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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
FIND STOLEN GOODS
Officers Unearth Supposed "Plant''
at Cleveland No. 4.
SILKS AND WEARING APPAREL
keokuk County Officials Think Goods
Were Stolen at siaourney and He'd
rck-one of Victims from Sigour-
ney Now at Charlton.
tFrom Tuesdays Daily.i

tFrom Tuesdays Daily.i
What may prove to be a plant"
where the products of several recent
robberies have been hidden was yes
terday unearthed in the house of John
Boxell, colored man. at Cleveland
No. 4, a mining town in Lucas county.
Deputy Sheriff Pulliam and Marshal
Householder searched the house yes
terday morning and found quantity
OF silks, overcoats, trousers, coats,
vests, and fur boas. The silks, it is
thought, came from the store of Ship
fer Bros. in Sigourney, which was
robbed of goods valued at nearly
$1,000 on the night of November g.
Sheriff John Baty of Keokuk county
was in Ottumwa today and a member
OF the firm of SHIPPER Bros. went to
Charlton this morning for the purpose
of, if possible, identifying the silks as
those which were stolen in Sigourney
1t is possible that Alton, Osceola and
Hedrick have yielded the remainder
of the goods, as robberies have been
reported recently at all of these places
Says He Bought Them.
From its correspondent at Charlton
the Courier learns that BoXell, the
man at whose house the goods were
found, claims that he bought the en-
tire lot, and on the strength of this
story he was not arrested, but it is
probable that if the goods are identi-
fed he will be placed under arrest on
the charge of receiving stolen goods,
with a view to looking up the whole
affair.
Did Not Resist.
When the officers went to the house
and made know their business they
were allowed to proceed with their
search without molestation. Boxell
stood by without word of dispute
and unlocked box after box as they
were found by the authorities. He
had sold one article, a woman's cape,
and this he sent for and received,
turning it over to the officers. The
entire lot was taken to Charlton.
Ottumwa Officers Notified.
Chief of Police Gray of this city was
notified of the find, as were also Ship
fer Bros The Charlton officials could
not get into communication with Sher-
if Baty at Sigourney as he had come
to Ottumwa on other business. How
ever, he learned the facts as soon as
he arrived in this city and it is his
opinion that some of the goods found
in Lucas county belongs to merchants
in Sigouraey and Hedrick He left
this afternoon for Charlton.
List of Goods Found.
The goods found in Boxell's house
are as follows:
Forty-hve pieces Of silk of various
colors.
Five fur boas.
Two women's capes.
Four overcCats.
Twenty-three pair mems trousers.
One dress coat.
| Three vests.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
; The stockman's Column.


Grinding cob and kernel, reply to
query by Prof. w. ]. Kennedy. A cor
respondent from Chicago ILL.,, writes as
follows:
Il would like to know if grinding the
corn with husk and cob will not ac-
complish the result of having the food
80 to the paunch of the steer with the
result that it will afterwards be ru-
minated like hay and thus get perfect
digestion of the grain fed the animals,
instead of its going as understand is
the case, directly into the stomach and
being half digested? am feeding 100
steers, and if the above result would be
accomplished, feel that it would pay
me to make the outlay of about SIS
for a grinder for grinding snap corn
as above. Investigation / made at the
fat stock show last year among some
of the old country herdsmen leads me
to believe that we have some impor-
tant lessons to learn in feeding along
this line so as to accomplish the above
result"
Grinding the corn with the husk and
cob will certainly make much more
bulky food than pure shelled corn or
corn meal. The more bulky the feed
the better the chance for thorough di-
gestion. The steer being Illuminating
animal, rechews all his bulky feed.
which materially increases the amount
of digestion.
Corn or corn meal being concen-
trated feed, passes into the third and
fourth stomachs, and thus is not re-
masticated like the roughage con-
a,,r, NOD r0,,x, ,xl ,,1~ -.
dered to be of equal value, pound for
pound, with corn meal for cattle feed
ing purposes. The cob in itself does
not contain much feed, but on account
of It's bulky nature the mechanical eff
feet in the process of digestion rem
ders it valuable. The ideal way of feed
Ing all kinds of grain fed from di-
gestion standpoint is as follows: Cut
all the hay, straw or other roughage
used and mix the grain and roughage
and feed together. BY following this
method all the feed will be remasti-
Gated, and thus more thoroughly di-
gested. w. J. Kennedy, Iowa Expert
naent Station.
Certain alfalfa districts in Nebraska
are sending hogs to the market that
have never eaten corn, says cores
pondent. They have been grown and
fattened on alfalfa, some of the lots
being considered good enough to top
the market. Glover is the natural food
for hogs; they like it and it agrees
with them. Glover fed hogs, finished
on peas, make the best bacon in the
world. 1t is this bacon cured in Cana,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
IDENTIFY GOODS.
sieourney Parties Claim silks Found
at Cleveland Nc. a.

