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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
FRANKIE. SIMMONS
NAMED BY DODGE
PROMINENT OTTUMWAN WILL
ASSIST IN RAISING FUNDS FOR
THE ALLISON MONUMENT.

Among the list of prominent Iowa
citizens announced by General Graf
vile NJ. Dodge to assist in soliciting
subscriptions for the erection of a
monument to Senator Allison, is the
city. Mr.. Simmons is to work in the
will be associated with the following
gentlemen in the field:
w. c. Clements, Newton; w. Fl.
Needham, Sigourney; J. A. Dewitt, Os-
kaloosa; S. S. Caruthers, Bloomfield;
l.. T. Richmond, Abba; w. G. Ray,
Grinnell.
In his letter announcing the COM
mittee, General Dodge says:
earnestly request that each COM
mitteeman Immediately organize his
county and have it ready to canvass,
so that March 2, Senator Allison's
birthday, shall be known as "Allison
day." when a statewide popular Civ,
ing can be inaugurated.
I also suggest that the principals
of all our public schools and the heads
of the various institutions of learning
give their support to this work OF
obtain from each attendant dona
ton, no matter how small, as they are
all greatly indebted to the work Of
Senator Allison in laying the founda
lions and building up our magnificent
edifices of learning in this state.
We shall go before congress and the
state legislatures asking them to sup
ply the location and the pedestals
for each of the monuments and the
amount Of the subscription received
will govern the character of the me
MORALS. Our desire is to make this 6
great public subscription and we will
endeavor to give every citizen in the
state an opportunity to pay this trib
ute to Senator Allison.
I shall be pleased to hear Otter
from each of his committee giving me
suggestions and reporting progress O
his work or from any citizen. For the
information of the committee l de
sire to state that there has been or
ganized in the east a committee O
distinguished members of the Iowa
society of New York, who, under the
direction of Hon. J. s. Clarkson, is
soliciting subscriptions throughout the
east.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
MINERS WIN IN LOCAL DEMANDS.

Des Moines, Feb. AFTER shut
down of eight days, during which rs
miners were out of employment, the
Coaldale mine will open today with a
separate airway for theh miners to
travel to and from work, as demanded
by the miners of local No. 1,042.
State Mine Inspector Sweeney and
the mine committee of the local in
spected the improvement today, and
reported favorably on the change.
The mine committee is made up of l.
S. Marshall, William T. Lindstrom
and w. Crane.
The dispute started because the
mine owners had but one runway
through which the electric motor
travelled for the use of the mine
workers. This was considered dan,
gerous and not in accordance with
the state law, and a strike was de,
clared until settlement could be
reached. The mine proprietor acced,
ed to the demands.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
CONGRESSMAN
HIT BY UNI0NISTS
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF STATE
FEDERATION DENOUNCE AC
TON OF FIVE OFFICIALS.

The action of five congressman,
Hepburn, Conner, Cousins Haugen
and Smith, in voting to take from the
government printing office the work
of printing the forthcoming national
census report, is heatedly denounced
in resolution adopted at the Des
Moines meeting of the executive board
of the Iowa State Federation OF La
Dor. S. Carna Turner of this city, a
member of the board, attended the
meeting and aided in transactlng all
matters that came UP.
The resolution makes special men
ton of Col. w. P. Hepburn, alluding
to him as 1.-The late politically lament
ed" and declares that his vote on the
printing matter was the result Of the
satisfactory efforts put forth by or
ganized labor to insure his defeat, IN
the congressional race in the Eighth
Iowa district last fall. The resolution
concludes as follows:
1--WE believe this action to have
been based upon the above stated Is
sue rather than upon merit, and we
the executive board Of the Iowa State
Federation of Labor, vigorously pro
JSSI against liS lul VI SS1AA
ton, and call upon our friends In the
United States senate to defeat the
passage of this measure.
| Another resolution congratulates
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell ano
Frank Morrison, officers of the Ameri
can Federation Of Labor, upon the
stand they have taken in the l1be
suit brought against them by the
Bucks Stove and Range company Of
St. Louis, and assures them of the
cooperation and support Of the lowe
State Federation Of Labor
The board adopted strong resolu
ton calling upon organized labor te
insist that the union label be restored
to hats made by union hat makers
and designated the action Of the Ma
tional Hat Makers association In re
moving the label as a part Of gener
al onslaught upon the union label II
America
Calling attention to the fact tina
many products manufactured anc
sold in packages under the statemen
that they contained stated weigh
Of the merchandise manufactured, are
found in reality to contain less thar
that weight, net, the board adopted
a resolution calling upon the pure foot
! commission of the state to labor 10
legislation preventing such misrep
resentation
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
WOMAN AGED 90 BURNS.
Mrs. Sallie Harmony, Pioneer Of Mar
ion County, Found Blackened
Corpse In Little COTTAGE,

