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Opposite Y. M. C. A. building. Both phones. Calls in city and country attended day or night.

Private ambulance.

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From Saturday's Dally. Neaaham sens the best watches. Whale oil. soap kills insects. Sar-

jent's. Mrs. H. C. Swift of Selma spent yes

terday in the city on business.

Miss B. Williams of Liberty ville, spent yesterday in the city shopping.

Mrs. Mabel Burnaugh of LibertyvlUe passed through the city on her way to Crawford, Neb.

Mrs. C. G. Belding of Fairfield, spent yesterday in the city on business.

Stock and poultry foods, all makes. Sargent's.

Mrs. Grace Howard of Albia was a business visitor in the city yesterday.

Mrs. S. B. Allison and Mrs. Lizzie Oldham of Eddyville, Bpent yesterday In the city. v

Mr. and Mrs. F. Rominger of Bloomfield are visiting in the city, being on their way to Oskaloosa to visit friends.

- Mrs. M. J. Nelson and Mrs. Ella Luke of Avery, spent yesterday in the city.

-J . Blue vitriol, 15c pound in 5 lb lots. Sargent'Si * ,

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gardner, Mis» Emma Gardner of Selma, and Misses Alice and Maude Stevens, Ezra, and Joe Stevens of Dudley who attended the funeral of the late J. W. Gardner of this city returned home yesterday.

Bordeau mixture for spraying trees. Sargent's. *

Mr. arid Mrs. J. L. Williams of Lib-ertyville, were in the city yesterday on business. • ' v

•Miss Hazel Bell of Chariton who has bees on a visit with Mrs. T. Ly­man, 108 East Main street and Mrs W. Tanner, 632 Fello.w street has re­turned home;

Copperas, 5c pound at Sargent's.

Mrs. Alfred Peterson of Chillicothe who hag been visiting friends in the city has returned home.

Mrs. A. E. Perdew of Dudley, spent the day in the city shopping.

. G. W. Johnson and R. M. Harlan of Stockport, were in the city today on business.

Mrs. W. Convey and daughter. Miss Ruby of Foster, passed through the city today on their way home from Des Moines. }

Mrs. G. Fostenburg and baby daugh­ter Leona, of Foster, have returned home after visiting friends in the city.

Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Harriman and children Ruth, Ester and Harold, of Douds-Leando, spent yesterday in the !ity on business. » 1

Sulphur Be pound in 10 lb lots. Sar­gent's.

From Monday's Daily. Mrs. Thomas Gardner of Selma, who

las been visiting friends in the city, &as returned home. t

Mrs. Nellie Nutf of Agency passed through tile city Saturday on her way to visit friends in Eldon.

Mrs. H. J. Caster and Miss M. Black of Lovilia, were in the city on Saturday en route home from Mt Pleasant.

Mrs. W. J. Buffin and daughter Ada of Hillsboro passed through the city Saturday on their way to Eldon.

Mrs. Mike McClure, Miss E. •'.an-nwli of Eldon, and Miss F. Davis of Floris spent Saturday in the city on

> business. i ' B. C. Landson and son Melvin cf

Laddsdale were in the city Saturday on business.

E. Williamson of Eldon spent Sat­urday in the city on business.

Mrs. J. Sheffer and Mrs. W. L. Hea-ley of Eldon, sjpent Saturday in the lity shopping.

By Rev. Irl R. Hicks. A reactionary storm period Is cen­

tre! on the 3rd, 4th and 5th. The Moon is full, at a total eclipse node, on the 3rd, and at greatest declination south on the 5th. High temperature, low barometer and thunder storms will be the order at this time. Storm condi­tions will develop and move in regular order from west to east, but local thunder showers in June are more sporadic, being liable to break out simultaneously in widely scattered localities. Beginning at this period, we enter a marked seismic cycle that will last up to the 20th of June. The; full moon on the 3rd, being at an eclipse node, and causing an eclipse of the moon, will not depart from that node until after the 17th, being at new moor and causing an eclipse of the sun on that date. Under these conditions, as scientific leaders should long ago have seen and confessed, there is a prolonged strain from one eclipse to the other, exciting a max­imum tendency to earthquake and vol­canic pertubatlons. From June 1st to 6th„ central on the 3rd, will be the first decided seismic period, the prob-* able effects being heaviest south of the equator.

