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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
Double Hanging at Anamosa
Prison May Be Held On
December Il
M'wlLLlAMs EXECUTION SET
S e T
Man Now Supposed to Be Insane Has
Not Been Legally Declared So and
May Not Be-UnIess Commission
Acts Warden Must Carry Out Sen
tence Imposed.
oecial TO Trmes-f,epublican.

Special to Times-f,epu b1ican.
Anamosa, Nov 24-Warden Barr, OF
the Anamosa penitentiary, may nave
the unpleasant task of legally execut-
ing two men on Friday, December IA.
Louis Busse. whose case the supreme
court refused to act on further few
DAYS ago, is certain to be hanged on
that date, which is also the date set
for the execution of William McWil-
liams. McWilliams confessed to muir
dering his wife and five children at
their farm home near Littleton, Bu-
chanan county, on Dec. IA, 1905, and
under the law year must have
elapsed before the death penalty can
be carried out.
NIcWilliams, however, seemingly
went insane few months ago, ana is
now confined to the insane ward at the
Auamosa penitentiary. Under the Iowa
law an insane man cannot be execut-
ed, out as far as the record of the gov
ernor's office shows, no action has been
taken as yet to legally adjudge Nc
Williams insane.
In order to prevent McWilliams' ex-
ecution while his mind is affected, 1t
will be necessary for the warden of the
Anamosa penitentiary to summon the
insanity commissioners of Jones coun-
ty, where the penitentiary is located,
and have McWilliams formally adjudg-
ed insane. The warden must then no.
tify the governor and that sentence of
execution is suspended Should Nc
Williams ever recover his sanity it will
be necessary for the governor to set
new date for his execution. 1t is be-
lieved that McWilliams is hopelessly
insane and that he will not live long.
MeWilliams in his confession claim
ed that something told him he had to
kill his wife and five children" and
that he could not get rid of the MUIR
derous spell that had been cast over
him until the horrible deed was done.
He claimed that the wife had threat
ened to kill him. During his trial Nc
Williams appeared utterly Indifferent
to his fate,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
ACCIDENTS AT eRuNDY CENTER

California Trip Postponed by Broken
Limb-oId Lady Internally Injured.
Special to Times-RepuDllcan-
Grundy Center, Nov. 24.-Mrs. e. w.
Ellis slipped on their back porch yes
terday and fell, breaking her leg just
above the ankle and cracking her knee
cap. They had planned to leave with
in the next two weeks for California,
but have been obliged on account OF
the accident to postpone, if not entire
ly, abandon the trip.
Miss Jane Rooms fell down stairs
yesterday breaking several fingers, and
it is thought she was internally in
jured. She is quite old and feeble, and
her chances Of permanent recovery are
not bright.
D. H. Longanecker, for many years a
resident Of this county, and father of
D. E. Longanecker, who lives two
miles west of this place, died att his
home near Peterson the early part of
this week. He visited here during the
month of September and seemed fair
ly strong for a man of his years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
TALK TO FARMERS.

Many family depends largely upon
Peruna as q family medicine and the
family physician.
Some farmers are far removed from
physicians, and in any case they are
far more self-reliant and more liable to
depend upon household remedy than
people who live in the cities.
DIR. Hartman, who for many years
was farmer himself, and who still
owns and manages one of the best farms
in the State of Ohio, is friend of the
farmer, and 1t is with the farmer that
the immense bulk of his correspondence
is conducted.
The millions Of booklets published
and distributed by DR.. Hartman every
year circulate chiefly among the farm
ing class.
A large number of unsolicited testi-
monials concerning Peruna come from
the farmers every wear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
Pe.ru-na, Household Friend.
Mr.. Henry aohroafler. Estev Mich.

Pe-ru-na, q Household Friend.
Mr.. Henry Schroeder, Estey. Mich.s
writes:
81 suffered for almost ten years with
catarrh Of the stomach and all doctor
ing was of no avail. took nine bottles
Of Peruna and two of Manalin and am
now entirely cured.
81 recommend the medicine to all
who are afflicted with this disease. II
is my household friend"
One Of Dr.. Hartman's Grateful Cor
respondents.
Mr.. w. r. Callahan, proprietor OF Big
Hill Farm, and prominent fruit grower
and stock raiser, Glenvar, Va, writes:
81 write to express my kindness
toward you and your good medicine,
Peruna.
81 had very bad spell Of sickness
and could not eat anything at all. My
head, stomach, in fact, my whole body
ached, and it looked as though nothing
would do me any good. ! had almost
given up.
81 decided to try bottle Of yonr
Peruna and before had taken half the
bottle my appetite came to me and my
head became all right. In fact, was
all right all over. Peruna cured me-"
While Peruna is not confined to any
one class of people; yet it is probably
true that the farming class more than
any other, rely upon Peruna for the
prevention and cure Of al climatic
disaasos
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24

