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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
CLEVER WOMAN DETECTIVE.
Mss ADELAIDE C. RUSSELL
AMONG MOST SUCCESSFUL
OF MODERN SLEUTHS.

Assumes Many Peculiar Disguises
and Visits Little known Sections
Is Talented Musician and Accom-
piished Lingulst.
Equipped with a personality as
charming as it is distinctive Miss AIDE
latde G. Russell has Joined the army
of women workers, but in such q unique
way that her accomplishments cannot
fail to interest other women through
out the entire country.
Miss Russell is a detective, but the
many disagreeable attributes which are
commonly supposed to go hand in hand
with this profession are wanting in
the case of this interesting young
woman who follows it rather from a
love Of its adventures than for the
results which it brings about.
Six years service in connection with
the New York Pinkerton forces and on
private work have given to Miss Rus.
sell q fund Of interesting experiences
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

look Of despair crept into his face.
Eyes he will, Teddy I'll send him
word. know he'll come Teddy, if
you'll only get well. You know the
doctor and | are trying so hard to
make you strong, but you must help.
Medicine won't do it all. You must
think about getting better, and try to
eat and laugh and be happy. And the
go away and you will be just as well
as | am
1t was large idea, and his little
mind could not take it in easily.
How can you tell him where | am?"
He was suspicious.
why, I'll send him letter."
Couldn't you send him a telegram?
It'd get there lots quicker. An tell
him to answer paid" He was on IA
miliar ground now.
She thought it over a little before
she replied. "All right, Teddy, Ill
send him telegram. And il he says
he'll come will you try real hard,
dearie?" Tears Of hope stood in her
eyes.
"Yes," he said finally. "If he says
he'll bring me tree with lots OF red
an blue an green an yellow things
on 1t, an some candy, an-an'-a To-
connective ingyne what'll run all by it.
sell"
She drew the covers around his neck
and tucked him in snugly. 'I'lI tell
him. dearie," she said. And / just
know he'll bring the 1ngyne'. Now go
to sleep and you'll wake up in the
morning lots better" She strOked the
little head gently. Slowly his eyes
closed and he slept.
Amy went to Fer room. At her desk
she wrote note to the manager of
the telegraph company, and taking ii
to the front door dropped 1t In the let
ter box with a littla prayer.
Teddy's first words the next MORN
ing were full of anticipation. Got
that wire YETI" Amy smiled reassur-
ingly. "Oh, it's too early. Wait till
this afternoon"
He ate his breakfast with relish. and
there was a new note N his voice
when the doctor came In. But II was
a part OF their plan that the doctor
should not know, and though Teddy
was on the peak Of expectancy lie
kept the secret
AT three o'clock q messenger
brought Amy yellow envelope. ana
she took it straight to Teddy's bed
He reached for It eagerly, tore It omen
and with shining eyes read the mes
sage:
VIM stop BY some time Christmas
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
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Clang clang clang -a-lang-a.lang-a
lang Down the broad, brilliantly
lighted avenue swept a heavy fire
truck, its five dappled horses united
In a mad gallop. Ten-year-old Teddy
ONeill, Western Union messenger
boy, cut suddenly into the avenue
from side street and circled on his
wheel like an eagle His eyes fol-
lowed the truck with longing. It was
a struggle 'twixt duty and pleasure.
Then an engine dashed into sight. 1t
was drawn by three magnificent
blacks, and in the darkness it cleaned
like demon, splitting fire and smoke.
Teddy gave a howl of enthusiasm and
followed in it's wake.
For block after block he trailed the
wheel Of the engine, bending low over
his handle bars. Something of the
spirit of the fire-ighters of old was in
his blood, and though his little heart
was pounding with sudden stress he
held the pace, his short legs dancing
mechanically with the pedals.
At the cross street a trolley car
blocked the way. A collision seemed
inevitable. The driver rose in his
seat, damned the brake down, and
uIbW Win iii his strength on the
lines. The blacks came down on their
launches and with stiffened forelegs
slid on the smooth pavement. Just
in time the heavy engine came to a
stop.
But Teddy, pedaling as though for
q record, with his eyes to the ground,
knew not of the obstruction.
Suddenly the shining engine doomed
before him. He threw up his arms
and with a little cry dashed into the
heavy steel-shod wheels.
A crowd gathered quickly. Gentle
hands bore the limp and mangIed body
to nearby hospital.
When Teddy awoke he lay in white
iron bed, in a long room, with many
other beds on each side Of him. He
tried hard to remember. What did it i
all mean? And what made the pain
In his head, his chest, his legs? He
gave little groan.
A woman came to the bed and
leaned over him. Years afterward he
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