A regular storm period is central on the 8th to the 13th. We enter the June solstice period at this time. Mag­netic and electrical manifestations, out of the ordinary, will be noted in most parts of the earth within three days of the 11th. From Thursday, the 10th, to Sunday the 13th, many vicious thun­der storms will be natural. These dates also constitute another possible seismic period, the effects falling most forcibly on and near the equator. Earth currents and volcanic unrest will be noted at this time, none of which must necessarily be dangerous or fatal.' Higher barometer and fair, cooler weather will follow for several days after the storms of this period.

A reactionary storm period has its center on the 16th, 17th and 18th, with new moon and sun's eclipse on the 17th. But for the June solstice and new moon at solar eclipse node, storm-producing causes are at a minimum at this period. But many scattering, high­ly electrical thunder storms will visit most parts on and touching the 17th. The culmination of a prolonged seis­mic strain will come within three to four days of noon on the 17th. During this seismic strain the moon works from full moon at extreme declination south, over the celestial equator and UP to new moon at extreme declina­tion north. As intimated above, these seismic perturbations, we predict, will be heaviest first in the southern hem­isphere. Next, along the equatorial belt and lastly in volcanic and earthquike regions lying In the northern hemis­phere. Let us see if seismic and vol­canic reports do not come In from ex­tremes of the earth.

A regular storm period is central on the 21st. covering the 19th to the 23rd. The culmination of the June solstice falls precisely In this period. In all

the preceding period will Into this period *y daily

thunderstorms each afternoon and evening. Great fluctuations of the ba­rometer, with high temperature, great humidity, and startling electrical dis­plays are to be expected at this pro­longed period—especially from about Sunday the 20th, to Thursday the 24th. High winds with possible tornadoes will probably attend some of these storms. Overflowing streams and rivers will be most natural as a conse­quence of the June solstice storms. Hiffh waters will reach the central riv­ers before the end of June, but we do not believe that the most destructive or maximum floods need be feared at thin time, or even during this year.

A reactionary storm period is cen­tral on the 26th. 27th and 28th. Look for low barometer promptly on the 26th, attained by sudden and severe thunder gusts. These storms will pass eastwardlv over the country during the 26th, 27th and 28th, beinpr charac­terized "ov the peculiar local phenom­ena common to June solstice storms. All of the storms In June, especially from the middle to the close of the month, will bring many local surprises bv sudden turns in their directions, often whirling sidewlse or backward In their courses and delugl-ng picnick ers from unlooked for directions. There in cause for this in Earth's solstice, or turning point in its orbit. AVe do not think this June will bring the average of genera) rainfall. June Is the month of maximum rains, as Is well known to most people; but It does not always come up to the highest standard, al­though it may have more rains than ether months in the year. The outlook to our mind is that the present sum mer will not be up to the average of general rainfall. We will not omit our usual warning of danger from taking shelter under green^trees during June thunder storms. Such risks should nryer be taken. Much June Hghtntng is startling, but harmless, the dangerous and the harmless being clearly de­fined. The difference—thunderbolts and sheet-lightning.

by Comrades Bachman and Scott, will upon the firing of a salute by Co. G., place the flowers on the graves and this will be the signal for the open­ing of the exercises at the platform in charge of W. A. Work.

MONUMENT 18 DEDICATED ON BATTLEFIELD TODAY.

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probability tl be prolonged

were much needed. Brig. General Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery.

"Pour Regiments of Cavalry under Brig. General Wesley Merritt took position of the right flank of the Con­federate line of battle.

