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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
KNOX ON THE RATE BILL
Former Attorney General Makea
Speech In the Senate Defining His
Views on the Hepburn Measure, and
Discussing the Legality Of the Plan
Proposed.

Washington, D. G., March 2s.-Thak
the senate and house will reach a com
promise agreement on the statehood
Dill which will permit the people Of
Arizona and New Mexico to decide for
themselves the question OF their ad.
mission as one state seems the correct
conclusion from the present indica.
tions
The conferences met today and
while the session was devoted to minor
amendments, there were indications
that basis of agreemnet on the chief
question Is suggesting itself naturally.
Senate Wants information.
When the senate met today the reso,
luton presented yesterday by Senator
Illlman, calling upon the Interstate
commerce commission for information
relative to free transportation, In
Guiding tickets issued to newspapers
in pay for advertising, was passed
without opposition.
Knox on Rate Bill.
The railroad rate bill was then taken
up, and Senator Knox presented his
views.
Senator Knox said he agreed with
the senators who have centended that
the power to fix railroad tolls for
transportation is a legislative power
and that when the legislature has
laid down rule for the establi blishment
| of rates the application OF such rule
to specific casessis q matter OF al
ministratiop, 'sicn spw6F3ss dalegatec
i to mnassiS nudge, and cd q ,p5wsl
to investigate ssas reasonableness oi
!, The proposea rate and to fix a rate for
future observance is non-judicial
power which cannot be conferred upon
courts exercislsS the judicial power
Of the United sstates
Appropriation Bill as Before.
TheoAous4 -oday adopted special
rule reported by the committee on
rules which was introduced by Repre-
sentative Tawney yesterday, providing
for the elimination Of the points Of or
der against the legislative appropria-
tion bill and restoring the paragraphs
heretofore stricken out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
TESTIMONY ALL IN.

Criminal Assault Case Against George
Sammons VIII Go to Jury Today.
From Wednesdays Dairy.
The evidence in the case Of the state
Of Iowa VS.. George Sammons, charged
with criminal assault, is all in, and the
suit will so to the jury some time this
afternoon. The testimony Of the state
was finished this morning, while that
of the defense was all received short
ly after the opening of court this aft
ernoon. Following the closing argu-
ments of the attorneys in the case.
the jury will be instructed and go out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
THE DoueHERTY FUNERAL.
Last Sad Rites Over Aged War Vet
eran Occurs This Afternoon.

Last Sad Rites Over Aged War Vet
eran Occurs This Afternoon.
From Wednesdays Daily.
The funeral services over the late
Milton Thomas Dougherty, who passed
away early yesterday morning, were
held this afternoon at Q o'clock from
the residence OF his daughter, Mrs. r.
A. Logan, 9O7 Locust street. Rev. q.
J.. Shook pastor Of the Willard Street
Methodist Episcopal church, preached
the funeral services. Tuttle Post No.
497, G. A. r., of which Mr.. Dougherty
was member, had charge Of the ser.
vices, and attended the funeral IN .
body. The remains were placed In
the vault at the Ottumwa cemetery,
awaiting final burial in the McIntira
cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
JAPAN 70 OWN RAILROADS.

RepresentatIves Accept the Bill as
Amended by House of Peers.
Toxic, March 28-The bill for the
naturalization of Japanese railways,
as amended by the house of peers, was
again presented in the house Of repre-.
sentatiyes yesterday afternoon. After
strong opposition the house adopted
the bill as amende& The amendments,
however, do notfs 5hange the compul.
sorry nature Of t1 bill.
The present session Of the diet
closed yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY.
West Point Saloon-keeper Fined 5000
In keokuk Court.

Keokuk, March 28.--The West Point
saloon cases were revived in court cir
cles by the case of H. F. Krueger vs.
Il. G. Budke, charging that the defend
ant has been violating an injunction
issued by the court with reference to
running his saloon. Judge Bank heard
the case, and the defendant pleaded
guilty and was fined 5000. In case the
fine is not paid within sixty days, the
defendant will be imprisoned in the
county jail not exceeding one day for
each So 1-3 Of the fine
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME
HAS J. p. MoReAN's PARTNER
ARRESTED.
MORE TROUBLE COMING
Jerome Holds Conference Which May
Result In the Arrest Of Another
Prominent Life Insurance oHiclal-
Perkins Secures Postponement.

