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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
Coal for China Fleet.

Philadelphia, June 26.-Under orders
from the navy department a large
force of men yesterday began work
preparing for active service the water
carrying ship Arethuse. The Arethuse
will be sent to Chinese waters within
ten days with $500 tons of coal for
|American Warships.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
MAY BE SENT TO REFORM SCHOOL
william johnson and william Waites
May he X ept at tlle States Expense.

William johnson and William Waites,
the two lads who are charged with at
tempting to burglarize Pixley's confec-
tionery store, and Lowepberg Bros.
bakery may be sent to the reform
school, complaint having been made be-
fore Judge Roberts that they are in
corrigible. johnson was captured
while in the act of burglarizing the
Pixley place one week ago last Satur-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
Bur,tne,on cisarmaker. striike.

B Burlington, June 26.-The Journey
men cigar-makers of this city have
struck for better pay. The manufac-
furers refuse their demand, and it is
probable the Trades Assembly will
take a hand in the matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
a Hor,E FOR you ArYouR PRICE.

day night by Merchant Policeman Ed.
johnson. At that time colored boy
was in company with young johnson
but he made his getaway and was but
recently taken by Captain Gray after
a chase thru the Y. M. G. A. building.
The case will be heard upon the return
of Judge Roberts who is at present out
of town.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
Council Clearly Outgeneraled the
Mayor Last Evening.
MATTER MAY BEENJOINED THIS WEEK
Judge Eicnelberger Will Hear the Case
Next Thursday-A Majority and
Minority Report Brought
In Last Evening.
commurTEE,s REPORT.


We, the committee of the whole,
would beg leave to report on the
matter of confirming the list of
names submitted by your honor
as library trustees.
First.-No ordinance has been
passed and published creating
these offices.
Second.-We can see no reason
why each ward should not be
represented.
Third.-IVe think it premature
for the appointments as the vote
has not been canvassed.
Fourth. we find a ma
jority of the names submitted
worthy of the trust, we find 9th
ers which we cannot confirm. We
would therefore recommend that
the list as submitted be not con-
firmed.
Thos. r. Keefe.
j. e. Hull.
e. II. Mather.
/, Stephen Barnes.
i N. S. Polling.
I W.. II. III. Asbury.
MINORITY REPORT.
We hereby concur in the major
ity report except the last sec
ton and recommend that instead
of the words 'sbe not confirmed"
the word delayed" be substitute
ed. B. F. Hyatt.
7. w. Boggs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
The Minority Report.

Alderman Hyatt arose and stated
that he desired to bring in minority
report of the matter which follows the
majority report at the head of this
article.
T Alderman Boggs moved that the re-
port be adopted whereupon Alderman
Hull asked what the result would be
if it should be adopted. The mayor
said that that would be question for
the city solicitor to determine. That
gentleman animated that it would not
|complicate matters. Alderman Boggs
said that even if it did he still insisted
that he had right to bring in the
report but Alderman. Hull said that it
seemed to him that it was out of order.
Alderman Hyatt still insisted that he
had right to bring in the report at
this time and stated that he did not
suppose that advantage would be talk
en- of him on parliamentary rules. The
motion to receive the report was lost
by the following vote:
Barnes,no Mather, no.
Boggs, /. Polling, no.
Hoglund, no. Hull, no.
Hyatt, I.
The mayor arose and said he sup
posed the council would make the APP
pointments in his absence and Alder-
man Keefe replied that there was moth
ing to hinder him from keeping on
making appointments.
A motion was made to adjourn
which carried and few of the alder
men. adjourned to nearby place
where caucus was held.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28

Alderman Keefe moved that the mat
ter of confirming the library trustees
as designated by the mayor be re-
ferred to the council as a committee
of the whole. The mayor asked in
what time would they be ready to re-
port and Alderman Keefe said he
thought in about thirty minutes. The
motion was put and carried but here
another surprise was sprung on the
city dads.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23
MISS Kingsley and the Gorilla.

