THE XOIIFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , AUGUST 15 , 1902 ,
Third Annual Reunion Begins
at Council Bluffs.
PRESIDENT 8END3 GREETINGS
of Ex-Soldiers Who Saw Serv
ice In Islandi Gather to Renew Com *
radeshlp of War Daya and Friend
ships of Peace ,
Council Bluffs , Aug. 14. The third
annual reunion of the Society of the
JArmy of the Philippines began In this
city yesterday , with nearly 2.000 dele
gated and veterans In attendance.
{ After a brief reception early In the
tfay , the society was called to order In
Arcanum hall by the president. Gen
eral Irving Halo. Following the nd-
flrcBB of General Halo , roullno busi
ness was taken up , the session lasting
greater part Of the afternoon.
A telegram from President Iloosq-
Tclt read as follows : "iWmlt me to
express to the members of the Society
or the Army of the Philippines my
treat regret that my engagements
make It Impossible- me to attend
Ihclr third annual reunion. Naturally
2UIKUDIKB GENERAL CHAULE3 KINO ,
those of us who served In Cuba look
With a particularly keen Interest and
sympathy upon all that has been done
by our valiant brethren who have so
nobly fought for the honor of our flag
in the Philippine Islands. I greatly
Appreciate the honor done mo in ask
ing m'o to attend. Nothing would
give me greater pleasure and It is with
keen regret I am obliged to refuse. "
Last night a reception was held at
Irako Mnnawa , There was an address
-welcome ! by Governor Cummins
and other addresses by Governor Sav-
ape of Nebraska and General Hale.
Every train entering the city yesterday
torday carried hundreds of veterans.
Generals Halo and King arrived on
Dearly moralnz trains and wore met
by reception committees. The squad
of artillery men from Fort Crook ,
Neb. , were kept busy firing salutes.
. ! At noon Governor Cummins and staff
arrived from Dos Molnes , the govern
or being accorded the salute of twen
ty-one guns. Owing to Illness General -
oral Funston was unable to attend ,
General MacArthur has "been detained ,
Imt is expected to bo hero today , as
la also General Francis Greene.
Largo delegations have arrived
from St. Paul and St. Louis. St. Paul
Is making nn earnest effort to capture
the 1903 reunion and St. Louis is after
the one In 1904.
ELKS MEET NEXT AT BALTIMORE
( Competitive Prize Drill and Parade
I the Features of Reunion.
Bait Lake , Aug. 14. The grand
lodge of Elks selected Baltimore as
the place of meeting for the annual re
union of the grand lodge in 1903 , and
.practically completed Its business.
Cut two cities were in the field for
the honor of entertaining the Elks
next year , Baltimore and Saratoga
Springs , and lively canvassing was
done in behalf of these cities. It was
evident before more than half of the
roll had been called for the first vote ,
.however , that Baltimore would win
overwhelmingly , and Saratoga Springs
Was accordingly withdrawn.
The spectacular feature of yester
day's program was the parade of the
uniformed bodies of Elks , in whichever
over 3,000 of the fraternity , represent
ing several score of lodges , took part.
Prizes amounting to $1,750 had been
offered for the marching clubs , and
many beautiful and unique uniforms
Were displayed by the lodges partici
pating. To the Park City ( Utah ) Elks
was given the first prize for the most
unique display. Each member was ar
rayed as a miner , and each had with
him a burro laden with all the sup
plies necessary to a prospector or min
er. The "Cotton Pickers" of Green
ville , Miss. , with black faces and
garbed in the outlandish rags of a
Eouthern plantation negro , cakewalk
Ing and dancing and following a float
laden with cotton bales , were awarded
second prize , while a small but se
lect body from Jollet , 111. , in the pent
tlary stripes , keeping the prison lockstep -
step , were given third prize.
For the best display prises were
given as follows : Montana , first ;
Quien Sabe lodge of El Paso , Tex. ,
eccond ; Omaha , third.
