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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15

terry, and desperate effort is being
made to save them.
AS was stated, it is not known just
how extensive the spread of the rabies
will prove. as new cases are develop
ing daily.
An outbreak similar to the one at
present prevailing broke out near
Pleasant Grove about year ago. and
much difficulty of the same sort was
encountered. 1t was finally checked,
but not until heavy losses had been
sustained by the farmers Of the Sec
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
PAGE ONE
At->.


TeIegraphic News:
Burglar Uses Woman as Shield.
American Victim of Paris Beautles.
Eucharistic Congress In Session.
Plot to Burn Town Of Stratford. I.
Pickle Makers in a Pickle.
Iowa Guard in Danger.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
iowa News'
Politics Will Remain In !. N. U.
NJ. e. Ministers Assigned.
Twenty Years for Burglary.
Terror Among Farmers.
Hassen Brothers Convicted.
Crushed Under Car.
Fewer Cattle to be Fed.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
City News
Milk Ordinance Adopted.
Council Passes Important Measure.
Jury Says Babe Was Murdered.
Skull fractured in Two Places.
Sign Ordinance Adopted.
Friends to Choose Pastor.
Patterson Gets City Land.
Windsor Block Sold
Miss Bremner's Sudden Death.
The CITY Flelu.
PAGE EIGHT.
Marketr and Generals
Wheat Nervous.
Easy Opening in Corn.
Cattle Demand Slow.
Too Many Hog Offerings.
Morris Will is Broken.
PAGE NINE.
Iowa News:
Items from 100 Towns.
PAGE TEN.
Editorials:
The Break Of the Strike,
Indicted Lumbermen
Get Out Of Bills Way"
Loolser-On i'll Iowa.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinions and Notes
LOCKER on In Iowa.
PAGE ELEVEN.
Miscetlany:
Story, ",rhe Spoilers"
PAGE TWELVE.
Miscellany:
Yorktown Day Fete at Jamestown
Priceless Relics in Government Elk
hibit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
In. 9. IN DANGER
Five Companies Ordered Mustered Out
by War Department Unless Improve
ment is Shown.
pecial to T,mes-Republican.

Special to nes-Republican
Des Moines, Oct. B-Adjutant Gen.
eral Thrift made public today a com
munication from the War Department
based on the report from Major Ohm
stead on the recent maneuvers, and
scoring many companies of the guard
The order of the War Department is
tnat they be mustered out unless i'm
provements are made at once. Toledo
villisca, Atlantic, Rock Rapids and
Waterloo are the companies to b..
mustered out
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15

was because the milk from one COW
having tuberculosis of the udder could
scatter the disease all over a commun-
ity by the farmers taking home the
skinned milk to feed their pigs, the
milk from the tuberculosis COW being
mixed with that of all the others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
At Least 100 Others Among the
Injured and Every House in
the Town Destroyed
EXPLOSION FELT MANY MILES,
Causes N.iahborins Cities to Report
Earthquake -Thrse Distinct Explos-
ions oceur-Powdsr storehouss Is
Blown Up by Intense Hest From the
Burning Mills-Peopie Saved BY
Fleeing. .S-

Terre Haute, Ind. Oct. 15.-A ter
rife shock which smashed glass in
Terre Haute was felt at s:15 a. M. 1t
is reported that there WAS an explo-
sion in the powder plant at Fontanet,
twenty miles from here. The shock
was also felt at Indianapolis. Craw-
fordsville and other places within a
radius Of a hundred miles. All tele-
ph,us connections with Fontanet are
ost and parties have left Terre Haute
aud Brazil In automobiles to learn the
details. It is reported that twenty
FIVE people were killed. The powder
company employees hundred men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
SMALL ousTED FOR GOOD.
Deposed Key President Has Little to
Hone for by Appeal.

+, Chicago Oct. 15.-Following the
summary removal Of S. J.-Small, pres
ident of the telegraphers' union, the
acting members of the executive board
yesterday issued call for special
convention to be held in Milwaukee
Wednesday, Oct. 23
If President Small wishes to appeal
from the action of the board in sus-
pending him the convention will af
ford him an opportunity
The executive board indicated It's in
tention of handling the strike until the
convention at teast, when successor
to Small likely will be chosen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
MARRIED SIXTY YEARS.
James Dannatt and Wife Settled in
Clinton County in 1856.

