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Few of the mining concerns within the county have achieved much success financially within recent years. Labor disturbances have been one cause, and a sharp competition in the coal markets another.
The expense of mining in some of the localities is much greater than elsewhere, owing to unsatisfactory roofing, "faults" in the coal, hilly or uneven condition of the inner surface of the mine, and a variety of other hindrances.
In many cases the railroads themselves have discrim- inated against certain coal operators, the roads being more or less identified with coal enterprises themselves. Those coal companies which are accorded the special favoritism or patronage of the railroads are successfully operated and those concerned make money.
The fifty days' strike of 1894 was certainly an ill-advised move on the part of the miners of Iowa. They had no local grievances to set right; they struck out of sympathy for a horde of turbulent foreigners working in the mines of the Eastern States-a population consisting largely of Sclavs, Huns, and other European nationalities, little governed by civilization or the requirements of good citizenship. The loss to the miners themselves, entailed by the strike of 1894, amounted, in the First District, to 299,584 tons of coal, and $399,226 in earnings, or a decrease of 18.5 per cent of earnings.
Following is a list of accidents occurring in the mines of Monroe County for the two years ending June 30, 1895:
Date.
Nov. 6, '93. Dec. 29, '93. March 8, '94. May 10, '94. May 12, '94. Nov. 20, '94. Nov. 27, '94. Dec. 22, '94. Aug. 25, '93. Dec. 23, '93 Feb. 16, '94. Feb. 17, '94. July 16, '94. July 16, '94. July 18, '94. Aug. 13, '94. Oct. 16, '94. Oct. 31, '94. Nov. 27, '94. Nov. 27, '94. Dec. 22, '94. Jan. 21, '95. Feb. 4, '95. Feb. 13, '95.
Name.
Julius Koehler. John Kelly. Robert Roberts. Thos. McManamon. John Wiguall. Chas. Ricker. John A. Jones. Frank Bennett. E. T. Ades. James Wilson. John Gustafson. Frank Adolphson. W. A. Bednan. Ben Thomas. Aug. Fleming. Chas. V. Kirk. Barry Nicholson. Wm. McKinny. James Dyson. Geo. Taylor. Victor Johnson. O. Polander. Swan Nelson. John Bagnell.
Cause of Casualty.
Killed by fall of slate. Killed by fall of slate. Killed by fall of slate. Killed by fall of slate. Fell into shaft, killed. Killed between cars. Killed by shot. Killed by powder explosion. Bruised by slate. Leg broken by fall of rock. Spine injured by slate. Leg broken by fall of slate. Burned by blown-out shot. Burned by blown-out shot. Right leg broken by slate. Back hurt by fall of coal. Burned by pipe igniting powder. Strained hip from fall of slate. Burned by blown-out shot. Burned by blown-ont shot. Burned by explosion of powder. Right leg broken by fall of slate. Left leg broken by fall of slate. Bruised by fall of slate.
Name of Company or Firm.
Wapello Coal Co. Enterprise Coal Co. White-breast Fuel Co. Wapello Coal Co. Smoky Hollow Coal Co. Smoky Hollow Coal Co. Iowa & Wisconsin Coal Co. Deep Vein Coal Co. Deep Vein Coal Co. Iowa & Wisconsin Coal Co. Wapello Coal Co. Wapello Coal Co. White breast Fuel Co. White-breast Fuel Co. Enterprise Coal Co. Enterprise Coal Co. Enterprise Coal Co. Iowa & Wisconsin Coal Co. Iowa & Wisconsin Coal Co. Iowa & Wisconsin Coal Co. Deep Vein Coal Co. Wapello Coal Co. Wapello Coal Co. Wapello Coal Co.
Where Located
Hiteman. Albia. Chisholm. Hiteman. Avery. Avery. Albia. Foster. Foster. Albia. Hiteman. Hiteman. Chisholm. Chisholm. Albia. Albia. Albia. Albia. Albia. Albia. Foster. Hiteman. Hiteman. Hiteman.
