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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
G., 3. & q. EXCURSION RATES.
Many Delightful Trips Can be Taken
at Small Cost.

Many Delightful Trips Can be Taken
at Small Cost.
Excursion rates to all summer re-
sorts on sale to Sept. !.
One way colonist tickets to Denver,
Colo. Colorado Springs, Colo. and Pu
eblo on sale June 16. July z and 81,
August 4 and 18, September l and Is,
81 higher than halfway rate.
Summer excursion rates to Colorado
Utah and the Blick Hills points. Date
of sale daily to Sept. 80. Limit
for return Oct. 81, 1908. Rate, one fare
plus SO cents for the round trip.
Epworth League, Detroit. Mich
July 16 and 10. Date of sale July Is
and 16. Extreme limit for return July
10. One fare plus SO for the round
trip.
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order OF Elks, Baltimore, Md,
July 21-23. Date of sale July IL and
IS. Extreme limit for return July Is.
One fare plus So for the round trip.
International Mining Congress, Dead.
wood, So. Oak, September I'll. Date
of sale Sept. 2, 8, 4, 5, and 6. Extreme
limit for return trip Setember 3O.One
fare plus So for the round trip.
Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Baltimore, Md,
Sept. 21-26. Date of sale Sept. IL, is
and 10. Extreme limit for return, Oct.
One fare plus So for the round trip.
Epworth League Convention, Detroit
Mich, July 16 to 10. For the above
occasion the Burlington Route will sell
round trip tickets for one fare for the
round trip plus 81. Tickets on sale
July IA and L.. Extreme limit for re
turn, August 10.
For full information, reservations oil
bertAs, etc., call on or address w. S
Pcyker, agent, Union depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
A FEDERAL OFFENSE
GEORGE KELLEY TAMPERED
WITH MAIL IN oTTUMWA
JULY 8.
Arrested in Des Moines Saturday for
Cashins So Money Order Belonging
to John T. Kelly at the ottumWa
Postoffice July 8.
From TUESDAYS Daily.


From Tuesdays Daily
At Des Moines Monday George r
Kelley, alias John T. Kelley, was
bound over by United States Commits.
sioner Macarthur to the next term of
the federal grand jury in Keokuk to
answer to the charge of tampering
with the mails in Ottumwa on July 3
Kelley was arrested by the federal Off
ers in Des Moines Saturday as he
stepped off Chicago train and start,
ed UP the street.
During Carnival Week.
1t is claimed that on July 3 KEEL
ley, who had been in Ottumwa during
the carnival week going under the
name Of George Kelley, called at the
postof1ice and received a letter ad.
dressed to John T. Kelly. The letter
had been written from Carrollton, Mo.
by the father of John T. Kelley, who
lives in this city and was employed at
the Dain works. In the letter was en-.
closed postoffice money order for
$500.
Gets the Cash.
George Kelly at once presented the
oiuCi dt luS llOuSy OIuSI uSpdIC
ment and after the usual identifica
ton received the money from Money
Order Clerk Ed Lowenberg, and i'm.
mediately left the town. This was on
July 8.
On July John T. Kelly appeared
at the money order department and
it was quickly discovered that the
money had been paid to the wrong
party. Notifications and descriptions
We're at once sent out and on Satur.
day, eight days after the money was
received, Kelly was arrested in Des
Moines.
Held to Federal Grand Jury.
His preliminary hearing occurred in
Des Moines yesterday. Ed Lowenberg
who cashed the money order in ques
ton, went to Des Moines and positive
| ly identified the man who presented
the order and was identified as Johr
T. Kelly and received the money. Kel
| ly was bound over to the next tern
of the federal grand jury, which meets
in Keokuk.
Ed Hardin, of Des Moines, chief Of
detectives is quoted as saying thai
George Kelley, alias all the names ir
the dictionary, has once before beer
an inmate Of the ,penitentiary. Bonds
were fixed at $500.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
Mr.. S|RUMPF'S CURE
A PEORIA MERCHANT KNOWS 4
SPECIFIC FOR RHEUMATISM.
He Speaks From Experience for He
Tried the Remedy IL imseIfin a Case
ofSeveraL Years Standing.

