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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
TO ooueLE-TRAck LINE.
Rock Island to Mako improvements on
system in Iowa.

Davenport, Feb a-Rea!izing the i'm
perative necessity of making large i'm
provements of its property as the only
means to place il on even terms with
competitors, the Rock Island is mar
ketirg 81, 100000 Of bonds to extend the
system, and more particularly, to con-
struct a second track from the present
terminus Of its double track at Iowa
City to Valley Junction, and later TO
extend 1t westward to Council Bluns
The most serious obstacles to economic
hauling Of freight traffic, especially, is
the existence on the line between Des
Molnes and Council Bluffs Of a number
Of grades, over which only the most
powerful locomotives can haul more
than 500 tons as against 1920 to 1.6OO
tons per train by the Northwestern.
Burlington or Illinois Central. 1t is un-
derstood that a considerable portion OF
the money realized from the sale OF
bonds will be used in reducing gradi-
ents of the line in Iowa from Dayen-
port to- Council Bluffs, and also IN
meeting the expense ot building sec
ond track from iowa City to the Ms
souri, river. This Improvement would
permit OF moving six times the volume
OF traffic possible to be moved on a
single line. It would permit shorten
ing of schedules, both freight and pas
senger, and immensely facilitate the
hanling Of almost four times the tom
mage now hauled. and bring into use
economics that would greatly reduce
the cost of operating the line COM
pared with that now required. Several
years ago, when engaged in relayinS
the single track from Iowa City west.
the company. in putting in culverts and
constructing bridges. took into consid-
Grafton future necessities and made
them long enough to accommodate
second track between Iowa City and
Des Mo:nes This will very much "a
ciiitate the work and make it much
easier of accomplishment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
JANUARY COOLEST ON RECORD
Weather Bureau Report Shows Unus'
uaI Conditions in Iowa.


ual Conditions in lows.
Des Moines, Feb. 2.-The month OF
January, 1912, was the coolest one on
record in the history of Iowa.
! This Was shown by the monthly e
port of weather conditions made by Dr.
George NJ. Chapel, the weather. man.
yesterday.
The report shows many interesting
figures in regard to the month which
was so unusual and freaklsh. The
mean temperature for a month was
49, degrees, which is 14.2 degrees be-
low the normal temperature for Janu-
airy. The nearest approach to this low
temperature was during the month OF
January. 1855, when the mean temper
allure was 80 degrees.
The highest temperature reached
during the month was the 22nd, when
the mercury climbed to the AZ degree
mark.
The lowest was the 18th, the temper
Azure being 90 degrees below zero in
Des Moines and lower in other cities
This was within one degree of being
the coolest on record.
During the month there were TWEEN
ty days when the temperature was zero
or lower. There were six days that the
temperature never got above zero.
On Jan. -, the day it was % below.
the mercury went up to II below dur
ing the day. This is the lowest max
ln1um temperature even -
the weather bureau in this state.
During the month there was 80 of an
inch of precipita alton. The normal pre-
cipitation for the month Of January is
1.o1 inches.
An unusual incident in connection
with the precipitation is that meas
urable quantity fell nine different days
and a trace on eleven days. The total
snow fall was So inches. This was be-
low the normal which is ten inches.
On Jan IS and II the ground was
covered with fifteen and one-haf
inches Of snow and at the close it was
covered with ~ inches.
There were ten clear days during the
month, sixteen cloudy and five partly
cloudy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

sued from the open door thru, which
the baby had come out on the porch.
Taking the baby in her arms the wo-
man entered the house. where she was
met by the sight Of the 4-yesr-old
child burned to a crisp on the moor or
the room. No evidence Of how the
child caught fire was visible at the
time. The father Of the burned child
is miner and was at work when the
accident took place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
PAYS 100000 FOR SON.

Henry Clay Pierce Wins Fight to An
null Marriage to Stage Beauty.
New York. Jan. 31.-Henry Clay
Pierce. multtmillionaire oil magnate.
has his son back again, and he has
paid 100000 for him.
Mrs. Bessie Faulkner Chapman
Pierce has given UP beg husband and
gets the 100000.
After announcing a year ago that
her husband had been stolen from her
and that he was not insane. as his
father maintained, Mrs. Chapman
Pierce has just made 1t known that the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
H,TEMAN CHILD BURNED.
L eft Alone in Home With eabe, I
Year-OId Loses Life:

Hiteman. Feb. 2.-Leaving her f.
year old daughter. Myrtle, to take care
OF ner baby wiiiie she went across the
road to visit a neighbor, Mrs. r. SUIT
ton was met with the specter OF her
child burned TO a crisp upon return to
her home. The real cause Of the childs
aeatn IS not known anu tine
was made by a neighbor woman who
was attracted by the pitiful cries Of the
Sutton baby. Fastening to the Sutton
home to learn the cause Of the little
ones grief, the neighbor found upon
nearing the house that the smoke is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
LeMar. Boy Burned to Death.