New York, March 2S.-George W.
Perkins, formerly vice president Of
the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, was today arrested on war
rant charging grand larceny in the
first degree. The warrant was issued
by Magistrate Moss Before he was
arraigned Perkins counsel applied to
Justice Greenbaum in the supreme
court for a writ OF habeas corpus
directing the production of Perkins
before Justice Greenbaum. The writ
was granted.
Out OF Magistrates Hand.
This proceeding takes the case from
the Jurisdiction Of a magistrate and
carries it directly to the supreme court,
which, however, Is not the highest
court In the state, there being an
appellate division and court of ap-
peals still higher, to which the case
might be appealed.
Moss Still Waiting.
Perkins was arrested by detective
from the Office of the district attorney.
When Moss adjourned court at noon
he said he was waiting for Perkins
to be brought to him. In the petition
for the writ of habeas corpus Perkins
declared he is imprisoned and re-
stained of his liberty" by the detec-
tive and that he is not committed by
the judgment of any tribunal.
Moro Trouble In. store.
District Attorney Jerome held a
conference today with Magistrate
Moss and Justice Bowling Of the
supreme court, at which 1t was re-
ported that the district attorney Sc
cured either a warrant for the arrest
Oh prominent official of one of the
big life insurance companies or a sum
mons for him to appear ina John Doe
proceedings. The action is based or
evidence showing political .contribu
tions by officers Of the life insurance
companies.
Case Is Postponed.
When Perkins appeared before 5Jus
tice Greenbaum his counsel asked
leave to demur to the writ that the
argument be postponed. Greenbaum
agreed and the argument upon the writ
was postponed until next Friday.
Prominent Men In Net?
In his argument before Justice
Greenbaum on the writ of habeas cor
pus, Delaf1eld, counsel for Perkins, de
clared that the bylaws Of the New
York Life Insurance company permit
ted President Mccall to make the po
litical contribution alleged and that he
submitted it to the finance committee
Of the company, which approved Of it
III any offense has been committed
by Perkins," said Delafleld, then the
honored names Of the men who com
posed that committee are equally in
volved with that Of my client" Per
kins was paroled In the custody Of hil
counsel.
Elections Postponed.
Albany, N. Y, March 2s.-The in
surance bill, postponing the mutual in
surance elections until November Is
passed the senate unanimously today
Mutual Officials Resign.
| New York, March 2S.-vice Presi
dents Robert A. Granniss and Waite
R. Gillette and Trustee Elbridge T
Gerry Of the Mutual Life Insuranc,
company, rendered their resignation,
at meeting Of the board OF trustee'
today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
MANNING IN WASHINGTON.

ottumwa Man is Guest Of Senator Dol
liver at the National Capital.
Washington, D. c., March 2S.-(Spe-
ciaI Hon. Calvin Manning of Ottum-
wa is in Washington on visit. He is
the guest of Senator j. P. Dolliver.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
MINERS STAND Flp1 ~! nnn u.
AN INCREASE in WAGES
DUKE GETS DIVORCE.

Tobacco Manufacturer Is Freed From
Unwelcome Marriage Bonds.
s... *.sss. sssss = =
New York, March 2s.-Brodie L. =
Duke, Of Durham, N. c., a relative y
Of the president Of the American =
' Tobacco company, was today "
granted a divorce from his wife, =
Alice Webb Duke, whom he mar y
rled in December, 1904. =
= . I .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
wITTE GETS WARNING.

Russian Premier Is Threatened VIII,
Assassination II He Remains.
st. Petersburg, March 28.-Premier
Witte yesterday received a warning
that unless he leaves the government
in week he would be killed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
SEPARATION CAUSES MURDER.
Brazil, Ind, Man Shoots and Kills
Himself and Wife.

