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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
JOBS TROUBLES NIL
Columbus (Ind) Resident. Suing for
Divorce, Has Many Misfortunes.

Columbus Ond) Resident. Suing for
Divorce, Has Many Misfortunes.
Columbus, Ind, jan 29.-The trou-
bles of Job pale into insignifcance be.
side those of Christopher Vollmer,
former marshal. and now a merchant
here.
The death Of his 10-year-old son is
one of his latest misfortunes. Three
yeare ago a daughter fell on the ice
and was crippled for life.
Mrs Vollmer is almost sightless as
the result of a blow which put out one
eye. Vollmer himself is almost blind,
a steel splinter having put out one
eye.
Another one of their daughters has
been blind five years. Three years
ago she was acquitted for shooting
and wounding her sweetheart, Otis
Judd, whom she surprised with an
other girl.
One of the Vollmer sons is in the
Jeffersonvile reformatory for highway
robbery. Another is at the Pla,nff
reform school for boys. A third is al
home for feeble minded.
On top Of all, Vollmer has begun 9
suit for divorce.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31

standing ajar about a foot. He leaped
over the fence and looked inside. On
one side stood the doctor and on a
table in front of him lay disembow-
eled body. He did not recognize the
body at first, but the doctor drew
him inside and told him it was
Maxon's body. He 1as securing the
skeleton He made him promise Sc
crecy. He took out the fish hook
and dressed the finger. An inch scar
on the middle digit of the left hand
is Kale's living reminder Of that day
The next day as Kale passed Lutz's
shoe store. Charley called him in and
again secured his promise of secrecy.
DR.. Buck has been dead for thirty
years. Half dozen years have pass
ed away since jovial Charley Lutz
joined the great majority, and yester-
day before a notary public, Thomas
B. Kale, civil war veteran, swore
substantially to the story as above.
After AZ years the last survivor has
revealed the mystery of the river
quicksands.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
MARRIAGE
Her HOBBY
LOGAN, IOWA, WOMAN WEEDS
FIVE TIMES AND is DIVORCED
THRIcE-HoLDs RECORD

Logan, Jan. ga record in the d..
vorce and remarrying was made in the
Harrison county district court when
Mrs. Emma Branson appeared before
Judge Wheeler and asked for complete
divorce from her husband, James Bran
son. Her pleadings were heard. The
divorce was granted at 1880 o'clock
and a wedding license issued to her
under her other name, Emma Noah,
which she had resumed, at 1885, and
at l p m. Squire j. P. Creager united
her in marriage to Samuel Powell.
This is the fifth marriage of Mrs.
Branson. She stated that she and
Branson were married August 8, 1903,
and they Darated on the 22nd of that
same month in that year. Previous to
that she had been married and di-
vorced three times.
The latest groom, Samuel Powell,
was divorced at the October term of
the Harrison county court, 1906.
Both parties come from River Sioux
in the Westsea part OF the county.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
Massena Woman is
Cremated in Home

Atlantic, Jan. 29.-Mrs. Nancy Whit.
ney was burned to death yesterday
in a fire that but little damaged her
home. She was an old lady 81 years
Of age and had been living alone save
for the time her son. w. A. Whitney.
stayed with her. Yesterday he left
the house for abou- fifteen minutes
and when he returned found it full OF
smoke. He rushed in where his moth
er had been and found her charred
body. He carried it to the back door,
when he was overcome by the smoke.
When the neighbors extinguished the
flames in the house that had burned
some Of the furniture and small holes
in the floor they found that the old
lady was dead. All her outer gar
ments had been burned from her body
and her arms and legs were literally
roasted How the accident happened
is not known, but it is supposed that
she attempted to stir the fire, which
was low, and got her clothes caught
in the flames.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
U. S. PRISONERS TURNED OUT
Eighty-Four Deserters From Army
Released From Prison.

