6 THURSDAY, March 11, 1909* OTTUMWA COUBIBB

ASSEMBLY YIOVEMENT TO REFER RESUBMIS­

SION RESOLUTION TO JUDIC­

IARY COMMITTEE DOWNED IN

HOUSE.

SENATE PASSES NEW ROAD BILL

•ERMITS TOWNSHIPS TO RETURN

TO OLD SYSTEM OF DISTRICTS

UPON PETITION OF THE PROP-

ERT OWNERS.

Des Moines Bureau of The Ottumwa Courier.

Des Moines, March 10. The house put in the morning

debating the resolution on the re­submission of the prohibitory amendment. Meredith took charge of it and from the first had a ma-

: , jority with him in defeating all the proposed amendments intend­ed to make the measure obnox­ious. Sullivan and Harding led in the fight against it and precipi­tated a hot debate. A motion to re­fer to the judiciary committee was defeated by a vote of 41 to 58.

Then the house at 1 o'clock ad­journed until today bv vote of 58 to 43. The prohibition question will come up on the floor of the house today.

The senate passed the road bill to permit townships to return to the old system of road districts, upon petition of property owners. The senate discussed at length the Van Law bill to authorize cities to make investigation of public-"service corporations with a view of getting information on which to act in fixing rates. A vote was not reached.

Des Moines, March 9. — In an or­ganized effort to prevent, a Republican

. house from going on record for prohi­bition, leaders in the lower house of

- the Iowa legislature today are prepar­ed to grapple with the Meredith reso­lution for resubmission and dispose of It by referring it to the judiciary com­mittee, where it would be promptly slaughtered.

Two legalizing acts and three unim-: portant bills that will be disposed of in ;short order precede the one measure now before the legislature in which

'the entire state is vitallv interested. -It may be reached before the noon adjournment, and is sure to be consid­ered some time today unless Repres­entative Meredith asks that it. be set

: as a special order for consideration later in the week.

• Disagreement, if not actual discord, between prohibition leaders in the bouse makes it uncertain whether the Resolution will be allowed to remain ;on the house calendar and come up ..[for consideration today, or whether it (will be set for a special order at some time later in the week.

• Chairman Elliott of the committee •ion the suppression of intemperance, Bald last night that conditions are now right for sending the resolution through todav will flving colors .For

• this reason Dr. Elliott said he did not believe that a reouest would be made

'lor a special order. A Flood of Amendments.

| A flood of amendments materially effecting the purport of the resolution will precede a motion to refer it to the Judiciary commitee. One of these,! Which probably will be proposed bv j Representative Davidson of Palo Alto, i would put the legislature on record | for reimbursing the brewers and dis­tillers for the value of property now In use for the manufacture of liquor.

Another will make it include the jgale and manufacture of cigarettes, 'and still others will do things to the .resolution that probablv would cause Representative Meredith and his (friends to repudiate its origin. | Following the amendments will

come charges that the document I bears numerous pen marks and revis­ions, that it has never been read in any committee, and that two of the four amendments of the Iowa constitu­tion have been knockpd out bv the Bupreme court because of faulty pro-

' cedure. Topping all this, a motion to refer

the resolution to the iudiciarv com­mittee will be seconded and urged by the heaviest oatterv of debaters that the house affords. Among those who are expected to speak are Representa­tives Harding and Moore of Linn.

The Agricultural Bill.

The Iowa senate, at least, has seen fit to serve notice on the educators

' and the school patrons of Iowa, that In due time Iowa is going to deliber­ately enter upon the policy of provid­ing for teaching elementary agricul­ture and domestic science in the rural

•Bchools of the state. This means thnt. the peosons who expect to be teachers

, In the country schools after three jyears must get ready for this work. I The bill also provides for a beginning

> i In the teaching of teachers for th's I work. The commencement is to be j In the three state colleges, but at the I same time some work is to be taken i up in the county normal institutes.

