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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-19
TROLLEY CAR HELD men
UP BY MASKED
One Passenger Shot--All
Relieved Of Their
ValuableS

Tamaqua, Pa, May 16.-Two un-
known masked men held up a trolley
car on the Tamaqua & Lansford street
railway at turnout west OF Mauch
Chunk about 9:30 o'clock tonight and
shot one of the three passengers, re-
lieved them of all their valuables and
made their escape. A posse is now
in pursuit Of the robbers. The en-
tire country for a radius of % miles
has been aroused, and it is not be-
lieved the men can escape.
While the eastbound car, which left
here at s O'Clock, was leaving Lans-
ford it ran into a switch that had been
set by the bandits. Motorman Aaron
Moser quickly threw on the emergen-
cy brake and, as he did SO, the two
masked men jumped out from the
woods and boarded the car. One OF
the men jumped on the front end and
the other on the rear. AS the man In
the rear entered the door he drew a
revolver and with a yell of hands
up" fired. Herman Phillips, a real
estate agent of Wilkesbarre, was sit
ting with his legs crossed and the
bullet passed through the fleshy part
of his left foot.
Hands up, everybody" yelled the
man holding the smoking revolver
aloft his confederate remaining at
the other end of the car with a big
Colts revolver levelled at the passen'
gers. The passengers all threw up
their hands and then the bandits
passed from one to the, other reliey'
ing them of their valuables. Clare B
Shimbel, a train runner for the Cen
trail railroad of New Jersey was re,
lieved of his gold watch and consider.
| able money.
Phillips, the wounded man, was
| made to turn his pockets inside out as
was also the other passengers. After
admonishing the passengers and the
car crew not to make any attempt to
their spoils and with the revolvers
still in their hands dashed to the
woods. Motorman Moser quickly
backed his car out of the turnout and
ran to Mauch Chunk at high speed
When that town was reached the po
lice and Sheriff Rothermel of Carbon
county were at once notified of the
robbery.
Phillips was taken to the Office OF
DR.. Irvine, where his wound was
dressed. He was weak from the loss
lof blood, but was able to tell the
story of the robbery. He said that he
did not believe that the bandit who
fired the shot meant to injure him
but he only intended to intimidatt
the passengers. He said that the two
men were roughly garbed and ap
peared to be tramps. One was tall
wore derby hat and the other was
short and wore a slouch hat, drawn
down over his face.
Shortly after II o'clock two mer
wehe captured at Hazards and are
now being brought to Mauch Chunk
They have watches ana money OF
their persons and are believed to bt
the robbers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-19
Locomotives Draped For Dead Presl
dent

Springfield, O., May 16-Supt. J..
X. Gleason, of the Detroit Toledo &
Ironton railroad today ordered all of
the locomotives draped in mourning
out of respect to the memory of Presi,
dent Samuel Hunt. Fifty of the EN-.
ployes will go to Cincinnati to attend
the funeral Thursday morning.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-19
cunard Liner Reported ASHORE.

New York, May IT. (12:35 a. m)-
1t is reported that large ocean liner,
supposed to be the Coronia, of the
Cunard line, is aground on the north
edge of the main channel, directly op.
posite the marine tower at Sandy
Hook. l-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-19
RoWBoAT UPSET AND
TWO BOYS DROWNED

Mount Holly, N. j., May 16.-The
upsetting of row boat, In pond near
Wrightstown today, resulted in the
death of George and Thomas Gas
kill. aged 16 and 15 years respect-
lively
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-19
Convicted of MansIauahter.