Special to Times Republican.
Clinton, Oct. 15.-Rarely is the privi-
lege given to a man and woman to
celebrate the Goth anniversary of their
wedding; yet this is the anniversary
which was recently celebrated by Mr..
and Mrs. James Dannatt, who live near
Low Meer, and who are among Gin
ton county's Oldest and most highly
respected residents.
James Dannatt was born in 1923 at
Habraugh, Lincolnshire. England.
Harriet Burkinshaw was born in
Garsby in 1925. and the couple were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
is FORBIDDEN WATERS.

British Naval Station Yacht Captured
by German Torpedo Boats.
Berlin, Oct 15-The Commandant,
a naval yacht having on board British
naval officers, has been captured by
two torpedo boats from Wilhelmshaven
on suspicion of having made soundings
and taken photographs in forbidden
waters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
Town OF Stratford Greatly Ex.
cited By Finding Of Dynamite
With Fuses Attached
PLACED UNDER WATER TANK
Believed Plan Was to Destroy Fire
Protection and Then Burn the. Town
Every Stranger Entering City
Placed Under Arrest - Neishborins
Town Once Burned.
Special to Tfmes-Republican.

SpeCIaT 10 ITfHeS-fsepuUI1Cdn.
Webster City, Oct. 15.--Great ex-
citement prevails In Stratford today
and every strange man passing thru
town is being arrested Sticks of
dynamite, enough to blow up half the
town, were found this morning under
the new water tank. with fuses at
tached.
It is believed that the burning of the
town was planned after an explosion
had wrecked the tank. Stanhope, a
neighboring town, was burned in a
similar way year ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
HARTMAN ACTIVE in FIGHT.
Big Army of Le~~' --'-nt Lined Up in
Chicago. &HW ~

Chicago, Oct. lo.-4. II. Hartman
arrived in the city early today, to take
an active part in the fight for control
of the Illinois Central. The chief in
terest in the struggle centered in the
court room of Judge Ball, where both
sides lined up this morning with big
army of legal talent, to fight for and
against the temporary injunction is
sued yesterday in response to the re-
quest of Stuyvesant Fish. by which
2S6,731 shares of stock were for the
time being withdrawn from the Harri-
man voting strength.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15

welded in Nettleton, England, October
u, 1S47. In the year 1856 they came
to America, and settled on a farm
a mile and a half north of Low Moor,
which is still the Dannatt homestead
Four of the seven children OF this
venerable couple are still living. There
are twenty-four grandchildren, and
fourteen great grandchildren.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
THE MAGILL TRIAL
Prossoutio" viii Ask oeetr.ne to Or
der Verdict Of Guilty, But it Is Ex-
peetsd That the Judge Will Refuse
to Do So.

~ ~ ~
Decatur, Ill. Oct. 14.-The Magill
trial was resumed here today. The
states case will not be finished before
Tuesday evening. The prosecution
will ask the judge to order verdict
of guilty. but Judge Cockrane is ex-
pected to refuse. The testimony today
showed that for years before Mrs. Pet
Magills death, Fay Graham was at
Magilrs house several weeks. and
stayed there all night many times. No
We're proved, however.
Undertaken Oakman testified that Pet
Magill's right hand, wrist, and forearm
were swollen but not bruised. He as
.cribed the swelling to rheumatism.
Fred Magill, it was testified. found his
wifes body about S o'clock on the
morning of May 80, but did not call the
first doctor until $40.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
T.-R. 81 L>LLETIN.
NOTICEABLE Nj 5 OF TODAY

5:26
Iowa = ally fair tonight and
Wednes & slightly cooler in the west
tonigh' : .rmer Wednesday.
Illir Partly cloudy tonight, with
prob p showers in the north and
war e in the south. generally fair
Weu.. lay.
Missouri-Fair tonight and Wednes-
day: warmer in the east tonight.
South Dakota-Fair tonight ana
Wednesday: warmer tonight and in the
east Wednesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15

Quincy Ill.-Coroner Thomas yester-
day swOre out warrant for j. f.
Daugherty & Son, undertakers here
for having embalmed the body of F.
r. Johnson. who died suddenly a few
days ago. The case will be the first u
be tried under the new law passed t.
prevent hasty embalming in cases ol
sudden death.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
EXIT TYPEWRITER GIRL.

