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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
Threatens to Kill John D. Rookie
feller Unless Given a Mil
lion In Cash
SECURED CHECK FOR THAT SUM
Payment, However, Was Stopped and
Arrest of Woman FoIIows-ls Wife
Of New York Trunk Dealer-De-
cIared She Wished to Save Rockefel-
ler's Soul.

New York, Nov. 2S.-Charged with
threatening to kill John d. Rockefeller
unless he paid her S1,OOoO0O, Mrs. Rose
Delina Beauvois Handfeld. aged for
ty. was arrested today in front of the
offices of the Guardian Trust Com
pany. At the district attorneys Of
flee Mrs. Handfield said her husband
had been in the oil business but had
been ruined 'by the Standard Oil Com
pany.
Mrs. Handfield is charged with hav-
ing forced herself into the office of
Rockefeller's secretary last Friday and
declared she wanted $1.0O0O0O; that Il
she did not get it forthwith she would
xii Rockefeller and burn down the
building where the companys offices
are located. 1t is also charged that she
displayed a revolver. Some one in the
Standard Oil offices made out a check
for s1,000,O0o, drawn to Mrs. Hand
fields order, payable at the Guardian
Trust Company. She accepted it but
the cashier of the Trust Company was
notified not to cash the check When
Mrs. Handfeld presented 1t the cash
Ter said the trust company did not have
that amount of money handy at that
time. He asked Mrs. Handtield to re-
turn Wednesday. She agreed to do
so and departed. Officials Of the
Standard Oil and the Guardian notified
the district attorneys office and war
rant for the arrest of Mrs. HandfieId
was issued by the magistrate. When
Mrs. Handfield appeared today she was
taken to the district attorneys office
and questioned The district attorney
afterwards would not permit Mrs.
to talk to any one.
Tried to Save RockefelIer's Soul.
When arraigned In police court, the
woman said she had gone to Rookie
feller's office with the purpose of saw
ing his soul, or if he refused to have
his soul saved, to save it for him "by
the blood of atohement." She had a
revolver. She said she was "a saint
of the sun, moon, and water that she
controlled them all. Herman Hand
field, foreman of a trunk factory, the
woman's husband, said his wife has
been acting in a peculiar manner for
some time. He declared that he had
not been ruined by the Standard Oil
company, nor had he ever had any
dealings with that company. Mrs.
Handfield was sent to Bellevue hospi-
tai for observation as to her mental
condition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
Young, who had charge of the examin-

Young, who had charge of the examin-
alton.
Some of the questions evidently
nettled the railroad magnate. His ven
cradle head shook and his finger trem-
bled in the air in unconscious DEM
onstration of the depth ana, intensity of
his feeling as he replied to the pointed
queries of his examiner.
The Great Northern had nothing to
do with the purchase of the ore lands, y
said Mr.. Hill. 1T was a personal deal
of my own. | bought them. and hon
estly. And when / obtained them did
l not have the right to give them to
the Great Northern stockholders If l
wanted to? 1 could have held them
all myself and my action would never
have been questioned. We have not
stolen our property we have come by
everything honestly
Our duty to the public is to give a
railroad service at fair cost for the
service. We are doing this, with rates
averaging 90 per cent lower than other
roads. Is this abuse of the public?
hope some day that we will be given
credit for making our money out of
intelligence in managing our road. as
we have a right. and not thru charg-
ing excessive rates"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
PolsoNs FAMILY FOR MONEY.
Philadelphia Woman Charged With
Death of Five Persons.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 2S.-The most
remarkable case of wholesale poisoning
of persons to secure insurance money
that has ever been unearthed in this
( city is charged against Bridget Carey,
who was arrested last night by Detec-
tives Isaacs and Miller and Deputy
Coroner Paul, The woman, who is 80
years old, is charged with having
poisoned her husband Patrick, her two
children, Mary. aged 8 years, and An
ME, aged 6, who died a week ago, and
Patrick and Cecilia Cook, tenants il,
the Carey house, at 1912 Hamilton
street.
All of the alleged victims died with
in eleven months and the police al
lege that Mrs. Carey benefited by their
deaths to the extent of $1,000 thru the
collection of insurance. The woman's
arrest followed an investigation into
the deaths of her two children, which
occurred last week 1t was said at
the time their deaths, were caused by
eating poisoned candy or candy that
contained deleterious substances An
ANALYSIS of candy such as the children
are said to have purchased showed
that If contained no poisonous sub
stance and when Coroner's Physician
Wordsworth made an analysis of the
stomachs of the children he found that
the little girls died from arsenical
poisoning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
FIGHT in STOKE HOLE
Ono Fireman Killed on Board the San
Jacinto, and Number of Others
Severely Beaten During Row, Whose
Origin None Will Reveal.

