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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
IOWA WOMAN AND CHILDREN
KILLED IN COLD FLOODED
MANNER IN THEIR HOME
FATHER is SUSPECTED
Husband Of Woman and Parent Of ths
Children, Who is Thought to be In.
sane, is Believed to Have Committed
the Murders-ls Under Arrest at In.
dependence.

Independence, Nov. 5-Revolting
In it's brutality and appalling In the
cold blooded manner of the crime, the
most horrifying murder in the annals
OF eastern Iowa was committed late
Friday afternoon, when Mrs. William
McWilliams and her five children,
ranging from to Is years of age,
were found dead at their farm home,
six miles south of here
The father and husband, William
McWilliams, who denies the flendish
deed, Is now under arrest, charged
with the crime.
Killed One by One With, Hammer,
Evidently the mother had been kill.
ed while preparing meal, for when
the bodies were found, the food was
on the stove cooking. She had been
killed by the blows Of hammer, and
her skull was terribly crushed; then
she had been savagely hacked with
q knife
After her murder the children had
evidently been called in one by ona
and murdered in similar manner, for
all wore clothing that indicated they
had been at work on the farm just be.
fore death.
Babe Still Held Bread.
The babe, not 8 years old, when
found, still wore hood and mittens and
had in It's hand piece of buttered
bread. One blow Of the hammer had
sufTiced for 1t, and then the murderer
laid 1t in its mothers dead arms,
The only evidence Of a struggle was
found in injuries sustained by the 10
year old daughter. Her hands vera
~ 1o1 nArl x,,1,<~ ,t,o I. =
entity clutched at the murderous
knife.
MIIkman Discovers Crime.
The murder WAS discovered by q
milkman named Saunders, who called
at the house to get milk. When Off.
GERS reached the house no trace Of the
husband could be found, but an abans
doned suit of his clothing was found
smeared with blood.
| Later 1t was learned from rural
mail carrier that McWilliams had been
seen on his way to independence In
the afternoon and he had coolly told
the carrier his family had been killed.
He came into Independence by cir
cuitous route and was not found until
late in the evening.
| McWiIIlams believed Insane.
McWilliams denied his guilt. It is
generally believed that he is insane,
although in his talk with officers last
night he gives the impression that he
is sane. He has long been known as
sullen man and given to ugly mani.
festations Of temper.
| Father Fatally Injuries Son.
Council Bluffs. Nov %. - Fatal in.
juries were received last night by John
Knapp at the hands Of his father, Jas.
/ Knapp, a fisherman. who shot him at
close range with shotgun. The cid.
er Knapp then went to the home Of
his wife and shot her, but she will re-
cover. He escaped. Family troubles
are the cause. -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

great and the Iowa operators, realiz-
Ing this, have tried repeatedly to get
into the interstate agreement in
which Illinois, Indiana and other
states participate, but has always
been kept out. The new move for a
national association may prove an en-
tering wedge, and if it does Iowans
will benefit accordingly. 1t is not in
any way, a move inimical to the min
ers' union on the part of the Iowa
operators.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Keokuk has had run on a bank,
for no known reason as far as the
newspapers can learn. All the anx-
ious depositors were paid as soon as
they appeared and substantial bust
ness men finally quieted the fears of
all by depositing large sums of money
even while the small depositors were
withdrawing little accounts. These
runs, more than half the time, start on
the strength Of some fancied weak
ness in the bank and they are in a
large measure responsible for the lack
of confidence some people have for
banks and banking-a lack of conf.
dence that is absurd.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Sarah Bernhard has flfty-two trunks.
Even though she were not the artist
that she is, she would draw well on
that record.-Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
And yet, folks do say, Sarah's nearly
"broke,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Go to Florida via the Wabash and
spend the winter, $4,000 to jackson.
vile and return, good to June 1. Ask
ticket agent Jefferson street depot, for
further information.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
NO RACE PRoRLEM.

