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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
TWO DROWNINGS
IN IOWA SUNDAY
FIFTEEN YEAR OLD FRED JESSE
DROWNED NEAR MuscATlNE.
AND II. J. TAYLOR AT MAR.
sHALLToWN.

Musoatlne, July 13.-(speclaI)--
In Wow Of many friends, Fred
Jesse, is years old was drowned
while swimming In Eicheibereer
lake, south OF the city yesterday
afternoon. He stepped in whirI-
pool and was dragged to tho bot
tom before a nearby swimmer
could reach him. The body was
recovered after brief search.
This Is the fifth drowning here In
twenty days.
MarshaIItown, July 1s.-(speo-
laI)-H. J. Taylor, a5 years old,
was drowned while bathing in the
Iowa river in the presence Of his
wife and children Sunday. He
leaves his wife and seven chill
dren.
Dubuque, July 13.-Martin We'll
ter, aged 70, residing at 3o5
South Locust street, committed
suicide today by jumping into the
harbor. He suffered with cancer
on his lip.
Chicago, June 13.--A ghoul stole the
hat and purse of woman as she was
drowning in Lake Michigan off the
North pier yesterday afternoon, I'll.
though he might have saved her life
by reaching her a hand, SO close was
she to shore.
Nearly 200 persons, mostly men and
boys, looked on as the man grabbed
the woman's belongings and dashed
away, while she struggled, gagged and
sank from sight. Yet none Of them
moved to stop the thief or save the
woman's life.
Life Savers Too Late.
Some 1000 feet away, Captain Car.
land of the harbor life saving station
and his men were pulling the oars Of
the surf boat toward the spot. They
saw the ghoul,' saw the drowning wo.
man, saw the inert spectators. From
the prov Of the boat Captain Garland
beloved across the water:
Save her. fools! Reach out hand
to her!''
But the crowd remained as clay
The woman sank from sight before the
lifeboat reached the spot. The victim
Is as yet unidentified, although the
body was recovered.
Suicide or Accident7
She is described as being vel
dressed and refined in appearance
about 85 years old.
Some OF the witnesses declared that
the woman Intentionally hurled her
self into the lake, while others assert
ed that she fell over on her side and
then rolled off the pier, as If stricken
by the heat.
Although she screamed for help
none of the men offered assistance
She had taken off her hat and laid !.
beside her purse when she went L
the pier, about an hour before she
fell into the water.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
owa City Men Attacked BY Doc.

Iowa City Men Attacked by Doo.
Iowa City, July 13.-tSpeciaD-Dr
Henry Albert, Iowa state bacteriologist
and expert on hydrophobia was bitten
by great Dane bull dog, running at
large here. The animal also bit
frank Chadek, an artisan. Neither is
believed to be in real peril as the dog
shows no signs of rabies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
BID Mason III.

Corunna, Mich, July 13. Hugh
McCurdy, former grand master of
the Knights Templars In the United
States, and one of the acknowledged
authorities in the country on ma
sonic jurisprudence, is critically Ill at
his home here and may not survive
the day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
GIVES BIRTH TO GIRL
ON CHICAGO STREET CAR

Chicago, July ID Street car traf-
fic in Washington street was brought
to standstill for half an hour today
when Mrs. John Ruleff, passenger
on an Armitage avenue car, while pas
sing through the city, gave birth to a
girl baby.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14

There are few Swedes in Mime
sofa and as a result the Democratic
party was able to defeat the Republi-
cans in their own stronghold in the
person of John A. Johnson. Now the
Republican party has taken a tumble
and Mr.. Jacobson has been named
for governor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
BISHOP POTTER Has COOP DAY.

