Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)
December 24, 1908
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A f* 6 1 CHRISTMAS BARGAIN r^f'J •''If you could buy 156 standard books for the price of one year's subsorip tion to the daily T.-R. you would eall it a bargain, yet you would get no more reading matter tHan the newspaper .will contain. VOLUME THIRTY-FOUR. Deposed Head ot Venezuelan Government Says He Will Not Stand in Way ot Peace iff DOESN'T BELIEVE REPORTS 4§l& Discredits Stories of Some of the Hap penings in Venezuela—Gomez Sends Special Envoy to Make Settlement With Holland—United States Gun- boat Reaches Willertistad. 0^, Berlin, Dec. 24.—Cipriano Castr,o to day gave the following statement to the Associated Press: a? At "After taking cognizance of every thing printed in the newspapers from Venezuela, I doubt the attitude .there in attributed ito the present govern ment a* Caracas. But I will have more to say on this subject when I ain In better -healtH and when I have full knowledge of what has occurred. In any event, I shall leave no difficulties In the way of the present administra tion in Venezuela in settling pending controversies with foreign govern ments. Even If this should lnvolvo mV own withdrawal from activity Hn ,.the affairs of the Ration." Castro will remain tor two weeka longer In a private sanatorium, VENEZUELA SENDS ENVOY. Special Representative Starts for Hol land to Make Peace. The Hague, Dec. 24.—The foreign of fice has been advised that Jose de Paul, until regent Y®nezuel&n minis ter of foreign affairs, left Laguaira to day for Paris and The Hague on a spe cial mission from the new Venezuelan government, to open negotiations for he settlement of existing disputes be tween Venezuela and France and Holland.. t, ^Y Gunboat at Willemstad. Willemstad, 'Island o^ Curacao, Dec. \L—The United States gunboat Dol phin entered the harbor here this,' morning. The Dolphin Is the first of several American Warships now on their way to Venezuelan waters to reach her des tination. The other* vessels are the cruiser Des Moines, cruiser North Car olina, "and battleship .Maine. The Dol phln will proceed to La Guaira, and the North Carolina will stay at Cura cao. Both ships are equipped with Wireless telegraphy, and by this means they will maintain communication between Venezuela and the outside world. There is a oable from Willem etad but no telegraphic communication between Willertistad and Venezuela. The North Carolina has on board W. I. •i" Buchanan, special commissioner of the United States to'settle the questions at j**- SCHWAB CARNEGIE'S PARTNER? Wall Street Hears "Common Sense" and "Genius" Have Formed "Team." New York* Dec. 24.—The combina tion of "saving conpnon sense" pos sessed by Andrew Carnegie and "gen jhilf possessed toy Charles M. Schwab, Which, according to Mr. Carnegie's testimony before the ways and means committee at Washington made them •fc great tefm" was reported In Wall Street yesterday to be working for the uplift Of the Bethlehem Steel corpora tion. Mr. Carnegie, according to the re port, had again taken Mr. Schwab as partner. A banker who Is in a position to have good information on Mr. -Schwab's operations said he. did not know whether or not Mr. Carnegie had taken a financial interest In the Beth lehem company, but he could say th«t In ibis opinion Schrwab 'has recently acted under Carnegie's advice. LAUGH ON MR. PULITZER. He Wanted Roosevelt to Take Another Term—That Was in '07. 'Chicago, Dec. 24.—Joseph Pulitzer once sent ian emissary to President loosevelt, urging. Mr. Roosevelt to "throw Mr. Taft overboard and an nounce his own willingness to accept 'another term In the White House, says a Washington dispatch. Mr.. Pulitzer, according to the state ment, promised to support the presi dent for re-election If his suggestion were complied with. Mr. Roosevelt "would have nothing to do with the proposition. Ia It was with glee that the friends of the president made the story public. They do not fix the date when Mr. ?3I§. Pulitzer made his peculiar offer, but Intimate that it was during the sum mer or autumn of 1907, after It had become knoyra the. president was for Taft for his successor. FREAK DINNER IS REVIVED. Broadway's Swagger Set Returns in Old Holiday Stunts. New York, Dec. 24.—Broadway's swagger set this year has gone back to the old, but surest, way of letting off the steam of its holiday enthusiasm ^—4ta members are running on each offers heels to see who can give the :4 aniartest, the most expensive, elborate and freakiest dinner or supper imag inable. Scarcely a night has passed for the three or four weeks when at one /w, ff7 J4 KT'"V/f 5 J»*H ^•w W x'VS?^ "^S. ^£f of the restaurants or hotels there has not been an affair of this sort. So far le honors appear to be even between Mr. and Mrs. Jackson flour aud and M. Robert Baques. Mrs. Goilr aud was tne enormously wealthy Amy •Crocker ol California. TO PAY EX-PRESIDENTS. Roosevelt in Favor of Annuity After Salary Ceases. Washington, Dec. 24. President Roosevelt favors raising the salary of the president of the United States to 1100,000. He also would be glad to see his successors, when they retire from office, receive a government an nuity of $10,000 or $15,000. Should congress decide that the pres ident is underpaid and pass the Bourne bill raising' his salary to $100,000, after March 4 rext, Mr. Roosevelt will ap prove the measure with his signature. In regard to the life annuity for ex presidents, he does not wish such an institution applied to himself, but for those who come after him he considers such a^provision proper to make. He thinks fit will largely solve the worries of the people who are agitating the problem of what to do with our ex presidents, and inasmuch as there are many presidents who are possessed of only moderate means when they enter the White Houae and who are certainly as poor when they leave it, it would (be the fai' thing for the government to do to provide means for them In their retirement to private life. President Roosevelt believes that the heavy deminds on the president's pri vate purse for entertainment and gen eral functions are such as to cause the average mnn who holds the position to retire from it with practically nothing on hand but experience and prestige. BROKERS SUSPENDED Members ef Widely* Known Commis sion House fyrm Debarred From New York Stock Exchange for Three Years. New York, Dec. .24:—W. H. Martin and Thomas W. Hoorehead, members of the firm of Marshall Spader Co., stockbrokers, were suspended from the stock exchange todeiy for three years. It is announced that the suspended members aie charged with "doing bus iness in a manner inconsistent with just and equitable principles of trade." The firm is widely known as a com mission house, and a statement issued toy the firir. after the suspension fol lows "The governing committee have dis ciplined the firm by denying us the "fSTrlVilegeii oi' the excuange for a period of three years, on charges of violation of its rules. The action has nothing whatever tc do with our financial re sponsibility. No fraud is charged. No one suffered any loss." In addition to the stock exchange, the Arm holds membership in produce cotton exchanges. There are. three branch offices In this city, and one each in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chi cago and Biot Springs, Va. MENDS MIND AND BODY. Patient Treated With Thyroid Extract Improves. London, Dec. 24.—The experiment of treating with thyroid extract a girl physically and mentally undeveloped has had a remarkable success. The patient is^ Mildred Hart, who, altho 23 years old, had the development of a child of or.ly 5 years, and was thirty three inches tall. Her teeth was the same as a child's, her skin was cold and harsh, a.nd her facial features were undeveloped. The soft spot on the top of a baby's head could be felt on her. She had no appetite and was mentally un observing. This was in October. A physicis.n, diagnosing the absence of the thyroid secretion, took charge of the child. He administered twelve and a half grains of the extract of thyroid in the blands daily. The pa tient now lias grown two and a half inches. He:: skin is moist and warm, her face is considerably developed, and she has cut several nev\r' teeth. She is constantly hungry. The most wonderful change, how ever, Is in her mental condition. She has bec6me extraordinarily loquacious, using a vocabulary* she could not have acquired in two months, which shows that she unconsciously listened to and stored up words without the power of employing t.iem. STICKNEY ADMITS IT. President of C. G. W. Says Burt Will Bo His Successor. St. Paul, I/linn., Dec. 24.—That Hor ace G. Burt will assume charge of the Chicago Greit Western railway as re ceiver the frst of the year and will eventually tecome president of the road, and that a reorganization of the road, thru the formation of a new company, will be effected the comirlg year, was the statement made today by A. B. Stickney, the retiring receiver. Mr. Stickney arrived from Chicago. "I shall remain as president of .the road for the! present," sair Mr. Stick ney. "Mr. Burt will take up the duties of receiver on Jan. 1. I understand that ultimately Mr. Burt is to be presi dent of the reorganized company." "When will the company be reorgan ized?" "That is a problem, but I think it is safe to say that it will be done in 1909." OUSTER SUIT FILED. '"Frisco Rotid" Accused of Refusing to Piiy Charter Fees. Topeka, Dec. 24.—Attorney General Jackson filed ouster suit in the su preme court, here today, against the "'Frisco ra-lroad," complaining that the company had renewed its charter on three diiferent occasions, and had refused to pay the charter fees now al leged to be due. f* ^V* Vfc 4™ y^^riv it /O1 ?Jv^» ,i K. MlWtljjJ Federation ot Labor Executive Council Called to Consider Court Sentences WILL MEET AFTER HOLIDAYS Plans Will Then Be Perfected for Car rying Case to Highest Court—Argu ments on Appeal Will Not Be Heard Before March, Perhaps Not Until Later—Gompers in Obscurity^ Washington, Dec.. 24.—The whole question of the sentencing for contempt cf court of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison by Justice Wright yesterday will foe threshed over at a meeting of the executive council of the Federation of Labor, to be held here Jan. 11. This meeting will be notable, undoubtedly, because of the vital issues affecting la bor involved- in the action of the' court. Resolutions sustaining the attitude of the leaders of the big organization, with its 30,000 odd councils and 2,000, 000 members, will be submitted for ac? tion. The 'policy of the federation in view of the court's action and the! scathing arraignment carfted in the decision will be outlined. Delay Until After Holdays. President Gompers was not at his of fice today and no information was given out there as to where he could be found. Secretary Morrison ,who was given the lightest sentence of the trio of leaders, six months, was at the fed eration headquarters, however, busy with his routine duties. Active steps in framing a fight against the carrying out of the sentences are not likely until next week. Morrison said today the plan so far as the officials of the federation themselves foresee is to do nothing about it until after the holidays. Want Free Preea and Speech. "We purpose," he added, "to exhaust every effort to sustain our right to a free .press and free speech. I am confi dent the position taken by the federa tion is right and that the citizens of this country will ratif^'the attitude' of the federation In this matter." It is not lately that arguments on the appeal will be heard in the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia until March, perhaps not then. Defendants have forty days In which to perfect their appeal, and upon a proper show ing the court in its descretlo^i may ex tend the time. The ruling by Justice Wright was -the absorbing topic of conversation here today. Both sides are preparing for the legal battle, which it is believed will add an important chapter to the al ready famous case. SEES MENACE IN DECISION. Canadian Labor Leader Says Peace of Nation is Threatened. Montreal, Dec. 24.—Alphonse Ver ville, M. P., president of the dominion trades and labor congress, says Can adian labor is thoroughly disappoint ed at the outcome of the Bucks con spiracy case in Washington. "The sentencing of Gompers and associates to prison for carrying on a boycott toy publication could not have happened under the laws of Canada," says Ver ville, "not because our laws are less stringent than those of the United States, but because our judiciary have a wider conception of equity, due to, our sense of British fair play. Amer ican capital has decreed that Gompers and associates shall suffer" ignominy and imprisonment, and will succeed sooner or later in placing them behind the toars, but when ithis happens It will make a new issue in America, which may threaten the peace of the republic Itself. The conviction of Gompers will create more friends for organized la toor than anything else could possibly have done. Americans in bulk will not stand for persecution." WOULD AMEND CONSTITUTION. No Provision for Succession if a Pres ident-Elect Should Die. Washington, Dec. 24.—Senator Ba con's bill providing for an amendment to the federal constitution relating to the presidential succession, Is the con crete expression of a situation which confronts the United States once In four years, beginning the day after the presidential election, and continuing until the fourth day of the follow ing March. There is nothing in the constitution providing for the presi dential succession in case the presi dent-elect were to die prior to inaugu ration day. Such an omission sfcould toe promptly remedied, and yet, such Is the situation in which the country finds itself, .that this important matter has been permitted to drag along for gen erations without serious attention. A brief statement of the situation will toe sufficient to impress the public with its importance. The process of electing a president of the United States extends over a pe riod of six to eight months. It begins with the nomination of the candidates for that office at the great party con ventions, usually held in June and July. This part of the process does not end until after the votes have been counted on election night in November. Then comes the constitutional choice of the members of the electoral college, this being made on the second Monday in January following the election in No vember. After this comes the formal counting of the electoral votes and the announcement of the election, in the '*•1 asppp $$mmm hall of the house of representatives. In the presence of the house and senate, on the second Wednesday in February. On the 4th of March the affair is con cluded when the now president is given the oath of office by the chief justice of the supreme court in the presence of a great crowd of people in the open air at the east front of the capitol. But what would happen if a presi dent-elect should die, or be otherwise disqualified from discharging the duties of his prospective office, at a given point in the long process Just re ferred to? In several contingencies the course of action ^vould be 'tolerably clear. Should a candidate die prior to the November election, his place might be filled by a new national convention, or by the national committee of his party. If death should occur after the No vember election, tout prior to the as sembling of the electoral college, the electors would be qualified to make •their own choice, and in the event of their failure to do so, the choice would fall upon the lio«se of representatives, as was the case when John Qulncy Adams became president. NO 'WHITE' CHRISTMAS Santa Claus Will Have to Find Some Other Sort of Sledding Than Snow —Weather Bureau Reports Little pf "Beautiful." Chicago, Dec. 24.—There will be no "white" Christmas for most of the country, if the prediction of Professor Garrlott, head of the local weather bureau, holds good. "There's snow along the Atlantic coast from Virginia to New England, and in the Rocky mountains," said the weather prognos ticator today, "but it looks as If the rest of the country would have to fur nish soime other kind of sledding for £anta Claus. The upper lake region has a little, but not enough for real Qhrlstmas weather." :v HARSHALLTOWH. IOWA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 1903 ADDS TO TAFT MOVEMENT. Wade Ellis in Columbus—Governor Harris for Senatorial Caucus. Columbus, O., Dec. 24.—The coming to Columbus, of Wade E. Ellis, former attorney general of Ohio, now assist ant (to the attorney general of the Uratted States, who will exert his in-j fluence for Charles P. Taft, and the "bpen declaration of Governor Harris that he favors a senatorial caucus) added much strength to the Tafit movement today. PROMINENT WOMAN D?AD,^ \'i, Mrs. Sutherland Newspaper and Mag azine Writer, and Author of Plays. Boston, Dec. 24.—Mrs. Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, a well known newspaper and magazine writer, and author of several plays, died at her home here today, as the result-of a burning accident. PITTSBURG IS AROUSED Wealthy Citizens Offer Sinews of War on Grafting Officials and Others, and Numerous Arrests Are Expected to Follow. Pittsburg, Dec. 24.—While the graft scandal in Pittsburg has been halted insofar as the making of additional ar rests is concerned, it is only tempor ary, apparently. Both prosecution and defense, officially and unofficially, It is known, are getting their "second wind," following the sensational developments yesterday. Rumors were circulated tffday that a second raid will soon be made against the councilmen and business men, who are charged with corrupting the councils. The voters' league of Pitts burg is said to have ^prepared twenty two warrants for the arrest of these persons. Already plans are on foot to give the •nine defendants a court trial as soon as possible, By the latter part of .-Feb ruary it is expected -the court trials will- be under way. According to the statement by a member of the voters' league, a great number of prominent and wealthy Plttsburgers have hurried ito the front to offer any assistance in making the "clean-up" complete. The league depends on donations of money to carry on its work and numerous wealthy citizens have told it to "go the limit." LOSSES STILL PREDOMINATE. Considerably Less Than in Earlier Months of Year, However. New York, Dec. 24.—Dun's review this week will say: •The bank exchanges this week at all the leading cities, are $2,515,685,000, only 2.7 per cent less than in the cor responding week of 1906. Losses con tinue to predominate, altho they are generally small, and considerably less than in the earlier months of the year. Dun's review will say: There is the usual quiet in most sta ple lines of trade while the holiday trade 1s decidedly .better than a year ago. WHIT^CAPPERS ARRESTED. Mystery Surrounds Cases of Men Placed in Nashville, Tenn., Jail. Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 24.—^On an In dictment from the court of Humphreys county, six men were brought to this city last night and .placed in Jail, charged with whitecapping and ku kluxing. Besides these six, fourteen more men were arrested yesterday in Humphreys county, on a similar charge. Very little is known of the al leged crimes of the men, and their ar rests are surrounded in mystery. Secretary Greene, ot Horticul tural Society, Makes a Novel Suggestion TEACH REAL AGRICULTURE Says Lower Schools Should Be Able to Prepare Students for Entrance Into State College—State Charities to 'Meet in Des Moines in January— Kepford to Renew Health Campaign. Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines, Dec. 24.—A farm with every school house in Iowa is the novel suggestion made by Secretary Wesley Green of the state horticultural society. Mr. Green recommends that in con nection with introducing the teaching of agriculture in the public schools that the practical side be taught.' "The value of agricultural training should not be underestimated,' saiu •Mr. Green in commenting on the sub ject. CJ believe that every school dis trict should purchase In connection with its school a certain amount of land to be cultivated, the size being regulated in proportion to the attend ance. In large city high schools it •might be necessary to have quite a parcel of land. Provide a dwelling on this land for the teacher and keep him the year around. During the seasons of planting, growing and harvesting ag ricultural products he could require the assistance of the students of agri culture and give them practical lessons In agriculture. This would be very ef fective. Then increase the studies of: the state agricultural college to the: greatest efficiency and let the lower' schools prepare the students for this state college. "There are a great many, I know, who will make light of this teaching, of agriculture in the public schools, When a state college for teaching ag riculture was first proposed, it too was made fun of. No one casts any reflec tions on that institution today. The time Is coming when this line will be taught in pivblic schools and I believe, Uie method that could' be adopted lis! to have a practical farm with every school under supervision of the in structor. The use of the land and the harvest of the products would go a long way toward paying the salary of the teacher." •In the forthcoming annual report of Mr. Sheets of the municipal accounting .department in the state auditor's office he will disclose the fact that seventy of the ninety-one cities of the first and second class in Iowa own their own waterworks. The report is now in the hands of the state printer. This will give other interesting data such as the total bond issue, total Indebtedness, to tal tax, etc., of all Iowa cities. President Frank I. Herriott, of the state conference of charities and cor rections, has just issued an interesting program for the tenth annual session of' that organization in Des Moines, Jan. 20, 21 and 22. The sessions have been arranged for different places in Des Moines. On the opening "evening the visitors will be entertained at! the Roadside Settlement House. Then President Herriott will give his annual address and Dr. Jen nie McGowan of Davenport, will read a paper on "The Physician and the District Nurse in Poor Relief." Thurs day morning the meeting will toe in the parlors of theSavery hotel. Hon. Wil liam H. Berry, chairman of the state board of parole, will speak on "The Board of Parole and Its Work." His address will be followed toy a discus sion of "City Jails/ and County Jails," by Prof. Forest Ensign of the state un iyersity. In the afternoon George Mog ridge, superintendent oi* the Institution for Feeble Minded Children, will speak on "The State's Duty Toward Epilep tics." Mr. Frank J. Sessions, super intendent of the Iowa Orphans' Home at Davenport, will speak on "The Cus tody of Children Under State Care." In the evening at Howard hall, Drake University, Miss Lillian R. Mathews, of Sioux City, will speak on "The Needs of Our Juvenile Courts." Friday at the Savery hotel parlors Prof. C. P. Wycoff of Iowa College, will speak on "Endowed Philanthrop ies." In the afternoon C. W. Wassam of tliej state university, will discuss "The Evils of Loan Agencies and Their Corrections." Friday evening the delegates will visit the Industrial School for Girls at Mitchellville. 0 Dr. Kepford, state lecturer against tuberculosis, will resume his campaign immediately after the holidays. His first d.ite it. at Sioux City for a week commencing Jan. 7. He will speak in the schools and churches there. He is preparing a pamphlet for supplemen tal work against tuberculosis to be distributed by the state board among the schools of the state. It deals with hygiene and questions of preventing the spread of tuberculosis. It is planned to be used in connection with classes in physiology. TO SAVE SANITY. Oskaloo6a Woman to Be Released From Anamosa Penitentiary, Christmas Sneclai to Tlmes-lteoubllcan. Des Moines, Dec. 24.—Josephine Wil son. sent to Anamosa for running a bawdy house, from Oskaloosa, is to be released by Governor Garst tomor row. upon a showing that the woman is likely to go insane if confined longer. STOP SENATE COSMETICS. House Finds Fault With Purchase of Talcom Powder by Senators. Washington, Dec. 24.—Omens of a row are discernible between the Un ited States senate and the house of representatives over such comparative ly Innocent -"•otive constituents as seidlitz pow cephalgine. soda mint ttiblots, 5 oil, oil of rose. Cop enhagen sn a* glycerin, oil of ber gninot, salt tartar, listerine and numerous 5" first aids to the injured consumed argn quantities by the senate at public expense. The lu committee on appropria tions ha own down the gauntlet by cutting 3 of the legislative appro priation 1 $75,000 intended for the purchase of these necessltiesi for the senate. The huslcy house members, who probably do not spend 75 cents a year on the delicate refinements to which senators become accustomed, are apparently unable to appreciate the need for the government to put up $815.21 a year for each senator for the purchase of talcum powder, castor oil and such other articles as those enum erated above. It remains to be seen what the sen ate wil] do about this. For the house to take such a liberty with the per sonal affairs of the senators is re garded by some as an insult by the side of which Roosevelt's secret serv ice message fades into comparative insignificance. -For time unreckoned the annual reports of the expenses of the senate have revealed, with .callous disregard for public opinion, that the senate caused the public treasury to pay for quantities of things of the most purely personal character. In addition to the articles already mentioned, thpre have been bought 6ombs. hatr brushes, soap, nail brush es. bath brushes and many other ar ticles. ARMY EVIL SHOWN General Bell Says Detached Service System Among Officers Is Responsi ble for Disorganization and Desert ions. Washington, Dec. 24.—The most ur gent need of the army of the United States at the present is an adequate remedy for the evils resulting from the detached service of officers, says Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff, in his annual report made public today. He also says the time has arrived when the United States can no longer afford to maintain "inadequate army for peace needs, nor an army with antiquated or ganization." According to Bell, the number of officers on detached service is 691. The result is characterized as very disastrous, and among other things this, is given the first cause for the large number of desertions among enlisted men. v, TURKEYS 25 CENTS A POUND. Dealers Now Demand Record Price for Christmas Bird. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Christmas turkey comes high this year. The top notch for the national bird was touched yes terday, when the South Water street quotation reached 22 cents per pound. The retail price averaged 25 cents. Dealers assert that the price Ynay slip another notch skyward this afternoon when the housewives make their last onslaught on the markets in prepara tion of the Christmas dinner. "Speculators have raided the market for the birds for freezing purposes, holding them for tire hotel and restau rant trade of April and May," was the explanation given at the South Water street commission house of H. L. Brown Son. Last Christmas the average price for turkeys at the South Water street job bers was 18 and 19 cents. CONFESSES TO ARSON Sensational Developments in Suit Brought to Collect $110,000 Insurance on Philadelphia Concern. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—Sensational testimony -was' brought out in the United States court here today in the suit of John M. Carroll, owner of the Fri Freslin company carpet plant in Camden, N. J., which was destroyed by fire some years ago, against John W. Snyder and William Bergan, insur ance brokers, to recover $110,000 on policies of insurance. It was testified yesterday for defense by James A. Car roll, nephew of John M. Carroll, that his uncle and others had entered into a conspiracy to burn the plant. Among others he implicated John Graeff, the watchman. Graeff took the witness stand today and testified that he not only was implicated in the tourning of the plant, but for the last four years had made several attempts to black mail John M. Carroll and had suc ceeded in securing several thousand dollars. He sent Carroll a letter, he said, demanding $10,000 under threat to expose him, but, he added, he did not get the money. "Old man Carroll was bleeding the insurance companies," witness declared, "I thought I might as .well get my share." AGAR HELD FOR A REWARD. Texas Rangers Refuse to Return Al leged 'Defaulter from Indiana. San- Benito, Tex., Dee. 24.—H. E. Agar, alleged defaulter and embezzler of Princeton,, Ind., who was arrested here several days ago, is being held by the Texas rangers pending payment of tihe reward they claim is due them for apprehension of Jthe fugitive. Agar is itaking advantage of the delay .to settle up his business affairs here. He has promised to return here to reside permanently. 4r -v 1 4 T.-R.1ELLLE.TIN. (OlHMilS MOT J"he Weather. «un rises Dcc. 25 at 7:26 sets at 4: 4$. Iowa—L-'h tonight and Friday cooler in the south tonight. Illinois Fair tonight and Friday cooler tonight. Missouri—Fair tonight and Friday cooler tonight. South Dakota—Fair tonight and Fri day warmer in the east tonight. PAGE ONE* Telegraphic News: Labor Chiefs Plan Finish Fight. Executive Committee Called to Meet. iHains Brothers Planned Annis' Mur der. Followed Victim to Kill Him. Castro ^Subsides. American Warship at Willemstad. School Farm for Every District. Army Evils Shown. Pittsburg Citizens Aroused. No "White" Christmas. Brokers Bounced from Exchange. PAGES TWO AND THREE. Iowa News: Iowa Coal Interests Injured. Fifth Husband Wants Divoice. 'Smoked in Barn Dead. Big Project Abandoned. SWjine.v Hqg Case Not Ended. Seek to Stop Plaster Company Lease. PAGE FOUR. Editorial: Tomorrow is Christmas.' Results Point the Way. Topics of the Tlfties. Vj Iowa Opinions and Notes. Iowa Newspapers. PAGE FIVE. City and County News: News from Neighboring Towns. Gilman 'Special Election Jan. 18. General News of the County. Knox's Selection Wise. PAGES SIX AND SEVEN City News. The Destitute in Marshalltown What Good Eyes Can See to Help. Tojers Home for "Merry Christmas." Haverhill Couple Sues Central •Central Spends Vast Sum Here Workman Wants Damages for Kail. Sunday Campaigners Incorporate. Society Busy In Closing Week. General News of tihe City. PAGE EIGHT. Markets and General: Strength in Wheat. "L Small Trade in Corn. Cattle Market Weak.' Advance in Hogs. Packers Under Fire. fi CHRISTMAS PRESENT 4 NO PAPER FRIDAY. Following its annual custom of giving its employes a holiday on Christmas, the Times-Republican will not be issued on Friday. ®®®®®3 PERSONALITIES TO BE LEFT OUT Roosevelt Reported to Be Preparing Mild Reply to Congress. Washington, Dec. 24.—Indications are that persons who expect President Roosevelt to say something of a per sonal nature in the message to con gress, replying to the inquiry as to ithe basis for ttha.t portion of his message dealing with the secret service will be disappointed. While the president hbs not yet writ,ten* his reply, he has collected a stock of information which will serve for its basis. It is believed he will confine himself principally to an effort to sustain the declaration in his annual message that the action of congress is severely limiting the activ ities of the secret service agents has resulted in increased crime. Data Will be produced to show that criminals and confidence men have been quick to itake advantage of the cessation of the work of 'the secret service men, but it is not believed there will be any reflection upon the character of individuals that will in the slightest degree embarrass any member of the congress. To meet any objection that the se cret service be limited by statute to the detection of counterfeiters, reve nue and customs frauds and at the same time to preserve the general usefulness of that institution the president probably will recommend a change in the organic law so as to provide for the merging of the secret service, the land office inspec tors, postoffice inspectors and all other branches of the governmental inspec tion service into one general bureau of criminology in the interest of economy and good administration COUNTY OFFICERS UNDER FIRE. Grand Jury Investigation in Polk County Expected to Bear Some Fruit. Des Moines, Dec. 24.