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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-02
kIRkV!LLE.

Kirkville.-The Northern Light Soc
ietv of the ladies of the Presbyterian
church, met with Mrs. Anna Nc
Cunne April 90. There was a good
attendance. The proceeds of the
meeting was IS. Ice cream, lady
fingers and coffee were served.
Mrs. Padgett and daughter, Una
near Kirkville Station visited at the
home of Mrs. Jonathan Parks a few
days ago.
Ora Sinnif, of near Eddyville. visit
ed with friends in Kirkville Thursday.
The postmistress and assistant, have
improved the looks of home and office
by coat of paint
Miss Gladys McCunne. who has been
spending three. years in the Chicago
training school for nurses. will pe
home Wednesday. May 6, for three
weeks visit
Mary Louise Brown, little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. 7. O. Brown, is very
sick with lung fever.
The members Of the Christian
church reshinsled one side of thv
church and re-adjusted the floor anc
are papering and painting.
Mrs Henry Beach is seriously IL
with pneumonia. They have sold thei
home to DR.. Abegg.
| The social given at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs John Zentz by the Christian
Aid society Saturday night was wei
attended The proceeds amounted t.
$3.50.
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: GUILTY. Says
EDWARDS JURY
VERDICT WAS REACHED AT 7:45
O'CLOCK LAST
NIGHT. E@
is ASSAULT CASE
Negro Who Attacked Mrs. Clara Err
win Faces Long Term in the
Penitentiary Judgment
Wednesday.
ASSAULT

1--WE the jury find the defendant
guilty as charged in the Indictment"
Such was the verdict reached by
twelve men at 7:45 O'Clock last night
which branded LIE Roy Edwards, color
ed, as a rapist The defendant was
given until Tuesday to file a motion
for new trial Wednesday was set
for the day of judgment and unless the
new trial motion interferes, Judge
Vernlilion will pass sentence at that
time The crime for which Edwards
was found guilty carries a sentence
as high as life Imprisonment. The
length of service is discretionary
with the court.
The Jury
The jury composed Of John
Swanson, Olaf Nelson, J. E. Langford,
Nelson Derby, William Kielllopf, Paul
Amelang ST., Thomast Proud Tom
Berry, D. F. Whittenmyer, S. D. Cos.
age, William Ramsey and c. E. Ford
went into deliberations at 1885
o'clock yesterday forenoon. On the
first ballot nearly unanimous yer
dict of guilty was the result, but after
that time there was not much change
| in the score or more ballots taken
Finally on the last ballot after the jury
had partaken of hearty supper the
| jury was unanimous for conviction
The baliff was notified that verdict
had been reached and Judge Vermilior
Clerk George Phillips and the attor
neys in the case repaired to the court
room to receive the verdict.
Prisoner Uneasy.
Edwards was brought into the court
room. With one leg thrown careless
ly over the arms of his chair he was
visibly perturbed. He shifted uneasily
in his seat.
"Mr. Bailiff pass the verdict to the
clerk" said the court Upon doing sc
Mr. Phillips read in a clear voice the
fate of Edwards.
For a moment the prisoner was
| dazed He realized the full import o
the verdict, thing Oscar Hogan die
not do when a jury in the same cour
in the January term Of the court
branded him rapist and for which hi
is now serving life sentence at Fl
Madison for an attack on Miss Mar,
Mahoney, now deceased.
Most Bold Attack.
The crime for which Edwards i
convicted is that of an assault. on Mrs
i Clara Erwin of I'LL Hayne street OF
the evening of January "a when sh
was on her way home from town. TIL
attack took place at the railroad cross
ing near the Pickle works. She wa
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AS of Wapeo county
while possible
should supported for County Attorney republican
election,
particular
a
probably familiar
had considerable criminal
good
of
attorney that understands conditions existing
That Smoky society the Ottumwa
the
nothing welfare the
politicians afraid
states will Smoky Row off the face of the
n
element
What want county attorney that his
will do
respectfully,
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BONAPARTE.

