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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03
STRIKERS WIN POINT.
Arbitrator is Also Working TO Adjust
Matters.

MATTERS.
Chicago June 2-The most serious
and at the same time the most hope-
ful phases of the teamsters' strike de.
lveloped today. The Great Northern
/ hotel was cut off from its ice supply
! in the morning because it patronized
| Irwin Bros, who sell meat for the
big packers. The hotel at once can
lcelled its contract with the big inter
ests and will obtainits supply through
minor packers who have signed the
union agreement The strikers saw
this is simply one token of their
strength and a forerunner of their III
innate victory.
On the other hand an arbitrator
may solve the strike question and
bring the difficulties TO a speedy ter
mination. Today Frederick w. Job,
chairman of the Illinois state board
of arbitration, was in conference with
Secretary W. l.. Turley, of the nation
al teamSterS' union for over an hour
preparatory to bringing the teamsters
and tacking interests and the depart.
ment stores. whose drivers are dissat-
istied, into an amicable agreement.
Job intimated he had already inter-
viewed the packers who are holding
out against the union and was hope
ful of good results.
The situation of the meat consum-
ers has been considered much easier
today. For time at least, the meat
famine has been postponed The
strikers are doing all in their power
to Inconvenience the big packers
who refuse TO come to their terms.but
many eating houses and markets are
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03

peculiar He was not bad looking
fellow but was looked upon as an cd.
dity. 1t is supposed that he brooded
over the fact taht the girl had reject
ed his advances until his mind became
unbalanced.
Letters We're found on Hale's per-
son addressed to his mother at 3 IDS
vile, Mo. which We're written scarce
~ an hour before the deed was com
mitted. stating what he intended to do
and asking to be buried beside the
girl
Is Not in the Penitentiary.
TT. Madison. June Especial
There is nothing in the report that Ed.
ward Hale, the slayer of Miss Fora
Donahue at Cantril Saturday afternoon
was brought to this city and placed in
the penitentiary for safe keeping.
Not in Fairfield.
Fairfield, June 2.-(Speciai.)-The
report that Edward Hale, the farm
hand who shot and killed Miss Fora
Donahue, is in the county Jail here for
safe keeping, is untrue.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR.
The following chronological
fluctuations of the struggle from the beginning

fluctuations OF the struggle from the beginning
Oct. 11-War begun.
Oct. 12-Natai
14-Newcasle by
oct, -s,mnerley Isolated 1s4 days siege began
Oct 16-Mafeking attacked; 213 days
Oct 2osatte of Glencoe British claimed
Oct 21-eatte of EandsIaaste
Oct. 22-5rish
Oct 23-Generai Symonds died of
Oct Oct so-sotIe Of NehoIsons Mex 900 British captured
Nov 23-Rale of retired.
Nov 25-satle of Gras Pan: Beers retired.
Nov Nov ns-Ratte 9s Of Of s soddsr River; Beers retired
Dec Bae OF MaeersTonten Methuen
killed
Dec 15-satte of colenso BuIer defeated
6-B on repused.
1u-Robeits
jan 2S-Spon kop captured by Warren
Feb 5-sullers third attempt to Ladysmith began
Feb 7-vaa kranz evacuated by British.
Feb. e-Roberts reached the Modder.
Feb. 15-kimberiey relieved
Feb. 2O--Conje surrendered
Feb. 2s-Ladysmrh relieved Butler
March 1i-salisbury rejected soer peace proposals
March 27-General Joubert died.
March s-stish aPped at sannas Pest losing guns
Apri! Alive British
April 5-eenera vliebois Mareul killed
April f4-cronje landed at ST. Helena.
May Roberts began march on Pretoria.
12-koonstad occupied
May t7-Maeking relieved
May 24Britsh Vaal
June 5-Roberts captured Pretoria
July 115oers esptured 600 British
2Q-General Bethlehem
Dec. 15--General krtznger
Feb 24Four hundred fifty kerkdorp.
Feb 2kchener killed captured SEQ
April 7Roer leaders peace
sotiatons.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03
Yaqui Indians and Mexican
Troops Have Conflict.
FORTY YAQUIS ARE SLAIN
Mexicans Lose Fifteen Men-lndans
Retreat Toward the Mountains
Leaving Dead on tire Field-Excite-
ment is Running High.

