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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
VAND[RVl[R'S WOES
Young Man is Arrested by the Fed.
eral Authorities and Taken to
Des Moines.
The Holding Up Of the Boone Letter
Addressed to His Wife Proves q
Serious Affair.
The Charge is secreting and Embez
cling -Marshalltown Law.
yer Accompanies Him.

Mr.. Ed Van Derveer went to Des
MONIES this morning, not because he
was particularly DESTROYS of doing So,
but at the request of Deputy United
States Marshal Willis.
The federal officer has been investi-
eating the reason why that letter writ
ten by an irate Boone father never came
to Mrs. Van Derveer, with the result
that charge Of secreting and embez-
5zling mail was lodged against him.
Marshal Willis came to the city On an
early train today, secured Mr.. Van Der
5veer and departed with him for Des
A1ones at 9 o'clock. The prisoner was
first given an opportunity to consult
with his Marshalltown attorney, and the
latter accompanied him TO Des Moines.
as did also his former business partner,
Mr.. Griffiths.
The incident in Mr.. Van Derveer's
present troubles that caused this last
the officers was in accepting and re-
ceipting for two letters from Boone,
both bearing special delivery stamps.
11dCIl VI lleSeg lellSIssifNtS addressed "
"a Mrs. and one was intended for Mrs.
Van Derveer. The postal clerk to whom
they We're given for immediate delivery
failed to notice the Mrs. and delivered
both to Mr.. Van Derveer at his place of
business. The letters We're from the
father Of young lady of Boone to
whom Mr.. Van Derveer represented
himself as an unmarried man. and altho
Mrs. Van Derveer never received the
letter in question, she was later fur
nished with the information 1t con-
tanned by communication with the
Boone gentleman
II 10 thought that Mr.. Van Derveer
will waive examination and will be able
Ito give bond for his appearance before
the next federal grand jury The pen
atty for the crime with which he ia now
charged is q heavy fine or both fins and
imprisonment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
THAT MINE TRAGEDY
Particulars OF the Death OF Tw,
Former Alarsllnlltosvn Boys.

Particulars OF the Death OF Two
Former Marslinlltown Boys.
The Oskaloosa Herald of Thursday
evening contains further particulars of
the tragic death of the two Robinson
boys. whose home until recently is said
TO have been In this city. Nothing can
be learned here concerning William
Williams their Stepfather, and altho he
is said to have removed from this city
recently the city directories contain.
neither the name of William Williams
nor H. w. Williams. which another re-
port gives as his initials. The Herald
report of the peculiar manner in which
the boys met death follows:
5lS :. Frank and George Robinson, aged 3
and IA. We're found dead in a new slope
which ID being opened by the American
Coal Company. under the supervision of
e. A. Richards & Bro, near Mine No.
2, west of Evans, on Thursday morning.
The boys live at Fishyille With their
step-father. William Williams. the fam-
lily recently coming from Marshalltown.
They had been seen fishing all day in a
pond near the slope, and as late as i
o'clock Wednesday night their camp
fire was seen by neighbors. As the boys
did not come home Mr.. Williams start
ed out to look for them, and put in the
night searching the fields and woods
Thursday morning he reported the mat
ter at Evans. and by chance told Mr..
George N. Evans, who had been at work
on the slope When Mr.. Evans went ia
work he found some tin cans containing
bait and fishing poles at the entrance to
The slope. Going in he found the bodies.
/. - - a. -. s.s =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
a JAPANESE INTERVIEW.
The Reporter Ii Polite, but IL An In-
exOrnble Questioner,

