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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
LEVIED UPON GYPSY
Constable Ed Campbell Serves Attach
ment Papers On Big Elephant.

From Fridays Daily.
Constable Ed Campbell Thursday
afternoon levied an attachment upon
'Gypsy, one of the big elephants be-
longing to the Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers shows. The attachment is
against the Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers management and is taken
in the name of A. G. Leighton.
Mr.. Leighton, it is stated, had an
oral agreement with some member of
the show management by which the
show was to pay him SIS for the use
Of certain piece of ground on the
South Side as a show ground. The
police, however, refused to allow the
heavy wagons and the elephants to
cross the Market street bridge and
the grounds were not used.
Mr.. Leighton demanded the mon
ey according to the alleged contract
and payment was refused by the man.
agement of the show The attachment
was sworn out>in Justice o. l.. Camp
bells court Thursday afternoon about
4 o'clock and short time later the
levy upon the elephant was made at
the show grounds in the East End {.
The management gave bond for re.
delivery of the elephant and she was
! left in their possession. The case will
come up for trial Sept. H.
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IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Banks Approved as Reserves for Sew.
eraI Iowa Institutions.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 1O-A post
Office has been established at Lidder-
dale, Carroll county, with Edwin L.
futile as postmaster. James e. Egar
has been commissioned postmaste at
California.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the Bankers National bank
of Chicago, Citizens National bank of
Des Moines, First National bank of
Minneapolis and the National German
American bank of st. Paul and Chase
National bank of New York as reserve
agents for the Citizens National bank
of Spencer, Citizens National bank OF
Des Moines for First National bank of
Extra and Third National bank of St
Louis for the First National bank of
Centerville.
Mrs. Mary E. Rhoads of Rising Sun,
Neb., has been appointed cook at the
Sac and Fox Indian school.
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Coal Cars Jump Track.
PASSED AWAY.
Miss Rena Chambers Died This Morn
ing After Long Illness.
From Fridays Daily.

from Fridays Daily.
Miss Rena Chambers died this morn
ing at 7:l0 o'clock at the home of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cham
bers, 54S West Second street. Her
death came after a lingering illness
of many months. She is survived by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Chambers, her sisters, Mrs. Virgie
Mccoy of Agency, Mrs. John Long
and Miss Nina Chambers of Ottumwa,
and her brother, Win Chambers, who
is at present enlisted in the United
States forces in the Philippines. Miss
Chambers was a member of the 1903
high school but was compelled to give
up her school work nearly two years
age because of her i'll health. The
funeral will take place from the fam
lily residence Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
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GO TO FAIRFIELD.
Members of Local Woman's Relief
Corps Will Attend Convention.

About thirty members of the two
local Woman's Relief Corps will leave
this city Thursday morning, Sept. "a,
on Burlington No. 16 and go to Fair.
field, where they will attend the an.
nual convention of the first district
of the w. R. G. Mrs. w. H. H. Asbury
is the delegate from the Ottumwa
corps and Mrs. Carrie Smith is alter
nate. There has been an elaborate
program arranged and the local corps
anticipate very enjoyable time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
WANT STRONG LAW.
Northern Iowa Land Owners Will Ask
For Adequate Drainage Measures.

Des Monies, Sept. Gland owners
in northern Iowa counties are at the
head of movement to secure an ade-
quate drainage law from the general
assembly, which will convene next jan
uary.
d. A. Kent of Hamilton county was
in the city yesterday and talked free
ly.of this demand ON the part of prop
erty owners. He met here F. c. Gil
christ, member Of the legislature from
Pocahontas county, and representative
H. e. Teachoelt OF Polk county. Both
these gentlemen supported the Town
send drainage bill which passed the
house at the last session, and which
winAed out in the senate at the close
of tie session,
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Osceola has put in an air pressure
system of waterworks.
One Dollar Saved Represents Ten Dol.
lars Earned.

The average man DOES not save To
exceed ten per cent Of his earnings,
He must spend nine, dollars in livine
expenses for every dollar sayed. THAT
being the case he cannot be too care.
full about UNNECESSARY expenses. Very
often a few cents prGpeSly invested.
like buying seed for his garden. will
save several doAafs outlhy lat# on.
Ii is the same in buying Ghambs*lain' s
Collie, Cholera and Diarfhoea Remedy.
1t ces5s hut few cepss and bottle
OF it III thesho,fae Often savesaa Doctor
bill OF several dollars. Far sale By iii
druggists.
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CIRCUS HORSE KILLED.

