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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
PAGE ONE
TELEGRAPY AND GENERAL:
Evidence Favorable to Dreyfus.
Mclean Nominated by Ohio Demo-
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TELEGRAPH AND GENERAL:
Evidence Favorable to Dreyfus.
Mclean Nominated by Ohio Demo
Gratis.
Transvaal Crisis May be Settle
Without War.
Arrival of the Transport Grant.
Iowa and Beet Sugar
Capital News and Comment.
PAGE TWO.
IOWA AND GENERAL:
Farmers Form Trust.
The Beef Supply and High Prices.
Home Coming of First Nebraska.
A Riot at Cleveland.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS:
Wreck on the 90"
Big Damage Suit at Waterloo.
Frank Zenor Indicted for Forgery.
Short Iowa Specials.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE,
The Presidents F'rankness.
French Methods in Court.
Ottumwa's Success.
Topics of the Times.
Press Comment-Miscellan
Iowa Items and Newspapers.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY NEWS:
Circus Acknowledging Thievery.
Sale of Iowa Central Falls Through.
Protection from Tramps.
Brief City News.
PAGE ElGHr
MARKETS AND GENERAL:
Wednesdays Markets by Wire
Choynsh Beats Jimmy Ryan.
Miscellaneous Matters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
Normal school pedication.

Charleston, H.. Aug. so.-The Eastern
Illinois State Normal, the finest build
ing to be devoted 10 educational uses
in the state, was yesterday dedicated.
the largest crowd in ,he cfty's history
being present. The governor ana his
staff came on a special train from
Springfield and the Peorians, 800 strong.
headed by band and bringing the Con-
cordia ard Liederkranz Singing Society,
also came on a special train.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
LAWYER In Trouble.

Chicago. Aug. 3O.-George j. Munroe,
a lawyer, with offices al 1927 Marquette
building, was arrested yesterday on q
charge of having in his possession and
selling old revenue stamps. from which
the cancellation marks had been re-
moved. United States Commissioner
Writ Humphrey granted continuance
until Friday. Bonds were fixed a 1000.
Munroe protested his innocence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
Tllc MoIine Fntr

Moline, H.. Aug. 30.-Yesterday was
farmers and manufacturers day at the
street fair. The town was we'll filleo
with people from the surrounding eoun-
try. The electrical display last evening
attracted fully 10000 people from Rock
Island and Davenport in addition to the
general turnout of the entire population
of NJnline
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
Window Glass .r,.us1 a Failure.

Anderson, Ind, Aug. 3o-Notice has
been given that the option on window
glass plants which expires on Sept. /
will not be renewed. and that the COM
bination which was to have been made
has been abandoned. The capital had
been fixed st s37ooo,o9o The promoters
say the injunctions granted by the
courts have killed their project, and the
trust in window glass is abandoned
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
Must BE Prepare for war.

Johannesburg, Aug. 3o.-The Stand
ard ard Diggers' News credits Gen.
Joubert. the commander in chief of the
Transvaal forces and vice president of
the republic, with the statement that.
although he is personally desirous to do
everything to preserve peace, the stu
alton is such that the republic must be
prenAred for war
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Rebels to Make Attack.

Manila, Aug. So.--It is reported that
Aguinaldo has ordered the rebel gener-
ais of the province of Cavite to take the
town Of linus. The Americans are en-
itrenching the town and have no fear of
the result of any attack.
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FAVORS 1H[ I|0N[R
Handwriting Expert 3 the Highest
Order Declare Estefhazy Wrote
the Borderean
Bertillon's System Declared a Fake
By Learned Professors-Picot's
Testimony.
Austrian Attache Schneider Gives
Impression That He Would De-
clare Dreyfus Innocent.

