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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
Sensational Breach Of Promise.

Fairfield. Oct. "A sensational
breach of promise suit is now on in full
blast in our September term of the dis
trict court. with Hon. Frank w. Eichel-
berger. judge. After considerable diff
Guilty jury was secured and the case
fegun. The plaintiff is James Eckert
and the defendant is MISS Kittie q. Nc
kee. both of this city, and the suit is
Tor $4,000. While the defendant has filed
a counter claim for $4,000 for the
wrongful sueing out of an attachment
against her. The plaintiff in his petit
ton alleges that he became engaged to
the defendant, Miss Kittie f. Mckee,
and from no cause whatever she has
repeatedly refused to marry him. but
has by her wicked and heartless man
ner played with his affections in a
ruthless and coquetish manner and
without regard to either moral or So
cial right, and he is thereby damaged
to the extent of $4,000.
The defendant will try to show that
the breaking off of this engagement and
her refusal to marry is because of the
plaintiff refusing to abstain from In
toXicating liquors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
DEAD TO THE WORLD.
q. 3. Paddock, of Humboldt, Explain.
His Queer capers.

Special to Times Republican.
Humboldt. Oct. I'll. B. Paddock, OF
Humboldt, who wrote his wife that he
had taken poison and was dying, has
skeen found. After weeks search the
police of Duluth, Mimi, succeeded in
locating him. When found he was con-
tentedly putting his pipe in the lobby
of a little low log cabin on the shores
of Lake Superior. The first clue OBJ
tanned by the police was the finding Of
his trunk in a cheap boarding house.
From information received at this place,
he was traced to his isolated cabin.
where he claims he has entered upon a
hermit's life. Paddock had no expla-
nation or apologies to offer for his queer
letter. but claimed that 1t was almost
literally true, as he proposed hence
forth to remain dead to the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
NEW CHURCH coNsEcRATED.
ST. Paul's, at Harlan, Dedicated b,
Bishop Morrison.

Harlan, Oct 2.-On Sunday, in the
presence of full congregation, the
beautiful st. Paul's church was conse-
Grated by Rev. Theodore N. Morrison
of Davenport, bishop of the diocese Of
Iowa. He preached two fine sermons
in the morning and evening. In the
morning the subject Of his discourse
was THE Living God as an Object Of
Worship" Afterwards in brief adj
dress to the members and congregation
he congratulated them on the final real
ization of their hopes, and declared that
the establishment Of the church In
Harlan was one of the most important
forward movements of the Episcopal
church in Iowa and in the west. He
urged them to make the church the one
spot of all the earth that should be to
them sacred place. into which profane
things and worldly conversation should
Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
ArIjnoton,

Arlington.
Threshers say that grain is about ar
average crop but the unanimous opin
ion seems to be that the corn crol
will be very slim. Yet it may turn on,
better than expected.
Cedar Rapids.
Harlan H. Peet, Of this city. achieved
the distinction of making hundred
the state of Iowa, in the Office of the
chief clerk Monday. He threw 1925
cards.
Montezuma.
The Christian church is undergoing
extensive repairs and improvements
consisting of new pews, a liberal appli-
cation Of paint to the exterior, new
furnace, ETC., the whole to cost some
thing over $1,000.
Reinbeck.
DIR. F. w. Powers, Of Reinbeck, has
decided to move to Waterloo and will
soon begin the erection of fine resi- :
dence on the west side to cost $4,000
to $4,000. Architects are drawing the
plans for the house which will be To-
Gated on Piety hill.
GIenwood.
Work has begun on the temporary
structures to be used for the apple car
nival and street fair which is to be
held in Glenwood Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday Of next week, Octo-
Der z, and 9. The apple display and
decorations will be the finest ever Civ
en- in Iowa.
GAINESVILLE.
Much to his Congregations surprise.
A. r. Adams. after Sunday forenOon's
services on the 21st, rendered his res
ignation as pastor of the Christian
church. He had but recently accepted
a call for another year. No reason
was assigned for his action. 1t is likely
the resignation will be accepted.
Remsen.
About three weeks ago 81 nice
thrifty shoats disappeared from herd
Of &c. from the farm of Cornelius Lud-
wig, in Marion township. The circum-
stance that the missing animals are
the best of the herd, indicates that they
must have left by mutual agreement
Or that someone has taken time to make
q choice, says the Bell.
Williams.
Bert Edwards, who has been spend
ing the summer in Louisiana, was OBJ
liged to give up his work several weeks
ago on account of being confined to his
bed by an attack Of the southern fever,
similar to that of typhoid malaria.
About two weeks ago he managed to
get home and at present writing he 10
improved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
CITY WINS TWO CASES.
Waterloo Successful in Defending
Damage Suits in Court.

