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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-16
Fatal TRAGEDY.
Shooting at Denlson May Result i
TWO Deaths.

Denison, Ia, June 13.-W. A. Por-
ter attempted to shoot his son-in-law
last evening. His wife interfered and
in the scuffie she was probably fatally
shot. Porter himself will die.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-16
Calls 1t Slavery.
CLEVELAND DECLINES OFFER
Presidency of the University of Vii
uinia is rendered Him,

Princeton. N j., June 13.-Ex-Pres.
ident Cleveland has been offered the
presidency of the University of Vir.
ginia, but does not sec his way clear
to accept the proposition. When seen
last night he said:
81 should be utterly unable to &C.
cept such a proposition"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-16
TO
ARBlTRATE

Chicago, June 13.-An offer on the
part of the National Civic Federation
today to arbitrate the differences be-
tween the hotel proprietors and their
walters and cooks was refused by the
latter. The strikers declare that ar
bitration would be accepted only as
last resort. The more affected no
tells served breakfast and dinner to
their guests today with varying degrees
of success. The non-union men and a
small portion of the help that remained
loyal enabled them to serve the
guests. Many business men brought
lunches from home today fearing that
the walters strike would extend to
the restaurants, to which the striking
hotel employees are now turning their
attention.
Calls 1t Slavery.
Chicago, June 13.-Sixteen strikers
alleged to have violated the injunction
obtained by the Kellogg Switchboard
Co., today were fined $40 each in Judge
Hol,,om's court. For a corporation to
be compelled to contract with union
and to have in its employ only union
men," the decision says, SIS a species
of Slavery and is unlawful" The case
will BE- appealed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-16
ITALIAN MINISTER'S
TENDER RESERVATIONS
STEAMER WRECKED.
The Norwegian Goes Ashore On New
foundiand Coast.

u 4 Il y So *s - s. =
st. Johns, N. F., June 1s.-The =
y Allan line steamer, Norwegian, y
with a general cargo and cattle :
went ashore at codroy today. She =
will probably be total wreck.
y \ y $50 So = /.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
TRAFFIC ALL TIED UP.
The Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Railroads Tied Up by Wash
outs and LandsIides.

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 5-There was
nothing doing on the Northern Pacific
Sunday, not train leaving the city,
and the railroad officials are unable
to make any definite statement as to
thief uture. The chinook still prevails
and water is pouring down the Cas-
cades in torrents. At Martin, on the
east side of the tunnel, there is
washout of nearly three hundred feet,
while several places between the tun-
mel and Ellensburg are under water.
To sum up the difficulty the North
ern Pacific is now struggling with,
there are five washouts on the main
line between Castle Rock and kelso.
There are innumerable slides all the
way from Cosmopolis to the terminus
on the Grays Harbor branch. The
Auburn cutoff is under water for
one mile. Nearly mile of track is
gone in one place on Green river.
Five or six other mine washouts are
reported between Lester and Palmer.
The big washout at Martin is followed
by succession of washouts and land
Slides all the way to Ellenshnrg. The
South Bend branch is under water
and covered with slides from Wiilapa-
pot terminus. The company has two
passenger trains tied up at haywood
and are taking the best care possible
of the passengers.
There are slides ahead and wash
outs behind, and arrangements are
made to get supplies to trains. There
is no way to get the passengers out
at present, owing to the washing out
of all the road bridges in that sec
ton. Not a county road can be fol-
lowed a single mile in any direction.
One passenger train is bound up at
Lester, where the passengers are also
being cared for by the railroad
No communication is possible either
way until the water shall have abated.
The Great Northern is in an exact
ly similar predicament. The first ef-
fects of the chinook were to again
carry away the bridge at Meadows
creek. Trains were then directed
over the Northern Pacific, but before
they could be dispatched east the
Northern Pacific also was blocked, as
stated.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
The End Of the Present Year Will
See All Of the Buildings Ready
for Exhibits
THE LAGOON WORK NEARLY FINISHED.
Foreign Governments Showing In
creased Activity ina Arranging for
Displays, and Several are Dis
posed to Enlarge Upon Original
Plans, Notably France.

