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JN THE COFFIN
OATHS ON WITNESS STAND THAT
GRAVE HELD NOTHING BUT A
ROLL OF LEAD, DISPROVED BY
INVESTIGATION
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MAY CLEAR MYSTERY
SURROUNDING CASE
WITNESSES IN PERJURY CASE
CLAIMED DRUCE AN DDUKE OF
PORTLAND WERE SAME AND
THA+ FORMER HAD NO EXIST
ENCE.
P']itsLondon,was
Dec., 30.—The body of
Thomas Charles Bruce in High Gate
oemetery exhumed this morning,
just forty-three years to the day after
burial. The coffin was found to
contain the remains of an aged beard
ed man, thus exploding the romantic
tale told by Robert C. Caldwell, and
others, Who swore at the recent trial
of the perjury case that it contained
a roll of lead.
The plate on the coffin bore the
name, "Thomas Charles Druce."
According to an official statement
given out by representatives of the
home office and others who officially
were present, the exhumation not only
definitely disposes of the lead myth
but seems effectively to prove th'e
body buried in 1864 was actually that
bf T. C. Druce.
Why Exhumation Was Necessary.
Herbert- Druce, the defendant in the
now famous case, is charged with com
mitting perjury by ..swearing that his
father, Thonias Charles Druce, of* the
Baker .street bazaar, died Dec., 2$,
1864, and he saw the dead body placed
in a coffin and buried in Highgate
cemetery. ,.
His "nephew, George Hollamby
Drpce, declares that this must be un
true, because T. C. Druce was in fact
the fifth duke of Portland who lived
until 1879.
That being so, George Hollamby
Druce claims that he himself, being
the senior descendant in the male
line, is now thie rightful heir to the
Portland dukedom and to certain rich
pstates, the income of which is placed
at-11,500,dOO a year, now held by Lord
Howard de Walden.
Witnesses Accused of Perjury.
i_The fifth duke of Portland and a
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man known as Thomas C. Druce have
been delclared to be one and the same
person by about a dozen, witnesses,
but particularly by Robert C. Caldwell,
at New York, who testified at length
and in detail to this effect during the
present trial.
Caldwell left London for New York
the middle of December. Upon his ar
a rival he was arrested at the request
of the British authorities on a charge
•i of perjury. Should he be brought to
trial the evidence obtained from open
ing the coffin .would be much to con
A victor dear him.
Herbert Druce opposed the opening
of the grave on the ground that he
4 did not wish to desecrate his father's
remains on the whim of a person who
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chose to make a claim to an estate
he is not interested in, and who has
put forward a claim, he declares, he
knows to be untrue.
He was obliged finally, however, by
the popular demand to put aside senti
ment and consent to the exhumation
for the purpose, as his advisers sp.y,
once and for all of putting an end to
-M the story that there was lead in the
IOWA PATENTS GRANTED.
Anderson of Ottumwa Hss Pat-
Sitent
on
Lu'5ri'
cator.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 30.— The
Mowing patents have been granted
Ldwalis:
John H. Akin and C. C. AndersoD of
Creston,metal railway tie.
Swan Anderson, Ottumwa. lubrl
sator.
Franklin H. Burr of Atlantic, ven
tilator.
Carl M. Hines and H. C. Eby of Jo!
ley. lock whip socket.
William' B. Marshall of Par s. wire
fence stretcher.
Iv Mathison, rural mail carrier's
cabinet.
C. W. Russell of Burlington, appa
ratus for liquefaction and purification
of sewage.
Ralph Storm. J. F. Underwood and
It. Jackson of Waterloo, registering
dev'ce.
John J. Tokhelm of Cedar Rapids,
fluid guage or indicator.
Rev. Sage Stays in Dubuque.
Dubuque, Dec. 30.—The Rev. John
,0. Sage, rectcr of St. John's Episcopal
Church, who we.p recently offered the
pastorate of Ht Paul's Episcopal
church of Ch!cc.i?i:, yesterday positive
ly declined tn Accept the offer. Dr.
