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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-29

Dennis Armstrong is IN Omaha
on business this afternoon.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-29
Notice /. O. q. F.

All members of Red Cloud Encsmp.
ment No. ~, and all visiting Patri-
srchs who may he in the city, are re-
quested to meet At l. o. o. F. hal, on
Friday evening March Both. Work In
the in Royal Purple Degree. and 8
good time is expected. Came out and
assist in the work. By order Of the
Chief PatrlYrch.
w. H. CAMPBELL, Scribe.
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For Rent,

A 10 acre fruit farm 81 miles north of
Mo. Valley. Enquire of J. F. Marlin
al
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Get ice cream at Belr, this evening.
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This Masterpiece represents
q family of peasants in the harves-
field. 1t Is noondsy-not breath ri
air is stirring aud away Oft in the dis
lance where the villsgers are holding
their country fair balloon hangs III
the sky. They gaze In muts astonish-
ment, wonder, awe aud admiration,
revealed IN their faces aud attitudes.
1t is the work Of master hand.
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Died

Fancy c"mos AZ the Leader.
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Sec Stow, the Jeweler. for re-

DR.. Tam;s,ea, Missouri Valley
,..wa. e
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Ice cream at Bells tonight.

Weather Forecast.
Snow or rain to night.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-29

BY the burning out of . flue ct the
Lefirow residence on Second street
last night, the fire department was cal
led out but before the wagon arrived
ON tue scene the flames had consumed
the combustibles in the chimney and
the services of the department were
not needed
state Of Ohio. City OF Toledo :.
Lucas County,
Frank J. Cheuey mskes oath that be
Is the senior partner of the firm of +.
!. Chenny Il Co., doing business In the
;I'y Of Toledo, COUNTY and State sf0re
sad, aud that said firm will pay the
siam Ut one hundred dollars for each
md every cnse at catsrrh thxt cannot
BIZ cured by Halls Cstarrh Cure.
Frank j. Cheney.
sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence. this 9Th day of Deem
Der A. ID. 1856.
(>) A. W. Gleason,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Cxtarrh Cure IL taken internal.
~ and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. Send
fer testinoniala free.
F. j. CHENEY d CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Toledo, o. Sold By DR. " g,a,s, 75c.
Hsils Family Hlh he .t6e He5k.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
MALLORY TELLS WHY.
Considers It Necessary to Scratch Re
publican Ticket

ct was born a Republican and have
always voted the Republican ticket"
said Rev. F. Z. Mallory at the Third
Christian church last night, but will
scratch the ticket this year. 1 hope that
the ticket of that party will in the fu-
ture be composed of clean men so that
/ may again find myself identified with
them. But will stand up for what
can see is right regardless of politics"
Rev. Mr.. Mallory read the editorial
which appeared in the last issue Of the
Kansas Telegraph and asked, Are you
going to support the men who bring beer
into the city and give beer parties, or
the men who have promised to enforce
the laws2 There was a time in the his
tory of Topeka when the joints and the
houses of bad repute were 50 scarce that
they could hardly be found with a fine
comb. Do you not know that this is so2
Ca voice answered 'yesD and we want to
make the city so again.
CLARK has both publicly and privately
announced that he will take the oath Of
the office and do his utmost to fulfill IT.
THE liquor men are furnishing money
to help run this campaign. Can you not
see that it is to get control and that
they will then have the opportunity Of
taking the hard earned money of our
boys and will be sending them on the
downward path.
Jesus concerned himself with social
science, and political science no less than
with the science of God This covers the
civil life and makes politics a part OF
Christianity.
1T deVolves upon US as Christians to
guard the rights of citizenship and the
purity of the franchise; that Is to be on
guard at the polls
but there is no privilege without
corresponding responsibility. The ballot
suggests not merely that a man may
exercise his franchise, but that he must
do so. One Of the grave evils of our time
is the withdrawal of a. considerable class
from the exercise of citizenship. The
right to vote involves a corresponding
duty which no true Christian will regard
with indifference.
again the true Christian should be on
duty by the joints, saloons and the aver
age Kansas drug store. There is no more
portentious menace to our liberties than
these.
LAS it is it b. hooves every lover Of law
and order and national prosperity to use
his utmost influence against the sale and
traffic of intoxicants. 1t is not for US
at this point to call in question or to
concede the right of the individual to
take a social or even a convivial glass"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
KANSAS news.
Montgomery County Farmers
Getting Cheap Fuel.
Will Use Natural Gas From In
dependence Wells.
is PIPED OUT TO THEM.
Gas Company Pays Royalty For
Lease of Land.
Has Eighty Miles of Pipe Into
the Rural Districts.

