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The Springdale news., 1908-06-12
4 CHAMPION FOR
 OUR COMMUNITY

We are all vitally interested in our eommunity-it> business people-its civic improvement. MT. Edward Amherst Ott. who appears here as the second num- Der of the lecture course. will bring a message of interest to all. Some sixteen years of platform experience before the most criti- cal audiences of America assure the merit of the entertainment side of his work; but Of greater importance-he will help us. He speaks with authority. His con- stant experience with commercial clubs on the one hand and great moral leaders on the other give a sane balance to his views. His service with the Municipal Ser vice League has given an oppor- tunity for observation in the Universityiof Life, sort of post graduate course 10 his college and ministry experience which covered some thirteen years of active service. His themes are vital, his methods popular" His message to Us will be of per sonal interest to all classes. The business man can not afford to miss 1t. It may be years before We can again entertain as the guest of our city this champion of Community Development in America. We congratulate the local community on their choice of this number Of the course and are sure that enthusiasm and large numbers will greet Mr. Ott when he comes 10 be our guest for a day.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

The records of the secretary of states office show that a reward of S1o0 was offered in May, 1907, for the arrest and conviction of Robert Threet, instead of Threel, as the name is given in tile dis patch. There IS little doubt about the two being the same. Threet Is charged with the kill ing of Eli Ecton.-Little Rock Democrat.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

Never can tell when you'll mash a finger or suffer I cut, brai>e. burn ar seaHa Be pre- pared Dr. Thomas Electric Oil instantly relieves the pain quickly cures the wound
 \ Hew broom does Dot sweep clean.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12
THREET ARRESTED
 IN OREGON.

Portland, Ore, June s.-Rob- ert Threel of Ritzville. Wash, was arrested at Lind, Wash, on charge of having committed d murder at Bentonville, Ark, in February, 1907. He broke down and admitted that he is the man wanted. An officer Is enroute from Kansas to get Threel, but was delayed by washouts in Mon tana. Threel has lived in Ritz vile for the past year.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

\ lgt o1 nler WEo are always talking about their willingness to d5e for theiF country are too #azs=to eo Q tfe polls and vote to save II.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12
The Big Head

k ot two kinds G0HCeIl and tllc big head that comes from sick headache. Does your head ever feel like q gourd and Iour Dfain feeAooSe and sore 4oa eaa cure Il ia no time by actiBe eA your liver with Bal5ard. IIrrbine. Isn | 1t worth trying for tile a5so- iute and certain rele5 you Fl get< Sold by Ht1=d =dunbex.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

Can~t4p3tloa= =caaSes lleaeias.le. nausea. dizziness, #ansugr. nedrt pad lpItdt.Qn. Drastic physics eripe, >iclen. weaken the bowels and don't cure. Doans Regulet> alt gently and cure constipation. 25 cents. .A~k Soaf druggist.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

William Guy Splllman and Miss Hattie Woosley were united in marriage June l, 1908, at s::50 p. n., by Rev. ]. A. kilgore, at the new bridge, north of the de- pot. The marriage eliminates a romance which began last fall when the young man came here from his home at Paragould and entered the University. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. J. A. Woosley, who lives north of the University. She is also student Tn the University. The young couple have grown so at- tached during the nine months of association both in the class room and out of 1t that they were appalled, at the thoughts of three months separation, and consequently hastened to plight their troth before they were cast apart. The young groom has not definitely decided whether he viii go to St. Louis or his home II Paragou1d with his pretty young de.-Fayette- Zn.;f,-
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

DeWitt's Little E.arlv Ri9er9. the famous little HTer pills. are sold by H. X Daily
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

Emery HoWerton, who lives about quarter of a mile from Cherokee City, made quite dis covery the first of the week. He found S2275.65 in counterfeit money buried near lis home. The money could scarcely be dis tinguished from genuine, except that t was made of pewter, a hard,. tough, but easily fusible alloy, originally consisting Of tin with a little lead, but after wards modified by the addition of copper, antimony or bismuth, The date on the mony was 1865, and 1t Is probable that It has been buried since that time. The dollars weighed just a little less than the genuine dollars.- Gentry Journal
 The News received today a let ter from Mir. Dillard Moore, of F't. Smith, saying that the old press found on the Bell lot was one used by his father in printing paper run by w. W. Moore and Jeff Ursery. The latter, he says, was a brilliant newspaper writer and was killed by Indians while crossing Red River during the Civil war. Elias and William Moore set type on this paper, which MT. Moore thinks was call ed the Democrat. Mr. AIoore's $ guess Is better than ours and he Is thanked for his contribution to the early history ol Fayetteville. =Faxettexllle News.
The Springdale news., 1908-06-12

