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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
Road Nearly Completed.

Special to Times Republican.
Sac City. Sept. so.-The work on the
Milwaukee between here and Rockwell
city is nearing completion. The rails
are being laid and the track is down
four miles out of Rockwell City. 1t is
Expected that trains will be running to
Sac City over this line by the last of
October at the furthest, and possibly b
the middle OF next month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
CEDAR COUNTY REPUBLICANS.


Hon. II. Nj. Miller. OF StanwOod,
Named for Representative.
Upton, Oct. 2.-The republicans of
Cedar county held their county conven.
ton here Saturday and nominated an
unusually strong ticket The weather
was fine. and every township was rep
resented in full, While other enthusias.
tic republicans from all over the coun-
try came to attend the convention and
returned home fully confidant that Ce-
dar county will elect the entire lepub-
lican ticket this fall
The convention was held in the cour,
room and there was not nearly enough
room to hold the large crowd that was
in attendance. The following ticket was
nominated:
Representative-Hon T. B. Miller,
Stanwood.
Treasurer-Lieut. j. E. Barley of
Company f, Forty ninth regiment vol
unteers.
sheriff-Robert Ellyson. of West
Branch.
County OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Aurora
Goodale Upton.
Coroner-L l.. Kennedy, Mechanics
VILE
Surveyor. c. Reeder, Upton.
Mr.. Miller received the denomination
for representative without opposition.
While Cedar county is evidently in IA
vor of the reelection of Senator Gear
the sentiment of the republicans of this
county is that the election should be
| left to the legislature, as wisely provid-
ed in our law. The convention neither
| instructed nor asked pledge as to who
! Mr.. Miller would support for United
States senator, trusting to his good
Judgment and integrity in carrying out
the wishes of his constituents when the
proper time comes for him to vote in
the selection of senator to succeed
Mr.. Gear. Both Mr.. Miller and Col.
Moffit will go to Des Moines unin-
structed, but advised in the matter
and no one doubts but what both will
do the proper thing when the time ar
| riyeS for action.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
FOUND DEAD N FIELD
Howard Wjnney, Living Near Mil.
ford, Killed While Flowing in
Field.
Manner and Exact Cause Of His
Death Not Known-O other
Casualty.
Ex-senator Harlan Reported to be
Dying at His Home at Mt.
Pleasant.
pecial to Times Repubucan.

Special to Times Republican.
Milford, Oct. Howard winney. son
of l.. g. Winney, living in westport
township, ten miles west OF Milford,
was killed in some unknown manner
while blowing Saturday. Not coming in
for dinner. search was made and the
young man was found lying dead in the
field. He was about is years of age.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
uardin county Campaign.

Special to Times Republican,.
Iowa Falls. Oct. 2.-The democrats of
this county will open the campaign in
Hardin on Thursday of this week, when
Father Nugent. of Des Moines, will de-
liver lecture at Eldora. The republi-.
cans of the county will fire the first gun
on the 18th, when big open air meet,
ing will be held on the fair grounds at
Eldora and addresses will be made by
Governor Shaw, Congressman Dolliver
and other well known republican
speakers. The campaign over the coun-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
transfer of Insane Patients.

Clarinda. Oct. 2.-Attendants with
thirty patients arrived here sunday.
They were transferred from the hos
pital for insane at independence to the
one here. There are now about 700 in
| the hospital here
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
Tent and Goods Burn.
/ to Times Republican.

-SpeClaI 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rutnven. Oct. Wv. F. Hough, of
Adair, Iowa, who has been here with
his family on vacation and fishing
trip, met with sad accident last night.
His tent burned up and with it one team
of horses, set of harness and all the
household goods and clothing they had,
except what they had on. The cause of
the fire is unknown. The family and
one team are safe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
stole Brnss FITTING.

