Ottumwa Daily Courier (Newspaper) - May 29, 1903, Ottumwa, Iowa EDITION MAY 29, 1903. VOL. BY FLOOD ON RECORD State Knows No Rivers Were i IS Of RAIN FALL s of Water Overflow ASDS ARE Washed Railway ire Under Im- Trains May four in fell in portions of Kan adding to the already earns and rendering the t state most To 11 raining at many points bureau predicts a which is certain to damage and cause rious flood perhaps in the ie Bridges are out are submerged anc C acres of bottem lands are of telegraph md telegraphic communi many is shut off. ire delayed in every SAYS MYSTERY IS CLEARED Detective Employed On Reichlin Case Wants Inquest Reopened HEADS THE TICKET May who has been employed on the Agatha Reichlin case since the release of Father has manded that the inquest be claiming that he has found the The date for the ation of the testimony has not been NOT AFTER LEADERSHIP Still Bryan Says Democrats Need Silver Standard as Much as Will Try For Gubernatorial Honors on Cold Water A MAHASKA COUNTY MAN MAY REFUSE THE TREATY Colombia Senate to Turn Measure MAY THE MOST AUTHENTIC AND CIAL FROM BOGOTA IT IS LEARNED THAT THE BIAN CONGRESS IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO REJECT THE PANAMA CANAL TREATY IN ITS PRESENT OPEN OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE IS ENCOUNTERED DESERTED WOMAN TRIES TO END HER EXISTENCE SPENCER NEAR DEATH Renowned English Writer Suffering As a Result of Old Age Mrs. John Heatherington At- tempts by Taking Prohibitionists Adopt Platform at Marshalltown For IS DOES HOI THE Sharp Discussion Over Report of form Declares Against License and the Mulct Law National Divorce VALLEY FLOODED i Out Along Cedar River rms are Under Water May entire y is practically in a i Orange is reported gone in Mud near at this point is the r known in a May ie country roads are in Still High May is cut communication with the Irl by The it has been since 188.' f track leading out ashed The low lands er water and great loss to May that he does not want to lead the democratic or any other party William Jennings Bryan says in his Commoner today that the party is as badly in need of a silver dard as He renounces all claim or desire for and editor of the Commoner is not Neither is he con- about his political position in future The advocates of the Chicago and Kansas City platforms have shown their willingness to suffer for their Why should they pretend a confession of error when they believe that they are right? Why pretend that the issue is past when the issue is upon us and will Why for the sake of a few a fierce conflict between money and manhood Why delude ourselves with the belief that a real or even nominal victory can be won by a sacrifice of the people's cruel and merciless dictation of monopolists and love of ey has extinguished the feeling LEAVE S FOR WEST Qualify to Enter Military on D. May Nathaniel L. W. id Arthur A. have A are ready to enter West ary June 13. The who will enter at the iohn A. Frederick Bruce E. William E. William S. James A. G. John Roy K. Philip H. Ben F. C. Paul A. Maxwell A. M. R. Clyde R. Ranks of Davenport Strikers May situation with regard the button strike here is becoming more serious and fifty employes of the port Button Co. are out State convention of the Iowa Federation of Labor here gave the trades union movement an impetus and the result is the of the button PROVES ALIBI rom Accusation of if John Heffernan k. May alibi sworn Miss Jaunita Hewitt the jury return ict regarding the shooting exonerating R. T n all suspicion in the affair was slain Sunday night on s of the Ardsley A t testimony purporting to Is of the dying man accused son of the late Aurthu 3 time a candidate for vice 1 Home June 10, After Trip to May from to the effect that W in health as a re visit to He hi ing in England during th and expects to sail for horn a brief trip to SOUSES Convicted of Makes May Ba in the United State art of fraudulent naturalize umber of Italians was gran respite of twenty-four hour ght complete his confessio His confederates ai Mry P. Hanson of Mahaska county will head the ticket in Iowa during next fall's campaign and will try his strength against the candidates the two old parties will The state prohibition after nominating a ticket and adopting a platform which omits mention of the but declares against the license and the mulct adjourned late The The following ticket was P. Hanson of Mahaska H. Scull of Henry Superintendent of public instruction A. Ward