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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
LOSSES AGGREGATlNe $e5,ooo AT
EsTHERvILLE AND
MuscATlNE
BUSINESS FIRMS HIT
Loss is $4,000 at Esthervllle, Where
Several Business Buildings Are
Burned DOWNFALL Block In Musca-
tine Is Partially Destroyed.

Marshalltown, Dec. 18.-(Special.) J
Fire at Estherville Sunday caused
a loss of more than $4,000 The
blaze started in the basement of the
Newberry Mercantile company's store.
The principal losers are:
Bartlett block ............... .s16, 900
leeelsOn DlocR ............... l2,00O
Prizes Furniture Co. ........... $4,000
Nerberry Mercantile Co. 1850. 10000
The insurance is about two-thirds
OF the loss in each case.
$25,000 Fire at Muscatine.
Muscatine, Dec. 1S.-In the worst
fire of the year, the Vail building, the
largest in the city, was partially de-
stroyed at $50 Gunday evening. The
loss is estimated at about $4,000. The
building was valued at $4,000 and
about $4,000 worth of insurance was
carried on the building and contents.
The fire was caused by defective
chimney in the kitchen of the A. o.
U. w. lodge rooms on the fourth
floor. The lodge room and its ac-
coutrements, the finest in the state,
were totally destroyed. The entire
fourth floor and the roof of the build
ing was entirely burned in.
Commercial Club Loses.
On the third floor were five flats.
Fire and water destroyed all of these.
They were occupied, and the furniture
owned by the tenants Is practically a
loss. The rooms on the second floor
were occupied by the Muscatine Com
mercial club. The billiard tables,
bowling alleys, and furniture in the
club rooms were all destroyed.
The first floor was occupied by G. B.
Vail, who is the owner of the building
and the proprietor ,ofssa commission
house. A. e. Tiffany. of Davenport,
had three car loads of -four stored in
the first floor, which was ruined by
water and fire.
The Vail building stands in the very
center of the business district. The
entire business district had a narrow
escape, but the fact of there being no
wind to contend with probably saved
the surrounding property. The walls
Of the ruined building are still stand
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
LAW MAKER
INDICTED
KANSAS STATE SENATOR is Ac-
cusED OF GIVING
BRIBE

Topeka Kan, Dec. 1s.-The federal
grand jury which has been investigat-
ing government land frauds in Kan
sas Saturday night returned an indict-
ment against State Senator F. Dumont
Smith on charge Of influencing a
federal officer to neglect his duties.
The federal officer referred to Is T.
p. Ryan, formerly special agent in
the government land Office in the land
frauds cases which he was investigat-
Ing In Hodgman county, Kansas. His
home is at st. Charles, ILL.,, and he is
a son Of former Congressman Ryan.
Investigators Divided Equally
According to allegations the men
implicated in the cases under consid-
GRAFTON were approached by Roscoe
Wilson, Smiths law partner who told
them Smith could "fix up" If they
could raise $2,50O. This was raised
and divided equally between Smith
and Wilson and Ryan. 1t is alleged
that Ryan then reported to his supe-
riors that he had investigated the
cases and found the four men who
contributed the money were not guilty
Of making fraudulent entries of land
in Hodgman county, and that there
was no evidence to warrant their ar
rest. An indictment was returned
against Ryan
Paid Girls to Prove Claims.
st. Paul. Mimi. Dec. Is. - In the
trial of William T. Hornsell Of ST.
Paul and Royal B. Stearns of South
Dakota in the United States court
charged with attempting to defraud
the government out Of homestead
lands in South Dakota, the testimony
was brought out yesterday with the in.
tention Of showing that the defendants
had offered Ida Wichert, Mary Spitel-
Ike, Sarah Halloran and Gene Thomas,
all young girls who testified in the
trial, $1O0 to sign certain papers and
take out homestead claims in South
Dakota, and then make two trips out
of three to prove the claim. The
same witnesses stated that the title
Of the land must go to Hornsell before
the money was turned over. All wit
nesses identified their signatures to
the leases when their attention was
drawn to the paper by the defense.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
FIRE SWEEPS AN ILLINOIS TOWN.
Two Business Blocks of Dallas Are
Destroyed BY Flames,