Bonaparte-Mrs. Fred Townsend. OF
Abba. grand president of the P. E. o.,
was herd Monday afternoon to attend
a meeting of this chapter. which was
held at the home of Mrs. r. n. Cresap.
Miss Marie Hickey. of Chicago, WISH
ted here Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs,
D, H. Cresap.
Misses. Patti Percival and Lizzie
King visited over Sunday with friends
in Ottumwa.
walter Neatly of Kewanee. H.. is
visiting relatives in Bonaparte and
vicinity
Mcdonald Cox, of Kirkville, spent
SUNDAY with his parents. Mr. and Mrs,
S. J. Cox.
Mrs. Fred Rigsby of Keosauqua, is
visiting her mother Mrs. John Kerr
Mrs. Brown Mcdonald has returned
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EDDYVlLLE.

Eedyville-Mrs Clyde Summers and
children Made, Harry and Tootsie. re-
turned to their home in Ottumwa
Thursday evening after spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. e. By
rum of Richmond avenue
S. F. Convers, of ST. Louis, Mo-. has
onened a produce house in the Green
True building, formerly occupied by
the barber shop
Ollie Oldham was passenger to
Ottumwa Thursday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Thee OFT and little son,
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through the city last evening enroute
to Hillsboro, where he.will visit a
few days with relatives.
Jap-a-lac makes old furniture new.
Sargent's.
Mrs. Will Linteer, of Sigourney who
home last evening.
Insect powder soc per pound. sa.-
gents.
Miss Sarah Haselton, of North Eng
fish who has been in the city visiting
with relatives returned home last
evening.
Zenoleum kills lice on stock. Sar-
gents.
Mrs Frank Emery of Highland Cen.
ter, who spent the day in the city
shopping yesterday, returned to her
home .ast evening.
Miss Martha Wolf Of Highland Cen
the city yesterday returned to her
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Williams, Of
Hedrick, who has been visiting for the
past few days at Batavia with her
father, passed through the city last
evening enroute home.
From Fridays Daily.
Miss Edna Wilkinson of Eldon, who
spent yesterday in the city on bust
ness, returned home last evening.
Miss Sallie Davis Of Eldon, return
ed home last evening after a short
business trip to this city.
Miss Jessie Afford Of Eldon, who
spent yesterday in the city on short
business visit returned home last even
| ing on the Rock Island.
Mrs F. G. Elson of Douds-Leando.
who was in the city yesterday on bust,
ness, returned home last evening on
the Rock Island.
Miss Edith Shore and Mrs. NJ. Cor
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Deaths

. .
EDGERLY-Thursday April 80, 1908,
suddenly at her late home in Omaha.
Neb., Mrs. Charles Bishop, wife Of
Denison Merrill Edgerly
The funeral party will arrive here
to morrow at 2:15 p. M, and the
service conducted at the home of Mrs.
]. W. Edgerly of PIT East Fifth street
by Rev. F. G. Davies at $3.50 p. m.
Interment in Ottumwa cemetery.
HEALY. = Thursday, April 80, 1908
at 8 p, NJ, at the county hospital
north of the city, Perry Healy, aged
SO years.
Interment was made at the county
farm this afternoon at 3:an
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

From Thursdays Daily.
Nesnam sells the best Watches.
Bordeaux solution for spraying
shrubbery. Sargent's.
Miss Anna Needham, of Sigourney
who was in the city shopping, returned
home last evening.
Celery and iron tonic for the blood.
Sargent's.
Mrs. A. H. Needham, of Sigourney,
who spent yesterday in the city visit
ing returned to her home in Sigourney
last evening.
Rexall obesity salts reduce flesh.
5argent's.
Mrs. S. E. Ellis, OF Redfern, passed
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Announcement.

hereby announce myself as repub-
lican candidate TO nomination for
Superintendent of Schools. subject to
June primaries. James A. Yeager, Ed
dyvillle, Iowa.
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Announcement,

| hereby announce that will be
candidate for the nomination of mem
her Of board Of supervisors of Wapello
county on the republican ticket sub
ject to the decision of the primary to
be held June 2. 1908. G. L. Nye.
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Rubber goods Of all kinds. sargent's
Announcement.

