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lllllllll lNHlRlllNGlE
Li he Amended Tax Law Will Yield
‘ the State of Iowa a Large
Sum of Money.
EESIBE T0 COMPLY WITH THE MEASURE
Contention That Interests 9011001
Teachers—Delegates to 1! 00‘3"“!
0‘ “Ices—The New
Law “as Few Petitioner-i Which
Causes Some Surprise.
Bngkru ptcy
[Special Correspondence-l
Des Moines, Ia., Aug. 15.—It is esti-
atetl that the amended collateral in-
eritance tax law will yield the state
very large sum of money during this
nd next year, the sum expected to be
ealized in this County alone amount-
ng to $20,000. though this figure in-
hides practically twO years’ proceeds
if the tax. as the law as first passed
has held to be invalid and found im-
pracficfiblev Very few collections be-
‘ng made under it,
ade the trustees, guardians or ad-
personally responsible
or the amount of the tax, and as most
such positions are respon—
onsiderable amounts they
Te_ manifesting a desire to comply
“may with the law as now amended
Order to avoid shouldering penab
In the two years the
"W has been upon the statute books
0 Estates have been submitted for
Whale in this county, out of which
thin the provisions
The amendments
inistrators
en holding
blc for
8888
RUP
pen
the
S themselves.
ired
will
.1653
par-
ALI-
tedi-
tion
has
Lkes
mty
[t is
ves,
and
ken-
nor
icial
e of
bout 30 came wi
f the act.
, Appraisers to Be Named.
During September appraisers will be
Ppointed for all the counties of the
tats to value property subject to the
X, Whose duty it will be to report
eir findings to the county clerks,
"ho \vill enter them in the “Collateral
't heritance Tax and Lien Bock” and
r ePCtl‘t. the amounts to the state treas»
The work of manufacturing
3 now in progress here.
93' Will be ruled so that there will
9 columns as follows:
name. place and death of de-
r rcr.
338 books i
For the
cdent.
. _Whether the
,g “ME and u decedent died {estate or in-
teltate the, record and page
“'33 Drobated and recorded.
“6 Dost omce addresses of
trustee or
e of appointment and
admi
ni
with a“ strator,
. The names,
_, tionship,
lsees and grantees.
{ The appraised valuation of the per...
1 property.
6 amount of inheritance tax due on
personal property.
1 a‘erecllrd of payment, with amount an
‘ Date
post office addresses and re-
it’ known. 0! an the heirs, de-
of filing objections and names of
lectors.
7 Blank for index
wings, and for
he court or
By this bo
and reference
memor ”
judge in
okao'
t, and
8
the clerk is usually dry nowfah
to report at the
term of court to the
rt;sz dodge the number of estates from 00 to 100 feet, which have. yielded
1 the amount of collateral inher~ flowing water in some instances,
ance tax due the state.
compelle,
'pening olive
l?“
, . 0, addition *
ounty attorneys, clerks
rs. any citizen knowing of p
slid
rop—
ect' to the tax must report. the
authorities, when it
:- becomes
” titer ‘p'
rust companies and
mponies which hold
ng to an estate, be-
g papers in their pos-
must serve at least five days’
pen the state treasurer of the
tention of the relatives to draw out»
6 papers. Failure t.
rporation liable f0
he state treasurer has collate“!l
x reports from about 50
e 99 counties of the stab!th ‘19
is impossible to form a“ “‘1‘
of the total amount that Will be
ed by the state from this source.
Blow at the Normal School-
he contention b
p rlntendent Brent
, President Scarley,
{moi school at Cedar
school-teachers
Ettds throughout the st
11 announced b
tendent that all
t'v‘ curities belongi
re surrender-in
ssion,
tice u
0 do so makes the
r the tax. ‘
heritance ta
, t i
ate
all:
etween County S“.
on, Of this county,
of the state
Falls, is inter-
their
It. has
y the countyfjsupsr-
teachersrwh’flflo not
d state certificates or‘lflptomas not
log till 1890 will be required to
ke an examination in this
1: year before they will be
’1 to teach. Mr. Bre
3mg and
ate.
tat. ~
irth
is wig”.
011:7.» pir
anon»
m, county
permit-
Holders of second-
will have to write the
.V and geography, as
ranches in which they
I'equired 90. The coun-
nt seems to have the
law gave him ex-
“ prescribing the con-
hlch lnstructors may
unty.
