Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-04
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take it to the police station withou
opening it, Rice insisted upon open
ing it there and finally stuck a knife
Into the side of the receptacle
buzz of mechanism was heard inside
and smoke began coming out arount
the edges of the aperture.
/ Convinced that the suit case con
tanned bomb. Chief Galloway hurled
it as far as he could 1t landed agains
the curb stone on the opposite side o
the street running along the park. I'm
mediately there was loud explosion
and the suit case was shattered into
"a thousand pieces. A hole was tori
in the ground and the curbstone was
ripped out for some distance.
Much Excitement Follows.
/ A large crowd collected and there
was much excitement in the vicinity
| In the house at the time was Mrs
/ Marion Otis Chandler, wife of assist
ant General Manager Chandler Of the
Times, and another woman, two chill
dren and the Otis servants.
General Otis Telegram.
| The Times has made public the fol.
lowing telegram from General Otis,
who is enroute home from Mexico
City:
Your wire with it's terrible news
reached me this morning. am
amazed at the desperation of the
criminal conspirators in destroying
the Times building and Staying It's
loyal defenders, whose loss u deeply
deplore, but the Times itself will live
on, bravely defending the vital and
essential principle Of industrial free
dom under law which, must yet
triumph in the entire nation.
Harrison Gray Otis.
The president of the local typo
graphical union issued orders Satur-
day that union printers may work in
conjunction with the non.union print
ers of the Times in any Of the local
newspaper Offices in getting out the
edition OF the Times. This was an
nounced after consultation OF the
union men and the managers of the
other newspapers.
Big Reward Offered.
Rewards aggregating $1s,5OO have
already been offered for information
OF the person or persons who caused
the destruction of the Times building.
and the merchants of the city are con
sidering the adyisability Of Offering an
reward Of s25O,O00
Revised List Of Dead.
Following is revised list of dead
in the disaster. AS no trace of those
previously recorded as missing has
been found it Is concluded they are
dead:
ELDER HARVEY, night
city editor; died at Clara Barton
hospital at 1880 o'clock, yesterday.
CRANE, HARRY L., assistant tele-
graph editor, aged So; married, one
child body not recovered.
r. L., "a. telegrapher;
married, two. children; body not re. |
covered
j. WESLEY, stenographer:: ,
married, body recovered.
j.. c., 40, linotype oper-
ator. married, five children; body |
not recovered
w. G., As, linotype oper.
ator; married; body not recovered. /
FRED. Sc, linotype
operator; married; body not re-
covered
JOHN, printer; married,
one child; body not recovered.
MOORE. GRANT, AZ, machinist mar
ried; body not recovered.
EDWARD, 35, printer; mar
ried; body not recovered.
FRINK. ELMER, 25. linotype oper
ator; married: body not recovered.
CARRESS. EUGENE, 35, linotype
operator; married. one child body
not recovered.
JOHNSON. DON E., linotype oper-
ator; married; body not recovered.
JORDAN ERNEST, 80, linotype oper-
ator; married, one child; body not
recovered.
FRANK. 43, printer:
married, one child; body not re-
covered.
5ULL1VER CHARLES. 35. compos-
tor: married; body not recovered
CARL, 80, linotype oper-
ator body not recovered.
CHARLES, pressman;
body not recovered.
CORDAWAY, HOWARD linotype
operator; body not recovered
TLINN, HARRY, linotype operator;
body not recovered.
Unidentified employee; went down
With composing room floor.
If any more bodies are recovered
here seems to be little hope that they
will be identified.
One Victim From Waterloo.
Waterloo, Oct. ESPECIALLY =
Harvey C. Elder, city editor Of the
los Angeles Times, who lost his life
n the explosion and fire which totally
wrecked that building Saturday. was
a Waterloo boy. Mr. Elder
vas born and raised in Waterloo and
3 we'll known here. He was about %
ears old and son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
V. Elder, well known pioneers of this
ity.
FUNERALS. >
The last sad rites over the remains {