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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE.
Regular Meeting Tuesday for Re
organization.

Regular Meeting Tuesday for Re.
organization.
Secretary A. II. Hoover. of the co,ia-
meeting Of the committee for next
Tuesday afternoon at O'clock in the
east court room in this city. At this
meeting reorganization Of the com
mittee viii take place and other bust
ness OF interest TO the party will be
transacted.
The republican primary this year will
be on Tuesday, March 10, the date hav-
ing been permanently fixed last year
as the second Tuesday in March. unless
an early state convention makes an
earlier cate necessary
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04

man comes with the highest of recon-
mendat tons and Will no doubt please
the people. 1t is the intention of the
lecture committee to have nothing but
the best of talent and to this end they
will lend their best efforts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
FREMONT CASE SETTLED.
Reached Between SIR.
Wilson and Brown ~ Miller,

The suit pending between Messrs
Brown & Miller, proprietors of the Ire
mont block and Mr.. &. w. Wilson. until
recently landlord of the hosiery, has
been settled between the parties in in-
sterest. A portion of the furniture and
fixtures seized by Brown & Miller under
a landlords lien has been returned to
Mr. Wilson. and the balance is retained
by the hotel owners.
Parties who had an option on the ho-
tel were expected in the city today to
close the deal, but up to late hour
they had not arrived.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
An Homes, Medicine for La Grippe.

George w. Watt. of South Gardiner.
Me. says: II have had the worst cough,
cold, chills and grip, and have taken
lots of trash of no account but profit to
the vendor. Chamberlain Cough REM
edy is the only thing that has done any
good whatever. l have used one bottle
and the chills. cold and grip have all left
me. i congratulate the manufacturers
of an honest medicine" For sale by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04

II am indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my health and life. 1t cured
me of lung trouble following grippe
Thousands owe their lives to the prompt
action of this never-failing remedy. 1t
cures coughs, colds. Group, bronchitiss
pneumonia, grippe and throat and lung
troubles. Its early use prevents con-
sumption. 1t is the only harmless rem
edy that gives immediate results. All
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
CLUB woMEN's TRIBUTE.
Memorial Services for the Late Kath
crime Eslabrook Held

eTINe EStuUCOOK HeIU.
1t had been several years since the
hand Of death took away from the Mar
shalltown Women's Club one of its
members until within the past week.
when one of the most valued,
Mrs. George r. Estabrook, gave up her
life in an effort to live for those whom
she loved. Following an appropriate
custom, memorial services for the de-
parted member We're held. Mrs. Esta-
brook was member OF the history
committee of the club. and it was at
the home Of Mrs. w. F. David, No. 4
North Second street. and under the au-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
Marshalltown and Uniol

am we'll satisfied that your Pioneer
Cure saved me from a siege of sickness.
On Jan. Ii was suffering from impure
blood in its worst form. dull headache,
weak back, kidney trouble, sour and
bitter tastes mornings, catarrh. with
palpitation of the heart. Today. May
II. after using Pioneer Cure four
months, am almost we'll. have tried
other medicines and doctors without
help. But Pioneer Cure does the work.
Everybody should know of this Won
derful medicine. Use my name. sam
Kusche, Ortonville. MINI. Price %
cents and ST. For sale by the Mcbride
g. Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
Tourist Chr via Iowa Central to Cali
Ioruin Points.

Commencing Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1899,
and each Wednesday thereafter, the
Iowa Central will run through tourist
car to southern California points. Quick
time, through service and splendid ac-
Communications. For full particulars in
quire Of agents or address George s.
Batty. g. p. & T. A.. Marshalltown.
Iowa.
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stock for Sale.

