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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12

initials, wv. r. c., V. p" his own and
those of his office. Then the bill went
to Robert ELEPHANT, chairman of the
committee on expenditures. This COM
mittee would examine the bill, and see
ing the Endorsement of Fields ana Dr.
Gillette would approve it and send 1t
to the cashier, who would then make
out a check to the Lawrence firm In
payment. Then when the firm collect
ed uhe money the slip for the $1,000
given to Fields would be taken from
the cash drawer and torn up.
Padding Of Bills Hidden.
This was carried out in other IN
stances. and the padding OF the bMls
was so carefully done that ii would be
almost impossible to discover 1t. Ii
there were fifteen items on bill, each
item would be increased by from $40
to 500. No account of this padding
was kept by either Fields or the print
ing firm, the cash slips being all that
was necessary.
But as the company only paid out
what was demanded by the bills sent
in after they had been approved by
Fields and the other officials no charge
of Justification of the books can be
made for the transactions We're record
ed in absolute conformance with the
different documents in each case.
The special grand jury is trying to
ascertain If any of the higher officers
who approved these bills had any gull
ty knowledge of these procedures.
When Fields will appear before the
special grand jury is still matter OF
conjecture. Henry p. Velte, his per-
sonal counsel, visited him in his home
in Ocean Grove. N. j., yesterday, and
said he found him so Ill that he could
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
KISSING PREACHER RElNsTATEr
Methodist Charged With immortality
Wins in the Conference.

Birmingham, Ala, May 12-Accused
of immortality for kissing woman"
and suspended from the pulpit by the
North Georgia conference, Rev. w. w.
Wadsworth of Martwell, Ga, was REIN
stated yesterday by the committee on
appeals of the general conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church, south.
which is meeting here Mr.. Wads-
worth was suspended for a year, and
the committee reversed the decision.
The church extension committee re-
ported favorable on the proposition to
erect representative church building
in Washington City and reported a
resolution calling on the church at
large to raise 100000, if Mount YER
non church, Washington, would become
responsible for $4,000 additional for
that purpose.
A plan of campaign for the raising OF
the 100000 was also submitted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
New Homes in the West.

Over million acres of land will be
thrown open to settlement on the Sho-
shone Indian Reservation August Is,
1906. These lands are reached by the
direct route of the Chicago & North
western Ry. from Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Omaha, and other points
in the Mississippi Valley. Send &c in
stamps for pamphlets, maps and full
particulars to w. B. Kniskern, p. T..
M, c. & N. w. Ry. Co., Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure
1t is a great surprise on account of It's
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or female Relieves retention of wa
ter almost Immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is the rem
edy. Sold by C. j. Lander, druggist,
Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
CHINESE BOYCOTT WANING.
Apprehension in United States o
Growth Surprises Orient.

Growth Surprises Orient.
Pekin, May 12.-Statements to the
effect that there is apprehension in the
United States that the boycott of
American goods is growing have caus-
ed surprise here. All the information
obtainable shows that the movement
is waning. The Chinese customs re-
port for 1905 just issued shows that the
American imports We're 1900 taels
compared with 100000 in 1904. 1t APP
pears that the imports made enormous
speculative purchases early in the year.
chiefly in anticipation of war demands,
and decrease In imports would be
natural under any circumstances until
these stocks are disturbed.
Caused Hostility, Not Injury.
The report says that the result of
the boycott is not what had been ex-
pected. Much suspicion and hostility
were created but the general verdict is
that not much injury has been done to
American manufacturers or merchants.
The final effect of the boycott, however,
can not be judged until the close of
another year or even later. Only the
immediate results are visible. In con-
sequence of climate war and boycott
conditions combined, there is a larger
proportion of imports than usual left
in first hands
Australian Trade Growing.
The imports of American cotton in
creased from 100000 to 12,566,00O
pieces and flour about the same in
1904 but the Australian trade is grow
ing. The market for oil increased g.
$4,000 gallons from the immense i'm
port of 1904. The failure of the Rus
sian supply negatived the boycott
Consul General Lay. at Canton, re-
ports that American imports into
southern China during the last half of
1905 decreased s1.250,000, oil decreasing
30 per cent. The friction between the
Standard Oil Companys agents and
the officials and merchants at several
ports probably contributed to this de-
crease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12