Independence, Nov. 5.-This winter
there will be between 400 and 500 farm
ers of Montgomery county using natural
gas from the Independence wells for
heating and lighting their homes The
Independence Gas company is laying
more than 40 miles of pipe into the coun-
try this fall There was about that much
already laid, 50 that the company now
has about so miles Of pipe running out
OF town in all directions for eight or ten
miles. This plan of piping the surround
ing country is original with the Inde-
pendence Gas company, and Is done In
order to hold leases. 1t has also proven
an inestimab1e boon to the farmers. The
Gas company takes a lease on the farm
er's land and furnishes him gas for fuel
in place of paying him a cash royalty.
OF course, it will pay cash for the leases
if desired, but most of the farmers want
gas, and in the event that gas is dis
covered on the land the farmer receives
a. royalty in addition to the gas. By this
means the territory on all sides of this
place has been blocked up and furnishes
an inexhaustible field from which the
company can draw it's supply of gas In
many towns in the gas belt the SUI
rounding land has been gobbled up by
other companies, but the Independence
has been foresighted enough to protect
itself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05

esterday morning. Rev. McKirahan
took for the text of his sermon the 18th
verse of the 22nd chapter Of the Gospel
according to Saint Matthew
The text tells of the command OF the
Saviour to render unto Caesar what is
Caesars and unto the Lord what is the
Lords:
1T has been said that there should be
no union of church and sttae, but there
is a union of the church and the state
and there is a union of the church and
the home.
Every man owes allegiance to the
government and it is his duty that he
should do all within his power to sup
port the government in return for the
protection which the government gives.
'.All parties are honest however -
from honest are some of the politicians
who are seeking Office through the party.
And most people are honest. There is
more patriotism than we think for. All
parties think that they have the right
method but there are too many denun-
Citations and too much misrepresenta-
ton.
I'VE have a secret ballot and a mans
vote is sacred. 1t is a deliberate step
made after a study and decision that
he is doing what is right 1t is fair
vote and is entitled to a fair count.
Il do not want to make plea for any
particular party but only want you to
vote righteously for you will have to
give an account for it in the last day.
1t is natural that you should want to
friends. There are those who under the
party whip will not do anything but vote
the ticket straight, because they think
they are not loyal to their party unless
they do so.
Il say that man is most loyal to his
party who will scratch his ballot. BY
so doing you win put clean men in con-
troll of the party.
Prohibition is purely a local option
issue From state down to counties and
cities it is local option. There are
some localities in Kansas where there
are as many saloons and as much law
lessness as there are in wide open states.
We have the laws in this state but the
laws are being trampled under foot by
the officers who have been appointed to
enforce them.
1.-THE question of whether we have
prohibition is only a question Of whether
we are strong enough. And it is the
duty of the whole Christian community
to vote for a. prosecuting attorney who
viii look to it that the laws are en-
forced"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05

swing out and the dirt is pushed out
alongside the track. where it is spread
cut and smoothsd down by the IeveIer
that follows
The Santa Fe built its own Jewelers. at
the Topeka shops. The special machin-
cry purchased elsewhere was also put
together here and delivered to the cut
or within the last few days, Much
preliminary work has already been done
by a large force of men under NJ.
O'DOwd, formerly trainmaster of the
Chicago division. Conductor John Wood
ward has charge Of the work train.
There is a telegraph Office placed on the
scene of operations, SO that trains can
be kept moving without great delays.
Grades on the cutoff will be reduced
fOur-tenths Of one per cent. or twenty
one feet to the mile. The work on this
part of the road will cost over 100000
OF the million dollars that will be eX-
pended over the whole system
The reduction of grades on the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe was completed re-
Gently. On this line the total cost of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
.HYPooR1r1cAL RABBLR."
DR.. Mcfarland Says He Prefers to Be
One of Them.