Machine Which May Take Her Place
to Write 10000 Words an Hour.
New York, Oct. 15.-Typewriter girls
may find their occupation gone if what
is said of new invention turns out to
be true. 1t is exhibited at the business
show now in progress in Madison
Square garden and is an automatic
typewriter run by compressed air and
capable, it is said, of writing from 81
900 to 10000 words an hour for twen-
ty-four hours at a stretch. The inven-
tor is A. Mccall Of Columbus, Ohio.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
WOULD APPEAL TO PEOPLE.
Illinois Congressman Wants State su
pervision of Deep Waterway,

Springfield, Ill, Oct 15.-The propo-
sition to submit to the people a state
constitutional amendment providing
bond issues to proceed with the deep
waterway completion under state su-
pervision, was advocated before the
house today by Congressman Lorimer.
He proposed that the state join with
the national government in meeting
the cost Of construction, the state to
take water power, the federal govern
ment the waterway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
TRAIN KILLS HORSE.

James Trindle, Living Near HanselI,
is Badly Hurt, Also.
Special 70 Times es-Republjcan.
Hansell Oct 15-An extra train west
today killed horse and badly hurt
James Trindle, on crossing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
.EUCHARISTIC MEET
Pittsburs Scene of Probably Most No
table Gathering of Disnitaries Of
Roman Catholic Church Ever Held
inSAmerica = international Con-

inSAmerica = international Con-
eress.
Pittsburg. Oct. 15.-When the first
session of the three days meeting of
the international congress of the
Eucharistic League, the first to be held
in America, opened in st. Pauls
cathedral this morning, there was said
to be in attendance one of the most
notable gatherings of dignitaries of the
Roman Catholic church from adj over
the world ever brought together for
any church function in America. About
500 priests and bishops are here to
participate in the congress. The ses-
sions will be both of religious and
business nature, and many matters of
interest to the church will be dis
cuSSed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
WRECK IN ENGLAND

Sixteen People, Including Ten Passen-
gers, Killed at Shrewsbury Station
Disaster Caused by Disregard Of Or
ders.
Shrewsbury, England, Oct. 15.-A
passenger train on the London and
Northwestern railroad was derailed as
1t was entering the station here, early
today. Sixteen persons Including ten
passengers, were killed and many were
injured. The road curves near
Shrewsbury, and there is a standing
order that engineers must not exceed
a speed OF ten miles an hour at this
point. Disregard of the order is be-
.lieved to have caused the accident.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
DRESDEN, O., BANK FAILS.
Disaster Caused by Loans to Local
WooIen Manufacturers,

washington. Oct 15-The comptrb1-
]er Of currency this morning announced
the failure of the First National Bank
of Dresden. WHICH was caused by loans
to local woolen' manufacturers, who. it
is said. had failed on August o.. The
bank had $275, 1000 deposits
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
osRlEN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

Emperor and Empress Of China Re-
ceive American Ambassador and
Wife.
Toxic, Oct. 15.-Thomas j. Obrien,
the new American ambassador, pre-
sented his credentials to the emperor
at an audience in the palace today. At
the same time, Mrs. Obrien was re-
ceived by the empress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
Pettibone Trial Postponed.

Boise, Idaho, Oct. 15.-The trial OF
George A. Pettibone, charged with
completely in the assassination of For
mer Governor Steuenenberg was post
poned today until October %.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
N,t !. Building Left in the Town.


