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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

to be for it and the railroad fellows
against it, from which he presumes
that the reform will win, all of which
speaks highly for Mr.. Hogue's sagacity
If not so we'll for his political ideals.
James Wrhitcomb Riley, in company
with the gentleman who used to man.
age his lecture tours, was once exam
lining hall in town in Ohio where
1t was proposed Mr. Riley should give
a reading.
The two men had as their guides a
colored janitor who was quite talka-
tive. Mr.. Riley observed that the
janitor made use of long words Of
whose meaning he was ignorant. SO
the poet determined to have "a little
fun with him.
All at once MIR. Riley began to sniff
at atmosphere critically. ut seems to
me, JIM he said sternly, that the
acoustics in this place are pretty bad"
why, boss said the janitor re-
proachfully, "Yo' shore must be mis-
taken; l don't smell anything" Sue
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
TERMS:
THE FRIenTFUL MEN OF VICE.

Fort Dodge is after its criminals. The
newspapers are denouncing the gangs
that infest the city and demanding
vigorous action Of the police force. All
this Is highly commendable. The funny
thing about it is the way 1t came about.
Fort Dodge, Judging from criminal
reports, has been a pretty tough place
for some time. Burglaries and rob-
berries have been frequent. Still there
has not been any universal outbreak
of disgust and demand for a new deal
until the other day, when two plug
uglies fell to fighting in the street and
one bit of the others nose and spit
the severed protuberance out on the
pavement. One account says a dog
grabbed it and made way with it, an
other that it is picked In alcohol and
on exhibition In saloon sense OF
the unities would lead one to hope the
latter story is the true one and that the
bouquet of rumblossoms is still pre-
served in its favorite element.
The point Of it all is that while Fort
Dodge had suffered more or less meek
ly under common burglary and ordin-
airy theft, 1t draws the line ION nasal
mayhem and calls for general house,
cleaning. Had 1t been the probosis
that Waterloo is eternally sticking into
Fort Dodge census reports-but that is
another story. The Fort Dodge nose
must be protected.
''vice is a monster Of such frightful
MEN," Fort Dodge had grown fam
uiar with its face, but 1t can't stand it
wibh the nose off. The criminals must
go and with the prospect OF a cold
winter 1t is hard on the dogs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
A HARD ROW

And long pull describes the pathway
81 a woman afflicted with female weak
ness unless she is under the care of q
doctor who has had successful experience
In the treatment of such cases or else has
found the right remedy which can to
Forty years ago, DR.. r. V. Pierce found
that women were being grossly NAL,
treated mainly through ignorance and
cArelessness, and he determined to devote
himself to study and research till he
found the real cause of their suffering
and proper remedy for IT.
He found IL, and dug from Natures
LABORATORY, the earth, Natures remedies
for wornan's weaknesses and ailments.
He found in Lady's Slipper root, Black
C0hosh root, Unicorn root, Blue Cohosh
root and Golden Seal root, the required
ingredients
The remedial virtues OF these he en-
tracted, combined and preserved by his
own peculiar non alcoholic, glyceric pro-
ceesee, and the compound is now known
the world over, as DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription.
sThe wearing Of corsets too tight seemed
70 have brought on an abdominal pressure.
Weakening the ligaments and resulting IN
not &c 70 walk, and at times could hardly
stand writes Mrs. Beverly Sitgreaves, OF IN
fulton st.. San Francisco. Cal. VA neighbt,r
icxaptiorL Before the first bottle was used
felt much better, improvement went
steadily on. and within four months l WIS
e new sna wse snd strons and e
tIemeIy sratefuf 70 e you for your blessed
Iemedy--a boon to sick women"
AOrcwt Doctor Book Free. Send 81 ons-
cent stamps to DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo,
n. r, 4, cover mailing apd he Will send
Zou free copy q his ios.page Common onnrs,'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

