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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
MAY BE THROWN OUT.
Kentucky Senator May Not Be Seated
in the Senate,


Washington, D. c., Nov. IA. S. G..
Blackburn, who recently was re-elect-
ed to the United States senate by the
Kentucky legislature, may never take
his seat in that body. The right to
his seat will be inquired into thoroly
and the method used in securing his
election probed to the bottom.
Blackburn owes his election to the
operations OF the Goebel law, which is
Objectionable to all republicans.
While no definite plan has been
agreed upon by the republican mem
bers of the senate to bar out the Ken
tuckian, they will make sure that Mr..
Blackburn is entitled to his seat be-
fore he is allowed to take the oath of
Office. This was evidenced when his
credentials were presented to the SEN
ate before the last session Of congress
came to a close. At that time they
were referred to the committee on
privileges and elections, which will
conduct this investigation.
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We are asked If farmer can afford

We are asked If farmer can afford
to pay 8 per cent for money with which
to build good barn where the hay has
to be stacked out of doors and the
stock sheltered In old straw sheds.
Yes; he can. The saving on fodder
alone will go good way toward pay
ing the $50 interest charge on 81, 900
barn, and when the various other uses
ito which such a barn can be put are
taken into account no better invest
ment on the farm can be made. When
the barn is built, 1t should be at once
insured in your county mutual against
fire, lightning and wind.
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sheriH's Sale.

a special execution. to me directed by the
clerk of the district court of Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, against the lands, tenements.
of Phl.p Duffy, piaintiff, / will offer at
public sale, to the highest and best bidder,
for cash, ut the front door of the court
county, Iowa, on the LIST day Of December,
1900, between the hours of 8 o'clock a. M
and o'clock p. m. on said day, all Of said
and to the following deseribed propert "
situated In Wapello county, Iowa, to-wit:
The north AZ acres Of the east IS acres
quarter of section 1s township 70, north of
range 10, west of the 9th P. NJ. In Wapello
county, Iowa.
Sale to commence at the hour of one
clock p. m. of said day.
Witness NV hand this I'd day Of Novem-
Der, 1900; B. Z, SHUTS,
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sherlH's Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
special execution, to me directed by the
clerk Of the district court of Wapello coun-
ty Iowa, against the lands, tenements,
Allen Rowland, Don A. Pool, admrs., de-
PENDANTS, in favor Of A.. w. Johnson,
plaintiff, will offer at public sale, to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, at the
front door Of the court house In the citv of
ottumwa, .Wapello county, Iowa, on the
LIST day Of December, 1900, between the
on said day, all Of said Stella D.. .Biddisops.
S NJ Biddison' s, Allen Howland's and Don
A Pools, admr,s, right. title and inter-
erty situated In Wapello county, Iowa,
to-wit: Lot No. seyenty.six T6) in block
No. one ~ in the city of Ottumwa, Iowa
Sale to commence at the hour OIL one
O'Clock p. nj, of said day.
Witness my hand this Cd day Of Moyem-
Der, 1900. .. T. SLUTIS,
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LEGAL.
HIGHWAY Notice.

To whom 1t may concern:
The commissioner appointed to view, and
II required, to vacate a highway, commence
ing Mt the southeast corner OF the north
west quarter of the northwest quarter of
section No. 20, township No. %, range 10,
in Wapello county, running thence south
at the intersection Of ,Ae public
and the west line of the southeast
quarter Of the northwest quarter Of section
ported in favor Of the vacation thereof. and
all objections thereto or claims for dam
ages. must be filed in the auditors Office
cember, A. D., 1900, or such highway will
be vacated without reference thereto.
MORGAN GRISWOLD,
Auditor of Wapello County, Iowa.
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sherin's Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of
clerk Of the distric. court Of WapeiIo cou sr
ty, Iowa, against the goods, chattels, lands
tenements, etc, Of the Ottumwa Opera
arnar IN fawGr Of j.
at public sale to the highest and best bid
der, for cash, at the front door Of the court
house in the city Of ottnmwa, Wnpello
1900, between the hours of 8 O'Clock a. m.
at o'clock p. m. on said day, all Of said
The Ottumwa Opera House Company. right,
scribed property situated in Wapello Coun-
ty, Iowa, to-wit: Lot No. Two Hundred
and Eighty-one (28D Of Block No. Twenty
Sale to commence at the hour of I o'clock
p. m. Of said day.
Witness my hand this 23d day Of October,
1900. B.. f. Suits,
Sheriff Of Wapello County, Iowa.
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DAY TO GIVE THANKS
Governor Shaw Issues the Annual
Proclamation.
GIVES REASONS FOR REJOICING.
The Closing Year of a Most Remark
able Century, Noteworthy for Its
Manifold BIessings-PeopIe Asked
to larry for a Day and Give Thanks