Tuscon. Ariz., June "A battalion
of the Mexican army commanded by
General Torres. fought desperate
battle with 300 Yaquis Indians May 30
at El Tanque, a small place not far
from Hermosillo. Forty Yaquis We're
killed and eighty were wounded. The
MeXicans lost fifteen men. The va
quis escaped toward the Mazatan
mountains leaving their dead. A large
supply of ammunition and arms was
captured, Excitement is running high
in Harmosillo and business is practic.
ally suspended. many merchants Join
ing the volunteer army.
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The Number of Men Out is Not
Definitely Known.
FIGURES CANNOT BE OBTAINED
Strike Leaders Say They Are Highly
Gratified With the Situation
Pumps in One Mine Are idle
Bosses Refuse to Work.

Hazelton, Pa, June 2.-There has
been an almost unanimous response in
the Hazelton district ON the part of
the engineers, firemen and pump-run-
ners to the strike order of the eA
ecutive board of the United Mine
Workers. The mine workers have not
yet received any definite figures at
headquarters, SO a correct estimate of
the number of strikers cannot be CIV
en- until later in the day.
All companies whose men deserted
their posts promptly filled the places
of the strikers with non-union men
brought here from Philadelphia. Ey-
erything in quiet.
Ninety-five Per Cent Quit.
Shamokin, Pa. June 2.-The miners.
made no demonstrations at any of the
nineteen colleries within a radius of
twelve miles of this place today, other
than to collect in groups on the public
lloads. endeavoring to learn whether.
,iiS P,ih PiiiSii, IL SiiSil anu engineers
would report for work. At least 953
lper cent of these three classes of
workmen have struck for an eight-hour
day. Strike leaders say they are
highly gratified over the situation. No
policemen guarded any of the local
colleries today. The strikers remain
away from tha mipac
Pumps at Standstll.
Pottsville. Pa, June 2.-The leader
of the pit bosses refused to take the
places of the striking engineers, fire.
men and pumpmen in the Shenandoah
district today and the machinery tax.
ing water to the surface is at stand
still as consequence.
Pumps Run by Non-union Men,
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June Reports
received by telephone show the entire
Wyoming district is extremely quiet,
The coal companies say nearly all
their colliery pumps are in operation.
The firemen generally have obeyed the
strike order. Many pumpmen and
engineers have also remained away
from the mines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03
All Prisoners are to be Brought
Back to England.
BOER FARMS ARE TO BE RESTOCEED
Rank and File viii Be Disfranchised
for Life But the Death Penalty Will
Not Be Inficted-People Do Not
Grow.

London June 2.-The demand fol
accommodation in the house of com
mons this afternoon to hear the state.
ment of Government Leader Balfour,
was unprecedented. Balfour announc-
ed the terms of peace in South Africa
as follows:
The Burgher forces are to lay down
their arms and hand over all their
rifles, guns and ammunition of war in
their possession or under their control
All prisoners are to be brought back
as soon as possible to South Africa
without the loss of liberty or property.
No action is to be taken against the
prisoners, except where they are gull
ty of breaches of the rules of war
Dutch is to be taught in the schools,
If desired by the parents and used in
the courts, if necessary.
Rifles are to be allowed for protec-
ton
The military occupation is to be
q
self-governmcnt substituted.
There is to be no tax on the Trans
yaal to pay the cost of the war.
The sum of e3,OOOoOO sterling is to
be provided for restocking the Beers
farms.
Rebels are liable to trial according
to the law of the colony to which they
belong.
The rank and file will be disfranchis-
ed for life.
The death penalty will. not be in
flicted.
Is One Vast Holiday.
With the exception of Ireland prac-
tically the whole United Kingdom is
1oliday-malsing today in honor of the
conclusion of peace in South Africa
The streets everywhere are thronged
with people, who every now and then,
relieve their over strung nerves by
outbursts of hoarse cheering, or by
playing penny trumphets.
King Does Not Exult.
The tone oil King Edwards message
to the people, and the absence therein
of any notes of eXultation seems, how
ever, to have set good example.
People Do Not Grow Over Enemies.
While giving free vent to their own
satisfaction. the British are showing
small desire to crow over their late
enemies.
People DeliriousIy Happy.
Flags and bunting are everywhere
displayed, church bells ringing, salutes
are being fired and there is general ju-
bilation on all sides.
Document Signed Saturday Evening.
London, June 2.-The Boer-British
war is ended. The treaty of peace
was signed at Pretoria on Saturday
evening, May 81, at 1890 p. M The
official announcement was cabled by
Lord Kitchener in the following mes.
sage:
Pretoria, May 81, 11:15 p. MI.
document containing terms of surren-
der was signed here this evening at
half past 10'o'clcck by all the Boer
representatives. as well as by Lord
Milner (the British High Commission
er in South Africa and myself
Kitchener
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BElRD is FOUND GUILTY.
.Keokuk Man Who Slew Riverman |!
Convicted of Manslaughter.

