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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
"sEEF TRUST is souELcHED
Judge Grosscup Issues Final Restrain
ing Order

Chicago, May 26.-Judge Grosscup
in the federal court today entered the
final order in the so-called beef trust
case, restraining the packers from COM
bining to regulate trade. The order
covers all points of the previous de-
cision and is regarded as a complete
victory for the government An ap-
peal will be taken.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that propo-
sails for excavating and laying brick
foundation under school house will be
received by the undersigned at his
Office in Hiteman, Iowa, where plans
and specifications may be seen until
~ o'clock noon. June 18th, 1908, at
which time contract will be awarded
to lowest responsible bidder Board
reserves right to reject any or all bids.
T. j. Phillips, Secretary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
Reduced Rates to St. Louis.

For the thirty-frst Saengerfest of
North American Saengerbund to be
held in st. Louis June 18th to 2Otn.
the Wabash will sell round trip tickets
for one fare plus $500. Tickets. on
sale June 18th and 18th, return limit
June 22d. a. j. Packard, Agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
WILL CLOSE.
Banks and Many Business Houses Will
Observe Memorial Dav.

On May so, Memorial day, all the
banks of the city will be closed all
day and many of the business houses
will be closed in the afternoon in order
that the clerks and all in any way en-
gagged in the various business houses
may have an opportunity to attend the
exercises at the Ottumwa cemetery
and take part in the Memorial day OBJ
Seryance
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
The Farmers Of WapeIIo county

are looking with interest at the new
Whitlock cream separator, sold by w.
A. Mclntire & Co., South Ottumwa.
1t is rapidly taking the place of the
old method of handling milk and
cream and is a great labor saving de-
vice at a very moderate cost.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
The Cost Sale.

We are continuing our cost sale of all
our large stock of mems, womens and
children's shoes and have many great
bargains for everybody Call and see
them. Hale Shoe 90
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
8 NEIGHBORHCOD NEWSS
5000 oQoNQQoQQOOOOOOOQO
K.rkville

K.rkvilie
Kirkville, May 2S.-Memoria Sun
day was observed here by union ser
vices in the Presbyterian church. The
sermon was preached by Rev. d. F.
Stiles, from the words found in the
twenty-first chapter, twenty-seventh
verse of First Chronicle: And the
Lord commanded the angel, and he put
up his sword again into the sheath
thereof The sermon was intensely
interesting and just to the point.
Mrs. ~ A. Rundell and Mrs William
Aitkin, mother and sister of Mrs Peter
Lykins. have been making Mrs. Lykins
visit.
Rev Stiles and family returned this
afternoon after having attended the
revival meetings in Ottumwa.
The Degree of Honor will give a
lawn social at the home of George
Forsyth Friday evening, June 5th, 1903.
Ice cream and strawberries will be
served, Everybody invited.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
$1,000 From Chicago to Boston and
Return $1,000


via Nickel Plate Road, account meet.
ing OF Christian Scientists, June 2Sth.
July Isl. Tickets on sale June 25, 20
and ~, with open return limit of June
2S. BY depositing tickets with Joint
agent in Boston on July /, 2, 3. or a.
and payment of fee of soc, extended
limit returning until August LIST may
be obtained Stopover at Niagara
Falls, in either direction, without extra
charge. No excess FIRE charged on
any of our trains. Three trains daily.
Through vestibuled sleeping cars.
American club meals served in dining
cars on Nickel Plate Road; also meals
a la carte. Address John Y Callahan
General Agent, 113 Adams ST. Room
29s, Chicago, for reservation of sleep
ing car space and other information.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
Hazel Dell.

Hazel Dell, May 2S.--Mr and Mrs.
]. P. Hollingsworth and children Sun
dayed with c. C. Cockerill and family.
Mrs. Chas. Harlem. of Ottumwa. is
visiting relatives here this week.
Mrs. Bessie Fleming spent Sunday
with relatives in Ottuniwa.
Jas. Kennedy's barn was struck by
lightning Thursday night during the
thunder storm Some boards were
torn from the barn and all the horses
in the barn were deafened.
O. G. Truitt was caller at the Ma
rion Overturf home Tuesday.
number of the people from this
vicinity attended the circus in Ottum-
wa Tuesday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28

Always remember when you sell
your wool direct to SHERMAN Bros.
l24 3. Second street, you save middle.
mans profit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
Siaourney.


