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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
SAVED By HIS BANKER
Nora Spring, Farmer Would
Have Lost $1,000 to a Pair
OF sharpers
BANKER GAVE a CHICAGO DRAFT
BANKER GAVE a CHICAGO DRAFT
sharpers Wanted the Cash Before
They Would Let Him Into Their
Three Card Monte Game-The Bank
err Suspected Something Was Wrong
and Gave Farmer a Chicago Draft.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Sept. 23.-Near Nora
Springs on the road between here and
that town John Bishop. a wealthy
farmer, came nearly losing $4,000 to a
pair of sharpers who had a fine plot to
trap him. 1t was not due to any fore
sight of Bishops that he saved his
money, for his $4,000 would have been
lost had not his banker at Nora Springs
insisted on giving him a Chicago draft
in place of the cash. The sharpers'
three card monte game that didn't sue
coed worked as follows:
On Saturday morning a well-dressed
man, driving a stylish rig, showed up at
Mr.. Bishops house. He represented
himself to be a banker. and explained
that he was DESTROYS of buying farm
property near Nora Springs and had
been recommended to Mr.. Bishop as
one who could give him valuable point
ers on the desirable proptry in that
neighborhood. He wanted Bishop to go
with him and would pay him well for
his time. The farmer readily assented
and climbed into the buggy. The two
drove about for an hour or so looking
over the country adjacent to the Bishop
home, discussing the crops and the
prospects for an advance in land VAL
ues. Finally they overlook trampisll-
looking fellow, who hailed them and
brought the team to standstill. He
represented that he was on the way to
Cedar Rapids and made inquiries as to
the distance.
The supposed banker told him it was
too far to think Of tramping 1t and that
he had better try to steal ride on some
freight train.
"Oh, am no tramp" was the reply.
Il have plenty of money" and with
these words the hobo pulled out great
roll of bills, which he declared con-
tanned $4,000. The banker protested
great surprise and the outcome of their
conversation was the production by the
tramp of a three card monte outfit with
which he bantered the men in the bug
gy to go up against his game. The
banker ventured $4,000 and quickly won
that amount from the tramp. He then
suggested to Bishop that he try his
hand The latter demurred that he had
no money with him, but was finally per-
suaded to drive back to Nora Springs
and take out of the bank $4,000 which
he had there on deposit.
The cashier of the bank suspected
that something was wrong and sue
ceeded in inducing Bishop to take a
draft on Chicago, instead of the cur
rency. With this they returned to the
place where they had left the card
sharp. He refused to accept the Chi
cago draft as the stake in his little
game, but got into the buggy with the
two and rode with them.
For time they labored with Bishop
to secure cash for his draft, but his
own suspicious We're now aroused and
he refused, so they finally dumped him
by the roadside some distance from
home and drove off. leaving him to re-
aect on his good fortune in having
needed the advice of his friend, the
hank cashier,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

Dubuque.
Local fishermen report that there
has been a scarcity of Mississippi river
fish. For some reasons, they claim, the
river has not yielded her fish as she
| has been wont to do. Drouth, the inn
pounding of immense numbers of fish
in sloughs and lakes that have dried W
and dried the fish with them, SEEMING
and other reasons are assigned to ac-
count for the lack.
ELeMars.
The board of supervisors are making
| arrangements for the formal dedica-
ton of the new court house building
The opening will probably take place
l;,t night when the building will be IL
Illuminated. A program of speeches and
music will be rendered Judge ]. X
Gaynor and others will deliver adj
dresses on the occasion. The opening
will be held next week.
Boone.
| In the silver medal declamatory con-
test given by the local W. c. i. VI
lin the Christian church Friday even
ling, Miss Ethel Wittle was awarded
| the medal. The selection was a decla-
nation entitled THE Martyred Mother
and was a very pretty story well told
There We're seven contestants for the
medal and the winning of 1t by Miss
Wittlc is the cause of considerable
pleasure among her friends.
Shenandoah.
The special school election held
| Wednesday afternoon proved the sec
ond most interesting school election
ever held in Shenandoah. The ladies'
turned out in iocks. and while not SO
many of them as at one other election,
the result OF which they have never
been able to explain, yet enough OF
them to show that when their own in
terests are at stake they get there fig
dratively, with both feet. The voters
approved the proposition for an eight
thousand dollar brick school building,
and to improve the central school
building.
| Spencer.
Alexander Harrison, of Morton,
Mimi, was in Spencer, Friday. looking
| the field over with a view to establish
| ing condensed milk factory in this
section of the state Mr.. Harrison was
greatly pleased with both city and
country, and thinks this would be a
good point for such an establishment
Mr.. Harrison has had extensive ex-
perence with dairying in its various
forms, and says that condensed milk
is now coming to the front rapidly,
the demand for it having increased
fifty per cent within the past year; he
also said that the profits of the con-
densed milk factory are greater than
| from any other form of dairying. Mr.
Harrison was obliged to leave for
Ihome The same day on account of other
business, but said he would talk the
I.matter over with business men and
farmers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

