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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Senate Begins Work of Last Legis-
lative Day.
BILL FOR PROTECTION OF PRESIDENT
Congressman Richardson, Democrat.
ic Leader, Attempts to Blockade Pro.
ceedinss of House, but Is Fore-
stalled by Recognition of Payne.

Washington, D. c., March 3.-Attor-
ney General Knox, on, leaving the
cabinet meeting today announced that
he had received from the Panama Ca
nal Co. the acceptance of the proposal
which he recently made to it with re-
spect to an extension of the option
on the canal company's property, held
by this government. He said that the
communication from the canal COM
pany was of such a nature that the OPP
ton would be kept alive until the rati-
hcation OF the pending treaty, it mat
tered not whether the treaty was rati-
fed before or after the conclusion OF
the present session of congress.
Senate Begins Last Day.
AT II o'clock today the senate enter
ed upon the last legislative day of
the i~fty-seventh congress. Thef~sill
be no adjournment until tomorrow
noon, when congress expires by limi-
tation. A resolution was adopted CON
tinuing until the next regular session.
the standing and select committee
conference reports on the sundry civil
bill agreed to. Senator Hoar called up
h conference report IN the bill to
protect the President.
AT one o'clock the senate refused
upon the motion OF McComber to take
up the pure food bifl and the Aldrich
financial bill vas considered. AIdrich
taking the floor said that a few men in
the senate had deliberately and with
malice af%orethought, murdered this
bill.
At 2:30 O'Clock, J.. Frank Alice and
l.. Helsler Ball were sworn in as SEN
ators from Delaware.
The House.
When the house r~econvened at II
o'clock this morning the prospect was
that it might remain in continuous
session until tomorrow noon. As soon
as Chairman Henderson called the
house to order, Richardson, the minor
ity leader, attempted to make a point
of no quorum, but the speaker recog-
nized Congressman Payne, who de-
manded the ayes and nays on the adop-
ton of the conference report on the
immigration bill.
The report vas adopted. The pres
entation of the conference report on
the private pension bill was made the
occasion for some good natured politi-
cal chatting.
Report Adopted.
The report was adopted 211 to 6.
Cannon presented to the conference
a report on the sundry civil bill.
The report was adopted as was also
the conference report of the sundry
civil bills.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
MUST r STAMPS.
Rural Mail Carriers Must Supply Ru-
raj Patrons.

Rural Mail Carriers Must supply Ru-
raj Patrons.
Postmaster Lee is in receipt of a let
ter from A. w. Machen, general super
intendent, stating that all rural mail
carriers must carry a sufficient guam
tity of stamps, stamped envelopes, pa
per wrappers, ETC., for the benefit OF
the rural patrons. The communlca-
ton is as follows:
1t pls been brought to the attention
of. the department that rura carriers,
as a, rule 10 lat carry with tilG q upon
their routes a sufficient supply of
stamps, stamped paper, etc, to ac-
commodate their patrons. Postmas-
tiers will bear in mind that rural car
riers are required to take with them
on their trips far the accommodation
of their patrons & sufficient supply OF
stamps, stamped envelopes, postal
cards and newspaper wrappers to
meet the demand. If rural carriers
have not at any time the money with
which to purchase these supplies, post
masters are required to credit them to
the extent of at least. SIS, and should
credit them with $40 if the demand is
sufficient to require that amount.
(These stamps and supplies should be
settler for by carrier after his trip
each day. The carriers bondsmen
are responsible for their valued
A portion of this supply should be
in the form of postage stamp books
the use of which should be encouraged
as much as possible by rural carriers.
The purchase of stamp books by pa
t,,Dre of ,,,,.o1 frnn 1p1iHnru SprNlrl Will
do more than anything else that can be
suggested at the present time to avert
the .penny trouble" about which sc
many carriers complain during cold
and inclement weather. 1t is the best
method for preserving postage stamps
which are carried in the pocket or IN
pocket books. Your careful attention
and that of rural carriers attached to
your office is directed to Section NO
303 page 1860, postal guide for l902
For twenty-five cents a patron a Sc
cure twelve two cent stamps bound in
such form that they may be preserved
for an indefinite length of time.
Rural carriers are hereby directed
to keen a strict account of the value
of stamps, stamped envelopes, posta
cards and newspaper wrappers solo
by them while serving their routes;
this account can be kept in memoran
dunn form by carrier and at the end o.
each month turned over to the post
master. who will transmit same to thi:
office in letter form attached to Form
g." giving amount of months sales b.
each rural carrier, to be entered into
i department records. The monthly re
port giving account of cancellations OF
Form g." is to be continued as here
| tOfOre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
JUDGE CALDWELL TO QUIT.
Charles !. Green of Omaha to Be Rec.
commended for Place.

