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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
CRUISER LAUNCHED
The California Launched at the Union
Iron Works at San Francisco Today
-of Latest and Best Type.

San Francisco April 2s.-The armor-
ed cruiser California was launched
today at the shipyards of the Union
Iron Works. The cruiser was christ
ened California" by Miss Florence
May Pardee. daughter of Governor
Pardec.
The cruiser is supposed to embody
the latest and best in vessels of her
class and carries out the American idea
of fighting ship. She will cost COM
plete s5,000,o00. The principal dimen-
sions are-length on the load water
line, 500 feet. extreme breadth 69Ia
feet, mean draugnt "a feet and dis:
placement 13,440 tons. She Will have
twin screws and triple expension en-
gines. $4,000 horse power. capable of
devolving a maximum speed Of ,twen-
ty-two knots.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
SHAW ON CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Talks Before tho Syracuse Chamber Of
Commerce.


Syracuse. N. Y. April 2S.-Leslie M.
Shaw, secretary of the treasury, speak,
ing on Non Partisan Statesmanship'
before the chamber of commerce Tues
day, said:
"Some Of the best work Of the repub-
lie has been accomplished non parti-
sanly. During the administration of
James Madison a law WAS passed CIV
ing the American ship builder and the
American ship owner monopoly of our
coastwise trade. While this law has
been many times assailed, no party has
ever dared repeal 1t. and its presence
on the statute books Is therefore. with
non- partisan approval. What is the re-
sulto We have the largest and most
prosperous, the cheapest and best
coastwise trade in the world.
About forty years ago there was IN
augurated a policy of internal improve
ment. BY non-partisan votes large
grants of land and large appropriations
Of money were offered as an induces
ment to the construction of trans-state
and trans-continenta railroads. Note
the result. Five trunk lines, all but one
assisted by the government, cross the
Rocky mountains. and as result OF
these roads and their tributaries, the
entire west has become the most profit
able market for the manufactures!
products of the eastern states, and in
turn the greatest producers of food
products, which comprise over so per
cent of our exports. Nor is this all.
We have the most efficient, the cheap>
est and the best railway service in the
world. The average freight rates In
Europe are three times as high as in
the United States.
"For more than hundred years
statesmen have dreamed and talked
and planned for an isthmian canal and
now the hope of century bids fair to
he realized. The government of the
United States willingly pays fifty mill
ions for the right -of-way. then prom
ises to spend probably two hundred
millions in the construction and other
millions in the maintenance. and per-
haps other millions still in the defense
of the canal and then pledge itself to
permit the commerce of the world to
enjoy this short cut between the oceans
on equal terms"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
SHAW WOULD EXPLAIN
Secretary Of the Treasury Gives Out
= Statement in Regard to the sher.
cliff Case, Defending His Action in
GRANTING Parole.

Special to Times Republican.
Washington. April 2s.-Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw gave out a state
ment this afternoon covering the
Shercliff parole matter In which he
points out that all but two years Of
the seventeen for which Shercliff had
been sent had been served in the
penitentiary; that he was good pris-
oner and that petitions urging paroie
had been received from many quarters.
Also that subsequently Hubbard with
drew the published letter and that after
the parole Shercliff for a year behaved
in an exemplary manner and rendered
monthly statement of his where
abouts and of his actions and that
finally when he went wrong Shaw
again sent him to the penttentiary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28

sumner ten cents are now increased to
the, regular booze price OF fifteen cents
with or without a chaser. Likewise
have all drinks with sticks" in them
beel. boosted from ten to fifteen cents.
Frozen phosphates have been doubled
in price from five to ten cents. The
plain drinks remain at the old fashioned
price OF five cents. The summer drink
men declare that the higher schedule
was necessitatsd owing to the increased
cost of materials with which to mix the
wonderful concoctions that now grace
the soda fountain bars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
HAUGEN NOMINATED
Fourth District Congressman Nominat-
ed to Succeed Himself at the conven-
ton at Usage Today.

