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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
loss Of The HL|P|NOS
Their War Against American
Sovereignty Has Been a
Costly Undertaking.
Number OF Deaths Estimated All
the Way From $4,000 to
$4,000.
Large Quantities Of Rifles and
Ammunition Captured.
Washington News.

Washington April 9-The rebellion
against American authority has been a
costly experience for the natives of the
Philippines. Fifty thousand Filipinos
form the lowest estimate of the war de-
parument al the casualties sustained by
the Filipino forces; 1861 rifles have been
captured or surrendered and 505,14e
rounds ef ammunition, as shown by in
complete returns. have been seized
The number Of Filipinos killed cannot.
be accurately determined BY the de-
rartinent as Cen Macarthur IN his.
dispatches confessedly states that i is
iinpessible 70 be accurate on this point,
but it Mould not surprise officials should
this losses sustained by the insurgents
IL killed and died of disease reach 25,-
100 aud some say that $4,000 is closer to-
the real figures. The rebellion in the
Philippines has been in progress three
Years
In his annual report for 1899 Mai. Cen.
Otis. then II command of the archipel-
sigo. said that AguinalGo's concentrate
20 army was variously estimated at.
.frena 10000 10 10000 men
officials Of the War department now
admit that While this estimate may
have been true Of the army proper it is
aeiiainly no5 true sf the strength of the
isilipinp forces turnout the .nsurrection.
as disafectien resulting from Asninal-
a1s efforts and his iplpressnent Of ma
stlvss caused large additions 10 his com
rnalld-
ssdit Ger. corbn & satisfied that the
Casualties Suffered by the Fltipinos will
III thap'selyes form a potent reason for
The abandonment Of a further resist
'ance ny In natives. The progress made
% Haciticatlon is illustrated by the
siglirss in tbs possession Of the depart
.isent
Fsr the twetty-sevs months ending
November 80 last the total number Ell
I'lipinNS captured or surrendered Was
tSss4ss aifieers and men and the number
ritlas turned il 1855 Since Noyen
sbes 50 last $500 officers and men have
hen captured or surrendered and 2.77Si
rifles haze been delivered tosor captured
by Anlr,iean tramns The number of
ssnrrena n the latter period have far
eNcssded those of any similar period 10
November 80 last.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
PAN-AMERlcAN SPORTS.


VIII Bo Held IN . StA01U10 0o0ttDR
Twelve Thousand People.
The popular sports Of the Americans
have been handsomely recognized by
the Pan-American Exposition. A Sta
dium, beautiful in design. with a quar-
ter mile track and ground area ample
for the requirements Of all the popular
events proposed, Is provided. 1t has a
seating capacity of 1900. The nature
Of the sports planned is varied. ANA
teur events Of all kinds will be partic-
ularly encouraged as representing the
most desirable of athletic competitions.
There will be professional events as
well. College sports will be made a
feature. and intercollegiate events are
being planned. There will be amateur
and professional baseball, football,
lawn tennis, Marathon race. cross
country runs. lacrosse, cycling. bas-
ket ball, rogue. shooting, Caledonian
games. gymnastics. military maneu.
vers. turning, cricket bowling and 9TH
er sports.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
California woodchopper con.truc,

California woodchopper Constructs
IA Rude Guiliotlnc.
San Jose, Cal. April 9.-John Connel-
.ly, a wood chopper, living in the mount
aims near Wrights, fifteen miles from
this city, committed suicide some days
ago with home made guillotine. but
his body was not found till yesterday.
Connolly had sharpened an axe and
suspended it in a wooden groove as high
above the block as the low roof of the
cabin would allow. a string was at
tached to the blade, then Topped from
above to the floor near the block. He
evidently lay upon the floor and turned
his face directly toward the blade, then
severed the cord and his life went out
with the fall Of the heavy axe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
III. o. Armour Very IN.

New York, April 9.-Herman o. Ar
mour, the only living brother Of the late
Philip d. Armour, is seriously i'll in his
home. $50 Fifth avenue. He is suffering
from a psralytic stroke. He has not
been We'll for some time. and few
weeks ago was attacked by the grippe.
He seemed almost fully recovered from
that and to be rapidly regainng his
strength.
After dinner on Friday evening he was
chatting with friends when he was
stricken. Dr. George A. Macdonald
was summoned. He found Mr.. Armour
partially unconscious and unable to use
the right side of his body. Under treat
nent the patient recovered conscious
LESS, but did not regain control over his
right arm and leg. He was able to ar
3ticulate without any great difficulty.
Mr.. Armour has since neither inn
proved nor grown worse. Hesis holding
his own, and there seems no immediate
likelihood of second stroke of paraly-
sis.
DIR. Macdonald last night said that
the attack was not a Very severe one
and that there was no reason for any
serious alarm. He described the para
iytic stroke as slight. The many in
curing friends of Mr.. Armour are In
formed that he is resting comfortably
and that his condition is about the Same
as it has been since Fridays attack.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
POULTRY SHOW.
Splendid Exhibit to BE Made at the
Pan.American ExDosition