,ntold Injury.
by the ofiicers of the
at the action of
tom 'superintcndent
mlm‘y to the schoo
1' county superintendents
ion and take the same stand
let. refusingto recognize
8,of the school as sufficient
teacher to a job in the
ounty. PresidentSeer‘
City some time ago. and
protest
n of Superintendent
. ground of complaint
umber of years grad-
Bternorm’a! school
throughout the
tllty prima facle,
1diplomas have
ent for the is-
superinteude
ant in hip hand"
mule ., sive power 1
19 31310118 undcr
bird; Ch in this co
E that V
since the
rmal school t},
will
I in
fol-
‘ools o
. wasin
We
fi
nton,the ‘ £1;
g that for ‘
ion from t
loading guns. Lieut .ls‘letcher was born
9 as evidence ofi
state normal sch
n accepted as an
M : nee of certificate
.ndents without e
mu tit”; nt
It’s fl »’
lllll II
an
by county super-
Khan
0“ believes tea
lowed to
examin
to a
nations. Mr.
ers should not
er year with-
Ording]
at they were
state certificates hold
and county superin-
o discretion with re-
but must enter them
.30 year aft
at1011. and acc
9? himself th y con.
tw° years.
.‘ ehts have ,n
1' to them.
upon their books and permit teachers
to begin work, Mr. Brenton will in-
sist, it is understood, that. teachers be
examined every two years.
llp-tu-Dnte \Vny.
Teachers who have graduated from
the‘state normal school contend that.
their marks received at the school
should be accepted by ,the county su-
perintendent, but Mr. Brenton says the
marks are received at quarterly ex-
aminations and averaged at the end
of the year, which he believes proves
very little, and the only up-to-date
way in which to determine the Ability
of a teacher, in his estimation, is to
give her a thorough examination and
ascertain her knowledge at the mo-
ment. The new law makes it neces-
sary for applicants for examination
for state certificates to have creden-
tials from the county superintendent
regarding their ability to teach, and it
is understood that Mr. Brenton will
refuse to issue credentials unless based
on an examination undergone in his
office, irrespective of whether or not
the applicant holds a diploma from the
state normal school.
Teachers Object.
Teachers are objecting strenuously
to takmg these examinations. when
the state board of educational exam-
iners governs itself by the following
rules:
1. Each candidate mUSt tile the following
credentials as the official proof of being
qualified to hold a state certificate:
(21) Official letters addressed to the board
by one or more county or city superintend-
ents or other professional educators cer-
tifying to the success of the applicant in
government and in instruction. The work
thus commended must have been done un-
der the person's supervision who certifies
to its excellence, even if he is not now in of-
flce.
(b) Letters from one or more school board
ofllcers for whom the candidate has taught,
certifying to teaching covering at least
three years of 36 weeks each, in which good
and faithful service was rendered.
2. To be assured that the candidate is suc—
cessful in governing and in instruction the
board reserves the right to investigate fur-
ther until all doubt is removed. It is neces-
sary that, the applicant be a. resident or
teacher in Iowa at the time of registration.
and part of the work certified to must have
been done in Iowa.
Find a Big- Molar.
A story comes from Union town-
ship. Des Moines county, concerning
the finding of a big molar from an an-
cient mastodvon. It was discovered
partly uncovered in the bed. of Brush
creek, which runs through the farm of
T. H. Barnes. The monster tooth has
five prongs and measures, longitudin-
allv, seVen inches, with a width‘of 3%
inches. and protruding from the gums
of the jaw two and a half or three
inches. The roots were four or five
inches long, one of the broken pieces
measuring about two inches from the
base of the tooth body. The owner of
the tooth must have been, it is figured,
at‘least. as large as a present‘day ele—
phant. and he probably grazed over all
of what was in that prehistoric period
the present builiwick of Union town»
' finds evidences of the.
liable water supply the‘ rtner‘s have
had to put down wells varying in depth
though all more or less impregnated
with minerals. It. is thought plenty
Schwartz, also in th
creek. , p
‘. Conan-cu ot Races.
