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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-30


Row" is place where a stranger
could be murdered and done away
with without the perpetrators of the
deed ever being discovered.
No Clue to Indemnity.
However there seems to be little
reason for the murder of a man such
as the one whose body was found this.
morning, unless the crime was COM
mitted during an encounter The
man was evidently tramp who had
been in the city only a few days prior
to his death. Jerry Milford, who
lives on South College street saw the
man last Saturday in the vicinity of
the old brewery which stands near the
foot of Union street, block east OF
the place where the body was found.
The body was removed from the riv-
err and taken tothe undertaking rooms
of John O'Donnell, where it was pre-
pared for embalming. The clothes
worn by the man were as follows:
One white shirt, two soft shirts, blue
and white, one of the later compare
lively new; a pair of wooden trousers
with patch in right knee; two pairs
blue overalls, new heavy shoes and
new hose. No coat nor hat was found
upon the body. and this is the clue
that leads to his Identification as the
man seen last Saturday at the old
brewery.
Found Hat and Coat.
Last Sunday afternoon, the day af
ter the strange man was seen at the
brewery building by Jerry milford,
Jefferson Crickbaum, who lives near
the Wabash bridge, found a coat, vest
and hat near the place where the body
was found today. These articles were
identified by Milford as those worn
by the man he saw at the brewery.
At the coroner's inquest this after.
noon milford identified the remains
as those of the man mentioned.
A Total Stranger.
No one has as yet been found who
knows the man or had ever seen him
prior to the time he was seen at the
at the old brewery building. The coat
contained nothing aside from a pipe
and some tobacco, except a slip of
paper on which was written note adj
dressed to one Ernest. at Burlington,
reading as follows: "This man wants
work and told him of you" The sig
nature consisted of three initials and
those who saw the note have forgotten
what these were. The note was de-
stroyed, as the theory advanced at the
time the coat and vest were found was
that they were cast-off articles of
clothing.
Cause of Death Mystery.
The cause of the death is mystery.
There seems to be no doubt that the
body entered the river within ten feet
of the place where is was found, as
there is an eddy at that point and the
mans clothes were found within a
short distance of the place where the
body was later discovered. The
theory held by the police is that he was
washing in the river, lost his balance
fell into the water and was drowned
| This is supported by the fact that q
| piece of soap was found near the cloth
ing.
| This theory, however, does not &C
count for the wound on the temple
which looks like bullet wound, bu
| which may have been made with (;
/ metal instrument of some kind. Thii
wound can be probed but short dis
! lance, and the skull seems to be in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-30
SIOUX CITY TIMES CHANGES.
Will Be Known Hereafter as the Sioux
z.
City Evenina journal.

