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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Terrible Atrocities Committed
in the Congo Free State
by Soldiers
Admits That the Country Has Been
Governed Not for the Good of the
Natives But soIely to Increase King
Leopod's Profits-Natives Are CRU
ely Slain.

| London, June 12.-Tle Congo COM
mission. which was called into being
for white washing" purposes. has
been forced practically to admit the
truth of many of the most terrible
charges which have been made against
the Congo Free State.
Among the allegations made against
the government have been the follow
ing:
That il has ruled the country, not
/ with regard to the good of its inhab
itants, but almost solely with a view to
increasing the profits of the rubber
company, in which King Leopold is the
chief stakeholder.
Soldiers Stay Hundreds.
That when the people have failed TO
bring In as much rubber as the repre-
sentatives of the company thought
they ought, native soldiers have been
sent out, who have perpetrateed the
most horrible massacres to stimulate
the workers energy. On one expedi-
ton 800 natives were murdered on a
six weeks rubber hunt" and on an
other of three weeks, 800.
That cannibals have been officially
employed-on one occasion as many as
500 in one party-to kill and eat the
refractory inhabitants who refused to
work.
ReducAd- - Giaverv
That forced labor, amounting practi-
cally to slavery in it's most revolving
form, prevails everywhere.
That, in consequence Of the barbara
ties perpetrated and the Inability of the
natives to both support themselves and
supply the demands upon them for
rubber, the death rate has increased
appallingly, and the entire Congo coun-
try is being rapidly depopulated.
King Leopold signs the recommends
tons for reform of the report, but
ttsey are not sweeping and are, there
fore, severely criticised b. the London
morning papers.
"L'etat c'est Moi.
The most notable features Of the re-
port is a letter from King Leopold,
WHICH Ii StilA dCSldlalioIl vi wal,
c'est moi" He says:
MY position in the Free State is,
admit, de facto and de jure without
precedent, but all the burden, all the
has been left with me.
Belgium has certainly shown desire
to help with money in some measure.
but the work of constituting the new
state devolved upon me alone.
THE constitution of the Congo state
has been and cannot be anything but
my personal achievement. Now, there
can be no more legitimate right than
that Of the author over his own work.
Powers Are Defied.
'',Tlle powers gave the birth Of the
new state their blessing, but none of
them has been asked to share in my
efforts. Therefore, none of them pos
sesses in the Congo Free State any
right of intervention that could be JUS
titled.
There is no special international
law concerning the state. My rights
on the Congo are indivisifble. They are
the result of my toll and the expendi-
ture Of my morey. 1t is essential that
should proclaim these rights aloud,
for Belgium does not possess any eX-
cept those which emanate from me-"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Unknown Friends.

There are many people who have us
ed Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with splendid re-
suits, but who are unknown because
they have hesitated about giving a
testimonial of their experience for pub
lication These people. however are
none the less friends of this remedy.
They have done much toward making
it household word by their personal
recommendations to friends and neigh
bors. 1t is a good medicine to have in
the home and is widely known for its
cures of diarrhoea and all forms Of
bowel trouble. For sale by all drug
ciStS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Provision.

The great millionaire looked up i'm
patiently from his gold bowl of egg
nogg.
"Well?' he said What is it?"
II desire, sir" the young man falter-
ed, "to marry your daughter, provid-
ed
The other frowned.
well? Provided" he said testify.
provided what?"
Gust provided" muttered the youth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Skilled Labor-In Mexico.

The inefficiency of Mexican labor
was under discussion by a group of
mining promoters, according to the
Philadelphia Record.
ION my last trip OF Mexico" said one,
while our train halted at Jimulco,
a dinner station on the Mexican Cen
trail, 1 alighted and watched the me-
chanic who went from car to car
sounding the wheels with a hammer,
presumably to test their condition. He
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12

Good looks bring happiness. Friends
care more for us when we meet them
with a clean. smiling face, bright eyes
sparkling with health, which comes by
taking HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
tea. 35 cents, tea or tablets. Mcbride
& Will Drug Co
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
$500 to tho Pacific Coast and Return
From chicago-correspondingIy Low
Round Trip Rates From Other

Points.
Via the Chicago, Union Pacific &
Northwestern Line daily, June l to
September 80, to San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma
and other Pacific Coast points. Very
low rates to Helena Butte, Spokane,
Ogden and Salt Lake City. Daily and
personally conducted excursions in
Pullman tourist slepeing cars to San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland,
thru without change. Double berth
only $500 from Chicago and $5.75 from
Omaha Choice Of routes. For rates,
tickets, ETC., apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern Ry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
MAE THOMAS CONVICTED.
Had the Mumps, But Swallowed
Combs Diamond Notwithstanding.

