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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
RAY LAINPAERE /.
GUILTY OF ARSON
Jury Acquits Him of Charge Of
Numbering Mrs. Guinness
and Children

La Porte, Ind, Nov. 27.-Ray
Lamphere. charged with the murder o1
Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three
children, by setting fire to the Gun
ness house, April %, was yesterday
found guilty of arson by the Jury
which had had the case since $3.50
o'clock Wednesday evening. Within
minutes after the verdict was report
ed, Judge Richter had sentenced the
defendant to the state penitentiary at
Michigan City for an indeterminate
term Of from two to twenty-one years
He will be taken to Michigan City to-
morrow to begin his sentence.
The verdict was reached within hall
an hour after the Jurors had returned
from supper. Word that an agree
veyed to Bailif Matz, who at once
telephoned Judge Richter and the at
torneys in the case. The lights in the
big court room were turned on and
within fifteen minutes the court was
packed. Lamphere was brought over
from the jail and at 1880 o'clock the
fury fled into the court room. When
Judge Richter asked the jury IL YER
dict had been reached, Foreman Hen
~ Mill announced that the jury had
agreed, and with that he passed the
white piece of paper to Judge Richter,
who, after making the entry on his
docket, read the verdict:
I'VE, the jury, find the defendant
guilty Of arson and that he ia SO
years old.
Henry Mill, foreman
There was no demonstration from
the crowd. Judge Richter thereupon
asked each Juror individually If this
was his verdict and the answer in
each case was Eyes"
Previous to the handing Of the YER
dict to Judge Richter, Foreman Mill
stated that he wished to make state
ment to the court, but Judge Richter
informed him that he could not hear
any statement until after the verdict
had been received and read. After 1t
had been read. Judge Richter asked
him II he cared to make the state
ment, but he said that It would do no
good now.
Before the jury was discharged
Judge Richter expressed his thanks
to the jury for its careful and con-
scientious consideration of the case.
Prosecutor Smith also thanked the
jury.
Following the withdrawal of the
tury. Judge Richter instructed Lam
phere to stand up, which the latter
did. His face was haggard and his
eyes were downcast. He held his
hands before him, as though they
were still stackled, and then, Just as
the church bells In the city were ring
ING out. Judge Richter asked him II he
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
MINISTER QUITS
Not Satisfied With Governments Meth.
DDS in Nicaragua.

Marag Is, Nicaragua, Nov. 27.-John
Gardiner Coolidge, American minister
to Nicaragua, today rendered his resig-
nation. 1t is reported here that he
took this step because of the disap-
proval of his government In meddling
with the International affairs of Nicar-
ague. Coolidge is also resigning from
the diplomatic service. The archives
of the legation have been placed in
charge O: John d. Gregory, Jr. Sec
retary Of the legation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
WAGNER WON IN
An ITALIAN FIAT
Battle Was One of Seconds at
/ the Close Of the Great sa.
/ {. '''.'s.: vann1ah Race

