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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-01
Probable Improvement for OF
=tu,nwa Within Few Months,
AIDES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY MOVE
imitation of Omeers for the Ensuing
! Henr = Labor Day win be Ccle-
bratcd In Ottumwa This
Year-Labor Notes,
ON Thursdays Daily.

"A $4,000 labor temple is one of the
obable Improvements for, Ottu1nwa
thin the next six months or a year
fc5 "a regular meeting of the Trades
apo Labor Assembly last evening, the
oaatter was formally launched and
Jus far has met with The greatest en-.
Engagement. The plan, as outlined by
lie local members OF the assembly, is
interest every labor organization in
Tapello county in the enterprise. The
lends for the building wiiltbe raised
oODlong the members by subscription,
d will range from 81 upwards. There
Ae over 1900 members Of organized la
ne5r unions in Wapello county, includ-
g the city of Ottumwa, and it has
ing been the desire of the Trades and
,lorbor Assembly to establish perma-
'b&nt home in Ottumwa, which would
nt, both q monument to the Trades and
Weabor Assembly and at the same time
ford commodious quarters for Ills
hpidly increasing membership. No
infinite plans for the building nor the
ntcation of the same have been con-
otdered as Yet. The proposition 30
ottinite plans for the building of the
list time al the regular meeting of
tie Trades and labor Assembly last
arsht and it will be submitted to the
,Rrious labor organizations in Ottu1n-
oea and Wapello county for their sane
hon, after which more definite plans
ledll be considered.
dicAmong other important business
insacted at the meeting last evening
us the election of officers foc the en-
Ding year. The officers-elect, who
all be installed at the next regular
,y.eting are:
isPresident-F. p. Baer.
,aiNice president Sheehy.
solSecretary-J. II. Byrne.
haGuard-Charles Hagberg.
weCustodian-Wm Parker.
mtTrustees-Charles Gustavison, John
last and VIM. Parker.
at was also decided at the meeting
last night to celebrate Labor day,
eriich occurs on the first Monday in
fptember. All plans for the celebra-
,on were postponed until {. future
hte.
,eSrhe Assembly also passed resolu-
an approving the action of the local
,rtail clerks union in the work of en-
ircing the Sunday closing ordinance.
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TRl-C4pNTY LEAGUE.
mva, Fairfield, Eiasan and Wnsh-
inston for Base Bali Circuit.

= = ~.
ere is some talk now of Organizing
,i-county base ball league, to in
+ the cities of Ottumwa, Fairfield,
Ellington and Eldon. In 1895 a
professional league of this charac-
WAS organized, and some good base
twas the result. The following from
Washington Journal tells of the
s,ts to organize such league in
lefty:
there is an effort on foot to have a
atty league organized in this sec
,of Iowa again. Over at Fairfield
,e is sentiment in favor of it and
proposed to get Ottumwa, Eldon
this place in line for series of
;es the remainder of this season.
/. Ready, of the law firm of Ready
onlee, of Fairfield, has written the
players of this city and wishes
e one to take up the scheme. He
!:
I'VE are talking up a league be-
In Fairfield, Ottumwa, Washing
and Eldon, to be formed after the
of the tri-county league in 1895.
1t do you think about it? Can't
make an effort and get team to-
sesent Washington? A meeting
u be held in this city to arrange
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-01