Many brave men become Pef- turbed at the sight of black cloud.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
WOULD Make The
COUNTY A unit
SUPERINTENDENTs IN SESSION
AT DEs MONIES FAVOR
NEW PLAN.

Miss Emma Nye. superintendent OF
schools of Wapello county, is in Des
Moines attending the conference of
the superintendents of the state.
Eighty-seven counties we're represent.
ed yesterday at meeting presided
over by the State Superintendent j.
f. Riggs
Last night the county superintend.
ents enjoyed a banquet at the Savery
There were 100 guests. OF the county
superintendents of the state 20 are
woman and nearly all of them are in
attendance at the meeting.
The following dispatch from the
capital city today tells of the result
of the discussion and the vote on the
proposition of centralized schools in
the counties of the state making the
county the unit of the school system
and governed by commission OF
five persons:
Des Moines, April is. - (Spec1al.)
County superintendents discussed
the proposition to make the county 9
unit Of the school system, abolishing
all boards of directors, boards Of edu
cation, trustees and county superin
tendents and place the school system
under commission of five persons
On vote the scheme carried by So
to 8 and may come before the next
Legislature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
TRY TO RUN CARS
Big Guard Of Police on Hand to Keep
Order in Chester Traction
%n;l s .

Chester, Pa, April 15.-Fifty addi-
tional special policemen were sworn
in today for strike duty as a result Of
the determination of the Chester
Traction company to operate cars la.
ter in the day. The strikers and SYM
pathizers since daybreak have been
gathering near the car barns which
are guarded by hundred policemen
A number of men were brought here
to replace the strikers.
Austrians to Break Strike.
Mason City, April 15.-A car load of
Austrtans arrived yesterday after
noon from Omaha to be put to work
in place of striking laborers in the
brick and tile factory. The strike has
now caused the complete tieup of four
plants At mass meeting yesterday
committee was appointed to formu-
late platform for the organization of
union. The slogan is, Work with
no Austrians and 81 per day." The
new arrivals will cause more trouble.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
BoNAPA5TE,

Bonaparte.-G. E. Fahr went to Des
Moines yesterday to attend the state
photographers convention. Mr.. Fahr
is president of the association.
Willis Weymark of Muscatine was
a bsiness caller here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. L. Meek are spend
ing the week in Chicago.
Misses. Icye Murphy and Dora Per-
kins were the guests of friends in
Pennington yesterday.
John Webster. of Exeter. Mo, has
arrived for a visit with his mother,
Mrs. William Jones.
S. V. Sherman is in Keokuk this
week serving as a petit juror in the
federal court
A. G. Little, of Quincy, H., was a
Bonaparte visitor yesterday.
Mesdames, Daisy Beard, Georgia
Sherman and Nellie Smith and Miss
Cora Stedman We're in Ottumwa Tues
day attending the convention of the
Ladies of the Maccabees.
Arch Robbins has returned from
Iowa, City, where he had been on ac-
count of the serious illness of his son,
Jesse.
Mrs. Hattie Greet, of Fairfield, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Cora Nc
Donald and family
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Dam BURSTS,
TOWNS WIPED
OFF THE MAP
IMMENSE LAKE NEAR HELENA,
MONT, 20 MILES SQUARE,
DRAINED AND SURROUNDING
COUNTRY is UNDER WATER