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At half past 8 o'clock on the morning of November, 1894, a tremendous explosion occurred in the mines of the Iowa and Wisconsin Coal Company, two miles west of Albia. It occurred in what was known as the back entry of the main South. It had been allowed to fall in some time previous, and was now being opened up again by taking a "skip" off the rib. The work had proceeded in this way till at the time of the occurrence it was twenty feet ahead of the last break- through where the air was traveling, and 1,250 feet from the bottom of the shaft.
The explosion was caused primarily by a shot having been fired. The hole for the shot was a 23-inch hole, and it contained four and one-half common charges of powder. The hole was 6 feet deep, and was 12 inches out of perpen- dicular. The shot was fired by a squib. Four men sat near the shot, inside the break-through and in the main entry. Two other men were 90 feet distant. These men were burned worse than those in close proximity to the shot. The shot spent its force in the air, blowing out the tamping without breaking up the coal. The flame from the shot seemed to ignite in the air of the entry either an accumulation of gas or "dust." In this explosion John A. Jones was killed and James Dyson and George Taylor were severely burned and maimed for life. The exact cause of the explosion was some- what of a mystery to mining experts.
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CHAPTER XXL.
Railway Casualties.
Early on the morning of July 13th, 1869, a freight train, consisting of an engine and twelve freight ears, one baggage car, one sleeper, and one passenger coach, in charge of Conductor H. S. Miller, of Burlington, rumbled slowly down the grade west of Albia, on the C., B. & Q. Railway. There had been a heavy rain that night, and Coal Creek was running out of its banks.
Engineer Peter Eriesson and David Deffinbangh, fire- man, sat in their places on the lookout for accidents. They had been warned that the track was unsafe, and that large quantities of sand had been washed out from under the piling of the bridge which spanned Coal Creek. The bridge was made on pilings, and was about twenty feet high. When about the center of the bridge, the engine went down with a crash, into the water, followed by seven of the cars. The water was fifteen or twenty feet deep; and the cars, after rising to the surface, floated slowly down the stream, turning over and over in their passage, until they finally lodged against trees.
The engineer and fireman were submerged with their engine, and as the engine settled to the bottom of the stream, the men climbed out through a window, and, coming to the surface, floated down with the current and saved them- selves.
When the train left Burlington, a man named Win. Herriott, with his four children, took passage in one of the ill-fated box-cars. They were en route to Taylor County, with a team and wagon, but at Burlington concluded to ship on board the cars. Their wagon and team were taken on board the train, and Mr. Herriott and children remained in the car with the wagon. Their car was one that went down into the watery chasm. The father and one little girl escaped from the car. The child, having crawled through the partially opened side-door, pried the door a little wider open and her father was liberated, and in about an hour both were taken off the car and towed to dry land by means of ropes.
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The other three children were drowned, and their bodies were not recovered until some hours later. The children's ages were 12, 11, 10, and S, respectively. Emma, the oldest daughter, was the one who made her escape. William, 12 years of age, together with his sisters aged 10 and S, respectively, were those drowned.
A coroner's inquest fixed the blame for the accident on the railroad company, and the company at once asked Mr. Herriott to name the amount of damages. He named
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$1,000 as the amount, which the company paid forthwith, and also tendered him $700 more, which was accepted. The company also paid all the expenses, making the total bill of $2,000. Mr. Herriott was well satisfied with this settle- ment, and the railway company was equally glad to escape with so small a sum. The corpses were taken back by friends to Bureau County, Illinois, for burial, and the father and mother continued their journey to Taylor County, the latter having in the meantime joined her husband.
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At this time Tom Potter, who afterwards became Gen- eral Superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway system, was the station agent at Albia.
