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4 XJBED EDITION QXSXTISEIV AGUES PART TWO. Pages 9 to 16. SIXTEENTH YEAR. DAVENPORT. IOWA, SUNDAY, JUNE 7.

1903. 1 OFFICIAL PAPER OF SCOTT COUNTY. NOW A BARONESS Latest Assertions in Regard to John Wilkes Booth. ELEANOR. ROBSON made up of papers and talks on the subjects that the club has undertaken to study.

Mrs. E. S. Hainmatt, Miss Otie Kircher, Miss Decker and Mrs. George French took part The club has adjourned to meet again the first HE Baltimore American has Mr.

Charles Bishop, the comedian, and myself but what were we to do? Does Not Believe He Was Killed, The scheme worked splendidly, produced the desired effect, and, consequently, the four of us and Undertaker Weaver, who buried the body simply held the matter sacred. Weaver well week in October. The marriage of Mr. Clark Tobias, of Waverly, N. to Miss Amy Louise Campbell, daughter of Mrs.

John Hoyt, occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoyt, 1000 Brady street, Wednesday forenoon at 1 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A.

M. Judy, of the Unitarian church. An elegant wedding dinner was served after the ceremony, following which the newly married couple left for the East to spendheir honeymoon there. At St. Mary's church Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock.

Father J.P. Ryan spoke the words that united in marriage Miss Anna Marie Burmeister and Mr. fO itf (I) published an interview with Basil Moxley. the veteran doorkeeper of Ford's Opera house, In that city. In which he asserts positively that the body of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, is not buried in Greenmount cemetery, Baltimore, as has been supposed.

The interview was inspired by a dispatch from Oklahoma, that the body of a man known as David E. George, who committed suicide last January, had been fully Identified as that of Booth. In speaking of what he termed the mock funeral of Booth, Mr. Moxley said: "Certainly, the body burled in Green-mount was not that of Booth, for I was one of the pallbearers, and I can safely" say to you that there never were any two things in this world which resembled each other less than that body did John Wilkes Booth. I had known Booth air my life, and 'was a very close to the family, which -4 think is shown by the fact that tnprasked me to act as pallbearer at theHuneral of some dead man whom had been led to believe was that of their relative.

I saw the body several times and examined it and I don't hesitate to say that the hair of the dead body was of a reddish brown color, while Booth's was as black as a raven's wing. "However, that mere detail made no difference, for we all knew at the time was fcpt that of John Wilftes Booth, and my examination fwas prompted by curiosity alone; not that I believed for one minute that the body was that of the assassin. Done to Spare Mother. "You see, the wholS affair was planned by friends of the family, and was done for a purpose which they deemed imperative. Mrs.

Booth, the mother of John Wilkes Booth, was, naturally, nearly prostrated with grief at her son's action, and the stories of his horrible death in the barn; andlater, the report that the government had taken charge of the body, only acted as a vehicle to a general breaking down of her system, and for a time it seemed as though she would not survive that shock. Then, in order that the affair might become a thing of the past as soon as possible, friends determined that It would be best to bring the body here and bury It in the family lot in Greenmount. Through these friends Mrs. Booth applied to the government for the body. This brought matters to a crisis, for I do not believe that John Wilkes Booth was ever killed in that barn, and if any one was slain, it was some innocent man who knew nothing of the real assassin.

"At any rate, it was Incumbent upon the government to furnish a body to make good their report that Booth had been killed, and they did so. What we got and what was shipped here for the body of John Wilkes Booth Is what I have already described to you a red-haired man who looked no more like the tragedian than you do yourself. "Well, of course, we were all very much surprised at first the four of us who were selected as pallbearers Mr. John T. Ford, Mr.

Samuel Glenn, Julius L. Schoendelen. Following the ceremony a wedding repast was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.

J. Bur meister, 1432 Rockingham street The young couple later royally entertained their friends at Ehler's hall on West Third street. About, 150 Menus and well-wishers of the couple were present. Mrs. Frank A.

Martin, 1622 Rock Island street, entertained at flinch Tuesday in honor of Mrs. Dan McClure, of Oskaloosa. Miss Leota Wright preyed a charming hostess to the XXX club at her home, 1518 Arlington avenue, Thursday evening. The affair was given in honor of Miss Myrle Nesper, who is visiting in the city, her home being in Muscatine. Mrs.

