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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09

ORIGINAL NOTICE.-To Mrs. w. G. Walkers.
" You are hereby notified that the petition
OF Alois Schafer is now file in the Office of
the clerk of tile district court of the state of
Iowa, in and for Wapello county, claiming of
o. L. Campbell, w. G. Walker, and others the
sum of 1894, money justly due from them, with
interest thereon at per cent from August r.
1899, and $40 20 attorneys fees, on two promise
sorry notes for $50 each, dated September 3,1SSS,
with per cent interest, given to the plaintiff
by o. L. Campbell, one due in two years and
the other due i'll three years, asking as against
You and the other defendants the foreclosure
of the mortgage given to secure same on the
following described property, situated il the
city of ottumwa, WaPello county, Iowa, to.wit:
Commencing at a point tlirty-four rods est
and one hundred seyenty-four and one-half feet
north of the southeast corner of the northwest
quarter OF the northeast quarter of section No.
nineteen, township seventy-two north of range
thirteen west, thence east one hundred and
thirty-five feet, thence south thirty-nine feet,
thence west one hundred and thirty-fve feet,
thence north thirty-nine feet to the place of be-
ginning.
Aud unless you appear thereto and defend be-
fore noon of the second day of the next term.
being the August term of the said court, which
will commence at Ottumwa, Iowa, on the goth day
OF August, 1870, default will be entered against
you, and decree granted as prayed for.
Dated July 13, 1909. McNETT g. TIsDALE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
Gold! Gold! Gold!

The latest Ell Dorado is reported to
be on Nome City Beach, Alaska.
Thousands of people are fastening
there, many of whom will return brok-
en- in health. OF what avail is gold
when health is gone? Guard your
health with the best of all medicines
-Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and
you will always have true wealth.
The Bitters are for people who have
abused their stomachs, or are natu-
rally weak. 1t will regulate the bow
els, stir up the liver, invigorate the
kidneys and absolutely cure indiges-
ton, constipation, malaria, chills and
fever. 1t is a natural tonic, absolute
ly free from dangerous narcotics. 1t
should be taken to protect the sys-
TEN from chills and fever and malarial
attacks. It's a good medicine to keep
on hand.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
MOVING ON PEkING,

The latest news from China seems
to indicate that the relief column is
making proper progress towards Pek-
ing. Peitsang, where a battle is said
to have been fought Sunday is the
first station north of Tien Tsin, and is
six miles from that place. The en-
gagement seems to have been a des-
perate one, as the reports say that H.
200 allies were killed or wounded. The
hopeful aspect of the thing is that the
Chinese We're made to retreat. 1t is
probable that this is only the first
stand made by the imperial troops,
AMI they will undoubtedly make an
other nearer Picking. The progress
of the relief column should be more
rapid for the next few days, or Until
they again beat the Chinese at the
place at which they choose to make
their. final stand. Undoubtedly many
distractions will be thrown in the
way of the allied forces, but the civ
ilized world has faith in the bravery
of it's soldiers, and their ability to
carry to a successful termination the
the object of this expedition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
THE GERMANS AND CHINA.

Ambassador to Germany Andrew D.
White, who arrived in New York yes
terday, had some interesting things to
say on the China situation. Concern
ing Emperor Williams speech to the
soldiers starting for China he said
that it was generally misinterpreted.
"He never meant" the ambassador
said, "to tell them to give the Chinese
no quarter. Nobody so understood
the speech until some French papers
put that construction upon it. What
he did say was that they should
bear in mind that they are going to
face desperate foe."
Mr.. White expressed the opinion
that the trouble would never terml-
nate in the partition of China. He be-
lieved the war would end in the al
lied powers debating terms to China.
admiral Kempff's conduct in China"
he said, was at first misconstrued
but now the Germans approve of his
policy. Russia is looked upon with
usual distrust, but the fact that she
and Germany fight shoulder to should
er in China tends to improve the feel
ing between the two countries" In
conclusion the Ambassador touched
upon the admiration felt in Germany
for our arms.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09