GRADING NEARLY COMPLETED
Rapid Progress With the Work on the
C.. G. w, Extension.

W 0s W. 6SleuSiOIs
Special to Times Republican,.
| Council Bluffs, Sept 23.--"The grad
ing on our section of the Great Western
iextension will be completed by Novem-
lher 1. with ordinary good luck from
i.now on" said q representative OF VIM
/ ston Bros. & Craney yesterday. our
section extends from Harlan to Coun-
/, ell Bluffs. distance of forty-one miles.
and while the exceedingly wet weather
| Of the early summer has put the work
back several weeks we expect the
work to be turned over to US by the
lsubcontractors by November 1, as or
iginally planned"
All summer long the giant steam
shovel has been eating its way toward
the city thru the huge clay banks, ana
| all summer long scores of mule teams
and grading machines have been vail
antly battling with the task of moving
hills into valleys into schedule time.
despite the fierce objections of Jupiter
Pluyius 1t has been hard summer
for the contractors. Western Iowa
clay has disagreeable habit of floating
gayly off in every little rivulet that
ltrickles over the fresh hills. Embank-
ments have melted and run away dur,
ing a night Cuts have undermined
and caved, and fills have become SO
softened that extra work was neees-
sary.
Grading Near Completion.
There have been many delays. But
there has been plenty Of hard work.
too. and of late plenty of fine weather.
AS a result the grade is nearing COM
pletion. The advance guard of tree
choppers and concrete men are work
| ing at the very edge of the city, and
their track is marked by fallen trees
and neatly finished concrete ready fo.
the graders The steam shovel is work.
ling rapidly thru the last big cut at
THE Horn" as the point where the
road Will round the bluffs is called.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
Northwestern Train Piled in
Mass Of Ruins-Two Lyons
Men Killed
SPREADING RAILS ONLY CAUSE
Main Line Blocked for Four Hours
Wreck Occurred Short Distance East
Of Cedar Fapids-Train Crew Es-
capped = Victims Were Buried Be-
meath Loaded Cars.
oecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Sept. 23.-One of the
worst wrecks that has occurred in a
long time on the Northwestern took
place last night near Bertram when a
fast special freight was ditched Two
men from Lyons, Iowa, whose names
could not be learned. were instantly
killed and another badly injured. The
injured man is in the hospital In this
city.
The accident occurred on the bridge
just beyond Bertram, and the wrecked
cars are piled up In the ravine to the
height of the bridge. The engine and
half the train had passed the bridge
when the eight cars in the middle ofthe
train crashed over the side of the
bridge. Seven cars We're ditched and
the double tracks of the Northwestern
were INSTRUCTED for four hours. No.
II did not arrive in this city until
o'clock
While only eight cars were ditched,
which has happened on this section OF
the Northwestern for years. The cars
Were piled in enc high mass ofsplinters.
The three young Lyons men it seems
We're riding an empty car and just
ahead of them was a loaded coal car.
At the point where the accident occur
red the grade Is quite steep, and the
train was running at a high rate Of
speed. When the crash came the three
young men Were hurled down the en-
hankment, and the loaded coal car
ahead of them caught two of them as
they struck the ground The third es-
capped by miracle. The train crew.
We're. strange to say. none Of them
badly injured, though there We're a
number of those on the train who were
badly shaken UP and bruised.
The young man who was brought to
city is not as badly injured as at first
believed, though one of his legs is bro
ken in two places, and he is otherwise
badly bruised.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