—The investiga tion which the grand jury is making of the county offices of Polk county is attracting widespread interest. While indictments are not expected from the showing thus far, the grand jury hopes to correct many of the abuses known to' have existed In the court house for years. One feature will be an effort to cut down court expenses. Reports to the secretary of state show that Polk county expends yearly over $96,000 on its courts. This amount is four times more the expenditures of Scott county, which is next on the list and whose circuit expenses last year were but $18,050.96. FIRE CLAIMS ONE VICTIM. Others Seriously Burned in New York Apartment House Fire. New York, Dec. 24.—One man was killed, and three othe¥ men and women were seriously burned, while .the lives of many others were saved only by prompt and heroic work by the fire men and tenants themselves, in a fire that wrecked the five-story apartment hoUS at 122 West 127th street, early ito day. ^*7 v\ To your wife's brother, your owrtv brother, your son, daughter or par ent, should be one that will remind them of your thoughtfulness every day of the coming year. Send them the daily T.-R. N E 3 0 8 State Introduces Evidence t© Show Victim Was Followed With Mnrderons Intent HACKMAN'S STORY AIDS STATE Tells of Driving Hains Brothers to Scene of Crime in Wake of Annis Vehicle and of Overhearing Remark That "We've Got Him Now"—State Almost Thru With Direct Testimony* Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 24.—The state's case against Thornton J. Hains for participation in the murder of William E. Annis nears its close. District At torney Darrln said today that ha hoped that all the prosecution's wit nesses could be heard before adjourn ment is taken over Christmas until Saturday. Martin Skiira, the cabman who drove the Hains brothers to- the yacht club the day of the shooting, was recalled. Did defendant speak to you on Aug. 15? "Yes, he asked me if I had a public iiack. He spoke to the other man and they got into the cab. The yacht club stage left the depot while I was talk ing to the man. I drove on and passed the stage. The man told me to pull down and let the stage go toy. I did so." "Did you hear defendant say some thing when the stage went by?" "Yes, some one said, "we've got hire now."' "Did defendant or any one have anj conversation with you while driving to the club?" '"Defendant asked me if I knew An n^s. I kept on behind the stage." The cabman said he saw Mrs. Annis alight from the stage at the club. Wit ness said defendant and another man left the cab at the club and the two men entered the club house. Skura said that atoout ten xnlnutes after the two men entered the club house they came .out and went down the dock. "Did defendant tell yoi*. how far you were'to drive behind the stage?" "Defendant said, 'keep behind the stage about 100 feet.' Near the club house grounds he told me to get as close to the stage as I could, which I did." Skura Says It's the Truth. On cross examination Skura admit ted that in his statement made befort tihe trial he had said there was no con versation on the trip and that the nam« Annis was never membioned, but h« to declared the testimony he had given in .the trial was true. Lawyer Mclnityre, for defense, then moved that Skura be committed for perjury, buit Justice Crane .said he would take no action pending further examination of witness. District At torney Darrin drew from the witness that he had made the previous state ment believing the lawyers to be re porters, and that if he had told th®. truth it would have been printed in th# newspapers and he would have gotta* into' difficulties wiith Darrin. TARIFF CHANGE HITS AMERICA. France Adopts Sliding Scale on Rub ber From Acre Territory^ Rio Janeiro, Dec. 24.—The chambei of deputies approved, an amendment adopted by the senate authorizing the application of a sliding scale tariff on rubber exported from the Acre terri tory, varying according ito the price. Under this new tariff the present ex port duty may be reduced by 14 per cent in favor of those producers who are organized in syndicates. The law will' affect seriously the interests of American exporting houses in Para and Manaos. 1 STATE STRENGTHENS CASE. Introduces More Night Rider Witnesses to Substantiate Fehringer. Union City, Tenn., Dec. 24.-—Insteiid of resting with the testimony it had submitted, the state decided this morn ing to strengthen the egse against the "night riders" with a Tittle more evi dence. For this purpose it summoned Thomas H. Cloar, who Is no relative of defendant, Arthur Cloar, as its first witness. Cloar who was induced to join the riders against his will, corroborated the evidence given by Fehringer and other riders who ha'O'e become wit nesses for the state. TWO CARS OF MAIL BURNED, Many Christmas Packages Destreysd* in Fire on the Union Pacific. Omaha, Dec. 24.—The Union Pacific) yesterday brought the water-soaked remains of two cars of mail burned west of Cheyenne, one on Saturday and the other on Monday last. They were being taken as storage ears, filled with paper mail and bulky, unregis tered Christmas packages, there being no clerks with them. Tt is not knovfa how the fire started. NEARLY THIRTY HORSE8 BURN/ Extensive Livery Stables at Lima, O., Destroyed by Fire. Lima, O., Dec. 24.—Fire late last night destroyed the extensive stables of Davis and Sons, together with twenty seven fine horses. Adjoining buildings were slightly damaged. The total lefts will not exceed 126,041(1
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2 •s DISCLOSING THE LATEST^" f. swst to the New Tear procedure in our •lore. We select our stock of ma 4^ Aerial with great care, and we cut and Ut "with great care, and we take THE GJfSEATEJST CA®E (that every suit 'V topcoat that leaves our shop is FINISHED WITH THE BEST -workmanship. Our policy of QMEQAIT L- jGABiBTUliNBSe has given us a cllen itele of fine people who wont ttie best a to I 'f!r1 .v.. Siy19 *«£r rt&i* A. PSENIGKA WMA 120 East Main Street A Sensible Xmas Precent *T« jju V4» .i f: I ,-:V -.s ''rr" •hpiFirst jSw*** Auto matic 't J*.„ o-" Let us Install a ''Minneapolis" Heat Regulator on your heating plant for 30 days trial "FREE." It will save you fuel and keep you* house any temper ature y-ou desire An expert is in the city for a few. days and will be pleased to demonstrate to those interested. I|£| Sw BUCHANAN-BOUGHTON CO. 'Phone 142. ^0.0:0:0.0.0.O.O.O.O.O.O.OHO.O.O.O.O.O.OIO^OAQ Rough Weather Rough Skin *^fc some people take such poor care-of their complexion that it took? like "ahlcken skin." Especially does the complex ion need attention at this time of the year. If it Is all breaking out you had better see your doftor and get some thing for your blood. If i,t is' dry and harsh and rough 'you had better get a bottle of our Favorite Toilet Cream, 25c. Wash in warm water and pure soap' every night just before going to bed, and then rub on plenty of the Cream while the skin Is still warm. It won't be long before your friends will begin to remark Imw well you look. J( PETER MAYER/!- r't"^ Pharmacist, we,t Main- Many a man has come to grief early in his business career be cause he did not learn to save when he was young. Start yobr boy right this Xmas with a sav ings account in the Fidelity Savings Bank MARSHALLTOWN. IA. *..r-AW Open Saturday evenings from •:S0 to t:00. Trasnient Rooms *T— eland Hotel WILLIAM H. DAVIS, PrtprMM •mpteyimnt Afiwy. •m North Center St a S 1 ,x" 'y CliargJ is Wade That Railroads Cater to Illinois Coal Fields OPERATIONS AT STANDSTILL Railroads Accused/ of Making Special Conccissions to Outside Mines in Or der to Obtain Long Haul Yards and Cars Filled With Coal, No De mand. Special to Times-Republican. Des .Moines, Dec. 24.—The coal min ing industry in Iowa is almost at a standstill, and unless something hap pens in the course of two or three weeks, there will be an exodus of coal miners from Iowa to other states where work is plentifuL M^ne operations have not been at such a. low ebb for years as they are now, and some of the best men con nected with the business are at a loss to knew what is the matter with the trade. It is possible that the better condit.ons of work and traific have enabled Illinois mines to place their coal in the markets of northern Iowa at a lower rate than the Iowa mines can aiTord. Hurdreds of miners in the near vicinity of Des Moines are now work ing .fewer days a week than they dirt all thru"the summer. In the .mines wbich supply local trade only, this condition can be at tributsd to the weather. But the fact' that 'the large railroad mines are idle, diat they are working on tho shortist possible time, and have larga quantities of coal stored, that they have all the cars they can proc loaded, but that little coal is mov woulc. indicate that the former fiel of this Iowa mines have been secured by other coal operators. Ccal conditios have never been worst! in this district thar^ they ore nbw," said a prominent coal man to day. "There has not been a time in years wihen so {little coal was being mined and yet the consumption of coal in the state is as large as it ever has beet*. It looks to me as if the coal- men of Illinois, either with or wtfthtmt the help of the railroads, have taken the business away from the Iowa prodjucej-. Conditions will have to cdiange^feoon, or matters will come deircy* Dr. .Shanklin severs to a critical stage with a number of nectlon in Jlune, and goes to mines." ICE THREATEN8 DAMAGC Property Along Shores of Clear Lake Threatened. Clear. Lake, Dec. 24.—Great masses of ice are-grinding against the towil shori-tf Clear Lake and the old resi dents say feat the situation is worse thaii at any previous time in the his tory of tbe town. The warm period fol lowing the first cold snap had the effect of etpan'^ing and cracking the ice. The general force of pressure was toward the town shore and there most of the damage is being done. Oil Sunset Beach the stretch of land between the shore and the cottages Is being slowly ground up and deposited on' the back porches of the cottages. In J'ront of the W. H. Patton cottage a great willow tree is being slowly up rooted by the tremendous pressure of the dee about its base. At other places along the shore sidewalks and embank ments too close to the edge are being demolished. Along the shore ^between the town dock and the Mann cottage the tracks of Ibe interurban have been imminent ly threatened with destruction and it ms' found necessary to cut .a chan nel in the ice a few feet out -from the shore to relieve the pressure against the shore and avert the destruction which threatened the tracks. COMMEMORATE PARENTS Mr. anc} Mrs. W. F. McClelland, Rock well, Add $1,000 to Grinned Fund. Special to Times-Republican. Rockwell, Dec. 24.—Dr. Breed, field secretary for Iowa college, at Grinnell, was in town yesterday afternoon for about ah hour, and secured^ a $1,000 contribution for the endowment fund f£om Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McClelland. This gift is to be known as the Mr. an.} Mrs. George B. Rockwell scholar ship fund. Mrs. McClelland is a daughter of tbn late Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell, and takes this, method of co nmemorating -the memory of her parents. GRINNELL GETS $3,400 MORE. Endowment Workers Growing Desper ate as the Year Expires. Special to Times-Republican. Grinnell, Dec. 24.—Another day of Iowa college's strenuous fight for her increased endowment has been marked by no sensations in the way of large gifts. At the close of business It SAYS WE MUST EAT THE THINGS WE WANT "The greatest difficulty of doctors," in the opiniion of an authority, "is to convince patients .that, if they really desire any one article of food, it must te because the .tissues of their body demand ithe particular food-element contained largely in that particular j.rticle. Appetite, after all, is a natu ral product buiilt up thru genera tions, so thait Oin the main) it acts automatically, selecting whatever the bedy demands. If the diet for a time contains an excess of meat the appe tite will demand vegetable foods like Ipotetoes and cereals. ,and vice versa. Laborers eat- meat because ft supplies proteiids to .muscles.. Esquimaux eat fats because fats supply bodily heat. 'Central Americans eat fruKs because fruit supplies water and carbohy drates." Some time, thru negleot, or sym pathetic weakness, it is Impossible for the stomach to assimilate what it most needs. In such cases it becomes" nee- ""itunmit: *»*a.-WW. .jjstjifcl •5v?-&^#v£ was reported from the colloge office that during the day $3,400 had been re ceived, leaving about $43,600 to be se cured during the few days remaining of the month. The friends of the college are work ing desperately. They feel that they cannot fail when so near success, but they know that a good deal more than $3,000 a day is necessary to bring them out with a comfortable margin. Tho hope now is that the college will re ceive bountiful Christmas presents from any number of benevolent Santas, enough to remove the pressure and In sure the passage of the danger point The identity of these Santas will re main a mystery, but unless they de velop the situation of the college will be most precarious. President Main has returned from a trip to the east, but is not as yet ready to give up anything for publication concerning the results of his trip. There may be something later. FINEST STOCK SHOW YET. Ames Short Course to Have Superb Aggregation of Heavy Horses. Special to Times-Republican. Ames, Dec. 24.—Plans are being made to have the finest collection of stock at the college this winter, ever gathered together at a short course in this coun try. The three Shire mares recently purchased of Truman Brothers, will, to gether with the horses already owned at the college, make a superb aggregation of heavy horses. Ono of the Truman mares, Wrydeland's Starlight, is pro nounced by good judges to tbe the best Shir@ mare ever imported to this coun try. The Rosengift herd of Aberdeen An gus, wbich was one of the sensations of the fall show circuit, and a load of Shorthorns from the Carpenter and Ross herd, are already at the college, and will be kept here during the short course. The college is already well sup plied with hogs and sheep, but an add! tional car load of prize winners from Chandler Brothers, will be shipped in for the short course work. It is probable that arrangements will also be made to procure a number of light horses for use in the horse Judg ing work. MAY SUCCEED SHANKLIN. Dean of Education May Be Advanced to Head University. .Fayette, Dec. 24.—Dr. Arthur E. Bennett is the likely successor of Dr. Shanklin as president of* the Upper Iowa University at Payette. Dr. Ben nett is a graduate of the New York City University and was acting pres ident for two years of the Fayette un iversity, following the resignation of Dr. Bassett. Dr. Bennett came to the institution in May, 1905, and has since been the dean of education. He is a man who stands very high with the instructors and with the student body and the board is now seriously consid ering his appointment to the presl hls con to the W©fi le van in Connecticut. NEVADA BUSINESS CHANCE, A. V. Graves Co., Dispose of Stock and Business. Special to Times-Republican. Nevada, Dec. 24.—A deal was closed yesterday, whereby the drug And jew elry firm of A. V. Graves Co. dis pose of their stock and business to B. G. Pembleton and Dr. Pembleton, two brothers from Shiocton, Wis. The for mer is a pharmacist and practical druggist, while the latter is a prac ticing physician, and will establish a business. Mr. Graves came hereabout three years ago, from Rockwell, and purchased the stock of Frank W. Gregory, then of Iowa Falls, and now of Waterloo. The business is one of the best in the city. The new firm has already taken possession. CLUB WOMAN TO 'VARSITY. Mrs. Hallam, Sioux City, to Specialize Along Child Study Lines. Special to Tin'cs-Republican. •Sioux City, Dec. 24.—Mrs. Julia Clark Hallam, president of the Mothers' Child Study club and one of the best known equal suffragists and club wom in the state, will leave Jan. 1 to take a Lhree years' course in the University of Chicago, to sccure a degree of doctor of philosophy. She proposes to spec ialize along child study lines. 'She is a graduate of the University of Wiscon sin. -wv ,.J ZEARING LAND VALUES GOOD. Land Just Purchased for $110, Brought Oniy $5 in 1869. Special to Times-Republican. Zearlng, Dec. 23.—-Charles Barnard, who just recently purchased a tract of land lying south of town, at $110 ,an acre, says that when he came to Zear lng in 1869, this same land could have been purchased for $5 per acre, but that it is easier to pay for it now at the present price, on account of the in creased value of products, and mar kets. English in Switzerland. A Zurich newspaper published the following advertisement in fengllsh: "Residing board house among a charm ing set of mountains. Very beseeming for families or singular .individauls. Shadowed glades and amiable places for resting for guests o( the cure. All facilities for mountainous expeditions. Excellent kitchen, with lager beer run ning from the tap." essary to administer a neutralizing mixture .to prevent t'he formation of gas in the intestines, and give the stomach an opportunity to resume its functions. iFor this purpose the fol lowing formula has been recommend ed: One-half ounce sodium phos phate, one ounce essence of sealmint, teaspoonful baking soda enough pure water to make eight ounces. 'It has been claimed that this simple mixture, taken two teaspoonfuls be fore each meal, will stimulate the gas tric Juices, check fermentation in. .the intestines and .thus aid the stomach in assuming its natural functions. It has been, especially recommended as enabling dyspeptics to eat what their appetites most desire, what their sys tem needs to build it up, and in .this way restoring them to their natural hea.lthy state. 'Cut this out, in case you may sometimes need it. Any druggist can make up this mixture at a cost not exceeding 60 or 65 cents. (i c1 Oskaloosa Man Tires of Wife Secured Thru Matri monial Bureau SAYS SHE MARRIED FOR PROFIT Accuses Woman of Marrying for Money There Was In It, But She Denies It and Claims Previous Husbands Did Not Measure Up to Standard—Gen eral Iowa News. Special to Times-Republican, Oskaloosa, Deo. 24.—In an attempt to show that Mrs. Ellen Kienast has been in the marriage business for fin ancial profit, counsel for the husband went over her life and the story of her five marriages minutely during the trial of the divorce suit brought by her husband, Charles Kienast, In the district court. This, her fifth marriage, was accomplished thru the assistance of a matrimonial bureau. Mrs. Ellen ICienast contested the divorce proceed ings thruout and when she was placed on the witness stand she told an en tirely different etory of her life and last marriage relationships than that given by her husband the previous day. Her testimony disclosed the story of a long and interesting life. She •was 30 to 34 years old before she was married the first time. 'Her first hus band was Mr. DeVol. They lived to gether In Washington county, Ohio, for three years, .when he died. After staying a year with relatives in that state, she came west to Iowa and then to Missouri, where she remarried. The family relationships there were not so pleasant and after two or three months she left her husband and in two years he secured a divorce from her on the grounds of desertion. She says at tliat time she did notj even apply for his property. Then fojr twenty years she lived alone, she says, before (she went to Nebraska and met her third, love and again entered the bonds of matri mony. This husband was a retired farmer and before their .marriage she secured a promise of a deed to a por- Hon of his property in case she should jcity. accept his proposal. They lived togeth er three or four rAonths and she sued for a divorce and secured a decree, getting at the same time a certain sum as alimony. Her fourth marriage oc curred in Wichita, Kan., about six years ago, after she had lived 1n that city one year and this time she did not make any contract as to property rights before the marriage. She lived in the same house with this husband for about nine months but did not keep up the marriage relationships quite that long. Their trouble, sbe said, grew out of "a proposal to mortgage their property after her husband,, she says, had agreed to deed her half the property. Then she said 'her 'husband worried th« life out of me and tried: to get me to compromise with him over the property." "But you wouldn't, do that would yon?" inquired Mr. Phil lips. "I don't look like a person that would do that, do I?" Finally he got a divorce and she got alimony in the sum of $1,000. Mr. Phil lips tried to show that she was in the habit of getting married in the spring, but the rule didn't seem to hold good..' Then he queried: "You haven't got many divorces in your own name, have you?" But she contended that several were in her name. The court took the case under advisement. GETS $15,000 FOR LEG. Michael Hughes Wins Suit Against Rock Island Road. Newtorf, Dec. 24.—A verdict of $1'5, OO'O for the loss of a leg was awarded last night to .Michael J. Hughes of •West Point, ,Neb., against the Rock Is land railway in a damage suit case which has been on trial here all week. The jury In the district court wrestled with the case for six hours and short ly after ,10 o'clock last night reported an agreement. Hughes was injured at Colfax, April 2, 1907, while a passenger on Rock Is land No. 6 from Omaha to Colfaji, The train arrives in the night, and Hughes attempted1 to get off at a point near the interlocking switch west of the station, thinking that the train had reached the platform. He iwas thrown to the ground with his grips, and fell under the vTheels, so that his leg was crushed so badly that it had to be am putated. Hughes and other witnesses testified that the porter called the sta tion and that the train stopped. Hughes got up iwith his baggage and walked out into the vestibule and climbed down the steps. Just as he was about to get off, the train started up and jerked him off. The Rock Island trainmen in charge of the train testified that the train did not stop and that it did not jerk. But the jury in answer to an interrogatory from the court, declared that it found that the train did stop. Upon this finding the award of $15,000 was made. GERMINATION TEST. Will Be New Feature of Short Course at Ames. Special to Times-Republicani Ames, Dec. 24.—A new feature of the corn contests at the 'meeting of the lorwa Corn Growers' association, which is to be held at Ames during the short course this winter, is the germination test. This test will be ap plied to all the principal classes of corn entered in competition for prizes, and will insure the exhibition of noth ing but strong, live seed. Another innovation is the adoption of the plan of officially scoring all corn entered. This official score will be at tached to the entry tag, and rwill be a great benefit both to the exhibitors and spectators in comparing various sam ples. REVIVAL AT LOGAN. Spiritual Enthusiasm in That Vicinity, Aroussd to Unusual Degree. Special tc Times-Republican. •Logan, Dec. 24.—An exceptional spir itual enthusiasm and conviction has been aroused in and near Logan by *r -v Tmu^1kf®tottaHt PaxshaTttftunr,' iswau Uacemtar 24 903 tVv speclai services. At Beetown, Rev. Mr, Carry in charge twenty-five have been added 'to the church roll. At Bethel 39 converts are the results of the special services, Rev. W. N. Graves in charge, and ninety-seven at the special services at the Christian Church of Logan. Rev. Lew Harris in charge, assisted by Evangelist C. L. Organ, of Des Moines. The special services at the Christian church of Logan have not been charac terized by sensational methods upon the part of the evangelist or pastor, but to the united efforts of church mem bers and ministers. A week of prayer, beginning Jan. 1 will 'be held in Logan by the different churches, and on Jan. 17, special ser vices will be held at the iMetltodist church, Rev. W. N. Graves in charge, assisted by Evangelist A. D. Adams. NEVADA TO HAVE GARAGE. Work on Erection of Building to Be Begun Soon. Special to Times-Republican. Nevada, Dec. 24.—Nevada is to have a large new automobile garage. Ex judge Stevens, of Boone, a member of a firm that is erecting and will operate a large garage business in that city, having secured options on a number of Lynn street frontages. A deal will be closed within a few days, and work on the erection of the building will be started as soon as the deal is closed aid the weather will permit The Traer Newa. Special to Times-Republican. Traer, Dec. 24.—'Mr. Ranser and family from Montana axe visiting at the home of O. J. Sapper, north of town. Mr. Rauser is a brother of Mrs. .Speer, and is thinking of locating in Iowa. College students from far and near have been coming to Traer the past several days to spend the holidays with families and friends. Almost every train brings students from some uni versity or college in the state. Among those who have already arrived are Howard Best, Ned Harlan, Glenn Tay lor, Alice Daniel and Nell. McJCerall, Cornell Paula Scharfenberg and Opal Oamery, Cedar Rapids Gretchen Grimm, Mary Klesspie, Grinnell Grace White, Bessie Griffin, Alfa Gregg, Cedar Falls Paul Drew, Charles Wilson, Ames Walter Carrick, Nadine Mtoore, Kenneth -Moore, Minnie Gehl, Chicago Elsie Kahler, Lynn Parson, Iowa City Mavis Glosser, Wa terloo. iDavld Young, living in Grant town ship, is remodeling his house and will make the same into a modern dwell ing. Miss Beth Ames is home from Wor thington, Minn., where she has been teaching, to spend the holidays. Like wise, Miss Cora Bryson from Rockwell Mlss Hazei Oamery from Atlan- tic Miss Adah Staveiy from Ocheye dan, and iiMss Emma Sherrett, Avoca. John Keith, living in west Traer, is quite 111 of appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Grimes, of Carroll township, are moving to Hampton this week, iwhere Mr. Grimes has employment in a restaurant. Mr. and IMrs. L. D. Merrltt and G. M. Tedford and daughter, 'Elsie, all of Geneseo township, will leave for the state of Washington within a few days, and if they like it, may locate there. iCapt. Palmer Pierce, of Ft.', Leaven worth, Kan., arrived in Traer yester day and will spend several days here visiting his parents, Mr.' and'Mrs. H. C. PiSrce. He Is on his way to New York.' •Mr. and Mrs. Waldo. Kahler, of Denlson, came Tuesday to spend the holidays with Traer friends. Christmas will be observed by the M. E. Sunday school this year oh Christmas eve, as usual. A cantata en titled "The Real Santa Claus," will be rendered, largely by the younger peo ple. A tree will be provided with gifts. At the Congregational church on Christmas eve there will be an old fashioned Christmas tree with presents for old and young. The TT. P. people will pass Christ mas eve this year, but on Saturday afternoon a social for the children will be held at the church. A small tree twill be in evidence. Miss Mary Vogt arrived home from Kansas City Wednesday to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. The Fenton News. Special to 'Times-Republican. Fepton, Dec. 24.—The weather is fine at present, and the snow is fast dis appearing. The English M. E. church will hold their exercises this evening and the German M. E. and German Lutheran churches will hold theirs Friday even ing. Mrs. Larimer Is spending a few days at the homo of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jensvold. William Turley returned this morn ing from a two -weeks' visit with his .parents in southern Indiana. Adolph Ridder, who had the misfor tune to get a piece of steel In his eye. went to Algona to an eye specialist and had the piece removed. He is rap idly recovering. Ben Nemitz and wife are spending a few days in Aigona, visiting rela tives. 'H. E. Reimers and son Raymond, are home again from a few days' visit with relatives in Minneapolis. The Fenton schools closed Friday for a two weeks' Christmas vacation. One teacher, M1ss Darweiller, is spend ing her vacation with her parents at West Bend, and the others, Misses Clark and Patterson, with their parents at Algona. Mrs. Logan and son are visiting at the parental iteisse home, in Algona. Mr. Logan iwil join them Christmas. A. H. Legenhausen, a student at the veterinary department of the Ames college, returned home for a month's vacation. Items From New Sharon. Special to Times-Republican. New Sharon, Dec. 24.—Mr. Oscar McMains, and Miss Vermie Wright were married today at Oskaloosa. Mr. McMain-s lived with his mother here .for many years. The couple will live at Wright, where the groom is engaged in business. Leonard Cowles who is attending a military school in Nebraska, is home for the holidays. John Dryden, who has represented the Spaulding Manufacturing company, of Grinnell, in several of the western 3tates, is home for the holidays. Howard Griffey, son of C. F. Griffey, who was recently married, is expected home today. He ies traveling for a Kansas City millinery hon.se. Bert Upton and wife, of Tobias, Neb., is visiting at the home of Frank Mar -J Changes at Cambridge. Special to Times-Republican. Cambridge, Dec. 24.—The First Na tional bank of Cambridge changed its location yesterday, and is now in the new brick building which has just been completed on the corner north of the hotel. H. I,. Morgan sold his barber shop to George Zeek, and the latter Is now run ning a two-chair shop. Mr. Houser has located In Cambridge for the practice of dentistry and moved his family here. Iowa City Lodges Divided. Special to Times-Republican. Iowa City, Dec. 24.—Dissension in the ranks of the local Fraternal Bank ers lodge, has led to a move to secure a charter for a new one here. The pres ent lodge has a membership-of 230, and it is understood that about 100 are ready to pull' out and help start a new lodge here. Already an application has been made to the head lodge at Cedar Rapids,, and it is expected to organize a new lodge within a short time. Catarrh Cannot be Cored with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Cat arrh is a blood or constitutional disease, ana in order to cure it you must take Internal rem edles. HJill's Catarrh Cure Is taken inter nallv. and ac directly on the blood ana mucous bur.aoes. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, it was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for veiirs nrt is a regular prescription, J.t is composed of tho best tonics known, com bined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on tho mucous surfaces. The per fect combination of the two ingredients is what produces tuch wonderful results In curlnc Catarrh, i-end for testimonial free. i. Resident of Kings ley Falls In to Manger With Light ed Pipe SPARKS SET FIRE TO HAY R. A. Jones, Unable to Escape Flames, Burned to Death—Barn Entirely Con sumed and Body Is Burned Beyond Recognition—Was a Bachelor and 60 Years of Age. Special to Times-Republican. •Sioux City, Dec. 24.