Savannah, Ca, Nov. 27.-Six score
OF italian horses. crashing and roaring
In the cylinders of Fiat car, sent
plunging through changing fog and
sunshine Of 402 miles of lilac oiled
roadways by the experienced hands
OF Louis Wagner, yesterday won the
most spectacular, the longest and the
fastest International automobile race
ever held in this country. Fate played
a game Of hide and seek with three
grim and grimy hooded figures that
sat behind big steering wheels and
throttles and fought with skill and
daring for an advantage of seconds
at the finish of the more than Six
hours of driving for the honor Of q
trophy cup and purse of gold.
The three drivers clung together
from the very start. For a time there
was fourth figure in the leading
column, hut when little more than q
minute separated the first from the
last Of the cars in the whirring quar-
tet, q caprice of fortune sent one
pitching from the road. Out of the
mass of wreckage Fritz Erie, who had
been driving the German Benz No. 10,
was taken with a broken nose and a
broken jaw. 1t was not until the last
minute Of the last lap that the tide of
victory turned to Wagner. Nazarro,
the wonderful Italian driver, holder of
worlds records and winner of count
less contests, who had chung tenaci-
ously to narrow margin of lead for
more than hundred miles, hesitated
lnog enough at the supply pits to
change a weakening tire and lost. The
treacherous rubber tubing burst as he
was about to enter the home stretch
and the three minutes of delay that
followed, sent the grand prix winner
of last year and his Fiat No. 6 from
first to third place. Hemery, In a
German Benz No. 8, favorite of the
followers of automobile racing, took
second place. 1t was not until the
official time was announced that the
actual winner was known-that Wag-
ner had hurled himself to victory by
the slender margin of 66 seconds.
Hemery was the first to finish the six
teen laps Of the race and enthusiastic
thousands hailed him a. a winner
without heed of the six minutes grace
which Wagner had. Hemery being sent
away at the start at 9:52 in the morn
ing and Wagner not getting the word
to go until 9:58.
The minutes Of waiting after Hem
cry had driven the big Benz car over
the finish line seemed like hours to
the adherents of the missing car.
Wagner, Wagner" cried the crowd.
and pitching down the straightway
with the steadiness of a locomotive on
highly polished rails, the red car tore
for the fateful line. the big white num-
Der IA" glowing from the radiator
and from the sides of the hood to tell
that there was no mistake In the Gden-
tity Of the driven. But the chea,s Of
the crowd suddenly changed to an
oppressive hush as the narrowness Of
the time margin was realized, and It
was not until the Judges signalled to
the anxious little gang of Italian work
men in the supply pits that It was
definitely known who had won.
Wagner drove remarkably steady
pace. He stopped several times for
supplies and once seemed to be In
serious trouble right in front Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
TRANSPORT OVERDUE
Carries Two Hundred Soldiers and is
Six Days Late.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Considerable
alarm IS felt at the war department
over the fact that the army transport
Dix, enroute from Seattle to Manila
with a curgo of 200 soldiers and 200
mules Is six days overdue. 1t is feared
that the Dix was caught in the same
typhoon which disabled the hospital
ship Relief while proceeding from
Manila to the Island of Guam.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
CASTRO ENROUTE
Will Undergo Operation at Bordeaux
BY German Specialist

Fort de France, Martinique, Nov. az
President Castro Of Venezuela, who
left La Guayro on Novembem "a on
board the steamer Gadeloupe on his
way to Bordeaux, where he will UNDER
go an operation at the handn Of a
German specialist. arrived here to-
day. The Gadeloupe will sail from
this port tomorrow.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
FIRST CA|BIiit:'
POSITION FILLED
Place Has Been rendered Him
and He Has Already Ac-
cepted It

New York, Nov. 27.-The Associated
Press e authorized to announce that
Frank Ii. Hitchcock has been offered
and has accepted the position of post
master general in President Taft's
cabinet. This is the first cabinet posi-
tion filled.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
CREATES NATIONAL FOREST
RESERVE IN BILLINGS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA

er in question, and Hicks, the pris-
oner. were in the car previous to Len
nox sending for he liquor.
Puzzlfng Case.
The fact that Lennox gave five
and a one dollar bill to the car clean
er to purchase two bottles of whiskey,
Is a puzzling one. The total cost of
the purchase would be, at the most,
three dollars, and the police admit
that the statement made by one of
the witnesses that money was given
by Lennox in the above bill, is sus-
picious.
In all probability there will be sew
eral startling developments within
the next two days, and if the police
detectives are on the right trail, there
will be more than one man concerned
in the murder trial.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-27
METEOR KILLED TWO HORSES.

