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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-26
Iowa at Washinaton,

Washington, D. c., Aug. 25.-John
E. Hill, Jr., of Clarinda, Ia, has been
appointed typewriter at Fort Riley,
Kas, in the quartermaster service of
the army.
w. L. Bankhead has been appointed
postmaster at Lockridge, Jefferson
county, vice C. Overstrom, resigned
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-26
A FRENCHMAN
BREAKS WRIGHT
AERIAL RECORD
DISTANCE FLIGHT MARK is LOW
Erred BY PAuLHAM, WHO BEAT
A TRAIN IN FAST RACE AT
RHEIMS YESTERDAY. =,
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AVIATION WEEK FACTS.

TIME-August 22-2S, 1909.
PLACE. Bethany Plains,
near Rheims, France.
COUNTRIES REPRESENT
ED-United States, France,
Italy, England and Austria.
CONTESTS-Five for air.
ship, one for dirigible balloons,
one for spherical balloons.
American Representative
Glenn Fl. Cllrtiss.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

vas i''" ior aybeneve."
NThOmA~ ..ame'"
"a prominv aid. n Tag
~ - testified
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
EvANS-THOMPSON.
Pretty Church Wedding at the island
Grove Baptist Church.

ISLAND GROVE, July One OF
the pret,iest weddings Island Grov,
has witnessed this season was that OF
Mr. W j Evans and Mise
Maggie Ada Thompson which took
place at the Baptist church at :
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
The church had been beautifully
decorated with rich pot plants and cut
iiowers. the color scheme of pink ana
white being carried out in most
artistic manner.
Promptly az the appointed hour the
sweet strains OF Mendelsshon's Wed
ding March pealed forth from the or.
gan under the skillful touch of Mrs.
W. J. Crosby OF Citra Little Miss
Louise Crosby, acting in capacity of
flower girl. marched slowly down the
aisle in advance OF the bride and
groom. carrying a basket Of pink and
white roses.
The ceremony was performed in n
very impressive manner by Rev. J.
y. Thompson. pastor Of the church
and brother of the bride.
Messrs. Harry Shaw and Albert
Vause acted as ushers.
The bride looked beautiful in q
gown OF cream silk NULL eiabOrately
trimmed in lace. Her long veil.
which hung in graceful folds about
her shoulders, was lOOpvd IN her hair
with a spray OF lille c,-ofthe.valley
The groom looked his best in a suit
| II 'ack
After the ceremony the bridal party.
together with invited guests. repaired
to the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. y.
I Thompson, where delicious refresh
meHts were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans departed ON the
$3.50 train for Chicago, where they
will spend several weeks visiting Mr..
Evans relatives.
The brides travelling gown was Of
gray cloth with hat and gloves TO
match.
The well.wishcs of their friends fol.
lowed them in showers of rice and
old shoes as they boarded the train.
May their lives be crowned with
happiness and success is the wish of
their many friutg.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

ditional pardon be granted to this
applicant
Mr.. W. c. Hodges also presented
the application Of William Adams for
pardon from a conviction Of having
carnal intercourse with an unmarried
female under the age of Is years and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment
by the circuit court for Levy county
at the spring term. 1909. In view of
the allegations OF this application. Il
was ordered that Il be passed over for
further investigation and further con-
sideration at n future date.
The applications OF Quillion White
and Bruce 4. Norman for pardon from
a conviction OF forgery and sentences
OF eighteen months and two years re-
spectively. by the circuit court for
Marion county at the spring term.
1908. which were submitted 10 the
board on May 6. 1903. were again
taken up. and Il was ordered that II
the prison conduct OF these applicants
remains good, that conditional pardons
be granted to them just prior TO the
expiration OF their sentences.
A number Of other applications Ger
pardon were filed. but In the majority
OF cases the petitions were laid over
or denied. .~.-sss1sL .~,r s~s~~.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
BELIEVES LEON SAILED
ON GERMAN STEAMER
Chinese Cook on the Helene Rickmers May Be the
Slayer Of Miss Elsie Sigel.

