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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
BEEF is LOOKING UP.
Housewives See Cause for Alarm in
Present Prices

The unprecedented rise in the price
of all grades Of beef, which has been
progressing steadily for the past four
weeks is looked upon by the careful
housewife as almost tragedy. With
porterhouse which sold four weeks
ago at II cents, now selling at 25
cents, loin and round steak, which cost
the buyer but short month ago, 15
and 312h cents, respectively, now
bringing 20 and IS cents, mutton
showing an advance in price of cents
fper pound, and veal advanced in pro-
portion, it recalls wildly to the head
of the family when the butchers bills
are presented, the days of single
| blessedness with dinners at the res
of beef and kindred table necessities.
Economy the Rule.
| High prices means scarcity and that,
Of course, means lack of consumers.
Butchers notice serious falling off
lin the consumption of beef. Said one
butcher today: while l have not
! lost any customers, | find a greater
number of my customers are curtail
| ing their former purchases, customers
who were accustomed to ordering por-
terhouse, have, through economy
changed their purchases to loin or
round steak, while others have chang
ed their orders to the less expensive
meats"
Has Reached Top Price.
The general opinion is that the TOP
price in beef has been reached. AT
any rate, there was no change in the
hot I,
looked upon as a favorable sign, as
the market has shown a steady rise
almost every day.
A prominent butcher in conversation
with a Courier reporter today, regard
ing the price which beef has attained
, said: "In all my sixteen years eX
/ perience as butcher in this city,
have never seen the price of beef al
such high figure as it is at present
, nor ever dreamed that would be com
PEELED to pay the price for beef tina
am now paying" And when one
stops to consider that dressed bee
which wholesaled short time ago a
from 81, to Z cents, now costs the
butcher 101% cents, it can be readil.
seen that the high prices are not il
, any sense advantageous to the retail
er, as his margin of profit remains
about the same, while his sales mate
rally fall off owing to high prices
: which necessitates an economy in tn,
, purchase of meat.
f. The Cause.
There is little doubt that if a goot
, rain would visit Iowa the price of bee
4 would drop appreciably. There i
) nothing that softens the heart of tn
1 average farmer like good hard rain
+. and should the ground in the vicinit,
of Ottumwa become soaked the tile
of the soil would begin to look at tn
t world in more agreeable name
J. and would be ready to part with hi
t cattle for lower price than at pres
J. emit. AS it is, everything is SO dry tina
3. the farmers do not know whether the
o will have any feed at all as a result O
II the summer which is just beginning
t. Feed for stock just now is very high
a and the farmer does not feel like par
e ing with is cattle for the same pric
t. he would demand had he been feedin
If them from bounty for which he wa
.e out but little. A good rain is the soil
1T ton of the problem, according to thos
e. who know.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons in
terested, that on the 18th day of April A.
D., 1902, the undersigned was appointed by
the clerk of the district court of Wapelo
county, Iowa, administrative of the estate
of Hannah j. Curtis deceased, late of said
county. All persons indebted to said es-
tate Will make payment to the undersigned,
will present them, legally authenticated to
said court for allowance.
Dated April 4, 1902.
ANNIE HARLAN, Administrative.
Cornell & Morris, attorneys.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons III
terested, that on the 9th day of March,
the clerk of the district court of WapelI(
county, Iowa, executor of the estate Of
Daniel Eaton. deceased, late of said county
All persons indebted to said estate will
make payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the same will
present them, legally authenticated to said
court for allowance.
Dated March %. 1902
FRED w. WILSON, Executor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
oTTuMwA WOMEN SEEK LAND.
Party Leaves Today for New Castle
Wyoming.

