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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20

1902. 1t was addressed to Mrs. De-
catur Bacon, and had been on the road
seven years, two months and six days
a notation on the back from the SUI
perintendent of the railway mail serv-
ice stated the cause of the delay. 1t
was small envelope and was lost in
the mail car. The explanation saws:
Found back of case in postal car No.
1913, July 10, when sent to shop for re-
pairs"
Sidney.
o. B. Young. of Sidney, was tried be-
fore Justice John Shockley, of Ran
dolph. on q charge of running an auto
mobile after dark without lights Mr.
Young's defense was that it was less
than an hour after sundown and the
jury returned a verdict in his favor A
team driven by Mrs. George Wilson
became frightened at the auto and up
set the buggy and broke a wheel, but
Young settled the damages. The trial
was held under the trees in Justice
Shockley's yard and was attended by
a large crowd.
Columbus Junction.
w. H. Hurley, county attorney, was
in town settling difficulty between
two farmers. G. w Masonholder and
Mint Allen. south of town. The trou-
Bile started about some chickens be-
longing to Allen and shot by Mason
holder for trespassing on his prem
Uses. The latter was fined 81 for desc
Grating the Sabbath by shooting and
also IS for using improper language.
| These, with the costs, amounted in all
to $3.50. he paid. wisely deciding to
drop the matter. The case was brought
| before Justice d. S. Burlington, of Co.
lumbus Junction.
! DIN.
For the past thirteen years the peo-
pie of DIN have been petitioning the
! board of supervisors to change the
| course of Catfish creek which runs thru
that town. The cost of so doing was
between 5000 and $4,000 and as a re-
: suit the supervisors many times since
have denied the petition. At the ses-
sion held last week the supervisors de-
cided to comply with the persistent de-
mands of 0lin and will change the
course of the creek and have that part
| running thru the town covered and
thereby have one of the most unsightly
objects of the place removed
Oakland
At a. meeting held at the home OF
Rev. A. j. Matthews at which repre-
gathered. it was decided to hold a
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-20
Twenty five Cents is the Price Of
Peace,

The terrible itching and smarting
incident to certain skin diseases. is al
most instantly allayed by applying
Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25 cents
For sale by all druggists.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
NEWS Of THE WEEK N tPNoMt
Important Events At Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
FROM THE CAPITAL.

The senate bill requiring life pre-
servers to be carried on all motor
boats was killed in the house. Anoth-
er bill to require mufflers on motor
boats was also defeated.
The house committee on foreign az
fairs agreed to recommend to the
house the passage of the DENLY bill
to restrict further the use of the Red
Cross insignia for commercial pur-
poses.
The house has passed a bill au-
thorizing the director Of the ensus
to collect and publish additional sta
tistics Of stocks of baled cotton in
the United States of November, jan
uary and March.
A step toward securing recognition
of the right of American Jews to
travel through Russia has been taken
by the house committee on foreign
affairs agreeing to pass a joint reso-
luton on the subject.
The house has passed a joint reso-
luton directing the secretary of
state to invite Great Britain and
France to participate in the ~tercente-
nary celebration of the discovery of
Lake Champlaip. to be held during
the first week in July.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
FROM II SHORES.

A dispatch to a German news agen-
cy says that King Menelik has return
ed from his pilgrimage and Is in the
best OF health.
Herr Hoerring, state councillor and
former premier Of Denmark, is dead.
Herr Hoerring resigned as premier
on April q, 1900, after a TIRES years
tenure Of office.
A British steamer, the name OF
which is unknown. during a fog ran
on a rock off Quessant, France, and
then slid off and sank in deep water.
Seven persons were drowned.
Four more women and girls were
stabbed in Berlin by the unknown
criminal who has committed more
than a score OF assaults with a knife
in the past few days. The wounds
were not severe.
Both chambers of the Swedish diet
passed a bill providing for universal
suffrage with proportionate represen-
tation in parliament. All inhabitants
Of the country over twenty-four years
OF age are entitled to vote.
Despite vigorous attempts to keep
the matter a secret it leaked out that
sation with the Princess Pless at the
British embassy In Berlin last week
and was unconscious for some time.
A wireless torpedo invented by an
nnoinnnr notrnl CaEnt u,oc c,,concc-
fully launched on the river outside Of
the creosote works at Ch~alons-on-Sa-
One France. The torpedo is said to
be ten times more powerful than the
Whitehead machine.
The censorship in Russia has been
extended to photograph records,
which hereafter must be submitted
for examination before being placed
On sale. This step was caused by the
importation of a large number OF rec
ords bearing the prohibited Russian
revolutionary funeral hymn and 9th
err seditious songs and speeches,
many being prepared in America.
M. D%elahaye, a member of the
rleHCH ChdilDei VI depulAea, has louS-
ed a complaint against an unknown
person, whom he charges with assas-
sinatinS Felix Faure, president of the
republic, in February, 1898. Nj. Della
have's object is to prevent an inquiry
into M. Faure's death being pro-
scribed by the lapse of time, as it
would be On Feb. 16, ten years after
the event.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
Another Terrible Disturbance
Lays Waste Whole Prov.
inCe in Persia.
WHOLE TOWNS ARE fNGUlFiD
Sixteen Villages Reported to Have Been
Completely Destroyed by
Earth TremOrs.

