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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
chiIdren 'Unearth Eort,,n.

Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 10.-Two children
playing with rakes on the farm of Joe
Lamb, near Hubbell. Neb, Yesterday
unearthed roll three inches thru of pa
per money supposed to contain a mod
est fortune. The bills were badly rotted
but examination with magnifylng
glass disclosed that one was of the de-
nomination of $1,000, with strong like
!hood that others will prove of the same
value. The money will be sent to Wash
tngton for redemption.
The accepted theory Is that the money
played part In the wreck of a passen-
ger train on the Burlington fifteen wears
ago. in that vicinity, and for the com
mission of which James Voorhees, was
convicted and is now serving a long
time sentence In the Nebraska peniten-
tiary. Voorhees, loosened the plates.
tied a Wire to a rail and pulled II out
when the train approached. sending sew
eral cars into tho ditch. During the
clearing of the wreck many of the pas
sengers were robbed. 1t is believed Vor-
hees then hid the plumber Which the
children found yesterday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
TO REDUCE MILITARY FORCE.
Part Of the Troops in the Philippines
to Be Returned

B.
Washington, Aug. DETERIORATION
are under way by the war department
to make a further reduction in the mill
tary force in the Philippines. Just how
much reduction will be made cannot be
determined until the department hears
from General Chaffee. 1t has already
been decided, however, to bring back
to this country just as soon as prac-
ticable the remaining artillery organ
izations in the Philippines. Both Gen
eral Macarthur and General Chaffee
are agreed that there is no use for ar
tillery in the Philippines. and in adopt
ing this view they merely followed the
opinion of General Otis. who dis
mounted artillery, and used the men as
infantrymen.
There is a great demand by the mil
itary authorities for more artillery in
this country and 1t is proposed to bring
the returning artillery organizations by
way of the Suez canal and have them
arrive at New York, where they can be
easily distributed among the artillery
posts on the Atlantic coast. General
Chaffee cabled the war department yes
terday, reporting the departure of the
transport Hancock from Manila with
twenty officers and S14 enlisted men
of the Fourth cavalry. The Samoa al
SO sailed yesterday for San Francisco
with the bodies of 1926 dead soldiers on
board
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
MISUNDERSTANDING
Husband Of the Kansas Saloon
Smasher Seeks Separation
From Her.
Declares Her Temperance Cru
sades Have Caused Her to
Abandon Home.
Mrs. Nation will Not Contest and
Wouldn't Marry Best Man
Living.

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 10.-In the dis
trict court of Barber county, Kansas.
David Nation brought suit against his
wife, Carrie Nation, for divorce. He al
leges that she has abandoned him to
engage in joint smashing crusade,
causing him worry and humiliation. He
said he had repeatedly urged her to
give up the crusade and return home,
but she had treated his overtures with
contempt.
When Informed of the divorce pro-
ceedings Mrs. Nation, who has lust
been released from Jail here, said:
Il am glad David has taken this
step. Unless there is something in his
petition to reflect on my character I
shall not oppose the suit. thought
/ loved David when was married to
him twenty-five years ago, but it was
f1eeting fancy. l am sure he never
loved me; he was just sorry for. me
because was alone in the world. We
have both been living a lie, and it is
a relief to see the end. David isn't a
bad fellow, but he is too slow for me-
viii you marry again If you have a
chance?" was asked.
Now, don't you get flip with me,
young man." Mrs. Nation replied. I'll
answer your question since you've
asked it. 1 would not surrender my
freedom again for the best men that
ever stretched shoe leather"
David Nation. the plaintiff in the
case, is a lawyer and has fair prac-
tice in Kansas, having frequently adj
vised his wife as to her rights re-
garding the smashing of saloons. He
is quiet, unobtrusive old man, who is
content to wear G. A. r. uniform
and not interfere with others. He has
been loyal to his saloon smashing wife
up to the present time, and is still, in
fact, but thinks the place for her is
at home instead OF in saloons and in
Jail.
Mrs. Nation. who has spent the
greater part of the last few months in
Jail, has been twice married. her first
husband dying of alcoholism.
Her maiden name was Carrie Moore
and she was born in Kentucky. about
ififty-fi five years ago.
After some saloon smashing at Med
icine Lodge, in Kansas, ten years ago,
Mrs. Nation took no violent action
toward saloonkeepers until November
of last year. The she began her work
of joint smashing, using her famous
ihatchet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10

