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Gov. Vardaman replied as follows to
the telegram:

Jackson, Miss, Aug. ii. I. vii.
bingham, President Business Mems
Club, and Others, Memphis: I have
your message today, and accept inn
plicitly your assurance that there is no
yellow fever in Memphis. Should your
city be so unfortunate as to be visited
by this dread disease, we shall rely
upon you to notify us at once. God
grant that you may escape this pesti-
lence. JAS. X. VARDAMAN.
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nrnx Hnre Been suicide.

New York, Aug. s Robert w. Cris-
well. editor Of the New Yorker, and
connected with the publication Of
Americas Foremost Families, either
fell Or threw himself before south
bound subway express at Seventy y-sec-
ond street ct night. and was killed.
Tionaands WIN BE Loclzed ONT.
Berlin, Aug. 5 The association Of
employees Of the Saxcn and Thuringen
textile trades has decided to Close
down the works on August ID Twen
eight thousand VIII BE- leclzea out bg
he shut doWn.
The leader., 1905-08-12

The desire expressed by the Japan
ese ENJOYS that the peace negotiations
shall be conducted in the English Lam
guage once more illustrates the spread
of this speech. For the. past 300
years French has been the accepted
language of diplomacy among Euro
pean nations, although of late Eng
lish has been freely used. The recent
ascendency of English is due not so
much to it's own vigor and elasticity as
to the more practical reason that it is
becoming almost universal language
and, therefore, carries expediency with
a.
The leader., 1905-08-12

New York, Aug. 6.Paul Morton,
presidentof Of the Equitable Lille Assur
anee Society and Mrs. Morton had a
narrow escape from serious injury to-
night when their automobile ran into
. street car Mr.. and Mrs. Morton
were on their way across town when, IN
attempting to avoid car, the wheels
slipped and the machine struck the car
a glancing blow The conductor was
thrown from the platform and slightly
hurt, and the automobile was tempora.
rily disabled, but fortunately no fur.
thar damage was done:
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ROOSEVELT BREACHES.
Delivers Sermon to the Christian
Brotherhood of Oyster Bay.


Brotherhood of Oyster Bay.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 6.-Presi
dent Roosevelt late this afternoon de.
livered a lay sermon to the Christian
Brotherhood of Oyster Bay. He en-
phasized especially the necessity Of
sound character building, holding that
high moral character was the real es
sense of Christian life.
The organization before which che
President spoke is non-sectarian body.
composed principally of the male mem.
bers of the several local churches. The
meeting was held in the Sundy- -School
room of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Of which Rev. E. V. Bowman is pastor.
Mr.. Bowman is also the presi dent Of
the Christian Brotherhood. About
200 persons attended the meeting this
afternoon, and practically all Of them
were surprised when President Roose.
welt appeared on the platform aud was
introduced by Mr. Bowman.
The leader., 1905-08-12

SecreLdFy MeFcnanGs EXchange.
DR.. Jones wired DR.. Hunter, secre.
tary of the Mississippi State Board OF
Health, that there was no yellow fever
in Memphis at the present time and as
sured him that nothing would be with
held from the Mississippi board.
The leader., 1905-08-12

There are two trade secrets that the
outside world, it seems, will never
learn. One is a Chinese secret-the
making of the bright and beautiful col
or called vermillion, or Chinese red;
the other is Turkish secret-the in
laying of the hardest steel with gold
and silver. Among the Chinese and
among the Assyrians these two secrets
are guarded well. Apprentices, before
they are taken for either trade. must
swear a strong oath to reveal nothing
of what passes in the workshop.
These apprentices, furthermore, must
belong to families of standing.
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statute prohibiting the ause of alum
in the manufacture of baking powder,
commonly known as the "alum BILL
The first ballot taken by the jury re-
suited eight for acquittal and four for
conviction. The same result continued
on subsequent ballots until an agree
ment was reached after being locked
up all night.
The acquittal was greeted with cheers
by the friends of Senator Farris and
the latter was warmly congratulated.
The trial had lasted for a week. the
principal testimony for the state being
that of former Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee,
ON whose testimony before the grand
jury indictments were returned against
Farris and former State Senator c. A.
Smith.
The Smith case will be taken up be-
fore Judge Martin, and, it is announced,
will be dismissed by the state.
The leader., 1905-08-12

One of the most beautiful diamonds
in the world is the regent. 1t be-
longs to France. When rough it
weighed 40 carats It's present weight
is only 1876 carats. It's cutting, which
is of great excellence, required two
years of work. 1t was valued in 1871
at 100000 francs. This diamond
was purchased in the rough state by
the grandfather of William Pitt for
$4,000 francs. The duke of Orleans,
then regent of France, acquired it in
1717 for the sum of 3,375,O0O francs.
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Mrs. CarIisle's Funeral.

