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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03

: Alderman Hoglund, chairman of the
water committee, which has in charge
the plans and arrangements for the
municipal water works system that it
is hoped to establish in ottumwa,
stated to a Courier reporter this
morning that the committee was fast
getting their report into tangible
shape and it would probably be sub
mitted to the council at special
called meeting next week. The re-
port will also include that of City En-
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DIsAGREEs WITH MRS. EDDY.

clarkson Resigns From the Omaha
Christian Science Society.
Omaha, Jan. 3.-Ex-Judge Joseph
R. Clarkson, who has been pillar OF
Christian Science and who had been
regarded as one of the stanchest dis
ciples and one Of it's most forceful lee.
turers, has presented his resignation
from the Christian Science society and
the lecture board. He declares the
reason for his resignation is that Mrs
Eddy is now employing improperm
ods in teaching Christian Science
Ex-Judge Clarkson is not yet ready tc
say how he disagrees with Mrs. Eddy
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REMLEY coNsTRugs LAW.

Says Board of Control Has Power in
Case of Contagious Diseases.
Des Moines. Jan. 3.-The attorney
general has rendered an opinion to the
board of control in which he held that
the board has power to enforce a reso-
luton adopted by it providing that
whenever person shall be sent to one
of the state institutions, except to the
penitentiaries, from locality in which
smallpox, diphtheria or scarlet fever
is prevalent, there must be furnished
to the superintendent certificate say
ing the person has not for seventeen
days preceding the time of commit
ment been exposed to such disease.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
METHODIST BISHOP
FOUND DEAD
Bishop W.x. Ninde, Of Detroit, Expir
ed While Asleep at His Home
Was Well Known Everywhere.

Detroit, Jan. 3Bishop w. X. Ninde,
6s years of age, of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, was found dead in bed
at his nome here today. 1t is thought
the cause of death was heart trouble.
The deceased had been bishop of the
Methodist church since 1884. He was
we'll known thruout the United States.
He leaves wife, three sons and a
daughter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
TERRoRIzE TOWN.
Band of Robbers Rob Safe and Ex-
change Shots With Citizens.

Limo, o., Jan. 3.-The village of Ca
vette, near Van Vert, was thrown in
to fury of excitement by the appear
ance of desperate gang of eight or
ten robbers, who aroused the town by
promiscuous shooting and blowing op-
en- the safe of the Hoagland grocery
store. They secured about $500 in
cash, besides a lot OF valuable papers.
About 100 shots were exchanged be-
tween the robbers and citizens, but
no one was hurt. The thieves escap-
cd
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.

Annual Report Made PubIic-shows
Large Amount Received.
Boston,, Jan. 3.-The nineteenth an
nual report of the American Board of
Foreign Missions was made public to-
day Donations received during the
year aggregated $317,915.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
FIRST OF THE CENTURY.
Baby Born in Chicago at 1908 O'clock
January I.

Chicago, Jan. Born-To Mr.. and
Mrs. francesca Iagolo, 5141a Clark
street, Tuesday morning at 1898
o'clock, a fifteen-pound son.
This tells the story of the entrance
into the world of the child of the TWEEN
tieth century. While horns were blow
ing, bells ringing and whistles shrek.
ing a clamorous salute to the incom-
ing century Francesca Iagolo's babe
opened its eyes in the second story OF
"a smol1e-besmifched and dust-begrim-
ed building and Chicago made its first
gift to the manhood of a new era.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
Plans Have Arrived.

Clinton, Jan . 2Plans for. the new
government building at this place
have been received. 1t will be built
of white marble with marble. wainscot,.
ing on the interior Contracts for the
foundation and superstructure will bei
let about February 1, and work viii
begin in the spring.
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MGR. kEAME AGAINST VICE.
Tells Dubuque Officials That He Win
Antaaonize It.

Dubuque, Jan. 2-Archbfshop
Keane. received the mayor and city
council by request and adressed them
on the subject of vice. He expressed
himself as being heartily in favor of
the anti-yice crusades in other cities
and announced his determination to
antagonize any effort to protect tin
Dubuque s
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WILL "HELLov TO FARMERS.