—iR. A. Jones, a resident of Kingsley, and 60 years of. age, was burned to death this morning in a rather peculiar manner. Jones had gone to his barn to throw down some ihay for a horse. In mount ing the ladder to the loft 'he slipped and fell, alighting in the manger. Jones was smoking a pipe at the time, and sparks ignited the hay. He was stunned by the fall and before be could extri cate himself from the manger he was burned to death. The barn was consumed and Jones' body was burned beyondf recognition. The barn was a small structure and in a few minutes after the accident was a mass of flames. The victim of the accident was a bachelor. BOY CRUSHED UNDER WAGON. Eldon Lad May Die From Injuries Re ceived in Street. Eldon, Dec. 24.—Crushed under the wheels of a water tank, Walter En yard, aged 7 years. Is lying at his home with one arm crushed off at the shoul der and his right earn torn from his head. He Is badly bruised otherwise and there is little hope for his recov ery. The accident happened in front of the boy's home on the street here. Charles Thomas iwas bringing his threshing outfit to the city. The water tank was hitched on behind the thresher, and the boy climbed upon it and fell off. He Is the son of John Enyard, a prominent merchant. FAMILY LIVED IN CELLAR. Charities Workers Rescue Mason City People From Damp Hole. Mason City, Dec. 24.—Representa times of the Associated Charities of the city discovered that the Netifee family of West Miller street, was living in a damp cellar little better than a hole In the ground, and the police have ordered A. S. Netifee, the head of the family to move his wife and children Into better and more sanitary quar ters. The wife has been made ill by liv ing in the dark, wet place and the three small children of the family have doubtless been Injured too. A brother of Netifee lives in the rooms aibove the cellar and has agreed to let his brother's family move in with him. The police say that the rooms occu pied by them in the cellar are un speakably unwholesome and that pools of water are standing in various places on the floors. F. ,T. CHENEY" CO.. Toledo O. Pold bv all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. OLD GOLDEN COFFEE Taste it once and you never will forget the captivating flavor of OLD GOLDEN. It is a well-balanced blind ing of full-ripened and roasted "Old Crop" Coffees, and the product is one of surpassing richness and deli cacy it's the kind that makes you want another cup. Itsflavorand strength are always uni form— and the air-t a a keepsitpure. GrooorB—2Sm ONw _.ROS., D«s Moines, l«. •yy '.""wfe#!ti»t)ffl' -T1 Jcj^'^ ,u £?5^ fo lJ*£ Vs^1 South Third leal and economy Is one of the ~?&*yQfFrJ qw+«,»ft Do Children Need Alcohol Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic stimulant for children. He will probably say, "Very, very rarely. Ask him how often he prescribes a tonic for them. He will probably answer, "Very, very frequently." Then ask him about Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsaparilla as a tonic for the young. Brown Fuel vLime Cq Phone 140 Ave. V-'C j'..s,•, A. D. MEEKER, Phone 1054 1 •"m MARSHALLTOWN, For Sale or Exchange 160 acres in Greeley county, Kan«., all nice smooth land and good soil, 9' miles from town, clear of all incumbrance, price |15 per acre* 80 acres in Appanoose county, Iowa, 3 miles from town and 9 mi lee from the county seat, about half of this is In cultivation and the bal ance is meadow land, there is a mortgage on this of $1,800, due In 2 years, price $50 per acre. Will trade both of the above pieces together or separately for good income property. 320 acres in Morrison county, Minn., 3 miles from town, aome timber on this land but all good soil, will exchange this for a good residenoe property or stock of goods, mortgage $800 at per cent, due in 2 years, price $15 per acre. If you want South Dakota or Minnesota land in exehangf for your property or merchandise, see me as I-can match most any deal. v. SAM NEWLAND a J.C. Ayn Co., uwgyujj. The Coal That Cooks Should be the Best That is Mined to Give You Satisfactory Results. That's your happy prospects if we deliver it.1 We won't take a back seat for any one on our Domestic egg coal for ranges or lump for furnaces. rr V-.-.- -"V. S 1 'Bl ^Opposite Elevator. "A Permitted 'Acetylene, Generator fa worth a lot more money than one that has not pasped the rigid inspection of the Are under writers. An unpermitted gener ator is usually a dangerous thins, because it has not been safe guarded by experienced engineers who know what is good and what Is bad in Acetylene production. The "Brauer" is a permitted. generator. It: is' safe. ^It to take care of and H-Is ecbiffettK icai ana economy is one.oi mo pomup tor the customer*to- con^deiv W cause a generator that wastes carbide ,ot .does notl get all tne' from it and deliver to the burners as it sUouldTbT. fl*penWV«r.#»: who has to buy carbide. -\b The "Brauer" will save you Just little thdre money^ ln/etsmoflif! than any other generator you can buy. Consider these, points, -tjiey ttjto worth money to you. Office Over 122 East Main Ask Your Dealer for Britain's Anchor HAMS AND BACON Pure Kettle Lard. BRITTAIN COMPANY MARSHALLTOWN GUARANTEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL PURE FOOD LAWS. I I I S u. 8. Establishment 123. Select your Holiday Gifts from IN. SCHOEN'S High Grade Line of Furs Garments to Order. Furs Remodelled. N. SCH0EN, t. FURRIER, 119 North Third St., CEDAR ELAFfoKlA. Gillette Transfer a Co, STORAGE FOR HOU8EH OLD GOO08. MERCHAN DISE, ETC* PIANOS AND SAFE8 MOVED NO. 11« WEST MAIN STREET. li^RSHALLTOWN, K» si v-
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Toget its V"' 5 flj Jg -9*1" $|?§yt£ g&fm' ttaVitiial Comtipfilton May permanent overcome ly proper pev&onal efforts v*ithtKc assistance bf the on# truly Ijenejicial laxative remedy, Syrup of figs and Etuir ojitetma, wkicH enables oueioj^orm regular habits daily 50 that assistance to na ture may be ^radual)^ clispense^wiia *Wn no longer needed as the test oJ remedies, wKenve^uired, areto assist tiature and not to supplant the »aW a)junctions, vhich must depend ulti mately upon propev nourisament, WOpsr efforts,awl right living gewcrau/. beneficial buy the genuine J. manufactured by tlie CALIFORNIA TIG Furnaces,\Spouting, Guttering, and All Kinds of Tin Work and Repairing. /liSaa' YOUR HOLIDAY will be more enjoyable if your house is Jn thoroughly good repair, so there is no danger of leaks and accidents to mar the Christmas festivities. "We will repair all the PLUMBING satisfactorily. Or can refit your balth room or kitchen with everything ithait is new aind attractive in modem Plumb ing. E. F. HAWK SANITARY PLUMBING t£Tr 126 West Main St. ('PHONE 64.) •&r?rz' ejjecTs, ocwayS Svrublfigs^Elixir^Sewia CO. stoop W ristmas It's "Merry Christmas and "Happy New Year all the time to the woman who sends her family washings to the Meeker Laundry Co. 'Phone us for prices. KANE &WILLIGROD, Props •T elephone 108 t" Rehearing of Famous C. Swiney Suit, Granted by Supremo Court AV/ARDED JUDGMENT OF 1 ir,'t The Gilt Edge Low Down Absolutely the most powerful soft coal furnace made. Bairns also hard coal or block wood. Built for wear and has all the GILT EDGE features of construction. Let us refer you to sat isfied users. i#I M. D. HUSTON, 126 "West Main. h»® Pilgrim Hotel MARSHALLTOWN, I A, C. M.COLEMAN, Propound Mgr. Rates $2 to $3 Per Day Meals 50 Cents I ItlAM-LM-MtOMM 1 II. Twice, the Latter Filed a Petition for a Rehearing. Special to Times-Republhnn "Webster City, Dec. 21.—A rehearing of :he famous C. H. Swiney hog case, has just been granted by the supreme court of this state. This case involves proaably what is the largest amount evc:r allowed by an Iowa court as the prke'of a hog, $675. The case has been to the supreme court twice. iMr. Swiney resides north of High view, and is a breeder of fancy, high grade Poland China hogs. At the Iowa stane fair of 1906, Swiney exhibited the prize boar in his class. Shortly after the arrival home of this ani ma, it died. It was alleged that the express company had been negligent in handling the hog and that while in their care, it had sustained injuries which caused death. Swiney brought suit: against the American Express company for $1,000 the value of the hog. He'was awarded a. judgment for $67 5. The company appealed the case and the supreme court affirmed the Anting of tie lower court. It was thought that this would end the case, but the American Express company then filed a petition for a rehearing in the supreme court and this has been graated. LINDSEY HURT IN JAIL. Man Charged With Assault on Colfax Girl in Serious Condition. Newton, Dec. 24.—Earl W. Lindsay, now a prisoner in the cbunty jail for assault of an 8-year-old girl at Col fax some weeks ago, was seriously hurl: in the jail and may die as a re sult of his injuries. According to the story told at the 'jail, Lindsey slipped while walking in the corridor and fell backward, strik ing his head heavily against a stone wali. His kull was not fractured, but Explosion of Gasoline Lap at Dumont, Terminates Most Fortunately. Spe2ial to Times-Republican. CELEBRATED r* STOMACH (mn *u a™ structions from the Waterloo police Swiney Sued for $1,000, From the Am- n, department, and they must face the erican Express Company, and Aitho eliarge of larceny from a building in Case Has Been to Supreme Court iM,d The circumstances of the accident pany is sued forlarge sum. Last are not altogether clear to outsiders and ithere is talk that Lindsey attempt ed suicide, but this is stoutly denied by the sheriff and also by a fellow prisoner Who saw Lindsey fall. ESCAPE AWFUL DEATH.' Dumont, Dec. 24.—What might have proven to be a very serious affair hap pened here Tuesday evening, ju.-t after the lights were lighted in the stores. PfaltzgrafC Bros, have a couple of large pressure lamps in their store, that have always proven to be very ex cellent, and th^y had been burning perhaps fifteen minutes, when the one in lie front of the store suddenly ex ploded, ttye whole bottom falling out and being thrown into different parts of the store, at the same time it ex tinguished "the flame of the lamp. Mrs. F. Pfaltzgraff and husband. Jeweler Johnson and, Mr. and Mrs. H. Werdt were underneath, and Mrs. Pfaltzgraif and Mr. and Mrr. Weldt were completely saturated with the gasoline. Had the oil ignited, noth ing could have prevented them from having been burned to death. ASSAULTED HIS CASHIER. J. Si. Johnson, Proprietor of Spencer Skating iRink, Fined. Bpeoial-to Times-Kepublican. Spencer, Dec. 24.—J. S. Johnson, who has conducted a skating rink here for the past few months, was hauled before Mayor Wells Tuesday, and fined $10 and costs being charged with as saul: and battery on the person of Mrs. Anni Brown, his cashier. The trouble starued over wages said to liave been due Mrs. Brown. In addition of being |owa City. fined, his license was also revoked, but upon discovery of a flaw in the pro ceedings, his license was promptly re stored. It expired only a day or so later. The council has now passed an ordi nance barring the issuance of skating rink licenses in the future. WIFE DESERTER IN JAIL. Robert E. Hatfield Taken Back to Ne vada From Missouri. Special to Times-Republican. Nevada, Dec. 24.—Robert E. Hat field, a former Ames resident, is now in jail upon a charge of wife deser tion, Sheriff Bill Ricketts having gone jnterurban between Albia and Hite- to Missouri and placed him under ^ir. rest the first of the week. He was ar raigned before Justice Jake Knudson yesterdaji and bound over to the grand jury upon the charge. He has sent to Missouri, to the home of his parents, for bonds, and for money with which to support his wife and child, until the matter comes up for final hearing. Hatfield, who wai at one time an employe of the Lockwood Grain com pany at Ames, has not lived with his wife for snme time, and it is alleged The best as sistance you can give the slve CELEBRffTED^r 04,1 give stomach' Liver and Bowels is obt a in by using the Bit ters. Try a bottle today for Headache, Indigestion, a Grippe. Get a free copy of our 1909 Almanac. !H$ lias fuileil lo furnish anything for their support for over a year. Tin' wife, wlin is now living with her people at I Ames, filed the information. The eou pie have one child, who has been cared lor by the mother. ROBBED THEIR EMPLOYER. Couple Employed as Cooks in Water loo Home Steal Valuables. Waterloo, Dee. 2i. Tuesday Mr. York found that his new employes had disappeared and simultaneously with their departure went a $"0 suit of clothing, a nnir of shoes, suit case and women's wear ing apparel. FILCHES CHARITY DONATIONS. SUES UNFAITHFUL LOVER. Miss Dempsey, of Cedar Falls, Wants Damages From Frederick Saul. "Waterloo, Dec. 24.—Miss Mae Demp sey of Cedar Falls has brought suit for faithless promise of marriage and seduction against Frederick Saul, for merly of Cedar Falls, who is now not a resident of the state. Damages in the sum of $5,000 are asked and an attachment has been issued by Judge F. O. Piatt on property of defendant in the sum of $3,000. term of the court the jury disagreed. The second trial is in progress this week and is being hotly contested. Gun Shot Wound Kill*. Creston, Dec. 24.—Henry Call, a wid ower with three little children, died this afternoon as a result of a distressing accident. He was rabbit hunting with his brother and a companion when the accidental discharge of the brother's gun embedded sixty shot in the calf of his leg. HMe was taken to/a hospital where malignant blood poisoning and gangrene permeated his system. The limb was amputated, at the hos pital, but even this heroic treatment did not suffice to save his life. He was a well known resident. Small Fire at Belle Plains. Special to Times-Republican. Belle Plaine, Dec. 24.—Yesterday aft ernoon between 3 and 4 o'clock, fire was discovered in the northeast portion of the S. S. Sweet residence. At first it seemed as tho the house would be destroyed, but the prompt work of the fire company saved it, so that a few hundred dollars will cover the damage. It is supposed that the fire origin ated from a defective electric light wire. Foley's Orino Laxative cures chronic, constipation and stimulates the liver. Orino regulates the bowels so they will act naturally and you do not have to faul Frank Burkley, the pioneer ho tel man of Iowa City, is dead. He passed away at the Burkley Imperial after a two weeks' general decline of health. Shenandoah. An indignation meeting was held at Hiteman last Friday night for the purpose of entering a protest against the transportation fee charged on the man. The fare, 25 cents, we under stand, is the same that the C., B. Q. charges between the two towns. This seems high, but "time alone will determine whether it Is or not. Albia. Monday morning about 7:30 o'clock the big barn on what is known as the John Ralston farm, five miles south west) of Albia was destroyed by fire. The building was worth about $2,000 and is insured. Ninety tons of !hay was destroyed in the fire. The farm is now ownedl by Ed Whited, W. A. Rowles and Pleas Enlx. A family by'the name of Woodruff lives on the place. Iowa City. Joshua Strickler, aged 67 years, found dead at his mail box near his home __ in Sharon township Saturday afternoon by Mail Carrier Keppler of Kalona, who was passing on his route. Mr. Strickler had evidently gone from the house a quarter of a mile distant to mail a letter and was stricken from heart failure when he reached the mail box. The case was at once taken in. charge by Justice of the Peace Philip Schwimley of that place, who made due investigation and found that the death was a natural one. Mr. Strick ler was one of tha very old time resi PI The residence of) K. H. York iwas burglarized in broad daylight Tuesday and goods to the amount of about $-50 was appropriated, $675 About noon "\Vcdnesday Ben Williams and his wife, Emma, were taken into custody at New Hartford, upon in- the daytime—a penitentiary offense. Mrs York has been ill some time, now is in the hospital for treat ment. A fe.\v days ago Ben and Rmma Williams came to town and claiming to be cooks asked to take charge of the York home during the absence of the housekeeper. They were engaged. Some Unknown Person Solicits Iowa tioned for the big ditch in district No. City Gifts in Salvation Army's Name Snecial to Times-ftepuoiican. Iowa City. Doc. 24.—The large dona tions which have been made to the Sal vation Army in this city this season. 5oem destined, in part at least, to mis carry. It has been found that some ono h.'s been soliciting the people in the garb and name of the Salvation Army, who was actually pocketing the dona tions. The officer in charge. Ensign Bignell, lias warned the people here lygainst making any further ,d°nat'ons except to those who are expressly au thorized to receive them, by herself or a superior officer. Sold Gasoline to Child. Oelwein. Dec. 24.—The Oelwein su perior court is in session and one case of unusual interest is being tried a second time, namely Du Bois vs. Luth er. the prisoner is suffering from concus- Bois was sent to the Luthmer grocery sion of the brain and blood comes In- company for kerosene and dnstead was termifctently from his right ear. He is given gasoline. A fire was kindled with in delirium most of the time and in jit and Oracie, a 10-year-old daughter, a critical condition. The man's wife was frightfully burned about the face, and mother are here to attend him. As a result the Luthmer Grocery com- It appears that a child of Mr. Du 5^^b*Wto\nt to Construct Drainage Ditch in Cerro Gordo Proves Unpopular ONE HUNDRED IN PROTEST Train Load of Clear Lake Farmers Appear Before Supervisors and Suc ceed in Heading Off Move—Esti mated Cost of Ditch Was Close to $200,000 News of the State. Special to Times-Republican. 'llason City, Dec. 24.—The proposed drainage ditch covering territory be tween this city and Clear Lake, the es timated cost of which was between JloU.l'fcO and $-'00,000, probably will not be const: ucted. Against tlie fifteen men who peti- JTi, ninety-eight remonstrants ap peared before' the board of supervisors asking that the project be dismissed and abandoned. The ditch was to have been one of the biggest in the west, extending as was planned from th west line of the county to a point along Willow Creek east of Emery ana costing between $15:),000 and $203,000 and the ditch, with all its laterals, would drain 25,000 acres of land. An agreement of dismissal was drawn up in the court house and If it is signed by the remonstrants and the petitioners the ditch project will doubtless be abandoned. This agree ment c^lls for an equable payment of costs in the preliminary work by all the property owners in the drainage district. These preliminary costs are to the amount of $2,000. nearly every thing having been in readiness for the actual work of construction .to begin. The document asks the dismissal and abandonment of the project as now pending before the board of supert'isors and includes the clause providing for the payment of ithe costs already in curred as well as another which stipu lates that this ditch will not be peti tioned for again within a period of live years after the project is dismissed by the board of supervisors. The remonstrants, nearly two hun dred strong, occupied two coaches on an early morning fnterurban train from Clear Lake and they, tilled the room of the board of supervisors, over flowing into the corridors and general ly permeating the building. They con sider that the new ditch would cost too much and they do not feel able to pay the big amounts whiclj Its con struction might require. CLAY COUNTY OFFICERS. Poultry Association Which Just Met at Spencer, Holds Annual Election Special to Times-Republican. Spencer. Dec. 24.—At the annual meeting of the Clay County Poultry association, held Tuesday evening, the following were elected for the ensuing year: President, A. Estling: first vice president, A. C. Vestergaard second vice president, E. A. Rush Webb third vice president, Z. C. Piatt. Sanborn .fourth vice president, John Berg, Ruth ven fifth vice president, A. Hurd, Spirit Lake George Raund, secretary Thomas Lapey, treasurer H. Oliver, superintendent executive committee, W. J. Freeman, F. Hebert, J. S. Hart man and P. F. Witt. The next exhibit will be held In Spencer Jan. 4 to 8. 1910. J. J. Elliott, of Onawa, was judge. take purgatives continuously. McBride, were left the couple. Will Drug company. Mr. Main was born In Cambrldge- Mrs. John Florin, of Douglas town ship died Sunday while at the .table eating. The family had lived there since 1871 and were among the oldest and best peopje of the community. Heart failure was the cause of her death. Hiteman. MARRIED SIXTY YEARS. Mr. and Mrs. George Main, Magnolia, Surprised Boy Friends. Special to Times-Republican. Logan, Dec. 24.—In commemoration of their sixtieth wedding anniversary, friends of Mr. and Mrs. George Main, of Magnolia gave the venerable, well known couple a most happy surprise yesterday. Good things were said as well as eaten, and kind remembrances FROM ALL OVER IOWA dents of his township, and no man stood higher in the esteem and respect of his neighbors. Lockman. Mrs. John Johnson of Lockman, re tired last Friday night in apparently good health. Along in the night she awoke with fearful pains in her stom ach. Her husband) got up and went for the doctor and when he returned he found her cold in death. She was a strong, healthy woman about 35 years old and neither the physician or husband are able to determine what caused her sudden death. West Ln^erty. P. R. Hardin passed away at his home on East Third street, Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock, after a ling ering illness of the past two years, the cause of his death being tubercu losis. Mr. Hardin was born In Cedar county, Jan. 26, 1869, and was 39 years old. He had made West Liberty his home the greater part of his life. He was a man that was loved and re spected by every one. Lovilia. C. iM. Forrest, ex-sheriff and one of Monroe county's best known citizens, died at his home in Lovilia about 12 o'clock Monday from pneumonia. He had been seriously ill only a few days but was a great sufferer during his short sickness. He was in the prime of life and all Monroe county will re gret to learn of his sudden taking off and will deeply sympathize with his •family in their affliction. Red Oak. There are sixteen cases of smallpox in Red Oak, no more, no less, all of them of light type except two. The lat ter are seriously ill, but are not re garded critically so. There have 'been no^_ deaths. Among the sixteen cases is a teacher in the high school, Mrs. Weber. In her case it is varioloid as shfe has been vaccinated. There has bee^i no new cases for two days. The ffohool buildings have been fwnigated 'I Vs PL-*,-*- 4 Isz. if from, gmmtbei" 24 190S shire, England. August. 1820, and Mrs. .Main in Suffolk. JR27. They were united in marriage in Canada, Dec. 22, 184IS, came to Council Bluffs in 1S5S, and to Harrison comity in ISuB. iMr. Main is one of the seventeen members now liv ing, of Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, JSC2-lS«r service. Mr. and Alain have three sons, of whom they mav well be proud. William has been a missionary at l*oo ('how. hina, dining tile twelve years past. David Main a hanker at Wayne. Sc',\. and Kev. Charles Main is a district superintend ent locattd at Central City, Neb. DIES IN CALIFORNIA. Miss Sadie Becker Was Held in High est Esteem at Traer. Special to Times-hcpubllcan. Traer, Dec. 24.—A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal.. to Traer friends yester day brought the sad news of the death of Miss Sadie Becker. Deceased was a resident of Traer...for over twenty! years. Her mother died while very young, leaving four small children, WED ON CHRISTMAS EVE. Iowa Falls Couple Come From Two of County's Best Families. Special to Times-Republican. Iowa Fa!lls, Dec. 24.—The marriage of of Mr. Maurice Tidman and Miss Lulu Mason takes place this evening. The young couple are well known in this section, and come from two of the best families in the county. Ames Selects Debating Team. Ames, Dec. 24.—The tryouts for the spring triangular debate, which is held between Drake, Grinnell and Ames some time in 'March each year, resulted in the selection of the following six men to represent Ames: G. C. Jones, J. C. Burlingame, P. E. Miller, J. M. Fuller, W. E. Reynolds and F. B. Hammond. Miller and Fuller were both members of the freshmen debat ing team which defeated Drake In a dual debate last Spring. Hammond is a Mormon preachfer who is taking the animal husbandry course at Ames. The other three men were all members of the inter-society teams which debated for the Kennedy cup this fall. thoroughly, strict quarantine is main tained, and the board of health believ& the trouble is entirely under control. The moving picture theaters closed for a lew days of their own accord, other business is not interrupted. Ft. Madison. Grace E. Albright died at the fam ily residence, 716 Third street, aged 66 years. She was .the daughter of one of the pioneer couples of Fort SMadi son, William G. and Cynthia (White) Albright, and was known to all of the older residents of the city, having been born and reared here. Her pro fession, school teaching, took her from this city for a number of years, after she had reached womanhood, to Coun cil! Bluffs, Iowa, and Seattle, Wash., where she taught in the public schools for three and nineteen years, respec tively. Iowa Falls. Miss lone Payne has bought the H. F. (Everett barber shop for her father who now has charge of same. Mr. Payne has barbered in Iowa Falls for many -a day and year and decade and many old-time friends will be glad to see him at the helm in a shop again. Mr. Payne drove stage thru this sec tion in an early day, in the fifties, and carried a set of barber tools with him, doing work at places where he stayed over night. When he quit staging in the early sixties he opened up a barber shop in Iowa Falls and has been al most continuously at the work from that day to this. He is 68 years old. CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of tlier children, should never be without a box of Mother Grav's Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout tho season. They break up co'ds. enro fev erisliness. constipation, teething dl.«or lers. headache and stomach troubles. THiSE POWDERS NEVER FAIL. Sold uy all drug stores. 25c. Don't accept any substi tute. A trial package will be sent free to any mother who will address Allen S. Olm sted, Le Boy, N. Y, ^•O-JfrGT- th''i deceased and three others. The family i„..„ tfrew to manhood and womanhood in .Miss Becker was one of Traer ivtrio I DEATH OF G. H. FITTS. T»^J» V-tf IK 101 LEASE Minority Stockholders in Plaster Company Dissatisfied With Deal LEASED TO A BIG CONCERN Second Larg&t Company in United States Seeks to Control Local Plant at Fort Dodge and Minority Stock holders File Objections—Say Inter ests Arc Jeopardized. speeiai to Times-Republican. i'ort Dodge, Dee. Traer. Miss Sadie keeping house for the ,go the directors of the American In other children. A number of years ago (lcl)t1Kjerll Qvpsum company met in the Miss Becker left Traer. and went to New York city to study china paining, city with Mr. Dngan, a representative In this work she was very successful, of the Acme Cement and Plaster com and many of her paintings are now to pany, and it is understood that a be seen in the best stores ihruout '.he A lpasp was sjgned atui a eountrv About a year ago her health v,,,,. v,,ri- tr management of the local company was a a in N to California, hoping to be benefitted, but (given to the latter. B. M. Ward, tin tuberculosis had already gained a firm former manager for the Independent foothold, and she siowlj sank. conll,anVi ln ^e\\ days transfer of being retained in the same capacity by the new management, brightest and most lovable gins, ami one who was worthy of great prais- It is now understood on what is to and honor. She gave up her life to care j)e considered the most reliable ln for her three brothers and fonnation, the leasing of the property mothers place as best she could. line here, she w«.s an active member of the of the American Independent Gypsum Methodist church. Deceased was :'.7 company, does not meet with the ap «iirviv*»il hv three: IirwVaI a11 of tlie vears ol(L ana is Miivi\eu uj u»ec brothers, Frank, of Grundy 'Center, steps have been taken by the minority Henrv. of Chicago, and Fred, or Dos representation to secure an order of he Angeies. witli whom she made her restraining the leasing of the home. The body will be brought to property and the transfer of the man Traer for burial. stockholders, and agement of the same to the new cor poration. The minority stockholder credited with starting, the ac|ion is said to be a resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa Falls ResidV^Was Wagonmaker1 The Acme Cement Plaster company TPade I concern has secured the lease of Special to Times-Republican. J"° ldlngs of the Iowa Falls, Dec. 24,-George H. ent Gypsum company, is the second Fitts. a resident of this city for the I j"rseHt p"msi concern ,n the Un ed as iv a a in on to his home here yesterday, after a long »n California Oklahoma Texas Kan serious illness. Mr. Fltts was a wagon- sa* and Michigan, and it is understood maker'by trade, and followed that vo- j«» »"iWing. or eCmtem,,Iat,ng the e.ec cation for many years, later embarking in the dairv business. He is survived by S«ves the company holdings Practlc his wife and wo Kut„h. 4 lio TTni nrl S»r:itfia l,vn« at home, and the eldest son. Harry, be ing engaged in business at Muskogee, Okla. Interment will take place Satur day, in Union cemetery. AGED JUDGE ON BENCH. Judge S. H. Fairall Probably Oldest Active Member of Iowa Bar. Speci&t to Times-Republican. Towa City, Dec. 24.—Perhaps the old est member of the bar in Iowa in ac tive practice, is Judge S. II. Fairall. who is now participating in the trial in the district court here, of t. case of Petsel vs. Petsel. Judge Fairall is al most 80 years of age, and always has been a man of frail stature, tho his inipd is quite as keen today, as it was when he occupied the bench a quarter of a century ago. Am-ri^"Independ-| "on of a mill New Yoik state. Jhis the United States Gypsum company with the exception of Ohio, altlio the holdings of that concern are larger as is also the tonnage from their mills. M. O. CLEMMONS PAROLED. Convicted Murderer Was Sentenced in 1901 for Twenty Years. Special to Times-Republican. Iowa Falls, Dec. 24.—Deputy Clerk F. A. Burlingame, of the district court, has been officially notified o£ the p&r ole of M. O. Clemmon^ from the peni tentiary at Anamosa. Clemmons was tried in this county several years ago, for the murder of a man named Burg duff. and on conviction was sentenced Nov. 21. 1901. for tivventy years. He was convicted of murder in the sec ond degree. It was shown at the trial, that Burgduff was killed in a quarrel in which Mrs. Clemmons figured, and that the man was murdered by being struck over the head with a piecc of gas pipe or some similar instrument. "GRANDMA" KENT DEAD. Rowan Woman's Demise Breaks Link in Fifth Generation. Special to Times-Republican. Rowan, Dec. 24.—"Grandma" Kent, almost 96 years old, died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, iMrs. L. D. Yeoman, after a very brief illness, due mostly to old age. Mrs. Kent, with her husband, moved to this county forty seven years ago. Not alone .her old ago. but the fact that she could count her descendants to the fifth generation, made this worthy woman a personage of more than passing prominence. She is survived by six children, twenty-one grandchildren, twenty-eight great grandchildren, and eight great-great grandchildren. Vyas the Landlady's Trait. J. Barton King, the Philadelphia cricketer, described the manner and customs of the English lodging house A friend told how he once rebuked his landlady. She came to him with his spirit case. "Whisky all gone, sir," she said. "Shall I get you another bottle?" "Yes, I wish you would" said he. "It's your turn." All Physicians Must prescribe some of the In* gredlents that are contained in Hood's Sarsaparilla-for all trou bles of the blood, stomach, kid neys and liver. They include sarsap^rilla, stillingia, yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bark, mandrake, dandelion, juniper berries, pipeisBewa, etc. The combination and proportions are our own formula and give power to cure beyond the reach of any other prescrip tion or substitute. That's why it is wise to get Hood's and only Hood's. Xmas Insurance Yon can insure comfort 904 good health for all your family against over eating and drinking by seeing to it that they all 1 take a CASCARET at bed time during the holidays. CASCARETS —best medicine on earth for the little folks— Dad and Mother. s83 CASCARETS—ioc bor—week's treat meat. A11 druggists. Biggest seller in the world. Million boxes a month. EveryJVoman ts Interested and should know tbotxt thf ^"'Marvel iff TOOR DRCGGIST FOB rr.^Gl Ifhe cannot supply the IAKTEC fcccept no other, but send stamp for l. 'istrated book—sealed. It give' full particulars and directions io* lit. lble toladirs. \S?Vi3l. CO., Doucfu AA. F»r E. 23d St. New Sal* v~ by B. A. Morgan, DrMg* •1st,. ".Yi* _4w ir^^v-*r j^ ''t A v*s ''A% *'i FIREfTRAP The accompanying picture is a reproduction of a photograph of the disastrous school fire in Cleve land which cost the lives of 150 children, State Architect, Liebbe, has started a crusade against hot air furnaces in schools, -claiming that they not only make firetraps of the buildings in which they are installed, but prove urihygenic, Mr. Liebbe said "The first thing to do is to eliminate the hot air furnaces. What trouble have they not engendered. Home after home and lives by the score have been extinguished by the red hot demon In the cellar, to say nothing of the unhygienic inflow of life destroying air, they furnish to the human hot house plants—the school children, who must breathe in this vitiated air after it passed in thru a dirty air duct from oft the sur face of the ground, then embrace the hot demon and pass up thru all sorts of flues into the crowded school room to sicken, enervate, emaci ate its occupants with the inevitable accompaniments of headache, lan guor and debilitation. "The proper warming and ventilation of the school room or any other habitation is no longer an unsolved problem. Its accomplishment is simple and usually perfectly safe by either hot vapor, steam, or better .111, HOT WATER." For in formation concerning a perfect hot v/ater heating system, call or write Great Western Heater C°. BrancFi of A. E. Shorthill Co. Marshailtown, Iowa. SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO this famous old medicine became favorably known as an effective remedy for Coughs and Colds. Today DR. D. JAYNES EXPECTORANT 1 s— -j. ^SSfe* I 1 is known and used all over the world for relieving and curing Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Croup, Whooping-Cough, Inflammation of the Lungs and Chest, and Asthma. Countless thou sands of homes are never without a bottle of this standard medicine. 1 Sold by alt druggists, in three sizS -bottles, $1.00, 50c. and 25c. Dr. D. Jajoe's Tonic known as a gentle and effective tonic for the whole family. FIRE SALE! Soft Wood 1Q inch length, per cord $2*25 12 inch lengthy per cord 2*00 Gregory Coal, Coke Lime Co. \fc" lij I Vt /f: 4 te, Vermifuge 1b equally well •V PUBLIC SALES J. R. MANSHIP, Auctioneer, ,/Jv LE GRAND, IOWA I conduct livestock, farm sales, real estate and mer chandise sales. Graduate Missouri Auction School, Trenton, Mo. Terms reasonable. WHte or wire me at fch* Le Grand' Savings Bank for dates cut my expense. The WHITE TRANSFER LINE WOODMANSEE 6 HUTT STORAGE FOR HOUSEHOLD SAFES AND PIANOS GOOD8 AND Mfc MOVED WITH CARS 1 VENUR. I" "M 1 J,
