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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
sEaTlLLoN BUREAU TO GO.
Police Chiefs Decide Upon Removal
of the Office.

Washington, D. c., Oct 17.-At a
special meeting of the police chiefs
here it was decided that the Bureau
of Criminal Identification, which, since
it's organization has been located in
Chicago. should be transferred imme.
diately to Washington. 1t will be in.
stalled in rooms at police headquar.
ters temporarily.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
ADMITS DEFEAT.

Democratic Candidate for Congress in
Michigan Gives Up.
Bay City, Mich, Oct. 17.-George d.
jackson, of this city, the democratic
candidate for congressman from the
tenth congressional district, to sue
coed the late Congressman. Cfump ad-
mils his defeat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
CATCH A "wlLD MANI
Police Trap Sorry Looking Object in
the Woods.

the WOODS.
Chicago, Oct. ia wild man"
feeding on berries in patch of woods
near Elsdon, which is within the city
limits of Chicago, was captured yes
terday by a special detail of police
from the stockyards station. He ter
rorized the people in that neighbor-
hood.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
is ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
Former Kansas Man Now Takes the
KINDS Pictures.

Topeka, Oct. IA former Kansas
man is now royal photographer of the
King OF Sweden. His name is L. Lar
son.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
JOHN cuLBERTsoN DEAD.
Venerable Citizen of keokuk Passes
Away Yesterday.

Keokuk, Oct. 17.-John Culbertson,
venerable citizen of Keokuk, died at
to most residents of the city, died at
ii O'Clock yesterday forenoon. He
was so years of age and lived in Keo-
kuk for forty-seven years.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
MISS GOULD ON FAIR BOARD.
Chosen on Board Of Managers fo
Louisiana Purchase Exposition,

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 1.-THE Louis
lana Purchase Exposition commission
has selected Miss Helen Gould of New
York, daughter Of the late Jay Gould,
as member-at-large of the board of
lady managers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
MANNED IN DRAKE CLASS RUSH

Students Injured in Struggle of Fresh.
men and Sophonores.
Des Moines, Oct. 17.-Ealf dozen
students were injured yesterday in the
second class rush of freshmen and
sophomores.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
coRRETT VILE REFEREE.

Ex-champion's Brother Selected to
Handle Jeffres-RuhIin Fight.
San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 17.--Harry
Corbett will be the referee of the Jeff
ries-Ruhlin fight. 1t will take place
80 the evening of Noy. Is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-17
GARsT HAS CLEAR FIELD.

for Senator, Withdraws.
Des Moines, Oct. 17.-Edward Drew
ry of Sac county, who was nominated
by the democrats of the Carroll
Greene-Sac district for senator against
Senator Warren Garst, has filed papers
with the secretary of state giving no.
tice of his withdrawal as a nominee.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27

and trunk and tossed them into the
old bag. While watching this action
we lost sight of the string and the
knife and never saw them again.
Singing the bag over his shoulder, he
walked away. We knew this was only
bluff, because he hadn't yet received
any backsheesh and we knew he never
would depart without that.
Gle had moved off only few PAGES
when we saw that something was NOV
ing inside the bag. The old man
stopped, put on a surprised express
sion, put the bag down on the ground,
and in a moment out crawled the boy
as sound in wind and limb as he had
ever been.
The boy began to smile, and the old
man, smiling and salaaming, came to-
ward us for his money. This he got
in very liberal amount, and off he
went, leaving us standing there, mys-
titled, confused, flabbergasted.
ave looked about for traces of the
recently-committed tragedy, but
where the ground had been red with
it was left. There was not the slight
est bit of doubt that the boy had been
carved up and there was not the slight
est doubt that he had as miraculously
come TO life again.
About the carving, the rest of us
might have been mistaken, but you
couldn't fool the doctor. He had been
cold-blooded enough to pick up the
different members of the body as they
had come tumbling down from the sky,
had examined them and was perfectly
positive that the ACKNOWLEDGMENT had
taken place and had been the work of
a skillful surgeon OF student of an
atomy This was one of the few per-
formances that ever saw of the real,
genuine Hindoo fakirs of the Indian
wilds."
"But how do you account for it all?"
asked one of the British army officers
friends.
"Why, there is only one way to ac-
count for it," was the reply. 1--WE were
simply mesmerized or hypnotized by
The old boy and placed in such a mental
state that we imagined the whole per-
Torrance really had been enacted"
"But how about the army doctor,
who handled the dlsmembered parts?"
asked some one else.
sob, he was befuddled just like the
rest of us. He thought he handled
stray arms and legs and heads and
trunks, whereas he didn't do anything
of the kind"
maybe Englishmen in India can be-
come thus mentally twisted" said the
first inquirer, "but I'm darned il be-
ieve anybody else can. Either you
saw a miracle performed or the whole
blessed LOT Of you were jagged."--N. Y.
Sun. ~,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27