Washington. D. c., March ~3.-Judge
Caldwell. of the eighth United States
judicial circuit, will soon retire. The
two Nebraska senator's will next week
present the name of Charles ]. Green,
a prominent attorney of Omaha, who
is a member of Green & Breckenridge.
a well known legal firm, for the place.
Representative Mercer of Nebraska,
who retires March 4, is spoken of fo
appointment as a member of the Uni
ted States board of appraisers at New
York, a place that pays $1,000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Relations of Bert McKinsSry
Cannot Confirm Death.
SAID HE WAS KILLED
Mckinstry Was Formerly a Resident
of Washington-said to Have Been
Shot Through Window of Home in
Monticello, Kan.

Washington, March 3.-(Special.)
The report sent out in associated press
dispatches that Bert McKinstry of this
wounded at Monticello, Kan, cannot
be confirmed here. The parents and
a brother of McKinstry reside in Grace
Hill, this county, and when telephoned
by a Courier correspondent today they
had not heard of the misfortune re-
ported concerning their sol and bro
Their.
Get No Word.
The report is to the effect that a
man by the name of Graham passed
the house in which McKinstry was
lodging and fired a shot gun at him
through a window, mortally woundlng
him. AS there is no Western Union
office at the point in Kansas where
the shooting occurred, the friends OF
McKinstry cannot obtain any word by
rapid communication.
Well Known in Washington.
McKinstry is known well in this
county as a heavy cattle dealer. He
figured prominently a few years age
in a harness stealing case here in dis
trict court. McKinstry has had trouble
several times, but never as serious as
reported. A few years a stockman
here reports he was engaged in a set-to
in the Chicago stock yards with some
commission house representatives over
the price of his bunch of cattle ship
ped to maket. McKinstry was downed
in the muddy pards and might have
been beaten to death had not his
friends here stepped in and ~interceded
for him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
DEPOSITORS UNEASY
START RUN ON MUscATINE BANK.
ING HOUSE.
German American Savings Bank Pays
Checks as Fast as Presented-Fear
Caused by Reported Loss of Stock.
holder on Board of Trade.

Muscatine, March S.-(Special.)-A
run was started on the German Amer
lean Savings bank this morning be-
u of the report that n of the
stockholders had lost a large sum on
the Chicago Board Trade. Hundreds
of depositors lined up in front of the
building. The bank is paying as fast
as the checks are presented and is
inviting all to get their money. The
crowd is orderly, but uneasy.
The Bank Does Not Suspend.
The u is practically over. The
bank does not suspend payment.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
PRESIDENT GETS PAPERS.
Mayors Brother-in-laW Asked Place
Held BY lndianola colored Woman.

Washington, d. c., March. 3.-Post-
master General Payne yesterday for
warded to the house all papers in the
case of the p~ostofice at Indianola, Miss.
The correspondence shows that A. B.
Weeks, a brother-in-law of Mayor Davis
of %Indianola, began his candidacy for
the postoffice against the negro incum-
bent April Z, 1902.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
CAPTAIN BOYD SUSPENDED.
He is Indicted by Grand Jury for Neg
lect of Duty.

st. Louis, March 3.-Police Captain
Boyd, of the fourth district. was sus-
pended today owing to an Indictment
returned today by the grand jury
against him for neglect of duty
in allowing the existence in his dis
trict OF houses of i'll fame, where young
girls were held as prisoners.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Semi-S Starvation.

Dublin, March 3.-The inhabitants
are in a state of semi-starvation in
consequence of the prolonged storm
on The west coast. Attempts to pro-
vision the islanders have been aban-
doned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
BOSTON FIRM FAILS.

Announcement Made on Stock Elk.
change Today.
Boston, March 3.-The failure of A.
B. Turner & Bro. was announced on
the stock exchange today. The firm
was largely interested in the Massa-
chusetts consolidated mining and
Western Railway projects. The fail.
ure is attributed to the stringency in
the money market.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
cuMMlNs WANTS PEACE.
Friends of Governor Deny He Will In
sist on Tariff Ripping Platform.