Omaha, June 12.--It is the opinion
of twelve men that a woman with the
mumps can swallow diamond and
that Mae Thomas is guilty of grand
larceny.
Miss Thomas had declared that If
she We're placed on trial she would
not consent to the use of the knife
to enable Jeweler Combs to get back
his diamond and there the matter
rests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Superb Service, Splendid Scenery.

Superb Service, Splendid Scenery.
en- route to Niagara Falls, Muskoka and
Kawartha Lakes, Georgian Bay and
Temagami Region, st. Lawrence River
and Rapids, Thousand Islands, Algon-
quin National Park, White Mountains,
and Atlantic Sea Coast resorts, via
Grand Trunk Railway System. Double
track Chicago to Montreal and Niagara
Falls, n. Y.
For copies of tourist publications
and descriptive pamphlets apply to
Geo. w. Vaux, A. G. p. & T. A., 1876
Adams street, Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
A. B. QUITS.
$50 $ 90 to rs.
Low Rates to San Francisco and Los
Anaeles.


Angeles.
Via the Northwestern Line. An ex-
cursion rate of one first class limited
fare. plus $500, for round trip, will be
In effect from all stations June % to
July Z, inclusive, with favorable re-
turn limits. Three fast trains thru to
California daily. THE Overland Linz
tied electric lighted turnout. less than
three days to San Francisco. 1.-The Los
Angeles Limited" electric lighted thru
out, via the new Salt Lake Route to
Los Angeles, with drawing room and
tourist sleeping cars. Another fast
daily train is 1.-THE China & Japan
Fast Mail' with drawing room and
tourist sleeping cars to San Francis
co and Los Angeles. For itineraries
and full information apply to agents
Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Excursion Tickets to semi-centenniaI

And annual commencement Western
College at Toledo, Iowa. via the
Northwestern Line, Will be sold
at reduced rates on June 10 and
IA. limited to return until June Is.
inclusive. Other dates Of sale and linn
it's on certificate plan. Apply to agents
Chicago & North Western R'y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12

Very Low Rates to Buffalo, N. ",
Via the Northwestern Line. Excursion
tickets will be sold June s, and TO-.
with favorable return limits on ac-
count of Travellers Protective Associa-
ton meeting. Apply to agents Chicago
&, Northwestern R'y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
New Home. in the West.

Over million acres of land will be
thrown open to settlement on the Sho-
shone Indian Reservation August Is,
direct route of the Chicago & North
western Ry. from Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Omaha, and other points
1906 These lands are reached by the
in the Mississippi Valley. Send &c in
stamps for pamphlets, maps and full
particulars to w. B. Kniskern, P. T.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Excursion Tickets to Coal Dealers

Meeting at Rock Island, ILL.,, via
the Northwestern Line, will be sold
ut reduced rates. June 10 to 10, in
elusive, limited to return until June %,
inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago &
Eorth- Western R'y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Very Low Rates to Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle and Other North Pacific and
British Columbia Points

Via the NOrthWestern Line, VIII be IN
effect from all stations June 10 to 90,
inclusive, with favorable return limits,
on account of Hotel Mems Mutual
Benefit Association, to be held at
Portland, Ore. Fast trains thru to the
coast daily. 1.-The Overland Limited"
electric lighted turnout, le.; than three
days Chicago to Portland. Another
fast dai train is "The Chicago Port
land Special" with drawing room and
tourist sleeping cars, free reclining
chair cars and dining cars. For timer
aries and full information apply to
agents Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12

