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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
MONEY TO LOAN
ON CHATTELS
j. "A. Strader, 315 Church St.
C0@so

oolong ........ ........ co@so
Ceyion ..-....... 60@1.00
uncolored Japan 1880. 10000
Sugar, cut loaf, Is lbs fore / 90
nlverlzel. - IDS Tor .& 100
Granulatea, 10 IDS TOT 81 100
Extra G, II lbs for $500. 1 90
Dark C, IS lbs for ...... on
Coffee. lilo. green, per h., 15@2c
Rio roasted y. .......... rs
Golden Rio, green ...... .. 90
Onions, per peck ......... 81
Potatoes, per blu ....... 80
Apples, per peck ...... 80
Creamery butter .::......... 25@27h
Butter, fresh per ID 22h
EGGS, per dozen ...,.. 22s
Beets, new per peck. ...... 20
Cabbage, per Id ......... OF
Lemons ....t ............ 20
Oranges per dozen ........ So@5O
Bananas, per dozen ....... 20
Carrots, per peck 49,. 49,. 20
Celery $500. ........ 031-3
Turnips, per peck ......... Is
Peaches, per basket $50. 30@4o
Pears per dozen ..... 80. 20@25
Granas, per basket ........ rs
Radishes, per bunch 1883. O5@10
Lettuce, per head .s...... 71h@1O
lCranberries, per quart. 81-3@12k
Cucumbers, each ........ 71s
Sweet potatoes, per peck. 50
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

The grand jury of Appanoose coun-
ty met and adjourned without finding
a single Indictment.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
Number of utah's People.

Washington, Nov. 2S.The popula-
ton of Utah is 276,749 as against 207,-
sos in 1890, an increase Of 33.1 per
cent. q
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
.MARYVILLE MURDER.
Supposed Slayer of DR.. w. o. Ham
ilton Held to Grand Jury.
FRED AIN MAINTAINS SILENCE.
Testimony Introduced at coroner's
Inquest Is Said to Have Pointed
Strongly to Aims Guilt-The Evil
dence CircumstantiaI.
Frederick Aim, a prominent farme

Frederick Aim, a prominent farmer
living in the village of Maryville, has
been held to the Maryville county
grand jury to answer to the charge OF
numbering DR.. w. o. Hamilton, re-
spected Maryyille practitioner. The
assassination took place Monday OF
this week, and the earlier details OF
the horrible crime were printed ex-
clusively in Mondays Courier. The
remains of the murdered physician
We're buried yesterday afternoon, in a
cemetery near Maryville, and Aim is
now behind the bars in the Marion
county Jail, at Knoxville, where he is
likely to remain for some time.
The coroner's inquest over the re-
mains of the murdered doctor was
held yesterday, and the Marion coun-
ty officials report that the testimony
offered was such as to make it appear
that Aim was the perpetrator OF the
crime Insane jealousy on his part,
and his doubt as to the professional
methods of DR.. Hamilton, his family
physician, and his further belief that
the doctor was successful in winning
the love of Mrs. Aim, are the things
which prompted the deed which has
been laid at Frederick Aims door.
The Marion county officials report that
Aim has maintained strict silence in
regard to the murder, and that at no
time has he ventured the expected
confession,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

Two new state offices have been Gre
ated, that Of state expert accountants.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

A farmer at Bayard shipped three
cars of fine cattle last week.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
chinese Respect for the Dead.

Opposition to foreign innovations in
China is based mainly on respect for
the dead. There are no cemeteries in
China, or any regular burying places
except for the titled classes. Common
people bury their dead on their own
ground, or by the wayside, so that one
cannot travel in any direction without
encountering a grave, which is held
sacred. These graves are carefully at
tended by the living, every year being
visited with votive candles and fire.
crackers, meat and wine. The foreign
element persistently seeks to introduce
railroads into China, and to go in any
thing like a straight line, any railroad.
no matter where laid, would have to
run over thousands of graves. To the
Chinese this is dissertation, and they
will die before they permit it. Nor
will they allow the graves to be opened
and the remains transferred into ceme-
| teries; that also would be Dissertation.
The same obstacle stands in the way
of building factories or manufacturing
plants, except in thiclkly settled cities
Golden Days.
The postmaster at Vinton has re-
signed.
/ A canning company is being talked
OF at Cres'Cn.
A new mill is being erected at Sioux
! Rapids.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29
HERE'S A SNAP!

