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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

tFrom Tuesdays Daily.I
Miss Lillian Kitterman went to He'd
rick last evening for a weeks visit
with relatives.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Tyler,
400 North Mclean street, Wednesday
morning, son.
Mrs. E. T. Covey and son of Park
avenue departed this morning for
Denver, Col, for a two months so.
journ..
Marriage licenses have been issued
as follows: Clyde A. Riggs and Miss
M. Myrtle Myers John Sours and Miss
Alice Wiley.
Ind, arrived this morning on the Wa
bash for a visit with her mother, Mrs
Eli Allen and sister, Miss Lottie, Ito
South Jefferson street.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Burgess, departed this
morning for Canyon City, Col, to visit
her daughter, Mrs. T. H. Bewell. Mrs
Burgess expects to return home about
October 1.
Minnie Myers, sixteen year old
girl, whose home is at Centerville, was
taken TO the Industrial school al
Mitchellville today by Sheriff Suits
on complaint of the girls father
S. A. Packwood, employed in the of
fee of John Morrell and Company had
the misfortune to severely bruise the
little finger on his left hand yesterday
evening about o'clock. Mr.. Pack
wood was using a copying press which
was in the office, and accidentally
caught his hand in it, severely bruis
ing that member.
IFrom Wednesdays Daly.l
Archie Garrison. of Ash Grove, is in
the city today on business.
S. ]. Ulrey, of Competine, is bust
ness visitor to the city today.
Mrs. James Myers went to Moulton
this morning where she will make her
future home
Walter S. Coen, whol has been at
tending law school at Iowa City and
Chicago has returned to this city.
Miss Lizzie Price went to Eddyville
this morning where she has accepted a
position as bookkeeper with the West
ern Supply company.
Walter Coen has returned from
Iowa City and Chicago, where he stud
led law, and in the future will be
found in D. H. Emery's law office il
the Taylor Bldg.
Henry Johnson, the young man who
was injured last week at the Hardsoce
Manufacturing company, is still in an
unchanged condition at the Ottumwa
hospital. Today he suffered more
pain than he has for the past few days
and the attending physicians, are un
certain as to what the outcome will
be.
N. Friedman, who comes to Ottum
wa from Peoria, ILL.,, today signed {
years contract for large amount oil
advertising in the Courier. Mr.. Fried
man comes to Ottumwa highly recon-
mended as business man He is con
Quoting a large dry goods and boot
and shoe store at 125 and 1877 West
Main street in the building formerly
occupied by A. d. Moss. He is re
plenishing the stock with modern up
to-date goods and is arranging for his
fall goods which will begin to arrive
in few weeks.
James Davis, who was arrested b.
Officer Pitts last Saturday morning
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20
to diagnose the case, and the cause of
the objects appearance remains as
much of mystery as ever.
Were TaIkInu of Ghosts.

To bring the affair before the three
young people who saw it, with much
more force was the fact that they had
just been telling ghost stories, few
moments before the apparition made
it's appearance. With all their laugh
ing and joking about fancied ghosts,
the appearance of the real thing gave
the nerves of the young people
twinge that they will not forget soon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20
CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF.
WheeIer's Name Will Be Presented to
Republican County Convention.

Republican County Convention.
The Courier is requested by the
friends of A. l.. Wheeler to announce
that he will be candidate for sheriff
subject to the action of the republican
county convention. Mr. Wheeler is a
resident of the second ward of Ottum-
wa and is a reliable, straightforward
republican citizen. He is forty-fve
years of age, was born in Ohio and
came to Iowa in 1856. He lived on a
farm in Pleasant township, this county,
for Twenty-Five years and has been en-
gagged in the business of contractor
and builder for the past ten years. He
has resided in the city of Ottumwa
for eleven years and has always been
staunch and steadfast republican.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20
To Road Supervisors.

We have large stock of st. Louis,
double strength sewer pipe, in sizes
from to "a inch, suitable for culverts.
Also We have a good supply of road
plows and scrapers. Call and see us.
Ottumwa Buggy Co.,
121 and 123 West Main Street.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20

run was 375 miles. An unmatched
record for long or short distance for
ships of that class.
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Semi Courier
CHANGING ADDRESS.

Subscribers wishing their address changed
will please give the name of the Post Office 10
which the paper has been sent we'll as the
Post Office where they desire it to be
changed to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20
You Had Better

see Oscar Arnold's offer on page 4. Big
cut price sale in Rogers knives, forks,
spoons and fancy pieces
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
Lives with Bullet In His Heart.

