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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12

ment was entirely due to single imam
cial collapse in conjunction with MN
ing project There Is no evidence OIL
declining confidence in the bankruptcy
returns for February, and. in view OF
the high money market that has con-
tinued since the opening OF the year
and the railway congestion that has
also retarded mercantile collections,
there is reason for qualification In the
small number and moderate amount
involved in the failures thus far this
year.
Separation OF failures for 100000 or
more from the large majority or IN
solvencies provides an interesting COM
parison as usual. In manufacturing
failures II Is found that ten large de-
faults supplied more than half the to-
tai losses in that class, leaving an av-
erage of 1851 for the remaining 203
suspensions. This is larger than the
average of sS,s12 in the same month
last year, but less than any other year
Of the preceding decade. There We're
six large trading failures, involving
las, leaving an average of $5.9f5
for the remaining 6S2 defaults in this
class. In the corresponding month last
year the average of small failures was
$5,06S, and eight of the preceding thir-
teen years recorded a smaller average
in this class than February. 1907. En-
bracng all commercial failures, 1t Is
found that II Of large size supplied
over 40 per cent Of the total amount OF
liabilities, and the remaining 907 fail
ures involved liabilities of $6,248,550, or
an average of $3.50, which compared
with a similar average last year of So
333. Eight of the preceding thirteen
years recorded larger average than
last month, and these statistics all tend
to show that the mercantile death rate
has decreased, for 1t must not be for
gotten that the number OF firms In bus
mess and the amount of capital in
volved is constantly increasing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12
CHILDREN AND DIVORCE.

Walking home from work a year
ago, two men were in earnest CONVERSE
ton Another man walking behind
them caught scraps of the topic SO
earnestly discussed without much
eavesdropping. One was urging the
other to get out more often to 1.-THE
Dances" and recalled that a few years
before this derelict and his wife never
missed a dance or public gathering.
f"Well," explained the housekeeping one.
1--WE have two small kids and no one
to leave them with His friend con-
doled with him. "A mans a fool to
have children said the comforter.
They knock everything" Then the
other fellow flared up. Why, mar"
he replied, Eve wouldn't trade one
day Of those children for every fool
dance we ever attended or ever expect
to. We never had any real good time
until the kids came"
There is sequel to the story. A few
weeks ago the childless couple figured,
in the courts She took her maiden
name and got most of the household
furniture. The other couple are living
in the same cottage, and his promotion
last month puts him In line to move
into a. big house before long. And the
kids. are just as troublesome and
satisfactory as year ago.
A Chicago judge, who tries 100 di-
vorce cases every thirty days, said re-
Gently: "The childless marriage is the
cause OF more domestic unhappiness
than any other ore thing Lack Of
children and the home influence which
they bring has a tendency to cause dis
content both on the part Of the hus-
band and wife, and in many cases 1T
breeds contempt in the one for the 9TH
err"
That is the secret Men and women
who lack burdens to bear grow selfish
and self-centered. The childless cou-
pie have little resort beyond the gayety
that pals and the qualification of self
ish desires. The best and most char
acter making element of home life is its
inevitable self sacrifice. No home is
complete without children. When they
are lacking, the incompleteness of the
home grows, and, we have the word
of the Chicago judge for it, drives
toward the divorce court. Men and
women study well and suffer long ere
they divide family of children. They
are the anchors of the home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12
NO SIGN Of HARD TINES.

