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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-06
Chequest.

Chequest, Aug. 5.-Mr. and Mrs
Will Parson from near Ottumwa are
visiting friends in Chequest this week
Miss Sadie Hissen of Leando, spent
Sunday with her brother Jesse and
family in this place.
Thomas Jones of Fairfield was an
over Sunday visitor at the Mccullough
home
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Harryman tran.
sacted business at Keosauqua, Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Channel of Douds
visited last Thursday at the home of
F. S. Plowman.
James Polling recently had lightning
rods put on his dwelling.
Misses Amanda Groves. Alta Steel.
Lulu Clayton and R. w. G. Harryman
are attending the Van Buren, county
normal institute which convened at
Keosauqua Monday August 8.
Messrs. Cleveland and Rex Rambo of
Keosauqua were over Sunday guests
of their cousin, G. G. Shaffer.
Al Carter of Douds was caller in
Chequest, last Wednesday.
Quite a number from here attended
the ice cream social at Leando, Satur-
day night.
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Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons in
terested, that on the s0th day of July,
A. D. 1908 the undersigned was appoint
ed by the Clerk of the District court Of
Wapello County, Iowa, Administrator
Of the estate of Sam'l ID. Cooper,
deceased, late Of said county. All persons
indebted to said Estate will make pay
1nent to the Undersigned. and those hav-
ing claims against the same, will present
them, legally authenticated, to said Court
for allowance.
Dated July 80, 1903.
Cynthia A. Cooper,
Administrators
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spending few days with Miss
Blanche Willoughby.
Miss Lille Noel of Indianola is
guest of her friend, Miss Lizzie Bailey,
this week.
ALBA NOTES.
News of Happenings in Monroe County
CAPITAL.

- .
Abba, Aug. 5.-Judge D. B. Stubbs
of Fairfield was in Abba the first of the
week looking after business matters.
He has been quite i'll for several weeks
but is improving. He expects to add
improvements on the new Monroe ho-
tel at once.
Mrs. M. G. Shearer returned to her
home in Garner after an extended visit
with her son,John Shearer and daugh.
ter, Mrs. Matte Kelley and their re-
spective families.
Mrs. Andy McCreery and daughter
Deah, left yesterday for Chattanooga
Tenn, for a three weeks visit with
Mrs. McCreery's sister-in-law, Mrs. G.
wv. Olson.
Miss yeda Lawrence and Mrs. Mar
garet Forsyth left yesterday for their
home in Lawrence. Kans. The former
is niece of Mrs. P. M. Fullerton. The
latter is Mrs. Fullerton's mother, who
has been visiting here for several
months.
Miss Gladys Reese will go to Des
Moines in about a week to be with her
mother and will attend the musical de-
partment of Drake university.
Frank S. Griffin left yesterday morn.
ing for independence to join the Sells
& Downs show as ticket seller.
e. E. Llewellyn of Los Angeles, CAL,
is visiting relatives and friends in this
place.
o. G. Brooks is in Moravia today on
business.
Miss Julia Holsclaw and Mrs. Mary
A. Ramsay expect to leave for Salt
Lake City, next Tuesday. Miss Hols
claw expects to make her home there
with relatives and Mrs. Ramsay goes
to visit her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Ly
ons.
Otto Dunkin passed through Abba
this morning On his way home from OF.
tumwa where he had been on a bust
ness trip.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday by the clerk of the district
court to Harry L. Birmingham aged
20 and Miss Edna G. Long aged IS
both of Hooking.
Benjamin Buxton of Buxton was in
town last evening on business.
Dan Miller of Des Moines is transact
ing business in Abba today.
H. H. Phinney of Oskaloosa who has
the contract for the building which is
being erected by Sheppard and Webh
was. in Abba yesterday looking after
his work
E. W. Anspach of Creston was in
Abba yesterday looking after his inter.
ests here.
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Asharove.

