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THERE WAS NO WARNING
The Arcliea merely Swayed and Fell—
The Work or Recciie Was Begun
at Once—Structure Will be
Rebuilt—Tbe Dead. r:.
Chicago, Aug. 29.—The twelve iron
arches put- up as the skeleton for the
proposed Coliseum at Fifteenth street
and Wabash avenue fell in one great
heap yesterday afternoon, carrying
down with them thirty painters and
bridge builders t&en at work on the
job. Nine men were killed, eight in
jured, "two are missing, and. the rest
'escaped. The dead are:
Charles Walpot.
Edward Murray
Frank Logan.
Stephen J.-Thompson. •_ rVy4
John Farrey.
Richard Sherman,*
Theodore Horn.
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LeToy Fournier,
CA* "5
It was all over in an instant. The
last arch had been put in place on Sat
urday afternoon and. they sto6d all in
'a row, twelve of them, twenty-five feet
|apart, and spanning the space, 300x
160 feet, which was designed to form
the floor of the big building. Painters
were*at work on the earlier completed
arches to the south, while at the north
ern eud the bridge builders were busy
taking uiWdy the remaining false work.
Each arch wiis connected by braces
end beams with those adjoining it and
the structure looked to be a securely
constructed whole.
it was a little after 4:30 o'clock, aud
the 'bridge builders on the northern
aj^h were letting down some heavy
timbers which had been used us a part
of a traveler to carry .the iron rafters
into position. There was hardly a
breath of air stirring .or, anything
which could suggest the least danger.
Si/ddenly the arches began to sway
froni the north to the south. The,first
motion was scureely perceptible. The
return was njore so. Then the twelve
*great arches came back with a giant
[swing and with a united and uniform
'motion hurled themselves and all they
carried in one great ruin to the ground
^helow.
It could not be compared to the fall
ing of a row of dominoes, for th,ere one
g^es ahead of another. It was more
,-like a ten stroke at tenpins, although
the arches were all carried by the
.same force in the same direction.
When the crash was over and the dust
{Jiad
settled thj? appearance xrf the ruin
^was like the aisle cut in forest by a
hurricane, when great trees lie in
rows all pointed in.the same direction
with their intertangled branches re
sembling the broken and twisted iron
rods which had been used to bind the
arches together.
So sudden was the whole affair that
the men on the work some of them
eighty feet up*in the air, did not real
jzc avhut had happened until they were
down dn the ground below, soihe dead
and some dying, iron beums weighing
tons' pinniug them down, or forming
supports above and saving their lives
This was but an instant. Then from
the mass of twisted iron came groans
and screams for help. Aid came at
*once, but it was at first useless. Men
and- wonipn rushed into the inclosure
from the street, but only to stand and
wonder at what had happened. Then
,came the police and a fire company
.and the work of rescue was quickly
done.
Will Build Structure Anew*
The accident to the Coliseum will
not put an end to the .construction of
the building. Architect Schankfing,
speakiug for the owners of the build
ing, said that it had already been de
termined to commence reconstruction.
As soon as the debris is, cleared away
the work will be recommenced. Ac
cording to Burnell Gunther, son of the
President, the accident will mean a de
lay,of only six monthta in the comple
tion of the building. It is thought
tha much of the structural iron can be
used in the new building. According
to Dgtniel W. Church, the loss occasion
ed by the catastrophe will be under
^$30,000. The total amount of the cou
iract of the Pittsburg company wan
$40,000.. Young Mr. (junthei* places
th$ loss at a higher figure.' Mo altera
tion will be made in the plans of the
building, the three-hiuged truss being
the one used. The members of the
Coliseum company hope to have the
building ready for th? national con
ventions.
Clearing the Wreck*
Chicago, Aug. 20.—(By Associated
Pr6£S.)—The work of removing the
twjstecl. .iron beams of the Coliseum,
which was wrecked yesterday after
noon, tt'as continued 4oday. Five
—Vfe ia A l' V**
workmeifc arc. still missing. None of
the injured have died*.
It is learned that the body of Ed
ward Swanson, one of the missing men,
was taken away by friends. AH the
others are acblmted for, 'malting/the
number of dead, ten.
IOWA'S QUOTA IS NOW FULL,
R'M/.'
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Nine Killed and Several Injur
ed by a Falling Section of
Chicago's Big Structure.
Appointments to the New Volunteer
Heylmeiita,
Washington, Aug. 25.—The {pllowing
appointments are announced for the
new volunteer regiments:
For Iowa—To be captain*: James C.
France of Tipton,, late first lieutenant
and battalion adjutant
These fill the quota of Iowa.