"Eleven Regiments of Infantry were on the field. Ten with the Second Di­vision, Fifth Corps, and one at Head­quarters, Army of the Potomac. "BATTALION OF U. S. ENGINEERS, Captain George H. Mendell, Command­

ing. "Casualties; Killed, 12 officers, 159

enlisted men; Wounded 62 officers, 861 enlisted men; Missing, 6 officers, 275 enlisted men."

The north and south tablets contain the names of the 42 organizations and th'e names of their commanders.

Forty-two SmSI! Monuments.

Forty-two small monuments, one for each of the commands in the Gettys­burg campaign, which were erected at the location each organization occu­pied during the battle, are of Jones-boro granite, 24 by 50 inches and 7 feet high. Upon each is a descriptive bronze tablet and the coat of arms of the United States.

The central monument and the 42 regimental memorials were authorized by act of congress of February 18, 1903, and March S, 1905, and cost alto­gether $61,000. The Gettysburg Na­tional Park commission was assisted in' the selection of the site and adop­tion of designs for the' memorials by a committee of nine from among the surviving officers of the commands that took part in the three days' bat­tle.

The erection and dedication of the monuments to the regular soldiers en­riches a battlefield that already . con­tains hundreds of beautiful memorials. There are now on the field -about 500 monuments and the number of tablets erected exceeds 500. The number of guns mounted on the field, Union and confederate, is about 375. Pennsyl­vania will next year erect a state mon­ument at a cost of $150,000, and the states of Alabama and Virginia will also place monuments on the famous field in the near future to commemo­rate the valorous services of their sons in that night struggle.

The president in his address said the dedication of the monument today in memory of the officers and enlisted men of the regular army was a tardy recognition of the nation's debt to its brave defenders. He reviewed the varied and changeable policy in re­spect to the regular army from 1784 down to the present time and said;

"Today, as a result of the Spanish war and the added responsibilities of our new dependencies in the Phil­ippines, Porto Rico and for some time in Cuba, together with the sense of importance of our position as a world power, have led to an increase in our regular army to a larger force than ever before in the history of the coun­try, but not large in proportion* to the increased population and wealth than in the early years of the republic. It should not be reduced."

The president concluded with a glowing tribute to the regular army, saying that never in its history has it had a stain upon its escutcheon, and that it has never failed to make a record of duty done that should satisfy the most exacting lover of his country.

tracks on the lot. He also said that he measured the ball of the foot and the heel.

Court adjourned following the testi­mony of Mr. Williams in order to per­mit the Ottumwa people in attendance at the trial to return home on the 3:25 o'clock passenger.

Notes of the Junkin Trial.

The accommodating court attend­ants employed in the trial stand especially high in the opinion of the press representatives covering the pro­ceedings for their respective papers. Every morning and afternoon the press table is provided with plenty of paper, and should the seats of the scribes be occupied by spectators, the bailiff quickly advises them that the seats are the property of others. Messages to the newspaper men are received and delivered, too, by the bailiff and every courtesy is shown to the 18-

pensers of news.

County Clerk Elliott, a veteran in the employe of Appanoose county, is a living calendar of cases tried in the Centervllle court house. He has a memory that few persons can boast of, and can readily tell about any case tried within the'past seventeen yearn of any magnitude at all.

Court Reporter Frank Roberts, son of Judge Roberts, is one of the busiest if not the most worked man in the murder trial. Mr. Roberts is so thoroughly k master of the art of court reporting that not a syllable of the mass of testimony is lost.

Centerville has a taxicab and three of the more venturesome men in­terested in the trial were fearless enough Saturday afternoon to employ the vehicle to carry them to their train. The buzz-wagon operator, be­fore a block was travelled, showed his passengers that for fearlessness he had them hitched to the starting post. An approaching teamster had the wrong dope on the route the taxi-cab was going to take, and turned im­mediately in front of it. Result, re­verse lever employed; occupants roughly jolted against the front of the car and suit cases and typewriter boxes spilled all over the street. The three passengers will in the future take the street car route.

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FIFTY SAID TO BE FATALLY IN­

JURED IN TOWN OF ZEPHYR;

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JUNKIN CASE GOES TO JURY BY TOMORROW.