A good 100 acre farm at Just SO Der acre be-
low its present value. It's in Wapello county
not Id Texas; it's on the north side Of the
river, not on Soap Creek, and it's priced at $40,
not at $50, the price it has been held at hereto
fore.
It belongs. to an old gentleman in very
feeble health and he has made this VERY
sale. Now If You don't want one of the best
bargains IN farms you ever saw, just neglect
looking after this ne week or two, but if
also snap in 10 acre farm with $500 worth
OF improvements on it, at $500. The man
VINO owns this has been to Oklahoma, and of
course he wants to sell ont and 20 there. By
the way, our next excursion to Perry, Okla
homa leaves over the Milwaukee December 4.
SIS IS round trip.
Morris WilliamsE
Phone 444. Baker Building.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

A new mill is being erected at Sioux
Rapids.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

A canning company is being talke'
Of at Cresion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-29

The postmaster at Vinton has re-
signed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
WHERE LEARNED MEN MET.
The Famous RooLstnI of the Late
Alexander Williams

tFrom tie New York Commercial Advertiser.)
The death of Alexander Williams. Bos-
toms famous bookseller, and for many
years proprietor of the Old Corner Book
Store recalls a historic meeting place of
men of genius during a period when Bos
toms literary leadership was less ques-
toned than il is now. Probably there
never was another place in this country
that suggested more of the famous London
book stalls OF over hundred years ago.
when statesmen and men of letters chat
ted over rare editions or talked on larger
questions in a quiet way.
The Old Corner Bookstore was not only
local intellectual ceutre but a literary bond
of union with England IL was not merely
the fact that English periodicals OF the best
class were always found there which at.
tracted so many TO buy them but also the
number of eminent literary Americans who
frequented the store commented upon
English events. and, in general way. in
formally put their stamp OF approval or
otherwise upon the best that England had
to say. But OF course that was only part
years ago cheap literature IN the sense OF
money book values had not descended upon
us as flood. and there was then more dis
tinction than there could be now in any
place where books are sold.
Bernard Quaritch. the English bookseller
who died recently. was perhaps the last of
his kind In London and Mr. Williams may
prove to have been the last one here. The
bookstore OF that sort has practically
ceased 10 exist
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
VANILLA AS A POISON.
Danger Int the Use of an Ordinary
Household Article.

Chic British Medical J0urnal.l
4 certain fearful interest attaches
10 accounts of poisoning by substances in
common use and the interest becomes al
most painful when We learn how difficult il
is to provide against its occurrence
Vanilla is case in point. Fortunately,
thanks apparently more TO luck than any
thing else. cases OF poisoning from this
cause are rare. Nineteen persons one Of
whom subsequently died suffered severely
Wassermann tells us, from the effects OF
eating come vanilla cream This was
composed OF milk. eggs. sugar and Favored
with vaniIlin fthe commercial article pre-
pared from conifcrin.1 The dish had been
cooked in the evening and allowed to
stand. uncovered. In the dining room till
noon next day. Investigation showed that
the eggs and sugar were good, that the
milk alone was harmless. and that the va
nillln was pure. The fact that the cook
and landlady, who had merely tasted the
dish, had also become seriously i'll. sug-
gested the idea that the poisonous agency
might have undergone further development
after being swallowed-that is. that 1t was
bacterial
Wassermann boiled three TASKS contain
ing respectively. plain milk milk favored
with vanillin. and a solution Of vanillin in
water. then let them stand eighteen hours
at temperature of 81 degrees Centigrade
1856 degrees Fahrenheitl. Some OF the
contents of each flash were injected into
mice. The milk Favored with vanilln was
poisonous, the other two harmless.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
BEGGARs WHO HIRE BABIES.
IN AbomiBnbIc Traffic Carried TN by
the NeudicsntS Of Paris.

(From the Pail Nall Gazette)
The police have just arrested outside
outside the fashionable church OF La Trim
ite several professional beggars, all OF
them accompanied by children OF whom
they were not the parents.
There are certain recognized centres for
this abominable traffic. and regular
tariff is in operation at these child mar
kets. The trade is by far the briskest in
winter. In ordinary times. when no spe-
cial holiday is in progress, a child from
five to ten years may be had cheapIy. the
current charge being eighteen pence day
or two shillings. If the weather is very
cold. Babies in arms or those who can
only just toddie are more expensive.
fetching double and treble this sum.
On Christmas Day and New Year Day
when besgars are practically not inter
fered with by the police and reap their
richest harvests. the prices are much
higher As much as a sovereign has to be
paid on these special occasions for a baby
only few months old. and even this sum
is exceeded in the case OF the hapless lit
tie creatures who are ill., and who are
thus likely the more readily to move the
passer- by to pity. Older children on
these holidays NAV be hired for eight
shiliings IL the beggar continues al work
throughout the evening he has to supply
the child with supper. He also has to
undertake to pay for a doctor il his vie
tim should fall i'll from exposure.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
FEEDING A GREAT ARMY.
The Cost Of Subsistence for British
Troops in south Africn.

