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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-15
To Teach Horseshoeina.

Peoria, H.. Oct. IA large and
representatives attendance marked
the opening here today of the six
teenth annual convention of the Mas
ter Horseshoers' National Protective
association. President Edward But
Ter, Jr., of st. Louis, called the gath
ering to order and presided over the
opening session. The convention will
continue its sessions during the re-
mainder of this week.
The associations convention last
year provided for the institution IT
what is known as movable schools
for the education of those engaged in
horseshoeing. This matter has been
taken in charge by the Agricultural
Department at washington, and the
present convention will arrange 80
cooperate with the agricultural de-
partment in having the schools To-
Gated in different parts of the coun-
try in order that all engaged in the
business OF horseshe.eing may be abls
to take advantage of the course Of
scientific instruction which the
schools offer
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MAY FINISH THE
COURTNEY CASE
LONG DRAWN OUT CONTEST
MAY GO TO JURY LATE
TODAY
JURY HEARS LAWYERS
Captain jacques Opening Argument :
Trial Consumed Two Weeks
Time and Fifty Witnesses
Heard by Both Sides.

1t is expected that the Alonzo L
Courtney will contest will be given to
the jury late this afternoon when
the evidence of so witnesses who have
testified in the case during the two
weeks of the trial will be weighed by
the jury.
The attention of the court was oc-
cupied this forenoon with the address
to the jury of Capt. w. H. @. Jacques
Of counsel for the defense.
Summing up the evidence, he said !:
who was it that cared for Elizabeth
A. Courtney when she had no home
1t was Alice Courtney. They tell you
that the estate has been Lett tn
strangers wael it should go to their
own children. 1t is, say, lett To her
own flesh and blood. Alonzo is only
half"
I The opposition claims that when the
elder Mrs. Courtney drew up the VIII
giving thu entire estate. valued 1T
something over $4,000. to Alica Cnurt
ney that she was Of unsoul'i mind
and did not intend to act as she did,
also that undue influence was brought
to bear on her"
Because of the enormous amount of
evidence which has been submitted
by both sides, covering every phase
of the misunderstanding, as far back
as dozen years. the Jury, it is eX-
pected, will have some trouble in ar.
irving at an understanding.
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Gar. MEETS AT
MARSHALLT0WN
ANNUAL CONFERENCES WILL BE
HELD THERE ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.

The eighth Iowa conference of the
Iowa chapters of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will be held at
Marshalltown on Thursday and Fri.
day There are thirty-five chapters in
the state and each is entitled to one
delegate in addition to the regent who
is delegate eX-ofIlcio.
Mrs. j. f. Kerfoot. regent, and Miss
Emma j. Holt delegate, of Elizabeth
Ross chapter, expect to attend, pro-
badly going to Marshalltown on Thurs
day morning.
Among the principal addresses will
be one by Willard Secor Of Forest
City, state president of the Sons of the
American Revolution and another by
DR., Hubbard of Ames on EMPLOYMENT
OF Children" One of the social affairs
planned is a / O'Clock luncheon Friday
afternoon at Edgeworth, the beautiful
country home of Mrs. Merritt Greene.
who will entertain all of the delegates
Mrs. Greene will also act as hostess
during the convention to all of the
state and national officers who are in
attendance.
The present officers of the Iowa con-
ference are: Regent. Mrs. Rowena
Edison Stevens of Boone; vice regent,
Mrs. Kittie " Loper of Des Moines:
secretary, Mrs. Susan P. Dudley of
Council Bluffs; treasurer, Mrs. Luella
a. McHenry of Des Moines; historian,
Mrs. g. B. Hepler Of Fort Dodge; re,
gtstrar, Miss Ora Belle Cole of Keo-
kuk
Mrs. D. W. Bushnell of Cuncil Bluffs
vice president general from Iowa, is
national officer who will be in at
tendance
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spiri.ualists in Annual Session

