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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
.RESENTTHE INSULT

Certain Reports of Norwegian Picnic
Displease Citizens-They Publish a
Protest Declaring Loyalty OF Scam
Mountaineering Was There.
Special to Times-Republican
Story City, Sept. 25.-Great indigna-
ton has been aroused in this city over
the reports Of the Etnesbee picnic,
which have appeared in certain news
papers. Some of the worst offenders
displayed sensational story with
startling head lines to the effect that
Scandinavians and Americans had
come to blows at a picnic here over the
comparative prominence given their re-
spective flags. 1t was stated that only
the Norwegian flag was carried in the
parade which greatly insensed the
Americans and brought on the trouble.
To this the citizens of the town have
made reply in communica ton deny
| ing the story in toto.
| The facts of the case are pretty much
as stated in the T.-R. of Sept. %, that
| the gathering was a reunion of Norwe-
| gian old settlers, and while the largest
flag at the head of the procession was
the Norwegian flag yet the American
| flag was in evidence and no intent was
Ipresent on the part of the picnicers to
1 show disloyalty to their adopted coun-
TRY Among those present We're many
Norwegian citizens who had served in
1.-THE great civil war for the defense of
4 the union and no one but a lunatic
would suspect them of disloyalty. Such
linen as Ole Bergeson, of the Fifteenth
| Wisconsin, and Kent Phillips, Jonas
Duea, and O. c. Langland, of the
1 Thirty-sixth Illinois, as we'll as many
Others were prominet among the pic
| nicers.
The citizens protest as sent out and
printed in some of the offending news
papers is as follows:
Now, therefore. we the undersigned
/ hereby declare that the Etnesbee pic
mic was intended as an old Norwegian
settlers social gathering. which ex-
4 pectation was carried out beyond the
most sanguine hopes Of all.
I'VE further declare that the above
article Teferring to the sensational re-
port in that newspaper) is an intended
malicious falsehood. and strikes our lit
tie town as we'll as tens of thousands
lof loyal Scandinavian American cti
Izens throughout Iowa and neighborint
states who had their representative!
at the meeting.
L T.. NJ. Harrington. mayor; I. I. Hen
, Tyson, c. j. Charlson. C. n. Christen
son. councilmen; John Molstre, presi-
dent State Bank; O. b. Peterson. editor
Messenger: NJ. P. Peterson, merchant
John Donhaugh, clothier; III. Halleland
editor of Visergutten: b. I. Holm
harness maker: Thomas Johnson, stocl
dealer; Z. e. SEVERED, merchant; A. S
Christensen, harness maker; Olaf Hem
; ness, clerk; A. Jones, merchant; JOIN
J C. lesson. clerk: "A. G. Larson, merch
ant: w. d. Gandrup, pharmacist; j. A
!, b. Larson, clerk; John Nordskog. mer
| chant; Adolph Idse, jeweler; l.. j
Tjernagel attorney; L. a. Dale. clerk
i A. Welhaven, clerk; o. I. Hanson
/. merchant; T. p. Cassen, merchant
], H. L. Dale, merchant; III. j
Jorgenson, clerk; E. G. Virgins, bill
e lizards; Z. Munk, physician; A. G. An
3 derson. merchant; Henry Knivsland
], clerk; Jacob Nordskog. butcher; G
5 Amlund, printer; G. c. Gjerstal. clergy
man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
pur1,ng1on Fall Festival.

Burlington, Sept. Advantageous
big free fall carnival and street fair
opened yesterday, with the city ablaze
with decorations, numerous bands
playing, many fine entertainments at
every corner and the streets thronged
with people. A fine street parade was
given at 1890 a. M, followed by adj
dresses of welcome by Mayor Nau-
mann and ex-senator w. w. Dodge.
The city was brilliantly Illuminated at
night and an Illuminated parade was
given,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
webster Ctty Rlaze.

Special to Times Republican.
Webster City, Sept. 27.-At 10 o'clock
last night fire broke out in the feed
store of n. H. Bowden, the heaviest feed
and grain dealer in the city, and al
though the fire team and company We're
on hand within five minutes after the
alarm sounded the stock was almost
completely ruined. The fire evidently
started in the office from stove, and
spread rapidly, and as the back room
was filed with baled hay it spread very
rapidly. The loss to the stock and
building is estimated at $1,000 and was
insured
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
Democrats Nominate a senator.

