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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
ACCIDENT AT KEB.
Eli Farnard is Run-Over by Train Of
D;& Care II, Mira

Eli Farnard is Run-over by Train Of
Pit Cars In Mine.
Keb. Aug. S-(SpeciaD ELI Far.
na2d, a miner employed in the mines
of the Illinois & Iowa Fuel Co., at this
place was nearly killed as the result OF
an accident IN the mine yesterday aft.
ernoon
Mr.. Farnard was through with his
days work and was walking along the
main road in the mine on his way out
when the lamp on his cap went out
He did not see the train of pit cars
coming into the mine and was knocked
down by the forward car, the whole
seven in the train running over him.
The unfortunate man sustained a
compound fracture of his right leg, his
right arm and one finger on the right
hand were also broken. and IL is feared
that internal injuries will result.
Injured Man Married.
Mr. Farnard is so years of age and is
married. He has wife and four chill.
dren.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
A TRUE PROPHECY
BURLINGTON FIFTY YEARS AGO
LATTE r. H. WARDEN, THEN
EDITOR OF THE COURIER,
VISITS RIVER CITY.

Fifty years ago the late
R. H. Warden, who was
then the editor of the Courier,
made trip to the city of Burlington.
That he was we'll received and well
pleased with his treatment while in the
river city Is evident from the descrip-
ton Of the town which appeared in the
Courier on the week following his re-
turn. The account, which follows, will
be of interest to readers of the Courier
today,
burlington"
During our absence we had the
pleasure Of spending a few days in the
above thriving city and it is with feel
ings of pride that we tell our citizens
that her intelligent citizens are with
us heart and hand in the great enter
prise of the day-the Burlington and
Missouri River railroad-that they feel
and know that whatever tends to for
word our interests is conducive to their
good
Burlington is on the highway to
greatness. Her advancement to the
position of the Emporium of Southern
Iowa is certain as any one must readily
admit who visits the city and sees
what rapid strides she is making. Her
connection by railroad with the east
before any other city west of the Mis-
sissippi, will give her such start that
she will grow as if by magic. All who
see her numerous large and splendid
business houses erected and in process
of erection, her school houses and her
churches and the go-ahead spirit of her
citizens, are bound to admit that she is
destined to have a great name and
place among the cities of the west"
Old Time journalism.
In the same issue of the Courier is
a clipping from contemporary pa
per called the valley Wing" follow
ed by a sarcastic comment from Edi-
tor Warden which lands neat little
"back handler and closes with bit
of gratuitous advice which cannot
help but bring smile.
The item is as follows:
tKate Harrington, the distinguish
ed Iowa poetess, in company with
Miss Murphy, late of England, spent
a few days in our city last week. They
reside in our neighboring Village,
Farming Valley Wing.
1--WE do not wish to rob our con-
temporary of the honor Of lionizing
the English lady, Miss Murphy. but it
seems to us she is not as lately from
England as from Ottumwa. She was
our village school marin over year
ago. The Wing ought always to be
sure that it lionizes the latest impor-
tations."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11

gal. The city has already gone beyond
the law in the matter of Indebtedness"
us there any process by which the
city can dispose of its water plant?"
he was asked.
"None with which am acquainted"
he said. ''This is special chartered
city, and the permission Of the legisla.
ture would first have to be secured if a
sale was made. Then the people
would have to vote on the question.
The term municipal ownership has Pc
culiar charms and if put to a vote in
Muscatine, the result would probably
be repetition Of what it was when the
plant was purchased"
Judging from this part of the inter-
view in which one mans opinion was
expressed, the conclusion is:
That the city Of Muscatine owns it's
waterworks; no money for improve
ments can be borrowed; the plant can
not be sold, and satisfactory or unsat-
isfactory the people of Muscatine
must continue to drink muddy water.
Some Possibilities.
''Is there any relief by any other
process?" he was asked.
There doesn't seem to be any, al
though haven't been trying to solve
the question. If you leave the water
Trustees alone for five years, they will
have enough in their fund to build a
water plant.
"And have my doubts" interposed
another attorney, whether the water
trustees have the right to hoard this
money"
"And what will the suffering people
in Muscatine do during these five long
years." sighed the reporter.
"You see, continued the second at
torney, "the Muscatine City Water
Works company is not intended as a
money making institution. It was
designed for the benefit of as many of
the people as possible, and with $780,
900 in the treasury of the company, 1t
might be said that somebody needs
water and is not getting it. The point
is: who is to define when and where
the water trustees shall consent to
make main extensions?
zone way out of the difficulty" he
said, might be to arrange matters SO
that the men who now hold the bonds
against the waterworks, could be in.
duced to take charge of the water.
b
works. They have franchise and
upon default of the payment of the in,
terest, they have the right to assume
charge and management of the plant
Then the city would be relieved for a
breathing spell. and after matters
have adjusted themselves somewhat
relief NTH be arranged in this man
ner.
$50 you see no possibility of relief
within a few months?"
"None whatever. A gift of love
| might solve the question, but the mer
who have the money in Muscatine can
filter their own water, and that re
lieves them from any personal con
Germ. The remainder of the people
stand fair show of continuing to
drink muddy water for awhile at
least"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11

