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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01

that the alleged nuisance was what the
law termed permanent one, that Is
once that is created once for all, ana 10
continue for all time, and the actloh
was therefore barred, as the sewer was
constructed more than five years ago.
The motion was twice argued before
Judge Scott, who presided at the trial.
and taken under Amusement and the
trial proceeded.
At the close of all the evidence, about
8 o'clock Friday night. Judge Scott an
nounced his ruling, sustaining the mo-
ton, and directed a verdict for the de-
PENDANT. The case will undoubtedly be
appealed.
If this ruling of Judge Scott is af-
hrmed by the supreme court 1T means
that none of the farmers thru whose
land the sewage flowed can recover for
any injury that they may have sus-
tanned by reason of the pollution of the
waters of the creek. But it would not
carry with it right in the city to con-
tinue the pollution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
Hubbard.

I Hubbard.
Joe Utterback is attaining great sue
| cess in the disposal of his patent mail
boxes, especially constructed for rural
| mail carriers. Last week he made a
large shipment to carriers in Illinois,
and orders from Iowa carriers are con-
tinually coming in.
Cresco.
| Mary Clemmer Hickey writes Cresco
relatives, from Dominion, Alaska,
under date of September &c, that there
was six inches of snow and that the
river was freezing. The rivers of that
north region freeze at the bottom first,
because the ground never thaws and
frost extends $50 feet down. The sum-
mers are said to be warm and pleasant
but very short and vegetables, berries
| and flowers grow rapidly and mature
above the ice and frost below them.
Spirit Lake.
| The prospects are favorable for a
good attendance of prominent shooters
| at the Burmister and Gilbert target and
| live bird handicap shoot, announced
| for December 18th and 18th. A handi-
| cap shoot is always of much greater
| interest to spectators than an amateur
contest, and this affair promises to be
one of the NOSE interesting of its class.
= S. A. Holcomb marketed load
of popcorn in Baskerville this week
that netted him SCI. He has about
200 bushels already gathered and con-
siderable in the husk yet. v. G.
Hemenway is in receipt of car of an
! thracite coal direct from the mines,
the first to be received here since some
time in August.
/ Fontaneile.
| The commissioners on insanity have
been making special examinations into
the cases of two inmates of the county
/ farm. Frank Brubaker, a bachelor
Iforty-seven years old, came here from
Mahaska county two years ago, and has
been very troublesome, absentfng him
self at meal time and then finding fault
| if his victuals were cold. He slept
much during the day and roamed all
over the neighborhood at night, SO that
the neighbors We're annoyed and en-
tered complaint The commission re-
gard his conduct as insane, and yes
terday committed him to the asylum at
Clarinda. The other case is that of
LATE Jordan, aged twenty-nine, who
came from Casey. He has been bed
ridden for ten years, has to be fed and
cared for as child. He has been ex-
amined with great care, and it is the
i conclusion that he is hopelessly help
i less. and that the treatment at the state
/ institutions can not be Of benefit. With
the inadequate facilities at the county
farm he is great burden, and the
/ commissioners will report the case to
the state board Of control and invite
suggestions,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
SUIT OVER BONDS.
Cleveland Firm Seeks to Compel City
Of BURLINGTON to Deliver Securities.

Burlington, Dec. lit looks as tho
Burlington was in for a long legal fight
over the water works question. The
firm of Henderson, Hurd Lenehan &
Kiesel of Dubuque have asked the city
for full transcript of the council pro-
ceedings relative to the issuance OF
bonds of the city of Burlington to w. B.
Hayes & Sons of Cleveland, o., and
their bid for such bonds isused under
the statute of Iowa. The inference is
that the Speaker Henderson law firm
has been employed by the Cleveland
firm to bring suit to compel Burlington
to sell its water works bonds to them.
The action grows out of an advertise
lment published by Burlington for bids
for the sale of the water works. The bid
of Hayes & Sons was the lowest but
the city council exercised its right to
reject any and all bids, and Messrs.
Hayes s. Sons now demand that their
bid be accepted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01

