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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
first Formal Ballot.
Mitchell. Van Fosser
Michael Garvin for Assessor,

The naming of candidate for town.
ship assessor was left to the eighth
and ninth precincts, and Michael Gar
vim was nominated to the position by
reclamation.
Appoint Township Committee.
c. G. Ayres moved that township
central committee be appointed and
the motion was adopted af-
ter considerable wrangling in
which Mr.. Ayres took ex-
ception to few remarks made against
the motion by George F. Heindel and
succeeded in getting wrathy, but he
was appeased by Chairman Brewster
who told him the remarks We're not in
tended to be personal.
Chas. Sullivan Made Chairman.
The chairman of each precinct dele
cation then appointed a man to serve
on the township committee. and at a
meeting held at the close of the con-
vention Chas. Sullivan was selected as
chairman of the committee. The fol-
lowing committee was appointed:
First prec ret, Levi Noah.
Second precinct, John Smith
Third precinct. w. H. Black.
Fourth precinct. E. c. Myers.
Fifth precinct, John Strader.
Sixth precinct. Steve Barnes.
Seventh precinct Chas Sullivan.
Eighth precinct, John R. Mccoy.
Ninth precinct, Frank Gephart.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
TAKE WIFE SLAYER FROM MOB.
Officers of Winsiee, Neb., Remove
Nieuenfind for Safe Keepnu.

Sioux City, Sept. 19.-Fears of mob
violence caused the officers Of Win
side, Neb., to remove Gottlieb Niegen--
find, the murderer of his divorced wife
and her father, Albert Breyer, from
that town. 1t is believed that he has
been taken to Lincoln for safe keep
ing. Although Niegenfind was badly
wounded by his captors, the doctors
say he will recover.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Price of Hogs Remains Steady
During the Past Week.
MORRELL & CO. BUY 5,4OO PORKERS
Prices Take Small Advance at First
of Week But Close at Same Figure
as a Week Ago-News Of the East
End.
rrrom Saturdays DasH.7

The price of hogs remains steady
and the close of this week sees them
exactly the same as they were week
ago. Perhaps the most logical reason
for the continued high prices and the
reason, those who are in position
to know give, is the fact that there
are few hogs being marketed. The
movement of hogs has been light as
will be seen by the following statis-
tics:
The total western packing is 265, 900,
compared with 100000 the preceding
week and 345,OO0 last year. Since
March 10 the total is 100000, against
12,510,000 year ago. Prominent
places COMPARE as follows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Became Rich at Mining.
is A GREAT HORSE.
L.c. Hendershott Returns With Young
Bravo From Southwestern Iowa,

DIdNO TISiil lOWds
l.. G. Hendershott has returned from
the southwestern part of the state
with Young Bravo, son Of the famous
animal about which Mr. Hendershott
sued the Western Union Telegram Co.
in the district court of Wapello county
some years ago on the ground that
had a certain telegram been delivered
the animal might have had medical
attention and thereby been saved from
the effects of a disease with which it
was suddenly stricken. Young Bravo
has been in the vicinity of Seymour
for two years. Local horsemen who
saw the animal say that he is an ex-
cellent specimens OF horsefesh. Mr..
Hendershott saw large number of
Bravo's get and says they are hand
some animals which will surely show
speed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Buy Less Hogs.
East End News.

Il
John Anderson, of the engine room,
received letter from his friend, N. W.
Bennett, who was formerly employed
by John Morrell & Co., stating that he
was employed in machine shop in
Chicago and that he had met with a
bad accident whereby his left hand
was almost cut off on lathe.
Mrs. /. N Newell, of Kirksville, Mo-,
Mrs. Lille Broughe, of st. Louis Mo-,
and Mrs. 3. T. Newell, of this city,
We're packing house visitors last Mon
day.
Joe Jennings, who is employed at
the packing house, is about recovered
from his recent sickness and will soon
return to work.
Henry Price, who is employed in
the packing room, and who went to
Colorado some time ago for his health
has returned home.
The athletic association of the gen
eral office Las decided to take up foot
bah this season A team has been or
ganized and at meeting held this
week James McGahey was elected cap
tain and Warren Earl. manager. The
team is already hard at work pract
ing and will soon be in condition tc
play regular games. The association
has just closed it's third successful
year of baseball and has taken up foot
ball with hopes of doing as vel
with it.
Rule Moffitt, of the local room, is off
duty suffering from blood poison in his
left hand.
G. E. Holt, formerly of the painters
department, has resigned his position
and will leave tomorrow for Pueblo
Colorado, where he has secured work
in a general store
Bert Rice, of the cooperage depart
ment, is off duty on account of the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Township Meetina,

