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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-03-29
ELECTIONS IN IOWA
Commission Plan Cities Are Casting
Ballots; First Trial for Three
Cities.

Des Moines, March 28.-Scores
Of cities and towns In Iowa are
holding municipal elections today.
Sioux City, Burlington and keo-
kuk are holding their first cleo
tion under the commission plan.
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids are
holding their second election un-
der the new system.
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Hoos at CHICAGO s11.2o

Chicago, March 28.-The best grade
Of hogs, which fortnight ago sold at
the highest price since the Civil war,
scored a further advance Of fifteen
cents hundred today, selling at $11.20
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Two Pioneers Die.

Cedar Rapids, March 2s.-(special)
John Paul aged 90, and Emerson
Brown, 81, prominent Jones county
pioneers, died at Onslow yesterday.
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DIES MONIES LOSES AGAlN
Interstate Commerce Commission IL
Decision Says City is Notl
Disseminated Against.
washington Bureau Of

washington, D. c.. March 2S-tSpec-
ial.)-The city Of Des Moines has ia l.
ed III It's effort to show that 1t was be-
ing unduly Disseminated against by
the railroads in favor of Kansas City,
ST.. Joseph and other places A de-
cision to that effect was made public
today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission
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Junk Thieves Busy,

Cedar Rapids, March 28.-(SpeciaD
Junk thieves ripped thirty-four ILL
nois freight cars Of their brake shoes.
They will probably be sold in junk
shops.
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prof. Northing Dead

Clinton, March 2s.-( Especially Prof.
Northing, formerly of Denver, Iowa,
died at Wardburg
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A NEW PARTY?
President Gompers Says Something
VIII Be Doing When Bryan
Talks at St. Louis.

st. Louis, March 2S.-William J..
BRYAN will be one Of the sneakers at
the National Convention Of Farmers to
be held here May 81 according to an
announcement of the officials. A new
political party may be launched dur
ing the convention according to Presf-
dent Gompers Of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor.
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day last by the decoy offer Of employ
ment, was found Saturday evening
huddled in gunny sack, on fire es-
cape outside the apartment Of Albert
Wolter, the man charged with her alb
duction. She had been strangled with
the short end of three-eighths inch
rope, hacked with knife, burned be-
yond recognition and thrust carelessly
out of doors like SO much rubbish
Body Thrust Up Chimney.
The Identification was only possible
by the shreds of clothing and frag-
dence Of how the murder was done.
Around her neck were the charred
fibers of the Manila burnt into her
flesh. The apartment reeked with the
odor of kerosene. There were oil
stains in the front of the newly paint
ed fireboard that hid an open CRATE.
Fully dressed, the girls clothing and
hair had been saturated with kero-
Bene, the f1reboard had been removed
and the body thrust up the chimney
standing
When a match was touched to her
she burned like a torch
The detectives who searched VOL
ter's rooms said they believe he is a
procurer Among the effects found
were obscene photographs and note
book filled with addresses of girls,
with their ages, wages, weight and
details Of appearance noted. Among
the names, the detectives say, was
that Of Ruth Wheeler.
VOTERS Girl is Arrested.
Katie Muehler, whose name was giv-
en- to the police yesterday as Miller,
was arrested shortly before noon and
gave some valuable corroborative evil
6ence against Wolter.
Katie Muehler was arrested at the
house In East One Hundred and Fifth
street, in which she and Wolter had
taken rooms after their flight from the
house Of murder in East Seventy-fift
street. She was taken to police sta
hon, where she told what is believed
10 be most Of what she may have to
tell. She was sure that Wo1ter, since
she had lived with him, had had moth
Ing to do with other girls. He always
was kind "and wouldn't do anything to
any GIRL
When she was shown the night shirt
In which part of the charred body had
been wrapped, however, the girl posi-
lively identified the garment as Volt
er's.
"That letter w. said the girl, in
aicating an initial worked on the shirt,
'was embroidered by Alberts mother"
She also identified the gunnysack in
which the head and trunk of the VIC
time had been placed as having been
used by her and Wolter to hold kindl-
Ing wood.
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SENT TO HONDURAS
Dr. William Thompson, Government
Veterinary, Formerly of Waterloo
Gets Promotion.

