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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
CITY EXCEEDS ITS POWERS.
Has Not tho Right 10 Fix the Price to
be Charged Tor Natural Gas.

Indianapolis, June 24.-The SUI
preme court has affirmed n judgment
enjoining the city of Noblesvillc from
enforcing an ordinance to fix the price
OF natural gas to be charged by the
Noblesville Gas and Improvement com-
pany for furnaces, CRATES in houses
where furnaces are used and water
heaters for bath rooms.
The court said that the legislature
had undoubted power to authorize
cities to regulate the price OF gas
charge by companies operating 1nunic-
ipal Franchises. but that it had not
conferred any such power on cities in'
corporaied under the general law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
fHARTuL BLOW TO JOHN HAY.
Father of tile Dead Man See. the Body and
Ia Prostrnted

New Haven. Conn. June 24.-Hon.
John Hay, secretary OF state, worn by
tile trip from Washington to New
Haven, and nearly Frustrated by grief
at the untimely end of his eldest son,
reached this city at 545 p. m. yester
day He gave evidence of extreme ia
tigne and the mental agony Incident
upon his great atiliction was unmistak-
ably written on his features. The sec
rotary Immediately entered carriage
aud was driven in great haste to the
residence OF Mr.. Seth Mosely. In the
drawing room of the house renpsed the
remains of the dead son. In the pres
ence of the beloved dead Colonel Hay
utterly collapsed. and Frustrated by his
great grief took to his bed. DR.. Sam
uel ID. Gilbert was summoned and ad-
ministered to the patient.
Scarcely more than an hour passed
before Miss Helen Hay. n daughter
Of the family. wcll-nigh Frustrated by
\ the shock of the sud news, was at her
4 fathers bedside. Last evening dis
patches We're received containing the
intelligence that Mrs. Hay. the be-
reaved mother. and daughter, Miss
Alice Hay. were en- route from New
v
arrived this morning from Simsbury
Conn. where he has been at school.
Or. Gilbert, who is at the bedside OF
the secretary. announces that the in,
disposition Of Colonel Hay is not Sc
rlous, adding that he is simply over
whelmed with grief and that the pros
4 tration will disappear after sufficient
rest The triennial class of '9S, OF
which Adelbert Hay was a member
has gone into mourning.
Adelbert Stone Hay was the eldest
son Of the secretary of state and wos
born while the latter was living II
! Cleveland O. He was % years old
He was educated in the private schools
Of Cleveland and prepared at st. Paul'l
academy IN Concord, N. H., for Yale
!. At the university he was a popular
student He was six feet high and al
athlete His public career began whel
he was appointed United States consul
at Pretoria while that place was helt
by the Beers. and, young as he was
he SO bore himself that he won TIN
respect of both Britain and Boer in
Y situation where the utmost delicacy
> honor and tact was necessary Their
was no money In It." He spent bot
his own and his fathers salary tn
year he was there, mostly in charity
Then as soon as the emergency wa
over he resigned the post and cam
: home. He was Just on the eve Of be
, ing appointed assistant secretary t
President Mckinley, thus taking th
same service in which his father hR
: drst entered public life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24

carrying with it Mrs. vandyke ana
four children, two of the vandyke
children-,John, aged II, and Charles,
5-belng drowned. Mrs. Vandyke
with the two remaining children, Ed
gar and Laura, We're found in a dying
condition one mile from where the
house stood. While the rescuing party
was searching for the Nandyke fam
lily they found the body of n white
woman, we'll clad, floating down Plum
creek. No one thus far has been able
to identify her.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
PROPERTY LOSS Is TWO MILLIONS.
This L. Only an Estimate md Said to BE a
Conservative One.

