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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
BRILLIANT RECEPTION AT THE
WHITE HOUSE GREETING
TO 1905
THOUSANDS ARE GUESTS
Long Line Of Visitors Welcomed by
President and Mrs. Roosevelt-The
Occasion Is characterized by All the
Ceremony Deereed by Tradition and
Custom.

Washington, D. G., Jan. New
Years day at the capitol was OBJ.
served today with all the traditional
brilliance which time and custom
have decreed shall characterize the
official greeting of the new year, and
another was added to the long line Of
receptions at the White House, where
President and Mrs. Roosevelt received
the people of the world, who filed past
IN in thousands.
A Bright Clear Day.
he weather was bright and the air
with sunshine. At the hour for
,ception to begin line of citi-
stretched along the front of the
war and navy buildings, gave
o. one of the largest recep-
The history of the White
Unique Occasion.
.lrst time in six years to-
esident received the good
vice president on New
Ee late Garrett IA. Hobart
the last vice president
the White House on an
his nature. Shortly after
tne President and Mrs.
welt, preceded by military and
il aides to the President, descend
he marble stairway leading from
the second floor and took up their po-
sition in the blue room.
The first to wish them happy new
year were Vice President and Mrs
Fairbanks, who passed behind the re
ceiving line and stood to the right OF
Mrs. Roosevelt Then came Secreta
ries Root, Shaw and Taft, Attorney
General Moody, Postmaster General
HCortelyou and Secretaries Hitchcock
and Metcalf with their lad les. All
took positions to the right Of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Foreign Representatives Welcomed.
AS soon as the President had gath
cred about him his official family the
doors of the red room swung open
and Colonel Charles S. Broomwell
military aide to the President, an
nounced the diplomatic corps, which
was headed by Ambassador and Mad
anne Hongel-Muller, Of Austria-Hun
gary. The representative Of a new
nation made his appearance today
Norway being represented by Charge
Sahaugo. Next came the supreme
court Justices followed by the sena
tors and representatives, officers o
the navy, the army, and of various
military and other societies. At
O'clock the reception of citizens be
gan.
Miss Roosevelt and Mr.. Longwortl
mingled with the guests in the cas-
room. Miss Roosevelt wore a gown o
slate blue chiffon over pink silk, Gu
low. She also wore a diamond neck
lace and pendant and carried hug
bouquet of orchids.
9,o52 Greet the President.
The reception ended at 2:44 o'cloch
BY actual. count 9,052 people shook tn
Presidents hand. Last year I'LL
were received A feature Of the re
ception was the large number of chi
dren who passed the receiving party
Receptions at Manila.
Manila, Jan. brilliant reception
were held today by Major Genera
| Corbin and Acting Governor Ide
i William ]. Bryan received with tn
latter Aguinaldo and many other fol
mer insurgent officers attended.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
WOMAN is MURDEREss.

Miss Barbara Toxer Shoots Man She
Says Disgraced Her.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. miss
Barbara Toxer today shot and killed
F. G. Clayton, business man of this
city. The woman asserts that, Clay
ton assaulted her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
HUSBAND AND WIFE IN TRAGEDY

Woman is In Critical Condition.
Oelwein, Jan. !. Louis Carr was
found dying in the hotel Mealey on
Sunday morning from a bullet wound
and Mrs. Carr is in critical condition
from two wounds in the breast. He
did not regain consciousness and she
has been unable to tell which did the
shooting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
FALL BRINGS DEATH.
Karl Rreisch Of Burlington is Fatally
Shot While Hunting.

Burlington, jan Especially Karl
Breisch, IL years old, was fatally shot
Sunday while hunting. He fell down
and his gun exploded in such a man
ner that the charge lodged in his
body.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
SIR HUGH IN. NELSON is DEAD.

Was Lieutenant Governor of Queens
land For Twelve Years.
Brisbane. Queensland, Jan. 1-Sir
Hugh Muir Nelson. lieutenant COVER
nor Of Queensland since 1903, is dead,
aged 10 years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
DEATH UNDER WHEELS.
Samuel Hustled Of Waterloo is Run
Over BY Train.

