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M. E. CONFERENCE flUEd WILL AT GENTEBVILLE TALK AT GLENWOOD

ETHEL LYMER DIES AT BAY VIEW

BI8HOP 8TUNTZ TO PRESIDE— SIXTH DISTRICT IOWA CONGRE8S. ONLY CHILD OF DEAN L-YMER OF

OTHER NOTABLES TO BE I MAN TO ATTEND THE VET- I IOWA WESLEYAN PAS8E8

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FOR SALE CHEAP—IRON FENCE braces and cultivators. E. Slgci.

FOR SALE—SPLENDID 87 AC**E improved farm at $"» an acre. Must be sold at once to settle a" e"t®t5J? the reason for this rcmarkabiy ow price This farm is situated XI miles

. from 'ottumwa and Is the best buy in Iowa today. O. Kem Miller, R. R. 1, Agency. Old phone 20o

FOR SALE—SOME HORSES AND brood sow-j, also 80 acre farm for Bale or trade. Wm. Workman, R. No. 1, Belknap, la. . - ,

Eggs and Poultry SINGLE COME WHITE LEGHORN

cockerels at reduced prices if taken at once. W. H. Boon, BataVia, la.

MISSOURI LOOKS AFTER HER STREAMS

Jefferson City, Mo„ Aug. 1&.—With fnore miles of navigable streams with­in and on its borders than any other state in the union, and two of the largest rivers in the world forming part of its boundary, Missouri is keenly and deeply interested in, and much of

"Its future prosperity depends upon the federal authorities maintaining all in­terior fresh water avenues of com­merce constantly in condition for boat traffic, and this assertion includes the Missouri river, announces a bulletin of the bureau of labor statistics, given publicity by Commissioner John T. Fitzpatrick.

It is cheaper to ship by boat than by rail, and since the consumer pays the freight charges, he is entitled to all the advantages he can gain in this respect, further asserts the bureau of labor statistics' bulletin.

The object of the bulletin to' call attention to the possibilities of the Missouri river as a navigable stream, to create approval for its improve­ment all over the country, and to off-get the recommendation of Lieut. Col. Herbert Deskyne, United States en­gineer in charge of the Kansas City-St. Louis reach of the Missouri river, to congress, against completing the 6-foot $20,000,000 channel, for which $6,000,000 has already been appropri­ated. It is also shown how rairoads will reap additional benefits and not lose freight traffic through the federal government keeping this avenue of a commerce, and also the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and all navigable tributaries, open for steamboatlng at least eight months every year.

WHISKY IS STOLEN FROM BEACON DEPOT

Mrs. Sarah Emily PloVatt.

Mrs. Sarah Emily Pickett was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana February 11, 1846' and died at the home of her son Frank Pickett, 118 N. Sheridan avenue, Ottumwa, Iowa, Friday August 13, 1915.

• Mrs. Pickett came to Iowa in her girlhood. She was a daughter in a

• Methodist parsonage home and knew J something of the hardships and the I Joys of the itinerant life. Her father I was for eighteen years a 'member of 1 the Iowa conference, and served sev­eral circutis not far from Ottumwa.

She was married to Asahel Cooley Pickett May 3, 1866. Mr. Pickett pre­ceded her in death some years ago. He passed away September 14, 1902. To this union there were born nine chil­dren ,one dying in Infancy, eight sur­viving, five daughters and three sons, Mrs. Minnie Hanshaiv, Drakesville, la.; Mrs. Ella Russell, Moberly, Mo.; Mrs. Kste Shaffer, Keokuk, la.; George J. Pickett, Mrs. Harry Eager, Clyde A. Pickett and Frank E. Pickett of Ot­tumwa. and Mrs. Bessie Else of Chi­cago, 111.

Mrs. Pickett lived on a farm near Keosauqua for a number of years, then moved to Keosauqua where she made her home for some time, coming to Ot­tumwa about nine years ago, and has since made her home here. She has been a member of the Methodist church for many years and was greatly inter­ested in its progress, though for some time she has been deprived of Its. serv­ice through feeble health. On Friday morning at 11:30 surrounded by her loved ones she passed peacefully to her eternal rest. The funeral service-was conducted at the home of her son Frank Sunday morning August 15 at 9 o'clock. Interment at Keosauqua.— Contributed.

