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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
CHARGE FoRGERY
DIES MONIES BANKERS CAUSE AR
REST OF H. M. VOORHEES, AT
OBJECTIONABLE.
Claim That He Has Had Forged
Checks Cashed After Getting Form
err Students in His Glasses To En-
dorse the Alleged Worthless Paper.

Des Moines, May 16. Two local
bankers, aided by the Iowa and Ameri-
can Bankers Associations, have sue
ceeded in running down a man thought
has visited Des Moines. Homer M.
Vorhies is under arrest at Correction
vile, Iowa, and Sheriff Lopez has sent
deputy to bring him here to face a
charge in Justice Fritz HINES court
of forging check cashed by the Cen
fury Savings bank for $50.
While only small sums have been
secured at each bank, about twenty
five banks have been located in the
state where the game has been worked
and the aggregate amount of cash Sc.
cured will run into hundreds of dollars.
Banks has been chasing him three
months
Has Family in Missouri.
A letter received from Liberal, Mo-,
Vorhies' old home. says:
He has not been in this vicinity
since last fall He separated from his
wife and two small children, who are
now living with her father, a respect
able farmer near here. He has two
brothers, John and James K, at S.
Joe, Mo. They all came from neal
Byersville, o.. where they We're born
and reared. He taught school here as
principal of the Liberal schools for two
years, and Travelled last year for Roach
and Swank Kansas City. The firm is
in high standing. The name of J. A
Swanll and H. M. Roach have beer
used in the forgeries. Signed j. G
TODD, cashier
Vorhies' Scheme.
! .Vo-hes is former school principal
He visits towns where old pupils re
side. renews the acquaintance, and, il
is said. gets them to endorse check!
which he is alleged to have forged
secures the cash and moves on to mex
town.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
AGENCY.

Agency, May 16.-Wib. Clements
has received his poles for his rural
telephone system and has large
force of men putting them up.
Mrs. G. III. Shearer and daughter
Katie are visiting at Mystic.
Miss Mary tanning is visiting in FL
don.
Mrs. Chas. Hankins of Montrose, is
visiting friends here.
The M. E. church here has beer
newly rooted and is receiving a new
coat of paint and is being papered.
j. F. Newell will go to Des Moines
Tuesday as a delegate to the state
convention.
A. M. Harvard. who formerly resided
here, is visiting friends here.
Mrs. E. NJ. Humphrey and children
are visiting friends at Birmingham.
Jess Ankruu has torn down hi:
house and is building fine residenc,
in place of the old one. F. NJ. Newell
is building a residence in the soutl
part of town. N>.<
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
ONE FARE RATE.
Railroads Make Cut for Republican
State Convention.


Des Moines. May 16. - A letter re-
ceived today from State Chairman r.
H. Spence of the republican state cen
trail committee brings the information
that he has succeeded in obtaining
from the railways a rate of one fare
for the round trip to the republican
state convention to be held Iii Des
Moines Wednesday.
Some time ago the railroads an
nounced that the lowest rate they
would give this year would be one
fare plus 80 cents. That was the rate
in force for the democratic conven
ton held May 4. Chairman Spence
saw no reason for a change of policy
on the part of the roads this year and
employed vigorous measures to having
the old rate restored. 1t is likely that
this will mean a one-fare rate for the
two state conventions of the parties
which will be held some time during
the summer to name candidate for the
state Offices.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
SAYS HE is INNOCENT.
Widow of Fred Sales Will Not Believe
He Was an EmbezzIer.

Des Moines, May 16.-Mrs. Fred
Sales, crushed by her terrible grief
over the mysterious death of her hus-
band and subsequent accusations
made against him, stated today that
she still believed in his innocence but.
if necessary, would put up every dollar
she has to cover the deficiencies in the
ex-city clerks accounts alleged to be
due 20 Fred Sales. Il don't see how
FreS could have done such thing
without other city officials finding it
out said Mrs. Sales.
DIR. Thomas, Mrs. Sales father stat
ed today that Mrs. Sales had put up
81. 500 to cover the deficiencies charged
to her husband. Mr. Sales was form
erly deputy city clerk of Des Moines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17

l suffered with Inflammation of the
bladder and stones in the bladder fol
a number of years. l was treated by
the best physicians in the state and
got no relief. Discouraged and dis
heartened l almost gave up; at last
have found cure and it was done by
DR.. Shallenberger, the Chicago special
list. Go and consult with him as he
will tell you all about your case. Con
sultation is free. Mrs. Elva Nirk, Bax
ter, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
HADLEY LEAVES DIES MONIES.
We'll Known Tenor Will Make His
Home in Chicago.