| hereby announce that I am a
candidate on the republican ticket for
the nomination for sheriff of Wapello
county, subject to the decision of the
primaries Of June 2, 1908.
Alden Mcdowell.
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grabbed by the negro from the rear
and carried behind a. pile of ties and
mutilated. Following the attack Mrs,
Erwin ran as best she could to the
home of friend, Mrs. c. Hourihan
about block distant. Mr. Houriham
Immediately notified the police and a
short time afterward Edwards was as
rested at his home on the South Side
just after he had reached his home.
Threats of Mob.
The next day after threats had been
made by East End citizens to mob the
negro he was taken to Alba
Jail on orders of Judge Roberts for
personal safety On Feb. % the grad
jury indicted Edwards, charging hls..
with rape.
The trial was commenced Tuesday
morning and Edwards attempted to
prove an alibi which failed miserably.
During the trial the wife OF the
accused man and his two children
were at his side in the court room.
The story of the crime as told by
Mrs Erwin at the time of the assault
follows:
81 was returning from town shortly
after Z o'clock in the evening and
went east on Main to Vine street
where turned south to the point
where Hayne street crosses Vine. At
this point l felt that l was being
followed or at least some man was
behind me from Main street although
| was unable to see whether he was
black or white and as he disappear
ed at this point l dismissed the
thought and turning east on Hayne
street continued on my way home
ward.
Lonely Place
81 had proceeded some distance
along Hayne street, which for some
length below Vine, as you go toward
the pickle works is very lonesome
and sparsely built The path along
here that is usually taken is through
vacant plat Of ground and saves
considerable walking that would
otherwise be necessary if one takes
the sidewalk along the road. In follow
ing this path one has to cross some OF
| the Burlington railroad tracks used for
storage and switching purposes, and |
had just crossed the first track and
was near the second one, which is
short distance away, when some one
whose tread in the snow did not hear
placed his hands on my shoulders,
saying, Come and go with me sister,
81 was awfully frightened and
thinking that perhaps it was my hus-
band trying to scare me turn
ed about and seeing it was a negro |
broke away from him and ran as fast
as l could but he over took me, put
ting one arm around my waist and
one hand over my mouth, he carried
me to a pile Of ties behind the Bur-
| lington yards, where the ties are
chopped up by machine for that
! purpose and stacked up in a large
heap, behind which he carried me
and brandishing a dangerous looking
knife, he uttered a fearful oath, say
1 ing, Make any noise and I'll kill
YOU
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Announcement.

7 hereby announce that I will be
candidate for the nomination for mem
Der of the board of supervisors of Wa.
pello county on the republican ticket,
subject to the decision of the primary
June 2, 1908.
A. ]. Fairchild
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to Des Moines after an extended visit
here with relatives
B. F. Cline and William McCous-
land We're in Pennington yesterday.
Mrs. Otto Perkins and daughter, re-
turned home yesterday after short
visit with relatives in Mt. Zion.
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man Of Keosauqua, returned home last
evening after having spent yesterday
in the city on business.
Mrs. H. R. Baker of Eldon, who was
in the city yesterday visiting friends
returned home last evening on the
Ais Rock Island.
Rubber goods Of all kinds Sargent's
]. E. Ellsworth of Eldon, who was in
the city on short business visit yes
terday, returned home last evening on
the Rock Island.
Mrs. W. F. Haywood of Eldon, who
was in the city shopping, returned to
her home last evening on the Rock
Island.
Bordeaux mixture for spraying
trees. Sargent's.
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Announcement.