THE farmer is the salt Of the earth.
i Without the farmer, the industrial
world with all it's furry and immense
wealth could not exist for day.
1t is upon the soil that we all depend
for our living.
No matter how far one may be re-
moved from filling the soil, or how lit
tie he may know about the farmers vo-
cation, he is vitality dependent upon the
things which grow In the soil.
Farmingis the basis Of all wealth and
is the bulwark of all civilization.
The farming class is rapidly becom-
ing intelligent and shrewd in business
management
The reuben and the country pumpkin
have disappeared and in their stead q
practical well-trsined business man,
capable of the highest form Of COM
mercial activity, has arisen.
Peruna is very popular medicine
among the farming class.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
Climatic Ailments Overcome By

CC.u u-1los
Mr.. w. ]. Temple, r. +. d. 8, Della
ware, Ohio, writes:
81 am q farmer and so necessarily
must be exposed to all kinds of weather.
About three years ago last winter, l
was taken sick with bowel and stomach
trouble.
zone doctor called it liberation Of
the bowels, another called it colitis.
Another doctor helped me tempo
rarily.
"Then . druggist recommended
Peruna and followed his advice. 1
took altogether five bottles and con-
slider myself well man.
"Before using Peruna, it was utterly
impossible for me to do days work,
but now 1 can do farm work without
the least trouble or fatigue. l consider
Peruna the best medicine and tonic on
the market.
81 had not eaten meal for five years
without distress until took Peruna.
I have recommended it to several
friends with good results"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24

der the law the road is compelled to
make the charges specified, that a
failure to collect the regular freight
rates from Woodward to Madrid and
from Madrid back to Woodward would
be construed by the railroad commits
sioners as rebate and which are now
illegal If the railroad allowed,
even if it should be disposed to do So,
that it would be liable to conviction for
discrimination and granting rebates
which are now declared to be illegal
under all and any conditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
Mr.. GEO. II. THOMPSON
At Work On the Farm and
Feeling Well All the Time.


Feeling Well All the Time. /*#
Geo. H. Thompson, Craft, &$ss
Miss, writes: #$;;=:::: " Ssls sSs
tsI have been cured Of ca :::$$: $a& s
tarrh by your medicines, ::# $ #&3
Peruna and Manalin. l had e
been affected with catarrh of *==
the stomach about all my 8
life, and was taken bad every s*3ssS
Spring and Summer. #$$s$
81 used several kinds of $&
patent medicines, but they SIS: =s:$: sss:s
did me no good. then took # S.: :::: s:
q treatmen: under an M. D., **:;:*: \: ::::::#:
which did me but little good. BIB \; &
By this time / had come to ::$
where 1 could eatnothing but
little soup. l had severe Nh
pains, had lost in weight and could
not do anything. I began taking
yonr medicines, Peruna and Manalin.
then weighed 1876 pounds, but after TAX
ing several bottles Of Peruna and
one bottle Of Manalin, weighed l66
pounds.
81 am now at work on the farm and
feel we'll all of the time. l eat all I
want to and my friends say that l look
better than ever before. / will ever
praise Peruna for its healing power"
Pe-ru-na Is q Systemic Remedy.
If Peruna proves efficient for catarrh
in one place, it will be equally potent
in any other place, because 1t is sys-
te.nic remedy.
The people generally are very much
misinformed as to the nature Of catarrh.
Catarrh is usually believed to be con-
fined to the head, nose and throat. Lat
terly we sometimes hear of catarrh of
the stomach and catarrh Of the bowels.
Seldom, If ever, do we hear Of cstarrh
of any other organs.
It is not because these organs are not
subject to catarrh, nor that catarrh of
these organs is not very common dis
ease, but simply because it is not gener-
ally known that affections Of these
organs may be due to catarrh.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
OLD RIVER PILOT