Knoxville, Feb. 4.-Mrs. Sallie Har-
mony, 80 years of age, burned to death
at her home in Columbia, twelve miles
south of here. Her dead body burned
to a crisp, her clothing entirely de-
stroyed, was found lying beside her
chair in front of her stove at o'clock
yesterday morning by her brother-in.
law, Alfred Phelps.
Mrs. Harmony has for years lived
alone. Her cottage Is an humble little
place near the outskirts of the town.
She was very poor and for many years
has been unable to work She was sup
ported by Mr.. Phelps, but constantly
refused to leave the little home where
she had lived her life. Several times
during the day members Of the Phelps
family have been accustomed to go to
the cottage to carry food and care for
her. Yesterday morning Mr.. Phelps
vent to the little home to build fire.
When he entered the door he was hor,
ritied to see the charred body.
Mrs Harmony was an inveterate
smoker. Her pipe was lying near. 1t
is supposed that her clothing caught
either from Goals from the pipe and
by touching some overheated portion
Of the stove. That the little cottage did
not catch and burn is almost a mil
acle.
The funeral was held yesterday aft
ernoon Harrison Parker of this city
is her brother.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
PREFERS DEATH TO NOISY KIDS
Despondent Old Man Would Take Life
Rather Than Live With Daugh-
ter at keokuk

Des Moines, Feb. 4.-Because he so
dreaded going to live in the noisy
household of his daughter, near Keo-
kuk, where he would be compelled to
listen all day to the noise of seven
children, Aaron Ramsey, an aged man
from La Crosse, Wis, would have TAX
en- his life to day had it not been for
the Anti-Suicide bureau Of the Saliva.
ton army.
Regret for the peaceful little cot,
tage in the north from which he was
driven by the recent death of his
wife had made the old man desperate
by the time he reached Des Moines
AS he wandered past the Salvation
army headquarters of Fourth street
Ensign Trip noticed his detected alp
pearance and drew him inside.
After half hours talk with En-
sign Trip the old man recovered his
spirits The army officer took him
to the train which was to bear him
away from the little cottage in Wis
consin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
LEGAL.
NOTICE.
Or the Filing of the Articles of In
cooperating of the Tower aiors,

Candy company OF Ottumwa, la.
The ToWer-Majors Candy Company
mas TINS day hled its articles of in
corporation and the same are filed
and recorded in the office of the Re-
corder of Deeds of Wapello County
Iowa. and with the Secretary of State
of the State of Iowa, in which it is
stated that the name of said corpora
ton shall be The Tower Majors Candy
Company, and its principal place Of
business Ottumwa. Wapello County,
Iowa. That the general nature of the
business to be transacted is to buy in
bulk and sell, manufacture candy and
confectionery and all goods, wares
ard merchandise connected Herewith,
own and assign trade marks, own and
convey real etsate, to hold bonds and
stocks of any other corporation, to
| pledge it's stock in the transaction Of
its business. The amount of capital
| stock authorized is Twenty Ave
| Thousand Dollars (s25,ooo) and Six
teen Thousand Dollars (s16,O0O) OF
which Is paid in in cash and the bal
| ance of the stock, when issued, shall
be fully paid in cash as the same is
issued, and that the corporation shall
| commence business from the time OF
the issuance Of the certificate from the
Secretary of State to it, and the cor
| poration shall terminate in twenty
years from the date of said certificate,
and its affairs and business shall be
conducted bv not less than three di-
rectors, and they shall have a presi-
dent, vice. president, secretary and
| treasurer. The office of secretary and
treasurer may be held by one person.
That the highest amount of indebted
ness shall not to exceed two thirds of
the amount of the capital stock paid
up. That the private property of the
stockholders and the incorporators is
exempt from corporate debts. Dated
at Ottumwa, Iowa. this 14th day OF
January. 1909.
Geo. B. Simmons, Pres,
c. r. Tower, Secretary.
The Tower Majors Candy Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
ALMOST SCARED TO DEATH.

