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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
cuMMINs in STRONG SPEECH
Why Pay Even Cent to Home Ty.
rant When Tribute to Foreign =
Tyrant Is Resented.

Washington, D. c., May 21.-Sena-
in the senate yesterday afternoon in
the course Of debate on the white
lead schedule. He was stirred to his
remarks by the statement which was
made to the senate by Senator PEN
rose. Revisionist senators had been
contending for reduction OF the
duties ON white lead and contend
that 1t is imperative to farmers of the
country and the home builders that
the duty be kept down. Allegations
OF the existence Of a paint trust were
made.
Senator Cummins asked if the
American people would pay even one
cent in tribute TO foreign tyrant,
and if not, why should they pay it
any more willingly to a home tyrant.
He said he did not like the suggestion
of the senator from Pennsylvania
that the American people would will
ingly pay more than they ought to,
Il the amount were small He in
sisted that not one farthing more
than the legitimate protection be al
lowed any industry or any article.
Senator Cummins served notice that
at the proper time he would urge his
amendment to promote competition
by authorizing the president to sus'
pend the duties on anv article as to
which competition had ceased. All
his efforts to reduce the white lead
duty failed by a vote Of Al to %.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
ROB TRAIN; HURT FOURTEEN
Daring Bandits Steal $4,000 and
Wreck Passenger Train in State
Of Washington.

Spokane, Wash.-Determined to run
down the six bandits who on Sunday
morning held UP, robbed and wrecked
passenger train No. of $4,000, the
Great Northern Railroad Company has
score of the best detectives In the
northeast on the trail.
The Great Northern has offered q
reward of $4,000 for each robber
captured.
In the holdup which occurred be
tween Colbert and Mead II persons
were injured when the engine and
mail car, running wild down the track
by the bandits after they had rifled
the mails, collided with the remain
ing cars Of the train. The bandits de-
tached the engine and mail cal, from
the train, ran them down the track q
considerable distance and then after
the registered mail had been opened
they sent the engine back to collide
with the cara standing on the track.
This 10 the second holdup in this
vicinity Of Hillyard. Spokane
suburb in the last month. Bandits in
the first case are still at large.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
h. \. ROGERS S DEAD
AMERICAN sUsiNEss WORLD
LOSES ONE or ITS GREAT
EST oENiusEs.
LEAVES SIS 100 FORTUNE.
Successor os John .. RockeseHer %
standard oii's Chief, King q Cop
per Industry, Victim o. Apepiexy-
Funeral Services Friday.

New York.-The American business
world lost one Of its greatest geniuses
when Henry Huddleston Rogers. vice.
president Of the Standard Oil Com
pany, leader In the Amalgamated Cop
per Company. director In a score q
big concerns, builder OF railroads and
philanthropist. died Wednesday OF
apoplexy.
Death came little more than an
hour after Mr. Rogers had risen for
the day, mentioning to his wife that
he was feeling iii. At seven o'clock
he lapsed into inconsistencies and
before the family physician arrived
he was dead. Mr.. Rogers was 81
years old. Mrs. Rogers. three mar
ried daughters, a son. H. H. ROBBERS,
/ Jr., and DR.. w. j. Pulley, physician
who was hastily summoned, were at
the bedside when the end came.
While Mr.. Rogers death was sud
den and unexpected. he had been IN
Indifferent health since he suffered an
apoplectic stroke in 1907, and was
almost constantly under a physicians
care. His end was great shock to
his business associates.
News of the financier's death did
not become generally known TIL
about two hours after 1t occurred.
The stock exchange had not opened
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
FAMOUS DIVINE is HoNORED.
Statue Of Witherspoon Giver to Wash
ington - Was Signer Of
Declaration.

