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January.
I.—Enactments relative to food, al
cohol eijid transportation enforceable.
Jan. 2.—Ottumwa schools resume
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3.—W." J. Neil, South Side real es.
-Je deajer Injured in a wreck on the
jcJc
Island, near Alma, Kss., in which
|!9 people wer«S/ killed.
l| 4.—Aimuai meeting of the Ottumwa
pmmeif/clal club.
5.—First annual session of Ameri
can Commercial Travelers. Ottumwa
high, school clasg Qf 1909 entertains.
6—Fjye different churches open a
revival Campaign.
7.—Cttunty officials recently elected
take chgrge of county government.
8.—Ctojmercial association re-or
ganizes-and decides to employ salarie.l
secretary. Clerk Phillips issues his
first marriage license to John J. MC
Kinney and MIbs Katheryn Genochio.
9.—John Heenan breaks reoords by
re-entering reform school of his own
free will.
Jan. ,10.—James Cullen is lynched
at Chaj&es City.
II.—(jjrand jury begins probe of
CbartesTCity lynching.
12,—fhe Hannibal Courier-Post
purchased by the Lee Syndicate, mak
ing the.fourth jiaper, the others being
the Otjumwk^. -Courier, Davenport
Times, ''and Muscatine Journal. Ot
(umwa receives record of only
$908.'41:of the- $1,908.41 sent, to San
Francisco.
14.—Legislature organized.
16.—City pf Kingston, Jamaica, is
laid watete by earthquake. A comm.it
ee is appointed to sa to Des Moines
to intepeat Senator Del liver in estab
ii lishing a new federal court in Ot
tumwa. ..
17.—Governor Cummins ia inaugur
ated governor of Iowa for the third
time.
19.—Twenty-five killed and 30 ln
jured in a big railroad wreck at Fow
ler. Ind. Mrs. Matilda Hedrick is
plaintiff in legal action involving $100,
1 000.00,
20.—Fire In Blakesbur" does $15,000
«. damage. Aid sought for famine vie
tims in China.
22.—rRreak in Wabash river leaves
thousands homeless in Indiana. Jona
than P. Dolliver goes back to the seu
ate without opposition.
23.—Jojhn Gavin is beaten to death
near Ms home four miles from New
London^. Thaw on trial for the murder
of Stafford White.
24.—Senator Allison writes to Ot
tuinwa from Washington of new fed
eral court district.
25.—Arnold Zimmer, white and Tom
•Jrimes, colored, confess to brutally
uur&ering John Gavin near New Lon
lon. \EveIyn Nesbit's mother states
he willnot aid prosecution .n murder
Hai against Thaw.
26.—Walter L- Lane, publisher of
he Muscatine Journal dies. A new
utomaHc sprinkling device is beint?
^stalled' at the John Morrell & Co.'s
'ant. 'Governor Jas. A. Swettenham
Jamaita. apologizes to the United
tes anik resigns his position.
7.—Auwian mine accident pauses
Jfith of n%rly 200. Eight Thaw jur
ies secured
28.—"Buri* of W. L. Lane. Bloom
t!ld
is swewby fire.
29.—JacksSville is unanimously
f*'ed
a memfcr of l~.e Iowa State
gue. Body*f Jonathan Maxon is
nd iii a ciAt at the home of Dr.
ck in Eddyv!
Ward, former Ot
suicide in Albia.
|ks his life to save
over by a Bur-
RO.—'Milton
anwan, coram
Igene Dennis
jhild from bei
ton freight t'
1.—Chicago
ft fever.
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—Thaw jury
i.OOO
cases of scir-
isHioCted.
—Fight
to. savMif* of White's
•derer is begun m- defense. Jaos
•a pronosfd treat^ight begun for
?r freight rate.
—Thaw pleads ii»nity Sam L.
n, brother of Mrs. %nes', Smith of
mwa, is killed in a%uroad wreck
:he Chicago & No#wegtern in
Moines. Ice famineV|are is over,
'ver is black with putting up
Jity council takes lAion in re
to the crowded streyjpars.
-Blackburn Seminary^par char
completely destroyedYw flre.
