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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
r1rs. Eunice ShockIey.

The funeral of Mrs. Eunice
Shockley, who died at her home
in Wilmington on Sept. 2, was held
on Saturday, the remains being
brought to Cecil county for inter-
ment at Elkton Presbyterian Gene
terry. The deceased was in the
72nd year of her age. She was
the wife of David Shockley, who,
with three children survive her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
The EIkton Stock Farm Sold.

The Elkton Stock Farm again
changed hands on Saturday last,
when Fl. T. Etches purchased it
and the fourteen head of running
horses from William J. Miller, who
recently bought the same at
sheriff's sale. The deal was COM
pleted in New York and the price
paid has not been announced.
On Saturday Mr.. Etches pur-
chased fifteen yearlings at a
cost of $4,000. He will operate
the farm on a large scale.
The new owner was formerly the
superintendent of the farm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
Dress Goods

Probably thelargest assortment
we have ever carried. Novelties
and Black Goods in all the new
fabrics. Such values as these
you seldom find.
Special Bargains in Summer Goods
of every description. A fewShirt
Waists left, at less than J price.
Our Fall stocks are arriving every
day. Our plan of disposing of
leftover goods cleaned our stock
out surprisingly and the assert
ments found here for this coming
season are of gratifying freshness
and up-to-da styles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
Temperance Call.

The AntiSaloon League of Cecil
County will hold an important
meeting in Mechanics Hall, Elkton,
next Tuesday morning, Sept. Is, at
IL o'clock. All friends of Law
and Order are urged to be present.
A. s. MOWBRAY,
President.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
DIED.
John w. NeIings.

John W. Nelings, a resident of
Lower Oxford township, was found
dead in his barn on Sunday after
noon. A coroner's jury rendered a
verdict of death from valvular
heart trouble. The deceased was
so years,of age and unmarried.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
Albert BENJAMIN.

The remains of Albert Benjamin,
who died at the home of his son-in-
law Rev. HI. S. johnson, at Milton,
Pa, on Sept. 2, were inferred at
Bay View cemetery on the 3rd
inst. The deceased was 80 years
of age, and was a native OF Cecil
county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice that the subscriber, of
Cecil county, has obtained from the Orphans
Court of said county, letters Testamentary on the
personal estate of
JESSE A. KIRK,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said deceased are hereby warn
ed to exhibit the same with the vouchers thereof
duly authenticated,
on or before the 18th day of March, 1904,
they may otherwise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. All indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment to the
subscriber. Given under my hand this LIST day of
September 1908.
MOUNT Z. KIRK,
Executor of Jesse A. Kirk, decd.
list Test r. L. LAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
The Jacob Tome Institute,
Port Deposit. Md.

Entrance Examinations will be held in
Washington Hall, formerly known as
Building No. y on
and Tuesday, Sept. Fl and 22
Candidates will report in the office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
Wanted.

A n APPRENTICE TO LEARN THE MILL
IN merry business. Address W. this Office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
WORTHINC ON'S.
School Supplies

School begins Monday, Sept.
18th. Come to our store and get
what you need. Everything
your boy or girl will want to
make the right kind of a start, is
here and at the lowest possible
prices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-11
Fall Clothes

First shipment of new Clothing
arrived this week. 1t is of our
usual high standard and the va.
riety is satisfying. Particular
mention is made of hobby suits
for young men, at $40. to S13. so.
Call and look them over.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
CANNON IS HOSTILE.
Continued from Page IL

