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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
SPENT THOUSANDS
IN SEEKING HEALTH
james Mckenzie Died Paupet
Though Once Command
ing Aff1uence.
RECENTLY FROM ENGLAND
Held Responsible Position on the Blue
Line of London and Drew
Good Salary -Other
Iowa News.

Washington, Ia. Sept. 24.--Though
iar from home, a stranger in strange
land. james Mckenzie, formerly Well
To do, WAS given honorary burial here
yesterday afternoon by the Masonic
order. The deceased came here broke
less than IL month ago and was cared
TOR, being in very poor health. He was
on his way then from Victoria, b. c., to
the gulf states in hopes that he would
be benefited. He was until recently a
chief engineer on the Blue Line of Lon
don, and drew u salary of $1,000 yearly.
He had spent thousands of dollars try
ing to cure himself OF tuberculosis since
january, but without avail. He was a
Scottish Rite Mason, versed in the Lam
guagcs, quoted readily from standard
authors and had every appearance OF
Il gentleman of means and character.
He was born in Glasgow. was Il college
graduate, and Jared the sea since boy
hood. A sister residing in Edinburgh
has been written, advising her of his
DEATH The Masons here purchased a
lot in ELM Grove cemetery, also fine
caslket and gave him respectable bur-
ial He was % years old and single.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
MISS BRYAN's ROMANCE
True Story of Her Engagement to the
Artist, William II. Leavitt.

Artist, William II. leavitt.
Lincoln. Neb., Sept 23.-How William
Homer Leavitt, an artist of Newport. R..
L., won the affections of Miss Ruth Bryan,
daughter of w. ]. Bryan, has come to
light
The acquaintance of the couple dates
from last May. when Mr.. Leavitt came to
Lincoln, not at the request of Mr.. Bryan,
as had been stated but at his own re-
quest, to paint Mr. Bryan's portrait for
his exhibition at the ST Louis EXPOSE
ton.
The wedding has been set by Miss Bry-
an for October 3. She is not 19 years old,
as reported when her engagement with
Captain Hobson was enormously an
nounced.
She will be 10 the day before the mar
rlage, which will take place at Fairview,
the country home of her parents. On that
day she will be of age and free to choose
sor herself
The report that her parents have OPP.
posed the match is denied. They hold Mr..
LeaNitt in high regard as to his personal
character and ability as an artist. None
but near friends of the bride will be
guests at the wedding.
Her parents believe she is young, but
Will not cross her wishes in the matter Of
her choice. Mr.. Leavitt has not been a
guest at Mr.. Bryan's home, but to accom-
modate him for sittings he has frequently
remained for luncheon. The young couple
were thrown much together, and 1t was
case of love at first sight. Miss Bryan
mas been in the habit of having her own
way, and the engagement was announced
by her. MIR. Leavitt is 80 years old. He
was married at % to lady of Newport,
who died one year later. A child born
to them died a few years later. His
mother Is in moderate circumstances.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
BOGUS TRANSFERS.
boston Street Railway Company Said
to Have Lost 100000 Thereby.

boston Street Railway Company Said
to Have Lost 100000 Thereby.
Boston, Sept. 23.-An extensive fraud
has been perpetrated on the Boston G.
Northern Street Railway company by
the printing of bogus transfer checks,
their sale to conductors at nominal
price, who turned them in at full value.
The police have the names of more
than twenty conductors who have been
turning in these bogus checks for sew
eral months. Fully $4,000 of these
worthless checks a week have turned
up since last November, and 1t is be-
iieved that the loss will equal If not
exceed 100000.
Two employees We're arrested. The
men are Herbert T.. Shawman, janitOr
at the Central Square station, and
Herbert Morris, conductor on the Lynn
& Boston division. Shawman admitted
having purchased about $4,000 worth
of the counterfeit transfers, While Nor
ris. at the time of his arrest, had 400
bogus checks in his pockets.
The investigation has led Chief In
spector Watts and other police officials
to the belief that fully one-half the
conductors on this system have been
guilty of trading in bogus checks, at
one time or another, for three years.
The police also believe the fraud will
be found to extend to other street rail-
way systems. including those in some
western cities.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
YOUNG woMANMuR0EREo
Mis-. Olive Rayl Of Cleveland Meets
Mysterious Death,