Waterloo, Jan. 1.-(SpeciaD Sam
uel Hustled, aged so years, a brother
of Judge J. l.. Hustled of Dubuque, was
run over and killed by an Illinois Cen
tral train here today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
COST OVER $1,000, 600;
More Than 200 New Residence.
During the Year-cost of
Homes More Than 100000
poets Are Bright for Sig 81
1906.
From Mondays Daily.

the year lJUb 1S unpreceden
history of Ottumwa. The
completed and the improve
under way represent the
Of over million dollars
900 in excess of the bull,
ments for 1904 which
breaker up to that time
especially good shown
year 1904, the "
and other improvemes
was nearly double that OF
Probably the most gratifying featlls
Of the improvements for the past yeaf
was the vast amount expended I'M
building new homes and enlargfn9
those built In former years. For this
class of improvements alone the citis
zens of Ottumwa paid over $300,000.
More than 200 new homes were built
and that many of these are fine resi-
dences is shown by the appended LIST
which gives the cost of each.
Over $4,000 was expended by
city in paving, building new sidew
and sewers and grading streets,
The figures for the city improver
made by the city were furnishe
City Engineer G. R. Allen. MI
len will give more detailed repI.
| the expenditures made by the citgM'
the annual meeting Of the city cGt
Gil in April
The railways, the Ottumwa Tractio
& Light company the Ottumwa Ga
Light, Heat & Power company ar
the manufacturing institutions CT
tributed O vast amount to the impy
ments for the year. Several fire
! business buildings were erected
]cludiflg the SIX storyAEnnis bun
at the corner of M; 81 and M
| streets.
The list given bel includes
Improvements now be mad h-
Ottumwa Traction
and the Morrell Pacl
j the cost at compile
school buildings ant
4 buildings were built
q The list also inclu
ments made by 7
company and the
] pany which wer
not listed in
1904 The tota
shown by the
The 3,
}, II have live
! years and :
, seen q ssg
. of 1906"
Of the pro.
city and otl
/ opinion. The
: good season n,
| orable according
the contractors.
The list Of In
: show over milli
in Ottumwa is not
If anything the
The figures repre-
part the actual
:. The Ottumwa
Power company
provements whic
There were also
tumwa homes a
$4,000 such as
stairways, small
, are not listed.
More Than
1t is not clai1
table is absolu
as nearly SO ar
make 1t. Th
a first requested
4 of contractors
y chasing lumh
= fifty contract &c
: the Courier rs,
. being found afte
: difficulty were
!, furnish tn ines of
:, building nj ,ouses du
: the more iii. ortant imp
:. additions and the actual
OF more than fifty co
, three could not be four
= these. have been out OF
y several days. Includir
II built by day labor und
vision Of the owners th
ahly twenty houses that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
CURES 1t.

cures IL.
Az Ghs no!fuay se-
has been disturb
emanating from
to profitless gos-
le public mind?
residents plans have
developed, say politi-
is as simple as "a. B.
mis- acts and some
deeply mysterious now
y plain. The President
arnendous advantage of
he proposed to do and
lrse in that direction be-
else knew what was in
,IIese President caIlbre.
etely following his election
Mr.. Roosevelt declared in
al terms that he would not
idate for reelection in 1908.
end Of the term to which
lected in his own right, he
We served within six months
Ears, the people generally ap-
lis post-election declaration.
len expected that he would
aight ahead and give the
vigorous Rooseveltian ad-
a and then retire. 1t was
that his future had been
and that he would immedi-
nto the chair of president
college. It is very evi-
those who performed this
cement upon the President
well acquainted with Theo.
,sevelt. He is not built upon
required in college presi,
1T that he would not make an
ID of Harvard, but Mr.. Roose.
not the type of man to be held
the limits of even the greatest
tiles. He is a man of activity
hustle and "get-there." Where
omething is doing. He is the
.caration of strenuosity. The
leads, the while maintaining
NAL weight and perfect health
kill ninety out of a hundred ord
nen. The ninety would be il
lswith nervous prostration in
three months if they followed
oke.
the President drove ahead al
tut he did not appear to be
g toward retirement. Certain
and acts indicated a look into
ire; not the immediate but rath
not-far-ahead future. The Pres
.ppeared to be taking too deel
rest In political matters and ii
: things for the future for +;
'ho in three years would drol
sight politically. The politician.
atesmen were nonplussed a
hey could not figure it out.
: a while they said: What doe
d; has the President somethin,
sleeve or is this just anothe
Of Roosevelt?" Then they turn
his declaration that he woul'
d for the nomination in 1905
no double-meaning to tha
statement. The politician
"ad. They were also cha
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02

r'alrDanks or
!; serve four
d then in 1912
idate and lead
presidential
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02

etirement.
1 unimpeach-
the Presi-
circumstances
,naination in
{ his name,
nue. to take
ional political
Sc touch with
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02
ON
FLED
M AT THE
T EXIST
FUTURE
FUTURE

Themselves
the President
unnor Has It
:tIve Program
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-02

UuliullS IL tOuSes uu
the more iii. ortant imp
additions and the actual
OF more than fifty co
three could not be four
these have been out OF
several days. Includir
built by day labor und
vision of the owners th
ably twenty houses that
the city during the yef
appear in the following
estimated they repref
ture of about s25, ,00f
not included in th<
lion dollars exper
The improvement
| srfk,.
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
MAP OF ATLANTIC CITY.
Hurt and Missing
In Atlantic City Wreck
aged 25 years, Norristown, Pa.

