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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
AN OFFICER STABBED.
Elmer Pack Has Narrow Escape From
Serious Injury.

Serious Injury.
From Saturdays Daily.l
Officer Elmer Pack had morrow es-
cape from a serious if not fatal injury
early last evening. when he was slash
ed at by John Cummings with long
bladed knife. The blow struck Pack
in the right groin, and it cut through
his clothing, the point of the knife just
touching the flesh. Cummings was in
toxicated and Pack was taking him to
Jail. On the way the man became I'M
ruly and before Pack knew what had
happened Cummings had pulled
the knife from his pocket
and tried to stab him. AT
ter calling on passer-by for assist
ance the Infatuated man was safely
landed in jail. This morning he ap-
peared before Judge Moon with a
charge of assault with intent to in
fiict great bodily harm against him. He
pleaded not guilty and his trial was set
for 7 o'clock this evening. In the
meantime he was taken to the county
Jail for safe keeping.
Was Unexpected.
The ARRAY was entirely unlocked
lOi Oh lilS pdiI VI oLltSi dSh' "A Suoi L
time before the arrest was made some
one told him of Cummings actions.
They said he had driven his sled down
Court street to the railroad tracks
where it had became entangled. Pas
sers-by released him from his danger
Gus surroundings, and led his team to
the corner of Market and Main street
and started him towards the South
Side and home. He went but short
distance down Market street when he
decided not to go home and turned the
team around and started back up town.
When he reached Main street again he
turned west 1t is said that he was
so intoxicated that he could hardly sit
up, and persons who saw him were
afraid he might freeze.
Starts After Him.
After he had started west on Main
street Officer Pack was again notified
of the fact and the officer started after
him. Cummings had reached the corner
of Main and Marion streets when the
officer reached him, and placed him un
der arrest He submitted without
trouble, but as the officer started to
drive the sled back to the station he
began fighting. Pack held him tc
the bottom of the sled with one hand
and drove with the other, until they
had nearly reached the corner of Sec
ond and Court streets. While passing
the new building being erected by the
telephone company one OF the reins be
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came entangled and Pack had to stop
and get out of the sled to fix it. He
did this all right and had just gotten
in again, when suddenly he felt knife
point strike him in the groin. Jump
ing backwards he caught Cummings
arms before he could strike the second
blow and took the knife from him. Call
ing on Officer O'Brien, who was stand
ing near the two men then took Cum
mings to Jail without further trouble.
Say He Is Bad.
The police say he is bad man, and
that he has given them considerable
trouble. Officer Pack is being con
graduated on all sides over his mirac-
ulous escape from serious injury. He
says at first he thought he had been
badly cut, and that he could feel the
blood running down his limb, but this
was proven to be untrue. He says he
has gone through many thrilling eX
periences, but this was the closest cal
he has ever experienced, and he feels
lucky that he got away as fortunate
as he did.
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L. A. cULBERTsoN LEAVES.
Goes to Utah Where He Will Engage
in Business.