Special to Times Republican.
Usage, April 2S.-Congressman Hau-
gen was renominaued by the Fourth
district convention here amid great en-
thusiasm today. The resolutions indorse
Roosevelt and Cumlrins. Nothing was
said about reciprocity. The convention
was entirely harmonious.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
APOSTLE TAYLoR's WIVES.
Testimony in smoot Hearing Regard
ina Plural Marriage.

Washington, April 2S.-L. E. Alb
bott, Sheriff of Davis county, Utah, was
before the senate committee on privi-
leges and elections yesterday in the
SmoOt investigation. He was examined
in regard to Apostle, John w. Taylor,
who is reputed to have FIVE wives Two
of these wives are neighbors of Mr.. Alb
ibott in Pennington, Utah. The wives
are known as Nettie Wooley who has
five children ranging from II to 2
years, and Nellie Todd, who has six
children ranging from 16 to years, ali
of whom are recognized as Apostle
Taylor's children. Two other wives of
Apostle Taylor, said MIR. Abbott. are
Rhoda and RoXie yelling, who are
about 90 or "a years of age. It was re-
ported two years ago that they had
been married to Taylor. One was work
ing for Nattie Wooley and the other for
Nellie Todd, both as domestics. Sena-
tor Oyerman, wanted to know If their
ages had been given correctly at about
"a years. The witness said he believed
that to be about their ages.
Then they must have been married
since the manifesto" said the senator.
uOi hIloW, navy tct0 SOu dlA
I know about them," responded the
witness.
Attorney Taylor placed in the record
a letter written to Senator Burrows by
President Joseph F. Smith, respecting
his inability to have Mormons come to
Washington to testify before the COM
mittee He says that Henry Smith,
Mariner w. Merrill and George Teas
dale are i'll. and that John w Taylor
and M. f. Gowley are unwilling to tes-
tify. President Smith concluded his let
ter as follows:
.As this is political matter and not
a religious duty devolving upon them or
me, / am powerless to exert more than
moral suasion in the premises
Mr.. TAYLOR said he had nothing more
to offer at the present time. Chairman
Burrows stated that other witnesses
were on their way here, and that he
would adjourn the hearing subject to
ean. and would notify all persons con-
cerned. 1t is understood another ses-
sion and the final one before the COM
mittee goes to Utah will be held to-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
CRUSADE ON GAMBLING.
New Mayor Of Council Bluffs Does a
Little Work Himself.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, April 2S.-Armed With
a big Colts revolver which he had car
ried in The Philippine war, Dr. Donald
Macrae, Jr., the recently elected mayor
of Council Bluffs began a stenuous cru
SADIE against the gambling joints last
night. BY midnight he had succeeded
in putting two gambling joints out of
business besides capturing a wagon
load of conuraband paraphernaiia and
arrested fourteen alleged gamblers
All We're taken to the police station
where the men gave cash bonds for
their appearance in court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
coNFEREEs HAVE AGREED.
Report on Bill for Government canal
Zone Will be Adopked.

Washington. April 20. Conferees on
the bill for the government Of the Pau-
anna canal zone have reached an agres~
ment. This agreement Incorporates the
provisions OF the house bill with
slight verbal amendments, making tho
presidents authority more specs -. and
the first section Of the senate bill which
provides for taking possession OF Tho
canal "trip and the payment Of $l0.-
100000 there fore to the government OF
Panama instead of to Colombia Tha
report will be presented to each houst
today, and when adopted Will remove
every obstacle to The adjournment Of
congress.
The bill fofnows out the treaty with
Panama
The house provisions gives the presi-
30 sul IeAo uoloIpslnf slsldWao 1usp
nal zone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
IOWA MAN HONORED
T. c. Dawson Appointed Minister to
San Domingo, An Office Just Created
and Carrying Salary Of 5000 a

Washington, April 2s.--President
Roosevelt has appointed Thomas C.
Dawson, of Iowa, at present secretary
of the United States Legation at Rio
Janeiro, Brazil, as United States Min
lister to San Domingo. The office has
just been provided for by legislation
and carries with 1t a salary OF $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
ESKIMO ALL DEAD
Only Ten Families Left Out of Forty
or Fifty in the Mackenzie Basin -
Ravaaes Of the Measles.

