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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
THE cITYs PLANS.
Reliable Report Says New Water Com
pany is Contemplated.

pany is Contemplated.
1t is learned on reliable authority
that the water committee Of the city
council is in correspond with two
firms in Chicago either of which is
willing, even anxious, to build water
supply system In this city provided
a franchise is given it. The specifica-
lions are said to be nearly completed
in the Office of the city engineer, and
although none OF the city officials will
corroborate the story, it, is reliably
stated that within two weeks, no mat
ter what the outcome of the present
legal status of the waterworks prob
lem in Ottumwa may be, an election
will be called to ratify the franchise.
which will, it is expected, be given to
one or the other of these firms.
To Cost $500, 900.
new plant if built, will be very similar
to the one which was contemplated
when the contract was made with the
Fruin-Bambrich Construction Co., of
st. Louis. The cost will, it is said,
be about 100000, the same as the
Fruin- Bambrich plant was to have
cost the city had not the federal court
stepped into the situation with an in
junction. 1t is even stated that the
Fruin-Bambrich plans are being used
as a sort of model for the new ones
on which will be based the bids of the
two Chicago firms which are after a
| franchise. Several changes, however
are to be made, among them being a
provision for an intake above Har-.
| rows branch, and another provision
| for a stand pipe, located at some high
point in the city. Another change that
has to be made isiwith regard to the
pipe, the cost of which has risen ma
terially since the Fruin-Bambrich con
| tract. was let.
An Ottumwa attorney is representing
the Chicago firms which are after q
| franchise, and it is said that investi
| cation into their financial standing has
resulted very satisfactorily to the mem
| bers of the water committee. AS the
members of the council are not com
hitting themselves upon the subjec
4 it is impossible at this time to ascer
/ tain the names of these firms or any o.
the particulars regarding the negotia
tons. However, the city officials, while
Cuey 10 uOt Say ludCt Cu0 statement 1t
garding the possibility of giving fran
chise to new company is untrue, d.
not deny the fact, and this is taken al
an Indication that the report is correct
i According to the informant from
whom the Courier Representative
4 learned these facts, the companies il
Chicago are both anxious to secure I
franchise and to build their water
systems according to the plans an
specifications which have been out
lined to them by the city officials.
Will Relieve Situation.
If such franchise is granted to on
of the Chicago firms and endorsed b
the voters, the transaction will reliev
the situation great deal, for at leas
while. The iniunctions which hav
been granted and the one which ma
, be granted Saturday restraining tn
city from building system of it's owl
would probobly cause less worry tina
they do now, and attorneys say Their
would be no recourse for the presen
/, water company to prevent such actor
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water through the proposed mains,
and that the pipes, though called wa
ter pipes, might be used for other pur-
poses. 1t also alleges that, these facts
being true, the city has no authority
or right to make contract such as
the ones ratified yesterday by the vote
of the majority of the electors.
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Was Working Late.

