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The Jewish outlook., 1904-12-09
THE JEWISH UrLooK

seem TO De d IldCHtIlldClCdlly coiIcCC way
of expressing an average Individual
value to the state or to his fellows. But
the Jews did not average or calculate
where human life was concerned. They
felt. The religious sentiment was con-
cerned where life was at stake and there
was no abstract reasoning about the
matter. It was as though they asked
concerning any person, "What is he
worth to God?" And the answer to this
was that no man knows. God may pass
the eloquent Aaron by and make the
tongue-tied Moses leader and law-giver
to his chosen people-nay, was not that
ark in the bullrushes with the abandoned
infant kept safely by his power? No one
knows what any individual is worth to
God. This faith makes sacred every in
dividual. He may be crippled, diseased,
half-witted; may seem good for nothing
but to be burden to his friends or
upon the community; it is no matter;
he must be kept alive for all souls are
mine," saith the Lord.
Well, this is what is generally under
stood as the Christian view of the sac
redness of individual human life to-day.
but Christians do not embody it in their
lives very well. They do not live as
though they felt it's truth. War, sui
eide, murder, indifference to the death
rate among children, and others, from
preventable causes, the Slocum disas-
ter, and all such things show that we
haven't the deep religious feeling about
the value Of life that Christians are
supposed to have. Perhaps we are not
to blame, for such feelings are rather
instructive than matter Of will or in
tellectual conviction. And yet here is a
deep religious sentiment that has
wrought nightly for the glory and per-
petuity of the Jews, and if religious
sentiments are to be cultivated, this one
we should especially cultivate. We
should not dare to suppose ourselves
wise enough to judge of the worth of a
man. "To seek and to save the lost"
was the mission of Jesus, so we read in
the gospels. 'Tis Jewish ideal, and
very slowly and very imperfectly has it
been taken up by other races.
This is clear case Of instinct against
intellect Reason is rather with the
classical ideal, is clearly so, till the
search is both wide and deep. "Cut off
the sick and poor, the shiftless, the de-
formed, and all criminals, and breed
your future humanity from better
stock" " Thus, says science, at least of the
shallOwer sort. But not so the instinct
i've religious feeling And religion has
deeper meaning, safer word, leads
to greater future than the intellectual
reasonings of any man. And Of this the
The Jewish outlook., 1904-12-09
Jews and Unitarians
Rev. David Utter Pastor First Unitar-
ian Church.

Between Cne heIOfm Jews anu uHe
Unitarians in America to-day there is
little if any difference in creed. This
fact is recognized here in Denver and
the cordial fellowship naturally grow
ing out Of common faith has been evil
dent here now for seven or eight years
in an annual thanksgiving service in
which the congregations Of Temple
Emanuel, Unity Church and the First
Universalist Church have united.
Such differences as remain seem to
me to be race characteristics rather than
differences in creed. There seems to be
a deeper religious sentiment among the
Jews than exists among us. Many Jews
of American birth and breeding are ag-
nostics intellectually, but on fast days
and festivals of their church they crowd
the temple just the same, and join in the
worship as devoutly as though their
faith were perfect. l do not believe
there is any insincerity in this. 1t is
with the heart that man believes unto
salvation; and why may not the lips
voice the heart s deep faith, though the
intellect be bewildered by the inscruta-
BILE complexity of this vast unintelligi-
BILE world?
We have the same type of agnOstics
with us, to be sure, though l think the
Anglo-Saxon is more inclined to follow
his intellectual conclusions and smother
his sentiments than are people of other
races. If our people become agnOstic
they are too apt to desert the church al
together
We were disappointed at Unity
Church on last Sunday morning, for we
expected to hear sermon by the Rev.
Alexander johnson, the general secre-
tary of the National Association of
Charities and Corrections. The subject
upon which he was to have spoken, had
he arrived in time, was particularly at
tractive, namely, "The Christian VS.. the
Classical Ideal of the Value of the In
divdual" AS we did not hear him I
can only guess at the ideal Of the value
Of the individual which Mr. johnson
would have presented as "Christian,"
and yet I fell sure that he would have
held up for our approval an ideal that
was Jewish rather than Christian was
Jewish first and Christian afterward,
by adoption, as so many things in our
religion have been and are
The Greeks and Romans did not
value the individual too highly. He was
simply one more person, and his worth
might have been expressed by fraction
with one for numerator and the number
Of the entire population of the empire
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
WHAT CHEER MINES CLOSED,
Once Thriving Mining Camp Now a
Thing Of tho Past.

