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HEDRlck.

Hedrick, May 30.-Dr. A. e. Hemp
hill, of Fremont, was In town Thurs
Cay on business.
w. T. Kirkpatrick and W. w. Young
attended the state field meet in Des
Noines Saturday.
Mrs. c. e. Smith. of ottumwa, was
III town Thursday visiting her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Shaw.
K. e. Willcockson. of Sigourney, was
in town Friday on legal business.
g. H. Peck, of South English, visit
ed friends in town Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. DeArmand, 81
Dedham, are visiting relatives ir
town.
Hon. j. T. Brooks made a business
trip to Cedar Rapids Friday
Miss Jessie Eckley, Of Pekin, visited
relatives in town Saturday.
G. G. Wenger. Of Wayland. was in
town Thursday on business.
w. H. Young was in Sigourney
Thursday.
Fl. w. Warren was In Des Moines
Saturday attending the state field
meet.
j. NJ. Fleener, of otturnwa, was n
town Saturday
DR.. D. c. Brockman. of Ottumwa
was in town Saturday on professional
business.
In a base ball game at Sigourns,
Friday between the Sigourney Mono.
grams and the Hedrick club, Sigour.
ney won the game with a score Of [
tc l.
Miss Alice Redmon, was a passenger
to Des Moines Saturday.
Mrs. A. II. Dennis, who has been IL
Tor some time, Is reported no better.
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slGoURN Ely,

Sigourney, May so.--The graduating
exercises of the Sigourney high cioo]
occurred at the opera house Friday ev-
ening at s:20 o'clock. The hall
was tastefully decorated and the
stage front adorned with potted plants,
The following program carried out i'm
full with but one exception: Overture
b., high school orchestra; inyocs ton
by Rev. T. B. Hughes. saluta tory,
Lucy G. Kelly; Grafton, Decision of
Character" Archie Z, Real. mono
logue. "Bible Legend of the wissahik-
on" Este1a Burke. The vocal solo by
Mrs. B. C. Minteer was denied the and
fence on account of sickness Svn,nos-
iunn "eraduation:" "Obiect Of Grad,.a :
ton" Luke yittetoe: what Grad,,a :
ton Means to the GRADUATES" Josenh
j. Deyine: "The Graduates Prenars-
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Mrs. Mayberry's brother, Albert Nor
row and will remain for short time
visiting with relatives.
LoVILIA.

Lovilia, May 3o.-Walter Bartlett, of
Des Moines, spent Sunday with his
wife and children, of Lovilia, return
ing to that place Monday.
Mrs. Vanskiver and daughter, Alice
Of Lovilia, visited with friends in
Tracey the past week.
Rev. Councilman delivered the Memoir
ial address Sunday morning at Metho-
dist Episcopal church. Rev Lambert
of Ottumwa will preach on the even
ing.
Jerry Wilcox attended lodge In Des
Moines the first Of the week.
Frank Wing is spending the week
at the home Of his parents at I1adora
Mrs. w. S. Right and daughters
Edna, Mamie and Vera, of Eddyville
are spending the week with Lovlia
friends, and attending Decoration day
services.
Chas. Ballard, of Cordova, is spend
ing a few days at the home of his par
ents in Lovilia.
Miss Nora Forrest spent Sunday al
the home Of her parents in Lovilia, re-
turning to Abba Monday.
H. B. Stafford. of Huxley, is spend
Ing week with her children in Lo-
villa, Mrs. DR.. Mye and Chas. Stat
ford.
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4 friends in this place last wednes-

on friends in this place last wednes-
day.
A. w. Kade, of Keswick, was down
on business last Wednesday.
DR.. G. A. Frambeauer, Of Keota, was
in town Friday.
Lon Brady. of Richland, was here
on business Saturday.
The game of ball Friday between
the home team and Hedrick's best
players, ON the field here, resulted in
the score of to / in favor of Sigour-
ney.
Mrs. Daisy Estes and daughter Mar
gerry, Of Centerville, came in Friday
evening for a visit among friends
here.
Marie Roop returned to her home in
Hedrick last Saturday morning, after
a weeks visit here with her sister,
Mrs. e. E. Phelps.
Anna Neiman, Of Chicago. is visit
ing at the parental Fred Neiman home
here. She came especially to see her
mother. who has been quite sick the
past few weeks.
Margaret Stanton, of Oskaloosa, is
visiting at DR.. Ward James home.
Miss Mary Kelly came in from Man
ming, last Saturday morning, where
she has been teaching in the public
schools for the past year. She has
been elected to place here for the
next school year.
North English high school boys
came down to play ball with the Sig
Quincy boys Saturday. The game
was interrupted by showers of rain.
Miss Alice Williams finished the
spring term of school at District No
5, German township, last Friday. the
event being celebrated by a program
and picnic.
Thos. Ingram is building a barn or
his newly purchased property or
South Main street.
The Memorial sermon at the Catho.
lie church Sunday afternoon, was &
| treat to a large crowd Of people Tho
G. A. R. and Women's Relief Corps at
| tended in a body.
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DouDs.

