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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
WANT WILLIAMS RETAINED.
Petition Circulated at Mason City Ask
ino Retention Of Deputy Master.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Dec. ga petition was
circulated today with a large number
of signers asking the new postmaster
to retain Robert Williams. the present
deputy. The place has been promised
to the son Of j. II. Anundsen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22

George Mcmahon died suddenly at
Belleville, O., Monday His relatives
say he was In good health and upon
taking powder given him by ply
stefan for .sleeplessness he became I'M
conscious and the doctors were unable
to arouse him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22

st. Louis Grain.
ST. Louis. Dec. %.
wheat-May, 1.14A.
Corn-May, ASH @43ss.
oats-May, Biz.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City, Dec. %.
Wheat-December 1.031s; May 1.027s
@1.03.
corn-December 4oM @42M @42A.
Oats-No. 2 white 311a @32.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
New York Produce.

NeW TOT = o1s'Ss
New York, Dec. %.
Wheat-May 1.12B.
Corn-51A.
Butter-creamery 17@261s.
Poultry-chickens 9@15; fowls 10 q
101a; turkeys 1z@1s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
CHICAGO Produce,

Chicago, Dec. %.
Pork-January 1885; May 12.s71s.
Lard-January 6.S5; May >7.1O q
7.121s.
Ribs-January GAO q e.421s; May
6.671a D6.7o.
Rye--December 73.
Timothy-2.721a
Clover-12.75.
Barley-Cash 5000.
FLAX .16@1,231a.
Butter-Steady; creameries Is @26;
dairies 1902.
Easy; 1902.
Poultry-Firm; turkeys 121a; chick
ems 8; springs S1s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
RAILWAY TIME TABLES.
Iowa Central Railway

Time Table at Marshalitown, Iowa,
Corrected to August 20, 1904.
THE "SHoRT LINE"
No st. Paul, Minneapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Peoria and I'll
Points Beyond.
Trains Arrive and Leave as Follows:
Arrive North Bound Leave
s:ssa. m. st. Paul Mail daily 9:30a. m
"a. m. St Paul Ex daily 1859 q. m
l,tbp. M. Mason City NJ lex SUM- $3.50 D. m
Local Freight Tex. SUM- 6:45 m
82 South Bound
tlsp. m. st. Louis X. O. Mail(daily) sos D. m
e;tb am. ST. Louis Peoria Tx. daily 300 a m
k:Ib q. m. Peoria Mail lex Sunday. 9:15 a. m
Local Freight lex. sunday $500 a. m
Story City Eranch
500 =. m. Mail Tex. Sunday lO:45a. m
nL:l5 d. m. Mixed lex. Sunday coop. m
Eluaant New vesribuieo Pullman
Sleeping Cars and Coaches Run Daily.
For Folders, Rates. Etc. apply to
a. n. QUITS. J. b. TALLETT,
q. r. q T. A. Ticket Agent,
minneapolis. MINI. Narshalltown. Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
G. & N. w. RAILWAY.

Z G. e N. w. RAILWAY.
GOING WEST.
Mo. /, Overland Limited ..... 1907 m
NO. 8. Pacific Express. .......8:0S a m
No. s. Omaha Express. 1855. .6:29 m
No. IS Chicago & Des Ms Elk. 400 D M
NO. IL. Colorado Special. .....1:42 a m
No. 15, Fast Mail. ........... $50 e m
NO. 4s Freight. ...........1 10: 10 a M
GOING EAST.
No. 2, Overland Limited. i.... 1:4O a m
No. 6, Chicago Limited. $50. 11:35 % M
No. S. Atlantic Express. 49,. 1880 m
No. IL, Chicago SpeciaL..... 1888 D M
No. IA, Chicago Express. 1925 a m
No. AZ, Freight. ............ 4:3O % m.
Nos. IS. IL, ~ and 4s. daily except
Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool Grain.
Liverpool, Dec. %.
Wheat-December nominal; March
Is 1asd; Mary Is 1%d.
Corn-'Spot As 71ad@4s 10hd; Janu-
airy As 4d; March As 31ad.
Money Market.
New York, Dec. 22.--Money, steady;
2h@SM; prime mercantile, 4@4h;
sterling firm closed easier, 4.S7.2O on
demand; 4.S4.65 at sixty days.
New York Exchange.
Chicago, Dec. %. New York ex-
change rs premium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22

Range Of Prices,
The following quotations were fur
nished by E. H. Prince; office No. 10
Woodbury. building:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22

New York Stocks.
The following range Of prices are
furnished by A. ). Clark. broker. over
the private wire Of the Donovan Com
mission Co, office over s West Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN ~.
Maple Leaf Routa.