Babylon, r. l., Aug. g.. The funeral
services of the late Mary ]. Carlisle,
wife of John G. Carlisle, Secretary OF
the Treasury under President Cleve.
land, were held at West Islip this af.
ternoon, the Rev. George Downing
Sparks of Christ Episcopal Church Of
fciating. The body was then removed
to vault in the rural cemetery here,
where it will rest until fall, when it will
be removed to Coyington, KY. Among
those present were former President
and Mrs. Cleveland, Senator J. b.
Foraker and Col Henry Watterson.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Thousands lined the streets, which
were elaborately decorated.
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Gold and silver bullion, buried un-
der the sea for more tnan $50 years, is
being brought to the surface OF the
Bay of Null by divers employed by the
duke of Argyll. The search for this
fortune, the size Of which can only be
guessed at, but which report says runs
well up into the millions, has been in
termittently constant ever since the
days when the great Spanish galleon
went to the bottom in that secluded
bay on the west coast of Scotland, but
only now is it meeting with any real
success.
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Southern to Tampa.

Gainesville, Ca, Aug. i An inpcr-
tant deal was made here today when
the Gainesville and Gulf Railroad was
sold to Il. M. simonton Of Tampa. The
road runsfrom Sampson City TO Fairs
field. connecting with the Georgia
Southern and Florida. It IS said that
the Southern Railway IS back of the
purchase and viii build to Tampa at
once. II viii shorten Inc distance from
Tampa to the w est nearly Il fteen miles.
The CONSTR ietion Of the road began ID
1885 and coded III 1906. 0plF osl the
road south viii begin inalasdiatelI
The leader., 1905-08-12

There is a railway over the Egyp-
tian desert which runs for 45 miles
in straight line, but this is beaten
by one in Australia The railway from
Nyngan to Bourke, in New South
Wales, runs over a plain quite level
for 126 miles in a mathematically
straight line. There is hardly an en-
bankment, not curve, and only three
very slight elevations.
The leader., 1905-08-12
CHINESE BOYCOTT.
viii Not Deal in American Goods Nor
Ship on American Steamers.

Yokohama, Aug. J. The Chinese
here have agreed not to deal in Amer
lean goods nor to ship goods on any
American steamers and particularly
the Pacific Company's steamships to
China, and to punish any Chinese deal
ing in American goods through others,
also MOTTO deal with American banks
and insurance companies. Chinese
convicted of contravening the agree
ment will be heavily fined.
The leader., 1905-08-12
MITCHELL BREAKING DOWN
He Says, Is More Than Mortal
Man Can Stand.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, Aug. 7.-An as
sertion made by President Mitchell Of
the United Mine Workers during an
address to large number of mine
workers at O1iphant has perturbed
many miners.
He is quoted as saying: Il may not
long be with you in this great move
ment. This night and day work is too
much. The nervous and physical strain
of continued effort is more than NOR
tai man can stand"
The leader., 1905-08-12

! There are in Germany 21 universi-
ties, one government academy, ten
government technical schools, six gov
ernment veterinary schools, four gov
ernment geological and mining schools
and four government commercial
schools. In these SO national institu-
tions are employed 4,319 instructors.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Bathing affords considerable scope
for eccentricity, of which the sand
bath is the latest form. In the open
air, beneath hot suns rays, the bath
er burrows in the sand until he is com
pletely covered by the golden grains,
whence, if we accept deyotees' au-
thority, he emerges after while with
renewed health and energy.
The leader., 1905-08-12

London, Aug. The Saturday Re
VieW is informed from authentic
sources that the car intends to make
the birthday Of tile czarevitch, the heir
apparent to the Russian throne, which
Is August 10, the occasion Tor announc-
Ing from the KremIin the couYocation
cf the national assembly.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Mrs. Annie Rikert, of California, not
content with years of prospecting and
mining, during which she discovered
the Calico silver mines and several
valuable gold properties, set to work
some time ago to build the San Joa-
Quin and Tuolumme railway through
a rough, mountainous country COW
cred with forests. Mrs. Rickert is
president Of the company, and an ex-
cellent president, too. Miss Brainerd
is it's treasurer, and four of the six di-
rectors are women.
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DiaaOIuffon C;onf9rrmna1

Caracas, Venezula, Aug. The fed
eral court Of cessation gave final judg-
ment in the matter of the proceedings
instituted against the French cable
company, confirming the dissolution Of
the contract of the government with
this8 company.
The leader., 1905-08-12
A MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING
Ed Lewis >6nd "Kid" George, Me-
groes, Lynched ny Mob at
Hattiesburg, Miss.

