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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05
THE BEETHovENs.
"A Program OF Unusual Interest En-.
toycd "Wednesday.

j.
The Beethovens met Wednesday af-
5ternoon with Mrs. z. c. Baughman.
Mrs. j. w. Lloyd and Miss Grips
opened the program with a piano duet,
Mrs. N. B. Hoyt gave violin
solo. Mrs. w. r. Forney sang and Mrs.
William Sandoe wtistled. Mrs n. t.
MARS gave one OF her clever readings
and Mrs. w. r. Forney read bright
little paper on Popular Music OF the
Day" The special feature Of the after
noon was 9 paper read by Mrs. o. s.
Hodge. of Washington, D. c.. giving a
description of her journey towards the
north pole. Mrs. Hodge has been.
farther north than any civilized woman
with the exception OF Lieut.. Peary's
Wife. whose companion she was on the
noted Peary expedition in 1853. They
reached the latitude Of so degrees north
or about 800 miles within the Arctic
circle. Mrs. Hodge says she 10 born
traveller. she delights in 1t. observes
well and II able to tell In an interest
Ing way what she has seen and learn
ed. Beside Mrs. Hodge. tho clubs
Euests were Mesdames n. H. Beaman,
W. r. Bradbury, w. r. HrshsA =. G.
Owings sand a. HlgEips. Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05

came to know the red men and s4heir
habits, and BY her position inisthes
agency and her ability to care for them
In illness. she became very dear to
them and they called her byaa name
which means woman CHIEF. She was
.in Washington in 1880, when the insur-
rection at Pine Ridge was threatened,
and which threw the whole northwest
Into such alarm: for the Indians were
prepared for q massacre alta moments
warning, and when the signal was giv-
en- the uprising would be general from
Montana to the Indian Territory. In
the Black Hills OF Dakota many OF the
shostiles had congregated, waiting the
signal from Little Wound, chief OF the
Sioux, whose camp was at Pine Ridge.
The ghost dances had terrified the
whites and general exodus to the;
east or to the towns had been made by
the settlers. The military was power
less, for one move on their part would
be the occasion for ansonslaught Of the
ithroughly aroused and aggravated red
men. Having an affection for the In
dams among whom she had lived and
worked, dreading to see their externi-
M lion WI ich nse,.l.. in ti,ne be I'M y..s
able, and fearful for the great loss OF
life to both races. Miss siclles offered
to so as mediator to Little Wound.
whom she knew to be at heart a noble;
man. melted by the treachery OF Red
Cloud. Armed with nothing but au-5
thorlty from Secretary Proctor, Gen.
Miles and Gen. scofeld. she went to
Pine Ridge. The soldiers attempted to
dissuade her, saying the venture would
be certain DEATH The treporters. 90 she
says, had her obituary ready for print,
and she admits she had made her will.
The chief was sullen at first and his
suspicion aroused by the lnsinuation
that she came as a spy, but in three in
teryiews she persuaded him to confer
With the military. Ina weeks time the
difficulty was settled and Little Wound
sent messages to lead out from the
labyrinth of the Black Hills the hos
tiles encamped there.
Miss Sickles is charming CONVERSE,
tionalist and very modest as regards
the things she has attained. She feels
her work is just beginning and the
plans for the future are so exactinY3
that little time is left for dwelling
on the successes Of the present.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05
II. Z. STUNTZ 10 WED.
Chief Clerk in Central Auditing De-
pnrtmont to Be Married Wednes-

day.
Mr.. Harley L. stuntz, chief clerk in
the general auditing department OF the
Iowa Central, will leave tonight. at
II rs for Palatine Bridge, N. Y. where,
on Wednesday morning. April IL. at s
o'clock he will united in marriage TO
Miss II. Grace Fuller. formerly of this
city.
Mir and Mrs. stuntz Will leave Pala-
tine Bridge at OH O'clock the morning
of the wedding, for this city. arriving
the following Thursday evening on the
Colorado special. They will reside in
the Powell property. 106 South Fifth
avenue, and will be at home to their
friends after May 10.
The brde-elect is well-known by a
large number Of Marshalltown friends,
she having made her home here for five
or six years. prior to two years ago
last January. While in Marshaltown
Miss Fuller was associated with her
cousin, Miss Elizabeth Love1and, as a
trimmer Miss Fuller's friends will be
glad to welcome her to their number
again as Mrs. Stuntz, and especially
will she be greeted by Methodist circles,
in which she was an ernest worker at
the time Of her former residence here
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
Third Engagement of Carter.s ..The
Heart of (,hicano,s MT the Odeo,, NJ Il

