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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.

Twenty Thousand Textile Workers to
Return to Work Monday.
Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. S.--The tex
tile strike in this city, inaugurated ten
weeks ago, was this afternoon prac-
tiea1ly declared off by 10000 strikers
deciding to return to work Monday,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
WOMAN FATALLY HURT.
Drives Onto Track and is Struck by
Train.

Valparaiso, Ind, Aug. S.-Mrs. Frank
G. Clifford, resident of Wheeler, was
run down while driving across the
railroad tracks here, and fatally injur-
ed. The horses attached to her rig
were killed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
PARIS is EXCITED OVER THE
TRIAL OF THE NOTORIOUS
HuMBERT FAMILY.
BORROWED MILLION
Therese Humbert Says She Will Pro.
duce the Crawford Brothers, Myster.
ious American MiIIionaires,Who Fig
ured in Stories of Coming Riches.

Paris, Aug. S.--Large crowds attend
ed the opening of the trial of the motor
ious Hun1bert family. which began in
the Palais de Justice today on the
charge of having perpetrated what ex-
Premier Waldeck- Rosseat described as
the greatest swindle of the century.
Many excursions came from distant
points and the scene in the court room
recalled the intense days of the Drey-
fus and lola trials.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
WILL COURT MOSQUITO BITE.
Yellow Fever Immune Does Not Fsal
MaIariaI Insect,

Norfolk, Va, Aug. SIN the interest
of science DR.. F. H. Goodman. of the
United States Marine hospital service
here has consented to let malarial
mosquito bite him. DIR. Goodman is a
yellow fever immune.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
The MYSTERIOUS MiIIionaires.


Public curiosity centers in Therese
Humbert who has promised to produce
at the trial the mysterious American
millionaires, the Crawford brothers ON
whom she based her story of inheri-
lance of $20,O0o,0Oo which she put for
ward as security for loans she obtain
ed, amounting to about $10,000,000.
Therese Humbert. her husband, Fred
eric and her brother are charged with
forgery and swindling.
Declares She is Honest.
The interrogation of Madam Hum.
bert furnishes the chief incident Of the
day, but failed to develop any sur
prises or to bring out the whereabouts
of the mysterious Crawford brothers
her statement consisting mainly in
vague declarations as to her honesty
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
Capital 500, 900. 600.
r. R. X. Plans Increase to Get
MOney for Tmpr0Ccments.

Philadelphia, Jan. G.-The call for the annual
meeting OF the stockholders of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, to be held March 10 issued
to-day. contains a. notification that the share
holders viii be asked TO authorize increase in
the capital stock to more than S4ooooooe or
nearly double the amount now outstanding. The
following official statement issued from
the company's office tonight:
The object of the notice to stockholders is TO
provide sufficient working capital for the future
and give the board the power to issue the safne
from time TO time the corporate needs of
the company may require The present outstand-
about S35o1o.eoo more has to be reserved for
the convertible bonds that were issued last year.
making bout S2:,S pe0o 600 in all. and leaving
only about S13.ooo.Oo0 of surplus stock avail
able.
1t is therefore deemed prudent to do now what
was done about thirty years ago-that is, in
1SG3-whcn the stockholders practically or
dered the stock to be increa sed to about double
the amount then outstanding. and issued at such
board the power TO issue bonds to the same ag-
gregate amount. from time TO time. but not in
excess at any time of its outstanding capital
stock.
The increased capitalization is deemed neces-
sary because Of the improvements contem-
plated While the New-York tunnel is to be
built by another company. the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will all the stock, and
a least S1U0000GD will he used for this pur-
pose There will be several million dollars
spent in Washington and S5Oo0O0eN on perma-
nent Improvement the line of the road
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
PL4N TO STOP STRIKES.
Il Compulsory 4rbitration Bill by
Senator Le7eis.

