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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-28
MRS. RICE Tells
OF SUICIDE PACT
Says Davis Agreed to Kill
Dr.. RuStin Of Omaha.
LATTER TOLD HER PLANS

Declares Davis Agreed to Shoot the
Physician on Condition That the
End His Own Life-Attorney for
Davis Repeatedly Object to the Evil
dence, but the Story Is Finally Told.
Omaha, Sept. 28.-Following legal
battle continued throughout the giving
of her entire testimony Mrs. Abbie B.
Rice was permitted to tell of the plans
between DR.. Fred erick Rustin and
Charles E. Davis, w-ereby Davis was
to shoot the physician and then com.
NIT suicide. Many fine points of law
came up during the clashes that fol
lowed each question, but the state
finally secured the testimony of the
witness, with which it hopes to prove
Davis guilty of first degree murder.
The questioning ELECTED that Mrs
Rice saw Davis in DR.. Rustin's of
flee twice on the evening preceding
the killing. Taking up her story al
this point Mrs. Rice was permitted to
tell what happened up to midnight
She said:
"Dr. Rustin told me he had secured
q man to kill him and that | was re
leased from the duty. He said it was
man who had several times attempt
ed to take his own life. The doctor
told me he had arranged to have this
man do the shooting on condition that
the physician give him enough poison
to take his own life. He said Davis
was to come to the Office at 8 O'Clock
that evening.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
MISTAKE COSTS LIFE.
Woman Living Near ottumwa Took
Acid for Medicine. A

special &c r.:nes-Republican. zs-,,
Ottumwa, Jan. PA mistake caused
y sad tragedy at the Rolla Lewis
home, near Christiansberg, southwest
Of here, Sunday. Mrs. Lewis drank
t.arbolic acid, mistaking it for medl-
cine. and died before medical aid could
reach her. She had been ill for several
,geekse and upon arising complained OF
i, headache. She went to the kitchen
FOR some Imminent, took down a bottle
and pouring some Of its contents in a
cup. drank the dose only to find that
fatal mistake had been made. she
screamed and aroused her husband
who, running to the kitchen, found
his wife lying on the floor. Il have
taken carbolic acid thinking 1t was the
liniment," she said.
+ Antidotes were Immediately admin
tstered. she was placed in bed and a
doctor. summoned, but the quantity
was too great to be overcome by the
antidotes given her. She retained her
consciousness for ten minutes. and
all that was possible was done for her,
but she lived only an hour and thirty
minutes.
The act was purely accidental, as
no indications were visible that would
point to an attempt at self destruc-
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
,. !. 0. anniversary
Founded Thirty-Nine Years Ago
at Mt Pleasant BY Univer-
sity Girls
CELEBRATED BY BIG BANQUET
Tables Loaded With Roses Sent by
One Of the Seven Founders of the
Sisterhood, Which is Now the Lars-
est Independent Women's organiza-
ton in the World.
Special to Times-Republican.


Mt Pleasant, Jan. 21.-The p. %. O..
Sisterhood gave a banquet last even
ing at the Worthington home here, in
honor of the thirty ninth anniversary
of the founding of this sisterhood. 1T IS
peculiarly fitting that this date should
be commemorated here in the home
town where this sisterhood was found
ed. Little did the seven maidens THINK
thirty-nne years ago yesterday what
they were founding when they bound
themselves together by a secret or
ganization SO as to better remember
each other after they were parted
These girls We're students at Iowa
Wesleyan university, and being IN
their senior year knew that they must
soon part. SO in this way bound them
selves closer together. But the order
has grown until it now numbers It's
members by the tens of thousands, ana
is the largest organization of women
independent of men, in the world.
These anniversary parties are held
each year and among the mos; pleasant
social functions ever held here. Mex
year the supreme grand is to hold its
convention here in honor of the for
tieth anniversary of the founding OF
this popular sisterhood.
The parlors of the Worthington
home were beautifully decorated, ana
the banquet tables were loaded down
with American beauty roses, the gift OF
Mrs. Judge Babb of Aurora. ILL.,, one OF
the original seven. After an elaborate
four-course menu, there was toast
program,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

