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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
SEEKS PRECEDENT; IS ARRESTED.
Robert Aidrich Of EdwardsviIie, I'LL
in CUSTODY at Washington.

in Custody at Washington.
Washington. Feb. 2.--Robert Aldrich
OF Edwardsyille, ILL.,. bachelor and
farmer, was arrested at the white house
yesterday when he insisted on seeing
the president to discuss territorial ex-
pansipn. He explained that he had
written the president number of let
ters. but failing to receive reply, he
had come to Washington for personal
interview. He made no threats and
offered no resistance. but the police de-
cided to hold him until inquiry could
be made to determine his sanity and
ascertain whether he is proper per-
son to be at large.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
Brown Not . Candidate.

Chicago. Feb Judge George w.
Brown has returned from Iowa and pur
quietus on his boom for the republf-
can nomination for governor. Tho
statement that he left the bench to en-
ter the race is denied by him abso-
lufe1v
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
AN ATTACK ON SHAW.
General Thomas Makes Sensational
CHARGES Apainst Secretary.

Chicago. Feb. 2. Sensational
charges against Secretary OF the
Treasury L. II. Shaw are made by
General Thomas. who was recently re-
moved from his position as appraiser.
General Thomas acuses Secretary
Shaw OF dabbllng in automobile and
oil concerns. and says that his removal
is due 10 peanut politics. Senator Hop
kins Is also included in the charges
made by Thomas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
CUBA TAKES CHARGE.

American Troops Leave Santiago de
Cuba to the cubans.
Santiago de Cuba, Feb. 2.-The
United States transport Sumner sailed
from f,sre today, with the Seventeenth
ana Nineteenth batteries of artillery.
A battery OF Cuban artillery. trained
by American officers at Havana, arrlv-
ed here Sunday from Punta Gorde.
No ceremony attended the transfer of
authority, altho Cuban officials had
prepared an elaborate function.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
IN THE czAR's HANDS.
Reply to Japan May Not BE Forwarded
for Several Day.

ST. Petersburg. Feb. 2-The car now
has before him the report of the spe-
cial council on the Russian response to
Japan. Ailthe papers relating therett
were submitted to him yesterday by
Grand Duke Alexis and the czar is give
ing them his earnest constdera tion. He I,
had not rendered decision up to- 8
O'Clock this evening and It is aurhori-
tatively stated it may be several days
hsfore the response is forwarded to
Toxic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE MEETS.
Holding Two Days Session in St. Louie
10 Make Convention Arrangements.

st Louis. Feb. Pursuant to call
the committee on arrangements for the
democratic national convention. con-
sisting of members of the democratic
national committee met here today.
with all members present. except John
r.. Mclean, OF Ohio. The comTitNsa
will be In session two days
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
PRESIDENT SEES "eAT' FIRST.
Senators Wait While Roosevelt Dis
Cusses Old Ring Battles.

washington, Feb. 2.-PresideEt
Roosevelt's sporting blood. continues TO
circulate freely. Among his callers
Yesterday was bat" Masterson, the
we'll known sporting character and re-
feree Of great ring contests. Whsn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
THE MACHEN TRIAL
Charge. Tha. Change. Were Made
In the Declaration Made by tho In
spectors-Grof on tho Stand To-


spectors-Groff on the Stand To-
day.
Washington. Feb. I'm the postofrlce
trials today Samuel A. Groff continued
his testimony. begun yesterday, re-
garding the transactions of the Croft
Bros. with August W. Machen AMI
George E. Lorenz. in connection with
the sale of letter box fasteners to the
government.
Counsel for defense attacked the in
tegrity of the declaration prepared by
the inspectors and signed by witness
before arrest, alleging three erasures
appeared in 1t, each made with differ
ent ink. Witness insisted he had only
one kind of Ink in the house. Counsel
for the government then took the wit
ness for cross-examination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
stateh ood for oklahoma.

Washington, Feb. 2.-statehood for
Oklahoma was argued today before the
house committee on territories by
Colonel n. q. Havens. OF Enid. Okla.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
DEATH OF FAMOUS FREAK.
40 10, the Dod-Faced Man" Dies in
Sultan's Domain.

