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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
THINK THEY HAVE BLoNDIN.
Chelmsford Wife Murderer SUPPOSE
to Have Been Captured.

Utica, N. Y, Aug. 13.-Wilfred Blo,.-
din, the Chelmsford, Mass, wife MUIR
derer, is supposed to be under arrest
at Richfield Springs. A man who
formely lived in Boston recognize
a tramp who passed along the road out
of Richfield Springs today. He mott
fled officers and the tramp was follow
ed and captured. He refuses to give
his name. but it is said that the de-
scription of Blondin fits him accurate
"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
IOWA GOES SOUTH.
BattIeship Ordered to Panama Instead
of the Wisconsin.

Washington, Aug. 13-The battleship
Iowa has been ordered to proceed at
once from the Puget Sound navy yard
for San Francisco. The navy depart
mept has decided to send the Iowa to
Panama instead of the Wisconsin,
which had been previously selected.
The Iowa is the flagship of the Pacific
station and as such flies the flag of
Rear Admiral Silas Casey.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
Bank Of chlIdress Fails.

Childress, Tex, Aug. il. The Bank
OF Childress, owned by c. S. Wadding.
ton has failed, Assets and liabilities
are unknown, but it is thought the
bank will pay its creditors in full.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
100000 NOW RECOVERED.
Divers Get $4,000 More of Gold Hid.
den by Winters,

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 13.-It is
stated at the office of the Selby Smelt-
ing company that a force of divers I'M
der the management of the Pinkertons
has taken $4,000 worth of gold from
the spot where it was hidden by Win
tiers, making nearly 100000 already
recovered 1t is expected that the re-
mainder of the stolen treasure, amount
ing to $4,000, will be recovered
shortly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
ENDS DOMESTIC TROUBLE.
Contractor Kills Wife. and Then I'm
successfully Attempts Suicide.

Snamokin. Pa, Aug. 133.-Jacob Ger
'hardt, a contractor. today shot and
killed his wife and made an unsuccess.
full attempt to suicide. Domestic
troubles prompted the deed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
DEATH IN EXPLOSION.
Locomotive Boiler Bursts, Killing En-.
oineer and Fireman.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. ia freight 10
connective drawing mixed train on the
Denver, and Rio Grande railroad cX-
ploded one mile east of La Neta. En-
gineer Woods was blown to pieces and
Fireman Maple was so badly injured
that he died in a few hous. Both
were from Pueblo
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
cLouDHuRsT BROWNS FOUR.

Ass'staht POSTMASTER Loses wire ana
Three Daughters in Flood.
Lexington. KY, Aug. 13.-Assistant
Postmaster John G. Pole and his fam
lily, while attempting to cross a noun
tain stream six miles from here, were
swept down by the water of a cloud
burst and his wife and three daugh-
tiers, aged from l to years, drowned
Mr.. Pole and daughter about years
old escaped. The bodies were recov-
cred.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
AUTOMOBILE CONCERN FAILS.
Was Capitalized for $2o,0oo,ooo, BIZ
Its Business Was Small.

New York, Aug ia receiver was
appointed yesterday for the General
Carriage company, an automobile con-
Germ that was started about two years
ago. 1t was capitalized at $4,000 900
and had large plans. 1t claimed own
ership of franchise to run stages in
any street in New York city. Its plans
never materialiZed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
EXPLORER DIES.

Famous Arctic Traveller and Natural
list Is no More.
Stockholm. Aug. lS.-Baron Adolf
Nardenskjold, the Arctic explorer and
naturalist. is dead. He was born in
1892.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
kLoNDIkE GOLD ARRIVES.
Steamer Humboldt Brings Half Mil
lion Dollars Worth.

Seattle, Aug. 13.-The steamer Ham.
boldt arrived from Lynn Canal last
night bringing one hundred and thir-
ty-fve passengers and half a million
dollars in gold.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
WON'T SELL OUT FOR $4,000.

MISS BeaIs REFUSES That Nmount TOT
Her Claim at LaWton.
Wichita Kan, Aug. 13-Miss Mat
tie beals, who has just returned from
Lawton, So that just before leaving
her claim she had been offered $4,000
for it, but that she refused the Offer
She said she would not contest Woods
claim. She is of the opinion her quar-
ter section Will be worth quite as mucn
as his within short time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
5HATMAkERs FORMING TRUST.
Leading Manufacturers of the Country
Expected to Enter Combine.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Efforts are be-
ing made here to form hat manufac-
turers' trust and it is said articles of
incorporation will be filed by those in
terested in the project within few
days. About twenty of the leading
manufacturers of the United. States
are expected to enter the combine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
CROKER PLANS TRIP HOME.

