Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-01

citation is waiting Tor certain matters
to develop The gentleman referred
to says there is no doubt, as things
are shaping themselves, that the at
tempt to enforce the law will be made
and that lawyers from either Cedar
Rapids or Des Moines will be engag-
ed to prosecute the cases in the event
of failure to enforce the mulct law.
1t is expected that some of the finan-
cial aid will come from Des Moines
and that temperance societies will 10
their share.
Muscatine.
A fine new theatre, the Grand, was
opened here Thursday night with a
$4,000 house. The seats sold at $40
each and the amount realized is 81, 900
in excess of the amount guaranteed
by the Commercial club to the pro-
moters who built the house.
Knoxville.
The grand jury has been asked to
investigate very peculiar case at
Howell, small station on the Wa
bash about eight miles northeast of
here. Two men, Phil Schell and a
brother-in-law named Koopmans, it is
alleged, have been making a practice
of fleeing the students who went
there from Pella in order to catch the
Wabash train by making them pay %
cents for tagging the train. When
the students refused to pay they were
dealt with in a rough manner and
would finally give up the money.
WapelIo.
Word has been received that Albert
A. Brady, secretary of the s, s. Nc
Clure company, died in Rome, Italy,
Mr.. Brady has been suffering from
heart trouble, and for year has been
unable to attend to business. He went
to Germany last spring for treatment,
and was in Rome with his family on
the way to spend the winter in Egypt,
when he died.
Mr. Brady was born in this place
thirty-eight years ago. His early edu
cation was in the public schools at
Davenport. He was graduated from
Knox college in the class of 1882, be.
ing classmate of S. S. Mcclure and
John S. Phillips.
Cedar Rapids.
1t is probable meeting will be held
in Davenport or Rock Island about
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| 1llinois-Iowa Baseball league. There
has been a movement on foot for sew
eral months in number of the Iowa
and Illinois cities looking toward pro
fessional baseball for the coming sea
son, and while there have been many
discouragements, the movement now
bids fair to eliminate in the organize
| ton of a strong league.
Davenport.
Committees from the Davenport
Business Mems association, the Rock
Island club, the Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION of Rock Island and the Mo
line Business Mems association will
meet Tuesday evening in Hotel Som
mers, Moline, to formulate an invita-
ton to President Mckinley to visit the
three cities and Rock Island arsena
1 during his western trip, the coming
i spring. In view of the tone of reptile!
to previous letters, it Is believed tina
4 the attempt to secure the visit from
the chief executive this time will b,
successful. The committees are go
| ing at it with that idea in view, at an!
! rate.
i Atlantic.
Mayor Tilden has accepted posi-
ton as the advance representative o
the Andrews Opera company and ha
left for Missouri to begin work. Thi
leaves the city without an acting ma
yor. He did not. resign because /
was not. thought necessary to put tn,
city to the extra expense of specia
election.
j keokuk.
i Yesterday Judge Bank sentences
1 G. H. Macy and e. D. Turner to sever
/ years in the state penitentiary at FL
Madison They are alleged safeblow
ers, who tried to crack the safe o
Louis Stern and were tried and con
victed of breaking and entering tina
building. The two men were takel
yesterday afternoon to FIT. Madison
| by Sheriff John Kenney.
/ Des Moines.
1 The resignation of Arthur l., Rul
as assistant inspector general ha
4 heen received at the adjutant general
office, which resignation will talk
place on the first of the year. Majo
Olmsted, inspector general of the low
4 National Guard, has recommends
Major John T. Hume, of Des Moines
to fill the vacancy.
EX-GOVERNOR DRAKE