'n Nesbit Thaw bareHer life's
ry to save her husbantO
-La Crosse Tribune iat jtied to
ee Newspaper Syndic!
mak
tie fifth paper. House \jnittee
on two cent fare me
-Cloutman Post, G. A.
to supervisors ousting
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man from the court house. The Larcli
mont, en route from Boston to New
York, collides with a schooner and
sinks with 150 passengers on board.
13.—Senate passes measures to com
pel husbands to support families.
14.—Joseph Curtis meets sudden
death in a coal mine at Hitem on.
Women march to capitol in anti
liquor crusade.
15—Mrs. Sarah .Tane Madison dies
at her home.
16.—Jap quarrel ends. First straw
berries reach Ottumwa market.
18.—Club women would free Thi'w
of murder. John Pollock, a Seymour
lad, is killed by the cars. Ottumwa is
assured the federal court.
19.—Explosion in a coal mine in
Mexico results in 100 deaths.
20.—Jerome digs holes in Thaw's
defense. Iowa banks show an increi«e
in deposits of $28,000,000. D. Wt.U
lach of Eddyville commits suicide by
cutting his throat.
21.—More than 150 people- droUn
within, sight of shore by the sinking
of' the mail steamer Berlin, off lite
shore of Holland.
22.—Washington's birthday is un
served all over the land. Shea is ic
quitted.
24 —Legislature says board of healHi
should be abolished.
25.—Between $175,000 and $200,(j 00
are missing from the United Status
sub-treasury in Chicago. Jeroi.je
forces Mrs. Thaw to repeat her life's
story. Postofflce department orders
county service for Wapello county.
26.—Two-cent fare bill passed by
senate.
27.—Marriage at Knoxville has
tragic end when twenty are hurled in
to the basement. N. F. Reed makes his
announcement as candidate for may
or.
28. —The price of egsrs drops from
30 cents to 25 cents a dozen.
March.
1.—T. J. Plllips secures 62 instruct
ed delegates at last night's conven
tion.
2.—Tillman questions Roosevelt's
canal decision.
3.—Mrs. W. R. Daum and Mrs. Fred
erick Cloud, of this city were passeng
gers on the HI fated steamship Da
korta, which went aground in the bay
of Tokio.
4.—Roosevelt appeals for aid for
the famine victims of Russia. 59th
congress ends session at noon.
Grain elevator burns at Hedrick.
Congressman Lacey retires from con
gress and Dan W. Hamilton takes his
seat.
6.—Frank B. Clark is appointed Uni
ted States marshal.
8.—Big ice jam in the Des Moines
river at the dams. T. J. Phillips is
nominated for mayor of. the city of Ot
tumwa on the first ballot by an over
whelming majority.
9.—John Alexander Doivie dies at
Shiloh house in Zion city.
11.—Arnoy Zimmer and Thomas
Grimes begin fight for their life at
Mt. Pleasant, being charged with the
Gavin murder. P. G. Safford of St.
Louis. Mo., is selected secretary of the
Ottumwa Commercial. association.
12.—Gavin murderers admit their
guilt.
13.—A. Odenwalder ify chosen re
publican candidate for mayor.
14.—Frank Clark attends opening of
U. S. court at Council Bluffs.
15.—Murderers of Gavin are sent to
the penitentiary for life. Flood in
Pittsburg throws 100,000 people out
of work.
If).—Frank Clark takes oatli of of
fice.
20.—Joint freight bill passed.
21.—Hugh Lally, one of the be3t
known bail players in the Iowa State
league is arrested in Waterloo for
stealing chickens.
22.—Former Senator Burton of t'
sas, ends six months in jail.
26.—The democratic ticket in land
slide wins sweeping victory. Oscar
Nylen commits suicide by throwing
his body in front of the fast mall.
27.—Joint rate bill passed. Pennsyl
vania secures at 2 cent fare law.
29.:—Cyclone hits Page- county
farms. Ottumwa Country club holds
annual meeting and plans business for
ensuing year. James Baggs dies at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Richardson, 11? South Moore street,
at the age of 81 years.
30.—First case for the new federal
court, $10,000 damage suit against the
Wabash, removed to Ottumwa divi
sion. Horace N. Marvin is found lost
in Deleware woods, where the kidnap
pers had abandoned him
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31.—Funeral of Mrs. Q. It. Knvsry,
whose death was caused from a gaso
line explosion, while visiting In Sioux
City. Easter services observed by all
the churches in the city.