Oh ScVeB0k u ears SUMMING.
In Peoria, ILL.,, everybody knows Mr..
A. Strumpf, whose fur store is located
at No. 419 Main street. Mr.. Strumpf's
business takes him to New York City
frequently and on one of these trips he
learned of specific for the cure of
rheumatism which he tried with sucn
unexpectedly good results that he is
anxious that others should know Of it.
He says:
Nearly everybody can tell you of a
remedy for rheumatism but during the
long years that | suffered from this
disease never heard of but one thing
that would cure it. tried it myself and
haven't had a touch Of rheumatism
since. In my case the disease did not
trouble me all the time, but at inter-
walls the pain was very severe and med
icine did not seem to have the least
effect on it. On one of my visits to
New York a friend who had been cur
ed of rheumatism by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People advised me
to try them. He was so enthusiastic
that did so and the result surprised
me, for l had almost despaired of a
permanent cure. The pains began to
| first box and three boxes completely
cured me. That was nearly two years
ago so you see my cure was perma-
nent. I recommend DR.. Williams
Pink Pills every chance get and know
of many people whom the pills have
| benefited"
Rheumatism is always painful but
| few people know how really dangerous
| it is on account of the liability that it
may attack the heart. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are especially well adapted
for the treatment of this trouble
through the blood (the only correct
way and) their power in all disorders
of the blood and nerves makes them
of the greatest value in such stubborn
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica
neuralgia. nervous headache. after-ef
fects of the grip, of fevers, and of 9th.
err acute diseases, palpitation of the
heart, anaemia, pale and sallow com
plex1ons, and all forms of weakness
At all druggists, or direct from DR..
civilians Medicine Co., Schenectady
N. Y. SO cents per box; six boxes for
two dollars and half.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
breaches A IaiALF CENTURY.
Or. j. H. crippen or Waterloo cele.
brates Sem n Centennial.

Waterloo, July f.-This month DR..
T. J. Crippen, piol Ger minister of the
Methodist church, Their Of ]. H. Grip
pen of this city, Gel tlbrates the fiftieth
anniversary of his .ntry into the min
istry. He has rec ;,rd which is doubt
less more remarkab le than that of any
other Iowa minister in some respects
In forty-five years h, missed but one
Sunday, on accoun I t,f illness, and in
fifty years has MISSED but four, three
of them coming in sn ccession. If he
lives to dedicate eli tsht more churches
he will have dedic; 1t, I'D an even hun
dred during his min is try. He is quite
advanced in years, b ut is or a Joyful
disposition and looks y at the bright side
of life.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
OBITUARY..


Mrs. Lucinda Jamison King, wife of
Henry King, died after lingering i'll
ness at the family residence a few
July s, in the sixtieth year of her age.
They are colored people and were
born and raised in bondage.
Mr.. and Mrs. King We're married near
Liberty in Clay county Missouri, before
the war, while both were still slaves.
At an early period of the war this
section was occupied by union soldiers
and Mr.. King joined a regiment as
servant and cook for the officers of a
company and remained with them UNI
til the close of the war. Ten children
were born to this union of whom four
survive, and three were in attendance
at the funeral, one being beyond
reach.
Funeral services were conducted at
the family residence by Rev. Gordon
of Ottumwa and Rev. Williams of Bur-
lington and were appropriate and i'm
pressive.
There was large attendance of SYM
pathizing neighbors and friends and
many beautiful floral offerings.
Six women acted as pail bearers.
Though in a busy season, with urgent
demand on the time of the neighbor-
hood farmers, thirty-siX conveyances
followed the remains to interment in
the Shaul cemetery. Mr.. and Mrs.
King were consistent Christians and
honored members of the Colored Meth.
odist church of Ottumwa.
Mr.. King is owner of the farm home
| where he has lived some 80 years
The family belongs to the very best
class of colored people Honest, in.
dustrious, intelligent and kind-hearted
they have the love and respect of their
neighbors. Such people are credit
and benefit to any race or community
and as a kind good neighbor, an ex
emplary Christian and a devoted low.
ing wife and mother. Mrs. Kings de
mise is sincerely mourned.
| xxx.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
WANTS A DISCHARGE.
iDes Moines Man Has Just Learned
That the War is Over.

