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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
Several Leaders of the Revolt
Among Tama Reds Arrested
for Violating Rules
REFUSED TO PATRoNlzE SCHOOL
Federal Court Will Be Resorted to to
Determine the Status of the Red Men
and Question of Compelling Youths to
Attend Reservation House of Learn
ing.
Special to Tines Republican.

Special to Times-Repubican.
Tama, Oct. 9.-Jim Peters, we'll
known in Iowa and a prominent lead
er Of the Tama Indians. Lies in a jail
on the Talna Indian reservation along
with several others. Those who have
been incarcerated with him are Ta-Ta-
Pa-Chau, Wam-Te-Na-See-Wah and
Me Sou Nau-Qua and his wife. These
people refused to obey the command
of the government to send their chill
dren TO the Indian schools and have
been in a state of semi-rebelllon LOT
some time. Among them Jim Powers,
leader, was one of those most strongly
opposed to the governments lnterteF-
ence. jim is educated and rs on to
the ways of the white man.
AS the Indians own their ground In
fee simple the question soon to DE
decided by the federal court will have
some knots in it. 1t will have to de-
eide whether a man has the right Ito
say what he shall do. ON his own
ground. Attorney ]. Lamb has taken
the case of the Indians and a APP
piled to Judge Reed of the federal
count for a writ of habeas corpus, dl-
rected against the Indian agent. J.
Greene and A. B. Somers. the Indian
farmer, demanding that they appear
in court with the Indians and show
cause why the latter should not 'be
| set at liberty. The date for the hear
ing has been set for Oct. IA, at Sioux
CHtv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
MAN BRAVES TORTURE
Aged ReeIuse Balks Brutal Robbers
Who Sought Hiding Place Of
WeaIth-Left for Dead, He Receivers
-Assailants Arrested.

Chicago. Oct. 9.-Bound hand and
volver. William Chambers, "a years
old, withstood the efforts of two men
to PRIV from him the secret Of his sup
posed hidden treasure. One Of his al
legged tormenters, Walter Wilkinson.
was the adopted son of a cousin of
the old man, and both had cruelty
beaten their victim before subjecting
him to threats of death. Wilkinson
and Harvey Gnslee were arrested as
his a%ssailants and he identified them
as those who had attacked him Satur-
day night.
Chambers, who owns a small farm
just outside the city limits, was be-
lieved by the men to have a large
sum of money hidden in his house.
He has lived there as a recluse for
many years and oftentimes had been
visited by Wilkinson.
The old mans assailants. after beat
ing at his door for a long time, told
Chambers that his nephew, John Mich
OILS, udu Uee.l hiliSd Ia AoNSoAS
the west side. The old man says he
recognized the voice of Wilkinson and
opened the door and admitted the men.
Once inside the story OF the accident
was told him in detail. and Chambers
said he would come to Chicago early
the next morning.
AS the men were prepared to leave
Wilkinson asked the old man to show
them the nearest way across the
prairie to the Irving Park a l. He
consented, and. lighting his lantern,
started with them. They had gone
only a short distance when Chambers
was felled with a blow on the head
with a bottle. He was beaten until
his face was almost a pulp. Then the
thieves bound his hands and feet and
left him lying at the side of the path
while they returned and ~ransacked
the house.
Every nook and corner was searched,
but only "a. a revolver and an axe
were found. Determined to learn where
the coveted money was. d they
returned to where Chambers lay half
dead in the grass, and while one
threatened to chop off his head with
the axe the other held the revolver
and gave the victim until he would
count ten before sending a bullet thru
his heart.
The old man told them repeatedly
that he had no money hidden and the
thieves finally relented and did not
murder him. Instead they carried him
back to his little house and placed
him on a bed and left him alone
thinking he would be dead before NOR
ming.
when he was not seen about the
premises Sunday morning a neighbor
! made a search for him and learned
his p~redicament. The old man told his
/ story and John Nichols, the nephew
who was supposed to have been killed,
was notified.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
Kellogg News.