April.
1.—Heavy frost.
2.—New city administration takes
the reins and is inducted into of
fice.
3.—Busse named as Chicago's may
or.
4.—Lunacy board reports Thaw is
sane.
5.—Roosevelt exposes big so-called
"rich man's" conspiracy to defeat his
policies.
6.—Mayor T. J. Phillips receives an
Invitation to nat'onal arbitration con- blows tip in front of station at Red
gress In New York. driekJIL, -which kills three and in
Inherltance and trust bills
downed. Snow and rain all day.
9.—William Mantz is sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary for
horse stealing.
t-:
10.-—20,000,000 in Russia are suffer
ing from famine. Manager'Jack Cor
bett and seven of his men are at held in Ottumwa.
work practising for the ball season.
11.—Foraker opens his campaign
defies Roosevelt.
.12,—Thaw jury disagrees. Eight
suicides in Chicago in one day.
May.
May 2.—Mine explosion in Virginia
kills 11 and injures 5.
3.—Cokl and snow Sweep over entire
state. Home grown vegetables for
sale on the local markets.
4.—Ed C. Myers dies at his home in
Ottumwa. Fruit crop practically
wiped out by frosts.
5.—Legal battle in Haywood case
on. Miles Morrow of Trenton shoots
Ben Farrell in front of "Smoky Row"
dive.
7.—Several towns wiped out by tor
nado in Texas.
8.—Federal troops are called to
quell the Frisco riot.
9.—Haywood trial begun at Boise,
Idaho.
10.—Son born to Queen Victoria is
heir to Spanish throne.
11.—Wheat makes an advance of 5
to 6 cents. Clash feared In Frisco
strike.
13.—Dollar wheat throws nit into
wild panic. Baron Kurolti visits
Jamestown exposition.
14.—Sympathetic strike ties up the
Morrell works.
15.—Severe storm
1b
general" over
the west.
16.—Miles Morrow is bound over to
await the action of the grand jury.
17.—Morrell men return to work.
Wheat sales break all records. Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco is executive
in name only.
20.—Haywood jury complete the
trial drags.
22.—Wheat sets a new high record
of $1.05%.
23.—Mrs. William McKinley strick
en no hope for recovery.
25.—Cloud burst in Van Buren coun
ty Is costly. Albia has 500 cases of
measles.
26.—Memorial services in the city
churches.
27.—Mrs. McKinley dead.
28.—Mrs. Stuart of Eddwilla. lured
xaar. ottotowa. ooxrailiT*
£«MT
96 years, who died at her home Mon
day evening, is burled in the Highland
cemetery.
29,—Funeral of Mrs. McKinley. Mr,
and Mrs. Isaac Swinney celebrate
their sixtieth wedding anniversary at
their old homestead.
una.
1'.—Ora Sample held for brutal
murder of Mrs. Joseph Richardson on
a farm near Belknap,
2.—Unveiling of big monument of
Jefferson Davis at Richmond, Va.
Cora Wheatley killed In runaway at
Oskaloosa.
3.—Big 'lottery deal nipped at. Mo
bile, Ala.
4.—A car loaded with dynamite
jures ten. Body of an unknown man
taken from race.
5.—Sherman Phillips (colored) ar
rested for assault on Ottumwa WQm
an.
6.—Iowa State association of Nurses
close their convention, which was
13 •—The aggregate amount of the' storm. Tornado at PleasahtviUe..
assessments on Ottumwa real estate President Roosevelt visits Jamestown
and personal property is estimated to exnoSitiop.
have increased $1,000,000 in the last I 10.—Mrs. Mettle May Melick died at
two years. her home at, 9 o'clock this morning.
15.—James H. Eckels, noted Chi- 11.—L. O. Johnson of South Ottum
cago banker, found dead In bed. wa, buried in the Ottumwa cemotery.
16.—Earth shock kills 500 in Mex- Two cent fare bill vetoed in New
ico.
17.—Earth shocks reported in all
corners of globe.
19.—Town in Philippines is destroy-'
ed by flre, 20,000 homeless.
20.—Farmers' and Drovers' hank
Seymour is closed to prevent run. Ovit
Turner of near Bedford, kills his
brother's wife, and -then kills his
brother, and afterwards commits sui
cide.
