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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13
Boston Herald.

a. physician. The board Of education
refused to compley tho it is not UNDER
stood to be opposed to vaccination. 1t
holds that the new lay under which it
acts does not give it authority to force
this health precaution. In this con-
nection there are two facts that cam
not be overlooked. Smallpox is to be
found in many Iowa towns and cities
at this time, and in some instances
the contagion exists in epidemic form.
1t is admitted the world over that vac
cination is preventive against disease.
So it would appear that if a school
board does not feel justified in protect
| ing the public the authorities dealing
| directly with sanitary measure ought
| to do so.
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN IOWA.
| [Ottumwa Courier.1
| Fifty years ago today Ottunlwa was
| little more than a clearing in the
| primeval forest. Burlington. becaus 1T
was farther east, was beginning its
progress. Des Moines, now the largest
| city in the state, was almost nothing.
The railroads have made the differ
ence. Their, influence has been greater
for good than any other single inf1u-
ence that has brought to bear upon the
Mississippi valley for progress. They
have made it possible for people from
the states farther east to come to Iowa,
to learn her possibilities to know her
vast expanses Of fertile lands. They
, have made it possible for those who
stayed to raise crops and market them
in the eastern cities. They have made
| it possible for Iowa to stand among
the foremost agricultural states in the
union. They have, in fact, had much
to do with making Iowa.
Fifty years ago today the laA
: the Burlington's line from Chii
! Burlington was laid and fifty W
4 this morning the first train u
Chicago left the town which ", ~c
railroads gatewawy to great State.
The railway company is not celebrat-
| ing the event today, tho it might well
do so. Iowa might we'll make the day
something of a holiday, too for in the
/ fifty years that have elapsed since
March 6, 1856, this state has gone
forward with giant strides and more
progress has been made than during
any other period of similar length.
Railroads and progress go hand in
| hand. Without the railroad facilities a
community is bound to remain a small
! one or worse-,o to ruin. With rail-
roads there is always am opportunity
/ for growth, for expansion for progress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

Lagrippe yields quickly to the won.
derfuI curative qualities OF Foleys
Honey and Tar. There IL nothing else
"iust as good b. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13
THAT SPANISH RELATIVE.
Honda. Times1

Tom Kennedy has heard from a
long lost relative in Spain, who has a
pretty daughter and an immense fort
une, one fourth OF which he offers Tom
if he will consent to give the fair maid
EN- his protection while her father is
settling a little business matter with
the French authorities, which will de-
tain him a year or 80. He wants to
send the daughter and a trunk of Sc
curities to Tom. who is so pleased with
his good fortune that he can hardly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13
FApmERs, ATTEHrIoNl

Interchange of opinion and expert
ence is invariably beneficial. We learn
| more from one another than the
schools can teach German workmen
stood at the head of the words trades
workers because every apprenticeship
included three years Of wander work.
ing Before the apprentice became a
full member of his guild he journeyed
from one city to another, learning a
handy method here, cleaning an idea
there. He brought back to Germany
and his workshop the mental and
manual dexterity he had gathered in
his tramp abroad.
The mes-Republican desires to
call the attention of its thousands OF
farmer subscribers to the opportunity
offered by it's farm department in the
daily and semi-weekly issues. The
primary intent of the department is to
offer an opportunity for a general dis
cussion of farm topics by farmers and
those interested in agriculture. Thurs
days issue contained articles on seed
corn testing by Merritt Greene and
Will n. Wilson. both advanced far
mers and ,capable writer's. In today's
issue Ex-Governor S. B. Packard, one
of the prominent breeders and corn
raisers of the state, takes issue with
Mr.. Greene. The discussion is inter-
esting and valuable. There are other
farmers who have ideas and expert
ence to exchange. This paper wants
to hear from them. The editor of the
department will. II for any reason 1t
is necessary, dress. up their commu-
nications for the printers and remedy
any defects in orthography--this is a
notion Of poor spellers-or capitaliza-
ton, etc. OF the five thousand far
mers taking the daily Times Republi-
can and the greater number receiving
the emi-weeklyxmosts Of ttism have
sone ssneshod, have had some expert
ence, have a.theory to fprqmatgate. or
have aBser~ed ssome, spesnAiarity in
growthAhat .wnNld be valuable. con-
trisTh6E To fae exbe fiehbesand sobser-
vation of 9thers. = These we urge to
ssdA did tnStys eos,mhnioSaens to the
Farm Department Of the Times-Re-
pab'ioans and help mako It a valuable
aatunrtf 10 the paper. ss.ss ].
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

