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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
RURAL CARRIERS DUTIES.

Fourth Assistant Postmaste General
station of rural mail carriers be raised
to $750 annually and that the carriers
be restricted to the simple Official du-
ties OF a mail carrier as in the case
OF city carriers. His recommendation
II adopted would cut off the carrying
OF express matter and packages sent
otherwise than by mail and deprive the
carrier of his present privilege to act
as soliciting agent for newspapers and
periodicals. He would under Bristow's
plan, make carrying the mail his entire
bue.ness at a rise in salary considerei
large enough to cover any possible loss
contingent upon the restriction OF his
privileges and perquisites.
Precicely the same plan was ad-
vanced In the Tinles-Republican long
ago as necessary to the good Of the
service and advantageous to the car
yters and the same sum named as a
3ust compensation. Not one carrier In
ten makes $50 a year from his COM
missions on newspapers and fees for
package deliveries. The added $3.50 a
year recommended by Mr.. Bristow will
cover the carriers loss in most cases
ten times over There has been much
complaint from patrons OF delayed mail
caused by the privilege granted the car
yier to take subscriptions. Such car
riers as made any money from newspa-
per agencies made q business OF So
iicitation at certain periods OF the year
and while they plead and argued with
q possible patron for 10
cent commission anxious farmers
with stock ready for shipment funnel
and waited for their market reports.
Newspapers justly complained Of dis
elimination by carriers in favor Of their
rivals. Carriers assumed that the ter
rttory covered by the routes belonged
primarily to them and resented the ad-
vent Of other solicitors. The low wages
OF the carrier make some other means
Of revenue other than his salary pres
ent ana pressing necessity. II he takes
advantage OF his privileges and the ser
Vice SUFFERS. criticism should be tern
pered with sympathy. But both tbs
carrier and the public will be better
ON when his duties are confined 20
mail delivery at a respectable stipend.
senator Cullosn's stipulation OF $500
viii meet no opposition in the country
but the bill should carry Mr.. Bristow's
recommendation as one Of its provi-
sions and the rural mail carrier cease
to be an express or newspaper agent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
CROWD AoAxEo BY AID:
Hidden Treasure Competitions Causes
Funny Situation in London.


London, Dec. An the agony col
umn of yesterday mornings Times
there appeared about two score of sep
arate advertisements consisting simply
of the words Agreed on, doubly
agreed on" these in some cases being
followed by Initials Curious as this
was something stranger still was yet
to come About o'clock in the morn
ing crowd of people gathered In
street off the strand all excited and
all apparently in quest of something
or somebody.
Suddenly there appeared district
messenger boy. There was wild rush
of the waiting crowd, every member OF
which shouted
Il am Mr. Miggs. Have you got a
letter for me?'
The boy was on quite another err
rand, and was so surprised he had to
be rescued by policeman.
After that whenever district mes
senger boy appeared he was mobbed
but the excitement reached great
pitch, when boy did arrive carrying
an envelope with the name "Miggs'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
LAND HUNGER.

