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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
WORD TO 400 IOWA DELEGATEs.
Honorable B. r. Clayton Writes Lett
tor Concerning Farmer, Congress.

Indianola, Sept. 12.-His excellency,
Governor Shaw, has appointed some 400
delegates to the Farmers National Con-
gress, which meets in Boston Oct. 8
to 10. If you have not received your
commission you will get it within
few days from the governor of your
state. We hape that you will attend.
The railroads have granted rate
of one and one-third fare for the round
trip on the certificate plan, which will
be explained on application to your To-
cal agent. A special car will leave Des
Moines at $3.50 p. M, Saturday, Sept. 80,
arriving in Chicago over the Great
Western road at $3.50 a. M, Sunday,
Oct. l, and will leave Chicago via the
Nickel Plate road and its connections
at 1885 a. M, Oct. l, arriving in Bos-
ton at 1850 p. M, Oct. 2.
Tourist cars will be used as sleeping
apartments for the entire trip, inclui-
ing the stay at Boston, at a cost OF $lJ
for each person, thus avoiding the ne
cessity OF securing rooms while in Bos-
ton and also permitting delegates to
take their meals wherever they wish.
The trip will require eleven days, u
Guiding a stop-over of one day a. Nj
agara Falls.
We would like all who can to join our
party in Des Moines or at the Nickel
Plate depot in Chicago, so that we may
get the benefit of the special cars
through to Boston.
It will be to your advantage, if YOU
decide upon going, to notify me before
Sept. Is whether you desire to make
one OF the party, designating whether
you will meet us in Des Moines or in
Chicago.
The above named railroads have ar
ranged for meals enroute at reduced
rates and also for a stop-over at Nj
agara Falls on our return trip. There
has never been better chance to visit
old Faneuil Hall, Boston harbor, Ply
mouth, Lexington and Concord than
now. ~
The legislature of Massachusetts has
made special appropriation to cover
the expense of those excursion, which
will all be free to you. Do not fail TO
notify me at the earliet possible mo
ment.
We are quite anxious to have Iowa
well represented. Ii we can ,till tour
list car at Des Moines, they have prom
ised to send it decorated Farmers
National Congress" full length, each
side. with Iowa" above it. We have,
Limited the number of passengers sto
each car to forty, thus giving us ample
room. We have arranged for all the
tourist cars that we want out of Chi
cago at the same rate, and not less
than forty passages to the car, at the
same rate. Very truly yours,
B. f. Clayton,
Chairman Executive Committee.
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sHAw's coUnTnsY no AsTRANGEI
Gave Up Sleeping Car Berth to . Man
Who VIII Not Vote for Him.

