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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-05
Eight Against Schools.

Nevada, Feb. 27The interesting
fight between the Norwegian church
and the Masonic. lodge ats Roland has
been watched with interest by the
people of all faiths and e.eeds in this
country for the past two years or SO,
but it is now practically at an end,
lags a lodge has .,been Installed there
and is enjoying q prosnerons career.
Not to be outdone In the Wayaof fur
nishing Interesting matter for the
r bee pubic anShs increment a has as
watched even more closely. A meet
ing was held Monday by the members
of Berger's congregation of the Nor
wegian Lutheran church of that little
city. in which. it was decided to take
their children from the public schools
and place them in parochiai school
to be instructed by the congregation
and to be under the direct supervision
of their pastor. Rev. g. Smedal.
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Another New Road.

Des Moines, March ID. B. Lyons
and F. M. Hubbell announced yester-
day that company to construct the
proposed railroad from. this city to
Muscatine would be organized within
two weeks from the present time. The
new company will be known as the
Des Moines, Iowa City & Eastern rail
road. Everything in preliminary
way. has been done that can be, and now
the principal promoters of the line
state. that the company will organize
and go at the business for keeps. Mr..
Lyons, who returned to the city last
evening, states that every town along
the proposed route is enthusiastic ov-
err the prospects of the new roadEand
that money is being literally subscrib-
ed for the preliminary work.
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Weather Service curtaiIed.

q Creston, March 2.-The weatherade-
partment has. sent :, notice to w. F.
Myers, displayman at this point, no
tifying him that the service will be
curtailed and that Creston will no
longer be distributing point. Mr..
Myers was advised thatsa report would
be sent this city from Osceola, but as
the report would not reach the court
house janitor before 2:30 in the after
noon he has decided not; to accept the
service and the flags will not float ov-
er the court house.
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Preacher Was Cleared.

Clarinda. Feb 2S REV. j. A. Mitch
ell, pastor of the United Brethren
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PEOPLE OF IOWA
PRAISE THE TREATMENT AS GIVEN BY DRS.
BONHAM x LAMBERT

Mr.. SAM EL BARNES of Ottum.
wa, Iowa, says: II wasS cured of In.
eipient Consumption some four years
ago and am well today
cHAS. Z lNGALL,sz Ottumwa, Iowa
says: Twas cured of a bad case OF
catarrhz andsahay rnots had cold
since. beingscured four years ago."
MR.. JOHN QUICK, Sigourney
Iowa, says; Il was cured of piles
some five years ago and have not had
syptom since" f1'
T. O. BoTTORFF, Hedrick, Iowa
says:s:iMy wife suffered from Female
Disease and was not cured until she
treated with Dr. Bonham.'',
MR.JACoB DoNovER,W Point
Iowa, says: 81 was cured OF a bad
case of piles by Drs. Bonham & Lam
bert. l was cured in one week"
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JAS. WALL, Ottumwa, Iowa., says:
Il was cured of a bad rupture six
years ago, and have had no trouble
since"
Mr.. N. GLUE AND JOHN KLEIN
ERT, of Ottumwa, Iowa, say: I'VE
work in the packing house, and were
cured of Rupture several years ago,
and are sound today
JESSE JENKINS, oskaloosa, Iowa,
says: "Dr. Bonham cured me of rup-
yture five years ago. Am sound today
Il PETER SWANSON, Muchakinock,
Iowa, says: 81 am happy to say
am cured of rupture, after course OF
treatment three years ago"
LIZZIE SMITH, Beacon, Iowa, says:
Is"I was cross-eyed all my life, and was
cured by painless operation"
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Released $4,000.

