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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08
LABOR NOTES
Extensive Preparations for La
Dor Day Celebration
Clerks Preparing to Maintain Bush
ness Agent.

Labor day is less than month away
and oil the local unions are preparing
for the biggest celebration in the his
tory of the place. The white people
will have their celebration at La Belle
park and the colored people at Row.
landtown.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Metropolis, ILL.,, is growing rapidly,
and the railroad business for the past
year. according to the official figures.
showed an increase of $1,000 in
freight business, and one of $500 in
passenger business. The total freight
business was sos, 800, and the psssen-
ger $l2,500
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

MIR. Finis Fields, foreman of the
local |. G. wrecking crew, who is Sc
riou.ly i'll of typhoid fever, is report
I'd no better today. He is in . precs,
rious condition and no one is permit
ed to his room, so serious is bis condi-
ton.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Mr.. II. A. Peter has let the con-
tract to Mr.. George Ross for two
frame dwellings at Third and Tennes-
see streets, to cost about $500 each.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

DIR. Edward Young of this city, has
gone to Mssssc TO form . partnership
with DR.. l.. S. Graham, to practice
medicine.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Clearings this week were 1874, Alb
Same week last year, $40, 727
Increase, als. $50
Business has been generally good in
Paducah, both wholesale and retail.
There is prospect of early improve.
ment, however.
Mr.. ]. f. English, the we'll known
broker, has sold his business to Mr.. ID.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08
NOT A GIFT.

"She has the fatal gift of beauty. u
"Oh, it's not a gift"
"No?"
mot IN her case. It's purchase. ,
Chicago Post.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

quite.a rush, Especially when cooler
weather arrives, and work will have
to be pushed to be finished by winter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Fireman ". ]. Rough, who runs on
the Louisville division of the |. O.,
was injured yesterday afternoon at
Scottsburg by being struck by a mail
crane. Rough was leaning out of his
window when the crane struck. His
nose was broken and he was bruised
and cut about the face He is now at
the railroad hospital here under treat
ment.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

The Roundway company, composed
of officials of the Illinois Central rail
road. yesterday purchased the timber
of 10, 700 acres of land near Mattsen,
Coahoma county, Miss, where . fac
tory for making wheels will be estab-
lished
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Contractor James Rouse, of this
city, has just completed handsome
residence for MIR. T. Z. Butler at
Smithland.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Miss Bess Harrison, of Mauldiu.
Mo-, went to Union City today after &
visit to the Misses Puryear.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Work is progressing slowly on the
various buildings and improvements
Throughout the city, but there will be
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Steamboat toiler and hull inspectors
O. A. Stock ham n q. NJ. Green, OF
Nashville. were in the city today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08
DEATH AT ELKTON.

Elkton, Aug. s-Mrs. Judge Willis
l.. Reeves died last night from q com
plication after long illness.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08
TO CARRY THE MAILS
Government Inspector Goes
Over New Cairo Division.
Mails Will be Carried Over New Road
A Wreck Prevented at
Fulton.
OTHER LATE RAILROAD NOTES

Special Route Inspector Johnson OF
the Sixth railway mail division ar,
rived last evening from Chicago for
the purpose of inspecting the new
Cairo division Of the Illinois Central.
One of the first things to be done
upon opening a new road is to estab.
lish a railway mail service on it. At
present there are four or five post
offices along the line, Heath, Maxon's,
Woodville and Barlow, aud as there
are quite number of towns along the
route that are large enough it 10 prob
able that postollices will be establish
ed there at once
Inspector johnson will have to go
over the division on an engine, stop at
every station and investigate the post
office facilities if there are any. and
where there are postotiices interview
the postmasters and some of the in
habitants and, in short, to get up all
information that will be of service to
the postoffice department in establish
ing a mail division on the new road
and distributing the mail.
Inspector johnson will be sent out
on an engine to make the trip today
and it is probable that the mail ser.
vice on the new road will begin al
soon as the government can arrange
for il.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Illinois Central stock is this month
quote to officials and employees at
5I30.25.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-08-08