- Brazil. Indy Oct 15.-From twenty
se to thirty people are dead or dying,
y Hundred persons were injured and
Every house in Fontanet was destroyed,
ands,ring 100 people homeless. as the
esult OF an explosion in the mills Of
he Dupont Powder Company near
sontanet at e:16 today.
The first Explosion occurred in the
glazing
mill of the plant and quickly following
other mills blew up. there being three
distinct conclusions at intervals of q
few minutes. In the mills at the time
were from seventy five to eighty men
4 al work When the glazing mill went
: up the men ran for their lives from
the other mills and many thus escaped
des...,,.. but received serious injuries.
I Ne first explosion the inhabitants
OF tne town ran from the buildings.
and thus saved themselves. No one
4 was killed in the town altho there is
not q building left standing. AT 10:45
1 the heat from the burning mills ex-
pio6ed the great powder magazine sit
uated in hollow several hundred
yards from the mills. It contained
many thousand kegs Of powder and the
i concussion was even greater than
6 those from the explosion of the mills.
Among those injured from the mag
I axiIie were several physicians who
i were at work among the dead and ry-
I Ing, "A freight train standing on a
switch leading to the powder mills was
partly destroyed by the concussion and
took fire Heat from the burning mills
I ami freight train was SO great that 1t
vas impossible to remove many bodies
from the wreckage.
Eighteen mangled bodies were taken
to tr- morgue to await Identification.
The I'M 1red were found scattered
everywhere. They we're collected and
+ relief given as rapidly as possible. Not
a nouse Is left standing in the town.
The fronts. roofs, and sides, and even
the, foundations Of many buildings
have been blown to atoms. Great holes
are, torn in the ground, fences have
vanished, and household goods from
ruined homes are in confused heaps
of debris in all directions. The peo-
ple of the town who rushed from their
homes at the first explosion, were
saved because of this. The shock from
the exploding magazine wrecked all
the buildings in town. A brick school
building quarter Of a mile from the
mills was wrecked, and many children
inside were injured, but none fatally.
Forty Children Injured.
School at Fontanet had just been
called to order when the explosion oc-
Cured Forty children were injured.
The fiji st .ew of the wreck was sick
erling one. Altho the men knew an
other explosion might occur at any
moment, they entered the wrecked
buildings to rescue their comrades.
Flames soon attacked the buildings
ard drove the rescuers away. Work.
! men were obliged to stand by and see
their fellow workers burn to death.
When the wounded men were placed
on board the relief train to be taken
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
Shock Felt in Cincinnati.

Shock Felt in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Oct. 15.-A slight shock
similar to that of an earthquake was
noticed here at $3.50 this morning. In
southern Indiana several points report
ed shock in somewhat more severe
form.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
KARL HAu MUST SWING.
Former Washington Man Refused Re-
hearinq Of His Case.

Leipsic, Oct. 15-The supreme court
today rejected the appeal Of counsel for
Professor Karl Hau, formerly Of Wash
ington, D. c., for revision Of the SEN
tence condemning him to death for the
murder of his mother -fn-law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
St. Louis Grain,

st. Louis Grain.
st. Louis, Oct. Is.
vvheat-December, 1.O35s Q1.03A.
Corn-December, 5s5s.
Oats-December, 52a4.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
GIRL ELopEs WITH AN INDIAN.

Gertrude Shaffer We'd to Red Man,
Member Of Base Ball Team
Mattoon, ILL.,, Oct. 15.-Ed Williams.
a full blooded Indian, member of the
Mattoon base ball team, eloped with
Miss Gertrude Schaffer, and was 0as.
sied at Clayton, No
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
Peoria Grain.

FtUrId, JCl. To.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 65k M6G.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-15
ADDITIONAL MARKETS
New York Grain.

NEW IUFK, OCIs 1O'
vyheat-December, 1.171s.
Corn-December, 763s.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-17
MURDERER
CHEATS JUSTICE

Huntington, June 16.-With bar
1cade of rocks carefully piled around
IT, the body of Charles Shafer was
found within a quarter OF "A mile of
MS home, on Greasy Ridge, last eve
ling. In Skaters hand was a partly
emptied vial of strychuine. the cause
d his death. The body was found by
ed Skater l4-ycar-old adopted
on of Skaters mother. Within ten
Get OF whore he had laid down to
iie' Shafer had carefully set his shot.
gun against tree, with box of
cartridges near It, A belt full of
artridges was tsill evidently propar-
d for a siege.
Justice Prichard, who has had
'harge of the prosecution, announc.
d this evening that he believed Sha-
er had planed TO lay i'm hiding. with
MS mother and foster brother To
upply him with food. When Mrs
Shaier was arrested at noon today
IN charge of being an accomplico
the murder, it ia thought the boy
old the fugatiye, and seeing no way
TO avoid capture but death, ne tool,
the poison.
Shafer had planned for suicide
he evidence now going to show
that he purchased The poison at tn,
anne time with the shotgun In Hun.
ington, Thursday morning.
The body was hidden i'm spot
Where none but an informed person
ould have found IL. The blood
hounds tracked to within an eighth
of mile of the spot before they
ost the scent The whole country
ide Is rejoicing because of Shafer'.
leath, fanatics having feared to <,
o bed while they believed the nend
TO be roaming the country. Tn,
boy viii be held, charged with as
Histing the murderer TO escape.
An inquest was held over the re
mains by local justice, YESTERDAY
evening. The verdict was suicide
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-17
DELMAS HELD UP
AS A FAILURE