duired to compel the federals to sur
render, and there were those among
the besisgers who knew one could be
found. A fine nine-pounder, together
with five balls, had been hidden under
a hay stack on Blair Todd's farm near
Palmyra, and under a sham woodpile
near by was q six-pounder, with about
forty balls The smaller cannon, how
ever, was not mounted, and hence I'M
fit for use. Cannon and balls had to
be hauled twenty miles in wagon, SO
it was O'Clock Thursday before the
bombardment began.
volley of Bolts and Screws.
Never had there been such a jubi-
lee in that section of the country.
Women and children drove up in their
carriages. Rustic lovers held parasols
over their sweethearts while they
watched sure-enough live battle. But
the show was not without its draw
backs. There is an art in cunning
as there is In most things, and the
man, who operated the rebel cannon
was sort of caricature artist Only
three of thirtyfour balls struck any
where near the seminary building.
Indeed some Of the spectators assert.
ed that the seminary was the only
safe place for miles around. Yet the
gunner was not wholly to blame. He
was firing a six-pound ball from a
nine.pound cannon. 1t was fortunate
that the size of the cannon and balls
was not reversed, or the soldiers
might have been set to work with
their jackknives to white the balls
down to fit the gun. Meanwhile the
federal soldiers inside the building
sent out an occasional volley of bolts
and screws, but their position was
anything but agreeable.
Reinforcements Arrive.
cat half past four, when Colonel
Smith was considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of surrender, there was sudden
connection outside. A snorting en-
CINE came putting down the track
bearing the troops that had been left
at Hannibal, and as soon as it came
within range a brass cannon on one Of
the flatcars opened it's ominous mouth
and saluted the picnickers. Language
is inadequate to describe the effect Of
this untimely interference. In an in
slant the prairie was chaos of flying
horses and flying men. Soldiers threw
away their guns and took refuge ir
the carriages with the ladies. Erst
while constant lover forsook theil
sweethearts and fed in dismay. Te
use the old Greek military term, Col
onel Harris and his men 'skedaddled.
That night word reached Washing
| ton that desperate battle was In
=, progress at Monroe, and that the un
ion forces were being annihilated, Col
onel John M. Palmer, Colonel U. s
Grant and few other men Of subse
quent military celebrity were ordered
to the rescue, and by Friday morning
more than 1000 troops were on tneil
way to the seat of hostilities.
"And yet the seminary fight at Mon
roe City is not given SO much as 6
mention among the decisive battles o.
the civil war"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
IN MANY FIGHTS
TWELFTH IOWA INFANTRY REC.
ORD PUBLISHED AFTER
TWENTY YEARS.
Major D. w. Reed Appointed Histori-
an in 18so-Regiment Participated
in TWenty-Eight Battles and Skir-
,mishes-No ottumwans in Regiment