GM. Show has been invited to name
delegates to a con ress of races to be
bid statics Trans; ‘tis‘slss'ippi and” In—
mflidu‘al upodttun at Omaha. Rep—
" inhuman; obeth the white and col-
'ored population of the country will at-
tend the cdnference, which is called
for the purpose of forming a closer
union between the two races in an ed-
ucational and business way-{though
‘ uqtrpol'itically. The: goyerncr- has
given assurance that Iowaa‘vili be rep‘
[resented at, the congress. and it is
hoped that. some of the most able men
of the state will be induced to‘attcnd
and take'part in its deliberations. ’
Only Two Petitions. ,
Only two petitions have thus far
been filed in this (the southern) fed-
eral district of the statesutt'derth’e new
bankruptcy law, and :the infrequency
of requests for assistance out of finan-
cial troubles has been a source of much
surprise to federal officials and the
members at the bar. It was expected
that the referee would beoverwhelmed
with work by persons desiring to settle
old scores of a number of years’ stand-
ing, at least, but such has not been
the case, and speculation is now being
indulged in as to whether 05' not an
increase will be noted in this class of
business as the provisions of the law
become better understood and the
public learns how it may get Out of its
troubles at small cost under the new
law. Some take the View that. the peo‘v
ple do not desire to Shirk any Obligae
tions and that they would rather wore
ry along as they have been doing than
to go into the bankruptcy court and
have all claims settled and a new slate
given them. This view as to the cause
of the small business so far done is
take“ by many, and may in a measure
account for it.
Received Their pay.
The boys of the Fifth and Sixth Iowa
batteries. in camp here, have received
during the week their first pay as
United States army volunteers. Maj.
A. S. Towar. chief paymaster of the
department of Omaha, paid the men.
being accompanied on his trip by Capt.
H. W. Chase. Lieut. J. '1‘. Stevens is
now in charge of the recruiting station
here.
F. W. BICKNELL.
An Iowa Boy‘s Success.
account of the methods used in our
quickdflrlng guns by the navy. Lieut.
F. F. Fletcher's improvements are given
the most prominent place. Much of the
success of our navy at Manila and
loading guns. Lieut. Fletcher was born
admirable improvements on breach
in Oskaloosa, and was appointed cadet
to Annapolis by Judge Loughridge.
Emmett Becson, son of Quartermas-
ter B. A. Beeson. of the soldiers' home
in Marshalltown, formerly of Des
Molnes, has left for a protracted so-
journ to Santa Cruz and, other points in
are there offered to energetic young
men. He will be gone about a year.
MOUNT VERNON HAWK-EYE.
IOWA STATE NEWS.
A Family Drowned.
While attempting to Ford Little
river, eight miles west. of Lineville,
John Elliston, his wife and two chil-
dren were drowned.
urged not to attempt the
which has been swollen by the recent.
rains, but he thought he could cross
When near the center of the
river the wagon was swung around by
the swift current and the occupants
were all thrown into the water. Ellis-
ton could not swim and was powerless
to rescue his family or to save himself.
ROBBERS’ NEST RAIDED. BRYANISM IRA.
The Latest Additited 0! Free guverue. Cling no Cheap Mona?
the Faithful
silver}
Wholesale Larceny of Farm Implo-
menu Disclosed in Dubuque
and Jones Counties.
The three depane old
Bryanite party in le held
their state convenheous‘
1y at, Lincoln.
crats, the silver red the
populists met as mniza.
tions, but with a. crose in
view, namely, fusioromo-
tion of Bryanism asate by
the colonel himselis har-
mony and cooperatiwran-
gle over the upper! the
offices. At one time move-
ment to reconcile dy put—
ting up Bryan himaernor.
The final agreements the and purposes for which hls name stands
nomination of populernor,
auditor, secretary Osurcr,
commissioner of pa and
buildings, and supenf pub-
lic instruction; 5. silian for cardinal doctrine of the social democ-
lieutenant-governoraocrut
for attorney-general it ap-
pears tliat the populof Ne-
bmska Bryanism cater the
best in the distribuobably
got no greater shuts nu-
merical superiority siastio
energy warranted itg. A
While three separa—esolu-
tions were adopted be con-
ventions, they are praentical
at all the principal pterest.
