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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
WlDMANN's QUEER PRANK.
Disappeared Suddenly, but Turns Up at
Portland, Ore.


Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque, Dec. 15.--John Widmann
has been located. The cause of his
leaving home is not known. A letter
was received by his wife Saturday in
which he states that he is in Portland,
Ore, that he has good position Of
fered him at $3.50 per day and that he
thinks he will stay and accept it.
No definite reason is contained in the
letter explaining his disappearance. He
simply says: II can't tell why I left
home and don't think any one else
can. I must have been in a trance
or out of my head, for when came to
my senses I was in Portland, Ore.
have a good position offered me at $3.50
per day and think I'll stay and accept
1T. | hope you all have merry Christ
mas"
These arel the words of John Wild
mann to his wife. He closes with the
statement that more will be written
later.
Mr.. Widmann's disappearance has
stirred the whole town on account OF
the mystery connected with 1T. He left
home early last week Friday and up to
Saturday no trace had been found of
him, altho a diligent search had been
made by friends and relatives. They
feared murder or suicide and were
afraid that the search for him would
end in finding his body.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
DEDICATE NEW CHURCH.
East Side M. e. Church Dedicated suns
day and Starts Clear of All Debts.

East Side M. e. Church Dedicated Sun-
day and Starts Clear of All Debts.
Special to Republican.
Written, Dec. 15.-The East Side
Methodist church, six miles north OF
this place, was dedicated Sunday by
services held both in the morning and
afternoon. Presiding Elder j. B. Al
brook preached the defeating sermon
in the morning The church dedicated
was moved from Felix Center and was
remodeled and repaired at cost OF
about $1,000. OF this amount $3.50 re-
NAMED to be raised, and during the
services of Sunday s527, or more than
enough, was subscribed in a very short
time. The congregation and pastor,
Rev. J. b. Eaton, are most highly
pleased at the success which has fol-
lowed their endeavor in establishing
the church. The following is a pro-
gram of the days services:
Morning Service (10:30 o'cloek)-Or-
gan voluntary; hymn 126, My Savior
First of ALL" prayer; Anthem, Sing fe
Jehovai's Praise" scripture lesson;
hymn $50, BLESSED Be the Fountain;
sermon by Presiding Elder j. b. Al
brook, D. D.; offerings; dedication
hymn, SEQ; presentation of the church
by the trustees; dedication; Doxology
and benediction.
Evening Service q o'clock -Hymn
100, clark, Hark, My Soul" anthem,
aSometime Well Understand" scrip
ture lesson; hymn 222, Let Us Crown
HIM" sermon, Rev. N. +. Norton;
"reminiscences, visitors and friends;
hymn 22s, Move Forward" benedic-
tiou
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
a. Shriners' Town
necial to Times-Republicarl

Bagley, Dec. 15.-Bagley boasts of
more Shriners than any other town its
size in the state. Below we give the
following names of members: w. T.
McChesney, druggist; M. w. .Gilleland
clothing; J. B. Campbell, real estate;
Clay Ewens. hardware; d. Ewens
hardware; f. w. Sprague, hardware; G
Cramer, farmer; r. J. Shank, with e.
Bement Sons.
E. huffman was up before the grand
jury this week and paid his fine for
running a gambling wheel in his place
of business.
Mr.. Miner, of Deep River, was visit
ing his friend, Ira Childs, this week.
The A. T. and A. M. met Tuesday and
elected the following officers: w. T.
McChesney, w. NJ; J. ]. Chapman, S
W.; f. w, Sprague, j. W.; Clay Ewens
treasurer; ]. B. Campbell, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
A PREACHERS sENsATIoNALIsM.
stinsy Mr.. Drew Once Declared All the
Women in Town Were Wicked.