Washington, D. c., March 3.-Friends
of Governor Cummins deny in emphat-
ic terms that the story printed in the
local paper last Thursday to the eff
feet that Cummins claims to have full
control of the situation in Iowa and
can dictate terms and will demand a
platform more radical than the last
one. Cummins' friends say in the
first place he wants peace and not war
and has not thought of debating a
radical or any other platform. They
say Cummins should not be held re-
sponsible for newspaper stories un-
authorized and which are pure, fancy
gueSSwork.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
STEVENS GOES TO ROCK ISLAND.
Was Formerly Connected With the
Great Northern.

Chicagoch, Mar. president w. B.
Leeds, of the Rock Island road, has
announced that j. f. Stevens, formerly
of the Great Northern, has been se-e
lected to a position with the Rock
Island road and put in charge of the
construction work.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
FIND VICTIMS BODY.

Remains of Hannah Goddard Knapp
Found AS Described by Knapp.
New Albany, Ind, March Edward
F. King, whose wife is a sister of Al
fred Knapp, arrived here this morn
ing and almost positively identified
the body of the woman found in the
Ohio river as that of Knapp's third
wife, Hannah Goddard Knapp.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
CANAL COMPANY
WILL EXTEND OPTION
WANTS NO SUNDAY BALL GAMES.
Kansas Committee Reports Favorably
Bill to Forbid Sabbath Contests.

Topeka, March "a bill has been
introduced in the Kansas legislature
prohibiting all Sunday baseball and
football games to which admission is
charged. A strong lobby is working
against the measure, which has been
reported favorably by a house COM
mittee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Entitled to No Consideration.

''The tax dodger is entitled to no
voice in the determination of the meth
DDS to be employed in catching him.
asserts the Dubuque Telegraph, speak
ing of the tax ferrets and their work.
"He is a menace to the community
and is a public nuisance"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
TO HUNT GOLD in IOWA..
Franklin County Post Hole Digger
Discovers ShoWinas.

Iowa Falls, March 3.-As soon as the
frost is out of the ground, it is report
ed a tract of land in Franklin county
will be prospected to find out il pos
sible the extent of gold bearing dirt
that is said to have been discovered
in that county. According to the re-
port, while digging %postholes east OF
Dows, some dirt was thrown up that
bore evidence of having fine gold in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
LEARNED WOMEN SLOW TO WE'D.
OF 1885 Graduates of Michigan Uni.

OF 1885 Graduates of Michigan Uni
versity but 533 Have Married.
Ann Arbor, Mich, March 3.--Data
gathered from the general catalogue
and the alumni association shows that
of the 1885 women that have grad,
uated from the University of Michi-.
gan only 533 have married since
graduating.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
IOWA MONUMENTS.
Memorials Selected by Commission
Have Sites Picked Out.

Chattanooga. Tenn, March 9.-One
of the monuments recently contracted
for by the Iowa monument committion
at Chickamauga park. will be erected
at Rossville Gap, Missionary Ridge,
to the memory of the Osterhaus bri-
gade; n "a Moon Place, Mission
airy Ridge, and other places at Cra-
vens Place, Lookout Mountain.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
RIGHT OF WAY FOR NEW ROAD.
Land for Line Reported to Have Been
Purchased.

Newton, March Sit is learned
from reliable sources that last Satur-
day parties were buying land for the
right-of-way of the new railroad to
the northwest and also for the inter-
urban between here and Colfax.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
is SERIOUSLY BURNED.
Injuries of Mrs. A. b. Bartlett More
Serious Than First Thought.

Abba, March 3.-(Special.)-An ex
animation of the burns received by
Mrs. A. B. Bartlett, whose clothing was
set on fire by an overturned lamp, to-
day revealed the fact that the injuries
were of a more serious nature than at
first supposed. Fear is now entertain
ed for her recovery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
HANNA DENIES AID TO cRuM.

Refuses to Demand Record Vote of
Senate on Negro Appointment.
Washington, d. c., March 3.-In re-
Spouse to appeals from the friends of
DR.. w. d. Crum, the negro whom
President Roosevelt nominated as col
lector of customs at Charleston, S. c.,
Senator Hanna has declared his inten,
ton not to interfere in the matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Car and Carriage Collide in Toledo,
Ohio.