Sergeant Woodruff of Knoxville se
cured his appointment as second lieu-l
tenant because of gallantry on the
tlefield. During a fight before San Fer
nando, when the insurgents made an
attack, Sergeant Woodruff was in com
mand of his company. Captain Butter
field was in the hospital at Manila aud
both lieutenants were on detached
duty. Company was in the thick
of the fight arid lost several wounded
men. Sergeant Woodruff led hi« men
with conspicuous gallantry and ability
and received ^xigh praise from his su
perior officers.
FARMERS WILL TRY A TRUST.
Movement Started ID Topeka, Hanson,
to Control Price ot* Farm Product#.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 'Jti.—A number of
farmers and business men of this place
have organized a company known as
the Farmers* Federation of the Missis
sippi Valley. It has a capital stock
of $20,000,000. The purpose of this
trust is to control the prSbe of farm
products of the Mississippi'valley and
more particularly of the corn crop of
Kansas.
4
Albert Norman.
The missing are:
Edward Swanson.
Joseph King.
Samuel Smith.
William Johnson,
Oscar Olson.
The arches were each eighty feet
at the highest point and 160 feet from
base to base. They Fell not siugly nor
in pains,-but all at the same .time, in
the.
same direction', arid' with the same
motion. There was no warning. The
men who one" moment had been work
ing in supposed safety high up in the
air the next were riding to their death
on swiftly falling rafters, crushing out
•then* lives when thf?-crashed to the
ground.
9The
SMALLPOX SCARE.
Iowa State Hoard of Healtli Asked
to Take Precautions*
Des Moines, Aug. 25.—Secretary
Kennedy, of the state board of health,
has received word from the mayors of
Lake Park, Scheydan. Harris and sev
eral other northcrjf Iowa towns asking
that the state board take, precautious
against smallpox breaking out in that
section. They say there are many
cases in southern Minnesota and at
Hound Lake in that state, only five
miles from the Iowa border, there is a
serious epidemic. Dr. Kennedy at once
noticed Dr. Conniff. of Sioux City, a
member of the state board of investi
gation, and he also notified the Minne
sota board that Iowa will co-operate in
fighting the disease. If necessary,
no trains coming from the infected Min
nesota districts will be permitted to
stop at northern Iowa towns.
BEATEN BY TRAMPS.
Another Great Western Brakeiuan Al
most Fatally Injured by lfloboe«.
Oehvcin, Aug. 29.—As a Chicago
Great Western freight train was pull
ing into the upper yards of this city
from St. Paul Brakeihan Joe Cullen
^vas set upon by two half drunken men
whom he found in an empty coach at
tached to his train and was very seri
ously cut arid beaten. It was at, first
thought that he would not recover,
but none of the wouuds proved to be
as serious as they were thought to be,
and he will soon be able to, report for
duty. The men committing the as
sault got away in the darkness and
there is no clue as to who they were
nor why the assault was made.
•K-v"• -".Vy
of
To be first lieutenants—Willnrd M.
Flynn of Dubuque, late captain Com
pany A, Forty-ninth Iowa: E. A. Kre
ger of Cherokee, late captain. Company
M, Fifty-second Iowa.
To be second lieutenants—Frederick
P. Woodruff of Knoxville, late first ser
geant Company D, Fifty-first Iowa.
trust will, it is announc­
ed. establish warehouses and maintain
agents at Cincinnati. St. Louis, and
Chicago, where the grain of the trust
well be marketed. The. cities having
the warehouses will become outlets for
the grain and products of the middle
und western states.
HIS ACOCK IS INJURED* ki'V.
Fails Ot|t of His Hunk In tlie County
Jail.
Brighton, Aug. 20.—C. C. Heacock,
candidate for governor on the United
Christian party ticket, was hurt in the
county jail. It "Seems that for conve
nience and coolness he had slept on
the top of the cage. In climbing
down in the morning he stepped on the
edge of a table wlfich tipped, throwing
him to the floor. He was considerably
bruised and the report is that one rib
was broken.
Fierce Fight With Pitchforks.
Sioux City, Aug. 29.—Two young
men had a fierce fight with pitchforks
near Sioux City, and as a result one of
them may die. The authorities have
just learned of the occurence, and if
one of the lads should die the other
will probably be arrested for murder.
Joseph Shay and Tony Bararizo were
members of a threshiug gang on the
farm of Peter Bruiio. Barauzo is an
Italian and had been the subject of a
greht deal of joking on the part of the
other men. That night as Shay was
riding home he carried a 'pitchfork
with him, anticipating there might be
trouble. He met Baranzo on the road
and he, too, was armed with a fork.
For Shay it was a case of fight or get
stabbed to death, a* the young son of
Italy had blood in his eye. They went
at it and Shay finally struck the other
fellow over the head with the fork.
Twice more he landed and the Italian
was taken home a mass of cuts and
bruises. It is said that his condition is
precarious.
