Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-15
.HATHAW AY HASCONE|
Failed to Appear in Court and Bond
Was Forfeited.
RENO CASE TRIAL IN DISTRICT COURT
Heirs Object to Probating Their Aunt's
Will-File Amendment to the Pest
House Nlatter-Equitable Loan
Company's Notice Of Appeal.
From Mondays Daily.

l SOMPAuy'b NOtIce OI appear.
From Mondays Daily.
Harry Hathaway did not appear in
Squire Campbelrs court this morning
when the seduction case against him
was called, and his bond in the sum of
| $500 was declared forfeited. His
mother, Mrs. II. c. Hathaway, is his
surety and County Attorney A. w.
| Enoch will bring suit on the bond at
the August term of the district court.
Mr.. Hathaway was charged with Sc
ducing Miss Ethel LaRue, and was
placed under arrest one day last week.
| The preliminary was to have been
held today, but the defendant did not
| appear. 1t is said that he was in the
city last evening up to 6 o'clock.
Reno vs.. Reno on Trial.
The divorce case of Nora Reno VS..
| Frank Reno is on trial before Judge
Fee this afternoon and will probably
not be finished for several days. This
is the case where the wife alleges
that her husband did divers things to
her not calculated to promote her
peace of mind and endangered her
| life. She sues for a largo amount of
alimony. and as the defendant is a
wealthy farmer, hard fight may be
| expected. Eight attorneys have been
engaged in the case.
object to Probating VIII.
Ellen Z. and Julia f. Spaulding
have filed objections to probating the
will of Mrs. Martha r. S. Norris, their
aunt. They say that they are nieces
of the deceased and her sole heirs at
law, and object to probating the will
on the grounds that Mrs. Norris was
mentally incompetent at the time TO
make a valid will. The will gives to
the Chicago Theological seminary the
sum of $1,000, to be used in furnishing,
erecting and constitutig an alcove in
the seminary to be known as the
James Wellington Norris Alcove," in
honor of her late husband. After this
bequest, or as Mrs. Norris says in her
will, the obligation, is carried out,
then the rest is to go to the two
nieces. 1t is presumed that it is this
| bequest that the heirs are Directing
to. The will is typewriter and was
made December 3, 1898. 1t appoints
E. Z. McElroy sole executor, and was
witessed by Miss Hattie Allen and
Miss Annie Mytton.
File Amendment to Pest House NIatteS
i G. P. Kitterman ct al, who brought
an Injunction case against the city
asking that the corporation be; re-
4 strained from locating a pest house
near Dahlonega, have filed an amend
ment to their petition setting forth
further facts in relation to it. The
case was brought at the time of the
case of smallpox in November, and
when the other two cases came to OF
tumwa few weeks ago the city au-
/ thorities Immediately isolated them at
the same place. The amendment could
not be found at the court house, but it
4 is safe to say that it relates to the lat
er cases.
File Notice of Appeal.
The Equitable Loan company has
filed notice of appeal to the supreme
4 court in their case against the Fidelity
4 & Deposit company, of Maryland,
i which was tried in this court last fall
and a decision adverse to the Equitable
was rendered. The suit was brought
on bond given by one Israel, of Des
i Moines, on which the surety company
was surety. The Equitable claimed
/ that Israel was a defaulter, but the
trial Of the case did not seem to sus-
i tain the allegations in the opinion of
the trial judge.
Want Receiver to Pay.
4 Steck & Smith today filed an appli-
cation asking the court to require the
receiver of the Burch Bros. Coal COM
i pany, who was appointed in the case
of George Haw & Co. VS. Burch Bros,
to pay over the money in his hands i'll
|order that it might be distributed
among the creditors. The case was
tried in this court and went to the SUI
j preme court, where the questions were
! adjudicated.
!, Saloon Cases Tomorrow.
Il The injunction cases brought last
!, week by William Steller in the name
i of the state of Iowa against John
: Hahn and r. L. Holmes will probably
come up tomorrow. The petitioner
!, asks that the defendants be restrained
from selling Intoxicating liquors where
: they now conduct saloons. 1t is said
/ that Mr.. Steller's permit is necessary
: for the saloon keepers to do business,
and that holding the key to the stu
/ alton. it is said he desires to sell his
), building for $4,000, and is using his
rights under the law as lever to get
) a buyer. These matters do not appear
in the petition, but i prominent attor-
ney is responsible for the story. 1t is
also said that Dick Dodd intends to
prosecute his injunction cases against
Thomas Shea, to finish, both on the
liquor nuisance and gambling charges.
Police Court.
Harry Waites, colored boy, was
arrested Saturday evening on the
charge of larceny. He is charged with
entering the barn of the Ottumwa Tel
ephone company and stealing guam
tity of tools. This morning Judge Hall
; fixed his bond at $500 and committed
, him to Jail.
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!
Ask your Grocer today to show yo,
a package of GRAIN-O, the new fooe
d,,;.-' that takes the place of coffee