Washington. - John Witherspoon
Withers, seven years old, pulled a
cord Thursday afternoon and revealed
a fine statue of his distinguished an
cestor, John Witherspoon, Scotch d..
vine, signer of the Declaration of In
dependence and once president of
Princeton college.
This statue, which stands at the
junction of Connecticut avenue,
Eighteenth and N streets. is the work
of William Copper of New York, who
also made the Longfellow monument,
and was paid for by subscriptions Of
$1,000 each from a number of we'll
known mem and women. 1t represents
tall man of erect bearing and strik-
ing face, wearing the garb of clergy
man of the revolutionary period and
holding book in his hand.
The unwilling was accompanied by
considerable ceremony, Rev. Jere
Witherspoon, D. D., of Richmond. Va,
descendant of the fifth generation,
pronounced the invocation, and the
benediction was pronounced by Rev.
William A. Woods of Gettysburg, also
a descendant of the fifth generation.
DR.. Woodrow Wilson, president Of
Princeton, delivered the principal ora
ton; James Bryce, British ambassa-
dor, spoke on "Scotland's Contribu-
tons to America" and Henry B. Mac
farland, commissioner of the District
of Columbia presented the statue to
the citizens of Washington.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
HAMS SENTENCED TO PRISON
Army Officers Goes to Penitentiary 70,
from Eight to Sixteen Years
for Murder

Flushing, n. Y.-Capt Peter C.
Hams, Jr U. S. A., who was con.
victed of manslaughter in the first de.
gree for killing William E. Annis at
the Bayside Yacht club last August,
was sentenced Monday by Justice Gar.
retson in the supreme court to an in.
determinate sentence Of not less than
eight years. nor more than 16 years,
at hard labor in states prison.
John P. Mcintyre. counsel for the
defendant. made the usual motion for
a new trial on the ground that the
verdict was. against the weight Of evi.
dence and also contrary to law.
Justice Garretson denied these mo.
tions.
During his Imprisonment the con
duct OF Capt Hams will be observed
by the prison officials and at the ex
piration Of eight years the parole
board. composed OF prison officials
may recommend to the governor tina,
his sentence be committed to less thar
the maximum Of 16 years
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
LAWYERS ACCUSED Of PLDH.
ATTORNEYS m FRAUD INQUIRY
DENOUNCED ~ JURoRs.
Attorney General Wiekefsham steps
Probe and Will investigate
Charges o. Efforts 70 In
dict Hasksli.

Tulsa, OklA.-Sens0ttOnAl AlleGor
lions conccrning the onlcial conduct
OF Sylvester r. Rush. special assist
ant to the attorney general. and
United States District Attorney Gregg
OF the Northern district OF Oklahoma.
are made in two petitions filed In the
federal court in connection with the
Muskogee town lot fraud cases.
One OF the petitions IL signed BY
nine members Of the grand jury that
was discharged on Saturday last by
Judge Marshall upon motion OF Dis
trict Attorney Gregg, who asserted
that the jury had been subjected to
improper influences. This petition re-
flutes this charge and, in turn, makes
allegations against Messrs. Gregg and
Rush. 1t alleges misconduct before
the jury, efforts to intimidate and CO
cree the Jury to return indictments
against Gov. Haskell and the other de-
PENDANTS regardless of and contrary to
proof presented and petitions the
court to investigate the jurors allie
cations.
The defendants also filed response
to the motion of District Attorney
Gregg, disputing the charges of inn
proper influence. This response al
leges that Gregg has used the Tulsa
World, of which he is stated to be
part owner. to mold sentiment and to
prejudice the court and grand jury
against the defendants; that he stated
that he was after Haskell and associ.
ates and that no one else would be
prosecuted; that he stated that he
was a personal enemy of William T.
Hutchings and would send him to the
penitentiary at all hazards; that
Gregg's partners in the Tulsa World
had stated to prominent Tulsa man
that it was political prosecution,
started by William r. Hearst and
Theodore Roosevelt, against Haskell.
The defendants assert that Gregg is
an improper person to conduct the
present prosecution.
A new grand jury convened Tues
day to investigate the alleged town
lot frauds. The first to begin the in
vestigation sat at Muskogee last win
ter and returned indictments against
Gov. Charles n. Haskell and six
others. The defendants filed mo-
ton to quash alleging misconduct
upon the part of Mr.. Rush in the pro-
ceedings before the jury.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
LOSE HEAVILY ON TAxlcABs.
Tracy & Co, Brokers, Fall with Liza.
bilities Of $1,000, 900 Assets
Are Only $5oO,oo0

