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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-22
/ rovI. % for Summer School.

Iowa City, Dec 20.-The board OF re-.
gents Of the state university, who have
been in session at the university city,
transacted important business before
they adjourned. The resignation OF
DR. Hagan of the department of English
was accepted, and 1t was provided that
part Of his work should be turned over
to Prof. Flom, head Of the department
of Scandinavian languages. The upper
floor of the West building, now the ar
mory, was reserved for the students
of electrical engineering. when the.
science building, their present home,
is moved. Three hundred dollars was
appropriated for the preliminary work,
on the new university power dam. The
contract for the furnishing OF the new
university gymnasium, which is about
completed, was let to the Narragansett
Machinery company Of Narragansett,
r. T., the contract price being 1920.
Provision was also made for the fac
ulty for the summer school which will
be held from June 10 to July 80. Pre-
| liminary announcement Of the courses
offered will be published in the course
Of ten days The men who will have
charge of the work are the strongest
in the history Of the school and 1t will
probably be the most successful since
| the establishment Of the school at the
university. The faculty is as follows:
Greek--Prof. Arthur T. Fairbanks.
Latin Prof. F. B. Potter.
4 German-Prof. Charles Bunday VIII.
son, assisted by Joseph Weihr.
French--Stephen II. Bush.
i English-Prof. G. F. Ainsley, assist
ed by Percival Hunt.
4 Public speaking Prof. Henry E.Gor.
don.
4 History-Prof. W. G. Wilcox.
4 Political science-Prof. B. r. Sham
baugh.
i Political economy-Pr Prof |. A. Loos.
i Education Prof Frederick E. Boil
4 ton
| Physiology-Prof Gilbert L. Houser.
i Botany-prof. Bohumil Shimek.
4 Geology-Prof Samuel Calvin.
Chemistry-Prof e. w. lockwood.
Physics Prof. A. A. Veblen.
Mathematics-Prof. L. G. Weld and
DR.. j. v. Westfall.
Library school--Miss Tyler.
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Young Life Gone.
Real Estate Transfers.

Furnished by Lowenberg & Co., 1o7
South Court.
Hunter, Erastus Jr. and wife to
Marion Hunter. southwest n, north
east ", section 81, II, Is, $1,400.
Anderson. August and wife to Mrs.
Charlotte Carlson, part southeast Y,
southeast n, section /, 70, ID, $164.18.
.Stever, j. w. to Geo. II. Israel. lot
g. Eagan's add Ottumwa, $500.
Williamson, Frank p. and Nancy to
Harry Townsend, lot 5, block 2, Jones
add Blakesburg, s75
Adams, c. u. and wife to C. e. Nor
ton, lot 8. Ciark's sub Ottumwa, $500
Peterson, John P. and wife to r. III
McFadden, lot 100 Robinson's 9Th add
Ottumwa, $3.50.
Rupe, Lewis 2 to Amanda Crandall
interest in southeast II /, southwest "
and southwest ", southeast n, sec
ton 20. II 10, $135.
Flemming. Annie q. and John to
Sarah c. Rutledge, lot 81 and part lot
80, Norris sub Ottumwa, 5000.
Goodwin, v. G. and wife to M. T.
Davis, lot and west VI lot 4, block s
Agency, $275.
Goodwin. Ebert and wife to v. G
Goodwin GO. G. ID same as above, 81
Goodwin, Elmer e. to v. c. Goodwin
same as above. 81.
Steele, 3. C. and wife to Cora e
King, northwest ", southeast n, Sec
ton 25, n, IA, 81 and exchange.
Schipfer, A. and wife to Ira D. Black
lot 20, Chambers sub part Williams
9th add Ottuinwa. 1878.
Warren, Howard r. ct al to Edward
A. Manchester, part lots l and 2, Por.
ter 81 Co. sub Ottumwa, $500.
| United States to VIM. Hales, north.
west ~, northwest ", section 80. II
| 13.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-22
NOT ORDINARY DEBT
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS CON.
sTITUTE NO ESCAPE FROM
DECREE FOR ALlMoNY.
United States Supreme Court Hands
Down An Important Decision In the
Case Of w. B. Wetmore VS.. Mrs. A.
B. Markoe at Washington, D. c.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 21--In the
Tease of W. B. Wetmore VS.. Mrs. A. B.
Markoe, the United States supreme
court holds that an obligation
to pay alimony and allowance to his
wife and children is not in the nature
of an ordinary debt and therefore can
not be discharged in bankruptcy. Mrs.
Markoe is the remarked former wife
of Wetmore
Proceedings were instituted in 1900
in the supreme court of New York by
Wetmore to enjoin all proceedings to
compel the payment of alimony and al
lowances amounting to $4,000 per an.
mum, growing out of divorce proceed
ings in 1892 on the ground that Wet
more had taken advantage of the
bankrupt law The state court denied
the prayer, and the opinion affirmed
that decision. 1t was delivered by
Justice Day, who said:
Meaning of Bankruptcy Law.
"The bankruptcy law should receive
such Interpretation as will affectuate
| its beneficient purposes and not make
| it an instrument to deprive dependent
wife and children of the support and
maintenance due them from husband
and father, which 1t has ever been the
purpose of the law to enforce. Sys-
TENS of bankruptcy are designated to
relieve an honest debtor from weight
of Indebtedness which has become OPP
pressiye and to permit him to have a
| fresh start in business or commercial
| life, freed from the original obligations
and responsibilities which may have
resulted from business misfortunes.
Unless positively required by direct
enactment the courts should not pre-
sumo design upon the part of con-
gress in relieving an unfortunate
debtor to make the law a means Of
avoiding the enforcement of an obi,
cation, moral and legal. devolved upon
Il the husband to support his wife and
to maintain and educate his children
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TWO DAMAGE SUITS
MRS. LOVE NJ. CANARY ASKS
FOR JUDGMENT AGAINST ROCK
ISLAND FOR $4,000.