Albany, Jan "a measure intended 10 con-
serve the interests of the general public IN LABOR
disputes will be introduced in the Senate To-
morrow by Senator Merton E. Lewis, of Monroe
County. 1t is substantially plan of COM
pusory arbitration. and applies TO what are
commonly known as public service corpora
tons including steam and electric railways,
lighting. water and telephone companies and
companies producing salt and petroleum
It provides that employment in such enter
prises shall be governed by written contract
of which this act shall be formal part Inc
contract shall prescribe that employers shall not
reduce wages or discharge empioye, nor sfah
employees strike or quit work without giving
thirty DAYS written notice. Individual employees
however may be discharged for good cause. to
be specified in writing After the stipulated
notice should strike or lockout be imminent,
the Attorney General shall apply to the Ap-
pelIate Division for the appointment of a COM
mission of three TO investigate the issues and
report to the court During the inquiry of the
commission. work must be continued.
The Appellate Division is to review the finding
of the commission, and the resulting decision OF
both shall be final. Il either both of the
parties to the controversy refuses TO appear be-
fore the commission. the latter may neverthe-
less make a decision
The decision of the court shall be binding upon
both corporation and employees for not less than
one or more than three years, as the arb1tra-
tors may provide. Violation of the provisions OF
the act is made punishable by fine and impris-
onment corporation which persistently re-
fuses to obey the mandate of the court shall for
felt all rights. privileges and franchises. En-
ployes who thus refuse shall be disqualified for
employment by any public service corporation
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
RISE 4G4INST NEGROES.
SOufhernel-s Demand Resi- nations Of
OHceh0Iders.
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE. !


New-Orleans Jan. 6.-The excitement over the
closing of the pos5of4ice at Indianoa. Miss. by
President Roosevelt is spreading over the South
and general uprising against negro officehold-
ers is threatened. Special dispatches received
here show that white people living along the
lines of the Alabama and Vicksburg. the Vicks
burg. Shreveport and Pacific. the Louisville ana
Nashville. and the Southern Railway have de-
rlanded the immediate designations of the negro
postal clerks running on those roads. The Post
Office Department is much worried over the
situation. There are two hundred negro postal
clerks on the Atlanta division Of he Railway
Mail Service alone. and these negro clerks are
reported TO be in a condition bordering on a
panic. So far no violence has been reported,
but the postal authorities fear trouble The
impression has gone out that President Roose-
Welt is trying TO force negro federal oticeholders
on the Southern people. and the feeling in the
interior is running high a consequence
The Washington correspondent Of The
Pfcayune' telegraphs follows concerning the
DEVELOPMENTS at the National Capital:
The negro question in the South is no longer
food for mere jest in official circles but ii is
exciting a serious nightmare among al VINO
have TO partake of it Postmaster 1IeheraL !
Pavne has reason to agree with the bard OF
Avon who wisely declared that troubles come
not single spies but IN battaIl9hs; loL "a.
stance the trouble at Indianola, MISS, Wnlc1
stiu haunts his pillow He has been aaNised
that the white citizens of the Bdeuf River, Lar
have ordered Charles Jackson. negro maiI
carrier TO give up his position ana that tns
white people residing along the Alabama and
Vicksburg Railroad are seeking the immediate
discharge of all negro postal clerks.
The protest from those living along the Ala
hama and Vicksburg Railroad against the en-
pIoyment of colored postal clerks will come un-
der the supervision of Nj. Sheleuberser, the
Second Assistant Postmaster General. TO Who1
as vet the facts have not been officially pre-
sented.
The PEOPLE of the South are opJecuhS 20
regro r,ostai clerks" said Mr. Shellenberger this
afternoon Not few of them are concerned
on the Atlanta division l think there are at
least two hundred such clerks
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
NEGRO POSTMASTER LEAVES TOWN
She Denies That Mississippi White Men
Threatened Her With Violence.

Louisville Jan. ga dispatch to The Courier
Journal" from Indanola, Miss. says that Mrs.
Minnie Cox formerly the coIored postmaster OF
that rlace because of whose resignation the Gov
ernment ordered The postoffice there closed, left
IndianoIa last night for Birmingham, Ala accom-
named by her muIatto assistant II is now thought
that there is little danger of further trouble
BEFORE she went away Mrs. Cox denied that she
had been subjected to indignities or threatened
with violence She said. however. that she would
not again take the Office under any circumstances
Her husband. who is employed in the Railway
Mail Service also said that his wife had not been
fhTeateYed He added that he had advised her to
give up the place
yicksburg Miss. Jan. IA dispatch 10 The
Herald says that the bondsmen Of Mrs. Cox
formerly postmaster at Indianola, Miss, deny
that they told the Postoffce authorities in Wash
ingfcr that there violence in indianoia be
cause of the trouble the postoIice there
Washington. Jan 6.-The Indianola, Miss. post
office case was discussed at the Cabinet meeting
to-day and il vas decided that the stand taken
bz the administration should 2e adhered TO- the
Contention being that the people themselves ana
not the government, are responsible for the CLOS
ing of the Office. Postmaster General Pa!ife hau
no new developments 10 report
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
4RWYREFORM ADVANCED
Secretary Roots General Stat Bill
Passed by the House.
TpY TELEGRAPH TO TIE rnIpuxE.I