One OF Them.
ssFror myself will not vote for the men
in whom jointists and brewers and dis
tillers and their sympathizers put their
trust
uttered these words in the pulpit of the
First Methodist church. the congregation
manifested its approval by clapping hands
in a hearty manner. The first faint ap-
nlaIse emanating from a quiet corner
of the church soon burst into a volume
selves. Each glanced at his neighbor and
then quickly responded to the impulse;
although it was rare incident. Lo gal
red in every Methodist church, produced
a. striking contrast to the traditional form
AT the close Of the service my Country
IT'S Of Thee" took the place of the usual
song of liberty swelled into a mighty
chorus with the stately organ and the
Method seemed to take q new tnsplra-
ton from their pastor, who counselled
morality and conscience in politics ana
row on the side of law and ORDER
1.-THE Moral Element in Politics, was
the subject which DIR. Mcfarland dis
cussed. Without this, ard without Con
science there, in his words, can be no
such thing as clean politics. This theory
brought him to the discussion of local is
sues, although throughout the sermon
iIauor element. It was Noticeable, how
ever, that the sermon in no way referred
present or prospective.
The reference to the shawnee county
propositions. First, that the protection
Of evil doing by law; second, the assump-
ton by officers of unauthorized preroga-
tives; third, the non-enforcement of law
or ignoring of laws, constitute three forms
of bad government. Upon the latter
proposition was laid the foundation for
the following:
This is, perhaps, the most common
form of 1awlesSnesS and one of the worst
forms Of polit cal democrat izat on. Officers
who are appointed to be executors OF the
law become the nullifiers of the law The
public mind is not awake, as it should
be, to this form of criminality.
"Offieers who refuse or neglect to do
what the law requires are just as criminal
as those who assume to do what the law
does not authorize. Might not public Of
6cers themselves as well attack the lives
and property of citizens as to license
others to do so through the non-enforce-
ment of law? Such a failure really
amounts to a. conspiracy between officers
and criminals to do evil.
First of all we must have a police
force that will take cognizance of VIOLA
tons of law, and who will all dill
gence and persistence in hunting out law
breakers and bringing them to justice
I'VE have suffered grievously through
our police department in this respect.
There can be reasonable doubt but
that at some point or points our police de-
partment was in secret alliance with the
criminal element. The mayor of our city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
PREACH POLITICS.
Icontinued from the F1rat Page.1

LContinued from the First Page1
question, for do not know any of the
men excepting Judge Hazen, and have
been in his home I have no personal
friendship that would influence me in
what I have said and I give it to you
for what it is worth. That is the nearest
I have ever come to preaching politics. -
He said that what he had said con-
corning the beer parties and beer checks
was not a runnOr, but was evidence that
had been presented to the ministerial
association.
q have been told that a scratched
ticket would weaken the party. What
difference does it make if it does? If a
candidate is in the interest of whisky
what does the party amount to? The
party can do nothing if it has corrupt
men in Office. We should sacrifice more
than party in order that truth and right
may prevail; we should sacrifice even
life.
we are supporting a viper by our
failure to fight this whisky element and
as Christians we cannot do it We must
be careful in local matters. We must
thoroughly examine the conditions
THE German brings with him to this
country the customs, habits and trad1-
lions of his old home, and the 1T1Shnan
does the same. When they decide to
take up their abode among US they
should leave their customs and abide by
the laws of their adopted land. 1t IS
due to foreigners that we have the dram
shop. It is not an American institution,
but is inherited from Europe. Men who
advocate the dram shop are enemies of
morality and good government.
st do not believe there is a Christian
who can look in Chrfst's face and sup
port the liquor traffic locally or other
wise If you do support the men who
favor this traffic you are helping men
who deal in mems souls. 1t cannot De
supported morally or any other way"
He closed by saying that if men re-
manned at home on election day they
would be lending support to the liquor
traffic, which is the progenitor of law
Iessness and anarchy.
IT want it understood that I am not
opposing anyone individually, but I am
opposing the principles for which they
stand"
In closing he spoke Of the beautiful
peace which would prevail when the
right predorninated in this locality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
FISK Has NO APOLOGY.
Says the Pulpit Belongs on Side of
the Home.

