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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-02
FARMER SUFFERS
$1,000 FIRE LOSS
JAMES SMITH, RESIDING ON
MAYOR PHILLIPS PROPERTY
is THE LOSER.

James Smith, farmer residing
nine miles east of the city on Mayor
T. J. Phillips farm, suffered a $1,000
fire loss, Wednesday evening when
flames destroyed the large barn filed
with corn, hay and farm implements.
Two small calves which were quarter
ed In the barn were also cremated.
The structure was burned to the
ground and it was only through ,Ae
hard work of neighbors applying wet
blankets and water to the Smith house
that kept this structure from catching
fire.
Fortunate for Mr.. Smith was his &C.
ton in turning nine head of horses in
the pasture at 8 o'clock, as it was only
a few hours afterwards when the build
ing was found to be in flames. The
loss was heavy to Mr.. Smith as he had
900 bushels of corn and ten tons of hay
in the structure. Six sets Of double
harness, new discus plow, a new
buggy and other farming implements
were destroyed also.
Mr.. Smith had only moved to the
farm short time ago and did not have
his insurance transferred. His policy
was thereby void and the loss is total
to him. Mayor Phillips will not suffer
any loss as he carried sufficient in
surance on the property.
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WOMAN'SSTORY
is UNF0UNDED

Does Miss Nora Hux, who resides on
Mcpherson avenue, know the where
abouts of Bruce Grimsley, the murder
err Of Weden Albertson? The young
woman, according to the police, made
statement to relatives of the muir
dered man that she could tell the
whereabouts of the slayer for $500.
She stated that Fred Watts, an en-
ploye of the Ottumwa Gas Co., also
knew where Grimsley was in hiding.
Chief Gallagher visited Watts, but the
latter stated he did not know where
the slayer was and expressed his opin-
ion that the Hux woman did not know
what she was talking about.
Although nearly week has elapsed
since the brutal murder, the police are
still maintaining close search foc
the murderer. Chief Gallagher states
that the man is not hiding in the city
and that he expects some of the out
of town police to pick up the slayer in
the course of few days. The remains
of Albertson the murdered man, were
inferred in the Agency cemetery yes
terday afternoon.
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MILWAUKEE JUNCTION .
RAILROAD NOTES. !

\ j. 4
Conductor G. E. Cross MS now on
No. 103 and No. 1903.
Conductor J. G. Cunningham is of
duty and ]. L. Tomlinson is in charge
of No. 3 and No. 8.
F. E. Cox has returned from trip
in the west and resumed work.
Conductor I. P. Wright has been as.
signed to Conductor Blanchard's run
on the Dude" train between Kansas
City and Chillicothe while the latter
is in the hospital, due to injuries re-
ceived by falling from his train re-
Gently.
j. I. James and A. w. Bell, veteran
conductors, have reported after an alb.
sence.
Superintendent j. A. Macdonald,
Roadmaster w. Shea and Chief Car.
penter w. A. Kellar, were making 4
tour of inspection Of the south end Of
the division yesterday.
The carpenters expect to finish
their work at the river bridge Mon
day and the iron workers will begin
work.
w. Polar Ellenberger and s. Hutch
Loring of the switching force are
among those laying off.
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FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY


election
held
the
Cornell
University of class
of by the Supreme Court OF
time a
miees the and Judicial Committee
E. r.
ENDORSED FOR OFFICE
CONCERN
E. R.
entirely
~ (sgned) SENECA CORNELL.
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visible to anyone in line with the rays,
only the central light being s-en.
After the passage Of the tail, the
comet will flash into the western sky
and on May 81, should present the
brilliant spectacle at whose sight by
gone centuries have trembled.
The comet 130,O00,OO0 miles dis
tant, has passed behind the sun and
entered the morning sky, where it
will remain until May 10. The prox-
unity of the comet some scientists
and astronomers are opinioned will re-
suit in many disturbances and disas-
tiers, while others say that it is the ap-
pearance Of the stranger that has oc-
casioned the mild spring weather
which we are now experiencing. One
who predicts dire things as a result
Of the visitation Of the comet says
that it's presence in the solar system
may be likened to the presence to.a
particle Of sand in the human eye. T.,
say the least, strange manifestations
and disturbances have become asso-
ciated with this terrific comet
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IOWA MINERS
AND OPERATORS
Get TOGETHER
Continued From Page ~

