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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-22
HARRISBURG.

Blakesburg, Feb. Fisherman Dor
othy left yesterday for Nebraska. Mr..
Dorothy will make his future home
there.
j. w. Gohagan, Hiram Winecup. Bert
Miller. Joseph Harlan, VIM. Fritz, ~.
F. Wyant and Grant Dorothy attended
the David Jay shorthorn cattle sale at
Williamsburg last week.
Frank Hardy is putting down deep
we'll on his farm near town.
Our schools here have closed short
time on account of a breakdown i'll the
furnace.
Rev. Hollowell. of Queen City, Mo-,
was in town Saturday on his way to
preach at Union Chapel.
David Bellies is moving into his new
house. Mr.. Adams, from near Foster,
will occupy the house vacated by Mr..
Bellies.
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BIRNIINGHAM..

birmingham, Feb. 22.-Mrs. Potter
spent the day Monday at the home of
+. III. Skinner.
The home of David Calhoun was
thrown into the darkest gloom last
Thursday evening. His Oldest son, aged
"a years, retired at O'clock in his
usual health. Soon his father heard
him moan, and running to his room
found him dying. The funeral was
conducted by Revs. Brown and Will
kins.
Rev. Boatman is assisting Rev. Dowd
i'll series of services at Ottumwa.
Mrs. Bert Skinner has had siege
the past week with quinsy. She is i'm
proving.
Mrs. Willets is very low with pneu-
monia fever.
Miss Nell Skinner spent Sunday a.
home.
The union gospel meetings continue
with increased interest. Fifty or more
have professed conversion.
Mrs. Pettitt is improving.
Rev. Wilson. of Chicago. filled the
pulpit at the U. P. church Sunday.
The second quarterly meeting of .he
NJ. Z. church was conducted by Ell Ter
Cooper last Sunday.
Rev. Hughes closed a successful
meeting at White Chapel last Friday
evening, and began meeting at Win
chester.
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KEOsAUQUA.

Keosauqua, Feb. 22.-Rev. Perkins
was called to Iowa City, his former
home, to preach a funeral sermon and
was absent over Sabbath. His sermon
was read by Robert McBeth.
Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Rowley, Mrs.
Victoria Lea and Miss Clara Harrison
the residence of Mr.. Rowley Saturday
evening, the. 10th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Stidger are about
to move to Billings, Montana.
Thomas Bennett, who recently sold
his farm to Mr.. Cherry, has concluded
to locate in Milton for the present, hav-
ing bought an interest in the hard
ware store of Atkins.
Principal Williams went to Fairfield
to act as one of the judges in the de
clamatory contest Saturday evening.
the 10th.
Mrs. John H, Lands was called to
the bedside of a sick. brother in Fair
field last week.
The history class, which meets every
Friday evening with Mrs. j. F. Smith
had for their study last week Holmes
"Autocrat of the, Breakfast Table"
The firemen gave a masked ball al
the hotel Manning last week. ,s
The farmers institute met at, Farm
ington Friday and Saturday of last
| week.
Mrs. +. G. Emo with her usual gener.
osity presented each of the three Sab
bath schools in town with copy OF
the Lords Prayer printed in twelve
different languages and nicely framed
The Sabbath schools all gave her ;
hearty vote of thanks.
DR.. Morrison, bishop of the Episco
pal diocese of Iowa, was i'll town Mon
day of last week.
Mrs. Maud Manning, Mrs. Hugh
Sloan, Miss Jessie Disbrow and Miss
Irene Smith gave a large party at the
hotel Manning Friday night. 1t wa:
brilliant affair, there being 1853 invi
tations. The Manning hotel has beer
the scene of many pleasure parties this
season.
The son of Rev. Cooper is spending
a few weeks with his parents.
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The Carlisle Methodist church at
Oak Grove will be dedicated next Sun
day.
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visiting friends and relatives in Milton
and vicinity. returned to her home
in Pollock, Mo-, the first of the
week.