Des Moines, Nov. 14.-Governor
nation calling upon the people of Iowa
to give thanks for the bounteous
blessings of the year on the day named
by the president:
by the Governor-A Proclamation:
''The most remarkable century in
the fight of time closes with the most
happy and prosperous year in the his
tory of our nation and our state. Very
abundant has been the yield from our
lands, great has been the product of
our mines, the output of our factories,
and the increase of our herds. Our
people have advanced in all that per-
tains to material prosperity, and have
become wiser and better as the years
have come and gone; and now, at the
close of Ammo Domino nineteen hun
ldred, standing at this elevation, with
increased hope. and yet loftier aspira-
ton, it is but reasonable that great
and appreciative people tarry for a
day to give thanks to the Great Giver
of all that is good and the Preserver of
all that is best.
II therefore, recommend that on
Thursday, November 90,
the people of the commonwealth of
Iowa assemble, as far as shall pc con-
venient, in their usual places of wor-
ship, and there, and in their homes,
render grateful praise and thanksgiv-
ing to Almighty God for blessings past
and present, and make devout suppli-
cation for continuation of that provi-
Dental guidance which has made us
already great, and on which we must
rely for yet grander achievements.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused to be af
fixed the great seal of the state of
Iowa, this twelfth day Of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred, of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
twenty-fifth, and of the state of Iowa
the fifty-fourth.
Leslie M. Shaw.
"By the Governor:
&c. L. Dobson, Secretary of State"
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

A young reader of these notes wants
to know If tree in growing is pushed
bodily up or whether the growth is all
from the top. 1t is an outward rather
than an upward growth. as may be
easily demonstrated by observing tile
position of wire fastened to the body
of young tree, the growth being out
ward in a short time completely cover
Ing the wire, which is never raised
from the height at which it was first
placed from the ground.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
WALSH ON DEFEAT.
Says the Principles for Which Mr. Bryan Stands Will
Triumph.

standing
stands
will
Gratis had been the
would McKin1evs
about that defeat
pished the republican
in politics those like
the ticket this every consideration
the element
we have elected VIM Mckinley second time
would state til loyalty pe
will HAYES
the
democratic nominee.
CHARLES A.
Secretary Democratic National COMMITTEES
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SheriH,s Sale.

special execution, to me directed by the
clerk Of the district court of Wapello coun-
ty .owa, against the lands, tenernents. etc,
of Mary W. Gross, defendant, in favor of
Stella d. Biddison, plaintiff, l will offer at
public sale, to the highest and best bidder,
for cash, at the front .oor Of the court
house in the city of Ottumwa, Wapello
county, Iowa, OH the 9Th day of December,
1905, between the hours of 0 o'clock a. IN.
and 4 o'clock p. m. on said day, all of said
and to the following described property
situated in Wapello county, Iowa, to-wit:
Lot No. eight ~ in Browns first addition
to the city Of Ottumwa, Iowa.
O'Clock p. nj. Of said day.
Witness my hand this Sth day Of Novern-
Der, 1900. 3. +: SHUTS,
Sheriff of Wapello County, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Matters Concerning Iowans at the Ma
tionaI Capital.

