sus
pected of harboring the colored man ,
and demanded to be allowed to search
the 'home. Permission was given , but
when within thirty feet of tUe house
those inside the building opened fire on
the posse , instantly killing Hare and
wounding Pierson , Daniel and Ken
nedy. The posse then returned the
fire , killing Padgett and his 10-year-
old daughter and wounding two other
girls , aged G and 13 , and two of Pad
gett's sons , aged 20 and 22.
The colored man who shot Hare was
started for Reidsville jail , together
with Padgett's wife and son , who also
were caught. On the way the officers
were overtaken by about seventy-five
men , who took the prisoners from
them. The woman was told to run ,
and as sbe did so she was riddled
with bullets , her son being shot to
pieces where he stood. The other pris
oner was jailed.
WAGES ON THE CANAL.
Secretary Taft Affirms Rates of Pa >
and Hours of Labor.
The decision of Secretary Taft affirm
ing rates of pay , hours of labor , etc. , for
men employed on the Panama canal work
applies especially to steam shovel men ,
construction train engineers and conduc
tors. The shovel men wanted higher
wages , as follews : Engineers , from $210
to $300 a month ; cranesmen , from $185 to
$250 ; firemen , from $83.33 to $110. The
Secretary rules that the present rates are
high enough "after comparing the advan
tages which the isthmian shovel men have
over their brothers in the States , with
the disadvantages which they have to bear
in living on the isthmus. " He explains
that the present basis is from 25 to 35
per cent higher than the average in this
country , while the canal men get steady
work twelve months in the year , six
weeks' leave with pay , twenty days' sick
leave , lodging free , and the married men
water , fuel and light at the public ex
pense , free medical attendance and an
eight-hour day. He says further that
yellow fever has been stamped out and
the sick rate greatly reduced. Although
denying that the contracts with the men
contain any promise of a gradual increase
of pay , he has recommended a yearly in
crease of 3 per cent to skilled men.
The wages of the construction train en
gineers are advanced to ? 210 , as re-
?
aw ,
v
quested.
As to dismissals , the Secretary has ap
proved a plan whereby final and summary
action will rest with a committee consist
ing of one representative of the craft con
cerned , one of the foremen and one of tha
commission.
A May queen in flannels and furs
bah !
Ellen Terry has become a bride at 59.
Terryble !
This year's spring weather was ship
ped to us by slow freight.
The would-be assassins in Central
America need a lot of target practice.
France is going to examine our meats
by microscope. Another case of seein'
things.
A Hoboken divorce suit hinges on the
quality of the wife's , doughnuts. They
were not like mother used to make.
The Hon. Abe Ruef doesn't believe he
can get a fair trial in San Francisco ,
but hardly anybody will blame San Fran
cisco.
The new San Francisco is reported to
be "two-thirds finished. " Boss Ruef was
caught before he could quite complete it.
Growing a garden should properly be
classed as one of the luxuries , rather than
one of the economies , of modern civiliza
tion.
tion.Suburban
Suburban gardening is again impress
ing itself upon the public mind as one of
our most ponderous national extrava
gances.
Commander Peary has succeeded in
loading his proposed North Pofe expedi
tion with everything except the funds
necessary to make it go.
1 X
They are marching down the street to-day
Wst With their tattered flags above.
And beside the column the busy throng
Pauses a space as they march along
On their mission of peace and love.
tft
The brows are wrinkled , the forms are
bent
rv
That follow the drum and flfe ;
And flowers of springtime fill the hands
That once held rifles and flashing brands
In the iDng-past years of strife.
Though some are feeble anct some are hale ,
Time's hand has touched each head ;
c But to-day they step with a martial awing ,
For the Stars and Stripes are beckoning ,
As of yore , to a place of dead.
For these are the men of Gettysburg
Ard Shlloh's bloody flght ;
The men of a thousand fields of war ,
Who pledged their lives to the flag they
bore ,
For Union and the right.
Body and spirit they offered then ,
Free at the Nations call ;
Now they are weary and few and old.
Know we the worth of the trust Ke hold ,
We , who are heirs to all ?
After Many Years
"Now , Miss Jinney , you is alus a want-
in' a story about dem tryin' times in
Ole Caroliney , an' I's jes don' tole ye
all I knowed ober and ober agin. "
And our own colored cook , 'Tilda Jack
son , knocked the ashes out of her pipe
on the hearth of the kitchen range , which
to us children was a preliminary sign
that old 'Tilda held in reserve one of her
reminiscences of her life on the Old Car
ter plantation , near the city of Charles
ton , and of the Civil War.
We children , my sister and I , used
to love to steal down to her especial do
main in the gloaming , and tease for a
story of that enchanted land of flowers ,
and especially of those battles fought near
the Carter place , and of which the old
negress was an eye witness.