Special to mes-Republican.
Waterloo, Oct. 2.-The city has won
two cases brought against the corpor-
alton for personal damalss. jerks VS..
the city was .S.,ded when the district
court sust, "a the demurrer to the
petition asng damages In this case
jerks was/ jailed for not paving his
dog tax. The case attracted some at
tention at large at the time. The court
held that the city was not responsible
for the acts of the officers of the law.
In the case of Winslow who asked
damages for being Jailed and dubbed
by an officer also got left. The cour
held that suit should have been insti-
tuted against the officer IL there We're
grounds for action and not against the
CITY,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
Evidence For the Prosecution
All Submitted in the Gal.
lausher Murder Trial
AN AcoulTTAL is PREDICTED
HoIada Believed to Have Prepared the
Way for His Own Doom by His Ad-
missions on the Stand in the Case of
His Paramour, Mrs. GALLAGHER
General Iowa News.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa City, Oct. 2.-The state rested
It's case today in the Gallagher MUIR
Ger trial and 1t is the general opinion
that the prosecution has made a rather
weak case and that the woman will be
acquitted. At the same time 1t Is be-
lieved Holada has made sufficient ad-
missions on the stand to doom himself
to the gallows. In his testimony today
Holada admitted he was In the Gallau-
CHER yard on the night of the murder.
He denied entering the house, however,
and said he fled an hour before the
crime was committed.
One witness testified that she saw
Mrs gallagher and Holada together
on the farm two days preceding the
murder Mrs. Gallagher had denied
ct the coroner's jury that she had met
Holada that day.
If Charles Holada told the truth on
the witness stand yesterday Mrs. James
gallagher was deferred from admins
tering poison to her husband one night
last summer by a remarkable fact. for
Holada swore that Mrs. Gallagher told
him: II would give James the dose
tonight, but haven't got the house
fixed to accommodate a crowd" In
other words, the witness stated that the
wife would have cold-bloodedly muir
Gered her husband but for the Outburst
of feminine vanity--a veritable ruling
passion strong in death "-that would
not permit her to produce or conduct a
funeral with an untidy house to show
to neighbors.
Holada also swore that the very cy-
anide of potassium that she was going
to put into her husbands medicine had
been preserved by him (HoladN. and
that when he was in jail he decided to
use it to poison himself. In his plan to
commit suicide. he averred, Mrs Gall
laughers attorney, George B. Holbert.
was to be his assistant, IN that the lat
ter agreed to fetch him the poison.
Holada testified further sensationally.
declaring that Mrs. Gallaugher, his
longtime mistress, had made many|
plots to kill her husband, in which the
had Joined.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.

