Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-07

came to the city 1t is believed they
purposely violated the quarantine to
take issue with the state board of
health and bring about an investiga-
ton of the disease, which they claim
is chickenpox. Drs. Creston, Kent and
Lennox have disagreed with the ply
sicians sent to this locality by the
state board to make an investigation.
The farmers sold butter to merchants,
but it was seized and confiscated by
the board of health. There is consid-
cradle indignation on both sides.
One of the smallpox patients left
the pest house Saturday night and
walked to a grocery store on North
Eighth street and got some pie. He
offered the grocer so cents for the
luxury but when he discovered that
| his customer was from the pest house
| he suddenly became very generous
and said that his money was not good
at that store. The police were noti-
fed but before they reached the pest
| house the patient had walked back
and was in his place and all was well
again. During all the time that he
was gone the patient did not allow
anyone to come near him nor did he
go into any house or building. He is
not yet well of the disease and may
suffer for his exposure.
Des Moines.
| When Theodore F. Gatchell and DR..
e. l.. Eaton proposed two years ago
! to establish a Methodist hospital in
Des Moines at cost CT $4,000 to
100000, many of those whose aid was
solicited were skeptical. 1t was quite
freely stated that such an enterprise
| involving so much money could not
be carried thru successfully. Last
week the hospital was formally open
ed and today it is in active operation
Fifteen patients are being treated
and fifty can be accommodated.
Onawa.
Frank Dennis has been arrested and
fatty charged with the murder of
John 7. Worrell, whose body was
found on the river bank across the
Missouri from this place Tuesday.
Dennis was taken before Justice Ross
but his hearing was postponed until
today to allow him time to employ an
attorney. He was remanded to Jail
without bail.
Sioux City.
Assurance of a Western leagre
baseball team in Sioux City next sea-
son is about 81 900 nearer than it was
week ago. With apparently little
effort, DR.. J. M. Henry has secured
pledges for that amount from Sioux
City business men to induce Manager
: Bill Hulen to bring his Pueblo fran
chise and team to Sioux City, instead
of trying to maintain them in the
rocky mountain town.
Des Moines.
The fraternal insurance men of
Iowa are after the Modern Woodmen
: and the other fraternal insurance
companies of Illinois, and declare that
they must either obey the letter of the
: law in Iowa or else attend the same
liberal privileges to Iowa companies
operating in Illinois. In other words
the Iowa insurance men propose to
; use the Illinois companies as a handle
} by which to secure favorable legisla
ton at the handle of the Illinois legis
, lature, or else favorable interpreta
5 ton of the laws now in existence al
the hands of the insurance officials Of
the state.
Clear Lake.
;; While experimenting the moving
! away of hay by means of d giant hay
fork on his farm near town, Charles
!, M. Grimm, one of the champion wing
! shots of the world, and winner of the
second place in the great American
; handicap of 1899, broke his ankle anc
!, will probably be crippled for life. The
fork, which has a capacity of one ton
failed to make the automatic catcf
when it reached the ridge of the barn
l a distance of forty-five feet from the
5 ground and came down like shot
. striking Mr.. Grimm.
: Des Moines.
: Mrs. Nettie Mitchell, of 1906 Cherr,
). street is caring for an infant which
: was left on her doorstep few night!
ago. Two women have called twice
since and each time left $40. A ST.
: bill was pinned to the child's clothing
when it was found on the doorstep
n Mrs. Mitachell has been known t.
e adopt children, having two under he
S care, and it is supposed it was knowl
+ edge of this fact that led the womel
e to leave the infant at the door. |
: had just been born when found.
Leon.
DR.. ]. W. Crofford, arrested for pei
forming an abortion which resulted
in the death of Maude Stone, is in tn
g $4,000 by Justice Beck, which the doc
/ tor was unable to give. Ira Ham
r mond the young man implicated a
o an accomplice in the crime, gave BON
n in the sum of $4,000 and was released
l. Dr.. Crofford's preliminary examine
e ton will be held next Wednesday
l. Considerable excitement prevails an
It fears are entertained that Croffor
!; may become the victim of mob vic
,. lence. Rumors of a mob which hav
prevailed recall the tragedy of 1873
v when the county Jail was stormed an
k a tramp taken from his cell and hun
y from the bridge adjacent to the towr
J. TT. Madison.
If The grade reports for January fror
h both FIT. Madison and Anamosa ind
IS cate heavy falling off in prison popt
a lation, from causes for which tn
e board of CONTROL to whom the report
y were forwarded, is unable to accoun
l. January /, FIT. Madison has Al
e prisoners. There has been a decreas
,e II in the month, leaving as the pol
ulation at the end of the month. 46l