New York, Feb. 2.-Theodore Peter
off, the dog faced man. known by the
sobriauet of "Jo-Jo," is dead from
pneumonia. says Herald d!spatch
from Salonica. Turkey. Peteron at
tracted much attention in the United
States. where he was exhibited twenty
years ago by a well known circus pro-
prIetor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02

becoming variable.
PAGE ONE
reiegraphto News
Japan Impatient at the Delay.
Movement of Troops Increases TIE
sion.
Kentucky State Official Murdered.
English Parliament Opened.
Trial of Machen.
The Iowa Legislature.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
lows News il. Brief
Sudden Death at Rockwell.
A. b. Funk For Delegate.
Boone Woman's Strange Actions.
Waterloo People Worked"
The Blydenburgh Trial.
From All Over Iowa.
rAaE FOUR
Editorial
A New Trust Buster"
Danger to American Market.
Business at Leading PointA
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
Looker-on In Iowa.
PAGE FIVE.
General News:
A Coup by Republicans.
Treaty With Colombia.
Miscellaneous News.
PAGES eix AND sEvfM
City News:
City to Have Six Wards.
Ordinance In Effect Saturday.
West Territory New Precinct
Assessments Are Upheld.
A Smoke Ordinance.
Corn Thief Confesses.
Fred Needham Dead.
To Cut Electricians Salary.
The City Field.
PAGE EIGHT.
lows end Commercial.
I Wheat Ruled Higher.
Board of Trade Quotations.
The Cattle Market.
Capital For Philippines.
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for their work from year to s with
confidence that their income dd be
a certain sum, aud they coul tite in
pupils with assurance that = would
be able to take care of the would
put the whole educational * of the
three institutions on a sc and per-
manent basis =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02

Toxic. Feb. 2.-The Russian note is
stiai undelivered and the government
and people of Japan do not possess
definite information concerning the
time of it's arrival or Its contents. RUS
sia's delay. coupled with the announce
ment of the continued movement OF re,
inforcements into Mancnuria, increases
the tension. while 1t dtminishes the all
ready slight prospects for peace. Tho
government has been urged to dispatch
a peremptory note to ST. Petersburg,
threatening to declare war If refused
immediate satisfaction In the way OF a
reply to its previous note. but still tbs
government is patiently waiting. althos
II: is manifest df the delay 10 much
more prolonged 1t will act ensrgeticaI-
ly. Events will move rapidly whaa the
note is finally received. If not satisfac-
tory. and the prospect FOR additional
negotiation is slight. al.ho 1t ds prob
able that Japan Will dispatch an ulti-
matum before striking. The Japansssl
show remarkable outward clam and NO
scenes similar to those in A4hertca as
England before the recent wars wefs
witnessed. There are occasional den-
onstrat lions and outcroppings OF popu-
lar feeling. but the casual visitor 10 the
larger cities can see nothing out OF th1
ordinary in the disposition and behave
ior OF the people. There Is. however.
an undercurrent Of desperate deter-
mination running the nations length
and breadth, more imposing In many
ways than a demonstration. The pep
pie have courted the cost and mads
final preparations, so il forced to fight
are capable of wagmg and sustaining
war in manner that win surprise the
world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
TWINS THRICE TO ONE COUPLE.
HoItz Family at Dundee, Ill.,. Will
Send News to Roosevelt.

Elgin, H., Feb. 2.-Twin boys We're
born to Mrs. Fred Holtz, of Dundee.
Sunday. 1t being the third pair for Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Holtz. The family num-
bers twelve children and letter will
be written President Roosevelt, calling
his attention to the latest additions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
Japan .CHAF[S
At TIE DELAY
Movement of Russian Troops
Calculated to Increase the
Tension in the East
pEREMProRY NOTE is URGED

Would Demand a Reply at Once, Fail.
ing Which Hostilities Would Com
menee-Events Will Move Rapidly IL
the Russian Reply is Not satisfac.
tory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
NJ. s. oTERo DEAD.
He Wa. tho WeaIthiest Man in New
Mexico,

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Feb. IN. S.
Otero, probably the wealthiest man III
New Mexico, delegate to congress
1879 to 1888, and a leading busine IS
man of the territory is dead at his home
here of apoplexy. He was a cousin of
NJ. C. Otero. present governor of New
Mexico.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02
T.-R BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY.
The Weather.

