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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

patronizcd by the very best people of
North Chicago. Mr. Schmidt has in
every way proved himself II worthy son
of Il worthy father. In connection with
the safety vaults he carries on large
real estate. loan and insurance bust.
ness. Since his fathers death. which
occurred Dec. 10, 1898. Mr.. Schmidt
has had entire charge of the estate. and
the manner In which he has conducted
the business and borne the RESPONSE.
bilities. prove conclusively that he to.
day stands In the front rank of the
best known commercial and business
men of the North Side. His ability. dis
played In business matters. proves that
II the voters of the Twcnty-fourth
Ward elect him Il member of the city
Council they can rest assured from the
start that all matters of interest to each
ana every taxpayer will he properly
cared for, and In Geo. Il. Schmidt the
Twenty-fOurth Ward will have II city
father of whom they can well he proud
for he will certainly reflect credit not
alone upon his own constituents, but
upon the whole people.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

AID. william G. Kucster's reelection
in the Twcnty-sixth Ward is confident
ly predicted by the Republicans of that
district Mr.. Kucstcr's excellent rec
ord makes him u formidable candi-
date. On the other hand. Charles II.
Weber. his Democratic opponent. is
putting up II tremendous fight Which,
ever way the election may go In this
ward, the citizens are certain to have
IN honest and able representative i'm
the Council
~eA
ID. j. Schuylcr's nomination for judi.
clal honors Is assured. The I,cpubl.
cans could not name II better candidate.
~6
i. *. Prindivillc will make hand.
some rs well us an able member of the
Cook County bench. His nomination
10y the Democrats Is II forcgonc conclu-
sion.
%GA
Hon. John l.. McGoorty. lawyer. gen
ilcmnn and firs,-class citizen. would
ggace the judicial bench. The Demo-
cratic leaders appreciate the fact.
%eA
Ex.Congrcssman George l.. Foster
should he reelected. lie has made an
unimpcaclinblc record.
~eA
Thomas 4. Smyth would make II win
ming candidate for sheriff on the Dem
Ucratic ticket.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
Fertune's Bottled Becr.

Fortunes Bottled Beer.
The Fortune Brewing Company has
added to Ito large plant . magnificent
bottling establishment. The new works
adjoin the brewery on Van Buren,
street, west Of Desplaines, and are ut.
ted up with the latest and most i'm.
proved machinery. Their capacity Is very
great, and the quality Of the goods turn.
ed out Of the ,.ery best. One of the
features Of the plant Ia the arrange.
ment for cooling the beer. Not only
has the latest cooling machinery been
introduced, but the building In which
the bottling 10 done Is adjoined by an.
other building In which freezing ap.
paratus Is placed. This keeps the tenn.
perature Of the very walls at freezing
point all the time. The Fortune Brew.
cry produces q beer which 10 famous
the world over. Now that its bottllng
works are completed, no residence
should be without It. Telephone Mon.
roe 49,"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

The Republicans of the Twelfth
Ward believe they have winner in
Charles II. Fltzner, the regular party
candidate for Alderman. Mr.. Fitzner,
while "A staunch Republican, is popu-
lar with all CLASSES of citizens In the
ward, ana that Is one reason why his
friends are so confident of his success.
Mr.. Fitzncr Is II well-knOwn pharma-
clst, his place Of business being located
at oath street and Oakley avenue. He
Is an Old-tmc resident of the ward. hav-
ing lived there for the past fifteen
years, ana as such has naturally be-
come thoroughly acquainted with all its
needs.
Mr.. Fitzncr is Chicago man. He
was born in this city in 1871, and all Of
his life has been among the people
whose interest he desires to represent
in the next Council.
Mr.. Fitzner IL most popular, being
genial and aifablc. He IL a member Of
the ODD Fellows and the Knights Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

Pythias, and through these fraternal
and benevolent societies alone has
made hosts of friends. In addition, he
has always taken a lively interest In
both ward and municipal politics, and
Is at present executive committeeman
of his ward club, although he has new
er before been candidate for office.
In naming Mr.. Fitzner for the import
ant office of Alderman, the party lead
ers of the ward knew they were n0min
ating u man who would appeal to all
classes ana parties. \ Chicagoan, a
man whose every interest Is bound up
In the welfare and progress of his ma
tive city. he could not he otherwise
than faithful and conscientious In dis
charging the trust repOsed in him by
his fellow citizens and taxpayers in
the mOmentOus period now at hand in
the City Council.
The people Of Chicago will make no
mistake In electlng such men to the
Council this year.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
The Plants, and the Poet.