During his period OF service British
soldier is entitled to three-quarters Of a
pound OF fresh meat and one pound OF
bread daily; and. when on active service,
the meat Is Increased TO one pound. end
free ration OF groceries and vegetables is
also issued.
The average bullock. when slaughtered
and cut up by the army butchers, will
yield 100 pounds of meat; and Las bull
locks must die to provide the troops with
one days rations. Surprising that the OPP
erations in the field occupy six months,
and the soldiers get fresh meat twice
week. then. in round numbers, T0o00 bull
locks must be butchered.
This fresh meat must be eked out with
no less than 10. 100000 pounds Of sal,ed or
preserved victuals, and We get a grand to-
tai OF 14.5Oo.OO0 pounds, or $500 tons of
bullock.
The army eats up 600 pounds of bread
daily. and bread contains a quarter of its
weight in flour. In twenty-six weeks It
will require 3.6lo.OO pounds OF flour. or
90 900 bushels
Surprising the beef averages 5d a pound
all rouud-rather than over the mark-we
have an outlay OF E32500o. Add 10 that
e 1000 for the British army's daily bread
cat Is per stone Of II pounds. and a fur
Their e212. 600 for vegetables and groceries.
calculated at the rate OF SGD day per
man. and a single army corps Will eat up
E550. 600 in six months.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21


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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

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This Is no O. o. ID. OF DEPOSIT scheme but d
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
THE AMERICAN ROACH.
Originally From the West Indies, and
IA Most Aggressive Specimen.

(From the st. Louis Globe DemucrltD
OF all the sturdy cockroach family the
sa-called American roach is champion He
is iercer more aggressive. and by far
outmeasures all other varieties. He came
here originally from the West Indies, but
like many other foreigners has become
so much an institution of this country that
he is known all over the world the
American roach. He travels abroad a
great deal. booking his passage in pack
ages of merchandise and in the crevices
Of wcII-olIed American machinery destin-
ed for foreign ports, so that for years he
has been setting up colonies OF his own
in the sugar rehneries. machine shops. and
vessels OF other nations. He has grown
to enormous proportions, measuring in
many Instances as much rs three inches
long while his out-stretehed wings often
spread full six inches apart These are
the fellows that disturb you ut night and
make such noise that they have come TO
be known as drummers. They wear yell
lowish coat with brown SPOTS.
While the means for destroying thr
roach are not numerous. they are at least
sufficient If persistently applied. to keep
the increase in check. Old wet cloths viii
attract them during the night and in the
morning It is a simple trick to kill them
with boiling water winged trap has
been tried abroad with success In this
manner. by actual count. no fewer thai
1896 cockroaches were caught in four
months in house 10 which neither baker
ror kitchen was attached.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
SENT FREE TO Men
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to Men
A Free Trial Package Sent by
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
THE NEW EGYPTIAN MEDAL.
A Decoration for British Soldiers
Under, Kitchener


