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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-03
Carver AIbertson- Miss Maude A

Carver AIbertson.- Miss Maude AL.
bertson of Bowling and William d.
Carver of Presumption were married
yesterday at high noon at the brides
home. Rev. Henry Cullen of the Pres
byterian church, Milan, performed the
ceremony before small company OF
friends. Mr.. Carver is associated with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-03
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Hudson-Hynes.-Miss Fay NJ. Hynes
of Bowling and Frank Hudson, also Of
Bowling, were married at the home Of
the bride yesterday afternoon at :
o'clock by Rev. Henry Cullen of the
Presbyterian church of Milan. The
ceremony was witnessed by a company
of about sc guests, and the young PEG
pie were unattended. The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Hynes
and both young people have man,
friends in this city as well as in the
surrounding country. After their re
turn from short wedding tour the.
will make their home on a farm il
Bowling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-03

Walters CrisweII. - The marriage oil
Miss Theresa NJ. Criswell. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Roosevelt Criswell OF
Milan, to William b. Walters, also OF
Milan, took place last evening at
o'clock at the home of the brides broth
err, A. l.. Criswell, 921 Twentieth street
Rev. A. e. Ioder of Orion. formerly pas
tor of the Methodist church at Milan
read the service in the presence of 8
small company of relatives and init
mate friends. Mr. and Mrs. Walters
lleft last evening for Springfield, anG
upon their return will make their home
in Milan, where both young people are
we'll known, and they have many
friends in this city. Mr.. Walters is one
of the prosperous business men of Mi
Ian.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24

AIgona. -
The first carload Of lumber and tim
Der for the big new amphitheater 1ol
the ,county fair gounds arrived from
the north. Monday and was being
hauled down to the grounds.
Burlington.
At a meeting Of the congregation OF
the First Presbyterian church at Bur-
lington. the Rev. Archibald Cardle OF
st. Paul, Mimi, was chosen pastor OF
to succeed DR.. ]. R. Sutherland, who
resigned last November.
Alton.
After an operation for gall stones
Jerry Riedorff, prominent business
man of the town, died here. He was
a prominent stock man Of the
state and a warm friend of State
Treasurer w. w. Morrow.
Mt. Vernon.
On Monday afternoon the Cornell
drug store was purchased by ]. F. Kill
heffer. the Misses Bedier and Van Don
selaar retiring from the drug business
entirely. A deal had been in prospect
for some time, and was finally COM
pleted on the above named date.
WaIIingford.
Miss olivia Pierson. daughter Of Nils
Pierson residing south Of Walingford,
died Friday in the Northwestern hos
pital at Minneapolis in her twenty
fourth year. Miss Pierson was a nurse
in the hospital and her death was due
to an attack of typhoid fever. She had
been i'll about two weeks at the time Of
her death.
jefferson.
WILDER zeller lof Franklin township,
sold a pair of spanking sorrel shire
horses last week to John, Kinnan for
$3.50. They weighed 2,750, and were
five and six years old respectively,
making one of the handsomest teams
which has been seen on our streets
for Along time. Mr.. Zeller's neighbor.
Mr.. Edward Rothfolk, sold Mr.. Kinnan
a span of gray Normans, weighing g.
500 pounds, which brought s445.
Des Moines.
Pursued by mad English setter,
frothing at the mouth and screaming
like a human being, Mrs. I. E. Staff
only escaped by leaping thru an open
window. The dog approached, leaping
madly, as Mrs. Staff sat on the porch
at 3S5 Ninth street Frightened she
tried to enter the house. A locked door
seemed to condemn her. Selling the
chair in which she sat she beat of the
savage animal and cried for hslQ. Aer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24

the arguments of Assistant District
Attorney Stewart, for the prosecution,
and Attorney Walter McHenry for the
during the afternoon. The high calling
of the Rey. Mr.. Swift and Rev. j. A.
Bennett did not spare them from
scathing denunciationS at the hands
of the attorneys and several of the
other witnesses came in for severe
censure.
"Who is this Bennett" demanded
Mr.. McHenry.
"Wry, nothing more than an itin-
Grant preacher, who goes from place to
place fleeing the people. He Is a
preacher for revenue only. The more
sensational his sermons, the bigger his
audience; the bigger the audience, the
bigger the collections. and the bigger
the collections, the prettier the neck
ties he can wear. Benefits testimony
on this witness stand stamps him
liar. He is one Of those men who lies
sometimes for money. sometimes for
amusement and all the time to keep
in practice He would make an ex-
cellent sign for a haberdashery store,
would. this follower of the lowly MAJ
arine.
4 Mr.. McHenry characterized Mr..
Payham, who testified that Swift asked
him to copy and mall the anonymous
letters. as 1.-The biggest knocker in the
Christian Ministerial association OF
Illinois,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