Effective 12:01 .. m. June %, 1903.
TRAINS SOUTH.
No. 1, D. M. & K. c. Limited, 4:A5 q n
No. s, d. NJ, st. J. & K. c. Ex. $3.50 Z m
No. 3, Southwestern Express, 1905 o m
NO. II. Des Molnes Express. 1850 % m
TRAINS NORTH & EAST.
NO. g, Twin City q Chi. Spec. 1903 Z N
No. 4, st. Paul q Chi. Ex.. 10: 80 Z n
No. 2. Twin CIV. g Chi. LTD. 1855 D m
No. g. oelweih Express. 10 D m
sss. J. r. HARDING,
n Agent, Marshalltown
q. z. ELMER. q. p. A. Chicago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22
Representative Hog Sales.

A few of the representative hog sales
ara hollow given:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-22

Time Gard at Pickering.
WEST BOUND. -.
NO. ]. Overland Limited, cleo
trio lighted .i...........1:50 q m
so. 8. California Express. !. $500 a m
No. II, Pacific Express ......4:O3 p m
No. 81. Local Freight. .......11:22 O. m
EAST BOUND.
No. 8, Eastern Express 1879 q "a
No. I. Atlantc Express. 2:16 p m
No. %, Local Freight. ....... 1:40 p N
q. p. DWYER, Agent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17

be seen vending their way over the
well paved pike, and innumerable
freight wagons with often six and
eight horse. teams attached to them,
conveyed the freight from east to
west.
In later years, President John
Quincy Adams, in measure to con.
gress, as to this road, said: "I deem
it my duty to recommend to the con
sideration of congress an adequate
provision for the permanent preserva-
tion and repair of that great national
work" Other national road making
soon followed this in various states,
and twelve different great roadways
are built with national aid, and $14,.
100000 was the total cost to the gov
ernment, until different policy pre-.
vailed when presidential vetoes held
such appropriations to be- unconstitu.
tional.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17

raises the question now more than
ever if the national government can
aid the water roads of the country,
why can it not, and why does il not
also aid the land roads in the several
states which are so essential in our
commercial Advancement If the
revenues which belong to all the peo-
pie can be applied for one purpose,
why can they not also be applied to
the otherl The Willamette river, for
instance is a waterway or boat road,
and improved by the general govern
ment in its course through Multnomah,
Clackamas, Marion, Linn, Benton and
Lane counties. The Little Yamhill
river, another water road in Yamhill
county, is improved by the govern.
ment. Snags are removed, bars are
dredged aud scraped, and revetments
made that the public may have an un.
obstructed water road for traffic. A
land road also runs parallel with these
waterways which is much more need.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17

Continued from first page.)
reminder Of the Indifference Of the
present generation to the superb ex.
ample of the Virginia ancestors in
good roads construction, one hundred
years ago.
The First National Highway.
The national government itself then
led the way in wagon road building,
and limited as were the revenues, vet
the most generous appropriations were
made for construction as well as for
maintenance. The first great high
way so built was known as the Cum
berland road, or National Pike. 1t
was authorized in 1906, and extended
through Maryland, Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and as
far west as st. Louis, and was over
500 miles in length, being the longest
continuous roadbed ever projected by
any government on earth. 1t connect
ed the navigable waters of the Allan
tic, passed over the Allegheny noun
tains, and terminated in the great
valley of the Mississippi It had its
inception in the compact between the
national government and the state of
Ohio, under which that state came
into the Union, and by which it was
provided that the nation should build
the great road from the proceeds of
the sales of public lands in Ohio, the
one-twentieth part of which should be
set aside from the revenue for con.
struction.
President Jefferson approved the
law by which the appropriation was
made, and he secured the consent of
the three great states for the location
of the road within their boundaries,
and then he appointed the commission
to lay out the road. The cost Of this
road amounted to $6,s21, ,246. This
was an enormous outlay for an infant
nation, as then the entire population
did not exceed 100000 of people
but it illustrates the earnestness and
the appreciation of the nation in the
matter of the national aid to good
roads. This road was the first con-
venient land route for the early immi.
grafton to the Mississippi valley. In
my youth / recall the long caravans
which passed over it. Often from
some high elevation forty stage
coaches loaded with passengers could
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17
Our Earlier Presidents. Favored. Ma
tional Roads.

