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The Washington times., 1906-12-19

CAN IidhOW OE / 11Ic LafhEslo.
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and Intestines has lost its power OF
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lifeless in grinding up the food ana as
a result, the food lies IN your stomach
fermenting, poisoning the blood, irTlJat-
ing the nerves and breaking down the
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The Washington times., 1906-12-19
CHANCELLOR BUSY
On SOUTH REPORT

William + Chancellor. Superintendent
of Public Schools of the District of Co
lUmDia al the monthly meeting Of the
School Board 10 be held in the Franklin
School building n 1 o'clock this after
noon. viii make full report on his
trip South. and the conditions he found
iu the schools of that section.
Or. Chance Tor was at his Office early
this morning. and Immediately after his
arrival busted himself In the prcpara-
ti1l OF his report lie denied himself
tg al callers iu order that ne might
have his report ready for the beard
this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19

He nominated James G. Blaine for the
Presidency iu 1876. His law practice
increased TIL he became the leader or
the Illinois bar and mis- success led him
10 remove his practice to Washington,
d. c.. in 1918 where some of the most
important suits decided in American
Law courts were conducted and won by
him In 1855 Colonel lngersoI removed
90 stu broader field in New York.
While his military and legal careers
We're distinguished. 10 is perhaps as an
agnosJie lecturer that Colonel Ingsrsou
attained his greatest fame His lee
lures delivered from an agu0stic stand
point attracted immense audiences and
worldwide comment.
Colonel IuSerS1u died at his home,
Maltnn-on-Lh -Lhe-Huason. july q. 1888.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
HEARING is POSTPONED
BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT 7

The hearing which was To have been
held at the War Department today at
the request Of Senator CullOm of Illinois
and President Mccormick, Of the Chi
Cago drainage district, has been post
poned until after January 10. The hear
ing vas for the purpose of presenting
testimony 20 show why the waters of
Lake Michigan should be diverted into
the Calumet river, which, il IS claimed
would give sewerage tc thousands OF
people.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
FIRE ON I4TH FLOOR
OF CHICAGO SKYSCRAPER

CHICAGO. Dec. 19.-Fire starting from
crossed electric wires in the basement
of the New York Life building. Monroe
and LaSalle streets, late last night, shot
upward through a shaft and did $3.50
damage ON the twelfth, thirteenth, and
fourteenth floors.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Why Take
Business Home 7
Are Your Nerves Constantly Strained
With GrOundless Worries!

The cause Of this tense condition is
in your stomach. Your food does not
digest properly. Nine-tenths OF all
dyspepsia and indigestion is OF the ner-
vous type and the only certain cure -
10 right the cause. TONES. brain foods,
bitters. etc. are mere temporary stim-
uIants Your stomach and small intes-
tines have become deranged by improp-
er selection of foods. imperfect mastica-
tion and irregularity both as 70 time
and amount OF eating.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
MISSIONARY FROM ORIENT
OFFERS SENATE PRAYER

The opening prayer in the Senate to-
Cay was delivered by the Rev. Merrimln
c. Harris, missionary bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for Japan
and Korea. His plea was Tor universal
peace.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
ALLEGED THEFT OF WATCH.

Charged with the larceny Of a gold
watch valued at $50. Thomas Smith.
colored, twenty-eight years old. was ar
rested last evening by Central Office
Detectives O'Brien and Parham.
It is alleged that Smith called on Julia
Herbert. of 6o1 ColIinaues court. several
davs ago and when He left the house
took the watch with him. He will be
given a nearing in the police court to-
morrow
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
EOUALIzEs OFFICERS SALARIES

Senator Dick has introduced a bill for
the equalization of saaries of army and
navy officers. IL begins with cadets ia
the military and naval academies. and
runs through all grades of the commits
stoned branch of the service.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Colonel IngersoIl's Career.

Robert Green InsersOu was born in
Dresden. \. Y. August II, 1898, Much
OF his early youth was spent in
Wisconsin and Illinois. He studied for
the law and in 1851 established a prac-
tice with his brother in Peoria, H.,
where he achieved much prominence. In
1862 he organized the Eleventh Illinois
Cavalry Regiment, mainly recruited in
Peoria. H., and was chosen colonel. The
regiment was attached To the First bri-
gade. General b. n. BufoTd, Third Di-
vision. under General G 5. Hamilton,
army of the Mississippi.
Governor Oglesby. Of Illinois, appointed
him attorney general in 1856. He then
took leading part in Republican poll
ties and was without a peer as an orator.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Soldiers Meet Tomorrow
at PeOria-UnVeil Statue
Next Summer.