Sioux City, April 27.-The name of
the evening edition of the Sioux City
Journal has been changed from the
Sioux City Times to the Sioux City
Evening Journal.
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THIS WEEK AT THE PAN
VERY ELABORATE PROGRAMMES
FOR EACH OF THE DAYS.
Porto Rico and Cuba to BE Much in
Evidence-Games i'm the Stadium
attendance Is Increasing.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 25.-OfficialIy. this
week at the Pan-American Exposition is
designated as grange week and as furni-
ture manufacturers week. The four mil
lion mark in attendance was passed to-day.
and the average attendance for the month
of August has been 50 per cent. greater
than any previous month The average at
tendance for the past week exceeded that
OF The previous week by si.e)o.
Tomorrow will be municipal day. The
programme will be presented in the Temple
of Music, and will include addresses by
Randolph Guggenheimer, acting mayor of
New York and president of the Greater
New York Council; Raymond Prefontaine.
mayor of Montreal. and Samuel l.. Jones,
mayor of Toledo. The Tennessee Press As
sociation also will be in evidence this
day. but aside from attending the exercises
already arranged for will pay strict at
tention to business and ''do" the eXposi-
ton.
The Porto Rican Society will begin its
sessions tomorrow. General Miles is eX-
pected to take active part i'm the deiibera-
tion Of the organization, and has been in
dress of welcome. which will be delivered by
the director general, w. l. Buchanan. In
the evening reception Will be rendered
to General Miles and other visiting officers
in the Temple of Music. the programme
closing with great camp fire in the New
York State building.
Wednesday will be New York State
Grange day. Cuba day will be Thursday.
Senor Tomas Estrada Palma will be the
principal orator of the OCCASION. On Satur-
day the red fez will be in evidence, for this
will be Shriners' day.
The swine and dog shows which will take
place during the week undoubtedly will
attract much attention, not alone on ac-
count of the numerous entries which have
been made for the same. but also because
of the high grade stock entered. The
prizes offered aggregate 5000 i'm value
The West Point cadets will remain here
until Thursday, drilling i'm the stadium
twice daily. In addition to the company of
perfectly drilled men there now on the
ground the famous crops of light infantry
from Washington ID. c.. This body of POI
men drills daily in the Esplanade.
Scottish games will take place in the
stadium on the 9th. and Irish sports will
occupy the four daYs following.
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De Larcy Issues Proclamation
Warning Beers to Ignore the Man.
ifesto of Lord Kitchener.
PRINCE CHUNG IN SWITZERLAND
CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TO GER
MANY is QUITE SICK.
Edicts Authorizing signing of PrOto-
coils En- Route to PekinE-The En-
gIish Admiralty Boiler Tests.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The end of the holi-
day season finds the London Stock Ex-
change listless and waiting for something
to turn up. ON the whole, conditions are
more healthy than at any time for some
months. Money has not been more plent-
full since 1897 Accordingly. in the open
market rates are gradually decreasing,
touching 2Ik per cent for short bills and
per cent. for call loans. The Bank of Eng
land has wisely made no further reduction
in the official rate, although there was
some expectation OF such a move last
Thursday.
The two strongest arguments against
reduction are, first the expectation of a
speedy demand for gold from New YORK.
and second, the general feeling that the
visit of Emperor Nicholas to France por-
tends another Russian loan. No definite
information is yet obtainable as TO this
loan question, but it is known that Russia
is badly in need of a large amount. and
that France is the only probable source OF
supply At the same time Russia has
taxed the French enormously heavy, of
late, both i'm the matter of government
loans and also private industrial invest
ments. The latter have shown lamentably
small dividends. but it is thought the en-
thusiasm induced by the Cars visit will
give a very opportune stimulus 10 French
cordiality. In case loan is floated it will
mean the withdrawal from London of con-
siderable French cash and this is likely
10 come Just at time when London Is
most in need of its surplus.
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interest on the part of the people. One
high school at the capital Of each province
will be estab bished in 1902
DR.. Barrows. city superintendent OF
schools of Manila reported under date OF
work:
The most significant change is that
which has taken place in the attitude OF
the Filipino teachers. Owing 10 the uncer-
tainty that has attended American oc-
cupation of these islands. six months ago
scarcely any changes had been introduced
into the public schools of Manila. In De
cember the plan was adopted of having the
teachers of English devote at least the last
half hour of the forenoon 10 the instruc-
uon of the Filipino teachers and at the
that very shortly Spanish. as medium OF
instruction. would be abandoned. With
very few exceptions the teachers accepted
the proposed change OF language ana their
attitude has now become one of real eager
ness for the adoption of English They
have also so far progressed in their kncwl-
edge OF English that il Will be possible
with the opening of schools in June. tlSoD
10 use only English. Almost without eX-
ception our teachers are becoming appre-
ciably more loyal to their work and more
conscientious in its discharge.
The question of religious instruction In
the schools has also been settled, and
without friction or any loss In the attend
ance Of pupils. Upon receipt of an official
copy of act No. a of the Philippine Com
mission. comprehensive order was issued
forbldding the practice of religious deVo-
uons or their employment as means OF
punishment. the discontinuance of all
teaching of the catechsms of religious
doctrine. and the removal from the school
house of all books containing such matter
and the removal from school rooms of
crucifixes. religious emblems. sacred pic
lures, Dlacards. etc. These orders were.
in every case Immediately and exactly COM
piled with. There was no protest from
either parents or teachers and above
stated no diminution in the attendance,
the school year closing with the largest
attendance in the history of the public
schools. To many of the teachers the
change was apparently welcome"
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Several Small Bodies of Rebels Have
Surrendered. Including Numer-
GUS Company of Officers.
THE PROGRESS IN EDUCATION
REPORT OF THE INSULAR SUPERIN-
TENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
for the Betterment
of the WOrk-Maj. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur Is Mt Chicago.