&
Before went to Japan said a prom
6inent western railroad official who has re-
Gently returned from visit to the mika-
dos Kingdom, / used to think that our
American reporters were the most inquis-
tive class OF men in the world, but this
idea was very soon dispelled from my
mind when arrived in Tokyo. -Four in.
reviewers for the vernacular press call
ed upon me before had been five hours
on Japanese soil, and when / succumbed,
find that the alert minded Jnps had sim
ply taken the American system OF inter
viewing and reduced it to its simplest
terms, not to say ad absurdum. With
them interviewing is business from the
start, like pulling tooth or boring hole.
They waste no time over pleasant intro
ductory remarks about the weather or
your voyage.
The operation is as follows: You re-
ceiye card bearing series Of cabalistic
marks, and, uncertain whether your vis-
itor Is minister OF state or guide in
want Of a job, you go down stairs and
discover dapper little gentleman. in APP
pearancc about 10, dressed in faultless
foreign fashion-t tennis shoes, flannel
trousers, white vest, blue coat, flowing
necktie, spectacles and pith helmet-and
speaking English with the accuracy and
fmpressivcness of n copybook.
Good morning. Are you Mr.. Blank? r
"Good morning. am
Well, am the reporter Of the So
and-so newspaper of Tokyo. Will you
permit me to interview you!
With pleasure.
tE5tss'I'hn irtprJip then sfoEasg a caaf
produces a notebook and pencil and be-
gins with the directness OF census TAX
Ter: How old are you, and where were
You born: And when you tell him that
! you We're born of poor but respectable
| parents in the year i, let MS say, he
gravely commits the unfamiliar phrase
to paper.
Elbow long will ron stay? How long
since you started: Where have you been !.
What is the circulation of your paper?
| How do You like Japan? What do they
think of Japan in American These are q
| few Of the questions that are pressed
upon one with the relentless persistence
/ OF a pile driver.
At last. when you have been compel
i led to draw literally upon your imagina.
ton for your facts and the notebook 81
the enemy OF travelling mankind is full
you suppose that the interview is over
i But nothing could be further from tho
interviewer's idea, for he settles himself
4 in his chair. resharpens his pencil, pro
duces a new notebook and asks. IL any
thing of interest has ever befallen you
4, upon your travels at home or abroad
/ please give me full information now
he interview over, the japanese re.
porter takes his departure and never
seems to realize that 70 cross question
solitary aud ill informed individual
upon the policies of all nations aud tiie
details of his own obscure life Is really
"a huge joke. Next day you receive d
copy of the so-and-so newspaper con.
tanning the interview with top solemnly
written on one side of it, SO that yoF
may know which is the right way up
ward. arlington Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
|. ANSWER TO DIR. PARSONS.
a Christian science Answer TO lie

cent
Des Moines July 31.-Editor Times
Republican--Dear Sir: VIII you kindly
grant me space IN which to comment on
Rev. Parsons sermon, brief account
Iof which appeared in your issue of July
49, Mr. Parsons said. in effect, that
fC,hristian Scientists believe that nothing
but spirit exists, that all else is naught;
that there is no such thing as a material
world. or a body, or disease. This
statement is not specific enough, it 20
too general in its sweep. and requires
a few qualifying statements to make It
Ecome anywhere near fitting the teach
/ ings Of Christian Science.
In common with all sensible people,
we are endeavpring to get at the reality
| of things We have no time for chimeri-
zeal theories about God and man, but we
demand absolute proofs. Christian Sci
entists do not deny that. to mortal
sense, there seems to be a material
body, and that the material body seems
to be governed by certain material con
iditions, manifested in various ways. But
while admitting these conditions as a
seeming, We do not admit any reality,
except in those things which we abso-
llutely know to be a manifestation or re-
| Election of God.
The question arises, how are we to
know the things. of God? The Bible says,
by their fruits We shall know them"
DO men gather grapes of thorns, or
| figs of thistles. etc. Paul says: But
the fruit Of the spirit is love. joy, peace.
long suffering, gentleness. goodness.
faith, meekness, temperance. against
such there is no law.
Now, if we believe the Bible, We must
accept these fruits Of the spirit as the
realities. ard accepting these realities
must necessarily reject everything
which seems to oppose itself to these
conditions The Bible also teaches that
God created all things.
In Genesis. 1:31 we read: And God
saw everything which he had made anS
behold II was very good ]. Christian Sci
lentists accept this definition OF Gods
creat ion: ne Relieve III the reality e the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03

