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Io THE VERDICT OF THE JURY IN THE J. A. MIG
 COY CASE
PUT UNDER PEACE BOND.
And Failing to Make Same Was Remanded to Jail--story of
 McCoy's Married Life.

T know not what the truth may be; l tell the story as was told to me.
 Thursday in Judge Garrett's court J. F. Mccoy was tried on the charge of assault and battery for beating his children in an inhuman way. The jury was composed of N. K. Rodgers, J. w. Jackson and M. Ber- lir. After the testimony their yer : dict was mot guilty"
 The next proceeding against the defendant was upon a peace war rant, and being unable to give bond, which was placed at the sum of s1, 900 by Judge Garrett, he was re- manded to jail.
 The story and the reasons why he is confined in the Jefferson county jail under $1, 900 peace bond are sufficient for his commitment by Judge Garrett. Our reporter learn. ed from Mr. F. G, Smith the story of McCoy's life, his character, his inhuman and almost brutal ways since his first marriage.
 He was married in 1888 and di yorced in 1890 from his present wife, one child being the offspring of tkeir marriage. This divorce and the future estrangement, lasting nearly two years, was caused from the brute force he used toward his wife, beating her the same as if she were servant or a slave. TEis di. Yorce was granted in the circuit court at Warren, Ark. Ia granting the divorce the judge of the court gave her the child for keeping. Af- ter they had been separated for q short time, Mccoy told his divorced wife that the court gave him the child and shat she misunderstood the order. At all events, he inform ed her he intended to take the child away from her. Rather than sub. init to such and bear the separation thls would eause-from her only child, she consented after protesta- tions on his part, to again marry him. His .nromiSa waS tbot L would prove good, true and faith ful husband to her. Upon such a promise she gave up her father and mother and her good home to again be kicked, beat and bufetted by this brute in human form.
 Their second marriage occurred in. 1892. Mccoy hastened her from
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 friends and home, took Der to Texas. aud livedonthe Brazos River. Here they bought 9 19-acre piece of ground and be made her work tho cotton in the field and from the sale of same goodly sum was realized; they selling 10 bales. He gathered all bis belongings, took every dollar of the hard earned money made by his wife and skipped, leaving her and her one year old babe without bite to eat, penniless and without friends in a strangesiand.
 Mrs. Mccoy took heart for the sake of her little child and began picking cotton for others, and at the end of F montbs had saved $54 00 This amount she secreted in her trunk. One night the inhunan brute stole in to her house and beat her and even kicked her, again taking all her household goods, her fifty-foursdollars out of the trunk and made good his escape with the children and the money.
 After this she went to Rice, Tex as. She worked at that place since her second separation. She was missing aud a reward was offered for the persoa finding her. Mr. Smith says 1t was supposed she was killed. Mccoy having made his threats so often to do so. Smith questioned the children upon the theory that their mother was killea. His reasons for further questioning the children was with the view of finding Mccoy and Mrs. Mccoy. MT. Smith started a cor. respondence with Mrs. Mccoy. Ali ter finding her whereabouts which took four mouths. He then told her to come to Pine Bluff, that her husband was here. She came i'm mediately and knowing that Mccoy had threatened to kill her on first sight, MT. Smith had him arrested in order to put him under a peace bond. Mccoy, however, was not idle during his stay in Pine Bluff. He endeavored to palm himself of on the citizens as being kin to some of the best people in town. He went around telling his pitiful sto. ry of having four little children, getting money from people and then going down on East Barraque to saloon and spent it before the bar, while tte children cried for bread
 His wife in the trial yesterday could not, under the law, testify against him. It is said that he beat his seven year old girl with stick of wood, and then kicked her out for not grinding coffee for him.
 His wife comes of one of the best families ln Bradley county.
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ThIn. .seeG..,..

