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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
JASPER EYES coNGER.
Lacey for Governor.

Newton, April 16.-While Mr.. Cum
minis has undoubtedly quite follow
Ing in Jasper county, yet number of
the other candidates for governor have
a following. Should Mr.. Conger de-
eide to become candidate there are
many republicans, as well as some of
the opposition, who will give him hear
ty support.
There are a number of candidates
for state senator-two from Newton,
one from Monroe and one from Bax-
ter-and one or two others who have
been mentioned for the Office.
AS to candidates for other county Of
fees little is being said. Miss Libbie
Dean, our present county school super
intendent, will be nominated for re-
election. Outside the contest for the
nomination for senator, which is quite
lively. politics may be put down as
quiet.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
ONE INTEREST IN ADAMS.

Corning, April 16.--Adams county
has only one interest to serve in the
coming state convention. Hon. H. M.
Towner of this city, is candidate for
the nomination for supreme Judge, and
without exception the republicans
here will subordinate everything else
to his interest. The same disposition
is apparent in the other counties of
the eighth district, and Judge Town
er's wide acquaintance and high stand
ing in the state here gives his friends
every encouragement to believe that
he will be nominated. Owing to his can.
didacy and the earnest desire on the
part of every one to promote it in ev-
cry possible way there has been little
discussion of the governorship and
comparatively little interest has been
taken in the canvass for that nomina-
ton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
BRYAN SAYS PARTY is HURT.
Election of Mayor Wells of st. Louis
Called National Disaster.

Lincoln. Neb.. April 12-In the Com
moner today Mr.. Bryan comments on
the election of Mr.. Wells as mayor of
st. Louis as disaster for the demo-
Gratis of the nation. Speaking of the
Republic-Francis-Wells combination
he says: IN
Why not allow it to control the par
ty organization? The answer is found
in the election of 1894. Such slump
in the democratic vote as that which
occurred in that year or in ST. Louis a
few days ago would give the state to
the republicans There is no room in
this country for two parties represent
ing republican principles. Unless the
democratic party faithfully and cour-
ageously opposes plutocracy all along
the line it has neither chance nor rea-
son for existing.
IF the st. Louis contest had been
purely local one the Commoner
would have taken no part in it, but
as it was link in the chain, part of
a plan national in extent to republi-
canize the democratic organization.
this paper called attention to the facts
and pointed out the purpose of the re-
organizers. The daily papers outside
of st, Louis openly discussed the
scheme and since the election the re-
joicing has been general among those
self-styled democrats who have twice
aided in electing a republican presi-
dent. The election of Mr.. Wells was
a disastrous victory for the democrats
of st. Louis, Missouri and the nation"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
FREMONT LIKES HARTMAN.

Sidney, April 16.-Fremont county
will either be found in full in Harri-
man'sfavor or will be divided between
Hartman and Perkins. There is alb
solutely no Cummins sentiment here.
Foster has some friends and Palmer
will lose if he is candidate. Fremont
will be very solid for Towner for
Judge Wayne and Fremont comprise
a senatorial district. Fremont county
has the senator now in the person of
Senator Eaton. He is not candidate
as he has served two terms. 1t looks
now as if Page county would have the
senator. There are three candidates,
l.. w. Lewis. of Clarinda; W. P. Fer
guson, of Shenandoah, and o. P.Frink,
of Bingham. Lewis is probably the
leading candidate. For representative
from Fremont county r. G. Campbell,
of Hamburg, can have the nomination
for the asking.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
A BIG CONTRACT.
Ferrets Will Collect s6,ooo,ooo Omit.
ted Taxes.

