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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-04
BRINGS TEST CASE.
Right of Detective to Arrest in County
in Question.

in Question.
Des Moines. April 3-An important
test case is involving the obligation
stabulary, and the right of the city de-
tectives to go outside of the city lin
its and make arrests in the county and
then compel the county to pay there
for, has been filed today in the district
court when LOOMS Smith, chief of de-
tectives of the city of Des Moines,
brought suit against Polk county 1t
is proposed to make of this action a
test case, carrying it thru to the high
est courts in order to secure supreme
court decision on new and interesting
point in law.
Mr.. Smith recently presented four
claims to the county, aggregating only
$50, for fees claimed by him as spec
tally authorized constable, serving in
Justices court, for arresting state Of
tenders. On recommendation of AS
sistant County Attorney Halloran the
claims were disallowed by the board
on the contention that the chief detect
i've being municipal officer the SER
| vices rendered We're to the city, and
under decisions of the supreme court
in the 4Sth and the 107th Iowa the
city should pay the bills. Being un-
able to collect his claims and a test
| decision being desired Mr.. Smith to-
| day brought suit against the county,
| thru Mckenzie & Ryan, and the action
will be carried thru to the highest
| courts
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Mexico, where she has been for the
benefit of her health for the past few
months. Her many friends will be
pleased to learn that she is much i'm
proved and is feeling a great deal bet
ter than when she left ottumwa for
the south.
The returns you get in using the
want columns of the Semi-Weekly
Courier should convince you of its val
lie. If you are in the market to buy,
sell or trade anything, an ad in the
want column will make it known to
$500 people. That it gives results is
a fact settled beyond dispute, as those
who have tried it will testify.
Postmaster Taylor is in receipt OF a
communication from the first assist
ant postmaster general which author
ICES him to extend the rural free de-
livery service from his office, to com,
mence on Monday, April 10, 1901, to
both routes recently inspected by spec
ial agent l., A. Thompson. These are
the two routes, one of which is north
and east of town and the other south
and east of town.-Packwood Review
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HE LIKES THE WEST.
c. M. BeaIl, Former WapelIo County
Man in Washington.

c. M Beall, one of Wapello county's
former residents, who started for the
western country recently with view
of locating there, is now in New
Whatcom, Washington, and so great
is his admiration for the region that
he will probably remain there indefi-
nitely. A letter from him was receiv
ed at the Courier Office recently and
is in part as follows:
New Whatcom, Washington, March,27
The Courier:-W just arrived here
few days ago, but like the country
very well; that is, as much of it as We
have seen. The land here produces
fine fruits, vegetables and grains.
There are also fine forests of cedar,
fir. spruce, etc. There is block of
fir in the city which measures nine
feet in diameter. The tree is said to
have been 465 feet high thirty-three
feet eleven inches in circumference at
the base and 220 feet to the first limb.
| If it had been sawed, it is said it
would have made 96,345 feet of lum-
Der, enought to build eight cottages
| two stories high and containing seven
rooms each If sawed in pieces one
inch square it would have filled ten
| CdiS, VI IL luS PiSS0o "SiS PioSSb
lengthwise they would reach from
this city to China.
This tree is, Judging from the cir.
cles upon the piece | saw, about $50
years old. While on a trip to the
country saw cedar stump eighteen
feet in diameter. The timber which
has not been worked is of excellent
quality. OF course, forest fires have
destroyed quite large part Of the for
est. There are. however, a great
many cedar trees whose diameters
are from 4 to feet at the base, and
which would make log 100 reet
long and measuring from two to three
feet in diameter at the small end
Unimproved timber land sells at from
SIS to 500 per acre.
This place has a good harbor, near
ly as good as that one at Seattle
Whatcom and Fairhaven have com
! bined POPULATION of $4,000. The two
cities are within a mile Of each othe
and there is some talk of uniting then
into one city. I believe this will bt
done sometime and that the two will
make thriving city, next in import
ance to Seattle before many year,
have passed. Yours truly.
C. M. Beall, New Whatcom, Wash
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MORE INDICTMENTS.
Grand Jury Makes It's Third Report
Of the Term.
BUT ONE CASE IS MADE PUBLIC
chas. Dotson Charged With Burglary
One of Those Indicted Today-case
Against Vim. Adams for Alleged
Phillips Robbery is Ignored.

