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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
KATE SHELLY WANTS POSITION.

Kate Shelly, the famous Iowa hero
inc, will ask the coming Iowa legisla-
ture for one of the subordinate posi-
lions at its disposal. Miss Shelly will
apply for the position of file clerk,
which commands salary Of So per
day. She is making an active can
vass of the members of the coming as
sembly, and already has secured
pledges of support from number.
There is a file clerk to be elected in
either house of the legislature and as
yet Miss Shelly is the only candidate
which has been announced for either
position That her candidacy will at
tract widespread attention goes with
out saying.
Her Historic Act.
The history of the historic act of
Kate Shelly, by which she saved the
lives of several hundred persons, is
familiar to every resident of Iowa,
and has been told far beyond it's bor-
ders. 1t has been noted worldwide
and will go down in history with that
of many famous heroines of all ages.
1t was on the night of July 6, 1851,
| that Miss Shelly crossed the Des
Moines river near the little town of
Moingona in Boone county, and warn
ed an approaching passenger train
which would otherwise have gone
/ through a broken trestle and destroy
ed the nves of two hundred persons.
Saw Engine Engulfed.
Heavy rains had swollen the Des
Moines river, and a number of trestles
had been washed out as a result. Miss
Shelly lived with her parents near the
Moingona bridge. her father being sec
ton foreman on the Northwestern
On the night of July there was a
fearful storm raging and Miss Shelly
becoming alarmed at her fathers pro
Ilonged absence took a lantern and
went in search of him. Just after she
had left her home she heard the SOUND
of one of the helper engines operat
ing on the railroad near by, &C
through one of the trestles into the
swollen waters below. She heard the
kissing of the steam as the engine
came in contact with the water, ant
listened to the cries for help. Two
of the four men in the engine crew
lost their lives, but the other two
chung to that part of the engine which
was above the water.
Her Per!ous Journey.
Assuring them that she would g
for help, she started out in thu
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Chicago wheat man, points out that
the greatest danger to the success of
the scheme lies in the fact that hui
man nature cannot be changed and
the habit of looking out for number
one is too strong to be broken down
in the course of few months. Ii the
southwestern wheat-growers give no.
tice that they do not intend to SOW
this crop next year the farmers OF the
great northwest wheat section will
naturally pay heed to the ample warn
ing and put in thousands of acres
more of wheat than otherwise 1t
would then be the men of the north
west, Instead of those of Kansas who
would secure the benefit of any high
prices that might result.
Even supposing, however. that the
wheat farmers of the northwest also
entered the movement, the eastern
and central states and the irrigated
wheat lands of the arid sections would
still remain TO be reckoned with. East,
ern and central farmers do not raise
wheat as rule. The prospect of high
;pIices, however, would cause them to
make good use of the six months no.
tice sent out from the southwest, and
thousands of wheat fields, from the
Merrimac to the Mississippi, would
wave in the breeZes of the coming
June.
Still there is Iowa and the northern
part of Missouri to be counted upon.
Probably few people (and they do not
live in Kansas )have any good idea
| of what Iowa could do toward intluenc,
ling the total wheat crop if her far
mers once set out in earnest to raise
| this cereal. There is no better wheat
raising country in the world than the
northern half of this state and if the
farmers of southern Iowa and north
ern Missouri do not raise wheat it is
because corn usually pays them bet
ter. Prospective high prices for whea
would change matters. Last fal
wheat prices seemed sufficiently at
ltractive to many southern Iowa plant
ers to warrant them in putting fifty t,
La hundred acres of fall wheat. TIL
yield was big and the man who sowe,
wheat year ago has had reason t
; rejoice ever since. If the Kansa
scheme is carried out thousands @
Iowa acres will go to wheat mex
spring where only a few hundred
have been sown heretofore, and it wi
be the Iowa farmer instead Of tn
Kansan who will benefit by hig
wheat prices.
The southwestern raise-no-wheat al
itation is pie for Iowans and it cannc
: be said of a Hawkeye that he ever i
: fused to eat pie when it was set befol
III
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
OTHER POINTS OF VIEW.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The stat(
board of control must by this timt
wish they hadn't.
DEBORAH Republican: Senator ALI.
sons name is again connected with
the treasury portfolio. That's VEN
cradle chestnut.
Odebolt Chronicle: 1t is better to
have the errors in the Dingley tariff
corrected by republicans than to let
the democrats have the job.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Senator
Stewart of Nevada, says providence
settled the silver question. If that is
so, then the senator ought to be rev.
erential enough to concede that it was
settled right.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The man
who suggested the building of canal
to Des Moines, via the Des Moines
river from Keokuk, ought to be given
a medal by the next legislature. Make
the medal of leather.
Corning Gazette: Next year all the
congressman are to be elected. 1t is
probable that the Iowa delegation will
be renominated. But then it is fair
to state that every one of the districts
has plenty of men who would shed
honor on Iowa. Some of them may
carry the winning hand.
Riggold Record: 1t has been an
nounced, for about the Tooth time, that
the isthmian canal commission will
recommend me Nicaragua route So
it should, and there the matter should
end. There has been quite enough OF
delay and suspense about the enter
prise. We now need to. go forward.
Let there be no further dilly-dallying.
The commission will report to the
| President in about fifteen days. The
next congress should settle the whole
matter for once and all time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