Coon Rapids.
/ A citizens car load of apples, onions,
etc, shipped to Coon Rapids from Mis-
souri, recently, was sold Wednesday
to pay freight charges. 1t sold for
less than $50.
Buffalo Center.
The sale of real estate around Buffalo
| Center does not seem to be very brisk
BUYERS In the market turnout the coun-
| ty as there We're in the spring.
Gladbrook.
| The frame of the U. B. church was
raised this week. Contractor Gier has
| five carpenters at work and is pushing
the work as rapidly as possible. The
brick work will be finished next
spring.
keosauqua.
| Six hundred and thirty feet down to-
wards the center of the earth was the
| depth reached last Wednesday of the
well that George Monroe is sinking on
| the Manning farm adjoining Cantril.
and they are expecting to go 100 to 100
| feet deeper.
| Vinton.
| w. N Shaw and family left Wednes-
day for Davenport, where they will
make their home for the future. Mr..
Shaw recently won personal injury
suit against the Erie RAILROAD, in
which he recovered $4,000 for the
loss of an arm.
| Rockford.
/ o. Longbotham, harness dealer, has
been compelled to make an assignment
/ - q
/ is the first business failure in Rockford
for many years. Liabilities are $500
assets are $1,000. Rev. H. D. Herr,
of Muscatine, has accepted the call
extended by the Congregational church
of this place and will assume the pas
torate about the first of the new year.
| Tama.
! Farmers In this section are exper-
/ fencing considerable difficulty in secur-
ing hands to work in the corn fields.
Three cents per bushel is the common
price offered and the Free Press has
even heard of four cents failing to hire
the man. The way corn now stands in
/ the fields one can earn good wages and
of course board and lodging are part
Of the consideration offered with the
stipend per bushel.
Pocahontas.
/ The Record is informed that a Poca-
hontas citizen has just perfected new
| fuel which will take the place of coal,
and is said by those who have seen it
| burn to be success in every particu-
lar. The principal ingredient is clay,
and the combustion is so perfect that 1t
| burns into a fine white ash. The fuel
| can be made and sold for about one
half the price of coal, and should II
prove all that is claimed for It, will
make a money maker for the inventor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
IN Old CASE SETTLED
The Famous Blairsburg Litiga-
ton Ended by Agreement
of the Parties
DAMAGE CASES ARE DISMISSED
Ex-Mayor of harrisburg to Get Reward
for Capture of the Reform School
Boys, the Quarrel Over Which Re-
suited in the Damage Cases Being
Started in District Court.

Special to mes-Republican.
Webster City, Dec. 1.-The famous
"Blairsburg cases" against Constable
A. w. Little, of this city, have been set
tied out of court. The cases were for
damages aggregating $4,000.
The cases were two in number. One
was brought by C. P. Mcvicker, ex-
mayor of harrisburg, for $1,000. The
other was that of E. E. Schroeder and
others for $4,000. Both cases grew out
of an alleged false arrest and the re-
sulting damage to the plaintiffs repu-
tation.
In October of 1901 four escaped in
mates of the Eldora industrial school
were captured at Blairsburg. McVicker,
Schroeder and others claimed to be the
captors, as did also Constable A. w.
Little, who happened at the time to be
in harrisburg. The harrisburg parties,
however, succeeded in getting posses
sion of the boys and while Constable
Little was coming to Webster City to
swear out papers against them the
harrisburg parties loaded the escaped
boys into buggy and drove across the
country with them to Eldora and
claimed the reward offered for their
capture and return.
Constable Little then had the Blairs-
burg parties arrested for resisting an
officer when they refused him possession
of the boys. These cases were subse-
quently dismissed before coming to
trial and as a result the damage cases
were then filed against the constable.
They have been continued over at
every term of court since that time. An
effort was made at the present term to
have them brought to trial. Saturday
e. E. Schroeder and G. P. McVicker
were in the city and settled the cases.
An agreement between A. w. Little and
the harrisburg parties was entered into
in writing at the office of w. G. Bon
ner. Justice of the peace. BY this agree
ment the harrisburg parties agreed to
crop their damage cases and allow the
reward Of $500 for the capture to go TO
Mr.. Little. This reward had not yet
been paid to anybody, but was in liti-
gation-Mr. Little having brought SUIT
against the superintendent OF the re-
form school for it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
Water Works for Sutherland.