Sioux City, Feb, 27.-The long
drawn out suit Of the Trust company
OF North America to recover from the
receivers of the Sioux City and North
ern railway about $4,000 lin rentals
alleged to be due the bondholders of
the Sioux City Terminal and Railway
company has been dismissed by order
of the United States. circuit court of
appeals. This releases about ST. 900
in cash that has been tied up in the
hands of the receivers, and it may now
be apportioned among the bondhold-
ers of the old Sioux City and North
ern
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Waterman creamervman Dead

Anamosa, Feb. 2S.-A telegram Just
received here announces the death of
John Stewart, of Spokane, Wash. His
remains will be brought to this city
for interment. John Stewart is known
as Iowa's veteran creamery man and
perhaps did more in his day to develop
the creamery industry than any other
man in the west. He built the first
creamery in the west and he won the
gold medal for butter at the Philadel-
phia centennial. He was veteran of
the civil war and had suffered severe
1y at times from wound received i
battle. He has a son, M F. Stewart
living in Minneapolis. y aE an
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Shoe Factory for erinneiI.

Grinnell, Feb. 27.-For weeks there
have been reportskthat lmanufactur.
ing concern was making efforts to es-
tablish shoe factory in Grinnell.
The manager of the concern wanted
a bonus of $4,000 to be paid by the
public, whereupon he would bind him
self to start a concern which should
make 900 pairs of shoes per day. This
failing, he SO it's said, will go on with
the business on the same conditions,
when the citizens subscribe for 1000
shares of stock. he reserving the
right to repurchase the stock within
two years at the price paid by the or
iginal purchasers.
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Struck Rich Bed Of Gypsum.

:Fts Dodge, March Frank W.
Smith, a miner living short distance
north of this CITY,. while, prospecting
for coal on his farm, was astonished
to come upon an unusually rich depos-
it Of gypsum. The bed is As feet thick,
and the. clay is of the whitest and fin
est quality, and is regarded as equal
in point of quality of any of the numer-
Gus beds around FIT. Dodge. The land
owned by Mr. Smith, on which the
gypsum was found, is remarkable for
its mineral wealth. In a space com
prising only a few acres, Mr.. Smith
has already several coal shafts. sSi
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New Wholesale House.

TT. Madison, March 1.-The whole
sale grocery house in this city seems
to be an assured fact and the rumors
to the contrary ali seem to be useless.
A Chicago firm will be somewhat in
terested beside local capital. A room
has been rented and the men from
Chicago are expected to. be here soon
to perfect all arrangements. altho no
Statements have. been made for the
public, - q
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Fairfield Man Dies From Operation.

Fairfield, Feb. 2S.-Captain George
Heaton of this city, who went to Chi
cage some ten days ago to undergo an
operation for cancer, died there Tues
day afternoon. His brother, Hiram
Heaton, went to Chicago last evening
to take charge of the remains. 1t is
not yet known when he will return or
what funeral arrangements will be
made. This is sad blow to the family
coming so soon after the death of Miss
Wayne, and will be a shock to. the
community as it was not generally
known that he was seriously ILL
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!. Married Another Woman.

Centerville, Feb. 27.-Ernest John
son, charged with seduction, was dis
charged in Justice Henderson's court
upon, motion of the county attorney;
the prosecuting witness, Winnie My
ers, having agreed not to appear upon
receiving Johnson's promise that he
would marry her, Afterwards John
son procured a license to marry an
other woman, Mrs. Alzetta McHugh,
and interesting developments seem
likely.
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Elevator Burns.

h Washington, March 2.-The George
Hale elevator was totally destroyed
|by fire yesterday. The alarm was
sounded at; $50 O'clock and in less
than ten minutes it was known that
the valuable property could not be
saved At 9 o'clock the cupula fell in
and soon after the side walls fell. The
whole inside burned. like powder. and
it. Seemed no tine at all after first dis
covered until the whole structure. was
ablaze. The loss is $4,000 with
about $4,000 insurance. 49, m
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of the officers. Neither of the parties
have been arraigned, and no intima-
ton as to what their pleas will be has
been made public, but the general i'm
preston seems to. be that they will
plead guilty and take their medicine.
Mr.. Foster is still on the road to re
[coVery.
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River cities rear Banner.