DR.. D. NJ. Fislx's sermon Sunday morn
ing at the First Congregational church
was from the subject, Not good Chris
tians unless good citizens"
This pulpit has no apology to offer, ."
said DR.. Fisk in commencing his sermon.
I'VE are on the eve of a great decision
and have no apology to make in again
calling upon you to act intelligently for
no pulpit ought to be called uron to
apologize for being on the side Of the
homes. the side that demands the OBJ
servance Of the law, the side that is for
civic right. The other side says why
of course we've got the ministers. the
women and the civic federation against
u.s. There ought to be no question where
the pulpit stands. Can we not under
stand that it is a part of religious duty
to make good government and put men
where they shall administer justice We
are not good Christians unless good citi-
zens. What is the use of saying Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven had supposed that
Shawnee county was still on earth. DO
you think Shawnee county politics out
rival the politics Of heaven2 I hadn't
supposed that we had the kingdom of
heaven in Shawnee county yet. I can
leave you but I shall not cease preach
ing that Jesus Christ meant to put his
kingdom here; that will I preach" At
the close Of his sermon DR.. Fisk read an
article from the Kansas Telegraph, the
German paper. which favored the cleo
ton of candidates whose policy suits the
Germans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
THE BOER eeSLIM."
[Julian Ralph in Harper.s Monthly.

rJulian Ralph in Harper's MontTly.1
The Beers seem not to know or to like
to tell the truth, for they lie to one an
other, are lied to by their leaders, and
are all but fattened with lies by their
newspaper organs. 1t is a condition SO
extraordinary that cannot comprehend
it, though every one of US in South At
RIGA knows it to be true.
What it leads to has to do with the
fighting habits of the Beers, SO that
these remarks are not of the nature Of a
disgreSSion. 1t leads to British soldiers
being invited into a Dutch garden to
help themselves to fruit, and then being
shot at by Beers hiding in the garden It
leads to such incidents as that at ia
cobsda1, where every garden wall womb
ted shot. and yet where, when the town
many with Red Cross badges on their
arms-to welcome the soldiers and to tell
them how glad they were that the Brit
ish were coming to give them good rule
and honest rulers. 1t leads to an in
stance the exact opposite of that, in
which, at a village near Ladybrand, Col.
BroadWood and his men, while scatter
ing Lord Roberts proclamation, were
entertained at tea. in the best houses.
and were told that all the people were
glad the British had come. Within the
half hour that the little band of British
enjoyed the hospitality of the place a
ga1IOper came in to warn BrOadWoOd
that several thousand of Beers were APP
preaching. The colonel and his men
leaped upon their horses and made a.
hasty escape, but, as they fed, from the
windows and garden walls the Beers
who had welcomed them fusilladed them
with rife fire Both this form of decep-
ton and the other one called lying are
included in the definition of the Boer
word slim To be slim is the aim OF
every man OF that much-nixed blood,
they openly boast Of it and glory in it.
In a dictionary the word would stand
thus: Slim-Cunning. tricky, able to get
the better Of all with whom one has to
do =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05