Keokuk, June Especial AFTER
two trials on the charge of murder Cal
Beird, printer, was found guilty of
manslaughter in the district court here
yesterday. Beird shot and killed Cap
tain Dundy, Mississippi riverman
while intoxicated in this city October
5. 1901. The first trial was held last
December and resulted in disagree
rlent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-03
TAFTs ILLNESS NOT SERIOUS.
Is Suffering From Slight Fever and
Is Confined to His Room.

Rome, June Ex-Governor Taft. who
is suffering from tonsilitis. is not CON
sidered seriously i'll. He is confined to
his room by slight fever Cardinal
Rampolla, the papal secretary of state,
will receive Taft today.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
News of Minor Note.

Lewis Young, colored, was hanged In
the penitentary at Moundsville, w. Va,
for the murder Of Arthur Kell at Wcleh
In a quarrel over Il girl.
At Jonesboro Tenn, Samuel X. Tad
lock, aged 30, died. and when his sister,
Mrs. Nancy J. Good. went look upon
his face she sank down and died also.
DR.. Frank Strong Of the University
Of Oregon has been elected chancellor 81
the University Of Kansas at salary Of
$4,000. lie succeeds Or. +. II. Snow,
resigned.
The oil well near Aewkirk, o. T.. has
led to the belief that oil and gas exist
In paying quantities 10 Kay County. q.
T. The flow now is about equal 10 two
tons Of coal day IN It's worth.
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria
has appointed Prince Henry Of Prussia
honorary admiral Of the feet. This act
is considered an official recognition Of the
renewal Of the triple alliance.
Repcets from Siberia show that there
is terrible suffering there among the peas
ants on account Of the failure Of crops
last year. Scurvy and typhoid fever have
resulted from the scarcity Of food and
the lack " proper shelter and people are
perishing in large numbers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
Rarnvard TnrnstiIe.

If the stock kept in the barnyard is
not of small stature, like pigs and
sheep. the turnstile shown in the Illus
tration is one of the best arrangements
to place at the entrance. Horses and
cows will not be able to get through
the passage thus protected, and it en-
ables the persons who have 20 care for
the stock to enter the barnyard with
out having to set down anything they
may be carrying to open gate. The
turnstile is easily constructed the
main essential being to have the post
strong and set firmly into the ground
In the plan shown in the cut the cross
pieces are set on an iron pin. so that
they revolve readily. The turnstile
would be stronger if arranged so that
a circular hole was cut out of the cross
pieces to fit over the end of the post,
which could be trimmed down to three
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
The Incubator.

There is still much prejudice against
the use of incubators, but, as a rule, 1t
exists only with those who have had
no experience only with the machines
first manufactured, and which, of
course, were faulty. When it is consid-
cred that it would require the services
of seven hens to hatch 100 chicks, or
rather to cover 100 eggs, it is plain to
see that the food for these seven hens
would cost more than the oil to run the
Incubator, while the time required for
caring for the hens is much greater
than caring for the incubator.
For the beginner the smaller incuba-
tors are to be preferred. and they
should be handled strictly according to
the instructions that come with the ma
chimes until the operator learns from
experience what changes to make.
If one intends to go INTO the poultry
business to make it pay, an incubator
and brooder are absolutely essential.
As suggested, buy a machine of small
capacity. not to exceed 100-egg capac-
ity, but see that it is of reliable make
This machine will answer all purposes
the first year. and the next season one
will be sufficiently experienced to oper-
ate on a larger scale.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14

