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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
COURT HEARS
MOTIONS I'll |. ! /. TODAY }
WILL PRo1ATED, DIVORCE DE.
CREE SIGNED AND FEW OTHER
MATTERS DISPATCHED.

At the close of yesterdays session
of t..e district court the testimony hav.
ing been completed. the counsel for
the defense in the Sewers law suit
filed motion to instruct. This was
made the chief feature Of today's SEES.
sion, which is given over to motidnE
and such other matters as can be dis
posed Of In A day. The counsel in the
case.> which numbers no less than siS
attorneys. four OF whom have been
quite active during the hearing. be.
gan their arguments this morning on
the motion to have the court instruct
for the defense.
Among the other matters that came
IN for action today was the prohatirc
of the last will of Willard w, Webster,
in which tho widow of the deceden: is
given tho entire estate and made
executrix without bond. The bond Of
John Gee, indicted Thursday by tho
grand Jury for assault with intent 10
kill, was this morning reduced from
$1,000 to $500. A decree of divorce
was signed by the court in the case
of Edna VS.. Harry f. Carney. The
court signed an order approving the
report of the assignee in the matter
of ]. w. Huff. Jr.. in which the as
signment of the stock OF goods was
made to the creditors Of Huff The
court announced that upon the con.
clusion OF the Sewers case that OF the
Blakesburg Savings bank case in.
yolving note will be taken up. The
jury was excused until Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20

ARNOLD ENGINEERING co. OF
CHICAGO SAYS ROAD WILL
PAY NICE DIVIDEND. =

The report of the Arnold Engineer
ing Co. Of Chicago, which has been in
vestigating the Iowa City-Ottumwa IN
terurban project since it was made
necessary to alter the route originally
fixed upon, makes clear all obstacles
that appeared to impede the progress
Of the matter and now there is no
longer doubts as to the financing OF
tho line. This is agreeably good to
hear, not alone In OttumWa and iowa
City, but along the line connecting
these two places. both OF which have
worked with will to land the propo-
sition. The race for 100000 in Ottum-
was was made in a whirlwlnd fashion
and the thought that the project would
fall through after such campaign,
would be as so much cold water
thrown on boosting enthusiasm. The
finding made by the Arnold firm after
survey of the route and close
search through all the data of the
road is gratifying to those who have
interested themselves In the project.
When Frank Tanner, promoter from
Iowa City, was in Ottumwa a short
time ago securing data for the firm of
engineers, he was then sanguine as to
the outlook His hopes have been borne
out thus far in the report made by the
engineering company and the financial
agent, G. H. Campbell, has within the
past few days left New York for Lon
don, where he will meet the financiers
who will furnish the money with
which to build the road. In the Arnold
report to the promoters of the com.
pany and to the bonding house, the
project is referred to as one of more
than average merit and that the road
would pay a good dividend is stated.
This makes practically certain the A.
nancing of the proposition. the thing
which has thus far interfered with the
construction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
215,54s CANS CONDENSED MILK.

Council Bluffs, Dec 1.-THE plat
form force at the transfer was buried
in tinware. A carload of small con-
densed milk cans came into the yards
to be transferred to another car for
shipment to Utah point The num-
Der Of cans in the original car was
215,54S, and the task of repacking
them was of Herculean proportions.
To remove them from the first car was
the lightest part of the work. Large
tarpaulins were spread below the
piles and the cans gently started to
tumble upon them. Then four husky
men lifted each tarpaulin by the cor
ners and carried it into the new car,
where men were waiting to pack the
cans in tiers. 1t was necessary to re-
verse the cans in each tier on account
of the seams. 1t has not been unusual
for the force on the freight platform
to have cars of fruit cans to transfer
but the $4,000 cans in such carload
dwindles to insignificiance beside the
task Of stacking 215,0OO tins into a
car by hand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Jesse Mccormick left over the G. M
and st. P. for Oskaloosa to spend the
winter with his son Jesse Mccormick
Jr., and family.
Mrs. Mary Lee returned to her HON.
in Fremont Tuesday after pleasant
visit with her daughter Mrs. Lawson
and family
were passengers to Ottumwa Saturday
The bazaar Wednesday evening was
"a success socially and financially.
Mrs. +. Brown was called to OF
tumwa Tuesday on account of the SER
ious illness Of her father r. McCor-
mick.
Mrs. e. Curtis and Mrs. II. Emery
and Mrs. w. Cornwall and Ben Me-
Cormick are still on the sick list and
are very i'll at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Huffman Of
nesday.
Mrs. w. Vohn of Hedrick attended
the Mrs. L. Daily funeral Wednesday
afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Emery and
daughters Lena and Ruth We're pas
sengers to Ottumwa Saturday.
Mrs. Maud Post has returned to
her home in Chicago after visiting her
mother Mrs. NJ. Kirkpatrick.
;s.AICHle3 stephens OF FdckWOOQ WuE
an over Sunday visitor ait the NJ Bacon
home.
Mrs. Geo. Phillips OF Ottumwa visit :
ed Mrs. M. Kirkpatrick Wednesday.
L. Drummond transacted business
In Ottumwa.
Mrs. L.. Daily died Monday after a
prolonged illness. He infant son was
buried week ago. Mr.. .Dalby's friends
remembered him Thursday and went
to his corn field and husked his corn
amounting to over thousand bushel
The public school and Sunday school
are making preparations for a Christ
mas tree at the NJ. E. church Friday
evening Dec. 49,.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
Working Nights to Build Railroad.