Very Low Excursion Rates to Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, via
the Northwestern Line will be in
effect from all stations, July 10 to 10,
inclusive, with favorable return limits.
on account of Grand Lodge. B. P. o. z.
Two fast trains thru to Colorado daily,
only one night. For full information
apply to agents Chicago & Northwest
ern Ry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
One Fare Plus so Cents to Chicago and
Return via Chicago Great Western

railway.
account Business Meeting Ancient Ara
bic Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
June - and 10. Tickets on sale June
10 to 70. For further information
apply to any Great Western agent or j.
P. Elmer G. P. A., st. Paul, Mimi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11

the most urgent needs in the police de-
pertinent. On Thursday a mass meet
ing Of ministers was held to consider
plans for action in the license fight.
The Sunday Closing league made :
legal attempt ito force Mayor Dunno to
close the saloons on Sunday, by seeking
to file petition for mandamus in the
supreme court. The court refused to
entertain the mandamus petition on the
ground that it sought to enforce the
performance Of a general duty and not
Of a specific act. It is held that to en-
force such writ the court would be
obliged practically to assume the man
agement of the municipal affairs Of the
city, which would be to depart from its
proper sphere and assume governmental
functions.
Four south side clergymen have been
preaching a series of sermons on the
same topic, studying them in confer
ence. Last Sunday they treated Sab
bath observance, and urged it from eco
nomic and humane considerations. Jen-
kin Lloyd Jones referred in detail to
the manner in which the Sunday clos
ing of saloons had been accomplished
in Minneapolis by Mayor Jones.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
Cost of Ammunition
HE cost of ammunition in a mo

~ HE cost of ammunition in a mod
ern battle is much greater than
is commonly imagined. With
the increase in the range of modern
ordance the expense has naturally gone
up steady. There are in Germany
cannon of 10 tons that the Krupp fac
tory has turned out which cost every
time they are fred exactly $1,7Oo. The
projectile is worth $3.50 and the powder.
not less than $3.50. But this is not all.
There must be added the proper frac-
ton of the value of the gun, which can
be fred only ninety-five times before 1T
is completely out of order. Now, a
11O-ton gun costs $4,000, and conse-
quently at each discharge it's value
diminishes by 5000. The German navy
has had recently 77-ton gun, costing
$4,000, which can be fred only l24
times. Each discharge represents the
sum of 1920. The 45-ton guns can be
fred at least $50 times. At the Essen
factories they can be built for $4,000.
The price of each shot does not exceed
$500. Finally, for less powerful arms
the prices fall to $40, $sS and $65 for
each shot.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

tical Irish folklore on which is built the
plays of DR.. Douglas Hyde and w. b.
Yeats. The play, entitled The Three
Gifts, was drawn from powerful lit
tie short story by Miss Florence Con-
verse, which appeared in the Atlantic.
The story attracted the attention of
Miss Jane Adams and some Of her
associates at Hull House, and feeling
that it had message for working peo-
pie, they asked the author to put the
story in dramatic form. This she did
and it was acted by people just such as
the characters Of the play who might
have known and lived such an expert.
ence.
Miss Addams made a brief explana-
tory speech in which she said that the
purpose Of the presentation was to show
that not all the suffering and tragedy
of the labor struggle was found on the
side Of the non-union men. The story
is Of the sin, suffering and expiation
Of union man. Tim Kelly, betrothed
Of a voluble Irish shopgirl In whose
poor home the action takes place, rushes
in after a street melee between union
and non-union men during streetcar
strike. It is Halloween and the old
granny sitting by the fire Is grooming
old superstitions read in teacup. AS
Tim comes in the grandmother exclaims
" 1t means death, and then, after OBJ
serving him long, that he minded her
of St. Columbkill that time he killed a
man and was a running for his life,''
and rambled thru the legend. Tim,
claiming to have been only in the out
skirts of the mob himself, attempts to
Justify the crime that had occurred,
the killing Of .tscab," declaring that
strike is war.
Bridget, the interpretive, spiritually
minded sister, inspired by the story, re-
Piled:
"I'll not deny it's war-but new
kind. It's the side that suffers most
that'll win out-in this war. I'll tell
you how it is I feel-I'll tell you how
I feel, say. IT'S the saints and their
ways that conquers the world. The
saints is the only ones that has the
world under their feet. We we got to
do the way they We done if the unions
is to stand. We can't afford no VIC
lence. We can't afford to throw no
rocks, nor shoot no guns. We've just
got to let up on the scabs, say. When
the public is with us solid, do we think
there I'll be any scabsq Not much! The
public III be on to them too quick. It Is
seen the blood of martyrs flow that
takes the public. It mustn't be the
scabs that's the martyrs, Tim. If the
unions is God IS truth, then we're called
to suffer for it.
Tim 8 defense breaks down under he,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
FIND THE GHETTO A
GOOD PLACE TO LIVE
Not all Residents Of Chcagos "Quarter Are There from
nishness-They Enjoy Many Advantages
Minneapoitans Prominent in Many Spheres in the
Windy City.
BY MARTHA ANDERSON wYMAh.