A great number of coal and coke
plants throughout the Pocahontas are
reported practically destroyed and are
in some instances entirely washed
away. Owing to the very high water
which has flooded the region and pre-
vented communication anything like a
correct estimate OF the loss of property
is impossible. hut from the best iDfor-
nation ohtainable ut p. m. yester-
day the loss 10 property will easily
reach S2OoO,OoO At Landgraf the
BEAUTIFUL home of General Manager
Ord is reported gone but his family Is
said to be safe.
Passenger train No. A. of the Nor
folk and Western railway. reached vi
vian about $50 a. m, met the flood and
was unable to proceed further. The
waters reached such depth that the
coaches had to be abandoned. the pas
sengers being rescued by mems OF
ropes strung from the windows of
4 coaches 10 the tops of remaining coke
ovens some distance away. Between
/ Elkhorn and Vivian yard, q distance OF
4 ten miles. 100 cars are said to be
| washed from the tracks and many OF
4 them Were carried down the stream.
rough estimate places the numbei
| of bridges washed away between Blue
! field and Vivian yard, distance OF
twetny- eight miles, at from fifteen t.
twenty. and from present indications
it will be impossible to get train:
through TO Vivian and points west Of
there under a week or ten days. This
will render it impossible to get relief
into the stricken district, and
with those who escaped with
their lives, homeless and without food
Understandable suffering is inevitable.
On the Clinch Valley branch of tht
Norfolk and Western railway, between
this city and Norton, Va, communica
ton is entirely severed west OF Taze
well, Va. Reports come from tina
point of great loss Of life and propert.
throughout the entire section. Three
miles west of Tazewell, on the Higgin
botham farm, the home of Paris Van
dyke, q farm hand, was wept away
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
Robbed ON Hi. own Doorstep.

Chicago. June 24.-Ausust Meyers
was assaulted aud robbed In front of
his home. los West Van Buren, street,
shortly after midnight. He was left
lying on the steps leading to his home
and the robber escaped after being
chased for several blocks. Meyers was
taken to the county hospital in an I'M
conscious condition by the police of the
Desplaines street police station, and II
is feared that be may die as result OF
the beating ne received.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
sent to tho Supreme Court.

Oshkosh, Wis, June 24-,Judge g..
w. Burnell. of the circuit court, has
handed down most important deci-
sion affecting the ownership of the
costly Oshkosh library. By the action
Of the decision the city wins in the
case brought by the heirs of Abbie
Sharks, who bequeathed $4,000 for
public library purposes. The heirs
contended that the will violated the
statute of uses and trusts, which is
against perpctuities. Judge Burnell's
decision sends the case to the state
supreme court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
Chnrle. Lily white 1. An Right.

London. June PA nolle prosequi
was Saturday entered in the case of
Charles Lilly White. naturalized
United States citizen. who was arrest
ed in Wellington. New Zealand, in No
vember last on charge Of being Ar
thur Batch, the murderer of tailor
at Colchester England in 1893.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
JAN Break Of Four Thieves.

Danville, Ills, June 24.-Frank
Gardner. Rufus Thompson, Arthur TIL
lie, Luther Blake. all under sentence
to the penitentiary for burglary and
larceny, broke Jail here Saturday
morning by saving bars. Officers
have been sent in every direction. but
have been unable to find them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
Pru..,.n p.flci, In Cereals.

Washington. June 24.-It is now rec
ognized as inevitable that the cereal
harvests of 1901 In Prussia will show
the largest and most disastrous de-
flcits that has been recorded In recent
years and the requirements of the Ger
man empire in respect to foreign
grown foodstu6s will far exceed those
IN any recent Years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
lincoln Univer.ity Professer Dead.

New York, June 24.-J. Aspnwall
Hodge, of this city, has received ad-
vices that his father, Rev. DR.. Aspin-
wall Hodge, Presbyterian clergyman
and an author and u professor in Lin
coin (IAs.) university, died suddenly
yesterday at his home IN Pennsylvania,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
Ola style Boxing bout.

Cleveland o.. June PA prize fight
under old-time conditions was pulled
off about ten miles south from the cen
ter of the city Saturday between
George r'YoungHl Gibbs and Phil Car.
ney, both of Cleveland. Gibbs put
Carney in such condition that he was
unable to come up for the sixth round
The ring was pitched In woods, and
the boxers wore gloves that We're hard
lY more than skin tight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
coll..,on win Result in Two Deaths.