The unknown" evidently had other
calls to make which delayed him this
morning, for it was 5 o'clock when
he was discovered by Mr.. Hughes, who
opens his store about this hour every
morning. This morning when he
reached the front door of his estab-
lishment and attempted to unlock it
he found a skeleton key already in the
lock. Drawing his revolver, he tried
to open the door, but found that it heifl
been fastened by means of stick on
! the inside.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
Blizzard strikes City Last Night
Window Glasses Broken.
PROF. IRL HICKS FORETOLD STORM
Plate Glass Window Broken in Mowatt
Book Store and Awning Blown Down
South ottumwa Also Suffers
More Wind Storms Predicted.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Considerable damage was done by
the severe wind storm which struck
the city late last night and continued
throughout the morning. Probably
the most serious damage was the
breaking of the large plate glass wind
ow in the L. J. Mowatt Book Store at
the corner of Court and Second streets.
A large window in the second story of
the Elite chop house was also blown
in. In South Ottumwa there was also
much damage done. two large windows
being broken in the dry goods store
bof James MCGOWAN and show case
was overturned and broken in front
of the Church shoe store. Many avn
ings We're blown down by the wind
which at times was blowing gale.
All during the night the wind howl
ed necessarily and night owls We're
startled with the noise of falling glass
as they wendell their way homeward.
At the Mowatt store the awning was
first blown loose and two young men
on their way home late last night tore
down the remaining parts of the avn
| ing before they were blown through
the window. This probably saved the
front window but the large one near
the front entrance was broken to frag-
ments when the store was opened this
morning. The wind was blowing up
Court street from the river at a fear
lful rate and this corner seemed to
| bear the brunt of the storm.
/ Blows in South Ottumwa.
In South Ottumwa everything that
was not tied or nailed down was car
Tried off by the wind At the MCGOWAN
dry goods store the awning was torn
loose and the iron crashed through
the glass, breaking two OF the front
/ windows. A show case had been left
in the front of the Church shoe store
and this was overturned and the glass
broken into fragments. At the Ode
4 Fellows hall on Church street, las
evening a meeting of the Dorcas Re
bekah lodge was in session when por
ton of the tin roofing was torn loose
and blown through one of the windows
The glass was shattered and some o
the pieces struck one of the women il
the hall but she was not injured.
Hicks Called Turn.
Prof. Irl Hicks, in his forecast fo
the month of January, which was pub
lished in the Courier yesterday, pre-
dicted blizzard for January and al
though this storm started few hour
before the seventh began yet he plain
? ly called the turn on this storm. Ac
/, cording to the Missouri weather pre-
phet this storm is just the first of
, series of billiards. which will blow il
during the month and If Mr.. Hick
/. SO well foretells the other storms il
January as he did the one last nigh
' and today it might be well to store a.
{ the breakables in the garnet unit
February appears.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
BABY
PROVES
FAVORlTE
Majority of Over 900 in.
Favor of Ratifying Con-
tracts.
LIGHT VOTE is CAST
Every Ward Gives Proposition a
Majority.
FIRST Is STRONGEST SUPPORTER
Every Ward Gives Proposition a
Majority.
/ FIRST is STRONGEST SUPPORTER
Second Ward the Only One Where
Opposition PoIIed More Than 100
votes-Majority for First Contract
is ,oo1-Tabulated Returns.

lTFrom Wednesdays DaIly.l
SFor ratification first contract. i, 1853
Against ratification first contract 467
Majority for ratification. 1,001
For ratification second contract. !, AIT
Against ratification second con-
tract 1855. .............. Alb
Majority for ratification. 80. 944
Average majority .......... .97zh
Ottumwa will have it's "baby water
works"
By majority which reached 1,0O1
in favor of the first proposition, the
voters of the city yesterday voted to
ratify the contracts made by the city
{, council for the purchase and laying of
the water pipes and specials which
will make UP the waterworks system
which is to be employed for the pur-
a pose of protecting from fire the bust
ness and manufacturing district of the
city. The ratio in favor of the propo
sitions submitted by the council to the
electors is a trifle over to 1, being
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SENDS HIS SON TO PRISON.
Illinois Pastor Charges Youth With
Having Robbed Him.

Rock Falls. ILL.,, Jan. Theodore
Walker, son of Rev. William Walker,
has Deen sentenced to an indefinite
term in the penitentiary by the evil
dence of his father. The young man
committed two robberies in Lyndon
on New Years night, and his father
was one pf, the victims, being robbed
of $35.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

Majority for ratification -. 49, 43
For ratification second contract ..179
Against ratification second con-
Majority for ratification 80. ..131
Average majority-274.
Seventh Ward.
For ratification first contract -. .195
Against ratification first contract. 80
Majority for ratification ....... lis
For ratification second contract ISL
Against ratification second con-
tract 80. 5.s..... 83
Majority for ratification !. -. SO
Average majority-106A.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
SICK MADE WELL
WEAK MADE STRONG
Marvellous Elixir Of Life Discovered by
Famous DoGtor.SCentist That Cures
Every Known Aihnent.
Wonderful Cures Are Effected That Seem
Alike Miracles Performed---Ihe
Secret Of Long Life Of
Olden Times Revived.
The Remedy is Free to All Who Send Mama
and Address.

after years of patient study, and delv-
ireg into the dusty record of the past, as
well as following modern experiments in
'iae realms of medical science, DR.. James
William Kidd. 1856 Battles building, Fort
Wayne, Indiana, makes the startling
announcement that he has surely dis
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

IT to 1 for the first, and lacking
4-473 Of of being to 1 for the sec
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Gun Wouldn't Work.

