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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

Ike speers, who was pounding key
down at the Western Union station,
and forever getting up shows put
me on with an amateur minstrels CIV
en- In the Odeon opera house. The
local paper declared me a ringer l
was SO good, and l have been in the
business since 1895 in consequence
"Mr. Downs has toured the entire
United States vert to Europe In 1899,
remained for twenty-six consecutive
weeks at the famous Palace theater,
London, and following that engage
ment was engaged for ten weeks for
each year for the following three
years at the equally famous Empire
theater, London, filling in the remain
ing time with continental tours.
cts all Ike ,speers' fault COM
plains Mr.. Downs. If he hadn't dis
covered me with his bum minstrel
show in 1895, I should probably still
be pounding keys at some railroad
station. AS 1t is now, / am always on
the jump, altho can not say that
the life has gone much against me-
"As a matter of fact, Mr. Downs
has two rich Iowa farms and q fat
bank account to his credit, and in
spite of the daily necessity OF palming
dozen coins or cards simultaneously,
has gained fifty pounds in the past
five fortnights.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
DOWNS in MINNEAPOLIS.
r. Nelson's Performance Thought
Well Of by Minneapolis Tribune.

sT. Nelson's Performance Thought
Well Of by Minneapolis Tribune.
The following, taken from the Mir
neapolis Tribune, will be of interest
locally, as 1t concerns two Of MARSHALL
towns well known men, Tommy
Downs, who is now playing an en-
gagement at Orpheum theater at Min
neapolis and like" Speers, manager of
the Lyceum theater Of the same city.
The Tribune says:
photographers would not have to
strike in an endeavor to better their
condition if they we're all like T. Mel
son Downs, king of koins,'' appearing
at the Orpheum this week with his
unusual exhibition Of presdigitation.
"For, when T. Nelson Downs was
Just plain Tom Of Marshalltown, Ia,
he spent nearly twelve years of his
existence pounding brass and selling
tickets for railroads, but all that time
his restless hands were mastering the
art Of palming, and 1t is related that
he could sell a ticket to Tama with
one hand and astonish the purchasing
yokel by palming the change with the
other
"I began practicing palming SO
early I can hardly remember the
date says Mr.. Downs. I think got
the habit from my father, for ! re-
member he used to palm me frequent
ly At any rate, often amused my
self by giving i1npromptu exhibitions
with the coins and cards for travel
ing men waiting for trains. And then
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
R,ne Range In church Vaults.

Lord Roberts recently descended the
extensive vaults beneath the church
yard of ST. Martinsin-the-F Fields, West
minister. and there opened new tube
rife range which has been constructed
for the Westminster City Council Ri
fe club says the London Express.
The length Of this curiously situated
range is twenty five yards, the equiva-
Ont of an ordinary range of 200 yards.
Lord Roberts seia his daughter and
eyeral Of his staff in India began their
.ooting with pea rife in a ballroom,
5. his stsf eGiee-s Developed into sx-
aorlinary good shotS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Rowing outnt For Passengers.

One of the features of the new Ger
man Lloyd steamer Washington, which
is building in Germany, will be row.
ing outfit for use Of passengers during
the trips across the Atlantic, says the
New York Mail. It is announced that
there will be six rowing machines fit
ted up on the lifeboat deck for ath-
letes who may cross in the vessel and
who wish to keep down their weight en-
route EARLY advantage may be taken
of this, for it Is said that the Argonaut
Rowing club Of Toronto is preparing to
send a crew to Henley next, year to
compete for the Grand Challenge cup.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
RoHs AND GOES INSANE.
Young Man of cordova Becomes Graz,
From Rrnndinn Over He Crime