Inin SeeGrafn.
 Less grain per sown fin this
 country than by farmers with
 nonA three to and one-half
 bushels of oats al daamed nae-
 9ssaiy' says Amertivator. Eng
 i'sn summers are always moist,
 and as farm land orally rich fl
 needs this thick sto mako tbe
 plants crowd each rom inc start
 anu ehuS prevent tGiant growth.
 Here such a seediIand of mod
 crate fertility miglbroduce any
 thing put the strarain without any heads. We oned some oats in field and foune end of the row that wider bs made than -ne sinsle width Drill passing across the rows at el would coy- CT. We were only Q with the drill two bushels ofner acre SO we thought, not to l nv halks to drill twice across cal Rut the second drill width, if made a good appearance, ealed in and amounted to nothintt the time the oats should head
 If clean, sound, plats can be had, a bushel and a hsed in with 
 some phosphate is bean a great CT quantity. There crop, not even wheat. to whommercia. phosphate is so wel1Ied as the oat. With this light 2 of oats which should always He'd early. we gave the oats a lighbwing inst after tfe yonng shootsn to come up. This broke downtidges be- tween the rows, and eV covered ehe leaves that first puh Rut if save great stimulus t growth. and in few days tw three or may be more shoots be nut forth by the root for deaf that was destroyed. The hing also loosened the surface soithat any crust formed by rains W broken. The new leaves will staso quick ly and so plentifully ao more crust will form on the su through the season. Such grainays GOV
 
 srs the ground at harvesh a bet ter crop than can be gom two 70 two and one-half bus of seed 'own per acre, but not haed after he grain comes up.
 The grain grown fronih light 'eeding is nearly alwaysnp and ull, and is worth more fed than train grown in the usuay. On ich land with fair seaste have ,rown 90 to 100 bushels os from O light a seeding as one ane-half ushels per acre. Nor need be sur- rising as single -oat grais been .rlown to produce six to ststems. caring a head well filled oats is plain that as usually much f the seed oats fail to pre- any hing. Oats are often thre3 while till damp from the field, af such ats are put iE close bins titality their germ is quickly desed by eating. To make sure of getsound eed oats they should not beeshed ntil winter, and never be aed to eat in even the least degreEvery lch seed put into the grd will ot only grow, but 1t can bede to -oduce hundred fold, tho this hard to secure under ordi1 crop 'nditions. All our grains aoubt- ss for our climate sown morickly tan is necessary. More alton to @ quality of seed and it's ay to would pay farmeretter. 'ain that either will not grow that akes such feeble growth thaigh- ring grain dwarfs it. is al the Dst expensive manure a far can @. Yet this is what many mers 8 doing with large part of tseed ain that they put into the soilhers simply rots and furnishes plafood , the seed that could germina
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B.

:. .sA An II Iflsnmaqnto s... 3 public must 'p oiiso T for glass of VI @nishy slAs,.'. anu Waving tasted it.
 Which did in ar.t 4ho whisky or the
 ne whisky se." the publi-
 "Ah, we'll" .,na,,,,o o;,n come to it by-a1
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OId Chnrc.nndnn.

Or the thirty-tches built hx Sir Christopher IIondon rass. ly one-half have lred
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Arkansas Midland RaiIIoad Lauds

5o,ooo acres of good timber lands for sale. 2.ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the line of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills.
 For farms or timber lands, ad- dress,
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF,
 General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arkansas.
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spanish Hehrewa Alien,
Profess ssiona1.

TYR. c. D. SMITH, Veterinary Surgeon and D Dentist. treats all diseases of domestic ? nimals. Office st Brewster's Stable. Tele phone, old 74; new 129.
 All Calls Night and Dav
 Answered Promptly
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

ing them events. If there were enough
French voters to make the appeal
worth his while he would be incorpo-
rating in his speeches claim that be-
cause of the sentiments expressed in
the press of the land during the Drey-
fus trial there was cunningly plan
ned and Systematically executed at
tempt to disrupt the historically
friendly relations of France with our
people and plunge them into a war
with that power. Then he might as
well charge that because of the Cana-
dian boundary dispute there is an
other scheme on foot to plunge this
nation into war with England. There
has been a controversy over the Ital-
ians who were lynched and those shot
in quelling riot, and this gives Mr..
White further opportunity to appeal
to Italian voters and to insist that il
he isn't elected governor of Iowa this
nation will be plunged in war with
Italy. M r. White should work out his
scheme to finish and show how
every incident of irritated foreign re-
lationship, no matter how triflins, is
the proof of an attempt on the part
of the republican administration to
plunge the nation into war.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
SOME CHANGED SAYINGS.