On the night of the 15th of August, 1896, another casualty, quite similar to the foregoing, except that it was not attended by loss of life, occurred on the Iowa Central Railroad, a short distance west of the village of Hickory, in Monroe County. A south-bound passenger train, due at Albia at 9:15 p. m., with MeCarthy as con- ductor, Eads engineer, and Shopes fireman, in passing over the first bridge west of Hickory narrowly escaped being precipitated into the stream. There had been a tremendous rain, and the accumulation of drift washed against one of the piers had swept away one of the bents of the bridge. The engine passed over this in some un- accountable manner, but the baggage ear began to settle. The engine was instantly detached, and passed on over with her crew, en route to Albia. The next bridge was 100 feet in length, and abont 25 feet in height. It was a wooden structure built on piling, and spanned Miller Creek, which at the time of the accident was much swollen by the recent rain. The engine had no sooner gotten fairly on the bridge than, without a moment's warning, it went down into the chasm with a tremendous crash, alighting in five or six feet of water.
None of the crew were injured in the least degree. The men climbed out of the cab, and passed along the side of the engine until they caught hold of some projecting timbers, and drew themselves out of the wreck. The engine sustained but slight injury, and within the next forty-eight hours an inclined track was built to it, when a huge Mogul engine was harnessed to it by means of a long cable, and the engine was drawn ont. If the train had passed safely over the first bridge, its fate at the second one might have been terrible to contemplate.
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CHAPTER XXII.
The Independent Club Guards.
"January 1, 1844.
"We, the undersigned, believing it necessary for the better security of our claims, to protect ourselves against foreign as well as domestic aggression, and to settle all dis- putes between individual claimants, and all right to claims according to our neighborhood or club law, do form ourselves into a club or company known as the 'Independent Club Guards of Kishkekosh County.'
"Article I. All persons known as claim-holders in this county may become members of this society by subscrib- ing to these articles and the claim laws.
"Article II. On motion, two members of said company shall be declared rira-roce tellers, to receive the vote of the Club in their choice for Captain, Lieutenant, and Six Best Men.
"Article III. These officers so elected shall serve one year from the first Monday in April, 1844, to the first day of May, 1845.
"Article IV. It shall be the duty of the Captain, or, in the absence of the Captain, of the Lieutenant, or, in the absence of both, of the Best Men, to call upon the company to appear at command, and proceed with said officer to hear and decide all rights to claims according to our claim laws, and to put the claimant having the right to said contested claim in full and peaceable possession of the same, and protect hin in said possession, fully and effectually.
"Article V. Any officer who shall refuse to act shall, by a two-thirds vote of the members of said company, be deprived of his office and hold only membership.
"Article VI. The company shall then proceed to elect officers to fill all vacancies.
"Article VII. Any claimant whose name is attached to our claim laws may appeal to the Captain of the Guards and state to him his grievances, or, in absence of the Captain, to the other officers, and they shall protect said claimant
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fully in possession of his claim, without further trouble to said claimant.
"Alerunder Kemp, Captain. "James MeRoberts, Lieutenant."
Masonic.
On June 25, 1855, Albia Lodge, No. 76, A. F. and A. M., was organized at Albia, with 78 charter members. The first officers were John Bone, W. M .; Samuel Gossage, S. W .; W. C. Hatton, JJ. W .; Wm. Mercer, S. D .; Henry Saunders, J. D .; John McKnight, Secretary; R. M. Hartness, Treasurer; Joseph Benone, Tyler.
This lodge went down finally, and in December, 1889, Astor Lodge, No. 505, was instituted. This lodge at present contains 70 members. The present officers are: Ed Cooper, W. M .; A. J. Beckett, S. W .; W. J. Hastie, J. W .; Tom D. Lockman, Treasurer ; B. F. Duffy, Secretary ; G. W. Hartsuek, S. D .; Geo. D. Miller, J. D .; S. H. Hobson, S. S .; B. E. Clark, J. S .: J. H. Tobey, Tyler.
Royal Arch Masons, Monroe Chapter, U. D., was organ- ized JJuly 20, 1896. Its officers at present are: I. S. Jones, Most Excellent High Priest; J. H. Easter, Most Excellent King; Jonathan Hartsuck, M. E. S .; Ed M. Noble, Treasurer; A. J. Beckett. Secretary; Tom D. Lockman, C. H .; J. HI. Tobey, P. S .; Geo. D. Miller, R. A. C .; S. D. Love. G. M. 1st Veil; A. R. Jackson, G. M. 2d Veil; J. H. Love, Jr., G. M. 3d Veil; Jerry Willcox, Tyler. This lodge contains 22 members.