Ashgrove, Aug. 5.-N. B. Albright
and family visited recently at the home
of O. K. Day.
Sena sapp spent Saturday night with
Ollie Albright.
A. Hannah and wife spent Sunday at
the home Of A. Cassell.
M. Albright and family were over
Sunday visitors at Moravia.
Misses We've and Cora Selman and
Vida Fletcher visited Sunday at the
Coligan home.
John Hunter and wife visited recent.
ly at the Ahee home.
B. Albright and family are moving
to the a Hannah property in the south
part Of town.
Rev. Paul Wright of Mt Sterling
filled the appointment of Rev. d. w.
Hastings at the Christian church last
Sunday night.
Allen Day of Ottumwa visited rela,
tives at this place last week.
G. E. Roberts and family spent the
latter part of last week with relatives
at Green Valley.
A business meeting was held at the
M. q church Wednesday evening.
N. p. Caldwell of Baoomfsld was on
the streets one day last week.
Tom Hamilton and wife spent Sun
day at the home of c. b. Roberts.
MfB. Hester Threllsill is very Door.
iyg at this time.
Hiraw Sanpl and SON were seen on
the stseetsg Monday.
j May kohasas spent Sunday with EN-
u
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Dolly Dimple-I read to-day that
the men outnumber the fair sex
Sc greatly in South Africa that they
are considering importing shipload
of women.
Won Benedict-Oh! They're used
to war down there, suppose.-Chi-
cago Chronicle. -
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Siqourney.

Sigourney. Aug. 5.-Andrew Strana-
han Of Washington was in Sigqurney
yesterday, visiting with old friends and
his two daughters.
J. F. Seymour returned Monday
evening from Colfax after spending a
week there
John Derine, young man about
% years of age was operated on Tues
day for appendicitis by Drs. Spill
man of Ottumwa and Oliver of Sigour-
ney. 1t is said things look favorable
for his recovery.
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81 have heard that Miss Chopchin
married young FLINDERS with the idea
of reforming hin"
"Well, she succeeded. He says he'll
never marry again if he lives to be
thousand years old. Detroit Free
Press.
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EioriS,

Floris, Aug. 6-Miss Blanche Har-
Ian of Eldon spent Sunday with Mar.
garet Wilkinson.
Minnie Box of Ottumwa is spending
a few days at the Harvard home.
Cecil Lyon returned home from Mus
catine Sunday morning.
Irma Plank returned from Bloomfield
Thursday and will spend her summer
vacation at home.
F. M. Stevens left Monday evening
for Chicago.
Mrs. Younkin and son Floyd of Kan.
sas who have been visiting relatives
at this place left Abba Sunday even.
ing.
Juaniata Minnick who has been at
tending school in Bloomfield came
home Monday evening.
A. H. Plank made a business trip to
Eldon Tuesday.
Miss Daisy Lyon left on No. A Sun
day for Muscatine where she will visit
with relatives.
Sam. Cook and wife were Ottumwa
visitors Saturday.
The ice cream social given by the
Ladies' Aid of the Methodist Episcopal
church Saturday night was well attend.
ed
Mrs. Mate Quigley of Oskaloosa at
tended the funeral services of Mrs.
Frank Heady Sunday.
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Tommy-Papa, what makes you sd
bald?
Papa-oh, that's because my moth-
er used to pat me so much on the
head for being a good boy.-Ally
Sloper.
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Douds.

Douds, Aug. 5.--George Miller and
A. w. Pabst of Ottumwa were in town
on business Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs Geo. W. Findlay of Keosauqua,
who has been visiting with relatives
here, returned to her home Tuesday.
Mrs w. H. Morrison of Leando, who
has been visiting the past few months
with her daughter, Mrs. Florence
Moore, in Colorado, returned home on
Tuesday, her daughter accompanying
her for a return visit.
Herbert Blackledge of Keosauqua
was in town on business Tuesday.
Harvey Gilbert of Kilbourne visited
Monday and Tuesday with relatives
at this place and Leando.
The school teachers are attending
the normal at Keosauqua commencing
the first of this week
j. c. Hendricks started two cars OF
cattle to Chicago yesterday.
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Soap Creek,

