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FULLER NOT GUILTY.

Man Accused Of the Murder Of Richard
Roe, Acquitted.
Abba, May 3.-(Special.)-Th jury
in the VIM Fuller case retired Mon.
day evening about o'clock and
brought in a verdict Of not guilty
Tuesday afternoon. This verdict
which Is the result of the new trial
granted to Fuller by the supreme
court will liberate him from prison
where he has already served some
time for the murder of Richard Roe on
July 4, 1903.
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WOULD ACCEPT "TAINTED"GIFTs
e. Benjamin Andrews Decries Spirit
Which Prompted GLADDEN.,

Lincoln, Neb., May 8. ~ In an ad
dress to the students of the University
of Nebraska, Chancellor E. Benjamin
Andrews decried the spirit which
prompts people to refuse gifts OF
tainted money" from rich men. He
declared that the acceptance of such
gifts was proper and that the good
done by the benefactions far outweigh
ed any moral objections there might
be to the acceptance of such money.
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EX I R A !!
COLL ARRESTED.

Assistant Cashier Of Milwaukee Bank
Found in Chicago.
Milwaukee. May s,-The police au-
thorities here gave out the information
this Afternoon that Henry G. Coll, for
mer assistant cashier of the First Ma.
tional bank of Milwaukee, was arrest.
ed in Chicago today.
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S. U. 4. Alumni Medical clinic.

Iowa City, May 3.-The alumni medi.
cal clinic opened its first annual ses.
sion here yesterday with an attend
ance of nearly one hundred. A me
mortal bust of the late Dean Middle
ton and a memorial picture of the late
DR.. Hartman were dedicated with ap
propriate exercises in the hall Of lib
eraI arts last night.
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BURNS GETS DECISION.

Wins Twenty Round Bout With Dave
Barry at Tacoma.
Tacoma, Wash, May 3.Tommy
Burns of Chicago was awarded the de-
cision over Dave Barry of San Fran
cisco in a twenty round bout here last
night.
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ASSAULTED IN DUBUQUE.

Matt Gavin, Stranger, Is Probably
Fatally Injured.
Dubuque, May 3.-(Special.) Matt
Gavin, stranger, was assaulted by
an unknown man last night and his
skull was fractured. He may die. His
assailant escaped
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MEET IN WASHINGTON.

American Bankers Association viii
Hold Annual Convention at Capital.
New York, May 3.-The executive
committee of the American Bankers
association at meeting here today
decided upon Washington, D. c.. as
the place for holding the next annual
convention Of the association in Octo-
ber,
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DEMOCRATS ELECT MAYOR.

F. 1. Dasgett Is Victorious u Spokane
City Eiectio s Z!
Spokane, Wash, May Floyd u.
Daggett, democrat, was elected
mayor Of Spokane by a plurality Of
346 over Hacuff, the republican candi-
date, in the election held yesterday.
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"0N TO VLADlV0STOK"
IS JApAN'S BATTLE CRY
SPEAR PLEADS GUILTY.

Bank Gets Seven Years Sentence.
$50 ! +s* -
Cleveland, o., May 3.-A. B. =
Spear, cashier Of the closed citi- =
zen's bank Of oberlin today In fed =
eraI court entered a, plea Of guilty =
to the charge of making false en- =
tries In the banks books. He was "
sentenced to seven years impris- :
y onment. y
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GIRLS WIN in WALL STREET.
Daughter Of Williamsport, Pa, Bank
er Clears $4,000 In Plunge.

SS't7rS SStr . Tso'o90 III rorr9S'
Williamsport, Pa, May 8. Miss
Florence Payne, daughter of E. R
Payne, wealthy banker Of this place
has returned from New York after
making $4,000 in a Wall street
plunge. Miss Payne was tipped off tc
Shelters and bought before the rise
She got out at the top quotation.
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Police Killed In Lodz.
RAlNMAkER SUCCEEDS.
chas. Hatfield Rewarded for coaxlnu
Moisture From Clouds,

Los Angeles, Cal, May 3.-Charles
Hatfield, the 'rainmaker," who has
been working since December is last
to produce eighteen inches Of rain for
southern California by May /, on q
pledge by number Of merchants to
pay him $1,000 If he succeeded, has
completed his demonstration and has
been paid large proportion Of the
sum promised.
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SNOW IN MONTANA.