MANILA, Aug 25-In the city OF Manila
there are now less than 1000 effective SOL
diers. and il has been decided to increase
this number bv four companies of infantry.
The official reason for the increase is tnat
the guard duty is too heavy for the present
force AS a matter of fact however, there
is feeling that although there is no
apparent prospect of trouble, nevertheless.
in the event of an uprising in the future,
such as is always possible among the Ma
lays, it would be better to have sufhcient
body of troops available.
General Chaffee says he considers the
city of Manila to be perfectly orderly and
he can see no prospect of an uprising.
Commissioner Wright thinks the people
extremely peaceable.' He is satisfied
that, although among a certain class there
is some discomfort account of the land
tax, which is not yet understood, this class
is not likely to foment trouble.
Many army officers say they are gratified
at the increase in the military force. They
think that, with the military guard with
drawn from the prison. another uprising
there might result in the release of about
1.S00 prisoners. This possibility is regarded
as a menace to the city by those who take
that view of the case, as they regard the
white guard as insufficient. Civil officials
look upon this contingency unlikely
inasmuch as the six hundred white police
could mobilize at the prison before any of
tho prisoners could escape and become dis
persed throughout the disaffeced district.
Word was received to-day that the in
surgent Colonel Loreel, with seventeen Of
ficers and thirteen men, surrendered yester-
day to Captain Brown of the Fourth In
fantry. at Talsay The surrender of nu-
merous other smaller contingents last week
brings the total to more than one hum
Gred.
Governor Taft is expected to return to
Manila on Tuesday afternoon. after having
appointed civil officers throughout northern
Luzon
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WAS WELL KNOWN HERE.
Mr.. Evans Had Many Friends and Ac-
quaintances I'm Indiana.

Friends in this city of Robert Grenap
Evans. United States district attorney for
Minnesota were much shocked Sunday
afternoon to learn of his sudden death i'm
Minneapolis on Sunday morning. They at
tribute his death to the injuries received in
an accident which befell him while out
driving with Senator Fairbanks at Min
neapolis about ten days ago. Senator
Fairbanks was the guest of Mr.. Evans
a his home in Kenwood suburb Of
Minneapolis. and last Friday. a week ago.
while both were out driving the horses
became frightened and both Mr.. Evans
and Senator Fairbanks were compelled to
jump in order 10 save their lives. Al
CONTINUED ON PAGE q col. II
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TINE EXPIRES TO-DAY.
Turkey Has Little Time in Which to
Settle with France.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 25.-M. Con-
STAINS. the French ambassador, sent note
TO the Porte last Thursday TO the effect that
he would leave Constantinople on Aug. 20
unless the French claims were settled.
Thereupon Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish min
lister of foreign affairs called at the French
embassay and informed NJ. Constans that
the Porte had abandoned the idea of pur-
chasing the quays-first, because convinced
that the purchase would be a bad specula-
tion for Turkey; and, second. on account
of the financial difficulty involved, as the
Ottoman government had no hope that the
Paris market would take up loan to cover
the purchase.
Nj. COnstans then gave the Ottoman gov
ernment until Monday tomorrow to issue
an trade granting the quays company full
rights and an indemnity for the two years
during which the company had been de-
prived of those rights.
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ATTACKED THE WRONG MAN.
Negro Train Porter Killed by Bag
gagemaster i'm GeOrgin.

MACON. Ca. Aug. 81. G. Merriweth-
er baggagemaster on the Georgia South
ern Florida Railroad shot and killed
VIII Freeman, a negro porter on the same
train. to-day. near Naldosta. Bad feeling
had existed between the men for some
time. Yesterday they accidentally met on
the shoe Fly train. a few minutes after
the train left ValdOsta the negro entered
the baggage car and uttering an oath ex-
claimed: II have got you where want
you and I am going TO throw you out OF
this car
The negro sprang on Merriwether, who
is a small man. A tussle ensued and Free
man was shot through the head, dying in
sfanflV
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FACING STARVATION.


SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 25.-Reports
to-day from Zacapata county confirm the
news that the poorer classes there are
facing starvation. They must have i'm
mediate help in the way of food or the
suits will be terrible. Range water has
failed and cattle too weak to travel.
and are dying rapidly. The country is
literally burned up by drought. There is
not a green thing to be seen except cactus
plants. Zacapata county is fifty miles
from the nearest railroad, and whatever
in the way of food is sent 10 the farmers
in the famine-stricken place must be
hauled from Laredo, a two-days' trip at
best.
Mayor Hicks. of this city. has started
relief fund and already has sent small
sum OF money to Laredo to be used I'm
buying food for the sufferers, but what lie
has sent is hardly drop i'm the bucket.
Relief work will be continued here. Moth
ing has been heard from the War Depart
ment in answer to "A request for rations
sent by Congressman Kleberg.
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GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL
CAPT. FORSYTH. OF THE NAVY. DIS
CUSSES SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.
Says the Elevation of Junior tn
Pennant Rank Was Responsible for
the Unfortunate Controversy.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Aug. 25.--Captain
James Mcqueen Forsyth. u. S. N, who
had charge of the naval station at Key
West during the Spanis war;
spent to-day in Kansas City, while en-
route from San Francisco to his home at
Philadelphia. To a Times reporter. Capt.
Forsyth talked of the Schey-Sampson con-
troversy, and that paper tomorrow will
quote him saying:
while we have been instructed by the
Navy Department not to discuss the
the navy looks upon the controversy as an
unfortunate affair. We believe there was
plenty of glory for all concerned.
THE fact that junior man placed
in command above his seniors is response
BILE for the whole business continued
Capt. Forsyth, Sampson was a captain
and the seventeenth ranking officer of the
navy. No ever thought of him as the
successor of Admiral Sicard and / don't
believe he ever thought of it himself, but
he familiar to the people of Washing
ton. and they decided to place him in COM
mand., OF course, the officers who out
ranked him did not like it, 1t is not to be
ton said Sampson and that settled the
matter. Schley was among the officers
outranking Sampson, and as he was thrown
directly under the juniors command. he
naturally felt the promotion more than
any of the others.
THE battle of Santiago was one of the
most brilliant in history. Regardless of
who was responsible for such effective ex-
ecution, there was glory enough for both
Sampson and Schley. The controversy only
serves to dim the brillianey of the victory
and II is to be greatly deplored That any
one should question the bravery of either
of the men is particularly unfortunate, and
4 believe wholly unjus titled" ="
Captain Forsyth, who Will be retired on
Sept % under the forty-years' service act
has been associated with Admirals Schley
and Sampson at different times during mis-
long life i'm the navy. When he left Key
West he took command of the battIeshin
Indiana. Later he was chief of staff to
Admiral Watson in charge of the Asiatic
squadron. and for the past several months
was second in command at the Mare
Island yard at San Francisco. Captain
Forsyth left here tonight for St Louis
where he will spend few days before pro-
ceeding to Philadelphia.
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TRACK WASHED OUT.
SeabOard AIRLINE Train Ditched-
One Killed. Three Injured.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Aug. 25.-The Florida
& Metropolitan limited train of the Sea-
board Airline was wrecked last night
seven miles south of Cheraw by a sand
bank washing out The killed and injured
are:
FIREMAN ROSEMOND. crushed to
death.
ENGINEER MUSE. shoulder and leg in
Jured.
TOM CLEARY. another engineer, injured
in knees and legs.
POSTAL CLERK, name unknown. slight
ly bruised.
The passengers escaped with severe
shaking up. The engine and four front cars
left the track and were turned completely
over. The engine was mass of debris. The
tender was thrown fifty yards away.
The track was torn up for $50 yards and
every car was of the track
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ENGLISH BOILER TESTS


