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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
Millions to Fight Oil Trust.

Charleston, W. Va, April 3.-With
backing of s75.O0O,00O the Columbia
Oil and Gas company, chartered under
laws OF West Virginia, has purchased
options on $4,000 acres of land and
will enter into active competition with
the Standard OIL In this state, Ken
lucky and Ohio.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
Some Employers Sign Scale.

Columbus, O., April 3.-Of the 800
members Of the Painters and Dec
orators union on strike 1t Is claimed
that 200 have returned to work, con-
tracts having been signed with their
employees. Two of the largest con-
tracing firms In the city have refused
to sign the scale aud will declare for
an open shop.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
Bitten by a Spider .

Through blood poisoning caused by
a spider bite, John Washington. of Bos-
queville, Tex, would have lost his leg,
had he not been persuaded to try Buck
lens Arnica Salye. He writes: The
first application relieved, and four boxes
healed all the sores" Heals every sore.
25c, at Schultz 4 Ketcham's druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
STREET CAR JUMPS THE TRACK.
One Passenger Fatally and Four 9th.
ers Seriously Injured.

Omaha. April "a heavily loaded
street car jumped the track near the
corner OF Twentieth and l. streets,
South Omaha and dashed into stone
wall. Five passengers were seriously
injured, one of whom, o. ]. Serviss Of
South Omaha, will die. More than
score of others were hurt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03

q. q. Mason, superintendent of the
James river division OF the Milwaukee
road, with headquarters in Aberdeen.
ID one OF the executors Of the estate of
James Henry C'Silent'') Smith, the
late New York multimillionaire. who
died few days ago In Japan while en-
route around the world ON his wedding
trip. Mr.. Mason was = nephew of Mr..
Smith. OF course. II is not known
how Mr.. Mason is remembered ia the
win. but as he was favorite with the
dead millionaire 1t il expected that he
has besn literally provided for. Smith
was recently married to Mrs. Rhine
lander Stewart, who only few months
ago got divorce In Sioux Falls from
her husband. millionaire Of Balti-
more.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
MAY ACCEPT PROPOSAL.
Striking Brewery Workers Considei
ing Employers Offer.

ST. Louis, April 3-The executive
committees OF the several local unions
Of brewery workers, who are on strike,
met during the morning to consider
the propositions made by the brewery
owners, who were in conference until
late at night.
If the controversy is settled 1t is
understood the strikers will be permit
ted to return to work at once
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
PARTIAL. AGREEMENT REACHED
IN DISPUTE OF RAILROAD
MEN AND EMPLOYERS.
FURTHER CONFERENCES BEING HELD
OF A SHORTER WORK
DAY THE ONLY POINT RE-
NAMING UNSETTLED.

Chicago, April 3-The conferences
between the managers of the Western
railroads and the trainmen and con-
ductors were resumed during the day
with Commissioner Knapp of the In
terstate commerce commission and
Secretary Neill of the United States
labor commission acting as peace
makers.
The situation at the opening of the
conference was not changed. The
men have accepted the increase Of
fered by the railroads, but will stand
out for a working day of nine hours.
The railroads are obdurate on this
point and insist that they have made
all possible concessions. 1t is expect
ed that the conferences will continue
for several days more.
Later In the day 1t was announced
that the members of the Order of
Railway Trainmen and of the Order
of Conductors had decided to resume
negotiations regarding the demand
for a shorter day with the managers
Of the railroads.
Washington, April S.-Commissioner
of immigration Sargent has just re-
turned from trip Of inspection
through the West.
while in Chicago" Mr.. Sargent
said, II met and talked with the Off.
cials of the various trainmen's unions
and I can safely say there will be nc
strike. The men and the officials OF
the road are not so FAIR apart but an
agreement can be reached by mutual
concessions. | am confident from my
talk that both sides are anxious tc
effect settlement without a strike
Mr.. Sargent was for seventeen years
at the head of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03

There ale many tonics IN the land.
Az by the papers you can see. But none
OF them can eGnal Hollister's Rocky
M01ntain Tea. schultz Il Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03
The Price OF Health.

