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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
WORK ON MONUMENT DELAYED.
Derrick Lifting Big Stone Into Place
At Chattanooga is Wrecked.

Cedar Falls, July 5. "A special dis.
patch from Chattanooga states that
the big derrick to lift the Iowa soldiers
monument into place fell on the sec
ond trial and is total wreck, neces.
stating delay.
The stone to be lifted is twenty feet
high and weighs forty tons. The der.
rick to raise it into place at Rossville
Gap, Ga, broke on the first trial and
had to be repaired. The dispatch
states that on the second trial the der.
rick fellIagain and is a total wreck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
BURLINGTON MAN DISAPPEARS.
w. r. Mesmer a Printer, Cannot Be
Found Was At Rock Island.

Davenport, July s. William r
Mesmer Of Burlington who was visit.
ing at the Ecklund home in Rock Is.
land. disappeared Saturday night and
there is much anxiety as to what has
become of him. The police depart.
ments in the three cities were notified
when he failed to return, but nothing
has developed. The Burlington de,
partment Ia also lassisting in the
search.
Burlington Printer.
Mr.. Mesmer is a printer who has
been employed on the Burlington
Hawk-Eye for seventeen years. He
has been falling In health for two
months OIL more and his mind was thus
affected, With his wife and two chill
dran he had come to Rock Island to
take rest with the hope of recover
ing his health. They were visiting at
the home OF Mrs, Mesmer's mother,
Mrs Sophia Eckiund.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
May onen Hotel At keokuk.

Keokuk, july 6. A meeting Of the
directors of the Keokuk Hotel COM
pany has been held with view to
making arrangements to REOPEN the
Keohuk Hotel which has been closed
by the financial embarrassmenta OF the
lessee, Nothing definite has been
dane,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
Joker Stops Train.

Burlington, July 5.-Some one Is
having fun with the police of the Bur.
lington railroad by cutting the air on
fast freight every few days and
causing endless delay of trains and
street cars. It is claimed the joker
has been spotted and will be arrested.
Serious accidents have been narrowly
averted by the trick.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
DROWNED IN SLOUGH.

Paul Miller of Rock Island Meets
Death in Water.
Rock Island, H., July 5. = Paul Mil
Ter, nged 90 years, son of Mr.. and Mrs
j. Miller. Fifth avenue and Twentieth
street, was drowned yesterday after.
noon in the lower part of the slough
known as the Triangle, which extends
between the lower part of the govern
ment island and Rock Island.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
PRUDENT PEOPLE
read the fresh, live, up-to-dats
advertisements In the Courier
and save money.
STOVE ExPLoD:Es.
Accident at Charlottesville Thrown
Molten Metal ia Mans Face.

Charlottesville, July 5. = An explo-
sion occurred on the Hugh n. Davis
farm east of here and s. G. Fletcher.
one of the timers received injuries. A.
soldering stove exploded and threw
the metal into his face, At first tina
sight in both his eyes seemed lost, La
ter reports say his sight has been re-
stored and his injuries are not SO sert-
Gus.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
IOWA CITY ASSAULT CASE.

stepnnek Who Was Charged With
Murderous Assault Is Free.
Iowa City. July s. = The state has
dismissed the case against Stepanek
who was charged with an assault with
the intent to commite murder. The
death Of the prosecuting witness, Cas-
TEX, explains the dismissal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07
WEST POINT CADETS HURT.
Fall Into Area of Barracks and Strike
Headforemost on Concrete.

Headforemost on Concrete.
West Point. July S. = Cadets Oaks
of New Hampshire and Smith appoint
ed at large. both of whom were admit
ted to the military academy last
month were badly injured by falling
into the area of the barracks and strik-
ing Reinforcement on a concrete Goor..
1t Is feared that Oaks Is fatally hurt.
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DEATH UNDER THE WHEELS
Michael scaIise. An italian. Run Down
and Killed BY Enaine.

and Killed BY Engine.
Des Moines, July s. Michael Seal.
Use an Italian was run down by Chi.
cago Great Western switch engine in
the yards at South Des Moines yester.
day and instantly killed. His neck was
broken and ne had many other
bruises upon his body. His brother
Sam Scalise, who was at work with
the same section gang saw the acct
dent but was powerless to render any
aid.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-07

~. st. Louis, July 5.
Although Parker's nomination
mas been assured the past two days
the action Of the Pennsylvania
delegation in caucus late yester-
day afternoon in giving it's en-
tire sixty-eight votes for Parker
makes his nomination on the first
pailot as certain as anything can
be. No change in the situation
had taken place at noon today.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
Earthquake in New England.