Two hundred and forty head of feed
ers, 2 years old. good grades and good
colors; also bunch of yearings and
calves Stock cattle on hand and for
sale at all times
a. A. AND IA. A. ROBINSON,
Marshalltown and Union, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
Florida, West Indies and Central
American

Florida, West Indies and Central
America.
The facilities of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad for handling tourists
and travellers destined for all points in
Florida, Cuba, Porto Rico Central
America, or for Nassau, are unsur-
passed. Dcuble daily lines of sleeping
cars are rrn from Cincinnati, Louis
vile, Chicago and ST. Louis through
Jacksonville to interior Florida points,
and to Miami. Tampa and New Or
leans. the ports OF embarkation for the
countries mentioned. For folders, ETC..
writa George b. Horner, d. p. a., st.
Louis, Mo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
ANTITRUST LEASUE.
Latest Political NJ ovement to Invade
AiarshalltoWn

'IHT
The latest political movement is
headed this way. This is the anti-trust
league. branches of which are being
formed in various portions of the coun-
try. A meeting VIII be held in the east
court room on Friday evening, at which
time o. A. Phelps. of California, ma
tional organizer and lecturer, Will de-
liver an address,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-04
WEN Ma CENTER.

Jan. a.-N;ss Tsena Jay gave a Scrokin-
ole party al her home last Friday eve
ming. Ali the young people We're pres
ent and a good time had BY all.
Miss Mary Russie is sick, though not
seriously.
Pearl Havens is home from Iowa City,
having been called back on account of
his fathers sickness. Mr.. Havens' con-
dition remains about the same.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank swearingen are
visiting in Audubon county
Myron kleespie had a runaway last
Saturday evening, the cutter upsatting
and leaving him in an ungraceful posi-
tion in trent of the Simpson residence.
The horse was finally caught by c. g.
kurtz, after running about mile. No
damage WAS done.
Several of cur Young people attended
the dance in Bsaman Christmas night,
and also the masquerade New Years
night.
Frank AIaeombe is home on a visit.
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Frank Maeombe is home on a visi


Jan. 4.-Levi Davis and MIR. Dow are
visiting at the home of Alfred Davis.
Floyd Pemberton, of Marshalltown,
visited Tuesday at the home of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. 7. Car
ter.
The many friends of Mr. Clarence
Kirk We're pleased to hear of his mar
ariage to Miss Louise Eggleston at Lis
comb on Wednesday, Dec. u.
Mr.. Dillon returned home sunday, af-
ter a visit al Scranton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-20