1t will be bold legislator, indeed,
who will refuse to vote for Kate Shell
ley, who saved 200 people from plung-
ing to destruction in the Des Moines
river near Boone about twenty years
ago. Kate is now a candidate for file
clerk, a position that pays So per day
and she ought to get it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Mr.. Phillips needs some one to take
his spite out on, but why should he
select poor, common little editor for
that urpose?-WaterIoo Courier.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

If Thomas Jefferson Phillips really
wants his name kept out of the news
papers he adopts very poor methods
of having his desire gratified.-SiouX
City Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Ex-Candidate Phillips has shown his
determination not to die politically
without one last kick.-Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
CIRCULATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation Of all
other Ottumwa papers combined.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
THE LATE UNPLEAsANTNEss.

1t will hardly be reasonable for Mr..
Phillips to expect to hear any less OF
Colonel Bob Moore.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
Founded Sth August, la45.

Published sent-weekly OH Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Office: 1l2 South Market Street.
Telephone editorial or business Office No. "a.
Address lie Courier Printing Co., Ottumwa, Ia
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Ex-Candidate Phillips should stop
kicking. # 50 :" Col. Bob Moore is under
stood to entertain the belief that Mr.
Phillips made mistake when he
didn't go in for football in lieu of poll
tics-Sioux City Journal
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The stat
board of control must by this timt
wish they hadn't.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

1t will hardly be reasonable for Mr..
Phillips to expect to hear any less of
Colonel Bob Moore.
Ex-Candidate Phillips has shown his
determination not to die politically
without one last kick.-Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
Mr.. Phillips needs some one to take
his spite out on, but why should he
select poor, common little editor for
that urpose?-WaterIoo Courier.
If Thomas Jefferson Phillips really
wants his name kept out of the news
papers he adopts very poor methods
of having his desire gratified.-SiouX
City Journal.
Ex-Candidate Phillips should stop
kicking. 81 g Col. Bob Moore is under
stood to entertain the belief that Mr..
Phillips made mistake when he
didn't go in for football in lieu of poll,
tics.-Sioux City Journal.
r. H. Moore OF Ottumwa has been
kicked on Market street by Thomas
Jefferson Phillips. This, perhaps, is
not so painful as being kicked on other
portions of the anatOmy.-Alleged
funny column of Sioux City Tribune.
Now that the Hon. T. Jefferson Phil
! lips has kicked the Ottumwa editor lit
orally into the middle of the street
Iowa has another reason to be thank.
full today-thankful that Mr.. Cummins
| instead of Mr.. Phillips was elected gov.
ernor of the state.-Cedar Rapids Re
publican.
Should the Hon. T. Jefferson Phillips
start out with the intention of kick
! ing" every man in the state of Iowa
woh did not vote for him at the late
election, his pedal eXtremities are
liable to become extremely tired be
fore he gets out of his own township
l-Des Moines Capital.
Thomas Jefferson Phillips, late dem
ocratic candidate for governor, don
propose to stay hidden even if he wa
buried by some $4,000 majority. No
long since he wrote letter to R. II
Moore, editor of the .Ottumwa Satur
i day Herald, demanding that his pape
be stopped and that his name neve
i appear in the columns of that pape
again The editor, however, a brothe
: democrat, printed the letter with som
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Robert Fl. Moore does not wear a
swallow-tailed coat on working days,
but he does publish a society, mis-
chievous and strictly non-partisan
newspaper. Once upon time Mr..
Moore was democrat, but the ways
of the party under Bryan have been
too much. and Bob turned to society
for relief If he had confined himself
would not have been kicked, but he
left their ranks and gave brief atten-
ton to one Thomas ]. Phillips, who
by accident and by practicing joke,
last August was placed at the head Of
the alleged democratic party. The oc-
casion of his nomination was not strict
Nv a social event, and hence Robert H.
Moore was not there, at least not a
participant
The campaign grew apace, and Bob
kept pegging away at society and &C.
casionally had something to say
about libraries, eXpositiOns and other
features now utilized for uplifting
humanity and putting a polish upon
society. But as Thomas Jefferson
Phillips was in no wise connected
with such things, his name never oc-
cupied a place in the columns OF the
Saturday Herald, the appellation that
is applied to the Moore publication.
AS Phillips was and is a democrat
and Moore has been one, it appears
that Phillips, in his role as statesman,
concluded that his name ought to have
appeared in the columns OF the Herald,
even il not in the strictly society col
umn. The Herald is in the habit OF
running a half-tone engraving on the
first page, and as Phillips had fine
new cut made at the opening of the
!! campaign, it was awfully mean OF
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Odebolt Chronicle: 1t is better to
have the errors in the Dingley tariff
corrected by republicans than to let
the democrats have the job.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

