Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-15
Union County Man Said to Have
Decided to Make Effort to
Defeat Hepburn
WOULD BE STRONG OPPONENT
Congressman HulIs Family to Reside
in the East, His Des Moines Resi-.
dence Having Been Leased to For
mer State Printer RassdaIe-Inter.
est in cummins' Address.
to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 15.-Senator J. B.
Harsh of Creston, in Union county, will
be candidate against Congressman
w. II. Hepburn in the Eighth district
and strong pressure is being brought to
bear on Hon. B. w. Garrett, Of Deca-
tur county, pardon clerk in the office
of Governor Cummins, to induce him
to become candidate. 1t is possible
Mr.; Garrett may not enter the race for
the reason that it would necessitate his
absence from his duties in the govern
ors OFFICE Senator Harsh was the
senator in the district in which Union
county is located some nine years ago
He is an able and capable lawyer.
While his candidacy has not been an
nounced and may not be officially for
some time, 1t can be said on the most
reliable authority that he will be a
candidate 1t is believed that Senator
Harsh will make very strong candi-
date. The situation in the Eighth dis
trtct, much to the discontinue of the
standpat papers over the state, has as
sumed very serious aspect for Con-
gresham Hepburn. Heretofore the op-
position has been but mild and failed
to live thru a campaign. Those who
are acquainted with A. I. Smith are
predicting that he will make one of the
most stubborn fights the district has
ever known and say without hesitation
that he will remain in the fight to the
end and will endeavor to campaign the
entire district. Mr.. Smith was in the
city yesterday for short time, leaving
| on an early morning train. He stated
that the little work that he has already
done on his campaign has given him
the greatest encouragement.
Congressman ]. "A. T. Hull has leas-
ed his residence out on West Grand
avenue for two years to former State
Printer Ragsdale. Captain Hull is now
in the east on his farm in Virginia. He
has also given up his office in the
Capital City Bank building on the east
side, and to all intents and purposes
is now resident of the east. Captain
Hull. during all the time he has been
| in Washington, has maintained his res
| tdence here and has kept his residence
ready for occupying at any time. His
family has remained in the east all
the time, with the exception Of short
period during each primary campaign,
when they have come to Des Moines
and occupied their residence. The two
years lease that he has now given on
his residence will cover the next cam
paign and it is therefore presumed that
the congressman from the Seventh dis
trict doesn't intend to even have his
family here during the next campaign
Professor e. A. Cummings stated to-
day that the work In the state house
would be all completed in two weeks
more and that the scaffolding and all
the dirt would be removed by the time
the state fair opens. With the possible
exception of the painting around the
inches in the rotunda which may have
to be left over till the week following
the fair all the work will then be done.
The first plastering on the interior Of
the inches was done yesterday.
A damage suit Of unusual nature has
been appealed to the supreme court
from Linn county. Behind the plant
of the electric light company in Cedar
Rapids there is a pond large enough
to swim and fish in. Men and boys
continually went there to fish, it is
claimed, with the knowledge of the
officials Of the electric light company,
The land belonged to the company and
was unfenced. An exhaust steam pipe
extended from the plant towards this
pond and the hot water sometimes
blown out of this pipe in cleaning out
boilers caused the water to be kept
warm and thus attracted the fish to
that part Of the pond. Otto Ambroz,
young boy, with other boys, was at the
pond and was standing in front Of this
exhaust pipe when the hot water and
steam was turned on and his back was
so badly scalded that he was in the
hospital a long time. He sued the
electric light company for $4,000 and
got verdict of $3.50 against which
the company appeals. 1t is the claim
of the boys attorneys that the COM
pany was to blame for the reason that
it made the place attractive for boys
by warming up the water with it's
steam and thus attracting the fish and
making it good swimming hole and
also by erecting water tank around
which was ledge forming a very
convenient seat while fishing in that
end Of the pond The company con-
tends, on the other hand, that the
boy was negligent in contributory
way and that the land on which the
boy was hurt was private property
and that he was a trespasser and, fur
thermore, that the company could not
be held responsible for making the
place an attractive one for boys when
it became attractive merely in an Incl
dental way, due to their erecting
water tank.
Considerable interest centers in the
coming address of Governor Cummins
which will be delivered before the reel