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cane that they believed destruction sure.
proves to have escaped with compara-i
lively slight damage and with the loss
of only one life.
Other sections altho still more ex-.
posed, We're equally fortunate. Rock
port, on the shore to the west OF Gall
weston, and Corpus Christi, near by. es-
capped with lsttle damage, while the Tar
pom club house, the summer home for
his friends built by E. H. r. Green. was
not harmed. Port Arthur and ts8neigh-
sborhood. lying seventy five miles to the
east, also escaped much damage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11
None better.

Prospective land buyers can secure no
better rates than those offered by the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
railway. nor can they find better land
and location than along this line or con-
8tiguous thereto. On Sept. 4 to IS. Oct
q to 16, Nov. to 90 and Dec TO IS
round-trip tickets. bearing tWenty-one
days limit. can be secured to all points
on this line north of and including ABB
bolt. Shell Rock and Waverly at one
fare, plus 81. This territory includes the
rich farming country traversed by our
new lines. Mesrs 1lten & Brooks. lo-
Gated at Cedar Rapids. Iowa. are our
industrial and immigration agents, and
are in a position to give full informa-
tion relative to these lands. On the
same dates our agents are in position
to ticket you to other various parts of
the country at low rates. For rates.
time of trains, etc, call on the nearest
ticket agent or address John G. Farmer,
"A. G. Pr T. A.. B.. G. r. & N. Cedar
Rapids Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11
8. q. LYMAN DEAD.
Well Known New London Man Sue
cumbs to self indicted Wounds.

CumOA TO SELL luulCt0O " OuuOos
New London, Ia. Sept. 11.-After lin
gering sixty hours. o. G. Lyman passed
away Sunday evening as result Of the
wound elf-inflicted last Friday morn.
ing. Not being able to take either food
or drink, he grew gradually weaker
and dropped into a quiet sleep Sunday
evening, the end coming few minutes
alters O'clock Mr.. e. A. Lyman, OF
Detroit, Mich, arrived on the evening
train. but three hours after his broth
ers death. The funeral services were
held at 8 o'clock this afternoon from
the family residence, in charge Of Rev.
Heiligman. of the Presbyterian church,
and a large number of syrnpathizing
friends We're in attendance. The mem
,bers Of the knights of Pythias lodge.
OF which the deceased was a member,
were present, and at the grave the
beautiful burial service OF the order
was read The interment wac at the
tBurge cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11
Melbourne MucDoy,yen Arrested

New York, Sept. I'm bourne Mac
DdWell, the actor, Who va he husband
and leading support for Fanny Daven-
port until her death, has been arrested
on an order which charges him With
having cruelty treated his Wife, who
was Mrs Wiihelmirla Maria Brafman,
the divorced wife Of q wealthy Baltt-
more broker. and alleges that since she
married this ACTOR in June last he has
constantly ill-treated her. MacDowell
was taken TO LUDLOW street jail and
was told that his bond had been fixed
at $1,000. His wife has filed a suit for
IA divorce charging cruelty. She left
him in this city this week and, it is un-
aerstoofl. returned to her parents in
Baltimore. They were married last
June in Norfolk, Va MacDowell re-
fused to make any statement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11

ing the best way is to wipe UP the car.
pet rapidly with coarse towels wrung
out OF cold water. This disposes Of the
dirt without annoying the patient either
by dust or noise. and Is the best meth
cd employed by trained nurses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11

SHattexton 81 vappingsr sall1s N VpA
(conviete sof nrsnslaN Is ~ the fourth;
ne1ree ind sent 10 Sing Sling fof two
Eytatas After ne came out Ne wont 10
1--WE with Austin. but the lister ssys hel
did not know that he was an ex-con-S
Eyict
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11
The Bravery OF Woman

Was grandly shown by Mrs. John Dow
ling. of Butler, Pa. in a three years
struggle with malignant stomach
trouble that caused distressing attacks
of nausea and indigestion. All remedies
failed to relieve her until she tried
Electric Bitters After taking ii two
months she wrote! II am now wholly
cured and can eat anything. 1t is truly
a grand tonic for the whole system, as
i gained in weight and feel much
stronger since using it." 1t aids diges-i
ton, cures dyspepsia, improves the APP
petite and gives new life Only so cents.
Guaranteed, at George P. Powers drug
store.
Large sun spots, astronomers say,
caused the extreme heat this summer,
and doctors declare nearly all the pros
5trations were induced by disorders OF
the stomach. Good health follows good
digestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di-
igests what you eat. II you have indi-
gestion or dyspepsia IT will quickly re-
lieve and permanently cure you. All
druggists.
Dewitt's Little Early Risers are
rAnf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-11

