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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
JURY Fixes THE BLAME.
corcner's Verdict Rendered in the
Shippy Case. =

0nIPPy SdoSs
Special to Times Republican.
Davenport, Dec. 30.-After hearing
the evidence of the witnesses who were
called to testify at the coroner's inquest
which was held yesterday afternoon
in the office of Coroner Lambach, to
inquire into the death of Samuel Ship
by who was instantly killed Tuesday
afternoon at the poultry plant OF Ar
mour Co., on East Fourth street, the
following verdict was returned:
1--WE the jury, find that Daniel
Shippy came to his death by being
caught by the elevator weight in the
poultry department of the Armour
Packing Company Tuesday afternoon,
his neck being broken while in place
ne:lr the elevator where his duty did
not call him."
The Jury subpoenaed by Contable
Holiday consisted Of William WATSON,
S. 7. Walcott and w. RoddeWig. After
viewing the remains at the undertaking
establishment of the Roles company:
the Jury repaired to the office Of the
coroner and began the examination of
witnesses.
The greater part of the testimony
given seemed TO lndlcale CHdI DaliAei
Shippy had no business near the ele-
yator and that furthermore in order
to reach the spot where he met his
awful death he was compelled to
squeeze in sideways between the ele-
yator and the wall and then stoop
over on his side in order to get his
head in the opening, when he could
have gone to the gate Of the elevator
if he had wished to call to men on the
lower floor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
WANTS BIG FEES
Another Echo of tho BIydenbursh
Murder Case Come, From Suit Be.
gun to Collect 1918 by One of the
Experts Who Testified at the Trial.

Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Dec 30.-On account of the
small sum allowed him as an expert
witness in the Blydenburgh case last
winter and claiming much larger
sum as expert witness, DR.. G. B. Fair
child, OF Des Moines. has filed Pc
tition in the Hardin county district
court, bringing suit against the coun-
ty attorney, Frank H. Noble, and Har-
din county, for the sum Of $613.So.
At the time OF the allowing of the
bills accruing as the result of this trial
the Hardin county board of supervls-
ors refused to allow any other than
the fees provided by the code and as
the result there has been trouble brew
ing for some time. 1t is more than
likely in the event of this case being
successful for the plaintiff, others will
be instituted by Professor Vaughn, OF
Ann Arbor, who claimed over 5000
fees; DR.. Hartman, of Wauseon, o.,
who claimed $500; DR.. Hoffman, of
Des Moines, and others. Grundy coun-
ty has been threatened in like man
ner by expert doctors in the Slifer
case and the result of the Fairchild
case will be watched with much inter-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
Judge Caswell Holds That the
Law Compels School Treas
urers to Act
DECISION IN CASE At vINToN
Treasurers of Rural School Districts
Must Withhold S Cents Per Each Per.
son Of School Age From Regular APP
portionment For the Purpose of
School Library.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Vinton, Dec. 30.-Judge Caswell has
handed down a decision in the district
court at Vinton which will be of vast
interest to rural independent school
districts.
In the case of County Superintend-
ent Lowe vs. Rural Independent
School District No. 3, Eden town
ship, Arthur Leverich, treasurer,
tried to the court on Tuesday last
Judge Caswell sitting as sole judge,
handed down a decision, holding that
the treasurers Of rural independent
school districts must annually with
hold five cents per scholar from the
semi-annual apportionment for each
person of school age in the corpora
ton, to be invested by the board Of
directors in library books. The
action was on a writ of mandamus
brought by County Superintendent
Lowe against the school district to
compel compliance with the rural
library law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30