Creston, Dec. 17.-Railroad building
by night is being resorted to in an
effort to rush the new interurban be.
tween Atlantic and Villisca to com.
pletion before the first of the year and
secure the per cent tax voted in
Cass and Montgomery counties. Large
acetylene lamps have been placed
along the line of construction for the
night work, one hundred farmers have
donated teams and men to assist with
the grading and work is being done
on Sundays. The Atlantic Northern
& Southern is the name of the new
read. 1t will provide nourly service
between the Rock Island at Atlantic
and the Burlington at Villisca.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
GIRL WAS HIS
TRIBuLATl0N

Reminding his old friends that he
was also among those present on the
force of the Muscatine Journal during
the war, Audley G. Butler, father of
the author Ellis Butler, whose stories
appear occasionally in the Saturday
Evening Post wrote Judge Frank w,
Eichelberger relative to the letter from
the Judge which appeared in the
birthday number Of the Journal He
stated In his card that he too had his
reasons for not going to the front dur
in~ the war and these he said were the
fondness for girl. His note follows: !
From your letter to the Journal |
was pleased to learn you are still
among the living. Most of the old boys
are gone now.
But there was another man left in
Muscatine during the war, as consist
ent coward as you or Dunsmore, and
afflicted by a greater tribulation than
game leg or defective eye. He had a
girl he didn't wish left behind him.
Anyway got even with you for ignor-
ing me, through my son Ellis, who got
his picture in the Journal, and you did
not. With greetings to you.
"Audley G.SButler,
Flushing, L. T.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
STOKER WASNOT
MURDER VICTIM
CoRoNER's JURY CLEARS osKA.
LoosANs ARRESTED HERE
FOR HEINoUS, CRIME.

Glenn Cruzen and Homer Johnson
the Oskaloosa boys who were arrested
here by Night Captain Matt Mier and
Chief of Police John Ruggenburg OIL
Oskaloosa, will not have to face the
charges of numbering John Stoker. q
wealthy retired Mahaska county far
mer, in the Oskaloosa courts. The cor
oner's jury, composed of A. j. Wal
smith, w. T. Cunningham and DR. j.
B. Muir made a sealed verdict which
was opened yesterday, The verdict OF
the jury was that John Stoker came ia
his death by choral poisoning, the
same being self-administered. The re-
port of the state chemist who anal
yzed the stomach Of the dead man
developed that the tissues Of the stom
ach and brain contained choral. The
verdict of the jury clears Cruzen and
Johnson of the murder charge and the
boys cannot be held for other than tn G
robbery, of which they are accused.
John Stoker was found in his room
in an Oskaloosa boarding house on
October 10, dead under mysterious cir,
cumstances. The man had been robbed
A farewell note was found on the table
Cruzen and Johnson rented team
from an Oskaloosa livery barn and
drove to Ottumwa. In coming to OF
tumwa they, drove the animals so fast
that one dropped dead Of exhaustion
The Oskaloosa police became suspic
ious and notified the Ottumwa officers
Chief Ruggenburg Of Oskaloosa came
down on the evening train and Cruzen
and Johnson were placed under arrest
In written confession to the Ottum
wa police and the Oskaloosa chief, they
admitted robbing Stoker, not knowing
that the man was dead. The officers al
that time believed that Stoker had
been murdered by the two boys, but
the coroner's jury frees them of the
accusation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
ROCKWELL Gets
NO DAMAGES
EVIDENCE FAILED TO SHOW THAT
DEFENDANTS WERE GUILTY
OF KIDNAPPING, ETC.