Memphis, Tenn, Aug. 5.-Advices
from Hattiesburg, Miss, state that Ed
Lewis and kid" George, two negroes.
were lynched there by a mob. Tho
men were charged with being acces-
sories to the murder Of convict guard
j. g. Smith.
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THE TAFT PARTY IN MANILA
A Gorgeous water Pageant weI-
coined Them to the Capital of
the Philippines.

Manila, Aug. 5.-secretary of War
Taft and party arrived here on the
steamship Manchuria. Their arrival
was made the occasion of a gorgeous
water pageant. Gov. Gen. Wright, Maj.
Gen. Corbin and Rear-Admiral Train,
with their staffs and the official recep-
ton committee met the party when the
Manchuria anchored.
The battleship Ohio, the forts and
craft in the harbor fired the regula-
ton salute for the secretary of war.
After the party left the steamship they
proceeded to the governor generals
residence, where the official welcome
was made and where the golden keys
Of the city were presented to Secretary
Taft
Thousands lined the streets, which
urnra oIoharatoTv doanrotcd
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FRANK 4. FARRIS ACQUITTED
The Missouri State Senator Charged
With Bribery Declared Not Guilty.
The Jury, or the Majority Of Thena,
Evidently Did Not Credit the
Testimony Of john A. Lee.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. State
Ienator Frank H. Farrls was acquitted
by a jury in the circuit court on
charge Of bribery in connection witht
bill introduced at the session Of thA
state legislature Of 1901 to repeal the
The leader., 1905-08-12

A performance at the Municipal the
ater, at Halle. Switzerland, had to be
suspended the other night while the
policeman on duty was elected. He
had fallen asleep at his post, and his
loud snoring disturbed the audience.
The leader., 1905-08-12
Nome PeopIe Up IA Arma,

Seattle. Wash, Aug. 5-Advices re-
ceived in this city from Nome by the
steamer Ohio, state that the people Of
Nome are up in arms against the gov
ernment officials and their alleged ac-
tions in filing upon valuable mining
claims
The leader., 1905-08-12

Messrs. Beardmore, of Glasgow,
have laid the first keel of a new Brit
ish battle ship, to be called the Aga
mennon. She is the most powerful
ship of the first line yet ordered. She
will have displacement of 16,500 tons
and be more heavily armored than
anything af1oat,
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RanI- RnoI.a WORD Exclndea.

JEFFERSON City, Mo, Aug. 5.The
state lost one point in the Farris case
when the books Of the Steelyille bank,
where Senator Farris kept his deposit
and by which It was proposed to show
he put $4,624 to his credit there after
the alleged alum transaction. were ex-
The leader., 1905-08-12
Girl Kills HerseIf.

Decatur, ILL.,, Aug. While in
buggy with Jules Garland, one mile
from Arthur, at night, Anna Dye shot
herself, and died in few minutes. No
reason is known for the girls act, and
the coroner's jury returned a verdict
of suicide.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Cleveland, Tex, Aug 7.Authentic
reports have reached here from Davis
Hill, in Liberty county. that a good
producing oil well has been struck. The
new field is believed to be fully a mile
square. A daughter of Sam Houston
owns the larger part of ii.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Selling pine snakes is a pastime ct
which more money can be made than
gathering moss or killing foxes. In
this industry large number Of per
sons are engaged in the pines at
cbstsworth, N. =, where is located q
country club composed Of wealthy res
iasnts Of New York City. The annual
shipments Of snakes from this dis.
trict win amount to nearly a thousand
reptiles. They are secured by deal.
ers ii animals and 0y others who want
me specimens for pets. as pine
snake Is perfectly harmless and a good
faf catcher ahey are worth Fl each
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Destrovers tor Coast Service.

st. Petersburg Aug. 5. The admir-
atty has given orders for IL turbine
torpedoboat destroyers, ranging from
220 to 23o tons displacement for coast
ecruicn
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Judge d. s. wade Dead.