Proof that q man may live with
bullet in his heart was afforded recent
ly by the use of the X-ray upon Char
les R. Nelson of Cadillac, Mich, for.
merly q ChicaRosn, who was in 1895
the central figure in a sensational
shooting that nearly resulted in his
death.
Under the Horoscope the ball in
Nelson's heart could be plainly seen
rising and falling with each pulsatiOn
of the vital organ. The bullet had
been there since the night Of July 1,
1896.
The mysterious circumstances sur
rounding the shooting of Nelson made
it one Of the sensational episodes in
the history Of Chicago. On the night
Of the shooting Mr.. Nelson was in COM
pany with Miss Margaret Staples in
Washington park. A negro did the
shooting. afterward escaping, and the
mystery surrounding the affair was
never cleared.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
Brewster
Happy new yearl

Happy new year!
As we we're too late last week in get
ting our items TO print We will tell our
friends this week that the Christmas
tree at this place was we'll attended
aud everything passed of in peace and
harmony.
Lee Caikins is at home once more
enjoying a visit with his parents
Mrs. Mabel Jacobs and children
spent Christmas week with relatives in
Barrett township
Mss Alice Dawes was in Brewster
Saturday.
Glenn Wilson, accompanied By his
sister Maud, aud the Misses Byrley,
we're pleasant callers ia Brewster Wed
uesdsEs They report the ranch nice
place to live.
Ernest Calkius and nephew. Leon,
went to Colorado Springs Sunday
night
A number Of our young folks en-
jnyed a social at the residence Of S.
FuIWider New Years night.
Marion Strain aud family are renew
ing old acQusintauCss in aud around
Brewster these days.
r, T. Heming and wife we're in Brew
ster Monday.
Cold weather creates a demand for
coal. Not much in town bit lots Of it
coming.
Mr.. and Mrs Homer Wright returned
to Denver Monday night. They bad
been visiting the latter's parents, MT.
and Mrs. R. T. Heming-
The dancing people enjoyed the
dance so much at A j. TaylOr's Christ
mas night, they concluded 20 try it
over New Years night.
Mr.. Griffith aud family aud Mr. and
Mrs. Dunn took Christmas dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. Patterson.
Mrs. Sunday has returned from north
Of Colby where she was nursing ia the
family Of Mr.. Down
g. 6. Baker aud family came in for
Z the Holidays L Hollsnbeok puEchas-
ed their place last week
Charles Horoey and wife entertained
relatives New Years day
A crowd Of young folks began the
new year right at " " Giibsrts.
Kiss Grace jacobs entartaiued a few
! friends Saturday with g good dinner
and many social games
i Jack rabbit hunting IS all the rage.
+ Que party Of Two report killing thirty
one ia three hours hunting, Does
+ that sound fshyf
Mrs j. r Wells started Tuesday
night Cor s thres weeks visit in His
3 ECuEl-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
The Weather.

The weather man done his part
toward ushering in the new century
A light snow and zero weather is his
New Years and century gift.
Snow began to fall early Sunday
morning and by night the earth was
covered with a mantle Of white. The
present wave, which came out Of the
west, is BY far the coolest Of the sea-
son. Monday morning the tbermom
eter reached the lowest point, "A de-
grees below zero.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
SPEED OF WILD DUCKS.
At = Hei -hE OF Fifteen Hundred Feet,
They Cover More Than Forry-Seven r
Miles an Hour.

BayOnne, n. J., Dec. 29.-William A.
Eddy today measured by means of
kites the altitude Of the thcusands Of
Wild ducks which were flying south
ward along the coast The average
height of the flying ducks was found
TO be 1,5OO feet. They passed across
the crosswire space Of Mr.. Eddy's kites
in sbOut-three seconds This time was
taken repeatedly, and twenty Observa-
lions confirmed the speed Travelled. It
was found that the ducks were travel
ing nearly AZ miles an hour.
Although the kites we're up but 500
feet, the ducks appeared to he afraid
Of them, and repeatedly great hooks
steered of to one side or the other as
they approached the point where the
kites were.
Mr.. Eddy bad aIoft two seven foot
and two nine foot kites. On December
%, Mr. Eddy, by means Of his kites,
found that the cirrus clouds were trav-
cling at the rate Of 173 miles an hour,
which is the highest velocity yet re
corded here.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
A Change at the Brick Hotel.