Douds, May so.-Attorney W. A.
Work, of Ottumwa, was in town Mon
day and Tuesday of last week.
Albert Morrow, an old settler, died
at his residence two miles northeast
Of town Fiday. at 2 a. M, and was
buried at the Lutheran cemetery, on
Sunday afternoon. Rev. Frank Seeds
of Leando, preached the funeral SER
man at the Lutheran church.
John Wilson, of Leando, who has
been quie sick, the past few weeks, Is
convalescing.
Memorial services at the church on
Sunday forenoon was attended by a
large audience.
Miss Alice Walker is visiting with
friends in Fairfield.
Harry Morrison, who Is employed a.
Ottumwa, spent Sunday with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Morrison, OF
Leando.
Quite a number of young people
from this place attended the musicale
at the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Arson. three miles east Of town or
last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Lucas and daughter, Mrs. Vir-
gle Hayden. Of Eldon, visited Sum
day with Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Jack
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Mayberry
lot Oklahoma, attended the funeral OF
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edent. One night when the reflection
of burning houses Redeemed all our
windows woke up dazzled by the
bright light Of the confagration and
was seized by the hand of a faithful
servant. Get up Andria,' he cried, we
have no time to lose, the Turks are
near l arose instantly, the servant
took me in his arms. / heard fearful
noises everywhere about me.
"My mother came into the room
very much excited, and wished to see
me. At the same moment we heard
the firing of muskets quite close to
us, and gang Of fierce looking Turks
rushed into the room. They swung
around their heads their swords
which glittered like reddish flame and
shouting terribly, threatened to mas
sacre us.
"The servant in his fright let me
fall to the floor and I rolled under
some furniture and crept off as far as
I could get. But could see how he
fell victim to his fidelity, in the at
tempt to save me from the cruel
hands Of the Turks. could see, oh
horrors, how they caught my mother
how they took her by the hair and cut
her to pieces. When this was done
they fired the place.
"This bloody scene remained deeply
engraved on my mind, so that ever
now after many years, see these
horrible details again enacted. 1 re
NAMED alive among the dead but fell
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after awhile that l was taken up and
carried into the street.
They washed my face, which was
covered with blood, put me on cart
and off we went in great haste as fast
as the horses could run. We saw all
around us, villages ablaze and people
running in all directions. From time
to time we met many carts and people
laden with their property, going along
our road to the Snumadia forest.
when we reached the forest we
were warmly received. With joyful &C.
clamation they took me down from
tho cart and passed me from one to
another. All were surprised that ]
had survived and they covered me
with kisses.
my man, the same who brought me
here, took me in his arms and carried
me into a tent and told me to lie
down and rest. He told me his name
was Yefrem Nadustratz, one who has
lost all hope; that he was a servant
of our family and that he had saved
me out of gratitude to my father, his
master The people called me Andria
Obilitch. They afterward built houses
and shelters, and my servant and pre-
server also built a house,
Sees Treasures of Kingdom.
The testament goes on to tell of the
boyhood and early manhood of the
author and relates the details G. one
visit the boy made to the ruined cas-
tie OF Shabatz with the servant Ye
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DARBYviLLE.

