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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-18

was loose, and the rider, after sway
ing first to one side and then the aths
er finally doubled up, turned d sonlers
sault or two. and then landed On the
ground.
II had watched the whole proceed.
ing and from the beginning clearly
saw the ending. felt that had had
my revenge, but did not dare laugh.
Sixteen miles west OF Salt Lake City
we stopped for week with d Mormon
family. The head of the family was
a Welshman and had two wives, ana
of whom kept house and the ether
helped with the outdoor work. So faIa
las I could discover this family appearIg
ed to be thrifty and contented. sAwAt
and talked with great many Mor4t-
mons in the few days we were III 6nt{r-
near Salt Lake City and found thHfae
to be narrow in their mental Yision,s
very bigoted in their religious views,
loyal to Brigham Young, intensely dis.
loyal to the government, but ifidustrf.
GUS and thrifty. It was the settled be-
lief among all Of those With whom 3
talked that the north ana south would
fight until they destroyed each
other and then the Morlnona
would come into their rightful inherit,
ance, which. meant all Of North Amers
lea. 1t will be remembered that III
1857 the Mormons had defied the aus
under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
had been sent out to duell the ineipis
ent rebellion. saw the fortif1cationE
which the Mormons had thrown up In
a canon, just east Of Salt Lake City.
while in Salt Lake City we RAM
across man by the name OF Pufdys
whom we had known in California,
who was one OF party OF Ave on their
way back to the states, and 1t was ar-t
ranged that we travel together. Thy
| Purdy party had d covered Wag5i
drawn by pair Of horses, and two D
three riding horses. II it had not been
for the shelter, inside and underneath
this covered wagon afforded us during
several days of rainy and snowy
weather, hardly believe we COULD
have finished our Journey, as neithsN
Barrett nor myself had either rubber
blanket or overcoat.
From Salt Lake City we followed
the emigrant road which ran Id q
northeasterly direction to South Pass
South Pass has nothing OF the appear<
ance of a pass through mountain
. range, but consists Of an extensive eIeS
waited plateau The altitude is sd
great that even in midsummer frozen
ground is encountered few feet hes
low the surface. The waters from Pax
cifc Springs flow in both directions.
east and west, into the Atlantic ana
into the Pacific. In contrast with the
country west Of Salt Lake, we found
abundant game consisting Of deer, ar,d
telope, prairie chick his, sage hers and
y Continued Page ~
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afternoon, as we journeyed towards
Fort Churchill, ten miles out, we met
an Indian on horseback and i remem-
her very distinctly that then and there
dawned upon me the first full real1za-
ton of the fact that we two boys had
started on journey of nearly l,9OO
miles. through a country inhabited by
at least five tribes of Indians, Pah-
JJtes. Sioux, Arapahoes, Shoshones and
Pawnees. the first of which did not
have the reputation of being over
friendly to the whites.
aThere were then two travelled
routes between Carson City and Salt
Lake, one going via the Humbolt river
and the other further south and more
direct. We took the latter route and
| 1t Is certainly as desolate region as
anyone could well imagine. seldom
were there places where water could
be obtained less than twenty miles
apart and there was one stretch OF
forty-five miles To make this ride we
! had to start before day and travel I'M
| til after dark, across succession OF
valleys from ten to fifteen miles IN
width, but without vegetation OF any
kind. Near where we crossed Reese
river we overlook telegraph construc-
ton party, putting up a telegraph
| line. East of Salt Lake, not far from
South Pass, we met a similar OUTFIT
going to meet this one. This was the
first line of telegraph built across the
continent. When some distance east
Of the crossing of Reese river, being
4 In the country Of the Shoshones, we
got considerably exercised over the re-
/ ports of Indian outrages, which immi-
grants whom we met informed us had
occurred not far ahead. We then de-
cided to travel night as we'll as days
until we had passed the supposed dan.
/ ger Thus for two days and nights,
4 except making long enough stops for
the horses to feed upon the grass, as
we carried no feed for them, we kept
on our journey The last night we
were SO sleepy that we had to walk to
!. keep awake. Toward morning we ar
. rived at a grove where there was
J plenty of grass and water, and after
!. lettering our horses with long ropes
so they could feed, we lay down ant
were soon asleep. When we awoke
the sun was high in the heavens anG
! there were something like a score Of
Indians engaged in curiously inspect
: ing our horses and baggage. That is
how we escaped the Indians. We
soon made friends with them by cook
ing them plenty of slapjacks. This
was practically the only kind of bread
stuff we had on the entire trip. II
, those days, one Of the sure signs tina
person was no longer a tenderfoot
could be demonstrated by his beini
able to flip the skillet SO as to turf
a slapjack and land it i'll its prope
, place. / have heard it stated tina
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-18

