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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-04

Deputy Sheriffs iiutsan and MeFar-
land mad. a trip % Marietta Monday
evening in search OF a horse thief who
had gotten away With a fine animal
frem a farm rear 1raer. From the
description - the horse II was though,
that it was the same animal seen driv-
en- by a stranger nsar Marietta in the
Afternoon. The country was carefully
secured by the DEPUTIES and Inquiries
made alone the Way over which tht
man was seen to go. but 10 no avail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
Yearly Rsoord. Nsossanrr.

Prof C. L. Beach, of the Storrs Elk
pertinent station. says:
The indifference to the individual
quality of cows is well illustrated In
the market price of cows. Dealers
quote new mich cows at from SS5 to
$50, according to the physical condition
of the cow, and the apparent quality
and quantity of her milk. Yet the diff
ference in the net yearly profit derived
from two cows thus offered for sale
difference in the first cost OF the cows.
The scale is common symbol of JUS
tice, yet few dairymeD understand ths
significance Of 1t in relation to deal
ings between their cows and them
selves. The Babcock test is quite gen
orally used to determine the quality OF
milk offered for sale, but dairymen
make little use of it In determining
the value of their COWS as butter pro
ducers. On the contrary the COW is
still judged by the good mess" of mdTh
which she may give, and the yellow
cream that it throws up" without re-
gard to the fact that no accurate esti-
mate of the annual yield of milk can
be formed from an occasional weigh
ing or measuring of the daily yield.
or that the color of milk or cream is
not sure criterion of its richness.
Unless some record of actual weigh
ings Is kept. even the man who misks
the COW cannot tell within thousand
pounds how much milk she has pre-
dueed during the year; and unless
some test is made of the composition
of the milk, he can only guess at her
yield Of butter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

York Journal and even In some cases
represented as the personal work of w.
r. Hearst
Ex-senator Henderson, recently I'M
dertook to prove for the benefit OF the
Republican party, that notwitkstand-
ing the cry OF "militarism" the mill
tary powers of Europe spent more on
their armies than we did" The New
York Journal printed an artitie shTw-
Ing that the military budget Pa Europe
includes the entire cost of pensions,
and that II we took this into account
our military expenses were nearly
twice as great as those Of any other
military country in the world. There
upon the Republican literary bureau
started out paragraphs like this and
they are still running In the columns
OF the Republican press of tic coun-
try:
w. r. Hearst, editor OF the New
York Journal. an earnest "Bryanite, .
says that the paying of pensions to
soldiers Is "militarism." "Militarism"
according TO Bryan is one of the great
issues in this campaign. Veterans will
please take notice.
Such attempts as the ones indicated
are very fair example of what may
be termed 'the Shiny hands in poll
tics" and yet such are the methods of
the Republican press bureau.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
why Republican. Arc Apathst,o.

Binghamton Leader: The record OF
the Republican party in government
is not satisfactory to the members OF
that party, especially to these members
who do their own thinking. Thou
sands of Republicans in all sections of
the country disapprove the Philippine
scheme, and while not all of these will
refuse to vote the Republican ticket,
their attitude and speech are culculat-
ed to encourage and strengthen the
growing sentiment against imperial
ism. When the thinking and indepen-
dent membership of party is In a
mental condition that reflects all the
shades of feeling from Indifference to
disgust. it is not unreasonable to look
for results that must be far from graf
flying to that party's managers. This is
the state of things in the Republican
party today, and over-confidence Is the
last feeling 1t is calculated to produce.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
LYING WAS BEGUN.