DEBORAH Republican,: Senator ALI,
sons name is again connected with
the treasury portfolio. That's ven,
cradle chestnut.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

R. H. Moore OF Ottumwa has been
kicked on Market street by Thomas
Jefferson Phillips. This, perhaps, is
not so painful as being kicked on other
portions of the Alleged
funny column of Sioux City Tribune
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

The southwestern raise-no-wheat ag-
itation is pie for Iowans and it cannot
be said of a Hawkeye that he ever re-
fused to eat pie when it was set before
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

Special to The Herald.
CHIHUAHUA, Mex, March lit is
now a certainty that the new theater
will be opened on the 5th of May and
the greatest society event in the his
tory of the state will be had.
Governor Ahumada has engaged the
French opera company of New Orleans
to play the opening engagement The
company carries $50 people and is said
to be one of the best companies on the
continent.
The people of Chihuahua were pleas
ed with the news that Ell Paso would
be well represented and the American
colony are making arrangements to
entertain them royalty.
The governor announces that he will
accord Miss Claire Kelly. queen of the
FL Paso carnival, and her court 4 box
in the first balcony as special guests
of honor. and a number of invitations
will be issued to society people of Ell
Paso to attend the grand ball.
The occasion promises to be one OF
unusual interest and large crowds are
expected from all parts of the republic.
The young lady who will preside over
the dedication ceremonies has not yer
been named.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

Marcus Brunswick. These are vaca-
ton appointments.
Regents of the New Mexico School of
Mines at Socorro-Joseph E. Smith, F.
G. Bartlett and w. S. Hopewell These
are vacation appointments.
Board of Regents of the New Mexico
Military Institute at Roswell-Wendell
NJ. Reed, Joseph c. Lea, and Nathan
Jaffa. These are vacation appoint
ments.
Board Of Regents of the New Mexico
Normal School at Silver City-C. F.
Grayson, E. NJ. Young, A. R. Graham.
w. G. Ritch and John Corbett. These
are vacation appointments excepting
that of John Corbett
Board of Regents of the University of
New Mexico at AlbuQuerque-J. H.
Wroth and e. S. Slower. These are va
cation appointments.
Board CT Regents of the Normal Uni
versity of New Mexico at Las Vegas
Charles Ilfield and M. w. Browne. The
, appointment of Mr.. Ilfield was a vaca-
ton appointment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