some became so proficient that they
could throw a slapjack up through
the chimney and go outside and catch
1T as it fell. | never saw that done.
''Two incidents occurred before we
reached Salt Lake that will illustrate
life in crossing the plains, in those
earlier days. 1t was our custom to
camp before dark, when we could
and water turn the horses loose with
long ropes around their necks, SO as
to drag upon the ground, when they
could be easily caught, then catch and
picket them when it began to grow
dark. We waited little too late to
do the latter, one evening, and when
we attempted to catch them with that
sorrel acting as leader, they started
of over the hills. After vainly follow
ing them for q mile or SO we gave UP
and decided to wait until morning. At
daybreak we went through the same
vain effort. the horses finally disap-
pearing in a cloud of dust along the
road over which we had travelled the
day before.
Barrett told me to stay and watch
the baggage and he would follow up
and catch the runaways. That was
about as anxious a day as ever ex-
perienced. 1t was extremely hot and
/ divided my time between watching
the road down which Barrett and the
horses had gone and in visiting a
spring of water half mile distant.
Finally. just before sunset caught
sight of the returning fugitives. A
pony expressman had caught the
horses, tied them to some posts left
where an effort had been made to sink
a well, and informed Barrett of the
fact.
Barrett's Horse Bucks.
IT have often heard it stated, and
4 I am prepared to believe 1t, that nc
| persons, no matter how good friends
they may have been, could cross the
plains without quarreling. One day
Barrett and I had had some disagree
ment and were not on speaking terms
He was riding a spirited gray mare
and leading a rawboned bay horse. AT
! tached to the latter was a ariat
wound around the pommel of IS sad
i die. The bay was not disposed to leaG
!! well and now and then stopped shor
to get bite of grass. When he die
that he jerked the rope, and Barrett
being angry, spurred the CLAY mare
} when she jumped, which dtused the
saddle girth to slip towardS the rear
! There followed then in raIid success
sion, spurrings, jumps, jerks and slip
ping Of girth, until the latter coult
slip no further when the sEene shift
, ed slightly and an exhibition of buck
ing took place that have tlever seel
| excelled. Barrett was a aood ride
and held his own for awning, but tn
contest was unequal, aspahe saddl
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-18

Blankets

About 10 pairs Of splendid 5sc
Fleeced Cotton Blankets will be
placed on sale, while they 90
last, per pair .....: ..... QUO
Very large heavy ia size Fleeced
Eiderdown Blankets, the best $1.s5
grade, for our January CO.
Clearing Sale, per pair $50. CVC
All wool, very large and extra
heavy, California Blankets, the BEST i
$500 and $3.50 grades, just q little
soiled, choice for q ~
this sale per pair $500. 49, v
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
ANNA HELD LOSES
ENTIRE FORTUNE

Cleveland, Ohio. Oct, 24.-The
police of this city and well known
detective agency are working dill
gently to discover the whereabouts of
$4,000 worth of Jewels which Anna
Held, the actress, reported were
solen from her on a Pennsylvania
train while coming into Cleveland
Monday. The gems, said to include
many very elaborate and valuable
pieces, were stolen from Miss Held }
stateroom while she and her husband,
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr., We're temper
arily absent from it. The jewels were
in a hand satchel which also con-
tanned over $4,000 in money, and
papers, bank books, etc, which Miss
Held said she valued at 100000.
She gave a description of two men on
the train she said she suspected apd
the detective agency reported yester-
day having trace of one of them in
Baltimore. Miss Held says she be-
lieved she was followed by the men
from Baltimore to this city. The act
ress appears grief-stricken over her
loss and says that the satchel con-
tanned her entire fortune.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
BIG FIRE IN
KANSAS CITY