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MEMORIAL DAY IS OBSERVED IN OTTUMWA.

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advance of Co. G, I. N. G. Then came the fife and drum corps. The children with flowers for the soldiers' graves, went on cars. Then followed Cloutman post, No. • 69, G. A. R., and . many members of J. M. Tuttle post as well as many soldiers and sons of veterans not affiliated with the posts, all under the command of H. C. Nosier, post adju­tant. The speakers and chaplain in carriages, as also the W. R. C., and citizens in carriages made up the parade which was an inspiring sight. The martial music of the band and fife corps made the infirmitives of some of the old guard disappear as the thoughts that coursed through, their minds of other days when they were as sprightly as the militia—the days of til. Many backs that the weight of years has caused to bend, were thrown back and except where physical dis­ability, would not permit of it, they were erect and their stride graceful and true to the beat of time by the musicians.

Excellent Program. Arriving at the Ottumwa cemetery

an elaborate program will be carried out in which speeches by Majors A. H. Hamilton, Samuel Mahon and T. P. Spilman will be the feature. Music by a quartet compo^pd of Mrs. E. C. Peirce, Mrs. George Porter, Ed Dye and W. C Martin will sing, "Brave Heart Lie Still,"' and "Crossing The Bar." Prof. J. H. Rheem will lead singing "America," by the chorus at the close of the exercises.

Children Decorate Graves. Rev. D. C. Smith will deliver the in

put to the witness and he stated that he could not say as to that.

Upon cross-examination, Mr. Gray stated that coke fiends seemod to be thieves, also that Junkin, in his opinion was not a fiend.

Judge Mitchell in conducting the re-direct-examination of the witness brought out the fact that Gray had seen Junkin shortly after his return from the penitentiary, and the witness stated to Attorney Cornell, upon cross-examination that the prisoner did not have the appearance of being under the influence of the drug when seen.

Gallagher Shows Clothing. The defense called Chief of Police

Peter Gallagher for the purpose of ex­hibiting to the jury the clothing John Junkin wore on the night of the crime, upon which they hoped to find blood­stains of the murdered girl. This was not the case, however, as the police department did not have the clothing worn by the negro. The garments worn by the accused man when ar­rested were displayed, and the shoes he is supposed to have worn when he murdered Clara Rosen were shown. The witness also displayed the card board impression of the foot-tracks near the scene of the crime, which was supposed to be Junkin's. When this feature was brought out by the defense there was a temporary stir in the section of the room where the state's attorneys were seated. The impres­sions made no not tally withJunkin's foot, and for that reason this item of evidence was not introduced by the state. Upon cross-examination County Attorney Cornell did not fail to bring out that there were numerous tracks on the vacant lot where the murdered girl was found, and thus the foot­print impression evidence was shown to the jury to be of little weight.

Williams Made Impression.

When H. C. Williams was called by the defense, it developed that he made the paste-board impressions of the foot-prints oil the morning after the murder. He stated that he took an impression of those prints which ap­peared to him as being made the night before and were frozen. The foot­prints measured were those leading down off the lot towards the south­east, which route Junkin is supposed to have taken.

In responding to the cross-examina-the

SHOOK SPEAKS TO VETERANS

WELL KNOWN MINISTER AD­

DRESSED SOUTH SIDE MEMO­

RIAL SERVICE SUNDAY

The memory of the honored depart­ed of J. M. Tuttle post, Grand Army of the Republic, was fittingly celebrated by the post members, as well as mem­bers of the families and relatives of the departed old soldiers who have been interred in Sha'ul cemetery. The Odd Fellows'hall, corner of Vine and Church streets, vjas well filled when the services opened, and a solemnity becoming such an occasion was felt on all sides. Opening the meeting with prayer, music by a choir selected for the. occasion was rendered, after which the ritual service by Command­er J. K. King was carried out in be­half of the post. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech was read by John Scully and a flag demonstratibn by school chil­dren followed. The J. M. Tuttle Re­lief Corps then held an impressive service and this was followed by mu­sic.