Knights of Pythias.
Troy Lodge, No. 31, was organized July 15. 1875. It organized with 24 charter members. The officers were E. C. Hurlbert, P. C .; W. M. Glenny. C. C .; Val Mendal, V. C .; C. P. Cone, Prelate; Jas. Morris, K. R. and S .; Geo. Coleman, M. F .; D. M. Miller, M. E .; Homer Duncan, M. A.
The present officers are: Morris Loch, C. C .; R. E. Hindman, V. C .; HI. B. Holesclaw, Prelato; John Grace, M. A .; Harry Smith, J. G .; Jas. Moody, O. G .; Fred Mason, K. of R. and S .: L. B. Edwards, M. of E .; Roy Afford, M. of F .; Lee Rowe, M. of W.
The 1. 0. 0. F.
Monroe Lodge, No. 81, was organized October 11, 1855. with the following charter members: John Clark, Thos.
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Kenworthy, S. D. Ramey, A. G. Chambers, R. M. Hartness. There were about 50 members at the close of 1856. The first officers were: S. D. Ramey, N. G .; Thos. Kenworthy, V. G .; John Clark, Secretary; R. M. Hartness, Treasurer.
The present officers are: John Hoyt, N. G .; W. J. Lewis, V. G. D. O. Clapp, Recording Secretary; J. P. Lamberson, Permanent Secretary ; J. R. Duncan, Treasurer. The present membership is 154.
Prior to 1860 there was an encampment at Albia, but in that year it surrendered its charter.
Albia Encampment, No. 19, I. O. O. F., was organized by Robert MeCormack in 1876. At the present time the organization is not doing any active work, there being but 15 members. The organization is intact, and has funds in its treasury. The officers at present are: J. P. Lamber- son, Chief Patriarch; S. F. White, High Priest; I. L. Mills, Senior Warden; J. R. Duncan, Junior Warden; S. M. King, Scribe.
The A. O. U. W.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen organized at Albia in 1884. The present membership is 160. The present officers are: E. Mart Noble, M. W .; Josephus Kester, Foreman; Wm. Anderson, O .; S. M. King, Financier; J. O. Varner, Receiver ; N. S. Anderson, P. M .; G. W. Stamm, Recorder. The object of this organization is both fraternal and for insurance.
Modern Woodmen of America.
Earnest Camp, No. 264, was organized in November, 1886. The present membership is 26. The present officers are: Chas. Olson, Venerable Consul; Jesse Brewer, Worthy Adviser; Harry C. Payne, Clerk; S. M. King, Banker; Robert Ford, Escort; S. M. King, Physician; Jas. Brewer, Watchman; F. Turner, Sentry; S. T. White, Delegate to State Camp; Dr. Hoover, S. M. Tovrea, and W. M. Crane, Managers. This society is also fraternal and for purposes of insurance.
Woodmen of the World.
Organized at Albia the 4th of August, 1896, with a membership of 50. J. T. Clarkson, Consul Commander; J. W. Noble, Lt. Adviser; Chas. Craig, Clerk; W. T. Shields, Banker, E. T. Paulline, Escort; Vern Noble, Watchman;
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JJ. W. Alford, Sentry; Messrs. Hyatt and Bartram, Physi- cians; W. P. Brewer, C. N. Hyatt, and F. G. Chase, Managers.
The Rebecca Degree, 1. 0. 0. F.
Mary and Martha Lodge, No. 37, an auxiliary of the Odd Fellows, was organized in October, 1875, by Mr. and Mrs. John R. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hurlbert, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Phinny, and Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Barnes. This lodge flourished for some years, and then became inactive.
