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MESSMER is NAMED.
Green Bay Prelate Will Take Place
of Archbishop Katzer.
Seleetion Made b. Congregation Of
the Propaganda Plcases Catholic
Laity and Clergy in State
of WiscOnsin.

The report that the congregation Of
the propaganda at Rome has decided to
propose to the pope the appointment of
Bishop Sebastian Gerhard Messmer, of
Green Bay, Wis, as archbishop of Mil
waukee in succession to the late Arch
bbishop Katzer Is confirmed.
Roman Catholics at Milwaukee are
much pleased with the selection Of Bish-
op Messmer, of Green Bay, to succeed
Archbishop Katzer. Father Augustin
Schinner, administrator of the Milwau-
kee diocese, who was prominently men
toned himself for the succession, said:
Il expected the selection of Bishop
Messmer all the time. have no doubt
he will be welcome here. He is man OF
great ability"
H. J. Desmond, editor OF the Catholic
Citizen, said: THE appointment of
: Bishop Messmer is not surprising. He
may be looked upon as logically in line
for such promotion. From personal &C
quaintance have learned to esteem him
highly. He is notably interested In all
those movements which aim at the NOR
al, intellectual and social improvement
Of the laity In those matters where
there are chances of differences of opin-
ion Bishop Messmer always has been
classed with the conservative element"
1T is very good choice" said Very
Rev. Joseph Rainer, rector of the Sem
mary at St. Francis. Bishop Messmer.
is a learned man and progressive one.
While he has not received unanimous
support in this diocese, the difference of
opinion has not been vital, and all will
be pleased at the selection"
Bishop Messmer Is an eloquent pre-
late, one of the leaders of the German
Roman Catholics of America. He is a
native of Switzerland, where he was
born at Goldach, Canton St. Gail, on
August 20, 1S47. He received his educa-
ton at Innsbruck, Austria, going thence
to Rome to pursue his ecclesiastical
studies, and he came to this country
when quite young man. He was or
dained to the priesthood on July %, 1871
and for number Of years was profess
sor at Seton Hall seminary, near South
Orange, N. ]. He left that institution to
become a professor in the Catholic uni
versity at Washington, and later was
made rector of st. Peters church at New
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BRITISH ROYAL MATCH,
Prince Alexander of Teck Soon to Be
the Husband Of Pretty Prin-
cess Alice of Albany.

London society is just now greatly in
terested in the forthcoming royal we'd
ding. Princess Alice of Albany, the
bride-to-be, is the daughter of the late
duke of Albany, the sister of the reign
ing duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the
niece of King Edward VII, the cousin
of the queen Of Holland and the niece
of the reigning prince of Waldeck-Pyr-
mont, and as the wife of Prince Alexan-
der of Teck she will be the sister-in-law
of the princess of Wales. She is already
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York; Gillett, of Massachusetts; Lit
tie, of Arkansas; Loudenslager, of New
Jersey; Mccall, Of Massachusetts; Nc
Cleary, of Minnesota; Maddox, OF
Georgia; Mahon, of Pennsylvania;
Parker, of New Jersey; Swanson, of Vir-
ginia; Tate, Of Georgia: Tawney, OF
Minnesota; Van Voorhis, of Ohio;
Wanger, of Pennsylvania, and Williams,
of Mississippi.
-: These men, who were all cubs back in
that congress which net first in the sum-
mer of 1893 to repeal the silver purchase
act, have quite fondness for one an
other. Naturally, as new members,
they were thrown in each others So
ciety. In that congress they had little
to do save to sit back and watch the
wheels go round. So engrossed with
themselves and the business Of the
house were the older members that they
paid little attention to these new men.
who sort of flocked by themselves.
But they are no longer the men who
were merely onlOokers. One OF them,
Williams, is the minority leader; an
other, Tawney, is the republican whip"
and the speakers right hand man. One,
Babcock, has been chairman of the re-
publican congressional campaign COM
mittee in five successive and suce essful
campaigns; one, Cooper, Of Wisconsin.
is chairman of the insular committee.
Dinsmore is the ranking minority men,
Der Of foreign affairs. Nearly every one
of them has taken prominent place in
the house.
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A TALK ABOUT GUAM.
Little Island in the Pacific Is an
Interesting Spot. s..
People Are Industrious and Glad That
Uncle Sam Owns the Island-
Causes That Made Agana an
Important Town.