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A 4 vH' I "7^^'' 3F^f**^ V' Dewey Hotel BOONE, IOWA F. DEWEY, Proprietor A g»,' iSVSft RATES $2 PER ***H% §&J •AMPLE R00M8 FOR TRAVEL- INQ MEN THE PROFESSIONS ATTORNEY* F. L. MEEKER A W E MARSHALLTOWN, IA J. MP^HOLT, Attorney EXAMINATION of ABSTRACTS BANKRUPTCY proceedings and PRO BATE] matters given special attention. Office. 16 West M4in Street, IMAR6HALLTOWN IOWA F, E. NORTH UP, K, Lawyer OVER LaShelle's Cigar Store Marahalltown, Iowa. P, L. HAYZLETT, Lawyer Office Over Whitton 'a Whitehead Co. 81 WE8T MAIN ST. G. G. CASWELL Attorney Probate Law Given Bpeoial Attention, Estates Economically Settled, Ab stracts Examined, Notary Public. 1 Over 8tate Bank MARSHALLTOWN IOWA DENTIST OR. F. L. HUMESTOM DENTIST 'Vj. DENT All PARLORS v-t Over Whltton-Whitehead Co. ALLWORk GUARANTEED PRICE8 REASONABLE Office Hours: 8 jto 12 and 1 to 8 S. MILLARD, \\J Justice of the Peace FIRE AND TORNADO INSURANCE, 8URETY BONDS. NO. SOUTH FIRST AVENUE Now 'Phono 909. PHYSICIANS and SURGEON8. DRS. I. H. 4 A. C. FRY HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS. General practice. Mrs. Fry makes dis eases of women a specialty. H. Fry, the eye, ear, nose and throat a special ty. Office and residence in the HQ Fry block. 102-104 West Main. MKT Glasses Fitted. DR. THOMAS ARNOLD I PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Over. Wfleeler Hoag's Drug 8tore MARSHAULTOWN IOWA Telephone 895—2 Rings. DR. GEO. JOHNSON Physician and Surgeon Offioo, Binford Block, Phone 517 White Corner Main and First Sts. MARSHALLTOWN IOWA OCULI8T8 AND AURISTS Sanatorium EYE, EAR, A' Nose, .Throat Established 1893 GLASSES PERCY R. WOOD, M. D. MAR8HALLTOWN, IOWA. DR. F. P. LIE RLE 8PECIALI8T Eye, Ear, Not* and Throat Catarrh Glanoa Property Fitted rremont Bloek, Marshalltown, Iowa. ARCHITECTS CHARLES H. EGKMAN ARCHITECT. AND SUPERINTENDENT. rWf. *v"' Room 18 Woodbury Building MARSHALLTOWN IOWA AUCTIONEER M. M. KENDALL, Auctioneer For Sale—A good general merchan dise stock. Invoice 5,000. For Sale—Hardware, ail good, cCaaa goods. Invoice about $2,500 also good brick building ia the heart of town, population 600. I have several good properties to sell at a bargain. Make your sale dates with jjne, Office 'ytaone 54 residence 457 red. T.WWf'S.J!. Published Daily By The TIMES REPUBLICAN PRINTING CO. TERMS: Evening edition by mail $5.00 By the month by mail 15 Delivered by carrier by the month. .50 Later edition for morning circu lation 4-0® Rural routo edition per year 4.00 Twice-a-Week edition, per year.. 1.00 Entered at the postotfice at Marshall town as ,'second class mail matter. EASTERN OFFICE R. J. Shannon. Manager, Brunswick Building, New York. N. Y. No. 110 I I I I '-Tj The Association of American Advertisers has examined and certified to the circulation of this publication. The detail report of such examination is on file at the New York office of the Association. No other fifpires of circulation guaranteed. Secretary. TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS. When the morning breaks tomorrow there will be more universal joy over the world than comes on any other day in the year for all Christian na tions keep Christmas and Christianity has been sown from pole to pole and in every land about the globe's cir cumference. Wherever there is a knowledge of the Christ child and wherever .there are children, there will be happiness tomorrow. It is a won derful thing to apprehend, this wide spread ioy of Christmas. It is a holiday that never loses its interest, never grows stale or old, be cause taere are always new children for a new phristmas and parents to offer the new joys to those who have never seen Christmas yet." There is no joy given to human kind keener or purer than that which comes to the father and mother when they hang up the little stockings of their first born for the first time. Pity those who have never felt it for they have missed much. :t is blessed In that it does n^t fade vv.th the years or the coming of other children. As the stockings lengthen and the row beside the man tel grows longer, the joys multiply. Riches do not increase its pleasures. The cheap toy, the candies in the stocking toe and the books and hobby horse on the floor beneath the pendant stocking carry as much of pure hap piness as the costliest gifts that mil lions iray buy. There is no financial classes or standing of Christmas, •thanks be to .the Spiri.t of Christmas. But this Is a time of responsibility as wel) as of happiness and unalloyed pleasure. Belief in the Foundation of Christinas carries with it, insistently, heed •to the admonitions and injunc tions of the Christ. If ye 'have not charity your Christmas is a mockery of the day, a failure, lacking the es sence of Christmas and the spirit of Him. It is a time for thoughtfulness of the needs of others, for searching out tl\e poor and afflicted and bring ing some brightness into lives obscured and crushed by poverty and want. It is a personal responsibility. Money nor •the gift of money can not relieve us of it. lit is good tojgive liberally. It is best preface, giving by personal in quiry and intimate attention. If it be true tiat some day we must reply one way cr another to the words, "I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat, thirist and ye gave me no drink, sick and lr. prison and ye visited me not," the question becomes vital and per sonal. ,'h It is good to know that in Marshall town its good citizens have been for days searching the streets and alleys and t\ie out of the way places for those who :aeed a helping hand and for the little children whose hope of a happy Christmas depends on' the activity of those who recognize the claim of the poor and of children upon all mankind. It Is a splendid knowledge that men and women who once called .Marshall town home have hurried to send their contributions to make comfort and iy&,pjlness general in the city where they began their 'careers and which Still holds their best affections. To morrow if any in this city are hungry or cold it is because the closest search has .railed to reveal them for citizens have personally and by various means worked to the end that none shall lack the cheer of food and warmth and clothing and that no child shall awak en to an empty stocking on Christmas morning. Aaid in that hope and con viction we shall all go to sleep happier tonijfht. "Giod bless us, one and all," said Tiny Tim. So says the Times-Republi oan, wishing all and every one in the world, a, Merry, Merry Christmas. IIESULTS SHOULD POINT THE WAY. "More miles of drainage ditches than any other state in the union." "More steam dredges at work in Iowa than In any other state in the union." g.uch Is the comment of the secretary of agriculture at Washington regarding the impetus given to drainage in this state by its own revised drainage laws. "Iowa is the best drained state in the union" observes this member of the president's cabinet. iluch comment from the outside should emphasize results from reform laws which ought to offer their sug gestions and lend their encouragement for Improvement in more laws. What was,-.it,JJjat Here is the star leading a way. An other Moses should appear with a re form in the road laws providing for special road districts, tax levies upon the land benefitted, bond issues and both county and road distriot aid. When Iowa land reaches $200 per acre as it will now within a very short time, concrete pavements nine feet wide on one side for wet weather travel with well dragged dirt roads on the other side for dry weather travel could be built under the special road district and twenty-Ave year, bond plan for ani annual tax of 50 ce.nts per acre upon the quarter sections adjacent to the pavement and 25 cents per acre upon the quarter sections within the special road districts, extending, say two miles back in each direction from the paved road. iMany a man has ibeen enthusiastic for a drainage ditch which would cost him $20 .per acre on land that was not worth more than $50 per acre before and it is not an idle dream at all to talk about a total outlay of $12.50 'per acre in twenty-five annual pay ments for a concrete pavement from a man's mail box to his grocery store. One acre of potatoes per annum would pay it. FUthermore a tax of 50 cents per acre is 5 per cent on $10. and any man's farm today would jump $10 per acre in value the moment the pavement topics of the Times. Today the Stan adard Oil is reluc tantly taking down its sock from the Mlsgouri firepiace. it pays to be a good boy "long about Christmas.' operators to rob the Western Union of tolls. Another case of evil communi cations corrupting good manners? Per- As labor read the news from Jeffer son City, Mo., in last evening's paper a finger was pointed gloatingly at cap ital, but the countenance lowered when the eye caught' the news from Wash ington. When two people are worried to know what to give one another for Christmas, why not compromise and give the price of both gifts to the poor? «r Webb Byers has certainly started something when he proposes a sub stitute for the state marshal law. It is now very apparent why Judge Wright reserved his decision in the Gompers-Mitchell case until after election. However, it will be several days yet before a man like John Mit chell wears stripes. Webster City officials are Investi gating paving in other cities. Let's hope that they visit Gary. Ind., and the concrete pavements in Ohio towns. The difference between $1.25 and $2.00 per yard in the cost of paving is often the difference between paving and no paving. Charlie Schwab argues that it is dif ferent with Carnegie since he is so afraid of dying rich. The Des Moines Capital is likely to insist that Santa Claus will not reach Senator Cummins' home until some time in January. Most of the men who make the Times-Republican have little children and others wish that they did have, so the Times-Republican will suspend publication on Christmas day and Fourth of July. Let's hope that Santa Claus has been good to Venezuela, and brings her a new president. ewassSSte15 markaible conditions in the matter of I tallzation of $100,000,000, of which John drainage? Nothing but a recognition of D. Rockefeller owns 40 per cent, it is the principle of special bene.flts in generally believed. drainage ditches. There was a time when a man could not empty surplus water from his farm on to the farm of his neighbor without the latter's con sent and without a continuation of the drain across several farms no drain age could be secured. Then in the very wet lands it was necessary to extend ditches for twenty miles or more to seek an outlet. A .Moses appeared in an Iowa legislature with a law which per mitted farm owners by majority vote to establish special drainage districts for the purpose of making drainage special assessments and issuing drain age bonds in large siums. Thus .the owners of a majority of the land for almost any distance regardless of pre vious political districts could join in drainage work on an extensive scale, levy the taxes and distribute the bur den over a period of years, and upon the land benefitted. The result In a very few years has been the best drained state in the union. From developments there seems to weather stuqts that put Iowa in the have been a conspiracy formed among haps the sight of so much easy money uncalled' for and the finished product gathered from those who pay the tolls unsought," complains the Rockwell weakened the moral fiber of the men Phonograph. who handle it. 0 a John D. Rockefeller got a Christmas present of $4,000,000 from the Standard Oil company last Tuesday a check for that huge amount as his share of the company's dividend for the last three months of the year. The total dividend for the qualrter amounts to $10,000,000, or $10 a share on its capi- Tom Ryan is a mighty rich fellow. He owns the New York subway, or most of It, the Equitable Life Insur ance association, several railroads, etc., but his doctor has compelled him ito resign from directorships in thirty four corporations, and quit work. Tom is about all in, which means "that he is not half as rich as some of the rest of us. In the case of the wizard, Har riman, It requires signed statements by his secretary to silence rumors as to his poor health. Here is something for Billy Sunday .to know. A prominent charity worker complains tha»t they used to raise money for charity by giving a charity ball, but "you know, the people don't dance any more and we can't raise the money that way." IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES. To the Council Bluffs Nonpareil "the mind of the president-elect seems to be working along the line of defining 'genuine' and 'thorough' revision to mean downward revision—careful, yet downward." "Americans seem to think that under extremely liberal Jaws and by a loose observance of them, they are enjoy ing liberty. In fact the reverse is true," declaros the Waterloo Courier. "Summary justice to all offenders of the law, rich and poor, insures the highest possible safety and the great est opportunities to all of the law abiding." The Cedar Falls Record says: "There are some mutterings of dis content heard above the roar and rumble' of the chariot of reform in the Fourth district and it is very probable that Congressman Haugen will find himself confronted by a condition and not a theory at the primary two years hence. The progressives are somewhat at outs with him and the standpatters claim that he has been playing shinney on both sides." The Mt., Vernon Hawkeye says: "Among the really good things accom plished by the irrepressible. Mr. Roose velt which should not be overlooked and will not be forgotten by many, is his hard and telling whacks at the yellow and the pernicious in journal ism."- "The preacher of Christianity should consider that he has assumed an ob ligation of self-denial not consistent with the acceptance of large sums of money for his own purpose, tho the same be voluntarily tendered by those whoso confidence he has won," insists was laid .by his gate. Let's have law tlie| Dubuque Times. "To the extent reform for special road districts. Let's that the obligation of self-denial is apportion the tax one-third to the county at large including city property, one-third to the special district and one-third to abutting property. The farm owners would do the rest. ignored by its representatives church must lose Influence." "If the Iowa people who have gone to California to spend the winter knew what they are missing they would Imagine what a Christmas drouth come back to Iowa post-haste," as must be in Ottumwa. ,1 serts the Cedar Sapids Gafcbtte. "May I be California thinks she can pull off shade- but some several hundred thousand Iowa people will bet on Iowa." Much of the work of the public 1 Des Moines must have a good deal failure of the old plans of city gpvern of sand for it is reported that at ment is almost universally conceded, least forty, carloads of it has been and even where men are opposed to purchased for one concrete bridge. The Dubuque Telegraph says: "The details, and some of W princi pies of the Iowa plan, they favor a change because persuaded that the consequnces could not be worse than present evils." Arr English View of It. (Rochester Herald.) Lady Headfort, during her American tour, said 1n New York that she ap proved of international marriages. "They correct us," she explained. "Our Englishmen work too little, your American men work too much, and the international marriage tends to bring about a happy mean. "Your men do work too much, you know," said 'Lady Headfort. "I have an English frlendj who attended the fu neral of one of your hardest workers, a multimillionaire. "My friend's wife said rather bitterly to him at the funeral: 'How you have missed your op portunitnes. my love. Place yourself beside Mr. Ritch there. You are both of the same age. You both began life to gether. oteuy ra gether. Yet you are a poor man, while he died a .multimillionaire.' 'Yes,' said the English husbaaid. 'There Ritch lies, dead of nervous pros tration. without one single penny in his pocket, and here I stand, hale and hearty, with a wallet in my coat con taining! quite a hundred dollars.'" Guilty of Counterfeiting Passing counterfeit money is no worse than substituting some unknown worthless remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar, the great cough and cold remedy that cures the most obstinate coughs and heals the lungs. McBride Will Drug company. Horticulture at the Capital. (Washington. Post.) Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, referred at a recent din ner in Washington to the amateur flor ists who spring up in the suburbs at this season by thousands. "More florists, perhaps, than flowers spring up," he said. "In a seed shop the othe^ day I heard one of these amateurs complain about the last batch of seed he had bought. After lhe had ended 'his com plaint he began to ask floral questions. *Oh, by the way,' he said, 'what is a hardy rose?' 'It is one,' growled the dealer, 'that doesn't mind your pulling It up by the roots every day to see if it has begun to grow yet'" The the Tho Sloan Star (dem.) says: "If any one doubted the insincerity of the Re publican ante-election tariff revision promises, lie has only to note the alacrity with which Uncle Joe Cannon has acecpted the Taft program. Any tariff revision program whicl bears the indorsement «f Uncle Joe is a poor program for the people, tho probably all right for the tariff protected trusts." Hogs and Alfalfa. Wihat farmers need is cheaper pro duction of hogs than wholly grain grown animals. One mechanic in the employ of the Republic Steel company is husbanding his surplus earnings to buy a farm In Texas and make a for tune in raising alfalfa and hogs. With corn at ,&0 cents per bushel and hogs selling, at $5.75 to $6.25 per 100 pounds, live weight, can any farmer make a profit in feeding his corn to hogs? AV'liat is needed in the profitable pro duction of hogs is a combination of forage and grain that will mature the animals without the consumption of soi great an amount of high-priced corn. In bone-building and muscle-forming properties alfalfa leads other grasses and is particularly adapted to the hog industry. Alfalfa is one of the earliest legumes to devlop for pasture or soil ing and its nutritious properties par ticularly adapt it as a forage for young and growing animals. It is in a class by itself in being universally adapted to animal husbandry. It affords early forage and lasts the longest for fail pasture. It is a good quality of land that will produce fifty bushels of corn per acre, and at 60 cents per bushel 5.6 pounds should make a gain in live weight of one pound to make it profit able to feed for market to hogs. It is estimated that an acre of average al falfa will carry ten pigs and produce an average increase of 100- pounds in weight in five months. The production of 1,000 pounds gain in hogs per acre of alfalfa per season, without planting, cultivating and harvesting the same acre devoted to corn, looks «^s if al falfa has the advantage in the cheap production of hogs. There is urgent need for the agricul tural experiment stations to work out solutions of the advantage of combin ing pasturing pigs on alfalfa, the num ber an acre will carry and the average gain that pigs iwill make in five months on this popular forage. Farmers are anxious to know the best economies in animal husbandry and would like to learn how tO| produce more economi cally the 56,084,000 thogs that are annu ally marketed in this country, it is believed that hogs raised on pasture and grain will be less afflicted with disease and will mature at less ex pense than swine raised on grain alone. Eradicating Foot and Mouth Disease. Ooo.d headway has been made by the bureau of animal industry and state authorities in eradicating foot and mouth disease. No outbreaks in new territory have been discovered in the past two weeks, altho the disease has •been found on a' few additional farms adjacent to those where it already ex isted. 'So far 152 herds of farms have been found affected as follows: In Michigan 8, in New York, 44, in Pennsylvania, 98 and in Maryland 2. A_ll of the diseased and exposed ani mal's in Michigan, New York and Maryland so far as known have been slaughtered, and tho work of slaugh tering and disinfection in Pennsylvania where the disease has been most exten sive, is well advanced and is being pushed as rapidly as .possible. If no new infection is discovered, it is be lieved that the disease will be entirely eradicated within a very short time. As an extra precaution, however, a care ful canvass of the infected territory will be made, inspecting the animals from farm to farm to make sure that no castes have been overlooked. It is very important for the prompt suppression of this outbreak that all caSes printer and binder in Iowa is wholly There is nothing to be gained by a stock owner concealing the presence ,of Lhe disease among his animals. The should be reported without delay, hearty co-operation of all farmers in reporting all suspected cases will facil itate the work of eradication and has ten the time when the quarantine can be raised an.d normal conditions re stored. As Secretary Wilson has been asked to conform or deny the report that the disease was introduced and spread by means of cattle inoculated in Wayne county, Michigan, by a drug firm, he has authorized the statement that in vestigation made by the Department of agriculture show beyond' a reasona ble doubt that the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease had its origin in t.ljat way. Further investigation is being made to determine the manner In which the animals at that establish ment became infected, but the investi gation has not progressed to such a point that a statement on this phase of the subject can be made at this time. Feeds and Feed Mills. The high prices that now prevail for coarse grains, and in fact, all kinds of food for our herds of 'live stock, make it almost Imperative for the far mer to use what he has to (the very best advantage. AVhen corn was sell ing for less than 25 cents a bushel and oats for 15 cents, the feeder estab lished wasteful habits which, in many instances, have been continued regard less of short crops and higher prices. The feed mill adds value to every bushel of grain it grinds. In many instances when properly managed, the grains are doubled in feeding value, after they are ground. This.js true of oaJts, barley, speltz, etc., when fed to pigs and cows. Corn on the ear, when crushed and mixed with bran or shorts, makes an excellent grain ration for milch cows during the winter months. The farmer who will give the screenings of his grain to the shipper and pay fifteen dol lars per ton for the same as a cheap ground feed is not as wise as the neighbor who cleans all of his grain before it goes to the markets and feeds fche waste after it is ground into meal. The feeding value of wheat or flax screenings is quite equal to bran or shorts which now cost the feeder about twenty dollars per ton at the rnflls. The department of agriculture, Washington, D. C., or the state experiment stations can supply bulletins which will give the relative feeding value of the various grains and fodders produced on the farm as well as those we buy when a shortage prevails. Where mer chant or custom mills are located near the farm the feeder may patron ize them but it Is good economy to install grinders and crushers on the premises where aJl erpense, except labor, is saved. We have found a geared sweep mill, run by horse *i»'sj»• I a a gmxk, Qzzzmbzx 24 19 J8 1 Indiana Dairy Investigations. Scientists at the Indiana experiment station have comipleted a series of in vestigations on the keeping of dairy herds. The conclusions they have reached are summarized below: The results shown are above the av erage for Indiana dairy herds. The poorest dairymen keep tho most inferior cows and are seldom willing to have their .herds tested. The best herd averaged 6,656.6 pounds of milk and 301.1 pounds of butter fat. The poorest herd averaged 3,347.5 pounds of milk and 152.8 pounds of butter fat. The best cow produced 10,426 pounds of milk containing 488 pounds of butter fat. The poorest cow produced 3,248 pounds of milk containing 448 pounds of butter fat. The average of the 197 yearly re cords was: Milk, 5,901.5 pounds but ter fat, 244.5 pounds. With the prices used, the best herd returned $2.56 for $1 in food, while the poorest herd returned only $1.20 for $1 in food. Large yielding cows were the most economical producers. Those yielding over 350 pounds of butter fat pro duced it at 11 cents per pound and made an average profit of $117.80, while those yielding less than 200 pounds of butter fat produced it at 19 cents per pound and made an average profit of $10.7S. The difference between systematic grading am} no grading was sixty-four pounds of butter fat per cow. The average profit in graded herds was $36.04 in non-graded herds $19.62. The non-graded herds charged 3% cents more per pound fpr butter fat than the graded herds. Since careful grading and good man agement have not only increased the production of butter at 64 pdunds per cow, but also reduced its cost of pro duction to the amount of 3% cents per pound rapid Improvement should be sought thru the continuous use of high class dairy si^es of some recognized breed. The dairymen must keep yearly rec ords of their individual cows, discard the pooh ones and raise the heifer calves from ,the 'best cows by a pure bred sire. Records for short periods are inconclusive. A pure-bred dairy sire is the milk producer's best' investment anything short of a pure-bred male is .too ex pensive at any price. Twenty-five per cent of .the cows reported produced less than 200 lbs of butter fat, and made an average profit og only $10.78. Only 6 per cent of the cows reported produced 350 or more pounds of but ter fat, making an average profit of $57.80. Even tho .these herds are above the average, pix cows were kept at a loss, forty-nine made less than $11 profit, and 21 per cent of the! herds contained unprofitable cows. A good herd frequently contains one or two very poor cows testing will show which they are. Cows vary in their production from year to year, hence the importance of more than one year's record. On Sin average, 100 pounds of milk cost four times as much as one pound of butter, fat. The average profit of the 197 cows was $26.S0. This can easily be doubled. Community Breeding. Pride generally causes us to get something different from what our neighbor has. Whether we can beat him in price or not we get something different, and of course it is better because we secured it. If one farmer plants a particular variety of corn his neighbor is more apt to plant some other variety than to use the same kind. If one dairyman starts to breed Holstein cattle his neighboring farm er will choose the Jersey, the Guern sey or some other breed. It perhaps never occurs to him that a better market will result where he joins hands with his neigh boring farmers in breeding thd same line of stock. Buyers will pay more for the same stock when they can secure their needed supply* in one locality. This applies to any product sold from the farm. Community breeding or commu nity production of the same kind of an article is merely working out another principle of the co-operative idea. 1 power, to be one of the most eco nomical grinders for the farm. Such an outfit will crush corn on the ear and grind small grains in a very satisfactory manner. The expense of the mill is small and the horses, required ito propel it on the farm in winter do not, as a rule, get proper ejiercise, hence, the power costs nothing. A gasoline engine attached to a double grinder will do more work and possibly better wbrk than itho sweep horse power mill .but they are much more expensive. The wind wheel has been used as a .power to grind feed, but, the gasoline engine now takes their places for the pur pose. In view of the fact that grain is high and that its feeding value is much increased by grinding we firm ly believe every stockman should own and use a feed mill this winter.1 Grind for tho horses, cows, pigs and calves. Keep a generous supply of ground feed on hand and do not at tempt to grind every day. WHEAT FLAKE FOOD Is composed of wheat and celery, and in its making not a human hand touches it. Cleanly, pure and nourishing. "V-i -3K-5.