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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
WooED HIS OWN DAUGHTER.
Before Wedding He Discovered He,
identify

Before Wedding He Discovered Her
identity.
Geneva, Switzerland, July pa re-
markable love tragedy has come to
light in the village Of AppenzeI, which
for unique features is hard to dupli-
cate.
Nearly twenty years ago a young
Swiss commercial traveller named
daughter and emigrated to Mexico,
where he succeeded in amassing a
considerable fortune. His wife died,
and the little girl was adopted by a
farmer named Schloss. The child as
sumed his name and was generally
regarded in the district as the farmers
own daughter.
A year ago her father, who called
himself 1lfelder after leaving his ma
tive country, sold out his business in
Mexico and returned to Appenzell. He
was informed, and naturally believed,
that both his wife and child were dead
Later he met his daughter, and ignor-
ant of her identity, fell in love with
her. She is now nearly 20 years old,
while he is A.
For four months the returned wan
derer wooed the girl with her consent.
1t was only when he asked the APP
proyal Of Farmer Schloss that he
learned the girls history, and recog-
nized that he had won the hand of his
own daughter.
Rushing from the house, ne Travelled
at once to Bale. whence he wrote to
the farmer, confessing everything and
placing $4,000 to the girls credit in
a Zurich bank Nothing more has been
heard of him, and his daughter is
heartbroken.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
ASKS BIG ALIMONY
ELIZABETH SHELTON FILES Pc
Triton ASKING FOR DIVORCE
FROM DR.. cAss SHELTON.
Asks $1,000 AIlmony-cruei and lnl1u-
man Treatment Alleged as Cause Of
Action-Aged Couple AlIeee They
Lost Property by Misrepresentation.
From Tnes1nY,s Daily.

