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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22
ELECTRIC GRINDING.

WE SHARPEN ALL KINDS OF
edge tools, including !arbers and
tailors shears, razors. clippers, SIR
gical instruments, etc. G. G. Thorn
as Company. 121 West Second street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22
Clover-s1s.2o.
Pork-May, SLIP.
Lard-s7.32.
Ribs-S6.35.

New York Butter and Egg .aarket.
New York, Feb 21.-Butter-Quota-
tions irregular.
Factory firsts--23m24.
Held-23024
Eggs-Market easier.
Firsts-24B.
Seconds-24.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

WANTED - WE WANT EVERY
farmer and stockman to realize what
big market he has in. the want
columns of the Courier. Everything
can be sold, bought and traded
through these ads. If you have seed
corn or oats, or horses, hogs, cattle
or sheep to sell, by putting want
ad In the Courier you can present
your proposition to $4,000 families.
Do you know any other way you can
reach that many buyers for so little
money? If you come to town to sell
them, you onlv see two or three
buyers, but you can put want I'D
in the Courier for less money than
it will cost you to come to town, and
you then tell is to thousands OF buy
ers. A wan. ad costs only few
cents. but 1t Is read by thousands.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-PURE BRED ABER-
deem Angus bulls. Ed. F. Oehler,
Moravia, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22
July J.. s.57 e.s7 s.57 Sos

O.Oi O.Oi Dbl b.00 y
Car Lots.
Wheat today 5; estimated tomor-
row. 10.
Corn today, 90; estimated tomor-
row, 70.
Oats today. 80; estimated tomor-
row, S.
Northwest Receipts.
Duluth today, 49, last wear, holiday.
Minneapolis today, 203; last year,
holiday.
Primaries.
Receipts-Wheat today, $4,000; last
year, holiday.
Corn today, $4,000; last year.
holiday.
Shipments.
Wheat today, $4,000; last year.
holiday.
Corn today, $4,000; last year.
holiday.
Liverpool Cables.
Opening-Wheat, unchanged to Nc
lower; corn, not quoted.
Closing-Wheat, 1h61%c higher;
corn, 1sc lower.
The Hog Market.
Receipts today $4,000 left over,
64s7: estimated tomorrow 10000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-FOX HOUND PUPS
From trained parents. Elmer C..
Rector, Floris, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

May-opened s2%@93; highest,
ssas @ss1s; lowest, s2s @925s; closing,
93A
Jnly-sssa.
corn-No. 54s@55h.
No. white-55%.
No. 3 yellow-56@57.
May-Opened 59a@59M; highest,
e0A; lowest, 5sh closing. 6oM.
July-5S1s @5SA.
Oats-No. white, 51@52k.
May-Opened, 52b: highest, 529s;
lowest, 81; closing, 521s
July-Old, 44a.
Rye-Cash, S10S2.
Barley-70@SS.
Timothy SASS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-WE SELL CEMENT,
plaster and prepared roofing and
want you to see US before buying.
Tisdale Lumber Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

New York Poultry Market.
New York, Feb. 21.- oultrv-Alive,
market dull.
Chickens-111a.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-CHOICE DUROC JER-
sey bred sows, SIS. James Jay, Mt.
Pleasant, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR sALE-262h ACRE FARM III
miles north of Blakesburg. L. s.
Chidester, Abba ::oute No. 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-CORD WOOD BY THE
car load on track at Selma, Iowa.
Ed Dooley
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

Cassidy and Gray's Market Letter.
WHEAT-Buying orders were sent
in early on the strength at Liverpool.
that was rather unexpected strength
considering tn, large Argentine ship
ments. Broomhall. however, noting an
improved demand for Argentine wheat
on the continent. Berlin and Antwerp
were lower al on the rallies commis-
sion houses cold and there was consid-
cradle pressure on July and Septem-
Der, supposedly for st. Louis account.
1t looks very much as IL there would
be good sized decrease in the visi-
BILE supply. Cash sales were very
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR sALE-ALL PROPERTY BE
longing to the undersigned, consist
ing Of horses, cattle, hogs and farm
implements, Feb 20, 1908. George A..
Wilson north Of Ridley.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

INCUBATORS-I AM AGENT FOR
Old Trusty. Come and see me. VIM.
Rockwell. at Grand Union Tea Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22
1oday's Markets
MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago. Feb. l.-Cattle-Receipts,
1000; quotations Toe lower.
Beeyes-$4.00@810.
Cows and heifers-S1.75@4.90.
Stockers and feeders-$2.T5@4.S5.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; quotations
10c lower.
Light-$4.20@4.45
Mixed-$4.25@4.52.
Heavy-$425@455
Rough-$4.25@4.30
Bulk saIes-$4.40@4.5O
Sheep-Receirts, 10000; market
steady.
Mature sheep-s325@56
Lambs-s5.00@6.90
Yearlings-$5.5
Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, Feb 21.-Poultry-Mark
firm
Turkeys-121a.
Chickens-12k
Spring chickens-12k.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Chicago. Feb. 21-Wheat:
No. 2 red-92hs
No. 3 red-90h @93.
No. 2 hard-93k@98.
No. 3 hard-90h @S5
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

Chicago Butter and Egg Market.
Chicago, Feb. 1.-Butter-Quota-
tons steady.
Creameries-21@S2.
Dairies-20628.
Eggs-Market weak.
Eggs quoted at 20m21
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR CKERELS-wH1TE
Plymouth Rocks, Rose Comb Brown
Leghorns: score above 90; t5c to
$3.50. White Elm Poultry Farm.
J. T. Perry Selma, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-A FEW CHOICE POLL
ed Durham bulls. Hive good In
dividual quality and Of the best
breeding. Prices right. Ira A. MGR
rift, Kellerton, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

BREEDER OF r. I. REDs-I STILL
have some fine cockerels for $500
each; pullets, s1.00 each. VIM. H.
Sutton. r. R. No. /, Weldon, la.
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WANTED.

wANTED-75 DISCS TO SHARPEN
right away. Phil Coy Blacksmith,
Hedrick. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

Peoria Grain Market.
Peoria, Feb. 21.-Corn:
No. 3-54k @55.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE-HAVEl THREE JACKS
or will trade on land. Live at Far
son, Iowa P. Hawthorn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-PURE BRED REGIS
tered Percheron stallion, or will ex-
change for Ottumwa property or
other stock. c. A. Davidson, Kirk
Vile.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22
FOR SAIL.

FOR SALE-THOROUGH S. C.
w. Leghorns and barred Plymouth
Rock cockerels, $40, each. c. w.
Hudson. Hynes, Iowa. Box S4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-22

FOR SALE - NATIVE LUMBER
sawed to order inquire, Chas. Harris,
Batavia, Iowa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-18
of the Thirteenth Judicial District

of the Thirteenth Judicial District
Court of Grant parish. The presi.
dent was authorized to agree on the
part OF the said body to pay the at.
torneys one hundred dollars ia the
event said suit be Terminated or com
promised before the same reaches the
Supreme Court, and the sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars and all ex-
penses in the event the case reaches
the Supreme Court.
AN ORDINANCE.
Whereas the following petition has
been submitted TO this body, to-wit:
To the Honorable Police Jury of the
Parish of Grant and State of Lou
isiana::
We, the undersigned property tax
payers and qualified voters residing
In the territorial Jurisdiction Of
school district number twenty-three
Of Grant parish, Louisiana, known
rs the Hargis district, according to
the subdivision Of the parish into
school districts by the school board
of Grant parish. Louisiana. do most
respectfully ask and petition you to
order an election to I've held at the
Hargis school house within said dis
trict for the purpose of determining
the sense Of the people on the prop
osition Of ievying a live mills addi-
tional tax ON all property that IL
taxable within the said Hargts dis
trict for a period Of five years to CON-
mence with the year OF 1908, the tax
when levied, II levied by your honor
able body after said election, to he
used in aid of construction OF school
buildings adding to those already
constructed and eqnipping them with
proper school appliances.
We also ask when said election II
had, and II carried, to levy the tax az
above for tine purposes above men,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-18
Continued from last week.
Official Proceedings of the Police
Jury of Grant Parish.

J.
Jury of Grant Parish.
Wednesday. April 8, 1908.
The police jury met with all men,
bers present.
The motion of Mr.. Drewett, second
ed by MIR. West, that one hundred
dollars beallowed Miss Annie Z. Had
not as BENEFICIARY student ut the
State Normal, was lost by the follow
ing vote: Afiirmative-West> and
Drewett. Negative-W. L. Johnson,
Sam Johnson and Futrell.
On motion of MIR. w. L. johnson,
duly seconded and carried, the salary
Of DR.. +. o. Maxwell as President
Parish Board OF Health, at one hun
drsd dollars per annum, was ordered
paid.
The watch and IS found on the
body of Arthur Lee, who was buried
at the expense Of the parish, were de-
livered to the parish treasured, the
watch to be placed in the Bank of
Colfax and the IS to be placed to the
credit Of the parish for safe keeping,
and both to be delivered to the heirs
OF Arthur Lee ON proof of beirsbip.
On motion duly ninde and carried
Mr.. Sam Johnson is authorized to
contract for the police jury to have
repairs made on the bridge over
Bayou de Frame on CoIfax and Aloha
road.
On motion of Mr.. West, seconded
by MIR. Tully, the police jury increas-
ed the salary of Mr. Breland, constr.
BILE Of ward FIVE, to twenty-five dol
lars per quarter, beginning April 1,
1908.
On motion of Mr.. Drewstt, second
ed by Mr.. West, the police jury au.
thorized the president of the body,
Mr.. John Randolph, to employ at
torneys and defend and take all nee
essary proceedings in the matter OF
Ozone Lumber Co.. Limited, VS.. NJ. Z. |
SwaiIord etaI, No. PHI on docket
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-18

Now therefore he It ordained by
the police jury OF Grant parish, La,
In regular session convened:
Section 1. That there he and il
hereby ordered I'm school district No.
q an election tn he held at Haryls
school house, special precinct now
established therefor. To take the cen
sus of the legally qualified voters and
taxpayers of said district on the
question of voting special five mills
tax ON all taxable property in said
district. both personal and real, in
addition to all other taxes levied for
other purposes and ito he used In
aid OF construction of school build
ings. adding to those already con-
structed. and equipping them with
proper school appliances, beginning
with the year 1905 and ending with
the year 1912.
Be it further ordained. etc.
Section 2. That said election be
held at Hargis, special precinct. on
Tuesday. the 18th day Of Nav. 1908.
and as required by law.
Be It further ordained. etc,
Section 3. That should said cleo
ton be carried and said tax voted.
that the proceeds thereof shall he ex-
pended only for the purposes enumer-
ated in section hereof.
Be 1t further ordained. etc.
Section 4. That said election shall
he by printed ballot, and shall con-
tain the words: For the five mills
tax Tor i've years. 1908 to 1912. in
elusive" and Against the five mills
tax for five years. 1903 tn 1912. incu-
slve.' and shall be held according tn
the generalelection laws of the State.
Be it further ordained. etc.
Section 5. That should said cleo
ton be carried In favor Of said tax.
the police jury shall levy said tax i'm
accordance Herewith and the law
and allcosts Of orderiug. holding and
promulgating said election shall be
borne by school district No. q. said
i've mills tax to be levied for five
years. beginning with the year 1908
and ending with the year 1912. and
for the years intervening.
The above ordinance was intro
dnced by Mr.. Drewett and seconded
by Mr.. Sam Johnson, and was adop-
ted unanimously.
The policejury during this meeting
approved and ordered paid claims
in the list below, for which warrants
we're duly signed and approved by
the president Of this body, to-wit:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Midland State bank at
Midland, with a capital of S 5 1000. The
incorporators are all Murdo residents,
being Frank p. Roll, w. C. Krog, Je4ru
E. Hughes and +. J. Carpenter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
ABRAHAM RUEF CONVICTED!
Former Frisco Political Boss Declared
Guilty.

Abraham Ruef, former political boss
OF san francisco, was convicted Thurs
day of bribery. The Verdict was re-
turned exactly upon the stroke of 4
o'clock, when the deliberations Of the
jury had been prolonged throughout
a period Of twenty-four hours. The
warnings Of Judge William p. Lawler
and the vigilance OF the police checked
all attempted demonstration, although
the excitement in the court room vas
so Intense that men were thrust down
into their seats or held In the grasp
Of detectives Is they rose to obtain a
better view of the proceedings.
TIL trial, which has been in progress
los days, ended with surprising alb
ruptness. The day had almost passed
without a sign of intimation from the
curtained chamber on the upper floor
OF Carpenters hall. The hope Of Ruef
and his attorneys had risen with every
hour of delay, and the adherents OF
the prosecution were proportionately
discouraged. With numbers and inter-
est undiminished, the hundreds OF
spectators who have chung about the
court room during the closing days of
the trial retained their seats in the
chamber or stood patiently in a long
line opposite the entrance with a
strong detail of police watching vigi-
lantly for the first sign of disorder in
side and patroled every approach to
the hall. The Jurors had scarcely TAX
en- their seats in the box before the
brief proceedings were at an end
The judge glanced at the verdict and
handed it to Clerk WEIGH. who read 1t
aloud.
Attorneys, defendant, spectators, de-
tectives and police held their breath
as the clerk slowly and deliberately,
yet with apparent agitation, unfolded
the paper, and then, as every eye In
the court room was riveted 0 him,
read the fatal words: eve, the jury.
find the defendant, Abraham Ruef,
guilty as charged. 81 ~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
OPPOSE THE PARCELS POST.
Implement Dealers of South Dakota
Adopt Resolutions.

