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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-06
ROY BERRY COMMITS SUICIDE.
Young Man at Charlton Drinks ST,
Ounces of Acid.

Charlton, Dec. 4.-(SpeciaD Roy
Berry committed suicide Monday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock by drinking six
ounces of carbolic acid, which he pur.
chased at the Dougherty drug store
Mr.. Berry it is reported, had been I'm.
der the influence of liquor for several
days, which probably prompted him to
do the deed.
His sister, Mrs. Bertha Vickroy of
Lacona, was there and was getting
ready to take the train for home
when Mr.. Berry put on his coat and
started out, she asking him to come
and see her. He answered by telling
her the next time she saw him he
would be dead. He walked around the
block and into the closet at the east
school building, where he drank the
carbolic acid, went home and laid down
telling them he was goner and bid
them goodbye He lived about five min
utes.. Mr.. Berry was 80 years of age
and was the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs
J. Y. Berry, with whom he made his
home.
The tragedy was double shock tc
the aged parents, as on Sunday Mrs
Owen Berry, their daughter-in-law
was buried. The funeral Of Roy Berry
will probably be held Wednesday.
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cHEouEsT.

Cheuuest, Dec. 3.-Andrew Cassidy
and sons transacted business at Mil
ton last Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Pollock visited
over Saturday and Sunday with friends
near Eidon.
DR.. w G. Bassett of Leando was in
Chequest Sunday morning on profess
sional business
w. H. Harryman, ST., and r. W. C.
Harryman were at Eldon Saturday.
r. l.. Muir and family and Mrs. Mate
Warner and son Karl visiter recently
with friends near Troy.
The evangelistic revival meetings
closed at Bethel Sunday night.
Miss May Nicklin arrived Saturday
from a trip to California and is visit
ing with her brother. Dudley Nicklin
and wife. in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. e. Hanshaw visited
Saturday with Ed Lasley and family
at White Elm
Miss Alma Plowman, who is attend
ing school at Keosauqua, came home
Wednesday, as the schools were closed
on account of diphtheria until Decem.
Der 3.
This locality had a much needed rain
Sunday and Sunday night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-06
American Shipping.

american shipping.
Let me aagin call the attention
OF the congress to two subjects con-
corning which l have frequently be-
fore communicated with them. One
is the question Of developing Ameri-
can shipping. trust that law en-
bodying in substance the views, or a
major part of the views, expressed in
the report on this subject laid before
the house at it's last session will be
passed. l am well aware that in for
mer years Objectionable measures
have been proposed in reference to
the encouragement of American ship
ping; but it seems to me that the
proposed measure is as nearly unob-
jectionable as any can be.
Capital and Labor.
In dealing with both labor and capt.
tai, with the question affecting both
corporations and trades unions, there
is one matter more important to re.
member than aught else, and that is
the infinite harm done by preachers
|of mere discomfort. These are the
men who seek to incite violent class
hatred against all men of wealth. They
seek to turn wise and proper move
ments for the better control of cor
porations and for doing away with
the abuses connected with wealth. into
campaign of historical excitement
and falsehood in which the aim is to
intiame to madness the brutal pas
sions of mankind The sinister de-
magogs and foolish Missionaries who
are always eager to undertake cam
paign of destruction sometimes seek
to associate themselves with those
working for a genuine reform in gov
ernmental and social methods, and
sometimes masquerade as such re-
formers. In reality they are the
worst enemies of the cause they pro.
TESS to advocate, just as the purveyors
OF sensational SANDER in newspaper or
magazine are the worst enemies OF all
men who are engaged in an honest
effort to better what is bad in our
social and governmental conditions.
To preach hatred of the rich man as
such, to carry on campaign of SLAM
der and invective against him, to seek
to mislead and inf1ame to madness
honest men whose lives are hard and
who have not the kind of mental
training which will permit them to ap-
preciate the danger in the doctrines
preached-all this is to commit a
crime against the body polite and to
be false to every worthy principle and
tradition of American national life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-06
PENNINGTON.

