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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

IFrom Tuesdays Daiy.1
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Keefe,
a son, early this moving.
son was born yesterday afternoon
to Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hinsey, of 1916
North Wapello street,
$40 West Fourth street
AT 1925 yesterday afternoon occurred
the death of E. M. Turk, aged sixty
seven years, at the family residence,
Miss Jennie Hampshier and Frank
Cramblit were married today at noon
by Squire Ballard. Both parties reside
in Polk township.
Marriage licenses were issued to-
day as follows: Frank Cramblit and
Miss Mary Hampshier; R. j. Work
man and Miss Flora M. Stance.
o. P. Overturf, of Hedrick. was in
the city yesterday on business. Mr..
Overturf is one of the old friends of
the Courier, having been a subscriber
OF the paper for thirty-five years.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Wilson have re-
turned home from a trip of five
months duration at Albuquerque,
New. Mexico, and points in California.
Mir. and Mrs Wilson took this trip for
the benefit of Mrs. Wilson's health,
who is much benefited by the same.
Mrs. Eugene Burnaugh and son Ray
mond left this afternoon for Burling-
ton where they will make their future
home. nlr. Burnaugh is the manager
of the Swift Poultry company in that
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Burnaugh formerly
resided at III North Willard street.
The funeral services of Mrs. T. e.
Dimmitt, formerly of this city, whose
death occurred in Chicago Sunday
morning, were conducted this morn
ing at the Sacred Heart Catholic
church, by Rev. Father Bernard
Flood, the pastor of the church. The
remains were inferred in Calvary
cemetery.
c. Hughes left this morning on the
Wabash for Moberly, Mo-, where he
will undergo an operation at the Wa
bash hospital in that city. Mr.. Hughes
was injured in wreck on the Wa
bash railway last December, which oc-
Cured at Decatur, H. He was firing
the engine on the Continental Limit
ed" when this train collided with a
freight train and he has never recov-
cred from the injuries he received at
taas time.
t..sile case against Lewis Jones, one
Of the members of the Pasnau Yang
charged with assault with intelt to
commit murder, was called in district
court this morning. AS was indicat-
ed few days ago, motion was i'm
mediately filed for change of venue.
Henry Mongerman, Robert Pasnau,
Frank O'Neal and Al Fowler, in con-
nection with Jones, all asked for the
change According to their counsel
the men cannot get fair and impair
tial trial in Wapello county.
GFrom Wednesdays Daily.l
Sc. Lofland, of Ottumwa, and Miss
Ella Votaw. of Wright, secured IL
cense to wed at Oskaloosa yesterday
John Paine, the young boy who fell
and broke his left leg about five
weeks ago, and who has been at the
Ottumwa hospital since that time was
able to be on crutches this afternoon
A telegram was received from Nor
walk, Ohio, today by Mrs. W. T. Ma
jors, announcing the death of her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. N. l.. Gebhart, which
occurred at that place Monday, after
an illness of several weeks. The Geb.
hart'S formerly resided in OttumWa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
DEATH OF OLD RESIDENT.
Mrs. j. A. Brown Passed Away Las
Eveninn

[ From Tuesdays Dailyl
At s O'Clock. last evening, at the
residence of the family. four miles
south of the city, occurred the death
of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, the wife of
j. A. Brown. The deceased was aged
70 years. The funeral services will
terry. Mrs. Brown was born in Harri.
son county, Ohio, and came to Wapel.
10 county in 1S49. In October, 1851
she was married here to j. A. Brown
and has been a resident of Wapello
county since that time. She had ma.
ny friends in this vicinity. who will
regret to learn of her death
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
STATE TOURNAMENT
Will be Held at Newton May Is
10 and II.
MAY Be IN OITUMWA NEXT YEAR
Representatives Will Be in Attendance
From This City Who viii Make an
Effort to Get the State Shoot Here
in 1902.

