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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
MISSISSIPPI TRAVEL LIGHT.
Large Steamboat Has to be Taken Out
Of Service,

Clinton, Sept. 10-The Diamond Jo
liner st. Paul, the largest steamer
on the upper Mississippi river, passed
Clinton last week on her last trip IT
the season. Since the first Of Septem.
ber travel on the river has fallen off
to such an extent that the company
decided to take its biggest boat off for
the year, and the steamer goes into
winter quarters at Eagle Point boat
yards. The Sidney, companion of the
st. Paul, will remain in the trade be.
tween st. Paul and st. Louis during
the month of September, and possibly
until well into October. I le short line
packets on the upper river are still in
the trade, and are doing fine busi-
ness for this time of the year.
The steamer Quincy, which sank
below Trempealeau in July, is at Eagle
Point and will not turn a wheel until
the summer of 1907. when she will
enter the st. Louis-St. Paul packet
business, with the Saint Paul.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
kEokUK MAN DROWNED
Harry P. Bisbee Loses Life While Try
Ing to Recover Bird.

Keokuk, Sept 10.-Harry P. Bisbee,
bookkeeper in the Keokuk Savings
bank, deputy revenue collector for
Keokuk, one of the leading members
of the Keokuk Country club and a
member Of one of the oldest families
in Iowa, was drowned yesterday at
Gregory, Mo, while on an outing. One
Of the members of the launch party
had shot bird, which fell in what was
supposed to be shallow water. Bisbee,
who is an athlete, took off his clothes
and swan after it. He stepped into
sink hole, was taken with cramps
and disappeared from view. Life was
extinct when the body was found a
short time later.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
TRIES SUICIDE AT MANSON.
Fl. Dodge Man Who Sold Popcorn al
Fair, Shoots Himself In Breast,

Fl. Dodge Man Who Sold Popcorn at
Fair, Shoots Himself In Breast.
Manson, Sept 10.-A man named
Patterson from Fort Dodge shot him
self in the breast just over the heart
with % calibre rife in the rear end
of the McClintock hardware store
shortly after o'clock Saturday morn
ing.
He purchased the rifle at the store
and in the evening went to get it, tell
ing another clerk that he had bought
/. early in the day.
He slipped cartridge into the gun
and walked to the rear end Of the
store. A report rang out and he drop
ped. He Is not mortally wounded, but
is in great pain.
The fellow has been partially intox.
icated ever since he came here early
in the week, and has been selling pop
corn on the fair grounds. 1t is suppos-
ed that the shot was fired with suicidal
intent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
NIPPLE DIRECTORS
PLEDGE S3,O0O,OOO
BOARD TO SUBSCRIBE AMOUNT
NECESSARY TO REoReANIzE
THE BANK
Presbyterian Church Loses About
,oo0-HippIe Lost Two Million
in Effort to Promote Industrial Com
rnunity in West Virginia.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 10.-All of
the directors Of the Real Estate Trust
company, which was wrecked by its
suicide president, Frank K. Nipple,
principally through heavy loans made
to Adolf Segal, promoter, have agreed
to Receiver Earl's proposition that
they contribute $3,O0O,O00, deemed
necessary by the receiver to reorganize
the bank
Receiver Earl has been at his home
In Bryn Mawr working on the details
OF his proposition. He expects to call
a general meeting of stockholders and
depositors in order to thoroughly ac-
quaint them with mis- plan
ut is slow work." he said, "but
hope to have it in shape tomorrow.
am not in position at present to say
anything more definite than has al
ready been published concerning my
proposition, but wish it understood
that the directors in signing the agree
ment have pledged themselves to raise
the amount which I consider neces-
sary.
Directors Get No Security.
This money Is given absolutely
without promise of return or security.
They are putting up the money from
their own pockets to make up the
losses which have been sustained
through the bad Segal loans"
The loans made to Segal by Presi-
dent Nipple aggregate more than
S5,000,000, and his securities are be-
lieved to be worth about $4,000 900.
Consequently the directors will sub
scribe something more than $3,000,000.
Mr.. Earl was emphatic in his denial
of the published statements that he
had suggested certain men for the of
flee Of president of the reorganized
company. He said the stockholders
should have their own will in this mat.
ter.
Church Loss May Be 100000.
A statement issued last night by the
Rev. DR.. Roberts, stated clerk of the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church announces that In addition tc
the 100000 Of the trust funds Of the
trustees of the church which were lost
in the collapse, deposits amounting tc
about $130,000 are also involved. These
deposits were the current funds Of the
board of ministerial relief, the trustees
VI IlS Uodl u VI puUllCdllOu duu OdUUdtL
school work, the trustees of the gener
al assembly, the stated clerk Of the
general assembly and the Women's
Foreign Missionary society
1t has been learned that the late
Frank K. Nipple sank $2,OOO,000 in ar
unsuccessful effort to promote an in
dustrial community. West Alexandria
Va, within seven miles of Washington
D. c., the site of Hipples venture, is
studded today with untenanted houses
Nipple began operations about ter
years ago and built hotel, a spoke
and broom factory, and many cottages
Suddenly the religious financier from
Philadelphia" as he was known ir
Alexandria, ceased to take an Interest
in the town and it is now only pain
full memory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
NEW PARTY HOLDS
FIRST C0NVrisn'':s:;:.s,; is:,,s y, y;
SIXTEEN HvNl DELEGATES
NAMED TO ATTEND MEETING OF
INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE
To Nominate William r. Hearst for
Governor of New York-William 7.
Jerome Will Attend Convention at
Buffalo-Interest In Platform