Special to Times Republican.
Belle PLANE, Dec. 15.-For many
years What Cheer was known as one
of the leading mining camps of the
state. The town thrived and prospered
as only a mining camp can. Here were
to be found all kinds of people, every
one in pursuit of the elusive dollar that
was to be obtained from the sale, i'm
mediate or prospective, of the "black
diamonds" that seemed to abound in
that vicinity. Rich men touched
elbows with black, grimy foreigners,
who labored with the pick and shovel.
But times have changed. The opera
tors "have pulled stakes" and left for
other and newer fields and the miners
have been compelled to follow suit in
order to keep soul and body together"
The last big mine Of that great
number which made the town famous
has been closed down and no more will
the exhaust of the hosting engines be
heard in that vicinity. No more will
the long trains loaded with coal pull
out from the mine switches destined
for distant towns. All the hurry and
hustle Of a mining town has gone and
What Cheer will settle down to the
hum drum life Of country town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
MANY cruelties ALLEGED.

Sioux City, Dec. 15.-Alleged cruel
ties inflicted upon the children at the
Brule county, South Dakota, poor farm
have created a sensation. One little
boy was reported to the overseer as
having stolen an orange at school, and
when accused Of it, refused to confess.
1t is charged that the overseer broke
a rawhide whip on the child, and, still
failing to get a confession, proceeded to
tie him up by the thumbs in real APP
proved Spanish inquisition style. An
Investigation is on foot and the mat
ter will be brought to the notice Of
the grand jury.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
James J. Hill Says Cutting Down
of Railroad Rate Would At
feet Employees
COMMISSION HAS THE POWER
President Hill Declares Interstate
Commerce Already Has Sufficient
Power and Sees Only Harm in Ef-
fort to Give Government Control Of
Rates.

New York. Dec. 15.-"The railway
lines of the United States will obey the
law, but to cut down transportation
rates arbitrarily and consequently to
reduce earnings to meet the new con-
ditions naturally implies reduction
OF wages"
Summed up, this is James ]. Hills
view Of the Interstate commerce court
proposed by President Roosevelt to fix
railroad rates. The president of the
Northern Securities Company sees a
direct loss to the vast army employed
by the transportation lines Of the
country. In protest, he declares the
interstate commerce commission now
has sufficient power to meet all condi :.
lions.
THE transportation rates Of Ameri-
can railways are the wonder Of the
world he declared. Nowhere else
are they SO cheap. In England the av-
erage rate per ton per mile is gas cents.
In France Germany, and other conti-
mental countries it falls lower, until in
Russia, where the conditions of long
hauls are more like our own, the min
imum is reached.
"In America our rates average only
076 per ton per mile. That is AZ per
cent, If / remember rightly, of the low
est European rate, yet our wages are
the highest in the world. In Russia
railroad employees receive $12 to $50
q month for work for which we pay
$50 to $50 month"
An examination Of official reports
will show that in the past seventeen
years 90 per cent of all the rate cases
considered by the interstate commerce
commission have been settled out Of
court. That is, they have been adj
justed by the railway companies
themselves. Likewise in every contest
ed case that has been carried to the
supreme court, the commission has
been beaten.
If the proposition Is to give the
commission the right to fix rates arbi-
trarily, the five members would have
more autocratic power than any other
five men in the world.
"The interstate commerce commits
sion already has all the power required
to adjust rates. Under the present
laws 1t has power enough to hang a
murderer. have no criticism to make
of the honorable gentlemen who COM
pose the present commission, but that
commission cannot be sheriff, grand
jury, prosecutor, court and autocrat
all in one-sheriff, to arrest; grand
jury, to indict; prosecutor. to ferret out
evidence; court, to try, and autocrat
to operate railway companies"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
WHEAT RULED Strong
Light offerings and Fair De
mand From Commission
Houses Helped Prices
THE CLOSE ABOUT "a HIGHER
The Market Was Strong During the
Entire session-Corn Held compar-
ativeIy Steady On Good Demand For
May and the Close Was Strong
and Higher.

Chicago, Dec. 15.-Sentiment In
wheat today was bullish, the result of
a fair demand from commission houses
with only light offerings. May opened
at 1.O9sa to 1.O9B, and rallied to 1.10A.
Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago re-
ceipts were 457 cars.
During the latter part of the session
the market developed additional
strength. May closed AQM higher at
1.109s.
Corn.
Corn held comparatively steady on
good demand for May from commits
sion houses. Firm cables and predic-
tons of lighter shipments from Argen-
tina were bull factors.
The market became quite firm later,
partly as a result Of the strength of
wheat. May closed firm, Is higher at
40.
Oats.
Oats were steady. May opened at
S0A to 30T and sold at 30B @31. Re-
cepits were So cars.
Provisions.
Provisions were q triflle easier as the
result Of increased receipts of hogs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
Iomans at the Yards.

