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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11
FOR PEACE.
Hopes Harmony Among Iowa Re
publicans May Obtain.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 9.--Hon.
George d D.Perkins, editor Of the Sioux
City Journal, who has been in Wash
ington several days, and who has had
a conference with the president, has
authorized the following interview
Il have made it my business since
have been in washington to exam
inc with such care as could, and
with such intelligence as | could COM
mand, the general situation as related
to the Iowa view and desire. The
president is conservative and broad
minded. His view extends over the
whole field His ambition is to serve
the whole people, and this ambition,
he hopes, may have recognition. He
is great republican, and he wants
mis- party to be great. To this end
he earnestly desires that minor diff
ferences and local frictions may have
subordination He would like to see
his party in all the states generous in
its relationship and considerate in its
purposes. 1t will be understood then
when say that he is for harmony in
all the great household of his friends.
On personal lines he desires to be inn
partial and to the extent possible ne
will avoid ENHANCEMENT with per-
sonal conflicts whenever such con-
fiicts may appear.
ct is an easy conclusion, therefore,
that he is for peace in Iowa. 1t is
safe to say that it would be gratifying
to him to have the harmonious rela-
tions established last year continued
over the business Of this presidential
year, and can say for myself that
my desire runs strongly in that direc-
tion. The good work of last year, out
Of every consideration of party inter-
est, ought not to be thrown to the
winds. To do that would be the Iarg-
est contribution Iowa republicans
could make in opposition to the presi-
dents will and interests and to the
famishing cause Of the opposing par
| ty in our state and throughout the
country. While the president would
much dislike to be understood as in
| terfering in the pre-conyention work
of any state, / am fully satisfied he
would feel that his friends in Iowa
had testified their loyalty to him by
placing Senators Allison and Dolliver
on our state delegation. Our senators
are not seeking this service, but,
knowing the thought Of the president
and disposition Of Iowa republicans
toward him. they will not ruse the
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i Gu, ereu rIlo41I- s,4r4I- plates OF iron, tire
iron being hammered into small
plates and stened by small spikes
driven int the wood. They made
woven faDrics, and were very skillful
in metal work, in the fashioning or
Jewels, and in the manufacture of pot.
terry. They were far in advance CT
their Japanese neighbors, to wnom
they have taught the arts of metal
working, pottery-making, and silk
weaving. Three centuries ago, Japan
overran the country and devastated
it, transferred whole colonies of arti-
sans to Japan, and broke down forev-
er the military power of Korea. Ko-
rea has produced but little literature
Korean students have been largely de-
voted to Chinese authors. The ma
tive literature consists largely of de-
scriptions of scenery and folklore.
The people of Korea may be de-
scribed generally as robust, amiable,
Industrious, pleasure-loving, and CIV
en- rather to the arts or peace than
the ardors of war. They are agricul-
tural rather than commercial. They
are gindly and generous. They have
no national religion, and never have
had Confucianism, so far as regards
the worship of ancestors, the rever-
ence for parents, and the dignity of
family, has a stronger floold tnan any
other form of religion. Buddhism
has always had a languishing exist
ence among them. There is a wide
spread belief among the people in
witches, in spirits and in devils.
There are relics of fetichism. The
costumes of the men and the women
do not differ widelyf rom those in use
thousands of years ago. The univer-
sal costume is cotton CLOTH, bleached
and unbleached. In winter, this is
padded with short staple cotton which
grows in Korea and is carded into
pads for the purpose of quilting the
clothing of the people. Their head
gear is remarkably varied in form.
They have a different form or a diff
ferent kind of hat for amost every sta
tion in life. ALI the unmarried men
in Korea are allied boys, and wear
their hair in braids down their backs
Marriage may take place at any age
from twelve upward, and when a boy
is married he is man. The women
of Korea have no legal status. A man
may have one wife, and her children
are mis- legitimate heirs; but Ko-
rean may have as many concubines
as he may have the ability or the dis
position to support.
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which congress is now considering,
and which asks for an appropriation
from the national government of $24,-
100000 for the Improvement of nigh
ways, appeals to me as one of the
best measures that has ever been pre-
sented It's influence upon the civil
ization of our country can not be oy-
erestimated
For many years we have expended
liberal sums of money for the better
meat of rivers and harbors, and the
results accomplished are commend
able, but we must not lose sight OF
the fact that great majority of the
people live away from the coasts and
waterways in regions where he ne
cessity for good highways is impera-
tive In many cases they need the
appropriations and national aid a
great deal more than those dwelling
nearer the seaboard or on the streams
that TEEN with industry.
The plan requires each state to
spend an additional amount equal to
the national appropriation for that
SIdIe. lnlS Will uOuDliCSo dCI d5 q
stimulus and result in the expendi-
ture of about $4S,000,000 in the
course of three years.
The highways are the natural feed
ers to railways, and improvements on
them materially increase both inter
state and international commerce. II
our government has seen fit to be lib
eral in river and harbor work, it is
reasonable to expect that the building
and maintenance of public highways
| must demand the same attention
There is an inter-dependency here
which can not be overlooked by those
who analyze this question Alright.
hope you see this as / do and can
| therefore, help pass the bill. AS you
know, | have been an advocate OF
good roads for many years, and have
spent much time and money to ad
vance the development CT this great
reform.
Respectfully yours,
Albert A. Pope
New York, Feb. 6, 1904.
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hospital in many respects is a public
institution and when it can not be
maintained by private enterprise 1t
should be supported by the public.
Indiana has similar law, and 1T
works admirably and is doing much
good for the sick and manned. Un-
der present conditions in Iowa, county
boards have no authority to send pa
tients to hospitals except as it may
be done by encroaching on the poor
fund.
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MARROW ESCAPE.
Congregation at Logan, Iowa, Flee
From Burning Church.