Animal Belonging to Adam Forepaugh
And Sells Bros Show Dies.
From Fridays Daily.
While the circus was loading up
Thursday preparatory to going to Grin
nell, where it shows today, one of the
heavy draft horses was instantly kill
ed by Rock Island train No. 204, which
leaves this city at 1896 .. m. An eight
horse heavy truck wagon was moving
down South Iowa avenue to the Bur
lington yards where the show was
loading, when the Rock Island pas
senger struck the second team on the
wagon, instantly killing one horse and
fatally injuring the other. No other
injuries were sustained.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
RECOGNIZES HIS KIDNAPPED SON.
Boy Stolen Fifteen Years Ago Wan
ders by Chance to Fathers Store.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 12.-After vans
dering around the globe for fifteen
years, forgetting even his birthplace,
and the names of his parents, from
whom he had been kidnapped, Marcus
Hechtman, now % years old, walked
into the store of his father to look
at watch, and was recognized by the
aged man. Young Hechtman was
stolen by wandering troupe of va
riety actors when Z years old.
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erasshoppers Ruin CROPS.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Sept. 11.-Grass-
hoppers have destroyed the crops OF
the Picuris Indians in Taoes county,
and the government will have to help
the victims, through the winter and
supply them with seed grain next
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
A New Jersey Editors testimonial

A New Jersey Editors Testimonial.
M r. Lynch, editor of the Philips
burg, N. j., Daily Post, writes: 81
have used many kinds of medicines
for coughs and colds in my family but
never anything so good as Foley's
Honey and Tar | cannot say too
much in praise of it," For sale by w.
D. Elliott, corner Main and Court
streets.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
SHOOTS AT LOVER; KILLS SELF.
Aurora Girl Attempts to Murder Man
Who Had Refused to Marry Her,

Aurora, H., Sept. 12-Bell Walton
attempted to kill her lover, Ernest
Berry Thursday and then fred a bull.
let through her brain, dying instantly.
Berry refused to marry the girl and
meeting him on the street she shot at
but did not hit him. Thinking she had
killed Berry she shot herself.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.
List Of Letters Remaining Unclaimed
at Ottumwa, Iowa, for the Week
Ending September 5, 1903. "a
LII

WOMEN'S LIST.
Andrew Lillian Brantch Mrs. Eva
Bevelly Lizzie Baker Eugene
Clark Edna Cristman Emma
Dickey Mrs. c. A. Elliott Lena
Rosenberg Bertha Hughes Dora
Kruse Mrs. p. l.. Karsner Carrie NJ.
Lane Ada Leaton Cora
Morres Mrs S. Shockley Mrs. May
Stewart Mrs. ]. W. Taylor Miss Julia P.
Mrs. Edible Wright.
MEMS LIST.
Asher B. Brown VIM.
Burkart Fl. l.. Cyren Ed.
Cecksta Sam'l Ciabaugh F. q.
Douglas Joe SFox VIII S. (2)
Galatas Louis R. Lund =. o.
Lauderbach j. e. McGraw j. R.
Mowery Everett Oney VIM.
Patterson ]. L. Strobel q. A.
Simmons H. L. thurman q.
Williams T. E.. Ward Harry
]. w. Young.
Parties calling for these letters
should mention the fact that they
have been advertised.
A. w. Lee. P. n.
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sionary from Jubalpore, India, made a
short address relative to her work in
that country.
Miss Lydia Pool, the sixth person
from the Iowa district to go as mis-
sionary to India, made an earnest ad-
dress. She gave six reasons prompt
ing her to go to India, and spoke
touchingly of the prospects of her
work there. She is the daughter of
II. S. Pool of this conference,
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From Saturdays Daily.
j. w. Neasham of Ottumwa was yes
terday selected one Of the four lay del
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
INJURED AT MINES.
J. c. Slaughter Falls From ScaffoId-
Three Cars Jump Track at Mines.

u VI slaughter T ais TIofU oCdtiolu-
Three Cars Jump Track at Mines.
From Fridays Daily
While at work on scaffold at the
Keb mines yesterday. ]. c. Slaughter,
SIG North Green street, fell fourteen
feet to the ground and sustained a
broken arm. Mr.. Slaughter struck
his head forcibly in falling and also
sustained other bruises. His left arm
was broken just above the wrist. He
was brought to this city by James
Shevlin and taken to his home Mr..
Slaughter is not seriously injured al
though his bruises and his arm give
him much pain.
Coal Cars Jump Track.
Three loaded cars jumped the track
at the Keb mines yesterday and as a
result the track was considerably torn
up. The mines are idle today and will
remain so until the damages can be re.
paired. and the track again placed in
running condition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15

