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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
Latter is Overcome at Scena
Of Desolation Encountered;
Fires Continue In Sfrick.
en- Region Despite
Rains

Rome, Dec. 80. - (Evening.) - Ii ID
vet impossible 10 reach any estimate
of the dead resulting from Monday's
earthquake, but the total Is now
placed aS, anywhere between 100000
and 10000. In some quarters 1t is det
clared the final numbers will be al
high as 100000 persons. One-half thd
population of Calabria and Eastern
Sicily apparently has perished. Tho
calamity grows with the receipt OF
every fresh dispatch from the south.
Thousands Dying In Ruins.
Calabria is dotted with small town,
and villages, localities that are reporG
| ing almost hourly casualty lists that
run from hundreds into thousands
Countless thousands of wounded mem
women and children are dying in thd
ruins. 1t is utterly impossible to suct
| cor them ALL Numberless wounded
among the survivors. who have mada
their way to other cities are still
without medical attention. Facilities
for their proper care, even in citiea
that did not suffer, are inadequate. =
Survivors Half Demented.
The devasted districts are still filed
with half demented survivors, starv.
ing, wandering aimlessly in the rain,
The ruins are still burning. Every
4 possible thing is being done to for-
ward the work of relief. but the rail-
roads into the afflicted districts haya
4 been put out OF operation
i Queen Overcome at Sight.
Rome, Dec, 3O.--Tne total number OF
victims in Calabria and Sicily as tha
result of the terrific seismic disturbs
ances and the fire which followed In
today estimated at from $4,000 td
!. 100000 Tho king and queen arrived
: at Messina today. The scene of the
: disaster was almost too much for the
latter and she nearly tainted. The
! conlagration at Messina still RACES de-.
spite torrential downpour of rain. No
news Is being received from Reggie
/. and the extent OF the catastrophe
there can only be imagined. The
Stromboli volcano is active and the
seas around the island are dangerous
to navigation. News from outlying
: ulStT1CJS4 III LdidUlld lIlulCdIts llite
thirty-five towns and villages have
been wiped out, the dead exceeding
: 10000. The survivors have fed te
! the hills and are subsisting on roots
and the bark OF trees. J. Pierpont Nor
! gan has sent $4,000 for relief.
? Refugees Arrive at Naples.
I Naples, Dec. 30--The appalling
9 magnitude of the tragedy in the soutl
of Italy is being brought home to tii'
! people of the north by the arrival her,
n of 500 refugees wounded and nnscatch
l. cd by steamer from Messina. The fac
that dying people have to be brougb
such distance for medical attention
shows the immensity of the disaste
J and the inadequacY of the relief meas
ures at the present possible. The con
a dition of the wounded is pitiable,
!, few of them have had heads and limb
= bandaged, but many have not yet re
oeiyed medical attention. It is es
: / pected that by tomorrow night full
/. so, 900 injured persons will have mad
their way to this city.
K French Relief on Way.
e Toulon, Dec. 3o--A French relie
" squadron carrying food, clothing, met
e ical supplies and money for the relic
=
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
Snow in North;
Gold and Getting
Colder Every Hour

Ferguson Falls, Minn. Dec.
3o.-(SpeciaD-A fierce snow
$ storm is raging here today. The
mercury is down to zero and is
going lower every hour.
In Canada Today.
Z Winnipeg, Dec. 30.--(SpeciaD
y "A severe blizzard is raging all
over western Canada today.
Traffic in every direction is at
* standstiIl.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
NO MERCY FOR TIE REBATER.
Interstate Commerce Body Pleased b,
$4,000 Fine at Little
Rock, Ark.

Washington, Dec. 30.-Individuals as
we'll as corporations and railroad COM
panies are to be vigorously prosecuted
for rebating. and may expect no mercy.
Great satisfaction was expressed at the
interstate commerce commission yes
terday upon the receipt Of advices
from Arkansas to the effect that T. H.
Bunch of Little Rock had been fined
$4,000 for rebating. Bunch was in.
dicted for receiving rebates upon ship.
ments of grain from Omaha and Kan
sas City to Little Rock and for accept.
ing unlawful elevation allowances. He
pleaded guilty to ten counts and the
remaining forty were dismissed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31