In 1895 Albia Rebecca Lodge, No. 323, was chartered on the 24th of July, and the officers of that organization are: Mrs. Tovrea, P. G .; Mrs. W. I. Shields, N. G .; Mrs. Max Loch, V. G .; Mrs. Dr. King, Secretary; Mrs. David Brusser, Finan- cial Secretary: Mrs. W. F. Hill, Treasurer; Mrs. John Watkins, Chaplain; Mrs. J. P. Lamberson, Warden; Mrs. Jas. Flanders, Conductor; Mrs. Samuel Pill, Inner Guardian ; D. O. Clapp. Outside Guardian; J. P. Lamberson, R. S. of N. G .; Mrs. A. Goodman, L. S. of N. G .: Max Loeb. R. S. to V. G .; Mrs. JJ. T. JJones, L. S. to N. G. The present member- ship of this lodge is 65.
Woodmen Circle.
Organized September 16, 1896, with a membership of 24. The officers are: Mrs. Margaret Hyatt, W. G .; Mrs. W. I. Shields, Adviser; Mrs. W. Hartsock. Clerk ; Mrs. Sam Tovrea. Magician; Mrs. Frank Edwards, Attendant; Dr. R. T. Bartram, Physician; Mrs. J. J. Moody, I. S .; Mrs. Ed. Francis, O. S .: Mrs. Hattie White, Organist; Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Lamberson, and Mrs. Shields, Managers. The object of the society is social and beneficiary.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Orman Post, No. 337, a semi-military post, was organized in Albia in 1884, and at present contains about 60 members. Following is a list of the officers of the organization for the present year: R. C. Payne, P. C .; G. W. Fordyce. S. V. C .; Wmn. Haycock, J. V. C .; J. L. Duncan, Q. M .: S. M. King. Surgeon ; J. T. Young, Chaplain ; H. Hickenlooper, Adjutant : H. B. Moore. O. D.
The P. E. O. Sisterhood.
Chapter H of this ladies' fraternal society was organ ized in Albia the 31st of August, 1884. The charter mem-
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bers were Miss Nannie Lockman, Miss Flora Perry, Miss Minnie Early, Miss Metta Boals, Miss Carrie Duncan, Miss Lou Porter, Miss May Porter, Miss Minnie Richie, Miss Mabel Richey, and Miss Etta Neville. Since the chapter organized, there have been 168 initiations, and the member- ship at present numbers 50 active members.
The present presiding officers of Chapter H are Mrs. Maud Anderson, President; Mrs. Minnie Duncan, Vice-Presi- dent; Miss Angie Koffman, Recording Secretary; Mrs Inez Edwards, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Jennie Duncan, Treasurer; Mrs. Nellie Moffett, Chaplain; Mrs. Josie Hobson, Guard.
The objects of the society are general improvement; the inculcation of faith, purity, truth, justice, and charity; the advantages of social relations; and the perpetuation of fraternal love.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
Horse-Breeding.
The first horses in Monroe County were a small hardy breed that were crossed with the Indian ponies of the fron- tier. The Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin horses at that time came chiefly from the stock mixed up with the horses of the adjacent Indian tribes. The pioneer settlers of lowa did not bring many horses with them, but used oxen for the first few years. When they did begin to bring in horses, they pro- cured most of them from the adjoining States, above men- tioned. They were horses that weighed from 1000 to 1100 pounds. They were easily kept, and would subsist on sweet pumpkins if the hay and grain supply ran short. They would even live through the winter by browsing in the forest on bark. buds, and twigs of trees, together with what blue-grass they could find.
In about the year 1875, Jas. B. Turner and one or two other gentlemen began to import Norman horses from France into Monroe County, and a short time later a large Clydes- dale stallion, named Highland Chief, was brought over the water.
The Clydesdales were of ponderous size, but they were a little too coarse for the horse market, and the English Shire or draught horse replaced the Clydesdales. The Shires and Normans are the favorite breeds in Monroe County at the present day, and many fine animals of these classes have been brought to the county within recent years. The old-fashioned "plug" horse has entirely disappeared, and most of the horses now raised by the farmers are of a high grade.
