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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
Deliveries

Six times daily to all parts Of the
city. Special delivery at all times.
Ton wagons arc required to deliver
the tons Of merchandise every day.
Your orders will get to you on time
II you cooperate with W and order
early. Open evenings.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
SUIT ON NOTE.

j. w. Garner Seeks Judgment From
Merchant at Mystic on an
Account.
J. w. Garner Of Ottumwa has fled
4 petition In the district court seek
ing Judgment on promissory note for
S15231. The defendant named is AL.
Clinic of Mystic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22

Fancy large Red Apples, pk..... ACC
Fancy large Red Apples, bushel. $1.4o
Fancy New York Baldwins, PIX. SOC
Fancy New York Baldwins, bu. Sits
Fancy New York Greetings I *
peck SOC, bushel .............. I.IJ
Fancy Russell, pix SOC, bu. .....$1.75
Fancy Western Apples, box. ..$2.25
Extra Fancy Apples, box ......$2.5o
5 10 box Fancy Pulled Figs. !. .95c
1 10 box Fancy Pulled d.
Figs, with fork :. ...... zJI
ID large Layer Figs ........ ...20c
3 pkgs Cal. Figs ................25 c
10 Ferndell Fard Dates. $500. ..15c
1 ID pkg Halloween Dates. 49,. Toe
lbs Halloween Dates in bulk Csc
3 lbs Coking Figs .............. Csc
Extra Fancy Bushy Trees. Holly
Evergreen, Pine, Spruce, Magnolia,
Holly and Evergreen, Wreaths,
Mistletoe.
/ 10 can Ferndell Plum Pudding Csc
241b can Ferndell Plum Pudding. ..5Oc
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
Leila w. Wilcox Today Files
Suit for Divorce from
n. G. Wilcox.
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
THROWING OF cAReOLic ACID.
RAZOR DEMONSTRATION AND
cUss WORDS FIND PLACES IN
THE COMPLAINT.

The troubles of Leila W. Wilcox and
Harry G. Wilcox. which began, even
before their marriage May :6. 1906.
promise to eliminate in a divorce. such
action being filed in the circuit court
this morning by the wife. who is now
living in Randolph county.
One of the most serious averments in
the complaint is that the defendant
threw carbolic acid in the plaintiffs
face and on her hands which caused
such severe burns that she went tn
her parents home. In other respects
the husbands treatment was particu-
larly cruel. providing the averments of
the complaint are to be believed II is
set forth that on one occasion Mrs. Will
cox was attacked and cut by razor.
handled by the defendant She also
says that on numerous occasions her
husband struck her and otherwise
maltreated her.
Such things as calling her vile
and obscene names must have been in
the list of daily events. according 10
the complaint. Such relations OIL the
part of the two continued until Aug.
1905, when she was forced To go to
her parents home where she now re-
sides.
The police records show that tie
couple were arrested in 1906 for liv
ing together as man and wife in a
Main street boarding house. After
their arrest, they were married
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
CURIOUS GREETED
CONVICTED MORSE
Ex-master of Millions Arrives
In Atlanta to Serve a
Sentence.
HAD TO FORCE A PATHWAY
HAD TO FORCE A PATHWAY
THROUGH THE CROWDS THAT
THRONGED ABOUT THE STA.
TON AND WHICH NEARLY UP.
SET THE BANKERS HACK.
american News SerXiCel

(Amerlcan News SerViCe)
Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 3.-Charles W.
Morse, whose career was probably the
most sensational in the history of
American finance, arrived here in the
custody of two deputy United States
Marshals at twelve-forty-five o'clock
He was Immediately taken to the Fed
eral prison in a common hack, where
he will serve fifteen years, or practi.
cally the remainder of his life.
At the railroad station a big crowd
of curious citizens were anxious to get
a glimpse Of the man who juggled mil
lions and fell from almost absolute
control of banks containing hundreds of
millions of dollars to prison convict
1t was necessary for his custodians to
hold back the throng and force a path
through the jam. Little time was lost
in hustling Morse into a carriage and
driving swiftly away before the crowd
became totally unmanageable and
nearly upset the hack. At the prison
the usual formalities were gone
through without anything to indicate
that the new inmate was entitls% to
any special distinction.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
DEMANDS ARE MADE
Railroad Employees of IS Sys-
tens on Increase in
Wages.
$4,000 MEN ARE INVOLVED