Shook Extolls Memory. At this juncture Rev. E. J. Shook,

pastor of the Willard Street M. E. church was introduced as the speaker of the occasion and paid a glowing tribute of praise and gratitude to the grizzled veterans of the G. A. R. There were few/if any, within the room, who were not moved by the force of the words of the speaker. Patriotism, love, duty and sacrifice were things brought out and featured by the speaker in a manner that made all see the grand­eur of the theme. The patriotism that stirred men's souls to respond to the call of duty from the mother they loved and fought for, that she might still remain their mother— free and united America. The love of country that impelled men to leave all that they felt and held dearest, was the love that actuated the men of the G. A. R., said the speSker. The sacrifice that these, men made for their country the world-will never fully know, nor can they ever repay them. Beautifully were portrayed the noble sentiments of the nation's defenders that gave their all that we might have our free­dom and on closing his remarks. Rev. Shook extolled the memory of the sol­diers whose remains lie in the local cemeteries and elsewhere throughout the land, as well as the living mem­bers of the old guard.

MRS. COWLES DEAD

vocation and the benediction will be pronounced by Rev. F. F. Stoltz, D. D. tion of the county prosecutor, Little girls, placed one at each grave j witness stated that there were many

Former Ottumwa Woman and Donor of Barnes Memorial Died at

Burlington. Death removed a woman whom Ot-

tumwans will mourn as a benefactor when at 8 o'clock last night at her home in Burlington, Mrs. Martha Bnrnes Cowles breathed her last and departed this life after a course well run, was finished. Mrs. Cowles was well known' as a former Ottumwa resi­dent and will be best recalled by her rccent benefaction wherein she do­nated the Barnes Memorial to the Ot­tumwa hospital In honor of her former husband and son. News of the death was received here this morning and proved a shock to many of her old friends. The funeral ^lll be held in Ottumwa Wednesday a&ternoon 4fter

the arrival of Burlington No. 179,' fend the service will be held in the First Methodist Episcopal church, the time will be given later. A Burlington min­ister assisted by Dr. T. AV. Jeffrey will conduct the services. The interment will be In Ottumwa cemetery.

Mrs. Cowles Lovet was born in Ohio, near Shreve in 1832. She was joined in marriage to Mr. Barnes in 1856 and two sons, Lovet and Dr. D. C. Barnes were born to the couple who with their father are pow deceased.

Temple, Texas, May 31.— Over a score of persons Were injured in a tornado at Zephyr and were brought here today. Reports from Zephyr today state that up to day­light thirty-eight bodies had been recovered from the ruins, increas­ing the death to list by seven. Brownwood, Tex., May 31.—A tor­

nado of great fury struck the village of Zephyr, in the eastern portion of Brown county, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and left a path of death and destruction.

The death list has reached a total of thirty-two and the number of serious Iv and fatally wounded will reach fifty.

A score of others are more or less injured. The partial list of the dead is as follows;

CABLER, C. A. and wife. CABLER, THAD, wife, and two chil­

dren. CARTER, C. M., wife and child. HOUSTON, GERTRUDE. WARE, OSCAR, wife and three

children. SIMMONS, M. G., wife and thr^e

children. RAMSAY, MBS. W. A., and child. BROWN. B. F., and wife. HART, MRS. TOM and child. CLOYES, GIBSON. The storm formed half a mile south­

west of Zephyr and swept down up':j the village, cutting a wide swath ill rectly through the residence and busi­ness districts.

Fire Adds Terror to Situation. Nearly fifty houses were entirely de­

molished. Lightning struck a lum­ber yard and caused a blaze which de-stroyed one business block. No effort was made to fight the fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims de­manded all attention.

A section hand rode on a handca." to Brownwood and told of the disaster. The Santa Fe railroad company sent h special train to the scene of the storm with nine surgeons and a score o" Brownwood citizens.

