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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Alba.

Abba, Sept. 22.-The water works
proposition which passed the city
council recently will be submitted to
the voters OF the city of Abba at a
special election to be held October 10,
instead of the next general election as
previously reported. There is little
doubt of the proposition carrying by a
large majority.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shaw have re-
turned home from an extended visit
with their daughter, Mrs. Dudley, Nit
chell, of Duluth, Mimi. and Mrs. May
Meeker of Pennington Mimi
Capt. and Mrs. F. c. Ingram return
ed homo last night from a few days
visit with Capt. Migrants parents, Rev.
and Mrs. R. H. Ingram, and family at
Creston.
Samuel D. Love of Lisbon, North Da.
kota, is a guest at the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James H.
Love. Sr.
Todd j. Duncan went to Iowa City
this morning to resume his medical
studies at the state university.
Charles Kidney, late of Ringing
Bros show, returned home Saturday
from a seasons travel with that or.
ganization.
Mrs. J. David Webb is convalescing
from a two weeks severe Illness, hav-
ing been troubled with asthma.
Mrs. S. Edward Ramsay, who has
been visiting relatives in Chicago for
the past week, returned home yester
day.
Lewis e. Lambert, VIM. P. Saunders
and George Coon were Eldyville visit.
ors yesterday.
Rev. Gage, of Fairfield. occupied the
pulpit at the First Presbyterian church
yesterday morning and evening.
Miss May Hays went to Mt. Tleas-
ant this morning for few weeks visit
with relatives and friends.
Misses Jessie and Bessie Scott went
to Ottumwa this morning to attend the
funeral of Martin George Meenach, who
d ed there yesterday from wounds re-
ceived in street car accident Satur.
day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

FOR SALE-TO SETTLE UP AN Els
tate, 420 acre stock and grain farm Mt Il
bargain. Good improvements. 0 and room
house. five miles from r. r. Price for
short time mt $1,000 per acre. T. ID.
Mitchell, Shelbine, Mo
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

FOR SALE-A NO HARDWARE.
farm implement and harness business;
the only one in town. Write or call ut
once. l., j. thinner, Altoona, Iowa.
FOR SALE WOOD, COAL. FEED, ICE
plant, also hotel, undertakcr's stock
livery stock, good towns, good business.
Good reason for selling A. S. Lake,
Shenandoah Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

FOR SALE-CHoICE POLAND CHINA
hogs. of both sex. James Shields
FOR SALE--AT A BARGAIN. COLUMBIA
grand graphophGnc. new, "a grand rec
ords, 5-inch 30-inch brass horn. nickel
horn stand: fine outfit Lock box 10, Lib
ertyville Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

FOR SALE-400 ACRE FARM. NO BET
ter land in Minnesota, improved, 1850
acres cultivated, balance good timber,
nearly level. fine clay loom soil. within
ST.. Paul, in n rich farming community.
Will sell at II bargain on easy terms, n
good Investment. Lloyd Peabody. 81
Court Block. "a l.. 4th ST, ST. Paul. MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
SHOT IN The HEAD
Accidental Death Of Lester
Cole.
A Young Man lnfIicts Fatal Wound
on Himself While Hunting,
This Afternoon.

Lester Cole, young man about
nineteen or twenty years old and SON
of Abraham Cole of Vernon Center,
was instantly killed by the discharge
Of his own gun early last. Wednesday,
while hunting rabbits on the Book
walter farm, a mile south of Vernon
Center. He and his father were en-
gagged in chopping wood for F. Fl.
Barnes on the farm, and he started out
after dinner half an hour ahead of his
father, to hunt rabbits.
When the young mans father ar
rived. he found his son lying dead be.
side stump, with ball in his head.
The young man had evidently been
sitting on the stump examining the
rife. as his right glove was in hil
coat pocket. The ball had entered the
right temple and lodged in the head.
The muzzle had been so close to hii
face that the flesh was scorched.
The young man had left home be-
tween 10 80 and p. M. and wal
found from ten to thirty minutes after
the accident.
Coroner Kennedy was notified ani
went to Vernon Center Thursday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
BAD ROADS EOR MAIL DELIVERY