from being crushed-a mere fraction OF
an inchl being hatween her and death'
AS it was, her head was wedged I'M
der the heavy weight, and in liberating
her from her perilous position Mr..
Mulhern received, a bad sprain In ms
back Mrs. Mulhern received cuts on
her forehead and the back other head,
but no permanent injury resulted to
either Of them.
Dee Moines.
Miss Julia Kelly was stricken sud-
denly Friday afternoon at Lincoln
school and today is near death from
anaemia. Miss Kelly has been suffer-
ing somewhat of late, but her condi-
ton has not been serious. Miss Kelly
is living at the home of l.. M. Mann
at 140S Pleasant street. Last night her
family at Dewitt, Iowa, was wired to
come at once and her mother arrived
later. Miss Kelly has been principal
Of Lincoln school for nine years Be
fore that she was at Irving school. she
began her educational workJin the city
in the East Des Moines schools about
twenty years ago. DR.. Priestley is IN
attendance.
Burlington.
The Fremont voters Of the First con-
gressional district gathered in Bur
lington at the Delano hotel and formed
a permanent organization, as the re-
suit Of meeting held at Keosauaua
last February, when steps were inaug-
urated to this end. Mr.. ]. A. Keck, OF
Keosauqua, an enthusiastic Fremont
man. issued the cali that brought over
thirty gray-bearded republican voters
together in this city in meeting that
wassm arked by the spirit of 1856. Eu-
logies to the memory of the great
Pathfinder were on every lip, and rem
iniscences Of the period preceding the
civil war were exchanged by the pa
triarchs assembled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
Shocking Crime of a Mother at
Lehigh, While Crazed By Ser
,ious Sickness
CHILD DEAD BEFORE RESCUED
Mother, Thinly Clad, Escapes to the
Woods in the Night and Is Not
Found for Several Hours-Exposure
in Her Weakened Condition Makes
Recovery Doubtful.
pecial to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Lehigh. May 24.-Crazed by sickness
which has lasted for about one week
Mrs. James Hamilton, Jr., wife of
farmer living one and sone half miles
northeast of Lehigh, took her little -
year-old daughter < into the yard
shortly after midnight and threw her
into a WELL where the little one was
drowned.
After committing the insane murder
tho mother ran away to the woods ana
remained there until she was found SIX
hours later by searching party ane
taken back to her home. Already
weakened by sickness and with per
health imperiled by the exposure OF the
night in her thinly clad condition II Is
not thought she can possibly get Wen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton live on the
Charles Webb farm near L'ehigh ana
within a short distance of the nome OF
Mr.. Hamilton's parents. They had two
children, one a girl about years DID,
the other girl in babyhood
Mrs. Hamilton had been especlaiiy
sick Wednesday night, having tenn
perature OF 104, and her husband sum-
moned his mother from their nearby
farm and went to Lehigh to secure
medicine. The children were sleepiess
and their grandmother was trying 10
get them to- sheep. She got the elder
child to sleep and took the baby out
to the kitchen in order that Its wake
fitness should not disturb the sick
mother.
Mrs. Hamilton, Sr.. heard the window
raised in the other room and thought
nothing Of it, but when she went IN
found that her daughter-in-law mad
gone from the house and taken the
child with her. There had been no
outcry and probably the child did not
awaken from its sleep. The crazed
woman is supposed to have taken her
little girl to the well which was IN the
yard between the house and the DARN
and dropped her in.
There were boards over the WE'LL
which had been removed by her. Thru
this hole in the cover the searchers
saw the dress of the drowned child
floating on the water
After performing the fearful act Mrs,
Hamilton fed to the woods and when
found was in an almost perishing con-
dition. She Is so low that all foriPali-
ties regarding a legal examinationNato
her case have been postponed.
Mrs. Hamilton is daughter OF VIII
liam Henry Daniels and a native Of the
county. SChe is less than 80 years Old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
SAW HEAVEN IN TRANCE
Miss Van Glider, of Perry, Iowa,
Restored to Lite as From
the Dead
in TRANCE THREE WEEKS
eA.;akaa MILL A&&endinn Il Revival
TRANCE THREE
WEEKS
Stricken While Attending d Revival
Meeting, Talented Girl Has Peculiar
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES She Was Per.
mitted to See Heaven in Order to
Prepare Her for Mission Work.
Special to Times-Repsblican.

