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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
STATE NORMAL COMMENCEMENT.
Effort Being Made to Make the oc-.
casion Memorable.

Effort Being Made to Max the Oc-.
casion Memorable.
Special to Tmes-Republica
Cedar Fails, April 16-The twenty
fifth annual commencement OF the Iowa
Estate Normal School viii occur on
June 9, 10, II, and 10 OF this year, 1t is
intended 70 make the occasion some
what more than the ordinary COM
inenceiEent III celebration If the twen-
ty-tifth birthday Of the school ard the
tHustess5 faculty and alumni are join-
Ing IN the effort to make the commence
ment memorable on this account
The program viii be as lsilaws
June Sunday. Baccalaureats ad-i
dress
June Monday Class day exer-
eises, $50 a m. For the. past Ave years
one of Shakespenrss plays has been
given. This year the class Mil give
Loves Labor Lost" a comedy, in five
acts
June Monday 2:so p. m. Military
exereises by cadet battalion
june liz Tuesday alumni day. 800
y. m. ZOO y. m. Az the forenoon meet
ing, Prof w. r. Patterson. graduate
of the school and now professor in
the school of political science at the
state university al Iowa City. will give
en- address AT noon basket dinner
will take place. AT the afternoon meet
ing extemporane5us addresses Will be
made by members of the alumni asso-
ciation and friends 81 The school. In the
concert under the charge of the musical
4 - ~,
june H. Wednesday The graduating
exercises occur al $50 a. m. Ii is ex-
pected that large number Of the 1900
alumni Viii attend this ccm.nencs sment
AT the last meeting of the boiird of
trustees the following new faculty
members We're added: Miss Bertha l..
Marsh. Fairdfield Ia. now student in
the university of Chicago, 10 be assis-
tant in geography. MISS Ida NJ. Bs.s-
senbecls af Rock Rapids, Ia, and Miss
Ethel NJ. Waller. of Charles City. now a
student in the university al Iowa City
We're elected assistants in the tran2
school department. Miss Elizabeth
Hughes and Miss Pearl Pierce We're
granted a years leave of absence to at
tend Chicago university. The three
new faculty are all former graduates of
the institution. Mr.. Alex Martz, who is
possibly the oldest man in poin; of ser
vice of any employe Of any of the state
institutions Of Iowa. having been EN-
rioyed here for the past twenty-eight
years, was granted a six months leave
of absence ana goes soon to California
for his health For the past seven.
years he has been superintendent of
buildings and grounds and has proved
himself we'll qualified for the place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
CARTER WANTS OUT.
solicitor General Richards shows
lYhy IIn Aho,, LII A,x,4 .i.o ID le..>.a

Why IIc should Not BE Re lcaacd,
Washington. April 1s.-Solicitor Cen
eral Richards today filed with the
United States supreme court brief in
opposition to the application for bail
filed about ten days ago in behalf of
former Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, now
confined in the United States penten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, kas., upon
conviction of fraud in connection with
the harbor Improvements etc, at Sa-.
vannah. Ga. After reviewing the hisA
tory of the case the solicitor general
says in part: The validity of Carter's
conviction and sentence by court mar
tial. which alone could try him for
crimes committed as an officer of the
United States army. in violation Of the
articles of war, has been sustained by
three civil courts and five judges. not
counting this court. before which the
matter is now pending for third time.
Carter now applies for the suspension
OF just sentence of this lawful tribu-
nal and asks to be released from mn
second appeal upon the following
grounds:
"First-Because he is suffering from
|
Gus collapse by reason OF mental an
guish owing to the Imprisonment
Second Because he is innocent of
the charges on which he was convicted
by court martial and the only way he
can establish his innocence, so he says.
is by pressing the trial OF the charges
embraced in the Georgia Indictment,
which he asserts cannot be tried be-
t,;e a.
As to the first ground the solicitor
general submits an argument tending
to show Carter's sound menta, condi-
tion and files with the court the aiiidav-
its of five physicians who examined
Carter and affirm Carter is physically
and mentally sound. This affidavit
supplements afftiavits from the warden
and physician of the prison.
AS to the second ground for the re-
lease on bail the solicitor genf/ll says
in part: Since Carter was dragged into
this case the fact that he lis under in
dictment along with Greene and Gay
nors and has sworn the crim.oai case.
can not be tried because of his absence
from Georgia. and asserts that he
wants to be released so he may demand
trial by jury in Georgia and prepare
LOT ", II 10 proper loi Ile 10 call the at
tention of the court to the fact that IL
criminal case can not be tried without
Carter neither can II be tried without
his co-conspirators. Greene and Gay
nors. Yet ever since the Indictment
was found in December 1899, the gov
ernment has been strenuously endeav-
oring to secure the removal Of Greene
and Gaynors from New York to Georg-
la for trial"
Richards says the Investigations OF
the government reveal q toss in the ag-
gregate OF s2.170.0o0 thru Caters oper-
ations OF which Carter received a third
with travelling expenses added. In view
of these facts Richards asks: .It is
any wonder that Carter wants to get
cut on ball.
That he desires to be put in a posi-
ton whara ha oan narsanall1 handla tha
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
VIII OF the Late Mrs. Mcpherson.