the work has been about 81. $50 900. This
MoTk was done largely by contractors
and the Santa Fe expects to accomplish
the grade reduction on the rest of the
system with more economy by doing the
work itself and by the use Of the special
machinery secured, according to a state
ment by an operating official
On the Gulf road the southbound
grades have been reduced as follows:
Fort Worth to Temple. Tex, 1918 miles
grades reduced from 73s feet to 475
feet per mile; Temple to Beueville. 1i21
miles, 73.9 to 42.2 fet per mile; Bolleville
60 Sealy. lis miles, IS to 15.S feet per
mile NorthbounG grades have been
slightly reduced in the progress of the
work, but this is Of comparatively little
importance. as the preponderance of the
traffic IS largely southbound-
Incidental to the above work It has
been necessary to build 27.5S miles Of
entirely new line, curvature has been re-
ouced 504 degrees, and the whole line
shortened 438 feet; there were 2 S33. $40
cubic yards Of earth. 24S, SS5 cubic yards
81 loose rock and 413 90 cubic yards OF
solid rock renewed; 1895 feet of wooden
ana 1&h& &Ena hT4dGaR 1Raga rsplaca6 BY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
RAILROAD NEWS.
Grading Machinery Put to Work
on EmpOria Cut-OR.
Equipment as It Cuts Away the
Banks of Dirt.
LESSENING THE COST.
VIII Do Tt Cheaper Than the
Gulf Road Contractors.
Statistics of the Completed
Work on 6. C. & S. f.
LESSENING THE COST.

The specially constructed machinery
for cutting down grades which the
Santa F'e has been preparing for a long
time was put to work ON the Emporia
rut-on today.
A complete outfit, as employed be
tween Edgerton and Wellsville, consists
of two trains of from six to seventeen
cars each, according to location, length
and haul of material. each drawn by a
heavy moguI locomotive from among the
most powerful on the road. With each
train is a Bucyrus steam shovel, a
Lidgerwood unloader, an unloading plow
and a leveler The cars open at the side
as the unloading plow is drawn in the
length of the train by the powerful coil
of the Lidge1wood unloader, which is
supplied with power by steam from the
locomotive The side doors of the cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
QUILTS TO MATCH CARPETS

From the New York Times1
Women nowadays not only must have
the chintz furniture coverings, the win
dow draperies and the painted furniture
OF their bedrooms match in dorai design
the Powered paper on the walls. but they
make the comforta.bIes and wool quilts
match as well. When late In the fall a
woman is seen en- route to the shop with
a bit Of wallpaper in her hand, Il is
pretty certain that she is going after a
gay comfortable or perhaps half a dozen
Of them.
Down or wool quilts form the prettiest
as we'll as the most serviceab bic furnish
ings of q comfortably arranged sleep
ing room The wool quilts. which come
in all the pretty shades Of plain colored
silks, and in all the desirable flower pat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
FUs1oN's FINAL RALLY.
Clay Center Has Night of Red Fire
and OratorY

Clay Center, Nov. 5.-The Peoples
party closed the campaign in this county
Saturday with one of the grandest rallies
ever held in the city. No aaring hand
bills, no Iurid posters heralded the event;
but quietly the word went around and
from all 0ints of the compass marching
columns with their bands of music and
special features of attraction invaded the
town: the resulting parade was nearly
two miles in length and reminded the
onloeker of the political uprising. known
as the Alliance period. The afternoon
was devoted to oratory. Seven thousand
people assembled in the park, where, for
over two hours J. NJ. Senter, of Topeka,
held their close attention. At night the
city was ablaze with torch lights and the
glare of innumerable Roman candles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-05
FROM EMPoRIA

The north side Of the coal chute has
been raised eighteen inches and work has
been begun on the south side.
Thirty-tWo cars of stock were unlOaded,
fed and loaded at the stock yards Fri
day night They were going east.
Word has been received from headquar-
tiers notifying railroad men not to use the
term special car but business car in
stead.
A small wreck occurred on the CUTOFF
Friday One car Jumped the track 1t IS
Trains 80 and 81 were nearly fifteen hours
late. and No. II run over the main line.
The rumor that Johnson, the chief dis
patcher here, was going to Chicago and