From Tuesdays DsYrv.
Alleging cruel and inhuman treat
ment as cause for action Mrs. Eliza
beth Shelton has filed an application
for a divorce and $4,000 alimony from
Or. Cass Shelton. Mrs. Shelton. who is
the daughter of ex-Mayor T. H. Pickler,
states in her petition, filed with the
clerk of the district court late yester-
day afternoon, that she was married
to the defendant January Q, 1905, and
lived with him until July 81.
She also alleges in. the petition that
during the past three months he has
conducted himself in a cruel and in
human manner toward her and that he
mas several times called her vile
names imputing unehasity on her part.
The statement is also made that the
defendant carried a revolver which he
used to terrify her and that on July 81
to escape being assaulted she ran into
the public streets and has since been
residing with her parents.
Attachment Issued.
Mrs. Shelton further alleges in the
petition that her husband is a prac-
ticing physician with an income Of
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year according
to her belief and that he has in. his
possession, personal property, moneys
and credits to the amount of $4,000.
She asks for $500 temporary alimony,
5000 for attorneys fees and $4,000 per-
manent alimony She asked that an
attempt be issued to restrain the de-
PENDANT from disposing of any Of his
property before the hearing of the case
and Judge M. A. Roberts ordered the
attachment for $4,000 issued. Gilmore
and Moon are the attorneys for the
plaintiff.
Wants Property Restored.
Alleging that Mary M. Harris repre-
sented to them that they would lose
their property unless they conveyed it
to her. Daniel Lewis and wife, Ann
Lewis have begun action in the district
court to have the deeds cancelled and
annulled and their money restored to
them. The plaintiffs state in the pc
tition that they are both over 65 years
of age, uneducated and unacquainted
with the laws Of this country. They
claim that prior to July 81, 1903, they
were the owners of certain property in
had S1,S25 in the First National bank
of this city. They further allege that
owing to the Misrepresentation of
Mrs. Harris they signed certain papers
which they have since learned were
ordinary warranty deeds conveying
said real estate in fee simple to Mrs.
Harris. They allege that they supposed
that she was simply to have the prop
erty in trust for them but that recently
they asked her for some money, but
were refused. James M. Harris and
the First National bank are also made
defendants to the suit They ask that
the deeds be declared null and void
and the bank account turned over to
them. Seneca Cornell is the attorney
for the plaintiffs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield, July 25.-E. A. Walker,
of Moulton spent Saturday In the city
on legal business
James Smith has returned from
Chicago where he has been spending
a week with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T. Smith.
John Swift Of Des Moines, general
manager of the National Home OF En-
ployment, accompanied by Mrs. Swift
is attending Chautauqua and visiting
relatives at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Van Duyn of Des
Moines, visited Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Will Richie. Mr.. Van
by his sister Miss Nellie Van Duyn
of Omaha, who will visit him for a
short time Mrs. Van Duyn remained
for "a visit at the home Of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Hedrick.
Mrs. George Breeding, of Ottumwa,
returned home Monday, after spend
ing a few days at the r. M. Bryant
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clayton return-
ed Monday to st. Paul, Mimi, having
heeli called here by the death of J. w.
Clayton.
Miss Mamie whitaker and j. New
some were married Saturday at the
home of Elder McDowning, by whom
the ceremony was performed.
Roy Sanor, who resides six miles east
of the city, has been seriously sick for
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Chapman, Of Mary
vile, Mo-, are visiting at the John
Ferguson home.
Misses Brine yar1d Hila Carder, of
Milton, visited Mrs. G. Lakewood last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Lorenz and Mr..
and Mrs. J. G.. Davis enjoyed fine
auto ride to Pulaski Sunday and COW
cred the distance in thirty minutes.
o. F. Ward, of Charlton. was the
guest of Miss Jennie Ferguson while
attending Chautauqua last week
Mrs Wickizer and mother. Mrs. Nor
gan have returned from Des Moines,
where the funeral Of c. A. Morgan was
held a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Stella Keller, of Madrid, Is max
ing an extended visit at the home OF
her uncle, c.. l.. Marmon
Misses Maude Dabney, Helen Wray
Garnet Taylor and Ruby Phillips, ac-
companied by Henry Wray, Downe Ro-
land, Charles Shunun and Curtis Phil
lips drove to Milton Sunday and spen,
a delightful evening at the j. d. Ro-
land home.
A called meeting Of the officers of the
county Sunday school association was
held at the Chautauqua grounds Sun
| day and it was decided to hold the an
nual county convention December II
and IL, at which time Prof. Handy
state Sunday school field secretary
will be in attendance. The place 81
meeting will be determined at later
date.
Miss Jessie Custer. Of Des Moines
! is visiting at the home Of her aunt
Mrs. M. B. Horn.
1 ,,II 80 ~. rs: 4
| Mrs. George Monkman, Of Chillicothe
are visiting at the home Of Mrs
Monkmans parents, Mr. and Mrs. u
| Rimonger.
Mrs. Kate Hosey, Of Mullin, Idaho
! is visiting Mrs. McCurty and other rel
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Si1lhCu III AP1Il, DuJ the
summer was very dry. There was
damp harvest in 1885 but no heavy
rains. Those years are the only excep-
lions in this latitude. The year 1865
was characterized by extensive floods
and the same was true of 1875. The
harvest crop record for this section,
during the half century was made in
1895. This present year will be re-
markable for its corn crop, though
possibly some will be drowned out on
the bottoms.
"The record shows the dry years
have been the even years, the only ex-
ceptions being in the sevens, which
were also dry. The years ending with
two have been the best for vegetables
and corn. They are what l call the
lazy farmers year Nature seems to
be at her kindest and but little labor
is needed to produce abundant crops.
The years ending with four and six
have been difficult on account of a
great deal OF spring rains and cold
weather.
"The advantage of crop record is
that it enables one to calculate ahead
with fair degree of certainty. For
instance he will not make heavy pur-
chases of stock, expecting to feed on
corn raised in year ending with four
or six; he. will not risk great acre
age on river bottoms in the fives; he
will be careful to carry over a supply
of feed for the sevens, lest the drouth
cut his corn crop short.
In my time this weather diary has
saved me thousands of dollars and |
consider the time spent in keeping it
up as valuable as any other work
about the farm"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

practiced almost as extensively as in
the United States, it is safe to as
sumo that from $5,000,000 to 100000
900 worth of gold is annually placed
in the teeth Of the peoplea rich find
to some far off descendant delving
among the bones of his ancestors for
la living.'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
atives and friends IN the city ana

county.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Tutwiler and fam
fly, of Moulton, spent Sunday with
relatives and attended the Chautau-
qua
Mrs. J.. j. Russell. Of Moulton, visit
ed her brother, s. S. Stanley and fam
lily. last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Browne, of Hit. Mo-,
are visiting. Mrs. Brownies parents
Mr., and Mrs. John Browne.
Miss Ruth McAtee has returned
from Colorado where she spent several
weeks visiting different parts OF the
state
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
The Chicago Tribune Reads II.