Logan. Ia, Feb. S-While the
flames rapidly ate their way through
the roof above their heads, and crept
up the lofty bell tower, the panic
stricken congregation which had as
sembled in the First Christian church
for divine worship Sunday morning
jostled one another in their effort to
escape from the building. Only a
few moments after the last worship
pers had crossed the threshold, the
bell tower, undermined by the flames,
fell with crash, filing the interior
Of the building with a mass OF burn
ing timbers. An instant's delay in
giving the alarm would have meant
the loss of several lives.
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THE KOREAN PEOPLE.

The people of Korea are not Japan,
ese, and they are not Chinese. They
are Mongolian, and have a polysylla,
bic language with phonetic alpha
bet. They have a recorded history
of disputed authenticity, which claims
for them a continuous existence as a
Korean people of about five thousand
years, the earlier part of which, OF
course, is shrouded in the mists OF
tradition and fable, AS early as three
centuries ago, the Koreans had mads
great progress in the arts. They
built ships two hundred feet long anC
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-"The undertone Of the stock n

The undertone Of the stock mar
ket remains sound" says Henry
Clews, particularly in respect to
railroad securities. Earnings con-
tinue to show satisfactory gains over
the phenomenal figures Of last year
which, considering the lessened &C
tivity of business, is effectual proof
of genuins growth. Only a few roads
are showing decreases in net earn,
ings; in spite of the fact that labor is
high and the cold winter has added
considerably to costs of operation"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

The Schaller Audubon Society
has had a bill introduced in the sen,
ate by Hon. Warren Garst, and in the
house by Hon. Joseph Mates, to pro-
hibft the shooting of live birds from
traps; also bill introduced in the
senate by Hon. John A. Young, and in
the house by Hon. A. F. NJ Hamble-
ton, to prohibit the docking OF horses
tails. A third most important bill in
the line of humane legislation has
been introduced in the senate by
Hon. Shirley Gillilland, and in the
house by Hon. c.. C. Colclo, the''Rood
Humane Education Bill" requiring o
certain amount of humane instruc,
lion and study as part of the school
curriculum, All three measures are
warthy the support of all lovers OF
nature
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

-"Cummins may be the speaking
trumpet Of the state administration,
says the Abba Union, "but the people
need no advance mouthpiece to plan
or set up plank for the presidential
platform. Protection is our motto
and when we give it up we may give
up the ghost as party and tie our
selves to the democratic tail or the
populistic roadster and drag our
selves to political hades without a
grumble."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

The parole of inebriates may be
taken from the governors office anc
put in the hands of the board of con.
troll if the ruling of Judge McVey, OF
Polk county, that proceedings against
inebriates are civil and not criminal
is sustained. 1t has already led to
striking out from the provisions OF
the parole the restriction of the pa
rolled to one particular county. This
provision can be enforced in Grim.
inal case, but would be of no avail
under civil jurisdiction.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

The isolated little station of Max,
on is one of the most important trans.
fer stations on the Burlington in
Iowa. During each of the months Of
October. November and December
the freight business at Maxon was
from $4,000 to $4,000. There waz
gain in the business of 1909 over
1902 of $5sSS.s4, consisting almost
entirely of transfers between the
Iowa Central and Burlington roads.
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a half tom Of coal snoreled erer