Waterloo, Ia, April 15.-(Special.)
The board of supervisors before ad-
Journlng closed contract with the
tax ferrets, Fleener, Carnahan and
Bilderback. They are allowed until
December 81, 1902, to complete an in
Vestigation of the books of the coun-
ty They are to make full and com
plete report of their findings to the
board. The report is to be bound in
book form and presented to the coun-
ty to become it's property and to be
kept in the Office of the auditor. ]. J..
Carnahan prepared statement which
he presented to the board in making
his plea for contract In his state
ment he showed that $6,000,000 in
mortgages We're held by Blackhawk
county people while but half that
amount was shown as being taxed.
When the board beheld this string of
figures they threw Np their hands and
said come on boys" The ferrets
are to receive Is per cent of the
amount collected by this method but
they are not to use any unfair or dis
honorable means to force collections.
In case they are detected in such the
| contract is to be declared void by the
| board. No actions are to be instituted
without the knowledge and consent
of the board and, the board reserves
the right to annul any action against
persons whom it is deemed an inius-
tice to force to pay on account of fl
nancial or physical conditions.
A banker of the city is authority for
the statement that great deal of the
property represented is in mortgages
not actually held by county residents
The money loaning firms take mort
cages which are sold to eastern firms
The law does not require that an as
signment of the mortgage be recorded
and for this reason the records some
times do not disclose the real owner
| of the paper.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18

err upon which the property of the road
abutted. but from which the road as
serted that it derived no benefit. The
courts admitted that the assessment
was made out according to Iowa law.
He thus establishes a new precedent.
The ruling, however, will apply only
to cases of assessments levied before
the meeting of the Twenty-eighth gen
eral assembly, which changed the law
so that all assessments now made are
regulated according to benefits enjoy
ed by adjacent property The case
which was in litigation was with re-
gard to assessments made under the
law which existed prior to the meeting
of this assembly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
FOUR INDIANS APPLY
Served as Soldiers and Want to Be-
come Members of q. A. r.
is NO REASON FOR BARRING THEM
Such is the Opinion of State Com
mander Davis-Matter Will Be In
vestigated and Reported on Soon
Other News of the State.


Sioux City,. April 15.-There is
possibility that General Hancock
post, G. A. r. of this city, may have
four full-blooded Indians on its roster
before long. Colonel M. B. Davis has
received letter from Moses NJ. ST.
Cyr of Winnebago stating that there
are four Indians there who. nave been
in the service and have papers to
show that they have been honorably
discharged. They are DESTROYS of
affiliating themselves with the old SOL
diers of this city and want to know if
they will be received into the post
here.
Colonel Davis has written st. Cyr,
telling him that there seems to be no
good reason why Indians who have
seen service and have discharges to
show for it should not be received in.
to the post.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
DIED AT HIS POST.
Station Agent Expires While Taking a
MESSAGE at Cottonwood.

FIT. Madison, April 15.-J. E. Erect
ley, the c., B. & @. agent at Cotton
wood, dropped dead Friday afternoon
while attempting TO take a message
from Ottumwa. The auditor of the
road dropped into the office and had
been there but few moments when
the gent sat down to the telegraph
key to take message from Ottumwa.
He had written the word Ottumwa
and the first word of the message
when the auditor noticed that his head
dropped into his hand, his elbow rest
ing or the table. He went to him. but
life was extinct before word was ut,
tered After he had written the first
word of the message and started on
the second his pencil ran aimlessly
across the paper and merging into a
straight line at the end. 1t is sup.
posed that death was caused by heart
failure.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
HOTEL KEEPER CAUGHT.
ottumwa Boniface is Fined $50 for US
ina oleomaraarine.

Des Moines, April 15-Deputy Dairy
Commissioner Wright has returned
from Ottumwa, where he discovered
that oleomargarine was being used for
butter in one of the leading hotels
The proprietor of the hotel paid fine
of $50 and was given to understand
that his name would be suppressed as
he made the claim that it was the first
shipment he had received. The oleo-
margarine was shipped into the state
from one of the Cudahy packing
houses in South Omaha and was mere,
ly billed as three fifty-four h. boxes
of bricks, dairy" 1t was learned at
the dairy commissioners Office last
Tuesday that oleomargarine was be-
ing used in an Ottumwa hotel and the
deputy commissioner Immediately left
and after procuring some of the alleg-
ed butter had an analysis made. The
result of this showed it to be oleomar-
garine and it was first determined that
the proprietor of the hotel be indicted
and brought before the grand jury.
Upon his insisting, however, that he
did not know the character of the stuff
he was using, he was let off with $50
fine.
This is the first oleo case to appear
in the state for some time. Since the
vigorous campaign waged by the dairy
commissioner last summer and the
large number of prosecutions made
there has been very little heard of its
use in Iowa. The dairy commissioner
believes that while there is not much
oleomargarine in nse there is large
amount Of process butter shipped in
| to the state. The Cudahy Packing
company had been sending process
butter to Ottumwa before the ship
ment of oleomargarine was made, sell,
| ing it at from sixteen to twenty cents,
while the oleomargarine sold for elev-
en- and one-half cents per pound,
! The dairy commissioner learned OF
the oleomargarine at Ottumwa thru
the way in which it was labeled fol
shipment.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
"DRuMMERs" TO CONVENE.
Iowa Travellers to Meet in Sioux City
In May.