See Awful Scene of Desolation. J. I. Clingman, E. E. Kirkpatrick

and nine surgeons, who formed the first party out of Brownwood, found a desolate scene awaiting them. The hill s'des at Zephyr were covered with debris of all kinds and bodies of dead animals and human beings.

The ruins were dimly lighted by the burning buildings and the cries of the wounded rose above the sound of the elements which threatened a second-storm. A hog roaming through th'} debris strewn streets was killed whll9 attempting to devour the body of an infant.

Some of the bodies were found twisted about trees. Some of the sur vivors were walking in the street al most naked, crying for their lovd ones. Residences which escaped de strucUon were turned into hospitals where were carried the bodies of the dead and wounded.

One house collapsed on a family of nine,, but all of the inmates escapsl unhurt.

Many escaped death by taking ref­uge in storm cellars.

Fifteen Dead in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 31.—At

least fifteen people were killed last night by a tornado that devastated the Oklahoma towns of Key West and De-pew, and forty or more are injured At least ten are killed in Key West and five at Depew. The wires ar< down and many rumors of death and destruction at. isolated points could not. be confirmed last night.

Following the wind camc a deluge of rain and the floods added to the terrors of the situation. Practically nothing was left of Key West, a town of 200 Inhabitants.

Depew was destroyed by a doubl twister formed from that striking Key West and traveled in a northeasterly direction and another coming from the east. The tornado wiped out De pew, then pushed northeast, spending its force presumably a few miles further on. It is impossible to get th details, as every wire is down and the roads are impassable.

Dead in Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., May 31—The re

ports late last night state that seven persons are known to be dead, many dying and over a score are seriously injured as the result of a tornado which swept northwestern North Da­kota yesterday afternoon. The resi dence section of Langdon is practical ly wiped out, and four people ar3 kill­ed and twenty injured.

The dead are; Mrs. Joseph B. Boyd Joseph Powers, ag-d 12; Mrs. ,T. Blakley, and the infant son of Joseph Bain.

Casselton, Devil's Lake and other towns have been completely cut off from communication and it is feared the death list, will be greatly increas­ed by later reports.

Cyclone In North Dakota. Jamestown, N. D., May 31.—This

city and Ypsilantl were visited by a cyclone Saturday afternoon. The farm house of George Graves, near Ypsilan-ti was blown into the James river and Mrs. Graves and two young daughters were killed. The cyclone demolished $50,000 worth of buildings of the Jamestown Fair association and wrecked part of the Russell Miller flour mill and destroyed a large part of the Northern Pacific round house, burying a number of locomotives un­der the debris and injuring several men who sought safety from the storm in the round house. Many farm build­ings were wrecked.

Notice to Farmers Cream Wanted

The Farmers' Co-Operati ee Produce Co. of Des MoInel3, has

established a permanent receiving station for cream at Ottumwa

and will pay spot cash for all cream received. The station is lo­

cated at 119 North Green street, one block north of the Ballingall

hotel. F. G. BUXTON is in charge of the receiving station. " «, ' • J

CLASS PLAY AT ELDON PLEASES BIG AUDIENCE.

Eldon.—"Rebecca's' Triumph," the senior class play was given at the opera house Wednesday, May 26. fol­lowing is the cast of characters:

Rebecca, adopted daughter of Mrs. Delaine—Ruth Baldwin.

Mrs. Delaine, a widow—Agnes Wood.

Mrs. Rolceman, a rich lady—Fay.i Meadows.

Meg, a crazy wanderer—Maude Stephenson.

Gyp, Mrs. Delaine's servant (col­ored)—Madge Weist.

Katie Konner, an Irish girl—Mrs. Rokeman's servant—Edna Vass.

Clarissa Codman, an old maid — Myrtle Price.

Dora Gaines, the life of the club— Merle Weist.

Members of the cooking club—Jen­nie Woodman, Mildred Moore, Nellie Dunbar, Leta Price.

Alice Leeds—Edith Provance. Gussie Green—Lois Price. Sadie Morrell—Faye Roberts.