"To Throw Good Money Alter Bad
Will,but increase my pain." If you
have thrown away money for medi
cines .that did not and could not cure,
why should you oiot now begin taking
Hood's Sarfsnparilla, the medicine that
never disappoints? Thousands of peo
pie who were in your condition and
took Hood's Sarsaparilla say it was the
best investment they ever made, for
it brought them health.
Hood's Pills cure sick headachy indi
gestiom..
Sm iMm
THE BOERS ARE FIRM
They Refuse to Gonsider Any Fur
jther OonoesBlone. N
THE COLONISTS WANT TO flGHT
jg
Fiftieth Iowa
volunteers K. A. Nichols of Waukon,
late first lieutenant Company 1, Forty
ninth Iowa W. B. Humphrey of Sioux
Cit.v, late colonel Fifty-second Iowa.
Heavy Contlgniaients of Ammunition
aud 300 Utiles Said to Have Arrived
From the Netherlands Atti
tude of Oranae Free State*
London, Aug. 29.—The gravity of the
Iransvaal situation is overshadowing
all else here, even the Dreyfus trial.
The-Keuter Agency la*t* night an
nounced from Cape Town that Kruger
has thrown down the gauntlet, since
he has declared that he would make no
more concessions, and intended adher
ing to his latest offer.
This, however, while conceding a
sufficient franchise, stipulates the ab
rocations of British suzerainty and the
adontion of arbitration.
vbat-
Chamberlain, knowing tijis. publicly
refused it Saturday, and hence there is
an absolute deadlock,.
If this cable, which up to the present
time is unconfirmed, proves true, and
it probably is true, only war or climb
down can (solve the situation.
The cape British are eager for war,
though the cape "ministry has announc
ed that in that event, the colony will be
neutral, while the Orange Free State
has definitely declared it will side with
the Transvaal.
Still the idea of war here creates no
enthusiasm whatever even among its
advocates. But there- is no doubt if
declared it will be waged with thor
oughness and relentlessness which will
probably insure a speedy termination
and surprise South Africa.
A week or so more will probably set
tle whether it will be peace or war.
•If Chamberlain wants war he will
have it.
Cape Town, Aug. 29.—Keplying to
the latest propositions of the British
secretary of state for the colonies,. Mr,
Chamberlain, th» government of Trans
vaal has notified him that it adheres to
its Tatest offer and will not make any
further concessions.
According to reports from Johan
nesburg the burghers are everywhere
exdhanging Martinis for Mausers.
A heavy load of ammunition, includ
ing 300 Mausers, arrived at Johannes
burg on Friday from Utrecht, the Neth
erlands.
The Cape house of assembly is again
debating the question of the transit
of arms intended for the Orange Free
State and presumably the Transvaal.
Evidently a state of extreme tension
exists, as every speech made yesterday
was received with almost absolute si
lence iu the chamber.
William P. Schreiner. the Premier,
personally appealed to his followers lo
refrain from answering the criticisms
of the opposition lest they should drop
words of ill-feeling.
The entire opposition rose to support
the motion for adjournment made by
the ftt. IIou. Sir John-Gordon Sprigg,
the former premier. Sir John, who re
peated the arguments he had used in
the previous debate, asked the premier
what action the Cape cabinet proposed
to take in the matter.
He said that the recent speech of the
British secretary of state for the colon*
ies. Joseph Chamberlain, at Birming
ham, England, had forced all to the
conclusion that South Africa was on
the brink of war unless^lhe Transvaal
met the British demands.
In his opinion the cape government
ought to follow the example of Portu
gal at Delagoa bay and refuse to per
mit the transit of arms as long as the
crisis lasted.
After Sir John Gordon Sprigg had
finished a pause occurred, the house
waiting for the premier's reply. Fi
nally Mr. Schreiner rose and declared
that Under the customs convention
the Orange Free State was justified in
importing arms through Cape Colony,
and he did not intend to tear up that
convention, knowing as he did that
there ^'oi\ld be no war. "In the event,
of war," he saidv4*I would not lack the
true imperial spirit."
Mr. Schreiner then read a letter from
President Steyn of the Orange Free
State, denying any intention on the
part of that government to take up
arms in any aggressive or offensive
manner aga'rnst the British government
or the Cape Cojony.
ft was the final policy of the Orange
Free State, President Steyn continued,
never to take up arms except when at-^
tacked or in support of its treaty obli
gations.
The letter created a profound im
pression, as clearly showing the pur
pose of the importation of firearms.
Several members dwelt upon this phase
and Mr. Schreiner promised, in ease of
future consignments, to consult the
governor of Cape Colony. Sir Alfred
Miliner. which he admitted he had not
previously done. He also asserted that
the Cape Colony would mai§tain neu
trality in the event of war.
IOWA GERMANS WILL CULEBRATK
Laudluff of Colonists at Ctormantown
to be Commemorated*
Des Moines, Aug. 29.—The Germans
of central Iowa are preparing for a
monster celebration in Des Moines Oc{.