Toledo, Ohio, March 3.-David Rob
ison and James Robson, respectively
president and cashier of the Ohio Saw
ings Bank and Trust Co.; Willard Rob.
ison, president of the David Robson,
Jr., & Sons bank; Horace Suydam,
secretary of the Milburn wagon works,
and w. F. Webb, coachman for the
R%obisons, were badly injured in a
street car and carriage collision last
night while returning from the the.
stre.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Sent ultimatum.

Committees representing the fire.
men sent ultimatums to President
Ramsey, last night, notifying him that
the result of a recent poll among the
employed members of the organiza-
ton was that the demands for a fiji
teen per cent increase for freightmen,
IL per cent increase for passenger men
east of the Mississippi, exclusive OF
the Canadian lines, and double pay for
double header freight trains, must be
conceded by noon today, or a strike
would be ordered.
The conductors and engineers noti-
fed Mr.. Ramsey at the time that they
would abide by the increased schedule
granted a week ago, and were not in
favor of a strike.
Receive No Freight.
Kansas City, March 3.-The Wabash
general freight agent here received a
message from President Ramsey at
noon notifying him that a threatened
strike was on and instructed him not
to receive any more freight until fur
ther notice.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
BRYAN THREATENS TO BOLT
DECLARES HE WILL NOT SUBMIT TO DEMOCRACY BEING RULED BY
THE GOLD BUGS.

lew YORK. MARCH a-RREcoNcuABLE TO HE POSSIBILITY OF TIL DEMOCRAT PAR
TY OF THE UNITED STATES PASSING UNDER THE CONTROL Of I'll OLD WING OF HE ORGAN
zAToN, WILLIAM GINNING BRYAN HAS INFORMED HIS FRIENDS IN THIS CITY, AVS H TL
1uNE, THAT IF TIL GOLD AND PLUTocRATlc DEMOCRATS TRIUMPH IN THE NEXT DEMOCRAT
c CONVENTION. He WILL BOLT N LEAD HIS FOLLOWER N HE BELIEVERS IN FREE Sill
YER FROM THE HALL AND NOMINATE AN DEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC TICKET WITH SUCH
PLATFoRM AS WILL ENLIST THE SUPPORT OF ALL RADICALS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
A eET-RIcH-oUlcK SCHEME.
Four Men Make Money Off centervilIe

Four Men Make Money Off centerville
and Appanoose County People.
Centerville, March 3.--Four men,
giving the names of Thornberg, Ed
wards, Mitchell and Fowler, represent
ing themselves as agents for a patent
wire fence machine have by ean of
a cunningly worded contract and note
swindled C~enterville and Appanoose
county people out of $4,000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
CALLS U MILITIA.
Colorado Governor Grants Request of
Sheriff,

Denver, March 3.-At the request of
Sheriff Gilbert, of Ell Paso county,
Governor Peabody at moo today call
ed out the state troops to proceed to
Colorado City and protect the United
States Reduction Co.'s plant from
strikers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
VAST THR0NCS WITNESS
THE PAPAL CELEBRATION
SECRETARY SHAW DENIES 1T.
Says Removal in Customs Service
Were Not for Political Reasons.

Washington, d. c., March 3.-Secre-
tary Shaw has emphatically denied the
report that certain removals in the
customs service at the port of New
York were being made for political
reasons. He said the removals were
for the good of the service and as a
business proposition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
BANK SAFE BLOWN.
RunnelI Bank Robbed of $1so-Rob-
bers Escape.

Des Moines, March 3.-(Special.)-
The bank at Runnell was blown open
last night. $3.50 was secured. The
robbers escaped, coming this way.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
FEARS FOR HER LIFE.
Sister of Alfred Knapp. Declares Her
Life Has Been Threatened.

Cincinnati, March 3.-Mrs. Edward
F. King, sister Of Alfred Knapp, has
reported that her life has been re-
peatedly threatened by another wom-
an interested in Knapp's defense. To
day she asked for protection, which
was accorded her.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
GOVERNOR NASH IN TANeLE.
Heirs of Estate of Which He Is Execu-
tor DEMAND Accountinn

tor Demand Accounting.
Columbus, O.. March 3.-Failure to
carry out the provisions of the will
of the late David w. Brooks, who was
for many years the senior member of
the banking firm of Brooks, Butler &
Co., is the charge made against Gov
ernor George K. Nash in a petition
filed in the probate court by Thomas
S. Brooks, David w. Brooks and Her
bert Brooks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
GIVES GAMBLING A DIG.

