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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
GrinneIl News.

Special TO Times Republican.
Grinnell. Aug Gothic council has
let the contract for codifying the or
dinances of the city, to Boyd & Bray
1t is proposed to abolish the office
Of superintendent of water works. pub
lie sewers and drains. and combine the
/ duties now performed by him with
those of the city engineer.
DR.. e. B. Wiley who recently under
went an operation for hernia at Iowa
City. is reported as making good
recovery therefrom.
Mr. George II. Hamlin, cashier Of The
Merchants National Bank has been
confined to the house for a day or two
with bad cold which he brought from
Colorado.
Daniel White starts today on a trip
which will include visit to the home
of his boyhood in Belmont County
Ohio. and visit to the jamestown cx-
position. This will be Mr.. Whites
first visit to the old home in forty
years.
The Rock Island is putting in crane
near the Swift egg house for the pur-
pose of supplying their locomotives
with water. AS it has been there was
no place where water could be had
between Malcolm and Kellogg.
Messrs. Swisher and Manly have
completed the paving Of the alley be-
tween the Manly and Wilson build
ings and Grinnell can now say be-
ginning has been made at paving the
streets and alleys.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
Postoffice Robbery at Lowden
Similar to Depreciation
at Calamus \,
MAKE ESCAPE ON HAND CAR.
1t is Believed That the Robberies at
CaIamus and Lowden Were by the
Same individuals, and Authorities are
On the Lookout for Them-Got $50 in
Cash at Lowden.
snec,al to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Clinton Aug 2O.-It Is evident that
an organized gang of "yeggmen are
working this section of Iowa to mn
ish Following closely the robbery OF
the Calamus postoffice and the gem
eral stores of W. w. A. Huntington,
there comes news of a similar robbery
at Lowden, in Cedar county about
eighteen miles distant from the scene
of the first robbery.
Thieves broke into the Lowden post
office building by forcing an entrance
| thru a rear window. Their modus
operandi, upon getting into the build
ing, was the same in Lowden as IN
Calamus. They blew open the safe
with dynamite, and got about sou IN
cash out of the box. A large sum OF
paper money. which had been left be-
tween the pages of book, was not dis
covered by the thieves. No stamps
were taken from the Lowden postofice,
and nothing else is reported missing
from Uncle Sans headquarters in the
ICedar county town.
Leaving the scene of the robbery. the
thieves broke into Northwestern
shed and got railroad velocipede IN
which they escaped from the town
abandoning the car a few miles west OF
Lowden. This also was the same as IN
| thaNaS StPul :
ing handcar in Calamus and escap-
| ing to Dewitt in it. The prevalent
opinion is that the two jobs were the
work of the same individuals, and the
authorities of many towns in this Sec
ton of the state are on the alert fol
the thieves, who are expected to turn
up nightly almost anywhere in TINS
vicinity. Extra precautions are being
taken in small towns to prevent fur
| ther depredations.
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OUT OF WORK, HANGS SELF
Joseph Ludmila, Of Cedar Rapids
Found Dead in Carrot.

Joseph ludmila, OF Cedar naP'osi
Found Dead in Carrot.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 20.--Joseph Lud-
mila. a young man who has been en-
ployed at the packing house during the
past three years, committed suicide
some time Monday by hanging himself
to a rafter in the garnet of the home
of Mrs Anna Melichar, I'LL South
Fourth street east, where he had been
boarding. The body was discovered at
1890 in the afternoon by Joseph Mel
icharS and three other men who board
at the same place, and Coroner KING
was notified. AS 1t was a plain case
of suicide it is not probable that any
inquest will be held.
Ludmila has been In this country
about -four years, during the greater
part of which time he has been en-
ployed at the T. M. Sinclair packing
plant. He was considered hard
drinker and probably because OF this
failing he was discharged from the
packing house about a week ago. Since
that time he had been drinking heavily
and his inability to keep sober and the
loss of his position is probably the
cause of his rash act.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20