Duncan, Henry Leathers and Roy Rob-
inson was empaneled and an inquest
held. They found that the boys came to
their death from suffocation by black
damp, a gas that forms In coal Mines
he slope is being put In for the new
mine and is not connected with the air.
shaft yet. Boys have been notified to
keep out and large sign hangs over
the entrance warning everybody to keep
out. It is supposed that the elder boy
was in as far as the younger one and
noticing the gas started out when he
was overcome. The recent heavy rains
and damp weather are responsible for
the formation OF the gas"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
a YOUNG LADY,s LIFE SAVED.
Al Panama, Colombia. by chamber
lain's collie, cholera and Diarrhoea

Remedy.
DR.. Charles H. Utter, a prominent
Physician OF Panama. Colombia. in a
recent letter states: Last March / had
as patient young lady is years OF
age who had a very bad attack Of dys-.
EMERY. Everything prescribed for.
her proved Intellectual and she was
growing worse every hour. Her par
5ents were sure she would die. She had
become so weak that she could not turn
over in bed. What to do at this critical
moment was study for ME. but I
thought of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrh9a Remedy and as a
last resort prescribed IT. The most
wonderful result was effected. Within
eight hours she was feeling much bet
ter; inside Of three days she was upon
her feet and at the end Of one week was
entirely well. shall always prescribe
this remedy in similar cases. for have
the utmost confidence in it." For sale
by druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
A Sherlock Holmes In Ut.h

1t is pleasing to note that Utah, where
the fictitious Sherlock Holmes displayed
some part Of his wonderful detective
ability, has produced in real life the pro-
totype of Conan Doyle's great character.
A few days ago drug store in Salt
Lake was entered OF night and robbed
In addition TO tapping the TILL the bur-
glar stole a dozen bottles Of hair restorcr,
several bottles of Florida water and a
large bottle of violet perfume.
The list$of articles stolen was given to
memberHof the staff OF detectives. 9th
er information was meager. No one was
suspected, and, contrary to the usual
custom in such cases made and provided,
the detective announced that he had no
clew. lie did this because he is real
Sherlock Holmes. For he had what 9TH
er lesser sleuths would call acew. This
wise young man reasoned that the bur-
glar was ballheadcd, else why steal hair
restorer: that he liked the odor OF Flor
ida water and that he had sweetheart
with a fondness for the perfume OF VIC
lets. Having made this mental picture of
the malefactor, he started out in search
OF him.
At latest reports the burglar vas still
at large. The detective nosed his way
all over the city. but was unable to de-
tect an odor Of Florida water exuded by
q baldheaded man accompanied by a
girl perfumed with violet Hopes are
entertained Of the detectives success,
however. as an extravaganza. with bal
let, is TO be played there shortly, and it
is believed the guilty wretch will surely
be taken i'll an orchestra chair.-Denver
Il Pact le3sV
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
ITCHING;
Burning Scaly
hU|V|()RS
Complete External and Internal
Treatment Sl.25

Ccnslst1nE Of CuTIouRA SOAR ls.5c) 10 cleanse
The skin Of crusts and scales and soften the
thickened euticle, CuTIcuRA Ointme mt (5pc.),
70 allny itching and inflammation and so0tlie
and heal. and CUTlCURA REsoLvEET(5 Soc J, to
cool and cleanse the blood. single set Is
often sufiiclent to cure tho most torturing,
3 dlshgurtng, and humilisting skin. scalp, and
blood humors, with loss OF hair, when ali else
falls.
foIr.r DarG AxD c.sst Cor Sole Prop,. Bos.oa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
Presence of Mind.

DR.. Siddale. the well known Lon
don physician, during his vacation few
years ago was fishing one evening in a
Scotch loch when a man approached,
caught him by the shoulders and shook
him violently. A glance told the doctor
that the man was insane. He was huge
fellow; the doctor was small and possess
ed of little physical strength. No one
was in sight.
What are you going to do?' asked the
doctor calmly.
Throw you into that water!" shouted
the man.
Certainly" said the doctor; "but I'll
have to so home ard put on dress suit.
Dead men always wear evening dress
The mailman stopped. looked at him
doubtfully and said: $50 they do. Make
haste. I'll wait"
DR.. Siddale walked slowly up the bank
and then ran for his life. 1t required
calmness and courage Of n rare quality
to cope with the vagaries Of disordered
brain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03
Hest for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you. headache to
a cancer. you will never get well until
yonr bowels are put right. CAsCARETs
help nature. cure you without grippe or
pain. produce easy natural movements
costs you just 10 cents to start getting
your health back. CASCARETS Candy
5Cathartic. the genuine. put up in metal
boxes; every tablet has G. g. G.. stamped
on Il. Beware Is init ations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-03