the big man doesn't knock him down
and drag him out by the feet, as they
do in small towns, but kindly and with
infinite patience inquiries for his tick
et He can't find his ticket, he grows
pathetic, and begins to cry, and at las'
the crumpled coupon ticket Is fished
from an overcoat pocket and the we'll
dressed stranger is piloted to r1he proper
train and "Braky" Is cautioned to look
after him. 1t takes all kinds of peo-
pie to make world
Here comes big, bounding healthy.
red cheeked girl or woman. wheeling
go-cart with fat, chubby baby in
it. She has just alighted from an in
coming Great estern train. She
pushes the cart and carries grip, a
suit case. a cloak and hand bag. A
husband from out west is ready for
her and the baby. With quick step
she filings her bundles onto a seat,
pushes the cart with the baby in 1t
against the bundles, jerks open her
hand bag, secures her purse and
takes her place-after taking a men
tai note of those nearest-in the
long line at the ticket window. She
holds her position in spite OF the jost-
ling. but keeps her eye on that baby.
and the writer watches the baby too,
and telegraphs every now and then
across the room that "alls we'll"
Over there gray haired. we'll dress
ed, nice looking old fellow, wearing a
G. A. r. button seems to be quite sick.
My wife, with anxiety, calls my at
tention to him, but instantly dag
nose the disease as a we'll defined
lag" We seen nothing more Of our
G. A. r. friend until twenty-four hours
later, when we find ourselves seated
opposite him at the supper table in the
dining car. The jag is still with him.
but he is a gentleman just the same;
no bad language, nothing boisterous.
He is simply trying to induce the gen
tleman who sits next and who Is a
total stranger to him, to have a cock
tail with him, and he explains that he
means mo offense, simply want to be
sociable. You know, am one of the
boys and I guess I'll always be one Of
the b-b-oys." Poor old b-b-boy. he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

Take politics and the getting of pub
lie offices out of all public questions.
says the Charles City Intelligencer,
land they would all be settled right
In very short order. AS 1t is, a ques-
ton is not settled right until the peo-
pie rise above politics and settle It,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
Topics Of the Times

Perhaps it is true that a
man who would pledge him
self in advance to appoint any
particular individual to fill a pos
sble senatorial vacancy would be I'M
fit to be governor. 1t is also true, per-
.haps, that a man who will not make
his position on important issues plain
is unlikely to become governor.
According to the time -honored time
table the water wagon is due in
eighteen more days.
Senator Elkins is willing to take the
side track and give rate regulation the
right of way, but he refuses to head
in"
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson,
who died recently, left AN estate of
$4,000. Perhaps this was what he was
keeping in the socks he didn't wear.
M. L. Hostetter is out of connection
with the New Commonwealth and will
devote his time to delivering his lee
lure, eltCllleu, "A WdSCcU AI1c, Wui1SA
we infer is thrifty way of saving the
pieces.
The prevalent tone Of piety notice.
able in the editorial columns Of the
Keokuk Gate City and the Burlington
Hawkeye forces the conclusion that
Billy Sundays blistering sermons
have had stimulating effect on the
hardened moral hides of the down river
editors. It offers hope for future
news reports from LaF.ollette Chaal-
tauquas and interstate commerce law
conventions. Sock 1t to 'em, Billy!
We're beginning to believe in you!
go
Clayton county is considering the
possibility of making the tramp of
some service, and it is proposed there
to use the hobo in improving the high
ways of the county. Clayton should
include ibootleggers, wife heaters and
Jail birds Of all classes and other
counties should follow its example.
A Kansas paper changed hands last
week, having been purchased by its
previous owner, Guy Stoddard. Instead
Of penning long salutatory Editor
Stoddard printed the following: 1--WE
wanted to buy the Record, Mr. Camp
bell wanted to sell, and here we are
Two years ago the United States
had surplus of copper. Now it is the
reverse. A constantly increasing de-
mand and constantly decreasing Wis
ible supply is the present state of the
copper industry.
Senator Hougue represents an anti
Cummins district in the state senate
From his view point he thinks that
the people are not very greatly inter
ested in statewide primary law, but
that the anti-railroad fellows all seem
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
g.ps- gna, 4rrrhrr - 1905

district of such tremendous import
since Ballard Of Red Oak was crown
ed king of bards."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

