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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
BURNETT FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to Fifteen Years for Murder
of Mrs. Nichol.

OI VISs iNISIlOis
New York, March 3.-Dr. Orville s..
Burnett was found guilty of the MUIR
der of Mrs. Charlotte Shoup Nichol and
his punishment fixed at fifteen years
in the penitentiary by the jury in Judge
Baqer court Saturday. The jury de-
liberated four hours and a half before
the verdict was reached, the point over
which they differed being the severity
of the punishment.
Both Burnett and his wife sat an
moved while the verdict finding him a
murderer was read, and until the jury
had been discharged and began to leave
the court room. Then, as if dazed, he
rose from his chair and, Advancing to
the judges desk asked permission to
talk with his wife. 1t was granted him.
and he was taken by the deputy sheriff
to the jury seats. She was called, and
while he sat in one of the rear chairs,
she stood In front of him. The two
talked in low tones until the prisoner
was led back to his cell in the county
jail.
Mrs. Burnett went back to the bench
where her companion was awaiting her,
She bowed her face in her hands, but
shed no tears. When every one else
had left the court room the two women
followed. They went to the offices of
ODonnell & Brady, and for the first
time since the trial has begun Mrs.
Burnett broke down and cried. She
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03

was taken to the home at 1858 South
Marshfield avenue. where she and Bur-
nett lived when be was struggling
Genital student, and where she had
hoped to take him back Saturday
morning. There she broke down and
cried again. and it was necessary to
give her medicines and put her to bed.
There never has been similar mur-
der trial in Cook county. and thew YER
dict is precedent. The charge against
Burnett was based on the theory that
he and Mrs. Nichol had agreed to die
together, and that as party to this
contract he was accessory to her death.
1t was also argued by the state that he
even accepted this fatal agreement. Be-
sides this charge there was the Senti-
ment against him on account of his
fs1ithlessness to his wife, and the break
ing up of the Nichol family. This. his
attorneys attempted to excuse by con-
tending that he was the weaker party,
and was led astray by Mrs. Nichol.
The state refused to accept any jur-
crs that We're not married. That the
future of the American home was con-
cerned was impressed upon them at
every opportunity by Assistant States
Attorneys Carey and Newcomer. When
the jury was instructed by Judge
Paker. and sent to it's room at 10 o'clock
Saturday night. the first ballot showed
that all held him guilty. and none stood
for acquittal. The question of his pun
ishment was then taken up, and it was
almost four hours later before it was
agreed to fix it at fifteen years impris-
onment
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
MIss HERON TO WE'D.
Sister of the Socialist to Marry This
Week.

Sister of the Socialist to Marry This
Week.
New York, March 3.-Miss Margaret
Evelyn Heron. of Pumptown, sub
urb of Metuchen, n. j., will be married
te. DR.. Henri Werner Berghall, of Man
istee, Mich, this week. Just what day
has been selected the Heron family
refuse to make known, declaring that II
Miss Heron does not recover from q
temporary indisposition the wedding
will be postponed again.
The ceremony will be performed at
Elmwood Farm Miss Heron will be
united to De %erghall by woman
preacher of the Universalist denomina-
ton The family refuse to divulge her
name. and every effort will be made to
have the wedding as private as possi-
BILE This step has been decided upon
for the reason that the New Jersey
laws do no. recognize the new plan
marriage contract which Miss Heron
proposes to adopt.
Miss Heron is sister of Professor
G.. d. Heron. the socialist, who was
married to Miss Carrie Rand with the
rroviso that they shall live together on
ly so long as they love each other. Miss
Heron is a firm believer in her broth
ers views of matrimony, and proposes
20 adopt the same plan. She is the eld-
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
IIac
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
THE RURAL SERVICE.
Congress Begins Discussion Of the
Loud Bill to Change Rural Carrier
From Salary to the Contract sys-

