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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
Soloman Hilsabeck, a Well
Known Farmer Living Near
Albion browns In River
BODY NOT YET RECOVERED
Goes in Bathing With Party of
Friends Sunday Afternoon and Swift
Current Carries Him Down Stream
In an Effort to Save Him William
Wilson Has Close Call.

eoloman Hilsabeck, a well known
farmer living five miles northwest OF
Albion, was drowned Sunday afternoon
at about 4 o'clock in the Iowa river
near his home. Hilsabeck was in bath
Ing and stas<ed to brave the current
made unusually swift because of the
heavy rise of Saturday. In his attempt
te swim the river he was carried down
stream. and soon became exhausted.
Help got to him, but the rescuer himself
became victim of cramp. and had a
hard time to save himself Hilabeck
went down in fifteen feet of water and
not yet been recovered.
There were fifteen or twenty men in
the party that went to the riv-
err to battle Sunday afternoon.
They realized that the current was
swift, but they did not consider that
there was any especial danger. Fri
day afternoons heavy rains north sent
the river up two feet or more Saturday
afternoon. and It was still up Sunday
Mr. Hflsabeck concluded to try to make
S1c oppoSaIc SuOIS, Out COuiu not sue.
cessfully breast the current, which
kept bearing him further and further
down stream from the objective land
Ing place. He began to become fatigued
and attempted, when almost exhausted.
to rest by catching brush pile that
had lodged >mid-stream. His weight
was too much for the brush and it
gave way. Hilsabeck then called for
- II
party, q neighbor Of the unfortunate
man. living one mile north. swan rap
idly with the current to Hilsabeck's
assistance. He reached him and might
have been able to land him safely had
he not become a victim Of cramp. He
had to fight to free himself from Hilsa-
becks grasp, and only by the greatest
efforts reached the other bank. Hill
sabeck went down Immediately after
Wilson was compelled to let go his
grasp. The body never rose after it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
ANOTHER RUNAWAY CAPTURED.
Officer Clark Arrests the coIored Boy
Who Escaped from Reform School.

WV @oSoPSO from neIOFTn 0CHOOi.
Officer Mike Clark, of the city police
force, placed under arrest Saturday
night young Waits, of Ottumwa, the
coiored boy who was one of the crowd
of eleven, which escaped from the Iowa
Industrial School for Boys, early Fri
day morning. The first report of the
escape, received here. was to the effect
that five had made good their escape.
Officers OF the institution, members of
the searching party that visited the city
Saturday afternoon. say that eleven in
all got away. but four returned volun-
tarily. Another was captured Friday
afteronon and young Zeitler was caught
Saturday near Albion. With the colored
boy whom Officer Clark arrested, seven
of the lads are accounted for.
The boys We're traced as far south as
Union in ore party, and were seen at
O'Clock Friday morning Five of the
number were known to have continued
southwark, and others went east. Ted
die and Archie Darling, brothers, are
known to have separated at Liscomb,
and the Zeitler boy and Waits came
on south. Waits had thrown away his
uniform to avoid Identification, and
swan the river north of the Soldiers
Home, landing at the cabin of an old
soldier who furnished him with a pair
of overalls. When the searching party
learned this they came on to this city.
and found that the negro had been seen
in the railroad yards. They made a
thorough search but could not locate
him. officer Clark found him in the
west yards, after it was thought that he
had continued southwark, either across
country, or on the Iowa Central tracks.
The searching party was very anxious
to capture Waits, and it is also de-
termned to get the Darlings If possible.
These three. ii is claimed, are the ring
leaders of the gang that escaped.
Those who We're in the searching party
from the school were G. B. Barker, in
stitution carpenter: Harley Tiff. who
has charge of the laundry: and j. I.
Harnett, storekeeper. Young Waits
was turned over to them and taken
back to Eldora.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
Big Race Meeting Begins at
Finkle's Park Tuesday,
July ID
THEY'RE OFF AT THE WORD
Field Of Harness Horses and Runners
Exceptionally Fine and Promising of
Rare sport-Bss, Breezy, Cool Am
phitheater-Excursion Rates on All
Railroads During the Meeting.

