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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
: sAR 81 MAY LOSE LIBERTY.

Sin, Neb., Aug. 22.-The pa.
rofe~.f ex-State Treasurer J. S.
BARLEY has been discussed by pol
iticians of all political parties in
the state and one of the leading
newspapers of the state has de-
nanded that Governor Savage
make public the conditions of the
parole. 1t is rumored that he
must either tell what he did with
the state funds or go back to the
penitentiary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
FAILS FOR s25o,ooo.
Company Founded by Erastus w;
man Goes to the Wall.

New York, Aug. 22.-The Mutual
Mercantile Agency founded in 1899
chiefly through the efforts of Erasrus
Wiman as a rival to r. G. Dun q
CO., finally went to the wall yesterday
when three creditors of the parent ag-
ency here petitioned the United States
district court to declare the agency as
a bankrupt. The whole Indebtedness
of the agency. it is said, will reach
nearly $250,000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
FIND MORE VICTIMS.
Three Bodies of Steamboat Disaster
Recovered From Water.

Paducah, Ky, Aug. 22.-Three more
bodies have been recovered from the
wreck of the steamer City of Golconda
which capsized Monday night while the
passengers were at supper. The are:
Wallace Bennett (white), Of Lola, Ky;
Horace Rondeau of Galconda, and
George Sansbury, of Paducah, both
cOlored
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
INDIcT OFFICERS.
New York Grand Jury Gets After
Gotham's Policemen.

New York. Aug. 22.-The grand jury
today voted TO indict Police Sergeant
Shields anu Wardmen Glennon and
Dwyer 1t is given out the Indictment
charges neglect of duty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
Severe in Country.

Reports today indicate the storm is
severe in the country districts. Sew
eral people are reported killed and in
ji1red and many buildings are reported
destroyed, but as the points are of the
railroads nothing definite can be learn
sad
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
chons His Wife to Pieces.

Jackson, Miss.,Aug. 22-George Cor
don, negro, killed his, wife with an
AK yesterday near Raymond and chop
ped the body into an unrecognizable
mass. Gordon escaped, but a sheriff'a
posse is in pursuit. 4-~< 7-.-,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
SAYS sIxTY-EiGHT DROWNED.
Survivor of Vessel Wrecked Off Doug
las Island, Is at Seattle.

Seattle, Aug. 21.-According to LIS.
Robe. a survivor of the ill-fated Is
lander wrecked by an iceberg off
Douglas island, sixty-eight persons
were drowned. He says there were
II persons on board, and only 119 life
preserVers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
TEACHERS REACH PORT.
Six Hundred Americans in Manila Bay
on Board Transport.

Manila, Aug. 22-The United States
transport Thomas. having on board
500 school teachers, arrived here yes
terday, but landing was delayed by
typhoon. The teachers will probably
get ashore today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
Hurricane Strikes Village and Kills
Six Persons.

Saragossa, Spain, Aug. 33,-A hurri-
cane swept over the village Of Villar>
ogo-Jilota and forty buildings were
razed to the ground. Six persons We're
killed and number We're injured. The
damage will amount to several million
pesetaS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
d q 9 o 3 s @ 8 3 d o &
WILL DEFY FIRES TERRORS.

Reading, Pa, Aug. 22.-Profes-
sor William kretz of the Berks
Occult Science society is arrans.
ing for a more dangerous expert
ment than burying man alive.
He says he proposes to fill a tank
with oil gasoline, hypnotic one of
the members Of the society and
stand him in it. A match will be
applied and if Professor kretz's
ideas are correct all the oil will be
burned without leaving the slight
est scar on the subjects body.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
BRINGS kLoNDIkE TREASURE.
Steamship Oregon Arrives With Half
a Million in Gold.

Seattle, Aug. 22.-The steamship
Oregon reached here from Nome. She
had a half million dollars worth of
treasure aboard
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
CONDEMN MANY PEACH TREES.
Michigan Commissioner Find "Yel.
lows" Prevalent in Orchards.