General Storm Prevails In Eastern
Part of the State.
Butte, Mont, May 8. - Reports
from eastern Montana indicate that a
general snowstorm is prevailing there.
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RAIN PREVENTS HUNTING.

President and Members Of His Party
Remain in Camp.
Glenwood Springs, May 3.-The
Presidents party did not hunt today.
l.ains which have fallen for two days
have turned to wet snow and the hunt
ers are remaining close to camp.
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SCOPE OF STRIKE WlDENS
AND RI0IINC CONTINUES
STRIKE IN ENGLAND.
Miniature coxey Army Ia Forming to
March to London.

London, May 5.-A miniature y
coxey army is forming among the
striking army boot workers of '
Northamptonshlre. 1t is proposed =
to march on the war office In Lon y
= don and lay the mems grievance
= before the officials.
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MURpER AND SUICIDE.

New Jersey Educator Shoots and Kills
Wife and Self.
New York, May, 3.--While suffering
from a nervous disorder John Terhune
superintendent of schools, of Bergen
county, N. j., today shot and killed
his wife and then committed suicide.
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MRS. BRYAN BEREAvEp.

John Baird, Father Of Editors Wife,
Dies at Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb.. May g. - John Baird
the father of Mrs William j. Bryan,
died at the Bryan home here today,
aged 80 years.
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ELEVATOR SERVICE IN MANY
LARGE BUILDINGS MAY BE
STOPPED.
CURRY OUT OF FIGHT
Leader Of the Strike Breakers Was
HI In the Left Eye With a Stone
ano May Lose sisht-No Request
for n.oops Has as Vet Been Made
--Rioting Is Fierce.

Secretary Job Of the Chicago
Employers association announced
this afternoon that representa-
tive of the association was on the
way to Springfield to ask the gov
ernor to order out the state
troops here.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 3.-At noon
Governor Deneen said he had re-
ceived no request from Chicago
authorities to send state troops to
that city, but that If requests are
made they will be acted upon at
once.
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Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria, May s.-Corn No. 3. 4s1S. X
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in their legislatures so that they may
send two men to the senate. Both Of
these men will. or should be at least,
republicans.
The new senators are Elmer j. Bur-
kett, of Nebraska; Morgan G, Bulke-
ley, of Connecticut; Thomas H. Carter,
of Montana; Frank H. Flint. of Cali
fornia; James A. Hemenway, Of Indi-
ana; Robert LaFollette, of Wisconsin;
George S. Nixon. of Nevada; Samuel
H. Piles, Of Washington; George
Sutherland, Of Utah, and Isidor Ray
ner, of Maryland.
OF these members none ever sat In
the senate before, except Mr.. Carter,
He has been returned after an absence
of four years Five of the new mem
bers, however, have had legislative
experience. These are (besides Sena-
tor CARTER Mr.. Hemenway, chairman
of the house appropriation COM
mittee of the tifty-eighth con-
gress, who succeeds Senator Fair
banks; the young representative.
Burkett, of Nebraska, who succeeds
Senator Dietrich, retired under a
cloud; Mr.. Sutherland, one-term
member of the house in 1903; and Mr..
Raynor, Hebrew, who was noted for
his wit and ability in the house several
years ago.
The four other new senators, al
though they have never before sat In
the national legislature, are men Of re-
pute and more or less experience In
public affairs in their respective states.
LaFollette Is governor of Wisconsin,
and has not vet taken his seat in the
senate; Burkeley for thirty years has
been an influential factor in politics
in Connecticut; and Piles Of Washing
ton, and Flint, of California, are law
yers and statesmen who have long
been well known on the Pacific coast
| The new senators with the exception
of Rayner, of Maryland, all come from
the states of the west and the middle
west. Their election has made no
change in the political complexion OF
the senate, as eight republicans sue
coed republicans, while the vote OF
Senator Carter, who succeeds a demo.
crat, will be balanced by the vote OF
Rayner, who succeeds a republican.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
!: THE REAL '.DAVID HARUM'':
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