sued setting forth these aforesaid en-.
dorsements by states, and among them
are prominently placed three strong
statements of approval from Iowa, the
first being that Of Henry g. Struck, Jr.,
cashier CT the Davenport Savings
bank. He says:
:" heartily favor the passage of the
Lodge bill, which aims to completely
reorsanize the consular service by
a%bolishing the fee system and substi-
tuting fixed salaries. BY the passage
of this bill men of merit only will be
recognized as applicants for consular
positions, and this will give our nation
a most competent representation in
foreign countries"
w. H. Day, president of the Standard
Lumber Co, of Dubuque, says:
Il think it has been impressed upon
almost every observing citizen who
has Travelled in foreign countries, and
come in contact with our representa-.
tiyes abroad, that there is crying need
for improvement in the consular ser.
vice. That a well-organized service ap.
pointed and maintained on the merit
system rather than The spoils system in
vogue would be a great gain, Is, !
think, generally accepted by reasoning
and reasonable men. | heartily approve
the movement
The friends Of the bill declare that
some most i~nexcusable appointm ents
are often made in the consular service,
simply through political influence.
There are many men who care little
about the money that an appointment
brings, but simply want the excuse to
go abroad and to have the honor, that
seek these appointments without any
idea of giving serious attention to the
duties involved.
States is losing wonderful possibilities
in the way OF commercial expansion by
not having consular service. Every
nation in the world except the United
States and Turkey has a specially
trained consular force. The marked
and rapid progress Of Germany in a
commercial way is largely due to the
efforts of her excellent corps of for.
eign representatives. The manufac.
turing and commercial bodies of Great
Britain are clamoring for even greater
perfection in their consular service,
since they have been stirred to extra
efforts by the wonderful expansion OF
American interests. Large business
firms in America all have a more or
less complete consular service Of their
own in all larger foreign cities, with.
out which they could not expand their
business as they do. The friends Of the
Lodge bill declare that the success Of
the nation, If assisted and aided by q
trained consular force. would so far
surpass the present development that
it can hardly be figured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
PUSHES HIS CASE.
Attorney General Knox Repeats That
Railroad Mercer is a Trust.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 15.-Attorn.
ey General Knox today resumed his
argument in the Northern Securities
case in the supreme court. He de.
clared that by the union of the North.
ern Pacific and Great Northern, two
competing interstate railroads have
been brought into such relations that
their independence as competitive fac.
tors in interstate commerce is de
stroyed, the thing that has been done.
knox's Contention.
1t was declared illegal, he said,
when brought about by the methods
pursued in the joint traffic and trans.
Missouri cases. These were cases OF
contracts or agreements between in.
dependent and competing lines of rail.
road for the regulation of traffic
charges. The government charges
that these agreements restraining in.
terstate commerce and this court sus-
tanned the contention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
HOME Is DESOlATE
RESIDENCE OF w. E. MlTcHEN BE,
COMES THE ABODE OF GRIEF
INDISPENSABLE.
Abba Man Kisses His Wife and Child
Good Bye at the Train and Learned
of Their Death Before He Had Re.
turned to the Family Home.

The saddest home in Abba Monday
was that Of WE. Mitchen, the husband
and father of the unfortunate woman
and child who met death in Sun.
days wreck. With him and sharing
his grief are the aged father and moth
er of Mrs. Mitchen, Mr.. and Mrs. j
H. Cook of Russell. Sunday
morning, happy in anticipation of a
pleasant visit, Mrs. Mitchen and her
bright little child boarded the Inflated
train and started to Russell for a Wis
it with the mothers parents.
The Last Goodbye.
MI. Mitchen accompanied his wife
and daughter to the depot and upon
the train. Passengers in the coach
noticed the happy smile with which
he babe them goodbye and wished
them a happy journey. He bestow'
ed kisses upon his wife and child and
his affectionate farewell was ended
only when the train pulled out of the
station.
He turned his steps homeward and
almost before the image of his laugh.
ing little daughters face had faded
from his minds eye, she was hanging
pinioned between the broken car
seats, crying out for help. Before the
father had reached his home the souls
OF his loved ones had sped to their
Eternal resting place above. and as
he opened the door of the house which
had many times been made bright BY
the presence Of his wife and child, a
breathless messenger reached him
with the news that they were dead.
Parents Summoned to Abba.
The sad tidings was t~elegraphed tic
the waiting parents of the dead woman
at Russell. Their happy expectations
OF a visit with their daughter were
changed in a moment to the awful
realization of the terrible fate that had
befallen her and with hearts heavy
with sorrow they boarded passenger
NO. 4. in the evening to go to Abba.
When IN train reached Tower 307
thirty or more men who had been at
h scene of the wreck as sight-seers,
boarded it. Their conversation, as a
matter OF course was of the catas.
~trophe--few noticed the expressions
of misery and pain that overspread
the faces of the aged man and woman.
who we're even then on their way to
look upon the charred remains of the
daughter the wreck had taken from
them.
The father and mother, bowed with
the weight of years and their sudden
grief. sat with downcast eyes while
the voices of the curious filled the
car, telling of the awful features Of the
wreck. More than once thu arad xyo.
man seemed ready to give away to her
feelings, as, with her hands over her
ears, she sat huddled in the corner Of
the seat, unable to rid her mind OF
the awful picture of the death Of her
loved ones, conjured up by the CONVEX
sation about her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
A GENEROUS OFFER.
DETAILS OF couRlER,s GREAT
WORLDS FAIR VOTING
CONTEST.
Four Young Women From ottumwa
and Four From Outside the City to
Have All Expenses to ST. Louis Paid
Opportunity for All.