"Tho price of health in a malarious
district is just D cent; the cost OF box
OF DIR. King New Life Pills. writes
Ella Slayton, OF holland, Ark. New
Life Pills cleanse gently and impair
new life and yigor to the system. 25c.
Satisfaction guaranteed at Schultz 4
Ketchsm's druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-04-03

For Catarrh, let me send you free
Just to prove merit, trial eize box of
DIR. Shops Catarrh Remedy. It is a
snow white. creamy, healing antiseptic
balm that gives instant relief to Catarrh
OF the nose and throat. Make the free
test and see. Address DIR. SHoop, Ra-
cine, Wis. Large jars sc cents. S,ld b,
Schultz q Ketcham.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
Prime Factor in War.
CArmy and Navy Life.)

Other things being equal good shoot
ing is the determining factor in war.
and it makes up for many other de-
1iciencies. Poorly drilled and hastily
organized bodies OF men can give a
good account of themselves If they
know how to shoot and hit what they
shoot at. In our war for independence
the colonists were woodsmen.
They carried and used their arms to
supply their homes with ZOO and to
protect them from the savage AS
marksmen they vastly outclassed the
British. and hat more than anything
else gave Washington the tina victory.
Again, in cur great civil war, mark the
effect OF IL general knowledge of fire.
arms. In the south were sporting peo-
pie: they were fond of riding and
hunting; shooting at target and at
game entered into their sports and
pastimes.
The north was commercial. It's men
knew littl.. or nothing Of firearms.
save the .Hintlocks of their GRANDPA
theirs, objects of curiosity in their
shops or homes, except in the far west,
where the life of 1875 was still being
lived. The result was that in The east
the southern troops were generally VIC
torious for a couple of years until the
northern troops earned to shoot. What
little success the north had was in the
west. where they were little better
than a "stlndoff."
1t is observed that the establishment
of a large range in the vicinity of
Washington, d. c., is contemplated. 1t
is a step in the right direction. A well
equipped range should be near every
great center OF population.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
PECULIAR

1T is probable that the same inter-
ests which fought Wilson and Gear in
their candidates. for the senate, and
which made such d~isgraceful attacks
on them will be lined up against their
friend Allison
In this paragraph the staid old Fair
field Ledger plays a fantastic trick
upon Iowa political history. At his
first election, the only candidacy of
weight in opposition to the Ledger's
eminent townsman, Senator Wilson,
was thai of Governor Gear, tho the
Sioux City Journal and other leading
state papers now not likely to oppose
Allison urged kirkwood to come into
the field. At his second election
James F. Wilson was opposed only by
the friends of Congressman Hepburn,
who now give NJ sign of joining the
opposition to the senior senator.
In 1894, when John III. Gear was first
elected, George D. Perkins, w. P. Hep
burn, John +. Lacey and John Y.
Stone Joined with A. B.. Cunmins in
the strenuous endeavor to restrain the
ambition of Governor Gear. 1t is
hardly to be expected that four Of
them viii "be lined up against their
friend Allison What a funny fight it
would be if the same interests that
fought Wilson and Gear were to turn
in and boom Governor Cunmins for
the senate, as seriously proposed by
the Ledger
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
81 1mS- s~seepulaluar 7MarstalEnunr gorua, September ~ '3o7

ion as there is in America" The mis-
sionary is a man not different from
those who preach at home except as, in
the minds Of his supporters, a kind Of
religious 1omanticism has invested him
with u halo. '"rhe man or woman who
engages in foreign missionary work."
says Mr.. Ellis Gin the New York Tri-
bune, May 26). lis commonly regarded
as Il person of peculiar sanctity. chiv-
airy, devotion, sacrifice, and courage"
The real missionary is described in
these words:
Occasionally / have met u mission
AIRY. usually young and second rate.
who takes himself quite as seriously
as his friends at home take him. and
who. well aware that he is one of the
noble army of martyr spirits, goes
about wearing his halo with all the
self-consciousness OF a girl with q new
Easter haa.
Most missionaries, on the other
hand. feel foolish because of the false
attitude In which they are thus placed
by their ilealizing admirers at home.
Some Of them have used quite UNI
missionary forciblesness of speech on
his point They say that they are
neither extraordinary saints nor he
roes, and that they are not living lives
of physical hardship and sacrifice;
those who really have hardships say
nothing about them. That. in reality,
they do not correspond to the image OF
themselves ever being held up in ser
mons. speeches. and articles no one
knows quite SO we'll as themselves. If
permitted to speak frankly. they would
say, as nan have SAT- to me. that
they have fewer material discomforts
than the average home missionary or
country pastor; that they are ordinary
men and women, with all the limita-
tons of human nature, who are trying
to do one sort of Christian work,
which. whatever its glamour when
seen ten thousand miles away. is in
actually teset by all the difficulties
and discouragements of religious en-
deaver at home. besides certain other
hindrances due to the Christian
training and beliefs of the natives.
They would plead for a little less ro-
nance and a little more reality in
dealing with the foreign mission
propaganda, for neither they them
selves nor their work can measure up
to the enthusiastic ~portraitures of un-
supporters"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21

