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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
Wesley News.

Special to IlmeS-Nepuu.lSaH.
Wesley. Jan. 31.-Another business
change has taken place here recently.
G. NJ. Simons sold his stock and livery
business to E. j. Immerfall. MI. Inn
merfall has been resident of Wesley
for a good many years and will no
doubt make a success of the business.
Mr.. S. w. Emmons, one of our old
settlers, passed away Tuesday even
ing. He had been ailing for several
years with consumption. He had been
a resident of Wesley for over thirty
wears and for the past six or eight
years had been engaged In the restaur-
ant business here with his sister, Mrs
Shaw. He was man that stood high
in the community for his honesty and
integrity.
Mrs. Jane wetherbee. of Nora
Springs is here visiting the family OF
Mr.. and Mrs. S. x. Way.
Governor Cummings has appointed
Ed Kunz, of Wesley, as a member of
the good roads convention to be held
at Detroit Feb. 10 and IA. Mr.. Kunz
is one of our democratic members of
the board of supervisors of Kossuth
county
The revival meetings at the NJ. r.
church are still in progress with con-
tinued success A good many have
been converted and united with the
church.
The Hon. Thomas A. Way, of Mason.
City, was a Wesley caller Tuesday.
He was on his way to Titonka to at
tend the annual meeting Of the First
National Bank there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31

John Nicholas William Rumple was
born near Fostoria. Ohio, March 4, 1S41;
attended the public schools. afterwards
Western College. Iowa, and later the
normal department Of the Iowa State
University. While q student there.
in August, 1861, he enlisted in Company
III, Second Iowa Cavalry, and remained
in the army until October, 1866, enter.
ing as private and being mustered out
az captain. He participated in the bat
ties OF Island No. 10. New Madrid, siege
of Corinth, Sheridan's battle of Rienzi,
charge at Pennington, 1nka, Corinth. in
front of Hoods advance on Nashville,
Franklin. Columbia. etc. After peace
was declared he entered the law office
of Hon. H. NJ Martin, at Marengo,
Iowa. was admitted to practice In Feb
ruary, 1867, and has been In active
practice ever since: was a member OF
the state senate at the adjourned ses-
sion of the Fourteenth. and also in the
Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
general assembly; was member or tha
board of regents of the State University
for six years; also curator OF the State
Historical Society, member Of the city
council, mayor, city solicitor. member
of the school board and many other
minor positions.
He was married on Dec. 6, 1866, to
Miss Addie M. Whiteiing. who departed
this life In February, 1870. Subsequent
Nv he married Miss Mary H. Shepard
on Dec. 8, 1870. and vas elected to the
Fifty-seventh congress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
A wHlTEcAP LETTER.
Leaders in Reform Movement in Dav-
export Threatened With Death.

Leaders in Reform movement IN Dav
export Threatened With Death.
Special to Times Republican.
Davenport, Jan. 31.-The crusade
against vice which has been going on
in this city has started whitecap letters
Rev. George sGiglinger, private secre-
tary to Bishop Cosgrove has received
a letter which threatens his life and
that of others interested in the re-
form movement.
The letter was unsigned. The
writer coolly informs the priest that
he will kill him within 80 days time,
that he has been appointed to do II
and it must be done. The job will be
completed sometime in the early night
between 10 o'clock p. IN. and ! o'clock
a. m. The homes of all the other
priests who have taken a hand in the
reform movement will be blown UP
during the same hours.
George w. Gable is to come in for
his share of the trouble also, osten-
sibly for the part he took in the sup
preston of the prize fight which was
to have taken place at Northwest Dav-
export Turner hall under the Cal Har
ris management and which was post
poned indefinitely on account of the
prompt action of Governor Cummins
w. w. Lunger. who represents the
Fifth ward in the Davenport city coun-
ell, also comes under the notice of the
writer. He says that his house, too
will suffer from the effects of the
dynamite. This is probably occasion
ed by the alderman's trip into the low
er half of his ward, at which time he
discovered a frightful condition of af-
fairs. He also made strong statements
in the city council meeting favoring
the reform and placing the responsible
ity for tie state of affairs at the door
of the mayor.
The letter is thought to be an effort
to intimidate the leaders in the re.
form movement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
Crosse viii Take Nomination.