The Wisconsin law approprating $780,
600 to pay the innocent purchasers of
county orders issued under the Kelley
cure law of 1896 declared invalid by the
supreme court, was declared unconstitu-
tional by Attorney General Hicks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10

Major General Macarthur has slgni-
fied his intention to attend the Tween
tieth Kansas reunion ct Ottawa, Kas..
Sept. Q to 4. IS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
Brad .trsst,. Rexi.w.

6rAoSSreoS'e NoNIoWs
New York. Aug. 10-Bradstreet's to-
Gay says:
Despite some irregularity, due to the
recurrence OF corn damage reports from
the eastern surplus producing states
and the formal launching of the much
keralded general steel workers strike
the aggregate business all over the
country seems to be good and in most
sections of an unprecedented volume for
this season of the year. All available
measures of supply, demand and move
ment point to the business done in July
having exceeded anything transacted in
any similar midsummer month.
Cereal prices have been rather irreg
u!ar, but the main tendency has been
upwards. The main strength of wheat
lies in the continued heavy export bust
ness. The clearances this week We're
enormous and far in excess of any pre-
vious week on record.
New features are scarce in the iron
and steel trade. The strike is still the
great central feature, around which re-
volve high premium prices for plates,
bars and sheets and timed plates.
Structural material, not affected as yet
by the strike. is in very heavy demand.
The textiles show little change OH the
week. Cotton goods have been firmly
held. Print cloths are easier. tho not
auotably lower.
Wheat, including -four shipments for
the week aggregate s.s32,199 bushels.
against 6.463,3s1 last week and 3,S1s,76O
in the corrdesponding week in 1900
From July ! to date the shipments ag-
gregate 35,032,5n as against 1851, 1855
last season. Corn exports for the week
aggregate 99o,714 bushels. against 500. GOA
last week and 2.ssO754 in this week a
year ago. From July to date exports
aggregate s,7ls,S6l bushels. against 90
S59,259 last season
Business failures in the United States
rumber 1856 as compared with 100 last
week, lie in this week year ago. 1856 In
1899, 81 in 1898 and 214 in 1897.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
MINT OFFICIAL NAeeEp.
Arrest Of Walter Dimmick Of the
United States Mint.

Washington. Aug. 1o.-Chlef Wilkie, of
the secret service. received telegram
from San Francisco, announcing the ar
rest of Walter Dimmick, formerly chief
clerk of the United States mint there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
WON A n
HER CARE AND HAPPINESS.

Never die women accept the truth Of
Mothers Friend more willingly than those
thousands who have tried it. The prime
object in medicine for expectant mothers is
safeness and virtue, qualifications impos-
sible TO find In internal doses made of nasty,
a31if.d Sian d-akiu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
ITALY, IS scoRcHEp.
Terrific Heat Waves Cause Suffering
in That Counfrv

in That Country.
London, Aug. 1O-Telegrams from
Rome say nothing like the heat waves
which are scorching all Italy have been
known within living memory. The Their
mometers in many part TO the country
register 43 degrees centigrade in the
shade. Vineyards in whole districts are
destrnved
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
New crui.er Expected,

Colombian converted cruiser Namouna.
with General Alban on board, is eX-
pected to arrive at Colon from Cartha-
gena on Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10

season advances 1t becomes more APP
parent that foreign crop Losses viii me-
cessitate unprecedant shipments from
the United States.
Prospects continue to improve for
wooden goods. Cotton goods are quiet
and weak.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
MOTHERS FRIEND

Is liniment rubbed in with the hands
something to lubricate the internal tissues
and muscles. Something gentle, comforting
and refreshing; balm for the nerves. a
s snrSss for the cords holding she heavy
; making them elastic, thereby permitting
with ease expansion as the fetus grows to
be n live baby.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
Another Crop Estimate.


