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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
NO WAR IN HONDURAS.
President of Guatemala Withdraws
Troops From Frontier.

Washington, D. c., March 19.-Uni-
ted States Minister Combs at Guate-
mala City has cabled the state depart
ment that the president of Guatemala
was withdrawing troops from the from
tier. 1t is believed this action will re-
move the danger of war with Hon
duras.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
ALLEGED swlNDLER JAILED.
Wilbert McAlpin Accused of CompIi-
city in Land Frauds Arrested.

CITY TIT Edru rTduus HrTesteu.
Sioux City, March 19-Wilbert Nc
Alpin of Whittemore, charged with
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses, is in Jail here. McAlpin is
charged with being connected with a
big Tennessee land swindle in which
25O.OOO acres were sold from a tract
which contained only $4,000 acres. The
lands were disposed of in anumber of
western states.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
GIFT TO "BuFFALo BILL
King Edward Sends Memento to Amer
lean Snowman,

London, March 19.-King Edward
has sent Col. w. F. Cody c'Buffalo
=Bill') handsome scarfpin with the
royal cipher in diamonds, surmounted
by the crown. as aNsouvenir of his visit
last Saturday to the wild west show.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
ROBERTS TO VISIT AMERICA.

Earl Announces He Will Come in Au.
gust.
London, March 19.-Lord Roberts,
commander in chief of the forces, an
nounced that it was practically settled
that he would pay an official visit to
the United States in September next.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
FIRE DESTROYS BIG FACTORY.
Business Portion Of Massachusetts
City DESTROYED by Flames.

Pepperel, Mass, March 10. Fire
early today destroyed Griffin's shoe
factory, a score of business buildings
and number of dwellings. compris--
ing the central business portion of
the town The loss is 100000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
MADE TWO REAR ADMlRALs.
President Roosevelt Advances Cap
tains Cook and Darlington.

Washington, d. c., March 19.--The
President today nominated Captains
Francis A. Cook and Purnell F. Oar.
rington to be rear admirals.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
Inquest Postponed.


Owing to the illness of District At
torney Coatesworth, the inquest into
the murder of E. L. Burdick has been
postponed until next Monday. Dis
trict Attorney Coatesworth is suffering
from a severe cold, which prevents
him from speaking above whisper. 1t
is expected sthat the inquest will be
concluded next Monday unless some
new evidencesof Importance should de-
yelop this week Mrs. Burdick. Bur
dicks fIrilaee man and the man who
tended the furnace for the Pencils
will probably be called on Monday.
1t is stated on good authority that
the district jattorney will aluso place
in evidence a letter alleged to have
been written to Mrs. Burdick by Ar
thur R. Pennell some months ago. The
letter was found in the Burdick house
when the search of the house was
made by the police. In the letter the
following occurs: Il feel that | must
kill Ed Burdick."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
THE w EATHER FOR low A

Chicago, March 19,-Rain, turning
to snow with cold wave tonight; Fri
day, threatening with colder east and
central.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
FLOOD !, :,
CREST !,
REACHEz =
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n
Predictions of Weather Bus
reau are Realized This
Morning.
STOOD FORTY FEET
Expected Decline May be Noted in
Twenty-four Hours.
Expected Decline May be Noted In
Twenty-four Hours.
RELIEF SENT TO 200 At MARION
Fleet of skiffs Left Memphis TO Sue
cor Passengers on Waterbound
Trains-Western Roads Tied Up
Situation at New Orleans Same.

Memphis, Tenn, March 19.-The
highest stage of water predicted by
the weather bureau was realized this
morning when the gauge registered
forty feet. The crest of the high wave
is believed to be near, and it is conf
dently prophesied that in another TWEEN
ty-four hours decline will be noted.
No Change in Arkansas.
The situation in the flooded area in
Arkansas is practically unchanged.
Relief for Marion.
Relief boats left Memphis today in
an effort to reach Marion, where 200
people are awaiting succor.
To succor Passengers.
A fleet of skiffs was today sent to
two passenger trains which are
hemmed in by the waters on the Iron
Mountain. The west bridge of the
;unction leyee at Osceola is reported
to be in critical condition and break
is imminent at any hour.
Levee is Giving.
The situation at North Helena. Ark,
is reported grave. The levee has par
TALLY given way. The railroads enter
ing the city from the west are COM
pletely tied up.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
ICE BOUND STEAMER FREE.
The Stafford Relieved From a Perlous
Situation.