General Oliver O. Howard, who has
retired from the United States army
service because OF old age, Is not SO
old that he has forgotten how to look
at the bright side Of things. He de-
clares that there is absolutely no me
gro problem" that 1t Is purely bug
aboo and that there is no reason for
paying the slightest attention to the
nervousness affected by some people
over the so-called problem General
Towards article on the subject fol-
lows:
Il have no patience with the negro
problem bugaboo, for bugaboo it is,
pure and simple OF all that has
been written recently of the colored
mans status and the future of that
society Of which he constitutes large
element one-tenth is true. In the first
place it is written that the race is on
the increase in the United States.
Statistics disprove that statement.
"The argument against the higher
education Of the negro, that it tends
to unfit him for the filling of his sta
ton in American life Is too undemo-
cratic for answer. The graduates Of
negro institutions, most Of them, are
engaged today in uplifting their
brethren. have never known one
whose education has rendered him
useless in society. Our schools are
primarily training schools, and there
can surely be no economic menace
in the fact that we are teaching
the negro independence. In fact, the
one kernel Of truth which the prob
lem writers have discovered is that
education Is removing the race further
and further from enslavement..
"There is no negro problem, never
has been one in this country since the
negro became a freeman, and never
will be, Notwithstanding that there is
large class OF writers and speakers
who would raise up one"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
IOWA WoMAN's FATE.

Mrs. {. N. Ruch, Recently Of Los An.
seles, CAL, Dies Alone at Home.
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 25.-When
the local officers went to serve legal
papers on Mrs. L. NJ Ruch at her
home yesterday, they found the wo.
mans dead body propped up against
the door on the inside. where she had
died from apoplexy. She had evident-
ly been dead two or three days. Mrs.
Ruch came here several months ago
from Davenport. Iowa, and had fitted
up elegant apartments where she lived.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The turkey crop may be little
short this year, but the football fatal
ties are hitting u. good average.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
All G, M. & ST. P. and Wab ash trains
/ depart from Jefferson Street Union
Sftsi

All G. M. & st. P. and Wabas trains
depart from Jefferson Street Union
agent. up. WHELAN, Agent.
G. M. & ST. p.
No. :. Going East Via Cut OF. Time
sa-Washington, Muscatine. Dav-
enport and Chicago ...5:35p D. m.
f2a-Washington, Muscatine, Dav-
export and 4:cago ...... 12:O5 n. m.
92b-Davenport freight 49,. 0:I0 a n
Going West.
aa-Ks a. g city and 1nterme d.:
sior Springs and Kansas City OLA a. m
a3b-Chil.i cothe freight ....... ron a. m.
s1a-Chillicothe freight ..... 1890 n. N,
faa-Cbillicothe freight ....... 1910 4. m.
Going East Via rla-ion.
l0b-Marion, Cedar Ranids and In
ll1osb-.MsIamrfioenas Cedar Rapids and ;S' a; m.
intermediate ....... 5:45p. m.
Coming West Via Marion.
ec-Marion. Cedar Rapids an In
1osb .Msf nrfen Cedar Rapid. and d:S a. N.
termediate -. 10: o5 a. m,
)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

At last something has been found
which Mr.. Roosevelt doesn't want to
see done on the level-digging the
canal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
cHIcAeo,R ock ISLAM q pAcIFIc

No. Going East. Depart
b2oe.Keokuk. Kansas City, Call.
b9os Ifsn'a M RG sop It Keont sSs
a2o4-Eldon. Davenport and Chi
b29 sagI frs;.ht 1911 G:, p. m,
Going Wost.
Nebraska and Washington,
Muscatlne, Davenport and
bao1S IRessiEE Des MoInea m? zoo a. M
BIOS Keokuk. Des Moinneess ''' : nd 90 a. M
b27s-Ioe e freight ....... a aoS p. m
a-daily; b--e1cept Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

when SO a week man plays ST
into the slot machine, spends So FOL
livery hire and So for theater tickets
the board bill becomes a question fol
the other fellow to figure out" says
the Marshalltown Times-Republican
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