sisourney.
,rhe reported murder Of Arthur
LYNCH by John Martin, in Cracker
Neck was an error. Lynch was not
killed. He is in Delta under the care
~ doctor, who says he will recover.
Cedar Rapids.
Mrs Rosa Jirousek, whose nome is
at 1885 South Second street, fell upon
the lev sidewalk near Boyson's drug
stnre and sustained what is known as
j COLES fracture of the left arm, a
graNture close to the wrist. She is be-
tween 70 and 80 years old.
cIarinda.
G. w. Foster, Clarinda's popular
mavor. died Sunday after a short ILL
ness Of gastritis. He was prominent
Mason and has long been laen.ln Ia
with the upbuilding of the city. he
has frequently been elected TO ONCE
and was very popular.
Perry.
An accident at the light plant which
was caused by the head OF one OF the
big condensers blowing out, stopped
both the heat and light systems FOR
while. The water, released by the
cracked casting, spurted out of the
break and entirely flooded the plant,
filling the wheel in the engine room
and almost stopping the engine.
Clear Lake.
Edward Stark drove a car load OF
fat cattle to the Ventura depot and
suddenly they made a stampede for
homeward bound. Several became be-
wildered in the chase and grew fierce
and chased men up trees, and several
men had narrow escapes of their lives.
One steer fell on the ice and was very
contrary. Finally all were cautured
and are now in Chicago.
Washington.
Ralph Jacobs and Bert Miller were
playing upstairs Christmas morning,
fooling with 22-calibre rifle, that
they thought was not loaded; Ralph
bantered Bert to point it at him and
he did, and pulled the trigger, and
Ralph caught the ball below the hips
on the right side, four inches from the
spine. The surgeons claim that they
can't tell for several days yet whether
it is a fatal shot; can't tell If intes-
tines, liver or kidneys are cut.
Washington.
The Fire1y train struck the buggy
in which Charley Meyers and wife
were riding, the morning of the 18th,
on crossing two or three miles this
side of West Chester. We understand
that they did not hear the whistle, and
that neither they nor the trainmen saw
the buggy or engine until the monster
was within thirty feet of each other.
There are SO many versions OF the ac-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
G. H. Hess Begins an Action
Against Well-Known Attor-
neys and Others at Eldora
MISREPRESENTATION CHARGED
Purchasers Of the !. X. L. Remedy Com
pany Intimate They Were Runcoed
in Thsir Deal With Certain Of De-
PENDANTS and That overcharses for
Collection Were Made.
Special to Times-Repuplicar.

Special to Times Republican
Edor:a, Dec. 30.-Charging misrep-
resentation, overcharges, unauthorized
compromises and damages, the Ed
wards Loan Company, Albrook &
Lundy, Eldora attorneys and e. H.
Lundy and c. Il. Albrook individually.
are made the defendants In suit filed
in the clerks Office today by G. HI.
Hess for $4,000 damages. The petit
ion cites that May 26, 1902, an oral
contract was made by the defendants
with plaintiff C. H. Hess and John M.
Hess whereby the latter purchased the
l. x. l.. Remedy Company, of Eldora
and It's property. Later John N. Hess
sold his interests to G. Fl. Hess. The
petition further alleges damages in the
following items: BY Misrepresentation
in the original sale, $633; overcharges
in collection fees, $S75; overcharge In
travelling expenses, $417.47; unauthor-
lied compromises, $2,2S9.75; overcharg-
ing salary Of John Lamprecht, 1928;
returned goods appropriated wrongfully
s562; damages for neglect in collect
ions, $4,000, making total Of slo,-
000.22.
e. II. Lundy was one Of the prime
promoters of the /. x. l.. Remedy Co.,
a concern which manufactured stock
food which was sold all over the state
of Iowa by travelling representatives.
The Edward Loan Co. was the legal
concern or firm in this city which at
tended to the collection business OF
the Remedy Company and which COM
pany has probably had as many suits
before justice court in this city as have
all other firms, companies or individ-
uals combined for the past fifteen
years. The outcome of this damage
suit will be watched with interest all
over the state, as the firm have had
dealings with harness dealers, stock
men and merchants in almost every
county in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30