Parliamentary Exposition.
In planning great Exposition OF the
magnitude OF the Pan-American, to be
held in Buffalo next summer. where all
the great industries OF the United States
will be represented by exhibits which
viii be of the best quality and charac-
ter that can be produced. the wisdom
of the management IL shown in the
magnificent preparations that are be-
Stock
In no line OF breeding domestic ami
mails has greater strides been made
than in the poultry industry, and. while
the interest taken in the Live Stock d.
vision of the Exposition by prospective
exhibitors is very encouraging, the
poultrymen of the United States and
Canada are manifesting an Interest
that is truly phenomenal. The poultry
men In the past few years have seen
the industry double many times until
today 1t exceeds in value any single
farm crop. The annual sale Of eggs.
poultry and fancy birds for breeding
purposes in the United States and Can
ada exceeds $1,000, 100000. The pro-
posed show at the Pan-American will
be fully adequate to the great interests
involved. The time of this show will
be most propitious to the fanciers-O Oct.
21-31-and the accommodations will be
nll that are desired. The stables, COW
ering ten acres, will all be devoted to
the poultry and pet stock show.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
Iowa nappenings at Warrington.

Washington, April e.-Fourth- class
postmasters: Star, Marion county, An
derson Bacus. vice o. 8. Webster re-
signed; Van Meter. Dallas county, A..
n. Phillips vice w. 8. shinn. resigned;
Warren. Lee county. E. q. Wallingford,
vice Daniel Hoover, dead.
The comptroller OF the currency has
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
FINE OPERA HOUSE BURNS.
Bellc of New York Company Loses
Scenery and Costumes.

Scenery and Costumes.
Ottawa, Ont, April "a fire which
started in the Russell House block early
this morning destroyed the Russell the
iater, one of the finest play houses in
Canada, and badly damaged the Rus
sell House, one of the principal hotels in
the city. The loss Is 100000. The fire
spread from the theater to the hotel
with great rapidity and forced some 200
guests to make their escape in their
night clothing. but all escaped without
injury. The Belle of New York" opera
company played in the theater last
night. and the scenery and costumes
left in the building were lost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09
NOVEL METHOD OF SUICIDE.

War with Spain. original Garrett w.
Wiggers, Muscatine, Sc.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
Running Birds in This Country.

While the eastern part of the United States can lay claim to only one repre- sentative of the humming bird family, the western part Is more richly fayor- ed. In all, seventeen species have found their way into the limits of the United States. However, ten of these really belong to the Mexican group, ap- bearing only accidentally on this side of our southern border. This leaves only seven which really belong to this country, and we cannot even claim a monopoly of them, for most of them are migrants, breeding within our llm- its, but going further south in winter. Indeed, only one of them, called the Anna humming bird, ventures to spend the winter in the warm valleys of Cali fornia All the rest move down into Mexico to find a winter home. One of these Western species is an extensive traveller. It is called the rufous-back hummer. In summer 1t has been found in Alaska as far north as the 61st de- gree of north latitude. AS this little migrant spends the winter in Mexico. 1t must accomplish a journey of con- siderably more than 2,00O miles from its most northern to its most southern York Evening Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
Wbat He Was Lookine For.

A tramp applied for food at the house of a suburban agriculturist recently, and while he was eating the rations that had been furnished at his solici- tation, he was asked:
 "Why do you not go to workY'
 'I have looked long for a place that would suit me-" he replied, .'but have never found it."
 ''Is there not plenty of work at farm ing?" asked the interrogator.
 "Oh, yes," said the tramp, plenty of it; but, you see, sir, I want to find a vineyard where man who goes in at the eleventh hour is the first to come out and to draw a full days wages. In the olden times they dealt fairly by a man. That is the New Testament treatment, and that is what I am look ing for"
 At the close of his meal he started again in pursuit of that coveted agri- cultural opportunity.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
American Sewing Machine.