Seattle received the prize for the
best float , a model of the battleship
Seattle , fully manned. Helena , Mont. ,
was given the honors for the hand
eomest banner , and the Third regl
ment band of San Francisco took the
prize for the best marching band.
r Anniversary of Manila Battle ,
Manila , Aug. 14. The fourth anni
versary of the capture of the city of
Manila , which was surrendered to the
American forces on Aug. 13 , 1893 , was
observed as a general holiday.
PRINTERS CHANGE THEIR LAWS.
Defeat Proposition to Prohibit Mem *
bers From Belonging to Mllltla ,
Clnclnnntl , Aug. 14. The conven
tion of the International Typograph
ical union made many changes In Its
laws yesterday. After providing for
the oldest substitute getting the first
vacancy , it restricted the hours per
week to A maximum of fifty-four , put
evening papers with Sunday editions
on the seven day basis and made many
minor changes.
It developed that Uiore will bo
strong opposition among the delegates
to endorsing the newly organized In
ternational Ladles' auxiliary , although
there Is no opposition to local ladies'
auxiliaries. , ,
The convcntlqn bcoamo very ani
mated over an "alleged factional
fleht" that was precipitated by the
Indianapolis union and showed Its
conservative spirit In , defeating a
proposition to prohibit any member
from be ] on gin ( i to the in II HI a.
Music hall , with a capacity of over
9,000 , wns packed tout night at the
celebration of the golden Jubilee of
the International Typographical
union , which perfected Its Interna
tional organization in this city In 18GB.
The cqnto&t for the next meeting
place seems to bo between Washing
ton and Newark , It lo conceded that
the convention In 1904 will bo hold in
St. Lou IB.
The visiting ladles effected a ( perma
nent organization of the International
wornanX auxiliary to the I. T. U. by
electing the following .officers . : Presi
dent , Mrs. Frank Kennedy , Omaha ;
vice president , Mrs. Herman Mathcs ,
Omaha ; secretary-treasurer , Mrs. Don-
neil , Cincinnati. ,
PYTHIAN8 IN1 GRAND PARADE.
Day Given Over to Pageantry at
San Francisco.
Son Francisco , Aug. 14. The parade -
ado of the Uniformed Rank of the
Knights of Pythias thrust aside the
business of the supreme ledge yester
day. Although the Bosslon reconvened
In the forenoon , nothing of Import
ance was transacted , some minor res
olutions being presented and dis
cussed at length.
The parade of the knights was pic
turesque and creditable to the order.
The local police force headed the pro
cession , and following came Major
General Carnahan and staff. Many
states were represented in the ranks
and the showing of numerical strength
made by' California was very gratify
Ing , to fraternity of hls state. . The '
knights wore reviewed by Gono'ral
Carnahan , Supreme Chancellor Feth
ers and the representatives of the supreme
promo lodgo.
BOILER OF TUG BLOWS UP.
Boat Sinks Almoct Immediately and
Pour of Crow Are Drowned.
New York , Aug. 14. The boiler of
the tug Jacob Kupper blow up yaster-
day near St. George , Btatcn Island.
Four of the crew were killed. Two
men were picked up by the Staten Isl
and ferry boat CasseUon and brought
to this city.
The tug boat sank almost Immedi
ately. The owners of the tug are O.
D. Kupp & Bros. It was on Its way
down to the Italian ship Gulscppe
d'All , anchored off Tompklnsvlllo , sea-
bound for Sydney , N. 8. W. , and watt-
Ing for the tug to get It under way.
Miners Denounce Clergyman.
Wllkesbarre , Pa. , Aug. 14. The
owners of the Warnka washery at
Duryea have asked Sheriff Jacobs to
protect their property. Yesterday a
barbed wire barricade was built
around the washery * and last night
some unknown persons tore It down.
The presidents of the local assemblies
of the mine workers Of the Wllkes
barre district met hero yesterday and
adopted resolutions condemning Rev.
Father O'Rellley of Shenandoah for
his criticism of the officers of the
United Mine Workers.
Kansas Miners May Strike.
Plttsburg , Kan , , Aug. 14. None of
the mine operators in this district has
yet agreed to sign a contract with the
miners for the ensuing year. The
present contract will expire Sept. 1.
