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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-19

Passenger Service.
A committee whose activities have
resulted in the accomplishment of bet
ter things in the direction set out 70
improve is that Of the passenger serv,
ice. Starting out to secure Improved
service into and out Of OttumWa a
good measure Of success has attended
is efforts. One of the first incentives
to get busy was brought about early IN
the wear when the Wabash railway
thought to change the then existing
service enjoyed by Ottumwa, to an IN
ferior type of service
10 lose q good service for decided
w bad schedule stirred the passenger
service committee to action ana tne re.
establishment Of the former service
was secured. Not content with this
the committee went in for real I'M
nroyement and believing In presever-
ance its activities resulted In OBTAIN.
;np Of much better consideration at
the hands OF the road, connection
with the G, B. and X. c. was obtained
at Bloomfield giving the residents
along this line the same opportunlt?
tn come to Ottumwa for shopping pur-
noses as it enjoyed by people along the
wabash railway They now can come
here in the morning and return to their
bonoes the same day after several
hours for business or pleasure IN OF
tumwa. . oa
Better service could be obtained
from the Rock Island II the right. el.
fort was made. Needless TO say ina.
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GOES TO ORPHANS HOME
Nobody Appears to Want Seven
Year-Old Eddie Hummer.

After four months of trouble in the
probate court as to just who should
take care of little 7-year-old Eddie
Hummer, the boy was today sent to
the state orphans home. The boy
IL son of Edwin Hummer, nursery
man, who committed suicide in the
ManSpeaker house last winter.
1t was seven years ago when Eddie
was wee bit of a baby that Mrs.
Hummer No. 1. obtained divorce
from her husband. The child was
awarded the mother. Later she was
married to a third husband. Then
Hummer married wife No. =, IT.
year-old North Topeka girl. About
this time there was trouble over the
little boy.
When Mrs. Hummer No. died, she
gave the child TO the custody Of her
daughter by husband No. I. But the
daughter thought Hummer should
provide somewhat for the child S
needs. She took the matter to the
prohste court Mrs. H1mne- No. 2,
was willing that her husband make
provision tcr the so~. hut !"f"rc a
definits plan WAS agreed on. Hummer
killed HI uscif.
Since 'EtL tim there Lac l-een fire.
quent con lit rs 10 the care AL OK
pense of the child Fer she fra. time,
tho b.: vs. lcflav al EN- ~ the pro
bate court. ar - Ju ! "a Schoch iaa,it-l
an order sending hi INTO the orphans
home
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BULGE IN OATS.
Excited Buying Carries Prices
Up With a Rush.
Wheat and Corn in Sympathy,
But Fall Back.
PROVISIONS ARE DOW
Owing to a Slight Falling Off
in Hogs.
Cattle Are Quoted Steady to 10
PROVISIONS ARE DOW
Cattle Are Quoted Steady to 10
Cents Lower.

chicago, June DEMONSTRATING buy
ing OF oats today ran up the price of
tnat cereal and largely controlled the ac-
uon OF other grain. The offerings of oats
We're unusually small at the outset To
sGch an extent was this the case that
shofts became alarmed and in an effort to
cover developed general furry which
TOOK the market to a higher level in dou-
BILE quick time
Opening figures were &c off to 1sc up.
July started at 37sc to SSAc and ad-
vanced &c and rose to 383sc
WHEAT-Cool weather and rains to-
gether with bearish cables made wheat
weak at first but the bulge in the oats
market turned sentiment somewhat the
other way. Worlds shipments also proved
less than expected. Initial prices were 1zc
lower to &c up. July opened at SS5sc to
SS4c and rose to SSKc.
Prospect of immediate large shipments
OF new wheat to Kansas City tended to
give process here sharp setback, espec-
Tally in July, which receded nearly three
cents, all support being Withdrawn. The
close was nervous with July at $685. @861sc,
a net loss of 21s@214c.
CORN-Corn was swaved chiefly
through sympathy with oats Trade was
not heavy. July started 1sc off to &c up
at 5fesc to 55c and rose to 55l4c.
Later quite a bit of purchasing done on
orders from the southwest twisted quota
slipped down with wheat. The close was
unsettled at 545sc for July, net loss of
&c.
PROVISIONS-Provis eased a trifle
with hogs. First sales were shade to
sc lower with September delivery, at S1A.921z
for pork. $3.50 for lard and sS.15 for ribs.
RYE-No. 2, 92c.
BARI4EY-65@9Sc.
TIMOTHY .O0G111. 90
CLOVER .0O@14.0o.
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MRS. GORDON WINS.
Jury Decides That She Is Entitled to
Widows Dover.

