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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-21
it is said the plant WI. soon be in working

it is said the plant VIA soon be IN WORKING
order. -,
baen prospecting for coal on the farms OF
&. A. and T.. ]. Detar on Day $ creek.
j. s. Oldham and family moved thurs
day and Friday from over the store, Where
they have been living since the HOOD, TO
the nroperty owned till recently by A. T..
Mintoyne, on South Fourth street near
tl,e mark. Mr. and Mrs. Mintoyne having
traded their property for Oskaloosa prop
erty. have gone there to reside.
A. T.. Carson vacated his property adjoin-
,ny the Church of Christ Thursday, hay
ing gone there to reside
+. NJ. Epperson has purchased tne prop
of Mrs. L. =. Roberts. Inc price pald was
A. NJ. Lafferty has purchased fine bay
driving team Of r. r.. Bassinger costing
him $500. -
G. A. Beamer returned Saturday morn
ing from short business trip to EDNA,
Mo. Fred n. Parsons and Mr.. Horn OF
1rdino Nh Parsons being cashier oil the
Knox County Savings bank, We're here
SATURDAY, on business with Mr.. Beamer.
lanes M. Riggs Of Waterloo. Neb., who
ACCOMPANIED Mr.. Beamer to Missouri from
Eddyyille. returned Saturday morning
also.
Mr. Armstrong OF iJeS hloines, ""e me-
Friday assisting ]. H. Miller In adjust
ing the loss Of Mrs. N. Elder. whose resi-
dence was destroyed by fire short time
ago she held insurance In the Home In
snrance company of New York and she
racatved ST 900 on the residence and $3.50
nm the household goods
Mrs. Della Young departed Friday morn
;ng for her home at Deadwood, 8. d., at
tar ten days visit with her father. Jo-
senh Warner, corner Of Second and Hale
streets, whom she had not seen for six
Mr., and Mrs. H. r. Fortune and Mrs.
A. n. McGaugh left Sunday morning. for
Knoxville and Flagler to visit relatives.
rrhe ladies will remain about two weeks,
hut Mr.. Fortune will return in few
days.
at Abba day, after weeks visit with
her friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Old
John Sumerlott, who has been residing
at Chillicothe the past three or four
months was UP for an over Sunday visit
with old friends.
Mrs j. NJ. Blake, south of town, left
Friday for Wayne county, called by the
illness of her sister
Mrs j. NJ. Kussart and son. Master Eu-
gene of ottumwa, are here for week $
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CIiHiand.

Cliffland, July ia dance was
given at the home of Yves Streeby
last Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas Teesdale has gone to
Ottumwa to visit friends.
Mrs. Laura Miller was in town
Thursday on business.
Miss Bessie Mcmillan, who has been
very i'll for the past week, is reported
to be somewhat better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Watts called at the
Mcmillan home Sunday.
Mrs. j. P. Anderson and daughter,
Jennie, Ethel and Ema, were in town
on business yesterday.
Samuel Griggs, of Ottumwa, was
guest at the Mcmillan home one day
last week.
Mrs. Emma Wiley. who has been
visiting at her home, returned home
Monday.
Mrs. J. Johnson and daughter, Tes-
sa, were in town Friday on business.
Mrs. Fred Streblow and daughter,
Jennie, were visitors at the Miller
home Friday.
The farmers in this vicinity will have
their corn up in about week. The
crops are looking fine and they have
a show for fine crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Teesdale and
family visited at the home of Mrs. j
Young Sunday
Mrs. Frank Mcmillan was in town
Friday on business.
Miss Fannie Byerley visited at the
McMillin home Saturday.
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Douds.

Douds, July 20.-H. L. McGrew of
Keosauqua, was in town yesterday
making arrangements for the inter-
ment of the remains of his wife's
mother, Mrs. Mary Culbertson, for
merly of this place, who died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances
Miller, at Brookville, Mo-. on Saturday
evening. The burial will be at Mt.
Moriah cemetery, two miles north Of
this place, on Tuesday afternoon.
The Laddsdale and Douds-Leando
base ball mines crossed bats here in
two games played Saturday and Sun
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Ronaparte.