The officials of the miners' union ex
pect that a strike will be ordered
on Sept. 1. If the strike Is ordered ,
the miners in Arkansas , Missouri ,
Kansas and Indian territory will bo
expected to stop world
Miners Held Guilty of Contempt.
Charleston. W. Va. , Aug. 14. In the
miners' contempt cases here , Judge
Keller held John Richards and bis
associates guilty of contempt and fined
them $50 and costs each , holding them
committed until the fines were paid
or bail given. Richards is president
of district No. 17Unltod Mine workers.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
A complete state ticket , headed by
Rev. W. A. Day for governor , has been
announced by the Prohibitionists of
Alabama.
Hon. Henry Watterson of Louisville
says that he is not a candidate for
governor of Kentucky , notwlthstaud
Ing numerous reports to that effect ,
Walter I. Stebbings , who stabbed
to death Walter A. Scott , president of
the Illinois Wire company , in the tat
ter's office in Chicago , waa held to the
grand jury by the coroner's Jury.
Palmer S. Mosely defeated William
L. Byrd for governor of the Chickasaw -
saw nation Wednesday by a majority
of six votes. Mosely was favorable to
the supplementary treaty and Byrd
opposed it.
The coal mines in th Springfield
(111 ( , ) district are to be purchased by
a New Jersey corporation , known as
the Illinois Coal and Coke company ,
aid trill bo operated under one man
agement The deal involves ! 12,000,000.
Woman Tells Story Implicating
Three Men In Murder.
POLICE QUESTION THOMPSON.
Endeavor to Wring Confession Out of
Prisoner , Who Shows Signs of
Weakening AnotherArrest Is Made
on Woman's Statement.
Chicago , Aug. 14. The police have
obtained their first clew of value In
the Bortholln cnso and dovolopmento
that will go far toward solving the
mystery are expected soon. Inspector
Hunt found a woman who declared
that at daybreak on the morning fol
lowing the night on which Minnie
Mitchell disappeared In company with
William Bartbolln , the saw Oscar
Thompson , driver for a laundry com
pany , and who Is now held in custody
by the pollcp ; John Olatfy , the barn
boss for the same concern , and a man
wearing a , Panama hat and a dark
sack coat In front of the laundry.
While the police have always con
tended that Thompson , who .was . a
boarder In the rhouse of Mrs. Bar
tbolln , had knowledge pf her death ,
they had .not . suspcqtcd that he was
connected with the murder of Mln-
nlo Mitchell. The woman , however ,
woe positive in her statement that she
saw Thompson and Claffy in company
with the third man at the Umo and
place mentioned. She know both of
them and declared that there was no
chance of her being mistaken. The
description of the third man fits Bar-
tholln.
Officers were at once sent In search
of Claffy and ho was taken into cus
tody without difficulty. Thompson
was then called Into the office of the
inspector and informed that he had
been seen with Claffy and Bartholln
on the morning following the night
of the killing of the Mitchell girl. The
information bad a marked effect upon
Thompson , who seemed for ai minute
to bo on the point of collapse. Ho
rallied , however , and declared that
he was not there and know nothing of
the case in any way. The police
pressed him hard , but he would not
alter his statement , although ho was
plainly much worried. After the in
terview , Inspector Hunt declared that
ho was more than ever Impressed
with the opinion that Thompson had
guilty knowledge of the murder of
Mrs. Bartholln and thought that be
fore long he will weaken and tell all
he knows , ,
The police during the day had re-
colved the usual number of clews concerning
corning the whereabouts of Bartholln ,
but none of them amounted to any
thing. They admitted that they did
not know what had become of him.
Tragedy on a Train.
Guthrle , Okla. , Aug. 14. James
Foverly , a saloonkeeper of Glenco ,
Okla. , was shot and Instantly killed
by James S. McMurty on a Santa Fo
passenger train near Glenco last
night. McMurty ia prominent in Okla
homa , politics and organized the first
Free Homes league in the territory.
The trouble arose over an attempt
made by the Anti-Saloon league to
prevent a liquor license being Issued
to Foverly & Henderson. Foverly at
tacked McMurty in the smoking car
and the killing resulted. To prevent
a lynching McMurty was removed to
Pawnee county for safety.