An Interesting story II told of the
mlnuet which is perhaps the most pop.
nlnr of all Padcrswki's compositions.
Paderewski, while n professor ut the
Conservative of Warsaw, was one
evening at the house of the Polish poet
SwleztochOwski, who expressed the
opinion that 10 living composer could
compare with Mozart In beauty AMI
simplicity At the moment Pndcrewski
merely shrugged his shoulders, but the
following evening he appeared and
asked permission to play his host n lit.
tie thing Of MOzart's. which perhaps
he did not know. He played the min
net. Swcztochowskl was enraptured.
and cried triumphantly: Now YOU
must acknowledge that n piece like that
could not have been written In our
time" "Wcll," said Padcrewski quiet.
~, that happens to be mlnuet com.
posed by me-"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

cause there are plenty of excellent can.
iidntes In all the wards to choose from
Mr.. Sloan Ii one of the best of these
latter. n successful business man, u
property owner. Il man Of great nbil.
ity. with high ideals of honor AMI good
citizenship. no better man could bc
elected than he.
Mr.. Sloan Ii u member Of the under.
taking firm Of Sloan Il Cornish. which
has been conducted for years at 2S:2.::'
Archer avenue.
lie Is known to nearly everybody IN
the ward. and all who have the pleas
urc Of his acquaintance admire and cs-
TEEN him. There should he no question
about his success in this election. and
should he he. he will beyond all doubt
give the people Of the ward the hest
representation they ever had In the
city Council.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
Fields for Explorers.

There Is still plenty of work for the
adventurous explorer Of unknown
lands. Europe has nothing to disclose.
but great part of Asia and Africa Is
still a sealed book to MS. The cXplora.
tons Of Stanley and those who proceed.
ell him are mere spider tracks in the
desert, ana our best maps of interior
Africa are half guesswork.
In Asia there IL Thlbet. Turkestan,
and the great desert of Arabia 10 he eX.
plOred. We know almost nothing of
Borneo, Papua. or Madagascar, and
thousands of islands in the Pacific
Ocean are still uneXplored.
Great tracts Of Australia have never
been trodden by the foot of white
man, ana nearly all Of South America
inside of the coast lines Is known only
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

Robert X. sloan. the regular tepub.
licnn candidate for Alderman In the
Fifth Ward. should be- elected.
Mr.. Sloan is u citizen of iirst.class
standing. has been for many years u
resident of the ward. and the interest
of the taxpayers and Of the residents
Of the district generally being identical
with his own. they woulO be in safe
keeping In his hands.
Never In the history of Chicago has
II been so incumbent upon the people
to elect good men to the City Council
as AT present. because In the near FL.
turc there will come up for final settle
mcnt the most important public qucs-
ton that has ever confronted the Alder.
men and the taxpayers of this city.
namely. the traction question.
IL will he the peoples own fault II
the next Council Is not u good one. be.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

by hearsay and tradition. Central
America and Mexico offer fertile fields
for exploration, and Lower California
has never been thoroughly explored.
In the far north is Greenland, BAT.
fin Land. the great Hudson Bay region,
all OF British America north of latitude
sixty degrees, and the great territory
Of Alaska. Here Is n wonderful field
for adventurous explorers, and 1t is i'm.
possible to predict what is IN store for
them. The natives of Northern Alaska
also report that further north is an.
other land not down In the maps-an
inhabited land, with Il comparatively
mild climate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

the calamity; and say all this for the
encouragement of young men who have
nothing. are nothing. and want to gc,
something and be somebody"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
Stockholders MeetinQ.

The annual meeting Of the Stockholders
Of the Chicago Newspaper Union VIII he
held NJ the office of the Company, No. 9.}
South Jefferson street. Chicago, H., at 2:3O
y. M, on the Sth day of April. 1902. for the
purpose Of elccting Board ~ Directors for
the ensuing year.
GEO. a. STRONG, Secretary.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
what 10 the prIee Of oobbins
Electric Soar ?"