Muskegon, Mich, March 19.-The
steamer Stafford was freed from the
ice at 2 o'clock this morning by the
Goodrich line steamer Atlanta. Both
steamers struggled all night and finally
reached Grand Haven at o'clock and
left later for Chicago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
soPHoMoREs SETTLE.
Second Class Men at Iowa City Pay
for Raid on Freshmen's Banquet.

TOT RaIu on rreShmeh'S Banquet.
Iowa City, March 19.--The Burkley
Imperial hotel management has ac-
cepted check tor $95 in full for all
damage done to its hotel building at
the riot last fall when the hotel window
was smashed with rock and a skunk
thrown into the dancing hall.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
SAVING PoPE,s STRENGTH.
Dr.. Lapponi Advises Pontiff to Suspend
Audiences.

Rome, March 19.-The condition of
the pope has undergone no change
during the last few days. He is still
a little hoarse and Dr.. Lapponi has
recommended him to suspend his audi
ences merely to save strength.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER MAN DIES
Proprietor and Manager of Quincy
Wing Passes Away.

Quincy. H., March 19.-John B. Ell.
lis, proprietor and manager of the
Wing, died today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
sTRATToN TO BUILD SCHOOL.

Will Found Polytechnic Institution if
He Breaks Will.
Colorado Springs, Colo. March 19-
Isaac Henry Stratton. the son of the
late w. S. Stratton, says that if he is
successful in breaking his fathers will
he will build polytechnic school here
to cost from S500,OO0 to S1,OOO,O 900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
SCORES ROOSEVELT
SENATOR MONEY MAKES ANGRY
SPEECH IN SENATE.
Declares Executive is president Of
Black Belt Rather Than of Whole
Nation"-caused by Debate Over
Closing of Postoffce at lndianola.

Washington, d. c., March 19.-An--
gered at the results of the position TAX
en- by President Roosevelt, on the ne
gro question and the appointment of
negroes to Office in the south, Senator
Money of Mississippi, in an angry
speech delivered on the floor of the
United States senate, declared "Roose-
velt TO be. not so much an American
President as a President of the black
belt. This is the White Mans coun-
try and white mans government. 1t
has carved out of the wilderness and
conquered the Indians, not for Afri-
cans, but for Americans"
The occasion ofSMoney's attack on
the President was the debate in the
senate over the action of the President
in closing the. postoffice at Iadianola,
Miss .sci7
adopts Amendments.
The committee amendment provid-
ing against any further reduction on
sugar for five years was adopted. All
the committee amendments were
adopted including the Burton amend
ment for flour, corn and cornmeal, but
the last named was compromised so
as to place these articles in the 80
per cent list.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
SOLICITORS FAIL FOR s1,oooooo.
Boody G sayliff of London Compelled
to Close Their Office.

London, March 13-The failure of
Boody & Bayliff solicitors mas been
announced. Their liabilities are over
$1,000,000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
RIVAL OF JUMBO is DEAD.
lingo, Biggest Elephant in Captivity,
Now a DereIict.

New York, March 19-Jingo, the
tallest of captive elephants, is a dere-
lict adrift in the steamship track off
Vail banks. He died on the freighter
Gorgic, from Liverpool. He was not
buried at sea, but was simply dropped
overheard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
GLAD CANAL TREATY is RATIFIED
French Official Pleased Over Final Ac.
ton of United States Senate.

Paris, March 19.-The announce
ment of the ratification of the Panama
canal treaty by the United States sen
ate is received with satisfaction by
the officials and others here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-19
MRS. HULLIS NOT I'LL
MOTHER OF MRS. BURDlck IN
GOOD HEALTH.
The Unless of Attorney coatesworth
Causes Postponement of Inquest
Letter Alleged to Have Been Writ.
ten by PenneI May Be Evidence.

Buffalo, March 19.-Lawyer Hart
zell, counsel for Mrs. Hull, the mother
of Mrs. Burdick. early today denied
the reported injury or illness of Mrs.
Hull. He said that she was in her
usual health.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14

Women Haze Him 1'Tested for
Killing Starred 4mmdt.