sionaries published not long ago a
book on this demon-possession among
the Chinese, especially in just this
part of China where the Boxers fren-
zy has broken out in it's most devilish
atrocities and follies. In fact, the
Boxers distinctly claim to be spirit
possessed.
Dr.. Nevius, who has lived forty
years in China, has given a multitude
OF instances, as fully attested as hui
man evidence could make them, of
persons who believed themselves to
be thus possessed, and who at first
would cry out in agonies of horror
against the invading demon Dr. Ne
vius declares that he himself came
to be fully convinced of the horrible
reality of the spirit domination.
Whatever anyone's attempted psy-
Geological explanation of these sup
posed demoniacal possessions, with
the consequent tortures and diabolical
acts which their victims seem forced
to commit, the unspeakable Boxer in
surrection and frenzy in Pekin and
elsewhere the last few weeks, it would
be sort of comfort to accept, if pos
sible, the demon theory, if only to re-
lieve the necessity of having to be-
lleve that our human nature, left to
self, were capable of such diabolism
as the civilized world is Just now
shuddering at.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
Why Not Lacey?

Clear Lake Mirror: The Mirror is
liable to change it's mind on such an
important subject, but at present, af-
ter hasty glance at the situation, it
is inclined to the belief that John F..
Lacey would be about right for United
States senator. For one thing, Lacey
wore the blue, and Iowa has never had
soldier in the senate and never will
unless something of this kind is done
before long. The southern states send
their confederate brigadiers to the SEN
ate and Iowa would honor itself by
honoring a gallant soldier like Major
Lacey. But that of itself is not suffi-
Gent. 1t is, however, when we know
that Lacey is safe man, an accom-
plished lawyer and staunch republi-
can. He is not as snowy as some men,
does not acquit himself so we'll in the
oratorical dress parade, but there is
no discount on his ability. Some years
ago when there were SO many contest
ed election cases from the south, Maj
or Lacey was a member of the com
mittee on privileges and elections and
the reports he made were admitted by
all his colleagues to be the best that
ever issued from that committee.
They showed rich mind and keen
brain. Down in the Sixth district La
cey has had to fight for his political
life and his party for years against
democrats, populists, greenbackers
and other political bushwhackers and
he has at all times CALAMITY upheld
the standard Of republicanism. He is
brave, he is honest, he is true. He
has earned promotion; let him have it,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
INSULTING THE HORSE.

Professor O. R. Gleason, the horse
trainer, thinks SO much of a horse
that he considers an insult is heaped
upon mans best friend every time
somebody buys an automobile. Es-
pecially does Mr.. Gleason think it bad
taste in the people of Iowa, state
that breeds more horses than any
other state in the union to forsake the
splendid animal for any ingenious de-
vice or inanimate wood and steel.
Governor Shaw recently purchased an
automobile AMI Mr.. Gleason, who is
now in Des Moines, told the people of
that city what he thought about it as
follows:
81 understand your governor has
gone to CHICAGO and ordered an auto-
mobile built for himself. Now isn't
Ihar pretty eXample;for the governor
of the greatest horse breeding state in
the United States to set his people?
If the ladies of Des Moines would
serve notice on the governor that they
will never go out riding with him I'M
less he spends as much money in the
purchase of magnificent pair Of
thorobred horses, it would be serving
him right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
ORIGINAL NoT1cE.-To Mary Jane Leigh.

" ton and Charles Leighton:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
the petition of Charlotte S. Lunsdon is now
filed in the Office of the clerk of the district
court of the state of Iowa, in and for Wapello
county, asking for partition of the following
described real estate situated i'll Wapello
county, Iowa, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of the northeast quar-
ter Of section IA, township u, range IA, except
the right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee s.
st. Paul r. R., extending across said quarter
of said quarter of section IA, and excepting five
acres off the northwest corner of said quarter
hitherto decided to the Ottumwa Brick q Com
struction Co., being thirty-two acres, more or
less, and claiming that said plaintiff, Charlotte
S. Lumsdon, owns an undivided one-sixth inter-
est therein; that you, the said Mary Jane Leigh
ton, own an undivided one-twenty-fourth inter-
est therein, and the other children of John
Lunsdon, deceased, also each own undivided
fourth interest therein, and the de-
tendant, James Lumsdou, owns an undivided
one-ha1f interest therein.
And unless You appear thereto and defend be-
fore noon of the second day of the next term of
said court, being the August term thereof,
which will commence at Ottumwa, Iowa, on
the goth day of August, 1900, default will be en-
tered against you, and decree granted as prayed
for. Dated July -, 1900.
McNETT g. TIsDALE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Charlotte S. Lumsdon.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF IOWA.

