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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
grandmother, the late Mrs. James

From Mondays Daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Il. Byrum and little
son Lloyd Of 3O7 Richmond avenue,
returned to their home last evening
after attending the funeral of the late
Mrs. Jane Stevens at Dudley.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Evans and H. H.
Evans. residing on Sheridan avenue,
returned to their homes last evening
after spending Saturday and Sunday
visiting with relatives in Bloomfield.
J. c. Shaw and daughter, Miss Mar.
garet, residing on North Davis street,
returned last evening from Bloom
field. where they spent Sunday visit
ing relatives.
Miss Minnie Shaw of Bloomfield is
spending few days visiting with
relatives in South Ottumwa.
Mrs. F. L. Garfield, residing on the
corner of Weller and Hobbs streets,
returned to her home last evening
from Dudley. where she attended the
funeral of her grandmother, the late
Mrs. Jane Stevens.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
OPINION May
Be INCORRECT

Des Moines. Feb. % Especially =
Colonel T. l.. Sellers, attorney for
thirty saloon men here, gave out an
interview today that he thinks Attor-
ney General Byers wrong in his opin-
ion that corporations cannot own So
looms in Iowa.
L. Ills & Sons Co. own thirty sa-
looms here and will fight the law. Sci.
lers is in communication with the sa-
loon men of the principal cities of
Iowa and the saloon men will join in.
terests in the case in the courts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
PoIitical Notice

A vacancy occurring in the position
of reading clerk for the Sixth con
gressional convention. to be held at
Oskaloosa on March 70, 1908, by the
removal of Hon L. E. Johnson from
the district. the same is hereby filed
by the appointment of Hon. Abraham
Lincoln De Mond Of Buxton, Iowa.
BY order congressional committee
This Feb. %. 1908.
Ellsworth Rominger, Chairman.
VIM. Reece, Secretary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
ORMANVILLE.

Ormanville-A son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. Ramsey q few days
ago.
Ray bowers is sick with the rheu-
matism and pneumonia.
Ben Grips and Mrs. Nora Gadd Yis-
tied with .Milt Grips Sunday.
H D. Tillotson, octogenarian, Is
seriously i'll at her home. t r
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Owens of Wy
oming are visiting relatives here. y
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilson and sor
were afternoon callers at the news de-
pot Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
Pierson, 513 Spring street, has return
ed to her home in Fairfield

Pierson, 513 Spring street, has return
ed to her home in Fairfield
Miss Grace Roberts, who has been
teaching school north Of town has
gone home to spend Sunday in Birm-
ingham.
Whirlihg spray syringes at Sargent's
Mrs. J. A. Sullivan, daughter Teresa
and sons, Bernard and j NJ, of Chari-
ton are making a brief visit at the
home Of J. A. Smith on Plum street.
j. c. Hawthorn of Batavia was
in the city today on business. Mr.
Hawthorn is moving to Hedrick to
reside in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hartley Of
Rutlcdge, passed through the city on
their way to Kirkville to visit their
brother, Elmer Hartley.
Miss Judith Peterson and Aines Pet
erson. 1041 West Fourth street, have
gone to Laddsdale to visit friends for
few days.
Fountain syringes guaranteed by
Sargent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Friend, who nave
been visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. B. Wier, 555 West Second
street, have returned to their home in
E!don.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stevens, who
are now residing near Eldon have
rented a place on South Willard
street where they will make their flu
ture home after the first Of March.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. kosman, residing
southwest Of the city, will move TO
South Ottumwa in the near future,
where they will make their future
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fletcher, re-
siding southwest Of the city will move
to South Ottumwa about the first of
March, where they will make their
future home.
Mrs. L. E. Shaw and little daugh-
ter Mildred OF North Moore street,
left this morning for Batavia, where
they will spend a few days visiting
with relatives at that place.
w. S. Graham, of Prescott is visit.
ing at the home Of his mother, Mrs.
M. G.. Graham. 104 North Weller street
preparatory to moving his family to
this city to make their home.
Mrs. r. o. Wright, who has been
visiting at the home of Mrs Ed Jones
of Agency, passed through the city
last evening on her way to her home
in Chicago
Mrs. G. M. Teal. 425 Janney street,
and Mrs. A. M. Bartlett, have gone to
Fairfield to visit friends and rela-
tives.
Mrs. A. R. Russell and Mrs. Picker.
who have been visiting friends and
relatives in Birmingham, passed
through the city yesterday on their
way to Haddam, Kas
Mrs. F. l.. Canfield, residing on the
corner OF Weller and Hobson streets
departed yesterday for Dudley, where
she was called by the, death Of her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
Assassin BOASTS Of Crime.