New York, -April 16. Marshal Van
Winkie, as attorney. has flied an appeal
in Jersey City from the action of Surro-
gate James Liiis IN admitting to pro-
bate the Will OF the late Mrs McPher-
son, widow Of Senator John II. dcPher-
SON. The appeal is filed in behalf of
Mrs, Or, Joseph Muir, only daughter of
the deceased the contes; by which she
is to receive only the life income of the
estate, 1t Will be Claimed that while
Mrs. Mcpherson was not reconel,ed to
the marriage Of her daughter, Edia,
and that while she did intend to disin-
herit any issue resulting from the mar
riage she also intended 10 insert a
clause in the will that if Mrs. 3ouir was
ever widowed or legally separated from
her husband and again contracted mar
riage the estate was TO go to the chill
dren of this marriage. This Intention is
said to have been fully sci forth in
letter sent by Mrs Mcpherson 10 her
daughter few days before her death.
As no such clause appears in the will,
Mrs. Muir Will contend that the Will
does not represent the wishes of her
mother regarding the distribution of the
estate, the value of which is estimated
at $5oo.o0o- BY Mrs. McPherson's will
the bulk of the property at her daugh-
ter's death was TO go to Yale Unicersity
for the purpose Of aiding poor students.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16

be Killed and admitted that he warned
w. Y. Thorne on January 20 to keep his
son away from Frankfort, but said he
did so because of the disturbed condi-
tions here and not from any knowledge
oof what was going to occur the next
day. He maintained that there was no
secrecy about the organization and
equipment of his company and said that
Governor Taylor told him that 1t was
not necessary to apply to the county
Judge for authority to organize it, The
company, he said. was organized for
pleasure.
4 Cross examined, the witness said r..
"A. Corley and five or six others accom-
panied him to Frankfort January 16, the
Scott Coolson tragedy occurred soon af-
ter their arrival and they did not see
Taylor till after dinner. He did not
hlar anything about conference OF
leading republicans and anti -Goebel
democrats as to means OF ending the
contest and was not invited to the
Louisville Gait house conference that
night. He saw Cool. Built and others
here who participated in the Gait house
conference that night, but none of them
spoke to witness about 1t. On January
10. witness said. he procured from a
Cincinnati firm shoulder straps and re-
ceived them the day Goebel was shot.
Commemorative Attorney Franklin
produced an order signed by ex-Adjt.
Gen Collier for the straps and marked
Rush" Witness said he did not know
whether it was Golfers signature or
not and could not recall whether he or
Collier sent the telegram. Witness
Went to the state arsenal January 30
and looked over equipments with view
to selecting such as his company need
ed, He received a special delivery let
ter from Governor Taylor January 3. or
ldering the company out. The letter did
not state that Goebel had been shot and
did not give the reason for calling them
out He received the shoulder straps
ordered by Gen. Collier the same day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
EVIDENCE IN GoEBEL MURDER,
Defendant Ripley Tells story ol
WitneAs Stand.