II ". Jones, the editor of the Com
mercial West. is out with his estimate
of the wheat crop of the three great
Northwestern wheat states for the cur
rent year. He makes the yield of Min.
nesota 7s.0O0,0OO; that of North Dakota
750oO,C0O, and that of South Dakota 3d.
o0o,000-a total Of 1S3,oO0.0O0. Mr..
Peavey's estimate, which the Tribune
published some little time ago, was for
crop of 200, 900 bushels In the three
states; and Col. Rogers, secretary Of the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce, later
came out with an estimate OF 22O.OOo,O 900.
Mr.. Jones estimate of last years crop
was 36,0OO,000. while other estimators
made 1t only from sO,O00,000 to 10000 900.
The distribution for the past year shows
Mr.. Jones' estimate TO have been most
nearly correct. If his present estimate
shall be accepted or confirmed, Its bear
ing upon the market will be in favor of
higher prices.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Two Proposed Systems-The Decimal
and the DuOdecimaI Substitute the
Metric System.
In view of the recent favorable re-
port of the house committee in charge
of the bill to officially substitute the
metric system of weights and meas
ures. 1t may be interesting to cal to
mind the very serious objections
which have been urged against the
general adoption of the former. They
are based on the fact that there is q
much more perfect system within al
most an easy reach-a system which
has stood the test Of time, and which
has largely persisted in France and
Germany for the practical daily bust
ness needs of the people, despite the
legislation requiring the use of the go
called decimal system. This Ia the duo
decimal system, which makes twelve
instead of ten it's basis. The great adj
vantage claimed for twelve is its divis-
Utility by two, three, four and six,
whereas ten can only be divided exact
ly by two. This repeated division and
subdivision into aljquot parts has
been shown by Mr.. Spencer to be per-
sisted in, and, in fact, essential to the
conduct of the small retail trade. h
world over; that is, in weights and
measures and in money matters.
Although we have practically adopt
ed the decimal notation in u none
tary system, halves and quarters are
very largely used, and stock exchange
quotation are given in halves, quarters,
eighths, etc. The scheme of the duo
decimalists is to add two new digits in
in place of ten and eleven, so that ten
would represent our present twelve,
and then to use twelve in duodecimal
system exactly as ten Is used in the
present metric system. One hundred
would be equivalent to u present IA,
1000, 900 to 2,985, S94.-New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
IN DEBTORS
Q

VIZ all Know that Imprisonment FOR
debt has been abolished, but only 10
make way for Imprisonment for con-
tempt OF court. and while, under the
new regulations, the hardship of prison
life is made easier for the convict If
has become more stringent for the
debtor, who is rapidly becoming 4
criminal, writes K3-17, No. $3.50. in
london Chronicle. Formerly. Wands-
worth Jail was a prison for female as
well as male prisoners, but the women
now find accommodation at Holloway
and their ward at Wandsworth has be-
come the debtors division. Here the
cells are similar in all respects to those
occupied by convicts. The size. the
furniture, the utensils are identical
The only literature allowed the debtor.
IKE the criminal, in the early days of
his confinement, is the Bible, the prayer
hymn books and a little volume
called The Narrow Way" 1t is
merely in regard to bedding that the
debtor, within his cell, is better off
than the convict. While the latter at
the commencement of his incarcera-
ton Is compelled to rest on bare boards
the former, at all times, is provided
with cocoanut fiber mattress and pill
low, as well as with two coarse linen
sheets, a pillowcase and a couple of
blankets. Before the debtor is finally
ocked up for the night on the day of
MS arrival at the prison he receives a
circular yellow cloth badge bearing the
number of his cell inscribed in black
on both sides, which makes him look
something like a cabman. This badge
the badge of infamy, for it is identi-
cally the same in color and all other
respects for convict and debtor alike
he is compelled to wear fastened to the
left hand side of his coat whenever
ne leaves his cell. 1t is absolutely IL
legal to brand him in this fashion. be-
in the abstract from the regu-
lations exhibited in his cell it is set
forth that a debtor shall be allowed
to wear his own clothes unless they are
unit for wear. and that even then the
supplied him shall not be of the
color as those worn by convicted
prisoners. But this badge of the GRIM
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
THE

The "electrochord' of Lieut.. George
W. Breed, formerly of the United
States Navy, is designed to sustain the
tones of the piano as in the flute or
violin. A row of delicate electrical
contacts is connected with the key
board and with a row of little electro
magnets in front of the strings, so that
while any key is pressed the CORE
spending magnet keeps it's string in
continuous vibration with very beauti-
full futelike effects. A knee swell
throws the attachment into action,
and when this is not being pressed the
piano has its usual tone.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
NEW CURE FoR cANtER.