Bonaparte, July 20.-T. H. McConau
ghey veteran residing in this city
died at his home Friday evening of q
cancer in the mouth He had been suf
feling for two years when death end
ed his misery The funeral services
were held from the Presbyterian
church, Sunday morning conducted by
Rev. G. H. Duty and interment was
made in the Salem cemetery.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. N.
d. slaern- az, Monday.
Wo.,.- 81 arrived here from Dss
NTcirt week and are erecting the
tanks tickling for the sailing sta
ticn VII, Il Is to be erected here. They
ore located on the lots east of the
stockyards and are four in number
with capacity of several hundred
bushels each.
Misses Nettie and Anna Matlock and
Georgia Humphrey went to Colorado
Springs Thursday where they will
spend the summer.
Ralph Best of Donnellson spent Sun
day in the city.
The ice cream social given by the
members OF the Epworth league at the
Best hotel lawn was quite a success
both in a social and financial way
Oscar Don was in Oskaloosa, Friday
assisting the Stockport ball team play
there.
A cement walk is being laid in front
of the postoffice and other commercial
buildings of this place.
A man from Burlington was
here last week in the interest of the
proposed electric road from Burlington
to Bonaparte
1t is reported that concrete dam
will be erected across the river here to
replace the old one which was partly
taken out by the flood.
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Batavia.

Batavia, July 17.-Mr. and Mrs. Ras
Bradshaw and family were Sunday
visitors with relatives in Eldon.
Mrs. Robert Emery and children are
visiting with relatives at Perlee.
Mrs. Blanche Truax and baby, Glenn,
from Beatrice, Neb., are. visiting her
mother, Mrs. Jennie Wright.
Mrs. Ruckman, of South Ottumwa,
was an over-Sunday visitor with her
daughter, Mrs Ed. Afford.
David Wisenberger is very Ill at his
home in the North part of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Altman and daughter,
Hazel, of Eldon, visited last week with
Mr.. and Mrs d. Y. Kennedy.
Miss Ola Evans, of Ottumwa, visited
Friday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Evans.
Mrs. Ed. Holmes and children re-
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DIR. WILBUR f. MCDONALD,
DE NJ TVS

wish to announce to the public and
also with pleasure to my many pa
tients that will occupy my new Den
tai parlors now being fitted in the
most modern style and equipment Au.
gust l, located on the ground floor of
the new Elks building, corner Second
and Green streets, where, as hereto
fore, without question you will re-
ceive the finest Dental Services in the
city.
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FORBES AND NEIL MATCHED.
Champion to Meet San Francisco Boy
on Dav of Corbett-Jeffries Battle.

Chicago, July 20.-Harry Forbes,
the bantamweight champion, and
FRANKIE Neil of San Francisco, have
been matched to fight 20 rounds for the
championship at Mechanics pavilion
in San Francisco on the afternoon be-
fore the night of the fight between JEFF
fries and Corbett. The boys are to
meet at 116 pounds.
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taken to the ClarInda asylum for teatment
a few days ago by Sheriff Martini.
Arthur Wharton died Tuesday morning
at the home of his stepfather, Thomas
Teale. and was buried in the Leon GENE
terry Wednesday evening.
Marion r. Stookpy returned Saturday
from palo where he attended the funeral
of his mother.
Dr. H. Il. Layton has purchased the
Pork hotel recently and expects to make
Il number of valuable improvements to his
property.
Julia Raines has commenced suit for d.
vorce from her husband, f. NJ Raines, al
. leging desertion and non-support.
The cornor stone of the new school build
ng at Garden Grove will be laid July %,
the Masonic fraternity having charge Of
the ceremonies Hon NJ. l.. Temple Of
Osceola, will deliver the address.
EddyvilIe.
Eddyville. July 20.-Mrs. ]. f. Hohl,
west of town, was taken sick Friday night
but is improving slightly.
Mrs. Albert McKim and baby, living
north of town, have both been on the sick
list.
w. G. Berry, who was quite sick the fore
part of last week, Is able to come UP
town again, although still feeling quite
weak.
The new lumber shed being constructed
by the Riggs Lumber company is about
completed The dimensions are 1S by SO
feet. % feet III height, and contains two
stories.
me residence of DR.. e. NJ. Knox, corner
| of Fourth and Walnut Is being raised
above high water mark. The residence
Just south. occupied by G. W. Wilson,
and owned by f. W. Steinho-, will also
| be raised.
G. W. Wilson and family returned Sat
urday noon from a ten days visit with
relatives Mt Ottumwa and Eldon. Mr..
| Wilson returned in time to lead the band
| for the band concert Saturday night, and
large and appreciatiye audience listened
/ to the music.
Miss Jessie Dernr of Grays Creek, left
Saturday for Charlton for short visit
with her aunt.
| A camp meeting has been in progress at
Coalfield the past two or three weeks and
1t is reported that 40 new members have
| been added.
Messrs. Fails, Rowe and Hohl, who have
organized a new sand company. have three
| large sand bins and three small ones built
on Mi. Hollis land two or three hundred
yards down the river from the wagon
bridge A number sand pump is also
on the grounds. Work is being pushed and
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Leon,