Yesterdays Fulton Leader gives the
following account of how fast the train
which passed through Paducah for
Memphis, was saved in the yards
there:
Jim Morris, a young ~Fulton boy
who Is connected with the Illinois
Central railroad here, prevented . pro-
bable serious wreck last night between
two fast passenger trains No. 8 from
Memphis and No. from Louisville
are due here about the same time.
The Louisville train goes down the
track south to Walnut street crossing
at Lake street and backs up to the de-
pot Last night they both arrived ut
the same time and were both running
at full speed. Morris saw that a
collision would occur if one of the
trains was not tagged. He had no
lantern and could find no one with .
lantern and as the Memphis train was
coming in he jerked switch light
from a switch and ran down the track
near the Tennessee crossing and
tagged No. s, thus preventing a Sc
rious wreck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
IsTHMus DECLARES lNDEPEND-
ENcE OF COLOMBIAN GOV
EMINENT.
WARsHIP SHELLS CITY
United States Minister Protests
Against Bombardment- Authorities
in Panama Asks American Recosni-
ashinston Officials Confer.

Panama, Nov. "a proclamation OF
the independence of the isthmus was
formally made at 8 o'clock yester-
day afternoon in the pres
ence OF the revolutionary jun
ia, which has charge OF the
government cabinet and municipal
council. No bloodshed resulted from
the revolutionary movement, which is
supported by people OF the highest in
telligence and wealth at Panama as
well as by the troops. The cause OF
the revolution is the result of the ac-
ton of the Colombian congress in re-
jecting the canal treaty.
Gunboat' Smelling City.
Washington, Nov. 5.-Consul Ehr-
man. at Panama, cables the state de-
partment that the Colombian warsnip
Rogota shelled the city and that eleven
Cinnamon have been killed. Ehrman
has been instructed to protest against
the bombardment.
May Seize Gunboat.
If the consul's protest is not sufh-
cient, the commander of the cruiser
Boston, which is on the way to Pana-
ma, will promptly seize the Colombian
gunboat, if necessary to stop the bonn
bardment. The bombardment is IN
violation of all the rules of war, be-
ginning, as it did, without the required
notice. Moreover this government
takes the ground that it certainly in
terferes with freedom.
Wants Recognition.
The government yesterday received a
cablegram from Panama requesting
that it recognize the new government.
| Officials here are yet in ignorance as
to what the new government consists
of having taken no action on the re-
quest.
Conference at the White House.
Upon the receipt of this information
Tuesday night President Roosevelt
held 6. conference at the White House
with q number of department officials.
Shortly thereafter orders We're issued
from the navy department for a num-
Der of war vessels to proceed to the
isthmus.
May Change Plans.
This information from Panama may
change the canal situation as it is
generally believed that the rejection OF
the treaty by the Colombian congress
caused the uprising, though none of
the officials will so admit.
| Troops Not Allowed Transportation.
! Colon, Nov. Sit is reported that
| Commander Hubbard of the gunboat
| Nashville has notified the project of
the Colon and Panama railroad officials
that no troops from either end of the
isthmus will be allowed transportation
on the railroad.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate transfers furnished by
Lowenberg & Co., real estate agents.
107 South Court street.
& d. Tt. Ranbo and wife to John Shock,
part lots II and is, First addition, Chill
licothe, $TS5.
L. Guggerty and wife to Martha j..
Tullis, part lot 4, O'Brien & Guggerty
addition to Ottumwa, 81, and ex-
change.
Martha J. Tullis to L. Guggerty, part
lot /, Major northwestern addition to
Ottumwa, 81 and exchange.
Thomas Lenhart and wife to Joseph
Mcbride, lot SO, Norton addition to OF
tumwa, $500.
II. Nj. Shaw ct al to Jas. NJ. Hem
mersley, undivided interest i'll part
southwest quarter southwest quarter,
section 1O-72-12, $1,ST5.
VIM. Parker to JAS. n. Hammersley,
undivided interest in same, S7S.12.
Martha Guard Parker to Jas. H /.
Hamersley, interest in same, S156.25.
Philip Stuber to Mrs Russell Fish
lots and 2, block "a, Eddyville, $3.50
Fannie A. Gaylord and Ella M. to
A Coyle, lot 1, block IL, West Ottum-
wa, $500
Helen A. GAYLORD and husband, w
f., to Albert Doyle, lot 4, block 11,West
Ottumwa, $1,000.
"A. b. Williams to John w. Healy
lot SO. A. H. Hammond second addi-
ton, Ottumwa, $500.
Annie c. LaEoree and husband, B.
D.. to I. N. Mast, undivided interest
Aud. lot 49, southwest quarter north
west quarter, section 24-72-14, 81 and
exchange.
Philip Duffy and wife to Peter San
chez, part Aud. lot 25 northwest quar-
ter section 24-72-14, $40.
Clara A. Graves ct al to Blanche
Campbell, undivided interest part sec.
ton 1472-14, 81.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07