Butler Mo. June 24-Two Missouri
Pacific freight trains collided head on
In the yards here and were wrecked.
John Slawson, fireman on the north
bound train. had his legs cut off, and
will die; Wolfing, brakeman, was
buried under the wrcckage and fatally
hurt, and S. Snyder, fireman of the
south bound train, was injured buddy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
|I RIVALS JCHNg|ONN
The Elkhorn Valley Disaster One
OF Worst in country's
History.
Coal Field in Which the catas-
trophe Occurred a Walled
Valley.
Town OF keystone Is Entirely
Washed Away--Property Loss
Is Millions.

Roanoke. Va, June ALLOWING
for PROBABLY a large number of people
lost III the West Virginia hoods Who
VIII never be accounted for, the esti-
mate OF the loss of life made here
puts it at from, 9ou 10 6vo.
Roanoke Va, lunc Passengers
on u train from the west report that
about Soc people We're drowned Satur-
day cYenia. along the Ellshorn diyi-
sion ot tile Norfolk and Western rail-
road and that miles Of track and
bridges We're washed our. All wires
.lTe Gowsl ever the devastated section.
Iazewell Va, June 24.--Tae train
master OF the Norfolk and Western
railroad walked THE track between
Vivian and North Fork. a distance Of
twelve miles. He discovered thirty
bodies floating in the river.
Rluehela. w. Va, June "a -'rhiS eli
- =
noon A'le eNteAl oi Wni'n, ~ ail Proc
ability. viii equal or exceed THAT ca
Iohnsiown III 1850, 50 lar rs the loss OF
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24

versity commencement, which brought
him here Saturday, and in which. by
virtue of his class office, the young
1uan would have been one of the lead
ers. The terrible tragedy has cast u
gloom over the whole city. The full
details of the terrible accident will
never be known. Hay had rooms at
the New Haven House for commence
inent week
Went to s.eep Near Sudden Death.
1t is generally supposed. however,
that after going to his room he Went to
the window for air. and that. sitting
OH the sill he dozed off, overbalanced
and fell 10 the pavement below. fall
of fully sixty feet The full resulted
in instant death and within fifteen
minutes the body had been identified
as that of young Hay. The hotel
where The unfortunate young man was
quartered faces on Chapel street, the
principal thoroughfare of the city. and
is almost under the caves of the uni
vcrsity which he proudly claimed as
his alma mater.
One Spectator of tile Tragedy.
There was Il solitary spectator to the
terrible tragedy-a laborer ON the city
streets. All the hour mentioned the
workman saw the form Of man fall
ing through space. An instant later
there was sickening thud. and the
fody lay directly in front OF the main
hotel entrance. The Mortified laborer
rushed to the spot, and his shouts
brought others. The usual crowd gath
cred III II were several belated Yale
| graduates They bent over the body
One of them. Julian Mason, son ol
the late Edward G.. Mason. of Chi
cago. and a classmate of young Hay
| drew back and horror-stricken cried
My God. it's Del Hay" BY this tim
the hotel clerk had reached the seem
| and made the Identification complete
1 pv.yr,y nv nyv rn ynuN NAV
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
DeVvitt's
Early
Risers
The famous little pills

For Biliousness, Torpid Liver, Consti-
patton, Sick Headache, Dizziness, In,
testinal Distractions, Jaundtce and
ali other Liver and Bowel Troubles
DnWIrr's LITTLE EARLY R1sERs are
unequalled. They act promptly ana
never grippe. They are 50 small that
thew can be taken without any trouble.
Pronsred BY Z. @. Dewitt q Co., Chlos0es
SOLD By GEO. p. POWERS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
NEWEST sWINDLING SCHEME.
II Is Worked by s.Corncly Woman
of Middle Age.