New York, Sept. 10.-Delegates to
the first state convention Of the Inde-
pendence league, of which William R.
Hearst is president, are arriving in
the city today In large numbers. Six
teen hundred delegates are named to
attend. The first session will be held
in Carnegie hall tomorrow noon.
Jerome to Buffalo.
District Attorney Jerome has decid
ed to attend the democratic state con-
vention at Buffalo on Sept. 25, and
Congressman Sulzer announced that
he would accept the democratic nomi.
nation for governor If it were offered
him. These were the developments in
the democratic political tangle.
District Attorney Jerome will prob.
ably go to Buffalo on Sept %, open
headquarters, and be in touch with the
gate nor as alternate. He thinks he
should be on the ground when the
drawing Of the platform is gone over
When seen at his home in Lokeville,
Conn, yesterday he said:
Interest In Platform.
II am not going as man whose
name has been mentioned as candi.
date for the governorship. My chief
interest lies in the platform which the
convention will put out. Too much in
past platforms of both the republican
and democratic parties has had no sig.
nificance. They have been arranged
to cater to this or that element or
feeling, for the sole purpose Of picking
up more ragtag and bobtail votes.
II have no desire to impose my
ideas on the conventions platform
committee, but have a right to say
If the convention should desire to
nominate me whether or no am will
ing to run upon the platform to be
adopted by the convention.
Not Debating to Party.
II am willing to subordinate per
sQnal Judgment on all matters of detail
to the united wisdom of the coaven
| ton, yet any radical departure in the
platform from what always have be
lieved to be real democratic doctrine
would render it impossible for me tc
accept nomination from the conven
tion, should it desire to nominate me
AS those things cannot be adjusted
by telegraph or telephone. l think II
only fair and proper should be on the
ground in touch with the convention
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
FINISHES WITH MISSOURI OIL.
Special Agent of Department of JUS
tice Proceeds to st. Paul,

Jefferson City. Mo-, Sept. 1O.-Chas
Connor, special agent Of the depart
ment of Justice at Washington, who
had been here for the last ten days ex-
amining the evidence obtained by At
torney General Hadley in his proceed
ings against the Standard Oil company.
left Saturday night for st. Paul, where
he will submit report on the result
of his Investigations to F. B. Kellogg,
special counsel for the government in
the Standard investigation. The pre-
sumption is that proceedings will be in
stituted at st. Paul against the Stand
ard company.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11

to the forces of Asbert, Loynaz, and
Castillo, some of whom are often seen
in the hills at Jesus del Monte, in the
southern extremity Of the city. Init
nations received from these bands are
to the effect that they are merely
awaiting the, outcome of the peace ne
gotiations
Practically all the insurgents in the
provinces of Havana and Santa Clara
have ceased operations for the present,
in accordance with the tentative
agreeme with the peace commission
erS. m
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
IOWA BAPTIsTs TO MEET.
Many Des Moines Ministers Will Take
Part In Convention.