The Sioux City Brewing compana
viii spand $4,000 eAlarglpg lis boa
ting Works.
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the conference: w. G. Thorne, A. B.
Hightshoe, Montezuma; D. Payne, of
Bloomfield; R. A. Bruce, A. v. Ken
dricll, Centerville.
BY motion Rev. J. w. Potter of
Bloomfield, was appointed member of
the board of publishers and the ap--
pointment confirmed by the confer
anca
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
Change of Boundary.

STdf9e OF 6OuHudtys
A resolution pertaining to the
Strengthening of the boundary line be-
tween the Iowa and Upper Iowa con-
ferences was read, and finally laid on
the table on motion of DR.. G. l.. Stat
ford.
The boundary line between the Iowa
and Upper Iowa conferences runs in a
southeasterly direction and years ago
a movement was started to straighten
the line which would mean an ap-
preciable addition to the Iowa con-
ference. Parts of Scott Cedar and
Johnson counties would thus be in
GUIDED in the division now holding it's
annual meeting in Muscatine.
DR.. Stafford says that the matter
will be taken up at the general con-
ference next year and it is hoped
that at that time the matter will
be settled in favor of the Iowa con-
ference.
On motion W. H. Needham of
Sigourney was appointed railroad sec
rotary for the year 1904.
Rev. G. l.. Tenant introduced a
resolution providing for the establish
ment of fund to bear the conference
expenses of all those preachers not
entertained during any conference.
After an animated discussion the res
olution was withdrawn.
Missionary Meeting.
Thursday afternoon at o'clock the
anniversary of the Women's Foreign
Missionary society was presided
over by Mrs. Thompson of Des
Moines.
Mrs. Ella Pickereall, the president
of the organization, made an address,
which included the following re-
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WILL MEET IN sleouRNEY.
Next Annual Iowa Conference VIII be
Held in keokuk County Town.

Muscatine, Sept. 12.-(Special.) y
The next session of the Iowa annual
conference will be held in Sigourney.
This matter was decided at the meet
ing held yesterday.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
y.Ius Of prs.rns, Of Mind.

Many years ago tho American war.
ship Delaware came near founderinE
on the coast OF Sardinia while luiIinE
through n heavy sauali during a morn.
ing watch. Thc unauthorized letting
70 OF the fore sheet alone saved the
ship from going down with LOO
souls on board. The first lieutenant,
aftcrward Commodore Thomas W.
wyman. with difficult climbing sue.
cccdcd in reaching tho quarter deck.
where. snatching the trumpet from
the officer in charge. his FIRST order.
given in a voice heard distinctly fore
and aft. was Keep clear of the paint
work." This command TO hundreds
of human begins packed In the Ice.
scuppe:s like sardircs in a box in.
stantly restored them to order and
prevented a panic. they naturally feel.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
When kl,ehener Lauahed.

At tho durbar state ball Lord Kit
chcncr's knowledge Of the figures was
Of the vaEucst kind and In conHc-
gucncc all he succeeded In doing was
TO tic himself and His partner In tho
most absurd knot. to tho intense
amusement Of the others In the set
ard Of the large crowd looking on.
Thc hero OF Khartoum was bcaming
with delight. and no he blundcrcd
through to the end. when the music
ceased Mt the end OF quadriilc he was
in the middle Of the room looking for
his partner. and laughed heartily when
she came up and found him.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
Story With n Moral.

John Mitchell told u story recently
In the Clover club OF Philadelphia
which was OF u certain grim humor.
Mr.. Mitchell was In his first suit OF
evening dress. He was talking about
the seriousness OF life. and his story
bore out hts view. He said there
were two sisters. seamstrcsses. who
lived In little room and earned their
bread by sewing. They were young
anh pretty. but they seldom laughed /:
they never wore comely clothes: they
did nothing but sit In a stopped atti.
undc. sewing all day and good par,
OF tho evening. One night. when she
was quite worn out with labor. the
younger said To the older sister: "oh
dear. wish We were both dead!" The
older sisters mouth took on grim
smile as she returned: BE stiii and
work hard. business before pleas
urc.'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27