Sigourney Parties Claim SILKS Founa
at Cleveland Nc. a.
[From Wednesdays Daly.I
Sheriff John Baty of Sigourney, with
the aid of one of the firm of SHIPPER
Bros, of that place, identified the silks
and fur boas found at Cleveland Mon
day, as the property of SHIPPER Bros,
whose store in Sigourney was robbed
November 8. Chief Gray who, with
Mr.. Baty, went to Charlton yesterday
afternoon, returned home last evening,
and stated that in the opinion of him
self and other authorities, there is no
doubt that John BoXell, the colored
man in whose house these goods were
found. has been receiving stolen prop
erty and that a gang of burglars and
robbers have been using Cleveland as
a rendezvous. 1t is, however, possible
that Boxell's story to the effect that
he bought the goods is true, but the
officers hardly credit this, as there was
so large a quantity in the house. The
silk identified as belonging to the Sig
Quincy firm is worth several hundred
dollars and Sheriff Baty feels jubilant
over his find. He has been searching
for the goods and the thieves since the
robbery and the finding of part of the
property may unearth the remainder
Goods From Richland.
Chief Gray give it as his opinion
that the mems clothing found at Box
ellis house. or at least part of it, came
from Richland, where an extensive
ribbery was committed about four
weeks ago. There have been also
been robberies at Hedrick and other
points near Ottumwa, and Sheriff Baty
hopes to locate nearly all if not all of
the goods as the result of the find at
Cleveland.
More Developments Expected.
The officers have every hope of find
ing more encouraging developments in
Lucas county and Sheriff Baty remain
ed at Charlton last night. 1t is report
ed that there are others in the county
who are suspected of having plants"
in their houses as extensive as was
the one found at BoXell's residence in
Cleveland, and Mr.. Baty, now that he
has secured start, will. with the aid
of the Lucas county authorities, run
every rumor to earth in the hope of
locating all of the goods stolen in keo-
| kuk county recently.
A Gang at Work.
| The authorities believe that there
is little or no room for doubt that
| there Is a gang carrying on systemati-
cally 81 number OF robberieS in the
! southeastern part OF the state, and
there. ore hopes that the finding of the
goods at Cleveland will lead to the
unearthing of other similar lots and
possibly to the detection and arrest of
the thieves. Boxell is not strongly
suspected as vet of having nand in
The robbery and the expectation is
that if he is innocent he will aid the
officers in locating the guilty parties
and thus free himself from susIeszea
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

The Wabash Ry. will sell one-way
tickets at half fare plus So the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, to
points in North and South Dakota, Col
crado Wyoming, Southwest Missouri.
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklaho-
ma and Indian Territory.
A. ]. Packard, 1-gent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