OF the Hepburn certificate of char
acter, the Creston American says:
Nothing has taken place in the Eighth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

to use extreme caution lin making
charges that he can not prove against
either individuals or communities.
But when rumors of wide spread
county, it seems to be time for some
one besides the ministers to sit up
and take notice. The minister told his
story to the right man when he went
to the county attorney. If there is
general talk Of an outbreak of vice and
crime it ID the business Of those who
have sought power to enforce the law
to hear it and accept the responsible
ity of investigating it. We pay police,
sheriffs and other peace officers to re-
lieve the private citizen from the dam
ger and odium that law enforcement
sometimes brings to those who enforce
1t. They are supposed to take the
iniative and keep society safe from
those who prey upon it. A long list
of witnesses should not be essential
to their activity. To ILLUSTRATES: An
ordinary Marshalltown citizen became
convinced that gambling house ex-
listed in the city. He had no actual
proof of his suspicion, but simply put
together certain disjointed remarks
dropped by one man and another and
the half dozen other circumstances
that made his suspicion a moral GER
tainty. Then he quietly argued the
case to the police powers. An equally
quiet investigation followed, and the
Joint went out of existence. The mat
ter is in the hands Of the police. 1t
the proprietor finds some legitimate
business or keeps out of his criminal
calling, he will be let alone, but he I'M
derstands that to open up his gamb-
ling house means Indictment and SUBJ
sequent conviction. He is not essen
TALLY a bad man. He can be good
and useful citizen, and if he behaves
himself is better outside Of Jail than
in. He ran gambling house because
there was money in it, and he was
greedy enough to get it that way. The
attitude Of the police settled the mat
ter in an hour.
So with the county attorney. He
must be either wolf or watch dog. 1t
is his attitude toward infractions of
law that counts Jerome is an invests
gator, crime hunter, and national
character. He is watchdog and the
wolves fear him. There is a growing
demand that prosecuting attorneys ev-
erywhere take pattern from the New
York and Missouri models. Let COM
mon sense and good judgment prevail;
no county attorney need expect or
attempt to make his office a Sunday
school, or to reform the world out Of
hand, but when the air Is filled with
rumors and reports Of crime grown
rampant, he should not need an in
formation backed by a host of witness
es to induce him to quietly investigate
their truth. His attitude toward law
breakers, big and little, means quiet
or a wide-open county as the attitude
of the police powers means a decent
or disreputable city. No public office
in Iowa is of more Importance than his
and no other in any state is more
neglected,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
a NOVEL SCHEME.

ssTrusteed Units is very unique
plan suggested for the reform of life
insurance methods by the Insurance
Press, of New York. Predicated on the
fact that life insurance has grown too
large in volume in many companies
for any one set Of officers to manage
safely and assuming that the promo
ton of life insurance business thru
the Press proposes that certain num-
Der Of policies be established as a
unit, that whenever company has
reached this limit the entire business
OF the unit be transferred in trust to
new set of trustees, who shall look
after the investment of reserves, coll
lections Of premiums, etc., but who
shall have nothing to do with the pro-
notion of new insurance, the old COM
pany being left to pursue that without
the expense loadings Of the old insur-
ance.
A noted actuary recently proposed in
a meeting Of insurance men that the
size of company he restricted by law
by prohibiting all agency expense at
ter a certain fixed volume Of business
had been reached. This the Press COM
plains would shut off opportunity from
the men who are so essentially insur
ance men that they must sell insur-
ance or die Of inaction The plan Of
trusted unites would have very mucn
the same effect should the salary
'rake-off' or the syndicate profits" Of
the large companies be cut off, how.
ever, the placing Of reserves and in
surance management into the hands Of
trustees. whenever a sufficient number
Of policies had been reached to secure
the mortality averages upon which life
insurance depends; would go a long
way toward correcting present evils in
the life insurance business. The ir-
repressible insurance man might be
discouraged in pushing the business,
but the policy holder would be less
likely of being robbed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
PREACHERS, COUNTY ATTORNEYS, ETC.

pkeACnehS, CUUNIY AtIUhNeYS, eIC.
Writing from Tama the correspond
ent Of a Cedar Rapids paper tells of
a conference between a minister from
lama, County Attorney Kepler and
Judge Burnham, over the alleged "im-
the matter Of lewdness and selling of
liquor by bootleggers and druggists"
According to the correspondent the
minister's complaint turned out to be
long story Of unsubstantiated rumor.
He had no proved facts to relate. Judge
Burnham and the county attorney as
sured him that If he could present the
names Of witnesses the matter would
be fully investigated This the min
lister was unable to do, and the case
rested.
There should be no sharp criticism
OF the minister. He was moved by a
sincere desire to correct what he had
been led to believe were conditions in
mended, not condemned. His case is.
however, Illustrative Of very COM
mon weakness among ministers and
other men not closely in touch with
the everyday life about them, which
leads them to make charges without
the evidence to substantiate a single
case in court. Perhaps matters in
Tama are not so bad as the preacher
imagines from the stories that have
been told him. Perhaps they are worse
but II they approach the terrible state
outlined there should be little trouble
In locating witnesses to prove at least
one case. And this is as much the
duty of the preacher as Of any other
good citizen. And it is the duty Of the
minister az Of every other good citizen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