"Wise laws, like certain drugs, can
help little" says the Cedar Rapids
Republican" but human nature is the
most important factor and always will
be. The American people take too
much medicine for bodily Ills real and
both cases the so-called cures are often
worse than the diseases they promise
to cure"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Yes, anxious Inquirer" Thanksgiv.
ing comes on Thursday, this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The Clinton Herald believes It Is
safe to say that Iowa senator's and
congressman will be with the President
in what he suggests in his message in
relation to rate legislation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
R. R.. Time Tables.
All c. K. & @. and c. r. 1. & p. trains
depart from Washington stree,
Union depot.
w. s. PARKER, Ticket Agent.
5URLlNe, foN ROUTE, c. 3. & @.
Mo. oolnu East, Depart

eURLiNe ION ROUTE, c. 9. & @.
No. Going East. Depart
\ Ia Chicago, Dubuque &
M Quincy .2:03 a. m.
a aSS-RSsah T5cIsst 81 iou. 9:ss a. m
s1Ob-Peoria, Dubuque 4 Quincy 11:DO ~ m.
6a-shicago Limited $500. 1:43 D. m.
aa-GhieaRo. st. Louis & Quincy 7:10 p. m
sa-Paet mail ................. 8:87 3. m.
2a-Chica 70, Peoria & Rock
Going West.
ba-omaha, Council Bluffs &
~, ID ,M = ,san ..,. ...... .12;4sa. m.
' s.-pmsh. mai kansas city. Denvs go a, m
Hot Springs, Deadwood.. og-
den. Portland & California 7:45 a, m
7a-Fast mail . .s:52a. m.
9bIPeoris to creston IL; % p. m.
11b-Chicago to Ottumwa.
1ap ese1vs to omaha . IL as P P mn mn
a-daily;. o--except Sunday. Nos. I, 8
Via Fort Madison-Golr7 East,
Ft. Madison s st. Louis d.. 600 a. m.
Going West.
From Fort Madison and St
LOUIS lo) ................. $3.50 p. m
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

A dispatch from Washington says
the money crisis has passed, and the
Clinton Herald asks, What does
know about 1t, anyhow"
The Cedar Rapids Gazette observes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
Professional Cards.
!. DENTISTS.
DR.. AND MRS
r. PARKER,N

Baker Bldg. Office
hours, 1880 to 5 p. m.
500 Lillian street, s to 10
.. M, and z to 9. p. nj.
chiropractic is the only
curative science whose
foundation Is auaton1ic-
ally correct. The CHR
opractor removes the
cause of all, disease while
others can but benefit, az
they treat affects.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Money is restless that is reserved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

It has been predicted that A. I.
Smith, who is opposing Colonel Hep
burn in the eighth district, will have
10s of the 146 delegates In the nomin-
ating convention, which leads the
Keokuk Gate City to remark that
Somebody has evidently been pluck
ing feathers from the tail Of his Judg-
ment and attaching them to the wings
of his imagination."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
WABASH TIME TABLE.

WABASH TIME TABLE.
No. Arrive. Time,
Last. Louis & Kansas: City 6: rs a. m
1Sb-Moberly & Des
Moines j. J. -. ....11:25 a. M
3a--St. Louis & Kansas
City 7:O5 p. m.
No. Depart. Time.
2a--St. Louis & Kansas
6b-Moberly & Des Moines 4:Ob D, m.
4a-St. Leuis 4 Kar as City. 900 p. m.
a-daily.
For info nation con new telephone 1904
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Entered as second class matter Oc-
sober II. 1903. at the postofflce Ottum-
va. Iowa. under the Ac. Of Congress of
March 8. 1879.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

