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The silver lance., 1899-09-01
MOSQUITOES CARRY MA,A,,.
Mrs. Lotta Lewis of New York Is s,r
From the Bites Of These Insee,s ihs


Mrs. Lotta Lewis of New York Is sufr.r,
From the Bites of These Insects
In Bellevue hospital, New Yorl- ,s
case proving that MOSQUITO hj+a 80
produce malarial fever. Mrs rotays 10y
Lewis Is the victim. She went +o Me-
land Beach a few weeks ago with hor
husband, and they lived in a cottaea
on the edge of piece of woods fr5e
mosquitoes were something awful ~
days Of battle with them was enonah
and they returned to New York So
eral days later Mrs. Lewis went ON,
in the evening in a thin dress. On ~
turning home she was seized with a se
we're chill, which required daily nnti,
she went to the hospital
The case was diagnosed there as +ho
familiar disease of malarial fever TN
doctors say the mosquitoes got tbe
germs either in the swamp or from in
fected human or animal blood. Throuah
the mosquitoes stomach the malariai
germs reach the blood. When if hitos
human being the blood-sucking is ac.
companied by the injection of the con.
tents of the salivary gland, charged
with the malarial germs
At the John Hopkins hospital in BAL
timore DR.. J. B. McCallum and DR.
Eugene l.. Opie are experimenting with
malarial mosquitoes. They feed
healthy insects on malarial germs and
then let them bite crows. The birds
have chills. Other healthy mosquitoes
bite the sick crows, and after an inter.
val bite healthy birds. These crows
also get chills.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

The Honolulu authorities are con
sidering the advisability Of locating
cemetery in the crater Of the Punch
bowl, an extinct volcano. The only
objection thus far offered is that II not
used for a cemetery it might some day
become available for an amusement re-
sort and residence section, especial
ly II an adequate water supply could
be conveyed to SO great height. Says
the Hawaiian Gazette: Everything
looks beautiful inside the crater The
kiawe trees are growing well. These
and other trees were planted there by
the direction of the late King Kala
kaua. The lantana fourishes, of
course. The view in any and every di-
rection from Punchbowl is well known
to all for its charm. A walk from the
city to the place would not be trying
undertaking, and the road is better
than ever"
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
ANARCHY IN SAN DOMINGO.
Revolutionists Winning Victories and Gov
ernment In Helpless Condition.

Revolutionists Winning Victories and Gov
ernment In Helpless Condition.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, Aug. 26-Se-
we're fighting took place yesterday and
wednesday in the neighborhood of
Monte Christie, San Domingo, between
the government forces and the revolu-
donists. The former lost heavily, while
the latter only suffered slight loss.
The revolutionists are reported to be
continually receiving reinforcements
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 26.-Domi-
nican mail dispatches declare that in
stead of the revolution being inverte-
brate through lack of organization and
activity, the government of Santo Do
mingo is really paralyzed, the revolu-
tionary movement having developed
high organization, commanding popu-
larity and exciting enthusiasm through
out the republic. even in the interior
and capital. Santiago, it is alleged, is
preparing to declare in favor of il
minez. San Domingo alone is loyal, but
even there revolutionary demonstra-
lions have been forcibly represseds
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
The SimpIon Tunnel.

The Simplon tunnel, when complet-
ed, will be eighteen kilometers (about
eleven niles long-the longest in Eu-
rope. On the Swiss side the work has
proceeded to n distance of more than
fourteen hectometers, while on the
Italian side the mountain has been
pierced to depth of only seven hecto-
meters, so that only one-nnth of the
work of excavation is accomplished.
Miners are now working on the tunnel
just beneath the celebrated Condo
vein of auriferous ore and the engi-
neers entertain lively hope of striking
gold in profitable quantities.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
BOERS WANT MONOPOLY,
In Case of War All British Subjects VIII
Be Compelled to Leave the TransyAal

