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TUESDAY, November 3, 1903.
FARMORCHARD®
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CORRESPONDENCE J0UC.ITEP
If a calf proves to be not worth rais
ing one can veal it, but this can't be
done with boys.
jf Most every man feels better when he
V* ,tas a cash balance in the bank instead
*f a sixty day note.
One of the chief pleasures resulting
Ifrom wealth is the ability to hire some
one else to do the things which one
•,.-Tyoes not like to do.
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-s The sugar beet will not win out in
•%hose localities where the cow, clover,
corn, hogs and the fat steer will do
[well, and there is no use of attempt
ling it
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Where only one man in a neighbor
hood uses a wide tired wagon it is a
igood deal like this home missionary
(work on the frontier—one saint trying
(to convert a hundred sinners.
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There are men who will cheat in the
.. .matter of selling milk and piling up
'cord wood who are considered pretty
straight other ways. These two things
offer temptations which they, are un
i&i V- £b'e to resist.
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i,"I"1 The roots of the cannas should be
taken up a« soon as the frost comes
'$C be placed in the cellar on some
«lry sand. In the spuing they may be
'^separated and the. individual tubers
used as stock for the plants of next
year.
An old and good friend of ours who
is close to ninety years of age does all
(the plowing on his large farm with
three good horses and a riding plow.
He can drive the team, but he could
pot walk two miles. He tells us that
be likes to do the work.
Perhaps one of the most favored
fruit growing sections of America is
to be found in the Pecos valley, in
P71" New Mexico. There elevation offsets
a low latitude, and with irrigation
conditions are obtained which are sim
ply perfect for the production of the
apple, peach, plum and grape.
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'•Jiffc" a neighbor criticised us for cutting
up a lot of fodder corn when, as claim
ed. it was too green. Maybe it was,
but as luck would have it bad we left
it standing a week longer a belated
hailstorm would have left us none to
cur. tt is a pretty good rule to take
things sn this world when you can get
them.
We have succeeded in getting two
-crops from the same piece of land this
iwear, the first crop a big one of straw
-.- [berries then, the bed being two years
lold, was plowed over in early July,
and now we are harvesting a nice crop
of turnips. AVe can also get a crop of
learn fodder from land previously
planted to early potatoes.,
Argentina and Siberia each contains
on area of fertile and tillable land
Hal to that of the United States and
itted for the production of just about
Iths same kind of cereals, fruits, roots
sfy?T «nd stock and may easily become un
ider intelligent and proper development
lactive competitors with this country
furnishing the world's supply of
ood.
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'${,' ,We call attention to what in very
many oases which have come under
©ur notice has proved a most valuable
cross for a milk cow, a cross betwoen
(the jSrsey and Shorthorn. Two of the
lp. (very best cows we know of are of this
|breedlng. -It is the only cross between
taallk and beef breeds which we feel
(like commending, having in view the
ifii'. {milking qualities of the animal so bred.
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Tbwe are a good many advantages
da living-in & two crop section of the
jcoutriiy those localities where two
Mtrops may lie easily raised on the same
Ifteld each-year. Texas is one of these
Icountriee, a crop of winter wheat and
Another of potatoes, kaflir corn, soy
ibeaus or millet readily maturing after
the wheat is harvested. Of course, this
sort of farming is hard on the land and
woon -wears It out
There are all through the northwest
seedling apple trees tb.irtyor forty years
old, trees which are in every way iron
clad and which are producbig fruit of
good 'quality, which the horticultural
societies should look up, name aud get
introduced. The apple of the future
whiph.will endure the severe tests of a
.northwestern climate will be originat
ed -here. This is true with regard to
£he few reliable varieties we now have.
We are asked as to the fnel value of
jtlie different varieties of wood. The
Bliellbark hickory stands at the head
ithen comes the pignut hickory, and
Aard maple a close second, the jack
'oak, white oak, white ash, hackberry
inext, the bur and sed aud black oaks,
[soft maple and poplar form a class of
labont equal value, with the soft woods
'—willow, box elder, b&sewood arid oth
|er&—bringta*j up the ywx. Calling the
est woods worth $9 per cord, the
st are not-worth-4wer {2.fi0.