7, on the occasion of the anniversary
of the landing in America of the first
German colonists, who located in
Pennsylvania, and for whom German
town is named. A meeting of Ger
mans to appoiut committees and com
mence preparations for the celebration
will be held in Turner hall Friday ev
ening.
It Is the Intention to hold a big field
meet, in which the athletes of the Tur
ner societies will eout^est for prices
during the morning, and in the after
noon to give a grand parade of the
German societies and organizations
This parade will probably also 'inelude
industrial floats, representing the di
versified industries with which tlie
Germans have takeu* up in this coun
try, sonic floats typical of German
lone, others to represent tlie trials and
sufferings of the early colonists#, and
.still others to serve as reminders of
THE OITUMWA COUBTER: THURSDAY, AUGUST 31. 1899
"Der Faderland" and which will be
characteristic of life In Germany."#
It is expected to invite all the Ger
mans of central Ibwa to participate in
this celebration.
This celebration will conclude with
a program of "speaking in the evening.
Carl Schurz has been invited to deliver
the oration of the
:day,
and it is be­
lieved he will accept. Other speakers
prominent in the state and the nation
will lie secured,-who will deliver ad
dressdl) both in German and English.
NOTABLE REUNION.
Gathering of the Iiarge Haddox Fam
ily Near Klrkvllle.
Kirkville Aug. 29.—On last Thurs
day, August 24, at the Charles
D. Itandall home, two miles north
of Cedar, occurred the third,ahnual re
union of the Maddox famjly. The
large and.commodious house and lawn
were handsomely decorated aud the
comfort and pleasvire of the guests
were cared for by a large force of will
ing hands. Four generations were
present and five states were represent
ed—Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas
and Iowa.
The forenoon ^e&sion opened by a
call to order by tfhe. president, F* M.
Maddox, of Orterbein,
Intl.
After the
fion. "America." prayer was offered by
I{ev. Scoles, of Cedar, and the address
of welcome was theu made by R. NY,
Moore, of Cedar. The intervening time
until dinner was spent in social conver
sation. Early reminiscences were re
counted, sweet memories of bygone
days were recalled tincl happy fellow
ship crowded the minds of the one
hundred ami'twenty-fix relatives pres
ent.
Dinner being then announced as
ready, all gathered about tlie well-laden
tables, abundantly provided with the
good things that satisfy the inner man,
"Uncle Marion'* Maddox acted as toa^t
master, and many notnted little speech
es were called out by him. Following
this event and an hour of social pas
time, they were again called to order
and the secretary read the report of
their lact meeting. Mrs. F. M.'Maddox
then read a portion of the history of
the Maddox family. Following this
recitations were given by Master .lay
Moore, Miss Gladys Moore, Miss Ida
ttnugher, of Otterhein, Inu. Sl'n Min
nie Hawkins, of Otterbein M.isttrr El
don Moore and Miss Pearl Givin, all the
children of the fourth generation.
The eleclion of officers, for the ensu
ing year resulted as- follows: Presi
dent. F. M. Maddox, of Oiterbein, livd.
.\ iee, president, C, Moore, Cedar
secretary. Ella Maddo»x,. of Qtterbelh
^historian, C. B. Maddox, of Otterbeijn,
rrhe place for holtfuig.fhe. nt%xt reg
ion was next deeidpcK and will be held
at the home of Mr. an^l Mrs. l{. \Y.
Moore, at Cedar. After the.eWct'bn, ad
dresses were mad'e by.iiev, Scoles, of
Cedar Uev. Campbell, of Oskaloosa
Rev. .1. White,'of Pi)ier City. 111. Mrs.
Elizabeth Stockton, of Mount Maurice,
Ind., and others.
1
The closing exercises were a song.
"Till \Ye Meet Again,M and benediction
by Rev. Scoles.
.viiss Mary Maddox was married to
John Moore and loiuifed in Hurri-on
township, Mahaska tfbnnty, in 1843. She
wa§ the nftrther df Mlrtliu ^oorfc, ft'. W.
re, T. K. Moore, Sarah Moore Run-
Moore, T. K. Moore, Sarah Moore Ran
dall
Moore
•lames lj. Moore, all now living in th«
vieinitv of C^dar. ,Anothfcr sister is
Mrs. Polly Maddox Mays, and the moth
er of Mrs. Madison Tice. The latter
with her two daughters and son and
granddaughter were* af the reunion
Thev reside at Pell.a' Those present
from abroad were F. M. Mad(lox, \Y. M.
Haugher. Levi Hawkins, Mrs. K.- .1.
Stockton, Mrs. Robert-Williamson, Mrs.
Jane Eastburn and their families,
twenty in all. from Otterbein. Ind.
