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FIRST NATIONAL, 8WEA CITY—
Allow ma to compliment you upon
the hiflh standard of your papar. I
have yet to eae an article that would
prompt the conclusion that the cor
poration! had any more "Stand in"
than the rest of us.—A. T. WHERRY
Cashier.
VOLUME THIRTY-THREE.
Jerome Preparing to Bring
About a Conp That May
Abruptly End Trial
PREFERS PRISON TO ASYLUM
His Counsel Prsparing to Resist at Ev­
ery Point Prosecuting Attorney's
Shrewd Move—Places Defense in an
UneomfOrtable Position— Lawyers
Are Uneasy.
New York, Feb. 15.—Close observes
of the Thaw trial' believe the present
trend of the trial as shown in the last
two days, is toward a commission in
lunacy to determine officially Thaw's
condition of mind. This 'belief was
||jsufgested by District Attorney Jer
'^lotne'i apparent willingness to admit a
part of the will, by his readiness to
withhold technical objections to the
testimony of Thaw's family physicians
tending to throw light upon defend
ant's mental status, and by his policy
6t yesterday In admitting without op
position the conversation between
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Thaw and Dr. Evans when the latter
was examining the? prisoner in the
Tombs."
Counsel for Thaw have reached the
opinion that the trial may be termj
r.ated abruptly any day next week from
tills cause. So fully convinced are ttiey
.mat Jerome will make this move that
they are planning to fight him on this
line. Thaw himself is credited with
Staving declared he would not face the
asylum In preference to Sing Sing and
'V. the death chamber, so it can be seen
•with- what feeling this expected move
of JerOftie is creating in the camp of
the defense.
Oije result may be the forcing of the
defense to abandon the insanity plea
altogether.
i~ Thaw as a Reformer:-1
Dr. Josiah Strohg, president of the
American Institute for Social Service,
^ald today that Thaw consulted him
Slfev?Jmoro than two years ago about break
wi^ng"den of vice",, tn this city
^•whlph was protected" by a wealthy and
influential man. Thaw did not say
'•where It wass located, but Strong said
the young man told him such a story
that it "made his blood 'boil.' Strong
added he referred Thaw to Anthony
Comstock.
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HARMON SEEKS CARS
Judge, Who is Receiver for Two Rail
roads, Will Prosecute Other Roads,
Which Have Bean Using the For-
mer*s Cars Illegally.
Cincinnati, Feb. 15.—One of the most
lriiportant actions ever instituted by a
railroad official for the return of freight
cars from other roads, will soon be
taken in the United States court by
Judge Harmon, receiver for the Pere
Marquette and the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton and Dayton railroads. There are
several thousand freight cars of these
two roads held by many roads of the
country, and It is the intention of Har
mon to compel these roads to give an
accounting for the use of his cars. He
•aid today:
"I shall soon institute a suit against
the" roads that hav« been using our
cars illegally."
ttP AGAINST JUTE TRUST.
Ounlap Carpet Company, Philadelphia,
8eriously Embarrassed Finanoially.
Philadelphia, Feb. 15.—Counsel for
the James Dunlap Carpet company,
which operates large mills in this city,
', announced, today that the company is
temporarily embarrassed. It is stated
that the liabilities af $600,000, and it is
expected that the assets will be largely
in excess of that sum.: The reasons
for the embarrassment, counsel said,
are failure of tentative subscribers to
the company's stock to pay for it, and
the fact that James Dunlap, president
of the company, "had run up against
the jute trust."
FEAR GERMAN AGGRESSION.
French Government Watching Move
ment on Frontier..
Paris, Feb. 15.—In the chamber of
deputies today, M. Lefebure complained
that the people of the department of
Meuse, who would have to sustain the
first shock in a war with Germany,
were greatly exercised by th* activity
of the Germans on the frontier. Pic
quart, minister of war, raised a storm
of applause when he replied that if the
Germans were violating the neutral
territory of the grand duchy of Lux
emberg, France would take measures to
meet the situation.
HEALTH OFFICER POISONED.
Life of Fred Lerch, Sioux City, Was
in Danger.
Special to Times-Republican.
Sioux City, Feb. 15.—Constant
breathing of the fumes of formalde
hyde Is the serious illness of Fred
Lerch, sanitary policeman, who is
somewhat better now, however. Pneu
tnonla was the verdict of the physi
cians when they first diagnosed the
case of the sanitary policeman. Later
they discovered Jils"- lungs had been
poleonod and the tissues injured by the
fumes of the drug used in fumiga
tion.