St. Louis, Jan. 4.-The Globe-Dem-
ocrat, commenting editorially on the
progress manifest in the preparation
for the Louisiana Purchase centen-
nial exposition. says:
"It is stated on official authority
that the physical features of the
Worlds fair will be completed by the
end of the present year, and be ready
then for the exhibits, with four
months for interior preparation. Con-
tracts have been let for nine main
structures, which include the build
ings to be devoted to art, varied in
dustries, machinery, electricity, edu-
cation, social economy, manufac-
lures, liberal arts, mines and metal
lurgy. Contracts have also been made
for the architectural terrace for the
state exhibits, and for the hanging
gardens and Cascade hill. The lagoon
work is nearly finished. Drawings
for the agricultural and the horticul-
tural building are ready. Several of
the principal buildings are nearly
completed, and all must be done by
December 1 next, or the contractors
forfeit $500 a day. Foreign govern
ments are active in arranging for
their displays. They are disposed to
enlarge the original plans, France
just having sent word that it will re-
produce the Grand Trianon instead
of the Petit Trianon.
''The commissions in charge of the
state exhibits are moving vigorously.
Director of Works Taylor says that
from designs submitted,it is apparent
that the structures to be put up by
the states will surpass anything here
tofore undertaken by individual
states,' and he is sure that all can be
erected in one season. He estimates
that the physical features Of the fair
are from 25 to 80 per cent finished.
Word comes from Oregon that the
state will spend $4,000 on it's exhibit.
The Pennsylvania legislature will
make a large appropriation without
delay. States that they had not de-
cided to participate are swinging into
line. The many governors inaugural
ed this month cover the fair period
with their administration, and will
have to do great deal of explaining
If their states are unrepresented at a
national celebration and the largest
and most splendid of international
expositions, They will not do. their
states or themselves justice if they
fail to join the big procession that
will be historical"
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
WORLDS FAIR FINANCES.
Gratifying Showing Made by the
Treasurer of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co.

St. Louis, Jan. 5.-According to q
statement prepared by the treasurer
25,071 shares of stock in the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co. had been
paid~,in full up to the close of the
offices December 81, 1902. These are
record-breaking figures in exposition
finances The last payment of stock
S not actually due until September,
1903, but 2,068 subscribers to the
stock have paid in full. Certificates
are still being issued for full paid
stock as rapidly as the clerks in the
treasurer's Office can get them out.
The payment on the capital stock
during the month of December just
closed aggregates $131,542.
The shares are issued in five series
"A, B, G, D and e. A certificates
are for single shares; the B series,
two shares; the c series, five shares;
the D series, ten shares, and the e
series, over ten shares. The A leads
in the number of certificates issued,
being nearly five hundred. The E
series comes next with nearly four
hundred certificates out.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
ARMY OFFICER EXONERATED.
Mai, Ayers Condemned for Making
Unfounded and Improper AsseT-
tfons Agaizst a Brother officer.

Leavenworth, Kas., Jan. 5.-The
court of inquiry appointed by Maj
Gen.John C. Bates, commander of the
department of the Missouri, to inves-
tigate certain allegations and charges
against Capt. Malvern-Hill Barnum,
Eighth cavalry, has completed re-
port entirely generating Capt. Bar
mum. In addition to approving the
findings of the board, Maj.-Gen. Bates
condemns Maj. Ayers for making un-
founded and improper assertions, and
says his action is highly unmilitary
and harmful to the service.
The trouble arose during the fall
maneuvers at Fort Riley, when Maj.
Ayers was commanding the Eighth
cavalry squadron with which Capt.
Barnum was serving. The charges
concerned the issue of passes, and on
passing upon them the court says:
"The court is of the opinion that
Maj Ayers in making these asser-
tions was hasty and intemperate, and
while not imputing to him any inten-
ton of making false statement, the
assertions made and reiterated by
him were misleading, inaccurate and
unwarranted."
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
WATER IN THE BEDS.
White River OyerfIOws It's Banks
Near Seattle, Wash.