Darbyville, May S0.-Miss Blanche
Rosengrecn, Of Seymour is a guest at
the home of Julius Fromm this week.
Miss Fairy Ellen, from near HATS
vile, visited with her friend, Fern
lick the last Of the week
Ed Henry who has been sojourning
in Missouri for some time, is at home
again.
The Misses ellis. of Ray, attended
church at Darby Friday night.
j. H. and Robert Clark were Center
vile business callers last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Boyer and daugh-
ter OF Morayia and Mr.. and Mrs. C. D
Glsdfelder md family, of Ray were
Friday evening callers at the G. w
holland home in this place.
Elmer Pierce. of Lanark, ILL.,, Is
boarding at r. D. Livingstons and
working for the c., M. & st. P.
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attended and was an exceedingly plea
sent social occasion. Rev. Hoyt. the
new pastor, IS starting out nicely on
his new charge.
R. o. sherrick and daughter, Miss
Maud, drove to Fairfield Wednesday.
Miss Jene Wyley, daughter of Rev.
WILEY, left Monday evening for her
new home.
A little stranger came to the home
Of Frank Fell Wednesday morning OF
last week Mr.. Fell is very proud of
the newcomer. 1t is boy
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Huff
man, Thursday, daughter.
A babe was born in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bennett last
week.
A fine babe was born in the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. John Allison Friday.
Born. to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cleasby,
Saturday son.
Mrs. George Campbell, Of Laclaire.
and her children are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Campbell's father James
Coleman. Mrs. Campbell was former
| ly citizen of Libertyville.
/! Mrs. John Byers is in poor health.
Leeper wager and James Hurst re-
turned Saturday from trip through
southern Kansas. They visited indie
pendence and other Kansas towns.
They report marvellous growth in
towns. There have been heavy rains
in that portion of country but crops in
lie main are looking well.
John Hutton and George McCleary
started Monday for Portland. Oregon.
via Denver. They also propose to visit
Idaha and return home via of St. Paul,
MINI. They expect to be absent about
a month.
] DR.. Bert Ryder, of South Dakota, is
here spending a few days with old
friends
| The public school Of this place
closed last Friday. The work done by
the pupils indicate a prosperous year.
Rev Hoyt preached the memorial
sermon at the Methodist Episcopal
church Sabbath morning. The attend.
ance was quite large and the services
were very satisfactory. The church
was nicely decorated.
Some unknown person or persons
broke into the store of F. A. Clarridge
Saturday night and took several pairs
of shoes and about dozen pocket
knives. two or three revolvers and
some change from the money drawer.
luey lOIceu open lie uooI ny Inc use
of some irons the picked up some
where. The sheriff came over Sunday
but failed to get any clue to the rob-
bers.
| The following persons from dis
lance were in attendance at the fun
eral Of Mrs. F. F. Winsell: Rev j.
M. Virgins and wife, of New Sharon:
lLr and Mrs. Deyo Hasbrock, of Hum.
iston; Mr. and Mrs. e. c. McClelland.
Of Milo; Mrs. Lila Moore, of New Jer-
! sey; DR. o. F. Peebler, of Dayton, Ia,
!, and Mrs. Hinkle of Fairfield.
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to the man who sits calmly by and
waits for something to turn up" He
has secured the affldavits necessary to
prove that he Is not an impostor and
has forwarded them to the proper au.
thorities, and is doing and will do ev. I
erything possible to compel something
to turn UP as the result of his Efforts
He has no fear of death at the hands
Of the Servlans should he succeed in
gaining the throne, but fears more,
that IL his claims are urged too
strongly, the supporters Of King Peter
| may hunt him down and put an end to
his life and hopes of power and
wealth.
Searches for Riches; Finds Death.
And he may we'll hold this fear, for
his uncle, the father of the only man
who stands nearer In line to the
| Servian throne than Streu. himself,was
killed near Belgrade in August 1877,
after he had found the secret vaulted
| treasure room in the ruins of the old
castle. This is story in itself. The
unfortunate uncle was August Boyn,
the brother Of Streu's mother, and the
| father of John Boyn, now resident OF
L
grated to America. The elder Boyn
returned to Servia in 1876, determined
to search until he should find the
treasure of the dethroned family Of
Lazar and prove his right to the
throne. He searched two years and
in August, 1877, he visited the minis
ter of finance at Belgrade, told him he
had found the treasure and asked for
i a h01 80 10
tect him while he removed the gold.
duct but stipulated that he must frst
1 return alone to the ruined castle, again
locate the treasure, and then notify
the minister. Accordingly, Boyn set
out, but a few days later he was
naked in dirty hut on the outskirts
of Belgrade. His relatives in America
and his friends in Servia think he was
or of the king, and killed. So greatly
was his son, affected when he learned
of his fathers death that he dis
claimed all right to the throne and
the treasure, thus leaving his cousin,
Theodore Streu, the only claimant and
/ the only heir.
3 Il
j Maybe he will never don the crown
and weld the sceptre in Belgrade
Maybe he will. In that tempestuous
little kingdom anything might come to
pass. But 1T is not to be expected that
those vaults of shining coin and rich
mementos of centuries long gone will
remain forever hidden under the ruins
Of old Shabatz castle. Perhaps Theo-
dor Macmillan Streu will never feast
his eyes upon them, but he may. And
I again, the son who bears his name is
growing up into the estate of an in
dependent, undaunted American citi-
t zen. Little of the let-well- enough
) alone spirit-or lack of spirit-of the
: slow going Saxon remains in his make.
up, and he may be depended upon to
/. take UP the task even if his father
3 leaves off, and a native Of Iowa may
8 yet be king of Servia.
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~"ET
BELkNAP.