Please announce to the voters of
Wapello county that / will be can
didate at the primary in June for the
nomination Of recorder on the repub-
lican ticket. w. S. Wilson, Jr
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A Eiendish Act.

after assaulting me, he took his
cap and brushed the snow from the
back of my coat and ran away. Il
ran as best could to the home of c..
Hourihan and knocked on the door,
and when the door was opened l fell
into the house. AS soon as l could
tell my story, Mr. Hourhan informed
the police by telephone. 1t was about
1880 o'clock when l got to Hourhan' S
and later in the evening, accompanied
by my husband, went to the police
station and identified the negro, and
am sure l could make no mistake in
him for l will never forget the
scoundrel"
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Tri-Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give ths> name Of
the Postofflce to which the paper has
been sent as well as the Postoff1ce
where they desire it to be changed to.
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From Fridays Daily.
Miss Edna Wilkinson of Eldon, who
spent yesterday in the city on bust
ness, returned home last evening.
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couple of years ago! How are we.
anyWay?'
The reporter assured him that his i'm
mediate and distant family were all well.
and said: THAT was great night we
had up there at Bellewood, wasn't 1t,
Dave?''
Yes. sor. and that it was: two engines
a-trying TO climb over each other. and the
cars behind them being smashed to kin
ding wood and the little children and the
women- And do you know | lost an
overcoat that very same night! Yes sor.
brand-neW overcoat We had got the
hook on the roof of the Pullman and was
lifting it up when l heard a groan I'M
derneath We raised it gently, and there
was a woman with a great hig cut on her
head 1t was awful cold like. and there
she was in her nl.hfgoWn. She needed
my coat good deal worse than ! did
then. SO l takes i: off and wraps it around
her. and do you know they took her TO
the hospital AT Jamestown that night and
l never saw my coat after.
Just then a messenger rushed in and
gave white order slip to Dave. He read
1t over with a disguised expression on his
face.
Sure and they will be maxim us into
delivery wagon next grunted he.
Here they are taking this beautiful
nnety-ton crane to lift couple of mea-
go along? There's no fancy work, but ye
can get a little idea of what we are do
ing"
Sure thing" replied the reporter.
Come on boys.' shouted Dave; we've
got 4 job down at OF.
The engineer climbed up 10 his high
seat. The conductor waved his hands. and
soon they were leaving the yards behind
them.
Its all like this now" said Dave. We
never have any real work To do. It's a
carload of castings to unload here. or il $
boiler to lift into place, ten miles down
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the line all the day. with a half dozen
freishts off the track to vary the mo-
notony" And he said IT in sucn half
sorrowful way. as If wishing for greater
things that the reporter had to laugh.
A Very Ordinary Event.
.Oh | don't mean that l want a bloody
wreck on M, hands We get a-plcnty OF
those even now, but there is so much Of
this sort of thing that it doesn't give us
a chance to show what We can do. Any
one can do this sort of work. Why. ten
wears ago" But then the train slowed
m and every one piled off. Ropes and
chains were thrown off. and. with a lit
tie maneuyering. the crane was placed IN
nostjou The two signal posts We're ~
ing on tile ground beside the holes which
had been dug for them. A rope was
placed a little above their hatancc, ana
Dave .aye the signal to hoist away; The
rome frightened without a jerk. and SLOW
IL the posts Strengthened into their holes,
and within five minutes or the train ar
rival the posts were up ana cialnped IN
their places and the crew was sitting
However they didn't have long to wait.
for in few minutes an order came for
them to go up the line few miles far
Their and gather up coke train which
had sniff itself over both tracks. This
was - hurry-up call. The wreck train
always has the right of way over all 9TH
or trains so il was with express speed
that the eight miles were covered.
There was the wreck. An air hose had
broken between the second and third cars.
II had stopped the train Immediately.
The second and third cars had raised
themselves in the air and fallen side
wise across the other track. splitting
their sides and spiiling the coke. with
which they were loaded. all over the
place.
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A DAY WITH THE WRECKNG TRAIN AT UNION STATION

