Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-29
WALKS IN VICTORIA's FOOTSTEPS.

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LONDON, Jan. 25.--FoIloWing is the |
full text of his majesty's accession |
speech:
Your Royal Highnesses, My Lords
and Gentlemen: This is the most |
painful occasion on which shall ever
be called upon to address you.
My first and melancholy duty is to
announce to you the death of my be-
loved mother, the queen, and know
how deeply you, and the nation, and !
think may say the whole world, sym.
pathizes with me in the irreparable
loss we all have sustained.
need hardly to say that my con-
slant endeavor will be always to walk
in her footsteps.
In undertaking the heavy load
which now devolves upon me am
fully determined to be constitution.
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licitor of the city of oskaloosa, hav-
ing been duly elected by the council
to fill out the unexpired term of By
ron w. Preston, resigned.
Iowa City.
John Akett a respected citizen of
this city, and janitor at the Lovelace
block, received the welcome news yes
terday morning that by the terms of
will, he had been, left G2,500j at the
recent death of his uncle, John Akett,
in Wespern, Cumberland, England.
The amount in dollars will approxi-
mate $4,000. Mr.. Akett, of this city,
| the recipient of the handsome legacy,
| Is an aged man and has lived in Iowa
| City since 1861. He has been an hon
est, laborious man and the handsome
| amount of property comes to tighten
the burden of advancing years.
Davenport.
The invitations have been issued
for the annual reunion of the four CO.
ordinate bodies sitting in the Valley
of Davenport to be held in the Ma
sonic temple on Wednesday,, Thurs
day and Friday, February 1S, IA and
| Is. 1t will be the annual reunion OF
Adoniram Lodge, Lodge of Perfection,
| Saint Johns Chapter of Rose CroiX,
/ and Zarepath Consistory. The bodies
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite and Free Masonry of the Valley
of Davenport acknowledge allegiance
to supreme council of the 33d degree
for the southern jurisdiction of the
United States, whose seat is at
Charleston.
During this reunion the degrees
from the 4th to the 32d inclusive will
be conferred and communicated. 1t is
hoped to make this one of the most
enjoyable reunions ever held, and tc
secure this end the hearty co-opera-
ton of every Scottish Rite Mason in
the jurisdiction is earnestly solicited
| Marshalltown.
The State Association of County
Supervisors wound up successful
convention Wednesday evening with
the election of officers and the selec
tion of Des Moines as the place Of
meeting next year.
Clinton.
A petition is being prepared for thu
consideration of Governor Yates of II
J linois asking the pardon of A. D. Bar
Der, now serving a penitentiary sen
J tenee for grave robbing He was con
victed in the courts of Rock Island
; Ill.,, for stealing the body of Mrs. Gas
per Maurer. He was a medical stu
dent at Keokuk, at the time. II,
! claimed that he was assisted in thu
! job by Charles Jasperson of Hillsdale
!; H., who placed a rope around tn
| ra nd ha h
, grave.
Iowa City.
The senior class of the universit
Wednesday afternoon passed resolr
tions saying that while they did nc
: uphold kidnapping, and did not wish t
criticise the faculty, they considere
: the sentence of suspension until Sci
$ TENDER too severe a punishment 70
/ the ten students who took part in tn
t abduction of President Stiles and ash
:. ed the faculty to reconsider. Severe
of the under classmen also held il
t dignation meetings.
: Centervllle.
, Centerville is going to reap lastin
benefits by the Burlington railroa
!. absorbing the K. e. w. 1t is not po
sible to give details at this time, b,
4 from reliable source the Citizen ha
!. it that big in rovements will be mad
! in the local shops. Preparations hay
= already begun and it is said that til
Centeryille shops will be made equl
: to any on the entire system. TIL
/ greatest difficulty the company no
> encounters is the question of watt
. supply. The water from the dec
we'll is unsuitable for boiler use as
also the water from the Raven CO
u mine we'll which has been tested. A
J. other source of water supply has bee
- tested and shows up to much bett
advantage, but is still not exact
what is wanted. 1t is certain tn
improvements will be made and SUI
+. as will be of no small moment.