Cleveland, o., Sept. 24.-The badly
mutilated body of Miss Olive Rayl.
aged %, was found early today lying
across the Lake Shore railway track
at the entrance to Gordon park.
Investigation by the police developed
that the girl mad been murdered and
the body placed on the track, where
train had cut it in two. Miss Rayl
lived with her brother, DIR. w. l.. Rayl,
i'll Chenille, suburb. She was hand
some and highly respected. The case
is shrouded in mystery.
In the roadway near where the body
was found the police discovered the
fresh tracks of a rubber-tired buggy,
also the footprints of two persons, one
being that Of woman. The other was
the heavy imprint of a mans shoe. In
the bushes short distance from where
the girls body lay was found mans
plain linen handkerchief 1t was sat-
urated with blood and bore the initials
u. d. The throat of the dead girl
was discolored as though she had been
cholked. Her body had been most ter
ribly mangled by the train. 1t was cut
completely in two across the chest
while the limbs We're broken and
crushed. When the body was exam
ined at the morgue cut in the head
which it is thought could not have beer
inflicted by the cars, was found DR.
Rayl, the young woman's brother ex-
pressed the belief she had been muir
dered and the body placed on the track
in order to hide the crime.
Dr. Perkins, VINO performed the au-
topsy, this afternoon stated there is M
evidence of criminal assault on the
body.
He added that he was not prepared
to say whether or not the girl had been
murdered.
Miss Rayl came 10 Cleveland from
Wellsyille. o., several months ago, and
had been employed rs nurse in a local
hospital. She left her brothers home
in Chenille, where she lived, yesterday
morning for the hospital.
Her relatives heard nothing more
from her until they learned Of he
death early today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
SCORES DEACON FAMILY
'Watterson Writes Their Family His

y,
tory IN Sause'e VEN.
Louisville Ky, Sept. 24-Henry Wat
terson has not been won over to the
smart sol nv bis long STAY i'm tho GA st
- ~ s,,t 80. -, f.ct no
INV . Wy
seems 10 ne more ana more uiss us'eu'
The editor of the Courier Journal now
refers to a telegram from Paris which
he says ;s no.tin, around in the So
,,5 ;.>,o,s
eie.A No','iiiiis "i 'he sti'DM ~
" .iic Soethi ~.
N.iauss l,e'I.oi' l.epiiii..'is s'''s
s'si' WI W..'eiso.' -
~ was d, Nice. M,; l,es'No't Us, Mls q
"S''iti's S"''i's me- vs. 1850, " ~,
apou's' ms VIE hs ''a''si''er oi iai
, ,A.a,sii.,,t' so,'.t'a,, IN as 80
American wailvS.v systems she had
he.p ad,,,,ted 81 ON mira fashionable
schoo, IN Ncw Work. ana grew I'm amid
The inner circles of GOTHAM and New
nort The eo,,t]a vent abroad to
d.w,,Ie as ths idle ,irh are wont TO do
pa.,. c.
saSos
Ieacon lhousht ne haa reason 'e
suspect ms Vile as the seluei PROVED
lie had. Pretendlns 10 take the 'falh
Tor Parls he doubled on hiinsel, re-
turned toward morning catered ms
WIG apartment round there tie on,
Ject of his suspicion and shot nm dead.
Deacon was acquitted ana released.
What Immediately transplred mas never
been made known There Was no d.
Norce. Ten years later the pubic he
gan TO hear of a weak minded person
of the name Of Deacon aimlessly wan
dering about. He would turn UP NJ
Newport lie would make Il scene In
Il Paris cafe Drink perhaps. There
was talk of an asylum. And finally he
died, he died. this poor devil who might
have been recreant himself, who
might have been, perhaps. good nus
band and a good citizen, and the guilty
the disgraced wife, disappeared from
the vulgar gaze, escaped from the
gaudy glare of her consuming SIN.
No Retirement for Her.
az wonn.,n of sensihilitv would have
Welcomed This n sha had done this he
,,,ra inflaad :, ,iilain who dared To- lift
tbe ysil Not . ~ of n Ym,r adult.
erous woman of fashion. no matter how
t-antlv Morn ana hrsd becomes !, van.
TON enuaIly to no etnt,,tes moral and
la,Ia1 ma IN the ronort OF men. she
Ie,,;ns ~aftor :, vshila 10 ,ve.va nor life
info :, drama md IN fancy herself a
bar,,,m. sba a.stias ,ha ,.,st. che vii
ro,n,,aI tho fut,re. she is in imnpin.-
tion al once a would ana n l.ly mt,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
RUSSIAN DIVORCE GOOD.
Chicago Court on This Finding Acquit.
Man of Biqamy,