of Polk Railroad Dewey of Woodbury Attorney Orr or Page There was a warm discussion over the The committee made a majority re- port presenting a de- clared governments derive Jesus This was looked upon as an tion that Christ was responsible for tho saloon trust and a cutting out all reference to Christ was finally adopted after a hot doctrine and committed to its as recent events through the country have Section 2. We declare in favor of equal regardless of race or Section 3. Since mulct means fine or penalty paid in advance for the com- mission of a therefore we reaf firm our positive disapproval of the Mulct and demand its repeal and the speedy resubmission of a prohibitory constitutional ment to the vote of the Section 4. Since inebriates are the products of the and asylums have been established in which to treat them at the expense of the therefore we demand that all taxes and moneys collected from the saloons by the county or be used to bear the expenses for the treatment of said inebriates and the maintenance of said Section 5. We demand the enforce ment of all laws officials who disregard solemn obligations in this re- spect shall be removed from Section 6. We believe that next in importance to the liquor question is the problem of marriage and and this party advocates the enactment into international law the statute on this subject prescribed by Jesus of permitting divorce only for the one cause stated by Section 7. We favor the settlement of all controversies between capita and and all international differ ences by and all interna tional that cannot be settled by diplomacy to The Hague Section S. We favor placing out trade relations with foreign countries in the hands of with to revise Jhe tariff schedules as necessity and Section We the of initiative and the Section 10. We favor the election of United States senators by direct vote of the Section 11. We are opposed to all The TO AID FRISCO Building Trades Council Will Not Increases The following platform was the plank on the money er being ueing Section 1. We believe that the eral by raising a large I part of its revenue by taxation of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating makes in the infamous and we nsist that our government should go ut of this unnecessary and vicious and cease this ungodly We believe that it is the first duty of the state and nation to prohibit the manufacture and ale of intoxicating liquors as a because the liquor is the most fruitful source of political corruption and crime ir We demand its absolute And we believe that the work can be accomplished only by a party crystalized around the San May ng trades council of has important action regarding the tion of unions for an in- crease in By -a resolution the council took the stand that henceforth it will not sanction requests tor increased pay until such time as the further prosperity of the city rants such WANTS DESTRUCTION Asks Western Union Telegraph For May western Union Telegraph has ed the United States court of appeals an injunction restraining the sylvania railroad from the further de- struction of its poles and SCHWAB A SHIP Head of Steel Trust Obtains Control of Another Big New May M the head of the United States Steel Corporation has provided tire of the new capital ar ranged for reorganization of ed States Shipbuilding Co. DUNKARDS MEET National Conference Opens Today in 0. May na tional conference of the opened here S. S Sanger of South was chos en moderator and I. B. Trout of La 111., reading COLONIAL DAMES Sev Brilliant Meeting at Davenport Annual Report May 29. Davenport the scene of a brilliant gathering representative women of the occasion being the seventh annual con of the Colonial residen of APPROVES REDUCTION May the last of the great literary men who made the reign of ria is seriously I'll at his home near He is 83 years of age and has been in ble Health for a long IOWA RIVERS Postmaster General Payne Acts on Result of Over- hauling ASSISTANTS ARE HIT Dee Moines is Rising at Ot tumwa But no Danger is REPORTS ENCOURAGING Pay of Deputy Postmasters Cut at Fourteen Second Class TAKES A STROKE AT PAY Dispatches From Other Parts ef the Notably Farther dp the Des Indicate That the Rise Now Being Felt Here Will be Temporary ALONE IN THE WORLD Threatens Another Though First Is SHE IS LEFT TOTALLY Excessive Allowances Said to Have Been Made During Administration of George W. Who Resigned legislation that favors a combination of capital that results in