is sure to stay until his hide is ampu-
tated and his fat rendered into oil.
Mr.. Graham says that there is more
profit i'm raising skunks than In cattle
or hogs.
1t axes little or nothing to care for
the animals and the profit from one
skunk is equal to that of COW or a
hog.
They are prolific breeders and their
multiplication is the secret of their
commercial value.
Graham intends to enlarge his In
closure and keeps continually adding
to his flock by the use of traps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
Bounded Into Fame.

81 want it understood said the new
president of the insurance company,
that I was not recommended for the
place by either Rockefeller or Morgan"
So, with one accord, the reporters
wrote that the new president was a
gentleman of remarkable acumen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
MarshaIItown to st. Paul and Return
$8.75, via Chicago Great Western

Tickets on sale May % and 81, in
elusive, account biennial meeting
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
Return limit June 8 with extension
privileges. For further informa dion
apply to j. r. Harding, agent, Ma
shalltoWn, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
The Lake Shore to Boston-very Low
Rates.

One fare plus one dollar for the
round trip; good going May 31st to
June 9th, inclusive. Return limit by
depositing ticket, July 18th.
An excellent opportunity to spend
your vacation in New England.
Write NJ. S. Giles, T. p. A, Chicago,
for full particulars. Warren j. Lynch,
passenger traffic manager, Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
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Walker Third
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IenmD Davenport johannes
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
Cocaine which e!ulIs the nerves never

Cocaine which clulls tho nerves never
vet cured nasal catarrh. The heavy
feeling in the head the stuffed up
sensation and the water discharge from
eyes and noses, along with all the other
miseries attending the disease, are put
to rout by Elys Cream Balm. Smell,
taste and hearing are restored, breath
ing is normal. Until you try this
remedy, you can form no idea Of the
good it will do you. Is applied directly
to the sore spot. All druggists, SO cents.
Mailed by Ely Bros Sc Warren street.
New York.
Don't be fooled and made to believe
that rheumatism can be cured with
local applications. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea is the oily positive cure
for rheumatism. 35 cents, tea or tab
lets. Mcbride Sc Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12

What's the good of keeping from him
Any good things you may see.
That will lift his load of labor
Like Rocky Mountain Tea.
Mcbride & VIII Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
PLAYTNG THE GAME.

There was more surprise and per-
sonal disappointment over the outcome
Of the contest for the nomination for
attorney general in the recent Republi-
can state convention than over any
other Office. This was because there
were more candidates for this place
than for any other, and each candi-
date thought he was "on the slate
The contest over this nomination
was a clever game of politics in which
the winning hand was apparently held
by Mr.. Thomas Todd Kelly. Mr..
Kelly favored the nomination of Fred
S. Jackson, not, perhaps, because he
has any influence over Mr.. Jackson,
but because he was positive that he
would have no influence over one or
two of the other candidates who might
be successful if Mr.. Jackson was not
and Mr.. Kelly is somewhat inter
ested in the attorney generals Office.
So these candidates from the First
congressional district were encouraged
to get into the race. and when the
combine fixed up its slate. each of
the three was encouraged to believe he
was on the slate Probably one of
them would have been on the slate
had it not been for Mr.. Kelly, but Mr.
Kelly was in the combine.
Playing the candidates in the First
district divided the vote in this part of
the state, and when the other two can
didates dropped out, leaving S. NJ.
Brewster, the strongest of the three.
in the race, it became evident that
none Of the three were ION the slate -
Even such a shrewd player of the
political game as Cyrus Leland was
powerless to break the slate. A good
many people have an idea that Mr.. Lee
land is in 1.-The combine" but this IS
q mistake. Some Of Mr.. Leland's close
friends are in it. and from this the in
ference was natural that 1t also in
cluded the war horse from Troy, but
this inference Is not true. Mr.. Leland
will have nothing to do with Mr..
Kelly. nor will he aid the combine to
send Curtis to the United States SEN
ate Therefore he had no part what
ever in the conferences that fixed UP
/ the slate He was led to believe that
/ his candidate, Mr.. Brewster. would be
nominated. and he did what he could
to aid him. but the game of politics
as played by Kelly, aided and abetted
| by others in the combine. was too
much even for Mr. Leland-and II
takes some pretty shrewd politics to
beat him.
Perhaps it ought not to be laid ur
against Mr. Jackson that Kelly sup
orted him. Mr. Jackson's friends give
assurances that he will make first
class oficiaI If elected, and Mr.. Jack
} son himself Is not anxious to Inherit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