- \.i ^Wc .«:j^ i»»vp- HYMN TO THE VIRGIN. AVE Maria, maiden mild, Listen to a r.ialden'a prayer! Thou canst hear though from the wild. Thou canst save amid despair. Safe may. we sleep beneath thy care. Though banished, outcast and reviled. Maiden, hear a maiden's prayer! Mother, hear a suppliant child! 'S# Ave Maria! AVE Maria, undeflled, The flinty couch we now must share Shall seem with down of eider piled If thy protection hover there. The murky cavern's heavy air Shall breathe, of balm if thou hast smiled. Then, maiden, hear a maiden's prayer! Mother, list a suppliant child! AVE The care and exactness with which these dikes are made would be laugh able if it were not so successful. In a land where hand labor is very cheap days are devoted to doing what In America would be roughly cast by ma chinery in a couple of hours. But the result is so admirable that one re members regretfully the ugly pile dikes, the horrid fringes of the im proved "off channel" banks of the Mis sissippi. j, Where the dikes have accomplished their purpose and generally on the banks opposite to them the river is revetted above middle water. This,, too, is done with the hand squared stones, and as a result the Elbe where completely finished resembles a broad canal between stone lined banks, the stone rising a few feet above the wa ter, and above it the green slop4 of the fields or a fringe of willows. It is all peaceful, complete and generally beau tiful, with at least the beauty of util ity where it lacks that of ruggedness and wildness.—Boston Transcript. GILA MONSTER'S BITE. The Reptile Turns Over to Got Venom Into Its Victim. It was his turning over habit that led me to the discovery as to the bite of the Gila' monster. This creature, more like a short, stocky snake with legs on than anything else, has no poi son fangs, like the rattlesnake, yet his bite may be just as dangerous. His poison teeth are in his lower jaw, and the poison from a eland under PRICES J* 1 HAIL COLUMBIA! 0 Ave Maria! Maria stainless styled, Foul demons of the earth and air, From this their wonted haunt exiled, Shall flee before thy presence fair. We bow us to our lot of care, Beneath thy guidance reconciled. Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer Asd for a father hear a child! Ave Maria!' —Sir Walter Scott. DIKES IN GErtiVTANY. They Are Built With Great Care and. Exactness. When a dike is to be built—and thky are still in places making dikes—it is first mapped out by the neatly sharp ened stakes, a long straight causeway leading out from shore and widening into a rounded head which abuts on the red line of the channel. Then a ground sill or foundation mattress of willows is woven and sunk at this head and pinned down and held in place by the sharpened pegs. Then wattles are woven and sand filled in, and in places rock, and then, rounding up neatly out of the water and form ing a tight covering to the whole, the hand squared blocks of stone are laid, as closely as a city pavement, all over the head and back along the neck to the old shore. It is as permanent and stable as the Harvard stadium, the dike so built, and the river, abandon ing the space back of the tip to slack water or to be filled in with sand, flows on with entire grace in the re stricted channel beyond the tip. J. —•Trigge in New York Preee. the tongue. ho bites without turn ing over the wound is not serious, but If he turns over there is great danger. Dr. Snow of the University of Kan sas wrote me some time ago of an ex perience he bad with the bite of a Gila monster. The reptile was caugbt and put In a bucket, the top of which was covered with paper. The bucket was then put In the wagon in which tho doctor was driving. As the road was somewhat rough, the bucket was bounced up'and down, and in order to steady it Dr. Snow put bis band behind him and took hold of the bucket, thrusting bis fingers through the newspaper cover on its top so that he could hold it se cure. Suddenly he felt the monster's grip on his fingers. Startled and some what alarmed, be carefully pried the jaws of the reptile .open and Released himself. The wound! were such as any ordinary bite would have made, and he suffered no more inconvenience than might hate been expected. There are many stories current In. Arizona and Sonora as to deaths that, have occurred front Gila monsters' bites, but it is hard to get at the facts. Careful experiments made with ani mate 4how that when the reptile bites and turns over, so that the potsoil flows down the tooth grooves Into the wound, the bitten creatnres die in a short time.—Suburban Life. -v vA Personal Appeal. 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-f® pondents Not Too ith Christmas to umish News MAN ELECTION JAN. 18 Date of Special 'Election to Vote on Tax to Build New School Hous» Has Been Fixed—Marietta Farmer Moves Fam Ily to Marshalltown Approaching v."' Liseomb Wedding, ,v The T.-R. staff of county cor respondents is not too busy with Christmas plans to send tlie news of their different communities. A classi fied list 'will prove oi\ interest to all county readers ajid former residents. The special election at Oilman, to vote on a 2 per cent1 tax to build a new school ihouse, has rbeen called for Jan. IS. Bonds are to bo Issued in the sum of $13,180. The tide of immigration to Mar shalltown appears to be steadily flow ing, and from Marietta thci announce ment Is made that Clark Meeker and family are com 1 rig here to live. Liseomb society is interested in the announcement of the iipproachiiyf marriage of Mi^s Minnie Mellck, to Mr. O. J. Johnson, of Badiliffe, which Will take place on New Year's eve The news of the county lollows: »GiuMiAN. Dec 24-—Alt the annual election of of flcAs of Parragut post, •G-. A. R., the following were chosen: T. J. Williams, commander H. C. Ackley, senior vice 'L D. MalleW, junior vice .1. M. Carney, adjutant Thomas Mooney, quarter master J. M. Carney, chaplain W. B. Strickland, inside guard G. W. Green, outside 'guard W. H. Strickland, delegate I. D. Mallett, alternate. The Oilman Veterans association also elected officers as follows: T. J. Wil liams, president J. M. Cwney, secre tary and treasurer. principal Kinzer, on. returning with his bride to Oilman yesterday, and mov ing into his future residence on High street, was the recipient of a very dem onstrative charivari -in tli* evening. Mr. Kinzer responded handsomely to the call of the crowd and incited them to tlie restaurant for refreshments. Mrs. G. P. Wyckoff, of Grlnnell, is visiting her parents^ here during the Holidays, her husband toslng in Red lands, Cal., at the home his parents, ills mother being in poor health. Jan. 18 has been fixed as the date of the special election tc vote on the proposition, "Shall -the school board'of the independent district of Gilman is sue bonds in the sum cf $13,180, for the purpose of raising funds to erect and furnish a new school hoiuse in said district?" •Mrs. Eliza Barnes (was taken to the Methodist hospital at IXs Moines last week, and on Wednesday submitted to on operation. The result was the re moval of her appendix and '509 gall stones, ©he is recoverlr nicely after the operation. Miss Emma Crteman, iof West Bend, is visiting thru the holidays with her sister, Mrs. J. S. Hunter, and family. Earl P. Carney and his sister. Mrs. R. I». Parker and daughters, Winnifred and Muriel, are expected this evening from thjeir home in Prairie City to spend Christmas at. the parental home In this city. BANGOR xA Dec. 24.—A. Bagley, a. former resi dent of tMs place, has 'Deen calling on old neighbors the past eek. Mrs. C. G. Norman and Miss Bessie rforman were shopping in Marshall town Saturday. Rob Comfort and Fred Herlocker (have been cutting wood on the C. R. Whinery farm. Sunday Mr. and Mrsi. J. Kinzer entertained at dinner Mr. M. C. How ard and family of Liberty Mi's. Joe •Mooney anddaughter Helen, of Wenat ohee, Wash. Mrs. Holland Kbizer and Calvln KInzer, of Manhattan, Kas., and Mrs. Angle Kinzer and two sons, of Ida Grove., Mrs. Caroline Mason, accompanied by her grandson, Justin Davis, of Mis souri, left Friday for a visit with her ^daughter, Mrs. Charles Mendenhall, at Grlnnell. Mesdames Boyd Carey and S. Jessup went to Marshalltown Monday evening lor a short visit. Mrs. D. Xi. Stanflek". stepped on a ,nall a few days ago, and inflicted a very painful wound. Miss Ruby Arney is quite sick. J. N. Freizer is again confined to his" bed. Mr. Frank Beech, of Zearing, fin ished a well for C. R. Whinery, at his home in Bangor Saturday. A goo£ supply of water was reached at a depth of fifty-two fee':. Thomas Moorman is in quite poor health. He was taken to his son, Hen ry .Moorman's, In L/isc(*mb, Monday. He iwlll live with his children this win ter. Mrs. Thomas Hollingsworth has not been so well the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hinshaw, and little daughter visited the former's parents Sunday. '*,1. ST. ANTHONY. Dec 24.—W. H. Ha-rlan spent a few days visiting his brother, Frank Har lan, at Kirksville, Moj, lost week. Miss Kattie Carvfin is visiting at the E- George home this .week. Mrs Herb Fisher left Tuesday for Eads, Col. Mrs Flora Smeltzer, of Washington, Is visiting with her c'aughter, Dr. Cora Allen. A- Deal shipped a car of stock Tuesday. William Schaper shipped two cars of stock Wednesday. John Mac kin shipped one oar of stock Wednesday. N. R. Bryant visit'sd at McCallsburg Wednesday. H. Buck Is bom for the holidays. jt' Mrs. M. Herman has been on the sick list for several days. Mrs. Harry Buck and children went to Colo Tuesday. MARIETTA. Dec. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ward man, and son John, visited at the home of the former's sister, Mrs. Jesse New by, at Hartland, Sunday. Clarke Meeker and family moved to Marshalltown Monday. Mr. Stacy Nichols, of Minerva, vis« ited at E. P. Anson's Sunday. School will close Thursday for ten days' vacation. Miss Amy Dunn, of St. An.thany, visited her sister, Mrs. August Llarson •this week. Miss Josephine Johnson, of Peoria, 111., visited her sister. Miss Kate John son, this week. LEGRANlD. Dec. 24.—A number of the college students have gone home to spend the holidays. Miss Carrie Anderson and sister were the guests of Mrs. Bertha Arnold last week. Mrs. Haiwbecker and Miss Gillam were in Marshalltown Monday. Tho college musical students gave a recital last Saturday evening. It was very much enjoyed 'by all present. Mr. John Hanson, of Potter, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Hanson, Tuesday. (Miss Lucile Wagner, of Gilman, Is spending the holidays with her par ents. Mrs. Anna Herbert and daughter Elna, and Mrs. Mote were in Marshall town Monday. Mrs. Anna Bowen is quite sick. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hanson have •gone to Marshalltown to spend Christ mas with iMts. Hanson's people. From there they expect to go to Barnes City, where Mr. Hanson will hold a series of special meetings. NORTH STAR. Dec. 24.—The school at No. 2 is hav ing a vacation this week. Mrs. G. E. Clapsaddle visited with Mrs. C. A. Rolston Monday afternoon Mr. and iMrs. John Scheibel and Cynthia McKibben were (Marshalltown visitors Saturday. Mrs. D. B. Elliott and sister, Mrs. W. C. O'Bryon, of Conrad, were shop ping In Marshalltown Wednesday Thomas Johnson held a very success ful sale Friday. Good prices resulted. Mrs. R. A. McKibben and Cynthia, and Lester, visited Sunday in Liseomb with Mr. and 'Mrs. Frank Lhamon. The following were Marshalltown shoppers Monday: Messrs: and Mes dames Bert Scheibel, R, A. McKibben, G. L. Ralls and Miss Pearl Ralls. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Head, of Mar shalltown, arrived Saturday evening and visited until Sunday evening, with Pardon Head and family. .Tuesday, in honor of their mother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rosen cranz, of St. Edwards, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rosencranz entertained at a goose dinner, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. El liott and Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Schultz. Only five members of the North Star Aid society braved the -threatening weather and bad roads and attended the regular meeting of the society at the home of Mrs. Art Gould Thursday afternoon. The hostess served dainty refreshments. Mrs. L. C. Goodman and little son, Marvin, of St. Edwards, Neb., arrived Saturday and visited with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rosencranz until Monday, when they went to Marengo, to visit rela tives. 1 Mr. and Mrs. John .Scheibel visited Saturday evening at the R. A. McKib ben home. Friday eveming Fred Jensen, Ed McKibben and iMiss Emma Johnson were there. Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 23, Mrs. R. A. McKibben and Misses Pearl Ralls and Bertha Lewis attended a shower given by Mrs. Harry Thurber for her sister. Miss Minnie Melick. Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Pardon Head, daughter, Anna, Mrs. Bert Scheibel,- Mrs. G. L. Ralls and Miss Pearl Ralls attended the inite,r soctety social afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry Thurber near Liseomb. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rosencranz and daughter, Hazel, arrived Saturday from St. Edwards, Neb., for a three weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ros encranz, daughter and mother, and also with Mrs. Rosencranz's brother, Mr. Dan Chadwick, and friends. School closed at Conrad Friday for a two weeks' vacation and iMisses Susie Anderson, Mary Head, Roxey Weeks, Riuth and Fay Bristley, Messrs. Arthur and Elmer Schultz, and Raymond Win dish who are attending school there and Miss Kitty Weeks who Is teacher in thp primary department, are home for their vacation. Bash Elliott who is attending school at Liseomb,. lis also home for a two weeks' vacation. Mrs. J. L. Ralls entertained the C. W. iB. M., of the Christian church at Lis eomb, Saturday at a birthday party. Each member brought or sent as many pennies as ithey were years old. There were fifteen members present and afbout $30 was collected. The hostess assisted by her daughter-in-law, Mrs. G. L. Ralls, and Mrs. H. M. Green served de licious refreshments. Altogether a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. LISCOMB. Dec. 24.—A new piano was installed In the Christian church Monday. The Sunday school is congratulating itself on the handsome Christmas present so generously provided by its many friends. Cards are out announcing the ap proaching marriage, of Miss Minnie Melick, to O. J. Johnson, of Radcliffe, which will take place at the Melick home, one mile east of town, on the eve of the new year, Dec. 31, at 6 o'clock. S. Dickerson and family visited rel atives in Marshalltown Saturday and Sunday. Elias Bueghly transacted business at the county seat Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. Allle Biersborn Hitch of Brain ard, Minn., arrived Tuesday evening, for an extended visit with home folks. Roy LeFever, with an uncle and aunt, Claude LeFever and wife, went to Boone Wednesday for a week's visit with his grandparents. Mrs. J. E. Powers who has been crit ically ill for some weeks with typhoid fever, is recovering and is able to sit up for a short time, which is good news to her many friends. Dr. Hepler, of Cedar Rapids, Nerl Mershon and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hauser, of Marshalltown, will spend Christmas with Dr. Mershon's family in this village. Jacob Galloway Is visiting relatives in Ohio for a few weeks. Clarence Weatherly with his father, George Weatherly, and son Clifton, are the guests of relatives in Minnesota for a month. Mrs. Ella Scott went to Elysian, Minn.. Wednesday, to visit her par ents during the holidays. Mrs. Harry Thurber gave a linen shower at her home Wednesday after noon in honor of her sister, Miss Min nie Mellck. Mrs. Van Slyke is very ill at the home of her son, William Van Slyke, with whom she has made her home since the death of her husband some years ago. Mrs. Van Slyke is 88 years old and one of the pioneer settlers of the county. Prof. L. O. Snook went to Greely, Col., Friday, where he will visit with his mother during tho vacation of wo weeks. Mrs. Nelson Fields, of Marshalltown, returned home Wednesday after a short visit in Liseomb with relatives. Mr. Frank Oviatt was in town Wed nesday on business. E. L. Burkhart was at the county seat Wednesday in attendance at the marriage of his sister-in-law. Miss Cora Galloway. Dr. C. L. Meade of iMason City, spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. anil Mrs. J. L. Meade, north of town. S. Dickerson and iwife were Owns a visitors Wednesday. Miss Elsie Melick, who is teaching her first term of school near Mel bourne. will pass the holiday season at home. At the Christmas church Sunday, the following Sunday school officers were ejected for the coming year: Su perintendent, D. D. Bueghly secretary, Roy LeFever treasurer, Minnie Me lick: organist, Hazel Adams chorister, Ida Bix-by. Mrs. Abble Thurber Smith and son of Iowa City, are guests of Mrs. Smith's parents. A1 Thurber and wife. Miss Rose Lincoln is visiting at Green (Mountain with her mother, and friend, Miss Sadie Jones. •Mrs. Charles Elliott visited her mother-in-law, Mrs. Dorcas Elliott, here for a week, going Saturday to western Iowa for a visit with other relatives before returning to her home In Nebraska. Santa Claus Is billed to make a bus iness call at both of' the churches Thursday ^!njn5'Ihim .,.fIis ^"ce agents are preparing for a royal welcome. Mrs. Biersborn's new residence on State street, is enclosed and the work is progressing rapidly. The building is modern in every detail and adds much to the locality It adorns. TO GROSS ATLANTIC IN AIR. Aeronauts Plan to Sail to Europe in Big Balloon. •Indianapolis, Dec. -53.—A balloon trip that will attract the attention of aero nauts and scientific men in all parts of the world is being arranged by Carl G. Fisher of this city and. George L. Eumbaugh, a professional aeronaut and balloon manufacturer of Springfield, 111. The proposed flight will be across the Atlantic ocean from some point on the eastern coast of America to Eu rope. The plan is to make the trip in a gl gantc balloon, attached to wheh will be twenty smallif' supply balloons, the gas from which may be fed into the large balloon as the leakage makes necessary. Instead of a basket to carry the passengers a specially built boat will be used. As a preliminary S'tep Fisher and Bu/mbaugh made an ascension yester day afternoon from the gas plant at Fall Creek and Northwestern aveniue, this city, for the purpose of experi menting with itihe small gas bags. The Columbia, a 40,000-foot balloon, and •two supply balloons, each of 2,000 feet capacity, were used In the experiment and maneuvering. The aeronauts made a trip of twenty-five miles and say the test of the small balloons proved suc cessful. AUDIENCE ESCAPES FIRE. New York Theater Ruined as Last Act Closed. New York, Dec. 23.—Two minutes be fore the time for the fall of the final curtain on "Three Twins" in the Her ald Square theater last night the house caught -fire, and in less than half an hour was in ruins. By an extraordi nary combination of circumstances there was nothing in the nature .of a panic, and so far "as could be ascer tained no lives have been lost. At the -same time the excitement was such that it threatened to reach perilous proportions until the ready action of the management of the house and the policemen in the vicinity got into play before the arrival of the engines. •Many persons already had left their seats and others were starting for the doors when there was a smell of smoke and aspurt of flame showed on the un der side of the balcony just above tljose who occupied the rear seats of the au ditorium. More people are taking Foley's Kid ney Remedy every year. I tis consid ered to be the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder, troubles that medical science can devise. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects irregularities, builds up worn out tissues and restores lost vitality. It will make you feel well and look vveil. McBride Will Drug company. His Worst. a: "I've just .been congratulating my bibulous iceman on having sworn off," said the doctor. "H'umph," exclaimed the professor ''then he isn't an iceman any longer he's promoted to the water wagon been raised at least to the thirty-third degree." But the doctor didn't see it.* *Er-do you! Taft's Choice of Premier Fleas ing to People of Country Generally CONFIDENT HE WILL MAKE GOOD Knox Makes Heavy Personal Sacrifice in Quitting Senate for Cabinet Po ing Washington from all parts of the as good a secretary of state as Mr. mMr8tKno0xn'is 1 Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form regulates the liver, relieves sick head ache, constipation, stomach, kidney dis orders and acts as a gentle laxative. For chills, fever and malaria. Its tonic effects on the system felt with the first dose. The fl.00 bottle contains 2% times as much as the 50c size. B. A. Morgan's drug store. The Perils of the Deep. (Puck.) Captain Ocean Liner—'What's giving us such a list to starboard? Cargo shifted? First Officer—No, sir the passen gers. A woman has just come out on the promenade deck with a sheath skirt on. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if It fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa ture is on each box. 26c. ni®#s '.*&r with which for years afterwards he fought for the presidency. When Mr. Sherman left the senate in 1897 to enter the McKinley cabinet, he was merely the pawn in a big game of po litical chess being played by Mark Hanna, who wanted a place in the sen ate for himself and shunted poor old Sherman off to the cabinet, '.McKinley consenting under protest. Senate Won't Be Weakened. For the most part, of Jate years, when presidents have gone to the senate for cabinet appointments, .they have made mistakes, weakening themselves In the legislative branch of the government. This was notalbly true of Mr. Cleve land, w-ho It is now generally admitted ought not to .have taken Bayard Lamar and 3arland out of'the senate to com plete his Ckbihet. These men, if left in the senate, might have been able to stem the tide which set in there against Cleveland and caused him so much trouble. The men in question were the democratic .leaders of the senate, and when they were removed there was nobody, on that side of the chamber able to resist the terrific on slaught made by such republicans as Edmunds, Hoar, Sherman, Harrison Ju g-alls and Spooner. In the second Cleveland administration it would have been better, It is now believed, had Mr. Cleveland left Carlisle in the sen ate to defend his policies. Mr. Knox's place in the senate will be acceptably filled by Elihu Root, who is to succeed Thomas C. Piatt, of New York, next Ma.rch. And besides, Mr! Taft has the advantage which Mr. Cleveland did not have, of a strong ma jority of his party In the senate. The "lifting" of Mr. Knox will therefore probably not weaken the senate repub licans materially, while it will strength en the new cabinet. Mrs. McRaney's Experience. Mrs. M. McRane.v, Prentiss, Miss., writes: "I was confined to my bed for three months with kidney and bladder trouble, and was treated by two physi cians but failed to get relief. No hu man tongue can tell how I suffered, and I had given up hope of ever getting well until I began taking Foley's Kid ney Remedy. After taking two bottles I felt like a new person, and feel it my duty to tell suffering women what Foley's Kidney Remedy did for me." IfcBride Will Drug company. %nes» ?te|)(i^ ^fotshallitfxmx tola, gmmxiier 24 i&G8 sition Choice from Upper House Not Always Strongest Knox Wealthy and Able to Do Honors. ISlMtlli Mr. William A. Radford will answer (uostloiVB and slve advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the lubjett of building for the readers of this puper. On account of his wide expe rience as lJdltor, Author and Manufac turer. he is, without doubt, the highest n- i_ wnrrl riach- authority on all these subjects. Address Washington, Dec. 24.-Word rtacn John C. Spooner, the brilliant awet jrom from Wisconsin, probably would make Of course, such a state of affairs at another job before very long. once eliminates such men as John when the farmer in question got Spooner, no matter what their ability ^[g i)eautlful little cottage finished or how useful they might be to an ad- able to do the honors of the American premiership with perfect taste and ability of a high order. The selection is believed to have assured Mr. Taft a successful four years, so far as our relations with the outside world are concerned. Knox Makes Sacrifice. Mr. Knox accepted the offer made by Mr. Taft with a good deal of re luctance, for in these later days a place in the senate is regarded, as a general proposition, as being more de sirable than a place in the cabinet, a complete change from the prevailing opinion existing up to a generation ago. The power of the senate has bpen steadily Increasing with the pa^sjng years, while that of the cabinet has either remained stationary or has act ually diminished, the latter being the case when the presidency is occupied by a man of the vigor of Roosevelt. Most of the distinguished secretaries of state in this country have had pre vious training In the legislative branch of the government, the same as Mr. Knox, and some of them had served in both houses of congress. This was true of the great trio, Webster, Clay and Calhoun, probably the men who adorned the office of secretary of state more than any of their predecessors or successors. When they left legislative office to go into the cabinet, it was generally thought that they 'were being currant bushes, rhubarb roots and a promoted. In 1877 John Sherman left few lnqufrle8 tQ wmlam A. Radford No. l94 country is that the public generally is enclose two-cent stamp for reply. well pleased with the announcement a wealthy farmer solved the farm that Senator Knox, ot Pennsylvania, is help problem by building very pretty to be secretary of state In the Taft cottage houses for his men to live in. cabinet. It Is doubted here if a bet- As an experiment, about two years ago he selected a very attractive spot in ter selection could have been mad,,. Fifth Ave., Chicago. 111., and only one, A book might be written about the I ^jje expense of living In the nations capl-1 por tal, particularly for those in official place, and -how^t at few yardg back the majn road. B)1it jug any and without con- one built a cottag'e like the illustrated. Knox, but :Mr. Spooner was not avail- It Is small, but large enough for the able. It is understood that Mr. Taft purpose. It contains a very pleasant had him in mind, -but was compelled living room, a splendid dining room to look elsewhere, owing to the fact that Mr. Spooner is a poor man, and it takes money, and lots of it, to do the proper things socially here as the chief of cabinet. increasing by leaps and bound*? during the past quarter century. It is from all parts of the country is that enough in this place, however, to say good men will not work on farms, that no man without an Independent! When you look into some of the income, and a large one, can in these houses they are expected to live In luxurious days afford to be a leading y0U and a kitchen downstairs, and they are well arranged both for looks and convenience, aftd a very neat stairway makes connection with the cellar, kitchen, living room .and upstairs and does It without eating very much Into Space required for the rooms, gome rin_ reason farmers have never pa{d much attentlon the houses built for help, and the universal howl can cabinet member, or hope In any way to, costs very little more to build a house become part of social Washington. jj^e p]nnne(j with conveniences The rapid and steady influx of ilonaires who have come to see that Washington is a highly desirable place for winter residence, has entirely al-1 tered the standards of living, and only the rich can do those things which now come to be expected i(yf those In society very readily see why. It ma(je attractive both outside and in, than to put up an awkward look ing shack that any self-respecting woman would be ashamed to live in. If a woman is discontented the man is almost absolutely certain to look for fae happened to meet the very man wealthy and he will be wanted to hire and drove with him to see it. Under pretense of engaging him to'fix up the garden around the new house and plant it with flowers, 0ther the senate to become secretary of the every good farm garden contains, he treasury, but there was a peculiar rea- son for this act on his part. In the 1 •Hayes cabinet he exerted a tremendous influence, owing to the weak and color less administration Mr. Hayes was giv ing the country, and besides he was able to build up a political machine to the roof. He found the neatest, easy-growing staples that man much intere8ted ERICANl HOME In the little house. After the farmer drove away the man went through the house and In spected it carefully from the cellar prettiest little house he had ever seen. It was nicely finished, well painted and neatly papered with good paper having colors that matched properly and looked well together. He found two light comfortable bedrooms and be found a bathroom that would be KITCHEN Dininokoom IX-6'XM*d° Living EODM YtfBLCH ll'OA First Floor Plaftt a credit to a good deal more expensive dwelling. There was a copper tank in the top of the bathroom which was connected with the cistern by a force pump placed in the cellar where it could not freeze or be likely to get out of order. Without saying anything to the boss he brought his wife over the next morning, which was just what the owner of the premises expected, and he made it convenient to happen along that way, while she was there, to con sult with the man about leveling the ground and laying it out to the best advantage. Of course he was very much surprised to find Mrs. Man there but he improved the opportunity to ask her opinion about the window Machines as Jurors. (New York Tribune) The use of a phonograph as a wit ness in court suggests the possibility of using some mechanical devices as jurors in cases where it Seems im- reasons for the disqualification of mere possible for the contending counsel to 1 men. BRADFORD EDITOR shades and a few minor details, when she laughingly told him that she would like to live in just such a house her self. After that negotiations with th man he wanted were easy. I saw him about a year afterwar 1 and he said that woman could not be driven out of the little house. She made the remark to one of the neigh bors that she had never had the use of a regular bathroom before and she never would live without one again. Now. the fact is this house cost about $100 more than one of the plain, awkward affairs that most farmers, build for their married uelp. The rTX KOOfA li'Orxll Second Floor Plan. owner of such a house gets the man he wants, while the owner of a poor house gets the man he dont want and loses him as soon as he can do better elsewhere. One great Improvement er way of making machinery do the work instead of depending so much on hand labor. The projections for the wide win dowa in the dining room and living room are built up with the framework and the labor is very little more. 0( course you cannot add an extra foot to any part of a room without it costing something, but it is quite possible to put on extensions of this kind that are worth a dozen times their extra cost. It marks the difference be tween a well-planned, well-built dwell ing and, the slipshod affairs that are altogether too common. A little house like this, containing five rooms, with the steep roof, neat gable eniis and fashionable front porch, is an ornament to a village lot as well as the farm". It contains a great deal of convenience in propor tion to its size, and there are no small, uncomfortable little rooms such as we find in most small low-cost houses. Spinner Statue to Be Erected. The Gen. Herkimer Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has brought to their town, Herkimer, N. Y., from Washington the long-neg lected statue of Gen. Francis E. Spin ner, treasurer of the United Statea from 1861 to 1875, and it will be erected and unveiled early in the com ing fall. For the last ten years this statue had been stored in the base ment of the Corcoran art gallery, in Washington, and every effort to have it erected on a site near the treasury building has been defeated. The statue is said to be an expression of the grat itude of the women of the country to Gen. Spinner for his services in bring ing about the employment of women as clerks in the departments at Wash ington. Losses Caused by Wrecka. Wrecks reduced the effective mer cantile marine of the world in 1907, according to Lloyd's Register, 86#" ves sels, of 851,224 aggregate tonnage, ex clusive of vessels of less than 100 tons. Great Britain's percentage of loss was the least of all the principal ship owning countries. find satisfactory human beings. Ma chines* do not read newspapers, nor discuss cases with their friends, nor express opinions,' and they thus, at any rate, avoid some of the chief fir to Home. i}*- k.. in .-if this house is the form of triple window used in the larger rooms, which admita so much light and air when you want it and looks much better tban any other window that has ever been built for a small low-cost house. Such win dow frames may be bought ready to nail right into the framework and really cost less than some others that require more hand work. a r-" ifiv, x- a h. 4* It is U'jBoys' anoth- 1?" 1^4/ "-ip „1 "t 1 I *1 «t list H41* "is tV 1 eh 1 4 /i llllllilllllS 1 Ci r™t W vrfrk -i- Ik St SSliSflS When Christmas is over it will again be wash day, ironing day, sewing day and cooking every day. Then remember sell: I"-'- t.VM ONE MINUTE WASHING MACHINE—Made in Newten,. la. Hand and foot power combined make it by far the easiest and fastest machine made. FRONING BOARDS, sleeve boards, all kinds of drying elethes racks, 1, 2, 3 and 5 year guarrantee wringers and our 24-ineh household clothes mangle at 16-00. NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE'S—A full, standard mar/ chine—our guarantee never ceases—$17.00 buys, the Ruby New RANGE3 AND COOK STOVES^—Our- stoW room arid our stove assortment has but very few equals in the state. $22.00 buys a splendid Pleasant Home cook stove, and $57.00 a Malle able with gas attachment -v4 C. F. SCHMIDT, THt. STOVE MAN a, t- I Men's High Lace Boots High Lace Boots Youths" High Lace Boots Vt Little Gents' High, Lace Boots $3.00, $3J0, $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 We can suit you if you see us. The boots will suit you if you Lwill see them. E. G. WALLACE The Shoeist If you want a nice Dress Suit, a warm and comfortable Oyer coat or perhaps a White Dress ^Vest or extra Trousers, we can serve you promptly. Don't put it off until the last minute. »V 1 FRED t4"" HOPKINS SON .r The Popular Tailors stgft wpw*'" .V" sJ" -y A See Our FUR COLLARS. No Nicer Present for Father, Brother or Hubby. I tf