They reaffirm the Chicrm of
free coinage of silver of six-
teen to one, independtaction dollar.
of any other nation; tide and
joy in the achievemeiBryan
in peace and in war; ete issue
of war bonds as unnend un-
wise; favor the refemd the
election of senators l‘vote oi
the people; and decllity to
the acquisition by theof ter-
ritory so remote as t'oiue is-
lands. i
This last addition to of Ne-
braska. Bryanism was (“special
and personal efforts of el him-
He probably cm about.
it than about any othtion, al-
ways excepting the rt refer-
ring to his military {It was
announced before the ens met,
and while the steeripg;ee was
laboring for harmonythough
the great leader was my from
Lincoln, heroically supps coun-
try's cause against Spied left
behind him "as a icgucfirbcon-
vention” the “thought” Philip-
pines are too far awaynnexed
in whole or in «
The colonel’s legacy ~ht was
accepted, but not wit} J’IOUblC
part of the ad. .ms of his
political wishes. T‘Xot mg, the
populism. but 3’. no no demo-,
crats, there deifielopeduent. in
favor of the vtrory imp'which
Bryan wantei ithe cortocon~ ,
demn and dc.
respondent of . theChieune rc-
ports that... “there Wiersbh
elemcnfir in favor at single
that". subject, or. iiitawahe sub-
V r lost of resolutions.»to lexica—
se 1.; ofyoruclty. They' sion of the republish. r to all
land. that. the flag covcssult of .
t.‘ (3 work of the armyygmhls
sen meat. however,
spongy}: in the: comm changa
the programme.” Col. 18: sound-
of built}:
.1 ,
For the past two years the farmers
of Cascade township, Dubuque county,
and Itichland township, Jones county,
adjoining, have been missing all kinds
of farm implements.
gain a clcw to the guilty party seemed
unavailing, and the
ceny continued without interruption.
But the mystery as to where their
stolen articles have gone has been
cleared up. and at the same time one
of the greatest “fences” in this part
of the country has been broken up.
The officers of Jones county have
been suspicious of the Youssee prem-
ises, in Richland township, that coun-
ty, near Ca‘scade, for some time, and
Sheriffs Arnold and Tiabcock made a
raid upon the place. The raid revealed
an astounding state of affairs. Nearly
100 persons have already identified arr
ticles found there as stolen from them.
Among the
lamps, wheels. hay forks, crowbars,
plows, mason's tools and farm imple~
ments of all kinds.
everything that has disappeared
Richland and Cascade townships for
the past twmyears was found there.
HOME COAL MINES.
The Board of Control to Buy Fuel
Produced in Iowa (or State
Institutions.
Elliston was
stream,
Thiemo-
Every effort to safely.
wholesale lar-
Serlnus Aflrny on a Train.
A shooting and cutting afi’ray oc-
curred on board the south-bound Wa-
bash passenger train near Moulton in
which Dr. lleaton, of Coatesville. Mo.,
and Harry Curry, ex»sheriff of Davis
the principals.
Hea’ton was taken from the train at
Glenwood Junction, Mo., badly cut up
and unconscious, and Curry had three
bullet holes in hislungs. The trouble
arose from an old feud.
county, were Dr.
various articles
\V’QI‘Q
Deposits Increased.
Auditor of State McCarthy has com-
piled a comparative statement of the
business of Iowa's 172 savings and 209
state banks on June 30, 1898, and June.
30, 1897. The sworn statements from
these institutions in his possession
show that the deposits increased dur-
ing the year $13.893,564, which is 30
per cent, the total being about $45.-
000,000 at the beginning of the year.
In fact, nearly
Coal used hereafter in the state in-
stitutions will be Iowa coal so far as
This supply
thousands
Murder at Chelsea.
While John Casiner, of Chelsea, one
of the best~known men
county, was protesting against the‘
boisterousness of Sherman Wilcox,
and with the aid of Wilcox’s mother
was seeking to persuade the young
man to go home. Wilcox drew a re-
volver and shot Cusiner dead. Wilcox
fled, but was captured by those who
witnessed the murder.
amounts
of dollars‘
Coal dealers in the
state have complained became coal
for the institutions has been shipped
in from outside the state.
board of control in charge of the state
institutions has sent a letter to the
coal dealers of the state asking for
bids on $100,000 worth of coal, and say-
ing that “We hope to keep the greater
part. of the money expended for the
support of our
within our owu state, but we shall in-
vite the fullest competition to secure
everything of the best quality and at
the lowest price possible.”
KILLED HIS BROTHER.
Sensation Sprint“ in. the shoottnr 0‘
a Little Boy Near the Town
of Maynard.
possible.
hundreds of
worth in a year.
in Benton
The new
A Murderer Captured.
A man supposed to be the one who
murdered Frank Beard at DeWitt on
July 26 was captured on theraiiroad
track abont 2% miles from Webster
City by a posse after a running fight in
which a number of shots were fired.
