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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-08
sTRINGToWN.

Stringtown, April 6.--Mr. and Mrs
Jasper Smith, of Hedrick, were visit
ors at the Misses Davies Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Baldwin, of Pack
wood, were visitors at S. E. Wright's
Sunday.
J. A. and Ray Smith were In Sig
Quincy on business one day last week
Misses Carrie Mowery and Mary
Davis were in Abingdon Tuesday.
S. E. Woodruff and family, of Far
son, visited at G. G. Sylvester's the
first Of the week.
Hugh Larmore was in Pekin one day
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. John Huffman, of
Abingdon, visited at T. G. Hawthorne's
Sunday.
: James Davis and Miss Iva Davis Wis
tied with relatives at Batavia Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Addison, of Compe-
tine, were callers at 9. G. Sylvester's
Tuesday.
Ralph and Elsie Merry, Of Bundle
Bee, were Stringtown callers the first
Of the week.
A large crowd attended G. G. Sylves-
ter's sale here Tuesday.
Mr.. Valley, of Batavia, will move to
the G. G. Sylvester farm next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Vannoy, of Cedar
were callers in this place the first Of
the week.
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cHEoUEsT.

Chequest, April 7.-Grover Shaffer
returned to Des Moines Monday to re.
sumo his work at Drake university.
Harve Stout accompanied him as far
as Ottumwa.
Mrs. AL Lasley is on the sick list
this week.
Mrs. Retta Kunzman spent Saturday
afternoon with Mrs. w. H. Harryman.
Arthur Hissem and family were
callers at e. E. Hanshaw's Wednesday
afternoon.
Perry Keller will work for Mike
Moore, near Troy, this summer.
w. H. Harryman is building a new
dwelling on his farm, which will be oc-
cupied by his son. Seth Harryman.
George Wiley of Leando Is doing the
carpenter work.
Mr.. and Mrs George Lewis of near
Pittsburg visited Tuesday with their
son-inlaw, A. e. Mccullough and fam
lily.
The Cheqnest Farmer Telephone Co.
held a meeting at the Hawkeye school
house Saturday evening for the trans
action of some unfinished business.
Grover Shaffer was the guest over
Saturday night of Waldo Harryman.
Miss ldella Shaffer is spending this
week with her sister. Mrs. John Smith.
Ed. Lasely and family of White Elm
are visiting today with AL. Lasely and
family.
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EDDYvlLLE.

Eddyville, April Z. - The town coun-
Gil met on Monday afternoon at 1
O'Clock as board of health. DR.. F. M.
McCrea the city health physician was
present and made his annual report.
DR.. McCrea was again selected as
health physician. At the close of the
board OF health session the council met
as board Of review. Another board
OF review was held during the even
Ing. Assessor c. S. Smith was pres
ent and his books were gone over with
the result that the assessments of a
number OF persons were raised The
regular council was then opened.
Mayor Cowley and Treasurer G. E.
stephenson made their reports which
We're accepted. S. A. Shawyer, who
was reelected councilman and w. G..
Berry, the new councilman were sworn
In, d. w. Ward the outgoing member
retiring. number of bills were al
lowed. After having disposed of much
business the council adjourned at a
late hour to meet in two weeks as a
board OF review, at which time those
whose assessments were raised NAV
appear and show cause why the raise
should not be made
James Heki, north of town, return
ed Tuesday from short business trip
to Kirksville, Mo.
Mrs. Frank sipes Of Muskogee, In
dian Territory, but who had been Wis
iting at Oskaloosa, was a guest Mon.
day and Tuesday Of her sister. Mrs.
Eph Watkins and other relatives
here.
Elmer Gilchrist of Oskaloosa has
been visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Rehecca Vance and his uncle, DR.. f.
E. Vance.
Mrs. Belva Gross of Grinnell. was
Sunday guest of her friend, Mrs. w.
S. Right
Miss Pleassie Boyd returned on
Wednesday morning from few days
visit with her friend, Miss Maude
Saunders at Abba
Clyde Sumner and family have been
moving from the Fred Miller property
corner Walnut and Fifth streets to the
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MARS HILL.