To the Boone News "Dobson seems
to have carried the administration
with the same convincing logic that
he carried Missouri"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

The Des Moines News suggests
chloroform for old bachelors. 1t ar
CUES that "the state cannot exist with
out the home. If the home is left out
none of that Dlid moral fiber can exist
in the nation which must come from
home virtues. Good morals are Moth
ing less than the Irregularities and the
ordinaries of social life. Individual
ism is a danger to society and the
state. Bachelordom is a barnacle and
menace"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

ing of more real Importance was ever
held ON that STAGE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

"Woman's real interest and happi-
ness do not consist, and never have
consisted, in the number of lines that
draw from the home to the outside
world, but in the multitude of avenues
by which she may bring the best from;
the world without to illuminate the
home," declares the Muscatine Jour
nal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

The New York Tribune briefly an
nounces that Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, hav-
ing taken office abroad under the gov
eminent. retires from the editorship
and direction of the Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-13

Press dispatches Saturday failed to
locate kuropatkin's army. The posi-
BILE explanation is that the army has
been "up in the air" ever since the
Japs broke it's line at Mukden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
he is considered one of the best judges

he is considered one of the best judges of horse flesh in the country. He and D. A. Ashbrook, who brought so many good horses to the show two years ago, are associated in the man. agement of the paper, and Miss Minnie Mcintyre is the editor. This paper makes a special feature of the social side of horse shows, and every month number of pictures of horses and people famous in the horse show world are presented. These pictures are drawn by the best known artists in their line, which is ani- nal portraiture.
 \ MT. Updegraff says that he has been highly pleased with the Birmingham show and that he considers it great success considering that this is the first year.
 Ut requires several years to build up horse show and make it a perfect suc- cess" said MT. updegraff. T have judged in Kansas City for twelve years. in New Orleans every show ever held in that city and other places, and l have had the entire management of the Kan sas City shows. Birmingham has made beginning equally as good as any of | the cities in the south, and within the next two or three years it will be as good as any in the country for city of this size.
 "The only drawback to this show has been the unfortunate weather. 1t has been damp and cool. If the weather had l been like 1t was today the stand would I have been filled every night and the naonle would have enjoyed the sho w | more.'
 Mr updegraff, according to the men showing horses, has been very impartial 1 in his decisions and they have all been very much pleased with his decisions. They have stated that he was as good a judge of the fine qualities of horses as any man before whom they had ever | sh
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friend and associate of the great editor by lifting his hands in hopeless dis may and exclaiming: What, not that astounding d. fool" Similarly one is tempted to inveigh in volleyed expletiVe over Tom Lawson's climax to his story of Senator Clarks political experience. According to the frenzied sensationalist Clark, after his last election, was dragged before H. H. Rogers, the great T Am of Standard Oil, and threatened with ex- plusion if he did not desert F. Augustus Heinze. According to the Boston chronicle of impossbilities Senator Clark demurred but agreed to come over to Standard Oil if Rogers could procure written proof that he could make good the threat. It is then soberly narrated that Clark on second visit to Rogers was shown the written pledges of two more than ma jority of the United States Senate to vote for Clark's expulsion on the say-so or Mir Rogers. Nothing that the pen or man can frame could be more ridiculous than such statement, and that 1t could be presented in cold type in serious ex- pectation of belief anywhere in the civ ilized world passes comprehension. The story stamps it's author as being either hopelessly crazy or utterly incapable or telling the truth. It must discredit any thing and everything coming frorhAthat source.
 There Is rarely seen a llfne Wnen lii7 stock market can with mere truth be de- scribed as professional" The talent has roamed over the floor picking up this speciality and that and making play wherever an opening could be seen. They made a speciality of the minor indus trials and of railroad stocks which had been more or less inactive. By starting in with "hurrah" buying of these odds and ends they started hte ball rolling and gave to these stocks an appearance of surprising life. Everybody wondered what could be up and plunged in after the talent" As a rule the smart ones took scalp and fitted to something else. It was noted, however, that the It. tie booms thus created almost invariably held and even made large gains on top of the initial stimulation. The market seemed ripe for just such demonstra- ton.
 In the language of a financial editorial In one of the weighty publications. United States Steel corporation is the beneficiary of every phase of business activity at this time. Every railroad, corporation. fac- tory and new building is working for 1t, and working overtime"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
KIT GETER CASE GOES
 UP TO SUPREME COURT
Shapiro Prepares Transcript of Appeal Cases-Geter Case Watched
 With Interest.