That the War is Over.rs
Des Miones. July 15.-L.. Surber of
this city, wants the state of Iowa to
give him his mastering out papers
and $4,000 back pay at the rate of $13
per month for 400 months for service
during the civil war Mr.. Surber claims
that he enlisted in the home guards"
and served with others, but for some
reason or other he was never muster
ed out of service. According to the
terms of his enlistment he says he
was to be paid $13 per month until he
was mustered out. Being now in his
declining years and no longer fit for
service, he would like to be mustered
on of service and given an honorable
discharge and $4,000 in money for
back pay, being $13 month for 400
months.
Never Fought.
During the forty years since the civil
war, Mr.. Surber has been living in the
city of Des Moines and he and his wife
are now in their old age. Mr.. Surber
has been able to make a living for
himself and his wife though he has
not been able to lay up great deal
against a rainy day." He enlisted in
the home guards" companies that
were raised under the authority of the
state and kept in readiness and for the
protection of the state in case of an
invasion of rebel forces. They were
not enlisted in the regular army and
SO Mr.. Surber looks to the state au-
thorities to give him his discharge
and back pay He presented the mat
ter once before to the state legislature
but without success. but declares that
he has not abandoned the hope of Sc
curing the money and discharge.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16

to tliaw out and the skin
is reacting and making
extra efforts to throw off
the poisons that have
accumulated during the
winter. Then boils and
pi1nples, rashes an d
eruptions of every con
ceivable kind make
their appearance, and
Eczema aldTetter-the
twin terrors of skin
diseases --Nettle-rasll,
Poison Oak and Ivy,
and such other skin tn
break out afresh to TORI
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
- OUR GUARANTEE
Take large bottle Of Botanic Blood Balm B B. By as
directed on label and when the right quantity Is taken
"a cure is certain, sure and lasting. II not cured your
money will promptly be refunded without argument.
Botanic Blood Ba1n, ~. 3. B.,is

pleasant and safe to take. Thoroughly
tested for 80 years Composed of Pure Boz
taHsc Ingredients. Strengthens Weak Kid
neys and Weak Stomnchs, cures Dyspepsia.
Sold by all Druggists, 81 per Large Bottle,
with complete directions for home cure.
Sample Sent Free by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe your trouble,
and special free medical advice, to suit
your case, also sent in sealed letter.
Sold in Ottumwa, Ia, by w. L. Sargent,
Main and Market SITS. Call or write. Blood
Balm sent by express
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
ATTORNEY sHoo lis MERCHANT.
Fairfield, ILL.,, Lawyeir Wounds Furni-
tIIra De a{en
ture De afer.

Fairfield, H., July 14.-Attorney L..
3. Conner shot j. FL. Crews, furni-
ture dealer. Five shols were fired and
three took effect. Ac 4 ording to Conner
the cause was famil & troubk. Crews
may recover.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
ROMANTIC WEDDING.
Burton Beck and Miss Grace Hancher
Married Here.


Married Here.
From Tuesdays Daily.
A romance in which two young peo-
pie we'll known in the city are the
principles has just come to light in
the announcement of the marriage of
Burton Beck of Fremont and Miss Ada
Grace Hancher, daughter of John w.
Hancher, president of the Iowa Wes-
leyan university at Mt. Pleasant, which
occurred in this city on the evening
of July 6. Miss Hancher had been
visiting in the city for about a week
a guest at the home of Miss Esther
Work on North Court street. Mr..
Beck had also been visiting in the
city.
Returned to Their Homes.
Monday evening the deputy clerk
was called to the court house about
1880 p. m. and issued a license to the
young couple. They were soon after.
wards married at the home Of DR.
F. F. Stoltz, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, and the following day
Mrs. Beck returned to her home al
Mt. Pleasant and her husband Went
home in Fremont. Tuesday the news Of
the romance was given out when Mr.
Beck went to Mt. PLEASANT to publicly
announce the marriage.
Were Fellow Students.
Mr.. Beck and his young bride were
fellow students at the Iowa Wesleyan
university. the former having finished
school last year. They have been en-
gagged for some time and 1t has beer
generally supposed that they were tt
be married at the close of Mrs. Beck's
college course next June. The many
friends of the young couple will ex
tend their heartiest congratulations
and best wishes for their future happi
ness.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16

Otto Kranbeck, the Davenport farm
hand who was impaled on a hay
fork, is dead Of his injuries.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
TESTIM loNIALS