N ne VvSdtTIcTs
Sun rises. Feb. 8. 1907; sets. $40.
Iowa-Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday,: colder in the east portion
tonight cold wave in the extreme
southeast portion. rising temperature
Wednesday: brisk northwest winds,
becoming variable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-02

Paris. Feb. 2.-The Havas agency has
circulated a dispatch to the effect that
Russia's reply to Japan has made tts
impression that war will be avoided,
According to the story printed views
had been exchanged between the Unit
led States and Great Britain on the
subject. The concessions made by RUS
sia go far beyond expectation and IL
lustrate the sentiments of equity and
loyalty actuating the czar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24

war in the New World. In the first
year the New Englanders, instead of
gathering around sociable freplaces.
are abroad, driving before them the
remnants Of the Wampanoag Indians.
whom they have defeated in a great
battle near Narragansett bay; and in
1916 the French are taking Cayenne
in Giana, after a stubborn siege.
In 1886 the Star shines on grim and
moody faces in the town of New York.
Sir Edmond Andross, the first royal
governor and vice-regent of New Eng
land, has just arrived and is making
a roaring Christmas eve of it.
Two years afterward the Star
CLEANS on his royal master, James H..
spending his Christmas eve in the
French court, a fugitive driven from
his throne in England.
Sitting with a few companions by
camp fire in the primeval wilderness
of Pennsylvania, a young surveyor
looks up at it in 1858. He is George
Washington, nine days journey on his
way ESme from Lake Erie, where he
has been to carry a message to the
commander of the French that will
end finally in the French and Indian
war. Indians are prowling on his path
that night, but he looks as serenely
at the Star of Bethlehem as if he
were gazing at it from his home in
Virginia
Fourteen years later. two other
young surveyors pass a similar Christ
mas eve in the wilderness. They are
not to become so famous personally
as that other surveyor, but their
names are destined to be linked for
ever with a great cause. They are
Mason and Dixon, sitting under the
Star at the end of their trail. They
have reached a warpath and the In
dians have forced them 60 stop thirty
six miles from their objective point.
But they have practically run their
line and they finish it On Dec. &c.
Christmas eve, 1878, and there are
bands and flying banners in Boston.
Young and old. mechanics and royster-
ers and citizens OF substance. are
marching together. Singing God
Save the King, they head straight for
the wharves. where two teaships are
lying. Some of the chests 60 over
board, still to the accompaniment OF
the loyal tune. The others are left
on the ships, but the vessels are forced
to return home without unloading.
Lieut.. John Paul Jones, in his new
uniform and clothed in his three-day-
old dignity as member of the Corps
of Naval OfRcers appointed by Con-
gress, swaggers around proudly on
Christmas eve in Philadelphia in 1775.
Ammo Domini 1776 sees $4,000 men
crossing the fce-covered Delaware.
And in 1777 the Star shines on Val
ley Forge. where men sit around pitt
able fires in Tags-penniless, hungry,
freezing, but unfaltering.
Christmas eve. 1888. George Wash
ington has surrendered his commits
sion the day before. For the first
time in seven years. he looks up to
the Star without heavy care.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24
The Christmas spirIt.

1t is the desire and effort to CON
tribute to the happiness of others that
makes Christmas the most delightful
of all our holidays. Children at first.
perhaps, think most of the gifts that
they may receive, but every wise par
ent teaches the child to be a giver as
well as a receiver, and to find the
deeper joy of the Christmas time in
doing something for the pleasure of
some one else. The maxim, 1T is
more blessed to give than to receive. &"
is one of those beautiful statements
that is easy to approve, but one never
knows how true it is until one finds it
verified in experience. We often make
the mistake Of thinking that giving"
consists in the bestowal Of some ma
terial thing. But it really consists in
devotion to another Of what we have:
it may be money, or time, or skill. or
thoughtfulness, or patience. There is
no one so poor that he cannot give
another something. That is the real
joy Of Christmas time. II we carried
the Christmas spirit into all the days
of the year we would make life in.
fnitely sweeter and happier.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24
==--7- SslwilgSSSS
STAR IN THE EAST
Wondrous Story OF the Centuries
That II Told to the Boy
Who Gazed at II.