The heavy snow which fell Sunday
night and Monday has made the roads
very bad for the rural letter carriers.
This snow is badly drifted in some
places and it is almost impossible fol
the carriers to get through. The farm
ers living long these routes should
take interest enough in the work Of
the carriers to turn out and break the
roads in the badly drifted places, es.
pecialiy on the prairie. 1t is learned
that some of the carriers had to gel
out with shovel and dig their way
through some of the drifts. These car.
riers are limited by the postofice de.
partment in the time allowed to make
their trips and should not be COMPEL
ed to dig their way through with
shovels. The Free Press urges thu
farmers to see that the roads are KEEP
open and passable at all times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19

II do not ask goL to MARRY me unless you
can trust everything to me-"
pardonable sin? Yet he had felt when
she said it as If an impossible gulf
had suddenly been dug between them.
Had he acted as man should act who
has so much at stake as in this case?
The torture of these questions was so
keen that after walking several blocks
he turned to go back.
81 must see her again." he kept say
ting. 81 cannot let 1t end here"
He went up the steps ana rang INC
bell. The servant who came to the
door eyed him curiously.
''Miss Marsh has gone out" she said,
and John Gordon at first did not be-
heve her until he remembered that the
carriage was standing at the curb
when he left Luella and that she had
said something about going out to the
park before tea.
He slowly went down the steps, and
when he was on the sidewalk he
paused.
Perhaps in all his life he had never
felt so lonely as at that moment. The
consciousness that his father and sis
ter and now .the woman who had
promised to be his wife had repudiated
his life smote him with sense of per-
sonal abandonment that was keen and
searching.
For moment he felt so completely
alone that he let go of every motive for
antinn- Tha city and the overwhelm-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
LAKE CRYSTAL.

Attorney E. P. Reed, T. Thompson,
w. 81. Cole and Louis Godell were
down to Manksto Monday on the
contest of L. Hubbell's will
Announcements are out for the mar
rage of Leona May Peterson to Will
lam g. Foster. on the evening of the
18th.
A. P. Johnson of Lincoln while de-
horning cattle had the misfortune to
saw the cords and flesh to the bone
on his left hand.
The remains of Polly Langden were
inferred in the Lake View cemetery
at this place on fine afternoon of the
18th. There was a large number of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the National Bank of Commerce
of Mankato, Minnesota, for the cleo
tion of directors and the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting. will be
held at it's banking rooms on Wednes-
day. January 14th. 1908, at 7:SO
o clock, p. m.
G. L. OLESON. Cashier.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
DEATHS ROLL CALL.

Otto Bossine died at 1 80 O'Clock
last Wednesday morning at the home
of his parents in Rapidan, of typhoid
fever. He Was born in Rapidan Sept.
IL. 1876. The funeral services will
be held at the German Lutheran
church in Rapidan at one O'Clock
Friday, after short services have been
held at the home Rev. Ness of Lake
Crystal will officiate. Interment will
take place at the Lutheran cemetery
near Rapidan station.
See--Martin &..Hoerr' s Special watch
sale ad. in this issue
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
vN0~0N@N0e~e ~e~e>
NEIGHBoRH00D NEWS.
SPRING ISLAND. ITEMsi
S@@@~Oo) o)o~c<

:. Mrs. Barney Sorenson was pleasantly
surprised Dec. 10, by the assembling
of about thirty. relatives and friends to
celebrate her birthday anniversary.
Baskets were brought and a delicious
supper was served from their contents.
Among the gifts were fine gold
watch from her son Ingool Sorenson,
q decorated china dinner service from
her daughter, Mrs. Olson, and a
twenty dollar gold piece.
Jerry Jones had a pair of horse
blankets stolen from wagon in his
yard one day last week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
8-Day ManteI Clocks at $2.75, at
Martin & H0err's.

Owing to the large stock of clocks
on hand we will sell until all sold out
So and Sc eight-day black enamel
clocks for So. SO each. Gilt clocks from
81 %.
At Martin & Hoerr' 8. reliable jewel
ers. opposite Slulpaugh.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
GARDEN CITY.