Teheran, Persia, Feb. 19.-Between
5000 and 1000 persons dead and six
teen villages devastated is the brief
record Of an earthquake disaster In
the province Of Luristan, Western
Persia, on Jan. 23, which has been
told in long-delayed messages receiv-
ed here yesterday.
This earthquake, one that was re-
corded on seismographs throughout
the world, and which mystified scien-
lists everywhere. was one of the most
disastrous in the history OF the world.
if the meager reports that came in
yesterday may be credited.
In view Of the marked impression
the quake made on the seismographs
of the world. however, it is feared
that when the facts are known it will
be found that the loss Is much greater
than reports received to date indicate.
Terrible Suffer'ngs in Ruins.
News of the disaster, concerning
which not one detail had been receiv-
ed before yesterday, came by round
about route from the stricken dis
trict, passed by word of mouth from
village to village, and finally taken up
by messengers.
Some of the stories Of the disaster
that are told embody instances Of suf-
fering that eclipse the experiences Of
the survivors Of the quake at Messina
and Reggie last December. There
was practically none left to give sue
cor In the towns OF Luristan. Almost
the entire population was rendered
helpless by the tumbling Of the build
ings as shock after shock shook the
very mountains, tumbling down the
walls and rolling great rocks from the
crags into the ruined settlements.
There are seven towns of consider
able size in Luristan, while there are
numerous villages of Importance just
over the border.
Whole Villages Swallowed.
The government made every effort
to get news yesterday from the prov
ince, but the results were meager 1t
was learned that the center Of the dis
turbance was in the vicinity OF Hela-
hor, where the greatest casualties oc-
Cured.
Several villages are reported to
have been completely engulfed-swal.
lowed by the earth-with every resi-
dent. Great assures opened in the
valleys, mountains apparently being
cleaved apart, only to come together
again as the tremor passed, buryins
towns and all the life therein beyond
all hope of rescue, ever if there were
rescuers at the scene.
It Is now twenty-three days since
this terrible disaster c. Jan. %, an2
there Is believed to be little hope tina
any of those who were imprisoned il
the wreckage of buildings can BIZ
taken out a live.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
REPLIES TO SENATE REPORT
President Declares Statements REGARD.
ing Secret Service Are
inaccurate.

Washington, Feb. 23.-In a vigorous
and characteristic letter, made public
yesterday. President Roosevelt adds a
new chapter to the secret service con-
~troversy between himself and con.
gress and incidentally makes a few
nominations to the Ananias club.
Senator Hemenway of the senate
committee on appropriations, being
he only n named, however.
The letter, addressed to Acting
Chairman Hale of the senate commit.
tee on appropriations, is a reply to
the report Of that committee and to
the speeches made in the senate fol-
lowing the Introduction of the report.
inaccurate and misleading in vari-
u important respects" are the words
in which the president pays his re-
spects to the statements of the COM
mittee and of the senators who spoke.
and the letter includes a mass Of fig
ures and facts in defense of the use
of the secret service during the adj
mln~istrat'on of President Roosevelt
during the last seven years.
Some of the presidents data is
based Upon information supplied by
Attorney General Bonaparte and Sec
lrt..rN Of the Interior Garfield, and
the letter is accompanied by a post
script, in which the writer says that
the letter has been read and these
figures checked owe and pronounced
substantially accurate by both of
those men.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
OttumWa, Iowa, Is Placed Under
Martial Law as Result of
Outbreak.
WHITE WOMAN IS ASSAULTED
Angry Mob Gathers, and Only Lacks
Daring Leader to Attempt Work
of Vengeance.

