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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
WIFE MAY LOSE INSURANCE.
Mrs. Rush Who Killed Husband, May
Be Unable to Collect Under
policiAs


Policies.
Sheffield, Aug. Ill. B. Carhart,
of the Sheffield bank, has been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate
Of Willard A. Rush, who on the even
ing Of Friday, August 4, was shot
and killed by his wife. It is under
stood that he carried $4,000 life in
surance in the Bankers Life Of Des
Moines, and according to the report,
this is made payable to his brother.
1t is also reported that he had $1,000
in the Modern Woodman payable to
his wife. 1t may be that he carried
other insurance. The papers have
not yet been turned over to Admins
traitor Carhart. 1t is understood that
there is a provision in the Modern
Woodman policy that the beneficiary
cannot receive the benefit if respon-
sible for the death of the insured.
There is a similar law upon the stat
ute books of this state, SO it is prob
able any insurance payable to his
wife is likely to be paid to the heirs
of the deceased.
Mrs. Rush, who is out on $4,000
bail Is at the home of James Hawkes.
where she went Immediately after
the shooting, but in few days she
will accompany one Of her sisters to
their home in the south part of the
state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
; BLOOMF

Misses Jessie and Jennie Pearce re-
turned Saturday from a two months
tour through the west
Mr.. and Mrs. Diefenbach of neal
Pulaski spent Monday in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Shields were
called to Ottumwa. Monday on account
of the illness of their son, Onnie
Shields.
Miss Orpha Sersenev Of Pierre, S. D..
is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIII Wilcox
Mrs. Elmer 3. Clark of San Francis
CO.. Cal. is visiting at the home of hex
mother. Mrs. Spencer.
Joe Davis spent Monday in Ottumwa
Mrs. blanche Haney and Miss Bess
Holiday planned surprise party
Monday evening tor Miss Hattie and
Hope Bryant, who leave Wednesday, for
Ottumwa to make their future home
with Their sister. Mrs. Carl Shaw.
Miss Ruth Battin entertained eight
girls at Bunk party Monday night in
honor Of Miss Orpha Senseney 81
Pierre, S. d.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
TWENTY-FOURTH
iowa IN REUNION
ASSOCIATION WILL
MEET AT MT. VERNON
AUGUST 30-31.

Mt Vernon, Aug. ia reunion OF
the Twenty-fourth Iowa Reglmental as-
ISOLATION will be held at MI. vernon
on August 80 to 81. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged and on Tue
afternoon of Thursday. August 81 inc
ladies will have charge OF the pro-
gram. The headquarters will be at tne
Altoona hotel. The program com
mences at 800 o'clock Wednesday, IN
the M. E. church, and Is as follows:
Wednesday, Aug. 80, 800 p. M.
Music-Tenting on the Ola camp
Ground.
Invocation by the chaplain, Sey
Elias Skinner.
Address of welcome by Mayor E. T.
Gruwell.
Response by Capt. W. T. Rigby.
Misunderstanding through Georgia.
Benediction by Rev. r. d. PARSONS.
7:30 p. m.
Campfire with Capt. c. w. Kepler
presiding.
Music, Star Spangled Banner.
Invocation by Rev. J. B. Albrook.
Campfire talks by Rev. M. J. Locke,
James Oxley, G.. G. Chandler, J. S.
Pitman and others.
Music-A Thousand Years My Own
Columbia.
Select reading by Elise Rigby Max
WELL
Address by VIM. G. Lotus, com.
mander state department, Sons or
Veterans.
Address by William Dennis.
Music-Rally Around the Flag.
Benediction.
Thursday, Aug. 81, 9: a. m.
Business meeting.
Selection of committee on resOlu-
tons.
Selection OF place for reunion in
1918.
Election of officers.
Report of quartermaster.
Report of secretary.
Reading of letters by Cor. Sec. H. c.
Kurtz.
Parade and march to cemetery I'M
der command of Lieut.. G. H. Kurtz.
Address by Col. H. H. Rood at the
of Col. J. @. Wilds.
Return march to headquarters.
200 p. m.
Mrs. M. F. Rigby presiding.
Music. ...
Reading by Miss Edna Fox.
Music.
Poem. Grant at Champions Hill"
w Mrs. VIM. Dennis.
Music.
Address by Mrs. Ada Sherwood.
Informal talks by members Of the
ladies' association.
500 p. m. Memorial Services.
Eulogy on Col. Leander Clark by
Capt. G.. B. Bradshaw.
Eulogy on Capt A. NJ. LOOMS by
capt. S. w. Rathbun.
Eulogy on Sergeant Willis Vance Of
20. G by David w. King.
Eulogy on Sergeant John E. Jayne
4 Co. D. by George W. Hardin
Report Of committee'on resolutions.
Music, God Be With You Till We
deet Again"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
OBITUARY.

