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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
NAlPARN[RSBDRG.
ssSak Layers d The Bslls Elaine
and Blue Earth Line Max.
Ing Progress
Auspisious Opening Of the Fishing
Season ct Clear Lake Tho
Congregstionalista
State Association New In Session
ct Mason City The Iowa
News.
.snecial n Timea- Ren,,blican7

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Parkersburg. May 49,. The Iowa,
Minnesota & Northwestern railroad is
pushing It's work along its new line
with vigorous determination. The con-
struction train reached Parkersburg
yesterday. and the steelis now ALL
between Parkersburg and Belle PLANE.
They have been averaging about two
and q half miles per day. For a short
time they Will run their trains over the
Illinois, Central track thru the town on
account OF some of the heavy work that
will have to be done in connection with
the overhead crossing. And 1t will take
some time yet before they can go on
their own track thru town. The large
bridge over the Beaver river is now
completed, and ready for the rails, and
& In very few weeks the Northwestern
will have new road in operation from
Belle PLANE to Blue Earth, Mimi, run-
: ming thru as good a territory as there
is~in the state. This road will be
great help to Parkersburg, which ID
evident from the amount OF improve
ments that have been made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
AReliable Pile Cure.

The Pyramid Pile Cure is the safest
and surest pile cure on the market, be-
cause ii contains no mineral poisons nor
opium nor cocaine, but can be used with
absolute safety and certainty of cure.
Many physicians are now using the
Pyramid Pile Cure in place of surgical
operations, being painless, convenient to
use, and the patient can attend to his
daily occupation while the cure is being
made, as 1t is used at night and no addi-
tioEal treatment liz necessary.
Dr. Wharton says the Pyramid Pile
Cure will prove blessing to mankind,
when 1t is remembered that heretofore
a surgical operation was considered the
only cure with all Its danger to life i'm
tense pain and an expense OF from $lo e
500, to say nothing Of the possible re-
turn OF the trouble. The Pyramid Pile
Cure costs but SO cents at any drug
store and does the work quickly ant
] saesly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
the courts on the new question. Should
the decision be adverse to them there
yis mo doubt but the saloons will have
to remain closed until after Jan. I.
GROWTH OF IOWA FALLS.
Raised From Third TO Sec
Ond Class.

Postonlco Raised From Third TO sec.
Ond Class.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, May 16. Another evidence
of the progress and growth of this city
is Indicated by a report from the post
Office department which advances this
Office another point, owing TO the
growth of the business at this place. and
the Office here is now a second class of :
flee. having been raised from the third
class, with an increase In the salary of
the postmaster. Since Postmaster
WINERY took the office two years ago
the business has Increased nearly one.
third and a similar Increase the next
two years. which is probable will mean
free delivery for the city. In rating this
office the department makes IT the iarg-
est between Marshallto@n and Mason
City, between Cedar Falls and Webster
IGity, and between Cedar Rapids and
Sioux Falls. AS ari indicator 1T the
eity's growth the postottice is known
quantity. and the showing made by the
local office places this city in the van Of
all other towns within u radius Of thr-
lty miles or more.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
THE coNGREGA1IoNALIsTs.
Annual Convention Opens Today NJ
Mason City The Program.