Its Worked by II s.Concly Woman
of Nltddlc Age.
Ann Arbor. Mich, June 24.-The ar
rest of Mrs Maude II. Roberts, alias
Mrs. Grace Warner. n comely woman
of middle age. may throw light on Q
swinlling scheme that has been
worked extensively in several parts of
the country. The method followed is
for pretended purchaser to visit a
property owner living i'll a place other
than that In which the property is To-
Gated aud borrow IN abstract of title
and tax receipts in order ito submit
them to a lawyer as to the perfection
of the title. On the strength of this
prima facie evidence OF ownership the
pretended purchaser would borrow
money.
In these deals man and a woman
have invariably been concerned. The
woman under arrest here visited Mrs
Hannah Whipple. Of this city. and of
fered to buy her Detroit property The
abstract and tax receipts were Dor
rowed, but not returned, An arrest in
Detroit followed. and the woman was
brought here under n charge of simple
larceny Her photographs have been
sent to New Jersey to see II she is
| wanted there She claims that she
/ does not know the address of the male
/ companion who is supposed to be I'M
4 Dlicated In the scheme
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
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health and 10.
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Golden Corners, Ohio. ter by restoring life and
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
BEHR1NG COMES BACK.
Man VINO Claims to be the Son of the
Late Geo. NJ. pullman.

Ohcngo. June 24-Gustav A. Beh-
ring, who has at various times laid
claims to being the son of the late
Gerge M. Pullman, and who was in
duced to leave the country last year
IN charge of Chicago detective.
turned up in Chicago Saturday morn
ing and sought admittance atthe home
of Frank o. Lowden, son-in-law Of the
late George Nj. Pullman. 1912 Prairie
avenue. The claimant to n portion of
the Pullman millions arrived ut the
Lowden residence at . O'clock, and
ringing the bell, demanded IN audi
ence of Lowten. Behring barely got
one foot inside the residence when he
was recognized. and the door was
quickly shut in his face. Nothing
abashed at the rebuff. the claimant es-
sayed to ring the bell a second time.
Call. to SEQ Detective.
Fearful of a disturbance Lowden
from an upper window, beckoned to
Policeman McNnmore, who was on the
other side of the street. and mt sight
of the policeman the 'disowned" beat
an undignited retreat down the front
doorsteps and fled. Policeman McNa-
more pursued the fleeing man south on
Prairie avenue for several blocks. Chief
of Detectives Colleran was ut once no
tilted of Behring's temperance, and
detectives were ON The lookout all
morning expecting trouble in sight.
Nothing was seen of Rehrlng for sew
eral hours, when wholly unan.
nounced he walked into Central sta
ton to the surprise of every one pres
ent, and asked to see Detective Thomp-
son. 1t was Detective Thompson who
took Behring to New York last year
and saw him safely aboard steamer
bound for Europe.
Says He hn. Become Dc.perntr.
Thompson was surprised to SEQ his
visitor, whom he thought had gone for
good. "What, back again!' said the de-
tective.
Yes 1 am desperate man, said
Behring II have come back to renew
my efforts to establish my just claims
as the son of George NJ. Pullman.
tell you. / will force them to recognize
me. even If have to adopt desperate
measures"
The detective succeeded In calming
the man Il little and asked him what
his plans We're. These, however Beh-
ring refused to divulge, but uttered
threats as to what he should do We're
he again refused admittnnce to the
Lowden residence.
Yet That Ia What He Ii Here For.
I" Isee George Pullman Is getting Il
divorce from his wife" said Rehring
rs it not disgrace that should be
mixed up with This family The reap
pcarance of Behring in Chicago Satur
day is the sequel to one of the most no
mantle claims since the case of Itch
borne. Behring's claim that he Is the
illegitlmatc son of George NJ. Pullman
and governess who was in the Pull
man family in the early 40s. is sup
( ported by a likeness between the clnim
ant and the dead millionaire. On TIL,
death of Pullman Rehring was sent IL
Berlin, but he soon returned and caused
( u great sensation by making an attacl
on Mrs. Pullman IN front of the Pull
i man residence.
L
New-York tribune., 1901-06-02
A MAsTERPIEcE BY CLODION.