Winnipeg. April 2s.-All the Eskimos
living in Mackenzie basin except ten
families have been killed by the ravag-
es OF measles. Before the epidemic
there were forty or fifty families with
a total of 900 or more persons. The
great ravages OF the disease and Its
awful results are told by Bishop Brey-
nat, who has jus, reached Dawson City
by long and tedious journeying from
south of Mackenzie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Roth.chlld Indicted.

New York, April 2S.-Two indies
ments for grand larceny in the firsS
degree were reported by the grand
fury today against David Rothschild.
former president OF the Federal bank.
The indictments are based on two
notes, which, 1t - alleged, Roths-
child discounted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Attempted Assassination.

Jeffersonvblle, Ind. April 2S.-An at.
tempt was made to assassinate D. M.
Robbins candidate for mayor on the
independent labor ticket. Robbins was
seated in his home when two bullets
crashed into the window. one splinter
ing a chair on which he was ed atting ana
THE other demo1ishing lamp. No ar
rests were made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28

Woods Elected Commander.

Springfield. ILL., April 2S.-Robert
Mann Woods of Poliet, was today
elected Illinois department
commander of the g. A. r., and reso-
lutions were adopted asking for a con-
ference between the department COM
mander and commander-in- CHIEF OF the
G.. A. r. and Loyal Legion. with view
to erecting in Washington a monument
to Lincoln on the hundredth annivers-
ary OF Lincoln's birthday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
T.-R BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS Of TODAY.
The Weather.

The Weather.
Sun rises, April 20, 5:O2; sets, 6:54.
Iowa--Fair tonight, possibly followed
ate temperature.
Illinois-Fair tonight and probably
Friday; slightly warmer Friday.
South Dakota-Partly cloudy to-
night and Friday warmer in the east
tonight; cooler in the west Friday.
PAGE ONE.
TeIegraphic News:
Russians Sink japanese Transport.
japanese Refused to Surrender.
Views OF Congressional Appropria-
tions.
Congress Adjourns Sine Die
Shercliff Case Involves Notable Men.
Secretary Shaw Makes Explanation.
An Iowa Man Honored.
PAGES TWO AND THREE
Iowa News in Brief:
Iowa and the Vice Presidency.
Sensational Failure at Davenport.
Hearst Fighting Wade.
Cunlins' Health No Better.
A Cummins Majority in Story
From All Over the State.
Murder at Ottumwa.
PAGE FOUR.
EDITORIAL:
An Overworked Theory.
Disappointed, But Why?
The Shercliff Case
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
Outside Point OF View.
PAGE FIVE.
General News:
Another Wild Debate.
Littlefield Scores Democrats.
Teachers May Marry In New York.
THE F'iligree Ball.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
City News:
Tax Will Not be Burdensome.
Some Interurban Tax Facts.
Democrats Declare for Hearst.
Henry Turned Down as Delegate.
"Grays'' Take Second From "Quak-
ers."
The Women's Club.
Mrs. Sophia Ferguson Dead.
The City Field.
PAGE EIGHT.
lows and Commercial:
Board OF Trade Quotations,
Wheat Closed Higher
Cattle Trade Was Slow.
f Return Passes to be Granted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28

he had sold to a 3 iouS Jew renee IN
Omaha, but po declined to do
of the and said he pre-
ferred to die j, = ion to doing any
thing of the k % There is not now
and never was : ssible doubt in re-
gard to the 81 this man. put ne
has syndics wealthy gamblers
and several 9 ans way up In po-
sition in Iowa ~. are straining every
nerve for his release. There is
no sign of reformation in this man. and
/ believe him to be the most desperate
criminal in the United States. and If
paroled | have not the least idea of his
reformation"
1t was few months after this that
Shercliff was paroled. The papers from
this time on are meager. John n. Bald
win filed the papers and there is his
letter accompanying them and his let
ter in which he assured the governor
that the papers he filed would show
that Shercliff is innocent and should be
released
Then there is an interesting letter
from the late n. M. Hubbard. dated
Sept. Is, 1900, in which he states that
while he was in Washington he had be-
come acquainted with Dave Mercer,
and he helped pass "our bill for the
settlement of the Sioux City & Pacific
debt" and continuing:
"As soon as the bill passed Dave as
he is familiarly called in Washington,
came to me to ask you to parole Frank
Sherclff. My son and Mr.. Dawley have
written you urging you not to pa
role or pardon him. Dave doesn't ask
that he be pardoned, but paroled on
good behavior, and tells me that the
Judge who tried him and the attorney
who prosecuted him will make re-
quest, or have made request. that you
parole him. suppose there is no doubt
but he is guilty Of the crime charged.
but Dave says he has been punished
pretty we'll now and that it will be
worth three or four hundred votes to
him (from the relatives of Shercliff) II
he can be paroled. Dave is one of the
best fellows met in Washington. and
/ want to beseech you in his behalf to
parole this man If you possibly can.
It was in November, 1900, that Sher-
cliff was paroled. and Immediately
joined Dennison and the gang in Om-
aha. and was there when Cudahy was
kidnapped.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
AMEs DENIED A PARDON.
Application Of Minneapolis Former
Chief Turned Down.