TX ccnts q bar, full size, Just
reduced from ten, and your cho ce
OF 80 ascent books sent ire Q for
each 3 wrappers and cents for
postage. hasn't been less than
ten cents for 80 years.
"Why, that's the prlce Of COM
mon brown soap. ! can't AFFORD
to buy any other soap after this.
Send me q box Of 0obbins' Elec.
trio"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
No llnfn.

Mrs. Whytc-Do you know anything
about the people who have moved In
next door?
Mrs. BrOwne-No. It was dark when
the furniture wagons brought their
goods. and they haven't hung out
washing yet.-Somervillc Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29

When woman Is unable to 20 shop.
ping she calls on neighbor and they
talk shop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
|HE F|)DG[D COT away
Bogus Checks cashed at Water.
loo Bank a Month Ago
Brought to Light.
Man Who Forged the Signatures
Got His Money and Got
Away.
Checks We're Accepted by
Number OF Firms Without
Detection.
'pecial to Tiines-Republican.

Special to 'Fimes-Republlcan.
Cedar Falls, Aug. pa forgery has
been brought To light here which was
evidently committed a month ago. and
the perpetrator of the deed is in all
probability far away With the money
he secured by this time. on July the
First National Bank of Waterloo cashed
two checks on the Cedar Falls National
of this city one was for SD and signed
by Hughes Bros. of this city. and the
other was for $3.50, and signed by G.
W. Wilson. The forgery has just been
discovered when the Hughes Bros. had
their book balanced at the bank and
disputed the signature of the check
charged UP to their account. The imi-
taton of the signature was excellent.
The Hughes Bros. are sons OF Alderman
George w. Hughes and proprietors of a
dairy business here There are several
endorsements on the checks. The mon
ey MAS secured on them at first from
the Knapp pharmacy and the Hurst
grocery at Waterloo, by a small boy.
who was in all probability acting Tor
the forger himself. This was the
scheme ever practced in the
forgery business in this county. rs to
who will have to pay he loss is as yet
a matter of conjecture. II will proha-
bly, fall on the bank paying the checks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
STANTON WILL SERVE
lie Will be Acting President OF
the State College at
Ames.
Board OF Trustees Will Take
Time 10 Choose Beardshear's
Successor.
Construction of New Central
Building to be Pushed
Iowa News.
to Times Repu5lican.

| Special to Times-Repuolican.
Nnes. Aug 222.-Prof. L. w. Stanton
will be acting president OF the state
| college until a successor to the late Ia
Imented Eeardshear shall nave been
chosen. This much Was decided at the
meeting of trustees yesterday. No fur
ther definite action was taken in the
matter of the presidency and the board
has no candidate prominently in view.
Considerable business in connection
with the college was transacted at the
meeting. which lasted unJi ! O'Clock
this morning The board after discus
time for choosing a president, ard will
endeayor To find man. broad and pro-
gressive as near like Heardshear as can
he found. In the meantime Prof. f. w.
Stanton of ,he chair OF mathematics
and political economy. secretary of the
institution, Will be acting president. On
many occasions he has filled this posi-
ton with marked ability. Mrs. Beard
shear will continue to occupy the presi
dents house until the new president is
formally elected.
1t is the aim of every one connected
with the institution TO do all in his
power to the end that the college may
be carried along the Beardshear ideas
and ideals. The work that he has SO
ssrandly begun Will be carried forward
without break. so far as possible.
The corner stone in the main build
ing. the last portion of which recently
burned down. was examined by the
board. 1t WAS on the stone balustraGe
leading up to the main building. 1t was
inscribed with the name of the foreman
of stone cutters. w. III. Dale. and with
the date. 1867. Surrounded b. plaster
of paris was found an old cushioned
candy jar. and in this WAS copy of the
fifth annual catalogue of the college, a
copy of the first annual report To the
legislature and copy of the Des
Moines Register of "Wednesday, Aug. aS
1867, and an old shin plaster OF un
known denomination.
The new central building is to be con
structed as quickly as possible. The
plans are about complete and bids VIII
be asked for at once. so that ii is hoped
to get matters in shape to begin work
on the FOUNDATIONS before cold weather
sets in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
Ball Bearing Box Cars.
Times Eepublican.