opGClAt 10 llIcS-1tGpODkiSclu.
Perry. May 24.-At last, in language
which only her mother can compre-
bend, Miss Prudence Van Glider. who
has been in a trance for twenty-one
days, and who is the talk of central
Iowa, has opened her lips and revealed
the land of dreams in which she has
been living. Attic unable to talk per-
fectly, the girl uses the deaf and dumb
alphabet to assist her and tells of a
strange visit to heaven-a vision which
she says has been given to her because
God intends to make use of her at some
future time in spreading his gospel.
81 am SO happy and feel so WE'LL"
said the girl thru her mother and by
the aid of her finger alphabet. Il have,
been to heaven and Christ is coming.
MY first vision was, a row of rugged
crosses marked with my new name. l
cannot spell it, in earthly languages.
The crosses looked heavy, but when 1
started to lift one an angel came to
my assistance and the cross was light.
Il saw throngs Of riders on white
horseS, with golden banners, coming
over the hills of heaven as far as I
could see ! saw twelve kinds OF trees,
with twelve kinds of strange, beautiful
fruit hanging in great pink and purple
clusters. ate some of it from an APP
pie tree aud was given the understand
ing Of the Bible such as never before
knew.
"Then began to teach the Bible to
groups of savages dressed in smelly
gaudy rags. And I know that when
God let's me recover shall be prepared
to teach the gospel to the Africans. l
have crossed the river of lie and
cannot die"
Miss Van elders remarka ole con-
ditions is causing sensation in, medi-
cal circles. She was stricken while, att
tending revival service conducted by
the wife of Judge Scott M. Ladd of the
Iowa supreme court. Since then she
has been in comatose condition.
Hundreds of persons have visited the
Van Glider home. From all over CEN
trail Iowa they go to look at the young
woman who has been kept alive by a
tube inserted thru a place, where she
lost tooth.
Miss Van Glider Is 20, and was to
have been graduated from the Emma
Conservatory of Music at Des Moines
She is an accomplished musician and
says that when she fully regains her
powers Of speech she will be able to
sing as never before
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
SENSATION AT cLARksvILLE.
Four Indictments Returned Against w.
G. Clark. Prominent Business Man.

rour indictments Returned Against w.
G. Clark, Prominent Business Man.
Special to Times-Republican.
/ Centerville, May 24.--A sensation has
been created here by the Appanoose
county grand jury returning four in
dictments against one of Clarksvile's
formerly most prominent business
men, w. G. Clark, of the Clark &
Peatman Investment company, who is
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, obtaining property UNI
der false pretenses, and securing sig
natures to written instruments under
false pretenses. "A long series of al
legged frauds were disclosed by the evil
dence taken in the grand jury room.
Peatman is not now a resident Of Cen
terville, having gone to Oregon about
q year ago.
Clark's alleged frauds were con-
Quoted thru misrepresentation as to
the amount of encumbrance of property
on which loans were secured, ard the
classification of abstracts and other evi-
dences of the official records. One in
stance furnishes an idex of the char
acter of numerous alleged cases of
fraud. Clark secured some time ago a
loan of $500 from the school fund on
property which he said was not en-
numbered. Clark presented abstracts
and other documents to support his
representations, but now it Is disclosed
that when the loan was made the
specified property was part of a larg-
er parcel Of ground that was encum-
bered with $1,000 in mortgages.
It is believed here that operations of
this character extended over a long
period Of time and their amount is be-
lieved to aggregate a large sum. II,
is now known that the liabilities of
the company are in the neighborhood of
$i5000O. while the, assets are uncer-
tain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
Storm Damage Near Buckeye.