From Mondays Daily
L. A. Culbertson, director of the Y.
M. G.. A. chorus since it's organization
city Thursday of this week for Scho-
field, Utah, to take charge of bust
ness for company at that place. A
feature of the young mems meeting,
which was held yesterday afternoon at
the Y. NJ. G, A. building was an infor-
NAL farewell extended to him by the
members of the association and the
chorus upon this occasion of their last
meeting together.
Mr.. Culbertson expects to leave
Thursday OF this week for Utah, but
stated that for the present his family
will remain in Ottumwa, until such
time as he shall determine with regard
to a permanent change. Mr.. Culbert-
son is we'll known in this city and has
made many friends by his methods OF
integrity and uprightness in business
transactions.
Yesterday afternoon at the young
mems meeting held in the Y. M. G. A
rooms the members of the association
and the chorus took occasion to OK.
tend to Mr.. Culbertson an informal
farewell and express their sorrow al
his departure. Mr. Culbertson has
long been identified with the interests
of the Young Mems Christian associa
4 ton and is prominent mem
{ Der in the First Presbyterian
church. Yesterday was the eighth an
niversary of the organization of the Y
M. c. A. chorus, with which Mr.. Cul
bertson has been connected as its
leader since that time. 1t was frs
organized as a double quartet and dur
ing the years of its growth until the
present time Mr.. Culbertson has hat
its interest at heart and through hi:
endeavors it has attained to its pres
ent high standard With regard to hi:
connection with the chorus, Secretar.
Wade stated this morning that durins
the entire time since its organization
i Mr. Culbertson had been always cage
to increase its proficiency and tina
very few We're the times when he hat
failed to be present at the rehearsals
To this it seems is due in part at leas
the high proficiency to which the OF
ganization has attained and the fee
ling Of the members is that the los
which they sustain in the departure O
Mr.. Culbertson will be difficult to fill
His many friends wish for him nue.
4 success in his new field of labOrs
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PEOPLES PULPIT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Pekay, Dec. 21.-The Eddyville cor
respondent who furnished the report
of the smallpox at Pekay must have a
grudge at the good people of this
place or had chainless wheels in his
head when he wrote such report.
1t is surprising to learn that the
Courier has such correspondent on
its list
The truth regarding smallpox is al
ways bad enough, but such fabrica-
tons as appeared in the Courier Dec.
49, regarding smallpox at Pekay, are
a great injustice.
Eddyville has no kick at Pekay, for,
before the little town OF Pekay was
started Eddyville was a dead town
and only needed the proper ceremony
to wipe the place off the earth, but al
ter Pekay started up and since then
other mining towns have sprung up
near by furnishing EddyVille mer-
chants with a great amount of bust
ness which has given the place new
life until now 1t is quite lively town.
AS TO smallpox at Pekay, there are
only seven cases in the place which
is long way short Of fifty cases. and
none of them are confined in the up
per story of the postoftice and store
building. nor have they been since
taken down with smallpox.
The postoflice authorities stayed
away from the store even before q
competent doctor from Eddyville
could tell whether they had smallpox
or not, and after it was pronounced
smallpox all were guaranteed and as
an extra precaution the store and post
Office all were thoroughly fumisateG
by member of the board of health
from Oskaloosa who stated that there
would be no danger of it spreading
from the store.
1t is also well known here that the
general manager of the Western Sup
ply Co., had the best doctors to be had
coming to Pekay daily last week tt
examine the clerks in the store, 81
that they could at once be kept on
of the store should they show an,
signs of smallpox.
So it appears from actual facts tina
the postoffce authorities at Pekay dit
use all care possible to not spread thu
smallpox.
There are only two families quaran
tined with scarlet fever.
Eddyville has had smallpox and i
is quite certain that their efficient an,
cautious postmaster did not refuse t.
receive or forward mail for the goo
people of Eddyville. A Resident
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ADVICE ON ROASTING A TURKEY.
Bird Should Rest on Breast Instead of
Its Back.

"Ninety-nine women out OF every
hundred, ninety-nine cooks out of ev-
cry hundred will bake turkey with
the back to the pam said a New Or
leans man who keeps in touch with
the kitchen, land this is mistake. A
famous French cook | know never
thinks of baking a turkey with the
breast up. The breast is turned to
the bottom of the pan and instead of
being dry and tasteless when it is
served is richly favored and as sweet
and Juicy as one would care to have
it. You see, all the fine flavoring of
the turkey, the juices of the dressing
and all the daintier touches flow down
toward the breast of the fowl and
when the white meat is served you
get the full benefit of every flavor add
ed during the processes of preparing
and baking the turkey, in addition to
the distinctive taste of the fowl itself.
announcement and awkward! Not
at all. 1t is just as easy to cook tur-
key in this way as any other way, and
the result is infinitely more satisfac.
tory. 1t is no trouble to arrange the
| fowl in the pan. If you desire to
place the fowl on the table before
carving it you will find that it will
look quite as well as it would if bak,
ed in the usual way, and certainly it
will taste much better than it would
| if you baked the breast until it was
dry and fiavorless. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
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is SUCCESSFUL.
G. E. caushlan Passes Examination