Washington, D. u. Oct. 14.-The
fifteenth annual convention of the
National Spiritualists' association,
which began a five days session in
the Masonic Temple in this city today
promises to be by far the most i'm
portant meeting ever held by the or
ganization. Delegates representing
many states faced President Harrison
D. Barrett when he called the gather.
ing to order at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. The reports of the several off.
GERS were presented and discussed at
the opening session. President Bar
rett outlined the legislation neces.
sary for the work of the coming year
and recommended that steps be talk
en- by the incoming officers to call
an international congress of the spir-
itualists of the world, either in Paris
or Berlin. 1t is proposed to hold the
congress next April, which will be
the sixtieth anniversary of the ad.
vent Of Spiritualism in it's present
form.
Much interest is manifested in the
report to be presented by a commit.
tee appointed last year to prepare q
definition Of terms for the Spiritual
lists of the United States. Exon.
gresham Schirm Of Maryland is the
chairman Of this committee. Anoth.
er important matter to receive the
attention of the convention is the
question of ways and means to Grad.
icate fraud from the movement as a
whole. Contests are probable over
the choice of new officers. The pres.
ident and secretary are voluntarily
retiring and there are numerous can.
didates for these positions.
The proposal to raise an endow.
ment fund Is expected to precipitate
a lively discussion in the convention
Litigation caused by contests over
the wills of deceased Spiritualists in.
to more harmonious relations with the
American Psychical Research society
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-15

urday announces the promotion of Will
liam F. Thieoff. traiamaster at Brook
field, to the position to assistant super
intendent, with headquarters at Brook
field. This is effective at once The
position of assistant superintendent Is
a new one but had become a necessity
on account of the big amount of bust
ness which Is being transacted on that
division. Mr. Thieoff is quite we'll
known in Hannibal, having formerly
resided here. He began railroading on
the H. & St. Joe when young man
and by strict attention to duties has
proved himself valuable man for the
company y Another bulletin
posted announces that Trainmaster
Thieoff will be succeeded by E. B. Dab
ney, one of the best known freight con-
ductors on the Joe. Mr.. Dabney has
held the position of chairman of the
grievance committee of the Order Of
Railway Conductors on the Burlington
and his appointment will be learned
with much satisfaction by all who
know him. In railroad circles
there is a rumor that ]. q. Votaw, SUI
perintendent of the Brookfield diyi-
sion. had rendered his resignation to
George T. Ross, general superinten-
dent Of the Missouri lines Of the Bur-
lington. This will probably take eff
feet next week Just what Mr. Votaw
plans to do Is not positively known,
but it is said that he has several good
positions in sight, one of which would
give him employment on the Northern
Pacific. y . Patrick H. Hough, after
twenty years service in the employ of
the c., B. & @. at La Crosse, went
to Beardstown, ILL.,, where he has been
promoted to the position of superin-
tendent Of the Beardstown division
The Hannibal Courier-Post, Oct. IL.
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MANY POST CARDS
ARE NOT STAMPED
CORRECTLY
POSTAL RULES GOVERNING THE
SENDING THROUGH MAILS
OF POST CARDS OF DIFF
FERENT KINDS.


Notwithstanding the publication Of
various postal laws and the repeated
publication in the daily prints Of the
new laws and rulings of the ,postoffice
department, as in the rules affecting
the post card craze which has been
growing rapidly during the last two
or more years, it still becomes neces-
sary for the postoff1ce clerks to hold
up large numbers Of post cards, and
postal cards, because the postage up
On them is not sufficient, or because
they do not in some way conform to
the laws regulating the transmission
through the mail of those now popu-
lar souvenirs.
In the Ottumwa postoffice there is
a pile of post cards SO high that it
would almost be impossible for a
gymnastic cat to jump over them.
They are being held until the re-
quisite amount of postage is paid up
on them or by reason of the fact that
they do not, in some way conform to
the rules and regulations of the post
office department as exacted by
Uncle Sam.
No doubt the senders Of these de-
signed keepsakes are in blissful ig-
norance Of the conditions and are
happy In the thought that they have
sent Mary or John, as the case may
be, just the latest thing in the post
card line, and that Mary or John is
tickled to death to receive the curio.
In order to set people right in re-
gard to post card mailing the follow
Ing is taken from the Daily Bulletin
OF orders affecting the postal service:
Post cards and postal cards mailed
under cover of sealed envelopes
transparent or otherwise) are
chargeable with postage at the first
class rate-two cents an ounce or
fraction thereof. If enclosed in un.
sealed envelopes, they are subject to
postage according to the character of
the message-at the first class rate II
wholly or partly in writing, or the
third class rate one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof if en-.
tirely in print, and the postage should
be affixed to the envelopes covering
the same.
Postage stamps affixed to such
cards inclosed in envelopes having an
opening exposing the stamps can not
be recognized in payment of postage
thereon
However, where such cards, prop,
erly addressed and prepaid-bearing
no matter rendering them unavailable
under Postmaster Generals Orders
Nos. 146 (par. 3D. and $50 (par. ~,
when sent openly in the mails are
inclosed in envelopes, it will be as
sumed that they were inadvertently
placed under cover, and they may be
removed therefrom and dispatched
without additional payment of post.
age" A. L. Lawshe,
Thir Asst. P. M. Gen'.
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New Towns in North Dakota and
South Dakota on the