Interest in the late Col Robert Green
IHgeTsoH, agnosJiC, orator, lawyer and
politician, has received "a renewed impc-
tus through the reunion TO be held in
Peoria, ILL.,, OF the Eleventh Illinois
Cavalry, of which Colonel InGersou was
the commander and which was prInci-
pallv recruited ia Peoria in 1S62. This
reunion has been set for tomorrow. II
is TO be held under the auspices of O..
a. r. posts and other organizations. The
reunion will be primarily to perpetuate
the memory of the late Colonel luger-
soil, and win be Introductory to the un-
yelling of a statue 10 Colonel Ingersoll,
which viii be unveiled IN Glen Oak
Park, Peoria, on July q, 1901, the ami
versary OF his death. The erection of
this, the FIRST statue 10 be erected IT.
memory of Colonel Ingcrsol. has been
undertaken by the Ingersol Statue As
sOCiatiOu of Peoria, III,
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Statue Heroic Size.

The statue, as shown in the photo
graph. is of "hcroic" size that is. one
third larger than life. il viii be east
In bronze.
The position chosen shows Colonel
IngersoH standing erect in an easy nat
ural pose. dressed in ordinary everyday
clothing. The hands are carelessly and
naturally placed on either hip, one of
Colonel Ingers0lIs most characteristic
attitudes Throughout the handling.
ease, unTestTained effect, and life-like.
natural pose have been chiefly aimed ct
and secured in a most artistic manner
by the sculptor In attaining these re
suits, the artist was greatly assisted by
mis- having been close personal friend
of Colonel InEersoll during the latter s
life time. Many of the late Colonel
IngeTsOlIs old friends have seen the
statue and pronounce it a most success
ful and life-like production.
Frederick Ernest Trieber. of New
York is the sculptor Mr.. TriebeI was
born in Peoria. ILL., and during his resi-
dence was well acquainted with Colonel
IngeTsOll.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
Wild Beasts Of India.

A statistical paper on India. late
II published In London, makes the
statement that in 1904 the total num-
Der Of persons killed by wild beasts
in India was 24,034, of whom nearly
$4,000 fell victims to snakes. Tigers
killed nearly 800. and leopards nearly
400. On the other side OF the &C.
count are $4,000 snakes killed. and
10000 other wild animals.
To many persons it may seem
strange that country SO old as In.
dia should still harbor so many wilo
beasts, and that they should be- per-
mitted to commit such depredations,
says the Youths Companion. 1t must
be remembered that the country Is Of
vast extent, much of 1t still covered
with dense jungle; and that religious
scruples prevent many of the inhab-
itants from taking the life of any ami
NAL, hence general measures Of exter-
mination receive little native support
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
The Matinee Girl.

TT is good thing there are enough
Of the typical matinee girls to fill the
theaters on Saturday afternoons"
said the man in the box Office, "other.
wise there would be a good man,
vacant seats. Gradually the prejudice
against the matinee girl crowd is
growing. Give me a ticket for any
performance except Saturday after.
noon Is the request that we hear
more and more frequently. The jab.
bering and the giggling that seem to
be An inevitable part of Saturday
afternoon performance mar the pleas.
ure of the earnest theater-goer. The
trouble Is said one woman who is a
good Judge Of plays and actors, that
the Saturday matinee folks laugh, CRY
and applaud In the wrong places
There is one strong play now on the
boards that illustrates this tendency
perfectly. From the beginning the
girls" Of all ages who are not famil-
lar with the story of the play make
bets with each other as to which girl
the vacillating hero will marry, and
all illusions to the plight of the ap-
parently forsaken sweetheart call
forth an explosion Of giggles, especial
~ from the top balcony. At no other
performance do the vital points in
serious plays miss the mark"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
cRAPsEY RENoUNcEs CHURCH.
Reaffirms Beliefs on Which He Was
Convicted Of Heresy.

