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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

In some respects Beuhardt has grown
sedate. MOI on the stage. The impression
of beauty and ardur of sentiment are as
convincing as ever. But she is no longer
the capuous. whimsical personality in pri-
vate life that she once was. The corridors
of the hotel In which she stays are no
longer infested with pet lizards and tame
alliEatoTs. The press agent is not obliged
10 sit up nights to keep track of her
variant and spectacular taatrums. Last
night she completed a task which almost
any actress Of the new generation would
regard as prcposteroUs. A change of play
at each Of seven performances! And some
of the song and dance ladies of musical
comedy think they have been iusulted when
asked to MARBLE and speak their we'll
conued pieces at an extra matinee. Almost
any other star whose throat was in as i'll
condition as Bernhard was In the earlier
part of the week would have hicd her forth
for a physicians certificate and taken sick
leave But with knowledge of vocal con-
troll, method which came TO her rescue
as method may sometimes come to the
rescue of q trained singer, she rose superior
to physical difficulties and gave perform
auces of marvellous effect Her art has
matured. but not aged; her conscientious
ness is stiLl keen. but her personal frivoli-
ties are no more. Let MS write it rever-
emily, almost regretfUlIy. Sarah has at
last settled down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

1.-THE Gingerbread Man" IS to return to
New York in the spring for run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

An elaborate melodrama entitled Blue
Grass is to be seen for the first time in
Philadelphia February 49, Thomas w.
Ross, now playing the leading role In
Checkers will have the title role in the
new piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07

Early in March Klaw s. Erlanger will pre-
duce a new play entitled "A Marriage OF
Reason" by Hartley Manners. The four
act drama tells of the courtship and mar
riage of an English nobleman to an Ameri.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
the COMING SESSION.

The present congress will convene
within a few days for it's closing SEES
sion. 1t is not expected that its de-
alterations will arouse the interest OF
the country as did the preceding ses-
sion or take up such vital and alb
sorbing issues. Politicians expect a
perfunctory session preliminary to a
presidential campaign, a routine OF
appropriations and ordinary business
However, there are important meas
ures to be passed upon that will be
offered the congress this winter. Three
treaties are pending, the Moroccan,
Dominican and the Isle of Pines treaty.
with Cuba, which is of especial interest
to Iowa, in that Iowans are much in
terested and involved in the fortunes
of the island. Shaw's plan Of elastic
currency will be brought up: the Phil
ippine tariff, a ship subsidy bill and
probably the citizenship of Porto
Ricans. Shoots case will be again
before the senate on appeal, and the
eight-ho law and the parcels post
will insist on attention and consider
alton.
What activity President Roosevelt
will inject into the session is problem
atical. It is rumored that his mes
sage on the canal will create a sem
sation. He is known to strongly favor
an inheritance tax and his character
and history offer the probability that
the president will find something for
congress to do that it would not volun-
tarily thresh out to its final analysis
and settlement.
1t will be different session in some
ways than the last and preceding ones.
Since the Fsifty-ninth congress was
elected much has taken place to en-
courage honest men and warn others.
When great questions come before this
session they will be approached care
fully and with much more of sincerity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
Iowa Newspapers
nalalsAsuMsndzslslalaaagl
BIG CITIES NOT NEEDED.

-
Des Moines now claims almost 100,-
000 Perhaps she has them. She bases
her claim upon the somewhat elusive
foundation of the city directory. No
doubt. the capital city has made con-
siderable progress of late, and with the
increase in the interurban lines, no
doubt, she will continue tt, grow. And
yet 1t does not appear either neces-
sary or desirable that Des Moines or
any other city in Iowa become vast
metropolis. The Hawkeye state prob
ably owes her progress and her pros
perity to the fact, that every section.
of the state is on a level with every
other section. and that there are no
big cities that over-top all others, that
dominate the state and that
attract the best brightest and most
energetic people from the outlying dis
tricts A big city may be good
thing for itself and yet it is pretty
sure to be a detriment to a state, and
no doubt. proud as she is Of her mag
nfficent western metropolis, Illinois
would be far better off if she had no
Chicago And Iowa has gained upon
Illinois with such wonderful speed,
just because no part of her is him
dered or cramped by the unusual de-
velopment Of one city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
IS IT JUSTICE?
TM1scatjne JOurrlal1