Gave Up Sleeping Car Berth to . Man
- Who VIII Not Vote for Him.
Des Moines Leader: In letter to a
Des Moines friend, written from Chi
cage, John +. Olson, well known in
Des Moines, tells a story of a pleasant
meeting with Governor L. M. Shaw,
and then attests his allegiance to the
democratic party by urging his friends
to vote against the governor. The let
ter follows: ID. 80 !. 80, & s4ss..- q
Leaving Des7Moinas last night over
the Chicago g. Northwestern, j met
Governor Shaw: for the first time.
This in itself is probably not worth
mentioning, for, as you know, l have
enjoyed the acquaintance of many of
1owa's executives. 1t was the way 1
met him that pleased me. had neg
lected to reserve a berth, and there
fore went to the depot early, in the
hope of being accommodated. The
agent told me that all lowers were
taken, or reserved, but that three of
the parties had not secured their tick
cts and that there might be a chance
for me to get one of these. I rooted
myself to a seat and impressed upon
the porter that l was next. While
checking up the passenger sitting OPP
posite to me, the gentleman said he
was only going to Cedar Rapids and
that he would make himself comfort
able on one of the long seats and that
he might give me his berth. Gratitude
is one OF my strong points, and eN-
pressed it appropriately, but the por-
ter refused to give me the berth or
take my money until he had finished
checking the car. The gentleman got
up, whispered to me that he would see
that got it all right and followed the
sallow-complexioned African to the
END of the car. Presently the porter
came back, took my money and gave
me the berth. The stranger returned
afterwards and we chatted socially on
Iowa matters for few minutes. The
gentleman laid down on the sofa in the
state room and / prepared myself for
my nightly exercise u sleep out loud,
very Loudly, but before turning in /
asked the porter the strangers name.
He looked up his diagram and said.
"Shaw, L. NJ. Shaw. Great Heavens"
/ said. "That's the governor of Iowa"
The fellows eyes enlarged trifle and
there was quite tremor in his voice
as he exclaimed: SIS that SOP" The
governors course was considerable and
highly appreciated and deserves mem
ton, though 1 don't want him to get
any democratic votes on the strength
of it.
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evidence amounted to little before
them. don't think there was any
evidence showing his guilt and that his
conviction was an outrage and a great
crime"
J. #. Blake.
Il believe that that cohrt-martial
was organized for the purpose of con-
yicting him. and that the generals who
testified had such an influence over
the judges that they were afraid to
decide as they really believed it,"
= John W. Lewis.
Il would call it judicial farce and
a crime. His conviction was apparently
pre- Judged. None of the so-called evil
dence against him would have been re-
,ceived in any court where Anglo-Saxon
law and civilization prevail"
Joe 10. Jaques.
81 think the verdict Is an outrage.
There was no legal evidence on which
to convict DreyfS."
Il. e. McEIroy.
Il am satisfied from the reports of
the evidence which we received IRON
Gay to day in the Dreyfus trial, that
some OF the French officers had been
furnishing information to Germany
and Italy in regar,IN French military
affairs and that guilty parties
should be punished. No nation can
maintain itself and ignore such treason
among its officers. The trial seemed
to be somewhat of farce. Instead OF
the witnesses confiring themselves to
:elling what they actually knew about
a1.a tod In.
yers. to give their opinions, argue the
mony and insist on the judges adopt
ing their conclusions. The reports
we received from day to day argued
the Dreyfus side of the case a
good deal like the evidence of the gem
erals who argued the other side before
the court-martial. Dreyfus was an in
quisitive sort of fellow, and that fact
may have led the French generals to
believe he was seeking information for
the purpose of furnishing it to the
German or Italian governments. It is
hard to believe that the French gen
erals felt that Dreyfus was innocent
while they were fighting so hard for
his conviction. am not thoroughly
satisfied that Dreyfus did not know a
good deal more about the information
that was being furnished by the Off
GERS around him to the German and
Italian governments than he was will
ing to admit. We all sympathize with
Dreyfus, especially on account of the
punishment he suffered for five years
on Devils Island. The French govern
ment ought now to take the matter up
and punish all those who had any
hand in the REASONABLE practices.
There are others, to say the least,
much more guilty than Dreyfus, who
ought not to go UNPUBLISHED"
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Storv Of n slaye Z

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George d. Williams,
Of Manchester, Mich, tells how such a
slave was made free. He says: MY
wife has been SO helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles OF
electric Bitters, she is wonderfully
and able to do her own
work" This supreme remedy for fe-
male diseases quickly cures nervous
ness, sleeplessness, melancholy head
ache, backache, fainting and dizzy
spells. This miracle working medicine
is godsend to weak, sickly, run down
people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
so cents. Sold by Clark & Mollison,
druggists.
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North Pole Mysteries.