a Special 10 sIlIuGS1-ltSpuUilSdIl.5 II
Mason City. May 16.The sixty-sixth
annual convention Of the General Assoc
citation of the Congregational churches
and ministers opens this evening and
continues until sunday evening. AT the
opening session the address OF welcome
will be extended by j.. "A. Felthouse and
the response will be made by Rev. r. e..
Hopkins Of Dubuque. These addresses
will be followed by the annual sermon
Sby Rev. w. L. Ferris Of Cherokee.
Thursday morning will be given over
entirely to business matters and the
afternoon to the meeting of the Iowa
4 CONGREGATIONAL Home Missionary SOci-8
ETY. Thursday evening addresses will be
made by Rev. DIR. Judson Smith of New
York and Rev. DIR. 'Theo. Clifton OF Chi
Scago.
The program for the rest Of the meet
ing sis sas follows: s
Friday morning Ethical Intent Of
the Old Testament Sacrifices. Rev..
Marc w. Darling. Sioux city; devotion
al hour, Rev. George Il. Cady. Iowa
city: A. NJ. A., REV. George w. Moore;
1.-THE Place OF the Atonement in Modern
Preaching. Rev Bryant g. eston,
Usage; THE CONGREGATIONAL Minister
y Rev. w. "A. Pottle, New HAMPTON.
Friday afternoon--"The Bible and
Modern Scholarship" Rev. II. l.. Marsh,
Burlington; address. Mrs. Fl. s. Caswell.
New York; The Decline Of Church
Progress {" Rev. W. j. johnson. lie Mars;
THE Holy Spirit In the Churches Key.
IL g. Kent, Emmetsburg; g. Q. b. S.
facts and conditions, Rev. Charles IL.
Taintor, d. D., Chicago.
Friday evening Womanss hour. A.
AZ A "a
"Woman's Work in Foreign Missions.
eli, ri l. 4. 4. IrT;sb:e. Des Moines.
saturday morning Winter Quarters
for the Old Minlster,"' Rev. r. "A. Ber-
~. Cedar Rapids. Primary Gospel
Truths, Rev. II. w. futile. Manches-
ter. Devotional hour. Rev. Henry VIII
son, Mitchell. Theological Seminar
les" Rev. e. r. Rollins, Davenport
The Trend OF Modern Scientific
Thought, Rev.7E. NJ. yittum, Grinnell
Saturday afternoon--"What Is II u
BE a Chris,tan?" Rev. II. ID. Ward
Fort Dodge THE Church OF the
Twentieth Century. Rev. j. Q. Thrush
Webster city. AFTER Thoughts on TN,
International Council" Rev. A. L
Frisbie, ID. d., Des Molnes, Modern
Conception Of the Person and Work o
Christ" Rev. Dwight l.. Breed, Cres
ton. .spastorless Churches ant
Churchless Pastors; How 10 BrinI
Them Together" Rev. r. s. Hill. AT
lantic
Saturday ~evenIng- an
strong Points In Congregationalism,
Rev. c. a. Marshall. ArcGregor. lis III
Gospel n Back Number?" Rev. w. I
Bray, Sheldon.
Sunday morning Rev z. ]
Van Horn, Des Moines
Sunday aftcrn0on--L0rd supper.
Sunday Observation-Disclosures rally. Ad
dresses. Closing services. cnnductc
by Rev. T. o. Douglass. D. D.. Grin
Y nell.
Burlington will extend an ipyitatio
to the society to hold Its next annua
IS Meeting there. -.5sia9l
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SUPT. BARR RESIGNS.
IIead of Tarkcrsburg schools Ac-
cepts Position IN Dr.,k e ITniXcrsitY.

Special to Times Republican.
Parkersburg, May i6. Professor w.
II. Barr. who has been superintendent
of the Parkersburg schools the past
four years, rendered his resignation to,
the school board las. right. This is u
great surprise to the community, and
Will be deeply regretted by many. 1t
will be hard to find any one to I'LL his
place. The work that he has done here
in the public schools is something pfe-
tnbmsnab considering the length Of
time he has been hers. He has accom-
3plished what many teachers fail to do,
and that is to keep the larger boys in
school, The attendance Of the high
school Is nearly double the attendance
Sof towns Of similar population, and ali
is due to his personal efforts in induce
ing boys and girls Of maturer age to
attend. Mr.. Barr has been engaged by
the Drake University and will make
Dies Moines his future home after this
season.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
NEW POINT OF ATTACK.
Des Moincs Temperance Workers
WIN Hiring Another suit Against

3 COnAGnt l.cIlt1On.s5s
Des MONIES, May l6-The attorneys
for the temperance forces have found
new point from W hichsto attack the sa-a
loon consent statement. ~ WILL III all
probability, be BIZ Injunction proceed
ings, but whether the effort VIII be
made to prevent the board from cam
wasting the petition or to prevent the
saloon men from opening their places
after the board declares the result of
the canvass remains to be seen, tho in
dications point to the latter procedure
Article / OF section 2,44S OF the code is
as follows
Statement OF cansen t-action Of
board of supervisors a written state
ment of general consent that intnx!cat-
ing liquors may be sold in such city,,
signed by n majority Of the voters re-
siding in such city, voting therein at
the last preceding election. as shown
by the poll list Of said election, shall
have been filed with the county auditor
and shall, by the board of supervisors,
at regular meeting, have been held
| sufficient.
| 1t will be noticed that in this article.
which is the one under which the petit
| ton III Des Moines is prepared IT be-
| ing d portion of the section referring
to cities Of over 5000 population, 1t is
not specified that the statement shall
1be based upon the poll lists of the last
4 preeeding election. In cities Of over :,
i 500 Inhabitants and less than 5000 In
Inhabitants, provided for in section 2,449
1.-THE statement must he based on the
Slyote at the last general election and IN
securing statements of consent the pre-
sumption has been that the petition
4 must he bao,d in all cases on a genera
i election.
The temperance forces propose. how
Il ever to take the stand that all cleo
i lions are meant and to contest the va,
.llidity Of canvass of the petition or
4 June and of the statement itself or
!! the ground that an election was held
4 In Des Moines between the time 1t wa;
Il secured and the time OF canvassing 1t
4 They have reference to the city cleo
ltion held on March 26. Their conten
Ition will be that the petition to be can
q yassed must be based on this election
4 and that the statement. now on file i
worthless.
The attorneys for the saloon men ar
expecting this line of attack and vii
set up the defense that the Law doe
not contemplate the election next pre-
ceding the time OF fling 1t. The peti
ton was secured in February, and wa
based on the poll lists Of the genera
!. election held in November, which a
, that time was the last preceding efec
. ton, and was filed with the county a,l
ditor Feb. 2S, or twenty-six days befor
the city election was held.
1t IL undoubtedly the intention OF til
) saloon men and OF the SUPERVISORS I
permtt the canvass Of the statement I
!. 60 forward 1t this time and to tan
chansee % favorable decision fTol
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
TO Take Church Census.

