Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-01
IOWA LUNA|V' !,
P[C|Y'.1R CURE
Patient Named Miller Was Made
the Boss Chicken Raiser
at Clarinda
DISCHARGED WITHOUT A PAROLE
Before Miller Became Interested in the
Chicken Industry He Was Extremely
Violent, Manifestins Moth HomicidaI
and Suicidal Tendencies-"caIamity
Weller Predicts Great Crisis inside Of
Three Years.
Special to Times Republican.

| Des Moines, July 1.-What is regard
| ed as one OF the most remarkable In
stances Of a peculiar case Of cure Of in
sanity Is reported from the state insane
hospital at Clarinda. John Cownie, OF
the state board Of control. has taken
deep interest in the case and his asso-
ciates are calling it Cownie's new
chicken cure for lunacy.
| The patient was man named Miller,
who was sent to the hospital about six
years ago. He was violent and mani
! tested holnicidal and suicidal tenden-
cies feared someone was after him to
kill him and was prepared to take his
own life. He was regarded as one OF
the worst cases at the hospital and
could not be taken out for exercise
with others because he made so much
| trouble. One day an attendant took
him alone down to the big chicken
house, where several incubators were
Matching out chickens. He became in
terested at once. He asked to take
charge OF that work. The attendant
| told him he could not be trusted, but
would run away. He pledged himself
| that he wouldn't do 1t. He would not
quarrel with the chickens. He was
given the task of watching the incu>
bators.
This was three years ago. He be-
came very attentive to the chickens
and the business was enlarged. For
nearly two years he has been the boss
chicken raiser at the hospital.
Il want fried chicken every Sunday
for everyone OF the thousand patients
here he declared TO MI. Cownie d
short time ago. .Just give me the
chance and will supply them all"
Last month he was discharged cured.
He was not paroled. He had remained
until long after it became evident he
was new man. And until he got
started In the chicken business he was
the craziest man OF the whole lot.
Another crazy man hns been put at
the chicken yards and the hospital
authorities have hopes OF him.
Hell will break loose In this coun-
try inside OF three years. declared
Calamity" Weller at the populist con-
ference here yesterday. TT will be be-
tween organized labor and organized
capital. The crisis is coming just as
sure as the years roll around"
Mr.. Weller's political doctrine is to
do that which is necessary, or what he
| thinks is necessary to prevent the cri-
sis. II prevention depends on the pop
ulist party Of Iowa it will go right on
with the crisis. The meeting here was
conference OF the state committee
and party leaders to name delegates to
national convention. At the appoint
ed hour for the meeting there were
just two present-Weller and j. r.
| Norman Presently Leonard Brown.
the eccentric character of this city,
came in and made the quorum neces-
sary to do business. Mr.. Norman runs
a populist newspaper at Abba, survivor
Of large class Weller has given up
newspapering and devotes his time to
farming Weller Is the same enthusiast
| tic and in way eloquent man that he
was in the palmy days Of the green
back party, when they mustered
| strength to send him to congress from
Iowa.
"The future Of this movement will
! depend largely upon what Is done at
ST. Louis" said Mr.. Norman. IT the
democratic national convention nomin-
ated Grover Cleveland. and 1t would
not surprise me bit, then the populist
party win grow quickly. The populist
party is made up of laboring men. The
union laborers have certain interests at
stake. They have already been spurn-
ed by the republicans. II the demo-
Gratis kick them out the back door then
where will they go? If Cleveland
democrat is named at st. Louis then
men like Weaver and Bryan and Hearst
will have to keep still. They cannot
support that sort of thing. We will be
ready to welcome them into our party.
We are small but we must keep the
fires lighted for just such an occas-
ION"
Weller would like to be the candidate
of the populists for vice president
The mystery of the disappearance
of George Schaeffer two years ago may
soon be solved. Schaeffer was the son
of the late President Schaeffer of the
State University. He entered the prac-
tice Of law in Philadelphia and had
bright promise for the future. One day
he left his office and practice and
seemed to have been swallowed up.
His mother has spent much time and
money searching for him to no effect.
A short time ago postal card was re-
ceived at his last address in Philadel-
phia addressed to the young man. 1t
was from a man in India. The card
went to the widowed and distracted
mother then living in Washington.
She cabled to India to find out what
the man knew of her son and found
that he mad travelled with him and that
the lost boy had started for home and
had given his .dress to the traveller.
The card was merely greeting to him.
The mother has been following up the