Frankfort. Ky. April 16-The Ripley
trial was resumed Monday afternoon
and the defendant went on the witness
stand. Ripley did not deny that he
made the Statements attributed to him
by Ex-Governor Bradley and Judge w.
IL Yost concerning Ex-Governor Tay-
lor's remarks TO him, but said he
thought that while they were subRtan-
tally correct in their evidence, they
had misunderstood him or he had failed
to convey the proper impression on
them at the time. The cross-examina-
ton was not completed and Ripley Will
be on the stand again today
Ex-Governor Bradley and Judge Yost
Will not be recalled as witnesses and
the jury will have to decide as to
whether they or the defendant is cor
rect as to Ripcy's statement of the
Taylor incident.
On direct examination Ripley stated
that he was 40 years old last nlonth and
is farmer. He had been talking with
the boys in his neiKhborhood for say
cral years about getting up company
OF cavalry. He came 10 Frankfort first
on January 16, the day of the Coson-
Scott tragedy, selecting this day in or
der to see Bryan, who was to be ban
quoted here that night. He had never
known Governor Taylor until that day
and never eaw him but once after that.
January 26 until after his company
was called out. He said he never knew
Powers or Youtsey until some days af-
ter the shooting; never saw Berry How
ard at all; had seen Jim Howard only
since they had been in jail together
here and never knew either Culton or
Wharton Golden. Taylor gave him the
order January 16 for the organization
of the company and ON January % Rip
ley came here and secured equipments
for 1t. This was the day on which he
had the conversation with Taylor and
his version of II, which varies MATERIAL
ly from that stated by Messrs Bradley
and Yost. was as follows: II went into
the governors office and found Gov
ernor Taylor looking very badly / told
him was sorry to gee him looking bad
". to which he replied: In these ter
rible times anybody would look bad.
Some irresponsible fool or crank Is
liable to kill me or kill Goebel and cause
riot around here in which there will
be many lives sacrificed or in sub
stance to that effect. Then told him
did not think this would occur and
went on talking to him about my COM
pany, which wac getting equipments
for. My Cod said ne. haven't you
got that company ready yet?' That was
what was trying to tell Governor
Bradley and Judge Yost, but may not
have stated 1t to them az clearly as I
intended to-"
He denied that he ever said to Fer
Guson and Crawford that Goebel would
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
T.-R BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY.
Tho ,vc,ts,-.

Thc Weather..
For Iowa-Cloudy and much colder to
night, with rain in the east; Wednesday
fair and colder in the east.
For Illinois-Rain this afternoon an
tonight; fair Wednesday; colder.
PAGE ONE.
NEWS:
Piatt on Cuban Politics.
A Locomotive Trust.
The Case OF Capt. Carter.
Lawyer Patrick Held for Murder.
Ripley on the Stand.
Severe Storm in the West.
Another Legislative Blunder
PAGE TWO.
GENERAL NEWS:
Schurman on Cuban Conditions.
Hill Talks on Democracy.
Big Investments in Cuba.
PAGE TIIkEE-
IOWA NEWS:
Tragedy Near Mason City.
Keane Hits the Saloons.
Saloon War at Council Bluffs.
News of the State.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL.
The Whisky War
Farmers Encouraged.
HilI's Definition of Expansion.
Keep the Work Moving.
Deathbed Repentance.
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
I.ooker-On's Observations.
Iowa Items and News.
pages SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY NEWS:
City Council see-sawing.
Prisoners Plead Guilty.
Central Sidetracks Contracts.
Purchase Of New Machinery.
Miscellaneous City News.
PAGE EIGHT.
IOWA AND COMMERCIAL:
The Market Conditions.
Tuesdays MarketoQu Quotations.
Bankers Warned by Treasury.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
THE RIPLEY CASE.
Defondont Under severe cros.-Es.

Defcndcnt Under Severe Cross Ex-
Good Witness.
Frankfort, KY. April l6.-The Ripley
trial was continued today with the de-
fcndant still on the stand under cross
examination. He has made an excellent
witness from his own standpoint ard his
answers We're clear and unhesitating.
The Bradley Yost evidence as to what
he declared Governor Taylor told him
the day before Goebel was assassinated
iR apparently the point on which the
prosecution is hinging its case.
The testimony of three witnesses on
this point has resolved ii into u matter
OF veracity between Bradley and Yost
on one side and the defendant on the
other.
Defendant in response to questions.
told of his movements after tine arriya,
of his company here ON the morning of
January. 81. His company was sta
toned near the executive mansion and
penitentiary and had nothing to do pre-
venting the meeting of the legislature.
He was not in the squad which chaaed
the legislature out of the court house
and city hall. nor with the company
which formed and drilled in front of the
Capitol hotel, where Goebel was lying
wounded. He denied entering the Cap
itol hotel that night with a pistol in his
hand and going to various rooms in the
hotel The prosecution asked IL he had
not said in substance to Assistant Sec
retary of State Mathews in April last
year the following; Mathews. I'm go-
ing away soon and want to tell you
conftdentially l know Caleb Powers, is
innocent and could tell enough to clear
him II II became necessary for me to
tell it. Now is not the proper time but
I'm going to New York and later posi-
bly, to California. Will keep you adj
vised Of my whereabouts. as / know
you are a friend of Powers. and when
ever 1t becomes necessary to tell 1t in
order to save Powers will do it, but ii
you ever tell what I have said to you
before then 1 will deny thatI had this
talk with you Witness said he might
have said this to Mathews but IL he did
he had in mind things he had heard
duplicating Yontsey and also the oc-
currence OF seeing Youtsey come out of
Taylor's Office on January %. He was
not positive, however whether he said
this to Mathews or not.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16