Fo"S rreVa'e''e III VI ST'e3I 1o'
Coloma, Mich, Aug. 22.-Hundreds
Of trees have been cut down and de-
stroyed and hundreds more will be
sacrificed before the season closes Ee-
cause of yellows. The Yellows Com
missioners, board of three practical
fruit growers, are busily engaged in
visiting orchards, marking the trees
they believe to be infested, and order
ing their destruction
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
PREACHERS WIDOW DIES.
Relict of Late "HalIeluiah Bowen"
Goes to Meet Husband.

Chicago. Aug. 22.-Nlrs. Abbie Bow
Ell. widow of the late Charles M. Bow
en-. a well known Methodist preacher.
sometimes called "Hallelujah Bowen,
is dead here at the age of 95 years
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
LETS DOWN THE BARS.
Judge Says Hawaiian Born Chinese
Are American Citizens,

Honolulu, via San Francisco, Aug.
22.-United States Judge Estes has
rendered decision in which he de-
clares all Chinese born in the Hawaiian
islands are American citizens, no mat
ter what government they We're born
under
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
LARNED is CHAMPION.
Wins National Tennis Championship
Tournament Today.

Newport, R. l.. Aug, %. w. A.
Larned won the national lawn tennis
championship tournament here yester-
day defeating Beale G. Wright, e.; ];
6-S, GA; "a.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
HlNRlcHsEN IN ALTON WRECK.
Recovering From Illness, Is Given Re.
lapse by the Shock.

Springfield, H.. Aug. 22.-Former
Secretary of State and former Con.
gressman William II. Hinrichsen of
Jacksonville, who has just recovered
from critical illness, was a passen-
ger on the Chicago and Alton Hum
mer' which was wrecked at Prentice.
The shock caused Mr.. Hinrichsen 10
have chill and he is quite i'll again.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
SENDS A WAR VESSEL
Turkey and France Will Likely Have
Trouble.

Paris, Aug. 22-The Matin this
myrning announces that the French
second class cruiser Cassard started
for Turkish waters yesterday. The
naval division is ready to follow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
CHERRY SISTERS IN TROUBLE.
Joliet Constable Seizes Their Trunks
and Effects.

Joliet, H., Aug. 22.-The Cherry sis
ters have come to grief in Joliet Yes
terday their stage trunks and effects
were seized by constable on a writ
of attachment for a board bill of $37
due a hoIel
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
cloudburst at Hobart.

At Hobart there was almost cloud
burst. two and one-fourth inches of
rain falling in an hour. Thousands of
dollars worth of merchandise in un-
finished buildings and tents was ruin
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
PosToFFIcE ROBBED.

Uncle Sam "Touched" for over Five
Hundred Dollars.
Hull, Aug. 22.-The postof1ice here
was burglarized last night. The safe
was blown to pieces by three explo-
sions and $474 in stamps and $3.50 in
money was taken.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
4%9
Bravest Man of the Year.

The Royal Humane society OF Lon
don has a gold medal which II awards
annually to the man who in its opin-
ION. may be rightfully regarded as the
brayest man OF the year" The award
was made recently for 1900, and the
medal went 10 William Allen. Sunder-
land sailor. who left the sea about three
years ago. On March Is, 1900. word
was brought to Alien that three men
were lying unconscious at the bottom
Of a still Allen fastened rope around
himself and dashed into the still, and in
few seconds came out with one OF the
men. A second time he entered, and
yet third. until the three men were
rescued Each time Allen risked his
life in the venture. The case was
brought to the attention Of the Royal
Humane society, and it was resolved to
award the medal to Allen as the brav-
est man OF the year" among all those
whose gallantry in saving life had been
brought to the attention OF the society
in 1900 Allen Is said TO be a typire,
seaman-quiet, modest and Of excellent
character.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
wnere stock can be we'll kept there
will follow prosperity
What is and What Might Be.