I 04gpr--v
py there with my little family and was
doing well in most ways. We nave a
little world all to ourselves out there.
The mines cannot be reached with a
agou at all. and we dig out the silver
and refine it there ourselves. We ship
the pure silver to Chihuahua and ship
back provisions which are brought in
on the backs of burros. / employ about
thirty Mexicans at the mines and pay
them in provision and clothing which
I handle in my store. When a Mex
lean wants to quit work and there is
ANYTHING due him I always weigh out
silver enough TO pay him and he goes
his way happy. | have not used money
at the mines since / went there and
have not seen any only when | came to
chihuahua. | have absolute control of
the Mexicans and there is seldom any
trouble only when the boys get too
much liquor and get into trouble over
some girl. l am the only peace onicer
on the ground and when / arrest man
send MIN to the nearest ranch by
some man in my employ. l take pa
pers from the states but seldom read
them and when l do I think of how
exrect to return to the United States
now but will send my children there
and educate them"
Mr.. Bronn is now receiving about
s25 900 yearly for the output of his
mine and has accumulated some
funds. few years ago he put in ma
chinery at the mine and can now work
it with more speed. The engines and
boiler were taken up on the mountain
on the backs of burros and put together
at the mines.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
TWO MEN QUARREL OVER
GIRL AND ONE OF THEM is IN
STANTLY KILLED.

OURAY. Colo. March 16-Early this
morning a quarrel occurred between
two men resulting in the instant death
of one.
Miss Jessie Chase has been dividing
her affections between Chas. Engle
and VIM. st. Gemmie. The two men
in consequence got on their war paint.
ST. Gemmie watched Englc enter the
Chase house. He tried to get in him
self with a six shooter and a bundle
of rocks. They met in the hallway.
Engle pulled his gun and killed st.
Gemmie. Engle was arrested and the
coroner's inquest is in session now.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
CHIHUAHUA, March 16-Guanacevi
won p fights of the series and Chi
huahua 20. the former winning the
bonus of $4,000.
Chihuahua has challenged Guanacevi
for Al fights at $500 each to take place
next month, with bonus of $4,000.
Next September it is proposed to
fight Al fights at $1,000 each with a
bonus of $4,000.
In the present series Pedro r. Prieto
of chihuahua won $4,000 and Lasoya
of Guanacevi lost $4,000.
1t is stated on good authority that
within three months 1000 men will be
at work out of Chihuahua on the
Orient road.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

| tax collectors for the collection of tax
es and licenses from four to five per
cent failed to pass. The act was to ap-
ply only to counties of the second class.
| House bill No. 179. an act to amend
the Incorporation laws, was adversely
| reported from the committee on rail-
roads and was defeated.
House bill No 239. extending the
boundaries of Mckinley county and
! other purposes. passed the house after
| it adopted a rule to consider all bills
| reported from the council as read and
printed and giving the speaker the au-
| thority to refer it without further ac-
| ton.
In the council two new bills were
introduced. One by Cruickshank, re-
| Quiring life and accident insurance
companies to make a deposit the same
as fire companies. Another by Har-
rison, an act to regulate the compen-
| sation of official stenographers in dis
| trict courts. 1t allows 81 per day to be
paid out of the court fund and $3.50 per
annum for work done for district
| judges in chambers.
The council passed the SOS, 900 bond
appropriation bill for the agricultural
| college. the principal and the interest
. to be paid from the proceeds of the
sale and leasing of the lands of the in
Stitution.
| The act eXempting the stock of build
| ing and loan associations from taxation
was also passed. Also the act dispos-
ing of the 100000 acres granted for the
purpose of normal schools. Las Vegas
and Silver City. such normal schools to
divide the land between them.
| Governor Otero signed eleven minor
| bills.
/ oi,,t,, -. 1x-C
Governor Otero sent the following
nominations to the council, which were
confirmed in executive session:
| District attorneys for the district
| consisting of the counties of Dona Ana,
Sierra. Grant and Otero. W. H. H
Llewellyn. Las Cruces; district consist
ing OF the counties of Colfax and I'm
| ion. Jere Leahy, Ration: district con-
| sisting of Socorro. Lincoln, Chaves and
| Eddy, George w. Pritchard. White
Oaks
Territorial board of equalization
First district: Venceslao Jaramillo. Rio
Maria SandOval. Bernalillo county:
| third district. j. A. Mahoney. Grant
| county: fourth district. James S. Dun
| can, San Miguel county: fifth district.
| James F. Hinkle. Chaves county.
Bureau of Immigration-First dis
, trlct, Granville PendletOn, San Juan
county: second district, Alfred Gruns-
| field. Bernalillo county; third district,
| A G. Hood. Grant county; fourth dis
trict. William b. Bunker San Miguel
county; fifth district. Jose E. Torres.
Socorro county.
Sheep Sanitary Board at Albuuuer-
que-SO,omon Luna. Valencia county:
William S. Prayer. Chaves county: and
| Henry w. Kelly. San Miguel county
Commissioners of Irrigation for the
Territory of New MeXico-G. A Rich
| ardson, ChaveS county, Frank Spring
er. San Miguel county; w. A. Hawkins.
Otero county; c. w. Knaebel Santa Fe
county: E. A. Miera, Bernalillo county
Board of Pharmacy-A. J. Fischer
Santa Fe: p. Moreno. Las Cruces; W.
G. Potterfield. Silver City. The above
| with the exception of w. c. Potterfield
are vacation appointments.
Board of Directors of the New Mex
leo Insane Asylum at Las Vegas-Nic-
olaS I. Cordova. o. l.. Gregory and
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

