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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12
ACCIDENT At RuTHveN.
Acetylene Plant at Church Blows U?,
lnjurina the Preacher.

Special to Times Republican.
4Ruthven, Feb. 1.-THE acetylene gas
plant In the NJ e. church of this town
exploded few evenings ago. burning
the pastor. Rev Whitfield. and Henry
Pease and son Charles severely The
plant was being thawed out prior to
holding services and artificial light was
used while the men were working.
e.susinc The accident which damaged
the carbonasors and the building. The
pastor is unable to conduct services for
q week or two.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12
a woMAN's BACK.

The Aches and Pains Will Disappear Il
che Advice Of this Marshalltown Cit.
ixen 10 Followed.
A woman's back has many aches and
pains.
Most times it's the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills cure
II.
Many Marshalltown women know
this.
Read what one has to say about It:
Mrs.. L. W. Fox. s05 Summit street,
says: when I first learned about
them had considerable pain In my
back. Procuring box at the Mcbride
q Will Drug Company's store. I used It
and was soon free from the annoyance.
which was undoubtedly caused by some
imperfect action OF the kidneys. I
gladly recommend a remedy that
proved OF such value as Doan's Kidney
pills. Several friends Of mine tried
them and all hold 40 high an opinion Of
their merit - I.
Price. so cents per box. For sale by
al dealers. Foster Milburn Company.
Buffalo. N. r. sole agents for the
United etateA
Remember the name. Doan'A and
TAXI no other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12
RECEPTION FOR PASTOR.
congresationalists at Eldora Entertain
for Rev. Warner.

Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Feb. 1.-THE members OF the
Congregational church gave Rev. and
Mrs. Warner a reception Wednesday
evening, at which over 100 were pres
ent. Luncheon was served and the rest
of the evening was given up to a gen-
eral good time.
Mr.. C. r. Stauffer the genial hard
ware merchant on the west side. is set-
ting up the cigars to the boys on ac-
count Of little girl that came to his
house Wednesday night
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12
LUMBER BUSINESS soLD.
c. e. Tyler 4 Co., Of Cylinder, Dispose
of Their Stock,

Special to Times Repuhlica,n.
Cylinder. Feb. &c. Z. Tyler & Co.,
who have long conducted a lumber
business here, sold their interests TO
Thomas Ives, OF Guttenburg. The stock
and buildings, including the residence.
are valued at $4,000. Mr.. Tyler will
remain with the new management for
a few months, but expects to move 10
Oregon during the year. Possession
will be given In a few days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12

Foley. Honey and Tar is best for
Group and whopping cough. contains
no opiates and cures quickly. Careful!
mothers keep 1t in the house. B. A..
Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-12
NEWS OF eR,NhELL.
Commercial Exchange Discussing
Proposition 70 Manufacture Straw

Stacker.
Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell. Feb. IA. n. Van Hou-
welingen, OF Pella .endeavored to In
terest a committee OF the Commercial
Exchange last night in the manufac-
tllre of straw stacker which he has
recently patented. He thought 1t pos
sible that the Koch Mamlfac turing Co.
might take hold OF 1t. But 1t seemed
to the committee to be yet too much in
the experimental stage to warrant the
necessary investment OF capital at this
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

ANOTHER PREACHER FOR SMOOT.-
Rev. w. d. Simonds, of the Unitarian
Church, Seattle, in q late sermon at
Everett, took the ground that il a
Mormon be deprived OF his seat in the
U. S. Senate, ON the charge that his
allegiance to church is greater than
his fealty to the Government, then the
Catholics should receive the same con-
sideration, and if it should happen
that a Senator shows a greater alleg-
lance to a corporation or trust than
to his duty to the people, he should be
expelled. Quite little difference will
be observed, however, in conviction for
alleged acts unproven and for official
acts capable Of proof. II a Senator
sells out to a trust, he should of course
be expelled; but to refuse a seat to a
duly elected member for opinions he
Is supposed to entertain, is quite diff
ferent matter. while the constitutional
guaranty of freedom OF conscience is
recognized.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