ONCE: 117-119 East Second street
Telephone editorial or business Of
fcel No. "A.
Address the Courier Printing Co.. OF
tumwa. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Champ Clark says jerome is a
coming man." but the Clinton Herald
insists that he has already arrived.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The Cedar Falls Gazette despises
the man who lies in his business, but
1t confesses that It rather admires the
cheerful, spontaneous, exuberant liar
who lies because he enjoys it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The Marion Register has overlooked
in Harlan and tips it off
as follows: .Greenbacks to the value
OF S6,400 We're recently found in Har-
Ian. Ia, where thew had been buried,
the Lord knows when and by whom"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier. l year, by mali. $500
Irt-Weekly Courier, / year ...... 1.50
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The Des Moines Register and Leader
regards as significant the fact that the
President has requested Secretary
Shaw to indefinitely postpone his re-
tirement. "It places the secretary in
an entirely different attitude before
the country" says the Register and
Leader. "It relieves him of the en-
barrassment Of seeming to be antagon-
istic to his chief. There will be COM
plete readjustment Of many relations
as the result of this unexpected de-
velopment"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The loss Of 5s,7oo,ooo drinks Of
whisky in .le Overholt distillery fire
will make large hole in the visible
supply. the Sioux City Journal thinks,
but 1t saws that whisky famine is
not anticipated, SO long as the supply
of diluting material holds out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Public men are compelled to talk
and public men should be careful how
they quote each other or they will be
called down just as common people
are" observes the Atlantic Telegraph.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

"The American people," says the
Des Moines Capital, have demon
strated what they can do when arous-
ed The vitality, important Issue at the
present time is-Can they stay arous-
ed? VIII they continue to hold the
reins in their own hands7"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28
Tri-Weekly Courier.

Y THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Founded 9th August, 1s4e.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The Cedar Rapids Republican ex-
presses the hope that Lafe Young will
not mar. the peace Of the state, but
will ignore the attacks made upon him
during his absence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

A. w. LEE, publisher
JAS. F. POWELL !. business Manager
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

The vinton Eagle suggests that It is
better to scan the news columns of a
than to listen to the mouth
Of an agitator."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-11-28

Noting that the delinquent tax lists
now appearing in Iowa newspapers are
the briefest In the history of the state
the Oskaloosa Herald says, Good
crops, sound money and protection
have combined to make the people of
Iowa prosperous beyond all pre-
cedent.''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-15

The emotion called hate, its being accompanied by
the greatest expenditure of vital energy is perhaps
the best for consider by way of illustration
Hate sets up most rapidly those changes the bodily
tissue which generally known as 'metabolic."
Metaboic changes in the tissue are of two kinds the
beneficial or anabolic, and the injurious "cata-
hohc ! have shown by actual experiment that
hate creates cataboic chemical products faster than
the eXcretory functions eliminate them These
products or "catabolins" all poisonous and are
highly injurious to the tissues They include urea
ptOmaines of various kinds which form part of the
bodily waste volatile alkaloids and other cutaneous
eXhaations and certain toxic elements which appear
in the respiration 1t thus will be understood readily
that any long-continued state of hatred must pro-
foundry modify tissue and all physiological functions
II these toxic products not eliminated, they
wOuls speedily cause death Enough would be elm
mated in hour of intense hate, by of average
strength, to the death of perhaps four-score
persons as these ptomanes the deadliest poisons
known to science
Conversely a study of the physiological results of
the cheerful emotions reveals entirely different
of chemical products in the 'anabons" All of these
tissue products, which constructive nutritve
and healthily stimulating. They reveal a kind of
tissue in that it makes added draft upon the vital
energy, like ordinary stimulation This is an impOr-
tant point and which could not be studied too
deeply for the benefit of the health Of the human
race.
Outside of. the visible or measurable or caiculable
energy in the Human Body there appears to be latent
energy which thSS be drawn upon without in the
least diminishing what might be called the visible
supply. Life az represented by the human Body is
sostrange thing protOpfasnic cell action Is
pltel nodifed by the varying states o}a Will that
tho furth&r one investigate >he more ltnmistakable
bstomes me truth that I'm minutest bodily
Isocesfs We are under the dominion of law which
go be Called only Moral Ian. =
Love has the greatest power NO augment all the'
vital fqncti0~s Hate has the greatest power to
inlure them
&
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-15