the formation of trusts that crush out individual en- the candidate for gov. is a Norwegian by birth and a finely educated he has been a missionary of the church and has been spending the last five years in his native working for his At present he is en- gaged in lecture and on Tuesday in this delivered his ture on May the re- the the ofr the out the Postmaster General Payne today announced his approval of the instructions reducing the ries of the assistant postmasters at fourteen second class postoffices to 50 per cent of the salaries of the ive Among them are 111.; East St. Stevens Wis. Changes He has found thirty-six officials in the postal service who hold offices un- der designations not authorized by law and directed positions be changed to conform to the law erning FARMER KILLED BY Receives Fatal Stroke While Working in May 29. While working in a field near Vincent a prominent farmer of that was struck by lightning and instantly DRAKE WINS STATE MEET Des Moines Institution Athletes Off The Pay investigation has disclosed eight postoffices at which all of the thirteen clerks receive more than the salaries to which their designed tions them and in these cases the postmaster general has directed that the salaries be accordingly re- Excessive Most of the excessive allowances were made during the administration of George W. who suddenly resigned his position as superintendent of the salaries and afterward the investigation of the affairs of the postoffice MAY LEAVE Callers on Iowa Will Go Home at 10 Iowa May 10 o'clock rule for callers is to be put into effect for the Iowa beginning next This is the announcement made by Dean Alice The Iowa have accepted the rule without com- plaint and have promised that it will be strictly Exceptions will not be made to the operation of the The Des Moines river at began rising at about morn after standing almost durin the During the morning th rise amounted to almost six inches the water is still rising at the rate o about half an inch an hour Ottumwa merchants have little fear of the and no goods have been moved the cellars that are close to the river to the ing to the fact that reports from Des Moines are to the effect the water during entire day is practically on a with encouraging reports from above that The Des Moines The rise that is wa today is evidently that wrought such sad havoc in Des Moines The distance from Des Moines to this city and the speed the current would bring the rise here about later than it ed the city further up but it is not expected to be so severe in its as it was upon the capital Danger Thought to Be Although the river is rising here the danger of a flooded condition is thought to be over as far as Ottum wa is concerned unless further reports of additional rises come from Until the water is four feet higher than it is today no damage will be to Main street and although a two-foot rise would put the residents of Central addition in a rather is not Up to the present time very convenience has been felt in this city on account of the condition of the Des May sity yesterday morning won the Iowa state collegiate field meet with a gin of ten points over next com- the Iowa Stale Grinnell was third with a total of twenty-five Ames had and the Iowa Stale Normal of Cedar Falls received W. P. of Iowa won the individual championship of the The summaries for the several events are as The 100 yard Young McCoy Pole vault Chapman Weinrich Miller 10 feet 6 The 16-pound shot 36 feet 7% Flyer 38 IVz Walters 38 feet 6% Mile Thompson 2-5. Broad 21 feet 11 Parson 21 feet (i Ross 21 feet The 220 yard Hamilton Barnes 2-3. The 120 yard Anderson Kempf 16 4-5. The 16-pound hammer iams 120 feet 5 genson 112 feet 4 Burroughs 113 The 440 yard Randall Cave High and Parsons tied for Wall Height 5 feet 6% Half mile Welker Cole 1-5. Discus 125 feet 1% Walters 109 feet 9 Mile relay Drake Grinnell Iowa Cros Drake Burcham and Grinnell and De- The 220 yard Bair Anderson 4-5. Two mile Coats third Half mile relay won Ames Iowa 2-5. Drake Ran Ames Ad Iowa run ners Ander WU GETS NEW Former Chinese Minister Has Post for Him at May imperial edict appoints Wu Ting the former Chinese minister at Washington to be a member of the foreign His rank will be below that of the five of- in the The appointment practically creates a new Driven to Desperation and Unwilling to Longer Be a Burden Dijon Her Neighbors Unfortunate Woman Trios to End Deserted by her and penniless to battle r Mrs. John was driven