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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
ALBA MAY HAVE
iowa MURDERER
MAN ANSWERING DESCRIPTION
OF VAN WINKLE'S SLAYER
IS ARRESTMD

Abba, Dec. 16-tSpecial} Sheriff
Griffin and Chief OF Police Homer
Woofter last night arrested a man
who tallies exactly with the descrip-
tion of Harry Jones the alleged muir
derer of Mr.. and Mrs William Van
Winkle at their hon,e in FnirEJrt two
weeks ago The authorities at Muscae
tine have been communicated with
and the Abba porce have len RI
quested to hold tha suspect pending
the arrival of az oit cor r--nn Musca
tine.
The suspect was picked up at the
railroad station. He had come in
from Tracey during the day and was
waiting then to get a train out of
town. Sheriff Griffin noted the re-
semblance to the descriptions sent out
and he watched the man while he call
ed Chief Woofter. After more
careful investigation it was seen that
the man arrested tailed exactly with
the description of Jones, even to the
tattoo marks and the scar under the
eye
When the Muscatine sheriff was
called he interviewed the county at
torney Of Muscatine county and then
issued orders that the prisoner be
held until an officer should arrive.
The Van Wrinkle murder was one
of the most brutal ever perpetrated in
Iowa. The young couple were beaten
to death in their home at Fairpor5.
and several hours, later their remains
were found lying side by side lifeless
on the floor. A blood-clotted club was
beside the bodies. Jones was i'm,
mediately suspected and several sus.
poets have been arrested on the de
scriptions sent out. but thus far the
right man has not been caught The
Abba authorities believe they have
the right man. however
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
AT. OF |. men
Carr YINC arms
TELL MILITARY LEADER THEY
ARE COMPELLED TO DO so
TO AVOID TROUBLE.

Goldfeld, Dec. 16.-Members of the
commission sent by President Roosc-
welt arrived in Goldfield last night.
Mr.. McNeill, labor commissioners, said
that the commission would go at once
into the labor conditions in Goldfeld.
General Funston Is preparing re-
port to be sent to Washington based
on the revelations made to him by
the delegation from the American
Federation of Labor.
This delegation from the American
Federation of Labor called upon Cen
eral Funston, who is continuing his
Investigation Of cond here with
view of determining the necessity
for the presence OF federal troops In
Goldfield.
These gentlemen made the most
remarkable statement have yet
heard" said General Funston in an
interview with the representative OF
the Associated Press. "rhey have
considered it necessary for their self
protection to go armed at all times
and have been compelled to avoid per
Western Federation Of Miners In or
uol " pICYcut 6cilOuS IIouDiS. LIE
condition of affairs, they have told
me. obtained until the arrival Of the
United States troops, since when the
conditions have been greatly
changed
In view of the facts learned, Gen
eral Funston said that there is little
possibility Of the troops leaving here
within the next ten days, and upor
his recommendation half Of the mum
ber now here will be detained by thu
Washington authorities
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
FIRST ACT TO
CALL out TROOPS
GOV. WILSON FINDS HERITAGE
OF TROUBLE COMES TO HIM
WITH OFFICE.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 16,-When ex-
Governor Beckham stepped out Of the
chair and surrendered to Governor
Wilson, the authority Of Kentucky he
left to him an heritage OF troubles,
chief among which were the tobacco
troubles which are nov agitating
Kentucky Governor Wilson immed-
lately called about him Attorney Gen
eral Breathitt. General Williams and
others. Consultation was held with
state fire marshal, M. o. Ayers, who
has just returned from Hopkinsville,
where mob burned about $4,000
worth of property LAST week, and act
ing upon the suggestion Of their opin-
ION .he ordered company Of militia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
BILLY SUNDAY
WASINOTTUMWA
PASSED THROUGH CITY EARLY
THIS MORNING ON MILwAU-
KEE LIMITED.

