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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
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In Empire 1900 of the $500

married. In Empire 1900 OF the 300
people are colored.'
''The Jail Judge" is the title which
the people of the place have placed
upon Judge Garrison's head because
of his imposing sentences instead or
fines. When Secretary Taft visited the
zone, says the judge, the secretary
was presented with a petition, signed
unanimously by the negroes, asking
him to remove Judge Garrison.
'In addition to the ordinary colored
people there are in the canal zone,
said the judge, hundreds of tropical
buns who naturally cause great zeal
of trouble and who are brought INTO
court on various minor charges. "A
great many of the colored people are
ready to offer testimony voluntarily,
but as their testimony is pretty unre-
liable I have tried to discourage II.
Generally, if I keep witness on phe
stand long enough for him to tangle
himself up, he does not offer any more
testimony in court On one occasion
a man and woman swore that they
were brother and sister / sent the
man out in the hall in charge of an
officer.
".How many brothers and sisters
have you?' / asked the woman.
six brothers and three sisters, she
replied.
".what are the names OF your ia
Their and your mother She gave them.
Then | called in the man.
"tHow many brothers have you
asked.
"'None.'
".How many sisters?'
some
"'what are the names OF your IA
Their and your mother?
81 do not know. j.
That is a fair sample of the sort of
testimony referred to-
There are five district judges In the
zone whose duties are similar to those
of a police magistrate in the united
States.
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FROM ALL OVER IOWA

brated the fiftieth anniversary of their
married life last Saturday, and were
congratulated by large number OF
friends. They were married in Chart
ton township the 8th day of August,
1858, and have lived in this vicinity
for sixty years. There are many people
living in this county who have cele-
brated their golden wedding anniver-
sary, but few of them were married in
this county, most of them having been
married in the east and then came out
here to live.
Mt. Pleasant.
THE annual county farm picnic at
the Henry county experiment station
has been fixed for September IL. The
experiment station work is under the
immediate direction of Professor King
of the State Agricultural college. The
local managers of the experiment
station have communicated with Pro-
fessor King for setting the date for
the annual picnic as given. and no
doubt several hundred people will be
present, as it is a very profitable oc-
casion for any interested in expert
ment station and farm work.
Cedar Falls.
"An orchard which will bear in the
neighborhood Of 1000 bushels of apples
with many bushels Of pears and other
fruits, is quite a sight near Cedar
Falls. The orchard is on the Sawyer
place and the tenant is Wiley FHtkin.
Mr.. Fitkin will harvest about 200 BUSH
els of Duchess apples, about 200 BUSH
els of Wealthies and hundreds Of BUSH
els of fall and winter apples The trees
are laden with fruit. There is a row
of pear trees extending clear across
the orchard and they hang full of
fruit"
Davenport.
Supt r. III. Peck Of Browns Bus
mess College, has leased for five years
the 2O0-acre farm OF Harvey Seaman,
on the Harrison street road, half a
mile north of the 'Seven-Mile house
The farm is one of the most up-to-
date in Scott county, and is equipped
with all modern improvements. The
farm was LEASED for $1,000, j. j. Bow
den handling the deal. Mr.. Peck will
take possession on the first of March
but will retain his position at the
head of the business college, having
appointed Mr.. English manager Of the
farm.
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srEInERs At VIENNA.
Noted lowan's Special Training Of
Youno Men, Proceeding Nicely.