Washington, March, 3-Under an
order made last week the house today
went into committee of the whole and
entered upon consideration of the bill
to classify rural free delivery service
and substitute the contract for the
salary system for rural carriers.
Mr.. Loud, of California, opening the
debate declared the question involved
was of more Importance than any
which would come before the present
congress. Upon its solution would de-
pend whether rural free delivery SER
vice would cost ultimately sixty or
twenty million dollars per annum. The
service up to this time had been a
political one and had given many mem
bers of congress their first taste of
the sweets of public patronage. He
traced the history of the rapid growth
of the service and it's cost, declaring
it the most extravagant in the public
service. The bill was carefully drawn,
to provide against the possibility of a
recurrence of the star route scandals
Only one contract could be given to
one man, who must live in the district
where the route is located and who
must perform the service himself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
EMPLOYEES RIGHTS.
Attitude Of Civil Service Commission
Outlined by Mr.. Foulke.

Attitude Of Civil Service Commissions
Outlined by Mr.. Fouike.
Washington, March 3.-The attitude
os the civil service commission toward
the political activity of government
employees has been defined in letters
Commissioners Foulke has sent to Posts
master McMichael and r. Francis
Wood both of Philadelphia.
In his letter to Mr.. Wood, the SUBJ
stance of which also Is stated in the
letter to the postmaster. Mr.. Foulka
says:
1--WE object to certain solicitations
for contributions, made by those In au~
thority, because they are in effectscos
ercing the political action Of employes;i
but would 1t not also be coercing their
political action to tell them that they
should not contribute, and that they
must take no part whatever In CAM
paign? For myself I have in years
past always given modest contribu-
ton for political purposes. and shall
rot cease to do so in the future because
hold office; but do not intend to give
any more or less on that account, and {
do not want my example to be con-
strued as an intimation to any employe
of this Office that he is to give or not
to give. or that he is not as free to give
to the democratic fund as he is to the
republican fund, or that he may not
az, freely give to the faction opposed to
me in my own party as to the faction
not opposed to me, If he 80 desires.
"As to campaign contributions, il
seems to me that the purpose of the
law is to see that they are really vol
untary. and not actually or impnedly
coerced, and as to political action and
activity it seems to me the purpose Of
the law is that a man should be free
to do what he likes in Office as well
as out of it, with the limitation that it
must not interfere with his official du-
ties, nor in any other way bring scam
dal upon or impair the efficiency OF
the branch of the service to which he
belongs. In the latter particular, any
attack made upon that service, or upon
the administration of which it would
form a part, would necessarily be in
derogation of sound discipline. Wa
who are strong believers in the merit
system should not take so extreme a
view that 1t could not be sustained in
principle and would not be justified by
public opinion"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
BAD FOR THE BRITISH
Details Of the Disaster at klerksdorp
Show That the Beers Killed, Wound
ed and Captured Over 600 British

London, March 3.-Kitchener sends
cort of the convoy Of empty wages al
Vondenop, Transvaal Colony. February
o5. The British casualties in killed,
wounded and prisoners was 632. In ad-
dition the Beers captured two guns.
Lieut.. Col. Anderson who commanded
the British force and who has returned
to Kraaipan, Cape Colony. with nine
officers and 245 men, reports that when
his advanced guard was within ten
a heavy rifle fire on the troops from
the scrub. The burghers were driven
off and convoy returned to its march.
when more determined attack was
made on the convoy's left flank, the
Beers getting within a hundred yards,
stampeding the mules haInessed to a
nunlbe.' OF wagons The attacking
forces were again driven off. At about
$50 in the morning the rear guards
were attacked by a strong force of
Beers, and simultaneously another body
of Beers boldly chorged the center of
the convoy and stampeded the mules in
all directions, throwing the escort into
confusion, during which the Beers
charged and recharged. riding down
and separating the British unitss. The
fighting lasted for two hours, during
which two British guns and pompon
almost exhausted their ammunition. A
detachment of two hundred mounted
infantry from Klerksdorp attempted to
reinforce the British, but We're held in
check by the Beers. Anderson adds
that the strength of the Beers was esti-
mated at from 1900 to 100. Com
mandants Delarey, Kemps. Celliers,
Lemmer, Wolmarans and Potgieter
were all present. Commandant Lem
mer is said to have been killed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
WITH a DOUBLE LIFE
Plays a Role of Piety to Gain En-
trance to Respectable Homes.