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A reputable physician now claims
that hay fever is a disease of the eye
and that if persons afflicted with it
will wear smoked glass spectacles the
trouble will at once disappear.
The good tenant, hired man and
hired girl are never permanent fixtures,
for just about as soon as their value in
these capacities is appreciated off they
go to go into business on their own ac
count.
The 200 loads of barnyard fertilizer
lying in mwi.v a farmyard is just $200
unclaimedi for every load of it put on
a cornfield will make ten extra bushels
of corn inside of three years and prob
ably more.
A man who is undertaking the rais
ing and domestication of quail finds a
serious drawback in the fact that these
birds mate for life, and when the un
ion is broken by death neither bird
will accept a new mate.
One of our neighbors has -four big
straw piles located at different places
on a forty acre grain field. This fall,
when plowing the field, he has had to
plow around each one of these stacks.
This sort of work looks wasteful.
The best farmers may make their
plans and strive to do their work in
the best way, but the ever unknown
factors of flood, drought, frost and al
ways varying climatic conditions of
ten bring to naught the best laid plans.
It seems too bad that so little of the
hard bought experience of the man of
sixty is really available for his son of
twenty-five. It seems as though every
young man has got to buy his own,
and he never gets It at a bargain coun
ter.
a nice piece of land.
made is the product of immaculate
tilth.
When a man has met with bad luck
it helps him very much to boar the mis
fortune to have a kind word pf sym
pathy even if it is not coupled with
substantial financial help. About the
meanest man in the world is he who
will take advantage of his neighbor's
trouble to say that lie has got just
what he deserves.
Taken as a whole, the native Ameri
can hates to milk a cow, and the prin
cipal thing which operates to keep the
dairy business within its present limi
tations is the difficulty of employing
men to do this work. As for Ameri
can girls and women, nine out of ten
of them would never for a moment
think of such a thing.
If your small boy shows a natural
aptitude for any particular line of hon
orable employment you just encourage
and educate hiiu along that line, 110
matter what it may be. The attempt
of parents to make their boys take up
linos of occupation for which they
have no native liking is the primary
vause of no end of misfits in business
life.
We should not go to law with a neigh
bor if it could possibly be avoided.
It is far better to adjust differences
without recourse to law, even if the
neighbor does think he has got the best
of the deal. It is very rare that any
sort of satisfaction is obtained as the
result of going to law aside from that
of feeling if you win that you have
beaten your opponent.
Tho use of commercial fertilizers,
like the center of population, Is con
stantly moving westward. The west
ern boundary of the territory where
the use of such fertilizers is common is
now on the line between Ohio and In
dinna. From this line the westward
growth will be more slow, for the rea
son that the soils of the Mississippi
valley are naturally more fertile than
those of the east.
A man can be strictly honest and yet
be so mighty small and picayunish In
bis dealings with his neighbors and
fnrnily that he will not rate much high
er In the respect of bis neighbors thun
the boss scamp of the community. Hon
esty is a good deal like many of the
things which we eat-needs trimmings.
There is a lot of good behind the old
Biblical admonition as to the gospel
measure liberal, generous, "pressed
down and running over." Men who
deal on this baste always have lots of
friends and get good measure in return.
MlX*ESOTA~APi*I.E ORCHARDS.