Mer were sci to shoVeilnG the coke INTO
another car on the Spot. "hiie o'iieiS
were cutting the cars apart MS Was
quito different from We ".Her JOB 49,
one was in a hurrN-no time for laugh
ing or joking naw-nui one and ali
worked t. clear away Tie wreckase IN
the shortest time possible \ chath was
passed around one ~ me cars ana WIN
no more apparent effort on the part of
th., crane than in lifting the posts. the
car was lifted lack on tIie otitef track:
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that he had nearly counted the ties to
Baltimore when over the roofs of some
box cars a long neck like that of some
antedulivian monster appeared. 1t was
the heavy crane of the wreckers and
after CROPPING his way under big gon-
dola he came in sight of the whole
train. There was good deal more to it
than the crane.
Always Ready to Move.
There was the engine, with steam up.
ready to pull out at a minutes notice;
then came the crane. and after that two
fiat cars covered with extra trucks.
wheels, chains and all manner of heavy
parts: then followed the tool car. which
was filled with picks. shovels. levers
and ropes-in fact. there were very few
things in the way of tools which the
tool car did not hold. Last of all was
the bunk cabin, and right here let it be
said that for downright comfort. while
the men are not at work. that same
bunk cabin takes the cake. 1t is fur
nished with comfortable leather hunks.
and in addition there is always cook
paid by the company. who goes with
the car and prepares the meals that are
necessary while the car is out.
The reporter had nearly finished his
inspection of the train when he hap
pened to cast a glance up at the rear
platform of the cabin. There was a
short, stocky man. sitting with his feet
cooked up on the rail and smoking a
short pipe The mans general appear
ancs looked familiar. and was recog-
niZed by the homely salute:
Hello. Dave
The man slowly took his pipe from his
mouth. turned the quid of tobacco with
his tongue. and took in The Star man
from head to foot. then jumping I'D he
whooped. We'll. I'll be burned if it isn't
the young fellow who wrote about that
smashup al Bellewood on the main line
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and offenSes against the marriage tie are
punished severely. The BaZiba man and
woman who attempt to live together
without being married take their lives IN
their hands. They are liable TO be tied
hand and foot and thrown into the lake;
and if they dwell far off in the country
they are carried to the nearest swamp
and buried alive under the flags. Mar
riages take place on about the same con-
ditions as in other parts of Africa, the
girls being sold by their parents. Just
now the usual price for bride is 10000
cowry shells, or a little over three do
lars. This is for fat. good looking
maiden of fifteen or so. The price from
full grown woman or widow often brings
less than $1.Io.
But before / go farther let me tell You
ABOUT this land of the Bazibas. where l
now am. 1t lies in German East Africa
just below Uganda, on the western side
of Lake Victoria 1t is bounded on the
east by the lake. and it includes part of
the kagera river. which many believe to
be the source of the Nile. That river rises
N the highlands not far from Lake Tan
ganyika, and flows in a winding way
through German East Africa, emptyins
into Lake Victoria almost on the bound
airy between the two countries. Commits
sioner Tompkins of Entebbe tells me that
the river is quite wide at its mouth. and
that il can be navigated for about seventy
miles. L passed tnlS river on my way
to Bukoba.
We left Entebbe, the British capital of
Uganda. at 4 a. m. and were all day long
steaming off the western shores OF Lake
Victoria. Our first course was through
the Sesse Islands, about the largest archi-
pelago in the lake. They are beautifully
wooded on the Shores with grass lands
higher up. They We're formerly we'll pop
ulated, but they are now almost deserted.
pn account of the sleeping sickness,
caused by the bite of the tsetZe fly.
which infes,s their shores.
After travelling through these islands
we went westward along a country which
looks very much like southern Ireland.
and which would compare with Staten
Island If the latter had no houses upon
it. We passed little rocky islet, known
as the '.Island of the Dead" and then
came into this beautiful harbor of Blu
koba and anchored we'll out in the bay.
Bukoba is the porthernmost station IN
German East Africa 1t is beautifully
situated, lying on moon-shaped bay
backed by low hills. A. the south are
yrass-grown bluffs ending in palisades
of granite. which rise straight up from
the water to a height of 2Oo feet. Right
under these bluffs is the landing place,
and il was a little outside them that
the steamship Winnifred came to anchor.
We were carried to shore in native canoes
of wonderful workmanship. Each boat
was about thirty feet long, three feet
wide and two feet deep. 1t had keel
made of the trunk of tree and the SIDES
we're of hewn boards about a fourth OF
an inch thick and one foot in width, run
ming almost the full length of the BOAT
The boards We're sewn together and fas-