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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
ONE LOAN SHARK REBuFFeD.

At last loan shark has been brought
to grief in Chicago. Hounded almost
to desperation, driven to the bankrupt
cy court, and thrown out of various
jobs by the exactions of loan shark,
James e. Paul. telegraph operator in
Chicago, has sued for and obtained an
injunction from Judge Chetlain, of the
superior court, restraining a loan shark
from larassing him with suits in the
justice courts.
The petition cites case that is but
typical of what is going on continually
in our cities. Paul says that his
only loan from the shark was $40 but
that he went surety for his friends and
had their notes to pay. He says he
Gpaid interest to the shark at the rate
|of 100 per cent per annum; that at no
time was the face of the claims against
aim more than $500 all told, but that
II the year 1896 alone he paid the shark
Over $1,000. Finding the load too heavy
he went thru bankruptcy and now
Wants the shark to let him alone, since
thu latter persists in suing him in spite
/ of his discharge from bankruptcy.
Faurs case is but one of many thou
sanis. A merchant of Atlanta recently
4 testfying before legislative commit
tee said that in his opinion two-thirds
of tie young men of Atlanta were in
| to the loan sharks. A mechanic in
Chicago recently told the T.-R. that OF
/ 141 men employed on one floor of a
large concern over 100 were Gin" to the
loan Sharks. These conditions are a
curse to city life far greater than were
the mortgage sharks of early western
develoIment. A wide field for whole
some legislative reform is here open fol-
IeXploitation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08

other and move on the next day. The
women could gather at one home for a
sewing bee with their sewing machines
along with them and the men could put
in each day crawling the roads There
would be no end to the fun to be had
and it would not be long until our
country roads We're graveled. At JEFF
ferson, Iowa, the business men and
township trustees have co-operated in
the hiring of farmers teams to gravel
the highways leading out of that town
until there is hardly a country road
within that township that is not grav-
eled and in perfect repair. The old
fashioned barn raising had too many
social advantages to be lost altogether
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
! OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW
The Primal Cause Of the General slo-


The Primal Cause of the General Sio-
cum" Disaster.
Those down-east Yankees have been
locating the cause of the terrible dis
aster that occurred from the burning
of the excursion steamboat, General
Slocum. They have indicted not only
the captain and other officers OF the
boat, but also the company officials
representing the stockh olders, the real
owners of the boat. The press has lent
helping hand and the outcome will be
a. more rigid inspection of the excur-
sion craft of all sorts and better en-
forcement of all the laws concerning
steamboats, and the daily excursions in
and around New York. This, like the
agitation by the Iroquois theatre hor-
ror in Chicago, will gradually lessen,
and in. another decade history will pro-
baby repeat itself.
But these Yankees are not satisfied
with finding out the reasons of this
disaster, in so far as the actions of men
are concerned. They are going deeper.
Some one published letter in the New
York Sun, which intimated in plain
language that if God the creator and
ruler in all things was the cause OF
this terrible loss of life and incidental
agony and suffering, then it deprived
Him Of the attributes of justice and
mercy And then the letter writer's be-
gan their work. Many hundred letters
deluged the Sun Office. Realizing, as
the Sun always does, the province of a
great newspaper, it opened it's columns
to the best efforts from infidel and
Christian alike. Out of the many the
following are republished as sample.
Here are the clippings:
THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE.
Complaints Because The Sun Gives 1t
Up.
To the Editor of The Sun-Sir: Are
not our ideas in regard to Gods love-
Gods mercies' future existence,
etc. all founded upon selflshness? Does
not the same Power which brings man
into existence also bring the horse, the
dog and the lowly ant into existence
Is there as much difference between the
lowest order of animate creation and
man as there must be between man and
that Power which can control the des>
tines of us all? In His sight is there
any difference between the ant, ever
busy. and "the lord of creation" busy
rrst of the time? May not any such
al serence be in favor of the ant who
[dt not waste time in trying to fathom
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
disaster occurred

