davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

arrest will be remembered rs ie"
weeks ago two sets of harness "s'e
found near the city. hidden IN u con-
field After devoting considerable UNIV
to the case, the police arrested oo'e,
and he was bound over to the 9rah''
jury his bond being supplied. his case
was taken up during the first few Guys
Of the session and an indictmeht w"S
returned
The police thinking that Conner
was implicated in the matter kept nun
under surveillance and he was Ioca.e''
ut Omaha. Chie6 WEIGH requesting that
the Omaha lrNlice keep watch over
him untn he was wanted here. VINE"
his arrest was ordered the Omaha po-
lice captured him and he expresseu
n Willingness to return to Iowa with
acquisition papers.
The court Is still working on the
case of Bugby VS.. Jones National renee
Company. 1t is likely that the case
will take all the time today ana
perhaps will run over until tomorrow
The grand jury which adjourned last
Friday will meet again tomorrow, as
there Is some work yet uncom-
pleted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
Murderer of Homer Holland
Maintains His Decision Not
to Work
MAY NEVER LEAVE THE PRISON
Warden Claim. That His Sentence
Does Not Begin Until He Goes 70
Work and Altho Hunter Has Doc"
IN Prison Four Years II Has Not 10.
duo.d tho limo He Must serve'
to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
nes Moines, Nov. 2. - Despite the
faot that Matt Hunter, slayer OF Homer
HOLLAND. Iowa's athlete, has been IN
&ha states prison for four years, his
farm has not yet commenced. Inc
~,ardan has lust made his last report
20 the state board of control, calling
attention to the fact that Hunter Is
indolent and will not work. The courts
sentence to twenty-five years In the
penitentiary called for hard labor. the
sentence. according to the warden, does
not begin until the work begins.
..,rhe state OF Iowa owes me u living
and will not engage In manual labor
In this peniteniary," Is Matt Hunters
prison philosophy. II am innocent OF
murder and ought not to be WITHIN
these walls. would refuse to come
here K there were any way OF getting
out OF 1t. The law Is stronger than
am, and am forced to stay IN prison.
But work is a part of the sentence
which I can get out Of You cannot
make mo work unless Will. so long
Is feel my innocence will not work.
will lie In the prison and die OIL Ola
age before will commit one act whlch
will be an acknowledgment that the
state has right to keep me here.
Hunter is one OF the most unruly
prisoners that Iowa has ever had The
day that he entered prison he fought
like q. wild man. He bases his actions
an the claim that he Is absolutely In
nocent.
His Crime.
Homer Holland five years ago was
Drake university's leading athlete He
had no better friend in the world than
Matt Hunter Both students lived at
Mount Ayr, and were sons Of leading
men. Holland excelled as an athlete.
In the year that Drake won the state
field meet, he carried off several state
records. Ills friendship with Hun
ter continued until the two lads fell
IN love with the same girl, q telephone
operator, at Leon, Iowa, Then came an
5estranRement and, following a poker
game In which the yotng men bad
been playing at Mount Ayr gambling
house. 1t was easy to stir up a fuss.
Holland met Hunter several hours la
ter and was shot dead. Hunter says
that Holland started to shoot first.
Matt Hunters contention that the
state cannot force him to work has
ven made good. The warden has sub
.s,ted the prisoner to every punish
ent which the humane laws of the
ate Will permit. Hunter is required
s occupy a dungeon large part of
the time. The members Of the fam
lily are broken-hearted on account of
his attitude. Mrs. Hunter was over
1oyed when the second trial Of the case
resulted in a seventeen year sentence
instead Of life.
When Hunter went to prison, he had
4 chance to get out OF prison at the
age Of Al II he had earned good time.
Now he has forfeited all right to good
time and has still seventeen years to
Rnrva
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
All of Iowa-Lillooet Mining
Company's Accounts Closed
Up But One
MRS. HAMILTON ExoNERArED
BY tho Report of tho Export Account.
ant-Meeting of Board of Directors
Held, But Nothing Made Public a.
Vet Regarding Its Actions ~ The
Hawkeyo Company's Affairs.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Nov. "a meeting of
the board of directors of the Iowa.
I.illooet Gold Mining Company was
held yesterday, but so far as can be
learned. nothing has been made public
regarding the boards actions. 1t Is
been closed up except the one with
Mr. b. B. Bliss, secretary of the COM
pany, that credits are now being made
on this account and that II will soon
be definitely known what the extent
of the shortage Is, IL any exists. Should
a shortage be found 1t is the general
good by Mr.. Bliss or his friends, but
should they not do so, there Is left
the alternative of calling on tho bond
company that went surety for Mr..
Bliss as secretary OF the company. IL
this report Is true, the stockholders
have good chance of practically MAX
ing good any deficit that may exist.
Mrs. Thomas L. Hamilton, who was
assistant secretary of the company is
still In the city altho her husband has
gone to their future home In Joliet, ILL.,.
Mrs. Hamilton claims there Is about
$500. in back salary due her from the
company and that she proposes to re-
main until the account is adjusted. 1t
is understood that the report OF the
expert accountant who went over the
records of the company, exonerated
Mrs. Hamilton and stated that she
could not be charged with any wrong
doing so far as her connection with
the company Is concerned. 1t Is UNI
derstood that the Hawkeye Gold Min
ing Company will now take up an in
vestigation of it's affairs. 1t lis limited
that the biggest item that the Hawk
eye Company has to deal with Is the
$4,000. for which check was given
a few days prior to the smash-up and
which the bank charged up to the ac-
count Of the Hawkeye Company. The
offices of the Hawkeye Company are
now In Cedar Rapids, where the secre-
tary and treasurer, George T. Hedges,
rpSidea
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
TROUBLE IN FILING
Unusual Legal Contestat Hamp-
ton Is SCI, tiled In Rather
Peculiar Way
FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
In order for Any Republican Vote to
be Cast for Those Officers, It Will be
Necessary Now to Vote Marked
Ticket - Not Nominated by Caucus
or Convention.
Special to Tlmes-Re Republican.
or Convention