took him before Mayor Hardenbrook
Doc protested his innocense of the
charge of stealing corn which had been
made against him. A mock trial was
held before the mayor. Frank s. Griffin
appeared for the defendant, while the
officers acted as prosecutors. After the
arguments had been made, the mayor
discharged the prisoner. In the mean
time a live 'possum had been secured
and this, with a goodly quantity of
sweet potatoes and other good things
to eat were presented to the old doctor,
Frank S. Griffin making the presenta-
ton speech.
Upton.
In a stabbing ARRAY Will McCracken
handled the knife, and Bert Burrows
was the victim. Burrows was not
seriously injured but thru no fault of
his assailant. One stroke of the knife
severed the biceps muscle Of his left
arm, narrowly missing an artery. His
clothing was slashed in half dozen
other places and the affair approach
ed murder pretty close McCracken
was arrested on a charge Of assault
with intent to commit murder" s.s
Joseph Wright, one of Cedar county's
pioneer settlers died recently at his
home near Centerdale, after an illness
of several weeks. He was among the
early settlers west Of the river and
located on the old Wright homestead
near Plato in an early day.
Clarion.
John Edmundson, Great Western
fireman, was quite severely hurt at
the round house. The engine had Just
taken water and the engineer started i.
up before his fireman had time to get
out of the way of the water spout,
which knocked him off the tender He
struck the frozen ground on his head
and elbow, his hand being forced
against him stomach in such man.
ner as to injure him internally. He
was unconscious for several hours, but
he finally rallied and was able to go
to his home at What Cheer ~"
Miss Murray, who teaches the school
in the Pike Timber district, had
Christmas exercises and a tree at the
school house Friday evening. All were
having a fine time, but Santa Claus
got too close to candle, and in IN
instant was sheet Of flames. Spec
tators tore the burning cotton off and
smothered the flames, but not until
Mr.. Lester, who was acting as Santa
Claus, was considerably scorched about
the fact and head. Several of the 9TH
ers had their hands burned and they
are pretty sore, and couple of gifts
were burned, but it was not as bad as
it might have been. and the exercises
were finished without Santa Claus
and now all the children in that
neighborhood know who he Is.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

/, cident that it is hard to tell exactly
what happened, further than that she
jumped and escaped, and that he also
leaped, but did not clear the pilot; ne
was hit in such way that his arm
was crushed and some Of his internal
organs ruptured by the blow, and he
was knocked perhaps twenty or thirty
feet, and came to rest against a. wing
fence He lived only a few hours.
Northwood.
| Nels Thorson has sold the Central
hotel property to Casper Moe. r. D.
Sullivan has ran the Central Hotel for
some time past and made success of
it. Mr.. Moe will continue to run the
hotel in connection with his feed barn,
and Mr.. Sullivan will take charge Of
the Park Hotel the first of the year,
having rented the same from Benton
Ravenscroft, who feels compelled to
retire from the business on account Of
poor health.
Mason City.
One of the unfortunate young lad
les whose mind is unbalanced, and is
cared for at the county farm, ran
away last Saturday evenin, bare
headed, no mittens, and but a thin
calico dress on, and wandered to Clear
Lake and was cautured on the lake
shore by Marshal Hyde and cared for
q H .essage was quickly sent to Mr..
Mcclure, who came at once for her.
1t is a wonder the poor unfortunate
did not freeze. Had she not been dis
covered she would have suffered untold
agony and no doubt would have froz-
en- to death alone in the woods.
Burlington.
William Eccles, young trackman,
who lives at 1910 South Seventh street,
was seriously injured in the lower
Burlington yards Tuesday afternoon.
He was struck by the engine of the
Carthage and Quincy branch Burling-
ton freight train, and dragged perhaps
100 feet. when the engineer caught
sight of him and brought his train to
stop. Eccles had just stepped out
Of the way of switch engine and onto
the main track, when the outgoing
freight train struck him. The blizzard
was at its height, and it was impossible
to see any distance. He may die.
Abba.
Christmas was made merry for old
Doc Drummer, an aged and respected
colored man Of this city, by-a number
of his friends of the white race. The
old doctor was first kept in suspense
before learning of the good things in
store for him. According to pre-
arranged plan Chief of Police Van
Schoack and Patrolman Garrison
called at the Drummer cottage last
Friday afternoon and, to all intents
and purposes. arrested the doctor and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
LOST IN SNOW STORM.
Jack Richards Of Hudson Has Narrow
Escape From Death.

S0SH O'Su0t0o VI IVNoSOu T1Ao SdTFOW
Escape From Death.
Special to Times Republican.
Hudson, Dec, 30.-There was consid-
cradle exciten ent In the vicinity of
Richards home Tuesday when it was
feared that the son, Jack Richards,
had become lost in the snow storm in
an effort to each his home, three
miles south OF town. He and his IA
ther, Morg Richards, had gone to town
with two car loads of cattle prepara-
tory to shipping them to Chicago. The
son then left for home, and as he us
ually makes the distance in one-half
hour or less, it was feared he had be-
come snowbo1lnd. when the fact was
made known that more than an hour
had elapsed and he had not reached
his destination. The telephone line
was kept busy, but he finally arrived
home after a. fierce battle with the,
snow, and thus relieved the members
of the family from further anxiety.
The cattle that were to have been
shipped are still in the yards, togeth-
er with two loads that q. F. Johnson
was to have taken to Chicago. The
probabilities are they will not get out
until some time today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
sTANpARskI FOUND
Mayor of Davenport Locates Heir to
Fortune In Germany.