The only good map that has yet been
made of the island of Guam is the result
Of government survey and has been
published by the war department. The
little sketch map shown here is a reduc-
ton from it, and the map will interest
many because very few people have as
yet any idea of the form of the island,
which is shown in the aliases scarcely
larger than a dot.
In rough way the island may be said
to resemble in form the sole of shoe.
tits only 20 miles long and from three to
ten miles wide, with an area of about
$50 square miles, or seven times as large
as Manhattan Island.
It is the most southern of the chain
of the Ladrones or Marianne islands,
which stretches 420 miles north and
south. All the other islands belong to
Germany, but they are very small, and
Guam is the largest and most important
of the group. 1t is four days steaming to
the east of the Philippines.
We observe on the map great paucity
of information about the interior of the
island. The reason is that the jungle
which covers it is so dense that not even
natives have penetrated far into it, ex-
cept in two or three places where paths
extend from coast to coast.
Guam, like all the other islands of the
Ladrones, was built up partly by out
pourings from volcanoes and partly by
the work of coral insects; but it has this
advantage over islands to the north.
that its volcanoes are all extinct, while
there are still eruptive mountains on
some of the more northern islands.
Guam has some peculiarities. The
northern half of it consists almost Who'll
ly of coral rock, which is very porous,
so that the rain sinks Immediately into
It and makes it's way by underground
channels to the sea, so that there are
no springs or rivers in the northern part
Of the island.
Near the middle in the neighborhood
of Agana, the capital, is a large spring
that yields a ,copious supply of water.
It oozes through swamp and finds its
way into the sea by means Of river
which has been artificially heightened
and turned for mile parallel to the
coast for the convenience of the natives.
This is one of the reasons why two
thirds of the population is centered at
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Agana. The southern part Of Guam has
a number of streams, some of which lose
themselves beneath the surface for a
time and then reappear from cavernr.
Another popularity of Guam is that
nearly all the inhabitants, though farm
ers, live in the town and 60 out to their
ranches to raise their crops. Some OF
them have rude houses on their ranches,
where their families spend part of the
time.
Nearly the entire population of about
5000, distributed among six towns,
Agana containing 6,400 inhabitants:
Sumai, 900; Ynarajan, $780,; Agate, 400;
Merizo, 300 and Umata, 200. A number
of hamlets, each containing few huts,
are distributed along the shores.
II we were to drop into any OF these
towns we would meet men and women
who would welcome us most cordially.
We should find them lighter in color
than the Filipinos, fully clad, compare
lively free from disease, bright of face
and cheerful in disposition, having little
money, but procuring their food from
their farms or the sea and making in
their houses most of the things they
need.
In the towns we should see them liv-
ing in very we'll built houses, many Of
them of stone, surrounded by gardens.
The country houses erected on the
plantations, intended only for temporary
occupancy, are little more than huts.
On Saturday evenings a procession OF
OK carts, mile long, may be seen bring
ing the families back to the capital after
their weeks work, so that they may be
ready for early mass the next morning.
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NEW EUROPEAN CANAL.
cient City Of Corinth to Its Old.
Time Importance.