Sisourney May 2S.-Miss l.. B..
Drake of Ottumwa who has been nurs-
ing Rev. Strawn for week, returned
to Ottumwa yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Pfaff and daughter Haz-
ell. went to Oskaloosa, yesterday for
visit with friends.
Miss Della Clark who has been visit
ing her parents here left yesterday for
Des Moines.
H. G. Beard and Miss Jessie C. Lee
san of Ottumwa are visiting their cous-
in J.W.Lesan and family Mr.Beard was
a law classmate of H. F. Wagner and
H. +, Goeldner, the three graduating
together
The lightning struck the steeple of
the Christian church Tuesday, doing
quite good deal of damage. The
Methodist church got it few months
ago.
H. F. Goeldner returned Saturday
night from Oklahoma where he has
been spending couple of weeks.
S. A. James returned the other day
from Lawrence. Kans., where he has
been spending few months with his
daughter, Mrs. H. A. Seamans.
Mrs. w. F. Fritz of Marion, has been
visiting relatives and friends in Sigour-
ney.
George Dant and family have moved
into their new home recently purchas,
ed of Mr.. Arnold in the south part OF
town
VIM. Beatty, Jr., has sold the Dant
property which he recently purchased
to w. L. Bartholomew and DR.. Plan
| nebecker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sanders are
welcoming new daughter at theil
home since last week.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
Semi Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESS.

Subscribers wishing their address chang
ed VIII please give the name of the Posi-
Office TO which the paper has been sent as
we'll as the Post Office where they desire it
TO be changed to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
BIadens,,ura

Bladensburg, May 27.-The Misses
Josie, Mary and Nancy Davis visited
at S. d. Longs Sunday
Mr. and Mrs Fred Orenduff visited at
the home of John Orneduff Monday.
The social at the Christian Conner
school has been postponed until Fri
day night.
Mrs H. j. Wertz is gradually grow
ing worse.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
NORTH EnaIish.


North English, May 2S.--Mr. and
Mrs. Rolla Summit of Muscatine are
here visiting the formers mother, Mrs.
Catherine Summit.
Capt. Dillon is spending this week
at Richland with his daughter, Mrs.
Theodore Seyb
Mr.. and Mrs Perry Thomas of Sig
Quincy are visiting relatives here.
The twelfth annual commencement
of the North English high school will
occur at the M, 2. church Thursday
evening. May %, 1903. Following, on
the same evening the alumni will give
a banquet to the class OF 1908
Elmer Adams of Nebraska is here
visiting his mother, Mrs. Joseph Camp
bell, who is critically ill.
Mrs. Martha Doll is spending this
week at Parnell with her daughter,
Mrs. l.. Row.
Samuel Mayne has returned home
from Kansas City, where he spent the
past winter and spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Mason returned
home from Marengo Tuesday.
Batavia.
Batavia, May 2S.-Mr. and Mrs. G..
d. Tinsley of Corning arrived Friday
noon and made an over-Sunday visit
with relatives here and returned home
Monday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Hawthorne and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
BroadHeld of COMPETING visited at G.
B. McNiePs Sunday.
Miss Esther Lutz of Eldon, who has
| been at her home for a few days, re,
| turned to Eldon Saturday.
/ Miss Madge Wright OF Des Moines
is making her mother visit at this
place.
| Miss Mabel Newell and little broth
err, Carl, visited over Sunday with their
| grandparents in Agency.
A. NJ Vannoy of Blakesburg visited
with his sister, Mrs. G. M. Mcneil, oy-
| err Sunday
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28
Bishop Morrison,s Episcopate,

Bishop Morrison then entered into his
annual report in which he renewed the
work of the diocese for the past year. The
report was encouraging and indicated that
he had done vast and untiring work dur
Ing the time that he has been the bishop
OIL the diocese OF iowa.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01

