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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28
OLD GOLD IOWA CORN.

r
President MacLean, OF the Iowa State
unique degree Attic born in the east
and likewise educated there he is an
Iowan thru and thru, perhaps all the
more so on account Of his early eastern
experience.
The president gave an entertainment
at his Iowa City home the other evening
to the faculty and the members OF the
senior class. There was nothing novel
about this; but there was about the
decorations OF his hospitable home. The
material used was corn, Just Iowa corn,
4 the staple Of the best state in the union,
and the one that Is finding favor abroad
more and more every year. There was
corn in the parlor: corn in the library;
corn in the dining room; and corn IN
all visible places. There was corn In
the ear. corn in the shock, and altho
the account at hand does not inform US
ION that point. it is hoped the corn dodg-
Ter. the genuine article. had its place
somewhere on the bill.
The idea OF corn. King Corn, can not
be kept too near the university. 1t is
far more than food for live stock. 1t
is an article that deserves its honored
place in every well-regulated family,
every day in the year. 1t has the elc-
ments Of the most wholesome food. No
doubt President MacLean had this in
, mind when he and Mrs. MacLean were
preparing those elaborate and happy
decorations.
SIGN BOARDS IN THE COUNTY.
"A Burlington paper states that in
compliance with the state law the coun-
ty supervisors are preparing to have
signs placed at each and every road
crossing in the county. The purpose of
the signs is to direct the traveller on
his way" There will be 176 Of them and
they Will be painted in large, plain let
tiers so that every one may read.
After the signs are property painted
they will be turned over to the trustees
Of the several townships, who are sup
posed to attend to the matter OF having
them located and set.
There are many persons who travel
the country roads who would hail with
pleasure a more complete enforcement
Of the state law in regard to signs in
Wapello county. The matter OF naming
i5country roads as streets are named in
the cities is being talked Of by Del
Moines county people. and the Burling-
ton paper referred to has the following
to say in this connection:
! The great majority Of our country
roads have no names, and 1t ID often all
most impossible to designate or describe
| them in anintelligible manner. Has not
the board Of supervisors the same rights
MS the city council in this connection?
Could they not give any road or lane In
the county q name, even as any street,
ROAD ard avenue is given name by the
members Of the city council, and which
is entered upon the records and the off,
cial maps? Road names with the nee
cssary signs would be another great ass
sistance to people travelling in the coun-
try
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28
IOWA NEWS lrEMs
Il9l7 q ~ INs77
Mason

Mason City.
The new court house bell has arrived.
It is beauty and weighs 1900 ounds.
Elbeson.
Chicken cholera /. making depreda-
tons among the chickens in this part Of
Tama county.
Lake City.
Waiter Arney, son o. Frank Arney.
who Went last spring with his ther to
the woods OF Wiscorain, returned Last
week with their cattle. feed being too
high there. hay selling at SIS per ton
/ Marion.
Superintendent Gould rays the teach
erB OF Linn county received 36.179.64
more In salary the past year than was
paid them the previous year, the prin-
|scipai increase being In the rural dis
stricts,
Boone.
John Flynn, the vstsfan 80 ilrosd man
lpe npons And Doone psanty q g. heM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28
LOOKING FOR "A COLLAPSE.

The report that Mark Hanna's brother
and William Rockefeller's brother are
going to build an extension OF the Iowa
Central railway plug from Newton to
Des Moines and possibly to Marshall
town, to be operated by electricity or
compressed air. has been the burden OF
the Des Moines evening papers for a
week past. Enough hot air having been
consumed by the reporters to run the
enterprise thus far we look for its early
and ignominious collapse.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28
sIubltc Opinion on Iowa subjects as
I,efectedin the Iswa News.
papers
he News Of lows From Hundreds
q Different Towns and Com.
munitiss
THE COMING BIRD.

IT UII OUQBG OIII OIIICI6.J
Turkeys are coming In by the wagon
load and the dealers report that they
are very plentiful this year.
"A GOOD NAN FOR THE POSITION.
Waterloo Courier.
10 Trigg, OF the Rockford Register. is
a candidate for the position Of secretary
of the State Agricultural Society board.
The Daily Courier hopes he will secure
the position, because he Is qualified in
every way and would make as good a
secretary as the board can secure in the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28

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will be, sure to derive much benefit, a. 1
have. am so thankful to think I au
90 ys,e11 - -.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28
BYERs IS RIGHT.
rOff,,v,wa No,,r{or1