Few enterprises which have been
started in Europe within the last quar-
ter of century are OF greater CONNER
cial Importance than the new Corinth-
ian canal, picture of which accompa-
MES this story.
When the project was first proposed
many skeptics jeered at it, asserting
that it would cost an enormous sum Of
money and that some of the difficulties
in the way would prove practically in
surmountable. A syndicate was never
theless formed and the work was be-
gun. The task of cutting waterway
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served Aztec masters for centuries be-
fore Cortez appeared on the scene to
impose worse slavery upon them, for
they are not of the superior race of
which so many reminders in the shape
of gold and silver ornaments, stone idols
and curious specimens of pottery have
been unearthed in quantities in several
of the Central American states, and be-
ing the opposite of warlike, they could
easily be held in bondage.
They are not idolaters in any sense of
the word, nor do they profess religion or
hold public worship of any nature.
though their belief tends more to fear
of an evil spirit than faith in a good
one; in fact, the Talamancans present
an instance of nation without doctor,
lawyer or priest, the "sokee," CORE
spending to the medicine man of the
North American tribes, usually combin-
ing the functions of all three. Polygamy
is the most important feature of their
domestic relations, few If any of the
members of the different tribes being
content with less than three to half a
dozen wives, while his Talamancan
majesty might we'll exclaim with
Launcelot: ALAS! Fifteen wives is
nothinge" His seraglio is usually bet
ter provided in point of numbers.
The government of this Indian nation
is entirely hereditary, and it is aston
ishing to learn of the many points of the
doctrine of primogeniture as practiced
by the reigning families of Europe, with
which they are familiar. Their laws
are naturally few in number, both the
legislative and judicial power, as is
usually the case where no fixed princi-
ples of either have been acquired, be-
ing vested exclusively in the king. In
common with others in his position the
world over, he is despot, and rules
according to royal whim where this does
no4 conflict with congratulated GUS
tom. The marital relation is held sa-
cred. The engagement of girl begins
within a few hours of her birth, the
britegroom-to-be making a contract
with the parents at that time. 1t is
usually consummated when she reaches
the age of ten or twelve, q custom that
Is responsible for great disparity in the
age and longevity of the sexes.
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BISHOP s. G., MESSMER.
(Chosen by Propaganda to Succeed to the
Archbishopric Of Milwaukee.)
ark, N. J. 1t was from the latter parish
that he was sent to this diocese, being
consecrated as bishop here March g.,
1892.
During his administration of this
diocese Bishop Messmer has become
highly popular, and his government OF
church affairs has given general salts
faction. He is noted for his learning
and piety, and frequently his advice is
sought by clergy outside the diocese on
questions connected with canon law, in
which he is we'll versed.
While in New Jersey Father Messmer
became prominent with Bishop McFaul
in organizing the National Federation Of
Catholic societies, and at the time be-
came very intimate with Cardinal Mar
tinelli, who then represented the holy
see as ALLOCATE at Washington. In 1892
Bishop Messmer was spoken of as arch
bishop to Manila, but the authorities at
Rome thought it best to have him re-
main In his present position.
At the meeting of Catholic societies in
Chicago in August, 1902, Bishop Mess
mer made notable address in relation
to the friars in the Philippines.
Archbishop Ireland, it will be remem-
bered, had urged Roman Catholics not
to embarrass the Roosevelt administra-
ton in its treatment of the friars, but
Bishop Messmer asserted that Roman
Catholics would be unjustifiably weak
If they did not deal with what public
questions they chose, no matter
whether the discussion of these ques-
lions had been interdicted by certain
church authorities. Said the bishop:
"Now, to be good citizen it is nee
essary that man have an intelligent un
Outstanding of all questions in which his
country is involved. He must proceed
with a clear mind to the discussion Of ali
these issues, and must lend his aid and
influence to their just settlement. He
should not be deferred from this patri-
otto duty by any outside consideration,
and. although the Catholic citizen should
act in accord with his spiritual advisers,
he should remain firm in what he knows
is the right path"
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Man In His Own Rightly
lean girl. for his mother, as daughter
of the Rothschilds, brought to her hus-
band dowry of 81, 100000.
Unlike his father, all Lord Dalmeny's
early ambitions tended toward tho
army. While at Elton he passed his ex-
aminations for the service with excel
lent marks and as soon as the years OF
Oxford were over he took a lieutenant's
commission in the Grenadier guards.
No one knows from whence this young
mans marked athletic tastes come, for
his father as young man did not fancy
sports which required personal exertion.
Lord Dalmeny is a fine cricketer, an ex-
cellent football player. and possesses .
record that goes back to his early days
at Eaton. He also loves horses. He
has lately decided to enter politics.
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BISMARCK OF JAPAN.
Marquis Ito, Whose Death IL Alleged
to Have Been Planned by
Toxic Assassin.

Marquis Ito, a plot against whose life
has just been disclosed, is statesman
of great renown, and also an able naval
and military officer. He commanded
the fleet in 1894 when the Japanese
ships, though considerably fewer in
number. destroyed the Chinese navy.
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Found After Many Years.