New York, Nov. 2S.-One fireman
was killed and dozen severely beaten
in a desperate row between the firemen
in the stoke hole of the Mallory line
steamer, San Jacinto, as the vessel was
rounding Cape Hatteras. en- route from
Galveston Monday night BY wireless
from Atlantic City, Captain Evans no.
titled the police headquarters in this
city, so that when the San Jacinto was
docked today, a squad of police was
there to take the alleged murderec and
five others to the police station. En-
manuel Cochero, a. Cuban, is held for
the murder of Pietro Moiaera. who died
after he had been struck repeatedly
over the head with a shovel. 1t was
only at the point of their guns that
Captain Evans and another ships Of
icer subdued the fighters, and rescu-
ed Moiaera from his assailants. The
ships officers say none Of the thirty
five firemen would disclose what the
row was about
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28

OIL COMPANY INDICTED.
Water-Pierce Oil Company Liable to
S1.52O.OOO Penalties if Convicted.

ST Louis, Nov. 2s.-The federal
grand jury today returned two indict-
ments, with a total Of seventytwo
counts, against the Waters-Pierce Oil
company charging the company with
having accepted rebates and discrimi-
mated in legal freight rates. The in
dictments charge the Waters-Pierce
company with accepting lower rates
on the shipments of Oil over the Mis-
souri, Pacific, and Southern Pacific
lines at ST. Louis to Alexandria, La, and.
to eleven specified points beyond. If
convicted on all the counts in the in
dictments the aggregate maximum of
penalties that may be collected, is
$1.52O,O0O. 1t Is charged in the indict-
ments that the WatersPierce COM
pany is a subsidiary corporation of the
Standard Oil company Of New Jersey.
In a statement prepared by Herbert
Knox Smith, deputy commissioner of
corporations at Washington, and made
public today by District Attorney Dyer,
it is asserted the indictments are re-
turned upon facts discovered by James
R. Garfield, commissioner Of corpora
tions and published by him in his an
nual report May 2. 1906. Garfield's
report was submitted to congress by
Roosevelt, and in return was referred
to the department Of justice for action.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
NO HEIRS ro ESTATE.
Property of Charles UIlberg of Daven.
port Will Probably Go to State.
Special to TimeslRerublican.

Property OF Charles Ullberg OF Daven-
port Will Probably Go to State.
Special to Times-Rernblican.
Davenport, Nov. 27.-It seems quite
probable that the property left by
Charles Ullberg will revert to the state
of Iowa because no heir can be found
land.
Charles Ullberg was Swede, a
comparative stranger in Davenport,
and about two years ago he commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat, at
his rooming house on West Second
street. Charles Lindholm was made
administrator of the estate when the
dead mans affairs were brought into
court and he secured c. H. Murphy
for his attorney.
Since that time the administrator
has writtan far and near to try and
locate some relatives of the dead man
but SO far he has been unable to find
any one who knew the man, much
less being a relative Of his.
Tuesday the matter was brought be-
fore the judge to ascertain what
should be done and it was decided
that unless heirs were found in a
short time steps would be taken to
have the money revert to the state.
Ullberg left about 5000 in a local
bank and besides this he owns val
liable lot in the town Of Waterloo that
must be disposed of before the matter
can be finally adjusted. In all 1t is
estimated that his estate will amount
to something like $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
HAIR NOT ADMITTED
Thrown Out as Evidence for the Pros
ecution in Gillette Case at Herkimer,
N. Y.-Moton to Discharge the De-
fendant is Denied.