Ten thousand people witnessed the
launching of the Great Northern
Steamship Cos new steamship Da-
kota in the yards Of the Eastern
Steamship Co., at New London, Conn.
Saturday, 1t P. n. Miss May Belle
Pennington. of North Dakota, chris.
tened her. James J. Hill, with q
party Of $50 people, arrived by special
train to witness the plunge. She is
Intended for the company's Oriental
line of leviathan Steamship.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

BAD FISH MAKE A Coon FERTILIZER.
The stranding of An immense shoal
OF herring in the narrow channel be.
tween Nanaimo and Departure Bay, a
few days ago, was the cause OF much
surprise and comment, but soon as it
was over the commercial spirit pre-
vailed and hundreds of scows with
tugs were employed TO remove the
dead herring to the bay where they
will be converted into an excellent
quality of fertilizer, equaling, it is said !.
the more costly guano.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12
Spirit Of Exaggeration Exemplified.

1t is strange what a disposition to
exaggerate exists when people have
"gone wild" over any thing of an ex-
traordlnary nature. 1t is related in
the late Baltimore fire-which was de-
tructive enough in reality, without
padding the record-that the pillows
OF flame rolled from one mighty stone
and brick structure to another, sweep
ing them out of existence in the
twinkling of an eye." Now the exact
duration of a twinkle" is OF course,
an unrecorded space of time, but it is
supposed to be something like that of
the lightning's tlash-the smallest pos
sible conception of the lapse OF time
and for solid brick and stone to be
destroyed in that time is about as
difficult Of belief as the statement of
an eminent astronomer that, should
the Earth, from some untoward cause,
fall into the Sun, it would be instant.
ly transformed into gases by the in
tense heat of the great central lumi-
nary!
Then again, both our local pewits
claimed that the Baltimore confla-
grafton was never equaled in extent in
the history of the world" meaning
that it excelled them all in area
burned, destruction of property, lives
lost and casualties resulting from it.
and then state that the area burned
was mile long and from two to ten
blocks wide, involving say about $50
or 200 acres Of area. How does this
compare with the sweep of the Chi
cago fire in 1871, which covered 1000
acres. destroying $4,000 buildings, and
which Gov red over thres square miles
in the heart Of the city in its devastat-
ingc CURSES; two bundled persons per-
ished and 100000 were made homeless.
The loss of property was estimated at
5000 100000, just one hundred mil.
lions less than the aggregate of loss
local scribes place on this weeks fire,
whose area is, by latest accounts given
at l40 acres; loss from $4,000, 900 to
1925 100000; the buildings destroyed
At $500, and not a single life lost!
The origin of the fire was not 80
ignoble however as that OF Chicago,
the kicking over of lantern by Mrs.
Mulligan's COW, but was due to some
unknown cause in Hurst 4 Co.'S dry
goods store. Sunday afternoon. Such
fires sometimes originate from spon.
taneous combustion, attrition of hard
times, aud other unexplicable causes,
but this, it is believed, had legitimate
origin in the forced fires to elevate the
prevailing temperature in the East to
something like zero, if not to the sum-
mer degrees we enjoy out west.
The Baltimore fire, it will be adj
mitted, covered more time than has
yet been reported of any previous fire /;
about thirty hours OF desperate fight
ing, with details from the fire depart
ments OF Washington, Philadelphia,
Wilmington and other cities to aid.
1t is said that fully 4Co streams were
directed at time against the flames,
but they PASSED on without any ap.
preciablo diminution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

OF the ten doctors degrees that
have been awarded to women BY the
University of Berlin, since it opened
its doors, five have been to Americans.
II testifies to tho high degree of their
education and ability. It is the high.
est attainable certificate of proficiency
in learning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

STATISTICS show that the prices of
the staple necessities have been stead.
lily increasing the past six years.
Nearly everyb body can form . trust but
the consumer, and he would have
starvstion staring him in the face
should he attempt it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12
SOclety,s Fet Fads.