Harrington, Dec. 17.-Editor E. H.
Rockwell of the Pennington Herald
can get no damages from his fellow
townsmen for coat of tar and feath-
ers which was applied to him in Jan.
1908. This is the ruling of the supreme
court In suit for damages brought by
Rockwell against B. F. Ketchum, P. K.
ware, j. C. Schee, Martin Harnagle,
Robert Merrick, w. H. Knott, P. NJ.
Cahill, Clark Ross, ]. W. Miller and w.
II. Coulter.
Rockwell had published some bitter
articles in his paper. On the night in
question he was kidnapped on the
streets, taken in bus to the edge OF
town, his clothes torn off and tar and
feathers applied. He accused the men
OF perpetrating the outrage.
The supreme court held that the
evidence failed to show that the de-
pendants were guilty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20

THE SOUTHEASTERN IOWA Asso-
CATION CONSIDERING THIS
CITY FOR NEXT MEETING

TT. Madison, Dec. 1.-THE south
eastern Iowa dentists who honOred
Fort Madison with their presence
Wednesday seemed to greatly enjoy
their short visit here and at the same
time felt their convention had been q
very successful one. The lectures and
demonstrations were along the lines
OF dental science and not for the laity.
Besides their business meeting, the
delegates made visit to the prison
and had banquet at Hotel Antilles in
the evening. The next meeting of the
organization will probably be held at
Ottumwa.
The election of officers gave Fort
Madison dentists two important posi-.
tons, secretary and treasurer. The
entire set elected was:
President-C. E. Richey, New Lon.
don.
Vice PRESIDENT. H. Stafford, keo.
kuk.
Secretary E. COPYRIGHT, Fort
Madison.
Treasurer-E. P. Hazen, Fort Mad.
ison.
Executive board state society G.
w. Stingersiff, Burlington.
Executive board-F NJ Edwards,
Mt. Pleasant; WI. Duncan, Winfield !;
Frank Foust, Fairfield.
Board OF ethics-J. B. Monfort, Fair.
field A. w. Dana, Burlington; G. j.
Andrews, New London.
Auditing committee-R v. Yant,
Burlington; G. D. Rawhauser, Salem;
F. A. Roe, Burlington
The attending delegates were:
Winfield-W. ]. Duncan.
Keokuk-J. E. Forney. J. B. How'd,
B. G. Hinkley, H. H. Stafford, John w.
Marsh. 0. l.. Gohl, F. J. Arnold.
Fairfield. B. Monfort, Frank
Foust, VIM. Macheldary, T. l.. James.
Burlington-H. L. Madison, w. H.
Chapman, A. w. Dana, ]. A. Kaufer,
George W. Slingluff, R. v. Yant, F. A.
Roe.
Spencer-W. G. Crandall.
Mt. Pleasant-C. E. Richey, G. j.
Andrews.
Warsaw-T R. Hartley.
Fort Madison-E. P. Hazen, J. M.
Hobbs, M. G. Roberts, R. NJ Scovel,
E. z. COPYRIGHT, H. G.. Stempel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
Has Mammoth Tooth.

Iowa City, Dec. 1.-THE University
of Iowa has just come into possession
of what is believed to be the largest
elephants tooth ever discovered in the
world The monster grinder was un.
earthed in Denison, Iowa, In a gravel
pit, by John Mill. who for some months
past has been seeking for the re-
mains of prehistoric animals there.
The tooth is about one foot square,
the exact dimensions being twelve by
thirteen inches. The grinding surface
is just thirteen inches long. The tooth
is now being polished in order to be
preserved in perfect condition in the
Iowa museum.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
DEATHS.

WILKINS Saturday, December II
1910, at $50 a. M, at the family resi-
dence. one and one-half miles west
OF Kirkville, Laura Wilkins, aged 2e
years.
The deceased is survived by her
husband and six children. father and
mother and several DroTners and sis
tiers.
The funeral cortege left the resi-
dence this morning at O'Clock and
went to Miller chapel where services
were held at 2 o'clock. Rev Isaac
Elder of the Davis Street Christian
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
PIANO CAUSE
. Of CIVIL SUIT
JOSEPH kEARNs GAVE IT TO MAE
SHIRLEY AS PRESENT AND
THEN WANTED IT BACK.