Kansas City, Oct. 25.-More than
dozen persons were injured and it is
believed that one or more lives lost in
a fire which destroyed the chamber of
commerce building, used as a store
and tenement building. in the River
view district, Kansas City. Kansas,
early this morning. The families OF
90 laborers, fully 200 persons, were
asleep when the fire started. pan
ic prevailed and many jummped from
the windows, while the fremen car
ried out about 80 people who were
unable to escape without their as
sistance. The french believe that
some of the. people in the building
failed to escape and that their bodies
will be discovered in the ruins when
an investigation can be made.
Twenty persons are missing and
several are believed to have persisted
The infant child of John Sparks is
known to have been burned to death
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
SURVIVOR SAW
79 MEN DROWN

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 23.-The Mallory
liner Colorado which arrived in port
yesterday had as passengers Joseph
Nelson. Charles Olson, Charles Ander-
son and Otto Brink, who were picked
up at sea Saturday morning, 80 miles
off Key West, Fla, in last weeks
storm, The four were found by
the Colorado's crew. standing on a
raft made out of six logs and were in
water waist deep at the time. Mel.
son said he and the other men were
on the house boat at Long Key, when
the hurricane struck them and blew
the boat to sea. 1t soon went TO
pieces and out of 125 people on board,
10 we're drowned right before his
eyes. The other AZ have since been
taken to Jacksonville, Fla. The men
have suffered terrible hardships They
say the loss of life was heavier OFF
Long Key than any other point. The
men were employed by the Florida
East Coast railway on their extern
sion work through the Florida
swamps from Miami to Key West
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
MORAN MAJ RIVAL BRYAN.
District Attorney of Boston Intimates
Presidential Aspirations.

Boston, Mass, Oct 24.-Distriet
Attorney John B. Moran, candidate
for governor on three nominations. is
Announcing that under certain con-
ditions he will be a candidate for the
presidency of the United States. He
said at a rally that in the event of
his election as governor this year
and his reelection next year he would
take his position alongside of Bryan
and Hearst as their aggressive COM
petitor. Mr. Moran said:
when you say that l am affiliated
with any man, Hearst or Bryan, you
state that which is not true. l care
nothing for any of them at the present
time.
Il take my chance among all OF
them and | tell you this definitely, II
am elected governor / will take my
| stand with the rest"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
DUMMY TRAIN FAILS
TO CATCH BANDIT
LAKE SHORE ROAD THREAT
ENED BY LETTER WRITER.
SAID He Would Blow Up Passenger
Train With Dynamite Unless
Given 5000.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Threatened by
an anonymous letter writer with the
blowing up of one of its trains, unless
it is paid over $4,000. the Lake Shore
road last night ran dummy train
filed with armed men out of Chicago
and at point in Indiana designated
by the bandit the train stopped, but
no one was found in the neighbor-
hood. As soon as the train slowed
up Superintendent Wilson, with a
score of United States deputy marsh
ais and detectives, leaped from the
coaches and began a man hant that
is still in progress. Two employees
of the Aetna Powder Works at Aetna,
Ind have been arrested. Their ar
rest was caused by the finding of a
bottle of nitroglycerine in their room
The bandit in his letter instructed
the railroad company to carry the
money to him on the limited express,
which leaves Chicago at 6:30 in the
evening.
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Demand for Circulation.
FARMERS MUST STICK.
Only by Cooperation Can They Control
Markets.

East St Louis, H., Oct. 25.-The feat.
ure OF yesterdays session of the first
annual convention of the American
Society of Equity, composed of farm
ers, was the address of NJ F. Sharp
of Narrows, Ky. He strongly urged
the farmers to perfect the organiza-
ton.
THE trusts and combines, which
are the agencies of the internal re-
gions, call us jays, hayseeds, rubes
and mossbacks, and say that even il
we do organize, we won't stick" he
said. Il tell you that when the or
ganization raises the price of it's
products it is the best sticking plaster
in the world. | know the farmers will
stick. Equity means a fair deal. All
manufacturing industries fix the
prices of their products and know
what price they are going to get for
them. The farmer, the backbone OF
the nation and the worlds greatest
producer, has been going on the the
DRY tat he will take whatever he can
get for his products. The society in
tends that the farmer shall take his
place with the worlds producers and
fix a profitable price for his products.
That can only be done by plan of
marketing products to control and
regulate market prices"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
TWO FATAL
COLLISIONS