Special to Times Republican,.
Rockwell city, May l6.--At the coun-.
tty conference of Sabbath school workers
held mere Monday definite plans We're
made for the work of canvassing the
entire county, May 25th. and chairlnen
were appointed for each township and
town. A county Sabbath school con-i
vention Will he held 1T Manson on June
18th and 18th.
Miss Dayse Dixon who has been
bookkeeper in the Security Bank, has
been Obliged TO resign on account of
failing eyesight. Her place in the bank
has been filed by Miss Ruth Mcclure,
who. fol. the past year, has been stenog-
rapher for the law firm of Stevenson 6:
Lavender. and with +. G. Stevenson
since the partnership was dissolved a
/ few weeks ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
THE FIsH1HG IS GOOD.
Fino strings Of Fish Taken from
Clear Lake Yesterday.

Special to Times Republican.
Clear Lake, May l6.-Yesterday
every one that could spare the time
and secure boat went fishing. And
to say the fishing is good is putting 1t
mildly. The writer saw as fine strings
OF Ash brought in yesterday ms has ever
been caught out of the lake. Two
young men brought in u string Of 100
and they were beauties. consisting OF
pickerel, bass, pike, croppies and perch.
Capt, Frank Wilkins while out sail
ing with a couple of railway men was
caught In wind storm and the boat
capslzed, throwing them into the
water. They managed to cling onto the
boat until they we're rescued from
their perilous position.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
lseinbcgckl...

Special to Times Republican.
Reinbecll. May l6.-on Sunday, May
90. Miss Deets, of San Francisco. Will
commence series of evangelistic meet;
ing in the L. r. church.
Rev. Ernest McCord, a former Rein
beck boy, vii occupy the pulpit of the
NJ. Il. church next Sunday.
Al Graves was called to Indiana to see
his sick mother this week.
Rev Trimble is in Chicago attending
general conference.
The first hall storm of the season oc-
Cured OH Monday. The damage was a
few broken window lights.
DIR. VanDepeer Is In Chicago, taking a
postgraduate course in medicine.
Our alopaths are attending the state
meeting OF their society in Des Moines
this week
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
Delea,.e 10 Asl.n,ic CITY.

Special to Times- Republlcan.
Troy Mills, May l6.-Rev, p. A. Keep
pei. a former resident OF Marshall
county, and also pastor OF the Metho-
dist Protestant church at st. Anthony
for one year, now pastor OF the NJ. r.
church at Troy Mills. Linn county, is q
delegate to the general conference OF
the above named church, which meets
In It's quadrennial session q Atlantic
City. N. J., on May 10.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.
Iowa Falls High school Graduating
Excrcises Occur NcKt Week.

