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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
REVIVAL IN cREsToN.
Seven EvanaeIicaI Churches Of City
Planning to Participate in Meetings.


Creston, May 2.-The churches of
Creston will this week commence a
united onslaught on the battlements
Of sin, plans having been formulated
for a big union revival meeting, to
continue three weeks and in which the
seven evangelical churches of the city
will join. These meeting are to be
held in a big tent, which has been put
up in central location, easily ac-
cessible from every part of the city.
This tent will accommodate 1000 or
5000 people, and comfortable seats will
be provided for that number.
The meetings began last evening
and the seven pastors Of the different
churches of the city conducted the ex-
ercises. Union prayer meetings have
been held for two weeks and the
church going people of the city are
evidently in good condition for the re-
vival.
Rev. John Elliott, a noted revivalist
from the east, has been engaged, and
will arrive here Wednesday and preach
his first sermon In the tent the same
evening. With the Rev. Elliott comes
Professor C. H. Rykert, singer and
song leader of experience, and who has
had great success in evangelistic
work. He will have a choir OF 200 or
300 voices and the song service each
evening will be one of the features.
Great results are looked for by the
ministers and members Of the Creston
churches.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
NETTIE CRAVEN FAIR is DEAD.
Last Chapter Written in Strange Ca
reer of Woman in ASYLUM.

Last Chapter written IN Strange Ca
reer Of Woman In Asylum.
Washington, Ia, May 2.-Finis has
been written to one of the most nota-
BILE and strange careers, in which a
woman, a senator and millions were
the principal characters, that has
stirred the county for many day.
Nettie Craven Fair is dead The al
legged common law wife of United
States Senator Fair of California died
Sunday at the Mt. Pleasant hospital
for the insane, here she had been sent
from Burlington, after "a series of in
cidents, dramatic and spectacular in
the extreme.
Mrs. Craven was adjudged of un-
sound mind few weeks ago, follow
ing her sudden discovery at Burling-
ton hotel and subsequent attempts to
burn the hostelry and threaten the
lives of her guards.
Body Taken to Washington.
The body was brought here Sunday
night and taken to the home of her
sister, Mrs. W. W. Cherry. The flu
neral will be held Wednesday after.
noon, the hour having as yet not been
decided upon. Her daughter, Mrs
Koehler Of St Louis, has been sum.
moned and will be here for the funeral
Mrs. Craven was born on a farm
three miles west of this city, and was
Sd years Of age. Her life history has
been a remarkable one, especially
since leaving here a few years ago fol
California. She was stenographer Of
Senator Fair. and after his death
claimed she was common law wife
of the senator and made fight for 8
portion of the estate. She was par
TALLY successful.
Since then she has been wandering
over the country, at times disappear
ing for months, and then as suddenly
showing up in some out-of-the-way 10
cality. She had but to make her re
quest for money known when it wal
granted to her without question.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
HANS ALBERT SANE
so ADJuDGED BY NEBRASKA Epl.
TOR WHO WAS HIS SEAT MATE
AT "PARslFAL."
Did Not Take Kindly to the Entertain
ment-WiIl Testify to the Sanity Of
Hans Albert, Who Was Recently Re-
leased From Asylum.