Special to Times-RepublicaE.
Kellogg, Oct. 9.-Mr. Ed Craven has
bought a dot in the burned district,
of Charles Bobzin, and will erect an
implement house early next spring. FOL
the winter the stock will be housed IN
the Miller shoe shop. .
w. B. Wiegand Of Anita, is the latest
addition to the telegraph office at the
depot. His family will arrive next
and they will go to housekeeping
In one Of J.. W. Burke's houses IN tine
western part of town.
Miss Ada. Irish has gone ito Whiting
and will remain until Christmas. Her
sister Fanny, who lis teaching IN the
Whiting school, will return with mel
then for the holidays.
Mrs. Lottie Gray. of Montrose, Col,
who has spent the summer here WIN
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Stuart,
left for home yesterday. Mrs. Hall
Smart accompanied her as far as Des
Moines. -.
Carl Bobzin has concluded to rebuild
his residence on the site of the one
recently destroyed by fire, and masons
are busy repairing the foundation. The
family will occupy the DIR. Craven res
idence in the meantime.
]. w. Burke, whose printing press
was destroyed in the fire, has made ar
raurements for the printing of the
Tribune in Des Moines temporarily. II
will be issued on Thursday. as usual.
The NJ. E. Aid society met
day with Mrs. A. R. Ratclif. four
miles northwest of town, going ou TOT
the day. The hostess, assisted by Mrs
A. V. Brown and Mrs. Ow1ings, served
a ~ibountiful dinner, after which a h
but interesting description of her sum :
mer in the Rockies was given by Mrs
Ella Millek.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09

have asked Judge 2. A. Church to ap-
point an expert accountant to go over
all the books of the county officers
in the interest of the tax payers.
r. H. Griffith has purchased the
two-story brick block on East Main
street, occupied by the Bon Ton cafe
and the Jones harness shop.
Rev. C. F. Johnson has been trans
ferred to Baxter Springs. kas., instead
of going to Pomeroy. He thinks the
milder climate of southern Kansas viii
benefit his health.
Rev. III. B. Burnes arrived yester-
day to begin his pastorate here in the
NJ. e. church.
Rev. j. d. McCord, of this place. will
preach the next year at the Crane
View U. B. church, in Des MONIES, pu'
will keep his family home here.
Carpenters are putting in shelving
in the store room formerly occupied
by the Clark furniture store. in prep
aration for The Fair, which will oper
up in it's new location with greatly IN
creased stock of goods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
People of Cedar Rapids Take
Steps to Close Play Houses
on Sundays
WOULD ENFORCE BLUE LAWS
ccmsittee From Churches Prepare Or
din.nce Which Council Will Be Asked
TO Enact Into Law-The City is
+. Aeitated and Question obscures Pol
itics.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times-Repubiican.
Cedar Rapids, Oct. 9.-This city
may soon be in the midst of a cam
paign Of its own that will o~vershadow
the presidential battle. For some
months there has been an agitation
smong church people looking toward
the closing OF the Sunday theaters.
The opponents Of the Sunday theater
e,ppointed a committee of the best
known citizens and business men OF
the city. This committee has been
laboring. with the council in the en-
.ieavor to secure the passage of an
.anti-Sunday theater ordinance. Sew
,eral meetings have been held with the
members Of the city council as au-
,dience, in which representatives of the
committee of twenty-five and repre-
sentatives Of the theaters presented
their sides OF the a
The committee Of twenty-five has
prepared an ordinance which makes
it unlawful for any person to operate
a theater OF moving picture show OF
Sunday. Under the state law the coun-
Gil has the right to regulate or pro-
hibft theaters, but under the commits
sion plan the city council must, if a
petition is presented, allow the people
to vote on any ordinance that may be
passed. The theater people believe
that If any anti-Sunday theater ordi-
nance is submitted 1t will be over
whelmingly defeated.
The theater people have also asked
that II any ordinance Is passed 1t be
made to include all Sunday amuse-
ments, but the church people object to
this; they say they r not after any
other amusements than the Sunday
tl,eaters; especially they do not want
to antagonize the Bohemian people,
very large proportion of the popula-
tion-who give amusement programs
in their public halls on Sunday.
The lid people say that regardless
OF what the council does with the
snatter-even II an ordinance is passed
and then rejected-they propose tc
close the Sunday theaters under the
old blue laws Of the state. The pros
pect for a bitter fight between the con-
tending forces is exceedingly good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09

