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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
Cannot Reduce a Rate

1t is stated in Washington, that under
the Townsend rate bill. If rate is fixed
by the Commission it cannot be lowered
by a railroad. Should an emergency
arise calling for decreased rate, the
railroads or shippers would have to ap-
peal again to the Commission, there be-
Ing no latitude allowed, whatever the
circumstances. Hitherto a maximum
rate has been the rule, but no such con-
cession is made under the proposed leg
islation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

There is but single medicine which
is radical specific for catarrh. It Is
Peruna, which has stood a half century
test and cured thousands of cases.
Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad.
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columb bus, O.
All correspondence held strictly con.
fidential
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

offenders = slanderers, ''makebayts.
chyderers,' brawlers, raiders and
others. Brewers of bad beer, bakers
of poor bread, unruly paupers, were
ducked. A Frenchman, travelling in
England in 100, describes, in spright-
ly French fashion, the ducking-stool:
"The way of furnishing scolding women
is pleasant enough They fasten an
armchair to the end of two beams
IL to 15 feet long, and parallel to each
other, so that these two pieces of wood
with their ends embrace the chair.
which hangs between them by a sort
of axle, by which means it PLAYS
freely, and always remains in the nat
ural horizontal position in which
chair should be, that person may
sit conveniently in it, whether you
raise it or let it down. They set up
a post on the bank of a pond or river.
and over this post they lay, almost
in equilibrio, the two pieces of wood.
at one end of which the chair hangs
just over the water. They place the
woman in this chair and so plunge
her into the water as often as the
sentence directs, in order to cool her
immediate heat" New England even
tually, and southern localities early.
made use of the ducking-st
The Purit3ns hating sin, but, being
mortal, prone thereto, sought to stamp
with publicity those that erred. We
all know of the Scarlet Letter inflicted
upon Hester Prynne. Thus New
Plymouth dealt with such as she:
They must wear two Capital Letters.
A. D., cut in scarlet cloth and sewed
on their uppermost garment on the
Arm and Back; and if any time they
shall be found without the letters so
worn while in this government, they
shall be forthwith taken and publicly
whipt." The scarlet letter was used
for other crimes than Hester's: a
woman that blasphemed had to wear
red B, drunkard D.
Time goes on and ideals change.
and what yesterday was considered fit.
to-day appears unbelievably cruel, I'M
necessary. And yet we find ourselves
siding with Delaware as to the proper
punishment for "the mean and COW.
ardly crime Of wife beating =
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

1t was three years ago that I used
Doan's Kidney Pills for an attack of
kidney trouble that was mostly back
ache, and they fixed me up fine. There
Is no mistake about that, and If 1
should ever be troubled again l would
get them first thing, as know what
they are"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents- Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. NJ,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

the kidneys. Use
Doan's Kidney
Pills which have
cured thousands.
Captain S. D.
Hunter, of En-
CINE No. IA, Pitts
burg, Pa, Fire
Department, and
residing at 2729
Wylie avenue,
says:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

Lewis "Single Binder" straight S,
cigar. Price to dealers, 5000 per Nj
They cost some more than other brands
put no more than good Sc cigar should
cost. Lewis Factory, Peoria, III.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.

When the Back Aches and Bladder
Troubles Set In, Get at the Cause.
Don't make the mistake of believing
back ache and bladder ills to be local
ailments. Get at the cause and cure
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
Putting Him Wise.

He-But what does your father see in
me to object to?
She-He doesn't see anything in you.
That's why he objects. Chicago News
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

I am sure Piso's Cure for CONSUMPTION
saved my life three years ago-Mrs. Thos.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

The "I-told-you-so" man never seem
- win any bets.-N. Y. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

.Matrimony is the destroyer of MANY
pleasant ngagements.-Chicago Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03


spell
but rarely witnessed such
Company written from Washington D. c. Senior
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

Many a silk gown covers q starved
hearth. Y. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03
Nervous School Children.

up.-Chlcago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

'.Peruna can recommend as q very good r7edI-
cine It's an excellent Strengthening tonic and it
is also an ecaci0us for the almost universal
complaint of Catarrh. "-G0nzalO De Quesada
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-03