Alton, H.. Dec 30 Tidings are
awaited here of Mr.. and Mrs. Eliot
Smith and their daughters, who, ac-
cording to last advices, were in the
earthquake region of Sicily
Chcaeoans in Earthquake Zone.
Chicago, Dec. 30. Among the
Chicagoans believed to be or to have
been in the earthquake zone of Italy,
are Mr., and Mrs. o. Eiger, Paul Sar-
fber DR.. Charles a Logon. Magdalena
Hernley, 7. A. Griffith and Mr.. ard
Mrs. Jacog Baur. The latter were on
their honeymoon trip.
Consul and Wife Dead.
Washington, Dec. 30.-a dispatch re-
ceived by the state department today
from American Consul Gale at Malta
confirms the reported death of Consul
Cheney and wife at Messina.
Lumberman's Daughter May be Lost.
Fon du Lac, Wis, Dec. 30f-Miss
Margaret Mcmillan of Fon du Lac and
Mrs. Thornton A. Greene Of Ontona-
gon, Mich, daughters of G. A. McMil
lan, millionaire lumberman are be
lieved to be victims of,the earthquake
in southern Italy, The party were al
Rome Christmas day and were ther
leaving for Sicily.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
FIGHT OVER WOMAN
Dcs Moipes Barber Shot a Times BY
Husband Who Also Wounds
Wife

Des Moines. Dec. 30.-(SpeciaD =
All Smith barber was shot four times
in his shop at 9 o'clock this morning
by Tom Keys, proprietor of dry
cleaning factory. Smith will die. The
fight was over Mrs. Keys, and she was
wounded but will live.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
Count Boni Denied
Custody of Sons;
Diporced Wife Wins

Paris, Dec. 3o.-The petition
of Count BonI de CssteIlane
that the custody of his three
sons be given to his mother was
denied. The court ruled that
the children remain in the Gus
tody of their mother, the Prin-
cess De Sagan, but that they
should not leave the continent
without the counts permission.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
SPECIAL LINCOLN STAMP
Congressman Dawson Wants Series
. Of Postage Stamps Commemora.
T tive of War President.

Washington. D. c. Dec 80 Con.
gressman Dawson of Iowa is devising
a scheme for general participation BY
the public in the celebrate tion of the
forthcoming Lincoln anniversary. His
plan is to have the government issue
a special series of hostage stamps
which shall be commemorative of the
great war president and he has decids
ed to introduce, a joint resolution. to
that end when congress reconyenes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
aide Farewell: lie sho.

Washington, N. c., Dec. 30.--John
Emerson Stone, aged 22 years, highly
connected in Boston and New York
was shot here today by May Woolard
who then shot herself She may die.
The tragedy followed Stones call on
the woman to say he was leaving her
fore Wv
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
i5s NAMES ARE SAID TO BE IN
VALID BECAUSE OF plscREPAN-
cIEs IN SIGNING AND FOR 9TH
ER cAUsEs-coNTiNUE CASE.
ton .............-.. SI4
SO ~xa a*

