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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
HEDRICK BOY
DIES OF INJURY
HARRY MrER KICKED ON THE
HEAD BY A HORSE PASSES
AWAY-FuNERAL TUESDAY.

Hedrick, Sept. 2-Harry Meier the
eight year old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Meier, who was kicked GA the
head by horse last Wednesday,
passed away yesterday about noon,
from the injuries sustained. The
skull was crushed an dthe doctor
upon he first examination, stated
that the injuries would prove faal.
The funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the
Union Chapel, northwest of town, and
the interment made at the Abel ceme
cry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03

made the address of welcome and
other speakers were w. R. Larning,
w. c. Minnick, Senator E. G. Moon, J.
w. Lewis, and Judge D. NJ Anderson
of Abba. presiding in Ottumwa at the
present term of court. Music by the
Ottumwa Harp Orchestra interspersed
the addresses. This evening Il concert
will be given at the park by the East
End band.
Fifty-Fourths at Burlington.
Thirty members of the Fifty-Fourth
Regimental band under the direction
of Professor B. o. Worrell left his
morning for Burlington to participate
in the big Labor Day celebration in
that city Bands from Ottumwa, Keo-
kuk and Ft Madison will be IN the
parade, but the Fifty-Fourth will head
the procession. This afternoon the
Ottumwa musicians will give a con
cert on a big excursion boat On the
Mississippi and tonight concert at
Burlington.
No Parade in Chicago.
Chicago, Sept 2.-For the first time
since the Inauguration of Labor Day,
the great parade of the unions was
omitted inyarious organizations decid-
ed to abandon the parade and devote
to other uses the large amount of
money which formerly was expended
upon 1T.
Business houses. and factories gen
orally closed.
Runabout And Car Collide.
New York. Sept 2-Mrs. Cleo c.
Colt. wife of Olcott c. Colt, son Of
I the late Fire Arms manufacturer, for
/ merly Of Hartford, Conn was probably
4 fatally injured early today in col
/ lision between runahout wagon, in
/ which the Colts were riding and troll
| ley car. Colt was badly bruised.
The moterman and conductor of the
/ trolley car were arrested.
cunard to Reduce Fares.
Liverpool, Sept 2.-Tne Cunard line
today issued statement to the erect
4 that It will follow the example Of the
competitors and reduce its eastward
! Atlantic.
John Mitchell In Ohio.
Nelsonville O.. Sept. John Nit
chell president of the United Mine
Workers. was the speaker at big
Labor day celebration here today.
Enjoy ooutdoor Sports.
New York. Sept. 2.-Under the aus
pices Of the Central Trades and La
Dor assembly. Labor day was cele
brated in the metropolis to-day with
an extended parade and outdoor
sports. Labor throughout the city
was generally suspended.
Celebration at jamestown.
Norfolk, va. Sept. Labor day
was observed at the jamestown expo
sition with parade. followed by
speech-making. The principal speak
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
BALL PLAYER BREAKS NECK.
Savannah Right Fielder Announces He
viii Stay Under as Long as Pos
Sihio and He Fails 20 Come lin

Savannah Ca. Sept. 2.-Joseph Bris-
key, right fielder for the Savannah
baseball team in the South Atlantic
league diving into shallow water at Ty-
bee island Sunday afternoon and was
taken out dead with his neck broken.
Before making the plunge he an :
nounced that he was going to try and
remain under water for some time, and
although his friends saw his body ly-
ing motionless on the bottom they did
not go to his aid for several minutes,
as they believed he was staying under
purposely. Briskow leaves widow and
S-week old baby at Houston, Tex.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
FATAL LOOP THE LOOP.
Thousands See Daring Feat End Fatal
ly-BicycIIst's Awful
Fate

