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THE RIGHT WAY TO BOOST.
The trade extension delegation ot
the Chicago association of Commerce
returned a few days ago from a trip
to the northwestern states and its
members were not only astonished at
the growth of that country, but awed
by the boosting spirit that prevails in
even the smallest hamlet of the Pa
cific coast section. At every stop there
were lines of automobiles at the sta
tion to take the Chicago delegation out
to see the sights, and there was a
booster in every automobile talking
money in six figures, pointing out men
who had come there a few years before
"broke" and who were now rolling in
wealth, always adding, however, that
that country today offered more prom
ise of quick returns than ever before.
It all sounded so alluring, one of the
newspaper men who accompanied the
party said, that when the parly return
er to the train they felt the necessity
of calling the roll to see that none
had listened to the siren call and de
serted. There was a banquet at every
stop and eloquent speakers to tell the
visitors that the particular place in
which they were stopping was destin
ed to future greatness. Here are some
of the claims made by five of the
cities in which the visitors were en
tertained, as told by one of the cor
respondents who made the trip:
In Seattle they tell you that their
town is marked by destiny as the
future great metropolis of the north
west. It has the start, the location
and the greatest harbor in the world,
a harbor, where the navies of all the
nations there be can rest at anchor.
At Everett one of the eloquent
speakers said:" "Here in Everett, on
proud Puget Sound, we. have the
greatest harbor in the world, a har
bor where all the navies of every na
tion that there be can lie snugly at
anchorage."
At Bellingham the chairman of the
Commercial association in bis address
of welcome said: "You are in Belling
ham, Bellingham on Puget Sound, and
here you will find the greatest harbor
of the world, where the navies of
every nation on earth can lie together
peacefully at anchorage."
At Tacoma the committee called our
attention to the fact that we were in
the city at the head of navigation on
marvelous Puget Sound, where there
is the greatest harbor in the world and
where "all the navies of every nation
on earth could lie together in proud
security.
And at Portland we were assured
that here indeed was the greatest har
bor in the world, "where all the navies
of all the nations that there be could
lie together in sweet harmony."
This is just a sample of the boosting
spirit that prevails in the northwest.
Everybody in that section believes it
to b? his first duty to impress the vis
Itor with the belief that his town has
all the natural advantages and some
unnatural advantages, and that noth
ing can prevent it from some day
eluK one of the first cities of the land
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It is the same all through the west.
In DenVer they will proudly lay claim
to 365 days of sunshine, although it
does not require a visit of many days
to find out that even Denver is fre
quently behind the clouds. They will
tell you it is an "ideal winter resort"
when you can't leave the radiator long
enough to look for a thermometer and
see just how cold it is. They will not
tell you that a manufacturer has the
hardest kind of a pull to make a profit
after paying the excessive freight
rates on the raw products shipped in
to him and on the finished article he
sends out. Neither will they tell you
that it is Impossible to raise enough
farm produce to support your own
family without investing in costly ir
rigation rights, if you are fortunate
enough to find any water with which
to irrigate.
But their boosting pays. It is draw
ing money from every state in the
union, much of which might be much
better invested at home. Iowans might
find a lesson In this. They have shown
a disposition to rest on their oars,
secure in the conviction than "in all
that is good Iowa affords the best,"
while the people of the west are out
on the hill tops shouting extravagant
claims and apparently meeting with
great success in "getting away with
it."
KEEP SALOONS OFF MARKET
STREET,
The city council last night by a vote
of five to three granted a permit for
the operation of a saloon at the cor
ner of South Market and Commercial
streets. Mayor Phillips promptly serv
ed notice that he would veto the reso
lution of consent and the large ma
jority of the citizens, regardless of
political affiliations and regardless of
their views on the saloon question,
will hope that the mayor remains firm
in this matter. The resolution cannot
be passed over the mayor's veto, as
Alderman Spry, who was not present
at the meeting last night will vote
against' the resolution and make a
two-thirds majority impossible.
There is no mistaking the over
whelming sentiment in Ottumwa
against the operation of saloons on
South Market street. Previous to the
last election both parties pledged
themselves to keep the saloons off
this block. Ottumwa demanded that
the only main thoroughfare from the
north to the south sides be saloon
less. And it was conceded by the
large majority that people had the
right to object to having a "battle
row", to pass through in going to and
from their daily work.