Special to Republican.
Sutherland, Dec. 1.-The big tank for
the town water works arrived this
week. The tank is eight feet in di-
ameter and thirty-six feet long and has
a capacity of 1850 gallons. 1t will
rest on it's side on cement foundation.
The water will be forced into the tank
by pump attached to a fourteen horse
power gasoline engine. The engine will
also operate an air compressor. The
air furnishes the power that forces
the water thru the mains. After the
tank is in place brick building will
be built around it and the engine. The
mains are expected to be laid this win
ter.
We have two lecture courses here
this winter and both are paying out.
Last week Jas. Hedley lectured, this
week Lorenzo Quickly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
TO THE PEN FOR s1.e7.
Thief Claimed His Sentence Was Tot
Severe For the Amount.


Severe For the Amount.
Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque. Dec. Charles Brown.
who plead guilty to the charge of lar
ceny from a building last week, was
brought up for sentence by Judge Mat
thews at the forenoon session. The
court gave him some good advice, and
then sentenced him to fourteen months
in the Anamosa prison at hard labor.
Brown took exceptions to the sentence.
He was angry. and stood UP and said:
II would not have plead guilty If I had
expected that I would get such long
sentence. did not expect to get more
than six months" He stole sixty-SiX
rings from Peter p. Bowers store, the
value of which was placed at $21.6T,
and he claimed that he was being sent
to the pen for s1.67. Up to the value
of $50 is Jail offense, and Brown as
serted that because there was SLOT in
excess of this annuity he was being
consigned to the pen for very small
S,Yrr,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
ARE YOU SUBJECT TO
D ACK ACHE?
Backache is Usually a Symptom or
Manifestation of Some Real
Disease or Weakness.
Diseases Most Commonly Causing
Rackache Are Kidney Troubles,
Liver Complaints and Special
Forms of Rheumatism.

diseases
Rackache Are Kidney Troubles
Liver Complaints and Special
Forms of Rheumatism.
Backache should be cured, not only
because of the discomfort attending II
but on account of the more or less SER
ious condition that lies behind it.
There is one remedy that is real
cure for backache. 1t appears to make
very little difference what the cause,
for the backache goes away after tax
ing DR., Fenner's Kidney and Backache
Cure. So say those who know.
= Had rheumatism in my back and
hips Scarcely able to walk and pain
so severe at night could not sleep.
Took 8 bottles of DR.. Fenner's Kidney
and Backache Cure and ! now feel like
q new man. W. H. Muman, Pinkerton,
Va.
Troubled for, ten years with dull,
heavy. backache and at times could not
walk, 2 bottles of DR.. Fenner's Kidney
and Backaehe Cure completely cured
me-" John Tunnihoff, So. Byron, Mich.
Flight months in bed. heavy back
ache, pain and soreness across kidneys.
also rheumatism Other remedies
failed. DR.. Fenner's Kidney and Back
ache Cure cured me completely. III.
Waters, Hamlet. N. Y.
For years / had backache, severe
pains across kidneys and scalding ur-
Inc. I could not get out of bed without
help. The use of DR.. Fenner's Kidney
and Backache Cure fully restored me-"
G. Wagner, KnobsviIle, Pa.
Had a severe kidney difficulty for
over two years. / could hardly get
UP out of chair the pain was so
great After taking bottles of DIR.
Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure
/ have completely recovered and have
not been troubled with it since" Geo.
Ospenlister, Sand Fill, Mich.
Afflicted with kidney disease en-
ployed the most experienced doctors
but obtained no permanent relief and
began to think there was little hope
for me- began thu. use of DR.. Fenner's
Kidney and Backache Cure, my diges-
ton improved, the soreness left my
sides and back, and / took on healthy
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pletely cured me-. T. III. Johnson,
Busti, N. Y.
Who's opinion should be entitled to
as much consideration as that of one
who speaks from personal experience?
What remedy has done for others
it is reasonable to expect it will do
for anyone like afflicted.
DR.. Fenner's Kidney and Backacha
Cure is for sale at drug stores in two
sizes-50- cent and dollar bottles. If
your druggist is out of 1t he will get
it for you IL you ask him to. Accept
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like it, or ..just as good" for backache
and kidney troublesome that can take
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
GRlNNELL SEWAGE CASE.
Decision Of Judge Scott of considera
BILE interest in Iowa.
Snec;a1 tn Times Republican.