Nobody was hurt.
fused to give his name.
ward of $1,000 for his arrest.
self.
several institutions
The prisoner re-
There is a re-
Huve Lots of Work.
Employes in the locomotive depart-
ment of the ‘Milwaukee shops in Du—
buquc are working ten hours a day and
six daysa week. The occasion'for this
is the tremendous
throughout the northwest. Many more
cars will be required to move the grain
and thousands of dollars will have to be
put in rolling stock.
A sensation was sprung in the case
of the mysterious shooting of little
George Borghcrs, near Maynard, when
the brother of the dead hey admitted
that he fired the fatal shot and had
concocted the story'of the unknown
wheelman in order to shield himself
froth the consequences of his act.
The shooting, the brother claims,
was purely accidental, but‘desiring to
prevent his act from becoming knowu,
he thought that he could fasten the
the .' stranger r's‘.:eri...‘rool...l
Wheel a
'hgptiug,,an
all: hadrons 1
port.
yield of crops
on the
Killed Wile I: ul Himself.
Henry Solicits, oreralley City, shot
and killedthis \Vlft am Davenport and
then killed» himselfie- Domestic trouble
‘ "9" *‘f ‘“ 0‘ “I‘m” ties wife left him a
to Davenport. to
81,. had applied for 3
ounce. 'aln cor-5
deed u
this in at
boring farmers and so
. .ichooL Studied “lithe No
3‘1” 0f the unknovy—Sb, and Pupil of Soil
TELEpHnLARD,
sumo and History of Music. 'Stud t i
ork Metropolitan College of Music,
~11.er necessary”; r p
A new schedule of telephone rates
(was made by the independent use. of
Iowa, whose representatives met in b
Des Molnar. The former rates were
based on the number of counties
through which the messages Were
sent. This caused much inconvenience
in bookkeeping and the rates were
changed to a mileage basis, as follows:
For massages sent 20 miles, 20 cents;
30 miles, 25 cents; 40 miles, 30 cents:
45 miles, 35 cents, 50 miles, 40 cents;
Gentiles, 45 cents; wmmiles, 50 cents:
above that the charge will be one cent
per mile. In a short time the independ--
"exit. telephone men wt
' consolidation. -
sunfish
3t th
val
(land Piano. Oberlin Consérvatory of
v’ r
f V 2 d3, b . three, and five
lie,i89‘~“.‘onfl ‘ , ‘
nominations. -.
‘ on has‘ans
‘ ng crumb-
1Mvas~7
distrusting the
Mei ‘lndepen
ed the .‘mvn
. wishes the resoluth r
tionon this line woman
Thus it appears that
most zealons‘eflorts in thtgrresent war
are devoted to the restormgon to Spain
or the territory which way andiMcb’
has q-‘uit rift and the men undo hem urchin!
log for fishing. gThircntcrprise ‘ y.
be, within {the functions proper'rio is",
political colonel, :but surely nottoeny
other sort. of colonel; It is safe repay ,
that not an officer lathe service of the
United Stategrwdth the: ringl’eicxoe‘py, :,
than 09001. Bryan.“ now-c can
with or!
e bottomof Brush» , railwayman
‘ technical: Du-
dcpar crush. Mason
presentath and}
G‘va L [M]
'I,‘ Bryan s,
art creamery
thevpresent. ,
lets and finder-n Wood,-
-.coupty held a reunion
binson. of the Des
' port for the-fiscal
fill. says he issued
l. '49. and 57,915‘pcr—
s through‘hisof~_
working conventions t ,.
barracsing’his commando in bi
, The alleged spirits! pl,
sacrificer'which‘ led, Mr. ’
military some. of in. couhtry needs-
rig.“ Gen. Merritt needsrcentorcce
méntafi ~Why not-Order’lhe Third I
breaks to Maujilh’?»~N.,-Y.}£un. . r
COMMENT UPINION.
x W t
WThc people of Nebraska are
ported to be very blue. Ax man".-
. the war is over Bryan will return to
‘. «that state.—-—Cleveiand Leader.
" 'D‘In Missouri the Garment who
doesn‘t vote it stigmatized as “a
heirophnnt whom it were the hottest
sort of bananas: to call a duodecimo.”