An entirely possible crop of corn
within the limits OF the corn belt is 70
bushels per acre. or double what the
average crop is in any of the corn
growing states. Such a crop is not pos
sible on land which is corned every
year or just rotated with other cereal
crops. 1t will naturally come as q
crop once in four years where ii fol-
lows clover sod turned over the pre-
vious fall. 1t will involve selected
seed, thorough preparation of the soil
and careful cultivation and Will de-
pend upon sufficient moisture at the
caring period. There will be no weeds
in this field no patches worked out by
gophers, and ii must average two
stalks in hill. 1t is more likely to
come from seed planted the 25th CT
May than from seed planted a month
earlier. 1t will be given but one deep
cultivation, and that the second time
through. All .equent cultivation
will be shallow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
Selecting a Home,

In the matter Of deciding where 10
select a farm and make a home there
are a few things which should have
careful consideration Among these
are climate. rainfall, length Of grow
ing season. quality Of soil present ana
prospective markets, general character
of the settlers as 10 nationality, re-
Hgion and politics Many men 20 IT
blind as to all these things in choos-
ing n location. only later on To real
ize that they have made bad mistake.
Tempted By the low price OF the land
rand the specious representations OF
railway literature and land agents,
scores of men are this season buying
farms in the semiarid belt. only 10
realize later on that while thew have
the most fertile soil on earth the de-
ficieat rainfall and the hot winds VIII
persistqntly and uniformly pafalyze
their best efforts Others similarly
tempted will locate in the south coun-
try. where the rainfall is ample, put
the soil so sterile that a crop Is Only
possible when the value Of i - e1-
pended in artificial fertilizers 70 pro-
dnce il. Now here are . few rules
which il will pay 10 heed In selecting
farm: Where clover, corn and
grass will grow and do well gear after
! year, there the questions OF fertility.
rainfall and climate may be said to be
| ali right for the pursuit al diveTsined
I /. -. ~..1$..~x S<xrs xsshnre thea Viii HTUW
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
TO FURTHER A REALTY DEED
Illinois Road Induces Man TO Seek n
Divorce TO Make Title Clear.

Geneva dispatch One Of the most
UNIQUE incentives for securing d.
vorce has been brought TO light by the
filing OF bill in the Cane county court.
In order to secure an unclouded title
to a certain section of its right Of way,
the Chicago 4 Wheaton electric rail-
road has induced Mrs. Amelia Jane
Hoover to apply for a divorce from her
husband from whom she has been sep
arated for II years.
Mrs. Hoover Is a wealthy property
owner in the vicinity Of Batavia and
Geneva, and Il is through certain tracts
OF her land that the proposed line OF The
Interurban road Will pass.
For long time she Is said TO have
been reluctant 10 bring her domestic
affairs into the civil courts for the sake
Of making real estate deal Finally
she was persuaded by the officials Of
the road TO do so.
She was married to Abraham i.
Hoover in Pennsylvania SO years ago.
They came West while still a young
couple, and lived together for more
than % years Mrs. Hoover Is now 10
years old Her husband IL "a. His
present wherea bouts Is not now known
To her with certainty. but when he was
last heard from he was living at their
childhood home in Pennsylvania.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
Insect Is Armed

There is a curious insect known TO
French scientists as the bombardier. II
carries on its back two symmetrical or.
CANS which are in effect minute cannon.
On being attacked one may just hear
what sounds like small explosion, and
two tiny streams Of liquid are squirted
out very much after the manner Of a
boys squirt gun AT the same time the
insect is lost to view In a cloud OF
smoke or. more properly speaking, a
humid fog, which. being corrosive. Is
successful In Holding at bay all the
creatures enemies such Is the com
position Of this liquid that Il boils It {
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

When the Lord wanted to plague and
punish the Egyptians, he sent small
things in vast numbers to do 1.-THE
plaques of lice. of flies. of frogs-and
Just so today the farmers worst enc
mics are the periodical raids of small
things in countless multitudes-cinch
bugs. grasshoppers, the Hessian fly, po-
tato bugs and all the numberless spe-
cies of crawling, biting, sucking and
singing things which in few short
hours fall upon him just as they did
upon the Egyptians of old, and blast
and wither his crop.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
WhvP