Leavenworth, Kas., Jan. 29-Turned
out of prison without cent to buy
food or pay their way to their homes,
eighty-four inmates of the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth were re-
leased today.
Most of them were deserters from
the army and had been sentenced to
serve from one year up. All had serv.
ed one year
They were recommended for elem
ency by Lieutenant Colonel Young,
commandant of the prison, because of
good behavior.
There was not enough citizens
clothing in the prisons for them. Sew.
eral will remain untiB it can be sup
piled.
The government has made no appro-
priation for giving the men trarspor-
tation to their homes as is done in
the United States penitentiary The
majority came to Leavenworth and
begged for food and shelter for the
night. Some managed to go as far as
Kansas City with money borrowed
from soldiers at Fort Leavenwcrth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
HAS
HOTEL FIRE
FIFTY GUESTS ESCAPE FROM
BURNING BUlLDlNG-Loss is
$40, ooo-INsURANcE $4,000

Boone, Jan. 29.-The Butler hotel,
the best hosiery in boone, and one of
the best known In the state, was burn
ed to the ground here last night. The
loss on the building is given as about
$4,000 with $4,000 insurance. The
loss on furnishings and fixtures will be
from $4,000 to $4,000, fairly well in
sured.
Owing to the fact that the fire was
discovered at comparatively early
hour, 1925 in the evening, there was
no trouble in getting the guests out of
the burning building. Only four of
them had retired for the night, al
though there were from forty to fifty
people in the building.
The show troupe, which was present
ing "A Stranger in Town" in this city
last evening, had all their effects in
the hotel They broke off the perform
ance and rushed back to the building,
but TOO late to save all of their prop.
erty.
Almost everyone in the hotel lost
something, as it was thought for sew.
eral hours that the building would be
saved. Fred NJ. Lorenzen of Ogden
the newly elected county treasurer,
who was stopping at the hotel, was in
the court house, a mile away, and knew
nothing of the fire until it was too late
to save any Of his belongings.
+, In Heart OF Business District.
| The hotel stood in the heart of the
business district and directly across
the street from the government build
ing. There was little wind, however
and the roofs were covered with snow
and these conditions, coupled with the
fact that the burning building was sur
rounded BY little park, prevented any
danger of the fire spreading.
The fire was discovered by the night
clerk, who smelled smoke and on at
tempting to go into the basement tt
] look for the fire, was driven back by
/ the suffocating clouds which envelopec
him. He at once gave the alarm anc
warned the guests. For several hours
i the firemen fought the flames and two
or three times the fire seemed under
control, but it always broke out in {
new place until finally the building was
left to its fate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
OF THAW
JURY Are
REFUSED
Harold r. Fare and Arthur
Campbell Taken From
Box-Denee Only
New Man

New York Jan. 29--When the morn
ing session of the Thaw trial ended
today there remained but two vacant
seats in the jury box. 1t is the i'm
preston of those following the case
that a complete jury might be expect
ed before an adjournment for today
is taken Out of eighteen talesmen
of the original panel of 200 who were
examined this morning one proved &C.
ceptable. He took his place as No
10 on the list of Thaws judges.
He is John S. Denee, a travelling
freight agent, aged Ss and unmarried.
Denee is native of Louisiana and
Thaw seemed especially pleased at
having secured southerner on the
jury.
BY consent of all concerned in the
Thaw case Jurores Arthur S. Camp
bell, No. 4, and Harold R. Faire, No.
s, were excused from further service
this afternoon.
The reason for excusing the Jurors
was not made public. but it is said
they are of a business nature.
All the Thaw family were again in
court today and there is absolutely no
evidence of friction between any of
it's members. In fact there seemed
to be that an effort was being
made to show that there has been
no ground for such ruLlors during the
past few days.
The ninth juror who was chosen
just before adjournment last night IS
Louis Hass, aged 81, New York re-
preventative of Philadelphia whole
sale candy concern.
The presence of all the women
members of the Thaw family and of
Mae Mackenzie, the chorus girl friend
OIL Mrs. Harry Thaw, in the courtroom
indicated that the disagreement, if
there has been any, over the activity
of the actress in the Gaze, has been
smoothed out.
There was e vacancy, however, iii
the chairs reserved for Thaw's coun-
sci. Dolphin M. Delmas of San Fran
cisco, who, according to rumor, ob-
jected to the presence of Miss Mack.
enzie, was absent, but it was given
out that he was confined to his room
by a severe cold.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
Mem Bills in Iona
House and Senate
Des Moines Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier,
Des Moines, Jan. 20.