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific Railway company, is made the de-
PENDANT in two damage suits filed to-
day with the clerk of the district
court asking Judgment for SILL 1875 as
the result of injuries said to have
been sustained by Mrs. Love M. Can
Trenton, Mo. Mrs. Cannady sues for
$4,000 and her husband asks for
$1,995 damages
Mrs. Cannady states in her petition
that she bought ticket at Fairfield
for a point in Oklahoma Territory
She says that the accident which oc-
CURED August %, 1904, was caused by
negligence on the part of the defend
ant company and It's employees, that
the train was running at about sixty
miles an hour over bad track and
defective roadbed. The petition states
that as a result Of the accident she
has since been sick and nervous and
is permanently injured. H. H. Can
nady in his petition states that he ex-
pended $255 in attempting to effect a
cure for his wife and that he has been
deprived of her society and household
assistance, wherefor he claims dam
ages to the amount of $1,995. A. G.
Steck is the attorney for the plain
| tiffs of both cases.
Says Horse Was unsound.
Alleging that a horse, which he pur-
chased from Ratliff and Fieener, for
800, and which was guaranteed by
them to be free from disease, was af.
| flicted with a disease of the back and
legs and was what is known as a
"wiggler," Charles w. Gates has begun
suit in the district court for $3.50. The
petition states that he found the horse
was unsound and returned 1t to the
defendants within two days and left
! it in their possession but that they re
fused to return the purchase price
w. w. Epps and J. F. Weber are his
attorneys.
The case of Charles Gates against
Tom Ratliff, suit for $500, in which
judgment was rendered against the
plaintiff for the costs Of the action
$29.25, by Justice 3. M. Campbell, is
appealed to the district court. j. f
Weber and w. w. Epps are the at
torneys for Mr.. Gates
Suit on Note.
j. o. Loeb, by his attorney, A. B
Williams, has filed petition with the
clerk of the district court asking fol
Judgment against Mrs. S. M. Venatol
for sfor $2sS, alleged to be due on {
note.
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is SHOT TO PIECES.
sIav Soldier Patched Up and Finally
Receivers.