Snyopsis. Act 1.—The cooking club meets at

Mrs. Delaine's. Mrs. Rokeman's horse runs away and Rebecca saves her. She is brought to the house where she meets Mrs. Delaine, her old nurse. Wild Meg and the club. Mrs. Rokeman ipvites the club to her home. Rebecca discovers the loss of her ring.

Act 2.—The girls are on their way to Mrs. Rokeman's home. Jimmie and Dora play a joke on Clarissa Cod-man. They find an old letter in a hollow tree. As they try to decipher it Mrs. R. appears and much moved snatches it from them.

Act 3.—The club , meets at Mrs. R's home. Mrs. Rokeman discovers the identity of Meg and Rebecca and the long enstranged family is happily united at last.

Other Eldon News. The Bay View club met Monday aft­

ernoon at the home of Mrs. George Myers. Mrs. George Moore as lead­er. The lesson was chapters 6 and

in the Greek history. Messrs. William and H. G. Cremer

were called to Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday by the serious illness of their sister.

Miss Katherine Breen and nephew, Tony Breen, of Muscatine, are visiting at the home of W. T. Brown.

Miss Ethel Conrad returned home Saturday from Ottumwa where sne had been operated on in the hospital

Miss Faye Roberts visited over Sunday in DrakevlUe with relative and friends.

DEATHS

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LAYNE—Saturday, May 29, 191 9 p. m., at the', family resident Chillicothe, I. William Layne,' 36 years. The funeral will be conducted

the residence to the Chillicothe odist Episcopal church, where services will be conducted by ends Monkman and Ward Tuesday terment will be made in the Odd lows cemetery. •

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HALL—Sunday, May 30, f909, at 51 m., Mrs. Grace, wife of Edward Hs'

• age 29 years, at the residence, 7| West Main street. The funeral will be held from tl

late residence at 12:30 o'clock to tl| First Christian church, where Rev. H. Otto will conduct the services 1:30. Interment will be made in tf Ottumwa cemetery.

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Bear Creek—Mr. and Mrs. H. Phil' lips and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Ot tumwa were here Sunday on a shortl visit.

Miss Anna Genochio and Frank Gen-ochio of Ottumwa visited their par­ents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Genochio last Sunday.

A baseball game was played here between the local team and Chillicotho last Sunday.' Score, 4 to 1 in favor o<! Bear Creek.

Mrs. Ed Ersklne and family of Ot­tumwa were Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lord Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hasscnooth call­ed on Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Burgess Sun-da^ evening. *.

Jas. Bowen celebrated his 50th birth-dav last Sunday.

Wm. Young and family visited with Mr. Newman's last Sunday. ^

Miss John and Jas O'Malley attend- t ed church in Ottumwa Sunday. i

uaasale.J — remshrd shr shrd shll J Mr. McDonald suDerintendent of the 1

M. & St. Paul R. R. and other of-\ ficials of the road were here on busi-l ness last Tuesday. Kj...

Geo. Miller went to Ottumwa laajti-Tuesday evening. "fe

Miss Nellie Genochio is Visiting atl the B. Feehan home.

Mrs. John Genochio called at the Thos. Parker home Tuesday evening ot la?' wee!;.

Mr. A. J. Erskln the superintendent of the mines here is on the sick list. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN 3%

horse power gasoline marine engine. Inquire after 7 p. m. at 262 N. Mc­Lean m.

A PEER OF OLD KING SOLOMON.