Shenandoah, Jan. Silt is now Off
cially announced that c. T.. Crosse, of
this place. will seek the republican
nomination for representative from
Page county in the next general assem-
bly,. The announcement has met with
warm reception and The indications are
that he will be accorded the honor with
out opposition. Mr.. Crosse is a staunch
republican, an estimable gentleman
personally, and as a citizen OF Shenan-
.doah from it's early DAYS has been close
ly identified with the upbuilding OF the
city and county. He las the traits of
fine business ability and understands
the needs of the county in legislative
as we'll as in other ways.
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required to take the work. that each
student must be Individually studied,
and that physical development must
cease when normality is reached.
II have plenty of reason to hope and
expect a change of The present college
athletic methods says DR.. Gilchrst.
Games of all kinds. football, tennis.
baseball. some forms of track perform
ances, rowing. swimming. fencing. can
he made perfectly satisfactory if the
element Of competition can be re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
CARELESS MOT HERS
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
MUCH SUFFERING.
Many a Woman Can Trace the Cause OF
Her Trouble to Neglected Girlhood.

Many a Woman Can Trace the Cause OF
Her Trouble to Neglected Girlhood.
-one of the Exceptions.
Three ourths of the women who are
suffering could truthfully say that their
mothers are to blame for their trouble.
Perhaps the proportion is even greater.
How grateful then must be, the woman
whose prudent mother brought her
safely thru the critical period of her
rirlhood. guraded her health and fitted
her for perfect womanhood. Such was
the case with Mrs. A. L. Luckie, of Az
Underwood avenue. st. Charles, MO.
She says:
.sWhen I was IA years old I was at
fiicted like many girls upon arriving at
about that age and the credit is due my
mother and DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People that came thru It safely.
In addition to the trouble mentioned
was so pale that it seemed my VEINS
were empty OF blood. was delicate and
without strength or ambition. But my
mother gave me DR.. Williams Pink Pills
and a few boxes restored me to health
and brought good color to my cheeks
Later on in life used this remedy
again with Just as good results and now
we always keep them in the house. l
am now regular and am In excellent
health. thanks to DR.. Williams Pink
Pills"
No discovery of modern times has
proved such blessing to women as Or.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
Acting directly on the blood and nerves,
invigorating the body. regulating the
functions, they restore the strength and
health in the exhausted patient when
every effort Of the physician proves UNI
availing. These pills are sold in boxes
at so cents box or six boxes for $3.50.
and may be had at ell druggists or d.
rect by mail from DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Cnnnnanv Schenectady, N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
MAY GET INSURANCE COMPANY.
Church Federation Of America Offers
to Locate at Boone.

Special to Times publican.
Boone, Jan, 31.-The officers of the
Church Federation of America, now at
Vail, Ia, have thru their general super
intendent, Rev. M. G. Albrook made a
formal tender of the headquarters of
the society to Boone for a period OF
twenty years. The conditions being that
a justifiable amount of insurance be
pledged by the citizens here to warrant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
RATHER SMOKE

= rood cigar than an inferior weed. We can suit
YOUR taste whether you prefer mild or strong close
Solled or loose We are especially careful In buy.
nm our cigar stock and we hAtter ourselves thxS
oCr judgment Is pretty good. Tes: 1t andse
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31

1t soothes the bowels. stimulates the
liver, cleanses the kidneys, tones the
stomach, purges the system of all pois-
onous germs, Rocky Mountain Tea.
Mcbride & Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
Congressman from the Second
Iowa District Died in a Chi
cago Hospital Today
HIS DEATH WAS DUE TO CANCER
succumbs to the Dread Disease After
a Long Fisht-End Came Peacefully
and With Friends Surrounding His
Bedside-sketch ofHis career--FiII-
ed Many Important Positions.
'pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Davenport, Jan. sl.-The death of
Congressman j. N. w. Rumple occurred
at st. Luke's hospital in Chicago this
morning. The end came peacefully and
a number of his relatives were present
at his bedside when he died. His death
was due to cancer of the nose and
throat. He represented the Second
Iowa district.
Rumple's home was at Marengo,
Iowa, where he practiced law. He was
aged 81 and had been & member of con-
rgess for one term. He was not a can
didate for rejection last fall on account
of his failing health. The funeral will
be held Tuesday at Marengo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31
TELEPHONE MEN ORGANIZED.
About Twenty Companies Adopt Com
munity Of Interest Plan.