said gently. GAS you say" he needs
something beyond drugs"
So they separated, and the doctor
went to his room to study. But his
mind was not content with books. II
dwelt upon Amy, as she appeared but
a short time before. 1t occurred to him
that he had thought Of her many times
in the past few weeks. But then it was
purely professional-their common in
terest in the medical aspect Of their
work. She was a very competent nurse
and very attractive. Her eyes and
her mouth and that little wisp of hair
that always curled over her ear stood
before him. But pshaw, it meant moth
ing. Thus he tried to trick his con-
science, deceiYing himself and saying
1t was not so, when, in some deeper
circumstances he knew that it was
so and really could not be otherwise,
and that he was hopelessly in the tolls.
This is loves alchemy.
In the dimly lighted ward Amy was
at Teddy's bedside. The boy was wake
full and restless. He wanted company.
Though her duty was over she stayed
with him, talking in a whisper.
Bit by bit she drew from him the
story Of his brief hard life. He had
no memory of father or mother. He
had lived with an aunt, who beat him;
so he ran away and finSllly graduated
from newsb0y to telegraph messenger.
He was doubter. Even Santa Claus,
that patron saint of the children, was
to him a mytll-"only for rich folks
kids" he said.
But when she told him how Santa
Claus would come to all children, rich
and poor, If he only knew where they
lived, his eyes grew big with interest.
Teddy" she said, "if Santa Claus
will come here on Christmas day and |
bring you lots of presents and a |
Christmas tree will you try to get |
well?"
Teddy thought hard. "Guess that
might be worth gettin' well for" he
said with sigh. But he won't come.
hung UP my stockin' onct, an they
wasn't nothin' in it," 1t must have
been bitter disappointment, for the
light faded FROM mis- eyes and the old
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

An excellent work has been under
taken by the Philadelphia School for
Nurses, which is providing free train
ing In nursing, for a number of young
women in every county in Pennsyl-
vania.
The young women viii be provided
with room, board, uniforms, and all
the conveniences of a well-appointed
Christian home. The course is two
years Of training, in nursing the sick
poor of the city, under skilled leaders.
In addition to regular nursing, the
young women are taught how to pre-
serve their own health; how to recog-
niae, avoid, and destroy contagion;
and how to establish and maintain
perfect sanitary conditions about the
home.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

recalled that vision-the sweet, serious
face, the white uniform, the pretty cap
resting on waves Of brown hair. She
smothed his hot brow and gave him
cool water. Then delirium seized him,
and for weeks he lowered between life
and death, while Amy Norton, the head
nurse. watched him as though he were
her very own.
In those endless days and nights OF
physical anguish, when he could COM
prehend only two conditions pain and
the absence of pain--Amy seemed to
him a brooding Spirit of Deliverance
Always there, when he needed her,
divining the cause OF his discomfort
and quick with measures Of relief, she
became In the highest sense mother
10 this motherless waif.
So the days passed. and gradually
Teddy responded to the care of nurse
and doctor and awoke to conscious
ness OF things about him. His twisted
arm was almost restored to use; his
crushed leg, though In heavy plaster
cast, was mending rapidly; but he
complained OF pain in his chest, where
the engine wheels had broken the
ribs. 1t hurt him 10 breathe, he said.
Now and then a spell Of coughing
shook his little frame and left him
painting for breath. Then, recovering,
he would watch Amy at her work, his
eyes following her up and down the
room. He was disinclined to eat, and
daily his face became whittier and thin
ner. and his eyes bigger and blacker.
1t was DR.. Stones custom to meet
Amy In the operating room several
times a week for consultation. One
evening they talked Of Teddy. lhe
doctor shook his head grevely. He
was a handsome, young man. with
close-cut, dark beard. In their common
purpOse-the rescue of this dying or
phan child--their hearts beat together.
"Can YOU not stimulate him sone-
how ~ he asked. HE is very low. ANY
little complication fever, even a
cold--might end It all. lie IL too pas
sive. He does not care. He seems to
be merely awaiting the end. We can
not get results under such conditions.
It is not now q case for medicine. There
Is nothing in all the pharmacopoeia
that can think Of to awaken him."
For some minutes they sat In silence.
All the mother love in Amy's heart
was stirred. Poor little waif--no par
ents, no home, and Christmas close at
hand. A great light dawned within her
Chrietmas--the day OF days FOR chill
dren all over the world! She turned
her deep, thoughtful eyes upon the
doctor "Let me take the case she
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22