Hampton, Nov. 2.--Trouble over the
filing of candidates names for the OFF,
ces of Justice of the peace in Hampton.
has resulted In n legal contest ana the
settlement of a very nice point In the
code. The republican party In Hamp-
ton did not hold q regular caucus but
the men who are at present hololns the
offices circulated petition ana after IL
was signed they filed it with the county
audi,or soon after that Henry White
decided to become n candidate upon the
republican ticket and accordingly fled
his petition. The county auditor mad
no authority to put three candidates
upon the ticket to fill two vacancies
and he asked the county attorney 1or
Instructions The case was taken pc
fore Judge Richards at Eldora ana ne
decided that according to the law none
of the three candidates could nave
their names put on the republican tlcK-
ct because they were not nominated by
caucus or convention. The three names
II, IL, COluTen, -. w. = ui'Ns' "''S- -
White will now be placed upon an m
dependent ticket at one side ana under
the populst ticket. In order Tor any
republican vote to be cast for these
Offices 1t will now be necessary TO
vote marked ticket that is. to vote
In each square opposite the names OF
the republican candidates. There are
about thirty names on the republican
ticket, SO this will be quite task. This
however, will be the only sure way TO
have the vote count and unless strictiy
adhered to may result In the election
OF the democratic candidates Tor the
two offices OF justice Of the peace. AS
the ticket will now be presented to the
voters, there will he no Candidates
names on the republican ticket for the
offices Of Justice OF the peace. but they
will have to be selected from the In
dependent or citizens tickets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