Waterloo, March 28.-(SpeciaD-Dr
William Thompson, government veter-
mary. who fnaugurated the milk in
spection in the states of Iowa and Ne
braska, with headquarters in Omaha,
has been ordered by the government
to take charge of animals at Hondura.
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Taft Goes to New York.

dIC 0OSS 10 1Vc" IOIN.
washington, D. c., March 28.-Pres-
ldent Taft left for New York at 1880
D. M, today.
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BUSINESS coEEEGE GRADUATE,
LURED BY PROMISE OF EN-
PLoYMEkT, BURNED TO DEATH;
MAN is HELD.
WOMAN is HELD
AS A WITNESS
ALBERT WOLTER, ARRESTED AS
SUSPECT, MAINTAINS iNNO-
cENcE, BUT EVIDENCE POINTS
TO HIS GUILT.

New York, March 2s.-Spurred
on by the discovery that Ruth
Wheeler, the girl stenographer
who was the victim of the sensa-
tional murder uncovered Saturday
evening, was by every evidence
smothered and stuffed while un-
conscious into the fireplace Of Al
bert VOTERS apartments and
there burned to death, the authori-
ties today continued the task OF
trying to develop the real motive
for the crime. Coroner's PHYSICAL,
O'HanIon declared that traces Of
SCOT in the nostrils and lungs
convinced him that the girl was
still living when the body was set
on fire by the murderer. The po-
lice are unable to shake VOTERS
deniaI<of all knowledge OF the
manner Of the girls death.
Katie MuehIer, VOTERS COM
panion, broke down today and
gave the police some startling ad-
ditions to her testimony. She said
at midnight on the night Ruth
Wheeler disappeared, she was
awakened by crash in the front
room and on calling to Wolter she
was told that part of the fireplace
had fallen down. The Mue1Ier
woman said, according to the po-
lice, she was awakened again
about o'clock by another sound
as Of something falling, and that
WoIter was on his knees before
the fireplace shoveling something
black into the crate. He said the
fireplace had fallen down again
and when she offered to help him
he ordered her back to bed under
threat to kill her.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-11

spoke to me. I made room for him
to sit beside me.
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vote for Hayward and close the
jails."
Although there were more than
IL Of us in the crowded space, the
grating of the iron doors and the
clank of key. would herald a new
victim until we were 20, and yet
doubt If in the whole city there
was a man who was better or
worse than we.
The scene was woefully dramat-
ic. Some of the poor creatures were
sitting with heads hanging in a
detected manner. Some were ly.
ing on the stone floor sound asleep.
One or two were moaning; another
talking to himself in low, monoto-
nous tones; several were talking
to each other, one in particular
In a loud, bitter voice was ICON.
demning the law and the system
of jails; one was, raving with de-
lirium tremens. For the climax,
two men, sick-drunks, were thrown
in, who vomited all over the drink
ing cup and drinking place, and all
over the floor, making it slippery
with slime, and cockroaches as
large as mans thumb were run.
ming all about. Some of the men
walked the floor continually. You
could read in their troubled faces
1t was their first time in Jail. When
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some one appeared before the bar
red door, trusty, a jailer orb a
keeper, they would spring forward
with a look of pleading and a..
guish such as drowning man
would look for a savior. Il.
COLD SWEEPS PRISONERS.
There was no one to look after
the ventilation. At the perforated
end of the great cell the cold came
in SO forcibly it could be endured
only short time, and at the other
end the steam pipe ran up anil
was so hot we could not remain
near. Those who were not too ex-
hausted and broken drifted from
one side of the cell to the other as
long as nature would endure.
Tired at last, 1 sat down in the
midst Of my companions in misery.
I imagined the life of each-the
sick, the suspect, the beggar, the
vagrant, the lunatic, the ledger, the
drunk, the fighter, the delirium
"tremer," the thief, the gambler,
and the wife-beater. saw blood
drops all over the floor.
l thought of all l had read and
heard while in that city of that
dread cell-of the young boy who
laid in there dead sc hours with
out notice. At the morgue they
called him a worthless "dope
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fiend," and yet some one from his
old eastern home went the thou
sands of miles to that city to take
his body back and bury it, for
loves sake. / thought of the men
whose ears were bitten off in
there; of the mother who came in
the morning to try and get release
for her II year old boy and found
him so cruelty beaten that she
could not recognize her own son;
of the old man 60 years of age
who had cut his throat in there;
of the demented man who cried to
the jailer, "Take me out Of this
iplaces and put me in cell alone,
the other men are going to murder
Dand rob me-" He was sane enough
to know the horror of that crowded
cell.
I thought of the young man Is
years of age who went mad there.
His head covered with bruises and
cuts. 1t came out that he had re-
ceived no medical attention. The
men gave him water which was all
they could do for him, for they
could not inform the humane world.
Knowing of all of these horrors
I am told that I do not know the
half.
A young boy of IS who had been
tramping back and forth came, and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-11
< ANTARCTIC HERO TO
GO WHALE FISHING