John B. Struve, of Second and-Warren streets, entertained a company of sixteen ladies in honor of her birthday anniversary Thursday. Wednesday, at 8 o'clock in the Adolph Hadla was wedded to Miss LCSejievieve Devlin. The ceremony was performed at St. Anthony's church in toe presence of a company of friends and relatives of the contracting parties.

Rev. D. J. Flannery officiated. After the ceremony the young people left the city for Chicago on their redding tour.

They will make their home on West Fourteenth street in this city on their return. Miss Nellie Gallagher entertained a company of twenty-five young people at her home, 2036 Ripley street, Thursday evening of last week. Flinch was the diversion, following which light refreshments were served. One of the quiet weddings to take place this week will be that of Miss Genevieve Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

W. B. Collins, of 602 West Sixteenth street, to Mr. Charles William Koons, of Clinton. The wremony will be performed at the home of the bride's parents in this city, and after a honeymoon trip to eastern points the young couple will make their home at Clinton.

Natural Deduction. Chief Milikin That lady in red going down the street Is evidently a grass widow. Inspector Casey Why do you think so? Chief Milikin Every time she goes near a horse it tries to bite her. Cincinnati Enquirer. The wife of Baron George Augustus de Focke of Vienna has not been chosen from the ranks of American heiresses whence members of the for-, eign nobility are supposed to seek for wives when they desire to wed Columbia's daughters.

The new bareness, whose wedding? to one of Austria's most blue-blooded aristocrats was a recent event, is the daughter of a poor American dressmaker. The match is without question a love match. The baron fell in love with the girl's voice which he heard at a church recital. As Juliet in magnificent all-star play, now touring the country. Girl Who Runs the Largest Cattle Ranch in Texas.

knew that the body he buried was not Booth, for it remained about his place for two or three days; but he, like ourselves, came to the conclusion that the easiest way out of the predicament was the best "I am now the only one of the five left, all of the others having died. I never will believe that Booth was killed, and am confident that he escaped, but how I have never been able to make up my mind, or have I any positive knowledge that he did. Yet the one point that has always caused me to doubt the various stories of his death Is that if he was killed why did not some one receive the immense reward offered for his capture, dead or alive. You can search all records in Washington or interview any officials' then in office who are now alive, and I will wager you will be unable to learn of any reward being paid out for the delivery of John Wilkes Booth's body to the government. "In addition to that, I remember distinctly being a third party at a meeting between Edwin Booth and another man who was a private detective.

The meeting occurred upon the occasion of the great actor's last engagement In this city. This detective was a man of about my own age, and lived for many years on Pratt street, between Howard and Eutaw streets. He was of German extraction and thoroughly reliable, for I knew him for years. He is dead now, and I can't Just remember his name. At any rate, he called at the theater one night during Mr.

Booth's engagement and showed the actor four letters, all of which were from reliable persons living in Maryland and Virginia, assuring the actor that his brother was not dead. The Oklahoma Story. "In regard to the dispatch you have Just shown me (meaning the one from Oklahoma), I hardly know what to say. However, I believe that the Mr, Bates mentioned in the dispatch is the father of the wife of young Junius Brutus Booth, a nephew of John Wilkes Booth, and a son of Junius Brutus Booth, the second. Consequently, if that be trtie, and if Mr.

Jefferson and Miss Morris say the dead man was the real John Wilkes Booth, there may be some truth in It, for they all knew him well." David E. George, the man referred to In the dispatch from Oklahoma, on his deathbed made the statement that he was John Wilkes Booth. George had been a resident of the territory for several years, and he had always been well supplied with money, the origin of which no one knew. The man could recite Shakespeare at will, and was always very fond of acting, and, after death, when the surgeons examined him they found his leg broken In the same manner and in the same place as was Booth's after the actor Jumped from the president's box In Ford's theater, having murdered the nation's head. They also stated that George was practically the age that Booth would be at this time were the latter living.

The grave In Green mount cemetery, In which the body of Booth has been supposed to rest, Is unmarked, it being so at the request of Edwin Booth. The Oklahoma Story. A special to the St Louis Globe- Democrat from Enid. O. says Junius Booth, the actor, and nephew of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, has fully Identified the body of the man known as David 13.

George as his uncle. George, or Booth, committed suicide here Jan. 14 last and in his effects was found a letter directed to K. L. Bates of Memphis, Tenn.

Mr. Bates came here at once and fully identified the body as that of John Wilkes Booth. He then went east and has obtalnpfl positive Identification of the body from the dead man's nephew and from Joseph Jeffprson, Miss Clara Morris and a score of others who knew him In his early days. According to Mr. Bates' story, he hail acted as Booth's confidential agent and sttorney for nearly forty years.