beautiful, good and true in creation. be-
cause these things reflect God. Il It lie
an "absurdity to be consistently striv-
ing to emulate Jesug works, in obedi-
sence to his command Go We into all the
world, preach the gospel, heal the sick, Z
etc, then we are guilty of an "a bsurd-
ity;;" but imagine that our critic will
have difficulty in proving any absurdity
in Christian Science from a scriptural
standpoint. In all kindness, would
call his attention to 1. Corinthians, 2:14,
But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the spirit of God, for they are
fooHshness unto him, neither can he
know them because they are spiritually
.discerned." Respectfully,
JOHN L. Kendall.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-29
EARNED HIS SALARY,
Illustrated the Value OF
His Singing.


4 tavorite story of the late Sims Reeves
tells how, once upon time, the famous tenor
was stranded at country junction, waiting
fer train. 1t was cold and miserable and
the singer was naturally not in TIE bes. Of
temper While chewing the cud of disap-
pointment an Old railwae porter, who recog-
nized him from the published portraits, en-
tered the waiting-room
Good evening, Mr.. Reeves" he said.
Good evening, my man." replied the vo-
calist, getting ready. the necessary tip. But
the man sought for information rather than
tips. =,
They tell NE you earn a heap Of money"
he remarked. 8##
OH murmured Mr.. Reeves.
work hard not 50 hard as / do, for in
stance. But | dessay you carn-p'raps ten
times what do-eh?"
What do you earn:" asked the singer.
Eighteen shillings week all the year
round" said the porter.
Sims Reeves opened his chest: "Do re. mi
do he sang. the asst note being a ringing
years salary gonet"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-29
Handling the MIX.

On most farms in the southwest the
handling of the milk devolves upon
women of the household, and very
properly SO. Women are more clearly
in their habits and work than men,
and the Importance of cleanliness is
nowhere more exacting than in the
dairy. But simple cleanliness is not
alone sufficient for BEST results.
There are certain scientific principles
that must go with the soap and hot
water, or they will prove inefficient.
The women folks are not to blame II
they are lacking in scientific knowl-
edge of dairying, for they have had
but little opportunity for acquiring
such knowledge. We have made am
pie provision for teaching the young
men those things, and then depended
on the women to do the work, which
is plainly all wrong.-Farm and
Ranch. -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-29
PickinE I'm Pointers.

I always try to get at least one
pointer from every farmer / meet
The other evening 1 was in the barn
of man who is having hard row
up the stream. Things are moving
slow with him just now. But he has q
fine Thoroughbred bull calf coming
on, and ] noticed that when he was
through feeding his cows he hung
the fork up on q couple of nails SO
that no one could fall upon the state
or the tines. And he did it as If he
were in the habit of doing it. So
there were my pointers. think that
man will come out all right in the
end.-Farm Journal. Fftt
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-29
ONLY TWO PASSENGERS.
with . Very Small List OF
Tourists.

