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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-14
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

From Saturdays Daily.
Francis Niles, of Belknap, is in the
city today.
g. v. Springer, of Agency. is in the
city today
International heave powder. sar-
gents.
Miss Annie Rowland, Chillicothe, is
IN the city today.
Mrs. W. N. Enyart of Agency, was
IN the city shopping today.
Miss Helen Warren Of Chillicothe,
was in the city today on business.
Mrs. 3. M. Bowlin OF Highland Cen
ter, is in the city today on business.
Miss Ida Myers, Alb North Market
street, left on the Milwaukee this
morning for Moravia.
Sargent sells poultry foods.
Mrs. C. M. Kennedy left on the Rock
Island this noon for Eddyville where
she will visit relatives over Sunday.
Glenn Beaver of Agency returned to
his home this morning on Burlington
No. 16 after short business visit
here.
Sargent sells worm powder for stock
Mrs. John Ward of Eddyville, who
has been visiting her father, +. Goeh-
ring, north of the city for the past
week, returned to her home this morn
Ing.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Lee Jeannin,
of Orlando, Florida, a nine and half
pound girl daughter Mrs. Jeannin
was formerly Miss Sarah Arnold Of
this city.
Mrs. H. L. Streeby, Oil blackberry
street. left on the Rock Island this
noon for Eddyville and Oskaloosa,
where she will visit during the next
two weeks.
Sargent refunds money If Hyomei
fails to cure catarrh.
Miss Ruth Dixon, of Mystic, who has
been visiting at the home of Miss Eliz.
abeth Fitzgerald, 542 West Second
street, returned home on the Milwau.
kee this morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Owens of
Charlton. who have been visiting with
friends in this city, returned to their
home this morning on Burlington No.
8, after an extended visit with relatives
in this city.
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Our first display of all the latest
newest millinery novelties will take
place Wednesday,, March 10 at Mac
donelrs Millinery. The latest Charlotte
Corday. will be shown in three differ
ent designs.
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WIDOW AT FIFTEEN
MRs.MERL FIELDS OF osKALoosA
TELLS STORY IN POLICE
COURT.
Becomes Child Wife Few Weeks
After Fifteenth Birthday - ri.
vorced In Three Months - Leaves
Home to Escape Second Marriage.

Child wife and child widow, owning
but fifteen years and looking even
younger, Mrs Merl Fields, who ran
away from her home in Oskaloosa but
three weeks ago to escape a step,
fathers second enforced and distaste.
full marriage, stood in police court this
morning and reluctantly told her story
to Judge e. G. Moon The childish
voice and face that would have seemed
perfectly at home in the graded school
room seemed strangely out of place
among the dissolute and degraded ha.
bitues of Judge Moons court.
Mrs. Fields, and the little Mrs
seems strangely out of place, is a
beautiful child. Her face, features and
figure, by their beauty, would attract
attention in any company. AS she
stood in police court she wore jaunty
brown cloth cap which sat lightly over
mass of brown hair A long, heavy
but cheap coat, covered her torn and
badly worn dress skirt and waist.
It was her first appearance at the
bar Of justice and she little compre.
hended the significance of the action
there. She spoke in childish voice
that was scarcely audible and she was
manifestly disturbed by the cruelty GU
rious eyes that were fastened upon
| her.
Told Her Story.
The story she told in her cell at the
county Jail where she is being held
awaiting communication with her pa
rents at Oskaloosa is pitifu1 one. Hell
father, Tom Sparks, and her mothei
were divorced several years ago. Hel
mother, about two years ago, married
a man named Clay Works, and the
home life Of the girl since that time
| has been anything but pleasant.
The girl became fifteen years of age
| August 8, 1904, and on October 20 the
stepfather compelled her to marry 9
miner named Esbond Fields. This mar
riage was extremely distasteful to hel
and her husband, who was a drinking
man, was so cruel that on Christmas
day she left him and returned home
The husband filed a suit for divorce
charging desertion and adultery, ant
secured decree on Thursday, Febru
airy %, in the Mahaska county district
court.
| Insisted on Second Marriage.
The father, as soon as the divorce
was granted, insisted on the girl mar
rying another man named William
Hester. To escape the marriage she
ran away and came to Ottumwa. She
secured work in millinery store She
was provided room by friend fol
about two weeks. She then went tt
| live with her uncle, Napoleon B
Sparks, in Central addition. She re
NAMED there till last Thursday. Thurs
day night and Friday night she states
that she stayed in a wine room in one
of the saloons Of the city Saturday
evening she claims that she went te
the union depot to take Burlington
train for Abba where she expected tt
change to an iowa Central train fol
her home. She missed the Burlington
| train and remained at the depot with
| two young men until 2 o'clock whe1
she was arrested and taken to the
station.
Chief Gray has communicated with
the authorities at Oskaloosa and it is
expected that she will be taken bach
to that city this evening
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township Meetings.