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo Aug. 1.-The Illinois Gen.
trail railroad has just completed test
in the Chicago yards that may result in
the adoption of ball-bearins box cars.
The trial which was conducted only re-
Gently gave such good satisfaction that
it is believed the Central will soon
equip its entire system With ball
bearing cars. one hundred and thirty
two three fourths inch pals are placed
in the journal, and these have q power
to uphold 7S010 pounds, and one car
carried 10000 pounds of steel castings
from Chicago to New Orleans. Among
the good results attainabe thru the
Gall-bearing cars is that the engnee.
is enable to haul Il train twice the size
OF the former ones. and the wearing
Qualities OF the journals are heightened
}y several wears
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
TRAGEDY At RARL IN
Charles Knause Shoots His vile
in Jealous Rage and Then
Suicides.
Woman Receives Scalp Wound
and Will Recover Knause's
Wound Mortal.
Colfax Farmer Dragged to Death
Mysterious Disappearance
at Des Moines.

Special to Times Republican.
Harlan. Aug 222-Charles Knause
shot his Wife today intiicting u scalp
wound from which she viii recove,
and then turned the revolver upon
himself with fatal results. He is still
living but will probably die.
knause and his wife We're separated
and divorce suit is now pending.
He called upon her about eight
o'clock this morning at the house of
a friend where she WAS staying and
the two held a stormy confercpce.
knause had been drinking and was
partially drunk. grew abusive and vio-
lent and finally shot her the bail taking
effect i'm her head making a severe
scalp wound He then shot himself
and the physicians say can not re-
cover.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
STAKE DRIVEN THRU FOOT.
Three Farmer Boys Near Ames Had
Misfortune With Invention.

Special TO Times Republican.
Ames, Aug. 22-Earl McGrath. the
1s-year-old son of c. ID. Mccira;h. a
farmer living five miles southwest OF
Ames. was the victim of a peculiar ac-
cident yesterday morning McGrath,
With two other boys. had arranged 4
rigging to pull post from the ground.
The post WAS about six inches in diam
eter and the end was pointed sharply.
Just as the pole was loosened from the
soil and the point on j level with the
surface the rigging broke and the point
WAS driven squarely thru the foot of
Earl McCirath.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
Man and Wife Die Within Week.

Mt Ayr. Aug. % The death of Mr.
John Slentz one of the old and re-
spected citizens of Mt. Ayr, occurred
ut his home in this city or "Wednesday
afternoon ut O'Clock. The death o.
his wife Mary Ellen Slcntz, occurred
ton sabbath morning 1t is more thar
IA passing incident that both of these
good people, who have reached Sc
wears of age, and have lived together
happily since their marriage in 1915
should pass away within the same
week Both We're taken sick about the
same time, and both We're resigned to
death, which seemed inevitable from
The beginning of their sickness. MIR
and Mrs. SlentZ celebrated their golden
wedding several years ago and on that
occasion their many friends and rel
atives attested the affection they had
io, them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22

loads of grain shipped from there that
they We're unable to account for. Fin
ally last week they sent for an expert.
who made the astounding discovery
that the scales were cheating the ware
house owners in compelling them to
pay for ten or twelve bushels ON a
hundred more than the actual weight.
How much Moore Brothers & Felt
house are out they can't say. but their
best Judgment is that they have dis
1ributed from their warehouse al least
ceiVed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
TO TEST BOYCOTT RIGHTS.
Two Damage Suits Which VIII De-
terr1ine Important Leaai Question.