Representative Byers is right. There
is nothing the matter with the Titus
amendment. The terms Of officials III
Iowa expire with the calendar year.
They draw no pay after the S1st OF De-
cembsr on going out OF Office. and the
fact that they do not turn over their
records. funds, ETC., to their successors
until the first Monday in January is
merely matter Of public accommoda-
tion. Common sense Is common sense
and thereis nothing the matter with the
Titus amendment. from the common
sense standpoint.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-28

che sank down exhausted in q swamp
! the light disappeared altogether.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06

most troublesome center in the situation
today" Stories Of the cordality Of the
natives have been declared by reputable
authority to be either greatly exaggerated
or altogether untrue All the correspond
ents writing Of the state OF affairs In
General McArthur's district tell of the
treason and perfldy OF the municipal presl-
dents and present the fact that the presi-
dents OF several towns in Lepanto ana
Union provinces have said they desire
no further Identification with the Ameri-
cans
To the unprejudiced mind Il looks as II
the end OF the Philippine war Is no nearer
than II was year ago. This is an admis
sion against which the administration will
hold out stuhbornly at this particular
time when the Nation Is entering upon a
presidential election But squirm under II
and dodge as they may they can not de-
stroy the accommodating evidence that, af-
ter two long years OF continuous warfare,
they are unable to convince any sane citi-
zen that there is the remotest prospect of
an immediate cessation OF hostilities in
the Philippines. 1t has but taken time
and experience to point out the fallacy OF
expansion by force and the disasters Of
milltarism.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
AN UGLY FACT TO Face.

The military situation In the Philippines
is most perpIexing. Six weeks ago the
war department announced that with
the expedition OF General Bates into the
two provinces at the extreme southern
part of the island OF Luzon military
operations would close" General Whee-
Ter on his recent return stated In a news
paper interview. THE rebellion In the
Philippine Islands is crushed, and l do
not believe that the American troops Will
meet with armed resistance during the
coming rainy season, though there may he
come resistance from armed bands OF guer-
rillas" General Wheeler thus shares the
official view and may himself be con-
sidered as speaking officially. War eorre-
spondents at the front, presenting their
opinions through the leading expanslonlst
newspapers of the country, do not share
the confidence and optimism a. the war
department and General Wheeler One
of these speaking through the Philadelphia
Times declares that Officers in the feld
now unite in saying that the pacihcation
OF the Philippines is impossible between
the present time and the beginning of the
rainy season. They set .',e time for this
result fyiz. the pacihcation OF the Philip
pines) at from two to six years, No one
who has been at the front and studied
the sitration with honest eyes believes
that the Insurgents can be subdued under
two years. A majority are moro inclined
TO six The reports OF casualties and
prisoners taken by the enemy in attacks
upon patrols and provision trains are sup
pressed as far as possible By OTIS specia
orders"
Another. writing for republican sx
psDsiorist newspaper. biuntly announces
that American influence extends in Lu.
ron about Is far as a Krag Will throw
bpllet. The Associated Press affrml
that General Otis considers Manila rms
bsze from which the army operates. ''ths
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
RICE MILL FOR PORT ARll
PRELIMINARY oRGAyrzAfiol|
THE COMPANY pERFECTE1|
Gates and Elwood Have Each n
Ten Thousand Dollar II
the Capital stock,

Port Arthur, Texas, April 5.--N
llmlnary work Of organizing "
Arthur Rice Milling company -
complished at the Hotel Sabin hn
The capital stock OF the new colrvil
been placed at $50, 900, Of which ~
Gates and Isaac L. Ellwood each ~
900. The matter has been left ehllS
the hands OF Mr.. George NJ cnt
resident manager of the tovuslk
pany, who is authorized to recau
scriptions to the capital stock, n'FI
the purchase OF the machinery, y
contract for the building, employ
tent mill men and business nA
The subscriptions to the capita
new company will be open ouI :
time. When the subscription =
Messrs. Gates and Ellwood will ~
stock remains unsold to make up "
900; $3.50 or $4,000 will be elpsI,s
the plant, the balance OF the capma
being reserved for working capIs
mill will be located on the deep WAY
on Taylors bayou and VIII De W
with the Peegee and Soulnesh
railways by sldetracks. WORK o. w
will begin as soon as plans cal'
and material put on the grouno' !
be ready for operation not iatel
tober, in time to handle TINS w.
OF which there Is an unusually w
age in the vicinity Of Port Al''~
on Taylors bayou. ~
Mr.. John w. Gates and VIE, ~
father and mother. Mr.. ana ~
Gates. and the son and grasuw ~
Gates and wife, and Mr.. ana A
L. Ellwood, all of Chicago, nave vs'|
iting in Port Arthur for the y.
days, having arrived TUESDAY y
from Coronado Beach, CAL, VIZ M
have been enjoying an outing '" III
month. While here Messrs. Ga'ss vi
wood visited their new res'ass
being built here and had ~,
changes made In the plans -
given instructions to rush the WI n
buildings with all possible spes"
wish to occupy them in June, MI
Mr.. Gates and party put ~ III "A
here looking over their newg \.
land, railway and harbor proPss q
made several hunting and nsn''s
tions while here. .oyre1
In conversation with a Pos' 49, IA
ent Mr.. Gates said regarding W.
of the Gulf and Interstate Isn NJ
new Peegee company that .ls' II
bought 1t and did not intena ssa
that they had all the termiuss ,hss
facilities at Port Arthur tna' -. /,
and that they would expena 2 - 5msz
OF money in improving ana wv "
thei- shipping facilities at tn y. Is I,
peatlne what he said to the 81
Express. that they were goins IA
Port Arthur the most impoi
| the gulf.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
HOUSTON, FRIDAY, April o. 1900.
TEN PAGES TODAY
IMPORTANT TO CLEAN UP.