Miss Hattie Hungate, of Ogden, Utah,
started to school the first OF the week
in the Milton school.
Rev. Hendrickson will move into the
house in the east part OF town vacated
i by G. c. Smith.
Rev. c. B. Mckay left last week for
Illinois to assist his brother in pro-
tracted meeting.
There was preaching at the Pres
byterian church Sunday and Monday
nights,
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moved onto their new farm, south of
here, known as the old Simmons farm.
Samuel Hunter is much better at
this writing.
Grandmother Smith is still very
poorly. q
Charlie Schwartz and wife are the
proud parents of baby girl.
Miss Ollie Summeryille and brother,
of Blakesburg, ATTENDED church at
this place Sunday evening.
Erastus Hunter Jr. brought his best
girl to church last Sabbath evening.
Mrs. Jane Simmons was Sunday
visitor with Aunt Libbie Nixon.
Mrs. Laura Hunter has been suffer-
ing with the toothache.
Mrs. Belle Chisman is improving fast.
j. L. Hamilton has been suffering
with the grip but is better.
Nat Howls, who has the lung fever,
is some better.
| Willie Birdett, of Drakesville, visited
Tuesday with his father-in-law, Mr..
Howk. who is sick.
Miss Lille CLOSER is assisting Mrs.
| C. Schwarz with homework.
Mrs. Van Dorm purchased "a new
buggy last week.
| BENZ. F. Black and family have NOV
ed on their farm recently purchased
of Billy Bachman.
Grandfather Allen has rented the j..
III. Howk Farm and his son Jake will
work with G. w. Bennett in the black
smith shop at Ormanville.
Howard McReynolds and family and
Mrs. George Bartlett visited Tuesday
with Marion Overture and family.
Rev. Brooks visited over Saturday
night at the Hamilton home. ~
Miss Annie Annie Birdett,, of South
Ottumwa, visited Monday and Tuesday
with her sister, Mrs. c. Schwartz.
Amos Proctor. wife and little chill
dren visited Sunday with the j. NJ.
Walker family
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COLLETT.

Collett, Feb. ga heavy rain fell
last night, turning into snow This
morning.
r. A. Laughlin Went to Stockport
on business Tuesday.
Cora Elliott returned home from
Stockport Friday, where she closed a
successful term of school.
Mrs. Gates, of Nauvoo, Ill.,, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. William Stewart.
There will be a concert at Hebron,
Friday night. Music will be furnished
by the Fairfield Mandolin club
Walter Thompson has moved from
his farm, recently purchased frcEi
John Robertson.
Jim Hutchinson, the Fort Madison
bridge foreman, was here Friday.
Bert Wolf and family, of Batavia,
came down Saturday evening to Wis:
over Sunday.
Misses Annie and Carrie Stever
went to Fairfield Friday evening, to
visit their sister, Mrs Larson.
w. w. Dusten's public sale was
largely attended Tuesday, everything
bringing a good price.
Aunt Rachel Lawson is still in very
poor health.
clIi kokedi, VI hlIhSNlilS, MO-, Is We
iting old friends and relatives here this
week.
A number of young folks enjoyed a
dance at the home of w. H. Gallup,
Friday night.
Robert Bishop had small runaway
here Thursday, but little damage was
done.
Rev. Tague is holding protracted
meeting at West Union this week.
Alonzo Fritz and Paul Mendenhall,
of Oskaloosa, spent Sunday with III. c.
Fisher.
c. w. Larson, of Ottumwa, was call
ing on the drug trade yesterday.
James Gregg, of What Cheer, was
here on business Monday.
Miss Gertie Burgess left this morn
ing for Trenton, Mo-, to be gone about
two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Ramsey, Of Sig
Quincy, spent Sunday with friends
mere.
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rlORAylA.

Moravia, Feb. 22.-Joe Luse, of alys-
tic. was in town Tuesday.
Several members of the Knapp fam-
ily are down with the measles.
The people of our city turned out
en- masse to attend the mite social
given by Or. Gorsuch Monday night.