Cleveland. Jan. Formal demands
upon each of the seventy-five railroad
systems east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio rivers for wage in
creases We're made today by the COM
mittees and Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainmen Seventy-five thousand men
are involved. Railway managers will
have until January twentieth to reply.
The main feature of the demands is
standardization of wages Of conduct
ors and their crews. No strike is con-
templated. but referendum vote show
ed practical unanmity in favor of pre-
senting the demands.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
Attorney Feemster Will Bring
Action Against Attor-
ney Medsker.
FAILS TO ENTER REPORT
JAMES METZ, ALTHOUGH THE
COURT ORDERED HIM 70 DO 50
LAST SUMMER.

Attorney William A. Medsker of
Cambridge City! better known as
Bert vii! BE charged with contempt
of court tomorrow morning. in an af-
fidavit, to be filed by attorney A. r.
Feemster of Cambridge City, accord
ing to the latter's announcement this
morning in the circuit court.
The action which has caused Mr..
Feemster to announce that he would
charge i1r Eedsker with contempt.
Is the fai.1re of the latter TO report
to Judge Fox. how accounts stand in
the matter Of the heirs of James Metz,
for whom Er IS guardian. The Ameri-
can Bonding company. which went on
Mr. Medsles bond and which is for a
comparatively small amount, is not
satisfied with Mr.. Medsker's methods
in carrying out his trust, and has en-
ployed Mr.. Feemster as attorney, to
he relieved from its bond.
The case was filed several months
ago and Mr.. Medsker was ordered by
the court. to report last June Just how
accounts stand in the matter of the
Metz estate. The report has not been
forthcoming and the bonding company
Is tired of waiting longer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
WONDERFUL RETRIBUTION.
An Incident Of the Workings Of Can.
ada's Government Protection.

An Incident Of the Workings Of Can.
ada's Government Protection.
In September. 1904. two white men
entered the Lesser Slave lake country.
in the Canadian northwest, Ostensibly
prospecting for gold. Subsequently the
Indians reported that one Of the men
seemed to be travelling alone. an OBJ
servant Cree boy adding. The white
mans dog won't follow that fellow
any more" The answers given by
Charles King Of Mount Pleasant. Utah.
regarding bis lost companion. Hay
ward. were not satisfactory. King was
arrested. and there began one Of the
most splendid bits Of detective work
Of which Canada has record.
Sergeant Anderson turned over the
ashes Of a campfire and found three
bard Jumps Of nesh and a small piece
Of skull bone In front stretched a
little slough. or lake. which seemed
a likely place in which to look for evil
dence. Setting Indian women to fsh
up with their toes any hard substance
they might feel in the ooze. Anderson
secured a stickpin Of unusual make
and a sovereign case. He systematical-
~ drained the lake and found q shoe
with 4 broken eyed needle sticking in
it. The campfire ashes examined with
tho microscope yielded the missing
part of a needles broken eye and es-
tablished unmistakable connection be-
tween lake and camp.
The maker Of the sticEpin In London.
England. was communicated with by
cable. and the Canadian government
summoned Mr.. Hayward to come
from England to identify the trinkets
of his murdered brother. Link by link
the chain grew. 1t took eleven months
for Sergeant Anderson to get his COM
plete case in shape. The mounted po-
lice brought from Lesser Slave lake
to Edmonton forty Indian and half
breed witnesses. The evidence was
placed before the jury. and the Indians
returned to their homes. A legal tech
nicality cropping up. the trial had to
be repeated in its entirety. and once
more those forty men. women and
children left their traps and fishing
nets and came into Edmonton to tell
their story.
The result was that Charles King
was found guilty Of the murder Of Ed
ward Hayward and paid the death
penalty. The trial cost the govern
ment Of Canada over $3OOO0-all to
avenge the death Of one of the wan
dering units to be found in every cor
ner Of the silent places. an unknown
prospector.-Agnes Dean Cameron In
Century.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
ISLAND COMES AND GOES.
Rises In August and Disappears Resu.
Iarlv In February