Des Moines, May 16.-Grant Hadley,
for five years director of the vocal de-
partment of the Highland Park college
of music, will retire from that institu-
ton on September l. and become a.
member Of the staff of vocal instruc-
tors of the Chicago conservatory of
music. Mr.. Hadley was in Chicago
Sunday to sing, by special invitation,
at the Kirkwood Evangelical church,
which has one of the finest quartet
choruses in the west, with Mrs. Gem
evieve Clark Wilson as one Of its
members.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
A SQUALLlNG SCION
TINY MITE OF HUMANITY UsH-
Erred INTO GOOD OLD WORLD
AT EXPOSITION OPENING.
Youngest of the Tribe of Wichita-Son
of Burgess Hunt and His Indian
Wife-WiIi be Named Louisiana
Francis Hunt.

Just as the first faint light Of the IL
Elimination of opening night at the
big st. Louis exposition began to re-
veal the outlines of the Cascades, there
was wall from tiny mite of human
ity that chose that suspicious moment
for it's first entrance into this good
old world In an upper room of the
Indian building little squalling scion
of the Wichita tribe announced the
fact of his existence, the son of Bur-
CESS Hunt and his young wife.
On Sunday morning the little pap
poose lay wrapped in blankets until
]. only small portion of it's nose was
visible. The mother sat on the bed be-
sides it, dressed in her ordinary every
day clothes, and, as occasion demand
ed, went about the room as uncon-
cernedly as if nothing out of the or
binary course of events had happened.
The baby is boy" said the ma,
tron, Miss MCGOWAN, ''and the parents
have decided to call it David Francis .
But the father, Burgess Hunt, mourn
fully contradicted the statement, de
claring that his child was girl anc
that he had decided to call her Louisi
...Srsir3 t wal suggestad to him that Il
Ws.tllshe fashion to call all the babies
after President Francis, and he very
indifferently consented that he would
name the child Louisiana Francis"
How the Indians Lived.
"At home" said Hunt, eve live in
houses, just as you do, but here we
will live in tents to show how the
Indians Of the past lived. But the
ground, here seems very damp, the re
cent rains making it very moist, and
doubt whether it is wise for us tc
make the experiment. But we have
a better place than the Pawnees and
will probably suffer less from the ex
posture"
The young mother can not speak {
word of English and is a typical In
dian woman. She did not seem to BIZ
particularly interested in the baby
but would once in while stoop to ar
range the artistically tied strings tina
held the blanket in which it was wrap
ped in place. On the front veranda ;
number of old cOnes sat summing
themselves and were very taciturl
when addressed. When asked in regar
to the baby, one of them, who was
Pawnee, expressed herself in some
what contemptuous manner.
"She is Wichita" she said, an
seemed to think that not much to tn
poor creatures credit, just as Mr.!
Smith of our own bai1iwick would e.
claim in regard to Mrs. Jones, whoI
she considered no better than sh
ought to be.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
Homeseekers' Rates,

On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month the Iowa Central railway
sells special homeseekers' round trip
excursion tickets to points in the
northwest, west, southwest, south and
southeast, at one fare plus two dollars
Return limit twenty-one days from
date of sale and stop overs permitted
Call on agents for full particulars
or address, A. B. Cults, G. P. & T. A..
Minneapolis, MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
WILL BE No BAR
LEGAL TEcHNIcALlTIEs NOT TO
CONTINUE AS BASIS FOR
JUDICIAL DECISIONS.
State Bar Association is to Petition for
Laws Doing Away With the Order
ing of New Trials and for Reversing
Decisions on Legal Technicalties.

