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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-02
ALBA ODD FELLOWS cELE-
BRATE ANNIVERSARY

Saturday was a grand day
for Odd Fellows in Abba At an
early hour in the morning the visitors
began to come in on all trains.
The forenoon was devoted to the
reception of visitors. At 1880 o'clock
a parade was formed and all Odd Eel
lows, including Rebekahs marched to
the King opera house in charge of F..
B. Morris, marshal of the day; j. R.
Price acted as chairman and called the
meeting to order. Rev. E. L. Kinney
invoked divine blessing Mrs. Lutz
Miss Duncan and Miss Howe each
sang a solo. Miss Lucille Teeple pre-
sided at the piano. Little Miss Maggie
Griffin, in a most charming manner.
gave a reading entitled, Speak Kind
W" Mayor Clever in a few well
chosen words welcomed the visitors,
which was responded to in very able
manner by Grand Secretary r. L. TIL
ton. Grand Craplin F. w. Evans was
then introduced and delivered a most
eloquent and instructive address,
which was well received and highly
appreciated as was evidenced by the
close attention given by the audience
which filled the opera house The
prominent Odd Fellows visitors were:
r. l.. Tilton and f. w. Evans, Des
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BlDWELL

Bldwell.-Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Smith of South Ottumwa, visited
friends here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lathrop visited
over Sunday with relatives near Kirk
vile.
Daniel Kerr visited Sunday at the H.
/. Lathrop home in South Ottumwa.
G. R. Chisman and daughter Miss
Eunice Chisman visited Sunday after
noon at the Mrs. Cynthis Harlan home
at Pleasant Home.
DR.. Slayins of Blakesburg was
professional visitor here Saturday.
Miss Eunice Chisman in company
with her cousin Miss Beulah CHS
man spent Friday in Chillicothe.
Mrs. Clarence Harding who has
been very Ill for several days is slow
ly improving.
The Milwaukee company has a
large force of men at work on their
road bed here putting in large num-
per OF new ties. and putting the track
In excellent condition.
Mrs. William Kerr and little son Of
near Kirkville are quests at the Clar.
ence Harding home,
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Abba tonight and remain in session
until Sunday evening. A program of
some length has been issued and 1t
includes papers on various subjects
that will be Of interest to those who
are active in the mission field.
Phillips and wife went to Lucas
this morning to visit for couple of
days. They were former residents Of
that place and expect to renew many
old acquaintance.
The Young & Co., Is d new business
firm that was opened in Abba today.
The have established a new photo
studio in the Wilkin building on the
west side of the square.
Dr. H. S. Graham, of Oskaloosa, ].
D. Devreaux. of Lovilia, F. B. Switzer,
of Muscatine and D. A. Sawyers, of
Unionville, are business callers in the
city and are guests at the new Neural.
Levi w. Billings, of Mantua town
ship, has been confined to his bed for
four weeks with pneumonia, but is i'm
proving.
George Shehan, who was stricken
with paralysis two months ago, does
not improve and little hope is enter
tanned for his recovery.
The coal mines in Monroe county are
shut down and within a few days will
be running full force and full time.
The D. of H., and A. o. U. W.,
held joint banquet Thursday night in
the l. o. o. F. temple.
The interurban from Abba to Hite-
man is an assured fact Work will
soon begin on the track. Hiteman is
the best coal field in the county and
the accommodations that an electric
line will give them will be appreciated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, of Des Moines,
We're here Tuesday to be in attendance
at the Hollingsworth-H Hawkins we'd
ding.
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no understanding until July, 1899, as
to compensation but considers his
services reasonably worth s65 a
month and that of Mrs. Rowe at $40
a month. By the agreement of July,
1899, petitioner claims he was to re-
ceive $65 a month thereafter and that
agreement continued until May Is,
1902, when a settlement was made
which amounted to s1,S1S.SS. For
this amount Mr.. Rowe asserts that
Mrs. Legett issued her promissory
notes for the amount, bearing inter-
est at the rate of 6 per cent per an
mum. No settlement was made at
this time with Mrs. Rowe. But she
looked after her mother in sickness
and health, did her washing and
mending for her
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BIC CLAIM ON
LECETT ESTATE.
& L. A. ROWE ASSERTS THAT HE is
ENTITLED TO OVER
$4,000.
Is FOR SERVICES
Son-ln. Law Of Mrs. Legett Asserts
That he Was in Her Employ
for Years Before Her
- L