NEW YORK. July I'm the hor o
OF capturing Leon Ling. the accused
slayer of Elsie Sigel. the police have
just cabled to several cities on the
Mediterranean coast and to points
through the Suez canal and Indian
ocean TO hold up the German steam.
ship Helene Rickmers and search IL
for the fugitive
Information is almost conclusive.
the police say. that Ling shipped from
Philad lphia between June 10 and IL.
The murder was committed on June
9TH.
Detectives found that the Helene
Rickmers left Philadelphia on June
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
Edward Alvarez Again
Given Conditional Pardon

TALLAHASSEE. July THE State
Board of PardOns met In the executive
office. the Governor. Secretary OF
State and Commissioner Of Agricul.
ture being present. The minutes Of
the last meeting were read and APP
proved
MIR. W. c. Hodges presented the ap.
piIcation of Edward Alvarez for re.
stOratiOn to the rights given him by
The conditional pardon granted him
by the board In 1894 from a convic-
tion OF murder I'm the second degree
and sentenced to life Imprisonment
by the circuit court OF Bradford coun-
ty at the spring term. 1899. Upon
the strong recommendation of the
prison officials under whom this peti.
tiOner has worked. who certify that
a reformation Of this young white man
seems to have been wrought: upon
he recommendation OF numerous citl.
zens OF Bradford county, and upon the
expressed opinion of the Judge OF the
Fourth Judicial Circuit. who recon.
mitted him for violation OF the cOndl.
,ions Of the pardon, granted him In
1904. that a conditional pardon In tbir
case, II IL appears that the applicant
has reformed, would be probably ap-
propriate. IL was ordered that con-
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

feel that they have the same right
To attend meetings OF the committee
as they have to attend the meetings
Of the Senate" He would. he said.
ask an aye and no vote upon the
resolution at the proper time. Mr..
Aldrich suggested that the record be
changed to make II appear that the
amendment was reported by Mr.
SmOot and not by the Committee OH
Finance In order To meet the criti.
cism OF the Senator from Virginia.
Directing to such a change. Mr.
CYberson insisted that was not the
way the objection Oh the Democratic
side should be met.
Mr.. Simmons complained that some
OF his constituents had no oppor,
tunity to appear before the finance
committee to state their views on the
tobacco tax.
The tobacco interests" he said
have practically had no investiga
tiOn into this matter at all"
MIR. Aldrich said he would cat a
meeting OF the finance committee this
morning to give the minority mem
bers an opportunity to express their
opinions upon il. II was agreed that
the tobacco amendment offered by
Mr. SmOOt would be printed. and that
meeting of the finance committee
would be- held
The tariff bill was then reported
from the committee Of the whole 70
he Senate.
The tobacco tax. as introduced
from the committee, retained the ex
listing rate of 50 per thousand on ci
gars weighing more than three pounds
per thousand, but added provisO in
creasing the tax on high-grade cigars.
This prOviso fixed tax of 81 per
thousand when the wholesale price
IS between $75 and SllO.
Where the price was more than
SllO the tax was fixed at 81 per
thousand. On cigars weighing three
pounds or less per thousand the
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

II. bound for ltOsaki. Japan, and that
before sailing her commander. Capt.
Getting. has shipped several Chinamen
rs rart Of the crew. Among these
Cinnamon who were engaged only a
short time before sailing was one we'll
dressed man who spoke good English
and who professed to be an expert
cook. Leon Ling wore good clothes.
spoke English fiuently and was n mas.
ter cook.
The Helene Rickmers was the only
vessel which left Philadelphia at
about that time for the Orient The
vessel was last reported at Tarifa.
n seaport town Of Spain. fifteen miles
southwest from Gibraltar. on June 2s.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE
SENDS BILL TO SENATE
legislation Providing for Customs Duties Is Now
Regarded as on the Home Stretch.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. July Com.
pleting the tariff bill in the commit.
tee of the whole. that measure was
Yesterday reported to the Senate. 80
that legislation roviding for customs
duties is now regarded as Oh the
home stretch. The question was
brought to a close temporarily by a
motion to adjourn for the day to af.
ford Senators an opportunity to look
over the reprint OF the bill before
taking further action. The adjourn
ment was with the understanding that
when the body recq@yenes all sec
lions of the bill that Senators do
not desire TO reserve for further
amendment, shall be agreed to en-
bloc.
The Senate will then consider the
tobacco tax. the only amendment not
adopted in the committee of the
whole.
The Senate logged along in unevent-
ful fashion until Senator Smoot stated
that he had an amendment recon.
mended by the Committee on ~.
nance fixing duties on tobacco. ~"
sent 1t TO the desk 10 Zee re'd. The
preliminary procedure concluded,
Senator Daniel of Virginia. ranking
minority member of the Committee
on Finance. disputed the statement Of
the Senator from Utah that that pro
vision had been recommended by the
committee
Bogus Committee Amendment.
He characterized It as another
bogus committee amendment" stat.
Ing that the minority members of the
committee had never seen IL until
II had been completed
Mr. Daniel then offered a resOlu.
tion declaring that every member of
the committee appointed by the Sen.
ate has the right to vote upon every
proposition referred to the commit.
tee by the Senate.
The i've Democl attic members Of
the finance committee" he said.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
DEATH or Or. POWERS.
WeILknown Citizen OF oeaIa Expires
Of tuberculosis.