QlSLrlCL OI SUCH IIcliCHNoAS SiPOA y
since Ballard of Red Oak was crown
ed king of bards."
The Waterloo Courier says: Editor
Perkins, of the Sioux City Journal is
one of the aspiring political leaders OF
the state who are finding 1T exceed
ingly difficult these days to say enough
without saying too much. 1t is del
icate game that must be played, still
Mr. Perkins is holding his own
"a falling OF nearly so per cent In
the birth rate of the state. as shown
by the comparative statistics of the
last two biennial periods, suggests to
the Cedar Rapids Gazette the advis-
ability OF the railroads inaugurating
series OF race suicide specials. with
President Roosevelt as the principal
lecturer"
The Sioux City Tribune believes
.If the party of which John Sharpe
Williams is a member were handling
the funds. it might not be preaching
economy in such q loud voice.
"Cass has always been counted as
a charter member OF the reservation,
but it seems that even down there
they have began to sit up and take no.
tice," remarks the Boone News. HIhe
standpatters have been asserting aii
the time that there is no sentiment
in Iowa in favor of tariff revision or
reciprocity, or I'M fact of any of the
ideas that Governor Cummins stands
for, but here is Cummins man VIM
ming out decisively in the heart OF the
standpat district. 1t Is only straw
In the political wind which promises
to blow up with great fury next year,
but it is very significant straw
II would seem to Indicate that the old
machine is going to get some such
a cyclonic visitation as that which
smashed 1T into smithereens at the
time of the governors first nominal
ton"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

There are certain preserves in Iowa
politics, 1t seems, upon which no one
must venture without being subjected
to challenge and the reminder that
he has not taken the oath of al
legiance,' observes the Sioux City
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-13

J. M. HOLT, Attorney at Law.
Matters and Settling Of Estates, also
Bankruptcy Proceedings, and Examin.
|ations ef Abstracts of Title,
Money to Loan on Farm Property at
Lew Gates. J,
osses Over Is West Main str,ss,
|e1aeehalltevsn, Iowa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-13
'DOINCS IN WISCONSIN.
Matters of General Interest to Our
Readers Reported by
Telegraph.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF A WEEK
State Items Of General Interest from
Various Sources for the Benefit
of Our Readers.

Appleton, Wis, Sept 7.-Judge
Goodland, of circuit court, dissolved
the injunction issued by Judge Grit
fin at Crandon, on the affidavit Of J. A.
Walsh, to restrain the coroner's jury
from conducting the inquest on the
body of Mrs. Walsh, who was shot and
fatally wounded on the night of Au-
gust %.
Appleton, Wis, Sept. 9.-Informa-
ton from a semi-official source is to
the effect that District Attorney
Walsh, of Crandon, who was defeated
in his attempt to stop the inquest into
the death of his wife following the
shooting of the woman last week, in
tends, in case he is accused of MUIR
der, to delay his trial indefinitely.
1t is believed he will insist upon a
trial in his home county, Forest. which
has 1900 inhabitants, of the males
only three-fourths being eligible for jury
service. 1t is said his friends will cir.
culate the circumstances of the death
Of Walsh's wife so thoroughly among
the men Of the county that it will lie
impossible to impanel jury of un-
prejudiced talesmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-13
PFISTER DEMANDS 100000
He Sues Officials at Milwaukee for
Damages for Having Him
Indicted.