No proposition offered the public by
this paper has ever attracted more at
%tention in SO brief a space of time,
than the announcement of the Cou-
rier's great Worlds Fair voting contest
by which eight young ladies', four from
Ottumwa, and four from outside of
this city, are to be sent to the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis for one week, and all
their expenses paid by this paper. Any
young lady Or girl. no matter where a
resident, is competent to enter this
contest, and all that it is necessary to
do in order to get ones name enrolled,
is to fill cut one of the official coupons
published in each issue of this paper,
and mail it to, or leave it at the Cou-
rier Office.
Contestants should at once get to
work in The following manner: They
should see their friends and get their
friends to see their friends, and where
anybody is found who does not already
take the Courier, get them TO sub
scribe. Two hundred votes are given
for each new subscriber agreeing to
take the Daily six months or the "Tri-
Weekly one year. Then, whatever
ohic IL pau vi SlS oNbSSlipliph III
advance, in sums of fifty cents or over,
~entitlesthe contestant to two votes for
each II cent paid. For instance, a
50-cent payment in advance will en-
title the contestant to 100 extra votes,
a S1.00 payment to 200 extra votes. and
a $500 payment to 1000 extra votes.
Where the friends of the contest
ants are already subscribers TO the pa
per, the contestant should solicit adj
vance subscription payments and thus
secure the extra votes. The new
names and the advance payments
either by new or old subscribers
should be brought or sent to the Cou-
rier Office n a voting certificate. will
then be issued by this Office which the
contestant a vote at any time de-
sired. These voting certificates will
not be counted until they are actual
ly deposited in the big ballot box at
the Courier office or until they are sent
into this Office by mail. Each coupon
published in the paper, when properly
filled out, counts as II vote. The
ballots will be counted each Saturday
evening and an announcement of the
standing of the various candidates
anu Tie HdLISS VI Inc C|diluiuaLSS Will
be published in the Daily Courier each
Monday and in the Tri-Weekly Cou-
rier each Tuesday.
Remember that the young lady liy,,
ing in the country or in one of the
towns adjacent to Ottumwa, has Just
as good an opportunity to win one of
these prize trips, as the young lady
living in this city, for the reason that
the contest will be conducted in two
divisions and four youngsladies will be
selected from Ottumwa. and four from
outside OF the city. depending upon the
number of votes which they secure
and post in the ballot box, previ-
II to the time OF closing the contest.
This great Worlds Fair voting con-
test of the Courier. is one of the most
liberal propositions V made by an
Iowa newspaper and premises to be
q lively and interesting one from the
start.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
FALLS FLAT.
The Disbarment Proceedings Against
Mccoid G Finley Dismissed.

a EL.LL EHEI LH
Mt. Pleasant, Dec. 15.-After hold
ing continuous conferences all day,
followed by a secret session, which
lasted until late last evening, the dis
barment proceedings against McCoid
and Finley We're settled by eonpro-
mise. without coming to trial. Des-
pite slight opposition the following no.
tice was given out Immediately upon
adjournment:
"First-These proceedings are here
by dismissed.
"Second-It is mutually agreed that
if charges should hereafter be filed
against ]. G. McCoid or f. S. Finley
involving any of the same charges, all
dispositions on file for which commits
sion has been issued and the same
taken OIL or before December II, 1893,
may be used so far as applicable in
such new proceedings, but no set
new action is now contemplated.
"Third-The said j. G. McCoid ana
S. Finley will cooperate with. the
members of h bar of Henry county
in preserving and maintaining the
highest standard of professional eth
les in the conduct OF all professional
business.
1T is hereby stipulated In the above
proceedings which are TO be dismissed.
that none OF the witnesses, parties
making the charges or parties con-
cerned in making the charges, shall
be harassed or annoyed by suit or
otherwise for IN act connected with
the present proceedings and charges
made. and are fully relieved from any
liability OH account of the same. Elk
ecuted in duplicate, December IA,
1908. (Signed)
F. S. Finley,
u. c.. McCoid.
Prosecuting Members Henry Coun-
ty Bar; T.. NJ. McAdams, w. II. Babb,
and w. S. Kopp."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
CRUSHED BY
HIS ENGINE
FRANKLIN j. KNOX, OF cREsToN,
MEETS DEATH IN WRECK
AT MALVERN.
DENVER FLYER DITCHED
Without Any Known Cause the Big En-
CINE Was DeraiIed and Crashed
Down the Embankment Early This
acknowledgements Uninjured.