The Republican national committee
keeps the Republican newspaper
throughout the country supplied with
burning thoughts. This is boom to
the Republican newspapers, for their
thoughts use to cost them 20 cents per
column from the "boller-plate" fac
tories, and now they get them for
nothing.
In list of converts to bryan pub
lished sometime ago by sn eastern
newspaper. the article mentioned half
dozen names of residents OF Bath,
N. Y. as citizens of Bath. Me. The
mistake was purely accidental OBJ
viously their votes would be much
more useful to Mr.. Bryan where they
properly belong than they would be
in Maine. The Hanna organs, how.
ever. discovered the mistake, bounced
upon It with great cutlery, and even
yet have not finished crying cake"
Last year, Mr.. Creelman, the cele-
brated newspaper correspondent. wrote
from Nebraska that statement that MIR.
Bryan by his lectures and writings
had accumulated property worth about
twenty-five thousand dollars. The
ever vlgilant and diabollcally in
olined printer. put on an extra cipher,
making the amount two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The mistake
was not discovered until the paper was
on the street. Here was another thing
for the Republican press to make an
out-cry about Remarks about Mr.
Bryan as a "plutocrat" began to cir
culate through the Republican press
but they eventually stopped when the
explanation of the slip made them toe
ridiculous to be persisted in. The
Hanna literary bureau, has, however
recently revived them. and has even
improved on the original Typographical
error by raising the amount of Mr.
Bryan's fortune to three hundred thou.
sand dollars.
Another instance of the methods EN-.
pioyed by the Republican literary Blu.
reau may be cited Some years ago
gentleman, no longer connected will
the New York Journal, wrote a signed
article giving his estimate of Mr.
Bryan as man and as leader Thi!
estimate has been revived by the Re
publican press bureau ana circulated
as the editorial opinion of the New
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
MARK HANNA CALLED OFF.

Mark Hanna's career as a spell
binder" has been cut short by no less
an individual than William Mckinley.
For the first time in the campaign 1t
Is said Mckinley has found 1t neces-
sary to interfere with his campaign
manager In any way. But Hanna in
few brief efforts was having such a
disastrous effect among the working
men and farmers in Indiana, Illinois
and other states where the trust is
not admired that the presidential
candidate found 1t necessary In the in
terest of the party, not to say any
thing of himself, to interfere and call
off Mr.. Hanna's dates as 'spellbind-
err much to the disappointment of Ma
tional Chairman Jones of the Demo-
cratic committee. AS a result Mr..
Hanna will devote his undivided time
to the management of the contributed
campaign fund where, in his opinion.
1t will do the most good.
The main cause OF the trouble was
Mr. Hanna's speech in Chicago In
which he made the statement, Il do
not believe there is a trust in the Unit
ed States" From all over the country
kilograms and letters of protest pour
ed in on the president against such
foolish statements, even though made
by 1.-THE Boss" and Mckinley could
not let them so UNDECIDED however
much he approved Marks assertions.
AS a consequence Mark Hanna was
told plainly that he must make no
more speeches without first submit
ting what he is going to say to a rigid
censorship and that he must not at
tempt to make the Dakota and Ne
braska trip he had planned under any
circumstances. AS a matter of fact,
Senator Hanna was a little dubious
about attempting to make any cam
paign speeches until Perry Heath and
Congressman Lands of Indiana urged
him to speak at Delphi His reception
there appealed to his vanity. The fiat
terry of the Republican papers turned
his head and he was induced to make
second trial before the Commercial
Mems Club at Chicago at MONDAY
meeting. There was where he got into
trouble. He believed that it was up to
him to say something about trusts,
and he did so with vengeance. He
launched forth in a challenge to Mr..
Bryan to tell him what a trust was
and then followed with the assertion
that there were no trusts in the coun-
try and finally concluded this phase of
his address with bold statement that
the only trusts he was aware existed in
this country were the cotton bail trust
and the ice trust, which he said GER
tain Democratic politicians were sup
posed to be interested In.
Democrats all over the country win
regret Mr.. Hanna's downfall as spell
binder.
But we still have Teddy Roosevelt
and Senator Stewart left.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
CalIfornI. nuttsr Enuares.