Technicalities as basis for judicial
decisions in Iowa will be thing OF
the past II the recommendations OF the
committee on law reform of the state
Bar association are approved by that
organization and the Legislature.
1t was disclosed yesterday that the
committee had voted to recommend to
the association that it press legislation
OF this character upon the next assem-
bly. Lawyers who have discussed the
matter highly indorse the proposition
However, Col. Charles A. Clark OF Ce-
der Rapids, a member of the law re-
form committee, does not agree with
his associates on the Iecomm endatlon,
and will oppose it in the convention
which will be held in this city July IA
and Is.
Committees Recommendation.
In full, the recommendation of the
committee is as follows:
That a statute be enacted directing
the supreme court not to reverse any
case, civil or criminal, because of any
technical error unless the record dis
closes that such error might have
changed the judgment of the tria
court.
L. G. Kline, of the state board Of
control, is chairman of the committee
and Congressman Wade, II. M. Rem
ley, ]. H. Henderson, z. S. Huston, G
A. Clark and H. M. Towner are the
other members These names indicate
the high character of the recommends
tons and signify their Importance te
the lawyers of the state. Messrs. Rem
ley and Towner are district judges. MI
Kline, Mr.. Wade and Mr.. Henderson
have. been district judges, and Mr.
Kline has himself been a member O.
the supreme court.
Improve Expert Testimony.
Another very important recommen
dation by the law reform committee i:
that the judges of the courts selec
and summon expert witnesses, instead
of the litigants. Judge Kline, thu
chairman of the reform committee, sew
eral years ago presented paper be
fore the bar association on this subjec
and in which he showed the futility o
trying to sustain a contention by eX
pert testimony under present circum
stances when the litigants may sum
mon their own experts for hire whicl
is legitimate, and which should not b.
countenanced by the law.
The recommendation framed by tn
committee is as follows:
'All expert witnesses in medical an
surgical cases shall be appointed an
their compensation fixed by the court
and any expert witness may be e,
amined as to any compensation pal
or promised in addition to that Above
by statute, or by the court, as affectin
his credibility as such witness"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
Republican State Convention, Des
Moines, Iowa. May 1s

For the above occasion the Burling-
ton Route will sell round trip tickets
for one and one-third fare. Dates of
sale, May 16 to 10. Final return. May
10.
W. S. Parker,
Agent Union Depot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
MONROE IS in LINE
CONVENTION AT ALBA sATUR
DAY DECLARES FOR PRoTEc-
TIVE POLICY.

Resolutions Use Decided Terms in De-
nouncing Free TRADITION. II. l..
Waterman Endorsed for District Del
egate - John DeMuth Also Can
didate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17

The older man gets the more dis
posed he is to advance the period of
middle life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17

1t does not follow because man can
command words that he can command
men.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01
@-BooKS.~y

A work, which Is the most difficult
and most important enterprise since
The Encyclopaedia Britannica and The
Century Dictionary is the Historians
History of the World sS50,OOO has been
spent In It's preparation, The twenty
hve volumes contain on an average CSC
pages each, OF 600 words 10 the page IN
small plca), making a total Of about
100000 words. The twenty-hfth vol
ume Is occupied entirely by vast his.
torloal index containing $50, 900 entrles
The completion Of The Historians
History Of the World Is literary event
OF magnitude that Is not likely 10 oc-
cur again during the present genera
ton The work was begun In Europe
ak years ago under the direction OF
Henry Smith Williams, LII D., as ed-
,tor-in-chief, with the aid Of a large
european stan Of assistant editors and
editorial revlsers who organized them
serves under the name Of the History
Association OF London.
The tremendous labor expended upon
y u only family Indicated by the fact
mat more than 5000 Of the 1890 pages
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01