Xiii that pain. Mull's Lightning Pain
Killer. Twenty-h Ave cents. All drug
.gists.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17

second act when the manager Of the
theater appeared before the curtain
and motioned the leader to silence. His
gram in his hand.
us Miss Vermont, of Washington, in
the house?" he asked. "a telegram has
been brought to the theater addressed
to her"
Miss Vermont turned suddenly cold
with terror. Mother had had a stroka
or fathers automobile had run away,
with him. or brother Jack had BEEN
capsized Oh the river and drowned. She
saw every detail Of her fearful home
j~ourney-the sleepless night Of waiting
for the first train, the interminablel
crawling of it Washingtonward. She
saw herself in the deepest mourning. I'M
a half second she lived a week of mis-
cry. Her two cousins We're gazing at;
her in frightened helplessness. She
staggered to her feet.
II am Miss Vermont" she said. with,
an effort.
An usher ran down the aisle. Every
eye in the theater was on her. Every
woman there felt for her. For a mo-
ment she could not nerve herself to
open the envelope. She must. She
must know which one it was. The
message was n blur before her. It was
signed Jack. She caught the words,
wire at once" 1t was mother, then
or father. She looked closer. This
time she made out the whole message.
1t read:
Mother left u pink organdie. Do
you need 1t? Wire at once"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17

for q yacht. He knows that he must
find a tree which is straight for sixty
feet below the branches. 1t would be
very troublesome to climb trees and
measure them with a tape measure, so
he, without moving it, uses practical
trigonometry. He measures off sixty
feet in a straight line from the tree.
and then Ike cuts = pole, which. when
upright in the ground, is exactly Us tall
as himself. This he plants in the earth
his owl length from the end Of his
sixty feet.
For example. il he Is six feet toll, be
plants his six-foot pole ffty-four feet
from tie tree. Then he lies down on
his back, with his head ut the end Of
the line and his feet touching the pole
and sights oSer the top of it. He
knows that where his eyes touch the
tree is almost exactly sixty fest from
the ground.-Weetly Bouquet.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
Specimens of Irish BuJjs.

Some fifteen years ago. says a corr
respondent of the London Spectator. "E
heard a dignitary of Cork Cathedral
address the congregation in st. Maryss
Church, Harrogate. in this wise: TS
there be any of you here. dear breth-
rem. whom God in his mercy has taken
to himself In the same discourse.
pleading for some charity, our sense Of
generosity was sought to be stirred by
the following sentence descriptive Of
the miseries OF which ireland was then
tine victim: In the sister country.
where for some time we have been SUI
fering from vivisection, is 1T to be won.
dered at If we have been n little dis
turbed while undergoing the ~process?s
Might I suggest that the following be
added to your remarkable collection.
of bulls? a person who evidently dis
likes the name of William, and who in
not an 1rishman. but, in my mind. O
thy to be one, said: AS long as I am;
alive I shall give the name Of.
William to one of my sons.'"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
1mportnnce of Late crons.

If farmers will consider that from one
70 three tons of cured provender may be
grown on an acre, and they will take
advantage of the summer season for so
doing. they a greatly enlarge their
capacity for feeding stock during win
ter. Hungarian grass is n crop that
grows more rapidly than millet, and it
Is II of the most efficient weed de-
stroyers known, even the Canada thistle
being unable to make Roadway against
1t. As.it soon reaches the cutting stage
Of growth it will afford two or more
Mowings. which will destroy any weeds
that have the ability to compete With
the crop. The stubble remaining orer.
serves to protect the soil during the
winter. Rape may also be cut two or
three times, but requires good land.
The rule is to turn sheep OH the raue,
using hurdles. and make Il profit on TIC
mutton. Cow-pcas equal clover as Il
hay crop. The plants also benefit the
soil by storing nitrogen therein. Many
advise the growing of cow-paas as Il
green Hlanurial crop. entirely, but it is
more profitable to NOW and cure for
hay, as the manur will return to the
soil that portion not shipped to market
i'll the forms of meat. milk or butter.
The cow-pea shades the land complete.
ly when broadcasted and provides IA
vorable conditions for the recuperation
of the soil. Whether for hay or for
blowing under any of the crops men,
toned the farmer should not permit his
growing corn to take the w1ole of his
time from the summer crops.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
CHARLES A. ToWME wTHDRAws
Declines Vice Presidential Nonino.
ton Tcndcrcd hx PonulisfsL