warfare. His personal friendships have
been always superior to his political
Judgment. Generally speaking, he
knows that men, as a mass, want a
square deal" and it really does not
take superlative wisdom to guess this.
But when it comes to the selection OF
advisers Mr.. Bryan will continually
be led to prefer those who will follow
his lead meekly, instead of those who
will insist on some share of response
bility and honor. One of the basic
faults in Mr.. Bryan's makeup is the
intensity with which he Views his own
affairs and the dim and feeting light
in which all other mems affairs appear
to him. He is all enthusiasm as re-
CARDS his own fortunes, but he is i'm
patient to boredom if confronted with
the prospect of seriously considering
some other mans career. This has
always been excused in the case of
admittedly great men. but it is not per
Sc the hall mark Of greatness. In
deed, many great men have had the
happy faculty in interesting them
selves genuinely in other things be
sides their own stars, and have thereby
and advanced their own great
less. 1t follows, in Mr.. Bryan's case,
that those who flatter him most are
the most apt to win his confidence. He
is not, and never can be a mar who
will agree that "the wounds Of a mans
friends are faithful" This is because
his vanity will not permit it. A GER
tain amount of vanity, assurance, or
good opinion Of ones self, is essential.
but there are extremes to be avoided.
In his record of advisers, managers,
political proteges, etc, Mr.. Bryan has
proven conclusively:
A Poor Judge of Men.
exhibit D." (1). William j. Bryan
is not a judge of individuals; (2) nor
a. Judge of political conditions.
His Points of Merit.
81 turn now with unfeigned pleas
ure to the consideration Of Br. Bryan's
+, strong points.
"He is probably the ablest nan NOR
ally, that the democratic party has
hcnored with the nomination for years
There is no need to elaborate on this
point.
"He has a fine presence, a capacity
for hardship, and recuperative powers
hat make him an ideal ~campaigner.
"He is an orator who is unquestion-
ably popular with the masses, includ-
ing c%hautauqua audiences.
Gle is a man whose impulses are
| good, even tho they are colored with
an intense personal ambition.
HE has the gift of PERSONAL mag
netism in a considerable degree, the
this gift appeals more to the suscep-
tibilities than to the cool judgment OF
men.
Granting all this, the question
which will have to be met at the next
democratic national convention will
be Shall the democratic party go
down to defeat for the third term
Just to please Mr.. Bryan. or shall the
place on "the firing line" he given to
an ADLER man'T
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
sHoNTs ON BOARD
Former Iowa Man Elected as Director
of Minneapolis & ST. Louis Railway
Report of Company Shows De-
creased Earnings.

Minneapolis. Oct. 81. +. Day, Vice
president and general manager of the
Minneapolis s. st. Louis, announced
yesterday that the gross earnings for
the wear Just ended amounted to So
826,516.07, with a decrease of S47,-
1928 under the earnings of last year;
the operating expenses We're $685.
alS.9 {, with an increase over the oper-
ating expenses of last year OF $685.
APP, and the net earnings Of the
company for the year just ended was
SLIT, 597.15, showing a decrease of
1915, 564.4O under the net earnings of
last year.
The stockholders of the Minneapolis
+! 4 ST. Louis Railroad company held
their annual meeting in the general Of
fees of the company. Metropolitan
building, yesterday and reelected II.
e. Huntington. New York, and Frank
Trumbull, New York, as members of
the board of directors. THEM terms ex-
pired yesterday. T. p. Shonts, president
of the Clover Leaf and Chicago and
Alton roads, was elected a member OF
the board to fill a standing vacancy.
The annual report. of the company
Twas not ready for the meeting, but the
q Stockholders who wer present ex-
pressed themselves as well pleased
with the showing the road has made
during the past year Considering rigid
legislation. the financial furry and 9TH
er causes that would tend to decrease
the volume of business.
The directors meeting wasj post
poned until the middle of the month
in New York, for the election of of
icers for the new year. No changes are
expected at this time, and 1t Is prob
able that the old board will be re-
elected without change.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09