Special to Times-Repubiican.
Grinnel!, Aug. ia recent letter
from Mrs. E. A. Steiner to friends IN
this city, states that they are pleas
antly located in Vienna, convenient
center from which the doctor can reach
the various students he has located
singly in different parts of that region,
for closer contact with the people ana
the study at first hand of their lang
uage. dialects and customs. She reports
all the family as being we'll, but that
Mr.. Steiner is thin from overwork.
The special training of the class OF
Young men he took with him is re-
ported as progressing very satisfactor-
lily. and he hopes to be able to multiply
numbers for such preparation for mis-
sionary labor among the immigrants
from that part of Europe to our own
land, in the near future.
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given to the Fort Dodge Manufacturing
company. The stand will be built after
the plans prepared year ago by Ar
chitect Albright of Albright and Brad
ford. 1t will be octagonal in shape, Is
feet in diameter, and with a platform
6 feet from the ground The entrance
to the platform, inside the stand will
be made from the bottom, by means
of stairway in the center Of the plat
form. The exact cost of the band
stand is not known, but it will run
from $3.50 to $3.50, and possibly more.
Waterloo.
The Illinois Central now has S,14s
tons of company coal in storage
in local yards. Most Of this is on the
ground while small portion is in the
chutes. 1t is the intention of the COM
pany officials to unload $4,000 tons all
told which will be used during the
winter when the traffic is heavy. This
eral years and has always been found
a success as the amount of coal in
cars during the winter is nearly al
ways less than needed. {.
Clinton.
F. A. Seavey, an old resident of
Clinton and former mayor of the city,
is dead at his First street home. In
his death is found the strange coin
cidence that just forty years ago he
came to Clinton to make his home
here, his death occurring at obout the
same hour of the day, four decades
ago, that he reached the city Of Clin
ton to spend the remainder of his life
here Mr.. Seavey's death was caused by
heart trouble, from which he had suf-
fered for years.
Muscatine.
Two new steel bridges will be con-
structed by the Rock Island lines on
the Wilton branch in a few weeks
Work has been begun by large force
of men to replace the timber bridge
spanning Mad creek. near the old
stock yards on East Second street.
while Immediately after that is COM
pleted work will be commenced replace
ing Bridge No. 20. 1t will be modern
and up to date in every respect. being
of the same type as those placed along
the main line, while Bridge No. %
when completed will be go feet in
length and made entirely Of steel.
Moravia.
George w. and Mary sheeks cele-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
FORGED A DEED
J. D. Denni.on Of Center Point, Proves
to Be a Bad Customer Passed
Bogus Checks and Forged a Deed.

Special to Tines Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 13.-Jesse D. Den
nison, 81 years of age, whom the po-
lice are looking for on charge OF
passing bogus checks is thought to be
a forger, and it now looks as if he is
guilty of forging a deed to property
he did not own.
Dennison, who is now about II years
of age, was married to a daughter of
Joseph Haupt, farmer living south of
the city, about three years ago. AT the
time he was married, and in fact from
the time he first met the Haupts, he
has represented to them that he had
$50 acres Of land three miles west of
Center Point coming to him as soon as
he was of age.
About a year ago he asked his faith
er-in-law for a loan of $500, stating
that he would give him mortgage on
the farm near Center Point. Haupt is
rather ignorant concerning legal mat
tiers, and he came to Cedar Rapids to
see a local attorney regarding the mat
ter, and as there really Is farm near
Center Point owned by w. ]. Denni-
son, whom Dennison claimed was his
father. everything seemed to be all
right and the money was given him.
About eight months after this. Haupt
advanced him 5000 more, making ST.
900 in all, and took mortgage
on the farm for the amount. Haupt
u J., n
the land in April, 1908, as that was
the date Dennison claimed he would
come of age. his story being that his
grandfather left him the farm, but that
it was to remain in the care of his
father, w. j. Dennison, until Jesse be-
came Of age. Dennison then secured
another 500 from Mr.. Haupt in order
to get an abstract of the land, and
Dennison thru some means really did
secure an abstract to the land in ques-
ton, altho the abstract was not clear.
flaw was discovered in the abb
stract, it appears, and when Dennison
sent his wife for the money the attor-
neys told her the deed was wrong.
Then Dennison fastened to get the
deed and abstract and having secured
them disappeared and was not heard Of
until Wednesday.
The $50 acres of land which Denni-
son claims he owns is a part of large
tract that was taken up by Jonathan
Dennison, one Of the oldest residents OF
Linn county, in about the year 1S49,
and is at the present time in the name
Of w. j. Dennison, a son of Jonathan
Dennison. Jesse Dennison claims that
he is a son Of w. j. Dennison, and that
is grandfather gave him the land, he
to have a deed to it as soon as he be-
came Of age.
Whether this is true or not is not
known at present, but it is known that
Jesse Dennison forged the name Of w.
j. Dennison to the deed, which lays
him liable to prosecution for forgery
and for an attempt to obtain money
under false pretense.
Dennison's wife and two children are
said to be at the home of her father
south Of the city, but nothing has been
heard from the man.
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Iowa City.
Eighteen thousand. six hundred dol
lars was the amount paid by the West
ern Realty Company of Cedar Rapids
for the Jacob Lucas farm which is sit
uated just south of the city limits Of
Iowa City. The sale was made by
sof thirty-one acres, the price being
$500 per acre. 1t is understood the Ce-
dar Rapids company plans to have the
place plated and added to the city.
Boone.
Saturday evening the northern lights
seen from this city and vicinity were
the most beautiful ever witnessed
here. Great streamers of green light
shot up into the heavens, changing as
rapidly as the twinkling Of the eye.
The sky in the north was clear and
the spectacle was distinctly seen by
many. 1t is very seldom that people
in this part of the country have an
opportunity of witnessing anything Of
this kind.
Fort Dodge.
The work of erecting the new build
ing at Boulder Lodge sanatorium was
started again this week after work had
ceased on the structure since last fall
The building is 80x40 feet in dimen-
sions, two stories in height and will
form the main part of the sana forium.
1t is built out of granite boulders as
is the building, 40x40 feet in dimen-
sions that is now in use. The new
building will form needed addition
to the present structure.
Audubon.
That the yield and quality of small
grain in Audubon county is much larg-
err than expected was witnessed when
o. B. Harris measured from the ma
chine SIS bushels of oats from thirteen
acres and each bushel weighed thir-
ty-eight pounds. -. Matt Gard
ner delivered a load of fine looking
spring wheat that tested sixty-three
pounds per bushel and averaged bet
ter than eighteen bushels per acre, all
raised within two miles of Audubon.
Fort Dodge.
The contract for the erection of the
bandstand in public square has been
awarded to Gus Benz, who will start
on the work as soon as possible in
order to bring it to a point of compile
ton before the close Of the open air
concerts. The mill work has been
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
GO RIGHT AT 1T.
Friends and Neishbors in MARSHALL
town Will Show You How.
Get at the root of the trouble.