collision. She got out Of the roadside
ditch to run into q patch Of briars and
scream for help, but there was no help
She had to extricate herself and follow
the bedraggled widow.
The dog alone was responsible for
what happened to the other two old
maids. Miss Warner has discovered one
women ahead and two behind her, and
suspecting their hendish intention, she
had almost made up her mind TO aban-
don her object when the dog, who had
been calling on his brother out IN the
country, came along and set up a bark
ing and growing. Tragedy. was the re-
suit. The old maid never had encoun-
tered a big bob-tailed dog at night on
hill, and she at once scrambled over
the fence into the weeds and ran for
her life. She fell down and rolled over,
and she rose up again and struggled on,
and when she reached home &To hours
later she Immediately went into hys
terics and DR.. Seaton got his first
night call for IA years.
The dog had met with such succeas
that he was encouraged to perseYere.
He came upon Miss Hopkins out of
the shadows like a frisking haystack,
and as she screamed out and spread
her wings to fly she tripped and went
down. The fall might have. injured
her but for the fact that she fell upon
soft mud She couldn't go back TO
town looking like the mortar-mixer
for a skyscraper, and she continued
to get the use of hoes and scrapers.
They were furnished, but while she
was using them she heard the ten
year-oId daughter whispering to her
mother that she'd bet a cent that Miss
Hopkins had come out there to giggle
for Mr. Strong.
That was an awful night in Clifton
though only four feminine hearts
knew just how awful it was. Morning
dawned with a murlxy sky overhead
widow as if something more was still
to happen. They were right. When
the butcher boy called for his orders
he repeated the same words at every
house on his route:
Say. you heard the news? Mr.
Strong has gone to PhillipsvilIe to git
married today, and he's goin' to bring
the bride home tonight. Hain't it
great - Copyright 1906. by NJ. NJ
Cunningham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atohison clobe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globe.J
When a widow takes after a man Of
little experience with love, she usually
lands him, if she wants him.
There is too little attention given to
two mighty important words: Don't
tell"
How little the best doctor knows!
And how helpless he is in the presence
of serious illness!
In talking about the many worthless
husbands do the women properly ap-
preciate the few good ones?
A girl in society will admit that a
girl out of society is very nice, but
She also adds that she is different"
A man who claims to know 1t all
can always find a lot Of ordinary peo-
pie who will put the gloves on with
him.
When a woman has q COW and sells
milk to her relatives. they get a more
skinny measure than any other of her
customers.
Have you a COW that bawls all night
because separated from It's calf? And
] do you know that a baWling COW IS a
/ great nuisance to your neighbors?
With a woman it is a struggle to
provide something for the comfort Of
/ the inner man, and with a man 1t is
an effort to provide something for the
outer woman.
am acquainted with a man who
is always talking about a certain
Enoch Hawkins; whatever is under
/ discussion, my friend quotes something
/ Enoch Hawkins has said on the sub
/ ject, and it seems to At exactly. I was
anxious to know more about Enoeh
Hawkins, but he was apparently such
! a wise man that / was ashamed to in
quire, supposing him to be a noted
character who has escaped my reading.
Finally I could contain my curiosity no
/ longer, and asked the favor of know
ing more about Enoch Hawkins. :.
He turned out to be a hired man who
4 had worked for my friends father, on
a farm. and my friend said that Enoch
Hawkins was the snnartest man he had
ever known. Enoch never rose above
a farm hand, and died a farm hand of
old age. while employed in that capacity
in the township where he had spent
] mnst of his lifa-Drake Watson
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
JANA WKER JOTS

