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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
FATAL WRECK
HEAD.oN COLLISION ON ILLINOIS
RAILROAD CAUSES THREE
DEATHS

Peoria, Ill, Jan. 29.-In a head.on
collision between passenger train
and freight train near Edelstein this
morning three men were killed and
another was fatally injured. The ex.
press car ard It's contents were burn
ed and much damage was done to the
train property.
The wreck happened on a steep
grade, on the Santa Fs railroad about
one mile east of Edelstein. An east
bound passenger train was running
down hill at high rate of speed when
on curve, 1t crashed into double
header, west-bound freight. The dead
are:
JAMES SHEA, of Chicago, engineer
of the passenger train.
GEO. GOGGINS, of Chicago, fireman
of the freight
HoKUL, Of Chillicothe, Mo.
brakeman.
One express messenger named Mock
Ter, of Fort Madison, Iowa, had one
leg torn off and sustained other fatal
injuries. None Of the passengers was
injured.
Collision on Big Four.
Louisville, KY, Jan. 2s.-In a head
on collision during a dense fog be
tween two passenger trains on the Biz
Four railroad near Nabb, Ind, this
morning, three employees were severe
ly injured and several passengers were
shaken up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
ALL ARE HELD
DEMuRRERs OF BEAVERS, GREEN
AND DoREMus ARE OVER
RULED BY JUDGE

Washington, D. c., Jan. 2s-Justice
Gould today overruled the demurrers
of George w. Beavers to indictments
charging him with conspiring with for
mer State Senator George q. Green Of
Binghamton, N. ", and w. D. Doremus,
to defraud the government in connec-
ton with the furnishing Of postoffice
supplies and also to the indictments
against Beavers individually charging
him with bribery.
Green and Doremus Held.
Justice Gould also overruled the
pleas in abatement of Green and Dore-
mus to the indictments charging them
with conspiring in connection with
Beavers to defraud the government in
furnishing postoffice supplies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
.ELDON WILL
BE A CITY
THREE WARDS WILL BE EsTAR.
LIsHED AND CORPORATION j
CHANGED

Eldoq, Jan. 19.-(Specia1) AS soon
as the necessary legal steps can be
taken Eldon will be a full fedged city
Of the second-class and will have three
wards, a council with two aldermen
from each ward. a city solicitor eledt-
ed by the voters and a city clerk choss
EN- by the council. Authority has been
received by Mayor Brownfield from
Governor Cummins and official publi-
cation of the notice will be made this
week.
Eldon is now Incorporated under the
laws of Iowa simply as town. It's
affairs have been managed by the
mayor and a city council elected from
the town at large. Now, the people
think, there are enough citizens and
enough public and private interests In
Eldon to permit of it's re-incorporation
as city of the second class Accord
ingly, the preliminary arrangements
have been made by the officials and,
at the coming March election, the city
officials will be elected in the sama
manner as they are In other cities.
There will be three wards and two
members of the council from each.
The city, solicitor will be elected and
the clerk will be named by the coun-
Gil. This plan meets with the approy-
al Of the people of Eldon, some Yof
whom claim that in the past the pres
ent plan has proved unsatisfactory be-
cause in some years the entire coun-
Gil has been made up Of men chosen
from one or the other neighborhood,
and those not represented have had
a hard time getting the benefits they
should have. j
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Continued on Page 81
ASK INQUIRY
LUCAS COUNTY DEMANDS INvEs-
TIGATIoN OF AFFAIRS OF
FORMER CLERK

ri
Charlton, Jan. 20 Especial. y
Judge Robert Sloan has ordered an
investigation by the Lucas county
grand jury of the accounts of 3. s..
Wells while he was clerk of the Lucas
county district courts. Judge Sloan
took this action in response to peti
tion signedNby about twenty-five Char
iton voters, and appointed w. B. Bar
ger as special prosecutor to conduct
the examination before the grand jury
The appointment of Mr.. Barger was
necessary owing to the fact that Mr.
Wells is now county attorney. The
present case is the outgrowth of that
Of Former Deputy Clerk Hanlin, who
was convicted of making false entries
while serving as deputy under Mr..
Wells.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
II ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Washington Bureau Of the Courier.

