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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
OIL KING FEARS THAT HE
WILL BE ASSASSINATEI

Cleveland, O., July IA 1t is said
that John d. Rockefeller's fears for
his personal safety again have become
paramount. The bodyguard at Forest
Hill is said to have been increased and
to have received renewed exhortation
to vigilance. Predictions are added
that Rockefeller will forego his fre-
quent appearances In public until the
agitation against him shall have died
away.
1t is pointed out that he is much
more sensitive to appearance than is
commonly supposed and so, even if
unafraid for his life, he would hesitate
before appearing at his church or else.
where while the revived scandal is a
present sensation.
Utmost Vigilance Maintained.
Now his residence on Forest Hill is
well nigh unapproachable. Even his
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15

private secretary cannot be seen. Tho
utmost vigilance is being maintained
by the attendants at the Forest Hill
residence, and every intruder. no mat
ter what might be mis- errand, is close
ly questioned and practically ordered
off the premises after a brief hearing
Never before was such vigilance thu
rule.
Fears Attempt on Life.
The present controversy with Ids
Tarbell, during which the womani
magazine article has gained broad Gin
culation, has made the oil king nervouf
and it is said that he fears that somS
crank who might have become conc
yinced of the yeracity of the printed
statements may attempt his life. Rookie
feller has always lived more or less In
seclusion while in Cleveland, but hal
never failed to attend Sunday schoos
regularly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
is INSANITY A SHAM.
Illinois Officials May Prosecute Wo-
man for Mistreating Child.

Chicago, July 14-State's Attorney
Graham, of Mercer county, Illinois, has
served upon DR.. Sanger Brown, of Chi
cago, demand for information con-
cerning the mental condition of the
wealthy Mrs. Mary Mckinney, of Ale
do H., who is alleged to have been
privately removed from her home two
weeks ago to Browns santa ium at
Kenilworth, suburb of this city. Mrs.
Mckinney, with her husband, is un.
der indictment on the charge of tor
turing Stella Grandy. child turned
over to her by the Illinois Children's
Home and Aid society.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
Law is V Aid
DRAINAGE MEASURE is UPHELD
BY THE IOWA SUPREME
COURT.

Des Moines, July 14.-In two opin.
ions covering three appeals in which
the validity of the new Iowa drainage
law was attacked, the lowe supreme
court yesterday unquali1edly sus.
tanned the statute. The opinions were
among the most important Of the
years work, nearly all projected drain.
age N the state being tied up await
ing the decisions of the supreme
court on the controversy
In an opinion covering thirty type
written pages Judge Bishop disposed Of
the appeal in the case of e. R. Sisson
VS.. the board of supervisors of Buena
Vista county in which the constitution
ality Of the statute was attacked on a
dozen points.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
FIRM ALLIES
FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND FRANCE STRONGER FOR
FRIDAYS EVENT.

Paris, France, July IA. The French
national holiday was celebrated today.
There was brilliant review at Long
champ, which was attended by Presi-
dent and Madame Loubet, cabinet Off
GERS, the diplomatic corps and vast
throng of people. A notable feature
of the review was the presence of 12S
officers from the British naval squad
ron in full uniform. The popular ova-
tion accorded the British officers was
further indicative of the Anglo-French
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
IOWA GIRLS LOST ON MOUNTAIN.
Two Young Women Believed Doomed
On Pixies Peak Slope.

Colorado Springs. Colo, July IA. -
Misses Edna and Josephine Filter OF
Maquoketa, Iowa are missing and
their friends fear they are lost on
the slopes of Pixies Peak. AS mem.
bers of burro party of thirty they
left Manitou Tuesday morning for the
summit. In the descent they stopped
at the Halfway House to stay over
night, intending to take the train next
morning for Manitou They have not
returned yet. A searching party is
hunting for them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
GEN. WOOD
UNDER KNIFE
SKULL is TREPANNED TO RE.
MOVE RoNY GRoWTH-oPERA.
TioN A SUCCESS.

Boston, Mass, July Ia. Reports
from Pocasset, Cape Cod say Major
General Leonard Wood has just under
gone a delicate surgical operation, tre-
panning to remove bony growth on
his head. The operation, it is said,
was entirely successful and the gen
eral is making rapid progress toward
recovery The operation was made
necessary by mishap several years
ago when Wood received severe
blow on the head by accident
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
INSPECT A VOTING MACHINE. !
Iowa Voting Machine Commission Is
Organized.