quake. however. failed to materialiZe,
and the scared ones got heartily laugh
ed at for their pains. Nevertheless, ii
was noted at the time hat several of
the public and private clocks OF the
metropolis stopped ut precisely the
same moment on the morning in Ques-
ton. and this fact at once took on a
new and sinister significance.
'Was it possible people began to
ask. that the so called mailman was
not so very mad after all and that
London had providentially escaped
what might possibly have been Il hid
eous and unparalleled ca~tastropheT'
The so called madness of Mech
Inns clock constitutes of the most
mysterious incidents of the Napoleonic
wars. 1t happened in 1906. Two
years previously the Corsican usurper
had RACED a portion OF the city to the
ground. and the place had also suffered
severely in other ways. But the mag
nificent cathedral had been spared. and
then. as now, its massive tower rising
four square to a height of more than
500 feet and bearing four dials. each
forty-eight feet in diameter. was
of the most striking landmarks for
miles and miles around.
Inside the tower vas the gigantic
clock. the biggest in the world. 1t had
doomed the hours for longer than the
oldest burgher could remember and
had " gone wrong. When there
C1,. =, x1a 80 .1n ,wp Af N ~ np
day the great bell began changing furi-
ously small wonder that not only the
city. but the whole countryside, was
reused. Mechlin itself was like a dis
turbed hive. men rushing from their
houses half dressed. but all armed.
while from every town and village
within a radius of twenty miles angry
peasants poured cityward.
1t was a false alarm. however. after
all. No assault followed. No column
Of dust on the horizon heralded the ad-
vance Of the enemy. although anxious
eyes watched all day. But when to-
ward evening one more curious than
his fellows b%ethought him to examine
the interior of the clock tower in order
to II possible the reason Tor
the clocks strange behavior a grew
some sight met his view.
Entangled in the massive works Of
the huge timepiece, torn. gashed, every
bone broken. was the body Of a French
officer. He had evidently climbed into
the tower unobserved and had been
caught by the machinery while en-
gagged in tampering with it. What his
object was in SO doing none ever knew.
That it was something sinister there
could be no doubt. Probably he had
intended to so arrange the interior
mechanism of the clock as to cause it
to sound a signal later in the day. At
all events. whatever his plan. it mis-
carried. And he himself fell a victim
to his own temerity and want of knowi'
edge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
(First Publication. July 18Th. 1909
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SALE.

Notice is hereby given that that certain
mortgage, executed and delivered by An
drew O. Krogen, mOrtgagor, to Frank Il.
Allen. mortgage. dated the second day
of July. A.. d. 1902, was filed for record
in the office of the register of deeds Of
the county of Burleigh and state of North
Dakota on the l4th day Of July. A. d.
1902, at 5 O'Clock p. m. and recorded in
Book "A of mortgages at page j. will he
forcclosed by a sale of the premises in
such mortgage and hereinafter described
at the front door of the court house In the
-ounty of Burleigh and state of North Da-
kota at the hour Of ten O'clock a. M, on
the 3lst day of August, A. D., 1903. to
satisfy the amount due upon such mort
gage on the day of sale. The premises
described in such mortgage and which
will be sold to satisfy the same are des-
oribed as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land situate.
lying and being in the county of Burleigh.
and state of North Dakota, particularly
described as follows. to-wit: The west one
half (Wl2) of section five (sec. 81 in town
ship one hundred and forty two north Tp
az NJ of range seventy eight west Or Is
N) OF the fifth principal meridian 9th
i. Nj containing three hundred and
twenty acres of land according to the Unit
ed States Government survey (320 A. u. 5,
Gov. Sur.) There Will be due on such mort
eae at the date of sale the sum of two
hundred and fifty-five dollars Cess. Om.
FRANK b. ALLEN.
Edward s.. Allen. Attorney for Mortgagee,
Bismarck. n. d.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
FOOD. WATER AND AIR.
The Essential Things OGs of htr
Blood Is Made.

Blood Is Made
These are the things out o. Whlc-i
blood is made. If the food is uutfi-
ticus and properly cooked. if the af i
pure and full of oxygen. If the Nater
is clean and free from impurities t-e
blood Will be rich and red and fun of
vitality.
Barring physical accidents, there Is
no sickness except that depending III
rectly upon a want of food or water
or air. sometimes all three. When any
one is sick the presumption is that he
has been trying to suDSist on poor
food or Initiated air or bad water. one
or more.
In order to have good food Il person
ought to have the first eating of it
Food that has been mussed over ana
left by one person is not fit to be eaten
by another.
In order to have good air Il person
ought to have the first breathing OF It.
Air that has been breathed by other
persons is not fit 10 breathe again.
Water should be fresh frci-l some
spring or we'll. If hydrant water mus;
be used let it run Il bit. rs TIE house
pipes are apt to be of lead n moi
iron like the pipes that convey the WA
ter through the city.
Food that is relished. air that coos
and invigorates. water that is quatled
with eager thirst-these are the things
that make blood. PUT fresh air int
the lungs. good food and pure wate.
into tho stomach, and nature Will G
the rest.-MeGical Talk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
GEOGRAPHIC FIGURES.
4 Lesson In English That Was
Taught by a Chinaman.