The readers of the Journal were sur
prised and panied last evening to read
that William Nagel, charged with the
crime of robbing the cabin boat of Carl
Brady, on Island B, above Muscatlne,
with the intent to commit murder. was.
adiudged not guilty. The case Of
Nagel is one Of the most peculiar in
the history of crime in this part OF the
country, and the fact that he was
adiudged not guilty is both dfsappo1nt-
ing and serious indictment OF our
present day methods in the courts.
Here is a man arrested for a serious
crime. He breaks down and makes
confession of his guilt There is no
doubt as to his completely in the crime,
altho the true details may never De
known. He is indicted by a grand
Jury which has made careful survey
of the case. He is then allowed to be
the victim of technical ties in our law
courts and because he has smooth law
yers who know how to work these
technicalities to the very LIMIT he is
adiudged not guilty and If he escapes
from the other charges against him
he may beta free man In. the course
Of the next few weeks. Nothing can
he done. We must respect the courts
and the courts Interpretation Of the
law. 1t is rather harsh, but the fact
is apparent that the states attorney
of Rock Island county made very
grave mistake. When he arranged for
the continuance of the trials of Nagel
and the Collette woman, he should
have had it made mater Of record,
hut as he failed to do this, the attor-
ney for the other side took advantage
of 1t and consequently Nagel won an,
important point. The people are dis
appointed, but let us all hope that In
some way or other the perpetrators OF
the crime on Island will get their
punishment some time either in this
world or the world to come.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01

tons of the vicious. the mulct that
graft levies on lawlessness. If he stole
the funds contributed to the aid OF the
hotseless it was but step from the
ance of a retaining fee from the enc
mics of law and order. 1t is only
short step from graft to plain stealing
The CRATER is usually a thief without
opportunity. The people of San Fran
cisco elected Schmitz. They knew what
sort of government might be expected
from men of his stamp with the forces
behind him that boosted him into DOW
err He was not representative Of aver
age citizenship, but of an element, and
an element that too often favors the
viciousness by which it is the greatest
sufferer. But no one in Frisco is ar
guing today that Schmitz is helping
business.
We are coming to look at these mat
tiers differently. No one believes that
vicious son or daughter helps in the
family, or that drunken and dissolute
partner is a help in private business.
And what are cities and states but the
family and partnership relations ex-
tended? If vice helps the city. ii the
saloon and brothel are necessary adj
juncts of the municipality, if graft
makes things lively, they should as
well in the neighborhood. for what is
city but big home?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
"HELPlnG BUSINESS"

A considerable number of people are
convinced that saloons and vice make
things lively in a town" and help bus
mess The restauranteur who sends
midnight meals to the, gambling places
and hrothels is sure Of it. SO is the
saloonist who sends drinks to the same
places. The policeman who rakes off
his monthly percentage in exchange
for convenient attacks of nearsighted-
ness feels sure that trade would Ego
on the blink" and money grow scarce
IL the resorts of vice were cut out
The professional panhandler and black
mailer carries the same conviction, for
no "hold up" work is so easy as upon
vice and lawlessness. The crooked
or self-seeking politician favors the
wide open policy for no class is to be
depended on by him as are the voters
of the underworld and the wages of
vice are the source Of his campaign
and corruption fund. Naturally he is
sure. Added to these are class of
ordinarily decent people smugly con-
scious of their own responsibility and
satisfied to let vice flourish so long
as it keeps out of their sight and the
hands of it's graft away from their
private pocketbooks. They accept the
iictum that vice helps business, not SO
much from conviction as by universal
repetition, and palliate indecency be-
cause of the trouble it takes to do
away with it.
At present the city of San Francisco
is in the pillory. Its mayor is under
Indictment for stealing the funds that
a Mortified and syinpathizing public
took gladly from pockets of broadcloth
and overalls in 500 bills and half-dol-
lars to the rescue of homeless city.
1t is city of graft and vicious motor
iety. It's mayor, a poor man, and rep
of the class that believes
vice helps cities, has grown rich in
office from the involuntary contribu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
TWAIN AND THE LIBRARY 30 ARD.

A public library board in a Massa-
chusetts town has pushed Mark
Twain" into the class of authors whose
books are refused a place on the Ii
brary shelves. His book Ewes Diary"
is not to be scanned by the patrons
of the Charlton library. From an adj
vertising viewpoint this is not aim UNI
mixed evil, but Mark does not nee.l
the advertising. He grew petulant and
said things about the library board of
Charlton, Massachusetts,.
1t is due to the library board to say
that some excuse exists for its action,
and to the author TO say that while
treating feminine subjects with free
dom he has not transgressed any rule
of morality or overstepped the liberty
accorded him. 1t all came about with
the illustrator who grated his imagin-
ings of what the old man meant into
pictures more or less satirical and sug-
gestive. Nothing very bad, but enough
to jar the ola maids Of Charlton. Fig
leaves and a pleasant smile do not go
in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Clemens must take his medicine.
He is responsible not only for the text
but for its pictorial illumination, 1t is
his book. Doubtless he saw and pass
ed upon its pictures in permission
if not not approval No one wants even
a book by Mark Twain on the library
shelves with anatomical plates for the
amusement of children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
't's'Ss
LOOKER-ON IN IOWA