The publishers Of the Atlantic Month
ly tHoughton, Minlin q Coz. are an,
nounciug a book Of essays and criti-
cisms by Mr. Boynton. who has gained
wide reputation during the last few
years by his contributions 10 that mag
a2lne; consequently wide public Is al
ready acquainted with his point OF view
and With his excellent style.
The essays themselves demand more
than common attention. They deal for
the most part with tendencies In Amer
/ ican literature, az their topics show;
THE Serious and Morbid I'm Fiction, "
The Man OF Affalrs as an Author"
THE Reading Public "Cleyerness ana
Originality American Humor"
The book has unusual scope and has
equal unity Throughout the papers
there run definite convictions about
American literature and settled canons
OF taste, The volume should take It's
place among the vital books OF criticism
and comment upon our literature.
Cot and Maynes First Principles
OF Agriculture" Is by Emmett s. Con,
late professor OF horticulture Univer-
slty Of Wisconsin, and d. -. Mayne.
principal School OF Agriculture, 81. AM
thony Park, MINI, While not too. diff
ficult for boys and girls in the lower
classes, this volume covers well the
elements OF agriculture IN its various
branches. Commencing with o simple
discussion of the soil and It's relations to
plant life, II takes up lesson by lesson,
the principles that farmer should
understand TO raise good crops and
good live stock The last lessons deal
with the simpler phases OF landscape
gardening, under the title, Improve
ment Of Home and School Yards.
Throughout the lessons include simple
laboratory exercises. The appendix
contains tables showing the consttu-
cnts OF folders and foods. formulas for
areas, Volumes, and the like, and dla-
grams Of animals with the names OF
their parts, The book is thoroughly il
Illustrated with cuts and diagrams, and
wien eignt-full-page colored plates OF
cattle, poultry, and fruits. This volume
should be widely used In rural schools.
American Book co,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01

Special Correspondence.
T ONDON, Sept, 22.-Of the making
Of books there is no end but OF
tho making Of bad books there
may be an end II Pastor Howton's
theory as to the source OF their author.
ship be accepted and his method OF
treating the writer's be adopted Mr..
Howton, who once held Holy orders in
the Church Of England, but long ago
set up a religious establishment on his
own account. holds that bad books,
from the erotic novel IN yellow covers
TO the maudlin romance In drab bind
ing. are all alike inspired by demons
and that he has been invested with
divine power to east out the evil spirits
and rid an afflicted world OF the prod
ucts of their malignant pens.
AZ GlossOp, stony -streetcd prOsaic
little town in Derbyshire he conducts
an institution for the cure Of the de-
mon-pOs where he makes n spe.
cialty OF treating those possessed Of lit
erary devils. and by exercising the noX-
ious spirits Ats their victims to become
useful members OF society as clerks,
blacksniths. houeemaids-Or FOR what
ever occupations their natural talents
qualify them. lie keeps case book IN
which he records some Of his most sue
,Ss..ul exorcisms and at the head OF
the 'isi he points 10 this entry;
Case No, l--Lady Noyelist-Possessed
BY a very malicious demon. All her
stories were inspired by him. wres-
tied with and succeeded In casting out
Demon. Lady fell in a dead faint, IA
hours. Revived, and completely recOy-
cred Has never been able 10 write
stories since; power having completely
gone.
When asked what was wrong with
her stories Mr.. Howton admitted that
they were not 10 bad as many books
that were foisted OF the British public,
but they showed uumstakable signs OF
the cloven hoof and possessed that sub
tie quality, in common with all demons
inspired works. Of rendering their
renders easily accessible 10 the same
species OF devil and Transforming them
into writer's OF trashy fiction, or worse.
The next entry records another con-
quest over the evil one of which he is
almost equally proud II reads
Case miss Avery highly
Brother canon. uncle a
general IN the British army Possessed
by q Fallen Angel, which | cast out,
Lady has since painted pastoral scenes
which hang on my wall, and is now
my private secretary Her own testi-
monY IL, Il feel Just like bird let /
looso,"
lie does not confne his attention 10 |
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01