[From Tuesdays Daiy.]
The second party of women from
Ottumwa to take advantage of the in
ducements offered by the cattle men OF
Wyoming, by which they are enabled
to go to New Castle, in that state, and
file claim for 100 acrese of land, to
which as soldiers widows they are en-
titled, left the city today on Burlington
No. 8. The cattle men, through their
agent, Capt. G. w. Carnes, of Creston.
have gathered together a party of sol
diers' widows and have contracted TIC
pay ali their expenses, including trans
portation and board while they are
away from home. In return for this
the cattle men are to have the use OF
the land until such time when the Wo
men will be allowed to rent or dispose
of the property, which Is five years
from the date of filing the claim, less
the number of years in which theil
husbands served in the war. For in
stance if a widows husband had served
three years in the war it would
be necessary for the widow to keel
the property two years more before
she would have clear deed to IT, Il
is for the use of the land until deco
lis made that the cattle men are going
to the expense thus entailed, and fol
what further chance they may have O
purchasing the land at the expiration
of that time which purchase they arr
unable to make from the government
The following women made up thu
party which left Ottumwa today:
Mesdames Eliza J. Robertson, Cla
rissa Lane, Sarah Kendall Mary M
Porter Esther NJ Palmer, Hattie ]
Bailey, Matilda Hedrick, Emma Lath
rop, and Mary Michael.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
DUCK DAYS OVER.
Nimrods Must Wait Until Fall to XIII
Water Fowl.

The season fixed by law for the legal
killing of ducks in the spring reached
an end yesterday and within a few
days the ducks will all be out of the
market and sportsmen will have to
postpone further slaughter of water
fowl until the birds. begin their trip to
the southwark in the fall as the wealth
Ell commences to grow cooler.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
Beef Trust Defiant.

Chicago, April 16.-Despite an
nouncement of pending grand jury in
|vestigation Chicago packers have
made no change in the uniformly high
lnriceS Of dressed meats
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17
pAeeETT HAS TROUBLES.
Hedrick Man Claims That Former OF
tumwan InsuIted His Daughter.

Hedrick, April 15.-(Special)- BE
cause of an alleged insult to his daugh-
ter Bert Morgan, a resident of this
place, engaged in an alteration with
j H. Daggett, painter and paper
hanger, formerly of Ottumwa, in the
lobby of the postoffice last night. Nor.
gan claims that Daggett attempted to
do violence to his daughter, 10 years
of age, during the absence of her
mother yesterday afternoon. This
Daggett denies. No arrests have been
made.
The broader the shoulders the easier
II is to Law q burden on them
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17

GURDON w. WATTLES,
SUMNER WALLACE,
HARRY e. O'NEILL,
JOHN r. SPRINGFIELD.
SAMUEL MAHON,
CALVIN MANNING.
JACOB B. SAX.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-17

The reported recall of Minister Con-
ger from his post at Picking, China,
has been very generally discussed
among the members of the Iowa dele
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
NOW IN SIGHT
Gen. Fred D. Grant Brings Good
News from Philippines.
Inhabitants of samar Will Make No
Further Trouble ana Moros Can
BE Controlled by a Small
Force.

Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
who pacified the dark and bloody
Island of Samar, has returned from
the Philippines after three years.
service in the islands. He came on
the transport Logan and brought
with him a bushel of facts about the
situation in the island, together with
a rather concise idea of the situation
down there. Since Gen. Smith, of
the 'kill and burn" order fame, re-
linquished his authority over this
blood-stained island, Gen. Grant has
been in charge. He began the work
of bringing the fiery native spirit of
the islanders under civil and military
control, where Gen. Smith left off,
and he pursued the task with a
mixed combination of a~ggressiyeness
and diplomacy, qualities that pre-
dominated in his father, the late
president of the United States, U. S.
Grant.
Gen. Grant has been in the Philip
pines since the first outbreak, and
during that time he has only been
home once, and that was on a two
months sick leave. He goes to San
Antonio, Tex, having been appointed
to take charge of the department of
Texas.
"Samar is enjoying the first period
of. peace it has ever Known. said
Gen. Grant, "and I am entirely salts
fled that the inhabitants of the
island will not attempt to make any
further trouble for our government.
Nov that they have been forced
by the stress of military operations
to cease their hostility, the natives
for the most part seem actually and
absolutely contented with the new
order of things. An incident which
occurred just before / left has cons
WINGED me that even the natives. who
live in the thinly populated portions
of the islands are no longer opposed
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14