On the Gabun river Miss Mary
Kingsley's guide one day called to her
to creep quietly through the bushes
and then she saw family of five go
rillas-an old male, three females and
young one. The guide sneezed, which
alarmed the gorillas, and they fed
with bark and howl, the old male
swinging from bough to bough like an
acrobat on trapeze.
On another day Miss Kingsley and
her two guides came suddenly upon a
solitary male gorilla, who, as usual,
had appropriated forest glade as a
park for his private enjoyment Flu
rious at the intrusion, the brute, In
stead of fleeing, came shambling to-
ward them. growing fiercely. "Shoot
him." whispered Miss Kingsley. 81
dare not" said the guide, until he
comes quite close. have only one
gun. The other is out Of order II
miss, he will kill u.s."
The gorilla came nearer. Rearing
himself on his hind legs he beat his
breast and roared, just as Du Chaillu
described long ago. Then, running for
ward. he stopped and roared again and
again ran forward until quite close.
Then the guide fred and the gorilla
dropped dead. Chambers Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23
The Gentle Reader

What has become Of the gentle read
err? asks Samuel M. Crothers in The
Atlantic. One does not like to think
that he has passed away with the
stagecoach and the weekly news letter
and that henceforth we are to be con-
fronted only with the stony glare of the
Intelligent reading public Once upon
a time that is to say, a generation or
two ago-he was very highly esteemed
To him books were dedicated with long
rambling prefaces and with episodes
which were their own excuse for being.
In the very middle of the story the
writer would stop with word of apol-
ogy or explanation addressed to the
gentle reader or at the very least with
a nod or wink no matter If the fate
of the hero be in suspense or the plot
be inextricably involved.
Hang the plot" says the author 81
must have chat with the gentle read
er and find out what he thinks about
it."
And so condolences were interchang-
ed, and there was gossip about the uni
verse and suggestions in regard to the
queerness of human nature until at
last the author would jump up with:
Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps
it's time to go back to the story"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23
General Markets.

New YORK, NOV. II.
FLOUR-State and western held with more con
Rdence, and buyers showed little more interest;
Minnesota patents, $s9oa425; winter straighta,
So 40as So; winter extras, $2.6Oa29O; winter pat.
ents So. 60a39 90.
WHEAT-Firm and shade higher on light of
ferings, the strength OF corn and fair specu-
lative demand; December N 3-l6a7712c. March,
S01aas0ssc.
RYE-Dull; state, 50a51c., c. l. T., New York,
carlots; No. western, 55c., I. o. b., ahoat.
CORN--Adyanced on strength west, small coun-
try offerings and big clearances again; December,
427sa43ssc.; May, n7sa42c
OATS-Dun but ssteadier; track, white, state,
2sa34c; track, white, western, 2sa34c.
PoRK-Firm; mess, $12a13; family, $l5a16
LARD-Firtn prime western steam, 7.671sc.
BUTrER-Steady; state dairy, 16a24c. cream
cry, 19a26c.
CHEESE--Quiet; large, October fancy, lie. (;
small, October fancy, 1011c
EGGS STEADY; state and Pennsylvania, 24a2se. !;
western loss off, 27c.
SUGAR--Raw firm; fair refining, 3%c.; centrifu-
gal, 90 test, 43sc-; refined steady; crushed, &c. ;
powdered, 570c.
TURPENTlNE-Steady at 431sa44e
MOLASSES STEADY; New Orleans, 42a5Sc.
RICE-Steady; domestic 49sa65sc. Japan, ~
acc.
TALLow-steady city 4Me; country, 4s4a5c.
HAY Steady; shipping, 771zasOc.; good to
Choice, s5a05c.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

ter Savings bank and who was discharg-
ed last March from that institution after
misappropriating $500, has been arrested
at Ironton, o., and brought back to
Rochester, charged with forgery and
grand larceny A few days ago the bank
officials discovered eight checks, aggre-
eating 5000, upon which had been forg-
ed the names of former depositors in the
bank whose accounts had been untouch-
ed for several years.
Fire which destroyed the McGonigal
House, three story frame building; the
hotel barn and the opera house in Os-
wayo, Pa, caused the death of four men
and the serious injury Of others. The
three buildings were burned to the ground
in half an hour from the time the FIRE
started. The dead are: Arthur Fletcher,
bookkeeper for Penn Stave company,
home in Boston; Michael Russell, EN-
ployed by Penn Tanning company, Os-
wayo; William Mulhaney of Rexford, N.
Y, and Hugh Jefferson of Alfred, N. Y.
Henry Ivory and Charles Perry, two
negroes, have been sentenced to death in
Philadelphia, they having been convict
ed of murder il the first degree in con-
nection with the killing Of Professor Roy
Wilson White of the University Of Penn
sylvania. Professor White was held up,
murdered and robbed on the night of May
27 Ivory, Perry and Amos Stirling
were arrested, charged with the crime.
Ivory and Perry made confessions, charg-
ing Stirling with the murder. Stirling
is under arrest, but has not yet been tried.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

