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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
Agency.

Agency, Aug. 10.-Mrs. l.. X. Cream
er and Mrs. A. E. Rifle have been sick
the past week.
A son of J. D. Gatlins had his head
badly mashed last week while playing
on the cars.
Miss Winnie Fair visited at Hedr.ck
last week.
Miss Rena Harmon spent Sunday
with Miss Ella Lawson at Batavia
The Ladies Aid society will have
social on the school grounds Sat
urday evening, August II. All are
invited to attend.
Oscar Newell arrived home from
Wyoming this week. He has bought
ranch there and expects to move his
family.
H. R. Goodwin, the c., B. & @. agent
at this place, has gone to Durham TO
visit his mother, and Mr.. Winslow
is filling his place.
The picnic that was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Peck las,
week in honor of the Kings Daughters
| was grand success
Prof. F. G. Callister was in town
last week calling on his old friends.
Frank Hill is visiting at j. B. Hills
this week.
Mrs. Anna Long, of Council Bluffs,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Ankrom.
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THE BoER WAR.
Roberts Reports Activity Among His
Generals.

London, Aug. 11.-The war office to-
day received the following from Rob-
erts: Pretoria, Aug. 10.-Johannes-
burg reports that the patrol from the
waterworks was attacked August Z.
Butler occupied Amerspoort the
evening of the 18th. The enemy re-
tired before his force about six miles
before Amerspoort was reached. The
casualties were twenty men wound.
ed.
Butler was on the north bank of
the Reistspruit ON the 9th on his way
to Ermele.
"Rundel arrested, at Harrismith
Commandant Marais, three field cor
nets, thirty armed Burghers and a
British subject of Natal, named Mar
ais also, the Boer spy Erasmus, and
former member of the Free State in.
telligence bureau.
Hunter reports that hundred and
thirty BurgherS with upwards of mil
lion rounds of ammunition surrender
ed on the eighth, and ninth, Cloet, d
former member of the Volksraad, is
prisoner with Hunter.
Kitchener engaged Dewet's real
guard yesterday near LindeQue with
in hearing of Methuen's guns six miles
to the northwest"
Plot Was Clumsily Conceived.
London, Aug. 11.-Roberts wires
the war Office from Pretoria yester.
day: "a plot to carry me off has been
discovered. 1t was clumsily conceiv.
ed. The ringleaders and all concern
ed are now under arrest"
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LABOR UNION RAILWAY.
Louis Labor Unions Organize
Street Railway Company.

st. Louis Aug. 10.-Articles or in
corporation were filed at the record
er's office by the Labor Union Street
Railroad Company. Capital stock is
five thousand dollars. The officers are
as follows: President, Thomas ID Ed.
wards; Vice President, Simeon o.
Collins; Secretary, VIM D. Benson
Treasurer, John A. Root. Edwards
and Benson constitute the committee
recently appointed by the local street
railway union to organize a corpora
tion to enter the street railway bust
ness in this city.
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Belknap.