] dniFndny Eeauer 10 NTTEVe m NEW
York on the Celtic September 5.
London, Aug. 13.-Richard Croker is
arranging to sail for New York on the
Celtic. He expects to arrive home
September 5.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
Yankee and Canadian Yachts
Battle for Supremacy.
UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT
Result of Race Will Be Protested by
Captain of the American Boat, Who
Alleae That the Rival Craft Is Dis
qualified.

Chicago, Aug. 13-1n a five-knot
southeast breeze over triangular
course of twenty-one miles the third of
the races for the Canada cup started
today with an unfortunate occurrence
which caused flags of protest to be
raised from both yachts.
The Cadillac crossed the line at IL
O'Clock on the port tack, the Invider
following a few seconds later. The
Invader crossed on the starboard tack
but so close were the rivals that this
maneuver forced the Detroiter to come
about. AS she was right on the buoy
the Invader fouler her, running on the
Cadillac's starboard quarter. Both
the captains hoisted protest flags.
The Cadillac had a windward posi-
ton at the start. The Invader point
ed higher but could not foot fast
enough to cross ahead of her. Then
followed a series of tacks, both skip
pers showing great skill in jockeying.
At 1l:14 o'clock the Cadillac, after be-
ing spoken to by the judges boat.turn-
ed back. At 11:20 O'Clock the Invader
came about on the port tack, and ran
to the Cadillac, where it was announc-
ed the Detroiter had been disqualified
by the judges. Commodore Shaw,w who
was following on the yacht Truant,
however, came up and ordered Captain
Thompson to proceed over the course.
Thompson shook out the reef he had
taken and started in pursuit of the In
vader. which was by this time we'll
rtoip rThnnonsnn
ed the Associated Press boat he intend
ed to make a protest against the In
vader.
At LOS o'clock both boats were max
ing close haul on the the port tack
The Invader seems to be one hundred
yards to the good. The wind has
freshed somewhat and is now blowing
seven miles an hour.
Milwaukee Enters Race.
Chicago. Aug. 1.-THE Invader
rounded the first buoy at 12:2S:35.
There she crossed the Cadillac's
course. The Detroiter turned about
and started back for her moorings.
The Milwaukee having followed the
course took up the race when the Ca
dillac dropped out, turned the buoy a
few lengths behind her competitor and
chung close to her during the first half
of the second leg, both running free
before the wind. At o'clock the In.
vader was three-quarters of a mile
ahead of the Milwaukee. The latter
apparently has no chance. The judges
disqualified the Cadillac for fouling
the Invader during the maneuvers at
the start
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
Compel the Mail Clerk to Hold the Sack Into Which the
Vauabies Were Thrown.
the in
stye-They Terrodze Passengers With aFusllade ofshots

to Caney station advising officers up
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
A THOUSAND HOMELESS.
Fire Destroys Nearly the Entire Town
of Farsund.

Christina, Aug. 13.-Four-fifths of
the town of Farsund, on the North
Sea, has been destroyed by fire.
Twelve hundred people were rendered
homeless.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
INVADER WINS.
Crosses the Line Ahead of the Mil
waukee.

Chicago, Aug. 13.-The Invade
crossed the finish line at 2:49, and tn
Milwaukee at 2:54::30.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
TO SUCCEED JUDGE TEDFoRD.
Governor Shaw viii Call Judicial Cor
vention in Third District.

Des Moines Aug l3.-It Is under
stood Governor SHAW will not make
an appolutrne ut 90 MI the vacany n
the bench in the Third district caused
by the resignation of Judge Tedford.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
PROHIBITION MOVE.
Gard Issue by Some Who Attended
Clear Lake Meeting.