Saa-e is slated for appointment as co
adjutor bishop of the Episcopal dio
cese of Iowa with ucadquarters :t
A NEW PICTURE OB'
Nebraskan Heads All Platform Speakers
£50,000 A YEAR
IS HIS INCOME
"PEERLESS LEABKW GETS $300
FOR EACH APPP*\rt.ANCE
ON PLATTORM.
According to the reports of his
agents, William Jennings Bryan is:
making about $50,010 a year from his
lectures. It' is said that he has filled
175 dates during the year 1907 and
that his receipts for the season have
r.veraged more than $30 for ench ap
pearance. Mr. Bryan thus stands at
the head of tiis line of plii.tijrm speak
ers today for the size of his audiences
for the receipts at the box office and
for the demand for his appearance.
If is said in Lyceum Bureau headquar
ters that Mr. Bryan's charge at Chau-
eOlDFlELD QUIET
TROOPS 00 HOME
GOVERNOR DECIDES TWO COM
PANIES ARE ENOUGH—TO
CALL OUT LEGISLATURE.
Goldfleld, Nev.. Dec. 30.—Acting on
the suggestion of prominent citizens,
Captain Cox, who is representing gov
ernor Sparks advised the governor to
day that two companies of federal
troops will be ample for the situation
and he advised the excusing of the
remainder now here from further serv
ice in Nevada.
To Call Legislature.
Washington. D. C., Dec. 30.—Gover
nor Sparks of Nevada today wired
President Roosevelt that he is pre
paring a proclamation calling the leg
islature of Nevada into extra session.
According to the President's last com
munication to the governor the troops
will now be ordered to remain at Gold
field for a period of three weeks.
Heavy Earthquake Recorded Today.
Washington. Dec. 30.—A very heavy
earthquake was recorded on the in
struments at the coast and geodetic
survey observatory at Cheltenham,
Md., and the weather bureau this
morning about 12:30 o'clock. It last
ed two hours. The maximum dis
placement was 64 millimeters.
Ex-Mayor of Peoria Aged 92, Dead.
Peoria, Dec. 30.—Dr. William R.
Hamilton aged 92 years, ex-mayor of
the city and a volunteer surgeon in
the civil war is dead. Hamilton was
president the --or.otruct.ion com
pany which built the Pacific and
Rock Island road, now part of the
Rock IsUnd system.
Injured by Failing Elevator.
Burlington. Dec. 30. —(Special.!
Joe J. Sater was fatally injured by a
falling elevator at the New Chitten
den and Eastman concrete building to
day. He had dropped around to see one
of the workmen and the elevator fell
as he passed under.
Iowa Falls Pioneer Diss.
Iowa Falls. Dec. 30. Mrs. A. A.
Angel, one of the citv'-. earliest pio
neers. died here 1n~t n'ght aged 81.
She is Mirvived i»v h^i- husband. J.
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JE NNING S BRYAN IN REPOSE.
Jtr-rj-T-i-ia -he first $250 taken at the
ard halt of all the receipts over
5500. .jvvtring lectures in a
course he efcaiyeK $200 cash as a guar
anty and ludt. of all the receipts at
the door.. Vbr single evening lectures
not in regular course, he asks half
the gross receipts.
•It is,, declared that hia. average-tfor
tho season under thesa «.ernip. wfilch
are terms that no other platform lec
turer in America can make, has been
more than $300 a lecture. Mr.. Bryai\
uses a special form of contract pre
pared by himself in making dates
through the Lyceum Bureau. The
chief features of his contracts are the
stipulation that the general adm'ssion
to his lectures shall not exceed 5,0
cents, and that he will not lecture un
der individual management or where
the profits go to individuals. It is said
that the greatest indoor audlencs Mr.
Bryan ever addressed was at Seattle
January, en 8,000 people hear.1
him: The greatest audience he ever
addressed'at Chautauquas was at Car
thfige- Mo., whore 12,000 people a:her
ed to hear him.
