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The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
Morgan TO Take Long Cruise.

New York. Dec. 81. PierpOnt Morgan.
the noted financier, it is said to-day on
good authority, soon will take n long
cruise on his splendid yacht, the Corsair,
where he can be absolutely free for a
time from all the cares and worries of
business. This cruise, some of his friends
say. viii be preliminary to complete re-
iii
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delphEa and Norfolk Railroad. There will
be other removals from Broad street, as
McCrea wishes to be surrounded by his
own personal staff.
Figuring on Successor.
A series Of informal conferences were
begun in Broad Street Station this morn
ing by those interested in the task Of Sc
lectiug "a successor To Cassatt as presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
At these conferences viii be done the
work to be ratified by the board of
directors when II meets. either Wednts-
day or Friday. 10 elect president.
Judging from surface indications. and
without the aid of facts that may be I'm
the possession of those IN whose hands
the decision rests, IL would seem assured
that James McCrea, vice president of the
pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg will
succeed Mr. CaSSatt There are some
however, who cling 10 the belief that
Samuel Rea, third vice president Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. will be the man
selected by the directorate.
AT the conferences held this morning
and at those 60 follow before the board
meets, Will be present Representatives Of
the vast interests. physical and financial,
which 50 70 make up the Pennsylvania
system Choice OF a president is. Of
course, made by the directors. majority
Of whom are elected by the shareholders.
but tho ideas Of the men in question
carry great weight
Among the men who may have a voice
in the selection Of Mr.. Cassats successor
are Jacob Schiff, of the Pennsylvania
banking house Of Kuhn. Loeb q Co: r.
Il. Hartman, Of the Pacific roads; mem
bers Of the Vanderbilt family. and fnan-
Ciers who are close To the Rockefeller
group. Henry c. FTick. the newly-eIected
director. and the largeE individual stock
holder on the board, Is already reported
to have sounded some Of the captains Of
finance.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
Gen. scofeId Passes Away.

Seattle. Wash. Dec. S1-Gen. Hiram
Scofeld, Of Washington, Iowa, died yes
terday at the residence of his daughter.
Mrs. Charles Patterson, of Seattle. ut the
age Of seventy-seven. Death was due 20
old age. Gen. ScOfield served with the
Union army throughout the civil war. and
was commended for distinguished services.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
HOUR-GLAsS FIGURE COMING.
DresSmakers Threaten the Wasp
wasted Pattern for This Year.

wasted Pattern for This Year.
London. Dec. 8.-The reintroduction Of
the hour-glass figure for women is threat
ened in 1897. Those protesting 10 know
say that dressmakers have for a long
time been making jealous efforts TO re-
introduce the wasp-waisted pattern Of
feminine humanity
Now the sight Of fun round skirts and
hOur-glass cOrsets win. IL is said be the
features Of the coming season. Women
who would be fashiOnabiy dressed viii
have to reduce the waist ascribed to the
continued popularity Of shirt waists,
straight-front corsets, and the vogue Of
athleticism.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
CHARLES E. FORD, JR., DEAD.
Son of Manager of Baltimore The
alter Passes Away Here.


alter Passes Away Here.
Charles z. Ford, jr.. son of Manager
Charles E. Ford, Of FOrd's Grand Opera
House. Baltimore died at the home Of
friends in this city yesterday of pneu-
monia. Mr.. Ford, accompanied by his
hancee, Miss Mcdowell, Of st. Louis,
came TO Washington last Wednesday on a
visit. He had been i'll only a short while,
and the news OF his death came as Il great
shock 10 his many friends in this city. His
remains were shipped yesterday afternoon
TO Baltimore where the funeral viii take
place.
Mr.. Ford was twenty-eight years old,
and made his home with his father at
THE Lilacs," on the Hookstown road,
above Arlington. MI Ford was to have
been married in a few months
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
STARR EXPLORES PIGMY LAND
Chicago Professor Visits % Wild
Tribes on the Congo.
Has Narrow Escapes in Region Pre-
viousIy Trnversed Only by STAN
Iey-Finds Cat-in-CradIe Game.