Special to Times Republican.
Burlington. Oct. flames Conley is
in 1ail here for the larceny OF brass fit
tings. supposedly from the steamboat
Clinton at Lyons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
Damage suits ut Eagle Grove.
49,, -. rr,;x.a., Do-,,1,I;oor

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls. Oct. 2.-Judge S. NJ.
Weaver went to Clarion this morning
to convene the October term of the
Wright county district court. Among
the leading cases that will come at this
term are two damage cases against the
city of Eagle Grove. and as they grow
out of alleged defective sidewalks the
cases will be watched with interest by
all municipalities. The plaintiffs in
these actions are Mrs. Martha j. Beav-
err and Mrs. Anna Paddleford. They
will each claim that they sustained
permanent injuries on account of de-
fective walks in the defendant city and
the former will seek to recover $500
and the latter $500, making a total of
$4,000 damages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02

ity promises to be short but very
warm one, and after the opening week
the republicans will hold many meet
ings at various parts of the county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
SOMETHING TO
BE PROUD OF

Is the irreproachable manner
in which your linen is always laundered when
you bring it to the Empire Laundry. We are
proud Of it ourselves, and Of the fact that not
even "the BEAUTIFUL snow that caps Mount
Blanc is whittier OF Of finer finish in its gla cial
smoothness thanis the linen that we are doing
up every day. Our prices are infinitesimal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
WANTS MORE MONEY.
State University VIII Ask for Lar
ger APPROXIMATION


Iowa City, Oct. 2.-The board of re-
gents of the university will ask the leg
islature to vote one-tenth mill build
ing tax, to go into effect at the expira
ton of the present levy two years from
now. The legislature will also be asked
to increase our present annual appro-
priation for the running expenses of the
university by the sum of $4,000 per
year for the next biennial period. The
presidents report shows need for this
amount and friends of the university
hope that it will be forthcoming. New
appointments by the board are:
Lecturer on dermatology, medical de-
partment-Dr. j. b. Kessler, of Iowa
|City.
Lecturer on life insurance and medi-
cal ethics-Dr. j. NJ. Ristine, of Cedar
Rapids.
Assistant instructor in charge of ath-
lletics-Dr. A. A. Knipe. of Iowa City.
The collegiate building contractors
started work on the controverted brick
work Saturday. all questions in regard
to the plans now being settled and the
architects Interpretation sustained. The
work will be pushed rapidly forward.
NEW PRESIDENT AT WESLEYAN.
DR.. BIak eslee Formally Installed as
President.
| Mt. Pleasant, Oct. 2.-Saturday was
an eventful day for Methodism in Mt.
Pleasant. DR.. Blakeslee was formally
Installed as president of the Iowa
Wesleyan University and Bishop Nc
lCabe's eloquence raised $4,000 for that
institution.
The installation occurred in the af-
ternoon in the presence of an audience
| that completely filled the large auditor
ium The addresses We're of a very
high grade of excellence, as was to be
expected from the names on the pro-
gram.
DR. Blakeslee delivered an inaugural
address which DIR. Gates in his speech
declared must have been prepared since
he came to Iowa, for SO great was its
not have room for construction in
! Rhode Island.
/ Professor Pierson spoke in behalf OF
the faculty. and Rev. w. H. Hoppe for
1.-THE conference.
Mrs. E. S. Huston delivered fine adj
dress representative of the alumni and
DIR. Gates, president of Iowa College,
lat Grinnel, spoke in very happy vein
for the other colleges.
In the evening a meeting was held
for the benefit of the university AT
which Bishop McCabe presided.
/ Bishop McCabe delivered an euthu-
lsiastic address and secured ST, 900 ii
subscriptions for the Iowa Wesleyan
University.
. F.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
Hubbard.

Special to Republican.
Hubbard, oct 2--George Sheldon,
Jr.. has traded a quarter section of his
land in Hancock county for the butcher
tools OF III. Treior and takes possession
this week.
7. w. strother has rented the New
man building and willput in a stock of
clothing. He has also rented the dwell
ing house OF Joe Elliott and will move
soon.
j. H. Raler, of Eldora, was in town
Saturday on business.
A. p. Wilson of Isldora, was here
Saturday on business.
! Henry Miller has bought the Hannah
Sturgeon farm, southwest of New
Providence, 200 acres, at $3.50 per acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
A FRANCHISE CONTROVERSY.
'Phone Company at Iowa Falls Re
fuses to Pay Tax.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls Oct. within a few
days a conference will be held here be-
tween representative of the Iowa
Telephone Company and the city coun-
ell in order if possible. to effect COM
promise in the differences now existing
between the city and the company. The
latter is now without legal right in the
streets of the city, the council having
revoked the permit allowing the occu-
pancy of the streets and alleys with
poles, etc. This step was taken when
the company refused to accede to the
provisions of the new ordinance requir-
ing the company to pay an annual tar
of $50, the same as other corporations:
using public property. The outcome of
the dispute is problematical.
Mckinley to Visit In Iowa.
Fort Dodge, Sept. 3O.-The movement
to induce President Mckinley to travel
over the Illinois Central through Iowa,
which is being engineered by Hon. ID.
b. Henderson and Hon. j. p. Dolliver,
seems to have met with success. The
plan has been to induce the president
| to take this rote through Iowa on his
| way to Milwaukee. Every influence
available has been brought to bear up
on the president. with the result tina,
Hon. J. p. Dolliver has received tele-
gram from Secretary Wilson informing
| him that he thought the president
| would visit Fort Dodge, Waterloo anc
| other towns on the Central. The presi-
| dent will remain over in Sioux City
during Sunday, as he is averse to trav.
cling on the Sabbath, SO that he vii
probably be here about Oct. 16.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02
NEW PRESIDENT AT WESLEYAN
DR.. BIakes Formally Installed as
President.