Find No Abuses at Kankakee Asylum.
Kankakee , 111. , Aug. 14. At the con
clusion yesterday of the Investigation
into the management of the Illinois
eastern hospital for the Insane , the
members of the state board of public
charities drafted a preliminary report
It says that they find upon the fullest
Investigation that no cruelties of any
kind whatsoever are Inflicted upon
any of the patients in this institution ,
that the food furnished them is of the
best quality and sufficient in quantity
and that the inmates are under the
care and supervision ol competent ,
intelligent and humaqe attendants.
Blanket Indictments Found.
Minneapolis , Aug. 14. Ex-Chief of
Police Ames , ex-Detective Norbeck
and Irwin Gardner have been ar
raigned on blanket indictments charg
ing extortion and bribery. Joseph
Cohen and Mayor A. A. Ames were
absent and could not be arraigned.
It is claimed that there were thirty-
five women who were to pay between
$15 and $30 per month for protection.
Governor Gage Arrested.
Los Angeles , Aug. 14. Governor
Henry T. Gage was yesterday placed
under arrest by a detective of San
Francisco , who served on him a war
rant charging him with criminal
libel , th warrant having been sworn
to by the proprietor of the San Fran
cisco Call. The governor was imme
diately afterward released on a writ
of habeas corpus ,
Shooting Affray at a Dance.
South Omaha , Aug. 14. Officer
Johnson of the police force was shot
and dangerously wounded and Agnes
Rowley was slightly wounded during
a fight which occurred at a dance at
the Bazar saloon just before mid
night last night. Jeff Broderick and
Billy O'Connor , who are suspected of
doing the shooting , escaped.
Potter Must Stand Trial.
Sioux City , Aug. 14. E. S. Potter ,
alias Gllmore , the alleged Des Molnes
real estate man , accused of selling
spurious goods and Incidentally engag
ing himself to some twenty or more
sweethearts , was bound over to the
district court at Vermllllon , S. D. , un
der $4,000 bonds.
SENTRIES KILLED BY MOROS ,
Outpost Surprised , Two Soldiers Mur
dered and One Dadly Wounded.
Manila , Aug. 14. A small party of
Mores surprised on outpost of the
Twcnty-sovonth Infantry at Camp
Vicars yesterday. Sergeant Foley and
Private Carey wore killed and Private
Van Dorn was severely wounded. The
Mores , who numbered only a dozen ,
wore armed with spears and swords.
The morning was dark and foggy.
The attacking party crawled to
within a few feet of the sentinels and
then sprang upon them suddenly. The
entire outpost rushed to the relief
of the sentinels , but they wore too
late and the Mores escaped , although
poislbly a few of them were wounded.
The American sentinels were terribly
cut by the swords and spears.
, The attacking Mores were all from
Bacolod and the occurrence probably
will result In a move against the town ,
which has a strong frrt and other de
fenses. ,
Constabulary Inspector William
Behermcrhorn , whose homo was in
Seattle , Wash. , WOB mortally wounded
in a recent fight with ladronos at
lllgan , Mindanao.
SENATORS GOING TO HAWAII.
Mission Is to Investigate Condltloni
and Crown Land Question.
Ban Francisco , Aug. 14. United
States Senator Burton of Kansas ,
chairman of the subcommittee 6f the
senate that has been Instructed to
visit Hawaii and inquire into es
Queen Lilluokalani's claims to crown
lands , has arrived and expects to sail
for Honolulu on the next steamer.
Senator Burton expects to spend
four or five weeks In Hawaii In com. '
pany with Senator Mitchell of Oregon
gen and Senator Foster of Washing *
ton. They will make a thorough In
vestigation of affairs and conditions in
the Islands and among other things
will look Into the crown land question
Baseball Scores Yesterday ,
National League Brooklyn , 4 ; Chicago
cage , 2. Philadelphia , 4 ; St. Louis , 2
Boston , 8-1 ; Plttsburg , C5. 5. Now York
3-4 ; Cincinnati , 4-2.