New York. Dec 31.-Prof Frederick
starr, whose speciality is anthropology,
and who has "a distinguished reputation
by reason Of his discoveries about ab0rig-
inal people of Japan, returned to-day
aboard the Red Star liner Vaderland
from "a visit 20 the land of the pigmies
ia the Congo Free State. His companion
on his journey in Africa was a Mexican
boy whom he adopted when the boy was
a baby. He said he had travelled about
2. 800 miles. searching for information
about the pigmies and other African
races. since he left this port in Septem-
Der. 1870
The professor visited tWenty-eight
tribes. and says he had many adventures
and narrow escapes. He viii not tell
about these until he returns 20 Chicago
on Saturday. He went up the Congo TO
Stanley Falls and took a trip around
them. exploring several tributaries. He
was the second white explorer 10 make
an extended exploration Of the region
about the upper part Of the Oiku River
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
Insane Woman browns Herself

Sayre, Pa, Dec. S1.-while temporarily
insane. Mrs. John Fundy. a well-known
woman OF Athens. near here, got out Of
bed and walked in her bare feet two
miles 10 the river. which was covered
with a thin coating Of ice. and was
drowned. Her body mas not been recov-
cred.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
AGREEMENT.

For the purpose of assisting in
the completion of the musical edu-
cation OF
MISS MIRIAM EDWINA
agree to pay the sum in dollars
of the number of this ticket.
Name -.....-......-.-..........
II this number should be the
lucky one, and ali interests being
mutual. matrimony viii be con
sidered.
New York. Dec. 5L-An attractive young
woman. valise in hand. descended upon
Wall street to-day. and the lambs and
bears and other live stock stopped work
The young woman. in addition TO the
valise possessed blonde hair. blue eyes,
cupids bow mouth. and other marks
which merited attention.
Furthermore. she carried into Wall
street a scheme which made even the
enterprising ones Of the Stock Exchange
sit UP and take notice
The young woman is Miss Miriam
Edwina. and she is railing herself of
for money to obtain a musical education.
She had 80 chances, and they range in
price from 81 10 $3.50
Miss Edwina has a high soprano voice,
and grand opera Is her aim. She says
she has heard Of all kinds Of rafting
schemes for making money, and she GER
tainly wants 20 accumulate enough 20
take her to Italy.
Miss Edwina is beautiful She is only
nineteen She is svelte and graceful. but
the charm which she cherishes most IS
her voice. Here IS her own story Of how
she came TO rattle herself In the hope OF
raising money for her musical education:
I have been trying TO earn enough
money 70 complete my musical education.
but it seems that il is impossible. Ny
father, who was once a United States
consul in Cuba, died three years ago.
and I have had TO support myself
tried sten0graphy, and that is how I
earned money 10 study music for while
Then I went on the stage. I have had
voice lessons here in New York four
years. but ! want two years abroad OF
course, that is necessary for any one
who has grand opera aspirations
Miss Edwina has a letter from Gustav
Kerker, in which he states his confidence
in the young WOman's musical future.
1t seems d shame for me 10 let nay
voice so for nothing she said, when
there are 50 many rich men with more
money than they can use And then lots
Of people think I am attractive, so as l
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
RACE NOT IN DANGER
Claim Offspring Means
Greater Longevity.
DR.. MCGEE ADVANCES THEORY
Rockefeller Cited as Typical of the
American Characteristic of Con-
centrated EHOrt-Future Genera
tiOns Taller and Stronger Intel
IectuaIIy Than Present One,