New yark.-Taxicabs, not market
conditions OF, the manipulation Of
stocks, are responsible. according to
reports, for the appointment Of re.
ceiver for Tracy & Co, members OF
the New York stock exchange and
Chicago board Of trade Monday. The
company's liabilities are placed at
81 100000 and may be more when the
accounts are checked up.
While no announcement as to the
exact cause Of the failure has been
made, E. A. Benedict, the receiver,
said he understood that money lost
in backing a local taxicab concern fig
ured in the outside ventures. The firm
has no stock exchange obligations.
The total liabilities are estimated
at $1.000,O00; the assets at half that
amount. Both these sums, however,
are Appropriated.
News of the firms failure came out
with the fling of an involuntary peti.
ton in bankruptcy in the United StNtes
district court. but as it was rather
late in the day no official notice was
received at the stock exchange. #
There we're but three petitioning
creditors and their claims as stated
are quite inconsiderable. They are
Henry F. Woodward, $500; William
G. Austin, 500. and William A. Scott.
1907.
The firm Of Tracy & Co. was or.
gained in 1905. It consists Of VIII
liam w Tracy, r. D. Covington and
Frederick w. Parker.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
All Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with ito blessings. must I'M.
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves thu
question Of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledse Of what
i best, each hour Of recreation, of enjoy.
ment, Of contemplation and Of effort may
be made to contribute TO living Alright
Then the use Of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage. but under or
binary conditions in many instances .
simple, wholesome remedy may be inyalu-
able il taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that il is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and TO supply the one penec.
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup Of
Fig and Elixir Of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction To get it's beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
GRAIN men WIN |
Rates Will Remain Favorable TO
Growers
MAKES PROPORTIONAL RATES
interstate Commerce Commission
Holds Present Ratss to Gulf
Points Ar Not Dis
elimination.

washington, d. c., May 21.-In
granting re same proportional rates
on grain from Council Bluffs Omahs
elevators to gulf ports for export q
from Kansas City. the interstate com
merce commission has handed down
decision OF vital interest to the
grain growers OF Iowa, South Dakota
and Nebraska.
The interstate commerce commits
sion in announcing its decision
through Commissioner Clark OF Iowa
says:
I'm a case OF this kind there must
be an examination and consideration
OF the entire rate from point of pro
duction to ultimate destination. 1t Is
not sufficient to consider the rates
to an intermediate point, nes alone
the rates from such market, If the
question OF discrimination between
such markets is to be determined.
Adoption Of distance alone as a
measure OF the rates from point OF
origin to the primary market would
necessarily result in a clear division
OF the territory between the markets
and would be destructive of connpe-
tition in most of that territory. 1t
would destroy the long-established ad.
justment which places Missouri river
crossings on a parity in both inbound
and outbound rates on traffic geners
ally. Giving TO Kansas City all the ad-
vantages that could come to it from a
mileage adjustment would give it a
monopoly Of territory in which Oma-
ha now freely completes with Kansas
City and the application of the same
rule to Omaha would give it exclus-
lively purchasing power in territory
in which Kansas City now completes
with Omaha ON equal terms"
This decision upholds the proper
tional rates on grain coming from be-
yond the Missouri river, which are
the same to Mississippi river cross
ings from Omaha and from Kansas
City via all lines. 1t also establishes
the same proportional rates on grain
from Cuncil Bluffs Omaha and Kansas
City to Cairo and other Ohio river
crossings, to Memphis. to Carolina
territory and to New Orleans, Gal
weston and other gulf ports for ex-
port
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
Taft iNvADEs PETERSBURG
PRESIDENT VISITS SCENES OF
FAMOUS BATTLES.
Takes Part in the dwelling OF =
Heroic Statue Of Gen. John
p. Hartranft Of PennsyI-
vania.

