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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
The Gunboat Napidan Shells
Paete Thinking it Re-oc-
cupied by Insurgents.
ONE CHILD WAS KILLED
Captain Otis, of the Washington Regi-
ment Under Arrest ON Account OF
the Seeming Reluctance OF
His Men at Calamba.

Manila, Aug. 2, via Hong Kong, (By
Associated Press.) -The gunboat Napi-
dan last week shelled Paete, on the
lake near Santa Cruz. The town was
full of people, who were encouraged to
return after Lawton's expedition, hav-
ing been assured that they would not
be molested if they peaceably attended
to business. lieutenant Copp, who is
in command of the Napidan, heard that
insurgents had re-occupied the town,
and, steaming close in, opened fire with
his siN-pounders without warning.
People. seeing the boat approaching,
fed to the hills in terrified condition
with barely time to escape. One child
was killed and many buildings damag-
ed. The authorities express great re-
gret on account of the incident. After
the taking of Calamba by the Ameri-
cans. Lawton ordered Captain Otis, of
the Washington regiment, to be re-
lieved of his command and placed I'M
der arrest on account of the slowness
and seeming reluctance with which
the companies under his command
obeved the order to disembark from
the cascoes and wade through the
marshes under fire. The men say the
majority of them had been sick and
unfit for duty and were given to I'M
derStand that thew would not ha ask
ed to do more fighting.
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TEXT OF THE BoRDEnEAu.
Contents of the Memorandum That
Sent Dreyfus to DEVILS Island.


The bordereau to which the court
of cessation has directed the attention
of the court martial at Rennes, and
of which Capt. Dreyfus was accused
and convicted in 1894 of being the au-
thor, is simply a memorandum found,
torn in pieces, in the waste basket of
Col. Won Schwarzkoppen, then militia
ry attache of the German embassy in
Paris. This memorandum gave list
Iof documentary disclosures of French
military secrets, which it was charged
Capt. Dreyfus transmitted to some
agent of "a foreign power'-to-wit,
Germany. The list is as follows:
Il. A description of the hydraulic
brake of the field gun known in the
French service as the '120 Court and
notes upon the construction OF its car
riage. The 100 Court is the heaviest
gun used by the French field artillery.
Its gun carriage is ingeniously con.
trived SO as to travel over plowed
fields and across country The pro-
jectiles were formerly loaded with
melinite. but dynamite is now used for
this purpose, and recent experiments
made near Mention with dynamite
shells fired from the 100 Court guns
are said to have pulverized several
thousand cubic meters of solid rock.
~. memorandum concerning the
'troups de couverture' troops in case
Of mobilization to be thrown toward
the frontier so as to cover the actual
mobilization), with notifications ac-
cording to the latest plan.
%. A note describing the changes
adopted in the artillery formation.
(This refers to the distribution of bat
teries at the commencement of mo-
bilization among the divisions of the
army CORPSE
"A. A paper on the Madagascar
campaign.
IS. A draft of the manual of field
artillery fire dated March IA, 1884,"
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ing that Capt. Dreyfus handed over to
a foreign power any one of the five
documents mentioned in the bordreaau,
Captain Dreyfus must be condemned
as a traitor and transported back again
to Devils Island. If, on the contrary,
the prosecution fails to establish that
Captain Dreyfus delivered any of the
five documents to a foreign power, he
must be acquitted.
General de Gallifet, minister of war,
has issued instruction TO Major Car
riere, government, commissary at the
Rennes court-martial. to insure that
the court-martial shall not invalidate
its own future decisions by deciding
upon matters not involved in the inn
mediate issue. These instructions
simply pin the court-martial down TO
the bordereau, and at the same time
leave the prosecution the utmost free
dom as to the methods they may see
fit to use in order to prove their
case
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
CORN rs PROMISING.
The Crop Throughout the State Re,
eeives Plenty OF Rain.

g.
Des Moines. Aug. s.-The past
week was seasonably warm with a
considerable excess of rainfall, and
more than the normal amount of
cloudiness and humidity. The heavi-
est rainfall was in the central and
southern. districts, but all sections OF
the state received an ample supply of
moisture for present needs. Some
damage to corn and grain was caused
by severe storms of wind with heavy
downpours of rain in numerous locali-
ties; but the benefits resulting from
the timely and liberal supply of mois-
ture will very greatly exceed the local
and incidental damage, and the incon-
venience of delaying harvest opera
tons. In the larger part of the state
early corn is caring finely, and the
condition of the entire crop is gener.
ally promising. Potatoes, pastures
and garden vegetables have been
greatly improved by the recent rains.
Reports of crop correspondents for
August have been tabulated, and the
following averages are. shown in the
condition of the unharvested crops:
Corn, 80 per cent; millet, "a; flax. 95;
buckwheat, 90; broom corn, IS; sor-
ghum. 81; potatoes, 100; apples, SO;
grapes, 4s; pastures, "a.
1t will be noted that the reports
show an improvement of per cent in
the condition of corn since July 4.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
COUNTERFElTING.
Chief Wilkie Says secret service MUS
be Extended

