Ottumwa Daily Courier (Newspaper) - May 8, 1903, Ottumwa, Iowa O'CLOCK EDITION MAY 8. 1903. VOL. THREE CENTS ACTIVITY CAUSES APPREHENSION IN. ce of Czar's Troops 3ave w LARGE GUNS Ordered to Occupy Tien of Russi cast Unexplained Cause Official it is ave New a large have put the forts at the mouth of ad are mating extensive ports of of the from a most worthy sw brings word return to New Chwang brought with them d that a large force has to occupy Tien are to roops between the mouth and Port nents of the Russians much anxiety In official and as yet remain lation at May state de- is received official its agents in China of the the Russian garrison in and there is if President that it is preparing to ous step in the Radical d that the department has ence taxed by the course Manchuria and that it con- more radical step than any heretofore marked the between the powers on lake United 3osed step contemplates by England and which will have ths Russia of the ation of the three nations on Russia's evacuation of while not actually United States to a formal his program is subject to 1 of the INSPECT CANAL ROUTE SUBCOMMITTEE HEADED BY ADMIRAL WALKER RETURNS FROM ISTHMUS OF NEW MAY REAR ADMIRAL GENERAL P. C. HAINES AND PROFESSOR WILLIAM P. COMPOSING THE SUB- COMMITTEE ON THE PANAMA CANAL ARRIVED HERE TODAY ON THE STEAMER ALLIANCE FROM THE TEE WENT OVER THE LINE OF THE CANAL AND IN- SPECTED THE ADMIRAL WALKER STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SAY MUCH ABOUT THE TRIP OR ITS RESULTS UNTIL THE HAD MADE ITS REPORT TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE IN APPOINTED Mayor Pickler and Alderman Named on Iowa Municipal AMES IS FOUND GUILTY Former Minneapolis Mayor is Convicted of Accepting Bribe of 1600. May one of the most sensational trials in the history of the city the jury last evening at the end of twenty-four hours deliberation returned a verdict finding former Mayor A. A. guilty of accepting a bribe of When the verdict was read the court room was well and both Dr. and Mrs. who were present were noticeably affected at the ment of the word The ty for the crime of Dr. Ames i in Tennessee Order Mail cial to Quit or D. May d. a colored rural mail was Mad band with death un- his Postmaster Gen has suspended the service e pending an investigation are confirmed i will I TO SIAM ing of Made En 3y D. May The has announced the t of Hamilton King o extraordinary ant to Mr minister resident in Siam ation is in oi has been convicted may be severe and it is considered that years in the might mean a sentence for Other Cases The conviction of Dr. Ames is the most but not the closing chapter in the story of municipal cor ruption that has made the name o Minneapolis a through United Dr. Ames rests undei eight other indictments bribery and involving TO MEET IN WATERLOO Convention Will be Held October Banquet to be Served on Occasion in Big Dry a Harrison to READJUSTMENT Modern Woodmen Elect Majority of Delegates in Favor of camps of the United States Island Tele- reports to the head offices of the Modern Woodmen of ica from great of state order held in the give tHe advocates of a ment of the rates of insurance in the by a majority of 400 out 469 delegates who will attend the head Head Clerk Hawes was unanimously endorsed in the Illinois state camp and received nothing but praise for the course he had taken during the ment fight from almost all the state WILDEST OF DREAMS BISHOPS NAMED FOR Will Preside Over Conferences at catine and Charles May ment of bishops to preside at the an- of the Iowa and Upper Iowa conferences of the Methodist Episcopal The former will meet in September 9, where Bishop will and Bishop Merrill will be the executive at the session of the latter to be held at Charles City September 16. BROKE RIB Hans Anderson of Farragut Victim of Most Peculiar May peculiar cident happened at Farragut when the son of Nels broke a rib during a spell of The young man has been suffering from whooping cough for some time and it was during a severe attack that the rib was INJURED IN Bryan Declares Nomination of Cleveland for President is Utter RIDICULES Nebraskan Holds That Mention of the Former President is Simply to At- tract Attention While Plutocrats Perfect Plans for National Campaign accordance PROTOCOLS imit Question of to The D. May submitting the treatment to The and also protocols for at have 1 by Minister Minister tador Mayor des NEGROES Execution Occurred in St. Louis May were mil today for Gray another negro for 1 lor the murder of a levee whom he attempted to A- R. at Vice N. May R. Miller has postmaster at of the Tri-County Mr. Potter resigned i that he might actively campaign for representative general assembly irom his Well Known Actress Hurled From hicle at May a runaway cident last Delia the I well was seriously jured about the She had just returned from a tour of the New En- gland states as leading lady of the Payton Stock GIVES UP ALL Owner of a Steamer Says He Never Expects to Hear From It New May F. one of the owners of the oil tank S. V. is said today he had given up all hope of the steamer ever being heard The vessel left Sabine March 22, with a crew of thirty-three AGED FARMER HANGS James McMillin of Atlantic Takes Life In May in the county jail here serving a thirty-day sentence for James a retired aged 61 