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The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
LEAVE REFUGEES
 TO FACE FAMINE
TURKISH SOLDIERS EAT SUPPLIES SENT
 TO RELIEVE NEEDY ARMENIANS
Thousands of Cold and Ragged Sufferers Are Herded Like Sheep Children Victims of
 Plague-Awful Scenes Enacted

BEIRUT, June Tt is evident that conditions everywhere in Asia Minor are far from settled and that it will take time and government much stronger than the present one to make it possible for people to go about their labors with safety.
 After the terrible massacres and the pillage and burning of Adana a new vali and new troops were sent from Constantinople. Much was expected of them, but they have done little to i'm prove conditions.
 The inefficiency of the government is seen and felt everywhere.
 Six thousand troops and hundreds of officers swarm about Adana and eat up the best there is to be had.
 Relief committees are compelled to send into the country for the common est food staples.
 The work of relief at Adana is being pushed as far as means will allow.
 Thousands Starving.
 At present in the big camp there are 14,S00 persons on the ration list, while 400 more are drawing daily ra- tions from the home of one of the missionaries.
 The unfortunates have been herded together in rags and squalor, huddling under inadequate shelter to protect themselves from the heat; at night crowding together to protect them- selves from the cold because of insult ficient covering.
 Under such conditions there are in this camp today hundreds of children with measles. In one hospital alone there are more than 500 wounded.
 Crops in the Adana region are ripe, and unless they are gathered soon famine inevitably will result.
 Turkish Fanatics Treacherous.
 Guards to protect the people who have dared to venture out to gather their crops have time and again proved the treachery of the Turk.
 The farmers have been either stabbed or shot down as soon as they came outside of the city limits.
 From Gaghche it is reported that recent events there showed that Mo hammedan fanaticism and hatred of the Armenian was even more intense than in the massacres of 1895.
 One-half of the male population over 12 years of age have been killed and Protestants suffered more in propor- tion than did the Gregorians.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
FOUR MASKED ROBBERS
 HOLD UP MERRYMAKERS

DENVER, June 9.-Four masked highwaymen held up crowd of thirty merrymakers at the Tavern. a resort at Petersburg, about ten miles from Denver, last night and made away with more than s3OOO worth of diamonds and S2OO in cash.
 They escaped on horseback and avoided the pursuit of the sheriff. who, with a posse. set out in chase The frivolty of the Tavern was at its height when four men lounged in at as many doors and presented a brace of revolvers each.
 All hands went skyward and the leader of the gang took up collec- tion of jewelry and money and with his companions clattered away.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
WILL PLAY BASEBALL
 UNDER ARC LIGHTS

CINCINNATI, June 7.-The practic- ability of playing baseball by artificial light soon will be tested at the Cincin- nati park. This problem has engaged the attention of President Garry Herr mann for several months
 An eastern inventor has devised a system of illumination which is to be given a thorough test Five tall steel towers have been erected and mechan- ics are now at work installing artificial Suns
 The inventor claims the park will be flooded with such a strong light that it will be possible to execute any play in baseball that can be pulled of in daylight. The first night game is scheduled for June 19 and will be played by the Cincinnatis against a selected team of amateurs formed from the local Saturday afternoon league If the game proves a success a series of games will be played during the sum- mer.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Opens Throttle; wrecks Engine

ALPENA, Mich, June 9.-Seeing a Detroit and Mackinac railroad locomo- tive standing unguarded with steam up, Joseph Jesonski, F years old, yes terday climbed into the cab, pulled the throttle wide open and jumped to the ground again as the engine went spinning down the tannery side track here toward a standing freight train.
 The wild locomotive and several freight cars were demolished in the resulting crash. The damage amounted to $3OOO, and the boy, who was slightly injured in jumping from the cab, was placed under arrest.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
CROWD TRIES TO BURY
 TWO DETECTIVES ALIVE

NEW YORK, June 9.-An effort was made yesterday to bury two central officers alive in an excavation pit for new building in the Bronx
 The officers went to the place to ar rest the contractor for discharging heavy dynamite blasts. They were at tackled by several of the foreign work men and were thrown into the exca- vation. At the same time a score of workmen tried to break down an em- bankment upon the detectives and did loosen so much of the earth that the officers were impeded in their attempts to escape.
 Had the whole embankment gone down the detectives would have been buried alive After getting out the officers summoned the police reserves and a number of arrests were made.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
ARMED MANIAC
 KILLS FIVE MEN
EMPLOYE IN PACKING HOUSE CREATES
 TERROR AMONG WORKMEN
Murderer Is Placed in Padded Cell and Tnes to AHaeL Physician Who Calls to Examine
 Him. Two Wounded are Dying

