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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-05-19

wasted figures Of nine
tenths Of our women.
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-.
vice of Mrs. Pinkharn,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
II MISS LULA EVANS. of
4 Parkersburg. Iowa, writes
= DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-
for nearly three years.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-05-19

II YOU don't like to make excuses and
apologies, stop making promises.
The first duty Of a man is, to. do his
duty first.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
FIRE IN An ASYLUM.
Three Hundred and Fifty Orphan
Children Narrowly Escape
Death in New York.
Five Fatally Burned and Twenty
Others Severely Injured-Nin
Buildings Destroyed.
Largest Shelter Works in Black
Hills Consumed by Flames
Porto Rico Situation.

New York, Aug. 2S.-Two children, in.
mates of the orphanage of the convent
of Dominican Sisters at Sparkhill,
Rockland county, perished in fire in
the asylum building early this morning.
One other child and a domestic are
missing. Twenty were injured, includ-
ing two of the sisters. The asylum con-
tained $50 children. The dead: Helen
Brown and Emma Mackey, aged 6 and
Il. Teresa Murphy and q domestic,
name unknown, are missing. The prop
erty loss is s1OO, 900.
Teresa Murphy, aged 16, and the old
woman, who was known as Jane.
were burned. The Murphy girl escaped,
but went back to save a baby and per-
ished. 1t is believed the fire was incen-
diary. There were many acts of brav-
cry by the sisters in marshalling the
children and getting them out. Nine
buildings We're burned, being PRACTICAL
ly the entire plant.
Later-The body of Kate Mccarthy
was found in the ruins, making total
|of five dead.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
Fire in standard Oil Works.

Fire in standard Oil Works.
Chicago, Aug. 2s.-One of the most de-
structive fires that has ever occurred al
the Standard oil redneries broke out at
Whiting last night about o'clock. 1t
started in the sweetening stills and was
caused by a leak at the bottom of one
Of the stills. 1t caused a terrific explos-
ion. The flames rapidly spread to the
two immense tanks containing 1900
barrels of partially refined oil. At 10:30
o'clock it looked as though the eight re-
naming stills would be consumed.
! A fireman named Steven Wilkins, the
first man to discover the leakage, ran
for his life. but the flames were too
| quick for him. and he was terribly
burned about the entire body. The flesh
on one side was cooked and his clothes
We're completely burned off. He was
| taken in the company. ambulance to the
office of DR.. Take where his wounds
We're dressed. 1t is not thought he will
survive the night. Harry Bonney. en-
gineer at the works, was fearfully
burned while attempting to flee for his
life from the burning oil. but 1t is
thought he will recover. Jesse Cum
ningham, still man. also received
burns which are serious, but not neces-
sarily fatal
As to the loss soccasioned by the fire
no accurate figures can be given to-
day. but u conservative estimate places
it at Sl00 400
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
FILIPINO MAYORS FALSE.
Prominent ..Amigos', Discovered
Lending Aid to the Insurgents.

Manila, Aug. %. via Hong Kong. Aug
2S.-Recent events have proved some-
what discouraging to officials who are
trying to accompany war with a policy
of conciliation. Two new municipal
governments have collapsed through
the treachery of the mayors.
Today the mayor of San Pedro Maca-
ii, who was elected by the people under
the direction of Professor Dean Wor-
cester of the United States advisory
commission for the Philippines, was
brought to Manila and lodged in Jail
United States officers at San Pedro Ma
cati found that he was using his office
as recruiting station for the Philip
pine army. Four disguised insurgent
officers were helping him.
The mayor of Balinag was also ar
rested and confined in the same prison
The Americans caught him passing be-
tween the lines Of the two armies with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
in nomination and moved to make it
unanimous in the district caucus.