Seattle. Wash, Jan. 5.-White rive
overfowed it's banks near OBriel
station, IA miles below Seattle, at
three o'clock Sunday morning. The
people of the town were awakened in
many places by water creeping into
their beds. A relief train was ordered
from Seattle, and on arriving with
boats the rescuing party found sew
eral families, the women and children
of which were huddled on chairs and
tables in order to keep from the wa
ter that was more than two feet deep
Oh the floor. All persons were taken
to places of safety. No lives are re-
ported lost, but much property has
been ruined or lost. Not since 1869
has there been such floods in the
the White river valley. The present
one was caused by the recent nine
days rain and the chinook winds,
which melted the heavy SHOWS in
the Cascade mountains.
Announcement was made Sunday
by the Great Northern that the Madi-
son bridge would be repaired Mon
day evening and the first break in the
traffic blockade would be made dur
ing the night by the arrival of an
overland train. 1t will carry four
days. mail.
There is no telling when the North
ern Pacific main line will be open, but
probably not for several days. Sum
day night the Portland division was
cleared and the first train in two
days came in from the south. All the
coast lines from Seattle north, with
the exception of the Whatcom line,
have been cleared
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
Personal AND POLITICAL.

King Edward VII. of Great Britain
and Ireland was officially proclaimed
emperor of India at the durbar at
Delhi, on the 1st.
New Years reception by President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White
House in Washington, was very
brilliant affair. The callers numbered
about 1000 persons.
Senator George G. Vest, of Missou-
ri, in a published signed statement
insists that he is not a candidate for
reelection by the Missouri legisla-
ture, and that any mention OF his
name is without his consent and over
his protest.
Rev. J. 3. McMichael, for 20 years
president of Monmouth college, Mon
mouth, Ill, fell dead in his pulpit in
Presbyterian church near Aenla, O.,
on December 81.
Austin H. Brown, a prominent citi-
zen of indianapolis, Ind, and brother
of Rear-Admiral George Brown, U.
S. n, died an the 1st.
The wedding of Miss Marion Cock
rell, daughter of Senator Cockrell, OF
Missouri, to Mr.. E. T. Gallaudet, OF
Washington, is set for February IA.
On the I'd J. n. Castle, former
congressman, was found dead of
heart disease at his home in StillWa-
ter, MINI.
The interment of the remains Of
Mrs. Mary E. Dockery, wife of Mis-
souri's governor, took place in the
cemetery at Chillicothe, Mo-, on the
Cd, close beside those of seven of her
children.
The Pacific submarine cable was
completed to Honolulu, on the night
of the 1st, and Gov. Dole sent mes
sage to President Roosevelt an
nouncing' the opening and extending
greetings from the people of Hawaii.
On the I'd Clara Ware, deaf-mute,
who was never known to have uttered
a word from her birth, died in Madi-
son county, Mississippi. A few hours
before her death speech came to her
and she called on members OF the fam
lily to come to her.
Howard Gould and party, on the
steam yacht Niagara, passed Gibral-
tar, on the Cd.
The estate of the late Bret Hart,
on which letters of administration
were granted in London, on the I'd, is
valued at $1,S00.
Grief over the death of her hus-
band, who fell from wagon and
broke his neck, impelled Mrs. Eliza
beth Gleich, of ST. Louis, to drown
herself in cistern, on the I'd.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
SOUVENIR GOLD DOLLARS.
jewelers. Deyising Carriers for the
Louisiana Purchase Centen-
NAL Gold Dollars.