EDINBURG, April 11.-Sir Ernest
Shackelton's next voyage will not
be a pole seeking expedition, but
will have the more prosaic aim of
whale fishing. His famous little
ship, Nimrod, which safely wealth
cred the Antarctic storms and dan
gers, is to be fitted out as whaler,
and it is likely that she will sail
from Dundee whence all the whal-
ers set out for the northern seas)
on a blubber and whalebone hunt.
All that will be necessary for fit
ytiRfu,. her out for the enterprise is
the provision of oil tanks and whale
boats, at a cost of about $12,500.
1t is not known whether the ex-
plor himself will sail in her, but he
has been in treaty for the service
of one of the Dundee whaling skip
pers to command the NimrOd.
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PREACHER GETS RARE
OLD VIOLIN FOR $500

LEXINGTON, KY. April 9.-The
Rev. II. j. Lunger, pastor of the
Chestnut Street Christian church,
has a violin that was made in 1900,
according to the date found upon
the instrument. There is said to
be but one other instrument in the
country similar to it. That is
owned by a Chicago music dealer,
who is holding 1t for $4,000.
When the Rev. Mr. Lunger was
pastor of a church in Rochester
two women of his congregation
had as a bOarder German must
clan named Hubner, who owned
the wonderful violin. Hubner died.
He gave the violin to the women
for the trouble and expense in
Cured by them in caring for him
during the last illness.
They wrote to Mr.. Lunger that
he might take the precious instru-
ment if he would pay off lien
upon it amounting to $500.
Musicians say there can be no
doubt that the instrument was
made by the inventor of the mod
ern violin, Clio Polo Maggini, who
lived in Brescia, Italy, from 1881
to 1881. He was the first of the
great violin markers.
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G O N TIN u Z D
E r o -
p A G F. Q N E
MILLIONAIRE BROWN

ray of daylight from somewhere
fell into our prison-the day had
come. At that moment a man with
a rich, deep voice began singing
Lead, Kindly Light" and every
man joined in the song. could
only listen and wonder, while I
heard still small voice say,
From the lowest depths I will lift
them to the Hottest heights"
The men were all quiet now, SUBJ
dued. A negro came to the door
and counted us. In few minutes
an assistant brought each tin
plate without knife or fork, on
which was some hash, a boiled po-
tato with the skin on, a piece Of
hard bread and two battered tin
cans Of muddy looking stuff they
called coffee, with three old tin
cups for all of us to drink from.
They showed the platters in on
the Shiny covered floor. They fear
ed if we were allowed knives and
forks, since we were brutes, We
would, perhaps, kill one another.
How could their dulled brains sus-
pect there were boys and men in
that pen who talked Of home and
mother and who drifted in magma
ton back to their boyhood days
and that it was in them to unite
in singing Lead. Kindly Light"
No one seemed to care for break
fast. The nearly famished men
tried to eat a little. l began to
feel that l had seen all could pos
sibly endure, so | caught a trusty's
ear and slipped him a note to a
good wOman-a friend | knew in
that city. 1t was good woman
coming from the church who point
ed Jean Vatican to the Bishop of D..
In awhile | was once more an
American citizen, out in the glori-
GUS sunshine and Gods pure air,
out in the great bright world of
ours. But my spirit will be in
prison from the haunting memory
of that awful night until these
hellish caverns are banished from
our land-called the land of free
dom and justice, the land whose
name should be synonymous with
liberty and peace.
FLUNG IN DUNGEON.
The first thing I did was to OBJ
serve my surroundings. | was in
dungeon cell, 30 by 20 feet in
size, in the heart of the Jail. 1t
was dimly lighted by one lamp in
the ceiling. About half way around
was the stationary bench which. |
understood, had been recently put
in of iron and wood through the eff
forts of the Woman's club. Up to
this time there had been nothing
on which to lie but the filthy floor.
This great cell seemed to be COM
pletely sealed up by a copper or
heavy iron sheeting, except at one
end, where it was perforated as
though it covered some inner win
dows. The only opening visib.e
was the one heavy barred door
through which we were thrust. In
one corner was an exposed SAM
tary convenience. emitting the
most foul odors. Near to this was
a small pipe from which stream
of water was running onto stone,
and an old, battered tin cup. Some
one who had climbed up the grated
door as far as he could reach had
written with piece of charcoal,
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ARE AFTER BANDITS WITH
BLOODHOUNDS.