The Chicago Tribune in recent is
sue, refers to can Old Mans Idyl," in
the following complimentary terms:
An Old Mans Idyl.' by Wo1cott
Johnson, is described as being a mid
die aged love story 1t is a restful, sin
cere, intimate piece OF work, and re-
5lates in unvarnished language the
story of the life of an ordinary, fallible
middle class man of no tremendous
ambitions or talents, who walked
along the highway Of life with
more contentment than dissastisfac-
ton. He was not particularly as
tonished at anything; he did not feel
any revolt within him; no great temp
tations came to him. no profound emo
lions. He was the happy, fortunate,
and satisfactory average and the I'M
pretentious history of his days, sensi-
tized delicately by the sympathy with
which the story is written, converts
the tale into something that each read
er will feel to be familiar.
''The book has a friendly face, like
that of a good man or woman, and one
greets it with emotions of companions
ship. The little private history Of a
private and inconspicuous citizen is
followed from youth to old age and the
tranquility and wholesomeness of
each period indicates that the writer
is of the opinion that all periods of life
hold their blessedness, their charm,
and their dreams. "a. G. McClurg &
Coz"
Postscript.
Since the above was put in type it
has been publicly announced in one of
the Des Moines papers that the au-
thor of "An Old Mans IdyP' is no 9th
er than Hon. Johnson Brigham, state
librarian of Iowa. Mr.. Brigham has
not denied the Impeachment and we
have not the slightest doubt but that
the Des Moines newspaper has
guessed correctly, for Mr.. Brigham
was one of the members of that noted
excursion to California and Mr.. Brig
ham was the man, who, on that trip,
became engaged to one of the young
ladies that the editor of the Courier SO
conscientiously chaperoned.
It is stated that can Old Mans Idyl'
IS having a wide sale, which it I'm.
questionably deserves, as it is a book
with much literary merit and appeals
especially to that class OF readers, who
in their lighter hours want something
sane and healthful, as well as true to
the life of the ordinary, everyday indi
vidual.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
GOLD IN c R AV ES
LOCAL DENTIST SAYS 100000
is BURIED ANNUALLY WITH
THE DEAD.
Makes Startling Assertion That Gold
Mines Of the Future Will be in the
Cemeteries Immense Amount Of
Filling is Used Each Year.

"The gold mines Of the future ''says
local dentist. will be in the GENE
teries.' According to the annual re-
port just out, the amount of gold used
In dentistry during the past year in
The United States was S2Oo0,OOO.
That means $2,000,000 annually is
taken out of circulation and the
amount is gradually increasing. The
gold does not come back into circu-
lation, for it is all laid away in the
grave with the dead. In few years
The amount Of gold buried will amount
to an extraordinarily large sum, for
II is safe to assume that practically
the same amount is buried each year
4 with the dead as is used by dentists
i In filing teeth.
Amount on Increase.
"The amount of gold used annually
Is constantly on the Increase. The
teeth of today seem to fall easier prey
to decay than in former years, due no
doubt more or less to the increasing
use Of soft foods, which do not re-
quire any chewing The teeth are thus
becoming useless in our civilization,
and through the process of evolution
IL might pc safe to say that in time
teeth will disappear.
But that time is long way off yet,
and in the meantime more and more
gold is used in filling teeth and and
more gold is permanently retired from
circulation, in time this amount may
become SO large that it will be an ap-
probable part of the worlds annual
output Of gold.
Amount in Single Mouth.
1T wouldn't require great stretch
OF the imagination to see that a time
will come when gold should give out
and there will be a dearth of gold for
circulation; in such an event, the cit
liens Of the future might have re-
course to the old cemeteries where
they would mine pure refined gold in
O much purer state than is found in
the mines, all ready to be melted and
minted.
There are many cases, even now,
and though they are exceptional they
are much more common than is usual
ly thought, where there are several
hundred dollars worth of gold in a
single mouth.
Taking into account the many 9TH
er countries in which dentistry is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
ross BUYS THE AUDUBON PAPER
Pays $s,ooo-Formerly In supt Bar
rett's Office In State House.

Des Moines, July 25. A. G..
Ross Of this city has just purchased
the Audubon Republican, which was
formerly run by Mott & Mills, the
purchase price being $4,000, including
building. Mr.. Ross was formerly dep.
uty superintendent Of public instruc.
ton under Mr.. Barrett.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