An Oklahoma Barn Was Struck by the
Aerial Visitor.
Muskogee, Ok, Nov. 27-A meteor
ite. is reported to have fallen seven
miles south of Muskogee last night,
striking tie barn of Frank Smith, kill
Ing two horses and burying itself deep
in the ground.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
Greene County Farm Receives
Small Fortune in One
Sale
ONE STATE RECORD BROKEN
Check Believed to Be the Biggest Ever
Issued for Corn in Iowa Totals ST.
026s5 and Represents Value of 1896
Bushels of Corn - Iowa Farms Pay
ing Big Returns.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Jefferson. Sept. 24.-Probably the
largest check ever issued in Iowa for
one consignment Of corn was given
to a Greene county farmer.
The check was issued to John Can
AVIAN by j. A. Beckwith. agent for the
Minnesota and Iowa Elevator company.
and was for the sale of 1886 bushels
Of corn at II cents per bushel. The
check was for $7.O26.s5.
The John Canavan referred to is
and has been for many years resi-
dent of Dawson township, being recog
nized as one of the successful and
of that section.
On the face of these returns, there
is evidently money in corn. There is
going to be big money in corn this
year. Some has already been con-
tracted at IS cents per bushel in this
immediate neighborhood, for the new
crop. and from the present outlook
this price or better will be maintained.
A farmer within five miles of Jefferson
tells us that at that price his corn
land will pay him this year at the
rate OF $35 to $40 per acre.
Taking these matters into considera-
ton 1t is not much to be wondered at
that the price of Greene county land
is advancing so fast that a man hardly
dares to list his place for fear he will
have sold 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
STORY COUNTY FAIR OPENS.
First Days Crowd at Nevada is ,
Record Breaker

RECORD Breaker.
Special to Times Republican,.
Nevada, Sept. 24.-The Story county
fair opened here yesterday with rec
ord-breaking opening crowd. All
trains brought in people from the sur
rounding towns during the morning,
and thruout the forenoon from an early
hour, there was continual stream of
teams and automobiles entering town,
with their loads of pleasure seekers
The stock exhibit, while not so large
in some departments as was expected,
was especially fine in other depart
ments. The agricultural and the arts
and industrial halls were we'll filled.
There was a vast army of privilege
men on the grounds, and all enjoyed
a good business. The vaudeville and
aerial stunts provided for the enter
tainment of the people by the manage
ment, were good and large and en-
thusiastic crowd witnessed the ball
game between Nevada and Woodward.
These teams will play all three days
OF the fair.
There was a large crowd in the am
phitheater to hear Hon. c. o. Holly
democratic candidate for congress from
the Seventh district. fire the opening
gun of the democratic campaign in this
county. With good weather, the Ne
vada fair, it is thought, will enjoy the
best patronage that 1t has enjoyed for
years, altho from an amusement stand
point. it can hardly be said to be up
to the standard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is>not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able subst; noes. To get its beneficial
effects alwsys purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

oldest ones to Mt. Pleasant and rec
commended that they be sent to the
industrial school. 1T was decided that
the youngest boy was not old enough
to realize what he had done and that
he was probably led into it by the
older ones.
GIidden.
Paul, the little son of George Cad
well and wife, met with most unfor-
tunate accident Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Caldwell were spending the day at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hood half
way between Glidden and Coon Rap
ids While following a led horse close
/ ly, the animal, in order to pass thru
a gate, stepped backward, knocking
| little Paul down and stepping on one
of his legs in such a way as to break
the large hone about halfway between
the knee and the hip joints. The little
fellow was taken home at once and
the fracture reduced.
Essex.
1T was a shock to the people Of Es-
sex, Sunday morning when the word
was passed that Thomas II. McMaster
was dead. Most of the residents of our
little city did not know that he was
sick. He had not been feeling we'll for a
week, but was up and around the
house until o'clock Thursday morn
ing was taken very sick with heart
trouble and it was thought he would
die before medical aid could reach him.
A physician was summoned and
brought relief, but his heart continued
in bad state and on Sunday morn
ing at go he passed away The end
came peacefully.
Mt. Pleasant.
Mr.. Matthews who was committed
about week ago from the mayors
court to the county Jail, is reported
among the missing. Tuesday afternoon
he seized favorable opportunity to
depart before completing the thirty
days Jail sentence which hung over
him He was assisting Deputy Sher-
if Campbell in serving dinner, and
was intrusted with the duty OF car
rying the tray from the kitchen to the
Jail, where the half dozen boarders at
that time were being served. One OF
the prisoners called the deputy sheriff
to ask about something. AT this juno
ture Mr.. Matthews set down his tray
and struck out at swift pace thru the
back yard and has not been ~ rd of
since, except that Dennis NJ saw
him IN the south part of thy 7 /hort-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24