The resolution of consent as passed
by the council last night provides for
an entrance- into the saloon on Com
mercial street instead of on Market
street as formerly. But this is a mere
subterfuge. The crowd of bums that
frequented this street when every
other business building in the block
was a saloon would still be found loaf
ing on the brass railings on the Mar
ket street side no matter where the
entrance should be. And women and
children would be forced again to
face the humiliation of making their
way through the tobacco-spitting,
slobbering, staggering crowd that al
ways frequented the saloons on "bat
tle row."
The saloons should be kept off Mar
ket street south of Main. We believe
the people will insist on this.
THE NEED OF GOOD ROADS.
In a speech on the good roads ques
tion in the lower house of congress re
cently, Representative William Sulzer
of New York, made a forceful presen
tation of a subject that is of vital im
portance to the people. Arguing that
there is no subject at the present
time of more importance to all the
people than the proposition to con
struct good roads by governmental aid
along economic and constitutional
lines, Air. Sulzer said:
The difference between good roads
and bad roads is the difference be
tween profit and loss. Good roads
have a money value far beyond our
cid.'nary conception. Bad loads consti
tute our greatest drawback to internal
v'
development and material progress.
Good roads mean prosperous farmers
bad roads mean abandoned farms,
sparsely settled country districts, and
congested populated cities, where the
poor are destined to become poorer.
Good roads mean more cultivated
farms and cheaper food products for
the toilers in the towns bad roads
mean poor transportation, lack of com
rqunication, high prices for the neces
saries of life, the loss of untold, mil
lions of wealth and idle workmen
seeking employment. Good roads will
help those who cultivate the no: and
feed the multitude, and whatever aids
the producers of our country will in
crease our wealth and our greatness
and benefit all the people. "We car.not
destroy our farm* without final decay.
They are today the heart of our na
tional life and the chief source of our
r.aterial greatness. Tear dov/n every
edifice in our cities and labor will re
build them, but abandon the farms and
our cities will diaapepar forever.
Good roads mean progress and pros
perity, a benefit to the people who
live in the cities, an advantage to
the people who live in the country,
and it will 'help every section of our
vast domain. Good roads, like good
streets, make habitation along them
most desirable they enhance the
value of farm lands, facilitate trans
portation, and add untold wealth to
the producers and consumers of the
country they are the milestones mark
ing the advance of civilization they
economize time, give labor a lift, and
make millions in money they save
wear and tear and worry and waste
they beautify the country, bring it In
touch with the city they aid the
social and the religious and the edu
cational and the industrial progress
of the people they make better homes
and happier hearth sides they are the
avenues of trade, the highways of com
merce, the mail routes of information,
and the agencies of speedy communi
cation they mean the economical
transportation of marketable products
—the maximum burden at the mini
mum cost they are the ligaments
that bind the country together in thrift
and industry and intelligence and
patriotism they promote social inter
course, prevent intellectual stagnation,
and increase the happiness and the
prosperity of our producing masses
they give employment to our idle work
men, distribute the necessaries of life
—the products of the fields and the
forests and the factories—encourage
energy and husbandry, inculcate love
for our scenic wonders, and make
mankind better and greater and
grander and broader.
Congressman Sulzer denied that
good roads will help only the farmer.
The farmers, who produce the neces
saries of life, he said, are less de
pendent than the millions and millions
of people who live in our cities. The
very lives of these latter, he declared,
depend on the farmers—the producers
of the necessaries of life, and the
most superficial investigation of thjs
subject will clearly prove that good
roads are more important to the con
sumers than they are to the producers
of the country.
THE CIVIC IMPROVEMENT MEET
ING.
As announced in the Courier last
evening there will be an open meeting
of the City Federation of Women's
clubs and the Commercial association
at the Armory hall Thursday evening
of this week to which the public is in
vited. The purposes of this meeting
as announced are:
1. Beautifying the city in a syste
matic way.
2. Encouraging the acceptance and
maintenance by the city of more parks.
3. Upholding and encouraging the
good work already in the hands of the
park commissioners.
4. Advocating more and better play
grounds for the children of Ottumwa.
5. And in general making the city
of Ottumwa more attractive as a
place in which to live.
Here are some subjects that every
citizen should be interested in. Any
plans that may be discussed for mak
ine Ottumwa more attractive will bo
of Interest to all.
