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^,., .,_- ,, ,,^ W 1 tc VOI..XXX ^dCX^" ti& £J f,U tJ few & L»%, 'A *:t I x'h 1 SPECIAL STATE NEW8 iR" 88* jv1 '*4.' From 250 Iowa correspond ent* ie what makes the T.-R. newsier than other papers. Devil Wagons Tear Over 300 Mile Course Today Kill ing One Man U*" QOES 300 MILES IN 5:26:45. ft French Machine Won the Race— Course Was a Triangle of 30 Miles fjfe"' Perimeter and Was Tarveled Ten 'I-'- Times—Only Seven out of Sixteen |K sfe" Machines Finished. New York, Oct. 8. Menzel, Arent's chauffeur, -who was injured •when the machine overturned, died later in the hospital. .,. New York, Oct. 8.—George Heath, an American, driving an Imported car and representing the Automobile club of France, today won the William K.Van derbilt, Jr., cup in the 300-mile road race held on Long Island under the •.uspices of the Automobile Club or America. He won by a narrow margin ef a minute and 28 seconds. The con test cost one life and at least four per gons were injured but none of them fa tally. The accident occurred to the car «f Geo.Arents,Jr.,a wealthy New YOI-K- «r.The man killed was Carl Menzel his machinist. The car was approaching & charp curve under high speed when the front tire slipped and the machine •went over hurling the occupants witn tremendous force to the roadway. Of nineteen starters but seven were left when the seventh lap of the COUl'Se was concluded. Bursted tires, broken parts of machinery and mechanical de rangements were causes for their propping out On one part of the course a large quantity of nails and broken glass were found which caused many collapsed tires. Clement protested the decision" de claring Heath winner of the race .The decision was withdrawn and the pro test will be heard and the winner de dared at the meeting of the assocla |Uon later in the day. Promptly at 6 o'clock this morning the first car shot away from Westbury, Jjmg Island, in the 300-mile automo bile race for the Vanderbilt cup follow ed at Intervals of two minutes by nine teen others. A. G. Vanderbllt's machine |Sid not start. It got out of order and could not be repaired in time. There Was no number thirteen among the Starters, that number being omitted purposely. The course of the race, exactly 30.24 gniles in length, is an elongated trian gle and was to be covered ten times. Teste, driving an imported machine finished the first three laps in 1 16:29 tnaking the best time uip to that point. At the end of the fifth round Heath, JFrench), was in the lead, covering 151.20 miles in 3:01:05. Arents, (German), and his machin Jtst were thrown from their machine but It was thought were not danger ously hurt. Several machines put out ®f the race by punctured tires, or breaking machinery. The course was lined by thousands pt spectators. Only seven machines remained in |he race at the end of the seventh found. At the end of the ninth round, 270 miles, Clement was leading. Heath, chauffeur for a French manu facturer, won by a minute and thirty flix seconds. si' Auto Race Not Enjoined. New York, Oct. 8.—Judge Wilmot M. Smith, in the siAreme court in Brook lyn today deraed the motion for Bin injunction against the Automobile Association of America, the object of which was to prevent the 300 mile auto mobile race over Long Island roads to morrow for the W. K. Vanderbilt. Jr., cup. The question argued before Judge 6mith was whether or not an injunc tion should issue restraining the Auto mobile Association from conducting the face on certain thoroughfares in Nas sau and Kings counties. -*!r P&". Four Countries in Race. The race was an interesting one. pour countries were represented, the iJnited States, Italy, France and Ger many. Interest in the event was heightened by the fact that four young American millionaires took a gamble With death and drove their own ma chines. They were Isador "Wormser, Jr., Prank Croker, William Wallace and George Arents, Jr. Arrayed against them were the most expert racing chauffeurs in the world, Such as the Frenchmen Gabriel, Tarte, and Teste, the Italian Paul Sartori, and ^oe Tracy, an American, who. at the empire track recently won the interna tional cup. The trophy for which these men will brave death was offered by William K. yanderbilt. Jr. It is a magnificent sil ver cup of great size, and all today It was the center of admiration In the lobby of the Garden City hotel. It Is one of the most beautiful tro phies ever offered for any similar Went, masslva and strong in its I *4JM KUR0PATKIN COVERS -f' Moving Guns Rapidly to His" Left to Prevent .laps' Intended Flanking Movement—War Will Be Long. St. Petersburg, Oct. 8.