tcrn1ine Important Leeai Question.
Special to Times Republican,
Waterloo. AUG. -. Two damage
suits Wh j Win determine how fti' a
union Labor boycott may be carried
Neie filed in ne district court here yes
terday The suits arc brought by Mrs.
Minnie Hoobei, who conducts an eat
ing house. against Kramer Brothers
and H. Nittick, meat market owners,
and the plainlifi asks $1,000 damages
in each case. The meat market men
refused to sell meat to Mrs. Hoober,
claiming they HAD been threatened
with a hoycott by the union labor or
CARNATIONS If they continued TO supply
her. The action OF the union men is
said to have been taken as y step in
ger of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine
Company factory. Some time ago the
union men in the Cascaden factory
struck for higher wages and shorter
hours. The management declined to
treat with them and secured number
of nom union men to take their places.
These men We're boarded at Mrs.
Iioober's place. After endeavoring to
get her to refuse To serve meals 10 the
non union men. it is claimed by threats
representatives of the union forced the
markets to refuse 10 sell meat to Mrs.
Hoober, and she is unable to carry on
her business except ON a vegetable diet.
which does not satisfy foundry work
crs 1t is also claimed the unions in-
tend To carry the boycott further.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
soFr COAL COMBINE.
Syndicate Attempting to Buy Up a
Western Mines.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City. Aug. Ell. Morris. OF
Des Moines. president of the Marquette
Coal Company. and c. E'roham. of Chi
cago. superintendent of the Lackawan-
ma Coal Company are in Sioux city
NEGOTIATING for the possession of the
Peterson coal mine. which has recently
been opened at Jackson. Neb While
here Norris and t'rohinan gave out
that they represented Il gigantic coal
trust that had just been formed for the
purpose of taking in all the soft coal
mines in Iowa. Illinois. Missouri and
Nebraska. They also animated that
an eastern soft coal trust was being
organized. Morris refused to give out
further details concerning the coal
trust. hut said a large number Of the
rlines had already been purchased or
options secured. T.. G. Peterson. presi-
dent of the Peterson Coal Company.
viii refuse to sell
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
Two More Arrests Made in the Tu-
man Case.
cial TO Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
NIuscatine. Aus. - Two suspicious
looking characters We're arrested yes
tertlay about twenty miles below this
city. who are supposed to know solre-
thing concerning the murder of Mr
and Mrs. Jesse Tuman. 1t is nov
thought by the officers that one OF
them is the man who informed the lit
tie Hudson boy regarding the cond!-
tion OF Ttlnan. If this be the ease,
there will probably be light thrown up
on the subject as soon as they are put
in the Sweat box" 1t is probable
that one of them was the man who
sent the mysterious telephone message.
1t is learned that Dan Williams.
suspected, WAS at Lone Tree. Friday,
and that John Binhufi. a former police
man of this city, had a talk with him,
but did not know of the murder, for it
did not come to light till Saturday
night on Monday h estole a horse and
buggy ANA drove To Riverside. where
he left them ana fled for parts un-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
COLLECTION OF BEETLES.
Professor Wickham Secures Valuable
Specimens for the University.

Special To Times Republican.
Iowa City. Aug. 22-New riches have
come to the University of Iowa muse
um. They are small in size. but large
in value being the finest and most rare
collection of beetles ever placed in 9
museun The collector is Professor III
w. Wickham, of the department OF
zoology. He secured these unique
specimens this summer in the Death
Valley region of California and Nevada
Part of his pilgrimage WAS; over land
that has never been crossed by civil
lied man before.
Great fields of pure carbonate of soda
presented themselves to view. and In
his journeyings he went thirty anc
forty miles without seeing a drop OF
water. except such as he carried with
him. The soda deposits worked into his
shoes. and the powerful alkali simply
devoured the skin from his feet. caiis-
ing intense suffering. 1T was all for
the cause of science, and let it go at
that" is Professor Wiekham's phlo-
sophie summary of the situation.
He crossed the Sierra Nevada
mountains. going thru kearsase Pass
on foot, another difficult and ofttilnes
painful journey. He thus covered a
strip of territory 200 miles long and
100 miles Vide.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-22
A LEGAL MIX UP.
Storm Lake Parties Make Chinese
Puzzle Out of a Justice Case.


Puzzle Out of a Justice Case.
Special TO Times Republican.
Storm Lake, Aug. -. Some weeks
/ since D. NJ Osborne & Co, sued on
a note given by \. Wilde and guaran
teed by T.. l.. Marker. of Juniata. Iowa,
+ and obtained judgment for $lG.55 and
costs. Some time since Marker made
IAN offer to James MciSenna. of Provi-
dence township. to buy some livestock
OF him and paid MclNenna SO to bind
the bargain. For some reason the
stock deal fell thru and Marker sued
Mckenna for the money that he had
ma then deposited $21 with the clerk
of the district court as tender of
repayment of money advanced interest
and costs to date. Osborne " Co.
learning of this. and nothing having
been paid on their judgement. I'M
mediately commenced garnshment
proceedings in the Justices court
against the clerk of the district court
and obtained judgment. Marker then
came in the justices court and made
a tender of SIS To pay the Judgment
ard costs. ignoring the gatnishment
proceedings as not sustained by law.
osborne e Co. thru their attorney de
clined the tender as not being enough
hui had the Judgment in the first case
transcribed into the office of the clerk
of the district court and garnished the
money in the hands of the justice. So
matters stand until district court sits
September 10.