Washington Jan. 6.-ArIny reform, which has
made such vast strides since the Spanish war
demonstrated the radical inefficiency of the pro-
Ionged peace basis antiquated military system
was nots bly, advanced to-day, when by the over
whelming vote of u: to - the House passed
the staff Corps measure without amendment as
it came from the committee. and substantially
without modifying Secretary Roots earnest rec
ommenda tions That the measure will receive
the prompt approval of the Senate without ma
terial change in its provisions is believed to he
fully assured, and its friends are convinced that
it will receive the signature of the President
within a few weeks
Three former Secretaries of War, Proctor
EIkins end AIger. who are now members of the
Senate have given the bill their unqualified and
enthusiastic support, and thorough poll of that
body has failed to develop any opposition what
ever TO the plan.
Sweeping as are the benefits to the military
service secured by this BILL il does not increase
the rank, number or pay of officers but gives an
efficient modern organization by concentrating
the administration Of the War Department
under the Secretary, in general staff. while
command is limited to the actual control of
forces in the field. 1t creates by detail from
the of the service trained body of Off
GERS. which shall prepare plans for the national
defence and for the mobilization of the military
forces in time of war; which shall investigate
and report all questions affecting the eff
cheney of the army and its state of prepare tion
for military operations and which. under the
instructions of the Secretary of War. shall CO.
ordinate the action of all the different officers
engaged in the army administration. including
the staff corps and other instrumentaties of
control Under the arrangement any gem
era officer. including the lieutenant general
may be detailed by the President as chief of
staff but there will be no officer ANONYMOUSLY in
command of the entire army. that function rest
ing in the President alone constitutional COM
mander in chief of the forces of the United
States
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
IN OFFER OF 1900, 900.
Carnegie VII GiUe Philadelphia
That Sum for Libraries.

Philadelphia Jan 6-Andrew Carnegie has
offered to give this city S1.Jo0,000 toward the
extension Of its free library system. He stipu-
lates that the money is TO be applied only TO
the construction Of thirty buildings TO be used
as branches Of the main library. The city is
required TO furnish the sites, and is TO equip
the libraries and maintain them at q yearly
cost OF al least 5000 each The main library
IS not included in Mr. Carnegie's offer. the city
having already appropriated s1voeo0 for ii.
John Thompson. librarian of the Free Library.
saw Mr. Carnegie on Saturday. when the details
Of the offer were arranged. Mr.. Thompson to-
DAY presented L proposition 10 Mayor Ash
bridge. who expressed his pleasure at Mr. Car
negie's offer. 1t is not known yet whether the
city VIII accept il. The question must first be
considered by the City Council
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
DIED TO PROVE HIS FAITH.
]. I. Case a Follower of Christian Science,
Drops Dead in Office
JBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Racine, Wis Jan. 6.-Jackson l. Case. who
had been i'll at his home for the last four
months with a complication of diseases, died
this afternoon. Yesterday a newspaper printed
a report that he was dying and that he had
abandoned Christian Science. To-day he went
to his office TO prove that he was not sick. After
writing letter to the editor of the paper which
said that he was dying he dropped dead in
front of his office window, where he had been
standing.
Mr. Case was taken sick seven years ago with
Brights disease His physicians said that he
could not live four months. He became a
Christian Scientist. and in a year apparently
recovered. About two years ago he was again
stricken with the disease. Recently he became
worse and again took up Christian Science
which he had dropped and practised 1t until his
death no physician being called. He
sidered one of the leading Christian Science lay
men in the West.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
COAL COMBINE OF s31,75o,o0o.
Three Concerns, with Output of S,5oo,ooo
Tons a Year. Form an Alliance.

