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Italian Opera at the University.

About a year ago there was given in
the auditorium of the university a con
cert of Famous Artists" from the Vic.
tor red seal records. Those who at
tended still remember the pleasure of
that evenings entertainment. Many
requests were received to have rne
concert repeated, but 1t was not done.
The same parties contemplate giving
Verdi's most popular opera, III Trova-
tore" in a similar manner on Monday
night, February 18th, and the enter
tainment will doubtless surpass the
concert of a year ago.
The plot Of the opera will be ex-
planned in detail, the motif and the
stage setting of each particular record
will be described, a concise history OF
the life of Verdi, the most celebrated
of Italian composers will be given. The
evening will be entertaining and in.
structive.
II Trovatore has been given more
than any other opera and is filled with
airs that are popular in every tongue
The entertainment will be for the
benefit of the university athletic fund
, 1907-02-06
SURVIVED MASSACRE
HORSE ONLY CREATURE THAT
ESCAPED cUsTER's FATE.
Skin Of "comanche" Mounted on
Death of Animal and Placed on
Exhibition in University
of Kansas.

Kansas City.-In the basement Of
the Natural History building of the
University of Kansas at Lawrence,
stands a light bay horse, saddled and
bridled and looking mildly, through
his glass eyes, at the few persons who
daily find their way to the room where
he is on exhibition.
1t is Comanche, the only living thing
horse or man-of Gen. Clusters
troops that is positively known to
have escaped the massacre on the Lit
tie Big Horn, June 25, 1876. He was
ridden by Capt. Keogh-gallant Capt.
Keogh, who fought SO well by the side
If his chief and whose picture is
given prominence in Mulvaney's por-
trayal of the battle. Comanche also
appears in the picture and is the only
thing that. after the battle. could have
been drawn from life.
1t is commonly supposed that one
of Clusters soldiers, desperately
wounded and left for dead on the field,
survived the battle a few days. but
this is vigorously denied by army Of
ficers who are familiar with the story
of the massacre. Even the horses of
the troopers were ruthlessly put to
death by the Sioux savages. Comanche
was probably left for dead, but he es-
capped, and was found after that dread
full day, wandering IN the prairie near
the battlefield by a trooper of the Sew
enth who had been sent to Maj. Reno
by Gen. Custer the day before the
fight.
He was so badly hurt that 1t was
thought best to kill him to end his
, 1907-02-06
REV. HoGsiN cRITiciSES CRIT
iCISM OF WRITER IN YES
TERDAY'S ISSUE OF
THE REPUBLICAN.
Deplores Fact That Writer Was An
onymous, as by So Writing He
Deprives Himself of His Deserts
Declares Bryan to Be Man Of More
Than Ordinary Prominence and
Entitled to Be So Considered.

To the Editor of The Republican:
| was greatly interested in the
critique of you anonymous CORE
%spondent anent the lecture of Mr..
Bryan. OF course, had l been able to
determine whose the sentiments were
contained therein, it would have been
worth MORE, for one of the unfortunate
things in literature is that the anon
ymous writer is usually robbed of his
desert and his honors given to another.
This. however, is certain, that the
writer is not unskilled in the use of
the pen.
business and Discrimination.
There is a fine discrimination and
a business in your correspondents esti-
mate of Mr.. Bryan's lecture. If the
people of Laramie knew no more of
the character of Mr.. Bryan's eloquence
than was manifested in this lecture,
he would pass for a pleasant, modest
and interesting speaker; no more.
Probably the matchless art and the
physical power and the thunderous
vastness of voice with which the anne
man dominated the $4,000 men who
packed the hall At the Chicago con-
vention, overturning all the plans of
their leaders, and winning by sheer
force of e%loquence the nomination to
tho r~rncilancv would have snnrnd
wholly out of place in Roots opera
house.
Simple Truths Stated Simply.
Is not one of the lessons which the
rising young orators of the university
may learn of Mr.. Bryan that simple
truths should be stated simply, that a
good actor does not tear a passion
to tatters," and that Samson cannot
always be- walking about with the
gates of GAIA on his shoulders? Daniel
Webster was a disappointment to his
audience, except on a few great occa-
sions, and Wendell Phillips vas often
uninteresting in his lyceum lectures.
That there is something in the power
of speech of Mr.. Bryan which did
not appear in his lecture is as unques-
tionable as our modern political his
tory.
Thing to Be Deprecated.
But the thing to be deprecated in
that criticism is an assumption that
Mr.. Bryan lacks in intelligence. "He
might as we'll have completed his edu-
cation in Nebraska" because, it is
assumed. he is too stupid to get any
advantage in travel. The man who,
from a humble place, by the force of
his own personality, has raised him
self to be the acknowledged leader Of
a party representing 80, 000, 900 of the
most intelligent people in the world
is not himself intelligent! He has
visited India, but "he does lot see the
intensity" of the Hindoo religion. He
has been a close student of history
and has visited Russia, but he does
not know that the government of Rus.
STA is bureaucratic rather than auto.
cratic. He has seer the Tai Mahal,
but he does not know what the people
, 1907-02-06
"coMANcHE," ONLY SURVIVOR
OF CUSTER MASSACRE.