Leon, July 20.-Ralph Kaufman, n promi-
nent attorney of Ellensburg, Washington,
was the guest of Judge Forey last Thurs
jode Greenland. of Grand River was
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turned Thursday to their home in
Stockport, after a pleasant visit with
relatives at that place.
Mrs. D. Y. Kennedy, accompanied by
Mrs. Bishop, from Agency, spent Sun
day in the country at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. r. Faucet.
Mrs. Blanche Truax and Miss Madge
Wright spent Monday in Ottumwa with
their aunt, Mrs. w. H. Giltner, on
North Benton street.
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keoSa uoua.

keoSauqua.
Keosauqun. July 1S-The Keosauqua and
Eldon baseball teams played on Keosauqua
grounds yesterday afternoon. The result
of the score was 10 to . in favor of Keo-
SauQua.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Cheney and son Goff
departed on Wednesday of this week for
Minneapolis and from there they will go to
Vancouver Island to spend the hot summer
months. They expect to be gone about
three months.
Y. H. Wilson and wife, of Ottumwa re-
Gently visited in this place with relatives
Deputy County Treasurer A. II. Moore is
confined to his home with an attack of fe-
YER. He is reported as being some better
now.
Miss Maud Perry, of Humboldt, this state
is visiting in this place with her uncle
Francis Johnston. 4
Mrs. T.. II. Ruby and children have re-
turned TO their home in this place from Il
several days visit with relatives in Cedar
township.
Charles Dalberg. of Des Moines, has been
visiting in Keosauqua and pittsburg the
past week with old friends and relatives.
Misses Iva Pettitt and Lille Evans have
returned to their homes in this place after
weeks visit with friends in Birmingham.
Mrs. Robert ii. Starr, of Keosauqua, has
gone to Pueblo, Colorado, to spend a few
weeks.
William Brown and sister. of Fairfield,
are visiting in this place at the William
yer home.
Mrs. II. II. Marriott and little daughter
of Tingley, Ringgod county. this state,
hive been visiting in this place and at
PittsIurg the past week with old friends,
they having formerly lived here and at
Pittsburg.
Henry Stull and family. of Hutchison,
Kansas. are visiting ut the home of Mrs.
Jane Stul. his mother, and with other rel
atives and friends. They formerly lived
here.
II. H. Disbrow and wife have returned
to their home In this place from visit
with their daughter. Mrs Robert Sloan
Jr.. at Murray.
Mrs. w. A. stevens, of ottumwa, is Wis
ting in this place at the DR.. c. r. Russell
homo. ss
MIS-. Strickllng has gone to Florence. Col,
for MI extended visit with her daughter.
Mrs l.. c. Ream.
Mrs Robt. Savage, of Port Byron, this
stnte. are visiting in Keosauqua with rela-
tives.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-21
FOR ALL WEEK ONLY,
All S1.OO Wool Dress Goods at 75c a Yard.
we will place on sale

THIS LINE TAKES IN BLACK AND coLoRED PoPLINs, CHEW
lots, sERGEs, pANAMAs. VENETIAN CLOTHS CONVERTS PRU
81 INCHES THIS SALE FOR THIS WEEK
AND IF YOU WISH TO SAVE MONEY SHOULD TAKE
ADVANTAGE THIS SPLENDID OFFER
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1000 Yards 1Oc

grade fast color Zephyr Ginghams
in neat Plain and Fancy Stripes,
splendid cloth for house dresses,
aprons, boys waists, mems shirts,
etc, sale price, a yard
4c
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$50 Pieces

