Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-23


Cumnock coal mines, Chatham county,
yesterday afternoon. 1t is supposed
the cause was broken gauze in a safety
lamp. This is the second explosion this
mine has mad within the past four
years. The former one occurred in 1895.
when forty-three men lost their lives
Alaska OBJECTS TO Brady.
Seattle, Wash, May 23.-The Alaska
republican convention to elect dele
gates to the republican national con-
vention met at juneau on May 10, and
the following resolution condemnlns
Governor Brady vas passed:
'Be it resolved by the republicans of
the district Of Alaska. in convention
assembled, That further continuance in.
office of John q. Brady as governor OF
Alaska is nimical to the interests of
Alaska and contrary to the wishes of
the republican party, and that this res
olution be transmitted to the president
of the United States.
The convention endorsed Afckinley's
administratio ton, demanded territorial.
form of government be extended to
Alaska: declared for the removal of
the capital from Sitka to Juneau; q sked
the government that a direct cable
from Alaska to Puget Sound be laid.
and demanded lighthouse be erected
| in Alaskan waters forthWith. The foi-
| lowing delegates We're elected to he re-
publican national conventions; William
| Grant. John G. Price, John q. Held
| and r. j. Willis.
AlcLnin Acquitted.
L + Nfnr sD9--13v order OF
iJudge Kohlsaat a verdict of mot
guilty, was entered in the fedreal court
yesterday by the jury which has been
hearing evidence against five members
of the board OF trade charged with us
ling the mails in a scheme to defraud
customers by bucket shop methods. Tht
defendants were Charles r. and Alber,
O. McLain, of the firm of McLain Bros
* Co, and Calvin A. Whyland of G. "A
! yyhyland & CO.. Henry o. Parker ant
James Nicol are said to have acted witt
them rh:o taking the case from the
4 jury on the motion of the attorney fol
4 the McLains. Judge Kohlsaat scored th'
4 defendants severely, declaring that tbs
4 evidence, uncon,radicted. showed con.
5Iclusively that the defendants We're con
A Iducting a bucket shopping business ant
itomers Of the McLains had lost none.
4 as the result of their method of doins
4 business. Inferentially the judge score
the board of trade by pointing out tina
a IL was not until January of this yea
& that u special rule was laid down by tn
4 directory to prevent such abuses of tn
A Iprivileges of the board
i So.
northwestern Is Not surveying.
Sioux City. May 23-In telegram i
q the Commercial Association of Siou
ICity Commissioner j. Y. Malone
4 stated that the surveyors a t work run
a ming a railway route from Kingsley I
!. Merrill. Iowa. are not in the employ .
!. the Northwestern. He made this state
= sment as the result OF an interview wit
!. President Marvin Hushitt. who author
. ized him to deny that the Northwestern
! has taken any steps towards building
line between these points. Bushes
men here have been much wrought u
/ over the rumors that the Northwestern
would build between Kingsley and Mel
) rill, and then to Hawarden instead {
! from Neville to this city.
, wrongcd Wife Appears on Scene.
Clinton. May 23.-Oficers here hay
/, arrested Benjamin Rea, of Louisville
!, XIV. and a woman who passed as h
!, ,lwife. the arrest of Rea being effecte
late Monday night. Rea came here SON
!, time ago and passed as a physician. II
!. rented a house and nopocy suspecte
a anything wrong till last week. when
q woman came here from Louisvill
!, Iclaiming to be the true and lawful WI
+ of DIR. Rea. The woman who was IN
j ing with Rea claims to be Bessie Tin'
NY. of Emmetsburg, la.
e Engineer Frank Shaw and Firems
q Harry Wetzell were killed in a loc