Washington Telephone Exchange In
cIudes Many Rural Subscribers.
Washington, Jan. 3.-Farmers here
have Joined the city telephone ex-
change. There are twenty-three sub
scribers to a wires extending several
miles out into the country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
MAKES NOMINATIONS.
President Sends Names for Many Po-
sitions. to Senate,

Sss'SiS' ~ SSUdlCs
Washington, Jan. 3.--The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate: Oscar F. Williams, of
New York, to be Consul General at
Singapore; Frank w. Mowrer. of
Ohio, to be consul at Antigua, w. L.;
Frederick E. Rittmann, of Ohio, to be
auditor of the war department;
James F. Harlan, of Illinois, to be at
torney general of Porto Rico.
Hay Recovering.
Secretary Hay has recovered from
his recent indisposition. He was able
to spend few hours at his desk to-
day.
Gen. Bachelor Worse.
Change for the worse is reported to-
day in the condition of Gen. Richard
N. Bachelor, formerly quartermaster
general of the army.
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Raise 1t Within Ten Days.
ERROR NOT MATERIAL.
Attorney Convinced That oskaioosas
- sgetgSf rfrrI,p ,pre Il U,liH ~

Oskaloosa, Jan. 2. Recently a spe-s
cial election was held for the purpose
of granting a franchise to a local COM
pany empowering them to operate a
line of electric railway and also al
steam heating plant. For a time it
was thought that an enTor existed in
the mode of registration, but attorneys
now say they are convinced that all
preliminary steps up. to the adoption
of the ordinance are valid.
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SHOT HIS UNCLE.
Relative Teases Boy About Love AT.
fair and Is Shot.

Des Moines, Jan. 3.While in a fit
of despondency supposedEt to have been
caused by peremptory dismissal by
his best girl. and because his uncle,
David Allan, sought to tease him
about the love affair, q. G. Allan, a
20-year-old Elkhart township boy, is
reported to have shot his relative in
the left breast with a 32-calibre re-
volyer. The bullet entered the left
breast just below the shoulder blade,
struck rib and glanced, lodging at
a point a few inches below where it
entered. The wounded man will re-
cover.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
THREE MORE FAIL.

Two of London Houses Go to the
Wall in Wake of Crash.
London, Jan. 3.-Three additional
failures are announced today in con
nection with the suspension of the
London & Globe Finance company.
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THROWN OFF.
Friends Of Abductor Pat Grove Lead
Officers Astrax.

: 'O'f'SS'>S . fNSst dy'
Chadron, Jan. Sit is reported this
afternoon that the officers who report
ed the capture of Pat Grove, the al
leg d Cudahy abductor, while endeav-
oring to make good his escape across
the Pine Ridge county yesterday, were
thrown off their guard by Groves
friends and sympathizers. many of
whom live near the agency. Groves
friends are said to be spiriting him
away to the Hole in the Wall country
of Wyoming, where he will join his
old time friends and cattle rustlers.
He may enter a secluded life, away
from the reach of officers.
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IMPLEMENT DEALERS.

About Fifteen Hundred Attend the
sion at Des Moines.
Des Moines, Jan. 3.-Never before
in the history of Iowa and Des Moines
has there been SO large gathering of
implement and vehicle men as this
city is entertaining. And to say that
they are "hustlers" is putting it mild
ly. Over 1,5OO of them have reported
to the Implement Dealers headquar.
ters at the Savery. Many more will
be here for later entertainments and
sessions of the convention.
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FOUND TIE suLlET.
competine Man Shot in the Foot Cuts.
Out the Bullet.

Hedrick, Jan :. Ed, Meeker, Of
Competine, who was accidently shot
in the foot with a 38-calibre revolver
has located the leaded missile Mr..
Meeker felt a hard substance in the
sole OF his foot and, taking a knife. he
cut the leaden object out. He will be-
able to walk again in a few days.
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KILLED PROPRIETOR.

Boiler Explodes, Wrecks Mill and
Kills Two Men.
Watseka, ILL.,, Jan. 3.-By the explo-
sion of the boiler this morning the
Pure Food Milling company's mill was
wrecked. John Stohrle, one of the
proprietors, and Luke Mallott were in.
stantly killed.
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THREATENS cUDAHY.