J Senator Seeley has been deeply inter-I ested in this matter. He desired that j even more should be done looking to it commencement, but is well pleased (that at least something is to be done.

for in his estimation it means more to be accomplished from time to time. The details of the teaching are left to the state board of education. It is al­most certain that if this bill becomes a law the private normal colleges and the denominational schools having nor­mal work will ail take it up and soon there be a force ready f«-r the teach­ing.

The Primary Rotation. Senator Peterson expects to get

through this week his bill to provide for rotation of the names on the pri­mary ballot so that the alphabetical advantage 'fill be lessened. In its present form the bill on the senate calendar is quite different from that which was introduced. Peterson pro­poses a rotation by counties, as to state candidates, beginning with the county having the largest party vote which would get the "A" candidates, then the county "having the next larg­est would get the "B" candidates and so on down the list. This would di­vide the names fairly well. As lo county offices he would have the coun­ty auditor make up his estimate of th'5

total ba^ots needed, then divide inio parts as .many times as there are can­didates for any one office and have the ballots ^printed with this rotation, the township candidates to be on a separate ballot. It is figured out that this scheme of rotation would be prac­tically without additional cost to t.hj people ?nd it would accomplish the purpose which all agree should be accomplished. The Lee bills in tin house are similar, but perhaps not worked out quite so well.

The first of the law enforcement bills intended to strengthen the hands of state and local officials and seciue the more uniform enforcement of i!l the laws of the state, got through the house finally on Monday afternoon. This is the Cosson bill relating to the duties of sheriffs. The bill is intended to give some definite and specific du­ties to a sheriff aside from serving pa­pers, and its effect will be to make the office of sheriff supplement to a great degree that of the county attor­ney in the ferreting out of crime and the punishment of offenders. No ef­fort was made in the house to prevent passage of the bill. The attorney bill also found the house.

A bill passed by the house makes it possible to punish for assault with in­tent to do great bodily injury by send­ing the offender to prison for a year. The law at present provides only a jail sentence.

A second hearing to be given on Friday on the bill to require the label­ing of package foodstuffs with the ac­tual net weight. It is understood that the creameries are to be represented in protest against the contemplated legislation. The bill has aroused h storm of protests and while membeis do not question that, the bill was fram­ed with the intent of doing good an 1 proving a protection, yet. they insist that in its operation it is going to be hampering to business.

The bill to remove a part of the ex­emption of wages of laboring men is likely to have as hard sledding in the legislature this year as at any time in the past. When the bill was roacht.i in regular order in the house on Moil-day it was immediately set upon airl ! denounced with a good deal of vigor | and earnestness and its weakness w:is j

pointed out. The strongest argument against it was that it was making an exception in tho case of one ..lass of persons while leaving the total exemption on all oth­ers. On a motion to refer to the judi­ciary committee the vote was 42 to 44.

A bill by Clarkson would put pri­vate colleges in a class by themselves bv providing that they shall not for­bid colored persons from attending school. There are a great many col­ored votes in Clarkson's district.

The house cheerfully voted for an additional factory inspector and in­creased expense in the handling of the labor office under the new administra­tion, despite that some members of the house have indicated that every­thing on the basement floor of the state capitol ought to be abolished.

Legislative Notes. The senate committee on cities and

towns had a'final hearing yesterday on the bill by .Senator Dowell, intro­duced at the instance of the Des Moines commission, to great addition­al powers to the commission. Mr. MacVicar appeared and advocated the bill. The Cedar Rapids bill to add to the commission plan certain moderate powers necessary for the conduct of the business is more favored.

The alacrity with which the sena­tors do not take up the Jamieson joint resolution for a woman suffrage amendment is very touching. Presi­dent Clarke called for someone to take it up on Monday and asked that the chairman of the committee start something, but not a man moved. The resolution is on the calendar near the top and must be disposed of. Con­gressman Jamieson is here but he has no vote. President Clarke has asked several of the senators to champion the measure and get it disposed of, but they are all dodging.