Tt took three months to get a jury
to try Patrick Calhoun, the San Fran
cisco street railway magnate charged
with bribery, and then the jury could
not agree. Perhaps if they take six
months empanelling the next jury
they will have better results in deter
mining whether Mr. Calhoun did or
didn't. The taxpayers will pay it. They
don't mind.
Let me see—how many straights Is
that the home team's lost? It's hard
to keep count.
Apropos of the Gould disclosures the
Chicago Tribune suggests this: If a
lady meet a lady, when too full of
rye, if a lady bite a lady, need a lady
cry? ..
A Massachusetts couple took a
honeymoon trip in a balloon. This is
a reversal of the usual order. Usually
the domestic balloon does not go up
until after the honeymoon is over.
In the horoscope, that newsy bit of
mysticism published daily in the
Courier, there were these two hints
for today that should be of interest:
Women shoppers will find bargains
this day.
This should be an extraordinarily
good day for fishing.
A good day for bargains and a good
day for fishing. How many of the
Courier readers are there who will not
be interested in one or both of these
:r.dtters?
WtTbur Wright, one of the Dayton
brothers who are modestly carrying
well earned honors once dodged an
Vagaries of a Cold.
You can never be quite sure where
a cold Is going to hit you. In the fall
and winter It may settle In'the bowels,
producing severe pain. In the summer
It may give you colic with diarrhoea
or summer complaint. Do not be
alarmed nor torment yourself with
fears of appendicities or lnflamation of
tho bowels. At the first sign of the
pa!n or cramp take Perry Davis' Pain
killer in warm, sweetened water and
relief will come at once. There Is but
one Painkiller, Perry Davis'. It Is now
put up In a large 35c. sl« veil as
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after dinner speech with this remark:
"The parrot is. the only bird that talks
—ar.d he is not a good flyer." The
Wright brothers are good flyers and
they are too busy at work to find time
to be as loquacious, as parrots.
The only way Walter Wellman could
convince the public that he had been
to the north pole would be to bring
It back with him.
A dispatch today says that friends
of Commander Peary believe he has
located the north pole. Maybe they
are just doing this to discourage Wal
ter Wellman. Walt was due to start
today on his annual search.
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE.
A Servant of the Lord.
Judge George F. Lawton of the Mid
dlesex probate court told me a story
the other day of an American minister
who was spending his sabbatical year
traveling abroad. Arriving in London
he made every effort to get an inti
mate view of the two branches of
parliament in session. Of course no
stranger is allowed on the floor cf
tho house of lords, but the minister
not knowing this, and with th'j usual
amount of American push, tried to
make his way in. There is a rule,
however, that servants of the various
lords may be admitted to speak to
their masters. Seeing the minister
walking boldly in, the doorkeeper
asked:
"What lord do you serve?"
"What lord?" repeated the aston
ished American. "The Lord Jehovah."
For a moment the doorkenper hesi
tated anc\ then admitted him. Turn
ing to an assistant standing near, he
said:
"He must mean one of those poor
Scotch fairds."—Boston Record.
Not Worth Shingling.
"The late Thomas Bone, "th? sail
or's missionary," was the soul of kind
liness, but he was seldom worstel in
repartee. One of the many instances
of this given In his just-published life
is the following:
"His work was not without its
humorous side. Among the new men
there are always some who sought a
little amusement at the expense, but
they reckoned without their host. His
kindly manner never changed. The
smile never left his face. There was
no venom in the retort, but it seldom
failed to silence the interrupter. Thij
laugh raised at his expense made it
quite certain that no second attempt
would be made.
"Seeing him approach one day, one
of a, group of sailors announced his
intention of having some fun. He
stepped forward and removed his hat,
revealing a perfectly smooth crown,
and asked:
'Can you tell me why my head is
so bald, while all my companions have
plenty of hair?'
'I don't know,' was the smiling re
ply, 'unless the reason given me the
other day by a farmer would apply,
that an empty barn is not worth
shingling.'"—Judge.
8eed Fell on Arable Ground.
A well know prelate of the Cleve
land diocese recently preached a series
of sermons, his general theme being
"Humility." In the course of his ser
mons he necessarily dwelt upon tho
nothingness of man without the help
of grace. His auditors were the gen
tle nuns of the Villa convent, and the
convent school pupils made up of
many young ladles, girls and small
boys.