After three days deiiberation, the
jury in the Gordon-MCnn case re-
turned a verdict late Saturday after
noon, giving to Jennie 5. Gordon, the
plaintiff, one-half interest in the prop
erty rights of her late husband. Not
until Saturday afternoon when Judge
Whitcomb gave the jury an additional
instruction, were the twelve men able
to reach an agreement.
All day Saturday the attorneys for
the Mum interests breathed easier. 1t
appeared that under nc conditions
would the jury be able to agree. A
hung jury was a long way toward
victory for Mrs. Mum. At noon of
the third day the jury was still unable
to give any assurance that they would
reach d verdict. But at 2 o'clock things
changed. For hours the men had ar
gued over Mrs. Gordon's rights to $780,
900 worth of property row in litiga-
ton in the supreme court. Some OF
the jurors wanted to deduct this from
the Wonans half interest in the $780,
900 involved in the recent trial Then
Judge Whitcomb instructed them past
this stumbling block and n short
time they reached an agreement.
Mrs. Gordon had won almost every
point in her fight for the widows
share of the $150.000 G. 8. Gordon
estate. The only reversal which she
has met was when the supreme court
sent the present case back for reh0S--
ing because Judge Dana -ienied Jury
| in the trial Of the case. In the con-
test of the NUNS to set aside the deeds
to the $4,000 property Mrs. Gordon
won before a referee, then in the dis
trict court. That case is now pending
| in the supreme court. But her victory
| is not yet complete. 1t is quite prob
able that the Mum interests will ask
for a new trial If this is denied, it
is reasonably certain that this case
/ also will gain SlDTpUn e
court.
! 1--WE lave already written enough
error in the record said enc of Mrs.
sMunn's attorneys while in the trial OF
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ming to attend the commencement ex-
ercises of the University of Kansas
they invited him to travel as far as
Kansas City with them.
On previous visits away from his
home city, Orland had written home
frequently. Since then-ten days Of
absolute silence and mystery.
Orland did not like to carry through
the long motor trip the clothing he in
tended to wear at the University of
Kansas commencement 1t was agreed
that his mother should send it here for
him to take by rail the rest of the way
to Lawrence. The universities COM
mencement has passed, but the boy
clothing remains untouched at his
grandfather's house. Mr. Bennett had
expected to buy supplies for his ma
chine here. Mr. Ashley visited all the
motor car supply houses yesterday and
heard no word of Bennett.
Twv of Orland's cousins were to be
graduated from the university this
year, Mr.. Ashley said. One was a son
of David Roland of Lawrence, and Or
land expected to visit at his house. The
commencement was Wednesday.
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LOST: 5 MEN AND CAR.
Former EnnpOria Boy Disappears on
Way to Lawrence.

Kansas City, June 12.-Somewhere
between Gravette, Ark, and Kansas
City touring car with five passengers
has dropped out of sight, leaving no
trace of itself. Father. mother and two
small children of one family have dis
appeared and the parents of the fifth
passenger, a 16-year-old boy, whose
home is in Fort Smith, Ark, are har-
rowed by evil surmise.
The boy is Jay Orland Jones, and his
father is ]. H. Jones, a restaurant
owner Of Fort Smith. The family lived
a long time in Emporia, Kan
The car was driven when it left Fort
Smith, nearly two weeks ago, by F. L
Benntt, an asbestos roofing contractor,
and it was his family that was aboard.
The BENEFITS were bound for Fond du
Lac, Wis, by way of Kansas City.
They had been acquaintance of the
Joneses some time and when they
learned that Orland Jones was plan :
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LOCUsTs HIT HARTMAN PARE
Great Damage Done Tender Plants
When Insects Lay Eggs.

Stony Point, n. Y, June 12.-Harri-
man Park, the $1,000, 900 preserve given
to New York state last year by Mrs.
L. H. Hartman and other wealthy
New Workers, has been attacked by an
army of II year locusts. Throughout
the park the air is resonant with the
buzzing. Flying from tree to tree the
pests attack the foliage with an energy
that appears corroborative of their
long period of idleness under ground.
They fasten on the tender second
year shoots and in five minutes twig
a foot long will be furrowed and bur-
rowed for its whole length. At inter-
walls of about half an inch holes a
quarter of an inch deep are bored, AMI
in these are laid hundreds of tiny white
eggs about as big as the head of pin.
The twigs die within a few weeks, leav-
ing the trees badly SCARED.
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AVIATORS MOVE ON.
Meet in Topeka Not Financial
Success.