Harrington, Dec. 4.-Miss Florence
Bracy, who is teaching school in Mis-
souri,. spent last week at the parental
home. q
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lamb and chill
dren of Keokuk, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Morrell and children of Ottum-
wa We're Thanksgiving guests of Mr.
and Mrs. D. Texter.
Miss Jessie Ford returned Monday
from q visit with her parents at Keo-
kuk.
Mr. and Mrs George F. Smith OF
Keosauqua and Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Johnson and daughter, Margaret, of
Bonaparte. were guests at the B. F.
ketcham home on Thursday
Mrs. Wilbert White and children are
visiting Mrs B. NJ. Henderson at
Agency.
Miss Ida Andrus returned Friday
from visit with her brother at Quincy
/. Ill.
Rev. and Mrs. R. Pfister are the
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FLORIS.

Floris, Dec. 3.-Frank Heady has
purchased the Richard Potrof proper.
ty and expects to move soon.
N. C. Hale of Crocker, visited
friends and relatives here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Heady's baby is
very sick at present.
Mrs. Anna Johnston of Ottumwa, is
visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs
Flora Greiner
Geo. F. Carson and c. e. Swinney
were Bloomfield visitors Wednesday
evening.
The social that was to have been
given at the Church hall Thanksgiving
night by the Y. P. S. G. r., was indef
initely postponed on account of bad
weather.
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guests of their daughter at Cotton

guests of their daughter at Cotton
wood
Miss Stella Zane of Pulaski is visit
ing at the home of her grandfather, M
L. Bargar.
A. l.. McCracken and family visited
last week with Mrs. McCracken's par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. G. S. Franks.
Mrs. w. D. Beatty, Alonzo and Ear
Endirweesen, are guests of Eft. Marisor
relatives.
The womens cemetery committee
who served dinner on Thanksgiving
day, realized about $75, which will be
used for improvements at the ceme-
terry
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ELDON.

Eldon. Dec. 4.-Miss Nettie Morse of
Fairfield is in the city for a few days
visit.
Mrs. Frank Sloan of Brainard. Mimi,
who has been visSre, relatives here,
returned home last hit.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ter Finney came
home yesterday from 6skaloosa, where
they visited with relatives over Sun
day.
Mrs. w. T. Brown and Mrs. W. Ger
mer are Ottumwa visitors today.
C. j. jackson of Omaha, who has
been visiting John Bradley, returned
home last night
j. Sharp is an Ottumwa visitor to-
day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-06
STATE WATCHES
SHAW'S MOVEMENT
NOTHING IN STORY THAT HE CON.
TEMPLATES GOING TO Sc
ATTLE TO LIVE
Whether He Enters Race for Presi-
dency or Not, 1t is Anticipated That
He Will Return to Iowa and for a
Time Attend to Private Affairs.

Des Moines, Dec. Politicians think
there is nothing in the story which
comes from Washington, D. G. that
Secretary of the Treaurer Shaw ex-
poets to go to Seattle and settle down.
They believe that he will return
to Iowa and resume his business at
Denison, where he owns string Of
banks and has business already cut
out for him among his friends.
1t he were going to leave Iowa, it is
thought that he would go to New
York. He has had the offers to go
there. Some of the big financial .n-
situations in that city have offered him
$4,000 year. 1t is said he has been
considered as a possible head for one
of the big insurance companies.
Whether he enters the race for the
presidency or does not, it is believed
he will return to Iowa to live AMI
politicians expect t, see him enter
the race for president With Iowa
back OF him he, Shaw, would cut an
immediate figure of Importance.
Rinehart Endorses Roosevelt's Action.
| George F. Rinehart, publisher of the
only democratic paper in Des Moines,
and strong, intimate, personal friend
OF William Jennings Bryan, has
strongly endorsed the action OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt in discharging the ne
| gro soldiers who, Rhinehart says, COM
mitted unspeakable outrages in
Brownsville, Texas He was down
there during the recent troubles and
says that the negro soldiers got all
that was coming to them The dis
charge was due to the fact that they
knew the culprits who committed the
outrages but would not disclose their
identity. Had they disclosed the per.
sons who committed the crimes, these
men alone would have been punished.
The defense of the President in this
respect by the leading democrats of
the state removes the matter from any
possible partisan manipulation, here
after.
| Commission is Embarrassed.
The sensational stories printed
about an alleged alteration in the re-
cent sessions of the legislative in
surance commission have caused that
body much embarrassment.
There has been earnest discussion
among the commissioners with respect
to the form of the report to be male,
but as to the conclusions there has
been none.
| In the case of the recommendations
respecting deferred dividend policies,
the majority of the commission sug-
gested that it would be wise to include
the argument advanced by insurance
men in defense Of the policy The
minority of the commission thought
this unwise and so 1t comes out. The
report is an Indictment without re.
commentator. 1t has been unani.
mously agreed upon.
| Leon Brown.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-06
CAN SELL POOLS ON RACES.
Bets Can be Registered by Telephone
Outside of Missouri.