The repul leans of Agency township
will meet in convention in the town
hall at Agency Saturday afternoon
Sept. 27, at 2 O'clock, for the purpose
of nominating the following officers:
One trustee, clerk, assessor, two JUS
tees oil the peace and two constables
John Springer,
Committeeman,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Second Formal Ballot.
7. Noble. H. j. Schmidt
Tota
For Township Trustee,

There wasn't even an argument ov-
er the nomination for township trus-
tee. G. G. Ayres placed in nomina-
ton the name of VIM. Wilson. A
voice in the first ward delegation was
heard to say that it was not clear Just
which VIM. Wilson was intended, but
that it was all right. l.. o. Johnson
then moved that the rules be suspend
ed and that VIM Wilson be nominated
to the position of township trustee by
acclamation. The motion prevailed
and Mr.. Wilson was declared the
nominee.
Township Clerk.
The convention then proceeded with
the nomination of candidate for
township clerk. Henry Williams pro.
posed the name of VIM. Wilson and it
was considered joke at first as Will
liam had just been chosen as the
nominee for trustee, but it developed
that there was another VIM. Wilson
in the hall who announced his pres
ence by declining the honor. George
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

Phillips then placed the name of Jos.
eph Rogers before the convention, and
he also declined M Rogers stated
that he was content wiz being high
private in the rear rams The names
of w. P. Van Fossen and E. f. Mitch
ell were then placed in nomination
and the secretary called the roll for
the informal ballot. The result is CIV
en- below:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Nearo Lynched by Miners.

Marshfield, Ore, Sept. 19.-Alonzo
Tucker, colored. who attacked white
woman near Libby, was lynched by a
body of coal miners. heavily armed.
He was first shot to death and then
hanged from the beam to a bridge.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
BEGINS at Bed Rnck

Health, strength and vigor depend
on digestion. Dr. Kings New Life
Pills makes it perfect, or no pay. On
" 25c. F. B. Clark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Strikes at Their Root.

Many dangerous diseases begin in
impure blood. Electric Bitters purifies
the blood, and cures, or no pay. Only
SOC. +. B. Clark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
First Formal Ballot.
Totals
'7ade Unanimous.

Chairman Brewster announced that
Harvey Shahan, having received the
requisite number of votes, was declar-
ed the second nominee Tor justice of
the peace. On motion of N. P. Byrne
the nomination of Mr.. Shahan was
made unanimous.
Three Names Presented.
The chairman then announced that
nominations for constable were in or
der. George Phillips presented the
name of George Chase. U. S. Grant
Isurmised that Herman j. Schmidt was
just the man for the place, and the
name of Thomas Noble was presented.
The roll was then called for the infor--
NAL ballot, which resulted as follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
First Formal Ballot.

The roll was then called for the sec
ond formal ballot to provide running
mate for Mr.. Chase, and resulted in
the nomination OF Thomas Noble. The
friends of Mr.. Schmidt were pleased
with the strength of their candidate
and state that had 1T been possible to
induce him to place his name before
the convention earlier they had no
doubt but that he would have made a
strong run for the nomination. The
following was the result of the second
formal ballot:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Stops the Cough and Works off the
Cold

Laxative BroIso, Quinine Tablets
cure Geld in one day. No cure, &c
pay. Price 25 cents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

w. P. Van Fossen Nominated.
The first formal ballot resulted in
the nomination of w P. Van Fossen
for township clerk. The vote:
E;rol Ean. p,lJo%
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Prices Remain Firm.

The best grades of hogs closed at
$40 one week ago today as against
1925 the week previous. Today the
best grade of hogs are selling at ex-
actly the same price they were week
ago. A slight gain was made at the
first of the week, but there was a cor
responding drop later
Buy Less Hogs.
John Norrell & Co. purchased 1oO
hess hogs than they did last week
During the week previous they pur.
chased $500 as against 5,40O this week
or a loss for the week of an even 100.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Informal Ballot
George Chase Nominated.

The first formal ballot resulted in
the nomination of George Chase as one
of the two constables. The following
was the vote:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23

George Madison, of the killing de.
partment, who has been in the hos
pital. since July. is much better, but
not yet able to resume his work.
Floyd Newell has gone to Keokuk
to enter Medical college.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-23
Informal Ballot.