Captain Wild, Past Seventy, Still an
Active Navigator of Mississippi =
Tells Interesting Story of Conditions
in the SOS and '60's-DepIores Dis
continuance of Short Line Packets.
Special to Tlmes-r.epublican.
Clinton, Nov. 24.-Captain Wild, OF
Albany, Ill, past 70 years Of age, is
still an active navigator of Mississippi
river steamers, and is one of the old
est pilots on the river. The captain
deplores the discontinuance of short
line packets on the upper river, and re-
calls the time when the industry was
at it's height.
"In the sos and SOS was pilot of
the James Means" said the veteran
river man, (which carried the mails
between Dubuque and Davenport. The
Means and the Bill Henderson made a
round trip every two days between the
two cities, giving the mail landing
cities a mail every day. The boats
were among the fastest on the Mis-
sissippi. Both have decades since been
dismantled.
I'm those old days, before the Fever
river, was abandoned to the muskrats,
rushes and mosquitoes, Galena was
an important river town. used to
run into Galena when General Grant
lived there. The old Falcon, the Lynx,
the Bonnecard and the Ospray were
four of the palatial side wheelers that
piled the waters of the Mississippi be-
tween Galena and ST. Louis. The
Governor Briggs, owned by the F'rirk
and Walker stage line company, made
connections with stage lines at Albany
and Galena, running between those
Cities"
The captain has been plotting the
Mary Mac, Charles McHugh's pleasure
craft about the Mississippi and it's
tributaries the past year. Recently the
Mary Mac took a party of hotel men
from Davenport, Rock Island and Ce-
dar Rapids down to New Boston, where
week was spent by the landlords in
quest of ducks, squirrels and rabbits.
with fearful slaughter among these
inhabitants Of the forest and river.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-24
! Chronic Catarrh of
Head and Throat Lasted
Thirty Years.
A Letter Praisine Pe-ru-na.

Mr. Gustav hmidt Valley, Ill, writes:
of
Peruna
mankind You that
me- Nav alongli o suffering humanity"
Free press., 1906-11-24
Praise Coo for America.

Thanksgiving day itself, too Ions
given over to mere pastime and enjoy
ment, takes on newer and more
sacred aspect as the years roll on. 1t
is a day for the devout returning of
thanks to Almighty God for the count
less blessings secured to our fathers
and to us, their descendants. 1t is a
day for humble supplication that such
liberties and privileges as we our
selves enjoy may be handed down, I'M
dimmed and unblemished, to posteri-
ty. So shall we, our families united
all over this land of ours. join and be
as one with the mighty hosts of the
past, the still greater throngs of the
future, of those who praise God for
America on this national holy day.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Women at Strenuous Tasks.

On the western coast of the United
States, at Monterey, Cal, Mrs. Fish
keeps the lamps lighted in the Point
Pinas lighthouse. On the eastern
coast, at South Portland, Me-, Mrs.
Gordon earns her living by working
as a deep-sea diver Sprinkled over
the country between these two wom-
en- are thousands of other members
of the female sex. who deserve to be
enrolled as auxiliaries to Mr.. Kip
ling's corps of "Unafraid Gentle
men" And then, from the woman in
Utah who is sheriff and hangs mur-
derers, to the woman in Chicago who
bosses a gang of italian street clean
ers, he tells the role of women who
are engaged in strenuous occupations
in the United States. Wherever man
has tried to wrest a living from un-
willing nature there woman has also
left the impress of her daring ex-
pIOits Technical World.
Free press., 1906-11-24
OH Men Demand Rcduction.

Chicago.-A demand by the inde
pendent oil dealers of the entire coun-
try that the Eastern railroads make
u reduction of nearly 40 per cent in
the rates of petroleum and its pro-
ducts was refused here Friday at
meeting of the Central Freight asso-
citation and the oil men declare they
will take their case before the inter
state commerce commission. An in
YES igation of the matter will be
sought and the dealers declare their
demands will be granted. The roads
offered reduction of 10 per cent
Free press., 1906-11-24
cosmopoIitan America.

Is there type of average Amert
can workman" DR.. Arthur Shad-
well, an Englishman, author of en-
dustrial Efficiency" tells how in one
of the older towns of Massachusetts
he witnessed a procession of cotton
operatives on strike. They were
marshaled by nationalities with a GU
rious effect. The different types,
cheek by jowl, stood out in vivid con-
trast-the French, the familiar Eng
lish the Celtic, the Scandinavian, the
Slav. the small Portuguese and the
swarthy Greek. Such a sight can be
seen nowhere else. 1t brought be-
fore my eyes in one living picture the
amazing cosmopolitanism of Ameri.
can labor and made me think with a
smile of that convenient abstraction
but almost mythical person of whom
we have heard so much-the average
American workman
Free press., 1906-11-24
BOMB IN PETERS AT ROME
Ancient Church Was Crowded But
No Damage Resulted.
The Tremendous Roar Echoed
Through the Lofty Arches Like
Thunder Clap.