Boston. March 21.-An earthquake
this morning caused tremor through
out the entire eastern section of New
England. Beginning at st. John. N.
b., the seismic vibrations traversed the
state of Maine. causing some slight
damage to buildings in Augusta. Ban
gor and Portland. The shock was felt
plainly as far south as Taunton, in
this state. Reports from Manchester,
New Hampshire. and Springfield, Mas
sachusetts. state that the vibrations
were felt distinctly in those cities. OBJ
servers at the Harvard University as
Economical observatory in Cambridge
felt the shock.
At Augusta, Maine. lamp chimneys
were shaken down and crockery was
smashed. The vibrations lasted sew
eral seconds and in nearly every in
stance occurred about four minutes af-
ter one o'clock.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
Colorado Political Patronage.

Washington, March 20-The Colo
RADIO delegation in the House of Rep
resentatives called upon President
Roosevelt yesterday and arranged with
him a plan OF distribution of federal
patronage in Colorado along lines sat
isfactory to all concerned. After the
conference with the President the dele
CATION authorized the following state
ment:
1T is now agreed between the dele
CATION and the President that there Is
to be no change In the methods of dis
tributing patronage in the Second Con-
gressional district. In the First district
Mr.. Bonynge will have the distribution
of all postofIices. He will join with
Mr.. Brooks in selecting mint officers
and both will join in recommending
the present incumbents. Messrs. Dow
ner and Miner. OF the other mint Of
ficials Mr.. Brooks will be expected to
recommend one and Mr.. Bonynge one"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
More Men Driven Out.

Denver. March 2O.-A Republican
special from Telluride last night says:
Six more men left town this morning
by request. Nick Thomas. recently
elected president Of the Miners Union.
and Bud Mcleod. took the Durango
train at a. IN. William Mcdonald,
John Roster. J. V. Elliott and ]. w.
Lashburn left on the Denver train at
$40 tonight.
Armed with search warrant, Off
GERS broke into William McDonald's 8
cabin early this morning and found a
quantity of what is claimed to be
stolen ore, carefully concealed.
Maurito Leino. Finlander who has
been writing incendiary articles for a
Finnish newspaper having large local
circulation, was asked today II he
could conveniently leave town to-mor-
row morning. He promptly replied that
he could and would.
The town is quiet and there is a
force of thirty-two men on patrol
through the night.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
TRIAL AT AKRON
PROSECUTION OPENS THE CASE
District Attorneys Opening Statement.
Several Witnesses Introduced
by Prosecution.

by Prosecution.
Denver, March PA Republican
special from Akron. Colo, last night
says: In the Meenan murder trial the
state opened its case this morning at
$3.50 o'clock. District Attorney Pound
made the opening statement for tho
state In the trial of the men accused of
the murder of Joseph Meenan. In his
statement to the jury he told OF tho
circumstances leading up to the muir
der, the finding of the boty, and said
the state expected, by circumstances
which seemed to him convincing. to
place the responsibility OF the death
of Meenan upon the defendants.
Morris Begleman of Denver was the
first witness called by the state. He
found the dead body of Joseph Meenan
April s, 1903, while travelling through
the country buying hides. Samuel
Becker was travelling with him and
was the next witness, corroborating
what Begleman said.
Daniel Diamond was the next wit
ness. He was not on speaking terms
with the Tuttles, but was friendly with
the Irwins. Witness had seen Joseph
Meenan going to visit his mother on
the evening of the murder. On direct
examination 1t was brought out by the
Hefense that he and Joseph Meenan
were not on the best of terms; that
they fought nearly all day about four
years ago, and that Joseph Meenan
had given him a severe beating.
DIR. w. E. Turner of Brush, the Bur
lington surgeon. testified and gave the
result Of his post mortem examination
Df Meenan.
DIR. Enright of Akron also testified
as to the examination and finding five
bullets taken from the body of Joseph
Meenan.
Andrew Meenan was on the witness
stand for several hours. He filed the
informations for the state, and, conse-
quently. was put to a severe test by
both sides. He testified to Joseph
Meenan leaving his place about
o'clock on the evening of the murder
and said that was the last seen of him
until he was found on the prairie dead
near his home on the following Sun
day
On cross-examination the defense
brought out that the witness and
Joseph Meenan were not on friendly
terms and had fought several times.
Once Joseph Meenan had beaten the
witness with quirt in Akron, and at
another time the witness and his
mother engaged in a quarrel with
Joseph Meenan on the prairie and that
John II. Irwin, whom Joseph Meenan
shot. and Perry Tuttle. separated them
and put Andrew Meenan and his
mother into their wagon and sent
them home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
6ALFoUR SUSTAINED.
Government Majority of Forty-seven
on Chinese Labor Question.