tionaI Capital. !.
Washington, Nov. 14.-The postof-
fee at Eldora Junction has been dis
continued. Mail to Eldora.
DR.. Charles Henry has been appoint
ed pension examining surgeon at
Corning and DR.. L. A. Lubier at Indi-
anola.
Miss Mary l.. Sanborn, of Ottumwa,
has been appointed q stenographer in
the land ONCE at Alva, Oklahoma
The postof1ce at Arlington will be-
come presidential on January l.. Sal.
airy of the postmaster will be $1,000.
Iowa Pensions.
Original. d. Hull, Coggon, So;
Saml Eby, Monticello, Sc. Supple
mental Van Dorm, Boone, Sc.
Renewal-Martin v. B. Sunderlin,
GAINESVILLE, Sc. Increase-Hans Jancks,
Lyons, $40; Edward L. Foot, Strawber-
ry Point, So; Oscar D. Johnson, Wood
bine, $40; VIM. F. Horahan, Fanslers,
So; Gustaf Alstrand, Ft. Dodge, $14.
Reissue-Calvin Woodruff, Oskaloosa,
IS. Original widows, etc.-Theresa
Miller, Perry, So; Sarah L. Deck, STRAIT
ford, So; minor of VIM. B. Wells, Fen.
ton, $40.
Iowa Patents
Edward F. Bissonnette, Nashua, band
cutter and feeder; Ethan A. Brown
Waverly, wind mill regulator; Harvey
l.. Childers, Allerton, garden tool; An.
drew w. Dolph, Cherokee, churn; Chas
T. Ellsworth, Forest City, kaleidoscope;
Sydney e. Farrell, Ottumwa, animal
shackle; Hiram Mendenhall, Audubon
knockdown feed trough;F. S.Seymour
Dubuque, water supply regulator; New
ton c. Sprague, Des Moines, incubator
Henry H. Toll, Clarinda, machine gun;
Edward J. Spinte, Davenport, mailing
tnhe
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Danish dairymen bought large
amount of western corn last year, cost
Ing them about 80 cents bushel laid
down. They also took large quantities
of our oil meal at high price and
with these milk producers and some
roughage which they raised themselves
were able with judicious admixture
Of brains to outsell us 3 cents a pound
on butter furnished the London mar
iket. What the dairy interests OF. Amer
lea need is brains, not fodder or bal
'anced rations. !.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
sau1RnEL TAIL GRASS.

We have had several inquiries how
to get rid Of the squirrel tail grass,
which is such a pest in all lawns
through the west We have had this
pest and had 1t as bad as we ever saw
1t anywhere in our own lawn. We have
practically got rid of it. This season
but very little was visible. The rene
dy is very close and continuous cutting
with lawn mower during the last of
August and early September when it
pushes up the seed heads. The clip
pings must be gathered in grass car
rier and burned, the whole secret of
getting rid of it being to prevent it's
going to seed on the lawn. If this can
be done, it being an annual and there
being no seed, there will be no squirrel
tail grass. The lawn should be liberal
~ watered during this period Of close
and constant cutting. Be careful also
as to what fertilizer is put upon the
lawn, as it may be full Of these seeds
and thus undo all your work. Fertilizer
for lawn should be well heated and
rotted to destroy all seeds contained
In it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

When the society dame turns up her
nose at some respectable girl who
seeks to make an honest living BY do
ing Homework for other people. she is
doing the very thing which more than
any other thing makes 1t almost impos-
sible for the said society dame to get
anybody to do her washing and cook
ing. There is a far better field for
work in the matter of bettering the
condition Of woman along this line
than there is in the effort to secure the
ballot for her.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

A bushel of corn will make five gal
Ions Of whisky. Iowa produces $685.
100000 bushels Of corn this year. Let
us all be thankful that the whisky pos
sibilities connected with this grand
crop of corn will not be developed but
that 1t will gladden. the heart of hui
mainly as choice creamery butter. fat
pigs, fine beef, mutton. good horses,
fried chicken, roast turkey, eggs, milk,
'johnnycake, injun pudding and corn
fritters instead.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
A FAILING COAL SUPPLY.