st. Paul, April 2S.-The state par
doning board denied the application for
pardon Of Frederick Ames, formerly
chief OF police of Minneapolis, VINO Is
serving a sentence of six and one-half
years in the saltwater pemtentiary for
accepting graft" money. Similar ac-
ton was taken in the case OF former
Chief of Detectives King, who 10 also
serving a penitentiary sentence foG
connection with the Minneapolis mum.
icipal scandal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
BULLETIN.

cheeSoo. April 2S.-Chinese junkmen
arriving from the Yalu say japanese
force has occupied Kurlien Cheng.
$own Just north OF Antung, on the Man
chs,rian side OF the Yaiu river. Only
: small body OF the Japanese army has
rrossS Aa river.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
BROKE A RoosTER's LEG.

Terrible Effect Of Japanese Shell at
Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, April 2S.-The corre-
spondent of the Russky Invalid writes:
THE Japanese have invented new
combustible. 1t is inextinguishable.
They tried the burn the battleship Ret
vizan by setting adrift RATS loaded
with this burning material. The Ret
vizan sank them, but the combustible
continued to burn under the water.
"a Japanese thirteen-inch shell ex-
ploded in the yard of General Stoessels
house, outside of Port Arthur 1t broke
a ROSTERS leg"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Railroad Shops Burn.

Albany, N. Y, April 2s.-Half OF
shop No. 5, at the West Albany plant
Of the New York Central railroad, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. Two din
ing cars. seven day coaches and FOUR
baggage cars were burned. Ths loss
is between 100000 and $125,0OO. Ihe
st. Louis exposition train, which It was
first reported had been DESTROYED, had
been gone from the yards for several
n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
SUMMER DRINKS HIGHER.
Soda Fountain Men Form a Combine
at Council Bluffs.
'inleS-RepubIican

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. April 2S.-The drug
gists and confectioners of this city have
formed a combine to raise the price of
soda water for the coming season and
yesterday put into effect their trust
schedule which raises the prices of
summer drinks from 33 1-3 to 100 per
cent. Nut sundaes and similar con-
coeelons which formerly cost the con-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
ALL WAY FROM GERMANY.
FOREIGN Couple Come to America t
Marry.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. April 2S.-Mrs. Louise
p. Hopping and Frederick II. n.
Brokmann Travelled all the way from
Germany to be united in marriage IN
this city yesterday afternoon. Ihey
arrived only last Monday from the
long journey across the Atlantic
ocean and as soon as the arrange
ments could be completed for an elab-
crate wedding, the ceremony was per-
formed, Rev. l.. Schuerer OF the Ger
man Evangelical church officiating
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
INVESTIGATE THE BEEF TRUST.
Department Of Commerce and Labor
Will Prosecute Careful Inquiry.

Chicago April 2S.-With an increas-
ed force representatives OF bureau o.
corporations of the department of COM
merce and labor renewed the investiga- ;
tions into the alleged beef trust at the
stock yards yesterday Professor Du-
rand came from Washington with an
expert accountant to take charge of the
inquiry and Ito assist Special Agent
Carroll who has been at work since
James r. Garfield left for the east
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Monument Unveiled.