though Miss Russell had not time to
put ON her hat and coat she, too,
jumped on the train. Her badge car.
ried her, but when she got to Phil
adelphia she gave the tip to a depot
hurried into the ladies' waiting room
and paid the maid two dollars for the
latters hat. Miss Russell declares il
was not the most modish hat she
ever known, but it covered her head
and gave her an opportunity to con-
tinue ''shadowing" her man, whom she
finally ran to cover, and made her
case.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
CntMOnf.

The late Senator Hoar was informed
that a very dear friend was seriously
i'll with appendicitis.
He had hardly finished his note OF
sympathy when he was informed that
it was an attack Of acute Indigestion
instead, and so he sent the following:
Dear Al am sorry to hear that you
are i'll, but rejoiced to learn that the
trouble is with the table Of contents
rather than with the appendix
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-22
An 4DDeaL.

My hand is lonely for your claspfng, dear,
My ear is tired, waiting for your call:
want your strength to help. your smile
to cheer:
Heart, soul and senses. need you, one
and all.
droop, without your full. frank SYM
pathy.
We ought to be together. you and /.
We want each other so to comprehend
The dream, the hope, thing planned or
seen or wrought
Companion. comforter. and guide and
friend,
AS much as love asks love, does thought
need thought:
Life Is so short. so fast the love hours
fly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
Charles Kranz Arrested on In
diclmcnt Warrant Satur-
day Afternoon
4opk lNs-HAeeIN TRANSACTION
Indictment is the outerowth of the
District Court Suit of Last Term,
in Which Hasgin Denied Signature
to Note Sold by Kranz to Hopkins
Bonds Furnished.

Charles kranz, we'll known thruout
the state as q tombstone man, making
his headquarters i'm this city, was ar
rested Saturday afternoon by the sher-
forged instrument, preferred In an in
dctmcnt returned by the grand jury.
OF $1,000, Immediately after his arrest
The case against Mr.. kranz Is the
district court at the October term, in
Which Fred Hopkins, of this city,
sought to recover on IL note from II. II.
iiaslin of Union. The note was for
sioo, and in the trial the defendants
evidence was TO the effect that he had
never signed such IL note WHAT he
did sign according to his claim, was
contract made by Mr.. kfanz. on yell
cow paper. agreeing to pay for Ger
cain markers and work done on Il GEM
.tcry lot. The note. which MI. Hop
ilius claimed to have purchased from
air. Nranz, was in regular form. and
contained what WAS ptirportcd to be
NJ. ilagsin signature. Witnesses III
the lower coult. ana before The sFani
Jury, claimed that there Was no note
iian.ao ton between Nj. Haggin and
Mir. kranz, and that The only paper
mat was signed was the contract. The
Evidence on the other side. however,
Was such as to influence the jury to
hat
fl. =. Black and Pete" Durocher,
other defendants in grand jury actions,
furnisled bonds Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
SCHOOL A GREAT SUCCESS.
Cold Weather Has Made no Difference
In Attendance of Township School.


