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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
UNUSUAL INJURY.
Little Girl at Bidwel Gets Needle in
Limb.

Little Edith Perry. the four-year-old
daughter of F. E. Perry, the agent for
the Milwaukee railway company at
Bidwell last week was the victim Of
an unusual accident which caused the
little one much suffering until she was
relieved Saturday evening. She COM
planned of a severe pain in one OF her
lower limbs, and as nothing could be
done by the parents to relieve her. the
little sufferer was on Saturday evening
brought to Ottumwa. where she was
taken to the office of DR.. w. G. Newell
on East Main street, and examined
The pain was in the calf of the leg
and after locating it the doctor cut in
to the member and removed the cause
OF the trouble, needle with about
three inches of thread in the eye. Both
needle and thread had become worked
into the flesh in such a manner that
neither could be seen until the incisior
was made with the knife. The little
girl was taken home and is recovering
| from the injury, which, had it beer
allowed to run much longer nigh
have resulted in blood poisoning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
GETS EXPLANATION.
President Roosevelt Hears From
Rockefeller Incident.

fNOChCICiiCI
People of Ottumwa who are admir-
ers of President Roosevelt and those
who have been interested in the recent
tilt between the President and the
Standard Oil interests over the matter
of antitrust legislation have announc-
ed their admiration of the manner in
which the President and his support
ers in congress have met and over
come the opposition. AS a sequel to
the affair Of last week Walter Well
man in the Chicago Record-Herald
this morning. writes an explanation OF
the affair which has been made to
President Roosevelt He says:
president Roosevelt has been placed In
possession of an explanation of the now
famous Rockefeller kilograms urging sena-
tors to stop antitrust legislation This
explanation was offered by New York
man, who called upon the President for
the purpose of clearing up the mystery
lie was not sent by Mr.. Rockefeller, and
therefore ii would he unfair to say that
the head of the Standard Oil trust has
apologiZed or explained to the President
But the New Yorker who offered the ex
PLANTATION is II friend of both Mr. Rookie
Teller and the President. and. having nj
the facts he took ii upon himself to clenl
up the misunderstanding
son Thursday of last week some one il
the standard oil Offices at 80 Broadwa,
came to the conclusion that the Nelson
millicity amendment was II perniciou,
| piece of legislation. He called an infor
NAL conference Of the officials of the com
many ana the natter was fully discussed
| The general opinion.wNs That the puhlcit,
| clause was aimed at the Standard oi
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
IowANs ARE PUZZLED.
Many Queries Made as to the Work
ina of the New Road Law.

Residents of Wapello county who
have been disturbed over the working
of the new Iowa road law. are not
alone in their difficulty in discovering
the method of working, as is evidenc-
ed by the reports of the numerous
communications which are being re-
ceived by the state officials in the way
of inquiry.
One of the puzzling things about it
is the provision for changing the
method of collecting the taxes Here
tofore road taxes have been collecta-
BILE the next summer after they are
levied, and within few months after
the assessment work is complete.
With the change to the ordinary mode
of collection of road taxes through the
| agency Of the treasurer's office, and
subsequent distribution to the town.
ships in the ordinary manner, the
road taxes will not be available until
a year from the time levied. In MAX
| ing this change it was at first thought
| that there would be danger of leaving
one year without any road taxes. The
legislature foresaw this danger and
provided against it. In reply to an in
quiry from member OF the board OF
supervisors of county in southwest
ern Iowa, the attorney general of the
state explained this matter so clearly
that all might know exactly what is
intended in the law.
Make Levy.
Mr.. Mullan said:
Under section 1910. as amended by
the Twenty-ninth general assembly,
think the township trustees must levy
the property road tax for the year
| 1903 as provided in that section of the
code before the same was amended
\ This tax Is to be paid in cash and is
to be collected and expended during
| the year 1903 They must also in the
year 1903 levy the road tax for the
year 1904, which shall be certified to
/ the county auditor and be entered up
on the tax books collected by the coun
4 ty treasurer as other taxes; the levies
4 for 1903 and 1904 must both be made
4 in the spring Of 1908, the first levy tt
be collected and expended as provid
ed by section 1910 of the code, during
4 1908, and the levy to be certified ant
collected by the county treasurer ant
be available for the year 1904. | see
no objection to both of these levies be
ing made at the April, 1908, meeting
and at same time, and | think this wa.
the intent of the Legislature in amend
ing section 1910"
Township officials who follow thi:
advice will hardly go wrong. The man
ner in which the road law has beef
amended leaves the point touched up
on in a peculiar condition. The sec
, rotary of state Is soon to issue small
pamphlet containing the road law al
amended and some plain instruction.
, in regard to it, and this opinion of tn
attorney general will be included.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19


