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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-25

The first real electrical storm of
the season occurred last night The
bright flashes of lightning and the
sharp claps of thunder awoke many
from their peaceful slumber. The
climax of the storm came at about
three O'Clock this morning, when the
wind blew a hurricane that added
much to the turmoil Several out
buildings were blown over, billboards
We're torn down and limbs and
branches were broken from trees,
littering the streets and alleys this
morning.
Two houses We're struck by light
ming in South Ottumwa. The one
where the most damage was done was
the residence of Mrs. M. G.. Graham
at 104 North Weller street. The
lightning completely demolished one
of the chmineys and ran down the val
ley Of the house and tore off shingles
and weather boarding from the side
The lightning also entered the sleep
ing apartment occupied by Mrs. Gra-
ham and did considerable damage to
the interior of the house, by knock
Ing off the plastering and covering the
front room with SCOT from the chimney
The other house struck was that of
Nels Nelson on South Moore street,
but with the exception Of some paper
being torn off the kitchen no dam
age resulted. The lightning is sup
posed to have first struck a large cot
ton wood tree in the rear of the
house as the top of the tree was
splintered and a streak around the
trunk of the tree shows it's course to
the ground.
Large Rain Fall.
The rain ell is the heaviest this
season. By morning SIS Of an inch
had been recorded and enough water
has fallen since that time to register
about one inch. Although the raiu
came in showers it was distributed
through the night and today so that
the ground is now thoroughly saturat-
ed. This is just the beginning Of a
bumper harvest next fall.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-25
Cleveland Town Hall Hit.

Cleveland, Ia, april 23.-(Spe-
cial)-The town hall was struck by
lightning during last nights storm
and a portion of the roof was torn
Off. The building fortunately did
not catch fire.
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BIRTH NOTICES.

BORN Wednesday, April %, 1908, to
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Fleer, of west
Of the city, daughter.
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suit is BROUGHT
AGAINST FARNUM
WIFE OF ACTOR NAMED IN THE
HOWARD GOULD SUIT FILED
CASE.

New YORK, April 20. - Dustin Far
mum. the young actor who was men.
toned by Howard Gould in his an
swer to the suit brought by his wife,
Katherine Clemmons Gould, for sep
aration, is being sued by his wife,
Agnes Johnston Farnum, for absolute
divorce.
The papers were handed to Justice
Bowling in the supreme court yester-
day and in response to the requests
of counsel for both sides, former
Lieut.. Gov M. Linn Bruce was ap.
pointed referee
Every possible effort to keep the
matter quiet was made, the style Of
the suit being ga Johnston Farnur1
VS.. D. Lancy Farnum.' The young
leading mans middle name may be
Lancy, but no one ever called him by
it, ga. Johnston Farnum" is not at all
suggestive of Mrs. Dustin Farnum.
Lawyers Mum on Case.
D. Frank Lloyd, as assistant United
States attorney in New York, is Far
NUNS attorney. He refused to discuss
the case. Mr.. Bruce also declined to
say anything about the details.
The troubles Of Dustin Fasnum
and his wife would have come to a
head some weeks ago had it not been
for the unpleasant notoriety thrust
upon the actor through the mention
of his name by Howard Could" said
a friend of Mrs Farnum's yesterday.
This action-the Farnum case =
predates any publication of a disa-
greement in the Gould family, and
would have been brought long ago
had it not been for the complication
caused by Mr. Could
In Howard Gould's answer to his
wife's suit considerable space was
given to the actor and his alleged
friendship with Katherine Clemmons
Gould.
1t was charged that Mrs. Gould had
followed Farnum about the country
when he was starring in "The Vir-
ginians" and had entertained him fire.
quently and had taken him for long
rides in her automobile.
Gould Not Mentioned.
Especial mention was made of a
trip to Atlantic City, In the party, it
was charged, were Mrs. Gould, Mr..
Farnum and May Robson, the ac-
tress.
Farnum denied all the charges made
by Gould and Miss Robson in an in
terview, said the trip had been proper
and conventional.
Mrs. Gould's name is not mention.
ed" said friend of Mr. Farnum's S.
Although it is necessary to prove a
statutory offense in New York to OBJ.
tain an absolute divorce, such as is
being sued for, we understand the
case will not be contested excepting
| in formal manner.
Il nthese papers Mrs. Farnum only
asks for the decree of absolute di
vorce. Later she will make applica
| ton for counsel's fees and alimonY.'
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Obituary