Practically all the best creamery
butter sold on the Pacific coast is in
squares of about pounds each. The
squares are blocks with square ends
and rectangular sides. The butter is
packed on table fitted with side
boards as high as the squares stand
when ON end. The top surface Is care
fully leveled even with the table sides,
and the squares, number at a time,
are cut by wires. They are wrapped in
parchment paper and packed on end In
heavy wooden chests. This method OF
handling butter 10 excellent in some
respects, but 1t ia subject to criticism
on two important features: First,
there Is now no uniformity in the
weights of the squares. One creamery
sends cases OF sixty TX pound squares,
or los pounds, to Sacramento, and to
so sends cases holding sixty squares
aggregating 1o1 pounds. This latter
creamery also sends to San Francisco
cases holding sixty squares of 93
pounds. 1t must be both confusing and
annoying to handle squares of such
varying weights, and no really good
reason for the practice was found.
Doubtless many people who purchase
butter do not notice the difference in
weights, but consider all squares alike,
and the seller who can shave off the
most without being suspected is the
gamer. Such competition is not only
discreditable but dishonest. The sec
ond criticism of the method Of market
ing butter relates to the packages.
Eastern dealers have learned that 1t
is more economical and satisfactory in
many ways to use cheap but neat boxes
for shipping, which do not have to be
returned, than to use the heavy and
expensive trunks or chests that were
80 common only few years ago. These
latter are continually being lost and
broken, cause annoyance at both ends
OF the line, and require much labor for
proper cleaning land this is too often
neglected), while the cheaper packages
have not these Observation-Disclosures
"a, U. s. Dept. of Agriculture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
Locating tho Cane Worm.

A-ooashB the oHpc worm
H. Garman, in Bulletin 70 of the
Kentucky Experiment Station, thus re-
lates his experience with the cape
worms when the chicks were kept on
dirt floors and on board floors:
find by experiment that 1t is pos
sible to prevent the trouble completely
on my place at Lexington by keeping
chicks on board floor from the time
they are Matched until they are large
enough to endure the attacks of the
worms.
Chicks Matched by two hens June
b-7, 1897, were taken from the nests
before they had an opportunity to get
to the ground, and confined in two
compartments OF tbs same coop. One
compartment was provided with a
board floor; in the other the chicks
were allowed the freedom of the
ground. There were twenty chicks in
all divided equally between the two
hens and confined In the two compart-
ments, which were separated by wire
netting. Immediately after the expert
ment was started three OF the lot on
the floor managed to get into the other
compartment and we're allowed to re-
main. There were thus on the plank
floor seven chicks, while confined on
the ground beside them were thirteen.
One OF the latter lot died from some
unknown trouble soon after they
Matched, leaving only twelve for ex-
pertinent.
The two lots were treated alike in
every respect except in the matter of
the floor and in the character of food.
Those ON the plank floor received the
accustomed food given young chicks
namely, corn meal mixed with water
and scraps Of bread, potato and meat
from the table. After they had grown
somewhat, little oats was given
them occasionally. The chicks on the
ground received the same kind of food,
except that they had in addition a
daily ration Of earthworms. The fol-
lowing Is record of observations on
the lot to which earthworms were fed:
June %. One Of the chicks observed
to be badly affected with the gapes.
1t died during the following night.
Several others slightly affected
June "a. A second chick of the same
lot nearly dead from gapes. 1t was
removed and chloroformed, when its
trachea was found to contain cape
worms.
juno 20. A third chick of this lot
was found dead. and on examination
its trachea was found partly filled with
the worms. A fourth, nearly dead
from the disease, was chloroformed
and it also had worms in the trachea
Several of the remainder were at this
date observed to be affected, and prob
ably not a single one was entirely free
from the trouble.
June 30. Three more chicks were so
badly affected that it was decided to
remove and destroy them. All had
cape worms in the trachea.
July 1. Three of the five remaining
chicks were affected and were removed
and chloroformed. The trachea Of all
contained cape worms.
July 3. One of the two remaining
chicks was affected 1t was removed
and destroyed like the others.
July 5. The last one of the lot WAS
removed and chloroformed and also
had cape worms in the trachea.
During this time not single chick
| OF the seven kept on the plank floor
became affected with the disease. The
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
BRYAN DENIES 1T.