With liquidation in stocks fairly over
and an improved market, increasing
demand for nearly all varieties of prod
ucts and decrease in the number and
amount of failures. there seems no
cause for alarm or even uneasiness in
bushes scircles. Commercial failures
in the United States during the month
Of February, according to reports from
branch offices of r. g. Dunn & Co.,
compiled by Dun's Review, were 924
in number, against 938 in the corre-
spending month last year, while the
amount Of defaulted Indebtedness was
$10,2S3,77O, against $10,S59,619 in Feb
ruary. 1906 Failures last month were
fewer in number than in the same
month of any year Of the preceding
thirteen, with the exception of 1900 and
1899. The amount of defaulted indebt
edness was also we'll below the aver
age for recent preceding years. Manu-
featuring insolvencies numbered 213,
and involved s4,3e9,Ss3, while in the
same month last year there were 223
failures, with liabilities of $4,653,S 32.
In the trading class alone was there
any increase over the previous year,
6SS failures comparing with 6S5, while
the amount of defaulted Indebtedness
was s5,452,9s9, against $3,566,Ss1 in
1906. OF other commercial failures.
including brokerage, insurance, real es-
tate. etc, there were % against 80.
while liabilities of only s460,91S com
pared most favorably with $2.63s. 906 in
the same month last year In addition
to these commercial failures there were
six suspensions of banks and other
f1duciary institutions, involving $4,-
$4,000, against seven similar failures
lastyear, when the amount was s115S,-
600. The large increase in this depart.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12
az me-1.*-A
Do Not Crowd the Season.

The first warm days Of spring bring
with them desire to get out and en-
joy the exhilirating air and sunshine.
Children that have been housed up all
winter are brought out and you wonder
where they all came from. The heavy
winter clothing is thrown aside and
many shed their fannels. Then cold
wave comes and people say that grip is
epidemic. Colds at this season are
even more dangerous than in mid-win-
ter, as there is much more danger of
pneumonia Take Chamberlain's Cough
F.emedy, however, and you will have
nothing to fear, 1t always cures, and
we have never known a cold to result
in pneumonia when it was used. It is
pleasant and safe to take. Children
like it. For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12

improve each shining hour. Ever try
one? A cent word in the T.-R costs
YOU Is cents for enough words to sell a
section.
The Carroll Herald Is willing to ven
ture the assertion that Colonel. Temple
will do his full duty and enforce all
laws in good faith. But the Herald
was always OF an adventurous dispo-
sition.
Possibly one reason why Congress-
man Dawson failed to get Hull's proxy
may be that he Is not in the closer
touch with the eastern sources Of con-
gressional campaign funds.
AS an example Of how great a flame a
little fire kindleth, fourteen men set
everyone walking in Waterloo and
closed all the saloons.
A London "suffragette' fought and
whipped three policemen and still those
stupid Englishmen think women unfit
to go into politics.
The question is being asked whether
or not the boards of health in the
smaller cities ever make or have made
inspection of local slaughter houses.
The query is pertinent and applies to
all towns where animals are slaught-
cred for food. How many slaughter
houses in Iowa are inspected, and how
often?
"Why Is the jamestown exposition
not getting the publicity accorded
other big expositions ~ inquired,a gen.
!leman much interested In Virginia and
the tercentennial show. The answer is
mark stages. Time WAS when col
umns were devoted to these enter
prises. much TO the advantage of trans
portation companies and promoters.
With all its historical settings. the eX-
position Is cold blooded business
proposition. at least on the part of the
trunk lines. and the newspapers have
grown tired of being worked by press
bureaus. Exposition news has become
drug. 1t is advertising nowadays.
How easily Senator Deliver could
garner compliments instead of criti-
cisms II he would put on the Cummins
livery and talk and act like q Cummins
man -Sio1Ix CITY Eournal
Much compliment would come Sena-
tor Delivers way II he would act more
as he talks. That Senator Delivers
condemnation Of corporations which he
asserted We're pursuing him for his life
last fall, his pitiful plea for progressive
support, which was needed to his nee
essity. and his present performance
should attract some attention, is not
Senator Dolliver has
straddled until he resembles a wish
bone.
There is probably no form OF popular
that possesses stronger
hold upon the heart of the people and
has at the same time a greater attrac-
ton for a certain type of highly culti-
waited mind than the melodrama. Both
the popular appeal of the melodrama
and its representative significance are
clearly brought out in a brilliant paper
by Harry James Smith in the March !
Atlantic, the first in series which that
is running upon popular
No one who has ever been
thrilled by the villainy of the villain,
wept over the misfortunes of the 'in-
no-cent'' heroine, or been fascinated in
the animated melodrama au-
iience will want to miss this vivid
paper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-12
luwA 0pINloNs AND NoTEs