Rochester, N. Y. - Rev. Alger-
non S. Crapsey, rector of st. An.
drew's church, of Rochester, N. r.,
who was recently suspended by an
ecclesiastical court for heresy, has
renowned his ministry In the Protest
ant Episcopal church in a letter to
Bishop William Davis Walker of the
western diocese of New York.
In the letter Rev. Mr.. Crapsey re-
afirms his belief that the accepted
origin of Jesus as "a son of man born
without a human father" is without
foundation in history. j
He also asserted that when say
of Jesus that he assembled into heaven
I do not mean and cannot mean that
with his physical body of flesh. blood
and bones he floated into space and
for 1000 years has been existing
somewhere in the sky in that very
physical body of flesh, blood and
bones. Such an existence would
seem to me. not glorious, but hor
rible."
II appeal" said DR.. Crapsey, from
those in places of authority in the
church to the great body Of people. :"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
Two Fisheries Questions.

Two important fisheries questions
affecting America are under consider
alton. One Is the problem Of stop
ping pelagc sealing, that is, the shoot
ing of the migrating seals at sea, and
the indiscriminate destruction OF fe-
males. II the Canadians agree to
stop the practice, It is probable that
Japan win come into the agreement,
says the Youths Companion. The
other problem concerns the use Of
purse seines by Americans on the New.
foundland herring-grounds, and is be-
ing discussed by representatives Of
the British, American and Newfound-
land governments. Great Britain ad.
nits the Justice of the colonial po-
sition that the use Of purse seines
threatens destruction Of the fisheries,
but may under pressure Of the Amer
lean interests conclude an agreement
over the heads of the colonial COM
uaissioners.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
MORMON PROPHET FINED
PRESIDENT SMITH GUILTY OF
UNLAWFUL Capitalization.
10 Sentenced to Pay $500 After Elk
planning His Plural Marriage
Relations.

Salt Lake City.-Joseph F. Smith.
president Of the Mormon church Fri
day afternoon appeared in the district
court before Judge Richie and plead.
ed guilty to charge of unlawful CO.
habitation, and a fine of 5000 was i'm.
posed.
The charge under which the Nor.
man prophet was arrested and fined
was based on the recent birth of
President Smiths forty-third child,
born to his fifth wife.
President Smith addressed the
court. He stated that his last mar
rage was in 1884. All his marriages,
he said, were entered into with the
sanction of his church, and, as they
believed, with the approval of the
Lord. According to his faith and the
law of the church they were eternal
in duration. He concluded:
when / accepted the manifesto is
sued by President MILFORD Woodruff
/ did not understand that would be
expected to abandon and discard my
WIVES. AAO"iuS tHC ooCISO SOVSu,
ants and obligations which I had
assumed by reason Of these marriages.
! have conscientiously tried to dis
charge the responsibilities attending
them, without being offensive to any
one. have never Haunted my fam
lily relations before the public, nor
have felt spirit of defiance against
the law, but, on the contrary, I have
always desired to be a law-abiding
citizen. In considering the trying po-
sition in VIII. III have been placed.
l trust that your honor will exercise
such leniency in your sentence as law
and jsutice will permit"
Judge Richie imposed the maxi
mum fine, but omitted the Jail sem
tence of from one day to six months.
which he might have imposed under
the Utah statute. -l Fl. Is.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30

Mass, first vice president; John
Mitchell, of Indianapolis. second vice
president; James OConnell, of Wash
ington, third vice president; Max Nor
ris, OF Denver, fourth vice president;
D. A. Hayes, of Philadelphia. fifth vice
president; Daniel J. Keefe, of Detroit,
Mich, sixth vice president; William
D. Huber, of Indianapolis, seventh
vice president; Joseph F. Valentine,
of Cincinnati, eighth vice president;
John B. Lennon, Of Bloomington, ILL.,,
treasurer; Frank Morrison, of Wash
ington, secretary. John T. Dempsey,
of Scranton, Pa, and w. E. Klapleski.
of Indianapolis, were elected fraternal
delegates to the British trades union
congress. 3
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
Or. HOFFMAN WAS 6IGAMiST
Judge Wolfe Tells Story Of Former
Des Moines Man.