Beatrice Vivian Breeding was born
August II, 1910, in Ottumwa and dur
ing her short life of less than a year,
lived with her parents in this city.
Hers was not to be long life, and
within three days Of her first birthday
her little spirit winged it's flight to
eternity, leaving bereft parents A
sickness of two weeks duration dur
ing which the little child suffered from
meningitis of the brain, caused her
untimely death August IA. Tuesday,
the remains were consigned to their
last resting place in Ottumwa GEM
etery. Contributed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
New Fort Madison Hospital.

Fort Madison, Aug. 17.-Blue prints
and data concerning the new hospital
to be erected near the Sacred Heart
church under the direction of Rev.
Peter Hoffman of that church are now
in the hands Of local contractors. The
contract will be placed within the next
few days and initial work on the struc-
ture will follow in few days. The
building is to be of three stories and a
basement, conveniently arranged with
all modern improvements and arrang-
ed with view of satisfying long
felt want of the city of Ft. Madison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
ARE ANXIOUS TO KNOW.
Several Outside Concerns After Post.
office Work at Creston,

Creston, Aug. 17.--Already number
Of interior decorating concerns are
writing Postmaster Skinner regarding
the work to be done on the interior
of the postoffice and the federal court
house.
Up to the present time the treasury
department has not ordered the post.
master to solicit bids for such work
as it is necessary that the roof be
made water proof before the inside
work Is commenced. AS soon as it is
ascertained that the roof is in good
condition the interior improvements
will be made.
The Grohire Decorating Co., Of
Joliet, ILL.,, and George E. Dugan, OF
Sedalia, Mo, have written the post
master regarding the work here, but
until he is ordered to do SO MIR. Skin
ner is not at liberty to give out any
Of the particulars.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
WEST VAN buren,.

Quite a goodly number from this
vicinity attended camp meeting at
Eldon Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Roush and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Elsensohn Of near
Utica, passed through here Saturday.
Mrs Emma Russell returned to her
home at Mt. Pleasant Monday after a
weeks visit here with her sister, Mrs.
Ed Dills and family. .
Hardin Brewster and son Howard of
near Keosauqua were through here
one day last week buying stock.
Lester Brewer and Leo Brooks
went north last week to hunt work.
Several from here attended the Kill
bourne picnic August 8.
Sam Gilbert of Kilbourne visited
recently with his sister, Mrs. Dora
Henshaw.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
KILLED BY FALL ON FORK.
Farmer Boy Jumps From Loft and Ia
ImpaIed on HandIe-SeriousIy


Muscatine, Aug. 1.-THE injuries
sustained by Leroy Solbring, who was
impaled on the handle of hay fork
while working at the farm of w. H.
Camehl in Sweetland township, prov
ed fatal, the young fellow who was I'M
til recently an inmate Of the orphans
home at Davenport, passing away at
Herschey hospital.
The injuries received by the boy
were found to be more serious than
was at first supposed and 1t was soon
realized that the chances of recovery
were very remote. The lad sustained
the fatal injury, when, after pitching
scme hay in the loft of the Camehl
tarn. he threw the fork to the floor
below and then leaped down. The
teeth of the instrument struck in
the wood floor below and as the youth
descended he struck the staff, which
deeply penetrated his body.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19

Kidney trouble and the ills it breeds
means lost time and lost pay to many
/, working man. NJ. Balent. 1914 Little
Penna street. Streator, Ill.,, was so bad
from kidney and bladder trouble that
he could not work, but says: Il took
Foley Kidney Pills Cor only a short
time and got entirel7 well and was
soon able to go back TO work, and am
feeling well and healthier than before
Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in action,
quick in results--a good friend to the
working man or woman who suffers
from kidney ills. Clark drug store,
Owl drug store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
PLEASANT GROVE.