Osceola, Feb. 4.-Pearl Robbins, II
years old, was attacked by two mask
ed men while on his way home from
the opera house last night. One man
used a club and the other seized him
by the collar. Pearl broke away and
ran home, where he became hysteri-
cal and was in commissions for twenty
four hours and doctors thought his re-
covery doubtful. 1t is a case of literal
~ scared almost to death.
The young man is of prominent
family end student in the high
school. The case may be a practical
joke.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
FOUR SISTERS HELD INSANE.
Davenport Spinsters Were VictIrlzed
by Sprits-County Commissioner
Found Them Unbalanced.

Davenport, Feb. 4.-The record for
insanity cases in Iowa was broken
Yesterday when Emma, Martha, Lizzie
and Mary Slater, four maiden sisters,
whose ages range between 35 and SO,
were all before the county commission
ers and were found to be insane.
The sisters, who keep Old Maid S
hall in a prominent neighborhood, have
lately suffered from the delusion that
the community was conspirlng against
them, that by ventriloquial methods
spirit voices and -raphophones. the
neighbors were accusing them of be.
ing negroes and otherwise humiliatins
them.
Mrs. G. W. Hall, police matron, aft
err investigating the case filed the in
formation. The commission found the
sisters insane and they took an ap
peal to the district court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
Newton Gets Promotion.

Creston, Feb. A w. Newton, who
has been division superintendent of the
Burlington road in this city for three
months, leaves today to become the
general superintendent of maintenance
of the Colorado & Southern railway,
now under control of the Burlington
road
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
IOWA TWINS ARRESTED.

Denver, Feb. 4.-Myrtle and Bertha
Thompson, twins of Des Moines, Iowa,
were arrested here yesterday. charged
with stealing $3.50 from David Siegel,
also Of Des Moines. They gave the po-
lice information that led to Siegel's
arrest for an alleged robbery at Des
Moines
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The above is the name of a German
chemical, which is one of the many
valuable ingredients of Foleys Kidney
Remedy. MISUNDERSTANDING is
is recognized by medical text books
and authorities as a uric acid solvent
and antiseptic for the urine. Take
Foley's Kidney Remedy as soon as
you notice any Irregularities, and
avoid serious malady. Clark Drug
Co, and Swenson & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06

c. R. Kluger, the jeweler, 1860 Vir
gina Ave, Indianapolis Ind. writes:
II was so weak from kidney trouble
that I could hardly walk hundred
feet Four bottles Of Foley's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complexion, cured
my backache and the Irregularities
disappeared, and I can now attend to
business every day, and recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers,
as it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies had failed. Clark Drug
Co, and Swenson & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
To Hear Walsh Appeal May II

To Hear Walsh Appeal May II.
Chicago, Feb. 4.-The hearing of the
arguments in the appeal of John r.
Walsh who was convicted of misapply-
ing the funds of the Chicago National
bank which failed several years ago,
was set for May II by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals today.
Setting the case at this time was the
result of disagreement between coun-
sci over the question of filing briefs
in the case
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
2ea Acres Bring sso,2sa at Auction.

Marshalltown, Feb. Am important
law suit was settled when F. L. Meek.
er as referee. sold at auction 293 acres
of valuable farm land near st. An.
thony for SCOPES. The sale was OF
the estate of James Dunn, .Jr., of st.
Anthony, whose brother had begun
suit against the widow over the prop
erty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
|OWAN BRINGS
END TOU.M.W.A.
BUSHWHACk|KG
PRESIDENT WHITE OF IOWA MINE
WORKERS WANTS LID PUT
DOWN ON PETTY CONVENTION
SCRAPS.