Judge Wolfe Tells Story OF FORMER
Des Moines Man.
Clinton.-Ex-Judge P. b. Wolfe OF
this city throws light on the myster-
ious absence of DR.. Charles A. Holt
man, the Des Moines man Of mys'
terry" with the statement that he
while serving as district Judge, SEN
fenced Hoffman to a states prison
term on Oct. 4. 1897. after the latter
lad confessed to being guilty OF the
Charge OF blgamy, preferred by Har'
riet Schroeder.
Hoffman, who then went BY the
name OF William Schroeder, came 10
Clinton from dubuque in June, 1877,
the woman following him from there
after she learned he had another wife
In Cedar Rapids. He was arrested
and held to the grand jury.
In Jail he feigned insanity 80 clev-
erly that he fooled his jailers into
the belief that he was really insane,
until DR.. Reynolds discovered that ne
was an adept in the use OF drugs and
had compounded substance which
gave him the appearance Of being in
sane. Schroeder concealed this and
was so secretative in hiding and u.s.
ing the compound that officials at the
Jail did not detect it.
On his arraignment during the Sep.
TENDER term of court, more than two
months after his arrest, Schroeder
told Judge Wolfe that he had been
kicked by horse while serving in a
cavalry regiment and received injur.
les which at times rendered him men,
tally irresponsible Wolfe learned on
investigation that the story was false,
cavalry service. When confronted
with these facts Schroeder broke down
end confessed his guilt, acknowledge
ing that he had not been insane. On
Oct. 4, 1897, Judge Wolfe imposed a
five year sentence on Schroeder, who
was taAen to Anamosa the next day
to commence his sentence.
Former Chief of Police Ed Burke.
Who arrested Hoffman on the hgamy
charge in 1897. says the man was de-
coyed to Clinton by his wife, Harriet
McDaniels of Dubuque, after the lat
ter had failed to interest the Des
Moines authorities in her case. Burke
made the arrest at the postoftice when
Hoffman called for letter that had
been mailed through preconcerted ar
rangement with the woman.
Judge Wolfe, in imposing the max
imum sentence, said that the case
against Hoffmen was an aggravated
one, and he only regretted the TACT
that the law did not permit longer
sentence than five years. Officer
Eurke says that Hoffman at one time
lived in Des Moines with two women,
whom he maintained in Louses less
than two blocks apart.
Des Moines.-Dr. Charles A. Hon.
man, who lived in Des Moines for
several years. recently disappeared
from Kirksville, Mo-, where he had
Eeen employed as member OF the
faculty OF the Still College Of Osteo-
pathy. His disappearance is said to
have followed the confession OF a
Miss Beckman Of Moberly, Mo-, who
declared that DR.. Hoffman had kept
her for three years. DR.. Hoffman
left wife and family in Kirksville
In Stationed circumstances.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
SENSATION BY WEAVER.
Declares at Shiloh Ded cation that
Negroes Should Be Deported.

Negroes Should Be Deported.
Memphis, Tenn.,-Gen. James 3.
weaver OF Iowa created a profound
sensation at Shiloh Military Park on
the 23d by devo-,ng his Grafton on
the dedication of the fine Iowa monu-
ment there To notable discussion OF
the negro problem instead OF making
it mere tribute to the heroism and
sacrifice OF Iowa soldiers. General
Weaver not only pointed out the
grave character OF the problems that
confronts the entire country in its
increasing negro population, but he
declared that the solution would come
only through deportation. He urged
that a great movement be undertaken
for sending the negro back to his
original home, not through force, but
through the education of the negro
himself to see that his own best in
terests demanded his return.
The address was received with some
amazement by those who had not ex-
rected it, but it ELECTED the warmest
applause, especially from those south.
erners who were in attendance.
The dedication concluded the series
of dedications of Iowa monuments
and was a notable occasion. r.:.-.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
HORSES HAVE MENINGITIS.
"Spotted Fever" in Calhoun County
Spreads to Equines. a%

Fort Dodge.-Farmers in the vici
nifty of Pomeroy, Calhoun county, are
greatly alarmed over the ravages Of
spinal meningitis, which is making
serious inroads in the herds of cattle
in that locality. The latest advice
was that the disease had made its ap.
pearance among the horses, and Dr..
Baughman of this city. assistant state
veterinarian, was called on to estab.
lish a rigid quarantine.
DR.. Baughman has been personally
supervising the quarantine over thir-
ty herds of cattle and has taken
charge of the outbreak among the
horses.
Spinal meningitis, or Spotted few.
err" is contagious to human beings
and the discovery of it among the
horses at the filish of corn harvest is
causing much concern. With chol-
era killing off tho hogs and spotted
fever" among the horses, the farmers
are suffering heavy losses in Calhoun
county. ,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
WIFE SLAYER DIES At ANAMosA.
James SoItes, in Prison for Twenty
Years, Dead.

