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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
CUBA.

i
The year after year of bloody
struggle that has been going on on
ihe Island of Cuba, has seemed to
weary the patience and forbearance
Of civilized nations. III is growing
especially irksome to our people. We
have thought for year past especial
~ that it wonld certainly ere long give
rise 10 a just right and duty on the part
of this nation to recognize the belig-
eralicy of the patriots of that Island.
ar in some form to intervene to stay
the seemingly endless conflict. The
Washington Chronicle closes long
editorial upon this subject, as follows
Spain cannot hold Cuba long. 1t is
a question of days and weeks and
months, and they are numbered. The
Island is too near this free land. The
very birds that fit across the narrow
waters carry freedom upon their
wings. Those infamous doubloons
of recent investment, the price OF
blood, stimulate and excite it. Ii is
the duty of every American 10 give
to Cuba every practicable support and
encouragement that may not violate
our treaty siipulations. And the time
may come for the Government to say
10 Spain, i'll some form of language.
EThis war must stop. Its inlrlman
bntehery must end and the oppression
Tease.
But Cuba viii yet be free. As to
nationality, alliances or protcctorates
lei those things take care of them
selves. Cuba will be a free state
And tllen--in Twelve months the pop.
nlation will double. Yankee enter.
prise, Southern skill and American
brains and money will rush into that
beautiful land. and it shall not be
long until it will almost be forgotten
that Spanish tyranny, blight. and in
ertness ever cursed that fairand queen
Isl island.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Panic Ina N Church.

BosToN. Mass, Jan. 3. - While
about LOCO children were attending
Sunday School in the basement of
st. Mary's Catholic Church yester-
day, the draping of the statue OF the
Virgin Mary took fire, and panic
Selling them they rushed to the door
to escape. The teachers promptly
closed the doors. and the burning
drapely having been torn from the
statute and the fire extinguishcd the
children resumed their exercises.
Meanwhile the alarm of fire in the
basement reached the congregation
worshiping above, and with one ac-
cord the people rushed to the two
narrow doors which opened into the
church; these were chokcd UP in an
instant, as were also the narrow
stairway leading from the galleries.
Many persons in the galleries leaped
from The windows to the ground and
many tainted, and it was not until
the greater portion OF the congrega-
ton had escaped into the street that
the cause of the panic was ascertained
and quiet restored. No loss of life
occurred. bnt several accidents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Maierlnn Cnnrier Dec %

The Clinton Age thinks we have
had more hanging in Iowa since the
abolition of capital punishment. than
when hanging was legal, and we be-
lieve the Age is about right. Ii this
is the fact, il strengthens the claim
that the people favor capital punish
ment. SO far as our knowledge of
the opinions of the people upon this
subject go, we are CONVINCED that u
large majority favor the restoration
Of the death penalty. The argument
against the death penalty is more SEN
timentaI than practical. lfihe penal
ty of a statute is Intended to prevent
its violation, then make il Us near an
atonement for the crime as possible.
He who takes the life of another, for
feits his own right'to life, and if the
Age is right in its estimate, the peo-
pie mean that 1t shall be paid, staIute
or no statute,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

THE head of the great reform party
of Chicago. A. {. Hessing and three
OF his principal staff have been bag
ged by The Revenue officers, charged
with participating in the whisky
frauds. What will come of this, it is
not for us to say now. 1t is plain.
however, that Supervisor Matthews
has not made oath against Hcssing.
and he has not been held to answer
in $4,000 bail. unless there is very
strong apparent testimony against
him. We will do no man, however.
the injustice to say that he is guilty
before his trial. One thing. however.
we will say, that We have no more
confidence i'll the integrity (and hard
1yas much) of those who swung oil
into new parties with the blatant cry
of reform. titan we have in an equal
number of men unfortunately ia
ken from among those who declined
TO Join them in their new party
schemes. The fact is that rs rule
these who make such a trnmpeting of
their own virtue, and are ever ready
to grasp Cor place in new political
parties. are not near as honest as their
fellow mon who refuse TO join them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