Huntington, w. Va, May 16.-Chas.
Smith, who last fall, shot and killed
Jameson d. Ramon. on street car
was tonight convicted of manslaugh-
ter in the Wayne circuit court
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-05-19

In Spain Hebrews are not per-
mitted to erect or maintain houses OF
worship, They have no civil rights
and exist in the kingdom only as
aliens.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

had written to England concerning the
death of her brother, preparations
were made to continue the journey to
Texas.
Meanwhile, however, news Of the
finding of Bothamley's body had tray
eled over the thinly settled country
and reached the ears of the Indian
police, the regularly constituted con-
stabulary of the Indian Territory.
Just as the outat was about to move
on the woman and the two men were
taken into custody by the Indian pe-
lice and sent to the Wichita Jail pend
ing an investigation of the murder.
All three stoutly protested innocence.
There was no general belief that either
OF the men had any guilty knowledge
OF the crime, but many thought the
woman had committed the murder.
This remained to be proved or dis
proved.
Eliminating the possible guilt of
the murdered mans supposed sister,
the most tenable theory of the affair
was suicide. This was the belief
little, mild-mannered woman guilty.
Steps were Immediately taken to learn
Bothamley's history, and this investi-
cation was not without results,
Through different agencies it was
found first that Bothamley had desert
ed his wife and two children in Lon
don and. second, that the woman
with u,ho ho
was not his wife, but a Mrs. Harriet
Miller, an English woman of wealth
and position, who had deserted her
husband in London in order to flee
with Bothamley to a country where
they could continue their guilty love
affair without the ostracism and pun
ishment with which they would have
met in their native land They burned
all their bridges behind them, and
started their new life in a SPOT where
1t was not customary TO pry too deep
ly into the affairs of ones neighbors.
Then death took hand. Thousands
of miles from the home she had de-
serted for love of another woman's
husband Mrs. Miller died and was bur-
led under the name of the man for
whom she had sacrificed all
Her death was followed by season
Of physical and mental suffering on the
part of Bothamley, and this TACT was
one of the strongest arguments pro-
duced by the advocates of the suicide
theory. 1t was entirely reasonable to
suppose that .:an of Bothamley's
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family under stress of mad infatua-
ton for the wife of another man,
should suffer mental wrench at the
death OF his inamorata that might I'M
balance his mind and drive him to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
RocKY FoRn mE1on.

AS is well known, a melon Of very
superior quality and flavor is produced
in limited area Of the Arkansas river
valley, which includes Rocky Ford,
Colo. This melon has built up for itself
a reputation on it's merits and Is in
great demand all over the country.
There is some peculiar quality or prop
erty connected with the soil Of that re-
gion which permits Of the growing of
this little nutmeg melon in Its greatest
perfection. The large profits which have
accrued in the growing of this melon
have tempted many other localities to
enter upon its production, in doing
which they succeeded in growing a
melon which looks exactly like the
Rocky Ford, but which is utterly want
ing in it's fine flavor and quality. The
markets of the country are flooded
with these bogus Rocky Ford melons,
while the genuine Rock ford is retailed
In our cities at the time this article is
written at as high price as Is cents
apiece. The people are quick to catch
on to schemes Of this character, and
men who are engaged in trying to
raise Rocky Ford melons in Iowa and
Missouri might as well get out Of the
business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

way were futile. After two weeks ne
moved from Florence to Newton, soon
after moving to ranch of $40 acres
several miles from the town.
Two months after his arrival at
Newton his companion died in child
birth and was buried there AS there
was no reason to doubt the truth of
his claim that the woman was his
wife, she was buried as such, and he
assumed custody of her personal eff
fects, including $4,000 pair Of dia-
mond bracelets and other jewelry and
wearing apparel, amounting to much
more in value Despite the distance
at which Bothamley had always kept
his neighbors and the reticence he
practiced in regard to his personal
affairs, there was a wave of sympathy
for him at the death of his wife. He
retired to his ranch, went In for the
raising of sheep, and, in a measure,
dropped from view. Throughout that
section Of Kansas there were several Of
Bothamley's countrymen engaged in
the same occupation he had taken up.
One of these was William H. Phillips,
who was made the administrator of
Bothamley's estate after the murder,
and who told me that Bothamley's con-
nections in his native country were
high. Later, among his effects we
found uniform Of an officer in the
yeoman cavalry, which had been his,
together with other evidences of his
~,
According to the story of Vetter,
who was employed at the Bothamley
ranch, his master announced one day
in the summer that he was going to
Newton to meet his sister, who was
coming out from England On his re-
turn he was accompanied by petite,
brown-haired, blue-eyed young wom-
an Of about 25, whom he introduced
to the men at the ranch as his sis
ter Bertha Bothamley. The pair lived
at the ranchhouse as brother and sis
ter, and the current of affairs ran
smoothly until Bothamley decided to
move to Texas, where, he claimed, he
had brother. Arrangements were
quickly made for the trip. The outfit"
consisted Of $500 head of sheep. four
yoke of oxen, some horses, buggy and
wagon boxed in with ceiling. This
wagon had been used by an ltlneranr
daguerreotyper. The house part was
seven feet high and wide and ten
feet long 1t was supposed to furnish
shelter for Bothamley's sister and to
protect the owner of the outfit from
wet weather, as he suffered from
rheumatism. The start was made the
latter part of August with Vetter and
another man, William Dodson, to help
care for the sheep. Little progress
was made at first. as Bothamley was
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
CHEQUEST.