Clara Roebke went to st. Peter Mon
day to find out about the schools of
that place for she intends to move
there.
Mrs. M. M. Clough went to Msnkato
Saturday.
George La Favor is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Morphew drove,
to Mankato Friday.
Will Conkling was down from
Triumph Saturday.
Rev. Emery is sick with bronchitis.
Anna Richards has been visiting In
Mankato the past week.
S. M. Dickensc left for his NORTH
ern trip Monday.
Mrs. s. M. Dickinson went to Man.
kato Tuesday.
IF YOU SEE NO CORRESPOND
ENCE IN THE FREE PRESS FROM
YOUR TOWN, SEND US IN SOME.
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS TO
FREE PRESS PRINTING CO., MAN
KATO MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19
friends to follow the remains to their

friends to follow the remains to their
last resting place.
@. c. Jenkins has been sick for the
past few days and is getting better.
The Presby terrain church gave q
dinner at the Dan Edwards store last
Monday and fed most all the people
of the town.
]. E. Swenson has gone to the
northern part of the state to look up a
land deal for P. T. Shepard.
DR.. Herring contemplates going
west TO prospect in the mining and
numbering sections of Idaho. and will
return in the spring.
BELGRADE.
Miss Emma M. johnson of this place
and David Jones Of Lake Crystal were
married Wednesday morning by Rev.
Northsteing Of the English Lutheran
church.
Charley Farm has sold his forty
acre farm to Messrs. Fowler & Pay.
They added forty acres more to 1t,
and will keep the same renter as Mr..
Farm had
J. G. Holt is trying to sell his stand
ing timber.
Mrs Sarah Olson died of old age
Tuesday morning at the home of her
son. The arrangements for the funeral
had not been made at the time of this
writing.
The school children in district No.
80 will have their Christmas exercises
Dec. Gath. The children are now hav
ing rehearsals for the occasion.
The Literary club will not meet I'M
til week from New Years day o.
January 18th. The subject for the de
bate will be Resolved, that marriag,
Is a Failure.
The previous meeting was we'll at
tended and the program was rendered
very well.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
Leads all North Carolina Daes News and Circulation

informed me that they had been engaged
in this work only since last September.
that they go out regularly with Prof.
Stevens into the woods and fields to OBJ
serve and study nature, that he has taken
part himself in some of these excursions
and found them most delightful Thal
the young men study in the Biological
Laboratory with microscope what they
cannot see with the eye, that the whole
of this study is carefully systematiZed
ard thoroughly scientific, that former
meetings of the club which he had at
tended were even more interesting than
the one ] saw. that these young men are
getting not only scientific knowledge Of
plants, insects, bacteria and other ami
NAL life, but that in the college green
houses, IN the barn, in the dairy, and on
the farm. they are making practical APP
plication of this knowledge. He says
that the States of New York. Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Illinois and Iowa are intro
ducing nature and science study not
only into the public schools, but into
homes of farmers. and that a genuine
revolution is going on in training to OBJ
serve nature those whose lives deal with
nature. He hopes to see this accom-
plished in North Carolina. / can testify
that revolution is going on at this coll
lege. and if it spreads over North Caro-
lima, if the farm boys and girls can be
taught to study. examine and under
stand plants, animals, nature, like the
boys in the college, it will indeed make
a new life for the Old North State"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02

been arranged March 10th, Trinity Park
High School, at Durham; March 22nd,
Horner Military School, at Durham
March oath Mebane at Durham; March
26th and 9th. Lafayette at Durham
March 81, Easter Monday Gallaudet at
Durham, April End. Lehigh at Durham ::
april 4th hobart at Durham; April 9th,
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Raleigh; April 18th, Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Durham April
18th, Wake Forest at Durham; April 18th,
Richmond College at Durham; April 21st,
Wake Forest at Raleigh; April 2Sth,
Guilford College at Greensboro May 1st,
Bingham School. of Asheville, at Dur
ham, May 3rd. Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College Tin case of a tie) at Durham;
May Sth, Wofford College at Spartanburg,
s. C.
Another game will be arranged with
Wake Forest and also with Guilford be-
fore the season opens.
IT, c. Baumgardner is held at Cincin-
nati TO await the arrival of an officer to
bring him back here. Mr.. Woodall will
&C to Cincinnati for him.
From what can be learned it seems
that while Baumgardner was in Durham,
and while he was boarding at the Free
land home. he was given four hundred
dollars to invest for Mrs Freeland. The
charge is that he appropriated it to
his own use and did not invest it for
her 1t was on this that the grand jury
secured evidence for true bill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
THE NULL PEARSON FIGHT.
Twenty Warrants Issued Against Dickworth
For Retailing Without License.

