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The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26

Japs took possession, but there was no fighting.
 Chicago, Sept. 2O-Secretary Bonaparte had three hours con- ference with those in charge of the prosecution of the Alton railroad officials, regarding granting inn munity, but he refuses to make public the decision reached.
 Baltimore, Sept. 2O-Cardinal Gibbons refused to grant charity to a beggar in the street here yester- day and was attacked by the beg ger and several companions. The Cardinal, who is quite an old man, was being overpowered by his as- sailants when the police appeared and rescued him.
 Philadelphia, Sept. 2O-Follow- ing the arrest of fourteen promi- nent citizens of this city on ind.ct- ments charging them with connec- tion with tke capital graft. the state has started civil suit to recover s9,OOO,OOO which it is claimed is the amount stolen by the graiters.
 Seattle, Sept. 20-An Oriental Exclusion League has been formed in every town along the Pacific coast and feeling is running high regarding the admission of Asiat- ics to America. Secretary Fowler, of the l. l>ague, has been recalled from Bellingham for exceeding his authority in making speeches at that place.
 Washington, Sept. 20-Advices have been received here that with in few weeks Bryan will make an announcement of his candidacy for the presidential nomination and will outline the platform which must be adopted by the party if he runs.
 Winnipeg. Sept. 2O-The Domin' ion Trades Congress, in session yesterday. adopted resolution asking the government 10 repeaI the Japanese immigration treaty and pending the repeal Of the ! measure to limit the immigration of Japs to 400 per year. Phoenix. Sept. 20-A report hal reached here that a prominen society woman, who was one of th' rortv with Mrs. Nicholas Long
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-26
Big Fire In Oakland

Oakland, Sept. 2O-A fierce con hagration was started here yester' day afternoon by an electric wire falling across a tank containing 16,OOO gal. of oil. The tank ignited and the flames soon spread to the big Estuary block, which was en. tirely destroyed. The oil escaped from the tank and ran through the gutters and over the surface of the bay all ablaze. The loss is esti- mated at $1OO.OOO.
 Seattle, Sept. 2O-The rumor here yesterday that the Guggen- helms intended to abandon ka- talla, has been practically con- firmed since. Prominent Alas kans here have been advised that the Guggenheims have bought the Bruner railroad, and that Hawkins is coming to Seattle to close the deal, and also that he has recom- mended that new terminals be con- structed near Cordova.
 Wenatchee, Sept. 2O-The Great Northern Limited was ditched near here this morning. An unknown woman was the only person in- iured. Two of the coaches We're destroyed by fire after the wreck.
 St. Paul, Sept. 20-Bandits who held up the Great Northern train in Montana secured s40,O0O which was enroute from the old National Bank at Spokane, to Chicago.
 New York, Sept. 2O-Testimony given yesterday in the suit against Standard Oil, shows that the stock holders in this corporation have been making over 1000 per cent on their money.
 Oklahoma, Sept. 2O-Returns from third of the precincts in dicates that Haskell, governor, and four democratic congressman have been elected. The legislature will be democratic and the prohibition clause of the constitution will carry.
 Pekin. Sept. 2O-Serious trouble is now feared between China ane Japan as the result of the seizure of Nankang island by the Japs The island. which is near Korea: boundary, was occupied by a gar rison of Chinese troops when tn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