Young Man Of Cordova Becomes Crazy
From Brooding Over His Crime.
Des Moines, Nov. 3O.--C. f. Hart,
young man residing at Cordova, Iowa,
and acted as deputy for his mother,
Mrs. NJ. e. Hart, the Cordova post
mistress, has confessed to robbing tie
mails and forging the name of c. L
Ballard, agent of the Wabash railroad
at Cordova, After his confession he
gave back the money he stole, left
Cordova, went to Knoxville, Iowa.
and there went insane, and has just
been incarcerated at the state hospital
at Mount Pleasant.
The case is one of the most peculiar
on record. Hart about ten days ago
opened letter containing a check for
$4450, which was made in favor of
Agent Ballard and which the latter had
endorsed in blank and mailed with a
letter to his bank at Knoxville, Iowa,
Hart took the check out of the letter
before it left Cordova, then sent the
letter to Knoxville, Ill. He then came
to Des Moines and represented him
self to be c.. r. Ballard, cashing the
check at Johnson, Miller & Company's
store in this city, where he made some
purchases.
When Ballard missed the check he
began an Investigation and on Monday
of this week young Hart confessed
everything to him and gave him back
the money Ballard decided not to
push the case against him, and Hart
left Cordova for Knoxville He has
been looked upon in the light of
peculiar character by residents of
Cordova for some time. He is barely
twenty-one years of age and two years
ago became wildly infatuated with
widow some years his senior. Mrs.
Belle Hollingsworth, whom he married
as soon as he came OF age. He was
taken to Mount Pleasant today
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
SUES THE NORTHWESTERN.
n. c. Christensen Of Clinton Files Suit
In District Court.


Special to Times-Republican.
Clinton, Nov. 30-Herman G. Cars
Jensen, Of this city, is the plaintiff in
suit filed yesterday by Attorney I. w.
Hall against the Chicago & Northwes-
tern Railroad company for 1899 for
personal injuries. The action will
come up at the January term OF the
district court.
In his petition the plaintiff states
that on September L. 1905. while he
was rightfully and lawfully. with care
and caution, attending to his duties as
brakeman, riding on an engine from
the round house at Boone out to wher~
1t was his duty to turn a switch in the
yards, he was caught by hook or bolt
that was carelessly and negllgently al
lowed to remain on the. door of the
round house and thrown against and
under an engine; by reason OF which
he was crushed. his left arm was
broken, the cords, sinews and muscles
of his entire body bruised and hurt.
causing him to suffer great pain, and
permanently injuring him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Real Estate Transfers.

Guss Brucklacher of Puma county,
Arizona, to Harry Brucklacher, land
in Greencastle township, $1,000.
Frederick Brucklacher, of Turner
county, S. D., and wife, to Harry
Brucklacher, land in Green Castle
township, $1,000.
Daniel Brucklacher and wife to
Harry Brucklacher, land in Green
Castle township, $1,000.
William Brucklacher Of Turner
county. South Dakota, to Harry
Brucklacher, land in Greencastle
township, $1,000.
Charles Satia and wife to Allie E.
Pinkerton, land In West Marshall,
800.
William Brociman and wife to Chris
Brockman, land in Melbourne. $4,000.
l.. H. Pearson and wife to Fay B.
Burch. land in Melbourne. 5000.
Herman Bohnsack and wife, to
James Hunter and Mary Hunter, land
in Melbourne, $3.50.
Frances Smith to d. T. Denmead,
trustee, part of lots II and IL, block
3, Schofield's addition, 81.
R. E. Gray and wife to Clara j.
Weeks, land In Rhodes, $500.
j. 7. Kirby and wife to Anton
Scheid, lot 4, block 3, Fer ner's second
addition, $50.
William Bender ct al, to Henry Ben
der, land in Gilman, $500.
Fred w. Curtis and wife, to George
w. Darling, lots two and three, block
@, Brenneck & Heald's addition, 500.
p. w. Coe and wife to Mrs. Emma
Evans, land in State Center. $4,000.
Mrs. Emma Evans to P. w. Coe, land
in State Center. $1,000.
Alice e. Gray and husband to L. #.
Kellogg, lot 10, block I. Woods sec
ond addition, $50.
Gertrude Tembusch to Joseph NJ.
schlueter. land in Haverhill, $500.
Bertha q. Johnson to Christina
johnson, land in Quarry, $500.
Fay B. Burch and wife to G. W..
Hall, land in Melbourne, $3.50.
Lars Berntson and wife to John Oh
son, land in Dunbar, $50.
Henry j. Weber and wife to ]. e.
Fitch, Of Freeborn county, Minnesota
part of lot 1, block IA. Gillespie's addi-
ton. $1,000.
Clara Belle Janss and husband to
Charles R. Speers, lots II and -,
block 1, Webster's fourth addition,
$1,000.
John Osten to, Conrad Weissenber-
ger, land in Laurel, $1,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
BURNS BEsTs CARLSON.
Wins Fast Wrestling Match at Des
Moines