Carl Grdert of Bryant marketed
one load of 1902 lib steers at $3.50.
r. Kelly & Son Of Clinton marketed
40 steers averaging 1,416 lbs at $500.
P, Hansen Of Charlotte had one loau
of 1881 lib steers on yesterdays mar
ket at $685..
Donaldson Bros. & Dean had hogs
here from Sheffield, which sold at sat
isfactory prices.
George Chaloupka Of Monticello, was
here with IA steers of his own feeding
which sold at 81, averaging l.344 IDS
Ben Peterson of Battle Creek mar
keted on Monday 46 head of western
branded steers averaging LAO lbs
which sold at $500.
w. C. Montgomery of Rock Rapids,
had $40 head of western lambs on
Mondays market of short feeding,
which sold straight at $6.25.
julius Tudor of Iowa City was mere
yesterday with one load of yearNnss
which he raised and fed himself. Ihey
averaged 900 lbs and sold at $3.50.
Albert Miller of Clarence marketed
deck of fancy 70 lib yearling wethers
here yesterday at $6.10, top price OF the
season mus IdI LII ye@i MSS
w. F. Gardner, Ainsworth, had two
cars. of horned western 1887 10 steers
on Mondays market which sold NJ 80.
He was pleased with the market.
Michael Thiel of Calamus, was IN
Tuesday with cattle of his own FEEDING
averaging 1856 lbs, which were good
enough to sell at $3.50. Mr.. Thiel re-
ports only fair crop in eastern Iowa
and selling at Csc.
]. A. Beif, Burlington, was represent
ed on Yesterdays market with. u load
of 2-year-old cattle that averaged y
2S5 lbs He reports fat cattle scarce IN
his locality. but says there IS a good
crop Of young hogs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
Iowa at WASHINGTON,

washington, D. c., Dec. Is. = Rura,
free delivery route established Janu-
airy 16:
Bryant, Clinton county - Length OF
route, 221a miles; area covered, Is
square miles; population served, 34s
Number of houses on route, 81.
Postmasters appointed: Palmer, Poe
ahontas county, r. H. Berry, vice Min
ME S. Hanson, resigned; Santiago
Polk county, Howard r. Allen, vice F.
Z. Tonllinson, resigned.
M. r. Carter of Bailey has been adj
mitted to practice before the interior
department.
Marie HalYerSOn has been commits
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
stoned postmaster at Gunder.
Pensions Granted Iowans,

Widows, Act June ~, 1S90.--Saraf
"A. Coddington, Cornell, So.
Invalid. General Law--Andrew j
Brown reissue, Marshalltown, $14;
Samuel Good, increase, Des Moines
va; Moses Lezer, increase, Allerton
Sl4; Henry III. Wright, increase, Cen
terville. $24.
Invallds. Act June 81, 1s90.--Melzar
j. Eagal, original, Davenport, So; Jas
per Pierce, original, Woodward, So;
Charles M. Taylor, original, Harlan,
$40; Michael Austin, increase, Avoca,
$40; Charles o. c. Brown, increase,
Corydon. $40; John w. Fullerton. in
crease. Tingley, $40; Thomas Ford. in
crease Plainfield, $40; David o. Mar
chant. increase LeMars, $12; James p.
Vorhies. Lucas, $12; Frederick Wink
Ter, increase. Sac City, $40.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
TO MEET AT WATERLOO.