Rises In August and Disappears Resu-
iarly In February.
One OF Michigan's unsolved mystic
Ties is the island that every summer
comes to the surface Of Lake Orion
and every winter goes back again to
the depths from whence it arose.
Its periods Of appearance and dis
appearance are nearly regular 1t
comes to the surface about the middle
Of August and goes down again about
Feb. 10. What causes it to act thus
strangely is a. conundrum that none
has been able to solve. but to keep it
above water or compel it to remain in
the depths have been alike without re-
suits.
On one occasion Il number Of farm
crs and teamsters resolved to put the
island out of moving business. In
their efforts to do so they hauled many
loads OF stone and deposited them on
it during the early part Of winter. be-
lleving that when it went down in
February II would so down for good,
weighted as II was with the stones.
But the following August saw it bob
up Serenely from below-minus its load
OF stones.
At another time an effort was made
to keep it on the surface. and it was
chained to the surrounding country
with heavy log chains. When its
time for departure came it departed.
and the log chains departed with it.
The log chains were never recovered.
The island Is composed Of soft mud
and rushes. and there are some skep-
teal souls who att ibute its formation
and appearance and disappearance to
the gathering Of vegetation in one spot
BY the currents OF the lake and its sub
scuuent decay.-Boston Herald.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
A STRENUOUS MONTH

The Associated Charities will hold a
meeting tomorrow afternoon at the
office. South Fifth street at which
time reports of expenditures of the
association in giving assistance to the
poor will be made. The necessity of
having more funds in the treasur:
will also be considered. Tho expendi-
lures during December were very
large number of appeals to be m.:de
by the poor for coal. food. clothing,
medical supplies and attention and
the like.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
Hwindow Leaves"

In South Africa DR.. r. Marloth dis
covered SIX species OF plants possess
inc what are styled window leaves"
They are all stemless succulents. and
the err shaped leaves are imbedded
81 the ground. only the apexes re-
naming visible. This visible part OF
the leaves 3 nat or convex on the sur.
face and colorless, so that the light
can penetrate It and reach the interior
of the leaf below. which 10 green on
the inside. With the exception Of the
blunt apex. no part OF the leaf Is
permeable TO the light. being surround
q ~ the coll In which II 10 buried.
Tn1 arst sof these piants discovered II
= spoclse az bulbins.-London Graphic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
TYBURN TREE.

Lord Ferrers' Tragic Journey to the
Famous Old GaIIows.
Park lane was Tyburn lane. and it
seems as il the gallows-described in
an old document as movable-at one
time stood at it's east corner. 1t was
there the ferocious Lord Ferrers was
hanged in 176O for numbering his serv-
ant
Horace Walpole's words paint the
picture WE'LL He shamed heroes. He
bore the solemnity of pompous and
tedious procession of above two hours
from the Tower to Tyburn with as
much tranquility as il he were only
going to his own burial. not to his own
execution" And when one of the dra-
goons of the procession was thrown
from his horse Lord Ferrers expressed
much concern and said. Il hope there
will be no death today but mine.''
On went the procession. with mob
about it sufficient to make its progress
slow and laborious. Small wonder that
the age Of Thackeray. with Thack-
eray's help, set up its sca6olds within
four high walls. Asking for drink.
Lord Ferrers was refused. for. said
the sheriff. late regulations enjoined
him not to let prisoners drink while
passing from the place Of imprison-
ment to that Of execution. great indie
cencies having been committed by the
drunkenness Of the criminals in the
hour Of execution.
And. though" said be. my lord, l
might think myself excusable in over
looking this order out Of regard to
your lordship's rank. yet there is an
other reason. which. l am sure. will
weigh with you. Your lordship Is sen
sible Of the greatness of the crowd.
We must draw up at some tavern. The
confluence would be so great that it
would delay the expedition which your
lordship seems 50 much to desire"
But decency-so often paraded by
those who outrage it-ended with the
murderer's death.
The executioners fought for the
rope. and the one who lost It wept. the
greatest tragedy. to his thinking. Of
the dayr'-Iondon Sketch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
WINTER TERM At
COLLEGE OPENED
Prospects Are the Enrolment
Will Be as Large as
In the Fall.
DORMITORIES ARE FILLED
AND MANY OF THE NEW STUD.
ENTS WILL BE FORCED TO
SEEK QUARTERS IN THIS CITY
1.-THE PROSPECTS.