Mars Fill, April 6, - There was a
meeting at Mars Hill church on Sun.
day and will be held every other Sun.
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Horn are the
proud parents of a fine baby girl, born
March 81.
Mr.. Deiters left Saturday noon TO,
South Dakota to stay awhile on his
claim.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burn Buchholz also
left for South Dakota to live on theil
claim.
Dewel Handbook and Harvey Turne,
are staying on the farm of Frank Tur
ner this summer.
Charles Newman has sold his farm
but will stay on it this summer.
B. D. Mowery Of Hedrick and Johr
Mowery of Pekin were visiting thei1
brother, l. D. Mowery few days re
Gently. He has been quite Ill.
Mrs. c. o. Warren is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mowery for a
few weeks.
John White was in Ottumwa Sat.
urday on business.
The farmers in this vicinity are very
busy putting in their oats.
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kuTzLEBEN SEEKS LIBERTY.
Has Filed Motion Asking That Indiet.
ments Be Quashed.

Marengo, April Erich Kutzleben.
under indictm emit for murder in the
flrst degree and malicious train wreck
Ing as result Of the ditching of the
Rock Island Rocky Mountain limited
at Homestead a few weeks ago, began
his fight for liberty yesterday by filing
a motion to quash the indictment, his
chief grounds being that the grand
Jury which found the indictments was
not legally drawn, chat this so-called
special grand jury was not sworn and
was composed of only six members"
and that the persons returning the in
dictment We're not the grand jury and
were not authorized to act as such"
The regular grand jury for the term
OF cc-lrt at this place was impaneled
March Is and was discharged ON
March II, on its statement that it had
finished all business before it. On
March "a, Kutzleben was arrested and
confessed the next day.
Then the whole jury panel was sum.
moned again and seven men were
drawn two of whom had not served on
the first jury. The defendant made OBJ
lection and these two men were ex-
cused and two who had served were
substituted.
The defendant then objected t. Jur-
or John Willie on the ground that he
could not understand English. Willie
was dismissed and the six jurors re-
naming conducted the investigation
and returned the Indictment.
The defendants motion that the In
dictment be quashed contains seven
grounds, in general embodying the oh.
jections given above.
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HEDRIck.

Hedrick, April Cd. Snalzenberg of
Sigourney was in town yesterday on
business.
A. E. Hemphill has moved to Ere
mont.
Mrs. Lulu Sharon of Berwick, Ill, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Lavina Mick.
Walter Morrison returned Monday
from Galveston, Texas, where he had
been for about ten days. He went to
Powersville, Mo-, to resume his work
with the G. M. & st. P Railway Co.
Mrs. S. NJ Dickins has moved to
Hedrick, occupying the Adams prop
erty.
Miss Kate Henry was a passenger
to Oskaloosa Monday for an indefinite
stay.
Rev. Carnine Of Haskins has been
employed by the Hedrick Presbyterian
church, and will become resident of
Hedrick in the near future.
]. S. Redfern Of Ottumwa was in
town Tuesday.
]. q. Hunter of Fremont was in town
Tuesday on business.
VIM. Terrell of Hedrick and Mrs.
Laura Pemberton of Oskaloosa were
united in marriage at the home Of the
brides parents In OskalOosa yesterday.
Mr.. Terrell has been in business in
Hedrick for the past year and has
many friends who extend their best
wishes to him and Mrs. Terrell Mr..
Terrell has rented and furnished the
B. H. Spicer property on Park street
and will reside there.
Mrs. Graft Of Muscatine, official In
spector Of the Order OF the Eastern
Star, was in town yesterday evening
and inspected the local chapter. A
large number were present, refresh
ments we're served and general good
time is reported by all present.
George w. Harkins returned home
Saturday, after two weeks stay at
Cody, Wyo.
William Martin was passenger to
Ottumwa yesterday.
B. F. Morgan of Cedar was in town
yesterday on his way to Wayland to
visit relatives.
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MILTON.

