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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
TREES AND BAD ROADS.

At recent horticultural meeting a
tree enthusiast advocated the planting
of rows of trees as closely as possible
along all the country highways
throughout the prairie region of the
northwest. While it seems too bad to
check enthusiasm in SO good cause as
that of tree planting, the fact must not
be overlooked that such method Of
timber culture would most seriously in
terfere with the good roads problem,
the trees so planted making catchall
for the sweeping snow drifted in win
ter and their shade preventing the dry
ing of them in the summer. In one
western county where the planting of
willows on each side of the public high
way was gone into on very extensive
scale some years ago necessity has
compelled the removal of every tree, as
they made the roads impossible both
in winter and in summer. Trees set
$50 feet apart and trimmed high might
be allowable where the soil was well
drained, but set nearer they would
prove nuisance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
JUST LUCK.

NOW, here is queer case: A farmer
whom we know, engaged in the stock
business upon very extensive scale,
having Thousand head of cattle and
never less than 500 hogs on his farm,
has never lost hog by cholera not
withstanding the disease in a malig-
nant epidemic form has swept off every
hog in his neighborhood several times.
1t may be said that his turn will come
some day, but inasmuch as he has en-
joyed immunity from this disease for
over 20 years some other reason must
be sought. He certainly violates rea-
sonable law by keeping SO large num-
Der of hogs continuously on the same
farm and would naturally be selected
as the first man to lose by the ravages
of this disease, but his hogs are always
well. Such cases as this completely
upset all the theories advanced as to
the cause of this disease. 1t is not
breed, for he raises all kinds. 1t is not
feed, for his hogs are the product of his
cornfields and scayengers of the steer
yard. 1t is not preyentives used, for
his hogs are never doped. What is it,
then? Just his laundering luck, that's
all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
A WEALTHY TRAMP
His Whereabouts Are Unknown
But Supposed to be in Iowa.
MAY BE in POORHOUSE THIS WINTER
Was Last Heard From Near Red Oak
City Marshal Has $4,000 Which
He Will Use in Trying to Find the
outcast.

Kewanee, ILL.,, Jan. 15.-Alex Hutch
con, an aged man in fairly good health
lis somewhere west of Red Oak, Iowa,
making his way by tramping and
stealing rides to California, while City
Marshal Hawthorne, OF kewanee, is
making use of $4,000 cabled him from
Scotland to locate him. Hutcheon
sought lodging in the city Jail in No
vember, and told the marshal he had a
fortune in Aberdeen. Scotland but was
trying to keep his whereabouts secret.
The marshal wrote to the mayor Of
Aberdeen, and in reply received ca
blegram to care well for the old man.
Yesterday he received a letter saying
that Hutcheon was very wealthy and
chat his relatives were extremely an
xious to find him. Hutcheon was
traced to western Iowa, and is now be-
lieved to be in some poorhouse, as lie
Isaid he would probably seek winter
shelter in such a place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
ELDON MAN HURT
BY RUNAWAY CARS
Assistant Superintendent of the EIdon
Coal G. Coke company's Plant
Badly Hurt Yesterday.

Eldon, Jan. 15.-(Special.) -Yester-
day afternoon about o'clock Archie
Lloyd, assistant superintendent of the
Eldon Coal & Coke company's works,
was knocked down by runaway car
and badly hurt.
The coal is taken from the mine on
la slope in small pit cars. The men
lat the top started a string of cars
down the incline, and the second car
jumped the track, causing the
first car to rush down
the grade without any brake.
Mr.. Lloyd was standing near the bot
tom and attempted to avoid the dan
ger but was not quick enough and was
caught and knocked down. He was
badly bruised and cut around the
head and other places on his body
but it is not thought that he is serious
ly injured.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
A HORRIBLE DEATH
Fred Daley, Formerly of Bladens.
burg, Killed Yesterday.
MANGLED BY NORTHWESTERN TRAIN
Accident Occurred Near Jefferson.
Where the Victim Was Working
With Crew of Bridge Carpenters
Body Taken to Bladensburq.