Baltimore. Jan. 6-Three of the biggest coal
ocr,,r,ar riAs in the United States to-day formed
an alliance, which for all practical purposes
win he a combination. The companies involved
are The Consolidation Coal Company of Mary
land the Fairmont Coal Company. OF west
Virginia. and the Somerset Coal Company OF
F,annsvlvania. The combined capital stock OF
-ba con1panies is S31, 10000 as follows; Con-
solida ton, S102J0.ooJ: Somerset s4'ootvo'
20 aon The corn 1bined output Of the three COM
,o,tes * : $4,000 tons year, as follows: Con
rFo1jda+ior; oefoop0: Somerset. l.'JW.ooo; FAR
s,o1,ncement OF the move followed a meet
to - the stockholders OF the Consolidation
Col Con1pany in this city to-day
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
GENERAL n. S. ANDREWS DEAD.

Baltimore Jan. 6.-General Richard snowden An
drews a Confederate officer. died at his home In
thfs CITY to-day from paralysis. General Andrews
was born seventy-two years ago in washington
u ,s an architect In this city the outbreak
Of the Civil War when he formed his battery known
as the Mary Flying Artillery on the advance 70
Certvsburg he was seriously wounded incapacitat-
ing him for field service and Was ordered 10 Europe
~ C,s,eraI lee in company with Colonel Thomas
. t,h.+t IN purchase artillery for the confederacy
Al the end of the war General Andrews went to
1,a.,eo aturnfng here In 1857. In recent years he
tad been engaged in commercial pursuits
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
LABOR UNION DEFIED.
Schenectady Master Painters Decide to En-,
ploy William Potter

Schenectady, n. Y, Jan. 6.-The Master
Painters Association met tonight and decided
to employ William Potter, the expelled Guards
man. matter what action might be taken by
the local union. The master painters say that
the order of court makes Potter union man.
whether that is admitted not by the journey
men, and that they will obey the order of the
court whether the men strike or not.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
PRESIDENTS TRUST REMEDY.
IMMEDI4TE LEGISLATION TO PREYENT ID
CRIMINa7ION RECOMMENDED
attorney General Knor Sends HIS yers Congre-Nr Hoar
Trust
The trust ut1e

of in A
OF
House the President
that all to
punished
General a the
the length of his bill
n
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
uAReoR IMPROVEMENT URGED,

y,-sshircto.l. Jan. 6.-senators hean ana DtyueH
bsaded a delegation of citizens from New-Jersey
who appeared before General "liiespe' ciiiel %
t,,aa-s to-day and urged that the channel from
Arthur KIN TO Raritan Bay be extended around
thc north side If Shooters Island instead of fol-
l,st.e the course the south side Of that island
l',rs 4, . fnnd of about 81 90 available for this
ir1sDrovement and the interests o. the people or
- Jersey and Staten Island especially m
--N.it-sd Tho engineer board aI New-fork reported
"a favor OF the Improvement Of the south chan
- ~ III residepfs of Staten Island although not
1...Dose5 10 the Improvement Of the north channel
fudeneudent proposition. unwilling thst
as 81 "i.IIs Ne arlroIratfOn shall be used for that
,rork Al the expense of the south channel me
So 81 War has referred the question TO the
sbfeF ~ engineers for investigation and report
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
MORE ITALIAN CRUISERS SENT.

London. Jan. "a dispatch % the Central
News from Rene says the Italian cruisers
Pugiia, Cristoforo Colombo ana Dogal aave
been ~ .lered TO the Caribbean.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07

Washington. Jan. 6.-The following abstract of
the Attorney Generals recommendations re-
garding trusts and combinations. which were
made public at some length to-day, was given
out at the White House tonight 1t represents
the general attitude of the administration on
this subject and authorized by the Presi-
dent
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07

Disease and death often lurk Ia q contnuousl
neglected cold when il might BE- speedily eradi
Gated win a few doses &C Dr. d. Jayne's TX
pectoranI.-AGgt
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
10 YoIJ KNOW NEw-YORKe

Tne Tribune Almanac contains a condensed guide
OF the city. with q n1ap OF The underground rail-
wsy shcsSirg where the stations 10 be located.
This alone worth the price of the volume. which
is 25c-zGKI.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
LAWS

latino n marriage divorce. labor. eopyrisht.
game Tatura liza ttor3. ETC. may be found an mo-
ment's notice in The Tribune Almanac NO" out
Price 25c.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
~ ApPEAI. TO THE LADIES.