West Point.-James D. Peebler, an
aged pioneer passed away at his home
in this place at the age of 81 years, 8
months and 10 deys, on Wednesday at
2:1O a. m. The cause of his death was
old age.
Mr.. Peebler was born in Simson
county, Kentucky, June 8, 1917, and
moved to this place ten years later,
and has liver here the rest of his life,
In 1852 he was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Everingham. To this union
were born four children, tow boys and
two girls, Clarence and Elizabeth Pee
bier, of West Point and Sanford Peeb-
Ter of Rose Hill, Iowa, and Mrs. w. P.
French, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The
funeral will be held Thursday at three
O'clock p. M, from the Presbyterian
church. The Masons will have charge
of the funeral at the grave. He will
be buried in the city cemetery.
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Sanuelson,

ackwood.-Samuel Samuelson,
aged IS, died here early Monday morn
ing. He was born April 90, 1928, at
Byardall, Kisa., Sweden. was married
in 1850, his wife dying in 1867, leaving
four children. Deceased came to Iowa
in 1870 and in the same year was uni
ted in marriage to Miss Charlotte
Blomgren. To this union no children
were born.
Saturday morning Mr.. Samueson
complained Of not feeling well, and
soon it became apparent that death
was near. He gradually grew weaker
and quietly passed away at $3.50 Mon
day morning. Deceased had made his
home here for the last eleven years
coming here from his farm. He was
an honest and upright citizen, and had
many friends. Two children, John
Samuelson, of this vicinity, and Mrs
John Peterson, of Moline, H., survive
the father. The youngest son, Gust
died in 1907 On daughter died In
Sweden. Deceased was a member OF
the Lutheran church. The funeral
occurred Wednesday, and the services
We're in charge Of the Lutheran minis
ter.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
HOW THEY J0BBED THE ANTI5

Chauncey Boyer delegate from Fairbandks to the Ket chikan convention who still in the city, discussing the letter from Perkins Gale which published in this issue says very clearly states the circumstances as they were Mir Boyer says he went to the convention with 2S proxies every detail concerning which according to the record and the right to vote which there could be proper que tiOn And yet the credental committee appointed by Chairman Murane Hoggatt man, arbitrarily split the right in two and allowed him II votes Perkins had S9 proxies from Nome regularly certified to him. The Seward peninsula was divided up into three equal pars giving to
 uraue who had ONE proe equal representation with Perkins with his 89 Mr. Boyer says with Perkins, that it was too outrageous ridiculous and unjust to be worthy of discussion.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
BIG RUSH F0R THE INFERIOR

"on Friday morning, the morning 1 left WhitehOrse, I was told by 0 member of the N. W. N. P. who keeps the record in the matter, that the number of men who had started down the river for Dawson and the interior in small boats, was 718; the number of the boats was I8O," said "stroller" White to the Alaskan this morning just before taking the train for his home in Whitehorse. "The police, you know, keep careful record of the names of all persons going down the river tn small boats. They number the boats themselves in large figures. This is for the purp SC of Identification should
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

There is no weather prophet to fore cast the probabilities for tomorrow, but the wish that is father to the thought indicates beautiful morning, in the morning. There is every preparation made to take full advantage of this beautiful weather that is going to be in the morning and all day long, The fleet carrying the A, B, Plcnickers is to leave the wharf at ' o'clock sharp and head for Haines under full gasoline, arriving there, say, between nine and ten. There the members of HslneS camp No. r will meet the skagway visitors and, after felicitations, and viewing the beauties of the city and the fort the march will be taken up to Jones' Point where, 1t is declared, is the prettiest picnic grounds in the north, picnic grounds which include ball grounds. By the time the party can get well settled here and each seI-
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
PAPER
 PUBLISHED