Sioux City, April 15.-Mondamin
council, U. c. T.. is preparing to en-
terrain the travelling men of Iowa at
the grand council meeting next month
il the real Sioux City way. The last
meeting. held at Des Moines, was a
hummer, and it is the determination
of the local organization to make this
years convention winner yet. The
travelling men of Sioux City have been
constant boomers for the town, and
have helped always to afford attrac-
tions for Corn Palaces and Carnivals
and they are sure the community will
afford every assistance in giving their
guests something to remember pleas
antly when they go home, and thus
keep them enlisted as missionaries to
spread the glad tidings regarding the
hospitable metropolis of the north
west.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
NEW DIES MONIES BUSINESS.
G. M. Griffin Will Establish Butter and
Egg House.

Des Moines, April 15.-George NJ.
Griffin. of Providence, Rhode Island.
has arranged for the opening of an ex-
tensive butter and egg buying bust
ness in Des Moines, similar to those
of the Verhees and Schermerhorns.
Mr.. Griffin has made a lease of the
big three story building of the Des
Moines Poultry company on West
Eighth and Market streets and will
put in complete plant for handling
eggs, both after picking and in cold
storage, and for the gathering, work
ing and packing of butter
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
An Iowa Newspaper Complies
Information.
WE HAVE A LACEY BEE
Are Waiting for Things to Get in Hopeless
Then Spring Sixth District Congressman as a
Solution of the Problem.

The sixth district is not Cummins
territory and in the Eighth Judge
Towner's candidacy overshadows all
else in the political field, according to
data gathered and printed by the
Marshalltown Times-Republican. Van
Buren, county is also -Cummins by
the same authority which has received
expressions concerning the political
situation in ninety of the ninety-nine
counties in the state of Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
TAYLOR AT A sTANDsTlLL.

Bedford, April 16.-Politics are on
the standstill in this county. AS far
as can be ascertained at this time this
county will favor either Perkins or
Foster for governor 1t will be impos-
sitle to give you any information on
the political situation at this time in
Taylor county. The roads have been
in such a condition for the past four
weeks that it has been almost impos.
sible for the farmers to get in, hence
politics and business have been cut
short.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
MRS. A. L HAYNES DEAD.
A Resident Of Seymour Passes Ava

A Resident of Seymour Passes Away.
The death of Mrs. A. l.. Haynes oc-
Cured at her late home at Seymour,
last Saturday. The deceased was 3S
years old. and leaves a husband and
two sons, Albert and Keith, to mourn
her demise. She was member of
the Methodist church at Seymour and
was an earnest church worker She
was the daughter of Peter Doud, the
proprietor of the Wayne hotel at that
place. The funeral was held Sunday
from the Methodist church, at Sey-
mour. and the remains We're laid to
rest in the Lawn cemetery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
AN UNNAMED HERO.
Saves Companion From Death With
no Thought of Glory.

no Thought of Glory.
Waterloo, April 15.-(Special)-A
little eight-year-old hero of this city
would be receiving praise galore were
his name only known. But one eye
witness to the incident can be found
and that is lady of unquestioned in
tegrity. She was passing the Illinois
Central belt line bridge when she saw
little boy crossing. He was in the
center and as she looked she caught
sight Of an approaching train. 1t was
too late to return from where he start
ed. He was followed by an older boy
who the moment the engine whistled.
grabbed his smaller companion and
jumped for the ground. distance of
twelve feet,just as the train passed ov-
er the spot. Both boys were unlurt and
ran away as if it was an ordinary oc-
currence. Their names could not be
learned
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
TAXES COLLECTED
Report of Collections During March
by County Treasurer.
A GRAND TOTAL OF St33,92S.A
State Gets $6,227.59, While Teachers
Fund Is Allowed $34,44s.4t-But
$12o.1o Collected in Penalties-A
Good Showing.