Jefferson City, Dec. 4.-The supreme
court today decided that the Missouri
anti-pool selling law does not prohibit
persons from selling pools on races to
be run in this state when the bets are
registered by telephone in another
state.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
FOUR ARE KNOWN TO THE POLICE
Lured Into an Empty House by an
Appeal 80 Her Charity Tile Deeen.
crates Accomplish Their Purpose
and Then One of Them murders
l,er Viii, Wire.
Especial 10 the Daily Press

CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-Mrs. Frank
lii G.. HOLSTER. whose brutal muir
der by Richard IYens has aroused
Chicago, was held prisoner In an
empty house in Montana street for
hours before She was killed by a
party Of five young men, of which
her slayer was one. according to
2 story which has just been TOD
to the police by one of the youths
VINO had part in the attack upon the
woman.
This youth gave tue names OF iour
oS Hrs. nclliaters a=sananta cre
said she WAS lured into their clutches
BY m appeal to her charity. Al, she
entered the house she va; seized
ana gagged.
Ivcns and another were delegated
10 follow 3Irs. lIollister Ii ,;nu to see
tnas she c'd no one, hat Iyans, il
lis said. trailea her until cl,a passab
ne fathers carpenter si.c.'. lheiJ
j. IS believed he decided upon .
second attack, and her ml9 Ter was
the result
one of the boys said ,c have fig
ued in the assault IS the son Of n
grocer i'll Lincoln avenue. another IL;
the son OF 4 City Hail employee. A
liird has been arrested for burglary.
fourth is Ivens. and tho name OF
the fifth is hot yet kno@u to the
police.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
HoW|T7ERs FIRE la-GllA SALUTE
Governor Glenn, OF North Carolina,
Pays An Eloquent Tribute to the
Noted General in the House CT Del.
csates-Bin Introduced THAI Is
Aimed at Tax Dodgers.
Especial to the Daily Press,

especial 10 It-S lay 1.rSSS.)
RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 1e.-"Lee-
Jackson Day" was observed here by
the closing of the state and city oIlces.
the banks ana the courts and the pub.
lie schools and by the adjournment ri
the State Senate over the day. The
House did not adjourn.
In the afternoon the Richmond How
tiers fred salute OF nineteen guns
n the Lee monument.
This evening Lee Camp Confeder.
ate Veterans bold EXERCISES in It's hall
appropriate TO the day. The orator
~ thu: occasion being Col. Robert j.
lee. q member of the House and q
grandson of the famous General Rob
CIT U. Lee.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina
today made an address to the mem
bars of the house. He eulogized Gen
eral LcG ana complimented ell vir
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
new TEST FARM WILL Be
STARTED NEAR TIOEWATER
State Eonrd Of Agriculture Decltas
10 locate 1t Hear elor-
fclt.
(sneoiai to the E,aliy Isresa)

RICHMOND VA. Jan 1s.-Thc
Stale Board Of Agriculture. after
three lengthy sessions. mas appoint
ed the following fertilizer irspec.
tors for tie next year: z. L. Mock.
First District; L.. c. Madison. Sec
ond District; John \. Lester, Third
District; l. u. Jones. Fourth Dis
;rict; a. l.. Moore. Fifth District;
tJrd Anderson. Seyen,h District.
j. ". Williams. Ninth District, and.
J. II. Leech. Tenth District
The ne%t quarterly meeting Of the
board viii ne held in this CITY April
TO- but a called meeting will b.
held in Norfolk as soon as plans
caD bs MADE fer the inspection OF
the site OF the proposed new ex2.ri-
ment station.
~ the request of the Southern
Produce Exchange, Tidewater
TRUCKING association. the board has
decided to establish, .ncther test
farm il the vicinity OF Norfolk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
Short Session In shs ;.ouse.

