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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-15
THE MARKETS LEGS
HAVE GROWN WEAK
And Violent Declines Follow
Light Liquidation.
THE DEMAND Is SMALL
The Professionals Who Have Bought
Heavily Eager to Sell.
THE REBOUND FROM THE SLUMP SPENT
Il Is The Prevalent Belief in the Market That the
Powerful Interests Which Have Been
Bulling the Market Have
Now Become Bears.
The Professionals Who Have Bought
Heavily Eager to Sell.
THE REBOUND FROM THE SLUMP SPENT
Now Become Bears.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, May A.--The market today
any department, only a quiet business
having been in progress in all lines OF
cotton goods and prices are without quo
table alteration Print cloths continue
inactive and prints irregular. Silks in
fair request and prices steady.
COTTON.
New York, May 14-While there was
no speculative stir of account in cotton
today the market showed considerable ir-
regularity and closed higher on some
months after a poor start. Shorts were
easily frightened and the market owed
the bulk of its strength to support from
this quarter The opening was steady
with prices unchanged to four points low
err. Selling of cotton purchased recently
on the idea that bad crop reports were
such as to bring about better prices was
something of a feature though bear trad
ing was most notable on the decline. The
cables were disappointing and the move
ment of the crop again exceeded predic-
lions. The factors kept the market in a
rather heavy position for some time after
the call. Buying orders from Sbroad and a
sharp upturn in the English, started a
scurry of room shorts for cover On this
buying the list in general steadied. July
option touching 1850 before noon. Esti-
mates for tomorrow's receipts and fore
cast for rain tonight in the Southwest and
in the Carolinas tended to depress the
market in the early afternoon until the
weekly crop and weather bulletin made
its appearance. The latter proved de-
cidedly bullish and sent July to 1853.
In the last hour the South turned a
large seller and the trade here soon
switched over to the bear side again The
near months suffered most from the SELL
ing movements. The msrket was finally
steady with prices net two points lower
on near and one to two points higher
on far months.
NEW YORK
New YORK, May l4-Cotton futures opened
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, May 1.-THE inherent weak
ness of the stock market after last week s
severe shock to confidence became obvious
today and some violent declines were
caused by comparatively light volume
of liquidation. The weakness was partly
due to the natural rebound, after the
panic had expended itself. The fac
tors which caused that rebound were ele-
ments of weakness at the higher level
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BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, May IA Flour firm; western
super $4,000 40; family $3.0O03.25; winter
wheat patents S385ID4O5; spring patents S.. 9JCd
4.20; do. straights S395613.95
Wheat was steady; spot IS1I81s; the month
1SG78B; June 171S asked; july 74146e74s
steamer No. red =; Southern wheat by sample
70QT9H
Corn strong mixed spot and tn, month
48l04sb; rune 4S5b4S1s; july 4sl4G54S% Southern
white corn, 5OG50h: do. yellow
Oats duh and easy; No. 2, white 33lG33H; do
mived
Rye easy; No nearby, 5S059
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"0ur little girl was unconscious from
strangulation during sudden and terri
BILE attack OF Group. / quickly secured a
bottle of One Minute Cough Cure, giving
her three doses. The Group was MASTER
ed and our little darling speedily recov-
ered.'' So writes A. l.. Spafford, Chester,
Mich.--W. H. King Drug Co., Bobbitt
Drug Co.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New YORK, May~4.-4 p. IN. Money on call
firm at 3lD6 pei cent; last loan Al per cent
ruling rate at PEI cent Prime mercantile paper
at 4D4h per cent. Sterling exchange easier,
with actual business in banNers bills at 4SS
al To- demand and ut 484bn4 S4ss for
90 days. Posted rates 4.S5M and 489 Com
mercial bills 4831S014Sf Silver certificates
60. Bar silver 594. Mexican dollars 4ax Gov
eminent bonds strong; State bonds weak; Rail-
road bonds weak.
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A NEW ISSUE OF
2O-YGar 5 per Gent.
COLD BONDS.
either Coupon or Registered)
OF THE
EQUITABLE :

Are Backed by Company as Strong as
the U. s. Government
Total Cash Assets of the U. S.
s. Government (includlng the
Gold Reserve of $150,000 ,000)
Jan. l, 1901 .................$2o $500. !O7 ,072
Assets of the Equitable Life
January /, 1901 ............ 3l4, 5JS. GG3
of which more than $66, 000,
900 is surplus to policy
holders.
THE EQUITABLE GOLD BONDS PAY 5
PER CENT. WHEREAS GOVERN
MENT BONDS PAY LESS THAN PER
CENT.
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Government Bonds