MITCHELL, S D., April 11.-Of-
ficers with bloodhounds today are
searching for four bandits who
held so citizens of the village of
Lane at bay while they worked
for more than an hour to blow
open the vault of the Citizens
State bank.
A deafening blast from the rear
CT the bank brought dozens of vii
layers to the scene shortly after
midnight. Three of the bandits
with rifles, held the crowd at a
safe distance while their compan-
ion exploded three more charges
of dynamite beneath the vault door.
The steel did not yield, and the
men were compelled to abandon
their work without securing a
dollar.
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GENTLE SOULS CAN MUNICH ONIONS
WITHOUT ACQUIRING LOUD BREATHS

under which a comet and a star
fish would never mix.
In substance, this is the advice OF
George J. Drews, A. D., doctor OF
alimentarianism) who contends
that people should eat food that
agrees with their characters. He
addressed the Vegetarian society
recently in the John Crerar library.
AS a special hint to mothers, DR..
Drews warned against the giving Of
cooked foods to boys II they insist
on eating green apples.
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TO. CONSIDER
PARK BONDS.

A meeting of the delegates of the
various civic and improvement
clubs will be held next this even
ing at 8 o'clock in the assembly
room of the chamber of commerce.
The park bond issue and the
campaign of publicity will be the
topic of discussion.
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HUNDREDS OF WOMEN
SHORN OF LOCKS
ON STREETS

BERLIN, April 11.-Berlin's girls
and women have been terrorized
recently by young man with a
mania for cutting off their hair. He
is Joseph Fodor. age q. and comes
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CHICAGO, April lift you are
person of sweet disposition and pos
tive character, you can eat onions
without the least fear of tainted
breath, because that vegetable, be-
ing negative, is your dietetic az
finity.
BY the same token, IL you are a
strawberry blond or peachy sum-
mer girl, you should sidestep the
temptation to eat strawberries and
peaches. If you do not, you will
conflict with natures relative laws,
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were bound up wfth ribbono q -
hines. and labeled and CLASSIFIED -
cording to their color and flnsneps
of texture. ss~-.sas.4sa.< - .sss6
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SUNDAY PRESS
Washington Cigar Store,
Sprague and Washington.
Fosselman Bros. 10S Howard.
Rookery Cigar Store. Rookery
building.
Jameson News stand. en-
trance Jameson building.
Wide World News stand, 121
Post.
E. II. Ensley. 0519 Monroe.
Gregory & Olson, 0611
Monroe.
Kelly & Meikle. 0713 Monroe.
Browns Pharmacy, Maxwell
and Monroe.
Blue Label Cigar Store, S26
Sprague.
John l.. Briggs, 1907 Sprague.
Brown Block News stand, S02
Second.
Tuell Drug Store, Second and
Howard.
Spokane Hotel News stand,
Spokane hotel.
p. O. News stand, Hillyard.
Rundel Cigar Store, E4
Sprague.
Els Srrague.'
Johnson Drug Store, 12S Post.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-05
!. :. Francis and Jim Francis. Jr