Davenport, Dec. 15.--It develops that
the Rev. Mr.. Monroe Drew, until re-
Gently pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Columbus Junction, and now
about to be tried by the presbytery on
charges of conduct unbecoming cIer-
gyman of this denomination, is the
same Mr.. Drew who created such fur
ore nearly fifteen years ago at LeClaire,
in this county, and had nearly all the
women in the noted river town ready
to pull his hair and scratch out his
eyes. He was the pastor of the Presby-
terrain church at LeClaire in those days,
and, as the story goes, he was in the
habit of commenting severely upon the
conduct of his neighbors, accusing
women of trying. to fiirt with him if
they met him on the street, and tried to
look pleasant. Such sayings by the
pastor proved interesting to his audi
ences and the result was the meeting
house was crowded every Sunday. Sen
timent was divided on the question of
the truth Of the statements made by
the pastor. Some of the flock attrib-
uted the alleged fiirtations to the i'm
agination of Mr.. Drew and others,
among them the prudes who existed in
LeClaire as well as everywhere else,
took the position that there might be
some truth in the assertions of the
minister. All agreed that, right or
wrong, the Irritation stories were de-
cidedly interesting.
But one beautiful Sabbath morning,
when all nature seemed to be singing
songs of praise and when unpleasant
thoughts seemed out Of tune with the
spirit of the day, the Rev. Mr.. Drew
| lifted up his voice in the pulpit and
declared in emphatic terms that there
wasn't a virtuous woman in LeClaire.
Al scene of confusion ensued a number
of ladies and gentlemen left the sane
tuary, the news of the preachers state
ment spread thruout the town, those
| who had taken no stock in Mr. Drew
| laughed and said this latest was quite
in keeping with his policy of sensation
alism, most Of the people of the city
were highly indignant, and the few, the
| truly good, found in every community
| in small numbers looked wise and told
/ one another there was an element OF
| truth in what the minister had said, tho
he had uttered too broad an assertion
| and had made the mistake of thinking
the masses could live up to his own
| high standard Of morality, and that of
the rest of the truly good.
| Next day there was an Indignation
meeting, and all of the young ladies in
| the town were In attendance, declaring
| the Rev. Mr. Drew would have to take
back his untruthful saying or suffer
| the consequences The only lawyer in
the town, now a leading practictioner
| in Davenport. was called upon at his
office by a bevy of beautiful young la
dies and asked for list of the dire
things that could be- done, legally, to
the reverend gentleman. The lawyer
approved of the indignation of the girls
and was quite as angry as anyone else
over the declaration of the preacher
But he saw that storm was brewing
| which might result in the shedding OF
Eblood and in a sensation that would be
lnoted all over the world. These things
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15

were bad enough, he counselled, and
should not be made worse. 1t would
be only a short time until the Rev.
Mr.. Drew would have to leave town for
lack of an audience.
Meantime the preacher, as report
went at the time, was over at Port
Byron, the home of the good and the
pure, where his remark about the Lee
Claire ladies was applauded. There
was rivalry between the two places In
a business way, and LeClafre was long
on saloons and profane riyerTnen, ana
short on houses OF worship, While it was
otherwise with Port Bryon. Most
Port Byron people had an idea that
lie an angel were to come to the earth
on official business, he would very nat
uralIy choose to light in their town
and turn his back on LeClaire, in full
view just across the river, as soon as
his feet touched terra firma- Not all
the Port Byron people felt this way
about it, for, alas, there were some un-
regenerated persons in that town in
those days.
The Rev. Mr.. Drew, If reports are to
be believed, felt quite comfortable in
Port Byron, because of the welcome he
had there, and because he did not have
that apprehension of danger he had
when he was in LIE Claire, ever since
he talked so strongly about the women
of that town. But thru the counsels
Of the young attorney and the advice
of other cooler heads the LeClaire
young ladies decided not to adopt dras-
tic measures, but to let the preacher
leave town of his own accord. Mr..
Drew came back to the Iowa side of the
river, was profuse with disclaimers OF
the intentions credited to him, and tried
unsuccessfully, to get the public to at
tend his services again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
ALLEGED sHoPLIFTER HELD.
Man Named Johnston Suspected of
Stealing Things at Fl. Dodge.