=
Moscow. Dec. 81. Kirinchen-
ko, probably the most thoroughly
shot to pieces man who has survived
the present war, arrived recently from
Hardin, where after weeks in the hos
pital the doctors extracted seventeen
bullets from him, amputated one leg
and discharged him as cured. He gave
his experiences in quiet, matter of
fact way, as follows:
1T was at Lao Yang l got put out
of commission for good. On the even
ing Of September 2, we had been or
dered to attack some of the Japanese
trenches We had to cross a good
piece of open ground under a heavy
cross fire. There were men falling at
every step from the time wa broke
cover to the minute we rushed the
trenches at the point of the bayonet.
We We're close to the Japanese lines
when | got a bullet in my right foot
that brought me down. From that time
was no more good, except as tar
get, but must say drew a good deal
of Japanese ammunition, If that
counted for anything. Our fellows
went on and carried the Japanese
trenches ON the left in hand to hand
fight But there was long line of
works on the right that we did not
take, and where they kept on the
shooting. They were the people who
did for me. was on the ground with
my teeth chattering, mostly with pain,
Scared, of course. l guess anybody
would be scared under the circum-
stances. 1t seemed to me when those
fellows found was not dead they did
not take an interest in shooting at
anything but me.
CraWls Along Like Snake.
II made up my mind to get out and
craw,ed along toward the trenches
where our men had gone over the
top. had no more than started go
ing until a bullet in my right shoulder
rolled me over. l got my gun in my
left hand and then kept on crawling.
Then got shot in the left leg just
above the knee, and then two or three
bullets got me in the right leg. l
dropped my gun and helped myself
along with my left hand. Next I got
shot through the left shoulder, and
that brought me down flat. There was
nothing for it then but to wriggle
along like a snake on my breast and
stomach. kept on getting shot in
my right leg, but all feeling had gone
out of it. SO l did not mind that much.
"Ths last time recollect getting hit
was again in the left shoulder. 1t was
just dawn by the time got to the
trenches, and when finally wriggled
over the top thought they were full
of Japanses. But it happened that he
Japanese uniforms II saw were on
corpses, and the live people were
talking Russian, so yelled for help.
Men took me to bandaging station.
II had thirteen bullets in my right leg
i and side and four scattered around
other parts Of me, but they tide me up
and sent me on to Hardin There they
cut my leg off. 1t was not fit to keep"
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LEGAL.
sheriH's Sale.

0ncFlIIS 0dICs .las
Notice Is hereby given, That by vir-
tue of special execution. to me d.
rected by the clerk of the district
court of Wapello county, Iowa, againsl
the goods chattels, lands, tenements
etc., of E. B. Criley, administrator OF
the estate of George Munckton, de-
ceased, defendant, in favor Of Matte
M Inskeep, plaintiff, will offer at
public sale. to the highest and best
bidder, for cash. at the front door OF
the Court House In the city of OF
tumwa, Wapello county, Iowa, ON the
31st day of December, 1904, between
the hours of 9 o'clock a. M. and 4:oO
o'clock p. M, on said day, all Of said
e. B. Criley, administrator Of the es-
tate of George Munckton, deceased
right, title and interest in and to the
following described property, situated
in Wapello county, Iowa. to-wit:
The south (1a) one half Of lot (16)
sixteen in Carpenter & Godfrey's adj
dition to the city of Ottumwa, Iowa
Sale to commence at the hour OF
1870 o'clock p. m. of said day.
Witness my hand this 28th day OF
November, 1904.
J. H. Cremer
Sheriff of WapeIlo County, Iowa.
Ey John D. Stephens, Deputy.
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PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
Lizzie Ballard Charges Husband With
Cruel Treatment.

Charging her husband with being a
habitual drunkard and that his cruel
and inhuman treatment has endan-
gered her life, Lizzie Ballard, by her
attorney, Seneca Cornell, has filed a
petition with the clerk of the dis
trict court asking for divorce from
Mark Ballard. She states in her petit
ton that they were married at Oska-
loosa Christmas day, 1897. She also
asks for the custody of their 3-year-old
son. Daley Arthur Ballard
: Thursday will be the last day of
filing cases for the January term of
the district court.
Grand Jurors.
The following men have been drawn
to act as the grand jury for the Jan
uary term Of court: G. W. Hatch OF
.Ottumwa, I. W. Stewart, Eddyyille;
]. M. Crossen. Eddyville; Curtis CHS
man. Bidwell; Thos. Tisdale, Floris;
Samuel Kitterman, Ottumwa; N. P
Burgeson. Blakesburg; Jesse Ankronl
Agency; B. e. Cramblett, Chil1icothe;
]. A. Miller: Agency; George Hughey
Hedrick; ]. w. Shields, Ottumwa.
Petit Jurors.
The following petit jurors have been
drawn for the January term:
A. w. Cornwall Hedrick; John
Rowland, Chillicothe; S. s.. Wilson, OF
tumwa; G. King, Ottumwa; Floyd Orr
Ottumwa; E. r. Smiley Ottumwa
Jack Waite. Riverview; 3. M. Camp
bell. Ottumwa; Sam Hardesty, OF
tumwa; Curtis Johnson, Chillicothe;
Ernest Jones. Blakesburg; Elmer
Crowley, Ottumwa; G. K. Arnold
Blakesburg; John Mcmillan, Ottum
wa: Fred Jones, j. A. Yakle, Irwin
Skinner. William Skinner, Frank JAG
OLSON, F. B. Cane g. w. Withrow, G
w. Reeds. Ottumwa; John Manual
Chillicothe; Jack Roberts, Eldon.
81
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REscUEs A WOMAN; MAY DIE.
Good Samaritan Who Interferes In q
Fight is Fatally Wounded.