Winterset, Sept. 1O.-The fifty-fifth
annual meeting of the Central Iowa
Baptist association, composed of the
churches Of Marion, Warren, Madison.
Dallas, Polk, Story and Jasper coun.
ties, will be held at Winterset, Sept
II to 13. The annual sermon will be
by the Rev. A. ]. Haggett of East Des
Moines, Tuesday. eevning at 1880
o'clock.
This will be the sixth session at
Winterset, the last one having been
in 1899
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
HUNDREDS BURIED ALIVE.
Eruption Near TIfIls Covers Township
With Mud,

Tifis, Sept. 1o.-Practically without
warning the side Of mountain rising
above the township Of Kwareli broke
away and a sea Of semi-liquid mud,
and sand stones swept down on the
township and overwhelmed and oblit-
Grated it. About 255 persons were
buried alive. Fifty-fve bodies are al.
ready recovered. Countless heads of
cattle perished and crops are destroy
ed. The township occupies an area of
five kilometers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
OIL MAN BROUGHT
BEFORE THE COURT
ARRESTED AND DELIVERED ON
AN ATTACHMENT ISSUED
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
is Chairman Of the Executive Board
OF the Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Standard is Involved in the Suit
That is Up for Trial.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept 1o.-H. Clay
Pierce, chairman of the executive
board of the Waters-Plerce Oil com,
pany, was arrested today on an attach
rcent issued several weeks ago to
compel his attendance as witness in
9 civil suit
Later Pierce appeared before Judge
Anthony, the special supreme court
commissioner, at the Southern hotel,
as witness in custer proceedings of
the state of Missouri against the
Standard, Republic, and Waters
Pierce Oil companies. The case upon
which the attachment was issued Is a
suit brought against the company by
former secretary for salary.
Pierce was afterward released on
bond.
Investigate Ice Trust.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 10.-The district
court today announced that it would
call special grand jury to investigate
the alleged ice trust. A reputed com.
bination of coal dealers will also be
looked after.
Continues Packers Case.
Chicago, Sept. 10.-The trial Of the
packing companies under indictments
on the charge of being in a combina
ton for restraint of trade originally
set for today, has been continued until
November 10.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
FLYER is DERAILED

Kansas City Man Killed in Wreck on
Santa Fe.
Topeka, Kas., Sept. i0.-The Color
ado flyer on the Santa Fe, west bound,
was derailed near Kinsley, Kas., early
today. Ira H. Woods, of Kansas City,
was killed and five persons we're more
or less injured
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
FIREMEN IN SESSION.
Tenth Biennial Convention is in Pro
uress at Milwaukee,.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 1O.-The
tenth biennial convention of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen opened
here today with seven hundred dele.
gates. 1t is expected that it will con
tinue three weeks. The sessions are
secret
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
YOUTHFUL BURGLARS.
Waterloo Boys. Eldest 10 Years, Break
Into Grocery.

Waterloo, Sept. 10.-(SpeciaI-Har
land Sawdey, aged 6, George Sternes,
aged 8. and Lloyd Sternes, aged 10,
broke into a Franklin street grocery
here yesterday afternoon and later
were caught filing their hats with ci-
gars, candy and gum. The lads will
be turned over to the juvenile court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
MAY DIE FROM INJURIES.
John Therlen of ottumwa is Struck
With crowbar During Melee.

Osceola, Sept. 1O.-John Therlen,
single, Of Ottumwa, member of a
grading gang, was hit over the head
with crowbar in free for all fight
Saturday and his jaw broken and his
head badly battered. He is in the Os-
ceola hospital and may not recover.
NO arrests have yet been made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
LIMITED Is DlTcHED.

Several Passengers Are Seriously In
Jured In Montana Wreck.
Havre, Mont, Sept. 10.-The orien.
tai limited, eastbound on the Great
Northern railroad went into a ditch
near Dodson last night. No one is re.
ported killed, but several passengers
were severely bruised and cut. The
express messenger was badly injured
and R. Robert, Of Minot, N. D., was
severely injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
RUNAWAY HOUSE CAUSES RUIN.
Building Being Moved Breaks Loose


buIIuTHy beIHg WoVeu bredkS EooSe
and Rolls Down Street.
Butte, Mont, Sept. 10.-A one story
building being moved on rollers got
away from the movers in upper Main
street and ran for three blocks down
a hill yesterday, killing four horses and
tearing down poles and wires and
wrecking vehicles till it came to stop
in front of Senator Clark's bank. Sew
eral men had narrow escapes. The
building made the record time without
injury to itself
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
KILLED IN COLLAPSE
Building In Long Island Rurles Men in

Fall.
New York, Sept. 1O.-One man was
killed and five seriously injured in the
collapse Of a new building at Mineola,
L. I. It is believed that several are
buried In the ruins Three hundred
men were working on the building at
the time
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
OHIO STATE CONVENTION.
Interest is Intense in Buckeye State
Politics.

Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 10-Interest in
the republican state convention, which
meets here tomorrow is intense Ar
are complete for big con.
vention. The hall will be the scene of
the most exciting meetings of the par
ty for an "off' year that has been held
in many years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
TWO BOYS DROWN

Are Taken With Cramps While Wad-
ing in Creek.
Iowa City, Sept 1O.-(SpeciaD -
Glenn Flynn, aged 10 years, and Wayne
Flynn, aged 12 years, sons of Edward
Flynn, were drowned in Howell's
creek, near Riverside, Sunday. They
We're taken with cramps while wading.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11
GASOLINE STARTS FIRE
Attempt to Fill Tank While Stove Is
Liahted,

Iowa City, Sept 1O.-(special)-A
gasoline stove exploaded in the home
of former Alderman John Lindsey this
mirning and dangerously injured Miss
Barbara Stinecker, domestic, who
had tried to fill the tank Of the stove
while the burner was lighted The
house was slightly damaged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11

Havana, Sept. 1o.-sixty more resi-.
dents Of Havana and vicinity have
been indicted for completely with the
rebels and have been refused bail. 1t
appears that the rebels are in posses
sion of the junction at Rincop of the
united railway branches. Trains on
TIE western line are stopped and
searched at will.
Havana, Sept. 10.-A troop train
from Havana was attacked early this
morning at Attemisa The rebels
were driven off with machine guns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-11

After quoting the letter Of President
Roosevelt Of Aug. 1S last to Represen-
tative Watson of Indiana analyzing the
issues of the coming campaign the
book closes with quotation from
what is given as Speaker Cannon S
new platform"
Put none but homemade cake in the
pantry"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30
A Guido to Happiness.

Learn to laugh. A good laugh is bet
ter than medicine. Learn to tell a sto-
ry. A well told story is as welcome as
a sunbeam in d sickroom. Learn to
keep your own troubles to yourself.
The world is too busy to care for your
ills and sorrows. Learn to do some
thing for others. Even If you are a
bedridden invalid, there is always
something that you can do to make
others happier, and that Is the surest
way to attain happiness for yourself.
Let your aim be high. Let some
great object fire your whole being.
Our country holds out a thousand stu
atoms which you might all honorably.
Seek to be such that the present gener-
alton and all posterity will hold you in
the sweetest remembrance Of doing
some sunshine work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30
HINT FOR LATE srAYERs.
Custom Borrowed from the Beers 90
Get Rid of Bores.

In South Africa candles are used
foF lighting purposes in the homes.
and when young Boer maiden has
gentlemen visitors, the mother sticks
pin in the candle, and when it has
burned to the pin the callers under
stand that it is time for their de
parture
Mrs. Early, society matron of
Washington, recently made a visit to
the Transvaal, and was impressed
with the custom of the Beers that
she determined to introduce it into
her own home. Consequently the cleo
trio lights were removed and candles
substituted in the drawing-room.
Mr.. Staylate, a frequent though not
always welcome caller, was one OF
the first visitors TO call after the in
auguration of the new custom. He
witnessed the placing of the pin in
the candle by Mrs. Early, and after
she had gone ventured to inquire:
why, Miss Early, does your moth
er stick a pin in the candle?"
"Oh." responded the young woman
with an air of apparent innocence
mother learned that in South Africa
as way of sending home the Beers.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30
Women Must Like to Work.