22.—Shortage
found by examiners
in Seymour bank.
23.—Mayor Phillips closes the lid
tlsrht on boxing.
24.—Roosevelt scores friends of
Mover, Havwood and Pettlbcne.
25.—Middle west la hit by cold wnve.
27.—George Wilson halts wedding
ceremony to put load of buckshot In
to crowd of serenaders at Lovil'a.
The Jamestown exposition opens in a
blaze of glory.
29.—Mayor Schmitz of San Francis
co, Cal., ready to turn aid to
state.
30.—John Hackert, a farmer near
Sicourney, commits suicide by hang
ing.
7.—Mrs. Anna Larson of Ottumwa is
deserted by her husband and appeals
for aid. Ottumwa high school gradu
ates,meet at high school building,
8.---0ttU!hwa hjt by heavy '.wind
York.
12.—W. W. Adams of Bloomfield
says he killed a, man, and is held by
local police.
13.—Mayor Schmitz of Sah Francis
co is convicted of extortion of money
from keepers of restaurants. Roy Rob
inson of Albia is struck by lightning.
14.—Judge Robers closes Albia's sa
loons. Urlck is elected president of
the Iowa federation of labor in con
vention in Keokuk
15.—The second peace conference
opened at the Hague. Last day of
Cormopolitan carnival.
17.—M. Rowland died at his home
at 2:30 this morning.
18.—Efforts to impeach Orchard by
defense. John Williams, a farmer re
siding northwest of the city, overcome
by heat.
19.—Ottumwa Butchers and Gro
cers hold a picnic in Eldon. Eldon
faces a war between church and sa
the lpon.
20.—The threatened telegraph
strike is called off.
21.—French troops desert arms to
join In revolt. Des Moines gets new
citv government.
22.—Telegraph operators of San
Francisco walk out.
23.—Trains clash on the New York
Central near Rochester, N. Y., which
kills 5 and Injures 20. Four people
drown at Muskegon, Mich., by man
who rocks boat.
24.—William E. Bartholemew of El
don died at his home laat evening.
Sherman Philips, who is accused of
criminal assault, is released on bonds,.
27.—Eldon alarmed by threats of
burning out revival. Flossie Hills is
compelled to jump into the turbulent
Des Moines to avoid persistent lover,
named Leroy Furniss, an Ottumwa
barber.
July.
1.—Dock Posey hanged by a mob at
Dallas, Ga. Telegraphers strike re
ported to be spreading.
2.—Rockefeller eludes federal of
ficers. City council passes a resolu
tion for more paved streets.
3.—Mayor Bradley, of Eldon, asserts
that Eldon is busted. Harry Orchar
is assailed by.witnesses,
4.—Ottumwa is one continual up
roar of exploding fire-works and deaf
ening noises.
5.—No fatalities mar fourth in Ot
tumwa. Iowa casualities reach big
total. John D. Rockefeller faces Judge
Landls.
6.—Richest man in the world 1b
quized by Chicago judge. Japanese
are fighting In Formosa.
7.—Mayor Schmitz gets five years
in the pen for grafting. Mrs. Florence
W. Jacques has been appointed a
member of Ottumwa's police force.
8.—William McLaln died at his
home in Ottumwa, aged 99 years.
9.—Iowa shippers want freight tar
iffs j-educed. Jap scare may result in
the expansion of the nayy.
10r.y—Uncle Sam has begun fight on
tobacco trust. Moyer takes the
Btand
,i^ aid ox Haywood. Burlington to
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make rate 2 cents a mile qver entire
system. Blakesburg is htt by storm.
11.—Twe-cent fare upheld in this
state.
14.—Pope sends his blessings to
American Catholics. A, W. Lee,
of Ottumwa, president of the Lee Syn
dicate of evening papers, dies at Not
tingham, Bn gland.
16.—River is at 10.02 mark and is
still rising. City council in session
honors the late A- W. Lee,
17.—Thousands attend the annual
outing of Morrell employes at Cald
well park in Ottumwa. Assessments
of railroads are Increased.
18—The Des Moines river has risen
four feet in two days. Big floods in
east follow heavy ratns.
20.—Crops damaged by wind, hall
and rain storm. 35 killed and scores
hurt In Michigan w?esk.
23.—Angelina Sinclair of Melrose
dies of suffocation at the Ottupiwa
hospital, by swallowing grain of corn.