-~N. Y. Tribune. ‘
WThe democrats in‘ Nebraska get
just one office on the fusion state tick.
ot, the attorney‘genersllhp. Democ-
r racy is as near extinct in Febrenkn as
populism is in, Alabamm-St. Louis
Giobe~DemocraL
UThe question of territorial ex-
pansion already threatens :0 split the
Missouri democracy. and yet there are
a. few republicans who are asking what
good an “imperial” pellc
'do!~Chicago Inter Ocea
DTarifl reform will prolably never
be heard again as the main try to rally
the democratic party. Thedisastroul
cfiects wrought by the Wilma-German
law have taught a severe tut perma-
nent lesson to the people. The demo-
erotic leaders are busy in tie work .of
out some other issue upon
which to prosecute the next national
campaign. Free silver may )e the pre-
dominant issue again, but tinny other
principle can be substitutet, this will
be abandoned. But whatE‘er be the
platform of the next demccrstic na-
tional convention. tariff rdorm will
be consigned to an obscunplacer-
Pcughkeepsie Star. ,
WThc Dinglcy law is makiig a great.
record for itself, the figures 1p to Au?
that. omittin; the out-
lay for war expenses, the llw would
have accuniulateda surplus if $9,000,-
000 during the past. five monhs. The
new law has turned the flu of gold
in our direction, has made posible the
greatest commercial report fur a fiscal
year in our history. has ‘romoted
home industries. and wouldhave sc-
cumulated a surplus bad it‘iot been
What more ould be
asked. and yet the calamityhowling
papers of the country are jnt'at this
time full of editorials deciding that
the law is a failure! Let nthlngIey
law run another five yearmand the
statesmen will be wonderingwhat to
do with the our
3 loin.
ll meep‘to plan
. V \ insside. «Suburb my *3 infill)” '-
01 Sioux City; areup arms over-the
killing of song birds lay-boys. ‘ ,
Steven-$.01 Boone. haobcenzap-
pointed special, commissioner to settle
the Des Monies river land claims. r -,
Two men riding in a freight car were
held up by three unknown trs’mps bow ,
’ Moore and'lVVltilntlimd,‘
‘ _\ol5bed of their money ondtnluablel
had thrown off the car atWIiea‘
‘ ‘ A freak of; the late
{ported nearMonroe.
patch mxsoleet out of “th
the roof of a barn belongi"
Shanks, leaving the balance of the roof
intact.
The Twenty'eighth Iowa regiment
will hold a reunion tit-Newton October
12 and 13. ., ‘
Thieves enteretl the jewelry store
of R. D. Kit-mil? in Dubuque and took
two trays of-gold watches and tin
valued at $500.
Emil Ernsdorf was throwii from h
buggy in Dubuque and probably fatal~
ly injured. Two years ago his father
was thrown from a buggy in nearly the
same place and was killed.
The descendants of Zimri Whinery,
the largest tamin organization in cen-
tral Iowa, held their fourth annual
reunion in Cottage Grove park in Mar-
shalltown, 10‘ members being present.
The Chicago. Burlington &. Quincy
bridge at Cromwell was burned by
sparks from a locomotive.
ture was 100 feet long.
A boiler blew up at a coal mine near
Des Moincs, fatally injuring one man
and killing several horses.
Rev. Booker Fox, a colored preacher
of Ottuinwa, celebrated his one hun-
derd and fifth birthday b
his friends.
In a wreck on the Northwestern
road at Boone Engineer Andrew Bell
was seriously injured. One leg had to
be amputated. J. W. Devers, the con-
ductor, was also hurt badly.
Joseph A. Edwards, of Iowa City, a
member of company 13, One Hundred
and Thirty-Ninth Illinois infantry, in
the civil war, died at Davenport.
An enterprising Maxwell dentist ad-
vertises each week the names of per-
sons for whom he has furnished false
teeth.
J. M. Brown, reliresenting a Chicago
firm, has purchased 1,000,000 bushels of
Iowa corn to be shipped to Chicago and
stored in the elevators there.
Frank Young. of Eagle Grove, re-
ceived the appointment of assistant.
quartermaster in the army and left for
Washington.
XED HIGHER.
The Infinite in the Total Access--
on Runways “: lows
1- $113,000.
tesli
Judge
Aliofrthe assessment returns for the
state have been received by Auditor Mew
, iota: for the. state it
$544,100,000, {notdecrease o1 "
$9,000,000 from last year.
personal property assessmsnt
000.000, a reduction from In:
about $7,500,000.