Fort Madison, Dec. 1S.-Two of the
principal business blocks of Dallas
City, H.. town of $500 population,
nine miles east of this city, were COM
pletely destroyed by fire yesterday
morning along with the contents en-
failing loss of about $4,000. The fire
was caused by the explosion of coal
oil stove.
Scarcely anything in the two blocks
was saved, and but little insurance
was carried by any of the victims.
Among the losers is the Review. a
weekly newspaper, and the First Ma
tional bank The Fort Madison fire
deparim ent was taken to the scene by
a special train.
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(Continued on Page 1o).
MAKES REPLY
COMMISSIONER JAMES r. GAR
FIELD ANSWERS HIS
CRITICS

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1S. James
Rudolph Garfield, commissioner of cor
porations in his annual report TO the
secretary of commerce and labor, just
made public, defends himself against
the criticism aimed at his report on
the beef industry dealing with the
question of prices and the margin of
profit in the packing business.
I'm the course of this investigation. /"
says the report. "the bureau had also
obtained much information bearing
upon the question of combination as
between the large packing companies.
Continued on Page 10).
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
Play Posters Fire Irish.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 1S--A Zig mass
meeting of indignant Irishmen was
held Sunday to take action against a
show company's posters cartooning
the Irish. 1t decided not to permit
the company to play in Butte. Threats
are made to burn down tho opera
house II necessary to prevent it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
AIIeae Gigantic Frauds.

Madrid, Dec. 1S. The council Of
ministers has decided to order an in.
vestigation of the allegations made in
the chamber of deputies accusing
Senator Marquis Cayorey of implica,
tion in gigantic treasury frauds in.
volving a sum of $1,000. 600 by means
O. falsely stamped securities.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
REAL CALM IN KANSAS.
Cattle Are Dying of Thirst Because the
WlndmiIIs Are Still.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 18.-The unpre-
cedented calm which has prevailed in
Kansas the past week, has driven cat
tlemen to desperation and has caused
great suffering among cattle for lack
of water. Probably half the cattle of
the state are dependent on windmills
for water, and when the wind mills fail
the water fails.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
HAzINe VICTIMS RECOVER.
Leaving Annapolis Hospital They Must
Go Before Board and Testify.

Annapolis, Md, Dec. 1s. Midship-
man limbaugh, the hazing of whom
has recently attracted much attention
and Midshipman Cooper, who was par
alyzed while in class few days ago,
are both expected to leave the naval
academy hospital very soon. 1t is un-
derstood that both will shortly be call
ed before the board of investigation
now sitting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
INDICTED ON FOUR CHARGES.
Frank Stevens of MeIrose In Abba jail
AWAITING Trial,

Abba, Dec. 1S. -(SpeciaD- Frank
Stevens, who was arrested at Melrose
a short time ago for forging time
check on the Burlington company, was
indicted by the grand jury on four
charges, two for forgery and two for
a forged instrument. He is
now in the Monore county Jail await
ing trial.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
ENTER FOR LowDEN PRIZE.

preliminary Contest at Iowa Univer-
sity Enlists Many Young Orators.
Iowa City, Dec. 1S.-The Iowa uni
versity orator who will represent the
state university in the annual oratori-
cal contest for the prize offered by
Frank 0. Lowden, Of Chicago, will be
chosen at a preliminary contest to be
held here either January 26 or Febru-
ary 2. The final contest will be held
at Oberlin in May.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
TRUST NABBED
CHICAGO BRICK MANUFACTURE
ERs ADMIT CONSPIRACY
AGAINST COMPETITORS

Chicago, Dec 1s-seven officials of
,thes c-caled brick trust" of Chicago
and two labor leaders were fined $4,000
each, having pleaded guilty to charges
of conspiracy 10 do an illegal act, in
preventing competition and restricting
the production ci brick IN the Chicago
market
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
ALLISON HEADS .SENATE'S
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE
BOY SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Charles o'Brien Of Dubuque County
Victim of Accident.

= $3.50 *.*s s*.. .A* y
Dubuque, Dec. 1s.-(speciaI.- y
Charles o'Brien, aged II years, Of y
= Cascade, Dubuque county, acci- =
IDENTITY shot himself through the y
heart while handling a revolver y
this morning. =
4 4 4 L 4 Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
PEARcE GETS POST.