Bristow.
w. G. Moorehead reports a yield OF
thirty tons) loads of clover and tim
othy hay from four and Onehalf acres
of land. Eighteen loads We're cut the
first of July and the second crop, twelve
loads, were put in the barn this week,
making over six tons to the acre Of the
finest hay. It was harvested both times
without drop of rain and each load
is surely worth a five dollar bill. Next!
exclaims the Independent.
Clarion.
The land seekers excursion on the
c., r. /. & p. Wednesday morning
comprised nine well filled coaches.
Perhaps fifty persons stopped at this
place, mostly Illinois men. Some of
them are men who own farms and
are looking after them, some visitors
with friends here, and quite a num-
Der land seekers. either for buying
or renting. Our land men have been
busy since showing them around over
the country.
Massena.
A few weeks ago when actions were
brought against numerous residents
and property owners on account of al
legged complaints OF nuisances, there
was much protesting against the action
of the mayor in thus sumnlarily Great
ing costs without warning or notice and
many We're Of the belief that the pro-
ceedings were illegal and would not be
sustained by trial in court in case an
appea! were taken. Now it appears
that the only body which has power to
legally condemn anything as a nuisance
|and order the abatement thereof is tho
town council acting as the board OF
health.
Waterloo.
The enumerators of the East and
West Waterloo independent school dis
tricts have completed their work, ard
the total show that the city's school
population has increased 209 during the
year. The gain for 1902 is not quite as
great as 1901 over 1900 but is a cred
liable showing, nevertheless. The to-
tai enumeration shows the school pop
ulation between the ages of and II
to be 4,152 Figuring the population
of the city by the rule of three and one
half, which is very conservative esti-
mate, it would show the population of
the city to be at the present time a.
532, or a gain of 741 over the popula-
ton as shown by the school census of
last year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
NEW ENGINE THROTTLE.
Des Moines Man lnvents Valuable De.
vice for Gasoline Engines.

Des Moines Man lnvents Valuable De-
vice for Gasoline Engines.
Des Moines, Sept. 23.-NIr. Charles v.
Pollock, the Des Moines young man
who some years ago invented and per-
fected the famous ball nozzle that made
a small fortune for himself as we'll as
for several others, has just now in
vented remarkable appliance for gas
oline engines that will probably revolu-
-tionize the manufacture OF all such en-
gines. The appliance is nothing more
nor less than a throttle for gasoline
engine, which enables the operator with
a simple sliding movement to slow
down the engine to any speed desired
or to run it at the maximum speed. 1t
does away with all the old-time bungle-
some manipulation of gasoline and air
valves, and simplifies the engine so that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
LAW HARD TO ENFORCE.
Newton Officers Finding It Difficult to
Enforce Compulsory Education.

Special to Times-Republican.
Newton, Sept. 23.-The local officers
are having considerable difficulty in
enforcing the new school law which re-
quires and makes it compulsory that
children of school age shall not play
truant. One parent insists that il his
child is forced to attend school he will
remove from the town, hoping in this
way to evade the law. AS yet but two
arrests have been made. but more will
follow If the absentees are not in
school
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
It pays twice the
interest Of a bank
and has been =.
Proven
70
Beyond a Doubt ),
Safer han
Any Bank
Read this Letter
,NoRTH CENTER
Read this Letter

Marion. Iowa, June %. 1so2-Mr. e.
AZ Vail. Secretary--Dear Sir: am
pleased to acknowledge the receipt OF q
draft for $2,754, being the withdrawal
value Of the twenty-share certificate
held by myself and wife. The amount
paid by us on each certificate was ST.
@O08. We paid this amount in monthly
payments extending over period of
eight years. 1t earned US trifie more
than per cent interest, which all must
admit is a large rate of interest for
these flush times.
The Iowa Business Mems Building
and Loan Association, of which you are
the secretary. has dealt with us in an
honest and Dusiness-like manner. Very
truly, JOHN r. CRIPPEN. d. ID.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