A. w. Lee, postmaster of Ottumwa,
will in a few days tender his resigna-
ton as postmaster in favor of the pre-
sent efficient deputy postmaster. Fred
w. Wilson. The latter's term of SER
vice will be four years, two and one
half of which are of the unexpired
term of Mr.. Lee. This action ON the
part OF Mr.. Lee is the result of desire
to devote his entire time and effort to
the large and rapidly increasing news
paper publishing business with which
he is associated. Mr.. Lee is not only
editor OF the Courier, but is president
of the Lee Syndicate of Iowa Evening
Newspapers, comprising the Davenport
Times, the Muscatine Journal and the
Ottumwa Courier. The business of
these three papers aggregates today
probably the largest newspaper bust
nesssin the state and the opportunities
for further development and extension
are exceedingly promising
Fred w. Wilson, the present deputy
postmaster, in whose favor Mr.. Lees
resignation will be made, is splendidly
qualified for the position and will give
to the people of Ottumwa an excep-
tionally good postal administration 1t
is conceded that his promotion to the
position of postmaster, which is in
the line of civil service, with four
/ year appointment will be received with
satisfaction and approval by the repub-
licans of Ottumwa and the business
public.
| Annual Receipts Increased From $751;
92o to 1856.
During Mr.. Lees incumbency, cover
| ain CIV
| ceipts of the postoffice have
increased from S37,92O to $751;.
956 and the service has been great
/ ly extended. Three additional city car
riers have been added, one being ex-
clusively for the South Side; the mum
Der of clerks has been increased, sew.
en- rural routes have been establish
4 ed, the Office has been opened for bus.
mess in the evening UP to IL o'clock
1 enabling the public not only to get
their mail, but to transact money or
der business, buy stamps and postal
| supplies and register letters. Ottum-
wa was the third city in the United
States to secure the great convenience
of the street car collection system and
1 this city has been given the best postal
facilities that could be had No COM
| plant, however trivial, has been allow
ed to go uninvestigated and every sug-
/ gestion for the betterment Of the SER
4 vice has been carefully considered and
acted upon if possible.
TWO Sub-Stations Established.
Two sub-stations have been estab-
/ lished for the sale of stamps and sup
plies and the transaction of money or.
der and registry business. These sta
lions are No. 1, located in J. Trenne.
mans store near the packing house
and Riverview station, located in the
store of l.. H. Hughes, in Riverview ad.
dition. In securing these extensions
and improvements in the service
Congressman Lacey, has given his
hearty cooperation and assistance
/ without which much that has been
1 done here for the public in the way oil
increased postal facilities, could not
have been had.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
The Stockman's Column
oOOOCOOoOO OOOOOOOOc
"New" HOG Cholera.