New York, Aug. s.-The Times
Washington special says:
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
says there are number of criminals
in the Philippines. They are so num-
erous and successful that it will soon
be necessary to make provisions for Sc
cret service agents in the islands.
Counterfeiters do not make limitations
OF American money, but reproduce the
Spanish and Chinese coins. In the
presentconditions of affairs in the Phil
ippines the counterfeiting of these
coins does as much harm as making
bogus American money, and perhaps
more. Gen. Otis is doing what he can
to break up the practice, bat he has a
hard fight on his hands as he has no
trained detectives. Chief Wilkie says
also that there is much counterfeiting
going on in Cuba, Porto Rico and Ha-
wall, although not so much as in the
Philippines. and that the secret service
will have to extend to these islands.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
THEY AL SAY 50.
Not Only In Ottuf11wa,
But Iii Every City
and Town in
the Union.

Ifthe reader took the time and trouble to
ask his fellow residents of 0ttumwa the SIM
pie question propounded below, he would OBJ
tain the one answer. II he had the curiosity
to read the statements now being unpublished in
Ottumwa which refer to this answer, 1t world
surprise him to note that they number SO many,
AS many more could be published and may be
published, but in the mean time ask the first
man you meet what cures headache? The
answer will be Doan's Kidney Pills. Here Is
one case selected from the many we have:
MI. j. F. Kaiser, of 107 Market st., says:
"When say that Doans Kidney Pills are the
best remedy for the kidneys ever tried, that
they act upon those organs quickly. that they
operate most effectively mean what say,
and base my opinion on the following exper.
fence. had slight headache and other symp.
toms Of either weakened or over taxed Kidneys.
Thinking that Doaa's Kidney pills might re-
lieye me- procured box at Will L. Sarsent's
Drug store in the Holman Block. They did
exactly as wanted. Let me add this pecnlL
arity about Doans Kidney Pills; they do not
affect the bowels, are pleasant to take, leave
no bad effects or cause no reaction. This OF
itself when compared with other preparations
IS OF considerable Importance to the average
man."
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all deal
srs. Price 20 cents. Mailed by Foster Mil
burn Co., Buffalo, N. r., sole agents for the
g S.
Remember the name Doan's and take No
other. ,.,,t
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WILL NOT COME HOME.
Head of the Democratic National Cons
mittee Sill suffering HI Health.

st. Louis, Aug. s.-By Associated
Press. THE Republic says: Governor
Stone is in receipt of a letter from
Senator Jones, chairman of the nation
al democratic committee, which says
he is threatened with a return of ill
health and will not leave for the Unit
ed States before October 1, probably
not then. The letter was written in
London. The senator said he would
leave shortly for Scotland, there to
seek to regain his health. At the time
of writing the senator had not received
Stones Letter regarding the action taken
by the committee at the July meeting
in Chicago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
RESUME BY LAzARE.
French correspondence Review of the
First Days Proceedings.