After Lincoln was shot the assassin escsped to the Garrett plantation In Virginia. Acordlng to Mr. Bates, the man who was killed was named Ruddy. Being warned, Booth left Garrett's and was taken care of by friends In central Kentucky. He later settled at Glenrose Mills, where he conducted a store for several years an John St.

Helen. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. It's curious how a hammock with a girl In It will never balance unless somebody elxe I there, too. The greatest traveler In the world Is (he suburbanite, without ever going anywhere or seeing anything. If a woman's husband Isn't admired by her frlrnds she Is mad with them; If he Is, she doesn't trust them.

The man who thinks a woman cannot deceive him Is twice an Idiot not to know that she can deceive even herself. Wedding Bells During First CHE first week in June brings with it the pealing notes of or- gans as the big pipes swell to the mystic, rythmic touch of the wedding march from Lohengrin, The passer-by can not but stop and contemplate that after all somebody is happy, and that through the long, dull, gray days when the sun is screened from sight by by a veil of fog and cloud, the human heart still seeks Its own and claims it Rain cannot damp- on the arts of Cupid, as that match- maker plies his vocation, through the NEGROES MAKE IT HOT i flits' production of Shakespeare's gnat won high honors In the field and at the court of Maximilian In Mexico. "I will stay here all my life," sha announced quietly but firmly. Thea she settled down to hard work. Miss Bonnlval now owns 20,000 head of cattle and 2,000 head of horses anft mules.

Jences have been repaired, new pasture lands Inclosed, and numerous strong, bright-painted gates supplied. Adltlons have been made to tha house and It has been refurnished In a style that displays the taste of a thoughtful girl who has read a great deal, though her opportunities for seeing costly things and enjoying luxury have been limited. If there Is a new line of wire fenea to be constructed, she rides with the foreman over the ground. Whea bridges or tanks have to be made she superintends the work. In all weather she rides with her little army ot vaqueros when there is a roundup or hprds have to be moved.

Enemy of Smugglers. When smugglers cut fences or cattle thieves make a raid Into her pant urea she swings a Winchester to her saddl and leads upon the trail In pursuit of the outlaws. Though the great ranch has a river front of thirty miles, and la from ten to twenty miles In width, she has been known to gallop with an armed body of fence riders and make a tour of the whole outside line of wlra fence In a single day. This necessitates a jaunt of little less than seventy-five miles, and that she could accomplish such a feat, even by changing horses several times, and taking advantage of short cuts certainly argues that she must possess nerves of steel as well as tireless energy. The majority of Miss flonnlval's employes are Mexicans.

She is chaperoned by an elderly, refined and educated American woman, Mrs. Lundy, to whom she Is tenderly attached, and to whom she pays the utmost deference, always Addressing her as "Mama Grande." Early In Miss Bonn Ival's career as a ranch owner she taught the lawless element of the border a needed lesson. Mescal smugglers and thieves had been in the habit of cutting her fences and crossing her pastures whenever they pleased. The ranch foreman, who was doubtless often misled by the Mexicans who rode with him, could never succeed In catching them, though his vigilance merited better luck. Emboldened (Continued on Tafce tedious waits in the humdrum of life, emony with a Bhort program of ae-and the happy look on the face of the lections on the piano and during the bride as she leans on the arm of The entrance of the bridal party she ac-Man, both leaving the cathedral as companied, on the piano, Mrs.

F. W. man and wife, where they entered as Leedham, who sang "Thou Art Mine youth and maiden, is a of the All." Close upon the strains of the Ring Merrily IV in June. the contracting parties were in atten- dance and among these were a goodly number of Davenport people, embrac- ing in the list, Miss Etta Gabbert, Miss Jessie I. Risley, Miss Grace Seaman, E.

W. Seaman and Mr. Kellogg. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's father, J. R.

Bowman, superintendent of the Lyons schools, and was an elaborate service in which Rev. T. W. Jones of the Grace Episcopal church, Lyons, officiated. Miss Etta Gabbert of this citydelighted the guests, immediately preceding the cer- beautiful song, came the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, also rendered by Miss Gabbert.

The W. R. Sewing circle will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Sarah Foster at her home, 728 East Sixth stret. A very delightful musical event, which greatly interested Tri-City peo- pie, was the most excellent recital giv- en Thursday afternoon by Miss Ada Luclle Entrikin at the home of her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W. J. Entrikin. About 100 guests were present and the program, which consisted largely of vocal selections by Mis Entrlken, who recently completed her course In voice training under an eminent Chicago teacher, was highly enjoyed.