While there were no Ottumwans in
the Twelfth regiment, Iowa veteran
volunteer infantry, yet the old sold
iers of the city will be interested in
knowing that the history of it's cam
paigns and battles ordered published
at the regimental reunion in Clermont,
June 10, OF this year has just been is
sued by Major David w. Reed.
1t is a book of 319 pages, neatly
bound in blue cloth covers, and con-
tanning a history of the regiment from
the organization till the end of the
war. 1t includes personal sketches
OF the regimental officers and COM
plete roster of the regiment. In the
back is small pocket in which are
two large maps of the Shiloh battle
field. One shows the formation of the
forces on the first day of the battle,
and the other the formation on the
last day.
Twenty-three Years in Preparation.
At the first reunion of the regiment,
held in Manchester, April s, 1880,
Major D. w. Reed was elected histori-
an and requested to prepare a re-
cord of the regiment. At the re-
union held in Sioux City, October 8,
1894, the history was reported COM
plete. AT the regimental reunion in
Clement, June 10, of this year, General
Stebbs, Col David B. Henderson, Cap
tain Soper, Captain Gift and H. C.
Curtis agreed to become responsible
for four-fifths of the cost of publica-
ton, and secured a promise that 500
copies would be published and furnish
nl To hN ~f
at the cost of printing and binding.
The book was printed at Evanston, H.,
and has just been sent out. Mr..
Reed is secretary and historian Of
the Shiloh National Military Park
commission.
The TWeIfth's Battles.
The battles in which the Twelfth
regiment participated are:
Fort Henry, Tenn, February 6, 1862.
Fort Donelson, Tenn, February 10,
1862.
Shiloh, Tenn, April 6, 1862.
Siege ofoCorinth, Miss. May 1862
Battle of Corinth, October ga, 1862.
Raymond, Miss, Many IL. 1863.
Jackson, Miss, May IA, 1858.
Vicksburg. assault and siege, May
Is, July 4, 1863
Jackson, Miss, July 1915, 1863.
Brandon, Miss, July 10, 1868.
Brownsville, Miss, October 1917,
1863.
White River, Ark, June 10, 1864.
Coonewar Miss, July 10, 1864.
Tupelo, Miss. July HIS, 1864. =
Nashville, Ten, December Is, 1864
Spanish Fort, Ala, March q to
April 9, 1865.
Twelve other skirmishes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
TERRIBLE DEATH OF sHEN.
Report of cohger Shows Executioner
at Last StrangIed Him.

Picking, Aug. Edward T. viii
liams, the Chinese secretary of the
United States legation, has made an
extensive investigation of the execu-
ton of Shen-Chien, the reform journal
list who was put to death July 81 by or.
der of the empress dowager, and he
has handed Minister Conger a detailed
report proving that the executors, after
beating Chen for three or four hours
despaired of being able to fulfill the
dowager empress orders, and, yielding
to Shen's .pleadings to end his misery
strangled him with their hands.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
ARE UP AGAINST IT.
Muscatine Owns Water Plant Which I
Can Neither Sell Nor Improve.

''The consequences of poverty, and
the ignorance of the people," is the
manner in which leading Muscatine
lawyer sizes up the water supply ques-
ton in Muscatine.
What can the city do toward secur-
ing more satisfactory water system?"
he said? We'll, don't think of any
thing just now that can be done. In
my opinion it is next to a hopeless task
to do anything. The city has no mon
ey. it has no place where it can go to
get money, and even if it did have the
place. it is not in position to secure
a loan that would be regarded as le-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
LONDON TO NUMBER AUTOS.

Will Limit Speed and Require Drivers
to Be Licensed.
London, Aug. MIR. Long, who is
in charge of the bill in the house OF
commons regulating automobile traffic
will propose an amendment permitting
a maximum speed of twenty-five miles
per hour. The bill provides for the
compulsory numbering of motor cars
and licensing of professional drivers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
Drives All Before II.

Aches and pains fly before Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. So do sores, pimples,
boils, corns and piles, or no pay. Zoe
f.. B. Clark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
No. Going East. Depart.
2O6 Keokuk, Kansas City, Cali
forna and Southwest ....... .10.45 a. m.
2O4 Eldon, Davenport & Chicago 1926 p. m.
Going West.
2O3 I,es Moines, Ruthven, west
and northwest. :. .......... 700 a. m
POI Des Moines and Omaha -. 10 D. m.
2o5 Des Moines and Omaha ..... 7:05 D. N,
Unless otherwise specified, all trains are
daily except Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11

Many thousand feet of cement walks
are being laid at Hubbard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
Railroad Time Tables
TRAINS LEAVING UNION DEPOT.
w. S. Parker, Ticket Agent.
BURLINGTON ROUTE, c, 8. & q.
No Gojno East Denert