American League Philadelphia ,
8-9 ; Detroit , 0-0. Baltimore , 14 ; Cleve
land , 4. Chicago , 0" ; Boston , 9. Wash'
Ington , 5 ; St Louis , 7.
American Association Louisville ,
9 ; Kansas City , 0. Toledo , 2 ; St Paul ,
6. Columbus , 8 ; Minneapolis , 3.
Western League St Joseph , 8-3 ;
Colorado Springs , 1-10. Kansas City
12 ; Denver , 8.
Decisive Battle Expected.
San Juan , P. R. , Aug. 14. News
has reached here by the Redr D llnei
Caracas that the Venezuelan revolu
tionary forces under General MatOE
and the government troops undei
President Castro are expected soon
to meet on the plains outside of Ca
racas in a decisive battle. > The > revolu
tionists are said to have received a
large shipment of Mauser rifles and
some cannon , with ammunition , from
Germany. Plots against the life ol
General Castro are said to have been
discovered.
Death of Judge Sprague.
Keokuk , la. , Aug. 14. News was re
celved here of the death of D. N ,
Bprague at Richfield Springs , N. Y. .
from heart failure. Mr. Sprague was
a prominent lawyer of Iowa , was form
erly district attorney here and law
partner at Keokuk of Judge John Gibbons
bens , now of Chicago. He was a pioneer
neer settler of Iowa. His body "wll
be burled at Wapello , by the side o :
his deceased wife.
Kills to Save His Mother.
Ottumwa , la , Aug. 14. J. H. Sims ,
a wealthy farmer , was shot and killed
by his son , John , yesterday , when
endeavoring to murder his wife with
a butcher knife. Sims was intoxicated
and made a vicious attack upon Us
wife for a fancied wrong , and the son
Interfered Just In .time to save her life
Cloudburst at Davenport.
Davenport , ' la. , Aug. 14. A cloud
burst north of here yesterday flooded
the streams , cut Davenport off from
the country and raised the Mississippi
river a foot. Three inches of rol
fell hero in a few minutes.
Lowers World's Record.
Providence , R. I. , Aug. 14. Hugh
McLean lowered the world's record
for twenty miles at the Coliseum last
night by forty-two seconds , placing
the mark at 27:342-5. : It was In a
race with Albert Champion.
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD.
The business portion of Mendon ,
Mo. , was destroyed by fire Wednesday
Loss , $50,000.
Fire Wednesday destroyed business
property In Marysvllle , Cal. , valued at
$100,000. Several firemen were injured.
The treasury department is con
fronted with the problem of finding
currency to move 3,000,000,000 bushels
of corn and wheat this fall.
Twenty-five bales of last year's
hops were sold at Eugene , Ore. , Wed
nesday at 22 cents per pound , the
highest price paid for hops in twenty
years.
A hospital for the treatment of
emergency cases will be established
on the grounds of each of the twenty
two plants of the American Steel and
Wire company.
The strike of the structural iron
workers throughout the country has
been declared off , the American
Bridge company having granted the
demands of the Philadelphia strikers.
Formal complaint will be made by
the Chicago Live Stock1 association to
the interstate commerce commission
against western railroads which have
reduced their packing house and
dressed meat rates and haya not made
a corresponding change In the live
tock rates.
American Fugitives Discharged
From Custody at Quebec.
JUDGE UPHOLDS DEFENDANTS.
Discrepancy In Charges and Absence
of Dates In the Warrant Held to Be
Fatal Officials & \ Washlgton Disap
pointed Did Not Look for Release ,
Quebec , Aug. 14. Colonel John T.
Gaynor and Captain Benjamin D
Greene scored a decisive victory In
their fight against extradition to the
United States , where they ore wanted
in connection with alleged frauds in
harbor work for the federal govern
ment involving millions of dollars.
Judge Caron , In the superior court ,
discharged the prisoners from the
custody bf Sheriffs Langlcr of Quebec
and Vnlce of Montreal , in whoso offi
cial care they have been since their
{ sensational arrest in Quebec last May.
A largo number of the prisoners'
friends were In the court room and
they heartily congratulated the two
men upon their release. It Is under
stood that the United States govern
ment will Institute new proceedings
fdr extradition.
