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The Marshall republican., 1901-08-30

Shorthorns and Gailoways.
the drought having reduced the
enthusiasm Of the Angus breeders
At . time when Il was feared that
the show could not be Q success.
The rains which have visited the
cattle.raixing sections have bright.
eued things up to such IN extent
that the success Of the exhibition
10 assured.
II ID expected that no fewer than
.. 400 animals will be there Tor the
show aud ssle. The building in
which the show cattle will be quar-.
tered will be . new structure at
Nineteenth and Crnesee streets.
now under course OF construction
at q cost Of $4,000. Its dimen.
sions will be i76 by $40 feet.
The cattle contributed for the
sale will be quar,ered In the fine
stock pavilion and sold In the an.
phithea,er Of that building. Abou,
800 cattle will I've On sale. The
others will be entered In competition,
for premiums.
The Marshall republican., 1901-08-30

Macon CItissn.
Through his attorneys. Dysart &
Mitchell. Ed Brammer has filed .
suit In the circuit court for $4,000
damages seainst Oscar l.. Mott. q
prominent citizen Of Caliao. This
will be q lively case. no doubt.
Brammsr sets forth In his petition
that he was arrested July 3 on
Nuts complaint on . charge Of
stealing q gold watch ard chain
and Sac In money. He was thrown
In jail fer eight hours and his bond
wss vet q, S8oo. Brsmn,es aisoclaims
tina, Mott had q search ant Is
sued; 4 sear, h Of the Brammer home
was made for the stolen articles.
but nothing was found. Brammes
says that when the case came up
for trial b-fore Squire M. n. Har.
bOsd hts acruser had nc evidence
whatever and Brsmmer was dis.
charged. He claims that In sddi.
tion to the humiliation III being
thrown IN jail for eight hour. his
reputation and social standing sui.
tered. He thinks tina, 81. Don would
he fair comp nsa,i"n Tor this humil.
'stion md injury to his reputation.
hut he prays the court to assess
$500" more against Mott rs punt.
tive damages.
Mott IL Q single man aud has &C.
cumnlated considerable property.
A Judgment against him would be
worth fighting for.
The Marshall republican., 1901-08-30

Preparations are we'll under way
for the big cattle show. says the
Lexington Inlelligencer, 10 be CIV
en- at the Kansas City s,ock yards
from Monday, October a., to Oc,o.
her IS 1t vii! he the second
Great American Royal show,
and will Ike combin.d with the rs.
nal sale Of Hooded stock.
The exhibits will include Here.
The Marshall republican., 1901-08-30

fell desperately III from hardship
and anxiety. Last Thursday she
died IN the weather. beaten, taitered
old tent. Henry Blythe. . leading
citizen Of Clifton City. knowing
that the family had not . cent 10
bury the mother, went to work and
raised the 81 with which to pur.
chase . plain pine coffin. He ,ele.
graphed to . Sedalia undertaken,
but the latter replied that he did
not have any collins at that price.
Mr.. Blythe then got into his spring
wagon and drove to Pilot Grove.
where he bought q chesp coffin.
On Friday Charlie Tada and some
other citizens dug Q grave At Prov.
idence Church cemetery. tour miles
south Of Clifton City. and there
Mrs. Thorpe was given . Christian
burial.
To add intensity to the distress.
ing circumstances IN which the
family were placed. q daughter. Is
years old. vas seized with spssms
and little hope Of her recovery was
entertained yesterday. Still anoth.
er unfortunate feature 10 the fact
that q member Of the famiiy-a
great big brswny fellow-retused
to lend any assistance in the hour
Of need. but only laid around in the
tent and consumed much Of the
food that should have gone 10 9th.
err. The citizens In the ueighbor.
hood are deeply indignant At his
conduct. II Is said he has disap-
pesred, being afraid Of public SEN
timent. Meanwhile the children
are being cared for b. the generous
people Of Clifton City.
Seldom has a sadder case appeared
in this part Of Missouri.
The Marshall republican., 1901-08-30