Andover, Of, Aug. 7.-Judge D. s.
Wade, aged 65, died at his home at Lit
tie Medford. He was appointed chief
justice of Montana territory by Presi-
dent Hayes, and held that Office many
years.
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a Cons;deration

So George is actually engaged to
Mabel? / thought Billy was far ahead
of him in that quarter"
He was until George got an auto
mobile. Judge.
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Muskogee, L T. Aug. 5The gen
eral Offices, warehouses and buildings
of the Muskogee Wholesale Grocery
Company were destroyed by fire; loss
$4,000.
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stricken In Front OF 4 Mirror.

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Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. Florence
Copeland, aged II, Of Rosedale, while
arranging her hair in front Of mirror,
was stricken with paralysis on one side
and her tongue. and will probably die.
The leader., 1905-08-12
Iebraska PopuIists hid for Fusion.

Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. s. The populist
state executive committee fixed Wednes-
day, September 20, at Lincoln, as the
time and place for holding their state
convention. AS this is the date and
place also selected by the democrats, 1t
is regarded as a bid for fusion.
The leader., 1905-08-12

So large has the foreign population
of East London now become that even
the official notices outside the police
station have to be printed in Yiddish
as well as English.
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The Penalty Is Death.

Waco, Tex, Aug. s. The jury in the
case of Hank Majors, a young negro,
charged with criminal assault, returned
verdict Of guilty, and placed punish
ment at death. The jury was out just
three minutes
The leader., 1905-08-12

Danville. Ind, Aug Rose, LIue
and Callie Westerfield were run down
BY train here Lulu is dead, Rose.
viii recover, and Callie Is not expected
% live.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Paterson II. j.. Aug. 5.Despite the
efforts Of his former friends and bust
ness associates the whereabouts Of the
missing mayor, VIM H. Belcher of
this city has not been discovered.
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For Reduced Grain Freight Rates.

Topeka, Kas., Aug. 5-Carr W. Tay-
Ior, attorney for the state board Of
railroad commissioners is preparing to-
begin proceedings against all of the
railroads Of Kansas to compel them to-
reduce grain freight rates.
The leader., 1905-08-12

A most refreshing instance Of eco
nomicaI and sound business manage
ment in the administration of an ex-
position fund is that furnished by the
board of lady managers of the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition. These la
dies received an appropriation of $780,
600 for their work, and Of this amount,
after paying all expenses, they have
returned $25,667.56 to the government.
This is the first instance on record,
we believe, where committee organ
lied for any purpose has turned back
into the public treasury any part OF
an appropriation made by congress.
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Has Taken s Itecens.

Washington, Aug. 5The grand
jury engaged IN investigating the sta.
tistical bureau Of the department Of
agriculture has taken d recess until Au-
gust Is.
The leader., 1905-08-12
JAPANESE ARMY
Concentrated in Manchuria in Front
of Russian Armies.

O1 1NUSs4es4 4AIlIL40ls.
LIDIAPUTz, Manchuria, Aug. o.
The japanese have concentrated in
Manchuria in front Of the Russian
armies 100000 infantry with 1000 can
non This is exclusive of the detach-
ment OF Gen. Hasegawa, commander OF
the forces in Korea, and special de-
tachment, the destination OF which is
not known. The Japanese who landed
recently at Castries Bay have returned
aboard their warships.
The leader., 1905-08-12

Free lunch will be offered as an in.
ducement to men to come to a series
of Saturday revival meetings at Moody
Bible institute, Chicago.
The leader., 1905-08-12

The only two 6O-dollar bills in ex.
istence have been found. One belongs
to an eastern collector and the other
to Mrs. Julia Turton, of st. Louis.
They are worth $1,000 each. "My
mother was Bryant" said Mrs. Tur-
ton, and the bill was one Of several
paid to my grandfather, Col. John N.
Bryant, who fought in the war of 1872,
by the father of Mark Twain. The
payment was made in connection with
q land deal in Tennessee, the details
Of which / have never been able to
learn. The bill was an inheritance Of
mine, but never realized its. value"
The leader., 1905-08-12
THE RUSSIANS ARE PLEASED
That Peace Conference VIII Not Be.
gin on Wednesday.

ST Petersburg, Aug. 6. The selec
tion Of Tuesday as the day for the open
ing Of the Russo-Japanese peace confer
ence has relieved the minds Of many
Russians, who feared that the confer
ence might begin Wednesday, which
to the Muscovite, is a day of evil omen
The leader., 1905-08-12
HEAVY RAINS IN MANcHuRIA.