Frank Darby. Chas. Hall, Kate Nelsan,
and families, fifteen in all, from Lin
coln, Xeb. Joe While, of J'iper• City,
111. Chas. F. Moore, of Leon, Kan.
Mrs.-Sarah Cook und son, .of Fremont,
and the Misses Jessie, Pearl and Letha
Eastburn. of South Ottumwa. On Mon
day last quite a number of these people
gathered at the pleasaut country home
of Mr. and Mrs. Win, Givin and spent,
1h» day very pleasanflv. A tsplendid
dinner was partaken of.
C. \Y. Moore, H. (^.
T\foore,
Ellen M.
re Funk, Iila' K..Moore Givin and
COMPANY MUST PAY.
Man Who Was Ejected From a Train
Gets Verdict for 9300.
LeMars, Aug. '29.-—The Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
company has paid the judgments
found against it at the last ••term of
court in Ibis county An favor of A. D.
Branner. the judgment amounting to
JjWOO and ,the costs to $200. Brunner
was ejected from affreight train this
side of Alton two years ago last Janu
ary a/ter inning paid for a ticket and
secured permission to ride on the
freight. The agent gave him the per
lnit, but failed to deliver'the ticket
and he was put oflP the train. Through
his attorney, he commenced suit
agaiust the company several months
after the occurrence and a judgment
was rendered in his favor for a new
trial, which was granted, and at. the
last term of court Branner again beat
the company, the judgment, being in
crease^! $50. making it $Ii00. The ne
eessaifr motion to appeal \^is filed, but
was never perfected and the judgment
was paid.
^ETS A BIG VERDICT,
Hardin Couutf Court Finds for wim*
ber In Suit Against Iowa Central.
Eldora, Aug. 29.—The jury in the
case of Joe It. Wimber vs. the Iowa
Central railroad, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, awarding him $14,500 dam
njres. The verdict oeem* to be gener
Ully approved. To «dmw how nearly
unanimous the jury was it need only
be stuted tlftil on iihe first ballot the
lowest vote was foiv&7.000 and the high
est $20,000. Court adjourned until
next Moudu.V.
Wheeler to Take Funstou'* Place.
Manila, Aug, 29.—(By Associated
Press.)—General Wheeler has been or
dered to report to MacArthur. lie will
be giveu command of Funston's briir
ade.§pl
iv'
v'
"l.ike diamonds raindrops glish-u.'
Drops of HuoilV .Sarsnpurillu an
precious jewels for the blood which
glisten in their use,
IS A FAMOUS CASE.
6on. Brings Suit to Recover an
Heirship.
ORIGIN DATES BACK YEARS AGO.
The Story Is Pregnant With Strange
Incidents—The Legal Papers
Mysteriously OlMtp
lieared.
Clinton, Aug. 29.—The famous Mott
Watson case, one of the most noted
suits ever tried in the lowu courts,
and one which attracted the attention
of the entire west, will soon be decid
ed by the supreme court, as the suit
will be taken up at the session this fall.
The case was tried at Marpioketa,
two years ago this fall, before .Judge
Waterman, who. after reading over
several hundred -pages of closely
type-written matter, records of the
case as submitted by the court rcjiort
er, decided in favor of the defendant.
The case will finally be disposed of
this fall by five judges of the supreme
court, as Judge Waterman has been
elected as judge of this hotly since the
trial in the district court, consequently
he will not be qualified ,to sit on* the
case again.
ICx-Senator T*. A. Ellis of this city
is one of the attorneys for the defend
ants and ex-Congressman Walter I.
Hayes is employed by the plaintitY. Be
sides this, each side 1ms employed sev
eral of the most prominent attorneys
of the stare. The amount involved is
nearly $500,000, and each side is striv
ing hard to win the suit.
The case is a hard fought legal
battle from start to finish, and wit
nesses, scattered during the past thirty
years, were gathered from all parts of
the Tnited States to add their testi
mony and depositions to the record.
The history of the ?as? is interest
ing. Mott Watson was a wealthy
bachelor of Maquoketa, with an office
in the hotel, lie loaned motiey on all
kinds of securities, and bcifig shrewd
in all his transactions became wealthy.
At the height of his prosperity a
nameless son, it is alleged, was born.
Testimony of plaintiff in the case was
intended to show that the father made
provisions for the care of his child,
and the woman, to whom Watson is
said to have acknowledged his fault, at
-the trial told the story of how Watson
•hod approached her with overtures to
care for the boy. and how the otter
was indignantly refused by her hus
band. Afterwards, she said, Watson
told her he would give her husband a
note for $50 which he held against
him and pay her the difference be
tween that and $100 in cash if she
would take the mother and child out
of the poor house and find a home for
the. boy. A family named Niles, who
conducted the hotel at which Watson
boarded, subspquently adopted the
babe, and Watson* it is claimed, sign
ed a contract to pay .all expenses for
its keeping and educating until it be
came of age. Ue made a duplicate
copy of the .contract aud put it in his
safe. On the night of his death.which
was sudden, his keys were taken from
bis pocket, it is ciainud, the safe un
locked, and the duplicate contract tlis
appeared. It was never known who
.secured this paper.