At the conclusion of thg sermons
the prelate, while divesting huoseif of
the garments of the altar service,
turned to the sanctuary boys, lads of
10 or 11 years. "What are you?" in
quired the venerable priest of one of
the two boys. Quick as a flash came
back the apswer, "I am an Irishman,
and I am proud of It." "And what
are you?" he asked t.h-3 other lad.
Crossing his little hands upon his
breast he quietly replied, "Father, I
have been listening. I am nothing."
The aged administrator of the Cleve
land diocese chuckled as he unfolds
the tale. The seed had evidently
fallen on arable ground.—Cleveland
Leader.
THE FATE OF THE PEDESTRIAN
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Chug!
Br-r! Br-r!
-Chug-
Honk! Honk!
Gillgillug-glllgillug!!
The pedestrian paused at the Inter
section of two busy cross streets.
He looked about. An automobile
was rushing at him from one direc
tion, a motor-cycle from another an
auto-truck was coming from behind,
and a taxicab was speedily approach'
ing.
Zip-zip! Zing-glug!
He looked up and saw directly
above him a runaway airship in rapid
descent.
There was but one chance. He
was standing upon a manhole cover.
Quickly seizing it, he lifted the lid
and jumped into the hole just in time
to be run over by a subway train.
WEDDINGS MADE TOO RIOTOUS.
Rev. W. H. Butler of Northampton,
Mass., spoke on marriage the other
day and there was so much of truth
and sting in his-words that they de
serve to be pushed along to a wide
publicity,
"I never saw a band of well-dressed
hoodlums at a railroad Btation with old
boots, rice and tin pans galore with
out thinking of the customs of heathen
nations. Marriages should be cele
brated in churches, but there should
be no engraved Invitations with their
plunder in the way of wedding gifts.
Of course Mr. Butler didn't include
in his lists of plunderings the gifts
wliich go to brides from friends. There
Is no prettier custom than this expres
sion of love and tenderness on the
part of tried and true companionship.
And the present grows more beautiful
In its meaning the more it partakes of
the nature of the giver. With the rest
of his remarks the world can find no
fault. In too many cases an invita
tion is a hold-up the engraved card a
pistol to the head. Various conditions
make the recipient "give up." Busi
ness relatives, social ties, the desire
of the climber to get higher, the (ear
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of the one who has arrived that he
may fall, politics, religion, are only a
few of the complications.
It was bad enough when the wed
ding was the sole occasion of such
grafting, but now young maidenhood
has to stand a continous hold-up per
formance. "Showers" of all sorts,
from kitchen utensilB to silk stock:
ings, deplete the purses of the un
fortunate friends of the bride, and
then, on top of all this miscellaneous
expenditure, must come the wedding
gift.
What Mr. Butler says of the hood
lum customs of the guests at the
wedding is equally justified. The
harmless pleasantries of former years,
genial customs of other days, have
grown into annoying and vulgar
practices. Those whose words have
weight have been too mealy-mouthed
in denouncing them. Mr. Butler is
rather lonely in his clerical opposition,
but he has a multitude of sensible peo
ple with him.—Cleveland Leader.
THE STORY OF ESAW WOOD.
Esaw Wood sawed wood.
Esaw Wood would saw wood.
All the wood Esaw Wood saw Esaw
Wood would saw. In other words, all
the wood Esaw saw to saw Esaw
sought to saw.
Oh. the wood Wood would saw! And
oh, the wood-saw with which Wood
would saw wood.
But on day Wood's wood-saw
would saw no wood, and thus the wood
Wood sawed was not the wood Wood
would saw if Wood's wood-saw would
saw wood.
Now, Wood would saw wood with a
wood-saw that would saw wood, so
Esaw sought a saw that would saw
wood.
One day Esaw saw a saw saw wood
as no other wood-saw Wood saw would
saw tvood.
In fact, of all the wood-saws Wood
ever saw saw wood Wood never saw a
wood-saw Wood saw saw wood would
saw wood, and I never saw a wood
saw that would saw as the wood-saw.
Wood saw would saw until I saw Esaw
Wood saw wood with the wood-saw
Wood saw saw wood.
Now, wood saws wood with the
wood saw Wood saw saw wood.