Grundy Center.
The report is out that w. B. Rooms
has been offered $3.50 an acre for his
hale section farm west Of town. Mr.
Rooms bought the farm in 1884 for S4t
an acre and that price at that time
was considered a topnotcher.
Stockport.
Mrs Jabe Ruby died suddenly We'd
nesday evening about $3.50 O'CLOCK
while riding in buggy. She had been
10 the home of her son. three and one
half miles east of town, and on her
return trip was stricken with heart
failure and died. She had reached
the age of 70 years and few months
GIidden.
Work has begun on the fire house
which is to be erected under the d1-
rection of the fire company. The
building will comprise cement block
addition to the east of the power house
and will be large enough to accomno-
date all the fire apparatus. Including
the hose cart, etc.
Onawa.
Winter wheat in the vicinity Of On
ava is yielding from eighteen to thir-
ty-eight bushels per acre, and the av-
erage yield is estimated at twenty
seven bushels per acre. A. w. Mann
who owns large farm just north, is
SO well pleased with his crop this year
that he will SOW 300 acres the coming
fall
Dubuque.
The Mississippi continues to decline
and is now down to a AS stage Re"
if any raft boats are running and the
big Diamond 10 line steamers are
having some trouble in getting up ant
down the river between st. Louis ane
ST. Paul. The decline for the pas
several days has been at the rate Of
about two inches in twenty-four hours
Sioux City.
A curiosity in the shape Of yoke OF
oxen was received on the local market
In shipment of cattle from Neville
n. d. The oxen weighed l.4S0 pounds
per head. This class Of cattle is be-
coming almost extinct in this region
but about every fall pair or SO OF
oxen End their way to the Sioux City
yards. The oxen went to one OF tbs
local packers.
Reinbeck.
Last week the Chicago & North YES
tern Railway Company had gan.
Of laborers and carpenters at l1ick
engaged in building depot and plat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
Lightning Kills August storck,
Wealthy Farmer Near Shelf
field, and Son Harvey
ANOTHER SON is INJURED
Tho Latter, Otto. Discovering Barn to
Be on Fire, Altho Suffering From
Shock and Burns, Rescued the Bodies,
and Drove Out tho Livestock in the
Barn.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Sheffield, Aug. 2O.-August Storck. a
prominenlL and wealthy farmer living
two miles east Of town, and son Har-
pey, We're instantly killed by lightning
YESTERDAY. Mr.. Stork and son We're up
in the hay loft trying to shut large
door and another son. Otto, was ah the
bottom OF the barn pulling on rope
trying TO help them. The lightning hit
the father and son In the top OF the
barn killing them instantly. 1t also ran
down the rope burning Otto's hands
and side.
After seeing the barn on fire he
rushed to the top of the barn and threw
the dead bodies OF his father ana
brother down stairs. then carrying
them away from the burning building
he rushed into the barn and loosened
the horses and drove out the cattle.
The clothing on the father was
partly torn off. and the boys clothing
was completely torn to shreds. rms Is
the worst accident that has happened
around Sheffield for years. IN" barn
was built about four years ago, at a
cost of over two Thousand dollars ana
1t WAS insured in the County Mutual
for $1.T00.
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FROM ALL OVER IOWA

machines to pass. He did not discov-
er the rig until within few feet of it,
and being unable to pass without
striking the buggy, he headed the ma
chine off the grade and went into the
water. where it rested without strug-
gle until a team was obtained from
town and it was pulled out with no
damage to it but a sprung axle.
| Beaman.
| j. w. Hutchinson, the Northwestern
station agent at Beaman has been in
| the service of the company continu-
ously for twenty-eight years He has
F.! been the agent at Beaman for tWen-
/ ty-tive years of that time. He has
made a record for continuous service
at one place that is probably not
equaled anywhere else in Iowa. MI.
Hutchinson has been offered every good
station on the Northwestern between
here and the Missouri river, except
| ing Webster City.
Centerville.
Centerville narrowly escaped a
strike last week, but matters have been
settled and the crisis is over. The
/ BARRIERS union met and voted to raise
4 IQe price lOI SldVIliS III GA NS''sNA
Vile shops to Is cents, it having been
but 10 cents. The shop owners, many
of them, objected and refused to ac-
cede the raise, and the journeymen
BARRIERS were ready to go out on
strike A meeting Of the barber shop
owners decided to adhere to the de-
mands of the BARRIERS, and the price OF
a shave in Centerville is now 10 cents
in every shop in town.
Logan.
w. A. Smith has filed petition In
the district church claiming there is
due him for work actually done on
Boyer Cutoff No. 1, about $500. 1t
is alleged that he had excayated about
10000 cubic yards and that there is
yet due him an unpaid balance as
stated above. 1t has always been con-
coded that Mr.. Smith should be paid
for the work he had done on Boyer
Cutoff No. l, as ii was called. but
now known as Section of Harrison
and PottaWattanie Drainage District
No. l. To determine what the amount
due him was the joint boards appoint-
ed Seth Dean as special commissioner
to determine. Mr.. Dean reported that
there was due Mr.. Smith the sum of
s21o. This Mr.. Smith refused to ac-
cept and brings this suit to recover
what he claims Is Justly due him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
GENEVA BACKS OFFICIALS.
Explanation and Correction Of Unfort.
innate Bean Day Disturba nee.