Belknap, May so.-Mrs. Maggie Nc
called to Dunville yesterday by the Ill
ness Of their brother, William Buchan-
an, who had the misfortune to get an
artery cut in one of his legs
while skinning a COW. The accident
occurred several days ago, but the
leg is still in a swollen and very
painful condition.
ed here last week on Mrs. William
Dodd by a man calling himself Isaiah
Johnson, and claiming to live at
Springfield, Illinois. He is supposed
to be the man who worked the
same scheme on Andy Yates, &c Bloom
field two years ago, and who tried
within the last week to work it on j.
G. Thompson and the T. E. Putnam
family. Mrs. VIM. Dodd, it is reported
loaned him two dollars and a half,
and Mrs. Woodford Owens, of Bloom
field, loaned him two dollars. He
promised to send each of his nephews
and nieces fine Jersey calf from his
herd and to pay the money back in a
few days, but he has skipped out and
nothing more has been heard from
him.
w. L. Vest who until a few years
back, was a resident of this place, is
reported to be seriously i'll at his home
near Dra!1eville.
Miss Bessie Keethler was the guest
Thursday night of Mrs. Elmira Morris,
while on her way to Ottumwa.
Miss Bessie Roberts, who has been
spending the past three months with
relatives. and friends at Marshalltown
returned home Wednesday. She was
accompanied by her ister-in-law,
Mrs. George Roberts and little daugh-
ter, Esther, who spent few days
here
Rev. H. E. Butler preached a very
interesting Memorial sermon at this
place yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Sarah MCGEE in company with
her sister, Mrs. ]. S. Huffman, Of OF :
tumwa, left Tuesday for Prairie town
ship, to attend the SEVENTEEN birthday
anniversary Of their brother, w. S.
Kinney.
Mrs. Ada smock, of Bloomfield,
srent Wednesday at the T. B. Gamer
On home.
w. II. spohr has been quite ill for
the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Wishard. of
Bloomfield. visited Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. T. r. Putnam.
I. G. Cree and family moved out to
their farm from Bloomfield Monday.
Mrs. l. Ware Is spending few DAYS
near Carbon with ner daughter, Mrs.
G. D. Rhine and family.
Mrs. Ed Post and little son visited
with the family of the formers broth
er, near Floris Sunday.
Mrs. ]. S. Dillon and son, Glen, and
Mrs. Dillon's sister. Mrs. Harding, of
Eldon, expect to leave next Sunday
night for Two or three weeks VISIT
at Mcpherson. Kansas
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Hoffman, from
nGar Bloomfield. spent Sunday after
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There wer, however, notes IN the
old Bible about the descendants o. An.
dria Lasar, by which II may be seen
that one OF his sons, Frederic, was
born In Brandenburg on May Z, 1744,
that Frederics son, Johann, was born
In Breglau on June IL, 1890, and that
the son and daughter of Johann we're
born In Plaue, near Floehe, Saxony.
August, the son, was born on the 9Th
day Of August, 1918, and Caroline Con-
cordia. the daughter, was born on No.
vember %, 1916. She became the
wife Of Karl August Streu, and was
the mother Of Ernest August Streu,
father of the present claimant to Ser
Was throne.
The Boyns In saxony.
Saxony became the adopted home Of
/, the family descendant from Andria
Boyn Won Lazar. The warlike spirit Of
the old king did not manifest itself in
the natures Of the younger genera
tions. They became farmers and arti.
sans and like those Of whom the poet
sings,
Ear from the madding crowds igno-
BILE strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to
| stray;
Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
They kept the even tenor of their
way"
| August Streu was a native of Sax
ony When he married Caroline Boyn
he was a young man full of hope and
confidence in his ability to make a
good living. In time, however, the
task of keeping the wolf from the door
became harder and harder and finally,
hoping that in the newer continent of
America he could fare better, he sold
his little Saxon property and removed
with his wife and sons to America.
Theodor was then boy of 10. The
older son, Frederic. died shortly after
the family came to this country and
the father was killed in railroad &C.
cident at Dubuque few years ago
The mother died and left the son
Theodor, to make his way in the
i world. Meanwhile he had grown to
4 manhood and had learned to be tele
graph operator. From Manchester
where the family settled on coming
from Saxony, he went to Decatur City
and thence to other towns in Iowa
Minnesota and Missouri. He has lived
at County Line about six months. He
was married to an American girl, and
they have a son, some 10 or IL years
old, likely boy and himself fit to rule
nation.
The aspirant to kingly honors is not
an eccentric character. He has not the
appearance of a foreigner except fol
a slight Teuton cast of countenance
He attends to his work for the railroad
well and has none Of the arrogance
one might expect to see In man whit
claims to have the blood of rulers o
nations coursing through his veins
; Probably the men who sit around thu
stove at the little country store a
J County Line will learn through thes'
columns for the first time that the.
) are neighbors to Servian prince
t But he is in earnest in his claims
, He has lived among Americans lon
enough to learn that very little come
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MuhTERvILLE.