misery, but when it was found that he
was the only living thing that had
survived the fight it was resolved to
save his life II possible. He was cared
for by Reno's men as II he were hui
nan and when he had recovered suff1-
GENTLY he was sent to Lincoln, Neb.,
from which place he was transferred
to Fort Meade. Later he was trans
ferred to Fort Riley, Kan. where he
passed the remainder of his life in
idleness, kept at the expense of the
government. He was Is years old at
the time of the battle of the Little Big
Horn and died at the ripe age of 80.
Capt. Keogh was the last nan who
I've rode Comanche. The dignity Of
q government order was invoked to
save the old horse from further labor,
and at the end of his life, by a gov
eminent order, L. L. Dyche, professor
of systematic zoology of the Univer-
sity of Kansas, mounted his skin.
Comanche was just a plain Texas
range horse, where he was picked up
by a government agent. Long before
the battle of the Little Big Horn he
saw service in Texas and Indian ter
ritory, and after a battle with the
Comanches was named in honor of the
event. Being with the army on the
frontier during all of his active service
he probably never knew the luxury
of oats until he was put in the big
box stall at Fort Riley, where he died
as a pensioner Of the United States.
But for all that he was a tough beast,
as he proved by his recovery from
wounds that would have settled the
fate Of a whole troop Of '>ss hardy
horses. When Prof. Vche dissected
his carcass he found -yhere he had
been shot twice in the hips, once in
the lungs, once in the shoulder and
once in his neck. He carried parts
of two bullets in his body to the end
of his life.
On Comanche's back as he stands in
the museum is the regulation cavalry
saddle with the figure az" the insignia
OF the Seventh cavalry, worked in the
cloth. But neither the saddle nor the
bride are originals, as everything
That came from the field was SO badly
hacked by the Indians as to be unfit
Tor use. The skin contains none of
Comanche's skeleton but the skull.
put the taxidermist has performed
MS work with such skill that the fig.
ure appears just as the horse did in
me- even to the reproduction of the
erect OF a uniformed hip bone. that
ieads knowing ones to say that the
mounting was unskillfully done.
, 1907-02-06

of the prince who built it would have
done to him if he had built a girls
school instead. He does not know
ina the people of the Orient nave no
passion for personal liberty.
A Question of Moment.
But suppose that MIR. Bryan does
know all these, and since n fairiy
intelligent school boy knows them, the
assumption Is not an extravaganza one;
and suppose that Mr.. Bryan still be-
ueves it possible to educate the
Oriental into a love of personal lib
erty, n suppose the prince who built
the Tai Mahal had built h girls
school instead, and run his risk OF
something happening, and suppose the
difference in autocratic and beauro-
cratic In Russia is largely one rather
of name than fact, where, then, would
be your correspondents criticism of
Mr.. Bryan?
Guest of the City.
Laramie has had as its guest a mar
Of national and worldwide renown.
Politics were forgotten, and on the
platform with him were the leaders
of the party opposite to his own. The
republican legislature sen him an in
vitation to address the house. He was
treated everywhere with marked re-
spect, and, so far as l know, he &C
cepted the hospitality of the people Of
Wyoming simply, like a gentleman.
And that Is what ought to be among
gentlemen. A. C. HOGBIN.
, 1907-02-06
U OFF THE NOSE
OF HIS OPPONENT.

Frank O'Neill is in the county Jail at
Lander charged with the crime of
mayhem, committed last summer.
O'Neill and one of the surveyors work
ing on the Northwestern road got into
a fight, during which it is alleged
O'Neill cut off the nose of his opponent.
The victim has been in a hospital in
New York all winter and has now
returned to prosecute his a%ssailant.
, 1907-02-06
Why dizzy" Drinks. Are Popular.