Hans Albert, the talented violinist,
formerly of this city, and who was
adjudged insane after giving concert
in Nebraska few weeks ago, has
been adjudged sane by the editor of
the Columbus (Neb.) Telegram. The
editor attended musical entertain
was given. He did not take kindly to
was given. TIE did not take kindly to
the style of music and expresses him
self as follows:
II saw and heard 'Parsifal' last We'd
nesday night in the Omaha auditorium.
Five thousand fellow fish shared with
me the agony. All of us were society
people. Some of us wore evening
dress. Some Of the Omaha society
people didn't wear much dress of any
kind.
"But what about the music. l have
been asked to write about 1t from the
standpoint Of layman, and indeed
could not write from any other stand
point. The music was written by Wag-
ner. Germany has given to the world
many of its sweetest music writer's.
Germany has also produced Wagner.
have often wondered why the music
world insists upon pushing the German
writer's OF real music to the back
ground and forever demanding that
the public shall write under the spell
of Wagner's educated discord. have
also tried hard to understand how
Wagner ever wrote the thousands OF
measures in 'Parsifal' without permit
ting strain Of melody to creep into
the whole, even by accident
Hans Albert Left.
Perhaps it may be true that per
sons unsteady erudite may have I'm
derstood and appreciated all the Par
sifal' music. doubt it.
"My seatmate at the opera was Hans
Albert, admittedly one of the master
musicians of America. The great VIC
linist was recently released from the
insane asylum. If they shall evel
again attempt to judge him insane
shall cheerfully testify to his perfec
sanity. Hans went home after the firs
act, and his chair was vacant durins
the remaining hours of torture"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
NEED NEW ARMORIES
INSPECTOR GENERAL COL. J. r
PRIME WANTS THE STATE
TO INVESTIGATE.
Better Armories for the Companies
of the Iowa National Guard" is the
Slogan of !. N. G. officer-Urges
Governor to Act.

Better armories for the companies
of the Iowa National Guard, is the
slogan of Col. ]. R. Prime, inspector
general, who was at Ottumwa in Janu-
airy inspecting Company G. of the Fifty
fourth regiment, and who as result
of his last tour of the state has recon-
nended that commission be ap-
pointed to investigate Iowa armories.
The inspector general urges that
after this commission has made it's in
vestigation and has reported the
towns needing new and better ar
mories, those towns which do not pro-
vide the proper arnory shall lose the
company. Col. Prime feels that a good
armory is one of the essentials of a
good company and that the failure to
have gathering place that meets all
requirements is det-. rental to the
aims of the l. N. G.
Col Prime also urges that an addi-
tional inspection be held each year,
this inspection to be by regimental or
battalion commanders, just prior to
the encampment.
The report to the governor on these
matters is as follows:
The investigation of the armory
question, one OIL VIAL importance TO
any organization, has developed the
fact that there is inequality in the mat
ter of rentals, some organizations pay
ing as high as $500 a year for armories
inferior to others which are provided
by the cities and towns in which the
company is stationed, and at very
moderate cost to the company 1t is
therefore recommended that a board
be appointed to investigate this matter
and adjust armory rentals.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
the necessity for securing better ar
mories for some of the organizations
in the state. 1t is the drying need of
the guard today, and nothing will more
quickly build up the se1vice. Cities
and towns which have organizations
without suitable armoriess. should be
given to understand that unless such
armories are secured the company will
be mustered out and givenS to some
municipality which will provide proper
quarters.
At present guard companies are in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
DUNREATH.

Dunreath, May 2.-Mr. and Mrs
Robert Turner was in Des Moines on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gibbons and
daughter, Nellie spent Sunday with
their son, Frank Gibbons, of Runnels.
John Maplethrope was Cordova
caller Tuesday
Mrs. George Waters visited Sunday
with relatives in Morgan Valley.
Frank Petit, who had his arm in
jured, is much better.
Miss Alpha Amos visited Sunday
with friends in Fifield.
Ben Mayors, of Morgan Valley, is
visiting with relatives at this place.
Grover Maplethorpe and sister, Cora
spent Sunday in the capital city.
George Brown was Swan caller
Saturday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
MINE OWNERS SPLIT
Two Factions Fight for Possession Of
Canada Gold Field.

Des Moines, May 2. = Two factions
of the Lillooet Gold Mining company,
are striving for control of Fraser river
properties in British Columbia. The
present management of which William
Schlicker of Des Moines is secretary
finds itself confronted with the neces-
sity of meeting debt of $4,000 to
the Hamilton Dredging company of
Petersboro, Canada. In case the pres
ent managers fail to pay out 1t is I'M
derstood that a second faction with
Charles T. Hancock of Dubuque at the
head is ready to furnish the funds and
take control of the property. Mr.. Han
cock has been in Des Moines several
days making arrangements for this
sta9.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04

spected but, twice year, at the home
stations in the winter and at the annual
encampment in the summer. It is
suggested that another inspection by
regimental or battalion commanders
be made at the home station shortly
before the annual encampment with a
view of giving regimental or battalion
commanders personal knowledge of the
efficiency of their companies. This
inspection will not alter the present
plan of markings nor change the stand
ing of the organizations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
BLAckHAWK.