The return of ain Arctic explorer
clears up many mysteries, who says
that much new land WINS discovered in
Weddell Sea, and open water was seen
far to the south. This shows that the
great wall OF ice reported by early ex-
plorers was a myth. Arctic explorers
are not the only ones who meet with
deceptions. Many people with indiges-
ton and dyspepsia have been deceived
SO many times that they believe there
is no cure. They can be cured though
hundreds of medicines have failed.
Take the only reliable medicine, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, which also
cures constipation, nervousness, Sleep
lessness and liver and kidney disorder.
DO not accept a substitute. See that a
private Revenue Stamp covers the neck
of the bottle.
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northeast quarter, northeast quarter,
southeast quarter, section z, 70, IA,
$7OO.
/ Chris Flaw and wife to w. r. Beck,
lot S, Roberts sub Ottumwa, $4,000.
( F. NJ. Reno and wife to Lucy LODI
wick, north seventy feet lots SO, "a,
IS, 36, block 0, Eldon, $780,
NJ Altman to Agnes Cohesion 70. C.
I'D siXty-six feet lots SO, "a, IS, So,
, Eldon, ST.
| Henry Throne and wife to Nelson
Brown, part lot 10, Williams addition.
] Ottumwa, $140.
Mrs. r. C.. Lyon to Maggie R. Henry;
lot %. Summers addition, Ottumwa.
$500.
w. H. Hamilton and wife to j. O.
Hunnell, lot II, block 3, Caster first
addition, Eldon.. S325.
s.@H. j. Scott and husband. G. NJ. Ia
Mary B. Scott, part lot 10, Williams al
dftion, Ottumwa. $500.
Geo. Earhart and wife to Mary r..
Jones, lots 10, IL aud IL, block 81, Ell
don, $500.
Ottumwa National bank to John w 9
Lewis, lot 6, S. E. Mowrey sub. of lta
II, Williams addition, Ottumwa, $i.-5,,
200.
NJ. z. sponsler and husband James
to A. r. Hammond, part lot Sc, Kran-
er addition, 0ttumwa, $3.50.
w. S. Coen and wife to Maggie Stru-
BILE, lot IS, Wiley addition, Ottumwa.
$17O.
City Savings bank to j. E. Robinson,
south "A feet lot 46, block s, Smith
third addition, Ottumwa, $3.50.
H. L.. Waterman and wife to w. S.
Coen and S. Siberell, lot 102, Dain adj
dition, Ottumwa, S375.
II. L. Waterman and wife to Frank
Mclntire. lot sc Dain addition, OttuE-
wa. $3.50.
II. L. Waterman and wife to Charles
Shook, lot 81, Dain addition. Ottumwa,
1878.
H. L. Waterman and wife to A. q.
Harrow and j. T. Hackworth, lots II,
13. IA and IS, Dain addition, Ottumwa,
$1.40o.
]. r. Needham and wife to B. j. Cam
field, west half lot 20, block 8, Smiths
fourth addition, Ottumwa, $500.
B. P. Garfield to I. r. Needham,
southwest quarter, southeast quarter,
part northwest quarter southeast quar-
ter, section 24-72-15, $780,
, i. F. Hinsey to j. 7. Rowe, lots SO
and 40, collars second addition, Ottum-
wa, 50 coo.
! Z. P. Howard, trustee, to d. d. Field
Ter, lots 1, 2 and 3, block 81, Eldon,
5000.
NJ. E. Perry to D. j. Fielder, lot Is,
block IS, Eldon, 5000.
c. Swanson and wife to w. Ketsdever
west half lot, A, Hayne addition, OF
tumwa. 5000.
ii. l.. Waterman and wife to E. E.
MeElroy, lots 145 and LAG, Dain addi-
ton, Ottumwa, S725..
g. w. Proctor and wife to D. z. and
i. tP. Swartz, undivided west half lot
s, Majors addition, Ottumwa, 5000
A.E. Hammond and husband J.A. to E. ,
NJ, Campbell, west forty feet iot rs,
Dixon & Hutchinson addition, Ottumwa,
$1,000.
e. N. Cook and wife to w. H. Clark,
southeast quarter southwest quarter.
section 34-72-13, $500. 3
A. w. Johnson,s trustee, to j. ". Dali
ton, lot 90. block /, Janney addition.
Ottumwa, 1900
II. L. Waterman and wife to Clara T..
Springer, lot 50, Dam addition, Ottnni-
wa, $500.
II. L. Waterman and wife 10 4. W
buchanan. lot &c Dain addition, Otlum
eva. $3.50
b II. +, Waterman ana wife to E. am
\. y. Burnaugh, lot 27. Dain addition
Ottumwa, 1925
"a 81. L. Waterman and wife to ID,
Emery, lot SO, Richards addition, o.
tumwa $3.50.
ii. H. Harsch and wife to S. j.. Pat
terson, lots go and 30 II. T. Baker
/ first addition, Oftumwa, 5000.
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evidence amounted to little before
them. | don't think there was any
evidence showing his guilt and that his
conviction was an outrage and a great
crime"
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Miller and wife, lot 10, Taylor &
Williamson addition, Ottumwa, ST..
S. Grant ct al. to L. Fl. Armstrong
lot 10, block 10, Smiths third addition,
Ottumwa. $3.50.
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The new Catholic church in Carroll
township, lama county, has been dedi-
Gated.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