Garth? The, tWeen Low 5’
The realty, scans
ment was decreased about $2,500,000
and the railway assessment increased
$112,000. The reduction in the
sonal assessment is accounted for by
the change in the basis of assessment
from 33 1-3 per cent. to 25 per cent.
per—
li‘lrst Flat Made in Iowa.
At, the reunion of the First Iowa
regiment in Mount Pleasant, there was
on exhibition the first flag made in
Iowa for the civil war.
broidered in silk and made in the par»
lors of the old Lawrence house at
Burlington, by ladies of Burlington,
some of whom are yet living, and was
presented in their behalf by Mrs. Law-
rence to then Capt, afterwards Gen.,
Mathias. of company D.
It was em~
y is going to
Breach of Promise. I
Miss Nora Valentine, of Union, filed
a. petition against David Iiauser, of
Union, claiming damages in the sum of
$10,000 for breach of promise, for se-
duction and for abortion. The case will
create more than usual interact on ac-
count of the prominence of the
It will be remembered that
Mr. Hauser was married last March to
Mrs. Alma Hudson. 3 teacher in the
The Scientific American gives a full Mamimntown SChOOIS'
Biz Land Deal.
In a big land deal, George C. Call, of
Algona, becomes the owner of all the
Dunlap lands in the northern part of
Kossuth county, some 1,700 acres in
The consideration
These lands are all in the nature of
improved farms, many of them having
flowing wells, and the transaction is
the largest that has occurred here-
Bouud for Central America. “balms for som‘. time'
The struc- thinking
fendnnt.
y preaching to
gust 1. showing
all. was $36,000.
Slate Municipal League.
As one of the results of the con-
vention of the League of
Municipalities, held in Detroit,Mich.. it
has been decided to form a State Mu-
Honduras, Central America. He in- nlcipal league. composed of the cities of
tends to visit friends and look over the
country in order to see what prospects
for the war.
American
Iowa, the main purpose of the league
through legislation
more rights for the municipalities than
they now enjoy.
being to secure
pluswlowasute Regs
?l.
THE SAME OLD DEMOCRACY.
u Heathen Cling to Their
Fetishes.
Nearly all the democratic state con-
ventions of 1808 have now been hold.
A few of them, like Pennsylvania :1,
steered around national issues, or
feebly sought to escape the shoals and
quicksands of 1896; but for the most.
part the resolutions adopted showed
that. the party now pitted against re-
publican principles and policxes is the
same old democracy. '
To all appearances W. J. Bryan is as
strong with his party today as he was
two years ago. The probability is that
he will retain his hold until .1000.
But however that may be the opinions
are now, as then, chart and pole star of
the arty. ,
Thpe free coinage of silver at the ratio
of sixteen to one holds its place as the
'. No Fl'i islander ever clung tohis
Each with inore worshipiul devotion.
It is all very well to contend, as some
writers do, that events have thrown
down“ the silver idol, but the fact re-
mains that free coinage is still the ob-
ject of an unfaltering adoration. It is
inconceivable that anything short. at
a political cataclysm should. destroy
the hold of the repudiation fetich upon
the party. Another and still more
overwhelming defeat is imminent, but,
however great the landslide, it bodes
general policy of hostility to the rights
ocraiic party.
Bryan
name of Andrew Jackson on
bank! policy, which bro
country a on
it was swept away by civil war.
The Chicago platform of 1
free trade party 130
time out of mind.
Denunclatlon o
lutely. new feature, of
donment of that
not“ .
The people It
ing to‘ p p _
r hands now that they
m r
ratio of 31:: can to one
but in the world."
srd.
une.
Register. ‘
Mlmwmm
“Will
lulu Shop: on Washlngion that
n- low input! r. loll m
BLACKSlllTHING l
HORSE IEOEING.
[lion and Curlago liking and napalm
PAINTING, Etc.
bite mum cotton“. Al
a." m w I’ll?” moonsblo. 0‘0
We no
E. F. WENGER,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE AGENT.
mi, 1‘0le in nu Poucm
Monti; mm a Short Iota.
IMO! ll run 0! Bill BUILD“
mason. IOWA.
N. K. BEEOHLEY
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
This is the most complete not 0!
Abstracts in Linn County. It
was made and formerly owned by
R. M. Jackson and 8. N. Good-
hue, of Marion.
A cordial invitation extended
to the citizens of Franklin and
Linn Township: to call and no
no.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
’N. K. BEEC’HLEY,
Over 38 Sec. Ava.
Cams Bums. lows.