st. Louis, Jan. 5.-The jewelers. in
various parts of the country have de-
vised means for using the Louisiana
Purchase souvenir gold dollar for an
ornament without injuring its legal
tender value. A number of St. Louis
jewelers. lead the way in this. The
coin is placed between two glass
lenses sufficiently conolye on the side
next the coin to allow space for the
coin and sufficiently convex on the
other side to magnify the coin a
trife. The two lenses are held to-
gether by loop of gold carrying a
staple by which it may be attached
to watch guards, watch chains, brace.
lets, etc.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the 1st fire in the basement of
the capitol building at Jefferson City,
Mo-, burned some records of the land
department, but otherwise did little
damage.
Henry Hagner, who went to Inde-
pendence, Kas., on December 81, to be
married the next day, was attacked
and fatally wounded by footpads
early New Years morning.
On the I'd, during the naval ma
neuvers in Philippine waters, En-
sign Babcock and part of his boats
crew were upset from their boat, but
swan a mile through shark-infested
waters, and successfully accomplished
their object of placing countermine
buoys near Subig bay.
On the I'd the village of Woodruff,
in Mclean county, ILL.,, was destroyed
by fire.
On the I'd I. o. Williams, alleged to
have altered and forged money orders
in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kansas,
was arrested by post Office inspectors
at Lima, o.
The American Association for the
Advancement of Science will hold it's
next meeting in st. Louis, from De-
cember 28, 1908, to January 2, 1904.
AS the outcome of a drunken brawl
at Santiago, Cuba, on the Cd, between
seven Italians, two of them were
killed instantly, two died in the hos
pital, one was fatally and one serious
ly wounded.
The officials of the Pacific Cable Co.
say they will have the cable completed
to Manila by the Fourth of July.
On the I'd the roof of an aban-
doned coal mine under the city of
0lyphant, Pa, gave way, and engulfed
a hotel and three other buildings cov-
ering a ground space of 6,d00 square
feet, but the alarm had been given in
time to allow everybody to escape.
On the I'd Deputy Marshal Sorrels
was shot and instantly killed and two
other deputies wounded by an un-
known man whom they attempted to
arrest at Coal Creek, 1. T.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Nothing in modern diplomacy has
so struck the minds of European peo-
Piles as the events of the last couple
of weeks. There is no sign of any
outcry, but the demonstration is re-
garded as absolute that any Euro
pean government seeking to use force
on either American continent must
hereafter reckon on the inevitable cir
cumstances that the government at
Washington will effectively decide
just how far such force snail go, if
it permits it at all.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Apparently, the construction of
new railroads and the extension of
old ones has added something like
5000 miles of main track to the
lines of the United States in
the year 1902. This will bring the to-
tai mileage of the country up to
about 205,O0O. No other grand ,divi-
sion OF the earth's surface can show
any such figures as these. Europe
has several times the population of
the United States, but she falls con-
siderably short of this country in
railroads.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Gen. Wood, Americas latest gov
ernor general of Cuba, has just given
a little piece of information as to
the United States work in that island
which should make every citizen of
this country proud. According to the
general, there has not been a case of
yellow fever in the east end of Cuba
for three years past, and none in Ha-
vana for more than year. The lat
ter fact is rendered especially impor-
tant by the statement that this dis
ease "had never before been absent
from Havana for single day for 17O
years"
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Rudyard Kipling is not a diplomat,
but he knows intuitively the feeling
of the English masses, and has ex-
pressed it bluntly. The English peo-
pie dislike entangling alliances with
the continent and prefer to depend
upon the loyalty of the colonies, as
demonstrated in the Boer war, and
cultivate The friendliest possible re-
latiOns with the United States.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

The Indiana inventor who an"
nounces that he has discovered new
fuel by saturating mud with certain
chemicals can be reasonably sure that
the main ingredient will not be corr
nered. He should, however, make it
commercially available.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Almost the entire country has been
laid under the influence of extreme
cold, ranging as low as 40 below zero.
A few days of such weather is cal
culated to teach the nation what are
the actual, painful consequences of
trust-ownership of coal mines.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