Must be paid for spot cash. You can
buy the Equitable Gold Bonds on easy
installments, and If death should &C.
cur before the completion of payments,
the Bonds mature Immediately with
out further cost to the investor,) and
pay per cent. 10 his estate for 20
years, and then pay the the face of
the Bonds in gold coin.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, May 1.-THE fall Of needed
rain weakened wheat today and July
closed Mc lower, but the bull party man
aged to support corn, the July delivery
closing shade up. July oats Use higher
and provisions a shade to five cents inn
proved.
Lending futures ranged as follows:
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RUPTURE CURED

IN IA DAYS. PILES IN % NO
KNIFE. NO DANGER, NO DE-
TENTIoN FROM BUSINESS.
BEST REFERENCES.
Sanitarium 9O5 Bank ST., Richmond,
Virginia.
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T hese Bonds

Are issued in denominations of 81 goo,
and at maturity whether at death or
end of 10 or 20 years. the Society
agrees to purchase them, az the OPP
tion of the holder, at a premium of
5000 on the $1,000 lar value, or $500
on each $1,000.
FRANK w. BANNER,
General Agent, North Carolina and Rich
mond, 900 East Main Street,
RICHMOND, VA.
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Spot cotton closed quiet; middling upands
s LIS; niddling gulf 1915; sales 6,517 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, May l4.-4 p. M.-Spot cotton,
quset; prices lid lower: American middling
fair l3-16d good middling 4bd middling
Sled; low middling 41sd; good ordinary sgd;
ordinary 39sd.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and includ-
ed 400 American Receipts 400 bales, includ-
il5 all American.
Entnres nened aniet and closed steadY
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NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET
NORFOLK. Va, May IL. Peanuts quiet; fancy,
49,; st ictly prim e, 215a2iS prime, 2tG21s; com
mon, - low grades 1Li01lA machiue picked,
h(02; Spanish zoe per bushe
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NEW YORK.

L
Minnesota patents So S06b420; do. bakers So O00
3 p; winter straights S3. 45D355; winter patents
50. 65lI400
Rye flour steady fair to good w. 10; choice
TO fancy So. 20Gp350.
Buckwheat flour quiet at 81. l042l5
Buckwheat dull at 60D63.
Corn meal quiet; yellow western 81; city 81
brandywine s. 450g2.50.
Rye dull State rye 55056; No. 2, western 81
Barley no Iinal; feeding 46a48K mailing 62a70
Barley malt dull; western 65@72.
Wheat-spot easy; No. 2, red 92&. Options :
May July IN september 75A.
Corr spot easier; No 2, 5lh. Optiors May
-; July = September
Oats spot steady; No 2, 1917. Options mac
beef Arm; family $40 5c@u.5o; mess saoo9
$3.50; packet $S.50a9O0: beef hams Sl950a3l 90.
Cut meats STEADY; picked bellies S1a0D10M; do.
shoulders ~; do hams ga 0104
Lard steady; western steamed $50; Mpy
-; refined st ady; to the continent 81. 81; South
America SO. p; compound 90.
Pork quiet; family I6.OO6ll6.50 short clear
Sl5.50lDl7.00; mess Sl5. 0O6Dl6.25.
Tallow steady; city (S2.00 Terpackage), Az
bid; country (packges free 5GD51s.
Petroleum easy; refined New York 500; Phil
adelphia and Baltimore $685.; in bulk, $40.
Rosin dull; strained common to good, $1.55.
I"spentne steady at 34lG3i13.
Rice steady; domestic, 3406; fair to extra
Japan 4ssQ,4%.
Spe ter dull; domestic So S561390
Coffee spot Rio dull; No. invoice o.
mid quiet; Cordoya S14012h. Options-May
IS, 25Ge5.3O; June $3.50; uly S5.45; August $40;
September; October March =.
Sugar-raw hrm, quiet; fair refining go.
centrifugal, 96-test, 9-32; molasses sugar ~
refined quiet mould A $50; standard 535;
confectioner's A 5.35; cut loaf sos; crushed
sos; powdered $50; graduated 555: cubes $50.
BI tier steady: western creamery fresh 1504I9:
factory ll6ll5: State dyiIy 15lDiS.
Cheese, new irregular; fancy large White So
do. sma ga
Eggs weak; State and Pennsylvania at mark
IL Southern, ut mark, ll0l2.
Potatoes quiet; Jerseys 50lDl3T1a; New
Yorks Sl.25a0L75; Long Island S300D500;
Havana S3.00G5.00 Jersey sweets SI.506D25O
Moasses quiet; New Orleans, open kettle,
good to choice 32Ge40
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 4A05; do
nestle 4190D4A.
Cabbages quiet State sla9l6 per ton.
Freights to Liverpool; cotton by steam ~; do
grain -.
Cotton seed oil inactive, steady. Prime crude
barrels nominal; prime summer yellow "a;
off summer 33a33h prime white 37h038; prime
winter yellow 49, Irime meal S2I00.
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SEABOARD STOCKS AND BONDS.
BALTIMORE, May IA Seaboard Air Line
jmmon 25 preferred 44hQ44A
Bonds As 19B
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lorENINa.l HIaHEsT.l LOWEST. 1 cLos1Na
Cash mutations were as 10 lows.