Lloyd d. Burton. president of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers association
of Wapello county thanked those pres
ent for the part they had taken in max
ing the institute such success and
stated that it had been determined to
hold similar event each year. The
plan for next year, he said was to
hold meetings in each township few
months prior to the time for the insti-
tute and that the most important sub
jects would be brought UP for discus
sion at the county meeting.
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pr. Green's Great Puzzle,

Or. g. G.. Green OF Woodbury., New
Jersey. will mail for &c stamp, (sim-
ply for POSTAGE. one Of his great nov
elites, a wooden box with glass top,
containing six little colored balls. 1t
necessitates remarkable quickness of
the eye and hand to master it, but 1t
is possible with practice. Send for
one and mention The Courier.
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FIRE AT AGENCY.

Home Of w. II. RutlIdae Is Entirely
Consumed by Flames.
Agency, March 13.-(Special.) 1.-THE
dwelling house occupied by W. H. Rut.
lidge and family and located on West
Main street, was entirely consumed by
fire this morning which started at
about o'clack from a defective fue
The loss is about $500 and is fully in
sured. All the household goods were
saved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-14

farm today as compared with fifty
years ago. The general opinion ex-
pressed was that the young man Of to-
day with proper thrift and economy,
had better opportunity to obtain a
farm Of his own than he did fifty years
ago. Notwithstanding the higher price
of land
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To Let, Road Work.

On the first Monday in April, 1905
the township board of trustees OF
Green township will let road work for
the year of 1905. All persons inter.
ested invited to be present.
L. M. Alfred, Twp. Clerk.
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soNAPARTE.

Bonaparte, March 13.-The winter
season will terminate with an operetta
next Saturday evening at the Whiteley
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James Oakum, of New Sharon, who
has been in the city on business, re.
turned to his home on the Rock Island
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Tri- w eekly Courier.
CHANGING ADDRESS.

! ,.1'VN0INN NOUnES0s
ouoacriners wishing their address chang.
g VIII please give the name Of the Post
once to which the paper has been sent al
Wen as the Post once where they desire It
to be changed to.
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From Mondays Daily.
Frank Swinney, Of F1oris, spent
Sunday with his grandfather, Isaac
Swinney, on Pine street.
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SOUTH SIDE NEWS.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. e. w. KILLER, of Agency, visited
her sister, Mrs. Griffin Melick, 106
North Weller street, yesterday.
Mrs. Ella Lawson, 4o3 Chester av-
enue, left on Burlington No. 10 this
morning for Agency where she will
visit friends over Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Mcfarland has returned
to her home at Blakesburg after a
short visit with her mother, Mrs. Bry.
son, 302 South Ransom street.
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N. S. Johnson, a Prominent Merchant

Bloomfield
OF rheumatism
- Bloomfield Iowa. 1908
Elmino Medicine
gentlemen:
hopeless
the second bottle
nave reH twinge of I feel
should of its
grateful to the
Respectfully N.
mnatum as remarkable
WISH TO learn about them
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-14

Mrs. e. Bowman. of Blakesburg, re-
turned to her home. this morning after
short visit with her sister. Mrs. E.
G. Campbell. 337 Church street.
Roy Mckee. who is employed at Fair
Held, has returned to his work after
spending Sunday at home. 20S South
Schuyler street.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
Pleasures Pnst,