New York, Dec. S1.-Dr W MCGEE,
director of the st. Louis Museum, strongly
opposed the theory that the United States
is in any danger from race suicide at the
meeting Of the Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. which was con-
tinued at the Columbia University to-day.
DR.. MCGEE held that the reason that the
United States is in no danger from race
suicide is that the number of offspring
of any type varied inversely with the
length OF life of the type He pointed as
examples to the eagle, which lives a hun
dred years and has only a few eggs, and
to the shad. which lives only a short
time, but has millions Of eggs.
Americans Already Longer Lived.
Americans. he said, are increasing their
length of life, and so their offspring is
decreasing. A hundred years ago. he
said, the average was twenty-five years,
while now it is twenty-nine DR.. MCGEE
held that not only are Americans becom-
ing longer lived. but their period of ef-
1ecuveness IS being increased as shown
by the number of influential men in the
United States who are over seventy years
old.
Dr. McGee's paper dealt directly with
the question of heredity, and all other
subjects came up incidentally. The Amer
lean, he said, would be taller, stronger,
more Intellectual. and more humanitarian
than the American of to-day. This in
crease of strength, he said, would be
due 10 the blending Of types which has
he 4 sE.rs5s,H e.F a.
Dr. MCGEE denied that there is in the
American any tendency toward any par
tcular type, or that any type, such as
the blond or brunette. is gradually dis
appearing. Variability of height, COM
plexion, and character was what Dr. Nc
Gee expected 10 be characteristic of the
future American.
Rockefeller Is a Type.
John D. Rockefeller was pointed out as
the typical American because. he was the
Incarnation of concentrated effort. If
Mr., Rockefeller had been an anthropol-
ogist,' said DR.. MCGEE. he would have
been a great one" The scientist held that
while the keenness of the struggle for
existence is increasing. IT is not doing so
any faster than was the power TO strug-
gle
In discussing DR.. McGees paper, the
Rev. Dr.. II. c. Hovey. of Newburyport,
Mass, said that Aaron Burr was a vic
tim Of heredity. He pointed 10 the
fact that Burr was the only one Of
Jonathan Edwards seveuty-fve grand
children who had turned out badly. and
said that this was due 10 the fact that
Burr great-grandmOther. though bril-
liant, was an erratic woman.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
Herald Want Ads

VIII be received at Atkinson's Pharmacy
18th and @ SITS. NV, and promptly for
Warded 10 the main office.
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number on the ticket represents the price
One Man Pays $40.

number on the ticket represents the price
he must pay
One Man Pays $40.
Already Miss Edwina has sold ten
shares or chances. the largest number
drawn so far being 30, for which a
well-known and wealthy New Yorker paid
s210 AS the young woman started only
this morning, she feels very much encour-
aged.
I'm going to spend the day in Wall
street. she said. Il viii appeal 10 Wall
street men, because no one but wealthy
men would want TO take a chance
If Miss Edwina sells all her chances she
Will have the tidy little sum OF SCI, -.
which ought 10 help some toward a mu-
steal education.
AS you see in the agreement. matri-
mony is the reward for the lucky ticket
only if all interests are mutual" said
Miss Edwina. THE rattle will take place
in some hall, and I intend giving a con-
cert first and letting people hear me sing"
Miss Edwina has just returned from a
road tour with Babes in ToEland,' in
which company she played Contrary
Mary Before that she was with Fan
tana" and The Tourists
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01
PRETTY GIRLS PRIZE
Sells Chances on Herself to
Wall Street Brokers.
LUCKY MAN MAY PROPOSE

Miss Miriam Edsvina Makes n Unique
Begging Visit to Bulls and Bears,
Where Her Beauty and Musical
Ambition Win Her Friends 10 Aid
in the Cultivation of Her Voice.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01

DouLu uuulus were experts At the enid
games OF cats cradle, played with a
string usually on the fingers of two or
more persons. He found that the natives
played more than 100 different forms of
the game. some Of them quite intricate.
The professor refused to say anything
about the report that King Leopold was
numbering Congo natives. He declared
that the natives of the Free State were
bright and intelligent
A study Of dwarfs along the two rivers
Of the Congo shows that the average
height is only three feet ten inches.
The Washington herald., 1907-01-01

Herald Want Ads
VIII be received at L. .. Weller
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FOR the purpose of assisting in
the completion of the musical edu-
cnfiou Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
Iowa Newspapers
THE Need OF IOWA.