=. z. Caughian easses examination
Required for Officers Commission.
News has been received in this city
that c. e. Caughlan of this city has
successfully passed the examination
required for a commission as officer in
the Iowa National Guard Mr.. Caugh-
Ian took the examination in Des
Moines Thursday, and the announce
Ment was made today that he was
successful. His average was not Civ
en- out Eight others We're successful
in the examination as follows: Jo-
seph R. Frailey. appointed captain and
quartermaster of the Fiftieth regi-
ment; Louis X. Butterfield elected cap
tain Of Company D of the fifty-frst
regiment; Chas. L. Timm elected first
lieutenant of Company of the Fifth
eth; w. w. Aldrich and the newly
elected officers of Company A. of Des
Moines, the latter including l.. I Bly,
Ter, Vernon Forbes and C. w. Easter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
IOWA woMAN's ROMANCE.
Her Fifth Wedding Takes Place to
First Husband.

Dubuque, Dec. ia wedding OF
more than usual interest took place
in a Justices court here. The parties
were julius Standenmeyer and Mrs.
Emily McPheeters. The interest at
taches to. the fact that the two were
married over twenty years ago. soon
became estranged and were divorced
Since then the woman married three
husbands, all of whom died. Standen
meyer was in Wyoming when he
heard of his former wife being free
He returned here and the long-estrang
ed couple We're again reunited.
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Moneys to be Paid to the Various
Funds in 1902.
WAPELLO COUNTY'S BIG TRIBUTE
Total Tax is S328,2s1. 1S-Tables Show
ing Amounts for Each Separate
Fund and in Each Township and
ToWn-An Increase.

The total amount of the taxes to be
collected in Wapello county during the
year 1902, as recently certified by the
county auditor to the treasurer is
$32S,2S11S. This is somewhat more
than the amount last year, the differ.
ence being made by the increased levy
in Ottumwa The county levy is the
same but the corporation fund is in,
creased this year in the city and the
levy is therefore little higher The
amounts to be collected in the county
for each fund are shown in the follow
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cULLED FROM THE WEEkLiEs.
What Once-a-Week Newspapers Say of
People and Things.

1t has been quite currently reported
and entirely without foundation that
j p Reese has been hired at a salary
of $4,000 per annum to represent the
operators as commissioner in their
dealings with the miners. Operators
who are in position to know say they
have not employed a commissioner as
yet and will not unil in January.
Mr. Reese is still in the east and there
is no evidence to show that the oper-
ators ever contemplated employing
Mr.. Reese. He is man who has the
confidence of both miners and operat-
ors, and should he enter the employ
of the operators, by honest dealings
and his thorough understanding of the
case could probably do more for the
miners than formerly. The operators
will elect their commissioner December
27.-Albia Republican.
DR.. G. T. Brant of this city has been
reconnaissance for another four years
as major and aide-de-camp on the staff
of Brig. Gen. j. G. Manchester. com
manding the Iowa Brigade Uniform
Rank Knights OF Pythias. Major Brant
has served twelve years as a regiment
al and brigade staff officer, and by the
time his present commission expires
he will have served sixteen years as a
prominent officer in the uniform ser
vice. which is not only an honor to Ma
jor Brant but also to Jewell company
and Charlton Pythans generally
| Charlton Patriot
1t is a fact not generally known that
the body of old Joseph Buchanan, who
was murdered in his cabin in the
northeast part OF Lucas county one
might during the fall just past, was
dug up by order of Coroner Stanton
about ten days after its burial, and
the skull was brought to Charlton for
use in the grand jury investigation.
There was theory that the old man
HAD been shot in the head before he
was struck with the axe, but no holes
in the skull were found to verify the
shooting theory. The skull is now in
keeping Of DR.. Stanton in his Office
here. Charlton Herald.
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FOUND A WATCH.
Cal Hartman Picked Up Valuable
Watch Saturday Evening.
From Monda-s Daily.