Flour market duh: winter patents So. S0a
$50; straghts So. 2Oa370; clears 2.6Oa3 40: do.
spring specials 1920; spring patents 3.45Gl
$50; do. straights S2.9OC03.20 bakers So 2OG02 60
Wheat No. 2 spring :; No. g. 6907ih; No. 2
red 7o5S@7l]s Corn No. 2, 5sn5SK No. 2
yellow 53K. Oats No; 2, 2S14612S4; No
No 2 50 Barley good feeding 52655; fail
to choice mailing 56C057; No. max seed Sl.73K
No northwestern l.73H. Prime timothy
seed S3OOa3. So Mess pork per bbl., Sl4.5 500
1865. Lard, per 100 lbs, S7.S71GQ79o. Short rib.
sides Qoose) S70oG1s.l0 Dry-salted shoulders
(boxed) 6slGL7 Short clear sides (boxed) 8.I2%0f
S25; Whiskey 30 Sugar, cut loaf Ga; gran.
ulated 557; confectionefs' A 544; on a 5.29
clover, contract grade, Sl025.
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NEW YORK

NEw York, May i4-cotton futures opene
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
VIM. J. BRYAN In
OTTUMWA TUESDAY
Tells Courier Reporter to Give His
Best Regards to Capt. Evans
and J. r. Burgess.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
William Jennings Bryan passed thru
Ottumwa this afternoon on Burlington
No. 6 enroute to Chicago, where he is
to attend the Jackson Day banquet
tomorrow. Mr.. Bryan was interview
ed at the station by a Courier repre-
sentative, and also held an impromptu
reception, shaking hands with small
number of people who were present.
Mr.. Bryan says he is out of politics
and is now a newspaper man. He
says his ambition is to make the Com
moner a great success. The first issue
viii! be out January 16 or %, he could
not say as to the exact date.
He gave short sketch of what he
intended to do with the paper, and
said that it was his idea to have pa
per for the people. He was much
amused at clipping ne carried from
a recent issue of Philadelphia paper,
in which he was depicted as interview
ing himself and also the peoples
choice for president in 1904-190S and
1912. Among the local news items was
a number such as these: "It looks like
rain tonight etc. 1t also contained
cuts of plows, wagons, wheat and oats,
Mr.. Bryan was then called to the plat
form CT the car by number of per-
sons wanting to shake hands with
him, and telling the Courier to give
his regards to Jas. Burgess and Sam
Evans, he got up and went out upon
the platform, where he shook hands
until the train departed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
Case Looks Very Dark for the OF
tumwa Man.
CHANCES FAVOR HIS INDICTMENT
Crime With Which Montague is
Charged is That of Numbering vii.
liam Gilmore, of This City, and Plac.
ing His Body on Railway Tracks.

Jeffersonville, Ind, Jan. s. (Spe-
cial)-Frank Montague, of Ottumwa,
charged with the murder of William
Gilmore, also of the same place, was
held to the grand jury by Justice Nor
row at Charlestown this morning on
the murder charge. The grand jury
meets in February when Montague's
case will be investigated. The
chances are that he will be indicted.
1t will be remembered that Gill
more's body was found on the railway
tracks terribly mutilated. At the
time it was thought that he had been
murdered and his body laid across
the rails in order that passing trains
might mangle the body 5eyond rec
ognition. A few days ago Montague
was arrested charged with the crime,
and from the Jeffersonville dispatch
it would seem that the authorities
have found sufficient evidence to war;
rant them in holding him.
1t is said that both men are wanted
in Nebraska for killing a man, the
facts concerning which were stated
in the Courier few days ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
ELECT HOPKINS.
Chicago Ex-Mayor Made Chairman OF
Democratic Central Committee.