Daniel Wise, son of Jacob Wise, was born in F»*ankllj! county, In<1., Adgust 8,. 1S46 and depatred tl is I fo Julv SO, 1915. He was hk«5i1 68 years, eleven months and twenty-two day,«.

Mr. Wise grew to .-nan'.iood In his native state and when twenty-flvi! years of age cam« to Iowa, living near Old Ashland. November 2, 1871 he was married to Miss Amanda Gilmer north­east of Agency. One son, William Henry was born »to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Wise have irrde their honu. r~>'i.hen«t of Agency for many yei;«• su- • » • was held in n!>rh «steem by his n-»s«hh«>rs. He was confirmed in Hio Lutheran church when a boy and always remain-ed in that faith.

Mr. Wise leaves to mourn hfs depar­ture his wife, Mrs. Amanda Wise, hlt> son William and grandson, Russell. Also .one sister Mrs. Elizabeth Bloom of Cincinnati, O., and numerous other relatives. '

The funeral service was conducted by Rev. M. D. Cox of Agency Sunday August 1 at 8 p. m. in the M. E. churr\ Interment was in Agency cemetery— Contributed.

Oskaloosa, Aug. 18.—Ninety-six quarts of whiskey were stolen from the depot at Beacon. The room in which the shipments of booze consign­ed to a number of parties were stored was broken into and entered and the goods taken out.

Agent John Price notified the au­thorities as soon as he discovered the loss and since then both city and county officers have been engaged in rounding up the parties responsible for the theft and the removal of the liquors,

SCHOOL TEACHER IS HURT IN ACCIDENT

Iowa City, Aug. 18.—Miss Josephine Smith, a teacher in the Des Moines

Ischools, and Mrs. Eden, her sister, of Knoxville, were injured when the auto In which they were riding ran wild down a hill and into a ditch after the steering gear broke. The two were en route from Silvis, 111., to Mrs. Eden's home in Knoxville. The acci­dent occurred on the road between Iowa City and West Liberty.

Miss Smith was caught under the car. Her elbow was dislocated and the ligaments in an arm and leg were torn. Her sister suffered painful in­juries when she jumped from the speeding machine. Both were brought to a local hospital. X-ray examina­

tions failed to reveal any broken bones.

Centerville, Aug. 17.—The Iowa an­nual conference of the Methodist ofcurch will convene in Centerville Wednesday, Sept. 1, for the first time since 1880. It will be presided over by Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, an Iowa man, elected bishop at the last gener­al conference, the only man to secure election on the first ballot. He now has charge of the South Ameriokn field but Is home for a few months and was assigned this conference to relieve Bishop F. M. Bristol, who is in poor health.

Many leading men of the church will be here to present their causes, such as Clarence True Wilson on Tuesday night, general secretary of the temper­ance society; Dr. Freeman D. Bovard, corresponding secretary of the church extension society on Wednesday night, Dr. Wm. S. Bovard of the board of Sunday schools, Thursday night; Dr. J. F. Ream of the board of education, Friday night; Prof. J. B. E. Shaw, rep­resenting the Freedman's Aid, Satur­day night, and Wilber F. Sheridan, representing the Epworth league, Sun­day night. Bishop Sluntz will deliver several short addresses, the Sunday morning sermon, and the missionary address Sunday night. One of the special features this year will be a series of 4 o'clock talks on rural econ­omics by state university extension department representatives.

The final session will be Monday, Sept. 6, when the pastors from the 150 Methodist charges in southeastern Iowa will be assigned to their appoint­ments for the coming year. These ap­pointments will be made by the bishop, who will have the advice of, the four district superintendents, Rev. H. F. Gilbert of the Muscatine district, Rev. C. L. Tennant of the Burlington dis­trict; Rev. G. L. Minear of the Oska­loosa district, and Rev. E. J. Shook, of the Ottumwa district.