tered treatments to the plaintiff IN De-
cember, 1905. The petition claims that
while Smith was in bed and suffering
great pain, the physician designated
as defendant in this case endeavored
to straighten the limb. He diagnosed
the case as rheumatism, and Smith
alleges that the treatment he received
resulted in a fracture of the thigh
bone, and a shortening Of the limb re-
ferred to by about three quarters of
an inch. Smith further AYERS that the
injuries are permanent and incurable,
and that he is made a cripple for life.
OeIwein.
John Burr, night wire chief, at the
Great Western station, was stricken
with paralysis Thursday evening
while at his work at the key. His
associates noticed that he was acting
rather peculiarly for a few minutes
before the collapse, and at S:15 he lost
all use of his legs, and was unable to
talk DR.. Pattison, the railway physi-
clan. was summoned, and on his arrival
the unfortunate man was taken IN
bus to the Pattison home on Second
street South, where he is being cared
for, and all that medical skill can ac-
compish will be done for him. Friday
forenoon he seemed a little improved,
and it is hoped that ME will recover,
altho that is problematical His right
side is wholly paralyzed. MIR. Burr
is young man about 80 years of age,
and has seemingly been in the best OF
health.
Burlington.
The state of Iowa, as represented
by Attorney General Byers, and his
assistant, George Cossen, was turned
down hard recently by Judge James
Smith of the Des Moines county dis
trict court. Cossen had appeared be-
fore the present term of the grand
jury in behalf of B. E. Jones Of Bur-
lington, who is seeking an indictment
of the men who assaulted him yea1
| or more ago in connection with the
enforcement Of the saloon laws. The
! jury found no indictment and Cossen
much vexed, filed a motion for the
calling of special grand jury. Judge
Smith declined to grant the motion
stating that the present grand Jur!
We're reliable and honest and hac
thoroughly investigated the complain
and did not feel justified in causing the
county any further expense. Jones
went before five grand juries with his
charges, but was not able to, secure
an indictment. Then he went to De'
Moines and conferred with Governor
Cummins, who turned the matter ove1
to Attorney General Byers. with in
structions to push the case for Jones
Cossin called upon the county attor'
ney, Kuhlemeier. to give notice a
once that the provisions of the mule
law would be rigidly enforced from
now On
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
REvoLTINe WATERLOO CASE.
Young Man and Wife Charged With
Keeping House Of III Fame.

Special to IlmeS-Repupllcan.N
Waterloo, Jan. 21.-The police de-
partment here has had an unusually
revolving case brought to its atten-
ton, that of Leo Waters, arrested on
the charge of conducting house of
ill fame. He is 20 years of age. He has
a wife, who is one year older, and four
beautiful children, ranging in ages
from two to six years. 1t is under
stood that similar charge will be
lodged against the wife and that the
children will be taken from ethe par
ents on the ground that they are not
proper persons to rear them.
1t is said that both Leo Waters and
his wife were waits from New J &;
that they were given homes t
home finding society and becomin
quainted when grown up, were
ried. OF late the family has ap
for aid from the overseer of the poor.
On Jan. II Mr.. Klingaman gave them
orders for half ton of coal and a
half sack Of flour. Mr.. Waters reported
that he was willing to work but I'M
able to secure employment The over
seer obtained a job for him, but it
lasted only one day. He seemed to be
a willing worker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Some Succeed in Raising Big
Crops and Fine Stock Under
Adverse Circumstances
GOOD SEED AND CROP ROTATION
Thes. Are Some of tho Methods En-
ployed to Win, With Thorough Fer
tIizaton-Marred Hired Men Tried
and Found Wanting-Wison's Rural
Observations.
Special to Times-K-pupllcan