Chicago Tribune: Citizens of the
sovereign state of Iowa will find their
charming commonwealth dissected
and described in delightful literary
style in the August Atlantic. Rollln
Lynde HART performs the task with
a rare combination of humor and adj
miring raillery. After lightly sketch
ing the uneventful history of the state
and chronicling the early agricultural
mistakes of the settlers, he tells how
they finally obeyed the injunction to
ego to grass" and have pros
pered amazingly ever since. They
took to grass, raised COWS to
eat it, and began making
butter for the nations. From
prairie grass to wheat, from wheat TO
clover, from clover to corn-such are
the short and simple annals OF the
Iowans."
Mr.. HART thinks the motto of Iowa
should be "Cornucopia-plenty OF
corn He even attempts to put all
Iowa into three nouns-corn, COW, and
hog-but repents and admits that
there are many other good things. in
Iowa. For instance, there is the re-
tired farmer, who flourishes numer-
ously and dwells prosperously IN
Iowa's innumerable small towns. In
New England retirement means de-
feat; in Iowa it means triumph. In
New England the drift toward the cit
les is struggle for self-preservatlon;
in Iowa it is movement toward lux
ury and reposeful ease. The heavens
above, and the earth beneath, and the
minerals under the earth have all been
kind to the Iowans. But Mr.. HART
has one fault to find with Iowa. 1t is
not the cyclones. 1t is the monoto-
nous goodness of the citizens. He
complains that the people are so uni 1
formly respectable that they will at
tempt nothing quixotic or piratical.
They refuse to be picturesque. They
are SO prosily conventional that if by
chance they do anything unusual they
undo it next day. If Des Moines pass
ses an ordinance to put itself to bed by
curfew at IL, the mayor annuls it.
If the state abolishes capital punish
ment, it straightway repents. If it
adopts prohibition, it is soon found
coming at least half way back. Think
of. a state that will build a $3,000,000
capitol and not steal penny! Fan
cy an American commonwealth with
out state debt!
In this strain does Mr.. HART Ia
ment, pronouncing the state "gravely
commonplace, distressingly normal,
hopelessly sane. You have high
level, but dead level" he says. Even
the Quakers from Penn college con-
form to convention in playing football
and lay aside their creed of non-re-
sistance, not even pausing in a center
rush to ask, Does thee mind if l slug
thou?" Iowa is hopelessly sane, NOR
al intelligent, Industrious, and loyal
the despair of the novelist or the seek
er after the amazing. Happily this
state of Iowa, SO typical of the broad,
fertile, populous Valley of the Upper
Mississippi, stands representative of
the bulk of our people"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09

ORIGINAL NoTIcE.-yiola Daggett, plain.
" tiff. VS.. Frank Daggett, defendant.
In the district court of the state of Iowa, in
and for Wapel1o county, August term A. D.
1900.
To Frank Daggett: You are hereby notified
that the petition of plain:iff in the above en-
titled cause is filed in the Office of the clerk of
the district court of the state of Iowa, in and
for Wapello county, claiming of you divorce
that unless you appear thereto and defend be-
fore noon of the second day of the next term,
being the August term of the said Court, which
will commence at Ottumwa, on the goth day of
August, 1900, default will be entered against
you and Judgment rendered thereon.
Dated July 10, 1900. w. w. EPPs,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
LEGAL.