Rennes, Aug. 30.-At the opening of
Meyer, Auguste Molinier and CRY, OF
the school of ancient manuscripts, ex-
perts of the highest order, all testified to
the same general effect, that the bor-
dereau was written by Esterhazy, not
by Dreyfus. All declared Bertillon's s
system fallacious. Giry asserted that
the bordereau was written in a free,
natural hand, without tracing.
George Picot, q member of the insti-
tute, was then called and related a con-
versation he had with Col. Schneider,
Austrian military attache, last May.
Picot said Schneider gave him the i'm
preston that he meant to assert, une-
Guivocally, the absolute innocence of
Dreyfus. Schneider, according to Picot,
said the bordereau referred to only three
documents. the others being only pad
ding to make it look large.
Picot declared Schneider asserted that
Esterhazy had relations with Col.
Schfartzkoppen, German military at
tache1 who dismissed him because Es-
terhazy only brought information de-
void of interest. TT was then" contin-
ued Picot, "Esterhazy tried to enter the
war office and it was then he wrote
Schwartzkoppen the letter since known
as the bordereau. In reply Schwartz
koppen wrote the telegram-the card
known as Petit Bleu-but on reflection
crumpled it up and threw it in the fire.
place"
Gen. Deloye repeated his testimony
before the court of cessation relating to
the l20 short cannon hydro pneumatic
brake and robin she'll. Dreyfus in reply
explained that he saw the hydro pneu-
matte brake once at Bourges and once
at the school of war, but never saw it
used, because he never was present at
firing practice. On application of the
government commissioner the court de-
cided to sit behind closed doors tomor-
row, to receive documents prepared by
the gunnery bureau. containing infor-
nation not desirable to discuss in pub
lie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
Mahdist Lenders Killed.

London. Aug. 30.-Lord Kitchener, OF
Khartoum, cables that Kahlifa Cherif
and the mahdis two sons were killed by
British troops at the village OF Slukaba.
They were heading the mahdist uprlo-
anR
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Reception to President.

Canton, o.. Aug. 30.-The president
and Mrs. Mckinley received a rousing
reception on their arrival at noon. They
were escorted to the Barber home.
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start Tor the Consf.

Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 80. - The
Twenty-seventh Regiment started to-
day for San Francisco. enroute to the
Philippines.
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T.-R. BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE news OF TODAY.
The Weather

The Weather.
For Iowa and Illinois Generally fair
tonight and Thursday; cooler Thurs
day: winds shifting to northerly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
THE GRANT ARRIVES.
North Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming
Troops Abonrd-Five Deaths.

San Francisco. Aug. sO.-The trans
port Grant arrived from Manila with
the North Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming
troops There were five deaths during
the voyage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Skeleton of a Tramp to Whom IA For
tune Had Been Left in Ger
many Found at Williams.

The people in Williams are satisfied
that the mystery of the skeleton found
buried under debris of the Fiddler drug
store is solved at last. The dead man
was Fritz Y. Schrader, an heir to AGO.
GOO marks. about 100000. He was a
Prussian who left Breslau 26 years ago.
After making tour of this country
he came to Williams, where he landed
as a tramp in 1887. He worked for
money enough to buy what whisky he
wanted and became celebrated char
acter, sleeping in barns, box cars and
under houses.
A recent letter from Germany says
fortune of about 100000 marks has
been left to Schrader by relatives in
Prussia. Schrader disappeared from
Williams about IL years ago, and it is
now believed that he went to sleep I'M
der the Fiddler drug store and died of
heart disease. The skeleton was found
when the store burned the other day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
= iAUNSY q IoTCIKISS,
Copyright 1897. by D. Appleton Co.. All rights re.eryedl

NAMED in New York, and were under
handed though active in their devotion to
the cause, l saw not one but who was an
adept in his ability to mimic or portray a
character totally at variance with the one
God had given him. Peter Burt was not
the least of these, for, though he looked like
a graveyard, he was the reverse by nature
This worthy was typesetter in the Office
of the notorious Rivington, the,official print
er to the king, and was the right hand man
to that blatant tory. His position and his
undoubted education made his real senti-
ments unsupported, and, while by day he
damned the rebels and seemed to lack COM
mon compassion for those who by chance
fell prisoners or were even suspected of
treason, by night he was doing all in his
power to get information to Washington or
giving helping hand to refugees or those
in distress. Late in life heard that Riving-
ton himself was in full accord with Burt,
and used his post to the confusion Of the
kings interest, but 1 know naught of the
truth of it.
The matter that reused my greatest inter
est was the news Tor lack of it, of Scanned.
As garner of information Burt was in the
thick of it, and | was nightly mystifed
when told that Scammell had recovered suf-
ficiently to move from his quarters at the
Kings Arms and had disappeared, leaving
no trace behind, though the search made for
him was but trihe less keen than that
made for us.
HAS he started his lure for me?" l
asked myself, but dropped the subject as
listened to the explanation of his move
ut comes about through a remark made
by Mistress Gertrude" said Burt, indicat-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
THE FIRST BULLETIN.
The State Board of Control Has Is
sued n Quarterly Journal as
Authorized by Law.