F1ImseH and Wtfe. "a
Brazil. Ind, March 2S.-Thomas
Douglass, a Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railway freight conductor. shot and In.
stantly killed his wife yesterday and
then turned the weapon on himself,
sending bullet through his heart, dy-
ing instantly. They had been separ.
ated for three weeks.
The couple had been married sixteen
years and were the parents of -four
children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
JoHNsToWN, SCENE OF GREAT
FLOOD, is VISITED
BY FIRE
Loss NEAR $1,ooo,ooo
Business PortloiI Of Unfortunate City
Is Almost Entirely Destroyed-Wa-
terIoo and Cedar Falls Are Flooded
and the Cedar River is on Rampage.

Johnstown, Pa, March, %. - For
three hours early today Johnstown's
business section WIS threatened with
destruction by fire, which was only
placed under control after 1t had
burned itself II practically out and
caused loss estimated at 100000. Fire
man William Campbell was caught
under falling walls and killed. Among
the heaviest losers are:
The Swank Hardware company.
Fisher & Co., wholesale liquors.
The Henderson Furniture company.
The Bernard Nees Hardware COM
pany.
The Johnstown Daily News Co.
Waterloo Is Flooded.
Waterloo, March 2s.-:(SpeciaD-
The Cedar river here was the highest
in the history of Waterloo last night.
Several hundred feet of Rock Island
track and 400 feet of the track Of the
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
railroad at Sans Souci park were car
ried out. Hundreds Of people living
on the low land were rescued by boat.
men. The loss will be $4,000, shared
by the railroad companies and the
manufacturers whose plants were
flooded.
At 3:15 o'clock this morning the le
wee broke, Immediately flooding the
entire west side. This includes the
Westfield manufacturing district, In
which ten factories, employing in all
about 500 men, are located. The Marsh
separator factory, employing 600 men
is also inundated.
The places in Westfeld which are
flooded are as follows:
Waterloo Thrashing Machine com
pany.
Kent Manufacturing company.
Headford Bros, foundry.
LinfOrd Bros, foundry.
Waterloo Motor Works.
Waterloo Cast Iron company.
Waterloo Carriage company.
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Power
House.
Waterloo Creamery company.
Iowa Dairy Separator works.
Globe Box factory.
Artificial Ice company.
In East Waterloo the Litchfield fac
tory is inundated. The Waterloo wa
ter works company for the first time
in the history of the town Is under wa
ter and there is much fear that no fire
protection can be had for some time.
In the downtown district the Y. M
G. A. building is partially flooded, ant
the $1,000 gymnasium fixtures have
been destroyed.
Hundreds of Families Homeless.
Waterloo, March -(Associated
Press)-The high water in the Cedar
river early today broke the west
levee and flooded the business districts
of Waterloo. Hundreds Of families
were rendered homeless. All railroads
are tied up. Cedar Falls reports {
similar disaster and 200 families
homeless. The water is now at {
standstill and the danger for the
present is believed to be over.
Wreck on Santa Fe.
Ash Fork, Arizona, March 2s.-The
California limited, westbound, ant
the Atlantic express east bound, OF
the Santa Fe railway met in a heae
end collision at Cosnine, near Flag
staff, last evening. No one was killed
or seriously injured. Several of the
passengers were slightly bruised. The
engineer of the eastbound express as
serts that his air brakes failed tt
work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
COMPROMISE PLAN FOR
THE STATEHOOD MUDDLE
sHERRlck LOSES OUT.

Former Indiana Auditor Is Denied a
New Trial on EmbezzIement Charge.
So .sssss .ssss :
: indianapolis. Ind, March 2s.-
Judge Mccullough today denied :
motion for new trial In the case :
OF David e. sherrick, former state
auditor, convicted OF embezzlement I
Of state funds. 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
ELECTIONS POSTPONED.

ity Is Now Impossible.
Budapest, March 2S.-It is under
stood that at yesterdays conferences
at Vienna between Emperor Francis
Joseph and the Hungarian cabinet
ministers it was decided to postpone
elections for a few months when the
government hopes to be able to obtain
a majority.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
PATTIsoN is BETTER.