bSfi0Si dktS SCutI al SOItItIlIISCs
Chicago, Jan. 9.-Ex-Mayor John P.
Hopkins was today elected chairman
of the democratic state central COM
mittee at the biennial meeting of that
body. The committee was in session
but thirty minutes and there was but
one absentee. In his address of ac-
ceptance, Chairman Hopkins declared
he would recognize no distinction be-
tween the so-called regular and hy-
phenated democrats, but would regard
them all as democrats, opposed to the
principles of the republican party, and
would do all in his power to further
the interest of the democratic party.
A resolution was passed with but
three dissenting votes recognizing the
Kansas City platform as representing
the principles of the democratic party,
until the next national convention.
The other officers elected are as fol-
lows: Vice chairman, Charles Boes-
chenstein, of Edwardsville; secretary,
William l.. Mount, of Carlinville;
treasurer, w. B. Brinton, of LaSalle.
The executive committee will be an
nounced later.
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CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE SUSPICIOUS
Agency Man and Woman Thought to
Have Been Responsible for Death
of Their chiId-Details.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From tuesdays DAILY.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mofitt, of
Agency, are believed by some of the
citizens of that place to have been re-
sponsible for the death of their young
child, which occurred last Friday.
The belief was so strong today that
the Agency people called for the SER
vices of coroner, and accordingly
Coroner David Throne went there to
perform his first official duty.
An Agency resident who visited
Ottumwa today said to Courier re-
porter: "Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt live in
portion of house occupied by eth
er his or her parents, / don't remem-
Der which, and they are looked upon
as rather ignorant people. Last Fri
day morning their child died from be-
ing terrible burned about the Shout
der and side, and it is rumored about
Agency that it's burns were due to
carelessness on the part of one or the
other of the parents
"The way heard the story is that
someone heard the child screaming
and entered the Moffitt apartments
from another part of the house, and
found the little one tied in high
Cnalr very near d Teu HOC SCONe.
| have heard that it was very badly
burned, and the party who told it to
me went SO far as to say that the
flesh fairly dropped from it's arm and
side, but / consider that doubtful.
AT any rate the child died and
understand it was buried the same
day; the people have got to talking
about the affair, and some of the re.
marks made by the woman have led
them to believe that she is glad the
child is gone, and that she did care
much for it anyway.
Il can't imagine what will be de
veloped by the coroner's investiga
| tons"
Coroner Throne said that he would
probably find it necessary to have the
4 remains of the child disinterred.
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Will Ignore It.
GOVERNORS INAueuRATED.
Many Executives Indicted into Office
Today With Quiet Ceremonies.

Many Executives Indicted into Office
Today With Quiet Ceremonies.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. S.-The sixth
state legislature convened at noon to-
day. The house was organized as
agreed upon at a republican caucus
with j. S. Atherly as speaker The
republican members of the senate
hold caucus tonight to choose off
vers.
Colorado.
Denver, Jan. S.-Hon. James B. Or
man was inaugurated governor of
Colorado at noon today with only the
simplest ceremonials. The inaugural
message was largely devoted to ques-
ton of state finances.
South Carolina.
Columbia, S. c., Jan. S.-Gov. Nc
Sweeny was inaugurated today for
the second time. The ceremonies
were simple.
Tallahassee, Jan. S.-William S.Jen-
ming was inaugurated governor OF
Florida at noon today.
South Dakota's Governor Inaueurated
Pierre, S. D., Jan. S-Gov. Her.
ried was formally inaugurated this
afternoon. Gov. Lind read his mes
sage as retiring governor and the in
coming governor took the oath of of
flee and read his inaugural address
making several recommendations but
dwelling chiefly on the danger of ex
cessive legislation and recommend
ing that the legislature avoid toe
much legislature.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
FIGHT 5000.
Germans Encount err a Large Number
of Chinese.

of Chinese.
Picking, Jan. S--The German expedi.
ton in the northern district encoun-
tered at Sze-Hai Kong, twenty miles
northwest of the junction of the great
wall, 5000 Chine Sc. The Germans re-
tired toward Lrli-Tin-Fu, where they
were reinforced. The country is ex-
ceedingly noun famous, the village is
in an enclosed valley, with a walled
entrance. The Germans advanced to
attack the wall, whereupon the Chi
nese had mounted ten cannon includ-
ing four old F,rupps. The mountain
battery bombal.ded the place for an
hour and a position was then taken
at point of the bayonet. Three
hours further fighting occurred before
the enemy was driven out of the val
ley. The Chinese loss is estimated at
200. The Germans loss is one killed
and four wounded. The Germans, af-
ter destroying; all the dwellings, retir-
ed to Yen-Kirlg.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
IOWA WOMAN ABDUCTED.
is From Honduras and Lays Claim to
Estate at GrinneIl.