After closing five weeks revival
service at Muscatine and converting
nearly 1000 people in that city, Rev.
Billy Sunday passed Though Qttumwa
early this morning on the Milwaukee
limited on his way for Hoisington,
Kas., the home Of his mother. Mrs.
Stowell whose husband passed away
Saturday morning.
At Muscatine great ovation was
given the departing evangelist. such
as kings and men In high official life
would envy. Several thousand people
of the city in which Rev Sunday has
converted almost one-fourth Of its in
habitants gathered at the Milwaukee
depot at midnight to give him a fit
ting departure
The work Of Rev. Sunday at Musca-
tine supasses anything in revival
work done in the history of the world
Even the great Moody never convert
ed at single revival of five weeks
nearly as many as came forward at
Muscatine which was even the climax
of Billy Sundays own work, exceed
ing by several hundred his own rec
ord.
Mr.. Sunday is scheduled to reach
his mothers home this afternoon to
be on hand to attend the funeral OF
his father-in-law
Rev. Sunday will come to Ottumwa
next year in December or in January
1909 for series of services.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
PUPS STOLEN
Believed to Have Been Taken From
United States Express
Store Room

1t Is believed that three bull terrier
pups were stolen from the United
States Express company's store room
near the Milwaukee Saturday morning
board had been broken from the
front of the building which made a
hole large enough for the thief to pull
the pups through. 1t is thought the
theft occurred some time between
$50 and $50 o'clock
When the pups were put in the
storeroom they are said to have been
IN crate and it is thought that in
some manner got out and were run
ming around loose in the room, waen
someone pulled a board from the
building and stole the pups one at a
time, or very carelessly forgot to put
1t back in place
At any rate the pups are gone nd
there is board broken from the
building, which looks quite suspicious.
The matter has been reported to the
police and everything is being done
to locate the missing pups and the
thief.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
POPE APPOINTS
four CARDINALS
SECRET CoNsIsTERY HELD IN
THE VATICAN ToDAY-BIsH-
OPS ALSO ELEVATED.


Rome, Dec. 16.-Pius X today held
a secret consistory in the Vatican in
which he created four new Cardinals
and preconized several bishops. The
new cardinals are:
Monsignor Pietro Gasparri, secre-
tary of the congregation extraordinary
of ecclesiastical affairs.
Monsignor De Lai, secretary. of the
congregation council
Monsignor Ludovc Henry Leon,
archbishop of Rheims
Monsignor Paul Pierre Andrieu,
archbishop Of Marseilles.
The pope appointed Monsignor Ken
nedy. rector Of the American college
here, to be titular bishop of Adrian.
apolis and Monsignor Dennis O'Col-
nell, rector of the Catholic university
at Washington to be titular bishop OF
Sebaste.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
CIVIC MEETING ON
Prominent Men and Women Gather
for Meeting Of Federation In
New York Today.

New York. Dec. 16.-The eighth an
nual meeting of the National Civic
Federation was called to order here to-.
day with more than 100 men and wom-
en- prominent in the various walks of
life in attendance. In the temporary
absence of August Belmont, president
of the federation, First Vice President
Samuel Gompers, called the meeting
to order and called upon James Spe-
yer, the banker to preside at the ses-
sion. first having announced that the
subject before today's session was the
"The Protecting of the Peoples Sav.
ings.''
Tpeyer in his remarks favored an
elastic currency based on the gold
standard Speyer then introduced
Andrew Carnegie
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
A LATE IMPROVEMENT.
An Electric currying Machine Is In
stalled at the ottumwa Fire
Station.

The latest Improvement at the OF
tumwa fire department is an electric
currying machine, for currying horses.
1t is run by an electric motor that
runs with sufficient speed to cause
the round brush attachment to re-
volve at the rate of over three thou
sand times minute. "A horse can be
curried in about three minutes from
head to foot and 1t is said taat the
work ris much. besEfe thnh the old
fashioned curry comb. It can also be
turned into clipping machine and is
said to be a great time and work
saver as 1t is simple arrangement
and can be rum by anyone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
cRITIclsEs TREASURY FOR
"DuMPlNG" MONEY INTO WALL
STREET AND INCIDENTALLY
CALLS ROOSEVELT PATRIOT
WILSON INACCURATE
SAYS RESOLUTION
ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN WANTS
FIGURES UPON WHICH sEcRE.
TARY BASED HIS ESTIMATE OF
COTTON CROP

Washington. Dec. 16.-A character
ilstic speech was today delivered in
the senate by "Pitchfork Ben TIL
man He spoke on his resolutions di-
recting an investigation of the recent
bond issue and the clearing house
certificates, but took occasion to conf
ment on good many matters con
cerning the financial affairs of the
country.
The treasury. he said, had dump
ed'' its money into Wall street and
Sthe country has praised the patriot
ism Of j.. Pierpont Morgan in aiding
the country to get a grip on its self
and not let everybody go crazy and
precipitate further loss and horrors
on the country
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Horrible peath at Earlex.

