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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
BIRTH OF BABY A BLESSING.
Caused the Brisands 70 Treat Their
Captives WsIl.

Caused the Brigands 70 Treat Their
Captives Well.
New York. April 11.--Miss Ellen NJ.
stone, the missionary who was CAP
tured by brigands in Bulgaria and held
for ransom. arrived here yesterday on
the Deutschland. She looks pale and
worn and said the sea voyage had made
her very ILL., She was met at the steam :
ers pier by her brother, Charles A..
Stone, and by many other relatives and
friends Miss Stone said the brigands
were not so fierce as might have been
imagined. They said many insulting
things, but never struck or beat either
her or her companion, Nine. Tsilka.
There have been several reports
printed which stated that Nine Tsilksl
kad been held for ransom by our cap
.tcrs,n said Miss Stone, but that is a
mistake. was the one they wanted
and they always take a married lady to
old the latter may be. The brigands
meant to take the first married woman
they came across. to accompany me.
but the one they first found happened
to be Mrs Wosheva, native mission
airy and widow, who was very i'll at
the time. Mrs. Tsi1ka was therefore de-
cided on by the brigands, for which
was very thankful afterwards, and
will tell you why.
Seven weeks before we were re-
leased baby was born to Mrs. Tsilka.
The brigands had, by this time, become
so insulting and cruel in their remarks
that it was becoming unbearable. The
appearance of the baby stopped all this.
for the reason that the brigands of
Turkey believe that a curse will settle
On them If they do harm to a child or
Its mother Our treatment after the
birth of the baby was excellent We be-
gan to get better food. altho must adj
NIT that 1t was generally not very good.
and the sneering remarks stopped.
1T was when the negotiations for our
release fell thru, or became disturbed,
that we We're subject to our worst
treatment. You are to die, twenty days
from now or we will put bullet in
your brain SOON We're some of the
pleasant things that they said to u.s.
Miss Stone said she would go at once
to Chelsea, Mass, to see her mother
who is more than 80 years old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
DR.. HORNE ARRESTED.
Indiana Physicians Grave Charges Re-
act on Himself,

Michigan City, Ind, April 11.-Dr.
Brose r. Horne. former physician at the
Michigan City penitentiary. who has
recently leaped into prominence be-
cause of charges of brutality in the
treatment of prisoners that he made
against the officials of that institution.
tried to dodge the investigation that
was begun here yesterday and was ar
rested on warrant isslIed by Governor
Durbin. The deputy sheriff to whom
the warrant was intrusted got service
on the doctor just as the latter was
boarding train for Chicago, and he
conveyed his prisoner back to where the
board was in session, and
the doctor was compelled to testify.
The entire forenoon was given up to
q conference between DR.. Horne, his
father, and the trial board upon mat
tiers pertaining to the manner of pro-
ccdure. DIR. Horne was accompanied
by Attorney j. F. Gallagher, whom he
wished to have as counsel. The board
informed DR.. Horne that he was not on
trial for anything and that he was
present as a complaining witness only.
The rules of the board did not permit
attorneys to participate in it's proceed
ings, but If the doctor wished, he could
have counsel for consultation only. This
was conceded to the doctor that he
might be able to present his charges
and his evidence in every possible man
ner to his advantage.
The board then asked DR.. Horne to
present the names of witnesses he
wished examined, and it had an officer
in waiting to serve subpeenas for such
witnesses as he might want from the
outside. The doctor was assured that
he would be given every possible as
sistance in proving the charges he had
made. and nothing was left unsaid or
undone to make him feel free and at
perfect ease in presenting whatever he
might have to sustain his charges,
Nearly the entire forenoon was con-
sumed in an effort to perfect plan
upon which the investigation should
proceed, the doctor persistently refus-
ing to give the names of any of the
witnesses whom he desired to have
testify.
Just before the noon hour 1t was
finally agreed that the investigation
should proceed at l o'clock, and that
the witnesses wanted should be sub
p9naed and called as the investigation
progressed. An adjournment was then
taken. When ! o'clock came DIR. Horne
failed to appear. The board grew i'm
patient, and the eN-prison physician
was called up at his hotel by phone.
Governor Durbin personally endeavored
to induce him to come before the ex-
amining board that the investigation
might be resumed, but he refused to
appear. The governor then issued
warrant for Horne.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
REQUEST FOR NAVAL COLLEGE.
Heirs May Contest Will Of Mckee, the
Colored Millionaire,