Iowa Falls.
Quite number from Iowa Falls and
vicinity are contemplating trying their
luck in the opening up of the 100000
acres of land in the Rosebud reserva-
ton of South Dakota by the govern
ment.xs
Shenandoah.
Lucas c. Gardner died at his home
nine miles south Of town Saturday,
September 10, at the advanced. age of
% years, 6 months and a day. He was
widely known and highly esteemed, be-
ing soldier for the union in the civil
war and an early settler
Iowa Falls.
Ab Starr raised head Of abbage
In his garden on the east side this
summer that weighed nearly % pounds
and was over four feet in circumfer-
ence. This monster cabbage head was
on exhibition in one of the display
windows at Welden's several days last
week.
Fort Madison.
Frank Bracket, the government rep
resentative, who has been here for
several days for the purpose of max
dng report on the available postoffice
sites, has completed his work and gone
to Minneapolis, MINI. There will
probably be nothing definitely known
as to the result of his visit for thirty
days.
Burlington.
Over $4,000 has been deposited in
the savings banks by the pupils of the
Burlington public schools during the
past two years under the school saw
ing system, which was first tried as
an experiment, and has now become
one Of the most valuable adjuncts OF
the public school curriculum in this
city.
New London.
VERNE lstrack, aged 9, Stanley Har-
per, age 8, and Dick Harper, aged 6.
were brought before Mayor Hayes
Monday, on the charge of entering
Browns grocery store and helping
themselves. The back door in the
store had been left open to air out
the room, but the screen door was
locked. They broke hole in the
screen, entered and carried away some
candy, pipes, tobacco and other things
most of which was recovered. The
BOYS pleaded guilty and as they have
been causing great deal Of trouble
here lately ths 1axor sent the tRo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
Upper Mississippi Improvement
Association Convention Has
Been Great Success
WILKINSON AGAIN PRESIDENT
Office of Treasurer Only One Over
Which There Was contest-con-
gresham Lloyd, Missouri, Advises
Association to Ask Congress for An
nuaI Appropriation at $2,5oo,ooo.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republcan.
| Clinton Sept 24-The seventh an
nual convention of the Upper Missis-
sippi River Improvement association
came to close today Part OF the at
| tarnoon was devoted to a river excur-
sion on the government steamer David
Upton, sent here to take the delegates
! out on the river. The convention was
the most successful in the history of
| the association. More than 200 dele
| gates attended.
President Thomas Wilkinson was re-
elected president of the association for
the coming year. He is Burlington
man. Secretary l.. B. Boswell, OF
Quincy, also was reelected. j. +. Eek
ert. of Gutenberg. was elected treas
urer. For this office there was a con-
test. friends of George L. Wilson, Sr,
of Clinton having put his name before
the convention. The following vice
presidents were elected:
acknowledgement Isaac Mason, OF
ST Louis.
Minnesota. D. Armsen, of Still
/ water.
lowa-C T. Hancock, of Dubuque.
Illinois-W A. Miesse. of Moline
An interesting feature of the COM
vention yesterday was the address u
Congressman Lloyd, of Missouri, who
has attended all of the conventions OF
the association Mr.. Lloyd believes the
association will ultimately attain sue
cess in it's project of deepening the
channel, but believed the proper way
to bring about the object was to ask
congress for an annual appropriation
of S2,5OO,OO0. instead of asking for
bulk sum of $2O,0OO,000. The half mil
lion. he said, would pay the ordinary
expenses Of each current year. while
the $2,0O0,0OO would go towards the
ultimate deep waterway object. The
congressman spoke of dozens of pro-
jects for river improvements, canal
construction, and harbor betterments
before the national committee at the
present time, declaring that nothing
but we'll organized and a united eff
fort of the people of the Mississippi
valley will bring about the good result
hoped for. The Improvement of the
upper Mississippi, Mr.. Lloyd declared
is of interest to greater number of
persons than is any of the other pro-
jects now in the hands of the commit
tee at Washington.
Last night magnificent banquet
was rendered by the Clinton Manufact.
urers' and Shippers association, t the
delegates and as many Clintonites as
could be seated. Covers were laid for
400. and notable toast program fol-
lowed the banquet repast The function
was a most brilliant one.
The convention has been successful
thruout the local executive commit
tee, of which w. +. Coan was chair
man, providing excellent entertainment
for Clinton's visitors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24