Chicago, Sept. PA Russian decree
of divorce has been held to be valid in
the United States by Judge Gibbons
of this city. Max GRADER, a Russian
Hebrew, was married nineteen years
ago to Sarah GRADER. He came to the
United States, his wife refusing to fol-
.ow him. After remaining in this coun-
try five years he returned to Russia
and his wife demanded divorce and
500 rubles ante-nuptial settlement.
He came back to America, and when
he had saved the money he sent it to
her with Jewish decree of divorce
He then married again. The first wife
came to Chicago and demanded more
money. GRADER refused to give her
any. She thereupon had him arrested
for bigamy. He was tried and found
guilty. Sentence, however, was sus-
pended, and his attorney made up a
case to test the validity of the Jewish
decree granted in Russia. The divorce
having been handed over to her by the
council of rabbis in solemn session in
Russia, according to Russian laws,
Judge Gibbons held that in the alb
sence of any proof of fraud the de-
cree was valid and must be recognized
by the courts of Illinois.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Jury FINDS JETT
GUILTY Of MURDER
after a Tedious Trial OF Eight
Days the Final Verdict
Is Reached.
PUNISHMENT TO BE DEATH
If Motion for New Trial Is overruled
Jett's Attorneys Will Probably
Take Case to Court Of Ap.
peals at Frankfort, KY.

Cynthiana, KY, Sept. 24.-After
trial lasting eight days the jury in the
case of Curtis Jet, charged with the
murder of Town Marshal Thomas
Cockrell at Jackson, Ky, July q, 1902.
rendered verdict of guilty, and fixed
the punishment at death.
The jury retired at 2:44 p. m. When
the jury entered the court rooms at $40
p. M. after agreeing on a verdict, quiet
reigned for few moments, Jett's
mother had gone away earlier under the
impression that no verdict would be
reached, and the verdict OF death COM
ing about two hours after the jury was
out was surprise to everyone in the
court room. The reading Of the YER
dict did not affect Jett. but his brother
was very much distressed. His mouth
quivered and he slowly turned pale.
Just previous to the jury reaching an
agreement Judge Osborne, thinking
that they would not reach verdict.
sent for them, intending to call off the
session for the rest Of the day. But
the jury sent back word that an agree
ment had been reached and that it
would be ready to report a finding to
the court within five minutes.
Elijah Mckinney served as foreman
of the jury, and after the delivering of
the verdict to the court the jury was
polled
The death sentence was then readsto
Jett by Clark T. J. Robinson, after
which the prisoner was given over to
the custody of the deputy sheriffs.
Mr.. Blandon, Jets lawyer, will file a
motion for new trial, and IL the mo-
ton is overruled he will appeal the
case to the court of appeals at Frank
fort, Ky.
This has been the second trial of
Curtis Jet on the charge Of murder. In
his first trial for the murder of j. u.
Marcum at jackson, KY, Jett and
Thomas White were sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
The jurors agreed among themselves
not to divulge the proceedings in the
jury room. One juror, however, stated
that in four ballots eleven jurors voted
for the death penalty and one for life
sentence. On the fifth ballot all We're
FOR the death penalty.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
CAPTURE BUNco MEN.
Posse Have Men Who Took 5000
From Ohio Farmer

Steubenville, o.. Sept. 24.-Two all
legged confidence men who are said to
have robbed John Kerr, farmer OF
East Springfield, out of $4,000 We're run
down and captured by posse of farm
ers and are now locked up. The men
cinnati and Charles Higgins of Pitts
burg. The nature of the alleged swin-
die is not known, but Kerr was re-
quested to draw $4,000 from his bank.
and when he got the money Blake and
Higgins, Kerr alleges, took the money
from him forcibly. Kerr went to a
telephone and called up fifty of his
neighbors. who formed posse. The
farmers were armed with shotguns and
number of shots We're exchanged be-
fore Blake and Higgins were captured
in a cornfield.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

Senator Thomas C. Plntt on his 10th
birthday, was talking to group of re-
porters at Manhattan Beach about a
certain politician.
ITO land him. bait your hook with
lattery," said the senator. He Is an
egotiEt. His worst enemy by praising
the cut of his coat. the architecture Of
his house, his skill at steering boat
or making a speech, his grace in lifting
his hat to a woman-his worst enemy
by praising him on anything that con-
Germs him can twist hi maround his
finger.
Yes" the senator concluded. "he is
an egotist; man who would be glad
to die for the pleasure Of looking up
from his grave and reading the stone
cutter 9 putt on his tombstone"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
GROCERY COMBINE.
.Marshalltown Grocery Co. and Lett.