County Treasurer Spry has made u
report of taxes collected during the
month of March, for the first half Of
the past year. This report shows to-
tai OF s133,92S.24, of which the state
fund gets $6,22759 The teachers
fund gets the largest allowance of any
fund, $34,44S.41 being set aside for
that purpose. The corporation fund
comes next in line with donation of
$27.91403 Following is the allowance
to each fund with the total taxes col
lected. Out of the total amound
S1201O appearS as penalties:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
WAYNE is QUIET.

Corydon. April 16.-There is hardly
enough politics in Wayne county at
this time to form an intelligent opin-
ion. Roads have been bad and have
prevented political intercourse as well
as social. 1t is entirely impossible to
give an accurate estimate of the gu
bernatorial situation in default of any
stir, talk or agitation on the matter.
Local politics are also quiet but as the
roads improve the interest in state
and local affairs will grow active
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
/ AN IMMENSE IMPROVEMENT.
Many lnterurban Electric Lines Pro.
jected From keokuk.

Keokuk, April 15.-It is stated on
good authority that three electric rail-
way lines will be built from this city
this summer. One will connect this
city with Warsaw, Illinois, a second
will connect Nauvoo and third Garth
age. The preliminaries are well UNI
der way and the people behind the pro-
ject have the capital and are energet-
ic. The Keokuk electric railway and
several solid merchants of this place
are the promoters.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
STOCKHOLDERS MUST PAY.
Decision Puts Double Liability on the
! Owners of Sioux City Shares.

Sioux City, April 15.-The dismissal
by the Iowa supreme court of the APP
peal of the suit of the state against
the defunct Fidelity Loan and Trust
company of Sioux City means that the
holders of the concerns $4,000
stock will be subject to double liza
bility. Nearly all the stock is held In
the east.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
KEEP 1T GOING.
Cedar Falls People Come to Rescue Of
Y. M. C. A.

Cedar Falls, April 15.-(Special)-
The board of directors Of the Y. M. G..
A. held meeting last evening and
elected officers for the year as fol-
lows: President, l.. w. Parish, vice
president, Roger Leayitt; treasurer,
H. N. Silliman; general secretary c.
E. Steele; assistant SECRETARY, Karl
Springstein.
1t was thought some time ago and
the report was widely circulated that
the association would close April 1,
on account of lack of funds. The
finance committee has raised sufficient
cash and pledges to carry the associa-
ton thru to next April and pay the
deficit of this year just closed. When
the report was circulated that the
rooms would be closed the people went
down into their pockets and produced
the necessary funds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
VAN BUREN, ANTI-cuMMINs.

Keosauqua, April 16.-As yet there
is no general discussion of the govern
orship in Van Buren, county, tho there
are frequent expressions heard from
republicans who take an interest in
political matters. The sentiment in
the county, with very few exceptions,
is for any good republican rather than
Cummins for governor. On other state
officers scarcely anything has been
said in this county.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
CORPORATION NEED NOT PAY.
Fort Dodge Defeated in Claim for Sew
err Assessment.

Fort Dodge April 15.-Judge Weav-
er. in the case of the Minneapolis and
ST. Louis Railroad company vs.. j. L,
Lindquist, treasurer of Webster coun,
ty, has decided that the company need
not pay assessments for. a storm sew
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
LITTLE DOING IN DAVIS.

Bloomfield, April 16.-No large
amount of interest is taken in politics
In Davis county at present, no local
candidates being talked OF as yet
There is diversity of opinion as to
gubernatorial candidates, but the pref
erence seems to be for Cummins OIL
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
DECISION AFFIRMED.
The Iowa Supreme Court Decides two
Wapello County Cases.

The supreme court has made
two decisions in which Wapello
County people We're affected The
first was the case of l.. Bannister VS..
I. O'Connor, road supervisor, The de-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Judge Towner's Candidacy overshad.
ows the Governorship.

The eighth district is determined to
make Judge Towner supreme Judge
and will subordinate all other candi-
dacies to his. BeiNg a sub-district Of
the now famous 90 reservation most
of it's counties are casting about for
some candidate besides Cummins
Clarke county is the only county of
the whole ninety-nine thai promises
Sid Foster anything
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18

Perkins, altho Conger has many
friends and Hartman and Trewin
each have some following.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
THE SIXTH DISTRICT.