Special to Times Republican.
Davenport, Dec. 3O-Mayor Phillips
has received a letter from cashier of
the Peoples Savings bank at Bennett
stating that John Standarski. concern
ing whom the mayor received letter
from Berlin, Germany, recently, Is a
farmer residing not far from Bennett.
A few days ago the mayor received
communication from the United
States consul at Berlin asking for In
formation concerning John Standarski.
German who was supposed to have
come to Davenport sixteen years ago,
1t seems that Standarski has been
making inquiries at Bennett concern
ing an estate in Germany and when q
number Of Bennett people read the ac-
count published Tuesday night they
looked up Standarski and found out
that he was the man wanted.
Accordingly they wrote to the mayor
who will send word to the consul at
Berlin that the man wanted has been
found. 1t is said that the man has
money coming to him
thru the death of a relative in the old
country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
Wrong Idea.

Don't get the wrong idea into your
head that starvation is good for dys-
.pepsia.
It's not.
Those who have not studied the sub
ject very deeply, or with trained sclen-
tific minds, might think So
But facts prove otherwise.
All specialists in stomach and d.
gestive disorders know, that 1t is
best for dyspepsia to be we'll fed.
Why, dyspepsia is really a starvation
disease!
You're food doesn't feed you.
Z BY starvation you may give your
bowels and Kidneys less to do, but
that dos not cure your digestive
trouble-simply makes you weaker ana
eicker; less likely to be permanently
cured than. ever.
No. the only right way to permanent
" cure yourself Of any form OF dyspep-
4 ia or indigestive trouble, is
70 eat heartily Of all the
food that you find. best agrees
with you, and help your digestion to
work with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
This is a safe, certain, scientific, re-
liable method Of treatment which will
never fail to cure the most obstinate
cases If persevered in.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have a
gentle, tonic. refreshing effect on the
,seoretory glands Of the entire digestive
tract.
They gently force the flow of fresh
digestive juices.
They contain, themselves, mary of
the chemical constituents of these
Juices, thus when dissolved they help
to dissolve the food around them in
stomach or bowels.
They therefore quickly relieve all
the symptoms of indigestion, and coax
the glands to take a proper pleasure in
doing their proper work.
They coax you back to health.
No other medical treatment Of any
sort. nor any fad system Of Culture"
or "cure" will give you the solid, per-
manent. curative results that will
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Write for free book of symptoms.
f. A. Stuart Co., Marshall. Mich.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
Gambler Beat. Woman.

Des Moines, Dec. 3O.-iWith her face
bruised and SCARED from savage
assault made upon her last night by
James Morris, gambler, at the Edo
RADIO, Bert Liggett, female inmate OF
an Iowa street resort, appeared in po-
lice court this morning to testify
against her assailant.
She stated that Morris had been IN
the habit of hanging around her place
more or less and that he came In at 8
o'clock yesterday evening. He was
partially drunk and endeavored to or
der her around. When she resented
this he knocked her down and dragged
her into the hallway where he beat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
Deaths at New Sharon.

Special to Times-Republlcan.
New Sharon, Dec. 30.-Mrs Cary
Fisar died of cancer of the stomach,
Wednesday night, at her home near
Union Mills. At this writing no ar
engagements have been made regarding
the funeral. The deceased has been
lingering between life and death for
several weeks.
comrade John w. Walters, for many
wears a resident of this place, died
at the home of his daughter at Oska-
loosa Wednesday night. Mr.. Walters
was a victim of combination OF rheu-
matte and kidney disorders, and has
been in poor health for some time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
SMALL FIRE AT eRINNELL.
Residence of J. p. Lyman Partially
Destroyed by Flames.