About Mr. Cosson. Some of the older senators are be­

ginning to feel a little jealous of the success and aggressiveness of Senator George Cosson, of Audubon, who with the passage through the senate Satur­day of the creamery competition bill, has five bills to his credit. These in­clude the bill to provide a way for securing the removal of officials who refuse to enforce the laws, a bill bet­ter defining the duties and responsi­bilities of county attorneys, a bill to require that sheriffs shall be in fact law enforcing officers, and a bill to limit the time, for taking appeals in criminals cases to six months instead of a year. A mere statement of the character of these bills shows they are of great importance. His bill to revise the law as to the office of attorney general has not yet been passed by the senate. Of course some of these bills may fail in the senate, but it is certain that no member of either house has to his credit any list of more important bills than these. Cos-son used to be a telegraph operator in Perry and along the line of the Mil­waukee, and as such commenced the study of law. He is a young and per­sistent worker and has had the enter­prise to go right after big things.

The Horticultural Bill. The Giliiland bill to eastablish the

department of Horticulture and For-

BRIiyKLEY, WITH THREE THOUS­

AND PEOPLE IS DEVASTATED

BY STORM, FOLLOWED BY FIRE

—STORM IN IOWA.

LATE REPORTS TO EXTENT OF STORM

ST. LOUIS PAPER GETS REPORT

THAT THIRTY WER' KILLED

AND A MILLION DOLLARS IN

PROPERTY DESTROYED.

From Tuesday's Daily. Ottumwa".is touay experiencing

a funny snap of the elements. In the city park and in many ot the lawns, tender green blades of grass are making a meek little de­but, turning the winter's solemn tint to a brilliant emerald hue. Overhead the sun managed to peep out for about five minutes about noon, while a steady pre­cipitation, equally divided between snow and rain, has been deluging the city all day.

Wheatiey, Ark., March 9.—Residents of Brinkiey, which was devastated by a tornado early last night, are arriving here. Six white ;xople are known to be dead and probably fifteen injured. Brinkiey is a to vn of 3,000 inhabi­tants and refugees say the entire bus­iness section is demolished and prob­ably SO per cert of the residencss razed to the ground or rendered un­habitable.

Relief trains have arrived at the scene but all wire communication is interrupted. Reports from southern and sout'itastern Arkansas say a heavy wind storm passed over those sections of the state last night doing considerable damage to outhouses and small buildings, but no loss of life is reported.

St. Louis Gets Reports of Loss. St. Louis, March 9.—A special t.i

the Post-Dispatch from Brinkiey, Ark., savs that thirty persons were killed and fifteen to forty injured and more than- a million dollars in proper­ty loss caused by the cyclone which swept that city of three thousand pop­ulation last, night. The city is a to tal loss. The business section is in ruins and nine out of every ten resi­dences are destroyed.

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BE IN THE CITY

MURDERER OF CLARA ROSEN

TAKEN FROM DES MOINES BAS-

TILE AND IS NOW IN JAIL AT

SIGOURNEY.

OFFICIALS SEEK TO ARRAIGN PRISONER

JUDGE ROBERTS AND COUNTY AT­

TORNEY CORNELL PROFESS

IGNORANCE OF ANY PLAN TO

BRING NEGRO HERE.

estry would place that department on a permanent footing while the nur­serymen of the state feel that it is and always has been in a precarious posi­tion. In fact, there has been for sev­eral years talk of consolidating the de­partment with the department of Agri­culture as a measure of economy. The Gillilland bill would give the horticul­turists permanent, occupancy of the room now used and also the room which the capitol custodian has. It would place at the disposal of the State Horticultural society $2,000 a year for publication of bulletins re­garding horticultural and forestry matters. The officers of the society shall have control of the new depart­ment. The society as such already re­ceives an annual allowance for its sup­port and the publication of the annual report.