Bloomington, Dec. 81. = In trying
to rescue a woman named Martha
Huttle from abuse by couple Of col
ored people on Saturday evening, Pat
rick Mulgure an aged resident of this
city was slashed so seriously with a
knife that it is feared that he will die.
The man fled. but the woman said to
have been implicated, Eliza Gilbert,
was arrested. Mulgrue is an extensive
property owner.
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MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Live stock Market.

4, 0IIOaBU LIVE 0SUcN WTdTKet'
H Chicago, Dec.N 21-Cattle-Recei
$4,000; steady to strong; good to
prime. $6.00@700; poor to medium,
$3.75@5.90; stockers, $2.00@4.15; cows,
s1.00@4.20.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; steady to Sc
higher; mixed butchers, $4.40@465;
good to choice heavy, s4.60@4.70;
rough, $4.35@450; light, $4.30@4.55;
bulk sales, $4.50@4.60.
Sheep Receipts, 100000; weak; $500
@5.15; lambs, steady. $4.25@6.75.
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Receipts Today.
Wheat, rs cars; corn, 345 cars; oats,
46 cars.
s. Estimated Receipts Tomorrow.
Wheat, 80 cars; corn, 53S cars; oats.
III cars.
Primary Receipts.
Wheat today $4,000 bushels and last
year 1,29S,000 bushels; corn today
l,3l2,o0o bushels and last year $4,000
bushels
Shipments.
Wheat today 305,0O0 bushels and last
year $4,000 bushels; corn today 549,-
900 bushels and last year 246,O00 BUSH
hels
clearances.
Wheat, $1,000 bushels; corn, 176,400
bushels; oats, 1880 bushels.
Liverpool Cables.
Opening Wheat, unchanged; corn,
unchanged.
Closing Wheat, n lower; corn, I'M
changed.
Hog Market.
Receipts today, $4,000; left over.
$4,000; estimated tomorrow, $1,000;
OFFICIAL receipts yesterday, 39,124.
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DAVIS IN PARIS.

American Rear Admiral Ready to Par.
ticipate In North Sea Investigation.
Paris, Dec. 21--Rear Admiral Chas.
H. DAVIS arrived here this afternoonfi
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BIG CATHOLIC CHURCH BURNS.
Fire Almost Totally Destroys Pioneer
Structure In Morris, III.

Morris. Ill, Dec. 81. The large
Roman Catholic church of this city
has been almost entirely destroyed by
fire. The flames started In the base
ment of the building near the furnace
and spread rapidly. Citizens led by
Father Mahan were able to save few
pictures and other articles. Practic-
ally all but the brick walls was swept
away despite the work Of the fire de-
partment. The structure was erected
in 1867 and was valued at $4,000.
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LOOK HERE
This is the Way We get
Customers

Pay the highest price for
your produce and in return we put
before you grade of Groceries,
Flours, Teas and Coffees at Reason
able Price which ought to be an in
ducement to any one having anything
in the produce line to dispose of. Bring
us your Butter and Eggs, Chickens
and Turkeys. for you are sure to re-
ceive Honest Weights at this store.
We solicit your patronage.
Swenson g Culbertson,
7o2 Church Street.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

This market is furnished by the
Cassidy Commission Co., members
Chicago Board of Trade. Local office
rooms 2s and 80, Holman Block, E.
c. French, local manager.
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New York Poultry Market.