~derstanding of the ruling of the inter-
have discontinued this practice. The
ruling, however, appear to have been
against those sent out to care for stock
actually contracted for. The ruling
stated:
Some carriers have in their tariffs
| rules which provide that if a person
goes out orer their lines with the in
tention of purchasing live stock. and
returns within Il certain time with Il
certain numbe of cars of live stock,
the carrier will refund to him fare
paid on outgoing trip. The commits
sion considers such rule and practice
improper and unlawful. and expects
that they will be withdrawn and dis
continued at once.
On April 80, 1907, the Interstate
commerce commission, upon the re-
quest of a railroad, made the follow
ing Interpretation of its ruling:
Commission holds that ruling made
III W SdiG liNttS vi -cloAh ISiiiii'S "
er of stock to receive the refund OF
fare paid to point of stock delivery,
where he goes to meet OF take ship
ments actually In transit OF actually
provided for and returns with stock
as care taker. Prohibition of ruling
governs those who go cut to buy stock.
Care takers ma be sent to meet stock
and bring 1t in. and free transporta-
tion is permissible to them.
On May 30, 1907, in a letter ad-
dressed TO the secretary of the Ameri-
can National Live Stock association.
the commission, further explaining it's
rule. stated:
The commission expressed It's dis
approval of the practice of refunding
fares to persons who went out over
the road and who, perhaps, might re-
turn in company with shipment of live
stock, but it specifically decided that
as to shipments actually in transit or
actually arranged for or actually ready
for movement the carriers may provide
the transportation and may make it
include the return trip; that is. they
may give transportation to men to go
out and come back with the stock. or
they may give the transportation for
to came in with the stock and
go back again.
From the foregoing Mr.. Mackenzie's
argument that free transportation may
be given parties who may go out to re-
seive stockk contracted for, seems suf-
iciently supported.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
Iowa Newspapers

DAYS.
lChelsea independently

(Chelsea independently
Well, the leaves are turning sere
and brown, the nuts hang ripe upon
the branches. the squirrels and chip
hunks are as busy as bees, the fish are
biting as tho they liked it. and the
somber days of early fall will soon be
here. After all there is no death; the
fading leaves which leave us now will
come again in greater s%plendor, green
er and more welcome n beautiful
than before. And to the lover of IA
ture-he who loves to roam the fields
and groves along the banks Of the
river Where the water slips silently
along on it's never ending journey to
the sea; past the winter home OF the
chipmunk, who gravely regards him
from the front door of his house; past
the pert and saucy little squirrel who
bids defiance and with a single flirt
of his tail lands in the very top of yon-
der big tree; out in the woods where
away off yonder, borne on the autumn
breeze comes the cav! cav! cav! of
the crow, the canniest of birds; where
sits high in a secluded nook the SOL
emn visaged owl, his eyes blinking in
the glorious sunlight of the day-noth-
ing can be grander or more thoroughly
enjoyable than Iowa weather in au-
tIln,1 hfafa -L.l 49,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
Is the STRIKE a FAILURE?