speaking of running hotel for one
guest and a railroad train for one pas
senger," said a well-known New Or
leans artist, according to the New Or
leans Times-Democrat, II believe can
lay claim myself to the quserest expe-
rience OF that kind on record. 1t hap
pened some years ago when l was on
my way to take a course of study in
Paris. / had started from ST. Louis.
where was then living. and had bare
ly time 10 make connections with the
liner on which l had engaged passage
in advance. 1t was big, fine ship, be-
longing TO one of the famous trans
Atlantic fleets and plying between New
York and Atwerp. but, for reasons
which you will understand in a mo-
ment, I'd rather not mention the
name. rushed straight from the de-
pot to the dock and went Immediately
on board, where little polite purser
assigned me to my cabin. / was an en-
tire novice at ocean travel in those
lays, but as ! looked around couldn't
help being surprised at the absence of
ways associated mentally with the de-
parture of a great ocean-going vessel.
"A good many people We're moving
about. but they all seemed to belong to
the ships crew or staff, and the small
sprinkling Of onlookers on the wharf
didn't have the air of folks who had
come to bid friends good-by. The only
person could see. who was evidently
a passenger. was a pretty girl in New
market coat, who appeared TO be as
lonesome as myself. After we cast of
it leaked out that the ship had had
several cases of smallpox on board dur
ing her incoming voyage, ard when the
fact was exploited in the papers there
was rush to cancel tickets. The up
shot, of it was tina; the pretty girl and
I were actually the only passengers on
board She had come from a small
town in interior Pennsylvania. and.
like myself. had heard nothing of the
smallpox scare. but fortunately she
had plenty of common sense and wasn't
in the least alarmed.
AT dinner that evening the captain
met us at his table in the big, echoing
saloon and put us At once at our ease.
You two have the whole ship to your
selves he said, and as this is the first
time such 4 thing has ever happened !
want you to make the most of it. We
are carrying our regular staff and full |
supplies. In short. the vessel is yours
Well, we took him at his word, and |
look back on that experience as the |
io!liest of my life. The pretty girl was
an opera singer and proved 4 delightful
&c voyage. We had cur
meals served in an eleg giant little salon
on the deck, we wandered all over the |
big craft, exploring it from end to end:
an army of servants were at our beck
and call, and. before we reached Ant
werp, could hardly believe that ]
wasn't royal parsonage. cruising on
private yacht. 1t took me
several weeks to get entirely out of the
clouds. II that episode doesn't eclipse
all your one-man, train and hotel
stories I'll eat my palette
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-12-29
ALKALINE PHOSPHATE.
ern Satisfaction of Acids
and Salts.

Cotton hull ashes is an alkaline
| phosphate, an article of great merit,
especially adapted to sugar, cotton,
tobacco and potato growing on &C
count of the large proportion Of car
Donate Of potash present, this form
of alkali being the most valuable one
known for that purpose. When COM
bined with the large quantity of phos-
phoric acid it forms an alkaline, not
an acid phosphate. As found in the
market the analyses vary from Is to
90 per cent. potash, and from to 10
per cent. phosphoric acid.
A quality that analyses eos per
cent, potash and rs per cent. OF phos-
phoric acid contains five times the
quantity of these ingredients there is
in the hard wood ashes, taking the
average of 476 analyses made at the
Hatch experiment station, Amherst
Mass.
Among the important purposes
which the alkalies serve in reference
to vegetation is to dissolve vegetable
matter and carry it into the roots
that make four soluble silicatcs. and
thus supply the necessary silicious
matter to the stems OF the grasses
and other plants. Rising rs they ma
turally do to the surface Of the soil.
there in the presence of the vegetable
matter they provoke the formation
of nitrates, so wholesome to vegeta-
bic life. Potash or soda in the form
of carbonate mot sulphates or mu-
riates) acts beneficially upon vegeta-
ton by preparing the organic matter
Of the soil for entering into the roots
of plants and administering to their
growth.
This preparation may be affected
either by their combination directly
with the organic matter, as they arc
known to do with the humic and
other acids which exist in the soil,
or; BY their disposal Of this organic
matter at the expense of air and
moisture to form new chemical com
pounds. which will be capable OF en-
tering into the vegetable circulation.
The decomposing influence of the al |
kalies and even Of lime is familiar to |
the chemist under many other circum-
stances. This mode OF action of the |
carbonates Of potash and soda can
be exercised in its fullest extent only |
when vegetable matter abounds in |
the soil.
Carbonate Of soda (soda ASH is |
much lower in price than carbonate |
of potash. and more effective, two
pounds of soda being equivalen. in
alkalinity to three pounds Of potash.
Putrefactive fermentation will |
shortly set in when a soil rich in or
alkali to saturate It, and is then
left in moist, warm place. Converse
~, it is known that acids and acid
salts hinder putrefaction. The pres
ence of an alkali faSors the growth of
ferments, and that of
IN acid binders it.
Since saline matters are Liable 10 kill
the nitric ferments. il wonlf not be
wise to apply any very large guam
try of common salt. muriate Of pot