Oh, the wood the wood-saw Wood
saw saw would saw!
Oh, the wood Wood's woodshed
would shed when Wood would saw
wood with the wood-saw Wood saw
saw wood!'
Finally, no man may never know
how much wood the wood-saw Wood
saw would saw, if the wood-saw Wood
saw would saw all the wood the
wood-saw Wood
Baw
would saw.
Woman's Home Companion.
BLOOMFIELD.
Bloomfleld—The Royal Arch Masons
held a special meeting Monday even
ing June 21 and conferred degrees
upon W. M. Workman, Clarence Brls
town and Duff Burchett. Large delega
tions from Milton and other surround
ing towns were present. After the work
a banquet was served.
Prince Leon, the iron jawed man of
Ottumwa, has been engaged by the
program committee for the 4th of
July celebration as one of the attrac
tions of the day.
Sirs. T. D. Doke very delightfully en
tertained a company of thirty ladles at
a 2:30 o'clock two-course luncheon
Saturday afternoon. The event was In
honor of Mrs. Jennie Scott of Steuben
vllle, Ohio. Other out-of-town guests
were Miss Georgia Thompson and
Miss Lota Scott of Steubenvllle, Ohio.
Misses Nettle Hamilton, Effle Hardy
and Mary. Power were In Ottumwa on
Saturday.
While Baptist Hardy, a prominent
Bloomfleld resident, was returning
from the Wabash depot last Saturday
morning the snap to one of the lines
broke and resulted In making too
quick a turn. Mr. Hardy was thrown
out sustaining two fractured ribs, a
broken thumb, and bruises all over his
body. He was rendered unconscious,
and remained In a dazed state all day
Saturday. Monday he was Improving,
but unable to sit up. Eye witnesses
say he had a narrow escape from
death.
Master Herbert King and Miss Ethel
Kelso attended the Christian Endeavor
convention of the Presbyterian church
at Fairfield last week.
Mrs. J. C. Wood successfully carried
out a birthday surprise on her mother,
Mrs. Caroline Jones, last Thursday,
when a splendid noon dinner was serv
ed. The following out-of-town, guests
wqre present: Mr. and Mrs. Aaaron
Brunk, Berkley, Calif. Mr. and Mrs.
Will Lunsford, Mrs. H. G. O'Neal and
daughters, Misses Fay and Iowa of
Milton, and Mrs. Mary Fix. of Savan
nah.
Mrs. Emma Caldwell gave a recep
tlon Tuesday afternoon June 22 In
honor of Mrs. Robert Duffield of Guth
rie Center, la. Refreshments were
served.
Constable John Curl sold at auction
Saturday the Frank Morse secondhand
stock to satisfy a landlord's lien' in
favor of Judge Traverse.
Information was filed late Saturday
night against Chas. Mills by H. W.
Duckworth, charging him with assault
with intent to kill. Mills was arraigned
before Justice H. C. Day Sunday
morning and trial set for Monday June
28, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Mrs. Bertha Stein and two children
of Ottumwa spent Sunday In the city,
the guest at the home of B. Loeb.
Miss Fae Beauchamp who has been
attending school at Ferry Hall, Lake
Forest, has returned home to spend the
vacation wtlh her parents Dr. and
Mrs. E. D. Beauchamp.
Misses Mabel and Luclle Trultt of
Drakevllle have been guests of their
grandmother Mrs. John Dodge.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary B. Flndley
who died last Friday morning was held
at the John Duffield reslden :e at four
c'clock Sunday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. F. B. Tucker. Interment in the
South cemetery.
Miss Mary Barrickman, delegate to
the Epworth League and Miss Blanch
Songer, superintendent of the Junior
League, went to Milton Monday to
attend the Keokuk district convention
of the Epworth League of the M. E.
church.
Mrs. Arthur Welch and Mrs. F. W.
Ferguson accompanied F. W. Ferguson
to Ottumwa Monday. Mr. Ferguson
will go on from there to Wyoming, to
resume his work.
Lee Taylor shipped two car load of
stock and James Smith one, to Chicago
this week.
Mrs. Grace Brady and daughter,
Jr«ne. of Moulton spent Sunday and
Monday in the city, guests of Miss
Sylvia Davis.
Mrs. Will Dunlap spent Monday in
Ottumwa.
This afternoon Mrs. William J.