Jimmie" Ward and Huen H. Rob-
inson, the Curtiss aviators, who made
some excellent flights in Topeka last
Friday and Saturday afternoons, are in
Ottawa today preparing for late aft
ernoon and evening flights
About 500 persons went out Sunday
afternoon to aviation field in antici
patton of seeing an exhibition of skill
by the bird men, but were disap-
pointed, as it was announced that on
account of the briskness of the breeze
there would be no attempt to fly. In
fact, by the time the majority of the
would-have-been spectators had ar
rived the work of packing the ma
chimes for shipment was well under
way.
From the point of attendance the
meet was anything but a success, and
while the flights on Friday and Satur
day evenings pleased the few hun
dred persons who were present on
each occasion, no passengers were
carried up, nor was an altitude rec
exhibitions of the dip" and spiral
glide that were little less than mar
velous.
The reason for the failure of the
meet from a financial Standpoint was
on account of the lack c. judgment
which was displayed on the first day
Thursday-when a large crowd had as
sembled.
Announcement was made that flights
were about to take place and the hun
dreds of visiting merchants and To-
Dekans who were lounglng in Vine
wood seeking relief from the broiling
sun-the thermometer ir the shade
stood at 101 degrees-wcnt over on
the field and stood for hours waiting
for something to happen while the at
mosphere was almost suffocating.
Then, after the majority Of the peo-
pie had gone home, Ward made a SEN
sational fight, damaging his machine
I'm landing. he having previously made
the remark that he would either break.
his neck or his machine on account
of the wind velocity and the poor con-
dition of the field.
saturday, Ward and Robinson each
made two flights. Robinson, who is
not noted for altitude fights, made
what Ward said was the highest flight
he had ever seen him me- e. When
about to alight he made wonderful
dive from a high altitude with the
nose of the machine pointed towards a
number of onlookers who were stand
ing on the edge of ths field. There
was q mad scramble to get away from
the air monster, much to the amuSe-
ment of those on the bleachers, for no
sooner had these persons taken to
their heels than the machine made a
slight upward dart and landed safely
several hundred wards away from the
spectators.
Ward also made some flights that
pleased. In one instance he attained
a height of 1000 feet and looked like
a speck against a blue background.
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PANIC IN WHEAT PIT.
Rush to Sell Drives Prices Down
Three Cents.

Chicago, June IA sellers panic
hit July wheat today. At one time
the option showed a fall of nearly s
cents a bushel as compared with a
week ago. The belief was widespread
that the leading owners of cash wheat
taken in on May contracts were selling
the grain for July delivery, and We're
going short of deferred months, an
ticipating the heading of new crop
wheat soon. Preparatory to such a
maneuver today, the bull clique ap-
parently supported the market during
the early trading and helped hoist
prices.
Then came a well directed effort -
unload. Stop loss selling orders from
other sources, however, were brought
into operation. In consequence prices
dropped as much as half a cent be-
tween trades and before many dealers
could get a clear idea of the trouble
prices had tumbled to S61s. a los of
about 3 cents from the top figures to-
day 21a under Saturdays close.
The extreme low point touched today
was S57sc fer July-j1 When the last gong
cleared the pit there had been a reac-
ton to 863s @861acE but the severe jolt
which had been experienced left the
market far from steady and the minds
of spectators anything but serene.
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the case. ito warrant an appeal and
We believe a reversal"
But the one strong hope of the de-
fense-a hung jury-vanished when
Judge Whitcomb gave the new instruc-
ton 1t enabled the jury to answer
the thirty-two special questions and to
reach an agreement after more than
two weeks in trial and ceiberation of
the case. The Mum lawyers made
vigorous fight against the new instruc-
ton; and in a motion for I. new trial
will probably cite this action as one
of the errors of the court in the trial
of the action.
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Topeka Hide Market
Quotations furnished by James C. smifn
Hide Co.. lUS East Third ST.