.
Soap Creek, Aug. 5.-Dr. Wray Nell
son of Cedar Grove was caller at the
home of Mrs. Crise Sunday.
Ora Sample of Cedar Grove was a
recent caller in Bloomfield Sunday aft
ernoon.
William Paine of Bloomfield called
on his cousin, Tom Sample, Mon
day.
The little daughter of Walter Mum,
is very ill at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs ALT Rankin spent Sun
day with the family of Mrs. Flory
Mum.
Henry Rankin and family attended
the tabernacle meeting at Bloomfield
Sunday.
Miss Alice Pugh and three nieces
were recent callers at Drakesville, Sun.
day.
Harry Sample is working for John
McConal.
Fred Songar. wife and daughter,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Crist.
r. T. Sample was a Belknap caller
one day last week.
Will Morgan attended the Dain pic
mic at Keokuk, Saturday.
Lorn Lauderback and Ross Sutton
were Drakeville callers Saturday.
Dora, Cora, and Minerva Sample
called on Abbie Patterson one day last
week.
The fall term of school will com
mence at Center school the first day
of September.
Minerva Sample is on the sick list
this week.
Mrs. Harry Crist and daughter Lydia
were visitors at the home OF r. T.
Sample one day last week.
Mrs. Kate Songar and sister Lydia
visited with Mrs. VIM. Bradberry one
day last week.
Dora Sample is on the sick list this
week.
This vicinity was visited by a nice
shower last Saturday.
VIM. Pain of Bloomfield was an OF
tumwa caller Tuesday.
Mrs. Crist and son Jesse were call
ers in Drakesville Thursday.
Lydia Crist of Lemon township was
visitor at the home of May Hawkins
Thursday.
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The foundation for the Peprx n
4 sabraas ari lalaE nos ssn sfafts
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point obtt the weak places that must
be made. strong.
When a corporation holds an impor-
tant injecting every stakeholder is in
his place; that is why corporations are
ruling the country. When a trades
union holds an important meeting on.
ly 40 Tier cent of the members are in
their places that is why trades unions
are not ruling the country.
Years ago Carlyle said: "This ques-
ton of the organization of labor is
the greatest problem in the world
Today even the professors of political
economy are realizing this to be true.
Unionism is growing and developing
in many different directions. In
score or more cities the unions already
| control the municipal governments.
Every question, therefore that relates
to good citizenship and practical poll
| tics, must be studied.
| Party politics should not be taken
into the unions, but unionism should
be taken into every political contest
in the country. Every strike shows
the necessity of having mayors, sher-
ifs, governors and congressman who
are not the puppets of the trusts.
|
unite its votes, but it will go to the
primaries and elect all candidates for
public office in whatever party victory
is easiest 1t will bend all it's energies
4 to elect all officeho1ders, from path.
master to president.
1t will build up the circulation of its
trades papers, until the daily press
will be compelled to echo their editor
i ials. 1t will choose as it's leaders men
who can hold their own with the law
yers and capitalists-larg minded,
masterful men, who will everywhere
command respect.
4 1t will attract to its cause all that
is sound and sensible in the middle
and professional classes and carry on
its war against the exploiters and the
parasites until industry and the gov
eminent are both purified from special
privileges and every form of injus-
, tice.
Then, when everyone works, the
American Federation of Labor will be-
come another name for the whole
American nation. 81
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sWITcHMEN GET INCREASE
Men Raised to Old Chicago
Standard,