Man Named Johnston Suspected of
Stealing Things at Fl. Dodge.
Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, Dec. ia fellow giving
the name of Johnston and about % or so
years of age, is being held in the city
Jail until the mystery of the disap-
pearance of cloak from the Gates dry
goods store some time during Friday
afternoon shall show some develop
ments.
The fellow told Mr.. Gates that he
was from st. Paul, and the police that
he was from Chicago, but in talking
with both he claimed to be an IRON
molder. He hung around the store a
good deal during the afternoon, and
was in the store several times. At last
one of the clerks saw him start for the
door with about twelve yards OF silk,
but he was stopped and that was taken
away from him before he got out.
Shortly after, q cloak, which had been
purchased by Mr.. Walstead, living near
Knierim, was missed and the police no.
titled. They arrested the man Johnston,
who was still outside of the store, on
suspicion, and he is now being held un-
til Mr.. Gates can hear from Mr.. Wal
stead in regard to the cloak. Mr.. Gates
does not thing the man took the gar
ment, but the police wish to hold him
until certain about the matter. From
the fellows actions, the police are of
the opinion that he was trying to get
enough of a charge against himself to
warrant lodging in the county Jail DUR
ing the winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
T AGAINST EleHT-HouR BILL.
Dolliver Receiving Many Letters from
the Contractors.

Doliiver Receiving Many Letters from
the Contractors.
Special to Times-Republiean.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Dolli-
yer, as a leading member of the COM
mittee on education and labor is get
ting a pretty large share of the mail
which The Washington postoffice sends
up to the senate side of the capitol ev-
cry day just now, and a majority OF
these letters are urging him to refuse
his sanction to what is known as the
eight-hour labor bill, which provides
that private firms doing work for the
government shall not require their en-
ployes to work more than eight hours
on such jobs.
These firms write Senator Dollive1
that they regard the law as an in
fringement of their private rights, and
say that often they have the same
workmen employed at one and the same
time in preparing material or supplies
for the government and for private
parties In such q. way that it would
work loss to them Ii this bill became
law and they We're obliged ID make q
difference In. the number of hours of la
Dor for two sets of employees.
They assert that IL this bill becomes Q
law the next step will be government
regulation of all private work, and they
are fnsistent In urging Senator Dollivel
to refuse his support to the measure
Notwithstanding all that has been said
to the contrary, and in the face of much
opposition from certain of the leading
members of congress, the Iowa delega-
tion at both ends OF the capitol have
kept UP an fnsistent argument thai
something must be done at this session
of congress towards regulating the
trusts. So that now, either because
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
Radcliffe News.
Special to Times-Repupiican.

Special to Times Republican.
Radcliffe, Dec. 15.-The large heat
ing plant built by F. E. De Marsha, the
Radcliffe Mercantile Company and the
Drake Investment Company is now in
working order and supplies the above
three firms with more than enough
steam to heat the three buildings. The
plant is brick building about thirty
feet square and situated in the rear on
the Drake Investment Company's and
F. E. De Marsha's lots. The boiler that
furnishes the steam is one of the larg-
est and most modern and is large
enough to supply heat for the entire
business part of the town. Several OF
the other business firms have engaged
heat for next winter. Owing to the late
ness of the season in which the present
plant was put it was deemed advisable
not to extend the pipes beyond where
they now are. In the spring, however
1t is expected the supply Of heat will be
extended to at least four other build
ings. The boiler is amply large enough
to supply steam to the entire town and
1t is hoped that the enterprising bust
ness men will not be long in seeing the
need of the services of plant of this
kind and before long most of the bust
ness houses will be heated with steam
We are now in the midst of the sale
season. Farmers who have too much
stock to winter are having sales to dis
pose of part of their stock. Others con-
templating moving in the spring are re-
oucing their stock in the same manner
Last Wednesday Jacob Anderson had q
sale of blooded cattle that amounted tc
voer $4,000 and Friday another farmer
had sale of stock that brought hin,
about $4,000. Colonel S. L. Iverson, oul
auctioneer, has every day engaged from
now to Feb. 1. Last week occurred two
auction sales of farms. Both We're ad.
ministrators' sales, the land being To-
Gated about seven miles south of this
place. The Christianson farm of 16t
acres was sold for $50 per acre and the
Slime farm of 140 acres sold for sos with
no improvements upon it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
TO VOTE FOR POSTMASTER.
Congressman Hull Takes Election
Method of SettIinq Dispute.