Chequest, Sept S.-The Misses Cas-
ady of Troy were guests Sunday of
Miss Ora Mccullough in this place
l.. p Plowman spent Sunday with
friends near Leando
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs G. M.
Mason mashed his finger very badly
yesterday, which caused the little fell
low great pain, and necessitated his
father to take him to Leando, where
DR.. HEREFORD dressed the wound.
Miss Amanda Groves returned home
last week from attending institute at
Bloomfield.
Al Carter and family of Mystic ar.
rived Tuesday for several days visit
with friends in this place, having made
the trip overland.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

suited in nothing except Che fixing in
my mind of the events as related by
Vetter.
To reduce the statements of his Kan
sas friends to connected history,
Clement L. Bothamley had arrived in
Florence, Kan, some months before
the murder in company with stately,
handsome woman, whom he introduced
as his wife. While the appearance of
two personages of such evident distinc-
ton and wealth at the frontier town
would naturally excite unusual inter
est at any time, the advent of the
Bothamleys was an uncommonly
memorable event, owing to the fact
that their luggage consisted of 81
trunks, to say nothing Of innumerable
boxes and portmanteaux Bothamley's
manner was that of a lord, and his
companion indicated plainly by her
hauteur of manner that her new en-
vironment was far different from that
to which she had been accustomed.
In his talks with Florence people
Bothamley was q native Of London,
who, with his wife, was seeking a
home in frontier America He talked
of cattle and sheep raising as his in
tended vocation. Attempts to learn
more Of him than he told in business
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

attacked with rheumatism and had to
be taken back for treatment October
found the outfit at blackberry creek,
on the Arbuclsle trail, the scene of the
murder.
Vetter and Dodson seldom slept
more than 1875 feet from the car, the
woman sleeping on a raised couch in
the car and Bothamley on Shake
down" on the floor. or in the covered
buggy close by. Early in the morn
ing of October Z Dodson and Vetter,
who, contrary to their custom, had
gone to sleep some distance from the
car, were aroused by cries from the
woman, who was rushing toward
them
Something awful has happened at
the car" she cried.
She was much excited and dazed,
complaining that something allied her
head" Vetter Immediately went back
to the car, found the door shut and re-
turned to the others without attempt
ing to investigate. The woman urged
Dodson to go to the car. He opened
the door and saw Bothamley lying on
the blankets on the floor, dead. A
bullet hole under the right eye told the
manner Of his death.
When Dodson informed the woman
that Bothamley was dead she became
hysterical and wept violently. Dod-
son saddled horse and rode several
miles to the camp of man named
Collins. Bothamley's body was pre-
pared for burial, the funeral taking
place the same day at Skeleton ranch,
with the woman, Dodson, Vetter and
Collins in attendance. The next morn
ing Dodson and the woman washed
the blood stains from the bedclothes.
After three days, during which
Bothamley's supposed sister said she
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
CHEAP FARMS IN TEXAS.