:
!; Washington, D. c., Jan. 20.
The railroad rate question is the
topic Of conversation in congressional
circles, now that the statehood propo.
ssition is off the hooks, and the Hep
burn-Dolliyer" bill is in everybody's
mouth.
That any bill that might be reported
<by the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce, Of which Col
ohel Hepburn is chairman, would pass
the house has admitted Of no doubt
from the beginning, but the unani.
nous agreement Of the committee
upon the Hepburn bill and the further
agreement among the members, In.
cluding the six democrats, that amend
ments should be discouraged and op
posed from every quarter-al
though amendments will not be bar
red-has served to give the bill a tire
mendous prestige and impetus,
A Great Victory.
When it Is considered that politics
partisanship, personal vanity, the va
rying opinions and diversified ideas Of
eighteen able men had to be taken
into account, and hundred internal
and external. conditions all having q
bearing on the case reckoned with II
is considered little short Of miracle
that Colonel Hepburn has been able
| to SO handle the proposition as tc
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fWZMA w yncisll islli6fg. sllifg

Sherfn Crerner and Deputy Stephena
arrived In Eldon from Ottumw wa soon
after the shooting and quickly got OH
Ger Grow out Of town. Deputy Sheriff
stephens drove to the Ottumwa hos
pital with Crow, leaving Eldon, while
there was talk of lynching the officer.
RusselFs friends believed that the
shooting was uncalled for and there
We're many threats of speedy yen-
geance which would probably have
been borne out during the night had
not Crow been taken away before any
organized effort could be made.
Result of Old Feud.
The shooting Of Saturday night was
development in feud of long-stand-
ing between RED" Russells gang and
Night Policeman Grow. Russell has
long held reputation as the "bad
man" OF Eldon, and whenever there
has been trouble in town 1t has been
safe to surmise that he had part in
II. He considered every officer Of the
law natural nemy and Night Police
man Crow has had more than his
share OF trouble with the Russell
gang" Some three or four weeks ago
farmer was beaten into insensibility
by the ruffians in a dark alley here and
because he resemb1ed Grow In appear
ance the policeman thought the gang
had tried to accomplish his murder.
When an investigation of the assault
was attempted nothing could be learn
ed, for the clan of "Red'' has always
been well provided with alibis and
proofs of entire innocence.
"Red's" Saturday Nights.
For years, Eldon has regarded "Red'
Russell ns bully" and he has de-
served the title. Tales Of the wild
west are full Of dad men," but Red
was the equal Of any Of these In cour-
age and resourcefulness. Like them.
too, he had strong desire for liquor.
and 1t was when partially intoxicated
that he shone at his worst. Saturday
night has been his chosen time for as
serting his ownership of Eldon. Time
and again he has frightened women
and the more timid men into the
stores and off the main street. A loud.
piercing yell would be his only warn.
ing and 1t was generally followed by a
demonstration that on the frontier
would be called painting the town
lred.
Saturday evening Red. who had
been keeping unusually quiet for sew
eral weeks, made his appearance in
public and at his first trip up and down
the main street the news Of his return
began to spread Women sought pro-
lection in the stores and Mayor Brown.
field, sitting in his office, and hear
! ing Reds" clarion cry, began to
make preparations for his arrest. He
! ltelephoned to the home Of Night Po-
liceman Crow. to instruct him to come
to the mayors Office, but Crow had
left home before the message arrived.
The city marshal, John Hull, was in
Ottumwa on business and Mayor
Brownfeld's intention was to deputize
a man to assist Grow in arresting Rus.
sell.
The Shooting Of Russell.
Officer Grow learned of Reds" &C.
tions as soon as he arrived down town
and started out single handed. Russell
in the meantime had gone to the sa-
loon of Thompson & Quigley, located
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THREE MEN WOUNDED in
PISTOL DUEL AT ELDON
KILLED BY a TRAIN.

Louisville Doctor and His Wife Are
Run Down While Crossing Tracks.
So .s...4.
Louisville, Ky, Jan. 2s.-Dr.and y
Mrs. J. II. Dye, Of Louisville, were Y
= struck and instantly killed by '
' passenger train on the Southern y
: railway this morning at BuechaI =
: station. The doctor and his wife !
= were In an automobile, and owing .
to the heavy fog, did not see the =
y train when they attempted to =
cross the track.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
KING IS DEAD
CHRISTIAN OF DENMARK PASSES
AWAY AT coPEN-
HAGEN