company and Mt two or three other large
corporations Also that 1t was hnmbug
sorl OIL law, In the sense tnat, wnlle IL
was Unsigned to make trouble Tor rev
eoncerns Tor the purpose OF hoodwlnking
the pupilc INTO Delief that the republican
party was seriously and effectively attack
ing the trusts, the actual results IN regula-
.,oii Oh trusts would be almost MI, beyond
lhe ANNOYANCE caused few concerns. The
Standard OH people agreed that this was
Simply a method of singing out few
corporations ana making them llable TO
searching investigation by the government,
ana one OF the officials SAID IN the confer
ence' III means that In order TO escape
pothersome scrutiny of our private affairs
we must make liberal SUBSCRIPTIONS TO the
fepnplican national campaign funds.
30 the Standard on ofncnls Thought
tney would make an enort TO stop what
theS regarded MS an attack upon their in
tcrests. or rather proposal TO place them
at the mercy of the administration at
washington. Some one suggested: Let's
SEND some telegrams to Washington about
thls business Each one OF us better WIRE
such senators as he knows personally.
rms WAS agreed to, and the officials sat
uoWh ana wrote their niue kilograms
Johi ~. anu Wliillm II. hockeleier. Iohh
~ Jr.' IL. u. rogers, ATTORNEY Doud' wee
1feslaeht ArchDoid, secretary Jennings ana
pumps ''htiS boiS IL manu- III th'H ''iN-
graphic onslaught. They sent altogether
perhaps htteeh or twenty kilograms. some
OF them were addressed to senators VINO
were personally known to the writer's ana
some TO senators with whom the writers
nad no acquaintance. senators llatt ana
DePeW' OF New YORK, We're favored, OF
course, naturally; also Senator quay was
, ,, other senators receiving those
little msstEcs were Nldrich, Hale ana
Spoonef. lfopao'y Ji would nave gone
Wei nad not G'ss IF the Rockefellers com
.Gltlet. tne lwriil biunder OF sending IL mes
sage TO senator Lodge. me moment MT.
Lodge :eaG his telegram and saw the name
that was signed to II he SAW MS opportun
Try, iie went straight to the White House
ana iniu MS prize before the President.
| me chance to get back at the standard
Oh trust WAS too good one to he lost and
the press association was called Ill to aid
IN giving 50 broadway Il dose OF publicity
III naa not dreamed OF.
rms is the story Ihe man who clear
Ell up the mystery said the Standard on
people acted IN perfect good falth. lheli
innocence was shown by the fact that they
used the wires so freely, signing their
names. ana with no efforts at conccalment.
They never dreamed that the thing would
get into the newspapers, and never imag-
lned that II was matter that the news
papers or the public would care anything
about. In other words they could see no
reason In the world why they had not as
/ much right as anyone else to favor or to
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
Home.Seekers Excursions
VIA THE
Southern
Railway
TO POINTS IN

TO POINTS IN
Alabama, Georgia. North and South Caro-.
lima, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Virginia.
ON TUESDAYS
Jan. Goth, Feb. Sd and 18th. March Sd
and 18th, April 18th and 21st. at the very
low rate of one fare for the round trip
Plus 81 to 50. Tickets are good going 10
days, and for stopovers south of the Ohio
river. with final limit for return of u
days from date of sale.
on same dates
ONE WAY SETTLERS TICKETS
will be sold to points in same territory,
including certain points in Florida at half
rate, plus 50 from Ohio river gateways.
Lines north thereof will add one fare.
For information about rates, etc. call
on your nearest ticket agent or write
j. S. MCCULLOUGH,
N. w. P. A., o25 Dearborn st.
Chicago, Ill.
For information about farm lands, busi-
ness locations, ETC., write
j. f. OLSEN,
Agent Land & Industrial Dept,
Chicago, Ill.
G. B. ALLEN, A. G. P. A.,
st. Louis, Mo-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19