Jefferson, Sept. 2.-Lucile German,
the man who performs the sensational
feat of diving the loop from hundred.
foot incline at the White City carnival
on bicycle, went down Saturday per.
haps for the last time, before mass
of people, who saw his body hurled to
the ground. Amid the strains Of music
from the band, the young man walked
to the top of the platform, which is a
hundred feet above the ground, set his
bicycle for the dash downward, waved
his hand to the audience, and as the
band struck up lively tune he dashed
downward upon the 13-inch incline. AT
the place where the man and bicycle
speed through the air, the nandle-bars
suddenly broke, and the young man
fell head foremost fifty feet to the
ground.
Spectators Horrified
A cry Of horror went up from the
large audience, and they, rushing
around him saw him as he lay uncon
scious in a mashed heap.
A doctor was at once called, but
gave out no hopes for mis- recovery
Aside from serious fracture of the
skull, the body is mangled and bruised
The young mans home is in Princeton
Ill. It Is stated that he was at one
time with Barnum G. Bailey's show
and had performed the loop the looI
in an automobile for the big circus
But on account Of the grave danger ht
was running he resigned his position
and originated the loop-the-loop witt
a bicycle. He has been with the White
City shows but three months.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
BENNETT IMPROVING.

Marion Bennett, the young man who
suffered an amputation of mis- left
foot as the result of being run over by
a Milwaukee work train near Rutledge
Friday evening is improving rapidly
Mr.. Bennett was taken to the Ottumwa
hospital Immediately after the accid.
ent and medical aid summoned for
him. Although his injury is neces
sarily a very painful one his condition
is promising for a speedy recovery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
FATHER SHERMAN AT ELooRA
son of TecumseF1 Sherman to Deliver
Lecture In loWa-Eldora
| Catholics Jubilant.
The Situation in Iowa.

Eldora, Sept. 2.-Father Sherman,
an eminent Catholic prelate, son ot
the late William Tecumseh Sherman.
has consented to come to Eldora for a
week in September. He will deliver
a series of lectures at ST. Mary's
church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
OPEN SWITCH
CAUSES DEATH
OF FIREMAN
IOWA CENTRAL TRAIN WRECKED
AT MIDNIGHT AT NEW SHARON
-ENGINEER MAY DIE

Oskaloosa, Sept 2.-Fireman w. A.
Canon was killed, engineer James
Clark fatally injured and several pas
sengers seriously hurt on the Iowa
Central at New Sharon by a north
bound train going into air an open
switch at midnight.
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ton IN dispute between the
Western Railway managers and
the Brotherhood of Railway
Tranmen. He will hear both
sides in Chicago between Sep
tember 10 and 16.
q + y = = q y = y =
Chicago, Sept. 2-Plans to cons J.
lidate the Commercial Telegraphers'
union and the Order of Railway Tele-
graphers were made public yesterday
lat the regular meeting of Chicago
local No. l of the Commercial Tele-
graphers union The sending of Il
committee of forty-five strikers from
all parts of the United States to New
York on September to 10 to attempt
a settlement of the present strike
was also considered at the meeting
The Chicago local has decided to de-
mand a Is per cent increase instead
of one of Is per cent as originally
asked
The resolution of amalgamation
was introduced in the following form:
Resolved, That Chicago local No.
! l, in regular meeting assembled, does
hereby ask that sister locals join with
lit in the submission of the following
amendment to the constitution in ac-
cordance with article 81, and does on
its own part formally propose such
amendment:
q. Upon agreement of the Order
of Railway Telegraphers to take over
our membership, our assets and liabil-
titles to amend the preamble and arti-
cles 1 to 81 of our constitution by
substituting therefore the existing
constitution of the Order Of Railway
Telegraphers.
To Amend Mutual Benefit Rules.
"2. To amend the rules of the
mutual benefit department of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union Of
America by substituting the words
Commercial Telegraphers' Union OF
America as they may occur, and the
words Commercial Telegraphers
Journal wherever they occur, and to
amend article 25 by eliminating the
words of article 81"
] Then this resolution was tabled
! This was followed by resolution
j stating that it was the sense of the
injecting that the resolution should be
held in abeyance because it was 4
matter for grave and extended con
i isideration and discussion but the or
der was only temporary, and did not
& mean disapproval of the plan.
1t is expected that tho above reso
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Two Persons Injured on Grand Trunk.
Detroit, Mich, Sept 1.-Two per
sons were injured. neither seriously,
in wreck on the Grand Trunk road
near Birmingham, about fifteen miles
from here The east bound passen.
ger train which left Chicago at IL
o'clock Sunday collided with a freight
train. derailing several coaches OF
the passenger train.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03