—The meager ness of news from the front is increas ing the uncertainty regarding devel opments. There is good warrant for the belief that Kuropatkin is strength ening his left Hank to meet the Japan ese turning movement, his troops oc cupying a triangle, from Fushun to Mukden and Tie Pass. Over 300 guns have arrived at the front and the ac tivity of Kussian skirmishers below Hun river creates an impression that Kuropatkin may contemplate assum ing the offensive. A Tokio Story. Tokio, Oct. 8.—According to a pri vate letter received from a Japanese officer now with the besieging forces at Port Arthur the Russians are effective ly using hand grenades filled with a high explosive. The execution by the grenades when accurately thrown is deadly and their use probably ac counts for the closeness of the fight ing. RUSSIA CAN'T &UIT. St. Petersburg Papers Say War Must Go On Indefinitely. St. Petersburg, Oct. 8.—Replying to the statement of Count Okuma, leader of the Japanese progressive party, that the war with Russia would be long, but that Japan would win in the end, the Novoe Vremya this morning declares the idea of possible compromise with Japan has been abandoned and that the war must be prosecuted by Russia in such a way that there can be no pos sibility of the Japanese renewing the struggle. It says "Europe for thirty years WJIS under the menace of revenge for Alsace. If we conclude peace with Japan all our efforts in the far east will be valueless." a- WITBOIS ON A TEAR. South African Tribesmen in Revolt Against German Authority. Berlin, Oct. 8.—Fresh trouble has broken out in German southwest Af rica. The Witbois tribesmen who had hitherto been faithful to the Germans are in revolt. General Leutwein tel egraphs that the Witbois have attackr ed a station at Kuis on the Fitch river, and are reported to be attacking the station at Hoachan. No explanation is given for the discontent. Horse Against Horse. New York, Oct. 8.—The match race between Sidney Paget, on Ralbert, two year old, and Thomas Williams, who rode four-year-old Frank L. Pertey, which was run at Morris Park today, resulted in an easy victory for Paget. The-race was for $1,000 a side, the win ner to become owner of both horses. Baby's Troops to the Front. St. Petersburg. Oct. 8.—The first troops of the imperial guard left St. Petersburg last night for the front. They consist of the Second division of the Finland guards, of which 1. 1« very plainness. It stands fully three feet in height and, except for a scroll of laurel leaves and a raised automo bile, its surface is devoid of decoration. Burden City today seemed lige the automobile headquarters of the world. From early morning until late at night the air was shattered by a constant succession of explosions like volleys of arillery. Men and women clad in the very lat est furnishings of up-to-date automo bilism dashed here and there and crowded the porches and palm rooms of the Garden City hotel. Great ma chines of curious and wonderful make roared and snorted to the great alarm of many of the uninitiated. The villages of Westbury, Garden City. Hempsted and Queens tonight shelter a multitude who will witness the race. Every hotel and inn is packed to its doors and not another room could be had in private houses for love or money. In some places as many as ten men are sleeping in one room. The prices of everything went up 100 per cent and what this great multitude will do for food and drink tomorrow is a ques tion. All day yesterday huge farmers' wag ons lumbered peacefully over the thirty miles of roads that today Is closed to them. They took particular delight in steering straight along the broad brown ribbon in the center of the road along which thousands of gallons of crude petroleum had been sprinkled to lay the dust. Farmers Were Vindictive. They calmly ignored the men who were testing their machines over the road and everybody had to make a dash over into the deep dust at the sides of the road to avoid theni. Every precaution that human fore sight could perceive had been taken to prevent accident to spectators. The racers had to take care of themselves. Elaborate systems of flags and signals were arranged and the course was thoroughly policed from end to end by men, who warned all persons of their danger. Gabriel wafe the leader of the French group of chauffeurs and many believed he would -win the cup. The other day he had an accidental preliminary race with Mr. Vanderbilt. "When asked in French what his highest speed had been in the brush with Mr. anderbllt he replied with a significant shrug that it had been fully 140 kilometers (about eighty-seven miles an hour. It was the first test to which he had put his ma chine on American soil and he was satisfied with it. the infant 'Czarevitch is the honorary col onel. :'U Morning Star Wins Wilson Stake. Lexington, Oct. 8.—Morning Star, the favorite, won the Wilson stake, 2:20 pacing, valued at $2,000. The best time was 2:0.i1'«. Baron Grattan was sec a an 1 & 1 Controls Caucuses In Milwau kee and County Organiza tion—Stalwart Down IS RECOGNIZED AS REGULAR National Committee Asks La Follette Committee to Arrange for a Fair banks Meeting in Milwaukee on Oc tober 15—New York Papers See Re publican Success. Milwaukee, Oct. 8.