OCALA. July 6.-Yesterday at $3.50
death claimed one Of the most pOpu-
lar and esteemed citizens Ocala has
ever had. DIR. William II. Powers. who
has battled brayely for many months
against the dread disease. tubercu-
losis. A few weeks ago Dr. Powers,
with his young wife and infant son.
went TO TryOn, n. C.. hoping 10 pro-
long his life. bat the change was
not beneficial, and he was brought
back home. gradually growing weaker
until the end came. DIR. Powers was
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
MoNTsRook BASEBALL TEAM.

MoNTBRooK. Fla. July THE
MontbroOk Baseball Club is In play
this season. We had n game on the
3rd day of this mOnth--Montbrook
and Williston. The score was 3 TO I
In favor OF Montbrook.
We will play Crystal River on the
nth Of this month II nothing happens.
Johnnie Starks. pitcher; Charles
Bryant, catcher: Jimmie Mltcheall.
short stop;D. n. Henderson. captain:
Fred Johnson, manager.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

SYRACUSE, y. Y, July Thomas
TaggaIt was a passenger on the
Southwestern Limited reaching here
Yesterday afternoon. When shown the
Associated Press story OF Miss Gin
giles trial he said:
Il never saw. never knew nor new
or heard Miss Gingles' name until IL
appeared in this case. and have since
never seen her. The Snly person |
ever saw or knew who has been in
any way involved In this case l. Miss
Barrette. who kept a curio stand az
French Lick I never met her. but
IN a business way. know nothing
.....s.. IL III. ca.a than What I read
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
Thomas Taggart'S Name
Is in Evidence OF Plot

CHICAGO. ILL.,, July THE name
OF Tom Taggart. of French Lick
Springs, ind. former chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee, was
brought into the record OF the Ella
Gingles trial In Judge Brentano's s
court here yesterday.
The young Irish lacehaker, on
eross-examination. had told of the al
iesed search OF her room by Miss
agnes Barrette. her accuser. and the
h-e Mrs. Cecilia Kenyon. looking for
lace which Miss Barrette claimed Miss
Singles had stolen. This brought the
story around to Miss Gingles' visit to
MISS Barrette's room at the yelling
ION Hotel on a subsequent occasion.
"hen' according to Miss Gingle. she
was forcibly disrobed by Miss Bar.
Ieue and Mrs. Kenyon.
Did YOU fight against them"
she vas asked.
Yes. until was worn out with
crying and my exertions"
W., '~" man mentloned?"
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

work IL she would go TO French Lick
Springs.
What did you think when Miss
Barrette told you the advantages OF
this visit?"
Il thought she meant I was TO
marry a man"
Judge Brentanos court room was
crowded to suffocation, and IL was
necessary to clear the aisles when
Ella Gingles resumed the witness
stand in her own behalf yesterday.
Il Is the theory OF the State that the
young lacemaker is a victim of my
thomania. firmly believing that the
remarkable stories she has told are
the truth
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
After MOrtally WOundinG
Wife Man Ends His Life

which finally discovered hlm II the
brush. dead. with a bullet hole rHs oasa
his head. The cOroner's .dry return
verdict OF suicide.
Mrs. Bush had refused TO return 10
Push and live with him. asserting
that Bush was a hard drinker ana
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

young man OF about 30. and leaves
his %ifs. who is a daughter OF Frank
Harris. OF The Banner, and one SON.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

House rate of 81 was reduced to IS
cents per thousand.
The rate on cigarettes weighing
more than three pounds per thousand
the House rate OF $500 was retained.
out on those weighing not more than
three pounds the House rate was re-.
duced from $3.50 To $l.2j per thou
.and.
Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08
No More Coupons Allowed.


The use Of coupons or any form of
premium slips in packages OF tobacco
is prohibited by a new section OF the
bill. This section Is considered to
be broad enough TO prohibit all forms
Of trade stimulants through the prom.
ise OF gifts, and will apply to retail
sales OF cigars from boxes as well as
to the placing OF certificates in pack.
ages.
The laws governing the sizes OF
packages of cigars are re-enacted
Additional sizes of packages OF smok.
ing tobacco are permitted by the Sen.
ate amendment II is provided that
the new taxes shall not take effect
Until July /. 1910.
Among amendments agreed to was
one which exempts labor organiZa-
tiOns. fraternal beneficiary societies
and organizations exclusively for
charitable and educational purposes
AiOAA Nht OltlAAibi VI Aht NVt l0A a
tion tax provisions of the act.
Amendments were adopted specify.
ing Canada and the West Indies
among contiguous countries included
In the discriminating duty OF 10 per
cent ad valorem on imports not manu-
iactured In those countries and intro
duced into the United States and also
extending from two to six mgmkhA s@'
any one year. the period kfr
which domestic built vesnnAk ssS-aa..
gage IN the coastwise &C., -
relieves thf
from all reciprocal ". ~er
ward foreign nations re 70 va,
u tonnage duties. ts..~~<<<,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
TOWN 0UTWITS LEHIGH
AND LAYS WATER PIPE.