A piano given by Joseph Kearns to
his sweetheart, Miss Mae Shirley on
her eighteenth birthday was the cause
of civil suit in Justice G. B. Melick's
court yesterday and the jury after be-
ing out two hours and half could not
agree and were discharged by the JUS
tice.a The title Of the suit was George
Kearns VS.. Dell NJ. Shirley. Mr.. Kearns
sued Mr. Shirley, father of the girl, for
the amount OF $50. The plaintiff In the
suit Is brother OF Joseph Kearns
who kept company with Miss Shirley.
fifteen years his Junior. The evidence
In the case brought out the fact that
the young couple had been engaged to
wed but the engagement was called on.
Kearns on Miss Shirley's eighteenth
birthday gave her the piano valued at.
1910. He contended that they reached
an agreement that when they should
be united. the piano which was In
Miss Shirley's home, should become a
part of the furniture Of their own cosy
home and If they were not married.
Kearns was to get the plano back. Dell
M. Shirley, father of Miss Shirley and
the girl commended that Kearns gave
her the piano rs a present with no
conditions whatever. Kearns and Miss
Shirley fell out according to the tes-
timony and Miss Shirley and Kearns
in turn sold the .piano TO his brother
George Kearns for $75. When Kearns
went to get the piano. Mr.. Shirley re-.
fused to turn it over declaring that II
was given his daughter as. a.ipresent.
Kearns then sued for the amount In
the Justice court. During the hearing
of the case which lasted two days.
much humorous testimony was given
by the witnesses. The case will be
tried before another jury in Justice
Melick's court Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
WOOL GROWERS
Meet TUESDAY
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF SHEEP
BREEDERS WILL HOLD FORTH
in oTTUMWA.
The coming Of the. Iowa Sheep

The coming of the. Iowa Sheep
Breeders and Wool Growers to Of
tumwa next Tuesday will be the &C.
casion OF much interest being stirred
among fast growing element of Wa
pello county farmers. While not the
first of such meetings to be held here,
it promises to be the biggest gathering
of the association since it's organiza-
ton and those to attend will come
from all over the state. Ottumwa has
been the convention seat for many of
these meetings and each year has wit
messed healthy growth OF the organ
ization. From an attendance at the
meetings Of some twenty or thirty a
few years ago, the crowd in sight for
thc meeting next Tuesday will be cas-
lily 100 or more The committees in
charge Of the various parts of the pro-
gram have worked with commendable
zeal to arrange for an excellent pro-
gram and all else needed to make the
convention success. The care of
sheep and the commercial value Of
both the sheep and its by-products will
be the topic OF discussion by men ia
miliar with the subject in all its
phases. Heretofore the meetings have
been held in the parlors of the Bal
lingall hotel, but the strides made in
the past year make larger quarters
necessary and the Commercial associa-
ton rooms will be thrown open to the
sheep men. Morris Williams of this
city will make the address of welcome
and number OF others prominent in
business and agricultural life will be
among the speakers heard during the
meeting, which opens at 10 a. M, on
Tuesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20
pubuoue Lodae Buys Homo

Dubuque, Dee 17.-(Special.) -Du-
buque lodge, Loyal order of the Moose
has purchased large four story brick
building on Main street and will &C.
cupy it as club house. The lodge
which has q membership of 700 will
remodel the building throughout and
will conform to that Of the Majestic
theater.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-20

church conducted the funeral. inter
ment was made In the Fielder ceme-
terry.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-03-26
285 s ] Fnrgerson