| Tomorrow as we'll as Wednesday and
Thursday of this week are race days
| in Marshalltown. During the latter
part of last week the sleek, clear-eyed
horses had been arriving and the stalls
filing up. Sunday and today have
brought their contingent until the track
stables are filed With what competent
judges pronounce the best field ever
brought to Marshalitown and Mar
shalltown Isl famous for the splendid
fields of horses that gather to its meet
ings. There are all kinds of good ones
looking out of stall doors at the track
today and promising rare racing for thu
ensuing three days. The track is being
brought to a high state Of perfection
by continuous work; the horses are
circuit and each of the owners feels he
has piece Of the money coming. Con-
ditions were never better for ideal rae
ing than Secretary F'inkle has brought
about for the meeting that begins to-
morrow. The harness classes are es-
pecially promising. Tomorrow's 2:25
trot has ten probable starters with
Twin ]. One. Pay Day, Rgonwood,
Reuben, Fonseca, and five other crack
CRACKS in the entry list. The :15 trot
will bring out Artois. last seasons win
ner at Minneapolis and one of the best
of last year, G. W.. Dolly A, Meta Ar
thur, etc, all fit and ready to make
protracted battle of fast heats. Be
sides these there is half mile running
race scheduled which with the quality
OF its entries is certain to produce
about so seconds Of the right sort of
excitement.
Wednesdays 2:20 pace has list Of
16 entries in itself sufficient promise
of the fast time and split heats in which
the public delights. They are all good
ones and out for the money. Wednes-
days 2:S5 trot shows eleven horses
each of which wants part OF the $1,000
hung up in purses and all are good
enough to get look in at the coin.
The three quarter mile dash running
will be filed with an extraordinarily
good field Of bang tails and is likely
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
to develop the hardest fought struggle

to develop the hardest fought struggle
of the meeting.
Thursdays 80 pace is the big race
from point Of entries having 10 anxious
seekers for low marks and big money.
But" Throssel of Sheffield, has in his
DR.. Derrell blood brother to Bob Fitz-
simmons (2:O7A) Woods will start
Iowa by Strawberry {2:o41s) the fast
others by Attorney, Roy Wilkes, Alberto,
Ffdal, Bowndale. and other great sires.
No better bred bunch ever faced a wire
and this race is certain to be a great
one. The rs pace for Thursday shows
eight fast PAGERS scheduled to go after
the money. Vyzant Star, Fossie o., Or
dell Simmons, Commodore and the
same number of others Of equal quality
give assurance of excellent sport. The
running race Thursday is at a mile and
with good track conditions is likely to
leave new track record behind it.
For a trotting horse man, Finkle has
done himself proud in gathering to-.
gether a field of running horses of such
exceptional class as the ones now on
the fair grounds. A keener, breeder lot
in better shape for racing never landed
in Marshalltown or any other OF the
minor circuit towns. The running fea-
ture of this meeting will be away above
the average if the looks and history OF
the horses are to count for anything.
Every one should turn out to the race
meeting. There will be grand sport.
The big, cool amphitheater, clean and
new is an inviting spot to spend a sum-
mer afternoon. For the crowd sure to
come from outside the city the c. G. w,
Northwestern and Iowa Central rail-
roads have made excursion rates dur
ing the meeting. Why not go to the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13