fine quality Dimities, Batistes, Lace
Mulls, Lawns, Jaconets, ETC., in all
the latest patterns and pretty color
ings, none in the lot worth less than
15c yard, great many worth zoe,
some 25c. beginning Tuesday morn
ing and until all are sold, sale price,
choice a yard
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Miscellaneous Specials

miscellaneous 0ptSldlo
Plat Val. Laces. worth "a
1Oc and 15c yard at ......... w
csc valenciennes Laces with new
Gallons and Medallions, 701
at yard ........ ........ 0O
No. 2 Satin Ribbons in all colors,
worth 21ac yard, sale 10n
price, 10 yards for ........
No. 40 all pure Silk Taffeta Ribbons
in all colors. Clearing 90
Sale price yard ......... ....oO
Gentlemen's 15c large size pure
Linen Handkerchiefs, sale On
price only ........ .........
Bows. Csc heavy ribbed double
knee Bicycle Hose, a TN
Ladies' 15c fast Black Drop Q1n
stitch Hose, pair ......... Wv
Corset Sale
A good lot of our best Soc Sum
mer Corsets, closing OEn
out at each ...........
New straight front Corset with
hose supporter 4Gc
attached. ........ $3.50.
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Bloomfield.

Bloomfield, July 20.--T. F. Millsap of
Stiles transacted business in this city
Saturday.
M. NJ. Ralston, 215 South Schuyler
street, Ottumwa, spent Sunday in this
city, a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Bry-
ant
Edith Dunn returned home Saturday
after a few days visit with her sister,
Mrs. f.. q. Weiney near Milton.
County treasurer U. S. Miller and
family spent Saturday and Sunday at
the Goldenrod farm near Stiles.
Capt. Duckworth of Keosauqua visit
ed relatives here Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Patterson Of
South Ottumwa spent Sunday here
with relatives.
j. w. Lyons of Wyacondah township
made a trip to Bloomfield Saturday on
business.
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Thursday. Mr.. Storm is being mentioned
by some of his friends as a probable can
didate for sheriff on the republican ticket.
John Boals, of Fremont was in town
yesterday. Nh. Boals was at one time a
barber here.
Geo. Lotspeich, of Martinsburg, visited
Waldo Young yesterday
Robert and Conn Cuddy, of Pekin, were
in town yesterday
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-07
Offers Church For Sale

New York, Jan. 6.-The trustees of
the Madison Square Presbyterian
church, of which DR.. Charles H.
Parkhurst is pastor, have voted to
sell their church building to their
insurance company. The offer will
have to go before the church cooper
alton for approval, but this is regard,
ed certainty. The price is more
than $1,000, 900, part of which was to
be the property on the northeast cor
ner of Madison avenue and Twenty
fourth street, directly opposite the
church. Here a new church will be
erected.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-07
The Address COMPLETED.

Denver, Col, Jan. 6.-The sub-com
mittee Of ten appointed by the Demo
cratic state central committee to
draft an address to the public setting
forth the Democratic side of the leg
islative controversy, has completed
the address. It charges that con-
tests were begun at the instigation Of
former Senator E. O. Wolcott, and
that large sums of money have been
spent in the accumulation of false or
distorted testimony in support of the
contests. 1t is declared to be the
duty Of the Democratic majority in
the senate in case the Republican rep
resentatives insist upon a wholesale
unseating of Democrats, to prevent a
joint session of the two houses and
thus make it impossible to elect a Re-
publican United States senator. The
address was presented to a caucus
of Democratic senators, but it is stat
ed it was not indorsed by them.
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PEOPLES BANK ASSIGNS.
The Affairs Are Now In the Hands OF
Receivers

GAINESVILLE, Ca, Jan. 6.-The Peo.
pies bank, of this city, successor to
the GAINESVILLE Savings bank, which
failed in December, 1901, made an as.
signment today to E. Rumble and A.
A. Murphey
Under the reorganization plan the
new bank was to take up certificates
to the amount of $4,000 jan. /. This
it failed to do.
Mr.. Rumble is one of the largest
depositors of the old bank.
-...nnsfrem Nercnant Held Up.
Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 6.-David
Church, we'll known grocery mer.
chant, was held up at his place of
business on Avenue f and Fifteenth
street at o'clock this morning by
two white men and negro, all heavily
armed, and was forced to open hia
safe and turn over $69 to them. The
robbers then discussed shooting him
to death, but one objected, SO they
bound and gagged him and tied him to
his bed on the second floor, and set
fire to the house, intending to cremate
him alive. Church was unable to
release himself until the flames burn.
ed away the cord which held him.
Then he ran through the fire to a
window and sprang out and gave the
alarm. The store was burned, with a
loss of $4,000. There is now clew
to the perpetrators,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-07
COMMISSION RESUMES WORK.
Sessions Are Being Held In ciFcust-
Court Room.