Des Moines, Nov. 30.-Farmer Burns
maintained his reputation as the
craftiest wrestler that ever stepped on
a mat when he won from the giant
Swede Albert Carlson, at the Audi
torium last evening. 1t was a great
match, probably the hardest fought
ever seen in Des Moines, and it was
witnessed by the largest crowd. Burns,
from previous performances, was .he
favorite until after the first ten min-
utes wrestling when the Swetle's stock
seemed to go up and, when the gia it
won the first fall Burns has at last
met his match" was heard all over TIE
big building. But those who knew
Burns best said wait" Burns was
not through and by shifty, careful
work, mixing it roughly at times, he
gained the last two, falls and the
match.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Dixie PHYSICIAN MOVES AWAY.
Departure Of Dr.. c. c. Hummel, and
Family Is Much Regretted.


Dixie, Nov. 3O,-Dr. C. G. Hummel,
who recently sold out his drug store to
w G. Strayer, of Hudson, left hast
night for Burlington, where he will be
Joined by his wife. A little later on
they will make preparations to leave
for Colorado Springs, Col, where they
will remain for an indefinite period.
for the benefit of the doctors health.
DIR. Hummel has been in business iE
Dixie since the tow. started, five and q
half years ago. He was a member OF
the city council was successful in the
drug business and physician Of
marked ability The family has a
wide circle of friends in Dixie and vi
entity, and their departure is much
regretted
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
MATT BALDEs ON TRIAL.
Sioux County Farmer Charged With
Killing Wife Before the District

orange City, Nov. so.-The trial of
Matt Baldes, of this county, charged
with the killing of his wife on his
farm in the south part of the county
by beating and kicking her, began
here yesterday morning. The entire
time thus far has been consumed by
the state. Baldes was on the witness
stand at o'clock. 1t is expected that
the trial will be brief and the case will
go to the jury early today. Judge
Kennedy is presiding.
The case is attracting much atten-
ton, as the parties concerned are we'll
known all over Sioux county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Deaths at Mitchell lille.

Special to Times-Republica
Michellville, Nov. 30.-The Death OF
Niniau Jameson, an old resident Of
this place, occurred Monday evening
and the funeral took place yesterday
at 2 o'clock. He was a veteran of the
civil war.
James Stewart, Jr, died at his home
in Franklin township Monday, his dis
ease being consumption.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. Csc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

When you want pleasant physic
try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are easy to take and
produce no gripping or other unpleasant
effect. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
and colds; reliable, tried and tested,
safe and sure. For sale by Mcbride &
Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Hide and Fur Market.
IixerpooL Grain.

Liverpool Nov go
wheat-steady, spot IS 71sd; De-
cember 6s 11asd.
corn-steady. spot Is lid; January.
Is 1850.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN nv.
Maple Leaf Route.

Effective 1901 p, M. June %. 1903
TRAINS SOUTH.
No. l. d. NJ. & K. c. Ltd. 4:45 a m
No. S. D. MIST. ]. Ok. c. Elk. $3.50 a m
No. 8, Southwestern Express 1905 p m
No. Z. Des Moines Express. 4:35 { m
TRAINS NORTH AND EAST.
n. 8. Twin City & Chi. Spec. S4:os Z m
No. !. St Paul & CHI. Elk. 1855 q m
No. 3. Twin C'y & Chi. Ltd. 1855 D m
No. 8. Oelwein Express -. 7:10 D m
All trains daily, except Nos. and 6.
J. r. HARDING,
Agent, MarshaIItown,
J.. p. ELMER, q. p. A., Chicago.
e. M. a ST. r.. RAILWAY CO.
limo CARO- at Pickering.
EAST BOUND.
No 4, Passenger Daily -. 1:42 D m
No. 26, Passenger Daily -. 1926 D M
No "a, Local Freight Ex.
Sunday .............1:2O n
WEST BOUND.
No. Is, Daily Ex Sunday. 2:56 o m
No. 8, Daily .............. 500 M
No. IL, Daily ........... 1:45 m
No. SO, Local Freight Ex...
Sundays ................ 11:25 N
J. G. ETHEL, Agent.
TIME CARD ELECTRIC STREET
RAILWAY
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
Thomas Brown, Alleged Burglar,
Must Return to Indiana
STATE Prison.
JOHN BERG CLAIMS COERCION
The Two Men Who are Alleged to Have
Stolen Many Chickens and Turkeys
are Arraigned in the Circuit
Court.-Both Plead Guilty.
Fron1 Mondays Dai1y.l

