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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
Judge V0O[SON DEAD
Expires Suddenly at His Home in
Des Moines, the Result of
Overwork.
Death Came Peacefully and Was
Not Unexpected His Family
Was Present.
Funeral Services to Be Held Wednes
day Afternoon-The Railroad
Commissioners Report.

Des Moines, Dec. 5.-Judge John S.
Noolson, of the federal court, died at
his residence, 1906 Sixth avenue, in this
city, Monday afternoon, at Las o'clock
AT the time of his death his bedside was
surrounded by his family, only, and the
end came peacefully. Sleep merged into
death.
His conscientious efforts to do really
duties would demand probably led to
the overwork which induced the sick
ness of which he died. Public men in
Des Moines united yesterday in eulogies
upon his character, and the burden of
them all was that John S. Woolson was
an honest man and good citizen, who
did his duty in the world, and who cher
|ished friendship and the ties of love.
The official statement of the attending
physician, DIR. l.. ID. Rood gives neuro-
thea as the cause of death. 1t is we'll
known that there has been complica-
ton of causes that resulted in general
breaking down of the nervous system,
as indicated by the statement of the
doctors.
1t was just five weeks ago yesterday
that Judge Woolson returned from keo-
kuk, where he had been holding court,
and was taken ILL.,
Funeral services for the dead jurist
will be held from the family home, 1860
Sixth avenue, Wednesday afternoon at
I . O'clock on Thursday morning at s
o'clock the family will leave with the
remains for Mt. Pleasant, the former
home of Judge Woolson from which he
removed to Des Moines about year
ago The interment will take place at
| that town, after funeral services, at 2
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. An escort
representing the Des Moines bar will ac-
| company the remains to Mt. Pleasant
| John Simson Woolson was born at
Tonawanda, in Erie county, n. y, Dec.
| s, 1910. He was educated in part at Will
son, N ", collegiate institute, and, hay
! ing moved to Mount Pleasant with his
parents in 1856, he graduated from
/ Mount Pleasant Wesleyan College in
/ 1860 He took an A. NJ. degree from this
/ college in 1858 and was given the degree
of LII. ID. inilS91.
He was appointed to the federal bench
in 1891.
Judge Woolson married a sister of the
!. late Col. Samuel Mcfarland and S. G.
/ MCFARLAND, of AIarshailtiwn, now con-
sui at Nottingham Eng, is a nephew.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOT.
Tom Walsh Shot by q. a. Williams
Near erosion.

Tom Walsh Shot by q. A. Williams
Near Creston.
Creston, Dec 5.-Deputy Sheriff Tom
Walsh was shetland Instantly killed about
l o'clock yesterday afternoon by G. A.
Williams on the Mcdonald farm, two
miles south of the round house, where
Williams and his family reside. After
firing the shot, Williams came to town
with neighbor and gave himself up to
the sheriff. Later he was removed to Os-
ceola for safe keeping The crowd that
gathered on the streets yesterday after
noon and last night would have lynched
Williams had he been permitted to remain
in the Union county jail
Williams was interviewed in the jail by
a reporter He talked freely of the shoot
ing and gave his side of the story. Will
liams says he and Walsh have always
been good friends until yesterday. He
claims to have come to town in the morn
ing and adjusted the pending attachment
proceedings with an attorney. He then
returned home, got his gun, as he claims
to huntquail. having seen a covey on his
way home from the city. He met Walsh
and MIR. Fuller in the yard and told them
the matter had been settled, and he
would not allow them to take his prop
erty. He says Walsh approached him,
holding revolver in his right hand. He
then leveled his gun and fired and Walsh
fell Williams says he went to John
Reeds house, a short distance away, and
told Reed what he had done and asked his
neighbor to bring him to town. He and
Reed viewed the body. They found Walsh
Lying on his left arm, face down, a revol-
yer in his right hand. They then came to
town, and Williams gave himself up.
Evidently Williams will claim self-de-
Tense, but Fuller, the only witness to the
shooting, gives an entirely different YER
sion of the homicide and, according to his
account, the shooting was in no way iusti-
fable. Williams is As years old, and has
u wife and nine children. His victim was
o. and one of the most popular young
! men in the county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
county Asylum scandal.