The other day Representatives La
cey and Hepburn called to see Mr..
Roosevelt on some private business
and were taken by the President into
the private room in the rear of his
general Office. AS they stepped in, the
President took up large package
which had just come in through the
mail. The package proved to contain
photograph. 1t was of family, a.
man and wife surrounded by twelve
children. Up in the corner of the
picture was the mans card, on which
were written the words, Not Guilty..
The President greeted the article with
hearty shout and passed the picture
over to Messrs Lacey and Hepburn,
who, it is needles to say, enjoyed the
joke with him.
The Spanish fraud is still being
worked in this country. A number OF
people in Iowa are receiving letters
from Madrid, Spain, informing them
of the death of relative in prison
there, and saying that the deceased
| left baggage which has been attached
by the government and that in the
lining of one of the trunks is cash
certificate of deposit in the bank of
England for S140,O00. The prisoner
is said to have left the matter with
! a Spanish priest and the person per-
sonating the alleged priest carries on
! the correspondence. A little orphan
| girl figures in the case and the priest
| is anxious to come with the girl to her
kinsmen in America.
A certified copy of the will is sent
| and the correspondence finally comes
to the point of asking for $500 to re-
deem the baggage from seizure. The
| temptation of getting $4,000 for $500
is held out and the scheme is quite a
fascinating one. Much money has
been obtained from England by this
gang of swindlers. A number of re-
cent attempts at this swindle have
been made in the sixth district, but
the parties have generally written to
Mr. Lacey, making inquiry and have
! been forewarned and so far no one
seems to have suffered.
Congressman Haugen reports sew
eral similar attempts in his district.
All of the letters are evidently from
the same source and in the same writ.
ing. Mr.. Lacey requests me to give
warning as the scheme seems just
now to be very actively worked in
Iowa For the purpose of redeeming
this alleged prisoners trunk from the
clutches of the law there has been
enough money sent from England and
the United States to these Spanish
swindlers at Madrid to fill such trunk
with coin several times.
All the Iowa congressman were de-
lighted at the success in getting the
pension bill for Mrs Rumple through
the house There is little doubt that
the bill will pass the senate and Mrs
Rumple's pension will begin at an ear
ly date. The wAole matter was han,
died very swiftly and was good
piece of work Last Saturday when
it was passed. was the last pension
day of the recent session, and if it had
not been gotten through at that time
nothing could have been done till next
year when the matter might have
been much harder. Congressman Con
, ner put in the original bill and the
matter was watched after by Con-
gresmen Lacey and Smith as well as
!, other members of the delegation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
Gets Fifteen DAYS.

VIM. Sommers of this city was Sat
urday sentenced to fifteen days in jail
and was fined $40 and costs at Des
Moines for larceny of watch. Som
mers was arrested few weeks ago
on charge af larceny from building.
1t was alleged he stole watch and
charm from an employe of the Daily
Capital. He confessed to the theft
when arrested and afterwards pleaded
guilty to the charge. The judge, 1t is
stated, dealt leniently with him on ac-
count of his youth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19
TAKEN TO MITcHELLvILLE.
Florence Afford Remanded by Judge
Roherts 70 Reform atorv

Roberts to Reformatory.
Florence Afford, the fifteen-yearold
old girl who was the prosecuting
witness in the case of the state of Iowa
VS. Harry Ruckman. charged with Sc
duction, was before Judge M. A. Rob
erts late Saturday afternoon, as a re-
suit of action taken by her parents to
have her sent to the reform school.
Her step-father, John Bird, who re-
sides in the West End, says that she
has caused the family considerable
trouble and has become incorrigible.
Judge Roberts ordered her sent to the
refomatory for girls at Mitchellville,
and this morning she was taken to the
institution by Sheriff j. H. Cremer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19

