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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14
ARRESTED.
E. F. Elliott of the Coast Artillery
Found at His Home.

Evidently wanting to see his mother
whom he had not seen for several
years, is probably the reason Elmer F.
Elliott of the 62d Coast Artillery. loeat-
ed in the State of Washington, desert
ed his company and returned to South
English, Iowa, to visit his mother.
Elliott deserted his army few
months ago and wandered back to
South English, Iowa. The Army De-
partment, thinking that he would re-
turn home, sent II. A. Thomson. n
private detective. to locate him. The
deserter was located at South English
and was arrested Monday night by
Detective Thomas. He was brought
to Oskaloosa yesterday and was placed
in Jail for safe keeping. He was turn
ed over to Sheriff Valentine by MIR.
Thompson. Sheriff Valentine. accom-
panied by the prisoner, departed this
morning for Des Moines where the fell
low will be lodged at Fort Des Moines
TO await his trial
Elliott enlisted in the army service
a few years ago at Fort Dodge and was
assigned to the SD Coast Artillery
The man is gambler and since de-
serting the army several months ago
has been spending his time gambling
at different places. He arrived az
South English few days ago for
few days visit, being tracked there
and was arrested,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14

Olson, Spring Creek; B. F. Cruzen,
Fifth ward, Oskaloosa, and l.. s. Gabel,
White Oak. All are farmers except
Mr.. Fehd, butcher, and Mr.. Cruzen,
both of this city.
The three following special interrog-
atories asked in the courts instruct
ions were answered by the jury as
follows:
L. If you find that the affections of
the plaintiffs wife were alienated by
the defendant, then state whether said
alienation occurred before June 8,
1904. or since that date. Answer
After June 9th, 1904.
2. If you find that the plaintiff is
entitled to compensatory or actual
damages, what il any do you find in
his favor as compensatory or actual
damages? Answer-Fifteen thousand
dollars.
3. If you find that the plaintiff is
entitled to exemplary damages, what
sum do you find in his favor as such
exemplary damages? Answer-Five
thousand dollars.
Judge Willcockson spoke to the jury
for nearly half an hour Monday after
noon in giving his instructions, which
were in part as follows:
Under the issues of this case, 1t de-
wolves upon the plaintiff to prove by
a preponderance of the evidence, first,
that his wife had affection for him;
second. that the defendant by his acts
and conduct, in fact alienated the af-
fections of the plaintiffs wife; third,
that the defendant wilfully and pur-
posely intended by said acts and con-
duct to ALLEVIATE the affections of the
plaintiffs wife. And if the plaintiff
has established all Of these three
propositions by a preponderance of the
evidence, your verdict should be for
the plaintiff; but if he has not so es-
tablished each and every one of these
three propositions, then your verdict
should be for the defendant.
"You are instructed, that the law
gives a husband right to AN action
for damages against any one who will
fully and purposely interferes with
his marital life in the love, compan-
ionship, society. and assistance of his
wife.
The uncontradictory testimony CON
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

I'VE, the jury, find for the plaintiff,
and assess the amount of his recovery
at $4,000 twenty thousand dollars).
Geo. W. Parker, Foreman"
The above verdict was found and re-
ported by the jury in the case of ".
e. Hamilton VS.. w A. MCNEIL for the
recovery of damages for the alien
alton of the plaintiffs wife's affections,
at 8:45 this a. M, after the jury had
been out just nineteen hours.
Attorneys John o. Malcolm, for the
plaintiff, and Burrell & Dewitt, for the
defendant, were in the court room
when the verdict was given, and at
the request of the latter a polled vote
OF the jury was taken. Neither of the
parties in the suit were present, but
Mr. Hamilton was soon notified and
appeared in the corridors in time to
express his gratefulness to every jury
man before they left for their homes.
with but two or three exceptions the
members of the jury were excused for
the term.
The trial of this suit has been the
longest on record in this county, and
doubtless one of the longest trials ever
conducted in the courts of Iowa. The
selection of the jury was commenced
on Tuesday October Is, five weeks ago
today, and the opening statements Of
the case were made by Senator Ches-
hire of Des Moines, for the plaintiff,
and VIM. McNett. of Ottumwa, for the
defendant, on the next day. During
the past FIVE weeks the trial has oc-
cupied the attention almost continual
Iy. The names of the jurymen who
weighed the vast amount of evidence
and rendered their verdict in favor of
the plaintiff are: Geo. w. Parker of
Jefferson township, foreman; Frank
Rockey, Cedar; Chas. Currey Union;
II. o. Gregory Pleasant Grove; Tunis
I3ieshaar, Madison; Fletcher Norris,
White Oak; G. NJ. Fehd, Fifth ward,
oskaloosa; c. Timbrell, Prairie; VIM.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14
Translt Of Mercury Tomorrow.