did not have a sewage system Now
that the city council has taken steps
for the construction Of a sewer sys-
tenn. the commercial club Is making
| inquiry when work will begin on the
new depot. r. II. Springer chairman
of the transportation committee has
| received word from A. W. Trenholm,
general manager OF the Omaha road,
giving assurance that he will do what
he can toward getting credita|ble
structure for station at Sheldon.
Wall Lake.
Frank Engelman, of this place, has
sued the Illinois Central railroad
company for $4,000 damages. He
claims he was injured on March 10.
1904, at Wall Lake, while in the en-
ploy of the company. He declares in
his petition that he was ordered to
take charge of a gasoline engine and
run it; that he was engaged in tight
ening some bolts with wrench when
a spike protruding from a revolving
wheel caught his clothing and crush
ed his right arm, INJECTING a double
fracture and also infiicting other in
juries. He says the spike was stick
ing in the wheel when he took charge
of the engine and that 1t was being
used in the place Of a bolt, thereby
creating negligence on the part of
the company.
Dougherty.
P. H. Catalan, living four miles
north Of town, was awakened by an
unusual commotion among his poultry,
'he 1o"r discovered his
poultry house in flames. A steam
threshing outfit had pulled in there at
o~4oeM the previous evening, an6
soon all hands were out and working
hard to save the big barn which stood
near the buildings, which they accom-
plished. The burned buildings were
a large poultry house, machinery shed
full of machinery and a big corn crib.
Loss about $1,000, fairly well covered
by insurance. The burned buildings
were situated between Mr.. Cahalan's
fine $4,000 residence on the west and
his big $500 barn ON the east. He is
we'll pleased that these two buildings
escaped. How the fire originated is not
known.
Armstrong.
S. j. WIKI who has been making his
home with his son-in law, Louritz Ba-
ago, south of town, met with very
painful accident last Friday while at
work in the field fixing fence. MI.
WIKI was holding the wire away from
the post while Mr.. Baago with heavy
sledge was driving it into the grounh.
Thinking that Mr. Baago had ceased
striking and wanting to move the Top
Of the post little into line with the
others, he put his hand on top OF 1t
just as the heavy sledge struck 1t with
great force The second and third fin
gers were completely smashed and had
to be ampntated while some OF the
others are much bruised and the hana
badly mangled in general Mr. WIKI Is
an elderly man, being about seventy
five years OF age. which makes an OPP
GRAFTON Of this kind all the more pain
full
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

| Washington. ;,
Frank Kallous, sixty one years old
wants a divorce from Annie kallous
fifty-seven years old. They were
married in 1892 at Riverside.
Stuart.
TT. c. Ritchie baggagemaster at Stu
art. fell from a moving train on to the
brick platform at the station Monday
afternoon. II is thought that he sud
denly became weak and fell injurine
his neck and spine and also sprained
his ankle.
Spencer.
William Bustline farmer of Herd
land township, shot himself In the head
on Saturday night with % caliber
rifle. He had been drinking for some
| time and became Respondent He was
found in n barn Sunday morning. He
had been married two years and leaves
a wife "a years old and boy one yeal
old.
Menlo.
]. II. Jones, who has been station
agent for the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroad here for a number Of
yearls, has received official notice of his
assignment to the Atlantic station, to
take the place OF ID. J. Vance, who re-
signed several weeks ago, Mr.. Jones Is
mayor of the town and is also a mem
her of the board of education.
Perry.
The Cramer house was sold this
week by Cramer to F. d. Harrison OF
Versailles, Mo. The new proprietor
will take possession at once and place
the house on a basis Of first class
dollar a day place. He states that In
his opinion there is q good field for
such a house in Perry and that he will
have one conducted that will be a cred
it to the city.
Davenport.
Martin Reidy, aged SO years, of
Rock Island, was found at 8 o'clock on
Sunday morning lying dead on the bank
of Duck creek in Davenport, be-
tween the Dubuque road and Harrison
street. He was found lying on the
bank with the lower part of his body
under water and his head and should
ers resting on the bank. The jury rem
dered verdict to the effect that the
old gentleman died of exposure.
Waterloo.
John Behner, while picking up coal
in the Illinois Central yard this fore
noon at 8 o'clock, was run down by a
train and so severely injured that his
left leg may have to be amputated
He was struck unawares and the limb
horribly crushed and Broken. A part
of the heel was cut off and the bones
broken in three places. The lad was
taken home as soon as possible and a
summoned who is doing all
he can in the hopes of saving the mutt
lated and broken member.
LeMars.
Barney keenan,. Of Stanton, town
ship who has been drinking excess
sively for lone time, was taken In
charge by the authorities on Tuesday
and an application was made to the
court by his relatives to have him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