An Oakland (Cal.) physician, who
ma been experimenting for several
years, claims that cancer may be cured
through the medium of X-rays. He
drst tried the effect of the X-ray on
himself, and succeeded, SO the report
states, in curing a cancerous growth.
Later he treated others with remark
able success. Referring to his method
anu system, he says: when the x
ray was discovered, / was merely inter-
hsted from a purely scientific stand
point. I secured a machine, and after
placing a lead mask over my face, en-
irely covering it where / was afflicted,
| began a systematic treatment; /
found relief from the beginning. Now
[ am thoroughly cured. My theory is
that the X-ray kills the molecules
which constitute the primal cells,
where cancerous life actually begins.
1t frequently takes thousands of these
molecules to make a single cell of the
tissue. The deterioration or decay of
the molecules, I judge, may cause can
Ger. It probably does. The X-ray has
the effect of drying up these atoms, and
In time prevents the spread of cancer.
Ultimately it kills the disease. l am
positive when I say the X-ray can cure
anc
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
OLD WORD D

How Annuities Were Registered I'm
the Eighteenth Century-An odd
Wedding.
Some curious relics of the eighteenth
century have just been discovered in a
secluded corner of Martins Bank in
Lombard street.
A wooden box, which has lain there
time out Of mind, was moved to make
way for other things, and in it were
found several bundles of dry, worm
eaten wooden sticks, which had been
there since 1853. They were exchequer
annuity tally-sticks.
Each stick is a little over a foot long,
and has a string tied around 1t. The
string, even the sticks themselves, had
partially succumbed to the ravages OF
time, and the figures written upon them
in ink in the lawn of the eighteenth
century were as legible as though they
We're written yesterday. The dates
range from 17O5 to 1712. There was
good ink In the reign of Queen Anne.
One OF the tally-sticks bears the
name Moreau, and stood for an annuity
or E14. There were notches upon them.
large and small, to denote various sums
of money.
When o lent money to the gov.
eminent in those days. said one OF the
officials in Martins Bank, while show
ing the sticks, 'the particulars were put
down on two parts OF a stick. The Ex-
chequer kept one part and you kept the
other" They were all ninety-two year
annuities.
'The last time our people touched
them was evidently about 1853. for the
box, as you see, is lined with q copy Of
the Whitechapel Evening Post OF Feb
ruary in that year..
"The total amount represented by the
whole boxful is a340. I was in hopes
we might be able to claim some money
from the E~xchequer with them, but the
money part of the matter was all over
many years ago."-London Daily Mail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
THE V DRILL.

posedly uninhabited island in the
north end of Hudson bay. These peo-
pie have been termed a lost tribe
from their primitive condition and
mode of life. One of the most startling
objects found among their effects was
a crude and primitive fire drill, used to
start a flame. This ancient method of
producing fire by friction is the same
that was used 1000 years ago.. A stick
of wood swiftly turned in a slot under
a steady pressure produces a cone of
dust, which gradually springs into a
blaze.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
Dreamed of
Hidden Gold

A singular certiication of a dream
was the experience of Mrs. Rachel
Moores of Texarkana, Ark. In 1866
she was living with her husband, Maj
David Moores, on a plantation about
80 miles south of Texarkana. They
had a large sum of money which the
husband took out one night and bur-
led. Ten years later he died quite
suddenly, without even revealing to
the wife the hiding place of the money,
and although diligent and repeated
search was made, no trace of the bur-
led treasure was ever found. Mrs.
Moores, who is now more than 20
years old, has remained a widow, liv-
ing most of the time alone since her
husbands death. A few weeks ago
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
DEBTORS RAPIDLY
CRIMI-
NAILS IN ENGLAND.