In Case OF War All British Subjects VIII
BE Compelled to Leave the Transvaal
Pretoria, South African Republic,
Aug. 26.-The Volksraad to-day, by
vote Of Is to 5, adopted the report of
the majority of the dynamite commits
sion, continuing the monopoly.
COmmandant General P. J. Joubert
issued to-day a circular to all field
cornets cautioning them against any
act tending to bring on conflict with
another power. He declares that not
single stranger who does not volun,
teer is to be coerced into bearing arms.
Commandant Viljoen has given no,
tice in the Volksraad that he will ask
the government if, In case of war, it is
prepared to confiscate the property Of
inhabitants who take up arms against
the government.
In the course of an interview after
the session Commandant Viljoen said
If war broke out military government
would be established at johannesburg
and all British subjects would be COM
PEELED to leave.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Gen. Maxine Gomez, who is about to
leave Cuba for his native land of San
Domingo, delivered an interesting
speech to the Cubans and couched his
remarks in the tone of good sense
which seems to be the keynote to the
ancient warriors character. He says
that 1t Is calumny to accuse the United
States of any wish to rob the Cubans
of their liberty and that the Cuban, left
poor by the war, should dream only
Of work" and bend himself to his
duties In q plain and practical fashion.
Genes appears to be wise naa.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
BLACK JACK is NEAR CRISIS.
Physicians Consider Him Dying, But Say
To-Day Will Decide His Fate.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Aug. 2S.-"Black
Jack" CTom Ketchum) is not very we'll
The officers, while they expect him to
die, are watching him closely, fearing
he may be trying to deceive them and
attempt an escape. The doctors say he
seems to be in dying condition, but
that tomorrow will see the crisis in his
case.
McGinnis, the other wounded train
robber, says he feels like fighting
cock and is trying to secure bonds,
men in order to get out of prison This
will be a difficult matter.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Ex-Queen Liliuokalani says the Ha-
waIian islands are "in a state of prac-
tical anarchy" the government being
in the hands of an oligarchy and the
rights of the native Hawaiians not re-
spected. The ex-queen is scarcely an
impartial observer. Anarchy undoubt-
edly prevails in SO far as her ex-high-
ness is concerned, but other observers
give q very different account of condi-
tions on the island. AS to her own
claims for pension, 1t is pleasant to
know that Liliuokalani believes in the
honorable intentions" of the United
States government, though she has
wisely concluded not to sit on the steps
OF the capital at Washington until they
are carried out.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
The New Torpedo.

A Swede has invented one operated
by invisible rays of light which en-
ables it to explode at will. In like
manner Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
conquers all stomach troubles. When
sufferer from constipation, dyspepsia
or liver complaint takes the Bitters he
is sure of a cure. A private revenue
stamp covers the neck of the bottle,
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Kaiser Wilhelm AYERS that collec-
ton of big navies would be the most
effective peace conference the world
has ever seen-that each power should
have a navy so large that none of the
other powers would dare to risk an at
tack upon so formidable an adversary
If the plans now being carried out for
the strengthening of the American
navy go through successfully, this
country will be a decided factc- in the
kaisers' theory of universal peace.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

William Waldorf Astor has formally
renounced all allegiance to the stars
and stripes and sworn to stand firm
forever beneath the British flag.
America will doubtless recover from
the blow in time, but the sufferings of
England deserve our earnest sympa-
thy. Benedict Arnold renounced al
legiance to this country and in favor of
England quite a number of years ago.
SO Mr.. Astor is not particularly quick
at doing good.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
There is a volume of suggestion in an

exclamation of an old woman. given
by a correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, in the following para
graph: This is the season when some
effort is made to get the less fortunate
classes out of the torrid and sordid
slums and into Gods open spaces.
Upon one of these fresh air. excur-
sions was an old woman who was given
her first view of the ocean. She had
had a pretty pinched time all her life,
l guess, for as she looked over the
great expanse of water she exclaimed.
fervently, Well, thank God for some
thing there's enough Off"
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
BIlliardist Ives Dying at HAVANA

New York, Aug. PA special to the
Herald from Havana says: Frank A.
Ives. the famous billiard champion, is
lying iii here and there is little pros
pect of his discovery. This afternoon
he was very low and it was thought
could live but few hours,
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Among the courteous customs of
French military law is the practice of
the prosecutor to accuse the defendant
of lying during examination.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Occasionally some amateur conf
dence man tries to beat Russell Sage,
but the experts no longer waste time
on the old gentleman.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