INCORPORATION NoTICE-The following
= amendments have been made to the articles
OF Incorporation of the Peoples Building and
Sayings Association of Ottumwa, Iowa:
The premium has been eliminated and the
interest has been fixed at seven aud eight
tenths per cent.
Withdrawing members will receive the full
amount paid in as dues and after one year a
proportion of the earnings, the proportion being
larger each year until after six years the
amount will be the full book value of the stock
withdrawn. Il
The expense is limited to the present provis-
ions of the laws of Iowa.
The amount to be paid as dues on stock is
liked at one dollar and sixty cents per month
on each share and eighty cents per month on
each half share.
The dividend on fully paid stock is limited
to eight per cent and also to the dividend de-
clared on other stock and said stock is made
redecmable on thirty days notice, and it shall
participate in the losses of the associations
Article eighteen is stricken out entire.
The annual stockholders meeting is fixed for
the fourth Monday of January in each year.
D. A. EMERY, Secretary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
CHINESE DEMoNIsM.

There is nothing which the Chinese
believe in more firmly than in the ex-
istence of devils. Nor is there any part
OF their common philosophy of life
which takes closer or stronger hold
upon them than that which connects
the whole demon realm with every
day Chinese human affairs.
Those who have given most study
on the ground to the Chinese thought,
character, and characteristics are most
emphatic in declaring the difficulty, if
not the impossibility, of experimenting,
with any certainty and completeness,
the genuine Chinaman. The fact is,
there is no possibility of really under
standing him unless one makes very
large account of the universal domi-
nation turnout China of the pecul-
lar Chinese combinations of animism,
spiritism, and demonism.
OF course, taken at it's best, Chinese
demonism assumes the form of an
cestral worship. But this ancestral
cult is almost totally devoid of any
element of love. 1t does not pretend
to have moral quality. The first
lining and the last thing about it, in
the main, is an essentially selfish fear
and dread. Good luck, fortune, fate
everything depends on what the "spir-
s." ancestrally near or remote, may
be disposed to do toward those now
living. And what the ancestral spir-
Its will be disposed to do depends up
on the ceremonial behavior of the liv-
ing in relation to the shrines or tombs
now haunted by the spirits of the in
Vulnerable dead. Any day, when an
ancestral spirit perceives that his
shrine has been sighted or allowed to
be desecrated, the said spirit is liable,
and may be expected, to become de-
moniacal fury, and wreak it's wrath on
it's luckless victim.
When the Chinese talk so glibly
about foreign devils" they are using
term which is perfectly familiar to
their own ancestral and hereditary
conception of the world. They do not
pretend but that there are plenty of
other devils" besides the foreign
ones. Missionaries who have spent
their lives among the Chinese bear
witness to the terribly prevalent be-
lief in the reality of demoniacal pos
session and every form Of witchcraft.
One Of the most learned Of the mis-
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SHER1FF's sALE.-Notice is hereby given
~ that By VIRTUE of a reueral e,tecaatios, e.

SHERIFF'S SALE.-Notice is hereby Given
~ that by virtue of a general execution to me
directed by the Clerk Of the District Court Of
Wapello county, Iowa, against the goods, chat
Miller, defendant, in favor of Phillip Duffey,
plaintiff, will offer at public sale to the high.
est and best bidder, for cash, at the front door
pello county, Iowa, on the 18th day of August.
1900, between the hours of O'Clock a. nj. and 4
O'Clock p. M: on said day, all of said Mrs.
Maggie A. Mi1ler's right, title and interest in
and to the following described proerty situated
in Wapello county, Iowa, to-wit: Lot number
twenty-five l25l, in A. c. Leghton's subdivis-
seven ~ of Leighton's Acre Addition to the
City of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Sale to commence at the hour Of one O'clock
p. m. of said day.
Witness my hand this 18th day of July,
1900. B. f. SHUTS,
Sheriff of Wapel1o County, Iowa.
By g. T. SLAyENs, Deputy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
po YOU WANT A BARN?