Deputy Clerk Isadore Shapiro of the pairing transcripts for the cases that have been appealed to the supreme court The docket of the Sixth division. which em- braces this county will be taken up at the term of the supreme court, evening, November 27.
 Perhaps the most interesting case ap- pealed 10 the higher court from this cir cult during this term is the case of Kilt Geter vs the Central Coal company for s12,000 damages for alleged personal in- juries The history of this litigation is one of the most interesting that has come up in the Birmingham courts for years.
 The case was tried october 2S, 1902, and resulted in verdict for the defendant. Attorney Francis D. Majors, who repre- sented the plaintiff in his motion for a new trial made some sensational allega- lions against the trial judge. He intl- mated that the conduct of the judge biased the jury.
 Judge A. A. Coleman, who was presd- ihe, subsequently, uecilneu to ehtefldln the motion for appeal on account of the lan- guage used In the petition.
 The attorney then appealed to the su- preme court for mandanus to compel the judge to entertain the motion. The mandanus was granted. The motion was considered and subsequently, overruled.
 An appeal was taken to the supreme court and that body will consider the case at the November session.
 In the original suit the plaintiff was seeking to recover damages for alleged injuries received while in the service of the defendants company.
 The case has created wide discussion in legal circles and the outcome will be watched with a great deal of interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
INSURANCE NOTES

The announcement of the probability or the formation of the Atlanta -Birming- ham Life Insurance company by the stockholders of the present Atlanta-Bir- mingham Fire Insurance company mas been the subject of much discussion in insurance circles in Birmingham.
 The several Birmingham directors are very desirous that the home office be located in Birmingham, but strong forces are also at work to secure the domicile for Atlanta. The last issue of the h. surance Herald, weekly insurance paper published in Atlanta, intimates confidence in the establishment of the home office in Atlanta. It has the following to say in regard to the proposed organization:
 The suggestion of Major J. T. Dargan of Atlanta to organize a life insurance company as a side partner to the Atlanta Birmingham Fire, as announced last week, is attracting considerable attention among southerners who believe that the formation of a stock life insurance com- pany with headquarters in Atlanta would, under proper management, be a success from the start Major Dargan, as yet has not formulated any definite plans but his idea seems to be that company or ganized to write only participating contracts would be particularly accepta- ble at the present time.
 The Birmingham Life Underwriters as- sociation will hold it's regular meeting next Monday November g. in the Com mercial club rooms in the Linn building Several special standing committees will make reports and the meeting promises to be particularly interesting. A number of new members will be received. and it is probable that President W. J. Cameron will be able to announce the date of the visit of President Scovall of the Ma tional association to this city. President Scoval will come to Birmingham in the interests of the association and will spend
 The consulting engineers of the National Board of Fire Underwriters have granted permission for use when installed accord- ing to requirements stationary gasoline engines constructed by the White Blakes- lee manufacturing company of Birming ham, and the Hagan Gas Engine and Manufacturing company of Winchester Ky. The respective names of these zines are the 'Blakeslee' and "Hagan.'
 The action of State Insurance Commits sioner E. R. McDavid in ordering suit brought against certain merchants who have insured in companies not qualified to do business in Alabama, has brought
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forth many inquiries from Alabama mer- chants Some of them want to become more fully acquainted with the law and others desire to know if certain com- panies have qualified under the Alabama law.
 The numerous inquiries are taken as evidence of the fact that many mer- chants are guilty of violation of the law. Commissioner McDavid, it will be remeln- bered, ordered Solicitor Mcqueen of the Tenth Judicial circuit to bring suit against Robert Garry. the wholesale merchant whose store was destroyed recently by fire, for $8500, the amount of the fines in seventeen alleged violations of the law. It is claimed that he placed his insurance with companies who had not qualified to do business in this state, and did not pay the tax assessed
 W. J. Cameron. president of the local Life Underwriters association, said yes- terday that he not only desired, but thought that national supervision Of life insurance companies would come about in the near future.
 .I do not think" said MT. Cameron, that the power of the state commission CTS should be abolished, but 1t should be abridged National supervision of insur- ance companies similar to the supervi. sion of the national banks would tend
 