Des Moines, Dec. 15.-Capt. Hull has
fallen back on the last resort of a per-
plexeu congressman in the settlement
of a postoffice rivalry and has given au-
thority for a republican primary cleo
ton among the patrons of the postoffice
iat Woodward, in Dallas county, to de-
eide who should be appointed postmas-
ter. The date for the election has been
fixed for next Wednesday, Dec. IL, and
the polls will be open from l to 6. 1t is
anticipated that there will be a lively
time in Woodward on that day. There
will be several candidates. Until re-
Gently it was supposed a Rev. Mr.. Hall,
Methodist minister who had given up
his work on account of a bad throat,
would be appointed. He is now acting
as assistant, but he may not enter the
race. The present postmaster, James
Gott, has enough of the postoffice and
will resign. There will be half dozen
candidates at the primary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
Ladies and
Gentlemen

Now is the time to place your orders
for fur garments, as prices are advance
ing.
Our stock was purchased before the
advance, consequently we are able to
sell goods much cheaper than we 9TH
erwise would be. We also have the
largest line of fur boas muffs, collar
cites and Jackets. We are selling cur
furs at wholesale prices. You don't
need to attend sales thinking you are
getting bargain. They buy the furs
from the furriers themselves and then
sell them to you. Go to the furrier and
buy your garments at factory prices. We
are positively sure We can sell you the
garments % per cent cheaper than any
other place. We also do repairing and
remodeling. When UP town please call
In and see my stock OF furs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15

they have been convinced of the right
eousness of the cause, or as in the Bib
llieal case of the widow and the unjust
Judge who rendered her justice because
he was weary of her coming to him, the
senate has about agreed that 1T will al
low the government to administer some
medicine to the trusts in the form of a
mild anti-trust bill If this is accom-
plished it will be a great thing and will
be due to the untiring perseverance as
well as convincing logic of our Iowa
congressman and senators.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
Fenton.
Special to Times Republican.

Fenton, Dec. 15.-The depot and a
large elevator at Burt burned to the
ground The fire started in the depot
from some unknown cause.
Mrs. Kruse has been dangerously sick
the past few days.
J. T. Waite had misfortune Satur-
day by getting his hand caught in a
baleing press, bruising 1t quite badly 1t
will lay him up for some time.
j. P. Hume is again able to be around
again.
A heavy snowstorm set in yesterday
afternoon and indications pointed to a
severe blizzard.
Rev. Artman Is visiting his parents at
Thornton, Iowa, this week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
Wedding Anniversary Celebrated.
,nacjal TO Times Republican,,

Lawn Hill, Dec. ia number of
near relatives met at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. 4. Johnson to celebrate
thei4 tenth wedding anniversary. After
nice social time, with refreshments,
Mr. and Mrs. johnson We're presented
with an extension table.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
cHAssELL NOT in POLITICS.
Will Hardly Try for the Senate Again
in His District.

III SIiS CiSeIiSN'
Des Moines, Dec. 15.-E. D. CHASED,
of LeMars, was in the city yesterday
on business. He says he is not in BUSH
ness. The term of office of Senator Ho-
bart who represents the Plymouth
Cherokee Ida district in the senate, will
soon expire. Mr.. Chassell, who served
In the house, was a candidate at the
time Hobart was nominated, but has
not planned to make for the position
again as he is attending strictly to busi-
ness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
DEATH OF MRS. L. c. BALES.
Aged and Well Known Citizen of Max
well Passes Away.
cnao;,1 ~ rrtnaG. r apuhltcan

SpeclaI TO IIIIEs-iSeUuUfiCsai1. IL y
Maxwell, Dec. 15.--Mrs. L. c. Bales,
aged sixty three years. died at her
home in the east part of town Friday
night at $3.50 o'clock, from cancer of
the stomach. This death is a remark
able ong in that it is the first in a
family of five sisters and four brothers,
the John family, all of whom. with
the exception of one sister in Oregon,
have lived in this vicinity for nearly
half a century. The family is one Of
wonderful musical talent and is per-
haps the best known family in the
county. Besides the brothers and sis
tiers. Mrs. Bales leaves one son, d. d.
of Winterset, Ia, and one daughter,
Mrs. Jas. Scott, of this place, to
mourn their loss.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
RoUNcEs A PosTMIsTREss.
Congressman Thomas Decides Mar
Shall Sell Stamps at Ida Grove.

