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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
TAKE MATTER TO COURTS.
Silberstein Bros. of Davenport and
Clerks Union to Clash.

F. P. Baer of this city, internation-
al president of the Retail Clerks Pro-
tective association returned home this
morning from Rock Island, where he
attended a meeting of the Tri-City
labor congress, which was held yes
terday afternoon in Rock Island. The
meeting was held for the purpose of
taking final action in the case against
Silberstein Bros, of Davenport. VINO
insist on violating the state law by
keeping their store open on Sunday.
Mr.. Baer was seen by Courier rep
resentative this morning and he stat
ed yesterdays meeting was very
large and enthusiastic one. He said
there were about two hundred mem
bers of the Clerks organization in at
4 tendance Yesterday was the first
time the Labor congress had taken up
/. the Silberstein matter, and now that
ut has become identified with the con-
tfpversy it proposes to see it thru 10
am end. The matter of funds for the
PROSECUTION of the firm was taken up
and satisfactorily settled. All money
necessary will be furnished the clerks
in the proposed action that is to come.
1t is alleged Silberstein Bros, is
the only firm in Davenport that keeps
open on Sunday, and the clerks pro.
pose to see that they observe the law,
which prohibits doing business on the
Sabbath day. The matter will be tax.
en- up Immediately by the courts at
Davenport, and the clerks are very
confident of reaching decision ia
vorable to their side of the case.
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oTruMwA TEMPLARs PLEASED.
A New Building to Be Erected at spr.
it Lake.

Nearly every Knight Templar in OF
tumwa, has at some time or other, VS.
tied the barracks" at Spirit Lake,
the place where the annual conclaVes
take place, and each member OF the
order will be interested in the an
nouncement that plans are ready Tor
a new building for the construction Of
Templar pavilion by the grand COM
mandery. The headquarters of the
committee having the matter in
charge are in Burlington and Bur-
lington man conceived the idea OF
building the pavilion.
The building is to be of frame and
very pretty tho simple style of arcn-
itecture. 1t is to cost, when complat-
ed, between $4,000 and $4,000, and tho
the contract has not been let, the To-
cal committee intends to have the
work on the foundation begun by the
first of May. The dimensions OF the
new building are to be S0x40, and it is
to be two stories high, with base
ment or rather bath houses, bowling
alleys and boat houses on the
ground floor. On the first floor Will
/ be the pavilion proper, which is to pc
used as a lecture and concert hall and
public functions of all kinds.
The second floor is divided off into
| twenty-four rooms, which have been
made necessary by the increased de-
mand for hotel accommodations at the
time of annual conclaves. The tenn.
plars have barrack containing 1OC
rooms, besides the hotel building
which also includes the asylum, and
the headquarters building. The TEN
plars with the addition of the new pa
vilion will have everything desired il
the way of convenience, and their an
nual conclaves, which are somewhat
in the nature of summer outings, vii
attract larger numbers than evel
from among the 5000 members in the
state of Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
East ottumwa Items.

S. A. Packwood has been employed
on the mail desk at the packing house
Office
A. T. Wind has been transferred
from the order desk to the position of
stock book-keeper.
Fred Manifee, of the roustabout gang
at the packing house, went to Kansas
City recently on business.
Mr.. Mefford, of Hedrick, was visit
or at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
F. G. Buxton, last Monday.
Bert johnson, of the killing gang,
who has been i'll for the past three
weeks, is now much better.
John Mofitt, who is employed in the
box works, was off duty short time
this week on account of illness.
Roy Anderson, of the mailing depart
ment, has resigned to accept a posi-
ton with the Burlington as call boy.
Frank Cornell, formerly of the mail
desk, has been promoted to the posi-
ton of telephone central in the office
A valuable bull dog. belonging to
| William Jennings, foreman OF the car.
penters' gang, was poisoned last week
R. +. Nickels, a travelling salesman
for John Morrell & Co.. living at Bray.
nor, Mo-, was in the city on business
Friday.
William Foot and wife, of Fairfield
who are engaged in evangelistic work
were in the city short time on Wed.
nesday.
A. A. Lewis, weighmaster at the
scales Office, went to Agency yesterday
| to attend the funeral of his old friend
! Wallace Mccoy.
Mrs. J. Allott, of East Main street
has returned from Washington, Iowa
where she has been visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. S. o. Barden.
! Charley Kearns, a young man who
lives near the old Ft. Madison tracks
attempted to commit suicide last
l!Thursday evening, by swallowing {
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PEOPLES PULPIT.
MkHMssssxsxatsshskSxaA9xEamxwsxs.