The gate receipts determine the
merit of the fair.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
Next Issue Of American Ag4
riculturist Will Say That
Big Gain Due to the In
crease in Price of
Farm Products
Yields Less
Than in
1906

New York. Sept. 2.-The next
issue of the American Agricultur-
alist will say that the American
farmers earnings are $1,000,000;-
600 greater this year than last. The
big gain is due entirely to tho In
creased prices Of farm products,
as the production in general will
be fully ten per cent less than
last year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03

Whisky has a lot of fun in contest
with dignity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03
KEY MEN PLAN
TO join WITH
RA|LROADERS
MEMBERS OF CHICAGO CONNER.
CiAL AND RAILWAY TELE.
GRAPHERS WILL ENDEAVOR TO
CONSOLIDATE TWO BRANCHES.

3 = = a** ***a
Denver, Sept. 2.-The inter-
state Commerce Commissioner
(. e. Clark has agreed to act
as arbitrator in the wage ques-
tlon In dispute between the
Western Railway managers and
the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. He will hear both
sides in Chicago between Sep
tember 10 and 16.
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lcontinned on Page 81
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
The Land of Old Age.

'TThere is a certain exquisite flattery
In our grandchildren's company. Betty
loves everything do. 1 seem to her
witty, accomplished and gifted. More
than this, she treats me as an equal"
says can Elderly Woman" in HaIpers
Bazaar ''She is ignorant Of draughts;
she is not afraid all the time that am
going to tire myself out. In word,
she doesn't know that when she comes
to see me she comes into the Land of
Old Age. She doesn't know that it's
because 1 am old that 1 have all the
time there is, while her mother has to
make time for her For all Betty does
for me try to repay her by indul-
gences of all sorts-sometimes by for
hidden indulgences. For these l get
mildly scolded, but 1 keep right on.
1 have yet to hear of boy who grew
up a bad man because of the little in
dulgences his grandfather showered on
him, nor of one who grew up dys-
peptic because of the surreptitious
cookies his grandmother gave him.
am sure l am no worse woman be-
cause my grandmother begged me of
from some well merited punishments
So I spoil my grandchildren as much
as can, which is as much as am let. y
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
Our Lost Sense.

One of the greatest discoveries of
physiology is that we once had six
senses. What the lost sense was no
one knows, and probably no one will
ever know, but that our forefathers
possessed it there is no doubt, for
the remains of that part of the brain
in which it resided are still to be seen
In any one of US. These remains
are simply a small and now perfectly
useless little mass of brain substance
called the pituitary body. 1t consists
Of two tiny little oval lobes Joined
together and lying in a little cavity
of the skull, strangely named the sella
turcica and situated over and behind
the nose. 1t is quite possible that 1t
may have enabled our forefathers to
see in the dark before lamps and can
dies were invented, or it may have
placed them in communion with ghosts
and fairies, or it may have been an
organ that enabled them to go home
in bee line when they lost their way
in the primeval forests. On the other
hand, it is possible that it was a bad
substitute for vision or smell or hear
ing and died out when the improved
sense organ developed.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11

wall had habit of using churches
for stables. His house here is still in
use.
As all the towns and cities have
sight seeing plans. We ill in our
time taking side trips from here, so
went to Market Marlborough and
Lubenham, also Leicester, which is q
very nice city. On Sept. 9th we cele-
brated with trip to Woolverton, and
took five mile ride in trap as the
two wheeled carts are named in a
small Village named Shenley, where
we spent a very pleasant day in the
country, returning in the evening
through Stoney Stratford. l sup
pose you know where all these places
are. if you don't, consult your maps
and cyclopedias.
We will now give you a rest. Our
next will be on our trip to Oxford,
Bath and Wells all Cathedral towns.
So with our best wishes as usual l
close q. A. Waltonspiel.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
People Will Talk.