LID IS OLflPPPEO
ON IN DENVER
MAYOR SPEER ISSUES ORDEE.
AFTER GOV. BUCHTEL ISSUES
•. NOTICE.
Denver, Dec., 30.—Gambling houses
which have been openly conducted in
Denver for several years were closed
today on oredrs form Mayor Speer
following the publisation of open let
ters from Governor Badhtel to all the
district attorneys calling upon them
to enforce the laws and announce that
is they failed in the performance of
their duty the attorney general would
act in their stead. Midnight and Sun
day saloon closing laws, is is announc
ed will also be enforced and prize
fighting will be stopped in Colorado.
Zimrl Dwiggins Dead.
Rensalaaer, Ind.. Dec. 30. —Infor
mation of the death at Lincoln, Neb.,
of Zimri Dwiggins was received today.
He was formerly in the banking busi
ness here and founded a chain of
banks and later founded the Columbia
National bank of Chicago Many of
the banks afterwards closed their
doors.
Lover Kills Young Girl.
Abington, Mass., Dec. 30.—Miss
Edith M. Ashley, 18 years old, died
Sunday from i- bullet wound inflicted
by ligr lover. Samuel H. Stetson.- 24
years old. of Rockland, who killed
himself after shooting her. After the
shcotini she said that she told her
lover that he must give her up and
that he then shot her.
Whitewash in Land Case.
Denver, Dec. 30. Judge Lew's of
the federal court today quashed all
the indictments and sustained all the
demurrers in the ccal land fraud
cases, thereby releasing about fifty
prominent defendants from prosecu
tion.
Ambassador Aoki Says Farewell.
Washington. D. C.. Dec. 30. Am
bassador Aoki called at the 3tate de
partment today to say farewell to
Secretory Root, prior to his departure
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ELOPED WITH
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REV. JERED COOKE, LONG ISLAND
PASTOR, GIRL HE WRONGED
AND THEIR CHILD LIVING llJ
SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco. Cal.,. Dec. 30.—The
Call today publishes an interview
with Rev, Jerea Knode Cooke, former
ly pastor of St. George's Church at
Hempstead, L. I., who, it is alleged
left his wife some eight months ago,
eloping with a 17-year-old heire&si
named Floretta Whaley.
The pair have been located, it is
found in a flat on Green street in thin
city while a search has been going on
for them all over the country. A
child has been borri to them in the
terval. The rector is working
Iowa Man Is
Abin­
a
painter and decorator and when not
occupied in this line Is doing tfie hard
est, kind of mannal labor to support
himself, his companion and the child.
Factories Re-Open
2^000 Men Have
Returned to Work
Manchester, N. H., Dec. 30.
The factories of the F. M. Hoyt
company, manufacturers bf
bo.ia and shoee'ln East Man
Chester, wihch has been: closed
down for sfeveral weeks, reaunv
ed operations today. Almost
760 hands are at work today.
Steel Plant Reopens.
Pottsville,, Pa., Dec. 30.
More than a tHousand men were
made Happy today when work
was resumed at the plant of the
Astern Steel' coimpany here.
The managers say the plant Will
run five days a week.
.'I ALBIA WOMAN DEAD.
Mother of Mrs. S. A. Crosby of Ot
tumwa Passed Away This
:Pardoned.
Monticello, Dec. 30.—Levi Fuller,
who has been serving'. a term in the
Alabama penitentiary on a. conviction
of murder, has been given an uncon
ditional pardon by the governor after
having served a term of ten or eleven
years, and is on his way to this, city to
visit his sister, Mrs. Spiegel. Mr. Ful
ler formerly made his home here and
always bore an excellent reputation.
While in charge of a gang of laborers
he criticized a half breed for abusing
a mule. The half breed threatened
Fuller'6 life', and in an affray which
followed Fuller stabbed the youth,
as he claimed, in self defehse
Panic at a Picturfe Show.