The severe weather of the present
winter has made no difference what
ever with the Attendance at the Iowa
township consolidated school, which is
conducted ut Albion under the princi-
palship of MIR. Dutton. MIR. Thomas
Swcnringcn, president OF the township
board, was i'm the city Friday on bus
mess. and when asked if the weather
was affecting the attendance, replied
that ii was not. There is no doubt
of the success of the consolidated
school, said President SwearinSen
and | am glad to see the T.-R. fav-
oring the consolidation. We have the
best school In the county outside of
Marshaltown, and have IN attendance
of 225 pupils of all ages. ranging from
the first grade up. We have six teach
ers and they form an excellent corps.
working In harmony with one another
for common end. our three vans.
used to haul the children To school.
We're bothered somewhat by the drifts
during the recent bad storm, but since
then they have had no difficulty or
delays In getting the children to ana
from school. Between twenty ana
twenty two are carried to each load,
are taken to school In the morning ana
returned to their homes In the even
ing. Each van IL enclosed. and
equipped with an oil stove, 80 that the
children keen nice and warm.
All of the schools of Iowa township.
excepting in two districts In the eH-
treme northwestern part of the town
ship. Supervisor Arney's district, are
I'm the consolidated school, and Mr.
Swearingen thinks In time that they
will be included. There are only if-
teen or sixteen pupils in attendance al
this school. and many of them arc
small II was because of the dis
lance and the age of the pupils tina
the patrons Of the district did not JOIN
I'm the consolidation. In the consoll
dalton school salaries running from ssS
to $50 per month are paid the teach
ers, and the entire expense OF opef-
ating the school, including salaries. re
ouircs only levy of % mills on the
dollar
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
HOPKINS is ALIVE.
Young Man Supposed to be Dead
Heard From by Relatives.

Mrs A. Diets of the Soldiers Home
is In receipt of letter from her
grandson. Leonard Hopkins, written on
Christmas day and mailed from Pan
ANA. Hopkins is sailor. and teie-
gram recently sent out to the press
from San Francisco. announced the
finding in the San Francisco halbor
of a body supposed to be that of HOP
kins. The body of the man believed
TO be Hopkins had on the clothing an
card, bearing the name OF
Leonard Hopkins. and requesting that
information be sent relatives at FORT
Dodge. This was done. and story
sent out from Ft. Dodge concerning the
case. was printed by the T.-R. For all
that was known at that time the bodS
was that of Hopkins but Mrs. Diets
has now received u letter written by
her grandson since the body was FOUND.
How the dead man got possession OF
tho Identification card Of Mr.. Hopkins
is not known.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
Caused Warrant to BE Issued
For His Arrest on Charge
Of Perjury
HIM BROUGHT HERE
Albert j. Weiss, Who Was Arrested a
Month Ago on Charge Filed by n.
w. Curtis is Full of Fight and Claims
Curtis Committed Perjury When He
Caused His Arrest.

The case Of A. j. Weiss who was
arrested about Il month ago In a hotel
In this city. on the complaint of Ill. W.,
Curtis. of Omaha, took sensational
turn at noon today. when Weiss caus-
ed n warrant to be issued for the arrest
OF Curtis on Il charge of perjury. Weiss
claims Curtis committed perjury when
he swore to Il warrant in the Justice
court charging lewdness. which the
officers served on Weiss.
Weiss, since the grand jury failed to
indict. and his release Saturday, is
full of fight. and said this afternoon
that he proposed, il possible. to bring
Curtis here and push the criminal &C
ton to the limit. He intimated that
in case the criminal action failed he
would bring civil suit. Weiss insists
that no will stay here and fight the
case thru, claiming that 1t was here
into the gutter"
Weiss appears to be q man of edu-
cation and is fluent tnlker. The
STORY ne lellS OL MS alISSI anu Ills SN
pcrience with the woman detective.
Mrs A. NJ Roberts. is In substance
the same as told by Curtis. altho it
differs widely in details. He says Mrs.
Roberts enticed him to her room, ana
1t was she. and not he, who was maxi
ing violent love, and caused them to
be found in each others arms, when
the officers, who were concealed by
Curtis, appeared III the room Weiss
claims his wife does not want d.
vorce, and has no quarrel with him,
but he says Curtis, the wifes brother.
bitterly opposed their marriage. and has
been endeavoring since then to have
her secure a divorce. He limited that
it was very likely all news of his ar
rest and Imprisonment here had been
kept from her.
Weiss explains his waiving exami-
nation at the preliminary hearing by
the fact that the attorney whom Cur
It's had employed to prosecute came to
him before the hearing and told him
that he represented the hotel. and that
the management was very angry at him
on account Of the disgrace and the
publicity such scene might bring to
the house. He advised him, according
to Weiss, that the easiest way out OF
it was to waive examination. Weiss
says he did not learn that the attorney
had deceived him until after he had
been In Jail several weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
United States Supreme Court
Upholds Iowa Law In Case
From This County
ncToRY FOR THE COUNTY
Case Was Orally Argued Last Month
by County Attorney Northup, in
Washinaton-Sevcra Dealers Affect
I'd, Together With Properties -
$1,000 or $1,000 Involved in Taxes.