Steckel served a one-o'clock luncheon
in honor
0f
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Sprowles for the
summer.
The following expect to start on an
auto trip to Lima, Ohio, Plqua, O., and
the summer home of Mrs. Steckel's
sister, on Lake Erie next Saturday or
Sunday: Mr. and Mrs. Josephine
Steckel, daughter Josephine and nurse
girl, Stella Windson, Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert King. Mrs. D. H. Payne will
go as far as Indiana with them. They
will be absent about one month.
Mrs. John Lane and Warren Cook of
Los Angeles, Calif., are guests of rel
atives in the city.
IS GIVEIN DIVORCE
Sarah B. Davis Is Successful in
Suit Against Husband—
Gets Kirkvllle Lot.
GERMAN BARON, WHO WRECKED
TRAIN WHILE INSANE, OUT
OF IOWA PRISON.
Des Moines, June 22.—After four
years of struggle and weary waiting In
an alien land, mother love in the
breast of Baroness von Kutzleben of
Berlin has triumphed over the prison
bars of Anamosa, and today she is
speeding eastward from Chioaso in the
same Pullman -with the demented son
for whose liberty she has fought and
prayed since he wrecked a Rock Is
land passenger train at Homestead in
March, 1905.
Baron Eric von Kutzleben was re
leased from the reformatory at Ana
mosa Saturday afternoon after Coyinty
Attorney Cash of Jones county had of
fered futile resistance the habeas
corpus proceedings brought before
Judge W. M. Trelchler at Anamosa by
Attorneys Popham & Hayner of Mar
c-ngo, and an hour later the unfor
tunate nobleman boarded a train for
Chicago, where his mother waited at
the station with tears of joy In her
eyes.
Last night mother and son took a
train for New .York and the f.rs.t de
parting steamer will carry them back
to the fatherland and the home which
young Kutzleben left more than five
years ago in the hope of benefiting his
health, driven to desperation and the
life of a wanderer by epileptic fits
which cut short a brilliant career In
tho armv and branded him a pariah.
Mother Makes Sacrifice.
Kutzleben's final release after a con
viction for murder In the first degree
and four years spent In the Insane
ward at Anamosa Is a story of-the love
of a mother who has sacrificed all for
her boy. Leaving her home and the
associations of a life spent at the Ger
man court, she took the first boat that
sailed after the news of her son's ar
rest reached her, and coming to Mar
engo engaged the best attorneys In
that city .to defend her son, whose
malady and subsequent misfortune had
only Increased the maternal tender
ness.
Kutzleben had spent only three
weeks in the German colony at Maren
go when the midnight passenger train
to Chicago ran into the ditch and En
gineer A. P. Hotchklss was killed. The
young German, then 25 years old, had
been seen tampering with the rails
near the scene of the wreck and an ex
amination showed that an angle bar
had been pulled out of position, leav
ing the rails loose.
In spite of an able defense. Kutzle
ben was convicted and sentenced to
imprisonment for life for murder In
the first degree. Baroness von Kutzle
ben attended the trial and was pros
trated when the verdict came. Pop
ham & Havner of Marengo, who con
ducted the defense, took an appeal to
the supreme court and the lower, court
was reversed on error. Baroness von
Kutzleben in the meantime had taken
up her residence In New York and re
fused to return to,Germany while her
son was behind tho bars.
Before the second trial began, von
Kutzleben's attorneys filed an applica
tion for a hearing to determine their
client's sanity, and although It was re
sisted by the prosecuting attorneys,
the application was granted and von
Kutzleben was pronounced Insane by a
.lury, after a prison doctor and guards
had testified.
Lon Wait Brings Victory.
But the verdict was not sufficient to
give the young nobleman his release,
and he was committed to Anamosa
under a provision of the Towa statute
that says the criminally Insane may be
detained in state's prison pending their
recovery or the dismissal of the indict
ments against them.
Von Kutzleben was taken to Ana
mosa and there he has remained four
years while his mother lived quietly In
New York, making occasional visits to
the reformatory to pee her son.
Last November the second indict
ment charging von Kutbleben with
malicious train wrecking was dismiss
ed at Marengo, and from that day un
til his release on Saturday h!s attor
neys have been preparing to prove
that he te not dangerously insr.ne and
can be trusted '.o the care of his fam
ily. In a damage suit at Council
Bluffs growing out of the Homestead
wreck it was disputed that von Kutz
leben had actually wrecked the train,
and the uncertainty rnlsed by tills
contention aided his attorneys in con
vincing Judge Trelchler that he should
be released.