"The farmers of Iowa and the agri-
cultural societies of the state should be
especially aroused in opposition to the
proposed consolidation" says the Ce-
dar Rapids Republican, regarding the
single board of control. 1T is their
school, primarily, that it is proposed to
sacrifice The school at Ames has al
ready done more for the farming in
terests of Iowa than the state can ever
repay, but it is now to be throttled at.
the behest OF politicians who want to
save money" ~
'.Marshal Knott and Colonel Temple.
are a disgrace to Iowa." insists the.
Grundy Republican. I'VE believe the
people Of Iowa will resent the appoint
ments."
"Ames college is one of the best
managed and most successful educa-
tional institutions of the kind in the
country declares the Burlington
Hawk Eye. ut has been made so by
individual management. 1t seems to be
taking a great risk to take it out from
under the splendid management it.
has always enjoyed, and subject it to
one which as yet is purely theoretical
and would at best be experimental. The
legislators should move very cautious
ly in this matter"
Noting that the Tama Herald is en-
phatically in favor of the Rankin state
marshal law, and that the Tama News,
altho democratic, also favors it, t1lhe
Traer Star Clipper says most Of the
state dailies oppose it, but they are in
nearly every case published in cities
where the saloon element has much
power and wants no interference We
would like to see the measure tried"
The Hampton Chronicle believes If
they will only continue killing the ship
subsidy often enough the men with
money who see good business in
building up American shipping trade
may finally get busy and do the thing
themselves, instead of waiting around
for somebody to hand them something
for nothing
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Coed Service.

The Northern Pacific, " hose der.
vice between here and .Spokane
mas always been noted as War obo We
cne average OF a branch line has now
put tne Palouse line or "a par with
.ne . alo lie, and trs svelers to and
=, .endrick can nioy the acme
). comfort.
Parlor buffet observation cars
have replaced thu. former grill car
between Spok' Ane and Lewist ON.
These cars are 'irst class in every re.
spect, they have seating capacity
of u seats, besides a smoking room
which accommodates 8 persons,
they have an observation an d. the
buffet service In these cars is
excellent.
The change of schedule also makes
travelling more Of a convenience to
our people and avoids the night
trips. For instance, the morning
traiu after Sunday will l,ass here
for Spokane at $50 a. m. and the
day train from Spokane will arriv
here at II m. The Owl train will
pass on it's way to SPOKANE at 4:15
p, m. and downward to Lewiston
at 1Op. N. This MAKES 1t much
more convenient to the ira yelling
public and will be appreciated.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Beware Of Frequent Colds

A succession of colds or protracted
cold is almost certain to end in
chronic catarrah, from which few
persons wholly recover. Give every
cold the attention it deserves and you
may avoid this disagreeable disease.
How can you cure cold2 Why not
try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy? II
White OF Butler, Tenn. says"Several
years ago / was troubled with my
throat and lungs. Someone told me
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
began using 1T and it relieved me at
once. Now my throat and lungs are
sound and WE'LL" For sale by Kend'
rick Drug C
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

Or. H. King of Spokane the we
known eye specialist will be in Kend.
rick at the hotel, Sunday Dec. 22nd
There are a good many in Hendricks
and vicinity who wish to see him
personally, and he finds it impossible
to leave Spokane on any other day
DR.. King makes speciality of curing
Epilepsy, Ricketts,, st Vitus dance
and kindred nervous troubles and
Strengthens crosseyes entirely by the
use of glasses
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
For Your Benefit.

They are herefor your benefit. Put
up especially for the Holidays.
Choice Haavanna cigars (what a
smoker Enjoys In fine box-a better
gift can not be found-or a pipe
Some like a pipe better than a cigar
and no one can have too many
pipes, your sure the gift Will be
appreciated If it ia a good pipe
But possibly you want q fine box
OF Bon-bons- We have the freshest OF
candles put upin boxes suit able for
Christmas giving.
Now come In and see-we will ex.
plain and give prices. The price lie
low and satisfactory. wheI you see
our line you will want then !.
T. p. Lorang
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Pay Your Taxes