Rockwell.
| Our townsman, a. G.. Burdick, showed
the Photograph a corn stalk with two
good-siZed ears the upper one eight
feet from the ground and the top OF the
stalk over two feet above the ear. The
lower ear was just within the reach OF
an ordinary man. The corn was grown
by him and is cross between the
in Dakota.
Le Mars.
William Lakfngs, OF Preston town.
ship. was in LeMars recently. In
speaking of the corn crop in his neigh
bornood, he said that thirty per cent
of the fields would yield nothing but
soft corn. A few farmers would have
good corn from the seed planted early
but on the average the corn was tn.
poorest crop in this vicinity he had
seen and he has resided in this coun-
try since 1881.
Merrill.
I. ID. Smith. formerly resident of
Plymouth county near Remsen. and
once the republican candidate for the
Iowa assembly, has become quite gen
erous of late. Last week he decided q
South Dakota, to the chiIdrens home at
Sioux Falls. The land is worth be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Mr.. Smith
is a wealthy man and still owns a
large quantity Of good Plymouth coun-
ty real estate.
Cresco.
Our coal men believe they will be
able to furnish hard coal about the first
of December. and think they can furn-
ish it for about $40 ton. OF course
this is guess work, but it is an assur-
ance from men who know how these
things go that is very comforting, re-
marks the Times. Last Saturday
night a meeting was held at the court
house to discuss the building of a new
opera house. Some $1,000 of stock was
taken and the move for a new opera
house fairly launched.
Madrid.
w. j. Rees of the Rees Bros. Coal
Co, was in town Thursday for the
first time for several months. He
was going away to buy coal drilling
for their mines with which
to enable them to procure or get out
more coal daily. They now have
their mine No. 2 in good working
order and are getting out great deal
of coal daily, but not enough to sup
ply the demand. They have con-
tracted to Fill orders the coming win
ter from 50 to 1000 tons to single
firm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
BIT OFF a FINGER
Bloody Scrap Between Employees Of
lowe Falls Factory.

Special to Times
Iowa Falls. Oct 2.--As result Of a
bad alteration between Frank Radke
and Chas. Cessna, the former is shy
one joint on one Of his index fingers,
is badly cut up and bruised and his
assailant is missing. Both men were
employed in the Iowa Falls Manufac-
turing Company's plant on the east
side and got into a quarrel over the
use of pot Of glue. The fracas wound
up by Cessna getting one of Radke's
fingers in his mouth and biting 1T
off at the first joint. Learning that
he was liable to be held on a serious
charge Cessna fled before any legal
steps to hold him could be taken.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Adam Swartz, d. NJ, s. 7. D.,
president.
Professor OF Suggestive Therapeu-
tics, Magnetic Healing and Manip-
ulation, Clinical Magnetic Healing
and superintendent of Clinics.
E.L.Becthka, d. NJ, 8. T. D., vice
president, Cancer and Tumor Spec
ialist.
Clara swartz, D. NJ. s. T. D..
treasurer, Professor Of Suggestive
Therapeutics, Magnetic Healing
and Manipulation, Clinical Mag
netic Healing and Assistant Super
intendent OF Clinics.
Oscar H. Hoy, d. NJ, 8. T. D..
secretary, Lecturer on Personal
Magnetism, Hyponotism and Mes
merism, Suggestive Therapeutics.
Psyche Therapeutics. Magnetic
Healing and Manipulation.
Public investigation OF our meth
DDS Of treatment are desired
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
Good Advice.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from dyspep-
STA and liver complaint. More .aan
seventy-five per cent Of the people in
the United States are afflicted with
these two diseases and their effects,
such as sour stomach, sick headache,
habitual costiveness. palpitation of the
heart, heart burn, waterbrash. gnaw-
ing and burning pains at the pit oc the
stomach. yellow skin, coated tongue
and disagreeable taste in the mouth
coming up of food after eating, low
spirits. ETC. Go to your druggist and
get a bottle of August Flower for rs
cents. Two doses will relieve you. Tr,
1t. Get Green's Special Almanac.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02