Von Kutzleben is now 29 years of
ape and in fairly good health. Sur
rounded by his friends and family and
receiving the benefit of treatment by
the best German physicians and nerve
specialists, it Is hoped and believed by
his mother that he will recover en
tirely and live to look back upon .his
experience In an Iowa prison as a hor
rid dream.
:Mr.
Mrs. E. M- Sprowles of
Cincinnati, Ohio, who
Popham accompanied von Kutz
leben to Chicago, where they were met
by the baroness, who had been notified
that the attempt was to be made Sat
urday and had come west from New
York to join her son at the earliest,
possible moment.
Too Much.
New York Tribune. Mr. Bryan
says that Democrats ought to strive
to be "pure." It is hopeless to demand
that they shall be consistent or logi
a
5
"Moderation" In England.
Punch.—"A man can *et drunk once
I Wlil Safetfji !ij#i liil^
"'",/- .,» ,- v,
Her
Sarah B. Davis Is no longer the wife
of ElUe H. Davis, as the result of a
decree given this afternoon by Judge
M. A. Roberts, who convened court at
1:30 p. m. to take up unfinished mat
ters at law. The grounds of cruel awl
Inhuman treatment furnished the basis
of the suit. Mrs. Davis was also given
lot fifty-four in the fourth addition ft
Kirkvllle and the custody of throe
minor children.
VON KUTZLEBAN
IS RELEASED
Professional Cards.
OENT1STS.
DR. TULLIS.
Dentist.
Artificial teeth scientifically con*
structed.
Crown and bridge-work expert.
Office over Cullen'B dry goods stor*t
Main street. Ottumwa, Iowa.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
R. R. Ramsell. L. M. B. Morriaeyt.
RAMSELL & M0RRI8£Y, Tfe
Attorneys at Law.
2nd Floor, Ennis BuIldtng.Ottumwa, la.
W. H: C. JAQTJI58. JO R. JAQUBS.
JAQUES & JAQUE8.
Attorneys at Law.
107 North Court (treat. Both phooMt
No. BR.
D. Tf»»Ar,H. OKO. FV HBINDBU
TISDALE A HEINDEL.
Attorneys at Law.
Phoenix Trnst Bldg.. SontH tfsrkst
street, Ottumwn, Ta.
DR. A. O. WILLIAMS.
Surgeon
I C.. R. I. Jk P. R*y.
I C„ B. & Q. R'y Co.
I O. R., TO. & S. Co.
in North Jefferson si
Residence, 21(1 North Jefferson street*
Office, 120 Court street. Residence tete.
phone, 110 office telephone, 00. Ottvmwa«
lows.
DR. W. C. ROBERTS,
Physician and Surgeon,
85 find 36 Lelghton Building, Marksf
Street Entrance.
Office Phone, 340. Residence, 220..
Diseases of Domes
tic Animals Treat
ed by the Latest
Veterinary Science.
*1.
BURT LAFORCE, PH. G., M. D.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 8pectall«V
Jlnssps Rctentlflcnllr fitted. Offlea hour*
10 to 12 n. m„ and 2 to «nd 7 to 8 o'alook
p. m. Phone, office, 2fl0 residence. 87v
Office rooms, 10 and 12 Hofmann Blk.
OSTEOPATHY.
ELIZABETH M. THOMPSON.
Osteopathic Physician.
Ornrtnnto Arnerlono School Osteopathy*
Klrktvllle, Missouri.
Offlee, 211 Eas1. Fourth St. Botli
'phone.
Hours 9 to 12 and i:S0 to 4:00.
Calls answer*
ed day or Nighf
Promptly
RAILROAD TIME TABLE8.
A. dally B, dally except Sunday.
dally exccpt Monday.
C.'
BURLINGTON ROUTE, C. B. & Q.
No. Going East. Depart.
12A—Chic.. Dubuque, Qulncy 1:81 a.m.
92—Local freight 5:85 a. in.
1RB—Burlington St, Louis.. 8:08 a. nu!
10A—Chicago Limited .... 9:05 a. m.