Milton, April g. - The fifth an
last number of the high school lecture
course was given at the Opera House
Saturday night by the Imperial Saxo-
phone quintette of Des Moines. A. T.
Shaw, clarinet and saxophone; Miss
Rua e. Curtis, saxophone, Miss Made
line l.. Clalet, saxophone, Homer G.
CARRIER, banjo and saxophone and Miss
Josie Kinsinger, harpist made UP the
quintet.
Rev. ]. T. LeBaron will preach the
baccalaureate sermon to the senior
class April %, Sunday evening.
George Price has bought a half in
terest in the Milton Hardware com
pany Of o. E. Rowland. Mr.. Rowland
the retiring member OF the firm will
go to California this fall.
Rev. LIE Baron conducted an all day
basket meeting at the Christian
church at Floris last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Casady Of Union
vile, Mo-, have been visiting in Milton
the past week
Mr.. Hydenrick of Iowa Falls, was in
town recently looking over the
grounds of the Milton Pressed Brick
company
]. A. Dills Of South Prairie recently
had the misfortune to fall, throwing
his left leg out Of place. DIR. G. S. Pen
nington attended him and he is get
ting along all right
Mrs. Russell of Drakesville and
Mrs. Lafollette Of Blakesburg were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. d. Foster,
recently.
A. F. Hanay and H. L. McLane were
recently raised to the degree Of Master
Masons at the regular meeting of Au-
rora lodge, A. f. & "A. M.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Booth formerly
of this place, but now Of Sea Level,
Alaska, are the parents of son.
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BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham. April 6.-While as
sisting Charles Hampton to make fence
on the Cory farm near town last
Thursday. Lee Cory met with a pain.
ful end what might have been fatal
accident. Mr.. Hampton accidentally
struck him on the head with an axe
infilcting a severe scalp wound which
required several stitches to close.
The wound is healing nicely.
William Hiser, one Of the Oldest citi-
zens is quite i'll with heart trouble.
Mrs. A. B. Adams and son Fred of
Selma are visiting relatives here this
week
G. c. Countryman of New London
spent Sunday with his parents, G.. w
Countryman and wife.
a nine-pound boy was born to ]. w
Young and wife last Saturday.
Mrsfl Nathan Moore met with an
accident last week which will disable
her for some time. While scrubbins
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BUTLER.

Butler. April 6. - Mr.. Hinton Of Os
kaloosa spent Friday night with Mr.
and Mrs. ]. A. Sarvis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wess Arganbright and
daughter Agnes, and Myrtle Berg
man were shopping in Ottumwa Satur
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Watts spent
Thursday at the home Of William Cor
don.
Mrs. Emery is quite sick with cry
sipelas.
School began at No, C Monday. Miss
Bird Carroll Of Eldon is the teacher
for this term.
Miss Glenna Street has charge OF
No. Z school commencing Monday.
Stinson Clark was in Ottumwa on
Saturday.
A. ]. Burgess was In Fremont Tues
day.
Miss Bowlin will teach at No. 8
this spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Perry have
been entertaining their parents for a
few days.
John Darner is having quite lot OF
tile put In on his farm this spring
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LovILIA..

Lovilia, March GERRY Wilcox and
Editor McMullen were Des Moines Wis.
itors Monday and Tuesday
Miss Eff1e Robinson of Abba spent
Saturday and Sunday with Lovilia
friends.
Miss Edna Skies left for Hagerty
Sunday evening, where she began a
spring term Of school.
Miss Sadie Hardness of Bussey
called on Lovilia friends Wednesday.
Mrs. Fannie Hendrix of Lovilia spent
Friday in Abba.
Mrs. Mollie Amber of Lovilia has
been quite sick the past few days, but
Is better at this time.
Mrs. l. E. Tompson and Mrs. H. w.
Wye were Abba visitors Friday.
The Ladies Guild Of the Methodist
Episcopal church will give lunch at
the home Of Mrs. Martha Bartlett
Friday evening, April Z, from 2 to 5
p. m. Everybody invited
r. I. Baily Of Buxton spent Sunday
in Lovilia.
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1te East Main st.