According to tile report OF the COM
missioner of labor on strikes and lock-
outs for the fourteen years previous
to 1906, the strike does not appear to
have lacked effectiveness. The strik-
ers won their demands in 47.94 per cent
Of the 1s1,4O7 establishments involved;
won part of their demands in 1928
per cent, and failed in 36.7S per cent.
IN 81. 20 per cent of the lockouts the
employers succeeded in enforcing their
demands, in 1911 per cent they won
partial compliance, and in 5000 per
cent they failed. The percentage Of
successes IN strikes varied from 1925
per cent in 1899 to 4o.17 per cent in
1906. In 1905 the employers won in
sssI.6e per cent Of the establishments in
volved.
| the Twenty-Five years the aver
age duration of strikes was 25.4 days.
The average duration of lockouts was
eseighty-four days per establishment.
varying from 1873 days in Idaho and
seyenty-three days i'll New York down
20 4 few days.
The predominant causes of strikes
AIRY from year Il, year. increase of
wages being commonly. the chief cause.
Demand for recognition of the unions
in recent Years is becoming more fire.
ssquently a cause. In 1906 the leading
cause was recognition of the union, or
of union rules. The 641 strikes for
This recognition were 3O.S6 per cent of
the 2,0I7 strikes in that year. De-
mand for increase of wages occasioned
28so7 per cent of all strikes in 1905.
The percentage of strikes for increase
g WAGES aione was 61.15 per cent in
1881 and 1851 per cent in 1884, the
tendency being downward. On the
| other hand. h percentage of strikes
due 20. demand for recognition of un-
Ions and union rules was 5.73 per cent
lin 1851 and tlucttlated from year to
Year, but generally increased until the
highest point, 32.42 per cent, was
leached in 1904.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
THE SHIPPERS RETURN PASS.

Murdo Mackenzie, president Of the
American National Live Stock ~associa-
ton, has issued an emphatic assurance
10 live stock handlers that they and
heir attendants are entitled to refund
Ffares when travelling; in charge of stock
llready contracted. The rule in force
n this part OF Iowa. at least, is about
IS follows: free transportation to the
point Of delivery is given one man
rho is actually in charge of a ship
lent of one car of stock; If in charge
( n of horses or mules or Of two
Aye cars Of other stock, transporta-
on both ways. 1t had been the custom
refund transportation paid out by
archasers of feeding stock whose trip
aok them say into Colorado for sheep
to some other point whence they
light bring live stock. Under the un-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
Why IS 1T

Jesse James is still a name where-
with to c%onjure--a part of the people
A few days ago in New York city a
woman protested to have found grace
under the m~inistrations of u New York
preacher. He introduced her, on her
own assertion as the widow of Jesse
James and the congregation grew en-
t~husiastic, If not hysterical, over the
saving OF the wife Of the notorious
bandit. Mrs. James had been dead
as her highwsyman husband for a
number of years, but the sensation was
precisely similar. She had been a de-
cent woman from all reports, and a
member of a church. The impostor,
however, set the congregation on hre,
not SO much because a soul had been
saved. but because as it thought and
believed, it had before it the wife OF
Jesse James. What fascinating Wis
ions Of murder and running gun fights
and the robber sinking down finally
under the impact of a revolver bullet
in the brain the incident called up In
the minds Of the audience. 1t was al
most Is good as a seat at the Thaw
trial or the cross-marked pictures In
the New York daily newspapers, show
ing how the robloer ran, where he was
killed and the position of the body.
Here in Iowa we have, some of us,
been making marvel over the n
nouncement that Jesse James saddle
would be part of a state collection. 1t
drew more attention than the discov-
cry and preservation Of valuable rec
ords Of the kind that constitute real
history. Jesse james was simply an
incident. That he robbed an Iowa
hank on horseback at Corydon Is not
of much more historical value than
that a yeggman blew open the safe at
the vinegar works. at Marshalltown.
Why make a fuss over the preserva-
ton OF such relics, OF grow historical
lii meeting over the fake claim of a
woman to have been Jesse James
wife? Why do people rush in crowds
to see the victim Of an accident, or
crowd the morgue to gaze on the vic
tim Of a. murder, or a railroad wreck?
Why do they crowd like cattle about
u fainting woman at a fair and refuse
to give her air? The Lord knows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21

to get thru with their travelling and
have lone with the two-cent fare
that they simply walk all over each
other to get II chance to ride in stuff
fly, ill-smelling. poorly-ventilatcd
coaches to any fair, circus or carnival.
the state fair. any one of the eighteen
hundred chautauquas that nave been
held in the state. or almost anything
in the way of an amusement from u
dog fight. up They suffer being
shunted around on sidctraeks while II
local freight goes putting leisurely
past and sweat and swear and suffer
scandalonSly, all because they are
down on the tWo-cent fare proposition
and want to get their travelling all
lone and get away from it. It's just
terrible the way they hate cheap
transportation and try to get away
from it. Yes, the two-cent fare law
is Il failure and very unpopular with
the public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21

Flor Sunday Reading
! Al Sorts of Opinions. i
Ftnm Prayer to Laughter.