A lover of apples in southern Mime
sofa writes that he has gathered a lot
Of splendid Jonathans this season from
CRAFTS placed on a Virginia crab and an
equally nice lot of Grimes Golden
from Hibernal thus top grated Both
these varieties Of apples were raised
200 miles north of where they can safe
ly be grown on their own roots. and it
suggests top grating as very sensible
and practical way of extending the ter
ritory where these fine apples may be
grown.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

Mrs. Newrich-l never can remember
how many cards to leave when calling.
Old Conference.-The rules are very
simple, madam. You hand one to the
servant and then on departing leave as
many on the plate as there are adult
members of the family, adding two of
your husbands cards and occasionally
dumping in few more for good meas
ure. Do not be niggardly in dealing
out cards, as that suggests vulgar pow
erty.
81 am very much obliged. Are you a
professor of etlquetteY
"No. madam. am Mr.. Bristol. the
card manufacturer" Exchange.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

'This." said the drug clerk, 'is q
most wonderful hair remover. It's our
own preparation.
"Well, give me BOTTLE" said the
baldheaded man. But, say, come to
think of it. why don't you use it?
You're pretty bald yourself"
II can't use it. You see, I'm the be-
fore using clerk. The after using
clerk is out at lunch. You should see
him. Philadelphia Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

Ebony was esteemed as an article of
luxury by the ancients. In India It
was employed by kings for scepters
and images and as 1t was supposed to
annul the power OF poisons as often
made into drinking cups
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

"Biowhard is always Boosting Of his
driving abilities"
1T comes natural to him. He has
been handling the ribbons behind the
counter at Gunamaker's for six years
or more. - Rider and Driver.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-11-23

The : --.Se duration Of marriages ! \
England is % years; in France and
Germany. %; Norway. 81; Russia. 20
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08
COTTON LETTERS.

New York, Aug. Hubbard Bros. &
Co say: Liverpool was the weak market
to-day, declining sharply on the nearby
positions then on the distant deliveries
Our own market showed much steadiness
at the decline, the local trade absorbing
the offerings from the South on the be-
lief that reaction was due in Liverpool
tomorrow. For this reaction they bought
all morning, and when the bureau report
was read it was interpreted as worse
than expected. A sharp rally then occurr-
ed with the Southwest prominent as buy
ers, on which the local traders realized
on their mornings purchases. Private ad-
wees continue to be more favorable than
those received through the government
sources A sharp reaction is expected in
Liverpool tomorrow.
New York, Aug. 7-Murphy & Co. say:
Cotton in Liverpool unchanged on spots,
sales only 1000 bales. Futures closed 4
to lower than last Friday. The early
news from Liverpool was regarded fairly
good by local operators. hence this mar
ket opened steady about points lower
with Liverpool and some shorts buying,
but Liverpool weakening after our mar
ket opened and weather being favorable
caused some of yesterdays buyers to SELL
Prces became steady toward noon on
some scattered buying. There is an abb
sence of crop news to-day but the gener-
al impression is that the plant is doing
well. The weekly government report is
sued at noon wes rather unfavorable and
caused sharp rally. The market is heav-
lily oversold and any efforts of shorts to
cover will lift prices still further.
Cotton since noon has ruled active and
firmer, owing to shorts covering and some
fresh buying, Influenced by the weekly
government crop report being regarded
as unfavcrable. 1t says crop improved in
the Carolnas', but general condition less
promising in Georgia, Florida and Louis
lana. Complaints of rust shedding and
premature opening being numerous. In
Texas the crop is from to 3 weeks late.
complaints of rank growth, shedding and
ravages OF insects are revived from the
southern part of the state
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08
A NEW HEAVEN" ~
DIR. Newton Describes and n Little
Girl Sees One