Pure Food Shoes. It is understood that Iowa manu­

facturers of shoes will present argu­ments in support of the Bruce "pure boot bill" which applies the principles of the pure food, pure seed and pure paint laws to the making of boots and shoes. The bill provides that it shall be unlawful "for any person to sell any boot or shoe with a counter, heel, in­sole, outsole, middle-sole or slip-sole made in whole or in part of leather beard, straw-board, leatheroid, fibre-board, horn-fibre, pate, or any substi­tute for leather, whatsoever, without clearly, legibly and in the English language stamping with a metal die in plain view, upon the outside of the out-sole of the boot or shoe, where and by whom such boot or shoe was made and what substitute for leather, if any, has been used." The provision does not extend to rubber boots or a rubber heel nor to steel or wood fillers in the shank nor to cork soles. The same bill require stamping as convict made the shoes and boots made with prison labor. This would effect a con­siderable industry carried on in Iowa.

Members of the house committee having in charge the Hansen bill to prohibit certain advertising in news­papers state that the showing in op­position ot this bill as made by the newspaper men of the state before the committee was one of the strongest ever made against any bill. There is very little likelihood of the bill be­coming a law. That some of the mem­bers feel very deeply that the publi­cation of some advertising matter Is all wrong is certain, but they have been impressed with the declaration that it would be an absolute impossi­bility to prevent the most objection­able of the advertising matter with­out at the same time interfering -with perfectly legitimate business.

Persons who have it in mind to visit the legislature and want to do so at a time when there is "something doing" would do well to corne this week. The calendars of both houses are filled with interesting matter which they ought to work out during the week. The senate, and probably the house, will hold afternoon as well as morning sessions. The senate has on the cal­endar for action woman suffrage, in­surance matters, primary elections, board of education and other matters.

$ra Williams.

A Raincoat is a Dressy Overcoat

From Tuesday's Daily. John Junkin, the self-confessed

negro murderer of Clara Rosen, in custody of Sheriff W. W. Jack­son and Deputy Joe Jackson, is now in the Sigourney jail, having been taken there by way of Oska­loosa this morning. It is believed to be the intention t.o bring Jun­kin to Ottumwa secretly tonight and arraign him. Following this proceedings. Junkin will in all probability be taken to Ft. Mad­ison penitentiary for safe keeping until his trial during the April term of court. Judge M. A. Rob-betrs stated positively this morn­ing that no arrangement had been made with him to preside at the arraignment of Junkin, and furth­er that, he expected to leave the city for Council Bluffs tonight to spend the balance of the week. County Attorney Seneca Cornell, who is confined to his home with a severe cold, stated that he knew nothing cf Junkin being removed 'rom the Des Moines jail and that he had not been consulted about his removal or his arraignment.

With every action characterized by the greatest secrcrv, John Junkin. the negro murderer, was at 5 o'clock this morning removed from the Des Moines jail and in the custody of Sheriff Jackson and his brother Joseph whom he had deputized, boarded the Rock Island passenger 'train No: 470 and was taken to Oskaloosa. At that city, the prisoner and custodians left the train and entered the men's waiting room, where a package of smoking tobacco was purchased by the sheriff for Junkin. Despite the fact that the negro was heavily man­acled to the officers, he had no diffi­culty in rolling a cigarette, for which he is a fiend. "Some of. you fellows give me a match," said Junkin to the. crowd that had quickly formed when it was made known that the notorious prisoner was in Oskaloosa. The re­quest was denied, and it remained for Sheriff Jackson to supply the needed ignition for the cigarette. Women from the ladies' portion of the build­ing approached to view the negro,' but all the curious ones in casting their eyes on the criminal, shuddered and hastily retreated.

As though his presence was con­taminating, the eager crowd would not advance very near the prisoner, keeping fully five feet from his per­son. As the thror.g increased in num­bers, the officers removed Junkin to the baggage rooip, where more pri­vacy was possible. When questioned by the Courier's Oskaloosa represen­tative, the negro refused to talk. Sheriff Ja'ckson, however, when ap­proached stated that he was going 'c. take the prisoner to Washington, la; for confinement. The sheriff would make no further statement. A' travel­ing man, however, who was a passen­ger on the Rock Island train from Des Moines on which was the party, stated that it was the plan to take Junkin to Sigourney, but from there, to Ot­tumwa late tonight, for arraignment. "After this proceeding it is the plan to take the negro to iS;. Madison pen­itentiary," said he. The fact that Sheriff Jackson purchased three tick­ets to Sigournely, substantiated this fact.