"a
The Mobile Register is another one
of the leading, democratic papers of
the country which is thoroughly dis
gusted with the way the friends OF
Aguinaldo in its party are treating
President Mckinley, and says that if
their advice should be adopted revis-
ion of the memorable sayings of some
of the nations great heroes will have
to be made to read as follows:
Give up the ship-Lawrence
Be sure you are right, then apologize
for it-Davy Crockett.
We have met the enemy and ours
are theirs Oliver Hazard Perry.
Wait until you see the whites of their
eyes, boys, then run-Andrew Jack
son.
Don't hold the fort; am running
w. T. Sherman.
DIN the torpedoes; take sneak
David Glasgow Farragut.
propose to get out of this line if
it takes all summer--U. S. Grant
There stands jackson like stone
wall, but he is a fool to do it-General
Bee.
When. you are ready, Gridley, you
may skedadd die dewey.
Respectfully referred to Frederick
White, Cato Sells and all the wailing
friends Of Aguinaldo in the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
ENGLANp,s PREPARATIONS.

Dispatches which are sent out from
London to the effect that England is
preparing herself against European in
reference in South Africa, and pos
sible European combination against
the British empire, seem to be a bit
premature. They should not be taken
too seriously. AS far as England s
getting ready to defend herself against
a possibility is concerned, it may be
observed that England is always pre-
pared for emergencies. She is eau
tious nation and does not believe in
taking risks. Her army and navy
spends its whole time in getting ready
for things which may or may not hap
pen rs circumstances may direct. II
at times. as is the case now, England
displays bit more activity in prep
aration than is usual with her, the
cause must not be assigned to any
thing more serious than wish to keep
her sailors and soldiers contented, and
to give them little wholesome train
ing in their profession.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
IA DEMOCRATIC TALK.

t When minister of the gospel, of
whatever denomination, steps down
from the pulpit to enter the political
arena, as u partisan campaign orator,
he does not expect, and should not ex-
ipect, and should not have, any special
consideration because OF the fact that
his regular profession is that of a min
lister. Rev. Father Nugent, of! Des
Moines, Friday evening delivered in this
city a rabid, partisan, democratic, po-
litical address. He arraigned the adj
ministration of President Mckinley,
used terms and epithets against which
fair. minded men must, and most en-
phatically do, protest. We have yet
to find one of Father Nugent's
hearers last night, other than
those of the most intensely partisan,
Bryanistic, democratic stripe, who re-
gard his arraignment of the admins
tration policy in the Philippines as
either fair-minded or in accordance
with justice and the real facts in the
case. We do not question Father MI
gents sincerity; we simply say that he
is mistaken, and that time will SO dem
onstrate.
ralner NuSeHtS PIoPosed Tree tTaue
plan OF killing the trusts would effect
lively kill prosperity, and would quick
ly bring a return of the hard times
conditions, from which we have just
happily escaped, and: to which the peo-
pie OF this generation will never re-
turn-not if they know themselves,
and we think they do.
Father Nugent is eloquent, and at
the time, plausible, but his partisan po-
litical addresses are easily punctured
and carry little weight.
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THE SUPPLEMENT-.