Taught by a Chinaman.
That we have partially adopted the
Chinese method in cur written Ian
guage was a new thought to me and
II that l got from the proprietor of a
Park venue laundry when. in the nat
ural Caucasian fashion. | referred to
his written language as being very in
Serior.
John" l said, "why do your people
use those chicken tracks instead Of
having an alphabet. as we have?'
"A B c. too much trouble" he an
swered quickly. Why, you use chick
en- tracks, too. sometimes
"We don't use them" l replied.
Eyes; you use them very good. l
show you" Then he dipped his con
venient brush in the ink and made the
number "S9" on a sheet of brown pa
per. THAT name of street over there
he continued, pointing. you say
'eighty-nine;' you don't write it with
"A B c. That Chinee. One mark is
one thing-you say idea yes, idea.
You don't put down 'n-i-n-e'"-and here
his brush came into use again-"you
put down 81 That's very good Chinee.
We do that all the time
THAT is ideographic," l suggested.
eyes. English have much Telegraph
ic. All figures Geographic. See And
again he used his brush. You make
=! and ~ and You say minus plus
You don't spell with A Il c. That is a
mark for idea-ideograplic. You make
M and say Thousand That Chinese
way. Very good. | say. How hot?'
and you write '=+S1'.' All Chinese.
No a Il c. no many letters. only
marks and ideas.
"Fine way. English know some fine
Chinese ways. See! s. g. You know
them. Ideas. You say Geographic.
You make many Chinese marks-marks
foi stars, for plants. for measures, for
weights and signs for hundred and
hundred many things; same as Chi
nese. Good..'
l actually left that laundry wiser
than l entered it.-New York Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
First publication. July 81, 1907
NOTICE OF SALE OF IMPOUNDEr
CATTLE.

Notice is hereby given that those GER
cribed. which on the 25th day of July.
4. ID. 1903. were duly iihpounded In the
City Pound of the City of Bismarck.
North Dakota and which for the period Of
more than five days since same were i'm
pounded have not been claimed by the
owner thereof and the impOunding fees and
charges paid thereon. will be sold AT pub-
lie auction TO the highest bidder for cash,
at the public pound of the city of Bis
marck. North Dakota. situate on the west
side of Third street. betweed Avenue ID and
Avenue f.. on block sixty in Mckenzie and
Cofhn's addition to said city, in said city
of Bismarck. on Wednesday the fifth day
of August. A. D. 1903. at two o'clock in the
afternoon. to pay and satisfy all inn
pounding fees and charges and accruing
costs due on the day of sale. as provided by
law and the ordinances of the city of
Bismarck.
The said cattle are described as follows,
to-wit:
One red COW. dehorned, weight about 9O(
yearline steer, branded inverted seven On OF
left shoulder, side and hip:2 spotted y%eaIline
heifers. one with horns, both branded with al
inverted seven(T) on left shoulder. side and hip
four red y~earling heifers. branded with an in
eerted seven, % on left shoulder, side and hip
There is now due upon each of said
cattle the sum of $3.50. and in the aggre-
gate the sum Of s4i.0o. besides cost OF
publication.
Dated July 81, 1908.
JOHN C.. RITCHEY,
Chief of Police,
PiSmarck. North Dakota
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
CATHEDRAL CLOCK FREAKS
PecuIiarities of the Timepieces in the
British House OF Lords-The Madness
of MeChlin'S Clock.