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THE ODEON BU3BY BROS., Owners. W. A. TAPP., Res. Mgr. CHRISTMAS DAY f.v- Matinee and Night THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY HOYT'S A Bunch of Keys (OR THE HOTEL) IN HOLIDAY SPLENDOR THE NEWEST OF NEW SONG HITS THE BRIGHTEST OF BRIGHT FUN B,TS- AN ABSOLUTELY NEW EQUIP 7-4 I MENT. MATINEE PRICES 10 and 25c NIGHT PRICES 25, 35 and 50c SEATS NOW SELLING. Sunday, Dec. 27 -f "-THE SENSATIONAL MELO-DRAMA 1 fe^ RUINED LIVES 5?'' PRESENTED BY The Morgan Stock Co. ''JS ^0- ____ '•N PRICES 10, 20, 30 and 50 cents 1 Seats on Sale Saturday 10 a. m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 'iTHE MUSICAL FARCE-COMEDY The Two Johns iteV THOSE FUNNY FAT FELLOWS THAT FURNISH SIDE-SPLITTING LAUGHTER. PARADE. AT NOON WITH THEIR OWN BAND. PRICES 25, 35 and 50 cents Seats on Sale Monday 10 a. m.' ELITE THEATRE Warm and Comfortable, Produces Best Picture in the State. LAST CHANGE TO SEE INN KEEPER'S REMORSE. 'AND FAKE DQCTOR. Tomorrow Night a Handsome Card CfW: to Each Person. LYRIC WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE NiEW VANDERBILT CUP RACE AND MADAM FLIRT AND HER ADOPTED UNCLE. .(i, A-Comedy. TONIGHT BIJOU THEATRE Vaudeville THE VON SISTERS SINGING,, DANCING, FENCING. jIrry herzel Not a Liar, Simply a Story Teller. ILLUSTRATED SONC THE MOON WON'T TELL ON v.-' 'V*'. YOU.'* H*' MOVING PICTDRE^. OBEYING HER MOTHER GOT A PENNY STAMP LOVE AND FORTUNE ,,v TROUBLESOME FLY ADMISSION 15 and 20c. o~n tvwTl Office seekers with their credentials will soon start White House-ward, many to ^be disappointed. If you are .seeking the best cigars, you will not be disappointed' if you call and try out IMPERIAL, cigars. We make it our business to be careful and particular In Tnanufacturlng our cigars and we I are proud of the faot that .the most particular people of this city make this 1 •their headquarters. Come 'in and try lour smokes. Tou will become a steady Diner. iP1'\*i. 4 COOK'S CIGAR STORE FREMONT BLOCK 22 WEST MAIN giwifs^ubliam. Tbt City in Brief Bijou opens tonight. Geo. J. Allen, optical speoialist. Dr. Wood, eye, ear, throat. Glasses. A good show at the Bijou this eve ning at 7:30. Air. Ciarles Jentsch, of Albion, was in the city today. We will receive Chioago papers as ubual Christmas. C. Deuell's News Depot. A big dance at Forneys hall Christ mas eve. Hot mince pie, sandwiches and coffee. Mr. E. N. Farber left for Davenport Wednesday afternoon to spend Christ mas with his people. Phone 293, Swlsher-Lang Grain com pany, successors to Cook Bros. Grain company, when in need of feed of any kind. Culley's grocery, meat market and •bakery will be open until 10 o'clock to night. Goods delivered after supper. The storu will not be open tomorrow. •Mr. Harold Fox, of Chicago, arrived in the c.ty this morning and went to Union to spend Christmas with his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Fox. Mrs. D. W. Norcis and daughter Ella of Grinnell, arrived Wednesday and are guests at the Norris and Cart wright homes for the holiday season. -The Morgan Stock company will pre sent 'tne sensational melodrama "Ruined Lives" at the Odeon Sunday evening, Dec. 20. Prices 10, 20, 30 and 50 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Brown, of Waukesha, Wi^., arrived in the city Wednesday, and are guests at the home of Mr. Brown's sister, Mrs. Dorr Lamb. ix -t -rv. Mr. T. Fred Jones left for Mapleton this morning to spend Christmas at the hone of Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs. Lyons, J.nd where Mrs. Jones has been for a week. Mr. Thomas H. Meickley, who is at tending Chicago University, arrived In the city this morning to spend the win ter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Meickley. Miss llo Thatcher, of Cedar Falls, spent th«s day in the city as the guest of Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Force, being on her way to Zearing to spend Christmas with her. parents. Mr. Harold Woodward, son of Mr. anc^ Mrs Elmer Woodward, is home from Minneapolis, where he is a stu dent at the University^ of Minnesota, to spend the holiday vacation. E. G. Schroeder, physical director in charge of the gymnasium work of the state university, arrived in the city Wednesday. Later in the day Mr. Schroeder went to Des Moines to spend Christmas with friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sandoe were host an-J hostess to a company of four teen friends at bridge, Tuesday eve ning, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Moore, who leave in a few1 days for Australia. A dainty lunch was served, following cards. Miss Clara Cripps, who has been in Cedar Falls for a few days visiting with Professor and Mrs. E. J. Cable, returnee home Tuesday evening. Miss Cripps went to Cedar Falls especially to hear the concert given by the Maud Powell trio last Friday evening. Words! from Los Angeles, Cal., to friends here, announces the birth of a son to Mr. and ,Mrs. W. J. Rice, of Cashmere. Wash. Mrs. Rice was for merly Miss Carolyn Gilman, of this \city. Tie young man has been chris tened William Jackson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ricte are ^pending the. winter at Los Angeles. Hoyt':5. "A Bunch of Keys" will be the, attraction at the Odeon for two performances Christmas day.' The cast includes clever farce comedy favorites, catchy songs, charming dances, big novelty acts. Up-to-date specialties are among 'the. pleasing features offered by the attraction. Prices 25, 35 and 50 cer.ts. Matinee 10 and 25 cents. 'Mr. and Mrs. James Hunger. 301 North Third avenue, gave a luncheon in 'honor of itlieir third anniversary Tuesday afternoon. The guests were Mrs. Bormey, Mrs. Wallace Hicken looper,- Mrs. Charles Kunert, Mrs. I. E. Hubler, Mrs. Hans Peterson and Mrs. Joe Khile. The husbands were enter tained with their wives in the even ing. To those who have negotiated with Santa Clans I wish a very Merry Christmas and offer my thanks for the exceptional .patronage I have enjoyed during this Christmas rush and even to those who have not favored me with their trade I send the same pleasant greetings'with thanks also for We could not have waited on any more custom ers if we had tried. William Hellberg. A number ot the young people from this cit/y who are attending the state univers'.ty, Iowa City, arrived home to spend the Christmas vacation at their respective homes or with friends. Those who reached the city today were Frank Whinery, Walter Mead, Otis Johnson. Albert Hull, James Chinn, and Chauncey Strauss and Misses Lola Scott and Gertrude Gregory. Mr.- Mead will toe the guest of Mr. Albert Hull. The innual meeting of the Ladies' auxiliary to the Railroad Y. M. C. A., was held at the home of Mrs. Stewart Eason, 7 North Fifth street, Tuesday afternoon. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. George Smith first vice president, Mrs. W. G. Kane second vice president, Mrs. W. P. Flower: corresponding secretary, Mrs. T. B. Haines recording secretary, Mrs. L. H. Coryell, and treasurer,.Mrs. N. F. Miller. A large number of tfte members of Banner lodge, No. 123, are planning to go .to !3t. Anithony on the evening of Jan. 9 ,to exemplify the work of the degrees during the Initiation of a large ciass that the St Anthony lodge is going' to initiate. The local lodge has bean asked to officiate, and if satisfactory, arrangements can be made a special train to carrv the local Odd Fallows may be put on. /SyK USSIS Victoria open tonight. Dr. Burkart, osteopath, 302 W. Main. Don't fail to attend the opening of the Bijou theater this evening. A big dance at Forney's hall Christ mas eve. Hot mince pie, sandwiches and coffee. Mr. E. B. McRill, of Albion, left for Phoenix, Ariz., Wednesday night to vis it for a month with his son, Aaron Mc Rill. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Calhoun left for Chicago Tuesday night to spend Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. E. H. Uhl. Mrs. W. F. Redel left for Newton this morning to be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ferguson. Mr. Redel will join his wife tonight. Dr. and Mrs. F. P. Lierle and family left for Norwalk this morning to spend Christmas with Dr. Lierle's parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. i. A. Lierle. A license to wed was granted at Des Moines Wednesday to Charles O. Dag ue, of Gilman, aged 40, and Irene T. Gill, of Des Moines, aged 36. I sincerely wish all my numerous pajtrons, including the traveling men, a very happy Christmas. C. Deuell, news dealer and train caller. Culley's grocery, meat market and bakery will be open until 10 o'clock to night. Gopds delivered after supper. The store will not be open tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hapgood, of Boston, Mass., are In the city to spend the holidays at the home of the latter's parents, Col. and Mrs. T. D. McElroy. Miss Gail West, the reader with the Cornell College glee club, who has been the guesrt: of Miss Ruby Hayzlett for the past few days, left this morning for Mt. Vernon. Miss Marie Shove, who is studying kindergarten work at the University of Chicago, arrived in the city Wednes day morning to visit during the holidays at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Shove. Mr. W. P. Hughes, business manager of the Times-Republican, left for Sa bula this morning to join Mrs. Hughes, who has been there for a short time with her parents. Mr. Hughes will re turn soon after Christmas. Mr. James Meigs, of it-he University of Chicago, will arrive in the city this evening to spend the Christmas vaca tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Church Meigs. 'Mr. Merrill (Meigs, of Chicago, will come In the morning. Mr. and 'Mrs. Glen G. Buck, and son Bfnford, of Omaha, arrived in the city Wednesday night, and are guests at •the Thaddeus Binford home. Mrs. Buck and babe -will remain for a few weeks, and Mr. Buck will be here over Christ mas. F. O. Anderson, of 104 North Thir teenth street, tiled suit against his neighbor, Fred Russie, asking for dam ages of $165. which he alleges to have sustained when a, bull, belonging to Russie, broke out and attacked and in jured a cow, belonging to Anderson. Miss Kate Moore, who has been in Waterloo for the past three and oner half years, in the employ of her brothers, in the Moore Moore lum ber business, has returned to this city and taken a position in the offices of the Marshall Telephone company. While engaged in operating an elec tric sausage machine at the Pepper market Tjuesday, R. P. Nutter, 8 West North street, got his left hand in the knives, and lost the index, middle, and ring fingers. Mr. Nutter is resting as comfortably as coul^be expected to day. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Turner and the letter's mother, Mrs. Emma Lodge, of near Hartland, and Miss Lou Hole, of this city, left this morning for Cali fornia, where they will remain for probably a year. They Mil live at the home in Pasadena, which Mr. Turner, purchased during a previous stay in California. Local theatergoers, who remember 'having heard Anna Eva Fay, in mind reading tests here a few seasons ago, will be interested in the knowledge tihru the press dispatches of tlie suicide o'f John T. Fay, Mrs. Fay's husband. Mr. Fay -was here with his wife wiien the latter appeared at the Odeon. Genera/1 Manager Charles H. Ackert, of the Southern railroad, accompanied by Mrs. Ackert and the latter's sister, Miss Ida Dug&n, will arrive in the city Saturday morning from Washington, D. C., and will remain over Sunday at the homes of Mr. A-ckert's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Ackert, and Mrs. Mar garet Ackert, sister of Mrs. 'C. H. Ack ert and Miss Dugan. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hixson, 12 South Fifth avenue, are entertaining at a family holiday house party, several guests from a distance. Enjoying the week in the city are Mrs. Edward Bac ker and daughters, Ma.ry and Margar et, of Moosejaw, Canada Mrs. Louisa Lee and Mrs. Emma Mclntyre and sons William and Archie of Mt. Vernon, and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Willard and son Frank, of Wallace, N. D. Mr. Stanley Moore, formerly of this city, who has retail lumber interests in Waterloo, but who has been in Cal ifornia for several months where he has been in 'business with John F. At kinson, a former well known contractor of the- city, reached here this morning from Waterloo. Mr. Moore will remain here for .a few days, when he will re turn to Waterloo to close up his busi ness affairs, preparatory to going to California to remain permanently. The Concordia nahebu-nd was en tertained Wednesday afternoon by Miss Pauline Banzihaf, 312 E&s-t State street. It was .the annual meeting, and all -the officers, with the exception of .treasurer, were re-elected, as follows: .President, Mrs-. Will Block vice president, Mrs. Dieterich secretary, Mrs. Peter 'Mayer treasurer, Mrs. F. S. Wldl- Mrs. Block, who is entering upon iher third term as president, was presented with a pretty Rebekah pin- of gold. An enjoyable family reunion of the Williams sisters will take place in this city on Christmas day at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. F. -E. Wheeler, 304'/i West State street. Some of the sisters hav«l not seen one another for ten years, and at the gathering all tout one of the family will be present. Tihose who will -be guests of their sister, Mrs. Wheeler, are -Mrs. J. W. Lyman, of Omaha Mrs. D. K. Buren, of Earl ville, 111. and Mrs. H. C. Wasson, of Cedar Rapids. The remaining sister i* Mrs. L. K. Alder, of A ins worth. Neb. Mr. Wasson will accompany his wife to the city. Ttmsa-flepuMicait, ',:TIKsEShalttmutt.. tow® Dr. Lierle, glasses fitted. Dr. Bullard, osteopath, 15 West Main. A big dance at Forney's hall Christ mas eve. Hot mince pie, sandwiches and coffee. Mr. and Mrs. Anthur Martin will go to Cedar Rapids this evening for a week's visit with Mr. Martin's parents. Mr. and Mrs. 11. D. Huston left Wednesday night for Lawrence, Mich., where they will spend the holidays. Mr. John L. Shewmaker leaves in the morning for Des Moines, and from there to St. Louis to spend the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Brand leave to night for Chieag^ to spend Christmas with Mrs. Brand's sister, Mrs. Lena Staat. iMrs. S. B. Chapman went to Oska loosa Wednesday to visit for a few days at the home of her son, Mr. F. M. Chapman. Mr. Everett Wilson, a student at Cornell College, who formerly lived here, is in the city to spend Christmas with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hughes and children left for Lehig-h Wednesday ito visit until after Christmas at the home of Mrs. Hughes' parents. Mrs. O. F. Hastings, of McDonald, Kas., arrived in the city Wednesday, and will be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. E. Peejv, for a few days. •Messrs. William and Elmer Ftfster, of Seattle, Wash., arrived in .the city Wednesday, and wilP spend the holi days with their mother, IMrs. L. L. Ash, 801 West 'State street. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Cox, of Drink water, Saskatchewan province, Can., arrived in the city Wednesday to visit for about three months at the home of their son, Mr. A. L. Cox, and with oth er relatives. Mrs. F. J. Young, 811 South Third avenue, entertained her Sunday school class of young ladies at a Christmas tree. Gifts were on the tree for each of the young people. A unique pro gram was given. Having just closed the largest holi day business in many years, we take this opportunity ito thank our friends for their liberal patronage and to wish one and all a very "merry Christmas." Simmons' Book Store. Mr. B. F. ICinnan, father of Dr. H. A. Kinnan, is a patient In St. Thomas hospital where he is being treated. Mr. Kinnan, who is 74, is suffering from heart trouble. 'His condition is at pres ent slightly improved. Chaplain Jesse Cole, of the soldiers' home, left for Ireton this morning to spend Christmas with -Mrs. Cole and their daughter, Mrs. F. S. Wing, and family. Mrs. Cole has been visiting with her daughter for several weeks. Mr. Carl Kent, an instructor in Carleton College, Northfleld, Minn., who has been in the city with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Volney Kent for a few days, went to Des Moines Wed nesday evening to be witih Mrs. Kent, who is at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Woodward and children, of Des Moines, came to the city Wednesday evening and went to near Lamoille to spend Christmas with Mr. Woodward's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Woodward. Mr. Woodward spent today hunting rabbits near Quarry. Miss Ruth Part low, 311 West Church street, entertained eight of her girl friends at a Chrisitmas party, Wednes day evening. The fireplace was ap propriately decorated as a receptacle for the gifts which were exchanged, and games were indulged in. Refresh ments in three courses were served. Superintendent J. A. Heether, of the Memphis division of the Southern railway, accompanied by Mrs. Heether, arrived in the city this morning from •Memphis, Tenn., and are guests at the home of Mrs. .Heether's sisters, Mrs. •Charles J*. McCombs, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Hc-ether will remain for a few days' visit. Mr. Harvey Griffin, who is a stu dent at the University of Missouri, ar rived yesterday from Columbia, and will spend' his Christinas vacation with his mother, Mrs. Minnie Payne Griffin. Mr. Eduardo Creel, son of tho vice president of -the Mexican republic, who is a student at Ames, will arrive Christmas morning to be Mr. Griffin's guest. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Gehm, and son Harry, of St. Louis, arrived in the city this morning to visit with Mrs. Gehm's mother, Mrs. Julia Upson, and sisters, Mrs. Ella .Stoddart and Mrs. Chloe Bloomfleld. Mrs. J. R. Cavanagh and husband, of Indianapolis, are expected this evening to visit with Mrs. Cav anagh's mother, Mrs. Upson and her sisters, Mesdames Gehm, Stoddart and Bloomfleld. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Upson, of Portland, Ore., are in the city visit ing with the former's mother and sis ters. This Picture framing at Simmons' store. Rev. Olaus Qualon. was In Dunbar Wednesday. Mr. C. L. Haas, of Union spent Wed nesday in the city. Mr. W. T. Bennett was in Ackley Wednesday on business. Mr. G. F. Stansberry, of Gilman, spent Wednesday night in the city on business. Chairman N. S. ICetchum, of the Iowa railroad commission, is in the city to spend Christmas at home. Tho body of George W. lleagny, who died at the soldiers' home, was senit to Missouri Valley this morning for bur ial. Miss Mary C. Middlekauff left for Minneapolis Wednesday 'to visit until after Christmas with her sister,..jMrs. W. C. Burleigh. Misses Madge and Delia Shewmaker go to Toledo this evening to spend Christmas with their sister, who is a teacher in the Indian school of .that, place. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pletscher leave this evening for Moline, 111., where .they will visit for about a week at the home of Mr. Pletscl\er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pletscher. Mr. William H. Long, secretary to President A. W. Harris, of Nonthwest ern university, will arrive this evening to spend his Christmas vacation at •the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Long. Mrs. Charles Eckles, of Taylor town ship, left Wednesday for sterling, 111., to visit for perhaps two weeks with her mother. Senator Eckles ex pects to join Airs. Eckles in Sterling in about a week. Mrs. J. D. Mason, of State Center, left Wednesday for a visit with her sis ters and brothers in Louisville and oth er towns in Kentucky. She will also visit in Knoxville. Tenn., and RicliV mond, Va., before she returns. Mrs. L. W. Bonney of 114 North Third avenue, entertained the E. P. club yesterday afternoon. After tho business meeting a social hour was spent, after which the hostess served a light lunch assisted by Mrs. Cunert Messrs. Alonzo Ordway and John Raich, students at the University of Wisconsin, arrived in the city .this morning to spend the Christmas vaca tion with their respective parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ordway and Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Balch. LOOK FOR C. G. W. SHAKEUP. Minneapolis Paper Believes Operating Department Will Show Changes. In commentmg on the appointment of H. G. Burt, as receiver of the Chi cago Great Western railroad, the Min neapolis Journal of Wednesday even ing sajts:: "Now that H. G. Burt Is receiver of the Great Western railroad, railroad men generally believe that there will be a shake-up of the entire operating force. This is because Mr. Burt, in his report to the Engllsn stockholders before he became receiver, found fault with the management of the road. It is also believed that ths current rumor of the sale of -the road to the Soo-Pacific system has some basis. It is the general belief 'that the Great Western will pay better If part of a greater system." ALL TRAVELING MEN. Committee Urges That All Attend the Party Saturday Evening. The committees having charge of the arrangements for the traveling men's party at -the Pilgrim Saturday evening wish to urge all traveling men In the city to make plans to attend and to bring their wives, sweethearts, etc. The committee is unable to get n-aimes and addresses of all and were unable, therefore, to send formal invitations to everyone. All, however, arc invited and urged to attend. It will beian informal affair and you are sure to have a good time. Be on hand Saturday evening, Dec. 26. Evening CHAFING DISHES, SCISSOR SETS, MANICURE SETS, TAB LIE CUTLERY, SAFETY RAZORS, HEARING POSTPONED. Railroad Commissioners Delay Testi mony on C. G. W. Train. The hearing before the Iowa railroad commission Tuesday, relative to the placing in service of the local' passen ger trains on the C. 'G. W. out of this city was postponed. No time was s^t for the adjourned session. California-Mexico. A series of first class personally es corted all-expense tours from twenty one to fifty-three days' duration, have been arranged by the tourist depart ment of the Chicago, Union Pacific Northwestern line to include Old Mex ico, California and Colorado via a choice of the most desirable routes, leaving Chicago and other points dur ing the months of January and Feb ruary, 1909. Direct southern routes are used to Calfornia and Old Mexico, re turning thru California, Utah and Col orado. Also going via New York and We can still please you in useful and suitable Christinas gifts. We will- make a low price on the following: NICKLIEPLATED WARE, CARP/ENTERS' TOOLS, ALUMINUM WARE, GUNS, HUNTING COATS, SLEDS, SKATES, ATHLETIC CLOTHING, POCKET KNIVES, INDOOR BALL^r GUN CASE'S. HORNE GELVIN siifiKSiiiiiiis ti® steamship to New Orleans. Correspond ence solicited. Address or call on S. A. Hutchison, manager tourist depart ment, Chicago, Union Pacific North western line, 212 Clark street, Chica go. HOLIDAY HOURS AT POSTOFFICE Windows Open at 9, and Will Remain Open Until All Are Served. Tho postoffice force will observe hol Hday hours on Christmas day, and the window service will begin at o'clock. It is important, however, that all patrons should not be on hand4-at that time, or a jam will result in the lobby. The windows .will remain open until all patrons are served, which will be practically the entire forenoon. Christmas at St. Paul's. Holy communion at 8 a. m.. second celebration with sermon at 10:30 a. m. The following is the musical program of the second service: Prof. hymn. "O, Come All Ye 'Faithful"—Monk in C. "Kyrie"—Monk In C. "Gloria"—.Monk in C. "Gratiaf"—Monk in- C. "'Surfam Corda"—Monk in C. "Benedictuf"—.Monk in C. "Agnus Dei"—Monk in C. Offertory, "Let Us Now Go Even Unto Bethlehem"—Steane. ".Gloria in Excelsif"—Gregorian. Communion hymn'. "Here O iMy Lord I .See Thee Face to Face." Recessional hymn, "Hark the Her ald Angels Sing." All are welcome. Licensed to Wed. J. Louis Collins, farmer, aged 24, of this city and Claudia A. Graves, aged 21, of Albion. Gilbert La Collins, farmer, aged 42, of Fullerton, Neb., and Mrs| Alice B. Stouffer, aged 36, of this city. Robert L. Miller, farmer, aged 24 and Ora E. Arney, aged 17, both of' Fer guson. James L. Botts, farmer, aged 21, and Lucy C. Gately, aged 19, both of Lis comb. George A. Barnes, printer, aged 22, of Oelwein, and Pearl H. Owens, aged 19, of Geneva, 'Neb. To My Patrons. The Metropolitan Suit club will be closed for two weeks as I am compelled to go to the hospital for an operation. I hope to have the shop open again by that .time with competent help under my direction. If the members will b^ar with this temporary Interruption I will appreciate the favor and endeavor to return the favor by increased efficiency in the future. Thanking you in ad vance. MRS. IDA HAZELBAKER. Owl Christmas Dance FRIDAY NIGHT, DEC. 25. At Forney's hall. Jones' orchestra. Good floor. Everybody come. Ladies free. EVENING TICKETS 50 CENTS. HSBlftll CHRISTMAS GREETINGS -For all the children whose hearts we hope will be made happy as well as to all the grown ups we wish a merry Christmas and glad New Year. And for the liberal patronage whiich has been accorded us the past year we extend our thanks with .the promise to •nerit its continuance. 'v MARION GARD Mother, Wife, Sister* Daughter or BabyJIfu SEE US -1 -""'si1* 216-218 E. Main Originator of Low Prices on fVtil Built Furniture -'i •i f- -V S t-i 9-t PUBLIC SALES WENDELL P. MAULSBY Auctioneer I have no other business. Leave dates and get infor mation at Times-Republican offic*. Residence 'phone 632 T.-R. 'phone 130. j) Monday, Dec. 28.—D. D. Howe,11 mile north of Fer guson. "V/* *Y Tuesday, Dec. 29.—John W. INeisefe, 2 miles east of Green Mountain. Closing out sale. ^1 Thursday, Dec. 31.—A. D. .Summers, 3% miles south east of Marshalltown. if*,1 *•'f'* yw -"r I J" L. S* v., V" jr.-y 'I'** !w J* -i--n ISf You Want a Nice Present For Wm N It 'J? ,r "X* "V #ti3 1 v- vgi