The trend Of tie human brain to.
ward. consideration OF subjects hith-
erto regarded IS beneath serious com.
prehension, is becoming marked in the
social realm and by their imitators, in
some Of the larger cities. Beauty
Parlors" for horses are quite common,
and the equine favorites now have
their coats electrically massaged, their
hoofs manicured, their teeth filed and
whitened, as we'll as their gait improved
by systematic lessons in stepping.
These services come high, but they
find response from the willing pocket
books of those who have money to
burn" or to "throw at the BIRDS"
which diversion has always appeared
to us to be decidedly ridiculous mis-
appropriation OF the measurer of all
values. For massage, a course Of ten
treatments costs $25; mauicuring, per
treatment, $3.50; teeth cleaning, $3.50;
course in department, including stand
ing pose, walking and high stepping,
500.
In Chicago, lately, a rage developed
for clothing pet dogs in all sorts of
fanciful raiment. The effect gener.
ally was to make the ours, lap.dogs
and poodles fairly hideous travesties
on the canine species, and it by no
means improved the appearance OF
the mastiffs, bounds and other more
dignitied representatives of the spe-
cies. But this fact WAS lost sight of
in the mental alteration which can
obscure the vision to all absurdities
while it lasts. One fortunate thing is
that these idiosyncrasies seldom last
long.
A cable dispatch from Paris, of the
3Oth ult., says that the dog-iad has
broken out at the very hub of Fashion,
and the masseur and orthopedist are
firmly established as society adjuncts.
1t seems that the main effort is to en-
nance the ugliness of nature. A pug
dog, or bull dog, for instance, is never
handsome, and is made fairly hideous
by addition of wrinkles 10 the fcores
that have been placed by nature. This
service costs SIG; for making straight
tail curl, S.; altering dimensions of
tail, IS; removing surerfuous hair, 81
per hour; changing color Of coat, Sc |;
changing dropping tails to erect ones.
S.. and making bulldogs fore. paws
crooked, $40.
It may be noted, in this connection,
that the will of a lately deceased
wealthy lady in New York left be-
quest to provide for the care and com.
fort of all cats that were thrown upon
their own resources in this cruel
"Wide, Wide World" where boot.
lacks are so common.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

10 GAMBLE ON AN Ice FLOE.-The
green cloth fraternity at Nome are
planning . novel way for evading the
laws relating 10 gambling, and have
decided upon erection OF a casino, or
clubhouse, and 10 haul it beyond the
boundary line Of nations, on the ice,
three miles from shore. Architects
are preparing the designs for COM
Portable, il not elegant quarters, to be
constructed in sections on shore and
assembled beyond the danger line.
The first suggestion was for erection
OF an ice-palace, but that idea was
abandoned Is Impractical.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

AND now An improvement has been
made in the Wireless. George S. Pig.
gott, of st. Louis, has invented an ap.
paratus which dispenses with the tall
poles or towers, which have been con.
sidered indispensable to the system.
He made trial test that was emf
nently successful, last week, between
Chicago and st. Louis.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

WHAT promises to be the richest
VOLUNTEERING earth in the world has
been discovered in Texas, in the Llauo
gold and coal fields, lis miles north
of Austin. The important uses to
which this rare metal it is claimed
may be adapted, makes the discovery
Of transcendant importance.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

The remarkable sight of firemen walk.
ing their horses to fires on account of icy
pavements suggests that the automobile.
equipped fire department is about DUE
N. y. World.
What good would that serve, unless
the auto be equipped with q ton OF
two OF sand TO spray in front of the
wheels? The efforts of a locomotive
10 start heavy train or ascend even
. eight grade on a frosty morning
shows what might happen in an Of.
fort TO adopt the Worlds suggestion
without amendment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12
Another Of the Surprises of War.