taises to tellit he, 90, haddisappearea
froiu view.
.'tlc had as all going by this time,
and we just sat there gaping up into
the air Ike lot OF precious IDIOTS
There was a seconds absolute silence
and then an agoniziug yeil.so piercing
that it sunk into ones very bones AM
other second, which seemed Ike an
age. ard then we saw dark object
come hurtling down from Che Ky
Down and down it came until u landed
only few feet from US with d sicken-
ing sort of thud.
Hooking to see what it was. we saw
the head Of the boy who had climbed
the cord lying there, severed from the
body at about the middle of The neck.
A closer examination showed that the
face wore a horrible expression, while
the scarlet blood poured from he di-
vided arteries and the dark yenous
blood from the veins. The twtching
of the newly-cut muscles and the wind
pipe and the cleanly-severed joints OF
two of the cervical vertebrae were
quite plain to The army sprgeon and
to the rest of us, all of whom knew. "a
little Of anatomy from the field hos
lpitals.
"We hadn't by any means got over
the shivery feeling we experienced at
seeing the head of the late urchiu,
when down came an arm, cut OIL
through the shoulder joint and giving
Ian the anatomical relations in that
part quite plainly. A moment later
the other arm dropped at our feet
land an examination showed that "
had been cut off i'm exactly the same
way. The doctor said the old rascal
carved cleverly enough TO have been
surgeon at the Royal college.
eve were about ready for anything
after that, and so were not particular
ly surprised when a leg, severed at
the hip joint and exposing the head OF
femur, the muscles twitchhg just as
YOU may have seen them twitch in Q
freshly-killed animal came along, me
other leg followed in due time, and
then came the trunk.
"a moment later, the old man was
seen coming down the string, and
when he dropped to the ground from
the end of it, he was literally covered
with gore from head to foot. Thu
knife, still held between his teeth, wa
: fairly dripping with blood. His eye
: appeared wilder than ever, his fea
lures drawn, and he paced back ant
: forth for a few seconds like chaine'
tiger.
"Then he collected the head, limb
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27


There's charm, freely grant you,
IN the clty's stirring iife
Ia its hurry and confusion,
IN its commerce and rs strife;
and there's mary q iruth-irausnt lessen
Learned IN busy street ard mart.
rhat may make a spirit stronger,
That may touch a hardened heart
But the sorrow Of the city
Dim the ulster of It's charm
And my soul cries out IN secret
For the solace of The fam
Cor It's spring-tlmo GIT of blossom,
For It's winters wealth OF snow,
For IT'S summers golden harvest
And rs autumn's purple glow
rrue, the city has its snow.nakes.
But their whiteness cannot stay.
White the FARMS fair fields are spotless
All the tranquil winter days
And I've seen the city's blossoms
Seen its splendid lower shows.
But my heart still Graves the fragrance
OF a sweet old-fashioned rosel
There are riches IN the city
Wealth unreckoned and Untold
But my fancy leads me ever
TO a field of living gold
There's palace IN the city
Where they serve the ruby wine,
But my mind still holds the picture
OF a purple-custered vlnel
All there IS a charm, | grant you,
1 In the busy urban life;
In its hurry and confusion,
In its commerce and its strife;
But l push the city from me,
/ With its jewel-laden arm,
] To embrace The purer pleasures
/ OF my dear old home-the Farml
Ida M. Heck. in Union Signal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27