—Nearly complete returns from the republican county caucesses in Milwaukee Indicate that the La Follette organization will con trol the nominations and county con venption by a good majority. Besides this control of the county organization is lost to the stalwarts. This is a com plete change in the situation which has existed for years. The republican national committee has recognized the La Follette state central committee. Chairman Connor, of the La Follette committee received a telegram today from Harry C. New, of the executive committee of the nation al committee asking him to arrange for a meeting in Milwaukee on Oct. "15 at which Fairbanks, the vice presi dential candidate, will make an ad dress. This is said to be the first in stance of the national committe to communicate directly with either com mittee in arranging for national speak ers in the campaign in Wisconsin. NOT AFRAID OF WISCONSIN. New York Papers Think That State Safe On National Ticket. New York, Oct. 8.—The press of New York comments freely on the AVisconsin political situation as affected by the La Follette victory over the "stalwarts," in the supreme court decision which makes the 'halfbreed' ticket the "regular" re publican, ticket. The Press says: There is no good republican In the land who should not be uplifted by the sfSTendicTligh Governor La Follette has made and is winning, and who should not acclaim his coming triumph as a personal victory. The Evening Pqst says: It would have been hard for the Wis consin supreme court to hand down a decision which would have less influ ence on the political situation than that of yesterday. One thing, at least,* can be assumed. No considerable number of the men who burned their bridges behind them last spring and have taken part In the stalwart campaign during the summer will vote for La Follette now. It is questionable if many of them ever in tended to support even their own re spectable third ticket. Nobody knows the exact numerical strength of the stalwart movement, but it unquestionably includes much more than a fifth of the republican party. He would be rash indeed who attempted prophecy on the data at hand, yet there is certainly no reasorl for abandoning hope either for a republican governor or democratic success on the electoral The Evening Sun says: A good many of the Spooner-Quar les-Babcock voters will probably be in spired to cast their ballots for the democratic candidate for governor, who is running on a platform less objection able to the stalwarts than the La Fol lette republicans. On the other hand, the presumption is that democrats who want primary election and railway taxation reform will vote for La Fol lette—there are a good many indepen dents to the square mile in Wisconsin. That the governor's following is^ be ing steadily depleted cannot be doubt ed even partisans admit that his sec ond administration was not all that could be desired by pure-hearted re formers. The election of the humorist, Peck, who made a mediocre governor, and an easy-going mayor of Milwau kee, is more than probable. But there sems to be not the shadow of a doubt that the republican electorial ticket will triumph by a big majority, in spite of trading which is to be expected. The Globe says: It is only fair to Governor La Fol lette's friends to note that they have been willing to have a trial on the merits—an examination of all the facts by the supreme court or any other im partial tribunal. Indeed, altho early opinion was against the La Follette faction, fuller information has in creased belief that its case was the better one, and that the credentials committee of the national convention acted in an ex parte manner. The first effect of the decision, im plying as it does the presence of but one set of Roosevelt electors on the of ficial ballot, is to remove Wisconsin from the list of doubtful states. As to whether Governor La Follette's chances of election have been improved or lessened, is a matter of dispute. AMERICAN HONORED. Former New York Newspaper Man Elected to House of Commons. London, Oct. 8.—Harry Marks, con servative, chief owner of the Financial NVws, :i former New York newspaper man, has been elecred to represent the Isle of Thariot in the house of com mons, succeeding the late James Low ther. Iowa Man Elected. East St. Louis. 111.. Oct. S.—The in ternational association uf wood, wir.i and nieial lathers finished tts Se*Pf*9l^f|pTO=^HB? dh conven- tion today. William McSorley, of Phil adelphia, was elected president: Maur ice Canfield of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, fourth vice president. CHICAGO DAY A BIG ONE. Special Trains for Three Days Have Been Taking People to the Fair. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8. "Chicago day" was observed at the World's Fair today by immense throngs of res idents of that city, reinforced by thousands, of St. Louisans. For three days special and regular trains have been bringing thousands of persons to St. Louis from Chicago and no time was lost today in reaching the World's Fair grounds, where elaborate prepa rations have been made to entertain the visitors. FUNERAL TRAIN REACHES HOME. Special Bearing Remains of Postmaster General Payne Reaches Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Oct. S.—The special train bearing the remains of Postmaster General Payne arrived this afternoon, several hours ahead of the scheduled time. The body will be taken to the city hall this evening and will lie in state until noon Sunday when the final obsequies wil be held. PIERCED BY A TIMBER Lawyer at Dubuque Thrust Thru By a 2x4 Scantling Which Caught on the Saw Points—He May Survive. Special to Times-Republican. Dubuque, Oct. 8.—While attempting to put a strip of lumber 1x2 inches, thru a rip saw, William Bunck, an employe of the Carr Rider Adams Com pany, was badly Injured. -f* strip was caught by the teeth of the saw and instead of going thru was forced back into the man's groin. It was forced in several inches, narrowly missing the intestines. There is hope for the man's recovery, but the escape is considered miraculous. Dog Flags a Train. Delano, Pa. Oct. 8—While the Lehigh Valley express was bowling along the tracks toward Yatesville yesterday at a speed of fifty miles an hour, the en gineer, looking from the window of the caboose, saw a red flag being waved on the track some distance ahead. A sec ond look showed the engineer that the Hag was almost on the ground and was waived as if by the hand of some one reclining upon the ground. "What the deuce is that?" exclaimed the startled engineer to the fireman. The train was brought to a stop And the engineer ran forward. On the track, a short distance ahead of the locomotive, the engineer found a small, curly haired dog, vigorously waving the danger flag which he held In his teeth. The engineer looked about, but seeing that the tracks were clear, he picked the dog up in his arms and took him on the train to Yatesville. Here it was found that the dog be longed to Benard Dougherty, a track walker, who for six years had always been accompanied on his beat by the dog. Doughtery died yesterday, and at the usaul time his dog went to the rail road shanty, took the red flag In his teeth, and trotted down the track with the danger signal as he had seen his master do. Strange Case at Iowa City. Special to Times-Republican. Iowa City, Oct. 8.—Mrs. Charles Le pich has remained In a state of coma since Monday. She aroused slightly last night only to fall asleep again. The best medical talent in the faculty of the state university has been em ployed, and so far have been unable to determine the cause or the remedy of the strange affection. Minister Ransom Dies Garysburg, N. C., Oct. 8.—Matthew W. Ransom, formerly United States senator and once an American minister to Mexico, died suddenly at his home in North Hampton county at 1 o'clock this morning, aged 78. Brown Will Not be President. New York, Oct. 8.—At the offices of the New York Central railway today the report that Vice President W. C. Brown was soon to succeed President Newman was declared to be without foundation. Nation Should limprove Highways. [Congressman Bro\lrnlow in Collier's.] Considering the country as a whole, our roads are disgracefully and de plorably bad. They are a bar to the financial, social, educational and re ligious progress of the agricultural classes, which the affect directly, and a source of loss to every other class which they affect indirectly. The first great step toward the cor rect solution of the road problem is a recognition of the fact that road im provement Is not wholly a local ques tion. The rural population has a larger interest in good roads than any other class, and it will doubtless al ways be found willing to pay the larg er part of the expenses. But the condition of.the roads affects the pros perity of the whole community. It is, therefore, a proper subject for state and national legislation. A Flourishing Game. [Chicago News.] "As to the cause of education," said the Montana man, "I am glad to say that it is flourishing with us." "Plenty of schools, eh?" was quer ied. "Well, cr.e every few miles or so, but I was referring more to the schoolma ams than the schools." "In what "Why, we ve had fourteen in our dis trict in the last two years and every one of 'em has got married and is liv ing as happy as a clam. We are be hind in some things, but when it comes to the cause of education, we give a schoolma'am her pick of a dozen can lldtttes and if she can't find one to suit Iter as a husband we know she ain up -'.i ceography and 'rithmetic ajid let her f.m r, ^%^^-%^7ffi\' 3 O'CLOCK- EDITION. MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8,1904 Suffrage Movement MakesLittle Progress In the Iowa Legislatures ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 26 Three Hundred Women are Expected to Attend the Convention Which Will be Held at Sheldon Subject of Child Labor to be One Important Topic of Discussion. Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines, Oct. 8.—When The will of the late James Callanan has not yet been filed or njade public, ^he latest estimate of his wealth plac es it at about $3,000,000, an^ one who has long been very close to him states his belief that he has given away about J2.-0.000 in charities. It is regarded as possible that he may have so arranged matters that other portions of his es tate will escape payment of the collat eral inheritance tax, but if not, then the State will get from $125,000 to $150,000 in the special tax provided in such cas es. This is the sum anticipated now by the state officials. An interesting controversy is going on here over whether or not it is right for a church to accept money from a saloonkeeper as a contribution. Ben Pa-ker, the wealthy owner of many sa loons and dealer in liquor, was asked by ex-Chief Justice Cole to contribute to a fund to raise a debt on the Sixth Presbyterian church and he agreed to pay $10. He sent the check to Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, the pastor, who returned it. Then Judge Cole proceed ed to collect the amount again and ap ply 't on the church debt. Now every body is discussing the ethics of the case and opinion is divided as to whether or not the money of men engaged in any buf.'ness denounced by the church shall te accepted. jf A the an nual gathering of the eiiual suffragists of Iowa is called to order at Sheldon on the 26th of the present month one of the principal reports to be delivered will be that of Miss Daisy Deighton, chairman of the committee on legislation, relating to the- attitude of the Thirteenth gen eral assembly of Iowa toward the scheme to allow women to vote in Iowa. The report will not be very cheering, for there has been no legislature for many years so fully determined not to be bothered with the question of aUo\v ine women to vote as the last one. Keen obpCTvers declared that tnere never Wfig time when there was any chance of getting the proposed amendment ,hru the and there persons who would f^vor a lowing the people to vote on the^pro posal, but there was not in eithei bouse one person who would come out and become the avowed champion of the cause of the women. As a result th equal suffrage proposition attracted very little attention in the legislature last vear. The report will rather indi cate that there has been no progress maiie in that direction in Iowa, for two years ago and on several previous occa sions the subject has been much urged before the legislatures. It is expected that about 300 women will attend the convention at Sheldon. Mrs. M. J. Coggcshall, of this City, a veteran worker in women suffrage, is president of Uie, state association. One subject to be discussed at the meeting will be that of child labor in Iowa, on a im port by Mrs. Lona I. Robinson. There 8 at present much agitation in the state on this subject and it is regarded as certain there will be some legis lation at the next session. 4'"* A la-w class of forty-two young men were examined by the state examining board this week and thirty-four of them were granted certificates to en gage in the practice of law. The pro portion of those passing was large* than usual. At the last previous exam ination here some trouble arose over a report that the students had obtained surreptitiously a copy of the questions to be asked, and that in the case of a number of the students the examina tions were unfair. A large numbet were rejected, and some of the stu dents felt that it was due to the unjust suspicions aroused. This time no scan» dal was suggested and the class went thru nicely. Assistant Attorney General Law rence DeGrafE has returned from Ona~ wa, where he argued to Judge Wake field the case of the state treasurer against the executors of the estate of Laura D. Whiting, involving about $1,500 of tax due the state from collat eral inheritances on money deposited in banks in Onawa and Sioux City.The deceased lived in another state and the heirs claim the money was in fact in other states. The ease involves much that is entirely new in the application of the collateral inheritance tax mat ter, and Judge Wakefield will not de liver an opinion until the opening or his next term of court. No matter how the decision goes the supreme court will be called on to pass on the mat ter. The state of Towa has just filed for for the first time Its new state ware house where documents and old books are to be kept. Already