Now in Sigourney.

Immediately upon the arrival of the Rock Island passenger at Sigourney, the Courier representative in that city interviewed Sheriff Jackson, but could get nothing from him other than th? statement that Junkin would be con­fined in the Sigourney jail. He is there now.

Crowds at Depots. Expecting Sheriff Jackson to arrive

in the city this morning at 9:10 o'clock with Junkin on the Rock Is­land, a small crowd of men gathered at the Union depot to view tne negro. His failure to arrive, however, was the cue for the crowd to proceed to the Milwaukee depot and see what success would be theirs upon the ar­rival of the Milwaukee from the north, which is due here at 10:10 a. m. No sight of prisoner or official, however, was afforded. Conductor Tom Reilly of the Rock Island passen­ger stated that the prisoner and offi­cials had left his train at Oakaloosj. Conductor Jack Slater of Ihe Milwau­kee said he had no officers or prison^' ers cn his train.

Roberts Disabuses Idea. Asserting that no arrangement had

been made with him to sit at the ar­raignment of John Junkin tonight in the district court, Judge M. A. Rob­erts this morning stated that .he did not believe it was the plan to bring the prisoner here until the next term of court. "While the bench warrant I is­sued in the ease of John Junkin gives authority to the sheriff to incarcerate

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LETTER FROM CAPITAL CITY

BEARS OUT STORY OF MUR­

DERED MAN.

That the Courier of March'6 was correct in stating the dead'man takon from the Des Moines river near Cllf-land ou Friday was an Italian from Des Moines, is evidenced in a further communication received by Coroner A. W. Slaught from the Des Moines postmaster. The jury here at the time of the inquest returned a ver­dict that the remains were those of an unknown man. On the body, however were found letters and work slips from the Johns Coal company of Des Moines indicating that the man was kr.own as Peter Ross in the capital city. A Des Moines postofflce money order receipt No. 21.735, also found in the clothes was Issued to a Petri Tolmo. A request by Coroner Slaught to the Des MOines postmaster to in­vestigate the matter ..as been prompt­ly complied with and it now develops that the murdered man was Piet.ro Folino of Des Moines, known there as Pietro Rosso and Peter Ross. The let­ter follows:

Pietro Follino Sent Order.

"Replying to your lett-r of Marih 6, you are advised that the sender of money order No. 27735 is Pietro Fol­ino, who gave his address ar. No. 334 Pelton avenue, Des Moines, la. The order is payable to Maria Pane Fili­pino, town of Adaini, Province of Catauzaro, Italy.

"I have vi. ited the Italian settle­ment in this city and find that this ••"t.n left his boarding house during t> * month of December. He was k- ~.-.vn there as Pietro Rosso. His last place of residence was 312 South­west Fourth street. The parties at this number state that .he left the house during the month of December and nothing has been heard from since and the Italians are all of the opinion that the man mentioned above and the party found in the river are one and the same person."

him in any jail, bastile or penitentiary in the state of Iowa where he thought, best, I have no knowledge of his being brought back to this city. Should he come tonight, in all probability, the officers will find me out of the city, as I intend going to Council Bluffs this afternoon or early tonight to spend the remainder of the week, if I com­plete the case now being heard in the district court." Judge Roberts further stated that he will adjourn court at the completion of the Ives-Eldon Tel­ephone Co. foreclosure suit, now in progress, and defer hearing the bal­ance of the cases assigned until next week, reconvening court at 9 a. m., Monday, March 15.