Albia Dec. 30.—A panic occurred
!t
the Crystal moving picture shows in
this city when the film caught fire
and the flames were threwn out over
the crowd In attendance. T. C. Ham
mond, one of the proprietors of the
place and who was operating the ma
chine at the time, was badly burned
about the face and hands. There were
200 people present at the time and
in the panic women and children
were trampled under foot. There
were no serious injuries, though many
women and children were bruised 'n
the rush. All the machinery and a
portion of the building were destroyed.
Murder Station Agent Burn Depot.
Clarington, O., Dec., 30.—Edward
Hutchinson, the' Baltimore and Ohio
railroad station agent here, was rob
bed and murdered at an early hour to
day. The station was burned, over Jiis
head. While the railroad officials will
not talk about his case it is said that
murderers got away with a large sum
iof money.
Mrs. Shaw's Mother Dies.
Clinton. Dec. 30.—Mrs John Dunn,
mother of Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw, wife
of the former secretary of the treas
ury died in Comanche Saturday, aged
89 years.- She was born in Ireland
and came to Iowa in 1838.
President Leaves for Home Taonight.
Charlottesville. Va.. Dec. 30.
President Roosevelt and party will
l°ave North Garden at 5:30 o'clock
this afternoon for Washington on a
special train.
YEARS' SENTENCE
Crede Baily Convicted of Burglary is
Taken to Prison Today by
Sheriff.
Crede Bailey (colored) formerly of
Ottumwa, passed through the city
this afternoon in custody of the sher
iff of Polk county, for Fort Madison.
He was sentenced to 20 years in the
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Albia, Dec., .30.—(Special)1—Mrs.
M. Tucker, mother of Mrs. S. A.
Crosby of Ottumwa and Edward and
George Tucker of this city, passed
away this morning.
When The Navy Puts Doctors in Command of Ships
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To be shattered by th$ blast,
And ,to hear the trumpet thunder:
"Amputate the mast!"
THROWS SELF IN'
FRONT OF TRAIN
WISCONSIN WOMAN JNFORMS
HUSBAND OF INTENTION BE-,
-FORE SUICIDING
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dec.,' 30.-^—In
the presence of a large number of per
sons Mrs. William McGown threw her
self in fropt of a Wisconsin Central
passenger train at. Westfield yesterday
and was groufid to pieces under the
wheels. Mrs. McG^wn had' told her
husband she intended to commit sui
cide in'this manner. The woman had
been in
the
state :'hospitat
•SUES THE C1TY OFFICIALS.
Osceola Council Accused of Illegally
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Employing One of its
Members.
Osceolk, Dec., 30.—A suit has been
filed in the district court of Clarke
county by A. McKeever of this city
against the mayor, city council, treas
urer, and clerk, and also W. B.
Curnes, ex-alderman.
The plaintiff says that the city of:
fleers unlawfully employed a member
of "the council, E. W. Gingham, upon
city work while he was "a member of
the council. The suit asks that all or
any money paid out to a in'ember of
the council shall be returned to the
city and''no moye such bills be allow
ed. .The case will ii& tried at the Feb
ruary term ofi cpiirt.- The decision is
awaited with intense. interest.
Mrs, J. C. Love'joy is Dead.
Jeffersoh Dec ,'SO.1—Mrsr J-. C. Love
joy, an aged,resident?of this city, died
at the home of her daughter here.
She was the wifp of Dr. Lovejoy,
pioneer resident bf- Des Moines and
brother of Mrs. ,H. R. Lovejoy of
Tenth street, Des Mblnes.
Dr. and Mrs.,, Lovejoy moved to
Greene county in the fall of 1859, set
tling at old Rippey. The. funeral will
be held here Tuesday.', Interment at
Rippey.
',r Girl's Body, Fount) on Bank.
Michigan City,. Ind-, JQec.. 30.—The
body of Miss Emogene kinner of Penn
Yan, N. Y., who disappeared from
Michigan City. Dec. 11 was found this
afternoon on the bank of a creek in a
wild and unfrequented placed bne
had started, out ,to takie. a waik. No
trace of her could be found after she
left the house. It is supposed that
she lost her wav in the country and
perished of cold.
