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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Thomas Bechtel Cuts His
Throat In Central Police
Station, Allentowp, Pa.
TORY OF THE MURDER
Police Make Public the Story of the
Killing of Mabel Bechtel, as Gath
cred by Them-Her Brother Struck
Her In Anger, Causing Her Death
Tried to Hide the Crime.

Allentown. Pa. Oct. 3o.-T .oma
Bechtel, who has been held. awaiting
Investigation of the murder of his sis
ter, Mabel H. Bech.el, at their home
a few days ago. last night emitted
suicide in his cell in the <ntral po-
lice station by cutting RS throat with
knife The police hold this act as a
practical acknowledg ement of Bechtel S
guilt
Shortly before cutting his throat.
Bechtel called across the corridor to
alfred Eckstein, Miss Bechtels fiance,
who is also held pending a coroners'
inquest: Hello, Al; ] wish you We're
here with HE now, that we might die
together
A short time later Eckstein called
Bechtel and received no answer. Ser
geant Frank G. Roth soon afterwards
entered the corridor and looked into
Bechtels cell and saw blood on the
floor Bechtel had laid himself on the
bench in his cell and cut his throat with
a knife. He was dead when found.
How he got the knife is not known.
He was carefully searched when put
In the cell and no weapon was found.
There is a rumor to the effect that
newsboy passed The knife to him
in the cell.
Bechtel was q single man and 30
years old. He was a 1aborer.
The funeral of Miss Bechtel took
place yesterday afternoon, the services
being held at her home. After the
suicide OF Thomas Be,.htel became pub
lie, the police told the story of the
murder OF Miss Bechtel as gathered
by them. Last Thursday Eckstein ac-
Miss Bechhtel. his fiance,
to Philadelphia. He left her there and
returned home Weisenberg, who also
sought Miss Bechtels love. met her in
and accompanied her to
on Sunday. They went to
certain place and remained until mid
night. Thomas Bechiel heard of this,
and being opposed tc, Weisenberg, he
upbraided his sister on her return home
He struck her a powerful blow on
the cheek. causing her to fall heavily
against Il bus u, dead. Members of
the family held a council and decided
on the disposition of he body and the
Charles Eechtels slater's
Ratchet was used in striking a blow on
the head of the dead girl TO give sem
olance of an assault
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Guam Corn.
Newton Journal.]

Last winter We received from Mark
Evans an ear OF corn grown on the
island of Guam, in mid Pacific ocean
We gave ii to Mn. John Crawford, OF
Buena Vista township. who promised
to plant it and report to us when it had
matured. Mr.. Crawford has since died
but on calling at the home of his widow
last week we procured a couple of the
ears. They are white, ninty, with a
deep grain,--the ear is about ten inches
long. and has eighteen rows. 1t was
planted early in June, and is now fully
matured Now that the question of inn
proving corn is being discussed, it
might be We'll to test this variety.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
The SaIxe That heaia

Without leaving scar Is Dewitt's.
The name Witch Hazel is applied to
many salves. but DeWitts Witch Ha-
eel Salye is the only Witch Hazel Salve
made that contains the pure. unadul-
terated witch hazel. II any other
Witch Hazel Salve Is offered you II Is a
counterfeit e. c. Dewitt invented
Witch Hazel Saive and DeWftt's Witch
Hazel Salve Is the best salve in the
world for cuts, burns, bruises, letter or
blind. bleeding. itching and protrudina
piles. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Cow Peas.

