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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
TRUST LINES IN IOWA HIr.
Armour and Standard Oil Car Routes
Fall to File Articles in State.

Armour and Standard OIL Car Routes
Fail to File Articles in State.
Des MONIES, Feb. Is. = The secre-
tary of state has discovered that but
two of the thirty odd special car lines
like Armour refrigerators and Stand
ard Oil tank lines, had filed articles
of incorporation in Iowa and one of
these, the Armour, at apparently far
too low capital. 1t alone owes about
$4,000. He believes all should file ar
ticles and pay fees which should
amount to 100000 or more. It is pos
sible the rule may affect some Of the
express companies ALSO
Governor Cummins, Secretary Mar
tin, Auditor Carroll and Webb Byers
left last night onSa special car for Chi
cago where the governor will address
the Mechants' club tonight on "Compe-
tition VS.. Socialism
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
NEW RECEIVER IS APPOINTED.
Is Named to Take Charge of Affairs Of
nnf,nc% Ec,,;&. Lin I~.,,

Is Named to lake Charge Of Affairs Of
Defunct Equitable Insurance Co.
Waterloo, Feb. 1S.-Judge Platt has
appointed John N. Labarre of the
Waterloo Savings bank receiver for
the defunct Equitable Insurance com
pany here to succeed James p. Her.
man, who resigned yesterday. Mr.
Labarre's bond was placed at $4,000
and he will be asked to close the
affairs Of the company at once. Suits
In which funds have been tied up have
been decided in favor of the company
and the money will be distributed at
once.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
A Menace to Health.

Kidney trouble is an fnsidous dan
ger, and many people are Victims Of q
serious malady before the symptoms
are recognized Foley's Kidney Cure
corrects Irregularities and strength
ems and builds up the kidneys, and it
should be taken at the first indica-
ton Of kidney trouble, as it Is impos-
sible to have good health if the kid
neys are deranged. For sale by w. D.
Elliott, druggist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
MAKE USUAL TRIPS
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS COVER
ENTIRE ROUTES FOR FIRST
TIME IN A WEEK.
Service Badly Crippled on Account Of
impossible Condition Of the Roads
Caused BY the Heavy .snow-Meet-
Ing Wednesday.

working from the Ottumwa postoff1ce
covered their entire routes for the first
time during the week. The rural SER
vice has been badly crippled by the
heavy snow which made the roads i'm.
passable In many places.
The patrons Of the route were given
the best service possible under the
circumstances. Some Of the carriers
found it necessary to work one end
OF their route one day and the other
the next. and on thu worst days mail
would be delivered to parties who
would carry it on to their neighbors
the next day. Thursday one Of the
carriers was trying to drive through
a snow drift when the wagon broke
apart. He could not leave his horses
and stood in snow above his waist for
over half an hour before his cries for
help were responded to.
Another of the carriers could not
get out on his route on account of a
big snow drift about two miles from
town. He went to Bidwell on the train,
walked to a farmers where he could
get horse, and delivered mail to all
of the route until he reached the big
oao" uAiAC eWo LILIES Aion olCuiuWd.
Some of the carriers took two days to
a trip, stopping over night at farm
house. Yesterday five of the carriers
covered all Of their routes and today
all of the carriers expected to make
their usual trip.
Meeting Wednesday,.
The rural mail carriers will meet at
the OttumWa postoffice Wednesday. to
perfect an organization. The prelimin-
airy arrangements were made at a
meeting several months ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
Washington Maids Defeat Fal

z WaShInBtoH WdIu6 Dtfeat FafrfIcId.
Fairfield. Feb. 18. The baseball
team Of girls from the Washington
academy, scored a decided victory over
the fair five for the local high school
last evening by ascore OF 81 to 8. The
Washington maids claim the cham.
pionship Of southeastern Iowa and so
far have overcome all disputants.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
Charlton Leader Sold.