The Niles family subsequently mov
ed to Kansas, where the boy grew to
manhood. Instead of having an edu
cation as Watson i$ said to have ar
ranged for, the lad was put to work
in a livery stable. A stockman from
Maquoketa visited the Kansas town
and saw the 'Niles people, lie testi
fied at the trial that Mrs.- Niles com
plained that Watson was not sending
money as he did in former days aud
she wanted him to state to the sup
posed father when he returned that
unless he sent the money she would
forward the contract for the I coping
of the child to an enemy of Watson's
at Maquoketa. The stockman ulso
testified that Niles produced at this
time letters in Watson's handwriting
which noted "enclosed $5" or "$10." as
the case might be, and that he identi
fied flic writing as that of Waison.
During the trial the defense urged the
plaintiff to produce the contracts, de
fying hi in to make an exhibit of doc
umentary, tbc best evidence in law.
This could not be clone. The dupli
cate had been taken from Watson's
safe after his death, it was answered,
and no one knew its whereabouts.
The disappearance "of the original
document is accounted for in a story
winch reads like a romance. Mrs.
Niles, it was charged, frequently resor
ted to drugs and that she became in
sane during the last six weeks prior
to her deatli. A nurse was employed
to watch her and during the' hitter's
absence from the room one night, it
was said, Mrs. Niles went to a bureau
where the family papers were kept
and after she left the drawer had the
apearunce of having been receutly dis
turbed. The next moVning, in the em
bers of the kitchen fire were found
the metal corners and a piece of the
leather purse which was used as a re
ceptacle for the papers, together with
some bits of charred paper with unin
telligible writing, llad Mrs. Niles in
her insane condition burned the fami
ly papers? The plaintiff said .she had.
The alleged son, now a young man,
is a soldier iu the regular army, lie
has*laid claim to the fortune, wlfich
grows rapidly while he sleeps and
some nieces and nephews und a sister
of the deceased are iighting for the
possession of the fortune with equal
fervor. The property is now in the
hands of a trustee.- lie is ready to
turn it over wheu the supeme court
names the recipient.
Atouzo Ellwood Dead*
Chicago, Aug. 2ft.—(By Associated
Press.)-^-Alonk50 Eflwood, of Sycamore,
111., former grand master of'the Illi
nois branch of Odd Fellows, died here
today of meningitis, aged TG years. He
was a brotherVof the late Congressman
R«uben Kllwood,
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MEED OI| A DASTARD. V""
Rock Thrown Through R. C. R.A: N.
Passender Window*
Columbus Junction, Aug. 29.^As
passenger No. 5 on the B., €. R, fc" X.
was coming Jiorth just out of Latty,
Sunday night, some dastard threw a
rock through the window of the coach,
striking the pane squarely in the cen
ter and breaking out a triangular
piece about eight inches in length, a
portion of which struck Mrs. F. Mc
Allister, who, with her daughter, were
returning to their home at 2229 Lincoln
street, northeast Minneapolis, Minn.,
from Louisiana, Mo., where they have
been visitiug. The rock barely missed
Mrs. McAllister and the glass cut her
quite severely on the temple, the
wound bleeding quite profusely. The
passengers were thoroughly aroused
and the miscreant would have fared
badly if he had fallen among thein.
Mrs. McAllister was given every atten
tion avuiluble by her daughter and
others, and it is hoped no serious re
sults will be felt. The company will
do all in its power to trace the mis
creant and bring him to justice,
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FELL CNDKR THE TRAIN.
RrakotnauRarties Meets With a Fatal
Itllfthap ou I, A* R* at Iowa Falls.
Iowa Falls, Aug. 29.—Frank Barnes,
a C., I. & J), brakeman. met a .horrible
death by being crushetKby th$ engine
hauling the mixed train. No. 5. The
accident happened in the yards shortly
after the train arrived. Some, ^witch
ing was being done and Barnes had
just set out a car on the side .track,
when he attempted to catch and board
the tank of the engine. His foot slip
ped and he fell across the rails.- Both
legs were severed close to the body,
the wheels running diagonally across
him and crushing the lower,part of
the right side of the trunk, allowing
thctentrails to protrude. He lived
about au hour, dying shortly after 8
o'clock. Barnes was a single man 'M
or 32 years of age and lived at Aldetj
with a widowed mother.
TRAIN OFFICIALS CENSURED.
Coroner's Jury Renders Verdict on tlie
Killing of William Itlullcorne.