Hon. j. b. Grinncll, in an article ON
the census of Iowa, published in the
Montezuma RepuJiicaa says;
in population, we have nearly
doubled in ten years, having now L.
350,544. AT our State Fair last year,I
placed Iowa with lJ0,00O,00O bushels
of corn and 50O0O,OO bushels Of wheat
ahead in the production Of these sta
pie cereals and was sqnibbed by the
press i'll California, Minnesota and
Illinois, and the figures H70O0,000 of
corn and 43,000,OOO wheat, sustains my
guess which was not a random one by
the figures.
We raised a bushcl Of apples 10
each man, woman and child in the
State, and five bushels of potatoes to
each. The number of horses, cows
and sheep is about equal or three to
each family, And swine sold and
kept around, five millions on three to
each family, We have a ton OF coal
for each family, twenty times the
amount we did ten years ago. The
value Of oni. manufactures now thir-
ty-nine millions against seven
millions Of dollars III 1919. Railroads
increased from 500 miles in decade
to 3, 765--earning over fifteen millions
or eleven dollars to each inhabitant,
two thirds of the amount being from
freight. The largest earnings, includ-
ing branches, being the Burlington
$1,000 per mile Rock Island $4,000
and Northwestern near $1,000 per
mile, an average on 30 roads in gross.
of $4,l36 per mile.
This is but an outline OF material
facts which justly minister to State
pride. which are correlated to asthet-
ic advance and general culture re-
viewed by The school-house, college
and church, and the comforts in ru-
raj homes, the augury of greater i'm
provcmenta when the twenty millions
OF acres ofonr virgin soil sail be sub
dned and yield a competence for five
millions ofpeople."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

MEMPHIS, Dec. 3l.--A ricksburg,
Mississippi, special TO the appeal, re-
ports a difficulty between the blacks
and whites yesterday, at Clinton.
Abon! snndnwn Charles Caldwell,
eX-State Senator, appeared on The
streets much into&icated.and declared
himself afraid of no man. A pistol
was accidentally fired III the rear of a
store which Caldwell entered, and he
ran into The cellar. The citizens
rushed into the store and Caldwell
commenced firing, and al The second
fire DR.. Il. &. Banks fell, seriously
wounded i'll the knee. The citizens
returned the fire, MORALLY womding
Caldwell. Fearing further trouble
the Mayor telegraphed the Mayor of
Nicksbnrg for assistance, and nj nine
o'clock last night one hundred men
left by train. No further trouble,
however. is upprchended.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Further Particulars Of the
MOSe1 ExDlOSiOn.

NEWs AoRK. X Jan. 3.--Captain
Franche, of thc~teamship Salicr ar
rived yesterday. was the bearer ,fa
letter to the German consul AT New
York, and has Instructions to permit
no one but tile proper authorities to
board or leave the vessel until consul
has read the letter. Ii was written by
the Brcmerhavcn authorities during
the intense excitement following the
dynamite explosion, under the inn
preston that possibly some traces that
would lead to additional facts in re-
gard to the explosion might be OBJ
tanned on the Salier. Nothing how
ever had been discovered. One pas
scngcr speaking of the explosion says
81 was leaning against the mast OF the
Mosel. enjoying the scene, when sud-
denly | fell flat on my face and heard
a terrific noise. l thought the boiler
of The Mosel had exploded first. and
then imagined it must certainly be
the boiler of the steam ting along side.
Pieces Of wood and glass, and parts
of human bodies were falling around
and upon me. The scene was awful
i'm the steerage. Vs. 8i
The survivors of the Deutschland
Were each presented with six dollars,
| the balance of n subscription raised i'm
London. and to-day will land and
leave for their destinations.
II Chas. Il. Mueller, OF Milwaukee
who was on the Moscl at the time of
the explosion says he was thrown
down the stairway of the cabin, and
recovering he went forward and saw
j the dock covered with dead bodies
and pools ofblood. The bodies were
mostly stripped of their clothing
some were perfectly naked. | covered
up the nakedncss of several of the
dead. both men and women. l saw
a Hebrew on a trunk stripped of his
clothing and apparently. wounded.
His head was falling back and he APP
peared to be sutlocating. took some
bed clothes out of a trunk burst open
by the explosion. and made com
/ Portable seat for him. Five minutes
aftcrward he died. A sailor kindly
brought him some water. but his
mouth was filled with eoagulated
blood and he could not swallow the
water. then attended a young lady
!. screaming for help, dcnuded of all hel
] clothing from the waist / covered
! her over with some sheeting; she was
: wounded in her back; she had been
struck with a bar of iron from tho
deck ratings.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