Third Engagement of Carter's 1.-THE
Heart of Chicago'' nj the Odeon.
The Heart of Chicago" like all of
Lincoln ]. Carriers sensational scenic
plays. drew a certain element to the
Odeon for the third time in as many
seasons Wednesday evening. The play
admits. probably, of a trifie more plot
than does the average run Of that
playwright's productions. yet all the
merit was shown in the scenic and me-
lchanical effects. Some OF the special-
ties were very good and in one or two
of the characters, noticeably Allen
Hampton's Bradley, the tramp. no
small amount OF merit was shown. and
1t made one who might be critical feel
as II he were wasting his time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05

city from Chicago and n the future
viii make Marshalltown his home. Mr..
Jones Is probably the best known man
in passenger circles ON any OF the west
ern roads owing to his long service
With one company. ldarshalltown has
becSme such q center OF passenger us-
mess on the Northwestern that It has
become necessary to have some one
here to look after the roads interests
and to assist City Passenger Agent
STalIett.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05

Josef Storm late Wednesday after
noon filed q petition asking divorce
from his wife. Annie Storm. whom he,
married In Habe. Prava, Austria. In
September, 1Sss, Hs assigns - cause
desertion. x ss.s 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-05
HEADQUARTERS MADE HERE.

sam Jones, Veteran Passenger Agent
OF Northwestern. TO Be Located
Here. s,a
agent Of the Chicago North
western railway. with headquarters In
Chicago. has been transferred % this
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31

necessary to defend the Free State capi-
tai, that place should have been held by
other troops until Cronje could reach 1t
by the circuitous route above referred
to. III
But Bloemfontein is stategically a
very weak position. If the Beers decide
to hold it Lord Roberts will only have
to invest that place with sufficient force
and will still have ample force to pros
ecute his campaign toward Pretoria.
AS far as can be seen from the official
maps, the country about Winburg and
Kroonstad affords the first available po-
sition for Beers resistance to the Brit
ish advances on the Free State lines.
So long as they are free to move they
can meet at any place n offer very
stubborn and prolonged resistance to
the advance of the superior British
forces.
Having the shorter interior line of
communication between their two COL
umns, the Beers can quickly send rein
IforcementS from one to the other as
emergency may require. Thus they may
hope to make a more and more effective
resistance as their two lines of opera
ton approach a junction toward johann
neburg.
So far as can now be foreseen the Boz
ers after many hard-foughr battles,
should be able to make a inal and pro-
longed struggle for victory or the line of
the Vaael river.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31

and cousins for miles around would be
| warned of the delusion. ST.
when we go out for a fortnight's or
a months shoot we never leave our boats
even for an hour. We get our birds
either at early evening or at the first
! break of day.. We seldom get birds at
evening. and then at the following dawn.
| for at the report of a gun every egret or
heron in the region flies straight away
| and will not come back to the particular
! spot for three or four days. Even then
they return with wonderful caution. So
we move from one part of a bay or Ia
| COON at midday, when the birds are or
feeding at the shoals along the shore.
We get our craft in position, one man In
a boat, before 4 p. M. and conceal our
| selves with reeds and foliage, just an
| duck hunters do. Along about S or 6
O'Clock the birds come bac to their nests
| and camping grounds. Their we watch
our opportunity for shots, and by long
! experience / have learned perfectly when
it comes. Just at the proper mOmen I
will shoot. and in attraction of a Sec
ond my hired shooters will follow with
their guns. Generally I can get three
or four successful shots at the frighten-
ed birds before they are 0ut of range. for
they are SO easily frightened that they
are powerless of flight for q momen n
make good targets of themselves. Some
times we get as many as fifteen birds
at n evenings shooting, but more often
the number Is seven or eight. Years
ago when egrets and heronS were very
plentiful in Central America, I have kill
ed nine birds in as many shots before
they got out Of reach. When we have
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
INHERITANCE TAX.