Topeka, Kan, June -
GREEN CURED HIDES-NatfyeS n
S., short haired, No. /, 111zc; No a i01kc.
Side brands. over 40 flat, No. 1, 10c: SiSe
brands. under 40 fiat, No: l. SC; Bulls and
Stays, fiat No. l, 91zc; Bulls, side brand
ed, flat No. 1, SC; Green sailed rI,,a
flat, SIZE; Green salt cured deasons. each
5Oa35c ;Skupks, each 25q15c: Green frozen
hides are No. 2. Green incurred hides IL
less than same grade cured. Green hair
cured q less than cured. Horse hides. green
No. /. sseoass59; s. o Hog Skins. isasOc.
sl.Oo; dry. according to wool. per h., Ga
&c.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
heavy, lie; dry flint, fallen heavy. 10.
dry flint. light. under is lbs, I6c; arr
flint, culls, Zoe: dry salt. heavy is IM
and up, 13c; dry salt light under 10 lbs.
l2c-
Kansas. Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Bright medium, 15Q13c; dark medium Il
G12c; light fine. 14911c: heavy fine 1f6i6c
Colorado, New Mexico and Texas
Light medium. 15Q13c: light fine I405IIc:
heavy fine, 12Q1Oc.
Deductions on bury wool from Sc to 81
stock proportionately lower. Angora mo-
hair, IL months, 14G12c: common, bury
and defective at half price.
Topeka Grain NlartEee.
FURNISHED by J. 3. 6alaTd: corner Ka0
Eas ave-. and Curtis ST.
Topeka. Kan, June IL.
WHEAT-No. 2. so0ssc.
CORN-50c. rss
OATS-32d35c.
KAFETR CORN-Per ewt. s1.oa.
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WARD Is OLDEST PAPER BOY.
For 65 Years He Has Delivered News
in Connecticut.

Middletown, Conn, June ~
George NJ. Ward, who calls himself the
oldest newsboy in New England, is to-
day celebrating his 1870 birthday and
his 65th year as a newspaper delivery
man. Mr. Ward has delivered papers
since a date prior to the Civil war over
a route that takes in parts of twenty
seven streets and covers twelve miles
in all. He still goes over the route on
foot every day in two hours and a half
and shows no signs of fatigue at the
and
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ARE OFF TOR EUROPE.
Family of Attorney General Dawson
on a Long Journey.

Attorney General John S. Dowson ac-
companied his wife and children AMI
sister to Kansas City today to see
them off ON the first lap of their
journey to Europe. They will visit at
Niagara Falls. Montreal and Quebec
and then take steamer for Europe,
stopping at points in Scotland, Ireland,
England, Germany, Italy and Spain be-
fore returning home next fall
Mr.. Dawson will leave Kansas City
tonight for Pittsburg, Kan. to continue
his war on the gay and festive jointists
of that section.
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MAKE POLICE FORCE CHANGES
Three Platoon System Gives More PO-
nccmen During Dark Hours.

New York, June 12.-A reform
which the New York policemen have
long pleaded for went into effect this
morning with the Inauguration of a
three platoon system to take the place
of five platoons. By the new plan the
patrolmen will work an hour longer
each day than heretofore, but it Will
be a straight eight hours of patrol
duty, with eight hours on reserve duty,
eight hours at home and with two days
and a half off every twelve weeks.
Twice as many patrolmen will here
after be on patrol between 10 O'Clock
at night and in the morning as dur
ins other hours
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, June 12.-WHEAT-Cash !:
Market &c lower. No. 2 hard, S4@91c; No.
3, s0ds9c; No. 2 red, S4@S5c; No. 8, 8OGS9c.
CORN-Market unchanged to &c higher.
No. 2 mixed, soc; No. s. 54s4c; No. white,
SIC; No. 3, 55sz @557sc.
OATS-Market steady. No. 2 white, 3S6
39c; No. > mixed, 36@37c.
RYE-S5G90c.
HAY-Market steady. Choice timothy,
81. 0001S.00; choice prairie, 1425015.00.
BUTTER-Creamery, 2012c; firsts 171ac;
seconds, 1514c; packing stock, 1512c.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

E. J. Bridge and husband to j. /.
Beverly, lots 56-7 Jackson ST.,
Firey's add Observation-Disclosures 1
f. G. Thomas and husband to r. K.
Putnam and wife, lot 80 Wabash
ave, J. w. Morris add. 1
T. Keely and wife to ]. A. Nicholas,
lots 32-4 Kendall ave-, Kenwood
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Kansas city Live Stocl- Marker.