A Chanute man wrote home from
San Francisco that he thought train
had hit the house when the earth
quake commenced.
Henry Allen notes that the white
wash which Mr.. Garfield applied to
the beef trust was unexpectedly turned
to tar and feathers when it came the
Standards turn.
Jewell Republican: A little boy
asked a question the other day that
several politicians in this district have
about got to the point of asking The
boy said: Say, pa, who will be con-
gresham after Mr.. Reeder dies?
Personal mention in the Hoiton Re-
corder: Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ Beck are
expected home from their thee
months visit in California tomorrow
evening. When they get here they
win find the house cleaned from attic
to cellar, two rooms newly papered,
curtains all washed and some new ones
made and hung, and the garden all
made. While she IS expressing her
appreciation and thanks. Mrs. Beck
will probably be secretly noting dust
on the tops of door lambs and in the
! corners of picture frames. but II she
is seen with a duster IN her hand inside
of a week the family IS going to rise
4 in open rebellion. They do not intend
/ to have the effects of her vacation
| spoiled by a siege of housekeeping
/ imme diately on her return r 5 the
Old Man will find the COW still giving
/ a bucket full of milk. twice a day, the
yard raked and the grass moved. be-
sides two additional small feet under
the family table. He will also observe
that county politics is in a state OF
peace and tranquility, services are
still being held at the Methodist
church, and the Bell-Monarch Oil
company is still struggling along IN
der the ban Of the Standard
Oil. If the habit of sightseeing has
so fastened itself upon him that he is
unable to find contentment in a news
paper Office, he can just wander out
over the green fields. hills and wales
of Jackson county and feast his eyes
on some rural landscape, the beauty
of which is not surpassed by any To-
cality elsewhere on the globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
A MOSQUITO LrIT4,ABy.

Hush. little skeeterbugs hush a-bye.
Mother viii rock him, don't you cryi
know you are hungry. my little sweet,
With nothing TO drink and so little to eat,
thin,
But the city folks soon win be rolling in
Hush little buzzer. go bye.
lush, little skeeterbug, hush a-oye.
1hink OF the summer time, just you try!
Chubby old ladies and thin old boys,
Plump little children, and, joy of joys.
Fat little babies, all fresh and sweet
And juicy and lovely for you to eatl
Hush, little buzzer. go bye
Hush. little skeeterbug, hush a-bye,
Daddy will sharpen your dear little bill.
And Mother will teach you to bite, she
will
Maybe they think we are slow and dumb.
But were not afraid of petroleum.
Hush, little buzzer, go bye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
The Rise in the River.

It IS little short of astonishing to see
how little water is required to float the
southern river steamers, a boat loaded
with perhaps a thousand bales of cot
ton slipping along contentedly where
boy could wade across the stream.
Not long ago, however, the Chatta-
hoochee got too low for even her light
draught commerce, and at Gunboat
Shoals a steamer grounded. As the
drinking water on board needed re-
plenishing, a deck hand was sent
ashore with a couple of water buckets.
Just at this moment a northern
traveller approached the captain of the
boat, and asked him how long he
thought they would have to stay there.
"Oh, only until that man gets back
with bucket of water to pour into
the river" the captain replied. Pres
emily the deck hand returned, and the
stale water from the cooler was emp
tied overheard. Instantly, to the
amazement of the traveller, the boat
began to move.
well, if that don't beat thunder!'
he gasped.
The fact was that the boat, touch
ing the bottom. had acted as a dam,
and there was soon backed up behind
her enough water to lift her over the
shoal and send her on down the
stream.-Harper' Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
A Family Affair.