Charlton, Feb. 1S.-After this weeks
issue of the Charlton Leader, the
ownership passes into the hands of
II. W. Gettinger, who has purchased
the controlling stock Of Walter II.
Denny and Chas. Lockwood.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21

From Saturdays Daily.
fnere is no law in Iowa by
which man can be punished
criminally for deserving his fam
ily," Judge M. A. Roberts of the
Wapello county district court.
iowa criminal laws are woe
fully weak on this point. We have
this man arrested but we have as
yet no charge upon which we can
punish him. Mayor T. H. Pick
Ter.
I'VE will hold this man until
we are absolutely assured that
there Is no way Of furnishing him
under the criminal law. will
make thorough investigation Of
this case and will make 1t the ba-
sis Of an appeal to the next gem
eral assembly for statute cover
ing a husbands desertion Of wife
and children" County Attorney
w. w. Bpps.
II am almost afraid to touch these
things for fear they will vanish. The
people have been SO good to me
There were SO many people here yes
terday and they brought us so many
things. Life seems worth living now
know we shall pull through all right
! simply cannot tell how grateful
am to those that have helped and tc
the Courier for what 1t has done fol
me. Mrs. Mary Shevelka, who was
deserted by her husband and who was
found with her children nearly frozen
and half starved to death.
Joe Shevelka, who deserted his
wife and family on Tuesday night
January 81. leaving nothing for their
support and taking So in money earned
over the washboard by the wife, Is II
the city Jail. Shevelka was arrested
about 1880 o'clock. last evening or
Main street by Officer Axel Nelson.
Shevelka is Bohemian about Al
years Of age. He looks like the typi
cal railroad contractors shoveler. He
is above medium size, weighs perhaps
ITS pounds, wears sandy mustache
and has dark brown hair. He is ap
parently in the best OF health and Is
strong powerful man.
A Long Tale Of Woe.
Shevelka does not speak English
very well. He has a long tale of wos
upon which he starts every time he Ii
given an opportunity to speak. Whe1
he gets started it is only possible t.
partially guess at half Of what hi
says:
Shevelka since he deserted his fam
lily has been staying at the boarding
house kept by Thomas Sim In tn,
west wing of the Ottumwa hospita
building on East Main street. He hal
been employed at the packing plan
and later in one of the Milwaukee,
railroad gangs shoveling snow.
Shevelka has been earning an ay
erage Of $1.75 per day and paying s
per week board. The balance afte
the board was paid he has spent ii
drinking and in carousing. Whel
searched at the station he had $2.2,
on his person.
Well Fed and Clothed.
During the past three weeks, Will
his sick wife and her three children
have been starving and freezing in tn
little cottage on West street, Shevelk
has been enjoying good meals, warn
room to sleep in and warm Office Il
which to loaf. On Wednesday morn
ing when the thermometer registers
18 degrees below zero and the mothe
and three children were found b
neighbors huddled together in an eli
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
HUSBAND OF MRS. MARY sHEv.
ELIZA 10 JAILED BUT CANNOT
DE HELD.
WOMAN THANKS
PEOPLE FOR AID

= Did Not Know There Were Such
Kind Hearted People In the Worid-z
When I Look Around at All These
Things Fear Il 10 All a Dream"
Says Deserted wife.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21
CALLED By DEATH.
JOHN coNNELL PASSED AWAY
LAST NIGHT AT HIS HOME ON
NORTH M'LEAN eTREEr.
Was 6s Years Of Ago and Had Been
Resident Of otturWa Nearly FIFTY
Years-WilIiam stickney Dies
Death OF Child.