To get factory from New England
that will employ 400 hands Waterloo
has been buying acre property, cutting
1t up into lots, marching the business
men behind the band to the auction
GERS stand, serving refreshments there
and selling the lots like hot cakes If
tho town secures the factory it will be
sincerely congratulated on its success
by neighboring cities. Iowa's agricul-
tural population is not growing and is
not likely to grow while millions of
acres of cheap and fertile lands remain
to be sold in Texas, Montana and else
where in the far vest For its growth
the next quarter century the state
must depend on the cities and they in
turn must depend on Industrial devel-
opment. The prosperity of industry in
one Iowa town should be helpful to all
the others having similar commercial
situation. Offering itself large markets
In many lines, and being convenient to
the great markets of the Mississippi
valley, Iowa offers fair opportunity
to the manufacturer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11

Modern Woodmen Excursion to Hamp-
ton, Thursday, June goth.
The Iowa Central will run a popular
excursion to Hampton On account of
NJ w A. 10th annual picnic on above
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
a SOMEWHAT NARROW VIEW.

The Northwestern Banker, class
violent exception to the view expressed
by the Times Republican that public
! ity regarding the failure of bank
helps to keep other bankers straight
| Because the Times-Re publican believed
| that differing, reckless loaning and
! careless banking" would take place il
| the news of every bank failure was
suppressed, this bankers magazine adj
yises the bankers of Marshalltown to
take some action whereby they might
publicly express to the editor their app
probation of the high estimate he
places upon their integrity" This, OF
course, is intended for intimidation in
lieu Of argument.
The facts Of the matter are, most
honest bankers confess that too much
daylight can not be admitted to the
conduct of a bank 1t is the sensi-
tiveness Of the public on one hand
that makes it desirable to establish
confidence by full publicity in manage
ment and on the other it is safe
guard against dishonest bankers who
will get into the profession. For the
same reason we keep many street
lamps lighted all night to dispel the
darkness and give the thief no place
in which to work. Such lamps are no
insult to honest pedestrians out late
at night but rather a protection.
If banks were allowed to fail by
reason of crooked banking and the
news kept from the public, which in
fact would be IMPOSSIBLE, even were
the newspapers censored, people would
become so confiding that an enormous
premium would be put on thieving in
banking As it is, honest bankers, and
the vast majority are honest, are de-
vising methods for more publicity
every day. It is now recognized among
bankers that one man bank is an I'M
safe bank as a general rule. Directors
are inspecting closer, governments are
publishing statements more in detail,
expert auditing companies are being
voluntarily employed. all by the hon
est bankers without. thought of insult
ing themselves or questioning their
own integrity.
Every time bank fails and the
public is alarmed other banks for 100
miles in every direction put their
houses in better order The public is
entitled to the. protection of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11

than some of his supporters. He Is
quoted as recognizing the right of
Governor Cu1nmins to enter the lists
for the senatorial prize. Most OF his
editorial friends deny that the COVER
nor has any such right. OF course.
the senator is the wiser
Many popular fallacies regarding
colleges and the uselessness OF col
lege education are passing away" re-
marks the Burlington Hawkeye. Real
izing that much of the criticism di-
rected at the higher schools of learning
was just, educators are changing their
methods to conform with American
ideas and American life. 1t is true that
a college course is not expedient for
all. but the more college men and
women the better is general rule that
cannot be successfully assailed."
IF the price of meat continues to
soar the only consolation will be to
reflect on the dangers of trichinae
and tuberculosis to which meat eat
ers are subjected philosophers the
Keokuk Gate City.
The Mason City Times Herald in
sists that with Iowa railroads enjoy
ing degree of prosperity which netted
them Ia per cent earnings last year,
few people will enthuse over their
claim that the Cummins administration
has dealt unfairly with them in the
matter of raising their taxes or Of re-
ducing their rate of passenger fares
There are dynamite reports from
the copper mine districts of Japan
as the result of strikes" notes the
Davenport Democrat and Leader. Tho
labor question reaches round the world
and like causes do not produce unlike
results. In this great problem within
the range of another international con-
vention."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
WHERE THEY CANE FROM.