The Lancet of London, a leading
medical journal, in discussing the ex-
tensive use of ~effervescing beverages
gave the reasons for it. The Lancet
is quoted as saying that the efferves-
cent properties of a liquid promote
digestion in two ways-first, by the
carbonic acid acting as a stimulant to
the movement of the stomach. and,
second, by assisting in the disintegra.
ton Of the contents of the stomach.
Most people are not 80 much con-
cerned in knowing whether or not bev-
erages like champagne or Apollinaris
are extensively used, but rather in
knowing how these "flzzy" liquids can
be extensively acquired without assist.
ing in the "disintegration" Of the con-
tents Of the p%ocketbook.
, 1907-02-06

There is a certain great cartoonist
who is an ardent advocate Of spelling
reform because he is so poor a speller
himself. His editors watch with the
greatest care the inscriptions he puts
on his work and correct misspelled
words almost every day.
A short time ago the cartoonist was
working on a picture that had to do
with the international peace congress.
He looked up from his board and said
to his neighbor:
How do you spell Angelo"
".A-n-g-e-l-o,' spelled the other. How
are you going to use IT."
oh" the %cartoonist replied, Il am
making a cartoon about this Angelo
American Enthusiastically Even.
Ing Post.
, 1907-02-06
TRACTION ENGINES FOR
THE LUMBER REGION.

The Wallop.Moncreiffe Lumber COM
.any of Cody has received from Cal
Il monster traction engine of
ITO horse power to be used in hauling
lumber from the mountains to their
yard there. The engine will haul 2e.
900 feet of lumber, or as much as ten
teams, at one load.
, 1907-02-06
caIIinq Her,

"a Boston minister says that wine,
women and song should be broken I'D
as an alliance, that woman should be
regarded as the saving influence in a
mans life and think he is right"
The saving influence! And you
have Just spent $40 of my h~ard-earned
money for a bonnet! Oh, tut!"-Hous-
Ton Post.
, 1907-02-06
Guest of the City.
ALLEGED FoRGER is
TAKEN TO EVANSTON.

Sheriff j. Jones has returned to
Evanston from Salt Lake with John
Holland, arrested there for the crime
of forgery, alleged to have been con
mitted at Cokeville last November.
Holland has beer held for trial to the
district court under 1000 bonds.
, 1907-02-06
CHiNAMAN
DIE AT EVANSTON,

Dock Yuen. one of the pioneer
Chinese residents of Wyoming, has
died in Evanston. Yuen worked in the
Almy mines thirty-three years ago and
later engaged in business, becoming
quite wealthy. He lost his fortune
and died a pauper.
, 1907-02-06
kEMMERER WOMAN is
ALMOST OVERWHELMED.

Mrs. w. l.. Crane of Kemmerer is
having more than her share of trouble
Last week her husband died, and she
has now received word of the suicide
at Bingham, Utah, of her son, George
West, under disgraceful circumstances.
, 1907-02-06
RETREAT OF CROWN PRINCESS.
Marie of Roumanla Has NestLAouse
In a Tree.

London.-Princess Marie OF Rou-
mania, wife Of the crown prince of
Roumania, has probably the most de-
lightful retreat of any member of any
European royal family. 1t is a nest
house built high up among the
branches of tall fir trees and in it the
princess spent the greater part of the
past summer.
The nest is a miniature cottage,
built for her by the king of Roumania
, 1907-02-06

University Girls Mandolin club con-
cert Friday night at the university aud.
itorium, admission 25c. Fine program,
new numbers and specialties. ct
, 1907-02-06

Just received at the Bazaar. a lot of
shadow and eyelet waists, night
gowns, chemise, pillows and table
covers. 1902
, 1907-02-06

The Republican not only reaches all
the people on Thursday. but every day
CT the week.
, 1907-02-06
Q o O Q Q Q o O Q 6 O @ Q @ Q Q
. WEATHER REPORT
FOR M ING

, Washington, d. c., Feb. G. Q
, Weather forecast for wyoming: Q
, Rain or snow tonight and Thurs Q
. day; colder. 9
, o Q = Q Q O O G @ Q Q Q Q Q Q
, 1907-02-06

Magazines ana music bounL IN ar.
lyle at The Republican bindery. No
lily US n we will call for thr. hooks
, 1907-02-06

Old papers. rs cents 4 hundred. =,
The Republican omce.
, 1907-02-06
E"vERYB0DY'S WANTS

II you have lost anything; have any
thing to buy or sell; rooms or . house
to rent; in short a want Of any kind
to fill try a liner in THE REPUBLI-
CAN. The cost is small and the re-
turns are large.
, 1907-02-06

FOR SAlE-Furniture and baby
buggy. 352 north Sixth street B. j.
Fennel.
, 1907-02-06