Cedar Rapids, July 1.-THE Iowa
voting machine commission organized
hs.e as follows Isaac Brandt, chair
nans;s Del1el, seeFetarF; and r.
q. Hempel OF Elkader, treasurer. The
commission came here to examine the
iowa" voting machine, invented and
patented by Mount Vernon men, and
manufactured in the Carmody machine
shops in this city. It is claimed to be
a strictly Iowa machine, as well as
superior to other machines now on the
market.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
centerviIIe May Be Cut or.

Centerville, July IA. = Locating En-
gineer Ramsdall of the Rock Island is
making plans for cutoff of the Rock
Island from Paris to Numa. If the
cutoff is made, Unionville and Center.
vile would be taken off the main line.
The new line would pass two miles
south OF Unionyille and we'll to the
north of Centerville. There is consid-
cradle agitation here about the reports
that are IN circulation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
HEART DISEASE FATAL
James Mattox, Aged Fremont Farmer
Dies Very Suddenly.

James MattoX, Aged Fremont FaFmeT
Dies Very Suddenly.
Fremont, July IA. - (SpeciaI-Jas.
Mattox an aged farmer who has lived
with his son near here for several
years, died very suddenly of heart dis
ease last evening. During a severe
storm he was sitting in barn waiting
for cessation of the rain, when he
suddenly fell over and died immediate.
ly. 1t was at first reported that he
was struck by lightning but examina.
tion proved that death was due to nat
ural causes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
WINS WoMEN's CHAMPIONSHIP.

Mrs. e. H. sprague of Omaha is Best
In st. Louis Contest.
st. Louis, Mo-, July IA - In the
final round of the Trans-Mississippi
women's championship here today.
Mrs. b. H. Sprague of Omaha, Neb.,
defeated Mrs. w F. Burns nf nuaha.
s up and 6 to play.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
JUDGE JAEGER DEAD.

Death Ends Troubles Of Aged Banker
Accused of Crime.
Keokuk, July 14.-(SpeciaD Judge
Edm ond Jaeger, former proprietor of
the closed Commercial bank, died here
this afternoon He was recently in
dicted by the grand jury for accepting
deposits for an insolvent bank and the
trial was set for hearing soon at Bur-
lington on q change Of venue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
.UNEARTHCANC
INDIANA POLICE ARREST MEN
ACCUSED OF WHOLESALE
ROBBERY.

South Bend, Ind. July 14-oficers
have arrested eleven men charged
with BEING implicated in wholesale
robberies of cars on the Grand Trunk
railroad near Stillwell, La Porte coun-
ty Merchandise to the value of $780,
900 has been taken. Other heavy losses
to the road were near Valparaiso.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
CARS CATCH FIRE
AND BURN FIERCELY
Double Head Freight Train Is Dltehed
BY Weak Track - Open Switch
Causes Fatal Collision on the Chi
caso & Eastern Illinois Railroad at
stener, III.