 tect the policy-holders and minimize ex- penses. The Investigations could be made oftener and the possibility of fraud or scandal in the management of the com panies lessened.
 "As it is now with the laws in each state varying and the commissioners holding different views on the important questions, it is almost impossible for 8 company to transact business in several states with violating some of the laws. State insurance commissioners, as the law now stands in many states, have all most absolute power and can put prac- tically prohibitive check on any com pany.
 Many of the commissioners have lit- tie knowledge about insurance and some secure their position through mere poli- tical pull. In Alabama Commissioner McDavid is an exception to the rule, but there Is no telling who will be his suc- cessor. The recent agitation in the in- surance investigation will probably re- suit Is a mass of bills being introduced into the state legislatures, and without national supervision, complications and entanglements will result. I believe that at the next session a bill will be intro duced either in the house or the senate looking toward national supervision" Although all the official reports have not yet been made, it is thought that rone of the companies suffered heavy losses in the yellow fever epidemic this summer. Only one or two companies withdrew their business at the outbreak of the fever. The majority of the fatal cases were among the lower and uninsured classes Local insurance men are of the opinion that much of the scare about heavy losses was unwarranted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
John c. Brightman.

The remains of John C. Bright'iah' "no died at St Vincents hospital Ihursuay' were laid to rest in Woodlawn cemetery yesterday. He leaves widow and eisht children They are, Mrs. J. A. Stallinss and Mrs. R. l.. Weathers, of this city' Mrs. L. l. DeArmond, of Calhoun county; Miss Pearl and Miss Lela and MT. Luxe and Ed Brightman of this city; Charles priphtman of Georgia, and Herbert r,.igbtman. now in the United States army serving in the Philippines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
Home Remedies