Mt. Pleasant, Oct Saturday was
an eventful day for Methodism in Mt.
Pleasant. DR.. Blakeslee was formally
installed as president of the Iowa
Wesleyan University and Bishop Nc
Cabe's eloquence raised $4,000 for that
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-30
AND TRAGEDY

tonished. the public even more than
the staying. Mr.. sickles took back the
wife whose conduct had caused him to
kill q man.
It appeared that he had frequently
expressed his intention of forgiving
his wife in case he should be acquit-
ted.
Mr.. Sickles' action raised a storm of
comment, largely disappearing. 1t
offended against the moral code of
many men who had applauded his act
of destruction. 1t was then that Mr..
Sickles issued the eloquent apology,
which deserves to live.
Lovely. broken-hearted and peniteht,
Mrs. Sickles survived only a few years.
She left a daughter to the care of the
husband who had forgiven her so
much. 0
Gen. Sickles lived to become one of
the nations prominent men. He fought
through the war and commanded the
Third army corps at Gettysburg,
where he lost a leg. Since then he
has held many offices and been con-
cerncd in many events.
Today he is a conspicuous figure in
New York life-rich, active in spite of
his years; n of the regular first
nighters at theaters.-Home Magazine,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-30
Bushes. Con.cienee.

The Sunday morals of many a COM
munity are an improvement upon
those of ordinary workdays. Some
how conscience seems to sleep when
the hand is busy, particularly IL the
hand be employed upon some profitable
work. A London artist tells Of q curl
GUS incident that came under his
notice some little while ago. I had an
old English bracket clock that I took
myself to a wholesale firm Of clock
makers to be repaired. Whilst in the
shop l noticed a peculiar piece Of
mechanism, the purpose Of which puz-
zled me, SO I sought for information.
"Oh!" replied n of the firm, that's
a special order for a temple in China;
it is to work an idol and make him
move" Presumably that clock-maker
was an excellent Christian in his own
estimation. I do not know whether
there vas anything in my look that he
considered called for an explanation,
but he added: Business is business,
you know. You'd be astonished to
learn what funny orders we sometimes
have in our trade. Only the other day
a firm asked us If we would make some
imitation genuine E~lizabethan clocks;
they sent us one to copy. But we re-
piled declining. merely saying that we
had so far conducted our business hon
estly, and intended always to do So"
So, according to the ethics Of u In
formant, it is not dishonest to make
clockwork intended secretly to make
an idol move, but it is dishonest to
make imitation medieval clocks!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-30
Sad Catastrophe,

From the Argonaut: An American
army nurse, who does not understand
Spanish and has recently returned
from Cuba, relates that n day she
was startled by the unexpected visit OF
her Cuban laundress. The woman was
intensely excited. She gesticulated
wildly and seemed to speak of an att
tack upon the hospital-of wounded
men butchered and nurses cut to rib
hons. The nurse was frantic. She
must know the worst. In the hospital
was an officer very i'll with typhoid fe-
YER. She knew he understood Spanish
Only In a very serious matter would
she disturb him, but this raj obvious
~ a matter of life and death. She.led
the Cuban woman to the bedside, aud
there the story was repeated. The
officer listened intently. The nurse
held her breath. The Cuban ceased.
The sick man turned his head on, the
pillows. He whispered, feebly: 'SShe
says the stripes in your pink shirt
waist have run, and she doesn't know
what to do with it."
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The Father an Assassin, But Is
Free.