sf+s
Wholesale objections are being
made against many of the names on
the revocation petition involved in
the case of the State of Iowa vs..
Charles l.. Hallgren, now being heard
before Judge T. E. Kirby in the impro-
vised court room adjoining the county
auditors office. Up to late this after
noon over 150 objections had been re-
corded by the court from the defend
ants attorneys. Grounds on which
these objections are based are that
the signatures are not genuine: that
they are not OF men OF the required
age to vote; that they are citizens
who do not live in the corporate linn
It's OF Qttumwa and lastly that they
are of voters who did not cast their
baIlots at the last general election.
Objections are being raised upon
names on the petition that do not co
lncide exactly with those on the poll
books and registration books. The
slightest discrepancy in ones sigma,
\ tiIre is noted by the attorneys, who,
through their careful scrutiny of each
name, do not leave one stone unturn.
cd to detect any possible flaw.
or the 156 objections offered. fully
+ fifty per cent are on the ground that
he person did not vote at the last
general election or are not voters in
the city.
Objections Made.
The following list shows the name
appearing on the revocation petition
and the grounds on which the objec
/ tion is based
Harvey Allison Not registered o,
| voted"
William Byrum- Not his genuine
I signature. :
Warren Buchanan-"Di not regis
ter or vote"
Il Martin Cox, make by mark-"No
his genuine signature and from tbs
register he appears TO be able to write
4 his own name
C. f. Curtis.Not his genuine sig
4 nature"
,y Peter Durscher-"Not his genuine
signature
\ j. r. Denefe-"Only name resem
d bling same is John f. Denefe on th'
register."
voted 2
e. S. W. Davis, signed by mark :
Nc such person registered or voted
Nearest to 1t s. w. Davis by register
Not his signature
|. A. Forbes-"Not registered 0
voted
r. G. Green, $40 Meadow street :
! Not his signature. Cannot write. "
L. e. Hoffstatter-"Vo Voted as l.. {
Hoffstetter."
e. G.. I1ubbard--,'No such vote
Only persons name registered o
register e. G. Hubbord; on poll boo
as e. Hubert
Dali Hidgon. signed by mark-"Nc
his genuine signature. He can writ'
No such person voted Poll boo
shows Dali Hidgen; register show
Dali Higdo."
F. M. Hedley-''Not his genuin
signature"
Axel F. Johnson-"Did not vote {
last general election
Irwin Johnson. signed by mark
Not his signature Can write &
shown by register"
B. Kile, 1904 w. second--"No sue
person registered or voted and NJ
genuine signature of Bert Klle.
Art Knogle--'.Not registered {
voted ~
Geo. A. Livingston-'No such pc
son registered or voted
Martin Lewis-'Not registered I
vesed' IT,
j.. w. Lambertson-"No registere
or voting"
c. w. Morvis-"Not a voter. Nan
does not appear Oh poll book
Earnest Manns-.'Not on poll boo
Shows Il. Manns.
IT. G. Mfller-"His name does n
appear either on register or pc
book
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
New Head in Catholic School.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 3O.- Rev.
Father Charles G.. Lyons, Society Of
Jesus. a member of the faculty of Bos-
ton GMass.) college. yesterday assuIu.
ed the duties of president of Gon2ago
college and rector Of ST. Aloysius'
church
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
GOVERNORS REQUESTED TO FOR
WARD REMITTANCEs THROUGH
REGULAR CHANNELS; $4,000 TO
BE SENT.
MANY AMERICANS
IN QUAKE ZONE
REPORTS RECEIVED FROM MANY
POINTS OF TOURISTS LAST RE
PORTED TO BE IN SOUTHERN
ITALY AND SICILY.

& Nn i y = q = A% ~
Washington, D. c., Dec. 80.
The Executive committee Of
the National Red Cross today
decided to forward tomorrow
$4,000 for the benefit Of the
italian sufferers, through the
state department, in order that
it may be utilized Immediately.
The committee requests all
governors aiding in the colIec-
ton of funds to have such con-
trlbutions transmitted through
the regular American Red Cross
organization.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
COLLEGE FRATS
ARE CRITICISED
PROF NORTON TELLS TEACHERS
THEY LEAD AWAY FROM
TRUE DEMOCRACY.

Des Moines. Dec. 30.-College frater-
nities came in for round of scathing
denunciation yesterday afternoon by
Prof w. Fl. Norton of Cornell college
in his address as president of the col
lege section of the teachers associa-
ton No vindictive adjective was too
scorching for the western frat that
he said, had arrogated to itself all
of the vices of the frat life and assim-
Hated none of the virtues.
The trend of the western college
frat has been away from democracy
which was the underlying principle OF
the eastern college, said Professor
Norton. The western frat excludes
so per cent of the student body, and IN
the words Of Professor Norton. "the
worst frats become burrows of idle
ness. slouch and vice"
"It is questioned whether even such
an intellectual aristocracy as the Phi
Beta Kappa is quite democratic OF
needful as an incentive to good work.
said Professor Norton. "Co-educatior
and the admission Of negroes wereSre
sponses to democratic environment
while honorary degrees and the acad
emic costume of cap and gown arr
treated as vestigial structures handed
down from the aristocratic orders o
Europe
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
TIE WEATHER.

Iowa and Wisconsin Fair tonight
and THURSDAY, cold wave tonight and
colder east Thursday.
Illinois Fair and colder tonight ana
Thursday with cold wave north.
Sunrise, 7:1s; sunset, 4:29; moon.
set, 1I:52 a. m.
Local Weather.
Nine o'clock last evening. . ,..... 4S
Seven o'clock this morning ....... 31
Two o'clock this afternoon 49,. 80
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-31
Trend Toward Aristocracy.

"A trend toward aristocracy is adj
mitted. The literary societies. once
all inclusive are becoming narrowly
exclusive and the democratic Greek
letter fraternities of the New England
colleges, admitting practically every
student to their privileges, have given
place in the west to fraternities a&,
Guiding 70 and 80 per cent. of the stu
dents as social pariahs. Good frater,
mites may at best foster noble friend
ships and maintain high standards oi
| scholarship and character, but at
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30
Government Land Opening
Trip County, S. d.

