Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-05
How the Day Has Been Spent in
Ottumwa.
FEW ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
Large Crowds Attend Numerous Pic
ntcs-Big Excursions to FIT.
uIadison-Dewcy
Dead.


ence day in Ottumwa was in prog
ress with more or less vigor since early
Tuesday evening. The special to FIT.
Madison Wednesday morning took 45o
people from the city to the
tri-state picnic of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America, and sew
eral hundred more availed themselves
of the opportunity of reduced rates on
the railroads to spend the day at va
rious places in this vicinity.
There are six large picnics in prog
ress besides innumerable smaller ones.
Manager Hamilton, of the Orpheum, is
entertaining large crowd this after
noon, and is making preparations for
large crowd this evening.
The show at the Grand is attract
ing a large quota. There has been a
few incipient fires and the usual num-
Der of accidents during the day.
PicDics
The following societies are holding
public picnics, at all of which there has
been large attendance during the en-
tire day: The First NJ. E. church, at
CaldwelTs Grove; the Turner's at Tur-
ner park; ST. Patrick's parish at Man
ning's grove; the Swedish Lutheran
church, at the Old Field; the Quakers
at their tent on Finley avenue; j. NJ.
Tuttle Post, No. 497 G. A. R., and the
Relief Corps, at Jeffries' grove. The
members of the Wapello club will serve
a six o'clock supper on the lawn this ev-
ening.
Fires and Accidents.
The fire department was called this
morning to the residence of w. f.
Metz, 525 West Fourth street, by a
blazing roof. The blaze was extin-
guished before any damage was done.
The origin of the fire was unknown
but was supposed to have been from a
fire cracker as there was no fire in the
house at the time.
Blaze on East Main Street.
The fire department was called to
Wolf Cohen's second hand store No.
AL East Main street at o'clock this
afternoon by small blaze which orig
mated under the dashboard of one of
the front windows, supposed to have
been caused by fire cracker. The dam
age was very slight, if any.
Shot Thru the Arm.
About 10 o'clock this morning Zoe
Bissell, the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bissell, of North
Clay street, was shot \ thru
the arm by some careless person
while she was standing in the yard ar
her home. Drs. Herrick and Spilnan
were called and found that a rifle bull
let of small calibre, probably no larger
than %, had penetrated the feshy
portion of the arm just above the
elbow and ranged downward withou,
striking any bones. The bullet was
extracted and the patient is suffering
no inconvenience other than that
which ordinarily results frem wound
of this character. 1t is not known
who fired the shot but it is thought
that it is purely accidental.
A Trio of Accidents.
Clyde Burkeman, employed at Claude
Myers was severely burned on the face
ard hands this morning while attempt
ing to discharge cannon cracker in
can of water.
Ed. Metzger, OF Walter T. Hall &
Co., was severely burned by cannon
cracker exploding in his hand.
Harry Sutton was severely burned on
the right hand by the explosion of u
blank cartridge in pistol.
Killed Dewey.
| An incident happened at the fire sta
tion this afternoon, that cost Dewey
the fremen's mascot, his life
He had cultivated the habit
of scudding along in front Of
the horses attached to the hose wagon
| Just before they leave the station. Al
two o'clock this afternoon call was
received and as usual Dewey was on
hand. Just as the horses left the door
on the run Dewey made miscalcu-
lation in his dog mind, was knocked
down by one of the horses and the
swiftly moving wheels passed over
him He was taken to the rear OF the
station, where he died a few
minutes later. Dewey has be.
come fixture around the station