The Wabash Railway will SCI, on the
1st ano 9Td Tuesdays of each mouth,
round-trip tickets at one fare, plus 81
for the round-trip. to points in North
westerr Iowa. North and South Da.
kote Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Ne.
braska. Oklahoma. Indian Tertiary
ant other points. A. ]. Packard, f.st
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19

The c., NJ. & ST. P. Railway will
sell on the first and third Tuesdays
of each month round trip tickets at
one fare plus $500 for the round trip.
to points in Northwestern Iowa, North
and South Dakota, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,
Indian Territory and many otLer
points. A. ]. Packard, Agent
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19

The business meeting of the Maple
Valley Firemen's association voted to
hold the next tournament at Carroll
June IL and is.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19

Congressman Conner of the tenth
enjoys the distinction of having more
presidential postoffices in his district
than any other congressional district
in the United States. He has in all
forty-four offices that are in the presi-
Dental class To settle forty-four
postoitice appointments without stir.
ing UP lot of trouble looks like her
culean task to some congressman, and
they express wonder at Congressman
Corners ability to do it SO success
fully. Judge Conner, however, is
known as one of the squarest and most
fairminded men at the capital, and he
does not seem to have many postof1ice
fights on his hands.
The qualification which entities q
postoffice for place in the PRESIDENT
al class is founded entirely on the an
nual receipts and all offices that have
sufficient receipts to give the postmast
er salary of $1,000 or more are desig
| mated presidential offices. The post
masters are appointed by the President
on the recommendation of the con
gresham.
The letter recently published ant
written by the President bewailing the
evident tendency to evade the respon
| sibilities of the parenthood has at
tracted much attention all over the
country. The President believes tina
| it is the duty of men and women tt
marry and raise families. He says hi
pities and scorns those who do no
| rare fnr children
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-02-11

the Greenhorns. Particularly with the
Parker mill just erected on the Virginia
This plant could not start w on &C
count Of the water pipes freezing.
Everett Brown, OF the firm OF Brown
4 Mohr, 10 o in New York state. lie
will return to Sumpter in . few weeks
In company with several persons Of
means who in all probability will be.
come identified with the country.
j. J. Hennessy has received word
from his Milwaukee associates that they
are prepared To put a force Of men at
work on the Cracker Cradle claims as
soon as the weather will permit, and
keep them steadily at work developing.
Browne and Smith have added to
their Office space In the Hotel Sumpter
by acquiring n Of the rooms formerly
occupied by the Oregon Smelling and
Refining company. A door has been
cut through the partition between the
rooms.
+. NJ. Lucore, wife and brother, OF
Lincoln, Nebraska, are here looking the
country over Mr.. +. NJ. Lucore IL the
car accountant Of the Burlington and
Missouri railway for Nebraska, with
Office at Lincoln. He requires seventy
five men to assist him.
Later reports are to the effect that the
cave In at the shaft of the Columbia
mine was much more serious than at
first supposed, and the cost Of repairing
will be tremendous. The
steam and water pipes on the 200 foot
level were broken and IL 10 supposed the
will Ill with water.
The triple compartment shaft on the
Bonanza mine at Geiser, IL said to BIZ
down over 1900 feet. To show the
with which mining development
be carried on in this country, IL
should be stated that this shaft was
sunk at the rate Of two feet and ten
every twenty-four hours.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-02-11