We are asked whether it would be
a safe proposition to set out a forty
acre apple orchard in southern Minne
sota and whether, assuming that the
trees shoqld live, it would prove a prof
itable undertaking. Xa a general ,war
mSmrn
we will say "yes" to both queries, but
there are certain conditions which must
be observed—first, a suitable site of
well drained upland, the soil preferably
a clayey loam second, varieties select
ed which should in any event be only
few in number and with established
records of hardiness and productive
ness third, no man should undertake
this project who Is not well posted on
fruit culture, which is really a profes
sion by its 'if. As to profits, these must
not be looked for until the orchard is
eiprht or ten years old, when if above
conditions have been met an annual
average return of $70 or $80 per acre
may be expected, possibly more. There
is a vast territory to the northwest of
southern Minnesota which will always
probably have to depend upon the
south and east for its apples, and the
market for gocrd fruit may be regarded
as fixed and reliable. Our own or
chard of twenty-four acres is made up
of only six varieties—Duchess, Wealthy,
It is said that only 0 per cent of the
area of the farms in Sweden is under
cultivation. It is this fact which makes
Ole want to own and work all the land
which joins him when ho comes to this not today a live tree 011 the tract,
country and finds himself the owner of while at the same time we know of
The winter season should witness the
development of the social side of farm
life as much as possible. We have a
great regard for the country debating
school aud singing school and that sort
of informal visiting back and forth
between neighbors which always shows
them at their best.
Northern grown, a second crop, straw
berries made their appearance in some
of the markets during early October
and found a ready market at 40 cents
a quart. A second crop of raspberries
was also reported from some localities.
These wore freak products, the result
of peculiar weather conditions.
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Patten's Greening, Northwestern Green
ing, Fameuse and Arctic, the three first
named making up the bulk of the or
chard. We would not be understood
as saying that the above is the best
possible selection for the latitude nam
ed, as some new varieties of much mer
it are coming to the front, but these
are known, tried and reliable. If the
culture of the apple could be undertak
en in southern Minnesota and include
the same degree of scientific care and
skill which are given to the orchards of
the Pacific coast we firmly believe that
the growing of apples in Minnesota
and Iowa could be made as remuner
ative as the growing of oranges and
prunes in California. The trouble is
now that the average orchard is not
given proper care and attention. After
the third or fourth year the borers
have got in their deadly work, and
what the borers, mice and rabbits do
not kill the stock which are given the
run of the orchard soon finish up. We
know of one forty acre orchard set out
twenty-five years ago which was given
the neglect referred to, and there is
Wealthy trees, of which this orchard
was composed, which are thirty-five
years of ago, healthy and hardy and
bringing large and profitable crops to
their owners.
GINSENG.
There is almost always some silver
plated fake going the rounds of the
farmers of this country—Bohemian
oats, Belgian hares and other attrac
tive propositions—and if we can see
straight another new one is just ap
pearing—the ginseng raising specula
tion. This scheme bears all the marks
of the late Belgian hare craze—can be
carried out on a town lot and almost
untold profits realized. It is very like
the mulberry growing craze which set
the people wild a hundred years ago.
Every fact of carelessness in dairy
ing, from the feed ana care of the cow
to the final packing and shipping of
the butter, tells against the quality of
the product, immaculate cleanliness is exorbitant figures under prom
the price one has to pay for the best I ..."
butter, while not a little of the butter
We regard this ginseng business as
presented by the companies being or
ganized to promote it as it fake of the
first water, a trap to catch suckers by
selling them the seed or roots of this
ise of impossible returns. We have
bad letters inquiring about this busi
ness, and for the information of the
writers and the many who are becom
ing interested in this scheme we ad
vise letting it entirely alone. Tho root
has no virtue or merit per se, and its
value is based wholly upon the super
stitious regard for it of a heathen race,
the Chinese, who credit it with medici
nal qualities. Tf its culture should be
come general the market would surely
become overstocked and J.lie price go
out of sight.
THE SWINDLERS LOCATED.
The Holstein cow has been having
an inning with the Chicago millc in
spectors. It seems that the city milk
men were delivering their patrons a
low grade of inilk—the sky blue, wa
tery kind, short on butter fat content,
in violation of the law. When hauled
before the court they laid the blame
on the country dairymen from whom
they bought the milk, saying that these
dairymen had got into the way of keep
ing Holstein cows which gave large
quantities of low grade tnilk. To set
tle the matter the inspectors went out
to the farms where the cows were
kept aud milked the Holsteins and
tested the inilk, finding none which
showed less than 3 per cent of butter
fat, the amount required by law. This
forced the burden of proof on the milk
peddlers to show to the court that they
had not used the town pump, the milk
man's old standby, which they could
not do, aud so they had to pay their
fiues.
