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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-04
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-04
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-04
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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-04
FOUR SPECIALS FROM DoMEs-
 TIC DEPARTMENT.

Remnants of plain and fancy striped PiQue, worth 25c, tonight and Monday f21S.c aQ ineh Hemstitched Apron Lawns, worth 25c, tonight and Monday
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
CROP BULLETIN.
Corn Gives Promise of Better Yield
Estimates of Crop Conditions.

Des Moines, Aug. 13.-(Special)-
The temperature of the past week was
about normal, with increased humidity
of the air, and fairly well distributed
showers that came in a manner to be
very beneficial to all growing crops.
Drouthy conditions of some severity
still prevail in number of counties in
the southeastern and east central dis
tricts, but in the larger part of the
state the supply of moisture has been
ample to cause considerable improve
ment in pastures, late corn, potatoes
and gardens. Reports indicate that
late corn has cared sufficiently to give
promise of better yield than has
been anticipated, if September is nor
mally fair and frostless. The early
planted portion of the crop is greatly
damaged, and the ears generally show
defective fertilization. The crop as a
whole will be very valuable in quality
of the fodder and grain that natures,
and much more than the usual acreage
will be harvested with binders.
Following are the estimates of crop
reporters as to average condition of
crops: Corn 55 per cent; spring
wheat S4 oats IS, barley SO, flax "A,
millet 62, potatoes 81, pastures As, APP
pies So, grapes TO-
The threshing returns thus far re-
ceiyed indicate that the oats crop is
generally better than the estimates
made August /.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15

here or elsewhere, and in the second
place, it will never become a united
party so long as bare majority there
insist upon reattmation of the Chi
cago and Kansas City platforms on
the money question.
1T seems to me, therefore, that ev-
cry democrat who honestly desires the
success of democratic views on pres
ent vital questions that deal with fun
damental principles on which our gov
eminent was founded, should be will
ing to ignore. for the present at least,
a question which he knows will lead
to the certain defeat of his party in
both state and nation alike.
when We have settled the question
as to whether or not the Declaration
of independence is string of glitter
ing falsehoods. and the Constitution
of the United Stats a rop of sand. ii
will be time TO renew uur quarrel over
the money question, but, until then
patriotism and political sagacity alike
require that it should Sleep"
Respectfully yours,
Horace Boies."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
Orioinai Notice

In the District Court of the state of
Iowa, in and for Wapello county, October
The Ottumwa Loan and Building Assoc
citation of Ottumwa. Iowa. plainrif. VS..
Anna Lee. ct al, and TO the unknown heirs
w. Lee deceased. defendants
To the unknown heirs at law and claim
ants, of the estate of j. w. Lee, deceased:
You are hereby notified that there is
now on tile in the office of the clerk of the
district court of Wapello county, Iowa, the
petition of the plaintiff. The Ottumwa
Loan and building Association of ottum-
wa, Iowa, claiming as against you the eS-
Enlistment and foreclosure of the mort
gage executed by ]. w. Lee now deceased,
and the defendant. Anna Lee. of date the
25th day of September, 1895. upon lots
thirteen Q3) and fourteen I'D in McElroys
addition to Ottumwa, Iowa, which said
mortgage was filed for record on said day
and recorded in book 16 on page 266 of the
Mortgage Records of Wapello county, Iowa,
given to secure the BOND Of said persons
of even date with said mortgage, in favor
of plaintiff for $50, upon which there is
now due the plaintiff the sum of SSI3.5S,
for which amount it prays Judgment with
interest at the rate of eight per cent per
annum, costs and attorneys fees and prays
for the sale of said property under special
est and costs and declaring said mortgage
to be a prior lien to your interest in said
property and cutting off your equity of re-
demption therein, that the interest which
Wv hit'NS IL SSih iolo WIS uSIiNcu ny
heritance as the brothers and sisters and
descendants thereof of the said j. Vice,
deceased. and unless you appear thereto
and defend before noon of the second day
of the October term of said court, which
will commence at Otumwa, Iowa, on the
2Sth day of October, 1901, default will be
rendered against you and Judgment and de-
cree rendered thereon.
| Dated this 18Th day of July. 1901.
MITCHELL & HUNTER.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
| The foregoing notice having been present
ed to the undersigned. one of the Judges of
the district court of Wapello county. Iowa.
land the same having been examined is aI,-
proved. and it is ordered that said notice
be published in the Weekly Courier of OF
tuuwa. Iowa. once each week for six
successive weeks commencing July rs. 1901.
NJ. 4. ROBERTS,
Judge of the District Court of Wapello
! County. Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
LOOKING FOR A FoReER.
Smooth Young Man Dupes Business
Men at Iowa City.