Millionaire Receives Two Warnings
From kidnapers of His Son.
Omaha, Neb., Jan Be. A. Cudahy
received two more threatening letters
thru the mail today. One of them
warned him that the entire family
would be poisoned in case the reward
was not withdrawn and the other was
along the same lines, tho not quite OF
such sweeping nature.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
A FATAL. FALL.
Workman Drops From the Top OF a
Building.

Clinton, Jan. John Anderson, d
workman on the custom house annex.
fell from the top of the structure and
was instantly killed
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BURNED TO DEATH.

Woman cremated During a $4,000
Fire Today.
New York, Jan. Mary Devine, 60
years of age, was burned to death, a
younger woman was driven from bed
while Ill, and three other persons were
injured at fire which destroyed a
row of frame tenement houses in Jer-
sey City today. The damage is $780,
600.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
A FREE MAN AGAIN.
Chester w. Rowe Is Released From
Prison for Good Conduct

City of Mexico. Mexican Herald,
Dec. 23.-Chester Rowe was released
from Belem prison yesterday, after
serving there a term of five and one
half years He gets out under the
benefit of the Mexican system of liber,
tad preparatoria, and will remain un-
der surveillance in this city until his
full term has expired and he regains
free and unrestricted liberty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
KRUGER BETTER.

The Disease Is Now Following Its
Normal Course.
The Hague, Jan. 3.--Kruger is better
this morning. The disease is follow,
ing it's normal course.
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Gen. Bachelor Worse.
WERE FOR CONVICTION.

Were for. Conviction.
Helrick, Jan. 3.-The foreman of the
Kuhn jury, Mr. Wheeler, says that at
no time did the jury waver in it's de-
termination to. bring verdict finding
Mrs. Kuhn guilty of the crime of MUIR
dering her husband. He also says
that the desire of the panel to go over
the evidence accounted for the length
of time they were out.
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Raised the Rate.

London, Jan. g. The Bank of Eng.
lands rate of discount was raised
A to 5 per cent today.
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RAT CAUSES A WRECK.
Does $4oo Damage to Elevator Ma
chinery at the Opera House:

Sf''tS'y 9e e'Ie OfJSf q rIUUSt. :,
Sioux City, Jan. 3.-One. of the most
peculiar accidents recorded in Sioux
City for long time occurred at the
Grand opera house building Sunday
night when an ordinary sized rat sue
ceeded in throwing one OF theelevator
cables off its wheel, badly frightening
the elevator operator, Theodore Hen
derson, breaking an iron cylinder an
inch thick and doing damage ito the
extent of about $500.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
WORLDS FAIR is ASSURED.
ST. Louis Raises All But $5oo,ooo Oh
the Fund of $5,oOo.ooo

st, Louis, Jan. 2.--The st. Louis
Worlds Fair is assured. $4,500,000
has been subscribed to the fund of
S5,OO0,O00 which the city is to raise
and work will at once be begun by the
legislative committee to push a bill
thru congress for the appropriation
o. s5,000,000 more for the same pur-
pose. 1t was the purpose of the CONF
mittee to announce that the full
S5,000,000 had been subscribed, but at
meeting of the committee it was
found that it still lacked $500,G0o of
that amount.
Raise It Within Ten Days.
The announcement of that fact was
made with mingled feelings of JOY and
disappointment. Joy because the
fund was so large and disappointmen
because it had not been raised.
Pledges have been secured for a large
part of'the deficit and within ten days
1T is thought TIE full amount of SIS, ,0o0,.
900 will have been raised.
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WRECKED BY. LOGS.

Coal Train Strikes a Wagon-one
Killed, Two Injured.
Niles, Ohio, Jan. "a coal train on
the Niles & Lisbon road struck wa
gon loaded with logs last night, kill
ing Engineer Track and seriously in
juring Fireman Klein and Brakeman
Powers
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CASHIER JAILED.
Alleged That He Aided in EmbezzIe
ment of Funds.