Paris correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette.
convent would appear the most unlikely OF
places to shelter a masterpiece 10y Cloooh' pu'
"A most important work 10y the eighteenth cen
fury sculptor whose inspiration was so pro-
nouncedly pagan has been brought To Isht III
a convent in the Latin Quarter Its history Is
rather curious The building in which the
CIodion has remained unappreCiated. and in
which. indeed its presence has been resented
for over a century. was not originally intended
to serve convent. II was constructed bE
Rroucniart for Princess Louise of Condo, ana
gallantly decorated 10y sundry of the hrst artlsts
of the day. Cludion included VINO executed
relief Of very considerable dimensions, rep
resenting number Of fauns. nymphs ana
cupids at play. 1t fell out that destiny was un-
kind II Mile d. Condo. She los; her heart To
a NJ de Ia GerVaSais who was several years
her junior and of no birth To esp1use a lady Of
her rank. They exchanged some very pretty
love letters. which were published not long ago
by NJ Paul Violet. but the opposition TO their
marriage being insurmountable, the princess re
nOunced the world took the VOWS and became
the Mother Superior of community of Bene-
dictine nuns who took up their quarters in the
newly erected palace. The Cl"dion was en-
tombcd. The expression is literally accurate,
for. at period which is not known with pre-
cision. the masters work condemned as a source
Of offence To plouS eyes, was hidden from view
by a plaster wall specially erected 10 mask IL.
Iconoclasm has often been more drastic in its
methods. the nuns may be pardoncd. Still,
but for an accident the very existence of the
Clodion might long have remain unsupported.
Daring the bomhardment of Paris 10y the Ger
mans the convent was struck by a shell. which
brought down the plaster wall. and showed the
ba relief happily without damaging il. The
work has since been allowed tn see the light OF
day. with the result that that most indefati-
gable of searcherS NJ. LenOtTe, the author of
''Vieilies Maisons NieuX Papiers' got wind of
its existence and called the attention of the
Society OF Lovers OF old Paris 10 his find. All
risk OF the clodion coming to harm is now at
an end but what will be its ultimate fate is un-
certain, as though the city of Paris is anxious
10 acquire possession of II, the price demanded
rs ,UUD-iS difficulty.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-02

Civil List is enabled to maintain one of un-
paralleled spendor and size, numbering over
three hundred women, chosen especially, Wheh
very Young for their beauty and grace. On en-
terinG the harem they must abandon all idea oi
home. family and country. even their names, Tor
they are renamed according to the pleasure or
their master. A special training is given them
else they are most childish and ignorant Un-
like most Orientals. who admire large, stately
women, Abdul Hamid prefers charm ana pref
tiness to regularity of feature. When not trou-
bled by preoccupationS and anXietles, he pays
frequent visits to the harem, occasionally enter
ing into conVersati tion with his faVorites, giving
them a superficial outline of political happen
ings, and telling anecdotes of foreign courts
this being the only idea of history they possess.
His majestys visits to the harem only take
place when his mind is free from care. Al the
first alarming rumor embarrassing poltlcal
crisis all his usual habits and occupations are
swept away before the threatened storm. and ne
remains for long pcriods plunged in thought
his active mind preparing plans against an
enemy buSy engaged conJurinS up VISIONS
Of imaginary danger He has been known To re-
main over forty-eight hours without food or sleep
when suffering from one of these fits. Such lohE
watches together with the tremendous Hlehtdi
and physical strain endured, bring on nervous
attacks of great violence which r.ndef the iloi-
arch perfectly ferocIoUs. that whle tne
paroyysm lasts no one dareS approach nm IL
is therefore not surprising that. in spite OF
the care he takes of his health and the precau,
lions with which he surrounds himScH Apuui
Ha,nid after a reign of twenty-five years LOOKS
prematurely old and broken. His weakness IS
extreme and his body so thin that II Is httle
more than skeleton; IN fact, IT is only ny @ @GIn'
Of will power ana nervous energy that thc sun
tan manages 10 keep up.