On the first Of next month Texas is
to put on sale tract Of land twice the
size of Connecticut, comprising In all
about 100000 acres. This land is
varied in quality-grain and rice land,
cotton, sugar, fruit land, also land be-
meath the surface of which are found
oil and minerals. The territory to be
disposed Of is part Of the school do
main. 1t is understood that this sale
is to be no paradise for grafters and
land grabbers, as is customary in the
disposal of large tracts of land. Texas
ls after homeseekers and farmers, and
with this in view only 100 acres will
be sold to any one person and must
be occupied within ninety days from
date Of sale. The terms Of purchase
are easy, being minimum price of Sll
per acre, one-fortieth Of which is to-
be paid down, while forty years time
Will be given on the remainder. This
land is very fertile with irrigation, and
water is found in most places at a
depth of about fifty feet below the
surface.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

There is said to be an Improvement
In the type of tramps that traverse
the country compared with few
years ago. All the same, they are best
passed on, for even the best of them
are parasites pure and simple.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

The aged farrow COW is a Gamer by
predestination. but sometimes fails to
work out her destiny, and a lot of
kindly disposed persons in the commu-
nifty are innocently compelled to eat
her up as prime beef. 1t does not seem
so bad when a Chicago picnic party
works her up with beer and pretzels.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Copyright, 1906, by Marion q. scheitlin.)
There Is an old country proverb to
the effect that "Tombstones never lie. !"
In an obscure spot in an old cemetery
at Newton, Kan. is grave at the
head OF which stands a small marble
slab bearing these words:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Where one plants the smallest pota-
toes of the previous years crop he soon
finds himself strictly in small po-
tato business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

CLEARING THE WOODLAND FARM
A woodland farm, one from which
the best Of the timber has been le-
moved, can often be bought at low
price. Such a farm is usually covered
with stumps, brush and scattering
trees too worthless to use for lumber,
cord wood or railway ties. We ara
asked as to the most economical meth
cd of clearing up and subduing such
q farm with the end id y;aw of max.
ing i- good pasture or arabir land.
The question Of time allowed for THU
work cuts big figure. II the land
must be cleared as soon as possible.
the old expensive and laborious plan
of brushing, burning and stump pull.
ing must be resorted to, but ii one Is
not in a hurry and can wait few
years there is much easier and far
less expensive way. This is by stock
ing or pasturng the tract with cattle
and sheep for few years, the only
hand work done ON the tract being the
cutting and removal Of the young and
growing trees. Such land should bs
seeded down with tame grasses-tim.
othy and white and red clover-and b
heavily pastured-that is, enough stock
should be run on the land to keep il
closely fed off. Used in this manner
about ten years there will be not much
left on it to prevent its cultivation
save some stumps, which. with the ex.
ception of the conifers, will have SO
decayed that they may be very easily
removed. We have found that to log
burn and clear such land in one year
will cost not far from $50 per acre, OF
twice what such land may be bought
for. In the other way this cost Of
clearing is mostly eliminated and the
land made to return a good rate of
interest on the investment from the
start
WILL CORN DE CHEAP AGAINY
We are asked whether it is likely
that the western country will ever
have to meet condit IN again where
corn will sell for - or Is cents per
bushel. We think not The days of
cheap corn are past. The value of corn
as food for both man and beast is
becoming so well understood in for.
eign countries that whenever the price
gets down below 40 cents at New York
there Immediately springs up a very
large export demand for the cereal.
New uses are constantly being found
for this valuable corn plant, and each
year some new product is being
evolved from 1t, and it today serves
produced wonderful list of neces.
sites and lux'lries for use of the world
at large. We regard ny soil which
with proper care will produce sixty
bushels Of corn to the acre as really
the most valuable agricultural land
that we have in the United States.
There are great possibilities connected
with the Improvement Of not only the
variety Of corn raised, but also in con-
nection with better methods and in
creasing yields. The time is coming,
and Is not far away either, when q
man will be ashamed to admit that he
has raised a crop Of thirty-t Tree BUSH
els of corn to the acre, and yet this is
represented as the average yield Of
some of the corn growing states. When
we consider that it is possible for an
acre of ground properly treated to pro-
duce 200 bushels of corn, it would
seem as though there were marvellous
opportunities for the enterprising corn
grower to improve his present meth
DDS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

statistician Hyde of the agricultural
department, who went to England as
soon as he resigned, was cabed to re-
turn and give evidence in the cases of
graft developed IN connection with his
department. 1t is not improper to re-
mark in this connection that when be
returns Secretary Wilson will get the
tale with the Hyde.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