ger can be averted:
CASE NO. 15,741.-Rev. Jacob D.
Van Doren, of 81 Sixth Street, Fond
du Lac, Wis, Presbyterian clergy
man, says: ga man or woman who
has never had kidney complaint or
any of the little ills consequent upon
irritated or inactive kidneys knows
very little about what prolonged suf-
fering is. had attacks which kept
me in the house for days at time,
unable to do anything, and to ex-
press what I suffered can hardly be
adequately done in ordinary Anglo
Saxon. AS time passed, complica-
tions set in, the particulars of which
I will be pleased to give in personal
interview to any one who requires
information. I used plenty of rem
edies, and, ever on the outlook for
something that might check or BEN
eft my condition, began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills. This can con-
scientiously say, Doan's Kidney Pills
caused general improvement in my
health. They brought great relief
by lessening the pain and correcting
the action of the kidney secretions."
S A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured the Rev.
Jacob Van Doren will be mailed on
application to any part of the United
States. Address Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all drug
gists, price so cents per box
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
THE WOEFUL WHEEL.
George Thought He Was Doing Hs@
Duty, But 1t Was Labor
LoEt.

A young man in cricket shirt and straw
hat was wheeling baby carriage backward
and forward along the pavement IN front
OF a small house in Westgate-on-Sea.
The hot afternoon sun poured pltllessly
down upon him, and he was angry as any
man in the. neignborhood, relates the
Manchester Guardian.
My DEAR" came a voice from the up
per window of the house.
''Let me alone, can't you?' ne shrieked
back, and went on wheeling and mopping
his face.
An hour later the same voice came from
the window in earnest, pleading tones:
George, dear!"
"Well, what on earth do you want?".
he shouted. Have the water pipes
burst?"
''No, George, DEAR" walled the voice,
"the water pipes are all right, but you've
been wheeling Amy's doll all the afternoon.
Hadn't you better let baby have turn
now"
The scandal business is usually conducted
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Brockville, a Canadian town on the
St. Lawrence, has cash surplus and
proposes to invest it in municipality
owned opera house. The opera house
on the first floor of the city hall be-
longing to 0gdensburg, N. Y, sup
ports the building, and is gradually
paying off the original cost.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Since girls have generally read the
story about the Milwaukee girl who
has received $4,000 for being kind to
a sick man on a train, better buy a
railroad ticket if you feel ailing and
you can bankk on receiving consider
ate attention.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

The Pittsburgh street railway COM
pany recently distributed $4,000
among motormen and conductors ac-
cording to their record of careful
avoidance of accidents during the six
months ending November 80. Four
fifths of the force shared in the gift.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Sweden and Norway have jointly
built a railroad reaching 1870 miles
into the Arctic circle. The object is
to tap and utilize an immense deposit
of iron ore. Mineral riches in the
north are helping to solve the polar
problem.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

The principal of the Syracuse high
school having threatened to remove
the mirrors from the dressing rooms
because too much time is devoted to
their study, has been petitioned by
the girls to look into the difficulties
Of a pompadour and judge of the
true nature of the emergency.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

Because Galusha A. Grow retires
from congress, it does rot follow that
he will cease to dish out the history
of the country during the past fifty
years. What the old statesman does
not know touching the doings of con-
gress during all those years would
hardly be worth telling.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
A LURKING DANGER.

There is a lurking
danger in the aching
back.
The aches and pains
of the back tell of
kidneys overworked.
Go to the Kidneys
a S S i S t a n c e when
backache pains warn
you.
A kidney warning
should be promptly
needed for dangerous
diabetes Bright's
disease-are only q
step away.
Read how the dam
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09
u5 MRS. Enlf1lOflS, saved from BS
an operation for Oyaritis, tells
how she was cured by Lydia E.
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Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

The most remarkable year in the
business history of the country has
just closed. The new year may sur
pass it. We shall, however, be thank
full if the record of the old year can
be equaled by that of the new.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

There are really only so,ooo,ooo
people in the United States, but they
began to look like s00,000,000 to Ger
many and England when they turned
their indignant faces toward Vene-
zuela.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-09

The scandal business is usually conducted
by retail.-Chicago journal
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-22
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

SUNDAY WINTER SCHEDULE
Effective Sept. 20, 1908.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE,
Between Isle of Hope and Fortieth st.