In answer to the receivership petit
ton filed several days ago by Mary
S. Wroughton and other heirs in the
Mary S. Legett estate, L. A. Rowe
has filed claim against the estate
amounting to over $4,000 for services
claiming to have been rendered to
Mrs. Legett by himself while in her
employe and for the care given her by
her daughter, Mrs Rowe
The title of the answer is L. A.
Rowe VS.. Ida B. Rowe executrix, and
J. H. Spry special administrator
estate of Mary Legett, deceased.
The instrument sets forth that Mr.
Rowe entered into the employee of Mrs
Legett on February is, 1898, to work
for her and take care of property and
to take entire charge of the business
affairs of Mrs. Legett, consisting OF
the water works property, the opera
house and two business houses in
Eddyville.
An Oral Agreement.
The instrument asserts that the
agreement under which he was EN-
ployed was an oral one and there was
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Continued in Service.

L. A. Rowe claims to have con-
tinued in the employee of Mrs. Legett
down to August II, 1905, when an
other settlement was made which in
Guiding s1,250, the instrument says,
that was borrowed by Mr.. Rowe anu
applied to the business of Mrs. Legett,
amounts to S4,161.60, alleged to be
due and which was paid in the con-
veyances which were set aside on
March 16, 1908.
when the deed and bill of sale
were set aside" says Mr.. Rowe,
'then no part Of the sum due him
has been paid and he is entitled to
have claim allowed with per cent
Interest"
Besides this, Ida B. Rowe is claim
ing S1,950 through Mr. Rowe and
other items Of expense that Rowe
asserts he paid on the Legett pro-
perty.
The whole affair will undoubtedly
again be aired when the receivership
petition is heard by the court.
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AMADOR.

Arnador.-The remains of the infant
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Cos
ney were inferred in Wellman ceme-
terry THURSDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newt. Shields were in
Ottumwa Tuesday.
Mrs. Will Ralston spent Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Ira Haning.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Haning spent Sun
day afternoon at l.. H. Welmans.
Mrs VIII Kirshiner, who has been
i'll for the past two months is i'm
proving.
Mike Schwartz, who has been suffer-
Ing from paralysis, in SINE better.
Mr.. Schwartz of Ottumwa, IS
spending few days with Mrs. Mike
Schwartz.
Lister Schwartz spent Sunday with
Edith Wilkinson.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Eakins, Of Ottum-
wa, spent Sunday at the parental Van
dorm home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Parker were
entertained at the John Phillips home
Sunday.
Mary Schwartz, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Peter Schwartz, is confined to her
home with measles.
George Phillips returned from Ohio
recently.
Hardin Gauison has been very Ill
the past week.
Mrs. Vanhorn was in the county
seat Saturday.
Little Laura Myers spent Sunday al
the Guison home.
Loran Shields mad wife were enter
tanned ut the Dale home Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. Graham, Of Ottumwa, spent
Sunday at the Tarland home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Smith arc
preparing to move to Ottumwa soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chapman Of OF
tumwa have moved to the William
Mort farm recently belonging to Ira
Haning.
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DARBYvlLLE

Darbyville.-J. w. Espy and family,
Eli Hiatt and family, c. w. Boyer and
family and John Foster and family of
near Moravia were visitors at the
home of E. H. Boyer Sunday.
John Wicker had the misfortune TO
throw his ankle out Of place Sat.
urday.
Chas McVeigh is building a new
house in Rattburn and Frank Collie has
the foundation laid for his new resid.
dence.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM, Hodge Of Hooking
are visiting at the home of A. c.
Steele.
The mines in this locality are stat
ing operations under the terms of the
new agreement, one by one and the
first of May they will all be working
again.
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MouLToN.

lton.-Monday evening at the
Christian church j. r. Berkeley, the
Moulton artist will deliver one Of his
famous talks under the auspices Of
the w. G. T. u.
T. w. Killion was over from Cen
terville Wednesday.
Richard Keene was up from Sedan
Monday.
L. l.. Taylor was over from Center
vile Monday.
Charles Floyd and A. Wood left Sun
day night for Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Link Maring left Wed
nesday for South Dakota.
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HILLsRoRo.