Rubbing an aching back may relieve
it,
But it won't cure it.
You must reach the root of it = the
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney pills go right at 1T;
Reach the cause; relieve the pain.
They cure, too, so MarshalltoWn
people say.
Mrs. J. N. Walker, of 2o7 West
Boone street, Marshalltown, Iowa,
says: t'My husband suffered more or
less from kidney trouble for long
time. His kidneys were very weak
and caused backache and headaches.
At times he was most unable to work.
Recently he saw iDoan's Kidney Pills
highly recommended for such cases as
his and procured a box at Mcbride &
win Drug Company. They gave him
so much relief that have not heard
him complain since. am glad to rec
ommend this remedy in his behalf"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents Foster Milburn- Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other. ),
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
WATER Works WRECK.
East Wall of Pumping Station
at Madrid Undermined and
Collapses
NEW WELL WAS BEING SUNK
The Collapse Was Due to the lnp,
mense Amount of Sand That Has
Been Pumped From the City Well
-Workmen Notified in Time to Es-
cape the Danger.
Special to Times-Repub1ican.

0JCCldI u
Madrid, Aug 13.--The immense
amount of sand that has been pumped
from the city we'll at Madrid during the
time the water works system has been
in operation. left large cavity UNDER
pinning the foundation of the east wall
of the city pumping station. The eas-
wall and about fcslr feet of the east
ends of the north and south walls, fell
this week. The foundation to
the pump. directly over the well was
also loosened, the water main pipes
broken in two places. and one of the
we'll pipes connecting with the pump
broken.
The receptacle which the. city is
sinking is located about ten feet from
the old we'll, and a depth of about for
ty-five feet has been reached. The wa
ter from the old well broke thru the
narrow partition which divides the re-
ceptacle from the cavity made around
the old we'll, and as soon as the water
gushed thru the walls of the pumping
station, began to settle.
Ole Loson and several of the work.
men were at the bottom of the re-
ceptacle, and were notified in time SO
as to reach the top and put up sup
ports against the walls of the station
house. But for this, considerable
quantity of the brick in the walls would
have fallen into the receptacle, and
crushed the life out of any one work.
ing there.
The pump has been taken from over
the we'll and removed to another loca-
ton. The men began taking the wa
ter from the receptacle yesterday
morning. the depth at that time being
estimated close to five feet
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MAKES UNIQUE RECORD
Judge E. s. Garrison Cause OF
253 Canal Zone Marriages
in Five Days
coLoREo PEOPLES MORALS LAX
Judge Garrison, Former Iowan, How
over, Since His Appointment to Pan
ANA as District Court Judge, Has
RevoIutionized Court Practices, and
is Now Known as the Jail judge
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Special to T;mes-Republican.
Council Bluffs, Aug. 13.-Hon. Ed
gar S. Garrison, judge of the district
court Of the canal zone, Isthmus of
Panama, who enjoys the unique rec
ord of having been the cause of 253
marriages in five days, and of having
performed forty-six civil marriage
ceremonies in period of forty-five
minutes. was in Council Bluffs today.
The judge is visiting at his old home
in Logan, where for six years he was
clerk of the district court of Harris
county. He left Empire, his place of
residence in the canal zone, July q
and is due to return there September
1st.
News Of Judge Garrisons manner
of revolutionizing court practices had
preceded his return home, and his rec
ord there Is pleasing to his many
friends in Iowa. Before he was APP
pointed to the bench. /. had been the
custom merely to fine men and women
convicted of immoral conduct, and,
money being plentiful, replenished the
effect upon the morals of the COM
munity.
Zone morning" remarked Judge
Garrison, with not the least indication
of desire to pose as a moralist or
worker of revolutionary practices,
eleven couples captured in raid
the night before. were brought before
me. one at time. -
Guilty or not guilty. / asked the
first after stating the charge.
"'Guilty.' was the nonchalent re-
ply.
II called up the next one.
care you guilty. too?' 1 inquired.
ooh, yes,' came the answer prompt
ly enough.
ct was the same plea all the way
down the line They had been accus-
toned to paying fines OF SIS each, but
this time they were disappointed.
II called hp again the women who
had little children, and fined them