Is Nominated fas Surveyor CT cus-
toms at Rcck 'siand.
washington. &C.. Dec. 1S.-The
President today Nominated Robert G.
Pearce to be Meyer Of customs at
Rock Island. III. M .S
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
DROPS DEAD OF FRIGHT AT FIRE

Aged Resident of Quincy, H., Expires
When Home Burns.
Quincy, ILL.,, Dec. 1S.-While his resi-.
dence was on fire Sunday night Her.
man Hildebrand, an old and well
known citizen, dropped dead from
fright.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
THIEVES LOOT A CHURCH.
Notable Work Of Luca Della Robbia
Stolen From Altar.

Florence, Italy, Dec 18-A most au-
dacious theft has been committed in a
church at Pescima, where the thieves
succeeded in stealing a notable work
of Luca Della Robbia after removing
the entire altar The loss is looked
upon as incalculable
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
CIGARETTE SETS OFF ,FlREWoRk
t.ccident to Load of Christmas Goods
in Houston. Texas

Houston, Texas, Dec. 1S.--A lighted
cigarette, falling from the drivers
lips, touched off a load of Christmas
fireworks and caused pyrotechnical
runaway in which several persons
were injured
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
SULTAN sREATHEs EASY NOW.

International Fleet Menacinq Turkey
Is Recalled.
Constantinople, Dec. 1s. - The in.
ternational fleet. which has been max.
ing demonstration in Turkish waters
has been recalled.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
M,cALL is ILL.

President cf the New York Life is
Stricken With Pneumonia.
New York. Dec. is. President
John .. Mccall of the New York Life
is very i'll OF pneumonia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19

BRUTALITY
REvoLUTIoNIsTs IN LIvoNIA
MURDER RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS

Berlin, Dec. 18-A dispatch from
Eydtkuhnen says the conductor of
the morning train from ST. Peters
burg asserts that the troops at
Riga have joined in the revolt and
that the town is being shelled and
Is burning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
SKATERS FALL THROUGH ICE.
Two Drown in Indiana River an,
Three Narrowly Escape.

Logansport, Ind, Dec. 18.-While
skating on Eel river Sunday afternoon
Earl Rush and Glenn Jones were
drowned. Lawrence Jones, Clarence
Benica and Woodruff Grabs were res
cued after they clung to the edge OF
the ice for hearty an hour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19
RETURNS AFTER FORTY YEARS.
Thomas Cation Pays Long Delayed
Visit to Paris, H., Relatives.

stS's 70 = 1r'SJ 't''' rtStasfVSo'
Paris, H., Dec. 1S.-Thomas Cation,
OF whom his relatives had heard moth
ing for forty years, gave his sister,
Mrs Mary Balten, surprise Sunday
when he called at her home. He is
an official of the Mexican Central
railroad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19

ST. Petersburg, Dec. 1S.-On ac-
count Of the situation at Moscow
Ambassador Meyer has requested
the authorities to place at the dis
posal of the American consul there
protection for Americans in case
of an emergency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-19

Berlin, Germany, Dec. 1S. = A dis.
patch from Koenigsberg, Prussia. says
During the street fighting at Mitau
the capital of Courland, 300 persons
were killed.
"At Linnewarden in southern Livon.
ia, the revolutionists liberated all pris-
cners and shot the assistant district
governor, Peterson, and M. Maxine.
witch, his secretary, then threw the
bodies into the river.
Plan General Strike.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 1S. = The
workmen's council at a secret meet.
ing held in the outskirts of the city
today decided in favor of general
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Continued Oh Page 1Ol.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
NO CRUEL TREATMENT OF LEPERs.

of Thursday
of Board Health and
which
of
desired and testify The testimony of Rev
NamOhaIa,
shorthand
be transcr by the a a
Board of
Hawaiian
the while frcibly
the old
telling of the sad
old he declared would his
could hardly
daughters
al LEGGED
he
the denied
of eonstution
told how the
knife the meantime Bowman had the
Waak All the
republican
repoted complete whom the
The is by
chairman; L. Desha and John T. Mo commit
Tribune.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
THOMAS DUE TODAY.