1t will thus be seen that the earlier
Presidents of the Republic believed in
national aid to good roads, and faver-
ed apprOpriating the surplus in the
U. 8. treasury, to roads, canals and to
river and harbor improvements, and
the people in those early days had no
hesitation to demand of congress a
share of governmental aid in building
the national highways.
In his last message to congress
President Jefferson called attention to
the surplus in the treasury which then
amounted to about $l4,000,000 after
paying the current demands and inter
est, and then in strong words he
asked: "Shall it lie unproductive in
the public vaults2 Shall the revenues
be reduced9 Or shall it not rather be
appropriated to the improvement of
roads, canals, rivers and education
and other great foundations of pros
perity and unionS"
President Madison in his seventh
annual message to congress said:
" Among the means of advancing the
public interest the occasion is prop
er one for recalling the attention of
congress to the great Importance of
establishing throughout our country
the roads and canals which can best
be executed under the national au-
thority. No objects within the circle
of political economy so richly repay
the expense bestowed upon them
there are none of the utility of which
is more universally ascertained and
neutrality-suspicious. that do more
honor to the government whose wise
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17

and enlarged patriotism duly appre-
eiates them"
President Monroe, though vetoing
a bill appropriating money to repair
the Cumberland road because of his
doubt as TO the constitutional author.
ity, yet urged an amendment so much
did he believe the national govern
ment should aid in road construction,
President Washington, too, in his
first message to congress, expressed
the hope that congress would give en-
cOuragement to facilitate for can in
tereourse between distant parts of our
country by a due attention TO the
post roads. " Again in his third mes
sage he repeated to congress his de-
sire for what he termed GA plan suf-
ficiently liberal and comprehensive"
as to post roads Gas they respect the
expedition, safety and facility of
communication. SO also Calhoun,
Webster, Clay, and other great states
men, spoke and labored for national
good roads. These words of our car
lier Presidents and statesmen are even
moro applicable today than they were
when expressed to congress.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17
The Constitutional Right.

There is no longer a question as to
the constitutional authority to make
appropriations in aid of internal i'm
provements by the general govern
ment. 1t was then denied that a gen
eral power could be implied to do this
under the constitutional provision:
The power to regulate commerce
among the several states,'' or further
that authority could be implied under
that other provision, "To provide for
the common defense and general well
fare" 1t was then held that these
powers conferred were strictly de
fined and limited, but under the lib
eral Interpretation now given these
provisions congress has entered upon
the policy of general Improvement of
all navigable waterways and within
the past forty years nearly $500,000,-
600 have been appropriated from the
public treasury for this purpose. In
one session in recent years over $780,
100000, or nearly 81 per capita, was
appropriated for river and harbor
work, last year in one session $39,-
600 was appropriated. The benefits
have been incalculable, and the inter
nal as well as foreign commerce of
the nation are indebted for the pres
ent immense proportions to these ex-
penditures. The most of the great
public works for navigation have been
completed, and there will be lessen
ed demand as time goes o.. But it
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17

CONTINUED on page eighty
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17
CLOSING DAY
AT OREGON
STATE FAIR

Continued from first page. }
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-17


and dagh
disadvantage wOd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19
Editorial Brevities.