Y.
Cheap coal has been the rock upon
which England has reared her COM
mercial and manufacturing supremacy.
Her cheap coal contributed not little
to make her mistress Of the seas and
enabled her to build up merchant ma
rine which is the wonder of the world.
For ten years past rumors of a failing
coal supply have arisen, but have been
treated as scarecrows. During the past
year, however, the unpleasant fact has
been developed beyond contradiction
that England's day of cheap coal has
passed, the cost of mining at the great
depths now being worked having SO in
creased the cost of the coal that ship
ments of American coal in large
amounts are now being made to that
country. And what is true of England
Is to large extent true Of all the Eu-
ropean coal producing nations. In this
connection 1t is of interest to inquire
what the coal resources Of America
are. In general way it may be said
that they are practically without limit.
Six states-Pennsylvania, Ohio West
Virginia, Illinois, Alabama and Iowa
now produce the most coal used in this
country. Inexhaustible fields of coal
lie practically untouched as yet in vir-
ginia, Kentucky. Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas. Wyoming, Colorado, Montana
and Washington, to say nothing Of i'm
mense fields in Alaska. There are 9TH
er fields in British Columbia, and take
1t all round America will in the near
future control the supply of coal, as is
now done with cotton and corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

How far north will apples grow?
Well. here is report from far off Man
itoba, where the billiards. are born,
which says that the Blushed Calville,
Annisette and Gravenstein. Russian
apples, bore this year heavy crops of
fine, clean fruit, while Wealthy and
Patterns Greening, American varieties,
We're extra heavily loaded. The north
ern limit of the apple has not yet been
located, evidently.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Notwithstanding the very general be-
lief that the crow is unfit for food it is
nevertheless fact that the young
birds, the squads, are really very good
eating, thousands of them being killed
every year at the rookeries in England
for this purpose. This fact should be
generally known and advantage taken
Of it to thin out the constantly increas-
ing numbers of the black pests. No
one save politician will eat the old
birds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
Executrix's Notice

Notice is hereby ~iven to all persons. in
terested, that on the 10th day of November,
by the clerk Of the district court of Wa
pello county, Iowa, executrix of the estate
of w. ii. Bissell deceased, late OF said
county. All persons Indebted to said es-
tate will make payment to the undersign-
ed, and those having claims against the
same will present them legally authenti-
Dated November ~, 1900.
SARAH BISSELL, Executrix.
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Adminlstrator,s Notice.

Notice is HEREBY given to all persons in
terested, that on the Goth day of November,
A. D., 1900, the undersigned was appointed
peIlo county, Iowa, administrator with the
will annexed of the estate of Susannah
Young. deceased, late Of said county. All
persons INDEBTED Nc tb to SAID estate VII make
Ing claims against the same will present
them, legally authenticated to said court for
allowance.
Dated Nov. 2, 1900.
A. W. Buchanan,
Administrator.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
Army Of The Tennessee.

Detroit, Nov. 14.-About 100 mem
bers of the Army of the Tennessee IS
sembled here today for the thirty-sec-
ond reunion which will last until to-
morrow evening. At the first SEES
sion the appointment of the usual
committees was the only business
transacted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Another bred man wants to know IL
his boss has the right to make him
work every minute during the rainy
days. This is hard question. With
our own men we have always found
that it paid to ease up on the work
rainy days unless there should be
something very pressing indeed. Some
men are SO close and pinching that
they can't bear to see hired hand
have a minute of daylight to himself
and will figure every way possible to
invent some sort Of job for rainy
afternoon. They beat themselves by
SO doing, for hired man treated in
this manner can very easily even
things up when the weather is fine, and
he is pretty sure to do 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

If one has permanent pool of water
or running stream on the farm, it is
tall right to keep ducks, otherwise it is
not, for to have them around the home
stead is to have the nastlest pest
a-going. Ducks are hogs and dirty ones
at that the best way you can fix it and
always cost more to raise than they
are worth
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
MOTHERHOOD Of VIII.

State Of Iowa, Wapello County, IS.
In the District Court.
To all whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given, that an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be tae last
read by the undersigned, and that have
fixed Monday, the It'll day Of January, 1901,
as the day for hearing proof in relation
thereto.
Witness my official signature with the
seal of said court hereto affixed, this 7th
day Of November, 1860.
o. J. GAhRIOTT,
Clerk District Court
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
GUILTY OF SENDING A BOMB.
Jury at Waterloo Gives a Verde
AGAINST j. w. Hoot.