Marshaltown Grocery Co. and Let's
Fletcher Co. Unite Their Interests.
Marshalltown, Ia, Sept. 24.-Two of
the largest firms in this city We're
merged today when the Marshalltown
Wholesale Grocery company absorbed
the Letts-Fletcher wholesale grocery.
The new firm will continue business I'M
der the name of the Marshalltown
Wholesale Grocery company and will
occupy the quarters of the Let's
Fletcher company. The plant vacated
will be used as Il coffee roasting and
spice house. 1t is intended to make
this branch of the business one of the
largest in the west.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
CAN'T REACH AGREEMENT
l-co'ss as if There Would Be Split i,
the Structural Iron Mems Union.

Kansas City, Sept. 24-The creden-
tiais committee of the International
Association of Bridge and Structural
lren workers, who were in session al
most all night wrestling with the ques-
tion of sustaining President Buchanan's
action in eNpeiling union No 9 of New
York city, of which Samuel j. Parks is
member. was unable to present re-
port at 1850 O'Clock, and no attempt
was them made to call the convention
to order. Parks predicted today a
split i'm the association if the convention
refused to recognize his union.
Later it was stated the committee
would not likely finish it's work today,
end the convention would not recon.
vene until tomorrow.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
He added that he was not prepared
to say whether or not the girl had been
MAY BE A MURDER.
New York Police Looking Into the
Death Of John D. Fitzpatrick
of Nebraska.

New York, Sept. 24.-Coroner Brown,
who is investigating the DEATH of John
d. Fitzpatrick, the wealthy young Ne
braskan found dead, shot through the
heart in his apartments yesterday, has
abandoned the theory Of suicide, and
today called upon the police to investi-
gate the shooting on the possibility that
it might have been murder. The posi-
ton of the revolver. the fact that Kill
patrick's clothing was not burned. and
the absence of any ascertainable cause
for suicide, led the coroner to say he
believed the shooting to have been
either accidental or murder.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
FELL UNDER CARS.
Young cordef Killed by Freight Train
While Attenptina to Board It.

Acsley. Ia Sept. PA fatal acct
lent occurred here Sunday night, result
ing in the death of the 1S-year-old son
of Lewis Cordef of this place The
souns man appears to have boarded an
Illinois Central freight train as 1T was
approaching town With the intention of
riding as far AS the crossing of the de-
pot here. In some manner he fell be-
tween the cars and both legs We're cut
off. He died during the night after
several hours of intense suffering. He
WAS the son of MIR. and Mrs. Lewis
C'ordef, respectable and we'll known
people of AclSleN.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
LAND LAW ENCOURAGES
Many Evicted lrishmen May Return ts
Ireland.

London Sept. 24.-Interest has been
evoked here by letter from Secretary
'OCallahan, of the United Irish League
of America, to Mr.. Condor, member of
parliament, saying that since the pas
sage OF the Irish land act many evicted
tenants now residing in the United
States have been making anxious in
quiries regarding the possibility of re-
acquiring their former holdings. Mr..
OCallahan expressed the belief that
should a large proportion of inquirers
be able to do SO it would go far to-
wards solving the question Of emigra-
ton and turn the tide back to Ireland,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
SHOT HIS PUPIL.


ACKNOWLEDGMENT v'rrO = o-u q 0uFT 20
force Order is Acquitted.
Columbia. $ G., Sept. 24-Three
months ago Reuben Pitts. recently
graduated from Furman university, Il
son of a Baptist minister, was teaching
Il country school in the northern part
OF Spartanbur:g. He was a frail young
man of 20. Some of his pupils were
mountainous sons OF Is. The big boys
We're insubordinate and Pitts decided tc
whip the ringleader. When he at
tempted TO do so five other boys rushed
him. Pitts pulled a revolver Ed Fos-
ter srappied with him, the pistol was
fired and Foster fell dead
After trial lasting three days, the
jury found Pitts not guilty. The case
Vas stubbornly fought on both sides,
the father of the victim employing eN-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
Rush for Possession.

Cedar Falls. Ia. Sept. 24.-That jour-
nalism is Il paying business in Iowa is
evidenced by the scramble which is be-
ing made for the possession of the
Gazette at Dixie. Burt=kroesen recent
ly suspended publication of the paper
because he said 1t did not pay. j. w.
Hamilton, ID. W. Dix and D. NJ Will
son are all claiming the right to take
possession of the property, and it is
likely that two papers will be launched
in the town which is composed OF 600 or
700 people
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
TO coNsUL's DAUGHTER
A. c. Reinecke, Formerly of Sioux City,
Married in Grand Forks.