Crazed by hunger and illusage it had received
at the hands of boys. cat attacked man iaSl
night and bit and scratched him savageiy' ana
did not cease its attacks until it had been beaten
to death with stick.
Frank Penka of No. SO East One-hundreo-
and-thrty-fifth-st a laborer. was entering MS
home when he noticed cat lying in the gutter
AS he passed it the cat, with sudden spring
fixed teeth and claws in mis- left hand Pehka
tried to shake the animal off. 1t clunS 50
tenaciously, scratching and biting. that ne coulo
not do So although he banged it against the lr3h
ratings of the house.
Seeing heavy stick on the ground fehhd
picked it up and struck the crazed animal isslh
and again Some twenty or thirty blows were
ghowered on the cat before it relaxed It's holo
and dropped to the sidewalk dead
The combat had attracted a small crowd TO
the scene consisting principally of women
Some of Them probably ignorant OF the circum-
stances were highly indignant when they saw
the cat had been killed, and when they saw
Patroln1an Hickey of the Alexander-ave. sta
ton they insisted that he arrest Penka Tor
cruelty 10 animals In spite of the mans pro-
tests, he was arrested and taken to the AieXah-
der-ave. station where charge was entered
against him. He was transferred to the MOTIF
SANTA police station where it was found that ne
was bleeding from scratches and bites IN the
left hand An ambulance was called from Leoa-
non Hospital. and DR.. Schuman dressed his
wounds. Penka's face was also badly scratched
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
ENGINEER FEARED BODILY HARM.
He Is Tried by United States Inspectors for
Leaving His Work.

Joseph Rutedge, marine engineer. VINO alter
the strike was declared May l took the place
of a union man who had resigned from the OBJ
GRAFTON of the machinery the tugboat charles
RInyon- owned by the White Star Towing Com
many and in the course of day and hait
abandoned the job tried yesterday by the lo1al
Roard Of United States inspectors of Steam YES
sells In the charges demanding a revocation OF
tho engineers license he charged with mis-
coo5,ct and nrisbehavor and violation of the Re
1,isa5 Statutes of the United States in abandoning
the Runyon."
The written statements Of his reasons lor ledNl'7
his engine were placed record In the frSl
naper which was dated May % and was addressed
10 the owners of the Runyon, he refused 10 con-
tirue in the service of the White Star Towing
Counany on account of the strike, declaring that
.s he was A union it would be unsafe LOT MN
+ rim tho Runvon In the second paper WHICH
was filed with the local Board of United states
Trsnectors of Steam Vessels on June l. RutleuSe
said that the conditions not satisfactory ana
not beiny a Young man he was afrdid OF noulS
INJURIES and did consider 1t Sdle 10 remain III
The boat He denied that in giving up ms Ptce III
had been guilty of any violation OF the le"e'
laws. .. ,-,-ror Of tho
s L'Iommedieu. the managing owner OF @ Ile
pnnvon said that he had engaged Rutedge 10 run
the tug and had promised TO protect hin MI.
TE4ouT7edieu said when Rutledge came Tor MS pay
ne warned him that his license was IN DANGER anu
told RutIedge 1t was not his desire to press pun
ishment but he wanted the engineer TO 90 ms ousy
1nder the monthly agreement. The engineer, ne
eaid had taken the position because ms 4dHHS
was sick Decision reserved
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
NAN OF so KILLS WOMAN.
Was HIS Boarding Mistress-Hdd
Got HIS Money, He Says.

James Rogers. a white haired man OF eighty
years shot and instantly killed Mrs. Louise Mad1-
son. with whom he had boarded for twelve years,
in the back yard her home. No. 243 North F1fth-
St. Brooklyn. yesterday afternoon. The shooting
was seen by the neighbors from their back Win
dows and a crowd rushed into the Madison yard
and would have done violence TO the old man ex-
cept for the timely arrival of the police.
Rogers is a retired clothing cutter. He had hVed
frugally and had saved about 5000. he says, when
he went to board with Mrs Madison. She was
fftv-fye wears old and had separated from her
husband When taken the station, Roger RS told
Captain Dooey that Mrs Madison had gradually
squeezed ali his money out of him, and when 1t was
all gone she had told him to get another boarding
place.
1t appears that the two had quarrelled a great
deal of late The old man admits having purchased
a revolver a week ago, saying that he feared the
woman might try to kill him. Yesterday ne de-
clares there were more words, and she chased
him into the yard with fork. There ne pulleo d
revolver and shot her through the heart -,
The police surprised at the coolneSS oL ~; ti;c
old man he seemed to feel no sorrow LOT bi5
deed He declared that a man elSnty years on
and penniless as he was had little to live tor. II
10 believed that the old man was III love Win the
woman and lavished his money on her flnutis k
that his money was gone and she did not care IoF
him Rogers became desperate. His friends are OF
the opinion that his mind had become parualy uh-
Rogers will be arraigned in the Lee-ave. court
morning.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
CAPTAIN BECOMES 4 PRIVATE.
E. D. Graf, Averse to Serving Under Colonel
Morris, Enters the Eighth Regiment.