ALBERTUS, CHARLES, aged % years Norristown, Pa
ANGURSE, PETRO Christian street Philadelphia.
NevY Band
BENCKERT
BENCKERT HARRY, boy South Philadelphia
BRADDIS, MRS W s. aged of
Sevet. manager Hotel Walton Philadelphia
BROWN, MRS CORA BIDDLE Easport,
Braddish,
L. detective, streets Philadelphia
DEMPSEY, JAMES PAUL $40 Stevens Camden y.
DEMPSEY, MRS JAMES PAUL Camden
EGAN, JAMES PALS Pacific avenue, ant City.
FE SAMUEL l., u Old West Washington PhadeI
FRIED. DAVID New York city.
LAWRENCE MRS THEODORE Brandywne
phia.
MAzzELLA PAsQUELO years married; Christian street
Philadelphia; Band
MONROE FRANK. Camden, y J.
MONROE MRS FRANK Camden,
Niece MISS daughter of Ernest Philadelphia
NINCENFE, DONEIII Royal Italian Band.
NoNtOR MRS GEORGE H. 31S Federal street Camden. y J.
Unidentified Recovered
j. initials, with
J. O and F. O
membe- of feet inches pounds
black hair tache
black
Young woman, black hair, about and
black skirt gold tooth,
L NJ. c. 12-21-O4" She died in
Man. black hair and muaehe white black short
about 40 feet 10 inches.
sandt
hair and mustache bill o in
Shapiro CPS and South Philadelphia; openface
years. pounds silk
skirt white waist, Eton coat.
in Wreck.
SCOTT WALTER motorman wrecked train, 776 Michigan
GEORGE photographer Camden
y. J.
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
SOBS AND SHRIEKS
At CITY MORGUES
ON IDENTIF FICATION
Photographer Sent to
Take Pictures Finds
Mothers Body.

ATLANTIC CITY. Oct 29.-The search
for missir & loved ones by hundreds Of
men. women and children. as they slow
ly filed in and out of the various under
taking establishments, was a most pa
thetic scene. 1t kept up from the time
the wreck occurred until long past mid
night
Time and again the deathllke stiffness
that pervaded the morgues was pene-
trated by piercing scream as some
heartbrOken searcheT found the object
OF his search cold In death.
One OF the most narrowing scenes Wit
messed was enacted at Crowiey.s
morgue. Pacific and Kentucky avenue,
when George A. Womfor. a photograph
er of Camden. found the body OF his
mother.
The young mans parents had left
Camden on the train for an afternoon
at the seashore. At O'Clock he re-
ceiveS a telephone message from a Phil
adeiphia newspaper ordering him 10 At
lantic city 10 procure photographs AZ
the wreck. Learning then that the
train that had crashed through the
closed bridge was the cne on which his
parents had embarked, he caught the
first train out Of Camden. and upon
arriving at the shore rushed for the
scene OF the tragedy.
For more than an hour ne stood at the
drawbridge watching the work of the
resouers as they grappled for bodies OF
endeavored TO draw them from the shat
tered windows Of the submerged cars
From time to time he appealed to the
groups of workers for news, and pleaded
with them to tell him il they had had
any udirgs of his aged parents At last
giving up in despair he made his way TO
the city. and sorroWfully began a hunt
of the undertaking establishments. After
visiting al least six he became discour-
aged. and decided to give up the search
for the night, when a friend suggested
that he visit Crowieys. at Kentucky
ard Pacific avenues
AS he entered he stopped at the outer
office and asked If there was a body OF
woman answering the description Of
his mother. He was told that a woman
OF apparently ffty-eight years of age was
in the parlor adjoining. but that he could
not view IL until attendants, then at
work. had cleaned it. The walt w9s
one Of distressing suspense. Anxiously
ne paced the floor at the outer offices,
and begged TO be allowed to enter the
CONTINUED on Second Page)
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
DENY MRS. EDDY
POWERLESS TOOL
OF DESIGNING MEN
Christian Scientists Stir
red by RumorS That She
IS Physical Wreck.