the crowd Of communicants began to
arrive he took his seat well up in
front
Assassin Boasts of Crime.
Giuseppe was placed in solitary
confinement at the city Jail. He told
policeman who interviewed him that
the priest whom he had killed was
stranger to him, and in explanation of
his crime made the following state
ment:
Il just went over there because /
have grudge against all priests In
general. They are all against the work
ing man. I went to the communion
rail because l could get better shot.
l did not give a damn whether he
was German priest or any other
kind of priest. They are all in the
same class.
Il left Italy three months ago; went
first to Central America, and then
came to the United States and to Den
yer. l am an anarchist, and / am
proud of it. | shot him, and my only
regret is that couldn't have shot the
whole bunch of priests in the church.
l am a shoemaker, but l have not
worked since coming to Denver
Paterson Anarchists Back of Plot?
One strange coincidence of the trag-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
Will Attend Funeral.

Mr.. and Mrs. J.. c. Garretson, ac-
companied by Mr.. Garretson's sister,
Miss Avis Garretson of North Weller
street, and l.. R. Mccormick of Ellis
avenue. left this afternoon for Floris.
where they will attend the funeral of
the late Lee Mccormick, who died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. w.
Bolivar, who resides IN Floris. The
funeral will be held tomorrow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
MARRIAGE Licenses.

Logan Graham to Miss Margaret
Stout
William v. Rypperger to Miss
Mary A. Deiters.
See A. Dorothy to Miss Gertrude
Chisman
David Chidester to Miss Leila Sar-
yer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
ORDERS STOLEN.
Postoffice Inspector Looking For
Smooth Individual Who Passed

At the local postoffice circular let
ters have been received announcing
the theft in Boston of large number
of blank money order forms Money
order stamps have been made by the
thieves and several of the orders have
been cashed in Chicago, Cincinnati
and at Pittsburg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25

only S2.96 We guarantee this clock
to be a good timel,eeper. Don't delay
Get one now
ARNOLD JEWELRY G. MUSIC CO.,
Ottuswa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
3 Days Only, Following
Prices

Mems best S1.50 Sweaters ......$1.2 .25
Regular $1.25 Sweaters mems
Boys 75c all wool Sweaters, odd
Mems real heavy $2.75 Duck
Goats S225
Boys S1.25 Duck Coat ......... .9Sc
Mems 81 Winter Caps, the kind
that wear at .................6 .69c
Mems Winter Caps, usually sold
at soc. odd sizes .......... .39c
Boys and Mems 35c Winter Caps .24c
Mems and Boys real heavy Use
Winter Mittens. 4Sc
Exceptional values in Mems 35c
Driving Mittens .............1 .19c
soc extra heavy all wool Socks
for Men ................3 SAC
35c heavy or light Wool Socks
fOr Men 24C
Splendid quality in 35c and 40c
Mems and Boys Leather Gov
eTeu MllleuS FAC
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
OUT FOR JUSTICE.
Fred Wilcox Promises His Friends
That He VIII Run, for Democratic
Nomination.. ,

Friends of Fred Wilcox says that n.,
has consented to be a candidate in the
primaries for the democratic nomina,i
tion for the Office of justice of the
peace.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25

To rid ourselves quickly Of small
quantities of Mems and Boys Duck
Coats, Sweaters, Caps. Mittens, Wool
Socks, Heavy Winter Shirts. Under
wear, ETC.. we are making for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
New Piano Sl45
and up. Second hand Pianos. s1o0
and up.
Twenty different makes to select
from. We pay your railroad fare. Call
and see us if you wish good Piano
at reasonable price.
ArnOld'S
Jewelry & Music Store
1i3 East Main Street
OttumWa, Iowa.
Tri- Weekly Courier

81 CHANGING ADDRESSES.
Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name Of
the Postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as well as the Postoffice
where they desire it to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25
PRIEST SLAIN AT THE
ALTAR BY ANARCHIST,
Continued from Page One.)

one OF the stations Of the cross. When
the crowd Of communicates began to
arrive he took his seat well UP in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25

Mrs. F. l.. Garfield. residing on the
corner OF Weller and Hobson streets
departed yesterday for Dudley, where
she, was called by the death Of her
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-02-25

Mrs A. R. Russell and Mrs. Picker.
who have been visiting friends and
relatives in Birmingham, passed
through the city yesterday on their
way to Haddam, Kas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
IN APPLES.
Speculation in Fruit Bought In Bios
som Has Sad Finale.