An APPEAL TO THE LADIES'
The services OF the ladies' maid on the Pennsyl-
.ia soeciaI IN connection with the palatIal ap
ps.intments OF the train. commend themselves
Adyt.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
THE COAL STRIKE.

What do you know about it, The Tribune
Almanac for 1899 contains brief history. Get
wise: buy one. Price 25c.-Advt
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07
n.rns EN RouTE

Bathing facilities. a barber and a stenoSraphsr
are much appreciated features OF tne pennsylvania
Special-Advt.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-07

WHY NOT SEE NTAGA "A FALLS?
yot, can do so with extra expense II you travel
l,,- the New-York Central Dnes.-AdFt
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-18
GOVERNMENT CLERK COMMITS
SUICIDE IN WASHINGTON.
stephen e. Hall OF Aurora, H., Shoots
Himself Because of Physicat--
Ailments.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, Aug. IL
Death comes with a crawl. or comes with
a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry.
1t isn't the fact that you're dead that counts.
But only how did you die?
Seated where he could read these lines,
Stephen E. Hail. q years old. whose home
was Aurora. Ill. clerk in the Bureau Of
Commerce and Labor. last night sent q
bullet from 32-caliber revolver into his
breast, dying instantly.
Hall was protege Of Senator Hopkins Of
Illinois, who more than two years ago se-
cured for him position in the Census Of
fice. which he left to accept the one he
occupied at the time Of his death. He was
man of reticent character. and little Is
known of his family connections In his
Illinois home. No word has been received
from them.
A telegram was received last night from
Senator Hopkins. asking that the body be
prepared for burial and shipped to Aurora.
As soon as Acting Coroner Glaxebrook had
investigated the circumstances. which left
no doubt as to Intentional suicide, he gave
a certificate to that effect. and ordered the
body turned over to Undertaken Wright.
who is holding 1t for definite instructions
from Illinois.
Hall was man who imagined himself q
great sufferer. Doctor T. N. Mclaughlin,
who had attended him few times, found
yond mental depression, which seemed to
be based on his supposed physical ailments
He had not been consulted by Hall for
called and complained Of stomach pains.
Doctor Mclaughlin thereupon gave him q
prescription for simple affection Of the
stomach and kidneys. Hall took this pre-
his clearinghouse. whete the tragedy oc-
CURED.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-18
TWENTY-FIVE HURT
IN TROLLEY WRECK,
Cars Collide Head-On at Full
Speed With Frightful Force
Near Carthage, Mo.
TWO OF THE VICTIMS DYING.
misunderstanding of Orders the
Cause of the Accident-Each
Conductor Claims the
Right of Way.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Carthage. NO.. Aug. 17.-Twenty-two per-
sons were injured in a head-on collision Of
two trolley cars Of the Southwest Missouri
Electric Railway this afternoon. One of the
motormen is dying and the other cannot
live
The injured are:
Josh Baker; Carthage. .notorman. legs mansled
Thomas A. Hedges. webb City. Mo-, motormar.
Samuel ssnderscn, "a Gar das head bas,v cu,
shoulder dlslocated.
n Joseph Wilbur; northeast of Carthage. inter-
C, e. Roth. Carthage. jaw broken and face
George pavie. Carthage face cut.
ana Mnd nsgv Aysa Carthage arm broken head cut
Rober. Orchard Kansas City. head cut.
ssss and s as1sd oDn III
Ralph smith WEBB city conductor. bruised
Mrs. Anna Eidred. Carthage. bruised
Bfad1sy. near csrsEsse eea shoulder sa d.lo
+: ": Newton. Carthage. body badly bruised
William staley. legs crushed.
MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS.
The cars were going at great speed at the
time Of the wreck. meeting on a straight
track near curve. Motorman Hedges OF
Webb City jumped. but was so badly In
juHed that 1t is thought he win die. Motor
man Baker remained at his post and was
crushed in such manner that he cannoe
live.
The cause of the wreck was misunder-
standing Of orders. Conductors OF the line
receive their instructions by telephone from
the dispatcher's office at Webb City, booths
being stationed along the line.
Both conductors claim to have been fol-
lowing orders when the accident happened.
Both cars were demolished
The injured were brought to this city for
treatment.