over 300,000 (»ld documents have been placed in thw building, and now the state official* are engaged in the problem of provid ing fyr disposal of the great majority Of the old documents a reserve Ust wilt be made, .Which -.will be hell by i&« 1 state and -be subject to delivery only on an order from the state executive council, while the ordinary document? will be available for the heads of tl departments. The new warehouse fireproof, and for the first time in th*. history of the state there will be sys tematic effort made to have the docu ments kept in some order. There will be no election in Novem ber of a successor to the late Repre sentative Harris of Poweshiek county, who died this week at his home In Montezuma. His death came so near the time for making up the lists of candidates that it will be impossible now, even should the election be or dered, to comply with the law as to nominations. ILLINOIS FAIR PAYS OUT. Ends Receipts When Closing Day Prov6 to be $60,000. Springfield, 111.. Oct. 8.—Yesterday was the closing day of the Illinois state fair and Springfield suspended busi ness to "participate in the events. Ow ing to the cold, raw weather, however, there was little enthusiasm. The feat ure of the day was the parade of prize livestock, which was the greatest ever seen here. The management last night estimated the receipts of the fair at about $60,000 which will about cover the expenses. BOULDER GAME OFF Coach of Nebraska Team Would Not Let His Men Play 35 Minute Halves as They Were Not in Training. Denver, Oct. 8.—The game of foot ball scheduled at Boulder, Col., today between teams from the State Univer sities of Nebraska and Colorado, has been called off because of a disagree ment between the manager of the Boulder team, and Coach Booth of the Lincoln aggregation. Booth refused to allow his men to play 35-minute halves, which was insisted upon by Boulder. Booth said he feared the health of his men would be perma nently injured in such a long struggle since they have had but two weeks' training. The Nebraska men arrived in Deli ver yesterday and were to go to Bould er today. They will now return 'home. Football Games Today. Iowa vs. "Drake, at Drake stadium. Capital Park vs. Marshalltown, at Des Moines. Cornell vs. Grinnell, at Grinnell. Des Moines- ,e»llege vs. Coe, at Cedar Rapids. Ames vs. State Normal, at Ames. Minnesota vs. North Dakota, at Min neapolis. Nebraska vs. Colorado, at Boulder. Wisconsin vs. Marquette, at Madi son. Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh, at Franklin field. Tale vs. Pennsylvania State college, at New Haven. Princeton vs. Washington and Jef ferson, at Princeton. Harvard vs. Maine, at Cambridge. Cornell vs. Hamilton, at Ithaca. Columbia vs. Williamis, at New York. Annapolis vs. "Va. M. I., at Annapolis. Carlisle vs Bucknell, at William sport. Dickinson vs. West Point, at West Point. Michigan vs. Kalamazoo, at Ann Ar bor. Chicago vs. Purdue, at Chicago. CAPITAL PARK WINS Defeats Marshalltown High School Team 34 to 0 in Game at Des Moines This Afternoon. Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines, Oct. 8.—On the league base ball' grounds, which were ankle deep in mud, with halves of thirty and forty minutes, the Capital Park high school beat Marshalltown, 34 to 0. Capital Park scored 28 in the first half after the first fifteen minutes of play. The Grinnell News. Special to Times-Republican. Grinnell, Oct. 8. President D. F. Bradley delivered an address before the State Christian Endeavor convention at Shenandoah last night. From that place he goes to Ames for a Sunday address, and returns to Grinnell on Monday. Mrs. A. C. Campbell, of Union, was taken from the south bound Iowa Cen tral train yesterday morning on a cot, and -carefully carried into the Gifford house, to await the afternoon train to Iowa City, where She was to go into the hospital to undergo an operation for appendicitis. She was accompanied by her husband and her physician, Dr. Kauffman. Mr. and Mrs. John Cessna returned from the exposition at St. Louis yes terday morning. A game of football was played yes terday afternoon at Athletic park by the Oskaloosa and Grinnell high school teams, resulting in a score of 45 to 0 in favor of Grinnell. Work on the ditching and repairing of the mains for the heating plant goes on slowly. A few of the labor ers did not join in the strike and new laborers are gradually coming in. The gang from Des Moines did not arrive as expected yesterday, but this was no serious disappointment to Manager Cole, as he has to wait for the arrival of more logs before the work can be finished. The family of D. W. Norris. Jr.. re turned to their home in Marshalltown, this morning, after a visit of a week ait the home of D. W. Nonris in this city. j. •&»**'{! Pipe Organs and Seed Corn. Mason City, Oct. 8.