Mitchell. Van Fosser
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
A RIDICULOUS MEDLEY

A staff correspondent of The Houston Post sends that paper some badly mixed transformation. part of which is as fol- lows:
 Colonel Bankhead appears to be really anxious to have Hobson enter the race against him, for he thinks that 1t would be some distinction to defeat man who has been as much in the public eye as has Hobson. Hobson, on the other hand. believes, according to statements made by his friends, that it would be the easiest thing in the world for him to get a big majority in the Seventh Alabama Dis trict and come to Congress forthwith. His ambition is to be the head of the Navy Department, and, according to the same friends who have heretofore been given as authorities he believes that he would be able to secure the appointment of chairman of the Naval Affairs Com mittee during his first term. Within four years, at least, he believes that he could have himself made Secretary of the Navy. And there you are. Is 1t not a beautiful scheme?
 Aside from the fact that MT. Bankhead represents the Sixth District and not the Seventh, the most of the above state ments are absurd. We do not believe that MT. Bankhead is at all anxious to have Captain Hobson enter the race. either for the reason above assigned or for any other. Why he should consider 1t any great honor to defeat a young man who has never been in politics and who has spent all the years of his majority outside the District is not easy to under stand, and We are strongly of the opin. ion that MT. Bankhead has never given expression to such an idea.
 But the correspondents statements as to Captain Hobson are ridiculous That young man is no fool and is not likely to have such an opinion of himself as to believe that it would be the easiest thing in the world to down one of the most popular men in the District who is also one of the most useful Congress- men from Alabama. and who is, withal one of the best campsigners in the State. No man in the Sixth District would find it an easy job to defeat the present member, and certainly a young man,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
scHLEY IN CHARLESTON.
Admiral and His Wife See the Ex,
 position.

Charleston. s. C., Feb. 27-Admiral and Mrs. schley were the guests today of the Daughters of the Revluton at the South Caro- lima Interstate and West Indian Exposition The Admiral and his wife arrived this morn ing and were escorted later to the exposition grounds by committee of the Daughters His greetings as he passed through the streets were very enthusiastic.
 o'clock. Among those the stage were Mrs. C. ". Fairbanks, President-General of the Daughters; former president Mrs. Daniel Manning, and Mrs. J. c, Burrows Addresses Richmond P. Hobson. The beautiful weather brought out an enormous crowd
 Admiral Schley's address was a brief but graceful tribute to the D. A R. and those sweet grandmothers and great grandmothers who lived in the times of plainer living and higher thinking"
 Historic Charleston and it's exposition were warmly prased
 Captain Hohson's theme was "The Ever Victorious Navy and the applause of the listening thousands was as pro- longed as that which greeted Schley, es- pecially when he referred to the Ad- mirlfs service at SaRtiago as but the crowning incident in his splendid career in the American navy" He said the char in the East and Sampson and Schley in the West, when they set a new stand ard for naval warfare in effecting thu total destruction of the enemy's fleets without any loss to their own" The war between the States he characterized as a simple sociological necessity" He paid warm tributes to the Confederate Ad- mrals Buchanan and Semmes and said that the attack of Dixon and the torpedo boat meu iE Charleston harbor was "the most gallant feat in the history of naYal warfare
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
HOW TO PREPARE RICE.

Some one has written a pamphlet en- titled Two Hundred Ways to Prepare Rice" but we don't intend to study it. Once when we were wearing the gray our camp mess saddied onto us the job Of cooking a ration of rice and we set to it with the full belief that what We didn't know about preparing rice couldn't be found in print. But it is humiliating to confess that we fell down, hard and fiat. We began operations by filling the little pot nearly full of rice, then added water and set it on the fire. Maybe you think you know what happened. but you don't mot all of it.
 When the water got to boiling there was an eruption of rice. It fiowed-or fiew-oyer the top and curled over the sides and spread itself about on the ground. Each particular grain doubled and quadrupied and octupled itself in size, and every one of those grains tried to get out first. We had put in enough raw rice to i'll a wash pot and unless our little vessel had been built on the expansion pattern. there wasn't room enough for one-fourth of 1t. It was a swell affair, that job was. and the out come was . lost dinner and a cook re- tired, from business in disgrace. We didn't know even one way ito prepare rice," and didn't repeat the effort.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ss, 1909.
JOURNALISTIC CHANGES

The West Alabamian and The Pickens County News, of Carrollton, have con- soiidated and the publication will con- tinue under the former name, with Will liam N. Dale as editor. The West Ala bamian is one of our oldest and best weekly exchanges. and we wish it the success it deserves.
 Charles H. Frye has sold The Ensley Herald to H. J. Carpenter and w. F. Carter, who will continue its publication and will doubtless continue to make a good paper of it.
 Among the recent editorial changes we note that w. M. Bunting has sold The Florence Herald to his brother, R. F. Bunting, who will manage it in future. It is another good weekly which ought to succeed MT. VIM. Bunting has purchased an interest in The Fl Paso (Texas) Daily News .and his friends in Alabama wish for him the greatest measure of success
 The Luverne Journal has also changed hands, MT. M. Tucker retiring and w. B. Martin taking charge. It Is now the only newspaper in Crenshaw County, and deserves success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
PRISONER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
James Partlow Swallows a Quantity
 of Morphine.