Rome. - A bomb was exploded in
st. Peters Sunday. The edif.ce was
crowded and an indescribable scene of
confusion followed. There was no
fatalities.
AS soon as the echoes of the tre-
mendous roar had ceased, canon
sought by reassuring words to quiet
the people, but in vain. They fled in
all directions, and a number of women
tainted. Women and children scream
ed and tried to protect their families
in the crush The church is so large,
however, that there was ample room
for the crowd to scatter and no one
was injured. No trace of the perpe-
TRAITOR of the deed has been found.
Since Saint Anacletus, who was or
d2ined by Peter himself, erected an
oratory in so A. D., on the site of the
basilica to mark the spot where the re
mains of st. Peter are buried, no such
dastardly occurrence is noted in the
annals OF the church
st. Peters is the greatest basilica
in Christendom. 1t took $50 years
in the building and stands as a result
of the efforts of forty-three popes and
the genius of Michael Angelo, Braman-
te and Rafael. The commission of
such an outrage in such a place has
called forth unlimited condemnation
and is characterized as proving that
the perpetrators of the crime were ac-
tuated by feelings morse than those
which moved the vandals and the Sar-
acens.
The theory is held that this at
tempt was not directed against the
papacy, but rather a challenge to so
ciety in general by attacking religion,
the most sacred institution of the
people.
Free press., 1906-11-24
THE GREAT SANDTOWN TURKEY THEFT
4 Story of a Mean Man and a Mean Deed That Was
It's OOn ReIUdTd

Noah looked through the under
brush, but he could see nothing ex-
cept black mass of something in the
darkness.
Those are the barns,' said Bill
Here, take this saw and saw holes
into the walls there and 1 will creep
around the other way and scare the
turkeys so they will come out
Noah, madder and meaner than
ever, worked hard and sawed big
holes, out of which the turkeys scut-
tied. Then, as Bill scared them up,
of they flew into the woods until the
whole big flock had vanished
AS soon as the last one had gone,
poor but honest Bill seized Noah and
said: I'VE must hurry back and we
must go the same way we came"
"Oh, dear, oh, dear" groaned Noah.
But he followed, and once more he
was dragged through mudholes and
creeks and over stumps and rocks
until his shins and nose were skinned
and every part of him was sore.
At last they emerged on a road and
in a few moments they were at No
abs front gate and the mean man hur-
ried to bed.
The next morning he could hardly
Free press., 1906-11-24

Noah Wamshttle was mean man:
one of those mean people who hate to
see others prosperous, even though it
does not interfere with them at ALL
He lived in Sandtown and raised
turkeys, like everybody else He
earned a lot of money, because he fat
tened his turkeys we'll. 1t was his
only generous deed, for he begrud ged
even the food that he gave himself,
and as for othersi Well, Deacon Van
dertassel once said that Noah Wam-
skittle was so mean that he would
walk three miles to borrow a match
rather than use one of his own to
light his fire in the morning
Noah Wamskittle did not like Dea-
con Vandertassel at all, and he liked
him even less after he heard this
So some days before Thanksgiving
day, he went to a poor man in Sand
town and said to him:
you know that we will all have to
ship our turkeys tomorrow. Now,
you have only so and if you do not
get a good price for them you will be
hard pressed for money this winter.
Well, I know a way to make the
prices higher for you. If you will go
to Deacon Vandertassers place with
Free press., 1906-11-24
how to Keep YOUNG.