MONEY IK POTATOES.
We think we are entirely within
hounds lo say that ten successive crops
of potatoes grown on the cheap timber
lands of northern Wisconsin and Min
nesota will average the grower not less
than 40 cents a bushel. Now, as the
best potatoes in tills country can be
raised on those cheap lands at the rate
of 200 bushels ier acre, what is the
matter with mauy a poor man doing
pretty well up there? Besides the pra
ties tkere would be cows and such clo
ver and timothy as grow nowhere else.
If a young man and wanting a farm
not a day would we rent or work for
some other man save to get money
enough to get a piece of that land.
What Makes Ruby Lips?
The pure, rich blood made by Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They promote,
beauty. Give clear sltln, rosy cheeks.
2!)C. F. B. Claris druggist.
The Jessup schools have reopened
the scarlet fever scare having sub
sided. •,
Read the Courier lor news.
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THE OTTUMWA COURIER
THE RACE PROBLEM
INTERES+ING PAPER READ LAST
EVENING BY JUDGE ROBERTS.
BROTHERHOOD OF SAINT PAUL MEETS
Meeting Held at the Home of J. K. Dy
sart, 416 North Court Street—Short
Musical Program Judge Roberts'
Paper.
From Wednesday's Pally.
"The Race Problem," a topic which
at the present time is attracting
world wide attention was the subject
of a paper read by Judge M. A.Roberts
before the members of the
Brotherhood of St. Paul, who met
last evening at the home of J. K. Dy
sart, 416 North Green street. Judge
Roberts treated the subject of the dif
ferences between the two ra(*s, the
whites and the blacks, in an exhaus
tive manner.
A short musical program consisting
of a vocal solo by C. E. Caughlan. a
piano solo by Miss Lillian Loch and a
vocal solo by Miss Ethel Crips, was
given. A11 unusually large attend
ance was present, and light refresh
ments were served. After Judge Rob
erts had read his paper, the subject
was discussd to some length by Dr.
A. E. Craig. H. Waterman. Alfred
Briggs, E. C. Peirce and J. T. Hack
worth. The following is Judge Rob
erts' paper in full:
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The Race Problem.
"Among the most interesting ques
tions now being' talked about and writ
ten about by the enlightened people
of every civilized country, is what is
called 'The Race Problem.' This is one
be kept a "White M*n's country," and
that the introduction of colored labor
whether black or yellow, shall be pre
vented as far as possible. The oppo
sition to the introduction of Kanaka
labor for the cultivation of sugar
some time ago to the adoption of a
plan of paying bounty for sugar grown
by white labor.
Line Drawn In Australia.
'The great Australian common
wealth has indeed gone very far in
many directions in it war against
workers of other races than the white.
Thus, no contract can be made for
the carrying of Australian malls with
any steamship line which employs col
ored men to work on any of its ships.
To show how far they are carrying
this jiolicy, let it be said that there
has within a few weeks been unjier
consideration a measure accepted and
brought forward by the responsible
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government of the Australian common
wealth, having as its object the ex-
men iioni India out of the
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thing under the sun that is not new.
And it is a question that is not local, it do any good for one section to try
We have for a long time been so ab
sorbed in the consideration of this
question as it affects our own country
that we have not taken much pains to
note whether or not it was the source
of trouble in other lands. The ques
tion has generally been referred to
by our people as though it were a
condition peculiar to our national his
tory and incidential to the system of
American slavery and the subsequent
-emancipation of American slaves. Notj,mtl
editor of the Review of Reviews in
the September number makes the fol
lowing reference to the color question
in other countries: referring to the la
bor he says: 'Australia, however, has
been having a more serious discussion
over the other phases of the labor prob
ing determination that Australia shall i)0
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While the hostility agains the Chin-j
ese coolie labor is even more marked.'
Not Due to Education.