24.—Min# #trike in Minnesota 1»
spreading.
24.—Ottumwa Oarsmen enterta!n
live hundred members and friends.
28.—Mrs. W. L. White died as her
home in Oskaloosa grieving for her
runaway son.
2$.—Miners ia Mli*fielqta district
are returning to lyprk. Marriage of
Louts Jacobsan an^ Ella Reece at
Sigourney sotetnnb&6 by Ottumwa
Kabi.
29.—Funeral services of the late
A. W. Lee. Remains taken to Cedar
Rapids for burial.
'30.—P^itibone is deWed bail. Mov
er is released.
31.—Senator Foraker threatens to
bolt ticket. Evelyn Thaw announces
that she will not go back on the
stage.
August.
1.—William H. Powell, his wife and
son, Haltie, and Mrs. J. Frad Stevens
and her little daughter, Anna are
swept over the dam In a pleasure
craft and drowned.
2.—Standard Oil Co., Is fined $29,
840,000 for rebating.
3.—Hlteman suffers a big loss by
fire. River frives up the bodies of the
Powell family. Mrs. Powell's body
was found at Keosauqua and the body
of Mr.
tPowell
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and son, HaJHe were
found here.
4.—Laura Mytton is appointed dep
uty clerk of the U. 8. district court of
the Ottumwa division,
7.—4 killed and many injured 1q
Iowa storm which swept over north
em part of the state.
8.—Bryan stops off in Ottumwa and
eats a big slice of pie.
9.—Diver continues fruitless search
for the bodies of the late Mrs, Stevens
and daughter. Western Union men
strike, business tied up.
lu.—Telegraph striKe spreads to the
cities. Chicago is completely tied «p
11.—Frank Duncan slays George
Godfrey, then ends his own life at the
Duncan home, corner of South Clay
and Sherman Streets. Mrs. Sarah
Crowe passes away suddenly from
heart failure. Frank Fuliwood (color
ed )shoots "Crfuekerj&ck" Jones of
Rutledge.
11.—Fire destroys Morris-Williams
sale barns on the South Side. Loss
$6,000.
13.—The telegraph atrike becomes
general. J. Fred Stevens -goes to
down river points to plan united ef
fort to search for the bodies of his
wife and daughter, victims of the riv
er tragedies.
14.—"Ollepaw' is planned for Ot
tumwa.
15.—Mrs, J. F- McMahan and sevan
daughters in the Ottumwa hospital
with typhoid fever, two children sick
at home, and father is convalescing.
16.—Small arrives in Chicago to
lead the key men in the strike.
17.—Severe storm in qoutbeaatevn
Iowa coBts three lives.
19.—Small seeks federal aid In the
strike. Order of Humility of Man
purchase 117 acres of ground in
Grandview addition near the country
club, and will build a $50,000 academy
uere.
Kermit Roosevelt jpims the U. S
cavalry at Fairfield.
23.—G. M. Lentner of Highland
Center greets friends on his 100th
birthday.
24.—Ottumwa Oarsmen entertain
five hundred members and friend*
Levj Orman burled in a home made
coffin of lumber he provided,
28.—Mrs. W. h. White dies at her
home in Oskaloosa grieving tor her
runaway son.
31.—Mayor T. J. Phillips is chos^b
•,y
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October.
1.—Forty thousand people greet
President RooaeveU at Keokuk. Kl
mer Gillum of Etdon falls between cars
and is killed.
2.—President ftoosevelt is greeted by
thousands at St. Louis.
3.—Henry Booajer ot Waterloo, Ind.,
interurban promoter, committed
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LUSUHN/h
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chairman qf the "Ollepaw" commit- ohnrlton, commits suicide," hy u'fUp
tee. .-/i poison.
S«pUmb«i\ I Novoniber*,
2.—Carpenters and Joiners' union' 1.—England is tied up hv a railroad
hold an all-day picnic at Caldwell park Mild dinbtherfn paa^«i iM-eyti
In observance ot Labor day. »ent In Ottumwa.