Ohio Governor Continues to Improve,
Says Latest Bulletin.
Columbus, o., March 2S.-Governor
Pattison today continues his improve
ment of the past forty-eight hours.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
TO FORGET ENMlTY.
Representatives Of the Blue and the
Gray Armies Hold Meeting.

Atlanta, Ga, March 2s.-The third
meeting of the various state organiza-
tions Of the Blue and the Gray CON
yened here today. The keynote OF the
session was the formation of national
organization.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
Many Will Lose Jobs.

Joe Miller, legislative agent for the
breweries, is authority for the state
ment that between 10000 and $4,000
people will lose their jobs by the clos
ing Of the saloons.
Mr.. Aiken, author Of the bill, is an.
thority for the statement that s. .nlD
saloons will close
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-29
HAVE NO JOBS
THOUSANDS OF OHIO BARrEND-
ERs MADE IDLE BY
NEW LAW

Columbus, Ohio. March 2s-Be.
tween 10000 and $4,000 men will be
thrown out of employment by the en-.
forcement of the Aiken 81 900 liquor
tax law, just passed Five thousand
proprietors Of saloons that will close
and $500 bartenders will be made idle.
Bakers and brewery employees will al.
SO suffer 1t is estimated that a gain
in the states revenue Of $3,45o,000 will
be realized.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22
WAYNE C0UNTY'S
YIELD OF WHEAT
Estimate of Acreage Placed at
26,641 for the Present
season.
IA GAIN OVER LAST YEAR
CROP IN EVERY PART OF INDl.
ANA WILL BE LARGER THAN
ANTICIPATED is is BELIEVED.
PERCENTAGE OF GAIN.
A GAIN OVER LAST YEAR

Wayne County's wheat crop this
season will be large, the approximate
acreage being 26,500 according to the
estimate of the State statistician, and
the yield may reach 100000 bushels
A conservative estimate OF the
wheat yield for Indiana this year
based on the present outlook, both
from the standpoint of development
and the acreage shown, is that the
yield will be more than 100000 bu
shells. The acreage this year Is larger
than that of last year, but the pros
poets for the yield are not as good
Last year Indiana raised 29,809,521
bushels.
Indiana had the lowest acreage OF
wheat in 1906 that it has had in many
years, but the yield was the most
bountiful in ten years, being 1913
bushels an acre. This year, however
the farmers have followed the. usual
Indiana custom of following the large
yield with increased acreage.
The state statistician has selected
twenty counties geographically distri
buted over the state and in these
twenty counties has compared the &C
reage in 1905 and 1906.
Followingfis the wheat acreage fol
1905 and 1906, and the percentage Of
gain.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22
in LOVE With TEXAS.
WALTER JONES' TRIBUTE
Former Richmond Boy Tells of the
Beauties and Wonders of the Lone
Star State.

Walter E. Jones, formerly of Rich
mond. now resident of Waco. Tex,
writes to the Palladium of the beaut-
les and wonders of the lone star State
This is the way Walter tells of it:
Texas is a whopper. She is a
peach. She's the widest, broadcast and
longest country on earth, extending
from east to west and also from north
to south. She could put Rhode Is
land in her vest pocket. She could
swallow three or four states like
Maryland and wash 'em down by
drinking the Mississippi dry, and
could digest 'em without even having
the colic. Texas is the empire State
of the Union without any Kaiser
Bill for an Emperor. She's the chief
est among 10000 and altogether lively,
wild, reckless. She's the pebble on
the beach. She's one of the old blue
hens chickens. She's the cock of the
walk and the democrat of the world.
She's a wolfe, and it's her day to
howl. Texas is bounded on the east
by the alligators of Louisiana and
huckelberry thickets of Arkansas.
She is bounded on the north by the
tomahawk and the war ,whoop of the
red man. She is bounded on the west
by the chilli con carne of New Next
co and the hot tamales of Old Mexico.
She is bounded on the south by the
Gulf of Mexico and if it wasn't for
that measly body of salty water she
would extend beyond the South Pole.
Ac cold in tho Sha GINNING TeyaS is
whopper; she is Jim Dandy, but
with all this said, She can't come up
to that glorious State of Indiana"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22
TERMED A HERO
FOR SACRIFICE
Heretofore Unknown Facts
About the Muth AbduC-
ton Case.
STRATEGY OF A FATHER
CHOOSE TEMPORARY DISGRACE
AND CRITICISM IN HIS WORK
TO FIND THE ABDUcToR OF HIS
BOY.
Publishers Press1