MR.. JACOB DANcsfER
OF West Point, Ma, was cured OF
Lupus on the side ,of' the nose and one
on the hand that ha flgl sisted all forms Of
treatment
MRS. TAYLOR RIG Sc
residing south on the city, was cured
OF cancer on the ~ ose.
MRS. w. H. HARRIS
residing in South ottumwa was cured
OF a cancer on the y lower eye lid The
knife failed 1t return ned, but the X-Ray
cured IL completely. Z 'enty of other cases
are cured to convince} me and my patrons
that it cures.
Mr.. JOHN LEAvsELING
of West Point lt Ia, came to my Of
flee two months ago Al nd was cured within
ten days of a bad q ase of Piles, from
which he had suffcrq many years. Mr..
Leaveling writes me is perfectly cured.
the same as his neigh Dor, Jacob Danover,
who was cured four ears ago.
MR.. GRANT RAMs;EY
of sfgourney, lay. was cured Of a Sc
we're case of Piles andl only stayed here one
week. he was also red of a rupture, re-
turning to take fe Nv treatments
Mr.. S. D. THOMPSON
of Abba, cured a a bad rupture in a
few weeks. He is We'll pleased and sent
two more patients to take the treatment.
MR.. G. w. sREEIiINe
of South Ottum't "a. was cured of rup-
ture on the left side tx years ago and last
summer was ruptnresl on the right side.
He was cured.
Write for infor grafton and testimoni
ais Address: b
~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16

Burlington enginemen have re-
ceiyed a hattering increase in wages.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16
SEkIN DISEASES TT y s ssp sIa1p

aggravang expression
exceptions they spring system begins
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16

to keep up. After the Of six bottles skin
was as smooth and soft a babys. This q year
ago and have never had any trouble since.
MISS GENEVA BRIGGS.
216 So. 7th st., Minneapolis, Mimi.
oubles usually remain quiet during cold weather,
nent and distract by their fearful burning, itching
nd singing. course of S. S. S. now will purify
nd enrich the blood reinforce and tone up the gen
raj system and stimulate the sluggish circulation,
hus warding off the diseases common to spring and
uinmer. The skin, with good blood to nourish it,
oft and free Of all disfguring eruptons.
ok diseases of the skin and write if you desire
special information This will cost you nothing.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA, GA.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16

suffered with Eczema Of the hands
and face for over year, it was not only
annoying and painful but very un-
slightly, and disliked to go out in the
streets.
TRIED at least dozen soaps and salvse
and became very much discouraged
performed through the use Of 8. s. s. T
had little faith at FIRST but determined
to give it a months fair trial at least.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-16

K'hawkine and Splitting, Dropping In
to the Throat, Foul Breath,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
Barley for Horses

A subscriber TO the Tribune writes
that he has lot of barley that got
badly colored owing to the heavy rains
last year, and as it will only bring low
price in the market, wants to know if
hs can feed it to his horses.
Hror. Henry in"Feeds and Feeding
Hays Ehisus s,ii grain for siis Eorse
has as yet been little fed In the United
States, probably because of its general
high price. On the Pacific coast, bar
ley is extensively used for feeding
horses at al! kinds of work Where the
horses teeth are good, and the labor
not severe, barley may be fed whole
Ground barley when mixed with saliva
like wheat-forms a pasty mass in
the mouth, and, therefore, unpleasant
to the horse while eating. If instead
OF grinding, the grain is crushed to flat
tened discs between iron rollers, it is
more profitable and acceptable to the
horse"
1t is fact that the Arabs maintain
their horses almost exclusively one un.
ground barley. The same is true of
the Berbers of North Africa. Potts re,
CARDS barley as the best cereal for horses,
oats only excepted.
The probabilities are, that your bar
ley is worth more for horse feed than 1t
will bring IN the market.-Farmera
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
NEW YEARS CARDS.
They Originated In Japan and Were
Masterpieces of Art.

Masterpieces of Art.
In Japan originated the art of max
ing and the custom of exchanging New
Years cards. Today both are as obso-
lete in the Flowery Kingdom as is
New Years calling In the United
States. More charming art, more de-
lightful custom, are not numbered
among the good things that have
passed away to suffer, In their time, let
US hope, happy revival.
For more than 100 years the design
ing and coloring of New Years cards
occupied the attention of the foremost
craftsmen and wood engravers of ia
pan. They were made at the command
of the noblemen of the emperors court.
In size they We're from to inches,
and each was inscribed with a poetic
sentiment dictated by the noble giving
the order. They We're printed from five
or six blocks, each color requiring, as
In modern color printing, separate
block. The blocks We're the property of
the noble, who retained or destroyed
them at will. No reprints for another
were ever permitted. A nobleman's
New Years card was like his coat of
arms or his sword. The surimonos, as
Japan's New Years cards were called,
were designed specially to please some
ladylove.-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
A Most Liberal Offer.