Lerch has been employed by the city
In the health department. His par
ticular duties wa« to release patients
from quarantine and to fumigate the
houses. In each instance the fumes
would oe breathed in getting out and
closing up the house. The cumulative
effects of these inhalations of -poison
told on the officer and he was obSlged
to give up his work. Since Lerch's ill
ness the work of fumigation has been
done by his assistants and members pf
the police force.
HARRISON'S GRANDSON DEAD.
Colonel James ndlay Harrison, Re
lated to President, Dies in Kansas.
Mound City, Has., Feb. 15.—Colonel
James Findlay Hi.prison, a grandson of
President William Harrison, died at
his home here yesterday of old age,
aged 82 years. He was born in Cin
cinnati, fought under Major General
Zachary Taylor in the Mexican war
and went thru th? civil war as colonel
of fihe Eleventh Ohio volunteers. He
was a graduate of West Point and up
to recently had engaged in his pro
fession of civil engineer.
WALKER CLAIMS INJURY.
Defaulting Treasurer Writes to Presi
dent of New Britain, Conn., Bank.
New Britain. C:nn., Feb. 15—It be
came known today that in a letter writ
ten by William E. Walker, the default
ing treasurer of i.he Savings Bank, to
President Corbin. Walker claimed that
he had been sand-bagged in New fork
and would be unable to return to New
Britain for some time.
BRAZIL'S PLAN POOR ONE.
Rothschilds Refuse Request to Finance
Coffee Valorisation Scheme.
London, Feb. 1!.—'The Rotchschilds
have refused the request of the Brazil
ian government to issue a loan of $25,•
000.000. to finance the coffee valoriza
tion scheme. Tte bankers here1 are
convinced that the Brazilian plan, for
keeping coffee up to a fictitious price
is doomed to failure.
RUSSIA FACES CRISIS
Alladin, Peasant Leaded, 8ays Starva
tion and Revolution Are Imminent
Unless Demandu of Poor Are Met.
New York, Feb. 15.—Alexis Alladin,
leader of the peasant party in the Rus
sian douma, arrived here today on the
steamer Majestic. Alladin proposes
making a tour of the country, deliver
ing lectures in the cause of freedom
for his native land. AIladH said he
will not be at all astonished if the new
douma is never organized.
Alladin said th» conditions of the
poorer classes in Russia are extremely
desperate. He believes more than a
million persons will die in that coun
try during the next three months from
starvation and unless the constitutional
rights demanded by the Russian peo
ple arts immjediat ely granted,. Alladin
asserted there will be one of the great
est strikes the world has ever seen. The
Russian navy will join in the revolt
from the first, he declares, and will be
quickly followed by the army.
COPPER STOCK BREAKS RECORD.
Calumet and Hecla Sell for $1,000 on
Boston Stock Exchange.
Boston, Feb. 15—Shares of Calumet
and Hecla copper stock sold for $1,000
on the Boston stock exchange this, aft
ernoon. This Is the highest price ever
paid for any copper stock in tlh^ history
of the exchange.
STUDENT VS. FACULTY
Former Manager of University of
Washington Bane Ball Team Seeks
Court's Aid to Compel Conferring
the Degree of Bachelor of Arts On
Himself.
St. Louis, Feb. 15.—The question of
the jurisdiction o:' the circuit court to
mandamus the faculty of Washington
university to issue a degree to a for
mer student, is being considered by
Judge Reynolds. The case was taken
under advisement today at the conclu
sion of the plain :iff's •evidence in the
case,.William
R. Oilbert, a former stu­
dent, who is asking: that the faculty be
compelled to confe:: the degree of bach
elor of arts on him. Gilbert was
manager of the university base ball
team last spring. He was dismissed by
the faculty from the university, on the
grounds that he permitted a student
who was behind nis studies to play
in the intercollegiate game with the
University of Arkansas team.
ATTACK PROVES FATAL.
C. M. Kemp, Pullnan Conductor, Dies
at Ft. Madison Hospital.
Special to Times- P.epublican.
Ft. Madison, Fsb. 15.—The mv 3ier
ious and brutal assault on C. M. Kemp,
the Santa Fe sleeping car conductor,
who h£is been lying in the company's
hospital here sincc January 22, has re
sulted in his de*ith. Kemp was on
train No. 10, near Gibbs, Mo., when the
attack occurred, and with his death the
mystery of the Moody affair deepens
The secret service people have be^a
unable to find any clue to bin assail
ant, and Kemp never regained con
sciousness sufficiently to tell ths
story, iho he did at different times,
while partially conscious, make a state
ment, tho the statements were wo at
variance that neither coud be relied
upon. First he stated that two white
men committed Cue deed.