disaster occurred, flooded with letters
not concerning the captain of the Cen
eral Slocum, not referring to the negli-
gence of the inspection, not expressing
indignation towards a set of stockhold-
ers whose greed made this horror pos
sible, but containing discussion of the
religious questions suggested by the
occurrence. In other words they are
after the primal cause of all such
things which of course includes war,
famine, flood and fire. A similar men-
tai condition sought expression in the
columns of the Sun Immediately after
the Galveston flood and the Baltimore
fire.
1t does not seem to strike many OF
these controversialists, the uselessness
of these discussions, because each ar
gument is based upon an entirely diff
ferent proposition. These lnhdels,
atheists and agnostics, utterly deny
the authority of the Bible, and yet rush
upon their opponents with sledge nam
mer blows, to prove that a God cannot
have the attribute of mercy that al
lows such things. Yet such infidels
deny the authority from whence comes
the claim of a god of love and mercy.
The Christian letter writer, claims that
God is a merciful and loving Father
and yet allowed these Sunday school
children to be drowned and burned by
hundreds, takes the ground it was an
inscrutible act of Providence. yet fails
entirely to destroy the argument of the
inf1del. And it seems fully as strange
to some of us to find our most lntelll-
gent men and women of 1904 sticking
to and arguing in favor of the idea OF
a personal god, as to read the utter
ances of another fully as intelligent
a class denying the existence of a god,
the Greater and ruler of this and all
other worlds. This seems all the more
strange, when neither side have a
single fact upon which to base such
arguments as have appeared in this
discussion in the Sun. Those who
use the Good Book, have only mans
say-so to prove their argument. Those
who deny the authority of the Bible
and the existence of a creator, have
only their own reasoning faculties for
proof Isn't it much more sensible to
say we don't know? Isn't it much bet
ter sense to believe, even if we don't
know that there is an all-wise creator
and ruler of the universe, and stop
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
ROAD BUILDING BEES.

The state of Washington is recognized
as one of the leading wheat producing
states, and wheat farming necessitates
much hauling of the crop to market.
Many farmers haul their crop fifteen to
twenty-five miles to elevators or rail-
way stations. The heavy teaming an
the highway wears the thoroughfare
into deep ruts and many sections be-
come almost impossible for heavy
loads. A custom has been established
called STRAW day. in which all the
farmers devote a day to repairing the
public roads with straw. The universal
Observance of the event is prompted
by a general community Of interests.
Teams haul loads of straw and the far
need repairs. A days cooperative
work puts the highway in such condition
that farmers can easily market their
bumper crop of wheat.
Road building of this kind does not Of
fer much for emulation by Iowa farmers,
but there is an objecr lesson in this
custom that could be turned to good
account in this state. For instance,
this is the season of ptcnicking and
fail festivities among Iowa agricultur-
lists. Suppose the twenty-five families
living along an average five-mile
stretch of country road organize a week
OF progressive parties such as the
smart town folk think quite original.
The whole party would take dinner at
one members home. and supper at an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
COMBINATIONS. .ECoNoMlc LAWS.

Two irresistible laws confront the
makers of combines, the one, that OF
supply and demand, the other that OF
substitution. The Standard Oil Com
pany and the local grocer attempting
the control of butter and eggs, alike
are unable to prevent the perfect work
Of these laws. We can admit that both
referred to agencies, may temporarily
but their force is felt sooner or later.
For instance, the price of gasolene has
nearly reached the prohibitive stage,
for many practical purposes. Even now
substitutes are being sought by many
using it as power. Cotton is another
Illustration. The combine forced the
price to such a point that manufctur-
ers could not use it, because consumers
by using substitutes, lessened the de-
mand and lowered the price. The an
thracite coal combine, can only ask a
certain price for their product, before
substitutes are found. Undoubtedly
there exists a combine to control the
wheat market. A short supply creates
an artificial demand. Spectators may
force some of the public to pay a big
price for -four, but even now dealers
notice an increased use Of corn meal,
potatoes and other vegetables. The
meat packers have once or twice put
the price up until the demand material
ly lessened and the substitution of fish,
eggs and cereals occurred. All this is
just as true of labor. Whenever and
wherever an Ubiquitous corner of la
Dor has shown itself, demand lessens
and substitution Of machinery occurs
And in all these mentioned things,
whether natural or artificial products
frequently it has happened that tenn
porary substitution becomes perma-
nent because of it's superior advan-
tages
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Praise of chamberIain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.