One OF the most Interesting astro-
nomical phenomena of the year will
occur tomorrow morning. and il the sky
is clear will be visible in this locality.
At 5:1S in the morning of Thursday.
Nov. IA, the smallest of the planets.
Mercury, will pass between the earth
and the sun for the first and only time
in the year 1907. The transit across
the suns disk will be from west to
east and will continue for three hours
and twenty-one minutes. leaving the
face of the sun clear at $3.50 a m. The
planet will be visible as dark spot
on the sun and should be viewed
through smoked or colored glass TO
protect the eyes. The planet viii first
be visible near the northern limb of
the sun.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14
In the Public Schools.

Rev, Eugene Allen was the speaker
at the opening exercises in the high
school Tuesday morning. His talk
was brief but interesting and helpful.
The public schools of the city will
give their first public rhetoricals OF
the year in the various ward buildings
next Friday afternoon This event Is
always one Of much sinterest to the
mothers and friends of the children in
the grades.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14

Mems and Young Mems Fancy "Cassi-
meres," "Cheviots," 'Worste6s,'' . "Serges"
and Black SFhibets." All this seasons pat
terms and styles A lot of them strictly hand
tailored. All sizes in Regulars, Stouts and
Sims. Not suit worth less than $780, some
$50 90 and so so. Choice at
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-11-14

I'VE, the jury, find for the plaintiff,
and assess the amount of his recovery
at $4,000 twenty thousand dollars).
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Tired Of the Philippines,

n ha,f the ingenuity that has been
wasted in attempting to Justify our
cn,,rse in holding the Philippines
shanld be devoted to deyising ways
and means to get rid of them, the task
wn,,ld be accomplished in short order.
Even now the advocates of indefinite
retention are few and far between.
Tho only practical question is when
we shall cut the leading strings and
allow tho natives to work out their
own salvation. protectorate would
he as bad as proprietorship. The
plan said to be most in favor In Re
publican circles in Washington Is to
require tho payment by them of our
expenditure In the islands,
Could the question of dispnsing of
the islands be submitted TO the peo-
pie without being complicated by
issues now considered OF more imme-
N7,lfA irrs 'artane" the verdict would not
be In doubt, Could the United States
he freed from this incubus and peril,
the magnitude of which is Just COM
ing to be generally appreciated, tho
nation would he free to turn It's undi-
yided attention to the great domestic
questions which confront 1t, untram-
meled by actual or prospective COM
~ t. homo md safety on
the other side of the world. It would
be by no means surprising to see in
corporated In the next nationaI plat
form of each party IA plank providing
for the disposal of our whlta elephant
on terms not widely dlffevcnt-
tsIAv@land Plain Dealer.
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HIGHEST UnWrittcn Law.

In every such case Of homicide
under the ''unwritten law as that
with which st. Louis began the week,
the jury is almost sure to decide lts
verdict on a single point--that the
nan who was killed observed kill
Ing" 5-
This has nothing to do with law or
3es but 1T IL use
less to argue against 1T.
it Is not the real and final question
to any case where the question Is OF
one man killing another.
The real and final question is of
What any mans life is worth after he
has killed another man for revenge
y higher law, the very highest ''un-
written law" of human life, runs
against him in all such cases. He has
ny his cwn act shipwrecked his own
life He cuts himself of from the
great mass of mankind who khaYe not
hllled others He may he acquitted BY
thein' ne may go among them al
usual and DO treated with sympathy
pvt ne Knows and they know that he
- Isolated in class from which he
inils lie lves,s- I
others did not know IT. he would
Know 1t himself, and that self lSnowl,
edge would be enough to cut him 81
from every hope OF the higher deyei.
opihent or mind and the higher use
auihess he might otherwise hay.
For man to kill his own highe1
laculties, the better and higher par
OF ms own lifey is to infiict on hint
s eil capital punishment of highe!
law from which there i's no esca pc -
@l' Louis Post-Dispatch.
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CAPTAIN EDNUuDs
OF THE FIT TY-TH|RD
Some Recollections Of Brave
Soldier Who Has Just
Passed Over.