"There are many people who hon
estly believe that the' white race is
primarily naturally and inherently
superior to every other race of man
kind. Such persons contend that the
differences to be observed between
the whites and blacks of this country
at the present time is not alone attrib
utable to education and environments
but rather to a natural difference in
the character and makeup of the
races.
The Anglo-Saxon Race.
"It is true I think that wherever
you find any people that are largely
predominant in wealth, influence and
power over other races with whom
you come in contact, you will And that
a majority of that people believe that
inherently and by some Divine power
or influence, tliey were created superi
or really better than all others. I
think it is doubtless true that when
any one of the five great families has
complete sway, you will find many of
that, race claiming superiority by Di
vine right. We know that is true of
the Caucasian. But that is not all.
This race is divided into three great
branches and the same rule, I think,
applies to each branch. 'It is common
to hear it said in this section of the
country that the Angio-Saxon raoe 'is
superior to all others, every
way, hut that remark is usually
made by an Anglo-Saxon. believe It
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to be true. At least it may be con
ceded that at this time the Anglo
Saxons, as a whole, are the most en
lightened and most powerful people
on the globe, but it does not follow
from that fact that such will always
be true. If that logic be conceded to
be sound, then there is no way to
explain why the Egyptians who were
so far in a lead a few thousand years
ago, are not still ahead. No! all men
belong to the same great family creat
ed equal, in that they were created
alike, and the relative position of any
people, as does that of men generally,
depends, as a rule, upon educational
environment.
Ratio of Population.
"We find ourselves at the beginning
of the twentieth century a great na
tion, but a century and a quarter old
and yet having a population of seventy
millions of free people, of these, six
ty millions are while and ten millions
are blacks. The question is: What
are to be the relations between these
two classes? I want to refer here in
an abbreviated way to what Lyman
Abbott says on the subject in an ar
ticle in the September number of the
Review of Reviews: He says: 'In the
past whenever two such races have
been brought into the same commun
ity and put side by side, one of three
things has happened: The superior
race has exterminated the inferior race
as the Israelites practically extermin
ated the Canaanltes the superior
race has subjected the inferior race
and held them in bondage as the
white race subjected and held in bon
dage the black race in this country
or the two races have intermarried and
out of the intermarriage a third lace
has grown up. as liy the intermarriage
of the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans
the present English race has grown
up.'
"He further says: 'Neither one of
these solutions -is possible for us in
this country. We cannot exterminate
the negroes or drive* t'hein from the
country. Christian principle, religious
instinct, economic need, the patriotic
impulse—all combine to say that
the negro will remain on American
soil.'
Must Share Responsibility,
"With the American people the
thought of Intermarriage as well as
the thought of slavery are both clear
out of the question. What, then, shall
we do? It will do 110 good to stop
and complain about the situation and
wish it were different. Neither does
to lay all the blame upon another sec
tion of our country. The fact is, how
ever, we micht wish it to be. the ne
groes are here in largo numbers and
their numbers are sure to increase
rapidlv. They are here to stay and
the north must share the responsibil
ity and blame, if there is any blame,
equally with the south for their be
ing here.
Equal in Eyes of Law.
"These two racer, must live in this
country together. Socially they may
in" al]
so. It is a world wide question. The ]|ve separate and apart. That is a
in this country, and one of the fruits
of that which we so often boast of
as our 'Christian civilization.'
"I give no weight to the assertion
that God made one man superior to
another and made the one white and
the other .black. That vne whites as
a general rule are far .superior to the
blacks in this country must be con
ceded bv all. It is most reasonable
that it should be so. for as slated by
Mr. Abbott in the article above refer
red to. 'believed this Anglo-Saxon peo
ple then have been ten centuries of
Christian education. And believed this
African people have been three cen
turies of slavery and unnumbered cen
turies of barbarism. 'If three centurieR
of slaverv and unnumbered centuries
of barbarism have at this time made
this nei?ro race equal to the Anglo-
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probability will continue to
right that must be accorded to each
as each has the right to adopt such
rules for social conduct as its own
best judgment may approve, and the
other may not be heard to complain.