4 The switchmen in the local Milwau-
4 kee yards have been granted an in
crease of wages of two cents an hour
in their wages, their advance becom-
!, ing effective a-few days ago. By this
change the scale of wages has been
returned to the old Chicago standard.
Day swichmen in the local yards are
now paid q cents an hour and the
men 81 cents. Night switchmen are
now paid 81 cents an hour an dthe
night foremen 20 cents. The raise is
said to be general all over the Mil
waukee system. although owing to va
Trying conditions the scale is not uni
form.
Change Welcomed.
The regular workday for the men
~ no do the switching in the local Mil
wa Sukee yards is eleven hours, but
ma ny of them work twelve hours per
IaS Working the regular eleven hour
Nv the switchmen are now paid $275
For heir days labor, while the day
foren en- make $2.97. The night
sn,;+ob men make the same as the day
forams n, or $2.97, while the night
forame are now paid 1919. The
cbangal was welcome one and made
an excel 'eh1 Wi - 'i''' pieaen. III ING
men
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sOIncer made another move. Without
showing the least bit OF fear Richards
suddenly and quietly reached out and
caught the hand of the man as it held
the gun pointed toward him and press
ed himself up agains. the man until
his own gun, beneath his clothes, was
touching the green goods man in the
abdomen, and then ordered him to
surrender. Thus taken between two
dangers, from his own gun and from
the hidden one Of Rishards, the man
surrendered, while his pal cowed and
conquered, crawled under the table.
Thus alone and in their own den,
Richards .disarmed and arrested the
two men, and Tom Gray, bursting in
the doors few minutes later found
Richards master OF the situation.
The story was told today by officers
who have worked with Richards and
absolutely refuse to believe that he
had anything to do with the Sullivan
hold-up, and believe him fearless,
bold and brave to a degree seldom
reached even by secret service men.
Feared by Bootleggers.
Richards has done excellent work in
stamping out the bootlegging preva-
lent years ago in the southern district
OF Iowa. He was an indomitable off,
Ger and sent many bootlegger to the
county jails of the state. He also fer
reted out number of counterfeiting
gangs and sent them over the road.
Much OF his recent work was done for
the Bankers Mutual Casualty compa-
ny, of which he was private detec-
tive and officer. Working with Man
ager A. u Quint he endeavored to
ferret out the Sheldahl bank robbery
and other bank robberies in which the
insurance company has been involved
in the past few years Still more re-
Gently Richards was in Oklahoma on
the track of the murderers of Sheriff
Strain. He has thus figured in some
of the largest criminal cases in Iowa
in recent years. His friends claim
that if he ever intended being crooked
he would not depend upon a $1,000
hold-up after having had so many
larger and more valuable cases in
charge. They absolutely refuse to be.
lieve the story against him. 1t has
developed since the. filing of the in
formation that Baird, on whose word
Richards is implicated, has already
served a term in the Iowa penitentia.
ry, as result of being bounded down
by Richards when he was deputy
United States marshal. Baird was
sentenced by the late Judge Woolson
June 4, 1894, to two and one-half years
in the penitentiary for
| Told of Trouble.
Clerk E. R. Mason, of the United
States circuit court states that he had
seen Richards in his office last Thurs
day and that Richards had told him
that gang was after him and he was
fearful of his life. Mr.. Mason told
Richards that it did not seem like the
old-time Richards to show the white
feather, whereupon Richards replied
that If the danger was open he would
not care, but its uncertain features
worried him, and that he intended
making himself scarce for time
Since then he has not been seen in
1 Des Moines.
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EARLY METHODIST CHURCH.
First Methodist5 sermon Preached

First MethodiSt1iSe Sermon Preached In
ottumwa IN the Year 1s43.
The Courier is. in receipt of letter
from Rev. j. c. Kendrick, pastor of
the Methodist church of Agency, for
merly pastor Of the Main street Meth
odlst of this city,. He tells of the ear
ly Methodist churches of Wapello
county and also gives an idea of
Ottumwa from 1914 to 1856, the pop
ulation being between eight and nine
hundred. Mr.. Kendrick was but a
small child when he came to Ottumwa
in 1855. The following Isl the received
letter:
Editor Courier: 1t may be of inter-
est to many of your readers to know
something about the early Methodist
churches of Wapello county. Milton
Jamison preached the first Methodist
sermon that was preached in Ottum-
wa This was during the summer of
1S43. He preached on Sunday morn
ing on the South Side in an Indian
wigwam and in the afternoon he
preached on the North Side under the
shade of the trees. Jacob Myers, now
living in Agency, was present at both
services Jamison was from Ken
lucky and at the time referred to was
a located Methodist preacher. The
next year, 1874, he joined the Iowa
conference as charter member of
that body.
Thomas M. Kirkpatrick was the
first Methodist pastor In Ottumwa and
preached his first sermon in the bar
room of hotel. Kirkpatrick organ
lied the Methodist church at old Ash
land in October, 1843. This church
consisted of thirty charter members,
among whom were Reuben and Jacob
Myers. Jacob is still living and Is the
only survivor of that early and heroic
band of thirty, who constituted the
society at Ashland. Myers will be
ninety years old next Christmas day.
He is a we'll preserved old man and
still delights in going to prayer meet,
ings and other church services. The
church in Agency was organized later
than the church at Ashland, probably
sometime in 1914 or 1916. I came to
Iowa, small boy, in 1855. We crossed
the river at Keolluk and came out on
the plank road, passed through Ash
land, Agency, Ottumwa and crossed
the Des Moines river at Eddyville. We
fed our teams and took dinner at Old
Ashland.
cat that time Ashland was quite a
place, and Ottumwa, which contained
eight or nine hundred inhabitants, tc
me, boy who had been raised on q
farm in the timber in western Illinois
| looked like a great city.
! 81. G. Kendrick.
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WEIGHT ON Hi R HEAD J.
MRS, EGGLEsToN FEARI d HER REA-
SON WOULD GIVE WAY.
soltcitude of Her Neinhbors Resulted In
the Relief of the Unfo s'uhate
Woman. Mrs. Egglesl WI
Interviewed,