The genius who invented the hug
ging bug was doubtless inspired by a
desire to give the old maids chance.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

The owner sometimes discovers that
the mare makes the money go.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

It's bad thing for an employe
when he begins to think the boss
couldn't get along without him.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Some people were evidently born
tired and some for the purpose of max
ing others tired.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
Faultless Starch

Is rapidly superseding the old style starch
es. 1t saves labor, saves money and makes
collars and cuffs look like new. All grocers
sell it large package l0c.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

Everybody in the world depends
upon somebody else.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The silverite Creston Advertiser
grudgingly admits that Shaw at least
has been able to do better than his two
predecessors, he secured the nomination
for second term
The Ottumwa Courier says: Many
anti expansion papers say that the let
tiers written home by the soldier boys
in the Philippines do not give such a
there, and that the soldiers are suffer-
note any SUCH expressions in letters that
noteany such expressions in letters that
reached this city. We have published
a number of them, and while they all
say it is hot in that country and the
fighting hard, they do not complain OF
their treatment. on the contrary, in all
the letters we have so far published,
| from members of both the volunteers
and regulars, the boys say they are
| treated WE'LL have even better food and
a greater variety than they had In San
Francisco, and the hospital facilities are
ample and adequate. The effort to make
our boys responsible for an issue by
claiming they are telling different stor-
les than their officers will hardly bear
fruit
The Burlington Hawkeye remarks
that the Nebraska troops have re-
turned from the Philippines and have
been received with enthusiasm at San
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09

+ LESSONS OF THE STREET RAIL !
i WAY STRIKES. :!

Many papers point out in connection
with the street railway strikes in Cleve-
land, Brooklyn and Manhattan as they
have pointed out often before in con-
nection With other labor troubles, that
when the strikers resort to violence they
lose public sympathy. The press admit
that the strikers have real grievances
and great provocation but hold that no
provocation can justify the attempts
upon human life that have marked
these disturbances. The acuteness of
the strikes and the refusals of the en-
ploying companies to arbitrate have led
to several suggestions for remedying
the conditions from which the evils
arise. The public. it is argued, have as
much interest In the street railways
systems as the companies or their en-
ployes. and have right to compel ar
bitration, to buy and operate the rail
ways themselves. or to take and meas
ures that Will remove the cause of the
present difficulties.
The People Own the Streets-"It is
true that strikers who break the laws
put themselves in the wrong and for
felt any claim upon pubic sympathy,
but the people are not prevented by a
present necessity for restoring order
from inquiring whether the employing
corporations were not originally in the
wrong and could not have avoided wal
in the streets by redress of grievances
or resort to peaceful arbitration. They
own the streets. and the corporations
have obtained for little or nothing, III
most cases, the privilege Of making 8
profitable use Of these highways. This
people may reasonably require tbs
holders of franchises to deal Justly
with their employees and to avoid By
peaceful and reasonable agreements
any conflict which will subject citizens
to great inconveniences expose then
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
ISSUE OF GOLD CERTIFICATES

ISSUE OF GOLD CERTIFICATES.
The treasury's action in resuming the
issue of gold certificates was much dis
cussed in Wall street the other day.
Bankers generally approved the plan,
although some pointed out that as a re-
lief measure for crop moving purposes
the issue of $4,000 600 In $40 notes was
clearly inadequate. The president Of
one of the largest Wall street banks
said that in authorizing the issue of
gold certificates Secretary Gage had
only done what New York bankers had
been asking him to do for some weeks !;
it was a step in the right direction and
would relieve the situation.
A. b. Hepburn, vice president Of the
Chase National Bank, said:
OF course the Issue of gold certif1-
Gates does not increase the volume of
money in the slightest degree: it simply
facilitates its transmission from one
point to another. The shipment of gold
is more expensive than the shipment of
paper, because of the abrasion, the la
Dor involved in handling. and the extra
charge extracted by the express COM
panies. Legal tenders are considered
more desirable perhaps than gold Ger
tificates and for that reason the banks
will not be apt to part with the latter
in exchange for the former.
The issue of gold certificates will
help the situation at interior points; it
will not be of much assistance, how
ever, at this center
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
CONVICT LABOR SYSTEM.