You may get through the world, bu
twill be very slow
If you listen to all that is said as yoI
go;
You'll be worried and fretted, ant
kept in a stew,
For meddlesome tongues must hav,
something to do
And people will talk.
If quiet and modest. you'll have il
presumed
That your humble position is only
assumed;
You're wolf in sleeps clothing, Oh
else you're fool;
But don't get excited, keep perfectly
cool,
For people will talk.
If threadbare your dress and old
fashioned your hat,
Some one will surely take notice Of
that,
And hint rather strong that you can't
pay your way;
But don't get excited, whatever you
say
For people will talk.
If your dress is in fashion, don't
think to escape,
For they critjcise then in a different
shape
You're ahead of your means, or your
tailor's unpaid;
But mind your own business there's
naught to be made
For people will talk.
Now the best way to do is to do as
you please,
For your mind, if you have one, will
then be at ease.
OF course, you will meet with all
sorts of abuse;
But don't think to stop them-it' IS
not any use
For people will talk.
Fashion World.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
A crestfaIIen Inspector.


When former Minister WI Ting Fang
left this country he was accompanied
by an extensive retinue and attended
to the steamer by a delegation Of 10
officials, who then were also immigra-
ton inspectors, carefully took the
names and count of the local Chinese
as they went ON board. This precau-
ton was to prevent some deported or
otherwise not welcome Celestial from
effecting landing by joining the mer-
chants as they came ashore after tax
ing a cerenlonious farewell of their dis
tinguished c'untryman. Half an hour
or so after Wa and his friends had
gone on board one of Wu's secretaries
arrived on the dock and was hurrying
up the gangplank when a customs In
speetor seized him by the arm and
pulled him back on the wharf.
"Washamalla you, John? 1 no takee
aame, you no can come back Who
you belongT' said the inspector, smil-
ing at some girls with whom he had
been talking.
The Chinese shook loose the inspect
or's hold on the loose sleeve of his
silk robe and with quiet dignity re-
marked:
''This violence is unnecessary, sir,
and my name is q matter of no inter-
est to you. I am a member of his
excellency's suit. 1 go on board this
steamer to leave this country never
! again, 1 hope, to return"
That customs inspector is still on
the force, but never since has he tried
to be funny with Chinese gentleman.
San Francisco Call.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11

-tIirXr.
saxtone, town cryer and bellman, make
and sells all sorts of haberdasharies,
groceries, ETC., likewise hair and wing
drest, and cut, on the shortest notice.
Also
IN. RI keep an evening school,
where I teach at reasonable rates, read
ing, writing, singing and sums.
IN. 81 plays the hooboy occasion
ally, if wanted.
IN. B.-My shop is next doore, where
I bleed, draw teeth and shoe horses, all
with greatest sell.
IN. B.-Children taut to dance, if
agreeable, at six pence per week, by
me, ]. Williams, who buy and sell old
iron and Goals : shoes cleaned and
mended.
IN. B.-A hat and pair of stockings
10 be cudgelled for, the best in 5, on
Shrof Tushday. For particulars INQUIRE
within, or at the horse shoe and bell,
near the church, on tother side Of the
way.
IN. Block over the door for the
sighn of the pigeons.
IN. B.-I sell good ayle, and some
times cyder-lodgings for single men,"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
DANGER In DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Danger
ons for Jackson People to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get a firm hold before
the sufferer recognizes them. Health
is gradually undermined. Backache,
headache, nervousness, lameness,
soreness, lumbago. urinary troubles,
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease
follow in merciless succession. Don t
neglect your kidneys Cure the kid
neys with the certain and safe re-
NEEDY, Doan's Kidney Pills.
Otis E. Stevens. living at 528 Fair
Oaks Ave., Stockton, CAL, says: IL
had been troubled for two or three
years from kidney complaint and a
dull heavy pain across the small of
my back. My kidneys did not per
form their functions properly, the
secretions being unnatural and the
passages too frequent, greatly dis
turbing my rest at night. l used
many remedies but did not succeed
in finding relief until heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a
box. They gave me such relief in a
short time that | continued their use
and received a cure. was seventy
four years old at the time this cure
took place and 1 think this is even
more reason that | should consider
Doan's Kidney Pills marvellous
remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's- and
take no other.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
CAUGHT In the Act.

Lady Visitor-I am sorry to see you
here, my young friend. You appear to
have had a good education.
Convict-Well, madam, I have been
through college.
Lady Visitor-Is it possible?
Convict-Yes; that's the reason I'm
here They caught me as was going
through.-Philadelph Inquirer.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
BathinQ.