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Hervy entertained
Monday evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. J.. Metcalf.
Mrs r. e. Patterson entertained the MEM
bers of the Tuesday Whist club at last
weeks meeting.
Miss Fawcett entertained at dinner Fri
day evening for Mr. Harrison Bennett of
the Savage Grand Opera company.
Mrs. Sailer was hostess of the last meet
ing of the Tuesday High Five club at
her home on Park avenue. The high scores
were made by Mrs. Haverley, Mrs. C. II.
T. Riepen and Mrs.\Wnl Sampson.
The members of the II. P. club were
guests of Mrs. A. Duke Friday afternoon,
when the prizes for the seasons high
score were awarded to Mrs. ]. Mandle-
berg. Mrs. Riepen and Mrs. A. Whit
marsh.
Mrs A Bonde was pleasantly surprised by
a party OF friends Friday evening in cele-
bration of her birthday. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. c. Peterson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jensen. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Jensen, Mr.
and Mrs. Kopke, Mr. and Mrs. Jessen, Mr.
and Mrs Waggensen, Mr.. and Mrs. Shin
rock. Mr.. Bebensen, Mr., Raum and Mr.
Timler.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
EDUCATION is THE ISSUE
Liberal Member of Parliament Talks
of Importance of Wider Dis
semination of Knowledge

LONDON. April 22.-(Special Cablebram
to The Bee. MIR. Haldane Qiberal NJ. p,
speaking at EPSON this week said, that
upon the fiscal question Mr.. Balfour had
lost the confidence of Parliament, and knew
he had lost it. The present situation of the
government was serious, and not good for
the country. Free trade alone was the
basis of Imperialism in it's largest sense,
he said. We held our own with the coun-
tries of the world because our fiscal sys-
TEN had given us opportunities which none
of the. other countries had, so far as for
eign trade was concerned. The real justi-
fication for Mr.. Chamberlain's agitation was
the necessity of making our educational
system in the widest sense of the word
more perfect.
The Liberal party had the opportunity
of making a far bigger educational policy
than had ever been dreamed of in the
philosophy of his majesty's administration
Education should be taken up from the
point of view of the nation as a whole
with the object of profiting by the lessons
taught us by Japan and Germany. The
next Liberal government must devote it
self, almost before anything else, to a
great educational policy, and to the better
ment of the social condition of the people
by dealing with the temperance, housing
and land questions.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
SHOWING The WAY
This Public Statement Of an
:. Omaha Citizen will be
Appreciated

Many a reader of this in Omaha has
gone through the selfsame experience in
part. and will be glad to be shown the
way to get rid of the constant aches and
pains of a bad back. Profit by an
Omaha citizens experience
ha citizens experience.
Mr.. VIM. Sage, bricklayer of No. 42l1
Burdette street, says: always after a
hard days work or when / caught n
cold which settled in my loins, backache
became very severe. Doan's Kidney
Pills procured at Kuhn * Cos drug
store, corner 18th and Douglas streets,
gave me such prompt a relief and up to
date have prevented attacks that have
no hesitation in recommending them TO
anyone suffering from either oyer-excited
or weakened kidneys"
For sale by all dealers, price soc per
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, \. Y,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doans and take
no other
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

Mr. Amos Field has announced the en-
gagement of his daughter. Miss Elizabeth
Field, to Mr.. Clarence f. Brink.
Mr. and Mrs. A. f. Hargraves announce
the marriage of their daughter. Miss Clara
Louise Hargraves, to Mr.. William Scott
Stein OF Lincoln. which took place Wednes-
day at Springfield, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Rail of 22O4 North
Nineteenth street announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Zella Rail
to DR.. f. c. lynch of Bayard, Ia, we'd
ding to take place June l.
Mr.. and Mrs C. o. Edling have issued
cards for the wedding of their daughter
Miss Clara Edling and Mr.. Louis e
Rogers, which is to take place Tuesday
evening, May 2, at O'Clock. at their
home, 619 North Nineteenth street.
The wedding of Miss Georgia King enc
Mr. D. Clinton Smith will be solemnizet
this afternoon at o'clock at the home
Of the brides father, Mr.. c. H. King
i22 North Twenty eighth street, Rev. Cur
rie OF Calvary Baptist church to off1ciate
Only the intimate friends and relative!
will witness the ceremony.
The marriage of Mr.. Thomas Creigh o.
Omaha 10 Miss Gertrude ONel of st. Louis
which will take place next Saturday a
the home OF the brides parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Joseph O'Neil 4470 Westminster Place
will be of interest TO scores Of Omah'
friends of the young people. The ceremon!
will be followed by reception from
until o'clock. The bride will be ATTENDED
by Mrs. Allan Caldwell as matron of homo
and Miss Edith o'Neil and Miss Clara Nc
Clumsy as brides maids. Mr. Charlie
Pratt of Kansas City will serve as bes
man and Mr.. Charles Young of Chicag
and Mr. Allan Caldwell as grOOmSmeu
Mr., and Mrs. Thomas Creigh, sr., o
Omaha viii attend the wedding.
The marriage OF Miss Ethel Cora Wilcox
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilcox
to Or. Luther Leisenring OF Placerville
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
Coming Events.