Z A lodge Of the Modern Brotherhood
of America is being organized at To-
ledo.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14

Beecham's Pills for Stomach and
Liver ills.
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Read the Courier for news.
The evening times., 1899-03-11
READTHE SIGN BOARDS
Warmers Safe Cure the Victor Among
Modern Medicines.

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a
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childish disgusting
illustrated this j.
andh
have bottles feeling like
to a
of Bek county, tho
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The evening times., 1899-03-11
4 Sachet Misplaced.

(From the Cleveland Plain DealerO
There is a little woman whom | know
who has just had most trying experience
She has been reading a great deal about
perfumes. and how delightful and wholly
proper it was to spread abroad a delicate
fragrance wherever you went and she
thought that she would Try it.
The articles that she consulted suggested
scchet pads stuck in drawers and closets. or
even pinned upon clothes, and the little
woman set about trying it.
Among the pads she manufactured was
one long. slender arrangement, covered for
lack OF better material with gaudy calico
on one side and piece of blue denim on
the other.
LAS no one will ever see it. il makes no
difference as 10 it's covering" she thought.
and then went and pinned the thing on the
back of her sealskin coat.
The next day was Saturday. and about
noon she received a note from her hus-
band to the effect that if she would hurry
down he would take her out 10 lunch and
then 10 the matinee.
Hurry, She had not hurried for We ks
as she had then. and was down two whole
minutes ahead of time
Her husband nodded with a smile. and
they prepared to so oUt once more. when
he stopped with little cry of amazement
My dear" he exclaimed, what have
you got on your back?"
His wife turned white as her collar and
then went red again as she beheld, a of
in his hand her gaudy sachet bag
In her hurry she had quite forgotten it;
| existence and had worn it all the way
The evening times., 1899-03-11
FOG AS AN IRRIGATOR.
Problem Which California ASricui-
turists Are Invited to Solve.