The recent death of Captain Henry Ed
munds, of the Fifty-third Virginia Resi-
mcnt, Armlstead's old Brigade. Pickett's
Division reminded me that his career as
a soldier had not received proper notice.
In looking over some Old letters found
some notes made June Is, 1864, and sent
to my father, in which Captain Edmunds
was mentioned. | Will copy for your
Confederate Column some of these notes,
nut regret that these notes refer to my
| self so much.
On the 18th of June, 1864, tic Fifty
third Regiment was on a movement pro-
| pairing to seize our picket lines that tie
| enemy held from the Ilowlet house, on
| the James River, to the Appomattox,
About Il, M, orders arrived for us to
advance rapidly, under fire OF distant
artillery and sharpshooters from the en-
emy's position. No time was lost We
| sprang over our, works. One company In
each regiment WAS detailed for this
charge. and Company A, Of the Fifty
| lhlrd Virginia, led by the brave old Lien
| tenant Evan-J. Ragand, In less than ten
minutes we-hnd the picket line shooting
| down the huecoats as they left the nit !
and capturing few who preferred To
| remain
We occupied the line firing at ire
| enemy until our ammunition was nearls
exhausted Lieutenant RaEland came
down The line aud ordered mo to tals,
one man back to the regiment for 4
supply OF ammunition. To go across tina
| hela under fire and return was tea
ribie' but We did It, We, got tw,
haNersacks fun of cartridges. and re-
turned ] carried out a Yanlros over
coat, two new oicoths, and three can
teens MED with rye WlislIey i can
tured these In the rifle-pit. ! gave one
70 Goholel w. X. Aylett and one to- CO.
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The Harrison Corrections.

In issue of February cath, 1907, Mr.,
James II. Harrison takes the trouble OF
going back more than three years to
criticize ~ c. M" Ohe present writer
of the Genealogical Column), ON son, :
errors made In AN article on the Harri-
son family, September ~, 1908,
When that article was written ut tho
first beginning Of the Genealogical Col.
umn, tile writer had few works of refer
enee on hand and soon saw. with regret,
that several errors had been made; since
then, having obtained further material
concerning The family from kind friends
and descendants, we gave fun article on
Harrison June "a, 1906, with coat-of-
arms, correcting the former errors,
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Adiutant Lewis's Letter.
Since writing the above have received

alNct WFITIhg tho above I have received
the following letter:
Georgetown. Ky, Jan, q. 1907.
Mr. Milford overly Lexington. Ky,
Dear Sir and comrade, To-day / re-
ceiyed your letter enclosing your COM
mpmcatan In roply 10 an article pub
lished IN the Augusta Chronicle Of No.
MEMBER rs, laoG, which was a republica-
ton Of Az nraolc which appeared in
Savannah and Macon papers IN May,
1865, which reflects severely and unjustly
on the loyalty and soldierlf conduct Of
the mcn composing the Ave brigades OF
eaYairy commanded by Generals lolbrcll
bHhe' bfseklnAdge, Vaughn ana Fer
guson, which escorted President Jeffer.
son DAVIS from Greensboro, n. c.. &c
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Townshend.
Iaitor Genealogical column'

Editor GeneaIoglchI ColU1HH!
Drar sir,--In "csenealogy CT Prominent
Virginia Families" Rev, IT. T. Hayden,
mage ZIG and 7s2. read of Colonel Rob-
ert Townshend, who married Mary Lang.
horne. and died September. 1875, age
81. Will you kindly inform me II INC
title "colonel" was n military one ana
give the authority II such be the case!
NJ, washington, d., @
ftJe may have been a Lieut., Col.
~ militia. though his name is not among
the rolls of colonial officers Sometimes
n was merely title of compllment)
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Railways and the Public.

i'et mere be u genuine co-operation
natWhSn tlle railroad men who are In
post'ions of highest influence and the
huthorltiea who represent the public
"li we law for doing even-handed
lustlee IN The conduct of this great
business und there VIII be no difficulty
IA restoring confidence In the future
ol our railroads and raising capital
Tor their legitimate needs.--New York
Journal OF Commerce..
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several letters, also, have since been
pnDiished on the Harrison family by
ulliernnt parties, which have fully an.
swered the many difficult questions cor.
corning them.
nad Mr.. james p. Harrison read these
.e.vH articles. he would have
boeii saved the trol,h,o ~,
Ms sl the structures on TN.
article OF 1908. We call his attentio.,
20 80 .hs letters Of "a Descendant" July
~ ~ 1ooe; "Mattox," August 10, 1906; ~.
= t,.,n II septernbcr 2, 1906; IA connec.
lDo6; III. Fl. w." December . s' 1oos
These have all given various versions Of
the aiierent branches Of the Harrison
a a.ran sono OF whom, possibly, are in
certainly, there seems to have been n
s .'l oeai or loose stuff written about
tho family but not altogether hv ~
G. M" ~
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Spencer,

Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir,--1n your sketch OF the Spen-
Ger family, February II. 1907. you omit
ted the name of one OF the sons Of N.ch-
oias Spencer. the emigrant. The gene
alogy which / have OF the Hawes fam
lily. show that the latter had sot,
Nicholas Spencer. Jr who married Fran-
ces Mattrom daughter of John Mat
from lBurgessD and resided in King
William county. Their daughter, Anr.
Spencer, was married about 1900 TO
Samuel Halves. Samuel and Anne (Spch-
Ger, Halves. and FIVE children tperhaps
more) Nice. who married John Cole
man, OF pine Forest" Caroline county;
Mary, who married. about 1T40, Fred
erlck Coghill: Elizabeth, who maricl
Daniel Samuel. born February
i. i727 married June 20, 1850: Ann.
Walker tborn August %, 1919 ana
Isaak, who married Judith Aylett (dau-
ghtcr OF Colonel William Aylett) Aftef1
his death, she married VIM. Buckner OF
"Thc Neck" Caroline county. II was
she to whom Bishop Meade ailudes IN
his ''Old Churches" as having requested
To be buried under the door Of OH
Mount Church afterwards Rappahan'
mock Academy, In Caroline county,
through which the poor entered as an
act Of self -ahasement.
I wish your readers who are inter-
ested in the Spencer family, would aid
as far as possible In completing the
genealogy. Is.
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Belts and Oliver,
Gay, Not Gray.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Referring to your article OF Febru-
airy 10TH on the Randolphs and their
Focahontas Descent. notice you state
that Elizabeth Boiling OF "cobbs-t
third daughter OF Col. John Boiling,
married DIR. William Gray. This should
be DIR. William Gay. not Gray. See
Robertson's "Pocnhontas ana her De-
scendnnts." Kindly correct this mig
take. @ II. II. w.
Yes, we have Judge Robertson's
work. and are glad tn correct the
error. either Typographical, or slip
of the pen.
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Worth.

Replying to "A query from Raleigh,
n. g., will say that no Arms arc given
for the Worth family in this country
nor can we find any history of thenl
though the name Is frequently met
with,
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Agassiz,

Y
Agassiz.
Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz. tho
OF F'ribourg, Switzerland, May %,
1907: died at Cambridge, Mass, De-
cember IA. 1873.
Latimer-Jennings.
To correspondent from savannah
Ga. will say: Nothing has yet been
printed on the I4atirner family, In CEN
ealogicnl Column, though much could
be said of them. which will be given
very soon.
The Jennings family was given May
8, 1904.
Query as to Shield.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir.--Rcferring to enclosed
sketch. Is the shield itself silver, with
both faces and chevron black?
Uniontown. Pa.
Yes. from tho description given, II
would seem so. though usually the
chevron Is of a different color from
other charges on the shield.
There was sallie Rice in Albemarle.
but whose daughter we are not GER
tain OF.
Nothing OF tho wingaeld family has
yet been given.
Belts and Oliver.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Can you tell me anything about
the Belts and Oliver families Of Motto
way County, Va, further back than
l177? Roanoke, Va.
We find Elisha Belts In Lunen-
burg county, about 1894. BENJAMIN
Oliver in Caroline, 1858. James oliver
of Fauquier. 1854. These are the ear
LEST names In Virginia though Her
ming speaks of Achilles John. and
Thomas oliver. but we can gain moth
ing further of them These families
settled In New England much earlier,
as we find Richard Belts in Long
Island in 1865 and Thomas Oliver in
Boston Mass. 1852.
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Abbevillc, s. c.. and were surrendered
on May 10 1865, at Washington, Ga
You ask that after reading l shall make
any suggestion or corrections which 4
might deem necessary in the interest of
truth,
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TAYLOR.

Editor Genealogical Column.
Dear sir.-~Can you tcll me the nan,
Of the father Of ciemons Taylor OF New
Kent county, Va? ciamons Taylnr mar
ried sister Of Col. Richard Graves. o,
New Kent county. sometime in the enl!y
part Of the nineteenth century
X. Y. II.
fBy reference to orr files on Taylor.
there Is no name OF Clemens Taylor u
New Kent county. Can some OF our
readers answer the query?)
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Cole.