BY way OF simple illustration let the reader if he
be troubled with indigestion think of some morning
when he rose and found himself disguised with
on other mornings he viewed with indifference, if
nausea existed IN his stomach, which without his
Consciousness set up the corresponding state in his
Mind Being physically or bodily disguised, he was
mentally Disguised we'll and his disgust extended
even tri1les.
W hen ! began my experiments 70 determine the
q=ect oftthe various-emotions upon the Body It was
known that under thainfuence OF de essng emotions
such shame or grief the general ystem of bodily
functions became depressed the appetite diminished
the digestive and assiriatiTe functions became i'm
paired the complexion became palid the respiration
became slower aAd more inefficient the circulation
Jagged and the cutaneous eliminations lessened in
activity. i also known, a fact perhaps first
pointed oue by Spencer. that the emotions powerfully
affected ~ tsecretory functions that grief might
diminish q poison the mothes milk or turn the hair
white that bender sudden and iptense emotion Of the
heart raighf stop ~ action. \
Il also was knot IN that und4 cheerful, and happy
emotions the reve effects were produced; that she
respiratory crculaTory digestive and assimative fuc
tons augmented in their activity that the cheeks
and every function OF the b--<~ more efficient.
It was LEFT . ny ez~~-|ents, however, tNdemon-
strate certain Proof Of this y experimental detail
and expA il in arms Of physiology and Of chemistry
nd furthAore - show how these functional states
fht be lafSy governed, if not entirely controlled
y the Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-15

It produces and which largely assist in maintaining
lis continuance
Ia fact the phenomena here represented always
have been through the lack OF convincing experiments
a fruitful held OF controversy For long time the
discussion throve over the question to whether
the initial impulse came from the Body and thence
affected the Mind One set of disputants
insisted mat did because were frightened
impulse being instructive and motor The same school
insisted that did not weep because were sad
but that sad because wept. There IS no
doubt however, and this fact I have been able TO
prove beyond doubt in the of my expert
1nents that the initial impulse may from either
source.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-01-15

-
injuring the health and are placing an abnormal
burden upon the organs of elimination The
primary cause of the blues may be vested in
some weak or diseased organ OF the Body which is
manufacturing ptOmaines of the kind referred to
IN which case medical treatment and a hygienic
mode OF life, including the abandonment of anv
non-hyglenic habit, the source of cure The
primary cause may be in the Mind from social
domestic financial religious causes But the
important fact is that in either case the Will is
one OF the most important, if not the vitality
important, field in which cure is to be
sought.
Huxley said that there was no proof whatever
that any impulse Of the VIII had power to move
any mass of matter, great small This state
ment, when he at the time referred to our
power OF muscular action in response to our Will
impulses, may be understood to cover wide
domain of philosophy yet uninvestigated 1t is
one OF the deepest problems which Life presents
to us. But my experiments have left doubt
whatever of the fact that our Will has direct
and invariable control over the netabolic changes
in our tissues in the ways referred to The proof
OF this lies in the satisfactory form of labora-
tory records.
To think health" is to gain health, To think
disease Is to increase disease. The moral of this
needs no emphasis
We all familiar with the beneficial results
which may accrue from special exercise as of the
muscles of the upper arm by the use of Indian clubs
The special, increased flow of blood to those parts
produces increased nutrition and a local dispropor-
tionate development of muscular tissue
was somewhat surprised and greatly gratied to find
in my experiments for developing the color sense in
dogs that this a law of the brain as we'll that
our mental attributes may each and all be greatly
strengthened by special exercise in this way When
the dogs were killed, those which had been under
daily development for a year revealed a set of cell
structures in their brains which entirely absent
in those which had not been developed By daily
training set of dogs to detect differences in color
the training system consisting of colored tin pans
under which their food placed only enabled
them TO discriminate between the primary colors but
finally carried them far that they could detect
differences between the gradations shades of the
primary colors to far greater degree than any dogs
which ever had existed
That this newly developed faculty had produced an
equally marked change in the brain tissue expert
mental proof of important principle This is the