Petersburg, Va--Within few
hours Wednesday President Taft did
in peace and comfort what the federal
armies in the civil war accomplished
only after ten months of the bloodiest
fighting America ever saw. He in
vaded Petersburg from the north. And
as the president passed over fields that
more than 40 years ago were drenched
with gore, he was escorted by many
men who had fought each other des-
perately on those same battleields.
The occasion of Mr.. Taft's visit was
the unwilling of statue of Gen. John
p. Hartranft near Fort Malone.
erected by survivors of the Pennsyl-
vania regiments which Hartranft com
manded during that campaign. The
bronze figure is of heroic size and the
entire monument is 60 feet high. It
cost $4,000
President Taft arrived here at 9:15
in the morning, and, having break
tasted on the train, was driven at once
to Fort Mahonea distance of two and
a half miles. With him were Gen.
Stuart of Pennsylvania and his staff, q
large delegation of Pennsylvania vet
Grams under the command of Mai. A..
c. Heidekuper, and the members Of
A. P. Hill camp, Confederate Veterans.
The president made a brief address
at the unveiling and remained the
guest Of the Pennsylvania battlefield
commission until 1880 o'clock, at
which hour he stepped into carriage
end was driven back to the city over
the historic Jerusalem plank road"
past the Crater where Pegram' 8
battery was blows up BY the northern
troops.
Military organizations, including the
Confederate Veterans, escorted Mr..
Taft into Petersburg and to the IA
nous Center Hill mansion, where an
elaborate luncheon was served to
1000 guests on the veranda and lawn.
Gov. Swanson of Virginia was toast.
master at the feast, and the menus
were decorated with bullets. that have
been gathered up on the battlefields
of Petersburg. Besides the president
the speakers were Gov Stuart OF
Pennsylvania. President e. A. Alder.
man of the University Of Virginia and
ex-senator William B. McIlwaine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
To Plead Insanity.

Ottumwa, Iowa. May 21.-"Not
guilty, on the grounds Of insanity
caused from the excessive use Of
drugs and liquor, will be the defense
OF John Junken, the negro. to be
placed on trial for his life in Center
Vile next week, for the murder Of
Clara Rosen, the Ottumwa choir sing
er. To prove this, expert alienists
from Des Moines and Ottumwa have
been called to testify. Just who the
.Des Moines witness will be il not
known at this time, but he will be
one OF the many physicians who Wis
tied Junken in his cell when he was
confined in the Polk county jail.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
Roosevelt Kills Rninoceros.

Nairobi, British East Africa. -
Theodore Roosevelt has begun his
hunting expedition from the Ju ia
ranch OF George Mcmillan, whose
guest he is. He went out and bagged
female rhinoceros. The first shot
wounded her in the shoulder and the
animal fed to the bushes. Mr.. Roose.
welt followed on horseback and siz
more shots were required to bring her
down. The head and skin weighed
532 pounds. "
Col. Roosevelt also added a hippo
potamus to his big-game bag. The ami.
NAL was killed short distance from
the Ju ia ranch
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

when the report reached Wall street,
but with the opening there was hard
~ an apprcciable effect on the market.
Henry H. Rogers was money
maker and one of the most successful
men Of the so-called Standard Oil
group. He began life as a poor boy
at Fairhaven, Mass. where he was
born, and retained his legal residence
there until the day of his death. He
is variously reported as having com.
penced life as a newsboy and as a
driver Of grocery cart, but whatever
his humble start in business he
achieved success attained by only a
few men of generation.
Mr.. Rogers was a man of many
friends and an enthusiastic yachts
man. Until recently he had held the
reins of the Standard Oil Company
following the retirement Of John D.
Rockefeller, although J. B. Archbold
attended to the routine management
Of the great corporation. Just how
much money Mr.. Rogers leaves is not
known. His fortune is variously esti-
mated at from $50, 900 to $75,00O,-
coo, which will make his son, H. H.
Rogers, Jr., one Of the richest men
in the country. Whether the son or
Mr.. Broughton, son-in-law of Mr.. Rog-
ers, will carry on his affairs is a
matter Of speculation in the financial
district.
The widow he leaves is his second
wife, his first wife having died IA
years ago, and he is survived in adj
dition by four children. the son men
toned, and the following daughters:
Mrs. w. e. BENJAMIN, Mrs. Urben H.
Broughton and Mrs. William r. Coe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
Peace Get. Another Boost.

Mohonk Lake, N. T., May 18.-For
the second time within two weeks the
enemies Of warfare have gathered to
devise means to end It, for the fif,
teenth annual Lake Mohunk confer.
ence on international arbitration open,
ed here Wednesday morning. Many Of
the distinguished men and women who
attended the recent peace congress in
Chicago are. here and they and others
have places on the program. DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, president OF
Columbia university. is chairman OF
the conference, z#
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
America Has Most COD.