Grafton, w Va April ga monu
ment was unveiled here today in the
National cemetery to the memory Of
Bailey Brown. the first soldier killed in
the civil war. The monument is of
granite, and is fifteen feet high.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
COLOR LINE IN PICTURE CLASS
College Man Refuses to Allow Photo
Beside Those Of Negroes.

Ann Arbor. Mich. April 2S.-A White
student in the senior law class OF the
University of Michigan has refused to
allow his photograph to go into the
class collection If the pictures of negro
students, of whim there are three In
the class, are included. The whits
student is an Arkansan. Others talk of
following his example.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Ovation to kinq.

Dublin. April 2s.-kind Edward and
Queen Alexandra had a great popular
ovation in the streets of Dublin today
while on the way to lay the founda-
tion stone of the Royal College of
Science.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Torpedo Boats Belonging to the
Vladivostok Squadron En-
counter Jap Transport
HANDING PARTY WENT DOWN
pH;eers and Larger Part of the Crew
surrendered, but Men Refused and
offered Resistance and We're Sent
% the sottom-situation On tho
Yaiu.
BULLETIN.

st. Petersburg, April 2s-The AS
pociated Press is informed that no iur-
tfer news has been received here from
Wonsan Korea, or from the Yalu river.
Communication is necessarily slow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
auLLETlN.

Port Arthur, April 2s.--Japanese tor
peio boats were sighted at lilo this
morning, covered by the japanese
squadron. few shots were hred
without damage after which the Jap
anese ships disappeared southwark.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
CONGRESSMAN FALLS At DESK

Repre.enta Fitzpatrick, Stricken in
House, Taken to Hospital.
washington, April 9s.-Representa-
tive Morgan c. Fitzpatrick. OF Tennes-
see, was taken i'll last night IN the
house and later conveyed to the emegs
gency hospital in a serious condition.
He sustained two attacks Of epilepsy II
quick succession.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Presidential Nomination.

Washington. April 2s.-The president
of Illinois, judge of the United States
court for the eastern district, Indian
Territory. .a.t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
GAS WAS TURNED ON.

Young Man is Found Dying in . Lin
coin Hotel.
Lincoln, Neb.. April 2S.-George Will
sen. of Valley Junction, was found In
sensible yesterday morning In a room
at the Boyd hotel. The gas was turned
on when the man was discovered. The
doctors say he will die. He Is a young
man, apparently % years of age.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
MRS. HELEN CUTS DEAD.

Demise Of tho Widow Of Ex-congrsss&
man Cuts.
Special to Times-Republican.
Oskaloosa, April 2S.-Helen Cults
widow of ex-Congressman NJ. E. Curtis
died at San Diego, CAL, this morning
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
THE TALK OF MEDIATION.
Russian Press Does Not Like the
Source.

st. Petersburg, April 2s.-The Rus
sian press is aroused over the talk OF
mediation and is inclined to attribute
the responsibility for the proposal to
an Anglo French agreement, the result
being the agreement does not obtain
favor. The Novoe vremya declares the
Anglo French understanding has ren-
dered poor service to Russia in prompt
ing the idea of mediation and adds: 1T
is idle to expect an Anglo Russian un-
derstanding as the result OF an Anglo-
French entente. 1t will take a long time
for Great Britain to reach Russia's con-
fidence"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
Famous Actress Dead,

London. April 2s.-Nelly Farren, an
old time gaisty theater favorite. died
today Of equity affection Of the heart.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
POLAR EXPEDITION LOST.
Brousneff Finds No Trace Of the Toll
Party.

st. Petersburg. April 2s.--Engineer
Brousneff, who went out in the spring
of 1903 to search for the Polar expe-
dition headed by Baron E. Toll, has
returned here. No trace OF the Toll
expedition was found. BroIsneff be-
leves the members OF the party died
of cold and starvation,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28
FOUGHT IT'S WAY ON YALu.

Fleet Of Torpedo Boats Encounter OPP
position from the Russians.
TOXIC. April 2s.-The japanese gum
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-28

the obligations incurred at over S24,-
900. 900, or more than sS00.000,000 all
told. not including the appropriation
for the Panama canal.