5ss1 Exercises occur NCYt week.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls. May 16.-Commencement
exercises of the high school of this city
Will be held next week, and on Sunday,
May 90, at the First CONGREGATIONAL
church, Rev. I. NJ. Price will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon. The commence
iinent exercises will be held atthe Met
'ropolitan opera house on Thursday eve
ming the oath, when Rev. DIR. +. W..
.Gunsaulus, of Armour Institute, Chica-
go. will deliver his lecture on The
Later Eloquence OF Puritanism. The
following is the balance of the program
for the evening:
Shipman.
Vocal Miss Ada Newell,
Invocation rev. lib. Shoemaker
Nocal solo Mrs Jennie9Cady.
Vocal duet--Mrs. Jennie Cady and
Aiiss Lulu Osgood,
Presentation of diplomas-Mr. Charles
Hutchinson.
Vocal solo Miss Lulu Osgood.
Observation-Disclosures. j. MulhOlland.
The following is the class of 1900:
Ethel Evers, Grace Griffith. William c.
Morton, Miriam w. pyle, Nellie Il. Rob
lcrts, Louis Benedict, John II. Earring
lion, Nyle w. Jones. Mary Mccormick,
Ada Newell, Anna G; otNeil. Frank p.
NVilbur, Nina r. Shipman and Charles
b. Story.
Found a Baby on tho Porch.
4 Abba, May l6,--Albia is more or less
lstirred up over the finding of baby
4 upon the docrsteps of MIR. and Mus.
jThomas Sheehan last Saturday night
labout IL o'clock. Mr.. and Mrs. Sheehan
4 had retired for the night and Mrs.
1 Sheehan was awakened by the cries OF
a child. She awoka her husband, He
A raised the window and looked out on
1.-The porch. The exclama ton My God.
s|7therei Is d baby on the porch was the
a comment. They hastily dressed and
4 went down stairs and took the infant
A into the house, later taking II over To
u the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert VIII
8lkin. The doctor gave 1t. as his opinion
'Ithat the child was about twenty-fOuI
lhours of age. and 1T had never beer
81 washed since 1t came to this earth. y
3 MANS flannel shirt had the sleeves cut
81 from II and this served as a garment
Il for the child, while 1t was wrapped II
1.-TWO pieces of an old wooden blanket.
Two women had been seen by severa
a parties walking on the street that leads
! TO the Chicago. Burlington & Quinc,
$ I.depot, and they carried bundle. an,
: l3nppeared to he excited and undeter
a mined where to go. The police are nov
LOOKING iol5 US. W. : 80 :.
!. 49, Sh.rnn Telephone ExchanR
Z Opened.
snac,. !, i zine !. republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
PLUMBERS on STRIKE.
Ues Moiuss Building Work Delayed
by strike OF Journey-men plumb

ers.
Des Moines. May 16-The threatened
strike OF the journeymen plumbers Ut
Des 1ioines was declared NJ s o'clock
Tuesday morning and forty-two men
refused to 90 to work At that time.
Sixteen employing plumbers. practical
~ all in the city, are affected by this
walk out. Al! VI. II
The plumbers. in their resolu.ieAa
presented to the employers. demand IN
eight hour day mt ~ q day. ovar ttnse
TO be paid for II the rate Of time and
! one-half. except on holidays And 9Nn-
I aAys, when & shall ~ dopble Inns;
AeDgsst icss y sssvs ~ ysAsei y !,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16
rldora news.

Special 10 Times Republican
EldoraS May l6.-The fish- seas son va $
celebrated here yesterday by a hundred
men and boys and women. Who
sthronged the river from daylight to
dark. The fish We're shy and but few
were caught and nearly all were small
pickercl.
The Cedar Valley Telephone Com
8pany Will Immediately reorganize he
company In this county under The name
OF the Hardin County Telephone Com
pany, With headquarters in this city,
Mr. Pratt viii move his family here as
soon as he can secure rooms. He ex-
poets to find a large number Of promi-
nent farmers III the county who MI
subscribe for stock and have a phone
The rates Tor residences VIII be .
cents month and up 10 sl.50 and sssfol
business houses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-16

ial 10 Times Republican.

Special To Times Republican.
Hubbard, May 49,. Mr.. a. ISinzer sold
his restaurant To MIR. NJ. +. Williams,
of Roland.
Misses Belle and Nora Hough rem.
dered some very nice music on the
mandolin and guitar Saturday evening
to IA few OF the residents of town.
Mr.. Frank Higgins, of Harcourt, is
in town visiting his sister. Mrs. Will
Snyder.
Mr.. NJ. Il. Williams will occupy the A.
.Albertson house with his family. They
moved from Roland this week.
Mrs. ID. u. By;lm Went to Des Moines
this morning To attend the state pho
tographers' convention. She took some
fine samples of her work.
Mr.. w t. Nichols drove to Iowa Fails
yesterday to see his mother, before her
departure TO Spokane Falls. Wash.
Miss Eta Early, of Liscomb, is at
the Nix home this week.
| Mr. Myron Ufford, of Ames, spent the
4 Sunday with his brothers, Chef and w
l "A. u;fford.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Wing left for Fores
lefty last night to visit her daughter.
Messrs. r. NJ. Waller, Daniel Lonl
land James Heffern .Jr., went to Mitch
ell, IS. D., this morning to Investigate
1.-The country with view of PURCHASING
Hand.
Mr.. A. p. Wilson, OF Union. was il
town today On business.
4 Mrs James Sherratt, of Waterloo. i
4 visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
John Sherratt.
Mrs. John sherratt and children Wen
sI$tD Waterloo today for u two weeks
Il ,.tiil friend
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
THE OPEN DOOR
Secretary Hay Will Announce Success
 Some Time During Week