1t seems after all that the drainage
canal has not solved the problem OF pure
water and municipal cleanliness for Chi
cago. A specialist in public sanitation
has recently visited Chicago He de-
clsred that he Witnessed conditions that,
found in other large cities. would cause
the arrest and prosecution Of the owners
OF the property" Addressing itself in
comment to this severe arraignment, the
Chicago Chronicle gays;
At no pas, time in the history OF Chicago
did conditions exist so flaErnnt as those now
directly due TO the municipal corporation and
its agents. What 10 TO be done with them?
1t is true that private persons guilty OF
creating or maintaining nulsances detri-
mental 10 health may be brought to book
and punished. Is there another mnnicl-
palitv in any civilized country which itself
creates and maintains uuisances constituting
q menace to pubic health? Although repeat
edly warned OF the outrage. the city admin
istration continues to pile IN garbage along
the lake shore north, whence II VIII inevitably
be borne BY wind and wave into the lake
to polute the drinking water. II the Grim
inal indifference which permits or conniyes
at this outrage is TO continue much longer
citizens will be comDeled to take legal steps
for tho protection OF the community against
the city administration.
Nor is nolution OF the drinking water the
only peril thus Invited, even compelled.
Tons OF dccaying animal aud vegetable re-
fuse are dumped along the lake shore under
at present thin layers of frozen earth. alsc
dumped there in city wagons The hrst hot
wave will uncover this accumulation Of MIR
70 the sun for diffusion OF It's epidemic making
germs. No private nuisance hiddtn In sdualle
tenements in the obscure spots OF worst Chi
cago compares In danger or disgrace with tn,
course Of tina city administration in thu,
causing Nth to be set down In tons whcr'
10 n H. morbid
without barrier against It's deadly diffusion
North division citizens have formally pro
tested. Their protests are as little needed
ne their private entreaties.
The Chronicle is direct and candid. Il
Is we'll for the newspaper to be SO whet
It deals with the question of public sanl'
tation--the public health, Much that tht
Chronicle says Of the criminal negligence
81 its citizens in matters pertaining e
wholesome municipal cleanliness is APP
plicahle to all of our larger Texas cities
Ind tho Chronicles comments are repro
auced in full because they vigorously cal
attention to a public necessity that exist
relatively with Houston and sister cities
A year ago Dallas, San Antonio, Calves
ton and Houston were agitating the dues
ton OF improved, scientific sanitation al
the surest and best safeguard TO tho pub
lie health. 1t is time to begin the aglta
tion anew and to provide in goodly tint
for the long hoi summer that makes o
refuse heaps. stagnant pools, hlthy gut
tiers and unswept and unwashed alley way
the toci OF innumerable disease germs an
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
GATES DOESN'T WANT G. & |
WAS OFFERED THE ROAD, BUT HAS
NO USE FOR 1T.
The New Peegee Company VIII Use
All Its Efforts to Develop
Port Arthur.

Beaumont, Texas, April 5.-The Daily
Journal this afternoon prints the follow
ing special from Port Arthur: President
J. E. Gates Of the American Steel and
Wire company. and Isaac H. Ellwood. his
associate. left this morning for their
homes in Chicago. The gentlemen were
accompanied by their families and spent
several day here experimenting the mi.
tial work in the erection of their winter
home.
Mr.. Gates is president of the committee
which reorGanized and purchased tde Kan
sas City. Plttsburg and Gulf railroad ana
allied companies and is the controlling
influence in the reorganization. Before
leaving for Chicago this morning the
Journal representative asket Elm regard
ing the reported purchase OF the Gulf
and Interstate by the Kansas City and
Southern.
There is not the least foundation tor
the rumor" replied Mr.. Gates. Some
time ago l was offered the Gulf and In
terstate, but after looking into the prop
erty told the party that we did not care
to buy the road in fact he did not want it,
The railroad in which / am interested has
at Port Arthur ample terminal grounds
and harbor facilities for all practical pur-
poses ana VIII conflne Its eForts to de-
veloping this port. You can say positively
that the Kansas City Southern railroad
has not purchased the Gulf and Inters tate
and has made no effort 10 buy ~
While at Port Arthur Messrs. Gales aud
Ellwood went shooting and pronounced
the sport the finest they had experienced
in years. Snipe and plover were in abunl-
ance and they bagged a few ducks, They
have announced the intention of purchas-
ing considerable tract o. land in the
vicinity OF Port Arthur and converting il
into hunting preserve to be enjoyed dur
ing their solourn at their winter homes.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
BATTLE WITH Ban
Ranger George Scarbosouli u
Near Dcmlol. n 1
WALT BIRcaflflD WAS BA)lI.>
The OfAcers Were Fire.
Ambush. but Held OF ~ 4
laws Until Nishtfsn