genson smokcicss ammunition. The
contents were valued at 3i.5o0.00o.
The building was n massive structure.
three stories In height. and was erect
ed twenty years ago ut u cost OF
100000.
The exploding of the rife ammuni.
tion for two hours maintained n con.
tinuous rattle OF musketry resembling
n battle.
The firc was fought hard until the
conditions became dangerous TO life
on account of the large amount OF
ammunition In the burning building.
The building then was left to Its fate.
and all attention was devoted to saw
Ing the rest Of the plant.
The sight of the burning buIidin.
furnished spectacle to thousands OF
people who lined the bluns on both
sides Of the Mississippi. In the midst
of which the arsenal lies on bcauti'
iui island. In tho end nothing was
left Of the immense shop and all II
had contained but n mass Of glowing
Goals. The frc had burned itself out.
destroying one OF the governments q
finest htorchouSrs and q most valu'
able collection OF equipment.
Tho arsenal had been busy with
large orders recently. working 1900
men and advertising widely for ma
chinis,s TO work on rush orders re-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
Ne, the Wrong indians.

Harry wadsworth. assistant clerk
of the Senate committee on claims. lis
n great expert on Indian sign Ian
guasc. lie In credited with being
able To converse with all kinds OF red
men. Recently he wat appointed la,
dian agent for the Shoshono rcacrva.
'ion In Wyoming. e--ins n band of
ScI PcrccS Indians the o,acr day on
u steer car. on which he was also n
passenger. waiswor,h commenced to
attract their attention by his signs.
They eyed him susplciousiy. but one.
more friendly than the others. es.c'lls
ally crossed over to the new Indian
agents seat. Il am sorry" said b.
very apoloso,!caliy for n red man.
but ! never learned the sign Ian.
iuasc. ! can only speak English
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
USE OF HIS EYES.
Cuban Physician Relieves Blindness BY
use Of x.Rays.

A few months ago the world was
startled by the suggestion Of an op
timistic oeuiist tha. the blind Nigh,
be made to sec by means OF the y
rays. Now II appears tina, these san
suinc hopes have been. at amy rate
In part. fulaiicd by Dr. AHtudlilo Of
Havana.
Tho man who has been cured was
originally a rcsidcni Of Madrid. and
was suddenly stricken blind twelve
years ago. Eventually he went to
Cuba. where he came across DIR. As.
tudiilo. nm ocuiIs,. who invited him
to his house In order to sec II any.
thing could be dSnc In his case.
After treatment h" became able 10
dincrcntiatc between black and white
In the daylight. and graduaiiy to sec
and describe machinery of the appara.
tua. as well as count the flashes Of In;
candcsccn: lamps In the physicians
study.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
s,snIsy's Adven,urou. LIE.

Sir Henry ~. Stanley. tho man who
found DR.. Livingstone In central AZ.
rica little more than twenty-five
years ago. IL now CT years old. lie
came To this country In 1855. landing
rs cabin boy In New Orleans. where
a merchant adopted him. While Hcrv.
Irs as a Confederate soldier he was
taken prisoner. Then he volunteered
In the Union navy. At the close of
III. civil war he became a reporter on
the New York Herald. which was tho
making Of him. for the elder bennett
sent him on several important cspc.
diiions. notably the search for Living
stone.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
AstonIshed the Justice.

Justice OF the Peace George =. Scy.
mour eat In his Hoboken once when n
young couple catered carryin. with
them the usual and unmistakabic cyi.
icnce OF desire to be made one. Tho
Justice asked the youn. mans name.
Richard Mansneid.' was tho reply.
and his honor stared for n moment as
he reflected that the noted actor must
be much older than this would.be
bridegroom. Then he asked the girls
name. 'Mandc Adams" sh. timidiy
responded. Tn. justice nearly fell GU,
OF his chair. but recovered when In
nrb Of Hobokcn. Then he tied the
knot. pocke,cd mis- fec and kissed the
bride.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
ICICLES ON TELEGRAPH
WIRES DO MUCH DAMAGE
-LlGI4


One can hardly fully realize the
extent of damage that can be wrought
by the united efforts of drops of water.
especially when accompanied by a
freezing temperature. Telegraph wires
are often coated to considerable,
thickness with ice. and break under
the load, but a thing occurred during
n late rainstorm which linemen of the
different telegraph companies say they
never experienced before. On the Pc
oria line Of the Chicago. burlington &
Quincy, near Maquon. the ice forma.
tions on the wires were truly remark
able. An icicle easily forms at the
end of a water spout, but when tele.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
presisen, aoo.e.eirs marssman.n,p.