Reciprocal Agreement WithjCan
ada Shelved By the House
Committee
LONGER SESSIONS! DECIDED ON
Plans Made to Facilitate Closing Work
of Session—Massachusetts Legisla­
tors Petition Congress for Tariff Re­
vision—President Asked to Use His
Power to Hasten Action*
House Defeats Burton's Motion.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The house this
afternoon defeated the motion by Bur
ton of Ohio, eliminating one of the
two battleships of the Dreadnaught
type, provided for in the naval appro
priation bill.
Coal Lands Leasing Bill.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The bill con
forming in a measure to President
Roosevelt's recommendation for the
leasing of coal lands by the govern
ment, rather than their sale, was de
cided upon today by the house com
mittee on public lands.
IOWA ARMY MAN DISGRACED
Captain L. M. Koehler, Who Has
Relatives at LeMars, to Be Expelleu.
Special to Times -Republican.
LeMars, Feb. 15—Word comes to
relatives here from Washington, D. C.,
that Secretary Taft has finished his
consideration of the record of proceed
ings of the court martial in the case of
Capt. L. M. Koehler, Fourth cavalry,
who was tried in the Philippines on
charges of making disrespectful re
marks' of Major General Leonard
Wood. The papers have now passed
Into the hands of Judge Advocate Gen
eral Davis, who will prepare the in
dorsement for the war department nec
essary for the action of the president.
Before the papers go to the white
house, however, Secretary Taft will be
again called upon to record his opinion
of the indorsement of the judge advo
cate general. The understanding Is
that the court martial sentenced the
accused to dismissal, and that Secre
tary Taft has decided to approve the
findings.
Captain Koehler complained first be
cause Major Scott did not furnish suf
ficient accommodations for men and
horses before the battle of Mt. Dajo,
last year. He was court martialed and
reprimanded. He appealed and ac
cused Major General Wood of favorit
ism for Scott. He was again court
martialed, this case being now before
Taft.
., BURGLAR STILL ALIVE.
Man Shot by Marshal at Northwood in
Precarious Condition.
Special to Times-Republican.
Northwood, Feb. 15.—The burglar,
by name "Thomas Ambrose," who was
shot by Marshal John Olson early yes
terday morning, Is still alive, but in a
precarious condition. The victim is now
in the Worth county jail well carel
for. Marshal Olson has been Inter
viewed, who tells the story as follows:
"At tbout two o'clock I was on Main
street, about one block north from the
postoffice, and saw a faint glimmer of
light thru the west window, which is
the front of the postoffice. I imme
diately wen^ to the .postoffice and tried
•the front door and found it. locked I
then started to go to the back 3" on
the south slut. ntar the east eni, and
saw another glimmer of light. I
passed on to the back door but befare
reaching the door, I heard foot seeps on
broken glasa inside the bull ling, and
Immediately thereafter saw a man im
merge thru the window on the east
^ide of the building. I shot at the man
iir mediately and he rolled over. I told
him, to hold up his hands and asked
him if be had a sun in bis band®. He
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Washington, Feb. 15. Clarion. Marshal Oleson wTlll get a
committee on ways and means decided irewar(j of probably $500 under the Cor
today to indefinitely postpone consM
©ration of the Williams bill for recip
rocal or free trade in coal between the
United States and Canada. It wai also
decided that the resolution asking the
state department for Information con
cerning tentative tariff agreements
with Germany-growing out of the work
of the North commission be laid on the
table.
frhe house adopted a resolution fixing
11 o'clock as the time for convening of
the house the remainder of the session,
except on days set for eulogies.
An urgent demand for tariff revision
signed by Governor Guild and mem
bers of the Massachusetts legislature
was read in the senate today. The pe
tition, after indorsing the maximum
and minimum tariff, asks the president
to use the powers placed in his hands
for speedy -consideration of the subject
in congress.
The senate resumed consideration or
the conference Teport on the immigra
tion bill today. Bacon continued his
speech in opposition to certain provis
ions which he regards «s inimical to
southern industries.
The house today, without debate,
agreed to the conference report on the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill.
General Wint III.
Washington, Feb. 15.—Because of
physical debility, Brigadier-General
Ta^o. J. %iiit, in .".«?iiand of the army
of Cuban pacification, has been giani.ed
a three months' leave of .absenct
MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 1907
said 'No but he had one in his poct
et.' I shot.again in the air and ca'led
for the livery man in the office nearby.
I then searched the man and got a ri
vo'ver and bottle of nitro glycerine.
The toj In the livery stable came w'th
a 'antern. We carried the man In the
livery stable and 'phoned for Dr.
Hurd, who came in a few minutes.