No Revision of Salaries.
Chicago. Dec., 30.—Trainmen and
conductors on all the railroads run
ning east of Chicago have decided to
defer action on their demands for a
general revision of wages and working
conditions. This was the decision of
the executive committee which com
pleted here today its canva,ss of the
VOte.
Minstrel Manager Dies.
Columbus, O., Dec., 30.—Boardman
Games, a well-known, niihstrel and
assistant business manager of the Al
G. Field's miiaistrels, died at Point
"leasant, W. Va., today of pneumonia.
He was 34 years old.
Col. Marshall Murdock III.
Wichita, Kan., Dec.. 30.—Col. Mar
shall M. Murdock, editor of the Wichi
ta Daily Eagle and one of the oldest
and best known newspaper men of
southwest is critically ill of stomach
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the in­
sane and had been permitted to go
home for the holidays.
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From the Chicago Tribune.
SWALLOWS 144
NEEDLES DIES
WOMAN WHO ATTEMPTED SUI
CIDK EIGHTEEN MONTHS
-AjGO HAD SliOW DEATH
New York, Dec., 30.—Mrs. Mollie
Desmond, who attempted to commit
suicide eighteen months ago by swal
lowing a package of 144 needles, died
today after the physicians had made
twenty-five surgical operations upon
her- and had relnoved all but a dozen
of the needles. Domestic troubles in
duced Mrs. Desmond to try this extra
ordinary method of suicide.
Sun Eclipse January 3.
Washington, D. C. Dec., 30.—An
eclipse of the sun will occur January
3 and will be partially visible in the
southern states of the United States
and the western coast of North Amer
ica. Although the United States naval
observatory is interested in the phe
nomena no official parties have been
sent out by the government. The
eclipse will be total at Flint island,
In the Pacific, and will be observed by
a party from the Lick observatory in
charge of Prof. W. W. Campbell, who
already have been conveyed there
from Tahiti aboard the United States
ship Annapolis. In the United States
the eclipse will be visible just about
sunset and its duration will be short.
Miss Tyler Robbed of Purse.
Washington, Dec., 30.—While re
turning from a visit to Louise Home,
where she went to make a call upon
a dying aunt. Miss Letitia Tyler, a
granddaughter of President Tyler, was
assaulted by an unknown man and
robbed of her purse. Miss Tyler's
aunt, who was Mrs.' Letitla Tyler
Semple, a niece of President Tyler,
died last evening. Miss Tyler is 65
years of age and a clerk In the navy
department. Her assailant was not
apprehended. Mrs. Semple, during
President
Tyler's
incumbency, acted
as mistress of the White House.
Sue for Tremendous Sum.
Seymour, Dec. 30. The officers of
the defunct Farmers and Drovers'
bank of Seymour, Iowa, have been
sued by the depositors through their
attorneys, Miles and Steele of Cory
don and Howard Clark of Des Moines
in the sum of $200,000 for negligence
of duty connected with the bank.
Ware remains In jail at Cop-don,
his wife and children being at the
home of Mr. Ware's parents in Sey
mour. Mrs. Ware recently made an
effort to secure bonds for her husband
but was unsuccessful.
Iowa Fugitive Ends Life With Pistol.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec., 30.—Im
mediately following his arrest on a
Charge of violating postal regulations
and after being a fugitive from Unit
ed States authorities for the southern
district of Iowa since last February,
Dr. C. H. Wachendorf, who since Sep
tember has been a practicing physl
clap here, shot and killed himself yes
terday. In an adjoining room U. S.
Deputy Marshals Carleton and Lamb
were waiting for Wachendorf to dress
preparatory to accompanying them
Bakers Plan a Convention.
Davenport Dec., 30.—Arrangements
are being made for the coming conven
tion of the Towa State Bakers' associa
tion, which will be held In Davenport
on Jan. 12 and 13. About 100 dele
gates of the master bakers, both from
Iowa and from western Illinois, will
meet here on those dates. Will Korn
of Davenport, is secretary and treas
urer of the association.