LeMars, Feb. Frank. the 2-year-
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Mersen.
fell against a red hot stove and was
burned to death. His mother was IN
the yard and when she heard the boy
screaming rushed to the house and
found him enveloped in flames. An
older brother, aged 5. tried to save the
boys life by covering him with rugs.
but Ialied.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
Six Poisoned by Pork.

Maquoketa. Feb. Injected pork
nearly caused the death OF all SIX
members OF the family OF William
Davidson, north Of town. When pny-
sician arrived Mr.. Davidson apparent
" was dying. and the other members
Of the family were in serious condi-
ton.
1t is believed they will recover.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

half Of the paraAsrs stopped and. look.
ed up. Il mean Mike Murphy" returned
the same stentorian voice. then the
other half looked up.-National Month
".
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

Post.Mortem Statement.
An IrishmAn saw while PASSING
through q graveyard these words writ
ten on q tombstone: Il still live
"Be 1abbers, II I was dead I'd own mp
TO it."-Unidentihed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

This IL the season Of the year whom
mothers feel very much concerned over
the frequent colds contracted BY their
children. and have abundant reason for
it an every cold weakens the lungs.
lowers the vitality and pavss the WAY
for the more serious diseases that 70
bitten follow. Chamberlain's Couch
Remedy IL famous for it, cures, ana =
pleasant and safe to take. For sale BY
all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

Few hesitate. 49, -, :
Hardly . man puts Of uatd to0oP
now the foolish thiAGs 10 wishes to;Ao
Today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02

Dangerous Explanation.
"Hey, Murphy" shouted some one
from one of the buildings as the st.
Patrick's parade was passing. One.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
Regret For His Deed.
n T;mes-Republican.

Special 10 iIEeS-HeQuoucan.
Iowa City, Feb. Rev. DR.. H. H.
FairaN, the eminent Methodist clergy
man, who essayed suicide by cutting
his throat with a razor Wednesday,
was conscious, rational. and repentant
before the end.
1t was actuated by an insane i'm
pulse, while mentally unbalanced" the
clergyman declared, after he rallied
from the first shock. He added that
he desired to live, and urged the doc
tors 20 save him.
He called for a pencil and paper
last night and wrote this statement:
II have wronged my family, my
church and my God, and I desire to be
forgiven. Ny health and mind were
temporarily wrecked, or I would not
have done this. I have asked God to
forgive me. and I believe he has done
so.''
Discussed Ways and Means.
1t is now known that Doctor Fair
all had been considering the question
of suicide during the past three weeks,
which were marked by sleepless nights,
days Of torment, and thousand
worries. He discussed ways and means
Of self Staying, and actually weighed
the relative efficiency and suddenness
Of hanging, strychnine. drowning. and
flinging himself from bridge to the
railroad tracks in front Of a moving
train Strangely intermingling logic
and reason with madness, he declared
that il would not be we'll to fling him
self into the Iowa river. altho drown
ing was an easy death, as il would be
too cold at this season Of the year"
Worries Over Methodist.
He continued to worry over his Iowa
Methodist during mental lapses since
the near tragedy, as he feared Metho-
dists. who were his subscribers, Will
feel that he has wronged them by tax
ing subscriptions and issuing the paper
only half year. There is due on these
subscriptions, as refunds to subscrib-
ers. but 50 cents to each subscriber,
and the family guaranteed that, with
the suspension OF the paper. every cent
due would be returned at the next con-
ference but the ultra scrupulous
clergyman was not satisfied with this.
and he exaggerated the importance Of
the matter tremendously.
1t is believed now that the aged
wife would have been attacked by her
husband in a mad outburst in case she
MAD acooll accompanied hin: .: g Chicago &c the
sanatorium, whittier they were plan
ming to 60 He had asked to be per-
nitted to go alone and. when refused.
declared that, if they went together.
probably neither Of them would return.
That, in his insanity, he would have
committed a double deed seems rea-
sonable to believe, interpreting his
mysterious threat.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
Complimentary.