Washington. A preliminary sum.
narration of 8 series of tables
bearing on the production of gold pre-
pared by the bureau of statistics has
been made public. According to the
figures presented the worlds stock OF
gold has increased about one-half in
the last decade and doubled in the last
quarter of century.
The stock of gold money has mean.
time grown in even greater proper.
tons. being practically rs per cent.
more than a decade ago
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
Work for the Young Man.

There is place for you. young
man. and there is work for you to
do. Rouse yourself up and 60 after il.
Put your hands cheerfully and proud
ly to honest labor. A Spanish maxim
runs: He who loseth wealth. loseth
much: he who loseth friend. loseth
more; but he who loseth his energies,
loseth all"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

A prisoner charged with manslaugh.
Ter In Canadian town was arrested
on Monday, committed for trial Oh
Tuesday, indicted on Wednesday, con
vfcted on Thursday and sentenced on
Friday. This unseemly haste of Cana.
dian justice will excite the concern Of
all high-priced counsel for the defense
hereabouts.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
johnson Fails to whip o,Rrien.

Philadelphia.-Jack johnson, the
big colored heavyweight champion.
failed to win over Jack O'Brien, the
Philadelphia light heavyweight, in q
isix-round bout Wednesday. The fight
was even and the consensus Of opinion
was that 1t should have been a. draw,
had decision been permissible.
O'Brien's marvelously fast footwork
and his superior blocking saved him
from damage in several close mixes,
and three times he was forced to his
knees by the great strength and
weight of Johnson in the ciinches.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
churchmen Throno Denver.

Denver. Col. The general assembly
of the Presbyterian church opened
here Thursday and the city is
thronged with visiting clergy and laity
from all parts Of the country. The SEES
sions win continue for number of
days, and the delegates are to hear
some Of the most eminent speakers
and thinkers in the church discuss the
problems that confront Christian work
ers and the attitude of the church
toward present day developments.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

Sometimes the finger of fate seems
to point out a heretofore obscure man
and his fellows suddenly elevate him
to position of high authority and
honors. 1t is disheartening to after
wards discover that this was merely
the nat OF few vested interests
which knew their man and picked
him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

Various cities are advertising the
intention Of INDUCING In otd-fashioned
Fourth OF July celebrations this year.
SO far as the fireworks of the old
fashioned celebration are concerned,
they have come to be out of date for
reasons SUFFICIENT to keep them out for
all time; but the parade and picnic
features. with the formal reading OF
the Declaration OF Independence are
worthy Of perpetuation. They comport
with safe and sane Fourth Of July.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

The old joke about making life lon
ger by insurfng it bids fair to become
reality according to an insurance ex.
pert, who thinks by judicious system
of re-examination preventive tab
can be kept on disease which will ex-
tend life. Thus the jokers of one
age become the scientists of the next
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

Cougars, coyotes and bears are ter
rorizing the inhabitants of the Four
teenth ward in Seattle, but this will
not cause any surprise to Europeans
who. believe bison continue to roam
the streets Of Buffalo and that Chicago
Is frontier settlement where the men
wear leather bresches and carry bowie
knives.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
pistracted Mother Hanos ser.

Mason City, la. Grief over a way
ward son and the destruction Of their
home by fire dethroned the mind Of
Mrs. William Winter Of Titonka,, and
she committed suicide by hanging
Tuesday. Her son. Will Winter. was
recently sentenced to the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison for life for kill.
ing Linn Trimble at Union.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21

Germany keeps on protesting that
she isn't building anywhere near as
many Dreadnoughts as England thinks
she Is, but strangers are being strict
" barred out Of German shipyards,
which Mr. Bull regards as suspicious.
Nobody has ever been able to discover
why 1t should be natural for English.
men to take It for granted that Eng
land alone should wish to have secrets
concerning her navy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
Reformed Presbyt,erian

Philadelphia, Pa, May 21.-At the
annual meeting of the general synod
OF the Reformed Presbyterian church
OF North America, here, the Rev. A.
L. Benson of Clay Center, Kas., was
elected moderator. z:
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
The secret out

sWhat made my lovely complexion? do
not like to tell, for it was medicine, but
the incest woman ever took. It was
Lanes Family Medicine that did it." This
ably on the stomach and bowels purifying
the blood and cleansing the skin like magic.
1t cures headache and backache. Druggists
and dealers sell it, 25c.