Rennes, Aug. T.-Bernard Lazare,
in Chicago Record. 1.-The first sitting
of the court-martial at Renness was
held in an atmosphere of insincerity.
The, trial opened this morning with the
READING of the act of accusation of
1894. which nobody-even the most
|ardent anti-Dreyfusards-l dares
defend. Everybody knows that not
one of the assertions of Besson dorm
;escheville is founded on truth. 1t be-
gins by assigning to the bordereau the
date April, 1894, and ends by repre-
senting Capt. Dreyfus as q gambler,
whereas the police information on
which the gambling charge is based
really referred to another man of the
same name.
Nor does anybody longer doubt that
Maj. Count Walsin-E sterhazy was the
author of the bordereau. The court
possesses document written in the
fugitive criminals own hand in which
he admits the fact.
Yet today Col. .Jouaust showed Capt.
Dreyfus the bordereau and asked him
Iif he admitted its authorship. The
whole charge consisted in saying:
'Dreyfus, you were able to have the
vi
the bordereau. Therefore you wrote
lit Col. Jouaust might say the same
of every officer sitting in Judgment on
| the Alsatian. 1t would be absurd. for
Esterhazy admits that he himself is
guilty.
Much protest is heard against what
| is characterized as Col. Jouaust's
''cross-eXamination," and there is an
Iendeayor to show that the presidents
latitude is one of hostility toward the
accused. This seeming attitude can
do no harm to the case. for everybody
feels that all is done simply to show
that the drama is really begun.
When the witnesses We're called and
brought face to face with Capt. Drey-
Ifus, al his re-entrance on the scene;
when the accused made his first fren-
lzied protestations of innocence, there
swept through the COURT room the first
tragic blast of truth. That he should
be such as he is-so firm, so resolute,
so worthy of himself, so clear-spoken,
after five whole years Of torture-that
was the most manifest. the most tan
gible proof of his innocence. That
livery fame which supported him per-
mitted him to see that day was dawnr
ling.
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ened and it has been possible to Sc.
cure work at higher per pound rate
than that offered by European build
ers. We understand that buildings
have been thus captured, not alone for
the West Indies, Chile, Peru and Gem
trail American states. but also for Eu-
ropean countries. We learn that one
firm alone placed contracts aggregate
ing 5000 tons in July.
Among the bridge orders in the
market we got eight bridges for Jap.
an. They were designed by Ameri-
can consulting engineers and will
therefore be taken here"
Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-The export Of
steel fell off from 43,561 tons, at a vail
ue of $s72,664, in June, 1898, to 1896
tons, valued at $4o2,4o4, in June, 1899.
The imports of iron ore for June, 1895,
compared with the same month this
year, show an increase from $50 tons
to 43.762 tons, and from $1,o65 to
$73, 16O in value.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
METHODIST CAMP MEETING.
Fairfield and Burlington Districts at
Birmingham August 16 to n.

The annual camp meeting of the
Fairfield and Burlington districts of
Free Methodists, will be held in the
Huffman grove, one-quarter of mile
west of Birmingham, this year. The
meeting will open Wednesday, Aug. 16,
and will continue until Sunday, Aug.
81. Rev. j. Moran, the district elder,
will have charge of the meetings, and
will be assisted by Prof. A. L. Whit
comb, of Evansville, Wis.
The program which has been ar
ranged for the meeting is as follows:
Prayer meeting, 6 a. m.
Love feast, 9 a. m.
Preaching. TO-: 80 a. m.
Preaching, 2:30 p. m.
Children's meeting, p. m.
Preaching, 8 p. m.
The usual accommodations, such as
straw and poles, will be provided free.
All members of other churches who
wish to Join in the meeting are cordial
ly invited.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
RoBERTsoN,s PARTY RETURNS.
After a Hard Winter They Reach Klon.
dixie tn Had Condition.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. s.-(By Assoc
ciated Press ACCORDING to advices
by the steamer Rosalia, John f. Robert
son and party of eleven prospectors
who set out from Dawson City year
ago to prospect along the Porcupine
river. returned to the Klondike. in, an
emaciated condition July 90. Their
search was fruitless. They were final
" taken on board whaler, where thew
spent the winter. Scott Mason and
party, Of Chicago, had been found on
the Arctic shores by the whalers q
short time before the Robertson party
was picked up, and after being housed
and fed for month, left, intending to
take a short prospecting tour on the
return. They have not returned, how
ever. and it is feared that they have
persisted.
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MAY MAKE TROUBLE.
italian Government Views Tallulah
hynching I'm Serious Light.

Washington, Aug. Shy Associated
Press.I-The state department copies
from Italian authorities report made
by Marquis Romani, secretary of the
Italian embassy, on his investigation
of the lynching of five Italians in Louis
lana. The report presents the affair in
authorities view the occurrence as one
there were no mitigating circumstan-
ces; that DR.. Hodges first drew his
weapon; that the first shot was fred
by Defatta in defense of his fallen
brother, that it was not a wanton at
tack. Describing the affair in detail,
the report points out that some time
after the first two men were lynched,
the mob made a second and then a
third visit to the Jail, from whence
they removed and lynched the other
three Italians, all of whom, it is con-
tended, were in utter ignorance con-
corning DR.. Hodges. While conceding
some extenuating circumstances in
lynching the two men Immediately
concerned in the assault on Hodges, Ro-
mano contends that the lynching of the
other three was thing of particular
atrocity.
New Orleans, Aug. s.-CBy Associat-
ed Press. 1.-The Marquis de Romani
left last night for Washington. He
was sent here from the italian embas-
sy at Washington to investigate the
lynching of the five Italians at Tallu-
lah. The marquis took considerable
evidence in Vicksburg as to the citi-
zenship of the lynched men to- effect
that they were all loyal subjects OF
King Humbert. When he visited Fos-
ter. however, he was shown court doc
uments from Madison Parish setting
forth when and where the three Di
Fatta brothers were naturalized and
took the oath of allegiance to the Uni
ted States. The matter will hence
forth be threshed out in Washington.
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Not to Employ Convict Labor.