1 Farmers in the north do not as a
rule appreciate the COW pea, as for
age and fertlizing crop. There IS
nothing they can grow on the farm that
| begins to equal it, and the conditions
being anything like favorable. they are
morally certain of good average
crop. AS an upbulder of poor sandy,
and overworked soils, it is especially
valuable For seed growth and early
maturity, OF seed. the COW pea stands
at the head of all leguminous plants.
| 1t is wonderful nitrogen gatherer,
and is, therefore. exceedingly valuable
both az a green feed forage and rem
ovator OF the the soil.
| They root deep, hence stand drought
| We'll in almost any section. north or
south Twelve to twenty thousand
pounds OF green forage per acre, and
from twenty to thirty bushels of seed
is not an uncommon yield. and with
this mass of leaf and vine turned UNI
der a fertilizer, or cut and cured as a
dry feed, or used for silo, must neces-
sarily be of great value.
The matured pea is especially VAL
liable. for all stock on the farm. notably
for hogs, and to turn them on the pea
field will fatten them perfectly.
To grow a crop successfully pillow and
fit your ground nicely. marking 1t out
in rows Is to "a in hes apart
one way. north and south, the better
to let the sun penetrate between the
rows dropping seed in drill row an
inch or so apart, and covering about
three inches deep. When plants are
large enough to cultivate run over field
with weighted harrow paying no at
tention to the rows, thus freeing your
ground thoroughly of weeds and grass.
If ground is not too foul this viii be all
your crop will need.
Most all of the COW pea family arr
quick of furition and maturity OF
furit, rarely taking over ninety to ITO
days from date of planting to harvest
Ing of crop. This legume will do fairly
well and will make you a crop from
very light, poor, sandy or clayey soil,
but always bear in mind the richer the
soil the better the crop. In the differ
ent sections Of the country plant this
pea the same as you would corn If you
want to secure a crop of seed. II for
forage and fertilizer only. 1t can be
planted much later. There is nothing
gained by planting before ground gets
fairly warm: neither should planting
be too late as the leaf and vine is ten
der and quite susceptible to frost. Any
time between the first of May and the
middle of July viii do for the north
and any time after April i for the
south.
Much loss and disappointment may
be avoided by knowing the varieties
best adapted to certain sections OF
the country. In the southern states the
Eureka No. l. the unknown and the
black and in the central and the nor
thern sections the Eureka No. .. the
black, the black eye and the whippoor-
will are the best. In all the varieties
named 1t Is best to use al least one and
one half bushels of seed to the acre
to insure a good stand and best re-
suits. The soy and sofa beans also
have great merits as feed, forage and
fertilizer. and are more hardy and
less liable to injury from cold or early
frosts than most OF the other varieties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Die+ino Invites clse.se.

To cure dyspepsia or indigestion It is
no longer necessary to live on milk
and toast. Starvation produces such
weakness that the whole system be-
comes an easy prey to disease Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach
and digestive organs to digest and as
simulate all of the wholesome food that
one cares to eat, and is never falling
cure for indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles. Kodel dlgests what
you eat--makes the stomach sweet.
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Good Outside Paint.

A substitute for white oil paint may
be made as follows: Four quarts OF
skim milk, l pound Of fresh Stacked
lime, II ounces of linseed OIL ounces
of white Burgundy pitch. 6 pounds of
Spanish white, to be mixed as follows:
The lime to be Stacked in an iron vessel
in the open air by pouring water upon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Ran a Ten Penny Nail Thru His Hand

While opening a box j. G.. Mount, OF
Three Mile Bay, N. Y. ran ten penny
nail thru the fleshy part of his hand.
Il thought at once of all the pain and
soreness this would cause me-" he says,
and Immediately applied Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and occasionally
afterwards. To my surprise 1t removed
ell pain and soreness and the injured
parts were soon healed" For sale by
all drupgista
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
DANCER in Fail Colds.

Fail colds are liable to hang on all
winter leaving the seeds of pneumonia,
bronchitis or consumption. Foley's
Honey and Tar cures quickly and pre-
vents serious results. II is old and re-
liable, tried and tested. safe and sure.
Contains no opiates and will not con-
stipate. For sale by 3. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
homeseekers, Excursions,

One-way rate. with 81 additional, for
round trip tickets on sale the first and
third Tuesdays of every month, with
limit for return twenty one days from
date Of sale. See ticket agents Of the
Iowa Central for information as to
rates, ETC.. or address A. B. Cults. G. r.
e T. A., Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Great Western Railway.

orado, Indian Territory, Kansas, Louis
lana. Missouri, New Mexico. Oklaho-
ma and Texas Tickets on sale Oct. eta
and goth; Nov. 3rd and 18th. For fur
Their information apply to ]. A. Ellis,
ticket agent, Marshalltown. la.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
A Dozen Times a Niaht.