Special to Times Republican.
Emmetsburg, Jan: 31.-The North
west Independent Telephone Associa-
ZION has been organized here. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President--Dr. G. w. Graves, Spen-
w vice President-G. w. sanborn, Fon-
Secretary and Treasurer-w. Fer
guson. Rolfe.
About twenty companies will be rep
resented In the association, and the
prospects are good for a thorough serv-
ice all over the northwest portion of the
state in a very short time. 1t is said the
consolidation will not increase rates.
and that. if anything, 1T will have the
effect of decreasing the cost to custom
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-31

English SPAWN Eminent REM -es all
hard. soft or calloused Jumps and blem-
-ishes from horses, blood spavins. curbs
splints, sweeney, ring bone, STILES
snrains, all swollen threats, coughs ETC.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warrant
cd the most wonderful blemish cure
ever known Sold by Charles j.. Lander,
druggist, Marshalltown. Iowa.
Nourishes the tissues, filling out the
hollow spaces smoothes over bony
places, giving beautiful freshness
TO the faded skin. That's what Rocky
Mountain Tea will do. Mcbride & VIII
Drug .o,npany.
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Mrs. Lou Davis, "a Institute Place, Flat B,
Chicago, Ill, Says
August a. 1901.
aFor the good Of others wish to testify to tho
merits Of your wonderful medicine, Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
9 Twas certainly in a very bad condition. suf-
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.I was advised to try your medicine and was
greatly surprised at the benefit derived from its
use. am entirely cured of these ailments, and
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01

lean metropolis. and establishing ALL
rail communication with the East, Mr..
Cassatt perfected the plans which have
now been approved by the rapid transit
commission and the board OF aldermen.
and. having added 500. 900. 600 to the
capital OF his road. he is now prepared
10 bore the great tunnels which viii
give the Pennsylvania continuous rails
from Montauk Point TO Chicago and
will bring passengers through from the
West as well as from Long Island and
into the very center OF Manhattan Island
without the discomforts and delays OF
ferriage.
Mr.. Cassatt at sixty-three is a model
Of vigorous manhood. robust and hearty.
Although president of seven companies
and director in twenty three. he devotes
himself as assiduously TO outdoor rec
reation as he does to the manifold du-
ties Of his responsible positions.
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No. "a Company's Brand New Engine.

ity of each OF these engines is 1 100 gall
Ions of water a minute. and the highest
capacity Of any engine in the depart
ment before their installation was $50
steamers. fitted with every Improvement
known to the best builders, has enabled
the department to dispense with three
of the oldest engines, which were OF an
old type. The Chief Engineer estimates
that by the additions. already mentioned
the effectiveness of the department has
been increased 200 per cent.
Along with the new apparatus num-
Der OF devices have been introduced for
the comfort of the men and their eff
fectiveness in working at fires The
most striking of these is the Miller face
mask. which a fireman dons when It is
necessary to enter a building filled with
smoke to search for missing people, OF
TO carry hose TO point where it can be
used more effectively. This mask. shown,
in.the illustration. Is OF leather and
fits tightly over the head and face. In
front is piece of isinglass which en-
abIes the wearer to see. In front of the
mouth is fine grained sponge, slightly
wet, which enables him to breathe with
out getting smoke into his lungs.
Clothed in one OF these masks a fire
man can 90 into room where no man
could exist a minute without the mask
He can breathe regularly for about FIVE
or six minutes, when the sponge begins
to clog. At the test made ofAtnese aes
vices ths~ flren1en renamed ma room
dense with smoke for sixteen minutes
without suffering any Inconvenience.
This is long enough to find and carry
out any person who might be left be-
hind and overcome in a burning build
ing. The Miller masks have been used
by the department several times since
their Introduction. Each company has
one in it's regular equipment.
Latest in Life-Saving Nets.
OF similar utility are the Browder
Hfe-saving nets with which each truck
company in the department has been
provided. These are a curiously de-
vised piece OF apparatus which enables
a person to jump from great height
and land without bouncing up or out of
the net In the old days when the fire
men attempted to catch a person fall
ing or jumping from building, the
landing in a blanket was oftener more
dangerous than the risk OF being over
come by the flames. II the blanket did
not part and let the person jumping
through with a heavy jolt TO the ground
he would bounce upward perhaps to a
height of ten feet to be thrown upon
the ground with the result Of broken
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:. :. THE PRESIDENT OF A GREAT RAILROAD SYSTEM ): ::