@HICAGO. Feb. 9.-Not all the resi-
q dents of the Ghetto are there be-
- cause of clanaishness, poverty or
philanthropy. On Bunker street, not far
from Hull House, is colony of literary
folk and students housed in model
tenement and living in close neighbor-
Illness with the more prosperous of the
denizens of the quarter. For SIT the
Ghetto fiat jewellers get quarters that
In a desirable residence district would
cost them $50, and living is proportion
ately cheap. No one is abashed to pur-
chase cents worth of butter or to get
penny lots Of salt, vegetables or any
thing that can be subdivided to that
point. Search for provision bargains Is
virtue and not stigma, and there is
no encouragement to buy more than one
needs for the sake Of the looks. The
locality is within ten minutes walk of
the heart of the loop district, SO carfare
is eliminated. Another important item
of saving is the removal Of the spur to
keeping up appearances, for externally
the American colony plans to live much
as its neighbors do, and this feeling re-
striets ostentation.
The colony depends largely upon It.
self for sociability and there are enough
families to make this quite sufficient,
while Hull House affords a considerable
number of eongenial neighbors, and
with it the colony is in close touch The
proximity also makes it easier for out
slders to understand the attraction Of
the life and to make them feel that
their friends are not wholly lost to
them when they choose this unusual
kind of life.
The motives that have attracted the
colonists are various, ranging from pure
philanthropy to economy, Convenience
and curiosity. The writers and artists
lind the neighborhood a mine Of rich
material in which they are constantly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
uplifted mood and he confesses and
goes forth to his expiration.

Miss Adams, who Is perhaps chief
of the settlement workers of the coun-
try, has been appointed a special lee
turer for the summer session of the uni
versity Of Wisconsin, her subject being
ssThe Newer Ideals of Peace taking
up especially humanitarian movements.
Miss Addams is also one Of the speakers
at the National American Woman s Suf:
frage association that opened this week
in Baltimore.
Arts and crafts are an important fac
tor in the work for good citizenship
and industrial betterment at Hull
House. Miss Adams is one Of. a COM
mittee Of ten recently appointed to
bring together those interested in arts
and crafts into national association.
D. R. Forgan is much in the public
eye these days. This week he was elect
ed president Of
What Former the Chicago Com
m cial associa-
Minneapolis tion, and has al
ready begun work
People Are Doing in cooper a tt n
with the mayor in
planning for the great conference Of
mayors Of all the American cities to be
held next fall. Nathan M. o. Tribon,
also former Minneapolitan, is a direc-
tor-at-large Of the association. Mr..
Tribon is one Of the leading credit men
of the city and president Of the Credit
Men g association. He is son-in-law
Of MI. Balch of Portland avenue and
lives in La Grange.
Another Minneapolis man elected
to office recently is Charles w. Folds,
who has been made secretary Of the
North Central Improvement associa-
| tion. This association collected and
expended in Improvement work last
year nearly $4,000.
The late Mrs. Esdras B. Trubey left a
| will in which she gave her husband
only his legal dover interest, tho re-
mainder going to her four sisters. The
estate is valued at $4,000. Mr.. Trubey
sought to break the will on the ground
that she had been influenced to this ac-
ton by spiritualism. The court upheld
the will. The Trubeys were residents
of Minneapolis for number Of years.
Rev. Theodore G.. Soares has resigned
his pastorate in Oak Park and has be.
gun his duties as professor in the di.
vinity school of the university Of Chi.
cago He has sold his Oak Park home
and in the spring will move to the Mid,
way district. Victor Soares, who left
Minneapolis for Chicago recently, is do
ing some newspaper work and some spe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
Ecial work FOR the Municipal Voters,