Richland, July 14-(Special)-
Two men are dead and two are seri-
ously injured as the result of freight
wreck on he Iowa Central, which oc-
Cured at / O'Clock this afternoon at
Richland. The whole train, including
it's two engines, was derailed and sew
eral cars caught fire. The contents OF
a car of oil which was near the front
of the train burned
The Dead and Injured.
The dead are:
JESSE v. LONG, engineer.
WILLIAM WEST, fireman.
The injured.
G. X. Williams, badly burned but
may recover.
G. McMains, may recover
The homes of all the victims are at
Oskaloosa.
Track Gives Away.
The freight, long double header,
was travelling at a fast rate of speed
through Richland, west bound, and
when the first engine was just east of
1.-THE bridge over Richland creek, near
the depot, the track gave away under
the weight of the wo heavy locopno.
tives, ditching them and most OF the
cars in the train. The cars caught
| fire from the engines and in few
moments the whole front half Of the
train was IN flames.
TWO Men cremated.
i Jesse Long and William West. the
engineer and III sTfai suh sspfe sof the
engines, were caught under their
4 ruined locomotive when 1t fell and
rolled over, and there the two bodies
were found, burned into unrecogniza.
h1o yUi1Ifornc o5e
burned but he was rescued from the
ruins of the wrecked locomotive and
may live.
The people Of Richland gathered at
the scene of the wreck quickly and as
sisted the trainmen in rescuing Wells
from under the wrecked engines and
in extinguishins the flames. It was
4 impossible to save either Long or West
from death, though it was known they
were being burned to death under
their engine. The money loss to the
: Iowa Central company will be very
} large, as both locomotives are badly
damaged and several cars, with their
} contents, were burned.
1t is learned that Jesse v. Long, the
engineer who was killed in the Rich
AoAA WYNN lOuhJ, Waio WOil hAOWA III
Ottumwa and has visited here often.
} He is said to be related to G. w. Bull.
: lock. Bookeeper at the Office OF Mo.
/ Kee and Potter.
: Open swlth Causes Wreck.
Chicago, July 14.--A Chicago & Eas.
tern Illinois railway passenger train
leaving st. Louis at 1870 o'clock last
night collided today with a suburban
train at Steiger, Illinois. Three per-
/ sons were killed and seven were in.
jured. Some of the injured may die
The Dead and Injured.
The dead are:
JAMES LYKE, engineer Of the sus
burban train.
GEORGE EPSTEIN, of Chicago
FERDINAND HOYN, Of Chicago
The seriously injured are:
John Miller, of Chicago Heights.
Charles Horn, of 'Jrete, Ill.
6 James Crooks, of Chicago.
!, Dwight /. Wood a brakeman
A. Gilmore, engineer Of the St.Louif
e train.
K F. H. Ross, Chicago.
! The cause Of the collision is said I'd
have been an open switch, which let
! the through train onto siding on
which the suburban train was stand
ling.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
FORMER OFFICIAL INDICTED.
John w. Hill Latest Victim Of PhlIa
deIpf1ia Graft Crusade.

Philadelphia. July 1.-Two bills of
Indictment were found by the grand
fury against John w. Hill, former
chief of the filtration bureau, charging
him with forgery and Justification Of
records. Hills arrest was the result
of Mayor Weaver's crusade for good
government.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
AMEs GETS FRAT.
Beta Theta Pi Will Have New Chapter
In Iowa College.

New York, July Ia. The Beta The
Ia Pi fraternity at the last session of
Its sixty-seventh annual convention to-
day, added one new chapter to the
fraternity, making sixty-eight chapters
in all the state colleges. Ames college
of Iowa received the -ew charter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
BANKER commits SUICIDE.

Broodlng Over III Health, E. W. War
field Takes His Life.
ST. Louis, July 14.-E w. Warfield,
cashier of the st. Louis county bank
of Clayton, a suburb, today shot and
killed himself. 1t is supposed that
brooding over his ill health caused him
to take his life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
CONDITION SERIOUS
Hot Springs Physicians See Little
Hope for Unfortunate Patient.

Hot Springs, Ark, July IA. -(spe.
tcial)- The condition of ]. E. Meach-
am of Ottumwa, who is critically ill at
the Ozard sanitarium here, is slightly
improved today His physicians how.
ever, hold out no encouragement for
his recovery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
THE OLDEST PYTHlAN.

Richard Wareham, Pioneer In Frater.
nal Organization, Dies.
Rock Island, H., July 14.-Richard
Wareham, the oldest member of the
Knights of Pythias, died of heart fail
ure here today, aged 70 years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
DEFENDANTS WIN OUT. ]

Acquitted by Chicago Court.
Chicago, July IA verdict of not
guilty was announced today by Judge
Challain in the case of President Al
bert G. Wheeler of the Illinois Tunnel
Company and several former municipal
officials on trial for alleged alteration
of public records.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
THE CAR AND ALL RUSSIA
WOULD WELCOME PEACE
NO sTRlNeENcY EXPECTED.

ey Tishtness Because OF Order.
. = - - .
Washington, D. c, July ~. -
" In the opinion Of the officials Of
: the treasury department the
: amount Of money in actual clreu-
Iation will not be decreased mate
= rally by the $4,000, 900 to be paid
under Secretary shaw's call which
: natures tomorrow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
TWO LIVES ARE LOST
in WRECK At RICHLAND
PIRATE BLACK is LYNcHED.
Natives Of utilla Deal Out Stern JUS
tiee to Murderer.
s.s a... sS.. s.s.s

Mobile, Als- July 14.-captaIn :
Doe, Of the steamer Condor, ar
rivlng here from Ceibs, reports
that the negro MeGlII, who mur-
: dered the crew and eight passen-
: gers OF the cattle steamer oIym-
y pla, has been Iynched by natives
= on UtiIIa island.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
OFFICERS
ARE CHOSEN
IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION ANE
IOWA DRUGGISTS IN SESSION
AT pEs MONIES.