The army transport Thomas is due
to arrive this morning from San Fran
cisco with the Thirteenth Infantry on
board. The troopship left the Coast on
October 5, and will therefore have
about nine days mail, including that
originally forwarded on the Alameda
and taken ashore again when that
vessel went on the rocks. Col. Marke-
ley is in command of the Thirteenth.
The cabins are taxed to their capacity.
1t is likely the transport will remain
in port at least until tomorrow after
noon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
FRED. c. BALDWIN
DIED LAST MIGHT

Fred Chambers Baldwin died in New
after an illness of about a week He
left Honolulu on September s, for a
vacation trip. apparently in perfect
health. He was also perfectly well
upon his arrival in San Francisco and
departure for the East. The next
known was telegram from New York
to the effect that he had been operated
upon by Dr. Bull for peritonitis, caus-
ed by a rupture of the appendix, on
October 5.
Since that time Mr.. Baldwin's life
has been hanging in the balance, and
UP to yesterday there seemed fair
chance of his recovery, especially as
DR.. Bull is one of the leading special
lists in abdominal surgery, but turn
for the worse came yesterday. HIS
brothers Arthur, Frank and Sam and
his sister Charlotte were with him at
the time of his death. His father and
mother. Mr.. and Mrs H. P. Baldwin,
are at home on Maui. OF the other
members of his family, his brother. H.
A Baldwin, is at Hamakuapoko, Maui,
and his brother, DR.. William BALDWIN,
and his sister. Mrs. J. P. Cooke, are in
Honolulu.
Fred Baldwin was born at sunny
Side. Paia, Maui, August 9, 1881, being
: therefore a little over twenty-four
yA&ars of age.
He was educated first at the Oak
land High School and afterwards pre-
pared for college at Hotchkiss Acad-
emy Lakeville. Connecticut.
He entered Yale in 1900 and gradu
ated in the class of 1904 and was
great favorite with his classmates. He
was a member of the VOLTS Head
Senior Society. and of the Alpha Delta
Phi fraternity, being president OF the
latter in his senior year He was the
recinient of many other social honors
while in college. He took keen in
terest in athletic matters, being cap
tain of the Yale polo team during his
last year in college.
From boyhood up he was an expert
borseman and able to handle a lasso
like a professional
Immediately after graduation Aioiii
college Mr.. Baldwin returned hoiie'
eager to set to work. for there was
not a lazy bone in his body. The pos
sibilities of sisal appealed to him. ana
he took charge of the sisal plantation
which the Maui Agricultural Company
is establishing at Haiku. He also pc
came manager of the ranch depart
ment of the same company a position
which he was peculiarly fitted to Nil,
owing to his great interest in, ana
fondneS for. animals.
After strenuous year of hard work.
he was about to take a position IN
tfe plantation department of the COM
pany. He came to Honolulu at the
end Of July as a member of the Maui
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
kauai POLICE MIXED Up
IN LOCAL GAMBLING HUI
The Garden Isle Supervisors Meet and Dismiss
Eianapeps Policeman---O Others suspected.--
Hui Spending $500 Month.

The Garden Isle says: We received
a detailed statement of the operations
and expenses of gambling hui here
on Kauai last week, but could to our
Aregret not give it to the public as the
ttCitizen'' who wrote the letter omitted
to let US know who he really was.
That his information was in the
main correct seems to be borne out
by the action of the Board of Super
yisors at their last meeting in dis
charging the policeman in Hanape-
informant as one of the principal places
of operation. OF course, there is al
ways, and we suppose will always be,
a certain amount of gambling going on
as well here as otherwheres, but when
the bank can afford to spend S1700 a
month in furthering it's interests, it
shows that the business has assumed
a proportion little out of the COM
mon.
The Boards action indicates that the
policeman in Hanapepe has been found
implicated; we suppose that he has adj
mitted his guilt or had some kind of
a trial but there was nothing in the
Boards proceedings at the meeting to
show that such had been the case. If
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
DOMlCILED LABOR POLICY
IS MAKING HEADWAY
Secretary Atkinson Is Gratified at the Attitude
Of the PIanters--Board Of immigration
Is Gathering Labor Statistics.