"Allow me to give you a few words
in praise of Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy" says Mr..
John Hamlet, of Eagle Pass, Tex Il
suffered one week with bowel trouble
and took all kinds of medicine without
getting any relief, when my friend, Mr..
c.. Johnson a merchant here, advised
me to take this remedy. After taking
one dose / felt greatly relieved, and
when / had taken the third dose was
entirely cured. / thank you from the
bottom Of my heart for putting this
great remedy in the hands of man~
kind" For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Topics Of the Times

The japanese rice crop is reported
good. So is their harvest of Russian
whiskers.
RUDE McFlerren, of Mason City, ex-
presses surprise and consequent UNI
canniness at his nomination for
county attorney by the democrats Of
Cerro Gordo county and he hastens to
explain that he is a republican. Only
the few who have actually read their
own obituaries can adequately sympa-
thize with Ruhie's present state of feel
ing.
The Sioux City Tribune complains
that trip thru any part of the north
west reveals too many corn stalks
without ears, yet the Tribune will ad-
wise men in those same parts to vote
the democratic ticket which is to act
as tho they had no ears
sTa
Kuropatkin Threatens to make Agu-
inaldo's record as ia long distance run
ner look like a dirty deuce
Democratic papers who persist in
pointing to the alleged fact that Fair
banks moves more like a glacier than
an enthusiastic candidate should re-
member what happen to small men,
sycamores and even mountains that get
in the way of a glacier when it begins
to move.
$50
The Waterloo Reporter, charging to
a seven colurnn page, explains that
the rapid growth Of Waterloo has de-
nanded it. The Courier still clings to
the suspicion, however, that it's change
to seven column size sometime ago
had something to do with the demand.
Howbeit the Reporter hay been and will
be a paper of great credit,to the factory
city.
If a man can read character in the
human face let him gaze upon the por-
traits of Roosevelt and of Judge Par
ker before he casts his vote in Novem-
Der.
A Chicago chauffeur ran his automo
bile into a telephone pole in preference
to running over small boy. This will
confirm the theory that there are eX-
ceptions to all rules.
Philadelphia is not so slow after all.
The latest business venture in that city
of the sleepy is wife made to order"
institution. In this place for the train
ing Of the better half to be, by rule
of three, young women are tutoIed how
not to drive the future hubby away
from home. How best to make the
biscuit digestible, and how best to
smooth wrinkles of care from the brow
of the households head.
How much il a stomach worth? A
Des Moines man believes his to be, val
ued at $4,000 AS result of bum"
breakfast and indigestion secured for
the price Of the former he has broLght
action for damages against the res
taurant owner for the above NAMED
sum. He claims his digestive appar-
atus was put out of business. How
small are the Ideas Of some people.
Rockefeller has offered a million for
stomach that will stand sausage and
pancakes.
The secret of the overwhelming sue
cesses of the japanese soldiers has been
discovered. The japanese soldier gets!
30 cents n month. payable quarterly
while the Russian soldier gets only Sly
so a year This was ever the result
of trying to get good men at low wages.
The car has economical. lie doesn't
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Tribunals Is. SWIFT.
Elizabeth, June %.
Mr.. Lansdon Persists in His Opinion.