The state board of control has issued
Vol. l, No. 1, of its Bulletin of Iowa
state institutions, being a quarterly
journal authorized by the law contain
ing scientific information relative to
the insane hospitals and the institution
for feeble minded at Glenwood, and in
formation touching all the other insti-
tons. 1t includes the papers and most
of the discussions before the board at
the first meeting of the superintendent
OF the institutions. The editors are the
board of control and Dr. +. NJ. Powell,
Henry w. Rothert and A. II. Leonard.
The editors note explains the purpose
OF the publication as follows:
1T is the intention to issue the Bulletin
quarterly. 1t is expected to present therein
reports, papers and discussions touching
the treatment of insanity and epilepsy, and
the scientific and clinical work done at the
institutions, and papers and discussions re-
iatlng to the experience of soldiers homes,
educational, charitable, reformat ory and
penal institutions of this state and of other
states and countries. 1t will contain papers
and discussions touching the most inn
proved, efficient, economical and best
methods of educating and caring for the
inmates of all institutions, under the care
OF the board, and an abridged report of the
discussions had on matters coming before
the quarterly meeting of the chief eXecu.
tive officers of said institutions with the
board of control and such other matters
as may be deemed proper by the board"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
LIVED IN IOWA.
John Gilbert, Who Murdered His
Family in Kansas Was Once a
Resident of Cnss Township.

1t has developed that John Gilbert,
who Drained his wife and four children
at a small town not far from Emporia,
Kan, and then flew to that city and
was arrested, was married to the wom-
an he murdered in Hamilton county,
this state, and lived before his de-
parture. in Cass township, three miles
north of Webster City. He was consid-
cred a good for nothing fellow and had
very few friends. The murdered wom-
an was sister of Mrs. Fred Allen,
who still lives in Cass township, and
has been FRUSTRATED by the news of his
crime. The report that came in the
dispatches that Gilbert had been cap
tured and was in the county Jail at En-
poria, and that he had confessed the
murder and why he did it, leads all
the old settlers in Webster City to be-
lieve he was temporarily insane. He
has many relatives who are of the same
opinion.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
All Around the State.
THE FRUIT GROWERS.
Society Meets I'm Des Moines and
Transucts Important Business.

The committee on experimental sta
tions of the State horticultural society
met in Des Mones and fixed on the dis
tribution of stock to and work to be
done by the experimental stations of
the society this year. The plan is to
push plant breeding in Iowa. The pur-
pose is to develop fruit adapted 10 the
soils and climate and conditions of the
state, The distributing committee is
President Gardner, of Usage; John
Craig, of Ames, and Elmer Reeves, of
Waverly.
Prof. Craig will carry on the general
work of plant breeding and also will
conduct experiments at three or more
places in the state in spraying to deter
mine best methods for controlling fun
gus diseases and insects which are in
furious to leaf, plant or fruit The dis
tribution to the stations was fixed upon
as follows:
G. g. Patten. Charles city-"The Cross
ing of Apples"
c. g. Watrus, Des Moines-"The Cross
ing of Apples and Pears
r. p Speer, Cedar Falls-"The Crossing
and Top Grating of Apples''
P. F. Kline, Storm Lake-"Top Working
Apples"
A. Branson, New Sharon-"The Crossing
of Plums, Cherries and Stone Fruits"
M. j. Wragg, Waukee-"The Crossing OF
runs, Cherries and Ornamentals."
j. +. jackson, Glenwood-"The Crossing
OF Small Fruits and Peaches"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
HOME LABOR.
Keokuk Working Men Say 1t Is the
Duty of All Citizens to Encour-
age Local Manufactures.