in nomination and moved TO make it
unanimous in the district caucus.
1t is only straw. but it shows which
way the prosperity winds are blowing.
The coal mine operators of Polk coun-
ty can't find miners enough to dig coal.
because the miners have been leaving
to take other employment in which they
can earn better wages and have more
agreeable work.
When Frederick NJ. Hubbell. of this
lefty. disposed of his interests in the Des
Mones, Northern & Western railroad to
the Milwaukee & st. Paul system there
We're stories that the Milwaukee had
turned clever trick and practically
frozen out the astute Des Moines mill
Iionaire. 1t may Or may not have been
true, but certain it is that Mr.. Hubbell
| is not carrying on this year like a man
who had been squeezed very hard. A
year ago he was recognized as the larg-
est owner of good business realty in this
town. This year he has been building
factory plants. tenement houses, whole
sale establishments. big warehouses.
apartment houses business blocks and
almost every other kind OF buildings, all
over the downtown district. The other
day he offered si55,0oo cash on the spot
for a downtown quarter that he par
ticularly fancied. He has bought from
100000 to sl5o.0oo worth of realty this
season. He is putting a. deal of money
into the Des Moines Union terminal
system, and is still the largest individ-
ual bondholder in the Des Moines water
company. He owns more saloon build
ngs than anybody else in the town--a
good many more of them in fact-and
he has acquired as a son-in-law a
Swedish count with an ancestry long
enough to inspire envy in the soul OF
the finest live stock specimen on the
fair grounds this week. And there are
some real aristoerats there, too Mr..
Hubbell seems to be struggling along
all right, though he must miss the salts
faction of being the leading political
issue in Des Moines, as he used to be
when the water works fight was in its
glory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
Gen. Peppin Defeated.

Sape Haytien, Aug. 2s.-News from
Santo Domingo says Gen. Peppin, re-
turning from succoring Santiago, was
defeated by revolutionists and obliged
TO retreat to Monte Cristo. Mao and a
section of Guayacanes have declared in
favor of the revolution. The revolu-
tionists are massing there, cutting off
communication with Monte Cristo.
1t is reported that Gen. Patine, the
minister sent by the Dominican gov
|ernment into Cibao territory, has joined
the evolutionists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
Boy Thrown From Train.

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 2S.-Michael
Donovan, Joseph Wilson and Frank
Reed are in Jail here charged with rob-
berry and possible murder. They at
tackled three Grand Rapids boys. who
were stealing a ride on a freight train,
and robbed them of their watches and
other valuables. One of the boys, JOS
eph Popozinski, denied having any
money, and when the robbers found a
small sum in his shoe they threw him
from the top of a box car when the
train was running twenty miles an
hour. No trace of Popozinski has been
found
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
PAGE ONE

PAGE ONE
TELEGRAPH AND GENERAL:
Welcome to Pennsylvania Troops.
Mckinley Praises the Soldiers ane
Justifies the Philippine War.
Starvation in Porto Rico.
Five Children Burn in Asylum Fire.
Experts Testify in Dreyfus Case.
The Pottawattamie Contest.
PAGE TWO.
IOWA AND GENERAL:
Chamberlain on Transvaal Crisis.
England and the War Crisis.
A Review of Dreyfus Case.
News of the Day.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS:
The Saloon War at Britt
LeMars Man Gets Verdict Against
Railway.
Gear Wins in Many Conventions.
Short Iowa Specials.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL:
The President and the Philippines.
The Question of Bullet Extraction.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Press Comment.
The Atlantic Speedway.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY NEWS:
Turner-Birks Slander Suit Settled.
Sheriff Mcpherson Returns-Three
Suspects Held.
Barnes Valves Examination.
Opening of the Odeon.
Brief City News.
PAGE EIGHT
MARKETS AND GENERAL:
Mondays Markets by Wire.
Tramps Assault Another Brakeman.
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Edward kiIbourne,s Funeral.

New York. Aug. 2S.-The funeral OF
Edward j. Kilbourne killed by trolley
car in this city, will be tomorrow Kill
bourne's father, David Wells Kilbourne,
was a prominent Iowa politician and
mayor of Keokuk in 1856. Kilbourne's
niece married Gen. John NJ. Schofeld.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
Doubt the shootinp Theorv.

Muncie, Ind Aug. 2S.-The shooting
of Engineer Mccarthy while in his en-
gine near here Saturday night is still
unexplained. Trainmen are now less
positive that they heard shot and a
few are disposed to doubt that bullet
was fired. An explanation is made that
a piece Of iron from some part of the
engine might have caused the wound
No bullet was found by the surgeons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
MUCH FOOD NEEDED.
Gen. Davis Makes Another Request
FOR Help IN Porto Rico.