Chicago, Milwaukee g. st Paul Ry.
Over 100 miles of track have al
ready been laid on the Pacific coast
extension of this railway in South
Dakota and North Dakota. Several
new towns have also been opened
along this new line. Among them is
Lennon. Butte county, South Dakota,
100 miles west of the Missouri river.
The opening sale of lots in the new
town of Hettinger North Dakota, %
miles farther west, will be held
Thursday, Oct. "a, 1907. This new
town will be the county seat Of
Adams county. Ali lots will be sold
by auction.
The opening sale Of lots in the new
town of Bowman North Dakota, $50
miles west of the Missouri river, will
be held later. This new town will be
the county seat Of Bowman county.
Regular train service between Mo-
bridge. the first station on the extern
necions from and to Aberdeen, South
| Dakota was established Oct. 6.
| In each of the towns excellent op
porunities are offered in mercantile
or professional work. Why not en-
gage in some business there now, AMI
grow up with these towns?
The territory through which the
new line Is being built in South Da.
kota and, North Dakota, offers excep.
tional opportunities for those who
wish to engage in diversified farm
ing.
Further information from G. A..
Padley. General Land Agent, Milwau-
kee, Wis, or f. A. Miller. General
Passenger Agent. Chicago.
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FOOT SLIPS;
is INJURED
BROTHER OF CHARLES HARkINs
HAS FEET cRUsHTD WHEN
BOARD ING CAR.

Switchman Charles F. Harlsins Of
the Burlington, is in receipt of let
ter from his sister at Fraclivilln Pa,
telling Of an injury to lis brother
Michael Harkins Of the latter place,
who is engaged as an expert engineer
for the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad.
Mr.. Harkins, when attempting to
board car to take him to the round
house, slipped beneath the wheels and
his feet We're crushed 70 such an ex-
tent that, when removed to the hos
pital, it was found that one foot and
part Of the other, would have to be
amputated. Mr.. Harkins is in a very
serious condition and this is the sec
ond time he has sustained injuries in
the twenty-seven years of service
with the Reading company. FIe had
just been called for duty and was
about to board car that would take
him down the plane to the round
house when the accident occurred.
Railroad Notes.
Brakemen o. Fleming and F. f.
Anderson of the Burlington. are talk.
ing a short layoff.
Brakeman Dan Mongovarn of the
Burlington is on the sick list.
Brakeman v. B. Check of the Bur.
lington has gone to C.lar,ton to work
on the branch out of that place.
Switchman W. ]. Kelley Of the Bur.
lington Is off duty on bus,2css
Dan Montague Of +he burlington
freight house, VINO va; married Sat.
urday evening left for Ch'cego yes
terday en- No 9 to make IN extended
visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-15
PARAGUAYAN LACE SHOWN.
Teachers Who Attended Lecture Of
Mrs. BickneIl at the Cuort House
Are Pleased With Talk,

Are Pleased with ak.
Mrs. Jessie Yaupel Bicknell of Des
Moines, who spoke to the Women's
club at the Y. w. G. A. OF" Life Among
the Argentines," addressed a good
sized audience of teachers and others
interested in school work in the grand
jury room at the court house, Satur-
day.
Mrs. Bicknell is an able speaker
and is an authority on what she says
as for two years she studied condi-
tons in Argentina and Brazil, wnile
in company with her husband, Frank
w. Bicknell. explorer for the United
States department of agriculture. She
saw all sides and conditions of life
there, from the highest to the lowest
and tells her story from the standpoint
Of ,liberty-loving American woman.
To illustrate her talk she showed
great quantities Of instructive souven,
irs characteristic Of the countries she
visited. The beautiful and intricately
made Paraguayan lace, the bright
colored shawls and wraps were of
great interest to these who were for
,tunate enough to hear the lecture.
Mrs Bicknell also had number of
pictures which she explained
The lecture should have been given
at the teachers institute held here last
summer but because Of sickness the
speaker was unable to fill her date
at that time.
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Given ST 900 DAMAGES.