OUR Iowa Solons meet in Dcs
Moines on the 10th inst, and i'm obe-
dienee to law of Congress. the joint
convention win assemble on The 18th
inst. for the election ola u. S. Sem
ator. AT sometime previous to the
18th inst. the party caucuses will bc
held, probably on Friday or Saturday
the 18th or 10Th inst. From about the
middle of this week until the detcrm-
inaiion by the caucus of the success
ttll man by the Republican members.
Des MoincS will be a perfect bee hive
of hard, earnest workers. As it looks
to us. the contest is one that gives no
certain clue as to the man who is 10
be elevated to the high and RESPONSE.
BILE position of II. S. Senator. to rep.
resent the Young and vigorous. but
already powertnland important State
of Iowa. We confess, however. tha
we have no extended knowledge o.
the situation, and are unable TO speal
as authoritiyely rs many others in TIL,
State may be, Who have taken an ac.
i've part in the canvass. Unquestion
ably the contest viii be one of TIL,
liyeliest and most interesting Of tn
kind that has ever iranspired in tn
State.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Ohio Asses m Iply.

CoLrMHus, O., Jan. a.--The CID
General Assembly assembled ut 10 II.
IN. Charles II. Grosvenor, of Athens.
was elected Speaker OF the House
William Leonard, of Cleveland. Chief
Clerk, and VIM. Brown, Of Lawrence,
Sergeant-at Arms,and snbordinates in
accordance with the decision of the
Republican caucus of Saturday night.
In the Senate, j. G. Donaldson was
Chief Clerk ; Il. l.. Jones. OF
Toledo, Chief-Sergcant-at Arms.
The morning session was occupied
with business pertaining 10 the or
ganization,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Murder. Robn+rv a.a Arson.

ClNclNNArl, Dec. 3l-Further in
vestigation into the matter of the
burning Of Mrs. Gordon and three
children, at Enterprise, Ind, last
Sunday night. mentioned in these dis
patches, leads to the belief that the
woman and her children were muir
dered by some one unknown and the
bodies placed in the house and con-
sumed for the purpose of concealing
the crime. The object Of the murder
is supposed to have been TO gain pos
session of n sum of money Mrs Cor
don had in the house. The barn was
consumed as well as the house, and
the two buildings are situated so far
far apart that it is believed that the
burning of one would not have ignit-
ed the other,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

Congress will assemble again to-
day. We trust that the Republic
can members to a man, as near as
may be, will be on hand that no de-
lay may be experienced on account of
their absence. A quorum of the
House ought to be promptly OH hand.
Never III the history of Congress, save
when there has been a protracted
contest in the election of Speaker.
has there been such II waste of time
as there has been in the present scs-
sion of Congress. The Democratic
party has allied itself with all The so
called refcrm movements for years
past, and has laid claim 10 wonderful
reform professions itself. and yet the
moment ii gets possession of the
Lower House of Congress il delays
legislation and spends weeks aud
weeks at a cost to the Nation of sew.
cral hundred thousand dollars. i'm po.
litical flillibustering and doing abso.
lutely nothing in the way oflcgitimatc
business.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
A Plan for Ending the Cuban
War