Blackhawk, May 2. - School opened
Monday with Miss Arlie McIntire as
teacher.
Lewis Adams and daughter Eliza
beth attended the wedding of Robert
Jones and Mrs. Sophia Parse near
Unionville Sunday.
Eli Smith and family visited Sunday
at the Miner Barnes home.
Addie Mcconnell and James Hop.
kins attended church at Oak Grove on
Sunday night.
Rev. Hastings filled his regular ap.
pointment at Pleasant Hill Sunday.
Misses Sylvia and Birdie Bean spent
Sunday with Miss Ethel Ellison.
Wade Good Of Bloomfield and Miss
Lennie Chatterton of Drakeville Wis
tied Sunday with relatives at this
place.
HI. Kinsinger and sister Nellie were
Blackhawk callers on Sunday evening
John Coop and Miss Dora Goodwin
visited over Sunday with relatives at
Bunch
M. Albright and wife visited Sunday
at the home of Charlie Brown.
Wade McIntire was in the vicinity
on Friday.
Will Morrison was very pleasant
caller at the home Of r. H. Coop on
Saturday evening.
A number from this place attended
services at Oak Grove Saturday night
Lowe Kinsinger and wife visited on
Sunday at the parental Brown home.
S. Hoover and wife spent Saturday
night with relatives near Unionville.
Messrs. George Hopkins and w. F.
Robb passed through Blackhawk en-
route to Bunch on Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
STOCKPORT.

Stockport, May 2. William Grone
is afflicted with rheumatism
Mrs B. F. Oldt is confined to- the
house with rheumatism
Died, on April %. the infant son
of John Crawford, the funeral being
held Saturday.
Saturday was gala day for Stock
port. The merchants were kept busy
from early morn until late at night.
Owing to the heavy rains the past
week. farm work has been suspended.
There will be no plums or peaches.
Small fruit will be almost failure.
d. G. Whitaker of Hillsboro visited
over Sunday at Stockport.
Born, April 80, to Mr.. and Mrs. De
Witt, a daughter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
Epworth League Meet at Brighton.

Brighton, May 2.-The Epwortl
League chapter Of Richland and the
home chapter met together at Brighton
on Friday evening and Saturday morn
ing to exchange thoughts and plans.
On Friday evening public invitation
was extended to the friends in town
to attend the social meeting. This
meeting consisted of social entertain-
ment and addresses given by Rev. Tut
tie, of Brighton, and Rev. Hawk, of the
Richland charge, and special readings
and music. On Saturday morning at
9 a. m. the session opened with de.
votional service, followed by discus
sion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
Lowden Prize for S. U. I. Debate.

Iowa City, May 2.--Hon. Frank o.
Lowden, of Chicago, has donated
prize of $50 to be riven annually un-
der rules framed by the faculty of the
State university of iowa, for excellence
in debate. No conditions as to how
the price is to be awarded are attache 1
to the gift. it will be awarded next
year for the first time. Mr.. Lo--den
is an alumnus Of the college of law Of
Iowa university. He gives annual
prizes for excellence in Latin, Greek,
botany, geology and mathematics. He
has also provided $4,000 as an endow.
ment for the Northern OratoricaI
league.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
Milton High School Commencement


Milton, May 2.-The eighteenth an
nual commencement Of Milton high
school was held Friday night in the
opera house. The house was crowd
ed to its full capacity and all listened
with the closest attention and inter
est to we'll prepared program of two
and quarter hours length. There
were fourteen graduates-ten girls and
four boys-e.ch delivering orations
on his or her respective theme, and
all to their credit. The music was
furnished by the juniors in two selec-
tions, double quartet and male quar-
tet The president of the board, D. A.
Miller, addressed the class with a
number of well-selected thoughts, aft
erwards presenting each with we'll
earned diploma, when the class sang
a goodbye song. Milton will now
look forward to her promising class of
seventeen in 1906.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
nicola PAPER SHUTS DOWN.
Reporter is Levied Upon BY Sheriff
to satisfy Mortuaue

