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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
Rev. Nickerson INDUCES In
Sensationalism Upon Re-
turn to Columbus
TELLS OF THE "PERsEcuTIoN'
Behind improvised Bars He lmpresses
His Congregation With the Suffering
He Endured While in This City At
torney Present at the Service = Mar
riase Record at circleviIle.

Preaching behind an improvised cell.
and peering thru the temporized oars
lat his congregation, Rev. William i.
Nickerson, pastor of the Corinth.an
Colored Baptist church of Columbus.
o., preached to his congregation Sun
day night. He took this sensational
way of appearing before his people,
that he might impress his people with
| the sufferings he endured while undes
an embezzlement charge IN this city.
His attorney. w. Il. Williams, who Sc
here, was an interested spectator
A Columbus paper of Satu1 lay. with
glaring headlines and half-sone like
ness OF the prosecuted" preacher.
printed the following announcement OF
the sermon to be preached ~ sunday
evening:
Rev. William Nickerson, the min
lister who has returned to Columbus
after having been set free in Iowa,
tomorrow evening will have a cell
erected in his pulpit at the Corlnthian
Baptist church. Standing behind the
bars he will preach on "rh, Furnace
tof Affliction. In his sermon he will
tell the interesting story of his exper-
fences.
Rev. Mr.. Nickersoa. accompanied
by his attorney, William K. Williams,
returned last evening from Marshall
town, Iowa, where he was freed from
the embezzlement charge: He was
arrested here April Is. Mr.. Williams
followed his client to Iowa, after max.
ing a vain effort to prevent his extra
dition. Upon reaching Marshalltown
Mr.. Williams made the discovery that
the congregation which, it was alleged.
had suffered from the embezzlement,
really owed Mr.. Nickerson $40. The
prosecuting attorney is said to have
admitted that the grand jury had bean
very loose in its findings.
Despite the showing made by the
Columbus attorney the officials Were
determined to hold the prisoner until
next fall for the costs, as required By
an Iowa law. Mr.. Williams fastened
| to Des Moines and appealed to Gov
erpor Cummins, who gave him a spec
| ial hearing. and decided that the pris-
oner should be released, the state to
ray the costs.
Then a fresh charge was sprung
| against Rev. Mr.. Nickerson. 1t was
| claimed he raised funds for an eman :
! cipation day celebration and misap-
propniated the money, but Mr.. Will
| liams convinced the prosecuting that
/ thara Vac nothing in the story
Tomorrow Mr.. Nickerson will re-
! sumo his pastoral duties at the Corin-
THAN Baptist church, morning and
evening. In the evening tle will preach
/ from the temporized prison cell. His
/ attorney who was employed by the
congregation to defend the pastor, will
be present. Nickerson is codored. aged
80, and Is married"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
Facts From Marriage Record.

In Connection with the Columbus
episode Marshalltown people who have
been watching the case of Nickerson
will be interested in knowing of some-
thing Of the marriage record OF the
former preacher of this city at Circle
vile, Pickaway county. O.. where
Nickerson was recently married. A
letter from the states attorney OF
Pickaway county, received in this city,
shows that on file in the clerk of
courts of that county Is the complete
record of Nickerson's last marriage, to
Myrtle Zimmerman, OF Circleville. Ac-
cording to heiletter Nickerson has per-
jured himself in obtaining the license
TO wed the Gircleville girl. The record
shows him to have been married once
before and that he has no living Wife.
The record here, when he married Lulu
Gilmore, also shows him to have been
married "once" before. Nickerson
makes affidavit to the fact that his last
wife is 1S years of age. A letter from
Columbus, from one who has known
the girl all her life, says that she Is but
16. therefore not of legal age to wed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