A telegram to the T.-R. from Its
Washington correspondent this after
noon announces that the United States
supreme court handed down q decision
today In the Iowa anti-cigaret law
In which the court affirmed the finding
OF the supreme court Of Iowa, which,
in turn, had affirmed the lower court.
The case Is one Of long standing.
the application for the remission OF the
mulct tax on cigarets having been filed
with the board OF supervisors January
81. 1899. The demurrer OF the county.
upon the refusal of the board to remit
the tax, was filed Feb. 26, 1901. and
Judge Burnhams decision in which he
held the tax collectible, was made in
June OF the same year. Between S.
600 and $4,000 is collectIble by the
county by the decision OF the United
States supreme court, and several
dealers who handled cigarets at the
time are Interested. Not only the deal
ers were Interested. but the owners OF
buildings where the cigarets We're sold,
as the taxes were made liens on the
properties.
The case from this county was en-
titled c. p. Cook. ct AL, vs.. Marshall
county, that case having been decided
upon as the one to be tested. The
American Tobacco Company, however,
was the real plaintiff in the case and
raised the question Of violation of the
Interstate commerce law, and the de-
NAL OF equal protection Of the law to
citizens Of the state. The case went to
the United States supreme court on
write Of error, and there the plaintiff
raised the question OF the validity of
the assessment Of the tax without no.
tice. Upon the attempt to inject this
point into the Marshall county case
County Attorney Northup contested It..
on the ground that 1t had heretofore
been raised in the United States SUI
preme court. The court held to ex-
clude it, altho it was included in the
case from Muscatine county. which
covered many of the same points as the
action from this county.
The decision Is one Of the most I'M
portant ones affecting the cigalet bus
iness in Iowa that has ever been hand
ed down, and now that decision has
been given, other counties where SIM
ilar actions might have been brought,
will make attempts to secure mulct
taxes from dealers. All Of the deal
ers affected here discontinued the Gig
aret business long ago, but the taxes
dating from the time they began, until
they quit the business, are now made
collectible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16

over AS ito the South First avenue
paving, there Is n grave doubt in the
public mind as to whether or not the
'watchful care" referred to by Council
man Webster has not again resulted In
a situation which will result i'm more
expensive litigation In an effort to
make us pay. not only for the expense
of reconstruction. but the original paw
Ing contract in full as we'll.
The fact of the matter Is, Council
man Webster lodges the issue. The
situation and question is. what are the
rights of those who have signed waiv-
ers? What about the pubic's liability
for the paving of intersections? What
about these legal complications which
beset us and threaten to carry us not
only into the state courts but federal
courts as we'll; and are we warranted
In leaving the remainder OF our rights
wholly and completely i'm the hands OF
those servants whose "watchful care"
has gotten US into this unfortunate
dlena.
IL Nj SIrT'rON
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
Fair.

Alexander Fair, member of the
Iowa Soldiers Home, died at the hos
pital Sunday evening at 5:13 o'clock,
after an illness Of few days of apop-
lexy. Mr.. Fair was u years of age,
and had been a member of the Home
from West Burlington. He served as
since July 20, 1899, being admitted
from West Burlington. He served as
member Of Company +, twenty
fourth New York infantry, enlisting
May IL, 1861, at Oswego, N. Y. He
was discharged May 20, 1853, at Ell
mira. N. Y. Mr.. Fair was never mar
ried. and leaves no known relatives.
The funeral will be held from the as
sambly hall at o'clock Tuesday after
noon, Rev. Father Tobin, curate of st.
Mary's, officiating.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
In the Police Court.

Constable Walter Wilson, on search
warrant applied for by A. w. Smith.
searched the home of ]. L. Battles Fri
day and secured half dozen or more
family portraits and household be-
longings owned by Smith. The goods
were turned over to Smith, who how
ever will not prosecute. Both families
live east of the city in Marion town
ship and the trouble is the result OF a
family differences.
d. J. Landon, Fred Foster and p. r.
Plum, three over-Sunday DRINKS, were
a1raigned this morning. Plum paid;
Foster was discharged, and Landon
was given ten days. Of1cer Hurd
made the arrests.