ly afterWard. Mr.. Campbell at first
decided to give chase, but on second
thought concluded to lock the Jail, and
then it was too late to overtake the
prisoner.
Abba.
Fred Clark, of Fremont Neb., son
of our townspeople, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Clark has invented and secured pat
ent on machine that is destined to
come into general use. Its purpose is to
manufacture roofing out of old tin cans
and waste tin to be found in hardware
stores. The cans are fed into the ma
| chine much like meat is deposited in
sausage mill. The cans are straight
ened and come out of the machine with
two corrugations which lap one over
| the other and make a very substantial
tin shingle. When put onto a building
and painted, the old cans make a very
handsome and durable single.
Creston.
BY action commenced in the district
court, John K ees, one of the oldest pio-
neer citizens of Creston, will make
located in the west part of this city,
ana the drug SLOT0 WIllCu lids UecA
conducted by him for many years. The
suit is instituted John KEGS VS.. I3. II.
Merrifeld, and I. N. Merrifield, Allan
F. Beck and John M. Hays. The pc
tition sets out many allegations against
the defendants, which If substantiated'
by the course to be pursued in court.
all of the defendants will be found
guilty of deception and fraud and the
heavy loss claimed to have been suf-
fered by Mr.. KEGS will be redressed.
| Dedham.
| Frank Klocke of Newton township,
was taken before the insane commits
sion by Constable Leslie Downing on
warrant sworn out by one of Mr..
Klocke's sons, on the charge Of in
sanity. In October Of 1903 Mr.. l<locke
was before the commission on the
same charge Since then his mind has
continued to fail and of late he has
been very violent at times. He has
| conceived the idea that the devil is af-
ter him and as he appeared in court
he was sad object Of pity. With
a splendid physique he stood with head
bowed down holding in his hand
crucifix from which he never took his
| eyes. He imagines that the crucifix is
the only thing that can save him from
his great -enemy-the devil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24
Mob Would Have Dealt Harshly
With Frazer Wife Beaten,
Had He fingered
JAMAICA STILL IN HIDING
Belief Is That He Will Not Soon Ven
ture Back to His Home Abused
Wife Pleads With Mob, Attracted by
Her Screams, Not to Punish Her
Husband.
Special to Times-Republicau.

Special to Times Republican,
I Boone, Sept. 24.--Boone county will
never again come so near to having a
lynching and yet escape, as the at
of that town were greatly wrought up,
and ii the victim of their wrath had
been captured, he would undoubtedly
have been strung up without further
delay.
Wife Beating the Cause.
This man is Andrew Jamaica, and he
has been resident of hhar place for
some time. Tuesday evening, SO the
word from Fraser says, he began beat
ing his wife. this being about 3
o'clock He pulled her hair. and tore
halldsful from her scalp, tore the
clothing from her body, so word from
that city states, and beat her unmer-
cifully. Her cries brought many peo-
lthera was a bowling mob Of several
hundred angry citizens of Fraser gath
cred about the modest little home. The
crowd was not made up of men to-
tally, for there We're nearly as many
women as men, and they elso took an
active interest in THE proceedings.
The man saw that things were In a
desperate condition, and after talking
to the first few THAT gathered, he bolted
from the house and started off across
lots. The mob, which by this time had
reached it's largest, followed. The men
and women separated and chased JAM
aica across town, wh en- he was lost to
them. The town was thoroughly
secured, but the man had disappeared
completely. The mob, had they cap
tured Jamaica, would undoubtedly
have lynched him on THE spot. Their
anger was at white heat, and it was q
good thing for Jamaica that he made
his getaway. Today. word from Fraser
says that Jamaica is still in hiding, and
that he will not soon venture back to
that city.
When his wife saw the mob chase
after her ihust and. she plead with
them to leave him alone, and was
greatly worried for fear THAT they
would carry out their threats.