Evcry MOUntaIn Path a TOrreht anu
Every Valley a Quagmire.
Godzydani, Manchuria, Aug. 5.-Al-
most torrential rains are falling in
Manchuria and the hilly regions are
impossible for trains of artillery.
Every mountain path is q torrent, and
every valley a quagmire. Important
operations apparently will be impos-
sible for long time to come.
The leader., 1905-08-12

In the capital Of New Zealand one
third of a worlSman's or a clerks In
come goes to the landlord fol. rent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-01
STILL IN THE RACE
Captain r. J. Mahoney, Of Boone,
States That He Is Still In the Field
For Major Of the seth Regiment.


Special to Times Republican.
Boone, May 1.--When Captain T. j.
Mahoney of Company I, of this city.
was shown the Webster City dispatch
in Friday evenings Marshalltown
T.-R. concerning the fact that he was
out of the race for the election to the
position of major of the seth regiment,
he only smiled and stated that he had
not as yet withdrawn and was still in
the field. Captain Mahoney announced
his candidacy several days ago and has
been given the promise to a number of
companies.
Captain Mahoney and CAPTAIN Hyatt
have been corresponding with each
other and both are in the field. In case
Hyatt falls down on the election, he
will throw his support to Captain Ma
honey of this city and in case Captain
Mahoney loses out, he will give Com
fpanys rs support to Captain Hyatt, of
Webster City.
So far the candidates announced fol-
low: T.. J. Mahoney, Boone; Captain
Odle, Hartley; Captain Frisbee, Shell
don; Captain Morse, Algona; and Cap
tain Hyatt, Webster City.
The support is evenly divided and it
is thought that there will be no choice
at the first election.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-01

ster City citizen, then satisfied that
something was wrong with the propo-
sition, came home and was surprised
in a few days to learn that Mr.. Mauch
had taken the agency.
Now that it has been discovered
that the company is not dealing in a
bona fide proposition, MIR. Mauch has
been looking UP affairs on his own
hook and finds that whereas he suppos
ed he has been acting as this COM
pany's agent the probabilities are that
he is doing business for himself and
not the company as he supposed. The
bill of goods sent him as a first stock
contains at the head of it the words:
sold to George ]. Mauch." Thus the
stock seems to be his and not the
property of the Chicago company AS
the promises of the concern as to the
paying of all expenses of keeping the
agency here. the paying Of salary, ETC.,
were merely verbal, the chances are
that they cannot be held liable for them
and that Mr. Mauch has been handling
his own goods all this time and not
the property of the Chicago house.
The graft is a good one and one that
may catch many another business man
in other towns and states
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-01
erundy Center News.
,acial RI Times-Republfcan.

Special to Times Republican.
z Grundy Center, May &c. G. Good
ell, for many years our town marshal
and street commissioner, was kicked
by a horse Saturday. and very seri-
ously injured. The exact extent of his
injuries can not yet be told, but his
shoulder blade was broken as well as
one of his arms, and internal injuries
may yet be discovered. This comes
Just after report from his son in
Colorado that he has had another hem
orrhage and must hunt still different
climate. Much sympathy Is felt for
the family.
One of M. Pollard's daughters, who
has been teaching school out in the
country and driving back and forth
to and from her school while on her
way home had a runaway, in. which
she was thrown from the buggy and
must have been kicked by the horse,
for she was rendered unconscious and
has been unconscious much of the
time since. Much fear is felt over In
ternal complications. The horse was
an old and trusty animal.
The funeral of Mrs. William Koobs
was held Sunday afternoon in the Bap-
list church, and was attended by the
largest number of people ever assem-
bled in the church building. 1t is ex-
pected that the family will remain
together and the older girls will earn
the living and care for the smaller
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-01
News Of Milford.

Milford, May 1.-The firm of Torsten-
son & Abbott has by mutual consent
dissolved, III. S. Abbott having with
drawn from the firm to take the CASH
iership Of the First National bank, Of
Corwith, Iowa. This is a move that Is
greatly regretted by the people of this
place.
j. r. Kundtson will take his family
to Hereford, Tex, starting Tuesday.
This move is made on account of Mrs.
Kundtson's health. The family will
probably stay there year, Mr.. Kundt-
son returning in August.
Ed Wilcox while assisting r. L. Err
skin dig well, fell eighty feet to the
bottom uninjured. It was great won
der that he was not killed.
Henry F. Griffin Of Goldfeld, has o.
cepted the position Of assistant CASH
ier Of the Milford Savings Bank. {
DR.. II. o. Green, Of Spencer has set
out several thousand trees in his park
at the foot Of West Okoboji lake.
There are already three fine cottages
being built on this beach this spring,
and it is sure to be one Of the most
important points on the lake.