Fred Daley, the 2S-year-old son OF
Jacob Daley of Bladensburg, was
killed in horrible manner yesterday
while at work for the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company, near
Jefferson. His body was taken thru
Ottumwa today, to Bladensburg.
where it will be inferred, with appro.
pirate services tomorrow. A widow
and three children, aged two, four
and six years, survive the deceased.
Mr. Daley left Wapello county
about three months ago and secured
employment with bridge crew on
the Northwestern road, with head.
quarters at Belle Plain, and at which
place he has since made his home,
Yesterday morning he was working
on the Buttrick creek bridge about
mile east of Jefferson, when the steps
on a passenger train engine, which
passed that place at HIP o'clock,
picked up lateral brace, and struck
Mr.. Daily, throwing him in front Of
the coaches. When the train stopped
it was found he had been cut to
pieces.
He lived at Bladensburg most of his
life. He is survived by three broth.
ers and two sisters, John, Edward
and Ray, all of Bladensburg, Mrs. M.
Mcclure, of Indianola, and Mrs. w. H.
Bowman, who lives on the South
Side.
Mr.. Daley was married in May,
| 1895, to Miss Iva Mael, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Mael, of Han.
cock street, South Side. Three chill
dren were born of the union. Mr..
Daley was member Of the Chris
tian church, and the funeral services.
| which will be held tomorrow from
| his fathers home will be conducted
by Minister of that faith, altho the
arrangements have not yet been COM
pleted.
The remains were accompanied
home by A. Croft, member of the
crew with which he worked, and who
was with him at the time of the ac-
! cident
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
HOW WE WOULD PLANT AN APPLE
ORCHARD

II the writer wanted to plant an ap-
pie orchard in Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
copsin. northern Illinois or South Da-
kota. he would first set the 2-year-old
Virginia crab where the trees were TO
grow in the orchard The next year he
would cut the top of the crab off and
graft with such varieties as he wished
to grow not hesitating at all to use
partly those choice varieties which on
their own roots would be utter failures.
On these crab trunks would go
Wealthy, Utter's Red, Longfeld Tall
mans Sweet, Seek No Further, North
western Greening, Golden Russell and q
score of others. The weak point in our
apple trees in the territory referred to
lies in the roots and in the trunk of the
tree. This defect can be largely over
come by using the absolutely ironclad
crab for roots and trunk. This is not q
lengthy item, but if you will heed it it
is worth good money to you If you pro-
pose to grow apples in the northwest.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
WHEN no SPRAY.

The clash between the bees and the
orchard men can be easily avoided il
only little common sense is used. 1t
is definitely settled by the best authori-
ties that SO far as the orchard is con-
cerned it is not best to spray when the
trees are in full bloom, and this is just
the time when spraying would kill the
bees, which in the pursuit of food are
Just then doing their most helpful
work in securing perfect fertilization
OF the blossoms. Spraying before the
buds open and again after the fruit is
well set gives best results as regards
the fruit and at the same time spares
the bees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
CABLES in PHILIPPINES.
Mindanao Now Connected With Ma.
Mia by a New Line.

Washington, Jan. 15.-GeneraI
Greedy, chief signal officer, u. S. A.,
has received dispatch from Lieuten-
ant Colonel James Allen in the Philip
pines announcing that the signal corps
has laid cables from Oslco, island OF
Cehu, to Dumaguete, island of Negroes,
and then to Misamis and Lintogo, is
land of MindaDao. This extention of
the military telegraph system con-
meets for the first time the island of
Mindanao with, Manila and the rest Of
the world.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
A Witness to the Tragedy is Being
Held.
he KNOWS MORE THAN HE Has TOLD
Deed Was Done With Pocket-knife
Belonging to the Prisoner, Who De-
MES All knowledge Of the Crime
and His Guilt.

