Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-11
SCHEDULE A HOT nk[
Iowa Prohibitionists Making
Preparations for a History
Making Convention.
Cherokee Man Slated for Cover.
nor..Marshalltown Man Is
Mentioned.
Foster as a Harmonizer Creates
Amusement--Doctors a
Short Crop.

Short Crop.
4 Special TO Times Republican.
Des MoInes. May ll.-Our good (
er,s,,5. ,,a,.rohihi.5opte,s are going 10 T
a,
sel .os eeiiei -has a'iu ''''s
est state convention in the history
| of the party They are making /
,,e.,,,,,i5.ns a., IN. hss, ti,n4. tf,ev have |
i - az |
J ever hau. h. iAes sec'ieu iii9iS - = -
/ votes for Woolley In this state last /
4 YEAR ana are encouraged in the belief I
e.a .,.,,;,a 49,, ,.f,, ~ ~ sa,,a
importance IN ae1eriiiihihs results ~ |
the state. The convention to be held
there has received the favor of th,. rail-
N,
ioaus "Ns w " - ~
nan iafs rate % ehs- "a ! ne ce'issl'-
ton Will be addressed by j. u. crory OF
Pittsburs, said to be fine orator. and
one John A. Earl Will be temporary
usual oratory. Consideration Of the
state ticket has been had, and it is
Iprobabie that w H. Ferris, of Cherokee,
Will b. the candidate for governor
AOthers whose names have been consd-
cred are w. j. Fort Marshall
town; Francis Bacon, Muscatine;
Il and ID. S. Grossman. of Minburn.
The prospective candidate for lieu
Tenant governor is in this list j.
!, b. Griffith. Iowa Fails; DR.. Ferris, Wat
. erloo; w Howard, Marshalltown; v b.
. Pool Mason City. County tickets are
already appearing. Benton county pro-
hibitionists have a county ticket m the
| field and the Polk county prohibitianists
meet today to put UP a county ticket.
!, Several organizers ara at work in the
: state. 1t IS rumored here that the dem
X ocrats have about agreed upon nomn-
g ating George w. Ball Of Iowa City. as
n their candidate for governor Cansid-
5 GRAFTON has been given 70 number Of
: names OF more prominent ones in the
: party. but the men who met in Des
: of the party agreed that some one who
.o has not been running FOR state offices
IS in other years shall be nominated for
q governor.
lie
y A local republican newspaper puts
forth the suggestion hat Sidney A.
Foster ought 70 be nominated as a com
PROMISE CANDIDATE thai the contest IS
going 70 narrow down between Cum
4 MINIS ard Ceneer, which it declares @
4, be contest at factions. and IN ccnsaz
, quencs- Of this the demand is made that
: Foster come IN as 10. representing any
Il taeti9ts In view ef me night which
i VAS made fer Foster ny faction some
II tin7e age the suggestion * amusing.
r Foster as harnonizer would bei nov-
/. city 70 say the least The suggestion
2 IS on a par With the news reports sent
out from tfle headquarters Of the anti
3 Cummins literary bureau that Cum
Minis is going towithdrawfrom the race.
The news from Si3uN City this week
has been all that the Gumilins people
have desired, and really better than
2 they expected. They are content 70 wait
Z some time before hearing further good
news, but II may come from any quart
= er at any time
e
! a former Omaha man who did bust
e ness in ipes M9nes little While showed
a how job of petty swindlins can be
y done neatly. His name is FredC. Kauf-
II man He organized the american Paper
Stock Conspany in omaha and came
here To buy old papers and sell them g
: junk dealers He was arrested for
.
Possession Of his business and is con-
! Quoting IT, Hut Kaufman secured the
q assistance of a man named Christie and
n went oui e raise soiTs money, after
:. drawing out his bank account and Civ
- ing few checks where he had no de-
posts AT dubuque Kaufman got Nefi
Spaldlng y put up Sav for him on .
draft on ms company Ihey asked him
= 10 telegraph MS company first. He tel,
of3 esraPned Nnristie IN care of the COM
I pany and got a reply signed by tht
ii, company SAVING II was an right, Thi;
u same game Was worked in Minneapolis
se st, Louis Denver, Colorado Spring:
ana Srlppse Creek. ana Kaufman go
s.pout sspV Apr'i ~ ire banks hes'
founS- cut what kaufman was doins
se ana caused g ,eiesFam f9 christie 10 b
~ lntefeentea- ~ came from salt LAX
n Where kaufman Was trying TO rais'
n more n"fey ana the reply sent put
repfaI a iS,, which Indicated mar ,>j,,.;s