Hearing noise as of someone Fun
ming from the front to the rear of the
store and hearing this sound followed
by the clicking of the spring lock- on
the rear door, Mr.. Hughes levelesd his
revolver straight at the back DOOR and
pulled the trigger He was surprised
not little however, when the weapon
failed to work. He tried several times
but each time only the metallic, 1tsnap'
responded. Meanwhile, the burglar
was still trying to open the do'pf, which
was locked with a spring locA; that is
unusually hard to master.
Marauder Escapes.
Finding that he could not discharge
his revolver, and not Wishing to ven
ture into the store, which was dark,
without a weapon, Mr.. Hughes ran to
his home, a short distance, away, Sc
cured his loaded shot gun and hurried
back On his return. however, he
found that the burglar 'had left the
store through the rear door, having
| finally solved the secret of the spring
lock, and had made good his escape
AS it was still dark it syas useless to
attempt to follow him and Mr.. Hughes
contented himself witlS the reflection
that nothing is missinfs from the store
Suspicion attaches to some of the
men staying at the fgrading camp {
short distance from the store. 1t is
a well known fact that about these
places people of all clsses congregate
some OF them for no other purpose
than to pillage an h cover up thei
guilt under the Counterfeit of work
The complexion of the camps is Away
changing and it would be worse thai
useless to attemIf; to find among thu
lot any one man who could be convict
ed of the crime CT this morning.
The sun., 1903-11-24
LULU GLEASON FOUND.
Father Gleason Did 1t Himself, but the
Police Are willing to Take Credit.

Lulu Gleason. the sixteen year old girl
who had been missing from her home IN
Roxbury, Mass, since last Tuesday, and
for whom both the police Of Boston and OF
this city had been searching. was found
yesterday in a Sixth avenue department
store, where she had secured employ
ment
The girls father. Benjamin F. Gleason,
came to this city on Saturday with his
wife and asked the police to aid in finding
their daughter. Gleason did not give up
his own search. and yesterday morning an
idea struck him that the girl might have
applied for job in one of the large stores.
He began hunt through them, and at noon
he found her She had given her own
name there and had only started to work
yesterday morning.
The girl didn't object in the least to re-.
turning home with her father. She said
that for long time she had felt desire
to come to this city and that on sudden
impulse she had packed grip and left
Boston on Tuesday.
The frs. thing Gleason did was to notify
the Bureau of Information. from which
place policeman was sent to take charge
of the girl All hands came down to Police
Headquarters, and there Gleason learned
more Of the virtues Of the Manhattan cop:
"Oh, knew we'd find her, said one Of
them. The only thing the police had done
in the matter was the sending to all pre-
cincts Of description Of the girl.
The sun., 1903-11-24
". Vanderbilt KIsSAM BURIED.
No Members OF the Vanderbilt Family At.
tended the Funeral.

The closing ceremonies in the career Of
William Vanderbilt Nissan occurred shortly
before noon yesterday in the home OF Joseph
keib, rs Walnut street. Newark, N. j. Ks-
sam died in a chair in cheap lodging house
in Newark on Saturday morning after q
protracted spree. He was a nephew Of
William II. Vanderbilt and a cousin OF
William X. Vanderbilt but had estranged
himself from the family through his appe-
tte for liquor and was living upon the in
terest Of bequest from his aunt, Mrs.
William H. Vanderbilt.
The funeral was attended yesterday by
his sister. Miss Josephine De Mott kissam
of this city; Henry W. Omstead OF Hacken-
sack, to whom she is to be married In Q
few days; Samuel II. Kissam, his uncle, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Kissam.. Frank
Herman. who was best man at the mar
riage Of Kissam to Miss Letita Brown
of Brooklyn. was also present but no MEM
bers Of the Vanderbilt family appeared.
The body was In copper lined cedar coffin
covered with gray cloth and was tempo
rarily placed in a receiving vault In the
Fairmount Cemetery. and 10 to be removed
to Greenwood Cemetery and buried in the
Nissan plot.
The funeral ceremonies were conducted
by the Rev. W. j. Atkinson Of st. Mary's
Church OF his city, who was close friend
of Kissam and Off ciated at his marriage.
1t is understood that the income upon
which Kissam has been living will go to his
wife
The sun., 1903-11-24
WON'T LET HIS NEIGHBOR PAINT.
The schrOeder.Jager Feud in The Bronx
Reaches the Court Stage.