Philadelphia, Jan. 6-After a recess
over the holidays the anthracite coal
strike commission resumed it's work
today of hearing the nonunion mems
side of the controversy in the great
industrial war in the anthracite coal
regions during the past year The
sessions on the commission in this
city are being held in the United
States circuit court room in the feder-
al building, and it is expected that
fully month will be occupied in TAX
ing the testimony of the nonunion
men, the coal operators and the mine
workers in rebuttal When the COM
mission adjourned at Scranton the
miners had closed their case and the
nonunion men were engaged in pre-
senting their side of the conflict.
Up to the holiday recess the lawyers
for the noGunion men had taken about
three days in calling witnesses. who
testified to acts of violence, boycott
ting and intimidation alleged to have
been committed by members of the
miners union. The witnesses heard
were principally from the upper re.
gion in the vicinity of Scranton and
Wilkesbarre. The session began at
II o'clock The court room was weIl
filed when the commissioners filed
in and took their seats. All the prom
1nent attorneys were present, except
ing G. G. Darrow, leading counsel for
the miners, who was detained in the
west.
The first business was the presenta-
ton by their counsel of the wage
statement Of several small coal compe<
MES in the Hazelton region.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-01-07
CHICAGO SUFFERS
DISASTROUS FIRE
Four People Lost Their Lives
In the Confiagration.
SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.
Somerset Hotel, an Eight Story Hos
teiry on Wabash Avenue, the Scene
of the Fire-Elevator Conductor
Saves Money Lives.

Chicago, Jan. 6.-Four persons lost
their lives and as many persons were
injured in a fire at the Hotel Somer-
set, an 8-story brick structure at Wa
Lash avenue and Twelfth street, early
today. '----' '1-l-
Tnree of the victims, Mrs. E. T. Per-
ry, aged 35, and her two daughters,
and 8 years old, were burned or
suffocated to death in their room on
the fourth floor. The fourth victim,
Mrs. Ethel Saunders, of 2535 Indiana
avenue, jumped from the window Of
room on the same floor to the
street, died on her way to the hospital
from injuries received
The injured are:
T. w. Parker, internally.
Emile Sauches, cut by broken glass.
G. S. Wrightman, badly cut about
the face and hands.
William Pears, elevator boy, affect
ed by smoke and cut by flying glass.
Mr. Parker jumped from the win
dow of a room on the fourth floor to
the roof of a two story building ad-
joining the hotel He sustained
broken ankle and severe bruises. A
short time after it was discover
ed that lives had been lost, William
Clemons, a porter, was arrested. The
police explained that from what could
be learned from panic-stricken guests
the fire originated mysteriously.
Clemons was awake, it is said, at
the time and the police will hold
him until the fire has been investigat-
ed
There were about 100 guests in the
hotel at the time
From admissions made by Clemons
it is believed he caused the fire by ac-
cidentally igniting his bed clothes
while smoking a cigarette.
1t is thought Mrs. Perry first be-
came aware of the fire and aroused
her daughters, the latter however, ap-
pears to have been quickly overcome
by the smoke, both having been found
on their beds, while the body of Mrs
Perry lay on the floor near the win
dow.
The elevator conductor ran his car
to the top floor shouting a warning
and carrying many of the guests from
the building.
The financial loss was not large.
Although the woman and her daugh-
ters who perished in the fire were reg
istered at and known about the hotel
under the name of Perry, Edward
Saunders, coachman employed on
the Southside, declared them to be
his wifi e. and daughters and gave the
names of the children as Bita and
Margerie. 1t is believed, however,
that Saunders was known in Toronto
as Perry, and assumed the former
name when he came to Chicago.
The young woman who died in the
ambulance and who was partially iden.
titled as Ethel Saunders, is now be.
lieved to be another daughter of Mrs.
Perry.