Judge kinne of the state board OF
Institutions in dozen states, and care
fully studying their industrial Efforts
returns tc Iowa with definite conclu-
sions. He places himself unreservedly
on record as opposed TO manufacturing
on state account. So long as a fair
price can be had for the labor of i'm
mates of state institutions by the day.
he would sell it to contractors. Judge
Kline undoubtedly went out on this
mission with a desire only to serve the
state, and 1t is fair to presume that he
did his work of investigation systemat-
ically and thoroughly and that he ac-
cepted the various lessons impressed
upon his mind without prejudice. He
is also without doubt prepared to forth
fy the position he has taken with cog
emit argument. He believes that all
good citizens are interested in seeing
that inmates of our state institutions.
which they are called upon to some ex-
tent To support, are furnished some
thing useful TO do. and that something
should be what is, under all crcum-
stances. the best adopted to promote
the proper end to be attained. Judge
Kline visited states whore the systems
employed are based upon the expert
ence not only of our own country bu,
Europe as we'll, and his recomnenda-
tons as the result of this trip win ps
entitled not only to respectful consid
GRAFTON but to adoption whenever cop
ditions win permit it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
THE CANADIAN GRAB.

Congressman Hull, of this state re-
turned last week from a trip to Alaska,
being one of a party composed of MEM
bers of the ways and means committee
OF the house. He came back with de-
cided views of our rights on the bound
airy question. His opinion accords with
that of others-that Canada has no
valid claim to the new line she has
sought to establish. In speaking of the
White Pass and the Canadian conten-
ltion Congressman Hull says:
AT the top of the pass we We're
brought face to face with the fact that
Canada wanted q seaport and had
come as near tidewater as she could.
The British flag had been moved in
forty miles and planted by the side of
our banner. while the sea lay glisten-
ing apparently only stones throw
away. The absorbing question In
Alaska is the boundary. and our neigh
bors have selected the spot they want
With great care. No otiler place on the
coast would serve them. From no other
could they reach the great Yukon val-
- - "
n.y. = pen W eliei' iiiseiiof. 9sasuas
way iissse ~. Naias a. . pace Oh moe
psaueiit eefri.ofS, put y th- most Vaiu-
tapie plsce " eerlleois o'i our coast pc
! causs ~ =. - eie Key 70 sseae com
iiieie siNe y ef "ouiu iisah y
g siiis ai.a iiis - aus
.Ioiil our CUES " wy : ana c'.lss %
sle'olla anu vancouver ~ "ouiu en-
fipis Z aiia''a ~ eisleiee ~ lliofe seiiii-
! gent iaWs against out peoi''s ana 81.
aole eilal government 70 siiu. Af,isr'-
.caliss oue os tiis seisllois 'iieS liave
opened 'o we Wo'ia.
= we ana not possess peFiece ti'le
! etlerea tiilsht pe q aueseloh. bu1 RUSSIA
sselisa 'ne islsss pS q treaty Nl'ii ! 'ifea'
i,Fi'si1ii ~ 100 we ACQUIRED al the
lisiies 70 eAe esi.itels possssse'. ny
russia ny purchase, "a iso. ana ~ clousi
WAS ever eilro~il on 'he 'i'is uh''i she
necessity lof ah ouIis. On .hs SEA ps
4 came 80 important 70 tlis isrleish iiorth-
Nest possessions, men .he claim was
mace for the heaa Of lfie Linn canal as
1 'hough lne Linn canal was 'lol part q
4 lllt std ne tieolS gay
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
{ SOMETHING LACKING.