ring TO tne Sood points OF our line OF
farm machinery. and while we have
no desire to take up your valuable
space, or tax your readers with state
ments from ourselves. we feel that it
is only just and fair to the citizens of
Ottumwa, who We're SO loyal in helping
us to locate our factory here, that this
statement be made, as we know there
are certain people in the community
who would use any excuse they could
trump up, to avoid taking part in the
Dain project, as they did in ours, and
what we hope 10 see is that the citi-
zers of Ottumwa will, as whole,
unite in landing this Dain deal quickly.
for Ottumwa is beyond question, one
of the best locations in the United
States. for farm implement factories,
| and we welcome the Dain Manufacture
ing company. or any other manufac-
tuners of farm implements. to Ottum-
wa. Geographically Ottumwa is well
| located, and i'll one of the best states
in the Union for farm machinery.
| These things all have a bearing on
| the Dain deal, that is now uppermost
in the minds of the people of Ottum-
wa. and we beg to assure you that we
are heartily in sympathy with any-
| thing looking forward TO the welfare
OF the city.
And as for our own little shop down
here in the East End. you will find it
III the procession, regardless of 1.-THE
song OF the croaker.
Yours, Tor a grand solution of the
Dam deal,
The Janney Manufacturing Co..
| BY q. Campbell Janney, Pres.
| Two rich German farmers write
| about the ,Janney Comon Sense Corn
Husker as follows:
Ringwood, Ill, July "a. 1899.
Janney Manufacturing Co., Ottumwa,
Iowa:
Gentlemen: The eight roll corn
husker we purchased of you in Octo-
her, 1896, has given perfect satisfac-
ton in every way. Five hundred BUSH
els is the average days work for one
machine and we have husked over roo
bushels in one day. and husked the
corn clean and shredded the fodder in
stock. We have dairy of fifty cows,
and we value the corn fodder when
shredded equal to timothy hay for
feeding cattle. We have llNslsed about
10000 bushels on an average, each
year. for ourselves and neighbors. We
use traction engine to run the husk-
er. Corn can be hnsked in the fall
just as early as your corn will do to
crib, and the fodder when shredded
can be stacked in the field or put in
the barn and keeps good. but the corn
must not be hnsked when it is wet
with rain any more than you would
stack hay with water in it, but no
trouble about the fodder keeping if
stacked in the field. Our machine
husked as fast and as clean the last
year as it did the first year. The
husking pin you have in the rolls is
made to husk corn, and it will do ii
too, and being reversible makes it one
OF the best husking pins made. We
husked 10000 bushels and then revers-
ed our husking pins and then we had
machine that would hnsk as good as
new and that we consider great adj
vantage, in your husker.
Yours truly, Smith Bros.
Read the letter from the Biltmore
Farms, Biltmore, N. c.. owned by the
Vanderbilt estate, the largest individ-
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charle. murray Goes Insane.

Fort Dodge, July 9s.-Charles MUIR
ray, of Rockwell City, brother OF
Frank Murray, who was murdered in
Linn county couple of years ago by
the notorious Frank NovakA who is
now serving a life term in the peniten-
tiary for the crime, has become insane,
and has been taken to Independence.
He imagined that he was being pur'
sued by an enemy who intended to
murder him, and that he was to be
electrocuted by a stroke of lightning
Murray has been working on the new
railroad at Rockwell City for some
time, and it was thought that long
brooding over his brothers death has
dethroned his mind.
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the nreliminaries. Let me know by
return mail what you will do, and il
satisfactory will arrange for meet
ing here about next Monday, July 81.
Let us get together and have the
good old days of '9s back again; with
little effort this can be done.
Answer at once as this thing should
be started and games played next
week. j. T. Ready"
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wanted-A Kissing Bug sting that
Mull's lightning Pain Killer will not
cure. Kills any pain instantly, inter-
nal or external Guaranteed. Abso-
lutely pure. 25c and soc. All drug
gists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-01

Mr.. H. N. Warner, of Minden,
Neb., said:
In 1894 I was attacked with
paralysis in my left side. You
might stick a pin to the head into
my left hip and I would not feel
it. I was unable to do any kind
of work and had to be turned in
bed. I made up my mind that I
could not be cured as ]. had used
all kinds of medicine and had
tried many doctors. I was adj
vised to try DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, and COM
menced their use last September.
Before had finished my first box
I felt better, and by the time I had
used six boxes the disease had en-
tirely disappeared, and | have not
been so free from pain since I was
a boy. The paralysis also disap-
peared, and although two months
have passed since 7 finished my
last box, there has been no recur-
renee of the disease. From the
Gazette, Minden, We6.
= DR.. williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in condensed form, all the ele.
ments necessary to give new life and rich;
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataIia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural.
eia, rheumatism, nervous headache. the
after-effeets of the grip, palpitation OF the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all
forms of weakness either in male or female.
Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are never
sold by the dezsn or hundred. but always 10 pack.
ages. At all druggists, or direct from the o.. VII.
Hams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. T., 90
cents per box, 6boxes $3.50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
FAMILY BRUTALLY MURDERED.
WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN
BEATEN TO DEATH.
Believed That the Husband and
Father Committed the While Tenn
porarily Insane-Used Hammer.