LONDON, Aug. 26.-The report issued by
the Admiralty regarding the boiler testing
race between the British cruiser Hyacinth,
fitted with water tube boilers, and the
cruiser Minerva, having cylindrical or
Scotch boilers. is the theme Oh extensive
comment. 1t is generally admitted that the
contest was not under conditions which
would enable the formation of a decisive
opinion. Considerable doubt is again
thrown on the supposed superiority of the
Belleville boiler. 1t is urged that even If
the superiority of this boiler should be
established the delicacy of mechanism ac-
companying the Belleville creates liability
TO serious arrangement.
On the whole the press considers that the
Admiralty is overhasty in adopting the
Belleville boiler without further expert
ments of an exhaustive character.
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LONDON, Aug. 26.-Although the French
papers hail Turkeys yielding as a great
triumph for France-more especially as it
was largely believed that the Sultan's OBJ
duracy was due to the supposed friendship
between Germany and Turkey-it is felt i'm
London, despite considerable satisfaction
over the outcome. that there is a grave
doubt to whether France achieved more
than paper victory. The British theory
is that M Constans really wished to force
Turkey to purchase quays which are no.
toriously unremunerative. The Sultan has
avoided this. thus securing the practical
results, while leaving to NJ. Constans the
empty ngratulations.
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FIERCE WIND AND RAIN.


MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Aug. S.-Minne-
apolis experienced fierce rain. wind and
hailstorm about 3 o'clock this evening,
which did much damage 10 property I'm the
city and vicinity. No one was hurt. In the
business part of the city large plate glass
windows were smashed and the street-car
system was demoralized for three hours by
crossed wires.
AT one OF the Great Northern steel ele-
vators the heavy cupola was blown from
the building, smashing a house near bv
the residents narrowly escaping injury
In many residence localities all the win
dows i'm the houses were blown out
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On the Berlin Bourse.

BERLIN. Aug. 25.-Business on the
bourse continues restricted, but on the
whole, a confident feeling prevails. owing
to the almost complete absence of sellers.
The tone of the market, last week, was
firm, and such changes as occurred were,
for the greater part, in favor of holders
At the beginning of the week home gov
ernment securities were easy, but they
hardened later on report that the banks
would be compelled to invest their reserves
in government bonds. The first petroleum
ships from Baku have arrived at Dortmund
by the way of the Ems canal.
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MACARTHUR AT CHICAGO.
Greeted by Members of His Famous
Civil War Regiment.

CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Maj. Gen. Arthur
Macarthur, who has just returned from the
Philippines, will leave for Washington on
Wednesday, TO report to the War Depart
ment. He expects to stop at Canton on
his way East. TO pay his respects TO Pres
ident Mckinley. On Sept. IL he will return
to his home in Milwaukee Seventeen men,
bers of General MacArthur's old regiment,
the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers,
paid their respects TO their former COM
mander this afternoon at his hotel 1t was
their first meeting with General Macarthur
since the close of the civil war in 1865.
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CAST UP BY THE SEA.
Bottle Telling OF SchOoner's Wreck
Twenty-Five Years Ago.

VICTORIA h. c.. Aug. 25.-Harry
Barnes. a prospector who has arrived at
Cape Nome. tells a story to the Gold
Digger of having found a ships medicine
bottle tightly corked on the sandspit on
Hagenmaister island. in the northern part
OF Bristol bay. which contained a sheet
OF paper on which was the following mes
sage in faded ink.
July "a. 1S79-The schooner Albert
wrecked in Unimak Pass, eighteen hands
aboard. storm still raging. c. r. MLEOD,
ships master"
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Several Persons Are Injured Near
Paducah, One Fatally.

PADUCAH, Ky, Aug. 25.-An Illinois
Central accommodation train from Fulton,
Ky. and light engine collided on curve
at 1880 a. m. to-day. three miles from this
city. Engineer w. c. Eubanks, of the
light engine, who overlooked the passen-
ger train. was fatally hurt. both legs be-
ing cut off. The others injured are: Con-
ductor l.. II. Arm. F'Iagman Murphy,
Engineer Mike Kelly, Express Messenger
Clarence Wright, Fireman William Hay
and several passengers. none seriously.
Both engines were demolished.
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LONDON. Aug. 25.-The War Office has
received the following dispatch from Lord
Kitchener. dated at Pretoria to-day
DE Larey has issued a counter procla-
nation. warning all Beers against my lat
est proclamation and declaring that they
will continue the struggle.