Total number of votes cast-1 ,635.
Majority in favor of tax-5s7.
The big surprises OF the election
were in the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth:
wards. A runnor of the most persisten.
nature has been current for weeks to
the effect that the laboring people OF
the city were against the interurban,
and that the south side" would go
solidly against II. The Sixth ward
was also said TO be against the prop
osition, and 1t was considered by thu
interarban people that II they broke
even In the Fourth they would be do
ing we'll The fact Of the matter is
interurban sentiment among the labor
ing classes changed materially during
the few days preceding the election
"A. newspaper. dubbed on the street as
the knockers sheet took a decided
stand against the interurban, and per
verified the facts so boldly that. when
the truth OF the situation was shown
in the T.-R. OF Saturday, the labor
ing men decided they were for" thu
tax. The democratic county conven
ton OF Saturday afternoon helped the
interurban. for at that time a direct
slap was made at a prominent labor
union man by T. f. Bradford, one of
the owners OF the Reflector. and the
dictator of it's policy, In trying to
seat his business partner. Mr. Henry,
on the delegation, to the state con-
vention. While the laboring men
might have had a hesitancy in votips
for the tax. more on personal reasons,
because they did not like. from a labor
standpoint, certain members OF the
company, they waived their preJudices
in an united effort to pay their re.
spects to the newspaper in question.
These facts We're openly discussed on
the streets Monday afternoon.
In the Fifth ward Monday morning
bets We're being offered that the tax
would not receive total of ten votes.
The votes showed that the tax lacked
but one of breaking even. Councilman
Psenicka of the Fifth. is largely re-
sponsible for the change in sentiment,
as he worked faithfully among his con-
stituents in an effort to bring the truth
before them and show them how the
building of new road would benefit
laboring men. 1t was openly claimed
that in the Sixth the sentiment was
against it, but there the tax had ma
JOFlty OF I1Ileen votes. Inc workers In
the Fourth where there is a big labor
vote, were highly successful, as the ma
jorfy of better than two and one-half
to one shows.
History of the lnterurban.
The history of the interurban and the
plans of local business men, to con-
struct the road, may be summed UP
briefly as follows: A little over year
ago meeting of business men, ship
pers and jobbers was held following
banquet OF the Commercial Club. AT
which the interurban was discussed by
Mr. George f. Kirby. The business
men decided that the future prosperity
of MarshalltoWn lay in its power to de-
velop Its surrounding territory by max
ing this commercial center. In doing SO
they could also help all surrounding
towns that might be on the line. They
did not propose to begin In a big way,
but to build some line as nucleus
around which others might center. r.
A. Ferrin, an experienced promoter of
interurbans, was engaged as general
manager ct the company. and he went
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
Boosters" Win the Day and
MarshalltoWn Sees Upward
Turn For Prosperity
VICTORY A GLORIOUS ONE
Friends of MarshaIltcwn Are Upheld
In Their Efforts to Promote a Public
Good-Every Ward In the City, But
Fifth Carried, and It Is Lost Only
BY One vote-History of Movement.

Somebody Must Have Boosted was
the sign conspicuously displayed IN
I,aShelle & Cooks West Main street
store Monday night. after the result
of the special election had been re-
ceived. and placed on large placard
that it might be viewed by the public.
Somebody did boost" and boosted
hard, and when the votes of the dif-
ferent wards were counted each was
found to have been carried with the
exception of the Fifth, which was lost
by one vote. The Second proved the
banner interurban ward, and carried
the tax nearly three and oae-haif TO
one. The First ward was next, with
almost three to one; the Third Went
nearly two to enc. and the Fourth
conceded by some interurban emhu-
siasits as against the proposition, DID
better than two and one-half to one.
Th,, entire city was carried by better
than two to one, or majority OF
5ST.
While the vote was not what
mifyht have been expected. considering
everything, ii was representative. TIE
total vote was 1,635, which is $40 under
that cast at the city election on March
2S, which was even then not full
vote of the city. The lighter vote Is
accounted for In the usual way In
elections OF this kind. Despite wha,
the newspapers may have said in urg.
ing upon the people the necessity Q.
voting, there. We're many who feit
that the tax was sure to carry. and
consequently did not take the time or
trouble to vote, as they would were
there candidates UP for election, who,
for personal reasons, they wished to
vote for. Another cause for the lack
Of vote was shown In instances heard
oil, where people had become so be-
f,lddled by wilful perversion of facts,
as made by one newspaper OF the city,
that they did not know where they
stood, and rather than vote wrong,
decided not to vote at all.
The vote In the city on the per cent
tax to aid the Marshailtown Electric,
Street & Interurban Railway Conn
pany in building It's line TO Grundy
Center was as follows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
..uss siokbed to Vote for ln.erurban