Refilling her pipe , and settling herself
in her easy chair , she continued :
"I jes' done recolmember one moah ob.
dem yarns , but it's erbout how my ole
missus kep Decoration Day all by her
lone self , an' how she done put posies on
one grave fur fifteen long years afore
she found out who de poah young fella
was. "
Here old Tilda stopped and lighted
her pipe , puffed away with a retrospective
glance at us two girlsas we crept closer
to this oracle in ebony , and , having stim
ulated our curiosity , she continued :
"Wai , jes' a couple o' days after dat
ere big fight at Charleston my ole man ,
Lige Jackson , he was down back o' de
field a cuttin * bresban' all at once I
seen him drop the ax _ an' start fur de
jjQuse on a run. An * I was dat scart I
let aejoap ; boll over , case I was makin'
soap jou , 13..de l& d _ jyi. ' 5.5.bound dat
2'snake had bit him , or he had got a lick
wid de ax fur Lige was de laziest niggah
in de whole kentry , an' I knowed some
thing had happened when I seen him git
such a move on to him. An' shore
enough , when he came up , all out of breff ,
I knowed it was time to git scart , jm'
says he : ' 'iTldy , tell de missus da'r's a
sojier lyin' down dar back.ob de fence ,
by de run , an' I reckon be is pov/ful bad
hurt , 'case he's a grownin' an' done seem
to sense notin' . '
"Wai , my missus wan't berry ole in
dem days , but she was jus' done fading
lake a putty posey , along ob dat dread
ful wah , expecting to heah dat de cunnel
was killed , an * all de oder trouble erbout
de niggas gittin' free , wid de place half
woked an' fust one army takin' rations
and den de oder till it 'pears like day
wasent much lef. Wall , I jis pulled de
stick from under dat soap kittle an' run
round to de front porch , whar missus
was sittin' , an' tole her what Lige seen.
She got right up au' made Lige an' ole
Minkey , de coachman , go and brung dat
fellah to de house. '
pooh Slip an' me a
fixin' up a bed fur him while dey is gone.
"Byenby dey teats him in an' lays
him in It. He was outen his hade lake ,
an * missus send right off fur a doctor ,
and he foun' he was shot in de side , de
ball goin' roun' by de spine , an' he say
dat air pooh boy dun got he death blow ,
and de doctor reckon he was eider shot
while on picket duty or had dropped be
hind when he dun got hurt , while de army
inarched on an' let' him. Anyway , dar
he was , an' he doant know nobody ner
nothing , an' de doctor say he was par-
lised , so he couldent even move his pooh
tongue.
"Wall , missus an' me nussed him till
we both pretty nigh dun drop iu our
tracks fur a week. Den at las' he dun
went home to glory , as de sun was set-
tin' lake in a sea of fiah.
"But jis' afore he breaved his las' he
kinda com'd to his senses , an' kep' a
lookin' at missus an' he try'd so mighty
hard to speak an' was dat distressed
bt couldn't , de big tears roll outen
his handsome black eyes an' roll down
his cheeks dat was as white as de sheet ,
an' de sweat lay so cole an' thick on his
hade dat his pretty dark curls looked
like dey were don got dipped in de rain
water barrl.
"De missus take his ban' an' say :
" 'Nebber mine , de lovin' Jesus knows
jes' what ye want to say , ' an' would
help bun ter make her en'stan' , anyway
she would dun find out who his folks
war an' write 'em all'about how he fit
an' died duin' his duty , or what he
thought war his duty.
"Den he kept looking at his pooh
ragged clothes , dat was a hangin' whar
he could see 'em , till missus takes de
hint from his appealin' eyes , and goes
'and hunts through de pockets. She dun
found nothin' but a little Bible , an' when
she bring it to him his eyes jes shine ,
lake de stars in de night , an' missus
opened it an' a leetle tintype of a putty
young thing a holdin' a little baby er
about a year old drapped out , an' then
he looked so glad. Missus axed him ef
dat war his wife an' baby , an * he nodded
yas , an' den missus say : 'I kin find dem
by 'vertisin' in de newspapers , an * I tink
I dun know what ye want me to tell
dem , ' an' den she see dat he was satis
fied , an' his poor eyes was loosin' deir
light. She dun took his ban' in hers , an'
sang lake an' angel dat pretty hymn
about :
" 'All my trus' on de is staid. '
"Dar was two or three verses , but I
disremember 'em. Anyway while she
was singing de gates ob glory opened
and tuk dot poor boy in.
"Ef he war fightin' on de wrong side
he dident dun know it. He just did
his duty as he had learned it from older
hades. So de missus had him laid to res'
up in de grove back of de house , an'
ebery Decoration Day she dun put posies
on dat lone grabe , rain or shine , sick or
well. "
"Did she ever advertise ? " asked Jen
nie , wiping the tears out of her eyes.