Cedar Rapids, Jan. 15.-In the steel
cage of the oily Jail George G. Peetz,
of 904 Mount Vernon road, cashier for
M. 3. Miner, and man of hitherto
unquestionable character, is awaiting
preliminary examination on the
charge of the murder of William Hig-
ginson, aged 81, at the corner of
Eleventh avenue and Second street,
while in cell in the woman's depart
ment Charles Johnson, of 106
Tenth avenue, who seems to be
directly responsible for the trouble
which eliminated in the tragedy, is
being held as witness in the case.
William Higginson, the victim of
one of the most unexplainable crimes
ever committed in this city, was an
employe of the T. M. Sinclair COM
pany, Limited, where his father is also
employed.
Blow Severed Carotid Artery.
The young man was stabbed in a
drunken row with Peetz and Johnson
and two young men named John Ne
nee and Joseph Black. The fatal
blow severed the carotid artery,death
resulting almost Instantly. The
wound was undoubtedly inflicted with
an ordinary pocket knife, and Peetz'
knife, a common, two-bladed, black
handled affair, with the small blade
broken at about half way of its
length, cannot be found.
Part of the Mystery.
lie prisoner, while stoutly denying
his guilt, admits that the knife which
he usually carries is gone, but he
claims to be at an utter loss to ac-
count for it.
Where Another Man Comes In.
Johnson, who with Nemec and Bla-
EEK declares that Peetz struck the fa-
tai blow, did not have his pocket knife
on his person when he was arrested;
it was lying on sink and had recent
ly been washed, altho it showed signs
of blood.
Blood Stains Explained.
Johnson, however, declares that he
had used the knife in the afternoon to
cut of a chickens head, and his family
corroborated this statement. 1t is al
so known where Johnson bought a
chicken during the day.
Net of Evidence Being Woven.
Men have been convicted Of terrible
crimes on less fiimsy circumstantial
evidence than is gradually being WOW
en- around Charles Johnson. whose
own employer states that he is man
in whom little dependence can be
placed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
MANIToRA AppIEs.

The following list of apples were sue
cessfllly fruited this year in the PROV
ince of Manitoba: Blushed Calville,
Gravenstein, Anisette, Sembriske No. L,
Hibernal, Repka Malenlla, Lieby,} Os-
trakoff and Romna of the Russian vari-
cites and Wealthy, Peerless and Pat
tens Greening of American. varieties.
The Cheney and Wyant plums also
bore good crops
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
CAN'T E,a4T in IOWA.

A. ri
Des Moines, Jan. 15.-ln reply :
to an inquiry from Cincinnati =
paper, Governor Shaw has teIe- .
graphed to it that he would not =
permit prize fighting on Iowa soil. >
= A proposition was made looking :
to the transfer of the Jeffries-
= Rubin fight from Ohio to Iowa. =
Governor Shaw answered that =
= the sheriffs of Iowa would be no.
titled Of their duty if the PROPOSE '
ton was made to pull the fight !
off in this state and if they can.
= not enforce the law they will be \
. aided by the state.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
Honors for Iowa officers.

Des Moines, Jan. Governor
Shaw and Adjutant General Byers
have arranged to issue handsome
parchment commissions to all the vol
unteer officers from Iowa who served
in the Spanish war. These documents
will be more durable than the paper
commissions which were issued at the
time the troops went into service and
they will be handed down to posterity
of these Iowa soldiers for preserva-
tion as evidence of the patriotism of
their ancestors,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
$50 .sss* $3.50 1884
PLACE MUzzLE TO HEART.

u
y Quincy, ILL.,, Jan. 15.-Mrs. Eliza
Ridgel, wife of a farmer of Column :
bus, committed suicide by shoot :
ing herself in the breast with :
rifle. She tied cord between .
= two beds and resting the stock Of =
the rifle on it, placed the muzzle =
= to her heart while seated on the :
floor and pulled the trigger with :
loop of string. She died a few :
hours later. Beside her she had =
a razor in case the rifle should :
fail. She left note saying:.."I :
have sinned against heaven and :
against my soul and against all :
my people and now must die" :
No explanation whatever is Civ
en-. I
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
A New Railroad opened.

Muchakinock, Jan. 15.-With the
new schedule of the I. & M. division
the line referred to is opened up for
traffic on trains daily. The new line
was opened up from Stark, a station
near Muchakinock, to Buxton, dis
lance of about twenty-five miles. The
stations included are Stark, Mucha-
KNOCK, Lakonka, Buxton and No. 10
Junction. The line strikes the main
line of the Northwestern at. Belle
PLANE
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
NEWSPAPER Man QUITS.