set. she is a hopeless wreck on the
rocks of the beautiful island.
The Star is to see many cruel things
in the New World after that. It's
serene beam shines on Montezuma in
1919. prisoner in the bloody hands
of Cortez. 1t shines on Cortez again
with his men in the next Christmas
eve. lying before Tezcuco, which he
is to enter and plunder before the end
Of the week.
On the Christmas eve of 1929 and
for ten Christmas ewes thereafter the
Star looks on an American Odyssey.
1t is the Odyssey of Alvar Nunez and
his three companions, sole survivors
Of the expedition Of Pamfilo de Mar
vaez, wandering along the northern
coast OF Mexico, through Texas, to
the Rocky Mountains, and thence to
Mexico, trying to find way to take
them back to Spain. They spend one
Christmas eve in being worshiped as
demigods by a tribe Of Indians. They
spend many others In working as
slaves.
Twelve years later the Star shines
on fernando de Soto, lying in camp
in the Chickasaw country. 1t is the
second Christmas eve away from his
wife, the beautiful Dona Isabella. and
he is never to see her again. The
Star looks down upon him in 1541.
near the Mississippi, with his great
expedition scattered and all but de-
stroyed, but the dauntless heart OF
him brave and unfearing. Christmas
eve, 1912, finds no such person as Her
nando de Soto, Captain General Of Gu
ba, Adelantado Of Florida, on earth.
In 1867 the Star sees a gathering in
Antwerp. It is a terrible gathering
that conceives a thought Of inhuman
wickedness and ferocity. Yet ont of
this Christmas meeting shall a great
freedom be born. For it is that of the
Spanish rulers in the Netherlands.
and at it is adopted the decree Of the
Inquisition that condemns all the in.
habitants OF the Netherlands. with but
few exceptions. to death. And the
War of Liberation follows. It Is the
first to break the cruel and deadeHing
power of Spain.
In the New World the Star looks
on the colonists Of jamestown stealing
out on Christmas eve. in 1907, to get
corn from the Indians by strategy.
Two years later, Christmas eve sees
them suffering grievously for food
again.
Ammo Domini 1920, and the Pilgrim
Fathers rest from their labor Of build
ing the settlement which they have
begun that morning.
Christmas eve, 1875 and 1876. sees
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24

ends of this roll about the neck, as
in figure 3, and the head-dress is com,
plete
The collars ard cuffs for both
Mother and Father Goose are made
from stiff white paper. Figure 4
shows how to cut out the collar and
figure 6 shows the cuffs.
An ordinary cape can be throwp
around Mother Goose's shoulders.
The buckles on her shoes are mad,
from silver paper.
Father Goose should wear lonl
cloak. If this is not obtainable.
well draped blanket does very well
Bind a brightly colored sash aroun,
his waist and let him wear low slip
pers, preferably carpet slippers.
The surprise pie must be so large
that the goose can be hidden awal
in it. If large round basket can be
found big enough for the purpose. II
will do very well. If none is at hand
the pie must be made Of light frame
work of sticks covered with paper.
OF course, if the pie is made Of
paper it cannot be carried in with
the goose inside of it by Mother and
Father Goose, as it can be if it is a
stout basket. So, if made of paper
and sticks, it must be placed in the
room in advance, and must have a
cover thrown over it, and Mother
Goose can uncover it at the proper
moment.
The crust of the surprise pie is
made from large sheet of manila
paper, cut and lettered as in figure s
The goose shown in figure 10
which is the real triumph of the 90
casion, is not so difficult to put to
gether despite its fanatical appear
ance.
The first essential is a small boy
with a temper good enough to sub
NIT to being pinned and sewed and
tucked into his outlandish costume
The neck Of the goose is a broom
stick. The tail is a feather duster
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24
sur Worshlpers, Chrlstmas.