The Centerville church has made special preparations for the confer: ence. As the Sunday school has grown to an attendance of above 500 more room was needed and the base­ment has been remodeled, steam heat from the city plant Installed, and the interior decorated, at a cost of about $6,000. The church was built in 1906 at a cost of $50,000. Improvements since make it a $60,000 property. /

Besides the 150 active ministers there will be many retired from active service present. This is the year for electing delegates to the next general conference to convene at Saratoga Springs in May, 1916. This necessi­tates the assembling of the lay elec­toral conference to elect *^e four lay delegates to accompany tV> four min­isterial from the conferences. The Centerville church presents a candi­date for one of these position in J. M. Beck, editor of the Centerville Ioweg-ian, who was elected for the 1912 gen­eral conference and is commended for reelection. The lay electoral confer­ence convenes Friday, Sept. 3 at 10:30 and on adjournment of its afternoon session the Laymen's association will convene and remain in session till Saturday afternoon. Many topics of interest to laymen will be discussed. The lay electoral conference will be called to order by its former secre­tary, E. L. Stickney of Moulton, and the laymen's association will be pre­sided over by S. A. Power of Fairfield, as president, and A. N. Jarvis of Bur­lington, as secretary. Topics on the lay association program are all on vital problems of the day and it is ex­pected a large number of laymen will attend.

Glenwood, Mo., Aug. 17. —Congress­man C. W. Ramseyer, of Bloomfield and representative from the sixth dis-

; trict of Iowa will, be one of the speak­ers here on August 28, the last day of a three days' reunion of soldiers from the civil and Spanish-American wars. | The .event is known as the grand In­terstate reunion and this year will be : the nineteenth annual gathering. Spe­cial railroad Accommodations have

I been made over the Wabash and .many J people are expected from northern Mis­souri and southern Iowa to attend some of the sessions which begin on

I August 25 and( continue through the twenty-eighth. Cleveland A. Newton of : St. Louis, candidates for governor on I the republican ticket, Jere T. Muir of Le Grange candidate for governor on the democratic ticket, M. A. Romjue of Macon, candidate for congrefs, Sydney J. Roy, candidate for congress, C. O. Raine of Canton, Rev. R. W. Lilley of Kirksville and John A. Swanger of Sedalla, ex-8ecretary of state are among the other speakers listed to ap­pear during the gathering.

All kinds of subjects are to be pre­sented from the platform and the musical side of the programs will be taken care of by the New Harmony Male quartet and the College Boys', band. J. P. Smith is the secretary and O. Thompson, the president of the as­sociation in charge.

RED LIGHT LAW WILL BE TESTED

Des Moines, Aug. 17. — The question of the constitutionality of Iowa's noted "red light" law is one of the issues at stake in a case that came to trial in the county court here today.

County Attorney George Wilson is seeking tn lnjunctloh against the own­ers and proprietors of a downtown hotel, to have it closed. Demurrers have been filed attacking the stringent provision passed by the last legisla­ture. They claim its fundamental prin­ciples, are in conflict with the state constitution.

If, as the county contends, the "hotel" is found to have beeyn a resdrt for immoral persons, the court can close it for a year and order the fix­tures sold.

.4 CHARITON.

Miss Helen Boyles, a trained nurse ' of Des Moines visited over Sunday in this city with her mother Mrs. Sam Boyles and sister Ida. She was accom­panied by a friend Miss Dlckerson.

Mrs. Harrison Stansberry of Fair­field came yesterday for a visit in Pleasant township with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Duffield.

Geo. Yocum has returned from a few days' visit in Fairfield at the home of Prof. Bell and wife, formerly of this city, and with other friends there.

Ben Bailey df Sterling, 111., came a few days ago tn Join his wife in a visit with his aunt Miss Melissa Lam-bertson and old friends.

Mrs. Kate Rardin of King City, Mo., is visiting in this city, a guest of her sister Mrs. Will Beck.