Iowa City, Aug. 14.-(Special)- 1.-The
police are looking everywhere for a
smooth young forger. who calls him
self "A. Grupe." He worked the town
with game of check passing yester-
day and today is not discoverable. 1t
is supposed he will seek to make vic
tins of merchants in other cities, and
the police are sending out warnings
throughout the state.
Grupe forged the name of a leading
lumber company and prominent
banker to every check, and as he drew
each one for small amount, he had
no difficulty in passing the bogus pa
per. He defrauded half dozen bust,
ness men. Saloon keepers were his
chief victims. He made it a point 70
buy a little beer or whisky and then
cash the forged check Grupe dress.
ed in blue blouse and overalls, and by
initiating in dress the workingman he
impersonated, made his game an easy
one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
NJ AN FOUND DEAD
He Was Killed by Train Near
Corydon.
THE SKULL WAS FRlCHTFULLY TORN
Remains Were Buried in the Potter's
Field After a coroner's Jury Returns
a Verdict of Accidental DEATH
Other State News.

Corydon, Aug. 13.-The dead body of
well-dressed white man was found
alongside the Keol1uk and Western
railroad track mile west of here Sun
day morning. Not scrap of paper
in the pockets of his clothing or
. mark OF identification on the body as
to his identity could be found
He was about 25 years of age, feet
g inches in height, weighed about lao
pounds, blue eyes, long, peaked face
and very light brown hair. He wore
dark suit over a pair of overalls. two
colored shirts and pair of heeless
Shoes
He was last seen on the train
at Cambria, small station
eight miles west of here. About
the only solution of the mystery
is that he had fallen from the train and
in falling his feet had caught in the
step. He was dragged head down
ward over the ties a distance of fifty
or sixty yards, as blood and pieces of
the skull could be easily traced that
distance. The skull from an inch
above the eyes to the back of his head
had been cut off and was as empty as
though it had been scooped out
An unaccountable incident about the
mystery is that when found the man
was lying on his back perfectly
straight one arm thrown over his
face, and his clothing from the waist
up was entirely stripped from the body.
The mans appearance does not indi-
cate that he was. tramp.
The cornorer's jury rendered the
usual unknown death" verdict and
the body was buried in the potters
field yesterday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
MAY DISCOVER IDENTITY.
Mrs. j. A. Core, of Charlton, Writes to
Fort Dodge Police.

Fort Dodge, Aug. 14,-Mrs. ]. A.
Core, of Charlton, has written the po-
lice of this city letter which may re-
suit in establishing the identity of the
unknown man who was killed by be-
ing run over on the M. C. & Fl. Dodge
near Clarion recently. The card is as
follows:
"Chief of Police-Dear Sir: un-
derstood through the newspapers that
you had found the body of an UNI
known man. | thought it might be
my son, as he has disappeared and |
don't know his whereabouts. Please
send his description in full and oblige.
MRS. ]. A. CORE,
Charlton, Ia, Lucas Co"
The local authorities have not found
the body of an unknown man, but as
the dispatches to the outside papers
regarding the death of the man killed
on the Mason City & Fort Dodge road
bore Fort Dodge date line, it is pos
sible that she refers to this person.
According to all that can be learned
the remains of the man who was kill
ed were taken to Clarion and inferred,
without much of an effort having been
made to discover his identity.
AS yet the authorities have zone
nothing regarding the matter, but it is
possible that an investigation will be
carried further.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
REUNION is OFF.
The Thirty-Sixth Volunteer infantry
Not to Meet This Year.