LONDON, Jan. 3.--The Manchester
Guardians London correspondent
writes as follows on the subject of
Spain, Cuba and the United States:
! have been furnished with what
pnrports to be the substance Of Amer
ica's Cuban note. believe il is cor
rect, though | do moi pretend 10 give
the exact language. Ii recites that
the general interests of humanity and
commerce demand cessation of the
struggle which has been wagcd in
Cuba for seven years. The United
States are great sufferers. but are un-
willing to act withoutthe concurrence
of the other powers, including Spain.
The continuation of the attempt to
govern Cuba from Madrid. will be
an act hopeless of the restoration of
peace nevertheless Cuba belongs 10
Spain. and a great share of the popu-
lation is opposed TO separation. In
these circumstances the solution of
the question might be found in the
establishment Of a Confederation in
the West Indias, resembling the Cam
adian Confederation. Cuba and Porto
Rico might be constituted a Confed-
Grafton with local Independent rights
and Il Governor-General appointed
by Spain. The Powers arc asked to
join the United States in proposing
such a Confederation and aiding Cuba
to establish it. The abolition of
slavery would, however, be a neces-
sary condition. and such pressure
must be brought rs would make the
insurgents cease their warfare.
This would be difficult, bui il could
be accomplished. Secretary Fish is
emphatic in denying that the United
States desire the acquisition of Cuba.
They only wishpeace restored, slavery
abolished. and commerce allowed 10
resume its course. The Powers are
asked 10 express their opinion upon
the proposed means of accomplishing
these ends.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
iowa state nor,,cu,,rr., soe,s,v.

The Soricty will hold its tenth am
nual meeting at Dcs Moincs, january
is, ID and 20. 1876. The programme
will be more varied and complete
than ut any previous meeting. DIR.
Warder. of Illinois; Prof. Riley. of
st. Louis: Samuel Edwards, OF I'LL
nois. and other noted horticultirists
from other States, win be with us.
Upon the tables will be exhibited
| the largest winter collection of fruits
and flowers ever shown in our State.
together with over two hundred wax
casts of fruits grown IN our State.
prepared for the Centennial. Sections
| of the timber trees and woody plants
of the State, prepared Ivy Pros. Nc
Aiee for the Centennial will also be
on exhibition at the rooms. Among
the many lectures and papers ut the
session will be the following:
| Botany in its Relations to llorticul-
iure-By Prof. Bcsscy and DIR. Parry.
Geology and Soils-By Prof. Me
Afce and Hon. II. Z. Speer.
Entomology-Prof. Riley, OF st.
! l4onls, and DIR. llotlmcistcr. of III.
Madison. ft
Experimental Horticulture-By Col
John Scott and J. l.. Bndd.
Meteorology-By Prof. Paryin and
Prof. Macombcr.
2Forestry-By Judge Whiting and
! Prof. McAfce.
Evergreen Cniturc--By DR.. Ennis.
ID. w. Adams and Samuel Bowers.
Pears--By Jerome Book and Prof
James Mathews.
i Small Fruit Culturc--By III. G.
Raymond and ID. II. Pillsbury.
Market Gardening - by Enocl
Mead and j. A. Anderson.
! Floriculturc-By j. A. Bathcrs.
I, Management of House Plants-Bt
Mrs. +. ID. Rand. Burlington, and
Mrs. G. l.. Watrous. Des Moines.
u TIedging-By j. Mickey. III. Strohn
, and Thomas Wardan.
Orchard Culture-Bv ID. w. Adam.
James Smith and Henry Avery.
Utilizing Fruits-By Sucl Foster.
Lecture on Landscape Gardening
by President Welch, Ames. and paper
by IL. {. Raymond. on the same sub
ject.
: Cherry and Plum Cultre---Bv ID
: w. Kaufman and A. Giddings.
Lecture by DIR. Warder, of Ohio
on Forestry in liz Relations to Gil
mate.
: Reduced fare will be secured on ii
: railroads as far rs possible. and re
dnced rates will be secured at tn
hotels in Des Moinrs.
4 For copies of programmes or othe
Z information. address.
; j. l.. BuDp. Secretary.
l'hellshur9, Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