GlrI Sees One.
The New York World summarizes the
following as the most striking features of
the new immortality" as described by
Rev r, Heber Newton:
Death is the true resurrection. No other
resurrection is conceivable.
He who dies awakens into consciousness
the same being as of old.
The threads of the old existence are not
cut at the touch of death.
Death ushers us into no foreign world.
All that is essential to human life here
will be found there
The activities of our being on earth will
be the activities of our being in heaven.
The occupations of earth must shadow
ana type the occupa tons of heaven.
In higher and nobler forms we must go
on doing there what we are doing here
Death makes no break in the continuity
OF character. A man is the same here
and hereafter.
The wise man before death will be wise
after death.
There VIII be fools over there as here.
The selfish man before death will remain
the same selfish man after death.
The fingers that have been busy hand
lllng the croupier of our American Monte
carlo, which faces Trinity Church, can
not turn at an hours notice to playing
harps In the New Jerusalem.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08
Murder in Henry County.

According 10 information received by the
Macon News, Jack Gray. a well-known
young white man of Henry county, and a
member of one of the most prominent fam
flies in that county, was found dead by the
side of the railroad track early Sunday
morning with his back broken and other
marks of violence about his person. 1t
was thought at first that Gray had been
killed by train on the Southern Road,
but the coroner's inquest developed the
fact that he had been. killed by some ne
groes with whom he was gambling in the
woods. and that they had carried his body
a considerable distance to the railroad
track and placed it there TO give the i'm
preston that he had been run over by a
train. The jury after a most thorough
investigation, under the directions of the
coroner. F. B. Pritchett said that in their
opinion the murder was committed by Ben
and Henry Laws, father and son, and that
in their opinion the same was murder.
The negroes have been arrested and are
in jail. Gray was under the influence of
liquor at the time he was killed lie was
addicted to drink, but when sober was a
high-minded young man.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08
COTTON FUTURES.
Market Finally Steady with Prices
In 31t12 Points

up 3G12 Points.
New York, Aug. THE market for cot
ton futures started barely steady in tone
with prices l 10 3 points higher on near
months and to points lower on far
months. Bear supremacy soon asserted
itself after the call and under fairly active
selling for both accounts prices crumbled
quite sharply The late cables from
abroad were unfriendly, nearly all infor-
nation from the cotton territory was opti-
mistic concerning the crop development.
while from consuming centers the news
was pessimstic in the extreme BY mid
day the uneasiness of shorts began to
show plainly, while before l p. m smaller
bears were in full retreat. The official
crop summary from Washington proved to
be quite a surprise in that II showed more
promising conditions in Georgia Florida
and Louisiana than expected, where she'd
ding, rust and premature opening were
complained Of. The crop In Texas was
reported two 20 three weeks late, with
rank growth, shedding and insect damage
reported in the southern portion of the
state. Elsewhere the crop was reported
generally improved. The effect of this
news upon the market was instantaneous,
though fully half an hour passed before
the buying movement reached lis hight
Prices advanced rapidly and extensively
with the winter months showing the
strength. Against 1890 in the morning
October advanced to size before reac-
ton set in. January advanced from 7S5c
to s.05c. AT the best figures of the day the
market showed net rise of II to IA points
Europe bought on the call, sold later in
the morning then once more became buyer
late in the day. The South and room
trade sold during the forenoon, but SUISSE
quently turned for cover Wire houses
were active buyers on the upturn. The
market was finally steady, with prices so
u points higher.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08