Miss Mamie Smith OF Ottumwa spent
Saturday and Sunday with home folks
Taylor Langand and family spent
Sunday ut the Frank Brooks home.
"A. c. Mcdonald "nd wife were en-
tertained at the H. K. McVey home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Harvard and
Misses Ruby and Ida Pottorff spent
Sunday at the Martin Smith home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Howarth and
children were guests at the Lonnie
Fine home Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Brooks and Mrs. Jack
son Peden spent Wednesday afternoon
at the Cecil Brooks home.
Dick Pottorff was business call
err in Ottumwa Saturday.
Lillian and Ruby Fish spent Sunday
at the John Parreft home.
Martin Smith was an over Saturday
guest at the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. T. Smith. of KNOXVILLE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
CRESTON CANNOT VOTE.
Claim Is Now Made That the City
Has Exceeded it's Limit Of
Indebtedness

Creston, Aug. 17.-Claim is now
made here that the people of Creston
cannot vote the required $150,000
bonds for the purchase of the water
works, for which an election has been
called.
Two reasons are given. One is that
the city has already exhausted it's limit
of Indebtedness or so nearly so that TO
vote the $150,000 bonds would exceed
it. The other is that the question can
not be submitted to vote without a
petition signed by a majority Of the
voters, which Formally was not fol-
lowed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
Sold Farm for $4,000.

Centerville, Aug 17.-Richard Gault,
Of Cincinnati, was city business visi-
tor this week. Mr.. Gault sold his 200
acre farm last week to Mr.. Darnell
and Work of Van Buren, county, and
will give possession March 1. He
bought the farm five years ago for
$4,000 and sold it for $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19
VIII Hold Convention,

Clear Lake, Aug. 17.-This city will
entertain the North Central Iowa But
termakers' association on August "a
The program is not yet published but
those having the matter in charge ex-
pect to get it arranged early next
week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19

"Died of Pneumonia"
is never written Of those who cure
coughs and colds with Dr.. Kings New
Discovery Guaranteed. soc and s1..00
F. B. Clark.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18
DAILY Eagle of Jan. 81. 1917
Council Unanimously Voted to Accept
Proposition and Contract Will Be
Ratified and Signed This Afternoon

AS announced yesterday afternoon,
the city council met again at 4:30
p. m. for a further consideration of
the proposed contract with Mr.. Law
Ter relative to the -four mill and power
plant
After having been in session the
greater part of the day, the work was
completed at o'clock, and on motion
of Alderman Henderson the PROPOSE.
ton of Mr.. Lawler was unanimously
accepted. Alderman Henderson was
instructed to have the contract re-
written as amended, and another meet
ing of the council was called for 4: 80
o'clock this afternoon for its final
passage and to be signed by the mayor
and secretary on the part of the city
and by Mr.. Lawler for himself. The
contract was completed this morning
by Mr.. Henderson and Mr.. Lawler as
directed by the council, and there is
hardly a doubt but that it will be
signed up this afternoon.
This appears to be long stride for
ward and will make things get busy
in old Bryan in the very near future
and stay busy. The contractor agrees
to pump the water from the city's
wells into the distributing mains, res
ervoir and tower, not less than 100000
gallons per day, amply sufficient for
a municipal water plant, and also to
furnish the city electric current suffi-
cent for a municipal lighting system.
This will enable the city even in its
present financial condition to have its
own water and light systems and be-
gin at once the installation of sewer
system.
The Eagle will publish a complete
synopsis of the contract tomorrow, II
finally adopted and signed this after
noon, so that all the citizens may
know exactly what has been done, the
cost, and all about it.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18

The city council was called to order
at 4 p. m. yesterday, the mayor and
the full board of aldermen, many
members of the Commercial Club and
other citizens being present.
The ordinance designating the time
for fixing the tax rate was amended
so as to change the time from De-
cember to May.
The committee of the Commercial
Club presented the proposition of Mr.
Lawler. of New Orleans, to establish
a -four mill and power plant in Bryan
The proposition was read by Mr.. A.
w. Buchanan, chairman of the COM
mittee as follows:
Jordan T. Lawler, of the city OF New
Orleans, having submitted to this
council proposition for the furnish
ing by him, or his assigns, OF power
and electric current to the city OF
Bryan, be it resolved:
That the mayor, ]. T. Maloney, is
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18
DAILY Eagle Of Feb. l, 1911
Second Test Well Completed.