There are made on the average in the United States, it Is computed, 500,0O0 sewing machines year, and the extent of the sewing machine business is shown by figures which, If not sustain ed by official corroboration, might be thought to be extravagant. There are sixty-five sewing machine factories in the United States, with gross capital of S2O,OOO,O0O, giving employment to 10000 persons and having annual re ceipts of more than $15,OOO,OO0.
 The American sewing machine indus try is sufficiently large to supply not only the home market, but the foreign market as well, and nine-tenths of all the machines made in the world are produced in the United States, and practically all of them are protected by American patents, and are the results of Yankee ingenuity, perseverance, and discovery. In the figures of the sew ing machine business of this country the important item of repairs to ma chimes are not included. 1t is separ- ate branch of the business, maintained apart from the manufacture of ma chimes, and gives employment to con- siderable number of persons. American sewing machines to the value of about $4,00O,000 year are shipped to other countries, and there is practically no country where the benefits of civiliza- tion are known in which the American sewing machines are not in use.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19

The end of the redskin, so far as he
 is officially concerned with the United
 States Government, is in sight. Within two years the Indians of the Five Civil ized Tribes in the Indian Territory will
 be stripped of their identity as a peo- pie, and they will either have to be- come citizens of the United States or leave it. We have been so busy think ing about the Filipino, the Porto Rican and the Cuban that we have lost sight of what has been termed "the greatest
 human tragedy of the end of the cen tury." Years ago, when no one ever . dreamed that the West was to be popu- lated and become the richest portion of
 our domain, a treaty was made with -the Cherokees, Greeks, Choctaws,
 Chickasaws and Seminoles by which twenty million acres of land known as Indian Territory were set apart for their reservation, to be theirs so long as an Indian lived. To save the In- dians and their invested funds the Government has determined to break this treaty, to abolish their tribal gov ernment and councils and divide their lands into small tracts. That the re- construction of the Indian Territory is absolutely necessary to save the h. dian lands from the rapacity of the whites and half breeds is the belief of W. R. Draper, who writes of this greatest of human tragedies" in the Outlook. A few years ago Congress found by extended investigation that the Territory was the harboring place of outlaws; that white men who had married Indian women held thousands of acres of the finest land, while the full-blooded Indian was living back in the woods and barely getting enough to sustain life. The whites and treach- erous half breeds were gradually grab ping all the Territory. Congress there fore decided that it would be better to break faith with them and save them The work of winding up the affairs of the Five Tribes is now being carried out by a commission appointed under the Curtis act, which was passed by Congress in June, 1898. Town sites are being laid out, and the Indians are be- ing enrolled for their allotments of land. When these SO,OOO Indians re- ceive their deeds in fee simple for their allotments of land there will be open ed for settlement what MT. Draper calls a "veritable paradise for white people," So anxious are the Indians to get rid of the land that many of them sell their certificates of selec- tion," which become bills of sale to the land. As soon as the work of this commission is completed and the In dians have received their allotments. the land will gradually pass into the possession of the all-cOnquering Anglo. Saxon and the Five Tribes will pass out of existence forever.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
Turtle WorshsD.

At a place called Kotron, on the French Ivory coast, the natives be- lieve that to eat or destroy a turtle would mean death to the guilty one or sickness among the family. The fetich men, of-which there are plenty, declare that two years ago a man went to sea fishing. In the night his canoe was thrown upon the beach empty. Three days afterward turtle came ashore at the same place with the man on his back alive and we'll. Since that time they have never eaten or destroyed one of that species. although they enjoy other species.
 If one happens now to be washed ashore, there is a great commotion in town. Firstly, the women sit down and start singing and beating sticks; next small piece of white cloth Color must be white) Is placed on the turtles back. Food is then prepared and placed on the cloth, generally plantains, rice and palm oil. Then, amid a lot of more singing, dancing and antics of the fet- ich people, 1t is carried back into the sea and goes on its way rejoicing London Express.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
The Land of the Lazy Man

'In a late sojourn in Honduras" 1" said l.. B. Givens, ''I came to the con- clusion that 1t was a paradise for lazy men. Everything grows luxuriantly, with but little labor on the part of the natives, and many crops do not need replanting more than once in eight or ten years. The country offers fine in- ducements to enterprising men, but it is hard for white man used to civil ized ways to go down there and dwell among an ignorant lot of natives who are 100 years behind the times. A man would have no cOngenial society, and might as well be an exile.
 ''The natives usually live in bamboo houses, though in the towns the dwell ings are of adobe. Children go naked for the first two or three years of their life, and the attire of the adults is rather scant The government is lib eral with concessions in order to en- courage the development of the coun- try's resources, but there is no general rule governing the granting of privi- leges; 1t all depends on how good a bargain may be driven. The climate is very salubrious and laziness is about the only prevailing disease.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
Effect of x Rays on Plants.