Not a few persons have written
1906 at the head of their letters with
a sigh at the reminder of increasing
age. Women, more than men are pos
sessed with a dread of growing old,
not realizing that maturity has it's
charms and compensations. We wish
young people oftener had it impressed
a happy old age by laying up a re-
serve of sound health and a store of
happy memories, as well as by culti-
waiting tastes and resources which will
outlast youth. AS for those who are
already approaching middle age, there
is no surer way to grow old prema-,
turely than to dread the future. 1t is
essential, If we wish TO keep young,
says the Western Review, to cultivate
that hopeful habit of mind so charac-
teristic of ysuth-the hope which
makes one able to say with Browning,
"The best is yet to come" and with
Lucy Larcum, Every year life is lar.
ger and deeper and more beautiful in
its possibilities" Allied with this at
titude of expectancy must be the abil-
ity to see the amusing side of life
Worry and vexation over what would
better be laughed at result in disfig-
uring wrinkles. Above all, if the years
bring us, as they should, a better I'M
derstanding of ourselves, a broaden
ing of active human sympathies, a
firmer faith in Providence, We shall
find life abundantly worth the living.
no matter what may be the number
of our birthdays
Free press., 1906-11-24
R ELIEF FUNDS ToLEN.
Money Sent to san Francisco Suffer
ers Never Reached Them-A
Federal InVeStfEa tfOn.

San Francisco, Calf. The Chron-
icle said Wednesday: A new in
vestigation is progressing in the
course of developments IN the local
graft scandal. 1t now appears that
many sums OF money, large and small,
that were sent from different states
to San Francisco for the relief of the
sufferers from the calamity never
reached the relief committee Some
of these amounts which aggregated
q large sum were mailed to the care
OF, Mayor Schmitz. f. ]. Heney, De-
tective William Burns and about 100
government agents have been making
an investigation
President Roosevelt is the moving
spirit behind the inquiry and he de-
clares that no man guilty of divert
ing the relief funds shall escape jus
Hce.
The cases come within the juris
diction of the federal authorities be.
cause of the interstate character OF
the postal service, which it is al
legged, were criminally tampered with
1t is said that in the aggregate the
stealing will amount TO $1,000 OOO
Free press., 1906-11-24
NEWTON KAN, BANK ROBBED.
Cashier and BocIzI<cepcr Locked in
the Safe While RObber Took
81 900 and Lett.

Newton, Kan.-At about three
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, a robber
entered the Midland National Bank
in this city and levelling Il pistol at
the assistant cashier, H. E. Suder-
man, ordered him and the bookkeeper
G. c. Plumb, to throw up their hands
he then marched them and two Gus
toners that happened to be in the
bank, one a woman, into the bank
vault and locked them in. He then
rushed to the money drawer, seized
a bundle of currency estimated to
have contained $1,000 and escaped
out of a back door of the bank into
the alley where he disappeared. The
streets were crowded with people at
the time and the alarm was quickly
given but the thief had made good
his escape. Posses of men are scour-
ing the country for him. The impros-
oned bank officials were rescued be-
fore they had suffered severely from
their Imprisonment.
Free press., 1906-11-24
A SOUTHWEST BLIZZARD.
a BIIndfng Snow Storm Prevailed in
Colorado, Northern New Mexico
and Western Kansas.

Trinidad, Colo. = The worst bliz-
zard experienced here in a decade was
raging Sunday night. The storm
started Saturday and gradually grew
in severity until Sunday, when it as
sumed the proportions of blizzard in
creasing in severity each hour, Sun
day night it was almost impossible to
make headway along the streets. The
Colorado & Southern railroad reports
the storm extending into the Panhan-
die of Texas. The Santa Fe reports
blizzard along its line clear to Kings
ley, Kan. In northern New Mexico
the blizzard is the worst Heavy loss
in sheep and cattle in New Mexico
territory and this section of Colorado
are almost certain to occur. All trains
are running hours behind schedules
and there was no prospect of an abate-
ment of the storm Sunday night.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Hearst Got Enough.

San Antonio, Tex. W. R. Hearst
recently democratic candidate for
governor of New York, was here at
noon Sunday for a few minutes On
his way to Monterey, where he has
mining interests. He is accompanied
by the members of his family. In dis
cussing his course in reference to
politics in New York, he said: Il
shall never again be q candidate.
However, 1 shall continue to reside
in New York and advocate and sup
port the principles of reform which
have always stood for; but these
principles are now sufficiently under
stood by the general public for it to
be no longer necessary for me to be
an candidate
Free press., 1906-11-24
A Missing Candidate Found.

Hutchinson, Kan.-John W. Kay,
county clerk-elect of Stafford county,
who disappeared prior TO his election,
was located here, Wednesday night.
His memory is clouded and he was
taken to his home in ST. John Thurs
day morning. Kay was recognized by
some st. John boys, who are attend
ing business college here. They
spoke to him, but he did not know
then. They then called a policeman
who took Kay in charge and placed
him in the county jail over night. His
brother took him home next morning.