We spent several hours in a dense
and heavy tract of lumber not long
since and were surprised to note how
very few birds it contained. while the
groves around the adjacent farmhouses
and all through the gardens and
orchards of the country town nearby
the robin, jays, brown thrashers,
wrens, orioles, grosbeaks, doves, cat
birds and woodpeckers fairly swarmed
The big woods were silent, while the
groves and orchards were full of bird
melody An owl, pair of hawks, a
vireo and a solitary wood thrush were
the only tenants of the big woods. Is
it because the birds find hey are safer
in the vicinity of man, or that they
find better supply of food? Or may
they not be moved by the same impulse
which attracts people from the country
to the city? We cannot tell.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

We watched few days since cock
sparrow tussling away with a sprang-
ly weed stalk which he had found in
his effort to so arrange it that he could
fly away with it to the nest under the
caves of the barn He could not get it
in right shape somehow, and after
making numerous efforts he was go
ing to abandon his job. Just then down
flew the hen sparrow, and the first
thing she did was to light into her
lord and master and give him good
mauling. After driving him off she
: seized the weed, gave it shake or two
and carried it off triumphantly to the
nest. We have seen things very like
this among married folks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The one bird which has far more
than paid his way in our orchard this
season is the catbird Morning and
night when he was counting, when he
got to housekeeping, and long after his
family was gone has he sung his arias.
The robbins have been intermittent,
the orioles only players at a one night
stand. but the catbird has been always
ready to sing, like the soprano in vii
lage choir
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

che parliament buildings IN I'oroutc,
are to be decorated with mural paint
ings by Canadian artists. rhe subjects
being taken from Canadian history. The
first decoration to be undertaken Will
illustrate the discovery of the Saskat-
chewah river, This Viii he followed by
panels representing Cartier at Oueber,
the founding of Montreal by Malsc4-
nenve and Champlain's discovery 81
Lake Huron.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

an' then he got mad an said | was an
ole fly breeder
You got into it good and strong,
Uncle Bill"
Yes, guess did, but say, If yer think
a trayelin man has snap NV il, jest
buy up few counties nv patent
right. or sunthm or other an try ter
sell it, an il yer don't cum back in the
mite an try ter sneak in when folks is
asleep. jest put your Uncle Bill down
as bloomin' igiot."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

While little late to be Of use for
this seasons cherry crop. we give the
following plan for keeping the birds
away. sent us by lady reader Of these
notes Tie long strips of newspaper,
saw foot wide and the length of the
paper, near the end with strong Irvine
and fasten number of them TO the
outer twigs Of the tree. The birds are
afraid of this arrangement and VIII
let the cherries alone. Our friend says
that she has saved her crop OF cher
ries for several years in this manner,
This can be remembered for use next
season.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

If YOU have IL cows, 1t will pay to
look up the farm separator proposition
In doing it. however regard must be
had as to the disposal of your cream.
If one of the members of a co-opera-
tive creamery working under the
creamery separator plan, it may be best
to let the farm separator alone until
such time as it can be generally used
by the patrons Of such creamery But
if you are selling cream to gathered
cream creamery. or make your own
butter, or supply milk and cream for
town customers. there is not the least
doubt as to the economy of the farm
separator even II you have not more
than II cows.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The southeastern fourth of the state
of Iowa has largely substituted bar
ley FOR oats as a rotation crop in con-
nection with clover and corn. 1t is
found that barley is less liable to
blight. ripens earlier, is far better
crop to seed down with and where a
crop of 35 or 40 bushels can be grown
Is every way more satisfactory crop
than oats.
Forty years ago his father worked
IA hours a day in the Alabama cotton
fields and got for his labor a ration of
bacon, corn pone and like enough a
good thrashing We asked this man S
son last week as he was tending a
mason how much he earned and was
told that he got $l75 per day for eight
hours work This son of Hiram has
no kick coming.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