Declines Vice Presidential Nomiua.
ton rendered by Populists.
Charles A. Townc has formally with.
drawn from the Populist national ticket
In a letter to the Notification Committee
he declines the nomination for Vice Pres.
ident, saying in part:
Everybody knows that either Mr..
Stevenson or MIR. Roosevelt is to he the
next Vice President of the United States.
l am expected to take Il laborious part
in the campaign. l shall, of course, adj
vocate the election Of Bryan and Steven.
son. The Democratic convention. before
which l was Il candidate, nominated
Bryan and Stevenson. The silver Re.
publican party, of which organization I
wa the official head for nearly four
years, has nominated Bryan and Steven
son. In what light should + appear be.
fore the American people if, while advo-
eating the election of one ticket, I should
he going through the form of running on
another? Nobody in the United States
would think I had the slightest chance of
being elected. and nobody would believe
that I considered myself seriously as a
candidate unless at the same time he be-
licved me to be absolutely lacking in COM
nor sense"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
a Perfect Winter Wheat.


Cl>4pAlate Farming tells what a per-
feet winter wheat should be. 1t should
mature early, as IL few days delay in
harvesting may give rust, blight or i'll
sects a chance to injure the crop, and
1T must be prolific in yield. One var1-
ETY. will often produce twenty bushels
on more above the yield of another on
same soil and similar conditions. 1t
should have a stiff straw to prevent tho
stems from falling or lodging before
harvest, which will result only in
shrunken and imperfectly matured
grain. 1t must be hardy in winter, as
sOme varieties winter kill much more
than Others, and it should have a thin
skin. Some kinds have so thick n skin
that there will be several pounds more
of bran and less Of flour than with 9th.
err hinner-skinned sorts, which makes
them undesirable for the miller. Can
al. these qualities he combined in one
variety. and who will first offer such q
variety to the public?
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17

the Atlantic coast districts the crop has
made good progress. but is %beginnin. 10
n"ed rain i'll the Middle Atlantic States.
The general absence OF rain has been
Favorable to thrasliing winter. wheat,
which is nearing completion in nearly all
districts. Spring wheat harvest is near.
ly finished over the southern portion of
the spring wheat region. where some
thrashing has been done, and is we'll ad.
raiiccd in the northern portion. Portions
OF the Dakotas and Minnesota received
heavy rains during the past week. In
South Dakota late spring wheat expert.
enced trying temperature conditions. and
a larger part of the i is being cut for
fodder than was anticipated.
The week has been favorable for com.
plction of the oat harvest and thrashins,
the reports indicating good yields scncr.
ally. especially in the State of the Ohio
valley.
The persistent dropping of apples has
materially reduced the prospects in many
important apple States in. the central val.
leys; although the outlook in Iowa is
somewhat improved.
Flowing for fall seeding has made Eli.
vorable progress. except in Missouri,
where the ground is too dry.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
Wisconsin,s Deep We1J.

The well on the grounds of the Good
Shepherd, in the town of Wauwatosa,
Wis.,. has been bored to the depth of
$3.50 feet, n of the deepest wells III
the world. The contractor has con
cluded that he cannot obtain a flowing
we'll and therefore stops. The water
rises within eighty feet of the surface,
and is soft, limpid, of excellent quality
for drinking, for washing or culinary
purposes. and is in such abundance as
to furnish water sufficient for the needs
of 1000 or 5000 persons. The water
will have to he pumped up by an en-
CINE. which will cost $500, and then the
institution will have all the water it re.
quins for a century to come. .
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
Do Fowls Need Exercise:

As fowls are ordinarily fed exercise
is positively necessary to enable them
to digest the food they take. \ ration
of grain in large part and other things
in small part means that the fowls
will have to develop muscle and energy
to do the work of grinding. But it is
possible to so feed the fowls that eXer-
else will not be of any value. This is
shown By the French method of fattcn-
ing fowls. They are shut up in a cage
and fed on a soft mash several times IL
day. They are given no room at all for
exercise. yet keep perfectly healthy and
develop meat and fat at a great rate.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
For the Horses.