ROCKAWAY, Dec. Dissatisfied it
would be harder for the Lehigh Valley
Railroad to compel this borough to re-
move a water pipe from the Noun
Pleasant avenue bridge over the Morris
Canal than to axe legal steps to pre-
vent it from placing the pipe there,
the borough stole a march on the COM
pany and laid the pipe across the
bridge. That gave q new phase to a
controversy of long standing. The Dor
ough now is prepared to give to the
Eastern Heights section the water sup
ply it has long needed.
Twenty men We're put at work in the
night, and they hurried the job. BY
today the connections were made ana
the water was flowing through the pipe,
which is four inches in diameter. The
borough and the railroad have been at
odds about the main for many months.
All compromise schemes have failed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
NEWARK MAN THIRD In
TRAP=SHOOTING CONTEST,
1special to the Newark star

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.AGeorge S.
McCarty, of Philadelphia, is again the
amateur tra~pshooting champion of
America, having won the title for the
second time at the Travers Island
grounds of the New York Athletic Club.
McCarty also made IA new record for
kills when he broke 9S out of 100 tar
gets as against SO, the mark set by
himself q year ago.
Fred A. Hodgman, of the New York
Athletic Club, was second with IS,
while A. Lindley, of the Smith Gun
Club of Newark, c. E. Mink, of Phila-
delphia, and H.. C. Kirkwood. of Bos-
ton. tied for third with marks OF SO.
In the shoot-off Lindley, of Newark,
was the winner of the place.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
WOMAN ONE OF EIGHT
DROWNED ON FREIGHTER.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 10.-Eleven
survivors of the fax-laden freighter,
w. c. Richardson. which foundeged Just
outside the Buffalo breakwater cary
yesterday, were brought into port tor
day aboard the steamer Paine, which
rescued the men and stood by the Rich
ardson for thirty hours. The Paine,
badly rammed in the stern N ice
covered, was towed into port by the tug
Cascade.
1t, is now believed that eight livsf'
were lost. Five are supposed to have
gone down with the freighter and the
other three are dead or adrift sonle-
where in the lake in a yawl. Three Of
the crew. Sidney Smith, second mate.
Edward Gransey and e. j. Cleary left
the Richardson in a yawl about sever
miles from where she went on to
Waverly shoal and was battered t9
pieces. The known drowned, are Mrs.
John Brantfor1. second cook, Of Cleve<
land, and Chief Engineer Samuel e
Mayberrys Of Kingsvi.le, Ohio.
Captain Enos j. Burke. of Detroit,
and one of the mates received injuries
and all of the survivors are in a weak
cned condition.
r-cv- ~. xryaHn Ans s
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
HER SUIT
FOR DIVORCE ON
DREAM EVIDENCE
Decree Is Recommended for
Trenton Woman on Strange
Testimony.

TRENTON, Dee. 10.-Evidence npon
which Mrs. Evelina F. Smith, of this
city, claims her husband, Howard w.
Smith, is a bigamist, and upon Which
she bases her suit in the Court OF
fChancery for a divorce, was obtained
through a dream had by the wife. ac-
cording tos5her sworn Testimony on file
in the court. Mrs. Smith brought the
suit on statutory grounds, naming a
Mount, Holly woman Former Vice
Chancellor John tt Bird, az special
master. has FLED a report III the case,
recommending hat the divorce be
granted.
The evidence, which Mrs, Smith al
leges to have obtained through a warm
Ing in a dream. was a certificate show
ing that her husband and Miss Kate
O'Donnell were married in rPhiladelphsa
August 5. 1901. The petitioner n
Smith were married september :, 1888,
In Moorestown. They have had six
children and have been separated since
1901.
According to the testimony of Mrs.
Smith, they lived happily for u while
and then her husband began to neglect
her. Smith then worked in Mt. Holly
far from the home of the woman
named in the suit. When she remon-
strated With him, she charged, he
merely sang: 81 will leave my happy
home for YOU, meaning, according to
the testimony, the Mt. Holly woman.
Smith left home April 1, 1901, and went
to Philadelphia. Mrs. Smith swore that
the woman followed. The PLAINTIFFS
testimony with reference to the dream
was as follows:
That the dream directed her where to
find the certificate of the second mar
riage, ''in the top bureau drawer IT.
Kate O'Donnell's room, in Mount Hol-
"" where Smith was then living. She
said she was warned to go and hunt for
the paper within a week. which she did.
After seeing her children and spending
the night in the house, eating at the
table with her husband and the other
woman, in silence, she testified that she
went to the bedroom. and found the Ger.
tifcate behind a box in the bureau
drawer, just as she had seen it in the,
In order to get it away o
the house undiscovered she placed il
in her shoe. The certificate was made
q part of the court records in the case
On one occasion the plaintiff had her
husband arrested for non-support and
he spent a month in Jail. After being
released he agreed to provide Il home
for his wife and children. The maiden
name Of the plaintiff was Evelina
FarnsWortli.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
PRINCESS DE SAGAN
SURRENDERS TO BONL.