} George Harvey, in The North
the first welded has become an axiom,
the truth Of which has been, and no
doubt will continue to be, amply con-
firmed by observation. We wonder
why The effect of gradual change
from novel to commonplace relations
ship is understandable; so also is the
result of a widening of mental. moral
and physical interest on the one SIDE
accompanied by a narrowing on the
other, but there are features OF exist
ence wholly incidental to and in ac-
cord with the im1nutable laws of ma
ture How often 1t happens In these
days Of womens exchange that to the
most kindly observer or even friend,
the first seems vastly superior in all
respects to the second companion, de-
spite the abrupt change of attitude on
the part Of him most concerned from
indifference or cruelty towards the
former to patient devotion to her pre-
sumably fortunate successor!
The greed of man in the possession
Of woman has been manifest from the
beginning. Adam undoubtedly would
have taken more Wives SouIO liz ia Z
spared more ribs; and, despite his sub
sequent exemplary life, barring an ex-
cusable tendency after service so
strenuous to linger too long with the
wine, 1t is quite improbable that Moan
lived as recluse during those fve
hundred long years before he begat
our ancestral Shen, Ham and Japheth.
Even the canny Jacob, after being
tricked by the no less crafty Laban,
doubtless In meet return for swindling
his guileess brother was unwilling
to part with Leah. and put his hands
to the plough for seven more long
years to get Rachel. Apparently there
was little difference in attracttveness
between the two sisters. The tender
ewes" of the elder surely must nave
counterbalanced the beauty OF the
Younger: moreover, Leah gladdenec
her. husbands heart with many lusty
children long before Rachel placed IN
his arms the little Joseph. who subse-
auently engaged in predatory ACTIVE
ties that in these good days would
clearly fall within the provisions OF
the Interstate commerce act and sub
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
THE BAD BOY.
burlington IIawkeye.). ,


For some reason, unaccounted for or
forgotten, the bad boy is being
dragged into the lime light. Every
body is taking whack at him Now
and then some one takes the trouble to
look him over, but the majority have
.heir ready -anade opinions, and simply
fire away.
Those who take the trouble to in
vestigate the case find that after all
the bad boy, in the vast majority of
cases. is not so bad as he has been
painted. There is good in even the
worst of him, and he is not yet so old
and hardened that the good could not
be brought out and much Of the evil
could not be driven out. OF course, it
is hard to confess that we may have
been wrong, and that perhaps we have
made criminals out of countless boys
who We're not rally bay by treating
them as criminals
No boy is as good as he appears to
his mother, and no boy is as bad as he
appears to the neighbors, whom he has
annoyed and whose orchard he may
have plundered. Where boy seems
absolutely uncomfortable, even there it
will be found that there has been
something wrong in his bringing up
and II placed in the right hands there
is still an opportunity and a very good
change of making a good man out OF
that boy woh has been pronounced abb
solutely hopeless by illhumored. irri-
table people, who We're prejudiced
against him. There may be exceptions,
there may be absolutely incorrigible
boys. If such are found a good physi-
clan will probably find that they are
suffering from some ailment that may
yield to proper treatment and the well
boy will become a different boy.
Perhaps, If a census We're taken, or
If It had been put 70 a vote years ago,
it would have happened that every boy
in every community would have been
branded a bad boy by some of his
neighbors. Perhaps some of those who
are at present laying 1t on" the bad
boy, were rated aus such when they
were young. If the subject be taken up,
not merely for discussion, but with
the purpose of solving DIT if possible 1t
will be found that the bad boy is really
very scarce. and that there is not
enough of him to make any fuss over.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
FREE ADVERTISING.

One OF the things and circumstances
that have largely contributed to the
present impulse against free advertis-
ing and even extended mention of the
state fair is the organized and general
{ fort by dozens of interests to sneak
advertising into special articles that
seemingly have a news or literary
value, Bureaus multiply. The editors
desk is never lonesome for special
article released upon receipt" or
possibly as an added effort to con-
vince him of the value Of the matter
black line in italics mot to be used
before the afternoon" OF any old date
that may happen to be printed.
A tile manufacturing trust
sends out articles excellently
written on the use of tiles
in interior decoration and with the lit
tie advertising niger so carefully con.
cealed in the woodpile of words that
many an editor has fallen into the
trap and has never known that it
pinehes. From bureau upon bureau,
article upon article, line upon line of
shrewdly written advertising, these
nunko men of the pseudo press serv-
ice pile the thousands of desks
of the newspaper editors.
1t pays. Otherwise the graft
would not continue and its
confidence men keep on doing
business. Advertising has become
a fixed mathematically approved fact.
Newspaper space is as staple as gold
dollars 1t is in a way an Endorsement
of the stability of our currency that
thieves break thru to steal it. Much
in the same way the ingenious methods
increasingly kept up TO gold brick
newspapers out of advertising mem
ton is an Endorsement of the value
OF advertising as medium of ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