Helena, Mont, April Is. - Early
today an uncomfortable flood is ad-
vancing rapidly upon Great Falls,
city of $4,000 population and it is be-
lleved the Boston & Montana smelter,
one of the largest in the world, is
doomed to destruction, as it is built
on the river bank. The smelter en-
ploys 1,500 men. The employees were
engaged all night in constructing
wing dom" around the smelter. 1t
is believed the flood will lreach the
city by daylight and the lowlands of
the town will be submerged before
noon. Thus far no loss of life is re-
ported, although the river is thickly
strewn with debris and ranch house
and haystack, among which many an
imals are battling for their lives.
Craig, Montana, has probably been
wiped off the map, although so far as
knofn all of the 400 inhabitants es-
capped. Cascade, town of 400, SO
miles north Of Helena, is now under
water and is in danger of being
swept away.
First Reports Not Exaggerated.
Later developments in the bursting
of the Lake Hauser dam near here
yesterday indicate that the reports
were not exaggerated. 1t is estimated
the final loss will be 100000 An i'm
mense lake covering 20 square miles
in the valley below Helena was COM
pletely drained at an early hour to-
day. Below Craig and as far as Uum
the Great Northern tracks are under
water and telegraphic and telephone
communication was washed ont FIR
ther details were unobtainable. The
entire village of Hauser Lake was
swept away and number Of houses
at Craig and Cascade are reported to
have been washed away.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Rob Charlton Tailor Of $500.

Charlton, April 15.-(Special)-T
tailoring establishment of August
Eindnuist was entered early this morn
ing by burglars and several suits Of
clothes and goods to the value of
about $500 were taken The thieves
gained entrance by taking out win
dow light 1t has been learned that
some negroes with bundles in their
hands were seen near the depot at an
early hour, and telephone message
received about noon stated that one Of
them had been arrested at Lucas and
had some of the stolen goods in his
possession. Sheriff Gittinger at once
started after the prisoner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16

eral Grant was to have been there also,
but on that very afternoon he changed
his plan and left Washington to visit
relatives In New Jersey.
The play given that evening was the
then popular piece, Our American
Cousin" with Laura Keene playing in
the star role. AS the play proceeded,
Booth made his way to the presidents
box, which was draped with flags, and
at very short range fired the fatal
shot.
Major Rathbone, who was in attend.
ance upon the president, cut off the
assassin's retreat from the rear and
tried to seize him, but Booth, striking
at him with dagger, leaped to the
front of the box and thence down upon
the stage.
One of his spurs caught in the folds
of flag, which draped the box, and
caused him to fall in such manner
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16

Just forty-three years ago last night
occurred that great tragedy in Ameri,
can history, the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln. The building on
Tenth street, Washington, that was
once Ford's theater, has now for a long
time been used as a government office.
1t is, therefore, interesting to preserve
a likeness Of the place as it appeared
on the night of Good Friday, 1865,
when John Booth sent bullet into
the brain. Of President Lincoln.
AS is well known, Mr.. Lincoln was
averse~to attending the theater~on the
evening of solemn religious fast, yet
the triumph of the Union was SO recent
that the whole country was still re.
joicing over Lees surrender. The pop
ulace was eager to get glimpse of the
president on every possible occasion.
Therefore, Mr.. Lincoln and his wife
consented to be present at Ford's the
ater on the evening of April IA. Gen
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16

as to break his leg. This accident
brought about in SO singular a fashion,
made his speedy capture certain.
Although he dashed away with great
speed upon swift horse, he was
forced by intense pain to stop for med
ical assistance, and thus gave his pur-
suers chance to get upon his track.
1t is a matter OF regret that this his
toric building, fraught as it is with so
painful an interest for all Americans,
should not have been preserved un-
changed. 1t bears no resemblance to
the old theater of 1865. On the house
across the street, however, where Lin
coin died, there has been set a memo
rial tablet, and within there is a col
lection of relics and memorabilia of the
great president, who died at the mo-
ment Of the final success of the strug-
gle for the preservation of the Union,
to which he had given all the energies
of his superb manhood.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Mayor URGES Dollar Gas.

Marshalltown, April 15.s In his
annual message delivered to the city
council last night, Mayor Ingledue
urged the council to adopt new or.
dinance regulating the Marshalltown
Light, Power & Railway company,
which furnishes commercial gas and
electricity The mayor declared that
consumers should not have to pay
over 81 for gas as against Sl.45, the
present rate
The mayor also urged the retire.
ment of all outstanding warrants bear.
ing six per cent and funding them
into per cent twenty year bonds
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
TO REACH Mine
AGREEMENT soon
MINERS AND OPERATORS TO
GATHER THURSDAY-SHUT
DOWN OVER THIS WEEK.