A revival meeting was In progress
and Sister Jones was called upon tor
testimony. Being meek and humble
she said: Il do not feel as tho j should
stand here and give testimony. l nave
been a transgressor for Il good many
years and have only recently seen the
light. | believe that my place Is IN u
dark corner behind the door
Brother Smith was mex called upon
for his testimony and. following the
example set by Sitter Jones. said: y
too. have been a ) .iner for more IMAM
forty years. and / do not think II
would be fitting for me TO stand before
this assembly as a model. think my
place is behind the door. in a dark
corner with Sister Jones.
And he wondered why the meeting
was %ccnvulsed with the laughter of
those who came VI to pray.-Cleveland
Leader
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
TWO CENT A FAILURE?
Manson Democrat.)

Yes, the two cent fare law is a fiat
failure. Ever since it's inception we
have been practically unable TO get a
comfortable seat in any train ON any
railroad. The reason is that the two
cent fare is so unpopular with the
people that they are all hurrying up
to get their travelling lone so that
they will not rave to go near a rail-
road, or. even think of taking a rail-
road journey. They are so anxious
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
Can't saueIch Him.

Perhaps said the after dinner ora
tor, strengthening out a reef in his
waistcoat fnd beaming pon the as
sembled guests, you have heard the
story Of the mar who ordered the two
eggs at Il restaurant"
I'VE have" interrupted the entire
audience in unison.
Then you know. Of course, that 1t
goes like this"
Thereupoll he proceeded, in his calm
est and most genial manner, to tell the
story.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21

Three miles north of Albion lies the
''Blue Grass Farm" owned and oc-
cupied by ID. S. Collins, a stock Far
mer and director in the Albion Saw
ings Bank. 1t is one of the signify
places of the north part of the county
and is the home of a man who under
stand the business Of stock raising
and farming.
Mr.. Collins is the only son of Daniel
Collins, the latter g. Vermont pioneer,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-21
Topics Of the Times

About twelve thousand people In the
city of Boone would like to know what
has become of the subway proposition.
Boone News Republican.
To avoid comparison the News-Re-
publican should have added an explain
atory note that the article was written
during fair time.
Mr.. Rockefeller is reported to have
lost 500, 900, 00Cs by the slump of the
Standard. caused by the recent prose-
cutions. But how can what never ac-
tually existed be lost2, The water
squeezing process has not displaced
anything of real value.
Anyway the Teddy bear beats the
pug dog. Women with affinity for those
p~ig-tailed and worthless little brutes
might adopt the bear fad to advan-
tage.
When Senator Foraker realizes that
Ohio has only one b%andwagon, he is
likely to crawl on behind.
SO.
In Alabama Gibbs are organizing all
M, The state to bring about state
prohibition after the new fashion in
The south. The. negro in the south
has become a political factor in a left
handed way.
sss
Pennsylvania's new sttae house Is
about ready to be dedicated in the
courts as the monument of the most
s%tupendous graft ever perpetrated on
The people Of a state. Quavs are cost
IN. s.The evil that men do lives after
them" i.
The way Uncle George Pefkins acts
one might magln MIN the steplathef
or the primary.
efnap WIZ = ~ ~
leiler co'ciuueo 70 'aNe =" ue eoa
Us i ol .ie o'aiuata he iouno y
700 pusv 40 cohauet MS bipie Grass
to death cast any light on his future
policy against trust magnatesi?
"
The mosquito family is 2 large one,
as might be suspected. The depart
ment experts have captured, identified.
and classified no less than 125 differ
ent species. In addition to the simon
pure mosquito, there are n number
of eounterfeits. Scores of them are
50 closely allied to the real thing in
looks. biz, and other characteristics.
as to be mistaken by the amateur as
a member OF the original family.
.