Especial 10 the Daily Press.j
RICHMOND. Va, Jan. 19-There
were more unoccupied seats in the
hall OF the house Of delegates AT the
opening hour to-day. than nj any ses-
si2n since thu opcning Of the torn a
number Of the members have obtained
la2.ya az absence until Monday.
Governor Glenn. cf North Carolina,
turned w in the hall of the House OF
delegates shortly before noon. He
was accompanied by Judge Mann. who
introduced him 10 the members
Governor Glenn, received tho con-
gratuiations Of the many membcrs on
the speech be made last night before
the Autl-Saloon League ia Petersburg
He is an ardent supporter CT the tenn
perance cause.
Better Assessment Law Wanted.
Delegate Read, OF Mecklerbugg, in
trodced one CT the most interesting
bills OF this day. II provides for a
mcre stringent assessment OF personal
property. The duty nov derolving up
On the commissioner Of revenues is
imposed upon a local board which is
TO be composed of the revenue coIn-
missioner and t1o appoirtees chogen
by tho hoard Of supervisors; or the
two GsMior magistrates in each dis
trict may b. associated with the com.
missioner in the work. The object OF
the measure is to reach the thousands
who are now evadlns the payment OF
just taxes.
The house was in session only q few
minutes when Dr. Snead. taking the
floor, ofeicd a resolution providing
for an adjournment for the day il re-
apect to the memory CT Les ana Jack
son. This resolution WIS lost by q
vote of ~ to Q. The member from
Rockingham then offered resolution
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
GOV. PEABODY POISONED
Labor Union Fanatics Are Charged
With The Crime.
HIS DAUGHTER CRITICALLY I'LL
Former Executive Of Colorado Who
put Down the Miners Strike BY
Force of Arms Has Received Many
Letters Threatening Assassination.
lny .Associ.fcn prsa1.l

CANYON CITY. COLO, Jan. 49,
Former Governor Peaboay. his wife
ana daughter it was LEANED today
"eia' the victims recently ,ol poison
plot which tailed of It's dread par
pose but the young woman is still
ia critical condition.
Fanatics connected with labor
unions, which were all but exter1ni-
mated BY the Governor after the dy-
Mantle outrage at Independence III
Which many nonunion miners were
killed. are blamed with the outrage.
What lends color to the belief Is
that Gov. Poabody has been III re
ceiiI! OF many threatening letters
saying that he and his family will
be The victims OF assassins.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
NEWPORT NEWS VA ,sATURDA JANUARY rs 1896

where the parent is liable for the poll
tax fer the current year and the same
remains unpaid.
The effect of this amendment il in.
serted into the constitution is to bar
nine-tenths of the negro children CT
the State from the schools unless the
negroes pay poll tax with greater fire.
quency than at present.
In a word, 1t would practically &C
complish Governor Vardaman's plan
of division Of the school funds be-
tween the races. Mr. Clever also
proposed 10 make TIE schco, ago
rom eight to eighteen years.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
PITTSBURG MARKET HOUSE
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Old Building That Was Connected
With Mar Times Goes Up
in Snioke.
(Ry Assoe!ated press.l

PITTsBURG. Pa, Jan. IA fire
with a monetary loss OF about $780,
coo completely destroyed the old
market house, one Of Pittsburg's
most famous landmarks tonight.
The old building which stands On
the east side of Market Square was
well known through It's connection
with the sanitary commission during
the Civil war. The origin OF tbs
flames is supposed to have been a
Lighted cigarette or cigar.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
DIG UP A DEAD MAN.
Grave Gives Up Its Secret To rrov.
Death.