There is another difficulty under
which the Chinaman labors. He does
not love his flag. His country and his
family he loves; and he may have a de-
votion to his cause; but that wild IN
reasoning love of flag is a stranger to
him. The national flag does not figure
IN his home as it does in our country;
it is not a part of his education; he
does not sing about it: and rally
around it.
Still China has some faithful leaders
upon whom she can depend
These military leaders came lately to
a realizing sense of China's weakness
in war and resolved to remedy it. 1t
was under their instructions that the
Chinese troops allowed themselves to
be organized by the Germans and
taught the arts of war. When the
Germans took part of China for their
own, and armed it, they selected native
Cinnamon for guards and, after arm
ing them and uniforming them, they
taught them how to fire the rifles and
how to use the field guns. The Chi
neSe Generals meanwhile nodding ap-
proval.
LEARNING TO FIGHT.
Russia did the same thing in her own
quarter of China, or the part which
she claimed as her own; and France
also sent rifles and had her own native
troops The Chinese accepted the in
structions and profited by them The
skill of the present is wholly due to the
faithful lessons they have faithfully
learned the past few years.
A few of the Chinese Generals have
refused to become acquainted with
modern methods. claiming that China
had always excelled and always would
excel in war. One of these Wo Tung
Lang fought in the Corean war. When
about to start for Corea somebody
asked him if he did not think it would
be good thing to study the geography
of Corea:
What do I care about the geography
of Corea! I will just go over there and
have two or three engagements with
them and that will be the end of H.
There is no use of my bothering myself
about the geography of the country
AS matter of fact, he went over and
had the engagements, but the result
was not what he had predicted. One
of his soldiers who was laid up in a
hospital after his return explained
what happened. He and the others in
most of the hospitals were shot in the
back.
A General prominent in past wars
was General Yell. He was, however,
suspected of stealing the government
money and was removed. The direct
cause of the removal was the fact that.
though money was regularly sent him
for the troops, little, if any of it, ever
reached its destination.
A man who will lead the troops is
General Nieh- He is a big fat, good
natured man, artistic to the ends of his
pointed fingers and as sentimental as
a poet. 1t is difficult to picture General
Mich in battle But he will go to war.
mounted upon his horse, all gaily
caparisoned, ready to vanquish the
enemy.
General Mich is at present located at
Lu Tai which is less than one hundred
miles from Tien Tsin. He is the most
popular of the Generals and has the
greatest degree of control over the
troops
A popular man is General Yuan
Shih-kai- He. too, is big and corpulent.
standing higher and measuring broader
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sentative at the Corean capital when
war broke out in Corea. When the
first battle was fought the vessels were
all taken off the line between Tien
Tsin and Chemulpo, and all the for
eignerS, myself included, were stranded
in Corea. But an offer came from the
Captain of a British cruiser to carry
all foreigners over to Chefoo, and Gen
eral Yuan was included among this
number. He is like General Mich in
his good nature, and like him in his
general understanding of the power of
Western governments. When Yu
Hslen, another General, was recalled
General Yuan was appointed to take
his place. He appointed his brother to
take charge of his troops, and at once
ment; but no sooner had this been done
than the brother was recalled by the
Empress Dowager. This, of course
was proof positive that the Empress
was in sympathy with the Boxers.
Notwithstanding this, General Yuan
has steadily gained control of things
and is spoken of very highly by those
who are in those disturbed regions.
Some of the leading missionaries write
that it is evident that the military Of
ficials are doing all they can to put the
movement down, but in this they are
not very heartily seconded by the civil
authorizes"
HATES FOREIGNERS.
The most anti-foreign General and
one who presents a direct contrast to
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Christian His rabble incites fear
among the natives. whether Christian
or non-Christian, wherever he goes
Only a year or two ago when 1t was
known that he was about to come down
about the region of Picking there was
general quaking among the country
people and awful stories were told
about the cruelty of his men and their
disposition to loot, to rob and to out
rage the women of the sections through
which they passed. The difference be-
tween his rabble and the armies OF
Mich and Yuan in an indication OF the
salutary influence their contact with
foreign soldiers and the representation
foreign governments has had upon
them.
There is one other General who has
recently become prominent. This is
Prince Tuan, who has charge of the
imperial Manchu troops at Picking. He
is the father of the heir apparent, and
the son of the Fifth Prince, as he has
always been called. He is said to be
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sand faster than trains, and could
make things exceedingly warm for any
parties of the enemy which were try
ing to effect a landing. OF course, it
must be remembered that such land
ingS are almost invariably made under
the protection of a battleship, and that
one big shell from a ship, properly aim
ed, would put the automobile fort hope
lessly out of business.
That is where one of the big double
turreted automobile forts would come
into play. No sensible strategist would
ever try to effect a landing under the
guns of a fort, or, indeed, at any place
he knew to be adequately protected
by earthworks or other Qualifications.
If these automobile fortresses were in
general use it would mean, practically,
that every part of the coast line of the
country would be protected, for if an
enemy were seen to be approaching it
would take, at the most, half an hour
to get one of these travelling forts
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THE HEADS OF The
CHINESE ARMY.
Generals Who Have Won Distinction
and the Strange Methods BY Which
They Achieved Greatness.
By Charles Edward Schulz.