San Francisco, March 1.-President Ben iamin Ide. Wheeler, of the University Of California, in an address last night to the
 Monticello club, gave the details Of the negotiations which Secretary of State Hay has had under way for some time relative to the 'open door" in China. President Wheeler learned of the negotiations while in conversation with Secretary Hay dur ing his recent visit to Washington. Presi- dent Wheeler said:
 Tn the course of the week Secretary of State Hay will announce to the people a victory, not of war-can tt of diplomacy if you pease--in that the ports of China will be open to the commerce of the world. He has reached an understanding with France. Great Britain. Russia and Germany, which does away with territorial spheres of in- fluence.
 According Ito the terms of the agreement there will be no longer any spheres of in- fluence in the Flowery Kingdom. Customs tariffs will be abolished as we'll as other imports upon shipping.
 'The idea is to make the ports free to the worlds commerce and give all nations 8 free hand in exploiting their markets. It is the consummation of the British idea of the open door, which found so strong an advocate in Lord Beresford."
The age-herald., 1900-03-12

his duty to the army ana the American people demanded that he get under cover. He only laughed. zsSe6aa word WAS Sent to him that Lieutenant Breekessidge, one of his personal aids, was wounded. He left his position and went to the lieutenant and assisted in carrying him off of the field. As soon as he was satif1ed that the aide was not mortally wounded, he again took up his former position in the very hottest part of the fight. He had just turned to an orderly to direct him to go ito the rear and inquire after Lieutenant Breckenridge, when he threw up his hands and exclaim- ed, I am shot And expired immediately. He was shot through the heart. And thus died, with face to the enemy surrounded by his troops, one of the bravest men that ever lived. He was devoid of anything that partook of the nature of fear. His heart was large; he loved his men and his men loved him.
 ''The fight, after we knew that our lead CT was dead, was a fierce one; every man was bent upon vengeance, and we fought the harder. History tells of the outcome of the battle.
 We bore him tenderly away to Manila. where we arrived the evening of the 2Oth of December I haven't the heart to tell of the sad journey over the rough trails home ward with our precious burden; I only re- member one incident just as we had turn ed his body over to the sorrowing wife and children, and had mounted preparatory to returning to our barracks, the last verse of that stirring, yet sad poem 'Rafferty of Comapny F, went through my mind: We stonmed the hill, at bitter cost, But ten to one for our heart and lost, We paid the score on the flying Don; We'd storm through hell with the lid spiked
 For Rafferty of Company F.
 "CLAUDIUS D. ASHMORE."
The age-herald., 1900-03-12
SINNERS PLUNGED BENEATH THE FLOOD And Washed All Their Guilt
 Away. BIG "CULLUD" BATHING Largest Crowd of Negroes Ever I'm mersed in One Pool Underwent
 the Ordeal in. a New
 York Church. ss
BIG "CULLUD" BATHING

New York. March 11.-Negro men, women and children--some deaf, some mute and others blind. but most of them whole and sound-to the number of -1Si, were plunged into a tank of waiter and brought ont of it gasplHg and breathless in the Mount Olivet Baptist church today.
 This is the largest number of persons ever baptized in one Christian church. exclaimed the pastor.
 Rev. G. T. Walker led the last of the dripping procession from the fount to a pew, where the women knelt in prayer, and then shivering, went to a room in the rear of the church ito join others who were changing their clothes and preparing to go out in the chilly March winds
 The church was crowded with colored persons. "Tt was to please God" the pas tor explained, 'ithat the ordeal of baptism must be undergone. All who endure the trial will foe saved and their souls would enjoy eternal and celestial happiness"
 Not only were the pews and aisles jam med with people, but colored men sat upon the barriers of the galleries looking upon the scene below. waving their hands in excitement and singing .Rlymns all the time, in peuil of falling from their perches upon the fhrong below.
 The extraordinary scene was the culmin- altion of a series of revival meetings in thfs church, which have caused more than 700 persons 10 take communion besides the 1s4 who were immersed today. The preacher has gained the eitle of the 'fColored John the Baptist"