Mrs. C. E. Yost will entertain at luncheon
Thursday.
The Omaha Guards will give their medal
drill and hop Monday evening.
The South Side Whist club will be enter
tanned this week at the home of Mrs. Tag
gart.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caldwell will enter.
tain at dinner at the Omaha club Monday
evening.
The Winfield club will hold its last dan
cling party of the season Monday evening at
Chambers academy.
Miss Julia Higginson will entertain at
bridge Thursday evening in honor of the
Misses Westbrook.
The members of the Indian club will be
the guest of Miss Lucille Cassidy at
Tuesdays meeting.
The Womans Alliance of Unity church
will give a dancing party Friday evening
at Metropolitan club.
Mrs. Julia Kessler will entertain al
euchre Thursday afternoon in her apart.
ments at the Merriam.
Omikron Alpha Pi fraternity will pre-
sent "A New Bonnet for Mary Saturday
evening at Creighton auditorium.
Mrs. G. w. Wattles has cards out for q
buffet luncheon to be given Wednesday
in compliment to Mrs Lucy Patterson.
Mrs. John N. Baldwin of Council Bluffs
has issued cards for a whist tournament
in her apartments at the Grand hotel Fri
day and Saturday, May 10 and 20, from II
! to 8 o'clock.
! Mrs. John Ross, jr., will entertain the
Marchionette club Thursday afternoon a.
her home, Thirty-eighth and Farnam.
| Miss Webster will entertain at luncheon
at the Omaha club Monday in compliment
to Miss Anderson, who is the guest o.
Mrs. Luther Kountze.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
Come md Go Gossin.

Miss Minnie Sweezie of Lincoln is the
guest of Miss Zola Dellecker
Miss Marion Hughes Is the guest Of
friends al Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Cahill have returned
from Grand Island and are at the Murray,
Mr., and Mrs. w. A. Deuel. left Wednes-
day for Denver. where they will make their
home.
George Kearney is spending Easter week
with w. A. Paxton on his ranch at
Ogallala.
Mr.. and Mrs f. X. Lower returned this
week after visit of several days in Min
neapolis.
Mrs. s. D. Barkalow went to New York
Tuesday, expecting to be absent about
three weeks.
Miss Nellore Wilson OF Lincoln is spend
ing the Easter vacation the guest of Miss
Faith Hoel.
Mrs. Lew Marshall of Lincoln is in the
city to spend some time with Mrs. d. H.
Wheeler, jr.
Miss Anna Covell is the guest OF friends
in Denver, expecting to be absent about
three weeks.
Mrs. George B. Ayres and children OF
Deadwood are guests of Mrs. C. B. Coon
at the shriner.
Mrs. Arthur Guiou spent the early part
| of the week visiting her mother, Mrs
Hembaugh, in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ralph E. Hayward are
| spending Easter week with Mr. and Mrs
w A. Paxton, jr., on their ranch al
Ogallala.
Mrs. Samuel G. Strickland of ST. Pau
is expected in Omaha about the middle
of May, TO be the guest of Mrs. E. NJ
Fairfield
| Miss Eugenie Whitmore returned yester,
day morning from Keystone ranch, where
she has been the guest OF Mr., and Mrs. w
/ A. Paxton, jr
| Miss Ruth Thompson is at home from
the University of Nebraska, spending th'
Easter vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. George Thompson.
Mrs William Morrison and son, Dick
have gone TO Savannah, Ca, where they
will Join Mrs, Morrisons parents, Mr.. anC
| Mrs Lyman Richardson,
Miss Gertrude Clarke returned Sunda!
! from the east where she has spent thu
winter and will remain until June. wheT
she expects TO go abroad 10 spend the sum
| mer In ltalv.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
HAVE SYMPATHY FOR WOMAN
tiOns Regarding Sentence Passed
on Assassin of SerEIus.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 22.-The central
committee of the Journalists organization
composed of many of the most celebrated
Russian writer's including Korolenko, Ges-
sen, Annensky, etc, has adopted reso-
luton of sympathy with the mother Of
Ivan Kaleieff, condemned to death as the
assassin of Grand Duke sergius express
ing the hope that the time will soon arrive
when RussiaL mothers will no longer be
obliged to sacrifice their sons in the
struggle for liberty.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
A SONS LOVE
Music written by Composer just Re
fore Death Anords Competence
for Aged Mother.
"INDIAN sunnRR"-MAL