Philadelphia, Pa, June 21.-Mrs.
Charles Muth, mother of little Fred
Muth, for whose abduction Joseph
Kean was sentenced to twenty years
in prison yesterday, is now nearly as
weak from joy as she was from fear
that her boy was to be poisoned
AS the people begin to realize the
great sacrifice Mr.. Muth made to re-
cover his boy he is becoming more
and more hero. Many who were in
favor of horsewhipping him for allow
ing the newspapers or rather having
them print a bogus story so as to
throw the kidnaper off his guard are
now warmer in their praise than they
were severe in their denunciation
This city was taken by the ears
when the press announced that Mr.
Muth was the kidnaper of his own boy
They did not realize that he was
grasping at last straw; that another
message had come from the abductor
saying he was going to poison the
boy at once unless the police were
called off. 1t was then Muth told the
chief of detectives to have the news
papers make him out any sort of vii
lain; say there was woman in the
case, or anything they pleased so long
as he got his boy. And we'll did the
scheme work. Once he thought he
was no longer suspected and that the
police were searching for another
man, as the papers stated, Kean EN-
erged only to be captured, and his
youthful captive was soon at liberty
This is why the people of Philadelphia
refer to Muth as their hero.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22
A NEW HOOSIER FIGHTER
Earl Lee, a Husky Lad From Fair
mount Is To Enter Pugilistic
Arena.

Fairmount,yInd., June 81. (Spl.)-
Earl Lee, the Paramount boy who is
scheduled to meet kid" Munger, the
Matthews pug, at that place Saturday
night, is husky youngster, who has
long been anxious to break into the
squared circle, having been a devotee
of the game for two or three years.
He has received instructions in boxing
from some very proficient amateurs,
and his friends say he will make a
good showing. He has had several
matches booked with gas belt celebri-
ties, but for some reason the other
fellows failed to show up when time
was called. Lee is about 20 years old.
1t is likely that a large number of
Paramount people will be on hand to
see him make his debut.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22
The Indiana Underwriters will
Soon Add to Present
Schedule.
RICHMOND NOT NOTIFIED
PROBABLE, HOWEVER, THAT OR.
DER WILL BE ISSUED AT AN
EARLY DATE FRISCO FIRE
THE CAUSE.

Fire insurance rates in Indiana
cities will likely be raised by the I'M
derwriters from 20 to so per cent
The raise does not include residences,
but is effective on business buildings,
factories and certain mercantile
stocks. Mercantile stocks have been
raised in some cases 20 per cent.
Sawmills and other bad risks are
also included in the new schedule. AS
the result of a recent meeting of the
underwriters in New York, following
the San Francisco disaster, it was
decided to raise the rates all over
the country. The cause for this ac-
ton on the part of the underwriters
is said to be the great fires which
have ragged in the country during the
past year, eliminating in the San
Francisco earthquake and fire.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22

Governor Harris of Ohio is exempli-
flying the simple life. Whensthe mes
sage reached Eaton that Governor
Pattison was dead and that General
Harris by reason thereof became the
executive of the commonwealth, the
veteran was found at his farm attired
in .overalls. assisting to lay the foun-
dation of the barn. He left his work,
went to Columbus the next day. re-
turned to Eaton that night and spent
Wednesday on the barn foundation.
Yesterday he attended the funeral of
Governor Pattison and today probably
will be on the barn again. He does
not intend to let the governorship
bother him until that barn is com.
pleted.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-22
No Action Here Vet.

Richmond board. said to the Palladium
yesterday that he had not received
any Official notice that the rates in
Richmond will be raised, but on GER
tain classes of risks he believes there
will be changes from the present sche-
dule.
Lafayette is one of the Indiana
cities in which notification has been
received to increase the rates and it
is likely that the order soon will be
promulgated prom in other parts p the