speciai 10 Times Republican.
Buckeye. May "Wednesday night
this vicinity was visited with
several inches of rainfall, of which 1t
was seriously in need. The hay crop
has been very much impaired by the
long continued drouth, but otherwise
crops are not seriously injured, so far.
Sunday morning there was con-
Segment of seven carloads OF live
stock shipped from Buckeye to Chica-
go. Ben Ridout went in with three
cars of cattle and one Of hogs, OF his
own feeding. w. S. Axtell shipped one
car.
During the storm Wednesday night
James Klopp's house was struck by
lightning, which tore down the chimney
and some plastering off, and damaged
the linoleum some, but no one was Sc
riously shocked!F A farm house west OF
town, Will Kloffkis, was also struck,
and the report is that he had two
horses killed by the lightning.
Mrs. W. H. Baskerville, of Iowa
Falls, visited her sister, Mrs. Fred
Case Wednesday.
Mrs. Joseph Lefflef is very Ill with
lung trouble.
Mrs. George H. Bailey and little
daughter went to Grinnell wednesday
to visit relatives at that place. They
expect to be gone about three weeks.
Merrick Seely, the liveryman, had
a pretty lively runaway last week. The
team became frightened and started
to run. The neck yoke came down and
they became unmanageable, so he
jumped out and let them go. They
succeeded in getting loose from the
buggy. and later were captured without
doing any serious harm to themselves
or driver.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24

mother openA a window and she
leaped thru It while the dog tore ana
splintered the wood OF the protect
ing chair The dog ran about the
house and jumped for the windows. Be-
fore aid came it entered the house next
door occupied by the Hatchley FAMILY
and then ran down the street.
Clarion.
John Lehew, the boilermaker who
was severely scalded last wednesday
night, is somewhat improved, but MS
recovery will be slow. Mr.. LeheW was
engaged in repairing an engine when a
plug blew out and allowed steam to
escape and fill, the fire box in which he
was working. He was scalded about
the neck, chest and limbs. While Sc
verely burned, 1t is thought that ne VIII
recovery
Clarion.
Another s5,o6o Improvement is fully
assured for Clarion this season. DAVID
Huntley has, decided to erect a double
brick apartment fiat, two story and
basement. 1t will be modelled after the
style Of the Fairbanks fiat and VIII
have bath, city water and electrlc
lights The building will be erected on
the site Of the old livery barn and ]. =.
Glendy will begin work on the same at
once.
Des Moines.
While cleaning his gun, preparatory
to going hunting, M G. sprague, man
ager of the Rock Island depot news
stand, accidentally shot himself. The
bullet from 20 rifle entered his LETT
thigh and passed upward into his ao-
domen Mr. Sprague was alone at the
time and at once started for the street,
but at the corner fell over in a faint
from loss Of blood. A cab was called
and he was taken to his home, 843
Third street. An effort to find the bull
let has proven futile so far and he Is
In a serious condition.
Newton.
Mr.. and and Mrs. Peter Mulhern. had
a frightful experience, last Friday art
ernoon, narrowly escaping serious con-
sequences to both. In shifting neavy
bookcase from one part of room to
another, Mr.. Mulhern was using
piece of scantling as a leverage, Wnile
Mrs. NJ, on her hands and knees, was
keeping the carpet from rolling up I'M
der the casters. Suddenly the book
case became unbalanced and TOPPED
over onto her, wedging her head pc
meath the heavy case and the foor.
Fortunately the case lodged on a. vim
dow sill Just in time 70 save her nead
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
REV. SWIFT is CONVICTED.
Winterset Minister Guilty Of Using
Mails in Attempt TO Effort.