in demand, and that commands such
nigh prices in England. Our corn fed
bacon has never met the fastidious re-
qulrements Of the English epicure. The
development of this new departure will
be watched with considerable interest.
Alfalfa yields so abundantly in semi
arid sections that have heretofore pro-
duced very few hogs, and it's area is ex.
tendlng at such rate. that this new
addition to our pork supply will prob
ably lead to important results, both in
quantity and quality.
Our observation has been that it
does not pay to feed unhusked ears to
swine. The hogs do not like it, and
some will practically refuse to eat.
we advise husking as the most eco
nomical in the end. 1t is best to inya-
riably put feed before fattening ami
mai in such manner that it can be
consumed with the least effort.
Opinions are divided as to the prac
ticability of cooking for hogs. There
seems no doubt of the value of the
feed after it is cooked, but the trouble
comes with the expense of cooking.
Those farmers who have been in the
habit of using soft coal will meet with
additional troubles this season on &C.
count of the comparatively high price
of fuel.
Professor ]. H. Cornell says: Got
tonseed meal cannot be fed to hogs in
any practical quantity without fatal
results. A taste Of the meal NAV be
fed without harm and with some pos
sible good effect, as as been deter
mined by the Oklahoma experiment
station. But in such cases the hogs
must be fed literally upon other grain
stufrs at the same time"
Opinions differ as to the feeding
value of the cob when ground with
the kernel. One thing is certain, that
in order to get the cob Into condition
to be readily digested it must be
ground very fine. This is not only
true with hogs, but with all other
sorts of live stock
One authority on feeding hogs goes
on record as saying that corn worth
so cents per bushel makes the hogs
cost IS per 100 pounds. If the corn
cost from 33 to 40 cents the price of
a hundred-weight of pork is about 81.
These estimates are worthy of consid-
GRAFTON.
When it is no longer possible to give
the swine pasture of any kind, remem-
Der that clover hay is always accept
able, and will be invariably eaten with
relish. Good clover hay makes an ex.
cellent winter feed. The Drovers
Journal would not advise anything but
the best quality.
Very few make swine husbandry an
occupation by itself, but keep the hogs
as an adjunct to the farm, dairy, gar
den and orchard. Especially has hog
raising been adopted by farmers who
sell cream and have the skim milk
left as q waste product. Grain far.
mers turn swine upon fallen grain, and
fruit growers throw open their or
chards in the fall, so that the hogs
eat UP the refuse fruit The most
successful prllne growers make a prac,
tice of allowing hogs to run in their
orchards after the prunes have been
picked, and the animals thrive upon
the pits of waste fruit. In this way
the orchards are cleaned up, at the
same time that waste materials are
turned to account.
The c., M. & st. P. Ry., will sell
opoway tickets at half faro pluc
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
RECEIVES COMMISSION.
Roosevelt Visited by British Delegates
Touring United States.

Washington. Nov. 26.-President
Roosevelt today received the members
of the British labor commission. who
are making tour of the United
States as the guests of Alfred More
ley, the British philanthropist.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
JUDICIAL RETURNS COMPILED.
Results In the Second District {
Iowa.

The vote on judges in the different
judicial districts of the state which
was canvassed by the executive coun-
Gil at Des Moines acting as state
election board has been compiled and
footed. In the eighteenth district Jones
county swung over sufficient demo-
crat gain to defeat two of the three
republican nominees in a strongly re-
publican district. This was because
Linn appropriated two of the three
nominations at the convention, leaving
Jones out in the cold. Following are
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

The c., M. & st. P. Ry., will sell
one-way tickets at half fare plus
$500 the first and third Tuesdays of
each month, to Points in North and
South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming,
Southwest Missouri, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Indian Ter
ritory. A. j. Packard, Agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
Ri

Often begins with cold in the head,
but it never stops there. The tendency is
always from bad to worse. The simple
cold becomes protracted, stubborn one,
while the discharge from the nose grows
more profuse and offensive. The inaam-
nation extends to the throat and bron-
chial tubes, causing hoarseness, a tickling
sensation and an aggravating cough.
The foul matter that is continually drop
ping back into the throat finds its way
into the stomach, resulting in a distress
sing form of dyspepsia, nausea, and loss
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

of appetite and
sire IL & TIL. The
catarrhal poisons
are absorbed into
the blood, and all
the membranes
OF the body be-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

keeps the blood i'll such healthy, vigor-
Gus condition that cold, damp weather
or sudden changes in the temperature are
not so apt to bring on catarrhal troubles.
S. S. S. is vegetable medicine unequaled
as a blood purifier, and the best of all
tonics-just the remedy needed to thor
oughly and effectually cure catarrh.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

ing the inhamcd lnenl-
branes to heal when
the mucous discharges
cease, and the damage
done to the health is
soon repaired. S. S. S.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27
THE GATEWAY
TO
CON SU M PTION.