Washington. Aug. 2s.-een. Davis ca
bles an outline of the situation in Porto
Rico. He says there is the most press
ing need of food, the aggregate cost of
what will be required 10 bridge over the
period until new supply of fruits and
vegetables Is grown, Will be an enor-
nous sum, perhaps $l.5oo.0o0. Thousands
of families are left homeless. Places
where destruction is greatest are far
inland. reached only. by pack mules. He
says 1t is next to impossible to trans
port lumber to these regions, but the
people if fed, can rebuild of the same
materials as former houses, poles,
thatched. and adds: Il repeat my for
nler request for LOCO tons of food week
ly until further notice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
A Mysterious Tragedx,

Athensborough, Pa. Aug. 2s.-Emmet
Blanchard this morning shot and killed
his wife and an old man named Mingle
and then killed himself. No cause is
assigned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
IOWA BOYS WOUNDED.
Three of the Fifty-First Hit by
tIauSer Bullets,

Washington. Aug. 2s.-otis cables the
following wounded; Fifty-first Iowa,
near Calulum. on the 18th, Company A,
Amos NJ. Slatton, leg, slight; band,
James 7. Stewart, shoulder, slight: d.
Theodore P. Haltgaver, shoulder,
slight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
sixteen Miners Killed.

st. Etienne. France Aug. 2s.-whila
sixteen men were descending into the
Couchard mine. at Haute Croix. taAAy.
cable broke. They were Ill k1tlea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
WEAVER ELECTED
wapello Man Chosen Chairman o

wapello Man Chosen Chairman of
the Republican state Central Com
mittce-spence Made Vice Chair
man.
Dubuque, Aug. 2s.-The republican
state central committee today elected
H. o. Weaver, of wapello, chairman,
vice c. T. Hancock, resigned. +. H.
Spence. of Mt. Ayr, vice chairman: C.
w. Phillips, Maquoketa, secretary.
Weaver is favorable to the recollection
of Senator Gear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
BIG FIRE AT DEADwooD.

Golden Reward smelter Destroyed
by the Flames.
Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 2s-The Golden
Reward smelter and clllorination plant,
the largest of its kind in the hills,
burned today.
The loss is s150o0o
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
A CLASH IN CHINA.
British and Russian soldiers Dispute
as to Authority.


Shanghai Aug. 2S.-British blue jack
cts and Russian Cossacks are face to
face at Hankow, and Il warship is on its
way to uphold British rights in a con-
troversy that may assume international
proportions.
AS the outcome of dispute regard
ing some lands at Hankow, on the
Yang g-tse- Kiank, about 700 miles from
the sea, which was purchased in 1868 by
the concern of Jardine, Matheson & Co.,
but were subsequently included in the
new concessions to Russia, the owners
under the advice and protection of MIR.
Hurst, the British consul, sent workmen
to fence in the tract.
After the work was begun dozen
Cossacks from the Russian consulate
appeared on the scene and forcibly
elected the workmen.
The captain of the British second
class gunboat Woodlark, specially de-
signed for river service. after consult
ing with Mr.. Hurst, landed party of
bluejackets and moved the Woodlark
within firing distance of the Russian
consulate. but nothing further occurred.
The bluejackets are now guarding the
property.
The British third class gunboat Esk
has been dispatched to Hankow from
this port. Great Britain is evidently
determined to uphold British rights.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
T.Rs BULLETIN.
.NOl|gIBLE news OF TODAY
The Weather.

The Weather.
Fqs9@wa-Generally fair, followed by
unsfad weather Tuesday; cooler
TufS afternoon or night and in the
exys.e west tonight; southerly winds.
fdssIllinois-Fair tonight and probab-
" Tuesday; fresh east to southeast
winds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
Senate Nav TRY DerouIede.

Paris, Aug. 2S-The cabinet almost
decided to summon the senate to sit as
a high court for the trial of Paul De-
roulde. member of the chamber of
deputies and president of the League OF
Patriots, and other prisoners recently
arrested on charge of conspiring
against the government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28

Chairman Jones Coming Home.
Chicago. Aug. 2s.-A letter has been
received from National Democratic
Chairman Jones. He will return from
Europe and be In Chicago October I. s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28
MAY MEAN WAR.

Transvaal Government Notifies
Chamberlain II VIII Make No
Further Concessions.
Cape Town, Aug. aS.-Replying to the
latest proposition of the British secre-
tary of Colonies Chamberlain the gov
ernment of the Transvaal has notified
him that it adheres to it's latest offer,
not to make any further concessions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28

The Grant Expected Today.
San Francisco, Aug. 2S.-The trans
port Grant. conveying the Wyoming,
Idaho and North Dakota volunteers
from the Philippines. is expected to ar
rive today
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-28

terhazy case, also persisted in the opin-
ion that the bordereau was not the
work of Esterhazy. despite Esterhazy's s
confession that he wrote it. After it
was announced that De Freycinet, for
mer minister of war; Galifa and Col
Cordier would be examined tomorrow
and commission ordered to take the
iourned.
The Appeal., 1899-12-23