Thomas Brown and John Berg, who
were arrested late in December on a
charge of stealing turkeys from the
farm of Martin Johnson in the town
of Pleasant Prairie, were arraigned
before Judge Be1den in the circuit
court this morning, and both entered
a plea of guilty to the charges
brought against them. At the request
of the district attorney the sentence
against Brown was suspended and he
will be sent back to Indiana to serve
an unexpired term of eleven years in
The Indiana officials have notified
District Attorney Baker that they will
send for Brown as soon as he is form
ally turned over to them by the
courts of Wisconsin. This will not
prevent Brown being brought back to
this county at the end of his term in
the Indiana prison if the authorities
care to push the charge against him.
The case of Berg is a peculiar one.
Berg admitted his guilt as charged,
but set up coercion as a defense claim
ing that he was forced to rob by
Brown who had repeatedly threatened
to kill him. Berg is a simple Nor
wegian, twenty-three years of age
and has been in this country less than
a year. At the time of his arrest he
al once told the sheriff and his assist
ants the story of the different robber-
les and claimed that he was forced to
accompany Brown on the raides. In
court this morning Berg stated to the
Judge that Brown had threatened him
with knife, and that at one time he
had drawn pitchfork on him and
had threatened to kill him if he did
not continue in business with him.
Brown is evidently criminal of
years standing and he had absolutely
nothing to say when he entered his
plea of guilty.
It is alleged that Brown was within
ten miles of the scene of the famous
Joliet automobile murder in which
John w. Bate met his death, and there
are several remarkable condolences
connected with the event. A day
after the murder Brown made his ap-
pearance in Kenosha, and he has
been here ever since.
Attorney Baker stated this morning
that he had no evidence to connect
Brown with the murder, but that the
case might merit an investigation.
The judge took a couple of hours to
think over the case of Berg, and he
was brought back into court this af-
ternoon.
Judge Be1den assessed Berg a fine
of SIS and costs, or thirty days in the
county jail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
AFTER FORTY YEARS
Deed Given by Serene Fisk Forty
Years Ago Filed for Record
in the Registers Office
TITLES SIMILARLY AFFECTED

In the office of the register of deeds
this morning deed was filed for rec
ord which had been given by Serene
Fisk in 1860. The deed covered prop
erty in the town of Somers which had
been sold by Mr.. Fisk to MariasH uck-
ms. This is the first time that any
record of the deed had been. made IN
the county, and to all intents and pur-
poses so far as public records were
concerned, the property was"still IN
the hands of Mr.. Fisk. No question
has ever been raised as to the owner
ship of the property, as the heirs OF
the late Serene Fisk believed that II
had long since been properly trans.
ferred on the books of the county.
Register of Deeds Torrey states that
that there are many similar cases in
the records of the county, and in
many cases farms and city property
sold years and years ago, still remain
on the records as the property OF the
original owners.
The deeds to this property have
long since been turned over to the
rightful owners, but these people
have taken no steps to have the deeds
recorded, and as result the records
are left in hopeless tangle. OF
course no one stands to lose by this
care1essness save the parties owning
the property.
These old deeds are, in many in
stances, stored away in an old bureau
drawer and the owner has never given
them so much as a second thought.
The destruction Of these documents
by FIRE or other means would result in
the titles of such property being
hope1ess1y entailed, and should the
former owners of the property prove
dishonest in the matter it would be
impossible for the present owner to
secure any sort of title.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
THE NC WICKER THEATRE.

Vim. A. Brady's ssGir1s Will be
Girls, = musical farce exploiting Al.
Leech and the Three Rosebuds, is the
present attraction at McVicker's in
Chicago, and will remain there until
Feb 4. The comedy is tried success
and had long run in New York and
other eastern cities. It's fun is fast
and furious.
But ssGir1s Will be Girls is not the
only good thing announced by the
McVicker management. Immediately
following the musical piece Andrew
Mack will appear for two weeks in
1.-THE Way to Kenmare,' a comedy
Of Irish life in the present time.
Mr.. Mack is one of the greatest
favorites who visit Chicago, and his
present engagement will be the last
before he goes to Australia tocharm
the antipodeans with his charming
personality and delightful singing
voice. Besides these attractions he
can act. There isn'ta bomber laddie
now before the public. 2s
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
Plan to Form Chautauqua Assem-
bly, in kenosha is Favored by
People Of the City.
COULD USE JACOBS ISLAND.
James Shaw, of Bloomington, Meets
With the Business Men of Kenosha
and Explains the Workings of
Plan for Chautauqua Work.