Winterset Minister Guilty Of Using
Mails in Attempt to Extort.
Des Moines, May 24-The second
federal jury which heard the case OF
Rev. John H. Swift Of Winterset re-
CURED only about fifteen minutes to
find him guilty of using the United
States mails to extort money. The
first jury remained out thirty hours,
and was then discharged without
reaching a verdict.
Judge Mcpherson finished giving his
instructions shortly before 6 o'clock
last evening and the jurors were al
lowed to go to supper. Within fifteen
minutes after returning to the jury
room they announced that a verdict
had been reached. The attorneys were
at once notified and Judge Mcpherson
convened court and received the YER
dict Judge Mcpherson will announce
the sentence later. A fine or Jail SEN
tence is the most that can be given for
the offense of which Swift was con-
victed.
The words liar" falsehood" and
perjury" made up large portion Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
There Has Been Constant
Stream Of Functions Since
April 10
TILL AFTER COMMENCEMENT
Much Speculation Going On as to Out
como of state Field Meet to Be Held
J in De; Moine. Saturday - Several
Ball Games Scheduled for GrinneII-
Other News Of Importance.
10 Times-Republlcan.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Grinnells May 24.-Since the 10th OF
April there has been constant stream
of functions of one. kind or another
and that there will be no cessation till
after commencement one may be- as
sured by reading this list.
May 23-Base ball with Anes a.
Ames.
May 24-High school play.
Nav 24.-Base ball with Simpson al
IndiaEola.
May 25-Base ball with Drake at
Des Moines.
May 25-state field meet at Des
Moipes.
May 27-F'rench class play
May 2s-Base ball with s. U. L at
Grinnell.
May 31-Girl's glee club.
June Base ball with Coe College
at Grinnell.
June 7-Senior chapel. Academy re-
ception. Academy anniversary.
June S-Trustee's meeting. Hyde
prize contest. School Of Music facul-
ty concert.
June 9-Baccalaureate service. Alum
nj prayer meeting. Association exer-
cises.
June 1O-Hill prize contest. School
OF Music student recital String. quar-
I'd recital.
June 11-Class day exercises. Alum
nj base ball. Senior play.
June 12-Commencement. Alumni
reunion and business meeting. Pres
.ident's reception. Promenade con:ers.
Speculation as to the outcome OF the
state field meet to be held in Des
Moines on Saturday next, Is active 10
proof OFF which witness that ope
sheets, are exhibited In various win
dows made Of course by those who feel
an interest in the matter. Grinnell Is
not making any sure thing pre'1ie-
tons because it is known that WHOEVER
wins it, will win it by hard work ana
very few points. The feeling is how
ever that Grinnell has a good "looK
i'm @Bt
The ladies Of the Methodist ,nd
Baptist churches are serving the sew
eral hundred visitors now in our town
with dinner on alternate days, The
plan has been found to be not only
satisfactory but helpful to the finances
of the churches who take hold of it.
Sandy McBlain, as he is popularity
known, went to Dubuque Wednes Law
for an extended visit with his daugh-
ter who resides there, Mrs. McBlaln
having preceded him some little tmle
ago.
A company of about dozen people
have gone to Colorado for the purpose
of taking homestead@ Among them
were several ladies. 1t is their pure
pose to get claims close together, II
possible, and thus get rid of one of the
worst features of homestead life, that
of loneliness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24

received telegram fromathe Buxton
sheriff saying that Thompson had
never been indicted and that he might
as well be turned loose. Dumbfounded
and believing that the telegram must
be fake, the chief called Buxton by
long distance telephone. Yes, sent
the message said the sheriff, you
might as we'll turn Thompson loose.
We want him here on minor charge,
however, so when you give him his lib
erty tell him to come at once and see
me-"
With no further authority to hold
him, Chief Jones released Thompson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
PURSUED BY FIRE FlEND.
c. L. Guernsey, Near Dysart, Seems
Fated to Lose BY Flames.

Special to Times-R Republican.
Dysart, May 24--C. l.. Guernsey a
wealthy farmer of Geneseo township,
lost two large barns by fire. The hre
was caused by lightning. The contents
of the barns. including seven horses,
grain. etc, were destroyed. Last fall
q large barn in Minnesota belonging
to Mr. Guernsey was destroyed by Hre
and two years ago his large mouerh
residence at the home farm, where me
fire occurre' this time. was also de-
stroyed by fire. 4 a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-24
in HONOR OF CARL LlNNAEus.
Two Hundredth Anniversary Of Noted
Swedish Botanist Celebrated in Many

Two f1unoFeCtH Anniversary OF IS0sS0
Swedish Botanist Celebrated in Many
Places. 1
Special to Times Republican.
Anes, May 24.-The two hundreith
anniversary of the birth of Carl Lin
naeus, the celebrated Swedish botan-
list, is being celebrated in many Of the
scientific centers, today. Notable ad-
dresses are being made at Upsslla,
where Linnaeus was once professor
and here 1t was that he did most OF MS
scientific work.
The Botanical Seminar at Iowa State
college, yesterday at 3 o'clock, gave
the following interesting program:
"The Life of misunderstanding
M. King.
"What Linnaeus Did for Zoology
Prof. j. E. Guthrie.
Song, "Lnnaeus" Harriette KEEL
! Song, "Linnaeus" (by Harriette KEEL
loeg)-Estelle D. Fogel.
"What Linnaeus Did for Botany
DR. LII. Pammel.