Bedalis Capital. -llIN.
A year ego Walter Thorpe aud
family left their home In Indiana
to better their circumstances. II pos.
sible. in amother state. They made
their way to Missouri and settled
In Brn,on county. intending to be.
come permanent residents. For.
tune. however. failed to smile on
them there. and . few weeks since
they packed up their small posses.
sions and started hack to Indiana,
weary Of the frui,less venture they
had undertaken. They passed
through S-dalis and got ~ far ~
Clifton City. fourteen miles north
OF here. There. being unable to
pay for the rent Of q house. they
pitched q tent sni took up their
abode while the husband secured
employment IN . laborer at the
SWEENEY rock .crusher, on the N.
x. & r. He worked hard and
faithfully until he was stricken
down with. typhoid fever. He was
removed to the Katy hospital.
where he now lies IN q hopeless
condition. Al 10 O'Clock Saturday
night, II Of the hospital phys'.
clans. ~ answer TO a query. said
there was little hope Of the sick
man recovering.
When Thorpe va. brought Ia
Sedalia his family At Clifton City
were left in Az absolutely destitute
condition. The little children. cried
for bread. and the mother knew
not what to do. But ~ so0n as
the good people Of the neighbor'
hood learned of their forl0rn plight
they took them food aud clothing
and made them a. comfortable q.
they could.
Then the mother. with a bah,
only three months old at her breast
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
WOMEN'S WORK IN CHINA.
Hissionaries with q edical Educ1
ton Have Accomplished
Great Good.

Whatever may be said of the efforts
of Christian missionaries in China to
convert the Mongolians to Christian7
ity, there can be but one opinion as
to the work Of those women with a
knowledge of medicine who have de-
voted their lives to the work there. In
the year 1900 there were no fewer than
1o5 hospitals, largely stated by med
ical women. and they attended in that
year actually 24s,439 Chinese patients,
both giving medical treatment and
performing the operations that re-
store ease to the tortured, give sight
to the blind and open new life to the
dying. So highly was this secular
work appreciated that many wealthy
Chinese had made large donations to
the hospitals of the missions. The mis-
sionaries, too, were the originators of
the anti-footbinding movement; yet
there again the society founded for
the same end, on purely secular
basis, by Mrs. Archibald Little had re-
ceived influential Chinese support.
The missionaries first started
schools for teaching, reading, writing
and general knowledge to the girls,
but the Chinese were following suit;
there have been established in Can
ton alone during the last ten years
no fewer than Is schools for girls IN
der Chinese management, and quite re-
Gently very important onward step
had been taken by the governments
permission being given to some edu-
Gated young Chinese women to teach
the rudiments of learning to classes of
the smaller boys of their own nation.
All this good work-.European sur
gerry, education and movement
against the cruelty of footbinding-
had been begun by missions; so that
it seems as it the sacrifice of some no.
bic English and American Christian
women was not in vain, but then, on
the other hand, the antagonism that
the missions rouse is bitter and in
tense, and it appears as if now all that
has been done by them is swept away.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNA1.,

A grammar school in San Francisco
has been named after Miss Jean
Parker, who served so years as q
teacher. Nd
Queen Alexandr4 has learned many
kinds of lace making and has made
some beautiful pieces to trim the
70 es of her grandchildren.
Edwin Abbey was painting in Lon.
don for ten years before he had a
picture hung in the academy, and be-
gan his work as q newspaper illus.
traitor.
A poem by Gen. "Stonewar Jack
son has been discovered among some
old papers in Lexington, Va. jack
son wrote it while a young lieutenant
in the regular army.
The Lee family, which until the civ
IL war had always been represented
in the army, was from that time I'M
til the Spanish war without single
member in the regular service. Now
there are two Lees in the army and a
third will also probably soon wear
his shoulder straps.
" The awakening of Italian art is
said to be due to Domenice Morelli.
He was the founder of new school,
which has made giant strides since
he initiated it. His name means the
progress and glory of Italian art OF
the present period. Even now, though
old and suffering, he still has
strength between one attack and the
other to seek comfort and relief in
work.
Judge Danforth, of the Maine su-
preme court, had this to say in con-
nection with the case of defaulting
bank cashier recently sent to prison:
II wish that the law permitted me to
send with the accused every one OF
the bank directors who, through q
long term of years, expected you to
do your work, live respectfully, bring
up large family and be honcst-au
on a salary of $500 q YEAR"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
IN A LITERARY WAY.