Special to Times-Republican.
Cherokee, Sept. 27.-The democratic
senatorial convention for the Forty
sixth district Of Iowa was held here yes
terday, nominating William Mulvaney,
of Cherokee, for senator. This district
comprises the counties Of Cherokee, Ida
and Plymouth. and was represented
here by two delegates from Cherokee
county and one from Plymouth, Ida
county being unrepresented.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
Wedding M clinton.

Special to Times-Republican.
Clinton, Sept. 27.-At noon today in
this city occurred the marriage of Win
ME Madden to Harry E. Menkler, of Ba-
tayaia, Ill. The bride is the daughter
of NJ. X. Madden, one Of the wealthy
|pioneer merchants OF Clinton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
WIN Hear Governor shaw.

Dubuque, Sept. 27.-Col Hayden.
chairman of the republican county CEN
trail committee has received a telegram
from Governor Shaw saying that he will
be here on the evening of the 18th of
October to deliver a speech. He will
speak at Manchester on the afternoon
of the same day. The Grand opera
house has been secured for the occa-
sion, and preparations will be made to
give the governor a fitting reception
The governor is fine orator, and a
logical one, and there is no doubt he
will have a large audience.
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Travelino Man Found Dead.

Des Moines. Sept. 27.-L. NJ. Shields. a
prominent travelling man from Mime
apolis, and western agent for Proctor &
Gamble, was found dead In bed at the
savery Hotel from heart disease yester-
day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-27
sunday school Convention.

Special to Tlmes-FepuDHcan.
Swaledale, Sept. 21.-The Pleasant
Valley township Sunday school conven-
ton met here Monday. A very success
full session was held. The sermon in the
evening by Rev. NJ. Masters, of Hamp-
ton, was said by some to have been the
finest ever heard here.
C. F.. Craven. the Bon Ton Hotel man,
is the proud papa of a new eght-pound
boy.
The NJ, c. & F. d. railway is doing
some good work in filing in the bridge a
mile south of her. Men are now at work
building a stone arch for the waterway.
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HAuNTS DEBTOR PERSISTENJJ,Y.
An ODD Specimen Who is n Successfu,
Collector of Bad Debts.

~ u n
Collector of Bad Debts.
From the Augusta, Me-. Journal
There's the best collector in Augusta
and the head of an Augusta firm indicated
the man on whom this praise had been be-
slowed.
He doesn't look it,
mo, nor anything like it, yet I believe
that his appearance is about 80 per cent of
his stock in trade. Just size him up. Did
you ever see a more ingenious face? He
got his job just as he gets money from
debtors thai are bad pay. He came right
to me and asked for employment. 1 told
him that we were not in need of any one,
and followed the usual form in telling him
to call again.
He took the invitation literally, walked
around the square and dropped in to make
another application. You told me to call
again. he said. Want a good MANI 1 did
the usual thing once more, carelessly ask
ing him to call again.
Another trip around the square and he
put in his third appearance once more in
forming me that he a good man in
search of a job. 1 tried him again and he
proved to be four-time winner.
Then it struck me that he would make
a collector if he carried his persistency into
his work, and he has proved a wonder. He
has realized on old accounts that we had
given up as hopeless long ago, simply wear
ihS ueptorS uo"n 10 Wnere they would
rather pay than be bothered any further
"One sharp rascal, who makes no pre-
tense of paying his debts, told our phenom-
enon that he would have to get up very
early in the morning to get anything out
OF him. Our man was at that fellows
mouse at 2:3O am, routed him out and act
uaily got the money. He never tires and
never let's go.
Another maddened debtor told him to
sing for his money, and old reliable sim
ply took a stool in the office and sawed
away on old Grimes is Dead until he got
the cash"
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Crowds IN Interesting Study.