Cornell Not Informed. The news that .Tunkin had been

taken from Des Moines was received with surprise by County Attorney Sen­eca Cornell, who was found ill at his home on West Fourth street. "I know nothing of .Tunkin being removed from Des Moines and can not give you any Information whatever on his rumored arraignment." When asked if it was likely to have another judge of the Second judicial district come to this city tonight to sit at Junkin's ar-raaignment in the event that Judge Roberts leaves town, he stated it was not likely.

INFANTS FANCY OF NEW YORK MINISTER

NOT APPROVED BY LOCAL

BAPTISTS,

Local adherents to the Baptist church do not take kindly to the pro­posed innovation in the baptism of infants as introduced by Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of New York. When consulted regarding the idea of bap­tism of infants without water the local Baptists maintained that such a thing was impossible of accomplishment if one would regard the tenets of the de­nomination. Rev. F. G. Davies said: "It is against, the fundamental prin­ciples of the church, and as we do not practice infant baptism, it is clear that such an idea as that of Dr. Aked is radically out of conformity with the principle of the Baptist church. Do not pay any attention to such notions."

The radical departure is to be in­troduced by the Rev. Charles F. Aked at the Fifth Avenue Baptist church of New York city, of which he is pastor. It is a baptism of infants at a "dedica­tion" ceremony, at which no water will be used. The Baptists heretofore have confined themselves to the bap­tism of adults.

The first of ihe infant dedication ceremonies will take place at the church one week from next Sunday. It is in accordance with Dr. Aked's the­ories that the children should receive more consideration than they have re-ceivpd to date. "When he was in Eng­land he used a service similar to that which is to be used in the Fifth Ave-nue church and found it to be of great value.

The tenets of the Baptist church provide for total immersion. As that would be manifestly Impossible for in­fants, the use of the water will be omitted. The children will be pre­sented at the altar by their parents, who will be enjoined to bring up the children in the "nurture and admoni­tion of Jesus Christ." Prayer and sing­ing of special hymns will be part of the service.

POPE PIUS BARS ; ALL SOCIALISTS

POLISH PRIESTS READS Clft-"

CULAR WHEREIN HEAD OF

CHURCH EXPLAINS RULING _ -

Milwaukee, March 9.—An Evening Wisconsin special from Manitowoc says: The meijibers of the Roman Catholic church Sunday in an address the socialist party must choose be­tween that party and their church. This was broadly intimated by Rev. Kubiszewsky of St. Mary's Polish Catholis church Sunday in an address from the pulpit. The priest read a circular letter from the pope which Be said was the basis for his statement. Similar addresses will be made by all Catholic priests in the state.

FARMINGTON.

Dubuque Atiainst Free Text-Books. Dubuque. March 9.—The free text­

book proposition was defeated yester­day by a majority of 1,063 in a total of 4.4(1". by far the largest vote ever polled at a school election. The ques­tion was raised by a petition of union labor-ami was opposed by the press and pulpit.

Oliver tho Choice. Harrlsburpr, PnMarch 9.—George

T. Oliver of Pittsburg was today namer as the Republican candidate for United States senator to succeed P. C. Knox by the joint caucus of the lesrls-, latura.

Farmington—Mrs. J. L. Haynes of Hannibal, Mo., arrived Saturday fox

an over Sunday visit with Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Haynes.

Mrs. Kate Mitchell of Bonaparte, who lias been visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Shafer f,or the past week, re­turned home Monday.

Miss Nannie Perse of St. Louis ar­rived Friday for a visit with friends.

E. J. Boyer, who has been visiting relatives in .Arapahoe, Okla.', returned home Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Ketcham left Sat­urday for Love Lake, Mo., where they will be the gueBts of relatives.

Miss Lydia Schaad, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Schaad living about three miles west of Farmington, and George W. New .were married Wednesday evening at. the M. E. parsonage. Rev. J. H. Koch officiated. Mr. and Mrs. New will go to housekeeping in the Boler property.

Iowa Mayor Aids Cupid.