H.
To the Editor of The Sun-Sir: You
printed my letter of recent date. in
which I commented upon the tragedy
of the General Slocum, and | am neith-
er surprised nor scared by the storm
of protest it brought forth. For your
criticism | thank you-it was fair and
manly. But we are all still as we were
and will always be. / venture to say
that those who have criticised me have
neither lost money, wives, children nor
friends. Let the CALLED jade vince,
their withers are unwrung.
wonder if the mothers of the slums
have the same idea of a good and benz
eficent God as have the mothers living
in Fifth avenue palaces.
Can you or others tell me where the
goodness of benign and merciful God
shows itself? Children come to life
every day, aye. every hour, yet it is
necessary to have a society to protect
many Of the unfortunate youngsters
against the brutality of those respon-
sible for their being. shall doubtless
be met with the eternal reply that we
know nothing and must not seek to
penetrate the mystery, and I suppose
this condition will obtain until the
crack of doom.
WILLIAM COVERLY LANGDON.
Brooklyn, June 3d.
The writer has no intention of en-
terng into such q controversy. But
it is a significant thing. especially for
those who opine that this is fast be-
coming a non-religious country. to find
a cacular daily over a month after the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
What's In A Name?

Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. e. G.
Dewitt & Co. of Chicago, discovered
some years ago how to make a salve
from Witch Hazel that is a specific for
piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and
protruding piles, eczema, cuts, burns,
bruises and all skin diseases, DeWitts
Salve has no equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless counter
feits. Ask for DeWitt's-the genuine.
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
M15,a1z@
Emergency Medicines.

It is a great convenience to have at
hand reliable remedies for use in cases
of accident and for slight injuries and
ailments. A good liniment and one
that is fast becoming favorite if not
a household necessity is Chamberlain's
Pain Balm. BY applying it promptly
to a cut, bruise, or burn it allays the
pain and causes the injury to heal in
about one-third the time usually re-
ouired. and as it is an antiseptic it pre-
vents any danger of blood poisoning.
When Pain Balm is kept at hand a
sprain may be treated before infam-
nation sets in, which fnsures quick
recovery. For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Low One Way Rates to the Coast.

The Iowa Central will place on sale
daily September 18th to October 18th,
special one way settlers tickets to San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Ia
coma, Helena, Butte, etc, at very low
rates. Thru trains to ST. Paul and
Kansas City, daily making direct con-
nections with trains for the coast.
Call on agents for rates, or address
A. B. Cults, G. p. and T. A., Minne-
apolis, Mimi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
TERMS:
PLAY You Arc the SUNSHINE


/. You say you're feeling blue, lai7
That things are going wrong
= II that's the case for true. lad.
Cheer up and sing a song.
( You'll find twill always pay, Lao
For all-for me and you
{ TO play we are the sunshine
= And let the sky be blue.
When skies are blue and clear, It'd,
The world is at it's best:
Whene' er you drop tear. lad.
1t saddens all the rest.
Smile on-dqn't mind the knocks. ad,
Just keep your own heart true
Play you're the golden sunshine
And let the sky be blue.
When you are feeling blue, lad,
And half inclined to cry,
You're at the job-'tis true. lad
Intended for the sky.
The sunshine role sits better
{ On husky chaps like you
Then be human sunbeam:
Let but the sky be blue.
Baltimore American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Doctors Could Not Help Her.

81 had kindey trouble for years, /"
writes Mrs. Raymond Conner of Shell
ton. Wash land the doctors could not
help me- / tried Foley's Kidney Cure,
and the very first dose gave me relief
and i am now cured. I cannot say too
much for Foley Kidney Cure" Sold by
3. a. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
The Stomach is the Man.

A weak stomach weakens the man,
because it cannot transform the food
he eats into nourfshment. Health and
strength cannot be restored to any sick
man or weak woman without first re-
storing health and strength to the sto-
mach. A weak stomach cannot digest
enough food to feed the tissues and re-
yiye the tired and run down limbs and
organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat, cleanses
and strengthens the glands and mems
branes of the stomach, and cures in
digestion, dyspepsia, and all stomach
troubles. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
LOW coLoNIsTs' RATES.