D. N. Hitchcock, of Homer, Court.
land county. New York, who is guest
at the home Of his niece, Mrs. A. w.
Lee, 100 North College street, was a
personal friend and kinsman by mar.
riage Of David Hannum, who was the
living original Of the now noted char.
acter in American fiction-David Ha.
rum. 1t will be remembered that the
scene of this novel was located in cen.
trail New York and it was at the little
village Of Homer where the original
Of David Harum lived and died. David
Hannums wife, was cousin of Mr.
Hitchcocks wife and Mr.. Hannum was
present at the wedding Of Mr.. Hitch
cocks daughter, Mrs. Curtis. wife OF
Prof. W. G. Curtis, Of Columbia
Missouri Mr. Hitchcock talks en-
tertainingly of the original character
of the we'll known novel, and
states that he always drove q
spanking good team of horses and was
noted for his ability in a horse trade
and the deals which he made in farm
property. To hear Mr.. Hitchcock tell
of the special characteristics Of the
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original David, with an Incidental ref.
erence to scene in the cellar Of Mr..
Hitchcock's farm home when he and
David and few good friends partook
of cider and big red apples on Ger.
tain Thanksgiving day. makes one feel
that the character Of David Harum, as
delfneated in the novel is very true to
life. Everyone who has read the book
remembers the famous horse trade, in
which a certain deacon got the worst
of the deal Mr.. Hitchcock was we'll
acquainted with this deacon. who was
a real flesh and blood parsonage.
David Hannum died shortly before
the book, David Harum," was pub.
lished but probably knew all about Il
as his wife and Mr.. Westcott, the
author of the book, were cousins. Mr.
Wescott lived at Syracuse, which 10
only thirty miles from Homer, and was
well acquainted with everybody in Da.
vid Hannum's home town. Mr.. Hitch.
cock states that while Mr.. wescott.
the author of David Harum," died 4
poor man, yet the returns from tha
sale of the book have made his family
very wealthy.
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Mr.. LAcEYs INDIAN BILL.

The bill introduced during the last
session Of congress by Representative
John F. Lacey Of the sixth district has
been brought to public notice very
prominently during the past few
months and with all those who favor
the open and free plan of dealing with
the Indians it Is finding ready support.
Among those who are strongly in ia
vor of the adoption Of the bill proposed
by the Iowan is President Roosevelt
who in his annual message called at
tention to the need for plan that is
practical and that will do away with
the middle into which the Indian af-
fairs have been drawn through mis-
management and the natural results
of the laws and customs now in force
This is especially true of the Indian
school system, which has, within the
past few months, bid fair to develop
into a veritabIe scandal and to bring
into quarrel the Catholic and non
Catholic elements in the west and in
Washington. This would be very de-
plorable state of affairs and anything
that will guard against it is naturally
hailed with joy by those who love har-
.mony.
Mr.. Lacey's bill, for this and other
reasons, has met with general APP
prevail in Washington and throughout
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JACOB LoWENBERe DEAD.
Brother Of G. and 7. Lowenbers Of
ottumwa, Dies at Bloomfield.

Bloomfield. March 14.--After two
weeks illness caused by dia-
betes and gangrene OF the foot,
Jacob Lowenberg died at his home in
the east part Of the city Sunday even
ing at o'clock at the age of SO years.
The funeral services will be held at
the family residence this after
noon, conducted by Rev. ]. G. Wilson.
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
The services will be in charge of the
I. o. o. F. and A. o. U. w. lodges, Of
which he was a member. Mr.. Lowen-
berg was a native Of Germany and
came to America in 1S47. He was In
business here for twenty years, but
was obliged to retire in 1898 on ac-
count Of Ill health. He leaves wife
and six children, all of whom were at
He was brother Of Chris and Tony
Lowenberg, Of Ottumwa-
Personal and Otherwise.
The younger members Of the
knights Of Pythias lodge gave a
evening which was attended by TWEEN
ty couples. Piano and violin music
furnished by Taylor and son Of the
Fiftyf1rst Iowa band, made dancing
delightful A delicious two course
luncheon served by the ladies was
greatly appreciated by the knights.
The young people were chaperoned by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Sheaffer, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. T. Davis and Mrs. Matte
presence was greatly enjoyed were
Misses Hattie and Gussie Langenstein,
of Ottumwa-
Tony Lowenberg and daughter
Alma, of Ottumwa were called to this
city Sunday by the death of Mr.. Low
enberg's brother, Jacob Lowenberg.
On Saturday evening Ed Shaw en-
tertained twenty friends as a farewell
for Clay Hedrick. who left that even
ing for Mexico, Mo-, where his mar
| riage to Miss Matte Blakely will take
place Wednesday at high noon. Mr.
Hedrick has been teaching school al
Moulton for some time, but will make
his future home on farm near Mex
leo. A very happy evening was spent
at the Shaw home and a special fea-
ture Of entertainment was an i'm
promptu musical given by the HedricF
brothers and Chas. r. Smith with
Best wishes for future happiness were
extended to the guest of honor and g
| very happy evening was spent.
| Rev. LeBaron, of Milton, who is
conducting very successful reviva
| in the Christian church at Floris was
| a guest at the ID. A. Wickizer home or
Monday.
The revival services being conducted
at the Christian church by Rev d. A
Wickizer are being well attended an6
greatly enjoyed. The auditorium anc
gallery were well filled Sunday even
ing when the attendance was greater
than during the week. So far nine
additions have been made to the
church. The illness of the gospe
singer, Prof G. H. Althride who was
unable to attend the meetings Satur-
day and Sunday was a disappointment
| to the congregation.
Rev. H. ]. Everly, pastor of the Bap.
fist church, left Monday for Milton t.
spend the week assisting in a series
of revival meetings being held in the
Baptist church at that place.
| Misses Hattie and Gussie Langen.
stein, of Ottumwa, and Miss Kate Eby
of Moulton, spent Sunday in the city
as the guests Of Miss Blanche Bur.
chett.
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BURRANk,s CRITICS.