Fort Dodge. Dec. 5.-W. A. Eliot, SUI
perintendent OF the poor farm of Poca-
hontas county, has been indicted for
cruelty and indecency to the patients
under his charge. The case is one of
the mast sensational ones in the his
tory of this part of the state and Will
have an undoubted influence in deter
mining the action of the legislature
upon the bill which is to be presented
looking to the abolition of county asy-
lums in favor of keeping all insane in
the state institutions. Pocahontas
county had withdrawn all of its pa
TENTS from the state asylum and the
case for this reason will be the more in
point. Elliott is accused of kicking
some of his patients, horsewhipping
others and of entering the room OF one
of the women patients and dressing
her alleging that his wife was busy at
the time. The case will be tried in
January o
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
THE GRlNNELL NEWS.
Grand Army Post Officers Elected
Local Notes.

Grand Army Post Officers Elected.
Local Notes.
Grinnell Dec. 5-The officers for the
Grand Army post for the year are: b. v.
Reoff, commander; Thos. Bray, vice COM
mander; 1. b. Baldwin, j. v. c.; John
Powell O.; p. d. Burton, Adjt: VIM. Bor-
tie, o. D.;I.. p. Hanson, S.
The officers-elect of the w. re. are sub
stantially as the past year; Mrs Cue,
president: Mrs. II. L. Davis, treasurer
Mrs. Allen, secretary; Mrs. Rich, chap
lain.
Mr.. Putnam went to Marshalltown on a
business trip yesterday.
IL. w. Skeels and wife are visiting Mr..
Skeels' daughter. Mrs. Smith, and family.
The lecture course committee of the u.
NJ. C. A. have with commemorate enter
prise issued an illustrated schedule of the
sixentertainments to be given THIS winter,
commencing Decem Der S and closing April
90. The pamphlet is sxl0la and contains
l.thirty-two pages. The Entertainments are
Edwin Markham, the Max Bendix com
.pany; Cleveland Motfett tthe Tessot paint
ings of the Life of Christ-about 100 pict-
ures). Il. Hopkinson Smith; the Redpath
Grand Concert company; Edward Everett
Hale.
C. l.. Walker is still confined to the
house by illness. He was taken with
stomach trouble, which has been removed,
but verbose veins which involve the en-
tire leg and are very painful, keep him
from business.
L. B.Cox is said to have not materially
i improved.
Frank stoaks is doing as we'll as could
be expected.
Ed kemmerer is authority for saying
! that Montezuma is blocked with snow. 1t
i is barely possible that Eds imaginationis
/ responsible for the statement.
f. j.. Latchen, of the Malcolm Leader,
was in town this morning to meet his
wife, who had been in Montezuma on a
i visit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
New church Dedicated.
Special 10 Hines Republican.

Special TO ff1fies-fStPuDffc1n:
Fort Dodge. Dec. 5.--The Church of
Christ dedicated their new editice in
this city Sunday evening with appro-
pirate services. Rev. b. S. Denny. of
Des Moines, state secretary of the
church, delivered the dedicatory adj
dress The church was organized in
this city few years ago and has made
rapid strides in point of membership
and financial success. A very crafty
ing feature of the project is the fact
that the building was dedicated free of
debt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
odd Fellows Elect omcers.

Special to IimeS-Republlcan.
Montezuma, Dec. 5.-Last Friday
night the Odd Fellows of this place
elected the following officers for the en-
suing term: \. c.. Samuel Rempp; ".
G., George Il. Smith; recording secreta-
~, f. d. Rayburn; financial secretary,
j. j. Rodgers; treasurer, John Hall.
Also the following officers We're chosen
in Poweshiek Encampment, /. Q. Q. f.:
C. p, John a. Fulton; II. p, r. A.
Mortland; s. W., f. V. Harper; j. w,
Frank Bechly; recording scribe, S. A.
Hunter; financial scribe. j. j.. Rodg-
ers; treasurer, John Hall.
The Montezuma Electric Light Com
pany has just completed lake just
east of the Iowa Central depot, to be
used as water supply for its plant.
| Last winter it's big we'll failed and it
became necessary to Use city water,
which is very unsatisfactory in its eff
fects on the boilers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
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SIOUX CITY The expense of the
county attorneys Office for the year
1889 was s3.971.12. The cost of prosecut-
ling the criminal business was s3.S2s.70.
The total cost of the criminal work for
the year was s7.799.S2. The number of
Convictions by the district court in ssS
Was iWehlS-llne, at tolai cost OF so,-
-,
SIOUX CITY-Two deeds in which
T. S., j. p and l.. b. Martin, of the
firm of T. s. Martin e CO.. are the
purchasers were filed for record Sat
lurday In the first deed, the considera-
! ton named in which is $4,000, i. c.
| White and wife are the parties of the
consideration named in which is $7,927,
y. A. McFaul and wife are the parties
/ of the first part. The land purchased
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
County Prisoner Escapes.