Via Chicago Great Western Railway.
To points in Montana, Idaho, Wash.
ington, California and Western Cana
da. Tickets on sale daily from Septem-
Der 18th to October 18th. For further
information apply to ]. r. Harding,
agent, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Direct to the Gates Of the Worlds Fa

OIFect 20 TIE 0d1es u s11S W.T. 'o . GIT
Via the Iowa Central Railway. The
only line with station opposite main
entrance to the grounds. Two thru
trains daily with Pullman buffet Sleep
ers free reclining chair cars, and ele-
CANT new dining cars. Lowest excur-
sion rates. Season tickets $3.50: six
ty day ticket, $13.15; fifteen day ticket.
s11.SO. Coach excursion seven day tick
cts on sale each Tuesday and Thursday
during Aug. and Sept, rate $3.50.
Call on agents for Guide" to the fair,
information in regard to hotels, etc., or
address, A. B. Cults, q. p. & 7. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Iowa Newspapers
BETTER CHANCE FOR VOTERS.
rMt. Vernon Record.l

Discnssion of the proposed biennial
election law is being carried on
freely Thus far we have noted but
one good reason why every two years
was not often enough to hold elections.
That reason was given by a democratic
ma nor and from the democratic
standpoint, was good. 1t was that The
democrats stood no show of e!ecting
county officials except in off years.
But why should the state be should
cred the expense OF an election simply
because it gives the democrats better
chance to elect some officials! Aside
from that, all other reasons are out
those of professional politicians.
biennial elections will make the work
of the politicians a little more diff,
1t will give the voters a little better
opportunity to select the candidates
themselves. If it wasn't for that it
would have been passed long ago.
BUSINESS RUSHING FOR DOGS.
[Carroll Herald.l
A. w. Swender, with his Cuban
bloodhounds, is one of the busiest men
in this neck O. the woods, on account
of the depredations being committed.
Yesterday he was telephoned to report
at Carnavon with his dogs, which he
did, and there was plenty of business to
look after too. The night before there
had been an attempt to dynamite a
"booze" joint in that town, but be-
fore the work had been accomplished
the fellows were frightened away The
sticks of explosive had been carefully
placed the fuse attached, and every
thing was in readiness for the grand
aerial flight when suddenly the fellows
were frightened away before the ba-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08

pay the scale. He pays bargain coun-
ter prices and gets bargain counter
fighters, while the mikado who pays
high wages doesn't dock his men for
getting blown out of line by 6-inoh
shells and is a good fellow generally is
getting the results. 1t pays to pay
high wages.
The state board of control is going to
demonstrate how not to conduct a
printing office with q deficit.
An actress has recently confessed to
having cried over the same lines in her
part no less than 5000 times. Some
enterprising pickle works should sign
her as a brine maker.
A warning has been sent out by gov
eminent officials in Panama to head
off the thrush of men looking for a To-
cation. This is due to mosquitoes and
fever being the leading crop raised.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
A Power For Good.

The pills that are potent in their ac-
ton and pleasant in effect are DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. w. S. Philpot, of
Albany, Ca, says: During a bilious at
tack I took one. Small as it was 1t
did me more good than calomel, blue
mass or any other pill ever took and
at the same time the effect was pleas
ant. Little Early Risers are certainly
an ideal pill" Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Conservation Of Bishop Lenihan-Du-
buque, Wednesday, September, 21st,

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on September Goth run a special
train to Dubuque and return account
of the above named occasion. Tickets
good only on special train. Two dol
lars for the round trip. For further in
formation apply to J. r. Harding, agent.
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08

Wanted-Students for the cornet and
band instruments. G. II. Southland,
instructor, studio, 106 North First
street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08
Feet swollen to Immense Size

.I had kidney trouble so bad that !
could not work." says ]. ]. Cox of VAL
ley View, KY, my feet were swollen
to immense size and was confined to
my bed and physicians were unable to
give me any relief. My doctor finally
prescribed Foley's Kidney Cure which
made a well man of me-" Sold by b.
A Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08

Wanted-Men and women to pass the
civil service examination for positions
under the United States government;
can learn evenings and after work at
home. Lock Box 10s, Marshalltown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-08

Foley's Honey and Tar is peculiarly
adapted for chronic throat troubles
and will positively cure bronchitis,
hoarseness and all bronchial diseases
Refuse all substitutes. or sale by B. A.
Noroap