the tellers today announced the re-
suit of yesterdays vote by the United
Mine Workers for the election of vice
president and secretary-treasurer, i:
was found no choice had been made.
Another ballot was ordered.
The dispute between President
Lewis and John H. Walker Of the Ill
nois district was thrown out of the
convention this morning. President
White of the Iowa district made a mo-
ton to forbid all future discussion Of
the charges and counter charges, to
throw them all out of the window and
clamp down the lid on the conven
ton. The motion was adopted with
applause.
The vote for vice president was: w.
D. Van Horn, Terre Haute, Ind, 45,-
$50; John T. Dempsey, Scranton, Pa,
30,9O1; Samuel Pascoe, Pennington,
H., 81, 41S; M. S. Mccullough, Bay
City, Mich, 1907: C. P. Gildea, Hazel
ton, Pa, 6,418; w. H. McCluskey, Meri-
dan Mines, Mo- 6,823; J. w. Murray,
Herrip, H., 1914.
The vote on secretary-treasurer
was: Edwin Perry, Oskaloosa, Ia,
42,795: John Fahy, Pottsville, Pa, Az
1853; George w. Hartlin, Shamokin,
Pa, 1875; Joseph Pope, Belleville,
H.: 32,S93 John Fogg, Perth, Ind,
1.945.
Those chosen as delegates to the
American Federation of Labor We're:
r. I. Lewis, Bridgeport, O.; John
Mitchell, Spring Valley, H.; John H.
Walker, Danyille, Ill; w B. Wilson,
Blossburg, Pa; John P. White, Oska-
loosa, Ia; G. w. Savage, Columbus,
O.. and Frank J. Hayes, of Collins
Vile, ILL.,
Retires from the Contest.
Before the delegates began to mark
their ballots, Van Horn and Gildea
withdrew as candidates for vice presi-
dents, and Hartlein did likewise as
candidates for secretary treasurer.
Earlier in the day, on motion OF
President Walker Of Illinois, the con-
vention adopted resolution that the
operators in Usage county, Kas., must
confer with the striking miners in that
! field for terms of agreement. This was
the first blow given The Lewis ad-
ministration President Lewis having
discountenanced the strike.
Renewal of WaIker-Lews Fight.
An unsigned letter received by lead
ers, charging that Ohio union officers
had sold out" to operators, started
the Ohio delegates Then Walker
took the iioor to say that he too, had
been the victim of libeious statements,
one of them being that he had pur
posed to steal $4,000 from the
treasury of the Illinois miners, to be
used in his election as national presi-
dent.
President Lewis followed with a
counter blast. He declared there had
been conspiracies to disrupt the
organizations because he happened to
he its president He read newspaper
articles, which he called "scurrilous,"
condemning his administration and ex-
tolling Walker.
Frank harrington, vice president of
the Illinois miners, addressed the
delegates in defense Of himself and
| Walker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
Farmer Killed at CROSSING,

Osceola, Feb. Atom higgins, a
wealthy farmer of Lorimor. was hit by
Burlington fast freight at the Great
Western crossing at o'clock last
night and killed. The mangled body
was taken to Thayer. He was so years
old.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
To Dlssolye tho Union

of stomach. liver and idney troubles
and cure bilio-snes and malaria, take
Electric Bitters. Guaran" eed. SOC. T.
B. Clark. ]. r.. L. Swen1on & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
Eve Diseases Treated Free

absorption treatment to all sufferers
of eye diseases and falling sight. Adj
dress DR.. w. o. Coffee, Dept. Das
Moines, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
A Shooting Scrape

with both parties wounded, demand Dis
Buklen's Arnica Salve. Heals wounds,
sores, burns or injuries. Csc F. r.
Clark, ]. H. L. Swenson &Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06
Nobody Is Too Old

to learn that the sure way to cure a
cough or cold is with DIR. Kings New
Discovery. zoe and $1.O0 F. 3.
Clark, j. H. T.. Swenson & Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never fails.
Sold by w. L. Sargent, druggist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-06

Washington, D. c., Feb. 4.-Con-
gressional leaders have informed Pres
ident Roosevelt that there is little
chance Of statehood for New Mexico
and Arizona getting through at this
session. Opposition in the senate is
given as the reason.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-01
pALATARLE FODDER CORN.
Prof Thomas Shaw Urges Proper Carr
of This Feed.