$3.50 apiece and made the men pay
the fines Then sentenced every one
of the others to week in Jail.
'It did not take long for the news
to spread PROFESSIONS Of wedding
gowns came from every direction to
the court room. During the following
five days married 253 couples. On
one occasion I had two other men fill
out the certificates while I simply
signed them and performed the legal
ceremonies. married forty-six ceu-
pies in forty-five minutes.
"What are you doing down at the
court house?' was asked by the fore
man of big establishment. 1.-Two OF
my niggers came to me this after
noon and each of them asked me:
"Boss, can ah get half an houah off
this afternoon? All wants to get mar
ried." I never heard of such a thing.
"Of course they were all colored peo-
pie who got married in that way. They
certainly formed a picturesque crowd.
I did not charge anything for per-
forming the ceremonies. couldn't
very well do so, when j was partly the
cause Of the stampede.
From January / to the time left
Empire had married 700 couples, and
the colored population is still getting
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
CAPTAIN J. L. DICK DEAD.
Former Washington, la, Resident To-
tally Blind for Several Years.

Special to Times-Republican.
washington, Aug. 1s.-Word has
been received here of the death or
Captain j. l.. Dick, formerly OF this
city, at Washington, D. G. He had been
totally blind the past several years, ana
was rs years of age. Captain Dick was
in the government service, holding a
federal appointment 1T Washington
for many years. He was also an in
mate of the soldiers home many years
at Columbus, o. He was member of
the Twenty fifth Iowa, regiment dis
tinguished for it's many prominent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
Some Good Scores Made in the Cham
pionShip Match.

HsOUOtUH UdSCtIs
Des Moines, Aug. 13.-The scores
made yesterday by the strivers for
championship honors were correspond
ingly as good as they were bad the
day previous. Many of the golfers
had scores lowering around DOGGY.
Roy Smith, of Ottumwa did the best
eighteen holes of the day, getting 70
in the afternoon in his match with
H. S. Wilson. r. H. Finkbine also
played sterling golf. This former
Iowa champion was even with DOGGY
which is 80 on the first eighteen and
secured a 80 on the first nine holes
in the afternoon play. William Shee-
han and James Matless lowered around
the DOGGY mark all day. Adams got
an 81 in the morning round, which is
one under the DOGGY figure. Bert Nc
Kee made 80 on the outside in his
second round with C. H. Martin.
Billy Sheehan, the young Hyperion
player, had the, time of his life putting
out the veteran golfer, J. C. Cummins,
the match not being settled until the
thirty-sixth green. The match which
was expected to be the feature of the
day, the one between "Bood" Guinand,
the qualifying day, and Warren Dick
inson, former champion. resulted in
an easy victory for Guinand, the
hole.
Directors PrizlS Results.
Ralph Barrels defeated Shirley Per-
cival 8 up l
Stuart Davis defeated DIR. Kinney
up.
II. Ricksher defeated Dorsey Hun
nell 2 UP.
Dwight Sprague defeated w. A..
Alexander up 3.
E. X. Maine defeated Grant Janney
up S.
w. F. Cram defeated H. c. Wallace
2 up.
C. H. e. Boardman defeated Willard
Foster up 5.
w. o. Finkbine defeated w. &c. Beck
by default.
w. g. Case defeated S. A. Foster 8
up 2.
L. r. Maxwell defeated Homer Mil
Ter 1 up.
Robert Fullerton, Jr, defeated Harry
Rodgers 3 up 2.
II. E. Howard defeated Webb Byers
3 up 2.
j. b. Weaver, Jr., defeated DR..
Dwight UP 2.
Fred Carr defeated D. w. Corley
2 up 1.
A. C. Steck defeated e. G. Wallace
2 up /.
James Berryhill, Jr., defeated Bert
Kendall up 2.
Tho Championship Match.
The play Wednesday,
Given Chase, IL. c. F'inkbine; Fink
bine, 1 up.
George Powers, Dwight Baker; Ba ;
ker, Is up -.
III. S. Wilson, Roy Smith; Smith, 9
up 8.
Ralph Rider, Carl Leopold; Rider, IL
up 10.
Charles Riddle, Kirk Jewett; Jewett,
by default
]. c. Curnmins, will Sheehan; Shee-
han, 2 up.
j. ]. Gilbert, j. w. Campbell; Gilbert,
9 UP 8.
r. H. Finkbine, Frank Hale; Fink
bine, II UP 10.
Arthur Gordon, John Boyer; Gordon,
8 up Z.
DR.. Shore R. Fullerton, Jr.; Shore,
up 8.
r. w. Hosford, James Matless; Mat
less, 9 up 8.
c. H. Martin, Bert Mckee; Mckee,
Z up 6.
Phil Worth, H. D. Adams; Adams.
z up 6.
H. o. Matthews, w. D. Middleton;
Middleton, Z up 5.
Perdue Sheldon, Frank Will; Shell
don, up 4.
w. Dickinson, B. F. Guinand; GUM
and, II up 9.
The winners in Wednesdays flight
play today
RAIN DELAYS RACING EVENTS.
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REV. J. o. DEAN DEAD.
Former Iowa Pastor Passes Away at
EowlersvilIe, Mich.