This royalty is paid to the mother of
the composer and is practically her sole
means Of support in her declining years
In Indian Summer" the composer has in
geniously woven various meloGic surprises
which please the car and should do much
70 make II the most popular waltz since
the Nordica Walt2es. The few bars given
herewith give but a hint of the fascinating
character of the composition. The ]. w.
Jenkins Sons Music Co., of Kansas City,
Mo-, are fortunate in securing the publica-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

tion OF Mr.. Wells compositions as well as
many other tuneful numbers that have be-
come almost world famous. Among these
may be mentioned the songs MY Merce-
dcs'' and 81 Wait Alone For Nou'-"A
Whispered Thought" novelette," South
ern Smiles march-"Fraternity Belle"
two-step, and others.
These charming compositions are being
accorded a phenomenal sale throughout
the country The increasing demand has
resulted in repeated orders from dealers
everywhere
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

The Women's Christian Temperance
union will hold its educational meeting
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at the
home OF Mrs. r. l.. Wood, 424S Harvey
street. Mrs. Wood is state superintendent
of mothers meetings and that will be the
subject of the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

Just before his death, w. Wesley wells,
the composer. completed two pieces OF
new set OF waltzcs entitled Indian sum
NOR" which has achieved great popularity
In the last few weeks, the other the we'll
known song My Mercedes on which tue
royalties during 1904 were over S15 month,
and for December, 1891, over $50. showing
that this beautiful composition is steadily
gaining in favor
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

The Women's club of the Railway Mail
service will hold its April meeting Wednes.
day afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

May and have been announced as the
dates for the convention of the clubs Of
the Third district, TO be held at Fremont
Mrs. Frances d. Keefe of West Point is
vice president of the district and has the
program in charge. It will be announced
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

See the exhibit OF handmade Irish home
spuns from the Worlds fair IN oW win
dows. MacCarthy Tailoring Co., SA-So6
South Sixteenth street.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23
MILD PLUNGE INTO wHlRL OF GMETY


MONDAY-winield club closing party:
Omaha Guards medal drill and hop; Mr.
and Mrs. +. s. Cowgills dinner at the
Omaha club; Miss Webster's luncheon
for Miss Anderson.
South Side Whist club; Miss Lucille cas-
sadly entertains the Indian club.
SDAY-LeisenrinR-W wilcox wedding
and reception; Mrs. @. w. Wattles buftet
THURSDAY-Mrs c. f. Yost. a luncheon;
Miss Higginson entertains at bridge MIS-: MISS
Webster entertains the Cooking ciuD;
Mrs. John Ross, jr, entertains the Mar
chonette club -.
al Metropolitan club; Omkron Alpha III
dancing party at Chambers. -,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the Country cluo'
~ society has transgressed during the
last forty days 1t has redeemed Itself
during the last seven, II going to church
and abstaining from entertaining or being
entertained counts for anything. Things
have been dead socially, but It has been
the lull that prece6es the other extreme
and the fashionables evidently propose to
lose no time for there Is something on
the calendar for every day next week
and the Mondays mail not yet received,
the first time such a thing has happened
for weeks. But It IS a modest plunge after
all, for there is nothing of conspicuous
consequence scheduled although some OF
the smartest ones are among lhe nOstesSeS
The opening of the Country club Satur-
day will practically put an end to the
season of 'O5." as in addition to the out
of-door features, It will launch the whole
series and variety of affairs that center
about the clubhouse and the people who
frequent II. Unless this year is different
from others, a great part of the luncheons
and dinners and like things will be giver
there from now on. The opening will be
very much as usual and though the pro-
gram has not yet been definitely announced
1t will probably include the dinner and
dance, with golf for the late afternoon
attraction.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

The Nebraska Ceramic club will hold its
annual exhibit of work Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week at the Her
Grand hotel.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-04-23

Clio club will meet Monday afternoon al
the home of Mrs. McEachron.