China has no Generals. if the title be
applied as we apply it in this country,
to men who have undergone military
training and have gradually risen In
the service of their country to this high
post.
The Chinese are a peace loving peo-
pie. Every art of Europe has sprung
from the Orientals: they excel in the
making of fine goods and, before the
standards of painting changed, their
pictures were the finest in the world
But in war they were never con-
spicuous.
The Chinese have proverb: mo
coed man will ever be soldier
Fighting is mentioned as warning to
the boys: they must never quarrel;
and So except in the case of family
feuds which amount to nothing, the
nation lives at peace with itself; re-
beIlions are unknown and the art of
fighting is neglected
Years ago, when China was almost
the whole of the East, it conquered
greater part of Europe but Europe was
then at its weakest. Centuries have
passed since then; and, in the refine
ment of modern Chinese civilization.
the art of warfare has Jared badly
compared to the other arts
Yet China has her Generals. The
youngest of them all is Tu Tsin, a war
riOr who came into prominence at the
close of the Japanese war. He was
present at the last battle and was one
of the few who were not shot in the
back; he ran too fast. When asked
the reason of their defeat he said:
THE Japanese came at US as though
wild We shot down those who were
in front, but just as soon as a man fell
in the front ranks some one from the
next line would take his place. You
can't fight people that way. When we
shot down those who took the others
places some one else would come and
fill up the ranks, and on they would
come. You can't do anything with
people of that kind. They did not know
when they were whipped. Somebody
had to run, and as they would not, we
did, and then they shot US in the back.
Yet it must not be supposed that the
Chinese are towards. They fight
bravely and when they are face to face
with an enemy, armed with spears,
they are the Drawer soldiers of the
two. They fight desperately and to the
death. They do not calculate on COM
ing out of a battle alive; and a Chinese
soldier invariably disposes of his estate
and bids farewell to his family forever
before going to war. He knows that
he viii fight until he is dead.
The trouble with the Chinaman, in
the battle of to-day, is that he does not
understand modern weapons. He
knows little of dynamite and nothing of
lyddite; war balloons. are novelties to
him, high explosives barely a name; he
Is not used to the Mauser and he has
not calculated upon the tricky quail
ties of the disappearing gun.
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streets and on smooth roads, but for
warfare and across rough country eth
er the gasoline or the steam motor
will be the one on which the most re-
lance must be placed. Gasoline is east
Iy transported in the field, and water
in sufficient quantities for the use Of
the machines can always be obtain
ed. A motor which depends on storage
batteries for its power would be hope
lessIy handicapped in active service, as
the first rough shaking it received
would entirely derange the storage
batteries.
One of these motor forts, for in
stance, could be equipped with dyna-
mite gun. Dashing from behind some
shelter, it could approach the enemy
at the speed of an express train, get
within range, fire several of its deadly
shells and get away, probably untouch-
ed, for it would be as hard to hit as a
fast-f1ying bird.
For coast defence small travelling
forts of this kind would be invaluable.
They could travel along the beach or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-20

One million eight hundred and fifty
thousand square yards of looking glass
is manufactured in Europe annually.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-20

than any man in his regiment The
General is fond of foreigners and one
cannot think that he relishes the idea
of DISCRIMINATING the white races from
the face of the earth, as the Chinese in
his command feel positive he will do
He was in the Japanese war and,
though he did not gain any particular
glory, he escaped alive which has al
ways been considered a considerable
feat.
The Chinese have for hundreds of
years punished defeated Generals by
beheading them. They carried out the
practice through all the family leaving
none of his name or blood alive. After
the Japanese war it was decided to
make an exception in the cases of the
commanders of that campaign as owing
to the popularity of the Japanese
methods, it was impossible to win.
General Yuan Shih-kai, therefore, es-
capped with his life and his family were
not beheaded.
General Yuan was the Chinese repre-
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one of the most warlike of all the i'm
perial princes, if not the most warlike;
but the stand he has taken with the
conservative party. which, of course,
was forced upon him by the fact that
his son was chosen by the Empress
Dowager as the successor of kuang
Hsu. has placed him in a very unfavor-
able light before the world
SYMPATHY WITH BOXERS.
It is said that the large majority of
his troops joined the Boxers in the
neighborhood of Picking and it was
this fact that made the Boxer move
ment so strong and SO successful in
that neighborhood. There is no doubt
that he was, like the Empress Dowager.
in sympathy with them, and it was
probably through his influence that
General Mich was rebuked when his
soldiers killed 500 of the Boxers be-
tween Tien Tsin and Picking. His
army sets the Manchu soldiers in a
very bad light before the world.
There are two other men who rank
higher among Chinas military leaders
than any or all the others put to-
gether. And yet they are not Generals.
They are the two Viceroys- They are
Ii Hung Chang, whom everybody
knows, and Chang Chih-tung, who is
almost unknown in America 1t is
somewhat singular that these two men
should have the names they have.
They are the Smith and Brown, or the
Brown and Jones of China. as indi-
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the two just described, is Tung
F'uhsiang. This General won his repu-
tation in Kansu, the northwestern
province, few years ago in his bat
ties with the Mohammedans then in
revolt.
All his life he has been shut off from
intercourse with foreign governments
and knows absolutely nothing about
their power, the nature of their arms
and the character of their fighting abil-
ity. Because his army was able to put
down the Mohammedan rebellion,
which was practically a war between
two rabbles, he supposes that all this
trouble with foreign devils is because
of Christianity, and so he is not only
anti-foreign but especially anti
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-20
AUTOMOBILE FORTS
FOR THE BRITISH.
Queen Victoria Is Having These Curl
GUS Structures Built for the Pur-
poses Of Coast Guard.