New York, June without
naming him. James Il. Beck. i'm adj
dressing the graduating class at the
New York law school, held up Del
phin Nj. Delmas, in his closing speech
an defense of Harry Thaw az a la
mentable failure because OF the ma
ture of the plea he chose TO make
in behalf of his client Beck said IN
part:
To-day condor, ucidity and SINGER
ity are the most forceGul elements i'm
advocacy. No more STIRRING ilustra-
lion can be given of the folly of rhc.
torical MISUNDERSTANDING the woornl
failure of the defense in the closing
hours of the Thaw trial. due TO an
oral argument to the jury that was a
grave offense against good morals.
good taste and professional ethics"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-17
COrTeSSeS ON
Brink OF Grave
NEGRO, ON GALLONS, TELLS OF
\ NUMBER OF BLOODY CRIMES
HE COMMITTED.

Atlanta. Ga. June Standing
ON the gallows. VIII Johnston.
negro convicted OF criminally as
saulting Mrs. George Hembree. n
white woman, in the suburbs. last
August, today confessed his crime.
aud included i'm his confession n list
OF other assaults and murders. that
nave mystined the police of Fulton
county for the past year. When he
had finished ne warned his hearers
to avoid his example and the tran
was sprung. His neck was broken
and HE was pronounced extinct i'm
30 minutes.
Johnston admitted on the scaffold
that he shot Amos Moody. white
farmer. who was murdered ON his
way homo on August 16, last year.
rhat he attempted an assault ON Miss
Lawrence near Atlanta on August 20
rom which she was lett unconscious.
With one eye gouged out. for which
crime another negro was sentenced
10 forty years imprisonment and
hat he empticd shot gun through
The open window OF the residence OF
j. w. bryant. n farmer living several
miles north of the city, on the night
OF November II, last, seriously
Noundlng Mr. Bryant and his sister.
lie confessed TO two attempted as
iaults ON two white women I'm the
nburbs of Atlanta last fall. and he
Concluded his admissions by telling
# the murder OF "A man whom he
allied Jackson, In Texas, several
ears ago.
So convinced were his attorneys OF
Idhnston's innocence that they
brought the case before the state
prison commission late as Thurs
lay of this week. asking for com
mutation OF sentence to life Impris-
1nment This was refused. and Gov.
Ferret also declined to take action
On the appeal FOR clemency.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-06-17
HUTSON' s TRIAL
CONTINUED To
NOVEMBER Il.
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE PLEADS
ENTERTAINERS. AND
PROJECTING ATTOR-
NE1 CONSENTS.

Charleston june n Hon. Joseph
H. Gaines and Gen. G. G. Watts. coun
sci for Colonel Hutson. were before
Judge Black in the intermediate
court yesterday. and with the con
sent OF capt $ - Avis. prosecuting
attorney the case against Colonel
Hutson was scr for trial November
nth. 1907.
The continuance obtained bs
Messrs. Gaines and Watts were ON
the several indictments recently re-
turned by the grand jury in which
Colonel Hutsou is charged in nine
cunts with ombezzlement
General watts, in addressing Judge
Black. asking for continuance wish
ed that the public should not bc give
IN the impression that either Tho
state or defense were not anxious TO-
dispose of This case on July goth.
the date heretofore sct but that he
and his associates both found DO am
utter impo-s.blity TO proceed ON thc
new indictments next week. when. as
matter OF aot it had taken the
board nearly tcu weeks 10 investigate
the books at thc adiutant generals
Office.
Prosecuting Attorney Avis said
hat the state could be- ready at tho
PRESENT term t1 dispose of his mat.