come infected, and what was supposed to
be purely alocal disease has become con-
stitutional, deep seated and chronic.
Sprays, washes, powders, salves and
other external remedies give only tenn
porary relief, and the disappointed and
disguised patient finally gives up in
despair and declares catarrh incurable.
The only way to get rid of catarrh per-
manently is to treat it through the blood.
The system must be toned up and all i'm
purities removed from the blood, and this
S. S. S. does promptly and thoroughly. 1t
expels from the circulation everything of
an Irritating, poisonous character. allow
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Read the Courier for news.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

Opinions differ as to the feeding
value of the cob when ground with
the kernel. One thing is certain, that
in order to get the cob Into condition
to be readily digested it must be
ground very fine. This is not only
true with hogs, but with all other
sorts of live stock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

One authority on feeding hogs goes
on record as saying that corn worth
so cents per bushel makes the hogs
cost SIS per 100 pounds. If the corn
cost from 33 to 40 cents the price of
hundred-weight of pork is about 81.
These estimates are worthy of consid-
Grafton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-27

When it is no longer possible to give
the swine pasture of any kind, remem-
Der that clover hay is always accept
able, and will be invariably eaten with
relish. Good clover hay makes an ex-
cellent winter feed The Drovers
Journal would not advise anything but
the best quality.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
If r.
New Cruiser DeS MOineS
Protector of Commerce

weight Of the propelling machinery in the
new cruiser by more than one-half. To
give the cruiser a bunker capacity for 700
tons Of coal, an amount sufficient to carry
it three times across the Atlantic ocean
without recoaling, giving a steaming radius
Of about 10000 miles at ten knots or $500
miles at full speed, was merely an every
day problem in naval architecture. To
burn this coal fast enough it was necessary
TO provide about 300 square feet Of CRATE
surface under the six water tube boilers and
to carry away the smoke in two stacks,
each rising seventy feet above the CRATES.
The keel Of the cruiser was laid at the
Fore River yard two years ago, and plate
by plate the steel hull rose from the blocks
until it looked like a nearly completed ship.
A steel hull is not difficult to build in a
modern shipyard, when a hundred pneumatic
Tivetters are at work and the dark corners
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
"BIue Ribbon" Be err

ming fame.
a few quotations from the United States Health
Bulletin, New York, June 4, 1902:
Blue Ribbon Beer Yields the greatest tonic
strength so much desired to assist digestion"
such a palatable tonic must at once quench the
thirst and also reyivify the energy lost by high
temperature OF the blood"
For home use Blue Ri bbon' excels as a table
beer, being OF value to wives and children
AS a summer beverage 1t is par excellence"
supplies the proper stimulation to give a tonic
strength to overcome lassitude."
BLUE RIBBON is not a cheap beer, but a good
wholesome beer, containing more food propeTti,s
than any other beer"
All danger from germs are entirely eliminated ~
complete sterilization.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

of the interior are thoroughly illuminated
by portable electric lights, but when it
became necessary to cover the lower half
Of the hull with a sheathing of Georgia
pine planks which shall conform so per-
fectly not only to the lines Of the ship
but to every little irregularity Ct the plat
ing that water cannot find its way between
the wood and the steel, the task was one
requiring much patience and skill.
It is the peculiar quality of copper that II
"eXfoliates," or scales Oft, under the action
Of salt water. and consequently maintains
a permanently clean surface, since each
eXfoliatiOn relieves the ships bottom of
barnacles and other growths which would
rctard its speed. II the copper could be
attached directly to the steel plating the
shipbuilder's problem would be a simple
one, but II this were done on the bottom
Of IA ship the g~alvanic action Of the sea
water upon the copper and steel would
soon eat away the steel plates, leaving the
copper unsupported 1t is therefore neces-
sary to use pine planking as a means OF
insulation and to take the utmost pains to
prevent the sea water from finding its waS
from the copper sheathing to the steel
plating.
Therefore the planks were fastened to
Dcs Moines with the greatest care, and
to perfect the insulation 2S 900 bronze bolts
were used in fastening this sheathing to the
steel hull. Further to guard against cor
TCsion, the stem and stern castings are OF
bronze, the rudder, which is as high as the
second story Of a house, is made with q
bronze frame filled in with white pine and
covered with bronze plates, and the pro-
pellor wheels, seaCocks and all cupboard
fittings are of noncorrCsive metal.
There is no armor on Des Moines,
since It is not intended for work in a
pitched battle of naval forces, but it has a
protective deck rising from the water line,
like the shell of a turtle, with two-inch
nickel steel on the slopes which will tuTN
small shot and safeguard to a considerable
extent the ships machinery. The cruiser
is expected to stand of vessels Of its own
size with its powerful armament of rapid-tire
guns, all designed for the use of smOkeless
powder. Its main battery will comprise
ten 5-inch breech-loading rapid-hre guns,
and its second battery includes eight G.
FOUNDER and two l-pcunder Tapid-ire
guns, besides four Colts automatic ma
chine guns, all OF which will combine 10
make il an extremely dissgreeable GUS
toner at close range.
Being unarmored, its greatest danger is
from a shot along the water line, which
might cause il to fiji and sink. This con-
tingency is guarded against by watertight
compartments and a protective belt of
corn-pith cellulose. In addition there are
about a hundred watertight compartments
in the ship. each Of which has been care
fully tested by pumping it full Of water.
Continued on Fifteenth Pageo
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