Not to Meet This Year.
[From Tuesdays Daily.I
Judge L. M. Fee of Centerville was
in the city this morning enroute home
from Abba where he has been in at
tendance with a committee meeting
relative to the holding of the annual
reunion of the Thirty-siXth Iowa youn-
teer infantry, which was to have been
held in Abba this fall. The commit
tee met with number of citizens there
yesterday and after canvassing the sit
uation thoroughly it was decided to
not hold the reunion this year, but
postpone it until the fall of 1902. AL
though the place of holding the reun-
ion was not decided upon it may be
held in Abba. There is some talk of
bringing it to Ottumwa. Four COM
panies of the regiment were recruited
from Wapello county, and large num-
Der of its survivors live here. Two
companies were recruited from Mon.
roe county. and the other four from
Appanoose county
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
BOYS SAYS "DRoP IT."
Gives Advice Concerning the Money
Question.

Clinton, Aug. 14.-The Advertiser
has received the following com1munica-
ton from Ex-Governor BoieS in regard
to the political situation in this state
He sees hope for democratic success
in case the party viii lay aside those
issues which have disrupted and divid
ed it.
Yours OF Yesterday received. You
courteously ask my views as to best
methods for achieving democratic sue
cess in the future. Some things seem
certain to me even in politics. IN the
first place. am sure the democratic
party must become IA united party be-
fore there is any hope for its success
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
MISTAKE COSTS DEAR.
Operator Sends Two Trains Togethe,
at Ohio.

Operator Sends Two Trains Together
at Ohio.
Fort Dodge, Aug. Thames Green,
station agent at Ohio, town on the
Minneapolis and st. Louis railway, a
few miles south of Fort Dodge, yester-
day, through a confusion of orders,
sent out a gravel train to meet a fast
freight coming from the north. When
he discovered that collision was in
evitable, Green lost his reason and be-
came violently insane, being prevented
from self-destruction only by those
around him. He is now under the in
f1uence of chloroform. 1t is feared his
reason is permanently impaired.
Green received orders to let the gray
ell train go to pass the freight train at
Fort Dodge, but later orders notified
him that they would pass at Ohio. BY
mistake he gave the first orders to the
gravel train, which had gone too far to
be held before he noticed the blunder.
He wired Fort Dodge, but the freight
had already passed. Then his mind
snapped under the strain. The trains
came together on heavy grade, but
the crews jumped and escaped injury
The engines We're badly smashed but
aside from this the damage was slight.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
sPoRTsMEN OFFER REWARD.
vioIators Of Game Law Are to Be
Prosecuted.

Cedar Rapids, Aug. 12.-The alleged
sportsmen who have in years past
made it practice to get out in the
fields as prairie chickens and other
game was large enough to kill, getting
all the best of the shooting and rob-
bling legitimate sportsmen of their just
rights, are liable to get what is coming
to them If they continue to violate the
law. An organization of legitimate
sportsmen will pay reward of $50 for
information leading to the arrest and
conviction of any party or parties ap-
pretended in violating the game law
in Linn county.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
KILLS HOGS TO CURE GIRL.
South Dakota Farmer Tries the Treat
ment of "Healer" DoWie.

Yankton, S. D.. Aug. 14-An exag-
gerated case of South Dakota Dowia-
ism is reported from Iroquois. Ac-
cording to the report there is family
there who are firm believers in Dowie.
In the family there is a daughter who
is in very poor health but because OF
her faith is denied medical treatment
The head of the family wrote to Dowie
telling him OF the sickness of the
daughter and asking him what to do
to relieve her
The head of the faith wrote him to
kill his hogs and his daughter would
get better. The farmer therefore kill
ed seven hogs, but there has been no
apparent change in the condition Of
the sick girl. He thinks this is due to
the fact that he had sold one hog be-
fore he received the message from
Dowie and he is hard at work trying
to trace the whereabouts of that hog
so he can cut its throat and remove
the spell that binds the child.
In the meantime the health of the
girl continues to grow worse.
The smoke of battle is heavy; it is
no sooner lifted at one point than
falls AFT anorh,.r
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
SOCIALISTS IN CONVENTION.
State Conference Will Be Held First
Week in September.