Creston, Dec. 15.-(Special.)- The
second fatal wreck to occur on the
Burlington railway in Iowa in three
days without slightest warning or evi-
dence of cause befell the Denver flyer
early this morning at the top of NAL
vern hill, thirty miles east of Council
Bluffs and resulted in the death of En-
gineer Franklin j. Knox, of this city.
The train is the heaviest and fastest
through westbound passenger on the
road and is known as No. /. 1t leaves
Chicago at 5 p. m. and passes through
Ottumwa at 11:35 o'clock.
Engine Turned Over.
The cause Of the wreck. like that
which took place near Abba Sunday
morning is entirely unknown. The
train was running at a high rate of
speed on account of the grade but was
not going any faster than is usual at
that place. The track vas in good o
ditien and q eXplanation of the acct
dent can be given by railroad employees
lsor officials. The engine and the
forward trucks of the baggage car left
the rails and the locomotive broke
away from the train and rolled down
the embankment. Knox was caught
under the heavy locomotive and crush
ed to death in an instant.
Fireman Escapes Death.
Fireman Hayes escaped from he en-
CINE as It fell from the track and
rolled down the bank. Although slight
ly injured he is not in a dangerous con-
dition and will be laid off only a short
time. None of the passengers or train
men were injured, although all were
badly shaken up.
Traffic is Delayed.
Word was sent from Malvern imme-
diately after the wreck, and a wrecking
crew wa sent out of Creston at once.
The body of Engineer Knox was
brought to Creston this morning and
prepared for burial. The work of
clearing the track of the wreckage
took only a few hours, and the train
proceeded after this work had been
completed, traffic being delayed only a
short time.
Was Popular Engineer.
Franklin J. Knox was n of the
most popular engineers on the west
Iowa division of the Burlington and was
in favor both with the officials of the
company and the citizens of Creston.
He was prominently connected with
the knights Templar and was exalted
ruler Of the Creston Elks lodge. He
was probably one of the ablest of the
many excellent engineers who have
made the Burlington famous, and was
trusted with the best train or the road.
He held several speed records for fast
mail runs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
AMERICANS WANT A SHIP.
Situation in corea Frightens Foreis

SiIudtiotl ESoICd FFiSillcHS TOrtlSn
Residents of Seoul.
Seoul, Dec. 15.-Rioting has taken
place at Mokphe and yesterday a Jap
anese mob wounded seventeen Core
ans. High Corean officials are hurry
ing to Mokphe to try and quell the dis
orders.
So far Russia has not interfered.
Wants Port Opened.
United States Minister Allen has
demanded a definite answer from the
Corean government in regard to the
opening of the port of Wiju.
Russia Still Holds Reins.
Despite American, British and Jap.
anese pressure the Russian influence
owe the Corean government is appar.
entity mistaken and it is expected
Corea will pr%ocrastinate in dealing
with the matter and possibly may re.
fuse eventually to act at all.
People Are Uneasy.
A feeling of unrest is growing
among the Corean people who fear
the extinction of the empire is immi-
nent. It is believed an outbreak of
hostilities or an announcement of a
pr~otectorate of any kind will precipi-
tate trouble.
Americans Want Protection.
Foreigners in Seoul expect disorder
and the American residents desire a
warship.
France is Active.
Paris, Dec. 15.-Dispatches from In
do-China report the massing of French
troops on the Siamese border in antic-
ipation of war and official Indo-China
is quoted as saying that the occupa-
ton of a large slice of Siam has been
decided upon.
Military Attache Recalled.
Rome, Dec. 15.-Lieutenant-Co Colonel
Torasuke, Japanese military attache,
has received orders to leave Rome at
the end of the month and return di-
rect to Japan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
PLOT TO sLAY CONSUL