II have not given to any one, either
verbally or in writing. a promise of a
cahaAet position or any other position
and shall not during the campaign
make any such promise to any one.
II have not authorized and shall not
authorize any one, verbally or in writ
ing, to promise any cabinet position or
any other position to any one. If
am elected | shall be absolutely free to
discharge all the duties of the Office
according to my platform, as far as the
platform goes, and according to my
own Judgment in all matters not COW
cred by the platform"
Such is William Jennings Bryan's
answer to Hanna's charge that he has
made promises to wouldbe ofIicehold-
ers and that the cabinet portfolios
have been parceled out in advance ct
His election.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

Seventeen mountains in Alaska are
more than ten thousand feet above the
level of the sea. One of them Is
Mount st. Elias, which until the re-
cent survey was supposed to be ths
highest peak In the country. 1t now
proves to be nearly hslf-milo lower
than Mount Mckinley. a hoary old
giant that towers more than twenty
thousand four hundred feet. Here Is
a namesake at which the president can
point with pride. It is not quite the
highest mountain on earth, to be sure
but 1t is the biggest thing of Its
kind In North America. as presi-
Dental peak should be.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08
why Hannn Is Worried.

Rochester Herald: One of the chief
causes of Mark Hanna's uneasiness,
which he makes no pretense to con-
ceal. is the possibility that New York
will go Democratic. In Maine and
Vermont there have been changes of
10 and 20 per cent during the last four
years in favor of the Democracy. That
was in states where no concerted eff
fort was made to reduce the conceded
Republican pluralities. In New York
a change of less than l per cent will
throw the state into the Democratic
column. With organized effort
throughout the state it is not to be
denied that the chances of Democratic
victory are bright enough to be visible
to the naked eye. Mark Hanna, at all
events, has experienced no difficulty In
discerning thsm.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

Methods OF feeding turkeys diner
greatly. One turkey raiser has the Loi-
lowing to say on the proper FEEDING OF
turkeys: A good morning FEED con-
sists of mash composed OF sweet po-
tatoes Cooked, Of course), corn-meaA
barley or buckwheat-meal, and skim
milk. A little grit may be added. Hcr
the noon feed give cracked corn par
ley, or buckwheat; while corn may De
given at supper time. Corn year QUO
is preferable to new corn
There is at the present time a great
Juror for the raising of Belgian hares.
and all over the country men are rush
ing into the business. Now, we do not
wish to discourage the raisers OF these
animals, but on the other hand we DO
not wish to see the business SO ever
done that a reaction will set in. Ac-
cording to present indications, a great
many people are going to drop money
in the enterprises that are being
pushed forward on this line. In the
vicinity of Chicago, and even In the.
city itself, good many have taken up
the work. The trouble Is that the
market is limited. A good many peo-
Die will not eat hares and are not like
ly to try to overcome their prejudices
when poultry and other meats may be-
had cheaply and in abundance we
see that in some parts of the country
the business of raising these hares-
has become so extensive that orchard
lists are becoming alarmed. Thus, In
San Diego county, California, the SUI
pervisors have passed an ordinance
making it unlawful for any person TO
liberate Belgian hares. But, however
desirable this ordinance may be, 1t Is
not at all likely that it will prove Of
any avail, for the reason that II a nau
should liberate any OF these animals 1t
would be impossible to prove the fact
AS is well known, these animals are
fond of the bark of young fruit trees
and grape vines. The fruit growers
have now to contend with our COM
mon rabbits. mice and other rodents,
and are in no mood to add the Belgian
hare to the host of enemies 1t is said
that single pair of Belgian hares, if
left alone. will increase to over 1,000.-
coo in ten years. This may be SO, but
the same is true of the rabbits that
now live in our woods, and is mors
than true of our domestic fowls. We
think there is less to fear from their
fecundity than from our poultrymas
building up too great hopes on their fe-
cundity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

1t is said the Koreans are hand
somer race than either the Japanese
or Chinese, and at one time were far
ahead Of them in civilization. Devil
worship of the most abject order Is the
secret of Korean decadence. Supersti-
tion and fear of countless evil spirits.
with the faint hope of propitiating a
small minority OF kindly demons.
must be held accountable for the de-
generation OF the people whom nature
did not fall to qualify for a splendid
destiny. Buddhism and Confucianism
have both been overthrown by shama-
nism, the keynote of which is always
z1feery. Wizards and witch doctors
q the real rulers of Korea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