Kansas City, March "A special to
the Star from Abilene. Kan, says: De-
tails We're received today OF the brutal
murder twenty miles northeast of here
of Mrs. John Gilbert, wife Of far
mer, and her four small children. The
family lived in practically one room,
the floors, ceiling and furniture of
which were literally smeared with blood
and brains. In a. bed in one corner,
clad only in her underclothing, lay the
wife and mother and her 2-year-old
babe. both with skulls crushed and
pounded out of human seTnblance. On
another bed lay the bodies of the two
little daughters and the boy, all under
years of age, their heads crushed and
beaten. The children had been killed
While asleep.
The mother had apparently been con-
quered only after fearful struggle. In
the bed with the three children was
found large hammer, with which the
deed was done. The family had been
dead about forty-eight hours when
found, and everything points. to the
husband and father as being the MUIR
derer. The coroner's jury today charged
him with the crime. 1T is believed
that Gilbert, who has fed, had become
temporarily insane broOding over busi-
nacS affairc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
TWEATY-FOURTH ORDERED OFF
FORT DOUGLAS WILL SOON BE
DESERTED.
One Company Goes to Honolulu and
Three Others to Different Army
Posts In the Northwest.

Washington, March 3.-The war de-
partment today made some important
changes in the disposition of regular
troops, in part incident to the orders
made n sending reinforcements to Ma
Mia. One field officer and four com
panies of the Twenty fourth infantry.
one from Fort Douglas and three from
Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., are ordered
to proceed at once to Honolulu.
The other movements are as follows:
Fourth artillery, headquarters and one
battery from Washington barracks to
Fort Monroe, Va; one battery from
Fort McHenry to Fort Caswell, N. G.
Fifth artillery, one battery, from Fort
Hamilton, N. Y, to Governors Island,
n. Y.
Seventh infantry, one company, from
Fort Wayne. Mich, to Plattsburg bar
racks, New York; one company from
Fort Wayne to Madison barracks, New
York; one company from Fort Smelling,
Mimi, to Fort Mcpherson, Ga; one
company from Fort Smelling to
Fort Crook Neb.: one company from
Fort Sheridan, Ills, to Fort Porter, N.
Y, and one company from Fort Sheri-
dan to Jefferson barracks, Missouri.
Twenty-fourth infantry. one COM
pany from Fort Douglas, Utah, to Van
couver barracks, Washington: one COM
pany from Fort Douglas to Fort Har-
rison, Mont; one company from Fort
Douglas to new Fort Spokane, Wash;
one company from Camp Pilot Butte.
Wyo to Fort ASSinabOine.
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A Leadville (Colo) man was once ad-
vised to take some kerosene to allay
his sufferings from sore throat. He
swallowed quart and suffered no more
and in making a few remarks" at the
funeral, the proprietor of the leading
dance hall said that the only trouble
with his deceased friend was that he
got too much of a good thing"
The people of Salt Lake are begin
ming to feel the same way about the
weather. Weather is all right in its
way, but yesterday there were a great
many folks who thought that Mr.. Muir
doch. who has charge Of It in this state
for the government, was turning it 10 Sc
with too lavish a hand
Il can stand late spring snow now
and then" the -whiskered man said,
as he turned down his coat collar and
Indignantly spurned the suggestion of
syrup in his, but this combination of
snow, rain, sunshine, sleet and eternal
mud makes me feel like a hundred to
one shot in a three-horse field" Then
he paid Is cents for his drink and fed
his bull pup a dimes worth of cheese
on the side.
1t was a miserable day all around.
The snow fell steadily from early
morning until the afternoon was well
on, which was bad enough, but about
10 O'clock, to add to the tnisery of
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by one hand. umbrella in the other and
her skirts happing dismally about her
ankles, crusted and caked with the for
bidding-looking gumbo Of the streets.
From the weather bureau standpoint
the day was not such bad one. "OnIy
three inches snowfall today" said Mr
l.. Fl. Murdoch yesterday afternoon. as
calmly as if he were discussing an
earthquake or some other minor phe-
nomenon. Three inches today since
9 o'clock, and total of 81 inches since
last night. Yes, it's unpleasant on the
street, | admit" ne added, as he looked
out of the window and saw a man with
head bent low carom into a woman.
who promptly sat down in three inches
of slush. It's unpleasant today. but
we have prospects of better weather
For the first time in several days the
readings give indications of a break.
and the chances are that we will have
fair weather tomorrow
This is not such q late snow. or such
heavy one. In February just past,
tWenty-lline inches of snow fell. and
last year there were five inches in
April, while Just at present the people
in the mountains between here and
Denver are buried under ten or twelve
feet of it, with more coming down
every day; so, in some ways. Salt Lake
may consider herself in luck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04