Land for saie-A fine so-acre farm
well improved: or 160-acre farm well
Improved. and larger tracts If you
want them. All near Marshalltown,
ALSO land in North Dakota, So to 80 per
aere that will double In value in the
next year. All kinds of city property
Tor sale or trade. Offices over IS West
Main street. New phone ISL.
II. J. Ailard. w. r. Moon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

with its usual majority or suffer the
contumely of the district All the
rooms in the principal hotel are all
ready taken and the delegates and visi-
tors will be compelled to seek for lodg-
ings with the citizens Waverly, CLAIR
ion. Waterloo, Eldora and Independence
will send large delegations and the next
two days here will be lively enough.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
Rankin at Newton.

Special to Times Republican.
Newton. Sept. pa. G. Rankin
opened the republican county cam
paign here by a speech delivered at
Listers opera house. Much of the talk
was devoted to the tariff issue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

London-The government will assess
the South African colonies $500, 900
for the expenses of the late war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23

Rome-Mgr. Guidi, apostolic delegate
in the Philippines, was consecrated
Sunday by Cardinal Rampolla.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-23
LOSING WEIGHT /!

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The age-herald., 1902-05-08
THE J. PTS DECISION. He Sums Up the Coffee Case.

Judge W. w. Bowen of Creeds, Va, announces himself as a reformed coffee toper" and gives authority to make the following public statement;
 For years the coffee habit had been growing on me until my condition was getting serious. have considerable writing to do and had become so nervous that I had to depend almost entirely up- on my wife to do the writing. Some- times when it was i'm perative that l sign my name my hand trembled so l could scarce do it.
 "I had severe headaches, stomach trou- ble, heart trouble, also some rheumatism. A friend Rev. one day sent me A package of Postum Coffee with re- quest that I give up coffee and make a fair trial of Postum.
 q took the advice and the headaches ceased also the stomach trouble. I now have no heart trouble at all except when l use coffee for a time My old nervous ness is a thing of the past.
 My wife also sufferd for years with heart trouble and extreme nervousness She has found relief by leaving off coffee and using Postum. We now think 1t a much better drink than either coffee or tea. I have known of a number of cases that have been entirely cured or greatly benefited by leaving off coffee and using the new beverage, Postum"
The age-herald., 1902-05-08
CLUB LEADERS DISCUSS
 ACTION OF BIENNIAL

Granger, and our ex-president, Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, have fallen the rigors of the campaign; to them should go un- stintedly the honors of victory"
 "The recent proceedings of the national convention of Women's Clubs at Los An geles. in regard tS the admission of col ored clubs, was a decided victory for the Southern forces in the mere formal addi- tion of certain bylaws to the constitu- ton" was the expression of Mrs. Ed ward Brown. But it was a victory in a more Approaching sense in that 1t proved how entirely the sympathy Of the whole country had been accorded to the position of the southern women in this matter, and showed that nine-tenths or the delegates were united in the wish to secure their protection. It meant that what the north and west have long called prejudice in the south is now admitted to be principle, and principle founded on wisdom and justice. It seems an- other among the many signs of time soon to be. when sympathy and under standing will wipe out forever the sec tional lines which ignorance has main tained so long"
The age-herald., 1902-05-08
MIR. FITZGlBBON'S
 FINE CANVASES.