The United States Bureau Of Ethnol-
ogy has been making special study
of Christmas in America, and one sur
prising fact ascertained is that many
of the aboriginal tribes on that con-
tinent, long before Columbus landed,
were accustomed to celebrate festivals
corresponding to that of Yuletide. In
deed. they pursue the practice even to
the present day, and among the Moki
Indians Of Arizona there is much mer-
ry mumming at or about December 25,
with exchange Of gifts and masquerad-
ing by persons who are got up in pic
turesque costumes to represent super
natural beings. The st. Nicholas Of
the Moh is the Sun god. and their
Christmas festival is to celebrate the
beginning of his return northward
from the Land of Shadows that is
supposed to be located in the far
South.
On the top of the highest building
in the town the priest of the Sun
stands and looks toward the South
west where the great San Francisco
mountain uplifts its rocky mass out of
the desert. One end Of the mountain
is prolonged in the Eldon Meso and
by series of foothills and between
the end of the Mesa and the second
series Of hills there is a peculiar
notch. In this notch is supposed to be
the Sun house-the place where the
Sun god has his home. When the
solar orb sinks at nightfall into that
notch it has reached its most distant
point on the horizon and the 21st day
of December has arrived. Formal no
tice of the fact is given by the Sun
priest and announcement is made of
a general rejoicing. Various divinities
dressed in strange costumes will ap-
pear in the town and the occasion will
be signalized by a mystery play SYM
bolizing the struggle of the Sun god
against the powerful spirits which try
to prevent him from returning to the
North.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24

The back is an ordinary pillow. Fig.
ure 3 shows the skeleton"
Tie two sticks. one on each side. Of
the broomstick, as illustrated in fig.
ure IL.
Bind several handfuls Of cotton or
rags around the two sticks where
they cross the broomstick, thus max
ing the groundwork for the head, as
shown in figure l3.
Make a cornucopia Of paper, Just
the length Of the small stick used in
figure IL, cutting it as shown in fig-
ure s. Mark on it the nose and
mouth as indicated.
Gather pillow cases or bolster cor
ners around the boys legs, as shown
in figure ~.
When the pillow, feather duster
and brOomhandle have been ar.
ranged. as shown in figure 9. gather
a sheet around the boy. as shown in
figure IA; Of course leaving an open
ing for his eyss and legs.
Slip a stocking over the head and
neck Of the goose. and then place
the head made out Of the cornucopla
over the sticks that are bound to the
broomhandle.
Sew the cornucopia to the stocking
Paint two large eyes on white paper
and sew these also TOT the stocking.
Throw a pillow case OF table cover
over the back Of the goose for wings.
and pin a large sheet OF paper around
she neck for a collar
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24

ficiates, but on this occasion he is
represented by the Latin bishop. The
interior of the church is most pictur-
esque, for there are only few chairs
provided for foreign visitors while
the bulk of the congregation is made
up of the Bethlehemite women in
their blue dresses, with red frontlets,
wearing peaked caps when married
and fiat caps when single, covered by
white wells.
AS they enter the church they at
first kneel down and then sit upon
the ground in true Oriental fashion.
"In the dimly-lighted church." says
one who has seen the service, these
squatting vari-colored figures, with
their beautiful faces lit up by fits and
starts by flashes of the candles, intent
on devotion, seem like so many
modern Madonnas come to celebrate
the glory Of the first Madonna"
Precisely at midnight the pontifical
high mass is celebrated, the figure of
Christ is brought in a basket and de-
posted upon the high altar, and the
procession forms to accompany it to
the crypt. As the long, chanting pro-
cession winds through the dimly-
lighted church there is something
weirdly solemn about the ceremony.
and as the sacred image passes, vari-
GUS acts of worship are performed by
the devout attendants. On the pro-
cession moves through the rough
hewen, dirnly-lit passages from the
Latin church to the Grotto of the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-24
CHRISTMAS GUe
II in BoIv gand.

Bethlehem, the central spot of in
terest in Holy Land at Christmastide,
is a Christian town set in the heart
Of Mahomedanism where once a year
the Greek church grants the use of
the Grotto of the Nativity to the Latin
church. The ceremonies begin on
Dec. "a by the image Tor "Rambino"
as it is termed in italy, OF the youth
ful Christ being carried from the
Basilica of st. Helena to the sacred
Grotto of the Nativity, where the
traditional spot of Christ's birth is
marked by silver star set in the
rocky pavement.
The service begins at ten o'clock in
the evening. i opens with the chant
ing of Psalms. without any musical
accompaniment The Patriarch of
Jerusalem is usually present and Of