years suicided by He leaves a wife and three grown May that Cleveland might aspire to a republican presidential nomination next but that in his wildest dreams he can scarcely imagine the possibility of the democratic W. J. the two times defeated candidate for the highest office in the looks with ridicule upon the talk of the tion of former President Cleveland in the campaign next No Chance of Mr. Bryan Cleveland would be rightfully entitled to the nom if the obtain con trol of the they will not obtain Cleveland has no chance whatever of the those who feel any interest in his welfare will not be foolish enough to He might with some rea son aspire to a republican nomination but in his wildest dreams he can hardly imagine the possibility of a democratic Will Receive will receive considerable men tion in the papers that get their edi from the stock but the are too shrewd to make him their representatives in a The plan is to select some one whose opinions are known to them nit not to the When they have used a man as long as they can him overboard get a new the democratic convention passes a resolution leaving the candidate to be selected by J. Pierpont Morgan Morgan would not think for a moment of risking his financial inter ists on such a Serves to Fill talk about Cleveland serves to fill up space and occupy whil the money magnates perfect their se cret May for year were pointed at a meeting of the executive committee of the Iowa League of Mu held here yesterday after The meeting was held to per feet arrangements for the meeting the league to be held in this city Oc tober 14, at which time the banque will be served in the Dry Run sewer Mayor Harrison of Chicago and Gov Cummins will be two of the speakers at the Committees In the list of committees announced by President J. W. of McGreg T. H. Pickler of Ottumwa was placed on the committee on water works and water supply and Alderman E. Hoglund was made a member o committee on street cleaning am The committees City government and Henry city Dav W. H. cit Des A. N. Alberson C. H. Van Law city C. W E. C. Gibbs Steb Ib wit it. F. city Street M. Mason W. Sioux Scott Waterworks and water S. Cedar T. H. B. Street C. T. E. State F. 3. city Taxation and C. D. Charles B. E. Laporte Sewerage and C. Council M. C. J. H. Street cleaning and H. C. Cedar WARSHIPS FOR BROTHER OF ASSASSIN CZOLGOSZ IN CUSTODY AT LOS ANGELES Will be Held Until After President Roosevelt Leaves the California on Instructions From Los May a brother of the anarchist who assassinated President McKinley at Buffalo and was yesterday arrested the local acting under tions from the secret service bureau at is still in After his arrest Czolgosz agreed that it might be to his own interest to re- main at the station until after the President had left the he expressed a wish that as little as possible might be given the It is stated that Czolgosz will be released it is has been living in this city for several being employed in a tomale His actions have not been out of the and it is said the only reason lor his arrest is his relationship to the assassin of dent WILSON IS FOUND Convicted of Killing Ed Knight at May After a trial lasting the greater part of this the jury in the case of the state vs. S. E. for the killing of Ed Knight at has returned a verdict ing the defendant guilty of murder in the second Wilson will receive sentence HOLDS TEMPLE TO BE FATALLY SHOOTS v Chrles Matherson Uses Gun When uty Sheriff Attempts to Arrest May who belongs to a family shot and fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff Baker at Council Bluffs when that officer attempted to arrest him on the charge of TO SHORTEN COLLEGE COURSE College Presidents Confer Today on tion at Northwestern M. A. Roberts Important Ruling in Casa of McGuire vs. 0. B. Q. CONTRACTS AEE VOID Railroad Agreement to Give Up Claim of Damages for Personal Injury is Held to Be ry Case to Supreme May presidents from all parts of the country are in at- tendance today at the opening session of the conference called by the western University to discuss the sub- ject of the relationship of the college to the professional Several pers were read and discussed after which the question of reducing the col- lege course from four to three or two years and making a corresponding re- duction in the amount of work ed was taken E. Ot- H. Fort G. E. Belle D. S. Municipal city Des A. C. city A. K. city Roosevelt Greeted By sands In Los Los May President Roosevelt reached here at 1 o'clock afternoon and was given an en- The presidential rain left Riverside early Stops were made at Claremont and Pasade where the President was He made speeches at each place to Streets Are In this city thousands of people blocked the streets in the vicinity of he Escorted by the militia and mounted the party was driven to Westminster where was Extraordinary police precautions have been taken to guard the President during his stay n Los parade occurred AFTER THE WESTERN Order of Court Asked to Restrain Com- pany From Discharging Union St. May Commercial Union of America today filed a petition in the federal court ask ing to issue an tion to restrain the Western Union Tel Co. from discharging members of the BIG FIRE AT Plant of Paper and Bag Co. Burns With Loss of May plant of the Consolidated Paper Bag Co. burned