Herbert Earlscliffe. OF Santa Barbara,
Cal, has communicated to the w athsr
Bureau. through the Chamber OF Com
merce of Los Angeles. a suggestion rela-
tive to fog that should call forth all the
Inventive genius of America. Mr. Ear S.
cliffe says:
In California there are vast areas OF
valuable land where the water SUI ply is
insufficient. Nature has endeavored 10
correct this by sending in heavy fogs lad II
with moisture, and it only remains FOR the
ingenuity OF man to utilize this. These
fogs generally come in from the ocean at
night during the dry summer months,
when most needed, but are dissipatad ear
Is in the morning by the sun. Here is am-
pie moisture brought TO our very doors Il
we could but discover some simple and
practical method of condensing or pTecipi
tating IL on large scale
II certainly is tantaIizing to think Of
this immense quantity of moisture present
and visible but unavailable. Neither
science nor art at present can suggest any
feasible method of causing this fog to de-
scend in refreshing drops of rain. On the
other hand, the green vegetation at the
SUBMITS of many mountains has often
been observed 10 be due essentially to
cloud or fog and not to rain: il may, there
fore, be hoped that along the coast OF
California, some device will soon be in
troduced that shall catch the fog particles
as they float along and force them TO
trickle down in gentle streams OF water
SO as to moisten the earth. We do not pro-
pose to condense or precipitate the atmoS-
pheric moisture in the ordinary sense of
those words. but simply to catch il as the
leaves of the trees do. We recall the So
called drip from every rock and twig on
the summit of Table Mountain at Cape
Town. and especially on the summit o.
Green Mountain, in the Island of Ascen-
sion, and the dampness of the rocks on
Pixies Peak. and we cannot doubt bat that
in many spots throughout the globe vege-
tation is kept alive by the small amount
Of moisture that is caught on the leaves.
and. dripping thence to the ground, is
soaked up by the roots of the plant. In
fact, there are several plants whose leaves
and branches are so arranged as 10 faciii-
tate drip and the collection of moisture by
this process.
What is needed by the agriculturist Oh
the California coast is some simpe me-
Chanical arrangement by which the guam
tity of fog particles shall be intercepted
rs they flow past any given plant, and shall
be forced to drip or glide downward into
the ground at the root of the plant. Any
fan-shaped arrangement OF sticks or slate
that increases the area exposed to the fog
should apparently increase the quantity of
moisture carried down to the roots. Me
chanical devices, the explosion OF dyna-
mite, refrigerating apparatus and other
analogous devices are likely TO be too ex-
pensive in comparison with the return
they make.
The evening times., 1899-03-11
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

Arlington-C. +. Fcnniran, New York: r.
De Gray, New Orleans; Willism r. Kirkland.
New York; J. Young W. Miller. j. b. Dennis.
G. Young. all OF New York; G. II. Aymar, New
York; C. Martin, New York.
Ebbitt-Mr, and Mrs. }. McNamee and Miss II.
bury, Kranziein. ]. Baxter. ". P Remington.
A. Grant, W. p Parry. J. c. McCracken, all OF
University of Pennsylvania
Metropolitan-A. X Walton. PENNSYLVANIA;
Mrs. J. s Beach and child. Virginia; H. Hey
man, New York; II. H. Thorpe, New York
National-W. l.. Erwin, West Virginia: j. X.
Parker. jr., New York; F. ID. Gaskins. Vir-
ginia; b. y. lTardiSty, Maryland; ]. II. Ching,
West Virginia; Richard Hardirty, ir. Maryland.
s Martin. New YORK; Hon. John p. McGraw,
West Virginia.
Raleigh. Maycock Buffalo, y Y; Mrs. f.
4. and Miss A. :. Howell, New York; Ii. Mil
lcr, North Carolina.
Riggs-Nr. and Mrs F. P Thomas Cleveland.
Ohio; William Dreweit, New York; }. Van Hook,
New York.
shoreham-C. II. Palmer. Ohio; A. NJ MeCrea.
Pennsylvania; Mr. and Mrs Anderson New Jer-
Cox. Pennsylvania; Mr.. and Mrs. l.. C. Phipps
and child, Pittsburg; Mesdames J. c. and B.
Reney. Pittsburg; r. Reney. Pittsburg; Mr.. and
Mrs. o. T. Panil, New York; Mr.. and Mrs C.
Boell, Paris; Z. Charter. Paris.
st. james,. T. Boyle, Pittsburg; J. B. Sny-
der Pennsylvania W. J. Yohn. Pennsylvania;
F. Wood, BALTIMORE Jayar and wife, New York
J. W. Walter. New York; W. NJ. Leeper, New
York; r. s Spooner. Boston: ]. Ii. Adams,
herd, Virginia; ID. Macarthur. Illinois
Willsrd's-A. c. overholt. Pennsylvania; Mr..
and Mrs Garretson, New Jersey; W. NJ Balm
bridge, London; DIR. l.. A. Allen New Jersey
The evening times., 1899-03-11
A South African Snake story.
From the London spectatorl