HE agitation concerning
giving wife-beaters a
singing taste of their own
medicine, the revival of
the whipping-post, brings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
HYDE SCORED IN SUIT.
Equitable Officer Said to Draw 100000
A Year by Vote of "Dummies.v

a Year by Vote of "Dummies.v
Albany, March IL. Papers were
served yesterday in New York by q
deputy sheriff of Saratoga county upor
James Hazen Hyde and the Equitable
Life Assurance Society in a sui,
brought by Mary s. Young, a resident
of Saratoga, thru State Senator Edgar
L. Bracket. Sensational charges are
made against both the Equitable Life
and Mr.. Hyde In the complaint.
The purpose of the suit is to restrain
the company from paying Mr.. Hyde
100000 a year as salary and to com
pei the restitution of all the none,
he has so drawn from the funds of this
society on the ground that such a stu
pendous salary is wrongful and con-
stitutes conversion and waste o,
funds Of the company.
Directors as Dummies"
The complaint alleges that it was
practically thru dummy" directors
controlled by Mr.. Hyde that he was
enabled to have such great salary
awarded to himself.
1t also makes the astounding charge
that thirty-eight of the board of fifty
two directors are virtually dummies
who own not q share of the capital
stock of the society, and were put In
office simply to do the bidding of
young Mr.. Hyde.
Mrs. Young is a policy holder in the
company for the small sum of 81 900
her policy being In the form of one OF
the Equitable's gold bonds due Feb
z, 1921.
The complainant first rehearses the
organization of the Equitable Life and
quotes from it's charter the provisions
providing for it's naturalization. II
says that Mr.. Hyde has chosen many
directors, to each Of whom he trans
ferred five shares oA stock that they
might qualify. 1t is alleged that after
qualifying, these directors reassigned
the stock to Mr.. Hyde and continued
to act as directors without owning a
share of stock, altho a charter requires
director to be the owner of five OF
more shares. After stating that Mr.
Hyde had received 100000 in the last
two years as salary as vice president
the complaint asks the return of that
sum to the society.
Says Money is Not Earned.
THE said defendant, James II
Hyde" continues the complainant, "is
a young man, about % years of age
and without experience in the matter
of life insurance or business generally
and has rendered no services of value
to the society that entitled him to any
salary therefrom and he has taken the
sums hereinbefore specified, and has
been permitted by said directors to
take the same because of his ownership
of said stock and his control of, and
of the election of, said board of direc-
tors
The dummy" directors of the Equit-
able have been reported to include such
eminent millionaires as jacob
Schiff, Edward II. Hartman. Bradist
Johnson, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, A. j
Cassatt. John Jacob Aston, George Jay
Gould, Henry Clay Frick, August Bel
mont, Alvin w. Kreech, David H. Moi
fatt and H. c. Deming.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
The Independent Concerns to
Make u Fight on the big
Five" Combination
A LEGAL AND TRADE FIGHT
Largest Of tho Independent Concerns
Leading tho Fight and Proposes to
place the Combination in Ito True
Light Before the Pcop'o-FederaI
Court Action.

Chicago, Ill.,, March 14.--It is to be
war to the knife between the big
five" OF the beef combine and twenty
six firms and corporations classed as
independent packers. The fight for
standing in the courts and before the
public will begin In Chicago, March
20 when the special federal grand jury
begins Its investigation of the affairs
of the alleged beef combination. A
fund of 100000 has been raised to
carry on the fight against the beef
combination and set the claims of the
independent packers squarely before
the American public.
The largest Of the so-called inde-
pendent concerns. Schwarzschild g.
Sulzberger. is concerned in the move
ment to place the independent crowd
in Il right light and fix the RESPONSE
bility for monopollstic manipulation
where it belongs. The principal plants
OF the rs. g. s. company are In Kan
sas City, but there Is large plant
operated by the same company in Chi
cago and a branch in New York as
we'll
The Independent packers are under
stood to have held meetings In Kan
sas City the latter part of last week.
These conferences were called to de-
Wise 81 plan offensive and defensive.
The Big Five Is commonly known
to comprise Armour & Company, Mel
son, Morris & Company. Swift & Com
pany, the Cudahy Packing Company
and the National Packing Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
GRAND CHANCELLOR
Three Cities Arc Offering Candidates
For Pythian Honors at the Coming
Session Of the Grand Lodgo-For-
ris, Bell and Duncan.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Fails, March 14.--Three prom
inent cities of Iowa will offer candi-
dates for the office of grand chancellor
knights Of Pythias of Iowa at the next
session of the grand lodge and the
campaign for the office may now be
said to be fully on. Sioux City will
present the name of T. H. Ferris who
has been prominent in the ranks of
Pythianism In the state for number
OF years, while Keokuk will offer the
name of Judge Rice III. Bell one of the
best known Pythians of southeastern
Iowa and q prominent member OF the
order and the grand lodge for many
years. Des Moines will push the name
of Frank Il. Duncan for recognition.
He Is one of the prominent members OF
the order in Iowa and has served the
order and the grand lodge In sundry
capacities the past few years. The
grand lodge will probably be held at
Des Moines in August as no other Iowa
city appears to want the grand lodge
and the uniform rank encampment
this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
IOWA IDEA IN CROP SPECIALS.
Likely to Be Followed BY the Govern
mont.