Heirs of Cornelius Vanderbilt will be
called on in the next few days to pay
the largest inheritance transfer tax ever
paid into the state treasury under the
existing law.
This tax, it is estimated, will amount
to about $1,000, 900.
For six weeks or more two state ap-
praisers from the comptroller's depart-
ment at Albany AVE been engaged in
the laborious task or a~scertaining Just
what the taxable value of the Vanderbilt
estate is, and in a few days their report
will be ready.
The work imposed upon the appraisers
has been enormous. Many delicate prob
lens, which are still questions among
lawyers, as to what portion of an estate
is taxable under the transfer tax law,
have been left to them for settlement,
and it would not be surprising If there
were some subjects for litigation in their
report.
The Vanderbilt heirs, it is asserted,
stand ready, however, to pay the tax
without contest, provided no unfair de-
mands are made upon them. 1t is pre-
sHmed that all of the beneficiaries under
the will are similarly disposed.
Henry B. Anderson, legal representa-
tive of the Vanderbilt estate, said yes
terday that as soon as the report of the
appraisers was ready, which would be
soon, he WOulu ASK lOF Tic eulTy OIL an
order in the su%rrogate's court showing
the expenditures it calls Tor.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died his es-
tate was variously estimated al from
$110. OOO.O 900 to $40, 600, 900. The former
figure is accepted as most nearly accu-
rate. Not all of this is subject to the in
heritance transfer tax law. Real estate
left to the widow and heirs is not taxa
BILE under the law, nor are the requests
to charity. a~ggregating $1,000, 900, liable
to the tax.
The major portion of the legacy left to
young Alfred Vanderbilt. amounting to
at least $50. 900, 900. will have to be tax
ed l per cent. The same tax will be lev
led on the comparatively small amount
left to Cornelius Vanderbilt and the 49,
$780, 900 left to Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney, who was Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt.
The other legacies that will be taxed. ac-
cording to the portion Of them which is
comprised under the head of personal
property. are Reginald Vanderbilt, 81, $780,
Cornelius Vanderbilt, ST., &c. $50, 900.
Mr.. Anderson would not express an
opinion as to what portion Of the estate
would be exempt from the operation Of
the tax. He said that no inventory was
necessary.
THAT Is merely to show the exact
amount of property received by the ex>
ecutors and how disposed OLA sort. of an
accounting" said he. ut is necessary in
some cases where questions are liable to
arise among the benefciaries. but in
this case it is not required"
1t is announced that all Of the Wander
bilt beQuests have been paid.-New York
World.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31

to observe. He could not demonstrate.
the paraphernalia with which he op-
Grated necessarily made his observations
faulty. 1 can demonstrate absolutely
that the elliptical theory will not meet
the needs of science, and I can prove
with the exactitude of figures that the
theory of circular orbits is the only ten
able one.
1.-The fallacy of the elliptical theory
came to me nearly thirty years ago,
when I had a problem of lights to solve
Working at this I soon saw the error Of
the old theory of elliptical orbits. l have
worked silently but persistently at my
theory ever since. and now l feel that l
am able to meet the world.
SOLVING A PROBLEM.
my questioning of Newton does not
extend to his law of gravitation, but l do
assert and can prove that Newton de-
parted in certain of his most important
demonstrations from the conclusions he
had arrived at in framing his w law.
The fact is that he was blindly following
KcY'ler, and he mad no effort to test
Kepler's faulty conclusions. Newton
tried to correct errors by committing
compromising errors, and from this basis
of wrong premises went Oh TO the COM
mission of absurd mistakes that offended
even the laws that he had caratilIy for
mulated.
MY object in issuing my 1900 chal-
lenge is not to get my name in the pa
pefS n gain cheap nOLOTleIy. 1 am not
willing, however, to let this matter sleep.
I know that I have discovered a great
truth, and l do not propose to allow my
self to be shelved or hushed up by ridi-
Guile or paternal advice. I n what
the truth is, and I insist that I rave not
entered blindly upon an endless discus-
sion. In my opinion, the matter can only
end one way. We are dealing with IN
contestable facts, not with conjact,res:
let the scientists who have riiiculed my
Insertions refute nv arpuma nts.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
HUNTING EGRETs AND HERoNs.