SOMERVILLE, Mass, June 9.-John Murphy turned from his slaughter of pigs to man-killing- in the North Pack ing and Provision Company's plant to- day and, driving his fellow workmen before him, slew five of them and wounded four others. Two of the wounded were reported later to be dying.
 The dead:
 HUBERT SMITH, colored, Cam bridge.
 JAMES CATRO, colored, Cambridge.
 THOMAS CROOMB, Cambridge
 MICHAEL JANICUS, Somerville.
 UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MAN.
 The wounded:
 Dr. Daniel G. Hayes, government in spector, Waltham.
 John CheevuS, Cambridge
 John Lewis, Cambridge.
 John Patterson, Somervf1le.
 Hayes and Cheevus are not expected to survive.
 Makes Attack on Doctor.
 Murphy had been acting peculiarly for some days, but he returned from his dinner today apparently in a normal condition. One hour later he sprang at Dr. Hayes, Drandishing his fif.een-inch, razor-edged knife. He cut Dr. Hayes on the neck, and then stabbed him over the heart.
 The terrified workmen rushed for the door, but Murphy ran after them, slashing right and left. Every man he struck went down. The crowd plunged down stairs, with Murphy in pursuit. and at every landing he cut somebody. On the second floor one of the workmen, an Italian, seized heavy bar of iron and felled Murphy, but he was quickly on his feet again and wounded another man. On the street floor he was given another heavy blow on the head and his knife was wrenched from his hand. Two police men came to assist the workmen and Murphy was given severe beating before he was overpowered.
 Murphy is 50 years of age, weighs 200 pounds and was regarded as one of the strongest men in the plant He had been employed for some years by the North company
 Hundreds Flee in Terror.
 Witnesses said tonight that more than 800 employees were driven from the plant when Murphy started on his wild rush through the six floors and basement and not a few men escaped death by a narrow margin
 Dr. w. E. Clark of West Somervilie, a United States veterinary at the plant, saw the attack on Dr. Hayes and at Hayes command hastened to find doctor.
 Murphy followed Clark and the lat ter ran into a side room- Murphy pur- sued him, completely blocking the doorway. sudden change seemed to come over the lunatic for a minute and he stepped to one side with pleasant Hello, Doctor" allowing Dr. Clark to pass.
 Employes who worked nearest Mur- phy said he seemed to pay particular attention to his knife recently and had sharpened it much more frequently than vas his habit.
 Tonight Murphy is in the padded cell of the Somerville police station When City Physician C. C. Towne attempted to examine him Murphy sprang at the doctor and tried to kick him. No fur ther attempt was made to approach him.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Street Car Riders Boycotted

EVANSVILLE, Ind, June 9.-The boycott on the street car company here growing out of the strike of the men continues effective. The com pany is running all its cars on sched- ule. Four school teachers seen aboard cars have been warned that if they ride again during the strike many of their pupils will be kept at home. The company still refuses to recognize the union and will promise to raise wages only when it's profits increase.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
To Build Freak Structure

NEW YORK, June 9.-PlanS for a building six feet eleven inches wide have been filed with the bureau of buildings at Manhattan. The building is to be erected at Delaney and Chris tie streets and is to be two stories hi"h and 100 feet long. It is to be built on a site made narrow by the ere ation of the Williamsburg bridge plaza. This six-foot-wide structure is designed to have ground floor stores and is to cost S10,000.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
SAYS COUNTRY
 IS ON SOLID BASIS
EVERYTHING PROSPEROUS BUT
 REALIZATION IS NEEDED
Farmers Ought to Know Preparations That Have Been Made for Flour ishing Times-He Will
 Go Abroad