FrOm MONDAYS Daily.
While crossing the Market street
bridge early Saturday evening, Cal
Hartman who lives on North Moore
street, found a valuable gold watch al
the north end of the bridge. The
watch was a full jewell affair and had
the name of F. H. Mitchell, w r. R.,
engraved on the case. Mr.. Hartman
reported his find to the police and an
effort is being made to find the owner
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LEGISLATOR JAILED.
Member of Parliament is Sent to Prs.
on for Small Crimes.

Dublin, Dec. 21.--John P. Hayden,
member of parliament for South Ros-
common, was sentenced to twenty-one
days Impeachment for melting to boy
cotting and the non-payment of rent.
Six other persons of minor Importance
were sentenced to terms of imprison-
ment on the same charges, verying
from fortnight to a month.
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E. w. Grove.

This signature is on every box of
the genuine Laxative BromoQuinine
Tablets the remedy that cures Il cold
in one day.
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ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Jerry and Dick Williams Taken to
Eddyville.
THEY ROBBED AN OLD MAN
David Jones Lost Watch and AIIeg-
ed That 1t Was Found on Dick Will
liams' Person-Both Men Refuse to
Talk.
From Mondays Daily

From Mondays Daily.
Jerry and Dick Williams, two we'll
known characters, about town were
taken to Eddyville at IL o'clock today
by Constable Beemer of that place on
a charge of robbery. The men are
accused of holding up an old man
named David Jones in Eddyville Sat
urday evening and taking a watch
from him valued at about $40. The
alleged crime was very bold one .and
was probably committed on the streets
of that city. The Williams made their
escape after the alleged robbery had
been committed, and were arrested in
this city early Sunday morning charg-
ed with intoxication and disturbing
the peace. When they were taken in
to custody here the watch which
answered the description of the one
taken from Jones was found in Dick
Williams possession.
A Hold Up.
According to the information given
out by Constable Beemer, Jones and
the two Williams were drinking to-
gether in Eddyville Saturday evening
About 9 O'Clock Jones, who had been
separated from his two pals, came in
to a store with his watch chain hang
ing down in front of his vest with the
watch gone. The people of that place
had seen him with the Ottumwa men
and they We're at once suspected of
having robbed him. A close search
was made for them in Eddyville, but it
was soon learned that they had come
to this city on the train arriving here
at 1890 o'clock in the evening.
Had Watch on Him.
About noon yesterday Constable
Beemer telephoned to Chief Gray to
arrest the Williams Bros. on charge
of robbery, and gave him the number
of the watch stolen from Jones. About
five minutes before the constable tel
ephoned here, Chief Gray had released
the two men with instructions to appear
this morning for trial and they had de.
posted watch with him to guaran-
tee their appearance. AS soon as the
telephone message was received Chief
Gray looked up the number of the
watch given him by Dick Williams
and it was found to correspond with
the number stolen from Jones. He
at once put the officers on the watch
for Inc two men again, and about 3
lagher and Officer Schwartz picked
them up again, and placed them in
Jail
Taken to Eddyvilie.
This morning Constable Beeme1
came here on the morning train fol
his prisoners and took them back tc
Eddyville to answer to the charge pre-
ferred against them. Officers Schwartz
and Black who arrested them Saturday
night for intoXication and who took
the watch from Dick Williams person
also went to Eddyville to appear as
witnesses against them this afternoon
Refused to Talk.
The two Williams men We're seen ii
the Jail this morning by
a Courier reporter and asked
about their trouble. The,
admitted having been in Eddyville ant
said they were with Jones Saturda,
evening, but they denied all knowledge
of taking his watch. They refused t.
give any account of where they go
: the watch taken from here however
) simply claiming it belonged to Dicl
Williams
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c. w. Lynch Winchester. Ind
writes: q owe the life of my boy to
Foley's Honey and Tar He had mem
branous Group, and the first dose gave
him relief. We continued it's use and
it soon brought him out of danger"
Sold by all druggists.
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The amounts to be collected for the
several funds in each township exclu-
sive of the cities and towns in the
county and the amounts to be collect
ed in the cities and towns, are shown
in the following tables, the names of
the funds appearing at the tops of each
table. Owing to lack of space, some
of the funds which have the same
bearing have been consolidated, as
shown in the heads:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