Editor TlmeS-Repuhllcan.
Geneva. Iowa, August 10. - Az
your paper has a larger circula-
ton here than any of our county pa
pers, l have been requested by a num-
Der of our citizens to place THE town
Alright as to the disturbance on the
ball ground Bean Dinner day, when
Sheriff Jernegan placed me and other
officials under arrest, while we were
trying and did quell a disturbance Gre
ated by gang of Hampton rooters.
The facts are l appointed a number
of special policemen of 1.-THE highest
standing and integrity in this COM
munity, men who are repeatedly nom
ored by our people in offices OF public
trust, on the force to preserve order
during the day, and when a number OF
rooters began riot on the ball ground,
they at once fearlessly and without ia
vor quelled the disturbance, and
because number of Hampton
rooters participated in the dis
turbance. Mr.. Jernegan SO far forgot
the proprieties of his official position
that he, as sheriff of Franklin county,
placed me and my assistants under ar
rest, an arrest which we then ignored,
and defied him to prosecute.
in conclusion, will say that the sour
rilous and colored accounts of the UNI
fortunate affair in the county press,
receive no countenance in this COM
munity and public sentiment isi back OF
the officials who retained their heads
while some high in authority were
making spectacular exhibitions OF
themselves.
Yours Respectfully,
A. D. BENSON,
Marshal of the Day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
The Toledo News.

Special to Times-Republican.
Toledo, Aug. 20.-Miss Lulu M. Ber-
ger has returned from her visit at
Ames, Shipley and Nevada and is
again at her post at the Commercial
Telephone office.
Miss Anna Harrison, of Biloxi, Miss,
is visiting relatives and friends in and
around Toledo.
C, e. Frazier has returned from his
trip to the coast.
The annual old peoples day was OBJ
served at the U. B. church Sunday
These events are under the auspices of
the Y. P. C. U. of the church, which
arranges for conveyances fer any of
the aged people of the community who
would attend An old peoples choir
furnished the songs of long ago.
Conductor G. E. Berry is enjoying a
two weeks vacation.
The body of Mrs. Laura GraI King
arrived from Nome, Alaska, yesterday
morning, having been held at Omaha
for two days for causes unknown at
this time.
Prof. G. r. shaltto has rented the H.
]. Pike property now occupied by Dr..
Lathrop.
DR.. F. P. st. Clair and family re-
turned Sunday from their visit to Des
Moines.
May, the daughter of D. W. Turbett,
died at o'clock yesterday morning.
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form for the accommodation Of patrons
at that point. Both the day passen-
ger trains and local freights will be
carded to stop at that point on signal
The new condition will be of great
convenience to travelling men and 9TH
ers desiring to transfer to and from
the Great Western. 1t may be several
months before regular telegraph sta
ton will be established there.
CorWith.
The county will have a cement bridge
built over the Boone river in the east
part of town, the span of which over
the water way will be forty-five feet
long and twelve feet high. The abut-
,nents of the bridge will be from two
and half to three feet below the bed
of the stream, the width will be six
teen feet, with an eighteenth retain
ing wall.
Dixie.
w. P. Walker, of Cedar Falls, was in
. Dixie, recently, and in company with r.
B. Roush drove over the route Of the
proposed new farmers telephone line
| to see what could be done to estab-
fishing the same. They met enough
encouragement to make the line GER
| tainty, and it will open up territory
that heretofore has been hard to reach
! by wire from Dixie. Another line will
soon be worked up that will reach out
into the southwest from here.
| keosauqua.
The Wormley Philo Company filed
bill in bankruptcy at Keokuk We'd
| nesday and their store was closed
Assets, $4,000; liabilities about the
same This firm was established here
about twelve years ago and conducted
a millinery and ladies furnishing
! goods, also china, books and station
cry, and did large business up to
short time ago. Illness in the pro-
prietor's family caused the business t.
suffer from neglect.
TerriI.
| Last Tuesday night c. F. Mauss and
e E. Heldridge were driving north OF
town and when on the grade north OF
the Baker farm met r. e. Donaldson
with his auto going south. TWO other
autos were behind Messrs. Mauss and
Heldridge. The night was very dark
and all the machines were carrying
lights. but none of them saw the rig
Donaldson came down the hill at q
rapid clip in order to get across the
grade before the other autos got to it.
as the grade is too narrow Tor thf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20