We are a great people. Occasion
ally events happen which make us
proud to think what a remarkable ma
ton we belong to. One instance oc-
Cured last week. There was young
man in the East End, who from child
hood had been subject to epileptic fits.
His disease made him specially sus-
ceptible to the effects of alcohol. A
very little would affect his mind. For
years he had been a total abstainer.
Last Friday by some means he was
led to drink some liquor and while I'M
der the delirium it caused he took an
axe and broke mail box. Now the
city and state, by statute, on consider
alton of receiving part of the proceeds,
had guaranteed the right of the dealer
to sell the young man the liquor. The
United States government also receiv-
ed part of the proceeds of the sale in
the form of internal revenue. As soon
as the delirium wore off and the
young man found what he had done
he went up town, found a policeman,
told him what he had done, and, altho
the policeman was reluctant, insisted
that he be taken to the station, where
he was locked UP in jail.
Now the United States is a great
nation and anything that threatens
its safety or prosperity cannot be toll
Grated for moment. That mail oos.
belonged to the United States. So
the United States marshal was tel5-
graphed for and came up by first
train from government headquarters
at Keokuk, with authority to secure
the young man and take him down to
Keokuk to have him safely incarcerat.
ed in the national prison at that place
He is there now with desperate
criminals. In few weeks the whole
machinery of the United States judi
ciary will be put in operatior-judge
court, witnesses. marshal. prosecutiEg
attorney and all the rest A govern
ment trial will be held and in sol
emn manner the young man will DC
declared guilty and sentence pro
nounced upon him. OF course this is
perfectly proper and right for that
mail box cost not less than seventy
FIVE cents at wholesale and possibl,
even more. and besides the majesty
of the United States government must
not be insu.ted.
But, as said in beginning, We car
see in all this the greatness of oul
United States government and it's Gu
periority to all littleness and parsi
mony in money matters. 1t was will
ing to undertake al the elaborate am
expensive procedure when really it
share of the profits on the whisky thu
crazed the young man and caused AZ
deed was probably not over six or sep
en- cents at the outside. Perhaps i
may seem to some that it is all rattle
unfair to the young man. but common
people can't be expected to under
stand the philosophy of these things
/ once saw a mother deliberatei,
tease her baby boy till she made hin
cry and then send him away from tn
supper table to punish him for crying
She was highly educated, respected
cultured lady, so unquestionably wha
she did must have been all right.
d. A. Murray.
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A UNITARIAN SERMON.
Rev. Mary A. Stafford of Des Moines,
Speaks in ottumwa.


Rev. Mary A. Stafford, of Des
Moines, secretary of the State Unitar-
ian association, and associate pastor
of the Unitarian church at Des Moines
was in the city yesterday and last
evening spoke in the Modern Wood
men hall in the Summers block, in the
interest of the faith she represents
Mrs. Stafford is one of the foremost
woman pastors in the country and is
also one of the most prominent work
ers in the cause of Unitarianism She
was for several years the pastor q
the Unitarian church at Sioux City
and has recently been transferred tc
Des Moines, her work now being Thu
organization of local Unitarian socie
ties in the different cities in Iowa.
In this work Mrs. Stafford has beer
remarkably successful. Her twenty
five years experience in the work has
let her become very familiar with The
work, ard she is entirely at home il
the pulpit, as much so as any of ths
preachers of the other sex. She is {
woman of pleasing personality. era
cious and cultivated, and her address
es are helpful to those of her faith ans
interesting to those of other denomin
ations.
Some twenty years ago there wer,
several believers in Unitarianism ii
this city. and there was then mucl
promise of furnishing society here
but the state missionary, to whom wa
due much of the interest taken, wa
removed from the state and the worl
was dropped before the movemen
had been strongly grounded in Ottum
wa. This is, or was, the condition 81
several other places in Iowa, and Mrs
Stafford is now recognizing the state
She has been very successful, and sey
eral of the societies now in eXistenc
in Iowa owe their being to her.
Nearly hundred people were pres
ent at last evenings meeting, and Mrs
/ Stafford delivered an excellent sermo
on the theme, obedience to the Hea'
emily Vision" The address was
brief statement of the philosophy {
Unitarianism, obedience to the Hea'
emily vision, according to the speake
meaning living up to ones highe.
/ ideals.
!, Mrs. Stafford will return to this cit
in two weeks, and on Sunday evenin!
1 April Z, will again speak in the Mo-
ern Woodmen hall, Summers block.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
OIL WELL IN WYOMING.
Discovery Of High Grade Lubricant
Makes Excitement.