BISHOP .PU TEX HES GOOD DAY.
Cooperstown, N. Y, July 13-Bish-
op Henry Goldman Potter passed a
good day, and tonight degree IF
hopefulness was expressed for his re-
covery.
The following bulletin was issued
by his physicians:
Bishop Potter has passed very
restful day. and his condition at the
present time is quite satisfactory Res
piration 2s. pulse 80, and temperature
1907
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14
DAVENPORT MURDER
CoIored Woman Brains White Wo
man, Wife Of Negro, with

Davenport July 13.-(SpeciaD-
Mary Mason, q white woman, mar
ried to colored man was murdered
at her home here yesterday morning
about 2 a. m. Lulu Bennett, a color
ed woman, has been arrested and has
made confession to the police i'm
plicating herself. Mrs. Mason was
Drained with an axe and the body was
thrown in hole under a shed. She
was found an hour later by her hus.
band and lived until evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-14

Continued on page 8
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
PERSONAL.

DR.. J. A. S. Grassland, formerly
United States minister to Liberia and
a negro political leader of national
prominence, was placed under arrest
at st. Joseph, Mo-, on charge OF
grand larceny.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has began
work in the Hartford Carpet works at
Thompsonyille, Conn.
Fay Hampstead of Arkansas will be
crowned poet laureate of masonry in
Medinah Temple, Chicago, October 5.
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma. treasurer
of the Democratic national committee,
was summoned to meet Mr.. Bryan in
Chicago for hearing as to the
charges against him of connection
with the Standard Oil Company.
Encouraged by the success that has
attended the establishment of his
hero fund.- in America, Andrew Car
negie has decided to found similar
fund in Great Britain. To this end he
is about to hand over to trustees the
sum OF s250,0O0.
Allan Forbes, well-known club
man, was found guilty at Salem,
Mass. of cruelty to his pony during
a game of Myopia. A fine of $50 was
imposed
Mrs. Jack Gardner, society leader
and art collector of Boston, Mass, ere.
ated sensation in the exclusive Cop
ley square section of that city
by walking down the street in sheath
gown open to the knee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
GUNS used IN
Class BATTLE.
A MURDER ALMOST RESULTS
FROM RIVALRY AT SCHOOL
AT DELPHI, IND.
Early Morning Struggle For Banner
Results in Terrible Tragedy. A
Girl Student Supplies Shot Gun
and Junior is Wounded.

Delphi, Ind, Sept. ga class fight
between the juniors and seniors of
the Delphi high school which has
been in pr )gress more or less of the
time for the last ten days, nearly re-
suited in murder yesterday morn
ing.
The colors of the opposing classes
had been up and down on the flag.
staff of the school building, one class
being victorious on day and the 9TH
er the next. Sunday night the jun
lors decided to lower the seniors col
ors.
About 4 O'Clock this morning the
girls of the junior class went to the
home of Larry Coble, the president
of the class, where the boys had pre-
viously assembled and from there
they all went to the school.
They gained access to the building
and soon Coble, with to others, were
on the roof and in the act of taking
down the seniors colors, when the
members of the senior class opened
fire on them with revolvers.
The revolvers failed to answer the
purpose and one of the seniors called
for shotgun, which was handed him
by young woman, and both barrels
of the gun were discharged at Coble
Part of the first charge struck Co.
BILE in the groin and as he turned
around the second shot was fired,
part of this striking him in the back.
By this time, the neighborhood was
aroused and the seniors quickly dis
perse f.. Coble was taken to his home
and his wounds were dressed. I'm
less complications result he will re-
cover.
The authorities are trying to dis
cover the identity of the young wo-
man who handed out the shot gun.
At a previous fight the seniors were
rounded up and four revolvers taken
from them.
1t is not known which senior did
the shooting, but this morning the
entire senior class refused to go back
to school until the matter was settled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup Of Figa
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cieanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
PRESCRIBED cUrlcURA
After Other Treatment Failed-RaW
Eczema on Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months-At Last
Doctor Found Cure.