National Board of the Y. w. c. A.
Will be Hold at That Place.
Waterloo. Ia, Dec. 15.-Waterloo has
been chosen by the national board OF
the Young Woman's Christian associ-
alton Of America as the place for the
annual mid summer convention of the
middle west. The decision was made
recently by the board and the officials
of the Waterloo Chautauqua associ-
alton have been notified of the choice.
The convention place is brought to this
city for the middle west from Lake
Geneva, wisconsin, where the annual
conventions have been held for two
weeks each summer for years past.
The Waterloo Chautauqua associa-
ton managers have had the plan In
view for some time. They have sent
delegates to the meetings Of the ma
tional board and have brought all in
f1uences possible for the choosing Of
the chautauqua grounds at the beauti-
full Cedar river park above this city
as the place for the convention, since
1t was found that the convention was
to be taken from Lake Geneva. These
conventions are usually attended by
1000 young lady delegates.
President Gown of the association
yesterday stated that the plans as pre-
scented to the national board of the Y.
w. G. A. would mean the great i'm
proving of Cedar River park where
annually Is held the chautauqua, the
annual encampment Of the Evangelical
church Of the state, the annual state
meetings OF the Salvation Army and
other associations. The securing of
the location of the Y w. C. A. conven-
ton at the park was accomplished only
after promises Had been made for great
improvements. 1t means the improv-
ing of the river front in places, the
adding Of a new building within the
chautauqua grounds and the erection
OF number of hotels and cottages for
the care of the delegates to the con-
vention while they are in the city,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
Receipts Somewhat Less This
Week Than Last, But Larger
Than is Usual
TRADING ONLY FAIRLY ACTIVE
There Has Been a Further Decline In
Prices For the General Run of Offer
inas-Prices Steady Today-Active
Demand For Hogs at Firm Prices
Other Market News.

Chicago, Dec. To- Cattle - Altho
fewer cattle have been marketed here
this week than last, supplies have
continued much larger than during
the corresponding time In former
wears. There has been a further de-
cline in prices for general run OF otter-
ings, Trade was only fairly active to-
day, there being enough to meet all re-
ou,rements. Prices were steady.
Choice continue scarce.
All cattle Of a medium ana lower
grade met the poorest demand yester-
day noted in weeks, and while rev Oh
the early arrivals found sale at STEADY
nrices. weakness soon dominated sell
ing. trains being late in arriving, ana
thus allowing the early offerings best
outlet. On the later market consid-
erable number of common ana medlufn
steers were locked up without bids,
statesmen preferring to hold them over
rather than sell at the prevailing pric-
es. tho extreme last trade was more
active and the better classes met freer
sale.
BUYERS took good fat steers quite
readily in the closing hours and about
all of that class was disposed OF at
the early range of values, tho statesmen
| said medium and half fat kinds were
still weak sellers, and prices ruled very
uneven compared with Monday. Some
lots were quoted steady, others 10 cents
lower and extreme instances Of 20 cents
loss were noted while a considerable
c1,1 vNntt ia6
over for today.
Hogs.
There was an active demand at firm
prices, largely at 4.40@4.55.
The weeks receipts SO far show a
heavy falling off from last week. There
were about 600 hogs left over from
Tuesday. mainly late arrivals, and
stock in the hand of spectators who
had faith that yesterdays market
would give them a chance to sell out to
advantage.
The fairly liberal supply and low
prices attracted some shipping orders
and the stronger opening of the pro-
vision market also tended to give at
least steady tone to local hog trade.
Offerings of very light pigs small,
and they sold readily at firm figures.
The stronger weight pigs were fairly
plenty and sold rather slowly. Coarse
rough throwouts were in fairly large
supply, and the market for stays, boars
and extra heavy low grade sows was
dull.
Sheep.
General demand was active as ever
and prices strong and higher.
40 i,, Ia y,,1o bo1 al
start to finish in this line buyers evil
IDENTIFY being under high pressure,
while the tone Of trade for older sheep
was less imperative than earlier this
week. There is an evident scarcity of
lambs in eastern territory and there is
a shrfll call for choice fat lambs in the
markets of the east where prices are
at range far above any previous time
to-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
FLOOD DAMAGE ACT OF GOD.
st. Louis, Court of Appeals Reverses
Judument in Case

st. Louis, Court of Appeals Reverses
Judgment in Case,
st. Louis, Dec. 15.-The ST. Louis
court of appeals Tuesday decided that
damage caused by the East st. Louis
flood in June, 1908, was the act of God
and reversed a judgment of $543.94
against the st. Louis Merchants
Bridge Terminal railway company in
favor Of L. A. Grier & Co. for the loss
of car load of oats.
The appellate courts opinion was
written by Judge Goode and concurred
in by his associates, Judge Bland and
Reyburn,
The opinion recites that the car Of
oats was delivered to the Terminal
company June s, and that the flood
which did the damage occurred June Z.
Meantime the car was kept on the
Terminal companys track in Madison
about one and half miles from a dixie
Of embankment, on which were the
Chicago and Alton railway company's
tracks. The dixie was twenty to eighty
feet wide and had withstood several
high floods and was depended upon by
the railways, manufacturing establish
ments and East side towns for protec-
ton.
Judge Goode states that he gathered
that the flooding which damaged the
oats in question was caused not by the
water flowing over the dixie, but by
passing thru crevasse. 1t flowed In
a volume twenty feet high and washed
away the roadbed Of the tracks up
on which the car was standing.
A mishap like that, Judge Goode
states, could not be forseen, as no one
supposed thet the dixie would break.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
DOCTORS MEET AT WAvERLy
ButI.r-Bremer County Medical socie-
+;.e Hold Well Attended Session.