Philadelphia, April 11.-Tho Colonel
John Mckee, the colored millionaire,
who died Monday has been member of
the Central Presbyterian church since
1874. he bequeathed almost his entire
estate to found naval college for
white and colored orphan boys, to be
conducted by board of managers to be
named by Roman Catholic priests.
Archbishop Ryan and Joseph P. Nc
Cullen, an attorney, who drew up the
will, are named as executors of the es-
tate, which is valued at nearly $2,000,-
600.
While there is bequest for the es-
Establishment of Roman Catholic
church, rectory, school house and
convent at Mckee City, N. j.. Colonel
McKee's daughter and granddaughter
are cut off with small annuities. 1t is
believed the will will be contested by
the heirs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11

General Chaffee's reply was as follows:
Manila, April 7.--Adjutant General
Washington: The case of Lieutenant
st. Clair was investigated at the time
officer tried and acquitted by the court
Papers are sent by last mail, March 2S
Facts: Richter drunk; very abusive
Gagged by st. Clair. Died soon after
ward
(Signed) "CHAFFEE.'
The letter from Private Hoovey was
received by his parents about the first
of April and has just reached Congress
man Mickey. The letter, in part, is as
follows:
Il have been in Manila and in court
over the death of my most beloved
comrade, Edward c. Richter, aged %
who was killed on the night of Feb. 8
The killing occurred on Saturday night
after taps Go o'clock and at 12:45
midnight. / was on guard when Rich
ter started to get drunk, and was re-
leased from duty at 8 o'clock. After
taps he began calling Lieutenant st
Clair vile names. The lieutenant or
Gered us to take him and put him on
the ground in front of the guardhouse
and tie his hands behind him. was
then ordered to throw one dipperful OF
ice water-it was so cold that we could
hardly drink tin his face every time
he would say anything. / often, in
obeying the lieutenants orders, threw
q dipperful of this water in his face.
But he was under the influence of liz
uor and would not keep still. Then st.
TIC tn y,I,f crac in, he
bound mans mouth, and to tie his feet
together The gag and the action of the
cold water on his face made him vomit,
and as the gag prevented anything
from coming out of his mouth, the vom-
ii went into his lungs. He struggled a
good deal, but, of course, was helpless,
tied hand and foot and gagged. While
he lay on the ground thus we were or
dered to throw more water on his face.
About 1915 he quit struggling and lay
perfectly still. Then we were ordered
To take him to the guardhouse, and half
an hour later the discovery was made
that he was dead. We took the body
to the hospital and a week ago Sunday
afternoon we buried him.
There was not anything more said
afternoon, when the inspector general
of the southern Luzon island arrived
for the purpose of investigating the
stories that had become current as to
the real cause of the private's death He
took the testimony of the sentries and
then ordered us to Manila to appear be-
fore the general court there. We re-
Eeated our testimony in the presence Of
General Chaffee.'
Private Hoovey concluded his letter
with criticism of Lieutenant st. Clair
on account of his harsh treatment of
the men in his command.
Congressman Mickey has taken no
action in the case, but will probably
refer the letter of Private Hoovey to
the proper authorities or to commit
tee If an investigation of the incident is
called for, as now seems probable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
'ERK[g' BIG SCHEME
Financial Arrangements for His
Underground System in Lon-
don Are Completed.
British Press Comment Favor.
bly, on the Outlook for Better
Transportation.
Miss Stone Denies That Tsilk;
Allotted the Brigands...Du-
mont's Plans.