NEW YORK, June Ion the eve of his departure for Europe to visit Paris and Vienna and possibly Australia health resorts recommended to him by his physician, E. H. Hartman to- day analysed the conditions which had made possible the panic of 1907 and gave his reasons for believing that whatever dangers had existed for re- turn of those conditions were now passed.
 ''The business of the country is on a very substantial basis,' said MT. liar riman. "All that is needed is reali- zation on the part of the farmers for prosperity which have been so liber- ally made. There are now more acres under cultivation than ever before in the history of the country, and if we have favorable weather and core spondingly large crops, look for hap py times.
 There will be a big burst of specu- lation and rise in the price of every thing, but these will quickly grade down from the top to whatever levels the crops will make logical. The time is ripe, however, for warning as to the proper employment of idle money.
 We should be careful that this money be not devoted to the develop ment of fake projects, but on the con- trary used in the upbuilding of real undertakings resting upon solid foun- dations.
 Panic Unnecessary
 There was no necessity for the 1907 panic. That panic was directly caused by the extraordinary Landis decision and the general attitude prevailing at the time against the railroads and the corporations generally. It was panic of sentiment-a disaster caused by the fear of something that did not hap pen. It frightened people into with drawing their money from circula- ton.
 The next panic will be something more serious, because it will be due to shrinkage of business. As far as the mental attitude of the public is con cerned We are on a saner basis today than We were in 1907. If we keep go- ing up, however, and come down it will hurt more after we have gone up three or four stories"
 Mir Hartman dismissed with a shrug the question as to the ultimate action of congress as regards the tar iff
 q don't think that the tariff legis- lation will be of much importance"
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Man Attacks Girl With Hatchet

NEW ORLEANS, June S.-F1ying into rage when told that his 2O-year- old sister Bessie was to be married to- night, William B. Blessing, 30 years old, attacked the girl in their home here today with a hatchet, inflicting several serious wounds. He then threw acid in her face, disfiguring her for life.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
RIoodhounds Cause Arrest

HAMILTON, Ohio, June 9.-A mur- der followed by a spectacular arrest occurred at Middletown early today The body of an aged umbrella mender was found in a lot. The head had been crushed and the man robbed. The police sent to Dayton for bloodhounds, which three times led the police to the home of Perry McNeal, who was arrested.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
churches Too Numerous

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 9.-At the United Presbyterian general assembly today, Dr. Henry Wallace, a former pastor, now editor of an Iowa publica- tion stated that the entire United States is over-churched, and that the church at large would be in better con- dition if it had half the present num- Der of preachers and pay them double the present salary.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Timber pestroyed bY Eire

FL PASO, Tex, June S.-Forest fires in the Mescalero Indian reservation near Tularosa, in Central New Mexico, have destroyed quantities of standing timber and swept thousands of acres of grazing land.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
Lynch Neqro AssaiIant

FRANKFORT, Ky, June 9.-John Maxeny, a negro who shot and serious ly wounded B. c. Bowers, circus man, Wednesday, was taken yesterday and lynched. The jailer resisted the mob, but the door was broken down.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
PHILADELPHIA IS SCENE OF
 WILD NOCTURNAL CONFLICTS
OVER 100 PERSONS ARE INJURED
 IN FEARFUL MELEE
Furious Crowds Pull Strikebreakers from Coaches and Beat Them nmercifuIIy-Police
 Are PoWerless

PHILADELPHIA, June S.-The at tempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Tran sit company to run its cars with non- union men resulted tonight in a num- Der of serious riots.
 It was the first effort to operate the lines at night and after several futile efforts to get the cars through the mobs they were sent back to the barns.
 At least one hundred men were more or less seriously injured in the rioting.
 In the KenSington district, where many mills are located, feeling ran high. MobS of men, women and chill dren pulled the motormen and conduc- tors from their cars and beat them se- verely. In many instances cars were set on fire.
 The police were powerless to control the strike sympathizers. When they charged a mob it separated only to form again in the vicinity of another car. Several policemen were injured.
 In West Philadelphia dynamite caps were placed on the tracks and crowds stoned the non-union workmen when they attempted to bring out cars, fore ing them to return to the barn.
 In the downtown section conductors and motormen were pulled from their CdIS anu tHSlT CIOl0luS was lOrn OH DN mobs of strike sympathizers. In some cases the terrified men had to be taken to private houses and guarded by police to save them from harm.
 In Kensington there were five big riots, and all evening Kensington ave nue, the main thoroughfare of the dis trict. was filled with bowling mob.
 The imported crews proved a disap- pointment to the company, many of them deserting their cars at the first sign of trouble and leaving them stand ing in the street at the mercy of the mob.
 Apply for Aid
 Several applied to the strikers for aid to return to New York, saying that they had been brought here under mis- representation. During the Kensing ton riots Policeman Lely was shot in the head and is said to be dying. In the same section five cars were piled in the street after being partially de molished with paving stones, and were then set on fire.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
 IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
 OF THE COUNTRY
Dispatches Ricturing Developments From the Outside World Stripped of Unnecessary
 Details and Presented in Brief
Lightning Does Much Damaqe