Lake City, March 14.-The presence
Of DIR. Weber of the United States de-
partment of agriculture with the
Northwestern seed corn special which
reached here yesterday, and the pres
ence of the Burlington special or an
other agent of the department, is re-
sponsible for we'll defined belief that
Secretary Wilson Is considering the adj
Visibility of adopting this Iowa idea
for general purposes, particularly In the
cotton belt of the south.
The government experts by observ-
ing the advantages and defects in the
seed corn special scheme In Iowa will
be able to organize an extremely eff
ficent service of like character for the
south, teaching the cotton growers
how to better conditions.
The seed corn special reached here
last night and a meeting was held at
the Townsend opera house. A large
audience Of farmers was present des-
pite the snow and cold, to hear Holden,
Weber, Trigg, Sage, Jones, Mosher
and Wilson. Halsey O'Dell was chair
man Of the meeting. The local COM
mittee had made preparations for a
successful meeting. The train leaves
for the eastward in the morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
Hides. Moo, ana Fur..

The following market Is furnished by
H. Willard. Son & Co.. Marshalltown:
Hides.
Green country No. j. G cents.
Green country, No. 2, s cents. n
Green salt, NO. 2, cured, 6 cents 40
Green salt bull, 6 cents.
Horse hides from 81 to $3.50
Hog skins, 10 cents.
Wool.
The market is very firm OH all grades
at the prices quoted below:
Fine, Is to II cents.
Fine medium, 18 to 10 cents.
Medium and quarter, 20 to 81 cents.
Coarse, Is to 10 cents.
chaffy. bury and cotted. 2 to
cents less.
Tags. light, Q to cents.
Sheep PeIts.
Full wool pelt, rs cents to $1.25.
Lamb skins so to rs cents.
Green shearlings. 80 to so cents.
Furs.
Muskrat, s. 8, and ~ cents
Raccoon, 25 cents to $1.25.
Skunk, Is cents to $1.50.
Oppossum, 10 to go cents.
Wolf, Is cents to S1.26.
Red fox, 81 to SO.
Cray fox. so cents to $1.25.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
Light drivers -. 65@130 t5on4oo
Actors and coachers 100N0175 20OMd50
Iowans Mt the Yards.


Matt kn,ldston. Ida Grove. had n
that averaged 1880 pounds and sold ai
1926.
A. Damrow. Living Springs. had ON
the market two loads Of fed western
becveA weighing 14sb pounds. which
were good enough to realize $500.
w. S. Robinson, shelby. had ship
mcnt OF two ears OF cattle here of his
own feeding which sold at $3.50. j. F.
Robinson was with the shipment.
O. II. Wood, Brighton. was here with
a shipment OF cattle which sold Mt sat
isfactory prices. Mr.. Wood says that
stock is getting scarce and that IL is
about all shipped In from that part Of
the country.
A. w, Wagner. Emnetsburg. q reg
ular shipper. having stock here once or
twice a week. had a shipment of cattle
and hogs on the market yesterday.
Hogs arc beginning to be pretty we'll
shipped out in his part of the territory.
w. =. Adams. of Odebolt, sent in n
big shipment of his prime short ewes
from the big feeding on his celebrated
iowa farm yesterday. a band OF near
ly 500 choice ewes went at $3.50 and
the older ewes averaging close to .105
pounds, went at $5.25. Mr. Adams has
fed close to 10000 sheep on his Iowa
farms this season. and the wool from
these have been sold at 23ia cents per
pound. the buyers sacklng ii at the
shearing point
For some reason or other" said
Charles Schiefelbein of Hudson, at the
Kansas City market, there Is not the
usual amount OF cattle feeding going
on in Black Hawk county at the pres
ent time. All the cattle that were on
feed In that country u week ago have
been marketed, as the feeders did not
seem to hold them very long. am
going to feed about three carloads this
spring ana summer. but there are
none on feed around my ncighborhood
and l do not know OF anyone else who
intends to do any spring or summer
feeding. The corn crop was good all
over that part of the state last year,
and al the present time II is not selling
above 81 cents bushel"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
PREACHER wlLLExpER,MENT..