A change in management Of the
Brick hotel took place New Years day,
c. G. Young retiring aud James Balm
bridge assuming charge Of that pop
ular hOstelry.
Mr. Young enjoyed a good patronage
and gave his bOarders good service,
and MIR. Cambridge will no doubt do
as we'll, as himself and wife have bad
considerable experience in the hotel
business.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04

IN the district cent Of Sherman county IN
II the state 81 kansas viola g. cIllss pain
tff vs.. John r sillsr defendant. said defend
ant. John p. Siils- VIII take notice That be has
been sued n the district court q Sherman
erautT. e the state 81 Kansas ~ The $40
iherefn b. said plaintiff On or before tre l5th
dsr 81 March. a. D. 1901 or s1id retiticr VII
- tal-eu as frus- and iudEmel- .lr rl7intLl- n
aid aef1on- whsreiu the plai1tid -rlrays E1r &
decree o. rrzcIutz divorce from sad c1is-ez1-
On tts grouni o. z1anlc1r1elt t1r rlofe Tran
cu5 year prior 70 the 1st1 - cL Lece1
fcl- and for che care. cuzi14 enc ec1srcl q
tf-r rnfror rfsfI drar the l1zrs ~ frelf
r1d aEEicE tset I-cEIrrs rl- p
er77rrIF
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
Cali That Kills.
A kind Of New Years call that kills
Is: call, and ssttlaup your bills.
PAT GROVE CAPTURED.
The KtdnspPor Rua Down amer = Hot
Chase Near O-Iriehs, Pine Ridge
Agency. 5. D., Monday

Denver, COL Jan Ia special to
the Rocky Mountain News from Chad
ron, Eeb-, says:
when the detectives started a ros-
Sc after Pat Grove yesterday they
were on a hot trail and captured their
man Three riders following Groves
trail came upon him on the Pine Ridge
reservation near Oelrichs, s. D. and
captured him After a Wild chase to es-
cape. BE vas driving a team and
blackboard He whipped the horses
and tried 70 outrun the h0rsemen,
who soon brought HIN to halt with
their revolvers- John Delfeldsr, a cat
tleman, has just reached town win
the news, while tbe posse had 70 stop
at 8 ranch about 90 miles cut f0rIunch
and 20 feed their horssr
We write deeds -.ffos 81. Leonard.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
- - a -.



TIE ripe old age OF three score years
and ten vas far ontrun in the life
course OF Mrs. Margueritta Sprague.
Who died At the home Of her son B. s.
spfsRue, near LaBlanels Thursday.
she STAINED unto the extreme age Of
g year, being in another term a mono
ssnarisn.
When her husband died, two years
ego IN Illinois. Who also was nearly 100
years OF age, she came to Sherman
county with her son on the condition
that be take her back for burial beside
her husband. when the end should
come.
Her demise vas not the result of
sickness; she simply went to sleep and
died without a struggle.
Mr. B. S. SPFague is q man Of about
65 years Of age, and was the only son
and child.
he left with the remains Of his moth :
er Sunday night for Illinois, where IN
terment viii be made.
Few there be that eyer reach the
great. longevity OF this grand old Ia =,
who. full Of years, has at last passed
through nature into eternity.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
Ertnna and Chnnns.

1t is an Illusion to imagine that for
tunes come By chance; they are built
up By industry and prudence. Like
the builders Of the pyramids of Egypt,
who wrought with untiring persever-
ance until at last the tOPmOst stone
was placed in position, so is the aver
age fortune made. Here aud there by
some lucky venture, a man may wake
up and find himself rich, but in the
great majority Of instances thiseBd is
rescued BY aiming at definite object,
and adopting means with that end in
view. The whole architecture Of a for
tune must be as scientifically worked
o0t.as the details Of some fine struc-
ture. It is we'll to remember that the
signs Of the times indicate that wealth
viii be'of much slower growth in the
future than that Of the past has been,
and speculation viii prove to many IN
the future as illGsive as the mirage of
the desert. It comes, therefore to this,
that dollars viii have to be earned
by the sweat Of the brow or By the
brsins and when thus obtained must be
diligently cared for. Saving money
implies proper investment. The op-
portunities to invest money badly are
legion. Many q man has risen up ear
y and lain down late, aud eaten the
brsad Of carsfulness with tears, only 20
discover that some bad investment has
absorbed in q single hour, the savings
Of lifetime. The true method Of sc
oniriBg a fortune is Co ally our accUm-
1lations with some greater aggregation
az wealth, IS in such unity there is
pTeeminsRt strength. Nothing 50 en-
coursgss the heart Of a prudent nan
Is 10 see bis savings gFoEinE like wheat
IN springtine, giving promise Of a gOl-
den harvest.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04