—The first plp& organ was shipped from the factory )cre: today after a great recital on it rS VR 4 A '*./ 7 T.-R. BULLETIN iiin OFiir Sun rises Oct. 9, 6:05 sets, 5:30. Weather. Iowa Partly cloudy tonight Sun day, slightly cooler in the rorth to night and in the central and east Sun day. Illinois Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday probably light local showers in the north tonight slightly cooler in the north Sunday. South Dakota Partly cloudy to night and Sunday cooler in the cen tral and east tonight. PAGE ONE. Telegraphio News: Terrible and Fatal Auto Race. Everything Comes LaFolletie's Way. Woman's Suffrage Has Poor Show. Montana Unions Join Democrats. Democrats Have Hope for Rhode Is land. Kuropatkin Sends Guns to Left, PAGES TWO AND THREE. Iowa News in Brief: Cornell Explains the Joke Perkins Would Succeed Cummfns. Litigation Over Fair Store at Max well. Hearse Called for Live Men. Saloon Man Held for Robbery Huggard Gets $27,500 Verdict. Large Class of Preachers Ordained. PAGES FOUR AND FIVE. Editorial: a The Department Cure.'1"* Church Consolidation. A **, Wisconsin Seems to be Safe. Topics and Iowa Opinions. ,^s 5 Looker-On in Iowa. last night. It was built in a month. Mason City will hold a corn judging contest for northern Iowa in a few weeks, looking to the impro'/etnent of seed and the education of farmers in corn growing. Professor Holden will be in charge. :z'' FIVE SAILORS DROWNED. Crew of Gunboat Vixen Lose Lives at Pensacola, Fla. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 8.—Five jjiem bers of the crew of the gunboat Vixen were drowned in the bay today by the capsizing of a sailboat in which they were returning from Pensacola to the navy yard. The dead Otto Brunz. Richard Lewis. H. D. Hartly. W. G. Foster. H. D. Hartlly. JJ 5» y„. THE MARKET NEWS 4 j$bI.~ t-' 4 ii ?»«.. J$/'!'/ 1 PAGES SIX AND SEVEN? City News: .'A, Allison Can Not Come. Another Fairbanks Meeting Held. Clinton May Join League. A Louis to Clarion Hospital. *, Falls From Scaffold. W Dr. Roberts Injured. Program for Archbishop. Friday "Marshalltown Day." Local Comment. The City Field. PAGE EIGHT. Iowa and Commercial: Sports of the Week. Bryan Predicts Roosevelt's Success. Illustrated Features of Interest.' Indiana Bank Robbed of $510,000. Great Improvement to Business. Hog Market Declines. Chicago Board of Trade Holiday. Financial News. its 1 Lady Curzon Improving. Walmer Castle, End., Oct. 8.—Ac cording to the report given out at 10 o'clock this morning Lady Curzoji was slightly better. Postage Stamps. "Wy sir," said the man in charge of the1 stamp division at Washington a few days ago, "we count in millions and billions here. We can tell without dif ficulty whether the country is prosper ous or floundering in the slough of edversity. In fact the order sheet for stamps is an accurate barometer of industrial conditions in trie United States. As a political argument noth ing better oan be advanced than the unusually heavy demand for stamps during the last four years. The calls upon us necessitate constant activity. The sales of stamps has jumped with leaps and bounds since 1900. In that year we shipped 3,958,000,000 in 1901, 4,270,000,000 in 1902, 5,135,:)30,000*, and in the present year we hope to pass the 6,000,000,000 mark. "Our best month is January.' Bus iness picks up in December as a re sult of the holiday season, but we reach the flood in January. August is the slaick fnonthi, artd February is counted among the dull periods. The demand in the first twenty days of every quarter is unusually heavy, and at such times our daily shipments foot up millions. "The task of printing and distribut ing the little certificate that appears on the letters in the United States mails is a tremndous one. Great skill is required in every iranch of the work. The best plate printers that can be ob tained in this county are employed, and the women who examine and count the stamps are among the most expert of the small army employed in the bure»u of engraving and print ing." 'The government has been printing its own postage stamps since 1894. Previous to that year the work was done under contract. Under the pres ent system the bureau of engraving and printing must compete for the work with private companies. Lasfr year the competition was lively and the bureau won on a small margin. The insular possessions: are begin ning to draw upon the government for large shipments of stampss. The Phil ippines take 6.000,000 a year and the Hawaii and Porto Rico each,,3.500,000 a year. Formerly postage statnps wer* sim ple in design. The seri«s authorized last year are more elaborate than any ever before issued by the government They are more ornate arid carry the year of birth and death of the subject. This gives them an educational value which they did not possess in former year* More complete than in any other one daily newspaper is a special service with the T.