Pastor Of Manila Methodist Church
is Convert Of Seed Corn Doctrine.
Special to Times Republican.
Manila, March 14.-Rev Joseph
Stephen, the M. q. pastor here, who
secured some free advertising,
several weeks ago, by preaching a SER
mon on "seed corn" the Sunday follow
ing Holden's talk, will become an ac-
tual experimenter along the seed corn
line.
Charles Woodward, the "oil and gas
well' promoter, has forty acres Of sod
adjoining the city, which he has urg-
ed Rev. Stephen to put out in corn
with a view to raising some choice
seed corn. Rev. Stephen takes it "on
the SHARE" and expressed 1t to
your correspondent as being case of
pure experiment, hoping to get his
expense only as return.
Rev. Stephen came from England
several years ago and has never raised
corn to any extent. He will follow the
hints and ideas obtained from Holden's
literature and experiments, and will
take active supervision of fertilizing,
plowing planting and cultivating of the
crop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14

two years ago by Hamilton Brown OF
Geneva, H.. and S. T. Meseryey of
Fort Dodge, Iowa. 1t extends from
Newton. where 1t connects with the
Rock Island, thru Cambridge, Boone
and Gowtic. to Rockwell City, where
IT connects with the Illinois Central.
Chicago. Milwaukee e. ST. Paul and
the Great Western roads.
The Rock Island wants the road for
n connection with it's main line from
Gowrie for the Sibey line. having lost
this connection when the st. Louis
road acquired the Deg Moirlas & Fort
Dodge. The road is 1876 miles IN
length, and was built for the coal in
dustry. the promoters owning fields
near Boone and Frazier. 1t would form
u short line between Chicago and
Sioux Falls.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
CATTLE MERE STEADY
Notwithstanding the Small Sup
ply and Moderate Demand
Prices Held Steady
OFFERINGS POOR IN QUALITY
There Was Good Demand for Hogs
and Mondays Late Decline Was
Largely Recovered, Sales Being at
About Yesterdays Early Figures
Sheep in Good Demand.

Chicago, March Is. Cattle Not
wlthstanding to1ay's small supply
prices were steady with moderate de-
mand. Offerings were largely poor IL
quality.
The fairly active tone of Mondays
trade. under such liberal supplies, In
dlcates broad consumptive outlet
for beef, tho sellers say II run of such
big volume on Wednesday of this week
can hardly meet as free outlet, and
conservative operations are being urg
ed for chat day. and also for the lat
ter part of this week. While all buy
ers have been free bidders I'm late
weeks. prices have risen quite sharply
and. no doubt, a period of reaction in
values would be warmly welcomed by
slaughtercrs. whose efforts VIII likely
to bent in that direction under favor
able conditions
Hogs.
There was a good demand and Mon
days late decline was largely rccov-
cred, sales being nearly as high as
early yesterday.
The average weight of hogs receiv-
ed at Chicago last week was 212 lbs,
against 200 lbs. the previous week and
210 lbs. year ago.
Sheep.
Supplies are increasing and there
was a good general demand at steady
prices. Colorado lambs We're especi-
ally numerous, selling around best
prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
WHEAT MARKET WEAK
Considerable Selling Induced by
Favorable Weather For
Fall Sown Crop
SHORTS SCATTERED DEMAND
Causes Marked Advance in Wheat
May Closed "a Higher Than Yester-
day - Decreasing Receipts Exert
Buoyant Effect On Corn-CIoses at
Higher Figures.
SHORTS SCATTERED DEMAND