Mr.. Owen Dunn, of Benton Ferry w.
Va, writes: II have had kidney and
bladder trouble for years, and it be-
came so bad that l was obliged to get
UP at least dozen times at night.
never received any permanent benefit
from any medicine until I tried Foley's
kidney Cure After using two bottles
| am cured For sale by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Sour
StOmaCh

No appetite, loss Of strength. nervous.
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh Of
the stomach are all due toindigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery repre-
seras the natural juices Of digestion as they
exist IN healthy stomach, combined with
! the greatest known tonic and reconstructive
properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does not
only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous Ismedy cures all stomach troubles
by cleansing. purifying. sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes lining
the stomach.
:, Mr.. S. S. Ball, Of Ravenswood. w. Va, says
was troubled with stomach for twenty years
Tor baby
kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only $l.0o Size holding 2k times the tra!
size. which sells for SO cents.
Prepared by e. o. Dewitt & CO.. CHICAGO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
ONE CENT A WORD

sWanted." For Sale" ITO Rent" ITO
Exchange" ITO Trade" Lost" or
'Found." inserted in this column. ONE
CENT A WORD for each insertion.
No advertisement inserted for less
than is cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-Barber. Must be first class
and strictly temperate. Steady job
None other need write. Union man
preferred Will pay s12 to good, steady
man. Write at once to j. w. Osborn,
Clarion. Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
"Watch the kidneys."

danger" says DR.. Abernethy. the great
English physician. Foley's Kidney Cure
makes sound kidneys. For sale by b.
A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Jennie Sitter. Omaha Il have
gained thirty five pounds In two
months Nothing did me any good un-
til / used Rocky Mountain Tea" A
blessing to sickly women. Mcbride &
VIII Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
:
WAN TED.

Wanted-Men to chop the timber off
twenty -five to thirty acres of land near
Luray Station, Marshall county; or |
will sell the timber standing. For par
ticulars address T. S. Cartwright,
Hampton. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Foleys Honey and Tar cures coughs
and colds and prevents pneumonia.
Take no substitutes. For sale by B. A.
Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
Rocky Mountain Tea will no.

Rocky Mountain Tea will positively
cure blood poverty blood poison, inact-
i've bowels. headaches and loss of am
bition. A spring tonic for the weak.
Thirty five cents. Mcbride & Will
Drug ComnanY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-A woman to keep house
Address Box 5. Clemens. Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

For Rent-West part of house. s1a
West Boone; in good condition e. P.
Walter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-competent girl sos; North
First street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-Girl for general Homework
Percy Webster, Al East Linn street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

For Rent-steam heated offices; rent
eight. DR.. Kibbey or w. L. Leech. p.
@. building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-Competent girl for general
housework. Mrs. Marion Gard, 1o2
North Ninth street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

For Rent-Large room, two to four
people. Private entrance. Also office
room in basement. 20 East Main. DR..
III. L. Getz.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30
FOR SALE.
& For Sale or Trade-The Globe Hotel
property in Marshalltown c. j. Hoyt.

For Saie--Forty native one thousand
pound feeders, in good flesh. Time will
be given il desired Frank Curtiss, Ne
vada, Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

For Saie-A bargain, forty acres,
12,100; five and one-half miles from
town. Beeson & Zines, Marshalltnwn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-Men to learn barber trade.
Our special offer to distant applicants
includes board and tools. No limit to
term. Free work. careful instructions.
Graduates earn top wages. Write to
day. Moler Barber College, Chicago.
Ill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Young Man - Bright Over is,
TO prepare for government position.
Good salary. Permanent. Gradual
promotion Box. $40, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

Wanted-Young men and women in
terested in increasing their salaries by
home study. represent the best corr
respondence school in America. Ad-
dress r Q, care of Times Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