everybody, the air grew warm and the
snow began to melt. 1t was not "a slow
thaW. but a devastating, ruinouS melt
that turned the streets into long, choco
late-colored sluiceways, and filed the
cutters to overfiowing with pasty
water that left indelible stains even
on the pavements, to say nothing of
trousers and stock other garments.
In the early hours of the day the street
cars ploughed painfully along, sc9tter-
ing snow like rotary ploughs, and later
in the day threw slush on each s.de or
the track just like a cruiser pushes
aside the waves when steaming rap
idlv.
The only happy creatures, apparently,
were the dogs A dog likes to get his
feet thoroughly wet and then dry them
on confiding humanity, and he can get
them wetter in the snow than any other
way, so when the flakes begin to fall
steadily he is happy. There is one dog,
though, that made a mistake. He was
a very small dog, a toy terrier of the
shaggy hair variety, and was trotting
sedately enough behind his master un-
til the two reached the grounds of the
city and county building, where the
snow had drifted nearly foot deep in
many places. His dogship saw the op-
portunity of lifetime to get thorough
ly wet and with never a sound. took
several tremendous leaps for so small
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Mr.. BA|L[Y'S DISGUST
Texan Announces His Retirement
From Democratic Leadership.
HIS ADVICE IGNORED
COLLEAGUES HAVE TRAMPLED
CONSTITUTION UNDER FOOT.
Refusal of Democratic Members to
Unseat Wheeler and Other Army
Officers the Cause of Mr.. Bailey's
Retirement-Believes the Consti-
tuition Should Be Observed.

Washington, March 3.-Representa-
tive Bailey of Texas announced today
that he would not be a candidate for
the Democratic leadership in the next
congress.
The refusal of Democrats yesterday
to follow his lead in the demand for the
consideration of the resolutions declar-
ing General Wheeler and the members
who accepted army; commissions had
thereby vacated their seats, induced
him to make this announcement.
Mr.. Bailey gave the following state
ment of his attitude:
Il want it distinctly understood that
/ am not actuated by any feeling of
pique or personal disappointment, but
1 am proceeding purely upon the idea
that as a large number of Democrats
are unwilling to insist upon an obedi-
ence to a perfectly plain provision of
the constitution, they ought not to be
made responsible for the leadership of
a man who believes that the constitu-
ton is the supreme law of the land,
and ought to be obeyed at all times by
all men. 1 would raise the same ques-
ton again and [ will raise it as often
as it presents itself, but when 1 raise
1t from my place In the ranks of the
party [ must take the responsibility,
and others will not be compelled to
share the responsibility with me. l be-
lieve that the Democrats who voted to
allow these military appointees of the
president to retain their seats in con-
gress greatly mistake the sentiments of
their Democratic constituents. 1t is ut
terly impossible for me to believe that
any man in this country Isl more pop
ular with the Democratic masses than
the constitution, a reverence for which
has been the chief article of our faith.
I regret the vote almost beyond ex-
preston, because l doubt with that
precedent established any appointee OF
the president will ever again be denied
a right to sit in the house of represen-
tatiyeI"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
NEW PREMIER FOR SPAIN.
Senior silvela Will Attempt to Form
a Cabinet