The following new bills were pre-
scented in the Iowa ouse and senate
TO-DAY:
Senator De Armand introduced in
the senate bill prepared by John
Helmick of Davenr ort, providing for
a general district court to sit in Des
MONIES and to have jurisdiction over
the entire state in certain classes of
criminal cases
Senator Jameson of Page intro
duced two bills to alect the express
liquor business, one requiring the ex-
press companies to keep an open e
cord Of all deliveries of liquor. the
other to forbid the removal from the
express Office of any package Of IL
quor by any other one than the. per-
NIT holder.
Senator Mates presented bill to
provide for the election of insurance
company directors by minority Of
the stock holders
Senator Frudden put in a bill to
make the law as to police matrons
apply to special charter cities.
Senator Newberry presented a bill
to raise the salaries of the deputy and
assistant dairy commissioners.
House Bills.
Speaker Kendall is ill and was un.
able to attend the sitting Of the house
today.
The bill by Polk county members to
regulate "Baby Farms" and to provide
that it shall be Illegal for one 10
| 11,irr IL, :
certificate from the state board OF
health was introduced. 1t is severe in
its penalties and would prohibit ire
gular hospitals Of this kind.
Representative Ofil introduced his
fire cracker bill. Representative
Weeks introduced bill to reform the
method Of drawing jurors by requiring
that the list Of talesmen shall he
drawn from the entire list of voters
OF the county, after those Ineligible
have been discarded.
Two bills amending the exemption
laws to exempt 80 per cent of {
months salary, but exempting for 81
days earnings of members Of the fam
lily, other than the head, were intro
duced in the house.
Sullivan introduced a bill providing
| for preservation Of testimony before
coroner's juries in counties Of popula
ton of $4,000 by appointment of steno
graphers.
McAllister introduced a bill provid
ing for roster of Iowa soldiers.
1t became known here today tina
Representative Offil will be a candi
date for congress from the sixth dis
trict in 1905
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
Trustees SayQuit;;
No!Says Evangelist
"CowBoy" RepipalistWoul
Not Stop Saping Souls
Epen When Order
ed to Cease

Fairfield, Jan. 2s.-The revival SER
vices which have been held at the
Baptist church for the past three
months under the leadership of Rev.
Ezra Temple. who now claims to have
been cowboy and who claims the IL
tie of the Cowboy Preacher" came
to close last evening when the trus-
tees of the church had made that or
der. This did not suit the cowboy
preacher, who stated in open meeting
that services would be continued for
another three months and announced
that services hereafter would be held
at the various homes of people of diff
ferent denominations.
The first of these series of meetings
was held this afternoon at the home
of Arthur D. Long.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
WOULD KILL WEATHER MAN.
Congressman From Kansas Says the
Prophet Makes Too Many Mistakes,

Washington, D. c., Jan. 29.-Repre.
sentative Campbell of Kansas yester-
day sought to do away with the govern
ment weather bureau by striking from
the agricultural appropriation bill all
appropriations for the support of the
bureau. He spoke against the appro-
priation en- the ground that forecasts
of the weather had been inaccurate.
He was subjected to raillery on &C.
count of Kansas cyclones and wind,
and Mann, of Illinois, suggested that
the bureau might have been more sue
cessful in predictions of Kansas winds
since Campbell removed to Washing
ton. After several speeches the ap.
preparation was agreed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
FUEL COMES HIGH
TO WESTERN LINES
COAL INCREASE WILL COST THE
BURLINGTON NEARLY
$4,000 A DAY

Chicago, Jan. 29.-Coal dealers sup.
plying the Burlington road with fuel
have advanced the price 20 cents
ton. 1t is declared similar advance
will be made on coal furnished to
all the railroads in the west.
To the Burlington the advance
means an added operating expendi-
ture of more than $4,000 a day, as
it uses between $4,000 and $4,000 tons
of coal each twenty-four hours The
annual increase therefore will be in
excess of S1,00O,OOO To the railroads
which mine most of their own coal the
raise would not mean so much.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
BLACK CAT DEATHS ENVOY.
Baby Contracts Fatal Lockjaw by See
inu Animal in Cradle,

Philadelphia, Jan. 2s.-scared into
lockjaw by fright at finding a black
angora cat in her crib. Nellie Tributes,
the baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Tribulos, died Yesterday in ag-
ony. The cat did not even scratch the
infant, but physicians say the child's
fright was so great that it had the
same effect on hel as If the cat had at.
tackled her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
Decision Of Chair IS Revers.
ed by Vote of 1856 to 81
In Committee of
Whole
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON PENSION BILL
Senate Calls on Interstate
Commerce Commission
For Block Signal
Report