CONCORD, n. H., Oct. 29.-Some
radical action is regarded as Ger
tain to be taken here today as a re-
suit of the charges spread broad
cast over the country yesterday to
the effect that Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, head and founder of the
Christian Science Church, has be-
come a helpless tool In the hands
of a few designing men who are
using her as a decoy to draw the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
which are annually poured into the
Golfers Of the church.
The very air is surcharged with
denials. The Christian Scientists,
by the very nature OF their belief,
are restrained from violent out
bursts and there is comparatively
little manifestation of the agitation
which is known to be stirring in
the breasts of the leaders OF the
cult AT the same time everyone
expresses the belief that an explo-
sion of some sort will occur today.
This can come in two ways. The
leaders can present Mrs. Eddy to
the public and in that way con-
vince the skeptical that the charges
made are all false. or they can in
stitute proceedings against those
who have made charges against the
leaders of the cult.
This city is a hot bed OF Christian
Science, and today it is taking oroers
from Pleasant View, Mrs. Eddy's home
rather than from the city hall Feeling
against newspapers and newspaper men
is strong, and there Is a marked dis
inclination on the part OF the Christian
Science people to dign y the charges
with a reply Followers OF Mrs. Eddy
in Concord. those who swear blind al
legiance, say that the truth will out
in time that anything so unholv as the
charges made is out Of the question.
and that anything that may be said
about OF against the religion and its
pillars can do IL no harm.
Out at Pleasant View. however, a lit
tie different attitude is manifest. and
while the barriers have been put up and
an effort is being made to shoe of the
Continued on Ninth Page)
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
BRAVE GUARD OLDs OPEN DOOR.

silence, q stupor of fear before minds
had grasped the situation.
Then the first car plunged over ths
side 0f the trestle followed by the
second, and they were out Of sight be-
fore a cry was uttered. The terrible,
gaspiug. fighting struggle against death
IN those cars under water is something
that only the Imagination could pic
ture.
Each Car Death Trap.
The couplings Of the cars held, and
the third car was dragged over the edge.
II nung suspended for an interval, long
enough TO permit "a score Of persons
to get out. while a veil of fear and
eEonv went mp from those IN the car.
The cars were OF the same pattern
as the subway ears in -Sew York, huge
steel affairs, with a vesubule and
double doors IT each end.
The doors were closed and held by a
patent arrangement that made each car
a death trap
The first coach had shot clean out
from the bridge and struck the water
with its wheels spinning The second
coach was almost perpendicular Tor
few seconds, when the rear enc supBed
from the bridge the car sinking nat
i'm the mud. like the fIrst. The coupling
Of the third car was broken. and it
turned almost at right angles and TO the
bridge before IL fell a great beam
pierced the floor and held the coach on
its point. That all in the third coach did
not die was due 10 the herolsm and
foresight OF William Wood, a brake
man. After the train jumped the tracks,
and while IL was running along the
trestle floor he rushed To the rear OF
The last car ana opened the door. lie
believed that the train would go into
the water, and he opened the only easy
avenue of escape Had he waited the
door could not have been opened, as II
was strained by the tearing Of the
beam.
Brakeman Saves Twenty.
Wood stood guard at the door until
the coach finally fell. He assisted
twenty persons TO escape through the
door. and as he worked he kept calling
for everyone to remain cool, as the least
excitement or panic might result IN
greater loss of life. Wood was rescued
when being carried away by the tide
He was unconscious when picked ups
but was rcsuscitated ~ "a physician.
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
Held in Window,
Death Is AWaited
As Water Rises

ATLANTIC CITY. \. J.. Oct. @.-The
most horrible sight Of the appalling dis
aster was that OF the third coach. which
was held suspended for thirty seconds
on the projecting beam. The coach was
tipped on end and. after thirty passen-
gers had escaped. the ear dropped. and.
falling in a mud bank, was not covered
by the water
Several persons We're caught in the
coach and were drowned Their cries
were heart-breaking. a rescuer jumped
on the roof. caught woman's wrist
through "A VcnuidtOT and held II until
the rising tide claimed her life.
4 stout man was stuck IN one OF the
windows. He was filled with hope when
he found that his head was above water
Presently. however he discovered that
The Washington times., 1906-10-29