Special to nes-Republican.
Des Moines, March 3.-The police
are Investigating strange case of a
woman who is evidently very smooth
and plausible in her swindling. The
complaint came from one j. r. Lundy.
a switchman. who reported that
woman giving the name of Dora Woo
ten had called at his home few days
ago and told Mrs. Lundy that she had
no place to stay and requested to be
given a room and bed for few nights.
The woman was well dressed and neat
in appearance, and claimed that sha
did not like to go to boarding house
until she had required reference and
know what kind of a place she was
getting into. Sympathizing with Mrs.
Wooten, who appears to be little
more than 20-year-old girl, Mrs.
Lundy took her in. The woman stated
that she had a baby which would be
with her in a few days, and which
she would be able to keep with her
now that she had found employment
as waiter at Buffers restaurant. Mrs.
Lundy reported to the police that she
might have had some misgivings con-
cerning her strange visitor with the
pitiable tale of being alone in the world
had it not been for the fact that before
retiring Mrs. Wooten asked II it was
not customary to hold family worship
in the house. When informed that
prayers had not been made daily
custom by the family Mrs. Wooten said
that she would pray at her bedside,
and upon being shown to her room
knelt by the bed in reverent attitude.
1t was only few days later that
the strange woman suddenly disap-
peared, and took with her Mr.. Lundy's
grip and about $25 in money, or at
least they disappeared about the same
time as the woman.
The police officers declare that 1t IS
the same woman who has been ar
rested for disorderly conduct, who has
been seen frequently about the saloons
and is said to lead bad life. They
assert that she was driven out of the
city year ago, when she claimed to
be froni Grinnell, and that later she
went to Omaha and Sioux City.
1t is not known that she had ever
before worked the scheme of iittense
piety to gain the confidence o. ers.
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soldiers and those of persons who were
not soldiers. state charges and have the
state pay all the expense of mainte-
nance. This would take away the temp
tation, marked in some counties, to
send children to the poorhouses as a
matter of economy and not to the state
orphans home To further discourage
the bad habit of putting poor children
in the poorhouses, where they come in
to contact with chronic paupers and
the incurable insane, bill has been
introduced to make it an offense to al
low any child to remain at a poor
house. The state board of control re-
ported forty-six children under 15 years
of age in county poorhouses last June.
1t is proposed that the state board be
given authority to transfer these or
phans to the state home for children.
A bill to change the law so that may
ors of cities shall not be regarded as
members of the councils has been in
troduced for the purpose of obviating
the necessity which turns up every ses-
sion of legalizing lot of town and city
ordinances that have been adopted
where the councils have not regarded
the mayor as a member.
Three new state boards are contem-
plated in pending bills-to control and
regulate barbering, osteopathy and op-
tometry. The bill for a board to issue
certificates to osteopaths provides that
they shall receive certificates, not as
medical practitioners but as osteopaths.
1t would relieve the state medical board
of some of the embarrassment in which
it finds itself. The BARRIERS bill is not
we'll received. The bill for board to
examine opticians also contemplates
that they shall be licensed as such. but
it is little understood and nobody seems
to care much about it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
SITE FOR BUILDINGS SELECTED,
Group of Public Structures at Cleve.
land to Cost $4,000, ,O0O

Cleveland, March "a site has been
selected for Clevelands new public
buildings, the aggregate cost of which
is estimated at s16,00O,0OO. The site in
cludes al! the land from the west side
of Ontario street to the east side of
Bond street. extending from Superior
street to Lake. AT the head will stand
the new federal building, at the other
end will be grouped the other mr. dy
end will be the new courthouse while
along the sides will be grouped the 9TH
er buildings. What is now Wood street
will be transformed into a boulevard
800 feet wide For this purpose the
legislature will be asked to appropriate
81 soc, 900
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
OHIO MILLIoNAlRE's SUICIDE.
Henry B. Perkins Ends Life Becaus
of Grisf Over Sons Death.