Mt. Pleasant, Oct. 14.-The jury in
tie case Of John A. Turnwall against
the Iowa Central railway company
brought in a verdict yesterday giving
damages to the plaintiff in the sum
of $1,000, that being the full amount of
damages asked in the petition. This
is the same amount which was award.
ed Mr.. Turnwall by the first grand
jury, after which new trial was
granted on account of some errors in
the hearing. Mr.. Turnwall was injur.
ed about two years ago last summer
on a crossing Of the defendant com.
pany about two miles west of Odds.
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est
WEST END ITEMS.
Capital 100000.


WEST END ITEMS.
sA.s..sG
Mrs. Mary Meacham of Clay return
ed to her home last evening on the
! Milwaukee. from visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. 3. Cummings, .23 Clarence
street.
Mrs. F. A. Wells Of Webster is visit
/ Ing this week at the home of Mrs. T.
H. Wells on West Second street.
Mrs. 3. Peterson returned to her
home in Rutledge yesterday from an
over Sunday visit with her mother,
Mrs. L. Shook of Central addition
Mrs. Howard Utterback of 210 Clar-
ence street spent Sunday with rela-
Lives in Hayesville.
Arthur Picket of Fairfield is visit
J, Ing at the home of F. M. Fenwick on
West Main street
Rev. T. R. tombstone of West Sec
ond street left today for Galesburg,
ILL.,, where he will attend Synod.
Mrs. James McCune of Parnell Is
visiting at the home of Mrs. William
Costello of Mcpherson avenue.
Miss Lydia Hayes of Hayesville re-
turned home Saturday evening on the
Milwaukee from a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. A. Crabb at the boat house.
William Kelly of st. Joe, Mo-, is
visiting friends in the city this week.
j. o. Mullen, who resides on Shelf
field street left Saturday evening on
the Milwaukee for visit in Portage,
Wis.
Mrs. T. Porter of Hayesville return
ed home last evening on the Milwau-
kee after a visit with friends and rela-
tives in the city.
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COLLECTOR is CLEARED.
Frank B. Pesch Of Clinton is Declared
"Not Guilty" of Embezzlement
by Jury.

Clinton, Oct. 14.-Frank B. Pesch,
accused of larceny by embezzlement,
was declared not guilty by the jury
after three days trial.
The circumstances of the case are
peculiar, and the conclusion comes
as a triumph to the accused young
man. He had been collector for the
United States Express company and
was accustomed to take home and
keep over night the moneys collected
on his trip. One night this spring,
when he had at home the sum of
$500 burglar alarm was turned in
and when the police arrived they
found him wounded, shot through the
hand and bruised in the face and the
money gone.
He told story of struggling with
the burglar and being wounded in the
scuffie by his own revolver, but this
latter fact turned the suspicious of
the police to him. They found it cas-.
Ter to believe that he had appropriate
ed the money to his own uses and
faxed up robbery to cover the en-
bezzlement. They sweated him, and
believed that they found grounds
for the accusation, so he was indicted.
His own testimony, however. cor
roborated by that of his wife, and
that of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas. who
were visiting there, and told of hear.
ing the scuffle and the shot, con-
vinced the jury, and after a compare.
lively short deliberation he was found
not guilty and Immediately released.
He was defended by attorneys C.
H. George and George y. Bishop
while the prosecution was conducted
by County Attorney Keefe and Dep.
uty Carroll.
Dan Gets Another Patent.
Washington, Oct. 14.-Seven patents
were issued to Iowa inventors on Octo
Der 1, as follows:
No. 867,248-Hay-stacker, Joseph
Dain, Ottumwa.
No. 267,349-Nest-box for fowls, AL
bert D. Crosley, Jewell.
No. 867 ,381-Combined seat AMI
tool-box for locomotive cabs. Rudolph
Koelle, Sioux City.
No. S67,387-Wagon brake, Louis C.
Leopold, Hancock.
No. 867,443 - Mechanical stroker
Martin Swintok, Des Monies.
No. 1867, 490-Feeder for grain mills
John H. Felderman, Bellevue.
No. 867,518 - Band and fastener
combined, John s. Mark of Abel.
The personal liberty of people in the
llmeliPht is much Restricted
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Pettibone Trial to BEGIN.