V Telephone No. l.
urn guaranteed
Dd I00 DI.
no disturbance of fealty to the {ill—cent
r ’ is not
This adherence to Lee Silver
due to the mere desire to catch the vote
of the silver-producing states, but to a
ert ', vested and individual,
gbgrtgpancl personal. The dechratic
leaders do not scruple to admits soctal—
istic and anarchistic ammostty to all
men who have prospered. Such a son-
timent has long been popular in Eu~
rope, and it is the element in our
own electorate to which the dem-
under the leadershipof
and Altgeld catered two years
ago, and is still catering. It is now title
settled policy of the_democrat1c par y
to fly the red flag against whatever r511;
resents prosperity or conservation“
forces that make for it. Our 118
bank currency, the best paper money
‘ is denounced in the
the world ever saw, d his an“-
ught upon the
lamitous wildcat money——
the curse of the, American people until
896 de—
nounced “the republican threat tz‘re-
store the McKinley law" as :distur mg
to business.” Absurd as it is to regea
this denunciation, the democracy oes
‘ 0 so. It is the same old
not. hesitate to d w m” it has been
f the suprcmecburt oi
the, United States was I
platform of 1896, 21:11:31,122:
Liza’s11.322402:gatingfad‘:
come tax featurcjoi thd'Wflson revenue
“Militia: , Wu.
,- . , Reasonable. V.
[TOUR TPATRONAGE SOLICITED.
Shop near residence on south side
of town.
SINCLAIR.
HOUNT VERNON. IA.
‘ When this Isdtam' republicans hind,
their state convention- o years ago
. lsMC
damsel-hectare try. and mores tho
" o 'the'sx’teut that
. . could be main»
tamed; to year those” republicans
take a “Ward step and assume a po-
sition they were not ready to tak ,
1896. The state convention sdopte
11 money plank denouncing “sixteen to
one” because it Would “debase our
money and , destroy our private and
public credit and cause general busi.
ness disaster.” The concluding sen’
tence of the plank is, as follows:
“35% recognize the necessity of compre-
hensive and enlightened'monetary logic»
lation. and believe that the declaration in
the St. Louis national republican platform
for the maintenance of the gold standard
and the parity of all our forms or money
should be given the vitality of public law.
Ind the money of the American people
should be made. like all it: institutions, the
ECB. SMITH,
Proprietor,
{
Ivanhoe lime'ca,
Dealer: in and manufacturers of
Ivanhoe Lime.
The best quolityof limo monoton-
‘ and in this part of the out».
LIME, PLAS’I’ER, HAIR, CEMENT
AND STUCCO
kept constantly on hand.
‘ All Orders Prom ti: tilled.
Address, P
lineman“
a arr. venues
This is a recognition of the fact that;
the exis‘tigg laws, which'make United
States We payable in WCOin” and
the legal tender notes redeemable in
“coin,” must beamendedvby requiring
those payments and redemption: to be’
made in “gold coin.” When that, has
been done there will be no question
and no difficulty about the mainte-
nance of the gold standard. The whole?
world will understand that the United
States is committed definitely and ir—
revocably to the world’s money stands.
to. 803 m. ‘
As long as that nakodword “coin”
remains in the laws, and the Uhited
States has half a billiouof legal tender
silver money the bullion in which is
worth only about 44 cents on the dol-
lar, a Brysuite president could slump
the currency and breed a panic, It
would not, be necessary for him to
have .9. Bryauite congress behind him
to enact a free coinage law. Allhe
would have to do to destroy public and
private credit would be to order his
secretary of the. treasury to redeem
the greenbacks in legal tender silver,
instead of gold. But a Bryaolte presi~
dent could give no such order if the
law ordered redemption in “gold coin."
It will be the duty of congress after the
free silverites have lost their majority
in the senate to insert the word “gold”
before “coin.” Then it will be neces-
sary for the Bryanites to elect a presi-
dent and have a majority in the house
and senatebefore they can tamper
with the gold standard—Chicago Trib-
Sltllllll l’l‘lllllllfl HOUSE
For nu. «mos or ”’
Commercial Work
m...“
5.58.11. Baum a son.
vThe largest tin plate mill in the
world, at Muncie, 1nd,. has all the or"
ders it can fill. lithe protection of
this industry is maintained, as it will-
be unless the governing party changes,
we will shortly‘ lead the world in the
manufacture of tin plate.-—Iown Stats