Whether 'or not they are now or will
be equal socially will doubtless al
ways remain a question as to which
torn" nntBhiv thiwe havinu to do with! the" two races disagree. But that the
the question of a sufficient supply
common workmen. There is a grow-1
musti
seems to me, be conceded to
a'
permanent condition of things
Saxon race with its ten centuries of
Christian education and civilization
believed it. either the negro race was
unmeasureably the superior race by
nature, or else there is no value in
centuries of Christian education.'
Result of Education.
rhat the difference is the result of
chl.istu,n
elusion of foreign labor oven from
steamships touching at Australian
ports. This bill takes the form of
requiring that all vessels while in
Australian waters shall pay the Aus
tralian rates of wages to their em
ployes. This is to be interpreted in
the light of the fact that Australian
trades unionism has excluded all col- ^s and
ored labor trom vessels engaged in .on(jjtjons
cdvH-ali0n is shown'by the
wonderful improvement brought about
in the blacks of this country by means
of education during the past forty
years.
tablishod regular wage scales at much That this can be done is demonstrated
higher rates' than the English steam- by many
ship companies pay to their East In- "v.ng this count, y.
dian employes.'
Are Better Treated Here.
"The writer says: 'Negroes in the
United States who will give some
study to the facts, will soon he satis
fied that in most respects the colored
race is far better treated in all parts
of this country than in Australia or
South Africa. Race prejudice in South
Africa is being invoked to keep work-
Christian Discipline to Blacks.
"What shall be done then. Iet the
pressure of Christian discipline be ap
plied to the minds of the blacks from
until the
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character, virtue, honor,
the coasting trade or owned or regis- integrity and industry as lo the white ja(iy here, who first bought a box of
tered in Australian ports, and has es-!lluui avid he will then be his equal,
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GOES TO OMAHA.
P. O. Bussslle Transferred From Local
Branch to Better Position.
From "Wednesday's Pally.
P. O. Husselle, who for the past
foui* years has been general agent of
the McCorinick Harvesting Machinery
company in this city, has been trans
ferred lo an important position in the
ti.o Omaha branch of the International
^'Ij-farvesting Machinery company. Mr.
BusKeill
remain'in the'eity for a
mouth or six weeks hut his
family left this morning for Milo for
a short visit with relatives and will
then go to Omaha to make their future
home. Mr. Husselle has been con
nected with the McCormick firm for
the past sixteen years. He traveled
out of Ottumwa for the Arm until he
was given the management of the lo
cal branch house.
Nothing official relative to any other
changes to be made in the manage
ment of the business has been given
out and as yet no successor to Mr.
Husselle has been named. This, how
ever, will be done within a fesv weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Busselle'and their family
have made scores of friends during
their stay in this city and their depar
ture will be generally regretted. The
change comes in the way of it promo
tion to Mr. Busselle. however, and his
friends will be glad to learn that he
will be benefited by it.
Tell This to Your Wife.
Electric Bitters cure female com
plaints, surely and safely dispell head
aches, backaches, nervousness or no
pay. 50c. P. B. Clark, druggist.
Fire at Madrid destroyed G.
Sandberg's blacksmith shop.
MORE CUSTOMERS-
THAT IS WHAT I WANT
Wogoiis
and all
Shepherd's Rauche
Is an old established business, selling Good
Come in and get acquainted.
Both Phones 664
Opposite Union Depot.
A SERIOUS CHARGE
OMAR MULLENIX CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPT TO MURDER HENRY
1LER OF RED OAK.
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Wounded Man Was to Have Been
Married to Mrs. Josie Handy Today
—Affair Said to Have Grown Out of
Jealousy—Her Seriously Injured.
l-'riim Tucsilnv's Daily.
Charged with an attempt to murder
Henry Her of Red Oak, who was to
have been united in marriage to Mrs.
Josie Handy of this city today, Omar
Mullenix was arrested last evening.