farm recently vacated by w. D. Rob.
erts and located just north of town.
Mrs. William Harvey of Lost Creek
has been quite sick with inflammatory
rheumatism.
Miss Ada Middlesworth returned on
Sunday night from two days stay
at Oskaloosa. While there she at.
tended the teachers convention and
visited her sister, Mrs. John Wright
and her friend Mrs. NJ Swintek.
A daughter of Albert Lee Of near
Lakonta has been sick with liver trou-
Bile for some days.
Peter Saville has been visiting with
relatives at Flagler this week.
The seven months old baby Of FL
mer Steele, living six miles east of
town in the Picken neighborhood, has
been very low with an attack of pneu-
monia
The following delegates from Eddy
vile camp No. 1887, Modern Wood
men of America attended the Wapello
county convention at Ottumwa Wed
nesday: G. l.. Mooney, o. H. Seifert,
Quit Powell, J. B. Wylie, and Will Al
baugh.
Frank Lafferty of Oskaloosa, was a
guest here Wednesday of his mother,
Mrs. Lucy Lafferty.
John Werner, who spent the winter
with relatives In Missouri, returned to
Eddyville Tuesday night.
Ed. Kussart has been confined to the
house this week with spell of sick.
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kussart returned
| Tuesday from a short visit at Abba.
They found that their sister, Mrs. G.
| A. DeTar, who has been sick, and who
was reported here as much worse, was
| In reality about the same as she had
been, SO she was not taken to Mt.
| Pleasant.
Tade Shea, Of Ottumwa, has been
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Shea, this week.
| w. s. Johnson, of Frederic, was an
Eddyville business caller Tuesday.
The following members of Day lodge
No. 26, l. O. o. F., attended the Oska-
loosa lodge Wednesday night and wit
messed some work in the first degree:
j. j. jaeger, Wesley Donegan, c. S.
Britt, w. T. Ross. j. j. Linderman, L..
M. English and Milan Bolibaugh.
| Some Of the new members who were
recently taken into the Christian
church were baptized at the church
Wednesday night.
Charles Vance, son of z. r. Vance,
formerly of this place, but now of
Pennington. has been visiting with his
uncle, Jas. Vance, north of town. He
reports that his father has been in poor
health the past two years, suffering
from rheumatism.
James Smith, of Ottumwa, came up
| wednesday for short visit with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Wilson are
preparing to move to Creston.
| Mrs. O. w. Combs, of Lakonta, has
been sufferer from siege Of pneu-
monia.
A. j. Keefe was an Ottumwa bust.
| ness caller Wednesday
B. B. Beamer and Frank Padgett, of
Bluff Creek. were in Buxton Thursday.
Citizens Troubadors will give an ex-
cellent musical concert in the Pythian
hall Wednesday evening, April IL, un-
der the auspices of the K. P.
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tan's house, where there is a big
spring. Next was old Bethany. Here
we saw the place where Christ cured
Simon, the leper. This Is not a good
place to eat. would give IS for a
good square meal today to wind up with
a whole pie-just pie, no matter what
kind. I think now will sail from Liv-
erpool on April ID for Boston, but may
not sail until April 81. I expect to
have twenty-three days In Europe. l
think will leave Venice and Florence
out and will run over into Switzerland
from Paris for two or three days. 1
will have about eight or nine days in
England and Ireland. go from here
to Cairo, will be In and around that
city seven days and UP the Nile five
days."
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VETERANS OF SHILOH MEET.
Associations Of Lucas and Wayne
Counties Celebrate Anniversary.

Charlton, April 1.-THE Lucas and
Wayne County Shiloh Veterans assoc
citation met in this city yesterday to
commemorate the forty third anniver-
sary of that terrible battle. The day
sessions were held in the assembly
room of the court house and the MEM
bers Of the Women's Relief corps
served the refreshments. The court
house park and a number of the
business houses We're decorated with
flags and the city presented a gala APP
pearance. There were thirty-six SOL
diers present who were in the battle
and large number of other old SOL
diers who were not participants in the
battle. They held a camp Ire in the
large court room last evening.
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she slipped and fell, breaking the liga-
ments in her foot and ankle.
Mrs. A. C. Hesbacher entertained
her mother, Mrs. Anthony of TT. Mad.
ison last week.
DR.. and Mrs. T. A. Sherman enter
tanned the Owl club in a very pleasant
manner Thursday evening.
J. D. Bryant and wife went to OF
tumwa Monday to be with Mrs. Jen.
ME Simmons, daughter of Mr. Bryant,
while she underwent a critical opera
ton at the Ottumwa hospital.
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CLOSES BANKRUPTCY CASES.
Judge Mcpherson Orders the Final Re.
ports In Several Estates.

Des Moines, April Judge Smith
Mcpherson yesterday ordered the
closing up a large number Of
bankruptcy estates which have
been In the court for some
time. They are as follows: William
Claussen, Davenport; Susie nj. Frank
lin, Perry; Charles T. Crowley, John
T. Knobsy, Perry; Orva Leroy Lacey,
Valera; Elizabeth ]. Crowley and Car
ME A. White, Prairie City. Judge
MCPHERSON has also ordered that in
the following contested cases John NJ.
Helmick of Davenport take evidence
June 20: Daniel Fullmer, James A.
Parker and Andrew Ripe.
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OAK RIDGE.

Oak Ridge, April Mrs. Fred
Hern, sons George and Will, and niece
Helen Melvin, visited at the home Of
VIM. Hills last Wednesday
Mrs. Abraham and Mrs. Wayne Gro
ger from the south side. visited at the
Sherman Conley home last week.
Bert Wright and family were visit.
ors at the John Klinert home Sunday.
Miss Katie and Johnnie Roland Wis.
tied for few days last week with
their cousin, May Blitz.
Mrs. Charley Widger visited at the
home Of her mother near Bladensburg
Monday.
Miss Hazel Hill visited Saturday at
the home of Sherman Conley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Webb were Wis.
itors at the home Of George Hills Wed
nesday.
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thur Bell. were in Ottumwa Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ora Sample were
guests at the home Of Thompson Sam.
pie Wednesday.
Mrs. Wilson visited with Mrs. Mary
Crist one day last week
Spring school commences at Soap
Center, Monday, April 10. B. o. Spill.
man is teacher.
Morton Hunt was in Bloomfield last
Saturday.
Loran Lauderback was at Thompson
Samples Thursday morning.
Harry Sample Of South Ottumwa Wis
tied with his parents | asst Saturday
and Sunday.
Jack Heckart received a telegram
Saturday telling him of the death of
his sister in Lapilly, Mo. Mr. Heckart
has the sympathy of his many friends
in his time of trouble.
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FUND FOR ORPHANS HOME.
Association of Christian Church Gets
$4,000.