United States Commercial Agent
Hamilton writes that next TO the La
chine and Cedar Rapids. the Long
Sault, ten miles west Of Cornwall. is
the most dangerous on the st. Law
renee II Is intended to build canal
200 feet In length. 80 feet wide at the
bottom, and q feet deep. to utilize the
water power. There will be three tur-
bines twins Of 1.000-horte power
SCH. Tho power produced Il = said.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

There is much community of interest
among nearly all birds. The other day,
seeking TO place young blue jay Just
out of the nest where some proving
house cat could not get it, its cries
quickly brought Is or 20 jays to its
rescue, and they were all full Of fight.
but 1t may be noted that this bond of
sympathy is confined exclusively to
the variety of bird which may be in
danger. other kinds seeming to care
nothing about the trouble.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The high cost of the modern thrash
ing machine has proved good thing
for many a young man, and older one,
too. for that matter, in that it proves
a barrier to their going into the thrash
ing machine business As between a
thrasher and ten drinks of whisky a
day the average man Will keep his
farm longer with the whisky than he
will with the machine
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

Quail are increasing very rapidly all
over the West. Legislation which pro,
tects these birds and the determined
stand taken by so many farmers not
to have them shot at any season have
much to do with this increase There
is no more valuable bird on the farm
than the quail. as he is all the year
round weed seed eater and insect de-
Stroyer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

While the marked rise in value of all
farm lands during the past two years
has made the holding of such land very
profitable regardless of how the farm
may have been worked, this condition
will not continue. and in the future
what money is made from the farm
will have TO be made from the cult
walton Of the land and not from the
advance in value of the land.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

A friend writes inquiring how to get
rid of sorrel from field which became
infected as the result of sowing i'm
pure clover seed. If such field We're
summer fallowed, giving it, say three or
four plowings or diskings between the
middle of June and the middle of Sep
TENDER, or, if plowed in June and SOW
ed to rape or sorghum, it would finish
UP the sorrel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

There is always some raw granger
going to Chicago with stock from Iowa,
Kansas or Nebraska. who persists in
either blowing out the gas at his hotel
or else goes out after dark TO see the
city, in which case he might Just about
as well have staid at his hotel and
blown out the gas. This sort should
sell their stock and get out of town
before the sun goes down.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

Not one person in thousand knew
of the existence of such hideous in
sect as the now we'll known electric
light beetle until electric lights came
into general use. Now so plentiful and
common have these bugs become that
recently it was necessary to remove
them by the bushel from beneath the
arc lights on one of the bridges in a
Western city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

We note one curious fact this season
the birds will not touch the fruit of
the Bessarabian cherry. While they
have taken every cherry they could
reach on other varieties in our orch
ard, they have let the 8essarabians en-
tirely alone. and this is not because it
is a cherry of poor quality, being fully
equal to the Richmond or Morello in
this respect.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

which had been turned 40 shotes and
about 80 sheep. The rape was Is inch
es high and compared with the burned
UP pasture lot adjoining it seemed as
II both hogs and sheep had struck a
very soft snap. Why not more of just
such fields?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The innate cussedness of lots of road
supervisors is manifest in the large
amount of road grading they will do.
p.0ing the sods in the center of the
highway and then going off and letting
me public smooth the road down with
wagon wheels and profanity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The patriot who uses a wide tired
wagon when he hauls loads upon the
public highway is deserving of much
better obituary notice when he dies
than his neighbor who cut up the high
ways with his narrow tires as fast as
they could be put in repair
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

additional testimony comes from
several sources that it is only the fe-
male or seed bearing box elder tree
winch is infested with the box elder
pug his fact seems so well proved
WAT The removal of the seed bearing
.."- alone will probably remedy this
Nuisance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

A nice girl may teach school for four
or five years, but after that she viii
grow older faster as teacher than she
would as a wife and mother
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The bacon hog is the product Of the
woods-acorns, beech mast nuts, roots
and grubs, food collected over wide
area Of territory-or he may be devel-
oped where grow peas, rye. barley and
potatoes. but not where corn is a
standard stock food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08

The unusual coincidence of 6 cent
hogs and an entire absence Of hog
cholera are piling up a lot of wealth
all through the corn belt.