a large family on the farm. Mr.. Dris-
coll became very feeble minded In
the last few years of his life, and dur
ing the last eight months of his life
became so mentally deranged that ne
was placed in a private asylum at Du-
buuue. II seems sad that these two
members of this family should lose
control of their mental faculties with
in the last few years, thus leaving
their child without home.
Mrs. Driscoll has relatives at Mar
shalltown. but has been living here in
the house she received from her hus-
band since his death. She ana her
child were the only ones remaining
here OF the large Drlscoll family, the
others having lett the vicinity at var
ious times for the western part or the
state or other states, and this uptof-
tlnslte circumstance viii take the re-
naming members of the family away
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
Vicious Night Attack Made on
Home OF Farmer Oltmann,
Near City of LeMars
MISSILE ALMOST KILLS BABES
Heavy Stove Lids Hurled Thru Win
dow Narrowly Miss Heads of Sleep
ing chidren-officers Making Effort
to Locate Iprts-GeneraI News Of
the State.
special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
LeMars. Aug. 20-A dastardly OUT
rage, which was almost attended with
fatal results. has just been reported to
the county officers here.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Oltmann and
their children were quietly sleeping on
Sunday night at their home ter miles
west of town, their sumbers were dis
dows and the resounding of heavy
missiles on the floors and wallis. The
window castings were smashed in and
pieces of iron clattered on the floor of
the bedroom Mr.. Oltmann grabbed
his shotgun and prepared to give the
thugs warm reception. His wife, in
, a hysterical condition, occasioned by
the noise ,and fright, chung to MS arm
and begged him not to leave her and
the children. Before he had Gained
her fears he heard the sound Of rapidly
departing wheels and on going to the
door he could hear horses and rig go
ing SWlItly III Iue uiIeSllOH "a 'LLSNheAA -
ON investigation it was found that
some of the missiles which carried
away the window castings and glass
were old stove lids. One of THE stove
! lids hurled thru the window fell with
! In a few inches Of the heads OF the
sleeping children. aged and years,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Oltmann.
Mr.. Oltmann, who rents the John
Gleason farms, did not inform any one
of the outrage until Monday, when he
! telephoned his landlord Mr.. Gleason,
in LeMars. Mr.. Gleason drove out inn
mediately to the farm and repaired the
havoc made by the hoodlums.
| The sheriff has been informed of the
matter and is making an investigation.
| The officers think the outrage waa
committed by some drunken hoodlums
returning from fishing expedition at
| the Sioux river, and are keen TO arrest
! the perpetrators and teach them les
\ son,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20

them the weak spined members of the
trade could be kept to a pace. How
ever it was soon alleged that the
measure was being violated openly.
The proposed ordinance prohibiting
the giving OF lunches in saloons or
within fifty feet of them, now In the
hands of the street committee, prob
ably never will be reported.
Mayor Sears has signed the ten year
contract let to the Sioux City Gas and
Electric Company. AS signed by the
mayor the contract presents Il new
clause which gives the city the right
to appoint a light inspector. whose
duty it shall be to inspect the lights
and to see that they are all burning at
all times
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
BORN, LIVED, DIED TOGETHER
keokuk Couple Pass Away Within
Seven Hours Of Each Other

Keokuk. Aug. 2o.Joined in life for
nearly forty years. born in the same
foreign land, less than seven hours
separated them in death. Christian
Hilpert was an old settler of keoknk'
a native of Germany. coming to keo-
kuk over forty years ago and mere
married Miss Caroline Weber In 1861.
He died at ST. Joseph's hospital, where
he had been only few days. OIL
Brght's disease. from which he had
suffered a year. His wife was u years
old and in bad health for several
wears, and died at the home shortly
after 4 O'Clock Sunday morning ana
so they were soon Joined in another
world
The double funeral of this aged ana
honored couple was held TO-DAY from
the German Evangelical church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
BODY OF UNKNOWN BURIED
Decomposed Remains Of Man Founs
at Boone Are Inferred.