Destroyed by Flames.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Dec. 30-The alarm OF hre
that sounded about 2 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon called the firemen to the
house of Hon. j. p. Lyman, where the
flames had so good start that the
roof was practically ruined and much
damage done to the interior OF the
house. The furnishings were nearly
all removed to the barn and to the
houses Of neighbors. The damage was
estimated conservatively at $1,000 to
the house, and the full insurance OF
5000 on the contents.
The deep snow and severe cold made
It a, hard task for the firemen and help
ers but they were on the ground as
quickly as 1t was possible to get there
and by their strenuous efforts saved
rhe house from total destruction. The
loss on the house was fully covered by
insurance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
FIND LOST GRAVEYARD.
Workmen at Humboldt Find Ancient
Indian Burying Ground.

Workmen at 1umpolQt Tiuo Ancient
Indian Burying Ground.
Humboldt, Dec. 30.-In clearing a.
way the ground for the stand pipe on
the big hill just west of town the work.
men uncovered very ancient Indian
burial ground. The graves were at the
crest of the hill, about three feet deep
and tho the soil was hard and almost
impervious, the bodies had been so long
buried that the earth had filtered into
the skulls and packed so hard as to
make a perfect brain cast, which show
ed all the large Irregularities against
the skull. The bones We're in an almost
perfect state of preservation. Even
the teeth We're all In place wherever an
ordinary interment was found.
In some graves-in fact. in major
ity of them--the bones were thrown to-
gether in promiscuous bunch, and
In all such cases the bones showed the
plain marks of canine teeth. All the
small bones as finger bones, were en-
tirely missing and soft ends Of larger
bones were crushed and broken as II
by wolves. Only a dozen skeletons
were found, and no trinkets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
Will RESCUE TEACHERS
Iowa Falls Party Which Started
to Des Moines, Snowbound
at Garden City
SHORT LINE WAS uNPREPARED
Will Probably Not be Open For Traf-
fic Before Saturday = Fireman Re-
ported to Have Been Badly Frozen
Rural Mail Carrier. Resume Their
Routes Today.
special to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to Tlmes-Republicak
Iowa Falls, Dec. 30.-Fourteen school
teachers from this city have been mar
ooned since early Tuesday morning.
being the victims of the big storm that
struck this section Tuesday. A party
of teachers from both the public
schools and Ellsworth College started
that morning for Des Moines to at
When the morning south-bound pas
senger train on the Short Line reached
Gaden City, the storm became so
fierce that the trainmen decided to
tie UP until the fury Of the storm abat
ed. Before the train was able to pro-
coed on it's way, the engine gave out,
and was abandoned, the crew and pas
sengers seeking shelter in the homes Of
Garden City. UP to last evening, the
party was still nlarooned and relief
train from this city was bucking the
snow drifts between here and Garden
City, hoping to reach the abandoned
train and rescue the party.
The Short Line has been hard hit by
the storm, and it is thought may not
be opened for regular traffic before
Saturday, although the officials are
hopeful Of clearing the right of way
by tonight. Three engines belonging
to the road have been dead since Tues
day, the south bound passenger of
Tuesday morning being at Garden City
the north-bound at McCallsburg, ana
a freight train between Sherman and
Garden City. The road was poorly
equipped for contention with such
severe storm and has had to depend
on "bucking' the snow and shoveling.
having no snow pillow with which co
pierce the drifts. One of the f1remen of
the Short Line is reported as having
been quite badly frozen, and taken to
farm house, that being the only ref
uge available. The other roads enter
ing the city have all been cleared and
are attempting to run trains on the old
schedule. Rural mail carriers were
able to make their trips today for thu
first time since Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-30
spARRoWs KILLED.
Blizzard Brought Death to Many Of the
Little Birds.

Blizzard Brought Death to Many Of the
Little Birds.
Special to Times-Republican.
Boone Dec. 30.-Thousands Of Eng
lish sparrow1,, the hardest bird known,
persisted in the recent blizzard In Boone
and vicinity. When this fact was
drawn to tie attention Of Carl Fritz
Henning, he expressed the greatest
surprise, as he had never known of
such thin,; before. This proves the
unusual severity Of the storm. Mr..
Henning accounted for it by the sleet
which prece led the blizzard, covering
all the food Of the sparrows, and their
hunger and the severe cold together
caused their death. The country birds
which stay in this county must have
suffered more than the sparrows and
undoubtedly many Of their dead bodies
will be found.