Something like the success of Dewey
on that beautiful May morning, or of
Schley just before the dawn OF our ma
tions anniversary soon afterwards, in
our scrimmage with Spain, has attend
ed the arms OF the little brown man
in his contest with the arrogant and
cruel Bear, who has of late set at def
ance all the rules of international cour-
tesy and of common honeety. The
first gun was fired by the Japanese, af-
ter patiently waiting for some assur-
ance OF justice in settlement of pre-.
tracted wrangle over disputed terrific
ry, aud since its reverberation the at
tack has been q continued round of
triumphs for the plucky little fighters
who have succeeded, SO far, in inflict-
ing fearful damage to, or loss of, eight
Russian war vessels, and the capture
OF three transports Of a volunteer fleet,
with 1000 troops, off the Corean coast.
Nor has it, in this instance, been shown
that superiority of equipment or ad-
vantage Of position, so maniiestly
against them, has been OF service to
the foe. Russia has Tor had before
the Mikado's Lord High Execut:oner
decreed it to be Otherwise) 80 battle.
ships of all classes, to Japan %. Their
tonnage was, respectively, 347, $50 and
1885, and the Russian ships carry
5l2 heavy guns to their opponents $50.
The latter had, however, quite o feet
OF torpedo boats, and they have been
exceptionally effective 10 the conflict
so lar.
Russian papers claim q victory at
Port Arthur, but it is difficult to dis.
cover on what grounds it is based from
dispatches, which may, however, be
incorrect. In fact skepticism is ex-
pressed in st. Petersburg that the
government has suppressed all but
such news as is permitted to be pub
lished.
1t seems little incongruous that q
ruler who has been so deceitiul in
interchange Of national negotiations,
and so cruel in treatment of the Jews,
should all at once become 80 exceed.
ingly devout as to invoke Civine aid
in the impressive manner reported.
The services at the Winter palace
Tuesday afternoon, are said to have
been oppressively solemn, and par
ticipated in by court officials, high
state functionaries, the nobility aud
militar.I men, by command of the
Car. During recital of the Litany OF
the Greek church, many knelt, and at
its conclusion, the court chaplain
sprinkled the Gear with holy water
and presented the crucifix which he
reverently kissed, doubtless impelled
by the same motive as the devil who
-" When sick a saint would be-"
with probably the same recession oil
moral feeling after the mental strain
is relea,ed. However that may be
or the moral obliquities presented il
settlement Of the Manchurisn dispute
many American caunot help having 9
soft place in their hearts for the par
Russia, unsolicited, took in guarding
New York harbor from foreign men
ace when Uncle Sam had his baud,
full in suppressing rebellion, Neither
time, succession OF ruler, or motive
which may have prompted it. car
Lessen the services did at the critica
time OF need in our national history.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12
DRIFT Towards Imperialism.

1t seems that it is not alone the
Postmaster General who has three
coaches at his disposal, maintained at
an expense of $4,000 per annum. In
the Interior Department, investigation
discloses there are from eight to ten
private carriages and teams main
tanned at government expense. The
same may be said OF the State Depart
ment. And these are by no means
exceptions. They are used mostly by
chief OF bureaus aud assistant heads OF
departments. more to put on style
than for any practically useful pur-
pose. Representative Lands, OF Indi-
ana, has offered an amendment to the
appropriation bill STIMULATING that no
public money shall be used for carriage
hire and that no employee shall be used
in the capacity of coachman, except
ing for care of the Presidential car
riages. 1t has been the custom to
carry laborers, in several other capaci-
ties, on the payroll, who were simply
coachmen, whereby, with transmuta-
ton of other supplies into forage,
nearly everybody in official position
has chaise-and. four" at command,
whenever he or his friends want to
take an airing. Mr.. Lands says that
il the official carriages in Washing ton
were placed in straight line they
would reach from the White House to
the Capitol.
This is, however, only result of the
spread of expansive ideas, leading on
as logical result to that ideal govern.
ment always advocated, covertly if not
openly, by the successors of the old
Federal party. The President set the
example by condemning q dwelling.
place that was good enough to shelter
those giants in intellect OF olden times,
and such statesmen as Pierce, Buchan-
an and Lincolo of more modern age,
and entirely remodeling the historic
mansion, destroying much Of its legeu.
Diary interest, in an effort to create q
modern palace for his own succession.
The million or more dollars appro-
priated to make changes in the White
House and grounds, and for the pur-
chase of uniforms Tor the American
Mikado's vassals, has set his court wild
with envy, and it fiuds expression in
all the trappings they associate with
regal power,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

TACOMA was in utter darkness 90 far
% gas illumination was involved, Fri.
day night, in consequence of An acct.
dental shut-off Of the city supply after
the jets had been lighted al over the
city. The company dared not turn on
= supply after il had been shut off, for
fear that there might-and doubtless
would have been-many open jets
through which the gas would have i'm.
perilled life and property. A large
force Of men was sent oil over the city
at avn Saturday, to shut off the jets
before pressure was restored,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