The second test we'll drilled by Lane
& Bowler, of Houston, for the city of
Bryan on the city lots just north of
the ice factory, was completed to the
required depth of 500 feet yesterday.
1t is being tested out with the air COM
pressors today. The log of the well
kept by the drills indicates that the
we'll will be much better and afford
much more water than the first well
drilled. City Engineer Carson is also
of the opinion that the well is great
improvement over the first. The city
is under contract with the drillers for
one more well.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18
DAILY Eagle of Feb. 16, 1917
Plans for Flour Mill and Power Plant

The plans for the flour mill and
power plant to be built by Messrs.
]. T. and H. NJ. Lawler are complete.
The new enterprise will be, with pos
sibly the exception of the oil mill and
fertilizer works, the largest manufac-
turing plant ever erected in Bryan.
The elder Mr.. Lawler is expected Mon
day, and after his arrival he will be
a permanent resident, devoting all his
time to building, equipping and oper-
ating the great enterprise over which
he presides.
The first of the fourteen carloads OF
machinery was shipped from New Or
leans to Bryan on Saturday and will
arrive the latter part of the week.
Arrangements have been made to
store the fine machinery in the brick
warehouse and the heavy machinery
will be unloaded on the ground at the
site of the plant and covered, to await
the completion of the buildings.
The power plant will be a one-story
concrete building. The flour mill
building will be a four-story frame
structure covered with corrugated
iron, with a seven-story elevator an
mex having capacity of $4,000 bushels
of wheat. Everything will be of the
most modern type for handling grain
and for making high-grade flour. The
main office of the company will be To-
Gated in a building on Main street.
and here full line of electrical ma
chinery will be carried for the pur-
pose of installing power machinery for
small plants desiring power service.
Bryan has been made the home Of
flee of the H. T. Lawler Milling Com
pany and there are branch offices at
New Orleans, La, and Havana, Cuba.
Through the fact that Bryan has the
advantage of being a common traffic
point, the freight rate from the grain
district to the seat of consumption.
with the privilege of milling in transit
and of one years storage, is not in
creased over the original through rate
on the grain.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18
Excerpts from Old Files of the Eagle Pertaining
to Bryan's Water and Light Affairs.

New Orleans. They have como to
close the contract for establishing a
-four mill and plant in this city. In
an interview today they stated to an
Eagle reporter that the contracts were
drawn up and that blue prints of the
proposed plant would be exhibited at
the meeting between the Messrs. Law.
Ter and the city council.
Mr.. J. T. Lawler, who was in the
city and presented his proposition to
the council last week, stated that he
was here ready to do business and that
the matters could not be arranged
any too soon to suit him.
Mr.. II. T. LAWYER, father of ]. T., is
here for the first time, and says his
impressions of Bryan are very favor
able. Among other things the elder
Mr.. Lawler said: 81 don't believe /
ever saw a better opportunity for a
town to become a city in my life. The
thing to do is to build the proposed
railroad into the Brazos bottom, Sc
cure all industries possible, find out
what the people of the surrounding
country want and get it for them
Then with the increase and growth or
the schools a flourishing city will be
the result. 1t is my belief that it will
not be many years until A. & M. col
lege will be In the city limits of
Bryan"
Mr.. Lawler stated that the plant
they would install would be the most
modern and up-to-date that could be
obtained, and that If possible he
would have the matter settled by to-
morrow.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18
DAILY Eagle of Feb. 1, 1911.)
Power Plant Contract Signed.