Herkimer, n. Y, Nov. 2s-The pros
ecution in the Gillette case rested this
afternoon. A motion to discharge was
denied.
The court room was not crowded to-
day when the cross examination of
DIR. S. S. Richards, one of the five ply
sicians who performed the autopsy over
Grace Browns body, was resumed.
District Attorney Ward attempted to
have Richards describe the condition
of the hair found in the skiff which
Gillette used, and which is alleged to
be Grace Browns hair. Richards said
that he found the end of the hair he
examined to be torn or broken.
1t seemed to have been torn by yio-
lence." said the witness, but the de-
fense succeeded in getting that out of
the evidence.
BY torn and broken you mean
what?" asked the district attorney
That 1t was ragged at the end"
In response to the prosecutors ques-
tioning, DR.. Richards said that the
end of the hair he referred to was not
natural at end. but broken; different
then than that which would be found
If the hair had been pulled out The
evidence concerning the hair was not
admitted because a microscopic exam
ination had included but one hair, and
the physician was unable to identify
that particular hair in the bunch. that
had been offered in evidence. AT 10: 80
the district attorney rested the peo-
pies case.
Then Mr., Mills. for the defense, NOV
ed for the prisoners discharge claim-
ing that the district attorney had not
produced a witness to the tragedy, and
that he had not produced preponder-
ance of evidence. that it had not been
shown that Grace Brown and Gillette
were engaged to be married, and that it
had not been shown that Grace
Browns wedding clothes had been
made. The court interrupted Mills
before he had finished
After Attorney Thomas of the coun-
sci for the defense, had made the open
ing statement. in which he claimed the
prosecution had failed to make case
Gillette took the stand in his own be-
half and at great length rehearsed his
tragic story.
Gillette testified this afternoon that
Grace Brown jumped overheard. He
was sitting in the stern of the boat and
when he tried to reach the girl, the
boat unset
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
50 GUNTALANs DROWN
Inhabitants of Town Of Tutupec Forced
to Climb Trees to Escape from
Drowning - All Buildings Washed
Away and Village Entirely obliter-
ated-contained 5000 People.

San francisco, Nov. 2s.-James
Donell, a coffee planter, who arrived
here yesterday on the steamer San
Juan, from Guatemala, tells of the
destruction of the little town of Tu-
tupec during a hurricane that recent
ly ravaged the neighboring coast. Tu-
tupec lies in an out f-the-way part
of Tehauntepec and it's population
amounts to about 5000. When the hur-
ricane was at it's height the town was
inundated by a rise in the river on
which it is situated. All buildings
were washed away. The Inhabitants
sought refuge in trees, but many OF
them were washed away during the
night. The news so far received is not
very definite az regards loss of life, but
1t is known that fully fifty people were
drowned
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.
Reveals That Its Mem
bers Were Fed With Arsenic.

Auburn, N Y, Nov. 2s--After over
a months investigation by physicians
and chemists, it. has been determined
that run Of peculiar sickness in the
family OF William F. Wait, is due to
arsenic poisoning. Mr.. Wait is still
very ill in the city hospital, and his
son. Bryan, who recently graduated at
Yale, is also partially paralyzed. He
has lost the use of his hands and legs,
and physicians say he may not re-
cover in years.
Harvey Clements, of Gloversville, a
n-in-law, who recently spent a few
days in the Wait household, was
stricken with the malady and was i'll
for some time Mrs. Wait also was
desperately ill for several days. The
servants in the household and the
coachman were among the victims of
the disease. All symptoms pointed
conclueively to arsenical poisoning
and as 3 last resort detectives and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
PAGE ONE.

pAiiE ONE.
1eicsraphio Ms~s.
Fire Horror in st. Louis.
Four People Burned: Many Injured
Woman Would Slay Rockefeller.
Gets Check for a Million.
Guatemala Town Destroyed.
Lone Highwayman Robs Mingo Store
Fatal Row on Shipboard.
Final Attempt to Save Busse.
Payn Accused of Graft.
Gillette on Witness Stand.
Governor Not Branding Democracy.
PAGES TWO ANt T:4REE.
iowa Nova
State May Erect Governors Man
Mason City Man Missing.
Cal Rose Suicides in Jail.
William Nagel Acquitted.
Prison Cell Forces a Marriage.
Union Label for Eggs and Cab
bage.
Valuable Aluminium Clay Deposits.
Railways Must Protect Men.
Scandal in an Iowa College.
PAGE. FOUR
editorial.
Thanksgiving Day.
No Text Book Cookery.
A Call for American Goods.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinions and Notes.
Outside Point uf View.
PAGE FIVE.
General hews.
Tillman Says ITO He'll With Law"
Many Drowned in Lake Storm.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
Local News.
Palmer to Head City Schools.
Maquoketa Man Elected Superinten-
dent
Steiner Promotes an Argument.
Talks Socialism to Searchlight Club.
Julius Willigrod Dead.
TO Canvass Base Ball Money.
PAGE EIGHT.
Markets and Commercial.
Wheat Weak, Corn Firm.
Hogs and Cattle, Both Advance.
Pittsburg Wants Revenge on Shaw.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
SENATOR HOLDS UP AUTO.
Chicago Women Have a Midnight Ad-
ventGre With La Toilette,