)STON, Sept. 2O.-CSpecial Core
spoGdcnccD-A radical departure
was made from the previous
practice Of the Navy department
when. on March 3, 1899, congress
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

YOUNG WIDOW, No CIILDREN. OWNS
fine farm and other property; also $1,000
cash; wants kind, reliable husband. Hart.
A. Park Ave, Chicago.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-30
SANTA e.

IOlu the NEW meAlCdu.
Born, to Secretary and Mrs. j.. w.
Reynolds, a baby boy. Mother and
child are doing well.
Testimony is being taken in the par
tition suit of the Sebastian Martin land
grant before E. H. Johnston, referee.
Amado Chaves. Esq, is attorney for
several claimants.
Adelaide Warrick was sentenced to
pay $25 fine and costs and serve three
months in the county Jail for assault
ing City Marshal Cicero Weldner. II.
l.. Ortiz, attorney for the defendant,
has appealed the case to the district
court.
Chemical Engine Company No. l
held a meeting and elected the follow
ing officers: James Read, foreman;
Luis Gold, assistant foreman; Regi-
maid Mckenzie, representative to the
board of fire commissioners; August
Kirschner. secretary and treasurer.
Gregoria Herrera and Manuel Vigil,
of Santa Cruz, were in the city visiting
friends and attending to some business
at the county court house.
Mrs. Roll Fleetwood Monohan, of
Dayton, Ohio, a sister of Mrs. Amado
Chaves, arrived and will remain some
time visiting with her sister.
In the district court of the First jul
dicial district. a suit was filed in Rio
Arriba county by District Attorney L.
c. Abbott on behalf of the Territory of
New Mexico against Ignacio Ortiz,
Cruz Martinez, Eugenio Moya and Epi.
MEMO Trujillo, to on a $500
bond given by the defendants for Jose
Archuleta, indicted for cattle stealing
and who failed to make an appearance
- khD Ioek aocaioD Of tho dictrint nnllrt
. Clarence A. Brandenburg. special
United States attorney, is here from
Washington, taking testimony in the
claim of z. H. Bergman against the
United States for $1,000 and interest
which Bergman, then a captain of q
company in the Union army, claims to
have expended at Polvadero in 1862 In
buying supplies for his company. Mr.
B~randenburg is a brother of Weather
Forecaster B~randenburg, of Denver.
l.. j. Burt, who was assistant CHIEF
clerk of the Thirty-fourth Legislative
assembly, and DIR. j. P. McMann, who
have beer residents of E~lizabethtowr
in Colfax county from which county
they will visit Chaves and Eddy coun
ties. Mr.. Burt is ar attorney and DR.
Mccain is a physician. They think
they can find a suitable location some
where in eastern New Mexico.
District Clerk A. NJ. Bergere has re
turned from his sheep ranch at Estan
cha Springs, Valencia county. He viii
return to the ranch at once, as lambine
is in progress and shearing is to com
mence on May 1. He reports that the
drouth is felt very keenly by the sheep
men of eastern Valencia county. While
on the Estancia ranch there is plenty
of water even though grass is very dry
and not green at all, on neighborine
ranches there isn't even water. Mr.
Bergere hopes to a about 20 pei
cent of his lambs.