Bert Winsler attended the pigeon
shoot at Oskaloosa tuesday.
Harvey Brashar, who has been quite
sick for the past few weeks, is able
to be out again.
Rev. Bovey, Garret Harm, E. Macon,
j. A. Mounts and VIM. Chambers, at
tended the Sunday school convention
at Centerville, Tuesday.
Mrs. Will futile and Mrs. James
Sharp were shopping in Centerville
Tuesday.
DR.. Gorsuch seems to have quite a
large practice at this time.
Pete Andrew, of Blakesburg, was in
town Sunday.
Rev. Norton was passenger, on the
Iowa Central Tuesday, enroute to Main
where he is conducting revival meet
ing.
Carl Miller, of Penceville, was here
on business Wednesday.
Miss $Donyie Miller has gone to Soar
Greek. for two weeks visit.
Uncle Dick. .Milliman died Saturday
evening. He leaves wife and three
children.
The new hotel will be 47xsO.
Harvey Andrew has moved his fam
lily from Hedrick.
Thirty-ive guests registered at the
Easttack hotel Tuesday.
Minert and Scott left for Chicago
Sunday night.
James Sharp and JEFF Turner were
| in Des Moines over Sunday.
Twenty-Five trains that carry pas
sengers leave our city daily.
VIM. Tressel made a flying trip to
| Centerville Monday.
There is not vacant house in oul
city. We know of several parties that
would come here if they could engage
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SELMA.

| of supervisors considered the Selma
bridge question alta meeting held last
week, but took no definite action.
| "A fall of slate in coal bank ait
Douds killed miner named Holcomb,
last Wednesday.
| A fifty foot span new iron brige over
a creek, two miles south, to he erected
by Mr.. Both, will benefit the trade OF
Jour town materially.
M. d. Shelby has been hauling home
a. large amount of corn bought at Mr.
KrepfeIs sale, for stock feeding.
Sunday, the 18th, the dress of little
Hazel Hinllle caught fire from the
stove and articles in the room caught
from the flames. The child was Sc
verely burned, as was also Mrs. Hin
kle in saving it's life, and her hus-
band, H. C. Hinkle, in subduing the
fire that was burning in the room. He
was nearly strangled by the smoke.
4 A. B. Adams returned from his tour
thru Missouri last Friday.
Messrs. Kelley shipped a car of coal
to Eldon yesterday.
James Porter is hauling coal from
the Hinllle bank.
4 1t has been decided to paint the M
P. church building white.
In connection with a position as a
member of our public school board the
i name of A. Ruble has been suggested
and no better candidate could be Of
fered.
j. L. stearns. is busy improving hi.
residence property.
4 P. Admentrout, who has a span O
excellent pulling horses, moved a bull
ding across Main. street onto the Gros
yenor place last Friday.
E. ID. Maries expects to move hi
blacksmithing business from here Il
Drakesville.
Frank Shane and a friend from wy.
conda, Mo-, are here, the guests OF Rev
B. T.. Shane.
Jacob Sadler has moved into Mr.
Krepfel's house, and Moses Winter
will move onto Captain Hinlsle's farm
and engage in farm work this season
Il Station Agent Overturtf bought
car of hay of I. Gardner and Ear
4 schellhous carried it for shipmen
Tuesday.
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more civilized. The other dattos give COM
mands 10 kill and spare not. In their wars
they kill as many of the men as they can
and capture the women and girls for wives.
while they use the boys ;s slaves Las:
September Mandi had a fight with the in
surrectos near here, during which he cap
tured one of their towns. He killed the
most of the men. but held the women and
children, to the number of 1OO and sent
them back to their relatives.
Have Power of Life and Death.
The dattos have absolute power Of life
and death over their subjects. Whether
they have this legally or not under he
Spanish laws is a question but at any ra e
they exercise 1t. No one would. question
Mandis right to chop off the head of any
one of his subjects. A datto of the Island
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bringing fish to this market for the past
three months are now preparing fo- t.ia
opening of the watermelon and cant ntaioure
trade next month.