The Fitzgibbon collection of canvases on exhibition this week at the Colby art store is pronounced to be unusually fine. The art critics are delighted with the collection and even the most ard7nt ad- mirer of MT. Fitzgibbon's work was sur prised at some of the wonderful color effect that Is noticeable in many of his landscapes.
 To the art world Mr. Fitzgibbon is best known es a painter of portraits. He not only succeeds in the rare quality of re- producing likeness, but his flesh tints are perfect. The portraits on exhibition include enc of the artists mother. a strong. beautiful face Another striking portrait was that of MT. Belton Gilreath of Birmingham. It Is a superb piece of work
 But while portrait work has brought the young artist wide recognition. his landscape work entities him to a dis tinctive place in the art world. A dozen or more canN ases of twilight and early mornings scenes of woodland and brook and valley, of spring and winter scenes, reveal so much power with the brush, to- gether with the true poetic instinct, that no doubt is left in ones mind as to Mir Fitzgibhon's ability as landscape painter. He may be trusted to select the most enchanting scenes, the most en- chanting hour to paint them, and as a colorist he may he trusted also.
 He glories in vivid things He likes the most brilliant of sunsets, but he docs not overdo them. Because with all of his love for color he delights in misty ef- fects, and Is not always led into repro ducing fame-colored things. There is a canvas done In greens and browns, hardly a suggestion of color, and very mys- terious, woodland pathway leading into an endless tangle of foliage The misty charm of the artists work Is very mo- ticeable In this canvas. The figure of an cid man smoking pipe is very fine, and the picture representing the Hunter s Story was pronounced the best piece of work. MT. Fitzgibbon has many subjects | of local interest. Twilight scenes about Birmingham and bits of woodland scenes in the parks.
 He has painted the street gamin In sev- | eral charact sristic attitudes and there Is cotton picking scene that is full of | atmosphere" Since the artist delights so in color t Is not surprising that he has painted the head of a woman with vivid hair. It is not the tint that Titan gave to his women, but more flame colored. and the woman has the whitest of skin.
 Evidently the artist Is not a lover of women. He puts few of them on canvas. But this subject Is one of those vivid creatures that are the despair of ar- lists. and yet their inspiration
The age-herald., 1902-05-08
MRS. OTTLET ON
 THE BIENNIAL.

In discussing the biennial, Mrs. d. h' Ottley. a member of Georgias coiiiiiii'- fee of three, is quoted as FOLLOWS III Se'- terday's Atlanta Constitution:
 .Drhe success of the southern forces at Los Angeles is no surprise to enose "no have been for two years carefuily stuoy- ing the situation and industrlousiy .,reading. from Maine to California the ,,,,o,,og ndism of tue southern point or view. ..
 .It must be, however, distinct grati- eoo+ion to every southern man and wom- an that the country's indorsement or the southern view should have come III lhe nature of a landslide. Nine-tenths IS large majority to secure on any mooteo question.
 "The status quo of the bylaws after the nessare of our amendment is something like this: All clubs In the world are eli- sib,e to the general federation. but so many checks are thrown about the actual q admission of any club that no negro club can hope to pass them all and secure ad- mission to the national body
 "This was the point made against the substitute amendment by the Massachu- setts executive board and for this reason that board officially rejected the com nronise in behalf of their state.
 "It is pa1pably incorrect, by the way to speak of the winning amendment as the Massachusetts-oieorgia amendment since inc former state refused 10 in dorse if and worked for another motion altogether.
 ''The three Massachusetts women who met Georgia women in New York at the Holland house conference, in Feb mary. agreed to recomrl end it to their hoard. the Georgia women doing the same. but the susequent action of the two states diverged, Massachusetts re- fusing the compromise and Georgia alone sending 1t out. Hence the winning amendment is the Georgia substitute amendment.
 From the overwhelming vote in oui behalf it is pretty evident that the issue will never give further trouble in tho national body
 "Too much honor cannot be accorded bv the entire south to the able captains who so cleverly and tirelessly have la bored to achieve for us this magnificent success.
 "Upon our state president, Mrs. A. O.
The age-herald., 1902-05-08
NOTES AND PERSONALS.

Mrs. Rose Garland Lewis and Mrs. Louis T. Bradfield will leave Monday for Demopolis to attend the convention of the Alabama Division, Daughter of the Con- federacy.
 Mrs Charles G. Brown will attend the the U. D. C. convention at Demopolis.
 Mrs. Chappell Cory of Montgomery will be the guest of friends in Birmingham the latter part of the month.
 MT. and Mrs. B. B. Conner returned a few days ago from New York.
 Mir. and Mrs. William T. Underwood will spend the summer in Pennsylvania.
 MT and Mrs. William H. Kettig will go to Atlantic City late in the season.
 Mir. Kendall Weston gave a dance last night at Elks' Hall to those who took part in the performance of the ''Mikado.''
 There were about 100 present. all the