London, March 22.-In the House OF
Commons yesterday the Liberal leader,
Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman,
moved his vote of censure, presented
March 16, to the effect that this house
disapprove the conduct of his majes-
ty's government in advising the crown
not to disallow the ordinance for the
Introduction of Chinese labor in the
Trapsyaal"
Sir Henry said nothing the govern
ment had done since the close of the
South African war had SO sorely tried
the people of this country as its sane
lion Of the Introduction of Chinese
labor into South Africa. If the new
departure was not checked, it would
be source of future weakness. not
only in the Transvaal, but to the
whole of South Africa.
1t was impossible to conceive
greater departure from the principles
by which Great Britain had hitherto
made her way in the world than the
importation of aliens as the bondsmen
of mining spectators.
The Europeans in South Africa, Sir
Henry declared, were by a large ma
jority opposed to yellow labor and the
object of his motion was to stop the
governments policy in its earliest
stage.
Colonial Secretary Lyttleton. reply
ing, Indignantly repelled the allegation
that the government was fayoring
slavery.
The government, he asserted, had
been guided by the overwhelming SEN
timent in the Transvaal in favor of
Chinese labor and the economic neces-
sity therefor. The ministry had
adopted the only alternative to bridge
the transition period until the blacks
had increased sufficiently to fill the de-
mand for unskilled labor. The gov
ernment was well aware that the
policy would be unpopular and that it
was open to Misrepresentation, but 1t
hardly expected such gross misrepre-
sentation, injustice and exaggeration
as the opposition had INDUCED in.
Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman
motion, by a vote of 299 to 242, was re-
jected. Urgent whips of all parties had
secured big attendance and many of
the Irish members had hurried from
Dublin, where they voted in the bye
elections for st. Stephens Green, in
order to vote for the motion.
In the division thirteen Unionist
members, including Winston Churchill,
abstained from voting. Sixty-five Ma
tionalist members voted against the
government, the majority for which
was rather larger than any in the sew
eral recent critical divisions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
Affairs at vladivostok.

Vladivostok. March 21.-The Rus
sian military plans are progressing
satisfactorily here. along the main
coast and at Sakhalien island. Many
inhabitants continue to migrate to
Kharbarovsk and Nikolsk. and some
women and children are returning to
Russia.
The first detachment Of the Red
Cross from Russia has arrived and has
been distributed among the field hos
pitals. More than hundred nurses
have been sent from here to Manchuria
and Korea. The delivery of Russian
mails to the frontier and to ports Is
working fairly well and the telegraphs
excellently. Letters reach Vladivostok
twenty-five days after leaving st. Pc
tersburg.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
SCALPERS LOSE
CAN'T SELL WORLDS FAIR TICK
ETs.
United States Court uphoIds Railroads
contentIon.-Have the Right to
Sell Non-TrsnsfersbIe Tickets.


