Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-10
A Great Deal of Enthusiasm
Manifested In the ReciDro-
city Conference
f NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
Expected That Definite Program of
Procedure on the Part of the Advo-
Gates of Reciprocity Will be Adop-
ted-Hedse May Not be Candidate
for Reelection.
Special to Times Republican

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, Aug. 10.--Consider
able interest ~ being taken here in thu
coming reciprocity convention In Chi
cage. The conference will be hsld mex
week, and tho the Commercial Club o
this city Will not have delegates pres
ent there are assurances that there
will be great many delegates from
the state at large there. Practical.
every man who has been identified
state. will be there. 1t Is learned from
those Interested in the movement that
! assurances have been given out by the
| committee on arrangements within the
last few days that there will De abou,
| 1900 delegates In attendance at the
| conference and that the meeting will
| be of decided national Importance. 1t
| is expected that at this time u definite
| program will be decided upon by the
| conference and that the program tho
| adopted by a bipartisan conference
will have a great deal to do III shaping
any possible action Of the rlext con-
1 gress on the matter of the tariff. 1t is
| learned here too, on authority that is
| absolutely unimpeachable, that Presi-
| dent Roosevelt is not hostile to the
| conference as has been given out by
some of the eastern papers, tut is fol-
| lowing closely the arrangements for
| the conference and is deeply Interested
in the outcome. A large number OF
| delegates have been named from this
state by Governor Cummins as has
| been done by all the other governors In
| the west.
| John L. Thompson of this city has
| been in the southeastern part of the
state and he brings home the word
| that Congressman Thomas Hedge will
not likely be candidate for the next
term and that there is strong OPPOSE
ton to his candidacy. Mr.. Thompson
is editor of the Iowa State Bystander
weekly published here. He declares
ii he heard the belief frequently ex-
pressed that there would be strong OPP
position to Mr.. Hedge and that the
railroad interests would not likely al
term. The belief has otter been ex-
pressed that Hedge would not have
been elected at the last election but for
the fact that it was presidential year
and he was carried thru with the rest
Of the ticket 1t is probable that he
would be a much stronger candidate
and a more difficult one to defeatsit is
claimed, were he to leave liquor alone.
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newspapers Of that district have re-
ported that Mr.. Hedge was in state
Of intoxication while engaged in his
campaigns and after having; secured an
election he failed to straighten up
His taste for the flowing bowl will, it
is claimed, be made a stronger charge
against him in the next campaign, if
he should determine to run, than in
any of those that have passed.
49,
A breach of promise suit will be one
of the features of the supreme court
hearings at the term which opens Sep
TENDER 10. The case is from Wash
ington county. Miss Blanche Mckee
brought suit against Banks Mouser.
She was 81 and he was 80 years of age.
She claims that as a blind to his moth
err and to make her believe that his
love affairs with Miss Mckee were not
serious they quit going together for a
time and she got her cousin, Miss Eva
Booth, to go with Mouser Then
Mouser fell in love with Miss Booth
and married her. This Miss Mckee
claims was a breach of their agree
ment to be married, and she asked the
court for $1,000 and got a verdict for
$1,000.
According to Miss McKee's petition in
the case they began going together
Oct. /, 1896, and he conducted himself
as a sutton for her heart and hand.
June 3, $780, she claims he proposed
the delicate matter Of nlatrimony and
she promptly accepted him. Then
there came quarrel as is claimed
to occur in every case of true love,
and on Dec. 26, 1901 she dimissed him
in a letter which she wrote to him.
But he refused to be dismissed and
still sought her attentions and in Sep
TENDER, 1908, she finally withdrew her
dismissal and they were engaged again.
She claims than in August, 1904, he
notified her that he didn't love her and
didn't intend to marry her, and the fol-
lowing month married her cousin.
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Mouser claims that he went over to
his neighbours frequently to see the
whole family. There was a family OF
girls there and he enjoyed spending
winter evenings there, but had no SER
ious intentions whatever after he was
dismissed by her. He further denies
that he went with Miss Booth as a blind
to his mother but that it was a serious
matter with them.
In making the improvements at the
state house some forgotten rooms and
spaces have been discovered that are
being utilized One of these was a
shaft that extended from the top OF
the building to the basement. 1t is back
Of the secretary of states office and
was about six feet square. When the
space was discovered it was decided to
use it as vaults on the different floors.
Accordingly floors were built IN and
doors cut into the space and in the
secretary of states office this space
is used for steel filing cases. The
opening into it is from the vault
and the fire would never reach
it, Now. however, that the electric
clans are trying to wire the building
for the lights for the inches where
the battle flags are to be placed they
have discovered that it would have