Especial to the News and Observer
Morganton, N c.. Jan. 31.-The con-
test between d. c. Pearson and j. M.
Null for postmaster has been the cause
of much talk and excitement for some
time. Null has Blackburn's endorse
ment, and Pearson, it is said, has the
pledged word of Senator Pritchard that
he would be reapponted The contest
originated with the two factions of the
Republicans here. Pearson and his
friends supported Linney for the nomi-
nation for Congress while Null led the
fight for Blackburn. 1t is charged by
the Null faction that Pearson knitted Con-
gresham Blackburn at the polls by using
all his influence against him, though
Pearson emphaticaly denies this. Pear
sons friends claim that his reappoint-
ment is certainty.
Some twenty warrants were issued last
Saturday night by Mayor Tull against
Robert Dickworth for retailing spiritu-
Gus liquors within the corporate limits
of the town without license. He was
placed under $4,000 bond for his appear
anCe Monday morning. On the trial he
was convicted in nine out of thirteen
cases tried, and on giving $4,000 bond
was released until the hearing of the
other cases next Tuesday. In the mean
time. it is said, about ten new warrants
for the same offense have been issued
for him. Duckworth claims he was
simply the agent of parties ordering
liquor through him, using his check
book for the purpose, but deriving no
profit whatever from the sales. In con-
sequence OF warrants issued for Duck
worth. number of parties, who, it is
said. were interested with him in the
sales. have hit the grit for parts un-
known.
w. c. Newland, of Lenoir, will arrive
tomorrow to act as referee in an impor-
tant case. entitled Wilson VS.. Cobb, Pat
ton ct al, which grew out of the failure
Of the Piedmont Bank some years ago.
A Burke politician said the other day
that when Judge Osborne came out for
the Senate he took it as a matter of
course and that when Capt. Alexander
announced he was in the hands of his
friends he was also not surprised; also
when MIR. Walker announced his candi-
dacy for associate justice he was will
ling TO concede that the Mecklonburg
district should be represented on the
Supreme Court. With all this he said
he was still willing to give them can
didate for Congress without crying the
hog act to them, but with Dowd and
Mccall already out and more to hear
from, he is in favor of appointing
committee to regulate the good old
county of Mecklenburg.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
TEN DEAD OF HUNGER
Chaffee Gives up the Marines
Lost on March Across
Samar.
CBy the Associated Press.)

Washington. Feb. General Chaffee
has cabled to the War Department a re-
port of the march of Major Waller and
his marines across Samar. 1t is the first
full account of the march and tells
tale of terrible suffering and hardship.
Thes tory of the suffering is told in the
following dispatch
The War Department is advised of
the trip OF Major Waller four officers
and fifty men of the Marine Corps, sc
native bearers, with four days rations,
who started the last week in December
from Lanang on the east ocast of Samar,
to cross the island of Basey. about 30
miles. on map. Trail at one time exist
cd but found in places onyl. Lietu.
Lyles, 18th infantry, accompanied the
command Incessant rains from the
start swollen streams and other natural
obstacles made progress extremely slow.
When rations consumed, men exhausted
rapidly, dropping on the way. Major
Waller separated from Captain Porter
Liuet. r. f. Williams and major part
of the men. proceeded toward Basey
where he arrived January 9th with two
officers. thirteen men, also Lieut.. Lyles
ne lCLui HGu " tlic mountains htAb uciF
with relief but returned to Basey about
ten days later unsuccessful. Porter was
to build RATS. but timber would not
float. Second day after separating from
Waller, Porter moved toward Lanang,
arriving January 18th with two men and
all exhausted physically and mentally.
Lieut. r. p. Williams and over thirty
men left in mountains in similar cond-
tion with native bearers. Relief exped-
tion under Lieut.. Kenneth p. Williams
First Infantry. delayed starting two days
by storm raging and torrent river.
Started thirteenth. reached marines 18th
saving Lieut.. Williams and al except ten
men not found, who are no doubt dead
from starvation. Namely: Privates
Fangue. E. Foster. G. NJ. Britt T. Ward.
Brown, f. F. Murry, T, Buffet. Bailey.
Baroni. Connell r. Kettle, died hospital
Tacloban January 23. Capt Porter.
Lieut.. Williams and IS men hospital.
Tacloban. not very clear in mind re-
gardng much Of time covered by period
of suffering. All will probably recover.
Major Waller al present disordered in his
recollcctions. Suffering of this command
twenty days cannot be described. The
efforts of Lieut.. Williams. First infantry.
and his relief party. unequalled for
courage and labor"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02