The Newton Gun cluo, under whose
auspices the state shoot will be held
this year, have issued the program for
the tournament the dates for which
are May Is, 16 and II.
These annual meetings of the state
association of gun clubs are the best
attended of the many tournaments
held each year. They bring out more
different classes and calibres of shoot
ers than any of the shot gun events.
At the state meeting the amateur feels
that he will not be alone, and he new
er is. Many men participate in the
Illinois state shoot, who would be lost
at John Watson's midwinter event,
where the seasoned veterans gather to
close up the years work. The man
who successfully completes at Wat
sons winter pigeon festivities must
be the owner of a good gun, a square
jaw and marked ability in the hotel
game, all of which features he will
have to work overtime for the occa-
sion.
The Iowa state shoot is easier for
the amateur than the state events of
Missouri, Nebraska or Illinois. This
is not on account of any lack of cham
pion shots in Iowa, but is due to the
short races. In fifteen and twenty
bird events the amateur stands bet
ter show against the professional than
he does in the longer races.
The first days program consists of
fifteen and twenty target events with
an entrance of S1.50 and 50, Each
event has SIS added and the first eight
are divided on the Rose system, four
moneys in fifteen and five moneys in
the twenty bird events.
The program for the second day is
the same as the first except event No.
10 which is at twenty targets for the
Smith cup, one of the state trophies
emblematic of the state championship
at targets. The entrance to this is
as usual $3.50.
Friday the third day is live bird day.
Event No. 26 is for the two man team
championship at live birds and is
twenty birds to the team This car
ries with it cup. Event ~ Is a fif-
teen bird handicap, $40 entrance with
the distance from rs to 80 yards.
The following is clipping from the
program:
Every shooter in the state should
feel it his duty to attend this meeting
and sportsmen from any part of the
country will be heartily welcomed and
every effort will be made to make the
occasion pleasant
Come for the first day and remain
till the close. Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, May 1861. Yours
truly, d. r. Trip, Sec,
Newton, la"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
NOTHING HEARD FROM ALRlN.
No Trace Can Be Found of the Missing

From Tuesdays Daily.l
No trace can be found of Harry H.
Albin, the man who SO mysteriously
disappeared early Friday morning.
The missing mans wife is devoting her
entire time in trying to find some clue
to her husbands whereabouts, but as
yet has been unsuccessful Her sus.
picion Of foul play increases, however
and she fully believes that Mr. Albin
has been robbed and perhaps murder
ed, for she can discover no reason why
he should want to leave the city. She
found the missing mans switchman's
travelling card at the residence and re
CARDS this as an indication that he has
not left the city, at least of his own
accord.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The Courier is in receipt Of two let
tiers this week which cannot be used
owing to the fact that it cannot be told
where they came from. Correspond
ents should ALWAYS date their let
tiers at the beginning. Some cores
pondents reverse the. rule. Letters
should ALWAYS be signed by the
name of the correspondent This is
not for publication but to insure the
Courier that it will not be imposed up.
on by some one who is not an authoriz-
ed correspondent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
WAS FROM ST. LOUIS. -'
Mysterious Stranger Said He Lived
in Missouri. .,,ae3s

From Tuesdays Daily a5a
Chief Gray received communities
ton this Afternoon from the Burling.
ton man who wrote the note which
was found in the coat pocket former
ly worn by the stranger whose body
was found in the river here Saturday
morning. The writer of the note says
he talked with the man at Burlington
and that the latter told him he was
from st. Louis, Mo-, but did not tell
his name. The Burlington man hai
never seen him before, and had no
more to do with him than giving him
the note found in the pocket of his
coat, telling one Ernest that the bear.
er of the communication wanted
work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
THUMB CUT OFF.
Serious Accident to Ellen Richard.
Yesterday Afternoon.

Little Ellen Richards, the four-year.
old daughter of Mrs. Dora Richards,
Ill West Main street, met with pain.
full accident late yesterday afternoon
The little girl was playing in the yard
back of the home, and by some un.
known manner, she had the thumb OF
her left hand taken off. James Con.
nell, carpenter, was employed at the
house, and was saving a board, and
it is thought that the little girl either
was playing with the saw or fell
against it, stricking her thumb on the
sharp blade of the saw. DR.. E. A.
Sheafe was called and dressed the in.
jured member.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
A sprained Ankle Quickly Cured.