LAND HUNGER.
washington, Ia. Press.]
The Indians. the primitive owners of
this continent were the very worst real
estate dealers that ever lived on 1t.
They hadn't lick of sense. II they
had held onto the land, think what a
spec. they would have made! 1t cost
them nothing to begin with. and appre-
citation and the 'unearned increment
would all have been theirs! But they
let areas equal to townships, counties.
states, slide for few beads and color
gaws. They didn't care a straw for
land to cultivate, save the patches for
sweet corn, beans, ETC.; they priced
land only as platform to chase deer
and buffalo, and white enemies on.
Away 1t went, vast rich tracts for a
song, for an annuity. The result of
their irnprovidence is, they are now
shut in pent-up Uticas as reservations
and their reality Is nearly all gone
where the woodbine climbeth.
But were they much more foolish
than men who came here In an early
day and failed to rlvet down on the
round earth lot of this fat, black
land? Pioneers, who have died here
in recent years, did not own enough
OF this land to bury themselves In.
Or were the Indians much more i'm
privident than hundreds of our present
citizens who, twenty-five years ago.
had not foresight enough to get hold of
several cheap farms and hang onto
them, and sell them now for $500 per?
1 feel every day like kicking myself
that l was as land stupid as the In
dams. 1t would have paid anyone.
twenty five or thirty years ago. when
farms could be bought for $40 to S25
an acre, now worth four and five times
as much,-it would have paid anyone
to go in debt, borrow money, and salt
it down in a lot OF black diamonds.
But hundreds of us were dull, careless
Indians, our brains made of punk and
"lobbered" milk, and we are now left
like the redmen. "landless resolutes.
A keen real estate dealer Is about the
smartest type of man known. The
best of all hunger is earth hunger.
The man who wishes to own the
earth" il 1t. He arrives. He Is real
For he deals in realty, real estate, AL!
that Is real comes out of land-crops,
stock, oil, gas, coal, gold. silver and
other minerals All the real values thai
we develop and seize and utinxe come
out of the earth. We do not make our
living and fortune out of saturn ven
u.s. Mars Jupiter, or Moon, but out OF
earth. Strange that we do not cleave
to the soil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

gate. The ticket taker gravely exam
ined the writing and let him take
few steps inside, then he called MIN
back and said, in loud voice:
Hold on. my friend; / forgot. l:
will be necessary for you to leave that
pass with met"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

The supreme court of Iowa holds IN
officer. "a N. W.. a4s. shat where an
executor makes general deposit OF
money belonging to the estate In an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Mrs. Nation should understand that
no fussy old woman will be permitted
to address the senate unless she is a
member of that body.-Kansas City
Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
The Norsk Nightingale.
TMilwaukee sentinel.l

milwaukee oeutlueisl
We ban crowded op in cabin,
Not q soul ban saying word.
1t ban storming guide and plenty
And ay tenk nobody stirred.
1t ban awful teng in venter
tn be out in little ship
Ven der ban big vend. ay tai yu,
Yu ant feeling very flip.
Val, We al ban feeling seasick,
Some ban scared. and saying Pray
ers;
I'VE ban LOST" the captain tai US,
AS he falling down the stairs.
Dis har captains little daughter
She ant scared, ay tai yu dat;
She yust laugh, and tai her father.
"Yu ban talking true yure hail"
.Vat yu say?" her father tai her.
cay tenk yu ban purity rude!
Eff WI ant stop getting sassy
Ay skol spank yu purity gude!"
But his daughter ant ban nervous
No, sir, she y7lst standing pat,
And yonce more she tai her father
'sYu ban talking true yure hat!
Then she tai him 'ay ban reading
Bood vich Missus Eddy write,
And she say eff We believing,
We skol coming out all right.
$50 ay yust believe dis schooner
Ant ban going to senk at all.
Ay ban struck on dis har science
Az ant fraid for any squall!
Purity sumo dis har old vend storm
It stop blowing, and next day
Ship skol coming into harbor
SO We ant ban drowned, yu say.
Az ant know eff Missus Eddy
Tai dis schooner not to senk.
But ef Wind had yust kept blowing.
Oar ban hal to pay. ay tenk!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
One Hundred Dollars a Box

Is the value H. A. Tisdale, of Summer.
ton, S. c., places on DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He says: Il had the
piles for twenty years. I tried many
doctors and medicines, but all failed
except DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. II
cured me-" 1t is a combination OF the
healing properties of witch hazel with
antiseptics and emollients; relieves and
permanently cures blind, bleeding
itching and protruding piles, sores
cuts, bruises, eczema. salt rheum and
all skin diseases. Sold by druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07


