Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-14

train carrying crew of clerks instead
of merely an express mail. This is the
third time this rumor has been put in
circulation, and there is no need to ex-
plain the advantages of such an action
to this erritory-Creston Gazette.
Twenty-three Chicago boys passed
through Ottumwa this morning on Bur-
lington passenger No. 8, enroute to
San Francisco, where they will be en-
listed as apprentices and landsmen at
the government navy yard. This is
the third car load that has passed
through Ottumwa going west during
the past few months. and these boys
are more fortunate than were their
fellows in that they have tourist
sleeper instead of chair car, which
was all that the other two carloads
were afforded for their ride half way
across the continent.
J. H. Merrill, Samuel Mahon and J.
w. Garner yesterday closed deal
whereby they become the owners of
the M. B. Root property on East Sec
ond street, just west of the Wapello
club grounds and east of the Potter
buildings. The Root property is used
now as boarding house, but it is the
intention of the recent purchasers to
do away with this building in the
spring and erect a brick Office building
on the ground. The plans have not
yet been completed and it is not known
what kind of building will be built
nor what use will be made of it, but
it is though that the Office of the OF
tumwa Traction & Light Co. will be 10.
Gated there, inasmuch as the three
men who now own the property are
among the principal local stockholders
in the company.
[From Saturdays Daily.l
John Warren of Ashland is in the
city on business today.
See Harshman & Duncan for picture
framing, 624 Church street.
William Vass, of Ashland, was in
the city today on business.
Judge Roberts has granted Eva E.
Morgan a divorce from Harry H. Nor
gan.
A marriage license was issued today
to c. G. McMecham and Miss M. Pearl
| Kinkead.
Born, this morning to Mr. and Mrs.
James B. Cason, of Meadow street, a
daughter.
Mrs. L. Birch. of Eddyville, return
ed home today after a short visit with
friends in the city.
Silas Warren, of Chillicothe, has a
chute ready to load 500 tons of ice on
the track to go to parties in Avery.
Miss Mussa Sprott, of HilIsboro, ar
rived in the city today to visit at the
home of Mrs Mary Barkwell, 921 West
street.
Mrs. w. A. Stentz of North Moore
street, left this noon for Salem, called
there by the death of her brother,
Harry Carlisle.
Alex Jenkins, Of Chilicothe, who has
been ailing for many months is
very low and there seems to be but
little hope of his recovery.
Two daring burglaries were commit
ted in this city some time during last
night. In neither case, however, did
the thieves secure great amount of
booty. The first robbery was of Will
liam Watson's saloon, 217 South Mar
ket street, where the thieves secured
about S. in money and a quantity of
4 liquor. The second attempt was upon
the shoe store of John Fleming, 222
East Main street Here it is not be-
lieved the thieves secured anything,
the impression in police circles, be-
ing that they were frightened away
before completing their job The
identity of the marauders in both cases
is unknown, and although the police
made a careful search of the city as
soon as the Fleming robbery was dis
covered they were unable to get any
trace of the men.
Fourteen of the sixteen boys arrest
ed yesterday charged with the larceny
of coal from the Milwaukee railroad
company made their appearance in pc
lice court this morning They al
plead guilty to the charge, and were
each fined $40. Judge Moon then sus
pended the fine pending good behavior
and if there is no more stealing re
ported, this will end the case. The
court gave each defendant severe
lecture, however, and told them thai
if they were caught again they would
be placed in Jail on the commitment
which ne would issue in these cases
Those who appeared this morning
were: John Aldenbrook, Armour Bash
Lloyd Cole, Harry Irwin, Edward Gil
bert, William Reliford, Frank DECKER