Passenger From San Domingo Says
PowsIrs Life Was Sought.
New York, Dec. 15.-Reliable .infor-
nation has reached this city that a plot
was Matched in the provisional govern
ment of Santo Domingo to assassinate
the United States minister to that re
public, William F. Powell, and also
General Juan Jiminez, the prospective
president of the republic. 1t is fur
Their alleged that two attempts have
been made already to assassinate
Jiminez.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
RoRlNscN FOR SECRETARY.
Dubuque's Diminutive Elk Has Strong
Backing for Honor.

Dubuque. Dec. 15.-Iowa Elks will
back Fred G. Robinson of Dubuque
for grand secretary of that order. Mr.
Robinson has the enthusiastic sup
port of ex-Grand Exalted Ruler Pick
EFT of Waterloo, Of Collector Sammis
and of J.. B. Sullivan, recent democrat
ic nominee for governor. Reports re
ceiyed from various parts of the coun
try indicate the likelihood of Mr.. Rob
insoS's success.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

$1oo-Dr. E. Detchon's Anti-Diuretic
may be worth to you more than $500
if you have a child who soils bedding
from incontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. II
arrests the trouble at once. 81. Sold
by w. w. Ennis, druggist ttumwa, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
Christmas at County Farm.

For the presents to be given to peo-
pie at the County Farm, doners will
please leave at any one of the follow
ing places:
S. d. Pierce G. Son. shoe store I'd st
Peterson's grocery, East Main st.
S. G. Cullen & Co.'S dry goods store.
j. e. Scase & Co. Ueader) next to
First National Bank.
George A. Wilson, Supt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
ENDS LIFE IN A cIsTERN.
Pontiac Man Dependent over Having
to Live Alone.

Pontiac, Ill, Dec. 15.-L.C. Humbert,
prominent in local affairs, was found
dead in a cistern at his residence by
his neighbors. 1t is supposed he be.
came Respondent and drowned himself.
Mr.. Humbert had been married three
times, his last wife having died in Ohio
about a year ago. n.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

Itcn on human cured in thirty min
utes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion.
This never fails. Sold by w. w. Ennis,
Druggist, Ottumwa. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
four barns at %Indianola. LOSS $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17
MAY ADOPT MERIT RULE.
CONTINUED From Page ~

the annual banquet of the association,
which is to be held on January IL.
Edward Manchester was elected to
membership in the commercial associa-
ton, and the meeting adjourned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

No instrument 4has yet been invented
to measnr the ~,taloeityi Of the wind Of
the man who bihiys.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

Rome, Dec. 15.-Lieutenant-Colo
Torasuke, Japanese military attache,
has received orders to leave Rome at
the end Of the month and return di-
rect to Japan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-17

Every delicat,s stomach appeals for
law ON the aiubject OF pure food.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-22
For the Eagle:
DYING COWBOY IN HOSPITAL

An. the city IS close and oppressive.
Ard I gasp for air IA vain:
Oh, beautiful dream. enchantment.
Give ne the life OF the plain.
With it's hundreds and thousands OF cattle
And the buffalo wild and free
Oh. there's nothing like being cowboy,
In all the world 20 me-
Give me my good horse Fonso.
That knows my every call.
Give me the freedom CT the range.
And then IL you viii, take aH
The air with freedom IS laden.
And you long 10 grasp the rcins.
And dash away after the cattle.
DER the waving blue grass plsins.
There are some who think only OF cattle.
As food for man u eat.
But the laundering nose Of their canter.
To me is music sweet.
was bred on tho plains Of Kansas,
And the Wild. free life I've lived.
For a mansion 1 would not exchange II.
Ny life. and my old pard Ned
Never knew Ned9-weII. then.
or life. you've missed part.
For you never saw a man.
with a truer or nobier heart
He's dead and I've missed him sadly
I'm likely 70 meet him now.