Captain Edwin ID. Graft. who recently resigned
as adjutant of the 9th Regiment, has enlisted
a private in the Sth Regiment. 1t is no secret
that the captain WAS averse to serving longer
under Colonel Morris of the 9th. and, rather
than complete his ten years of. service, by re-
naming some ten months longer in the 9th, he
enlisted private in the Sth.
Captain Graft served with the 9th Volunteers
in the war with Spain. Shortly after reaching
the South he was appointed assistant adjutant
general the staff of General Breckenridge
He WAS assigned TO look after the shipping of all
troops from Chickamauga, and forty-hVe thou
sand troops were shipped under his supervision
various points without the loss of single
niece of baggage This shipment occupied sew
enteen days, and Captain Graft received an Off
ciai letter from General Breckenridge highly
cemplimenting him for his work.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
GROWLER GANG RIOTS.
Blacksmith Defends Himself =
Bl0odsfained Bills Skull Cracked.
BRICKS sHOWERED ON POLICEMEN.

gang of ruffians known as the GROWER
Gang caused a riot last night in which several
heads were cracked, windows broken ana o'her
damage done. One will probably de
The gang makes its headquarters in vacant
LOT ON the south side of East one-hundred-and-
third-st between Second and Third aVes- 1heir
disorderly conduct has been source of much
ANNOYANCE to the neighborhood and part1cu-
1arIv to Michael Lynch, of No 23S East one
who has a blacksmith
ebon there Last night Lynch went to the lot
and told the men they would have to clear OIL
He was knocked down.
He ran to his shop. obtained re'oiVei on"
returned TO the lot. Then, he says. he fred TWO
shots. one in the ground and the other III the
air This was signal for the gang to attack
him. They purched and kicked him unth ne
ran for his shop. Barricading hmseh H. n7
,boupht he was safe, but the gang smashed IN
the door Lynch, enforced by his nelpers' ue
tended himself as best he could. William
Crontn of No 200 East One-hundred-and-
fourth-st., known as "Bloodstahed pii'
tained a fracture of the skull
A woman ran to the East One-hundred-and-
fourth-st station and told Acting Captain
Lancer a riot was going on. Lancer, VITA the
reserves. ran to the scene -.
Meanwhile pressed by numbers. Lynch hau
run from his shop to Thfrd-ave- FINDING ne
could not escape he turned and ran pach 10 ms
shop. Patrolman SteinkaInp arrived dC ti,hI
ment and laid about him with his hllly. ne
blew his whistle and Policeman Ritter re-eh-
forced him. They were actively engaged "nen
Lancer and the reserves reached them. Seeing
the bluecoats the rioters ran. most OF tnen 70
Nos 231 and 233 East One-hundred- ed-and-thira-
ST known as the Mixed Ale Flats, ana 10 tne
roofs Bricks. sticks and other missiles 1eil
around the police from all directions AFTER
while, however. they managed to get the upper
hand. ...z .-,.o
In the block where the rioting occurred two
men have been killed in the last nVe years;
some time ago PatroIman Devine shot and killed
a man named Lynch. and on another occasion a
policeman pursued Alexander Grove to the ROOF
and Grove Jumped off dying from his injuries.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
RICH DISCOVERY FOR GOVERNMENT
Navy Yard Officials Find That Valuable
Land Has Been Overlooked.