They openly boast that they intend to
follow mp that policy until none hut
eX-Confcderate soldiers shall repre-
sent the South, and that then they can
easily manage the Northern Demo-
Gratis.
We arc just Us ouch in favor of n
fair and generous amnesty towards
the lately rchelliou> South MS any one
can be, hut SO long as il continues to
send its foremost military men to
Congress. Is il safe for us TO 90 to
the other extreme and ignore The men
who led our armies when we are Sc
Letting leaders TO cope in Congress
with the rapidly increasing military
rebel element in that body?
These arc suggestions certainly
worthy of the attention of the APP
preaching Legislature, and we sub
nit them with the utmost friendli-
ness and good will for all the candi-
dates mentioned for the Scnatorship,
only hoping that that body may act
discrectly and give us a Senator
whose character and Republicanism
will be worthy the banner Republic.
an State of the Union, and who may
have in his antecedents and compost.
ton assurances that he win be fit in
leycry respect to represent the State
during the troublesome times thai
may be ahead of us.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
WASHINGTON.

WAsfINGToN. Dee. 30--lt is stated
that the President intends calling tho
attention OF Congress, through n
special message, to the condition OF
affairs so very well known on the
eastern border of Mexico, and ia the
interruptions not so very well known
on the dividing line between Mexico
and lower California. The Treasury
Department is in receipt of advicc>
showing repeated depredations in the
latter region during the past twelve
months, which almost equal the raids
across the Rio Grand
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Munster Deaa-s,enmc~ Ashore

NEW YORK, Dec. 3I.-MomrOe s.
Muster. who shot himself. wife and
child, died last night. al Reception
Hospital. Ills wife lies in a comatosc
condition. and Is not expected TO live
many hours.
Long Island, last nigh, in dense fog.
Her name could not be asccrtained.
nor assistance sent her. She kept up
a continuous whisiling. The weather
is mild and no wind, but the fog still
prevails.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05

Judge Thaycr. ofthc Clinton AGE,
who is a member of the incoming
Legislature, and leading Democrat
of the State, says of the current talk
about . fusion or mongrel Senator !:
We see several of our exchanges
arc discussing the duty of Democratic
members OF the Legislature in ease
there should arise an opportunity 10
vote for an Independent candidate
FOR senator. We presume what is
meant, is. that in case a sufficient
number of Republicans refuse to
acquicsce in the support Of the caucus
nominee. and which number together
| with the Democrats constitute voters
enough to elect an Independent Sem
ator. that the two elements should
unite and defeat the regular candi-
date.
| We cannot see how such state of
ailairGeonld exist. The Republican
lvotc is so large and the Democratic
so small, that bolt could hardly he
agreed upon. numerically strong
enough TO accomplish The end sug-
gested. In Wisconsin, Michigan and
Connecticut, where such things have
been done, the parties were very neal
|evenly divided. 1t took but few
| Republicans added to the Democrats
to break states. smash the work OF
caucuses, aud disunite and disscvel
rings and combinations.
/ Ifby any convulsion, rcvulsion oi
revolution in State politics, such III
extraordinary thing should happier
that boiling Republicans and homes
Democrats could elect a United State
Senator, then the question for Demo
crais to consider would be mllethc
the Independent candidates Offered
:. was any better than the caucus nomi
nee. Simply defeatinga caucus can
didate, because such thing was pos
c sible. would give the Democrat
, party neither prestige nor victor,
But il such bolt offered manifesto
| better man--bctter for the Stale. bel
e ter for the Nation-a man more hon
est. more conservative-we shout,
say the duty of Democrats was clea
! and unmistakable, and that the onl
: course for them to pursue would b
: TO vote with the holting Republicans
: Clinton HerdH.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
Ohio ssSpcaks Ont i'm Meetin.

COLUMBUS. Jan. lin the House,
Conpainc's resolution was adopted
By a hearty vote, condcmning theac-
ton of Congress in lisnlissing Union
soldiers TO, give places TO ex-Contedr
crates, and calling on OhioIongress-
men to Use their influence TO find
places for such discharged men; also
declaring that President Grant de-
serves the commentator of all true
patriots for his declaration that he
would find places for all such dis
CHARGED mon. E4k EtEEE