"Our baby boy broke out with &c.
zema on his face when one month old.
One place on the side of his face the
size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak
for three months, and he would cry
out when 1 bathed the parts that were
sore and broken out. I gave him
three months treatment from good
doctor, but at the end of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using
cake of Cuticura Soap, third of a
box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was
well and his face was as smooth as any
baby's. He is now two years and a
half old and no eczema has reappeared-
Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan, May
IA and June II, 1907"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02

After contrasting Mr.. Bryan's de-
Tense of Gov. Haskell with Judge
Tafts reputation of Foraker in con-
nection with the Hearst charges
against the Ohio senator. the president
proceeds to declare that Gov. Has
kelfs utter unfitness tor association
with any man anxious 20 appeal to
the American people on moral issue,
has been abundantly shown by other
acts of his as governor of Oklahoma"
The president condemns Gov. Has
kelfs conduct in connection with vari-
Gus matters as disgraceful and scan
dalous, and calls special attention to
what he describes as ''prostituting to
base purposes the state university"
Bryan to Roosevelt.
MISUNDERSTANDING Gov. Has
kell against the charges which
have been brought against him until
the charges can be examined in some
court where partisanship does not
bias" William Jennings Bryan, Demo
cratic candidate for president, on his
way from Madison to this city, gave
out for publication his reply to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recent letter, in re-
Spouse to his telegram on the subject.
Mr.. Bryan speaks of the election of
Mr. Haskell as governor of Oklahoma,
and says that 1.-The constitution was
adopted and Gov. Haskell was elected
in spite of the efforts of your admin.
istration and in spite Of the speeches
made in Oklahoma by Mr.. Taft
Mr.. Bryan charges, among other
things, that the steel trust with your
express consent purchased one of it's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
RIOT.
Drunken Mob Attacks Church Wor-
shippers Killing Three.

Jellico. Tenn, Sept. 29.-One of the
bloodiest affairs in the history Of east
ern Tennessee occurred north of An
thras postoffice Sunday The scene
was a little Baptist church, within fifty
yards of which is a blind tiger
which has been operated for months.
The services had closed and nearly
all the congregation had emerged from
the church when a crowd of drunken
men, who had visited the blind tiger"
began firing into the worshipers with
pistols.
John Bennett, j. W. Mckinney and
Edward Thomas were shot down at
the church door and died almost in
stantly. The preacher, Rev. Mr.. Kind,
was shot and MORALLY wounded. An
other wOrshiper, named Gibson, was
also shot, but is not seriously wound
ed
Anthras is five miles from railroad
and has no telephone connection. Jel-
lico officers could not learn the names
of any of the men implicated in the
shooting. All of the dead and wound
ed were men Of families except Ben
nett.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS.
There is Bare Possibility of Control.
ling Iowa Legislature.

Des Moines, Sept. 29.-When it is
considered that eighteen Republican
members came to the last legislature
on majority of less than $50 votes,
the significance of the present Repub-
lican factional fight over senatorial
nomination in connection with the
regular November election may be ap-
preciated.
The possibility of Democratic leg
islature is more fully realized when
it is known that the changing of
single precinct in nearly forty legis-
lative districts would elect Democratic
members to the legislature.
With such gain, and holding what
they already have, the Democrats
could overwhelmingly control the
Thirty-third general assembly this
winter.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
GENERAL NEWS.

Forest fires in the Adirondacks got
beyond control and several settle
ments, including the little village of
Long Lake West, were destroyed.
The hamlet of Homestead, Mich, also
was burned.
The British ship Loeb Finlas was
wrecked off Foster island an1 20 of
the crew of "a were drowned. The
other four men were picked up by a
passing steamer. Foster island lies
q short distance off the northeast
coast of Tasmania.
Lieut. E. J. Bloom of the Fourth in.
fantry was killed at Camp Jessman
Philippines, by Private Suttles, whc
then committed suicide.
Chairman Mack appointed Herman
Ridder, editor of the New York Stats
Zeitung, treasurer of the Democratic
national committee, which position
was resigned by Gov. Haskell of Okla
homa
Heavy rains checked the forest fires
in northern Michigan and Wisconsin
The French police have arrested sew
eral dangerous anarchists, who with
others were engaged in celebrating 9
plot to assassinate King Alfonso OF
Spain when he passed through Biar
ritz on his way to Paris.
Two persons were killed and -four
others injured when passenger trair
on the Southern railway ran into ar
open switch near Duncan, S. c.
Two heavy earthquake shocks were
felt off the Port of Acapulco, Mexico
and the steamer Radmes was so tossed
about that four persons were killed
The Denver Coliseum, one of tn,
citys landmarks, was destroyed b,
fire.
The United States cruiser Yankee
struck on Spindle Rock near the
western entrance to Buzzards bay, dur
ing a fog, breaking several holes il
her hull on the port side.
President Roosevelt, in reply to Mr.
Bryan's defense of Gov. Haskell, Wig
orously upheld the charges against tn,
latter, declaring him unfit to associat,
with reputable citizens. Gov. Haskell
issued a statement defending tn,
criticised actions and holly attackin:
the president.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST IMPoR.
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal of the
Busy Man.
POLITICAL.