For Sale-On easy terms. new ana
second hand billiard and pool tables,
bowling alleys. cigar store and banit
fixtures at the Iowa branch OF the
BruEswick-Ralko Calender Ce. Adj
dress T. D. McElroy, State agent, Mar
shalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-30

For SaIe-A first-class bowling alley
doing good business for sale in a city
of 1000 population. No opposition.
Satisfactory reason compels owner to
sell Reference, the Brunswick Bake
Collender Company, MarshaItown,
Iowa. Joseph lesser, Grinnell, Iowa.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

been, eve since the capture, in the
possession Of the government at Wash
lngton-kept 10 a strong box-apd
that there is neither hoped skirt nor
bsnnet in the collection. And now
comes a correspondent in the Kansas
City Starunder the signature &c. M
and puts the matter to rest, after
thirty-seven years Of agitation In the
Sunday newspapers. He writes:
~ have the original picture just as
he was captured. He was photo
graphed before he was allowed to
change his clothes. My brother was
an officer 10 the army and helped t.
capture Mr.. Davis. He sent me one
OF the pictures and l have kept it as
a souvenir. Mr.. Davis had on a dress
skirt, a shaw vi and his wife's Sunday
go.tD-meetin' bonnet. | am going 70
sell the picture or send it to the
Worlds fair, 81 Louis
Tnere was always a degree Of doubt
about the Pennsylvania man S death,
bed confession. Men on their death.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

beds are generally well.meaning, but
they are sometimes Eighty. The
story from Washington was still more
untrustworthy. There is no depend.
ence upon Washington reporters.
But who could question the veracity
OF a contemporaneous photograph?
There Is hardly a place for a leak in
G. M Us story. 1t is an "orlginal,i
picture 1t was sent to him by his
"%brother," who was an .'oflcern in
the army and "helpedn to capture
Davis. II was taken before he was
allowed TO change his clothes.n We
don't know where they got their
kodaks IL those days but they had
Them, and we can we'll imagine the
Impatience with which the kodake,
waited from two O'Clock until dawn
Or perhaps it was a fa,hlight picture,
which ctly adds to Us eviaenlial
value
There + nothing so convincing as 4
picture Upon this foundation rests
the historic crediblrity Of barbara
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

lust as Nevada and West Virginia
got into the union. The republican
party-"the party of high moral
deas"-needed more votes. The
republicans would admit Sulu II they
needed two more senators and If they
we're sure that the Mohammedan
island would be republican. Bepu6-
licans thought that six millions OF
newly freed slaves yer bit citizens
for the Southern states because they
would vote the republican ticket
They think tiiIt IA lev GIea ers In
New Mexicu render that territory
entirely unit Tor stli, hood because
the Greasers might vO,e the demo
cratic ticket They Thought Utah
fit for staieho d b'cause IL was
known TO be repub lean, and that u
night be admitted without lowering
the moral AVERAGE Of ID party
From a republican point Of view
what harm could there be IN admit
ting Red Smo't to the senate? H'
believes in a re lyon II OF whose
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

Frietchie." Who that has seen the
illustrated edition OF this little poem
ever doubted the story? Who could
galnsay the wood cut Of the little old
gray haired woman leaning far out an
upper window, banner 10 hand, 'her
rapt soul sitting in her eyes" in a
degree which Sargent did not equal in
the bes Of his "Prophets?n And then
the little wood cut Of StOnewaIl
Jackson, with the 'look OF sadness
and tinge Of shame" that "over the
face Of the leader came" Why, in
that little picture old Stonewall hangs
his head just like he was ever won't
TO do when be had committed a
particularly %direputable action. But
these are only wood cuts. And what
is a wood cut In comparison with a
solar printY The friends OF Mr..
Davis might as well give 1t up. The
case is closed. One &c NJ" Of
Kansas has the "original photograph
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31
THE REED sMOOT CASE.