Judge Caron in his opinion said
there was a distinct discrepancy be
tween the charges upon which the
various true bills against the prison
ers were obtained In the United States
and between them and that made in
the application for their extradition.
This , as well as the absence of "dates
in the warrant he held to be distinct
ly fatal to the latter , and he therefore
upheld the prisoners' claims and theli
objoctlgns to the warrants , maintained
the writ of habeas corpus and ordered
the release of the prisoners.
According to the judgment , the .ac
cused are perfectly free to travel In
any part of the British empire.
The action of Judge Caron in dis
charging the prisoners from custody
and the grounds stated for his conclu
slons in the judgment rendered came
as a surprise to the' counsel for 'the
United States. They say there was no
decision made by Judge Caron that
was not before Justice Andrews , and
that it can only be regarded as an un
fortunate state of affairs when two
Judges in the same court and passing -
ing on the eamo case cannot agree and
when crime goes unpunished.
' Washington Is Disappointed.
Washington , Aug. 14. The decision
in the Greene and Gaynor case was a
decided disappointment to the govern
ment officials Interested , as they had
hoped for a favorable outcome'of the
efforts that have been made 'to secure
the extradition of the two men. No
one In Washington IB prepared to say
what the future action of the govern
ment will be in the oases of Messrs ,
Greene and Gaynor. That matter will
be determined by Attorney Genera
Knox , who has been giving the case
considerable personal attention.
BRINGS GIFT FROM THE POPE ,
Bishop O'Gorman Will Visit Presi
dent Roosevelt Saturday.
New York , Aug. 14. Bishop O'Gor
man of Sioux Falls , S. D. , who accom
panled Governor Taft to the Vatican
and who returned on Tuesday , bearing
a gift to President Roosevelt from the
pope , will on Saturday visit Oyster
Bay and then present the gift , which
is a mosaic of the pope sitting on
a terrace in the Vatican gardens ,
surrounded by a number of attend
ants , with a view of Rome In the dis
tance. The bishop haV received'
invitation to dine with the president
Bishop O'Gorman will go to Newport
today to visit Cardinal Gibbons. He
Bald he bore a special message o :
greeting to the cardinal from the pope.
He will later visit St. Paul , as the
bearer of a similar greeting to Arch
bishop Ireland.
Noxious Gas Kills Family.
New York , Aug. 14. A mysterious
ailment , supposed by'physicians to be
due to noxious gases from a big exca
vation for a sewer , has decimated the
family of Professor Edward E. Howe ,
who came here with his wife and
three children from their home In
Hazclton , Pa. , four weeks ago to spend
the summer vacation with relatives.
The three children are dead and Mrs.
Howe is ill of the same sickness
which killed them.
Drought In Mexico.
Tucson , Ariz. , Aug. 14. Advices
from Nacarosl , Mex. , state that condi
tions are mopt serious In that section
on account of the prolonged drought.
Manager Shearman of the Shearman
Cattle company says the company has
lost 67 per cent of its cattle on ac
count of the lack of water and grass.
Other ranchers are losing in the same
proportion and business is paralyzed.
General Smith Seriously III.
Portsmouth , O. , Aug. 14. General
Jacob H. Smith is seriously ill at the
home of his brother-in-law , Judge
James W. Bannon. The general's ill
ness Is in the form of a nervous col
lapse , attributed to the strain of his
campaign In Samar , the subsequent
court-martial and the news of his re
tirement on landing at San Francisco.
Power May Return to New York.
Montreal , Aug. 14. Peter Power ,
who is wanted In New York in the
Northern Pacific suit and who has
been In Montreal for some days , Is
being advised by a prominent Mon
treal lawyer , who claims that arrange
ments are being made by which Power
can return to New York , and that a
compromise in the case is likely.
r FARMERS WILL CO-OPERATE.1 *
Articles of Incorporation With Capi
tal of $50,000,000 Filed at Pierre.
Pierre , S. D. , Aug. 14. The Farm
ers' National Co-operative Exchange
company has filed articles of Incor
poration , with a capital of $50,000,000.