st. Louis, March 20.-Judge Amot
Thayer. In the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, yesterday overruled
the demurrer OF the thirty ticket
brokers to the petition of certain rail-
roads who asked the court for an Inv
junction to restrain the brokers from
Bcalping Worlds Fair tickets. The in
junction to restrain the scalpers will
therefore be granted.
The railroads complained that the
ticket brokers were selling unused por'
tions of reduced rate contract tickets
to third persons, and that they were
prepared to do this upon an extensive
scale during the Worlds Fair.
They asked the United States Cour,
to issue an injunction against this
soalping of excursion tickets.
The defendants filed with Judge
Thayer a demurrer in which 1t was
sought to have the injunction refused
upon two grounds-first, on a point OF
equity. the defendants alleging that
they were well within their rights: sec,
ond, upon point Of multlfariousness,
tho plaintiffs allying in their action.
when they should properly have acted
independently.
In his decision. Judge Thayer over
and said:
The complaining parties have the
right TO sell round-trip and commuta-
ton tickets over their respective roads
at reduced rates, and on condition that
they shall only be good in the hands OF
the original purchasers. and shall not be
transferred. Contracts Of this sort be-
tween carrier and its passengers are
lawful"
He recites that the statute laws OF
the state of Missouri and also the inter-
state commerce law forbid the sale of
such tickets by any but the railroads.
Again he says:
The defendants are preventing the
complainants from a right which the
law confers. or at least they are pre-
venting the complainants from trans
acting their business in perfectly law
ful way"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
Intervention Granted.

Washington. March 22-The United
States Supreme Court yesterday
granted the motion of the United
States in which leave was asked to in
tervene in the suit of the state of
Kansas VS.. the State of Colorado ct
al. to prevent the use for irrigation
and other purposes of the waters of
the Arkansas river in the latter state.
Under the motion to intervene the
United States was permitted to take
proofs, examine witnesses and be
heard in arguments.
1t is believed that the legal branch
of the Interior Department will be
given charge Of the case on the part
of the United States by Attorney Cen
eral Knox.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Is it any wonder that the rooster
crows? A Missouri farmer hauled n
load of baled hay to town. and on that
hay he carried a basket of eggs. Both
the hay and the eggs were sold at the
market price. and the hay brought
only two cents more than the eggs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

1t will be time enough for us to re-
toice over the soaring price of wheat
for export when we find out how it is
to affect the price of bread for home
consumption.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Admiral Togo's plan of stepping in.
giving the enemy few swift jabs and
then making quick getaway before
receiving any damage must commend
itself forcibly to the Judgment of Mr..
Corbett and other great American
strategists.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
Declares for Hearst.

Boston. March 21-In signed state
mont sent to the press last night For
mer Congressman George Fred VIII
liams announces his endorsement of
w. II. Hearst's candidacy for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination. Mr.
Williams adds that he intends to wage
n contest in this state in benalf of the
candidate
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The popping OF champagne corks
gave an alarm of fire In a New York
hotel. Might be a great anti-prohibi.
tion argument, If It were not for the
fact that ginger ale would do the
same thing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

President Harper declares that stu.
dents at the University of Chicago are
affected with "mind-wandering." They
have probably been taking their pro-
fessors too seriously.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Peru and Ecuador have submitted
their boundary dispute to the king of
Spain for final decision. We shall con-
tent ourselves with commencing the
principle of arbitration without com
menting upon the arbitrator.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

A Chicago casket manufacturer
drew 100000 in a lottery. II he had
remained steadily at work a more Ger
tain thing than lottery would have
paid him as well.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Laureate Austin is said to be incu.
batting a poem on the Japanese vic.
tories. Somebody should shoe Mr..
Austin on the nest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

A prisoner in Brooklyn police sta.
tion refuses to eat anything and has
lost forty pounds since his arrest. II
all prisoners would refuse to eat, the
tax rate might be brought down to
where 1t ought to be.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The Korean army has been ordered
to join the Japs in the field. In order
to cause panic among the Korean sol
diers 1t will only be necessary for the
Russians to shoot their hats.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Herr Conrled says the proposed pro
duction of "Parslfal" in English would
be "desecration" For heavens sake,
let II go at thatl
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The German court which decided
Against the use of the red necktie
seems to have taken the matter with
an amusing seriousness. but there are
lots of people in the United States
who applaud the finding.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24
Rlbsrt COUNTY Tribune
!. e. Pope, Editor and Publisher.
ELBERT, COLORADO.