crease in the wages paid the men who
are to protect their mines. He stated
| emphatically that the second demand
would never be met by the operators,
If they had interpreted it correctly
IF the miners insist upon tying our
hands and arranging the wage scale
to suit themselves without our having
any power in the matter" he declared,
II will say that we are sorry, gentle
men, but we will have to do without
your help. We would sacrifice our
mines before we would make a conces-
sion Of that sort. If this demand is
pressed the operators will have
grievance against their employees.
Whether the grievance will ever be
atoned for I do not know, but I know
that the mine owners would leave no
stone unturned in order to strike back
at such an unfair measure"
Demand Not Subterfuoe.
President White asserted that the
demands Of the miners, presented as
they were on the last day in which the
old scale was in effect, were not sub
terfuge nor an eleventh hour drama.
He said that they were made neces-
sary by the recent action Of the ma
tional union and that the Iowa district
must adhere to the policies laid down
by the higher authorities.
Whites address was followed by an
impassioned malignment Of the United
Mine Workers of America by John
Reese, president of the Iowa operators
association.
John Reese has for years represented
the other side of the question as pres
ident Of the miners union, and has but
lately joined the opposing ranks OF the
EMPLOYERS, being mine owner.
IF the Mine Workers of America
have instructed its district to make
such a demand as has been made OF
u.s." he said, they have committed a
sin. If the union has come to point
where it demands that the operators
adjust themselves to whatever rules
they lay down. without giving them
any opportunity to present their side
Of the question, it has outlived it's use
fulness.
Before we will accept the condition
laid down by Mr.. White we will per-,
NIT our mines to go to ruin If we can
not take care Of them ourselves. We
would rather abandon our properties
and let them go to the dogs than TO
submit to such an imposition. l Will
sacrifice every penny l have invested
in coal mines before I will submit to
it, and know how have worked TO
accumulate those pennies.
you know as well as we know that
we cannot grant an advance in wages
unless Illinois and Missouri operators
do the same thing. We would be fore
ed out of business by our competitors:
! say, perish such a union that VIII
make such an unfair demand"
White lnterprets.
President White rose to. the occasion
and gave an Interpretation of the sec
ond demand which made it a joker. He
said that he took the term favorable
contract" to mean the same as "satls-
factory contract" This cleared the at
mosphere, as the proposition resolved
into form similar to the ones when
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COMET IS DUE
ON APRIL Is
HALLEY'S PHENOMENON DUE TO
SHlFTTO EASTERN SKY IN
TWO WEEKS.

Halley's comet is scheduled to be
visible about the middle Of this
month. 1t will appear over the east
ern horizon. just before sunrise. From
April Is until May l. when it will start
to make the circuit Of the sun, the
nomad is expected to be plainly visi.
BILE to the naked eye. Rounding the
sun the comet will sweep toward the
earth and on May IS, the celestial
globe will sweep through its tail.
Astronomers claim that only the
head of the comet will be visible as
the passage through the caudal APP
pendage of the wanderer is made. 1t
Is explained that the earth will be in
the position of one standing in the
rays Of searchlight. The great flare
streaming out from the reflector is not
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always have been considered in the
negotiations for truce pending the
settlement of wage scales
Upon the motion Of President White
a Joint committee consisting OF one
representative from each district or
the miners and the operators and the
presidents Of the two bodies met to
draw up the rules governing the labor
to be furnished the operators during
the period Of suspension.
Following are the rules which were
reported back to the joint convention
and were adopted by unanimous
vote:
First-A sufficient number of men
to care for the mining properties shall
be supplied. provided such labor re-
ceives sos per cent advance above the
present wage.
Second-Labor furnished shall be as
follows: Pumpmen, engineers, flremen
and such other men required to make
repairs and keep the mines free from
water and in proper condition.
Third---Such men as are required 10
dismantle tipples, remove track ana
other supplies from abandoned mines;
sinking shafts. installing haulage
plants, building mule stables and 9TH
er necessary improvements. ~
Such work Is to be divided among
men competent to perform same. The
superintendent and local president
shall see that these provisions are
complied with.
The tbove provisions shall be in ef-
feet during negotiations for new
scale agreement.
We further recommend that the joint
conference adjourn to meet in Des
Moines Monday, April II. at 2 o'clock.
and that each delegation notify their
local union at once.
Signed on behalf of local committee,
John p. Reese, Chairman.
RI. G. Street, Secretary.
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enroute home from Alton, where she
was visiting relatives and friends.