Milwaukee, Sept. 9.-Charles f.
Pfister has begun civil action against
District Attorney Francis E. McGov-
ern, Assistant District Attorney Henry
+. COchems, Special Assistant District
Attorney Guy d. Golf. Theodore Kron-
shage, Jr., Harry P. Myrick, H. A. J.
Upham, James X. rlsley and J. HI.
Tweedy, charging conspiracy and ask
inng $500,OOO damages. Pfister alleges
"a conspiracy to ruin his business
standing, and that the defendants, who
are the)leaders Of hte LaFollette fac
ton in this city, planned to have Pts
ter indicted so as to- bring into aues-
ton his honesty and then delay his
trial that he might be under a cloud
for q long time. thus running his bust
ness and driving him out of politics.
He asserts that The Fress Press,
owned By Itsley, Tweedy, Myrick, Up
ham, LaFollette and Stephenson, has
1ibeled him and that the owners of that
paper, together with the district attor-
neys, have conspired to hold him up to
public view as thief and CRATER.
Pfister also threatens criminal action
against each of the defendants in the
civil action and startling developments
are expected within the next few days.
This suit follows one for $4,000 against
The Free Press. -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-13
New Railroad Sure.

Messrs. D. r. w. Williams of
Connecticut and Pat Flynn of
Platteville, both we'll known rail
read promoters, were in the CITY
last week taking in the fair and in
cidentally talking railroad. They
are the gentlemen who constructed
the railroad into Lancaster and
made the first survey for the road
up the Kickapoo valley.
Both are confident that the new
standard gauge electric line will be
built from Apple River, ILL.,, tc
Bloomington within short time
A line will also be built to Dubuque.
At Apple River connections will be
made with the main line Of the
Illinois Central.
Eastern capitalists have been here
looking over the proposed route and
the extensive progress that is being
made IN mining IN this section as
sures them the fact of safe invest
ment in the enterprise.
Mr.. Williams is over 80 years Of
age but Is still hale end hearty an6
an enthusiast over the proposition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-13

Professors of mathematics will be in
terested in the attempts of the Rus
sian ENJOYS to reduce an irreducible
minimum.
A sketch of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
says that she is nineteen years of age,
has fortune of S5O,0O0,000 in her own
right, and is extremely good-looking."
The average eligible man will insist
upon considering a girl with 100000
900 in her own right. as positively
beautiful.
Secretary Shaw's prudential pro-
spects are blocking up" Mr.. Bryan
has declared positively that "Shaw
will not do"
Although it keeps him pretty busy
in Cleveland, the "best Mayor in the
United States, "Tom Johnson finds
time to act as consulting mayor" of
Chicago.
There is Linevitch too-distinguish-
Ell as the only Russian who las COM
manded an army without being de-
| feated.
If folks in Tokyo who think it's
"peace with dishonor" could read the
American newspapers TO day, they'd
I feel more cheerful.
If you don't seem to notice the
Kaiser and his yellow, peril, it's be-
cause they're out of sight behind the
president.
That dispensary official in South
Carolina. who says he refused
$4,000 bribe from whisky firm.
would be starred as freak in Mil
waukee.
II do not ethat the policyholders
have suffered very much" says presi-
dent OF the equitable. The policy
holders will also be unable to see that
Mr.. Morton has suffer ed very much.
Pastor Chas. Wagner is taking the
baths at CARLSBAD La is unusual to
to find an advocate of the simple
life" in the same pool with equity
patients and victims of high living.
Will the automobile develop a race
of men who can telescope themselves
and roll down hill without getting
hurt in the process2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-13
Spanish War Veterans Meet.

Milwaukee, Sept. S.-The second an
nual reunion Of the United States Span
ish War Veterans opened its session at
Light Horse Squadron armory here
with about $50 delegates present A
resolution was adopted with enthu-
siasm congratulating President Roose-
welt on ''the unparalleled service for
the worlds peace which he has just
rendered and making him to this gener-
alton first in peace as we'll as first in
war;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-13
Peter Ste1l Farm For Sale.

Twill receive sealed bids for the
farm owned by the late Peter Steil
up to noon on the goth day OF Sep
TENDER, 1905. The farm.of 232 acres
is located on sec. IA, east of Bee
town and is 5 miles west OF the city
of Lancaster, has good buildings,
a good well and springs of running
water that have never been dry.
Can be divided into two farms
with water on each, but the build.
ings are all one side of road which
divides it. A good school house
near dwelling. Terms Cash. Posses
sion given March 1st, 1906.
We reserve the right to reject
any and all bids.
e7w4 VIM. E. WEBB, Executor