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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06

and we hear of arrangements that are
being made to exhibit certain collec-
lions of American art in several of the
leading art centers of Europe
Among American sculpture st. Gau-
dens statue of General Sherman is
said to be the finest there. We find a
larger proportion of women painters in
the American. section than in any 9TH
err tho the work of women in the
French and Italian sections is thought
superior. Russia has an immense ex.
hibit. Artistically, however, it does
sion display at the Worlds Fair. After
wandering about this vast temple Of
art in which we might easily be lost,
we find ourselves again in the open air.
We are tired enough by this time to
start for our hotel, but decide as we
have made a day of it we will make a
night of it as well, and see the exposi-
ton illuminated. And the illumina-
lions are nowhere so beautiful as seen
from the Trocadero, where we hasten
and dine at one of the many fascinat-
ing cafes, amid lovely music and the
babble of foreign tongue. At 8 o'clock
we witness the amusing parade of the
fire dragon, accompanied by the nat
ives of every tropical and oriental
country in their picturesque costumes.
Standing as we do in the front of a
Trocadero. we gaze up the long avenue
and behold these vast palaces one
sheet of brilliancy. We then stroll
down the banks of the Seine in order
to get still better view of these il
Nominations. We pass at length out
thru the gates tired enough never to
want to see another fair, and the great
Paris Exposition becomes a memory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
JOSEPH MEEK DEAD.
Pioneer Business Man of Bonaparte
Died Wednesday.

Bonaparte, Nov. 2.-Joseph Meek.
one of the owners of the famous Bona
parte dam. died Wednesday morning
from Bright'ss disease at the age OF
seventy years.
He was one of the early settlers of
Van Buren, county, and spent sixty-fives
years of his life in Bonaparte. coming
here from Michigan with his parents
when child. For long time he was
a member of the firm of Meek Broth
ers, blu, lately he retired from the firm
and devoted his energies to rural pur-
suits. He was brother of the late
Robert Meek and Isaiah Meek. There
survive his wife, one son and six
daughters. Mrs. Carl Weber and Miss
Percy Meek, of Keokuk, are two Of his
daughters.
The funeral was held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon from the residence here
and was largely attended.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
FISHING SEASON CLOSES.
Anglers Must Catch No More Game
Fish This Year.

The fishing season has been a good
one. Many large catches have been
made, tho old fishermen will say that
fishing in the Des Moines is not what
it used to be-" Comparatively little
fishing has been done in the river
within the last few years. Travelling
facilities and accommodations have
Deen so improved that local fishermen
now seek their game in the lakes
north and northwest of the city, Lakes
Spirit and Okoboji being the popular
fishing grounds.
October 81 was the last of the fish
ing season, for according to the laws
of the state no game fish may be taken
from the rivers and lakes until next
spring. The laws are as follows:
Open season, salmon and trout,
March 1 to November 1. Bass, pike,
croppies and other game fish, May Is
to November L.
Fishermen may fish with two lines
with only one hook on each line. They
may also use spoon hook with three
hooks fastened together.
Trot lines may be used between May
1 and December 1 with lines which
reach only half way across the stream.
IL VIII w oCCh ll1dI ZIG ISL ldWo dI0
not nearly SO stringent as they were
a few years ago. Three years ago the
angler could not use spoon hook be.
cause it comprised two or three hooks
on single line, which, according to
the law, was prohibited. No matter
how Lax the laws may be, however,
there are always those who think they
must go a step farther than the law
permits. In the case of fishermen the
symptoms are well developed and
some there are who feel in duty bound
to fish the year round, law or no law,
for same fish, and to use devices
which will obtain the largest catch.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
CHANGE FRONT.
Christian Advocate Demands Punish.
ment of Chinese.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-The Northwestern
Christian Advocate published a state
ment by Rev. H. 0. Cady of the West
China mission, ga we'll informed and
well-known missionary" which state
ment leads to revise its editorial opin-
ion condemnatory of the action of
Great Britain and Germany in demand
ing the punishment of the guilty high
Chinese officials. In an editorial the
Advocate now declares:
"The awful narrative compels us to
revise our opinion and acquiesce IN
that demand, severe as it is. High
officials in China instigated this mas
sacre and devised or consented to the
unspeakable tortures that have been
visited upon our helpless American
men, women and children. These
guilty wretches must be convicted and
punished SO severely that all the world
shall know of the righteous wrath of
appalled, civilization, The omission of
that penalty would be wrong against
Christian civilization for the next CEN
ituIy."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
PAUL PHILLIPS SHOE STOCK.
Business Affairs of Former otturwa
Man,

