Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-13

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that of Joe INLAND, of Chicago. who
claimed but % years experience IN this
world.
IN JAIL AT TOLEDO.
Harry sears. Colored. CHARGED With
Attempted Rape in Tania County.
| Harry Sears young colnred man 20
years Of age who claims this city as
| his home. is in trouble at Toledo over
! an alleged attempt TO commit rape
4 His Intended victim WAS highly re-
4 spected lady of Toledo Miss Evelyn
\ Talbot. daughter of Rev. Talbot Of
Toledo The lama County Forum Of
Friday contains the following story:
Friday evening as one Of Toledo's
most highly respected young ladies' was
| going from town to the Indian school
a colored fiend attempted the awful
crime Of rape. Her younger sister had
4 gone over 10 the school along in tie at
ternoon With another young girl and
4 she started over there about O'Clock
10 see what was the matter they had
l.depot and as a. train was on the track.
went north to the first gate and fol-.
lowed the creek down until she came 10
4 place a coloIett man accosted her and
asked her Where she Was going. She
Il told him and he said his name Was
i johnson ana his mother worked over
4 there and that ne VAS from MARSHALL
4 town and would accompany her TO the
q school as ne was going over to see his
mother.
They had not proceeded far before
4.
4 clothes nearly off her trying 10 commit
the awful crime. He stuffed a mltten
into her mouth 10 Keep her from
screaming. He had partially aceomp
lished the crime when Indian Farmer
Tibbetts happened along AS soon as
the fiend saw Mr.. Tibbetts he got UP
and ran.
The young lady vas taken to her
IS ho,ne and about o'clock Harry sears,
a col9rsd man about 20 years OH, anf
Mo lives in the city With his grand
!, mother. Was arrested al her honle
/ charged with the crime.
= sIle was taken before Squire Dingee
in the evening, waived examiaation
i ana MAS place.! in jail Al the prelifn-
mary hearing before squire Dingee
i the yeling lady positively identified
+
I'm her evidence she stated that he
damned his fingers also her cap int
| har threat The cap WAS introduced II
evidence anu was covered with blood
she also identfied has watch that he
had on at the time and which dropped
. out oil his pocket during the struggle.
,,IIe MAS bound OYER TO awair tbs
actionsos the grand jury, his bonds be-
4 ing placed AT $4,000"
Sears Is thought 70 be not an origina
: product of this city. but ii is ciaimet
that he hung around here Ion some lit
tie time at different intervals. He was
: known by some as Harry Watson L
! is understood thar the young man ha:
: served u term in the reform school a
Eldora
DON'T AGREE WITH GOVERNOR
i SHAW.
/ Editor Times Republican,. Sine
Il Governor Shaw has raised tho question
5 of boys dropping out of school W
i think this a proper time To discuss tn
+ question. and If any suggestion can b.
{ made by any one that MIL improve tn
: present conditions they should be ap
: piled ON the part Of the school espe
: ciallv the high school. the course o
If study being unadapted 70 the nature .
+ the Development Of the boy he lose
interest ard drops out, There shout
n be a revision Of the course Of study 10
!. high schools and two courses provided
d one chat Will be adapted TO the need
Il OF the boy and that he can make
q practical use Of after he leaves schoo
Too much time is given to the study Z
j. Latin before they know the fundamen
r tai principles of the English languag,
. Boys take - the sciences as a rul,
ii white girls take To Latin more readil,
II ON the part of the boy the tobacc
- and other vicious habits influence hill
is to drop out. In the rural schools Ia
IS male teacher. except where he intend
f. TO make teaching q profession. is II
,r ferior to the female, and the percent
j. boys in attendance in proportion
boys enumerated is larger in til
g schools taught by females than thos
IL Taught by males. The men don inten
"a Ito make teaching a business. and cor
~ sequentiy lack interest in the work an
- drift into school keeping" If any or
~ doubts the above statement they ca
/ be convinced by Visiting ten schoo
of taughi ny each class. If better wag,
j, We're paid male teachers they would I
, doubt make some Improvement.
re- The greatest need of the rural ss.hor
IA is circulating library system that wi
II Iinteres, boys and induce them to for
al the habit of reading good literatur
"A Another need is common school grad,
A.. alton that Will induce boys to remain
~. SC hco until they have completed II
"a common branches. which should be fl
lowed by graduate course in Il
/, district school. including such branch
9 as Mill be Of the most use to the b,
a. who intends to follcw agricultural pu
sntls. OBSERVER.
Us j. I. Bevry. Logantown, Pa, write
cd 81 am willing to take my oath that
ne was cured of pneumonia entirely by 4
I'D use of One Minute Cough Cure aft
Is, doctors failed. 1t also cured my CHI
lst dren of whooping cough" Quickly r
a lieves and cures coughs, colds, crou
of grippe and throat and lung trouble
~. Children all like It. Mothers endorse
he All druggists.