It would seem to the casual ob server that since the feminine Invasion into the circles of business, woman is not properly appreciated. In the tel ephone business she has the oppor­tunity—and she occasionally improves it. too—of learning more than the av­erage Pinkerton man. If you hav never stopped to thinlj of this, gentle reader, just casually scan the follow­ing inspiration taken from an ex­change: The telephone girl sits in her chair And listens to voices from everywhere; She hears all the gossip, she hears

all the news; She knows who is happy and who has

the blues: * She knows all our sorrows, she knowa

all our joys; She knows every girl who is chasing

the boys; She knows of our troubles, she knows

of our strifes; She knows every man who is mean to

his wife; She knows every time we are out with

"the boys;" She hears the excuses each fellow em­

ploys ; She knows every woman who has

dark past; She knows every man who is inclined

to be "fast;" In fact there's a secret 'neath each

saucy curl Of that quiet, demure looking tele

phone girl. If the telephone girl would tell all that

she knows It would turn all our friends into bit

terest foes; She would sow a small wind that

would soon be a gale, Engulf us in trouble and land us ir.

jail; She could let go a story (which gair

ing force) Would cause half our wives to sue fo

divorce; She could get all the churches mixed

up in a fight And turn all our days into sorrowing

. nights; In f»ct, she could keep the whole

town in a stew. Oh, brother, now doesn't it make your

head whirl When you think what you owe to the

telephone girl? —Taken from the Western Telephone

Journal.

BEAR CREEK. |

W. H. GIVEN TO CEDAR RAPIDS.

Superintendent, of Des Moines-Keokub Division of Rock Island Given

a Promotion. Des Moines, May 31.—An important

change in local railway circles will shortly take place with the transfer to. Cedar Rapids of W. H. Given, super-! intendent of the Des Moines-Keokuk j division of the Rock Island. Mr. Giv-j en has been assigned to the Minneapo­lis division and will be succeeded herc( by A. W. Kelsoe, formerly in chargoft of the Missouri lines at Eldon, Mn.V Mr. Given will succeed Garrett Davi^i who In turn will take charge of the' work at Eldon.

Mr. Given is now negotiating fo? the sale of his residence at 683 Eigh­teenth street, and as soon as this ia' accomplished he will move his family to Cedar Rapids. His new assign­ment comes in the nature of a promo­tion and his friends are extending their congratulations, at the sam<3 time expressing their regret that Mr. Given is compelled to leave Dea Moines. He entered the railway serv­ice in 1874 as freight brakeman, and his rise since that time has been rap­id.

CLAIM MORIARITY IS INSANE.

Bigamist Will Declare He is Victim of Morphine—Jerry Sullivan Is Hi6

Attorney. Des Moines, May 31.—That Frank

Moriarity, the alleged bigamist, lial contratced the morphine habit, and used the drug until he had become mentally unbalanced, are extenuating facts which will be presented to Judge Miller when the Ottumwa man's case comes up for a hearing next Thurs­day morning.

Whether the case will be tried has not yet been made known by the at­torneys for the defendant.

Some new points bearing on thofri* case were received by Jerry B. Sulli­van, Moriarity'8 attorney, yesterdayf 4» from friends of the defendant. Th<s-H*; letter stated that Moriarity hadi, been V,/ subject to terrible attacks of neuralMecl

gla pains in his head, and to alleviattfop" the pain he had frequently taken morj8^ ^

As a result the habit-became fixeiifcaJJ

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Negro Cuts Mother's Throat. Cleveland, O., May 31. —"I've got

to murder. t>onieone today and it might as well be you," Fred Daniels, a negro, said to his mother today Dan­iels quickly drew a razor across the woman's throat, causing a probably

•fatal wound..

Travelers in Session. Asheville, N. C., May 31. — The

twentieth national convention of the Travelers' Protective association con­vened here today. The convention opened with a parade, led by Gov. Kitchen and his staff and four com­panies of iho North Carolina national

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upon him, until it is now believed hq tell is mentally unbalanced, and has been re~ so for some time. This is one of the strongest points that will be brought out by . the defense.

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Sneak Thief Enters Jewelry Store. Albia, May 31.—(Special.)—Saturday

afternoon sneak thieves entered th Yaungblood & Francis meat market aft the rear door and stole- eighteen dol-[ i lars from the safe which Is located a« the rear of the refrigerator and out ofr b. sight of the man at the counter. Th<^u-r0 theft was discovered a few minute#, after it occurred but no arrests vet heen made* " ' ,

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