As the .Times.Republican Sees Us -
Says We Are Waiting for WrangIe
in Order to Present John F.
Lacey for Governor.
The sixth district is holding back in
the gubernatorial fight with the hopes
that in hopeless wrangle Congressman
Lacey may be presented as compro
mise. Davis, Poweshiek and Jasper
are Cummins counties. Mahaska is
not. Wapello casts goo goo" eyes al
Conger AID Keokuk likes Herriott
Judge Dewey's judicial district is prac
tically all in the sixth congressional
and he will enter the convention as
much a sixth district candidate as any
othar
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18

county, but there has not been a gem
eral turning SO far to any particular
candidate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-18
SHOT HIMSELF.
Business Man Tired of the Struggle in
Business World.

Sioux City, April 15.-C. R. Black
man, of Ida Grove, one of the best
known business men in northwestern
Iowa, committed suicide by shooting.
Financial trouble was the cause.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-14
FRISCO SYSTEM.

Has put on new train known as
the Oklahoma Limited" between
Oklahoma City and Kansas City. This
is the fastest and finest equipped
traia out Of Oklahoma for Kansas
City. st. Louis and Memphis.
The oklahoma Limited" leaves
Oklahoma City at G:1O p. M. arriving
at Kansas City 7;4O next morning, St.
Louis 5:S5 p. m, and Memphis 500
p. m. II consists of baggage car,
three 90 chair cars. and one "a
Pullman. The Pullman sleeper and
one chair car goes through to Kan
sas City without change, one chair
car through TO st. Louis, and one
through to Memphis The return
train leaves Kansas City 9:2O p. m.
arriving Oklahoma City 1885 a. m.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-14
Lyceum Entertainment.

The second number of the lyceGm
course will be the concert given by
the Boston Ladies' Symphony Orches-
ira of twenty pieces. It will take
place next Monday night Nov. IS at
the Presbyterian church. The patrons
Of the course are promised a rare treat
as this company of artists is noted
throughout the United States and
they will give programme Of uncom-
mon excellence.
The Hungarian orchestra which was
heard last winter gave entire satis-
faction and the ladies in charge say
the Boston Symphony Orchestra will
be much more pleasing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-14
"UNDER TWO FLAGS"
a Theatrical Treat Coming for
Thanksgiving Night.

Manager Brooks informs us that he
has secured Miss Hortense Nelson
supported by a strong New York com
pany for Nov. 2s.
This is a dramatization of Ouida's
great war story of the same name and
has proven fully as popular as a play
as it did as a novel. Miss Nelson will
be seen in her remarkable character
ization Of Cigarette" and will be sup
ported by Mr., Richard Milloy and the
entire original company.
This is positively the only chance
o fseeing *Under Two Flags this
season as the cost of transportation
is too great to allow return dates be
ing played.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-14
Kansas cIty-eraln.

Wheat Dec, 67k; May, 72ls @72A ;
cash No. 2 hard 6S% No 8 6s; No.
2 red. 70; No 3. 69ik al.
Corn. Dec., 641l @64% May. 64h;
cash No. mixed, 6S. No. 2 white,
67lk@6s; No. 3, e7Q67ia.
Oats No. white, 4S1k@43.
Rye, No. 2, COY
Hay choice timothy, 12.O0@l2.50i
choice prairie, 1900.
Butter. creamery. 1S@21; dairy,
fancy, 16.
Eggs, fresh, 20.
Receipts of wheat, Go cars.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-11-14
roDAvs MARKETS.
IBy Associated Press.I
Kansas cIty-Llve stock.

Cattle, 1000; strong to higher; ma
tive beef steers, 4.65Q6.25; COWS and
heifers, 2.5O@5.O0; stockers and feed
ers,, 2.60G4.25; bulls, 2.O004OO;
calves, 2.7505.25.
HOES, 200OO &c higher; heavy,
5.sOQ5.9O; packers. 5.SO@5sOi medi-
um, 5.S5@5.sO; light 5.1OQ5.7O; york
ers, 5.O0G5.65; pigs. 4.5O@5OO.
Sheep, $500; steady; muttons, 3.s5;
lambe, 3.75@4.65, range wethers, $40
@8.5O; ewes. 2.6O@S.25; stockers and
feeders, 1.50@325.