1t may be announcement to make a
trip to Moscow or Lewiston at this
time 1t takes cash to do so and it is
needless expense Instead Of this
trip and expense, drop into the Farm.
ers Bank and Trust Co. and have
the cashier attend to the matter for
you 1t will be done expe ditiously and
satisfactorily Call at the Bank and
learn how easy it eau be handled by
them
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Muscular Pains Cured

"During the summer of 1908 I was
troubled with muscular pains In the
instep of my foot" says Mr., S. Ped
lar, of Toronto. Ont. "At times i
was so painful I could hardly walk
Chamberlain's PAIN Balm was recon-
ended to me. so tried 1t and wa:
completely cured by one small bottle
Il have since recommended it te
several of my friends, all of wton
speak highly of it" For sale BY
Kendrick Drug Co.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
A Kendrick Boy.

Word has been received that John
). Burns, son OF Mrs. N. Metcalf of
Lewiston, has recently worl the yoris
oratorical prize at Hanover college,
Indiana, where, he is compile ting
his senior year. He has been a prize
winner every year of thefou he has
been in college, and is consid cred one
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20
Dances.

Report from Leland states there
VIII be a big dance there the 10Th to
which the Potlatch generally is figur-
ing on attending, while the Z ,a-liwah
Club OF Kendrick advertise one for
the 9th with supper at tbs Kend-
rick hotel.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

of the most eloquent collegian OF
the Middle West. He is a brother
| OF Bruce Burns and Miss Ida, Burns,
well-known lewiston young people.
SJobn is studying for the ministry,
and as a product OF the Potlatch,
born ane raised on the farm below
town we can surely feel proud OF
his record,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-20

Get your chances for the prizes
where trading at Beck with's.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-16
Strike Breakers
: HAVING HARD TINE
Some are Jailed and Many 9th
ers are Maltreated by the
Railroads.
The Mills of the Gods Grind
Slowly But No Less
Sure.

At Oelwein, Iowa, where 1000
workmen of all crafts are out on
strike, the Chicago Great Western
company has about 120 strike
breakers employed. and has turned
out In the five weeks Of the strike
five engines which were nearly COM
pleted when the strike began, Where-
as, in ordinary times and under nor
NAL conditions, the output Of the shops
is an average of twenty eight a month
Seventeen hundred men are out and
there have been but two assertions
in six weeks.
Some phases of the strike present
the tragic rather than the comic ele-
ment For instance, IL strlkebreak-
ers were engaged in Pittsburg. Pa, to
work In place Of the strikers under
the assurance that there was no strike
and that their wages would be 40
cents an hour. When they arrived
they found the conditions very differ
ent and refused to go to work, Wnere-
upon the guards and officials OF the
road seized their baggage and shipped
it to Livingston Mont, more than a
thousand miles away, and when they
asked for it were told it had been
lost
Two Of this number became strand
ed and the union took care Of them
for a week and then found employ
ment at Glenwood, MIMI, and sent
them there.
On the other hand, two strike
breakers were arrested Wednesday
and on conviction Of some violation
of the la Wwere sent to the work.
house: and three more were arrested
Thursday morning, who will, in all
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-16

law into force, and we: daily prove
this by the. fact that the public execu-
toner Is instinctively regarded as I'M
fit to enjoy the. company Of. the
younger members Of society. Society
would recodl with horror If one should
seek the office Of Sunday school
superintendent, for instance, thus in
stinctively recognizing his unwarrant-
ed barbarity. -,
Il, the Lord will repay" Then,
who has the right to debar any from
the opportunity for repentance, and to
work out their redemption:
Pursuing the subject deeper, there
is a world of Information OF vital I'M
portance to human conduct insofar
that it is seldom quite apparent why
the deed has been committed. Cases
are on record where people nave been
obsessd by a power unknown to them
selves, which has forced them to: do
evil against their own knowledge.
Some day 1t may be fully realized
that the evil powers Of a degenerate
man or woman are not So dangerous
to society while the person lives with
In his earthly body, for his evil is
then limited to his degree Of liberal
ty or freedom. But who has, yet forg-
ed the chains that can control the evil
designing ego of being who has left
his body.
An evil intelligence is social men,
ace until it is either destroyed total
ly, or mas become perfected and above
evil. The executioner but breaks the
chains of earthly limitations thus add
ing greater facilities to-. persevere
mentalities. Many victims have haunt
ed their slayers for years, until they
have either given themselves up, to
the law or committed suicide.
The true reformation Of the Grim
inal is not the attempt to mete out
measure for measure, but the drawing
out or awakening of the dormant bet
ter nature, and of putting the GRIMM
al into circumstances CALCULATED to
play upon these and to stimulate their
development. -.E.
:: ADA MUIR.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-16
ST. PAUL NOTES.