Anamosa.-The most revolving
crime and greatest legal battle in the
history of Jones county is recalled by
the death of James Solts, who died at
the Anamosa prison. He was nearly
eighty years of age, and had been an
Inmate of the pententiary for nearly
twenty years.
I On July /, 1886, the body of Emma
]. solts was foundIp the pasture of
the solts farm neat Olin, in this coun-
ty, with her skull crushed and, her
tody bruised. Near by was a ham,
mer and a fence rail covered with
hair and blood with which the deed
had been done. The family had been
residents of this section for twenty
years, had been married for forty
years, and had large family of
grown children. 1t was common
talk that their married life was un-
happy. and the wife had frequently
told the neighbors that her husband
had brutally beaten her and had Of
ten threatened her life.
! Suspicion for the crime at once
rointed to the husband, and he was
indicted, convicted and sent to the
;penitentiary for life after the hardest
fought contest in the legal history OF
this county.
/ Judge Preston, now on the district
bench, was the prosecuting attorney,
and ]. W. Jamison of Cedar Rapids,
then an obscure country lawyer, ap-
peared for the defense.
Solts up to the last always stuck
to his original defense that his wife
had either killed herself or had been
murdered by tramrs. Although his
children and other relatives have Wis
ited him dr.-ing his incarceration,
when notified of his death they refus'
sd IN take charge Of the remains.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
MURDERER FOUND INSANE.
McWilliams viii Not Be Hanged tor
His Crime.

| His Crime.
| AnamUsa.-Wm. s. McWilliams,
who brptaily murdered his wife ana
five children near Independence early
! in the year, has been found insane by
the Jones county insane commission.
His condition was ordered Investigate
ed by the prison officials. McWll'
liams has been In the insane ward OF
the prison since April "a. The testi'
mony of the ward deputy, warden OF
the prison, physician and guard re-
vealed practically the same thing.
McWiliiams at times became SO
violent that he was tied to the bed
in his cell. Again he was melancholy
and talked incoherently to himself,
gesturing with his hands and head III
the hallucination that he was driving
stocksand farming. He does not speak
of his terrible crime unless asked, ana
says his wife was not Christian,
that the future was not bright for his
children and that something told nm
to kill them.
McWilliams was sentenced to be
hanged by Judge A. S. Blair OF Man.
chester. The date had not been flxed
but the advisatility Of executing him
at the same time that Louis Busse,
the Bremen county wife murderer, Will
be hanged here in December was DIS
cussed. The action of the commls-
sioners of insanity in declaring NC
Williams insane is likely to result IN
at least temporary stay OF execution.
Never before in the history OF Iowa
has such crime been committed.
The victims had evidently all been
called at one time into the kitchen
where the bodies were found all IN
row, and stuck, not once, but many
times, with hammer until dead.
Then the murderer hacked and stap'
bed at each lifeless body until 1t was
horribly mutilated. The oldest boy had
no doubt been called in from the neid'
where he had been at work, for ne
had on pair Of overalls, While the
youngest, a baby of 2 years, had been
taken from the table, as its tiny, lie.
less hand clutched piece OF breao
and butter. McWilliams was later 10.
Gated at Independence, where ne naa
gone after changing his blood-smeared
suit of clothes, and whore he was TAX
en- into custody.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-11-30
BRIBERY SCANDAL in PlTTsBURG
Two Arrests Made in Alleged T ram
chise Deal.

Pittsburg, Pa.-City Councilman w.
A. Martin, charged with bribery in
connection with the alleged tube city
railroad franchise scandal, was arrest
ed at his home Tuesday and locked up
at Central police station, together
with c. S. Cameron, president of the
Tube City Railroad company. Later
they were released on $4,000 bail
each.
A number Of members Of both
branches Of councils are reported to
be under surveillance by detectives,
and any attempt to leave the city will,
it is said, be followed by immediate
arrest.
1t was alleged that $4,000 OF the
$4,000 which went astray and caused
all the trouble was to have been dis
tributed among So councilmen.