The method of handling this product
differs in various localities. The com
mon method OF harvesting puts it into
shocks OF moderate size as soon as
cut and then into stacks when the
weather gets cool. Some growers
adopt the following plan: They har
vest in the usual way The corn /,
put up in small Ahocks. 1t is then pu,
into larger shocks, say two weeks la
ter. This plan is followed by ]. ]
fur1ong of Austin, Mimi, who VOL
first prize on his farm in the Hill con
test. The object is to preserve the
brightness in the corn and to prevent
1t from weathering unduly. Mr.. Fur.
long puts four shocks into one Their
as soon as the weather becomes cool,
he puts the shocks into stacks with a
diameter of about Is feet. In this way
the fodder is well protected from the
weather, 80 that when 1t is fed it lie
brighter, sweeter and more nutritiouf
than If fed from the shocks.
This system has the further advan
tage in areas with heavy winter
snowfall. 1t gets the corn whore 1t is
safe from injury from snow or sleet
before these storms come. The objec.
ton may be raised that this means
extra work. 1t does, but it means
extra value in the fodder also. and
extra value that will usually far out
weigh the extra labor incurred.
The method Of stacking such corn /.
greatly influenced by the character OF
the climate. Where winter come.
early, the corn cannot in all instances
be put into stacks wider than one
length of sheaves. The tops and BUTTE
are reversed alternately to keep thu
long stack level. In other instances
where the corn is drier, two lengths q
sheaves are admissible, overlapping
the tops, and in yet others wide. al
long or round stacks may be bui
without endangering the safety of tn.
corn. Good corn fodder, especially ID
not coarse, is one Of the best and mos
economical Of folders. Poor corn f.
der is of but little account.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-01
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

The garden is seldom enriched al
much as it should be to get the best
results from It,
Rotation of crops is destructive to
predatory insects
Gentleness in cows is very desirable
and should be bred for.
The nervous COW is not at home on
the ordinary American farm.
A well of pure water is necessary
for the success of the dairy farm.
The 20O-egg-a-year hen is a reality
but not many of them are found in a
flock. Ten dozen eggs year for a
hen is good yield, and at that she
will pay 100 per cent dividends.
A high up reputation has been made
with the low-down wagon Give it a
respectful hearing as to its merits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-01
RtfukM ATHLETICS
AT Mild session
The Students Get But Four Years
Of Football Even if They
Play on the Minor
Teams.
REPORT SHOWS BALANCE
The Association Does Not Wish
to Horde Money and New
Rulings Were Made
by Members.

Pricipal R. L. Reid of the Keokuk
high school was present at mild
meeting of the Iowa High School Ath-
letic association, held in the old as
sembly room of the West high school
a. Des Moines, at which high school
athletics received further publication.
1t was not to be compared according
to newspaper reports, with the stormy
session of last year, taking sides in the
Ida Grove-Sioux City dispute, brought
nearly $50 principals to the meeting
and there was also fight on for the
state meet.
Secretary Treasurer George E. Mar
shalls report shows that there is a
balance on hand of s1,129. He stated
hat the association does not want to
accumulate large sum # money, and
his recommendation that the associa-
ton pay, when the receipts warranted,
the expenses of the state meet of the
Ilen who qualify in events in which
preliminaries are held; the four best
men who compete in other events, and
the expenses of the faculty member
accompanying teams who take place in
e meet. was adopted. Before this is
done, however, the S. entrance fee will
be refunded wholly or in part The
association also decided to create a
sinking fund of $780,
For the benefit of the high schools
in the rural districts it was recon-
mended that students can participate
in athletics if they enroll before the
fourth week is over. They must now
enter by the second week Several
r'embers thought the adoption of tbs
proposal would mean backward step,
especially the principals of the city
schools. and it was defeated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-01

and as shown at B, as many as size
of anvil will permit. If the end piece
of the rail, with holes for the fish plates
can be secured put bolts through at
the top, if not, simply nail the two ton
pieces c c to A A. When finished,
set anvil on the end of large cut
from an oak tree, as shown at E or on
anything that is solid The anvil with
few simple tools will enable the
farmer to do many odd jobs on the
farm and will often save trip to
town. R. R. iron may be obtained
from almost any section foreman and
wood is usually at hand.