Secretary A. L. C. Atkinson, as presi-
dent OF the Board of immigration, feels
greatly encouraged by the responses
he has already received from planters
to his declared policy of promoting the
policy of a domiciled labor element.
Yesterday he gave talk to an Adver-
tiser reporter on the subject.
by the way" he started out, "Clar-
ence l.. Crabbe has been appointed
clerk to the Board of immigration and
not secretary. Commissioner Joseph
P. Cooke is the secretary.
"Well, respecting the work with Mr..
Crabbe's assistance, the first thing we
this country. We want to know in
detail what are the labor conditions
here, figures on the people employed.
Also we want to keep tab on the ar
rivals and departures Of people, espe-
eially the Japanese and Koreans.
'I hope in time to be able to take
over the work that is being very sue
cessfully done by Mr.. R. D. Mead,
secretary of the Hawaiian Sugar Plan
ters' Association-that is, the securing
Of employment for American citizens
on our plantations
From figures that were supplied to
me during my recent travels around
the islands, I do not mind saying that
the people of this Territory will be
greatly surprised to find out how
heartily the planters are falling in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12

polo team and played in the first match
against the Honolulu club. The trip
to New York was to have been a brief
vacation before he again buckled down
to work.
Fred Baldwin had but a brief career,
but he proved himself to be of sterling
character, worthy of the honored name
which he bore. and had endeared him.
self to all who knew him by his kindly
manners and generous nature.
The heart of the community will go
out in sympathy for the bereaved fam
lily, who have so suddenly and unex-
pectedly lost a good son and a loving
brother. The loss to the community
will also be deeply felt, as young men
of Fred Baldwin's fibre are none too
plenty anywhere, and in Hawaii such
as he count for much and can i'll be
spared.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12

with the idea of employing as many
while no doubt more can be done in
this line, still I am more than pleased
at the attitude of most of our planta-
tions. All that is contemplated can
not be done in a day. We must not
expect too great an industrial change
all at once, but the tide has turned
and it is a fact that the planters are
working in true earnest to improve the
citizenship status of this Territory. /
say this from figures that I already
have, and 1 must add that it is a
great satisfaction to me to get such
encouragement in this work.
''Now that the tide has changed the
next step will be to get such white
labor domiciled as was proposed at
the latest meeting of the Board Of
Immigration.
"All of the directorates of the plan
tations have not as yet been able to
get together -on the question of turn
ing over homesteads, or houses and
lots, to those laborers that stay a GER
tain number of years on our planta-
tiOns.
'.This domiciling of our labor is, in
great measure, gong TO SolVe GER
tain phases of the labor problem. You
mark my word, when I say that the
plantations which domicile their labor
will occupy a greatly improved posi-
ton as compared with those contin-
uing to depend on nomadic labor. They
will do better by their stockholders
and their capital stocks will be en-
hanced in value as securities.
Let me say right here that Judge
Dole's paper in the Advertiser was
great He struck the nail right on the
head "
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
TOOK
TO Tue SUBMARI Mes

mo, we did not take the submarines
out from Yokosuka when they were
completed" sold Mr. Roney, electrician
of the Holland Submarine Co., just be-
fore the America Maru sailed yester-
day for the Coast.
1.-The japanese officers and, seamen
took to the submarines as if they had
been operating them for years.
''The submarines we built were not
completed in time for the operations
of the Togo fleet in the Japan Sea, and
the last one was turned over to the
japanese government the day before
we left for Yokohama to board the
America Maru.
1.-The japanese took some of the SUBJ
marines out from Yokosuka on mis-
sions. which we knew nothing about,
but they were not away from the port
very long"
Mr.. Roney said he felt safer in a
submarine boat than on an ocean liner,
even such a good boat as the Ameri.
Maru. But this is when he has a crew
of his own. which understands every
detail of mechanism. There is ample
air supply in tanks to keep the crew
supplied for at least a dozen hours.
Mr.. Roney stated that his company
was also building submarines for the
new Russian navy. He would not be
surprised if he was ordered to the Rus
sian naval yard to work on those now
being assembled. All the members of
the Holland Darty were given presents
of various kinds by the Japanese gov
ernment. consisting mainly of silver
trays, etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-12
AFTERNOON REPORT.

TOXIC
nesew to
october
mt ndent