Special to Times-Kepublican
Belmond, Jan. 21.--Last week the
news columns Of this paper contained
an article from a correspondent To-
Gated in a northern Iowa town in
which it was stated that land owners
in that section We're having great diff
ticulty to find tenants for their farms.
The reason given for this state of af-
fairs was that so often heard for the
past several years, cool summer
weather, too much rain, destructive
storms and other unfavorable crop
conditions. To some extent these dis
couraging phenomena have certainly
attended the farmers efforts, greatly
reducing the quantity and impairing
the quality of the crops raised in this
part of the state. Good judgment In
tie matter of selecting seed corn, the
employment of scientific methods IN
saving it, skill and diligence in cultl-
walton of the growing crop, all these
precautions fail to secure first class
results unless the season is favorable.
To the frequent visitor in this section
however, there is another reason APP
parent for the crop shortage, one that
is seldom mentioned but that VIII
have to be looked after before the big
yields of former years will again ne
euualled, however favorable the COM
ing seasons may be.
Starting with an illustration, man
near here lives on a half section farm.
He happens to own it too, but that,
perhaps, has little to do with his meth
DDS of handling it. He would work it
much the same way if he were rent
ing. Last year he raised 200 hogs that
are ready for market whenever in the
owners judgment the proper time lot
selling arrives. His yards are full OF
cattle, they also being raised on the
place. ''Where did you get the corn
to feed all this stuff" I asked, and
he showed me a big double crib, one
side Of which was still nearly full OF
very good corn grown on the farm last
season. He has never had a. crop failure.
His rotation includes clover and the
keeping Of a large amount of stock
means a liberal use of the manure
spreader. Farmers like this are found
scattered around all over this part of
the country. Every year they harvest
crop Of which there is no reason to
complain. Every one of them have
several neighbors who work just as
hard, perhaps harder than themselves,
Gft1a tn reward them al
the close of the season for their labor,
because they are farming worn out
land. One Of the farms near here is
said to have produced nothing but
corn and oats for the last thirty-two
years. Last summer a fair crop of oats
was grown on the place. What would
such a soil produce if it were given
chance? Without discussing the reas-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

/ court, and was given until MONDAY 10
enter a plea. 1t is charged that pr
Dahl performed the operation Whlle
under the influence of liquor and
drugs. To make the arrest officers
had to break down the doors of his
barricaded house. They found the
physician in bed in dazed condition
from narcotics.
Iowa City.
An examination to elect eligibles for
the Rhoades scholarship will be held
in President MacLean's office Janu-
ary % and 49, Anyone in the state
may take the examination. The can
didate getting the highest grade will
receive the scholarship, other quail
fcations being equal. Iowa is en-
!! titled to one Rhoades scholarship each
year. and the person selected is al
lowed $500 each year for his main
tenance at oxford.
Clinton.
The Clinton council has passed. an
ordinance requiring the placing OF
telephone wires in the city under
ground, and the Iowa Telephone Com
pany announces that at an expense OF
SIS, 900 it will build and equip mod
ern, tireproof, concrete, reinforced
building in Clinton, and will place in
underground conduits all of its wires
turnout the city The wires Of the
Tri-C City Telephone Company will also
go underground. The work will be
undertaken in the spring and will be
pushed rapidly to completion during
the coming spring and summer.
| Muscatine.
The home of w. L. Johnson, over
| looking the river on Locust street,
valued at $4,000 with rare furniture
| valued at $4,000, was burned to the
| ground the other morning at about 3
o'clock. members of the household
barely escaping with their lives. The
fire broke out somewhere in the base
ment Mrs Johnson, her daughter
and son, Victor, and Miss Gertrude
McNutt were in the house at the time.
], Miss McNutt was the first awakened
by the smoke and after giving the
alarm, the others escaped with her to
the outside, in time to save their
lives. Among the furniture We're
many beautiful and rare pieces of fur
| niture and priceless heirlooms Of the
J samily. There was some insurance on
he house Mr. johnson was away al
The time. travelling in the south.
Webster City.
Lucian Smith. living near Stratford
has filed petition in the district
court, thru his attorney. d. c. Chase
in which he asks that he be granted
damages in the sum of $4,000 for al
legged malpractice. The suit is brought
against DR. E. E. Richardson of this
! city, whom the petition alleges was
the attending physician and admins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
DIES WHILE ON VISIT.
Death of Mother and Daughter .
Boone Only Two Days Apart.