Miss Nellie Kinney of gloomington, 111., came yesterday for a visit with her sisters, Mrs. Jennie Chandler of this citv and Mrs. And* Cook of Lucas.

Mrs. Walter Crispin was in Albia yesterday on business.

Mrs. Bertha Miirphy of Van Wert visited in this city Sunday night with Mrs. Oscar Francis, enroute home from a visit in Ottumwa.

MANY ATTENDING NORTHERN IOWA FAIR Mason City, Aug. 18.—There are big

crowds here for thfe opening of the North Iowa fair, which will continue throughout the week. Auto races,' sanctioned by the International Motor Contest association, will be one of the features. Among the drivers who will appear are Louis Disbrow and "Wild Bill" Endicott, both noted drivers.> An evening performance, including an ex­hibition by the Paine Fireworks com­pany, will be an attraction.

ELABORATE PLANS FOR PERRY REUNION

Mt. Pleasant, Aug. 17. —Miss Ethel Lymer, daughter and only child of Dr. and,Mrs. E. E. Lymer, dean of Iowa Wesleyan college, passed away at the family summer cottage at Bay View, Michigan Monday. Despite the fact that Miss Lymer has been an invalid for nearly two years her death was very sudden and came as a distinct surprise to her wide circle of friends. The first intimation of the precarious condition of her health came in the form of a telegram Sunday evening which announced that her recovery was doubtful. Miss Lymer has been practically confined to her bed, suffer­ing with acute sciatic rheumatism since January, 1914. At that time she was the accompanist for the Iowa Wes­leyan college glee club and a severe cold contracted upon the long trip, brought on the grim malady which re­sulted in her death. Every thing that loving care and skilled medical science could suggest was done for her. For the past three months she had been regaining strength rapidly. In June she was able to be present in a wheeled chair at the commencement exercise of the college she loved so well. When she was wheeled into the college chapel she was given a tremen­dous ovation by the students many of whom had been in her classes. When the family departed for Bay View it was confidently anticipated that Miss Lymer would return with her health completely restored.

Ethel Lymer was born at Bfesex, Iowa In 1888. She was educated in the public schools of that city and later at Black Hills and Morning Side col­leges. In 1904 when her father came here as dean, Miss Lymer enrolled at Iowa Wesleyan. She graduated with th? degree of bachelor of music in 1908 and bachelor of arts in 1908. In 1911 she was elected to the faculty of her Alma Mater as the head of the French department.

The deceased was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. The body will be brought here for burial.

WOMAN LEAVES

ALARM IS BEING FELT FOR MRS.

J. H. TUCKER WHO SEEMS TO

HAVE DISAPPEARED.

DELAY PICNIC FOR GRAIN HARVEST

FARMER8 AND MERCHANTS OUT-

ING POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT

OF LATE SEASON.

Perrj, Aug. 18.—Elaborate plans have been made to insure the success of the annual old settlers' meeting which will be held on August 18 and 19. Boone, Greene, Guthrie and Dal­las county old settlers are expected to attend the meetings which will be held in the Wise grove a mile north of Dawson.

Among the speakers on the program are Judge W. H. Fahey, Perry; B. W. Garrett, Des Moines; Assistant Attor- i ney General Fletcher, Lieut. Governor ' Harding and Congressman Dowell.

Because the farmer's presence is needed in his fields at present owing to the bad weather having delayed the Beason, there will be no joint farmers' and merchants' joint picnic held in the Mu.:ge grove Thursday. The post­ponement was agreed to by both mer­chants and farmers out of consider­ation for the latter who have been hit pretty hard by the unusual summer weather. A meeting of the joint ar­rangements committee to be held in a few days will fix the date when the outing will be held.

While a big time was planned for Thursday, the business men and their employes have smothered any disap­pointment they might haye felt be­cause they realize that the farmer must make hay while the sun shines and must harvest the grain while the weather will permit. Then, too, they know that one time is quite as good as another during the summer for them and they desire to have-the big j joint outing the beginning of an annu­al event that will always attract hun­dreds from both city and couhtry for the enjoyment of a day in the open.