There is a deal of horse energy ex-
hausted in fighting flies.
Fresh, clean bedding is as welcome
to the tired horse as to the tired, or
hired, man.
Water horses often as possible; a lit
tie ut a time is better than Il deluge ut
long intervals.
Better a shady outdoor feeding and
resting place at noon time than u filthy,
hot, tly-infcsted stable.
Sunlight and fresh air in the stable
constitute a fine Insurance policy
against sickness and death.
1t is asking a deal of a farmer to do
much currying of horses in the summer
season, yet the more Of it done the bet.
ter Tor the horse.
Work the horses easily for the first
hour or SO after eating. They can do
their hardest work ensiest after the last
meal is partly dgested.
It is doubtful If any n little detail
Of farming pays better than Keeping
horse stables clean and sweet during
the summer. And If kept lyless there
is good profit in them.
For sweet charity's sake, do moi in
fiict pain upon your horse. Cruel yank-
ing OH the reins. stroke Of lash or kick
from IL heavy boot the patient, noble,
faithful horse should be a stranger to.
NJ he does not do your bidding on the
instant it is because he does not UNDER
stand what you want. Be patient The
abused horse-one that is constantly ex-
pecting q blow-cannot be as valuable .
servant as the kindly treated one.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
WILLIAM w. AsTOR.
LEFT AMERICA TO GAIN FAME
~ ENGLAND.
Now he Ends Hims4nf a millionaire
Without a Country-Tabooei by h
Pr4Ace of Wales Set for Insulting
NrA2hibad Milne.

The story of William Waldorf Astor,
who grossly offended English society u
short time ago by Insulting Sir Archi-
bald Milne, u particular friend of the
Prince OF Wales, aud who has been os-
sracised by the smart set, which basks
in the Princes favor, is that OF a man
without a country. He began life with
unlimited wealth and boundless ambi-
ton. He still has both, for the latter
has neve been satisfied.
About twenty years ago q group of
young nen among the rich New York
ers e starting out in life, all with
some political ambition and all backed
up by an old family and u big rent roll.
None of them promised so much and
failed SO dismally as William Waldorf
Astor. He intended to be President of
the United States. He is now Il man
without a country, disappointed, cyni-
cal, with no future before him at so. He
was the son of John Jacob Astor I'LL,
the head OF the great family who came
from the little village Of Waldorf, Ger
many, about 12O years ago, and started
in life as butchers and fur traders.
When William Waldorf came into the
world the Astors owned o per cent. of
the real estate in New York City, and
had taken social precedence over the
old Knickerbocker families. who once
held themselves aloof from a man who
peddled furs on his back. Astor was
educated at the law school of Columbia
University. He imagined himself a
second Disraeli and began simultane.
ously a career in politics and in liter.
azure. He was elected State Senator.
He ran for Congress t. succeed Levi 2.
Morton and was defeated by the late
Roswell Flower. He was appointed
minister to Italy by President Arthur.
He distinguished himself there by scat
tering golden scudi with a lavish hand.
Incidentally he got along with his min
isterial duties without discredit to the
government. Nothing came up to de-
mand diplomacy, and MI. Astor was
equal to the situation. he returned
home and threw himself into politics in
New York State. Perhaps it would be
more correct to say that he threw him
self ut politics. He worked very hard,
and he was very much in earnest, but
his efforts came to nothing. He gave
his money freely and he gave his time
without stint. But he failed to connect
with the people, and that is an essential
element to success in American politics,
as MIR. Astor found out. He wrote a
novel called "Valentino," and followed
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
Thinning Potato Plunts.