Man.
Sioux City, Nov 1T is now report
ed after much figuring and negotiating
among the several creditors, the Paul
Phillips shoe stock likely will go to T.
S. Martin & Co., who made a PROPOSE
ton shortly after the store was closed
by the creditors, and who had expect
ed to be in full possession by this
time.
Among the attorneys who are inter
ested in the case is Josiah Crotty, of
Crotty Bros, Chicago, who represents
a number of Chicago creditors. The
consent of few of the creditors is yet
to be secured to the proposed settle
ment. Some have suggested the advls-
ability of allowing Phillips to go thru
bankruptcy and thus leave the courts
the burden of making an equitable dis
tribution OF the assets.
j. N. Couch, who was clerk for
Paul Phillips, is accused of having
shipped $4,000 worth of shoes out of
Sioux City and into Chicago, where he
is said to have sold them. When he
came back to Sioux City the .brothrs
of Paul Phillips placed him under
guard and finally it is charged, made
him give up the money, which was at
once deposited in local bank pend
ing settlement Couch has left the
city. Paul Phillips is not here either.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06

You ought to have known that
when you ceased to be regular in your
courses, and you grew irritable with
out cause, that there was serious
trouble somewhere.
You ought to know that indigestion,
exhaustion, womb displacements,
fainting, dizziness, headache, and
backache send the nerves wild with
alright, and you cannot sleep.
Mrs. Hartley, of 221 w. Congress St.,
Chicago, ILL.,, whose portrait we pub
lish, suffered all these agonies, and
was entirely cured by Lydia q. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; her case
should be a warning to others, and
her cure carry conviction to the minds
of every suffering woman of the un-
failing efficiency Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
EFFECT A RECONCILIATION.
Mary Wilkinson and Her Father Are
Friends Once More.

Des Moines, Nov. 2.-At IL o'clock
yesterday the commissioners of insan-
ity declared Mary Wilkinson, the
young woman who married John Scott
Wilkinson in Ottumwa, some time ago,
to be insane. Shortly after thru the
intervention of a friend reconcilia-
ton was effected between the daugh-
ter and her father. The latter en-
braced his daughter, whose face was
wreathed in smiles, and all was well.
+ The parties declare that they will
appear in Ottumwa when the case
against Walter Davis is called and that
they will bring a number of witnesses
from Chillicothe. They propose, it is
said, to send Mary to st. Joseph's acad-
envy and not have have her confined in
the asylum.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
FARM HAND SUSPECTED.
$4,000 Fire Occurred at MeIrose Last
EVENING"

Melrose, Nov. 2.-(SpeciaD "A farm
hand employed by Victor Repp, who
resides eight miles southwest of this
place, on farm owned by Thomas
Brandon, one of Melrose's prominent
bankers, is suspected of setting a barn
on the farm on fire last evening. At
any rate the farm hand, whose name
is Snyder, has left. A horse belonging
to Mr.. Repp has also disappeared. The
barn and contents were worth between
$4,000 and $4,000. The loss is total,
there being no insurance. The matter
has been placed in the hands of the
sheriff and is being investigated. No
reason is known why Snyder should
commit the deed as the relations be-
tween himself and employer were cor
dial, the latter having borrowed Sc OF
Mr.. Repp yesterday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
A PIONEER GONE.
Death of William Albert Patterson
Occurred Today.