Council Bluffs, May 2-The Nicola
Report. T was levied upon by the
sheriff to satisfy a mortgage of $1,000
held by the State bank of Nicola.
Howard & Howard were the publish.
ers. The paper will not be issued,
pending the sale of the property.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04

George Hefferman, wealthy farmer
living near Jackson, Neb., AZ years OF
age, ended a weeks debauch at Sioux
City by blowing out the gas at his ho.
tel. When found in the morning he
was DEAL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
DEGREE FOR FAIRFIELD BOY.
William Mccoy Made Bachelor Of DI-
vinity at Princeton Seminary.

WHY at Fr1ncetun SeInIndFy.
Princeton, N. j., May 2. - Among
the students who will receive the bach
elor of divinity degree from Princeton
Theological seminary May 8 is vii.
liam Mccoy Of Fairfield, la. Mccoy is
a graduate Of Parsons college, class OF
1902 and Is one Of the three graduates
from Iowa to receive degrees. He will
also have a commencement part, and
will probably do some preaching this
summer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04

have purchased the Malcomson farm
of 112 acres.
w. H. Saunderson. wealthy farmer
of near Selma, was business visitor
in town Monday forenoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
INTERMENT AT cREsToN.

w. c. Henry Who Died at FL Paso,
Texas, Buried Sunday.
Creston, May 2.-The remain Of w
C. Henry, an engineer on the Rock
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-04
Personal and Otherwise.

DR.. L. l.. Pittman left Monday for
Des Moines to attend the state dental
convention in session there this week.
Judge and Mrs. f. w. Eichelberger
will return today from Fairfield
where the judge has been holding
court for a few weeks. The settle-
ment of some twelve of fourteen cases
greatly shortened the length of the
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-22

on their own lots, mostly in canvass
and rough board shanties
irrigation enterprises are going
on successfully in many other states,
shall have to summarize them
briefly. The governments mill in
Arizona. which many people predict
ed would be failure, Is now turn
ing out cement for our great dam
there cheaper than we could haul 1t
from the nearest railroad station,
and although we have had extraordi-
nary floods this summer, railroad
communications having been cut OF
eleven times, the work has been
pushing along splendidly.
GIN Colorado we are driving
tunnel $4,000 feet in length under
the mountains to carry the Gunnisoa
river into a beautiful Embarrassing
valley, where it will irrigate 1870, 900
acres. In Montana, on the northern
end of the Grow Indian reservation,
which will soon be open, we are plan
ming to take water from the south
side of the Yellowstone river by q
series of tunnels to avoid getting in
the way of the Northern Pacific and
Burlington tracks, to a place where
it will irrigate a beautiful area of
10000 acres, crossed by two trans
continental railroads. In Nebraska
we are building canal from the
North Platte river which will irrigate
100000 acres. There are projects
in other states. but you do not seem
to care for a catalogue of them. and
this can more fittingly be set forth
in an annual report. Suffice to say
that the work is going on steadily
and SUCCESSFULLY, and June II is its
celebration day."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-22
Sentiment Changes in Oregon.

81 witnessed a highly interesting
change of sentiment in Oregon when
l was there at the time of the land
fraud trial, said Mr.. Newell, of the
Geological Survey, recently. "The
grating element of the community
were at first much opposed to Sec
rotary Hitchcock, and asked why
some pressure could not be brought
to bear upon him to make him stop
his persecution of the poor man who
had obtained land from the govern
men. Underneath this, there soon
became apparent strong approval of
the thinking public, until today be-
lieve that if Mr.. Hitchcock should go
to Oregon he would have a bigger
ovation than almost any other man in
the United States, especially since he
has made good on all the points that
he started out on. The hard-headed,
Common-sense people are with him
today.
"One of the most prominent men
in the state came to me to find out
If did not know some influence that
could be brought to bear upon Mr..
Hitchcock to induce him to desist
from his campaign, saying that it
was running the chances of many of
the leading people there. He went
on to say that If this thing were con-
tinued, many good citizens who had
obtained these lands would have to
quit the state or go to the peniten-
tiary. l could give this enquirer no
satisfaction. I did not know of any
influence which would sidetrack Mr..
Hitchcock. and I told the enquirer
that felt sure that there was none
in the world, and that the best thing
for him to do was to tell his friends
to wash their hands of the evil prac-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-22
INTERESTING NOTES.
Twenty Fragments of Facts About
The Realm OF the MikadO.