Williams. Dec. 1.-The trouble in the
Roman Catholic church at this place
has attracted state wide attendance. A
fair statement of course, and present
status will be interesting Sometime
ago when an effort was being made to
put up. a church building here, the con-
gregation that naturally would gather
here was known to be composed of
Catholics, both German and Irish.
Hence in making subscriptions to the
building fund it was stipulated IN
writing that the priest to be given
charge should be able to speak, and
therefore pray and preach in both IAN
guages, i. e. German and English. AND
Archbishop Hennessy sent Rev Mr..
Kurz here who did use both languages
to the satisfaction of the church MEM
bers His health failing he was sue
ceeded by Rev. Mr.. Collins, who unable
to speak German, of course conducted
the services in English. Dissatisfaction
resulted, and after many useless petit
tions to church authorities, the German
element so they claim offered to buy
and pay for all subscriptions made by
the Irish members Of the congregation,
and thus convert it into German
Catholic church. Unable to do this
then they offered to sell their interests.
This failing, suit was instituted, car
ried into the higher courts and judge
ment secured against the bondsmen of
the appeal suit, and now these German
Catholics think they will be able to
recover the money they put into the
church building. This trouble has
caused much hard feeling naturally, so
much so that two or three wealthy
German farmers have moved away
from this vicinity, going where they
could have the comforts of the Catholic
religion with services and ministra-
tons in the German language. Some
fourteen other German families now stay
away from church services. All of the
above comes to the writer from Ger
man sources, but in substance is corr
roborated by outsiders posted on the
history of the case. One of the promi-
nent Germans of the town handed the
writer a letter addressed to the Times
Republican, asking for its publication.
The letter replies to Archbishop
Keane and states that it was under
stood that when Rev. Kurz left for
his health that he did not give up his
parish and that the dropping of the ap-
poinntment of Collins was only tenn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01

For Sunday Reading.
An oorts o. Opinions.
Observation-Disclosures
Responsibility for Negro Excuses.

Responsibility for Negro Excuses.
The race tragedy recently enacted in
Atlanta leads The Church Standard
philadelphia, October 27) to find a
source of responsibility in the religious
indifference of the white toward the
black race I'VE greatly fear" it re-
marks, that many of the evils nov
prevailing at the south are due to the
complete obliteration of religious SYM
pathy between the white and the black
people, and by the complete renuncia-
ton by the whites Of the whole coun-
try of all responsibility for the religious
nurture Of the negro race" In sup
port of this view, The Standard can
vases what it calls 1.-THE fact" which
we quote:
ut is a fact, then, that the negroes
everywhere worship by themselves and
we believe that the universal instinct
which leads them to prefer to do so is
good and true instinct. But the la
inevitable feature Of the matter is that.
with the single exception of our own
absolutely isolated from the white de-
nominations of their own name and
belief. The Methodist Episcopal church
(white) has no connection or commun-
ication with the African Methodist
Episcopal church, and the same fact
obtains in all denominations. What
follows? Why, this follows, that the
negroes have been left, and are still
left, without the guiding and restrain
ing influence of their white coreligion-
lists Is it any wonder if ignorant
teachers of an ignorant and emotional
people on whom they depend for their
daily bread should work along the
lines Of least resistance and so develop
and exaggerate the very passions and
prejudices which they ought to chasten
and srbdue? Is it any wonder if ne
gro revivalism, with it's physical eXal-
Etation, it's cataleptic conversions, and
it's perpetual appeal to the emotions,
has almost driven conduct out of the
negro mind as the controlling element
in religion? And if many negroes have
come to think of vice and even of crime
as a sort of interlude in their religious
life, is there anything astonishing in
that? Whatever fault there is in such
things, it can not be justly laid upon
the negro nor the negro churches. The
white people of the country. north ana
south, have a heavy responsibility for
their neglect of this race, which, thru
no choice of it's own, has been brought
to this country and committed to the
charge of our people. Never was so
great a charge more fatefully neglect
ed The churches Of America give mil
lions upon millions for the support Of
missions in Africa, India, China and
Japan; but they practically leave ten
millions Of home born Africans to fall
back into bArbarism, and never lift a
finger to hold them up. When we read
of generosity to foreign missions We
rejoice; but when we think of our for
gotten Africa at home we say: These
things ought we to have done, and not
to leave the other undone.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
Topics Of the Times