New York, Dec. Chick.
ems. 9@15; fowls, ION Oil; turkeys
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-22

1t is humiliating to the banker to re-
ceive condolences from the rube who
says he once bought gold brick him
self.
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INFERRED THIS MORNING.
Funeral OF the Late Joseph Darner
Takes Place In Hedrick

The funeral of the late Joseph Oar.
ner, who passed away at his home in
Hedrtck yesterday morning, was con.
Quoted from the Methodist Episcopal
church In Hedrick this morning at 10
o'clock. The ceremonies were impress
sive and largely attended. Interment
was made In the Kirkville cemetery.
Funeral Of Mrs. Fox.
Tomorrow morning at O'clock at
the Sacred Heart church the funeral
services over the remains Of the late
Mrs. Patrick FOX will be conducted by
Rev. Father James Foley. The fun
eral cortege will leave the Fox resi-
dence, 1108 Hayne street, promptly at
$3.50 o'clock. and at the church solemn
requiem mass will be said. The funeral
will be attended in a body by the mem.
bers of the knights and Ladies of Sc.
curity, the Ladies of the Maccabees,
and the Ladies' auxiliary to A. o. H.
No. g. Interment will be made in Cal
vary cemetery
Infant Dies.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Brady, 406 Mabel street, died yes
terday. The funeral which was
private, was held this afternoon at
2 o'clock from the family residence.
Interment was made in the Ottumwa
cemetery.
Mrs. Mary Mccormick Dies.
Word was received In this citysth
morning of the death of Mrs. Mary
Nc Cormick Of Lancaster, Mo. The de-
ceased was we'll known here, and her
death will be mourned by a large cir.
Gle Of friends. Mrs. Mccormick was
80 years old. She was the mother of
| five children, four Of whom survive
her. They are. Mrs. John Feehan, of
/ this city. Mrs. s. O'Haver, Of Kinks
Vile, Mo, John Mccormick, of Ka.
hoka. Mo-, James Mccormick, Of Ian,
caster, Mo. She was preceded In
death by one daughter, Mrs. Patrick
Coughlin, of this city. The deceased
was a devout member Of the Catholic
church. The funeral will be held Fri
day morning at 10 O'clock in Lancas
ter, Mo.
Young Life Gone.
Relatives in this city have received
intelligence of the death of Miss
Genevieve McMontgal, the 16-year-olt
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Nc
Monigal of Kansas City, Mo-, which
occurred Sunday evening. The de
ceased formerly resided in this city
with her parents and has many friends
here who will join with the relatives in
of consumption, the result OF colo
contracted during the food In Kansas
City, two years ago. The funeral took
place this morning.
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Latest wing collars are now the
styles for young men. The Hub has
them.
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creameries, 1926; diaries, 1922.
Eggs-Easy; 1902.
Chicago Poultry Market.

Chicago, Dec. 21.-Poultry Firm;
turkeys, 121a; chickens, s; springs,
S1s.
For bargains in knee pants suits go
to the Hub.
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st. Louis, Dec. 21.--Wheat May
s1.l4% @114h.
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Peoria Produce Market.
Sc. louis Produce Market.

Peoria, Dec. 21.--Corn-No. 8, AZ.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27

The Ringgold Register, the new
paper jus: added to Biei1ille par
ish's list Of excellent newspapers,
in commenting upon President
Roosevelt's attitude on the RAJ.
question, hits the nail sqnarely "a
the head when it says: 'sConfs
sedly and nnqualifedly, therefor.
Roosevelt is an advocate Of socia,
equality, aud binntly proposes Il.
fierce it npon the Southern peopI
Aud when be does that thri |!
Why, by comparison, The days II
reconstruction won't I've il,
Some idea Of The awfnfness Of 81.
times that will follow may i.
CLEANED from a review Of tht his
tory Ut the French revolution III.
the reign Of terror. That lurid pr
riod did not eliminate with the eA
tinction Of a race VI people. Pr
contra, social equality can only b
come the enforced order OF society
10 the South after the shedding i
lhe last drop of blood Of the In.
her.ic Sontherner. B. Il 1Gnes.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-27
Sold by all druggist.


All that is needed to make the
production of cereals in the South
as profitable an industry as it is in
the great grain growing sections of
The West is proper system of soil
cultivation and fertilization and the
adoption Of rotation of crops.
The matter of soil renovation in
South is so comparatively simple
and so easy to accomplish that it is
a marvel that it has been neglected
so long. 1t seems to the writer
quite easy to draw lease that will
enable or require the tenant to i'm
prove his holdings. AS a matter
of fact, it is probably better when
ever possible for the man tilling
the land to own it. In this sense
the tenantry system is a curse to
the South and has been one of the
means Of promoting soil-robbing,
and, unfortunately, the owner of
the land has frequently been so
shortsighted as to not forsee a day
that was certain to come when his
lands would no longer be a profit
able possession. Southern Farm
Magazine.