RutI.r-Bremer County Medical socie-
tics Hold Well Attended Session.
Special to Times Republican.
waverly. Dec. 15.-The Butler and
Bremen county medical societies held
Joint meeting in Waverly yesterday,
which was well attended and was a
splendid success. At noon, the doctors
sat down to a banquet prepared for
them by the ladies of the Congrega-
tional church and spread in the din
ing room of their church. Those VINO
took part in the program, either read
ing papers or leading discussions. were
as follows: N. e. Day. Clarksville; W..
A. Rohlf, L. c. Kern and o. L. Chaffee,
waverly; H. E. Day, Dumont; A. O.
Strout, and +. A. Hobson, Parkers-
burg.
The following doctors were in at
tendance: Doctors Bennett, of Denver,
Iowa: Cross of Plainfield; Bradford, Of
GAINESVILLE; Runer. Kern, Ghraening,
Kimball, Burbank, Osincup, Chaffee,
Norton, Brown, and Rohlf, Of Waver-
~.
The following members Of the But
Ter County Medical Society were pres
ent: Doctors Thompson, of Shell
Rock: Evans, Of New Hartford; Stew
art. of Nashua; Lathrop. and Day of
Clarksville: Strout, and Hobson, of
Parkersburg; Day. of Dumont; Reeves
Of Bristow.
Visiting physicians were Doctors
Small of Waterloo and Cullar of Cedar
RAPIDS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
Cattle Gossip.

"Catte that OF good quality
but lacking flesh are being bought by
countrymen at prices that killers hest
tate before bidding" said q salesman In
the alley yesterday morning. Why
these same cattle will be worth 5cM
81 more to the owner inside Of thirty
Il sixty days, and it does seem the
height of folly for owners to cut them
loose now"
A liberal proportion Of choice year.
lings arrived yesterday and those went
readily at steady prices, local buyers
having rather urgent orders for such
grades Several lots went at $5.75 Cd
$50, with one load of choice 9S7 pound
IS. M. 81, Texas bred yearlings, fed
in Illinois, at the latter price. Supplies
of warnings have been very small in
the past few weeks ana these have con-
tinued to sell quickly at firm prices,
despite the lower range Of values for
the half fat, older steers.
ut is nothing unusual for the mar
kets to be well supplied with common
and medium cattle a month or so be-
fore the beginning Of new year,
suggested an old-time trader here, but
not in years have seen such a steady
stream Of cattle come to the sham
bles for so long period as this year.
However, after the first of the year l
look for a let-up in the supplies and
cattle selling now around $4.50@5.-
90 will bring s5.00@5.50 before the close
Of January"
among the great lessons taught
sheep feeders this season is that they
must meet changed conditions If they
stay in the business suggested trad
err. "It is a patent fact that eastern
and northern feed lots do not contain
any ways near the number of sheep
and lambs as owners now heartily wish
for. There Is cause for this - lack
Of supplies. The great settling up OF
the western range country is rapidly
contracting the land available for sheep
and this is where the farmer and feed
err ought to reap much benefit by rails
ing and preparing for market his own
stock"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15
CHICAGO Livestock.

Chicago, Dec. is:
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
5000; market steady to lower; good to
prime steers 6.OO@725; poor to med
ium, 3.75@5.75; stockers and feeders,
200 @4.10; cows, 1.40@4.1O; heifers, 200
@5.00: Gamers, 1.35@2.3O; bulls, 200
@3.90; calves, 3.O0@70O.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
$4,000; market strong; mixed and
butchers, 4.S5@4.571s; good to choice
heavy, 4.5o@4.65; rough heavy, 1900
4.40; light, 4.25@4.45; bulk sales, 4.4O@
ASS.
sheep-Estimated receipts for today,
$4,000; sheep steady; lambs strong;
good to choice wethers, 4.5O@5.75; fair
to choice mixed, 3.5O@4.60; western
sheep, 3.5O@6.OO; native lambs, 500,
7.20; western lambs, 5.00@6.S5.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-15

Governor Herrick Of Ohio granted a
respite to Alexander Guy, the Chilli
cothe uxorcide, who was sentenced to
be electrocuted on Dec. %. The stay,
which to Jan. 20, will Guys attorneys
a chnace to prevent an appeal to the
board of pardons.