An interesting group of pictures Of
the gubernatorial candidates in the
States which have elections this fall
forms prominent featuretof the Cou-
rier supplement this week. Besides
this there are cuts and reading matter
relative to the most important current
events, including the picture Of the
war-like nephew Of President Kruger,
= typical prosperous Boer, Ehgland's
Oldest admiral and the track of the
hurricane through Porto Rico. Farm
and garden and the humorous page
appear this week as usual and are, if
possible, better than formerly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

Admiral Dewey has said again, and
quite as emphatically as before, that he
is not. and never will be, candidate
for the presidency. He dwells upon the
fact that the career of naval officer
can not be that of politician, and that
he must be content with the honors
of his profession. The admiral's ambi-
tons are evidently along the line pur-
sued throughout his life. He has no
desire whatever to enter an untried
field. By the advice OF his physician,
Dewey has been compelled to reconsid-
er his acceptance of invitations to sew
eral cities anxious to give him a well
come. The strain of going into politics
as presidential candidate would be
far greater. 1t is clear that the adj
miral is not to be caught by the arts
of selfish politicians who would use
his great name for their own pur-
poses.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
Iowa.. Di.tlngul.hed Gue.t..

Iowa Capital: The state of Iowa
has given a cordial greeting to Pres
ident Mckinley. 1t has been proud to
welcome him. It's one regret has been
that his visit must be of such brief du-
ration that the vast majority of citi-
zens would be deprived of looking into
his face and of hearing his voice.
Strenuous efforts were made to have
the schedule of the trip so arranged as
to afford the visiting party daylight
trip across the state in order that its
members might have ocular. evidence
of the beauty, magnifcence and pros
perity of commonwealth whose fame
extends throughout the world. This,
however, was found to be impractical
BILE. The people of the capital city and
the metropolis of the state would also
have been glad to have welcomed the
distinguished party within its gates
and given them a genuine Des Moines
greeting, but as they have on two for
mer occasions been privileged to en-
terrain President Mckinley as guest,
they were content this time in joining
with their fellow citizens in welcom-
ing him and his estimable wife and
other members of the party to Iowa,
and will trust as they pass from it's
borders it will be with such pleasing
impressions of the state and its peo-
pie that they will be glad to come
again.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
shaw ana white In Contra.t,

Spirit Lake Beason: There is a
marked contrast between the speeches
made daily by Governor Shaw and
Fred White. White is theoretically at
war with all existing conditions. He
is against the Philippine policy of the
administration, against the gold
standard, against all recognized essen
tails to substantial prosperity and en-,
during stability. He absolutely re.
fuses to recognize the splendid prog
ress the country is making, and the
widespread opportunity which has
come ito all classes of people with the
restoration Of confidence and the rising
tide of trade and industrial activity.
The governor, on the other hand, is
standing out in the sunlight, thankful
for benefits that have come to his
countrymen and full of courage and
confidence over the future. He leaves
with the audience no reasonable doubt
as to what has occurred and why. He
has no apology for the policies Of the
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INC Hon, Billv MACON.

Iowa Capital: Hon. Billy Mason,
who is fearfully misrepresenting the
state of Illinois in the United States
senate, and who has recently on sew
eral occasions taken pains to declare
himself as ASHAMED of his country
because it would not pull down its flag
at the request of the people who are
firing upon it, is daily receiving evil
dences that Illinois is ashamed of him.
Illinois may have her faults, but dis
loyalty to the flag in time of war is
not one of them. The Chicago Trib-
une gets off the following as Senator
Mason's revised version of "America":
My country, tits of thee,
Robber on land and sea,
For thee I blush;
Land where the good have died,
Land once the pilgrims pride,
In shame thy face go hide
Qnterruption by the audience)
Oh, Billy, hush!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31
An Unexplained PLANK.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Thus far,
not one of the democratic campaign
ers has undertaken to explain what the
meaning is of the plank in the demo-
cratic platform demanding the elimi-
mating of "the Questionable features
of the mulct law" and substituting
therefor Legislation in the interests
of true temperance" The campaigners
ought at least to tell what objec-
tionable features they refer to. OF
course it would be unreasonable to
press them to tell what sort of legis-
lation ought to be substituted in the
interest of temperance, as they have
had no experience in framing that
class of legislation, but the other part
of the plank ought to be capable OF
explanation by them.
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walsh Denies 1t.