ST. LOUIS, June S.-A terrific thun- derstorm broke here this afternoon. Lightning struck in many sections of the city, and sewers were flooded, caus- ing damage estimated at $10,000
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

When a man takes hls wife to the thea ter he thinks it's up to him to go out between the acts and telephone home to see if the house is still there.
The Holbrook news., 1909-06-11

Italy has 230 convicts to the million inhabitants, which is the highest record
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-03
THE c. 4. R. MEMORIAL
Regular Annual Sermon Next Sum
1867 day Night.

The annual union Memorial service
Of the churches OF the city. which has
heretofore been held on the Sunday
preceding the National Memorial Day
viii be held at the Central NJ. E.
church next Sunday, June s. The ser
vice will be attended by the members
of the G. A. II. as body,
The service was to have been held
this year on the evening of Decoration
Day, as May 80 fell upon Sunday This
date, however was taken at the church
by the Oskaloosa High school bacca
laureate address for which union
service had been arranged The Ne
mortal service was postponed one
week on that account The Memorial
sermon will be delivered by. Rev. Alex
ander McFerran OF the First Presby
terrain church.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-03
RATS AMERICAS WORST PEST
EAT 100000, 600 YEARLY IN GRAIN
q q ~ ALONE, E. h 4
Government Report Shows How 70
dents Board sHif Would Bank
rupt John D. Rockefeller.

Washington, May 31-John ID. Rock.
efeller sooE would be bankrupt If he
had to pay out of his own pocket the
rats annual board bill. 1t costs the
American people $1O0,0O0,OO0 yearly
to feed that worst mammalian pest
known to man on grain alone.
This is only one of many interesting
facts CLEANED from a statement pre-
pared by the experts of the biological
survey Of the department of agricul-
ture entitled THE Rat Problem" Just
issued. The problem is one of the
most serious which has ever confront
ed officials of that service and an &C
tive campaign to rid the country of
the pest is strongly urged. r.
Untold millions of dollars worth of
property are being destroyed every
year by the rat which is also the
principal agent in the dissemination
of bubonic. plague; The Norway rat
is the most common and by far the
most destructive Of the rat family. It
has been carried to almost every part
of the world on ships and wherever it
has landed it has made itself at home.
The rats bill of fare includes al
most everything eaten by man, and a
considerable number Of things not in
cluded In human dietaries, as, for in
stance, carrion, mice, kid gloves, ivory
and living horses hoofs. It's most
common foods are corn and grain. If
fed on grain alone. it is estimated that
one rat will eat so cents worth in a
year, whils of oatmeal, it will con-
sumo $3.50 worth. a'.
But the damage done is not to be
measured by what a rat eats. Through
pollution Of food products It does as
much damage as by eating them. Be-
sides, 1t does great damage by digging
under buildings and entertainments, by
gnawing wood. cutting holes in sacks
and by cutting up goods and papers
to make nests. The killing OF young
poultry and squads and the stealing OF
eggs are among its other destructive
habits rs. IL ss....s.. -.
1t is calculated that single pair of
rats and their progeny breeding with
out interruption and suffering no
losses. would in three years increase
to more than s0O00,0OO.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-03
OFF TO PENITENTIARY
William kirkpatrick Returns to
Serve 80 Years Sentence.