to desperation and last ning about G o'clock lo oml her life by taking a quantity of num. The deed ol I he unfortunate woman was discovered by her bors and Dr. C. Newell timely work the that was He antidotes ami hanging in Dr. V. tho tenuity was so culled In the to 11CI3P. Threatens Another Attempt Mrs. at South Ash whom MIC il a few weeks This she had recovered from the effects of tho but to make an- other attempt to end an existence which she was unbearable to Tells Story of was a the man told when questioned a-s to her motive in thus attempt ins to end her She staled that she hail been cruelly by her husband bad been led alone In poor health to fight she would surely have boon her lot had not tho Mrs. Heatherington thai she and her husband bad resided for a long time near the Phillips north of the city and that ho bad ways supported hor and been kind to her until he torik to few weeks Mrs. husband camp homo in a stale of Intoxication took the horse which we hud purchased but H whorl before sold them for ho deserted me and left me alone in the world to starve to Neighbors Administer to Her When her husband left Mrs. moved Into a little house on South Ash where she ims since been She was absolutely and the kindly ad- ministered to her Tired of fighting against heavy unwilling to longer he a prey upon the kindness of her decider to commit anil procuring laudanum drank about Iwo ounces of the deadly and dropped lo the floor The r nsc a pitiful one anil it is thought that unless ti woman she will again at- Flood is tempt to end her AUTOS MAKE FARMER CRAZY New York Man is Driven Insane by Fright the Machines N. May frightened by an automobile tearing past his home at night with great lanterns throwing a bright light ahead and because he has several times compelled to dodge motor Fred a Clyde has become insane and has been taken to an THE WEATHER FOR IOWA May and cooler west Local temperatures as taken by Voluntary Weather Observer Harry Nine o'clock last night 71 Seven o'clock this morning 6? Two o'clock this 68 Des May all over the state come reports to the that rivers arc receding and that ther danger from the flood is In the Des Moines valley and from Spirit Lake to the Missouri river the entire bottoms are covered with The damage to the corn crop is In Fort Des Moines and other points fully 500 homes have been inundated by the wa Des Moines alone the damage will reach The damage on account of the high water in Des Moines is variously mated at from to up to the present Yesterday after- noon the south span of the Melan arch bridge which was in course of con- struction across the Des Moines river at Sixth followed the center which was carried out in the and the north span wavered for momentarily expected to go out by all who were watching it. Two ice houses were carried away by the This morning the river was at a standstill with indications that it will fall It is still 14.4 inches below the maximum that has been reached in former though the water is running buggy bed deep across Sixth The Raccoon which empties into the Dts Moines is slightly higher in proportion than the larger but is on a standstill Montreal and Town Near-by Suffer Heavy Street Car Service Crippled The water yesterday afternoon reach ed tne power house of the local street car company and put out the fires un der all but one small boiler and con- sequently only a few cars can be park was cut almost entirely off from the rest of the city by the water and the run ning to that part of Des morning it was found necessary to close the Grand avenue bridge on ac count of the fact that it had become weakened by the crowds pressing against the May early today destroyed sixty houses and a number of other buildings in the town of twenty miles from The loss is Heavy Loss in May estimated resulted in this city early The principal losers are the Montreal Cot Ion and Wool Waste and John Crowe and company's hay BANK ON IRISH Easterners Will Hope for Its Success in American New May now until the great American derby eastern sportsmen their eyes ed toward Irish who won the Brooklyn handicap yesterday over the His price for the derby has been cut from 20 to 1 to 10 to 1. Gunfire was second to him in the big rare yesterday and Heno was His tie was 2.05 2-5. ROBBERS THROW RED PEPPER Fill Victim's Eyes In Daylight and cape With Kansas May bers the office of A. C. manager of the secret service union in the Temple threw red pepper in his eyes and caped with in JEWS PA PER I