From Thursdays Dat,1.
After an illness of several weeks,
John Cornell, for nearly fifty years a
resident of this city and well known
and esteemed citizen, passed away
last night at 1890 o'clock at his home,
268 North Mclean street.
Mr.. Connell was 68 years of age.
He was born at Headford, County Gal
way, Ireland, in 1897. He came to
Ottumwa in 1858 and has resided here
continuously since that time. He was
for many years proprietor of the Bee
Hive hotel. He was a devout Catholic
and since his residence in this city
has been member and regular attend
ant at st. Mary's Catholic church. He
had a large circle of friends and was
held in the highest esteem by all who
knew him.
Surviving Relatives.
Mr.. Connell Is survived by his wife
Mrs. Winnie Cornell and Ave children,
Mrs. Maggie Riley, Denver, COL; Mrs.
Sadie Aldrich, Pueblo, Col; Mrs. An.
ME Chambers, Chicago, H.; Thomas r.
and Miss Helen Of this city. He Is
also survived by one brother and two
SISTERS, j. j. COnnell OF OttumWa, Mrs.
J. ]. Fox. Kansas City, and Mrs. Mag
gle Coyle, Denver.
The funeral services will be held
from St. ,Mary's Catholic church Sat-
urday Mt 9 a. M. Very Rev. F. w.
Hoppman officiating. Interment will
be made in Calvary cemetery.
Death Of Child.
Loren e. Rowe, the three.months-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A.
Rowe, 1926 West Park avenue, died last
evening at 7:10 o'clock. The remains
will be taken to Hamilton, Mo-, tomor-
row morning, where funeral services
will be held.
Death of William Stlckney.
Mrs. F. E. Stickney 623 Center av-
enue, this morning received the sad
news Of the death of her father-in-law,
William Stickney, at Kansas City. The
remains are expected to- arrive in OF
tumwa this evening at o'clock, ac-
companied by his sons, r.. e. and
John Stickney. Funeral services will
be conducted Friday afternoon from
the undertaking parlors of G. T. Sui
Ivan On West Second street.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21

From Saturdays Daily.
There is no law in Iowa by
which a man can be punished
criminally for deserving his fam
ily," Judge M. A. Roberts of the
Wapello county district court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-21

Iowa criminal laws are woe
fully weak on this point. We have
this man arrested but we have as
yet no charge upon which we can
punish him. Mayor T. H. Pick
Ter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
CENTRAL s PAYING
IS NEARLY DONE
LAST BIT oF. WORE NOW UNDER
aa1 WAY.
No Hitch Is Allowed in the Work and
It Is Progressing With All Possible
Dispatch Central Will Look Better
Than It Has for Years-Concrete Is
Now Down on Upper Central and
Part of Brick Is Laid.

Within a week Central avenue will
assume an aspect so modern, SO suitable
and SO thoroly commendable that it will
indeed seem changed in all respects.
AS matter of fact, it is not changed
at all, but is just experiencing the i'm.
petus which comes from having good
paving, which is smooth, even, durable
and almost noiseless. The last end OF
the work is being completed this week.
East Side residents had an opportunity
to compare the new with the old with
the result that it was all praise for
the new and condemnation for the old.
This week the concrete foundation
has been placed on the east side Of the
street and the Italians with their hoes
have been energetically mixing the
stone and the cement while their van
guard was working hard with the hose.
A number were detailed with wheel
barrows to bring back news from the
frontier. At no time during this war
fare with Inconvenience and inexpedi-
ency has the line of supplies been tam
pered with. So perfect is the organi-
zation of the company that supplies are
there when needed, every man does his
duty and there are no deserters.
The fall season is opening and the
winter when there is more business
going on than at any other season of
the Year. The new paving will bring
more business to the stores because 1t
creates a better impression on the buy
ers and traders. It looks prosperous
it is prosperous, and prosperity begets
prosperity every time. It is the store
keepers along Central avenue who have
agitated the matter and those who own
the AUDITING property have paid for the
new paving. In return the value of the
| property has been augmented and the
| storekeepers are reaplng reward cor
responding to their labor.
| Tho they reap their reward they are
by no means the only ones to be bene
flied by the change. Every resident Of
the East Side has had reason already. tt
rejoice at the change. The deafenlne
noise which threatened all converse
zion on the street has been done away
with, the street in its smooth, floor
and much more hygienic than was pos
sible where there were innumerablt
cracks and crevices in which the dir
and filth might lodge.
Upper Central avenue has been in
{ fected with the same germs Of prog
! ress. After spending the entire sum
mer with rain and mud, sun and dust
without any paving, work on the paw
ing is now being pushed with all posi-
BILE haste and those who have sutfere!
from the state of the street are jubi
liant. The concrete has been laid a
far as Twenty fourth street and brick
atfar as ighteenths street. There is I
large gang at work upon the pavin
and it is going rapidly up Che street
With every inch the spirits Of thos
who must daily pass over this stretc
of dirt road rise, and now they conside
themselves among the happiest Of MOI
tals.a> II. ~. ..~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
FINE TENElNENTS
AT SIS A MONTH