Port Huron, Mich., March 9.— Through the intercession of the may­or of Stuart, Iowa, Miss Jean Mac-Tavish, 29 years old, of Toronto, Ont., and Fred Newby of Iowa City may now be united in marriage.

Miss MacTavish came to Port Hur­on about a week ago and when stop­ped by the immigration officers told them that she was on her way to Iowa to marry a man whom she had never seen, and with whom. she had become engaged through a matrimonial agency. The local officers refused to allow her to pass through and she was sent back to Canada. Not giving up hope, however, she stopped at Sar-nia, and communicated with her fiance who asked tho mayor for aid.

The latter sent word to the inspec­tor in charge In this city that Newby was financially all right, and request­ed that Miss MacTavish be Allowed to come to that place.

MOULTON. Moulton—Rev. N. J. Nicholson has

been preaching some powerful sermons the past week. Many people have been attending and much interest is being manifested.

The Zetalethean and Philomathian literary societies will hold their an-' nual intersociety debate the latter part of th month. The question that has been selected Is, Resolved "That tho Federal Government Should Have Ex­clusive control of all corporations do­ing interstate business—constitutional­ly granted." The affirmative is repre­sented by the Philos in the persons of Earl Elerton, Stuart Mace, Olive Mar­shall and Vivian Black. The question will be denied by the' Zetas by Esco Moore, Will Chamberlain, Emma Stucky and Mabel Henson.

The Southeastern Iowa Declamatory contest will be held in the M. JS. church nt'xt Friday night. The Bloontfr field schools have already asked for- a special train over the Wabash arid specials are expected from Albla and Centerville. The following schools will be represented: Moulton, Albia, Cen-' terville, Bloomfield, Grinnell, Daven­port, Pella, Prairie City and Colfax. • .

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Edwards left last week for Hot Springs. From there they will go to California and Washington. About three months will be spent in the west. "

The following are the new officer# of the P. E. O., elected last Tuesday at. , the home of Mrs. Berry:

Pres.—Mrs. Alice Wilson. . A'ice. Pres.—Mrs. Martha Downing,. . Rec. Sec.—Mrs. Nan Dever. Cor. Sec.—Mrs. Eva Slngley. -y;. Treas.—Mrs. Kate Bavard. >• Chaplain—Mrs. Lou Holbert. Guard—Mrs. Jennie Powers. *. Journalist—Mrs. Kate Stickney. The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres­

byterian church was held last Thursn day afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. F. Berry. The subject was the "Indian" and it was very ably handled by thosfe on program. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. R. B. Car­son. The subject will be the "Chinese."

About 50 I. O. O. F's and their wives and Rebekas dropped in upon Dr. arid Mrs. Ware Saturday night and re^ minded them that they had been man-ried 15 years. A beautiful cut glass water set was the present to the es­teemed couple.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Connll are In from Broken Bow, Neb., to Visit the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. Joheph Riddle. fc.

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ELDON. "'f Eldon—Bay View club met with

Mrs. N. U. Luellan Monday. Mrs. H. L". Cross was leader. The chapters were from XXVI to XXX. Next week they will meet with Mrs. N. Wilson, with Mrs. N. U. Luellan as leader.

Mrs. Frank Hellyer and daughter Hazel left for Billings, Mont., for theft-future home. j

Chas. Simmons of Keokuk Is visiting with his sister Mrs. C. W. Sheffer.

Miss Mary Price of Ottumwa re­turned home after spending a few days with her sister Mrs. Everet Sper-ry. J

Mrs. Eshelman left • for a few-days' visit with relatives in Trenfton. Mo. ^

Mrs. C. C. Newland returned to her home in DraUevllle, after spending -a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Z. Knight. 1

Mr. and Mrs. c. C. McClure of Douds spent Sunday witTi the lattefia sister Mrs. Frank Pearson.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shore and son Kennet of Trenton, 111., are visiting with Mrs. Shore's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sperry.

Mrs. W. Morrison of Libertyvllle, ond sons George and Paul were In Eldon recently.