Chicago women Have Midnight Ad.
venture With La Toilette.
Chicago, Nov. 28-A particuls rly
amusing story has just leaked out i'm
the social circle Of the ultra fashion,
tables of the west side in which a hold
up an automobile. two prominent
women a toy dog and the ex-governor
and present senator of Wisconsin are
implicated.
Mrs Frank r. Millard of 1874 Wash
ington boulevard, Mrs. II. p. Bouffleur
and Albert Musgrave, acting in the ca
pacity of chauffeur, were bowling along
at high rate of speed In Mr.. Millard's
magnificent new touring car few
nights ago. making the return trip from
Milwaukee, and it was near the ghastly
hour of midnight.
Passing thru a little village they were
surprised to see three men suddenly
rush out in front of the machine and
order them to stop. Musgrave, fearing
he had been violating the speed ordi-
nance, slowed up and was in1mmediate-
ly besieged by the three frantic men.
imploring him to take them in all haste
to the railway station. He told them
he could only accommodate two and
explained that there were two ladies
in the tonneau. Hearing the commo-
ton, Mrs. Millard leaned out, inquiring
the cause, whereupon two of the men
sprang in beside the chauffeur and the
third, hatless, excitei hoarse-voiced
individual, clambered in with the la
dies, pleading with them TO aid him in
catching the midnight train Musgrave,
with many misgivings, put on all speed
and drew up at the depot just, ahead
OF the train, whose headlight was even
then rounding the curve.
Out piled the three men, showering
their thanks upon their benefactors and
leaving two terrified women and a
frightened French poodle covering in
the tonneau. Stopping but an instant,
the disheveled gentleman with the ra-
vens voice gasped, Had to make that
train-speak in Milwaukee tomorrow
my names La Follette.' It took the
party all the rest of the Journey to re-
cover their equanimity and they are
only now beginning to enjoy their ad-
venture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
Iowa al WASHINGTON.

Washington. D. c., Nov. 2S.-1owa
postmasters appointed:
Shipley, Story co,lnty-Frank G.
Morris vice James HI. Robinson, re-
signed.
Vaunton Junction, Allamakee coun-
ty-William Catalan vice r. f. Black
we'll removed.
George Heiserman has been appoint
ed rural letter carrier with David l..
Dorland as substitute, at West Union
The Des Moirses National bank of
Des Moines has been approved as the
reserve agent for the First National
bank of Northwood, the Consolidated
Bank of New York for the First Ma
tional bank of Sioux City and the Mer-
chant bark of Cedar Rapids for the
Citizens Of Hampton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
PAYN IS ACCUSED
Charges That When New York State
Superintendent Of Insurance, He H.
legally Extorted Money From Mutual
Reserve-Made as Development in
Burnham Trial.

New York Nov. Discharges that
Louis IF. Payn, when state superin-
tendent of insurance, demanded $780,
900 from the Mutua' Reserve Life In
surance company, under threat Of
showing that the company was insol-
vent, and that President Frederick A.
Rurnham had said he paid Payn forty
thousand were made by Assistant
District Mott today, in the trial Of
George II. Burnham, Jr.
Burnfam is indicted. together with
Frederick A. Burnham, Jr., former
counsel for the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company. and George D.
Eldridge, vice. president of the COM
pany. for misappropriation of funds OF
the company. After the jury had been
sent out of the court room, Mott said
that Frederick A. Burnham asked j.
Douglas Wells, who was then vice.
president Of the mutual reserve, to put
the sum of $5,075 in his expense ac-
count, because Burnham was in f1nan-
cial straits AS a reason for his need
of money, Mott said that Burnham de-
clared to Wells that Superintendent
Payn had demanded one hundred thou
sand. but had been induced to accept
forty thousand Of this amount. Ac-
cording to Mott, Burnham said he paid
from his own funds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
lON[ H|GHNAYAAN
RDBS M|N|1O STORE
Holds Proprietor Up at Point Of
a Revolver and Secures
Cash and Goods
SECURES $50 AND SOME CANDY
Man Suspected Of the Crime Taken in
Custody in Des Moines-says His
Name is Hayden-Death at Mason
City of George E. Downing, Banker
and Prominent Citizen.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Nov. 2s.-A lone high
wayman entered the confectionery
store of Bertz & Meals, at Mingo, last
night and held up the proprietor and
other persons in the store at the point
of a revolver His efforts met with n,
resistance and he secured $50 from the
cash box and from the person of tho
store keeper. He also helped himself
to a quantity of Christmas candies
from the stock.
The police of this city were notified
of the robbery. and this morning ar
rested man who answers the descrip-
tion of the bandit. The man says his
name is Hayden.
Mingo is small town on the Great
Western between eDes Moines and
Baxter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
EXPRESS AGENTS ARRESTED.
Accused Of .Robbins Company of ST.
600 in West Virginia.