We made further search and found
about $6 In money, a bunch of fuse, a
dozen dynamite caps and some other
•trinkets. After dressing the wound the
man was taken to the jail."
Dr. Hurd was interviewed. He said:
"The course of the bullet can not be
ascertained." There Is Internal hemorr
hage but the extent is unknown to him.
He declined to make a statement as to
the chances for recovery.
The people universally express ap
proval of the prompt action of Marshal
Olson and of the keen watchfulness
which detected the presence of some
thing wrong. The burglar himself
stated that if he had waited a second
longer, it would have been the marshal
who was shot instead of him.
Late this afternoon there was no
change in tlve condition of Ambrose.
Postoffice Inspector Bales, of Water
loo. is here and will prosecute before
„. the United gtates commissioner at
telyou new rules. The conditions in
dicated an accomplice
ESCAPE WHISKY DUTY
Revenue Officers of Englsnd Discover
a Gigantic Scheme for Defrauding
the Government Distillery Firm
Pipes Whisky Underground.
Lohdon, Feb. 15.—A gigantic scheme
on the part of a firm of distillers to
defraud the revenue department Is re
ported to have been unearthed by In
land revenue officers. The latter have
discovered a system of underground
•pipes thru which whiskey is conveyed
from the distillery to the duty-paid
warehouse, whence it is distributed to
the trade, escaping the tax of $2.75 per
gallon. The matter will be brought be
fore parliament.
CANNERS WANT FREER TRADE.
National Association Formed and Ap?
peal Made to President.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15.—The Nation
al Association of Canners and Packer*
was formed here yesterday and adopted
resolutions asking the president of th4
United States, in the negotiating of 4
treaty to give some attention to the ad*
visabllity of placing American canned
goods on the reduced tariff Jist Into
foreign countries and that all posslbla
be -done-to bring about the opra door
policy in the orient for the speedy de
velopment of American commerce and
trade.
MANY PASSENGERS BRUISED.
Passenger Train Crashes Into Switch
Engine at Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oklahoma City, Feb. 15.—Rock Is
land passenger train,', southbound,
crashed into a switch engine' standing
on the main track in the yards here,
last night. The engineer and' fireman
of the passenger train were seriously
hurt. Twenty-four passengers sus
tained cuts and bruises, but hone was
seriously hurt.
WOULD FORCE PASSES
Oregon Legislature Adopts Law Com
pelling Railways to Furnish Free
Transportation to Lawmakers and
Others.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 15.—The legislature
has passed a compulsory pass bill,
which makes it obligatory on the part
of railroads to furnish free transpor
tation to state officers and district offi
cers, county judges and sheriffs. The
bill has gone to the governor for sig
nature, but what his action will be is
problematical.
BAR THE CORRESPONDENTS.
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Kansas Senate Retaliates Against Crit
ical Newspaper.
Topeka, Feb. 15.—The Kansas senate
today by vote of 24 to 13 adopted a
resolution barring the representatives
of the Kansas City Star from the floor
or galleries of the senate. The action
was taken because the Star printed
articles commenting on tho alleged
pro-railroad tertdencies of the senate.
MRS. BRADLEY IS INDICTED
Woman Who Killed Former Senator
Brown Must Stand Trial.
Washington, Feb. 15.—Mrs. Anna M.
Bradley, was today indicted for mur
der in the first degree for shooting
former Senator Arthur H. Brown, of
Utah, at the Raleigh hotel on Decem
ber 8. Her trial will probably not take
place for perhaps two months.
RAISING COLLEGE FUNDS.
Standard Oil Pays Dividend of $15 Per
Share.
New York, Feb. 15.—The Stanlard
Oil Company today declared a quarter
ly dividend of $15 a share.
Indictments Stand.
Xew York, Feb. 15.—Federal Judgd
Holt today handed down a decisk.n ov
erruling the demurrer interposed by
the Lackawanna railroad to the indict
ments returned against it last sum
mer, charging the company with hav
ing granted rebates to the American
Sugar Refining Company.
Governor Higgins1 Funeral.
Orlean, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Funeral
services over the body of former Gov
ernor Frank W. Higgins were held to
day. Among those in attendance were
Governor Hughes, ex-Governor Hill
and
Lieutenant Governor Chanler.
Capitalist and Philanthropist
Succumbs to Heart Disease at
His Home in Iowa Falls
PROMOTED BIG UNDERTAKINGS
Identified in a Prominent Way With
Many Big Enterprises in Northern
Iowa—Built Railways, Colleges and
Libraries—Extensive Land Owner
and Splendid Citizen.
In the business and in a- few years E.