Cleveland, Jan. 15.-Eugene H. Per.
due,for many years president and bus
mess manager of the Cleveland Lead
err Printing company, has severed his
official connection with the paper and
will shortly go to Carlsbad for the ben.
eft of his health. Charles w. Chase
succeeds Perdue as president.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
Find Trace Of Lost Steamer.

st. Joseph, Mich, Jan. Is. Timothy
O'Keefe, of this place, has found a
large bunch of brass baggage checks
with the name Chicora on them and it
is supposed that the Inflated steamer
lies at the bottom of the lake some
where in this vicinity. The Chicora
was lost January 81, 1895, and the
crew of twenty-one was lost Traces
of the wreck have been found before
this, but it's location has never before
been definitely determined.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
ATTACH A TRAIN FOR TAXES.
Officials Take Steps to Collect $500
Owed by Railroad.

Brazil, Ind, Jan. 15.--A Chicago g
Southeastern train was attached here
by Constable Vance to satisfy claim
of $500 delinquent tax due the city.
After considerable parleying the engi-
neer was allowed to depart with his
engine and caboose, but the rest of the
train is chained to the track and will
be watched by officers until the taxes
are settled. The attached train was
the first one run into the city for a
year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
Dead Man Resembles Pat Grove.

Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 15.-The
body of an unknown man who was
killed by the cars in Sandusky ans
wers the description of Pat Grove as
to age, height, weight. hair, mustache
and eyes. The body was clad in a
new suit of clothes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
MANY WERE DROWNED.
Vessel Dashed on Rocks With Great
Loss in China.

Loss in China.
Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 15.-One hun.
dred and fifty lives were lost in an
accident which occurred four weeks
ago to passenger steamer plying on
West River between Samchau and
Canton. The steamer was overloaded.
having on board 500 passengers. The
decks were also piled high with its
cargo, making the vessel topheavy.
At Yung-ki, where the river takes a
rapid turn and sharp rocks obstruct
the passage in the center of the
stream, the steamers rudder gave
way and it was dashed by swift cur
rent on the rocks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
FAMOUS BREEDER is DYING.
Major 3. G. Thomas Has Long and
Interesting Turf Career.

Lexington, KY, Jan. 15-Major Ba-
rex g. Thomas, famous as the oldest
breeder OF thorobreds in Kentucky. is
dangerously i'll at his home near here.
He is the only horseman now living
who saw the famous Wagner-Gre Ea-
gle race at Louisville in 1889 and he
has witnessed nearly every important
turf event in America since then.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
P. B. MURPHY BANKRUPT.

Files Petition With Referee John w.
Lewis Today.
From Mondays Daily.
Patrick B. Murphy today thru his
attorneys Steck and Smith filed a pc
tition with referee in bankruptcy John
w. Lewis praying that he be de-
clared bankrupt and released from
his obligations according to the bank
rupt law. In his petition he stated
that his liabilities amount to $2,549.86
with assets placed at 1923, most of
which appear to be exempt.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
Will be Sustained as a Matter of
Course,
TIME FOR SUBMISSIONsWILL BE FIXED
Thought That the Supreme Court May.
Hear 1t Next Week-WilI Be No
Lack of Able Counsel TO Present
1t.

Des Moines. Jan. 15.--The abstract
| in the appeal from Washington coun-
ity of the famous Titus amendment
was filed in the Office of the supreme
court early yesterday afternoon by AS
sistant Attorney General Van Week.
The arguments were filed later. Yes
terday morning a; motion was entered
on the motion docket of the supreme
court to advance the case to the head
of the calendar. The court convened
at o'clock this morning, but follow
ing the usual rule,it did not pass on the
motion until day after it was made.
The motion will be sustained, as a
matter of course. A time for submis-
sion will then be fixed. 1t is thought
7 by those who are keeping close track
of the case, that the court will fix
some time next week for submission.
There is a large amount of business
/ to be disposed Of this week, and aside
from the regular business, there is a
/ CidoS VI lilly law tSIuuSlto W US OAdA-
ined.
No Lack Of Counsel.
There will be no lack of able coun-
sci to argue for the Titus amendment
before the supreme court. Some of
the arguments will be in writing but
| if the court will permit there will pro-
baby be a.tnumber of oral arguments.
indications now are the weight of
counsel will be in favor Of the uphold
ing of the amendment Judge G. G.
Cole and-A. B. Cummins are expected
! to urge that the amendment is valid.
Attorney General Rem1ey will present
an argument to the court in which he
will go on the presumption the amend
mont is to be upheld and deal with
the reasons why. in his judgment, the
terms OF the old officers are not ex-
tended George w. Lafferty, of Oska-
loosa, county attorney the past two
years of Mahaska county, was in the
city Yesterday Tor the purpose of look
ing into the status of the case, and
will probably, present ar argument to
the effect the amendment is valid and
the terms of the old officers are ex-
tended.
Attorney Charles Irwin, of Sioux Gil
ty has arranged to file with the SUI
lpreme court the arguments used in
the Cherokee county case, thus set
ting before the supreme court the rea-
sons for the upholding of the amend.
lment on which Judge Hutchinson
biased his decision.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
NO INJUSTICE TO NEGRO.
North Cardinals New Governor Talk