Speculation in Fruit Bought In Bios
som Has Sad Finale.
Losses of more than s 1000. 900 It 10
estimated. will be sustained by bold
spectators who last spring took the
chances on blossoming trees and
bought up the ungrown fruit in New
York State and part Of Canada.
They new have on their hands D.
000, 600 barrels. which they are daily
trying to unload, and 1t looks as
though before the seaso closed there
would be a windfall for the piebakers.
The holders must get rid Of the supply
at once. and the buyers are holding
back to a mournful extent.
One OF the favorite forms OF gam
bling up the state is buying the future
apple crop. Some of the farmers ac-
quire the orchards of the neighbor-
hood, and the state In the spring is
traversed by brokers and spectators
who look over the orchards and offer
lump sums for the output, or agrees
to take the fruit at so much a barrel.
1t Is the custom to go long and
short on the apple market, just az II
is on stocks, and the game is played
with as much energy as though the
spectators were on the curb.
Placing money on a 10 to | shot at
the race track Is a mild amusement
compared with the chances which are
taken on the Baldwins and Greetings
in the bud all through rural New
York State.-New York Herald.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
and About the State
HIRE TEACHERS FOR NEXT TERM
Attorney General Clark Gives New
Opinion on Law.

Attorney General Clark Gives New
Opinion on Law.
The citation of the old opinion Of
Attorney General Pyle by Attorney
General Clark in regard to the right
Of present school boards to contract
for teachers for the next school year
has brought him a bundle of requests
for an opinion as to his holding on the
matter, under the present conditions
In South Dakota, where most Of the
school boards are cut OF entirely in
their makeup by the workings OF the
new educational law.
Attorney General Clark has been
looking into the matter since his cita-
ton of the Pyle opinion, and now
holds that he will be compelled to diff
fer with his predecessor in that re-
gard.
Mr.. Clark holds in effect that a
school board is a. continuing body,
wen II from any cause the member
Sill VI tic DOdTu Is CudnScu III ilS GIL
tirety at one time; that as such a con-
tinuing body 1t can contract tor a
year in which none of the ole mem
bershlp may remain as a part Of the
board. In other words he declares
that the individuality of the member
ship does not make the board, IL it is
a fixed legal organization, and as such
its individual makeup does not affect
its official %existance. He finds that
most of the authorities have held that
even in case where a board has en-
ployed a teacher to prevent a new
membership following from taking
such action, IL the teacher was An in
nocent party in the transaction the
contract can be enforced.
Under present conditions in South
Dakota, he says, the present boards
would be working in the best inter.
ests of the schools in every way by
making contracts when teachers are
available.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
CITY WINS SUIT.
Water Franchise Has Expired, Says
Judae Garland.

water FrancniSe HaS Expired, says
Judge Garland.
After litigation lasting for -four or
FIVE years, the city of Sioux Falls won
a sweeping victory as the result of a
decision rendered by Judge Garland of
the United States court in the case of
the City Of Sioux Falls VS.. The South
Dakota Water Company and j. II. Pur-
dy. receiver of the company.
The water company claimed per-
petual rights to operate its plant I'M
der a contract or franchise entered
into between 1t and the city or April
9, 1884. and which was limited to a
period of twenty years.
Judge Garland, in his decision, holds
in substance that the old water COM
pany had no present rights under the
twenty-year franchise; that its rights,
for occupying the streets with it's
mains and furnishing water to the
people of Sioux Falls existed only dur
ing the twenty years covered by the
franchise or contract, and became void
at the expiration Of the twenty-year
period.
Since the appointment Of the re-
ceiver he has conducted the affairs
OF the company under the jurisdiction
of the court. In his decision Judge
Garland instructed the receiver not to
make any contracts for furnishing
water for a period beyond the present
quarter year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
BIG CUT IN FREIGHT RATES.
Western South Dakota Favored by
Railroad Commission.