S. Ellsworth's holdings of Iowa lands
became most extensive and' at the
time of his death there were few coun
ties or towns In northern Iowa In which
he did not have some interest. The
rise in lands made him wealthy.
When the B. C. R. &' N. Railroad
was built Mr. Ellsworth was one of its
heaviest stockholders and one of the
heaviest Investors in the Town Lot
Company that laid out the towns on
that 'line between Iowa Falls and
Bstherville. His connection with these
companies increased bis holdings and
have added materially To his wealth.
Some years ago he conceived the Idea
of building a steam railroad between
Iowa Falls and Des Moines and suc
cessfully planned and constructed the
Iowa Falls, Des Moines & Northern.
He was Its president until about a
year ago when he sold his interests in
the road and retired from the presi
dency.
His real estate holdings In northern
Iowa are too various to receive men
tion. Among them are a splendid
eight hundred acre improved farm,
near Dolllver in Emmet county, another
large improved estate at Crystal Lake
and a 'third near Dows in Wright
county. With these he has landed in
terests in farms and city lots and in
vestments in dozens of banks thruout
the northern half of the state. Mr.
Ellsworth has been president for years
of the First National Bank of Iowa
Falls, and a director In -the State Na
tional and Home Savings banks here.
He owned brick blocks and much city
property. His buildings were of the
class suitable to towns ten times the
size of Iowa Falls. The Metropolitan
opera house, one of the finest of the
smaller theaters of the state, was made
possible in Iowa Falls thru the liberal
ity and home pride of E. S. Ellsworth.
His benefactions were numerous. Few
cities have had such benefactors as
Mr. Ellsworth. His public spirit Is
shown in the splendid opera house re
ferred to, in Ellsworth hospital, an In
stitution wfoich for equipment and fa
cility of accommodation has few su
periors in the west in the Ellsworth
Carnegie library, made possible by Mr.
Ellsworth's contribution of $5,000 and
in Ellsworth college to which he has
been a benefactor and contributor of
thousands for years. His latest dona
tion to the school was $10,000 to the
building fund of $35,000 and resulted In
two new buildings, the girls' dormitory
and the library which have just been
completed.
Mr. Ellsworth was a prominent mem
ber of the republican party, well known
as a leader and welcomed to Its state
and national councils. He wag dele
gate-at-large from Iowa in the last
Chicago convention. He has been tot
many years a member of the Masonic
fraternity and was the only 82nd de
gree Mason In Iowa Falls. He is sur
vived by his wife, formerly 'Miss Hattie
Northrop, of Dodge county, Wisconsin,
and two children, Ernest O. Ellsworth,
of this place, and Mrs. Caroline D.
Mevton, of Chicago.
iMr. Ellsworth had faith la Iowa
Falls from the time that it was a
struggling village as tfae people of Iowa
Falls have had faith In him. He was
forever planning for the beauty of the
city and the comfort of Its
inhabitants. Shortly before hi#
death he had from his office
of park commissioner appealed to the
city council regarding a river drive.
To Ellsworth who had been park com
missioner for many years Iowa Falls
owe» its beautiful park system, unsur
passed by any minor city In the state.
No man will ever be more missed tha'n
he, but he has left behind monument'
that will live in a material way as
shall in the hearts of the people.
Special to Times-Republican. able He bought ard sold. The rising
Iowa Fails, Feb. 15.—Eugene S. Ells- prices of land "is the overflow from 11
worth, millionaire an* philanthropist,
died at his home in this city this
was dead spread over the city this
Mr. Ellsworth was born in Milwaukee
in 1848, his parents coming to that city
from) Oswego county, New Tork, in
1836. His father organized a company
during the war of the rebellion and
went to the front as its captain. His
son. El S. Ellsworth, accompanied him
as drummer boy. They served eigh
teen months, when the father's resig
nation became imperative on account
his father. The family came to Iowa
at the close of the civil war, In 1866.
The father opened a livery barn and
young Ellsworth drove prospective land
purchasers over the prairies.
was here that he gained his knowl
edge"
of locations ahd the'value of Iowa
lands. In 1870 E. S. Ellsworth, then
'grown to manhood, opened a land and
loan office In this city. Prior to en
gaging in business for himself he took
a course at Bailey's Business College
in Dubuque. The elder Ellsworth died
two years later, in 1872. The land and
loan office prospered. The training of
the earlier years was brought to bear
No man has been better known In
north central Iowa than "Gene Ells
worth" or will be more missed and his
death more sincerely regretted. He
was typically a pioneer of the state,
coming to Hardin county without a
dollar and by careful management and
faith In the country acquiring a large
fortune as hundreds of his fellow pio
neers have accumulated fortunes
or a competence. Ellsworth did
as the successful settler of
new countries usually does—put his
money Into lands. It w*as a small be
ginning, but his holdings grew and
whre increased a* rapidly as he was
Enswor.h a n:'li!c.naire.