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct 24.-ops
trainn:an was killed and three badly
injured in a collision between stock
trains on the James river division
of the Milwaukee railroad near Ips-
witch. The dead is Arthur Mayo, fire
man. The injured are Engineers
Lowell Johnson and F. Springer, and
Brakeman e NJ. Chamberlain. Much
stock was killed.
Danville. Ill.,, Oct. 24-The Big
-Four passenger train No. 3S side
swiped freight train at Breckwith,
three miles east of Danville, last
night, fatally injuring Engineer s. z.
Briggs and Fireman Edward Roberts
of indianapolis, and slightly inJur-
ing Conductor William Haymaker OF
indianapolis. All the injured were on
the passenger train.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31

Gates. Its Illinois Central holdings, it
is understood, now agg Fgate 94,730
shares. Hartman and his friends,
owning a twothirds interest in the
securities company, have controlled
the entire 94,73Q shares of Illinois Cen
trail held by the company. 1t is under
stood that Fish receives from Harri-
man payment for his interest in the
Railroad Securities company partly in
cash and partly in Illinois Central
stock, the amount of the latter deliv-
cred to MIN being something in ex-
cess of 5000 snares.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
WIDOWS NOT in LAND FRAUD.
First Prosecution Ends in Favor Of
Defense.

bEfCHSEs
Sioux City. Iowa, Oct. 24.-Judge
Garland, Of the United States court
yesterday on motion of the attorneys
for the defense directed a verdict for
the defendants in the first Of the al
legged land fraud cases to be tried In
the federal court of South Dakota, the
case being that of Thomas II. Ayers,
John L. Newell, Howard A. Binford
and John f. MCGUIRE of Pierre, who
were indicted on % counts for engag-
ing in a conspiracy TO defrald the
government of tracts of land situated
in western South Dakota The de-
PENDANTS procured 10 soldiers widows
from Minnesota to make entry of Is
different tracts of land which were
Immediately leased to cattle men.
Judge Garland held in substance that
at the time of the offense. alleged to
be committed July, 1903, rulings of
land department and federal laws auth.
orized soldiers widows T. he entry
OF public land without the necessity
of making settlement upon 1t, and
also authorized them to lease the land
even without seeing It
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
ROADS RULED
INVESTMENTS
PERMITTED OR FORBADE BUILD
ING OF ELEVATORS.
ACTS BEING INVESTIGATED
Interstate Commerce Commission Be-
gins Hearing in Omaha and Learns
interesting Details About Grain
Trade-No Pooling Agreements,
Says Manager of 90 Elevators.

Omaha, Oct. 25.-Interstate~ Com
merce Commissioners Clarke and
Lane began a hearing here yesterday
on matters connected with the grain
trade.
]. E. Won Dorm of the Cavers-yon
Dorm Elevator company, and the ].
E. Won Dorm Commission company OF
Council Bluffs, Iowa, testified that the
elevator company of which he is the
head. besides operating an elevator
at Council Bluffs, does business at
Underwood and Nicola, Iowa He
said that in 1904 his competit RS tried
to put him out of business because
he was paying more for grain for ex-
port than his competitors thought
was right, and he was boycotted By
his opponents. Commissioner Lane
interposed:
you think it is right for your firm
to boycott the small country dealers;
l suppose you had no complaint to
make because the big exporters boy.
cotted your"
The witness said it did not look
just that way to him at the time
Another important witness was j.
o. Phillippi, assistant general
freight agent of the Missouri Pacific
railway for this territory.
1t is the policy of this road, he
said, to discourage the establishment
of more than two elevators at a small
station. 1t is his business to make
recommendation on applications for
elevator sites and sidings and at sta
, tions where there are already ample
facilities for handling all the grain
produced he reports adversely.
conundrum Given Out.
Presenting that the railroad com.
pany is not in the grain business, "
, demanded Lane, what right have you
to say who shall invest his money in
the construction and operation Of ele-
vators and who shall not?'
After bordering this conundrum for
some minutes the witness gave it up
F. s. Cargill, manager of the trans
Mississippi Grain company, which
operates 62 elevators of the Missouri
Pacific, Northwestern and Illinois
Central, said there was no agreement
for the establishment of price, but
his agents were instructed to pay as
much for grain as competitors paid
and that he based the prices some
what on information received from
w. G. Case of Des Moines, although
he denied all knowledge of who Case
is O. what he represents. There
are no pooling agreements. he de
.clared but he admitted that at points
where there were two elevators he
expects to get half the business and
makes no effort to get more than
that
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
ROASTED ALIVE
IN EXPLOSION