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:p--:W& £p V* a ft* ft 1 I ^41 1 W T° Stop a cough In gf| Hurry. Of all the "best things" to do for a cougth, the following home-made remedy will be found by far the most efTectflve. The sooner St is taken, of course, the better but even deep-seated coughs usually yield readily after a few doses. Here is "the recipe Granulated Sugar Syrup...13% oz. Stfi^ei 2% oz. Put the 2% ounces of Pinox (50 cent*? worth) in a clean pint bot tle, and till up with Granulated. Sugar Syrap, made as follows: Take A pint of Granulated Sugar, add cup water, heat and let boil Just a moment. Take a fteaspoon ful every one, two or three hovifs, as required. Simple ae it Is, there is positive ly nothing better for the purpose. The recipe makes a full plnit, .enough to last the whole family a long time. Kept well corked, tit never spoils. The taste Is so pleas ant that children take it readily without the usual' struggle. Pin ex, as you probably know, Is the most valuable concentrated compound of Norway White Pine Extract. It Is rich in guaiacol and other elements which have made pine woods of Norway famous in the cure of consumption. Your druggist has it, or if out of it, will gladly get it for you on request. In making this recipe avoid the many weaker pine oil and pine tar preparations use the real CPlnex Itself. .Granulated Sugar makes the best syrup. i~ a'.'/j,"' If you are looking for real Piano values, come to the store that is running on the smallest expense of any store in Marshalltown. |,f Visit us before you buy, t:. you will be surprised at 4 the extent and variety of our stock and our low V- prices. We make a spec ialty of STRICTLY HIGH GRADE ARTISTIC PIANOS N and our stock includes CROWN, STORY CLARK, B. P. NELSON, 1 iGEARHARDU AND MANY OTHERSjl we do not save you money do not buy. HENRY. LEVITT PIANO Cft. 22 East Main St. Write lor Catalog if you cannot call. VjiLa 1 il.3 th lut CHARMING remembrances Christmas may had by giving an order for PHOTOGRAPHS. The pictures them selves will make most acceptable gifts. Mounted In one of* our new folders they will be delightful. But it takes time to make good photo graphs. The ear.ler you come and sit the better it will be. Come today. ''v, U. M. STONES! REE1 PHOTOGRAPHER Over 5 Weit Main Street SIMKINS ESTEL v. Licensed Embalmers PARLORS AT GARD'S BIG FURNI TURE STORE,V 5.-r •r •i '"MtM II S1fi»218 EAST MAIN. Underclothing Made of Flour Sacking Covered One Family Found by Charity SHE "GOES TO BED HUNGRY" Poverty of Two 'Families Reaches Back ta Tragedy Which Cost a Life—Des titute' Old Woman Dates Her Age to the Potato Famin* in Inland—Other Cases, .i ^rom individuals who have inter ested themselves in the oonditions of tha destitute of the city come some moving stories of dire poverty and need. One kindly disposed woman went oi'.t to seek for herself a case where she might be of present assistance. She found it. A family destitute of food and clothing, a woman a young girl and other children whose underclothing hud been extemporized of the muslin ir. which millers sack their flour and whose outer garments were utterly un lit to 'protect them against even the open weather of the present excep tional season. She saw with her eyes and was horrified. She had found an outlet for her charitable impulses, a stimulant to the action that followed before she rested that night and that brought decent clothing, warmth and food to that family as quickly as speed could carry them. Take the case' of the man and wife •living in the Third ward the husband palsied and old, the wife a cripple. How are these people to get along. They get help from the ceunty, but is the cold charity thus dispensed sufficient for hese old people whose misfortunes and ?joverty seem greater than they can bear and go on living? The Man With the Broken Back Take the case of the man in the First who has lain helpless from (paralysis since his back was broken toy a fait while earning his Jiving as a carpenter two year's ago. Doesn't such a case re quire of the individual citizenship ot Marshalltown some human sympathy and special attention? Family Is Scattered. Take the case of the scattered fam ily, one child In the hospital, another sick in another place, the mother stay ing at a home in this city and the father in an adjoining town. Poor, poor to the last degree of poverty. Isn't this something we should know? A Pitiful Case in Wie Fifth. There is a family (aCross the creek" visited yesterday by a man, not of the T.-R. force, but employed by this pa per to make investigations. The head of the family is ill with pneumonia and has been ill for some time. He was hejd on a charge of manslaughter, be tween thrfee and four months in jail, acquitted and released a few days ago to go home and succumb to this Illness, Here was the earning capacity of •the head of the family cut off for nearly a third of a year during his busiest season. They are in dire straits. Thfe county helps, but there are many things needed for a man 111 with dan gerous disease that the county does not furnish. It is stated that kerosene !b not furnished. It is not necessary to say that there are no electric or gas fixtures in this home across the creek and no ability to pay for current or gas If there were. The question suggests Itself "how is a sick man to be prop erly attended to in. the dark? Along the same line of suggestion, how is a sick man to be properly fed? It doesn't matter much about who the man is or what he may be individually while he lies at the point of death and his family are in want, does It? Goes to Bed Hungry. A washerwoman with three children over in the First ward says she goes to bed hungry. Think of ithat when you sit down to table tomorrow. No, don't think of it, It tnay spoil the flavor of the turkey and cloud the happy faces about your board. Think of it today, and you won't need to think of it tomorrow, if you do what your sin cere Impulses urge you to do. This woman has an income of $1.50 a week. She pays $5 a month rent. Her oldest girl works. She and the children need underwear and food. And tomorrow is Christmas! A Survivor of the "Potato Famine." Here is an old old woman in the Fourth, alone, feeble and poor. She doesn't know how old she is, but as a child remembers when the potato crop failed in her birthplace, Ireland. She needs food and fuel and clothes. Why, when this old decrepit and hungry old' woman was a child, America sent ship loads of potatoes to the succor of famr ine-stricken Ireland. Shall we refuse food and warmth to her. now in the country her childish experience taught was the richest and warmest hearted on the globe? Tragedy and Pathos. Here is another case tragically con nected with one given above, the widow of a man slain :by the man held for manslaughter and now sick with pneu monia. She has four children, three boys, the oldest 11, the youngest 4, and a girl of 6. Th6y all lack under wear. They need coal and flour. She has not applied to the county, but is doing her best 46 keep "off the town." How about this case? Isn't she wor thy of personal aid that does not carry a stigma? There is material for the sociologist in the sad and bloody his tory of her sorrows and need. Per haps to every voter some sense of re sponsibility must attach. The T.-R.'s Intent. The original -intention on the part of the newspaper in calling public atten tion to the poor and needy was to prompt people to givel their personal attention -to cases of distress within their own acquaintances, but the In ability of many busy men to know who were in need has sent money to this office unsolicited and the inability of the newspaper men to know as much about worthy oases as they should, made it absolutely necessary to em ploy the service of people who do know the poor. -Mrs. Whitehead has -bad ex perience in the work and she has been employed by the Times-Republican to Investigate cases of reported distress and ascertain what is needed, whether clothing or food. Likewise Mr. Straub in his mission work has been doing volunteer charity work and knows the nedey first handed. He, too, is investi gating cases and reporting new ones and is compensated for his time by the T.-R. Only in this manner can money be spent wisely. But this will last only temporarily. Where are the churches? Why do not they maintain a union charities association and appeal to the public for support. They would be sur prised to learn how they could open the pockets of the ungodly for the purpose. Comparison is Odious. The above cases are a few of those latest reported to the T.-R. Let the citizens remember that tomorrow is Christmas and that two very compe tribute, themselves under supervision, such aid as may be contrib uted by the charitable. From three persons outside the city have come a total of $S0, from four within the city contributions amounting to $42 have been reecived. The T.-R. does not, of course, know how much has been dis pensed directly by individuals, but it does know that there are a number of men in Marshalltown who are as able If they were as willing to match the $•50 clieck and whose fortunes and in comes are vastly in excess of that of the open-hearted fellow who rushed his $25 down from Minneapolis with the injunction as to secrecy. A Mar shalltown man whose gross salary is $2,200 a year, haded in his check for $5, but -the $100 checks of the rtien with the $SO,ftOO incomes from abso lutely safe investments, are conspicu ous by their absence. So are the $50 checks from those with-the $15,000 in comes. Notably, also those for $25 from the $7,500 incomes. This Is not in criticism but the suggestion Is irresistable that If the three contribu tors from out of the city overbalance those at home who have felt It a duty or a privilege to offer the destitute their assistance in this movement, some one might Infer that Marshall town's loss when these good men moved away was greater than she has heretofore been able to realize. CHRISTMAS FOR MANY *rt' Iowa Central Pays Out in Marshall town Over $11,000 More Than It Did in November, 1907—Total Payroll for Month, $36,736.48. The big payroll of the Iowa Central which has just been disbursed by Agent F. H. McCarl, will mean many a "Merry Christmas" in Marshalltown. Larger by over $11,000 was the wage money paid out for the month just past than dur ing -the corresponding period of last year.* The Central paid out in Marshall tow® for November tabor and services performed, -the magnificent sum of $36,736.48,' "an Increase, of ,^11,631.70 for the same month last year. MARRIED. Barnes-Owen*. Mr.George A. Barnes, a printer of Oelwein, and Miss Pearl' H. Owens, of Geneva, Neb., we^e married at the of fice of the officiating justice, I. S. Mil lard at 8 o'clock "Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes expect to live In Belle Plaine. -vi Botts-Gately. Mr. James L. Botts, and Miss Xucy C. Gately, both of Liscomb, weremar ried by Justice I. S. Millard at his of fice Wednesday afternoon. iMr. Botts is a farmer. The couple will live near Lis comb. Vi C- 1 Latch-Lornzen. iMr. Winfield C. Latch, of Ames, and Miss Mildred Lornzen, of Schaller, were married at the office of the officiating justice, I. S. Millard, Wednesday. Mr. iLatch is a barber. He and his bride went to Ames where they will live. BERRIMAN SOME BETTER. Springfield Man Still in 8erious Condi tion Result of Fall. Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Welles re ceived a message .today from Spring field announcing that there was n6 ma terial change in the condition pf .their son-in-law, George R. Berrlmftn/ who was badly Injured by being thrown from his horse Sunday afternoon. The patient can be roused at times, but im mediately lapses back Into the stupor that has been prevalent ever since the injury to his head. At noon yesterday he was able to swallow for the first time and this Is considered a good indication. While Mr. Berrlman's physicians will not commit themselves as to the out come, they do declare the symptoms more favorable. OPEN TILL NOON The Hull Company Store Will Be Open Until Noon on Christmas Day —Last Chance. For the benefit of those who ar«'un able to make purchases of Christmas presents until late, we will keep our store open on Christmas morning for their benefit. We still have many fine copyrighted books -that are always nice gifts. Drop in and look them over. THE HULL COMPANY. SPINAL FEVER AGAIN.' Babe at Prairieville Dies After Illness of Only Four Hours. The first case of cerebro spinal men ingitis this winter resulted fatally Wednesday evening at Prairieville, in Taylor township, when Lloyd Mdnroe, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jj M. Smith, died at 6 o'clock after an illness of only four hours. Mr. Smith Is employed by William Reed, a farmer. The body was 'burled this morning In the Prairieville cemetery. OPENS TONIGHT. Bijou Theater Will Open This Even ing With a Good Bill. The Bijou, which has been closed for some time will open again this evening and an invitation is extended to all who like a good, clean show to come. i,%, 4 vr Toler Returns to This City a Free Alau—is a Happy Family GO HOME TO MONMOUTH, ILL. Toler and His Wife Have Nothing But Words of Praise for the People of Toledo—Toler Will Report to Central for Duty—May Return Kara to Work for Company. For the first time since late in the afternoon of July 13, when lie came from work, got his supper, and started for the Railroad Y. M. C. A., and while on his way shot and killed George W. Davies, W. D. Toler, of Monmouth, 111., who was acquitted at Toledo Tuesday afternoon, set foot in this city a free man. Not only is he free but he is hap py—happy with the joy of a man who has been denied his freedom for more than five months while he faced the possibility of years of imprisonment •then was set free to go where he willed and to return to his home and family. He was not alone in his happiness, for with him were his wife, whose allot ment of suffering and fear for the fu ture has been more than usually -a-.s upon one woman to bear, and his two daughters, Ruth and Mabel. Happy Family Goes Home. ,l( Perhaps nowhere in the land %as there a happier family going home for Christmas than the little group of father, mother and two daughters, who waited at the union tsation this morn ing to take the train to Monmouth. They were going home. Back to the home Aljhich the father left, a ha.ppy and contented man last July, leaving behind a loving wife and daughters, who were to be summoned here a few days later by the news that their hus band and father was held in jail for murder. They were all going home the father to again provide for his family the wife and mother, filled with joy at bis return. Wife Is "Oh So Happy." l:£ They were all so happy, "Oh so very happy," said Mrs. Toler to a feporter who bade them good bye and a Merry Christmas. Every line of her face showed her joy. The father, who ap pears to be a quiet undemonstrative man, expressed with feeling his joy at regaining his freedom. "Glad, you bet I am glad," said Toler as he grasped the reporter's hand. "Well I should think I am." "This will be the best Christ mas my family and I have ever known." he said in response to a ques tion relative to the timeliness of his acquittal and the celebration of Christ mas. The family expects to spend to morrow with relatives living in the country near Monmouth. Toler to Report to Company. In reply to a question regarding his planst for the future Toler said "My plans are as yet uncertain. We are go ing home, and from there we will go at once to the country to spend a week with my folks. After that I shall report to Master Mechanic Gossett for duty. I have no idea where 'he will assign me." •Asked If he would return to this olty If assigned to duty here, Toler sold that he, would. But he has no idea where the company will place him. He is anxious to return tol work, to re gain the financial ground he has lost during his confinement. Cost of Trial Heavy. "It's put me on the hummer," was the way Toler expressed the burden the expense of his defense had| been to him. .'It cost me $1,160, and it has taken most of mrhat I have got/' he said, "and for more than five months I have drawn no wages." "When I came here I expected as soon as I got settled to move my fam ily to Marshalltown and buy a home, but I don't know now whether I could or not if I was returned here to work," he said. Appreciates Kindness Shown Him. Both Toler and' Mrs. Toler had the warmest words of praise for the very many who had been kind to them dur ing their trial. They were especially grateful to the people of Toledo, who had shown them every consideration during their short stay there. Toler said the treatment Sheriff Vest, of Tama county, and his good wife, ac corded him while he was in jail in Toledo, could not have been better or more considerate. "Why, the first supper I was given there was of fried oysters) and other things equally as good," Toler said. "Mrs. "Vest Is so kind hearted she trle^ to do all she oan for the prisoners in the jail, and say, she Is a good cook." He also spoke in appreciation 'of the treatment he had received here while in the custody of Sheriff C. iS. Hut son. A few friends, whom the wife and daughters have made during their stays in this city, were at the depot to wish the family good-bye and a merry Christmas as the train pulled out that bore them back home. DONATIONS HAVE BEEN GOOD. Dozen Families Made Happy With Things Collected at Library. About a dozen families were visited this morning and given aid with -the donations of clothing, food, toys, etc., that have been left at the public li brary, several aiding in the work of sorting and getting the things ready for distribution. A number of mer chants and others have responded, some with cash donations. Among the things calculated to especially delight the children, was .the candy, thirty-four pounds, contributed by the Letts, Flet cher company, and toys by John B, Simmons. Over fifty sacks of candy were put up from the former donation. The library has been given a festive appearance by four handsome holly wreaths, given !by Mr. P. S. Balch. Local Weather Record. Wednesday's maximum temperature was 41, the same as the day before. The minimum last night was 25, cow- f'-i' pared with 21 for the night before. At 7 o'clock this morning the temperature was 20, compared with 27 for the cor responding hour Wednesday morning. OBITUARY. Adams. Mrs. Tressa A. Adams, aged 61, wife of John M. Adams, 212 North Sixth street, died at 8:30 this morning of cancer of the stomach, after an lllnes» dating sinco Oct. 3. Siie is survived by her husband and four daughters, Mesdames L. L. Mackanmn and ,B. L. HolchUiss, of this city Harold Wix cel, of Marcus: and Benjamin Thomp son, of Pes Moines. All of the daugh ters were here when their mother died. Four sisters and two brothers also sur vive, in the persons of Mesdames Eliz abeth Welch, of Valentine, Neb.: Catherine Handy, of Denver, Col. and Louisa Kennedy, of Burlington. Kan. and Miss Martha White, of Mat toon, 111.: Messrs. Henry White, of Mar shalltown. and Thomas White, of Mat toon, 111. The funeral .will be held at 2:30 Sat urday afternoon from the residence, conducted by Rev. James McGee. In terment will follow in Riverside. QUIET WEDDING NEAR TOWN. Mrs. Alice Stouffer Bride of Fullerton, Neb., Man. A very quiet wedding was celebrated at high noon today at the home of the bride's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Pierson, five miles south of town on Center street, when Mrs. Alice Stouffer became the wife of Mr. Gilbert Collins, of Fullerton, Neb. The bride's wedding dress was of brown wool taffeta. Only the bride's near relatives were present at the cere mony, which was performed by Rev. Merle N. Smith, of this city. A wedding dinner followed. The bride is especially well known as the telephone operator at Lamoille, which position she has occupied for three and one-half years. For the past year she has occupied a similar posi tion at Liscomb, where she is also well and favorably known. Mr. and Mrs. Collins start this evening for Fuller ton, Neb., and will make their home on a farm near that place. FALLS WANTS DAMAGE C. F. Reimer A Co. Sued for $1,500 for Personal Injuries Received by Olaf Westergard, a Laborer, When the Scaffolding Broke. Olaf Westergard, a laborer employed by C.'F. Reimer Co., late Wednes day afternoon, filed suit for $1 for injuries received when the scaffolding on which he was working broke on Aug. 12 and let him fall on top of a pile of brick on the ground. The petition alleges Westergard was employed to mix mortar, but that in the absence of another employe he was ordered to wheel a wheelbarrow load of it to the scaffolding for the brick masons. When he got on the scaffold ing, the petition says, it broke and Westergard fell. The petition says he was severely injured, 'sustaining frac tures, bruises and cuts. The defendant firm is charged with negligence in no-t providing a safe scaffolding. 5 GLEE CLUB CONCERT. vJg Cornell Students and Instructors Give 'Enjoyable Musical. The Cornell Glee club, of twenty three voices, assisted by Miss Gail H. Ridgway, instructor of the violin, and Miss Gail West, of the school of ora tory of Cornell College, gave an enjoy able concert at the Methodist church before a good-sized audience under the auspices of the,Epworth league Wed nesday night. The glee club appeared in six num way, who Is a performer on the violin of excellent ability, appeared In two of excelelnt ability, appeared In two double numbers and Miss- West gave two readings, Mr. Leslie R. Putnam, a student and a member of the bai'y tone section of /the glee club, sang one solo, "Fairest Is .She," which was one of the best numbers of the program. For tone quality and expression, Miss RIdgway's first -number "Air on String" was thel musical gem of the evening. The glee club sings well, and the voices of its members blended nicely. The first number, "Land Sighting," by Grieg, was especially good and per haps the best. The quartet, taken from the glee club, was a disappointment musically, and might better have been omitted. The program closed with a number of college songs by the glee club, in which humorous references were made of students from this city who attend Cornell, and who were In the audience. Mr. Archie .Maulsby, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. iMaulsby, of this city, Is a member of the glee club. The glee club which has been on a tour of a week in Iowa, closed its series of concerts here, the members leaving for their various homes this morning. l" Annul Trains Christmas'. An order issued today by Superin tendent H. G. Kruse, of the Iowa Cen- I POCKET CUTLERY, TABLE CUTLERY, CARVERS, SILVERWARE, GOOD CHOPPERS, SAFETY RAZORS, CHAFING DISHES, GOLF GOODS, FIRELESS COOKERS, ALUMINUM WARE, fj v* tral, annuls all of the local freight trains running on the main line anil branches on Christmas day, and close? all freight houses except for the hand ling of perishable merchandise on the same day. Society Shows Life 1 at Old Years Death Society is to be busy next week, the close of the old year, and the calendar is well filled with events to attract the different social sets. The following comprise a list already arranged: Monday, Dec. 28—Miss Leila David, 1 o'ciock luncheon to seventy-five guests, in honor of Miss Helen Farwell. of Boston annual Christmas dance of the Night Hawk club at Forney's hall, invitations to 150. Tuesday, Dec. 29—Wedding of Miss Kthel Kliiott and Mr. James George Swan at 8 o'clock. Wednesday, Dec. 30.—Miss Maude Marshall, of Dubuque, in old songs, ap pears before Spinning Wheel chapter. D. A. R., at the home of Mrs, Henry J. Howe Mrs. E. H. Keller entertains thirty young women at a 12 o'clock breakfast for Miss Farwell Mrs. Mary Farrand and Miss Farrand hostesses to sixty guests at a 1 o'clock luncheon. Thursday. Dec. 31.—Mesdames W. A. Sandoe, F. B. Garvin and H. H. Nichols entertain at Red Men's hall, when Miss Maude 'Marshall will give a vocal re cital for which 250 invitations have been issued Des Deutsche Unterhal tungs kreis will enjoy its annual ban quet at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. M. L. JVIeickley. INCORPORATE FOR SUNDAY. Association, Which Will 'Promot# Re vival, Files Articles. The Marshalltown 'Evangelistic asso ciation, an organization of pastors and laymen of the city who will promote the plans for the S-unday revival, in cluding the erection- of a tabernacle, filed articles of incorporation In the of fice of the county recorder late Wed nesday afternoon. The following are the officers who comprise the executive committee, which will be in direct charge of the corporation's business. President—Or. Qaorge SL Wanberg. Vice Presidents—Rnrs. M. N. Smith, James Magee, C. H. ICorrf* an# L,. B. Hix. Secretary—Henry E. Wilson. Treasurer—C. C. Trine. A board of trustees of eighteen members, being the pastor and one layman from eight of the city's churches and the soldiers' home, has general charge of .the incorporation's affairs. This board Is made up of the following members: Rev. M. -N. Smith and P. F. Arney, from the Methodist church Rev. James Magee and T. 'I. Wasson, from the Baptist Rev. 1* B. Hix and W. J. Heald, from the Congre gational Rev. N. M. Hodgin and C. E. Pickard.. from the Friends: Rev. J. Aumcher and Elmer Alsbaugh, from the State Street United Evangelical Rtev. W. M. Force and W. B. Millhiser from the First United Evangelical Rev. C. W. McCord and L. Derby, from the Presbyterian Rev. C. H. Morris and E. G. Mossman from the Christian and Chaplain. Jesse Cole and Quarter master H. J. Bennett from -the soldiers' home. The executive committee is giv en the power to appoint all necessary officers. •It is the purpose of tha incorporation to sell stock certificates, from the pro ceeds of which it hopes to build the tabernacle, and later take up these stock certificates from the money se cured at the meetings. The incorpor ators are the pastors of the eight churches interested and Chaplain Cole. CdUPLE SUES CENTRAL iW1 'rTV'1 Joseph Westendorf and Wife, of Hav Practical Xmas Suggestions Our stock offers.a great many ar days. Merchandise durable and use always a reminder of the giver. erhill, Seek Damages of $2,320 From Iowa Central for Being Struok by Train Last July. As a result of an accident on the South Sixth street crossing of the Iowa Central on July 31, when the buggy in which Joseph Westendorf and wife were driving to their home In Haverhill was struck and they were hurt, the couple filed late Wednesday afternoon two suits against the railroad company for total damages of $2,320. Each petition alleges that the plaint iff was severely Injured by the shock and "by being cut and bruised when the engine hit the buggy. Mr. Westendorf sues for $1,320, a part of his claim be ing $320 as representing the value of the -horse that was killed and for the damage done to the buggy and harness. •Mrs. Westendorf sues for $1,000. The train which struck the bugtfy was an incoming passenger from the Story City branch. It was In charge of E. H.. Nehring, conductor, and Charles Rogers, engineer. Negligence in the running of the train too fast, not ring ing the bell, and not exercising the nec essary precaution in approaching the crossing, are all alleged. tides for practical gifts for the holi ful, years of benefit to the received, BREAD MIXERS, COVERED ROA8TERS, "y TOOLS, FIRE ARMS, FOOT BALL GOODS, BASKET BALL GOODS, INDOOR BASE BALL GOODS* NICKLE PLATED WARE, BOY8' SLEDS AND WAGONS, SKATES. Gifts that have merit and yearsof good service, and at prices suit able for all. Above suggestionshave value from 10c to $25.00, a wide iange. I860 4- _v 5 .k .y»" A fit a r.-'fj fat V* feiiflsiipfts Syr fl"S- VC .'jr. *4*- Ajr*5, m* z* 5 irjff y: J- uy* fw' \.r*~ tf '.ft .t^ -J -m tA. r-K .v V/i SIS *"c t-*1 Wishing One and All the Merriest of a r- MX'* A uw iff* ,T 'vV- ah/* -rs'' '4 ft tit* A ,W' 1 •mpi.n We Wish You a Merry tt Christmas" Ft'WVT% 0: Indeed! A-k And we thank you abund- ant)y V'J'f1.'•)\i 'v'^1''c.-It-) S3 for &r,M,ant year of business you have ac corded ti. l"'+-'' lf\\ -5- ttc JOSEPH JEWELRY nmw A*» 8nw»»nmtt True in Name arid Qualify BEST YET COFFEE-- 40c the Pound SINCLAIR]S fCj #'^1 yt&r V/1 I ix W -f iV *-v ffd J* ttt Jr "V V-""S, t\ '.Pf. ''V v\ -j Merry Christmas W. G. STRICKLER 1* •'V I 5 T1 :'s'' ,1 -jl rr iS MM
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Ell II 1 Local Shorts Were Principal Buyers, With Selling Mainly ST^fctA. By Longs CORN MARKET TRADING SMALL Light Offerings'in the Country Had Strengthening Effect on the Market, However—Firm Tone Prevailed in Oats Market, Which Was Extreme ly Quiet—Provisions Market Quiet. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Delay to harvest operations In Argentina, owing to wet eather, caused strength in wheat 'here today. Local shorts were the prlnci pal buyers, and selling was mainly bv longs. May opened at 1.06% to 1.06% @1.07. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chi cago receipts were 304 cars. The market was firm the entire day. ('May closed %c higher at $1.06%@1.07. 4 Corn. Light offerings of corn in the coun try Jhad a strengthening effect, but the volume -of trade was small. May op ened at 61 to 61% a"nd sold at 61%. Receipts were 265 cars. A weaker tone developed- and the close was easy, Mity oft %c at 60%. Oats. Trade in oats was extremely quiet, and a firm tone prevailed. May op ened at 52 to 52%. Cash houses were the chief buyers. Receipts were 132 cars. Provisions. Provisions were quiet and steady. tVVi. Chicago Grain. V** Chicago, Dec. 24. Wheat—Nj. 2 red, 1.04%@1.05% No. S red, 1.03%@1.04% No. 2 hard, 1.03% @1.05% No. 3 hard, 1.00@1.04 May opened at lr06%@1.06% highest, 1.07% @1.07% lowest, 1.06% closing, 1.06% @1.07 December, 1.02%. Corn—No. 3, 57% @57% No. 3 yel low, 57%@5S May opened at 61@61% highest, 61% lowest, 60% closing, 60% December, 57%., Oats—No. 2 white, 51 No.'3, 48% 'No. 3 wtyte, 49@50% standard, 51@ i?51% May opened at 52@52% high est, 52% lowest, 51% closing, 61% December, 49%. *r Chicago Produce Chicago,* Dec. 24. Pork—January, 16.22%. Lard—January, 9.47% Ribs—January, 8.35. Rye—Cash, 75. Barley—60 @6 7. vl Timothy—Dec. 3.85. Eggs—Steady firsts, 30. Poultry—Firm turkeys, 16 chickens LI springs, 13. 1 Range of Prices. The following range of prices are furnished by A. J. Clark, broker, member Chicago boaird.of trade, room 8, Tremont block: S 3 5 a S 3* ••"/•.•a I I December |102%|103 |10^4|102% May |106%|107%|106%il06% July 98%| 98%| 98%| 98% J"»y 6i%l 61frl 60%1 60%l61 S Oats— I I I I .December 50 50%| 49%| 49%| 50" May 52 52%| ol%| 51%| 51% qjuly 1 47 47 46%| 46%] 46% Pork— I I I I January .|16.25116.25|16.22|16.22jl6.22 May 16.55|16.55|16.42|16.45)16.55 Lard— I I .July 9.85| 9.85| 9.82| 9.82j 9.75 •January ..j 9.50|'9.52| 9.45| 9.50| 9.55 May 9.72| 9.75| 9.67| 9.67| 9.75 Ribs— I I I July I 8.82| 8.85| 8.77| 8.851 Jknuary ..j 8.37| 8.40) 8.32| 8.351 8.40 May 8.75j 8.75| 8.65| 8.67| 8.72 a a •V. S .v Peoria, Dec. 24. Corn'—No. 3, 57%. Kansas City Grain. Kansas City, Dec.'Ji4. Wheat—May, $1.02 No. 2 hard, 99% @$1.04. Corn—May, 57% No. 2 mixed, 56%. Oats—No. 2 white, 48@51. vi- St. Louis Grain. St. Louis, Dec. 24. Wheat—May, $1.06%. Corn—59%. Oats—50% @50%. 1 N- f' Clover—March, 9.40. Jj. Butter—Steady creameries, 22@31 Satries, 21% @25. 5 vi/s New York Grain. New York, Dec. 24. Wheat—May, $1.11%. Corn—67%. 4 New York Produce. New York, Dec. 24. Butter—Firm receipts, 3,200 cream •y "Specials, 33 (official, 33) extras, 2% 'third to first, 23@31 held, 22@ 29% dairy,' 21 @30. Eggs—Irregular receipts, 4.600 firsts, 32%@33 seconds, 31@32. Poultry—Alive, dull chickens, 11 fowls, 12% turkeys, 10@16. Dressed, steady springs, 14@18 fowls, 11 14 spring- turkeys, 16 @23. r. Liverpool Grain. Liverpool, Dec. 24. Wheat—iEasy spot 7a 10%d De cember, 7s ll%d May, 7s 6%d. Corn—Steady spot 5s 4%d Janu ary, 5s 2%d. jp' New York Exchange. Chicago, Dec. 24.—'New York 'ex change was at twenty-five premium. The Money Market. New York, Dec. 24 •Money steady, 2% @3% prime mer cantile, 4@4% sterling, steady. $4.85.05 •i .86.16 sixty days, $4.87, demand. 1 II IJ ,i I xSOUTH TAUGHT A LESSON. One-mule Farmers Made Agriculturists and Republicans. Washington, Dec. 24.—One of the msst fascinating stories to come out of that camp of enthusiasts, the depart ment of agriculture, is that relating hew the one-mule farmers of the south are being transformed into two-mule farmers. It is a story rosy with prom ise and bound^ to be national in Us effects. And it is one of the potent reasons for uVIr. Taft's belief that In 19 L2 he will carry some of the south ern states. The major general of this movement fo:.- the education of the farmers of the south is S. A. Knapp, of Louisiana. Knapp was an ordinarily prosperous individual in one of the middle western stales when he happened to visit the grsat swamp b«slt facing the Gulf of Mexico and to perceive the possibilities there concealed. He 'bought an area of the swamp for about 4 cents an acre, dr.iined it, devoted it to rice culture, and then found it worth at least $200 an acre in any man's money. Today he is a millionaire and his example in reclaiming swamps was so freely fol lowed that he became convinced that tth southern people needed nothing but a ?ood example to take care of them selves. At this point he and Secretary Wilson rich and successful man agreed to de vo :e some years of his life to the edu cation of the one-muie farmer of the south, and to do it by example. He organized in the department of agri culture what he called the "Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration Work," and with it has been causing a revolu tioi He has sent agents thru the south to show a few of the farmers in each community how to farm. And presently hfs example was followed by the neighbors and all became prosper ous and highly disposed to think well of the republican administration at Washington Grinnell News Lettep. Special to Times-Republican. Grinnell, Dec. 24.