He Paid the Funeral Expenses of a
PensiOner Twice vim One Week

He Paid the Funeral Expenses of a
Pensioner Twice vim One Week
George F. Phelan in the New York Sun
Thomas Jefferson Adams Chambers, the
heavy better of the Metropolitan BILLIARD
room in San Francisco in 1854 like all
generous men, was very often imposed
upon by people, who were under great
obligations TO him and were continually
scheming to take advantage of his good
nature. A man named Cooper a clerk
in the banking house of Adams & Co, ap-
pealed to him to make good a large sum
of money that he had lost playing faro
and for which he was liable to be i'm
prisoned. Chambers paid the money, and
Cooper being unable. or possibly not try
ing. to get another position, became a
"pensioner" of Chambers. never failing
to call for his regular stipend, which was
cheerfully given him until Chambers dis
covered that Cooper gambled the money
away and neglected to pay any honest
debts that he could possibly avoid pay
ing The next time he called Chambers
said to him. Cooper. 1 believe you will
play faro as long as you live and can get
the money to play with and l will not
give you any more, but go around TO tho
Interna tional hotel get a room ana
the bill every week and 1 will pay it. but
do not ask me for money as long you
live" Chambers received the board bills
regularly, and paid them promptly for
some weeks.
One day a man who seemed to be In
great sorrow called on him and said:
Mr.. Chambers. your friend Cooper died
last night. 1t was with him at the time
Before he died he told me to cali on you
he ~
pay the expenses of his funeral. l have
been TO an undertaken, and find it will
cost about $780,"
Chambers said: Certainly, here is the
money; If that is not enough let me
know" In about half an hour he stopped
at the bar of the Bella Union, and hear
ing a familiar voice in the direction of
the gambling room walked in just in time
| to hear Cooper say to the dealer "Give
me a stack of reds" and to see him hand
in the same 500 which Chambers had
! given to his sorrowful friend short
| time before He hal not noticed Cham
| bers, who was close to him and said:
Cooper l told you that you would play
| faro as long you lived and could get
money, but l did not expect to see you,
now that you are dead. play away your
| funeral expenses
| Cooper walked out of the place and his
| body was found floating in the bay few
| dogs after. Chambers sent word TO Mr..
! Grey, the undertaken, to take charge of
| the body, and have it buried in Lone
Mountain Cemetery. AS he paid the bill
he said: II have paid a great many I'M
dertakers' bills but never paid for bury
| ing O man twice in the same week I
wonder if any one will see that l am
buried decentiy If l die broke"
Chambers was born In Kentucky. and II
would be difficult to find one more gen
| erous or a truer friend than he
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08
TUESDAYS MARKETS QUIET.
TURPENTINE OPENS FIRM AT 3o1h
CENTS AND CLOSES QUIET.

The Government Summary of the
Cotton Crop shows Improved Con-
ditions in Georgia, Alabama and
Louisiann-Texas Crop Not So
Good-Rosins Firm and uncbang-
ed-Cotton Quiet and Unchanged.
Local and TeIegraphic Markets.
Morning News Office. Aug. 7.
The feature of the local markets to-day,
so far as the interest went, was the re-
ceipt of the government cotton crop re-
port. The summary showed more prom
ising conditions in. Georgia, Florida and
Louisiana than was looked for, for the
reason shedding. rust and premature
opening had been complained Of The
crop in Texas was reported not to be do
ing so well. Elsewhere it was reported
to be progressing fairly well. The local
market closed quiet and unchanged, with
no transactions reported.
The turpentine market closed quiet at
S9ls cents, with no sales reported at the
closing call. Transactions of 173 casks at
the opening, when the market was firm at
1912. constituted the days business. 1t
was understood buyers bid 1874 and 80 af-
ter the closing, with fair hope of getting
concessions 10 some extent. The rosin
market closed firm and unchanged. with
good demand for the offerings. The
wholesale markets closed steady. The
following resume of the different markets
will show the tone and quotations at the
closing to-day:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-08
Thomasv4IIe,s Doors shut.

Townsville Times Enterprise: Mayor
Hopkins received a number of kilograms
yesterday from Plant System officials,
asking if refugees from Tampa would be
allowed to stop there. The Mayor called
a meeting of the City Council and laid the
matter before them. The Council decided
that 1t would not be prudent to allow
the citizens of Tampa, which place is now
infected with yellow fever. TO come here.
While there would be little danger of its
spreading here, in fact none. yet, If Thorn
asville opened her doors to these refugees
Montgomery. Savannah and other places
would no doubt promptly quarantine
against this place. This latter fact, more
than any fear of the fever, was the prin-
cipal argument against the admission of
Tampa people in Townsville.