Madrid, March 3.-The queen regent,
as the result of her consultations with
the statesmen, generals and political
leaders, informed Senor Sagasta that
she desired to retain the present cham
ber, and then she invited him to recon
struct the cabinet.
Senior Sagasta replied that it would
be impossible for him to remain pre-
mier without a dissolution.
Thereupon the queen regent referred
the same request to Senior Montero
Rios, who declined for the same rea-
son.
Finally Senior Silvela, the Conserva-
tive leader, accepted the task, and it is
expected that he will submit a Conser-
vative ministry to her majesty for her
approval.
The newspapers predict that popular
demonstrations will greet a Conserva-
tive ministry.
The cortes will be dissolved, the new
elections taking place toward the end
of April, and the new chamber of dep
uties meeting in May. Count de Ras-
con, Spanish ambassador to Great
Britain, and Leon Y Castillo, ambassa-
dor to France, have rendered their res
ignations The projects and secretaries
of state have also resigned.
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an animal, and landed in the deepest
drift His master looked around and
failed to see him and went on into the
building, where he transacted his busi-
ness, and reappeared in about fifteen
minutes. He couldn't see the dog, but
he saw commotion in the snowbank
and, going over, discovered his pet. He
was the most woebegone dog in exist
ence and could only whine pitifully; too
heartbrol1en to try and dry himself on
his owners overcOat.
1t was field day for dealers in over
shoes and umbrellas, for the latter was
nearly as necessary as the former, al
though neither did much good. In
crossing the streets, the mud was fire.
quently up to the shoe tops, and the
snow and rain was always seeking an
opportunity to find a way down an un-
wary collar When it was a question
of crossing the streets, the women We're
a never ending source of amusement.
When a woman with an armful of bum
dies reached a crossing she would al
most invariably get her bundles under
one arm and. in some way, hold her
umbrella on the same side; then, with
her free hand, catch her skirts and
raise them. Immediately she would i'm
agine they were too high, and drop
them, and then, unable to solve the
problem, stalk through the mud with
Spartan fortitude, bundles held secure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
NO IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS.
Appropriations For Experiments De-
feated In the Senate.
(Snecial to The Heraldl
Especial to The Herf

Washington, March 3.-Senators
Warren and Carter made stubborn
fight If the late session of the senate to
save the irrigation appropriations in
the river and harbor bill
Warren even went to the extent of
filibustering against it, but on roll call
they were defeated, and there viii be
no experimental reservoirs.
Postmasters were appointed today as
follows:
Idaho-Clearwater Idaho county, l..
T Whipple, vice Lemuel w. Williams,
resigned.
Wyoming-Carbon, Carbon county, w.
c. Fuller, vice Stephen H. Gay, re-
moved.
Pensions granted to residents of
Idaho today: Original Greene C. Pat
ton, Montpelier, Sc: reissue and in
crease, Noah w. Harris, Weiser, Sc
to S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-04
DEWEY NOW AN ADMIRAL
And Otis Is a Major General By
Brevet.

Washington, March 3.-The president
today sent to the senate the nomina-
ton of Rear Admiral Dewey to be ad-
miral of the navy, under the act ap-
proved March 2, 1899, and Brigadier
General Elwell E. Otis. U. S. A. to be
major general by brevet, to rank from
Feb. 4, 1899, for military skill and most
distinguished services in the Philip
pines.
Also the following:
War-Record and pension Office Col
onel Fred Ainsworth to be chief of the
record and pension office, with rank
of brigadier general; John Tweedale of
Pennsylvania to be assistant chief of
record of the pension Office, with rank
of major.
The senate today confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: Rear Admiral
Dewey, to be admiral of the navy; Brig
adler General Elwell S. Otis, to be ma
jor general by brevet.