Des Moines. July a. -(SpeciaD -
The Iowa Bar association elected the
following officers today:
President - w. H. Baily of Des
Moines
Vice president M. T. Towner, of
Corning.
Treasurer = Jesse Stevenson, Des
Moines. \. 1880.
Secretary - Charles NJ. B. Butcher
of Iowa City.
Druggists Hold Election.
The Iowa Druggists convention to-
day elected officers as follows:
President George Peterson, of
Harlan.
Vice presidents =. j. F. Jungen. Of
Reinbeck; W. S. Hofferd, Des Moines;
w ]. Boyston, Cedar Rapids.
Secretary - J., M. Indy, Winfield.
Treasurer j. D. Webb, Dewitt.
The next state convention will be
held at Cedar Rapids.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15
EMPEROR COUNTED
AS AGAINST THE WAR
His Selection Of M. Witte is Regarded
AS a Surrender Of the Ideas He
Once Professed to Espouse, Favor
ing Continuation Of the Fighting
to the Bitter End.

TlfIis, caucasia, July IA. - A
regiment of Russian soldiers sta
TONED at a small village in the
mountains near here has MUIR
dered all of Its officers and 1t Is
rumored has joined the revolu-
tlonists.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-15

4
appointment as chief Russian peace
in the official messenger The una
nimity with which all parties recog-
nize Whites selection makes for q
successful termination of the peace
negotiations
The mere fact that the emperor at
last yielded to the pressure for Witte's
appointment Is accepted as being COM
plete assurance that his majesty is sin
cerely determined to end the conflict
and make peace if a possible basis Is
obtainable.
Gar and Witte Confer.
witte had prolonged audience
with the emperor this afternoon at
which the whole subject of the peace
negotiations was gone over in detail.
The difficulties of the situation were
freely discussed and indications were
given that his majesty Is more apt per-
senally to govern Whites course than
The formal instructions which have
been given him.
Money Not Sufficient.
Paris, July 14.-The ST. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
states that the declination of M. Mura-
vieff to head the Russian peace mis-
sion, was based partly on the state Of
his health and partly on the fact that
his allowance for expenses to cover
The period of his sojourn in America
was only $4,000 roubles, which amount
he considered insufficient, owing to the
great cost Of living in the United
States,
NJ Witte twice refused to become
The successor of NJ Muravieff on the
mission on the ground that he did not
wish to be mere fgurehead in the
transmission to Emperor Nicholas of
the peace terms offered by Japan. His
selection therefore cannot but be taken
to mean that the emperor has yielded
to his insistence that real powers plen-
ipotentiary be conferred upon Russia's
principal representative in the peace
commission.
China Expects Peace.
Yokohama, July a. DR.. Morri-
son the London Times correspondent
at Pekin who is here on his way to
Washington says that China confident
ly expects that peace will be made be-
tween Japan and Russia, relying upon
& Japan's selection Of plenipotentiaries
to cause a cessation of hostilities. :.
Regarding China's representation at
the peace conference DR.. Morrison
said that a certain faction of China
wanted representation in the proceed
ings, but as the conference will not
be of an international character. the
Chinese had been urged not to prose.
cute their desires. Wiser counsels had
vetoed the idea, being willing to trust
to Japanese equity. Viceroy Yuan
Shih Kai, the most influential man in
China is quite confident that Japan
will act in good faith.
Dr. Morrison thought that the anti.
American sentiment among the Chin.
ese is subsiding and that it had never
become as widespread as had been
represented. He did not think the
Chinese would boycott for any great
length of time goods that they had
found profitable to handle. DR.. Morri
son will leave on the steamer Tartar
II
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-09
GooD WoBK Iy TIE BAY STATE.