FOR RENT-Suite furnished rooms
for light housekeeping, 4o7 south Fifth.
, 1907-02-06

at Sinaia. A small staircase lends
access. Two rooms and a kitchen
comprise the nest and they are fur.
nished in a delightfully."- simple and
elegant way.
, 1907-02-06

FOR RENT-Store building former.
ly occupied by the Magnet. Enquire
of E. A. Wilkinson. tt
, 1907-02-06

Daily Republican. so cents a m~,tn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30

uniting them Yor life were pronounced
by Rev. Geofge r. Chambers. The
beautiful ring, service was used, the
ring being conveyed In a lily by little
Mary Chambers.
Soon after the ceremony about fifty
guests sat down to an elegant three
course luncheon, and were waited on
by the younger sisters of the bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hocum leave on the
evening train and will be away on their
honeymoon about week On their re-
turn they will occupy the house pre-
pared for them on Elm street, and Will
be at home to their friends about Feb
ruary Z
Mrs. Hocum is graduate Of the Gill
man high school and Of the state nor
NAL, and has been for few years one
of the most successful rural teachers
of the county. Mr. Hocum Is the man
ager Of the farmers elevator at Gill
man. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hocum are
among the most popular young people
OF Gilman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30
BIG RUN OF HOGS
Between 800 and 1000 Head Of Hogs
and Thirty three Head Of Cattle Are
Sold on Local Market Tuesday -
Advance in Prices Stimulated Mar
ket - Some Fine Stuff Included in
%ha At

tho Lot.
Tuesdays run OF hogs made the local
market busy one, the higher prices
Of the past few days stimulating the
shipping. Some fine stuff was received
at the Britain & Co. yards. and the
days run numbered between 900 and
1000 head Of hogs and thirty three
head of cattle The latter were sold by
B. w. Flowers. q we'll known farmer.
L. w. Fox, Of Albion, shipped from
Liscomb a load OF prime hogs. sixty
four head averaging $50 pounds. Will
lam schaper, OF St Anthony, accom-
panied for Schaper & Hixson load OF
seventy head that averaged ESQ. This
was also Of desirable class. August
Reimenschneider, of State Center, had
one load Of heavies down from that
place and Fred Armbrecht accompan-
led shipment by Mr.. Reimenschnetder
from Bromley. Snyder Phillips, OF
New Sharon, sold two loads; Clay &
Roberts, of Newburg; j. NJ. Vansice,
OF Baxter, and Roster Bros. OF Glad
brook, one load, each, and Lorenz &
Cramer. Reinbeck, two loads.
Aside from the shipments to the local
market several loads of stock went into
Chicago Tuesday John Fisher and
Fred Cook. farmers living four miles
south of st. Anthony. had one car of
butcher stuff to Chicago, and Mr.. Wag-
ner, Of Minerva, shipped one load Of
cattle. Joseph Springer Of Minerva.
was another Chicago shipper, with a
load OF hogs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30
SCARLET FEVER FATAL.
Former LeGrand Boy Dies in Leor
kas.-8urial at leGrand.

Former leGrand Boy Dies in Leon,
kas.-6urial at LeGrand.
The body of Lawrence Benson Sharp
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Sharp, for
merly of LeGrand but now Of Leon,
Kas., arrived at LeGrand Tuesday aft
ernoon at o'clock, in charge Of the
father. Master Sharp died Sunday
morning at 7:05, Of scarlet fever and
other complications, after an illness Of
four weeks.
Master Sharp was II years and 6
months old, and was the eldest child OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp. After the boy
had been i'll about two weeks, of scar
let fever. dropsy and other complica.
tons put in an appearance, and dur
ing the last three days Of life he suf-
fered intensely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp moved to But
Ter county, Kansas, from LeGrand, a
little more than year ago, and the
many friends Of the family In this
county will regret learning Of the be-
reavement.
The burial, which was made in the
Friends cemetery, and was private,
took place this afternoon, at 2 O'clock
from the home of Mr.. Sharp's father,
Mr.. Levi B. Sharp.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30
Quincy and Jacksonville Take
the Places of Clinton and
TT. Dodge
PLAYING SCHEDULE SUBMITTED
IT. Dodge is Voted Out Because Of
Business Reasons-JacksonwilIe is
Chosen in Preference to Muscatine,
Which Applied for Admission - Um-
pres Salaries Increased.