ATLANTIC CITY y J. oct 2s-Eghty persons we're kill
manged according
Atlantic
railroad
Of
the hour by hour,
ITeIl rats q trap, victims
as rgey feet ,f
they peril
diYed the
a he had OF struggling
drawbdge brief
sank, nd wass subm
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The barometric depression central sun
day morning north of Montana has
moved to Minnesota, and now forms a
storm of considerable energy. 1t is at
tended by rain in the middle Missis-
sippi valley and snow over northern
Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, and
high northeasterly winds along Lake
Superior.
In Alabama. Mississippi, Georgia, and
the Carolinas, heavy to killing frost is
reported this morning.
The Minnesota disturbance Will cause
snow or rain tonight and Tuesday in
the Ohio valley the lower lake region,
and possibly the northern portion of the
middle Atlantic States.
The temperature viii rise in the South
and East. and tau Tuesday i'm the Ohio
valley and the lower lake region.
storm " arnings are displayed on the
brtat Lakes, Lake Pepin. and on the
straits OF Juan de Fuca. from Port
Crescent west
Inc following heavy precipitation dn
lucnes) has been reported during the
twenty-tour hours ending a. IA sun
uay- Sauseen. ia, Parry Sound, 16G
steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have fresh westerly
winds and cloudy weather TO the Grand
Banks
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
LAUGHING THR0NG
HURLED TO DEATH.
Electric Train OF PennSylva-
MIA Road From Philadel-
phia Leaves Track
at 40-Mile Rate.
Frtgbtfm Scenes Meet a Diber'S Eye.

raised myself and peered through window of the forward
The face Of dead child perhaps four years DID, pressed against
The window II had horrible cash the forehead the
body of wedged up tightly the package racks Bodies
piled up great heap forward end Of the At the
top of the heap the form of pair Of diamond
rings gstened such horrible spectacle in
my lfe.-Diver Cooneys Description.
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
Rescued Passengers Tel
of Deeds of HerOiSm
by Women and
Men.
WOMAN SAVES FOUR
BY EXPERT DIVING
Coach SueWn With Bodies
as Man Gropes Down Aisle
to Rescue Friends
Daughter.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. Oct. %
Deeds of individual heroism in con-
nection with the rescue OF several
of the survivors Of yesterdays ter-
Tible tragedy on the drawbridge
over the Thoroughfare abounded.
These stories are just coming to
light today. as in the excitement and
horror Of yesterday everything was
overlooked except the great fact
that these lives had been spared
miraculously it seemed. 1t was from
the lips of the rescued that they
came, as more modest set OF
heroes and heroines never existed
To a Mrs. Mcdonald, of Philadel-
phia, are attributed four rescues.
With her husband she was a pas
senger IN the second car. When the
coach went into the river she had
the presence OF mind to smash the
window beside her and soon rose TO
the surface. She is an expert swim
mcT and she at once dived to res
cue her husband Cropping under
the water she found a man and
brought him to the surface, but il
proved to be a stranger. Again she
dived and rescued another man. to
find her husband was still below.
Twice more she dived before she
found the right WaRs and brought
him TO the surface. having saved
a third stranger in the meantime.
Dives for His Wife.
Henry Deemer, Of Philadelphia. Is am
other 10 whose presence of mind II is
believed several Of the survivors owe
their safety. He went down in a for
ward car und the crash threw him
against the window breaking the glass.
lie rose 10 the surface. but at once
dIved 10 bring Up his wife. Finding
her he dragged her through "a broken
window. The womans arm was broken
and she cried I'm agony as Deemer seized
her bat despite her cries ne chung 10
her until he had brought her TO the
surface.
Then Deemer went down again. He
made his way along the submerged car
breaking every window he could reach
10 give chance 20 others 20 gel out OF
the death trap. He helped several per
sons 10 crawl through the windows of
The upper end Of the car before t. sank
completely below the surface.
Brakeman Wood. who was In the third
car also. through his action IN opening
the rear door OF the car and standing
by at the risk of his own life TO save
others. undoubtedly was responsible for
several OF the survivors getting out OF
The wreck Lofore the waters closed over
the coach Several of the rescued stated
tHat they saw this opening and escaped
through the door being picked up in
The water 10y h1atiDcn.
David $. Finley, of PHILADELPHIA
Continued on Second PageD
The Washington times., 1906-10-29
Hundred Merry Passengers.

When the train reached the end Of
the bridge the speed had been checked.
but il was going at the rate OF forty
miles an hour. The three cars contained
more than a hundred passengers. The
train reached the drawbridge over the
Thoroughfare at 2:25 p. m. This trestle
is about a mile long. and the drawbridge
Is in the center. AS the train struck
the trestle the passengers were beginning
to get ready TO disembark IT Atlantic
city. Some were getting out of their
seats. others We're reaching for the pack
ages in the racks near the doors Men
were helping their wives put on their
jackets. Nearly all were laughing and
merry making. Then came a jar that
threw almost every person of his feet,
A terrible pounding for an instant as
the cars crashed over the bridge ties.
made every person turn pale with terror
In each car there was an awful