enroute home from Alton, where she
was visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs w. Lane Of Stockport, who has
been visiting relatives in Strongberg,
Neb., was In the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Barker Of Mt
Zion have returned home.
Bert Shepherd Of Eldon, visited
friend in Ottumwa yesterday.
Zenoleum, the effective and econom-
ical spray for plants and animals. Sar-
gents.
Mrs. S. NJ Thompson of Birmingham
passed through the city last evening
enroute to Alton, where she attended
the golden wedding anniversary Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Thompson.
Mrs. Joseph Dyke of Eddyville, was
shopper yesterday in Ottumwa.
Misses Georgia and Elizabeth Strain
of Chillicothe, who have been visiting
their sister Mrs. D. G. Alternately, ALL
North Cherry street, have returned
home.
Mrs. Ella Bescoe of Given, who has
been visiting her daughter Mrs. T. J.
Martin, 1851 West Main street, has
returned home.
Mrs. George jaeger Of Batavia. was
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mrs. J. C. Harriss of Batavia who
has been visiting her daughter Mrs.
Tom Sumner. 124 Kruger street, has
returned home.
Mrs. Jessie Harter of Foster, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. T.
Reeves, 1916 North Wapello street,
has returned home.
Mrs. S. H. Blackburn and Mrs.
Thomas Marshall of Bonaparte, who
have been visiting Mrs. J. II. Middle
ton, 200 West Sixth street, returned
home today.
Mrs. Susie Helm of Butler, passed
through Ottumwa today en- route to
Batavia, where she win visit relatives
and friends.
Miss Sallie Sterrett of Charlton,
passed through the city today enroute
home from Hedrick, where she had
been visiting relatives.
Fruit tree and animal sprayers, soc.
Sargent's. ..
J. o. Arthur Of Fairfield, passed
through the city today en- route to
Des Moines, to attend the state Y. M.
c.. A. convention.
Elmer Moore Of Highland Center isl
in the city today.
We are .prepared~to, giveamen- good
work shoes at price much below the
market prdce. See them before buy
ing. Church Shoe Co.
Look4at the label on your papersand
If It is in arrear please send the
amount Of your subscription to this
Office by check Or money order. Ad-
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Do not let your paper stop as We can
not supply back copies.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

EromiT thursday eDaily.
r1easoaEn -ssiSs. the best swa*ches.
Victor ta1ktnEan1achinea Sargeut's.
ALI the new ands1atest Victor REQ
ords at SaEgBnts. .... j."
Mrs. Kate Cupps.am daughter Miss
Ethel, Of nj. Zion were in the city yes
terday.
Mrs; William Beatty and daughter
Miss Idas Of Keos1Aqua, were shopping
in.The city yesteEday.
Mes. Robert DaTeysand., Mrs, T. e.
Van Natre Of AverL were business
cal4ers in 'thercity yesterday.
Mrs. yena Carpenter Of Charlton
who has been Visiting Mrs. ]. N.
WS1eon, 1923 East Second street, re-
turned home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W.. Jacques Of Fair
field, peresbusinesss callers tn the city
yesterday.
Kodaks, and, cameras from 81 up to
$40 at Sarxentss.
Mlsss Minnie Kruserof What Cheer,
was a. visitor yesterday in Ottunnwa
euroute to MT. Pleasant, where she
will VISIT friends and relatives
Mt. C. A Cornell Of 'BusseyAhas re-
turned home.
Miss &my'Pa rrett.o Batavia was IN
the city yesterday.
Mrs. Roger Jacobs of Stockport,
passed through the city last evening
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CLIFFLAIlD CHAPEL
ANNOlINCEMEN !