All our farmer readers should take
advantage OF the unprecedented club
bing offer we this year make, which in
cludes with this paper The Iowa Home
stead, its Special Farmers Institute Ed
itions and The Poultry Farmer. These
three qualifications are the best of their
class and should be in every farm home.
To them we add, for local, county and
general news, our own paper, and make
the price of the four one year only Sl.90.
Never before was 30 small an amount
of money. The three papers named,
which we club with our own, are well
known throughout the west, and com
mend themselves to the readers favor
able attention. The Iowa Homestead
is the great agricultural and live stock
paper of the west; The Poultry Farmer
is the most practical poultry paper for
the farmer, while The Special Farmers
Institute Editions are the most practi-
cal publications for the promotion of
good farming ever published. Take ad-
vantage of this great offer. as it will
hold good fof short time only. Sam
pies of these papers may be examined
by calling at this office. 53-w2l
1
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
.n.nuon. Like. i. .,o...

1t may be that the quality Of imagt-
nation was lacking in the Boston and
Salein merchants who attempted in
1872 to introduce American ice into
London. One of them tried to attain
this end By demonstrating the merits
of American iced drinks. He hired
hall. rs the story goes, and trained a
number of men to mix the cool beyer-
ages OF his native land The members
of the l'ishmongers' association, pre-
sumably us fond OF turtle as aldermen
themselves, We're the guests. The wait
ers made an imposing entry, but, alas,
the first sound that met the ear OF the
American promoter" expecting a
chorus of approval, was that OF an
English voice calling for hot water and
saying, 81 prefer 1t, nll in ALL" The
American completes the story, II made
a dead rush for the door, next day set
tied my bills in London, took train for
Liverpool and the steamer for Boston
and counted up clear loss Of $1,2OO."
M. A. De Wolfe Howe In Atlantic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
Was Born in I-o-may

The Iowa editors nm their recant
southern Jaunt were greeted at H0uS-
Ton pavo, 49, ,;tr,d H. e.,,.
WI, heNoo' W VIC cieJ auu tuo AoioW
ing poem by former Iowa how. now a
-,
:, ,, ,
p9h KNOW thht up IN i'Way Apriis spin OF
her shoWers ,.,,
Anu u peehonin on, " SpIlnS'iihe WIN her arms
PUN lui! noWersn
poi hnoW tnaI Ger tne prairie rings the
n, ,h eheer,ut ,,ta,r,,, ns"' an gee! ~
vi tiis pioWman. 1bet Know ~; pet II all
comes oacK 70 me!
an see tne praIrie grasses where the SPRING
ross ani s,,ne ~ fpnyls s, paf pi
LOSS an run away III uiiiows-l was porn IN
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
A POPE RELAXED to a Sultan.

We learn from Swiss writer of the
seventeenth century that Pope AleXan-
der VII, whose pontifcate extended
from 1855 to 1867, was related to the
sultan Mohammed ~. The connection
between these two contemporary SOW
ereigns is traced to one of those occur
rences which in the times Of Moshm
invasion and predatory aggression of
ten led to strange blood relationships
between representatives of Christian
and Mohammedan houses.
The story is told by Wallichius, q
contemporary of Alexander VII. and
Mohammed w. Some Turkish corsairs
attacked and pillaged the castle of the
Marsilis in 1925 and carried off Mar
gherita, the daughter Of Mani Marsili,
and this fair lady was reserved as a
present for the Sultan Solyman, who
made her one of his wives. By this
union she became the mother of Selim
IL, ancestor of Mohammed ~.
From the same noble family Alexan-
der VII. was lineally descended ON the
maternal side. LEONARDO Marsili, broth
er Of the captive Margherita, had a
son, Cesare, whose daughter, Laura,
married into the Chigi family and be-
came the mother of Fabio Chigi, known
on the roll Of pontiffs as Pope Alexan-
der VII,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-22
The Charge mt Marenso.

As nm instance of magnificent blum
derinss, sung by poets and treasured in
story. no record is ever likely to come
up tosthat Of the Light brigade in the
( Crimnan war. But, perhaps, most re-
marksih hle was kellerman's charge ut
S.s.s fAse. From daybreak till late aft.
eritoon the Austrians had the best Of II.
DesaiN said to Napoleon. "The battle
is completely lost" adding, "but 1t is
only 4 o'clock. There is time to gain
another one." A little later Keller
man with 400 mounted sabers-care-
fully hidden by vineyard till the
fateful moment arrived out
upon the flank of the Hungarian in
fantry The onset was Irresistible.
Two thousand imperial soldiers sur
rendered with their general, and the
French, inspired to final effort, wrest-
ed brilliant victory-unique, even in
Napoleon's career-from their oppo-
nents.