The full posi- bilities of the automo-
bile have not as yet been discovered.
Scarcely a week but brings news of
new machine to be run on the automo-
bile principle. 1t may be only a baby
carriage; it may be a van: or it may
branch out into a hitherto unexplored
field of usefulness.
A travelling fortress capable of rum
ming at the speed of an express train
over any kind of ground has been in
vented by the head of a large syndi-
cate which is identified with the manu-
facture of high-speed automobiles.
The British Government has placed
with the inventors firm an order for
number of the machines. On a level
road the automobile can easily make
fifty miles an hour.
The machine which was tried the
other day carries armor-plate protec-
ton and two rapid-fre guns Four
men find plenty of working room with
in the enclosure and are in no danger
of being thrown out, even when the
machine is moving at a high rate of
speed.
This war car, however, is but the
smallest of the machines to which the
motor has been applied. It is possible
to build one big enough and strong
enough to have the machine resemble
a battleship on dry land. If the pis-
tons of the motor are enlarged to the
required proportion there seems to be
no reason at all why the armies of the
future should not be equipped with a
double-turreted land monitor which
would be absolutely impregnable to or
binary attacks and which in warfare
would be more mobile than even a cav
airy force.
Before the onslaught of such a ma
chine ordinary land artillery would be
powerleSs. 1t could batter its way
with its guns through an ordinary town
and travel comfortably over a path
made by it's projectiles.
Gasoline is the fuel used on the mo-
tor, and a very small amount of this
liquid will run the machine a long
distance. Electricity is and always
will be favorite power for use in city
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Gated by the following Chinese proverD.
In the Chinese primer for girls they
have this couplet:
Have you ever learned the reason why
your ears should punctured be!
'Tis that you may never listen TO the
talk of Chang and Ii
Now, as a matter of fact, If the Chi
nese had listened to the advice OF
Chang Chih-tung and Lii Hung Chang,
China would be far on the road to
progress at the present time. Ii Hung
Chang, as is well known, is the Viceroy
of the two Kuangs, and Chang Ch1h-
tung is the S-iceroy OF dupeh and
Huan It is the latter who is tele
graphing to urge the powers not to send
troops to China
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to the threatened point. 1t is, neces-
sarily, very much easier to take aim
from land than from the deck of
ship, and while the battleship ana
cruisers protecting the landing might
be more powerful in armament, the ad-
vantage of accuracy and position would
be on the side of the defence
The wheels are pneumatic, the out
side tube being four inches thick The
centre of gravity of the machine lies
so low and it's wheel base is SO broad
that it is practically impossible to up
set the machine, however swiftly it
may be turned.
The possibility of flying artillery
of light field guns mounted upon au-
tomobile carriages is being earnestly
considered by officers.