Because the cable office was open but one hour and that in the morning, and because the newspapers of the territory generally have been making a holiday of this memorial day and suspended publication, the telegraph service today is unusually light. As announced In another place by wire no newspapers were printed in Juneaua and thus the Alaskan is the only newspaper that is printed iu Southeastern Alaska-por- haps in all Alaska-today. This news
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
DAWSON A. 3.
 ID ROOSEVELT

A Vancouver dispatch to the Dawson Newssays:
 Barry J, Landbal, of Dawson, who is eu route to the eass,is in the city await ing completion of three especially pre- pared invitations to visit Yukon terri tory, which will be presented to Earl Grey, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and PresI- dent Roosevelt.
 The invitations will cost $500, and be engraved on caribou skin elaborateIy decorated and ornamented with KlOn- dike gold. The invitations are being presented by the Arctic Brotherhood.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

 ID NAME TAFT
(Ry United Press.)

New York, May 3O-It is learned to- day that the name of Taft will be pre- sented Co the convention at Chicago by 8 member of congre,s-name not as yet stated.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

to be done for the completion and fur nisbing of the rooms of the hotel and the opening is to be made a notable event. A cement sidewalk has been laid around the hotel.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

paper, having suspended publication last Saturday to give opportunity to Its attaches to attend the celebration at Whitehorse, felt that 1t could not con- Sc'entiously withhold publication today.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
TOMORROW THE ANNUAL A. B. PICNIC

These present at Ithe happy event were Mir. and Mrs. stinebaugh, the Misses Stinebsugh and Lindshl, Mrs. Hanglin, and Messrs Hlllery, Pare and Lewis Stinebaugh.
 
 Mir. and Mrs. H. J. Lynch will move into their pretty new home the latter part of next week.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
TALKED THE
 BILL ID DEATH
CBy United Prsss.l

Washington, May SO-seated In au arm chair Senator LaiolIette yesterday undertook to talk the currency bill to death aud backed by Senator Stone of Missouri he did 1t. LatOllOtte talked until o'clock in the morning when he was relieved by Senator Stone who con tlnued the theme.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
PARKER WILL
 MATHEMATICIAN
tRy United Proos.J

New York, May 3O-Judge Alton B. Parker, 1t Is learned, will write the platform for the democratic party to be presented for consideration at tLe Den yer convention.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
WIRELESS FUR
 THE FORTS

The p c SS Al-Ei arrived up this morning bringing lS7 tons of freight among which Is machinery for Conrad mines and 8 quantity of wireless tele- grapny equipment for Fort Egbert and Fort GIobou. The City of Seattle is not expected until tomorrow evening, sh1
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

Lieutenant and Mrs. S. o. Orchard will be home on the next trip of the Humboldt.
 osss
 Friday evening Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Stinebaugh were host and hostess at Q dinner given m honor of Will aillery. who goes to Whitehorse Monday to act as purser on the Selkirk, for the summer.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

R. c. Miller a Seattle commercial trave Ter is in the city.
 Jack Orchard is back from "the frontn on a visit.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
THE TRAIL NEARLY READY

The finishing ,ouchcs are being placed on the Trail, Shea & Patten's new hotel on Broadway, and they ex- pect to fix the date of a grand opening about the 9th Of Juno, The bar 6x- lures are the haudsomest to be found in the north country. The rush act is
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
AJT0 DRIVERS
 NECK BROKEN
(By United Presl.l

Baltimore. May 3O-Emanuel Cebrl- DO, a noted Italian auto driver, was today killed by the overturn!ng Of his car in making a sharp turn ln the races here. His neck was broken and he died instantly.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

any misfortune overtake them. The number on the boat has served good purpose in many instances, once in giV- ing the first clue to a sensational murder case, These numbers ran up into five figures long ago and became burdensome n the mere painting. This year they began at number one again, so the lsO represented the number that had gone with the opening of the river. Of the 7lS men who sailed in these boats, many were pretty hard looking characters and fully two-thirds walked the distance over the hill from Skag- way. It is the biggest spring rush that has been made in several years"
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
NO NEWSPAPERS
 IN JUNEAU
(By United Press.)