business will find the world Is moving
too fast for his principles and he must
revise them or become 'rnossback.'
The Sac Sun favors The state mar
shais' law and declares The movement
offers no interference with the right of
the citizens OF locality to decide
whether they will permit saloons, but
it aims to bring about compliance with
law in every locality. Those who want
to reserve to the localities the right to
nullify the laws of the state very prop
erly oppose the marshal movement, but
many law respecting licence advocates
as well as pruhibitionists are aligning
themselves in 'avor OF it
"The only trade stamps in circula-
ton In Fonda are those given out by
Postmaster Madison" proudly remarks
the Fonda Times.
When the day comes when men will
have to hustle to keep their Jobs there
Will be much less strike talk" says the
Davenport Republican.
1T Is rot always WISE says the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican. ITO make 1t too
hard to secure divorce, for greater
evils may result, but the divorce laws
of South Dakota promote neither vir-
tue nor happiness
but so long as monies and credits
are taxable" the Dubuque Telegra phi
thinks. 1--WE should keep ferret sys-
tenn to enforce compliance with the
law, just as we keep peace officers.
The evils OF the present law may be
readily remedsed by making the ferret
an official. appointed by the super
visors. and his tenure of Office condi-
toned on good behavior"
The iowa City Republican notes that
some OF the newspapers think some
thing Is ON politically because Sena-
tor Tom Healy Colonel Dave Palmer,
John Herriott. Senator Molesberry, ex-
Governor Larrabee Jim Trewin and
some others were all in Des Moines at
one time" The Republican can only
think of one thing that could bring
such a con1en NAL lot OF men together
at once the possible Joint purchase OF
Des Moines newspaper"
IF Hanna can put up good fight
for Major Ra.hbone, what would he be
ahle to do fer friend OF the proper
kind?" inquiries the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette
1.-THE sight of dozen youngsters,
some OF them scions Of our best fam
ilies.' marching thru the streets on
Thanksgiving day to the inspiring
cry
'Hullabaloo-Hullaba
We are making HI of a fuss
'is considered by the Denison re-
view hardly in keeping with the spirit
of the day. The words were undoubt-
eddy true, but trifie unseemly."
You can now buy turkey for IS
cents per pound and get all the chinks
Of the basket filled with trading
stamps declares the Sioux City Jour
nal and demands. where is that fell
| low who has been growing about the
appalling increase In the cost of liv-
ing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
wELL1vER WOULDN'T BARTER.

did you ever hear about the ex-
perience of Jud Welliver in publishing
a weekly paper at Corning?' queried
Senator Garst, of group of politicians
who surrounded him in the Slavery
lobby the other evening. "Of course
you all know Welliver. and will recog-
nize how amusing it Is. An undertaken
of Corning was carrying an ad. In Juds
paper, and after a few months. Jud
went around to collect the bill. We
never pay cash for advertising here.
responded the undertaken, to Welliver's
polite request. The publisher always
trades out advertising accounts. l
suppose that is the reason Welliver went
to Sioux City"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Foleys Honey and Tar positively
cures all throat and lung diseases. Re-
fuse substitutes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Eminent n,ammalogists inform us
that 1t is possible extinct animals are
still living" Nothing-not even the
faculty OF the University of Chicago
can surprise us any more.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Winnipeg-A parcel containing &c.
coo sent by mail from bank In Win
nipeg to Vancouver has been lost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Stockholders who have acquired
their shares and their interest in the
corpora ton from alleged wrongdoers
and thru prior m.smanagement are
held. In Holme Fire Insurance Com
pany VS.. Barber (Nebraska), 60 l.. r.
A. 927. to have no standing to COM
plain thereof.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

With two judges dissenting the SUI
preme court of appeals OF West Vir-
ginia hold in Findley VS.. Cunningham.
a. S. e. 472. that an executor or ad-
ministrator can not make new prom
Use to pay debt OF his decedent either
before or after the debt has been
barred by the statute OF limitations.
See Thomson vs.. Peter. ~ Wheat, 500.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Dallas, Tex-Jerry Simpson, the for
mer leader Of the popriist party. has
come out strongly for Judge Parker.
OF New York. as the democratic nonai-
nee for the presidency next year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

