Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-24

ottumwa; Mr.. Dee Clinton; Mr.
Coleman, Toledo: NJ : 'arleton, Mason
city: a. b. Hightso ID L. T. Griffith.
Des Moines c. Il. son, Madrid: c..
f. Towner, Hampt :. G. w. l.. Brown,
Indianola: F. o. ri = and Mr.. Chand-
Ter. Sioux City; j. w. Summer
Vile. Oskaloosa. )kesmen for the
ministers of the state urged the pas
sage of the bill as a means of relief
from duty practically imposed on the
ministers and the church people of en-
forcement of the law. All complained
bitterly of the inability to secure en-
forcement by the local authorities. The
committee has not yet decided.
The district caucus OF the republic
ans of the Ninth district was held on
Tuesday and it resulted in the seIec-
tion of DR.. L. v. Treynor, OF Council
Bluffs, as the choice for regent OF the
state University to succeed Senator
Cilliland. There was only one vote
taken. five ballots being cast for Sever.
OF Stuart. and eight for Treynor. He
will be the first physician on the board
One OF those reunions all the more
pleasurable because not anticipated.
occurred In the capitol corridors the
other day. man wearing the g. A.
r. badge accosted T. e. Mciurdy, GUS
todian OF the state capitol. The latter
looked the spokesman In the eye and
called him by name. This. too, when
the last time they had met was IN a
hospital where Colonel McCurdy had
been taken after the battle OF Altooni,
In 1864, when the friend. Mills Russell.
had gone to the hospital to visit him
as he Law wounded The two men en-
listed in an Illinois regiment together
and were chums before and during the
war Russell now lives in Guthrie
county.
Representative Jepson Is author OF
bill to permit the licensing OF en-
ployment agencies the same as pawn
brokers and similar concerns.
The fight in committees of the house
over the Delano bill, or measure Of
the stock shippers. will be brought to
a close probably some day this week
The railroad committee OF the house
has determined on three days more OF
the hearingsEone day for the author
of the bill and it's advocates and two
days for the opposition. The COM
mittee has already given three days
to the consideration OF the bill, in each
case hearing the advocates OF the oltl'
and practically only a part OF a day
to the opponents Of the bill. A meni-
ber OF the committee stated last even
ing after this program was agreed on
that the committee felt that there
was a deliberate purpose on the part
of the advocates Of the bill to delay
consideration. They have arranged
for a big convention OF stock shippers
early in March, and desired that the
anal hearirg ba put OF Until atter
that meeting. A hearing on the bill
was to have been given yesterday,
but the author was not present. The
Wright bill to provide for place OF
bringing damage suits against rail-
roads was recommended for passage.
Under this bill shipper claiming IN
account OF injury to shipment could
bring his action in any county thru
which the railroad runs and in TINT
county against any and all the COM
panies handling the shipment.
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The hearing before the pardons COM
mittees in the case OF w. p. Glyndon,
convicted in 1877 of the murder OF a
girl in Grundy county, created a sur
prise. The case was presented by II.
w. Byers, and only one witness was
called In the case. That was II. ~.
DIlley. who was deputy sheriff under
his father at the time OF the crime.
He insisted that he then believed and
always had been believed that Glyndon
was innocent. The murder was COM
mitted on a country road one after
noon. Glyndon was seen in the vicin-
ity. He was arrested the next dd"
and went with committee OF citizens
and pointed out just whore he was
and pointed TO his own footsteps III
the field near by. and gave clean
statement OF his case. Circumstantial
evidence alone convicted him. There
was great excitement and an eHo:s
to lynch Glyndon as he was being tok-
en- to jail In Waterloo for safe keeping.
1t was during the days of tramps N
Iowa. when many idle men were scour-
ing the country. and the theory OF
those who believe Glyndon innocent IS
that the murder was committed by a
tramp who came out OF the cornfield
and was never seen at all. Giyndon
wns tried twice but had not money 10
secure second appeal of the case.
Giyndon has now been in the peniten-
tiary nearly twenty eight years and
has always been model prisoner.
Warden Jones says he is in Ill health
and has a desire only to be released
and to live quietly on his pension
until he dies.