change The newspapers have, how
ever, failed as yet to find this sort
of Endorsement especially remunera-
tive. And with the more complete rec
Using space as a valuable commodity
the men who sell it have grown hard
ened in refusing it to those who come
seeking it without price. SO far has
this revulsion gone that the state fair,
an Iowa institution of which every
citizen should be proud, is in danger
of losing such free publicity as is legt-
imately due it from the newspapers
and from the newspapers to the public
as matter Of public interest.
There is Boston committee seeking
publicity for an odd Home Week at
the Hub Of the Universe 1t nervily
sends out two solid columns Of boom
stuff with the naive announcement that
1t has labored very hard in the in
terest of the western press Ito get all
the facts" and thanks the newspaper
in advance for publishing two columns
of publicity calculated to call a crowd
to Boston, 1t expresses the regret that
it will be almost impossible to send
any more press stuff after this inclos-
ure and invites the editorial easy mark
to come to Boston and make himself
known and receive press badge as a
souvenir.
If state fairs and other public and
semi-public institutions will confine
their asking to legitimate demands on
the newspapers they will in most cases
get all and more than is coming to
them. If individuals will be content
with news mention of their movements
and not greedily require for their sat
isfaction and profit the statement that
Mr. Jones is the proprietor of the
racket store at Eli Terrace avenue,
they would be on better terms with the
newspapers and the men who run
them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
Iowa Newspapers
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coMMENDABLE RESOLUTION
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.)

Council Bluffs Nonpareil)
If the determination of the Rock Is
land, as expressed by its president B.
L. Winchell, at Des Moines on Monday,
is representative of the sentiment Of
railroads generally, a better era is In
sight as regards the transportation
companies. AT least the Rock Island.
by word OF Mr. Winchell, has decided
to devote itself to the business for
which it is ordained. If other rail-
roads have not reached a like conclu-
sion, 1t is high time they We're doing so.
Hereafter. it is to be no part Of the
Rock Islands conception Of its mission
that it should try to manipulate poll
ties and run affairs Of government
To the humble office of fetch and
carry, for which 1t was created the
Rock Island gracefully betakes itself.
No more politics. no more Hobbies. no
more anything but just the legitimate
business of transportation. with re-
pect for law and order. and confidence
in the ultimate Justice of things. 1t is
a beautiful resolution and it should be
lived up to. not only by the Rock Is
land, but by all railroads.
The strength of such an appeal to the
business world is so obvious that it
cannot be doubted that other railroads
will be slow to follow the example.
where they have not already adopted
the policy indicated. The Rock Island
cannot hope long to enjoy a monopoly
of such eminent, practical business
sense in railroad management. Rail-
road men everywhere. now that the old
system has failed surely will ha keen.
y alive to the business advantage OF
a frank acknowledgment of the new
order.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
A Roman Mint Discovered.

A completely equipped Roman mint
was discovered in a cave in the neigh
borhood of Kayosovar, Hungary.
Beside crucihles, which still con-
tanned bronze, there were three dies for
the production OF gold coins. dies of
silver, bronze and iron ore and 800
coins.
The investigation made showed that
the workshop dated from the first CEN
fury of the Christian era. A number
of neatly worked earrings, bracelets
and other objects of bronze as well as
tools, such as hammers and tongs,
We're also found.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
SECOND WIVES AND HUSBANDS.