The admiration of Luther Burbank
and Of the work this wizard is accom-
plishing is SO general that it would
seem impossible to find anyone who
would even profess a dislike for his
science. That he overturns some of
the laws of nature is true, but that he
is, in doing so, doing good work and
one that is bound to be beneficial, is
so we'll known that the results of his
work are sufficiently important to ex-
cuse any Of the methods he may use
to bring them about. But 1t remained
for preacher living near Mr.. Bur-
banks home in California, to set him
self I'D as the critic of the wonder
worker. William S. HARDWOOD, in the
Century magazine, tells of the incident
as follows:
Zone day a minister In Santa Rosa,
California, where Mr.. Burbank lives,
invited him to attend church, that he
might listen to a sermon on the work
he was carrying on. He accepted the
invitation, and was forced to listen to
an address violently dehouncing him
as foe to God and man, one who was
interrupting the well ordered course
of plant life, destroying forces and
functions long established and sacred,
reducing the vegetable life Of the
world to a condition at once unnatural
and abnormal"
From as far away as Canada comes
a voice in defense Of Burbank The
Toronto World, commenting upon the
sentiment that fathered it, says that
had the minister known his Shakes
peare he would have found truer and
much better expression of the mean
ing and bearing of Mr.. Burbanks work.
In Winters Tale" says the World,
when Perdita declares she cares not
for carnations and streaked gilly
flowers and is asked why, she says:
For have heard it said
There is an art which in their pied
ness shares
With creating nature"
ITO which Polixenes wisely and
beautifully replies:
Say there be;
Yet nature is made better by no mean;
But nature makes that mean: So DER
that art
Which, you say. adds to nature, is an
art
That nature makes. You see sweet
maid: we marry
A gentler scion to the widest stock:
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THE BoAsTFUL KuRoPATkIN.