ePARIS, Dec. 10.-It vas announced
today that at the hearing last Tuesday
Of the action brought by Count Boni
De Castellane against the Princess de
Sagan Involving the education of their
children, the counts former wife agreed
to appoint a tutor for the. youngest
boy, Jay. who would be acceptable to
the plaintiff.
zThe attorney for the princess ops
posed, however, the counts request
that he be permitted to escort his son
to from the school, saying that
this would constitute n violation Of the
mothers right to the custody Of her
child. The court will render its de-
oision a week from today.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
DIME NOVEL READER
C0NFESSES CASH THEFT,
l5-Year-0ld Boy Also Tells
Judge He Robbed a SAFE.

William Thompson. the f5-year-old
dime-novel reader and cigarette smoker,
who was charged with having stolen
$S5.17 from the store OF Louis Bliwi Use. OF
80 Market street. confessed to Judge
Hahn today hat he had taken the
money, and was held in $500 bail for the
Juvenila Court.
Thompson was arrested yesterday by
Bergeants Ryan and Farrell. of the de-
tective bureau, a few hours after the
robbery lend been committed. He had
hidden the money In q cellar on Plane
street, and 1t was only after two hours
questioning by the sleuths that the boy
broke down. He admitted having
served a year for robbing a safe. He
lives at 21S Washington street, Orange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
NATIONAL BANKS
SHOW DEPOSITS OF
FOURTEEN BILLIONS
Enormous Capital and Revenue
Figures Are Given in
Government Report.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-More than
twenty-five thousand banks. with an
excess Of twenty-five million deposit
accounts. capital -aggregating S1,S55,-
9s7, S6S and individual deposits of more
than fourteen billions Of dollars, arc
the %stupendous figures revealing tile
vast extent Of the banking business OF
tho United States as shown in the an
nual report for the year ended October
81, of Lawrence o. Murray, comptroller
OF the currency, laid before Congress
today.
The report contains a great mass OF
interesting and valuable information
regarding not only national banks and
other financial organizations reporting
to the c~omptroller's office, but also pri-
vate and State banks of all classes.
Loans and discounts of national banks
on September l amounted to 81, 12S. $50,
ISL. The banks held at that time in
vestments of bonds and other similar
securities amounting to $S9S, 3SS, 542
more than sufficient as security for the
$500 10000 emergency currency author
ized 10y the act Of May g.. 1898.
Eccnuce of the depreciation in I'll
market price Of government bonds the
computed profit on the issue OF nationa
hank circulation increased slightly.
Net earnings of national banks fol
tie year ended July 1 were 1851. 1855, 749
from which dividends were paid
amounting to $92, 993, 449.
The legislation of 1899. authorizing
the organization of national banks Will
a capital Of s25, 900, met with popular
favor, 2.76S- institutions with such cap
i%tallzation having been chartered sine,
the passage of the act.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-10
FINED $50 FOR CONTINUED
NEGLECT OF CHILDREN
Henry Gilday, Unable to Pay,
Goes to Jail.

Charged with continual neglect of his
three ehildren-Alice. aged II; Cattle
rine, aged 9 and Edmund. aged 6-Hen-
ry Gilday. OF 429 Broad street, was to-
day arraigned in the First Criminal
Court on complaint made by Superin-
intendent John A. Cullen. of the Cath
Ole Childrcn's Aid Association, and
nned $50 by Judge Hahn. !
According TO superintendent Cullen,
the case has been hanging fire for
the past few years. He said that the
man had been given plenty of chances
to make good. but that he failed to
grasp his various opportunities. The
children will be provided for. as Golday
to TALL.