worked thai another it. was the farm
er's wife. While the farmers work
closes at a reasonable hour in the af-
ternoon, the farmers wife is kept
busy until s. or 10 o'clock daily.
and often she Vas the first one up in
the morning. What are the inventions
| Will ask that have been made 10 help
the farmers wife in the kitchen work,
or in her house work of all kinds? /
cannot think of any Improvement. She
makes her bread, pies, cookies and
often her soft soap in the old-fash-
Toned, laborious way. The potatoes
are mashed or baked, the meat fried,
broiled, baked or boiled just as they
were one hundred years ago The
work of the wash-day is pretty much
as 1t used TO be on the farm. In cities
there Is fountain of water flowing in
every room in the house. and station
airy stone wash tubs with faucet in
each for hot and cold water, with
pipes for drawing off water at the
base of each stationary tub, which
greatly lessons the work ON wash day;
but such devices are not known in the
country, or are hardly possible there.
The farmers kitchen and pantry
should have every possible convenience
for the housewife. so that she may
take as few steps as possible. Wood
or coal should be placed convenient to
her hand No woman should be COM
pelled TO 90 down ealIa., and oarrx- ,.y,
heavy hods Of coal. or armsful of
wood, and yet l know many women
who not only have to do this but who
cut their own wood as well. No wom-
an should be obliged to lift pals of
water or boilers or tubs of water on
wash day. The man who allows his
wife to do such lifting is helping 70
shorten her life and helping to dig her
grave.-Green's Fruit Grower
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
Growing Egg Plants.

In sections where one is reasonably
close TO the large city markets there
is money made in growing egg plants
when one is willing to give them the
rich soil and careful culture they re
quire. OF course, this plant cannot be
raised in the far North. except by start
ing the seeds early in the greenhouse
or hot-bed and practically growing
them in cold frame, so that they may
be protected during the cool part of the
summer, for the plants are quite ten
der. One of the best of the few varie-
ties is the New York Improved, shown
in the illustration. 1t is larger than the
old Early Long Purple, hence more de-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14

When buying an animal in order to
improve the live stock nothing VIII be
gained in so doing unless the animal
is much superior to the stock that is
to be improved.
Like the blackberry the raspberry
bears its fruit upon the canes of the
previous years growth, which, after
fruiting, dies. the new cane coming
forward for next year.
The soil should be cleaned around
the trunks of trees. Piles of rubbish,
dead grass, stones or other accumula-
lions afford harboring places for in
sects. Washing the trees with strong
soapsuds and giving them thick coats
of whitewash not only add to the APP
pearance of an orchard, but also ben
eft the trees. 1t may be done several
times during the year.
The cutworm often destroys whole
fields of corn, compelling replanting.
which makes the crop late and less
able to stand dry weather. The corn
land should be plOwed deep and left
rough, so as to permit the frost to en-
ter When cutworns are exposed to
alternate thawing and freezing wealth
er many win be destroyed, though cold
without dampness may not injure
them.
The location of bee hives during
summer is important. Bees do not
work contentedly in a hive that is ex-
posed TO the sun. During midday,
when the temperature Of the atmos-
phere is high, work within the hive,
such as comb-buildiDg. must be sus-
pended. as the heat is then too great
for comfort, especially as the bodies
Of the little workers also give off con-
siderable warmth.
Plow the garden location deep and
work it well with the harrow until the
ground is very fine One half the la
Dor viii be saved if this is done. al
the laying off Of the rows and the GOV
ering Of the seed can only be done
well when the ground is fine. For a
small garden there is no tool so serv-
iceabb as q steel hand rake, as It can
be used not only for making the soil
fine, but also for destroying young
weeds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
Intensive Farming.

Even in the great West, where land
is comparatively cheap in the beginning
OF settlements, the time comes when TO
make farming profitable it must be car
ried on with due regard to economy of
both labor and money. AS the first fer
tility of the soil is removed and farm
ers find it necessary to maze heavy and
more heavy applications of fertilizers,
then it is realized. if never before, that
farming must be conducted on the prin-
ciple of getting as many crops and as
heavy as possible from the smallest
possible area. This feeling is becoming
stronger daily, and the farmer who
concentrates his labor and fertilizer on
twenty-five acres is making more mon
ey than the many who, with the same
labor and fertilizer, spread it over fifty
acres.
This is good logic and the sooner
those who complain they are not max
ing living at farming work on the
lines Indicated the sooner will the
profit come.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14

out of doors seeds should be put in as
early as possible in shallow drills three
to three and a half feet apart and COW
cred with half inch of fine moist
earth. They need to be very carefully
weeded at first Cheaper, better and
earlier onions can he grown by trans
planting the plants from greenhouses
or hotbeds, where the seeds are sown
very early. When the p1ant1ets are as
large as lead pencil. they are set four
inches apart in rows three feet asunder
and cultivation is Immediately begun
with the wheel hoe. In growing from
sets the planting is made in much the
same way. Multiplier or potato onions
are similarly managed. Prize Taker is
popular variety of onion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
PASSING OF SAMPSON.
REAR ADMIRAL DIES AT NATION
Al CAPITAL.
Long Illness Is Ended--Dem of the
Naval Commander Follows Break
down Which Made Him Invalid for