"A nall ton OF coal snoveled every
twenty minutes is the record of q
fireman on the fast mail on the
Northwestern. The tank holds 5000
gallons of water. Two tanks of wat
er and ten tons of coal are used in
the run from Clinton to Boone, dis,
tance of 214 miles. Not long age
when the mail was thirty minutes
late and instructions given that II
SmEst be at the transfer at Council
Bluffs on time to connect with the
Union Pacific, the fireman shoveled
twelve tons of coal between these two
towns.
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- 49, --1--''saE'.
inside OF few hours 70 marry Syl
via Collins, of less than I6 years
whom the Humane society is seeking
to send to the reform school at Mitch
ellville, is the record of N. M. Brow
der, a man of mature years, and the
latest proceeding to disgrace the city
of Des Moines.
At the fourteenth annual conyen.
tion of the National Council of Won
en-, held in Indianapolis, the divorce
problem was discussed at length and
various recommendations were urged
One of the women made "a speech
which is said to have been the sensa,
tion of the convention and which EN-.
bodied the idea expressed in his ex.
cerpt:
There can be no just ground
for divorce without the intima-
tion of crime against the COM
monwealth. If thousands of di-
vorces are granted yearly, the di-
vorcees, take it, virtually admit
that they are offenders against
the states laws, which they have
broken with the marital bond.
Why, then, should the dissolution
of a home, the separation of two
lives interlinked by marriage, the
destruction of family in many
cases, be allowed to stand con-
doned in the eyes of the law?
The duty of the commonwealth
is not ended by decree of divorce
1t mas only begun. When the
causes of divorce are punished by
fines and Imprisonment, as many
should be, bar will be put upon
hasy marriages and the integrity
of the American home be pre-
served"
Right Rev. p. ]. Garrigan, Catholic
bishop of the see of Sioux City, in
his Lenten letter to the priests oi
that diocese, says:
'The most threatening menace
to home and church and state in
our time is the looseness Of the
marriage tie. Marriage is indeed
the most sacred, the most vital
the most inviolable contract that
can be entered into by men; this
is true of the natural contract as
well as of the Christian sacra-
ment of matrimony, for it is the
cornerstone of the social fabric,
and the pure well spring of pub
lie and private morality. Divorce
is the curse of our age. 1t is un-
Christian and immoral Born or
ireligion and sensuality, it is
fast undermining the foundations
on wh'ch church and state Tcst"
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B. F. Wilson, of Harvey, was
about the Rock Island quarry recent
ly and found among the debris which
had been thrown out peculiar rock
that looked like petrifaction. Exam.
ination and tests were made by ex
perts and report comes that it is pet
rified hickory of the finest grain, such
as BARRIERS hickory razor bones are
made from and quoted in hardware
catalogues at $500 each.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Patches Of skin from the bodies
of 200 men will be used in grating
three and half square feet of cuti
Gle on the body of G. M. Shissler, OF
Des Moines, now in a hospital IL Los
Angeles, and if successful, one of the
most marvellous achievements of mod
eTn surgery will be accomplished
Shissler was almost fatally burned In
"a bath tub explosion, and to save bis
life extensive grating of skin is ne
tcessitated.
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"A youngster, who had a severe
cold, was asked by his mother: "Son,
did you get that cold out skating%
The son was equal to the occasion
of the quiz and replied: mo, ma, |
think / caught it washing my face
yesterday morning"
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ratio, are held not entitled to two
members each.
At the time of the passage of the
act two years ago the >lawyers who
discussed this phase of the subject
declared there wass no danger; but
Mr.. Oliver is said to threaten that he
will take it into the courts and undo
all the legislature has dcne
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ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
The War Of Words Is Finally oueIied
by Esquire kendig.

Justice H. R. Kendig yesterday un-
dertook to make adjustment of the
case charging blasphemy brought
about by the trouble occasioned at a
Hebrew wedding several days ago.
Harry Dagan, the defendant. was fined
one dollar and costs for the trouble
that had been caused. The justice
took occasion to lecture the men in
terested and he stated in unmistaka-
bic terms that ne regretted the fact
that the power was not granted him
for fining the complainant also. for
the evidence showed him to be the
aggressor,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

THE republicans of Iowa who
want to see President Roosevelt re-
nominated and reelected ought to be
willing to permit him to pass upon
tha platform upon which he is to
stand 2 is the way the Fairfield Led
ger looks at the matter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

I ~
Senator Allison hot been q
member of a natioEsA convention
since the time the party in Chicago
placed Abraham Lincoln in nomina-
tion forty-four years ago. Among the
senators of long service, he has been
exceptional in this regard. He has
never sought these honors for him
self, always preferring that they pass
to others. He has never required
such stay hold himself secure in the
confidence and sincere affection of
his people. Senator Dolliver was a
delegate to the Chicago convention In
1888, when Senator Allison was pre-
sented as candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination. That was the
only time he has served in this re-
lation. IL Senator Allison is to go on
the delegation he would like to have
the junior senator with him. 1t is be-
lieved on he part of the friends OF
the administration here that our SEN
ators, in whom the president has the
utmost confidence, are in a position
to speak for the president from per-
sonal knowledge of the man, his poll
cies and the purposes controlling his
Official life as few men are. There
fore the expression in their behalf
takes on a national aspect which /
feel sure the loal friends OF the presi-
dent in our state will be quick to rec-
ognize and ready to approve"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Governor Cummins has appoint
ed as delegates to the national good
roads convention: Hon! s. d. Packard
Of Marshalltown, Hon. E. H. Thayer
of Clinton, d. B.Lyons of Des Moines,
". e. Hunter of Dixie, and Henry
Heog of Jefferson. The convention
is. to be held in Hartford, Conn, Feb
ruary 10 and IL.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