K !. !. 4 =. y 4 X ]. j. j. X j. i x#*.*S
Allen Kuhns was the speaker at
the chapel last Sunday afternoon. His
wife accompanied him on the trip.
They both received glad welcome
from the chapel friends.
Sabbath school at 2 p, m. Preach.
ing at 8 p m. Rev. w. H. HORNED
will preach the sermon. 1t is desired
to have full house and for this rea.
son every one is asked to bring a
friend or neighbor. The subject Of the
sermon will be, "The Seed Of the
Kingdom
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Tri-Weekly Courier
CHANGING AopREssEs.

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GhanCed Wit please give tl1t> name o.
been sent ~ we'll a. the Postofacs
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WEEDS BLOOMFIELD COUPLE.
Rev. r. Brown Presided at NuptiaI Is
Held ir4 Clerks Office This
hf&cr,oooo

Shortly after 1 o'clock this after
noon Clifford Harris and Leanora l..
Hartwick. both of Bloomfield. plighted
their troth in the office of the clerk
of the district court, and Rev. Thomas
Brown tied the nuptial knot. Few
spectators about the building gathered
to witness the wedding.
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President White rose to- the occasion
and gave an Interpretation of the sec
ond demand which made it a joker. He
said that he took the term Favorable
contract" to mean the same as "satls-
factory contract" This cleared the at
mosphere as the proposition resolved
into form similar to the ones when
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Fruit Trees and Shade Trees.

A complete line of all kinds of home
grown fruit trees, grape vines, garden
shrubbery, field grown roses, orna
mental shrugs and lawn trees, Carolins
poplar and other shade trees, all sizes
for street and park purposes are now
ready and for sale at my nursery
grounds on Sheridan avenue in South
Ottumwa. S. P. Hartman.
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DEATHS
- <-e~e 80 %><<<-Ae<%%<$ u

WILSON.-Friday, April 1, 1910, at
1885 a. M, at the C. R. Shisman
home, southwest Of the city, Mrs.
Fora Wilson, wife of Victor Wilson,
Of Milton, aged SO years.
Mrs. Wilson had been visiting with
relatives in and around Ottumwa and
was taken i'll at the Chisman home.
Her illness was of short duration and
she passed away this morning.
The remains will be shipped tomor-
row morning by the Wabash, to Bloom
field, and overland to Milton. Funeral
services will be held at Milton Sunday
and interment will be made in the
Lebanon cemetery.
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a ,lessant SURPRISE,

follows the first dose of DR.. king'a
New Life Pills; the painless regu'
lators that strengthen yo-. Guaran'
ted. 25c. r. 3. Clark, j. II. i
Swenson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18
PERSONALS.

]. NJ. Perryman, travelling freight
agent for the Illinois Central, is in the
city today.
w. P. Dedman of Alexandria. Mo-.
was in the city on business yesterday
afternoon.
]. NJ. Cruze of Fairmont. Mo, was in
the city on business yesterday after.
noon.
R. w. Cruze of vincennes was in
the city on business this afternoon.
Mr. and Mas. J. C. Karle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Anderson and H. ]. vogt
and family have returned to Keokuk
from Franklin, Iowa, where they have
been in attendance at the funeral of
Mrs. Geo. Vogt., the mother of Mrs.
Karle, Mrs. Anderson and Mr.. vogt.
Mrs. b. r. Lotion has returned from
visit at Centerville. Iowa, and Ka.
hoka, Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18

The deceased was = son of the late
Col. James c. PARROT, the well known
keokukian who passed away some
years ago, after having been greatly
honored by his townsmen on account
of his war record, Parrot Circle of
this city being named after him
Thomas ]. PARROT enlisted in Keo-
kuk on May 4, 1861, in Company A of
the Second Iowa Infantry and served
in the civil war for three years.
The remains are to be- brought to
Keokuk tomorrow, Mrs. LeBron ac-
companying them here and the burial
will take place in Keokuk
His death will come as sad bit of
news to his many friends in this city
The deceased always took an active
interest in G. A. R. and Sons of Vet
eran circles while resident here and
by being veteran and likewise son
of a veteran, he was member of the
various posts and camps of the two
orders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18
NATURES Remedies for Disease.