ssinews of war which he obtained by
fraud from the government that edu-
and reputation. What bail could the
court fix that would be sufficient in his
case, If he has sent mis- securities out of
the country and made up his mind the
best thing he could do would be to fol-
low them?''
Carter drew out of the conspiracy
s722,52s and of this amount the records
of stock brokers in New York show he
invested In stocks and bonds $69O,S01.
For travelling expenses Carter received
$3.50. He made twenty zone trips to
New York on this mission and at the
time was in excellent condition finan-
'cially to be appointed military attache
at the court OF st. James
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
sMOKT rELEGRAAIs

At meeting of the ship owners at
Genoa. Italy. ii was decided thar the
owners preferred to lay up their vessels
rather than yield TO the demands of the
strikers.
The Ludlow street jail is specified az
the prison in which Councilman Stewart
M. Brice. of New York, is to spend ten
Gays for contempt of court. The order
also provides that Mr. Brice shall pay a
fine of sl73.
Dick Evans shot and killed Dave
Blackwell at Eureka, Tex. Evans sur
rendered and was put in Jail TO await
the action of the grand jury. a domes-
tic affair caused the shooting
w. III. Benson shot and killed llis son
at Grandview. Tex, and then took pol
son. He gave himself up to the officers
and died a few hours later. Family
trouble was the cause Of the act
Col. James s. Berret, former mayor of
Washington. ID. c.. and one of its best
known citizens. died. aged s6. He was a
native Of Baltimore and had been twice
a member of the Maryland Legislature.
John Martin shot and killed Wise
Turner, aged 90. son OF one of the old
Turner feudists at Martins saloon,
Middleboro. Fsy. A fusilade was fired
into the saloon afterwards by unknown
parties, but no one WAS hiIrt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
STORM In THE WEST.
Ono OF tho Worst Blizznrds OF Il
season I'm Western stntcs.

ono OF tho worst Bllzz0rds of the
Season In Western stntcs.
Cheyenne. Wyo, April ls.--One of
the worst storms in recent years has
been in progress here for the past
eighteen hours. The snow is light and
the high wind driftssit badly. The live
stock losses from this and former
storms is enormous. All the small
ranchmen in western Nebraska. South
Dakota and eastern Wyoming lost
heavily. The temperature is now near
zero.
Denver Col, April 1s. Reports from
northern Colorado are to the effect that
q veritable blizzard has prevailed on
the prairies for the past twenty-four
hours and still continues The loss of
stock will be heavy. The snow is drift
ing badly and railroad traffic is delayed
In the vicinity of Dencer and on the
plains the storm is described as the
worst for Years
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
SHERIFF. BEELER KILLED.
wcll- known oiilccr of the southvves,
hnbushed iby Enemies.

- a. w ~ " w i.AShites.
Phoenix. Ariz., April 16-Sheriff Beef
er, of Apache county well known thru
cut the southwest, was ambushed and
killed in fight over a month ago. News
cf the bloody fight has just reached
mere.
Reeler fell mortally wounded by a VOL
ley from behind stone wall. believed
to have been fired by friends OF a man
whom Beeler had killed and who had
sworn To avsnse the killing.
Friends or bothQthe dead men are in
arms and more tghtins is likely to fol-
low. a big party of officers and Beeler.
men are in pursuit of the assassins.
70 Dles OF tho Marquis OF Iieadfort.
London, April l6--Wi1en the young
Marquis of Headfort. who is connected
WITH many aristocratic families, fell a
victim 70 the charms of Rosie Boote. a
gaiety girl. his family made the most
strenuous efforts TO Separ ate he connie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
TO DEVELOP CUBA.
wenithy syndicate Building Rail-
roads and Spending Lots OF Money
IN the Island.