Among those who have been active in the importation and breeding of heavy horses were JJas. B. Turner, A. M .. Giltner. Jas. H. Love & Son. Wm. Peppers, and Fred Galliers.
While farmers and breeders have been devoting atten- tion to heavy horses for the market, they have also paid con- siderable attention to speed horses, so that to-day Monroe County contains some of the best goers in the State. W. B. Griffin, of Albia, in the summer of 1896, purchased a trot- ting stallion, named Ernest Wilton, which is claimed to be
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the fastest animal ever brought into the county. It is five years old, and has a three-year old record of 2:272. It was brought from Paris, Kentucky, and those who are competent to judge say the horse will be able to beat 2:15. Mr. Griffin has another good horse, named Stewart Eddy, and has over a dozen brood-mares, among which is Soprano, a mare formerly owned by ex-Governor Brown, of Michigan, who at one time refused $5,000 for her. This mare is the dani of three 2:30 performers, and dam of Coldridge, 2:054, and Choral, 2:093 Mr. Griffin sells his horses in all parts of the United States, and even in Germany.
In addition to Mr. Griffin's operations, several other gentlemen have been very successful in the fast stock enter- prise. M. E. Hennion & Son have some good Kentucky strains of Wilkes stock. Euxine, a handsome stallion, with a record of 2:252, is owned by Willis Hennion. It is a fine- looking horse, and is very speedy. Walton & Clark own another good horse, named Castleman. It is highly bred and a good goer. A few years ago Jas. H. Love & Son were the owners of Newton, a. 2:22 stallion. This horse, which at that time was the best in the county, was sold to a gentleman in Dakota, but he left a valuable progeny in Monroe County, among which is a handsome brown owned by Jas. Titus. which promises great speed when its training is completed.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
The 1896 Canruss.
The political canvass for the election of county officers for the year 1896 brought into the field the following named gentlemen as party nominees on the Republican ticket: For Auditor, Josiah T. Young; Clerk of the District Court. J. W. H. Griffin; Recorder, Robt. O. Clapp; Member of the Board, J. K. Watson; County Attorney, Jerry Wright.
The Democrats and Populists united their forces and brought out: For Auditor, John Welsh; for Clerk of the District Court, Geo. Stamm; Recorder, A. E. Dille; County Attorney. J. T. Clarkson; Member of the Board, John W. Shahan.
Any one of the above candidates would make a capable and efficient officer to discharge the duties of his office, but at the date of this writing it cannot be definitely prophesied who will be elected in the general election in November.
Hon. Josiah T. Young is a self-made man, and climbed up from obscurity and poverty. He was elected to the office of Secretary of State, and served two terms, during Governor Carpenter's ineumbeney as chief executive of the State. Later he was elected to the General Assembly, and has filled other offices of publie trust in a satisfactory manner. He was a good soldier and a victim of a Southern rebel prison-pen.
J. W. H. Griffin has discharged the duties of Clerk of the District Court for so many years that the Monroe County bar. irrespective of party lines, looks upon him as an indis- pensable fixture. He usually receives considerable support from the opposition and is universally popular.
Robt. O. Clapp is a candidate for re-election. He has made a good officer, and receives considerable support through sympathy, he being a cripple with but one leg.
Jerry Wright is a young attorney of Albia, just feather- ing out in the legal profession. He is full of enterprise, and will no doubt be competent to discharge the duties of his office, if elected.
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J. K. Watson is one of Monroe County's most staunch farmers, and will make an excellent Member of the Board if elected.
Mr. Welsh is a very popular farmer from the west side of the county. He formerly served as a member of the Board of Supervisors, and he is just as capable and deserv- ing of the office of Auditor as any man in his party.
George Stamm was a Union soldier, has always lived an honorable, upright life, and well deserves some official recognition at the hands of his party. He is a Populist at heart, but was formerly a Republican. Welsh is a Democrat.
A. E. Dille is a well-educated young married man, and is a good penman. He was formerly a Republican, but some years ago espoused the third party cause.
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