= Go1dilocks and I were walking back
of Moss valley and happened to step,
together, upon the Enchanted Flying
Phantom Field. In moment we were
flying through the air, and In less time
than you can count six plainly we were
once more in Fairyland, under Tam
alpais mountain. .>ts
And then what do you think we
saw?
Santa Claus picking plum puddings
from trees! Real plum puddings from
real trees!
This was in the plum pudding or
chard which the fairies planted, long
ago, for Santa Claus. He was whist
ling and chuckling and laughing, "Ho!
ho! ho!" and sometimes slyly winking
one eye as he viewed the many grow
ing heaps OF puddings as he laid them
under the trees, and thought what jol-
lity there would be Christmas day
when they were eaten-and what tum-
myaches afterwards! +
Goldilocks thought the plum pud-
ding orchard wonderful. 1t was wa
tered by sparkling rills and was sur
rounded by hedges upon which candies
and nuts and oranges were growing.
These hedges were made all of Christ
mas trees, the burning little candles
on which furnish Santa Claus light at
night to work by. He will have only
the candles to work by because they
seem to bring him nearer to his mill
The Appeal., 1899-12-23

THEN OFF THE CHILDREN RAN.
plates were lifted, there were little
envelopes tied with gay ribbons. Such
a time as the children had untying
them! In each was a card, and on
each card was a verse, signed, "The
Christmas Postman."
Joe shouted as he read his aloud:
When you get this, dear Joe,
You must straight away go
And look under your bed,
But pray don't bump your head"
Joe jumped up, but auntie called,
Here, you must wait until the rest
have read their notes, and all start at
once.'
The verses were all short. George
read his next:
Look behind your closet door,
For great big package on the floor" :"
Grace read: ---
I'm the northeast cha mber, out of
sight,
Under the coverlet, snowy white.
You'll find a gift if you search just
right
Last..came Winnie's:
"A present lies on The garret stair;
think that Santa Claus dropped 1t
there"
Then off the children ran to search
for their presents. Such stamping
and scufling and shouting as the
grown people heard! Pretty soon they
came rushing in, one after the other.
Then such. an untying of strings and
tearing off of wrapping papers as there
was!
"Auntie! Auntie!" they shouted.
'These are your presents! You are
the Christmas postman!'
Auntie's gifts were not to be mis-
taken. She made them nearly always.
Joe's was an envelope album for
scraps. Joe liked to cut all sorts OF
things out of newspapers and maya
zines. The scrap-album was made Of
tWenty-slx big brown envelopes, tied
together by cords. in a pasteboard
The Appeal., 1899-12-23
stay. Il Is ! poor little

hand. ''Letit stay. Il IS ! poor little
caterpillar's house = e.
May was right One Indian summer
day q caterpillar. dressed IN brown
velvet, was taking q walk IN the woods.
At last he came to the little pine tree
and thought to himself, What nice
place to spend the Winter!!'
So he made himself little house.
He made 1t very tight and close, Of
fine, soft thread, and fastened up the
door. He did not leave himself even
window to look out. II there had
been one, how 1t would have surprised
him to see that he and his house and
the pine tree were riding in a sleigh
with pap and May and Archie!
= He would have been still more sur.
prised II he had seen, the tree standing
in the parlor. covered with toys and
trinkets and little candles.
1T must be spring at last" he
thought, for it was very warm in the
parlor.
So he poked a hole in the wall Of
his house and out he came. But what
do you think? He was not caternil-
lar at all!
"Oh, see the lovely butterfly" cried
May.
He flew to the tip-top bough; and
the children said there was nothing
else on the tree so pretty as the but
terf1y.
"He must have come down the CHM
ney with Santa Claus!" said May. And
she never guessed that he came out
of the caterpillar's house.
The Appeal., 1899-12-23
TURKEY ACTRESS"

A pretty little Thespian said to me
the other day:
II must look out for a turkey, job
for Christmas
why, what do you mean?"
queried. -
What, haven't you heard of ''tur-
key actors':"
q know plenty of actors who are
geese. and a few actresses who are
ducks" was the reply. -
"Oh, dear, no! Turkey actors are
those who. only get an engagement for
Thanksgiving or Christmas or New
Year's.'' ..,...--,.
and how long scan.s,they live on
that?"a 4s. ss 81
well, it's better than nothing. I
engaged for twenty dollars and ex-
penses last Christmas to play Aida
Bloodgood in The Streets of New
York Oh, what an experienced"
"Come in here" quoth I. "and over
brimming bumper of chocolate or a
wild wassail of tea, tell me ALL.
And as we lunched together she told
me this:
''They sent for me from a dramatic
agency, said the money was sure and
almost anyidresses would do. Aida is
the daughter of a banker in the play,
but they said that in the town where
we were to perform on Christmas night
they wouldn't know the difference.
However. fixed Up three changes
without spending cent.
"We were all to meet the manager
at the ferry in Jersey City. He didn't
The Appeal., 1899-12-23
A Brand New Christmas

cover. They could be taken out when
filled and new ones put in,
Georges great big package was a
wooden box made into 2 nice little
store. It had shelves and counters,
and a set of scales besides.
Grace's gift was a fancy work bag,
with pockets holding embroidery silks.
1t had some crochet needles and pair
Of embroidery hoops, and some pretty
doilies ready to begin work on.
Winnie's gift was an afghan, pillow
and strap for her doll carriage. The
afghan was made out of pink and
white worsted knitted in stripes. The
pillow was of pink silk, over which
was cover of Swiss with lace ruff
fle. The strap was piece Of white
ribbon with little pink flowers painted
on it.
AS the children were exclaiming
over these gifts, they were startled by
the dining room from the hall. Bang!
Bang!i The boys ran to open the door.
There stood their father He had
slipped away while they were upstairs,
and they had not missed him. He
had trunk, covered with cotton and
trimmed with evergreen, on his shoul-
der. H.. =
Express from Santa Claus" he
cried.
"Ho, no! Express from Santa Claus"
the children shouted, dancing around
the room. +,
1t was a regular Christmas trunk.
when opened. Merry Christmas. J"
was printed in green letters white
ground inside the lid, and everything
in the trunk was done up in white
paper, tied with green cord. In each
was stuck a sprig of evergreen. In
the trunk were all the presents from
papa and mamma to the children, and
from the three grown folks to each
other. Most of the gifts were home
made, and not costly, but all were re-
ceived with delight. There never was
such a jolly Christmas trunk! + r..
why. we haven't given our presents
to each other!" cried Winnie at last.
Each Of the four children always had
some trifling gift for the other. three.
"1'll tell you nice way to give
them!" exclaimed auntie- "An mark
your presents with the first names of
those they are for, and bring them to
me. Then we'll go to the sitting
room and play hunt the thimble" with
each bundle. The one whose name is
on it must go out while we hide it,
And off they trooped to collect their
bundles and to spend merry morning
hunting for them.-Annie Willis Nc
Cullough in Youths Companion.
The Appeal., 1899-12-23

he has sat enthroned for ages past.
Give us Santa Claus Throw. the
good old saint out into the snow? Put
away those delicious Christmas eve
dreams, when every stir in the house
hold after dusk meant the stamp Of q
reindeer? Bring up child without
the belief in the chimney and its ca.
pacity to stretch oh Christmas ever
No; q thousand times no!
There's too little poetry in life now.
Let the children have all Of 1t they can
get. Says a recent writer: 81 wish
there was q grown-up Santa Claus.
I'd love to believe in him, and would
not thank anyone who told me he
wasn't true. I'd listen to his sleigh
bells with something very much like
rapture, I'm afraid. It wouldn't be Tor
the presents, either. That isn't why
the children love Santa Claus. They
love him because he means that some
where there's great-hearted creature,
who is thinking Of them and planning
oil the year through to delight them"
The Appeal., 1899-12-23
Fourteen MIStskes,

An English paper gives list OF
what it terms the fourteen mistakes
of life" While there are undoubtedly
other mistakes than those mentioned,
the list is a fairly comprehensive one.
It is a great mistake to set up our own
standard of right and wrong, and Judge
people accordingly; to measure the en-
joyment of others by our own; to ex-
pectl uniformity of opinion in this
world; to look for perfection In our
own actions; to worry ourselves and
others with what can not be remedied;
not to yield in immaterial matters; not
to alleviate all that needs alienation
as far as lies in our power; not to
make allowances for the infirmities Of
others; to consider everything impos-
sible that we can not perform; to be-
.lieve only what our finite minds can
grasp; to expect to be able to UNDER
stand everything And the last and
greatest mistake of all is to live for
time alone, when any moment may
launch us into eternity.