A suspicious couple pulled into
GoOdlaud Tuesday morning and put
up at the Commercial hotel They we're
begrimmed with-seoaI dust and said
they we're cumming their way and had
showed down coal up the road, but did
not-have to as they bad plenty Of cash.
They registered as +. n. McGrath and
James Andrews from New York City
The suspicious of Mr. Barnett, the hotel
keeper, we're aroused, as one of,them-
had q decided feminine appearance
and manner. The one answering to
McGrath left Tuesday night, and when
the individual went to pay the hack
man, be, or she, pulled out a handker-
chief in which was roll of bills as
large as ones arm The other partner
stayed at the hotel and seemed to be
nursing a black eye
Suspicion vas aroused and the chief
Of police OF Omaha was wired descrip-
ton, etc. Al answer was received, say
ing that it could not be Pat Grove, as
be was five feet ten inches, and the
party here was only about five feet five
inches. The party remaining here
seemed to be, uneasy, aud avoided seru-
tiny aud conversation. He did tell the
IandIady that Ed, his partner, had
made 5000 in the last two years. He
left for Denver Thursday morning
Their actions justified suspicion, aud
probably they we're leaving former
scenes for good aud sufficient reasons.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
Rev Year'sB Ban.

GOodland will not have. to import
orehestrss any more from Colorado
Springs or Denver when she wants to
give q ball That We now have home
talent equal to the occasion was fully
demonstrated at the New Years bali
given By the Philharmonic orchestra.
Although two members Of the Orohes
ira were prevented from being pres
ent, yet the music furnished came up
20 the expectations Of the dancers
The ball was not as well patronizsd as
the management wished, the extreme
cold weather keeping many away, but
those who did attend enjoyed them
selves immensely. Refreshments we're
served In the hall throughout the even
ing by the ladies OF the st. PauI's
Guild, and they received a good pat
rOnsQe.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04


Alta resent Bradford meeting ol the
British assoeiesios. paper uss sssd
5y J. 3. Q. EerstaH which dealt WITH
che eonParasi7s cost ef power produs-
ed by steam engines. nstsr turbines
and Eas engines, with the result Of
showing that gss engines have 8
very promising future. Tbs suprsn-
/ scy OF the steam engine is nov disDut.
ed. On one side the water turbine.
on the ether the gas engine has be.
cons its rival. sDuzing the past ten
years" says MF. KscshRR, "a most re-
variable Development OF hydraulic
power has been taking place on the
continent Of Earope-in France and
Germsny-and in America ct Niagara.
The aggregate amount Of power at the
present date generated from falling
water forms no inconsiderabls portion
Of the total power utilized in manu-.
featuring industries, aud two years ego
it was estimated by the author 30 be
between 235, 600 and $4,000 horsepower.
On the other hand, gas engineers have
been busily engaged in working out
the problems presented By large gas
engines and by the utilization of the
waste gases of blast furnaces. Gas en-.
giRes,up to $50 horsepower have been
built and have worked smoothly and
economically"
Local considerations viii often de-
cides ones choice between the three
possible sources Of power, but large
waterfall does not always give the
cheapest power, and the nearness OF
the coal field will not always make the
steam engine preferable. The most
economic source Of power can only be
determined after an exhaustive study
Of comparative coal date, Water, it is
Is the cheapest source Of
power if its falls can be utilized with
out much capital expenditure, but il it
costs heavily to utilize it, or to trans
NIT the power when obtained, then
steam or gas may be cheaper. Some
water powers developed in Switzerland,
it is observed, cost more than the 9TH
er sources Of power. The practicable
ty Of large gas engines is settled, and
under some circumstances must dis
place the turbine and the steam en-
gine. Their use may unsettle practi-
cal calculations. "If they do not cost
excessively for maintenance and re-
pairs" says the writer, 'large gas en-
gines, in conjunction with coke ovens
and blast furnices, may entirely alter
the present position of affairs, and the
new industries which at present are
being established in the Eeighborhood
Of water power stations may find them
selves in severe competition with SINH
LAP manufactures carried on in the
coal and iron districts of the older
countries.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
- ChrrstaI Harresl.