-R. Js*'" Jf Jgijfc NO. 236 Montana Labor Unions Endorse Parker and Davis Giving t\. Taggart Hope RHODE ISLAND IS PROMISED Governor Garvin Tells Judge Parker That There Is a Fighting Chance For Democrats in His State—Fair* banks Talks to the Laboring Men in Wyoming. New York, Oct. 8.—Chairman Tag gart received a dispatch from Montana today stating that the labor organiza-' tions of the state had endorsed the Parker and Davis electoral tickev which Taggart says, means the elec toral vote of Montana for the. demo cratic ticket. HOPE TO CARRY RHODE ISLAND. Governor Garvin Fills Judge Parker Up With Hope For That State. Esopus, Oct. 8.—Governor Garvin, ot Rhode Island, spent the morning nfith Judge Parker in a discussion of politi cal affairs in his state. He gave the presidential candidate an exhaustive re port of what was being done in the campaign. He placed Rhode Island in the doubtful column and said the demo crats had a good fighting chance of car rying it for Parker and Davis. FAIRBANKS IN WYOMING. Talks, Prosperity and Protection to Laboring Men at Rook Springs. Rock Springs, Wyo., Oct. 8.—-Senator Fairbanks commenced his day's work in Wyoming with a speech at this place.He was greeted by a large crowd. The vice presidential candidate's re marks were directed almost entirely to the working class, this being an im portant coal mining center. He pre* scented the advantages of a protective tariff, cited conditions of 1893 and sub sequent years to show that under democratic administration the people have not the assurance of -work that they have under republican rule. HI* reference to Roosevelt's reslcbence -a» the west elicited vigorous applausk INDIANA POLITICS.' pressed V' t' F- Five' Candidates Will Contest for Fairbanks' Vacant Seat—Landis on ••=. Election Results. Indianapolis, Oct. 8.—Now that it is assurred by the republican leaders that Indiana Is safe for Roosevelt by 15,000, the question of the succession to the United States senatorship which will be left vacant by Fairbanks, is attracting attention. Most people know J* by this time that if Fairbanks is elected his seat will be contested for openly by Governor Durbin, Harry S. New, the national committeeman from In diana, and Representatives Hemenway, Crumpackeri and Landis. They do say( that Senator Fairbanks has—not in so many "words, because he seldom does things in so many--words—but that he has, just the same, promised his sen. atorial toga to Hemenway. The outside candidates are naturally inclined to resent this. They believe that Pair banks and the state machine should keep out of the senatorial fight entirely. The closest frfends of the vice presi dential candidate say that he has ex- no preference as to his suoces- SOT, leaving the field free to everybody, as he did when Beveridge was a candi date, and was finally elected, whereas. if Fairbanks had said the word, he could probably have dictated the choice of J. Frank Hanly, the present candi date for governor, who "was his PP*- sonal friend. The mere existence of a rumor that the republican machine is being ma nipulated for the benflt of Hemenway has a tendency to consolidate the op position to him, and it would not be surprising after election to see Gov. Durbin leading the field in v• a determln- ed attack -which might put the c^lr" man of the appropriations committee down and out, so far as anything ex cept his own district is concerned. In a recent interview Congressman Landis speaking of probable election results said: I "People may think me a crazy dreamer," said Landis as sat in retired corner of the club library, ,v "but I believe that Roosevelt will carry Indiana by from 40,000 to 60,000 ma« "I have been all over the state, have xraAe speeches out in the smaller ,V. places, and I have come to the conclus ion that President Roosevelt's strength in the country districts has been vastly underestimated and that Parker wilt be buried at the November elections. I believe that the same conditions which are found in Indiana exist else where, and therefore I believe Roose velt will carry New York state, nil matter how great the alleged disaffec tion with the republican state m»« chine." Cleveland as a Fisherman. [New York Press.] Ex-President Cleveland is a good fisherman. His excellent standing in the fraternity of anglers is due less to his skill than to the cultivation of hiS faculty of credence. He listens in pa tience to every fish story that comes along and believes it absolutely, provld ed it is not backed up by unworthy wit nesses. Only the fisherman of ill-re pute calls for witnesses. "Ain't that so, Bill, George, Jim and John?" saws the professional prevaricator, weak in his own faith and responsibility. The truth ful man states the case and rests with- ... out appeal. To tell a fishing story at second hand is always dangerous and should be avoided by all honorable f«l» 1 v' i". Vi'v