Mnllenix it is stated, was formerly
Mrs. Handy's sweetheart. They
quarreled, however, and since then
have not met as friends. Last night
Mullenix called at the home of liis for
mer sweetheart, evidently stricken
with jealousy at the thought of her
approaching marriage. ller was
at home and after a few
words with him Mullenix cut
his opponent in the abdomen with a
razor or knife, cutting a circular gash
about thirteen inches in length and
three inches deep. Dr. C. E. Huband
was called- and took several stitches
in the wound. He stated this morning
that his patient would doubtless recov
er unless blood poisoning set in, but
that he is still far from being out of
danger.
Mullenix Arrested.
After cutting Her, Mullenix ran
up the street to his home on West Me
chanic streeJ. The police were noti
fied and Officer Sutton was detailed to
locate the prisoner. He found him at
his home snortly before the arrival of
Chief Gray and Night Captain Galla
gher, who made the arrest.
Conflicting Stories Told.
The story told by Miss Flora Crowell
at whose home Miss Handy had been
staying, is that Mullenix came to the
house .on West Mechanic street last
night to see Mrs. Handy. She states
that she ordered him off the premises.
Miss Crowell stated that Mullenix
came 'back and standing outside the
gate asked again to see the young
woman, ller then said that he would
speak for Mrs. Handy and he walked
to ilie Kate. Here the stories differ.
Miss Crowell states that ller walked
to the fence and standing on the in
side placed his foot on the rails when
Mullenix ..lashed at him with a knife
or razor. Mullenix stated that ller
assaulted him and that he cut him
with a knife in self defense. Dr. Hu
band states that the cut was probab
ly made by a razor.
Wedding Postponed.
The injured man and Mrs. Handy
were to have beeii married this morn
ing at Miss Crowell's and all prepara
tions had been made for the event.
The bride's trousseau had been prepar
ed and was all in readiness for the
wedding, which has now been post
poned.
Mullenix Arrested Before.
Mullenix is one of the crowd of young
men arrested a few months ago on
the charge of carrying concealed wea
pons and with disturbing the peace.
He was given a long sentence on that
occasion. He will be given a hearing
on the charge of assault with^ intent
to commit murder Friday morning be
fore Police Judge Moon.
One Lady's Recommendation Sold Fif
ty Boxes of Chamberlain's Stom
ach and Liver Tablets.
A.
Stops the Cough and Works Off the
Cold'.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No cure, no
pay. Price, 25 cents.
In. Hamilton county a preacher "was
nomtoatod fpr coroner.
I have, I believe, sold fifty boxes of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets on the recommendation of one
them about
a year ago. She never
o) te
|i
ng
her neighbors and
\ires
friends about the good qualities of
these Tablets.—P. M. Shore. Druggist,
Rochester, Ind. The pleasant purgative
effect of these Tablets makes them a
favorite with ladies everywhere. For
sale by all druggists.
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
Colonist Rates to California.
Another period of low rates to Cali
fornia has been arranged for by the
Rock Island System.
The first selling date is September
IB the last, November 30. The rates
are the same as were iu effect last
spring.
$33.00 from Chicago.
$31.00 from Peoria and Rock Is
land.
$32.90 from St. Paul and Minneap
olis.
$31.70 from Cedar Rapids.
$29.25 from Des Moines.
$25.00 from Missouri river points.
Corresponding reductions from all
other Rock Island stations.
Tickets are good in tourist sleeping
cars.
Go now before the rush begins.
There will be no reduced rates to Cali
fornia during the winter.
The Rock Island System offers two
routes to California—"Scenic" aud
Southern."
Ask nearest Rock Island ticket
agent for folder, "Across the Conti
nent in a Tourist Sleeping Car." It
gives full information.
S. F. Boyd, D. P. A., Davenport, la.
For Thanksgiving Day
a rate of one fare and a third for the
round-trip has been authorized to
points within one hundred aud fifty
miles on the Nuckel Plate Road, good
returning to aud including November
30, 1901 La Salle St. Passenger sta
tion, Chicago, corner Van Buren and
La Salle Streets on the Elevated Loop.