OecomPoSoQ nSmdiHS OF wan TouHa
at Boone Are Inferred.
Special to Times
Boone, Aug. 20.-The body Of the
unknown man whose decomposed re-
mains were found in box car on the
Northwestern here Saturday night was
buried mere in the potter's field, and his
identity will probably never be re-
vealed.
In the morning the man was seen in
the car, but it was supposed that he
was asleep. In the afternoon it was
still there In the same position, and
an investigation resulted in the finding
of the dead man. Coroner Walker was
notified and nothing could be found
which would lead to an identification
of the man. He was not very old, but
the body was in state of decay when
found The state board of health was
notified. but as the cadaver would have
been useless it was buried in the pot
ter's field in East LinWood.
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DRIED BEEF KILLS FARMER
Family Of Greene County Man Mad'
DeathIy Sick, But Recover.

diIil'J O' SiSSIS SopUAJ 'voAS
DeathIy Sick, But Recover.
Jefferson, Aug. 20.-Lingering fer
several days between life and death as
the result of eating dried beef which
caused the poisoning of his entire FAM
lily. w. l.. Woolery. a prominent farm :
er of Greene county. died Sunday aft
ernoon and the body was prepared for
shipment back to Illinois, where his
family still live.
Several days ago the wife purchased
dried beef and prepared ID for the
MONDAY meal. After a few hours Mr..
Woolery was taken sick. but nothing
was thought of it at the time, Later
the three children were stricken with
commissions, also Mrs. Woolery. After
an examination it was discovered that
the meat contained ptomaine poison.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
PIONEER DRUGGIST DEAD
c. w. Stephenson, Troy, Died at Ma
son City After Brief illness.

Special TO Tlmes Republican.
Mason City, Aug. 20.-Whlle on
visit here with his daughter. Mrs. r.
II Mcdonald, c. w. Stephenson, OIL
Troy, a pioneer druggist of the state
died yesterday morning after a few
hours illness, of some gastric trouble.
He was born in Kentucky, Nov. Ia,
1924. and in 1854 came to Van Buren,
county, starting a drug store in Mt.
Sterling, which he ran for several
wears. He later moved to Troy, in Da-
Wis county, where he had resided ever
since. His family, consisting of wife
and several children, all died. except
ing one daughter who resides here.
He was a lifelong member of the Ma
sonic order.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
FREE LUNCHES AGAIN.
Sioux City Council to Repeal Ordin
ance Barring Saloon Meals.

Special 70 Tlmes-Repub1icaE
Sioux City, Aug 2O.-After several
weeks Of jangle and Jar. during which
time one saloonkeeper was hailed into
the police court the ordinance prohib-
itins saloon men from keeping or Civ
ing away within their places of bust
ness free lunches or meals will be
repealed by the council this evening.
AS sidelight on the way the liquor
men hang together 1t is interesting to
note that the prohjbitive measure
passed the council at the request Of
the saloonkeepers. 1t was thought
that with city law hanging over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
COLLISION At WALL LAKE.
Freight and Passenger Train Meet
Engineer and Fireman Injured.


Special To Times Republican
Wall Lake, Aug. 20.--Sunday night at
IL o'clock the passenger and freight
trains on the Illinois Central railroad
had head-on collision. Engineer Hin
man and Fireman Mack Alger, on the
passenger were injured The crew of
the freight train jumped out and got
out of the way without a scratch The
fireman was badly bruised on the right
side
1t is supposed to be the fault of the
freight crew. They We're standing on
the main line when the other train was
due in They heard it coming and
started to back up to get out of the
way, but couldn't go fast enough and
the other train ran into them, smash
ing the front end of the engines fear
fully.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-20
STOCK PERISH IN CARS.
Rock Island Train Went Mile a Min
ute for Help

Blue Grass. Aug. 20-A Rock Island
freight train pulling a large number OF
loaded stock cars found for Chicago
Sunday night two miles northwest OF
Blue Grass. made a lightning run. Two
cars loaded woth hogs and cattle
caught fire two miles from Blue Grass
from sparks from the engine. The
members Of the crew thought they
could make Blue Grass and reach the
loading pen where the stock could be
let out. The run was made in few
minutes. but the fire was faster than
the engine and before the destination
could be reached 80 hogs were burned
and nine cattle out of the twelve In
cattle car lost. The cars were
opened and the stock driven out and
in this manner mine of the cattle were
either lost or burnt.