The Massachusetts State Board of Health is at work in a very efficient fashion. Over one hundred grocers have been haled into court within a month and fined s$25 each for selling niisIabeled goods, principally ketchups containing benzoic acid or other, arti- ficial coloring. Recently in one wsek there were twenty-three prosecutions for selling oysters and clans preserved with borax and +boracic acid. Twenty of the accused concerns were convicted and fined from $25 to $50 each, A brew ing company, that publishes a label on every bottle of its product offering a thousand dollar guarantee of purity, pleaded guilty of adulterating beer with salicylic acid and paid a fine of s100. Following this conviction another brew ing company was indicted on two counts for selling ale containing call .cium bisulphite, pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $1,OOO. This company had extensively advertised it's products at an expense of over s25o,0Oo a year. It it said to have 2,5OO barrels and 2S,OOo dozen bottles of ale on hand which it must lose entirely or ship to other states where laws are lsss strict or not enforced Ft.5st - ,s.fs@
 They are agitating for national pure food law, but if State rights and State laws could be enforced in the Massa- chusetts way perhaps national law wouldn't be needed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-09
1HE WIRELEss..

The wireless seems to be getting along. An arrangement has been made by the British postoffice with the Mar conf company by which messages may be sent quickly from any point in the United Kingdom to ships. out at sea- The, local postcffice receives messages and collects the full charge for delivery to the person aboard ship. The mes- sage is sent to a Marconi station-of which they are sixty at various points along the British coast-and transmit ted to the designated ship, the postoffice paying the Marconi company for its service. When message is to be sent from a vessel to any land station the Marconi representative. on the vessel collects the full rate. The message is sent to the nearest Marconi station, and from there it is handed to the nearest postal telegraph office, the Mar conf company paying the postoffice charges. There has thus been establish ed an exchange of traffic between the two systems, and persons who wish to send messages to any vessel can learn from the nearest postoffice the rates and the hours during which any vessel will be in touch with the Marconi sta- .tions. Many shore stations have been erected, which enable the Marconi company to keep in communication with any vessel for a considerable time ss..1f VI @a
 There are now sixty ships fitted with the wireless apparatus, and the con- venience of travellers is greatly promot- ed by the new facilities. As regards the certainty of messages, it is stated that between fixed stations such, for example, as London and Amsterdam, messages are transmitted as regularly and accurately as by any other tele- graph system.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-09

marketed at fair price. The tree lig- ustrum lucidun) which produces the white wax insect grows in the Chien- chang valley in the western part of Chi na, which is some five thousand feet above the level of the sea In March round brown forms are seen attached to the limbs and branches. If one of these should be opened it would be found to contain innumerable white insects. By a strange law the insect will not four isl1 or produce wax in it's birthplace, and if allowed to remain will drop off in dead mass. The Chinese have dis covered the exact locality where they will ourish to the best advantage. Transporting the females to various farming places some, two to four hun dred miles distant in the province of Szechuan gives employment during the season to thousands of porters. One of these wax-making centers is Kiating.
 About May the female insect is nearly grown, and the body is almost conical, with a round base. Later on it becomes mature and begins to deposit eggs. At this time the operation of re moving the females from the limbs and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-09
PROGRESS IN BALTIMORE.

Baltimore is determined to keep up with the procession. Her citizens have just voted, by a large majority, in fav- or of a loan of s1S.OOO.OOO for city im- provements. About fifteen months ago. directly after the great fire, loan of s9,2 900 was authorized for improve ments in connection with the rebuild ing Of the burned district. Of this sum S3, ,s50, 900 was for street widenings and se,0Oo,000 for new docks and the inn provement of the water front streets. These were things that had to be de- cided upon immediately in order that the work of rebuilding might go ahead. But the public spirited men have recog- nized that Baltimore needed much more done if it proposed to keep up with the other growing cities of the country. For example, the city has no sewer system, although agitation for one has been in progress for several years. Ten million dollars of the sum authorized the. other day is to be used for this purpose. Two million dollars is to be used for opening streets and developing an annex The rest is for parks and parkways.
 Baltimore has, among it's good things, Municipal League, which seems to be able to do deeds. At the election which resulted in the author ization of the big loan, of the twenty three candidates recommended by the Municipal League eleven were elected.