Dubuque, Dec. 16.-(SpeciaD-
William Campbell and wife and faith
er. James Campbell of Farley were
instantly killed by an Illinois Central
train at midnight at the crossing near
Epworth. The bodies of the wife and
father were so wedged into the en-
gine pilot that they coould not be re-
moved until the train reached Farley.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17

Alice Barber of Davenport, is here
caring for her daughter Ruth Tursley,
who has been quite sick for some time.
Herman snow came back from Sey-
lnour Wednesday where ha. lad been
on business n
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Charlton Man Struck by Mail Train.

Charlton, Dec, 16.-Henry Schotte
a young man of this city. met with a
serious accident Saturday night while
going home from town. While crossing
the railrQad tracks near the square he
was struck by fast mail train No. s.;
and MS head was badly cut, and his
shoulder dislocated. He was found
wandering on the track in dazed
condition and was taken to the city
hall and a physician summoned He
was later removed to the home of his
father. 1t is thought that ne will re-
cover
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
DAVENPORT HAS
A DRY SUNDAY
SALOONS ALL CLOSED CROWDS
CROSS RIVER TO ROCK ISLAND
TO SPEND DAY.

Davenport. Dec. 16.-1n compliance
with the orders of Attorney General
Byers, contained in letter to County
Attorney Hamann, every saloon IN
Davenport remained closed all day,
making 1t the first dry Sunday Daven-
port has experienced.
Saloon keepers held largely at
tended meeting yesterday morning, a:
which County Attorney Hamann read
Attorney General Byers' letter de-
manding immediate enforcement :. t
the mulct law In Scott county. Ham
ann advised all saloon keepers to
comply with the terms of the letter at
once, and this the saloon keepers
unanimously agreed to do. Not a sa-
loon in the city opened yesterday aft
ernoon at the usual hour of o'clock
and 1t can be said with emphasis
THE lid is on In Davenport"
BY reason of the new condition of
affairs, the customary Sunday after
noon concert at the coliseum was
called off, and 1t is being freely pre-
dicted that the mulct law in Daven-
port will seriously interfere with
numerous other amusement enter.
prises.
The sight Of Turner hall and other
large meeting places where pleasure
seekers are accustomed to gather be,
ing locked all day occasioned much
comment
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Ask Wilson for Figures.

Washington. Dec. 16.-A resolution
charging the secretary of agriculture
with inaccuracy in estimating this
years cotton crop and calling on him
to furnish congress figures and in
formation upon which he based his
estimate of crop of 1907" was intro
duced in the house today by Cor
gressman Hef1in of Alabama.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Rioto,,s Scenes in Vienn,

Vienna, Dec. 16.-There were riot
GUS scenes in the chamber of deputies
this afternoon. he members of
Ruthenian interrupted the proceed
ings. The Ruthen an deputy threw
a piece of wood at the presideny
house.
The Christian socialists retaliated
by an attack on the Rutnenians, us
inc chairs as weapons. Several of the
deputies sustained serious injuries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Kansas City Bank Reopens,

Kansas City, Dec. 16.--The Union
Avenue Bank of Commerce. one of
the small banks affiliated with the
National Bank of Commerce resumed
business this morning. All the banks
affected by the Commerce. failure
have now reopened.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Troons ordered out.

Louisville, KY, Dec. I6.-Company
H of the first regiment of the Kea-
lucky state militia was this afternoon
ordered to Hopkinsville, where there
mas been trouble of late with the
might riders"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Mrs. II. Stevens Dies at Charlton.

Charlton. Dec. (speciaD-Mrs.
.H. !. Stephens died at her home in this
city this morning at an advanced age
and after an extended illness. She Ii
survived by ner husband and sewers,
children. At noon today the time 1or
holding the funeral services had not
been set.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
House to Adjourn for Holidays.

Washington, Dec. 16.-The houss
today passed concurrent resolution
providing for an adjournment on Dec.
II until Jan. for the Christmas
holidays.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
RLAKEsBuRG.

Blakesburg.-W. H.. H. Asbury was
in town Wednesday on business.
Mrs. Hattie Mosluer, of Chicago, Ill.
arrived Friday for a visit with her
mother, Mrs Nancy Williamson
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
cover
oskaloosa Miner Killed.

Oskalooss, Dec, 16-Harrison Fields
fell head foremost sixty feet to his
death from the top of a derrick to the
bottom Of the shaft of Rices rnal =,sine
this morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Hundreds Cross River.

Hundreds of Davenporters crossed
the river to Rock Island, where they
escaped what they term the "blue
laws" Of Iowa. and spent the day In
this way hundreds Of dollars Of Dav-
export money was left in Illinois, as
a result of the first dry Sunday here,
and this fact is already occasioning
wall of protest among many local
merchants.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Calls Roosevelt Patriot.

Tillman said he believed Roosevelt
was a patriot and that while he had
Deen guilty Of many indiscretions and
said many things which in his cooler
moments he would have been willing
to take out of print, he did not be-
lieve the President felt any satisfac-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
Oklahoma Senators Sworn.

The two senators from Oklahoma,
Owen and Gore we're sworn into
office today. The terms of the two
we're drawn by lot and Owens secured
the six year term and Gore the two
year term.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17

Idaho Observes Sunday Closing Law.
Portland, Ore, Dec. 16. Several
Idaho cities were compelled to OBJ
serve the closing laws yesterday the
Sunday cl5sing law having been re-
Gently oeclared constitutional by the
supreme court of Idaho.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-10
sisSEToN, SOUTH DAKOTA
NEWS 0f WEEK SUMMARIZED
INF ~aTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washinqton.

Last month was the coolest April in
the last twenty-six years, and within a
degree of the coolest April ever ex-
~perienced, according to the weather
bureau.
A grand total of 1879 new govern
mental positions We're created by con
gress at its last session. The salaries
for these places aggregate $S,S51,775.
This is an average of a tribe more
than 5000 for each.
h secretary of the navy has given
permission to the naval academy to al
low the midshipmen eight-oared crews
to enter the Poughkeepsie regatta.
h naval academy alumni of New
York has agreed to furnish the neces-
sary funds.
The monthly comparative statement
OF the government receipts and expen-
ditures shows that for the month of
April, 1907. the total receipts were
$53,26O,591 and the expenditures $48,-
OH, 134, leaving a surplus for the
month OF $5,1S9,457.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-10
Accidental Happenings.

A prairie fire north Of Glencoe, Iowa,
caused a loss estimated at $4,000 be-
fore 1t was checked.
Fire in the building occupied by the
Union City Chair company at Union
City, Pa, caused a loss of $500, 000.
A train was wrecked at Collett, Ind.
and about a dozen passengers were in
5ured. Only two were seriously hurt.
While hunting ground squirrels in
the cemetery at Burlington, Iowa, Paul
Hiltman, thirteen years old, accident
ally shot himself and will die.
Frightened by a policeman entering
her home in Philadelphia to arrest
her husband, Mrs. Josephine Hess,
aged ~forty-six years, dropped dead.
Nine women and three children were
injured, II woman seriously. in the
collapse Of a sidewalk at the opening
of a 5 and 10 cent store at Rock Isl.
and, Ill.
A revolver falling from the pocket
Of Hilario Hernandez, a priest at Pu-
ebla, Mex. sent a bullet through the
heart of N. Joaquin Casarrato, a young
millionaire.
Mrs. William Jones was struck by
q Milwaukee flyer while driving across
the tracks at Cedar Rapids. Iowa, dur
ing the recent binding snow storm.
She was instantly killed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-10
Personal.

Rev. J. d. Simmons Of Parkersville
w. Va, editor of the Baptist Banner,
is dead from apoplexy.
David j. Cook, a noted pathfinder
and detective, died suddenly at Den.
yer of heart disease, aged sixty years.
Capt. George H. Cottrell, one of the
pioneer captains of the Great Lakes,
died at his home in Marine City, Mich.
aged ninety years, after an illness of
n week.
John Kells Ingram, the political
economist, is dead in Deblin. He
was born in 1923, and was an honorary
member of the American Economical
association.
George Henry Daniels, general pas
senger agent Of the New York Cen.
trail, who has been connected with the
company for twenty-one years, has re.
tired from active service.
Mai. Gerald Rathbone died at San
Francisco after a brief illness. He
was consul at Paris under the first
Cleveland administration. During the
war Maj. Rathbone was aide on the
staff Of Gen. Scofield.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-10
WINTER WHEAT IS DAMAGED
COLD WEATHER STARTS ACTIVE.
TY ON THE CHICAGO BOARD
OF TRADE.