"Deed she did ! an' fur years she war
tryin' to fine dem folks ob hisen , till It
went on fur nigh on ter fifteen years. De
wan was dun , de niggars all free , Massah
Carter loss an arm a fightin' agin It ,
an' his only chile , young Massa John ,
war growed up to b _ a man , Jin * like his
"
ma , as putty as "a picter , and oat smart
dat he run de plantation his own _ seTFj.
Iefell6 e nio5aDS to work dat war
good 7ur anything , an' let de triflin'
ones go. . .a3 , . , _ . . *
"Wall , cler used to be lots of company"
allus a "comin' up from Charleston , an'
one day in May dar war Massa John's
cousin , Miss Liddy Carter , dun come out
to de plantation ter make a visit , an'
she brung erlong a young school friend' ,
Nellie Munson , an * she was as putty as
a picter , with eyes as black as de night
when de moon don't shine , an' de color
ob her cheeks war like de roses iu de
gardin.
"Wall , such' time as dem young critters
had. Day was boatin' an' fishfa' , an'
hossbnck ridin' ebery day ob der lives.
Wai , one sweet , putty morning my ole
missus say. dis is Decoration Day ; ef
you young ladies want to go wid me to
put flowers on my grabe , I would like
yer company. Miss" Liddy she jes' dun
streach herself outen de hammock on de
veranda , an' she say :
" 'Scuse me , aunty. I'm awful tired of
dat grabe ; eber since I was a baby I
recolmember it. '
"Bat Miss Nellie she dun jump up an'
say :
" 'Please let me go , I've dun hear how
good you war to dat poah sojier an' I
know some day you will git your re
ward. ' So she an' missus walked off
in de bright sunshine , de bees war a
huinmin' and de birds a singin' , and dey
carried a great baskit of posies de hun-
ney suckle an * roses , an' jasaminc , an'
Miss Nellie de prettiest flower of all in
her white frock and sky blue sash.
"Miss Liddy she- Fay dar swingin' in
de bammak , arid Massa John , after a lit
tle , gits up and starts for de grove , too.
Den Miss Liddyla s > and sals kinder
scornful lake : 'Is it Miss Nell or da
grabe that takes you out dar dis hot
mornin' ? "
"He jes laugh back at her an * say :
" 'Ob corse it's de grabe , dat's my 'lly
eous duty , ye know , 'specially when dar'a
a lovely young lady In de bargain. '
"De ole missus allus like to babe us
all come up dar , too , so I war dar je ' as
Mr. John got dar , an' , as usual , my mis
sus opened dat sojier's Bible an * was
jus' goin' ter read when Miss Nellie
saw de leetle tintype , and she gabe a
leetle cry lake , an * takin' it from de
missus ban' sbe said :
" 'Oh , Mrs. Carter , my ma has got jes
such a picture , an' it's hers and mine
when I was a baby. ' Den she laid her
haid down into missus' lap" an' began ter
cry , an' she sobbed out dat her pa was
in de wab , an' disappeared , an' day dun
tried ebery way to fine out someting er
bout him. Missus axe her what was
her pas and mas name , an' she tole her
dere names war 'George an' Lucy. ' An'
missus opened de Bible , an' dar was writ
on de leaf 'From Lucy to George. ' Den
she took de poah young lady in her arms ,
an' said : ' "How wonderful are dy ways ,
oh , Lord ! " An' , my chile , dare under
all dem flowers sleeps your father , an' In
this peaceful spot. He has not been like
a stranger , or neglected , so now in de
Providence ob de good Lord , de dearest
wish ob his heart is fulfilled. I trus' you
will be comforted. '
"Massa John walked erway wipin' his
eyes , an' ole missus read a comfortin'
varse or two outen dat little Bible , an *
we uns sang a hymn , and 'de decoration
was ober fur dat day , an' missus said to
all ob us :
" 'Let dis yar teach yer a lesson ob
faith. Do your duty , no matter how
long de way is , or how dark de cloubds. '
"Wall , chil'en , it is time ye were in yer
beds. It's jes erbout true , dis yarn.
Ebery word is as true as de gospil. Yas ,
Miss Jinnie , dat are grabe is decorated
ebery year when dis day comes aroun' ,
though de ole massa and missus la lyin'
down beside dat young sojier boy , an'
it's Miss Nellie's grabe now , for she dnn.
gon' an marr'd Massa John , an' he jus'
lubs de ground she walks on. De ole.
missus lubed her , too , and you ought tea
a seen what care Mjss Nellie djjat pk ob
de ole mfssujT jn JTPT ] as' sickness , fur
"month afore sne unwenTto her.reward ,
and she say ober"and" er again : v
" 'No kind act is overlooked by de Mas
ter ; an' , honey , I'm gittin' my pay now
for honorin * de dead by a few flowers on
a lonely grabe upon de day de nation1 set
apart to 'memorate dose dat fell. ' " - ,
- * * r. - '
MEMORIAL DAY.
St. Louis Chronicle.
Although South America lias about
twice the area of the United State * it
baa onrr half the population.