Special to TimesRepublican.
iowa City. Dec. 5.-Fred Brewer, OF
Oxford, indicted for breaking and en-,
tering a warehouse, burglary, etc, es-
capped from the county jail here last
night. There is no clue. He slammed
sick and gained greater freedom.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05

pose. Thomas j. Hickey. of st. Joseph,
Mo-, formerly president of the Western
Association, was elected president and
treasurer. Six cities We're admitted to
membership as follows: Omaha, Des
Moines, Sioux City, st. Joseph, Lincoln
and Denver. The other two cities
necessary Co complete an eight-club cir
cult will be chosen from the following
applicants: Cripple Creek, Pueblo, To-
peka, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Ottum-
wa and Rock Island.
Fatal accident at Ford
Ford, Dec. 5.-Saturday morning as
No. 10 passenger train going east was
passing through Middle river bridge
here, Lawrence Willis, of Perry, Ia,
fell from the train and met instant
death. The whole top Of his head was
torn away. the brains being thrown for
fifty feet in the bridge. Mr.. Willis was
81 years old and had been living with
Mr.. A. L. Art, two miles south of here.
He had just been attending fine
horse sale at Perry and was on his way
| back Coroner Dale, of Warren. county,
was summoned and held an inquest
| One of his cousins took charge of the
remains and took the same to Des
| Moines for burial.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
Speakers oIlege Honors him.

Washington, Dec. "a pretty incident
preliminary to the meeting of the house of
representatives occurred in the speaker S
office, where General Henderson was pre-
sented with I. handsome silk flag on a staff
cut from the campus of his old college at
Fayette, Iowa. Several ladies participated
in the presentation, and General Hender-
son informally responded with a reference
to the. kindly personal and patriotic char
acter of the gift.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
Des Moines TO Have Base Ban.

Omaha, Dec. 5.-The Western League
of professional base ball clubs was
organized in this city yesterday, when
representatives from five prominent
mid western cities met for that pur-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
Fatal .Accidcnt at Ford.
Wealthy Farmer Killed.

Waterloo, Dec. 5.Iaouis Guhr, a
wealthy farmer living near sumner,
was killed in a stranse manner yester-
day. He was ascending an enclosed
wind mill tower, when a set screw on !
revolving shaft caught in his clothing
and twisted it about his throat until he
was choked to death.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
a Church Destroyed.

Cedar Rapids. Dec. 5.The Methodist
church at Kenwood Park was destroyed
by fire Saturday night. The origin OF
the fire is unknown. When first no.
ticed the flames We're bursting out of
the basement. Kenwood has no fire
protection, although a system of water
works is now being put in. The loss is
about $1,000; insurance, 81 800. re-writ-
ten about ten days ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05

Six Ladies' Pocket Handker.
chiefs, nemstitched. colored bo-d-
ers, size y 5inches. Sent post
paid on receipt of 2 cent
postage stamp and 20 sig-
nn:urcs cnc from wrappers CT
Arpackles' Roasted Coffee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05

sHIEFFIELD-Th Press says the
universal belier is that the Thomas
Bros lumber shed was set on fire The
shed destroyed was the one that con-
tanned the best lumber. 1t was fully
i,,- n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
Y. M. c. A. PHYSICAL DIRECTORS.
WIN Hold state Meeting Mt Cedar


Cedar Rapids. Dec. 5.An important
conference of the physical directors of
the Y. NJ. c. AS of the state will be
held in this city on Dec. 49, for the pur-
pose of making arrangements to annu-
ally hold an athletic contest TO be parri-
cipated in by teams from the gymnas-
iuins of the Y. NJ. c. AS of Iowa. Ply
steal directors will be here from Des
Moines. Dubuque, Sioux City, Daven-
port, Clinton, Muscatine, Ottumwa and
elsewhere, as well as from several of the
college associations. Owing to the fact
that the physical directors have been
corresponding for some time relative to
.he matter it is expected that little trou-
BILE will be had in effecting an organiza-
ton and the formulating of rules gov
erning the contests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Annual Report to tho Governor
Made.