The purposes of the corporation are
to buy , sell and deal in grain , pro
visions , live stock and all kinds of
produce on commission and other
wise and for the purpose of building
and cquiping grain elevators , ware
houses , cold storage extents , stock
yards and whatever may ne necessary-
to carry on the business of the cor
poration. One-fourth of the , capital
stock will bo used for building the
elevators , yards , branch offices , etc. ,
and another fourth will bo iriado a
cash fund for the purpose of denjing
In cash grain and provisions on the
board of trade. The remaining half
of the capital stock will bo left vir
tually with the farmers in various
banks where the money has been
raised to enable them to carry their
crops for a moro " _ favorable market. -y
This will give 'tho" faf mers $50,000,000
back of their Interests io help them
In securing better prices for their
produce. The stock book will be open
to banks throughout twenty states. "
The incorporators 'are Hamilton
White , Joseph Burton and Ivan W.
Goodner.
FOR DAM ACROSS MISSISSIPPI.
Keokuk Makes Effort to Enlist Aid of
Commercial Congress In Project.
Keokuk , la. , Aug. 14. Mississippi
river cities , lumber Interests of the
northwest and stcaboat lines of the
Mississippi river have determined on >
a combined effort to Induce the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial con
gress , meeting at St. Paul next week ,
to actively favor the building of a
great dam entirely across the river at
Keokuk , at the foot of the Des Molnes
rapids. The effect of such a dam
would be to render unnecssary the
use of the government canal now in
use and incidentally develop 60,000
electrical horse power for commercial
use. The first movement in a con
certed plan was made yesterday by
the appointment by Mayor Craig of
this city of four prominent delegates
to the commercial congress. Other
river cities will appoint strong delega- i
tlons soon.
Meat Cutters In Session.
St Louis , Aug. 14. At yesterday's
session of the Meat Cutters' Assoclo- \
tlon of North America , in East St. i I
Louis , many questions pertaining to '
the welfare of the order were dis
cussed. The officers of the society
stated that' every branch of the busi
ness was represented by delegates and
that also every department .was in a
flourishing condition. The question
of extending the jurisdiction of the or
der was given much attention.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. '
The epidemic of cholera has spread
from Manila- and the ports of China ,
to Japan.
The Milwaukee Harvester company
has been sold to an eastern syndicate
for $5,000,000 cash.
At Lone Elm , Ark. , Manse Hugglns ,
assistant postmaster , shot and killed ,
his wife while in a jealous rage , and
then committed suicide.
Judge Albert E. Pattlson , one of the
most prominent Jurists of Colorado ,
died at his home in Denver Tuesday
of paralysis , aged fifty-seven years.
President Ernest R Nichols of th6
Kansas state agricultural college has
bean selected for the position oi
president of the Rhode Island college
of agriculture. '
A Qneitlon of Degree. '
Suave Young Shopwalkers-May I Inquire - , .
quire , madam , for whom you wish to
adopt mourning ?
Lady It Is my brother-in-law who ia >
dead.
Shopwalker Certainly , madam. This-
way to the mitigated grief department ,
If you please. Thank you I London '
King.
STORK
TIME
to most women is a term of
anxiety , serious' th'ought
and sweet anticipation.
With the cessation of pain
necessary t o childbirth ,
there comes calm nerves ,
sleep and recuperation.
MOTHER'S
1 FRIEND
does diminish the pain accompanying-
maternity. With its aid mothers can and
do bring healthy , sweet dispositioned
and ideal babies into the world.
Morning sickness , sore breasts and ex
cruciating pains caused by the gradually
expanding organs , are relieved by this
penetrating and relaxing liniment.
Among the manifold aids to childbirth
Mother's Friend has grown in popularity
and gained a prestige among rich women
as well as poor ; it is found and welcomed
in the mansion as well as in the cabin ,
By lessening the mother's agony of mind
ana diminishing pain a beautiful influence
is wrought upon the child , and instead of
peevish , ill-tempered and sickly forms you
have healthy , laughing humanity , remain
ing a blessing ever to you and its country.
All Druggists sell Mother' * Friend at | l.oo.
Write for our trtc Boole "Motherhood"1
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. , AllenU. 0 .