President Roosevelt and William j.
Bryan engaged in warm exchange
of statements as to the administra-
TONS sincerity and success in prose-
cutting law-breaking trusts and the
justice or injustice of the accusations
against Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma.
The Indiana legislature in special
session passed a county local option
bill.
Charles \. Haskell, governor OF
Oklahoma, has resigned the treasurer
ship of the Democratic national COM
mittee. He announced his retirement
from active participation IN the
Bryan campaign at Chicago and In his
message to Chairman Mack intimated
that he would prosecute President
Roosevelt and others who had &C
cused him.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub-
lican national committee announced
that Gen. T. Coleman Dupont OF Della
ware, head of the bureau of campaign
speakers of the national committee,
had resigned as head of that bureau
and also as member of the executive
committee of the national committee
and that his resignation had been &C.
cepted.
Mr.. Taft spoke in half dozen Wis
consin cities and was Endorsed by
Senator La Toilette. Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed big crowds in Ohio.
The New York state convention OF
the independence party put up full
ticket headed by Clarence ]. Shearn
of New York for governor
Samuel Gompers, testifying In the
contempt case, repeated his story OF
an attempt by an alleged emissary
of J. w. Van Cleave to bride him to
betray the cause of union labor.
Judge William H. Taft started from
Cincinnati on a campaign tour OF the
middle west.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
Giving Away Transfers.

Milwaukee, Sept. 2S.-Is it crime
to give away a transfer? The street
railway company believes it is, and &C
cordingly warrant has been issued
for the arrest of one Joseph La Fleur
for thus violating the law. The arrest
is the result of the manager of the
street railway instructing conductors
to give no transfers unless asked for
when fare is paid. As result of the
refusals, many passengers ask for
transfers when they pay fare and give
them to any one who can possibly use
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
OBITUARY..

DR.. ]. B. McGaudhey, 66 years old,
one of the most prominent physicians
of Winona, Mimi, was found dead in
the yard of his home.
George Evans Downer, the man who
July last revealed the terrible fate
that the Bender family of murderers
of Kansas met SO years ago at the
hands of the vigilantes, died at his
home in Downers Grove, near Chicago.
John Hanker of Des Moines, Ia,
for many years secretary and treas
urer of the United Commercial Tray
elers of America, died in Kansas City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
Why Didn't She?

A little boy of five years, playing
with his sister one day, leaned too
far out of the second-story window,
lost his balance and fell into the yard
below. Very miraculously he escaped
being injured, and his parents and
friends were so delighted that they
gave him quite number of pennies,
niCkels and dimes.
The next day, after he recovered
from the shock of the fall, he was
counting his money, and on seeing his
little sister enter the room, exclaimed:
Gee, Gladys, look at all the money l
got for falling out of the window!
Why don't you try it?"-The Define
atOr
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
Snakes in Mississippi.

Numerous cases of snakebite have
been reported by the weekly state pa
pers during the summer, and there is
every reason to believe that the crop
of reptiles has been the largest seen
here in many years. The manager of
one oI the big plantations in Coahoma
county, who has been clearing up new
ground at every spare moment, states
that he has killed more than 700
snakes since the blowing season be-
gan, several OF them rattlers, cotton
mouths and moccasins. = Jackson
(Miss.) ClarioE Leader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
TESTING PAINT.