Hilisboro.-Mr. and Mrs. NJ E. Har-
Ian returned dast evening from a
weeks stay with relatives in Dea
Moines.
Rev. and Mrs. Tibbets left on the
westbound train this morning for Of
tu1nwa in order to witness the mar
riage of their eldest granddaughter,
Lillian R. Tizzetts.
Prof. Harry Jellison moved yester-
day from the Collins property into the
house formerly owned by John Sprott
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Davidson will move
into the Collins house
Albert Cochran and wife who have
been in California the past winter re-
turned to their home here last evening
j. B. Hinchman and family spent
Sunday in town.
son, visited at the Plumer home over
Sunday.
VIM. Rhodes was here yesterday.
Mrs. Willis Smutz and children were
passengers west this morning.
Miss Grace Schulz came for Fair
field last night.
Warren Copeland returned this
morning from short stay in Batavia
Mrs. j. B. Jordan and daughter
came over from Salem Sunday even
ing for stay of several days.
A concrete walk is being made ir
front of the Plumer lots and the build
ing to be occupied by the Davidson
furniture store.
Mrs. Sarah Graves has been quite
sick the past few DAYS
The !. O.. O. f.. anniversary banquet
at their hall Saturday evening was en-
joyed by a large crowd. two course
supper was served and music ant
other amusements furnished enter
tainment for those present.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Davidson OF
Salem, were in town Saturday after
noon.
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A portrait Of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
painted by her granddaughter, Caro-.
line Minturn Hall of New York is one
OF the interesting features of the ex-
hibition now in progress at the Won
ems Municipal league of New York.
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MANSLAuCHTER
CASE ON TODAY
JOHN HAYS, CHARGED WITH
DEATH OF ] oHNCANNEDY,
is ON TRIAL.
SELF DEFENSE is PLEA
Young Man Claims That Dead Man
Was Aggressor and He Was
Obliged to Protect

From Fridays Daily.
On opening court this morning
Judge Vermilion called the case Of
the State of Iowa against John Hayes
indicted for manslaughter. Hayes is
charged with assaulting John W..
Cannady, an old soldier, 81 years old,
over the head in an alteration on
South Market street last fall 1t is
claimed by the state that because Of
the blow poison resulted and Cannady
died several days later.
Plea Of Self Defense.
Hayes who is represented by Attor-
ney Coen will put up plea of self
defense. Hayes claims that he only
struck the old man after he (Cannady)
had beaten and threatened him and
was obliged to do SO for mis- own pro-
lection. The blow too he claims was
only intended to stop the onslaughts
Of Cannady who was itoxicated and
furious.
Hayes was indicted last fall but his
case when called in the January term
was continued generally. Hayes has
been at liberty on bail bonds OF $1,000.
Wife and Children Attend.
This morning Mrs. Hayes, wife of
the accused man accompanied him
with their two small children. They
sit by him during the trial.
Hays is a young man and has al
ways bore good reputation. Through
this and the claim that Cannady was
the aggressor Hays believes he will be
cleared Of the charge.
The Jury.
The jury was secured after sixteen
men had been examined shortly be.
fore the noon adjournment was taken,
The jurors are:
j. E. Doherty, Olof Nelson, Levi
Jackson, j. A. Langfors, D. F. Wit.
tenmeyer, James A. Davis, Nelson
Derby, William Kielkopf, Tom Berry
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So PER YEAR IN ADVANCE

building is mass of ruins. How
the fire originated is not known
but the supposition is that it result
ed from carelessness on the part of
workmen who were doing tin work
on the roof.
The water supply was inadequate
to cope with the fire, the claim be-
ing made that no stream could
reach the roof. The ladders of the
department were not of sufficient
length to get at the seat of the
trouble and altogether the people
feel that something is rotten in the
management of things.
Several buildings in the immedi-
ate neighborhood were threatened
but by herculean efforts were saved.
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Ore Loading Device