leagues al
The anniversary Of the birth Of John
Ericsson. inventor Of the Monitor, will
be celebrated March by the Swedish
Republican league. Secretary Of the
Navy Charles j. Bonaparte has accepted
an invitation to speak.
closed this week, sold several important
pictures. One went to the Kenwood
club, fashionable and exclusive South
George Barr McOutcheon, author Of
sGraustark. -
The Art Institute is the center Of
great social artistic activity this month.
A feature of the
Art Interests annual exhibition
Of works Of Chi
In cago artists is the
series of recep-
Chicago tions held in the
galleries by the
various clubs Of the city, which take
this means Of showing their interest in
the pictures and meeting the artists.
Many people who would otherwise care
lessly fail to attend do SO when special
| ~ pluueu, duu inc IcCop1AoAS A0AP w
make general the understanding that
the pictures are for sale and that every
one who wants to aid the art develop
ment of the city should be enrolled as
member Of the institute. This priv
lege costs $40 annually, but the tickets
/ admit all Of the member Is family and
out-of-town guests to all exhibitions
and lectures and to the use Of the Full
lerton art library. The list Of hostess
clubs for the exhibition include the
Catholic Woman's club, West End Wo-
man s club, Mise, South Side, River
Forest, Nineteenth Century, Hinsdale,
Western Springs, La Grange, Archie,
Culture, Chicago Woman s, Chicago
Woman's Aid, Wicker Park Culture,
/ Woodlawn, North End, Rogers Park,
i Northern, Ravenswood, and Austin
clubs, Open Sesame circle, Woman IS
Literary club Of Millard avenue, Travel
class, University Of Chicago Settlement
! league and Woman's Columbian club,
Northwestern University settlement.
The women Is. clubs and some other
organizations are also federated in the
Municipal Art league for the purpose
Of encouraging art in the city. Thru
the league are awarded two prizes in
sculpture and two in painting, and a
picture is purchased each year for the
Municipal art gallery. AS the sum ex-
pended is $500, this is great encour-
agement to the production Of important
works, as the honor Of representation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11

unearthing treasures. In this tenement
Robert Hunter, the sociological writer,
lived while making his studies of settle
ment work and needs, and English
Walling, the Chicago sociological stu
dent, whose reported disappearance in
Russia recently created stir, kept
house there with his brother Clarence
Darrow, the lawyer. and writer, who was
Mayor Dunne's special adviser in the
municipal ownership campaign last sum-
mer, spent three years in the colony, and
Mrs. Laura Dainty Pelham, impressario
and reader, and for several years presi-
dent of the hourishing Hull House
Woman's club, lived here for several
years before becoming resident work
er at Hull House. Mrs. Pelham s
daughter, Louise Pelham Gilbert, went
to the tenement as a bride when she
married Paul Gilbert, newspaper writ
or who is working the literary mine
Another Of the present literary resi-
dents is Charles A. Banks and his wife.
A notable feature at Hull House is
the dramatic presentations and the
framed play bills
1Ao 31avs In inc nail leadlng
to the theater
Given show that all of
the plays have
at Hull House been of the high
5.. est literary quail
ity. Among those given have been
"Ajax" Tin Greek), "The Sad Shep-
herd,' and midsummer Nights
Dream" Mrs. Pelham is now coach
ing one Of the clubs in Ibsen 8 Pillars
Of Society,"
Wednesday a production Of great
dramatic and social interest was given
that has had curious history. It was
short, tense little labor tragedy ming
ling stern realism with some Of the mys-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11

Senior Theodore Desha, the governor Of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, has given to tho Car
negie museum at Pittsburg Mexican
idol which was regarded as the gem OF
his archaeological collection.