Montezuma, Dec. 1.-The ease of
William Vogt vs. the city of Grinnell, a
case of more than usual interest all
over the state, and especially in and
around Grinnen was called for trial
here Friday, Nov 81. The plaintiff
claimed damages for injury to his cat
tie, farm and home by reason of NUS
ance created by the city sewage empty
ing into a stream called Little Bear
creek, which runs for nearly mile thru
his premises.
The defendant, among other things,
plead the statute of limitations, and
at the close of the plaintiffs evidence
in chief, the defendant filed a motion to
direct verdict for the city, because it
appeared the action was outlawed> by
the statute. This was on the theory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
Thin Ice on the Des Moines
Breaks Under Weight of
Estherville Skaters
THREE BOYS THROWN IN WATER
A Companion on the Bank Rescues Two
But the Third, Walter Straight, Aged
IL, Was Out of Reach and Sank in
Twelve Feet of Water-Body Recov-
ered-other News.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Baskerville, Dec. 1.-Walter Straight.
the 12-year-old son of j. B. Straight,
was drowned in the Des Moines river
Saturday evening, about 6 o'clock He,
with his brother and companion, were
skating on the mill pond when the Ice
gave way and all went down together.
A companion on. the bank rescued two
of them by reaching them a pole. Wal
ter was out of reach. The water was
about ten feet deep where he went
down, and it being above the dam, and
no current, his body was recovered In a
short time The funeral will be held
today at the Christian church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
For Early Closing in ottumwa.
nao;al RI Times.

Special to TimeS-Republ1can.
Ottumwa, Dec. 1.-The union men of
Ottumwa are aroused in the interest
of the Retail Clerks Protective asso-
citation in their efforts to establish the
early closing of stores. The subject
has been discussed the past week in the
forty-four locals In the city that are
affiliated with the Trades and Labor
Assembly and the subject consumed
much of the time at the meeting of the
assembly last Wednesday evening. The
clerks and their sympathizers have
aroused strong sympathy in favor of
their shorter work day and the general
expression of the union men is that
they should receive it. And for the
purpose of assisting them the Trades
and Labor assembly has called a gem
eral meeting which will be held next
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
labor hall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
Trewin's New Deal.

Special to Times-Republican
Cedar Rapids, Dec lowing, to the
retirement of Judge J. H. Preston. who
on January / will qualify as one Of the
three Judges of this district, an import
ant change in the firm Of Preston.
Grimm & Moffit has been completed,
the details Of which were announced to-
day. After Jan. j the firm will be
Grimm, Trewin & Moffit, being COM
posed Of John M Grimm, j. III. Trewin
and John r. Moffit. Senator Trewin is
now a member of the firm of Crissman
&Trewin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
A HORRIBLE COLLISION.
Fireman Killed and Others Scalded In
r.. Madison Yards.

-
Fl. Madison Yards.
Fort Madison Dec. Lone dead and
two seriously injured as the result or
collision in the Santa Fe yards Friday
tells it's own sad story of an accident
which was witnessed by a score OF
workmen who stood near and watched
the death struggle going on before their
eyes. The dead:
John Seamen. aged Is years. ffl3
Seriously injured: seq
Fireman John Leber.
Engineer Charles b. Gumore.
One of the Santa Fe's big prairie
type engines, No. 1914, was backing in
on one of the south tracks, when 1t
crashed into freight car that had
been left on the next track south and
not in the clear.
The cab on the f1reman's side was
scraped clean to the boiler and here
it was that young Seaman was caught
and frightfully crushed, his body fall
ing to the ground and was lying near
the front end of the engine when the
big machine stopped. Workmen were
near when the accident happened and
rushed to the young man hoping to
find him alive. Just before reaching
him they saw, him raise his head, but
when they got to his side he fell back
and expired. Fireman Leber was not
only crushed, but badly scalded and
was Immediately taken to the Santa Fe
hospital
Engineer Gumore was also taken to
the hospital.
Seaman was in the water service on
the Santa Fee and at the time was on
the engine visiting his cousin. Fire
man Leber. He was only eighteen years
oli
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
GILLIAN WAS MURDERED.