| bly, on Federation" It was women's
club day at the Chautauqua, and the
| Des Moines club women turned out in
a body to hear the federation president,
who spoke before the Chautauqua Lit
! erary and Scientific Circle. A recep-
| ton in honor of the speaker preceded
the address. The Des Moines Capital
| of Saturday afternoon says OF the re-
| ception and the address as follows:
beginning at 3 o'clock this after
noon, the ladies Of the Des Moines Fed
GRAFTON of women's Clubs rendered a
reception to Mrs. Alice Fletcher, presi-
dent of the state federation in the Chau-
| tauqua league rest tent. The affair was
entirely informal, and was attended by
large number of ladies of the wom-
ems clubs of the city The receiving
line. consisting of the officers Of the To-
cal federation, was as follows: Mrs.
f. D. Sampson, Mrs. Ella Hamilton
Durey, Mrs. A. B. Shaw, Mrs. Freda
Abells. Mrs. c. E. Riser and Mrs. W.
f.. Mitchell. Miss Grace Greene Jones
rendered a vocal solo very charmingly
Misses Helen Henshaw and Della Mar
quardt presided at the frappe bowls.
Following the reception, Mrs. FLEET
cher delivered her address in the main
auditorium. The subject of her speech
was the work of the federation-its
past history and It's future prospects.
ton and dwelt particularly on the work
She told of what had been accomplished
by the library committee of the fedora
of the child labor committee, which is
taking active measures to bring about
the mitigation of the evils of child labor
in Iowa. She also discussed the need
of a domestic science building at the
State college at Ames. and outlined the
plans of the federation for securing
legislation at the next session OF the
general assembly.
During her sojourn in Des Moines
Mrs. Fletcher has been the guest of
Mrs. James G. Berryhill.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
disappeared under the surface of the
Bio Searching Party at Work,

Z
water.
Big Searching Party at Work.
A large searching party was immed-
lately put to work in an attempt to
recover the body Those who were at
the swimming place made every effort
until dark to locate it, but We're unsuc-
cessful. The precaution was taken to
build fence of woven wire netting at
point about three quarters of mile
below where the drowning occurred. at
what is known as Indian bridge. the
first one south of Liscomb This morn
ing the searching party was enlarged
and all day between forty and fifty men
have been dragging the river with
graphing hooks. Unless the body has
become lodged, it is feared that the
current might have been swift enough
to carry it on past the point where
the netting was placed, even before the
men could build 1t.
Hilsabeck Well Known.
Mr.. Hilsabeck was one of the best
known farmers of the Albion Liscomb
neighhorhood, and was an old resident
of the county. He was about so years
of age and leaves wife and five
children, three daughters and two sons.
The children are Mrs. Myron Ewalt.
northwest Of Albion: Mrs. Alva Smith.
who resides east of this city; and Miss
Addie and Mr.. Phin Hilsabeck, who are
at home, and Mr.. Benjamin Hilsabeck,
who lives near Okoboji.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13

concerning his wife. and the couple
again quarreled. The result was that
Myers went to the woodshed and made
the attempt to end his earthly career.
The shot attracted the attention of
some of the boarders. who hurried to
the shed to find Myers bleeding pro-
fusely from the mouth. The man had
a razor in one hand, ready to MAKE
sure of the deed if his bullet failed him.
Young Myers is a son of Charles b.
Myers, of Seymour, who was tele-
graphed Saturday afternoon and ar
rived in Waterloo Sunday to assist in
caring for his son. The directory fails
to give Myers as a resident here,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
WILD RuMoR STARTED.
Green Mountain Woman Said to Have
Confessed to Wiesc Murder.

wild rumor has been circulated in
the Green Mountain neighborhood rel
alive to an alleged confession of the
murder of Anna Wiese, which occurred
in the summer of 1893 AS far as can
be learned the report started at Traer,
and an inquiry was made over the
phone for verification. The story was
to the effect that a woman of Green
Mountain, on her deathbed, confessed
to having killed the girl. Green Noun
tain people know nothing Of such a
confession and say the story is mere
gossip. Just who is responsible for
starting it is not known.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13

on July /.
1t is still thought by number of the
machinists that their difficulty will be
satisfactorily arranged without any Sc
rious trouble. The men are not so radi-
cal as they We're last year and do not
propose to go out on a strike until they
are absolutely certain that they can not
reach an agreement with the company.
1t Is thought the business agent of the
national organization Will reach the
city by this evening or tomorrow morn
ing. when the situation will be care
fully canvassed. General Superintend-
ent Sweeney will arrive from ST. Louis
Tuesday morning to consult with the
men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
MARRIED.
Sutherland Burtch.