NORTH Cardinals New Governor Talks
of Constitutional Amendment.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan.15-The democrats
assumed control of the state at noon
today after six years of republican
and populist administration, Charles
B. Aycock succeeding Hon. Dan.L.Rus-
sell as governor. In his inaugural adj
dress Aycock reviewed the history of
the adoption of the constitutional
amendment and commended that it does
no injustice to the negro, but that it
really benefits him. He urged the
legislature to make ample provision
for their education.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

The law in the state of Maine pro-
yides that if town runs in debt and
has no money to pay its obligations the
creditor may seize the property of the
selectmen who created the debt to sat
isfy the claim. Thus it comes that said
selectmen are very careful about run
ming the town into debt. This is a
scheme which has good deal to COM
mend it to the taxpayer everywhere
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
FOUND FROZEN STIFF.
Insane Man 80 Years of Age Wanders
Away and Dies.

Mt. Ayr, Jan. 11.-Geo. Argabright,
aged 80 years, an inmate of the Ring
gold county asylum, wandered off in
to the fields last Thursday evening
and became SO numb with cold that he
was unable to return to the house and
died where he dropped from exhaus-
ton. His body was found frozen stiff
two days after by a searching party
that had been securing the country
high and low.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
Prominent LAWYER Dead.

Indianapolis, Jan. 15.--William p.
Fishback, one of the most prominent
lawyers of the middle west, died at
his home in this city today at the age
Of 10 years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

We met man going to market the
other day carrying, a basket of eggs.
These eggs We're so small in size that
we asked him what breed of fowls he
kept. Just common hens,' he said
I'VE take all the large eggs for our
own use" Human nature is the same
the world over.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
Weaver for Bank Examiner.

Des Moines, Jan. 15.-It is rumored
that H. o. Weaver will be urged for
national bank examiner to succeed
George A. Stone, Of Des Moines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

In Minnesota country township
where the hog cholera is prevalent the
township officials have issued an order
that all dogs shall be tied up, all hogs
restrained from running at large and
all doves killed, reasoning that this
disease is largely spread through the
medium of these agencies. We notice
that these officials did not include the
crow, which is far more likely to lido
mischief than the dove.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

The city of New York uses 1,50o,00
quarts of milk a day, the product of not
fewer than 10000 cows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
SHOT HIMSELF.

Dependent Man at Gowrie Puts Bull
let into His Brain.
Gowrie, January 15.-Wiley Set
terstrom, the son of prominent Scan
dinavian, fatally shot himself in the
head today. He had been respondent
for some time,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

The cold storage egg men are in luck
this year and will realize profit Of
about $1.20 per case on the eggs carried
over by them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

A friend of ours told his boys and
girls that he would give them 2 cents
each for every bull thistle they would
dig up in the pasture lot Inside of two
days the kids came to him with a bill
for $3.50, and he decided he would have
to go broke or rescind his offer and so
quit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17
SALOONS, BEWARE.
Mrs. Carrie Nation Released From Jail
TODAY

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 15.-Today the
quarantine was declared off at the
county jail and Mrs. Carrie Nation,
charged with smashing saloon fix
lures, was released on bail of 5000.
Her trial is set for Monday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-17

Rats will dig farther and work hard
err to get hold of a sweet potato than
any other kind of food.