3,—Ottumwa Country club galf 2.—Miss Mary Ostdlek a|^ th
team defeats the Qskalogaa Country home of her daughter, Mrs, Qtfo
club ftolf team. Citv sccents Liejghton Bremhorst. at the age of 9.3- yoars.
park proposition. —Bandits rob a depot at. C^ter»
4.—Grand Jury returns nine Indlet-
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cide at the Batlingall Hotel In Ottum
wa. by taking poison. President Roose
velt visits Memphis, Teiyn.
4.—National corn exhibition opens at
the Coliseum In Chicago.
5.-—Leo Strohmeyer Of town City is
fatally injured in a football game.
7.—School house at BUxton burns to
the ground.
9.—Mrs. Ch&dwlok. with her mind
wrecked. Is reported to be dying. Lee
Strohmeyer dies at his home In Iowa
City from Injuries received in a foot
ball game.
10.—Wellman boat goes down 15
are drowned near Copenhagen.
11.—CasBle Chadwick died in the
Ohio prison. Lusltanla crosses tho
Atlantic ocean in four days. Bryan
opens his presidential campaign
14.—Key men vote to continue the
telegraphers' strike,
15.—Powder mill at Fontanelle, Ind.,
blows up, wrecking town and causing
heavy loss of life.
16.—Taft opens assembly in Philip
pines.
17.—Anti-saloon attorney at Daven
port 1^ jeered, draws a run. and is ar
rested.
18.—President Roosevelt kills a big
black bear at Bear Lake.
21.'—Federal court Is opened In Ot
tnmwa. Public reception of Ameri
can Home Flnd!n~ society. Aerial crafts
start in unusual race from St Louis.
22.—Knickerbocker Trust company
of New York stops paying money to
depositors after withstanding strain all
morning.
28.—Operator of air ship which elec
trified Ottumwans during the Ollepaw
has e. narrow escap* from death at St.
Louis.
26.—MarshaJltown has a bad flre.
28.—King Alohonso and Queen Vic
toria visit in Pari*. France.
29.—Ministers aopeal to the govern
or to enforce the liquor taws at Df^en
port.
80.—Fifteen thousand peop ~*vn
ot Bokhara. Russia. kllie*
silde.
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ville.. Eight companies iftaye Ft, Dfei
ments. Presbyterians at Stgourney Moines for South Dakota, to saWw
honor BOth anniversary. the Utes.
6.—Twelve
killed in railroad wreck 5.—J. K. Dypart and J. W. Hall, vi'lth
at Cedar Flails. Governor Cummins, visit, at
wmWijk
7.—Mrs. Fred M, Flfili found mui ton. New York ecjtn
dered In her home In Kvanston and Mr. Allon of Aurora thriven }n, a 4'flt
Fish found with his throat cut hesldc.Qf peanuts.
her. 6.—Anti-graft ticket is elected I*
9.—After search of years, Charles 'Frisco. Operators vote to enq
Kellogg ot Tyrone loams daughter has strike..
been adopted into Belknap home.
8-—Congress
10.—Efforts are mate to ond tlve rency law. Russians Seek to erjnst
wire strike. Pennsylvania a-oent fare with Uncle Sam when, they hear of t^fi
law held to he void. American-Jap war.
11.—The
steamship Lusitanla lowers 9.^—President Roosevelt.icpnfers vRtyJh
all records for liners. Coroner's in-' labor leaders.
quest" charges Charles H. W. Evoland 10.—Ottumwa has the first snow, of
with carelessness contributing to New the season.
Sharon wreck.
li.—1. M. Parrv. foe ot labor raps,
Bryan and Beveridire.
13-—Home of Major Cobb of Lovllia
is raided hv women, who search the
house from ton to bottom and quantity
of bOQee Is' found and destroyed.
14,-^Twenty-flve people are killed
and many injured In n. wrack on ths
Bostop and Maine R. R. near Concord.
?T., H. Constantino Is on trial for $ho
Gentry murder in Chicago.
19.-iCasBjs Chadwlek Is stricken
blind in the Ohio prison.
17.—Miles Morrow Is nlaced on trial
for the fafUfog Qf Bennle Parrel!.
18.—Ottnmwa
schools are closed on
account of oppressive heat.
20.—Ak'»l»in arrives tn Ottumwa.
21.—Goehei murder laid to door of
Kentucky man. Seventy-two cases and
12 k«""vof beer are spilled In Albia.
28.—The Ollepaw festival opens In
full blast. Constantino gets life sen
tence for the Gentry murder.