American Review for July 19th)
ject Their doer to stern rebuke for
possessing a swollen fortune. Never
theless, when later Jacob lifted UP his
eyes, in conformity with his character
istic caution, and beheld the red
headed Esau approaching with four
hundred stalwart reta!ners. he prompt
ly stationed the patient Leah and her
children on the firrlgline and secluded
Rachel and the future young corn
monopolist in a protected tent in the
rear We readily perceive, therefore,
as previously noted, that from the
very beginning and for no apparent
reason the second wife was unduly
preferred, and so the custom has
maintained even to these degenerate
days.
Further analysis OF the causes or
this continuing discrimination might
prove interesting, but could hardly
serve any useful purpose: so we may
as well place the burden upon the au-
thority of Biblical tradition and cease
to bear too heavily upon the modern
usage, which virtually forbids one to
divorce more than one partner with
out encountering forbldding glances
from scrupulous high society of the
present day. Since the Puritanic die
tum that having made ones bed, one
must lie in it, has proven too restrict
ed for notwithstanding requirements.
1t Is comfort to reflect that observ-
ance of obligations to a second spouse
must be maintained to avert the ban
of social ostracism.
But what happens to the second
husband? To him no trufsm has been
applied and we have never heard his
case discussed. Is he, too, regarded
more kindly than his predecessor, or is
his position as insignificant as that of
a bridegroom on a wedding day? Upon
this point no data seem to exist, nor
have we been able by the most diligent
inquiry 10 extract any trustworthy in
formation from those best qualified to
testify. We can only hope that the
mere statement of the query may bring
forth evidence of fact similar in guam
tity and quality to that which has af-
forded us so much enlightment re-
specing the true sphere of living Am
erican spinsters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

Des Moines is only one tenth as pad
as she is painted by some of her en-
terprising correspondents, the parents
find that nine months school yoar
does not suffice to eradicate all the
villainy that the lads pick up in u
three months vacation. OF course.
some can go away, but the majority
is not so fortunately situated Hence
the longer the school term the better
for The pupils in Des Moines.
Des Mones Mail and Times SAYS:
Ora Williams is one OF the most re-
liable newspape correspondents in
the state and one of the very best. He
gets at the facts and at times stirs UP
some of the more rabid standpatters,
but they do not deny his efficiency
and the further fact that he usually
has the correct information as TO in
tended political moves Williams is
one of the few really strong CORE
spondents in Iowa at the present time"
The fellows whose consciences
would not permit them to support
third term candidate for governor
seem to have no trouble in supporting
a seventh term candidate for United
States senator" observes the Scran-
ton Journal. But. after all. who ever
heard of objections 10 a seventh term?
The third term is the dangerous one"
mo candidate for the United States
senatorship who refuses in advance to
abide by the vote Of the republicans
of Iowa will ever reach first base.
either in the POPULAR vote or in the
legislature" says the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader
Noting that Johnson and Johnson is
one national ticket suggested for the
of Minnesota for
president and Johnson of Ohio for vice
president the Cedar Rapids Gazette
breaks out: TOO much Johnson"
Whether life be long or short, and
whether 1t be for time or for eternity,
the pleasure of it that neither moth nor
rust can corrupt. and which thieves
cannot break thru nor steal, the grow
ing pleasure of 1T Is on the side that
looks up, as flower in any garden to
the sun of righteousness" writes the
eloquent sermonizer of the Sioux City
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
phantom of the dead, sweet days
SHIFTING the BURDEN OF ACCIDENTS.