Boston Globe: The Russian army has
at least this advantage over the Rus
sian navy. that it isn't likely to Stun
BILE over it's own mines.
Waterville Sentinel: The papers are
containing many illusions to the use
of vodka as a beverage by the Russians.
We looked in the dictionary. and it told
us that vodka is a drink distilled from
rye. We call that by different name
in America.
Boston Globe: 1t would serve the
convenience of editors. compositors.
proofreaders and readers alike if the
American newspapers would only
agree upon a complete set of Yankee
names for both the Japanese and Rus
sian warships.
Manchester Union: The importance
of an event is often made more i'm
pressive by comparison. More officers
and men of the American navy LOST
their lives in the disaster on the battle =
ship Missouri than all the fatal casual
ties in all our naval engagements in the
war with Spain. a--4
Lowell Mail: About the d funniest
thing in Massachusetts politics was the
action of Williamstown Democrats, af-
ter hearing Henry Loomis Nelson crate
for half an hour on the possibility of
Democratic victory provided a decent
man (Olney) were nominated. They
promptly selected a Hearst delegate!
Save in his own country" etc.
New Bedford Standard: Sweden OBJ
serves every year the departure of An
dree in balloon for the North Pole,
on the principle that the man who
faithfully tries is as worthy of honor
as the man who succeeds. This year
the Society for Anthropology and Geog-
raphy. OF which Andree was a member
Will publish biography of the explor-
er and his comrades
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19
Heroes Rewards.

The New York Tribune has the foi-
lowing on the latest plan of Andrew
Carnegie to do good with the vast
wealth which he is distributing the
world over:
The essence of such heroism as Mr..
Carnegie seeks to reward is its uncon-
seriousness. The person who rushed
into danger to save life with the idea OF
winning medal or earning any other
reward would not be hero. He might
be said to exchange one good for an
other. to take a risk, perhaps give up
his life. for prize more precious 10
him. The soldier of chivalry VINO
fought for the sake of fighting and con-
sidered an Immortality of glory his
life's full need was not the character
Mr.. Carnegie would have Americans
initiate. The heroism which he con-
templates Is the heroism of sacriflce.
the surrender of self in the pure I'M
pulse of humanity. Such heroes are
by no means scarce. Without the dis-
cipline of the soldier unexalted by the
support of companions and the ardor or
battle, these men and women. as we
read almost daily offer their lives Tor
others as simply as they do their daily
work. Many of them do it as part OF
their daily work, not merely those who.
like policemen, flremen and life savers
are especially employed for that office,
but fishermen, railway tralnmen. divers,
miners and hundred others who never
hesitate in the time Of emergency to
rush to the rescue of an endangered
fellow. No reward could make them
reader than they are. They respond
to the forces of their own character, as
do the thousands who accomplishing
live and die by inches and bear the
burdens of others, happy in doing what
they want to do. Anything that tended
to make such heroism less unconscious
would tend to the deterioration rather
than the perfection of human charac-
ter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19
Their Joint Qualifications.

DO you know what a parabola is:"
Il do"
Glad to hear it. Do you know why the
=. and o. line is SO called?'
II haven't the slightest idea"
81 have"
Good for you If you were lost in a
forest could you tell by looking at the
trees which direction is north:
No
II could
You beat me. Have you any idea of
the relative accountability of the will and
the understandings
Don't know what you are talking
about
Il do"
"All right. Have you ever noticed how
a pigeon feeds it's young?'
Cant say l have"
Il have"
Good for you. Do you know what led
to the Thirty Years war;
No: I've forgotten that
II haven't"
That's lucky. Do you know the differ
ence between the dialect of Northhumber-
land and that of Hampshire
No"
II do
Good. Do you understand French?'
Not at all
Il do
That's fortunate. Do you know any
thing about banking?"
Nothing at all"
Glad to hear it. Ever been crossed In
love-"
Never
II have"
Good Let's collaboratc on a novel;
London Tit-Bits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19
Print Cloth Market,

Last weeks print cloth market, says
Fall River advices, WAS dull. the sales
not reaching over 100000 pieces with a
decline in price for all styles. narrow
and wide. The authority quoted said:
Such conditions surprised many mill
men. whe believed that those who were
breaking the market should hold out
while cotton remains high. They ex-
pect lower price for cotton. but they
did not look upon that as a cause for
dropping prices of cloth when there
was little demand at any figure The
chief cause given for the weakness of
the market during the week is that
some of the mills are piling up goods
and are obliged to realize something
for their output. AS yet the drop in
prices has not created any great in
crease in the demand for goods Many
of the mills closed down Thursday
night until Wednesday morning, while
others will close from Saturday noon
until Wednesday. There is some talk
of general curtailment during the
month of May or June if business does
not pick up. but nothing definite has
been settled"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19
To Stamp Out Typhoid.