The grand jury made it's third re-
port of the term just after court con-
vened this afternoon. Two indict-
ments were returned, and one case ig-
nored. An indictment was returned
against VIM. Dotson charged with
burglary. 1t is alleged Dotson broke
into barn belonging to Chris Myers
and stole sundry pieces of harness
tkerefrom The other indictment re-
turned was kept secret. Attorney
Emery wishing to wait until the party
was in custody before his name was
made known. The party against
whom the indictment is returned does
not live in Ottumwa
VIM. Adams Discharged.
The case against VIM. Adams for
robbery was ignored. Adams was one
of the alleged Phillips Big Store rob.
bers, who it is claimed stole consider.
able clothing from that store about
March 1. Adams was ordered releas
ed by Judge Fee this afternoon.
Gee G. Shadford Given $50.
The jury in the case of Gee & Shad
ford against Jacob Myers returned g
verdict early this morning in favor Of
the plaintiffs allowing them $50. This
case was begun yesterday morning
and was given to the jury about
O'Clock last evening. The case was
for commission which Gee and Shad
ford claimed for selling certain rea
estate belonging to the defendant
Steck and Smith were attorneys fol
the plaintiff and McElroy and McElro.
for defendant.
| viii Probated
The will. of Moses O'Brien was pro
bated today and J. ]. Smith was ap
pointed executor under bonds of $500
Case is Dismissed.
The case of E. Funkhouser agains
the Des Moines Life Insurance Com
pany for damages was dismissed toda,
on motion of the plaintiff and costs il
the case assessed to the plaintiff.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-04
ALLEGES DECEPTION.
The Attorney Generals Claim In tn
Equitable Loan Matter.

me Attorney Generals Claim In the
Equitable Loan Matter.
lFrom Wednesdays Daily.l
The papers in the case against the
Equitable Loan company. of which At
torney General Mullan asks for hear
ing to have receiver appointed, were
filed in the Office of the county clerk
today. Attorney General Mullan al
leges the Equitable Loan company
was organized in 1896, and that for a
long time prior to March l, 1901, it
conducted it's business illegally and in
violation of it's articles of incorpora-
! ton and its bylaws. That it prac-
ticed deception upon it's members, and
that it's affairs were in an unsafe con-
dition, which is specified in the report
of the examiner of building and loan
| associations of Iowa
| After chapter SO of the laws of the
twenty-eighth general assembly went
| into effect and became laws, the com.
| pany failed to amend its articles of
incorporation to conform to the provi,
sions of said act, and about February
26. 1901, it claims to have gone into
voluntary liquidation. The attorney
general also claims the methods adopt.
ed by the officers and directors of the
company for liquidation and the wind
ing up of it's affairs were illegal and
invalid and in direct violation of the
law The company claims to have
sold it's assets to o. d. Kester, of st
Louisiana the attorney general alleges
If the proper effort had been made a
much larger sum could have been re
allied He claims the members OF
the company will be defrauded, ant
makes other allegations. Therefore he
asks that hearing be had for the ap
pointment of a receiver Judge Fec
fixed Monday, April 80, as the day up
on which the hearing will be held
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