| =
Editor Genealogical Column.
Dear sir,I-I read your genealopv of ,ba
Cole family In last Sunday,s fdsna ,ct
You said you would give further lnfor.
Watton IN later issue Will va, kIndI,,
see y You can find anything IN regard
10 ElizaDeth Cole who married n son
t1l,nk, oil Governor Harvey, one CT tho
colonihl Governors Of North Carolina.
nno also OF later date, either Anna or
MARY Cole, who married William wa
'ers! J. am exceedingly anxious to find
OUT something In regard to the C6,ol
genenlogy
Thomas Harvey, son OF Governor Hor.
Vcy, married Elizabeth Cole, and died
IN li29, leaving four sons--Thomas. John
BENJAMIN and Miles. Thomas died I'M.
married; John Harvey married Mary
Bonne. Of Beaufort, N. c. They had
eight chlldren---Thumas. John, Miles,
Jane, Henry. Edward. Martha ana Jo-
sepn. Miles, son OF Thomas and Eliza.
beth Cole Harvey, married. 1st. Eliza
beth Baker Issue: Mary. Willie Angus.
tus This Elizabeth Cole mentioned hera
was tho daughter OF James and Mar,
Cole, and married Thomas Harvey.
James Coles or Cole (afterward Major)
WAS a justice OF the peace in Chonan
county, and is mentioned in colonial re-
cords from 1890 to 1912 in official mat
tiers. ] would like to trace Elizabeth Cole
Harvey to Anna or Mary Cole, who mar
ried William Walters
A SUBSCRIBER,
Bedford City, Va,
eve have M North Carolina records o n
hand OF the Cole family: but there wer.
many both Of Cole and Harvey in VIZ
|. ginia.)
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CLAYTON.

Editor Genealogical Column:
In next Sundays paper please print
the names OF the Clayton family.
whose ancestors, tand which ones)
came from England, one OF which fam
lily, Thomas. settled in Chesterfie--
county. and died Their esorne Id or $
years before the Civil War.
Also II this Is the Clayton family
which you print as having Coat-of-
Arms. and II SO give me description
of same.
Also the ancestry OF a Whit family.
from which Elizabeth Whit of Charles
City county who married Thos. Clay
ton is descended and Coat-of-Arrns.
And oblige, yours truly.
A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER
Petersburg. Va.
re gave full account, on October
2sth 06 of the Clayton family. with
Coat OF Arms, and descent from the
| English family, Of whom Sir VIM Clay :
ton, who was created baron l73l -32
was the progenitor of the American
family. this is too long to repeat
here. but their arms are thus de-
scribed Argent, a cross sable, be-
tween four pellets.
Crest---A Leopards paw erect, arg
grasping pellet
Mol.o-- .-.4 leone fortius.'
or the Whit family little can be
found; they had no Coat armor-
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STAPLES FAMILY
$AYglle3 41llSNAAltKL

Lord Mayor OF London. 1875. was: Ar.
gent, Satire gules, between four
staples, sable.
QUERIES AND LETTERS.
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Ietcher.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Through your valued paper, can You
trace the Letchcr family of Virginia,
MY mothers paternal grand mother
was named I3etheria Letcher of Pat
rick county, Va. Her father was Col
William Letcher, and was killed by a
Tory in his home some time during
the Revolutionary War. Those facts
are published In the William and Mary
College Historical Magazine. Vol. W.
No. 2. October number, 1897, page 1l5.
Can you 10 back OF this date, (774
and give an account of the family,
and their exploits, or they had any)
Coat-of-Arms &c. &C..
And oblige,
Mrs. NJ I'll.
Lynchburg. Va
The English history of the Letchel
family, and their early career in the
Colony Is difficult to obtain: the ear
lest name found is that of John Letch-
er, OF Essex county, a soldier In n
corps raised In the county for the de-
Tense of Virginia. and commanded by
Gen. Washington.
Lucy Morton widow Of John Letcher
was an helrcss. He received lane
bounty certificate dated at Essex
county. 1880.
No doubt. the family descended fror
him, as tho name John. has been
handed down in the family to "hones
John Letcher," the Governor OF Wiz
sinia. They bore no Coat of Arms $.
far as known.
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Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz, tho
naturalist. was born in Motier. canton
OF F'ribourg, Switzerland, May %,
1907: died at Cambridge, Mass, De-
cember IA. 1873
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Tetachmenls from Wilson'S cnvalrs,
corps We're securing the country In All
directions. hoping 10 find Nh. Davis. FOR
whose arrest the Federal authorities had
offered siop,pOo. Win Ids smnll e4cari
he gould move With greater celebrity ana
would be more likely to escape the noiict
left behind would very naturally attrse
their attention, and Thus ala in IA.
escape.
This Is the reason why "but little q
- effort was made to induce them I.
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A SUBSCRIBER

eve have o North Carolina records on
hand OF the Cole family; but there wer.
many both of Cole and Harvey In W.
.gnin)