refuse as quickly as it is shot down
thru the modern tubes extending into
each family apartment. =
VI, Large Families to Be Welcomed.
last, but not least, there are to be NO
janitors. The restrictions against
children and large families in vogue in
9th IT tenements at the present time is
to be an unheardof thing, and in the
klndergartens competent teachers will
instruct the little ones
1t makes no difference what the race,
color or nativity, the Phipps tenements
will be open to all. There are to be
peram bulators on the first floor Of each
building for the use Of the baby car
riages which under the present arrange
men of the tenement houses the tired
housewife is compelled to drag up
stairs to whatever apartment she hap
pens to live in.
When the architect first presented his
plan the scope Of Improvement was SO
remarkable that the officials of the
tenement department refused to take
them in a serious light.
The architect and the trustees of the
| Phipps house project assert that it is
their intention to fully live up to every
thing in the specifications, and that
! they will do all this without compell
ing any one of the tenants to pay more
than $15 month.
The first of the tenements will be
located at from Nos. 321 to 337 Eas1
Thirty fifth street and between FRS
and Second avenues.
/ That site was decided upon afte.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
Assuming that there would be no

Assuming that there would be no
legal obstacle, / should, Of course. be
confronted by the question Of policy.
I certainly believe that any disposition.
made Of the historic old vessel should
be made with due regard for the mem
cries it embodies and the associations
wilich give it sentimental value. l saw
the Constitution on the occasion of
visit to the Charlestown navy yard
few days ago, and there learned that
while there is a caretaker in charge OF
her, congress has made no approprla
ton for her restoration or preservation.
Of course I could only take under con
sideration any proposition that may
come to me, and when am advised of
the disposition proposed to be made OF
the frigate, would then determine it it
was, in my Judgment, the best that
could be made Of her, everything con-
sidered.o
Locally the Massachusetts Society OF
the United States Daughters OF l8l2
has done much in the past toward Sc
curing the preservation Of the old ship,
and has studied elaborate plans for re-
building her to make her in appearance
as she originally was. No single person
has worked more actively to this end
than Mrs. Nelson Titus, d. r., presl.
dent Of the society, and also prominent
as a Daughter Of the Revolution. She
says Of this proposed plan:
It is not likely that we are going
to allow the Constitution to leave Bos-
ton without vigorous protest. We
had to work hard some years ago when
we had It brought down from the Ports.
mouth navy yard. If there is going to
be sale, we shall be the purchasers
Tt is not right to take the old frigate
| over one hundred years ago. In fact,
think it would be utterly out of place
anywhere else. We shall spare no eff
forts to keep it hers. The idea Of re
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29

much deli Iteration as the, most suitable
in which to inaugurate the model tene-
ment house movement. In that neigh
borhood the population is decidedly cos
mopolitan, without the excessive pre-
dominance of any one particular race:
Furthermore, it is in the very heart
of the tenement-dwelling masses, who
cannot live at too great a distance from
their places of employment.
According to the report made by the
tenement-house commissioner in con-
Guiding his Investigations Of the years
1902 and 1903, there are nearly four
hundred thousand people living in tene-
ments in the borough Of Manhattan
alone. This does not include the many
thousands in Brooklyn.
Of these nearly half pay more than
$l5 a month for accommodations as
terly different and unequal to those
offered i'll the coming model tenements
as the mansion of the Fifth avenue
ments of the most humble of workmen
In erecting the tenements in Thirty
first street the trustees of the Phipps
donation will pay as much attention te
the outer construction and beauty of the
structures as to the interior decorations
and provisions for comfort.
In the first batch there are to b.
three .tenements, the total cost of which
will be $225,000, and which are to bt
finished by the first Of next March
The frontage is to be $50 feet, the sweel
] of which will be offset by two hug,
archways or gateways four stories il
height and twenty feet in width.
These archWays will form the en-
frances to the tenements, which will b.
squarely built and six stories in height
The massive archways will lead into tw,
inner courts, each thirty-one feet b,
thirty-two feet, and it is here that tn
| fountains, spoken of in the specifca
j tions, will be located.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29