A mass meeting of laboring men was
held in Keokuk for the purpose of taxi
ing action on policy of contractors and
public organizations giving work to
outside labor, instead of patronizing
home industries. A new Y. NJ. C. a.
building is to be erected in Keokuk at
cost of 500, 900, secured by popular sub
scription, and the brick and stone work
is to be done by Quincy firm. The
new high school building in Keokuk
was erected by Peoria Cn) firm, and
the printing of the Keokuk opera house
programmes is done in Quincy. In view
of all these, and other facts, the labor
ing men held the mass meeting and APP
pointed committee to confer with the
Y. NJ. c. A. regarding giving labor to
home workmen. Several contributors
have already refused to make good
their pledges on account of work going
to outside parties. At the meeting the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That it be declared as the
sense of this meeting that it is the duty Of
all citizens to patroniZe home manufac-
turers and to encourage the employment Of
Keokuk labor"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Judge Bank, of keokuk, Gives His
Views Concerning the Collateral
Inheritance Tax.

: Judge Bank, of the district court in
and for Lee county. has rendered an
important decision in the collateral in.
heritance tax, the initial one in the
state on the point in question, and one
that is so important that it is expected
the state treasurer will appeal the case
to the supreme court for final de-
cls1on. Judge Bank holds that the tam
glble property actually and physically
outside the state boundaries at the time
OF the death of the owner is not subject
to the collateral inheritance tax. be-
cause it is not within the jurisdiction of
the state, which is the language of the
law. About one-tenth of all the estates
in Iowa upon which the collateral in
heritance tax is assessed is tangible
property in other states, although the
owner died in Iowa. The phraseology
OF the tax law is that the property with.
in the jurisdiction of the state is to paw
the tax of five per cent, and the ques-
ton of location thus becomes very i'm
portant one.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
MIXED MARRIAGES.
buque County Have Been Mar
ried a Total of Ten Times.

Mary Melroy was granted divorce
from her husband, Phil Melroy store
keeper, justice of the peace, and
former postmaster at Sylvia, Dubuque
county, and within two hours she was
married to Matthias Kiefer, of Du,
buque, and Melroy to Maggie Donovan
of Independence.
Melroy has been married five times
and had two divorces. The now Mrs
Kiefer takes her third husband and
Kiefer his second wife. Melroy has
served sentence for bigamy, having
married his second wife while the frs,
was still living. He has had ~ chill.
dren by his various. wives.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
Iowa Butter Ideas.

Prof. H. c. Eckles, of the Iowa state
agricultural college, who is temporary
ly engaged by the Massachusetts, agri-
cultural college to conduct the state
dairy school at Amherst, has won emf
nent success in his work and new hon
ors for the Iowa dairy school. At the
recent state dairy convention held in
Massachusetts,, butter from the state
school. of which Prof. Eckles has
charge, won the highest score.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
THE SCHOOL FUNDS.
Counties in Iowa Hold More Than
$272,OOO in Cash and Are
Unable to Make Loans.

More than $272,OOO of the permanent
school fund of Iowa is in the hands
of the counties. They pay the state five
per cent. interest, and are also pre-
vented by law from taking less than
six per cent. They cannot lend. the
money at that rate. The total assets OF
the fund amount to 81, 1913, 204.76. Tay-
lor, Scott, Pocahontas, Lee. Dubuque
and Clinton have no cash on hand.
Below is table showing the cash OF
hand of this fund in each county Jan
uary l, 1899, which amounts to total
of S272. OO7. 66.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28