Property owners should know hv
TO prove the purity and quality Of
white lead, the most important patt
ingredient, before paying for it. 70
all who write, National Lead Co., tie
largest manufacturers of pure whie
lead, send free outfit with which b
make simple and sure test of whit
lead, and also a free book about paint
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg
New York City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02

largest rivals and thus obtained con-
troll of more than so per cent. of the
total output. He asked the president
il he will insist that "in permitting
this you showed less favor to the
monopolistic corporations than do in
opposing it."
President Hits Back at Bryan.
Washington.-Pres Roosevelt
gave out statement Sunday night
that severely scores William ]. Bryan
and the Democratic party. 1t was
called forth by the criticism of the
president, Mr.. Taft, and the Republic
an party's platform by Mr.. Bryan.
In answering Mr.. Bryan's claim that
the Democratic party will pursue the
antitrust prosecutions more vigor-
ously, Mr.. Roosevelt asks compari-
son of what the two parties have done
when in power, pointing out that the
last Democratic administration, that
in which Mr.. Olney was attorney gen.
eral, instituted but four such cases,
two of which failed and third of
which was decided by Mr.. Taft in
favor of the government.
In comparison to this is the record
Of the present administration with it's
mass of antitrust and rebate cases,
the vast majority of the decisions be-
ing convictions.
Haskell urgently Handled.
The last part of the statement is
given over to denunciation of the
political life of Gov Haskell and the
manner in which Mr.. Bryan accepted
the Oklahoman's service and defended
him, even after the accusations against
him became public. Mr.. Roosevelt
mentions many of the shortcomings of
which he says Haskell is guilty and
declares there are many others not
enumerated.
Those specifically mentioned are:
That Haskell, as governor of Ok
lahoma, gave illegal privileges to
the Prairie Oil & Gas Company, a sub
sidiary of the Standard Oil trust.
That he secured title to town lots
in MuskOgee, Okla, by fraud, drawing
them by the use of dummy" Has
kell now is under Indictment on
the charge, he says.
That Haskell offered a fee of $500
to an Arkansas lawyer if the latter
would lobby in the Muskogee council
for the passage of a certain franchise
and then refused payment, although
the franchise was secured.
That Haskell lodged payment of a
judgment by New York court for
$42 ,235, and that sheriff's execution
failed to recover but $3.50 of this
amount.
That Haskell was a member of the
Citizens Alliance, body formed to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
Aptly Defined.

A woman in town lying under the
Rockies was much distressed at hear
ing small clique in her town refer
to themselves as the smart set" She
appealed to an ex-United States sena-
tor and asked him what he understood
by the term "the smart set" He re-
Piled: q think can give you an ink
ling. In the eastern part Of Colorado
and the western part of Nebraska
there is a large tract of land known as
the rain belt 1t never rains there"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
STYLE Requires Dash.

81 wish l had as many clothes as
my bachelor girl friend" said the i'm
pecunious girl. "She always is get
ting something new every time I go
there"
Eyes," said her companion, "but she
never looks stylish. You are more
stylish than she is with all her clothes.
She is too neat. Her excessive neat
ness stamps her an old maid. You
must have sort of reckless dash
about your things to look stylish"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
Drove Ball Across Zambesi Falls.

When the British, association paid
its visit to South Africa three or four
years ago the eminent seismologist,
Prof. John Milne and the celebrated
Cambridge pathologist. Prof. Sims
Woodhead, took clubs and balls to the
Victoria Falls on the Zambesi river,
and there the man of earthquakes es-
tablished a noble record by being the
first to drive the ball across
the falls, representing a very ex-
cellent carry of 100 yards.-Lon-
don Standard.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-02
STATE OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO, !
TI-CAS COJTNTy

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he Is senior
partner of the firm of +. J. CHENEY & Co.. doing
business in the City OF Toledo, County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the Of
HALLS CATARRE CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before and subscribed in my presence,
this 9th day of December, A D., 1856.
A. w. GLEASON.
/ oTHA NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls CataTrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.