Nobody need feel any parliculi II
pity for Mr.. ROos veil and the Sepub-
licau party on account Of their
embarra. sment In the Reed Smoot
case. While Smoot himself is not a
polypAmist IL practice, he Is one Of
the most active promoters Of a socalled
religious movement which results In
PRACTICAL polygamy. How came Utah
by is senators any hou What is it
doing 10 the unlon Of states Every
bod, knvws that it got into the union
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31
pHOTOGRApHED.

Two months ago an old soldier died
10 Pennsylvania, so said the Associated
Press dispatches, who had or claimed
to have IN his possession the hot ped
skirt and bonnet in which Jefferson
Davis was captured. Two weeks ago
it ~transpired, 81 said tile Associated
Press dispatches, that the oute'
clothing worn BY Mr.. Davis AZ the
time Of his capture are now and have
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

There nave been enough bills rela-
tive to normal schools offered 10 the
legislature to occupy the time of the
solons until corn planting season.
There are bills to create another
normal school, to combine those we
now have, to create two new ones, to
rebuild and enlarge one Of the old
ones, and there is actually a bill to
erect at state charge a normal school
10 every county in Missouri. A far
more important thing to do than any
of these Thugs is TO provide, as
Virginia does, for the filing by appli-
cants for admission Of honor notes for
tuition, to become void if the
student serves a corresponding mum
Der OF years as teacher in the schools
OF the state. Our normal schools are
full of students of high school grade
who have no thought Of ever becom-
ing teachers. The people are paying
for the same thing twice.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

A bill has heen introduced in the
state senate to reduce the number Of
ballots printed for minority parties.
This is a comparatively small matter
but II is in the interest OF economy.
A more important matter IS to refuse
registration TO parties winch fail to
poll q certain number II votes, say
80, 200, except upon petition signed
by say $4,000 The minority parties
cost too much for what they
amount to.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31

tenets is polygamy, but he does not
practice it. His political associates
in the senate will be men who not
only believe 10 robbing q man for
the benefit OF another but who do it.
The final action of the party in the
Smoot case will be detected by
expediency, just as its action in
declaring IN | S last national platform
for statehood for the remaining ter
ritories was dictated by e~xpediehcy
Just as It's refusal now to carry out
It's platform promise is dictated by
expediency.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-31
BRITISH FRIENDSHIP.

The general superstition has been
that Germany eDticed Great Britain
into the alliance to enforce payment Of
debts due from Venezuela. A threat
to publish the diplomatic cores
pondence has induced the British
Foreign OH e to make public ack-
nowledgment that the initiative in
the matter was taken by Great
Britain.
1t has been the fashion for several
years to prate about the friendship Of
England and about blood being thicker
than water. 1t is all nonsense. Stress
Of competition in the worlds COM
merce will still make, as it has always
made, enemies out Of competitors.
The truth is that friendship is not
likely to exist between rivals and that
community of interest is a stronger
bond than blood. II we are deter.
mined to enter upon a career as a
world power, we may lay it down as a
fundamental truth that England is
our rival and enemy, and we may as
well proceed upon it as a postulate.
There is only enc great nation of
Europe which is not a competitor 10
the worlds commerce and which we
must not expect to be an enemy In a
crisis. France differs from the other
nations in its industrial organization.
The trust hardly exists there. 1t has
nothing to sell to the pauper nations,
Tine value Of It's exports is great but
the quantum small. What the French
make only the elect buy. They are
artists, and they cut no figure in the
hnrly-burly of trade The quality Of
their exports is such as to put them
out of competition with England, Ger
many, Russia, and the United States.
If we as a country ever find ourselves
in desperate straits, France is the
only country Of Europe we a hope
to find friendly. Besides The French
are the only people of Europe who
are capable of an ingenious friend
ship. They are the only people of
Europe who fall in love with an idea.
We are playing guileless maid in
listening to the shave professions of
England When Russia shall have
swept her from Asia, when Ireland
shall have rescued herself from the
pillage of centuries, when multiplied
evils come upon the head of the
tight bound isle" we may expect
the untiattering friendship Of desper-
alton But not till then.