Des Moines, Aug. pa call has
been issued for the state convention
of the socialists of Iowa. to be held
in Des Moines the first week in Sep
TENDER as follows:
Headquarters Social Democratic
Party of Iowa. w. A. Jacobs, State
Secretary-Treasurer. Davenport, Iowa,
Aug. s, 1901.-Comrades: You are
the social democratic party of Iowa is
called to meet in the city of Des
Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, September
5, 1901. The following organizations
are entitled to representation at said
convention:
All local branches of the social DEM
ocratic party of Iowa.
All unaffiliated socialist organiza-
lions in the state of Iowa recognizing
the class struggle and the necessity of
independent political action.
All counties in the state of Iowa in
which there are no socialist organiza-
tions are entitled to one delegate, if
said delegate is endorsed by at last
five voters recognizing the class strug-
gle and the necessity of independent
political action.
The basis of representation at the
convention will be as follows: All To-
cal organizations will be entitled to
one delegate for every twenty-five
members or fraction thereof. Unor-
ganized counties as per statement
above
The business to be considered by the
convention will be:
/. Perfecting a united socialist or
ganization in the state of Iowa.
g. Nominating candidates for the
state ticket.
8. Transacting such other business
as may be properly brought before the
convention.
1t is sincerely hoped that every so.
cialist organization in the state of
Iowa will be represented at the con-
vention, as We desire to make the con
vention pronounced success, and we
therefore call on all organizations and
individuals to help us in our efforts.
Correspondence is solicited.
THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE, Social Democratic Party of
Iowa.
w. A. Jacobs, State Secretary
The national socialist convention re.
Gently held at Indianapolis, put the
party on sound organic and financial
basis, prepared to carry systematic
propaganda into every nook and cor
ner of the nation. The socialists are
feeling jubilant' said local member
yesterday. "The justification of ev
erything in sight is right in line with
the predictions, which We're to the eff
| feet that the wealth of the country
would become concentrated into few
err hands until finally 1t will become
absolutely imperative that the people
4 step in and take charge in order tc
save themselves.
In other words, socialismis not an
arbitrary scheme Matched in the
minds of socialists but a product OF
forces now existing, the. inevitable out
come of revolution now going on in
the industrial world, and it viii come
by force of circumstances. and would
] come if there We're not a single social
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
JEFFERSON DEMOCRATS.
County Convention Held and Delegates
to State Convention Selected.


Fairfield, Aug. 1.-THE democrats
of Jefferson county met in delegate
convention in this city to select ten
delegates to the state convention at
Des Moines, August 81, and to place
in nomination, as the call stated a
county ticket The meeting was not
we'll attended, scarcely two-thirds of
the eighteen precincts being repre-
sented at all, and hardly one of these
by full delegation. The convention
neglected to do the work stated in the
call, and adjourned after selecting
representatives to the state conven-
ton, until Saturday, September 81,
when the county ticket will be select
ed. |. D. Jones and j. F. Ready, both
of Fairfield, were elected as temporary
chairman and secretary and this ar
rangement was afterwards made per-
manent. Committees on resolutions
and credentials We're appointed at the
morning session and reported shortly
after the convention met in the after
noon. The resolutions after condemn
ing both the national and state admin
istrations, expressing its sympathy
with the Beers and Filipinos in their
struggles for liberty, endorsed the
Kansas City platform and instructed
the delegates to the state convention
to vote as unit for it's reaffirmation.
A letter from N. 8. Roberts, commit
teeman from the fifth district, asking
an endorsement of Chairman George
E. Huffman of the state committee,
was laid on the table without a dissent
ing vote. The committee of one from
each precinct was appointed by call
of townships to select the delegates to
the state convention, and the conven-
ton adopted it's report, which named
the following list: Henry Bureker,
Frank P. Mowry, John Crawford, H.
G. Aston, P. E. /Boesen, j. F. Ready,
R. B. Louden, j. p. Manatrey, Old.
Stubbs, AARON Fell AN adjournment
was then taken until September 81.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
FIND HUMAN SKULL.
Relic of Mound Building Discovered In
Musca' ne.