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., 3. & O.
No. Going East. Depart.
12a-Chicago, Dubuque s. Quincy. 2:1O a. IN.
92b-Local Freight .............. 645 a. IN.
Burlington g. st. Louis. -. 7:35 q. m.
10b-Peorla, Dubuque u Quincy IL 80 a. m.
6a-Chicago Limited ...... .... / rs p. IN.
4a-Chicago, st. Louis & Quincy 7:10 p. m.
Sa-Fast mail ...... ........... S:3T p. m.
2a-Chicago, Peoria & Rockford II as p. m.
Fit. Madison accommodation. daily except
Sunday, depart ITO a. M: arrive 500 p. m.
Going West.
5a-omaha, Council Bluffs
Nebraska ........ .......... .12:55 q. m.
15a-Fast mail 49,. ............ 2:49 a. m.
e1b-Local Freight $3.50. ........ $50 q. m.
3a-Omaha, Kansas City, Denver
Hot Springs, Deadwood. Og-
den, Portland & California. 7:45 a. m.
Ta-Fast mail Observation-Disclosures. 1852 a. m.
9b-Peoria to Creston ......... 1:5O p m.
13a-Limited -. ............... 3:2S p. m.
11b-Chicago to ottumwa, arrive 1000 p. N.
1a-Denver g. Omaha ......... IL :35 p. m.
a, daily; b. except Sunday. Nos. Z, s and
Is do not carry passengers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
TRAINS LEAVING JEFFERSON
STREET UNION DEPOT.
A. J. Packard, Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE 6 ST. PAUL
Arrive. Depart.
Chicago Dubuque &
.4llwaukee ;. ....d12:15 a. m. b2:s5 a. m.
Chicago, Cedar Rap
ids. etc. 1890. .b1o:1o a. m. 7:o5 p. m.
Kansas City &
Southwest -. b2:30 a. IN. 1925 a. M.
Kansas City and
oca. ;. ........ b6:55 p. m. bio: 20 a. M.
No. o. freight, east. leaves. 7:20 a. m.
No. CT, freight. east. leaves -. 1905 a. IN.
No. 81, freight, west, leares -. 700 a. m.
M. 81. freight. west. leaves..-.. 2:20 p. N.
o, daily; b. except sunday d, except Mon.
day.
Freight trains arrive at ana depart from
Otrumwa JGneliou.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
WABASH.

sansas CITY & St.
1.osis So. as:15 a. m as:2o p. M
i,ansas City & st
.c;,js -. :. 80. a1.o0 p ~. ASSES a. m.
Freight trains CARRYING passengers be-
t"een Ottumwa and Moulton:
Local freight ...... bs:oo p IN. $500 a. M.
Fast freight .a12:10 p. m. a2:30 p. m.
a, daily: b, except Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
cownie's Views.

There is great need for wom-
ems reformatory," said Mr.. Gownie.
"It is true there is department for
women at Anamosa, but no judge will
commit to that place large class of
women who are petty offenders, and
should be sent somewhere, but whom
a court will not send to Anamosa, be-
cause it is penitentiary. These wom-
en- are too old to be sent to Mitchell
vile, but they should be sent some
place, and see no reason why re-
formatory for the purpose should not
be established at Knoxville. The
grounds are suitable and the building
is in good shape. There is no use
talking about getting state normal
there, and the grounds are not large
enough for an inebriate hospital. 1t
is not practical to sell the property
and there is no other use ! can think
of for which the place is so well adapt
ed as for state reformatory for wom-
en-"
The board will probably recommend
this to the next legislature in its BIZ
ennial report.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
FOR REFoRMAToRY.
Jown cownie Of Board of Control sug.
gests New State Institution.