Washington. April 16.-Secretary Root
was closeted most of the afternoon with
Sir William Van Horne. of Montreal,
who is now building a railroad in Cuba
and intends to spread sridiran of
tracks over that islands as rapidly as
possible. He has no charter or franchise
or forma. authority of any sort but has
bought UP nearly all the existing rail-
ways ir, Cuba and extending them pro-
sboro publico, taking the chances Of
stioEbl=. in the future Some of these
railways have franchises which permit
them to extend their tracks Others
have none, hut it makes no difference
He is buying his right Of way for cash.
just as he would buy any other proper.
ty, and Is laying steel rails upon 1t just
as he would build house or sugar
mill or fence on a farm.
In this enterprise Sir William is show
Ing the same energy and ability which
characterized his construction Of the
Canadian Pacific. On the line he is
building eastward from Santiago he
row has more than 1900 men at work
His idea is to build a trunk line from
one extremity OF CUBA TO- the other
which is between 700 and 500 miles, and
rhen construct branches and feeders al
sach intervals and al such places as the.
commerce Of the country will justify
In this connection he has purchased
large areas Of forest. grazing and agri-
cultural land. which he expects 10 de-
velop on the North American plan by
establishing colonies, introducing saw
mills. manufactures and other indus
tries that Will give employment TO the
people and utilize the timber, the min.
erals and the natural products Of the
soil. This is one of the grandest en-
terprises as we'll as one Of the most
aidacious that has ever been under
taken. 1t requires a man Of Sir William
Van Hornes stamp to conceive such.
an idea and carry 1T out, but he Is conf
dent that the people OF Cuba vii. sus-.
tain him in going ahead and building
his railroads without waiting for the
organization of a government that has
authority to grant him Franchise,
He asks no favors of any sort except
the privilege of investing money for the
benefit of the Cuban people. A syndi-
cate of immense wealth stands behind
him. which has already described s25.-
e0oGo0 TO carry out the enterprise and
will furnish as much more as may be
nerassary
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
SUDDEN SUMMONS.
Smith saunders, of Council BUNS,
Dies Very Suddenly.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. April 16.-Smith Saun-
ders. an extensive property owner of
this city. died very suddenly yesterday
afternoon as result OF a stroke of
apoplexy. He was getting ready to go
TO Omaha and was waiting for car on
the corner Of the street near the post
office when he was seen TO fall forward,
striking the pavement heavily. He was
carried into drug store, where he soon
breathed his last
Mr.. Saunders came to this city about
twenty years ago from Mt Pleasant,
Ia. where he was born sixty nine years
ago. He was nephew of Ex-Governor
Saunders. of Nebraska.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
LAWYER PATRICK HELD
Justice Jerome Believes Evi.
dence Warrants Holding
Him on Murder Charge.
Defendant Ripley Undersoes Sc.
we're Cross Examination
in Goebel Case.
Flatly c entradicts the Testimony
Of Bradley and Yost.-
Other News.

New York. April 16.-Justice Jerome
today held Albert T. Patrick for the
grand jury on the charge of numbering
the late Texas millionaire, William
Marsh Rice. The justice said he was
satisfied me testimony Of Jones, Rice's
valet, was adequately corroborated,
within the meaning of the code of
criminal procedure. by evidence tending
to connect defendant with the commits
sion Of the crime charged"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
VIII Leave Saturday.

Havana, April 16.-The commission
appointed by the Cuban constitutional
convention to go to Washington to lay
before the president the desires of the
convention regarding the future rela-
tons between Cuba and the United
States leaves Saturday. Gen. Wood will
present the commission to the president.
He leaves Friday for Washington by
way of Tampa.
The Abreu mansion at Cerro burned.
Loss, 5000. 600.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16

they will not use all the money voted.
supervisors changed the plans, leaving
eff the dome Of the court house and
providing that all floors shall be of tile
and the walls and partitions all fire
procf. 1t is The intention to leave off
the dome for the presen. and to build it
piecemeal afterwards
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
Does Not Expcc, n,r str,ko

London. April 16.-J. Pierpont Morgan
Informed the Associated Press today
that he had not received any word re-
sarding the strike at McKeesport and
does not believe it likely 10 assume seri-
GUS proportions. Morgan characterized
as absurd the cabled report that he is
working for the re-establishment Of the
gold standard in Mexico.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-16
Fcll From n rrain

Special to Times Republican.
stanwood April ia Cedar Rapids
man by the name of Tom Lynch was
thrown from train just east OF this
place and badly bruised and his cal
lar bone broken. He was gent home
YESTERDAY.