Upon a careful examination of the
of an INSTRUMENTATION calm we find
scarcely a line to which objection could
be fairly raised but there is one point
which that platform failed to declare
: upon and whose omission we think was
a mistake. In view OF the recent action
of President Mckinley regarding our
civil service regulations, which has met
With 50 much censure and called for so
much defense, both from within and
from without the party, we can nor
pass by without censure the neglect of
the platform makers in not including a
rousing civil service reform plank
among their declarations of republicans
ism. It was a sin of omission which
can not be condoned
The republican convention in Ken
lucky found itself completely within
the control Of the spoiisrnen and adopt
ed an outspolSen spoils plank much to
the disgrace of the republican party and
called for a ringing rebuke from the
republicans of Iowa. Now that the re-
cent executive order is clearly under
stood il is pretty generally admitted
that the move was no backward step
in the progress of civil service reform
bur rather q step forward instead. The
present reform law. which must neces-
sarily have some faults, was found to
be deficient in certain points and it was
to correct these Deficiencies that the
president issued his order. All of his
corrections had been suggested and rec
commended by responsible secretaries
and heads of departments and most of
them had been endorsed by the civil
Service commission so that at no point
could the work of the spokesman be dis
covered. That his motives should be
miseonstrued by the party in one state
to the extent that the Kentucky reso-
upon the more enlightened voters OF
other states to come to the presidents
defense with unmistakable resolutions
endorsing reform in our civil service
regulations along the lines of the merit
system. That Iowa failed is greatly
to be regretted.
The republican voters Of Iowa are un.
questionably opposed to the spoils sys-
TEN Of supplying the public service but
they are not SO bigoted, or Puritanistic
as to insist that our present civil serv-
ice reform laws are all wise or absolute.
ly perfect. Whenever president car
supply an Improvement Iowa republic.
ans want to see him enact it into ar
executive order so long as it is an i'm.
provement. But party platforms are
not written by the voters. The work 1.
done by the leaders. generally office
holders. who while they are quick tt
feel the public pulse and follow the
popular will. yet when the rank and file
of the party has not been aroused these
leaders never miss an opportunity tt
neglect any. mention IL not attack the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
ii !.
: TOPICS OF THE TIMES
Iowa will rejoice this year in a bJ

Iowa will rejoice this year in big
crop Of sound potatoes.
Those who have pitied the sorrows of
the grocers horse will appreciate the
spirit that led Minneapolis equine to
deliberately commit suicide. The horse
had twisted its head around beam,
whore it hung in the stable with a bro
ken neck when discovered.
The total valuation of property In
North Dakota as equalized is $4,000, 00o
an Increase of s130O0,000 over last year
The valuation of railroad property is
s1', 100000.
Ex-Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, says
he would advise the omission of an ex-
plicit 16 to plank in the democratic
platform. He is quite willing to join
the ranks of the artful dodgers.
The Milwaukee Sentinel asks, What
shall 1t profit the democracy to get on
the wrong side Of a new issue?" The
trouble is it don't get up early enough
to get on the right side.
| Official figures show that Kansas is
making steady. healthy advance in
population. The enumeration made by
assessors for March, 1899 compiled by
/ the state board of agriculture, gives u
total of 1.125,112 inhabitants, which is a
net increase over 1898 of "a. 143, or 25 per
cent. OF the net increase. n per cent
has been made in twenty counties. The
enumeration of 1893 showed an increase
of 22.9ss, and in 1897 the gain was 3d.
$780, making total net gain Of s7,261 in
the past three years.
Four thousand postmasters of the
United States will be invited to attend
the laying Of the corner stone of the
federal building, in Chicago, in October
The cheerful word comes from Aus
tralia that its gold output for 1899 will
exceed by s1O,0OO,0OO the output of 1898,
and that the prospects for the future
lin that country. forrth yellow metal are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09
Republican state Ticket.


Republican state Ticket.
For Governor
LESLIE NJ. SHAW.
Tor Lieutenant Governor
JAMES C. MILLIMAN.
For Judge Supreme Court
JOHN C. SHERWIN.
For Superintendent Public Instruction
RICHARD C.. BARRETT.
For Railroad Commissioner
EDWARD A. DAWSON.
Republican County Ticket.
For State Senator
j. 3. CLASSEN.
For Representative
THOMAS ISIMBALL.
For County Treasurer
c. H. SMITH.
For County Superintendent
j. MORRlSSEY
For County Sheriff
T.. j. SHOEMAKER.
For County Coroner
DIR. F. p. LIERLE.
For County Surveyor
WILLIAM I3RENTNER.
For County Supervisor
II. I. SHEARER.