have been translated from foreign lam
guages, including ancient Egyptian and
Babylonan. Greek, Latin and all tho
modern languages, both European and
Oriental More than 60 translators at
one time were employed during the
prosecution Of the work In London.
This IL the first complete scholarly
history Of the world published I'm Eng
lish. The necessity for II must be- EVIL
dent TO every intelligent reading man.
History IS one Of the most important
OF all studes-the only guide to polit-
lcal wisdom, as John Stuart Mil says
and yet II Is Impossible for the average
citizen to find 1t I'm accessible form. The
older standard histories alone are be-
yond the average readers power 20
master, and the enormous number OF
specialized works OF the modern his
torical school, dealing exclusively with
brief periods, presents an absolutely
hopeless task to him. He Is simply lost
IN the labyrinth Of histories, He does
not know where TO begin and has no
hope Of reaching the end
The Historians History brings order
into the field and makes his task sim
pie. II deals fully with every import.
ant event OF history and yet the entire
work can be read with pleasure by
busy man, within reasonable time II
contains the gist Of 10000 historical
works
"Trixy' Is new book by Elizabeth
stuart Phelps Mrs H. d. Ward) au-
thor Of "A Singular Life" LONELINESS"
etc. Mrs, Ward has avlshed her
wealth OF Imagination and her pro.
foundest depths OF sympathy on this
absorbing love story, to which she has
given her most finished literary execu-
ton. The title OF the book is the name
Of clever captivating little dog
Trixy-around whose appealing person.
ality and dramatic experience the action
OF the heroine and her lover revoves.
The underlying spirit Of the story is a
reverence for high Observation-Disclosures
for those which imply consideration for
the helpless. A humane sympathy even
with dumb creatures must serve as a
tue foundation for love, and for any
success worthy Of the name,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01
A LITERARY OOLCONDA.

Packed in musty old boxes, sheet
covered with cobwebs always in danger
Of destruction by fire, the fifth largest
library in this country now lies buried
in San Francisco. Even those who
have heard OF the Sutro Collection have
now forgotten It's existence; even those
more persistent bibliOmaniacs who have
at times striyen to gain access to its
unknown treasures have long ceased
their attempt Here on the Pacific
coast one OF the four most valuable
Libraries IN the United States, contain
Ing q wealth Of material for original
research unheaded, useless, hopelessly
bound up IN litigation.
Adolph Sutro was very rich and
Wellknown man In California. In the
early days Of mining In Nevada he was
interested IN the long famous Comstock
Lode al virginia City; II was he who
initiated the gigantic plan OF boring
through the lode, and even today the
Sutro tun1el is famous through the
west Then Sutro brought his millions
to san Francisco, spending from time 10
time large slices Of them In local
Philanthropy on The far prominence OF
the city overlooking the Golden aGte
and the Seal Il ck he built a park and
adorned the edge OF Il with many sta
tues and decorations OF unquestionable
munitloence but OF somewhat doubtful
art At that time the car line charged
a twenty cent fare TO the park, enough
TO forbid many q poor man from taxi
ing his family 20 the cliffs for an out
Ing, So Sutro, having pleaded and
stormed for cheaper rates without ef.
feet built a line Of his own and forced
the older corporation to come down
to five cent fare. Ii was ike Sutro
20 do thls-a part OF the same spirit
that built the Sutro tunnel.
For time the phianthrophist was an
office holder, and his last term as may
or OF San Francisco lasted until 1895
Along with his political prominence
came his mania for collecting books.
the last 10 years OF his life he turned
energy and money toward amassing the
vast uncataIosued, dlsordered library
that Is now no successfully locked On
in two old buildings In the heart OF the
city. To-day, II you are curious, you
may stand on The corner OF Washing
ton and Montgomery streets not many
yards away from the What Cheer house
made famous by Robert Louis Steven
son, and look up through the dusty |
panes OF the weather. beaten Montgom. |
cry block. at the shelves Of books, |
ceiling high. That is, probably the |
most you viii see Of the Sutro library |
Unfortunately Adolph Sutro left no |
win behind him. He had some male
heirs, he had n daughter. and another
set OF children come chmoring about
aztec his death TO say that they were
his. All the property became involved
In dire lltigation-the library with the
rest--a legal pot anxious 10 boil ana
slow TO cook, For seven years the vast
collection Of books has been locked up
with The key dangling at the end Of a
hopeless length OF red tape, and those
who are interested IN the final dlsposl-
ton OF the library have been wondering
what will be its last resting place. II