officials at the Brooklyn Navy Yard have just
discovered that the government a vaIua BILE
piece OF waterfront property, adjoining that of the
Brooklyn Union Gas Company. the navy
yard. According the records. which clear.
the property bought from William Ruggles
for $4,000 in 1867. 1t has never been occupied by
property evidently passed out of the knowledge of
the authorities of the navy yard 1t said yes
terday that for some years the Brooklyn Union
Gas Company had assumed possession of a portion
of the property and leased II to Louis p. Rendt,
a contractor. of No. IS Nassau-st., Manhattan. re-
ceying therefrom annual rental
The property in question has frontage Of 81
feet in Marshall-st. and out along the Brook
yn Union Gas Company's property TO the river
for 90 feet The frontage iii Lttle-st is ia feet
Across Iittle-st. is the navy yard. 1t the in
tention of the government when the land was pur
could not be induced to give up its right to extend
Iittle-st. through TO the water. AS under those
conditions the land oil no use. its very
istance was almost forgotten by the navy yard
officials.
Recently Mr. BeInger n civil engineer at New
Orleans. then in Brooklyn, discovered papers
showing that the properly belonged to the govern
ment. The discovery was sent 10 Washington,
with a request that another effort be made to Sc
cure the closing of Little-st.. in order that the
property might be utilized
James Jourdan, president of the Brooklyn Union
Gas Company when seen Yesterday, said:
THE hulkhead property which We leas-
ing to Louis P Rendt Is part of property
and not of that owned by the government all
though its property IS just adjoining ours. Many
wears ago the gCverrment ran sewer out under
our land and I'm return for the privilege gave us
nerrnission 10 use their vacaD land in Little-st
but we have never taken advantage of the offer"
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
NOT HURRYING COLOMBIA.
But Good Faith Expected an Regard
to- the Canal.

Washington. June 1S.-President Roosevelt 60
day sent for William Nelson Cromwell, counsel
for the Panama Canal Company. TO confer with
him about the canal situation Mr. Cromwell
spent half an hour with the President IN the
forenoon and the conference was resumed b.
appointment at 3 o'clock this afternoon
1t is understood that the President is cen
siderably concerned over the canal outlook The
administration is not in the least disposed to be
impatient with Colombia. and is willing to allow
the BOgo.a government "A reasonable line to
carry out It's obligations to the United States
At the same time the Washington agthortt1ss
regard these obligations as more binding than
those of an ordinary treaty, and cannot admit
the right of the Colombian Government 70 re-
cede from them. II not carried out by rattfica-
tion OF the canal treaty, which comes bef"fe the
Colon bfan Congress at its meeting this Uf5rth.
the limited States hopes Colombia will find some
other means Of executing its obligations 20 this
country as regards the Panama CanS'- MI
Cromwell declined to callers after MS con-
ference with the President
New-York tribune., 1903-06-14
ROCKEFELLER ASKS AID.
Kansas Brother of John d. Wants
Protection from Dezceys.
TsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRisusE.I

Topeka KAN June 13.-It was learned yes1er-
dav that Frank Rockefeller. brother OF Jonh y.
Rockefeller came here and made Pefso""
appesI TO Governor Bailey for protecton asdh'1
the outrages perpetrated on his employees "S
the men ON the Dewey ranch The 'o'e'i'i
refused to interfere, and told Mr. Rocheiel'e'
IN 20 before the courts for redress MT FtocN
feIIer asked the courts for assistance, anu IS
ire, to get it, has joined forces with the SETTER
He filed a number OF afidavits with GoVer''o'
Bailey, among them being one from the nai"se
of his ranch who says that 1T IS the podse VI
Dewey that he will drive the people from 4No'
west Kansas and make pasture Oh thSH HO
L. d. Hotchkiss County Attorney Tor CneS
enne County. telegraphed to Governor Bailey To-
day requesting the assistance OF the A'toii's'
General in the prosecution of the Deweys on tii7
charge of numbering three members Oh tii0
Berry family last week. Attorney Geherdi Coi1
man will 20 to St Francis to assist IN tne PR pr
Iiminary hearing of the Oeweys next = -, = 49,
>Tba Deweys have employed formldaOie dii"'
of counsel. ,. or~as+ Of
since the battle and the subsequent aIISs ssod ~
the Deweys the Dewey ranch mas sun ,s,,o5
ereatIv from having it's fences cut catte kI'. ,a
1p1 telephone wires torn down 30 greco % Iie
n, age depredatons become that the raIlcil i. ti
ogars have called for officers to protect tneii