Every year relatives of Robert
Louise Stevenson in Scotland send a
crown and cross of heather from that
country, which is placed on his grave
in Samoa
Rev c. NJ. Sheldon, author of EN-
His Steps, is reported to have decid-
ed to test his ''Christian theater''
idea with a dramatic version of his
story Edward Blake"
1t was bound to come. A London
publisher has issued volume of
Lovers Replies to an Enblishwom-
lovers Replies to an Englishwom-
ans Love Eetters."
Sir Thomas Upton, the London tea
merchant and yachtsman, offers re-
ward of $3.50 for the best, essay in
.Erse on Brian Boru. A similar prize
will be given for the best essay writ
ten in English on 1.-THE Early Insti-
tutions of Ireland" The Irish Lit
erary Society of London is to be ar
bitter
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26

people of Rockford forced him to leave
their town, and in the course Of time
Schweinfurth disappeared altogether
from public view. It has been stated
that he has turned over a new leaf and
is leading an exemplary life. For the
truth of this rumor the writer cannot
vouch, although it comes from fair
ly reliable source.
Before the Schweinfurth excitement
had subsidized there appeared in Chi
cago another prophet, whose name has
since become familiar to the newspa-
per readers the world over-John Alex
ander Dowie. He came from Australia,
spoke with an oily tongue, called him
self doctor of divinity and the found
er of new faith cure system of heal
ing all diseases. His assumed humil-
ity secured immediate recognition.
Several churches opened their doors to
him, and his first proselytes were made
in houses of worship whose people he
has since denounced as ''children of
the devil" He made some remarkable
'Ecures" and preached series of pow
erful sermons. Within short time the
pauper immigrant from the Antipodes
had accumulated enough capital to
buy handsome pair of horses and
carriage and to, equip a large taber-
nacle, printing house and sanitarium in
Woodlawn, the worlds fair district of
Chicago. These outward manifesto
lions of prosperity were followed by
the founding of the Christian Catholic
Church of Zion, of which he made him
self general overseer." His 'hospital'
soon degenerated into public nui-
sance; and the property owners of
Woodlawn, under the leadership of
George w. Riggs, instituted series of
legal proceedings which terminated in
q victory for law and order, as far as
the location of the sanitarium was con-
cerned, but also resulted in advantage
to Dowie, who posed as martyr be-
fore his dupes, and induced them to
buy valuable piece of property at the
corner of Twelfth street and Michigan
boulevard, then known as the Imperial
hotel. He renamed it ''Zion," refur-
nished it throughout, and advertised it
far and wide as the headquarters of
the new religion. Subsequently adj
ditiona1 real estate purchases were
made and new buildings erected, and a
year or so ago his people sanctioned
the purchase of q valuable tract of
land near Waukegan, Ill, where mod
ern city, to be known as Zion, is to be
built. # - = ~
The Christian Catholic church claims
q membership of 10000; and as each
communicates supposed to contribute
a lions share of his or her income to
the overseer in the form Of tithes, it is
not surprising that Dowie can live in
the lap, of luxury. The humble exile
of ten years ago assumes all the dig
nifty of an Indian nabob and for q
stranger to approach him is about rs
d1fhcult as to secure an audience with
the pope. He still breaches, but evil
IDENTITY only for the purpose Of abusing
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
MENACE TO SOCIETY.
John Alexander Dowie, King Of Re
igious Confidence Men.
Rules His Followers with Iron Hand,
Pockets the Lions Share OF
Their Earnings and Abuses
All the World.
Especial Chicago Letter.1


TINE religious confidence game h
money-maker par excellence.
From time immemorial there
have arisen so-called prophets and sons
of prophets. Every nation and every
sect have paid tribute or given follow
ers to one or more impos4ors who
posed as God-sent apostles and
preached recognition and social re-
form by simply
stamping Gods name upon lie Just
made,
70 turn a penny in the way of trade
The religious confidence man is .
cosmopolitan sort of chap; and that
is why the United States, with it's
mixed and somewhat nomadic popula-
ton, has been his favorite field OF
operation. And of the cities in the
United States, Chicago has been his
Mecca.
The oily Schweinfurth established
his headquarters in the modern Baby
Ion at the foot of Lake Michigan, after
he had been driven out of Michigan,
where he began operations, and his
somewhat less notorious imitator,
iced, likewise selected Chicago as his
headquarters. Both of these oleagin-
Gus individuals found hundreds of dis
ciples; especially Schweinfurth, who
proclaimed himself as the Messiah.
Hysterical women focked tt hear him,
and transferred everything they had in
the world to the Community" of which
he was the head-the whole thing, in
fact. He might have ended his days as
a very rich man had not his baser ma
ture triumphed over his by no means
inferior intellectual and business at
tainments. But in an hour, evil to
himself and beneficial to his dupes,
he established community house near
Rockford, ILL.,, which he called
Heaven" but which, according to 9TH
ers, was nothing but harem. The
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There are now So factories, with
$4,000 horse power, in the French
Alps. =
The world has 2,e50, 900 acres under
tobacco, which produce $4,000 tons a
year. -1~..s<: ..s.z.?s s.z. = n :
Australia's output of coal is 7,o00,-
GOO tons year, 100000 more than
that of India.
All the IS Turkish consuls in> Italy
have been abolished. They have not
been paid for a very long time past,
and one after the other has resigned.
Five and one-half tons OF diamonds,
valued at from 6 SO, 0OO, 600 to 6 40, 00O,-
600, have been taken from the famous
Kimberley (South Africal diamond
mines since their discovery in 1871.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26