IFrom Tuesdays Daily.l
Mrs. T. A. Summers of Highland
Center, was in the city yesterday Wis
iting friends.
Mrs. ]. M. Elder, of Highland Cen
ter. returned home last evening after
a visit with her son, William Elder,
on North street.
Major T. p Spilman and Miss Din
ME Spilman left this morning on the
Wabash for Canton, Mississippi, where
the major will spend two weeks and
Miss Spilman will make an extended
visit with friends in that city.
Married, Tuesday, March 10, at $50
O'Clock, at the home of the brides par
ents in Pulaski, Iowa, Miss Carrie
knight and Mr.. Daniel Gingrich. Miss
Knight was charmingly attired in
white Persian lawn, trimmed with lace
and liberty silk Miss Knight is an
accomplished young lady. well known
in this city, having often visited her
cousin here, Miss Myrtle Day. Mi.
Gingrich is prosperous young man of
that city and all join in congratulating
the happy young people.
One Of the last acts of Mayor Phil
lips before he gave up his office last
night was to sign proclamation or
dering an election to be held May at
which time will be submitted to the
people of Ottumwa the question of
s whether or not they want new water
aworks. The contract with the Fruin
aBxmbrick Construction company was
signed yesterday, and now all that re-
rnains for this city to see the begin
ming of new plant is the ratification
of the same at the coming election.
Late yesterday afternoon the hear
ing of Burt Frye and James H. Hall
the two Lucas young men who were
arrested recently charged with having
raised a two dollar bill to a twenty
dollar one, was finished before United
States Commissioner F. M. Hunter IN
this city. Mr.. Hunter bound the two
men over to the United States district
court at Creston, under bond of $500
each. They were unable to furnish
this bond and were accordingly taken
to Creston, where they will be confin
ed in Jail until the time for their tria
comes.
Last evening, at Fairfield, DR.. F. w
H1nltt, president OF Parsons college
united in marriage two of Ottumwa's
well known and popular young people
The parties concerned are Miss Anna
Jane Doty and Ernest Daggett. Mr.
Daggett left Ottumwa on the earl,
Burlington train for Fairfield and hi
bride to be, accompanied by her sis
ter, Miss Maggie Doty and Harry Nc
Neal who acted as bridesmaid ant
groomsman, respectively, left on Bur
/ lington No. last evening for Fairfiel,
and at $50 o'clock, DR.. Hinitt per
formed the ceremony at his residence
After the ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs Dag
gett left on Burlington No. for Chi
cago and after brief sojourn in tina
city will depart for Battle Greek, Mich
They will return home via Peoria, III
in two weeks.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs
H. l.. Doty, els East Holt street, an
lived in the city for a number o
years. In 1895 she graduated fror
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SOUTH SIDE NEWS.

From Wednesdays Daily.I
Mrs. Lille Hendricks and baby, de-
parted this morning for Eldon to make
that place their future home. Mrs.
George Fry accompanied her, and will
visit for few days.
Rev. ]. w. Lambert, of Agency, pre-
siding elder, preached at the Willard
Street M. E. church last evening. The
subject of Rev. Lambert's sermon was,
Being Filled With the Spirit" which
was very interesting and much enjoy
ed. The sermon was followed by the
quarterly conference.
Simon Collingwood, 216 North
Moore street, returned home today
from Carrollton, Mo-, where he went
to attend the funeral of Sam Kelly.
Mr.. Collingwood was sent as repre-
sentative from Camp No. 3O95, Modern
Woodmen of America, of this city, OF
which Mr.. Kelly was member.
From Thursdays Daily.l
Little Clyde Ward, who had an ar
row shot in his eye Sunday, is report
ed to be somewhat better today.
Miss Bessie Cohagan, of Blakesburg,
returned home yesterday after a visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Crane, who reside south of town.
| A. w. Rankin, who resides near Bel
KNAPP, returned home Tuesday after a
| few days visit at the home of his son,
w. w. Rankin. 202 South Ward street.
Mrs C.. R. Chenoweth, of Blakes-
burg, returned home yesterday morn
ing after visit at the homes of
Messrs. and Mesdames j. H. and M. F.
Chenoweth.
Mrs. Jesse Spangler and children. OF
Bell1nap, have returned home after a
pleasant visit at the home of Mr.. and
! Mrs. W. w. Rankin, 2O2 South Ward
street
If we should tell you all about oul
Easter shoes that would necessarily
raise the price That we may suit
you in quality and price we will close
by asking you to visit us.-Church's
Shoe Store, South Side.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Beard. 512 Wa
/ bash avenue, arrived today from Mt
Union, where they have been to at
tend the Cornack-Beard wedding
Mrs. Beard went on Monday, ant
Mr.. Beard stopping on his return
from Sloan Spring, Ark, where h
was suddenly called by the serious i'll
ness of his aged grandfather, Rev. r
K. Roach, who sufficiently recovered
to return with Mr.. Beard to Mt. Uniol
, to spend few weeks with his daugh
ter Mr.. Boards mother.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-04
IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Doines Of Hawkeye People at the Ma.
tion's Capital.