Pittsburg, Kansas. Oct. 23.-Three
Austrian miners were killed and a
fourth probably injured yesterday by
TIE explosion Of powder in a mine
roar Mineral, 20 miles south Of Pitts
brig. The miners were getting shocs
ready for shot-frers and had several
open Jacks" Of powder, each contain
in u pounds. A spark from a lamp
IL the cap of one of the men fell into
an open keg, causing the explosion.
Sheets Of fame which swept down the
entry burned every man there. The
dead men we're literally roasted alive.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
GOODS" IN LEAPFRoe.
YOUNG -sdies Play Strenuous Game
IN Orrnsby Hall.

Appleton, Wis, Oct. 25-Four girls
are threatened with suspension from
Lawrence university as a result of a
rough house in Ormsby hall when
the precep,ress was away. Two
who are daughters of clergymen, in.
vited so young ladies' to a rousing
game Of lsapfrog in the reception
room.
The fun was fast and furious and
the matron, Miss Leion Wayne, at
tempted to put stop to it, but the
girls rushed her to the stairway in q
body and refused to stop their play
until they were painting Ter breath
Girls who had retired were pulled
from their beds and made to enter The
sport. President Plantz has the
case under consideration.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
5ELoIT COLLEGE AT PICNIC.
Entire Student Body With FaeuIt,
On An Outing.

Beloit, Wis, Oct. 24.-Beloit col
lege observe its first annual Big nil
day yesterday. Following an eastern
custom, the entire body OF students
and faculty went for an outing to
what is known as Big hill, four miles
from the city. A dinner was served
and plcnlc games followed. The OBJ
iect of the day is to promote greater
unity and democracy Of the college
elements.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF
MAN FOUND TIED IN SAC

Fort Smith, Ark, Oct. 25.-D. M
Twemley and wife, houseboat occu
pants, were arrested here yesterday
charged with being implicated in the
killing of & man found tied In a cot
ton sack at Pawpaw, /. r., a week
ago Twemley, it is said, has con
fessed, duplicating another man, but
denying that he had any hand in the
murder except being present. The
man accused is now residing al
Ealfal, l. T.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31

3H per cent. There will be an an
nual accounting, annual dividend pol
icy returning to the member at the
end of each year all over and above
the cost of carrying the risk ard the
expense of management All policies
under the new system viii become IN
contestable after three years. The
privilege is given policyholders in the
fourth class TO transfer into the new
fifth, taking the same amount without
taking a new medical examination.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
ST. PAUL 0kRSMEN
CHALLENGE BADGERS
WANT TO CONTEST FOR AN OLD
ScHLiTZ CUP.
Twin City Club Claims Title to Three
Quarters of Trophy Given
by Brewer.

st. Paul, Oct. 25.-The Minnesota
Boat club of St, Paul is preparing to
challenge the Wisconsin crew for a
race next spring More than ten
years ago Brewer Schlitz of Milwau-
.kee presented a $500 cup to be raced
for by the two crews and to go to
the winner of four races, The St.
Paul crew won three races, but the
badgers won the fourth and took the
trophy to Madison, where it has been
since. The local men now want to
finish the series. The club challenged
wisconsin last spring, but the Pough.
keepsie date made the race impossible
and now that Wisconsin may aban-
don Poughkeepsie the boat club will
try to get a contest either here or
Madison.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-10-31
FAST TRAIN slDE-swIPEo
BY FREIGHT cABoosE

Pitsburg, Pa, Oct 25.-Running
at so miles an hour, the fast train be
tween Cleveland and Pittsburg on the
Fort Wayne road, known as the Cleve-
land Flyer was side-swiped by the
caboose of a freight train, near Bells
station, five men being injured in the
wreck, all of whom will recover. A
score of passengers were cut by fy-
ing glass, but none was seriously
hurt.