William I. Sampson. rear admiral. u.
s. ~, retired, died at his home in Wash
ington, d. c.. at o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon. A cerebral hemorrhage was the
immediate cause of death.
The rear admiral had been in semi
conscious state for several days and
Tuesday forenoon suffered a severe cere-
hral hemorrhage. At the bedside when
the rear admiral breathed his last were
Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Cluverius, the rear
admiral's married daughtey two young
sons, Ralph and Harold Sampson; DR..
Dixon, the attending physician, and
nurses and attendants.
William t. Sampson was born in Pal
myra. Wayne County, ~ ". on Feb. .,
1S40. Up TO the time of the outbreak
of the war with Spain he was compare
lively unknown outside Of naval circles,
and up in Wayne County, where he visit
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14

in diplomatic experience.
In the immigration bu~eau the most
radical changes have been made. Com
missioner General Terence V. rowdeTly
has been replaced by Frank Z. Sargent;
Thomas Fitchle commissioner of immi-
grafton at New York, gives way to Will
liam Williams. and Assist ant Commits
sioner at the Port Of New York Edward
insolvency is succeeded by Joseph Muir
ray.
Henry Clay Evans. Commissioner Of
Pensions. has been promoted TO the faost
lucrative post in the foreign service Of
the United States He is to be appoint
ed consul general at London. TO succeed
William Mckinley Osborne. cousin of
President Mckinley, whose death occur
red recently.
Franz T. Sargent who succeeds r. V.
Powderly, is grand master of the Broth
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
Notes of carrent gven,s.

Friction in the faculty Of Columbia
University has Jed to the. dropping o.
Lewis y Chase, tutor in English itcra-
turp.
John Muranslsy. a harDessn.aker. was
found dead in bis shop in Chandler. o.
7. 4 bottle labeled strychuinc lay near
by Muransky was 81 years old
Messrs. J. II. Leayitt. George l.. Bush
wager and W. T. Dalton OF Saltwater.
q. T.. have secured a charter FOR a bank
10 be established at Coweta, /. L.
Dependency over love affairs caused
Miss Mamie Matthews Of Lawton, .. T..
70 take a dose Of strychnine with suicidal
intent. Medical aid saVsi her life.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14

4X4 about twelve feet long, brace "a"
taking place about three feet from the
lower end. which is let into the post
little. Brace ID" rests ON the top of
post "c'' at its upper end. which should
lean at an angle of about fifty degrees.
Brace ID" is placed square upon brace
'b" and the top of ''d'' is spiked to the
post. The strain of the wires pulling
on post IA" will have a tendency to
pull the post over and upward. which
viii cause the short brace to pull down
ward on the long brace which VIII hold
the corner post in the ground"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14
FREIGHT RATES ARE RAISED.
Advance in Transportation Mean.
Rise in Price of All Products.

Advance in Transportation Means
Rise in Price of All Products.
An agreement to raise freight rates on
live stock, dressed beef. and all packing
house products, and grain and -four, was
entered into By the executive officers Of
western railroads at a meeting held the
other day at the headquarters Of the
western trunk lines committee in Chi
cago.
The result II this agreement will be an
increase 10 profit 10 the railroads and
consequently the same increase in the
cost to consumers Of the chief necessj-
ties Of lie An roads will make an adj
vance OF 3 cents per 100 pounds on these
food products making the rate from Mis-
souri, river points to Chicago 23I2 cents
While that has been the nominal rate Of
the railroads for years all Of them paid
the principal packers a rebate Of ; cents
per 100 pounds
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-05-14

TO succeed George Won l.. Meyer as EN-
bassador TO Italy. Payne Whitney, SON
in-law of Secretary Hay, has been men
toned for Mr. Whites London post.
With the ratification of the treaty an
nexing the Danish West Indies will eome
the necessity for governor of the isl
ands Several names have been suggest
ed for this Office James r. Garfield. son
of former President Garfield, is one Of
the Presidents most recent appoint
ments. He succeeds William A. Roden-
berg on the civil service commission. Mr..
Roosevelt served on this commission UNI
der President Cleveland
Among ether appointments soon to be