tEy Associated Press)
DARLINGTON. S. c.. Jan. 19.-In
the presence Of half hundred citi-
ems and representative OF the life
insurance companies interested the
crave of Robert Keith Dragan was
opened this morning and physicians
pronounced the body therein TO be
that Of the late President of the In
'9pendennt Gil Company and the Oar
lington Trust Company, whose suicide,
by taking carbolic acid on July IL.
1905. created sensation at the time.
The bod was cXhumed by permis-
SIGN OF the father OF the deceased who
n letter said that permission was
given to set at rest the scandalcus
rImors that had persistenly been
heard to the effect that f. Keith
Dargan was not dead but had pre-
tended suicide and had escaped 10 Eu-
rope.
bargains death followed cloaoIy TO
the failure OF the OIL Company ana
Tnrst Company. both caused by spec
ulaticns Of the president The body
was badly dcconposed, but the ider.
tihcation was said 10 he complete.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
VERDICT IN HAzEn BL0EbAUM'S
CASE IS QUICKLY REACHED
IL is Presumed That He Has Been
Found Guiity-Wiil be Dis
(By Associated Press.)

p ANNAPOLIS. Md. Jan. 10
The trial OF Midshipman Chester A.
a. Bloebaum. OF st. Charles. lid. /.
oil charges of hazing was concluded
today.
The court martial occupied only
seven minutes in reaching ver-
dict i'll the case Of Midshipman Bloc
baum, by far the shortest ,eri u
in any case.
The case of Charles N. James
Of Grinneil. Iowa. a second class.
man wa5 then taken w. He was
charged with hazing in eight :.
stances. Evidence Of haaing was
g:ven by many witnesses. q few OF
whom admitted that fight walid
fol'ow refusal 10 submit 10 haz.
ing.
A charge of hazing has been filed
against Mjdshipinan Claude e. Mayo.
o. Columbus, Mss, member of the
fist class. Ills ohense are alleged
10 have beer committed during Sen
tember last when Mayo. with o.hs'
similarly situated midshipmen VIC q
kept at Annapolis while the 9th +
npperclassmen were on leave.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-01-20
Negro Puql!isI by Defeating suIIi-
van, is a The Top Again.
BOUT IS FAST AND FURIOUS
Never Did the White Man Wave Ills
co'ored Antagoniqt in piotrcss-
Eighth Round Tough onc on the
Boston acrappcr-- Ends in Fifteenth


WOODWARD'S PAVILION. GA,I
FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.-Joe Cans. OF
Baltimore, tonight Knocked out Mike
lTWiW Sullivan, Of Boston. in the IF.
teenth round OF q fight tonight.
From start TO finish Cans was the
aggressor and kept right or top OF
his man. Sullivan made several brave
rallies, But he could not hurt the
colored man and finally in the Gf-
teenth round series. of lightning
right hand blows to the, jaw ended
Suliivan's aspirations and put Cans
once more ut the top OF the fight
ing heap.
Fight Fast and Bloody.
The fight was fast and furious
from the start. Cans kept within
striking distance at all stages. Sull:-
van was cle:er and game, but could
not keep the aggressive colored man
away from him. Cans left eye was
closed early in the fight and Sulli-
van kept playing for, it. hut at 10
lime cid he have Cans in distress.
In the eighth round it looked as
# the fight was over. Cans put in
two let's to the ear and q right Ia
the jaw. Sullivan went down. but
was on his feet in q moment and
cans went after him swinging left
and right. Sullivan went down
again, but came up fighting. HIS
Was groggy, but game and cool.
Forced from Ninth on.
| In the ninth Cans went at his
man again. \ right to the Jaw and
q right 10 the heart sent the white
man staggering, but he managed tc
last through the round. From thi:
time Cans forced the fighting more
terribly than ever. In tho twelfth
Sullivan braeed ZIP and sent som
straight rights TO Cans face.
III the thirteenth Sullivan was still,
strong and played for the colored
mans eye. lie landed hard blow
on the stomach that apparently hur.
Cans. In the fourteenth Cans de
voted all his attention to Sullivan's
abdomen and landed half a deer
hard rights.
In the fifteen left swing fron
Cans struck the point and Sulli
van went down and out with his heat
retsing on the ropes. Cans boxing
was nearly perfect, while ripping
punches to the stomach was clever
Sullivan showed a great amount O.
cleverness and much gameness, bp-
at no stage OF the fight was he {
match 70. the negro.