Newport, KY, Jan. Be. C. Ramme
late cashier of the German National
bank,was arrested todayon affidavit of
Bank Examiner Tucker, charging him
with aiding Assistant Cashier Brown
in embezzlement of the bank funds.
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FOR SECOND TIME.

Massachusetts, Governor Inauqurated
Today for the Second Term.
Boston, jan 3.-W. Murray Crane,
for the second time, took the oath of
office as governor at noon today. Lieu
tenant Governor Bates was also sworn
in. The governors inaugural address
treated of state affairs exclusively.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
FIT. DODGE ACCEPTS.
carnesie's Library Donation VIII Be
Received Without a Hitch.

Fort Dodge, Jan. The city coun-
ell yesterday formally accepted An
drew Carnegie's offer of 100000 for a
public library and voted to levy 2
mill tax, amounting to $4,000 annually
for the support of the institution. This
lis in accordance with Mr. Carnegie's
proposition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
THREE HUNDRED STRIKE.
Employees Complain of Quality of Ma.
terjal Put Out.

Barnesvilie, Ohio, Jan. 3.-Over 800
employees Of the New Eastern Ohio
Window Glass factory have gone on
a strike. They complain of the quail
ity of glass produced and refuse to
work longer unless there is an i'm
provement, claiming they are unable
to work satisfactorily with it,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-03
ROBBED THE STATION.
Loot Valued at $4,000 Taken by Chi.
nese Bandits.

Hong Kong, Jan. 3.-Robbers re-
Gently attacked the Customs station
at Kumchuk, in the west river coun-
try and obtained loot valued at $4,000.
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WELL KNOWN LAWYER DEAD.

Huntington w. jackson Passes Away
Death Due to ApopIexy.
Chicago, Jan. 3.-Word reached
here today of the death from apoplexy
in Newark, New Jersey, of Hunting
ton. w. Jackson, one Of the best known
lawyers in the west.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
A street Parable.

A little girl stood at a window blow
ing soap bubbles. Beneath stood a lit
tie boy, and as she blew bubbles to-
ward him he tried to catch them They
broke and disappeared OH all sides,
but the two laughed and kept up the
game, she smiling down and he gazing
upward eagerly.
Behold. a parabler said a man TO
a woman. 1.-THE eternal relation of the
sexes! You blow beautiful bubbles
down to us from your height, aud we
weary ourselves in trying vainly to
catch them. Poor little boyr'
The pair played and laughed in the
sunshine until the boy grew tired. He
called out "Goodbyr' gayly and ran
away to play with other boys and girls
in the street. The girl looked after him
wistfully, shadow ON her face. She
did not care to blow bubbles any more.
She leaned out to watch him, and as
she did SO she tipped over the bowl
of soapy water. She looked very lonely.
Behold, parable" said the woman
to the man. HE has tired of the
game; not she. There is no other little
boy to blow bubbles to, and If there
were she has no pretty bubbles left to
blow. Eternal relation of sexes. Poor
little girlP'-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
APHORISMS.

The man who procrastinates strug-
giles with ruin.
An apt quotation is as good as an
original remark.-Johnson.
Progress is the activity of today and
the assurance of tomorrow.-Emerson
To be vain of ones rank or place is to
show that one is below it.-Stanislaus.
The desire of appearing clever often
prevents one becoming so.-Rochefou-
cauld.
God is on the side of virtue, for who
ever breads punishment suffers it, and
whoever deserves 1t breads it.-Colton
The mind that is much elevated and
insolent with prosperity and cast down
by adversely is generally abject and
base.
Human nature is so constituted that
all see and judge better in the affairs
of other men than in their own.-Ter-
ence.
Despite all refinement, the light and
habitual taking of Gods name in vain
betrays a coarse and brutal will
Chaplin.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Undigested Food.