Ito'.fe, Aug. —The man who fell
from train No. 27. west of Kolfe, prov
ed to be William Malkorne, of Tonica,
III., going to Laurens, where he hu« a
sister residing. l!is brother came here
and identilied nis giip, watch and
clothins*. His remains were cared for
and shipped-to Tcniea for burial^
The iiiquest lasted three days, tlie
verdict being that he in some way fell
from the train. They also eeuatired the
conductor nnd the balance of the train
men for not looking for hiir as soon as
he was missted instead of going*on nnd
lettinir five trains pass over his body
before he was looked for.
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beat grease ever p
Sold everywhere
Constipation,
Indigestion,
Biliousness,
Sick Headache,
1S:S
Rroke His Neck* -4
Keokuk. Aug. 29.—Glenn Holes, a
boy living seven miles northeast of
Honnpurte. 10 years old. was instantly
killed at 5:50 o'clock Friday night, at
the iron bridge at the crossing of Cop
per creek' t\Vo miles and a half west
of Bentonsport.
His head was crushed and his neck
broken, the vertebrae being dislocated
and his body was thrown below the
railroad upon a beam, hanging by the
legs twenty-five feet above the bed of
the creek below.
He and his cousin and another boy
were riding on the blind baggage and
young Holmes stuck out his head just
as the train reached the bridge at a
rapid rale of speed. Tlie other boys
raw him struck by tlie iron-work of
the bridge and kfoeked off. but they
were too frightened to give the alarm
to the train crew, and the train
reached Bcntonspor before anybody
knew of the accident.
W. Nione Seriously III*
(ilenwood. .Vug. 20.—W. L. Sfone.thc
aged father of John V. Stone, formerly
attorney general, lies seriously ill -at
his home six mites northeast of (Hen
wood. The physicians have pronounc
ed the ailment cancer of the stomach,
symptoms of which have been manifest
for several months past. Mr. Stone,
who is 78 ycarfc of age, seems to he
failing, and the end may not be far.
He is one of the sturdy pioneers of
Mills county, coming here from Illi
nois ih 1.850, his birthplace being Ken
tucky. He has lived in his present
home near Silver Creek for thirty-four
years and in that locality for forty
three years. I'p to the present time
his health has always been'good...
Another Train Accident.
Wintcrset, Aug. 20.—-Wonl has
reached here that a young man by the
name oT Frank Williams had been fa
tally injured by a train near Peru*-on
the Chicago. Ureal Western. ii)rs.
Skinner. Kinhree and Davisson, of this
place, were called, but the man' had
died of his injuries-before they reach
ed Peru. It was reported that Wil
liams, who was a painter by trade:
came up from Des Moiues Wednesday
night and was put off at Peru, not
having-the money to pay his fare. He
was picked up by the crew of the east
bound train, a few miles southwest of
Peru. Both arms and legs were brok
en, and the right arm and leg were
badly crushed. When asked how it
happened he stud he had fallen from
the west-bound train the night before
at about 32 o'clock.
Williams was about 25 years of age
and had lived at Lorimor for the. last
few mouths. His parents reside at
lted Oak.
Des Moines, Aug. 2jh—The July
port of the state board of control
shows that the uumhcrhof couviuts in
the state penitentiaries has decreased
during the past year 124. .The
total population at both penitentiaries
in July. 1808, was 1,152. During the
last July there were 1,028. The de
crease is attributed to tlie abundance
of work now available for laboring
men at good wages. ^3
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ORDER OF THE COURIER.
LEGAL.
T?STRAY NOTICE.—Taken up as an estray.
by Gilbert H. Hmmuell. at his residence in
Highland township, "Wapello countv, Ioiva, ou
the 27th day of July, ISO1), two. black colts, two
years old past, weight ubout 1,100 pounds each,
one closely built, white stripe down face, silt hi
tip of left ear aud hole in right one loosetv
built, star in forehead, and crooked hiud leirs.
and valued at J80.00 by G. S. Buckner and A. C.
Butler, and posted before C. Bntler, Justice of
the Peace. MORGAN GRISWOLD,
-iV
Auditor Wapello County.
IWTOTICE.—Proof of Will. State of Iowa, Wap
ello county, ss. District Court, Wapello
county. To all whom it may concern: Notice
is hereby given that au instrument iu writing
purporting to be the last will and testament of
Emllv M. Clifton, deceased, was this dav pro
duced, opened and read by the undersigned, and
that I have fixed Monday, the 18th day of Sept.,
1899, as the day for hearing proof in relation
thereto. Witness my ofticial signature, with the
seal of said court hereto affixed, this 21st day
of August, 1899.
O. J. GARRIOTT. Clerk District Court.
AR1GINAI* NOTICE—In the District Court
of Iowa, in and for Wapello County. Heurv
Ridings, plaintiff, vs. Fredrick Lomack, et ah,
defendants.