During the course of the investiga-
tons concerning hog cholera which
have been carried on by the biochennic
division of the bureau of animal in
dustry at Washington, D. c., certain
outbreaks OF that disease were met
with which apparently were not pro-
iduced by the hog cholera or the swine
plague bacilli. The disease was highly
contagious and fatal to a large pro-
portion of the hogs which We're at
tackled. These observations, which
We're inexplicable previous to the re-
searches herein recorded, together with
the great variations in physical symp-
toms and the postmortem LESSONS en-
countered in different outbreaks of So
called hog cholera" have led us to
institute experiments to determine, if
possible, whether or not there are 9TH
er infectious diseases among the hogs
in this country than those caused by
the hog cholera and swine plague ba-
Gill. and also to ascertain what was
the Geological agent in those OUT
breaks of disease mentioned above
which apparently did not depend upon
these bacilli for their existence. These
experiments have not yet been COM
pleted, but have gone far enough to
enable us to publish the preliminary
note.
The outbreaks of disease which have
furnished material for the study of the
questions just outlined have all had
their origin in southwestern Iowa, but
= owing to the great distance of that
point from Washington and the fact
that 1t was not possible to establish a
satisfactory laboratory in the field it
has been found necessary to expose a
certain number Of animals to infec-
ton In Iowa and then transport them
by express to the bureau experiment
station near Washington, where all the
NEGOTIATIONS were made by the SUI
perintendent of the station. After once
bringing the disease to Washington,
no trouble, was as a rule, experienced
in perpetuating it by transferring from
one animal to another
The experiments have reached such
a stage that we feel justified in stating
that there is an infectious disease
among hogs in this country which car
not be distinguished clinically from
hog cholera, and which may be repro
duced by injecting with material
which contains no hog cholera bacilli
1t will be understood that at this time
no estimate can be made as to the
frequency with which this disease oc-
ours, nor as to its distribution through.
out the country.
Nothing can be stated at present as
10 the cause of this disease, although
certain experiments, not yet complete
have given results Of such 81 character
that probably something more DEFINITE
may be published in the near future II
regard 10 the geological factor in rhi:
form OF hog cholera. 1t has been dem,
onstrated. however, that the primary
cause of this disease is neither the hos
cholera bacillus nor the swine plagu,
bacillus. We have transferred the dis
ease repeatedly from one hog to an,
other by subcutaTieous inocuiation q
certain body fluids, these finds beins
always proved, by careful hastarialaai,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
NEEDS MORE MONEY
STATE HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT
cRAMPED FOR ROOM AND
1 FUNDS.
Earliest Bound Volumes of the OF.
tunwa Courier Dating From 1s48,
Left in the Care of This Department
Almost Inaccessible to the Public.

For want of room in the state his
torical department at Des Moines the
bound volumes which contain the
copies OF the Courier issued during the
first years of the existence of the pa
per, and which have been placed in
the keeping of this department, vol
'imes that are full of matter that is
of the greatest historical interest to
the people of the whole state of Iowa
are almost inaccessible to the general
public. Curator Charles Aldrich, who
has charge of this department. has
asked for an appropriation of 100000
for expenditure during 1904-5-6, and
an increase in the working fund from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Additional Room.
Curator Aldrich's cry is for addi-
tional room. The new building in
which are located the rooms of the
historical department already are too
small and are cramped. The newspa-
per files, one of the most interesting
and valuable possessions of the de-
pnrtment. cannot be properly handled
because there is no room for it, All
portions of the building are filed. The
law provides for removing the state
library room from its present quar-
tiers in the capitol to the rooms of
the historical department. leaving the
y
building for the exclusive use of the
law library, but the actual CONSOLE
dation is prevented by lack of space.
The total number of books and pam
phlets now in the possession of the
department is 11,754. This does not
include the bound volumes of newspa-
pers and the volumes transferred from
the state library. During the past year
a special effort has been made to COL
lect books of biography, genaeology and
local history. Mr.. Aldrich thinks the
library should be Increased by the pur-
chase of several hundred volumes of
the older works on. these subjects as
wen as by procuring the new ones
as fast as they come from the press.
The state board of health has turn
ed over to the historical department
it's valuable collection of vital statis-
tics, consisting of 1922 volumes.
Concerning the collection of Iowa
newspapers, Mr.. Aldrich says that ow-
ing to the lack of funds not a large
number of volumes have been bound
during the past biennial period. The
bound volumes now nuslber 2,940. The
department is receiving 300 represen-
tatiye Iowa papers and sixteen of the
representative journals Of the coun-
try.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
ARGUES FOR PEACE.
Meeting of the Gear and the Emperor
A Good Sian.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 5.-The meet
ing of the car and Emperor William
at Wiesbaden yesterday is commented
on by the newspapers here as being
a fresh pledge of the preservation OF
general peace.
The official definition Of the signifi-
canoe of the meeting of the two en-
perors printed in the North German
Gazette last night is as follows:
"The meeting is another agreeable
confirmation of the close and friendly
relations existing between the two
monarchs and is directed toward pre-.
serving the peace of our continent
from ruptures and toward counterfeit
ing any developments tending toward
interrupting peace"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
FACTORY COMING.
Lindsay Broom Company to Establish
Mandatory in Ottumwa.