He Tells an Interesting Story of His
life Away off from Civilization
Where they Use Bar Silver Instead of
Money. and Where they Have Never
Seen Thing With Wheels.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
Opening
Of the New
Theater

THE FRENCH OPERA COMPANY
FROM NEW ORLEANS HAS BEEN
ENGAGED TO PLAY THE OPEN
ING NIGHT. AND Ell PASO
GUESTS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
HONORED.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
BIG MONTREAL CLOTHING HOUSE
VERY HEAVY LOSS.

MONTREAL. March 1.-THE big
clothing house of Leeming Mills and
company opposite Notre Dame cathe-
dral was destroyed by fire this morn
ing.
The loss is very heavy. One man was
killed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
Chihuahua
Cock Fights
Finished.

THE NEXT FIGHTS WILL BE FOR
$500 EACH AND BONUS 1000 FOR
Al CONTESTS, THEN THE MONEY
WILL BE DOUBLED FOR A NEW
SERIES.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
An Old-Timer
in Mountains

col. BRONN WROTE LETTERS TO
THE Ell PASO HERALD FOUR
. TEEN YEARS AGO FROM IVES
TERN CHIHUAHUA.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

They are relative to the selection of
juries and We're supported by the
judges of the territory and the leading
attorneys of New Mexico.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
NEW MEXICO
Legislature

Continued from Third Page)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23
TO LET.

were supposed TO have been about SS
strong. This willy 'insurrecto" evident
ly was aware Of the fact that we were
on his trail. az he took as~antage OF his
twenty-four hours start and kept we'll
ahead Of us
After marching about S miles and see
Ing there was no hope for an engagement,
We returned TO our quarters on the might
of Feb . with three 'gugus' whom We
had captured. | was pretty tired wher
we reached our quarters. as this was
the longest march ! have ever made.
Carrying n rife. 200 rounds ot ammu'
milton. two days rations, and dragging
pony up and down steep mountair
trails is no snap. and | felt very sorry
that We did not have an engagement a.
ter going through so much trouble.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23

FOR sALE-MoDERN BARN. 10000
feet OF land: 20 stalls; largo carriase
room: water; electric light: wash stanu.
etc. 10 minutes from freight depot no no
hills to climb; price not TO iigure over s1'
per month rent to purchaser; terms easy
Apply q. l.. d III. ]. GROSS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23
Great Snakes.

Rodrick-I see the bookkeeper II going
Co marry that hewitching fortune teller
Cyuix-Ah. it WI be good reptile
match.
Rodrick.- Reptile?
Cynix-Yes. She is a rythoness and he
Is an adder. Chicago News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23

FOR SALE - POULTRY FARM;
acres: 20 minutes ride from Banisan
Building: five cent fare; house 7 rooms, !,
Brooder house 200 feet, heated by hot
water. cold house 1l2x2s ;cold house llzxio.
Incubator cellar for rs machines. one OF
the best and largest poultry farms In tne
country. IL is now In Its third year and In
successful operation. About 400 pear trees
In bearing condition; land very fertile. u
l.. III. j. GROSS. Managers OF Estates
Banigan Building.