ss Sioux City. March. 2,--The DISPOSE
ton OF congress tps,dis cpntinuetthe apl
.propriations for impIoxe mepts. on the
Missouri river has caused the Sioux
City Commercial club to take up a
proposition to cali a. meeting of rep
,resentatiyesS of alls of the important
Missouri riyer, cities and towns to
form an association to discuss the sit
,uation and make requests in future for
government money on the basis of the
duty of the government to protect the
banks along the Missouri in order to
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Iowa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Des Moines, Feb. 27.-The anti-vac-
cinationists are making a very active
campaign. The president of the Ma
tional AEti-Vaccination society is l..
H. Piehn, of Nora Springs. Mr.. Piehn
is wealthy banker who several years
ago lost little daughter as result of
vaccination. Since then Mr.. Piehn
has spent his time and money literally
in the support of the characterization
movement. He has put a great deal
of money into it and wherever he goes
he carries placards bearing the pic.
ture of the child who. he claims. was
sacrificed to the. vaccination scourge
accompanied by a violent attack on
the state board of health and all who
would enforce vaccination.
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smalI.,RoX Rnn over.

Boone, March Little David
Wright. the four-year-old son of Dan
Wright, of this city, was run over by
Perry Hartman's team and wagon and
almost instantly killed. The driver
did not see the child until twas too
late, and the wagon, tho empty, passed
over the childs neck, badly crushing
tihf AZ man was killed on the same spot
in the same manner a few years ago.
The child was playing. about a, block
from home. when, the accident accur-
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Good Roads Movement.

Sac City, March 2.-In order to Sc.
cure, rural free delivery of, mail the
farmers'in this neighborhood have, or
ganized4a~ movement to better the con.
dition of the roads in this county
Resolutions We're adopted .fayoring the
one supervisor. plan for! each township
and that sal road tax. should be paid in
cash. They also pledged their suH
port toward lettering the condition OF
the highways. ts,.s4 "a IN,
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Fort Dodge Gets Cracker Factory,

Fort Dodge, Feb. 28.-A contract
has been closed providing for the sale
of controlling interest in the Web
ster City cracker factory to leading
business men of Fort Dodge, who buy
a three-fifths interest. The plant will
be moved to this city Immediately. A
company will be organized with a
capital of $4,000 to carry on the bust
ness. The company will be under the
management of Former Lieutenant
Governor f. l.. Campbell, who will
move here from Webster City.
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Shot His 1--WE Out.

Riverton, Feb. 27.-Robert Parker,
son of J. G.. Parker, living just west
of town, was the victim of what may
prove a fatal accident By the acct
dental discharge of a shotgun, Parker's
hands so badly mutilated that the
thumb, forefinger and little finger
were amputated. Parker is lying in
a critical condition and slight hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
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Two Funerals In One pay.

Washington, Feb. PA great num-
yesterday afternoon of Robt. Fisher
and H. F. Steck. Out of respect for
the dead all business houses offices
and schools We're closed from half
past two to half past four o'clock.
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! Charged With Murder

Traer, March Mrs. Frances vpi-
TIL of Chelsea. this county, was yester-
day indicted by the grand . jury for
murder. Two weeks ago her husband
died under mysterious circumstances
Some of the neighbors made an inves-
tigation and laid the matter before the
grand jury with the above result. The
case against the woman appears to be
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Killed His Father.

r. AckleyslMarehs2 .--Jacob sBoyenga, d
|farmers living fives miles southeast Of
this city, was returning from .a.sehool
entertainments and was IaIn sdown by
la horse ridden by his, OWL son and
fatally injured. death suneryeaing sfif-
teen minutes after the ACCIDENT. The
young man. was racing horses along
the highway and discovered his father
TOO slate to avoid him.
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Another Murder Trial.

Knoxville. Feb. 27.--The case of the
state VS.. Davis, charged with murder,
came up today. The murder in ques-
ton occurred near Bussey eight
months ago. Insanity, it is said, will
be the plea of the defense.
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Indicted and in Tail.

8 Algona, Feb. 27-Indictments were
returned by the grand jury against
Clarence Robinson and Mrs Lucy
Foster for assault with intent to COM
NIT murder, and their bonds were plac-
ed at $4,000 each. No bonds being
furnished they are still in the custody
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A Brazil Man Robbed by Gamblers.