Complimentary.
Old Friend-Well. I'm pleased to
have met your charming hancee, Fred.
You must be very jealous Of her.
Fred-Well, I'm careful never to In
tToiuce her 70 any ma. sane woman
could take fancy to.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-02
For the Children
To Keep rhsir Digestion Perfect Moth.
ing 10 SO Safe and Pleasant az
Skuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.

Trial Package Sent Frse.
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found Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets the
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Thousands Of people who are not
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-03

occasion which arises, tends to show that their
Mahomedanism is OF comparatively recent intro
auction In many of their shrines will be found
carefully-rounded stones, very similar to those
so common in down-country Hindu temples. and
which point to a religious connection that has not
long been severed They wild, but, as might
be expected not fanatical. Their affections are
easily won If they treated we'll and with SYM
pathy Marvelously hardy, yet disincned to any
great physical exercise they prefer to spend their
time half asleep watching their camels and sheep
Craze For their wives they pay sums which
plunge them into debt for years. and indeed,
sometimes until they have daughters of their own
to dispose OF in the matrimonial market. 10 &C
cordance with Mahomedan usage, plurality or
wives is permissible but few have the necessary
amount of means to Gfst purchase and afterwards
maintain more than one wife. They are brave,
and before Great Britain took over the country,
which was only in 1896, they were much addicted
to raiding Each tribe has its own feuds, and
these have BEEN in existence for generations.
They pride themselves ON the possession OF es-
pecialy fine sword blades. which are the fruits OF
successful forays into Persia. The blades are
very curved. and the hits OF their swords are so
small that a European cannot grasp them In
stature they are, u rule, short, with small
frames but very wiry. TO the English eye, per-
haps the most striking characteristic is their GUS
tom of wearing their hair long. In the old days.
when a man titled his field it was necessary to
do so under a guard but with English rule this
has passed away.
The further west one goes and the further
one gets from the center of Baluchistan and
from its capital, Quetta, the less land is culti-
waited and the more marked becomes the nomadic
propensity until on the frontier itself tribes are
met with who spend their time almost entirely
in attacking their neighbors defending them
selves in turn from attack. In fact, their state
is exactly what the state OF the whole OF Ba-
luchistan was.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-03
6ALUcH TRADERS ZRAHxL1Y9 ACROSS !

lofty hills, the tops of which buried beneath
hundreds of feet of sand One of the photographs
shows the southern edge of this sandy waste, and
was taken from point which lies about ten
miles from the Afghan frontier. In summer the
Registrar is deserted, as the grass, which springs
up in profusion in winter after the first shower of
rain, withers away, and the heat is intense
that the Brahui, with his indifference to
heat, cannot bear the fiery temperature which
then reigns there supreme AS the summer makes
itself felt, the pastorasts slowly withdraw, part
moving north to the Helmand, where they await
the time when the season will allow them to re-
turn to their haunts, and part moving south and
crossing the frontier. pitching their goat-hair
tents, or gedans, they called the edge
OF the sands which are depicted, and wait until
the hot weather passes. Terrible stories are told
OF the fate which has overcome those who have
been SO rash as to attempt to cross the Registrar
In summer; and that these stories true is
shown by the fact that party of Brahuis. escap-
ing from Kandahar in 1900, took the Registrar
route In the hope of avoiding pursuit and out OF
some fifty people. all except two or three per-
lshed. The remains of these unfortunates were
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-03

found when the return of the cold weather per
mitted a search to be made the spot where
they mad fallen months before, some covered with
sand which had drfted over them and the rest
in circle huddled together just as they had
waited for the death which they knew was COM
Ing, and which, doubt. was a happy release
when it arrived Weird sounds are heard in these
sandy wastes. Perhaps the commonest is what is
called by the inhabitants "Sultans' drums" What
appears to be the mountaineering of a native
tomtom is heard in the distance, it may be APP
preaching or 1t may be slowly going away
search reveals nothing which can account for the
sounds. Or it may be is picking his way
cautiously along ridge of sand when he is sud
denly startled out Of his senses by what was APP
parently the bang of drum struck by someone
only few yards away. Let him search never so
carefully, he will find nothing there. No salts
factory explanation of these sounds is forthcom-
ing; but there is little doubt that they have their
origin In the dryness Of the atmosphere and the
intense heat that prevails
In religion the inhabitants Mahomedans
but their prediction for shrines and for sacri
ficing sheep and goats at these latter on every
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-03
French Martial Enthusiasm.