AT McVicker's theater, in Chicago,
the first to open since the fire, a new
steel fire curtain is used. 1t was the
principal attraction of opening night
and its operation was watched with
great interest. 1t takes from a min
ute TO q minute and half to raise or
lower il.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

The RESULT, A Few GRAINS OF SALT.
The amount of resolute work Attor.
ney General Knox has bestowed upon
the mission assigned him of fighting
the arrogance of trusts is shown by
the expenditure of only $50, 900 of the
$4,000 appropriated by Congress for
that purpose. He has secured one
absolute conviction of the National
Salt Co., and in that suit the com.
pany pleaded guilty and was fined 3
nominal sum, $1,000. free TO 90 on
with their iniquitous proceedings. He
reports several cases pending decision
in the higher courts, among which are
the Northern Securities Co., the beef
trust, railroad injunction suits, the
Wholesale Grocers' Association. against
the coal.carrying roads. the ebay and
straw" classification case, the Cotton.
pool vs.. the Western & Atlantic Rail.
way Co.. TO prevent control of the
" routing" of cotton, and number of
minor cases. Mr.. Knox recommends
. permanent increase in the force of
his department OF two Assistant At.
torney Generals and additional clerks,
which will Of course enable the head
to make q division of responsibility
and perfect the whirl of machinery in
the Circumlocution Office.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

THAT the sound of the saw and
hammer can be heard all day on the
Sabbath in Olympia, is not one of the
"hums of industry" that We claim
with any feeling of exultation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

THE Senate, Monday, passed the
House Bill appropria.ing 100000
for holding the Lewis and Clark Ex-
position at Portland, with an amend.
ment prohibiting its opening on Sun.
days, and another striking out the
appropriation Of $35O,OOO for erection
of Q permanent monument to the
memory of Lewis and Clark.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

The 1roquois Memorial Association
OF Chicago are taking steps to acquire
title to the site of the Inflated theater
OF that name connected with the fear.
full tragedy of the closing year, on
which they propose to erect q memoir
ial building to the victims OF the fire.
The ground belongs to an estate
whose heirs have consented 10 make
the transfer to the association.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

The Both Annual Session of the Ma.
tional American Women's Suffrage
Association met in Washington yes.
terday for weeks session. May their
counsels be inspired by that wisdom
that presages success.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

HUGH Eldridge has been appointed
Postmaster Of Bslling ham, the new
consolidated city. He had been for
some years Postmaster at Whatcom.
now . part OF Bellingham.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

THEY CLAIM THE EARTH.-The hun
dred citizens Of Jackson, Mich, who
lately made pilgrimage to Washing
ington to invite the President to visit
that city on what they claim to be
the semi.centennial anniversary OF
organization OF the Republican par.
ty, seem to have been exceedingly
long on prestige and short on stable
grounds for support of it. 1t is prob
able that the name OF that great COM
moner, Jackson. suggested the sortie
on the White House, and it will prob.
ably not be another generation away
before they will be claiming Bryan as
their patron saint and Lincoln, Net.,
as the birthplace of their ever.chang.
ing code of principles. It looks ~
if. however, these Jealous partisans
had anticipated the date of organiza-
ton Of the Republican party q few
years. 1t seems to us that the first
modern Republican party held ito SEES
sion in Philadelphia, in June, 1856.
nominating Fremont and Dayton for
President and Vice President, and
that in 1853, the factions which con.
stituted the new party were founder
inc abouk in the Slouyh of Desnond
under the name OF Free Soilere, Know
Nothings, Native Americans, and with
few who still chung to the wreck of
Whiggery. But then, this is but an.
other indication Of the policy of the
party's greatest chief, who sent dis.
patch sizzling over the wires to his
New York henchmen, when the vote
OF that State was in doubt. "Claim
everything; concede nothing"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-02-12

HE newspapers in the East are
calling this season An " old.fashioued"
winter, and are very chary OF compli.
ments for the innovation, antique
though it be.