Council Bluffs.
| Roy Wilcox. Of this city, shot pei
lean near his fathers greenhouse Sun
day morning. The bird was one of a
flock of about twenty which had been
circling about the glass covered hot
houses, perhaps thinking the several
acres Of glass was body Of water. The
pelican was the first one to be killed
in this section for some time. and Mr..
Wilcox has turned the body over te
taxidermist to be stuffed. 1t weighs
fourteen pounds, and the wings meas
ure seven feet from tip to tip.
Waterloo.
The grand jury Monday found an in
dictment against George A. James
charged with embezzlement by the
Rath Packing company. His bond was
fixed at $500 by Judge Blair. He is
quite well known in Waterloo. He
made headquarters here for nearly
eighteen months while on the road for
the Rath Packing Company of this city
He became nearly 5000 short in his ac-
counts. The Rath company is protected
by an indemnity company which was
on James bond and the latter is prose-
cutting him.
State Center.
At the meeting OF the town coun-
Gil Friday night, with the horrors of
crossing accident fresh in their minds,
the members voted to ask the railroad
company to place gates at the three
west crossings. the town compromising
former proposition from the COM
pahy to put gates at the three middle
crossings providing the other outer ones
are closed, by agreeing to close the
opera house crossing and leave the
stock yards crossing open. If the
company refuses to grant this request
the Enterprise states that a petition
will be addressed to the railroad com
mission with the hope of compelling
some sort OF protection.
IT. Dodge.
rumor has been published in Sioux
City to the effect that the Great West
ern Cereal company, which recently
absorbed the mills of H. r. Heath &.
Sons, in this city. was to be merged
with the Quaker Oats company. Not
the slightest confirmation of thisNreport
could be secured at the offices of the
Great Western Cereal company here.
No dividend has yet been paid by the
Great Western company, and while the |
general business of the company this /
year is understood to have been salts /
factory, no statement of earnings has |
been given, which the president states |
have been satisfactory, Interest on
bonds being promptly paid,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02

on the local line of the street car COM
iany, fell from a car from which he
was attempting to alight and was
dragged for quite a distance. His
clothing was almost torn from the body
and the lower limbs We're badly injured.
One was torn open to the bone from the
knee to the ankle. He Will be unable to
work for sometime. He was making his
last trip of the month and had Just
turned in his time for September. He
had also taken out an accident policy
during the day, which gives him $40 per
week during his period of disability.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
HEhDgRsHorT's DEFENSE.
Burlington Murderer Says He Was
Afraid Of His Victim.

Special to Times Republican.
Burlington. Oct. 2.-The most inter
esting part of the proceedings of the
Hendershott murder trial yesterday was
the appearance of the prisoner on the
stand to testify in his own behalf. He
told the story of the crime as he re-
membered it. He is an intelligent fell
low and made good witness. He
claimed DR.. Trent was brutal to the
other prisoners and that he was In
fear of him. He said Trent had been
talking of a scheme to murder the
jailor. He feared him because he had
mesmeric powers. On the day of the
murder Trent carried out the sentence
OF the kangaroo court" in an unsusu-
ally rough manner. striking him on
his breast with a harness strap with
q buckle on it. He felt dizzy and weak.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
NEW LAW INVOKED.
e. e. McNeel, Of Webster City, Sent to
lnebriato Ward

Webster City. Oct. 2.--The Iowa in
cbriate law has claimed its first victim
in Webster City. E. f. McNeel, ar
rested Monday in a stupor of intoxica-
ton, was sentenced yesterday morning
by Judge Richards to one year in the
inebriate ward OF the Mount Pleasant
hospital. Mcneil is a drayman by
trade. unmarried and about 3s years of
age, His gray-haired father, aged about
65, and who works every day on the
section, appeared with his son to beg
ciemency of the court. The Judge could
not make the old man understand that
sentence was for the purpose Of refor-
nation, not punishment.
Webster City Temperance people will
see to 1t hereafter that llabitual inebri-
ates are brought before the court for
trial. McNeel's is the first case from
here
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
TO MAKE THOROUGH CANVASS.
Judge Wade Will Speak All Over His
District.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. Oct. 2.-.Iudge Wade.
democratic candidate for congress.
starts out at once to make thorough
canvass of the Second district in his
own interest. He speaks in the smaller
towns principally, but aims to cover the
entire district thoroughly On Monday
evening he speaks at Lyons, Tuesday
afternoon at Bryant and in the evening
at Charlotte Wednesday afternoon at
Dewitt and in the evening at Wheat
land Thursday and Friday in jackson
county, Oct. IL in Muscatine, then In
Muscatine county and Scott county and
en- thru the district He will speak on
Nov. j in Davenport and on Nov. In
Cliptnp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
poueLE TRACK WcTIM.
Mike Fischer, Section Foreman, Killed
at Dunlap.