Juneau. May 3O-Today is being ob- served a holiday in'thls city, Many
 mercantile houses are closed for the day and no newspapers are-beinR issued.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

also has a quantity of wireless telegra- pby equipment and the several corps of men to install the same.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

Don't be bashiul, call for a Bull Dog ,igsr at Tony Dortero's.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30
GAME
 THIS EVENING

There is to be ball game this even Ing at seven o'clock between the U. s. surveyors now iu the city on their way to fix the boundary line. and the A, B's.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

Thomas J. Templeton representing a Seattle hardware house is at the Fifth avenue.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

mont of the company has picked out the spot most pleasing to 1t, 1t will be time to break into the lunch baskets. After lunch there will be time enough to call the game between the A. B. team and the soldiers or Haines team.
 Plenty of amusements will be afforded aside from the enjoyment that nature offers, until the hour for the return ar, rives, This will be set for early in the evening to enable the excursioOists to enjoy the ride back home and arrive here with nothing to regret save the shortness Of the day The affair Is to be conducted from first to last in the char acter of family picnic and there will te DO feature introduced that might by any possibility mar it as such. The comfort and pleasure of the wives and sweethearts Of the members and their friends will be made the special concern of the members of the brotherhood.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-30

summer
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
MYSTERY OF MAIL
DOCK NOW SOLVED
Habitual Thieves Trapped in
Act of Looting Office of
Claims Agent
Light Fingered Pair Escapes
After Bombarding the
Captors

The mystery of series of petty
thefts from the Offices on the old
Pacific Mail wharf was solved yes
terday by the capture, redhanoed'
Of the thieves-two of them Al
though no ships now dock at the oiu
wharf at Second and Brannan streets,
the agent, time keeper, claims agent
and shipping commissioners stlH occu-
py their old Offices and IT was these
offices that have been raided daily ioi
the last few weeks.
Nothing was too small for the thieves
to overlook Pencils, erasers, ink DOL
ties, cigars and rubber bands were
among the articles stolen The thieves
operated in daylight and so daring oio
they become that frequently they I'M
rered to eat the contents OF the clerks
lunch baskets. In addition to piiferlnS
with free hand the marauders
wrought much spitful damage, such as
tearing up documents, emptylns lelter
files and upsetting ink bottles
SPECIAL, Guard WATCHES
A special guard was placed on the
dock gate but although he never ieft
his most the thefts continued 1t was
decided yesterday that the thieves Sc
cured entrance through window
usually left open in the office of the
claims agent. and a trap was set The
window cords were cut, the window
propped open with stick, to which
was attached string. and a man was
stationed at the string with orders to
pull when the lookout gave the word
Shipping Agent w. 3. Swears acted as
lookout.
A peekhole had been made In the out
side door and to this Swears glued his
right eve AS he watched there came
to his ears a noise of somebody scram-
bling to the window. Suddenly be-
whiskered face appeared above the sill.
A second later another face showed.
The faces were followed by dark. hairy
bodies, and as Swears peeked, the
thieves were revealed in the persons of
two monkeys whose home was in a
warehouse three blocks away. The
string was pulled and the monkeys
were prisoners.
TALL AND SHORT MONKEY
There was tall monkey and a short
monkey. While the short monkey un-
strapped the Office boys lunch basket.
his tall companion turned the key in
the claim agents desk and extracted
from a locker a bottle of blue type
writer ink which he hove with shotgun
velocity through the glass panel be-
hind which Swears was stationed. Bot
tie and pane were shattered and. but
for its shape, Swears' white flannel
vest could have gone into commission
as a typewriter ribbon.
The monkeys saw through the broken
glass the crowd of Hartman employees
and opened a bombardment Captain
Anderson was struck in the solar plexus
by file of claims for goods damaged
when the Acapulco sank. An electric
bell gong narrowly missed Agent Bun
ker. While the big monkey continued
to pelt the enemy with paper weights
and ink bottles the little fellow turned
loose a deluge of boat notes and bills of
lading. Somebody opened the door and
out scooted the big monkey. The little
monkey was captured, but when the
big fellow resolved himself into a res
cue party and advanced with barred
teeth. Frank Lorrigan dropped the cap
tive and ran.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
WILL UPHOLD R0NCovIERI
Commercial High School Case
to Result in Transfers