Plans for the opening of Chautau-
qua assembly in Kenosha were discus
sed at length at meeting between
the business men of the city and
James Shaw of Bloomington, ILL.,, at
the Y. M. C. "A. building Monday
evening. The fact that there we're
several other attractions kept many
people from attending the smeeting
but the little handful of men who at
tended the session were enthusi-
astical1y in favor of accepting the
scheme proposed by Mr.. Shaw.
The plan as proposed by Mr.. Shaw
included the use of Jacobs island as
the home of the assembly in Kenosha
and it was stated that the island COM
pany which controls the tract of land
was willing to allow the assembly to
have it for mere nominal rent of $50
a year. Mr.. Shaw explained that if
the people of the city would take up
the matter and provide for the sale OF
the tickets he would take the entire
management Of it upon himself and
see to it that the Chautauqua was a
success.
He stated that he would plan ten
days Chautauqua with sixty enter
tainments and the cost of a course
ticket for the entire ten days would
be but $1.50, thus making the enter
tainments cost less than three cents
each. He would also provide the tents
and the auditorium and these tents
would be supplied to the people inter-
ested at the rate of So for the entire
season Mr.. Shaw stated that he
would work with the committee in the
sale of the tickets and suggested the
formation of al stock company in
which every person taking block of
ten or more tickets would be stock
holder.
The committee to solicit for the sale
of tickets was not appointed at the
meeting Monday night, but the mat
ter will be discussed during the next
two weeks, and at that time Mr.. Shaw
will return to Kenosha and aid in the
further work of pushing the as
SemDlys
Mr.. Shaw has been most successful
in this work of organizing Chaut-
auqua assemblies and he is now in
charge of thirteen summer meetings,
and all of them have been most sue
cessfu1. His work at Racine shows
what can be done in cities along the
lake shore, and he is of the opinion
that an assembly in Kenosha would be
even more successful than one in
Racine.
The matter will be laid before the
people Of the city in the next two
weeks, and it is to be hoped that they
will take up the matter with the pre-
lininary committee and give it every
possible support.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
WINS SEVEN MEDALS.

The College Of Agriculture Of the
University of Wisconsin has just re-
ceived official announcement of the
awards made to the various depart
ments for exhibits at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition. The awards are
seven in number, three grand prizes,
three silver medals and one bronze
medal. The grand prizes are awarded
as follows: ~ for Dairy Laboratory
exhibit prepared by Prof. E. H. Far
rington; ~ for exhibit on dairy in
struction and results of investiga.
tions, prepared by Prof. r. Fl. Far.
rington; ~ for the Babcock test in.
vented by DR.. S. M. Babcock. The
silver medals we're conferred as fol-
lows ~ for exhibit showing soil
aspirator and apparatus for determine
ing relative rates of flow of ali
through soils of different texture and
structure, prepared by Prof. A. r,
Whitson; ~ for exhibit on instruction
and investigation in drainage and ir.
rigation, prepared by Prof. A. r
Whitson; ~ for exhibit illustrating
feeding value Of corn by-products
prepared by DR.. F. w. Wolf. The
bronze medal was given for the ex
hibit showing methods of pruning
prepared by DR.. E. p. Sandsten.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-26
FOR STATE MEET.
Y. M. c. A. Athletes Preparing for the
State Meet at Fond du Lac.

Practice for the State Y. M. G. A.
Indoor Athletic meet, to be held at
Fond du Lac in March, has already
begun in the X. M. C. A. gymnasium,
and the first handicap try-out will oc-
cur on Wednesday evening, Feb. LIST.
The entries close on Jan. 18th and a
large entry list is expected.
The events to be contested are the
12-pound shot put, pole vault, running
high jump, three standing broad
jumps and the quarter mile race
around stands as in the potato race.
Prizes will be awarded the winners
of the events, and since it is to be a
handicap meet, all will stand an equal
chance to win.
If there are any athletes in Kenosha
who would like to try for a place on
the team which represents this city at
the state meet, they will be welcomed
at the Y. M. c. A. and given every
opportunity to practice their spec
ia1ty. 1t is hoped that several old
college amateurs will enter to help
keep the silver cup which was won by
Kenosha last year.