William Kirkpatrick, who was found
guilty by jury for attempted murder
of his wife and his brother-in.law
Thomas Cooney, on the night of We'd
nesday, April II, and who was sen
fenced by Judge Byron w. Preston,
to serve sentence not to exceed
thirty years at the Fort Madison
Ipenitentiary, was taken to the institu-
|tion, Monday evening via the Burling-
ton, in the custody of Deputy Sheriffs
Perry slBlack and Frank Buckler.
Kirkpatrick, seemed to be in joyial
spirits as he joked with friends who
had come to the train to bid him good
bye. He showed no emotion on his
leaving for Fort Madison, 10 serve his
sentence which will be life sentence
for him. Prior to his leaying the Jail
he was visited by his mother, his SIS
ter, Mrs. Thos. Cooney, wife OF the
man he shot and his two sons, Ray
and Fred Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick, pleaded with Sheriff
Valentine to allow him to remain over
to-day. Mr.. Valentine refused his re-
quest as he wanted to get him to the
|penitentiary and OFF his hands as
soon as possible. Kirkpatrick had
told Jailer Ed Hoffman, numerous
times that he would commit suicide
before he would return to the Fort
Madison penitentiary.
y
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-03
CORN GROWERS NOTICE.
AN ARTICLE OF SPECIAL INTER.
EST AND PROFIT TO CORN
PRODUCERS.

All corn growers have no doubt been
greatly Interested in the announcements
appearing in tins and other papers OIL q
TO no one perhaps. has the offer ap
peaied more strongly than to Prof. z. q
Holden. Of the Iowa State Agriculture
Prof Holden saw in this offer long.
looked for opportunity. l'or years Prof
Holden has lapored for the fame OF Iowa
us q corn state. No individual has done
30 much for the corn growers as has ne
through his study of corn cultivation
and seed selection. Realizing that the
real and unselhsh interest in Improving
the standard Of corn, negotiations were
entered into looking to certain modltica-
lions IN the terms and awarding OF the
The idea in Prof. Hoiden's mind was
that he had devoted the best years of his
life to Inducing corn growers to improve
the standard of their corn, In this gener-
GUS offer he saw an opportunity to make
some further return 10 those who have
so faithfully aided him in spreading the
new and better corn gospel.
His negotiations with the donor Of the
sl,000-looking to its distribution in what
seemed q fairer and more equable man
ner. having reached a successful conciu'
sion, Prof. Holden is in a. position tc
place the generous offer before corr
growers In new and more attractive
form.
frO1. hOlOen calls the atIenuOn o.
those interested to the following:
First-The awarding of the $1,000 will be
entirely in the hands of the Iowa State
Agricultural College at fAmes; Prof. Hol
den being actively in charge. i.
w Second-This large sum win be divided
into attractive prizes, instead of COINS
to one grower, so as to attract the great
est number of contestants "fs
Third Details yet to be worked out in
clude the division of interest in this con.
test--widely educational in its scope. al
Ames and at the Corn Exposition in Des
Moines.
Fourth-The public announcements oil
the prize award are temporarily lsus-
pended, and the closing date has been ad-
Tanced to a time when the 1909 crop has
matured. As soon as the details have
been worked out Prof. Holden will sug-
gest a renewal of the prize announce,
ments which will appear in the columns
of this paper.
Every corn grower with the interests
of the industry and of his state at heart
will welcome this change of plan. Undet
the able direction of Prof. Holden the
suggestions of himself and associates viii
PROVE of far greater benefit than as orig.
inally planned. .
The editor asks his readers to watch
for the new announcements and to com
municate suggestions to Prof Holden Al
Ames. 4' .F' @
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-06-03
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
In and Outs of the Local Colony and
Their Friends.

Mrs. Ed Jones and daughter Anna
ATTENDED the Federation in Ottumwa
Wednesday.
Mrs. A. G. Clark was a visitor at the
annual meeting OF the Federation of
Colored Women's Clubs in Ottumwa
Wednesday. - sal
Mrs. Libbie Kimbrough entertained
a number of ladies at a luncheon at
her home on North Market street, Fri
day afternoon, in honor of Mrs. !. y.
Daniels, of Aurora, III.
Miss Georgia Blackburn. who has
completed the years work as a teach
er in the schools at Buxton, returnN
to, the city "Wednesday and will spend
the summer vacation with her mother
at their. home. sos lB avenue east a
Mrs. A. Blackburn returned to the
city Tuesday from Des Moines where
she has been staying since the first of
the year at the home OF her daughter,
Mrs. Louis Avery. She will resume
housekeeping at her home. 3OS b ave.
nue. east. q
Mrs. S. b. Walcup, of Moline, Grand
Matron of the Grand Court of Iowa
II. OF j. was in the city Friday for
an official visit to the local Court. She
came from Newton where She visited
the Court Thursday night. She goes
from here to Ottumwa and will con
time her visitations in the southeast
part OF the STATE during next week.