Washington. April 4.-Postmasters
commissioned-Edw X. Blattler,
Plato Nellie Adams. Unique; Wilbur
f. Reed, Wellsburg: John o. Waters,
Homer.
The secretary Of the treasury yes
terday awarded the contract for tie
construction of the postofiice at Gin
ton to N. Yeager & Son, OF Danville,
HI. at $63,l14. Time to complete the
work is twelve months. Mr.. SrtiGk-
ley superintendent of construction of
the public building at Davenport, is
transferred to Clinton. Work on the
building will commence in about
twelve days.
Iowa Pensions.
Additional Murray l.. Hathaway,
Swedesburg, Sc. Renewal and in
crease Jeremiah Millige, MOSCOW,
$17. Increase Henry M. Grant, Hor.
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ton. So; John Larson, Knoxville, S.;
Lewis S. Horsey, Warren, SIP; James
McEry. Fairfield, $24. Reissue and
increase-Jacob Schmitt, Dubuque,
$12 Original widows-Mary j. Nor
rill, Cherokee, So. War with Spain
Fred c. Smith, Sioux City, Sc; Julia
A. Atherton, (mother) Maquoketa,S1
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MINERS STILL OUT.
Employees of the Phillips Fuel compa-
nv Not WORKING. N

The miners employed by the Phil
lips Fuel Co., at the mines owned by
that company west of the city, are,
still out today. according to advices
received from the mines. The matter
has not been changed materially, and
the miners are waiting for advice from
their state officers, it is said 1t is
not thought that serious trouble will
come about as the result of the dis
agreement, altho the men did not 60
to work today. -
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Leo O'Connell. who has for several

Leo O'Connell. who has for several
months acted as day callboy at the
Milwaukee junction, has resigned his
position owing to i'll health, and his
place has been taken by Earl Daggett,
who for some time has been on the
program. Dan Sehrecengost will take
the position vacated by Mr.. O. Cornell,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-04
Semi-Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESS,

Subscribers wishing their address changed
will please give the name of the Post Office 10
which the paper has been sent as we'll as the
Post Office where they desire it TO be
changed to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-04
FREE ENTERTAINMENT.
Minnetonka Indian Medicine Compa
ny Will Be at the Turner Next Week

ny Will Be at the Turner Next Week.
Commencing Monday. April Sth, the
Minnetonka Indian Medicine Com
pany open two weeks en-
tertainment at the Turner OPP
era house. These entertainments
are free to adults but for children of
IS and under, an admission of 10c will
be charged, They are high-class in
structive entertainments and are free
from all Objectionable features. Dr..
r. +. Atkins and his remedies have
a national reputation and the news OF
his coming here will be welcomed by
his many friends.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-04
WHO WAS KENDALL?
A London lawyers Inquiry Causes
Speculation at State House.

Des Moines, April 5.--A chance for
some enterprising fortune hunter to
get something for nothing, or at least
to cause trouble and annoyance, Is Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
FROM EMPORIA.

Quick work on the part of one of the
switchmen saved a mans life the other
day The east end engine was making
a flying switch with a boxcar and had
just been uncoupled and was increasing
speed A man standing near attempted
to get on the foot board of. the engine,
but missed and fell before the car. He
staggered partly out of the way and a
switchman threw open a. switch in Tina
to turn the car and save him from any
harm
A car of chickens gathered up here
was shipped to New York Tuesday
night.
Workmen are changing the chimneys
on about eight or ten Of the roundhouse
stalls, putting them on the roof next the
outside wall instead Of next to the in
side. This Will permit engines to shead
in instead of backing in and will pre-
vent unusually long engines from but
ting hobs in the back wall. One ugly
hole in the wall, now open, was made
recently while the back of nearly every
stall has a patched place where the
same thing has happened some time.
n. H. Morrison, chief surgeon of the
western division of the Santa F'e, is in
town. His headquarters are in Los An
geles. Cal.
Mr.. Chamberlain, live stock sanitary
commissioner, was here recently.
W. w Hutton, general chairman Of
the grievance committee Of the Santa F'e
was here Tuesday. He had just return
ed from the national convention of the
Order of Railway Conductors at st.
Paul
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01