SILENCE AT
BOSTONTM
ON PHILIPPINE QUESTION AND
WILL MAKE OTHER TALK'S
DURING DAY
DIVINES HAILED HIM
AS NEXT PRESIDENT
TOUCHING ON PHILIPPINE CQN«
DITIONS TAFT SAYS ISLANDERS
WILL NOT BE READY TO G(JV-,
GUARD IN SERVICE.
Iowa Delegation to National Associa*
tion Would Enlarge
Services.
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Boston, Dec. 30. Secretary
War Taft made his first public utter
ance since his circling the world tour,
here today. Although coming to Bos
ton principally as the guest of th®
Merchants' association, Taft consent*
ed to meet many persons in othe*
walks of. life, and a program, which,
included a brief address to the leading
ministers at the regular Monday gath
ering of the Congregational divines,'
a luncheon with Governor Guild anil
a reception by the Jews at the Ely
sium club in the afternoon was
ranged.
In his address before the ministers
Taft touched at length on the pro*
gress made in the Philippines, polit«
Ically. educationally and sanitary, all
of which he said tended toward untl
mate self government.
No Self Government This Generation!
He spent considerable time in re
futing the arguments of the so-called1
anti-imperialists, a majority of whose
advocates he seemed to think belong
ed in Boston: He said with only seven
per cent of the inhabitants of the
Philippines sufficiently educated tb
to understand self government, it
would be dangerous to give the islands
over at this time. He placed ultimate
self government not earlier than a
generation or perhaps two of them, ss
Next President, Say Divines.
Taft was warmly greeted by the
audience and several of the leading
divines who spoke briefly referred to
his political future and expressed tha
hope that he might become president.
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Des Moines, Dec. 30. Iowa's na
tional guard Is eager to lead the move
ment to make the guard of evfery statal
a part of the military establishment oa
the United States.
Adjutant General Thrift has appoint^
ed Cols. W. G. Dows of Cedar RapldsJ
Frank Bishop of Muscatine, J. Rushj
Lincoln of Ames and W. T. Chantland':
of Fort Oodge to accompany him
the meeting of the National Guard as
sociatlon, which will hold its tenth
annual meeting in Boston beginning!
Jan. 13. to promote the military amal^
gamation.
Guard Second to Regulars.
Iowa's guard officers are prepare®
to stand for a proposition which will
make the guard of all the states thai
first in the line of national defense,*
in support of the regular army. Ita|
delegation of five officers will urge on!
the association that it move for an.
amendment to the Dick law whioh''
will make the guard a part of tha
military establishment of the govern
ment. place it subject to the order oP
the president for active service at hlttt
pleasure and for an indefinite period*
give it a standing as a part of the na
tional army, secure for it the issuanci
of equipment and supplies direct froi
the war department without Infringes
ment of the guard appropriations, and,
procure for it the same position. and$
responsibility which falls to what isj
known in military circles as the first*
line of defense.
Unlimited Service.
Under the Dick law the president
may now call on the guard for ninety*
day service. It is proposed to changer«
this to make this service absolute
and withut time limit in time of war*
except as ordered by the commander*
in-chief.
It is understood by the Iowa guards«
men that Acting Secretary of War
Oliver, Chief of Staff Bell and the ex
ecutive committee of the national
guard association have discussed the
matter at length and have reached'
an agreement as to the terms of leg
islation which will put into effect tha
idea endorsed by the Iowa guardsmen.
Keokuk Ticket Agent Resigns.
Keokuk, Dec. 30. —City Ticket
Agent G. E. Maxwell of the Burling
ton route, who for ten years has been
employed by the railroad company at
this place, will resign his position tha
first of January and enter into busi
ness for himself. He has had such a
move under contemplation for some
time but only decided the last, few
weeks to make the change. His suc
cessor has not been selected.
Chief Justice Cassoday Dies.
Madison, Wis., Dec., 30.—Chief
tice J. B. Cassoday' of the stats
supreme court died here thi« morning
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