Crinoilne must be coming into fash
Ion again. as vassar college needs six
new buildings.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

A bunch of celluloid roses was re-
sponsible for the latest Chicago thea
ter fire. Here is one more argument
against the celluloid collar style.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The crown prince of Germany may
take comfort in the thought that he's
not the only young fellow hopelessly
ensnared by the American girl.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Rice may be declared a contraband
of war. Well. let's be glad 1t is neither
beans nor prunes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

New Jersey comes forward with a
woman highwayman. No, she didn't
go through her husbands pockets.
She held up woman who kept a res
taurant.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Did Mr.. Spreckels fancy Santos
Dumont was flying too high when he
hspired for the hand of the sugar mag
mates daughter?
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Tho japanese shell that discovered
the Newslty works at Port Arthur con
firmed the suspicion that there was
such place.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Somebody at Port Arthur ought to
be able to set up a fine business in
scrap iron when the trouble is over.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The news comes from Lonion that
fhe Prince of Wales is not coming to
the St Louis exposition. Sorry for the
prince.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The name of the Emperor of Korea
is HILL. For the next few months
his highness had better lie low.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

The quartermaster's clerk who wes
discharged for insisting on spelling
route" with an e" is said to be a
native Of Chicago. It's absolutely Ger.
tain he isn't from Boston.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Tho New York Mail states that a
professor OF Greek has been arrested
Tor begging. Got tired of digging for
roots, perhaps.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

One of Ibsens plays has been stop
ped in Chicago because of fear
of spontaneous combustion. Chicago
is taking no chances on these things
now.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

"Panamans" is the Official word.
And 1t ought not to be objected to by
those who call themselves "Ameri-
cans"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-03-24

Schwab broke one of the banks at
Monte Carlo the other day. They are
probably drawing him Oh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11
AN EsK1Mo's STORY.
far up .n Canada with my


live far up IN Canada with my Ia
.,her. mother. and $little sister, = live
In a tent made of3skins In ! he summer .''r,
and in a house made OF stones and snow
in the winter. have to crawl through
a passage ten fcet-lohg to get into our
winter house. There Is q platform at one on,
end OF our house on which we sit and
sleep. we have only one window, and
that has thin sealskin curtain over It.
There Is "a slab ]. Of raised stono IN our
house that we use to melt snow on for
drinking water.
guess some people think that We
l9skimos never have any fun, but they
are mistaken. I play hockey. wlthsn stick
ana bali made OF walrus bone. N ! can
catch birds In my bird net; drive the
dog tean,,o the sledge and I have q
sled OF my own made entirely OF bone
tied together with sealskin cord. and
the runners arc shod with ivory: MY
little sister has q doll made Of bone and
dressed in fur. We do not have any
wood except when a piece OF driftwood
happens to nont by. We burn walrus
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11
fat. dried moss, and dried willow blooms
We light our fires by striking a piece OF.
steel against q stone. u -. I

TAT, dried moss, and dried willow blooms
We light our fires by striking a piece OF
steel against a stone. s,,. I,
We have no yeEeta bles. but sometimes
We find a few berries, We have bird
stew, seal meat walrus meat bear
meat, and, best of all, birds eggs.
w Ny fathcr&is tho best hunter around
here. and 4 mean to be Just like him
when get older. can crack a
short handled long dashed whip as we'll
as he can now. and Il am learning how to
do many other things.
One day. when We were far out on the
snow. my father showed me how to
lind water ia! drink /, He took seal
skin cup, and when we reached the top
OF a hummock. he struck the ice with his
whip statt It sounded solid. SO we went
on to the next hummock. That sounded
the same way. but when We struck the
third, It sounded hollow, Father broke
the Ice and We found clear running water.
We dipped some up IN our cup and drank
1t. ss3is 5ss5 " sal5
& My father has 4 bono harpoon With a
skin cord to It, Mother has q bono needle
with which she makes US bird skin under
clothes. We wear them with the feathers