P. e. Dowie. member OF tre execrl-
tive committee of tho National Demo-
cratic Travelling Mems association, and
Of the Commercial Travellers Anti
Trust League. arrived in Chicago yes
terday. He has just completed an ex-
tensive tour Of Missouri, Nebraska and
Iowa.
Il have recently discovered" said
Mr.. Dowie, "a gigantic conspiracy to
rob the farmers OF the country This
latest product OF monopoly includes in
its membership about 600 big grain
dealers and elevator men In the terri
tory extending from st. Pan. on the
north to Kansas City on this south,
including the states of Wisconsin, Min
nesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas.
"All the GOO and more members OF
this newest thing in trusts are pledged
to buy grain at one and a half cents
low, that is below the cash price. and
to store for not less than ora and a
half cents profit. The association en-
cheering the scheme is TO fix the SELL
ing price. Forty per cent OF the profits
are to go to the association, 4he bal
ance going to the dealers who ieTe par
tias to the swindle.
Have Signed Contracts.
Grain dealers in the sections where
the trust is at work have h~en in
duced to sign contracts and a regular
system of inspection guarantees
against cutting prices. Grain stations
are established here and there and at
each station the trust has an agent
who has authority to inspect thu books
OF any member of the association. A
membership fee OF $50 is charged. A
fine of 500 is imposed If the agreement
is broken. and $50 is charged Cor re-
Installing member who has Isolated
any of the terms of the pact.
On Its part, the association guaran-
tees the grain dealers. who epSer into
the agreement protection from changes
In the ownership of elevators where
they may have their grain stored. II
an elevator attempts to break away
or to run independent, they guarantee
to have its supply of cars shut off. so
that 1t cannot ship grain to mi.rket in
opposition to the trust
Promoted by Republicans
Since | discovered the conspiracy, a
few days since, l have been ca.lecting
information concerning II. ascer-
tanned today that the promoter and
organizer of the trust is an ardent Re-
publican and superintendent % one of
the largest elevators in the country.
"The practical workings OF this com
binatlon to rob the farmer are NOT diff
ncult to see. By getting all the grain
dealers of community enrolled as
members, 1t Is impossible for the farm
ers of that section to sell to anyone
outside the trust or to ship their grain
away. They must stand the loss of a
cent and half a bushel on the price
of their grain In order to find a mar
ket. am not ready to give the names,
but will do 80 SOON"
1t Is said that the new movement to
compel the farmers of the statls men
toned to accept less than tha market
price to realize on their crops had its
inception In Chicago, and that several
of the big elevator men and eTAin deal
ers are interested in 1t.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

hen kept with them, however. APP
reared to suffer from the close connne-
ment and cramped quarters, and SUD
scquently died. Her trachea din moi
contain game worms. 1t is evident thai
the chicks in the compartment WIN
out a floor obtained the cape worms
either from the ground or else iro"
the earth-worms that were fed them
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

Lieut.. Hobson seems to have hard
time In getting square deal with ths
reporters. He now denies that he ever
had "the slightest intention of belit.
fling Admiral Dewey's victory. 1t can.
not be belittled. and /. who have been
upon the ground and who have spent
months In repairing the wrecks that
Admiral Dewey left. can appreciate
fully what grand victory 1t was"
That sounds better. 1t is now "up Ia
the reporters" for their say.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

Mrs. Nancy Jones of Jonesboro
Tenn. celebrated her 105th birthday
few days ago. She still enjoys her
pipe. manages her farm and draws a
pension as revolutionary widow
The secret Of the number of the
Joneses is now explained. They have
had vigorous ancestors and If all OF
them live to the age of the Jonesborc
Jones they will have to annex add.
tional territory or build a new Jones.
town.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

Even the president OF the United
States cannot declare war until he Ia
authorized SO to do by congress. Yet
miners or mineowners can at any time
precipitate Industrial war. The time
Ia coming when they will not be per-
mitted to do so. Compulsory arbitra-
ton will make strikes unnecessary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-01-08

The American manufacturer has lost
no opportunity at tho worlds fair In
Paris. and in numbers is far In excess
of any other foreign nation. There
are 1854 American exhibitors, num-
bering ten times more than Great
Britain. three times more than Ger
many and four times more than Rus
STA. Our exhibits cover nearly eight
acres.