Mrs. James W. Cook, pianist, assisted. The N. B.

K. club held an Interesting meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Pfabe on West Fourteenth street Tuesday afternoon. Progressive cinch was Cnrds have been lustier! to the commencement exercises which will take place at St. Katharine's hall on June 10 and 11.

The commencement program will be given In the gymnasium Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. A club that has been doing some prolific work In the study of arts and crafts Is the Tuesday club of this city. The society held Its final meeting this week at th.e home of Miss Fannie Francis, 223 Collejre avenue, and the members participated in program that was little god who labors so unceasingly to bring one little touch of happiness into our brief existence. During the past week the Justice shop has done more business than the divorce court. But perhaps, the most astute Judge that presides bver the des- tinies of the Scott county court bears Justice Roddewig no grudge fqr the partiality that is being shown him.

It is after all nobler and beter to unite than to sever, to preserve than to de- stroy. If the distinction that this coun- ty has in many things are even made to extend to the record in the large number of marriages, as well as the record In the small number of divorces, the community might Indeed be named as Ideal, Its people as citizens of the world, and Its homes as those where liberty Is reared. Wednesday evening of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.

S. Baldwin, 427 Bridge occurred the marriage of their niece, Mis Blanche C. Wheeler to Mr. Rolwrt Jamison, both SfcUST one girl but she controls the biggest cattle ranch in southern Texas; she has a clever business head on her pretty shoulders; she does a man's work dally in her own charmingly feminine way, and she would rather round up a herd of stampeded Steers on a gritty mustang than make a tour of Europe. Just one girl but she has tacked a big cipher to the value of the property that her father bequeathed her four years ago, and placed herself In the millionaire rank of American heiresses; she employs more than a hundred people, who live well and happily on her estates, and slie can as easily lead a raid agaliiKt a bunch of mescal smugglers when they cut Into her 75 miles of fence wire as any other American girl would lead a cotillon.

If you have never heard of Caroline Bonnlval, It Is becauso southern Texas Is so far away that Lbs Florltas hacienda and Its fair mistress live In a world practically apart. And pretty Miss Bonnlval has not the slightest intention of quitting the mountain and meadow and splendid remoteness to enter your artificial world of pavements and patents, even for a flying visit. "I would not give one little corner of Las Florltas," she sayB, "for the finest palace on Fifth avenue In New York; nor would I exchange the view from my windows of the maxnlflcent old Bravo and the boundless plains for anything scenic that Niagara can Succeeds Her Father. Las Florltas Is located In Zapata county, along the Rio Grande. When John Bonnlval.

cattle king, died was supposed that his motherless daughter would retire to San Antonio or some other city, live In luxury upon the rentals of the ranrh and eventually arouse herself with society teas and kindred diversions. But the spirited girl, though for time overcome by grtof, surprised her friends by declaring that a life of Idleness would be a reproach to her fatht-r's memory and example. She wag thoroughly familiar with the management of the having been her father's constant companion and his bookkeeper. Las Florltas was her birthplace. She had even given the ranch Its name.

Excepting three years at Hardin college In Mis. sourl.eho had known no other life than the free, untrammeled one which she dearly loved. Bhe was proud of her father, wlot.0 wUdutt and valur LJ I '-7 'jl respected Davenport young people. The played at three tables. This flourish-bride Is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Ing society has again resumed Its sen-John A. Wheeler of 418 Bridge avenue, slons after a vacation during the wln-and Is a graduate of the Davenport ter season, high school. Mr. Jamison Is connected with the freight department of the I.

P. railway. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Schock, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Vlrden, who came to Davenport for that purpose. Ot her out-of-town guests were Miss Edith Carppnter of Omaha, Miss Jenkins of Milwaukee and Mr.

A. D. Eads of Waterloo. At Lyons on Wednesday evening oc- curred the marriage of Miss Mary Anne Bowman and Mr. Frank Edwin Lefflng- welL A large party of the friends of Mrs.

Louise Hadley, the hotel chambermaid, has earned for herself considerable money and great notoriety by her firm refusal to make the bed that Booker T. slept on because he belongs to the colored race. Her discrimination has also earned her another sort of attention that she does not like at all. The Insult to their race hat enraged the Southern negroes and the terrified chambermaid Is now in daily receipt of many scurrilous letters from negroes who threaten her life,.