178B—Peoria. Dub., Qulncy 11:85 a. m.1
CA—Chicago Limited 8:01'p, m.'
10B—Ft. Madison, St. Louis 8:80 pi m.
4A—Chic., St. L., Qulncy.. 7:16 p. m.
"A—Chic. Peoria, Rockford 11:28 p.m.'
Going West,
BA—Omaha and Nebraska 1:20 a. ra.
RA—Omaha, Oregon, Cnllf, 7:40 a. m.
SB—Arrive from Ft. Mad. 11:48 a. m.'
179A—Peoria to Creston .1 1:68 p. m.
1iB—From Burlington. ...| 10:00 p. m,
1A-—Chicago to Denver.*. 11:40 p.m.
9A—Denver Limited ... .. 4:87 p. m.
W. R. Parker, Ticket Agent.
C. M. -A ST. P. TRAIN3.
No. Going Southwest Depart*'
5A—Southwest Limited.... 1:46 a. m.'
3A—Kansas City Local... .10:40 a. m.
93B—Local freight 7:18 a. xn.
Going East Via Cut-Off,
12A—Chic. Limited 12:05 a. *n.
TA—Davenport, Chicago... 4:50 p. m.'
92B—Local freight 9:20 fu m.
Marlcii Line. Going North.
108B-Cedar Rapids,.Marion. 4:45 p. m.
"".OB—Cedar Rapids, St. Paul 1:65 a. m.1
8812—Local freight 6:40 a. nu'
Marlon Line, Coming South.
108B-Arrive from Marlon.. 10:15 a. m.
9C—Arrive from Marlon.. 1:S5 a. mi
f)7B—Local freight, arrive.. 8:88 p. m.
Freight trains arrive and depart
from Milwaukee Junction.
F. W. Zimmerman, Ticket Agont.
C. R. r. A P. TRAINS.
No. Going North.
476—Des Moines, Oma^a.
473—Keokuk, Ottumwa..
471—Des MolneB, Omaha
Depart
8:40 a. m.
11:85 a. m.
.0:41 p. tty
Going South.
470—Keokuk, Kansas City. .9:02 a. m,
742—Des Moines, Keokuk,... 4:15pm,
474—Des Moines to Eldon ..10:05 p. m.
W. .y P-'-Uer. Ticket Agent. ....,
WABASH RAfLWAY.
No. Going South. Depart.'
2A—Moberly.'St. L., K. C...8 10 a. nu
BOB—Moberly and East.... 3:40p.m.
14 •—Mixed, dally 7:80 p. nu
Coming North, Arrive.
BIB—Moberly local 11:40 p.m.
3A—From Kansas City .. 6:40 p. nu
1 —Mixed, dally 7:00 a. ra.
F. W. Zimmerman. Ticket Agent.
,OBITUARIES. J*
Mrs. Clarence Weber.
Eldon—Carrie May Fehr was bora
In Reading Penn on May 8, 1870. When
8 years of age slie came with her par-i
ents to Eldon, which place she haa
made her home for over thirty years.!
On October 26, 1898 she was married
to Clarence Weber. She died at her.
home In Eldon on June 16. 1909. Mrs.
Weber leaves to mourn their losi
her husband, father, mother and two
brothers, all of Eldon. The funeral waa
held from her late home on Sunday
June 20, at 2 p. m. Rev. Barber offi*
elated.—Contributed.
Mrs. Mary A. Allen. J*,
Mrs. Mary A.-Allen wSs born" In 'O'hlo
and in early life came'with her friends
to Indiana, where she was united in
marriage to W. J. Allen. To this union
wa.i born 2 children, one son and one
daughter. About the year 1859 she
came to Iowa in which state at differ
ent times she. resided several years.
In early life she obeyed the lnjunc*
tlon "Remember now thy Creator," and
united first in the United Presbyterian
and later in the M. E. church. She liv
ed a faithful Christian life and ex*
hlblted to the world a beautiful Christ"
lan character.
After several weeks of Intense suf
fering she passed away at the home of
lier daughter in Chicago, where she
has resided for the past several years.
She leaves her children, grand child
ren and many dear friends to mourn
their loss. Her age was 73 years,
months and 7 days.—Contributed.
a week fairly safely," said the city cor
oner at an inquest. "It's the constMtt
nipping that does the barm."