Des Moines, April 15.-The joint
scale committee Of the Iowa coal
miners and operators expect to COM
plete their new one year agreement by
Thursday. The joint convention of the
miners and operators has been called
for Thursday afternoon, by which time
the committee expects to be able to
make report and submit the final
agreement for approval.
AS soon as the new agreement is ap-
proved by the joint convention, opera
tions at the Iowa mines will be order
ed resumed and the shutdown which
has existed since March 81 will be at
an end. 1t is probable that the re-
mainder of the week will be taken up
before the complete agreement is ap-
proved and put into force.
The committee has still number
of resolutions to consider before max
ing it's final report to the joint con-
vention, but these matters will prob
ably be disposed of at the sessions
today and tomorrow
Miners and Operators in Conference.
Toledo. O., April 14.-The confer
ence between the bituminous coal
miners and the operators of the cen
tral competitive district opened here
this afternoon. Five hundred miners
and operators are here from Ohio,
Indiana, Pennsylvania and w. Virginia.
Illinois is not officially represented.
although several representatives of the
miners and operators are here from
that state.
The feeling is quite general that the
interstate agreement will be renewed
without much difficulty
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Down With the Billboard.

Webster City. April Is. - The un-
slightly billboards in Webster City are
to CO. SO says the city council. 1t has
adopted a resolution calling for their
removal from all streets, alleys and
highways in the city. The announce
ment is also made that resolution
is later to be passed regulating the
use of billboards on private property
The size will be restricted and regula-
tions adopted as to how the boards
shall be kept.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
MORE AFFIDAvITs
Defendants Filled Additional Evidence
Today-WiII be Heard
Saturday,

Additional aff1davits were filed to.
day in the case of the Ottumwa Box
Car Loader company against the In
ternational ASSOCIATION of bridge and
structural iron workers preparing for
the hearing on the injunction proceed
ing which will take place Saturday.
Judge Anderson sitting at Abba,
who granted the temporary injunction
will hear the arguments In the final
hearing Upon this hearing depends
whether the injunction will be made
permanent or the proceedings dismiss
ed altogether. Judge Anderson will
come to Ottumwa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Officer Arrests
Man in Time to
Prevent Suicide

So ssaa
Des Moines, April 15.-Sheriff
Wilson of Knoxville has just re-
turned from Randall, Kansas,
with Clarence E. Hart, arrest
ed for wife desertion. When
Wilson arrived at Randall and
told the local sheriff the name
of the man he wanted the two
officers started to hunt him up
and arrived just in time to cut
Hart down. He had hung him
self in a barn when he heard
that Wilson had arrived in
town.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
First Fine Under Pure Drugs Law,

Washington, D. c., April Is. Rob
ert N. Harper, president of the Wash
ington chamber of commerce and a
drug manufacturer, today was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $500 for manu-
featuring and selling an alleged mis-
labeled pharmaceutical compound.
President Roosevelt had insisted on
prosecuting the officer and demanded
a jail sentence. This is the first con-
viction under the pure drugs act.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Mccarren Gives Ultimatum.