The Tillman problem is running a
close second to the race problem.
The person who figured out that
heaven will hold three women to one
man, may have been to church or to a
modern dancing party.
The anti-pass law is likely to have
an effect on the length of the legis-
lative session The flying trips home
for over Sunday will this year include
a cash consideration to be settled at
the ticket window which is calculated
to discourage the complete freedom OF
members to expedite business and get
home for good.
The Des Moinesl News silver ami
versary edition was one of the best Of
it's kind ever issued in Iowa.
Des Moines' new city directory is
lust twenty three names short of 100,
600. The proof evidently wasn't read
by any Des Moines newspaper circu-
lator.
Worked thru that turkey hash yet?
Thanks came easier this year than
the bird Of tlnankfulness.
The University of Nebraska is to be
barred to tobacco chewers. Now let
the faculty get busy with the girl who
"smacks" her gum.
One of the best ways to keep
Thanksgiving is to keep On giving
thanks-and other things-during the
year.
Up in Minnesota accidental shooting
that results in death is legally defined
as manslaughter. Should have made
the penalty capital punishment and
elected the fool-killer executioner.
whats the trouble here?" asked
the police lieutenant, who, with half
dozen strapping bluecoats, had re-
sponded to riot alarm.
Its a scrap in the bird store" said
a bystander. Something fierce, too.
The dealer was trying to sell a stork
to an apartment house janitor.
cago Tribune.
The New York board Of education
has decided against the mcdernized
spelling thru" and "kist." Members
of the board fnst over the proposition
and it Tossed out.
There are many disadvantages in be-
ing a Russian minister in these rev.
dictionary days. in view of the pre-
dicament manifested by bomb throw
ers for officials of high rank. Accord
Ing to st. Petersburg papers, the Min
lister of Justice, Shealowitoff, on his
arrival at the Baltic station wanted to
drive to the ministary. The first driv-
err whom he addressed refused point
blank; another, however, yielded to
the minister's persuasions, but he had
not driven far when he changed his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01

porary. 1t alleges that petitions OF
protest sent to the late archbishop
were not received and that the pro-
testing parishioners could not get any
word to him. 1t admits that the insti-
tuition of the lawsuit was unparalleled
but asks What could we do? We had
our money in the church and parson-
age, we had the promise and that was
all that was left to do. We were of
no more use here only to pay more
than the non Germans; II we objected,
we had no right to go to church. He
threatened to put the state law to us
If we said German prayer" The let
ter charges that the petition was signed
by women and children and all who
are Catholics or not just so he ought to
be "a Catholic" and that this is the petit
ton on which an attorney was en-
ployed to fight the case without look
ing into the investigation whatever"
u a. M~xA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
Sam Jones. the EVANGELIST.

mo man had such sharp wit, such
force of apt illustration, such terrible
denunciatory powers" as the Rev.
Sam Jones, says The Western Chris
tan Advocate (CincinnatD. In these
words is contained the gist of much
of the comment on the power Of the
late evangelist. His great work lay in
disclosing the secrets of impure and
sinful lives" Tho born a Southerner,
and performing the major part Of his
work In the south and southwest he
had, remarks the Universalist Leader
Boston), little of the southern ia
cility of flowery rhetorical speech.
There were no lofty flights of the i'm
agination and seldom any strain Of po-
etc sentiment in his platform efforts"
"In the hundreds of sermons reported
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
A PRAYER,

A Prayer.
am not ready, Lord. to dia
Spare me, / pray.
Hear thou my many reasons why,
And let me stay.
My work is scarcely yet begun,
My race. the half is not yet run:
Let me remain till both be done,
And in my way
Some debts have that must be paid
TO friend and foe.
Ere in thy balance be weighed;
Some hurts. some woe
That must be evened, ere | be
Fit to recount my life to thee:
And my accounts must all agree
Before go.
For many kindly deeds received
At generous hands
/ owe. For that I've been deceived
Something still stands:
"A smile, a tear need of aid
Extended when was afraid.
These-and some blows-must be re-
paid,
So life demands.
Iowe to one cheering word,
That made me strong;
To one / owe-it seems absurd
A lifting song.
And most owe--a debt most great
That shall be paid in spite of fate,
A cruel debt of cruel hate
For needless wrong.
Then let me live little while.
To try again
To pay, in my weak, human style,
My debts, and then
Free Of all debts to man or maid,
My score to heaven shall be paid,
Then may die. all unafraid.
Yea, slad-amen!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01

he has left few passages which may
be quoted as examples of 'oratory, but
his quit your meanness and join the
church will be remembered as sum-
ming up the import of his preaching
as an example of the style which,
in this case, surely, was the man
Sam jones'"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-01
Sells More of chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Than of All Others
|. put Touether.

Mr. Thomas George, e. merchant at
Mt F,lgin. Ontario, says: II have had
the local agency for Chamberlains
Cough Remedy ever since it was in
PRODUCED into Canada, and sell as
much of it as 1 do of all other lines
have on my shelves put together. OF
the many dozens sold under guaran-
tee 1 have not had one bottle return
ed. can personally recommend this
medicine as have used it myself and
given it to my children and always
with the best results" For sale by all
druggists.