Warren, o., March 3.-Henry Bishop
Perkins, multi millionaire and one of
the leading citizens of Ohio, hanged
himself Sunday while mentally incapa-
citated, from Ill health and the death
of son, Bishop Perkins, a Yale grad
pate who committed suicide year
ago. Mr.. Perkins was liberal giver to
charity and his benevolences extended
all over the state. He was president of
the First National Bank of Warren and
also prominent in railroad affairs. He
is survived by his widow. son Jacob
and two daughters, Olive, wife of Judge
Samuel W. Smith of Cincinnatti. and
Miss Mary, who lives at hime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
Northwestern Laying Steel.

Special to T1meS-RepubIlcan.
Sloan, March 3.-The Chicago &
Northwestern Railway Company has
resumed the laying of heavy steel upon
the old Sioux City & Pacific track,
where the work was left off late last
fall at Sloan. The new steel at that
time had been laid to Sloan from the
Northwestern yards in Sioux City 1t
now will be laid from Sloan to Monda-
min, and then. a little later on, from
Modnamin to Missouri Valley, which
will give track of heavy steel all the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
PATERSON SUFFERS.
Estimated That the Damage Caused
by the Recent Flood Will Exceed
Loss by the Big Fire.

Paterson, N. j., March 3-The great
flood that inundated large part Of the
mill section of the city subsidized some
what during the night and it is be-
lieved the worst is over. The damage is
very great. 1t is estimated the loss
wrought by the flood is as large as that
by fire, with little or no insurance COW
ering it. Many more families are rem
dered homeless by the flood than by
the fire and the relief committee is now
hard at work seeking to assist those
who lost everything by the high water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
Explosion Wrecks Building,

New York. March 3.-An explosion
today wrecked the tive-story building
in Canal street occupied by the Aste
Printing Company. The building was
filed with employees. some of whom
We're hurt by jumping. The explosion
created panic among the occupants
of tenement houses back of the print
ing house and many jumped from the
windows Consuela Durranto being
killed. Loss, $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
SENIOR AMPIL CAPTURED.
Presidente of Cainta is in the Hands of
adrones

Manila, March 3.-While Gov. Flores,
of the province of Rial, was chasing
Felizardo and has band of Ladrones
over the hills of Cavite province, Fee
lizardo, at the head of twenty-five men
armed with rifles entered the town of
Cainta in Morong province and cap
tured the presidente of Cainta, Senor
Ampil, and a majority of the police of
the town. Senor Ampil has long been
known as an ardent American support
er, and it is feared he may be killed by
the enraged Ladrones.
A strong force of constabulary has
been sent to effect his release.
The correspondence captured with
Gen. Lukban in the island of Samar is
of the greatest value. 1t duplicates sew
eral Filipinos who have heretofore not
been suspected of completely with in
rtc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
THREE CENT FARES lLLEe.
Detroit's Ordinance Reducing st {
Car Fares Declared Void.

Detroit, March 3.-In decision re :
dered in the United States suprei e
court today it was held that the ordi-
nance enacted by the city government
of Detroit, Mich, arbitrarily reducing
street car fares to cents, was irregu-
lar and without binding effect. The de-
cision is based upon the fact that pre-:
vious ordinances had been passed fix
ing street car fares at 5 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
Rises to Defend TilIman n,

Boston, Mass, March George Fred
Williams last night gave out state
ment in defense of Senator Tillman. In
1T he said:
What has Senator Tillman done by
his indiscreet act? Has he wronged
woman, child, or man. including even
Senator McLaurin? He has shocked
some delicate sensibilities, agree. He
has resented an insult by violence, of
course, improper If an lmpulsive man
has done foolish thing the injury falls
first upon himself, of which he cannot
complain; secondly, upon the dignity of
the body of which he is a member, the
dignity of the senate. God save the
mark
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
THE PoNTlFIcAL JUBILEE.
Fifty Thousand Persons Witness Core