London, April II. - This" said
Charles r. Yerkes to representative
of the Associated Press, is grand
finish of six months work" Mr..
Yerkes referred to the arrangement.
just completed, by which Speyer Bros,
of London, and Speyer & Co., of New
York, and the Old Colony Trust Com
pany, of Boston, form new company,
with C 50,O00.000 capital for the purpose
of carrying out his electric underground
concessions in London. The new I'm
as it is called, will eventually increase
it's capital to SIS, 100000. Mr.. Yerkes
viii be chairman, but the Speyers and
the Old Colony Trust Company will
have a controlling interest. They will
nominate the directors, who will all be
English, except Mr.. Yerkes and Mr..
Adams, of Old Colony Trust Company
The capital will be privately subscribed
in London and New York. The Pail
Mail Gazette, commenting on the sub
ject, says the announcement of the new
company Should be received with gen
eral satisfaction, such q reply contrast
ing as it does with the piece-meal par
ticularism and preference of the indi-
yidual rather than for union. which
have ever been characteristic in Brit
ish activity in general and British rail-
way activity in particular" The pa
per mentioned heartily welcomes the
new combination as an attempt to rec
tify system which has made the me-
tropolis inferior to pigmy, provincial
towns" and dilates on the fact that,
financially, the control is British and
rot American. On the other hand, the
Westminster Gazette points out that
this self-congratulation over the part
played by British capital is not war
ranted, as the Speyers are quite as
American as the Morgans. This paper,
however, echoes the opinions of the
Pail Mall Gazette that Londoners are
likely to derive benefit from the new
company. Metropolitan railroad shares
rose as much as IA points on the an
rouncement of the formation of the
company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
RECIPROCITY LEAGUE FORMED.
Nom Partisan Organization to Urge the
Need of Freer Trade Relations.

l
| Chicago, April 1.-Representatives
of sixty leading manufacturing and
other Industrial establishments of the
ganized the National Reciprocity
league w. e. Stanley, governor of the
state of Kansas, was elected president.
The object of the organization, which
| is non-partisan, is to wage campaign
of education concerning the urgent
need of reciprocal trade relations with
foreign nations"
| In word, there manufacturers say
| they are manufacturing in excess to
| the consumption of the home market.
They want the United States govern
ment to establish trade relations with
other countries that will throw open the
markets of the world for the disposal
of their goods. The United States SEN
ate will be asked to ratify at least nine
treaties that provide for reciprocal ar
| rangements in the trade relationship
of the United States and various coun-
tries of the eastern hemisphere.
M. B. Hulet. of Topeka, Kan, was
B. B. Swift, of Chicago. treasurer.
Inc 1olloWlnS Doaru OIL directors was
selected: H. G. Carver, of Chicago,
chairman; G. Watson French, of Dav-
export. Ia: c. r. Hoffman, of Kansas,
James Deering. of Chicago. Henry L..
Little, of Minneapolis, l.. o. King, Of ST.
Louis, A. B. Farquhar, of York, Pa;
w. S. Thomas, of Springfield, o.; II. A
Heath, Of Topeka, Kan: John A. Kas-
son, of Des Moines, Ia; John L. Web
ster, of Omaha, Adolph Kasper. Of Chi
cago, A. D. Brown. of st. Louis, E. T..
Brunson, OF Chicago. S. r. Galloway, Of
New York city. and 2. M. Barton. of
Chicago.
| A national convention of the league
will be called for the near future. prob
| ably at Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11

Try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv-
er Tablets, the best physic. For sale
by druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
LAWSON USES BITTER WORDS
Repeats Harsh Language in Bennett
Donohue Libel Suit in Boston.


Donohue Libel Suit in Boston.
Boston, April 11.-"This is the climax
Of those things that show you to be
what 1 have previously said you were
probably the most degenerate scoundrel
now alive in the state of Massachu-
sets"
This. according to the testimony OF
Thomas w. Lawson in the Bennett
Donohue libel suit yesterday, is the Lam
guage used by him in speaking of Mr.
Benefits action in attacking him on
the floor of the legislature at a gas
hearing. He said he accused Bennett
OF having carried out in this way
threats of doing and saying things
that would make me regret that had
refused to pay him money" Continu-
ing:
You have shown your villainously
ccwardly character by taking advan-
tage of your privilege as a member of
the general court of Massachusetts to
attack me in place where l had no
possible chance of answering you, or in
any way protecting syself."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
STARVATION N Texas
Intense Suffering Caused by the
Drouth in Some Parts Of
State.
Preparations Being Made to
Send Relief to the Stricken
Districts.
Lack of Transportation Facilities
the Principal Difficulty Met
With.