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 22.-The an
nouncement has just been made of the
marriage of A. C. Reinecke to Miss Ragna
Adelaide Bergh, which took place here
September Z. Mr.. Reinecke is editor of
the Grand Forks Plaindealer and was for
merly we'll known in Sioux City, where
he did work for trade papers. Mrs. Rein
scke is the daughter of the United States
consul to Sweden. an accomplished young
woman and possessed of abundant per-
sonal charm.
Mr. Reinecke has made considerable
reputation in this section of the country
by his humorous writings which have been
written over the pseudonymn of "Reiny."
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinecke will be at home
u this city after a short tour Of the state.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

Mrs. Charles johnson. of New Ia-
Ven, Conn. engaged a comely cook in
New York, and she proved a jewel in
her line. On the fourth day In her
new home she fell in a At. On recover
ing, the cook stated that she was sub
Ject TO them. Mrs. johnson said thc
girl must leave the house. The latter
declared that as She had been engaged
Cor month she Was determined TO
stay. All persuasion having been use
less TO dislodge her. Mr. and Mrs.
johnson sought a temporary home al
a hotel. leaving the cook in possession
for a month
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
OLD IOWA WOMAN DIES.
Mrs. Buckner of Montezuma, Slave,
Was ITO Years of Age.

Montezuma, Ia, Sept. "a. one of the
oldest, If not the oldest person i'm Iowa,
died here at the age of 40. She was a
former slave, but had been a resident
of this city for number of years. Ruth
Ann Carr was born in Lee county,
kentucky. the exact date of her birth
being uncertain, but from certain 9TH
er dates and knowledge of deceased 1t
is supposed that her age at the time of
death was not far from ITO years. She
was married to Henry Buckner in 1850.
at Memphis, Mo. No children We're
born to this union. In 1863 they moved
10 Poweshiels county. and in 1877 to
Montezuna. Mrs. Buckner was born
IN bondage and remained so until the
civil war set her free. She has been a
helpless invalid for twelve years.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24

The old world custom of leaving leg
acies 20 servants is beginning to de-
velop i'll this country. Recently quite
4 number of Wills set apart funds for
this purpose. Mrs. Emma Matthiesson.
widow OF the wealthy sugar ref1ner
whose will was probated in New York
asst week. leaves $1,000 to each servant
who had been in her employ for over
year AND not exceeding two years.
To every servant having been in her
Employ for more than two years $4,000
s given
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
REICHLIN MURDER CASE
Grand Jury at EIyria, O., Begins Work
on What Will Be Long
Investigation.

Elyria, O., Sept 24.-The Reichlin
murder case was taken up by the
grand jury today and the hearing
promises to be lengthy one. Some
seventy or more witnesses have. been
subpoenaed, and the authorities de-
clare no effort or expense will be
spared to run down Agatha Reichlin's
murderer
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
ACCUSED MAN RELEASED.
James Cromwell, Arrested Last Week
on Charge Of Robbery, Dismissed.

Sioux rails, s. D., Sept. 23.-The case
against James Cromwell. a restaurant
man of Ramona, who was arrested by the
United States authorities last week on the
charge Of having been implicated in the
robbery of the postofice at Ramona on
the night Of September 9, has been dis
missed on motion of Assistant States At
torney Porter of this city. From the EVIL
dence thus far submitted 1t appears that
negro known as Shine. who has been
hanging around Ramona for about y
month. is guilty, and he has been arrest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
THE RADICALS WIN.
Elections in servia Result in Sweeping
Victory for Them, and Min
istry Will Retire.

Belgrade, Sept 2S.--The elections
yesterday to the skupshtina resulted in
unexpected victories for the extreme
radicals, of whom sixty-five were elect
ed. All the party leaders We're elected.
The skupshtina will meet in extraor-
binary session September 81, when the
ministry will resign.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-09-24
TURKEY COULD DO 1T.
The Porte Offers to Help Bulgaria
Sunpress the Macedonjans.

Constantinople, Sept. 23.-The porte.
after several meeting at Yildiz Kiosk to
discuss the Bulgarian proposal that an
International commission be appointed to
deal with Macedonia. has dispatched
reply pointing out that it considers the
mission entrusted to Pasha, inspector
general to be equivalent to the commits
that ii the Bulgarian government is
powerless to ra,establish and maintain or
der among its population its suzerain Is
always ready to como to Its assistance.