terror to malefactors, rich and poor
alike, and a tower of strength tc
honest people. Since his first cleo
ton as states attorney in 1896, Mr..
Deneen has been the means of con-
victing many men Of. prominence in
the community, and of breaking up
all sorts of grafters. gangs" and
other offenders against the law. A
few Of his noted cases were Luet.
CERT, Rollinger and Becker, wife muir.
.derers; s%palding, Dreyer, Robert
Berger, Paulsen and Magill, bank
swreckers; a number of jury fixers,
including Alexander Sullivan and the
O'Donnell crowd; men guilty OF
breaches Of public trust, including
w. S. Young, public guardian; C. E,
George, lawyer; George Bogert
treasurer of Evanston, and a long
list of other indicators. Mr.. De.
neen was born in Lebanon, Ill, in
1868. He served in the legislature in
1898, and for n year just prior to
his election as states attorney was
counsel for the drainage board.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

to the invasion of our civil system
into their lives, and that they bear
no ill will to American citizens or
American soldiers.
"When I first went to Samar it was
a case of fight your way everywhere,
and protect yourself while SO doing.
A soldier could not venture much
out of hailing distance of even the
conquered towns without being set
upon and killed by sava"H natives:
Now an American can go anywhere
and go unarmed. One of our sol
diers deserted for some reason or
other, and he braved all sorts of
dangers and made straight for the
interior of the island. He met ma
tives armed to the teeth, but none
of them showed any disposition to
modest him.
"This particular soldier, whose
name / have forgotten, was being
court-martialed when / left, but his
experiences with the heretofore un-
tanned and savage natives brushed
away a doubt and left the authori-
ties in the rather confident attitude
of knowing that the island was con-
quered.
1.-THE Moros, of course, will COM
nit deeds of depreciation now and
again, but it needs only a strong po-
lice force to hold them in check.
'sINhen I first went to Samar l had
Sc garrisons and 5000 men under my
IN EE Doco - l,,-, Il ~ -. :: al,
that the forces were gradually with
drawn, and when I left there were
but half as many men and only IA
garrisons. This force is more than
is necessary to keep i%nsurrection
down. The natives are showing a
lively interest in the march Of civil
ization that our government has
started. Of course, they are a low
type of manhood-not a low type in
their physical development. They
are brave and strong, and have good
intellects, but they lack education.
They do not know how to! read or
write. In fact, their education con
sists of their knowledge how to en-
gage in all sorts of piracy and revel
in bloodshed. The day will come,
/, however, when these natives will
reach a creditable stage Of advance
ment.
''The natives are not quite as prim-
tive a class as our Indians, but they
are still wholly uncivilizcd. We may
] expect a little trouble from the ma
tives of the Holo group. They are
ruled by a sultan, but they owe him
a sort of informal allegiance. /
don't think he will prove very strong
with his people if ever the time
comes that they get into serious
trouble with u troops. They are
an ignorant, low-bred class and less
susceptible to restraint than any
other Of the natives Of that coun.
try.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
AMBASSADOR TO ROME.
High Diplomatic Post to he Given to
Henry White, One of McIxin-
ley's PrOteges.

In compliance with the wish of the
late William Mckinley, Henry White,
the present secretary of the United
States embassy at London, will be
made ambassador to Rome. The late
President Mckinley intended thus to
reward Mr.. White for his efficient
services as secretary of the London
legation, but found no opportunity
during his i%ncumbency to do so.
Henry White bears the distinction
of being one of the most accom-
plished diplomats in the foreign serv-
ice of the government. He is cor
sidered al invaluable assistant to
the United States ambassador in
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

London. In fact, despite the adage
that there is always a man ready to.
fill any place that is vacated, there.
is a tradition in London that the
American embassy could not exist
without it's efficient secretary, Henry
White.
To his friends he is Familiarity
known as Harry" White. He is a
recognized authority in Europe upon
all matters diplomatic and American.
1t is said that he knows personally
a greater number of Americans than
any other man in the diplomatic erv
ice. Tens of thousands of transat-
lantic travellers have availed them
selves of the courtesies of 'sthe af.
fable secretary of the American EN-.
bassy at London"
Mr.. White has frequently been left
in absolute control of the embassy
as charge d'affaires. He is about Al
years old. His diplomatic service has
been extensive. He was secretary
of legation at Vienna for a short
time in 1883, and was then trans.
ferred to London as second secre.
tary. He was promoted to first sec.
rotary of the embassy in 1886. He
has held that position eve since, ex-
cepting during the Cleveland admin
istration-1s93 to 1897.
Mr.. White is wealthy. He has a
charming wife, and lives in London
at an expense double the amount OF
the salary the United States pays
him as secretary of the legation.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