morning at 3 o'clock. aire he wn.s the same man that drove a
When the news that E. S. Ellsworth livery team for wages showing land
seokers the five dollar an
a re land that has so long
morning it came as a shock to all, as disappeared from Iowa and from Har
the death was wholly unexpected, din county In particular. He was
While it was known that Mr. Ellsworth "Gene" to every gray headed farmer In
had contracted a slight cold, no one
entertained the idea that his indisposi
tion* was in the least serious. His
death was directly due to an old trou
ble for which he had taken treatment
for many years, a disease which in
cludes a hardening of the heart mus
cles.
Wright, Hardin and Franklin counties
and tc the older of his townsmen.
"Gene" Ellsworth was a splendid
type of the common sense millionaire.
He was satisfied. Politics failed to at
tract him except as a citizen. Iowa
Falls, the little city where he made Ms
money and his fi'lends, was go.i.i
enough for him. He built brick blocks
there that could not possibly pay inter
eft on the investment simplyJ to sh-'v
his appreciation of the town he lived
in and the people he lived among. He
built a college because Iowa Falls
needed a good school and the people
of upper Iowa needed It. He was plain,
honest, sincere and in consequence
popular. How much he did for Iowa
Falls and how mueh Iowa Falls appre
ciated the common, kindly neighbor
who lived among them as one of them,
can never 'be told.
of poor health. The son being under complete but services will probably be
age was obliged to come home with held Sunday and interment will be
The funeral arrangements are not
made in Union cemetery here.
HARD TO KILL NEGRO
During Farmsville, Va., Execution,
Crlmlrwl'a Great Weight Breaks
Rope Twice and Dying Agonies
Cause Fearful Scene Displays
Great Calmness.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 15.—There ifras
a harrowing hanging scene at Farms
ville today, of Moses Hill* and William
Ruflfin, negroes, convicted of murder.
Hill weighed 275 pounds and the rope
broke. He walked calmly back to the
scaffold, when it broke the second time,
and he died In agony on the ground.
HARDIN COUNTY PETIT JURY.
March Term of Court Will Convene at
Eldora on March 11.
Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Feb. 15.—The petit jury for
the term of Hardin county court which
will commence here March 11, Is as
follows: J. E. CUrzan «T. D. Reed, W.
S. Sheldon, W. H. Henefln, Lew Hall,
H. A. Furman, H. F. Brickie, A. J.
Buchanan, D. Wills, A. E. Riley, of
Eldora George Baughman, Jr., Owasa
L. W. Coleman, E. D. JSVhlting, M. H.
Hanson, Harmann Klute, H. L. Ever
ett, T. F. Rigg, H. S. Powers, J. J.
Carney, J. W. Mallory, of Iowa Falls
W. T. S. Rath, of Ackley Fred Slek
man, W. A. JQfford, U. G. Kniss, F. P.
Cady, O. A. Larson, of Hubbard F.
Vlerkaudt, C. Lydn, Henry Tordoff,
T. R. Holmes, O. T. Olson, J. H. Col
lins, oif Alden Gus Runge, of Buckeye
H. Hiller, Randall Hattleburg, H.. F.
Wlnterfield, of Radcliffe A. D. Wood,
P. Lovell, of Union Iver Vallum, of
Garden City Ed. Thompson, of New
Providence.
SETTLERS RECALL BAD STORM.
Iowa Falls Blizzard Caused Great
Suffering Forty-one Years Ago.
Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa Falls, Feb. 15.—Older resi
dents today are recalling one of the
worst storms that ever swept over, this
part of Iowa, forty-one years ago yes
terday. The storm started on the 13th,
of the month and lasted mntil the 15th.
Much stock perished, and there was
wide-spread suffering that followed In
the wake of the blizzard. The temper
ature dropped to 38 and 42 degrees
during the two days of the storm.
WOMAN HAS SECOND TRIAL.
Counsel for Buxton Murderess Claims
Shooting in Self Defense.
Special to Times-Republican.
Albia, Feb. 15.—Nannie Taylor, the
Buxton negress charged with murder,
is on trial here for the second time.
The state has rested its case and wit
nesses for the defense are being ex
amined. She killed her husband last
May In a drunken family quarrel. The
defense claims accidental shooting in
self-defense.
FISHER SUCCEEDS SMITHSON.
Davenport Man Captain of Iowa Col
lege Base Ball Team.