The Keokuk County News an.
nounces new candidate for. delegate
to the republican national convention
james Mitchell, of What Cheer
He is a member of the we'll known
clothing firm of Mitchell Brothers,
and is president Of the First National
Bank Of What Cheer. He is a capa'
BILE man, a lifelong republican, and
in every way worthy the honor he
seeks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Now that Blydenburgh, the wife
murderer, has been found guilty and
sentenced for life, will the program
be procrastination, petition, pardon,
or will the higher courts find out
that the district Judge sneezed during
the progress of the trial?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

According to a statement pub
lished in the Tribune the Eddyville
light plant has cost the city s52s.36,
over and above the receipts for the
past seventeen months. Another ev-
idence that municipal ownership is
not uopian.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Hon. A. F. N. Hambleton, the
wide-awake representative from Ma
haska county, has a bill before the
legislature that Is deserving support
from all pars of the state. 1t pro-
vides way by which boards of SUI
pervisors may pay for poor patients
in hospitals, and If they see ft may
aid in the support or hospitals. A
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

Everything for war has been pro-
-vided except that the location of the
Mole ST. Nicholas correspondent has
not been announced. The best wind
jamfner in the Spanish-American war
ought to-. have a, front seat some
where. GM R, GE t%a,v 'e.
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ut is an inspiring sight" says
the Press, "to see 100 or more miners
alight from tine Mammoth Vein cars
in Bussey every evening and HE
away to their several homes. They
bring as much as $4,000 to the town
every month" Suppose Oskaloosa
had an electric line down into the
coal belt?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

"A government armor-plate fac
tory, long projected, is now a posi-
bility of the near future. The naval
appropriation bill carries an appro-
priation of $4,OO0,000 for such a fac
tory, should the secretary of the navy
find he can not secure armor from
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

The Burlington commercial club
had banquet the other evening and
a number of4enterprises were launch
ed and discussed for the good Of the
city,, The date for the Oskaloosa
banquet is still open.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

The choice of Isidor Rayner as
United States senator from Maryland
is the new constructive democracy's
rebuke and rejection of the political
methods of the Hon. Arthur Pue Cor.
M w g st9af ~ TffaE9lt q; The south.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

-IOwans in southern California
nave AN association and are to have
an annual picnic February %. 1t is
said that from 5000 to 5000 people
attend its meetings,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

1t is looked upon by the Des
Moines Register and Leader as a pc
culiar physiological affair when the
breaking of the backbone Of the cold
snap warns cold feet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

"A Muscatine man killed fifty
four feet of snakes one day last week.
This sounds to the Creston Advertis-
er-Gazette as though it might be the
result of forty rod whiskey.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

J}aHs4 w. u CIeIllcnI5 IN f11gk1ahSe q
Chester Tyler, who was convicted of
the murder of DIR. B. M. Failor, while
the county fair was in progress at
Newton in 1901. The evidence
against Tyler was conclusive, but
there were technicalities which the
defense urged and Judge Clements
refused to allow to be used to defeat
the ends of justice, and upon such a
showing as this the case was taken
to the supreme court. If all Iowa
judges were like Clements-men wno
believe in upholding the majest Of
the law and using its provisions for
the protection of the lives and proper
ty of the people instead Of allowing
them to be distorted and twisted to
permit murdercrs and thieves to es-
cape their just deserts there would
be fewer murder trials, because there
would be fewer murders, and there
would be more thieves and rascals
punished as they deserve for the
crimes they have committed. Jasper
county and this judicial district
should see to it that Judge Clements
is retained in the position in which
he Is making record that will go far
toward driving the criminal class
beyond our borders.
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NEED OF NEW DIVORCE LAW.

There is surely need of law in
Des Moines like that proposed by
Senator Jones, of Mahaska county, to
safeguard marriage and prevent di.
vorce. Divorced from 15-year-old
Goldie Browden. and with a license
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-11

esa senators cSains his leadership,
ii marks the end of Mr.. German as a
national political influence.
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TRIBUTE TO JUDGE CLEMENTS.
Colfax Clipper: We are pleased to
note that the Iowa supreme court has
recently reaffirmed the decision Of
r..,.s~v.t ay,sss.-.,-s 4bn ~ y az
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GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.

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