first to his town and second to his prov
an attachment for the name of Filipino.
On that pride of country and on the
Filipinos desire for education" he ad
ded, Il base my hope in the success of
what we are doing in the islands"
In reply to other questions, Governor
Taft said that he estimated that from
five to seven per cent of the people read
and write the Spanish language, but
that he could not say what proportion
of the people could write their own lam
guage. One great difficulty encountered
is the fact that the people of the differ
ent provinces do not understand the lam
guage of one of another. The witness
said that many of the S35 American
teachers are engaged in instructing the
Filipino teachers As rule the people
appeared anxious to get the education
thus given but in some cases the
priests were manifesting a disposition to
establish parish schools for their people.
Governor Taft said that Spanish is the
only language that is common through
out the archipelago, and that this was
the only instrument of communication
with outside thought This condition of
affairs, Governor Taft said. had led him
recently to vote for the continuance of
Spanish as the official language of the
islands, for if English should now be
constituted the official language it would
be impossible to conduct business with
out the aid of interpreters.
At this point Senator Patterson asked
Governor Taft whether the Filipino of
average intelligence is capable of dis
tinguishing between an independent gov
eminent for his country and benevolent
and paternal form of government suhc
as the United States would give. Reply
ing Governor Taft said that a Filipino of
such intelligence was capable of making
such distinction, but he emphasized the
necessity of making sure that the
Filipino who must pass upon this prob
lem is a man of such intelligence.
Do you depend on their ignorance ?"
Mr. Patterson asked, ito make them
amenable to our rule?''
The response was an emphatic no.
Our hope said Governor Taft, lis in
the educated classes"
Replying to questions by Senator Raw
Inns, Governor Taft said that three of the
members of the Federal party were as
sociated in the Government of the
islands, but Notwithstanding this fact
the government was in no way respon-
sible for the promises of statehood. made
by that party in its platform. Enlarging
upon the subject of the Federal party
Governor Taft said that it comprised
probably = majority of the educated peo-
pie OF the archipelago, but that when the
commission had been asked to either APP
prove or disapprove of its platform it
had refused to do either
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
WIPED OUT BY FIRE
PritChard and WinStead's
Stemmery CrumbIes in
Flames,
Especial to the News and Observer

Especial TO the News and Observer
Goldsboro n. c., Feb. 1.-Pritchard &
Winstead's tobacco stemmery was de-
stroyed by fire this evening, together
with large quantity of leaf tobacco.
The fire was discovered at o'clock near
the engine room. At 8 o'clock the de-
struction is complete
The building, owned by II. We'll Bros
and others, was so by 100 feet three and
half stories in height. A conservative
estimate places the loss between $40, 900
and $4,000, with some $4,000 insurance
on building and stock.
Mr.. Pritchard was seen but declined
to make any statements as to the prob
able loss in the absence of the books of
the concern, which are in the ruins and
contain a record both of stock carried
and insurance on same.
The Goldsboro Buggy Companys large
factory was in great danger during the
progress of the fire, but heroic work of
the fire department. aided by the wind
saved this building. So intense was the
heat and such the volume and fury of
the flames that all efforts to save the
stemmery were of no avail
Hundreds of our citizens came forth in
the drizzling rain and stood and watched
the awe-inspirng scene. 1t was a pic
ture OF terrific splendor as through dense
smoke the etongues shot for a hun
bred feet into SAGE
About $50 hands will be thrown out Of
employment as a result of the fire.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-02
Horribly Burned.
(AYden Baptist.)

The Ayden Baptist says: Friday
evening last, Mrs. Barney Eaks, who
lives at Saints Delight church, Green
county. was most horribly burned. She
was transferring oil from one vessel into
another in front of the fire. The oil
dripped down upon the fire place and
.anited. The flames soon covered her.
Her husband threw wet blanket over
her. being assisted by a neighbor who
was present There is little hope of re-
covery.