A pocketbook containing $50 in gold
was lost eight years ago by Mrs. Davolt,
of New Boston, Mo. She never heard
from it until the other day, when the
money was found in peculiar way. A
young man rode up to the Davolt home
and tied his horse to a tree near the
house. When he returned for the horse
he found that it had paved a pocketbook
out of the earth. 1t was the one Mrs
Davolt had lost eight years before.
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Pig with Elephants Head.

A remarkable animal was lately born
1t Rye, England. 1t is boar pig, with
the head and features of an elephant
One ear is of immense proportions, and
a trunk protrudes from the forehead
Between the trunk and the STOUT there
Is q huge eyebau containing two pupils
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proved much harder than was expected.
but in time all obstacles we're removed
and the canal was constructed. To the
merchants and traders of southern Eu-
rope the canal is bound to prove of i'm.
mense service, since by passing through
it their vessels can reach in few hours
points which it formerly took them sew
eral days to reach. All the maritime
countries of Europe have cordially well
coined the canal and therefore there is
every reason to believe that the money
and labor spent on it will bear good
fruit,
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The half million acres cultivated In
tea in Indian produces 10000, 600
pounds, the investment being about
500 an acre. The labor required is IL
persons to the acre. One pound Of In
dian tea will produce seven and one-haR
gallons of tea of a given strength, while
the tea of China will produce but i've
pallonA
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mu.te Preserves the Hair.

Musicians, as rule, have excellent
heads of hair. In the prime Of life the
musicians hair fourishes most, and in
every 100 music devotees only one hair
less head is met with; while In other
professions about II in every 100 afO
bald
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10 DC 3176o6e0 90 1VU118 33a1So
Alexander of Teck.)
a cousin of the prince of Wales and was
named after the late Queen Victoria s
favorite daughter, who married the
grand duke of Hesse. Princess Alice
was born at Windsor castle February
Is, 1883, is lady of the Royal Order of
Victoria and Albert and, like her moth
er, has been engaged in many good Of
fees since her childhood. 1t is interest
ing to recall the fact that her fiancee,
Prince Alexander of Teck, has Hun
garian blood In his veins through his
grandmother. The late duke of Teck's
father was prince of the house of Wur-
temberg and married Countess Derhedy.
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An Enormous Wine Cellar.

The most capaciore wine cellar in the
world is owned by the Roumanian gov
eminent. A railway tunnel $500 feet
long between Galatz and Barboshi could
not be used for railway purposes, be-
cause Of inferior construction. 1t was
leased to a wine dealer. who has turned
Il into a storehouse for wines
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Japan's Greatest Statesman and One of
the Worlds Cleverest Diplomats)
Ito has been prime minister on two or
three occasions, and for Is years has
been the close adviser of the mikado.
He has travelled extensively in Europe
and America, has studied political sci
ence with the utmost care, and at times
has been called by his admirers the Bis
marck and the Gladstone of Japan.
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Saved By Toss of Nickel.

The jury in case of assault with in
tent to kill, which was tried in Law
renceville, Ind, reached an agreement
in a novel way. They had been out a
long time and failed to agree. It was
then decided that each juror should put
a nickel in a hat, and after the coins
were we'll shaken up, they were to be
thrown out upon table. If there were
more heads up than tails, the verdict
should be an acquittal. Heads won, and
the prisoner, George L. Ryan, was de-
clared innocent.
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Negro Speaks Five Langua

A remarkable negro youth acts as
doorkeeper at the apostolic legation in
Washington. His name is James J.
Mattingly, he is 81 years o. age, he
fluently speaks five languages and is
studying three more.
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Eagle In q Good Faster.
An eagle can live 20 days without food.
and q condor 40 days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-31
RUSSIA's NEW COMMANDERS.