Adopt
The retail implement dealers OF
South Dakot at a meeting in Mitcheli
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President. ]. r. Nc
Dougall, Britton: vice president, b. u.
Watson, Chamberlain; secretary ana
treasurer, E. c. Barton, Vermillion. All
were reelected. Directors, Georg
waskey, Madison; F.. ". Campbell,
Redfeld; grievance committee, -. Is.
Valentine, Mitchell; o. E. Mesick, Get
tysburg; T.. C. Barton, Vermillion.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions. which was adopted, opposed
the passage of the parcels post law as
detrimental to the trade in the smaller
cities; deprecated the practice OF the
jobbers and manufacturers in selling
binding Irvine direct to the arme
when the business belongs to the re-
tail dealers; protested against the
shortening of the term of discount on
spring goods from June or July 1 In
territory covered by the association to
April 1, as it is too early and in many
cases works a hardship on the dealer
urged the establishment Of h~eadquar-
tiers at the state fair grounds, but OPP
posed the rate on vehicles and lmple-
ments during such time; opposed the
establishment OF branch stores n
country towns by the manufacturers
and jobbers for selling at retail, and
demanded the elimination or such
branch houses In the interest or falr
play and competition; urged dealers TO
be loyal to the houses which do not
sell to the catalogue houses or other
dealers who will in5ure the retail
trade; opposed the use of
by the harvester companies as being
inimical to the interests of the dealers
The convention adjourned without
deciding on the place of meeting for
next wear. sR8I S&
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

Bloodhounds will be added to the
Washington police force for work in the
suburbs.
At Elsmere, Del, the plant. of E. Blu
menthal & Co., glazed kid manufacturers,
was almost entirely burned.
S~ixty-fve families were made homeless
by a fire in Centralia, Pa, which burned
over three blocks. Loss l aaaa.
Mrs. Lillian II. Doty, who was recently
granted a divorce at Sioux Falls, COM
mitted suicide in a Brooklyn hotel.
The worlds record of 1 n So for g.
mile and a sixteenth was broken at En-
eryville by Charley Ellison's Royal Tour
list, when he won the winters handicap
from a high class field in 1 AZ 10.
The New York World has cabled to
Chancellor Won Buelow of Germany and
caused to be published in the press of
this country a complete retractfon Of the
alleged synopsis of the Emperor's inter-
view with DR.. Hale, published in its issue
of Nov. 81. The World editorially ex-
pressed its regret at the publication,
which, it says. was the result of over
zeal and done wit6ut the knowledge Of
the proprietor OF chief editor,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
BOMB NO. % Thrown
1UM.lNa WIs1sCkED IN CHICAGO
NJ T1zzusIE4C EXPLOSION.
nenessnb u rolicc Object Of Attack
49, - Csllsoam, where tho FIRST
WagA Ball Has Bccn . source 81
Os11an1soa - sonso Time.