Sioux City Journal: Charles A.
Walsh in an explicit statement denies
that Mr.. Bryan receives any money for
his speeches in states where campaigns
are in progress and asserts that the
amounts for which the various dis
tricts where he speaks are assessed go
to the state committees for use in the
state campaign. He does not explain
whether Mr.. Bryan gets any divvy out
of the national campaign fund for his
interstate efforts. Whether or not this
is fact it is somwhat comforting to
know that Mr.. Bryan is not milking
the communities that desire to hear
the doctrines he breaches and that his
addresses are distributed regardless OF
the abilities of his fellow democrats
thereabouts to raise the requisite coin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

i Wisdom does not always come with
age and the fact that a man has had
business acumen to make and accumrl-
late great wealth is not a guarantee
that he will have sense enough to re-
tain it afterward. Calvin Cox; a Mis-
souri, farmer, responding to a silly
doubt as, to his personal bravery, drew
several hundred dollars from the bank
and would prove how courageous he
was ly keeping it in the house all right.
He awoke next morning to find his
wife, his challenger and the money
gone. Mr.. Cox is an angrier, but no
wiser man. Experiences of that kind
do not bring wisdom. ~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

There is one famine which Mr.. Bryan
and other people who are bewailing
present conditions have neglected to
mention. and that is the car famine.
The railroads. whose activity is bet
ter barometer Of business conditions
than perhaps any other class Of our
great business enterprises, are suffer-
ing from shortage of cars with which
to transact the immense business of the
country, despite abe fact that they
greatly increased. their rolling stock
in the past year in the expectation
of an increase in business. The growth
in railroad business is illustrated by
the single fact that the east-bound tom
mage from Chicago for four weeks of
September in 1899 was 491,321, against
259,s06 in the prosperous year 1892.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

The most solemn and important in
telligence which has come from Cuba
in many days is that General Ruiz
Rivera, civil governor of Havana, has
issued proclamation prohibiting cock
fights on the ground that such contests
are against good morals and good Gus
toms, and mayors throughout the prov
ince of Havana are directed to refuse Ii
censes for such exhibitions. This is
the most serious innovation in Cuba
since the American occupation, and it
is impossible to understand how a
Cuban official could have been found to
make it. American officers, it will be
noticed do not assume the responsible
ity. The cock fight is the solace OF the
Cuban's life, and to it he devotes some
hours of each sacred Sabbath day.
What moral revolution has occurred
that the civil governor of Havana
should have forbidden this ancient and
popular sport as an immoral and evil
custom? There must be a dark and
hidden purpose in it.
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should H.rmon,ze Him,elf.

Davenport Republican,: Bourke
Cochran advocated holding the Philip
pines until such time as the United
States could get back the money it
has invested, and all the expenses up
to the date of sale. This is all right
as far as it goes. But how can the ISL
ands be held without an army? Were
it not for the instruction of few
Tagals there would never have been
any trouble in handling those islands,
but first of all the rebellion must be
quelled before anything else is done.
Bourke Cochran seems to have looked
at only one side of the question. His
Chicago speech was consistent in some
places and filled with inconsistencies
in others. He should try to harmonic
himself.
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whites Appeal to Germans,

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: "The
blacklist chapter ever written in all
the history of this country was the
cunningly planned and systematically
executed attempt to disrupt the his
torically friendly relations Of Germany
with our people and plunge us into a
war with that power" Such is the
declaration of the democratic leader
who has the hardihood to ask the in
itelligent people Of Iowa to make him
their governor. He knows that no
such chapter is to be found in the
history of this country, and his clear
purpose to to mislead the German
voters and excite their prejudices and
passions. Although countryman OF
theirs, he insults their intelligence by
thus exaggerating incidents and maxi
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-31

The suggestion that Congressman
Lentz be sent to the Philippines to get
information in support OF the little
american party is probably made in
the hope Of getting Mr.. Lentz out of
Ohio during the remainder of the cam
paign, as his lurid speeches in sup
port of everything 4anarchistic and
against everything looking to good or
der and prosperity are benefiting, far
more than they are injuring, the re-
publican cause. Mr.. Lent, however, is
enough OF IA lawyer to know that a
mission intended for aid and comfort
of the enemies OF the government
would be liable to lead to serious re-
suits. and it is believed that he will
not seriously consideri it.