An experiment we'll worth trying is to
thin OFT the plants in each hill OF pota-
toes-with IL view of reducing the guam
t!ty OF small ~potatoes-to one stalk in
each hill. This must be done before
the tubers are formed. The rows
Should be ut least three feet apart and
the plants twenty inches apart in the
row. While results from this practice
have been really wonderful. it is adj
vlsed that each person try it on Il small
plot before going into it extensively.
Not only We're all of the tubers of good.
marketable size by this plan. but the
yield was wholly satisfactory.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
CONDITION OF CROPS.
Late Planted Corn in Several States
Media Rim Radlx

Needs Rain Badly.
The crop report issued by the weather
bureau gives the following summary of
crop conditions: The week has been hot
in the States of the Missouri and Upper
Mississippi valleys, and while there was
Il general lack of rainfall over IL large
part of the country east of the Rocky
mountains, excessively heavy rains fell in
portions of the Gulf States and over por-
tons Of the Central Ohio, Upper Mis-
souri,, and Red River of the North val
leys. Rain is generally needed in the
Central Mississippi and Lower Missouri
valleys, and in the Atlantic coast States.
from the Carolinas %northward.
Corn. more particularly the late planted
in the States of the Central Mississippi
and Missouri valleys, would be greatly
benefited by rain, but the early planted
in these sections is generally beyond sesi-
Gus injury from drought. In the lake
region aud Ohio valley and generally in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
ULTIMATUM TO CHINA
AN EMPHATIC CABLE TO PEK,N
FROM WASHINGTON.
con.cr Message Results in Quick Ac.
ton by United states OMcials-Bc-
lief III Washington that the Country
Is Near War with China.

Not only have imperial troops again at
tackled the international representatives
at Pekin, but the Chinese government is
reported as actually conniving to bring
about their assassination. These facts
were presented in the official cipher dis
patch received by the State Department.
from Minister Conger. The message was
telephoned to the President at Canton.
Though the authorities have had every
reason to believe that the Chinese gov
eminent is responsible for the present
conditions OF affairs that prevail, it has
apparently believed the polite fiction that
Il mob was in control in Pckin and that
the imperial government was unable to
regain control. Minister Congcr's latest
dispatch entirely dissipates any such be-
lief. lie states that tlH, 'Chinese govern
nlent insisting upon our leaving Pekin,
which would be certain DEATH" and then
that rifle firing upon us daily by impc-
rial troops" Taken in conjunction with
previous Information received by the
authorities, there can be no longer any
doubt that the Chinese government is
directly responsible for the existing stu
alton.
Taking everything into considerations,
this message of Minister Cunger contains
more INFORMATION in regard to the sitla-
ton in Pekin, and the condition CT the
American citizens there, as well as the
views of the Minister, than any message
received from him since regular COM
munication was shut off.
Acting Secretary .Adce, who lad been
called to the department, communicated
with Secretary Root. informing him that
a dispatch from Minister Congcr had
been received, and by an appointment
met that official at the White House.
Before Secretary Root reached. the White
House the'message from Minister Congcr
had been te%lephonod to the President.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-17
Why Aston Left Americo.

To crown his political and literary
disappointments Il dispute arose as to
whether Mrs. William Waldorf Astor
or Mrs. John Jacob .Astor was entitled
to be called Mrs. Astor." In short,
was John Jacob Astor or William Wal
dorf Astor the head of the family? So
ciety settled the question in favor of
the popular John Jacob. and William
Waldorf, in plque, built next door to
tel, the Waldorf-Astor House. Then he
gathered UP his household goods and
moved to London. He disposed of as
much of his property in America as lie
could and invested his money in Eng
lang. He rented his residence and de.
clared publicly and often that America
was not his country. He became a nat
uralized Englishman and for a couple
Of years was apparently an intimate
friend Of the Prince Of Wales. It was
rumured that lie was to be given a
peerage and marry u daughter of the
Prince, for he is now a widower. Then
gossip connected his name with that of
Lady Randolph Churchill. and recently
with that Of Mrs. Ogden Goelet, Of
New York.
All the time Mr.. Astor has attempted
to secure a firm footing in English So
ciety. He bought the Pail Mall Gazette
and Pail Mall Budget, and started the
Pail Mall Magazine. all ultra-Tory, and
catering to the, smart set. He bought
from the Duke Of Westminster, the
richest man in England, the handsome
est seat on the Thames-Cliveden. Then
Mr.. Astor built u high wall around the
park, stationed guards, and warned the
public to keep of Of his grounds. Such
a thing is not usual With English coun-
try gentlemen and everybody bristled
with Indignation 1T the American suob.