From the North American Review.
The behavior of people in crowds would
make an interesting study Of itself In an
ordinary crowd the majority are apt to be
unacquainted with any formal etiquette.
and the rest seem to forget all they ever
knew; only those who are possessed of ma
tural politeness and unfailing good ma
ture are saved from becoming savages I'M
der such circumstances. OF course it is
unpleasant for people of refined nature to
be brought into very close contact with the
ruder populace, and it very frequently
happens that the very ones who have had
most training in courtesy are the most dis
agreeable when in the midst of a crowd.
The nerves of the common people are less
easily disturbed, and the physical discom-
forts common to crowds are not greater
than they are accustomed to in ordinary
daily life. Unless you can be sure of bear
ing yourself with courtesy and good HUI
NOR, you should avoid crowds for your
own sake as well as out of consideration
for others.
IF. from choice or necessity, you flock
with birds that are not all of your own
fine feather, your aim should be to respect
the rights of others, without relinquishing
your own. You are not a door mat to al
low yourself to be trampled upon without
remonstrance; nor yet a cur, to snarl and
snap at those who, perhaps, through no
fault of their own, encroach upon YOU too
closely. Even In the highest circles people
are apt to lose their heads to say nothing
of their hearts when massed in large num-
bers, as witness the trays that are reported
to take place among the fair ''gentlewo-
men" who attend the queens drawing
room.
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station. cable station or any other of the
necessary buildings.
At all events the occupants of this lonely
oasis in the great desert of water soon to
TEEN with caravans bearing our expanded
commerce will find sufficient animal food
to appease their appettes. Many birds in
habit the dwarfed trees, returning to repair
their nests each time the mad sea subsidies.
When Captain Wilkes was there he noticed
some short-tailed albatross, quite tame. The
great interior lagoon abounds with fish, es-
pecially some very excellent mullet which
have multiplied for centuries without inter-
ference.
A Lonely Life.
Dreyfus' life upon Devils Island is scarce
ly more lonely that would be the existence
of n small group of men stationed at the top
Of a tower far out in this isolated speck of
land. But when the harbor is improved
and the cable station permanently estab-
iished military force will be necessary for
the preservation of order during the landing
of foreign crews, while vessel of war Will
be essential to the protection of the cable
station. Should a terrific storm blow up at
any time those afraid to remain upon the
island may take refuge upon this.
There is a mistaken notion fostered by
many that Wake Island belonged to Spain
previous to the war, and that We will come
into possession of it upon the ratification OF
the treaty of Paris. AS a matter of fact, this
isolated sand hill might have been dubbed
No Mans Land the day before Gen.
Greene planted the American flag upon its
coral beds and deposited box there to in
form all subsequent visitors that he had
plored 1t in the name of the United States
Question of Ownership.
BY right of discovery the island belonged
to England, if reports be true, but by right
OF occupancy it will belong to us as soon as
a solitary citizen agent of the United
States government be installed there
upon. 1t is question whether the planting
OF the American flag upon the island and
a subsequent desertion without leaving a
morSel of humanity for defense or asser-
ton of authority would be regarded under
the law of nations an establishment of
sovereignty.
The discovery of this our newest pos
session, was purely accidental as was also
the selection of the historic Fourth of July
Tor the planting of the stars and stripes
thereupon. Gen. Greene was hurryng to
Manila on the transport China with the
second expedition for the relief of Admiral
Dewey, when his lookout sighted the tiny
spot of land upon the horizon. Gen. Greene
dispatched his slower ships ahead landed at
II clock in the morning, left three hours
later and caught up to his fleet before sun
DOWN The report of his exploration re-
NAMED in the records of the War Depart
ment unnoticed until a few days ago when
1t was remembered and laid before a cab
met meeting during a discussion concern
ing the proposed 7,00O-mile cable to connect
San Francisco and Manila.
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BEAUTY AND WEALTH
Mrs. Howard Gould is the Happy Pos
SCISSOR of Both