The ice harvest began this week. The
first load was brought in Tuesday, Jan
uarY 1, by c. NJ Knight and was deliv
cred TO J. B. Penn. The ice is Of good
quality, being about ten in shes thick.
J. B. Penn will put in 200 tons, b. H
Auer will fill his new ice house with
$50 tons. c. E Swarts will put up 200
tens, and the Rock Island will bring ia
by rail about 500 tons to ill their ice
house here
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04

Frank Brown was eight years old
yesterday aud the eventWas celebrated
b little psrty At his home in which
afsw % bis yonng friendspas tieipased-
Those present we're: Jesse FeeteFs,
Bari Siils, George Kelly. Walter Kelly,
Essd Merton, Frank Cootss Frank Ne
Bride. Frank A[illissek. Earl Hodgkin-
sens Edna Buisucka Lilly ShaE, Jennie
Habbsrd. Vlvs Morris. Eva Dnn5ar
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04


A"Msn Of. Mystery, under the diree-
ton Of Leary & Hagen, is the coming
attraction at the opera house in Good
land, Friday evening, January IL The
play is q realistic, up to date meIodra-
ma that has created a decided sensa-
ton in the large eastern cities. It's a
page from life By Mark E. Swan, the
clever author Of "Browns in Town"
"Whose Baby Are Your" etc, and is
uDquestiOnably his masterpiece. The
plot is not only unique, but so sbso-
lutely startling and original as to take
the play entirely without the range Of
ordinary melodrama. Stranger still,
the author has founded his play upon
fact. The chief incidents are taken
from q celebrated robbery and sbdUc-
ton case which only a few years ago
bafHed the police Of New York, and
mysti6ed the cleverest detectives in
the land.
So graphically are the many Incl
dents displayed that the audience Is
literally petrifed at times with the in
tensity OF the work upon the stage.
The celebrated climax Of the third act,
laid in a New York dive, known a.
'sTbe Devils Kitchen" is the height OF
dramatic perfection. A strong comedy
element aud clever specialties serve to
relieve the tension at times, but no
more intensely exseting work has ever
been seen upon the stage
The authors name, Mark E. Swan, is
a guarantee Of the perfection Of the
play, while the names Of Leary & Ia
gen as managers have never been con.
Dected with anything but the best pro
auctions. The cast is the strongest
that money could secure, headed by
those clever artists, Forest, Flood
and Miss Maude Sheppard. The com
pany includes Coulter Howard, Frank
Lesry, Lew Kelly, Frank Leamster,
Fred Walters, Cora Winter, Ethelyn
Clemens and Irene La Rose, all per
formers of reputation aud ability
The play promises to be the treat of
the season.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04

City Fathrrs at LoEsrheads over APP
poiatu3eut o. CITY Asaessor-Faaanoy
Caused % RsaiEnatlo1.

In the council chamber Tuesday
night, among other things was consid-
cred the appointment Of q new city
assessor to al the place OF J. " Klauer,
resigned
According to the prescribed course
IN such matters. Mayor Smith DOmin-
ated Nose Mstheny TO III the vacancy -.
Although only the mayor has the right
Of the nomination, which, however, has
to be scqaiesed IN By q majority Of the
council votes, II it stand, the members
Of the council refused to entertain the
nomination favorably. Hence the va
eancy can only be filed when the coun-
Gil gets together on some man.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1901-01-04
Trans-sibrrian train Lighting.

The trains which are now running
over the section OF the Trans-Siberian
from Moscow to Irkutsk are provided
with complete electric system which
serves for the lighting and heating of
the cars, as well as for the water and
milk heaters in the dining car. 10 the
baggage car has been placed an install
lation consisting of a boiler, steam
turbine aud a dynamo of five horse
power, which gives the current at q
tension of 60 volts; the plant is under
the supervision Of an engineer appoint
ed for the purpose. Under one OF the
cars is disposed q battery Of aecumuls-
tors, which assures the lighting for
four hours in case an accident should
happen to the dynamo plant, and the
latter may be stopped during the night
when only q few lamps are in use.
Electric cigar-lighters are placed in
each compartment
The lighting is carried out by globes
placed in the ceiling, By brackets and
portable lamps. The globes OF the
sleeping compartments, corFiGOrss ETC.
contain two lamps provided with a
switch; the others have one lamp The
portable lamps, WHICH are usually sus-
pended from the partitions by brack
! cts, msy, If necessary, be placed upon
the tables. The lamps are from 3 TO 16
candle power, according to their posi-
ton; the whole number Of.lamps IN q
train represents 1000 candle power
The circuits are 50 arranged that most
Of the lamps are turned OF after mid
night. 10 the sleeping compartments
the lamps which iliumine each have an
automatic switch By which they are ex
tinguisbsd or turned On as thecurtsins
are drawn or opened,