Articles of incorporation have been
prepared for the forming of a COM
pany to be called the Lindsay Broom
Co. which is to establish a manufac-
tory for making brooms in this city.
This company has been located in
Burlington but through the efforts of
the commercial association it has been
induced to come to this city. The
incorporation papers We're drawn by
Heindel & Webber of this city and it
is stated that in few days a meet
ing of business men will be called by
the commercial association at which
1t is thought that the som of $4,000 in
stock of the company, all that is yet
required, can be raised
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-07
MULTIPLY
LIFE is NOW SAID ia
BE SOUGHT BY MAN IN PEN Z
lTENTlARY. "a
Former ottumwa Pastor is Again Fur.
nishing Des Mones Paper With Ma.
teriaI-Rivals Dowie as a Produces
of News Stories.
- N

AS Dowie and his hosts are to the
Chicago papers, so is Rev. f. C. Los
mack to the Des Moines papers-a mes
yer ending source of news stories. Rev
LGmack is now a single man, tho
courts fixed that for him, yet he has
more trouble than any married mans
First he was shot while counting cols
ored widow by a jealous rival He rex
covered from that and married the
widow, Then the strife commenced
and it ended by petitions for divorce
being filed by both Lomack and his
wife. Just TO make ii good the wife
accused Lomack of bigamy and forced
him to prove that was wrong by dig.
ging up the decree which divorced him
from his first wife. He got the divorce
from his wife and had her arrested
for perjury. Then he mixed it with
the Des Moines Ministerial association
because its officers threatened to rata
his church in the ministerial directory
as "unafiiliated." Meantime McKins
ney, who played the part of the jeals
GUS lover. was convicted and sent Ia
the penitentiary. Now he is said I'd
be trying to get out for the purpose
of taking another shot at Lomack. Tht
following from Des Moines toda1
gives the details:
Des Moines, Nov. 6.-Mrs. +. C. L0
mack. the divorced wife of Dr. F. q
Lomack, filed an affidavit before Cow
ernor Cummins Wednesday, in which
she states that she was approached bf
j. B. Rush. an attorney for AL McKiM
ney, who is now serving term of sew
en- and one-half years In the state penn
itentiary for shooting the Rev F. c.
Lomack, regarding an effort to secure
pardon for Mckinney
Mrs. Lomack states In her affidayit
that she saw letter from McKinneN
to j. B. Rush in which the former de.
clares his intention OF killing LomacA
and then going back to prison. She
also says the letter was seen by Henry
Mason who asked the colored attorney
not to seek pardon for Mckinney.
Mckinney states, SO says the affidavit.
that he does not want to harm hair
of Mrs Lomacll's head but that he
will kill the dog of a preacher
Rev. Lomack said Wednesday THAI
Mrs. Lomack was simply placing this
matter before the governor In order
that he might have all the information
available bearing upon the case Of Mcs
Kinney's pardon He said: Il am NOT
afraid of him, even il he gets out, Ii
am allowed to defend myself But I
believe that il he gets out, he will
make the attempt TO murder me-"