From the Illustrated American
There is perhaps. no woman of promi.
neEce in New York's social circle TODAY
whose personality is more absorbingIy in
teresting to every one than that OF Mrs.
Howard Gould.
Before her marriage with Mr.. Howard
Gould, the third son of the late Jay Gould
the reputation of the then Miss Kathrine
Ciemmons was based chiefly upon her
beauty and the undoubted talent which she
mad shown as a histrion. Her marriage
to Mr.. Gould was one Of the brilliant matri-
monial alliances of the year and excited in
ternational comment. There is not today a
fair-minded man or woman on either side
or the Atlantic who does not applaud with
sincerity, born of respect and admiration
this joining together of beauty and talent
with wealth, manliness and social distinc-
ton.
II was perfectly well understood by the
friends of Miss Clemmons and Mr. Gould
that their attachment was so sincere and
lasting that all family opposition or COM
ment of world which at times does not
recognize youth ana beauty as the cu-equdls
of tremendous wealth and position. must
necessarily end at the altar and that the
marriage would finally meet with the APP
proYal of family, friends and general pub
This public that delights i'm lovely stage
pictures discussed enthusiastically seasons
ago the beauty of Miss Clemmons and on
AtI retirement from the Stage ret lndl mere
was talent which, If directed in proper
channels, would undoubtedly have made a
long and lasting impress upon native dra-
matte art.
There is. however. another side TO Mrs
GCuld--a side with which the public is not
so familiar. 1t is The matron with an the
beauty, new responsibilities and added Dig
nifty of the young American girl who now
appeals to us and who. by the very nature
of her natural gifts and an exercise OF that
rare intelligence which is as intuitiVc as IL
is well defined, must eventually place her
IN the van of acknowledged leaders in the
first circle of society.
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Practical Philanthropy.

From the San Francisco Wave.
A young Philadelphian went TO a Million
aire friend and asked pecuniary aid to start
him in business. DO you drlnk?' asked
the millionaire. "Once in a while" stop
it! Stop it. Stop il for a year. end then
come and see me-" The young man broke
OF the habit at once. and at the end of the
year came TO see the millionaire again.
do you smoker asked the successful
man. Now and then" stop a. Stop
1t for year, then come and see me
again" The young man stopped smoking,
but he did not so back again. He'd have
told me-" he said, that now that / have
stopped drinking aud smoking I must have
saved enough to start myself in business,
and have"
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Smuggling I'm Cuba.


If smuggling does not become popular in
Cuba all experience will be contradicted
1t always has been carried on there, al
though the Spanish spent much on coast
and municipal guards. 1t is common today
at the Mexican boundary, and in the case
of some articles it continues at the Cana
dian line. Where wages are low and the
price of imported merchandise is high COM
pared to the cost of living, contraband bust
ness is a sore tempta ton. To check it is
expensive, for in such cases a close system
of surveillance is required. The New
York shippers are already complaining OF
illegal importations at the Havana docks.
1t is said that when asked to justify their
charges they failed to present evidence
discriminating the guilty. But it would GER
tainly be difficult for any one, even a coast
guardsman or an inspector, to bring for
ward proofs Of the kind demanded.
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Newspaper Women of the Future

Newspaper Women of the Future
From the Ladies' Home Journal.
The sensa tional reporting formerly done
by women has had it's day. Women no
longer go down in diving costumes. nor go
up in balloons, nor fall in front of cable
cars to test the practical working of the
tenders. In justice to the women reporters
who did work of that kind it should be
added that many of them-indeed, the ma
jority of them-were good and modest
girls, who accepted such assignments I'M
der protest and only because the editor
called on them for the work and Nheir
living depended on their acquiescing. With
the passing of the sensational specials
should be chroniced the decline of the wo-
mans columns and the woman's depart
ments. They also have had their day.
To meet these and other changes the
newspaper woman of the twentieth CEN
fury will be a new type, and much will be
expected of her. She will be a well-educat-
ed, wel-balanced, cool-headed and practi-
cal young person, with a body as carefully
trained as her mind The newspaper wo-
man of the future will have passed the eX-
perimental stage of her professional work.
Concessions to her will be no longer made,
excuses for her no longer accepted. She
will be out of the ranks of the amateurs
and in line with the professionals. She
must stand or fall by the same tests as
are given to the man at the desk beside
hers in the city room.
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rising over the eastern hills, proclaiming
the coming of day, rode the little party of
soldiers. There were many stragglers,
many who lurched in their saddles, many
SciOuS upon the neckS of their mounts, but
none failed to follow that stern figure rid
ing in advance. When day finally broke a
number of black specks were seen moving
over the crest of ridge a mile in advance
They are the Cheyennes,' exclaimed
Colonel Henry. And that ridge marks the
boundary line between Canada and the
United States. We can go no further"
The memory of the retreat back to shelter
will be as a blank page to most of the party
Several days later the troops stumbled
painfully into the welcome gates of the fort,
bearing with them twentyone of their num-
Der frozen almost within the grasp of death.
Colonel Henry kept command until he saw
his men in safety again. then he took to
his bed and lowered between life and death
for many weary weeks, finally arising with
his left hand crippled and his constitution
so broken that he reported as unfit for fur
Their duty. But he was in harness again
after brief rest.
When the committee of Porto Ricans met
Gen Henry in the palace at San Juan the
members saw that the face of their new gov
ernor bore many scars. There was a bull
let hole through each cheek, the bridge of
the nose was broken and the left eye seem
ed dull and coiorless. To them il was pos
stbly Disagreement. but to the men who
served with Henry in 'I3 each scar spoke
VI q IN lIlIlS tpiSOue III tndl famous eX-
petition against the Sioux in the Big Horn
and Yellowstone country, when the troop
ers of the yellow stripes taught the hos
tiles a lasting lesson.
How He Lost His Eye.
In that expedition Colonel Guy V. Henry
was in charge of the I'd Battalion of the Sd
Cavalry, which formed part of General
Crooks command. One June morning,
while the troops We're camping for break
fast in little ravine. the out pickets rushed
back with the startling announcement that
the Sioux were coming in force. There was
barely time to sound Boots and Saddles
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Wake Island is the Freak of Our New
Possessions.
is OFTEN COMPLETELY SUBMERGED
Life Will Be Desperately Lonely at
This Cable Station.
QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP


N NJ A N Y RE :
spects the freakiest
of the more than
1,400 islands of which
Uncle Sam has come
into possession as a
result of the war is
Ecueil, or Halcyon,
or Wake Island, as
it is more commonly
known.
Presto! Change!
Now you see it! Now
you don't!"
So Sayeth Prestidig-
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of the few men to wear a medal of honor:
but it was left to the Indian troubles of
1S74-77 TO bring out his wonderful nerve
and daring and his skill as commander.
His new career as the military and civil
governor Of one of Uncle Sans first for
eign possessions will be watched with ex-
ceedng interest, but those who know and
who have served with Fighting Guy ""
are confident that he will carry out the ira
ditions Of his life and of his family a
brave and honorable officer and gentleman.
H. H. LEWIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21

H o p A r d o r
Wolff, the most sue
cessful card manipu-
lator in the world,
has fed from Berlin.
with several accom-
plices in high society:
and they have left
behind them a scam
dial that is develop
ing very painful de-
tails.
The emperor frowns
on gambling in all its
forms. In the great
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Il 10 y ON Al -
man, poOf. small like
my son, exclaimed
one of the commit
tee of Porto Ricans
selected to pay its
respects to the new
commanding officer
of the island, after
the ceremony; but
his one eye, Madre
de Dios, 1t is like a
Mauser bullet when
it strikes you""
The speaker had
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GAMBLING IN BERLIN
Germany's Capital is Stirred Up Over
a Big Scandal.
TREMENDOUS LOSSES AT RACCARAF
Work of One of the CIeverest of
All Card Swind'ers
HOW HE DID THE TRICK

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
BERLIN, January 4 lSqa
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Each One Tells Its Own Story Of g
Brave Deed.
LOVED And ADMIRED BY His MEN
Characteristic Stories of a Fine
Old Cavalry Officer
GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO

written for The Evening Star.
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Onward with Frozen Hand.

Mount, men," ordered Colonel Henry
calmly. And as the cayalcade prepared to
obey the command it was found necessary
to assist him to his saddle. On through
the snow and sieet, on until the wintry sun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21

~. TIT man. m Is Doof; small nmi ike
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Not only its occasional submergence be-
meath the sea, but its utter lack of fresh
water emphasizes the impossibility of any
previous existence of human life upon
Wake Island. How will the government
agents installed there find life possible un-
der this condition? When the army engi-
neers improve the harbor, how can they
install a complete harbor plant? Where can
they get fresh water for steam purposes?
When these questions are put to them they
point to the floating condenser Iris" which
rate of 10000 gallons day during the war
condenser can be built upon stills as
readily as as can lighthouse, a coaling