inal attached to the debtors coat be-
comes part of his attire. The prison
bell tolls ats a.. M, and the day be-
gins. The cell floor must be swept,
the white metal utensils cleaned and
furbished up SO that you can see your
a C in them. the plank bedstead set
leaning against the wall on end. with
mattress dangling over the back. bed
clothes made to hang in front. and
pillow browning the whole. Then you
$ and finish dressing. All at once
you hear a changing OF keys. The door
f1ies open. A canvas bag bearing the
cell number is flung on the floor. ae-
companied by al inquiry in an unsyn1-
pathetic tone as to whether you are
all right" and an order to put ont
your pots and pans. The bag contains
your work-some pieces of canvas.
some samples of buttonholes. a stout
needle, a skein of white thread, a lumn
OF wax a knife. You have been de-
pr1ved of you penknife down stairs.
only to be placed in possession OF q
much more dangerous weapon In your
cell. From the moment the debtor
comes into prison he IS given every
opportunity to find money to satisfy
his creditor should he be SO disposed.
He may telegraph, he may write and
receive as many letters as he pIeases
in that bona fide aim. But If lie makes
no effort to discharge his debt, he may
only write and receive one letter and
have one visit a week. 1t will surprise
a good many people to learn that the
majority of debtors at Wandsworth
are sent there by their wives for fail
ing to satisfy maintenance orders.
Then come the fathers of boys sent to
truant schools, who have been ordered
to contribute a couple Of shillings a
week towards their support. A third
category is made up of persons in ar
rear with rates and taxes. Debtors OF
the miscellaneous class are few. Most
of my companions during the fortnight
[ passed. at Wandsworth bore I'D
against their misfortunes with a good
heart. One or two gave way. One
man took the matter so keenly to mind
that he displayed signs of insanity and
was removed to the hospital.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18

States the grouping of metals is most
striking, as it assumes the form of a.
series of irregular bands or belts ex-
tending from north to south and cor
responding to the longitudinal trend
OF the mountain systems. Passing
westward, we first note a sharply de-
ned gold belt found in New Mexico,
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
West of this and extending through
New Mexico. Utah and western Mon
tana, is a line of silver lodes. A Sec
ond line of silver mines stretches from
Mexico to Idaho, through Arizona and
Nebraska, while a third chain skirts
the eastern slope of the series. The
western foothills of the Sierras are SO
ma~rvelously rich in gold veins and
placer deposits as to be known to all
the world, while shortly farther down
into the valley of California is a cop
per belt. The region of the coast
ranges affords quicksilver and iron. 4
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
OLDEST TREE IN THE WORLD.

The town of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island of that name,
lying off the coast of Asia Minor, pos
sesses the oldest tree in the world. I'm
der it's shade Hippocrates inculcated
his disciples in his methods and views
concerning the healing of 1000 years
ago. Tradition carries the age of the
tree back to the time of Aesculapius,
Of whom Hippocrates was a lineal de-
scendant, which would add some 400
years to its age. We are not told what
kind of a tree it is that has withstood
the storms of SO many centuries, but
one can imagine it a knotty, gnarled
and venerable looking old olive tree,
such as still stand in the Garden of
Gethsemane, guarded and protected as
n of the worlds most precious relics.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18
Went to the Spot lndi-
Gated and Found a
Treasure


she had a vivid dean one night, in
which she saw in the old plantation
with certain landmarks the spot where,
as her dream indicated, the money was
buried. In a few nights the dream
was repeated, and thereafter at inter-
walls for more-than a dozen times,
each dream being an identical p
tition of the first. Mrs. Moores is not
at all superstitious, yet this oft-re-
peated dream led her to make a secret
investigation recently, when, strange
as it may seem, the long-lost treasure
was found, and that, too, at a place in
the woods marked exactly as that so
often in her dream. The money was
all in $40 gold pieces, and the total
amount $4,000.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-07-18

have to be extraordinarily long to be
entirely out of the water during floods,
and this would have involved an i'm
mense expense, so it was decided to
disregard the foods and build the
bridge for use during low water and
employ boats during the comparative
ly short time that the water would
cover the bridge. The bridge will clear
by twelve feet and six inches at or
binary high water. The highest flood
level is thirty-three feet, so that at
times the bridge will be submerged by
more than twenty feet of water.