placed under restraint. The judge
ordered him confined in the inebriate
ward at the Cherokee state asylum for
a period of three years, and he was
taken to Cherokee on Tuesday even
ing by Deputy Sheriff Arendt.
A deal was closed on Wednesday,
whereby the Dow Clothing Company
on Main street changes hands. The
4 new proprietor is John B. Keefe,
well known business man of Sioux
City, who has purchased the entire
J stock and business and assumed the
lease on the premises on Main street.
villsca.
! G. E. Van Meter lost his suit for
$1,000 against the independent school
district Of Villisca. Van Meters case
was an odd one and attracted much
attention in the county lie was hir-
ed in the schools here at a time when
/ Villisca had two school boards as the
result of hitch in election. The old
board hired Mr.. Van Meter, but were
! later forced out Of Office. This move
also left Mr.. Van Meter without job.
To recover damages for this alleged
dwrong he brought suit at Red Oak.
The case was dismissed, the court find
ing that he was hired Illegally.
Cedar Rapids.
| w. Il. Vrba, of 1882 South Sixth
street, driver for the fire department
! at Station G, sustained compound
fractuhe of the ankle Saturday morn
ing by jumping into a life-net. The
firemen are in the habit of practising
at the central station every morning
and one of the maneuvers that they g
thru is the jumping from the window
in the second floor of the building over
looking the alley into the life-net which
is held by about ten of the men. Hith-
, erto there has been no accident at this
practice work. The height from which
the men jump is about fifteen, or pos
sibly nearer twenty, feet.
Prescott.
G. II. Currier made deal last Fri
day whereby he sells his grain and
coal business to George A. Stebbins, OF
Chicago, for $4,000, possession to be
given on or before November /. The
sale includes the grain and coal bust
ness. elevator, cribs and everything
connected with the business. Mr.
Stebbins is well known grain man
and is secretary of the National Grain
Dealers Association. The elevator
will not he merged into a system Of
elevators, but is owned by Mr. Step
bins whose son, assisted by Ray Cur
rer will manage the business. Mr..
Currier began to buy grain In 1873 and
has been at it almost all the time.
Sheldon.
The Sheldon Commercial Club is ta-
king action toward securing a new I'M
ion depot here, which is to be used
Jointly by the three roads entering
Sheldon, the Milwaukee, the Omaha
and the Illinois Central. Preliminary
steps have been taken by the two roads
using the present union depot, the
Milwaukee and the Omaha for the con-
structfon of new building, but the
matter was dropped because Sheldon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
is PROBABLY SANE
No Foundation for Rumor That Tru-
man Gilohrist, tho Murderer, Would
be Sent to Insane AsyIum-Waivcs
Preliminary Hearing.

Special to Times Republican.
Hampton, Nov. THURMAN Gilchrist.
the West Fork man who shot his wife
on last Friday morning. waived his
preliminary hearing and was bound
over to the grand jury by Justice Parks.
In all probability he will be tried be-
fore the next term of court, at which
Judge Richards will preside, and which
convenes here November 18th. No at
tempt has been made to have Gilchrist
declared insane, and while 1t looks to
an outsider as though such would be
an easy thing, 1t is said by many that
It would be difficult to prove Gilchrist
insane. He imagines sometimes that
he is being pursued. but aside from that
he Is apparently rational. Yesterday
a man whom he had not seen since boy
hood, had long talk with Gill
christ and he seemed perfectly sane
and of good memory MS to things that
happened long ago. The puzzling part
of the story Is that there can be found
no evidence at all as to his ever having
done an act or said u thing which was
the least irrational. His insanity, II
he is insane, dates from the time OF
the murder or Immediately before. A
nelghbor by the name of Platt was at
the Gilchrist home until late In the
evening, on the night before the killing
and he says that Gilchrist was APP
parently as sane then as ever. None OF
his many neighbors ever suspicloned
him of being insane. He was a quiet
man, not particularly hard working
and had accumulated but little prop
erty. He never complained OF his lot
though and never said a word in pub
lie or private conversation against his
wife until after he had killed her. The
rumor that Gilchrist would be sent
to the insane asylum is without foun-
dalton as no information has been
filed with the county clerk and 1t Is
that the question Of Gilchnsts
sanity will be interposed as a defense
TO the trial for the murder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.
He Cured Himself of Serious Stomach
Trouble by Getting Down to First
oc;no;olae