Death of Mother and Daughter at
Boone Only Two Days Apart.
Boone, Jan. 21.-Mrs. Mary Rose.
who passed away Saturday in the
Eleanor Moore hospital, was taken
with cold, which developed into
pneumonia, about week ago, and on
account of the illness of her mother,
Mrs. G. W. Mitchell, was taken to the
hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Mary Mitchell was born in Belvi-
dere, ILL.,, Nov. 4, 1S47, and was united
in marriage to George A. Rose and re-
manned in Belvidere all her life. She
was 81 years old at the time of her
death. -Four years ago her only son,
Charles ID. Rose, passed away at the
age of % years. One year ago the
goth of January, 1907, her husband
passed away
Mrs. Rose came to Boone to spend
Christmas with her mother, and both
were taken sick, Mrs. Mitchell dying
January 16, and her daughter dying
the 18th.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Farmers Grain Dealers Assoc
alton Scores Important Vic
tory at Fort Dodge
cowR,E COMPANY in FIGHT
Elevator .concern Made Defendant by
Richard Funck, Whom, in Its Do
cison, tho Court Scored Severely, as
Malicious Medd'er-Judse Lee Had
Case Under Amusement Some Time.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Fort Dodge, Jan, 21-The Farmers
Grain Dealers association has won a
monlentous victory over the grain
trust: of a decision handed down by
Juds;e Lee in the case OF Rlcharu
Funck VS.. the Farmers Elevator COM
pan.y of GoWrie. Funck Is supposed
to he in the employ of the grain trust
and some time ago bought two shares
Of stock in the company of GoWrle.
Hardly was the ink dry on the papers
before he appeared at the office OF the
con pany at Gowrie and asked the
privilege Of examining the books OF
the corporation, claiming he desired 10
nnrchase additional shares Of stock II
he found the investment a paying one
This being refused, he brought action
for a writ Of mandamus. and the re-
sulrant action in court was most SEN
sational Funck is said to have con-
ira 5icted himself many times in his
evidence. and while known to be en-
DlOVeQ as d ClSih, was uAAooAS -
that he had ever been possessed OIL
sufficient capital to purchase the two
shares of stock made out in his name.
He claimed at various times during
the questioning, to reside at st. Paul.
minneapolis, Chicago and Cedar Rap
ids. but an Investigation of his claims
proved them untrue.
THE stockholders and OFFICERS OF the
Gcwrie company fought the actlon
brought by Funck on the asnds ne
was in the employ Of the grain trust
and was seeking information from
their books as to the names OF the
firms with which business was trans
acted for the purpose Of blacklisting
these companies with the old line ele,
ystors. In the opinion just handeo
down by Judge Lee. who has had the
case under Amusement since the last
term Of the district court, Funck Is Sc
yerely scored. being stigmatized as a
a,nalicious meddler." He also charac-
terizes his actions on the witness $
stand as "disgusting in the extreme.
During the trial Funck was represent
Ell by Attorney Reed of Des Moines'
while the elevator company was de-
tended by Healy Brothers OF this CITY,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