The fifty-first annual winter tern
opened at Ear,ham college this morn
iEg with good prospects For large
enrolment and an active term. Al
though but few students are at the
college today, large majority q
them will arrive by tomorrow morn
ing. when recitations begin in all the
departments.
AS has been customary during the
past few years, all the students dur
ing the fall term, who intend to re
turn, are requested under a penalty
of fifty cent registration fee, to reg
lister at the close of the fall term. As
a result but few of the students o.
last term have not signed. which
means that most of them will agar
attend the institution.
Several Registered.
A substantial number of new stu
dents are expected to enter for the com
ing term. This morning several hat
registered, but the number is incom
plete and it will be impossible to learr
how many new students will register
for several will enter a few week:
after the term begins.
All students who wish to enter Earl
ham but who have not made applica
ton for rooms, will be forced to seel
quarters in the city since all the room!
in the dormitories are engaged. Sever
al students at the college last term will
room in the city this winter
The number of students from Rich
mond is not expected to be increased
this coming term.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
THE EARLY STAGE.
Boys In Female Parts and the First
English Actress.

Boye In Female Parts and the First
English Actress.
Not long since a critic. noticing the
advert of new Ophelia in London.
observed that. while the actress &C
quilted herself very we'll. she could
hardly be considered shakespeare $
Ophelia.'' which was undoubtedly the
case, inasmuch as Shakespeare's Ophe-
lia was a boy. either a chorister or a
page in the service Of one OF the thea
ter's patrons.
No English actress made her appear
ance before the restoration. On JAN
Pepys records. ITO the theater. where
was acted the 'Beggar's Bush it be-
ing very we'll done. and here the first
time that ever I saw women come
upon the stage"
But these. it Is suspected, were mere
walking ladies'" A few days later the
diarist went to see a performance Of
The Silent Woman" Among other
things here Kynaston. the boy, had the
coed turn to appear in three shapes
first as a poor woman in ordinary
clothes to please Morose, then in fine
clothes AZ a gallant and in them was
clearly the prettiest woman in the
whole house." He had a year before
declared that "kynaston as Olympia
made the loveliest lady that I ever saw
in my life''
The distinction OF being the first
English actress has been variously
ascribed to Mrs. Davenport. Mrs.
Knipp and Mrs. Davies. They all ap-
peared the same year Q661,. Mrs. Da-
vies. together with the principal &c
tresses in Sir William Davenant's CON-
pany. being boarded In the managers
''own house."-London Strand Maya.
zine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
Seventh Annual Event for the
Little Town Will Be a
Big Affair.
FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSE
FEASTS is USED TO MEET THE
EXPENSES OF HOLDING DECOR.
ALTON EXERCISES.

The seventh annual 'possum supper
of the Bethel Cemetery association
will be held at the town hal! of that
place, Saturday evening, January Is
and the affair promises to have more
glories than any of the suppers given
heretofore. The proceeds OF the af-
fair will De used by the association
in the decoration of the graves Of old
soldiers. who are buried thee.
TIE association knows just what is
expected of it and since Thanksgiving
has been gathering all the availa BILE
'possums in the vicinity of Bethel un-
til now it has an assortment whic.l
will do justice for the occasion. Thel e
will be plenty of other meats, such as
turkeys, chickens and ducks.
A Profitable Affair.
The association has always found
that supper of this nature is a very
profitable affair and particularly sc
because Bethel is the one place in
Wayne county on that date. An at
tendance of 400 is not unusual. PEG
pie attend from all parts of Wayne
and neighboring counties.
Few are familiar with the fact thai
the supper is given for patriotic pur
pose. During the Civil war, large
portion of Wayne county's recruits
were from the Bethel neighborhood
and it is in honor of those soldiers who
have since died that annually the
younger generation of Bethel gives q
supper, to raise funds SO that the
graves of these men, who SO bravely
defended the cause of the Union, may
be decorated. The program Of the
decoration exercises. which are hello
the last Saturday in May. is not com
plete without some notable man tC
make the principal address. The ex
pense of the celebration is heavy but
the large portion of it is made up al
the 'possum suppers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
BASHFUL STANLEY.
His Response to a Speech of EuIosy at
Banquet.