| Corpus Christi, Tex, April IL Let
| tiers received from County Clerk Peter
Walls, Sheriff Lozano and County Judge
| Spohn, of Zapata county, not only con-
| firm the first reports of the suffering
caused there by drought, but say the
half is not yet told. Bishop ]. S. John
ston, Of the Corpus Christi diocese, has
received the following from Rev. j.
| Ward, man well acquainted with Ia
| pata affairs:
Condition most serious; people suf-
fering for food; no need to investigate;
no means of travel; no provender, no
animals to draw vehicles. The almost
total lack of transportation facilities is
the gravest difficulty to be overcome in
relieving the stricken people with sup
plies The nearest railroad to the coun-
ty line is over 100 mites distant, and as
all the horses in the county are dead
rescuers will have to furnish their own
animals and provide provendIr for
them en- route" "a
San Antonio, corpus CnriSti, LaTSuo
and other towns are making prepara-
lions to send relief. While there has
been no organized effort on the part of
the state government yet Gov. Joseph
d. Sayers will receive and forward all
money and supplies that may be sent
him, and it is best for the cha,'it-
able people of the United States
to act now. Women, children and
once strong men are wandering feebly
up and down the sandhills of stricken
zapata, begging piteously for few
grains of corn or handful of raw
beans with which to keep body and soul
together.
Planting time has passed, and there
is no hope of q crop again this year.
The people who actually require and
must have aid number about 1,200.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
DuMoNT LIKES AMERICA.
Airship Inventor Has Good Impression
of United States.

| Airship Inventor Has Good impression
Of United States.
| New York, April 11.-Alberto Santos
Dumont, builder and navigator of air.
ships, arrived here yesterday on the
steamship Deutschland. He has com.
to the United States to discuss plans
for an exhibition of aerial navigation
with the managers of the ST. Louis
exposition and will be in the country
for three weeks.
Engagements in England during the
coronation of King Edward require
that he recross the Atlantic by that
time, but IL the necessary arrange
ments can be made he will return In
July or August for either race with
rival or an exhibition. That he might
be prepared for visit this summer he
has shipped his latest built airship-
No. Ito this country, and will have
it made ready for use. He will do no
flying during the present visit to. the
country. The young aeronaut was ac-
companied by Manuel Aime former
secretary of the Aero club of Paris, and
Alfred Chaplin, machinist expert in
airship mechanism.
Santos Dumont will remain in New
York five days before going to ST.
Louis.
II hope to see New York the prin-
cipal airship port of the world before ]
pass away said he. II have no doubt
but that in my time, perhaps ten years,
If l get the proper encouragement and
help, aerial navigation will be an ac-
complished fact have no doubt but
that will live to see passengers trans
ported by airship across the Atlantic
from New York to Paris.
Il have not patented my airship in
this country and l do not intend to.
want other men to take my ideas and
improve on them If they can If the
st. Louis exposition takes place next
year 1t is possible that nobody except
myself would be ready to enter a race
of airships, but If 1t takes place two
years from now am sure there would
be other entries / have great hope
for the future of the afrship. You are
doing some excellent work on 1t here
In the United States and your profess
sor, S. p. Langley is one of the great
est men In the field in the world This
is the country too in which 1t should
be taken up, for you have the men, the
money and the enterprise"
AS the Deutschland neared Nantuck-
ct Santos-Dumont attempted to send
the following message ashore:
Il bow to the greatest country in the
world He did not succeed in getting
the message off.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
ELECTRIC LINE MOVEMENT.
Rock Island is Taking Hold of tn

Rock Island is Taking Hold of the
Project in Earnest.
Rock Island, ILL.,, April 1.-THE in
terest in the electric line proposed to
be built from this city to Aledo is grow
ing and the project is being talked
about among the business men who
favor the construction Of the line and
will offer it much encouragement. It
is thought that in a fey days the mat
ter will assume definite form and the
building of the line be assured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11

A woman in this city is so afraid OF
microbes that she will not sit on a
chair unless it has been washed with
Rocky Mountain Tea. Smart woman
35 cents. Mcbride & Will Drug Com
pany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
PRIVATE FIGHTERS DEATH.
Testimony Which May Induce an Off
cial Investigation.

Washington, April 11.-Congressman
Mickey, of the Fifteenth Illinois dis
trict, has letter from George Hoovey.
a Quincy boy who is now serving in the
Twenty eighth Infantry in Manila,
concerning the death of Private Ed
ward c. Richter, about which an official
is now being conducted.
Upon the request of several members
OF congress Adjutant General Corbin
cabled to General Chaffee for particu-
lars concerning the death of Richter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
DR.. TALMAeE NEARING THE END
Or. Masruder Reports His Patient Very
Low and Still SINKING.