The numberless slaughter of inno-
die by the score, and might have been
saved by rational medical treatment
has attracted considerable attention,
but thus far the law has not been able
to protect the victims of Zion fanati-
cism. Very recently the wife of one
of the church's most prominent off,
GERS, H. Worthington Judd, died I'M
der the most distressing circum-
stances, after Dowie had ''prayed'' for
her recovery. Physicians of all
schools are unanimous in asserting
that the woman's life could have been
saved. At the coroner's inquest, her
husband volunteered the information
ical aid, and if she had he would not
have consented to her receiving it. Such
is the bigotry of the followers of
Dowie. This same Judd, by the way,
is the man who assisted Dowie in Civ
ing an alleged expose Of Free Masonry
several months ago. He had been a
Mason for many years, but Dowie con-,
vinced him that all Masons are ''devils"
and 'children of the devil" hence he
considered the act of violating his OBJ
legations as one of merit and entitled
to Divine reward.
Such is, in brief, the character of
Dowie and the work he is doing. How
much longer his reign may last it is
hard to say; but that it will end igno-
miniously may be taken for granted, ,:
because no system of religion based
On personal aggrandizement and the
storing up of wealth for wealth's sake
has ever endured.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
SALT SERVES AS A HOODOO.
How Superstitious Cleveland Women
Get Even with Their Land
lords.

A number of Cleveland women had
little discussion the other day over
a new form of hoodoo, at least it was
new to most of them. It is species
of applied incarnation that is resorted
to by tenants who want to get even
with the landlord or the landlords
agent. When they leave, after the last
load is ready to start, they throw salt
behind the front door. That hoodoos
the house, or the apartments, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
why" said one lady, Il know case
where the outgoing tenant did that
and they couldn't rent the ROOMS for
three months. That's right. Nobody
seemed to want them. The agent was
constantly kept busy running with
prospective tenants who came to look
at the apartments, only to refuse
them" =
Il heard of a case" said another
lady, ''where the landlord raised the
rent on family, and when they left
they threw salt behind the door, and
you never heard of such luck as the
landlord had. He got tenants in that
wouldn't pay and he'd have to sue 'em
and put 'em out on the sidewalk and
one tenant set the room afire with a
gasoline stove and the landlord
couldn't get any insurance, and the
wives OF two tenants presented their
husbands with twins and this cost the
landlord four months rent, cause he
couldn't get 'em moved until they
reached the movable age. It was just
awful"
~ ''Oh, there are lots of such cases, -
said the woman who mentioned the
hoodoo first. sand they say there is
but one way to break the SPELL
"And how is that?'' cried the other
women in chorus.
THE landlord" replied the hoodoo
expert, must have the hinges of the
front door put on the opposite door
post, SO that the door will swing the
other way" -
And there the discussion ended
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
hose who do not agree with him.