The New York Medical Journal has
an interesting article on typhoid fever
and calls attention to the fact that the
prevalence of typhoid fever in the coun-
try districts is almost always equal to
if not greater than that in the adjoining
cities. The worst epidemics of typhoid
have occurred in country villages and
towns. The reliance on the purity of
well water and spring water
is fallacious. The source Of such
watre is unknown. What pollu-
ton there may be of that source or
what pollution may reach the stream in
its underground course is equally I'M
known but may be inferred OCCASIONAL
ly from the density and habits of the
surrounding population. 1t is not tur-
bid. and that is enough for those who
| judge by sight and are not disturbed by
any thought of any possible unseen ty-
phoid bacillus. The Medical Record
| concludes:
| ~ hoISl part Oi the story is tndt
there is no remedy easily available for
this condition. In the urban supplies
there are only few sources at the
most. and the municipal government
can readily control the conditions
affecting the water supply of it's citi-
Zens. If it 50 desires; but what of the
remedy when the sources of supply are
numbered by the thousands? 1t would
take an army of chemists and a mint of
money to give the same supervision to
the country well that we give to the
metropolitan supply"
The New Press says: There seems
to be nothing for the country except
the familiar city rule so little regarded,
boil your water" 1t is almost hope
less to expect that this will be done.
The risk will be taken. typhoid en-
dured and the death-rate be proper
tionately increased until the progress
of education, backed probably by many
epidemics. will teach the people i'm
country and city how and why they
must exclude the germ of typhoid from
their stomachs"
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Odd Items Of Interest.

There are IA different bodies of
Lutherans in New York with 125
ministers. There is now a movement
toward uniting these churches in
practical work.
j. A. Dawson, who has lived in
Morocco for years and has already
published some interesting writings on
that subject, is presently to bring out
a volume dealing with the country.
The February exports of breadstuffs.
cotton and mineral oils amounted to
S.9O3.126. a decrease of SIC, 1000 over
the January exports of the same pro-
ducts. The principal loss was in
cotton.
A movement has been started by
Japanese residents of New York to
erect Buddhist temple in that city, to
serve not only as a house of worship.
but as central gathering place for all
natives Of Japan.
Thomas F. Smith. Secretary of
Tammany hall, has just been in St
Louis making arrangements for hous-
ing Tammany at the Democratic
National Convention. About six hun
dred braves and their friends will be
present.
Numerically the Methodists lead the
Sunday-schoOl host of Brooklyn with
membership exceeding twenty-five
thousand out of total enrolment of
100000. Most. of the schools have
efficient primary and intermediate or
junior grade work.
The first American baby to be born
on the Island of Guam was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene d.
Ryan, and she is now nearly two
months old. Her father is paymaster
in the navy, and was on the Concord
during the battle of Manila Bay.
1t is said that the younger element of
the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City
is rebelling against the intolerable
tyranny of the Norman leaders. Ten
young men, all officials of the church.
have been expelled because they re-
fused to promise obedience in business
and political affairs, and many others
have been given seven days in which to
submit or be expelled.
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The interesting point. made in the
London cable to the New York Post,
last week, that since February IA, the
week when war broke out, Russias bal
ances on other European markets have
fallen from ss75OO.OOt to $4,000. 900.
gives interest to further comparison.
On December 81 these balances were
S'S.O00.O00: a year ago this week thew
We're sl5,OOo.oOO: two years ago they
We're only $ll.o0o,0O0. They have been
built UP by intervening bond sales in
Paris. Aside from payments for war
material, these balances have to be
drawn on, in January. April, July and
October to pay some s5.oOOOOO quar-
terly interest on Russia's foreign deb;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-19

there need be no anxiety as to the eX-
position being opened on the date an
nounccd. Director of Exhibits, Skiff,
says: AT this time we are far ahead
of any exposition ever held. There are
now twenty thousand workman en-
ployed on the grounds. and work is pro-
cceding in such a way that we need
not entertain the least thought of ap-
the opening day"