and he had had large share in the ere
alton of the great transportation system
which bears the name of the Keystone
State. This coup of 1872 won for Mr.. Cas-
satt vice presidency. and in 1874 he be-
came third. and in 1880 first vice presi-
dent. and executive officer under Presi-
dent George B. Roberts.
Two years later. when he had made the
Pennsylvania the best organized and best
equipped railroad in America. Mr.. Cas-
satt laid down his burdens and retired to
private life that he might have leisure
for travel and for the enjoyment of the
life of country gentleman. While he
was abroad he was made a director of
the road. and on his return he took his
place in the board ana served as a vaiu-
able adviser Of the executive officers.
More active duties than these he re-
fused to assume. and he devoted himself
to breeding racehorses from the famous
sire The Bard. at his Chester Brook
Farm. at Berwyn, Pa. He was one OF
the prime movers in the Monmouth Park
Association in New Jersey, but when
the outlaws" brought horse racing In
that State under the ban of a constitu-
tional prohibition. he sold his stud and
turned his attention to the breeding of
hackney horses. In order to improve the
roads about his country home. Mr.. Cas-
satt accepted the Office OF road super
visor of the township. and was re-eIect-
ed twenty times.
He was absorbed in these pursuits
when Frank Thomson. the president OF
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NEW APPARATUS FOR WASHINGTON F=NQE FIGHTERS
important Recent Improvements in Chief Dutton's
Department, Both in the Installation of New
Devices and in the Personnel of the Service,
Now Puts the Capital in Rank With Other and
Larger Cities of the United States.

10 flood the building with a great vol
ume Of water to put out the fire.
As accessory TO the water tower. two
of the truck companies have been fitted
out with auxiliary Siamese two-line de-
luse sets. which are water towers on a
small scale. A line OF hose is carried
up the highest ladder of the truck to
point fifty feet from the ground. Below
are the two line attachments. and a cord
running down enables the company to
direct the stream. At the top is the
Eastman deluge nozzle, which throws a
two-inch stream from $50 to 200 feet.
This appliance is used much as the water
tower is, and they are intended to sup
plement e. Chief Dutton found il was
desirable to provide the department
with better facilities for use at big
fires. and these deluge sets were in
stalled at about one-half the cost of a
supplementary water tower In addi-
ton to these appliances the department
has in use two-line sets for uniting in
one stream both outlets of a single
hydrant- and several OF the engines are
equipped with deluge nozzles, which can
be put on when a large volume of water
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01
DICKENS LITTLE DORRIT" AS SHE IS TODAY