IL Sp4 S r w, vel $3.50: state TAX ~ ~,
parish 81 30, nt24q, cost 81, total 81 96.
29s Mrs Marquette Green
Iaere improved being lot 3s7 of Pop
lar Grove plantation, val $50; state tax "a
259, parish 80, int ~, cost 81, total u ~.
296 Heirs of Grimm
10 acres swamp, 4 interest in 81 Of
swI sec II, tp 3sr5 9, val $500; state
tax 81, parish $50, int So, cost 81, total
$S3 88.
319 Louis @ Gustin
$50 acres, VIZ ofnwA, neN of nWI and
nWEL of neL sec "a tp5sr2 W val $500;
state tax 81, parish Sc 20, int 44e, cost 81,
total S12 81.
81 Marshall A Haas
seI of of nwL and neA of nwL less s
acres in ne corner of sec rs TIP $ I ! g,
val 1920; state tax 81 10, parish ST. SO. 6
ward road Soc, int I2e, cost 81, total "a s6.
$50 w II HoWcott
200 acres, 81 ofs15 sec % seN of seq
sec so tp2sr5 e, val $1,000; state tax IS,
parish SO, levee SO, acreage $40, int 81 80,
cost 81, total Sa6 36.
1857 Mrs. Il. A. Hudspeth
100 acres improved, Ell of neA and
nWA of neL see q tip 5 s + w, val 500;
state tax So so, parish Sc 48, Mamou
school 81 16, int 48q, cost 81, total $13 p.
1858 EA and LilIia Hudspeth
50 acres, undivided u of So Of nwL
and nWAof sWI sec So tip 3srI W., val
$3.50.
St acres, undivided Il of NJ of seI and
lots 2 and 8 sec 34t3 5 ri W, val $l60;
state tax 81 20, parish So o., s ward road
IL 02, s ward school 81 70, int 28e, cost $l,
to1al %
1863 Edward w HUFF, Jr
2 lots at Mamou, lots 9 and 10 block
70, val $40; state tax 20g, parish Bog, Ma
mon school 12e, ntzS, costSl, total 81 20.
ST NJ Irwin
40 acres, Ell Of swA of nWI and Ell of
hWI OF sWL sec ~ Up ", val SZ00:
state tax 81, parish II ~, . Wardr Q q Tug,
lnt#lle, COSTS, total p o..
s79 GJansen
4so acres. w sec z, seq sec l8 tp o5 : s. 81
9 g, val S24OO; state tax S1z, parish ri og'
IeVee Sz4, acreage pa, INT % 40 cost 9l'
to1ai 900 70.
$50 EJarrick
10 acres, being the eastern Is acres of
81 ofsL sec 10 tp los e, va S1o; staIe
10y, NV ~ 9l' sot@i 70 -
3o3 James e Jones
50 acres, frac g nWI sec B.
20 zet 1a9l acres @n 1oo - ! f ~ = : : e paI
s4ae. o SO - ~ ~ 90 9nsriish ss "a 1avae 81.
anraaga e. int E9n eeost 81 total sl5 IL.
Aoz Es4a+o Tohn Kanans
~ fmnrouod Malu;lla honnaad.
nartb ~ r. &, D g.. so,tl AfeNai 81
asst Kemn Ct uasf MeNaiI val / :
state tax s5 50. narish a. 20. leyee IS. int
do. cost 81. total SI3 ID.
408 Kern Co Ltd
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-08
TUG BOAT ExPLOOts
And Eleven Men Were Injured,
Several So Severely
They May Die.
SOME HURLED OVERHEARD
tAmerican News Service,

Camden. N. j., May Eleven men
were hurt today. several SO bad it is
feared they will die, when the govern
ment tug boat st. Charles exploded as
she was leaving the Dialogue ship
yards here.
All Of the men were knocked un-
conscious by the terrific force of the
explosion and several were hurled
overheard. They were rescued by the
crews Of other boats at anchor in the
river and rushed in row boats to the
shore. There ambulances were waiting
and they were taken to the hospital.
The tug boat had just been put In
commission She was examined sew
eral days ago and passed by the in
spectors.
There was thunder report as the
boilers. blew up and pieces from the
metal flew in all directions Several
of the men were hit.
The st. Charles is 125 feet in length.
% feet beam and 1876 feet depth. The
government officials were notified and
an investigation was ordered to ascef-
tain the cause of the accident.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-08
PLAYING TO WOMEN
Jeff Bars Them from Gym;
Fears They Will See Him
Maui Some One.
MIGHT MAKE THEM ANGRY
tAmerican News Service,

Jeffries Training Camp, Rowarden-
nan, Cal, May THAT Jim Jeffries
does not propose to incur the enmity
of the fair sex was apparent today
when the big fellow caused the gym
nasium to be closed to women visitors.
You see it's just this way" he
said. when great OK like me starts
to mauling with a couple OF little fel-
lows you can't tell what will happen.
II accidentally put in hard punch
or happen to butt one OF them with my
head an expected knock out might re-
suit Then all the women would go
away saying I was the most heartless
man that ever lived and they would
call me every variety of big brute on
the calendar"
One thing is becoming more appar
ent every day. That is that every one
in camp is satisfied the big fellow is
getting into championship condition
Where Jeffres was convinced a week
ago that he needed every bit OF work
he could get between now and fight
time, he now believes that two OF
three weeks of regular training diet
will put him into the best possible
condition.