Captain Henry McDermott of
this city has secured a patent on an
ore loading machine that is design
ed to do the same work under
ground as steam shovel on the
surface, says the Iron Mountain
Press. The machine is erected on
car a little larger than the ordin-
airy tram-car and can be operated
at any point in the mine where a
man can work. 1t will load from
three hundred to one thousand tons
of ore every ten hours and can be
operated at small expense. One
man can operate it. The con-
struction is simple and the cost of
the machine is small. The Press
learns that one of the leaders will
soon be built and given an oppor-
tunity to prove its worth at one of
the large mines on this range.
Should it prove everything that its
inventor anticipates, it will revolut
ionize the business of mining iron
ore and at the same time lessen the
cost by more than a half.
Mr.. McDermott is well known in
this city where he has visited on
numerous occasions with his
daughter, Mrs. M. E. Gleason.
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suits which were brought against
the company two years ago have all
been won in the lower courts and
confirmed by the sumpreme court
of the territory of Arizona.
The success attending the opera
ton of the tube mills will give it a
monthly product of more than
500, 900. The cost of mining and
treating the ores has been brought
down to about ST. so per ton, 1eav-
ing a profit of almost as much.
When the tube mills are all operat-
ing and the third engine in place
Black Mountain will be in shape to
have treated between 900 and 1000
tons of ore daily.
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JOyland Opens July 4th

Joyland on the Point formerly
White City, Duluth and Superior S
beautiful summer resort will open
the season on July 4th, under the
management of T. P. Getz, who
has leased the park for term of 10
years and will make extensive I'M
provements from time to time. All
visitors to Duluth usually go to see
the famous Aerial Bridge and it is
but few minutes ride from there
to Joyland.
Band concerts and big free acts
will be given every day at 2::30 and
8 p. m.
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time that Andy intended joining
the Benedicts, hinlselef and bride
nevertheless stole march on their
numerous friends and the marriage
Saturday evening was practically
unknown until the following day.
Only very immediate members of
the family were present. Both of
the young people have grown up
in Ely and have hosts of friends
who wish them all kinds of happi-
ness in their new undertaking.
The MINER joins in the we'll wishes
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Black Mountain

The annual report of the Black
Mountain Mining company will be
issued the latter part of July.
President Stuart says the new
machinery is moving into line with
constantly increasing product each
week, treated over 1900 tons of
ore in April. The 100 stamps ran
$3.50 percent of the total time.
With the erection of the third en-
CINE construction work will have
been practically completed"
President Stuart adds that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-07-03
MIDSUMMER
FESTIVAL
Fittingly Observed by Large
Numbers

| hOSS llOul lISlS WIN dIlOlluOu
the Annual Midsummer Celebrat-
ion in Duluth week ago yesterday
returned very much pleased with
the entertainment provided. The
weather was most excellent and
the music and addresses enjoyed by
all.
Representative John Sarri made
an address on THE Finn as an
American Citizen" and among
other things he said:
Socialism," declared Mr.. Saari,
in his address, is an attempt to
put laziness, thriftlessness and in
efficiency on a par with industry,
thrift and efficiency. If Socialism
should every be adopted, it would
mean not merely the breaking up
of private property, but what is far
more important, the home, the key
stone of the arch of Our civilization.
No impartial student of economics
claims that modern industrialism in
the United States is perfect. But
the remedy is not revolution, but
evolution. The remedy is in the
further development of those forces
which have already made a wider
diffusion of education and better
development of character, juster
distribution of wealth.
When 1 say this about Social
ism, 1 do not mean that by violence
we should gag the Socialistic agit-
ators or suppress their publications.
Neither should the Finnish Social
lists be denounced as anarchists.
There are no anarchists among the
Firms either in this country or in
Finland. The Firms believe in or
ganized government. They believe
in law and order, not chaos nor
violence.
Instead of becoming hystercial
over Socialism, we ought to con-
centrate our efforts in fighting what
1 regard as the greatest curse of
the Finnish people, or of any peo-
ple-intemperance.
Abont 1000 Finnish citizens were
on hand from Michigan, Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota to celebrate the
festival of Johannes day. johann
mes, or St. Johns day, has double
significance for the Finnish people
of the northwest, particularly of
northern Minnesota. 1t is a trad
itional festival brought from the
land of the thousand lakes" max
ing general thanksgiving for the
blessings of midsummer. This is
the original significance of the day,
but when the occasion was first
celebrated here four years ago, the
meeting was to express coincidence
for the fatherland because Fin
lands self-government rights had
been wrested from it. Since that
time these rights have been restor-
ed by the Russians and thus the
day becomes an occasion of rejoic-
ing.
| Mayor Haven made the address
of welcome. Several bands were
in attendance and en1ivened the oc-
casion with choice music. The
Sampo band of this city was present
and secured second prize in the
contest, the first being taken by
Eveleth. Representative c. B.
Miller spoke on What America
Offers to the Firms" and his adj
dress was received with applause.
The "red-fag" Finnish Social
lists had timed their celebration for
Duluth on the same day but were
not part of the gathering ment-
toned above. Several of the better
class of Firms attending the Mid
summer festivities are of the opin-
ion that the Socialists did this to
kind of place all Firms in the same
class with themselves.
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Married