Kansas City, June 2.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1900. including 5000 southerns.
Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers,
$5-00G6.35; southern steers, $4.Oo@5.6 so;
southern cows and heifers, $3.o0G4.5o; ma
tive cows and heifers, $2.75061O; stockers
and feeders, 81. 00d5-30; bulls. 5.75@5. 90;
caves, s4-oV9LoO; western Steers S4.f9O
HOGS-Receipts Il, 900. Market sc lower
Bulk of sales. s6.o5Q6.2o; heavy. $6.05@6.15;
packers and butchers. $6.10Q625; lights.
$6.10@6.20.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market strong
to 10c higher. Muttons, $325@400; lambs,
s5.50d6.75; fed wethers and yearlings, s360
0I4.50: fed western ewes, $3.00q350.
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day. 1t is a tiny head of baked clay.
two and a half inches long and an inch
and a half wide. Shell ornaments such
as were used by the Delaware Indians,
are attached to the ears. The features
of the face are those of an Indian girl,
and the workmanship is characteristic
In the same field eXcavators have I'M
covered many thousand Indian stone
iI1n1ernantS
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Toledo Dumps Jack Adams.

Cleveland. o.. June 12.-Catcher
Jack Adams of the Cleveland Ameri-
cans, who recently was released to the
Toledo Association team, has been
sent back to the Memphis club, from
which he was secured by Cleveland.
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5.75: western steers, s4.75@5.7o; stockers
and feeders $3.S5G5.65; cows and heifers,
81. 40G565; calves. $5.00@8.25.
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 1000.
Market steady. Light, $6.00d6. 321z; mixed.
S5.96q635: heavy, S5S5d6.32x; rough, $3.50
500: good to choice heavy, $600d6-S21 pigs.
$5.65Q6.20; bulk of sales, $6.20Q6.35
sHEEP-Receipts estimated at 2s,OOc
Market weak Native, $2-75G4.50: western,
$S.OOq460: yearlings, $4.S5qo.20; lambs, ma
tive, $4.25Q6-50, western, $4-25G675.
DAILY MOVEMENT OF PKODCCE
WHEAT-Receipts, %, 400 bushels; ship
ments, 101, 90 bushels.
CORN-Receipts. e7S,s00 bushels; ship
ments, 46S, 900 bushels.
Car lot receipts: Wheat 1 cars, with 9
of contract grade; corn 421 cars, with 176
of contract grade; oats 179 cars.
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago. Min
neapolis and Duluth today were 1856 cars.
compared with 356 cars last week and SIG
cars the corresponding day year ago.
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EGGS-Extras, 161zc; firsts, 121kc; sec
onds, TIC.
WHEAT-Receipts. A cars.
CLOSE: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $3.50
S22zc bid; July, S21kc bid.
CORN-July, $3.50; September, b6c bid.
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FIND HEAD OF BAKED CLAY.
Indians HandiwOrk Shown in Rarcst
Relic in New Jersey.

Trenton, N. j., June 1.-THE rarest
Indian relic ever found in New Jersey
has been unearthed on a farm near
Trenton and is on exhibition here to-
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New York Stock Market.


Wall ST., New York, June 12.-STOCKS-
Strength and activity characterized the
opening of the stock market today. AL
most all of the active issues scored good
fractional gains. United States Steel was
in good demand and opened q above
Saturdays close. Great Northern prefer
red, Erie first preferred and Westing
| house Electric also gained q, Lehigh Val
| ley q and st. Paul and Southern Railway
". y
After displaying pronounced strength
during the early part of the day the mar
ket weakened and the gain which had
| been made by virtually all of the active
| list were quickly lost. The demand fell
| off largely when orders which had accum-
ulated over the end of the week had been
executed, and bear traders who had been
awaiting an opportunity sold stocks free
ly. United States Steel gave way under
the attack and the remainder of the list
followed it the depression being especial
| ly pronounced in the case of a number OF
southern stocks which were affected by
reports of continued dry weather in the
| cotton belt.
| Declines from the best prices of the
morning reached a point in many In
| stances. Uncertainties as to dividend pay
ment resulted in further weakness in Den
yer and Rio Grande issues. Union Pacific
sold a point under Saturdays closing. St
Louis and Southwestern ", missouri Pa
mon and preferred and Third Avenue ia
| Bonds were irregular.
| Some new prices for the movement were
edge of the business. Reading. Lehigh
| Valley and Kansas City Southern ad-
yanced l to IA. Trading became dull
when the list began to sell of.
| Stocks did not receive much encourage
ment from the sharp decline in wheat
and railroad shares ruled close to thel1
| earlier low points. Denver and Rio
Grande preferred was down "a Coppel
4 of the Metal. Copper gained and Ten
nessee Copper 1ss-