ons for these things it is fact that
large majority of the farms III inc
community that is losing It's telia'l'
farmers and in many others IN ''e
same region, have been handled more
nearly like the one last described III
this paragraph than like the hrst men
toned When more attention Is CIV
en- to proper rotation OF crops an"
fewer half section farms are pelilS
handled by one man, there VIII be less
complaint of unfavorable seasons ana
less difficulty in finding men to nan
die the farms.
A few years ago prominent far
mer and stock breeder of this section,
dissatisfied with his method of en-
ploying single men to assist hlh,' ue :
Gliding to adopt a plan advocated ps
writer's in farm journals. built house
near his own and hired man ana
family. He gave the helper a liberal
contract which provided for SALARY.
garden spot, poultry house, COW ana
other concessions which figured up
about SIS per month for one hired
man. One evening the man invited ms
employer to milk the COW for MN ana
as he was unable to furnish any eX-
cuse for his action anotheFf family soon
afterward occupied the little mouse.
Within few weeks the new hlreu
mans back gave out and his wife in
formed the employer that John never
could stand husking corn and would
probably be laid up all winter. AT
,x-ba l13nnpnpH last
wear" Others succeeded this man and
now the house is empty. The discour-
aged farmer declares that the young
married couples that can be employed
in this way save enough in one year
to begin farming for themselves, and
the older ones are generally, for var
ious reasons unsatisfactory, so he mas
returned to the old way OF hiring sin
gle men at so much per month with
board, washing and horse kept.
Passing little sheet Of water COM
prising some sixty acres OF area the
other day, companion observed:
Here is where we come for day OF
good fishing. The water Is about ten
feet deep out there and the lake
abounds in bullheads and pickerel You
would hardly believe it, but seven or
eight years ago there wasn't par
ticle OF water here. What is now the
bed Of the lake was plowed up. seeded
to grass and pastured. In one corner
I remember one year some water
melons We're grown. Funny, isn't 1T,
fishing in a watermelon patch?
c. f. WILSON.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Waterloo.

Waterloo.
| While on her way to attend per-
Torrance of 1.-The Village Blacksmlth
at the Waterloo on Lafayette street.
Thursday evening, Mrs. Edward CHAP
man was stricken with heart failure
and dropped dead on the street pelore
medical assistance could be sum-
moned.
Ayrshire.
In court at Pipestone, Mimi, Mrs.
P. f. Mcguire of this town, was grant
ed a judgment against the Great NOR
thern railroad of $14,S00 for the death
of her husband, who was burned IN an
emigrant car between Garner and Far
go in March, 1906 The company set
tied for the contents of the car for
$3.50.
AckIey.
A special meeting was held at the
German Presbyterian church, SCUM
east of here, known as the Rev. En-
gelke church, for improving and
building an addition to same. A fur
mace will also be put in. The total
improvements will amount to $2,9oo.
This is being done, because the mem
bership is still increasing.
Rock Rapids.
The Mutual telephone lines owned
by the farmers west of here are be-
ing connected with the lines running
out of here and owned by the ROCK
Rapids Telephone Company. After
NE west lines have been connected
attention will be given to the nnes
al
south and east, so that the Whole
county can be covered from here.
Mason City.
Tossed by an enraged bull into
manager in barn, Carl Smith, of Nit
chell, S. D., son of Capt. II. l. Smith,
while looking at some cattle the other
day near here. had his legs broken
and was badly bruised. He was in the
yard when the bull charged. Smith ran
into the barn, followed by the animal
where it caught him. He is in SER
ious condition.
Epworth.
The funeral of William Campbell
| aged 102 years, was held from the M
E. church in Epworth. MIR. Campbell
was one Of the oldest residents in Iowa
and had resided in Dubuque county fol
over sixty years. Last month his son
grandson and grandson's wife Were
instantly killed near Epworth by be
ing struck by train. and the shoch
proved too much for the aged man.
Fort Dodge.
DR.. T. K. Dahl, who was indicted for
mansiaugihter as the result of an al
legged ope1f aticn on Mrs. Floyd Bowen
furnished bail in the sum OF 5000
and the tfuard which has been sta
toned WITH lin was withdrawn The
physician yves too i'll to appear N
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
IoWAN'S HORRIBLE FATE.
Ground to Pieces Under Train at Col
ana III

Colona, ILL.,, Jan. 21.--John Den
hardt, young man from Jefferson, Ia,
who has been visiting with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Denhart, one mile northeast of Bar
stow, was killed by being struck by a
Rock Island train near this place early
Sunday morning. His body was so
terribly mangled that it was destroyed
almost beyond all recognition. and the
remains were strewn along the track
for over one mile and a half.
Just how the accident happened is
a mystery, as. 1t is said that he was
not seen by any of the train crew, and
that he was killed was not known un-
til Sunday morning when his remains
were found strewn along the tracks,
Dsnhardt is . son Of wealthy far