Grlnnell. Feb. 15.—Maturn Fisher of
Davenport was elected captain of the
Iowa college 'base ball team for the
season of 1907, succeeding Smithson,
who failed to make his semester. Fisher
has been one of the strongest players
on the nine for the past two years aftd
Is also a star guard on- the baakat ball
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T.-R. BULLETIN.
Tha W«ath«r.
OS Feb. 16, 6:50 sets, 5:39.
-Fair tonight and Saturday
-te temperature.
.th Dakota—Fair tonight and Sat
.y cooler tonight.
PAGE ONE.
telegraphic News.
Lunacy Commission to Examine
Thaw.
No Free Trade in Coal.
Another Bill Causes Railways to
Sweat.
Larchmont Dead Number 141.
Distillers in Revenue Fraud.
Death of E. S. Ellsworth, Capitalist
and Promoter.
PAGE8 TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News.
Land Advertisements Come High.
Demurrage Bill Has Show to Win.
Iowa a Big Farmer.
Husbands Must 'Bear Wife Tongue
Lashing.
As a million-
Y. M. C. A. Advancing in Iowa.
Iowa Society Banquet ih New Tork.
PAGE FOUR
Editorial.
The Climate Is Changing.
Trade With the Colonies.
Too Late to Settle Two Cent Far*.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinions and Notes.
PAGE FIVE.
Standard May White Flag.
Review of the Sports.
Oddity in the News.
The Conquest of Canaan.
PAGES SIX AND 8EVEN.
Local News.
Another Wreck Hurts Five.
Engineer Fogg Seriously Hurt.
Tax Ferret After Many.
Arney Bill Passes' House.
"Ike" Gets Mrs. Tom Thumb.
C. G. W. Brakeman Hurt.
The City Field.
PAGE EIGHT.
General News.
Wheat Weak, Corn Firmer.
Cattle Lower, Hogs Weak.
Reasons for Russia's Defeat..
Another Bill in Legislature
falling Fop Stock Reports
Causes Worry
TO PERMIT FIXING OF VALUES
Measure Designed to Aid Legislature
to Determine Worth of Stock With
the Water Squeezed. Out—House
Passes Bill Giving Township Privi-
lege of Going Back to Old System.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 15.—Holmes, of
Kossuth, today introduced a bill in the
house to compel all railroads, under
penalty, to file with the auditor Infor
mation as to the amount of stock out
standing every five years, beginning
from 1885, and all other Information
concerning the valuation of'their roads
and earnings, so that the legislature
can proceed intelligently In the mat
ter of railroad legislation. The bill calls
for Information under affidavit never
heretofore required by law and 1a in
tended to assist the legislature in get
ting at the real value of the roads,
minus the water in the stock. It is
causing the railroads to sweat.
Alread introduced a bill prohibiting
any person giving liquor or cigars or
anything of value before a primary or
election to a voter.
Cottrell introduced a bill providing
for a legislative reference department
in the state library, with a competent
person in charge with authority to
gather information such as the legisla
ture might desire to have.
The house today passed the Teter
bill allowing townships option' of re
turning to the old system of working
Out road tax, which was debated ex
tensively yesterday, and voted to ad
journ until 1:30 this afternoon
The senate passed a concurrent res
olution for recess of the legislature
from February 28th to March 5th, also
a bill to Increase compensation for lab
oratory at Iowa City to $6,000 a year.
A bill has been prepared and its pas
sage will be strongly urged In a short
time •providing for a board to examine
professional opticians and to issue cer
tificates, much after the manner of the
boards to examine dentists, veterinar
ians and others. It contemplates no
expense to the state but the graduate
opticians of the state, who have be
come numerous, feel that their profes
sion should ibe put on a par with oth
ers.
Representative Paul has introduced
another bill looking to teaching agri
culture In the public schools. This bill
amends the code so that schopl direc
tors are allowed to acquire land up to
five acres for school house sites and
"the maintenance of agricultural ex
periment stations," and with authority
to arrange for the maintenance of such
stations.
HORSE THIEVES CONFESS.
Two Kansas Criminals Put Under Ar
rest at Cedar Rapids
Special to Times-Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Feb. 16.—Roy Callahan
and Howard Hunt, Kansas horse
thieves, were arrested here today and
INTELLIGENCER AT AMES—
The T.-R. brings the news of Iowa,
and the world concisaly told. It haa _\f
told the nsws, both general and polit-fe^
ical, as it secured it from the bast
authorities and published it without
coloring to suit the notions of the
editor.
N E 4 0
Accuse Officers of Ship of Cot^M
ardly Conduct and Blame
the Crew
KNOWN DEAD NUMBER
Another of the 8urvivors 8uccumbsfi
Effects of Terrible Exposure—Eight/
seven Bodies Not Yet Recovered
Fifty-five Are
News.