which so closely concerns Gen. Sickles
without recalling the memorable trial
in which he was the chief actor. That
trial established for America the rule
that a man who kills the destroyer of
his domestic happiness will not be
convicted of murder. Philip Barton
Key, whom Gen. Siclles shot, was dis
trict attorney for the District of Co.
lumbia. He was a brilliant ornament
to Washington society, tall, we'll built
and handsome.
The meetings of Key and Mrs. Sick
les became the talk of Washington.
On Feb. "a Gen. Sickles had a dinner
party at his house, after which he
went with his guests to a dance at
Wizards hotel. AS he started out he
received a note which he put in his
pocket unopened. On his return
home he read the letter, which spoke
of his wife. The husband sent an in
innate friend to watch the trysting
place mentioned in the unsigned COM
munication, and the spy returned to
confirm the allegations. MI. Sickles
accused his wife, and she at once on
fessed everything and begged forgive
ness. She made a long written state
ment, which MI. Sickles laid before
his friend, Mr.. Butterworth. and asked
his advice. AS they were talking an
other friend rushed into the house and
announced that Key was even then
outside making signals with a hand
kerchief to Mrs. Sickles.
The advice of Mr.. Butterworth was:
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The wedding last year of Miss Eva
Sickles, daughter of Gen. Daniel E..
.Sickles of New York, and Dayrell E.
M. Crackenthorpe, secretary of the
British legation in Madrid, brought to
mind n of the most remarkable
tragedies of the last generation.
The father of the charming bride
shot and killed Philip Barton Key, son
OF Francis Scott Key, the author of
the "Star-Spangled Banner" on a
street in Washington, D. c., Sunday
night. Feb. n. 1859, because he had
broken up his home. Gen. Sickles then
fcrgave his wife, and, after reinstat-
ing her in his home, made a world
famous answer to his incensed friends.
He said: Il am not aware of any
statute or moral code which makes it
infamous to forgive a woman, nor is
it usual to make u domestic life a
subject of consultation with friends,
10 matter how near and dear to us.
And l cannot allow even all the world
combined to dictate to me the repudi-
alton of my wife when l think it right
to forgive her and restore her to my
confidence and protection"
1t is the daughter of such a forgiving
father as the mar who wrote this par
aSraph whose beauty and charm of
H.anner attracted to her side the man
whom she later married-Dayrell
Crackenthorpe.
Mrs. C~rackenthorpe is a beauty of
uncommon distinction and brilliance.
She has auburn hair, dark. lustrous
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-30
oA7Eso Of wAsHlNoroN,s TOME

circumstance That Make 1t Impossible
to Open Thorn for the I'resid.nt.
The n hundredth anniversary of
the death of Washington, Dec. IA, re-
calls an act of vandalism of the civil
a The grounds of Washington's
home and tomb were neutral during
that conflict. They constituted the one
spot upon which Union and Confeder-
'ates could meet and fraternize. And
it was while the pickets of both armies
were thus at free quarters that an at
tempt was made to desecrate the
sarcophagus. There was only one gate
to the tomb at that time. The iron
bars of this gate did not extend to
the ceiling of the entrance. The man
who committed the depreciation climb
ed over the top of the gate, reached
the sarcophagus, and broke a talon
from the marble eagle above the re-
c%eptacle. That was the extent of the
act. This led to the construction of
the double gate which now shuts in the
dead. So close are the bars of the
two gates that when the place is
strewn with flowers they are passed
through the bars by mean of long
poles. The l%oquacious individual who
has the post of guard and guide in
forms visitors that on Dec. IA the
gates are to*be open, and that Presi-
dent Mckinley will place flowers on
the receptacle containing the remains
Of Washington. But this is only a
fancy of the old man. Under the
strictest orders of the Mount Vernon
association the gates of the tomb are
never to be open. Whatever is done
in the way of floral offering by the
president will be done in the usual
manner observed four times a year,
Feb. %, Decoration day, July 4 and
Dec. IA. After the double gate was
constructed the outer one was locked
and the key thrown into the channel
of the Potomac river. The channel
haunt of oyster dredgers and fisher
men,, and they operate in the shall
lows, and the man who threw the key
away was specifically instructed to
drop it in the channel Of the stream.
Pilgrims of recent years to~the shrine
will recall the old guard, Gilbert Par
ker, now dead, who was the last of the
Washington family's domestics. His
successor is a bronze hued old man
who for many years was the sexton of
Pohick church, where Washington
worshiped when the condition of the
road to Alexandria prevented his at
tendance at the church at the latter
place. The present guard is one of the
last of the slave families Of the Lees.
He is more fluent than Parker, but is
reckless with dates and names.
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1nd,.D. Arlthmetical Prodigy,