Grinnell, Jan. S.-A romantic story
lis involved in the appearance at Har-
Ian of Miss F. c. Fetter. of Honduras,
as claimant for the estate of her faith
er, j. L. Fetter, who died last winter.
Fetter was very wealthy Some thirty
years ago his daughter mysteriously
disappeared, and it was supposed she
had been abducted. All efforts to dis
cover her whereabouts proved unsuc-
cessful.
Since the death of Mr.. Fetter his
relatives have taken possession of his
estate without opposition, until the APP
pearance few days age of the woman
who alleges she is his daughter The
story she tells is an interesting one,
she relating how, after many adven-
lures after she was taken from her
home she was finally taken to Central
America, where she found home in
the family of wealthy planter. Her
attorneys are taking steps to prove
her claim.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
NINETY ARE In
DIRE DISTRESS
On a Stranded Mail Steamer-The
Waves Are Mountain High-Hope
of Rescue Is Slight.

Marseilles, Jan. 9.-Dispatches from
the village of Faraman, near which
place the French mail steamer Rusie
stranded Monday in violent storm,
with fifty passengers and forty crews
on board. say all efforts to reach the
steamer failed, owing to the tremen-
dous high seas, which were running
The only hope seems to be in the abil-
ity of the life savers to throw line
over the Rusie as the wrecked vessel
is driven nearer the shore. 1t is be-
lieved that some of those on board
are already drowned. altho no bodies
have been washed ashore.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
URGE REPEAL.
Cry for Repeal of Existing Bank
ruptcy Law.

Washington, Jan. 8.-Urgent petit
lions are pouring in upon members of
congress from commercial and mer-
camille associations dem. anding the re-
peal of the national Bankruptcy act.
Large commercial and iobbing houses
in Chicago are we'll re presented and
are almost a unit in calling upon con-
gress to wipe from the statute books
this obnoxious measure, which places
premium upon fralad and allows
INSCRIPTIONS debtors to make as
signments. A bill is now pending
before congress providing for the re-
peal of this measure which was pass
ed several years ago and under which
it is asserted the credit system en-
ployed by large mercantil houses has
been seriously impa ired In New
York likewise a stron g movement is
revealed aimed at the repeal of this
act.
Senator Nelson, who engineered
the bill thru the senate, believes that
the bankruptcy act may be made more
beneficial by the doption of amend
ments giving the officials of the bank
ruptcy court greater power to search
the assets of the ASST gnees.
Owing to the trem endous pressure
of regular business, it is unlikely
|. that any effort will be made at the
present session to answer the almost
unanimous cry from large mercan
tile concerns to either modify the
provisions of the bankruptcy act OF
repeal it entirely. The principal OBJ
| lection to the law lis that succuessful
applicants before the bankruptcy
court may obtain freedom from debt
obligations in one state and still hole
valuable assets in another which are
not liable to liqui dation. There are
many other defects in the law com
planned Of by the officials authorized
| to administer it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
STEPHEN B. ELKINS
rs REFLECTED
No Opposition to His canuruac,
the Nomination of United States
Senator From West Virginia.

Charleston, Jan. 9.-The legislature
of West Virginia met here in biennial
session today. Among it's duties is
the election of a successor to Stephen
E. Elkins, against whom there was no
opposition for reelection as United
States senator. Both branches were
organized with the election of officers
nominated at republican caucuses.
The Inauguration of the governor does
not occur until March 4. In his mes
sage to the legislature Governor At
kinson shows wonderful prosperity.
and development in the state.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
WAS FOUND DEAD
In THE PARK
Chicago Boy Picked Up in Washing
ton Park With Bullet Hole in
His Temple.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-The body of
Charles A. Shedd, is years of age, the
son of William ]. Shedd, superintend-
ent of the Knickerbocker Ice compa-
ny, was found in Washington Park to-
day with bullet hole in his temple.
Some mystery surrounds the case.
The police believed Shedd committed
suicide. His parents and friends
belieye he was murdered and robbed.
Young Shedd lesft last night to take
a rain for Raribault, Mimi, where
he was to attend the Shattuck Mill
tary school.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-10
AFTER SLOT MACHINES.
Ministers Visit Cigar Stores in Search
of Slot Machines.

Des Moines, Jan. S.-(SpeciaD-A
committee of ministers this afternoon
headed by hev. H. o. Breeder. pastor
of the Central Church of Christ, visit
ed large number of cigar stores for
the purpose of securing evidence
against the proprietors as keepers of
slot machines. Wmen the committees
entered the stores the proprietors took
the hint and hustled their machines
out but nevertheless much evidence
was secured which will be used when
the grand jury meets. A large number
of indictments are looked for.