The Government opening of Trip
Co. lands will probably occur about
October LIST. when a million acres
will be thrown open to settlement,
including some of the finest agri-
cultural lands in the West. The
Rosebud extention of the Chicago &
North Western Ry. is the only rail-
way line to these lands. See that
your tickets read to Dallas, the ter
minus of the North Western. a half
mile from the reservation border.
United States Land office will pro-
badly be located here. Send for
free descriptive pamphlets giving all
details about the land and now to Sc
cure a quarter section of it; free on
application to any c. & N. w. ticket
agent. 1918
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30
Hearst on Bryan Democracy

Four years ago the South Dakota
democrats endorsed VIM. r. Hearst
for president. Here is Hearst's
published opinion of the leaders of
today:
II am not authorized to speak for
the membership of the Independ-
ence League but. according to my
personal standards. purer patriotism
consists in laboring to establish a
new party which will be consistent
ly devoted to the interests of citi-
zenship, and the advancement of the
producing classes. do not think
the path of patriotism lies in sup
porting a discredited and decadent
old party, which has neither a con-
scientious conviction nor honest in
tention, Or in endorsing the chame-
leon candidates who change the color
of their political opinion with every
varying hue of opportunism. | do
not think the best benefit of the la
boring men lies in supporting that
old party, because of the sop of false
promise, when the performance of
that party while in power did more
to injure labor than all the injunc-
tons ever issued before or since. l
have lost faith in empty professions
of an unregenerate democracy. I
have lost confidence in the ability, in
the sincerity and even in the integ-
rity Of the leaders.
do not consider it patriotism to
pretend to support that which as a
citizen. | distrust and detest and l
earnestly hope the independence
party will give men an opportunity
to vote for candidates that are both
able and honest, and for a declara-
ton of principles that is both sound
and sincere. VIM. r. Hearst"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30

He Watched Her with Fond Eyes az
She Came to the Bed and kneIt
Down.
strange, cryptic fash. ooh, Start" he
whispered; II tried-I-" He lifted his
eyes to the ceiling and whispered
family, "A life for a life
A shaft of light struck the arrow.
"The sum" He barely breathed the
words.
He was very still after that, though
his eyes came back to her face. The
hands in hers grew chill, and she
stirred.
II must call" she began, but he
shook his head eve SO little.
"Only you" His lips formed the
words she scarcely heard.
The stiffness crept on, and on, over
ell the room. over the face before
her. into her own heart-the stiffness
that was death. Only once his lips
moved; it was to frame the old child.
name. "Moppett."
The shaft of brilliance crept down
from the gemmed arrow, down through
the stiffness, touched Gideon's night
black hair with light. And Esther
saw that last, spent, outward breath
that has no indrawn follower.
With the little song" and words
from "the Book as he had asked,
rough yet reverent men and women
gave Gideon's beautiful earth-garment
to the warm deserts keeping, to the
posies, to the wide silences he loved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30
CHAPTER xxxui.
Grcgory's Victory.

The cruel strain of the days just
past told upon Esther. Still, Alfred
was there-not by any "a well, yet
needing only rest, care and Esther.
This saved her from illness. Poor,
loving Gideon, dying half happy with
his hand In hers, her kiss on his lips.
had not v In that moment rivaled
Alfred. She turned to him now, her
W Ills forgotten In happy service for
him; and by the bed he kept for a few
days, she was spared the little towns
excitement over the murder, the un-
successful hunt for the criminal, the
wreck. the sending away of the
wounded man to be mended by man,
the burial Of the poor body whose soul
had gone to be commended Of God.
Days they toiled to rebuild the
trestle that cunning hands had so
secretly cut. One by n they carried
heavy rails up the bank and piled them
ready for loading. AS Alfred recov-
cred, Esther regained poise and
strength; and together they went on
to the Front, where they rejoiced the
Harmons with their story.
At last the iron! The little left
when the train was wrecked had car
ried them by the Kelton flats. where
Gregory had planned his great days
work. Now they must lay " rough
er road-over culverts. trestles, and
grades that must be climbed.
For days the men had been idle.
And Gregory had listened. with i'm
patient replies, or in more impatient
silence, to reports from the Union Pa
cihc.
Uintah! Through the canyon!
"A holiday In Salt Lake City for
every man. II the west-bound track
layers can overtake the graders be-
fore the Central Pacific arrives!" was
the bride the Union Pacific people Of
fered their men.
Their work Is sham! The govern
ment will never accept IT," enemies
of the same road averred. And Greg
DRY prayed that this might be true.
But 1t was not true. The Union Pacific
road stood inspection. was accepted;
and ON they came.
Ogden! Still no iron for the Central
Pacific! Red sparks scintillated In
Gregory's sleepless eyes. Ogden! He
might have been there now II the iron
had come! His company might have
tapped that rich valley. fetched end
carried for the thrifty Mormons. Now
that would be the juicy plum Of the
Union Pacific. And the Central Pa
cifc must squat In this desert spot.
beside the dead, blue lake, whose
shores gave no promise. whose flank
Ing hills had been forgotten Of God!
Gregory fumed over the unknown
wretch who had wrecked the iron
train. Poor Gregory Little he knew
Concluded on page 5
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30
j. a. BushneId, Publisher
Republican Ticket