1t is stated by those in the wood bus-
ness that Washington consumes more than
double the quantity of cord wood used in
Baltimore. From six to eight vessels load
ed with cord wood arrive in port every
day.
The Passing Craft.
The schooner Hattie Barber came up
from Alexandria yesterday evening to un-
load shingles at Johnson Wimsatt' S
wharf.
The schooner Henry r. Weaver, Capt
Reannek arrived up this morning with a
cargo of $1,000 feet of lumber for H. l..
Biscoe
The schooner Beulah Land. Captain
Knowles. has sailed from Baltimore for
this port.
The schooner Charles W. Church, Capt
Lent. sailed from Boston yesterday for the
Kennebec, to load ice for this port
The schooner ]. D. Bell completed the 6is-
charging of her cargo of lumber and last
night cleared light for the lower river.
The United States revenue cutter VIM
dom is at the Independent dock of the
American Ice Company from a cruise on the
bay and river.
The schooners James B. Anderson and
Gen. f. l.. F. Hardcastle have cleared from
Georgetown with cargoeS of broken stone
for Cape Charles City, Va
The schooner Robert L. Carroll Is at
Murphy's. in the James Creek canal, dis
charging cargo of pine wood.
The steamer Wakefield is laid up at the
wharves of the Washington Steamboat
Company. having her boilers overhauled AMI
being repainted.
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of Sulu is said to have fallen out with
blacksmith the other day. l think tie
blacksmith had been smiling at one of .he
ladies of the datto's harem. AZ any rate
the datto-his name is Jokanime and a reTy
distinguished datto he is-came to the
blacksmith and asked him to show him
barong he was making. The blacksmith
unSuSpectingly handed it to him, and with
one blow Jokanime cut his head from his
shoulders l hear of other dattos who
when they want man killed. merely point
out the man to one of their attendants. and
with a significant gesture draw the index
finger of the right hand around the thcoa-
This Is enough, and the man dies.
While calling on the Sultan of Jolo, dur
ing his visit TO the Island of Jolo, General
Bates lost knife. 1t was found to havo
been stolen. and the sultan "as much sur
prised that the general did no: cut eff the
thief's head.
The JuramentadOs.
l am surprised every day at the slight re-
gard the Moros have for life and death
You may have heard something of the
JuramentadOs. These are Moros who have
sworn that they will kill Christians. and
keep on killing until they die in their
tracks. Their theory is that the Moham-
nedan who kills Christian is sure to go
to heaven and the more he kills the higher
Will be his place upon the steps of the
throne. Until lately. when men have taken
they could not control them or at least that
they were not responsible for their acts, but
of late they have been ordering such men
to be killed sight. They had lesson
from Gen. Arolas, who was in command Of
the Spaniards some time ego. Some of the
warriors of the datto Of CottabaIo had
killed number of Spaniards, ard when the
datto was called to accoua, he replied that
he could no. restrain his men, for they were
Juramentados. As an answer Gen. Arolas
sent a gunboat and shelled the datto's
town, Strengthening four hundred people.
When the datto complained the Spanish
general coolly replied: Cant help 1t, my
men are Juramentados.
How They Prepare to XIII.
I have kept my eyes open during my
walks through Moro villages about here.
for. although the people are generally quiet.
they are all armed with knives. and there IS
no telling when one may not go into a state
OF Juramentadoism, or. as the Malays say,
run amok" There is one advantage the
Juramentado fanatic has over the average
murderer. He is like rattlesnake in that
he gives warning before he strikes. He in
forms his people before he goes into his
state. He has his eyebrows shaved, takes
bath and puts on his best clothes, usually
dressing in white He then goes to priest
and takes an oath before him that he will
die killing The ungodly He then arms him.
self with one of these terrible bolos or
krises. and starts out, killing every Chris
tian he meets until he is himself killed. As
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vention of future wars, thousand times
the expense of the trip. I don't know that
such a thing is in contemplation. but l
would suggest that the President send such
an invitation to a party made up of the
most distinguished of the Moro dattos the
Sultan of Mindanao and the Sultan of Jolo,
including visit to the electrical expos-
ton at Buffalo as a part of the program.