Clear Lake. Aug. 13-At the -elii-
perance parliament held here few
days ago by the Epworth League as
sembly of the Northwest, resolution
was unanimously adopted by the large
and enthusiastic meeting protesting
against the nomination OF A. B. Cum.
minis for governor. The resolution
was ordered to be telegraphed to the
republican state convention at Cedar
Rapids. The action of the cow
has led to the following call:
A Call.
We, the undersigned voters. oppose
the election of A. B. CSummins to the
Office of governor.
ID Because he openly deserted
his party and defeated one of it's can
didates for the legislature who favor
ed the suppression of the lawless sa-
| loon in Iowa.
| CD Because, in subsequent cam
paign, he announced his support Of
Horace Boies for governor, thereby
aiding in the defeat Of the republican
candidate for that Office. who favored
the enforcement of existing temper
ance laws.
| go Because he will if elected. use
his influence for the repeal of certain
restrictive features of the present
mulct law.
Believing that large majority of
the voters of Iowa, irrespective of yto.
litical faith are opposed to any modi-
fication of 'Iat law in the interest Of
the saloon I'd believing that the elea
ton of A. B. Cummins would lead to
such modification, the undersigned
hereby call mass convention to meet
at Plymouth church. Des Moines, to
nominate an independent candidate Tor
/ governor.
H. H. Fairall,
l.. S. Johnson,
R. S. Dorchester,
S. 7. Gardner,
F. McKercher.
D. H. Culoer,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14

presents some interesting features
There have been transported by lake
carriers during the navigation season
up to December list q total Of LIZ $50
tons OF flour. The heaviest shipments
have been from Duluth which sent out
sS1. 44s tons. and from her sister port,
West Superior. with a total OF Szz'osV
tons. OF the entire shipment OF -four
CSC. 7ea tons were unloaded at Buffalo.
The extent to which the great vessels
on the nations most important interior
waterway are holding their own against
the railroads as grain carriers IS most
strfkingly evidenced by the showing
made by the principal grain-shipplng
ports.
Buffalo so nearly monopolizes the un-
loading of this grain that it is scarcely
worth while to consider the arrivals at
other ports. The receipts at the elevator
center at the eastern end Of Lake Erie
aggregate to December list a total Of
4Ss14.019 bushls Of wheat, 57175.o6s
bushels Of corn, 2e.1ss.424 bushels OF
oats. and e.412.457 bushels of barley
In the shipment Of iron ore it would
seem probable thatTwo Harbors will hold
the years record. Up to December LIST
that port had shipped 1852. 2s6 tons,
while Duluth had sent forward s,5Io,sSf
tons. and Eseanaba 2.S76.29S tons Ash
tabula, on the south shore OF Lake Erie,
which has for several years ranked as
the greatest ore-unloading port in the
world, has receipts OF 3.47s.676 TONS and
Cleveland presents a total Of S.036.tl4
tons At the Carnegie port Of COnneaut,
Ohio, Z, 1888, 293 tons were received and
at South Chicago, where the ore can be
unloaded direct from vessels to fur
naces. there were handled 2.022, 292 tons
Almost every port on the upper lakes
has this year made fairly heavy ship
ments of lumber, Duluth alone send
ing out 1884 thousand feet Almost
half Of the total lumber movement was
directed to either Chicago or Cleveland
The former city received 53s,246 thou
sand feet, and the latter port 4S0,S20
thousand feet.
OF the leaders in the movement Of I'M
cIassed freight, Buffalo shipped 647.645
tons. and Chicago 4O2. sS9 tons. Chicago
had receipts of 7sS. 9O9 tons and Buffalo
652.S72 tons.
From the standpoint Of vessel move
ment Chicago is prominently the lead
ing port Of the Great Lakes A total
of 1909 vessels entered the harbor OF
the western metropolis up to December
1st. Buffalo, Cleveland and Milwaukee
were close rivals for second place, as Is
evidenced by the records which show
1854 vessel entrances at Buffalo; 3,S4S
at Cleveland, and S.057 at Milwaukee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14
A GREAT ANTI-FAT REMEDY