Bill Binders barn that stood just be-
hind my garden fence, lifted it plumb
over my house, and filled the road with
it right in front Of me-and not even
a shingle on my house was riz! Agra
vatin'? Well, | should say so!
"'But that wasn't all. The lightnin'
that follered that hurricane spit out
most tremendous, but it jumped right
over my house and hit the sawmill kerr
plinkl That busted the sawmill's
b'iler. ! was right in the line O. fire,
but as that mill and Her went flynn
about they took with 'em Jake Belts
blacksmith shop, the tavern barn, and
Bill Smiley's wagon house, all of 'emI
more than hundred yards away, and
never so much as shook an inch o. plas-
term off o. my WALL
Though luck? Maybe you don't
think so. But listen. Follerin' right
on the heels o. that lightnin' came the
tremendousest clOudburst that ever
busted. And il swept and swashed
right plumb ag'in that house o. mine
all the water that IL let loose, and away
she went, crisky-te-crash! Humpty-
te-thumpl and not a dang dollars
worth of insurance on her ag'in wa.
teri Tough! Say, cap'l--
"'But the lot the house stood on is
left, cap'n, and so / was hopin' youI
was one of EN-, and that your line was
earthquakes, for then I'd put policy
on the lot ag'in earthquakes right now,
and maybe we mowt git shake-up
that'd split her from stem to stern, and
maybe leave nothiu' but a hole in the
ground, SOS could have a leetle some-
thin to stand off ag'inthat Tough luck
o. mine. But see yo0aih't one of EN-.
and I'm powerful sorrysslf you happen
to run ag'in one Of 'em aud his line is
earthquakes, Jest tell him to come
over here, willyou, aud III do business
with him on the spot!'
~ told the man would, and drove
on, musing on the mutabillty Of human
affairs, and the proneness of men, par.
in the HemloclS belt, TO sub
stantiate the charge ST. Paul made,
in his haste against mankind in gem
eral, that time the world was young
lg."-N. Y. Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27

ready, and I was actuly pinin that
minute for a lightnin' rod peddlar TO
come along SOS could git up decker
with him fer runnin' some rods up on
her; consequently, me and this insur-
ance chap agreed, and he socked
policy on her ag'in her bein struck by
lighinin The lightnin' rod Imam came
along not more'n an hour later, but q
course Ididn't care TO dicker with him
then.
The woods must a. been fun o.
them insurance fellers just about then,
Tor it wasn't long before up drove an-
other one, clipper as could be-
. '"Ive sort o. come in,' says he, ITO
sure you ag'in explosions"
"'"Why,' says ], "rm a widower,
and my mother-in-law don't live here
Explosions amt layin' in wait for me-"
says l.
"'"'Tut, tutl" says he. "Your house,
That sawmill yonder has b'ier in st.
Bilers has got a way o. splittin them
selves open once in awhile, no matter
how good they be. If that one in the
sawmill should take it into its head
to open up, where would this house o
your'n land?" says he.
Now, there couldn't "a been no de-
nyin' that the b'iler in that sawmill
was shaky and lealSy, and liable to go
off most any time, and it wasn't more
than 20 foot away from the side o my
house, so let that Teller put policy
on the house ag'in explosions; and
knocked down the high fence betwixt
the sawmill and me, and chopped away
some trees that stood there. The very
next day chap came from some
where's else and told me that he was
there to insure me ag'in water.
"'"What, me?" 1 says. "Me the or
thodoxest of an orthodox Hardshei
Baptist? Me insure a'gin water|'
says.
"'"No, mol" says he. Not you,
your house Freshets and floods. You
don't want your house washed away
with no insurance on it ag'in water, do
your" says he.
"'Now any house was high and dry
on a hill There wasn't stream nor
pond high enough TO git water up to
lit. not if rain should rain steady for
two months. So l laughed and pooh
= hoohed, and wouldn't take no insur-
ance ag'in water, and the Teller went
d away. Well, cap'n, now look"
1.-Two weeks ago the woods got
d afire. The fire come blazin' and crack
in and snappin' right down lords that
d house o. mine, burnin' down Pete
s. Jones house and barn on the way
e and lickin' up Joe Ramsey's. My house
n was next in line, when the consumed
} wind changed and swept the fire right
r in the opposite direction, and 1 see
y there wasn't any use. 1t didn't ever
II ,scorch the sidin'.
' "'Next day one of them student hur
n ricanes swooped down on us. / seer
y it maxim straight for my place, and
never seen one that was such hum
p mer. | was feelin' good, when all il
n second that hurricane veered i
grabbed Sam Bags house, standin
= not two rods on the left O mine, ant
he the last seen % Sans house it looket
* like a pile o. chips goip' down the hill
L, And that aggravatin' hurricane too
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-09-27
1901 " THE GREAT SUMMER RESORT. n 1870
DAWSON SPRINGS.
ARCADIA HOUSE,
X Dawson, Hopkins County Ky.
LOCATION:
LOCATION:

halybe and salt springs situated immediately
upon Louisville Memphis of the Illinois Central railroad
formerly Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern aioa 100 miles west Of
Louisville X and mi eas o Paducah
The Arcadia House and neatly Furnished with cpacty 81 enter
the the Arcadia House have free access to the Syringe without
visiting the Springs The dry and liquid
$50 ~ N M. HOLEMAN CO., Propretors.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
Victor Manufacturing COMPANY.

-
MIR j j. McMahan, state Supcrlntcn
dent of Education Columbia, ). &. --
Dear Sir: return you her in report
covering your questions Of October >
| would call to your attention The fact
that our schools will cost us yearly about
~ 900 IN excess Of what We secure from
common school flnd, and inclusive OF
The tax Tor common schools know
there rs n general impression that the
mills OF the State are not doing their
duty Ms to education. f,cl that this
impression is erroneous, and am
thoroughly III sympathy With you in
yonr efforts To give proper information
10 the people at large upon this point
and have, therefore, given You without
reserve answers rs requested by you
II would be y pleasure to us Mt some
time for you to visit this community Y
and see our building. In this connection,
at An early date | shal formally open
The new church house and school build
iDG that We have b ,iit ut u cost OF about
$6 coo and, If you could do SO, would be
very pleased 10 have you attund its open
in, as hope to get several other promi
ncut parties here.
Very truly, LEWIS w. PARKER,
President and Treasurer
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
I'd man,
rs 80, > one hand
j wife with the
III h D
HU sp...l note, by cracky." OK.

lS Hu GG..i note, Dy CraCky." cX-
lhed the old man as they both arose
with moro excitement than dignity l
shall not try to describe what followed
1t took more than an hour for tho family
to settle down. The bill of money pass
cd through all their hands They felt
of 1t, turned it ovor and about, to at last
scoot for the store and learn for certain
that 1t was genuine grecnbacks.
"There might be some moro, grand.
ma" suggested one of the childrcu.
They had never thought OF this; per.
maps there was some more, and the
work on tho old coat was at once re.
Sumed.
1t is useless for me to try to describe
what followed. AS the ripping proceed
cd two or three wads of money (grccn.
backs) was found and rcioiccd over. 1t
ls perhaps not prudent to tell just what
they did get, if knew, but / can tell
you ono thing, Christms ss morning found
that whole family with tickets for Green
villo, 8. g., and l expect that before this
IS read they will be back on the Saluda
again, and the old man will have deed
to the o'd home they left. This was Joy
enough for one family in one Christmas,
don't you think SO? And the beauty of
it is tina: thoy will all be content to- re.
main IN the country and proud to be
country folks
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
PROFITS OF THE BUSINESS
The Dispensary Sales Reach
About Two and Half Mil