After our interview was over l asked the
datto If l might not make a photograph of
him and his house. He not only consent
ed. but dressed for the occasion. coming
out with his cane Of rank and a number of
gold and silver medals which he had re-
ceived from Spain. He brought out his
favorite wife. beautiful Moro girl. and
stood up with her. the datto and his eldest
son. while Col. Hayes pushed the button
Later on he took his kris, serpentine
knife or dagger a yard long. and showed
the favorite cuts to be used in carving up
an enemy. 1 did not ask him to cut off a
head in way of Illustration, but 1 am as
sured that he might easily have done so
without arousing an insurrection among
his people. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LIGHT HOUSE STEAMER ARMENIA
ANCHORED OFF ALEXANDRIA,
Ice-Laden Vessels at Sea Bound for
Washington - Receipts at
Fish Wharf.

The United States light house steamer
Armenia, the largest of the vessels in the
light house service. is anchored off Alex
andria This is the first visit of the Ar
menia to this port for about two years.
She is a handsome ship. and is the tender
of the light houses on the Atlantic coast,
her home station being New York. Her
gross tonnage is 1052. She is 203 feet
long. 34.7 beam and is 1862 feet deep. Her
engines are Of 1,20O horsepower and drive
her through the water about sixteen miles
an hour
Six large ice-laden vessels are seabound
for this port, and the ice companies are
daily expecting to hear them reported from
the capes. The Solomon Swami. 800 tons,
sailed from Maine May 8; the City of Au-
gusta, 900 tone, May 8; the Maggie Hart,
1.2GO tons. May 10; the E. NJ. Golden. $50
tons. May IL; the Daylight, 1,150 TONS May
r. and the big four-masted schooner. the
Independent, with over 400 tons on board,
May 15.
There are several vessels now in the
Kennebec loading for Washington, and
from now on there will be two or three
constantly in port discharging cargoes.
Two ice-laden vessels are reported In the
river but their names are unknown to
the officers of the ice company here.
The rooms on the Norfolk and Washing
ton line steamers on trips for next week
and week after are all taken by parties go
eclipse of the sun. The steamer Newport
News has been chartered to take a special
party of 800 scientists to Old Point day
or two before the eclipse takes place.
The few herring and shad now coming to
market are brought up from the traps in
the lower river by the steamboats,. Since
yesterday only 400 herring and COO shad
have been received by the dealers at the
fish wharf. The herring sold at 30 cents
hundred. buck shad at $6 to 81 per 100 and
roe shad at $14 to SIS per 100. Over 50
barrels of trout and other salt water fish
were also received this morning. There
were no receipts of oysters.
Launching of a ScOw.
The new scow, built at George Cumber-
lands boat house, foot of 9th street north
west. for the Columbia National Sand
Dredging Company of this city. was sue
cessfully launched at IL o'clock this morn
ing. when the tide was at its highest point
The new vessel Is seventy-six feet long
and twenty-five feet wide. The launch
was witnessed by number of spectators.
Cumberland will build five more Scows on
the same order.
Mr. F. T. Schneider of this city has just
received handsome seventeen-foot naph-
tina launch from the Marvis Motor
Works. Connecticut. The new boat is at
Cumberland's. and will be put overheard
today.
The Norfolk line steamer this morning
brought up over 600 crates OF strawberries,
beside large quantities of peas, radishes
and other vegetables for the local market.
The steamer Newport News will this even
ing relieve the steamer Washington in !he
Norfolk route.
The rebuilding Of the government wharf
on the site Of the old Inland docks, at
the foot of o street southwest, has been
completed.