Ottumwa, Iowa, Feb. pa fren-
zied mob seeking the life Of a negro
imprisoned in the city Jail has re-
suited in this city being placed under
practically martial law.
A mob of men and boys, which in
creased from 100 to more than 1000.
gathered around the city tail last
night, thirsty for vengeance npon an
unknown negro who committed a
criminal assault upon a white woman
here yesterday morning Three ne
| grOes lave been taken to the city 12i'
as suspects, and n to the county
Jail. A demonstration was made by
the mob as the fourth man was
! brought in, but there was no mar dar-
ing enough to lead in the work that
the crowd wanted to do.
Prisoner Spirited Away.
John Junkin, a negro suspected OF
the murder of Clara Rosen two
weeks ago. was taken out Of town Sc
cretly by the police following the ear
ly manifestation of the mob spirit.
The recently organized vigilance COM
mittee is aiding the police, who de-
clare that they have the situation in
control. Company C OF the national
| guard is being held in the barracks
for the call to action. The cause of
the uprising is the same as that
which started the Springfield Oll.)
mob on its %murderous, pillaging
nights Of terror last summer.
Woman Is Assaulted.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Johnston, the in
valid wife of an Ottumwa travelling
man. was in bed with her four-year-
old child at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning, when she awoke to find a
negro bending owe her. Before she
could scream for help the black seiz-
ed her by the throat and began to
choke her. Despite her weakness. Is
the result Of a recent operation. Mrs.
Johnston fought desperately. She tore
herself loose from the big hands and
cried out. At the same time the
child screamed. There was a curtain
pole an inch in diameter. which was
used as a window prop within reach.
| lie ucSIO SI0DUeu tllS anu Utdl lLt
woman until she became unconscious.
The cries of the child finally
aroused the neighbors.
Mob Quickly Gathers.
The news spread rapidly and the
quiet streets soon sounded to the feet
of men running. The police called out
the vigilarts, and a half hour after
the assault was committed armed
posses of men were on the trail of
the fleeing negro.
1t was felt as the night wore on
that the danger point of concerted &C
ton on the part of the thousands had
passed. Still there were evidences Of
unrest in the more isolated parts of
tie city. where many negroes have
their homes, and it was toward these
spots that the police and their aids
directed their attention.
The physicians attending Mrs.
Johnston say that she will recover I'M
less the shock to her heart proves
too great.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
Third Fire Victim Dies.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Feb. 20. - The
death of the baby of the family has
added one to the list of victims OF
the fire which destroyed the home OF
John Walker, a Lyman county home.
steader. Walker and his four-year.
old daughter were burned to death,
but the baby was rescued from the
building by the father, who died try.
Ing to save the girl. The mother and
four children are left.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
Ex-BANk TELLER ARRESTED.

Traverse City, Mich, Feb. 23.-Els-
worth Hale, a prominent young citi-
complaint of United States Bank Ex-
aminer Engle, charging him with en-
bezzling $500 from the First Nation
al bank of this city.
Hale was formerly paying teller of
the bank, but resigned in November,
1907, to embark in the theatrical bus
mess. He has been released under
$4,000 bail.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
CASUALTIES.

While skating hand in hand over
the ice on Sand pond. Norwood, r. l.,
four children were drowned when the
spongy formation gave way.
Shaft No. 10 Of the Deering Coal
company, six miles south of Benton,
ILL.,, blew up and four miners are en-
tombed. There is little hope that
they will be found alive.
Five firemen were injured, two SO
seriously that their recovery is not ex-
pected, in aspectacular and perilous
llre which destroyed the packing
sheds Of the Pratt Oil works in New
York.
Capt. Andrew jackson Comstock, a
veteran Of the Mexican and Civil
wars, was killed by a %south-bound
overland train while walking on the
railroad bridge near Moor Park, Ven
tura, Cal.
Sixty workmen we're caught in an
explosion Of q dynamite cartridge in
the McAd0o tunnel, New York. and
two men were instantly killed. The
number Of injured was kept secret by
the McAdoom company.
The eighteen-hour flyer on the
Pennsylvania railroad, bound from
Chicago to New York. ran into q
small landslide in q deep cut east Of
Altoona, Pa. derailing the train, but
fortunately injuring only n person.
Through q misunderstanding of or
ders Z Burlington passenger train was
wrecked at La Platte, Neb., by COL
liding with q pile driver attached to
q work train. The engineer and fire.
men were injured, the former seri-
ously.
The steel pier and 600 feet of ap-
proach Of the Starr Wave Motor com
pany at Redondo, Cal, disappeared in
the a during q storm. Not even
Z scrap remained, except a small
barge, which went ashore. The pier
cost $1,000
Henry Klockard. an aged prospect
or. who has been living in the noun
tains near Taft, Mont, placed q
primed stick Of dynamite into his
mouth and bit the cap, and the ex-
pl0sion that followed literally blew
his body 10 pieces. The cause Of the
guicids = unknown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
MYSTERY IN FATAL PLUNGE.
Packing House EmpIoye Falls Five
Stories Down Shaft.