Copenhagen, Jan. 20. - King Chris.
tian Of Denmark died at $3.50 O'Clock
this afternoon. He had been seriously
i'll but a short time.
The king passed away quietly, sur
rounded by the crown prince and
crown princess and their children and
the dowager empress Of Russia. The
news of his majesty's death spread
with great rapidity and signs of the
greatest grief are to be seen every.
where.
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BRAVERY PREVENTS MURDER.
Danish Minister Of Justice conquers
WouId-Be Assassin,

Copenhagen, Jan 20. An attempt
to shoot M Alberti. minister Of justice
was today frustrated by the bravery
of the minister. who grappled with his
assailant and wrested revolver from
him before 1t could be discharged. The
minister's assailant was promptly ar
rested. He was formerly an insurance
agent and is named, Boye He was
sentenced to term Of Imprisonment
for burglary In spite of his protests
that he was innocent
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IREDISTRlCTINC OF IOWA
SEEMS VERY PROBABLE
STOCK SHOW AT DENVER.
Hundreds Of Men Are In Attendance
at Big Meeting.

q a&** s* = :
= Denver, Jan. 2e.-Hundreds Of
= stockmen have come to Denver to
attend the Western Live Stock
= and the meetings to be held here
= this week. The livestock show,
which is to be made an annual
event, opened this afternoon with
sse entries, more than 100 car.
= loads Of fine stock being exhibited.
i = AA *AA i sss
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supreme court of the United
States today issued an order for a
stay Of mandate until March in,
the case Of James B. Howard, un-
der sentence in Kentucky to life
n imprisonment on the charge of
completely In the murder Of Gov
ernor Goebel.
indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 29.-Mayor
Bookwalter admitted Sunday that an
attempt had been made to bribe him
to permit the kidnapping Of W.; s. Tay-
lor, former governor Of Kentucky. who
is wanted in the state for alleged COM
plicfty in the murder Of William Goe-
bel. Twenty-Five thousand dollars was
the price offered IL he would instruct
the chief Of police Of Indianapolis to
permit Taylor to be seized and hurried
back to Kentucky before the state Off
GERS Of Indiana could interfere.
1t was during Mr.. Bookwalter's first
term as mayor that the offer OF. the big
bribe was made. The mayor received
an invitation to visit Cincinnati from q
personal friend. He accepted the invi-
tation, and shortly after meeting his
friend at hotel in Cincinnati Colonel
Tom" Campbell, a noted lawyer, who
was identified with the unsuccessful
attempt to extradite Taylor, was intro
duced to Mr. Bookwalter. He thought
nothing Of this, but when Colonel
Campbell appeared at the mutual
friends house for dinner that even
ing 1t set the mayor to wondering.
Offer Made In Secret.
Mr.. Bookwalter had been accom-
panied by Samuel P. Stoddard a per
fsonal friend, and at that time chief
| of the city's assessment bureau, After
dinner the three guests and the host
were sitting in the smoking room Of
the home, when Colonel Campbell sug
gested that he would like few words
with Mr.. Bookwalter alone. To this
Mr.. Bookwalter demurred, but on Col
Campbell persisting In the request the
hoo and Mr.. Stoddard withdrew.
Colonel Campbell then wasted nc
words. He Immediately explained that
| 1T was known Of course, that he was
more than anxious to have Mr.. Tay
lor returned to Kentucky for trial, and
he declared that fund Of 100000 had
been raised to accomplish this pur
pose. He suggested that few words
from Mayor Brookwalter to his chie1
OF police would make it possible fol
the Kentuckians to go to Indianapolis
forcibly get possession Of Taylor and
be off to Kentucky before any one
would know of 1t.
Mayor Bookwalter was surprised al
the sudden turn the affair had taker
and assured Colonel Campbell that hi
was talking to the wrong man, as II
was the Governor Of Indiana alone who
could permit Taylor to be taken away
Willing to Pay High.
NO" responded Campbell, ''yor
are the man we want to talk to, and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
WAR COSTS s5s5,ooo,ooo.

Japan Issues Official Report on Con-
fIict With Russia.
Toxic, Jan. 29.-An official report
submitted to the diet shows that the
actual outlay for the war from the be-
ginning of hostilities to their end in
September last was for the army
$495, ,00O, 600 and for the navy $90,000,-
900, total of $585 100000. o.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
THE SENATE, coURIER's coRRE-
sPoNDENT SAYS, WILL FOLLOW
EXAMPLE OF THE HOUSE
HEPBURN'S BIG VICTORY
Old Politicians Like Speaker Cannon
Are Surprised by the Unanimous
Approval by the Lower House of tho
Iowan's Situation in the SEN
ate.