S. U. Zook and family, of Bloom
field. visited here with H. G. Rankin
and family Saturday and Sunday and
attended the old folks service at the
M. E. church Sunday afternoon.
Marion c. Galpin and wife, of Bloom
field, visited here Sunday with Mrs.
Galpin's sister, Mrs. Nora Pickett,
and husband
A large crowd attended the singing
at the M. E. church Sunday evening.
An ice cream supper is announced
for Friday evening at the V. d. Bell
home. Proceeds to go toward buying
a bell for and putting up belfry at
the NJ. e. church.
Mrs. George Livingston and son
Clarence, of Sherman Chapel, visited
here sunday with Mrs. VIM. Pickett
and family.
Mrs. Ella Livingston, of Bloomfield,
returned home Sunday from visit
at Sherman Chapel.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. O. Hendrickson and
children, of Drakeville, visited Friday
and Saturday at the parental R. j.
Harbour home.
John Wilson, of the Wabash, is
here at work with the bridge gang.
Fred Kane is business visitor to
Drakeville this afternoon.
Walter Mum and family visited Sat
urday night and Sunday north of OF
tumwa on Bear Creek at the S. l..
Baker home.
Earl Guile left Sunday for Kinks
vile, Mo-, where he expects to spend
some time.
Miss Emma Swinney, of Dunnville,
came here Saturday evening to meet
her friends, Miss Oslo Wright, of Cen
teryille, and the Misses Swank, of
Unionville, who will be her guests
for awhile.
The old folks service at the M. E.
church yesterday was interesting and
well attended
Mrs. Doshia Lawton and little sou
Darrell, of Spikard, Mo-, visited here
last week with Mrs. Lawton's aunt
Mrs. Samuel Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Conner, of Sher
man chapel, entertained a number OF
people at dinner Sunday.
Misses Laura and Kate Box, of Ce.
har Rauids. who have been visitias
here with their mother, Mrs. w. l.
| Mccormick, leave this evening for Sa
lima, where they will visit their sister
M. G. Rominger and wife attended
the revival meetings in Bloomfield
Tuesday night.
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THE ASHANTI REBELLION.
Colonel Burroughs Returns From a
Successful Expedition to kumassi.

Bakwai, Aug. IL A column of
seven hundred men under Colonel
Burroughs has returned from Kumas-
81, having reinforced and rerationed
the fort for two months. The force
attacked and destroyed three old
stockades after desperate bayonet
charge, in which four officers and tnir-
ty-four native soldiers were wounded
and three killed. On the night Of
August Burroughs attacked the
Ashanti war camp near Kumassi, sur
prising the camp and bayonetting the
enemy. A great number were slain
without firing gun. A lieutenant
was killed and two men wounded.
Another flying column is going out and
it is believed the punishment intlict-
ed will not soon be forgotten, tho sew
eral defeats are still needed to clear
the country south Of Kumassi of reb.
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WANT TROOPS KEPT OUT.
viceroys of China Ask United States
for Assistance,


Washington, Aug. 1.-THE viceroys
of China, including Ii Hung Chang,
have addressed request to the Uni
ted States government to use it's good
offices with the powers to stop the
landing of the foreign troops at Shang-
hal. The state department received
the communication today from Minis
ter WI, who received it late last
night. The document states that an
agreement was made month ago by
which the foreign governments exer-
cised the right over the city of Shang-
hal. This protection, it is claimed,
can be amply carried out without the
landing of the troops, as the viceroys
state that 20 foreign warships are now
in the harbor, and are able to protect
the interests of the foreigners and
maintain order. The viceroys urge
that the landing of troops will incite
disorder.
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LEGATIONS BEsElGED.
conser Sends Word That Ministers
Are Again in Great Danger.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE follow
ing dispatch, communicating an addi-
tional message from Conger was made
public this morning by the state dc
partment: Canton, Secretary OF
State, Washington Conger, on the
date of the tenth, answering my mes
sage, says the legations are under
siege by the imperial soldiers. The
situation is desperate. The losses OF
the legations are sixty killed and about
one hundred wounded. There is some
sickness, nevertheless the general
health is good" He concludes hy
saying: Whatever may be the out
come we will hold on indefinitely. .
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Mayor G. W. Alexander has appoint