II became known yesterday that the
school board soon would make public
its findings in the Commercial high
school case, which resulted in an inves-
tigation recently in which Principal
Charles H Murphy and teachers of the
school Were called to testify before the
board concerning causes leading to the
failure OF an entire graduating class
there recently. The pupils were given
a special examination from the Office Of
superintendent Roncovieri and not one
succeeded in passing
1t is understood that .Roncovieri and
his assistant. J. Ferguson, who brought
about the investigation, will be upheld
by the board in every parueular af
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26
SHRINFRS
Plan BIG CIRCUS
Islam Temple to Give Perform-
ances Next Month for
Local Charity

Islam temple, Order OF the Mystic
Shrine, has decided to go into the cir
Gus business for charity. All the es-
sentials, from lions and lion tanners to
spielers and peanut venders, have been
arranged for, and "a lot at Larkin, Polk,
Hayes and Grove streets has been OBJ
tanned for the performances. The.
great exhibition will be opened Mon
day, April 27, and two performances
will be given every day for a. week.
OF the proceeds the sum of $4,000 is to
be given to the rchildren's hospital. 1t
has been the custom of the temple to
give entertainments for It's own benefit.
but this year the proceeds are to- go to
charity. If the sum taken ins exceeds
SIS, 900 other charitable Institutions be-
sides the childrens hospital will benefit.
The performers will be both pro-
fessional and amateur. The entire
Sells Floto circus, now wintering at
Venice Cal, has been secured for the
week. 1t consists of skilled eques-
TRANS, acrobats and world famed per-
formers. together with menagerie Of
80 dens of lions, tigers, sleopards,
hyenas and monkeys, elephants, 1s
camels, 200 beautiful horses and SO
Shetland ponies.
This aggregation will be supple
mented by the actors and performers
of Islam temple The Shrine will be
represented by 40 horseback riders, 20
clowns, 20 hippodrome riders, To- bare
back riders, elephant trainers, 6
chariot drivers, 6 spielers for side
shows IS camel trainers, elephant
trainers, large number OF drivers, 36
singers for the minstrel show, ushers,
peanut venders and attendants
A mammoth street parade Will be
held on the morning of April 81 at 10
O'Clock, to be repeated twice during the
week.
The lot for the circus belongs to the
Mechanics institute and has been Of
fered rent free for the occasion.
The men IN charge of the undertake
ing are: Colonel William Edwards,
general manger; Harry Baer, assistant
general manager; Charles L. Field.
treasurer; Charles .Jellinek, secretary;
A. F. SchIeicher. director general OF
amusements; C. H Van Orden, chairman
of COMMITTEES on side shows; G. N.
Wolfe, chairman committee on con-
cert; Louis A. Steiger, chairman COM
mittee on menagerie: Colonel II. d.
Loveland. chairman committee on pub
licity; Colonel George Filmer. chairman
committee on concessions; William
Crocker. chairman committee on pro-
gram; James A. Shook, in charge Of
ticket takers and wagons; Edmond
Godchaux chairman committee on per-
nlits Robert w. Neal, chairman ticket
lscommittee.
I Thef admission will be so cents. with
an extra charge of 30 cents for re-
served seats.
over; 100000 French women-half of
4 fyrfn
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-26

washed my childr0n's heads With Cuti-
cura Soap and then applied the wonder
full ointment Cuticura. / did this four
or five times and can say that they have
been entirely cured. / have another
baby who is SO plump that the folds Of
skin on his neck were broken and even
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. / am
using the Cuticura Remedies yet when
sver any Of my family have any sores. 1
can never recommend Cuticura suffi-
GENTLY; it is indispensable in every home.
cannot find its equal. Mime. Napoleon
Duceppe, Al Duluth st.. Montreal, Que,
May 21, 1907"