II President Roosevelt's idea of life and
accident insurance for the wage work
| ers who are injured and killed while
| on duty at their work has been put
into effective operation by the print
ers union of this country, which now
pays a death benefit and conducts an
established 1nortuary fund on scientific
insurance principles.
In Europe the burden Of loss in ac-
cidental deaths and injuries has been
shifted by workmen's compensation
act. which has been In force since
1898. It annuls the common law prin-
riple that an employer escapes liabil-
it.. II the accident was due to the
Sarelessness Of another employee, and
gives the poor fellow who is manned
for life or the helpless family of the
workman killed, chance to shift some
Of the burden.
OF course, there would be no justice
in asking employees to be liable for
accidents for which they were in no
way to blame, if that were the end
Of it, but the theory is that the ac-
cident Is one Of the hazards of the
business. the same as loss In collec-
tions, and should be carried partly by
the business. to be figured in as cost
of production and assessed upon the
public in the selling price.
It is right and humane to shift the
burden which now falls entirely upon
the unfortunate, but whether American
manhood would not be best promoted
and dignifed by the typographical UNI
IONS insurance feature or by cheapened
and state regulated Insurance thru the
medium OF savings banks than by the
paternalistic plan of saddling the whole
responsibility of the factory family
upon the employer is live American
question.
The experience Of the age is that
what comes out Of the employer
should be in the form of wages. That
the men should be their own bosses
in all else. Germany recognizes this
when she forces her working people
to carry insurance, but permits the
wages and relies upon the workingmen
to manage their own insurance asso-
riot;ope
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
CONSTIPATION.

For constipation there is nothing
quite so nice as Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets They always
produce pleasant movement Of the
bowels without any disagreeable ef-
feet. Price, Is cents. Samples free.
All druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
nifeA

Don't you know what happens to
bad little boys who smoke ~
"Sure-nothin' like as bad as what
happens to good little boys wha,
smoke"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

1.-The state fair will not lack for pat
ronage IL the people of Des Moines
will spend as much effort legitimateiy
advertising the institution as they ap-
parently do in trying to extract filthy
lucre from the pockets of the visitors
who do go there at fair time" asserts
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Think of the possibilities of the pic
ture postal card as preliminary to
primary campaign!" exclaims the Dav-
export Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

"Allson is unwilling to do anything
until forced to do so,' declares the Ma
son City Times Herald. THAT is the
Allison sort Of leadership which Iowa
people hear so much about these days.
Iowa should have at least one senator
who will lead without waiting to be
pushed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

at is going to take smarter bunch
of standpatters than any we know OF.
says the Rockford Register, ito start
a scrap among the supporters of Gov
ernor Cummins over the question of
whether Funk or Garst shall be nomi-
mated as the next governor of Iowa"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
The Phantom Beautifully

baltimore SUM-
Before my road of life II. goes,
Frail as a shadowy ghost OF rose:
upon the hills Of morning light
or in the dreamy dells OF night,
Smiling the sorrows of The day
out of my troubled life away.
II hires ME onward with its CLEAN
a phantom beautiful as dream
III know it--oh, know it's face!
Each feature of its phantom grace
Comes to my vision like a. glow
OF glory from the long ago!
Sometimes, with trembling lips, call,
But voicelessly the echoes fall,
And ever like ghost of light
lit fades and flashes to my sight!
Id phantom of my youth, / know
The pathway to the long ago
Ills closed forever unto mine;
Thou that canst never hear my cry,
Nor hear my prayer nor heed my sigh,
Ear wailing DER the lonely track
When lipes of love would call you
back!
IL phantom of the dead, sweet days
Taru whose dim shadows memory
strays-
Across the meadows tripping sweet,
Where lilies lean and roses meet
Tho you may never come again
To heart Of hope that yeslrn in vain,
How beautiful, how good, how true
Are all our golden dreams OF you!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

Says the Burlington Hawkeye:
MANY patrons of the Des Moines
schools are interesting themselves in
an agitation for school year of ten
months. There is general tendency
toward lengthening the school year
turnout the state. For this there are
a number of different reasons. Thus
the work on the farm does not claim
the youngsters in the country to the
same extent as it did in former times.
In the towns, as rule, the people find
that many of the youngsters forget
more in the long school year, and If
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23

Entered at the postoffice at Marshall.
own "a second class mail matter
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TERMS:

Che rear by mail ..................... $500
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Delivered by carrier by the month";. 50
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