A judge of court of record is held,
in Webb VS. Fisher (Tenn.), so L. r. A.
7s1. not to be subject to a private ac-
ton for oppressitely. maliciousiy and
corruptly entering a decree disbarring
ar attorney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Wesley News World is con-
WINGED the .stasa patter' in politics and
business will find the world is moving
too fast for his principles and he must
revise them or become a 'mossback.' !"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

1t is to be hoped that along with
those thousand Krag rifles shipped to
the militia Of Colorado. the war de-
partment has included a supply OF soft
nosed riot bullets. II our people must
be shot up let's mangle them right
Houston (Taxas) Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

apparently solvent bank. neither he
nor his cestul que trust Is entitled to
any preference over other creditors of
the bank merely because the deposit
was trust fund to the knowledge of
the bank.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

There is no truth in the report that
the envoy of the new Panama republic
had three fingers of the right hand
broken when greeted by President
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Senator Plat says Senator Hanna
is as much In favor OF the nomination
OF President Roosevelt as I am" And
how much Is that. please ?-Washing-
ton Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
NEwsPAPER1NG.

[Paul Mclean in Creston Gazette.1
Newspapering. while 1t is fascinat-
ing. is one of the most slavish of occu-
pations. No other profession exacts
the same amount of toll with so little
opportunity for relaxation. The lahorer
on the street knows that his work is
done when the clock strikes the hour.
To the newspaper man, the completion
of one task marks but the beginning
of another, so that 1t may be said Of
him as truly as of the housewife that
his work Is never done. I know this to
be fact, and know also that the fact
is one which is little appreciated by
those not initiated in the mysteries of
the newspaper production. The point
I am seeking to make is that labor -
worthy of Its hire in the most liberal
sense of the term and that conditions
forward surround the path OF the sue
making for prosperity must hence
cesor of the Gazette and Advertiser,
both of which in the old sense are now
nom existent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

The Marquis de Castellane writes an
article entitled, An Age OF Little Eff
fort" Thanks TO the Gould millions
the Marquis knows whereof he speaks
Atlanta Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

. The assurance that Colombia does
not intend TO go to war with the
United States does not seem to have
cheered Wall street as much as 1t
should.--Kansas City Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Professor iserviss says that the PLAN
ct Jupiter has six floors and a base
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

If they should make Uncle Joe" Can
non vice president, wouldn't 1t be Il
joke on the senate ?-Philadelphia
North American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Mr.. Hobscn's measure to appropriate
over two ana half billions for a
mammoth navy may be based on the
presumption that Uncle Sam Is going
into the franchise business as pro-
fessional promoter. Birmingham
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
ment. We always thought Jupiter
was something of sky-craper.

The president. it Is announced, will
keep his hands off the Delaware fight.
but that need not prevent his putting
his foot on it.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

You can .aow buy q turkey for IS
cents per pound and get all the chinks
Of the basket filled with trading
stamps" declares the Sioux City Jour-
nal and demands. where is that fell
low who has been growing about the
appalling increase in the cost of liv-
ing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

"The only trade stamps in circula-
ton In Fonda are those given out by
Postmaster Madison" proudly remarks
the Fonda Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Hullabaloo-Hullaba
We are making hi of a fuss
"is considered by the Denison re-
view hardly In keeping with the spirit
of the day. The words were undoubt-
eddy true. but trifie unseemly."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

When the day comes when men will
have to hustle to keep their jobs there
will be much less strike talk" says the
Davenport Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

On the import side manufactures
show a slight decrease as compared
with October. 1902.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

1.-THE sight of dozen youngsters,
some Of them scions of our best fam
lies marching thru the streets on
Thanksgiving day to the inspiring
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

1T is rot always WISE" says the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican. ITO make 1t too
hard to secure divorce. for greater
evils may result. but the divorce laws
of South Dakota promote neither vir-
tue nor happiness"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23
Veteran Railway Man Dead.