Washington, D. G.. Jan.
29.-The house statehood
bill was reported favorably
to the senate today by Beveridge,
chairman of the committee on ter
ritories. Senator Patterson, from
the territories committee, gave no.
tice that there would be minor
ity report.
On meeting today the house au.
thorized Its elections committee to
take testimony regarding the
charge that Anthony Michalek,
elected to congress from Illinois,
his not a citizen of the United
Estates. It also passed three bills
/ extending the time for construct
ing bridges.
The house today adopted res
olution asking for information re-
garding an alleged railroad COM
bination between the Pennsylvania
Norfolk & Western, the Baltimore
\ & Ohio, the Philadelphia, Balti-
more & Washington Northern Cen
fral and the Chesapeake & Ohio
4 Railway Co.
A resolution by Senator Till
man, asking the committee on i'm
migration to investigate the facts
regarding the Chinese boycott on
American goods was laid before
the senate today. A preamble
which alleged that WI Ting Fang,
former Chinese minister to the
United States, had been leader
in the movement, was objected to
by Senators Teller, Lodge and
Warren. The latter said Wu-Ting
Fang, had explicitly denied the
charge in conversation with the.
b senator when he was in China
sMylast summer.
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committed On the question way last

committed On the question way last
summer.
1t is believed that there is, no agree
ment between the democrats and Jae
stand patters. It is true that the ESem-
ocrats are almost all against the pri-
mary bill But they always have
been, lon the theory that it would de-
stroy ,their party utterly, in1this state.
ASd the impression grows that there
is M necessity for any deal Of this
kir 70 defeat the primary bill; for the
pm oect for 1t is rather remote, in the
re- Il. lent of wise observers.
Fhe@r Leon Brown.
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EIGHT YEARS FOR CRIME.
Former Cashier Of Indiana Bank Goes
to Prison for EmbezzIement.

indianapolis, Jan. 20. Gustave A.
Gonzman, former cashier of the vigo
County National bank of Terre Haute,
was today sentenced to eight years in
the federal prison at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kan, on his plea of guilty to a charge
of embezzlement
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
LACEY WILL SPEAK.
Iowa Congressman Will Deliver Ad.

dress at Boston.
Washington, D. G., Jan. -(spe-
ciaD Congressman John F. Lacey has
accepted the invitation OF the Home
Market club Of Boston to deliver an ad-
dress February s. 1t Is probable that
his theme will be prove Ali Things
and Hold Fast to That Which is
Good"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30

TELL OF A MEETING
Witness In "Reef Trust Case" at Chi.
cago Says Commissioners OF corpo-
rations Made Packers Specific Prom.
ises That They Would Be Protected
by the Government.

Chicago, Jan. 29.-All efforts by the
attorneys in the packers case to reach
agreements upon the facts at issue
having failed, the case was resumed
today and the taking Of evidence COM
menced. The first witness was Louis
G. Krauthoff of New York, formerly
general counsel for Armour s. Co. He
was placed on the stand to narrate his
interview with Commission of Corpor-
ations Garfield in Chicago on April 10
last. when, the packers allege, Garfield
said certain things the import of which
was that IL he received the informa-
ton for which he asked, the packers
should never be prosecuted criminal
I ly.
Tells Of Meeting With Garfield.
Krauthoff testified that he had ad-
vised his clients as to the powers of
the commissioner to compel testimony
under the Martin resolution and said
he told them to comply with Garfeld's 8
requirements Krauthoff related at
length the details Of a meeting with
Garfield at which the latter explained
the kind OF information he was seek.
| ing and how he intended to obtain It
Says He Was Reassured.
Il asked him. said Kraithoff
whether we were to be prosecuted in
case we had had dishonest special
agents. He assured me on this and
| said that we were protected by the
law, the source Of his information be
ing secret. I asked him about some
of this information getting to the
newspapers and even to the depart
ment Of justice. He told me to have
no apprehension on that subject.
then asked what the President Of ths
4 United States wished to make Of ths
information. He answered with EN-
phasis that, of course, the President
of a great nation would not allow any
thing to happen to which anyone could
1 take exception. He further said thai
where figures and data came from un
questionable sources an oath was moi
necessary, but IL anything came UP II
regard to the oath he would let us
4 know"
On his assurance that all informa
tion would be kept inviolate in the bu
reau OF corporations said would ad
wise my clients to do as he asked He
said that he intended to make his re
port SO accurate in detail that there
would be no question regarding it, ane
for that reason he wanted to look into
the books and still reserve the righ
Of oath.
Krauthoff. declared that, acting OF
the statements OF Garfield, he had ad
vised Swift & Co., Nelson Morris
Co., and Armour & Co., to submit theil
books to investigation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
RUSSIANS ARE MURDERED.