AT one time | suffered from a sly.
we're sprain of the ankle" says Geo
e. Cary, editor of the Guide, Washing
ton, Va. After using several well
recommended medicines without sue
cess, tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and am pleased to say that relief came
as soon as | began its use and com
plete cure speedily followed. This
remedy has also been used in my fam,
lily for frost bitten feet with the best
results. l cheerfully recommend its
use to all who may need first-class
liniment." Sold by druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
WAS NO QUORUM.
City Council Was to Have Discussed
Franchises Last Night.

A call was issued yesterday for a
caucus of the city council last night
to consider the electric railway fran
chises. When the time came for the
calling of the caucus to order quorum
was not present, and Alderman Myers,
as president adjourned the meeting
without any action being taken. No
other caucus has been agreed upon yet
for this week, and it is probable none
will be held before the regular council
meeting Monday night.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
Was Greatly Relieved.
SOUTH SIDE NEWS.

[From Tuesdays Daily.J
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Vlasak, departed
this morning for Riverside to make
that place their future home.
Mrs. H. j. Graham, 122 North Will.
lard street, who has been very i'll, is
reported to be a little better.
Mrs. E. w. Pratt, of Blakesburg, has
arrived for a visit at the home of her
son, A. E. Pratt, 301 Keota street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Petram and chill.
dren returned home Saturday after
spending the winter in Los Angeles,
California.
The funeral services of Frank, the
twenty-two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Rupe, occurred this morn
ing from the residence, seven miles
south of town. The remains were in
tered in the McIntire cemetery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
Western Association.
PoPE's ENcYcLlcAL COMPLETE.
Declaration Regarding Anti-clerical
Measures to Be Published.

Paris, April 3O.-A dispatch to the,
Patrie from Rome says the Pope has
finished his encyclical on the subject
of anti-clerical measures in France,
Spain and Portugal. 1t will probably
be published in a fortnight.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
oo00oe . ose . Gee Q Q . Q
i-Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESS.

Subscribers wishing their address changed
will please give the NAME of tire Post Office TO
which the paper has been sent as we'll as the
Post Office where they desire it to be
Changed to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
.LFrom Wednesdays paily.l

[From Wednesdays Daily.l
Mrs. Eugene Burnaugh and baby, de.
parted yesterday for Burlington to
make that place their future home.
Mrs. Burnaugh has been home from
Burlington several days to pack her
goods.
Pickwick lodge, No. 129, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, has purchased
new paraphernalia for each of the de-
grees of the order. 1t is expected to
reach here in time for use week from
Thursday.
The fire department was called to
the hardware store of w. A. McIntire
& Co., corner Weller and Church
streets, about $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing. The fire was caused by an ex.
plosion of oil gas in the cellar and
was confined to that portion of the
building. The damage is slight, pro.
badly between $500 and $500, fully
covered by insurance.
From Thursdays Daily.l
Rev. John HASTE, pastor of the
South Side Baptist church, is reported
to be quite i'll at his home.
The Friday club will meet Friday af.
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Taylor
Gephart, PIT North Davis street.
Mrs. Josephine Crowell left this ev.
ening for her home in Martinsburg, af.
ter an extended visit in Ottumwa.
Tuesday evening, Mrs. M. A. Nc.
Murtney, who resides on the corner
of Ward street and Finley avenue, had
the misfortune to fall and fracture her
left hand. Mrs. McMurtney's fall was
caused by loose board in the side.
walk on Schuyler street. A young
lady was in front of her and she step.
ped on the loose board which caused
it to fly up. Mrs. McMurtney struck
1t and fell on her left hand, which is
quite badly injured. DR.. Arenschield
was called and attended the injury.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

Try the new remedy for costiveness,
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets. Every box guaranteed. Price
525 cents For sale by druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

is about their turn now. If the OF
tumwa club should be successful it
will no doubt stimulate the sport Of
trap shooting in this vicinity not only
this year but for several years to
come
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

Everybody gets lower prices at a
closing out sale than in the regular
retail way. The Hub is closing out
its entire stock of clothing at clos
ing out prices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
sis, OF uNsoUND MIND.
Mrs. G. .Sauer So Declared Today-A
Guardian Appointed.

