Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-06
ANTI-SALO ONLEACUE
Sioux City in Throes of Liquor
Agitation.
SALOON MEN MAY FORM "CLUBS.
Des Moines to Have Board OF Trade
Building-Woman Dies of Hemor.
rhage Of the Nose-other News of
the State.

The saloon situation in Sioux City is
remarkable one at the present time,
and the outcome of the contest which
is row on between the Anti-Saloon
League and the liquor dealers, with
the city and the county administra-
tons, the druggists and some private
parties interested on the side, will be
awaited with interest. The Anti-Sa-
loon League, whose moving spirits are
ministers of the city, have ordered ali
saloons to comply strictly with the
Martin law by Monday or take the
chances of being closed by injunction
proceedings. The saloon men do not
know what to do. They talk of organ
i.ins clubs to escape prosecution.
The proprietors would be made man.
ayers of the clubs, and he and the
bartenders would be paid salaries by
the corporation. Stock would pc
sold in shares of 25c and up, and each
time a man got a glass of beer ne
would have sc punch taken in his
certificate of stock. He would not pc
buying the beer. He would be a
member of a club, drinking his own
beer, and the saloon mems attorney
has advised them that they could not
be prosecuted if such a scheme were
properly conducted. Here is where
the city and county administrations
are interested. No license money
could be collected from such private
clubs AS it is now seyenty-fve sa-
looms pay $500 each into the city trea-
sury each year and $500 each INTO
the county treasury. Ii the Martln
law be strictly enforced this revenue
will be reduced. and the city in particu-
lar can not afford to lose the money.
The saloon men declare that II they
are compelled to observe the law
strictly they will get after the drug
gists, who are reported to be selling
intoxicating liquors with impunlty.
Creston-For fear that Alex MoXey
and Albert Johnson, the two colored
men who witnessed the murder OF
Lottie Holmes at Thayer by Hugh DIX
on, would not be available when the
murder case came to trial, County At
torney Bull has taken their testimony.
The men were then released. AS
they were the only two eye-Witnesses
to the tragedy it was very essential
that their evidence in the case be OBJ
tanned. Dixon will be tried next jan
uary.
Des Moines-This city is to have a
board of trade building. Steps will be
| taken for it's erection next Saturday,
the building to be located in the down
| town districts, near the postoffice and
| close to the railroad yards. Options
| have been secured on five different
| properties, all of which are in the 10
| cality mentioned. The building will
| be similar to that at Omaha, and will
contain the grain offices, main or
branch offices of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies, fast
| freight lines and all other depart
ments connected with a board of trade.
Imogen-The Catholic people of this
parish are looking forward to the es-
tablishment of a parochial school next
| spring. Father Hayes has long cherish
| ed this, and has made standing Of
| fer for several years of a gift OF
| $4,000, whenever the parish would
meet his munificent subscription with
an equal amount.
Dubuque--What promises to be one
of the richest lead mines in this sec
/ ton has been discovered by Thomas
Alsop, on his farm near Center Grove
between this city and Dubuque. He
bored thru a crevice in rock and
when the water was drained off rich
mineral was found. AS Alsop has had
/ forty years experience as lead miner
| he at once came to the conclusion that
I he had made rich strike and says he
/ expects to take thousands of tons oil
| ore out of his new mine.
i
/ Council BIuffs-A. N Anderson, q
railway mail clerk, had miraculous
escape from being ground to pieces be.
meath the engine of the Burlington
fast mail train at the local depot or
South Main street. Anderson was
standing on the track in front of the
platform, not realizing he was on tht
track on which the fast mail was ap
preaching. He discovered his mistake
too late to get out of the way. The
Mortified spectators saw the pilot
strike him, when he seemed to twir
around, and then the engine passed
over his body, which was caught by
the tender and dragged along the trace,
for fifty yards before the train was
brought to a stop.
4 Anderson, when picked out from
under the body of the tender, was un
conscious but soon revived Medica
assistance was quickly secured and al
examination showed that while he hal
a number of severe cuts and contus
ions about the head and shoulders no
a bone apparently in his body was
broken.
i Anderson's home is in Burlington
and he was sufficiently recovered from
his terrible experience to be sen
home.
| GrinnelI-Fred Lain, q boy Twin,
at Belle PLANE, was accidently sho
and killed by the, discharge of shot
gun in the hands of Harry Treloor,
playmate. The charge struck youn,
Lain in the calf of the right leg, tear
ing away the ligaments and causing
horrible wound He was unable t,
stand the shock and died three hour
afterward. The boys were about L
years of age. Treloor was explainin.
the mechanism of the gun.
i osage.-A new telephone compan,
has been organized here thru the eli
forts of M. 0. futile, who has soil
$4,000 worth of preferred stock :,