IFronn the Philadelphia Inquirer
Not SO very long ago The Saunterer
got Off at the twelfth floor OF a big
Office building not 1000 miles from city
hail instead OF the eleventh, as he had
intended. As it was a case of going
down instead Of up. he concluded to
walk back to the floor he wanted in
stead Of waiting for the elevator
At the foot of the stairway he almost
ran into an acquaintance, whose once
IS on the twelfth floor, and whose weight
very nearly approaches SOC pounds. me
acquaintance was pulling and blowing
as he prepared to ascend the flight Of
steps leading to the door above
Makes you blow to climb q fight Of
stairs, doesn't it?" remarked The Saun-
terer.
'.Climb flight Of stairs?" disdainfully
rejoined he Of the 800 pounds between
puffs. why, young man, I've just
climbed eleven flights and I'm going
to do another"
Mean to say you've walked all the
way up here2''
That's just what mean Elevators
are running, too"
4 know that Came up in one my
self q few minutes ago. But how in
earth do you account for doing all this
clirnbing2 You don't look crazy.
Neither am l. Never was more sensi-
bic in my life. Just made a new dis
been getting the last two or three
years2''
The Saunterer nodded IN the adarn1a-
tive.
well, 1t was In spite of everything I
could do to stop the accumulation of It's
sue. was afraid I'd soon do for the fat
boy act IN a side show until one Of my
friends bet me a bottle of-of ginger ale
that 1 couldn't climb three lights Of
stairs In this building. I won the bet
and in doing so discovered when
weighed myself a few minutes later that
I had lost nearly a pound IN weight
That gave me tip and the next day
I climbed five flights. the next day six.
and-well, now I do the whole blamed
twelve every day, and I'm losing flesh
so rapidly my clothes have to be taken
in once a week at least It's a great
scheme and 1t isn't patented, either, so
if you know any other fat men in town
don't mind your letting them into the
secret"
The Saunterer hereby let's therp in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14
FISH STORIES.
TFrom Answers.1


A big Norwegian timber ship-very
old, sluggish and weedy-sailed into
Ramsgate harbor one day, and after her
followed a mighty shoal of nullet. a
very fine and marketable fish.
They filed the outer harbor till the
water seemed stiff with them. When the
dock gates opened and the ship went
through into the inner basin. the great
shoal of mullet followed, swarming in
the bark's wake.
Whether they were seeking shelter or
were attracted by the trailing growth
of weed on the old ships undersides, is
a matter for guessing. When the tide
was out the dock sluices were opened
and the water drained off. The bottom
of the dock was four feet deep in kick
ing jumping hsh-most OF them fine,
large ones of two pounds and upward.
1t took all day to clear them out, with
the help OF twenty men, and the bottom
fish were crushed fiat by the weight of
those on top.
About twenty carloads were taken
away, and thousands of mullets were
crushed into the mud on the dock floor
That catch realized $3.50 in a few hours
One does not expect to see mackerel
growing in green fields, but few years
high tide combined broke down
a sea wall on the Suffolk coast and food
ed some fifty acres Of low-lying land
At first sight this looked like dis
through the breach in the embankment a
big School of mackere1 were swept by
the incoming sea- When. in the course of
a few days, the water was drained off,
the whole meadow. which had lain under
some four feet of water was carpeted a
foot deep with fish. It was a wonderful
sight. All the carts round the country
side were Communicated to the service,
and In thirty-f1ve hours the mackere1 were
cleared of. fetching over &320 in the Lon
don market Some thousands more of the
fish were spoiled and unstable, but the
farmer paid for the damage done out of
the proceeds, and wass moreover, &170 to
the good.
The same year. in Essex, a farmer liv-
ing near the Crouch estuary, found three
fine seals a few yards from his back gar
den They had swum through breach
in the sea-Wall and were stranded on the
farm when the tide went out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14

The commerce. OF the Great Lakes
for the closing year OF the century seems
likely to show a larger tonnage move
ment than in any preceding year The
figures just completed BY the treasury
bureau OF statistics and which cover
the entire navigation season up to De-
cember 1st demonstrate the relative i'm
portance OF the principal ports as han
dlerz OF the water-borna commerce OF
the inland seas
Chicago remains well in the lead as
receiving port for hard coal, total OF
.094 tons having been unloaded on
her docks. Milwaukee, ranks second
with receipts Of 476502 tons, and then
come South Chicago and Duluth In
the nefghborhood Of two-thirds of the
hard coal moved was sent from BuTalo.
the shipments from that port aggregat-
ing 1.20S.727 tons Erie. Pa. the only
other shipping port Of any prominence,
has had during the season a movement
OF 4ss.758 tons
The water transportation OF soft coal
presents radically different conditions
West Superior is at the head Of the
list Of receiving ports with a record of
1.q70.1ss TONS Milwaukee comes second
with 72s.o44 tons. and Duluth is a close
third.
BY reason Of the rail competition in
Waived, the movement Of -four BY water
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14
THE FIGHTING SPIDERS.
IFrom the New York JournalI