| (Written q year ago by a democrat.)
Chicago, Oct. 9.-The following in
teresting and pertinent article was
written by Ernest McGaffey! private
secretary to Carter Harrison, Jr.. when
democratic mayor Of Chicago, and pub
lished in the st. Louis Mirror In its
issue of Aug. Is, 1907:
"As a democrat who will carry to
the grave his bodily scars earned III
fighting for Bryan DIN his first cam
.paign; as a democrat who supported
him loyalty in his second campaign;
and as a democrat who has no vestlge
of luminosity against theg gentleman IN
question, + feel qualified in giving him
an unprecedented, and, to my mind, an
accurate survey of MI. Bryan's
strength In this article.
POLITICALLY, I am out of the game;
even when in it I was not even locally
anything OF a factor; so that II MI.
Pryan's worslippers point to these
facts, I simply say that in all modesty
I do not expect my name to add a
feathers weight to the opinions given
BY me. At the same time II l did not
firmly believe myself to be possessed OF
Infinitely superior mental qualities as
a writer, q lawyer, a thinker, and a
i,,dee of human mature to the gentle
man in question, I shall not dream Z
writing this sketch; thus adding a
slight silver lining of assurance to the
cloud of my native modesty. Mr.. Bry-
an has travelled, spoken, campaigned'
and figured in several national strug-
giles. and has edited and furnished ar
ticles to his paper, The ana
he has appeared before the public, ana
especially the chautauqua assem@bfages
in the CAPACITY Of a lecturer. He mas
been sufficiently advertised. his oppor-
tunity for impressing any great mental
gifts which he might be supposed 10
possess, have NOT been denied MIN.
Now then. in perfect candor, and IN an
entirely friendly and frank spirit. what
is his mental stature, and What are his
ourali fications for the post of chlef
ma g~istrate of the nation?
"Mr. BRYAN was at one time admitted
to the bar. So far as my knowledge
poes. he did not seriously follow the
legal profession, and did not make any
mari, as a lawyer. This will not be
disno,+ed. for the record legally
speaking, disposes of claims as to
that effect. He has had his a IN
co,,rt, hut he practically abandoned
the law for politics. It follows, there
fore. to wit, and may be SO set down
as follows:
Bryan a Poor Lawyer.
'"Exhhhit "a, William J.. Bryan is
not a lawyer MI. Bryan was at one
ttme Engaged in the newspaper bust
ness in Nebraska: but as a mans tall
ents are often hidden on a newspaper
by the practice of suppressfng tne
names of writers, 1t might have been
c%haritably assumed that he then had
no opportunity OF showing his abilities
as "a writer. But latter on he estab-
ltshed his own paper, The Comqnoner,
and here no perrt-up Utica of jour-
nalism prevented him from displaying
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
ARr STUDIO BURNS.
Building at Logan Said to Be Praetic.
ally Ruined.

Special to Times-Republican.
Logan, Oct. 9.-An art studio be-
longing to J.. w. Deaktns, vas dis
covered to be on fire at about s o'clock
yesterday morning. Tho the fire had
burned thru the roof and one side Of
the building, it was extinguished with
out damage to adjoining buildings.
The amount of damages to the build
ing and fixtures has not as yet been
determined, but the building is prac-
tically ruined.
The cause of the fire is said to have
been due to spontaneous combustion,
Mr.. Deakins being away, and there be-
ing no fire in the stoves in the build
ing. This makes the second fire caused
by some unknown agency in Mr.. Deak-
ms studio, i'm the year past.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
Liquor Agitation at Dubuque to
be Extended to Include
Pharmacists
LAWS MUST BE osEYEp AT ONCE
Chief Of Police Issues Sales.--future
Violations May Land Druggists Be-
fore the Grand Jury-some Of the
Stores Little Less Than Saloons, 1t is
Charged.

Special to Times-Republican.
Dubuque, Oct. 9.-Chief OF Police
Pickley has started out to notify GER
tain proprietors of drug stores thai
they must stop the sale of liquor I'm
mediately and if in the future they are
found to violate the order, the evidence
will be laid before the grand jury and
the violators punished.
Since the saloons Of Dubuque have
been closed on Sunday there have been
various complaints made to the adj
ministration that drug stores T the
scenes of drinking bouts. This illegal
sale is said to continue on election days
and at other times when the saloons
are closed.
From the information gained by po-
lice officers certain proprietors of drug
stores run Saloons" selling as much
liquor, if not more, than medicine. The
liquor, it is said, is not secured for
medicinal purposes but as a beverage.
These sales are said to have Increased
enormously In the past several weeks
and the traffic was carried on glaring-
ly and without
The administration has had the evil
dence under consideration for some
time but no action was taken on 1t un-
til Tuesday. Mayor Schunk and Chief
Pickley held a conference and Dit was
decided to issue an order commanding
all drug stores to refrain from selling
liquor for other than medicinal pur-
poses and to do It immediately.
1.-The drug store proprietors must
obey or they will he called before the
grand jury" was the statement OF an
official in a position Of authority.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
SPONGE IN ABDOMEN.
c. r. Chase, Council Bluffs, Sues Sur.
qeons for $4,000.