San Francisco Call: Talk about the
artifice and skill of duck or squirrel
hunting" said David B. Bennett, who
has been for many years engaged in
hunting birds. why both are boys play
by the side Of shooting egrets or herons
for a living. These birds are the most
cautious and wary of any I nave ever
known or heard of. I have known her
ons to even desert a whole nest OF young
because they saw an old hat lying near
the reeds where the nest had been made
and their suspicious were thereby
aroused. Egrets seem to almost smell
the presence of a man with a gun. I
egrets or herons, but ven If it could
once be used that would be the, last of
that trick in that locality, for by some
sort of freemasonry all the birds family
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
Railway Time b
Butte, Anaconda 4 Pacific
LOCAL TIME B

SOAA A1VNE 1A6AE.
trains leave b., A. 4 p. DEPOT. Butte,
1870 p. a.
Trains leave Union passenger station.
: 9 a. follows: $50 q. m. HIS
:; M = P. M. 7:2o .. n.
conaa. NORTHERN train leaves Ana.
$50 .. m: Great Falls and Helena toeaA,
'ev =. m. Through train for al points
easI and west:
Anaconda;
4o:so .. -. Pacinc Express for Portland
2 ALI points west.
ess = N. Through train FOR all points
OREGON SHORT rrNu %ro,r ,..~.a
anaconda:
e'vo ?; M. for all points sast, west and
tor sale for all points, local and
nIou9n' on the Great Northern railway.
oregon short Line railroad and North
lions.
Steamship tickets FOR sale to all points
n Europe via the above lines.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
EAST
DEPART

This is the short line and the only run
ming Pullman Sleeping cars from Butte
to st. Paul, Minneapolis and st. Louis.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31

Immediately in front of the British fore
es to reach Bloemfontein. Their line of
retreat should have been by way of Be-
shot, which line they should have made
sure to keep Open, and thence to Brand
fort or Winburg, thus making certain
their junction with troops coming from
the north n east toward Bloemfontein.
II for political reasons it was thought
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
A SLIGHT

The Parrot-What have you been doing
swallowing a walking stick?
n Snake-NO. In a ft OF absent
mlndedness ! mistook myself for am UNI
brella cover.-Judge.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
HARD WORDS.

Mrs. Tucker-Tommy, what makes you
so late?
teacher. n she kept me in after school.
Mrs. Tucker-You had words with the
teacher?
Tommy-Yes'c. I couldn't spell 'em.-
Chicago b
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
WOULD DELAY THE CIvILIZIN0 A
BIT.

He-Statistics show that the American
Indian 10 gradually but slowly becoming
civilized. ~
She-Dear me! I hope that they won't
all get civilized before / can afford to buy
q Navajo blanket.--Datroit Free Press.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-31
of the B0er War
BY General J. M. Schofleld.

The Beers appear to IA committed
their first serious mistake in the retreat
from Kimberley By attempting to cross
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-21
Singing Into Photographs.

East Orange, N. J., has, it is
claimed, the greatest song fac
tory in the country. A resident
of the place says it is II regular
storage battery Of real music.
1t is in East Orange that the
singing monographs are loaded.
A large staff of musicians supply
the music, which is recorded on
the cylinders Of these instru-
ments. Some Of the best singing
talent of New York, Brooklyn,
and other cities of the neighbOr-
hood, says the Buffalo Commer-
cial, is employed to sing into the
machines which make these rec
ords. They are paid well for
their services. 1t only requires
a few minutes to sing the song,
and a good voice is golden. 1t is
hard work. The singer must
sing in exactly even time from
the start to finish. For the best
records one song is good for fif-
teen cylinders. After that many
has been made the parent record
is worn out If copies could be
made without limit the singers
would not be in such great de-
mand. Numerous efforts have
been made to make one song last
indefinitely, but the singers are
congratulating themselves that
such mechanical expedients have
failed up to date.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-21

All their married life was spent
where they now live; all their ac-
cumulations were earned by the
hammer. In business he was
prompt, his word was his bond,
was never sued, never sued any
ono, never had a Judgment re-
corded against him, never entered
one against any one else, doesn t
owe a dollar, and is comfortably
fixed.
This record shows the young
that "by industry we strive" and
that there is high premium on
honesty worth striving after.
The reunion was a great sue
cess; joy and happiness abound
ed and as all joined in singing.
"God be with you till we meet
again, " voices quivered with emo
ton, eyes suifused with tears,
and few were able to join in the
last verse. Benediction by Rev.
Bickel, and the first tand the only
golden wedding in New Grenada
ended.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-21