The loss is THE FOR IOWA The weather forecast for Iowa for the next twenty-four hours Partly cloudy with probable Satur day and warmer east Local temperatures as taken by Voluntary Observer Harry 9 o'clock last night 7 o'clock this morning 2 o'clock this afternoon PLANS FOR COLLATERAL BONDS AND ROCK ISLAND BE GIVEN IN COMMON STOCK Two French Vessels Leave Another is in May French ship and the armored cruiser sailed for Salonica early The cruiser Galilee is ready to proceed to the same the the Rock Island New May is the very best authority for stating that the terms of the Kock Island and deal are substantially as For every share of the common slock of pany will pay in collateral five per cent bonds to be secured on the common stock as bough and in Rock Island common stock It is understood that these terms wil be offered to all holders of the An elaborate floral this afternoon and reviewed by the President and his was ATTEMPT TO BREAK Young Men Arrested for Robbery at Keosauqua Try to May E. T Max O. Caster and Harry Bades county who were committed to the jail here a few days ago to await the action of the grand jury at the August attempted to break jail They were discovered by Sheriff Ramsey before they had much headway at getting Marshall Johnston and A. Siemon went to Des Moines Monday evening and recovered most of the goods that these young men are accused of ing from Mr. store at They found them in a second-hand where the boys told the officers they had sold WHEN BULLET Waterloo Woman Gets Injunction to Stop May Judge Platt yesterday issued an injunction prohibiting Fred Wheeler from paying his attentions to Mary Cummings resented some ad- vance made by Wheeler some months ago and shot through his but he recovered and resumed his TODAY'S This by the Weare Commission B. C. Suite 18, Hofmann May July September liny July September liny 77% 43% 44% 34V, 7Sy. 72X.', 70% 4.- 44% 77% 78U 70 Did 44ft 44U, 44T4 Did Bid September May September luly September Short July September 20V4 20% 2'J 17 J 5 0.20 ruo 0.37 0.30 17.27 1885 0 rt. 17 0.22 0.40 17.13 1B.05 0.30 17.1--. men Northwestern Last Last year Duluth 18 II 5 14H Chicago 34 32 31 Chicago Receipts 34 228 IIS Estimated Receipts 63 240 12j Primary Wheat today 20S.OOO bushels and last coin bushels and last year Wheat 44Ci.OOQ bushels and year corn today bushels and last year Liverpool Hog Receipts 17.0W: left estimated official receipts MARKETS Chicago Produce No. 3 No. 2 74: No. 3 70IK74; July op- No. S. 2 No. No. 3 Judge M. A. Roberts of this city laat evening rendered one of the most im- portant decisions that luis been handed down from the bench in the second during the past several declaring the famous Tern men According to the railroad employes are mitted to make a contract with the company releasing tho latter from bility for injuries received in case the employe receives from a re- lief The plaintiff in the casn of vs. B. Q. in which the decision was rendered member cf the Burlington relief department in 1900. Ho injured the same fits from the relief and afterwards sued the railroad company for The court held that he could not recover alter accepting fits from the relief Go to Supreme His Howell bava given notice that they will carry the case to the supreme If decision is therp the Burlington company declared it will carry it to the United Stales preme Judge Briefly in his decision Judge held 11; at the effect of the Templo amendment would be to enable a to recover twite ior the same once from tlm association upon contract to which the defendant was a and once by direct action against the He held that such a rule is inconsistent with every principle of the law of the universal rule being that a party must recover all his damages lor the same injury thu same party in one Rule of Amendment The court said that while the lature has power for special reasons arising from public or to enact a ths effect of which is to a railway company in extra damages to comply with said law directly affecting the public yet in such cases double damages cannot bo recovered until after thirty by moans of which the railway save itself extra damages by paying actual The rule of the Temple amendment is declared extraordinary in the respects above pointed out No such rule where pertains to any other persons in tho federal and the legislature prohibited from passing an act which deprives person of equal protection of the Hence ho holds tho amendment is in conflict with the constitution and BEATEN BY German Ensign Ends Life as the Re- sult of the May been assaulted and beaten by an intoxicated sailor and seeing no way to get Heinrich Von son of the famous General Von has ted COLTON TO SUCCEED New York Priest Chosen by Pope for Bishop of May Charles H. Col- rector of St. Stephens church in New York has beer named by the pope as bishop of Buffalo to succeed Bishop 4J; No. 2, No 3. 31: No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 white 33U.: July 17.15. 0 good In 00: bulk fin. 4.000; New York Produce New MHV Who it. July 31 St. Louis Produce St. May cash Chicago Butter and Egg May Chicago Live May 1.000: steady to good to poor to steady to 3c mixed 113. New York Butter and Egg Ni w to 17ffi2.1i'..: 22 M 17 Chicago Poultry Peoria Produce MMV S No 3. No. 3 New York Poultry New May alne spring 10012, 14;