The recurrence of the flavor of food
for some time after eating is always
an indication, writes a physician in a
medical Journal, that the food is not
being properly digested. 81 can taste
1t, we say after eating canned fruits
and vegetables preserved by adding
salicylic acid or forrnaldehyde, sub
stances that embalm food against the
digestive juices as completely as they
protect 1t from the microbes of the
outer air. And 81 can taste it, would
probably be the report of one who had
made a hearty meal on n turkey kept
several months in cold storage "a
man trying to live on such meat would
simply starve to death or die of blood
poisoning" adds the physician.
He does not fail to remind us that
the storage warehouse Is generally a
convenience and a benefit and only
when misused source of danger. But
neither he nor any one else could find
a good word to say for manufacturers
who put slow poison into a food prod
uct. The fitting punishment for them
would be to give them nothing to eat
but their own canned stuff.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
The Bird That Flies Longest,

Mr.. J. Lancaster, naturalist, who
spent five years on the west coast of
Florida studying birds there, came to
the conclusion that of all the feathered
tenants of the air the frigate bird can
fly the longest without resting He has
seen one flying for whole week night
and day without repose.
The frigate bird can feed, collect ma
terials for its nest and even sleep on
the wing. Apparently its wings can
be controlled automatically, without
the power of it's will, and 1t probably
adapts itself to take advantage Of the
upward or bearing force Of the wind.
The spread of the frigate birds wing
is great, and it can fly at a speed of
ninety-six miles an hour, without SEEM
ing to flap its wings much.
The albatross liking of the high
seas" as it has been called-is larger
than the frigate bird, but if it follows
a vessel for four or five days it has to
rest on a rock or on the ship itself.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
Poison by Absorption.

The slow absorption of many poisons
changes in some more or less modified
form the complexion, but arsenic and
ammonia show their effect about as
quickly as any. The popular belief
that arsenic clears the complexion has
led many silly women to kill them
selves with it in small, continued
doses.
1t produces waxy, ivoryllke appear
ance of the skin during certain stage
of the poisoning, but It's terrible after
effects have become too we'll known to
make 1t of common use as a cosmetic.
The effects of ammonia upon the
complexion are directly opposite from
that of arsenic. The first symptoms Of
ammonia poisoning which appears
among those who work in ammonia
factories is discoloration of the skin
of the nose and forehead. This gradu-
ally extends over the face until the
complexion has stained, blotched and
unslghtly appearance. With people
who take ammonia into their systems
in small doses, as with their water
and food, these striking symptoms do
not appear so soon. The only effect of
the poison that is visible for time is
a general EMBELLISHMENTS and sal
lowness of the complexion.
Amador ledger., 1901-12-06
AN ovERwoRKED PHRASE.
The Expression 'sHe Took His Life In
His Hands,


His Hands," 49, .re
"The expression he took his life In
his hands always struck me as being
very foolish" said bright young gen.
tleman, land I have often wondered
why so many persons persist in using
it when they want to speak of extraor-
binary dangers. Now, extraordinary
danger is one thing and the simple,
commonplace thing of taking ones own
life in ones hands is an entirely differ
ent thing.
81 work in big building. There are
steam engine and a mammoth boiler
in the basement. Whenever / enter
that building, If they are running the
engine in the basement, 1 take my life
In my hands. l get on the elevator on
the fifth floor; 1 take my life in my
hands. 1 go out of town; the car
may tumble over a trestle somewhere
1 walk along the street; sign may
fall on me. | make my way across the
thoroughfare; who knows but what
a street car or vehicle of some sort
may not run me down? l cross the riv-
Cl L hOI LILY Sell Ill
the swirling stream and sinking for
the last time? If 1 walk along the
street, may not a brick or q loosened
cornice come crashing down upon me?
There are row and shot or two on
the corner; may not stray bullet wing
me? And so on.
"Pessimism? No. Logic. That's all.
1t just shows the difference between
taking ones own life in ones hand
and the matter of confronting extraor-
binary danger. These risks are ordi-
nary, plain, old, everyday risks. The
fireman who dashes into a burning
building to rescue a child, the fellow
who grabs the bride of a runaway
horse, the hero who will plunge into
the river to save some person who is
about to drown-these are the persons
who confront what 1 would call ex-
traordinary dangers, and the worn
platitude of saying Of one of these he
took his life in his hands would not
fit the case because there would be in
the act an element of heroism which
would place it much above the COM
monplace."-New Orleans Times Dem
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