Western South Dakota Favored by
Railroad Commission.
Residents Of the western half Of
South Dakota and shippers in general
who send goods to that part of the
state will be greatly benefited by a
new schedule of freight rates which
was adopted by the state board Of
railroad commissioners at a meeting
in Sioux Falls. The schedule has been
under consideration for some months.
The entire reductions in freight
rates in Western South Dakota made
by the board range from Al per cent
to 10 per cent on merchandise clesses,
and will show an average reduction
of Is per cent on such classes. On i'm
migrant movables, on a distance OF
300 miles, the rate on carload lots is
reduced from 43 cents per hundred
pounds to II 1-2 cents per hundred
pounds, or an average reduction OF
about so per cent. The new rate,
based on a distance of $40 miles,
which perhaps is the greatest distance
freight can be hauled from east to
west in South Dakota, shows a reduc-
ton from &c cents per hundred pounds
to 35 cents per hundred pounds on i'm
migrant goods.
1t was shown by the Investigations
of the railroad commissioner that
62 1-2 per cent Of local freight in the
various classes OF all local freight in
the various classes is moved inside OF
1875 miles. The largest reductions
have been made in the classes and
distances that move the most freight.
The great reductions made by the
board is on that class RI goods in
which the reduction will benefit the
greatest number of people, such as
groceries and other articles which go
to make up the n~ecessaries OF life,
and immigrant m%ovables. 1t is believ-
ed the railroad companies affected
will accept the judgment of the board
and not resort to the courts in an eff
fort to prevent the new rates going
into effect.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
O II NAME TICKET.
C. r. knappen of Bookings Is Named
for Governor.

for Governor.
The Prohibition state convention at
Miller adopted a platform and NOM
mated the following ticket and ad-
journed: For congress, G. R. Erskine
OF Mitchell and E. S. Chappell of Hot
Springs; governor, G. F. Knappen,
Brookings: lieutenant governor, W.T.
Rafferty,, Miller; secretary of state,
G. w. Hill, Parker; treasurer, G. Y.
Brown, Worthwhile; auditor, H. e. Rob-
erts, Pierre; commissioner of schools
and public lands, Earl c. Pitcher,
Sioux Falls; superintendent of public
INSTRUCTION, Hendrick Hendrickson,
washington Springs; railroad commits.
sioner, Lee Woodward, Pollock; pres
idential electors, Ben Brave, Reliance;
M. G. Dunlap, Canton; II. w. Reineick,
Faulkton; William Mckenzie, Britton.
Ben Brave, one Of the electors, is a
fullblooded Sioux Indian. The speak
ers at the convention intimated that
his selection on the ticket would be
the means Of getting several thousand
indians to vote for prohibition this
fall.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
THIEVES DEN uNEARrHEp.
Three Members Of One Family Con-
victed, and Third IL Being Sought.

victed, and Third IL Being Sought.
The arrest at Madison Of a family
named Graham, consisting of father
and three sons, who are charged with
having carried on a systematic cam
paign OF burglary and larceny. has oc-
Cured. The father was arrested last
February charged with stealing q bug
'om a farmer in Minnehaha coun-
He had missed the buggy for some
and happened to go past the
place to inquire about roads, and no
ticed and identified his buggy which
had been repaired. He at once got out
a warrant for Graham's arrest. He
was convicted and sentenced. The
next was a lot Of millet seed stolen
ron the Henry Huutemer farm. and
offered for ale In Madison by the
two sons. Mr.. Huntemer Identified his
sacks, although the name wa obliter-
ated, and their arrest followed. They
were bound over to the circuit court,
and are in Jail.
After the arrest of these three par
ties the home on the Leiterman farm.
six miles south OF Madison, has been
searched nearly every day by parties
who have missed tools and implements
of all descriptions. Search warrants
in nearly every case recovered their
property. Everything from farm i'm
plements to carpenter tools. grain,
household articles. guns, etc, have
been found. To-day a house I'm the
outskirts Of this city was found to
have been occupied by the youngest
son but who disappeared at the time
of the arrest of the two older broth
esr. Search warrants were got out to-
day on complaint of Phil Thomas, and
the premises were searched. He iden-
titled a lot of his carpenter tools and
a condition similar to those on the
farm. One room was given over to
booty of all kinds, mostly tools and
clothes from clothes lines. In the sta
bic was found the worst condition OF
all. A horse in a stall dead, evidently
from starvation, and which must have
been dead about ten days or more. The
health officers had the carcass re-
and premises disinfected. Off
GERS are now on the lookout for the
guilty party. and his arrest will be but
a matter of a short time. they think.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
OPENING OF scHNAssE COUNTY.
Cheyenne indians Consent, but Want
to Hold Northern Strip.