A road party, comprising the usual gang
of from fifty to sixty Kafirs. with a white
man as superintendent was employed on
the construction of a road in the Tugela
Valley, Natal, about thirty or more years
ago. In the course of their work they
came TO a huge stone which it was neces-
sary TO remove, but beneath il was the
home of a large black mamba, well known
TO the inhabitants as being old and there
fore very venOmous. The mamba is the
most deadly of the South African snakes
and the superintendent anticipated some
trouble over that rock. He offered bribe
for the snakes skin and the gang ''wow'd,"
and sat down TO ''bema gwi' (take snuff.
But a slim youth sauntered forward, and
amid the jeers and protestations of the rest
declared himself equal TO the task. He took
from his neck what looked like a bit of
shriveled stick, chewed it, swallowed some
of it, spat out the rest on his hands, and
proceeded to rub his glistening brown body
and limbs all over. Then, taking up his
stick and chanting a song Of defiance, he
advanced with great confidence and swag-
ger to the bowlder. There he reused up
the mamba, who, in great fury at being
disturbed, bit him in the lip. The boy took
no notice of the bite, but broke the snakes
back with his stick, and, bringing 1t to his
master, asked for the reward, obtaining
which he went back to his work. and the
bite of the reptile had no effect or him
whatever.
No bribe not even that of a COW (better
than any gold in the eyes of a Kaffir)
would induce this native to disclose the
secret of his antidote, which, he said, had
been handed down in his family for gen.
erations. The snake was very long one
and so old that it had a name. 1t is a
well-known fact that certain of the Zulus
have antidotes for the more deadly snake
poisons, which they preserve as a secret
within their own families
The evening times., 1899-03-11
Smith and the senor-

(Fyom the Atlanta ConstiIution)
4 good story is told of the colonel Of the
Third Kentucky. which has Just arrived
in Cardenas. AT Matanzas the colonel.
who is Kentuckian by the name OF
Smith. ordered cars 10 remove his men 10
Cardenas The cars were ordered for $50
a. m. At $50 the cars had not showed up.
The colonel was mad" He stalked into
the railroad superintendent office and
wanted to know why the ears were not
ready.
The superintendent was writing. and
paid no attention to the colonel
The colonel repeated his question.
The superintendent still did not answer.
The colonel fairly roared, and asked the
superintendent if he had heard the ques
tiOn.
The superintendent answered Yes
Then" yelled the colonel. why in the
biankety blazes didn't you answer"
Because said the superintendent,
pompously, L am a railroad superintend-
ent, and | am accustomed to having men
remove their hats in my Office
Il don't give damn what you are" re-
piled the colonel. Il am sovereign IN
my country, and you get out of that chair
pretty quick and attend to those cars, or
III telegraph General Brooke about you %
The Spanish railroad superintendent
got
The evening times., 1899-03-11
IS ADMIRAL DEWEY'S HEALTH
FAILING?
Persistent Reports of the Admiral's
Ill Health Traced to Private
Sources.

When Secretary Longs attention was called
to the statement circulated to the effect that
Admiral Dewey is failing in health, and cannot
last month longer. the Secretary said that he
had no information whatever this point These
reports about the Admiral's health are all trace
able to private reports, although officers of the
navy who have recently returned from Manila
state that Dewey's health, so far as it could be
gagged from his appearance, appears to be about
the same it has been for the past year. 1t
is not denied by the officers that the Admiral
has aged in his appearance notably within the
past year, his hair is undoubtedly winter and
his figure shows signs of the weakness which
might be expected to come with advancing years.
From the severe and exacting duties that the
Admiral has had imposed upon him. it is but
natural that his health requires some stimulant
such as Heurichs Maerzen Beer. which will as
sure the best Of health that he might COM
plete the task he has begun at Manila.