Waterloo, Nov. 14.-The case of the
State VS.. Jerome w. Hoot, who has
been on trial on charge of trying to
XIII his wife by sending her a dyna-
mite bomb, was given to the jury at 6
o'clock yesterday evening, and at IL
o'clock a verdict was reached finding
the prisoner guilty of assault, with in.
tent to commit murder. The case was
stubbornly fought, but the evidence
was largely against the prisoner. The
question of the Jurisdiction of the Iowa
court was paramount in the motion to
direct verdict for the defendant, but
the motion was overruled after an all.
day argument.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

i We note marked difference in trees
Of the same variety, especially In fruit
trees. Some apple trees always bear
better and larger fruit than others of
the same kind. This fact is not re-
garded by nurserymen as 1t should be.
Scions for grating should only be
taken from the best trees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Fifteen carloads of Virginia cattle
lately sought a market at the stock
yards at Chicago They were feeders
and will be made over into beef ami
mails on some farm in the corn belt
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

1t was an osprey or fishhawk which
some hunter had wantonly shot and
thrown away at the side Of the road.
Just why any one should want to shoot
one of these rare and harmless beauti-
full birds issbeyond our ken.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Baron Rogers, an American bred
trotter, has been taking all the big
purses this year at the Russian.trotting
races. The American trotter has no
equal for speed and endurance and is a
winner wherever he is entered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Some wag remarks that the financial
condition Of the western granger has so
much improved that he is able to in
dulge in an operation for appendicitis
this year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Take couple of good cats along
when you haul the shocked corn from
the field, as there will be from one to a
dozen mice in each shock. The cats
viii soon get on to the game and enjoy
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

We heard farmer spoken of recent,
.ly as an up to date one because he kept
his watering tank clean enough all the
time for lady to drink out Of.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

Some dairymen know it and some do
not, that the uneven distribution of the
salt is the cause Of notified butter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
MINISTER'S eRATIFIED.
Progress Being Made in Settlement of
Chinese Troubles.

Picking, Nov IA protracted confer
ence Of the foreign ministers was held
today, at the conclusion of which there
was a general expression of gratifica.
ton at the progress that was made to-
ward reaching settlement. Minister
Conger said he was encouraged to be-
lieve that the propositions will be
ready to be submitted to the Chinese
plenipotentiaries at an earlier date
than he had heretofore hoped. Relia-
Bile information from Ni-Chuang indi.
Gates that disturbed condition of af-
fairs exists there.
The total number of inmates now in
the penitentiary at Anamosa is 458.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

An Americanized Danish dairyman
walked off with the first prize on but
ter at the Paris exposition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15

The weed seeds will keep all right
along the hedgerows and in the fence
corners but the seed corn must have
better treatment.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-02-10

was the effect Mrs. Langtry was trying
to accomplish when che had that next
to-nothing bodice OF hers built. Un-
luckily, the impression was not the
same.
One must not frivol on serious sui
jects. though and is anything in life
q woman's life-some wopan's Iivee, l
meau-more serious than dress
Miss De VOLTS first dress is pink and
chiffon and white panne velvet, lowered
with pink roses.
The skirt is Of the chiffon tucked bias.
Around the bottom, just below tie
knees, panels Of panne velvet are let 10,
and they are framed in Cluny lars, yell
low in hue. This same lace boz ders the
bottom Of the skirt. The bodice has q
ceinture Of plain pink panne, ard there
is bolero eject done in the lace ard
panne velvet. The sleeves are all Of tt g
panne velvet, with a deep transparent
bit o. lace at the wrist, falling so far
over the hand as to leave only the fiI.
gers visible.
A cheux of black lace, made brilliant
with spanglee, fastens the bolero.
A bit of while maline, soft and trans
parent, helped out with string Of
pearls, serves for collar, and is vastly
more becoming than the stiff collars
most women persist in wearing in the
face of the edict Of the smart Parisienne
against them.
Miss De Wolfe's second dress is vel.
low lace applique on yellow net.
1. is very nice, but hardly very new.
This fault cannot be found with Mise
De Wolfe's last dress, for it is distinct
departure, and il one can scarcely see
ones self wearing it or the hood of black
velvet for stroll on a warm afternoon
through brilliantly eunlit garden, the
ensemble is nevertheless particularly
becoming and exceedingly fetching.
There is velvet paletot-which l am
tnld one must call "house coat" any.