Sioux City. Iowa, Feb. 23.-Mystery
surrounds the death of Cashmier
Lumkoski, thirty years old, who
plunged five stories to his death at
the plant of the Cudahy Packing COM
pany. Lumkoski went through an ele-
vator shaft and as far as is known no
one witnessed the mishap. Whether
it was an accident, suicide or foul
play has not been determined by the
police. Lumkoski's skull was crush
ed, death being instantaneous.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
Dies Like Predecessor.

Duluth, Feb. 23.-Henry Pandle fell
from the top of the water tower at
Hibbing and was instantly killed. The
distance is 1870 feet. He was forty
five years old and married. His pre-
decessor as operator at the tower,
John Murphy, WAS killed in the same
manner two years ago.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
CAUGHT By "DUMMY" PACKAGE.
Youth Who Sent "Black Hand" Let.
tiers Arrested.

New York, Feb. 23-In response to
a series of threatening BLACK Hand
letters, George Cohn, a wealthy manu-
facturer, yesterday placed a package
of imitation money under a stone at
a spot designated by the letters.
A few hours later a young nan
came up ON a bicycle and took the
package and rode away. Detectives
caught the youth. who said he was
Paul Weston, fifteen years old. He
will be arraigned on a charge of ex-
tortion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
Rioting, Murderous Assault and
Pillage in Greek Section OF
the Town.
THIRTY BUILDINGS DESTROYED
Fiery Speakers Arouse Race Hatred
Over Killing of a Policeman
by Z Greek.

Omaha. Feb. %. - From mid after
moor until far into the night South
Omaha, this citys' big suburb, was
the scene of rioting, murderous as
sault and pillage. More than thirty
buildings have been destroyed, burn
ed Or badly damaged, and probably a
score of persons injured, half hat
number seriously. By heroic work
the police have prevented actual loss
of life, and at midnight it was the
generally expressed opinion that the
worst Of the affair was over.
The immediate cause of the trouble
was the killing on Friday night Of Pc
liceman Edward Lowery by John Ma
suredes, a Greek, whom the officer
had placed under arrest.
Aroused by Fiery Speeches.
Masuredes was brought to the
Douglas county Jail here at once. and
for fear an attempt might be made to
lynch him he was taken Saturday aft
ernoon to Lincoln and placed in the
penitentiary to await his preliminary
hearing.
On Saturday a petition was circu-
lated in South Omaha and signed by
hundreds of citizens, setting forth
that a large number of Greek resi-
dents of the place were OF the unde-
sirable class and calling a mass meet
ing at the city hall Sunday afternoon
to discuss methods of Riding the city
of them.
More than a thousand persons at
tended the meeting, which was adj
dressed by men of prominence, in
Guiding two members of the state leg
islature. Some of the speeches were
heated, and when the meeting ended
a large portion OF the crowd started
out with the intention of carrying out
the suggestion of the speakers in the
most summary manner.
Give Officers Hard Fight.
The South Omaha police force,
though small. responded valiantly to
the demands upon its resources. Sher-
if Bradley of Douglas county was call
ed upon and went to the scene with
a number of deputies. but their com
DlhVd IL 70 "oiC III
many hours to prevent the destruc-
ton of property of the Greeks and as
saults upon its owners. In few in
stances was there any show of resist
ance.
Early in the evening a call was made
upon the police of Omaha for aid. bat
after consideration the department
decided not to send policemen to tn.
scene of the trouble. Gov. Shallen-
berger was consulted and expressed a
willingness 10 call out the troops if
necessary.
Fifteen arrests were mad in con
nection with the riots up to midnight,
Four Hurt in Race Riot.
Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 22.-Follow-
ing a quarrel in Kansas City. Kan,
yesterday between a Greek laborer
and an American. a general fight en-
sued, in which four men were hurt.
Fifty Greeks were being attacked by
a crowd of men and boys armed with
sticks and stones when the police ar
rived and arrested a number Of par
ticipantS.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
OTHERWISE