Washington, Jan. 29.-By vote Of
"a to 1856 the house, committee Of the
whole today reversed the ruling of
the chair on the question of free seeds
for congressional distribution and adj
opted an amendment continuing the
free distribution of seeds which has
been in vogue for number Of years
Favorable to Pension Bill.
The McCumber pension bill was fav.
orably reported to the house today.
The bill provides that all veterans
of the Mexican war or the war of 1861
who are 81 years old may have pen
sion of $12 month.
Take Up Appropriation Bill.
The house today went into commit
tee Of the whole on the agricultural
appropriation bill.
Senate Wants Block System.
The senate today agreed on a resolu-
ton calling on the interstate commerce
commission for it's findings as the re.
suit of its investigation of the block
system of signals on railroads and for
Its recommendations covering the ad
visibility Of the adoption of an auto.
matte block system.
Hale Wants Night Sessions.
Senator Hale took the senate to task
today because Of the disposition to talk
instead Of pass the appropriation bills
He said there was but twenty-seven
days left in the session and as yet not
a single appropriation bill had become
law. The only alternative, Hale said
was to hold night sessions and these
he should move for if necessary, if the
business was further delayed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
Sank Statement ordered.

Washington. D. c., Jan. 29.-The
comptroller of the currency today is
sued a call for statement of the con
dition of national banks at the close
Of business on January rs. It'll
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
WABASH RIVER FALLING.
Improvement Shown In Flood Situation
But TayIorville is Off Map,

Terre Haute, Ind, Jan. 29-The first
real improvement in the situation here
was noted today when the Wabash
river commenced to fall rapidly. The
villaga Of Taylorville has been practi-
cally wiped off the map.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-31
Hale Wants Night Sessions.
MRS AUGUST RlNGLING DEAD.
Mother of Ringing Brothers Stricken
With PARALYSIS.

Baraboo, Wis, Jan. 29.-Mrs. August
Ringing, aged seventy-four mother Of
the Ringing brothers was stricken
with paralysis while entertaining
friends at supper last night and rex
pired soon after.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
MT. FREEDOM.

Russell Clark of Newark, who has
been visiting here, returned to his
home on Tuesday last.
A large delegation of people from
the @. E. Society made visit to the
Aims House on Tuesday last.
The quarterly tea will be held by
the Ladies Aid Society at the manse
on Wednesday afternoon and evening
of this week.
Miss Valone Floyd who has been
visiting at Morristown, returned to
her home here on Sunday last.
Miss Lucy Thompson is visiting rel
atives at Morristown for few days.
Elijah Burnett and son George were
the guests of Edward Burnett at Ber-
nardsyille on Sunday.
Fred Hubert and some of has family
are among those on the sick list.
Thomas Demorest has purchased fol
himself fine new horse.
Mr.. Woodruff IS going to move his
saw mill to the Hughson tract of tim
ben, sometime this week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19
OBITUARY.
CHARLES GORDON KNOX,

On Monday afternoon last, March
18th, Charles Gordon Knox. a son-in-
law of Mrs. Byron Sherman, died sud-
denly on his way home from Panama.
As chairman of a special committee
appointed TO examine the government
excavations at the isthmus, Mr.. Knox
had become exposed to the malaria of
the region, and upon reaching the
vessel provided for the purpose ol
bringing him and his party of friends
to Charleston malignant fever devel-
oped and the patient sank rapidly, ex-
piring few hours before poYb was
reached.
The deceased, who had many warm
personal friends in Morristown, had
long resided in St. Louis where. DIS
director in several banks and trust
companies he had long taken an ac-
tive part in business affairs. He was
a member and trustee OF the Second
Presbyterian Church of that city,
President Of the University Club,
Vice President of the Mercantile Lii
brary Association, Eand Jealous sup
porter of the Young Mems Christian
Association as we'll as of charitable
and philanthropic effort in many
fields. Mr.. Knox united energy and
practical sagaety with habits of close
and untiripg application to everything
he undertook and which he first dis
played as a student at Bonn University
in Germany, nor did he ever lose,
amid life filed with many-sided re-
sponsibiities, a love for the language
and studies of his earliest years. He
was a great grandson Of the Rev John
Mason Knox, for fifty years leading
clergyman in New York City, and was
also nephew of the Rev. DIR. Knox,
formerly President of Lafayette Col
| lege. He was fifty-tiye years of age at
1.-THE time of his death and, prior to the
lfever which proved fatal, enjoying
uniformly robust health, an extended
career of happy usefulness seemed to
yet lie before him. His passing has
taken one of those truly Christian and
noble lives whose loss finds ne repara-
tion here.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