A little Incident that CAME 10 tHF
notice of the T.-R. shows how pubic
spirited one man was in the matter oil
the special election to aid the inter-
urban project yesterday. Charley
Deuel.. an enthusiastic interurban sup
porter who Is anxious that the road he
built even if it does him some extra
money in taxes, left his siekbed. TO
which he had been confined for few
days. and was driven to the First ward
polls to cast his vote. If every one
had showed this same spirit there
would have not been doubt in any
ones mind as to the outcome Of the
election. Such men are the KIND that
build up a town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
NOTICE
For Proposals TO Print, Publish and Sell
the Reports Of tho Supreme Court OF
iowa for the Period Of Eight Years
From June 1, 1904.

From June I, 1904.
,rhe executive council OF Iowa herepy
gives notice that sealed proposals TO
print. publish and sell the reports OF
rhe supreme court of Iowa will be re-
ceiyed at the office of the secretary OF
state at Des Moines, Iowa, until ~
o'clock a. M, June Is, 1904, when the
PROPOSALS will be opened.
Proposals must be to enter INTO
contract, for period of eight years, TO
perform the work according to the pro-
visions of Chapter ~, of Title III. OF
the code: according to the terms OIL the
specifications prescribed by the execu-
tive council, to be made a part OF the
contract, and to observe all orders
made during the period of said contract
nv the supreme court and the executive
council as to the character of the work.
the material used and the method ana
time of doing the work. The executive
council reserves the right to reject any
or all bids filed for any reason they
may deem sufficient.
s Full specifications VIII be Iurilsheu,
On apnlication, by the undersigned
A. Fl. DAVIDSON.
Secretary of the Executive Councn OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
CAPTAIN WHITE IN TOWN.
officer of Eleventh Cavalry Visits
Wife at Northwood.


Captain II. A. White. of the Elev-
enth cavalry which was recently sta
toned at FIT. Des Moines, was IN the
city Monday evening, being on his way
to Des Moines from Northwood, where
he has been for few days visit with
his wife and baby, Captain Whlts only
arrived in the states on the Gath OF
April, landing at Frisco, aud as soon
as he could reach Des Moines. fastened
10 Northwood to see the dear ones
whom he left two and one-hasf years
ago, upon being ordered to the Phli-
ippines.
Captain White has been in the regu-
lar army since 1891. when he entered
West Point from Iowa, to graduate In
1895. He served during the Chinese
war in the Sixth cavalry. as hrst
lieutenant. His second lieutenant In
Troop C, was Warren S. Dean, VINO Is
known to Marshalltown people at least
by name. because Of his contemplated
marriage to Miss Margaret Tittemore,
formerly OF this city, sister of General
Traffic Manager j. N. Titternore, OF the
Iowa Central. Lieutenant Dean Is now
first lieutenant in the Fifteenth cav
airy stationed in the east.
Captain White thinks that when COM
pleted Ft. Des Moines will be the finest
army post in the United States. All OF
the Eleventh Will be stationed at the
fort as soon as the buildings are CONF
Melted. Many OF the companies are de-
pleted owing to expiration of terms OF
enlistment, but they Will be recfuited
to their full strength soon. There ID one
squadron at Des Moines now. and an
other squadron of the Eleventh IS at
TT. Riley. kas. Two troops of the third
squadron are at FIT. Sheridan and TWO
more are at Jefferson Barracks
Captain White returned to Des Mol
mes Monday evening.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
A NOVEL sALR
A. Renediot & Brintnall's Bargain
Store.

we will place on sale tomorrow
morning "wednesday, at o'clock, 100
pieces of waist goods. consisting OF
swivel silk gingham, lace stripe ging-
ham, zephyr bingham, lace stripe white
Swiss. plain white Swiss. stripe linen
wasting, cotton voiles. white pique
black lace stripe, organizes, linen col
ored voiles, chambrey stripe bingham;
choice of the whole lot for 10 cents
yard. Ladies, you know when we say
a bargain we mean it. Come early. for
this is big snap.
BENEDICT & BRINTNALL.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
WORK is COMPLETED.
Board of Review Has Filed Its Final
Report on. Assessments.