Scenes Of enthusiasm were wit
messed in Paris one night recently.
when. after twenty yeers the military
tattoos were revived ~ order OF the
minister of war with a view TO con-
solidating the new patriotism In
France At s:30 p. m the band Of the
102nd infantry regiment left the bar
racks and. followed by an ever-increas-
ing crowd marched through the
streets. playing the stirring and an
cient marches of the French army. On
the right bank of the Seine the band
of the oath infantry carried out the
tattoo with over 5000 people marching
in step to the sound Of the drums and
bugles. All the windows along the
route were crowded with cheering men
and women. who cried Long live the
army" Henceforth there will be two
tattoos in Paris every Saturday night.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-03

schooners in New York harbor and
had capital of $4,000 In his wife
his power for work was fully doubled.
She determined to help him and the
poorly accommodated travellers. so
they opened hotel in Elizabeth, N.
j., where his wife did her full share
in running the hotel Think OF IT,
The greatgrandmother of one of the
wealthiest families in the United
States kept transient boarding house
in Elizabeth But she needed to save
only for few years before she wore
diamonds and other precious gems
worth 100000
boat was needed to accommodate
the people of Albany. and soon his
boats fioated on the Hudson, the Del
aware and Long Island Sound-then
be established steamboats, and other
connections between New York and
California, and by 1904 he was the
owner or controller of nearly the
whole water transportation in and
about New York
But the people wanted to travel
faster. he saw his opportunity and
acted on it. In 1854 he withdrew his
capital from shipping and invested It
in raiIroads-irst the Harlem roao.
then the New Haven. then the HID
son River. then the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern-he helped them
all, until in 1877 he controlled stocks
representing an aggregate capital Of
$4,000. 600, of which he owed one
half Everybody was benefted-farm-
ers sent their produce to market
cheaper. merchants secured lower
rates. employees made larger wages
and stockholders got bigger dividends
In 1851 be presented the 5000
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Success Under Difficulties

larger than his and their wharf priv
ileges much better, but he soon out
stripped all others He ran his boat
with the idea of helping his neigh
bors. He won the public confidence.
he was so kind to children and so
careful of their welfare that every
householder felt the whole family safe
in Ferryman Vanderbilt's care.
Obliged to get larger boats. he got
the best there was. He would often
work all night He was never absent
from his post by day and he soon mo-
nopolized the trade. He did things
In 1913, when it was expected that
the New York harbor would be at
tackled by the British. all the boat
men except Cornelius put in their
bids to carry provisions to the mill
tary posts all around New York. They
were offering to do the work at price
for which he said il could not be done,
but then the contractor was exempt
ed from military duty. To please his
father Cornelius put in bid but he
did not go to hear the award. To his
establishment the contract was given
to him al a higher price. Wondering
why, the commlssary said; We kave
given this contract 10 you because we
want this business dore and We know
you'll do IT," CAPITAL is not what a
man has. but what a man is. Charac-
ter is capital II gives confidence.
r is the greatest thing in the world.
In 1918, now twenty-four yeas old.
ne owned three Of the finest coastirg
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-03
Cornelius Vanderbilt, From Boatman
to Railway King.

May l. 1910, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
having imbibed strong liking for the
sea, asked his mother to lend him
SlOO 10 buy boat. The mother said:
My son. on the 25th of this month
you viii be sixteen years old. If by
That time you will pillow, harrow and
plant with corn the eight-acre lot l
VIII advance the money" The little
patch of ground on Staten Island
Where the Vanderbilt family lived was
not large enough to support a family
and Cornelius found work among the
Doatman in New York harbor. But
ne wanted to have his own boat and
10 get the necessary money to start
On MS own hook he plowed and har-
Fo"ed that rough and stony field, and
that 500 laid the foundation of his
famous fortune.
Ihera were other boatmen in thet
haroor who want ed to be rich, but
tney were not willing to pay the price.
"hiie the other bOatmen wasted their
money In drink ard their time in silly
treasures. Cornelius stayed on the fob,
sept with one eye open. looking out
lof the main chance. He gave the
"lst $500 he earned to his poor par
ems While other boatmen were
Heating their customers to liquor to
ket trade. Cornelius built up a repu-
suon for integrity among that crowd
x Door people.
AZ 4s,'Ey - siz competitors were