Who that has read Dickens has not
loved and admired the Child Of the
Marshalsea.'' the sweet and charming
Little Dorrit7 All OF US have loved
her as child OF a bygone age. yet
still Little Dorrtt" is among US,
hearty and well. says BLACK and White
Mrs. Mary Ann Cooper, of southgate.
now in her ninetieth year, is the orig
inaI of Dickens famous character, al
though the life depicted in the book
cannot be said to correspond with her
own, for Mrs. Cooper herself was never
in that dreary debtors prison. She was
born on November q. 1913, in Hatton
Garden, her father being a well-to-do
farmer named Milton. who also had a
place at sunbury. at which Dickens in
his early youth was a frequent visitor
The bed Little Dorrit" now sleeps on
at Southgate is one Charles Dickens
slept on there.
A few years later the Mittons were liY-
ing in Johnson Street. Clarendon Square.
and a house directly opposite was occu-
pied by the Dickens family. There began
the acquaintance with My Charles" as
the old lady calls the novelist. Mrs.
Cooper's brother was n school fellow OF
Dickens, and would assist him In bis 1T
erary work by correcting manuscripts. as
in later years he assisted him in law mat.
ters. Between Mary Ann and Charles
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he had way Of giving literary names
TO his sons; his name for Miss Milton
was Little Dorrit. why did he give
you this name?" ] asked and the old
lady said: Il really cannot say. IL
seemed to come: at any rate. I only
recollect that somehow was always
Dorrit' with Charles"
And how did you come to get into
the Marshalsea. and be famous ever
afterWards?"
Well. cannot exactly say, but as I
have told you, Charles and I were. I
think ! may say. very fond OF one an
other. and one day at home he told US:
The next book l write l shall put YOU
In 1t, and I shall call it Little Dorrit.
Thus his next work was named"
Now, in her ninetieth year. Mrs.
Cooper is lively and quick. although she
has had some serious accidents in the
course of her long life. Once she was
thrown from her horse and dragged for
three-quarters OF a mile. She has suf-
fered. too. from rheumatism, and is
rather deaf Mrs. Cooper has been a
widow for over twenty years. and now
lives alone-in little room crammed
with flowers and fancies. and a chimney
corner which is a perfect gallery OF
portraits. with a notable one, OF course
of my Charles" Over the manteIpiece
is one of those curious old Samplers
which our grandmothers used Iabori-
ously TO produce. made by Mary Anr
Milton. aged nine, February, 1922. -
c. Pilkington.
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the Pennsylvania Railroad. died. and on
June 3. 1899. the board Of directors elect
ed Mr.. Cassatt president. Vacation davs
were over for him. He took his place at
the head Of the corporation, the founda-
tions of whose greatness he had helped
to build two decades before.
Mr.. Cassatt began Immediately to do
great things with characteristic rapid
ity, and it seems almost incredible in
view Of what he has accomplished that
he has been at his task Just three
years and not thirty. His first notable
move was to acquire large holdings in
the Chesapeake and Ohio. Norfolk and
Western. and Baltimore and Ohio, and
establish community OF interest in the
soft coal roads to preserve ,he Penn
sylvanias dominance in the bituminous
territory.
In order to secure for his railroads the
traffic of the Great Lakes he took over
the Erie and Western TRANSFORMATION
Company. with its great Buffalo termi-
nails. and absorbing the Western New
York and Pennsylvania Railroad he con-
solidated it with the Allegheny Valley.
Then he turned his attention eastward
and pushed into entirely new territory
by acquiring the Long Island Railroad.
with its dockage franchises. and 1t is
expected in some quarters that re will
soon make the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad a part Of the
Pennsylvania system.
Graphing with the problem OF carry
ing trains into the heart az the Amer
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into something more-sprang up, and the
old lady is never tired of telling their
adventures and misadventures in the
heyday Of youth-how they would call at
little place in the Hampstead Road,
where Cecil Rhodes grandfather, "a
grumpy old man." would serve them
with milk; how after church he would
take her for walk to New St. Pancras
Church" for the special purpose Of star
ing a. and taking of the pompous beadle
who used to strut about its precincts
Dickens initiating his walk and bearing.
TO the delight Of others. but to the great
indignation Of this prototype Of Bundle:
how Dickens was out walking when he
met a procession OF school girls from a
sedate boarding school. headed by a par
ticularly prim and severe principal. and
how, seeing an old apple woman, Dickens
bought up her stock and slyly slipped
two apples into the hands Of each girl
and stood by when the Mortified principal
discovered her very select establish
ment munching apples in the street.
Once when staying at Mrs. Cooper's
home at Sunbury, Charles went out, and.
| borrowing some old clothes, disguised
himself as a farm laborer in search Of
work, and so clever was his makeup
that he completely deceived the shrewd
farmer, who, not having work for him.
was prevailed upon to allow him a pIaca
and some straw in one OF his barns,
where he might pass the night
Dickens had a habit OF giving nick
names to his friends and relatives, as