"
Three St. Paul fur factories entered
into agreements: with the, Furriers'
union or that city The new scale
provides, for an equalization Of the
pieceworkers pay and an increase for
week workers amounting to about 10
per, cent. - - ''~1s ..:<f< s'-"~. ,-5'
J. J. Whitehead, president, of the
Billposters" and Billers' union, was
elected to represent his local in the
international convention, to be held
in" Chicago the. first week in Deem
A social session was held recently
by. the Bartenders' union, to- celebrate
the home coming OF the representa-
tfVes at the Toledo convention and the
victory in landing the 1909 gathering
Of the international. The regular dele
gates made their reports. . a. :
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-16
MARINE ENGINEER
JOINS THE MAJORITY

Pete DUDE died at st. Lukes hospital
on Saturday evening". He was about
60 years Of age, native Of Quebec,
and had resided at the head of the
lakes for over thirty years. He work
ed for Williams, Daugherty & Co.,
over rs years. Deceased was very
much respected by all who knew him.
He was a charter member Of the Ma
rine Engineers Benevolent association
No. IS, and also Of Licensed Tug
Mems Protective association No. 1.
He had no relatives here. His only
known surviving relatives are two sis
tiers both of whmo are members Of a
sisterhood order in a. Quebec convent.
He was buried Sunday afternoon I'M
der the auspices of ST. Jean the Bap-
fist Society of this city.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-11-16
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BARBAR0Us AND CRUEL
Excellent Article ON the Subject
by Scotch Lady in
Winnipeg,
Every Execution OH Emphatic IL
lustration of Some Neglect.
-" ed Duty:

Next month the people: Of Manitoba,
notwithstanding the fStt that this is
called a Christian province, will hang
a man.. Thou shalt not. kill" needs
revising to suit the code Of ethics; or
are the ten commandments and the
teachings of Jesus regarded as dead
letter-very good as a curiosity but
utterly impracticable? II so why en-
dow so many churches. Surely the
money could be spent to better ad-
vantage than in teaching something
which apparently no one believes.
AS long as woman is regarded
nigh priestess of love and life, she
declares all else as: treason that en-
dangers health, strength and beauty
One of the problems that seems al
ways with us and will never be prac-
ttcally solved until education and pur-
ification induces + regeneration: is
what are the merits or dement's Of
capital punishment as an aid to pro-
gress?
If love is the fulfilling Of the law,
then capital punishment cannot find
any justification, for it appears as
the passion of revenge digrtified with
the term retributdon, apoligised for by
society as being for the greatest num-
Der, condoned by the; cleric with '"The
wages of sin is death
If the end Of human endeavor is to
create, to build up, to beautify and
perfect, then those principles are vio-
lated by any legislative death. Why
kill with but a passing interest those
w;nona we cannot cure: every instance
is. but an emphatic Illustration Of
some social duty that humanity has
neglected. @-'t7
Criminal statistics, prove that ex-
IRENE punishments do not lessen
crime on the contrary brutality breeds
brutality, If a logged man takes up
on himself the nature Of a devil, what
can be said Of an executed man?
When public executions were common
the people were brutalized thereby.
Private executions foster an irrespon-
sible morbid temperament, bordering
upon the same brutality. AS a judge
ment, execution can never; fit the
crime. Many cases are. on record
where innocent people have. been hung
either by treachery Or substantial
evidence and the only remedy for this
is to abolish capital ptnd SHIN ent.s
Then there Isl the moral degrada-
ton involved Of those who put the
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