For Lowney's candies. fine chocolates,
bon hons, Key West, Havana and do
nestle cigars, tobacco, pocket knives.
stationery, cider, fruits, etc, do not fail
to call ut %Sturgill's. Mill Street, nea
Granite.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-02-11
COVERS
THOROUGHLY
THE
GOLD FIELDS
of the
EMPIRE
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Roy IL. Miller returned on Monda.
from q trip to Salem and Portland.
j. d. Fawcett, Of the Psvche mine
registered at the Hotel Sumpter today
W. w. Robbins left on Monday for
few days visit with his family in Spo
kane.
+. $. Lack, one Of Baker City's min
ing operators, came up from below on
Sunday.
Frank N. jenkins, formerly a typo Of
Sumpter, came up from Baker City
yesterday.
II. A. Stewart, one Of the city dads Of
Alamo, was a visitor in the metropolis
ON Sunday.
W. G. Cutler, a business maj Of
Baker City, registered at the Hotel
Sumpter on Monday.
J. G. Wooley, mine owner, livery man
and town marshal Of Granite, was In
Sumpter on Sunday and Monday.
Another big load Of supplies was
shipped 10 the Iron Dyke mine, at the
head Of McNamee gulch, yesterday.
Miss Ellie Grizxle, night hello girl ut
the Sumpter telephone station, left last
week 10 visit friends ut Milton, Oregon.
II. W. Tomilinson, Of Portland, rep
resenting the X. Il. Dun commercial
agency, was In the city during the week.
j. W. Dolan, who had his foot badly
cut with Nh AK, ut the Iron Dyke mine
several days ago, is rapidly recovering.
T. $. Kennerly, superintendent Of the
Gold Coin mines In the Greenhorns,
was In the city the latter part Of last
week.
Manager Schumacher. Of the PARROT
Mining and Smelling company Of
Butte, il looking over the Sumpter dis.
tricl.
Claude Roe IL now at his old home in
kearney, Nebraska. lie Is no longer
connected with Brown and Mohr Of
this city.
Oscar Townsend, late manager Of the
Baby Mckee and Last Chance mines,
left on Saturday for Colorado. where he
will hereafter reside.
Neil J. S~orensen left Thursday after.
noon for Portland, whence he went on
business connected with the Highland
Gold Mining company.
About twenty Knights OF Pythias Of
Sumpter loft for Granite this afternoon
to attend y session Of the l.awton lodge
which will be followed by u banquet.
A Valentine social will he given by
the Epwor,h League nj the Opera house.
on Saturday evening the l+th instant.
Admission twenty-five cents. Refresh
ments.
The last issue Of the Prairie City
Miner states that the Dixie Meadows
Gold Mining company has purchased u
new sawmill plant for their camp. II
will be installed in about u week or ten
days.
Zoeth Houscr, OF the Standard mines
NJ Q%uartxburg, came up from Pendle.
on Sunday. and remained a few days.
lie is planning To operations
the Standard rs soon rs climatic
will permit.
Jack Frost has interfered to u certain
extent with some Of the quartz mills in
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-02-11

Shoes of all kinds at Neill Mercantile
company's.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-02-11

The celebrated Gund's-''the beer OF
good cheer"-alwsys on draught at Dun.
phys The Club.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-02-11

Mining deeds for sale ut this office.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1903-05-15

lS54-55 the United Kingdom was prac-
tically growing enough wheat to feed
her population of 27,000,0O0; but in
19OO-1901 only one-fifth of the wheat
consumed by the population of Al 300
0C0 was grown in the British isles. the
other four-ffths being imported from
foreign countries" Admiral Free
mantle of the British navy, recently
called attention to Great Britain's de-
pendence and helplessness in case of
war with the United States, and warn
ed the British people of the periIs in
cident to becoming a nation of middle
men, with constant decline in the
sources of domestic production.
Great Britain ceased to raise its
own wheat when it adopted the policy
of free trade. The agriculture of
Great Britain fiourished as long as
there was duty on British grown
wheat. The value of its acres have
declined, and fields which bore large
yields of wheat under high culture
have been put into grass The farms
have been abandoned and the cities
are crowded with population, thou
sands of whom, within the past few
weeks, have marched in professions
in London, asking for labor. There is
no labor for them. Great Britain buys
her bread little cheaper in the
United States and other countries. but
bent on cheapness, she has lost the
iQdeDepdence incident tn her abiIitv
to raise the wheat. For time she
controlled the markets of the world
for her textiles, iron and other manu-
facturers. but in these things the
other nations have overtaken her, and
now Great Britain helplessly deplores
the decline OF her foreign trade COM
pared with her great rivals-the
United States and Germany.-Irfsh
World.