Boise, Idaho, Oct. 14.-Everything
is in readiness for the trial of Geo.
A. Pettibone, the second of those
charged with conspiracy in the muir.
der of former Governor Steunenberg,
to face the bar of justice. 1t is be.
lieved that the Pettibone trial will be
comparatively short and the indica.
lions are that it will not attract any.
thing like the widespread attention
that centered in the case of William
D. Haywood. the secretary of the
Western Federation of Miners. whose
recent trial on the same charges re.
suited in his acquittal.
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PAckWoop.

Packwood.-- and Mrs. Peabody
of Washburn, ILL.,, are visiting with
their daughter, Mrs. Clingeman and
family west of town.
The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs
e. e. Myers was kicked on the head
by a colt last week, fracturing
the skull and making scalp wound
The little fellow is getting along as
we'll as could be expected.
E. E. Warner returned to his work
at Des Moines Tuesday.
Alex Dysert has returned from the
northwest where he went last spring
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Murphy Of Chi
cago are guests of the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Murphy.
Mrs. Henry Moore and daughter
of Cass county are visiting Mrs. Jane
Oliver, who is Mrs. Moore's foster
mother.
e. e. Myers is building a new
house on his farm which will be
equipped with modern conveniences
when completed.
Mrs. E. A. Grafton and daughter
Mrs. Davis are guests this week u
DR.. and Mrs. Searles in Ottumwa.
A daughter was born Wednesda,
to Mr.. and Mrs. J.. A. Coward.
Lawrence Bortorff has returned
from years sojourn in the west.
Mrs. F. G. Woolson and her sister
spent Friday in the country at the
e. H. Woclums home.
j. Nelson has purchased w. G
Harris sixty acre farm near lola
paying 500 per acre
James Cowen has rented his farm
and moved to Fairfield.
VIM Mills has moved here from
Brighton and will work for Cramer
Stewart.
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Bench Show at stockton

Stockton. Cal, Oct 14.-Almost ev-
cry inch Of available space in the
new pavilion rink was occupied with
the exhibits at the opening today of
the third annual bench show of the
Stockton Kennel club. Nearly all
the well known kennels of the west
are represented among the exhibits,
which include dogs Of nearly all the
varieties known to the fancier. Geo.
w. Clayton of Chicago began the
work Of judging the dogs today and
will continue until the show closes
Wednesday.
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FARMINGToN.

Farmngton.-Mis Jessie Ford left
Friday evening for her home in Keo-
kuk, where she will visit until Monday
morning. She was accompanied by
Misses Mamie Kirkpatrick Winnifred
Bracy, Zula Cares and Messrs Hilton
and Truman Coulter, who will form a
merry house party at the home Of Miss
Ruth Ford
Mrs. c. H. Kelley and Misses Edda-
lee Morse and Dorothy Hartrick were
Ottumwa visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank F'riel have moved
to Keokuk. where Mr.. Friel has a
position in the freight depot.
Mrs. Ira Drunk of Des Moines is Wis
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Dispatcher Is Blamed.

Manchester, N. H., Oct. IA Tbs,
mistake as the result of which the 20
persons were killed and injured in a
7head-cn collision between freight
and passenger train on the Boston
and Maine railroad at Canaan, N. H.,
Sept Is, originated in the office of the
train dispatcher at Concord, accord
Ing to the report of the New Hamp-
shire state board Of railroad commits.
sicners, made public today. No rec
ommendation is made with reference
to the dispatcher
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DEMOCRATS TAKING STOCK.

Des Moines Oct. 14.-It was re-
ported yesterday that Mr.. Rinehart
has secured little less than $4,000 of
stock subscription for the new East
Des Moines daily newspaper into
which he expects to transform the
Weekly Chronicle, and the friends
of the project are much encouraged
ut the outlook.
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In Session at Toledo.

Toledo, O.. Oct. 14.-The Interna,
tional Union of Bartenders and Hotel
and Restaurant employees began here
today and will remain in session dur.
ing the greater part of the week A
number of matters of Importance to
the membership are scheduled for
discussion and action.