"Once upon a time there lived a good
man of New York, who was soliciting
contributions for the erection of en-
orphan asylum said the story-teller.
He had been to many rich people and
received liberal contributions, which
were entered in book he had for that
purpose. Among these many names
The good man went to Mr.. Sage's Of
fee, and showing him the contribution
entered in the book by Mrs. Sage, asked
II he would not give a like sum. And
what do you suppose he did?''
We'll, I suppose he at least doubled
it." remarked listener.
Doubled it! Not RusseIliv exclaim-
ed the teller of the story. why, he
simply took his pen and wrote Mr. and
before his wife's name, and handed the
book back to the good nan.''-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
The Window Hog.

would you mind letting that win
dow down ?" asked the passenger in
the rear seat. leaning forward. 1T
makes things pretty cold back here"
Il don't find it any too cold'' an
sWered the other.
Did the shivering passenger lose his
temper and talk in a loud tone of
voice?
He did not, dear children.
He went and sat down In the seat in
front of the window hog and raised a
window himself
IF this makes you uncomfortable .
he said. with a genial smile, 'I'll put It
down again. I'll be more of a gentle
man than you seem to be, you outward
semblance Of a human being with the
interior mechanism of an adult porcine
quadruped.''
Then, with the same genial smile he
resumed the reading of his newspaper,
and the incident closed.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09
ouAKER REFLECTfoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Many a good husband hasn't the
nerve to be anything else.
It Is quite possible that the Lord also
loveth a cheerful loser.
Some men never accomplish any
thing without a Dacemaker-
No. Maude, dear; gushing letters are
not always written with a fountain
pen.
The first scratch on her new furni-
ture is apt to convince the bride that
marriage IS a failure.
When a girl begins to call fellow
by his first name It generally indicates
that she has designs on his last
Tommy Hubbubs@''We've got a
new baby at our house" Willie Sub
bubs-''That's nothing. We've got
new cook at our house
Now doth the busy end seat hog
Improve each shining minute,
And as the open car doth jog
We always find him in it.
"a woman never knows her own
mind" remarked the Wise Guy. mo. e"
agreed the Simple Mug, Eat least not
until Nshe has changed It FIVE or six
times$
The saddest words of tongue or pen,
Words ne'er misunderstood,
Are in a game of poker, when
You're forced to say: That's good"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

The feature of the Republican state
convention Wednesday was the ova-
ton given by the delegates to ex-Gov-
ernor w. J. Bailey. The bare mem
ton OF his name was sufficient to call
for an outburst of enthusiasm from
the delegates and his appearance upon
the platform was the signal for such
an ovation as has seldom been ac-
corded to a public man in Kansas.
There is but little question but what
If Mr.. Bailey had allowed his name
TO be mentioned as a candidate for
the nomination for governor he would
have been nominated and given to the
convention such an enthusiasm as has
not been known in the party for years
The men who sacrificed him two
years ago now know that he was in
nocent of the charges they made
against him. and as they look back
over the record of his administration
it stands out in marked contrast to
those Of others who have filled the ex-
eeutive office with less ability and less
integrity. But Mr.. Bailey refuses to
take advantage of the desire upon the
part OF the people of Kansas to right
q wrong done to him, and the people
of Kansas can only hope that in the
near future it will be given to them
10 make the PREPARATION they know to
be his due.=Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-09

Attorney William l. Taylor, who at
tended the banquet of the Indiana Bar
association in honor of the United
States court of appeals at the Column
bia club the other night was reminded
of a little story that was told at the
time the American Bar association met
at Saratoga several years ago.
Two negro walters at the hotel where
the association held its banquet were
mucn interested IN the dress coated
gentlemen that were filing into the
dining room In the party were some
Of the most famous lawyers and jurists
in the country.
who ali dem gen'em?'' asked one
waiter of the other as the last OF the
guests passed in.
Il dunno 'zactly," replied the other.
but all understand de ah bahtenders.' y
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