The board of review, Which mas
been in session at intervals of few
DAYS during the past few weeks has
completed its work and made it's final
report. The assessment OF the prop
erty of the Marshalltown Light, Power
&, Railway Company has been con-
t,rmed at 5000, 900, $4,000 on real es-
tate and the balance on personal prop
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
A Revelation.

If you will make inquiry it will be a
revelation to you how many succumb
to kidney or bladder troubles in one
form or another. If the patient is not
beyond medical aid, Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure. 1t never disappoints.
B. A. Morgan.
Sick headache results from a disor-
de,red stomach and is quickly cured by
Chamberlan's Stomach and Liver Pills.
For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
LocaI Weather Record.

The maximum temperature for Mon
day was IS, a fab of one degree over
the preceding day Forty-four was the
minimum for the day, q rise of one de-
gree. At 1870 this morning 81 was
registered rise OF two degrees over
the CORES ponding hour of Monday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

Healthy kidneys filter the impuri
ties from the blood. and unless they do
this good health is impossible. Foley $
Kidney Cure makes sound Kidneys ana
will positively cure all forms OF kidney
and bladder disease. 1t strengthens the
whole system. B A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
CORN PLANTING BEGINS
Crop Being Put In; Ground Is In Elk
cellent Condition.

Word received from Marietta town.
ship this morning is to the effect that
several of the farmers in that vicinity
began today and Monday to put in their
corn. The ground is reported to be IN
very good condition for planting, and
although In places a little dry on top
is considered very favorable to rapid
termination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
LAND DEAL is CLOSED.
Deeds for Steward Tract, to State fof
Soldiers, Home Purposes, Filed.

The realty DEAL announced week
ago. whereby the state acquires tract
of twelve and one-half acres OF lanu
from George w. and r. i. Steward ana
Mrs Nellie Swartwood, to be used Tor
Soldiers Home purposes, has been
closed and the deeds to the land filed.
me state pays $1,000 for the land.
which fronts on Summit street, ana eA-
tends north to Cottage Grove palh'
All of the money is paid to me stew
ards. with the exception o. SoVV Wnich
goes to Mrs. Swartwood.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

The road to beauty, like the way to
q mans heart, is thru his stomach,
II your stomach is bad, you can't be
handsome HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea cures all stomach troubles. IS
cents. Mcbride s. WAL Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

"Grays'' -. 20 1 o 4 0 0 0 81
High school. % 0 0 0 0 o 0 90
Struck out--By Hurst, q by Kent. A..
Bases on balls-Off Hurst, O; off Kent
4. Two base hits-Snooks, Salisbury
and Woods. Time of game, 1:20. I'm
pire, DR.. Fl. H. Nichols. Attendance
26c
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
Card Of Thanks.

We desire to thank the friends and
neighbors for Kindness and sympathy
shown during our recent bereavement.
L. Hepner and family.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
"Microbes. Take Last One.

"MIcrobes" Iake Last One.
The Microbes" took the last one of
the series from the "Quakers" at Wat
erloo, Monday, by the score of Z TO l.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed. that DR.. kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part Of the urinary passage.
Il corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing 1t, Or Dad
effects following use OF liquor, vine OF
beer, and overcornes that unpleasant ne
cessity Of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get mp many
times during the night. The mid ana
the extraordinary effect OF Swamp.koot
Is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
Tor rs wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases. If you need medicine
Won should have the best. Sold by drug
sists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes;
You may have sample bottle and q
book that tells all EEs-
shout it, both sent free Es1 s.: 3e=3
BY mail. Address DR.. EaNH y!
Ki1mer & Co., Bing - =
harlton, N. Y. When Home Of swamp.Roos
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, DR.. Kilmer's Swa1np-Root, and
the address, Binghamton. N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It.
HOW go Eiud Out