Council Bluffs, Oct. Claiming that
absorbent sponge or gauze was left in
his abdomen after an operation for ap-
pendicitis, Charles R. Chase has
brought suit in the district court for
$780, 900 against A. P. Condor, S. Il.
Hopkins and F. w. Houghton, who, he
alleges. performed the operation. The
operation was performed, the plaintiff
states, in June, 1908. He asks $144 for
loss of time, $50 alleged to have been
paid to another surgeon, $120 for hos
pital care, and the remainder Of the
500, 900 for physical and mental pain.
F. w. Houghton Of this city, who Is
one Of the defendants in the Ease,
states that he merely administered the
~anaesthetic preparatory to the opera
ton and did not do the surgical work.
Drs. Condor and Hopkins reside in
Omaha.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09

vious to this crime, that her brother
had been a good boy and had never
been in any trouble before.
A relative of Peterson was also 'be-
fore the board and made a plea for
the liberty of his brother. He stated
his ease in practically the same ann
as the former cease.
Both are Waterloo boys who were
sent to the state reformatory nearly
a year ago and for some time the rela-
tives have been preparing to make q
fight for the boys liberty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
DEPoT FOR INTERURBAN.
Z. q 1. Officials Make Proposition 20
Davenport Council.

Special to Times-Republican.
Davenport, Oct. "a proposition
was made by the I. & l.. officials at
the meeting Of the committee of the
whole of the city council yesterday
afternoon, to lease the old B., G. r. &
N. depot, located at the foot of Brady
street, for interurban purposes. The
company wants the depot and the land
Immediately to the west thereof,
reaching south of Front street and
west almost to Main street. The strip
Is about 80 feet in width.
The lease is to extend over a period
Of about twenty-five years, until the
/. & /. franchise in the city expires,
and the company Is to pay an annual
rental Of 5000. The city is to keep
up the insurance, while the company
is to use It for ~interurban purposes
only. If any other company wishes
to lease the building as well, the city
may lease 1t to them at any time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS FRIEND.
Charles Berger, Sioux City, Was Fool.
ina With Old Revolver.

Sioux City, Oct. 9.-Snapping q re-
yolver, to see whether 1t was in good
condition, Charles Berger accidentally
shot his friend, Charles Riley. Mr..
Berger did not know that the gun was
loaded, and as his friend Riley passed
in front of him the one cartridge in
the gun came under the hammer and
was discharged, the bullet striking
Riley in the fleshy part OF the right
leg.
The revolver was a 80 na1iber, and
was not supposed to have been loaded
for a year or more. The u WAS lying
on the table when Berger saw 1t and
snapped it, after having been told that
There was no load in the chambers. The
wound is not dangerous, as the ball has
been removed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
G WOUND FATAL.

Charles Ford, Of keokuk, Accidentally
Shot Himself.
Special to Times Republican.
Keokuk, Oct. 9.-Charles Ford, the
negro who accidentally shot himself a
few days ago, died at the Graham hos
pitai here. He was climbing into the
window of his room when the revolver
which was dn his pocket was dis
charged by tho hammer striking
against a trunk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-09
DITCH STILL INCOMPLETE.
Farmers Ditch, Woodbury. County,
When Done, Will Cost $4,000.

Sioux City, Oct. 9.-Altho s1so,ooo
has been spent. the farmers ditch, in
the southwest part of this county.
yet incomplete. The board of sup
visors, at their regular session,
week, authorized the county
to additional assessment OF
SIC, 900, which will make the big Itch
when complete, cost close to .lse,-
600.
The work on the big ditch is prac-
tically completed. about six and one
half miles of work yet to be one This
work is on lateral bitches, which con-
meet with the big excavation.
The ditch drains thousands OF acres
of marsh land, and has increased the