'eThere seemed to be a heav weight
crushing down on the ton of m Y head,
said Mr.. Kate Eggleston, of NO. III
Ohio street, Indianapolis, Ind. 4, ano
for days and days at a time = was
obliged to stay in he'd Every 9 ,ttacb
of this trouble would leave me weah
and worn out. So many excellent doc
tors treated me without success tn. u
just resigned myself to my fate-I L isl
hope. There were many times VIII, u
feared my reason would give way.
"a nervous affection developed
which affected my muscles and at !.
times could not control them I
could not sleep soundly, / lost flesh,
and appetite and was miserable.
A neighbor called one day and told
me of some of the cures that had been
made by DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and promised her to try
them. Relief came with the first box
and / improved steadily Until, by the
| time four boxes were taken, was per-
fectly cured and have had no return
of the trouble since"
Mrs. Eggleston took a medicine that
attacked her trouble at the root-the
blood and nerves. Poor blood and dis
ordered nerves are at the seat of near
ly all the ailments which afflict man.
kind, and DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People have been proven to be
certain remedy for all diseases aris-
ing from this cause. They have cured
locomotor ataxia. partial paralysis, st.
Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheu-
matism, nervous headache the after
effects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart,pale and sallow compilations and
all forms of weakness either in the
male or female. Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for pale people are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price, fifty cents a box; six
boxes for two dollars and half, by
addressing DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
i Schenectady, N. Y.
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A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree TO refund the money on so.
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syr.
up of Tar II it fails to cure your cough
Ior cold. We also guarantee a 25-cent
bottle to prove satisfactory or money
refunded.
E. B. Clark, W.D. Elliott & Co..
w. w. Ennis, w. r.. Beck,
9. ". Sampson, Agency. ~
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NOT FROZEN WHEN FOUND.
A. 4. Seifert, Of EddyvilIe, Died of
Heart Trouble.

Heart roubIe.
According to the statement of a
close friend of the late A. A. Seifert,
whose death occurred last week in Ed
dyville, the impression that has be-
come current among many
people tina he was frozen
to death, is erroneous. It is
stated that when his body was found
in the yard near the house life still
remained. Mr.. Seifert had not been
very we'll during the day previous to
his DEATH 1t is stated that he spent
the evening at home with his mother
and that they had been engaged in
reading. During the night he was
seized with an attack Of heart failure
from which bis death resulted.
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Congressman Lacey occupied the
speakers chair for several hours the
other day while Mr. Henderson was
attending to some duties in his pri-.
vate room. The speaker often calls
up different members to relieve him
but it is always some one in whom
he has implicit confidence. Mr.. Lacey
handled the gavel with vigorous
hand and it looked suggestively natur
al and satisfactory to see him in the
speakers chair.
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pi ATT s CHOSEN.

connecticut poIitt fian Will Go Back to
Hartford Conn Jan. 14.-In cau-
cus 10 sling three MI 'nutes Senator Or.
viii n Platt was unanimously re.
n nominated TODAY by the republican
members of the genel ai assembly.
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In Congressman Laceys committee
room is one of the curiosities and
sights of the capitol in the shape of a
huge geographical globe three feet in
diameter. The globe is the largest
and most up-to-date in the building,
being especially fine in details of the
United States. One reason for this is
the fact that Secretary Reece had the
great ball recovered not long ago with
map that had been brought strictly
up-to-date. 1t is a necessary and
much used piece of furniture for the
members of the public lands commit.
tee.
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GOWN CT in PlcKLlNe VAT.

Body Of Il was Oldest Prisoner to
Serve Science.
low. c;+y ! Jan. 14.-The remains of
1K,i1,;a,,, mia y, Iowa's Oldest convict,
who mugdereS i ny, omiae near
Iowa City tive a.s,sra y, 4,s. ago, , nass
arrived here al az ~ .ns . aauals ~
the collegs of heuioine' ""ai'ihs tne
call of science
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Davenport:s building Improvements
fer 1902 aggregate nearly million
dollars.