Montana House Refuses to LegaIize
the Practice.
Helena, Mont, March 3.-The house
of representatives has killed the bill
to license gambling.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
SIX THOUGHT TO BE DEAD.

Edison Cemen PTant at New village,
MI, Has Terrible Explosion.
Easton, Pa, March 3.-Six men are
thought to be dead and twenty-five or
thirty others are injured, several of
them seriously, from the effects of an
explosion at the Edison cement plant,
at New Village, N. j., seven miles
from here. A large part of the plant
was burned. Six men are missing,
and it is feared their bodies are in
the ruins.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
EXCHANGE TREATIES.
Hay and Herbert to Hasten Alaskan
NEGOTIATIONS,

Washington, d. c., March S.-Sec-
rotary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert
today exchanged notifications of the
Alaskan boundary treaty. The pre-.
paration of the cases of the two sides
will proceed with all speed as under
the treaty they must be submitted to
the arbitrators within sixty days.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
RECEIVER FOR PACKING PLANT.
Pacific Company Headed BY Chicago
an in Financial Trouble.

New York. March 3.-Justice Fitz-
patrick of the United States circuit
court of New Jersey, has appointed
Thomas c. McGoern of New York and
George B. Hallock of New Jersey, re
ceivers for the Pacific Packing and
Navigation company of Seattle, Wash.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
BRITISH ROBBERS GET $625,ooo.
saft of the Anglo-American Oil Con-

pany, in FuIham, London, Cracked.
London, March, 3.-The safe in the
office of the Anglo-American Oil Co.,
at Crabtree wharf, in Fulham, was
blown open by a charge of nitroglycer-
in yesterday. The burglars secured
$625 900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
ELECT NEW CASHIER.
H. j. Wing Sewers Connection With
Eddyville Bank.

Eddyville, March 3.-(Special.)-H.
j.. Wing has severed his connection
with the Eddyville bank and has been
succeeded in that position by f. M.
Epperson. B. w. Ward has been chos-
en- to the position of assistant cashier.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Wabash Employees Hold OFF
Strike.
LEADERS ARE ENJOINED
Court Issues Writ Restraining Chair
men of Labor Committees From In
terferine With Traffic Of Road-Em-
ployes Demand Increase in Wages.

st. Louis, March Sat the request
of President Ramsey the committees
from the Wabash iremen and train
men modified their demand so that
reply should be made at noon and he
is given until 5 o'clock this afternoon
to further consider the matter of a
general advance in wages.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
Gather in Des Moines for An
nual Convention.
A RECORD ATTENDANCE
Address of Welcome BY Mayor Bren-
ton-Response Made BY President
Perry-other Labor Leaders Speak
Before Convention.

Des Moines, March 3.-(Special.)-
With an attendance that will surpass
all previous meetings, the annual con-
vention of the miners of the First di-
trict, No. 10, opened in this city this
morning. The address of welcome was
made by Mayor Brenton and President
Edwin Perry of Abba spoke in re-
Spouse. Other addresses were deliver
ed by Arthur Holder, president Of the
State Federation of Labor, j. f. Byrne
of Ottumwa and Edward Bingham,
state labor commissioner.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
BURGLARS A FIRE.
Cummings Block in Canaan, Conn.
Burned to Hide Crime,

Canaan, Conn, March 3-The Cum
mings block, containing the p~ostofice,
the private bank OF Fuller & Poets,
and Collins jewelry store, burned to-.
day. 1t is believed that the fire was
started by burglars after they had
blown the safes in the building.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
FIRE Loss OF $4,000.

ment Store Heavy Loser.
Portland, Ore, March 3,-The eight
story brick Bekum block burned this
morning causing a loss of S1S5, 900.
The principal losers are Kolipar, Wolfe
& Co., department store, $1O0, 900 and
the Bekum estate, building valued at
1000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
MAINE COMMANDER REPORTS.
Says No One Was Shot or Shot at and
Eiuhteen Men Are Missinu,

Washington, D. c., March Capt.
Lentze, commander of the Maine at
Newport News, has telegraphed the
navigation bureau concerning the re-
ported trouble on the vessel:
Eighteen men absent without leave,
having left the ship while in dock.
No one shot or shot at"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-05
VOTE AID TO SUFFERERS.
Illinois Senate Authorizes $4,000 for
Famine Fund.

Springfield, Ill, March 3.-The SEN
ate today passed the house bill appro.
priating $4,000 for the sufferers in Swe-
den and Finland. The bill 10Y goes to
the governor.