1,900 MILES IN FIVE YEARS. Des Moines, Aug. 18.—The con­

struction of 1,900 miles of hard sur­faced roads in Iowa during the next five years is the plan outlined by the Greater Iowa association, according to Secretary Clum of Clinton.

Knoxville, Aug. 17. —Knoxville has a real sensation in the disappearance of Mrs. J. H. Tucker. The woods and ravines north and east of town, in the coal mine regions are being searched by men and boys. '

The woman was last seen in Knox­ville Aug. 4, when she left hohit where she left all the windows up and a tub of clothes soaking on the baok porch. Women in the neighborhood became much excited over the matter as early as last Sunday fearing that she was dead in the house.

No official investigation was made until Thursday when Constable Mc-Cord and his men searched the premises.

They found two or three letters ad' dressed to various persons, including one to her daughter, and in eaoh it is said she hinted broadly at suicide. Poisoned chocolates were found in the bureau drawers, also a note naming the person who should find them to leave them alone, as they had been Bprlnkled with strychnine. A chemical test prov ed the truth of the assertion.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tucker were for merly Free Methodists. She dressed •ery plainly and often expressed the belief that fashion devotees were "doomed to hell." The family had trouble and Tucker left his wife about a year ago. Soon afterward, she be­gan dressing in the regular Anne Rit-tenhouse styles.

The authorities later took charge of tier children and sent them to the Ot­tumwa Home Finding society. Since that time the woman has lived alone and has acted so oddly as to attract general attention in her nelghborhod, on the streets and elsewhere.

In one of the letters discovered in the house the woman expressed the hope that all persons who had gossip­ed about her or who had been instru­mental in taking her children, might meet her "in the bottomless pit of hell."

Further investigations are being made.

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A deed conveying land in Wapello county in March, 18B6, has been filed today with County Recorder Stoltz fpr a correction In the description of the property which was made upon the date of its first recording, March 16, 1855.

The instrument bears the date of March 15, 1855, and the grantors are George A. Morton and Sarah Morton, his wife, who expressed her signature by her mark. The grantee is John Karlan and the land, of which there were seventy-one and one-half acres, sold for $450, an average of $6.30 an acre. It was sworn to before Daniel Easley Justice of the peace, and at­tested by William Turner. At the time of filing, il o'clock on the morning of March 15, 1855, James Pumroy was recorder and C. W. Hlck-enlooper was the deputy.

FALL OF SLATE CAUSE OF DEATH

Albia, Aug. 18—Mike Pranvewak was killed by a fall of slate in No. 9 Smoky Hollow mine Tuesday. The body was cut to pieces. The funeral will be conducted at St. Mary's Cath­olic church Thursday morning. He was 35 years old and leaves a wife ana four children.

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Keokuk, Aug. 17.—The biggest meet ing of honey producers in recent years Is to be held at Keokuk and her sister city at the other end of the big dam on Sept. 7 and 8.

On Sept. 7th there will be a joint field meeting of the beekeepers oi Iowa, Illinois and Missouri at the padant apiaries at Hamilton. Prcmi nent beemen from several states wil) be present and the latest methods o! honey production will be demon i

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The Dadant apiaries where the field ^ meeting is to be held are inmous all over the world, the Dad'ints being al­most as well known in Europe as in America.

On September 8 a conference of the official bee inspectors of the United States and Canada will be held at Kdb-kuk. Inspector Franqjs 6t Wisconsin, and Dr. Phillips of the United States department of agriculture are amdng the prominent men whose names ap­pear on the program. Bee diseases and their control will be the special topic for discussion at Keokuk.

Th§ two big meetings coming to­gether, a visit to the world famous apiaries and the big dam, offer a com­bination of attractions that bid fair to draw a record crowd of beemen.

BURIED IN OPEN DITCH. Clear Lake, Aug. 18.—Nelson Ryttel,

aged 30, and Hans Sawersoen, aged 22, both of Clear Lake, are dead at Garner where they were buried in a deep open ditch by six feet of soil which caved in on them. A third man was dug out alive

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