SOME years ago Herman B. Walker
started in as legislative correspond
ent at Trenton, and as he was of gen.
ial disposition and had the newspaper
MANS idea of honor in regard to jnfor-
nation given him, he soon became
popular and was useful to the paper
employing him. A year or so ago he
experienced a changeOf heartor found
it paid better and as the special cor
respondent of the Newark News at
Washington, Trenton and elsewhere,
has given forth things wonderful to
understand and which no one else
seemed to find out. We have been
wondering how long journalistic cour-
tesy would keep some of the other pa
pers from sticking pin in his gas bag
1t has happened. The State Gazette,
in view Of Mr.. Walkers evolution as
the Peoples Lobby, devotes a couple of
columns to his services saying among
other good things:
We rise to congratulate the people
of the State, the members of the legis-
lature,and Governor Stokes upon being
SO fortunate as to have for guide a
person whose head no ordinary hat
will fit.
| A man who mas forgotten more thar
the average man remembers and goes
right on forgetting without apologize
ing.
i A man who might have been states
man but for his superior intelligence.
/ A man who can tell more than hi
knows in less time than it takes to tel
il. In this respect he is in class By
himself.
| With the Gazette I'VE take off ou
That to Hermans hat and all that i
under it. ("
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

Coy -1NoR STOKES has issued proc
lamation revoking the charters OF
more than 1000 New Jersey corpor-
ations which have failed to pay the an
nual franchise tax levied by the state
for the fiscal year 190506. The procla-
nation is an annual affair provided fol-
by the corporation laws for the weed
ing out of delinquent corporations.
The fact is that a revocation of the
charter of the 1000 companies has lit
tie effect upon the business world since
a large percentage of the corporations
involved are without actual existence,
except on paper. 1t is estimated that
probably eighty per cent. of the delin-
quent companies have never transact
ed any actual business since their in
corporation, many of them having
failed even to secure subscribers toSl,-
600 worth of stock which is the mini
mum amount with which they may
start business.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

THERE was a hearing Monday after
moon in the Senate on the bin, which
has already passed the Hoase, author
izing the Acknowledgement to bring
before the Chancellor the status of the
Morris Canal, it's riparian rights, lis
character and the whole condition Of
a1fahs. The Lehigh Valley Railroad,
which is the lessee of the canal prop
ertv, argued against the proposed pro-
ceedingS ON the ground that the States
rights had been forfeited because Of
the statute of limitation and that 1t
was not right. at this late day, to
bring up the early conditions and the
privileges originally granted. The
arguments for the company were made
. bp George Hulmes, ex-Judge. Gilbert
Collins aud William III. Corpln. Ihe
State was defended by Attorney-Gen-
eral McCarter and eX Judge Bennett
Van SICKLE.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

III is refreshing to find that there is
something that Trenton does not COW
ct. The citizens of that town have OPP
posed the establishment of any public
buildings elsewhere in the State, from
insane asylumS TO normal schools.
They are glad to have the State prison
and State capitol there but when it is
suggested that the State prison is the
proper place for executions they raist
q great ado and talk about the histor
fc fame of the city which in some way
is TO be Smirched by using the prison
for what seems to an ordinary mind 1
logical purpose.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-03-19

BY the way the optimistic fellows
who year or so ago saw great for
tunes in the stock market seem to be
learning wisdom by experience. But
IN the game of getting something for
nothing there is no telling where the
blind goddess is going to bestow her
fayors. 1t is also remarkable that
with the great slump in many stocks
there is so little effect upon actual
business conditions. 1t is like squeez
ing water from a sponge, the water Is
lost but the sponge remains, SO II
many cases when the water is elimi
mated the true value will receive it'
dues.