Today the Prince OF Wales will. as the
representative of Her Majesty. confer on
the senior battalion OF the senior regi-
ment of the Brigade Of Guards the medal
which the Queen has given to her troops
for the Sudan campaign.
The medal now so often seen on Tommy
Atkins breast was given by the Khedive.
the first clasps added to it being those for
"Firket'' and "Hafir," and subsequently
"Abu Hamid," mile, 1897" and the At
bara- Then came the crowning triumph
OF "Khartum'' and quickly following
"Gedarif" and presumably another clasp
will now be added for Wingate's mastery
ending of the whole long campaign. The
medal is a trifle larger than the ordinary
one, but is strikingly effective. the ribbon
being yellow. with centre stripe OF water
ed blue, the same width as the outside yell
low stripes.
The medal the Prince will today give to
the Guards is the Queens medal for the
same campaign. It will go to all who have
served in the Sudan since Kitchener's
first advance in 1896. 1t carries no clasps
with 1t. Those go on the Khedive's
medals, and will In the main be rare on
the British soldiers breast. Tommy will,
of course. sport "Atbara" and "khar-
tum," and bluejackets and marines here
ana tnere VIII ne fDunu Win ADJ Hafnl1
and nile, 1897 but the clasps for
'.Firket' and "Hafir" will be worn only
by the First North Staffordshire, while
"Gedarif" will be found worn only by a
few English officers. commissioned and
noncommissioned.
The ribbon for the medal is Her
Msiesty's own idea II is half black. SYM
bolical OF the Sudanese troops; half yell
low. symbolical of the "Goppies,
while running down between the inter
section is thin red line" On one side
Of the medal there is bust of Her Males
ty, Victoria Regina ct Imperatrix." 1t is
a beautiful piece of workmanship. The
other side contains a figure OF Victory,
holding in her right hand palm, and in
her left a laurel wreath. Below is a trophy
of flags, and underneath this the legend
Sudan The medal is designated by G.
W. De Saulles, engraver to the Roy al
Mint
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
COLLEGE Goop-FELLowsHIP.
AI@a Mater Attachments That Last
whole Lite Long.

prime advantage Of university edu
cation is the assimilation OF what is called
the college spirit. This is worth quite as
much TO the student as the technical
knowledge which he masters in his aca-
demic course.
Al any frst-class institution OF learning
the students meet young men of good
breeding and sntecedents from every part
of the country. They form acquaintance
and associations which yield enjoyment to
them for the remainder of their lives
They are given the opportunity OF meas
uring themselves as to intellectual power
and. what is fully as important, in point
Of manner and development, with the best
American types. The assemblage OF thou
sands of youths from the most cultivated
families in the land opens the way for the
assimilation and imitation by each OF all
that is most admirable in the others.
College friendships. in many instances
lead the students into wholly new fields OF
social observation and thus greatly broaden
the education of the student. The Western
boy at Yale or Harvard goes home to yisit
with his Eastern chum, and sees life
which IL essentially different from that to
WI ich he has been accustomed. The East
ern chap comes TO the West and fairly
revels in the cordially and freedom which
are notable In Eastern society for their alb
sence. The advantage Is great and as val
liable on one side as on the other.
This feeling OF good fellowship has built
up what may be called vast college order
all over the country. The strength and Vi
islity OF this association are witnessed TO-
day in Kansas City. The greeting which
the Alumni or Yale extend 10 i,s president
proves the cohesive force Of college at
taehments. II has brought graduates from
old Ell from far and near TO iolu again
in The dear old songs. in the precious mem
ofies OF golden days that are past and
better than all. In new conservation of
loyalty and devotion TO Yale and to the
movement for expanding the sphere Of its
wide Usefulness.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
How News spreads In Africa.

French official who has had considerable er-
lrilrhce IN Aficsn exploration. declares that IL
The f"nfean-lgmy mission had been massacrcd
the news would have been at once spread hy the
native IT tie south for the system of distributing
news j. very well organized among them The
"hicial cited a. an example Of this organization
lie iaa that The oapiulation Of Paris in 1871
wHs known at Laghaut which is 80 miles south q,
Alsieis twenty nine hpGrs before the official
announcement was received by telegram at The
same station. The natives usa bonfres ppon tltr
Inounisins. which ARE visible at a great distance.
and native lorsefncn galiop from tribe to tribe
carrying the news that i 70 be made known.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
MARSHALL wiIder,s Retor,.
From The New York Tribune.l

Ut IVftI mt WV IVtN IIIWWut.I
The following is attributed to Marshall r.
Wilder: Some evenings ago a man was seated in
the corridor OF one Of the large hotels smoking
fragrant Havana cigar. ON the lounge next To
him were seated woman and her daughter the
latter being immed ately next tn the smoker. The
draft in the corridor blew the smoke from the
cga, ,cross the younger wOman-4 face to which,
although it annoyed her extremely. the smoker
remained seemingly either Obvious or else
wholly Indifferent Finally. after several quite
audible remarks to her mother apropos Of the
rtdeness OF men in general in smoking in the
presence Of women. which passed rapidly into
somewhat hectic comment this smoker in
particular. the fFgyed string OF her temper broke
aud. turning ssy1gpy to the tornenior. she said:
eli you were ms husband. do you know I'd poison
von2" Her neighb0r removing his cigar nom his
lips. promptly responded: "Nnd Go YOU Know.
nldan. were YOU my wife. I'D take that posoB!'