gests New State Institution.
Des Moines, Aug. S.-One of the
questions confronting the general as
sembly and the board of control is
what to do with the buildings and
grounds at Knoxville, at the aban.
doned institution for the blind. A
number of inquiries have Deen made
of the board by citizens of Knoxville
as to what was going to be done with
the property. Chairman Cownie of
the board said recently he was strong
ly in favor of establishing reforma-
tory for women there. There was an
effort made last winter to get a nor
NAL school established there, but it
came to nothing, and Mr.. Cownie pre-
diets it will be found impossible to
get the legislature to establish a nor.
NAL there.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11

usshuCh, dau IL iC4ulISu JUST SUCH all
experience as this to put him on his
mettle.
The Yankees "Treed."
"As soon as the scene of the recent
'confagration,' as he fondly termed
1t, was reached, he set his men to
work picking up bolt pins and nuts
from among the ruins of the train.
This helped them to realize that they
had burned their fingers and the
scraps of metal could be used instead
OF orthodox artillery ammunition Then
he took possession of the seminary
building and put himself in position
to endure a siege.
Soon the news was carried over
the country that 800 Yanks were
freed up at Monroe, and every able
bodied man, woman and child within
radius of a dozen miles turned out
to see the fun. Col. Harris, finding that
Col. Smiths little visit had been de-
ferred, determined that the proposed
meeting should take place, even if he
had to change his yole from host to
guest Accordingly, he summoned
all his men and marched to Monroe,
where he sat down in front of the
seminary and waited for the union
commander to come out and shake
hands. By noon of Wednesday, the
July 8, there were more than a
thousand rebels on the prairie around
the town, all eager to help poke the
game out OF the hole Finally it was
decided that a cannon would be re-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
CITY NEWS
CHINESE Do HONOR
TO MADAM LUNA
Show Gratitude to the Moon for
Her Aid to Chinese Ruler
Long Ago.

There is an air of gayety about Chi
natown this week
st. PauPs Celestial population is
celebrating the feast of the moon, and
it will last for the next two weeks.
The feast began Tuesday
According to the Chinese reckoning,
Tuesday was the fifteenth day of the
eighth month always one month be-
hind the Julian calendar), and this
particular date is cOmmeorated for the
time when the moon. in centuries gone
by, came to the aid of the ruling dy-
nasty in China and aided it in sup
pressing a revolution.
To be more particular, the moon
came to the aid of the ruler of the
empire nine centuries ago, disclosing
to the Chinese army by night the ele-
plant plant, which, being eaten, gave
to the soldiers such strength and
courage that they easily overthrow
the enemy.
Much feasting characterizes the cell
ebration, the particular article of food
being moon cakes, which the Chinese
eat with much relish. The cakes are
made in the shape of full moons. half
moons and every other fraction of the
silvery orb. and decorations designed
to please Luna adorn the walls.
st. PauPs Chinatown is not the
largest in the West, but it's inhabitants
are true disciples of Confucius, and
the Chinese traditions are adhered to
Zealously. Moon cakes We're on tap
in every Chinese home on Jackson
street yesterday.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-24
THE MINNEAPOLIS STRIKE.

By strike inaugurated last mid
night the -four mills of Minneapolis
have been practically closed. Four of
the smaller mills are not affected by
the strike, but their total production
is less than 1000 barrels a day. while
the mills closed have "a combined ca
pacity of $500 barrels day. The
loss to the men during the continuance
of the strike will be great, but the
trouble is to be deplored because of it's
far-reaching effect, Minneapolis will
be greatly affected, but the whole
world will be made to. bear. some part
of the burden of this, tie-up.
The differences between the men
and the operators are very clearly de-
fined, and there does not appear to be
much prospect of these differences be-
ing arranged. The men make
straight demand for an eight-hour day
with ten hours pay. Only the -four
leaders are directly concerned in the
strike, but their action will tie the
mills up quite as effectually as though
all the employees were concerned.
In a case like this there should be
some provision Of law to settle the
differences between employer and en-
ploye. The closing down of the Min
neapolis mills will be felt in every
household in the civilized world within
the week, for it is very certain that the
price OF flour will be forced UP. Flour
stocks are not large and the holders
of flour will at once take advantage of
the strike to collect an additional
profit. The strike will therefore he
maintained at the expense of every
bread buyer and the consequences are
bound to be disastrous if the labor
trouble continues for any considerable
time.
The occasion is one in which arbi-
tration should be compelled. When a
strike is Of a character to affect tbe
whole, human race, practically hot
headed and self interested parties
should be made to stand aside while
others adjust their differences. The
opportunity is ripe in Minneapolis for
some philanthropist to take a hand in
the trouble.