City Ticket Offices 111 Adams street
and Auditorium Annex. 'Phono Cen
tral 3057.
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Farm Implements, Pumps
Supplies. Thirty-live (35) years in one location.
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"Shepherd's Rotiche"
Ottumwa Iowa.
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Safe ami limit Locks, opened. 220 E,
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Graduate American Sebool Osteopathy
Kirksvllle. Missouri.
Office. 227 N. Court St. .New Thone 894.
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Attorney-at-Law.
Prompt at lent ion given to commercial
•natters, including collections. Rooms
land U2, J.eijiliton Building, Ottumwa, Iowa,
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Attorney At Law.
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BURLINGTON ROUTE, C.( B. &
No. Going East. Depa
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in-Chicago, Dulmiitio, & Qulncy 2:10 a. mi
D'Jb—I.ocjtl Freight 6:45 a. mi
im—Hnrllngton & St. I.
oil Is T:35a. m,
lOb—Pooriai, Dubuque & Qtilney. .11:150 a. m.
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Ft. Madison accommodation, dally except
Sunday, depart 7:10 a. m. arrive 8:00, p.m.
Going West.
5ii—Oninbn. Council Bluffs
Nebraska 12:155 a. m«
15a—l''a«t mall 2:40 a.
Bib—Local freight 0:30 a. nu
Sa-Oinnlin, Kansas City, Denver
Hot Springs, Deodwood, Og
dcu. Portland & California. 7:45 a. m«
7a—Fast mail 8:52 a.m.
0i,—Peoria to Crcatou 1:50 p. m«
J3ai-T.hnlted 8:28 p. m«
11b—Chleago to Ottumwa, arrlre.l0:00 p. ra.
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a, daily: b. except Sunday. Nos. 7, 8 and
15 do not carry passengers.
CHICAGO,ROCK ISLAND & PACIFld
Depart
200, Keokuk. Kansas City, Call-
No. Going East,
fornla and Southwest 10:45 a. m,
202 Keokuk .1:27 p. ra,
204 Eldon, Davenport & Chicago 10:38 p. nu
Going West.
203 Des Moines. Itiithven, west
and northwest 7:00 a. irt*
201 Des Moines and Omaha 12:10 p. ra.
205 Des Moines and Omaha ... 7:05 p. ra.
Unless otherwise spccillea, ail trains art
dnlly except Sunday.
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STREET UNION DEPOT.^
A. J. Packard, Agent. :jv|g
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Arrive. "Depart
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Milwaukee .*. .dl,2:15 a. m. 1)2:35 a.m.
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ids, ctc M0:10a. m. 5:03 p.m.
Kansas City
&
Sovthwest 1)12:2o a. m. 12:30 a. ra*
Kansas City W'd
local M:55p. a. bl0:S0 a. n»
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tnmwK, Town.
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GEO. F. HEINDEL.
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Iowa. ,'
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Suite 1, Williamson Building, 106 NortM
Court street, Ottnuiwn. Iowa.
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Iowa.
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Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist*
Glasses scientifically fitted. Ofllce hourtf
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p. in. Fhone, oiYU'c. 2S0: residence, 37*
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Chicago, Davenport, Mus:
-aline b7:00 bl2:30p. m.
No. 02. freight, eB»t,.leaves .... 6:80a.m.
No. 02. freight, east, leaves 9:00 a. m,
11, dally b, eieept Sunday d, except Mon«
duy.
freight trains arrive at and depart front
Ottumwa Junction.
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Arrive./,
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Depart
Kansas City & 8t.
Luiils «G:lpd. in. a0:20p. ra.
Kansas City & St,
1
xiuis a7:0ft p. m. a8:25a. ra.
Freight trains carrying passengers bo.
tween Ottnmwa apd Moultoo:
Local freight b8:00 p. 48:00 a.m.
Vast freight al2:10 p. m. «2 8Q y. m,
a, daily b, escept Buaday.
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