Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-18
BURNED To DEATH.
Mason City Woman Poured Kero-
sene on Fire.
CARELESSNESS COST HER HER LIFE.

Another School Teacher Sued for
Whipping PupiI-Mrs. Inter,
Who Was Shot, is Improving - A
"Funnylet" From oskaloosa.
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Mason City.
Mrs. Gray, the house keeper for E.
N. Cole, at his home back of w. d..
Brice's new residence was burned
frightfully while preparing dinner. 1t
was evident she could not survive a
great while and the announcement of
burned to death" tells the story of
another life sacrificed thru the care
less practice of pouring kerosene on a
burning fire. Drs. Swale and Birney
who responded to hasty summons,
pronounced the vitality of Mrs. Gray
Wonderful to prolong her life after
having been burned to crisp. A
wealth of hair was almost burned
from her head. the eyes were nearly
closed, across the left temple large
blot of red as if the forehead had
been scraped with a knife added to
the gastly picture of charred and
+ blackened features. Two-thirds of the
! body was burned to the third degree,
and looked like blackened log from
which the paint had peeled and curl
ed.
Fl. Dodge.
Miss Julia Wright, a teacher in the
schools here, has been charged by
John Graves with having beaten Mr..
Graves 14-year-old son black and
blue. Mr.. Graves went before the
school board and preferred charges
against Miss Wright, exhibiting the
boy who was whipped and claiming
that the punishment was inflicted
with the butt end of fish pole about
an arms length The board has TAX
en- no action pending an opportunity
which will be given the accused teach
er of clearing herself of the charge
of violating the state law and rule of
the, board. A prominent member OF
the board in quoted as saying that
Miss Wright went too far in whipping
the boy, and unless she could show
that the charges We're false, her resig-
nation would be demanded. The SUI
perintendent and most of the members
of the board refuse to discuss the mat
tor.
Burlington.
Mrs Harry I,inter who was shot
m tha streets of This city a few weeks
apo i. gradually getting better and
viii, Ia ahIa to leave for her home in
Cedar Ranids shortly. This IS the
case if will he remembered where a
fnotnad without warning Thanks.
giving evening shot and killed Mr..
Lintes. \ man named Anderson,
claiming to hail from Wyoming, under
arrest charged with the crime, still
refuses to reveal his identity any mr.
thel than to reiterate that his name
IS Wlinams. me Story sent OUT from
Is george carson lor.neiiy o. WIZ
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Ames.
At a recent meeting OF the
trustees of the Iowa Agricultural col
lege, the president gave his report on
the recent disasters. In 1T he advises
the adjustment of the dormitory sys-
tenn but advises the rebuilding OF the
main building in the future. The pres
ldent thinks that the coming leglsla-
ture wail provide 1or erectlng man
pullolng. me poafu wiil propapiy
CONSIDER tne condltions they are plac-
ca IN at present anu present a;i me me mat alI
Ier 70 me eAecutive oouno ine .t Soi.
w., ,,sad in tho late SICKNESS # was
a,s le a aSvt e that tba now engineer.
inc baIl ba ranidiv nushed to give.
80 roan fnr The different denart.
,ent.
Sioux City.
After hiving stood the brunt OF the
world s unpleasanIness III elsn,y.ns ', =
years, jacob r. orais, Weil1 ,ss
farmer llvlng near oloua oies, uelin 10y, :
ateiy TOOK a DIG dose VI stry9nhlne
ana dled IN an hour' ne ieaVes
g WE'VE schilofen.
Hedrick.
The Hedrick Telephone company is
progressing nicely with the construc-
ton of its line to Ottumwa and High
land Center. and patrons will be enab-
led to tax with tnese PAGES IN lne
near future; me me Wlii oe gooa