NEW IOTh, April I0.--I mere Wa2
little prospect early today that the
second session of the democratic
state convention would begin at noon
the appointed time. The election OF
national delegates and the selection
of presidential electors is almost fors
gotten in the excitement over the con-
test Senator McCarren is making to
secure the seating of his delegates
from sixteen contested districts.
After an all night battle before the
committee on credentials, McCarren.
delivered an ultimatum to Tammy
hall that that organization keep its
hands off Kings county democracy.
Admits Fight on Hearst.
1t was toward the close of a long
and exciting battle before the COM
mittee on credentials that the Kings
county leader took the floor in an
swer to charges of fraud, and corrup-
tion that had been made against him
by the opposition in the fourteenth
district of Kings.
In answer to a question why he had
not supported Hearst for governor, Nc
Carren said he was proud OF the fact
that the Kings county democracy had
not put itself back of the candidate Of
the Buffalo convention. The whole
question was left unsettled when the
committee adjourned until 10 o'clock
this morning.
Corners Names Probable Delegates,
Chairman Corners of the state COM
mittee said today he would not be one
of the delegates-at-larg to the ma
tional convention and that the four
delegates chosen would be Alton
Parker, Chas. f. Murphy, Lewis Nixon
and German of greater New York,
whose name was not announced.
Chairman Bulger of the committee
on credentials said it would probably
be 3 o'clock or later before the COM
mittee completed its work The con-
assemble until o'clock or later.
Bryan's Friends Withdraw.
Friends of William Jennings Bryan
have decided to abandon the idea of
presenting a minority report to the
democratic state convention from the
committee on resolutions favoring in
structed delegations for Bryan from
New York.
Unit Rule Favored.
The committee on resolutions adopt
Gu RESOLUTIONS 1aVOTlnS Lne unit rule
In the national convention If the reso-
luton is adopted by the convention
it will mean that New York's delega.
ton will vote as unit for a presi-
Dental nominee.
The convention was called to order
at 1:30 p. m. by Chairman Carmody.
1t was stated that owing to the failure
Of the committee on contested seats
to finish its business on hand, the
convention would stand adjourned un-
til $3.50 p. m.
Bryan congratulates Friends.
The following telegram addressed to
to several members of the Bryan Pro-
gressive league was received today
from Chicago:
Congratulate you on your splendid
fight Signed,
"W. j. Bryan"
| Anticipating that the committee on
credentials would unseat his dele
gates, McCarren began preparations
to carry the fight for delegates to tho
convention floor He will draft
minority report
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
FRIENDS OF BRYAN ANNOUNCE
THAT THEY WILL NOT FIGHT
FOR INSTRUCTIONS IN NEW
YORK CONVENTION
CONTINUE FIGHT
ON M'CARREN MEN
COMMITTEE AFr.
Err BEING OUT ALL NIGHT
COULD NOT REACH coNcLu-
SION


New York, April 15.-Ic-
knowledging their defeat in the
committee on resolutions, friends
Of William Jennings Bryan have
given up the intention of pushing
the fight for Bryan instructions on
the floor Of the convention. The
convention today adjourned after
meeting as the committee on
credentials was still fighting the
contest to unseat the McCarren
delegations in sixteen contested
districts. To practically eliminate
Bryan's chances of securing any
votes from the New York dele
cation, the resolutions committee
voted to bind the delegates to
Denver to abide. by the unit rule.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Pope Receives Won Rueloma.

Rome, April 15.-The Pope today re-
ceived in a private audience Prince
Won Buelow, the German chancellor
and Princess Won Buelow. All uues-
tons concerning the Vatican and Ge:-
many were discussed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Ten Year Old Boy a Suicide.

Mt. Vernon, O., April 15.-Clifford
Vernon, the ten years old son Of
Vernon, hanged himself IL
a barn last night. The cause is a
mystery unless the suicide of the
Youthful cousin week ago preyed on
his mind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
NiccoIozo Put Poison IN Flour.

Chicago, April 15.-Francisco Niece.
lozo, under arrest in connection, with
the death by poison of Mary Renda,
four years ago, confessed today that
he purchased the poison that killed
the girl and placed it in the -four used
for making bread.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16

"Lid" Order Effective in La Crosse.
La Crosse, Wis, April 15.-"Lid" or.
der went into effect TODAY, and at mid
night every house of i'll repute was
closed. Gambling houses have been
closed for two weei 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
TWO Lose Life When Boat Turns over

Chicago, April 15.-Joseph Sachsel,
a wholesale liquor dealer and Arthur
Frued cousin, were drowned in 3
lake early today when small boat ID
which they We're rowing capsized.
The accident was witnessed by Sach.
sells wife and Freud's four sisters who
were watching the boat. j
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
Earthquake in Utah.

Salt Lake City, April 15.-Five dis
tinct shocks of earthquake were felt
early this morning at Milford, 200
miles south of here. The houses were
shaken and people ran from the house
in alarm. No serious damage was
done.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-16
More Trouble in Lanao Island.

Manila, April ia private tele-
gram, not yet confirmed officially, re-
ports an engagement between the reg
ular troops and constabulary and the
Moro outlaws near Lanaa island, Min
danao. Two of the constabularies
were killed and three soldiers
wounded.