El Paso. Texas. April 5.--pshL
fatal battle between Nep III,
ficers and a band Of outlaws -, !,
mon. Ariz,. yesterday reachsd I,
night. Ranger George Soarbo,s,s
was wounded in the xsht. disd Z.
reaching his home in Deminx 3
this morning. Walter Birchi.u
thought, will recover
Beverly H. Danafaly, who Wens,
wounded officers from San sIno I
ing, arrived here tonight ana n
story OF the light as he had Ii 4.
officers themselves. George Sc,A,
who died this morning, said III
officer Birchneld. who was ! n,
temporarily a deputy sheriff, ven
along in the rough mountains ~
once a volIey came from a clunp 4
not far OFF. Both the officers NJ
Blrchfleld's horse dead and sc,,b..
wounded. They Immediately bssu J
fend themselves, but the next 81 I,
both OF them. Scarborough VA II
wounded to do much service. Il
on the bandits as long az hls NJ
lasted Building a little fort d \
they held their own till nlehtisn
Birchfield left his companion, and
ing the wounded horse. rode into h
mon, twenty miles away, to III
ance. With his posse he arrived 2
scene at daybreals next nornIsf|
brought scarborough to the y
whence both the wounded men M
to Deming, where Scarborough =
few hours later. Il
A posse OF officers from all N,
Southern Pacific railroad are o. M
OF the bandits, but SO far as /, \
have not met them.
George Scarborough was one n III
widely known characters among ii. /
ern officers. For many years N
Texas Ranger and he operated \
vicinity OF Ell Paso and throughosl|
Texas. For a long time he VA
United States marshal In 81 Pm
man of daring few were his eocl
none his superior. Several yesn I
went to New Mexico and accepted |,
ton with the cattlemeu Of the M
to hunt down cattle thieves.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
WACO STREET FAIR.
IL Is TO Open Next Monday and Run
for a Week

Waco, Texas. April 5.--Monday next the
street fair and merchants carnival will
open in this city for weeks run. The
fair is being conducted under the aus
pices of the Business Mems club and the
Young Mems Business League and clabor.
ate preparations are being made for
weeks entertainment that will s,rpass
anything seen in this city since the IA
nous cotton palace exposition in 1894.
Two State conventions will meet here
next week; namely, the State lumber
mems convention and the Southwestern
Street Railway, Gas and Electric Ijvht
association. These conventions viii be
largely attended and the delegates will
enjoy the fair. great deal of interest
in the entertainment and as the ratlrnsds
have given low rates large crowds are
expected each day,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
OIL WELLS AT CoRsICAyA.
On April 1 There Were ass Produce
ers in the OIL district.

On April There Were ASS Produce
ers in the OIL District.
Corscana, Texas. April 4.-The report OF
operations In the oil fields here for the
month of March, which has Just been
made, makes very creditable showing and
is as follows: Wells completed during the
month twenty-four, OF which twenty are
producers and four are dry holes. No gas
well came in during the month. There
were sixteen wells abandoned during the
month and at the close sixteen wells were
drilling and four rigs were in position.
This, in connection with former opera
lions in this field shows as follows: Total
number o. producing wells now being OBJ
Grated 400, total number of dry holes since
me held has been operated 1876, total num-
Der OF wells abandoned 1924, total number Of
gas wells IT, The production for March
showed an increase over that of February
oy several thousand barrel and is In ex-
cess Of the production dun any month
in the history of the field.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
HOUSTON BUSINESS Men.

J. D. Skinner and C, H. Wilkinson Of
Galveston and H. w. Garrow, R. T. Morris,
j. W Scott and f. A. Heitmann of Houston
called on State Health Officer Blunt today
with suggestions for certain notifications
in quarantine rules in case of a yellow
fever epidemic Their suggestions amount
ed to request for the adoption Of the At
lanta agreement by Texas. The matter
was taken under advisement by Or. Blunt.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-06
w. N. barnes Found Dead

Kaufman. Texas, April 5.-w. IN
Barnes. county surveyor OF Kaufman eoun
ty. was found dead in his bed from heart
failure last night. He was up all dav
and went to bed complaining some; was
heard struggling. but when fonnd ,ya.
dead. He was about 70 years old ana wss
member OF the ODD Fellows aud Masons :
was also Confederate soldier.