The belief that Russia has settled
down to the conclusion that she has a
serious task before her in the far east,
appears to be verified by the recent
change in commanders on both land
and sea. The dispatches indicate UNI
bounded confidence in Makaroff and
Kuropatkin on the part of the ears
government and important develop
ments are expected soon as the result
of their arrival at the theater of war.
General Kuropatkin is rated as Russia's
ablest soldier. His desperate courage
and his ability as a strategist, have
been proved in other wars. Yet his
tory reveals the fact that leader may
be enlinently successful In one conflict
and fail utterly in another where con-
ditions and the character Of the foe en-
c0untered are radically different. Eng
lands General Braddock was accounted
an able commander on the battle fields
of Europe, but he failed to sustain his
reputation in the wilderness before Du
Quesne, and unless the Japanese have
been vastly overrated the famous Rus
sian is about to confront a foe more
dangerous than he ever faced before.
1t is pointed out that Russia defeated
the Turkish forces in the war of 1873
and that there is no more desperate
fighter In the army OF any-nation than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-31

| tha Turk This i trua h,t 4ba annin-
mant or 4bs T,,rk;sh .r,,,- was infer
! ior. it was ill-clo+ba6 i,i-fas and short
of ammunition l3o,,inr rho ,.arv re-
oufren,ents on p-b;oh N,,oi,o, Ibid .tbn
greatest stress. Even under such ad-
verse conditions the sultan,s forces
We're conquered only After a desperate
struggle
Russia fenrht against Turkey with
the flower of her army In the present
war. it is SAID that she has kent her
most efficienr warriors at home 10 meet
any posible domestic emergencies that
may arise.
The Victories that the Russian army
aabi.,-.s 80 sl,,.avs .,,o,,,,,;.ha, ~,
rr;,,, ,on,,,oa .,s aorraa 5.,a,.,,,,,,o
tfon ny, aash ana aa,,,s witch ca
OTIS, ,,acidla !, contrast ara ona,,tias IN
a,;,, .I,a p..e; ,t,; 4. .7,sa,.i,.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-31
EurYigE shls lurstalnn anu Ihursdag narh st. 1904

can party OF Iowa With the fun strength
of the national convention. shouting the
while for Roosevelt and victory?
A HEART TO HEART TALK.
ICherol,ee Times.
The editor of this sheet has not been
q Cummins ranter or hater. He was
not in favor of dispacing Gear 10 make
room for Cummins We are in sympathy
with the governor in mis- endeavor to
prevent mergers. We do not believe
that monopoly shelters rusts, we firm
ly believe in protective tariff but not
to the extent of making 1t a fetch in
the blind worship of which no evil can
be seen. When q nauralized citizen
can ra-visit his native heath and write
back to his home paper as Tom Simp
son of Ida Grove did last week TO the
Pioneer there is something to be recti-
fled in schedules. Nj. Simpson in
writing from Scotland, says:
There are all kinds of American
machinery here. One Of my nefghbors
has Deering binder exactly like
bought of W. J. Anderson two years
ago.
Il had some meat for dinner today
that was butchered in America, frozen
and shipped here and hen sold for II
cents a pound We can buy American
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the CURE FOR BLUES.

4. If DR.. Albert Abrams Of San Fran
cisco is correct in his conclusions, his
alleged discovery is the greatest since
chloroform was first used to induce
anaesthesia. DR.. Abrams has written
q book in which he argues in support
Of the theory that the depression Of
spirits, commonly designated as blues, =
is the result OF tight clothing which
'impairs the tonicity of the abdominal
muscles" creates Q sluggish digestion
and a congestion of the veins. Blues
follow as symptom and a result.
Hereafter when blue devils" are in
the saddle and sorrow holds its victim
In thraIl, the remedy is close by and
handy. The unsuccessful lover will
simply loosen his belt buckle as ne
goes down the front steps and let hope
occupy the widened area of his inside.
The defeated politician may soothe
chagrin and acquire calm by the mere
loosening of the waist band. There
need no more be recourse to red liquor
as an adjunct and promoter of cheer.
f,llnesss and hilarity. A loose surcingle
is all that is needed. How the uncivil-
ICED, beltless and lacking Wristbands
will conjure their abdominal muscles
Into gayety. DR.. Abrams has offered no
suggestion.
There is. however much in the
doctors theory that is suggestive ana
valuable. The farmer the laborer,
children and athletes in their loose
clothing and with their simple food,
keep healthy and blooming health Is
an antidote and an enemy to depres-
sion- A disordered stomach is the
citadel of the blues" Loose clothing,
plenty of exercise and plain, nutritious
food are excellent agents with which to
jolly UP the abdominal muscles inside
and out