Japan has nearly 100000 peo-
ple-more than half as many as the
United States.
The word "mikado' signifies some
think like " the sacred gate" of Sub
lime porte"
The name of the reigning mikado
is Mutso Hito.
The name of the empress is O'Haru
-"spring."
The name of the crown prince is
Yoshi Hito.
European dress is worn at all the
court functions.
Passports are no longer required
in Japan.
Rice is the common food of the
common people.
Sixteen cents a day is now good
pay for unskilled labor in Japan. Ten
years ago it was 5 cents.
Japan has few milloinaires, and
practically no multimillionaires.
Toxic is 100 years older than st.
Petersburg.
The Japanese goddess of flowers
is god.
The lovely aJpanese cherry trees
produce no cherries.
On the Japanese stage male actors
play the female roles.
There is only one Japanese actress
Nine. Sada Yacco.
Danjiro. the great Japanese TRACE
dian, Is also the most skillful dancer
Of Janan.
Japanese dead are buried in a
squatting position, chin upon knees
The mountain known to us as Full
yama is called by the japanese Full
no-yama. the mountain of Full" or
Full San"
Fujiyama is 1896 feet high. one
thousand feet for each month in the
year. and one foot additional for each
day in the year, the Japanese say.
More than 10000 pilgrims, male
and female, ascend Fujiyama every
year.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-22
T|ETAN PROJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION
Secretary Hitchcock Has Not Turned Down Washington
Some Objections Have Been Offered to the
Sunnyside Scheme

The Tietan and the Sunnyside pro-
jects have encountered fresh obsta-
cles on what was thought to be the
very eve of their approval by the Sec
rotary of the interior.
Certain technical questions, which
are not fully explained, but which
will probably soon be cleared away,
have been raised in regard to the Tie
tan scheme.
The objection in regard to the Sum-
nyside project is more serious. AS
was repeatedly predicted in the dis
patches, last summer, the offer of
sale made by the Washington Irriga-
ton company, owners of the Sunny
side canal, is not entirely acceptable
to the government in it's present form
and the proposed contract has been
referred to the attorney general for
examination.
The specific objection to the pro-
posed contract between the govern
ment and the Washington Irrigation
Company Is that the reclamation law
provides that the government shall
not furnish water for more than 100
acres of land to one owner.
The officers of the reclamation SER
vice hoped and still hope that this
obstacle can be overcome, but Secre-
tary Hitchcock is greatly dissatisfied
with the proposition in its present
form. His decision will, however, be
largely Influenced by the opinion OF
the attorney general.
Meanwhile there need be no con-
Germ because of the condition of the
reclamation fund.
Secretary Hitchcock denies with
much emphasis the report that he had
decided to approve no additional pro-
jects until the general fund had been
increased.
II have been looking into the mat
ter very thoroughly" said the secre-
tary, with view to finding out ex-
actly now we stand. The reason
have withheld approval of the Wash
ington projects is not that the fund
is exhausted, for the fund is not ex-
hausted. The Washington projects,
with all the conditions involved, are
now under consideration on their
merits, and hope to reach decision
soon.
1--WE have allowed a good deal of
i money for reclamation out of the
funds, but not all that we have. We
have come to the point, however,
where we must begin to consider the
maintenance of a reasonable surplus,
for 1t would be just as unwise for
the government to spend this recla-
nation fund up to the very limit of