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

q SGuluSuIOI SET
Ting indicatesan
unhealthy con-
dition of the kid
,leys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble /; too
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-05

dullness, but by the fact that they had
really been unable to see them This,
Of itself, was bad enough, but the re-
suit was worse. The child, severely
criticised by teacher ignorant of his
misfortune, had, in many instances,
made such desperate efforts to correct
his faults that he had still further in
juredNhis eyes by overstrain.
An eye defect that has been found
to be infinitely more common than it
was supposed to be is color blindness.
Nearly 7 per cent. of the children ex-
amined have been found to be color
blind in some degree, and therefore
unable. to intelligently grasp many
matters.
After the investigation Of the school
children's sight had developed such
important and unexpected results, the
matter Of hearing was considered.
The fruit. of this investigation was no
less startling and enlightening. There
was quite as large a. proportion of
children unable to get the full benefit
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-05

blood in the Grant family, the char
acterlstics of that nationality lived
again in the General, who from boy
hood days was famous for persever-
ance and truthfulness, as the following
stories we'll illustrate:
When a boy of but eight years old
he was anxious to own a colt belong
ing to a neighbor and treated for it
in this fashion:
"Mr -, my father says | may
won't take that I am to offer $22. so
II you won't take that, / may give
you SIS. He got the colt, but he
paid the full price for it.
About this time he won a silver dol
lar by riding circus mule which had
been trained to throw it's rider Sew
eral men and boys tried to ride the
animal, but ali were thrown. At length
sturdy little fellow stepped into the
ring and said he would like to try
that mule He held on bravely until
almost round the circle, when he was
thrown over the animals head, as
the others had been.
Jumping to his feet, and throwing
off his coat and hat, he exclaimed: Il
would like to try that mule again"
This time he faced the crupper, coiled
his legs around the animals body and
seized hold of the tail. The mule ex-
hausted all efforts to unseat his rider,
but in vain, and the lad earned his
dollar, as well as the cheers. of the
audience.
The name Ulysses was chosen for
him because his grandmother had an
enthusiastic admiration for the COM
mander celebrated in Greek poetry
certainly wide departure from Puri-
tan custom to select this name. es-
pecially when his ancestors through
six generations had borne scriptural
names-one Matthew, two Samuels
and three Noahs.
To somebody who made inquiries
regarding the Grant coat-of-arms, a
representative of the family replied
ct may sound like BULL but we shall
never hnd our arms until we put our
hands in our pockets and raise funds
to pay for a careful investigation of
Matthew Grants ancestry"
The coat-of-arms reproduced is one
given to a branch of the family in
later times. 1t is gules, three antique
crowns, or, within bordure engrailed.
Crest, on the trunk Of an oak tree,
| sprouting, the sun shining. Motto,
Stand fast, stand firm, stand sure"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-05

seats. In the past, in almost all the
public schools the world over, each
grade has been fitted with arbitrarily
selected desks Of graduated sizes. The
work in Chicago has shown that in a
large proportion of cases such desks
fail utterly to meet the demands of
health, and, therefore, must have a
bad effect on scholarship.
1t was found that desks and seats
Of improper sizes for the children%vho
sit in them and work at them i'm
pede circulation of the blood, iniuri-
ously affect manysof the vital organs
by necessitating unhealthful postures:
cause muscular strain unhealthful to
young people, induce undue fatigue,
and, in some cases, even result in
spinal curvatures. The investigators
quickly decided that anything which
could have such effects upon a child's
body must unfavorably influence his
mind.
1t was found also that the discom-
fort entailed by improper desks and
seats seriously distracted the attention
OF the pupils and interfered with their
school work, even where no definite
injury had been done to health. Thus
it is certain that incalculable harm has
been done to uncounted thousands of
school children in the past by unin-
telligert seating.
Lack Of funds has prevented the
Chicago School Board from equipping
all its schools with furniture to suit
all children; but an effort has been
made to install in each grade suffi
cient quantity of the improved furni-