One of the very choicest 81 acre farms in
Wapeilo county, improved, close to railroad
town, and priced right
93 acre farm, fair improvements, in Wapello
county, price So, 900; good terms.
90 acre improved farm, Davis county, Iowa,
at $500
400 acre we'll improved farm, Hancock coun-
~. Iowa, $4,000.
100 acre farm, fair house and barn, good soil,
Coddington county, South Dakota, price $12 So,
s. 90 per acre down, balance small yearly pay
ments.
240 acre farm, fair improvements, joins town.,
in Coddiugton county, South Dakota, price
SLIGO per acre.
100 acre farm * miles from Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, room house, bearing orchard,
price $40 90 per acre
Some splendid bargains in farms in eastern
Kansas and Oklahoma. Excursions every two
weeks. Send for circular.
M. II. WILLIAMS. Baker Bldg, Ottumwa, la
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09

NOTICE = Proof of will. State of Iowa.
~ Wapello county, S. To ali whom II
may concern: Notice is hereby given, that
an instrument in writing purporting to
Lester, deceased, was this day produced.
opened and read by the undersigned, and
that 1 have fixed Monday, the 9th day Of
August, 1900, as the day for hearing proof in
relation thereto. Witness MY official sigma
ture, with the seal of said Court hereto Affixed,
this 2Sth day of July, 1900
o. J. GARRIorr,
Seal Clerk District Court.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
Desperate Killed at eaIesburq.

Galesburg, ILL.,, Aug. 8.-Warney
Cash, desperate local character, was
shot and instantly killed by Zip
Hamilton in the latter's restaurant
late Saturday night. Cash threatened
to kill Hamilton and had struck him
over the head with a club when the
latter fired. The coroner's jury ac-
quilted Hamilton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09

In China it is simply case of cut
to pieces and be cut to pieces if we
have to fight. The Chinese would not
know what to do with prisoners--want
none, in fact, and we cannot be both
cred with them, for they will not rec
ognize the rules of civilized warfare.
A wound means death if the wounded
cannot be carried off. There is bet
ter opportunity for Victoria crosses
and other rewards for valor in China
than in war among the powers.
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ORIGINAL NoTIcE-Delie Fulton VS.. Geo,

ORIGINAL NoTIcE-Delle Fulton VS.. Geo.
" II. Fulton.
1870.
To Geo. II. Fulton:
You are hereby notified that on or before the
18th day of July, 1900, petition of Dele Fulton
will be filed in the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court of the state of Iowa, in and for Ma
haska county, claiming of you divorce on ac-
count Of your cruel and inluman treatment of
plaintiff SO as to cndanger plaintiffs life and
other equitable reasons and asking any other
relief as shall be just in the premises, as will be
fully set forth in plaintiffs petition on file, aud
that unless you appear thereto and defend be-
fore noon OF the second day of the August term,
a. D., 1000. of said court, which will ommeuce
ON the goth day of August, 1900, default will be
entered against you and Judgment decree rem
dered thereon as prayed for in said petition.
o. N. Downs,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-09
Jack the Huqqer at RoIfe.

Rolfe, Aug. S.-Rolfe is afflicted
with a Jack the Hugger. When the
shadows of evening fall sufficiently he
HES himself to some lonely spot on
the walk and awaits victim. 1t is
said that he doesn't wait for them
singly, but will take twos. A great
big rousing hug seems to satisfy him
and he moves on to greener fields and
hugging more The freak has not yet
been recOgniZed
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Administrator,s NotIoa

Notice is hereby given to all persons inter-
ested, that on the LIST day of August, A. D.,
1900, the undersigned was appointed by the
clerk of the district court of Wape11o County,
Iowa, administrator of the estate of Barton
Handy, deceased, late of said county All
persons indebted to said estate will make paw.
ment to the Undersigned, and those havinr
claims against the same will present them.
legally authenticated to said court for allow.
ance.
Dated August 1, 1900. ]. w. HANDY.
Administrator.
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Mr. WI is said to be extremely dis
tressed over the outcome In China.
That is what is the matter with our
Mr.. Conger, too.
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CIRCULATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation Of all
other Ottumwa papers combined.
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