A merger Of the Missouri River
Power company and the Helena Pow
er and Transmission company with
the United Missouri Power company
was announced at Anaconda.
Congressman Daniel l.. D. Granger
Of Providence, r. l., who represented
the First district of Rhode Island in
congress, died in Washington of heart
failure, aged f%1fty-seven years.
Gov. Norris has been notified that
Montana will receive next week $751;
GAL, which represents rs per cent Of
the receipts for the forest reserve de-
partment in this state. The receipts
are from timber sales. grazing fees.
rentals. etc.
Protection for elk, in the shape of
winter refuge. is the proposal con-
tanned in a memorial to congress ask
ing that q tract of land south of Vel
lowstone Park be set aside. The sug-
gestion comes from the Wyoming leg
islature and is the outcome Of re-
ports that 10000 elk are starving in
the mountains of Western Wyoming.
Rapid work of the builders OF the
battleship Michigan at Camden, N. j.,
will result In the delivery Of that YES
sci to the government six months ear
Tier than the contract requires, and
the ship probably will be ready for
her trial trip in June.
Italian, which the New York board
of education, by a resolution passed
June 13. 1906, selected as an elective
study, is being tried as an expert
ment as a substitute for geography
in one of the public schools. The
trial Is only being made in the two
highest grades.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
PERSONAL.

Theodore Robert Shear died OF
heart disease in New York, following
the news that he had been left a for
tune OF 800 0 900 by John C. Pack.
ard, an uncle.
w. J. Langson, secretary Of the
Milwaukee chamber of commerce for
forty-four years. is dead after a short
illness, said to have been brought on
by devotion to duty.
George Willard. one of the best
known lunabermen of the Mississippi
valley, died at Burlington, Iowa, at
the age Of e%ighty-two. He came to
Burlington ifty-one years ago.
W. N. Martin, civil engineer and
farmer, made a flight Of ESQ feet at
q height Of six feet in his aeroplane
at Canton, Ohio. The initial power Is
furnished by a horse attached to q
rope and pulleya.
Marquis Emmanuel Henri Victur-
MEN de Noailles, a former member of
the diplomatic service, is dead in Pa
ris. He vas born in 1880. In 1872 he
represented his government in Wash
ington.
Miss Emily Virginia Mason of q IA
NOUS Virginia family, who won fame
during the Civil war as a nurse of
Confederate soldiers and who minis
tered to Union soldiers at Libby pris-
on, 10 dead in Washington, aged nine
ty-four years.
It seems unlikely that the present
administration will appoint a sue
cessor to Henry Vignaud, secretary
Of the American embassy at Paris,
whose resignation has been forward
ed to Washington, to take effect
March 81. Secretary Knox will de-
termine on an appointment to the po-
sition soon after coming into Office.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
SINS AND SINNERS.

The bank at Oaktaha, sixteen miles
south of Muskegon, Okla, was robbed
last week.
DR.. George Beeman, for 'y-five years
old, ended his life at his home at Har-
Dor Springs, Mich, by swallowing a
quantity of carbolic acid.
A riot, the outgrowth OF The strike
in the hat factories at Orange, N. j..
broke out when fifteen non-union men
were set upon and stoned by a crowd
of 200 persons.
In the district court at DEBORAH,
Iowa, Judge A, N. Hobson sentenced
John Hogan, charged with burglary,
to thirty-five years at hard labor in
the penitentiary at Fort Madison.
A man known as Pap" Johnson, a
notorious jointist, or keeper of an il
licit saloon, shot and killed Mrs. Fran
ces Switzer at the woman's home at
Lawrence, Kan, and then committed
suicide.
After he had been told he could not
survive long, owing to consumption,
which had fastened a firm hold on
him, Lon Mcdonald, aged twenty-five
years, blew out his brains with a re-
| volver at Bangor, Iowa.
After a half hours deliberation the
jury in the case Of Former Supervisor
NJ. w. Coffey of San Francisco, charg-
ed with accepting a bride of $4,000
to vote for a trolley franchise for the
United Railways company, brought in
a verdict of guilty.
Mrs. Ed B. Lewis, wife of a travel
ing salesman of Chicago, swallowed
poison at Natchez, Miss, and died
within q short time. She was found
unconscious in their apartment by her
husband. Dependency is believed to
have prompted the act.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-02-26
TANNING Plant DESTROYED.

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. %. - The
four-story tanning plant Of the Albert
Trostel & Sons Tannery, together
with another four-story structure ad.
joining, was destroyed by fire early
yesterday. entailing a loss of SIS, 900.
fully covered by insurance.