A circuit of the Iowa State League
for the season OF 1907 was established,
and important business relative to the
coming base ball year was transacted
at the annual winter meeting Of the
league, held at Ottumwa Tuesday.
Quincy and Jacksonville, ILL.,, were adj
mitted to membership to succeed Clin-
ton and Fort Dodge. The latter city
was voted out because Of business
reasons. The following cities will make
up the league for this year: Quincy,
Jacksonville. Burlington. Keokuk, OF
tumwa, Oskaloosa, Marshalltown, and
Waterloo.
The guarantee fund was increased
from 5000 to $500, payable by Febru-
airy Is. A playing schedule Of 126
games. opening the season May and
closing it September s, was submitted
by Egan, of Burlington. 1t will be
adopted or rejected by vote February
18th.
The salary limit remains the same,
$1,1O0, exclusive Of manager, and pen-
alties of $50 for the first, 800 for the
second, and 5000 for the third offense
were attached to 1t.
The salaries Of umpires was In
creased from 3125 to $50 month, the
umpires to pay their own travelling ex-
penses.
With the meeting the three years or
ganization OF the league expired, and
1t was renewed for another five years.
Muscatine was represented and made
a bid for the place made vacant by
Ft. Dodge, but Jacksonville, because
OF it's showing made in the X. I. t.
league, was chosen in its stead. Han
nibal, Mo. made no attempt to secure
franchise.
All Of the cities of the circuit were
represented. Frank Boyle, OF Waterloo.
holding F't. Dodge's proxy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30

frozen, when he was stricken. He
called to his wife to help him to the
house, and died as he reached the
door.
Mr.. Jackson lived at Belle PLANE for
twenty eight years. He was &c years
of age and was native Of Belleville,
O. Four children. aside from the wife,
survive him. The latter are Mrs. -. II.
Wallace, of this city; w. NJ. Jackson
and Mrs. B. +. Weymer, of Belle Plaine,
and d. H. Jackson, OF Chelsea.
Brief funeral services will be held at
the residence Friday aftArnoon at 2:3O.
and at 1897 the body will leave for
Belle PLANE in charge Of the family.
The funeral will be held in Belle PLANE
upon the arrival Of the train, inter-
ment following in the Irving cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-30
Organize Class and Begin Three
Days Session in Odd Eel
lows Hall
DISCUSS IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Study Will be Along Lines Prescribed
in Ames Short Course, and Much
Interest 10 Manifested-Thirty Far
mers Join in the Researoh-crsene
on Soil.

| Thirty farmers Of the Albion neigh
borhood, organized into study class
to delve into the subject Of corn and
corn culture, began today, in the Odu
Fellows hall at Albion, q three days
meeting, during which time this vol
luminous subject, as well as others, will
be discussed from different viewpoints.
in the hopes that the discussion Will
prove beneficial to every member. Mer-
rift Greene, Jr., of this city, secretary
Of the county farmers institute, will
talk on the soil Friday, and c. =. Ar
ney will discuss pastures.
| Tables and samples OF corn have
been arranged in the hall, and five
hours each day will be devoted to the
study, the work beginning at $3.50 q.
m. and closing at $3.50 p. m. Aside
| from the score card work OF each ses-
sion, many subjects will be taken up
and thoroughly discussed.
The program this forenoon included
| the discussion OF the quality of corn
as demonstrated by the Marshall coun-
ty experiment station; the means OF
getting rid Of barren stalks, nubbtnS
and no grade corn by the proper meth
cd Of the test or terminating box, used
for testing seed corn, and the use OF
the score card This afternoons dis
cussion was devoted exclusively to the
selection Of seed and market corn. 10
Thursday morning the corn pests
will be taken up, and ideas will be ex-
changed as to the best method OF rid
ding the fields Of the insects that do
thousands of dollars worth of damage
to Iowa corn each year. The subject
of the number OF kernels to be plant
ed to the hill to obtain the best results
will also be takenl up. This subject
will be handled according to the dem-
onstration Of the experiment stations.
Thursday afternoon harvesting, stor-
ing and preparation Of seed corn will
be taken UP, and terminating tests will
also be discussed.
On Friday morning the study will In
clude the grading Of corn as demanded
for the markets and sale on boards OF
trade. The Smelling percentage will
also be considered. Friday afternoon
drainage and kindred subjects will be
taken up, as well as many other Sub
jects Of interest to farmers. One.pf
the principal discussions OF the after
noon will be, What costs Iowa the
most-a lack Of system in farming,
poor seed, the corn root worm, or corn
root louse?" Merritt Greene, Jr., OF
this city, will discuss the question Of
soil. and ex-Supervisor G. p. Arney will
talk on treating pastures at the closing
session.
The work Of the study club will all
be under the direction OF the farmers
of Albion, and much interest is being
manifested in the work. The subjects
to be discussed usually occupy two
weeks time in the Ames short course,
and can, Of course, be touched upon
briefly in the three days meeting.
Much good, however, is expected to re-
suit to all who attend.