In connection with tho recent visit
to Washington of Bill Scwaii. the
presidents Maine guide. a story Is
told of moose hunt In which they
were companions some years ago.
They were camping In the woods and
one morning Mr.. Roosevelt saw n
moose not far from the camp. He
grabbed his rife and fired. Scwall
came running up and said: you've
got him. How did IL happen7" Why.
| aimed at his breast and hit the vital
spot. suppose" was the answer.
We'll. you done hnc. anyhow said
Bill. You shot him In the eye
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
ne. Royalty .. Protected.

Tho law Is libel. as regards royalty.
ID different from that which Affects
other people. and In this respect great.
or privileges are accorded to rci.nin.
families. ut least. by British Law. The
rule Of English law IL that ANY pub
iiea,ion i.ndin. to degrade or dcfamo''
royal families Of this or other coun.
tries may be treated a. libcis. So
long ago as 1857 Lord ocorsc Gordon
was convicted Of a libel Of this Kind
upon Marie Anioihc,tc. In 1901 Nini
was convicted Of ilbciins tho Russian
emperor. and later a frcnchman
named Pciiicr got into trouble for an
article abusing Napoleon. who was
then a prisoner on .ac island Of Eiba
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
Science Of Resuseita,ion.

They were Just concluding a series
of first aid to the injured" lessons in
one of the settlements. and the work.
er in charge thought IT might be a
good idea to have n written test.
Among other questions she wrote:
How would you restore conscious.
ness to person who had been res.
cued from drowning?" in answer to
this n maiden with an affection ftc
polysyllables wrote when the re.
suscitation of animation is complete
plump the person on barrel TIL be is
thoroughly exhausted"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27

| cciycd from the war department. Most
OF the factory capacity Is left intact.
but there Is an immense gap opened
In the stores on hand by the work OF
the flames. The new small arms plant.
equipped at n cost OF several millions
oi dollars and about ready to turn out
the new model of rifles. escaped the
flames.
Mai. S. T.. Blunt. commandant al the
arsenal. estimated the loss resulting
from the FIRE at si.165. 900 and states
that equipment sufficient to supply the
army for three years was destroyed.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
rs there was no fire in the shop. no
forge from which spark might have
fallen. while the electric current had
been turned on over three hours be.
fore the first alarm OF Hrc. In accord.
ancc with the usual custom. also. the
entire building was gone over by the
watchman and everything was seen to
be in orde. before the doors were
locked for the day.
The building burned was located
apart south o: the shop. n tbrcc.story
structure. covering about an acre Of
ground.
Reports of casualties when the
walls of the building fell precipitatcd
grand rush to the arsenal from tho
three cities and though the gates were
closed the crowd rushed across the
railroad and street car bridges or
scaled the railroad track from Fort
Armstrong avcnre and ran across lots
to the scene o. the fire.
Gen. Crozier. chief of ordnance at
Washington. received a tclegraphic re.
port from Mai. $. T.. Blunt. ordnance
department. confirming the press re.
port of the serious fire at the Rock
Island arsenal Wednesday night and
placing the loss at sl.765.o0 The re.
port stated that the fire was confined
to storchou5e a. containing quan.
tity of equipments and small arms
ammunition, but no machinery.
Gen. Crozier regrets the disaster,
but is grateful that none of the ma.
chinery of the valuable manufacturing |
plant at Rock Island was damaged. !
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27
Life Of University Men.

Someone said In the hearing of
President Hopkins of Williams college
that university men nowadays have
too many sofa pillows and other lux.
uries in their rooms. "Oh, yes, they
have their Injuries. but they have also
the antidotes." said DIR. Hopkins. II
see these signs Of luxury. but | also
see the owners Of those pillows out or
the board track every day. exercising
in disregard of the temperature. And
they are very thinly clad too. why.
they might as well be in their shirt
tails!"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-02-27

graph wire coats itself with half.
inch diameter of ice. and then delib.
crately allows about 1900 icicles. vary
ing from three to four inches in length
to form between the short stretches
which exist between the poles. tho
phenomenon is rare one. Figuring
approximately the weight supported
by one of these light wires for tho
same distance. one finds that the short
length held in suspense over 200
pounds of rain drops. They snapped
in scores of places. and hundreds of
dollars have been expended for repair
ing the broken ones. The interruption
to business Is also serious.