mand of a Gunboat.)
tween Germany and the United
States, and to extend these relations
to the fleets of both nations. It is
this which induces the kaiser to part
with Prince Adalbert, probably his
best beloved son, who bids fair to be
a gentleman as well as a gallant
sailor.
Prince Adalbert is physically a fine
type of young fellow with an open,
frank bearing, perfect manners and
a thorough knowledge of idiomatic
English. He will devote much time
to the study of American naval mat
tiers while in North Atlantic ports.
1t is the kaiser's most earnest wish
that constant communication should
be opened up with the British and
American squadrons in the North
Atlantic, and with this object in
view the German North Atlantic
squadron will not only visit numer-
Gus stations in North America, but
will also visit the Bahamas, Ber-
mudas and the greater Antilles.
In this way the kaiser hopes to
make a beginning in carrying out his
favorite idea hat the three German
ic nations of the world-Germany,
Great Britain and the United States
shall form a strong and united
front in the van of tho worlds prog
ress. Tt was this idea which found
eloquent expression in the letter he
wrote to Mrs. Kipling when her hus-
band was ill in America.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
Ballooning and the Lungs.

Ballooning is now receiving atten-
ton as a possible remedy for pull
monary affections. The conditions
are not the same as those of noun
%taineering, the change Of altitude
being more rapid and muscular ia.
tigue being absent. In the trip Of
the French Society of Physiology DR..
Henocque purposes to regard the att
mosphere as divided into three zones.
Up to about three miles the sur
rounding air supplies all the oxygen
needed, but aseents beyond five
miles are held to require a closed
car, as was first suggested in 1871. OF
an aerial diving suit.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
KA1sER's LATEST MOVE.
Squadron and Send His Son to
Go with His Fleet.

The kaiser intends to- strengthen
the squadron of German war vessels
stationed in the North Atlantic.
Two large cruisers and three gun
boats will be devoted to this pur-
pose, and the whole will be placed
under the command of a distin-
guished admiral. Prince Adalbert,
the kaiser's third son, will be at.
tached to the squadron, and probably
placed in command of one of the
gunboats.
The object of this move is openly
to strengthen the good relations be-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
enforce the Game Laws.

One hundred and forty-seven IL
censes have been issued by H. p.
Lorey, treasurer ofsLawrence county,
to deer hunters before the beginning
of the open season, Nov. 4. In 1901
there were issued 459 licenses,.o of
which all but oneSwere to residents
of the county. a II
Under the law, deer may be killed
only between Nov. 1 and Jan. 1. Resi-
dents must pay $40 for a license and
non-residents, $25.
The license bears. a description rof
the person to whom it is issued and. is
subject to the inspection of game
wardens, deputy game wardens,
sheriffs, constables and forest rang
ers, who are authorized to take it up
if the bearers description does not
coincide with the description written
on the license and to remand the
person in whose possession it is found
into custody.
Vigilance is being exerted by the
county and state officers to enforce
the game laws and Seth Bullock, SUI
perintendent of the United States
forest reserve in the Black Hills, has
instructed rangers under him to CO.
operate with the officers. According.
to the law, a person is permitted to
Kill only three deer during a season.
There are a great many deer this
year and it is expected hat there will
be excellent hunting. IS
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
NEW ENGLAND DIPLOMAT.
ter to Spain, IL Quite Popular
In the East.

Arthur sherburne Hardy, appoint
ed minister to Spain in the recent
diplomatic shifts, is a sol of New
England. His father was the late
Hon. Alpheus Hardy. Born in
Andover, Mass, in 1s47, he was grad
uated from West Point, served as a
second lieutenant in the Third artil-.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
CHARLES S. DENEEN.
Cook County Has Become a Ter
rOr to Malefactors.