Nature provides more effective rem
edies in the roots and herbs OF the
field tban were ever produced from
drugs.
Thirty years ago, Lydia e. Pinkham
of Lynn. Mass, discovered and gave
to the women of the world remedy
made from roots and herbs, which has
proved more efficac.ous In curing wo-
mems diseases than any other medi-
cine the world has ever known. and
today Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is looked upon everywhere
as the standard remedy for woman's
ills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18
DOUBLE HEADERS
ON NEXT SUNDAY
Two Will be Played, While Other
Cities Will Have GRANGE Also
to Increase Attendance.

Double headers will be played on
next Sunday between Monmouth and
Burlington at Burlington and between
Quincy and Galesburg at Galesburg.
The purpose of this Is to make up in
attendance figures for last Sunday.
when rain interfered with number
of the games. The other cities will
be given an opportunity of playing
double headers as soon as the SEIZED
ule will permit.
President Justice realizes that the
attendance figures for the month of
May will be considerably lower than
for the corresponding month last
year and is making this effort to boil
ster them up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-18
Into 1t This Afternoon.

lOIO Il MS ftItCiuCOts
CHICAGO, May 1S.-Some time this
afternoon, probably well toward even
ing, the earth and the tail of Halleys
comet will rush hurtling together in
space with a velocity inconceivably
greater than the speed of any projec-
tile.
From the moment of contact and for
a period of several hours the globe will
cleave its way at speed approximately
$500 miles minute through the case
Gus mass that is supposed to be the
main constituent of the comets tail
Nobody can say how the earth will
emerge from this formidable bath.
So far as even the most learned as
tronomer knows, the earth has had no
similar experience in the past. The
theory is generally held among scien-
lists that the earth did pass through
the tail of tie comet of 1861, but this
possibility was not foreseen at the
time and the only phenomenon which
was observed was slight phosphores-
cent, broadly diffused glow In the
heavens.
The End of the World
RICHMOND. Va, May 1S.-Negro
exhorters are holding meetings in the
streets here today, stirring their hear
ers into frenzied excitement by an
nouncing that the end of the world
is close at hand.
Early in the morning little bands of
black men and women gathered on
the streets and prayed loudly for sal
walton and deliverance. The situation
has resulted in the devolpmest of a
strong denominational feeling. Ne
groes of one faith believe that their
faith alone will be saved. The police
courts are almost empty. Negro sa-
looms and resorts might as we'll close,
for there are Lo customers.
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CITY NEWS.

-Ewers' grand Leader, best sc cigar
--Keokuk Camp M. W. A. No. 622
will hold it's regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hail. All members are
requested to Re present.
1t is rumo-ed that the Grand
opera house is to be reopened and
conducted as a moving picture theatre.
-C'wpuncher Ward at Dodges to-
night.
Two thousand feet of Cowboy
picture at Dodges tonight.
The local High school has received
scholarship from the State univer-
sity at Iowa City for frank VAIL
gren, which he has accepted. He will
take up the engineering course with
the opening of school next year. A
scholarship has been received from
Highland park college at Des Moines
that includes lodging but no applica-
ton has been made for it yet. Schol-
arships have also been received from
Knox college and Parsons college and
an application has been made for one
in the university of Chicago, which
will, in all probabilities, be granted,
as notice was received from the uni
versities to apply for one.
The local nest of Owls are enter
tanning delegations today from the
Burlington and Fort Madison nests
About fifty were in the Burlington
delegation and large number came
as representatives of the Fort Madi-
son branch. The flock left for the
carnival grounds to take in the sights
and incidentally to help the local
lodge.
Steve Richards, colored, died this
morning at st. Joseph's hospital from
pneumonia. He is the old colored
man who has been sick for some time
IN small room in one of the houses
tof rag alley" and was removed to
the hospital several days ago by or
der of Fred Korschgen, superintend-
ent of the poor Richards was quite
well known III Keokuk. Until short
time age he worked for Frank Ewers.
He. has a wife and daughter living in
Des Moines and one son, the we'll
known colored character, Midnight,
20. V. Davis and Henry o. Morley
have transferred by two separate
deeds, filed with the deputy recorder
today, to Rev R. c. McIlwain, their
interests in lots s and 9, block 155.
The property is on the corner of Elev-
enth and Blondeau streets.