Very interesting experiments have r% gently been made at Cornell UnlvsrSirT by Prof. Atkinson on the effect Of As X rays on growing plants and ses- Iings. So much has been said ef the injurious effect of these rays on the human body when exposed tO them for photographic purposes. that Prof Al kinson was prepared to see his plants seriously injured in the experimencss but the results showed that even Gslk cate seedlings, after an exposure tO the rays of many hours, were entirely W- harmed. Sensitive plants like mim0sa exhibited the same indifference Among the photographs showing the interior structure of the plants were pictures of seeds of hickory nuts. almonds and peanuts taken through the unbrOksn shells, and of peas and beans stin h. closed within the pods
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
The First American Duel.

Tn the year 1880 occurred the first duel known to have taken place on American soil. The principals, Edward Doty and Edward Leister, were ser wants of a MT. Hopkins, one of the New England colonists. The men had quar- reled over some trifling matter and re sorted to the field for its settlement. The affair was stopped by the authori- ties, but not before one had been wounded in the thigh and the other in the hand. There was no law covering such matters, but the Governor of the province decided that the men should be punished neverthless. At his orders they were sent to have their heads and feet tied together, and lie in that condi- tion twenty-four hours. without food or drink. They suffered so much, how ever, that they were released at the end of an hour.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
ChRan Tea.

Tea drinkers will be surprised to learn that in Mincing lane the Ceylon leaves from which their favorite bev- craze is brewed has been sold at the fabulously low sum of five cents per pound. This is probably a record price for tea, and 1t has caused a great deal of indignation among the planters in the island of the "spicy breezes," who declare that the stuff thus sold can be little better than rubbish, and Is calcu- lated to bring the products of Ceylon, and India generally, into disrepute. It would be interesting to know how much per pound the public were asked to pay for the article, or how much a cup they gave for the water in which 1t had been steeped for certain time. London Daily Telegraph.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19

0O OW, you'll notis," said Stub
 INN "dat fellers in books an sto-
 GA ries allers has CT chanst ter do sumpen great, dat makes 'em great, an gifts der names in der poipers. But do we git dat chanst? Not on yer life!'
 Stub sliced a splinter of wood off the edge of the empty crate he was sitting on, and began to whittle it with very rusty knife. The boys were sitting in the alley, waiting for their "extry." The day was hot and stifing. there was no air stirring, and "der gang" were feeling very tired. Papers did not sell fast on hot days nor stormy days, and it was hard work to earn enough even to afford the extra penny for swim in the dingy bathhouse down near the roll ing mill.
 Tt makes yer sick tryin' ter act on der square an be honest, sometimes" !" said Jimmy Hobbs, wiping his dirty face with still dirtier and very ragged shirt sleeve.
 Stub picked up his knife again and went back to his whiting, with so- Der face. The world seemed all wrong, somehow. Other boys had good clothes and good homes and plenty to eat and long vacations at lakes and in the mountains in the summer. He had never had good clothes in his life. He never remembered having all he want ed to eat except at the Christmas and Thanksgiving feeds" given to the newsboys yearly. All he knew of the lakes was what he could see from the crowded docks, and he knew nothing of the mountains except from picture pa pers. It did not seem right.
 Yet he had always tried to "keep square" He would not pick pockets. He had very dim and hay recollec- tion of a sweet mother-face that he hugged close to his heart under the
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-19
ANTS ACT AS sTRATEeIsTs.
Colonies of the Insects Transact Busi
 ness with Military Precision.

Colonies of the Insects Transact Busic
 ness with Military Precision.
 From military standpoint the meth ods employed by ants to provide food for an ant colony are almost perfect. Their foraging parties are faultless, both in planning and execution, and are almost uniformly successful. A resident of this city who visited South Africa gives this description of fOray [ of an army of ants.
 The army, which he estimates to have numbered about 15,OO0 ants, start ed from it's home in the mud walls of hut and marched in the direction of small mound of fresh earth but few yards distant, says the New York on reaching the foot of the mound and waited for the rest of the force to ar rive at the place of operation, which evidently was to be the mound of fresh earth. When the remainder had arrived and halted so that the entire army was assembled number of ants detached themselves from the main body and be- gan to ascend to the top of the mound. while the others began moving so as to encircle the base of the mound.
 Soon a number from the detachment which had ascended the mound, evi- dently the attacking party, entered the loose earth and speedily returned, each bearing a cricket or a young grasshop- per, dead, which he deposited upon the ground, and then returned for a fresh load. Those who had remained on the outside of the mound took up the crick cts and grasshoppers as they were brought out and bore them down to the base of the hill, returning for fresh load. Soon the contents of the mound seemed to be exhausted and then the whole force returned home, each carry ing his burden of food for the commun- ity.
 Here, then, was the regular foray, planned and executed with military precision, the country surveyed, the de pot of provisions known accurately be- fore the march was made and at the mound prudential division of labor and care taken that none of the victims should escape.