Keokuk, Feb 27.--Five tinhorn
sports have been run in for the alleg-
led robbing of a man named VIM. Cas-
ey of $40 in the st. Charles hotel.
Their names are Fay Inman, Ed All
sern. Dave Griggs, John Tigue and Ed
Fuller: Casey is a coal miner from
Brazil and claims to have a family Of
nine children at the mining camp at
that place. ~.
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Held to Federal CRANE .J,,rv.

Fontanelle, March RS George Lam
hi, a young man who resides at this
place., plead; guilty before United
States Commissioner j. e. Cherry at
Creston, to sending obscene letters
thru the mails to .agyoung lady who al
SO resides here. !, He was held to await
the action of the federal grand jury.
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avert the encroachment of the stream
upon the different localities and the
destruction of valuable property. 1t
is held that improvements by munich
palities are impracticable for several
but chief of all is the bar to
this procedure by government laws.
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Stepped Into Live Goals.

When "a child i burned my. foot
-frightfully ~. writes W H. Eadss5 of
Jonesville, Va, which caused horri-
Bile leg sores for 80 years, but Buck
lens Arnica Sa1ve wholly cured me
after everything else failed, Infal-
lSle for Burns, Scalds, Cuts. Sores,
Bruises and Piles. Sold by Clark &
Millison, Csc.
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VIII Refnsurs Policy Holders.

Marshalltown. March .2.-The South
western MutualGLife association with
head offices in this place, which re-
Gently went into the hands of "a re
ceiver has passed into the control Of
the Conservative Life. of Los Angeles.
California. The officers will meet next
Thursday to make the final transfer
of the old company's business. so
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Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

Mystic, Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in to 8
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. It re
moves at once the cause and the dis.
ease. Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits Is cents
and 81 90. S6ld BY. Clark & Nfollfson,
I1O1 North Court street, corner Second
street. ass.o
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Farmer Deserts His wife.

Colfax, Feb. PA sensation has
been created here by the disappear
ance Of well-to-do farmer named w.
B. Miller, and his six-year-old son by
his first wife, leaving a second wife
without any explanation of his depart
ure or whereabouts.
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Boy Held for Reward.

Plymouth, Feb. 27-The young son
of Rev. H. L. Tenney, who disappear
ed five weeks ago, has been found by
an Usage farmer and is being held
for the $50 reward the father offered.
The boy is demented
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Organizing cummins Clubs.

Des Moines, Feb. 2S.-The second
meeting of committee formed to or
ga1iize Gummins clubs in the city of
Des Moines was held in the Office of
Isaac Brandt, over the postoffice in
East Des Moines Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Brandt and W. T. Shaver, who are
in charge of this work for Mr.. Cum
Minis, said the attendance was salts
factory.
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Grip robbed me of my sleep and 1
was nearly crazy with neuralgia and
headache. DR.. Miles Pain Pills and
Nervine cured me. Mrs. Pearl Bush,
Holland, Mich.
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church, after an investigation by the
elders of the district, has been clear
ed of all charges as to improper rela-
tons with Mrs. Hurst. 1t was report
ed. that the latters husband found the
couple together and created a Scene"
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Mrs. iossack is SUFFERING.

Indianola, Feb. 27.-Sheriff Hodson,
who arrested Mrs. VIM. Hossack at the
grave of her murdered husband last
December, says trouble seems to be
weighing on tie aged woman's mind
and that she is falling away The Hos
sack murder trial is set for March 26.
Mrs. Hossack is confined in the War
ren county Jail.
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Iowa. Physicians Is Meet,