Charles S. Deneen, states attorney
for Cook county, whose long list of.
celebrated convictions has just been
increased by the jury finding of
guilty" in the tax-fxing cases of
Edward Williams and Luke Wheeler,
has made an unprecedented record as
a fearless and ~incorruptible public
prosecutor. His name has become a
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

lery, and was professor Of mathe-
matics at Dartmouth college. He
wrote novels, the best-known of
which were .'But Yet a Woman and
.Passe Rose" During his career. as
a diplomat he has been minister $
ident and consul general at Teheran,
Persia; minister to Greece, Rou-
mania and Servia, and minister to
Switzerland, having been assigned TO
the last named post in December Of
1900 by President Mckinley.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
Hard on Lodge Membera.

Husbands in Luneburg, Prussia,
must be home at II o'clock at night
or pay a fine Of about $3.50, half 6.
which goes to the complainant. wEo
is usually the wife
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
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IN ON Earth.
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hmple OF socialism
Ne tribe is said to.
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To- own 1900 600.
rth another $s,OOO,-
holdings give a per
$4,000 for every
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on their money
srds annually a lit
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Dnng. This makes
hest people in the
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14
Cattle Shipments.

The cattle shipments from Pierre
for October were 1926 cars, besides
twenty cars of sheep and ten of
horses. While this month starts out
with a shipment of seventy cars,
for the first two days, the
heavy shipments of the season are
practically v e The shipments for
August were $50 cars, those for Sep
TENDER 200 cars, and prior to that
about 100 cars. Scattered shipments
through this month will carry the
total up to about 10000 for the sea-
SON,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1902-11-14

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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-09
Petit Jurors.

In the presence of Judge Jessup, on
Tuesday last, Sheriff Springer drew the
panel of petit jurors to serve the February
term of our County Courts, as follows:
Woodbury. : Alex. Golden, Samu Ell
Hobbs, Norman Tevis, Harry w. Smith,
James W. McElwee, John R. Wick, Theo.
S. Burrows, Arthur Starr.
Deptford- William G. Allen, Franklin
Davis, Jonathan Cunard.
West Deptford William Taylor, Theo.
P Green.
Greenwich Franklin P. Devault, Sam'l
Gentry.
East Greenwich Samuel s. Shute, ST.,
Benjamin Reed.
Woolwich-James Leap, John McAvoy.
Charles McKeag, Thomas Ker-
ney.
Harrison Samuel Armstrong, John J.
Shoemaker, Jonathan Murphy.
South Harrison-Peter Hopkins, Geo. FL.
Coles, Lewis Gerlack, Charles 81. Hold
craft
Mantua-Joseph w. Atkinson, Philip
Burdens, Hiram James.
Washington-Thomas Evans, George
Collins, EIwood B. Hurf, Forrest North.
Monroe-Henry Naabe, John Thompson,
Joseph Steelman.
Glassboro Alfred Repp.
Clayton-Samuel T. Walker, Nathaniel
FISHER, Isaac Shute, Nathan Skinner.
Franklin-Thomas A. Scott, Elmer E.
Jones.
Elk-David N. Hughes, Daniel String
Samuel A. Mead, Mark Morgan.
Wenonah-Joseph Truncer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-09
Special Meeting of Council.

City Council met in special session last
Monday evening for the purpose Of adopt
ing plans and specifications for the compile
ton of the sewer system abandoned by the
Artificial Stone Pavement and Construction
Company.
The previous specifications and form OF
contract were adopted, with some addi-
tions, the most important being increasing
the ''Y" inlets to the sewer from four inches
to five inches.
Engineer Easily made no objection to the
change, but thought the four-inch opening
best, as it concentrated the flow into the
sewer, hence was less liable to stoppage
Where the main sewer is at greater depth
than seven feet, stand-pipes are laid to
within seven feet of the surface, connecting
with the ''Y's"
The form of advertisement for bids was
approved and ordered published in the
Woodbury. papers and Engineering News.
Clerk Carroll reported the service on him
by the Sheriff, as auditor, of another notice
of attachment by the U. S. Cast Iron and
Foundry Co. against any interest, property
or right in the sewers possessed by the
Artificial Stone Pavement and Construction
Company. This attachment contemplates
the prevention of the use by the city Of the
pipes already laid by the original contract
ors, their contention being that title to the
material, etc., used by said contractors had
not yet passed to that company, hence
could not be used by the city.
Adjourned.