Mayor G.. W. Alexander has appoint
ed Christ Milthorpe night Waterman
and deputy marshal at a salary of $35
month and Otis Cook as assistant
for three months at a salary of SIS
month, in accordance with instruc-
lions of the city council.
Hon. R. A. Hasselquist has returned
from few days business trip to Bur-
lington.
The 3-mile handicap bicycle race
that was postponed last Tuesday night
on account of darkness will be run at
the fair grounds Monday evening for
the opal stud and gold sleeve buttons
onered by the promoters Of the meet.
| No admission fee will be charged and
good crowd is expected.
| The delegates from Lucas county to
the national farmers congress to be
held at Colorado Springs, Aug. 81 to
| 81, have been announced by Hon. B.
f Clayton, chairman of the executive
committee, and consists of the follow
ing named gentlemen: Hon. S. L..
bestow, F. Merrill, T. Young, Hon. L..
S. Huntley, j. W. Mark, F. Townsend,
N. j.. Prather, and H. B. Stewart. This
is much better delegation for such a
meeting than the one sent last year,
many of whom were never armers, as
it consists of all practical farmers but
one.
Thursday was Park picnic day in
Charlton and nearly the whole town
turned out and helped make it rous-
ing success. North Park, where the
picnic was held, was decorated during
4 the afternoon and evening, electric
lights and Japanese lanterns being
the principal decorations in the even
ng. The picnic proper ran from 400
to 11:00 p. m. The Improvement as
socation that had the picnic in charge
deserve much praise for the very sue
cessful manner in which it was car
ried out
The city council of Charlton has
appointed committee of three from
that body to look up the probable cost
and investigate the different systems
of steam or hot water heating, with a
view of putting in plant at the cleo.
trio power house 70 heat the business
portion of the city at a reasonable
rate, utilizing the waste steam that
comes from the exhaust pipe of the
electric light house. They have been
at work several weeks and have al
most settled on the Evans system as
the most available and economical.
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Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, Aug. 10.-William Nc
Giants died suddenly Of heart disease
at his home in this city Tuesday about
noon The funeral services occurred
at 2:30 p. N. at the Baptist church on
Wednesday. The remains We're in
tered in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
The p. e. o. Sisterhood held their
annual picnic Monday evening in Nc
Governs grove entertaining their fam
lilies and few intimate friends and
visiting members, Mrs. W. l. rinns
and Miss Minnie kinnets, of Chicago,
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Death of Mrs. Demmina.

Eldon, Aug. 11.-(Special.) -Thurs-
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock occurred
the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Demming
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
f. C. Hellyer. Mrs. Demming was
So years old and leaves six children,
Mesdames q. A. Wilson, G. G. Rambo,
of Leando, and F. G. Hellyer, also
James and George Demming, of Lean
do, and Miss Effie Demming. The fn-
neral will be held at l o'clock tomor-
row afternoon at Keosauqua.
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1t is believed the date assigned to this
dispatch by the consul refers to the
file date when the message left and
does not fix the time when it left PEEK.
ing by the courier.
Measure Merely Precautionary.
London, Aug. 11.--A special dispatch
from Shanghai dated Aug. 10 says the
British consul general, replying to the
protests of the Chinese government
against the anding of troops, explains
that this is merely precautionary
measure, due to the fact that disturb
ances in the north are spreading and
coming daily nearer to Shanghai. He
also says Kiang-Su is already in a
srate of revolt and at Tai-Tung there
has been serious rioting, and telegraph
stations are being burned
The Taking of Yang-Tsun.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE following
was received today at the navy depart
ment from Remey: "Che Foo, Aug
10.-Bureau of Navigation, Washing.
ton-Taku, Aug. 7.-Chaffee tele
graphs from the front: On the 9Th
Yang-Tsun was occupied. The cas-
ualties are about sixty in my com.
mand. Two marines were wounded
There were many prostrations by
heat and fatigue. The next move is
yet unknown. The general command
ing the English at the front tele
graphs: Marched from Peitsang, nine
miles toward Yang-Tsun when we
formed for the attack with the Amer
leans on the right and the Russians on
the left. After rapid advance FOL
three miles under hot rifle and
shell fire our troops carried the first
line of defense. Our casualties were
fifty killed or dead by sunstroke.
"Remey."
Dispatch from French Admiral.
Paris, Aug. 11.-Minister of Marine
Delanessan today received from Ad
miral Courrejolless two dispatches
confirming the news of the battles OF
Peitsang and Yang-Tsun. One OF
them, dated at Taku, and forwarded
va Che Foo, Aug. Z, mentions the ru
NOR tnat the legations at Peking have
suffered a renewed attack.
France Furious at Germans.
Paris, Aug. 1.-THE French pres.
| is furious over the nomination O
Count Won Waldersee. chief of the
German forces, to command the allies
La Liberte says the emperor ha.
named a marshal outranking any Gen
eral in Frances highest grade with
secret design, the sovereign knowing
that he wuld from his rank com
mand all forces. This, the journa
says, was done that he might give or
ders to French soldiers.
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Plot Was clumsily Conceived.
CAPTURE is CONFIRMED.
Chaffee Tells of the Taking of Yang
Tsun on Monday.