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 23-There
is great excitement in this section over
the discovery of high-grade lubricating
oil near Evanston, in the southwestern
corner of wyoming. The Union Pa
cific, while drilling for water, struck a
flow of oil, and the well has since as
sumed the proportions of gusher.
Oil men from California. Pennsylvania,
Nebraska and Utah have hurried to the
scene, and upwards of 621 square miles
of oil land have been located. Experts
pronounce the discovery one of the
most important made in recent years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
A SERIOUS AFFAIR
Ed Johnson, of st. Louis, Alleged to
Have Attempted Assault.
DOLLY YOUNG, The GIRL IN THE CASE
Said to Have Taken Place in Gene
tery-culprit is Captured by Means
of a Street Car-Being Held for Fur
ther NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Notes.

[From Mondays Daily.l
Ed. johnson, claiming to be bar
Der and giving his home as st. Louis,
Mo-, was given five days on the stone
pie, in police court today. There is a
story connected with the case that
may develop something sensational.
According to the story told the police
johnson attempted to assault girl
named Dolly Young last evening. Not
much credence is put in the story
however, but it was decided to hold
the man and have an investigation
made. If the girl does not appear
against him, he will be released.
According to Johnson's story, he az
rived in the city about 8 o'clock yes.
terday afternoon. He roved around
the streets until after supper, when
he met the Young girl on the street.
He accosted her, and asked her to
take walk and he says she consent
ed. The couple walked to the Ottum-
wa cemetery. and it was here the al
legged assault is supposed to have oc-
cured. After they had gone inside
the cemetery gates, the girl made an
cutlery. and Johnson started to run.
He was seen by the employees on a
street car which arrived about that
time, and they in company with a
number of boys gave chase. 1t was
soon seen that the man would make
his escape, so H. H. Blackledge and e.
A. Chambers, the motoneer and con.
ductor respectively, got on the car and
gave chase in that manner. A lively
run to Woodland avenue was then
had when the car overlook the fleeing
man. The street car men took him in
charge, and carried him to the police
station. He was placed in Jail, and
no charge placed against him by the
girl, SO it was decided to hold him or
the vagrancy charge. An investiga
| ton will be made by the officials, bui
it will probably result in the man be
/ ing turned loose.
Was Here Before.
Geo. Daley was arrested yesterday
/ by Officer Pack on suspicion. Wher
he appeared in police court this morn
1 ing he was recognized as one of The
men who was placed in jail here dur
ing the street fair two years ago, ant
in company with three others made
their escape by climbing over the roo
of the city jail. He was given fiye
days on the stone pile by Judge Hal
this morning and his case will be in
yestigated. 1t is said he is beins
held on some charge that the police
will not divulge.
Plenty of Tramps.
Ten "bums" who had asked 70
lodging since Saturday were release
this morning on. account of it's bein;
election day. Everybody around TIL
station was busy electioneering, an,
had no time to watch such a larg
crowd on the stone pile.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26

spoonful OF iodine DR.. Newell at
tended him and it is said that he is in
no danger. NO cause for the act IS
given.
j. E. Burnstedt, republican nominee
for city solicitor, was a visitor at the
packing house and among the en-
ployes on Thursday.
Mike Moffitt, foreman of the box
works, has again placed the reading
room under obligations for some late
illustrated newspapers.
T. d. Fosters favorite driving mare,
'Hetty," died last Friday. DR.. Miller
says she suffered from disease called
"hyp-er-diag-b ol-see-vim'
Wesley Peoonka, foreman in the
employ of the Oppenheimer caslns
department was at his old home IN
Cedar Rapids last week.
The sympathy of large circle or
friends goes out to John Gallagher. OF
the cellars, whose wife, Mrs. Catherine
Gallagher, died on Wednesday.
W. w. Ruckman, Burlington con-
ductor, who has run west out OF OF
tumwa, will remove his family from
Charlton to this city in a short time.
Night Watchman Zell Zimmerman
has bought a valuable horse from Neil
Horne, and will hereafter ride the ami
bal between his farm and the packing
house.
A. Fl. Lewis, formerly of the office
force, but now an auditor on the Baltl-
more and Ohio railroad, was visitor
at the packing house among old
friends.
C. w. Comegys, one of the book
keepers for John Morrell & Co.. VINO
has been off duty for two weeks on ac-
count of illness, returned to work on
Monday.
Joe Hopkins, who manages the tele-
phone exchange at the packing mouse,
and who has been spending his annual
vacation in Des Moines, returned nome
last Monday.
| Plans are on foot for musical en-
| tertainment to be given in the near nut
ure by j. H. Rheem, at the East Ottum-
wa Presbyterian church. The pre
ceeds are to be used in the purchase OF
new organ.
Judge M. A. Roberts and l.. I. Rich
mond held meeting in the dining room
at the packing house last Thursday
evening in the interest OF the new IN
surance company called the Fratefnal
Pilgrims of America.
Will Randall, of Batavia, who is en-
gagged in the dry goods and grocer.
business there, was caller here las'
Monday. Mr. Randall was formerly
employed in the smoked meat depart
ment at the Morrell packing house.
Charles Holt and his two sons were
slightly poisoned last Sunday eyenlns
by eating canned peaches, but the ef
fects were only temporary and al
three are now we'll. Mr.. Holt is EN-
ployed in the painters department.
4 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burlington, VIII
have resided on Railroad street for tn
past twenty years, have removed u
Aurora, Indiana, and will make tina
place their future home. Mr.. Bufflns
ton was for several years employed a
conductor on the Burlington.
A telegram received from Clyde Ben
nett, paymaster at the packing house
on Friday, announced the death OF hi
father. He was called to chicago
where his father lived, on Thursday
and was present when death occurred
!. A large number of friends of MI. Ber
, nett in this city will regret to near Q
: his loss and will sympathize with hir
in his sorrow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
HE FAILED TO PASS.
Albert Kennedy, of Company 81"
Could Not Be Given Commission.

Colonel H. H. Caughlan has re-
ceived official notification that Albert
Kennedy, who was recently elected
second lieutenant of Company 81" Of
Newton, failed to pass the physical
examination which was recently held
in Des Moines, and will, therefore,
not be given commission. Colonel
Caughlan will order new election to
elect his successor, but the date has
not been decided upon.
This was the only man who was eX-
amined from the Fiftieth regiment,
who failed to pass the examination
and as it was very rigid, it shows an
excellent class of men have been Sc.
cured.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
KATE sHELLEY's BRIDGE.
The Worlds Greatest Railway Bridge
Will Bear Her Name.

Boone, March 20.-The new North
western bridge near completion just
west of this place will furnish mag
nificent memorial to Kate Shelley, the
heroine of the Moingona bridge. 1t has
been decided to christen the bridge
with her name and as it is the greatest
and most expensive of it's kind in the
world it will prove unique and last
ing monument for the perpetuation of
her heroic act.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
Last Weeks Hog Figures $500
Comparatively Low.
PRICES ON poRKERs ADVANCED
Condition of Hog Market-Bad coun-
try Roads Held Responsible for Mod
crate Marketing of Hogs-Interess-
ing Items Concerning East ottumwa.

packing house last week were 4,ooo,
considerably lower than for some time,
the week before figures being $500.
The poor roads are probably largely
to blame for this condition, altho 1t is
said to be in existence all over the
country. judging from the report in
the Cincinnati Price Current, which
says:
The marketing of hogs has been
very moderate the past week as pack
ing returns from the west show total
of 100000 hogs killed, against 3S5,000
the preceding week and 100000 two
weeks ago. The corresponding week
a year ago the number killed was Abs
900 and two years ago 355,000. Since
March / there were 1,005,000 hogs
handled compared with 100000 last
year-a decrease of $4,000 or So per
cent. The quality of the receipts will
average good tho it does not equal the
splendid quality which prevailed most
of the winter. Prices for hogs have
advanced on the average somewhat
over twenty cents per 100 pounds dur
ing the week and are 80 cents per 100
pounds higher than a year ago.
The market for the hog products has
been fairly active during the week, es-
pecially in speculative way and
prices have advanced, May pork at
Chicago to the extent of S1.97h pei
| barrel May lard 1917 cents per 10C
pounds and short rib sides 20 cents
per 100 pounds The moderate stock
of pork and the sharp advance in the
May price are regarded as an indica
| ton of manipulation in this article
and some believe that a corner is be
ing attempted on May pork. The
July price advanced so cents per bar
rell, or only a shade more than one
third as much as the May option. 9th
er articles show natural advance re
! slllting from a fair demand and ligh
receipts of hogs. The export move
ment of hog product is fair, tho some
what smaller than last week and {
year ago
The following shows the lowest
| highest and closing prices of leading
articles at Chicago for the week, TO
i deliveries indicated, and also thu
closing week ago and year ago:
May May Ma.
pork. lard. sides
Lowest ....... 1880 S7.65 $40
/ Highest -. 49,. 1880 1917 7.721
4 Closing 1885. 1890 7.85 ITO
Week ago $500. 1922 7.72R 7,50
Year ago -. .11.40 605 6,10
For, current delivery, green hams 1
pounds selling at $9.00@$9.121a, gree
shoulders s6.37ts@ 6.50 per 100 pound:
Sweet picked hams 16 pounds S9.121
@9.25. shoulders $6.62h @6.75-at Oh
cago.
The weeks export clearances of no
product compared with correspondent
time last year:
Past week. Last yea
Pork, pounds .... 1,01100O 10000
Bacon pounds -. 5,751,0O0 13,554,00
Total meats !. .16,7620OO 14.S50,00
Lard, pounds .12,3S5,000 1924 100
Total product .29,1S470O0 31,091, 90
Special reports to the Cincinna
Price Current show the number {
hogs packed since March 1 at unde
mentioned places compared with las
Eli ~.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
Strike Ended.

Marion, Ind, March 23.-A settle
ment between the strikers and the
McBeth Glass company was effected
today. Four hundred strikers will re-
turn to work Monday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
THOUSANDS SAW HANGING.
coIored Man Publicly and Legally E,
ecuted in Arkansas.

Arkadelphia, Ark, March 23.-Johr
Wesley, colored, was hanged here to
day for a terminal assault, in the pres
ence of 10000 people. He confessed
s,is ori1nn. ;... s.--a-..--..
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26

Gaulihower, per head...... 1920
lettuce, per mead. 10
ofanoerraes, per quart. 1o@1ohi
Garden and Field Seed.
The following prices on seeds. in
greatest demand at the present time,
We're quoted by local dealers in seeds
Friday morning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
Was Here Before.

Ten buns" who had asked for
lodging since. Saturday were released
this morning on account of it's being
election day. Everybody around the
station was busy electioneering, and
had no time to watch such a large
crowd on the stone pile.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26

Special reports to the Cincinnati
Price Current show the number of
hogs packed since March l at under
mentioned places compared with last
year as follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
oTTuMwA MARKETS.
Live Stock and Poultry.

All choice hogs over 200 lbs Sc
Choice hogs, 140 to 200.... 5.5
Cows, per cwt. 00@3.O
Heifers, per cwt. .00@3. s
Calves .........4. 00@4. g
Sheep. ...... ..3.00@S. S
Poultry fowls ....i.. .s..... .
Springs ........a ,...-s-.-.-.si&
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-11-29
"TheIma."

Readers of popular novels will
rejoice to hear that Marie Corelli 5
much talked of novel; "Thelma, y
has been dramat zed and will be
produced by Alden Benedlct's com
pany at Hollands Opera House on
the evening of Dec. 5. The version
is by Chas. w. Chase and undoubt-
eddy destined to live long and
popular life. All of the main incl
dents of the book have been care.
fully reproduced in the drama
The players and costumes have
been selected with the utmost care.