Cheyenne indians Consent, but Want
to Hold Northern Strip.
The Indians on Cheyenne reserva-
ton at a late meeting, held at the
general agency. and attended by dele
gates from all the districts, announced
their desires as to what should be in
cluded in the bill opening a part Of
their reservation to settlement. The
meeting was called for the discussion
of that question. and was attended by
delegates from the Thunder Butte,
White Horse, Cherry Creek and agency
districts.
The Indians objected to the evening
Of the strip along the northern line OF
the reservation. but agreed to the
opening of the Schnasse county coun-
try under certain restrictions. One
resolution asked hat all coal lands I'm
the territory to be opened should be
segregated and held by the Indians for
tribal use. Another was hat all the
surplus lands on their reservation, not
included in Schnasse county should be
assured to the Indians for twenty-five
years before any further efforts should
be made to open it to white settlers.
A third was in favor Of receiving the
proceeds from the sale of their lands
annually from the time il is opened to
settlement until the last Of it is taken.
They also ask the government to
pay them $3.50 per acre for sections
16 and SO in each township, which the
bill reserves for the use of the COM
mon schools of the state. They then
selected a delegation to go to Wash
ington to endeavor to get their views
Incorporated as a part of the act open
ing the reservation. and provided the
funds for paying their expenses on
the trip.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
SOUTH DAKOTA SOCIALISTS MEET
Adopt Resolutions and outline Ticket
for the State Election.

o the state ELECTION.
Wearing red badges inscribed with
the words I'VE are also undesirable
citizens" and declaring that the pres
ent national government is anarchis-
tic, Socialists representing about a
half dozen counties of the state met
in convention at Pierre. Mrs. Alice
Knowles Anderson of Terry was the
only woman delegate in the conven-
ton.
The convention elected Francis At
wood of Brown county and Freeman
Knowles Of Lawrence county dele
gates to their national convention,
with M. G. Opsahl of Minnehaha and
James Kirwan Of Lawrence as alter.
mates.
Their resolutions condemned the
action of national officials in attempt,
ing to suppress free speech" and ex,
Guiding papers from the mails without
trial; government by Injunction; the
invasion Of peaceful states by troops
without cause and declared the pres,
ent system Of government to be an
archistic.
While this was not a nominating,
convention, it was decided after dis
cussion that a state ticket should be
outlined. as the time in which filings
must be made is short, and a list was
selected with II. c. Middleton of
Beadle for United States senator:
Thomas G. Deffeback of Butte and S.
H. Goodfellow of Brookings for con.
gress; John G. Knapp of Roberts, gov
ernor; F. G. Lippert, Minnehaha, sec
rotary of state; Joseph Hinton of Law
renee, auditor; It, B. Wells of Brown,
state land commissioner; Stacy Coch-
rane, Brown, lieutenant governor: NJ.
G. Opsahl. Minnehaha, treasurer; Mrs.
Alice Knowles, Terry, superintendent
of public instruction: S. H. Cranmer,
Brown, attorney general.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-04-23
BoNDsMEN TO DO WORK.
Orman & Crook Job at Belle Fourche
Is Let to Contractors.

Orman G. Crook Job at Belle Fourche
Is Let to Contractors.
After several months of uncertainty
the bondsmen of the bankrupt Orman
& Crook company, contractors. have
decided to take up the unfinished
work on the 1000, 900 contract in the
irrigation district near Belle Fourche,
and carry 1t on to a conclusion.
1t has been thought that the gov.
eminent would be obliged to com
plete the work. but the New York
company that Is on the bond of the
defunct firm, after thorough investiga.
ton, believes that a profit still a be
made on the work. 1t is estimated
that about $780, 900 worth of work will
have to be done to complete the con-
tract.
Hayes Bros, contractors OF James,
vile, Wis, have been engaged by the
bonding company to handle the work,
which Will be started this week in or
der to come within the terms of the
original contract with the government.
The figure on which Hayes Bros. have
taken the contract is not made public,
but 1t is better than the price receiv-
ed by Orman & Crook.