A /
The biographies Of state officers a.
/ published in the 'Iowa Red Book" g:
| the latest official register is loes
| known, disclose a remarkable paucitS
1 Of men born in the state that elected
them to govern it. The governor was
bornjin Pennsylvania and 10 years ole
before he came to Iowa. Lieutenant
Governor Garst was born in Ohio
nearly eleven months later and was
also 10 when he landed at Boone tc
enter mercantile business. William
! G. Hayward, secretary of state, was g
product of Cattaraugus county, New
York, and was II when he came to
| Hancock county in 1864. Treasurer
Morrow was born in the same state
and the same year as the lieutenant
governor, and was a boy of IA when
he arrived at Alton in Union county
Web. Byers, attorney general, is a Wis
consin product and was II yhen he
came to Hancock county with his par
ents in 1873 Beryl F. Carroll, auditor,
and John f. Riggs, superintendent OF
public instruction, are to the manor
born, the auditor on a Davis county
farm, the other in Henry county.
No judge of the Iowa supreme court
can claim nativity in the state. Weaver
is a New Yorker, Aadd and Bishop. Of
Wisconsin, Deemer of Indiana and
Sherwin and McLain Of Ohio. John G..
Crockett. clerk of the supreme court,
was born in Illinois. G. W. Cornwall.
reporter, in Wisconsin.
w. L. Eaton is the only native Iowan
on the railroad commission, having the
foresight to be born in Delaware coun-
ty. d. j. Palmer is Of Pennsylvania,
and Ketchum Of New Jersey. The two
latter were born in the same year,
1899. Palmer came to Iowa in 1856
and Ketchum the year succeeding.
Emory English, state printer, wac
born at Altoona, Polk county. and Ed
Chassell, state binder, in New York.
OF the members Of the board of con-
troll, Hamilton and Robinson are ILL
noisans, and John Cownie a Scotch
man, born in Perthshire in 1S43.
1t is not surprising to learn that the
governor is of revolutionary stock and
that one of his direct ancestors signed
the Mechlinberg declaration of rights.
.Garst is Of mixed Dutch and Irish
blood Hayward mixes English, Scotch
and Irish, and Carroll mingles in his
veins the blood of the Scotch, Welsh,
Irish, English and German. Morrow
and Byers go no farther back than
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin with their
family trees; Riggs is Of English
stock; I1add Of German and English
ancestry; Deemer traces back to the
Dutch; Crockett's parents were Eng
lish born; Dave Palmer's father was
born in Ireland; Ed Chassers grand
father was preacher and a Lowland
Scotchman. The others plead guilty
to simple American parentage and af-
filiation with the republican party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11

every teacher, fireman or other per-
son in public employment who joins an
organization affiliated with the FEEDER
alton of Labor should be instantly dis
missed from the public service de-
clares the Dubuque Times-Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11

publicity regardless of the wishes Of
the banking interests and the banks
are actually improved in their man
agement by reason of the exploitation
of failure. But whether banks are
benefited or injured the public has a
right to full information about a de-
falcation. This principle has been es-
tablished in law as well as custom
and none but man with a restricted
horizon would attempt to deny it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

To the Council Bluffs Nonpareil sit
looks as if the saving to the passen-
ger resulting from the reduction of the
railroad fare would be entirely con-
sumed in the extra expense for food
and lodging while en- route"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches ali
age when it should be able to controlthe
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause Of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition Of
the kidneys and bladder and not 10 q
haoit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser.
able with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the Immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty Eot
cent and one-dollar 4aHMlg asI: :::: s::Ea
size bottles. You may !: H$y Ei;si
have sample bottle sses @4 -
by mail free, also Home Of swampFoos.
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
including many of thethousands Of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilner & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. Y. on every
bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
letter Cured.

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with letter for two or three years. 1t
got so bad on her hands that she could
not attend to her household duties.
One box of Chamberlain's Salve cured
her. Chamberlain's medicines give
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