Fifty Thousand Persons Witness Cere-
mony at st. Peters Cathedral.
Rome, March 3.-The principal cere-
mony in the celebration of the ponti-
flcal jubilee was carried out with ex-
traordinary pomp at st. Peters cathe-
.dral today, in the presence of the pope,
members of the pontifical court, for
eign missions and an assemblage es-
timated to osaumber $4,000 persons. His
holiness did not participate in the SER
vice. beyond pronouncing the benedic-
tinn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03

| Washington, March 3.-Bulleln-
The president today informed the COM
mittee from Charleston who called up
on him that he would visit the exposi-
ton in that city.
| Charleston. S. c., March 3.-No phase
of the Roosevelt Tillman sword pres
entation incident has created as much
Indignation and excitement In South
Carolina as the statement attributed to
Senator Tillman in New York that 1t
would not be safe for President Roose-
Ivelt to visit the Charleston exposition.
Even the friends of Senator Tilman
declare he could not have had the least
reason for uttering such slander on
the state, and they are inclined to be-
llieye there has been some misunder-
lstanding.
According to the reports received
here, Tillman is said to have informed
Senator Platt, whom he asked to urge
the president not to make the trip, that
feeling over the Booker Washington
dinner at the white house is still bitter
in the south, and as the result of it
thorough going southerners might be
tempted to do him personal harm.
'1''-.hout regard to political attilia-
tions the sentiment in this state is just
the opposite of what Senator Tillman
would have it appear. This was shown
most conclusively in the denunciation
|of Lieutenant Governor Tillman for
withdrawing the invitation to the chief
executive to present q sword to Major
Jenkins.
The voice of the state, which was
lifted up against Tillman's unwarrant-
ed action, expressed the most friendly
feeling and good will toward President
Roosevelt, and because of the incident
renewed efforts were made to urge the
president to attend the exposition.
Mayor Smythe and Aldermen Rhett
and Kollock, representing the city, and
President Wagner and Director
Hemphill of the exposition board left
here yesterday afternoon for Washing
ton, where they will urge the president
30 carry out his promise to come to
Charleston.
Mayor Smythe received telegram
from Secretary G. b. Cortelyou, which
read:
Your letter enclosing action of city
council received. and the president di-
rects me to express his hearty thanks.
He hopes to meet the committee at
lunch tomorrow and will make all ar
rangements them
President Roosevelt will ge given the
riost hearty assurance of friendship of
South Carolina. The delegation will
make clear the fact that the Tillman
fiasco is deeply deplored by all classes
and that it was simply the rash act of
cheap officer seeking cheaper motor
iety.
Concerning the charge that it would
not be best for the president to visit
the south at this time. the Charleston
delegation will speak in no measured
terms. Leaders of different factions in
this state agree that Senator Tillman's
reputed words contained slander of
the people who put him in power and
Were the mutterings of a sensation
seeker, devoid of all reason.
Nothing Senator Tillman has done in
his political career ever put him fur
ther from his supporters than the state
ment that South Carolinians would seek
to do hodily harm to the president of
the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
Sudden Death at Nevada.

Special to T1meS-RepubIlcan
Nevada, March 3.-Mr. Kittlewell, an
aged resident of this place. died very
suddenly Sunday. He was feeling we'll
as usual, ate hearty dinner, and after
few minutes out in the open air
laid down on the couch to rest. In
u short time he was dead the cause
being heart failure. He leaves a wife.
son and daughtar.tn mnnrn his loss.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-03
Floods in Vermont

Montpelier, VT. March "A tremen-
dous freshet in the Winooski river
caused thousands of dollars of damage
to city and railroad property in this
city and vicinity. Reports from the
country districts show the flood to be
the greatest in years.