Occurred Today.
[From Fridays Daily.l
The death of William Albert Patter-
son occurred at the home of his son.
in-law, w. T. Wilkinson, on North Mar.
ion street, this morning at 7:45 o'clock.
The deceased had been in declining
health for several years past, but his
final illness was only of few days
duration.
Mr.. Patterson was born in Adair
county, Kentucky, August S, 1927, and
came to Iowa in 1916. He located at
Keol1uk, where he resided for many
years during which time he was one
of its most prominent citizens and &C.
tive business men. He was formerly
a member of the firm of Patterson 4
a.mberman, pork packers; proprietor
OF the Patterson house, now the Hotel
Keokuk, and only two years ago the
deceased gave up his contracts for
government work on the Mississippi
river between Keokuk and Davenport,
having accomplished, during his term,
some of the most important work that
has been undertaken by the govern
ment on this great stream of COM
merce.
The deceased was the son of Colonel
and Mrs. William Patterson, pioneers
of Lee county. The elder Patterson
lived to an exceedingly old age, his
death having occurred within recent
years.
William Patterson was united In
marriage to Miss Margaret WINS at
keokuk, in 1853. To this union were
born three children, all of whom, to-
gether with Mrs. Patterson, survive
the deceased. The children are: Mrs.
Frank Green. of Citrone1, Alabama,
Will Patterson, of st. Louis, Mo-, and
Mrs. w. 7. Wilkinson, of this city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
Reai Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers furnished by
.Eowenberg & Co., real estate agents,
Ill South Market street.
Hughes L. H. and wife to j. B. Cox,
lot 5, blk. 5, Riverview add. Ottumwa,
$4,000.
Sheridan A. M. and wife to w. S.
Beard, lot 2, Crows add, to, Eldon
(sub to mtg 100000, 100000.
Young o. c. and husband, r. c.. to
H. G. True. und. interest in lots Z and
s, blk. 10, Eddyville, $4,000
Cowley VIM (executor) to Ell
Harshman, southeast northeast 4 and
northeast southeast 4 southeast 2
southeast 4, sec. s, and the northeast
northeast and govt lots and 8, sec.
17-all in sec. 1915. $4,000.
King John H and wife to F. w. Pee
Bile, northwest 4 southeast and east Q
northeast southwest 4, sec. IS, also
north 2 north west 2 east southeast
4, sec. 13-all in sec. 1912, $4,000.
Campbell John and wife to Ida E.
Wilson, part southeast 4, sec. &c and
part southwest sec. 25-all in sec.
1912. $4,000.
inc Thompson, lot Z, block 8, Eddy
vile, $500.
Manning Edwin and wife to Minerva
Layne, lot 70, block IA, extension Of
Blakes addition to Ottumwa, $3.50.
Jordan j. w. (trustee) to Francis
Macdonell, lot 4, Hutchison's East
Court and Jefferson street addition to
Ottumwa, $75O.
Shadford o. c. (single) to Mary q.
Lemley, lot 10, Kellogg C Bentley's
sub of lot s, John d. Devin's sub of
southwest quarter northwest quarter
southeast quarter, section 10, ~, 13,
(subject to mortgage 5000 $1,000.
Crosson Fred and Cemantha to Clar.
ence Glue, part of lot l, block so, Eddy
vile, $3.50.
Hoyland VIM. (single) to Elizabeth
r. Hanks, undivided one-fourth inter-
est in lot 206, block 8, Ottumwa. $500.
Hulpien G. A. (by sheriff. to Wood
son Wallace, west half west half lots
Ii and 20, Hurts sub, west half lots IL
and 13, Gilmore's sub of east half
northeast quarter, section "a, ~, IA.
$43S.45.
Thos. Healy (by sheriff. to H. W..
Merrill, lot 16, Summers addition OF
Itumwa, S1S4.41.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
Working Nlaht and Day

thing that ever was made is DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Every Pill is sugar
coated globule of health, that changes
weakness into strength, listlessness in
to energ.., brain-fag int. mental pow
er. They're wonderful in building
up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold
by Clark & Mollisons
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
HELD FOR swINDLlNe THE SICK.
Alleged Physician Arrested at Gales.
burq, Illinois.