The village of Milford, Ind, has sent
to the state university at Bloomington.
a young man who bids fair to; break,
all records in the line Of mental arith-
metic. His name is Arthur Griffith,
and ever since he was 6 years old he,
has been infatuated with numbers. Ee,
knows the multiplication table by.
heart up to 100. He can repeat In their
order any number. Of figures read to.
him up to twenty and can correctly.
multiply any two amounts, each COM
sisting Of seven. figures, In eight Sec
onds. He can mentally extract the.
cube root Of any number in ten sec-
onda He has devised forty-seven dit-
ferent methods Of murtiplications, SIX
OF division, six Of addition, and one %
subtraction. His devotion<t to arithmet-
zeal calculation units him for anything
else, and, the object in sending him 20
the university Is to interest him. Il
possible. in!some. other line Of work.
MhE .D ~ HnN AG G A.. aN+A MI
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-30
AN UNCROW NED QUEEN.
Miss Eva Sckes, in the beautiful DIRE SIS worn At the Bradley-Marun ball.

IF you are sure that this is common
knowledge, there is but one course left
to you. You need no advice"
According to the subsequent testi-
mony of Butterworth, he then left the
house to come face to face with Key
on the street. He greeted him and
turned to leave. Just then MI. Sick
les came from his home, and, seeing
Key, exclaimed, in a loud voice:
"Key, you scoundrel, you have dis
honored my house! You must die"
Key grasped Sickles and attempted
to hold him, but Sickles freed him
self and drew a pistol. AS Key was
backing away Sickles shot at him, fir
ing three bullets, two of which went
to the mark. The wounds were o
tai; and Key died in a short time.
Mrs. Sickles regarded her husbands
action as the only one he could take.
In letters to him she expressed the
deepest admiration for him, and con-
triton for herself. He treated her
gently. but took away her wedding
ring and wedding presents. In re-
Spouse to a heartrending appeal he re-
turned the wedding ring, but it was
broken.
In jail Mr.. Sickles received the
visits of members of the cabinet and
eminent personages. President Blu
chanan sent a message of coincidence.
The trial excited worldwide inter-
est. More than a hundred talesmen
were rejected, because they declared
they would acquit sickles. Mi. sickles
wept copiously during the trial, and
betrayed intense mental suffering.
The verdict was mot guilty It was
received with thunderous and uncon-
trollable applause.
Then a thing happened. which as
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eyes, an olive complexion and regu-
lar features. Her figure is tall and
slender, but at the same time 1.-the
some and full of grace. She is about
% years old.
She was educated at the converts
in Paris and Madrid, and has lived in
this country but little, though she has
made and still continues to make oc-
casional visits to the home of her
father on Fifth avenue, New York
city. Three years ago she came to
America and spent a year here, dur
ing which time she attended the IA
mous Bradley Martin costume ball,
dressed as Queen Louise of Prussia,
and was the object Of much enthusi-
astic admiration. The picture pre-
sented of Mrs. Crackenthorpe in the
issue of the New England Home
Magazine was taken of the young
woman in the costume she wore at
the ball. Taken altogether, she spent
a very brilliant season in the social
whirl of the gay metropolis that year.
Mrs. Crackenthorpe's mother was a
NAloo SIed6u, d 0pdulSu WO1udu III
Irish descent, whom Gen. Sickles mar
ried while he was minister to Spain.
MIR. Crackenthorpe, who captivated
the American girl and carried her off
to live across the water, is a son of
Montague Hughes Crackenthorpe, who
is a queens counsel and one of the
leaders of the English bar. The young
secretary of the British legation is
known to his intimate friends as
"Reley." a corruption of his given
name. Dayrell. He is a very different
person from his late brother, Hubert,
who was a contributor to the famous
yellow Book" in its most yirulent
days.
1t is impossible to refer to an event