The blowing of ones own horn takes
more wind than wisdom.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A hardship of Christmas is its prox
unity to the lst of January.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

A very large and complete line Of
underwear at The Hub. =
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The total amounts to be collected in
the several townships exclusive Of
towns and in the various towns, is as
follows:
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-13
HUW'S THISl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case oft a,arrn that can.
not he cured 10y Hall's Cata,rh Cure
CHENEY 81 CO., Props. To.
lenO, 0
We the undersigned have known
r Sheney for the last Is years. and
he'ieve him perfectly honorable i'm all
business transacn0ns ana financially
able 20 carry OUT any obligations made
bv their firm.
WEST q rRUAx, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo, o
WALDING kINNAN ~ MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
Halls Caiarrh Cure il taken in
t rna ly, acting dire ;tiy upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists, Testimonials free.
HalI's Family Pills are the best
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-13
Escaped Convicts From Leavsn-
worth Being Recaptursd.

Lsavenworth, Kas., Nov. 8 =
All the police, deputy sheriffs
and farmers in the country aa-
jacsnt to Leavenworth were on
the lockout for tho 26 federal
convictS who escaped from the
stsckade ysstsrday. Asa result
three copvIcts have bssn killed,
another wounded and five cap
tur0d unhurt. The casualties
tsok place IN fight near Nortsn-
vile, kas., and resulted in the
death or capture of five men.
The dead:
James Hoffman, aged 30, white;
j. j. Potfsnholen, aged 25, white,
a soldier convict: John Green,
aged 21, white.
The foarth, Willard Drake,
white, aged 10, Is wounded aud
rscaptursd, and the fifth, Fred
Gore, aged 16, negro, Is recap
tursd unnurt.
Tho five men were discovered
in the barn of Fay Weishaar, near
Nortonvills, Kas., about 3 O'Clock
this afternoon. Wsishaar went
into the barn and was ordered out
at the point of guns. He rushed
to Nortonville and gathered a
posse OF men, who with rsvolvsrs,
shotguns and = few Winchs.ters,
FASTENED to the scene. The cor.
vlcts saw the men coming and
rushed from the barn. They had
two shotguns and revolvsrs. The
posse pursued them aud . run
ming fight resulted. Tho convicts
were ut \ disadvantage and their
shots had no effect, while at every
vslley from the posse one of the
convicts fell.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-13
Earl Lis Successor.

Washington, Nov. 8. Minister
Conger has informed tho State
Department that Ysonan Shi Ksi
has heen appointed to succeed Ii
Hung Chang as Vicsroy OF
China. Ysonan is at present Vice
roy of Shan rung Province and
is considered one of the strongest
Chinese statesman.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-13

ALWAYS AT WORK. Tho Cslum-
his postmastersbip has gone to an
old line Republican Doctor Ensor,
the Incumbent, and because Nc
Laurin did not get Democrat for
ne place, some Of his newspaper
opponents seem to take it As a
sweet morsel Of hope, that his ln-
fluencs at Washington is not 80
powerful after all. If McL,urin
lands Democrat, he il abused
and motives are questioned. If ks
fails, hs is no good. 1t isa case
of "damnsd if you do aud damned
isyou don't" The senator do sent
seem to worry at all about this
condition, and he goes right along
attending to his business eff look
ing out for what he concelvss to
he the best interests of his peop lie.
He will in a few days deliver an
address before .ht Southern Cot
ton Spinnsrs' association, at At
lants, and from there he goes to
deliver an address before tho New
York Chamber of Commerce, tho
most important commercial body
in the world. To be invited to ad
dress this body is a compliment
not snly to the senator. ability,
but to South Carolina. Manning
Times.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-13
Murray Made Deputy Collector
for y. G..

Washington, Nov. 9.-John g..
Capers, district attorney and Re
publican national committeeman
frsm South Carolina, conferred
with President Roosevelt today
regarding South Carolina patron
age. 1t is understood that an
agreement has been reached by
which representative colsred men
shall be given some patronage.
Ono Of those who is to be provided
for is sx Representative Murray,
colorsd. 1t is understood that he
is to be made deputy collector OF
ternal revenue.