ing the young lady, who laughed lightly at
the story she had undoubtedly already
heard. 1T is possible you may recollect her
INVITING Clinton with reference to some
officer who had Informed her about her
brother. Well, Clinton took this to mean
Scammell, and Scammell hearing of it, pos
sbly in garbled recital. and fearing ar
rest, has given color to the matter by put
ting himself beyond the reach of investga-
ton. He is sharp fellow, sir and knows
his broken head will excuse him when the
trouble blows over. Sir Henry is not fond
OF making enemies among the line and file
of his army, though he cares little for the
stall. As for you, Capt. Thorndyke, it were
well if you quickly devised some means of
putting yourself INTO n position of greater
security than | can offer you. There is a
large reward for you, and if you were taken
your trial would be a mockery. Our friend
Ames has but little better chance should he
be caught, and as for his sister, though her
life might not be sacrificed, she would be un-
done-Mrs. Badely would see to that Fail
ure to find you thus far means redoubled eff
forts in the future. They know YOU must be
still on Manhattan. What can be done?"
Nothing tonight" l replied, the black
ness of our prospects opening like an abyss
before me. Let me sleep; in my present
condition l am useless"
right he exclaimed. "You are safe
Tor tonight. l will not leave here till past
daylight, and will return at dusk. Now,
Miss King, up to your quarters Gentlemen,
you will rest here. If give the alarm, get
to the barn. Look to yourselves by day,
and be wary, for were you discovered here
| say, as did Stryker, my days of usefulness
to the cause would be over"
So saying, he blew out the light and
opened the windows, while threw myself,
dressed as | was, onto the bed, and, draw
ing in great breaths of the damp night air,
soon slept as only sleep the tired and
healthy.
(ro BE Continued
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
Wedding or Euneral-

Fred Smith, ayoung man 20 years old,
went to Dunlap from the country to see
his best girl Lottie Smith, IA years old,
and cousin Fred wanted to marry at
once. Lottie's parents objected. Then
Fred drew siN-shooter and tried to
end his life. The gun was wrested from
him and then jackknife came into
play, and that was taken from him and
he was put into the city Jail over night
and adJudged insane the next day. He
was taken three miles in the country
by his father, who will care for him at
present.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
Secures Her Child.

Mrs. James Early disappeared with
her daughter from Malcolm, and went
to Laporte, Ind. Early learned where
his wife was and followed her. Co
ing to the school where the girl was
in attendance, he took her into Mich
igan. Mrs. Early confronted her hus-
band at Galien, Mich, and through the
assistance of citizens there regained
possession of her child,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-28
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.


Whether our meeting would prove for
good or evil fortune the future alone would
tell, but certain it was there was nothing
remarkable in the fact of our coming to-
gethcr. Twas but natural that the girl had
flown straight from Clinton to where she
might expect to find her brother, and, as the
report of his escape had been true, she there
found him. Her freedom from arrest had
been due to the same cause or causes that
had allowed me to retain my own liberty on
that memorable Sabbath; namely, the lack
Of military precaution at headquarters on
that day and the suddenness and unlocked
for nature of the episode. Once under the
roof OF Quaker relative, she and her broth
er had been quickly disguised and passed
through the lines as father and son, finding
refuge in the house on the shores of Turtle
bay, and they had thus far eluded capture
by retreating by day to the concealed quar-
tiers before described.
From there Ames had proceeded to
Stryker another link in the chain of secret
patriots), hoping through him to find the
above the lines at kngsbridge; but partly
through the fact that all points of possible
escape were doubly guarded, and partly
through the adventure caused by my going
to the Dove, he could obtain no help from
the nnkeeper. However, as he had further
protected his sister by starting Lowney's
companion, the trooper, ON false scent to
the northward, and had ended the days of
the tory bacSleg himself, his errand could
hardly be considered fruitless.
The only remarkable point in the Sc
quence of events that had brought us all to-
gether was that l should have met Rex"
in the nick of time and had him made known
to me.
There was nothing in his present appear
ance by which could have connected him
with the scorched youth had encountered
at the fire. He was now clean shaved, and,
with the CRIME of smoke washed from his
face, his singed hair replaced by white
wig, and his entire change of costume, he
was an aged Quaker if one peered not too
closely at the lines which had been laid upon
his features.
The details of their escape and q recital of
my own adventures were given as we re-
called ourselves with hasty meal in room
beneath the attic. Though solid shutters
were over the windows, they were further
protected from any CLEAN of light straying
outward by a hanging of sheets nailed to
the casing. This closeness made the heat
sitting, but physical discomfort was a small
matter, and was almost forgotten as !
listened in turn to the news from the city
as it was given by our host.
Like band of plotting freebooters in
masquerade we must have appeared as we
sat at the small table with its single candle,
talking in whispers, the girl and her broth
Ell in their incongruous characters making
the strong points of the picture, while the