George Schroeder, a Bronx saloonk eeper
living at l777 Weeks avenue. is determined
to prevent Fred Jager, an architect, who
lives at 1775, from painting the side OF his
house nearest to Schroeder's. The other
sides have been painted.
There is space about three feet wide
between the two houses. but only three
inches Of it belong to Jager. When the
architect sent a squad Of seven painters to
that side of the house on Saturday they
found a large picket fence at each end OF
Schroeder's land, and none OF them could
squeeze through the three inch space.
They consulted Jager, who hit upon the
scheme OF lowering the scafold from the
roof. This plan was baked by Schroeder
who pushed beams and boards out Of his
windows Since then Schroeder has built
a high fence along the dividing line,
Jager went to the Morrisania police
court yesterday afternoon and complained
about the matter. but. Magistrate Baker
told him that the case was civil one.
Schroeder said last night that jaeger had
often tried to get him into trouble, and
only recently had complained to the Board
of Health about Schroeder's chickens, which
Jager said were a menace to the heait n
of the neighborhood. What caused the
most bitter enmity on the part OF the saloon
keeper, Schroeder says, was that in July
when his grandmother died, the Jagers gave
a ball three nights in succession.
The sun., 1903-11-24
OBITUARY..

Capt John Williams Martin. U. S. A.. re-
tired. who died at Rediands. Cal. on N9y T.; ~. *
Lieutenant in the Fourth, United states
vay He served ust y; %th tha n iGl
where he saw hard service Indian fighting.
Hs wes retired for dssb'ty In in %n I;s ,hsra Whsn
hroop as Marn Of Re q
saaaer Of a ,he married as s s% Hss IL Ss
fieucnnnt lie sanSs s~ifP Si3~ Marlin. Fourth tnited
SIs'fs @ylsF Club R Of Tda this city F'
Tsx Of yoI EdwIin Illa' o,nI Overall formerly
expedition to Nicaragua and served in the
after tHe war ArS eSm6arkea in the @
business in New Orleans, going, thence TO
New York md finally 30 TeSas where he was
The jeTerson NS~s and The Texas, Rg'ITagy
aud Judicial Jorrnoi, originally esta ablished
WoR RuS'Hn Te Ss Wns one o the foHnders Of the
Texas press Association
Mrs Sarah Amanda Butler died at the
ss|%.f buncn. in B Balfmore, Yesterday Of paralysis
several ysrs oaa Tb Fl 6.s sse rss
sons spent the nj ght on the roof OF her house.
Coating over the, inundated district, The
and Of @ hs s hsa to
Her husband was drowned at that time, She
OF isrooxlyn. \ Y
GRarcs so1dsnts sisis :. clerk 6a
m partment died on sunday Of paralyis of
the throat his h1mc $50 hadoo aafoye Sn"1s
to limo In
IN South, Amcricn For several wears he
hS Kircs s"'l''at COUNTY He had been coHadeptiai
clerk to Deputy Commissioner Michel since
the orqanizatop OF tn" Steta EXCISE x Drpnr,
politics and prominent in Masonic circles.
George " Talbot. a retired merchant of
$50 West Ninety-fourth street. di"d on sun
day It his h9Ts II, IN has SewgtY sSn "f
A. Talbot Of the china and tea importing firm
Of Gordon & Talbot When George "; Talbot
con pany, and he remained there until 1877
ar tho agent OF the. company and later of
elephant Co, He leaves widow and two
j. Fran"is Brown Co Of Boston, died at
hospital in that city yesterday Of rGrtoni,ls,
has been before The public OF late because
Of his nnHnctal embarrassments ms the chtir'
Tpr sS Inst IN @ nna r n s Mos na Is @ to bank
rrptcy, His nominal assete were not much
IN excess OF Ohc-tCntn of his liahiiite', the
latter being estimated ~ upward Of &Un.Wo.
The firm had held memhersiip IN the Boston
Stock FNchnr "a for twenty-three years.
Mrs, Antoinc'te Cleveland Aiken, pioneer
of Cleveland. Ohio. died in San Francisco
Yesterday at the aye Of ~. She was grand
daughter, of Gen. Erastrs Clc:clapd of Mldi-
son, y. Y. and a cousin of tho lat" Rishop
Arthur Cleveland Coke, Of cx-Prcsident
Grover Cleveland and Of Con John Sedge-
wick, She waa the ant hor cf several volumes
"a IA q
Old Shio." was vi lely quoted 1t was
patriotic appeal helping to prevent I've
The sun., 1903-11-24

to Eizabethport, together with three other
men Capt. Smith had secured.
John Williams, the agent, said yesterday.
of the affair
sam Parks never dared to do bolder
things than the men of this union do. They
have beaten sailors by the score and have
50 inundated men that they do not dare
to ship save through it. know the men
who organized and run this unicn and they
are lot Of sea lawyers. They are max
and some Of them are rich to day although
the union has only been in existence two
years and they hadn't cent when they
went into it. This act at Elizabethport
is the boldest thing they have done so far.
but do not see that anything can be done
abOut il "
The sun., 1903-11-24
breaking up OF the Hartford. Farragut1