Muscatine, Aug. 12.-(Special.)-
Workmen removing a large mound on
a high bluff overlooking the MISSISSIPPI
pi near the central portion of the city
have unearthed human skull at a
depth of thirty feet. 1t is small and
narrow and appears to be that of a
woman. 1t was doubtless put in it's
resting place long before the white
man visited this region and is thought
to have been in grave constructed
by the mound builders of past ages
Other bones are being looked for.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
IN DIES MONIES COUNTY.
Democratic Convention Forgets to
Mention Free Silver.

Burlington, Aug. 12 The Des
Moines county democrats met in con-
vention and chose the forty-four dele.
gates to the state convention at Des
Moines, each delegate to haev one-half
of a vote. Great enthusiasm was
shown over what was claimed to be
bright prospects of victory in view of
the republican action at Cedar Rapids.
No resolutions We're adopted and no
action taken concerning Bryan OF the
Kansas City platform. The delegation
is composed of both Bryan and gold
democrats, and the inference is that
an attempt will be made to unite the
party along old lines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
ARE CANNING CORN.
Iowa Concern Begins Preserving cere.
al for Winter Use.

Cedar Falls, Aug: 14.-(Special.) y
The canning company began opera
lions yesterday with force of thirty
employees and small quantity of corn.
The company has 400 acres under cul-
tivation, about the same acreage as
last season. Last year the output was
three-fourths of million cans but the
concern feels that they will do we'll
this year to put up 100000 cans. The
early planting will be practically
failure. What there is of it is
very badly filed, uneven and
blistery. This will make the quality
not as good as last season but it will
compare favorably with the output of
other concerns, as some of them have
abandoned the idea of opening at all
this season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
JAIL DELIVERY.
Diamond Nipper" Harry Davis Saws
Way From Court House.

Oskaloosa, Aug. 12.-There has been
another delivery from the Jail in the
basement of the court house. Harry
Davis, the diamond nipper," who stole
a diamond stud from Chas. McCulloch
at the fair grounds during the Elk
races in this city, sawed his way to
freedom and. unmolested, leisurely
walked down the street to safe dis
lance from the place of his exit and
then sprinted out of sight. Lee Dick
erson, the colored house breaker, was
about to follow but Davis was seen
and the appearance of persons at the
scene of the trouble quickly set his
plans at naught
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
RECORD OF STRIKES IN IOWA.
Labor Commissioner Wennerstrum
Will Furnish Statistics.

Des Moines, Aug. 12-Labor Com
missioner Wennerstrum has compiled
a series of tables relative to strikes in
Iowa from 1894 to 1900, both inclusive,
for his Forthcoming report. The tables
include a large quantity of very valu-
able information we'll arranged. They
show the number of strikes. the num-
be of strikers, the cost to both strik-
ers and employers and other valuable
facts. Following is a summary of the
information contained in the tables.
which, themselves, contain the infor-
nation here given distributed among
the different counties in which strikes
We're made during the wears given.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
WANTS A DIVORCE.
Selma Woman Asks For Separation
From Her Husband.

Mt. Pleasant, Aug. ia suit for
divorce mas been entered in the dis
trict court by Tacie Cramer, of Salem,
against her husband F. T. Cramer
They We're married April /, 1891, at
Bonaparte, and lived together until
June of this year. Adultery is charg-
ed as the cause of bringing this ac-
ton. They have two children, boy
aged nine and a girl aged six. and she
asks the court for. their custody. She
also asks for 500 temporary alimony
Cramers property has been attached
pending hearing of the case in
court