The increase in the number of wom-
en- in the trade and industry Of Amer
lea is alarming. Out of 800 "gainful
occupations" enumerated by the cen
sus of the United States, there are
only eight in which women do not ap-
pear. From four out of these eight oe-
equations women are excluded by law
At the present time there are over
5000. 900 women at work in various
trades and occupations in the United
States. In 1900, of every five Ameri-
can women over ten years of age,
there was one who was going outside
of her family duties and who was TAX
ing part in the gainful work of the
working world. At that time there
we're 40 women civil engineers. 80
women mechanical and electrical en-
gineers and three women mining en-.
gineers, besides Il women veterinary
urgeons.-Technical World.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30
DOOR CURTAINS WITH CoRNICE.

winter it made its appearance first
and certain new hotel. which is sup
posed to be an authority on good taste,
had all its rooms supplied with cor
nices made of the same cloth as the
window curtains. This style became
popular then, but now the old fashion
ed brass and gilt cornices of colonial
days are most in demand. The orig
inals are so rare that they are almost
unattainable, but such good limitations
are made that the difference can
scarcely be noted
When cornices were the fashion in
former years 1t was the custom to
draw back the curtains, but today they
are, as a rule, allowed to hang. The
lambrequin Is edged with gimp Of the
same shade as the cloth, and some
times, when the curtains are made Of
some cheap little material, such as
cotton or cotton and silk this gimp Is
not used at ALL Bedroom curtains.
made of some soft material and edged
with a ruffie of lace, are exceedingly
effective hanging from a brass cornice,
no sash curtain beins dsed
Fortunately fashion does not sane
ton the Nottingham lace curtains, I'M
graceful. hard to launder and alto
gether hide0us. Swiss, madras and Cal
cutta net are welcome substitutes.
Soft cream madras, ranging from 35 to
20 cents a yard, may be made into as
pretty curtain as any one could de-
sire. Colored nets in a great variety
of designs are used for easement cur
tains or for inner curtains when the
glass is covered with cream or white
net
In regard to making curtains at
home, those who have the best success
follow these rules: Make the hens
about two inches wide; inter the cor
ners; turn the top hem in two Or three
| thicknesses, as the curtain is very apt
to shrink when Numbered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30
GOAT as PRISONER.

officer John KunZ this morning ar
rested a goat named Sultan and thereby
hangs a tale. Before continuing, it
might be we'll to relate that Sultan was
soon released for lack Of sufficient evil
dence to convict him.
Sultan, belongs to Fred Sommers, but
it was sort of a personal affair Som
mer's name has not been put on the
police file.
It seems that Sultan was busted this
forenoon in the neighborhood of the
Hotel Carleton where is employed a
Mrs. Soweis who sometimes carries out
the ashes. This morning she evidently
raised more dust than Sultan thought
necessary so he "sutted in. It is not
necessary tie go into details to explain
just how Sultan "butted in" Suffice it
to say that Mrs. Soweis fell over a
nearby brick pile.
Officer kunz who just then stepped
around the corner was appealed to and
sizing up the situation he began to be-
labor the billy goat with his billy and
the latter retaliated with an attemDt
70 knock Kunz down goat fashion.
Omcer Kunz. however, ANTICIPATING
Sultsn's design, seized the goat bv
the horns and under his breate he NUT
tered: You to the Michigan Central
tracks where a steam engine shall pass
over your heebitten body No more
shall you go into peoples back yards
and there steal and eat their red under
shirts nor shall you any longer inter
fere with such decent people as Mrs
Soweis.''
As there was no train due for the
next half hour and Sultan made a 81
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30

The following time table should be
preserved by every mother, as 1t is Of
ten source Of the greatest anxiety to
know whether or not d child will de-
velop a disease after having been ex-
posed to it: Chickenpox. symptoms
usually appear on the fourteenth day;
diphtheria, second day; measles, four
teenth day; mumps, nineteenth day;
scarlet fever, fourth day; smallpox,
twelfth day; typhoid fever. twenty
first day; whooping cough, fourteenth
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-30
FOUND DEAD AT ToLLEsToN.

Coroner Hoskins held an inquest this
morning over the remains of an un-
known man who was found dead in a
real estate office in Tolleston yesterday
morning.
Although unknown in name and re
lations, the dead man was a familiar
person around Tolleston, where he was
known to be of unsteady habits. BY
those who knew him he was generally
called Paddy" or Red" For some
time he was employed at Gary, but the
past few weeks he spent in Tolleston.
The man is seemingly about 40 years
old. He is five feet three inches tall
and weighs about lao pounds. He has
blue eyes, blond hair and a sandy col
ored mustache. He will be buried at
the countys expense.