William II. Kideing tells in Nc.
Ciure's Magazine OF ii dinner of the
papyrus club in Boston at which Hen
~ NJ. Stanley. the explorer. was the
guest Of honor:
Whether lie STANLEY, sat or stood.
he f1dseted and answered in monosyl-
lables-not because he was unamiable
or unappreciative. but because he-this
man of iron. Gods instrument. whose
word il the tcld brooked no contrad1c-
ton or evasion. he who detieu obsta-
cles aud danger and pierced the heart
Of darkuesS-was bashfui even in the
coIlliuy of fellow craftsmen.
His embarrassment grew when aft.
err dinner the chairman eulogized him
to the audience. He squirmed and
averted his face as cheer after cheer
confirmed the speakers rhetorical ebul-
Hence Of praise. Gentlemen. l intro
duce to you Mr.. Stanley. who etc.
The hero stood mp slowly. painfully,
reluctantly. and. with IL gesture Of dep
recation. fumbled in first one and then
another Of his pockets without finding
what he sought.
1T was supposed that he was look.
ing for his notes. and more applause
took the edge Off the delay. His mouth
twitched without speech for another
awkward minute before, with d more
erect bearing. he produced the object
OF his search and put it on his head.
1t was not paper. but a rag Of a cap,
ard with that on he faced the com.
pany as one who by the act had done
all that could be expected Of him and
made further acknowledgment OF the
honors he had received superfiuous. 1t
was a cap that Livingstone had worn
aud that Livingstone had given him."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
CALLS THE DOCKET

The call Of the Probate docket was
made by Judge Fox this morning. The
civil and criminal dockets will be call
ed later in the week. The purpose in
calling the docket this morning was
to make up issues in cases which will
probably be tried in the January term
of court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
TO HOLD ELECTION

The Young Mems Business Club
will hold it's annual election of officers
tomorrow evening at the council cham
Der, city building. 1t is important that
all members of the club be present in
order that they may vote for the of.
ficials to assume control of the club
during the ensuing year.
There are two tickets in the field
for election. The candidates. which
were selected by nominating commit
tees, are known to the club members
as both lists have been published. 1t
is probable that other business will be
considered which interests all mem,
bers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
GRANTS INJUNCTION
Wilbur and OrviIIe Wright Win
First Blood in Court
Fight.
CURTISS is DEFENDANT

american News Service)
Buffalo, Jan. 3.-United States Dis
trict Court here announced today tina,
preliminary injunction had beer
granted to Wilbur and Orville Wright
restraining the Herring Curtis com
pany of Hammondsport. n. Y. from the
manufacture of the present type of Cur
tiss aeroplane. This means a loss OF
thousands of dollars to Glenn H. Cur
tiss, whom the Wrights claimed in.
fringed their patents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
vindicated.

"Who," asked his wife, directing 4
suspicious look at him, was that wo-
man who just bowed to you:'
Il don't know. She must have bow
ed to you. 1 can't remember ever hav-
ing seen her before
John, don't lie. You have a guilty
look. You and that woman
Il beg your pardon the woman
said after having hurried back. Il
just want to tell you, Mrs. widgekin,
that 1 will not have your dress ready
to try on until next Monday"
As soon as he could decently break
away John hurried into a convenient
place and Rugged himself four times
in rapid succession.-Chicago Record.
Herald
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
CALL ON PRESIDENT
Six Railroad Presidents Visit
White House Regarding
A Message.
RESULTS ARE NOT KNOWN
(American News Service)

ANt"S
Washington, Jan. 3.-President
Brown of the New York Central and
five other presidents of big railroads
called on President Taft this morn
ing to talk with him regarding his pro-
posed special message to congress
dealing with an amendment to the
interstate commerce law. Nothing
could be learned as to the results but
one of the railroaders stated that GER
tain objections were laid before the
president. Taft's message on this
subject was sent to the government
printer today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
HEALTH VERY GOOD.

DR.. ]. e. King. county health officer.
stated this morning that the county
was practically free of contagion at the
present time. Diphtheria At White
water still holds prominence with two
cases. With this exception and that of
Webster township. in which there is
one case of scarlet fever. DIR. King re-
ports that the health i'm the county
is very good. SO far as contagion Is
concerned.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
A Siurrod Effect.

How do you pronounce Les Nisera-
bles:"
My method is to introduce such top
les at dinner and do my pronouncing
when l have a mouthful Of spinach.
It's very helpful to the accent"-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-03
4 PETITION FILED

The Dickinson Trust company filed
petition for administration of the es-
tate of Ed White who died on Decem-
Der 23. The property left by the de-
cedent is valued at approximately ST.
500