Des Aoines. Dec. 5-The board of
railway commissioners have completed
their annual report to the governor
and placed it in the hands Of the chief
executive 1T indicates that the year.
covered by the report the calendar
year of 1898, was a remarkably pros
porous one for Iowa roads. Not only
have the gross earnings in Iowa In
creased by $4,000, 900, but there is now in
process of construction from 700 to 500
miles of new road in the state. which
will cost when completed, about Sl3,-
900. 600 The commissioners refer TO the.
difficulty of securing reliable statistics
of earnings and expenses in a state, the
railroads declaring in many cases that
it is impossible to divide their business
by state lines. Some roads use the
road mileage and others the train mile
age basis of estimating and dividing
revenues, both being unsatisfactory
and inaccurate.
The report includes some valuable
statistical tables. 1t is shown that the
net earnings per mile of road were
ls1.94464, being the highest net earnings
in any year since 1878, when the first
report was prepared, except 1880. when
they We're S2.1s1, and 1881, when they
We're 81, 149 At that time, however, the
railroad mileage of the state was only
about 60 per cent as much as now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
ONE CENT A WORD,

Adv ERTIsEMENrs under the heading
Wanted" For Sale ITO Rent ITO Elk
change. !" II Trade" Lost or Found
inserted in this column ONE CENT A WoRD
1cr each insertion. payable invariably in
advance. No advertisement inserted Tor
less than 15cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-05
AIrbllckles' Coffee
Six Handkerchiefs.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
GOMEZ TALKS WITH BROOKE.
For the Distribution of the
S3.OOO.OOO.

Havana, April S.-General Maximo
Gomez had a talk with Governor Gen
eral Brooke, in which he said that
General Mayia Rodriguez and John
Bartolome Masso. former president of
the Cuban republic, would act as
committee of the army with him to aid
General Brooke in the distribution of
the $3,000,000 advanced by the United
States for the payment of the Cuban
troops. The governor general replied
that he would be pleased to have Cen
erals Rodriguez and Masso take part,
as they were representatives of the Gu
bans.
General Gomez will be formally no.
titled by the Cuban generals tomorrow
of his reinstatement as commander-in-
chief of the Cuban army.
The wrangling among the Cuban gen.
erals continues. The commanders of
the forces last night visited General
Gomez and unofiicially informed him
of the contemplated action. Another
meeting was held this morning. but
several of the commanders had re-
turned to the country during the night,
and consequently were not present.
The whole matter has assumed farci-
cal aspect. The scoffers express doubt
that any concerted action will be taken,
but tomorrow will probably determine
the matter.
General Castillo, civil governor of
Santiago, will start on his return to
Santiago tomorrow, after having had
conferences with the governor general
regarding the affairs of the department.
During his stay here he has endeavored
to secure definite allowances of money
to be expended at Santiago without
submitting detailed estimates, but
failed to carry his point. General Cas-
tillo desires provincial autonomy.
Complaints have been received at
headquarters from Manzanillo. De
Bara and Holguin that these places do
not get fair share of the provincial
fund. The complainants aver that
Santiago gets more than a just proper
ton of the money allotted for the
province
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
CRUISER FOR COSTA RIGA
THE DETROIT ORDERED TO SAIL
FOR PORT LIMoN.
Goes to Protect American Merchants
From Gen. Torres Arbitrary Acts
Resist Collection of Duties.