Mr.. Ray Sutherland and Miss Maude
Burtch, two well known young people
OF Gilman, were married at the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. B. Burtch, FRI
day. The wedding was very quiet
affair, and was witnessed only by the
members of the immediate families.
Rev. C. l.. Hammond, of the Congrega-
tional church. performed the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sutherland, left for Chi
cago and New York on their wedding
trip.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-13
RECEPTION FOR MRS. FLETCHER.

pes Moines Club Women Entertain in
Honor of State Federation Presi-
dent.
Mrs. T. j. Fletcher, president of the
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, re-
turned Saturday evening from Des
Moines, where she spent the day at the
Chautauqua and addressed the assem-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15

the most reliable way to compute interest IS to
buy a small book of interest tables, the same as
bankers use and the trouble OF making the
computations A sample page OF these tables is
given as illustration When one has very little
interest to compute and the necessity for such
book is not great few clear rules for computing
interest quickly may be of service, and give
herewith number of rules looked upon with
favor by those who have much work OF this
kind to do. In my opinion, however, the shortest
and most simple method of computing interest is
by the II per cent method. Twelve per cent. per
annum is of course per cent. per month and
computing the interest on the basis of 80 days to
the month, as is usually done, the interest on
any sum for 80 days is found by simply pointing
off two places of decimals in the principal. For
instance, the interest on $4,000 for one month
at II per cent is $3.50, and you may find the
interest for additional time by simply adding to
subtracting from this amount the fractional
part of the time which exceeds or falls below
the one month, and if the inter est be at any given
rate percent. below above twelve, take the
fractional part of the amount as shown by the re-
lation which the actual rate bears to II per cent
that is if the interest were 6 per cent, it would
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-10-15

clearness, being designed simply to give hint
as to the method of keeping these accounts, the
outline of which if followed will enable any one
to adopt the form given to the particular re-
quirements of his individual The author
will be pleased, however, to give any assistance
or further explanations to subscribers to The
Ranch that they may desire as stated above
BILLS AND NOTES.
Negotiable note is a written promise to pay GER
tain sum of money to order of bearer.
Negotiable note may be transferred by indorse-
ment and delivery by delivery merely
Negotiable note should not be payable uncondition-
ally. y
Negotiable note must not be payable out of
tcuar fund.
Amount to be paid in negotiable note must be GER
tain
Negotiable note must be for payment OF money.
True date of making note and not date on note
will govern to when note was made.
Notes bear interest only when so stated.
Lost or stolen note does not relieve maker.
Note obtained by fraud or duress can not be col
lected.
Note of insane intoxicated person can not be
collected.
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be one half of the amount shown at II per cent;
if at per cent it would be two thirds OF this
amount and SO To illustrate:
Suppose that we wish to find the interest on
$235.5o for As days at per cent. per annum;
one of two methods may be followed, and I
shall show both:
$40 equals the interest for 80 days at II per
cent Therefore I.I8 equals interest for 80
days at 6 per cent; SO equals interest tor IS
days at 6 per cent; TT equals interest tor As
days at per cent.
Now it is evident that per cent is per cent.
more than per cent. or 70, so that in order to
find the interest at per cent, having ascertaned
the amount at per cent, we simply add to that
amount 10 of itself, which in this case is zoe,
therefore SLY plus zoe equals $780, equals the
interest for the given time at per cent.
Or you may look at it in this way: 1t IS
evident that if ST. 60 be the interest for 80 days
at II per cent, the same amount must be the
interest for 90 days at per cent. SOC, which IS
TO of the above, equals the interest for 90 days
at I per cent therefore S.. SO plus 900 equals
S275 which is the interest for 90 days at per
cent The interest to be found, however, was for
As days, the difference between As and 90 is IS,
which is of 90; therefore deduct t OF this
amount which is 6oc and that will give us the
actual interest desired which is $275 minus .ooc
equals $780, which is the same result as obtained
in the first illustration.
THE LAST WORD.
In conclusion will say that if any one rece1V-
ing a copy of this work does not understand
clearly any idea intended to be conveyed, II he
will kindly write to the author direct, or in care
of the editor of "The Ranch" Seattle, and enclose
postage I shall be pleased to give whatever ex-
plantations are needed entirely tree OF cost TO the
inquirer.
. The explanations and illustrations have OF
necessity been made as brief as is consistent with
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Months.