—Jay W. Monroe, who was in 'business for sevex'al years in this city but who for the past five years has been a resident of Minneap olis, Minn., was here for a brief call yesterday. He reports the family all well and business good individually and generally in that region. Former City Superintendent D. A. Thornburg, who is now and has been for several years, city superintendent at Everett, Wash., is in Otrinn^ll for a visit of two or three days, and is a spe cial guest at the G. M. Christian home, Miss Margaret Christian having been a teacher in the Everett schools during the last school year. Mrs. Phoebe McKibben, aged 51 years, who died on Monday evening last from chronic nephritis, was born in West Virginia, and has lived for twe:ity-eight years in Grinnell. She leaves a husband, and two children 'by a fcrmer husband. The funeral oc curred yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. W. Woodburn, of the Uniled Presbyterian church of this city. Interment taking place in Hazel woo 3 cemetery. Rarely, has so long a funeral proces sion from the cofinty been seen in this .city as that which followed the body 6f C. H. Onthank to the grave on Tues day afternoon. Mr. Onthank was "but 4SJ j.T years of age, in the very prime of life. He was widely and very favorably known, having lived both in this city and at his home in the country. He leavss a wife and eight children, four boys and four girls. Funeral services took place at the home, conducted by Rev. J. Arthur Hurley, of the Baptist church, of this city, assisted by Rev. Robert Lincoln, of Washington town ship, with interment in Hazelwood. The H. V. 102% 106% 98% Corn— I I I I December 57%| 57%| 57%| 57%| 57% F^May I 61 61 60%j 60%| 61 Storm drug store on Broad street, very narrowly escaped a very serious disaster last evening by the proprietors being on the spot and haviag cool heads and active hands. The front window on the south side had a very pretty Christmas tree on display, and there was the usual amount of finflammable material ex posed, when- t"he proprietor struck a match grnd the burning head flew off amongst the tinder, which was in stantly in a blaze. Little cash\damage was done, but considerable extra labor was involved in the necessary repairs and reconstruction. It is a rare thing that the merchants of a city as large as Gr.innell, will all respond without hesitation to the query, "How is trade?" with the state ment that it has been unusually good. Christmas shoppers seem to have started in early, and while there has been no great rush, there has .been a aons Uin-t stream of buyers thruout most of «ich day. Nowhere has there tjj£.en hearcjpa single note of pessimism from any merchant regarding the quantity or quality of his Christmas trade. Dr. T. M. Hedges, who was confined to his home for a couple of weeks by an.a:tack of apute stomach trouble, Is again able to be at hife office, but is far from strong. He has visions of quiet healthful place among the pines in a retreat near Mobile, Ala., where he has sent'patients at different times, and with universal benefit to the pa tients. He has not yet definitely de cided on the change, but Is strongly irtclined that way. Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, as it soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system. McBride Will Drug company. "Style in Street Names. (St. Louis Star). Why not be Ohatfleld Chatfield-Tay lor about it and hyphenate th^ names of our double labeled streets? As Eu- of our aouoie JMeiea streets as.^u- rope has its Baden-Baden, and Illinois its ahokia-Cahokia, why can not St., Almost Immune. (Boston Transcript.) The president is warned against the inset 2ts of Africa. But to anyone who has had his experience in fighting the Receipts Included Only a Few Steers, TUostly of Inferior Quality HOGS ADVANCE FIVE TCT TEN There Was a Light Run in That Mar ket, But Little Trading, the Only Support Being Given by Shippers— Sheep Offerings Lack Quality—Slow and Steady. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Cattle were weak, altho receipts were but 2,000. The run contained but few steers, and these were mostly of an inferior quality, for which there was but little demand. All the markets in the country are loaded with poultry and ga-me, and packers arc having much difficulty in came together with the result that this getting rid of beef. They say their coolers are full to the limit and they have not been able to move the prod uct freely for a week. The situation is bad in the east for the same reason. Hogs. On a light run, prices advanced 5@ 10c, tout there was little trading, ship pers giving the only support. The country is trimming its sales to suit the gate generated by the pack ers. If hogs are to be put on a 5-cent basis the countrjf is evidently deter mined not to be a party to it. The set- tIed poijcy 0f the packers and this means all of them—is to do no scramb ling for hogs. They realize that they will get what the country has .before the season is over and an understand ing appears to exist that the market is not to be bid up for the purpose of putting product away in cellars. If the winter packing season is to develop a shortage it will be distributed pro rata among the principal killers in the trade. Sheep. Sheep were slow and steady, and of ferings lacked quality. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Dec. 24. Cattle—Estimated receipts for today, 2,000 opened weak ^beeves, 3.50@7.60 stockers and feeders, 2.60@4.70 caws and heifers, 1.50@4.90 westerns, 3.50@ 5.50. Hogs—Estimated receipts for today. 16,000 opened 5@10c higher light, 4.90@5 70: mixed, 5.30@5.90 heavy, 5.30@5.90: rough, 5.30@5.55 bulk of sales, 5.40@5.S0. Sheep—Estimated receipts for today, 8,00iQ- opened steady 2.60@4.90 lambs 4.'50@7.70 yearlings, 5.00@6.25. The Day Before. (For Comparison.) Chicago, Dec. 23. Cattle—Estims.tod receipts for today. 21,000 opened stefady beeves, 3.50 7.75 stockers and feeders, 2.60@4.75 cows and heifers, 3.50@5.75 western ers, 3.50@5.50. Hogs—Estimated receipts for today, 35,000 opened strong to 5c higher: light, 4.85@5.60 mixed, 5.20@5.85 I heavy, 5.25@5.S5 rough, 5.25@5.45 bulk of sales, 5.35@5.70. Sheep—Estimated receipts for today. 18,000: opened steady 2.60@5.00 lambs 4.50@7.70 yeearlings, 5.00@6.25. Representative Hog Sales.'. 1 Chicago, Dcc. 24. Below are given a few of the repre sentative hog sales: Av. Price 75 miked and butchers .219 5.40 60 mixed and butchers ...230 5.60 64 mixed and butchers ...233 5.75 61 mixed and butchers ...246 5.90 57 good heavies 35-5 5.60 72 good heavies ...331 •5.80 64 good heavies ...310 5.85 6S 5.90 50 rough heavies -.425 5.30 5'5 rough heavies 5.40 66 rough heavies ...326 5.50 53 rough heavies ...31S 5.55 81 light hogs ...164 5.10 70 light ihogs ...178 5.30 no light hogs ,,.187 5.'55 68 light hogs 5.70 Stocker and Feeder Demand. Chicago,' Dec. 24.—Demand for stock ers and feeders recently has been quite satisfactory where quality was good. Buyers have put a good deal of force on the quality, realizing that good steers were a better investment at rel atively high- prices than common ones I ait low rates. The price of beef is a strong factor at this time in determin ing feeder selections. The higher the price of corn the more careful the feed er is to what kind of animals lie gives it -to. Realizing that it does not take any more corn to feed a good steer than a scrub results from the high class animal are so much more Satis factory thait at this 'time buyers do not want to fool away their time nor put •their corn into an uncertain proposition, A very large percentage of the feeding steers bought lately have gone east. Most of the good feeders have landed in Ohio and it is claimed that feeding in that state will be about up to .the normal in volume compared with other years. There were a good many lighter steers senit to 'Pennsylvania before the foot and mouth scare, but since t%en shipments have been modified. Kansas City Livestock. Kansas 'City, Dec. 24. Cattle—Estimated receipts for today, steadv nat,ve gteers $4.25@)7.2» isouthern political insects which have been in- '@7.15 cows and heifers, 2.75@5.00 dustriously buzzing about Washington stockers and feeders, 2.75@5.25 west for some years past the African spec ies should be an easy matter. The most delicious of all teas is "Sa lada," always of high and uniform quality. Ask your grocer tor a 10c trial packet. -\r steers. $3.75@5.50 western steersj 53.75@5.60 Lou-iu have its Chestnut-Lawton ave-1 @5.25 cows and heifers, $2.0(1 KfAnivn vi XJn-m i-n+An QlTAnlia lfe 1 @5.75. I nue, its organ -Hampton avenue, its Twelfth-High street and its North Market-Whatever-Else-They are going to Call it? One street with two names Is getting to be as "in style" as Andy O'Reilly will admit the single decked free bridge will be with two decks. stockers and feedr Ti Hogs—Estimated "receipts for today. 6,000 5@10c higher heavy, $5.65@5.85 packers and butchers, $5.40@5.75 light, $5.00@5.60. 11 I,—I'-.stlmatpri receipts tor 't" in* 2,000 steady, $-2.75@5.70 lambs, ?5.50 @7.50. Omaha Livestock. Omaha, Dec. 24. Catt.le—Estimated receipts for today, BOO 10@ 15c higher native steers, 4.00 ern steers, 3.25@6.00. Hogs—Estimated receipts for today, 4,800 10@20c higher heavy, '5.50 5.75 mixed. ,5.40@6.,5'0 light, 5.10@5.50. Sheep—Estimated receipts for today ?.700r ac'ive tn stronger 3.50@6.00 lambs, 6.25@7.$5. yimss-'2lejmiflScajr, ^iBKSftaiitoam, f«ara, December 24 laoa St. Louis Livestock. •St. Louis, Dec. 24. Cattle—Estimated receipts for today, 1,500 steady steers, $3.75@7.75 stack ers and feeders, $3.75@4.G5 cows and heifers, $3.00@6.50. Hogs—Estimated receipts for today, 4,500 10@ 15c higher pigs and lights, $4.25@5.2o packers, $5.25@5.75 butch ers and best heavy, $5.45@5.95. Sheep—Estimated receuits for today, 500 steady, $3.00@4.^ambs, $3.00@ 7.50. LOCAL LIVESTOCK MARKET. Prices Paid for Cattle, Hogs and Sheep on Local Market. Marshafltown prices on livestock were quoted by Brittain Co. today as follows, and farmers are requested to telephone the packing house before selling hogs, cattle or sheep else where Cattle. Good cows and heifers—2.75@3.25. Fair cows and heifers—2.25@2.50. Poor cows and heifers—1.50@2.00. Bulls—2.00 to 3.00. Veals—2.00 to 4.00. Hogs. Premium hogs over 200 pounds— 5.25. Premium hogs, 160 to 200 pounds— 4.80. f'remlum hogs, 140 to 160 pounds— grassy-T-4.50. Good packers—5.25. Pigs, 100 to 140—3.?0-. The Debs Crow. (New York Press) the sunrise noise of roosters kept in ,!La qUef,r 'Hurrah house. He did, instead, a il He went to warmly. I value that bird more than ever now. Why, man^ would you be- his lips?" Some excellent bulls are credited to William Arolin, who was a London po lice judge in the 'SCs of the last cen tury. He once remarked to counsel: "If you can show precisely at what mo ment the offense was committed, and prove that the prisoner -was not tlfere when he did it he could not possibly have done it." And he sagely added: "We cannot divest ourselves of com mon sense in a court of justice." Of a similar character iwas an axiom he once delivered himself of, which has been maliciously fathered on many otiher occupants of the bench: "If ever there was a case? of clearer evidence than this case, thio case is -that case." Out or Order. (Success Magazine). sion was unparliamentary, and in re traction Johnson said: "While I withdraw the unfortunate A young boy got a job with a Scot tish farmer once. "YqMI PAH allejs Mrs. Rice said. tain beef packing firms, and possibly An ant -noise man got the beUer oE an inconsiderate socialist last month. nalist, lives in a Brook yn flat and he socialist, the landlord, lives below him. to oi. The socialist kept talking crow—you know crows talk if their tongues are split, and this bird, from its cage on the balcony, roared all day long: for Debs' Hurrah for I Previous investigation. for Debs, iiurran iori no great foe to socialism fce came to l0^ei nffeVinir as sprung by Attorney John S. Miller. "He tried to buy ^e cro^ off^ng as of its noisy Debs enthusiasm. "The journalist was afraid to kill or! steal the crow lest the owner, discov ering his guilt, .turn him out of the,lla.t boughtacrowthatcouldntsa.v avvord, and the next day, watching his chance, sbustituted ihe dumb bird for the lo quacious one. "The journalist met the socialist in a cigar store the other day. "Don't you ever regret,' he said, that you refused my liberal offer for your talking crow? Present Grand Jury Probe Prob ably Will Result in In dictments NEW REBATING PLAN CLAIMED Prosecutor Sims Declares Government "i i* concerning the strength of our case Ave "•No, siree! exclaimed ffle socialist live it^ since ce a rebating or is it another investigation gene Debs the crow hastn opened Some English "Bulls." word, Mr. Speaker, I must insist that ert W. Chllds. W\z gentleman ,from Illinois is out of order." "How am I out of order?" yelled the man from Illinois. "Probably a veterinary silrgeon could tell you," answered Johnson, and that was parliamentary enough to stay on the record. Wasted the Forenoon. (New York Times). sleep in the barn," the farmer said, "and I'll expect ye out in the field ilka morn at .foor o'clock." "Very well, sir," said the boy. But the first morning he overslept a little, and it was 4:30 o'clock when he reached the field. The farmer, leaning on 'his hoe, gave him a black look. "Where have ye 'been all the fore noon?" he growled. A Bad Habit. (Lippincott's) "Mother," said little Mary, "all the time in school I keep crossing my eyes." "Why, Mary," her mother cried out in horror. "•You 'mustn't do that." "But I forget and do it all the time." "My dear, your eyes will grow so. If you ever do it again, I'll have to punish you." "I cant haip it," sobbed little Mary. "All the time I forget and cross my i's and dot my t's." Why? "Why is it that she has such a fool ish prejudice against the Irish? I never could understand it." "Her first husband had a cork leg." Pineules for the Kidneys are little globules which act directly on the kid neys. A trial will convince you of quick results for Backache, Rheurfia tism. Lumbago and tlrea wornout feel ing. 30 days' trial $1.00. They purify the blood. B. A. Morgan's drug store. is After "Something New" Pack ing Firms Involved Have Nothing to Say Special Government Agents Assisting in the Investigation. Mrs. Isaac L. Rice, the brilliant lead er of the anti-noise crusade, has. canned noises, as she quaintly calls channels, but they were worlcmg at them, wherewith to ilustrate her elo- cross purposes. quent addresses. Mrs. Rice, that is to Altho Mr. Sims and his aids refused say, demonstrates with actual phono-, graphic records the hideous street din of New York. tion, it was learned-that the govern Discussing the other day animal ment is seeking evidence -which if pro noises—the night noise of prowling cats Chicago, Dec. 24.—One of the most important investigations into the sec rets of Packingtown since the United States government caused the indict ment of the "beef trust" iieads three years ago was begun yesterday before the special federal grand jury. Officials of the packing companies, agents of the interstate commerce com mission, and members of District At torney Edwin 1 W. Sims' staff, were seeking with might and main to train the inquiry into carefully selected tfae nature of the !nvestiga_ cured mav resUit in the indictment ot whQ ho]d high positlons with cer- sevcral railroads. A of rebatinjf charsed t0 ?r-V" I Morris Co., the only firm whose em The anti-noise man anions jour-, have ,been subp0enaed nQt tQ word about th|g cage cont.erne(3 sole|y with Qf beef trust?„ Mr Sims Avas asli^tl. "I can not answer that question in any way," he said. From other sources it was learned, however that the government itself is not informed as yet -with regard to the exact nature and scope of the inquiry, but that the facts already disclosed lead to the gravest apprehension on the part of the packers. The efforts of the government agents to keep the affair secret are said to be prompted by the fear that the packers will do as they did in the other inves tigation—send the most important witnesses into Canada for an indefinite sojourn. One of the most mysterious features of the case is the part taken by Mor ris 'Co. Altho thirty employes 0$ that concern -have been summoned to appear v/ith rate and account books be fore the grand jury, there does not ap pear to be any resistance on its part toward the investigation. On the con- Champ Clark loves to tell of how in the heat of a debate Congressman Johnson^ of Indiana, called a nlllinois trary. Attorneys Moritz Rosenthal apd representative a jackass. The expres- M. W. Borders of counsel for tjie com- pany were in conference for hours with Mr. Sims and Assistant District At torneys James H. Wilkerson and Rob- After this conference Mr. Ohilds went to the Morris plant at the stock yards and worked for several hours. The attorneys for the company said they were offering every opportunity to the government to find put what it desired to learn. "We went over the modus operandi of the investigation, seeking to facili tate the inquiry in every way," said Mr. Rosenthal. The witnesses who appealed with books in answer to| subpoenas jtheir 'were E. F. Bisbee, head traffic mana- ker for Morris Co.: H. A. Timmins, head accountant A. D. Morse, John R. Hunter, and 'Dan McfJahan. clerks. Special Agent Assisting. Actively assisting in the examina- Notice! V1 so far. Qf {he but its scope may extend to the old question of a combination in restraint of trade which the government failed to bring to a successful issue in the Indlctments still are in force againgt the packing companies and corpora- Debs!' "AH thru the tions under the old grand jury finding, the journalist got no sleep on account government is after individuals ot the crows sociahsttic ^eers. Tho an(1 proposes t0 keep from 1 away of immunity baths first sinCe tUe original mUC^.a.. l-Ir,-, Tf inflnnrs In trust" investigation the most sougrlit its owner to keep it indoors. In secret ser yain. This unsocial socialist was too .-u! ,1] vice guards was exercised in connec proud of his crow to curtail a moment ilce movements of thQ wit_ nesses and the jurors. Only one wit ness. a traffic manager for Morris Co., wtis examined during the day. but hR wag k(?pt guardef, jn Mr Sims. of_ „ntil he was rushed into the-grand Jury r00m late in the afternoon. The CQ ,t of CQurt was pt voked against those who sought to question the grand jurors or .witnesses. '"Something New," Says Sims. "We are after a 'big thing and it is something new," said Mr. Sims. "The government is in the dark at present, and until we are clear in our own minds Third MaiM Day Sale ALBION, IOWA, Thursday, Jan. 14, '09 at Houghton Sale Barn A FEW SHETLAND PONIES FOU CHRISTMAS GIFTS. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK COCKRELS. ttion of witnesses and the framing of plans for the government was W. A. ltyan, special agent of the interstate commerce commission. The first information that there was evidence lying loose against the pack ers and the railroads doing business in Packington is said to have come from agents of the commission. The commission, however, is con cerned with violations of the rate and rebate laws only. The grand jury is not confined to these things. It will look also into the question of the vio lation of the anti-trust laws. Council for Armour Co., Swift Co., and the Schwarzschild Sulz berger company did not betray any anxiety over the situation. They have been aware of the issuance of the sub poenas and the fact that an investi gation was 011, but they appear to take it for granted that it lies only against Morris Co. on the rebate and false claim charges. Attorney John g. Miller, who aoted as counsel in chief for the packers dur ing their trial, was not called into con ference. The grand jury will adjourn at noon today until Monday. At that time the investigation will be taken up in earn est. A STEADY DRAIN. Sick Kidneys Weaken the Whole Body —Make You III, Languid and De pressed. Sick kidneys weaken the body thru the continual drainage of life-giving albumen from the blood into the urine, and the substitution of poisonous uric acid that goes broadcast thru the sys tem, sowing the seeds of disease. Loss of albumen causes "weakness, languor, depression. Uric poisoning causes rheumatic pain, nervousness, nausea, cricks in the back, gravel and kidney stones. The proper treatment is a kidney treatment, and the best remedy is Doan's Kidney Pills. Great Mar slialltown cures prove it. George Bulfer. retired farmer, of 2031,2 South First street, Mars-halltown, Iowa, says: "I am glad to express my thanks for the benefits I have re ceived from using Doan's Kidney Pills which I procured at, the McBride Will Drug company's store. For a long time I had suffered from kidney trou ble and nothing seemed to help me. My kidneys were in an annoying, weak and irregular condition, there was a too frequent desire to void the secretions which jyere scant and accompanied by sharp, burning pains. Not long ago I saw Doan's Kidney Pills highly rec ommended and I decided to try them. The result of their use so far has been very satisfactory, the action of my kid neys has been very greatly regulated and the distressing pains have been relieved. I am still taking Doan's Kid ney Pills and have every confidence in their ability to cure me." For sale by aTl dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no other. SEE THAT LUMP? Costs $5 to S10 if You' Let it Grow Costs Li*"~ If You Go at it Right. The Great German Remedy for this disease will be sent on trial to all re sponsible parties having cattle affected with LUMP JAW. No pay until your cattle are cured. Write at once. Price $1.50 per bcttle. Write English or German, .to G. R. WiRAGE, Lock Box 26, Giadbrook, Iowa. A. J. CLARK COMMISSION MERCHANT AND CASH GRAIN BROKER Member Chicago Board of Trade. WARE AND LELANO, Chicago and New York. CORRESPONDENTS: EARNEST DAVIS GRAIN CO., I Issue bonds for Administrators, Ex ecutors, Guardians, Curators, Contrac tors, County and Township Officials, Druggists, Liquor Dealers and all classes of Fidelity bonds. Fire. Light ning and Tornado Insurance written. LIST YOUR HORSES EARLY AS THEY WILL BE SOLD IN JHE ORDER THEY ARE LISTED. HOUGHTON BROS. Managers W. M. CLARK, 6 South First Ave. Marahalltown, la. Swisher-Lang Grain Co., Successors to COOK BROS. GRAIN CO., Pay the highest market price for all kinds of grain. 'PHONE 293. Mark Twain's Ambiguity. (Success) Charles Battell Loom-is, the writer and humorist, has as sorrowful a face as can be found at a funeral. He seldom smiles, and then with a seem ing effort that is Ipainful to behold. He was present last winter at a theater party given by Mark Twain to all the Harper authors. After the show the elder humorist greeted the younger with a smile and a handshake, but the mournful visage of Loomis remained unchanged. "We've met before, Mr. Clemens," he said. "I attended your birthday din ner buit-I don't suppose you remember my face." "Remember your face?" responded Twain. "Why, I'll never forget it. I wish I had it." Ingratitude. "Some women," said Mr. Hewligus, "are awufully hard to please. I'm making my wife a Christmas present of $1,000, and yet she doesn't seem to appreciate it." "Great Scott," said the other man. "In cash?" "Same thing," answered Mr. Hew ligus, "I told her the other day I was going to get my life Insured for that amount of money and give her the pol Isy, and all she said was: 'But, think, Henry, -how long I may have to wait for it."' Force of Habit. (Tit-Bits) wife, "that you'd try not to be so ab "I wish, John," said the editor's sent-mlnded when we are dining out." WANTED. Wanted—Medium sized second hand safe. Address W-24 care T.-R. Wanted—First class barber. None other need apply. Married man pre ferred. Address C. W. Brott, at Cook's cigar store. Wanted—A blacksmith a man that can do good country horseshoeing and plow work run a -trip hammer and lathe. P. J. Collum, Brooklyn, Iowa. Wanted—Two or three boys to sell T.-R.'s on street. Wanted—Ten men to clean C. Jacobson, contractor. Wanted—A fresh cow. D. W. N orris, Jr. Wanted—Roomers at Leland hotel. Wanted—Men to learn barber trade, few weeks completes, sixty chairs con stantly busy, careful instructors, tools given, diplomas granted, wages Satur days, positions waiting, wonderful de mand for graduates, write for catalog, Moler Barber college, Chicago, 111. FOR SALE For Sale One black horse city broke. Inquire 206 West Railroad street For Sale—Desk good condition. 10 North Sixth street. For Sale—Two chair barber shop in town of 600, cheap, if taken soon. Oth er business, reason for selling. Ad dress box 56, Lake Park, la. For Sale 24 imported 2,100-pound stallions, 16 mammoth jacks, $650 up. Time given purchaser, Little, Box 142 Marshalltown, la. —For"Sale—Cheap —For Kansas City. We solicit your Cash Cunsignments. A. B. Leach Co.'s Bonds for Sal* at My Office. Both 'Phones 165. Office Room 8 Tremont Block, MARSHALLTOWN. IA. SURETY BONDS 1 bricks. Wanted—Man with a small family to work on farm by the year, beginniing March 1. Separate house. J. Harry* Scfurr, Oilman, la. Wanted—Twenty-five or thirty ewe sheep. Laurel, la., box 63, rural No. 1. Wanted Position by experienced lady bookkeeper. Address Box 42, Union, la. Wanted Dining room girl At Hotel Vermilya, Sheffield, la. Wanted A buyer for a modern seven room house, desirably located. Easy terms. G. R. Haas, 26 Elast Main. "Men Wanted—At once, to work with dredge also at laying large tile, three miles west and one mile north of State Center, Iowa. Moeller Bros. a good overcoat with fur collar. 416 North Fourth street. For Sale—Barber shop fixtures, two chairs, mirrors, etc. Address A. A. Harvey, Montour, Iowa. Sale—Two second-hand, organs ait Gillette's transfer office. Cheap, if taken at once. For Sale—University restaurant in Des Moines. Leased for $24 a mrfhth. Price $700 and assign lease. Frank Hlcltenlooper, owner, Marshalltown, la. For Sale A full blood Clyde horse, dark brown, coming 4 years old. Cheap. LeRoy Thompson, Green Mountain, la. For Sale—Fifteen registered Duron Jersey males. From the best stock in Iowa. J. O. Reece Co., Eldora, la. For Sale—Col. P. R. and S. C. Buff Orpington cockerels, at $1 each also Mammoth Bronze turkeys, at $3.50 each. All from prize winning stock. W. T. Richards, Clarion, Iowa. For Sale Billiard hall of eight ta bles, everything good as new, in Iowa town of 6,500 population. Best location in town ddjng a good business. Good reason for selling. Address J. E. Lilley, 20'2 South Center street, Marshalltown, Iowa. For Sale—Edison moving picture machine, seven dozen folding chairs and .phonograph. Box 333, Grinnell, Iowa. For Sale—Kindling at $1.50 per load. Telephone No. 7, Western Grocery Company mills. For Sale—Poland China boars. G. Tweed, LeGrand, Iowa. R. For Sale Chester White and Po land boars, large, heavy bone type, six red.Shorthorn bulls. Harmon Mans field, Rhodes, Iowa. For Sale or Rent 112 North Third street. For Sale—The store and stock of goods at Chester Center, Iowa, belong ing to H. L. Lewis. Address S. D. Ward, administrator, Grinnell, Iowa. For Sale Gilson residence, 106 North First street. Inquire of H. R. McMahon. _______ For Sale—Apples, at E. E. Hood's. For Sale—A scholarship In the In ternational Correspondence school of Scranton. Address "H-21" care T.-R. For Sale—On easy payments, bar fix tures, new and second hand billiard and pool tables, billiard and bowling supplies. We lead in cheap priccs. The "Eh! What have done now7" "Why, when the hostess askel you if you'd have some more pudding you replied that, owing to a tremendous! pressure on your space, you were compelled to decline." Form. "He makes his living by being a Lreformer! Gee. How can a man—" "I didn't say reformer—I said in former." "Children," said the Sunday school superintendent, "how many of you would like to live in a land w-hero thye don't have any Christmas!" A small boy raised his hand. "Why, Dicky," exclaimed the super intendent, "you shock me. Why do you wish to live where .there is on Christ mas?" 'Cause I want to go out west an' be a hunter," said the small boy, "ailV kill grizzly bears an' Injuns." Friendly Advice. "If I ever marry," said the bachelor who was beginning -to 'be old, "I shall be careful to pick out a lady whom I can treat as my equal." "Oh, say, old chap," answered the married man, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. I can. tell you from experi ence that a woman who would submit to such treatment wouldn't be worth •having around the'house." For Example. Interviewer—"Would you call Burks Cockran a political economist, sena tor?" I Eminent Statesman—"Decidedly not. He's the most politically extravagant man in the country." ONE CENT A WORD. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Marshalltown, Iowa. Company, FARM LAND. For Sale—Northwest quarter of southeast quarter (N. W. S. E. of section eighteen (18), township eighty-five (S5), north of range eight een (18), west of the- fifth P. M. of' Iowa. Call on or address S. Dlckeraon, referee, Liscomb, Iowa. A BIG SNAP. For Sale—For ten daya only 408 acres in Story county at $62.50 per acre, one-half fine -tillable land bal ance good timber, pasture good new house two good barns and other out buildings one-half mile to school foyi'r miles from Colo five miles county seat. Act quick. Write or see S. D. Rlne hart, Colo, la. FOR RENT. For Rent A four room house at 603 East Frederick street. For Rent A modem furnished room. No. 7 North Third street. For Rent Furnished rooms. North First street. 116 For Rent—Furnished rooms—modern, 202 North First avenue. LOST. Lost—A fur back mitt. Probably on' Second avenue. Return to this office and get reward. FOR HOLIDAYS ONLY. The Moler parlors will giye to each of its lady patrons free one/treatment of the following: One hair dress or one shampoo or manicure xr face mas sage or scalp treatment. Free until Jan. 2. Get a sample, and' see our place. Very respectfully. The Moler. MISCELLANEOUS. Will agent that received an order ai 410 East Boone call at 215 North Sec ond avenue. Great Bargains. Big discounts on winter horse clothing and robes, all descriptions. Carmody*s, North, First avenue, sign big horse collar. TRIPLEX SHOPPING BAGS. Something new. The "Triplex"' leather shopping bag, three bags Ln one. At the Tuffree music' house dur ing holidays. From now until Christ inas $1.50. Dunmire.' Fine presents. Mrs^ R. M. FARM LOANS. The Union Central Life Insuranco company will make farm loans from one to ten years. For particulars write W. B. Herriman, Marshalltown, Iowa. Room 14, Woodbury building. FORD'S FLOWERS. Roses, carnations, chrysanthemums In quantity. We make pieces for fun erals. Orders delivered promptly. Also on sale St Simmons' store, 'phone 10a greenhouses 1400 East Nevada street.- CUT RATS SHIPPING. Cut rates on household goods to Pacific coast and other points. Su perior service at reduced rates. The Boyd Transfer Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Wanted Everybody to Know That the AMERICAN DISPATCH MES SENGER CO. DELIVER8 Parcels and Packages. Reliable messenger* furnished, ..Prompt aervice, reasonable rates. I 'Phones—Ndw, 305 Old, 68. J.F.CROSBY 5 East State. Manager. TIME CARD ELECTRIC 3TRBET RAILWAY. Leave Depot for Soldiers' Home. N. 3rd St Cars Lear* Soldiers' Home. N. 3rd 81 A.l*.|P.M.|A.M.jP.M.|A.M.|P.M.|A.M.IP.lI. 6 041 2 6 28j 2 6 5'i 2 7 16| 3 7 401 3 •8 04| 8 28j 8 32] 916| 9 40| 10 04) 6 10 28| 6 10 62| 8 111«| 1 11 40] 7 P.M. 8 12 04| 8 12 28| 8 12 52| 9 116| 9 1 40|10 04| 6 1612 28| 6 40|2 52| 7 04)3 16| 7 28(3 40|*7 52)3 04| 8 16|4 28| 8 40|4 52] 9 04{5 16| 9 28|5 401 04|10 16|6 28)10 40|6 52)11 04|7 16)11 28)7 40)11 52|7 04|P.M.|8 28] 12 16)8 52)12 40|9 16] 104)9 40| 1 28)9 041 1 52| 16| 6 20) 2 20| 6 35 40) 6 44) 2 44| 6 56 04| 7 08 28| 7 32 52| 7 56 16|*8 20 40| 8 44 04) 9 08 28| 9 52) 9 56 16)10 20 40|10 44 04)11 03 28)11 32 52|11 56 16IP. M.| 8 20 40)12 20) 8 44 04(12 44] 9 08 2S| 1 08| 9 82 52) 1 32) 9 56 1 56|10 15 2 SB 2 69 3 23 3 47 411 433 4 69 5 29 5 47 6 0S 635 659 7 23 7 47 311 8 35 8 59 9 23 9 47 3 081 7 23 3 32| 7 47 3 56|*8 11 4 201 8 35 4 44| 8 59 5 08 6 32 6 56 6 20 6 44 7 08 7 32 56 9 23 9 47 1011 10 32 10 59 1160 11 47 P.M. 12 08 12 35 12 59 1 147 211| 10 04 Soldiers' Home cars—Red signs and lights. No. 3rd St. cars—Green signs and lights. First car Sunday a. -A