Charleston, w. Va, Nov. sc. e.
Adams, agent at Kayford, near here.l
has been arrested charged with the
robbery Of the express office at that
place last Saturday, when over $4,000
was stolen. Assistant Agent Disbar
was also arrested as an accomplice.
Several hundred dollars. supposed to
be part of the money lost was found
in Adams house. Adams had a slight
wound in the leg when found bound
and gagged near the railroad tracks,
which he claims had been inflicted by
the robbers. When the officers went
to examine his trousers to find how
near the weapon was held when fired,
they learned his wife had burned them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
MuRpERERs PLEAD GUILTY.

Phillips and thinner, on Trial at ciin-
ton, Guilty Of Second Degree Crime.
Special to Times Republican.
Clinton, Nov. 28.-Wiiliam Phillips
and Richard Zimmmers pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree today
in connection with the killing of Siez-
fried Larson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
coRrELYoU FOR PRESIDENT.
Republicans Of Missouri Spring Boom
for Postmaster General

for Postmaster General.
st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 2S.-A presiden-
tial boom has been started for George
3. cortelyou, postmaster general, by
Missouri republicans. A meeting has
been called in Washington for Thurs
day, when the matter will be consid-
cred in detail. President Roosevelt is
cognizant of the meeting. A delega-
ton will go from here.
Mr. Cortelyou's rise has been phe-
Beginning as stenograpfle1.
under President Cleveland, he became
a cabinet member and campaign
manager.
He has been put forth for president
by Missouri republicans who are op-
posed to the Niedringhaus regime. Re-
publicans are mot concealing their dis
appointment at the result of the cleo
tton in this state and the supporters Of
Richard c. Kerens are gaining
strength.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
ALLISON CHANGES PLAN.
Senator Will Not Leave Dubuque fo
East Until After Holidays.

Special to Times-Repuolican.
Dubuque. Nov 2S.-Owing to a
change in his plans. Senator Allison
will remain in this city until the close
of the holiday vacation. departing for
Washington about January 2. He
states that there is little likelihood of
important business coming up until
after the holidays and he prefers to be
here during Christmas and New
Years. He declares that his health Is
first class and he says that his physic-
all condition played no part In his
change of plans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28

local police were called into the case,
but the greatest secrecy was preserved.
Analysis Of sugar flour, tea and other
foodstuffs remaining in the Wait
house showed the presence OF arsenic
in sufficiently quantities to produce
death; indeed, it is supposed the VIC
tins We're given overdoses, for horri-
BILE nausea followed meals and this
may have averted speedy death.
Investigation is still progressing.
but there is absolutely not the slightest
proof to indicate the author of the
crime. Mr.. Wait is member of the
carpet manufacturing firm of Nye &
Wait, and the family is among the
most respected in the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-28
TRYING TO SAVE BUssE
Last Effort Being Made to Secure
Stay Of the Sentence Of Death-Pe-
titon for Rehearins Filed With the
Supreme Court and Governor May
Grant Stay.

Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 2s.-Notice was
served today by the attorneys repre-
senting Louis Busse, condemned to be
hanged on December A. to the effect
that petition for rehearing OF the
case would be presented to the supreme
court. The notice was filed with the
clerk of the court. This will be fol-
lowed by request from Governor
Cummins to grant stay Of the execu-
ton until the petition can DE argued
before the court 1t is possible the gov
ernor will grant the request.