24.—Mayor T. J. Phillips presents
the keys of the city to Chief Wapello.
Miss Ada Hlokev Is named queen of
the festival.
25.—The Ollepaw parade at 7:30
p'clook the biff feature of the festival.
Morrow's ease sfoes to iurv.
26.---Airship*# flight and parade thrill
carnival crowd,
27.—Small orders telegraph operat
ors to return to work.
28.—Ollepaw comes to close. Miss
Mary Mahoney assaulted by unknown
man. and is taken to the hospital In a
critical condition.
?#.—Monument to mark McKlnley's
resting nlace is dedicated. ,~
to consider new cut«
12.—Walsh nlaced on trial for bank
frauds, In ChiCago. American Fed
eration of Labor'takes steps to estab
lish thp universal eight hour day In
America.
18.—New York,custom house, which
cost more than $7,OO0,OW, Is completed
and turned ever to the government.
President RuoseV^lfc' Sa.W' ''In Ckd Wa A
Trust," ?n coins, Is a sacHlcge.
14.—Mites Morrow Is declared not
guilty of the murder of Benny Fardel'.
by the jury.
15.—Confessions of Mrs1. Bradley told
In court.
16.—Oklahoma admitted to the
union.
December.
1.—An explosion at Fayette City,
Pa., entraps between thirty and for
ty miners.
2.—Joseph Cannon, Illinois congress
man, Is elected speaker of the lowe*
house of the sixtieth congress.
3.—Mrs. Bradley found not ,guilty
of Brown murder and Is released.
President's message
WM
IS.—Mrs. Lois Randall of Bloomfield
celebrates her 98th birthday.
19.—P. W. Simonson of Illinois says
he was touched for $2,005, in "Smoky "4%
Row." Mrs. Bradley breaks down pn ..
the stand. sfii
20.—W. W. Beattie Is elected head
at the Order pf Railroad Telegraphers.
21.—Keota srlrl l« heM in Denver, I
Colorado, charged with formery.
23.—Russia pavs to Japan $24,302,- af
200. Bryan calls on Roosevelt at the
White House. Sg
25.—Thaw's trial Is postponed for S
two months.
28.—Thanksgiving observed In the
city.
26.—Weston arrives In Chicago. Pet
tlbone Is placed on trial. i.%
29.—Court order claps lid on in Kan
sas Citv.
30.—Caswell Dennis dies at his home
In Highland eCnter at the advanced 8
age of 90 years. Arguments to jurjr sg
begun In Bradle" case. S
1b
ed with assault with intent to kill upon
the person of Mary Judson.
18.—"Snapper" Kennedy goetK to Os
kaloosa. Crede Bailey (colored), a.,-,,
former Ottumwa character, la sen-#
tenced to 20 years in the penitentiary,'
at Des Moines.
19.—Alfred Daugherty is a'"este£
charged with fraudulently s«v
government penslpn
miners imprison
it®'
read to th«
sixtieth congress.
4.—Mrs. Fletcher, former wife of a
wealthy South Side man, ask# $30,000
for alimony.
5.—George McCulIough meets with
serious accident at packlnd nous*. Na
tlonal Bank of Commerce of Kansas
City closes. ii
6.—Reelment sent from "Frisco to
Goldfleld with 80 days' rations and
machine guns to quell strike. I
7.—King Oscar of Sweden is report
ed to be dying.
8.-rKing Oscar II. of Sweden dies.
9.—Billy Sunday promises to come td
Ottumwa In 1908 or 1909. "Snapper"
Kennedy causes a fight in tho bfMttball
circles.
10.—Frank and George Howard, wh«r
are accused ot blowing safe of store at
Haskins, arrested In Ottumwa.
11.—Clearfield banker pleads guilty
and gets five years at Fort Madison.
12.—Farmers' Institute meets at tha
Y. M. C. A. President Roosevelt states
that under no circumstances will he
run for the presldenc" again.
13.—Denver gets the democratic na
tlonal convention.
14.—The Farmers' Institute-comes to-',
a close. The first real snow of the'
season. v:
16.—Mammoth fleet leaves Atlantic
seaboard for 14,000 mile cruise to the
Pacific. Cummins out for candidate
for United States senator.
17.—Miles Morrow is arrested charg-
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