Washington April 11-Rev. T. De-
witt Talmage is very low and still
sinking. His physician, DR.. Magruder,
left his bedside at midnight and at that
time said he would probably not die
before morning but that the end was
near he felt quite certain. DR.. Magru-
der said that cerebral Inflammation had
added to the complications. This was
the last bulletin given out:
There has been marked change for
the worse in the condition of DR.. Tall
mage. Evidence of cerebral inflamma-
ton has appeared.
&c. l.. MAGRUDER,
"a. b. RICHARDSON"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-11
YOUTHFUL LOVER ARRESTED.
Missouri Boy Tried to EIope With
Texas Girl Aued Eleven.

ST Joseph, Mo-, April 11-Louis
Sparks, the 12-year-old son of j. II.
Sparks, wealthy railway bridge con-
tractor, returned from Dallas, Tex.
yesterday in charge of his parent.
Young Sparks ran away from home to
join his sweetheart, Delphine O'Connor.
aged II years, daughter of prominent
Dallas merchant who expected to elope
with the young Lothario upon his ar
rival in Dallas. An unfeeling policeman
intercepted the youthful couple and
prevented an elopement.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19
HICKMAN COURIER-SUPPLEMENT.

w. A. Dodds. This is the largest farm in
Fulton county.
They are also the pioneers OF the cotton gin
ming industry in Hickman, having erected the
splendid plant and gin shown in the accom-
panying engraving in the fail OF 1901, prior
to the opening of the cotton season. The plant
is equipped with the Munger system through
out and supplied with every known modern
appliance and improvement In investing their
capital in this innovation the Messrs. Dodds
were the pioneers who paved the way to fur
Their effort and investment in this direction.
and conferred lasting benefit upon this city
Recent developments make II now apparen,
that the Dodds brothers gin was the nucleus
around which is likely to cluster dozens OF
manufactures representing millions of capital,
and thousands Of people in augmented popu-
lation. 4 perusal OF cur general article. in
which is reviewed what has been done in this
regard in the past eighteen months, will con
vince the most conservative reader that this
prophecy is not at all dream.
In another regard this firm has benefited
Hickman and vicinity in that, through the
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19

rich timber land and several saw mills are kept
constantly running to supply the plant with
the requisite lumber for manufacturing pur-
poses These facilities coupled with the fact
that only the very best and most modern ma
chnery is used and the most competent skilled
labor employed largely accounts for the envia-
bic reputation of the Hickman wagon with the
farmers Of the South and Southwest
An idea of the great capacity of the works
can be gathered from the fact that it has facil-
tiles for turning out complete wagon every
fifteen minutes
The Hickman Wagon Company employs
about 100 men. and for years has been the
great financial stay of and trade feeder to the
merchants OF the city
The plant is now owned by Capt II. \.
Tyler. who has thirteen -hiteenths. and by II. c.
Beckman and Gustave Hunziker. old en-
ployees of the factory. who have fifteenth in
terest respectively in the company.
Mr. c. F Batzer secretary and treasurer
OF the company. is son Of the former general
manager He has charge of the Office affairs.
which are conducted in slightly and oommo-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19
II. r.. DODDs a BROS.

One OF the most important concerns OF Full
ton county, albeit they are not much given to
heralding their achievements from the house
tops, is that OF r. +. Dodds & Bros
The gentlemen who comprise the firm are
Rufus +. Dodds and w. A. Dodds, of Hick-
man; J. f. Dodds, OF Doddsville, Miss; and s.
L. Dodds, OF Clarksdale, Miss.
The principal business of the firm is in Mis-
sissippi, where they have very extensive mer-
camille, farming and lumber interests, but their
transactions and investments in Fulton county
by no means meagre. In this county their
main business is farming and stock raising. the
firm owning 1000 acres of rich bottom land
four miles south of Hickman, 500 acres of
which is under cultivation. They also are the
owners of the old Dodds homestead. two and
half miles east of the city, which is managed by
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-09-19

the firm are native sons OF Fulton county and
have enjoyed liberal education, either in
Western or Eastern colleges. Those residing
in this county. Rufus T.. and w a. Dodds,
while living chiefly at their farm residence, are
connected with the city by their private phone
line and daily transact much business in Hiek-
man.