IFrom the New York Journal1
Spiders in a bottle. compelled to sub
init to close quarters. always end BY
eating each other up.
We have predicted, with some pleas
ure. that the trusts will ultimately end
in spider fashion. with one big trust
shedding the life blood OF all the others.
Agreeable signs Of minor spider fights
are cropping out constantly.
The meat trust Is fighting the salt
trust-bringing salt from abroad "a far
as Kansas City for about half what the
salt trust charges
The steel trust is prepared to fight the
railroad trust and has made already one
little contract for twenty-five million
dollars in order to reach tidewater from
Plttsburg on its own account
Mr.. Carnegie, the interesting steel
trust spider. has now attacked in SOL
emn earnest the spider that runs the
tube trust Mr.. Carnegie viii put twelve
millions into a plant on Lake Erie to
XIII the tube trust spider II he can.
More power to all the fighting spiders.
and especially 20 the big ones The
sooner they eat the small ones the bet
ter-for just 50 much sooner win the
people be able to appropriate the pos
sessions OF the last big fat spider OF
them all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14
COMMON BEER.
Judge Hook Decides s'Tonic"
Can't Be Taxed as Medicine.

Kansas City. Jan. 14.-Judge Hook in
the U. S. district court here today rem
dered an important decision in the case
of the Rochester Brewing company vs.
the United States, involving the taxing
of a proprietary medicinal preparation
The court sustained the compliments
contention that the article was not sub
ject to tax and rendered judgment
against the government for $1,000 and
interest, the amount paid by the brew
ing company under protest for taxes.
The complainant company had sold
what they armed a tonic" put up in
bottles, on which already had been paid
the regular two dollar per barrel beer
tax. The revenue department at Wash
ington held that it was taxable as a pro-
prietary medicinal article while the COM
plainant commended that it was a mild
beer Suit was brought last fall by
HAIRLESS, O'Grady and Crysler, for the
brewing company, which made the con-
tention that the construction Of the COM
missioner of internal revenue was erron-
eous The court sustained the conten-
ton. This is said to be the first de-
cision of any court on the question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14
HE GOT A FITTING REBUKE.

from the N. Y Mail and Express.l
There was trifing fire in a west side
street the other day which caused
good deal of excitement and incident
ally gave a fat man a lesson in court
esq. The fire started in the apart
ments where the man and his mother
lived. The man started about the time
the fire did and got down four flights Of
stairs to the street before his mother
knew what was up. When she discov-
cred the fire she promptly tainted.
Meanwhile the fat man stood in the
street yelling, Save my motherl Save
my mother" A messenger boy, who
was passing. stopped. saw the smoke,
ran up the stairs, aroused the Woma n,
and brought her out IN safety. The
neighbors cheered and the fat man look
Here. boy he whispered. Here's
a quarter for you"
The boys face expressed his disgust.
Jaw save it, he said, and buy your
self some nerve food"
The crowd laughed, the fat man
blushed and the boy went whistling
down the street. He didn't know that
he had been a hero, and the fat man
felt himself a coward.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-14
TEDDY KILLS LION.
Shot the Wild Beast as 1t
Sprang Towards Him.

Meeker. Colo. Jan. 14-Governor
Roosevelt has had his first brush with a
mountain lion, and the adventure fur
nished excitement enough to satisfy
even the hero of San juan
In the party. beside Governor Roose-
welt and the guide, John Goff. were
Philip B. Stewart and DR.. Gerald B.
Webb of Colorado Springs. A. G. Walli-
han and Dick Stone, a government for
est ranger.
They sailed forth at 9 o'clock Satur-
day morning Golf said before they
started that he had several lions located
along the trail, and his prophecy was
speedily fulfilled. -Four. miles from
Meeker the hounds were on the trail OF
a mountain lion over a country OBJ
structed by dangerous canons at break
neck speed went the hunters, the dogs
far in the lead. For more than eight
miles the chase continued.
When the hunters overlook the dogs the
lion had taken refuge in a tall blue spruce
and the hunters dismounted and all In
sisted that Colonel Rooseyelts rifle should
This offer, however he would not accept.
and proposed instead that the matter
should be decided by drawing lots. Al
tho s,.1a = Vas stii Inc Favored one
for he drew the longest stick
AS Roosevelt raised his rife the beast
party A bullet from the Rough Rider s
rifle met him IN midair. passing through
the neck and breaking the backbone.
However, the animal came down upon DR..
Webb, who was severely scratched and
bruised, but his injuries were not at az
from the lion by the slxillful hands OF
Guide Goff and the party tyr returned to the
and they again started for the keystone
Dick stone brought the trophy Of the
hunt to Meeker, and 1t will be prepared
by taxidermiSt for a place OF honor IN
tbs. Oyster Bay residence ofColonel Roose-