foWlerSVIIIe, Mich.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls. Aug. 13.-Word has been
received by Iowa relatives and friends,
of the death, in Michigan, of a former
Iowan, who was born in Buchanan
county in 1856. The deceased is Rev.
j. o. Dean, who was pastor of the
Baptist church at Fowlersville, Mich,
at the time of his death. He left Iowa
about fourteen years ago, and was
born and educated in Independence,
where his father still resides. Deceased
leaves a wife and five children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13

Before buying furnace of any kind.
Investigate the merits of the Wise. It
has many superior features not found
in other furnaces. Let us refer you to
satisfied users of Wise furnaces.
M. D. HUSTON,
119 w. Main.
Furnaces, spoutins, Gutterins, and All
Kinds Of Tin Work and Repairing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
We 30 PLUMBING WITH OUR

HEAD
as well as hands. We don't just solder
q few pipes together and call it plumb
ing. We first figure out what service
is required and then do
THE PROPER KIND OF PLUMBING.
we don't charge for the head work,
however. Our bill includes only items
for the time actually spent in doing
the work and the materials employed.
Suppose we look over your plumbing
and see what, ought to be done. That
costs you nothing.
HucHANAN-HouGHToN co.
20 North Center ST.
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eRuNNELL MAN BANKRUPT.

r. r. Russ, Druggist, Files Petition
Wednesday.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Aug. 13.-R. r. Russ, the
druggist in the old Jensen store on
Broad street, filed voluntary petition
in bankruptcy yesterday and was ad-
judged a bankrupt. A meeting OF the
creditors to select a trustee will be
held at the office Of his attorneys in
this city August "a.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-06
BANK STOCKS BRING GOOD PRICES
Many Shares in Carnegie Trust Comany
Offered at Auction Sale.

Al the auction sale of bank stocks yesterday fair
prices realized. Interest centred around the
offerings of stock of the various Morse banks and
in the large number of shares of Carnegie Trust
Company stock for sale
More than thousand shares of Carnegie
Trust Company stock advertised for sale,
but large part of this amount was withdrawn.
One block of $50 shares went for $40. while b
shares brought S59. A block of 400 shares of
New Amsterdam National Bank stock brought SIS
a share and 90 shares of the National Bank OF
North America went at 1C0
4 block of 200 shares of the Fourteenth Street
Bank sold for 500 share and 200 shares OF
Mercantile National Bank went at s12o a block
of 200 OF the Garfield National Bank brought
800 share small block of "a shares of New
Amsterdam National Bank stock sold for so
q share
Fifty shares OF the Trust Company of America
stock sold for s9s share and another block of the
amount brought $3.50 There several
sales of Chase National Bank stock at prices
around $40 a share.