Series Of Circumstances Point to it-A
Family Under Suspicion.
Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. 1.-The latest
developments in the case of w. c. Gill
liam. the Sioux Falls man who was
found dead at Rock Rapids, Iowa, sew
eral mornings ago, show that there is
absolutely no question that he was
murdered. The two sisters who were
arrested on suspicion of having COM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-01
Better Than Spanking

Mothers, will send you free OF
charge home remedy that cured my
child of bed wetting. Address S37--
18th street, Des Moines, la. Inclose 3
cent stamp to pay postage
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German Monks In Italy.

In 1890 a German Franciscan friar.
Father Bernard Joseph Dobbing, was
elected bishop of the ancient united
sees of Sutri and Nepi. The story OF
his coming thither is remarkable
one. 1t was in the times of the kul'
turkampf in Germany that a certain
number of Franciscans, driven out of
their own country, took refuge in Italy
and purchased a few miles out of
Rome. an abandoned old sanctuary,
SAINT Ella, near Nepi. Father Dobbing
was their superior. Through their
restless energy and untiring zeal the
German friars soon brought back the
ancient place of pilgrimage to its
former celebrity. The church was re-
stored and decorated, new buildings
were erected. divine dignity was car
RED out with fitting dignity and splen-
dor, the fathers toiled in the confess
sional, in the pulpit, by missions and
retreats, so that their convent became
a focus of religion and sanctity for the
entire district. Their superior is now
bishop of the diocese, and is exceed
ingly beloved by his Italian flock
Tablet
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CHANCES OF BABY BOYS.
Possibilities of Their Reaching the Very
iRh


The Indianapolis Sentinel has been
doing some figuring in averages on
the baby boys chances in life. 1t says
that the chances are 80 900 900 to one
that he will not become president of
the United States or vice president or
chief justice of the supreme court.
Yet it holds true that any baby boy
may reach either of these places-that
is to say, there is a possibility until
the phenomena of his development
surely count him out
The chances are 10000 to one that
he Will not be United States senator,
103,330 to one that he will not be a
member of the house of representa-
tives. and $50 900 to one that he will
never be governor of a state. All
these figures are subject, of course,
to certain special circumstances, pos
sible or otherwise.
One may presume that an Ohio
boys chance of becoming president is
much better than the chance of a
Delaware or a Rhode Island boy, if
he stays at home. The chances are
5SS to one that he will not go in
sane, 1850 to one that he will not be
blind. S64 to one that he will not be
an inmate of a public almshouse 400
to one that he will never be an en-
that he will never De a city policeman
and 9,117 to one that he will never
be president Of a national bank.
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added the dragon to her own emblem
of majesty. This makes the pair of
seals belonging to YiKun palace of
especial value, and will be token to
succeeding generations of her usurpa-
ton and reality of power in the en-
pire. One of the seals is of an especi-
ally beautiful design 1t is of white
Jade, the surface of which is a beauti-
full red color. 1t belonged to the en-
peror KEN Lung G736-95), and is
stated to have been carved by himself,
his majesty having been quite an artist
in his way. 1t bears the words 1T
is only the learned of the present day
who love the lore of the ancients."
In the above cut are shown the i'm
preston of two seals, the dowager
empress ordinary seal and the en-
peror's Yi-kun seal. The inscription
of the former is translated. "Nourish
your mind and nurse your spirits,
while that of the latter is Written by
the Imperial Hand in the Yi-Kun pal
ace
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-04-17

SEALS OF CHINESE EMPRESS.

The Imperial seals of the Dowager
Empress of China were recently sold
by auction in London. There are no
duplicates to these very interesting
and beautiful specimens of Chinese
art, and therefore they are of special
value to the wealthy connoisseur. The
seals are four in number, and are OF
green jadestone. They are of interest
to artists. for the Stron gminded dow
ager was much addicted to painting
water-colors, and to prevent any doubt
being cast upon them as not the genu-
inc product of her own imperial hand,
and that posterity should also be en-
lightened as TO her genius, she used
to attiX one of these jadestone seals
upon them. The phoenix is carved on
two of these seals. This is the special
mark or crest of an empress dowager
of the empire. But the lady autocrat
was not satisfied with the phoenix
alone. Having usurped the reins of
government. she arrogated to herself
the prerogatives of the emperor, and