chief engineer Of the Santa Fe, but now
chief engineer OF the Frisco.
Brakeman Arthur Hodgins Is laying
off for a few days attending to some
business matters.
Chester G. Fuller. Of the scrap iron
gang, has quit
James Kelly. OF the blacksmith shop.
is laying Off for a few days on account
OF sickness.
Penny Somers. a boiler shop man who
has been with the tank gang at Argen-
tine, has quit work. George Wenthe is
taking his place.
f. f. Wilcox, Samuel Cramer and
Harry Dustin, committee on arrange
ments for the shop picnic are in kan
sas City today making preparations for
that event, which occurs on June p.
Paddy Belts, Of the blacksmith shop,
is laying off
Peter Schilling. of the spring shop. is
laying off having his eyes treated. He
has been out for several days.
Albrt Shelter, of the boiler shop while
working an air machine Friday, caught
one of his thumbs between two sheets
OF steel and had it badly squeezed.
Paul Ost began work today in the
resident engineers office He is a son
of J. Ost, of the storehouse department,
and is a graduate this year from the
high school
Charles Tichenor. a night ham mer-
smith, is laying off.
John Wood, a truckma.n in the car
shops, is congratula ting himself on an
excellent bargain which he made Fri
day. A man from Big Springs, who was
hard pressed for some money, came in
and offered a fine horse for sale at a
low figure, and Wood took him up at his
offer. The horse is one Of the finest
owned by any of the shop men. and was
secured at a very reasonable price.
Edgar G. Clark, formerly of the Santa
F'e treasurer's office in Topeka, but
for two months in the Office of Supt.
Hubbard, at Winslow. Ariz.. has ac-
cepted a position under Auditor w. S.
Wing Of the Colorado Midland, at Den
yer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE.

Louis P. Wingert, special rate clerk
in the Santa F'e passenger offices, left
today for the east on a short vacation
trip He viii go to New York city
stopping on the way at Buffalo, Phila-
delphia and perhaps other places being
gone two weeks j. E. Dennis viii sup
ply the vacancy during Mr.. WIngert
absence
A. A. Hurd, attorney for the Santa
Fe, has returned from Chicago.
In addition to what was announced
Friday, the Rock Island gives out that
Marvin Il Dey has been appointed divI-
sion engineer of the Illinois division,
and L. B. Holt has been made acting
division engineer Of Iowa and Missouri
lines.
+. G. Barry. clerk in the Rock Island
passenger offices, is in Lincoln, Neb.,
on business.
Thomas s Stevens, signal engineer for
the Santa F'e, has returned from q trip
to Galveston
c. f. Resseguie. general superintend-
the cut-om.
has been off for some tin e, has not yet
returned TO work
Joseph Shafer. formerly an empIoye
of the Santa F'e but who for two
months has been in the Rock Island
boiler shop at Horton, was around the
Topeka shops Friday.
George Risen, an ash-pan hanger,
who has been off for several days on
account Of a bruised foot, has returned
to work
Charles Ackley. Of the freight car
sheds, left this morning for Wellsville,
being called there by the illness Of his
mother He viii probably be away
from the shops q. week
Rev r. w. Crannen. pastor Of the
First Baptist church. viii speak at the
railroad mems gospel meeting Sunday
afternoon, at 4 O'Clock.
J. M Meade, resident engineer and
G. p. Davis. masonry inspector, went
to Chicago Friday.
William Bert has been added to the
force Of machinists. He VIII probably
go to work in Schlege1's gang
Harry PurdOn, assistant engineer of
the Santa F'e, at Fort Madison. Iowa.
left today for a three months visit with
his parents in Ireland He is a brother
of g. d. Purdons formerly assistant
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ROCK ISLAND CHANGES.
That Road Planning to Build It's Own
Connecting Lines.

1t is reported that the Rock Island Is
preparing to make some extensive inn
provements and changes in the near fu
ture. At present. that road uses the
tracks Of other roads from Trenton. No.
to Topeka From Trenton to Kansas
City, the Rock Island trains run over
the Burlington tracks, from Kansas City
to Topeka the Union Pacific tracks are
used. 1t is now proposed to build q cut
off OF it's own from Platte City, Mo. to
Topeka by way of Leavenw Orth. From
Platte City south to Kansas City line
is 70 be built giving that road entrance
into Kansas City over its own tracks
The talk of such changes is not entirely
new for several years it has been re-
vived from time to time, but now there
seems a stronger probability of its truth
than ever before, chiefly on account of
the immense increase in Rock Island
business of late. 1t would not only do
away with much Inconvenience to the
Rock Island people but would place that
road in a position to compete strongly
for trade between Chicago and the
southwest
Further. it is proposed to build a cut
off between Belknap, Iowa, and Trenton.
Mo. reducing the distance 35 miles. Tna
survey for this has been made already
and construction work is expected to be
gin soon From LimOn to Denver, Col
the Rock Island also uses the Union Pa
cific tracks and it is believed that the
former will build its own line between
those two points. The distance is 124
miles.
Topeka officials of the Rock Island
deny the rumor that that road is to
build across from Platte City to Topeka
but admit that the line from Platte City
to Kansas City and the cutoff from Bel
KNAPP TO Trenton may be built.