Mrs. Catherine Sauer was declared
to be of unsound mind by Judge Fee
today and l.. S. Deveny was appoint
ed her guardian with a bond of $500.
Mrs. .Sauer is the aged German lady
who was discovered in an uncon-
scious condition in her home on Cher
ry street several weeks ago where she
had evidently been beaten and rob-
bed. She was taken to the hospital,
but has never been able to give an in
telligent account of how she re-
ceiyed her injuries.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

The oil discovery in Clay county is
again said to be genuine, and in
abundance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02
Adiudaed Insane.

Mrs. J. F. Knox, residing six miles
west of the city, was today judged in
sane by the insane commissioners and
was taken to Mt. Pleasant today by
her husband and Sheriff F. B. Shuts
Mrs. Knox has recently been suffer
er with the grip, and a complication
of diseases, which resulted in tempo
rary insanity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

Sioux citys new savings bank will
soon be in operation
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

Work will commence again at once
on the sewage disposal plant at Mar
shalltOWn
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

Several representatives of the OF
tumwa Gun club will be in attendance
and will make an effort to secure the
1902 meeting for Ottumwa. This city
has never had state shoot and the
members Of the local club feel that it
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-05-02

IFrom Tuesdays Daiiy1
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Keefe,
a son, early this moving.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
Hints For Smokers.

Here is good tip for a smoker: The
best pipe grows foul sometimes, and
the various patent cleaning devices are
Of little use in making it fresh. But if
you pack the bowl tight with grass or
hay and lay the pipe aside for a few
days you will have it as sweet as when
it was new. Talking about smoking,
here is a good idea for lighting match
es: Don't light them on your trousers,
for you'll burn Sits in them, nor on
your shoe soles, for you'll rub the heads
off. The plan is to rub them on piece
of paper-a folded newspaper, an envel-
ope, a ticket. The silica in the paper
acts like sandpaper.
Many people can't smoke a dozen
cigarettes without getting sore throat.
Inveterate cigarette smokers are fire.
Quently troubled with perpetual cold
in the head. It is not the smoke that
is to blame, but the dust. Now, If you
use a cigarette tube-amber, cherry or
cardboard-a tiny bit Of cotton wool in
the bottom Of it will catch every par
ticle of dust. Try this, and you'll have
no more sore threats. But you may not
enjoy the smOke.-Exchange
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
Balls Campaign Story.

1t is not probable that better story
teller than ex-Lieutenant Governor Da-
vid A. Ball of Missouri ever stood be-
fore an American audience. In 1896
he was trying to persuade the gold
Democrats that, Notwithstanding the
fact that they differed from the regu-
lars on the financial issue, they agreed
with them on so many points that they
ought to vote for Bryan anyway. He
wound up that part of his speech as
follows:
'How would a Mossback Missouri
Democrat look voting with the Repub-
licans? 1 will tell you. Up in Pike
county an old chap undertook to COM
NIT suicide by hanging himself with a
blind bride. Just as he was about
dead his son cut him down. The old
man rubbed his eyes and said, John, if
you had let me alone minute longer
I would have been in heaven Yes,
replied the boy; you would have cut a
deuce Of a figure in heaven looking
through a blind bride, wouldn't you?
And that" concluded Mr.. Ball, ''is the
way Missouri Democrat would look
voting for Republican under any cir
cumstances whatsoeverw-Cham Clark
in Saturday Evening Post.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
The Florida RazOrback.

The Florida ''raZorback" is the hog
indigenous to this climate and soil. He
is usually large of limb and fleet Of
foot, being the only known porker that
can outrun a darby. He has tail Of
Wondrous length, which, while he is in
active notion he twists into the tight
est corkscrew, but with which while
quietly feeding he raps his leathery
sides much in the same manner that
the dOcile COW uses her tail.
He is self supporting. He earns his
own living and thrives equally we'll in
the highwOOdS, in the fatWOods, in the
hummocks and in the marshes. He
subsists upon anything he can find
above the earth or underneath it's sur
face. He has a clear, farseeing eye
and is very sensitive of hearing. Ma
ture has equipped him with snout al
most as long as the beak Of the wild
pelican of BOrneo, with which he can
penetrate tire earth many inches in
quest of worms, snakes and insects.
He is the most intelligent of all the
hogs and is likewise the most coura-
geous. He has been known to engage in
mortal combat with coon for the pos
session of a watermelon and to rend
asunder a barbed wire fence-Forest
and Stream.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
Our SUN a Small One.