Galesburg, Nov. Am alleged ply
in Illinois and Indiana is in Jail here
He came here from Springfield, but
claims his. home is in Louisville, Ky.
He has gone under the names of Pru-
nell, Cooke, Cole, Prince and Batch
elor. His practice has been to go to
the home of an incurable patient, say
he was sent there by the family doctor,
promise free treatment and ask in ad-
vance an extravagant price for the
medicine. His usual charge for medi-
cine was SIS. After payment he would
promise to call next day and that was
the last seen of him. The medicine
proved to be useless.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
M'eovERN TO FIGHT.
Risks His Title as Champion This Ev-
~ enina at Louisville.

Chicago. Nov. Feather weight
pugilists will have the floor in the
prize ring tonight. Terry McGovern
will risk his championship title before
Joe Bernstein at Louisville, and bout
between Tommy Sunlvan and
Young" Mowatt at the Star theater
in Chicago is expected to end the
chances of one or the other as a com.
petitor for local honors. The Louis.
vile engagement will be McGovern's
first ring contest since last summer.
and is of much general interest.
Bernstein may furnish hard propo.
sition for the Brooklyn terror, but it
is confidently expected that Terry will
win and probably add another knock
out to his record.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
WOMEN MUST SLEEP.
Avoid Nervous Prostitution.

If you are dangerously sick what is
the first duty of your physician He
quiets the nervous system, he deadens
the pain, and you sleep well.
Friends ask, "what is the cause p"
and the answer comes in pitying
tones, nervous prostration. 1t came
upon you so quietly in the beginning,
that you were not alarmed, and when
sleep deserted you night after night
until your eyes fairly burned in tho
darkness, then you tossed in nervous
agony praying for sleep.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
Decided for the Settlers.

Primghar, Nov. 2.-The secretary of
the interior has recently made final
decision involving thirteen quarters of
the disputed O'Brien county lands in
favor of the homestead claimants, who
have resided on the land from fourteen
to sixteen years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
PARNELL HOME BRINGS $4,000.
American Fund of 5000 Proves to
Have Been Too Small,

Dublin, Nov. 2.-Wicklow mansion
and the estate surrounding it, the old
home of the late Charles Stewart Par
nell. were sold Wednesday to a pur-
chaser named Boyland for $4,000. A
bid of $4,000 for the house and
grounds was made Intellectually on be-
half of the trustees of an American
fund collected for that purpose by
John Redmond, leader of the Irish ma
tionalist party.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous TO
the needy and suffering. The propri-
etors of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has alb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
Ghost and Lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on Clark & Mollison, drug
gists, and get a free trial bottle. Reg
ular size soc and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
Rural mail delivery service has been
cnm m ercad at Tama and DVsart
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06

usix years ago my stomach and heart troubled
me so much I had to do something, as the
doctors could not help me-" writes Mrs. S. A.
Knapp, of San Jose, California, Box 3oz. III
went to San Francisco and had treatment for
catarrh Of the stomach, and was better for
some time, then it came back. I then used
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets These medicines cured my
stomach. ] do not have the pain aud indiges-
ton as did. It is very hard for me to tell you
what suffered before commenced taking
your valuable medicine recommend it to all
the sufferers whom meet"
To cure constipation use DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
HEART SICK.

There are a great many people who
have heart sickness, who have no
chronic arrangement of the heart.
When the stomach is diseased it may
affect many other organs, and produce
all the evidences of diseased heart, dis
eased liver or Kidneys, or disease in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
Taken to Louisville.

Frankfort, KY, Nov. 3.-Jomes How
ard and Henry Youtsey were taken to
the Louisville Jail this morning for
safe keeping.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
PUBLIC DERT is LESS.
Decrease in October Amounts to ST..
754,351.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business Oct. 81,
400, the debt, less cash in the treas
ury, amounted to $1,104 ,402,S20, a de-
crease as compared Win last month
of $1,754,351.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06