Special to Times Republican.
Dunlap. Oct. mike Fischer. sec
ton foreman on the Illinois Central
railroad, was run over by a box car at
Dunlap yesterday and both legs were
cut Off close to the hips. There is little
chance for his recovery. He has wife
and three children dependent upon him
for support. Train No. IS, mixed ac-
,commodation from Council Bluffs to
Fort Dodge, stopped at Dunlap to set in
a car Of merchandise. and 1t was when
this car was kicked In" on the siding
that Fischer, who was watching the
Northwestern fast mail at the time, was
caught and run over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
Rev. Marquis Resigns.

ss1StpuU11cdn. ------
Cedar Falls, Oct. Rev r. R. Mar
quis. for the past two years pastor of
the Presbyterian church of this city.
Rev. Samuel Callan, now Of
Waterloo. has resigned to accept n call
to the First Presbyterian church of
Iowa. He Is a sermonizer of
more than ordinary ability and has
many friends here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02

drilled for the meetings and every eff
tort possible will be made to make the
meetings a big success. Meetings Will
be held every night in the month, with
the exception of two, when the Thes
plan god will return to tread the boards
of the Metropolitan stage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
UNIvERsALlsT CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting Of the State Society
at Waterloo.
'pecial to Times-Rcpublican.

Special to Times-Rcpublican
Waterloo, Oct 2.-The sixtieth an
nual convention of the Untversalists of
Iowa is in session here today and
closes with free, parliament this ev
ening. The convention has been in ses-
sion for part of three days. The pro-
gram consisted of speeches and papers
on subjects of special interest to this
Judge r. c. Plat of the
district court is president of the asso-
citation and Rev. F. H. York is sec
rotary
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
IOWA FALLS TONIGHT.
Birdsall, Lacey and Watson, of Indiana,
Will Speak There.

Will Speak There.
Special to imes-Republican.
Iowa Falls, Oct. 2.-The political
meeting which was to have taken place
this afternoon has, been postponed and
will be consolidated with the big rally
booked for this evening. Senator j. r.
Dolliver, who was scheduled to speak
here. will not be present owing to an
engagement made to speak in Chicago
after 1T was reported the meeting would
not be held here on this date, owing to
the declination of Colonel Henderson to
stand for the congressional race. The
speakers will be Hon. Benjamin P.
Birdsall of Clarion, the republican nom
inee for congress from the Third dis
trict. Congressman Lacey of the Sixth
district and Congressman Watson of
Indiana
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02

He procured razor and when an OPP
portunity came he cut Trent's throat.
He declares he did not want to Kill
Trent. but was impelled to do so by
morbid fear of him. Photographs
We're introduced to show Hendershott
before the murder and afterwards. The
first picture shows him as an intelligent
looking young man, the other as half
craZed person. The case will probably
end tOnorrow
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
SUNDAY TO HOLD MEETINGS.
\ Big Revival Planned for Iowa
Falls,
Special to Tin,es-Republican.

Special to E1nleS- RepuD1ICal1.
Iowa Falls, Oct. 2.-The big revival
meetings arranged by the churches of
this city will open tomorrow. These
will be held in the Metropolis
tan opera house and will continue thru
out the month. BILLY" Sunday, the ex-
base ball evangelist. has been hired to
lead the meetings. and will be assisted
by the pastors of several of the church.
Cd. 4 chorus OF 100 voices Is being
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
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indicted for EmbezzIement.

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, Oct. George A. James
a former travelling salesman for the
Rath Packing Company, has been in
dicted by the grand jury, charged with
of the funds of the COM
pany. His many friends We're much
here when he was arrested
some months ago. He is said to have
squandered 1894 of the cornpany's
funds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-02
DRuNkAROs NOW GO 70 ASYLUM
New Iowa Law Carries CONSERVATION
to lnebriates.

20 Inebriates
Webster City, Oct. 2--Edward r.
McNeel was yesterday sentenced under
Iowa's new inebriate law to one year
In the inebriate asylum. This is the
first conviction in this section of Iowa.
The conviction has spread fear among
the drunkards, who dread the insane
asylum more than any other form of
punishment or attempt at reformation.
The temperance element will now wage
u relentless warfare against drink.