He Cured Himself of Serious Stomach
Trouble by Getting Down to FRS
Principles.
A man Of large affairs in one of oul
| prominent eastern cities by too close
attention to business, too little exer-
else and too many club dinners, final
ly began to pay natures tax, LEVIED II
the form of chronic stomach trouble
the failure of his digestion brought
about a nervous irritability making Il
impossible to apply himself to his daily
business and finally deranged the kid
neys and heart.
In his owns words he says: Il con-
suited one physician after another anG
each one seemed to understand my
case, but all the same they each failed
to bring about the return of my former
digestion. appetite and vigor. For two
wears went from pillar to post, from
one sanitarium to another gave uI
smoking, I quit coffee and even re-
nounced my daily glass or two Of beer
but without any marked Improvement
Friends had often advised me to try
well known proprietary medicine
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and / had
often perused the newspaper advertise
ments Of the remedy but never took
any stock in advertised remedies nor
could believe fifty-cent patent medi-
cine would touch my case.
"To make a long story short finally
bought couple of packages at the
nearest drug store and took two or
three tablets after each meal and oc-
casionally q tablet between meals when
I felt any feeling Of nausea or discom-
fort.
II was surprised at the end of the
first week to note a marked improve
ment in my appetite and general health
and before the two packages were gone
I was certain that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets was going to cure completely
and they did not disappoint me. 1 can
eat and sleep and enjoy my coffee and
cigar, and no one would suppose had
ever known the horrors of dyspep-
STA.
"Out of friendly curiosity wrote to
the proprietors Of the remedy asking
for information as to what the tablets
contained and they replied that the
principal ingredients were aseptic
pepsin government test), malt dias-
tase and other natural dtgestives which
digest food regardless of the condition
Of the stomach"
The root of the matter is this, the
digestive elements contained in
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest
the food and give the overworked
stomach a chance to recuperate and
the nerves and whole system receive
the nourishment which can only come
from food; stimulants and nerve tom
les never give real strength, they give
a fictitious strength, followed by reac-
ton. Every drop OF blood, every nerve
and tissue is manufactured from our
daily food, and if you can insure it's
prompt action and complete digestion
by the regular use of so good and
wholesome remedy as stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets, you will have no need
of nerve tonics and sanitariums.
Altho Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
have been In the market only few
years. yet probably every druggist in
the United States, Canada and Great
Britain now sells them and considers
them the most popular and successful
Of any preparation for stomach trouble
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02

dark mustache and hair tinged with
gray. and light blue eyes. He was
dressed in u black coat and vest. strip
ed pants a black hat and new pair
of coarse heavy shoes In his possess
sion were found n husking glove, II
huslting peg. small bottle OF vase
line and n copper penny. There was
not n scrap OF paper or anything at all
upon his person that will serve as IL
mark Of Identification. The train struck
him In the right side. breaking his
arm, leg and several ribs on that side.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
CONTEST NOT DECIDED.

Foreign Creditors Of Sheldon Bank
Claim Equal Rights With Dcpositors.
Special to Times Republican.
Sheldon, Nov. 1.-The contest be-
tween the creditors in the Sheldon
State Bank matter, was submitted lust
week but no decision will be reached
until the December term of court. The
foreign creditors who can not be class
ed as depositors. are striving to secure
n construction of the statute that will
give them equal rights with the de-
positors. notwithstanding the provision
OF the statute making deDositors pre-
ferred,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
RALLY At WEBB.

Hon. J. U. sannn,is Delivers Rous.
ing Republican Speech.
Special 10 Times Republican
Webb, Nov. 2.--Hon. ]. N. Sammis,
OF LeMars, was the principal attraction
at political rally held here Monday
night. A crowded house was present
to hear this noted political speaker ana
a good impression was made by his
speech. which dealt with party issues.
This is the third republican rally held
in Clay county within the past week
and all have been enthusiastic and we'll
a+fapdo1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-02
Novel Campaign Methods.

Sp0CIUI 10 Observation-Disclosures.
Eldora Nov. I'm this day of up
to-dateness. novelties in campaign
methods are in order as well as In 9TH
err of the simpler things In life and the
little town of Aurora is entitled to the
prize for presenting the most novel
campaign meeting thus far introduced
in the Third district. A graphophone,
a steriopticon and illustrated songs and
recitations are all to enter in and make
up program of which Congressman
Birdsall will make the central figure at
Aurora a few nights before election.