Andrew Wati1o and Miss Hilma
Kajute were married Saturday even
ing at the home of the groom.
While it was suspected for some
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GanderbOne's July Forecast
Copyright c. W. Reith)

July was named for Julius Caesar
by Mark Anthony. Mark was Ca-
sars protege. His career was very
much like that of Mr.. Taft. Cae-
sar liked him and whenever he came
around the great dictator would
slap him on the back with some
such exclamation as Mark 1 will
make you a tribune" He kept
his word, too, and always delivered
the goods to Mark at the Roman
conventions. Mark made the flu
neral Grafton for Caesar, and he
stirred up the Roman populace un-
til it wrecked the baseball park
looking for Brutus and the rest of
the Malta, He was also the origin
ator of the affinity idea. His affin-
ity was Cleopatra, and every time
he returned from Egypt, his wife
and his mother in-1aw met him at
the dock with set of golf clubs.
He eventually became the virtual
ruler of Egypt, instituted local OPP
ton and other reforms, barged with
the queen upon the moonlit Nile
and killed himself while he was
happy; knowing it couldn't last.
July the Fourth will dawn again
diverting circumstance, and the
bubbling boy will light his punk
before he finds his pants. He'll
roll down stairs with screams of
joy, contemptous of Kurt, and start
the battle when he bArns the tail off
of his shirt.
The youthful cannoneer will
charge his powder by the pound
and while he does it many kids will
boldly crowd around. He'll light
the fuse, and they will skip but
when they fail to get the proper
thrill they'll go to see if it is lighted
yet. A loud kerbang "a scurvy
thing a cannon sometimes does
and the angels looking down will
sigh BY hoky poke, it was!"
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High School Burns

Eveleth, on the Mesaba range
was visited by the fire demon Fri
day and it's elegant High School
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-09
our unqualified support in the coming
election.
l.. RANUM
AUGUST FRIEBERG =, I',i
O NJ STUBBEN rs i'''ione

The democratic convention met In
the court room and organized by elect
ing L. N. Grill as chairman and Ole
Lawrence as secretary. As the demo
Gratis had nearly their entire ticket TO
fill they made an fort to get out a
large representation, in which they
were successful. The candidates Sc
lected were about the ones expected.
with possibly one exception, hat for
CLERK. Mr.. Num.en two years ago was
a delegate to the republican county
convention at Beresford, voted in the
republican primary last March and
has since signed two republican re j.
tions declaring his intention to vote
the republican tick ct this fall. 1t may
reasonably be assumed, then, that Mr..
Numsen will decline this nomination
with thanks.
Following are the nominations made
by the democrats at TUESDAYS conveu-
tion: representatives., Geo. w.
French, Elk Point, Benoni Bernard :,
Jefferson; Auditor, A. NJ. p. Peterson,
Big Springs; Sheriff, Thos. Gunder-
son, Brule: Register of Deeds, F.. U.
Bernard, Jefferson; Clerk, H. FL. Nur :
sen, Alcester; Coroner, DR.. Ell. P. Han
son, Beresford; Commissioner, Third
District, John Heidi, Eminet.