There are 139 different reI'
ious denominations in the uh'i
States, 149, ,867 ministers, lo94l
churches and 27,7l4,52o comm
nicantS.
Our four months war WI
Spain wasn't much OF a war
wars go, but it cost the peoPlc
United States about Sl5O,0olVl
England's war in South Alilc'
carried on somewhat less eAPvI
sively and in seven months
cost aboutS125, 900, ,00O, Warco'|
more than anything else we lal
in civilization, and clvlIHi"1
would be much better OIL NI''"1
it.
A farmer in the central pal'
the State thinks he has dlsco''
ed how to keep the fly out oi ."
wheat at a moderate eAl'
Just as the wheat was colliln5
last fall, he scattered cou'uV
salt over half a field, leaving "
other half without any. lie u''
about a bushel Of salt to tue az
and says it worked like a cl'''
The part Of the field salted lla'
good stand Of wheat emu
free from fly, while the o|, w.,
half is badly damaged Auo, ,an
man says he has preyenleu w. -,
age from fly by sowing u O' -,
of air Stacked lime on iliteel' ~ ;.
as soon as the wheat came uh
peating the process three "'''
MT atintervals of a few days
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-21

Now The Cornfiowsr.

"Life is not one long wedding
procession, nor even an eternal
round of dinners and dances, "
remarked one man who read our
advices as to the correct bouton-
nieres for these occasions.
He further reminded us that
there were days, just nice long
days, upon which he wanted to
wear a buttonhole boquet, and
yet no festivity was connected
with them. Was he denied the
privilege just because he was
not to be a best man, nor even to
dance, nor to dine ceremonious-
ly?
Certainly not! We supposed
he kept his eyes wide open
enough to see that the properest
buttOnhole for the street is a
small bunch of corn flowers, those
brightly blue beauties which
some very incorrectly call bach
elor buttons; ragged coblus is
another of their names. They
are known correctly as centorias.
And mankind does not monOp-
ollie them; they are too radiantly,
unconventionally pretty not to be
admired by all. Two dozen OF
them make a pretty bunch to
thrust into the belt, or place in a
vase.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-21
SIDELING HILL

Mrs. Albert Hixson, who has
been critically i'll, is slowly recoy-
ering.
Miss Ollie Garland has return
ed home from Cumberland after
spending some time with her sis
ter, Mrs. Reuben Karns.
Postmaster George f. b. Hill
has Office and store house by add
ing u new window.
Roy Garland and Russell Lay
ton attended preaching at Mays
Chapel Sunday.
Albert Hess passed through
this section Sunday last on foot,
the result Of a broken bicycle.
Mr.. Gilbert Mellott Of Franklin
Mills, accompanied Mrs. Ira Mel
lott of this place TO Bedford coun-
ty last week.
Mrs. Alice Hill is visiting her
brother Mr.. George O. Lynch, at
Crystal Springs.
All that remained mortal of
Mrs. Esther Morgret was laid TO
rest in the Cedar Grove cemetery
on Sunday last. A large circle
of relatives and friends gathered
TO pay their last tribute OF res
pect to the departed. Services
were conducted by Rev. Barney.
Miss Ella Mellott of Needmore,
accompanied by Miss Lila F'isch-
er, Of this place, attended the
Sunday school convention at Fort
Littleton.
Mr.. S. p. Winter attended the
festival at Warfordsburg, Satur-
day evening.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-21
MY MORNING MINSTREL.

In sackcloth clad, from hill and plain,
The day advances, bathed in tears;
But music stirs my sluggish ears, -
A robin singing in the rain.
| rise, and in the dull gray light
see him, from my window-seat,
The leaHess branches meath his feet
Half hid by lingering mists of night.
Against his draggled front, forlorn,
The chill March breezes moan and
sigh:
But still, with head uplifted high,
He carols bravely to the morn.
Then |, who listen, feel glow
A quick thanksgiving 49, touch my
heart;
The veil is rent, the mists depart,
Again the vernal zephyrs blow.
While with the song, from everywhere,
A sudden flush of Spring descends,
And, even as the singer ends,
Sweet breath of blossoms fill the air.
o ruby-throated minstrel mine,
bless the dawnt that gave thee birth,
And set the tenderest chord of earth
Within that sturdy breast of thine!