Munterville. Nav 27.-Mr. and Mrs
o. w. Hasselbrooth visited Friday al
the home of Mr.. Hasselbrooth's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. v. T. Hassel-
brooth.
Arthur Carlson was a business call
err in Ottumwa Friday.
Mrs. John Johnson called on Mrs
John Pierson Thursday
Misses Emma and Venea Allen Wis.
tied with Miss Hannah Pierson Friday
The Ladies' Aid society met witt
Mrs. John Carlson Wednesday after.
noon with large attendance.
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WEST CHESTER.

West Chester, May 27-The light
rains are helping vegetation and all
the crops.
Ad. Snider is still confined to his
bed with paralysis.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Ferguson are In
sorrow over the loss of their infant
babe last Tuesday.
Mr.. Garden, the railroad agent, has
painted his house recently.
All. Augustine and James Durriels
have beautified their homes with
paint and new fences.
The Methodist Episcopal church peo-
pie are to have j. Wesley Holland,
who Is well known as reader of abil-
ity. June % is the date
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can minister at Belgrade, the Ameri.
can minister at Saxony, the Servian
minister at London and a firm Of at.
torneys IN Manchester, Iowa, his old
home, copies Of the documents which
he guards carefully in a locked drawer
In the County Line depot. He showed
these papers to the Courier representa-.
tive yesterday together with the trans
lated copies. Years of patient investi-
CATION have been necessary to secure
them from> Europe, but they are com.
plete records Of the family from the
time OF the old kings death to the
birth OF his descendant who now lives
at County Line. Mr.. Streu's parents
and an only brother are dead and he
Is the last Of a noble line.
The bloody history of Servia is full
of tragic Incidents and the early liter
allure of the little nation is rich in bal
lads of an epic character. These are
among the earliest Slavonic ballads to
be found in any of the collections in
Europe and have been Of great inter-
est to scholars as throwing light on
the possible composition Of other
poems of early days. One great cycle
Of these ballads Is concerned with the
battle OF Sossovo, where the Servian
king Lazar was defeated by the Turks
and Servian independence was lost.
Lazar was killed and with him his SON
in-law, Milosh Obilitch, prince of Shu-
NADIA and Shabatz and, by the laws of
Servia, heir to the throne after Lazar,
whose daughter was the wife of Obil.
itch.
The PlunderIng Of shabatz Castle.
When the throne was lost to the
family Of Lazar Madam Obilitch was
allowed to remain in the castlesof Sha.
BATE on the river Sava, near Belgrade,
but when the tyranny of the Turks
had moved the Servians almost to re-
bellion, the foreign rulers took to plum.
dering and pillaging the castles of the
old noblemen, among them Shabatz
where they murdered Madam Obilitch
and several of the servants and fired
the castle. The story Of this horror
is best told in the language OF Andria
Boyn Won Lazar, who was years old
at that time and was the only mem.
Der Of the one time royal family to
escape alive from the carnival OF
death. Among the papers in the pos
session Of Mr.. Streu is document
dated "Brandenburg, May 1, 1859, land
signed "Andria Boyn Won Lazar," In
which the great-great-great-gra
father of the Iowa man tells his son
Frederic, the story Of his life. Trans
lated, this paper reads as follows:
A Voice From the Past.
my Dear Son, Frederic De Lazar:
hand over to thee my last will and
testament relating to our family mat
tiers. Other secret things and matters
will tell thee orally. But here ii
seems necessary to describe the days
of my youth and my experience. My
father was a prince of Servia. I was
| born in the year 1897 In castle in the
Shumadia; and was brought up in the
castle Of Shabatz on the river Sava
In the year 1904 there was great ex
element and commotion in conse
quence of the Turkish tyranny and
there were disasters without prec