Washington, April S.-The cruiser De-
troit got away yesterday from La Guayara
for Port Limon, Costa Rico, where she
will receive instructions from the navy de-
partment as to her further course, the
cable to Nicaraguan ports being inter-
rupted through the arbitrary action of
General Torres.
Nothing has been heard at the state de-
partment from its representatives in
Nicaragua since Consul Soresby cabled
from Port Limon three days ago an ac-
count of Torres action and appealed for
two warShips.
The Detroit is due at Port Limon Tues
day morning, and unless there is a decided
change for the better in the situation in
Nicaragua she will push on with all speed
to Bluefelds. Our government is determ-
ined not to tolerate the extortion practiced
by Torres upon American merchants
there.
a disquieting feature of the situation is
the semi-endorsement by President Ze-
laya of Torres contention thai he has
right to collect duties which have al
ready been paid by the Americans to the
de facto government of Bluefields under
General Reyes, the leader of the late in
surrection. The Nicaraguan government
contention is that foreign residents of
BluefieldS having been warned by the
government not to pay custom duties
to the insurgents cannot now claim ex-
emption from a recollection by the gov
ernment of duties so paid.
The state department, however, has sat
isfied itself that the insurgent govern
ment at Bluefields under General Reyes
was de facto government in the full
sense of the term, and also that the mer-
chants paid the duties under absolute
compulsion.
Therefore. it is determined not to toler-
ate recollection of these duties on the
part of the Nicaraguan government. 1t
is pointed out that if the Nicaraguan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09

was ctild's play compared to the prob
lem of Chinese management. What has
occurred in Africa, where the native
counts for nothing, is only pale fore
cast of what may happen in China with
six nations contending for commercial
advantage with a people numbering
300 G00,0 souls.
Bearing in mind that the natural re-
sources of the east are to be exploited
with all the perfection of modern appli-
ances and cheaper labor than has ever
been offered the following questions
suggest themselves:
How can cotton goods of the United
States make other than limited mar
ket in Asia against the cottons of India,
Japan and China? How can American
petroleum, better article as it is, hold
more than it's own against the Russian
oil supported, as it may be, by bounty
for political effect? Then there are the
oil fields of Lankat to be counted in as
competitors. How can American iron
and steel markets, held to be closed by
European countries, each one Of which
wishes to keep for its own people the
construction of the railroad the build
ing and running of steam vessels, and
the profits of the custom house? What
better chance Will there be for Ameri-
can machinery and certain textile ma
chimes than now presents itself?
Finally, are we looking forward to
meeting Asiatic competition with an
even higher tariff than is now endured,
a tariff bristling with duties like those
on silks, in the present law. specially
leveled against the imports of silk
goods from Japan?"
The executive council today elected
the following officers: Professor e. ].
James. University of Chicago, presi-
dent; Professor S. NJ. Lindsay, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, first vice presi-
dent; Professor a. F. Gedding, Colum
bia university, second vice president;
Woodrow Wilson, Princeton university,
third vice president; Stuart Wood,
Philadelphia, treasurer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
MEIKLEJoHN IS KNIGHTED.
Royal Order of the Sword Conferred
By King Oscar.

Chicago, April S.-The Times -HeraId's S
Washington special says:
King Oscar of Sweden has conferred
knighthood upon George D. Meiklejohn.
assistant secretary of war, and has dec
GRATED him with the insignia of the
royal order of the sword Secretary
Meiklejohn is barred by the constitu-
tion of the United States from accept
ing the knighthood, but he will retain
the jewel which the Swedish monarch
sent with the patent.
During the war with Spain Mr..
Meiklejohn. While acting as secretary
of war, was visited by Minister A
Grip, representing Sweden and Norway,
who asked permission for attaches of
his majesty's army to accompany the
American forces through the Cuban
and Porto Rican campaigns. Secretary
Meiklejohn readily issued the neces
sary authority and credentials to the
foreign officers, who accompanied the
minister, and it is presumed King oscar
has conferred the knightly hOnors on
the American in recognition of this
courtesy"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
HIS LIFE EBBING AWAY.
Condition of the Pope Growing More
Serious

London, April S.-The Rome CORES
pondent of the Daily Mail says:
''While the pope's health has i'm
proved, few deny that his life is slowly
ebbing away. Cardinal Paroccli.
bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina and
vicar general of his holiness, in an in
terview says that in spite of the ad-
vice of his physicians the pope, if his
strength will permit, will receive the
sacred college on Tuesday and receive
the congratulations of that body upon
the anniversary of his coronation. He
even intends to attend the service in
st. Peters on FRIDAY"