Cleanliness is next to godliness, and
it is likewise essential to health. There
is no apology for filth, and filth breeds
disease. Germs do not like cleanliness,
and they almost exert themselves to
avoid it, so to keep clean is essential
Every child should receive either Il
sponge or a tub bath each day. The
skin contains small glands, which
should constantly carry off the poisons
which collect within US. When the
skin is dirty these glands do not act
and these poisons are retained and give
rise to ill health. Bathing keeps their
ducts open, stimulates their action and
thus aids in the process Of elimination,
thereby improving the nutrition. 1t
is evident, therefore, that the idea that
frequent bathing in the winter months
is dangerous is wrong.-National Cor
gress of Mothers Magazine
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11
AUkUM.

Oct. 8.-There was little ripple of
excitement here the later part of last
week by Henry Seeley finding a
human skeleton down on the middle
fork of the Costumes. Mr. Seeley
found the skull of human partially
uncovered in the sand. He uncover
ed it sufficiently to ascertain to a
certainty that it was the skeleton of a
human being. His supposition was
at the beginning that it might be the
remains of Jim Bushaw, who dis
appeared several years ago in that
vicinity, and no trace was every had
of him afterwards. Mr. Seeley phoned
for the coroner, and when he arrived
the SHELTON was exhumed and found
to be that of an Indian. This con-
clusion was arrived at from the fact
that shells and Indian relics were
found buried with him.
An Indian woman Familiarity known
as Ida, died here, to be buried atsan
old Indian burying ground on Albert
Uhlinger's place this evening.
An old gray haired Indian passed
me to-day and l halted him by asking
where he was going. go! me go
Funeral; Injun woman she die. -
Where Indian go when he die? o me
ne no: white man he say up, Injun
say down, pointing to the ground
Now, it is a veritable fact, that a
white man doubts an Indian and an
Indian a white man. It needs no
philosophical conclusion to know
which has the justification of con-
clusion on his side, for the Indian
has been the dupe of the white man
from the earliest settling of America
up TO the present time. The white
man rnhs the Indian-nf-h is-narldIr
possessions, and offers him a theory
of religion to pay the bill of the
onslaught he has brought Mr. Gin
jun. 1t reminds me of an occurr-
ance said to be true, that l read
many years ago concerning an In
dian and the governor of Virginia.
1t was in the early settling of
America. An old Indian chief APP
preached the governor one day, and
told him that the great spirit had
come to him in dream telling him
that he 1.-THE governorl had given him
span of horses and buggy that the
chief had seen him drive so often.
"Well, said the governor refectively,
if you dreamed it you must have
them,'' and Immediately turned the
horses and buggy over to- the Indian
The Indian drove off prouder than
Cleopatra. He returned in few
weeks and the governors inspiration
at faculty began to evolve, and be
told the Indian that the great spirit
had come to him in dream and he
the chief had given him up large
tract of valuable land. The chief ran
his fingers through his coarse black
hair refectively, and said in a tenor
of doubt. ''lf you dreamed it you
may have it, but will never dream
with you again. Now it is fact that
white man can outdream an Indian
and never miss a note in the melody,
and he can go to his prayer book and
thank God for what he dreamed
Giddy Dick.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-10-11

Coal Land. AS between two claim
ants, both claiming the land on ac-
count of the coal therein, priority of
application and good faith in i'm
provements should govern the award.
Contest. - Withdrawal of contest
will not prevent the government from
taking advantago-nf- the evidence
submitted.
Submerged Land. There is no law
authorizing the entry of submerged
land lying within navigable stream
Homestead. The qualifications re-
quisite to make homestead entry
must exist at date of entry, and any
rights acquired by filing an appIi-
cation are lost where the applicant
subsequently and prior to entry be-
comes disqualified to enter.
Mineral or Non Mineral. The pre-
sumption as to the mineral or agri-
cultural character of tract, created
by the return of the surveyor general
does not preclude the assertion OF
any right, or the proof of the facts in
the case as they really exist.
Practice. Practice before the local
land office not affected by state pro-
cedure.
Hypothetical questions will not be
considered by the Land Department.
Residence. Residence is establish.
ed from tie moment settler goes
upon the land with the definite in.
tention of making his home there.