Identifies^—Gen
..
Providence, ,R. I., Feb. 15.—The num*-^
ber of dead in the Larchmont horrtfpi*
numbered fifty-five when the morgue
opened today." The death last night.
of Samuel Lacombe, of Manchester, N.
H., oiie of the nineteen persons *what
reached shdre after the LarqhmonfeV
went down, brought the list of survlv*'
ors down to eighteen. Eighty-seven
people known to have been on th*/
steamer were still missing Or unlden^f
tlfied when the work of claiming bo$^§.
a re to a It is a
tically certain the Larchmont cart
led
out with'her on the fatal MondaytyV
night 159 sows. With the return!**. 5?
strength of the survivors able to re
call more clearly what happened in that
terrible confusion of the accident, stor^
ies reflecting on the conduct of som^.
of the officers and crew are related.
Captain McVey insists that he and hi*
men did all that could ibe done in
fifteen minutfes that elapsed from tha v,
time the steamer was raihmed tmtfl
she went down and foundered.
I
Stories Are Denied.
New York, Feb.16.—Stories of
treatment and desertion oif -passengeniy'
on -the Ill-fated steamer Iiarchmont by
the Larchmont's officers and crew Wf '1
vigorously denied by officer* of tha
steamer Kentucky, which arrived htf»
today. The Kentucky Is thfc ateame*
which was «*nt to Block Island by tW
Joy line immediately after the"
news of the disaster had been receive*
Purser Edward Bodaier declared th»ii
several of the rescued pa»seng«rtr
loud in their prtAaf/Wt 'CiljtelB
Vey*s conduct at toe tlme of
aster, and that one of the two women
passengers who survived sa^d the cap
tain did every thing possible'under th*,,.
circumstances.
BODY FROZEN FOR WEEKS,
Remains of Man Found Near Newtei^y/'.'
Cannot Be Identified.
Special to Times-Republican. r%'
Newton, Feb. 15.—The frozen re
mains of a man well dressed, and bear*?
ing every mark of refinement on hiii**?
features, were discovered yesterday
near a haystack, on a farm elx miles j^|
northeast of here. Hundreds, of peo
•pie have since viewed the body, front
which the life evidently fled several
weeks ago, but no one has been able
to identify It. The man is flve feet tea.
inches tall, weighs 175 floundiv ha¥
sandy complexion, 'blue eyes, reddlah.:
hair and is smooth, shaven. A chain
and knife were the only things foun*
on his person.
The board of control at Des Moine®
was asked last night as to what dlt^j
position to make of the body. The mail
had taken off his shoes and undercoat
to use for a pillow and then put hi*
outer c^at back on to keep war^n. It
is supposed he ~went to sleep. Doctor*
say the man has been dead from one t*
two weeks, and that after the body had
first frozen it thawed and then frose
again. He was found on the place of
H. Anderson. Coroner C. E. Boyd has.
refused to hold an inquest, saying thee*
are no markB of violence on the body t*
warrant such action. ''IjSI
NEGRO GUILTY OF ''ASSAULT.fg&g
Frank Johnson, Centerville, Will |H'
From One to Twenty Years.f
Special to Tlmes-RepublicAn.
Centerville, Feb. 15.—After being ou
ten hours, the jury in the case of Frank
Johnson, colored, accused of assaulting
Miss Pearl Heart, one of the high
school teacher# of this city, brought i*
a verdict of guilty as charged in th»
indictment.
Johnson will be sentenced tomorrow*
and will get from one to twenty years,
by Judge Elchelberger. Ex-Candidat*
for Governor C. R. Porter defended
him and says he will carry the case to
the supreme court. The case has been
a hard fought one, and at the time oi
the incident there was a strong fbl-4
lowing of people who wanted to deal
out summary Justice to Johnson. Thera
are so many negroes in Centerville that
such an act would doubtlesa hav«
brought on a race riot.
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DUFFY GIVEN LONG SENTENClb
Mual
Notorious Decorah Criminal
Serve Forty Yeara at -Anamoea.
Special to Times-Republican.
Decorah, Feb. 15.—Judge Hdbson ha*
sentenced to forty years' imprisonment
in the penitentiary at Anamosa, Am
brose Duffy, a well known character
-this section, who was under indictment
on four charges and was being tried for
assault. During the progress of tha
trial, he decided to plead guilty, and
upon being given an opportunity to
plead on the second charge, also
pleaded to that. He waa thereupon
sentenced to twenty yeara on eacftf
charge.
He has been engaged In many crlme%
it is believed, In this part of the 00*~-
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