Davenport March :2.--The doctors
lof Davenport are beginning to. get
awake to the fact that it will not Be
long Till they will be, face to face with
the contract of, entertaining four. or
| five hundred of their fellow practi-
TONERS, of this state, The annual
convention of the Iowa State. Medical
society isfto take; place here May. 1877
and between 450, and 500 members, Of
the society are expected to be here. to
get a free physicia ian sample Of genu
cheer There are. al, least 1000 mem
;bers Of the society, and it is, a sure
thing that not more than half of them
will be, able to resist the temptation
to come, down here, and see if we real
" have the smallpox or not. and test
for themselves the water that has
made Davenport famous. IA : 3 e.
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RUPTURE AND PILES. Absolute
ily cured. No severe pain or deten-
ition from business. We have given
1000 treatments of rupture, and can
cure you with or without knife oper.
alton. 49,.
/ VARIcoCELE. This most annoy.
ing deformity consists of an enlarge
ment of veins in sack, causing pains
in back, weakness of organs, sexual
diseases 1t will never get we'll with-
out proper treatment. We cure the
trouble in one week by our special
treatment. In .fifty-six cases treated
the past eight months, all are in per-
feet condition.
r. NERVOUS, DISEASES. J. Nervous
debility, Decline of Manhood, Vast
ing diseases caused from violation of
NATURES laws, cured. Night losses,
blood and skin diseases cured Elec-
tro-Thermal Bath cures when medi-
7 cine fails. f.A4
/ DISEASES. OF WOMEN All dis
eases of women healed Sby the latest
improved methods.
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Iowa City may secure the Wheat-O
plant, as one-half of the necessary
amount of stock has thus far been
subscribed.
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The town of Nordland is no more,
the last of the buildings having been
removed to Hanlontown,. a distance of
four miles.
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SmallpoM in U nionrCounty.

4 Creston, March 2.-Iincoln town
ship in this county is inoculated with
SMALLPOX. Every day for two weeks
,newScases have appeared until the sit
uatiQn tis alarming. va :
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The County is Liable.

oskaloosa, Feb. 2s.-The district
court has decided that the levying of
a tax on one township to pay smallpox
expenses of the townshiptis Illegal and
that the county as a whole is liable.
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strong one. William Haag and Will
liam Joens were also indicted. They
were charged with an attempt to wreck
a train on the sNorthwestern road
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.slt'I5 had grip three months. could not
sleep; pain all over and headache
sYaEys bad. Dir. Miles Neryine. Pain
Pills and Liver Pills made me we'll"
Mrs. p. @. Bowlby Waterloo, Ind.
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The Northwestern,s- new interlock-
Lug sgitch. system at Ames is now IN
operation. ~. Al x,s.s,stt Il,
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Couldn't Find His Throat.

Fl. Dodge, Feb. 27.-Charles John
son owes his life to his inebriation.
He attempted to commit suicide with
a razor, but was so unsteady he was
unable to find his throat, He cut and
slashed his face until it is unrecogniz-
able
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FOR A CHILD

WHO'S mot doing well'--the
condition occurs now and then
with all children.
!. SCOTS emulsion Of cod-liver
oil is a food that begins to
build you UP at once-of
course, it don't show at once.
mot doing well'' means
that the child is not getting
the good Of his food. Not
today, or this week; it may
have been going on for a
month; before it begins to
show in the child's condition.
You want him to get back
to turning his usual food into
strength.
You want the food that
begins to build, up at once.
: Wen send you little to try if you like.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 100 Pearl street, New York,
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20. .lc,,o,Invieted. 81 Attempted Rape.

Boone, sFebA2s,v sIhe jury in the
case of Isaac Wheeler, of Madrid. on
trial in the Boone county district
court for! criminal assault has return
ed verdict of guilty of attempted
rape. He has not yet received his SEN
tence Wheeler is SO years old and
his victim Ia and an orphan. 1tHsis
thought he will get the extreme limit
of the law--twenty years in the. peni-
Tertiary
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Empires Nam ed.

Davenport, Feb. President M.
Sexton, of the aThree I" league, yes
terday announced three of the four OF
his staff of -umpires. They are sJames
McKeeyer of Pittsburg, who has
been umpire in the Atlantic Interna.
tional and Eastern leagues and is a
we'll qualified man, and is also rec.
commended by the three presidents of
the above leagues: James Mckenzie
of Terre Haute, who last year was a
diamond official in the Central league,
and comes well recommended. The
third man is q. N. Gragg, of Lowell,
Ind. another acknowledged official, is
an old time player and umpire.