The sun is about 81, 100000 miles off.
The only way of measuring the dis
lance of a fixed star is by parallax, and
scarcely more than half dozen can be
estimated that way. oSuppose the sun
is here, in space, on Jan. 1. On July /
he will be 100000 miles over there.
This is the base of measurement. The
observer who wants to estimate the
distance of, say, the star A Centauri
notes it's position with regard to the
next star. In six months he notes
again, and if they are separated by a
different distance so called parallax
is established, and some calculation
can be made of the distance of the
nearest one. In the most favorable
cases this parallax is extremely slight.
What is the sun made of? The lines
of the spectrum give an idea of his
chemical properties, but beyond that
all Is hypothesis. His substance, as
whole, is of much lighter material than
the earth, but yet there may be hard
and heavy fiery pudding inside, for
there is light and thick outer coating,
named the philosophers. Outside this,
refining away to an unknown distance,
is the chromosphere, Of hot air, so to
speak. The spots are riffs through the
philosophers, coming and going, and
some are so large that our whole earth
could be shot right through, with
thousand miles to spare all around.
When total eclipse covers the sun,
flames to the height of thousands Of
miles are seen out Of the philosophers.
The sun is g hundred times larger than
the earth, an easy thing to say, and yet
our sun is believed to be rather small
one. For instance, Sirius is at least
nine times as big.-Imperial.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
GLEANINGs OF STATE.
News of General Interest to People o.
Wisconsin.
TeIegraphic News of Happenings of the
Past Few Days in the Great State
OF NiscOnsin.

Madison, Wis, June 24.-The ma
tional convention of the Gideons,
which will be held in Madison July
81, will usher in an innovation for
this city. Travelling men and Chris
tian orders have both held conventions
here before, but never have the two
been combined as will be the case
next MONTH when the Gideons come,
for the organization that bears this
name is composed Of the travelling
men of America who are allied with
some church, Catholic and Protestant.
1t is but two years ago since the
organization was founded and the
first national convention was held at
Waukegan last June. At that time
600 names were enrolled, but so rapid
ly has the order multiplied that there
are now close to 1900 men who act as
missionaries among the travelling men
throughout the country.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM
Dane at Somers Thinks He Has Perpetu-
al Motion. Sure,

Dane at Soners Thinks He Has Perpetu.
al Motion. Sure,
Kenosha, Wis, June 22.-James
Halter, Dane residing in the town of
SOmers, claims that he has solved the
problem of perpetual motion. Thirty
years ago he began work on machine
to solve the question, and today he
sent a model to the patent office seek
ing patent. Halter claims for his
machine that it is impossible for it to
stop. Eight months ago the machine
was started and the people who have
watched it closely claim that it has
never lost a second.
Up to the present time the motion Of
the machine has been from east to
west and not circular, but Halter
claims that the new model solves the
question of circular motion. Halter
is man of education, and his ma
chine has met with many failures
The little machine is a wonder so far
as workmanship is concerned, all the
intricate parts having been Whitfield
out of wood.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-06-28
Resented the Allegation.

Two men zigzagged unsteadily down
Long street the other morning shortly
after midnight. 1t was a case of unit
ed we stand, divided we fall" Each Of
course was trying to steer the other
safely home. At length No. l came up
against a pole and held fast. No. 2
tried in vain to pull him forward. Then
No. 1 became impatient at the others
obstinacy and spoke very frankly:
"Shay, you're-hic-y0u're slump
thash what you are! I've seen worse
men 'n-hic-you in jail!'
This was more than No. 2 could
stand. He felt that his honor as gen.
tleman had been sullied, and, bracing
himself stiffiy, he replied, with spirit:
eff you shay you've-hic-seen worse
men N me in Jail, why-hic-you're a
liar, thash what you arew-Ohio State
Journal.