GExxXxx :xXxXH:i
The dedication of the st. Boniface
German Catholic school, which was
erected this summer on University ave-
nue. and Seventh avenue N E, will take
place Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
sistance of Rev. Adrian Schmidt, pas
tor Of St. Boniface church; Rev. Hugo
Tell, assistant pastor; Rev. Francis
Merschmann, together with q large
number Of the neighboring Catholic
clergy.
Ali the Catholic societies Of Mime
ceremonies and they will form a parade
which will pass thru the principal
streets Of the city before arriving at
the St. Boniface church at 3 % CLOCK.
Solemn vespers will then be sung and
Archbishop Ireland will address the
assembly, afterward officiating at the
solemn benediction of the most blessed
sacrament.
With the chant "Veni Creator'' the
dedication proper will begin and the
archbishop, preceded by the cross,
bearer, two acolytes and the school
children and followed by the CATHOLIC
clergy, will proceed to the new school
building. At the entrance of the school
the exterior walls of the building will
| be blessed, Cnon Iuo COOIS WILL UC
opened and the eight school rooms will
be individually blessed. The recitation
of the "Te Deum:' will close the dedi.
cation.
From to 1880 supper will be served
| in the basement of the new school
! building by the, various ladies' SO,
/ cieties, of the parish fox the benefit
+ Of the new school, At 8 o'clock the
St. Boniface Dramatic club will give
an amateur entertainment in the au
ditorium on the second floor at the
school. Addresses will also be made by
Miss Laura Gerber, Rev. !sidore lSleg
Ter of ST.. Johns university College
vile, Mimi, and George Stelzle OF thu
German Roman Catholic Association Of
Minnesota. :,
The new building meets amply tn
needs of the school which has been TO!
some time much too large for its. for
ner quarters. The new building is O
brick, with the second floor devoted t.
large auditorium, the first to elgh
classrooms and the basement is divides
into a reading room, kitchen, meeting
hall, gymnasium and two toilet rooms
The cost of the building, together witt
the spacious subterranean boiler an
fuel room, is estimated at $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
EAST SIDE SOCIAL

The wedding of Miss Minnie Young
love and Nils Olson was quiet ~ sol
emized Wednesday evening at the
home of the brides sister, Mrs: F: G..
Swanson, 1919 Division street NE. The
rooms were charmingly decorated with
yellow and red roses glowing against
the dark setting Of green palms and
ferns and vines. In the corner of the
front room, where the bridal pair stood,
a bower of green was arranged with
pendant wedding bell, which hung just
above the bridal party.
The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Clara Younglove, and both
were gowned in cream. F: Larson acted
as best man, and Rev. O. A. Nelson read
the service.
After receiving the congratulations
of the Immediate friends and relatives
who witnessed the plighting of the
vows, the wedding supper was served at
two large tables. In their centers the
decorations of the other rooms were re-
peated in the red and yellow roses
which were intermingled with the
green.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson left in the eve
ming for Chicago, where they vii
spend week before taking up theil
residence at University avenue ant
Fourth street NE. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-29
C0M0'S NEW PASTOR
!. .... IS DULY. RECEIVED

Rev. Mr.. Painter, who has recently
assumed charge of the pastorate OF the
Como Avenue Congregational church, is
a man of marked ability and success IN
this particular line of: work. DR.. Paint
er has lust come from Fairmont, MIMI,
where he spent three years Of hard work
in the Congregational church, leaving
only upon an urgent call to Minneapo-
lis. The career Of DR.. Painter has
been one Of hard and earnest service,
attended, however, by success in most
Of his undertakings. ..-5
At present the pastor and congrega-
ton of Como Avenue Congregational
church, in conjunction with most Of the
other churches in the city, are turning
their attention toward preparing. for
the Chapman evangelistic meetings,
which will be held this fall. At the
meeting last evening the question came
up of asking the committee in charge
of the work to make Como district
division on the East Side and make make
,, Como church the third center OF &C.
tivity.
The people of Como church consider
themselves fortunate in securing the
services Of DR.. Painter, who, altho hay,
ing held his passionate about a month
his work, A marked impetus has been
! felt already along the various lines OF
church work. A formal reception will
be rendered to DR.. Painter at the home
| of J. T. Elwell week from tonight
when all members of the church and
their friends will be able to meet DR.
Painter personally. A program has
been arranged for the entertainment OF
| the guests.