SWAN 0hASA obSdll.
The inexperienced
practitioner treats
the wrong disease,
and hence the con-
slant statement of
DIR. Pierce's cores
pondents: uDoc-
tors could not help
me-"
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
disc ses of the
stomach and or
.gans of digestion
and nutrition. 1t
increases the as
siulilative powers,
and purifes and
enriches the blood.
When diseases of
organs rem ote
from the stomach
are caused by the
stomach, the cure
of the stomach re-
suits in the cure
of the other dis
eases, in heart,
lungs, liver, kid
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06
MINERS Will MEET.
State Convention Of Mine Workers
to Be Held in Ottumwa.
BIG DEMONSTRATION IS EXPECTED.
Previous to the Convention a Day Will
be Given UP to the Largest Demon.
stration of Miners Ever Held in Iowa
Mitchell and Gompers Expected.

1.-THE matter published in this col
umn is furnished by the officers of the
Federation of Labor.l
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-06

Rural mail delivery service has been
commenced at Tama and Dysart.
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the crowd thickens, jostles us, bumps
us, and even swears at us, and for
what? We soon discover large room
brilliantly lighted with electricity and
filled with hundreds of wax figures,
each displaying beautiful evening
gown, the creations of Paquan, Felix and
even famous English makers. Many of
these gowns are designed for court
dresses, and the Sterner sex is the one
that does the most showing and push
ing, so interested they seem in this
gorgeous display of feminine apparel.
We simply drag each other out of this
and make off for the two art palaces.
We first enter the petit palace to the
left. The interior courts with their
Mosaics are marvels of beauty. Here
French art is heaped The most fam
GUS treasures have journayed from all
parts of France-bronzes, tapestries,
marbles. Notice this beautiful clock
in marble; The Three Graces worth a
million of francs. Here we find gall
lery filled with an historic exhibition
Of furniture, from the middle ages
down to Louis XVI. Across from Petit
Palace is Beau Arts, in which is the
great art exhibit of the fair. The low
er floor is given over to sculpture,
grouped most artistically. The French
exhibition of paintings occupies fully
one-half of the galleries, which carries
the conviction that France is still the
leading nation in art. The American
exhibit of paintings and sculpture not
only exceeds those of other nations in
the amount of space allotted to, but
is most advantageously placed. One
critic has said that American art is
not American, that is does not depict
American life nor American thought,
and has no style which is distinct, as
the art of the other nations" But in
the face Of this rather unjust criticism
American art received more awards
than any other nation. except France.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-17
New York Cotton Market.
BRADsTREET ON THE WEEK
Increase in Value of Farm Products
the Feature.

NEW YORK, March 15.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Trade advices are as a whole, cheer
full, and the strength of values is ap-
parently undated though some OF the
spots still present themselves. a prom
inent feature this week has been the in
crease in strength of values of farm
products. nearly all the cereals, pork
products, and cotton advancing, while ma
teriais for manufacture and the products
thereof have generally remained steady
or unchanged.
THE Government report on the quantity
of corn in farmers hands showed a
smaller than expected supply. and quite
an outbreak of speculative interest oc-
Cured. sympathzed in by wheat, and
both cereals reached the highest point
touched on the crop of 1899. Liquidation
on the advance brought about some reac-
ton in prices, but the close finds quota
lions above those Of a week ago. II seems
evident that the weather and the growing
crops will constitute price making fea-
lures for some time to come.
AS pointed out last week, the break in
cotton offered favorable opportunity for
sold out bulls TO reinVest, and this week.
on the considerably reduced movement
from interior points and frmer and higher
Southern markets, the highest prices Of
the present movement We're reached. The
cotton goods market has strengthened and
a number Of advances are reported this
week. but. except at Western distributing
centres, the business done has been rather
smaller than for some time past.
Provisions have manifested strength in
sympathy with the higher price of corn.
Hides have been dull and leather rather
quiet this week. Manufacturers Of shoes
are busy, and weather conditions have
rather favored the retailer by enabling
him TO dispose Of some carried over stock.
Though quiet, the iron and steel situa-
ton has developed a rather more con
fident tone. Less is heard about shaded
quotations, though, on the other hand
the volume of new business has not been
very large. Business failures for the week
number $50 as compared with 1S9 last
week, and 20o in this week year ago.