Many OF the vessels which have been
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niture whatever. The clothing of the family
was hung from the rafters of the nut, ana
at one side. fastened 20 the wall, was
usually a collection of barongs and kr1ses,
ready for use in case of an affray. In one
house we found a little yellow-skinned baby,
swinging in a hammock s!uns from the
roof. and it was on/the plea OF making
photograph of it thdt / was able to photo
graph the four wives anP'the female slaves
of the establishment.
Datto Mnndi at Home.
It was in house like this that I found
Datto Mandi His town was burned last
summer during his fight with the tnsur-
rectos and his present quarters are but
temporary. He Is, however. building what
among the Moros would be called palace,
nearby 1t is house about fifty feet
square and perhaps sixty feet hlgh, with
living rooms upon posts at least ten 1eet
above the ground. The house Is chieny OIL
bamboo, and it will be rooted and walled
with the Nipa palm thatch, the common
roof of the country.
When Colonel Hayes ana L nrst ar
rived we were told that the datto was TAX
ing his siesta, and that as they did not
dare to disturb him we had better walt
about until he got through with his nap.
This we did and within quarter OF an hour
were rewarded by his coming out and bid
ding us welcome. Through our interpreter
he made US at home and chatted with US
about himself and his people
Mohammedan l have seen in the Philip
pines. He Is a dark-faced, sober-looking
man of perhaps fifty years. as straight as
the tall cocoanut trees which wave their
fan-like leaves over his village. He has
bright, piercing black eyes, a nose which is
almost Roman in shape and a broad fore
head. His mouth shows determination. and
his teeth are Of the black varnish hue so
much desired by the Moro.
Message From DattO Mandi.
During our conversation I asked him to
send d message to the American people
through my papers, saying that we appre-
ciated that he was our best friend among
the Moro chiefs, and that we hoped the
friendship might continue. The datto re-
piled that he considered himself an Ameri-
can citizen, and that 1 might say to the
people of the United States that he desired
to be friends with them and would fight for
them.
L asked him how many people he had
under him, and he told me 1000.
l asked him if he would not make a visit
to the United States, telling him that !
had no doubt but that the President would
be glad to see him. To this he replied that
he had been friend to Spain, and as such
had made trip to Madrid and there been
received by the queen, and that as he was
now our friend he hoped to be able to visit
us and hold a conference with the Presi-
dent.
In our conversation I found that he had
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AMONG THE M0R0S
A People With Very Scant Regard
for Human Life.
WHY THEY Do NOT KILL AMERICANS
Stars Correspondent Pays Visit
to Datto Mandi.
THEY Do NOT KILL AMERICANS
A PEEP INTO A HAREM
Copyrighted. 1900 by Frank G. Carpenter.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


'''' W '--A
sPeeiai Correspondents vi iH- i'e's 'A'
ZAMhoANDA' April = I'V-
/ have just had an interview with Datto
Manli He is one of the most powerful Of
~ Moro cbiofs and has moro strength of
c,,.-
character tiah '1Ie sultan vi ''io " I'm
t!ols the Moros of the western part or Min
d mao and has hundreds of fighting men
,,b, viii ,,-as,a u,ar FOR hin, at n nod of the
,-o -, 80 .ta
IL nc T. hf'ie'Nei' d iiiehi ~ ti7
Americans, and was the first OF the MO-
hammeIans to e=pouse our cause in this
-, ~ Tho world He %oupb- for us
- -.
f|i'''St '''e -ii7ui iee'"|' anu a. foi' as VI"
YInb3tt. the Cdstine, arrived he got an
American flag and raised it over his town.
II. a.v II AZ the rnastheads of his boats
81, I =, 49, n II,
;'iiu ''i'N ms SCI ''' " ~ ' ''
supplies 10 our suhnoats. ana When Cen
Bate came to Jolo In August he sent word
- him .hat II 30 desired he would take his
-. -, -, 81. ,,,,.1 g :. .
Warriors anu "iPe 'he iisuri from the
1aCe 81 the Island zen Bates dld not IKE
- authorize Mohammedans to kill Chris