saeakiins Sa s.kin UP Of the Hartford. Frr.Eus'
Dr.. Charles shatrer died of heart disease
at his home ip Philadelphia yesterday, He
came of an old and well-known phiadelphia
family He vas b born Feb lsss ss.r He wa
their applications. He early. took an active
part @ in the dnn manasemsnt OF the Aoahdemyy hae ny
many scientific societies. IT was in the neld
of botany that he was best known in thesscien-
tihc world and he was regarded s 4,ap az an G su-
lumbia.
Gen George,H H stuart. Brieadier General
W the ded % II. home homy on "raS soa the RHs1
Anne Arundel County. Md. on Sunday. ii
the seventy-seventh year OF his age. He
Who Who Before the war var owned own a Vast e.tsse in
Anne Arundel county: Gen stuart was
sssdH of West VI Point srS ~ s6s
He led brigade at Gettysburg
=, Robert ,Whitehill. formerly. at the head Of
TIE Whiteh steam E1gins Works. T. dead
was one Of the best known inventors and
engineers II this country lie was in business
elsewhere !ia i served as an engineer under
Farragnt in operations around New ,0rlean.
and Mobile He is survived by a widow and
three children.
Mrs; &C., Ghsrlotte \ schermerhorn. widow
this city ysste1day after InseripE ilnsss
second cousin OF t lie late william c. Scher-
merhorn Mrs. Srhcrmerhorn leaves a son,
Alfred, who is in the real estate business.
She will be buried NJ Litchfeld
Capt: John Grsecneoush, forpper, secretary
pany. died in St. Louis sunday Of heart
failure. lie was Grand Commander Of the
pittsburg. Pa. in lsas. and had been business
man in st. Louis for thirty years
John y. nirkhead. Grand Tyler Of the Grand
Lodge of the District OF Conmhin. and for
more than thirty years Master Mnson. died
at his home in Washington on sunday In
the siSty-first year of his aze Mr. Birk-
head was II native OF WRShin ton and spent
his life in that city.
Mrs. Lucy T. Moran. mother of William
J. Moran. assistant secretary to Mayor Low,
Ambrose street, Rochestar. Mayor Low
and officials at the City Hall sent kilograms
Of coincidence yesterday
John p Eurt7. retired assistant chief Of
the Washington Fire Department and fire.
fighter of :enown. died at his home In that
city on Saturday in the nifty second year OF
his age
The sun., 1903-11-24
WIFE'S LOVE BETRAYED HIM.
Detectives Caught Notorious burglar by
ShadOwiny His Family.

Detective Sergeants Gloster and Mooney
of Capt. Formosa's staff, Brooklyn, after
following the wi c and two children of one
of the most notorious safe robbers in the
country from Greenpoint TO Philadelphia,
yesterday morning arrested the husband
and father, known to the police as polish
Jake. IN the Broad street station of the
Pennsylvania Railroad
Polish Jake" who is known to the police
of the country under various names and
in Greenpoint under the name of AlexanCe er
Samaguski, was arrested several weeks
ago on charge of attempted burglary.
He was admitted to bail and disappeared.
He was not recognized at the time OF the
arrest. and 1t was not until he failed to ap-
pear for trial that it was learned that he
was the notorious safe burglar.
The authorities believe Polish Jake
is the head Of the gang which has been
rf1ing safes in Brooklyn for the last two
months. He is said to be an expert in
cutting through, safe doors; having in.
vented pair Of shears that will cut through
thick iron. He is credited with being the
first man to crack safe by removing the
bottom.
Capt. Formosa had the family of the
fugitive burglar watched for two weeks.
During a lapse of the vigilance one day
last week the fugitive arrived at the home
of his family to see his wife, who was sick
Arrangements we're made to move the
family to Philadelphia, Jake going on
before
The detectives followed the woman and
her two children, travelling on the same
car. At the Broad street station the meet
ing between Jake and his family was very
affectionate, his great love for them being
one of his best known. charaoteristios'
When he was arrested his children clung
to him, begging the detectives to 'let papa
go this time"
The prisoner and his sobbing family were
taken to police headquarters, where the
noted burglar will be held awaiting ex-
tradition. His wife and children were sent
back to BROOKLYN.