The contract between the city OF
Bryan and Jordan T. LAWYER providing
for the installation of complete cleo
trio light, power and waterworks
plant was signed and ratified about
p. m. yesterday. The document fills
seven typewriter pages and will fill
rather more than three columns of
The Eagle. A copy could not be Sc
cured in time to be published in this
issue without distorting the regular
features of our daily, but it will be
given in full tomorrow. In the mean
time the editor will read 1t carefully
as yet cursory glance over 1t is all
that he could give-and will discuss
its salient points impartially, COM
mending or criticising according to its
merits and defects. Any opinion ex-
pressed now would probably be errone-
GUS and possibly unjust.
We advise all the citizens OF Bryan
to suspend judgment until they have
carefully read the contract and ascer-
tanned the meaning of every important
point. Do not look for mistakes. Re-
member that he who expects to see a
ghost is almost sure to see one. We
have confidence in the wisdom and in
tegrity of the mayor and aldermen,
and take it for granted that they have
done the best that could be done for
the city. Mr.. Lawler was entitled to
a square deal. 1t would not have been
right to make the terms unreasonably
hard for him, even if it had been pos
sible. To secure the best results, a
contract must be mutually advanta-
geous, and we hope it will be found so
in this case.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18
DAILY Eagle of February l, 1917


The contract between tie city of
Bryan and the Messrs. Lawler of New
Orleans was finally ratified and passed
at the special meeting of the city
council yesterday afternoon. On mo-
ton the same was signed in open
council by the mayor and secretary for
the city and by Mr.. Lawler for him.
self.
The contract is already pretty well
understood by the people of Bryan in
that ii is an agreement on the part
of the LAWYERS to establish in Bryan
flour mill and in connection Herewith
to pump the city's water for its water
plant and furnish electric current for
its lighting system. To carry out these
main provisions requires many details
which are set out in the contract and
which will be published in full as soon
as The Eagle can get time to put the
contract in type.
After the contract was signed the
question of the city purchasing the
distributing plant of the present water
company was taken up. On motion OF
Alderman Henderson a committee was
appointed to confer with the water
company to see il they would sell
to the city and at what price. A special
meeting will be called as soon as this
committee is ready to report. At this
called meeting the sewerage question
will be taken up and steps taken to
proceed at once with the work.
Mr.. Lawler, ST.. thanked the council
and citizens for the active interest
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18

As was announced in yesterdays
EAGLE, meeting was held last night
IN the city hall to entertain a PROPOSE
ton to establish a flour mill and power
plant in this city. The meetings was
well attended and was composed OF
the board of directors of the CONNER
cial Club, members of the city council
and quite number of representative
citizens of Bryan. A few matters oil
business of the Commercial Club was
transacted first, among which was a
report from the banquet committee IN
this report the price of the banquet
tickets was fixed at $3.50 per plate
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-02-18

To the Commercial Club and the Citi-
zens of Bryan;
Having had our site in New Orleans
appropriated by the leyee board OF
the city, we were forced the June past
to close down our -four mill plant
there. Unable to obtain a new site,
and for other reasons of a personal
nature, we have decided not to rebuild
In New Orleans.
Our attention having been called to
Bryan as location for Touring mill,
we have investigated and find condi-
lions excellent. The facilities afforded
by the railroads for the handling OF
the wheat in and the -four out assure
a trade that will keep a 200 to $50.
barrel mill operating 300 days in the
year on 24-hour schedule The plant
at New Orleans had a capacity OF 1000
barrels. and the equipment from same
can be adapted to mill of capacity
suitable for Bryan The power de-
partment OF our plant consisted of
225-horse power Diesel oil engines with
all accessories. To operate 200
barrel plant with this engine would
not be profitable, as there would be
not less than 150-horse power capacity
idle. II II can be arranged to have the
city of Bryan contract with us for a
period of years for the furnishing OF
power for the lighting of streets and
for the pumping of water We will pro-
coed Immediately to perfect an organi-
cation for the erection Of first-class
200 to 250-barrel flour mill and
power plant in the city of Bryan. AS
we have offers from other communi.
ties quick action on this matter is
desired. We herewith append a SEIZED
ule of the proposed charges for power
to he made by the mill should il be
established.
(Signed) J. T. LAWLER,
January 10. 1911.
The above proposition will be pre-.
scented to the citizens OF Bryan at
meeting of the Commercial Club ana
citizens at $50 o'clock tonight. If the
plan can be worked out ii will re-
move the necessity OF the city build
ing an expensive power plant.
The citizens should investigate this
proposition, and II advisable make a
contract Everyone recognizes the
necessity for water and the advantage
that this great plant would be to the
city.