Shahee CHS OF tne aklhg OF Yang
Tsun on Monday.
Washington, Aug. o. The following
dispatch was received this afternoon
at the war department from Chaffee,
via Che Foo: Yang Tsun, Aug. g.
Yang Tsun is occupied today. The
wounded: Second Lieutenant Frank
R. Long, of the Ninth Infantry, mod
crate. The casualties are about sixty
men of the Ninth Infantry, 14th infan-
try, and Battery F and Fifth artillery.
Nearly all are from the Fourteenth.
Names later Many Frustrated with
heat and fatigue"
An Important Point.
Washington, Aug. 9.-Yang Tsun is
the town which Chaffee indicated in a
dispatch received late yesterday as
being the objective of the internation-
al forces on their then pending move
ment. 1t is at the junction of the
Pei Ho and the railroad leading to
Peking. Its capture will insure to the
international troops, it is hoped. two
routes of transportation to Picking. 1t
is Is miles from Tien Tsin.
Missionaries Are Safe.
! New York, Aug. 9.-Rev. A. B. Leon
ard, secretary of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society, today received {
cablegram from Rev. W. H. Lace from
Kobe, Japan, announcing the safe ar
rival at Keobe of the various members
of the Methodist Episcopal mission al
Foo Chow. Besides Lace and wife the
following are named as having arriv
ed:-Rev Mrs. James Sinister, Mrs
Julia w. Plum, Miss Sarah M. Bos
worth and Miss Isabelle Longstreet
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
Pennsylvania Passenger Train
Held UP and Robbed
in Ohio.
MESSENGER MURDERED
Express Safe Rifled of Packages Of
Money-Robbers Escape Without
Being Seen by Any Person Now Liv-
ing-crime Terrible One.

Columbus, o., Aug. 11.-A daring
murder and robbery was committed on
the Pennsylvania passenger train
which arrived here from st. Louis at
11:40 last night. Charles Lane, the
Adams express messenger, formerly
of st. Louis, but recently resident
Of Columbus, was shot and killed
shortly before the train reached the
Union depot at this city and the 30
cal" safe was robbed of all the mon
ey and valuables which it contained
The robbers escaped, and as they have
not been seen by any living person
so far as known, the affair is shroud-
ed in mystery. The safe
robbed cantained only pack
ages of money, the valuph.cs
having been collected after the train
left st. Louis, and the officials of the
expires company insist that the sum
was not large. The crime was not
discovered until the train pulled into
the Union station here.
When extra messenger Sheldon, of
the Adams transfer Office at the sta
ton went to the car, he was surprised
to find the side door which the mes
senger usually opens as the train pulls
into the station, closed. Pushing the
door back, Sheldon was startled by
the sight of Lanes body laying face
downward in a pool of blood between
the stove and side of the car in the for
ward end. The body when found
had beenriddled with bullets and there
were evidences of a desperate struggle
having taken place. Eight bullet
wounds were found, three in the right
side, one in the left side and four in
the right leg. 1t seems two bullets
had been fired into the mans back as
he lay on the floor. The bullets eX
tracted were SO calibre. The robbers
had taken the key to the local safe
from the messengers pocket, opened
the saft, looted it of everything oil
probable value. The key was. left
sticking in the safe door. The mes
senger's revolver with two cham
bers empty, was found in the safe
where it was probably laid by the rob
bers after it was wrenched from his
hand.
The murder was probably commit
ted just after the train left Milford
Center, % miles west of Columbus
where it is believed the robbers
boarded the train. The conductor saw
and talked with Messenger Lane there
When the body was discovered it was
cold and the blood was clotted, show
ing that death occurred at leas
half an hour previous. All the cit,
detectives were Immediately sent on
along the line of railroad. They ar.
securing all the neighboring country
Early this morning two tramps were
found in a box car near Marble Cliff
and We're sent in on suspicion, but i
is not really believed that they hat
anything to do with the crime. Lane
is % years of age and leaves a wife
and child.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. "a. 4
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Will Accept WaIdersee.