Chicago, April 21.-Colonel William
r. Arthur, formerly president Of the
Illinois Central road, is dead on his
farm near Urbana. Ills, aged 50 years
He was an engineer of great ability.
Colonel Arthur was president and gen.
eral manager of the Illinois Central
from 1858 to 1865. The remains will
be taken to Hillsboro, o., where he
was born. President Fish. of the Iili-
nois Central, has sent his private car
to convey the funeral party to Ohio.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23
JUDGE HANEcY REVERSED
Durborow-Lorimer Ballot Box
Row at Chicago.

Durborow-Lorimer Ballot Box
Row at Chicago.
Springfield, Ills, April 22.-The SUI
preme court in the Lorimer-Durborow
contested election case, decided that
Judge Hanecy had no Jurisdiction of
the contest, and ordered the release of
the Cook county election commission
ers from custody on writs of habeas
corpus. The opinion, delivered by
Chief Justice Magruder, was an oral
one, and was quite brief. No attempt
was made to go into the reasons for
the decision. A 70 NAL and extended
written opinion will be filed at later
term All that the court had to say,
after merely referring to the title Of
the case, was as follows:
I'VE are Of the opinion that the CIR
cult court has no jurisdiction to enter
tain the bill referred to in the petition
for habeas corpus. A court of chancery
cannot interpose authority in such
cases. As the circuit court was with
out jurisdiction the orders made by it
In the proceedings were null and void.
The order granting the injunction was
equally void and the adjudication that
the REALTORS were in contempt was also
void 1t follows that as the court is
without authority Of law the relators
are entitled to be discharged"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23

Hammond, Ind, April 21.-If the
promoters of the races at Roby insist
on selling pools or making bets of any
kind the police commissioners. acting
under orders vf Governor Durbin, will
force the fifteen days meeting to close.
No bets have been taken at the track,
although one may be made which will
be followed by an arrest and a test
case. The police say they will not per-
NIT hand book making or private wag-
ers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23

only as much as he may have gath
cred by collecting postage stamps. With
English literature he is not even on
terms of distant politeness. The style
and composition of his letters would
make housemaid smile, and modern
history. whether of his own country
or of the world in general, is sealed
book to him. a.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23

Butte, Mont, April PA special
to The Miner from Billings, Mont,
says: President Roosevelt's itinerary
has been changed to provide for a
stay OF one hour at Edgemopt, s. D.,
instead Of five minutes as previously
announced. This is done in order that
the president may give reception to
his numerous friends from the Black
Hills country, as his tour does not con-
template a visit to that section.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23

Valetta,. Island of Malta, April 2L
king Edward reviewed 5000 blue
elaborate ceremony, laid the founda-
ton stone of the breakwater which is
to protect the entrance of the grand
harbor. In the evening there was
water carnival in the harbor, the feat
ures of which were floating models Of
thirteen types of vessels of various
periods, from Noah's ark to the battle
ship Edward VII.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23
IN ERROR ALL THROUGH
That Is What the Merger Lawyers Think
Think of the Decision-Dividends
May Be Paid.

st. Paul, April 81. : Thi:ty-four
points of error are alleged by the
counsel for the Northern Securities
company and other defendants in their
appeal from the decision of the circuit
court, in the great merger case. Ex-
ceptions are noted TO every paragraph
in the decree and the court is claimed
to be in error in rendering any decree
save one for a dismissal of the petition
and proceedings.
Circuit Court Judge Sanborn has
handed down a decision granting the
request OF the attorneys for the North
ern Securities company to be permit
ted to pay Great Northern and North
ern Pacific dividends to the Northern
Securities company. The decision is
ito prevent unnecessary loss or injury
to the parties" to the litigation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-23

Los. Angeles, Cal, April 22.-In an
interview David B. Henderson, ex.
speaker of the house of representa-
tives, said: president Roosevelt will
be nominated, in my opinion, by the
next Republican convention. That goes
without saying. and he will have no
opposition No other name viii 60 be-
fore the convention