Mason City, April 7.- The an.
nouncement was made yesterday that
the National Benevolent association,
an organization which controls the
benevolence of the Christian church
of America, had secured the sum Of
$4,000 as a fund for state orphans
home. Rev. Burke pastor Of the local
church was made member of the
committee on location of the home and
has set about gathering information to
lay before the Commercial club in
view of making Mason City a candi-
date for the location.
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MISSING CHOIR BOY FOUND.
Sweet Singer Who Ran Away From
Chicago Found in BURLINGTON.

Burlington, April Eddy Krotched,
aged IA, living at 439 West Fourteenth
street, Chicago, and said to be one of
the best church choir boys in that city,
who ran away from home recently, was
found here employed as a bell boy at
the Hotel Delano. He had been here a
week. His choirmaster, Grant Schafer,
came to Burlington in search of him.
and found him at the hotel. Eddy re-.
turned willingly to Chicago with
Schafer, who told him that his Wild
owed mother was very sick and that.
his sister wanted him to help them to
earn a living.
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ONE FOR INToxIcATIoN.

Michael Calvin Pleads Guilty and Gets
Three Days for lmbibins Too Freely.
Three days for intoxication was the
sentence imposed upon Michael Gal
vim in police court this morning upon
his own plea of guilty. Four vags CIV
ing the names of John Castle, Tim Ri
ley, John Bum and Frank Williams
We're lined up, given fair and even
start and told to get out of the CITY
in record breaking time.
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HARTMAN OWNS TO DEFEAT.
Will Take No Further Action in the
Northern Securities Case

New York, April lit was learned
today mat the Hartman interests
having gone over the supreme courts
opinion in the Northern Securities
case, had determined to make no mo-
lions in the interval before April II
fixed by the court for such action. Mr.
Hartman and his associates now con-
slider the Northern Securities litigation
ended.
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DUN EATH.

Dunreath, April e.-Cail Amos and
daughter Alpha were in Knoxville
Tuesday.
Samuel Rolling was capital city
caller Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Neff and son Rube we're
Cordova callers Monday.
Fred Finlow was in Monroe Tues
day.
Sam Amos is reported better.
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SOAP CREEK.

Soap Creek, April 7.-Dick Wilson
was pleasant caller in Belknap Mon
day evening.
Thompson Sample and nephew. Ar
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Directors Agree to Proposition fs
naturalization of the Society.

naturalization of the Society.
New York, April directors of the
Equitable Life Assurance society at q
session lasting two hours yesterday af.
ternoon agreed formally to the plan to
mutualize the society within two years
and after appointing committee Of
three to arrange the details of the
plan selected another committee of
seven to investigate and report upon
the present management of the com
pany. The appointment of this inyes-
tigating committee followed a discus
sion of the charges Of the Hyde and
Alexander factions, and the commit
tee was named as means of arrang-
ing a truce between the warning fac
tons. The tenor OF the speeches was
that continuance of the controversy
would be injurious to the company and
that it must cease at least until the
committee has concluded its investiga-
ton and made it's report.
Not After AIexander's Head.
Preceding the directors meeting
there were reports that the adherents
Of Mr. Hyde would attempt to force
President Alexander from Office in
spite of efforts on the part of many Of
the directors to bring about a peace
able settlement. There were many in.
dications that the discussion became
bitter at times within the board room
but at the close of the session a few
minutes before o'clock the only d.
rectors who would talk said that every
thing had been arranged harmoniously
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Statement is Issued.

A statement was drawn up by a
committee consisting Of Chauncey M.
Depew and Cornelius N. Bliss, cutlin-
ing the business transactions at the
meeting. The statement says:
"The board of directors after full
discussion unanimously adopted the
amended charter approved at the
meeting with the superintendent of in
surance, the amendment being:
The board of directors shall con.
tinue to be divided into four classes of
thirteen each. For the purpose Of eff
fecting more speedily the change from
a board elected entirely by stockhold-
ers to board elected partly by stock.