Washington, Aug. 10.-It is author
itatively stated that the United
States government will accept Count
Waldersee as commander of the inter-
national forces in China If the neces-
sity exists at the time of the arrival
in that country for the international
army to begin a campaign.
kharbn Captured.
ST Petersburg, Aug. 10.-It is OIL
cially announced that the Russian
troops captured Kharbin on August 8.
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West Van Buren,.

West Van Buren,, Aug 9-Theodore
Evans and family, of Oskaloosa, have
been visiting with friends in this vi
cinity.
Mrs. Keller expects to start in few
days on visit to her son in Colorado.
Everett Candy and wife are the hap
by parents of a girl babe.
Quite number from here attended
the Farmers meeting Thursday.
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The Appetite of a Goat.

Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose
stomach and liver are out of order.
All such should know that DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. the wonderful stomach
and liver remedy gives splendid APP
petite, sound digestion and regular
bodily habit that insures perfect
health and great energy. Only csc at
Clark & Mollison's drug store.
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Claim to Know Nothing.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE local Off
Gals of the Adams Express Co. here
claim the possession of no facts con.
corning the robbery of the Pennsyl-
vania express near Columbus last
night, and the murder of Messenger
Lane. They state that the safe
opened was local one and not like
ly to contain a large sum.
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Ten cars of stock were shipped one
day last week from Defiance.

Beecham's Pills cure Sick Headache
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-09
MEN ADMIRE THESE GIRLS

Men admire the girl who is her moth
er's III ht hand in household matters
and who is hot above taking an interest
III the most trivial things in connection
with household duties.
They admire the girl who is a bright.
entertaining companion, and who has
eyer a kind word and pleasant smile for
those around
They admire the girl who is ALWAYS
neatly goWned, no matter if in inexpen-
ssivc materials, and who never dresses
loudly or i'll questionable taste.
They admire the girl who can adapt
herself to any society, who never puts
on affected airs. and who would scorn
to 90 an action of which all the world
might not know.
They admire the girl who in an emer-
gency can turn her hand to anything,
from cooking the family dinner to re-
trimming an old hat
They admire the girl who is unselfish
enough to give up some pleasure of her
own to benefit another, and does not
consider herself aggrieved at having to
do so.
They admire the girl who can talk of
more important things than dress or the
last new play, and who can listen in
telligently when deeper subjects are in
troduced- - .- . 4
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signing, fluttering existence, but lara
wholesome and rejoicing life. If tie
wearied woman can compass an ocean
trip, she will find nothing in natures
wide .pharmacopoeia more successful i,
uplifting her from her slough of desponl.
Everybody cannot afford a prolonged
jaunt; and many women, looking at the
meager purse from which the means for
travel must be extracted, shake mourn
full heads at the mere hint of going away
from home. Everybody can manageEa
days outing, and whether our home he
in town or country, a little resolution,
little previous planning, and decided
acceptance of the worth while of en-
deavor will start us on the journey. The
thing to do is to take the road. We
may have the big carry-all brought to
the door, the horses harnessed, the good
man on the front seat and the back of
the carriage filled with picnic baskets
and presents for mother and Aunt Jane,
and off we may start to try being girls
again at home.-Margaret E. Sangster
in Harper's Bazaar.