Ida Grove. Dec. 15.-Congressman
Thomas has announced that he will
send the name of Barney johnson to
the president for appointment as post
master for Ida Grove. Mrs. Burns,
whose husband died suddenly when he
was postmaster, will be let out. There
was strong local influence in favor of
Mrs. Burns continuing in the office, but
the congressman was under obligations
to johnson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-15
.BRGHTS DISEASES
and Diabetes

They are curing Brights Disease and
Diabetes in California The per cent
age of efficiency (recoveries) in these
hitherto incurable diseases averages as
high as 81 per cent. The details Of the
investigation and demonstrations of
the new compounds are so conclusive
that we at once sent for bundle of the
reports and for the new treatment for
urgent cases in this city. Call or send
for one of the reports.
B. A. Morgan,
aole agent for Marshalltown.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-31
twenty-five Arr. DEAD
Result ST the Explosion in the
Mine at Lost Creek,
Iowa.
TEN OTHERS ARE SEVERELY HURT.
Tho Coroner investigating the At
" fair In an Effort to FIX the Blame
shot Was Too Heavily Charged
and Ignited the Dust When 1t Was
Set or

Lost Creek, Ia, Jan. 27.-Twenty-
one dead bodies were Saturday morn
ing taken from the improvised morgue
in shaft No. 2 of the Lost Creek Coal
Mining company, of this place, as the
result of the worst mine disaster ex-
perienced in the history of Iowa.
When brought to the surface they pre-
sented a horrible sight. Some of the
bodies were terribly mangled and be-
You'd recognition and could only be
identified by some trinket or some
thing found in their pockets. The II
injured are improving, and no addi-
tional deaths are anticipated, since the
death Saturday morning of Oliver Ma
bic, making the list of dead %. He had
his arm broken and was terribly
burned about the face and head.
The list of the dead is as follows:
THE DEAD-Mike Fox. ST.. aged 4S:
Mike Fox. Jr., aged p: John Elder, aged
q; c. b. Crews, aged 81; Russell Fish. aged
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-31
A WORD ABOUT GIVING.
some Women and Men who Consider
Themselvcs Generous Are Sell.
ishness PersOnfaed.

mo, she isn't stingy, she's just SELF
ish," said the old woman, speaking
of a relative. shell give money il
it's needed, she'll give share of any
thing that grows in her fields or her
orchards, but the one thing she never
gives is q mite of herself.
"I'd expect her to send broth and 5el-
lies if I were sick, or blankets if were
cold, but l wouldn't ever expect her
to come and spend the afternoon with
me because was lonely, or to be really
intere sted in any trouble I had-or any
lows, either, for that matter. I'd never
think to carrying her any of my boys
letters to read, as do to little MRS.
Stone at the corner. Toms been away
nine months now, on voyage, and
Mrs. Stone has heard every one OF his
letters. We've hunted up together In
her big atlas the places where he'll 60.
and when she comes across anything
about one of them in the newspapers
she always remembers and tells me.
She doesn't do it just to please me,
either; she's interested.
"Mrs. Stone scarcely has spare
dollar to share with anybody, but you
never think of that. l guess it's as
much what folks'll let you share with
them what they share with you that
counts. "-Wellspring.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-01-31
THE MERGER CASE.
Arg uments Before the Supreme Court
r for Confederation Of MinnesOtS
Railroad Controversy.

Washington, Jan. 28.-In the United
States supreme court Monday At
torney Douglas, of Minnesota. re-
lnewed his motion for leave to file Q
bill of complaint on behalf Of the
state against the Northern Securities
company in the matter of the merge
er Of the Northern Pacific railroad
with other railroads, saying that he
had given notice to the defendants
as required by the court.
Chief Justice Fuller announced that
the argument upon this motion
would be heard later in the day, as
soon as the hearing in the case I'M
der consideration could be COM
pleted. .
Mr.. w. D. Guthrie, for the North
ern Securities company, filed brief
with the court outlining that COM
pany's position. He contended that
the bill of complaint proposed to be
filed on behalf of the state of Min
nesota does not present contro-
versy of civil and judicial nature
between a state and citizen of an
other state justifiable in this court,
and that no state can call upon this
court to enforce its penal or police
laws in other states. Hence, this
court is without jurisdiction.
When the preceding case had been
completed Attorney General Douglas
was recognized to make his argument
in support of the motion for leave to
file his bill of complaint.