There Is an old saw which declares
that when clocks go crazy, ,hings 20
daft"
At > a. IN. on Sept. %, 1860. the
world famous clock in the great cathe-
dral at Strassburg commenced to chime
without rhyme or reason. 1t sounded
1870 peals, tLen stopped, and after an
interval slowly began to toll as if for
n great one dead.
The political atmosphere of Europe
at that time was Indicative of pro
found peace. Nothing of danger or dis
grace could by any possibility be con
ceived of as threatening Strassburg or
its inhabitants. Yet less than Il year
afterward the German armies had en-
circled the city with a ring of steel and
fire. The German shells were falling
thickly in her streets and squares and
exploding even within the precincts
Of the stately cathedral itself. And
precisely ut > a. N. Sept. -. 1870. GEN
eral Uhrich signed the equalization
which was to deliver Strassburg into
the hands of the invaders.
In the house of lords is Il certain his
torical timepiece which is said to in
variably suffer from temporary aber-
ration whenever a member of the royal
family of Britain passes away. The
popularity was first noticed when Will
liam ". died. Very early in the morn
ing the clock began to emit a selies OF
peculiar gurgling noises, as though
gasping for breath, went suddenly
slow and finally stopped altogether.
All efforts to start it failed. and on the
evening of the day of the funeral it
restarted of its W accord. nor did it
give any further trouble whatever for
many years afterward.
1t has over and over again beef no.
ticed hat clocks. especially those sit
uated in the turrets of high buildings
having unusually deep foundations, are
liable to go wrong in sympathy with
seismic disturbances happening in dis
tricts sometimes very far away.
On Nov. l. 1905. for instance. fully
half the timepieces in Edinburgh were
affected. Many stopped altogether.
Others went slow or fast or started
striking wrongly. In this the supersti-
tious saw some calamity impending.
and it was not until news arrived of
the great Lisbon earthquake that the
alarm was allayed. 1t was then discOv-
cred. by comparing times and dates,
that the first shock must have Travelled
from Fee in Morocco to Cape Wrath
in less than eight seconds.
A curious coincident vas then recall.
ed. On the evening of April 4. exactly
five years previously, several thou
sands of persons. particularly those OF
rank and fortune. had camped out III
Hyde park and had thus passed the
hours from dusk till daylight.
This was to avoid IN earthquake
shock which had been predicted fol
the early morning of the 9Th by an al
legged 'madman." The threatened
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
Nioht Was Her Terror.

Il would cough nearly all night
long writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of
Alexandria, Ind, land could hardly
get any sleep. | had consumption so
bad that if l walked a block l would
when all other medicines failed, three
S1.00 bottles of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery wholly cured me and l gained
So pounds" It's absolutely guaran'
teed to cure Coughs. Colds, La Grippe
Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung
Troubles. Price soc. and S1.O0. Tria'
bottles free at P. c. Remington's drug
store.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
A Trick With nn Egg.

Place two Y shaped wincglasses Of
the same size near the edge of 4 table.
In the right hand m put an egg. Just
fitting the rim of the glass. Hold tho
bases of the glasses firmly down. the
top rims touching each other. Now,
with Il quick. sharp breath. blow upon
meet. The egg will jump to the other
glass. With a little practice this can
be done every time. Be careful TO
blow in a line with the left hand glass,
or the egg will jump in the wrong di-
rection and land on the table with dis
astrous results.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01
GOLD CANNON BALLS.
The Jungle Hidden Treasure Of an
East Indian Princess.

ts9ht lnul0n iFInceSS.
Not long ago an old peasant was
wandering in the jungle about half a
mile from the city of A~hmadnager. in
India, when he found a round ball of
metal. 1t was black and looked like
an old iron round shot. but when the
its immense weight. He carried it
home and found on scratching it that
II was Il lump of solid gold. 1t weighed
eight pounds and its sale made the
finder rich for life.
There are many more of these can
non balls, each worth a small fortune.
lying hid or buried in the recesses of
this jungle. and their story is a curious
one. At the end of the sixteenth cen
fury Akbar. The greatest emperor Hin
dustan ever saw. was at the height
of his glory. At the head of his con-
quering army he summoned Ahmad-
mayer to surrender. The city and its
rich treasure were then under the rule
of the Princess Cande. Knowing that
resistance could be but short. and in
bitter rage against the oppressor. she
caused all the reasure of gold and
silver to be melted down. She cast
the metal into cannon balls and en-
graved upon each maledictions against
the conqueror. These were fired into
the jungle and when Akbar entered
the city, instead Of the rich hoard he
had hoped 10 win, he found a treasury
absolutely empty.
That this is not the only occasion
upon which cannon balls of gold have
been cast is proved by the fact that in
the treasury OF the shah Of Persia
there may be seen in the same room
where stands the famous peacock
throne tive small globular projectiles
Of gold. They were estimated by a re-
cent visitor to weigh about thirty-one
pounds each and are roughly made
Their origin or purpose is. however
totally forgotten. It Is only known
that they are very old.-Chicago Chron
icle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-01

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on August 1st to 14th, inclusive,
sell tickets to San Francisco. Cal, at
greatly reduced rates. For full infor-
nation apply to any Crest Western
Agent or ]. p. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago