Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-23

pose of property thought to have been
taken from the store.
Sues Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids, May 2O.-Petitions
have been filed in the district court
here against the city by the father of
Willie Hernandez, as administrator Of
the latters estate, asking damages in
the sum OF $4,000 on account of the
death of the boy who was killed here
last April by being crushed under
meath pile of lumber which fell on
him as he was passing along the
street.
Milwaukee Matter Settled.
Washington, May 20-All matters
connected with the right-of-way and
depot grounds for the new Milwaukee
cutoff through this city have been
settled Both the company and the
people of this place are very well sat.
listed with the outcome of the matter.
Monument Marks Hero's Grave.
Sioux City, May 20.-The FLOYD
monument to the memory of Andrew
G. Anderson, who on May is. 1892.
saved twenty-three persons, from
drowning in the Floyd river and then
was himself drowned, was unveiled
here with appropriate ceremonies by
the knights of Pythias.
Horse Hangs Itself.
Washington, May 2O-A horse be-
longing to Herman Wallace, of this
place, fell over a high embankment
while tied to tree on the edge of a
deep ditch and was strangled to death.
Strike Leaders Enjoined.
Cedar Rapids, May 20 Judge
Thompson, of the district court, has
issued a temporary Injunction re-
straining the leaders of the striking b.
9. r. N. shopmen here from interfer.
ing in any way with the men employ.
ed by the company. The railroad
company say it is a precautionary
measure taken in the fear that trouble
is imminent.
Life Crushed Out.
Council Bluffs, May 20.-Albert
Rachwitz, foreman of the Illinois Cen.
trail switch engine gang, who lives at
Thirteenth street and Twenty-third
avenue, was killed here in an accident
which occurred near the corner of
Eighteenth street and Broadway. He
was standing on the footboard of the
Omaha Bridge & Terminal engine No.
l when it left the track and plunging
down five-foot bank he was caught
under one of the ponderous driving
wheels and his life crushed out.
Girls Injured in Runaway.
Iowa City, May 2O.-Misses Jessie
Kent and Nellie Schwimley, of this
place, were thrown from buggy dur.
ing an exciting runaway, both alight-
ing on their heads on the stone curb.
ing. Both girls when picked up were
covered with blood and badly bruised.
They will recover.
Surveyors at Work.
Montezuma, May 20.-The engineer
corps of the proposed Des Moines, To-
wa City and Eastern railroad have ar
rived here and are driving stakes
They are working in the direction of
Searsboro.
Iowa Boy browns.
Shell Rock, May 2O.-Harry White,
seventeen years OF age, only son of
Henry White, a prominent wealthy
farmer of near this place, was drown
ed in the Shell Rock river while bath
ing. Details of the matter will never
be known as the unfortunate young
man was alone.
Many Men Injured.
Des Moines, MAJ 20.-At the open
ing of the new Sunday ball park yes
terday afternoon a section of the
bleachers, on which 500 persons were
seated, collapsed, dropping them into
the wreckage. A number of the occu-
pants of the stand were severely bruis-
ed and injured, but Albert Mauer, aged
sixteen, is the only one whose hurts
are serious. He sustained bad cut
in the scalp. Sixteen bicycles quarter
ed under the stand, were wrecked For
a time it seemed that the overcrowd-
ed grand stand would fall.
Horses and Barn Burn.
Bentonsport, May 20. Especially
large barn on the farm of ]. R. Guth-
rie. north of this place, was destroyed
by fire Saturday night at II o'clock.
Four horses were cremated a new farm
wagon, farm implements, corn and hay
were destroyed. The loss is several
thousand dollars with no insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Burglary at keokuk.
Keokuk, May 20.-A burglar who is
something of mystery ransacked the
office of the Standard Oil company
here but secured nothing. He failed
to notice that a card of information
stating that the safe was unlocked
was in plain view.
Milwaukee Line Undecided.
Muscatine, May 2O.-A private let
ter has been received by the editor of
the Muscatine Journal in which it is
stated by a prominent official of the
Milwaukee railroad that the line of
the Milwaukee cutoff has not been
permanently located. The official who
wrote the letter is in the passenger
department of the road.
Was Badly Injured.
Creston, May 20.-Thomas Riley,
foreman for Contractor Grant, who has
the contract for the construction of a
section of the Burlington improvement
west of Alton, was badly injured by
being struck by freight train. One
shoe was torn off the injured mans
foot, the bones broken, one ear is torn
off, his back is injured and he has an
ugly cut on his forehead. He may re.