To Mamie Lomack. D. C. Eyler, F. M. Fau
cett, James McCone# William James, E. A. Mv
ers and H. Thurston, defendants:
You arc hereby notified that a petition is tiled
bv said plaintiff, Henry Ridings, in the office of
the Clerk of the District Court of said Wapello
County, Iowa, claiming of the defendant, Fred
rick Lomack, judgment for the sum of $75540,
with eight per cent interest per annum from
August 22d, 1899, aud an attorney's fee of $42.65,
under a certain writted contract, dated April
ISth, 1893, and made bv Henry Ridings and the
defendant, Fredrick Lomack, for the sale to
said defendant of lot two (2), in Duffy'saddiltoti
to the city of Ottumwa, in Wapello countv,
Iowa.
And also asking for the foreclosure, of the
said written contract of sale, aud that the said
contract and the amount due thereunder to the
plaintiff may be decreed to be a lirst aud para
mount lieu upon the said premises described
and that the defendants and each of them, be
barred and foreclosed from all equity of re
demption in and to the said premises.
And tlrat unless you appear thereto and de
fend, before noon of the second day of the next
terra of said court, which will com'mence at Ot
tumwa, Iowa, on the 23d dav of October, 1899,
default will be entered against vou aud decree
rendered therein as provided by faw.
Dated this 16th dav of August, A. D. 1899.
... T.G.tHENDERSON,
''Attorney for PlaiiiTIff."
HIGHWAYHilliary.
NOTICE.-TO LIZWE FEIDIER,
Horace Julia BiUiary. C. J. Nich
olson, Alfred M. Haydock, Cdroduu Allen,
A. C. Chapman, Daniel T. Foster. J. C. Vass,.
Phoebe neudrickson, .J. J, Acton, Andrew
Acton, J. W. Millisack, Rebecca J.
Creamer, Mary C. Creamer, Chas. E. Creamer.
A. W. Roberts, Nancy B. Mhtgus. Hannah
Belle Springer. P. J. Foster, M. J. Creath, Reu
ben Myers, William F. Foster, Scott R. Foster,
1). Newell. John H. Wilson, Edwunl Jones,
Ciebrgo E. Warner, J.-U. Haukins, Florence V.
Williams, Juhnathau C. Jones, J, Beacli, Auth
onv Verdow, Mrs. P. McNulty:
.The commissioners appointed to view and if
required to vacate aud establish a highway
commencing at a point near the. center of the
north line of thesouthwestquarterof the south
west quarter of section ten, where the. highway
crosses said line iu to\vh.ship 71. range. 12, iu
WajNxllo county. running thence north of east
where the highway strikes the north aud south
quarter section line: thence south along the
quarter section line to the east and west quarter
section line of said southwest quarter scctiou
ten. be vacated. And that a forty foot highway
extending from tlie-last named point to.the tirst
named point, be established: alsuthat the high
way extending from the first point above nam
ed ou west to the half section line of section
nine, and also the highway extending from the
southeast corner of the northeast quartet
of 16. and thence north to the north iinc of
township and also beginning at the half sec
tion line of section 9, township 71. range
12, and
running to intersect the Agency aud Batavia
highwav, be reduced to forty feet in widfli, has
reported in favor of the establishment aud va
cation thereof, aud all objections thereto or
claims for damages must be filed in the audi
tor's office on or before noon of the second day
o£.Octotyer, A. D. 1899, or such highway* wilt bis
vacated and established without refereu.ee
thereto. MORUAN GRISWOLD, *31
f::
Auditor of Wapello County, Iowa./.*?*
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.—Notice is hereby
given to all persons interested, that on the
22nd day of August, A. I). 1899, the undersigned*
was appointed by the clerk of the District Court
of Wapollo county, Iowa.
Executor of tlie estate
of Jerry Lanning. deceased, lateof said county.
All persons indebted to said estate wilt make
payment to the undersigned, and thofta having
clainifiagaiust the same will present them, 1^
gaily authenticated, to said court for
allowance*
MAHALA F. LANNING,
Dated August 22,1891. Executrix..
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CIVIL ENGINEERS.
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Special attention given to bridges aud struc
tural -steel, fire-proof construction aud founda
tlomt, electric light and power plants.
Office with C. R. Allen, Court house, Ottuiu«
wa. Iowa
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
DR. B. F. HYATT,
In addition to his regular practice, makes a spec
ialty of treating eyes, uosc atul throat. Specta
cles fitted and' furnished reasonably. Consul
tatioa free. Office over 5c and 10c store.
LIVERY.
W. S. CHIPS & 11110.—The finest «v
cry in southeastern Iowa, bus and car*
riage line, freight and baggage trans
fer. Tel. 134 for prompt .service.
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MANUFACTURERS.
JULIUS I'ECHT —Importer, dealer
and jobber la leaf tobacco manufac
turer of cigars (Elk, Columbia, eio.)
Lowest prices on leaf tobacco.
KOBTEB BEOS. & UACKWOBTH—
Manufacturers of harness, saddles and
collars, leather, shoe findings, sad
dlery, hardware, etc.
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