Two Prominent Land Owners In cour
land Killed BY RevoIutionists.
q +&s +*s*. ssA 4
Tekum, Jan. go. Count Fred
eric Lamsdorff and Baron Roenne, !
= two Of the most prominent land
owners Of this district, were at
tackled yesterday while out driv- !
ing by band Of revolutionists !
and were murdered. Lamsdorff is !
not the foreign minister.
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FINED
CHICAGO PRINTERS ARE FOUND
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
OF COURT

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 20. President
Edwin e. Wright, of Typographical
union No. 16, was today fined $10O by
Judge Holdom of the superior court
and sentenced to thirty days in jail
for contempt of court. Edward Bes
sette a member of the union was fined
$50 and sentenced to thirty days in
jail and the union itself was fined 81,
600. The charge against the union
and its members was that they were
enjoined from interfering in any man
ner with the operation of printing es
Establishments operated by members OF
the Chicago Typothetae.
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OBSERVE "cARNATIoN DAY..

Admirers Of Late President Mckinley
Remember His Birthday.
Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 20. - Fifty thou
sand persons today observed the birth
day anniversary of William Mckinley
by wearing carnations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30
PAINTING SPELL ALMOST FATAL
pr. o. y. Denise, Of Burlington, Has
Marrow Escape.

Burlington. Jan. 29.-Dr. o. H. De-
Mise, a pioneer dental physician and
widely known throughout Iowa, had a
narrow escape from asphyxiation in
his office Friday night He had just
turned on the gas to light 1t when he
fell In a faint and was later found
lies in a serious condition at his home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-30

Eldon. Jan. 20 (special) in q
shooting affray that started in saloon
and was finished on one of the busi-
ness streets at busy hour Saturday
evening, three men were injured, one
OF whom. William ("Red'') Russell. ID
expected to die. Samuel Grow. night
policeman, is in the Ottumwa hospital.
suffering from three wounds. and
Frank Russell has bullet hole
through his right arm near the shoul-
oer. ~ was almost Q miracle that there
We're no other victims Of the tragedy
since scores of people were on the
street near the scene Of the shooting
when 1t began. Bullets flew thick and
fast while two six-shooters were being
emptied, but Of those that missed their
Intended marks, only one threatened to
take life. It tore Its way through the
cont worn by Flb1ut Demery. Rock
Island conGntd anago was trying to-
Egiye the f1IaSas5SS lEM.h6egytth.
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WOULD NOT
TAKE BRlBE
INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR TELLS OF
ATTEMPT MADE TO klDNAP
FUGITIVE. kENTUcKIAN
KEEPS QUIET FOR YEARS

Mayor Bookwalter Says Enemies Of
Former Governor Taylor Tried to
Hire Him With $4,000 to Allow the
Kidnapping Of Taylor From Indian
apoIis by kentucklans.
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OFFICER IS WOUNDED
Samuel Crow Night Waterman, u
Shot by Frank Russell, Brother of
Seriously Injured Man, Who Re
celves in Turn a Bullet Wound In
His Shoulder.

Samuel Grow and Frank Rus
sell today filed separate informa-
lions IN the Ottumwa justice courts
charging each other with assault
with Intent to commit murder.
Russell has filed charges in behalf
OF his brother, William ("Red,N
Russell, and Grow alleges that he
was assaulted by Russell. Late
this afternoon Red" Russell was
still alive. with slight chances for
his recovery.
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AT REST in
ARLINGTON.
BODY OF GALLANT GENERAL
WHEELER LAID IN NATIONAL
CEMETERY

Washington, d. c., Jan. 29.--
(Special) ~ Congressman John F.
Lacey Of the sixth Iowa district,
was one of the pail bearers at the
funeral Of the late General Joseph
Wheeler.