Chicago, May T. The last week ON
the Chicago board of trade has seen
the revival of the activity which pre-
vailed there several years ago, and ii
is predicted by the more optimistic
traders that business will continue at
a higher level for some time.
h cold weather conditions which
have prevailed so continuously
throughout West and Southwest have
been the chief cause of the increased
volume of trade. Never in the history
of the weather bureau has such ex-
tended and such severe weather ex-
listed at this time of the year.
May Be 100000 900 Bushels Short.
h result has been a growing con
viction on the part of many traders
and commission men that the crop of
winter wheat has been seriously dam
aged, and one excellent authority has
made the prediction that the crop will
be about 100, 600, 900 bushels below
that of last year.
Conflicting reports have been receiv-
ed from all sections regarding the
damage inflicted by the green bug
from Oklahoma, and especially have
the reports been of a contradictory
character. BY some it has been as
serted that the crop has been greatly
impaired, and by others that the in
jury has been slight.
The result has been, however, a re-
newal of something like old times on
the board of trade.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-10
DOMINGO RATIFtS THE TREATY
UNITED STATES LEGALLY Be
COMES FINANCIAL TRUSTEE
OF REPUBLIC.

Santo Domingo, May 5. - The new
treaty between the United States and
Santo Domingo, intended to replace
the treaty which has been pending be
fore the United States senate for the
last two years, was ratified by the Do
minfcan congress yesterday.
The Dominican treaty marks a new
departure in the relations of the Unit,
ed States to the smaller republics Of
the Western hemisphere, for in the
case of Santo Domingo the United
States now becomes legally a trustee
in a financial sense, and must go so
far in the preservation of order and
the accompanying Encouragement of
revolutions as Is incident to the con-
troll of the custom houses.
Originated in Revolution.
The treaty really had its birth in a
revolution. While the American gov
eminent vas pressing for a settlement
the claims of its citizens in December,
1904, President Morales, beset by rev
olutionists, in the hope of securing the
moral support of the United States,
elttIeu lllO dn agreement WIN Cdpl.
Dillingham; of the American navy, by
which the Dominican custom houses
were to be occupied by the Americans
and the foreign Indebtedness of the
country discharged from the receipts.
Rejected at Washington, this agree,
ment gave place March 81, 1905, to a
modus vivendi which has operated up
to this time. This placed an American
collector in charge and provided fol
the deposit in New York of SIS per cent
of the customs receipts for the benefit
Of the Dominican creditors.
Morales Is Not Saved.
The modus vivendi did not save
Morales from political destruction, for
he was deported by the revolutionists
and his vice president, Gen. Caceres.
installed as president. But the modus
vivendi led to the deposit in New York
of 5000, 900, which will now be placed
to the credit of the Dominican govern
ment. That government has had more
available money since the establish.
ment of the modus vivendi than at any
other time in its history. 1t alf finds
itself in possession of four fine coast
guard cutters built in the United
States.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-10
SAY SAILORS STARTED ROW.
Santiago Papers Denounce ALLEGED
Misconduct of Seamen,

Havana, May s. Santiago newspa-
pers containing accounts of the en-
counter last Tuesday between police
and sailors of the Tacoma have reach
ed here. They declare unanimously
that intoxicated sailors began the dis
turbance by assaulting Capt. Lay.
The captain fired from his revolver in
the air to summon assistance. When
the police arrived there ensued a
pitched battle, the sailors using pls-
tolls and lances.
Referring to, the matter, the Illus
TRACTION Guiana says:
I'VE wish to call the attention of the
provisional governor to the frequency
of these occurrences in all provinces.
They are invariably started by forces
of the intervening government"
The Cubano Libre, a Moderate or
gan, says:
1.-THE intolerable conduct of these
seamen has reached a limit. These
men, under the title of 'i~nterventoes,
believe they are authorized to commit
abuses almost daily. For example, the
occurrence in Santiago, which has
alarmed the people of this city and
placed a stigma on the name of the
great nation in whose services these
men are enrolled.