those who do not agree with him.
Many of his remarks are positively
libidinous, others would do credit to
Hamburg sfshwife. d In word and ac-
ton he is pulled up 81 arrogance, and
although so far nothingha been said
against his personal life his actions
would indicate that he is the slave of
some drug or else on the verge OF in
sanity.
Looking at the man from purely
commercial point Of view it cannot 30
denied that as an organizer and fnan-
cier he has few. superiors. Starting
with nothing, he accumulat ted 4,0Oo,-
600 worth of property in less than a
decade, founded a bank conducted for
his personal benefit, and laid the foun-
dation of what may become a pros
Porous and important manufacturing
town. In spite Of opposition from
press and pulpit he is holding together
thousands of men and women who
would prefer death to the loss of their
faith. That such devotion should turn
the head of any man is not unna tural;
AoA 10 ~ SuA ~ 1SAuS IAoI Oo"AC COASlO~
ers himself second Elijah and the OBJ
ject of many of the prophecies of the
Old and New Testament. AS the head
of the most perfect religious oligar-
chy of our day he occupies q position
without parallel in the history of this
or any other country. =
Much of his success is due to hyp-
motto power, which he possesses in a
remarka BILE degree. A vast percentag go
of the so-called "cures" performed in
the early days of the movement were
due to this force, and to it he owes his
fame as healer. His unprecedented
financial triumphs are the result of
nerve and the gift of selecting compe-
tent assistants. It is said thai in en-
ploying heads for the various Depart
ments OF III on he has not made Single
mistake, which, if true, stamps him as
a wise judge of human nature The
men intrusted with the management
of the vast machinery of the Zion Or
ganizati are paid liberal salaries
more than they could earn elsewhere
and thus self-interest is made an
ally of religious prejudice.
Attempts to bring the Zion bank un-
der state supervision have been foiled
by the clever managers of the institu-
ton, as well as honest endeavors to
secure a statement Of its resources and
! DEPOSITS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
SWEDEN,

C. J. Johansson, first mate on one of
the steamers of the Gotta Steamship Com
pany, has been engaged as captain OF
America, >the steamer of the Baldwin
Ziegler North Pole expedition.
The post office department has declared
that floating lighthouse is necessary in
Trelleborg harbor.
King Oscar has contributed $500 to the
private aid fund of the naval officers.
The Vienna Academy of Science has
elected Prof. Retzins, of Stockholm, as
corresponding member
It is proposed to set aside parcel of
groundat Skansen famous public park
in Stockholm, for the grave of the late
Artur Hazelins, 1.-The creator Of Northern
Museum
Two cases Of diphtheria among the SOL
diers at Ljungbyhed necessitated the
evacuation of some of the barracks, and
the first company is camping in tents
e" 1t is proposed to use electric power in
stead of steam on portions of the West
Coast Railway, the Lagan river being
counted upon to furnish the power BY
the construction of a fourteen-foot dam
at point located about 5000 feet north
of LahoIm Railway stat ton an average Of
LEO horse power may be obtained
Crown Princess Victoria has left Venice
to go to Baden via Abbazia.
A prominent citizen of Stockholm cele-
hrated his fftieth birthday anniversary
by donating $500 to a fund for summer
colonies for poor school children.
Prof. Artur Hazelins. noted ltnguist
and the founder of Northern Museum.
Stockholm. died at the age Of 6S years.
All kinds Of fruit trees were simply COW
cred with blossoms In southern Sweden
this spring, and a rich crop is anticipated.
A woman urged gardener in Kr1stian-
stad to get her a live gopher. He could
not produce the goods. but he was Curl
GUS to know what use the woman wanted
to make Of Il live gopher He finally
found out that she had been persuaded
to cure her husband, who was con-
frmed drunkard. by drowning gopher
IN whisky, keeping the carcass IN the
s whfskey indefinitely, and giving her hus-
bank an occasional glass from the drink
until he was cured The gardener is now
trying hard to deliver the desired goods.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
Her Rixht.

"Grandniece," said the old lady,
feebly, in tone which indicated men-
tai anxiety as well as bodily suffering.
"Ies, aunt. What is it?"
when DR.. Slimpset comes [ suspect
he will try to give me an anodyne, and
l want you to promise Inc not to let
him do 1t. 1t won't cure my disease,
and if I have pain I want to know it, :"
-Leslie's Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
Cheered by 1t.

you are sure you can support
my daughter in the style to which she
has been accustomed?" asked the
Heavy Father.
''Sure, Nike" answered Our Hero,
| with the assurance of youth.
'Well, I'm glad to hear it. It's more
than can afford any longer"
dianapolis Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
His Only Objection.

II love to hear you talk, my dear"
said Mr.. Bickers to his wife, when she
paused to take breath at the end OF
the second column of a curtain lee
ture, ''but your volubility is really
reflection on my wisdom"
"How 500"
Because a word to The wise is suf.
fcient.'-Leslie's Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-26
A TraDlp's Work.

Hello, Walker! What y up to now
days."
well, Lazy, I'm lookin' fer chance
t. work.
saw, come off. You don't expect me
to believe that?'
"Cert. It's de truth. I'm lookin' fer
a chance t. work some soft guy fer the
price of drink" Philadelphia Bull
letin.