there has been within the year rise of a s1O2, ,000,O0O in the market price of twen- ty-seyen active copper stocks traded in upon the New York and Boston mar kets Amalgamated leads with gain of s2S,275,000 and Heinze's United Copper comes second with a gain of S11, ,000. New England Is working up into high state of tension over coppers and ram pant spirit of speculation prevails.
 1t has become habit among a good many market historians to speak of the railroads of the country as being under the absolute personal domination of six or seven individuals. The remark has been repeated so often that 1t Is accepted by many as true. The men referred to are J. P Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, E. H. Hartman, A. J. Cassett, George Gould and J. M. Hill The list is en- tirely incomplete. It should include Jacob H. Schiff, William Rockefeller, w. H. Moore. D. G. Reid, F. J. Berwind, Speyer Brothers, Sir Willia mVan Horne, Thomas J. Ryan, William K. Vanderbilt, Blair & Co.,, and many others. Further more, many of the men named and the group to which they belong represent not themselves alone but rich stockhold- CTS and institutions for whom they act and without whose good will they would be powerless. Men like Marshall Field. D. O. Mills, William Waldorf and John Jacob Astor S. w. Allerton, Norman B. Ream. II. II. Porter, James Henry Smith and F. W. Cheney exert powerful infiu- ence on railroad policies, although taking no part in the active management of the properties in which they are heavily in terested. Some who are conspicuous in transportation high finance are also cap talns of industry and exert commanding influence in that quarter H. c. Prick for instance, is paramount in United States steel corporation. II. II. Rogers and William Rockefeller dominate Stan dard Oil, although they are ever in the shadow of John D. Rockefeller with his seldom exercised power of veto. Thomas J Ryan and August Belmont are in con tro of the New York traction field, rep resenting nearly $500, ,o00.000 in bond and share capital T. J. Ryan. Anthony Brady, c. K. G. Billings, E. c. Benedict, Emerson MacMillan and a strong Phila- delphia group are spread all over the map in the matter of gas and electric light ing having interests in nearly every large community in the United States.
 Goaded to fury by the nagging of a populist colleague the late Senator Wal colt once exploded with the remark that according to an old Spanish proverb that it is waste of father to shave a jack
 ass' The late Horace Greeley identified a wild ass of journalist who had been posing through the west as an intimate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
Cnnliffe to Be Sentenced.

Pittsburg, October 2S.-lt was an nounced today that Edward G. Cunliffe, who pleaded guilty to two charges or larceny from the Adams Express com pany representing theft of $lOl,Ooo will be sentenced next Saturday. Gun life was to have been sentenced today, but District Attorney Stewart says the postponement of sentence is taken Tn order to recover that part of the money which Is still missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
Cured of Drug Habit.

"Mr. c. B. James. Memphis, Tenn:
 Dear Sir-As you know I went to your sanatorium on the 44th of Novem- Der, 1902. When I entered your sana- torium for the treatment of the drug habit. l was almost a dead woman, but after a three weeks course of treatment, l returned home not only cured of the drug habit. but greatly improved men, tally and physically, and 1t is horrible thought to me now, when l think that l was once a slave to morphine and that 1t took an ounce of morphine a week to keep me from suffering. Even when un- der the influence of this terrible drug, I was miserable creature. I felt almost condemned. l must say under your treatment, I suffered no pain on account of the withdrawal of the drug I slept well. enjoyed good appetite and now have no desire for opiates of any kind.
 MRS. RITTER.
 "Paducah. KVr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
Salvation Army Today.

The following will be the programme for the farewell services to Adjutant and Mrs. Dodd at the Salvation army hall to- day;
 II d. m.-"Holiness Unto the Last
 D. m.-Christians prayer meeting. D. m--Adjutant and Mrs. Dodds fare well meeting.
 The public is cordially invited to at tend.
 Maj. J. M. Berriman, assisted by En- sign Widgery, will conduct the services. These services will be in honor of Ad- iutant and Mrs. Dodd of the Birmingham corps, who will leave in a few days for the west where they go on account of the i'll health of Adjutant Dodd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
w. s. Greegs.

The funeral of w. $. Greggs' WHO was run over and killed by an engine ana three cars near Woodlawn Tuesday night will take place from Shaws undertaking establishment at o'clock this morning. A brother r-in-law from Jacksonville reach- ed here yesterday morning. He said that Greegs vases years of age and that he graduated from medical school. The funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. stagg, and~the interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-29
POLICE COURT

There was little doing in the police court yesterday. Aside from the hearing in the case of Edith Johnson. alias, Lilly Ray on the charge of pickpocket, only two other cases amounted to anything.
 B. Haney, a negro, was bound over to the grand jury on charge of burglary. He was arrested by Policemen Bennett and Cole, Friday night. Walter James was fined S90 and one hundred and eighty days on the street. He took an appeal, the bond being fixed at $200. The case of HaneX was also apnealed.