j. 8. Francis and Jim Francis, Jr.,
Of Tabor, were In the city today.
J. II. Hearne and ]. w. Henderson
were in the city today from Kurten.
Morgan Gloss was In the city today
from Harris schoolhouse.
M. G. Armstrong arrived In Bryan
last night on his annual visit
My home place must be sold. Come
and make me an offer. John McCorquo.
dale. -
W. H. Morgan. N. b>outlaw, Carl
Jones, Buster Mathis and c. G. Morgan
were in the city today from Reliance.
Miss Pansy Peck returned to Cor
sicana yesterday, after visiting Miss
Rowena Rhodes.
Just received 1000 bushels Of clipped
recleaned oats. vick's Feed Store.
Phone 376.
Mrs. r. II. Harrison, ST., returned
TO Beadias Sunday, after a visit to
Mrs. Emma Spell.
For Sale or Rent-Our farm OF 200
acres, with modern improvements,
two miles from courthouse. Howell
Bros.
Mrs. A. w. Wilkerson, of Houston,
went to Dallas yesterday, after visit
to Mrs. ID. ID. Dawson.
The best sewing machine In the
world-the Singer" Let me bring
s you one on trial. s'ttsrvhits &
Mesdames w. A. Banks, J. w. John
son and Luther Taylor went to Marlin
today to attend the state convention
OF the Daughters OF the Confederacy.
Neseph Bunata, OF Caldwell, came
DER to Bryan yesterday to attend the
funeral of v. ]. Dobrovolney and de
llivered the funeral grafton. Mr.. Bunata
lived in Bryan twenty-three years age
and was editor Of The Slovan. the
Bohemian paper published here.
To make room for holiday goods we
will make special prices on all heav,
articles. These prices will be in effec
all next week. Come In and let NJ
show you. Walkers &c and 10c store
z. n. McNutt and d. F. Hawkins
two well known musical instrumen
statesmen. representing the Leyh'
Piano Company. are in the city AM
will conduct big piano sale here dur
ing this month. They are located II
the Harrison building in the Exchange
hotel block.
repair and adjust all makes o
sewing machines. T. A. Satterwhite
salesman and collector for Singer Sos
ing Machine Company. "
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Fore
man today, son. The only way pos
sible to make Aubrey's smile broade
would be to set his ears back.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-05
". /. BELL DEAD
Highly Esteemed Young Citizen and
Business Man Passes Away
Suddenly.

In the busy life OF today the happen.
ings OF the world take place without
special consequence; but occasionally
there comes a blow that starties us
and brings US to the realization that
'in the midst OF life we are in death"
Such was the deep shock caused by
the sudden death of Mr.. w. H. Bell,
which occurred at his home in this
city Sunday morning at o'clock, after
only a few hours illness. Strong and
erect, filed with the vigor of youth
and young manhood, he stood forth in
prominence as man among men, and
his death, coming as a great surprise,
has brought sadness into the hearts
of all who knew him and sorrow to
the loving family.
He was Ill only few hours before
mis- death and no one, not even the
family, knew the end was SO near. His
health had been somewhat impaired
for a number of months by periodic
attacks of acute neuralgia of the
stomach, but it was not thought to be
of so serious nature. The attack
which came on Saturday night at Z
O'Clock, however. proved to be fatal,
and he was dead before many of his
friends knew of his illness.
Mr.. Bell was born in this county,
near Benchley, January 6, 1879, and
was reared in this county. He was
prominent in business in this city the
greater part of his life, having held
positions with merchants at various
times. Only short time ago he en-
tered into the grocery business with
his brother, hr. c. NJ. Bell. and proved
to be capable business man.
He was member of the Baptist
church, member OF the Praetorian
lodge, the Woodmen of the World, and
member and officer in the knights
of Pythias lodge. He was a true man
honest and STRAIGHTFORWARD in all his
dealings, both in business aid private
matters, and possessed kindness and
gentleness of spirit that made for him
scores Of friends who mourn his death
His death is great bereavement tt
the loved ones and friends, but it Ii
} more-a life crushing blow-to the
young wife. He was married in Gates
vile on May 3, last, to Miss Name,
r MCGEE, of Louisville, KY, and on he
the twilight has fallen, and as the da,
of her happy welded life goes out, he
heart is bleeding in its deep sorrow
; Beside his loving wife, Mr.. Bell is SUI
vived by his mother, Mrs. Bette Bel
: and one brother. Claude NJ. Bell, bot
Y of this city.
, The remains were laid to rest yes
terday afternoon at Red Top cemetery
snear Benchley, the services being cor