Tuscumbia, Feb. 27.-(Special.) )-Hugh
 J. Stevenson, for four years tax collec-
 tor of this county, died at his home in
 Russellville yesterday afternoon, aged B
 years. He was an ex-Tuscumbian, hav-
 ing resided in this city until two years
 ago. at which time he engaged in the
 mercantile business at Leighton. He re-
 gently removed to RussellVille. He leaves
 wife and several children, two of his
 daughters being the wives respectively
 of II. l.. Halsey, prominent hardware
 merchant of this city, and F. N. Julian
 Secretary of the recent Constitutional Convention.
 The Tuscumhia Lumber and Manufac-
 turing Company. local industry recent
 ly established in this city has made an
 assignment the liabilities of the concern being $l 100, while the assets are given
 at 5000. Poor management is given as
 the cause of the failure. O. E. Freeman of Sheffield was President of the com pany. It Is said that 1t will pass into new hands and continue to be operated James Partlow, an inmate of the coup- ty jail here. young man of pleasing address and well connected in Sheffield made a strong effort to end his life yes- terday. At the October term of Circuit Court young Partlow, with several others,
 was convicted for stealing brass at the | Sheffield furnaces, and was placed In jaif | in default of bail. His case was appealed | to the Supreme Court and pending 2 | hearing before that tribunal he has occu | pied cell in the jail. During his cor | finement he became sick, the county phy- sician having attended him, and yester- | day the physician left him medicine, in- l cluding several doses of morphine. He | became very Respondent and was seen | by his companion, in the same cell, t~ swallow all the morphine left, and in a
 short while was thought to be dying. The
 physician was hastily summoned. howev-
 CT. and with the aid of a stomach pump soon restored the young man, who Is now thought to be out of danger.
 Mrs. E. M. Farr, highly respected citizen of this city, died yesterday morn
 ing at her home here. after an illness of
 but three or four days of pneumonia. Conductor Brakefeld of the Florence
 Branch of the Southern Railroad run
 ming between Tuscumbia and Florence,
 received a telegram from San Francisco
 yesterday apprising him of the death of
 his eldest son. Harvey. a young man
 about 23 years of age. who died on a
 transport while en route home from the
 Philippine Islands. He had been re-
 leved from service in the United States army on account of continued illness. Five minutes after receiving the news of the death of his son. Conductor Brake field was handed a message notifying him in Tennessee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
SCHLEY CASE.
Maryland Delegation Decides to Force
 Ruling on the Naval Dispute.

Washington Special to Chicago Tribune. At last the Schley case Is to be taken
 up in Congress. In spite of the opposl,, ton of some of the warmest friends or
 Rear Admiral Schley. who believe the
 matter should be allowed to drop, the
 Maryland delegation in Congress has talk
 en the opposite view. A long conference
 was held this afternoon in the committee
 room of Senator McComas. There were present all the representatives Of the State Tn the &. rate and House with the exception of Senator Wellington
 For two hours various plans were dis ciissed to bring the case to the attention of Congress. Ailusion was frequently
 made to the fact that many sincere friends of Rear Admiral Schley believe in taking no further steps. preferring to rest his case on the manifest verdict of the American people, occupied with the expert opinion of Admiral Dewey and General Miles. The opinion Of the dele gation, however, was that 1t had not the
 Tight to leave any stone unturned in the eI Jrt to discover Q way to secure Vindl-
 catioa for the Rear Admiral.
 There have been introduced in the
 House snc Senate resolutions and bills
 to appoint Schley a Vice Admiral, to give him the thanks of Congress, to inyesti- gate him. to express confidence in him.
 to res; gre him to the active list. and to do various other things: All these mat ters haze been referred at once to the ! aval Comnitree in the House and the Senate under the rules. Maryland is not represented in this committee in the Sen- ate, but MT. Mudd of Maryland has an important seat on the House Naval Com
 mttee.
 The conference accordingly agreed that the House Committee should be appealed to. Mir. Foss. the chairman, Is under stood to be an anti-Schley man person. ally, but he has not committed himself openly at least, and never is arbitrary.
 so the Schley partisans felt that they colld secure at least a fair hearing.
 Mir Mudd at once presented the case to the Naval Committee, and asked that time be set for the consideration of the dczpr or two bills about Schley now on file. The committee, after considera- tior, dec'ed to take up these Schley bills aXt Friday ana thus the celebrated case O. tie American navy is at last
 officially befo..e Congress. The committee
 Will be obliged tc take a vote on all the Schlsv bills and Representative Mudd will insist on speedy action.