Republican Ticket
National
For President-WM. H. TAFT
Vice President-JAs. S. SHERMAN
Congressional
u. S. Senator-CoE /. CRAWFORD
Congress-C. H. BURKE
e. w. MARTIN
State
Governor-R. S. Wesley
Lieut. OWL. G.. SHoBER
Treasurer-G. G. JOHNSON
Secy. of States. C. POLLY
Auditor-JoHN HIRNING
Atty. Generals. w. CLARK
Com. of Lands-O. C. DoKKEN
Supt. Pub. Inst.--H. A. USTRUD
Railroad Conn.,. C. Robinson
Legislative
Senator THOMAS TRYTHAL
Observation-Disclosures r. GARDNER
County
Treasurer-W. S. THOMAS
Register of Deeds-E. II. SCHMIETER
Auditor-CHARLES ODLE
Supt. of Schools MARGARET DUTHIE
States Atty. HARLAN BUSHFIELD
County Judge. M. CARROLL
Clerk of Courts JOHN COSTIGAN
Sheriff HENRY FRB.
Coroner-S. r.. WALLIS
JUSTICE G.. MCCOoL
Constable-A. S. OBer
Com. LIST Dist. j. T. BAILEY
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30
Are You Going to Build

We have about $50 books of neat,
up-to-date house and barn plans
which we will be pleased to distri
butte among prospective builders.
Also we will furnish, Absolutely Free
of Cost, a complete set of plans,
specifications, and details of any of
the above plans to any one buying
of us. Laird Norton Yards,
f. J. Weber.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30

Bryan and Kern, the democratic
presidential candidates ask the
farmers to contribute cash for their
campaign expenses. This is an an
cient populist dream that failed of
realization some years ago-and
probably will again. Happily, the
candidates refuse to accept contri-
buttons of more than SIC. 900 from
one man!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30
German Papers on BRYAN

The German newspapers seem to
have Bryan sized up pretty well. "A
magnificent agitator. but hardly q
statesman" says the Bonrsen Ziet-
ung. Far below the late Grover
Cleveland in statcsmanlike capacity"
remarks the Berlin Post.-Argus-
Leader.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30

The Democratic BROOKLYN Eagle
says: 1.-THE Eagle is historically and
logically democratic, and wholly
anti Bryan"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-30

If you want a header box call on
RoDt. l.. Clifford at the Snoddy shop
or phone Red II at meal hours. 1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-05
DEAD, INSANE AND ABSENT
ALL VO1ED IN CHICAGO
Reporters Operated in Piatoons -
Some Of Conditions Exposed by
Cook County Grand jury.

CHICAGO. ILL.,. Dec. 1.-THE bal
lots f men long residents of otter
cities. III" ballots OF r"!niorary al
sentecS. the ballots oi The insane and
even III" de ad Wer" ta>t in the prl-
mary election Of las. August in Chi.
cago.
"Rcppatels voted in platoons wi n
the conn vance of wiitully unse"ing
judges an clerks OF elections. ana
fraud. rampant to an extent hitherto
unknown in Chicago rendered the re-
suliant party nominations morally
worthless.'
These ard ether startling allfga-
tions were made by report of the
special grand jury. which after several
weeks delving into the charges grow
ing out of Chicago's first primaries.
ant. returning 81 indictments aga nsf
two scHre or more of politicians and
other persons. adjourned.