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demand
Note may be written and signed with INK or pencil.
Note may be signed by mark.
Note in payment of debt does not relinqush debt
unless note is paid.
Note made by infant may be avoided by him.
Where indorser writes without recourse AFTER
name he is relieved of responsibility.
Notes given for illegal consideration are VOID When
not in hands of innocent holders.
ANY person who can make legal contract can make
legal note
That an indorser of negotiable note may be held,
the note must be presented to maker when due
Indorser of negotiable note will not be held re-
sponsible if time of is extended without his con-
sent
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Any agreement whose object is to induce any Of
fcer to partially corruptly is void
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contract is broken if either party fails to perform
any of it's terms
Contract may be avoided when entered into through
a mistake
Contracts obtained by duress, fraud undue in
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Minors contracts vodable and not void
If rescind his contract when reaches majority
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Proposer can withdraw offer after deposit of ac-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-03
INSULTED ROOSEVELT.
Angry Bicyclist Swore at the
Presidents Family.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Aug. 3-Profane
and abusive language was directed tow
ard President Roosevelt and his family
Sunday as they were driving up to
Christ church to attend the morning
service. The offender was a resident of
Oyster Bay, Mccain by name. He was
hustled away from the church uncere-
moniously by the secret service opera
tives.
Accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and
two of her children, the president had
driven to the village from Sycamore
Hill to attend church, as is their custom
on Sunday morning Directly in front
of the church Mccain was walking
along the roadside pushing a bicycle.
AS the presidents carriage was about
to turn into the driveway leading to the
church grounds it passed Mccain. Nc
Cam with an oath. demanded to know
whether they wanted the whole road.
This was followed by abusive and pro-
fame language. AS the carriage stopped
at the church door the president, great
ly annoyed at the insult offered to Mrs.
Roosevelt and the children, alighted and
directed the attention of the secret ser
vice officers to the man and ordered that
he be compelled to leave the vicinity of
tn church. Mccain hesitated when or
dered to move on, but as an officer was
about to stimulate his movements he
sprang on his wheel and rode away
rapidly. While the incident was an
noying to the president and his family,
it is his desire that no action be taken
against the man..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-03

at Bavaria it was running over the de-
pot platform, and Brookville reports
Spring creek two feet higher than dur
ing the big flood last May.
The water extended over the country
for distance of several miles in width,
to within six miles west of this city.
Bfde Tomb, a stock man from near
Brookville, when he heard of the flood,
left here in a buggy Sunday to go to
his farm, but he was unable to get
within two miles of Bavaria. He re-
ported one vast body of water on west
as far as the eye could see. The rain
fall was very hard. the water falling in
torrents The storm was accompanied
by a severe thunder and electrical dis
play The Smoky Hill river here is yis-
ing.
Union Pacific overland passenger
train No. 2, was over thirteen hours
late, having been delayed by the cloud
burst east of Ellsworth. The train was
not wrecked nor ditched, the delay be-
ing due to necessary detours in order to
reach Kansas City before some time to-
day, when traffic over the track will, it
is expected be restored. About 700 feet
of track was either washed out or I'M
dermined near Kanardo, which is some
twenty miles east of Ellsworth.