One year ago yesterday General
Kuropatkin, smarting to get at the jap
anese army. said to the St. Petersburg
correspondent of a Paris paper: In
order to teach the Japanese lesson
we will walk through their islands
after crushing them in Manchuria and
Corea. If have voice in the mat
ter the treaty of peace will be signed
in Toxic, and not elsewhere"
But that was year ago. Now Kur-
opatkin, smarting with defeat, sends a
message to his czar from somewhere
between Mukden and Tie Pass, in
which he says, that owing to the BRAY.
cry of his troops he was able to save
his armies. The boastful Kuropatkin
has disappeared since Lao Yang and
in his place there is man who is
wiser but has bought his wisdom at an
awful cost - man who has had moth
ing but defeat since he first alighted
from the train that brought him from
st. Petersburg to Manchuria. Kuropat.
kin's exact situation is not yet known
to the world, probably because he
cannot stop long enough at any one
place to tell the whole story, but from
Japanese sources comes the informa
ton that he has lost 100000 of his
original force Of 100000 men.
If this is true his utter defeat and
surrender are only question of a
short time 1t is utterly impossible
for achievements to reach him in
time to save his $4,000 men from cap.
ture or death and to escape the latter
fate himself, the easiest course for the
general himself will be to surrender.
There is moral to this story of a
year which can be taken home by ev.
eryone. 1t applies in peace as well as
in war and it is that boasting, at best
bad, is inexcusable before the deeds of
which one boasts is accomplished. 1t
is another way of saying: HE who
laughs last laughs best" and is, indeed
a much better way.
Oyama. the Japanese field marshal
who has outgeneraled Kuropatkin, out
fought him and is now trying strenu
ously to out-run him, is modest in the
extreme. To congratulations from the
mikado and his advisers, the japanese
commander responds that it is due to
I his soldiers, "the men behind the
guns" that he has been able to
achieve such victory for Japan
Though he has cause for boasting and
could be excused should he give way
to desire to tell the world how he
won one of it's greatest battles, he is
silent as to his own particular part
in the work
1t is typical of the methods Of the
Japanese in the present war that they
seem to have force of men just
where it is wanted at just the right
time. Yesterdays dispatches telling
of the battle which resulted in Kuro
patkin's defeat and retreat from Muk
den, stated that one party of Russians
emerging from the sacred city, was
met and defeated by force of Japan.
csc, (which happened to be in the vi
entity" 1t is revelation to the Rus.
sans. this system Of fighting employed
by Oyama. tits plan of. which they
never heard, but is effective.
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A Noted Educator.

Iowa City, March 14.-Bishop Will
liam Fairfield Warren, Of Boston, who
has consented to deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon before the students
LOT the State University Of Iowa on
June II, 1905, is one of Americas most
famous men of letters. He was the
first president of Boston university
and held this position until 1903. He is
still dean of the theological depart
ment of that institution and professor
of comparative theology and philoso-
ply.
Bishop Warren has travelled very
widely and written extensively on re-
ligious subjects. One of his most IA
nous works. "The Quest of the Per-
feet Religion" which suggested the
worlds congress of religions at the
worlds fair, has been translated into
Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Ger
man.
In various official capacities he has
represented the Methodist Episcopal
church in England. Ireland, Switzer.
land, Italy and Germany.
Il
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the country. It Is step forward In
the line of development and education
of the Indian. It provides for the all
lotment of Indian funds after the plan
which Is used in the law for the allot-
ment of Indian lands. It authorizes
the President from time to time, as he
becomes satisfied that members OF any
Indian tribe have arrived at stage Of
civilization where they are capable,or
will soon become capable, of taking
care of their own property, to cause
the allotment of their funds in sever
atty. AS matters stand now, an In
dian who signs petition asking that
SO much money be taken from the
fund of his tribe for the support of a
sectarian school, is asking for some
thing indeterminate.
Mr.. Lacey's bill proposes to do away
gradually with that element - to
loose the second of the constructing
bonds which have long prevented the
Indian from attaining his full stature
as a man and citizen. The late
Senator Dawes. with his act for al.
loting Indian lands in severalty, loosed
the first In dealing with the land
question. congress wisely placed a
large discretion in the executive, for
no castiron laws would have permit
ted such discrimination between tribes
and times and conditions as good ad-
ministration demands. The same ex.
cellent idea dominates the Lacey bill.
Instead of throwing down all the bars
at once, it proposes to enable that
branch of the government which
comes into direct contact with the In
dian and presumptively knows his
status and his needs in every instance,
to decide when any tribe is ready for
the allotment Of its funds and to pre-.
scribe the rules under which such al.
lotment shall be made.
| Cautious friends of the Indian will
find nothing drastic in the bill 1t
does not propose to cut the principal
tribal funds into SO many slices and
throw each individual Indians slice
into his lap, to be squandered possibly
in week. At the outset the only
change effected under it would I'M
doubtedly be a mere matter of book
keeping, the opening of separate &C
count with each Indian in place of the
lump account now kept with whole
tribe. The income of each allotee's
share would then go to his own indi
vidual account. He could direct it's ex
penditure for improvements on his
house or farm. in the purchase Of cat
tie. on the education of his children
in any school he preferred. In short
he would learn in this way, in one
year, more of what it meant to have
money and spend it, than he coult
learn in twenty-five years under the
present system, where a diversion
from the fund of tribe means moth
/ ing at all to the mind of the average
individual member of that tribe