We have no patience with these dis
cussions involving strife between the
farmer and the merchant There is
no reason on earth why there should
not be the utmost harmony between
these two. The man who says that
the farmer does all the work and the
merchant lives by beating him at every
turn, like the man who styles all farm
ers "Rubes," should be shut up short.
The greatest good and most pleasant
relations will arise from friendly CO.
operation Of the man within the cor
poration limits and his brother with
out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Weeds cut down or plowed under
during the first week in August are
generally done for. If any later growth
is made the frost gets 1t before any
seed can be matured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

There is a peculiar connection be-
tween poor farming and mortgages.
Whether the poor farming makes tho
mortgage or the mortgage the poor
farming has never been quite clear to
49,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

The business Of farming is like any
other occupation in the sense that it
Is just about what one chooses to make
it. Just because man is engaged in
filling the soil and raising cattle and
hogs doesn't by any means require that
he should live like barbarian. We
have seen men running retail stores
and practicing professions who were
inclined to the uncouth in their habits
of life. The man largely makes his
business. If he is slovenly and dirty
by nature he will show it In his voca-
ton. The time is not far distant-in
fact, is present to some extent today
when the art Of agriculture is to rank
high in the list Of the worlds occupa-
lions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

A fact of no small Importance to
western Canada, guessed at last year
and confirmed in an unmistakable
manner this year, is that in the prov
ince Of Alberta, at least, and probably
covering much larger area, winter
wheat can be raised with remarkable
success. This will insure the perfect
maturing of crop which sown in the
spring sometimes has all it can do to
get ripe before frost.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

There are three things connected
with our modern development which
we cannot we'll do without and which
leave ugly scars in their trail These
are stone quarries, brickyards and
coal mines, each Of which mutilates
the appearance Of the country in
bad way. The quarry, because located
usually in some bluff, is less objection
able than are the others. The brick
yard, usually located adjacent to some
town or city, becomes the worst kind
Of an eyesore with It's excavations,
while coal mines leave mountains Of
culm, ashes and debris that are we'll
nigh impossible to remove. While ma
ture will always make desperate eff
fort to redeem and beautify such work
as this, she finds it hard work to
handle this proposition, and they will
remain scars and mutilations upon
the face of the landscape for all time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Through nearly all Of the northwest
grain producing territory the pleasing
condition prevails this season of a
good crop, good weather to secure it in
and good price for it when sold.
This trinity of good things does not
often work in conjunction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Just at this time Of the year nav
be seen the interesting event of the
gathering of the swallows preparatory
to migrating to the south. If one will
watch he will see these birds, which
have nestled in the north, gradually as
sembling in large focks, frequently
monopolizing long line of telegraph
or telephone wire, resting a few mo-
ments and then going out on short
circuitous flight and returning to their
perch. This will be kept up for two
or three days. with a great deal of
chattering and noise, each flight being
wider in its radius and the numbers
of birds continually increasing Final
ly some morning, usually about Aug.
26, the day Of migration arrives, and,
gathered once more at the old rendez-
vous, they wheel into the air, make
one or two short circles and then dart
or to the south like flash, to be gone
until next May. How far do they go?
These same birds inside of twenty
four hours will be found in Louisiana
and the Central American states, the
speed made in the southern passage
being estimated at 120 miles per hour.
We have four or five varieties Of the
hirundea which breed in the north and
stay with us from May until August,
among which are the house martin,
the barn swallow and the sand swal-
low, all of which have the same mi
orator. habits.