llOllS.
The statement Of the gross and net
profits of each dispensary in the State
during the cevcn months ending No
vcmbcr 30, 1900, has been issued The
gross cs for the period indicated
amounted to the enormous sum Of 50.
42l ,SiO22, nearly two and q half mil
lions Of dol ars. On this the States profit
was SlIG 0l2 1S, and the net profits,
divided equally between the towns and
Gi.ica Of the State, covering also the
beer dispcnsarics, reach $20S, 1GG. .2S
making the total profits for the eleven
months on tn" States big liquor busi-
ness, SiTA l18 4G.
The net profits from beer dispcnsa
rics 10 towns and counties aggregate
T21 ,iG9 81.
From the ten dispensarics in Charles
ton g. unity the net profits to that county
and city arc Sl2, ,305 2G.
Columbia has four dispcnsarics cx-
c usivo of the beer privileges. From
these four tho net profits going - the
county and city are S22 ,7;,S 70.
Grccnvillc with its two dispcnsarics
nets the city and county the sum of
TlO13C42, and Spartanburg's two dis
p"nsarics net the city and county fl1,
;IS2 O3.
1t should hc borne IN mind that al
these figures refer only to the ccvcu
months ending November 30 and dc
not include tho heavy holiday business
done during the month of December.
Here is the 0ilcia $ atcment, showing
in the first co umu the enormous sales
at each Of tho 81 regular dispcnsarics in
! the State, and the net proilts-cq equality di
| vidcd between towns and cities in the
| last column
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
prl2cr Manufacturing Company,
rclIcr, \ & October e., 80


Hon. J. j McMHhuu, State Supcrin
tcnAcut of Educ,tion, Columbia, y G.. --
Dear Sir: In writing about our schools
The other day | omitted to mention
that we pay our school children for at
tending school ~ the rate OF ten cents
per mOnth for caCh Chi.d who does not
miss a school day during the month
hnd great lack Of encouragement
given the school children 10y parents a.
- school attendance, and frequently !
meet with direct opposition, and to
avoid this Irregular attendance vt school
we pay ten cents month, in regular
PciAcr Mnnufnct ring Company pay en-.
vClorrS, TO each child that has not missed
day ut schoo! in the previous month.
We take no record OF the StnnIing OF
the child in sCAoOl, bat we simply want
their attrndNucc, and the necessary
training and discipline will follow.
This amounted last year To $3.50, or az
average Of SO per month for ter
months.
We have worked this plan for scvcra
years, and find il to be great aid il
inducing regular attendance, and on
average Attendance last y a. was over
S6 per cent Of the enrolment. Yours
truly,
ElIl~ON a SMNWU President
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10

inventive agencies of Importance, and
only few may DC named. The Parsons
rotary steam turbine as applied to ma.
rnc engines has raised the speed OF
smaller steam craft to that Of al ex-
press locomotives; the Northrup loom
cotton mills, which acts almost with
the discretion Of a thinking mind
the Yerkes telescopes Edison's kinoto-
scope, and its allied Inventions; the
discovery and application Of the \
rays by Roeutgen, the Krupp armor
plate; the Developments In liquid air
and apparatus for producing it; the
mcrccrizing of cloth under tension! to
render it silky: the practical develop
mcnt Of the bicycle and the automobile {;
the building and launching of the" O..
ccanic," the largest steam vessel ever
produced and wireless tclegraphy by
MarCOni
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
An rmplOyce Of the census Office

An employee of the census office at
Washington says that many ludicrous
misunderstanding occurred while the
count Of the people was in progress.
Among the queries on the blanks fur
nshed to the enumerators was one
which WAS indicated thus: Length Of
residence" This was expected to show
how long each person had lived in the
place where he resided when the census
as taken, but when the reports came in
it was found that some Of the enumera-
tors had misunderstood the nature Of
the question, and had answered it in
figures =" 20x40," "7G feet" etc Evi.
IDENTIFY they had measured the length
Of the residences of the people they
counted.
Rev. l.. S. Ingram, Protestant
missionary, located at Oaxaca, Southern
Mexico, went to Laredo, Texas, to be
married TO Miss Franc Battley, Of Lon
don, who camc to this country to meet
her iiance. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev Mr. Rommens, Of
AoTan, I'll. The bride travelled 5000
miles, the groom 1000 miles and the
clergyman 1 800 miles to the place OF
meeting.
The Prince of Wales, after the
shooting season, always amuscs himself
with daily target practice. He is said
to be one of the best pistol shots In Eu-
gland.