Chicago, March Weather, favor
able for the growth OF fall soWn crop
induced considerable selling In wheat
today, resulting In q weak market
May was again erratic at the opening
initial quotations being 1.12M to Lac
A scattered demand from shorts was
the cause of q marked advance. July
opened at 927s to 93. and weakened on
selling by traders to 924. In the mean
time. May declined to 1.12h. Minne-
apolis, Duluth and Chicago receipts
were 349 cars.
The market became quite firm large
~ as a result of the strength of corn.
May closed X higher at 1.13B; July
u higher at 93A D93as.
Corn.
Decreasing receipts had a buoyant
effect on corn. Several large commits
sion houses were active buyers. May
opened at ~ to 49h. Receipts were
1872 cars.
Demand continued excellent turnout
the entire day, and May closed at 49M
@497s, net gain OF Y.
Oats.
Oats were steady. May opened at
BIN @317s. Receipts were Isl cars.
Provisions.
Trading in provisions was almost at
u standstill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING.
Central Iowa Telephone Company
Annual Hold at Iowa Falls.

Annual Hcld at Iowa Fails.
Special to Republican.
Iowa Falls, March 14.--Ibe annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Central Iowa Telephone Company,
which operates exchanges at Hamp-
ton. Eagle Grove and Iowa Fails and
intermediate toll lines, was held at
the Commercial Club roor1s in this
city yesterday and was largely attend
ed The following board of directors
was elected: r. Il. Wettstein. of Cleve-
land. o.. n. w. Beebe, OF Hampton;
Joseph Husernan. w. -. Wagner, w.
p. Mayse, and j. II. Skinner Of La
Porte City: George Wright, of Eagle
Grove; and w. V. Shipley ard J. III.
Funk OF Iowa Falls. The following
officers were elected: President, Il. t..
Wettstein; vice president, J. II. Funk;
secretary and treasurer, w. v. Ship
ley. w. r. Broeksmit, who has been
local manager for the company and
has been q very popular official. ten
dered his resignation and the same was
accepted. His successor will be named
in few days. Mr.. Broelsmit came
here from Shenandoah, Iowa, and has
done q great deal to improve the SER
vice Of the company and extend Its
patronage. He expects to 10 to Cedar
Rapids, which was his former home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Broeksmit have made
many friends while In Iowa Falls who
will regret their departure
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
ON STANFORD DEATH.
Chemists and Physicians Divided Ir
Regard to Poisoning Theory.

Honolulu, March 14.-In the absence
of further discoveries the cause of the
death of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanforts
at the Moana hotel here on Feb. % is
resolving itself into a scientific con-
troversy between chemists as we'll as
between physicians.
Some prominent persons here, who
do not desire to be quoted, argue
against the poisoning theory and be-
lieve that Mrs. Stanford died from ma
tural causes. On the other hand, the
autopsy physicians and DR.. F. Hum
phreys, who attended Mrs. Stanford on
the night of her death. as wen as other
doctors who have been prominent here
for many years, are absolutely positive
that death was caused by strychnine
poisoning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-14
Hous.
Chicago Livestock.


Cattle-Estimated receipts for today,
1000. market steady; good to prime
steers, 5.256D6.25; poor to medium, g.
75M5.00; stockers and feeders, 2.60@
1856; cows. 2.75m4.60: heifers, 3.00@05.-
90; Gamers, 1.60@2.40; bulls, 2.50@
400; calves, 3.00M7.00.
Hogs Estimated receipts for today,
$4,000; market steady; mixed and
butchers, 4.S06D5.O7a; good to choice
heavy, 5.00@5121a; rough heavy, 1900
4.95; light 4.700l5.0O; bulk of sales,
4.90@5.05.
Sheep-Estimnted receipts for today,
$4,000; sheep and lambs steady; good
to choice wethers. 5.60@6.10; fair to
choice mixed, 4.75@5.4O: western
sheep. 5.o0@6.00: native lambs. 500
6D7.60; western lambs, 6.0007.65.