Des Moines couple known and honor
ed by almost the entire city, is an
event of superlative interest.
A few days ago there appeared from
the publishing house of A. G. McClurg
& Co, in Chicago, modest, unpreten-
tious little volume of some $50 or 500
pages bearing the title of AN Old
Mans Idyl," with the authors name
given on tho title page as Wolcott
Johnson. Before the book had been
read there was nothing to cause it to
be associated with one of the best
known and most scholarly men in Des
Moines, man whom Iowa honored a
few years ago with a state position,
which he still holds. man who has
represented the United States abroad
in the consular service, with which
work there is the interesting gossip
that Senator Allison secured the APP
pointment as a sort of wedding pres
ent, a man whose name has fire.
quently been attached to scholarly
and erudite magazine articles, a man
so modest that he cast about for a
pseudonym which would completely
battle even his best friends and closest
confidants.
But once the volume had been half
perused a CLEAN of intelligence shot
over the faces of those in the know,
as the current slang goes. Something
less than decade ago, or to be exact
in 1892, car full of Iowans put pad
and pencil in the desk, turned the lock
| threw the key away and turned face
westward for a months vacation out
| ing The occasion was the excursion
of the National Editorial association.
When the train pulled across the
Hawkeye state it bore with it car
full of Iowa editors and newspaper at
| taches, off for a glorious month in Col
orado, California, Washington, Ore
gon and other states lying near to the
vacation paradise. 1t is needless to re.
| fer in detail to that editorial excur-
sion, to the visit through the Garden
of the Gods, to the stopovers in San
Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Monterey, Fresno, Palo Alto, Sacra.
mento, Portland, Seattle. Tacoma and
even far up to Victoria. There were
a quartet of Des Moines people on that
trip. If any further particulars are
wanted inquire of Mrs. Lafayette
Young, Mrs. Ethel Mills Love, John.
son Brigham or Harvey Ingham.".
After. publishing extended extracts
from the book the Register concludes
with the following observation:
"Wolcott Johnson, has reason to
feel proud of An Old Mans Idyl
Whoever Wolcott Johnson may be he
is gifted writer. There are memo
ries Of Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Donald Grant Mitchell in this. little
volume, touching sweet and natural
sounding the personal chord on every
page. An Old Mans Idyl,' deserves
a place, not SO much on the library
shelf, but on the sitting room table
handy to the reach where it can be
read and enjoyed in all sorts Of wealth
Ter. That it will succeed the publish
er's advertisements already show
That it deserves to succeed there Is
1 no doubt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27

thS VII HTG WHICH HIS uUuG SD
much damage in the Humble oil
field. All the victims were ne
groes. The loss is now estimated
at $S75o00.
Houston, Texas, July 25.-After
thirty hours of burning with volcanic
fury. causing the destruction OF 3,000,-
600 barrels of crude oil. the loss of
ten lives, and nearly million
dollars, the Humble oil fields FIRE
was, brought under control late last
night. For miles about the country
is blackened as II greasy SCOT had
been sifted over it.
bikes Save 100000 Barrels.
bikes thrown up in advance Of the
burning sea saved the battery of Hig-
gins county, Kas., containing 100000
barrels Of oil. The escape of the
Sun company's loaded tanks was mar
vicious and was only brought about by
men fighting the flames until they
We're almost roasted alive.
The summary of the heaviest los
ers, as prepared last night by the
Texas company. indicates the follow
ing: Texas Oil company, 100000
barrels; Landslider Oil company, 1885,
600 barrels; Brooks Oil company, 100,-
600 barrels; and Steizig & Antill, So
600 barrels. There is practically no
insurance. as the rate In this field
Is SO high as to be nearly prohibit.
tive.
Lost In Sea Of Fire.
There were two fatalities yesterday
afternoon of a peculiarly shocking ma.
ture. Two men ventured close to one
gerat burning tank to save team,
when the tank exploded, sending the
burning oil in a wide circle about them.
They were on an island surrounded
by a sea of fire, and were roasted to
death without the flames. actually
touching them.
Many tank explosions were due to
water under the oil, which the heat
converted into steam The elected oil
would, at times explode and would race
over the ground in great blazing balls.
Six Bodies Recovered,
The bodies Of six men were recov-
cred last night all badly charred. They
persisted shortly after the lightning
struck tank No. IL, at o'clock Friday
afternoon, starting the fire. They at
tempted to rescue several teams of
mules and went near the burning tank.
1t suddenly boiled over blazing grease
spattered and ran about them, quick
ly consuming them. Four more bodies
were recovered today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-27
THREE MILLION BARRELS OF OIL
DESTROYED IN HOUSTON
CONFEDERATION.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST
A Fortune Is Licked Up by Flames.
the Heaviest Loser Being the Texas
Company, Which is Deprived Of g.
100000 BARRELS Of OIL.

Houston, Texas, July Is. - Ten
bodies We're today recovered from
the oil fire which has done so
much damage in the Humble oil
field. All the victims were ne
sroes. The loss is now estimated
at $S75, 900.
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