1--WE buiIdings are wrecked. several
beople are believed to nave been kill
"a and windows were shattered fol
blocks around BY the terrific explosion
of . bomb IN an alley in Wabash ave-
q near sixteenth street. Chicago,
Sunday night. The wrecked building
adJsins che Coliseum. where the First
ward ball. the annual revel to the
holding Of which there has boon much
opposition. was scheduled to be held
NonaaVsnSghEasss
h, The report OF the explosion was
heard Ser as1mile.e - The congregations
of Grace Episcopal and Wabash Meth
O0dist Episcopal churches and guests
OF nearby hotels rushed to the streets
In 4 panic. AStwO-stOry frame build
ing 1t 613 wabash avenue. which adj
Joins the south wall OF the Coliseum
annex. Immediately collapsed and took
Are.
The nre lcaped across an area and
sDread 10 another frame building. also
wrecked. Properties OF the Coliseum
Stored IN the two buildings added fuel
q the flames Crowds Of excited peo-
pie. believing that the Coliseum had
BEEN blown NJ, rushed to the scene.
Il was ~ first believed that several
persons were killed BY the crash, as
number were In the vicinity at the
time. Careful ear Of the debris by
The police and firesncn, however, failed
Z reyeal any bodies.
Tbat the hoEmb was intended for he
ColtsepiM the police exDreM little
NouhE An sEasnination OF the prem
1sss. the police nay. shows that from
the ~ o. ono Of the wrecked build
1nes the bomb might have been
dropped through = skylight Of the
coliseum. One theory Is that the
bomb. Nas thrown AZ another chapter
asgambiers' war" which has
hosn marked ~ the throwing OF a Sc
fisn, % bombs In the vicinity OF al
legeA gambling resorts. The Twenty
ssvep.e3plosion In that series occurred
" nv weeks ago.
H<Urr AEEtn 49, aEGGNA AAAA XfAk AE
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
FAST work IN HOUSE
Breaks = Record In Passing an Appro-
priatlOn Bill.

priatlOn Bill.
A new record In the transaction OF
the public business was established by
h house OF representatives Friday.
The legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill, which usually ex-
cites considerable discussion lasting
several days. was passed with little d
bate and practically in the shape in
which 1t came from the committee.
An unusual feature was that no mem
Der asked for time to indulge in gem
eral talk. The facility with which the
bill OF 165 pages was put through was
the subject OF much comment on the
floor, and h members of the appro-
priations committee felicitated them
selves on the outcome. The bill car
ries an appropriation Of sal ,665,32S.
The house. Immediately after con-
yening, unanimously and without de-
bate adopted a resolution providing
for the appointment of a committee of
five to consider the reference to the
secret service In the presidents mes
sage and to suggest what action, IL
any, should be taken In the matter.
In submitting the resolutions Mr..
Perkins said the statements by the
president could not be lightly disre-
garded, as they might impair the use
fulness OF congress-; that undue OBJ
tuseness might argue a lack OF proper
self-respect.
When the provisions for increasing
the salary OF the commissioner gen
eral OF immigration was reached Mr..
Macon, of Arkansas. made a point of
order against it, and the increase was
not allowed.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, of New York, criti-
cised the appointment OF Daniel Keefe
to be commissioner general, remark
Ing that he had no sympathy with
what. he said, was the movement to
pay political debts In this manner
There was a lot Of hypocrisy, he said,
about the whole business"
Mr.. Mann, OF Illinois, defended Mr..
Keefe. and asserted that whatever
may have been the reasons for his
appointment, he was well qualified and
vould perform his duties with hAelity.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
From Day TO Day Condensed
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
WERE THEY MURDERED:
Cycra Persons Have MyStcrloh9''
DiSaDDearcd In Gregory county.

Several Persons Have MystcriouslS
Disappeared in Gregory County.
Is that part of the Missouri river
where south Dakota and NepraSNa
join infested by a desperate paho VI
murdcrers h make a practice v
killing and robbing at isolated po'htS
anyone whom they find with large
sums of money?
This is the question which is agltat-
ing some Of the residents Of that part
of Gregory county which is
to the Big Muddy" The mysterious
disappearance of three persons IN the
course Of a few months, who were
known to nave large sums of money III
their possession when last seen awe
has given rise to the belief that the
missing men we're murdered and ROB-
bed. after which their bodies We're
hidden, either by being buried in the
ground at some remote point, or p9
being weighted down and thrown into
the Missouri river.
It is onIy a few g tha'
Tod Mcpherson, a well Known
farmer of Bonhomme county dlsap.
peared. He had gone to the west
side Of the river with a large sum
in cash in his possession for the pur-
pose of purchasing a herd of cattle,
Soon after reaching the west side OF
the river he disappeared, and from
that day to this not the slightest trace
Of him has been found.
d. The more recent victims of the sup
posed mysterious murderers were the
Stegmeyer brothers, who last month
disappeared from their home at an
isolated point near the little town OIL
st. Charles.