Dies Moines, Aug. s.-The Iowa board
of control committee which recently
visited the institutions of eastern
states, studying methods of employing
labor, reports in favor of letting con-
Wet labor to contractors, though ex-
planning that on account of organized
labor's opposition, many states have
abandoned the plan. The committee
says this system of manufacturing on
state account should not be adopted ex-
cent as last resort. This will put an
end to efforts to establish factories
in the Iowa penitentiary on state ac-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
BOOM IN IRON TRADE.
Scarcity of Material and Labor Caused
by Unusual Demands.

New York, AAlg. Sin its review OF
trade conditions the Iron Age says:
''The rising tendency continues I'M
abated, and it is question whether
delays in deliveries have not actually
become worse of late. Scarcity of la
Dor, scarcity of coke, of pig iron, bill
lets, wire rods, is troubling makers
from step to step upwards to the final
consumer. Sales for delivery during
the first half of 1900 and beyond are
growing more numerous, thus showing
that many buyers are willing to pay
present prices for the certainty of Sc
curing their supplies. So far as deliv-
cries during the balance of the year
are concerned, the maintenance of
prices is conceded by the majority,
while every day brings accessions to
the ranks of those who hold that we
are to see considerably higher level
yet for urgent requirements.
This seems to be the situation in
pig iron, both in foundry and in Besse-
mer grades, and for delivery during the
next few months there has been fur
their advance. Pittszurg records sales
Of Bessemer pig as high as $21 valley
furnace.
''Steel continues exceedingly scarce
and high prices are being paid for
prompt shipments, notably for open
hearth stocks. It is significant that
one rolling mill has just given an order
for the importation from England of
$50 tons of open hearth billets and that
other inquiries are at hand. Orders for
foreign open-hearth wire rods were
placed by screwmakers some time since
and there are indications that addi-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10

A few years ago hard times made
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
of life. Then came the great crop
year of 1897 and with it story.
A Nebraska farmer carried mort
gage of $4,000 on his property, and it
was burden hard to contend with.
The wheat crop in '97 was enormous
and prices We're high. He appeared
at the bank shortly after harvest.
pulled out $4,000 and asked for loan
Of 5000 to enable him to cancel the
mortgage note. The banker, who held
the note, urged him not to bother
about it. but go and buy cattle with
his $4,000, feed his corn crop and in
product. mo, sir;" replied the far.
Then when I harvest the corn crop
Pm goin' to pay you back that 5000 I
just borrowed, and then do you know
what I'm going to do?" and his hon
est face beamed all over with pleasure.
I'm going to buy bu~"y!" This lit
tie incident tells the story of thou
sands of others ont in Nebraska. and
the fact that during the past six
iHUHlHS out concern ne slower Gar
riage Company of Chicago have ship
ped to one firm in Omaha alone one
hundred and thirty carloads of bug
| gies and carriages, averaging about 90
to the car, makes it very evident that
prosperity is with Nebraska. 1T is a
wonderful state with great resources,
and the crops of the past few years
have put Nebraska farmers in an en-
yiable position.
Railroads generally East and West
are rapidly fitting their freight cars
with air brakes and automatic comp
lers. An officer of the Burlington
road said in Chicago recently that on
his line there are 10000 freight cars.
60 per cent of which are equipped with
Westinghouse Air Brakes. and 90 per
cent with Master Car Builder Auto
matte Couplers.
The completion of the million and a
half dollar terminals of the Bnrling-
ton Railroad at Quincy, ILL.,, marks an
important stage in the development OF
that system. IT was only five years
ago that the road built into ST. Louis,
and established there an enormous
freight yard, with capacity of 5000
cars. Elsewhere. at Chicago, st. Paul,
Kansas City and Denver. the Burling-
ton has facilities for handlino freight
land passengers that are unexcelled.
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AN INSANE MANS DEED.
Tries to Shoot Himself, but His Son IL
Killed Instead.

Des Moines, Aug. Sired ;Hunnell,
a carpenter, tried to commit suicide at
his home last evening by shooting him
self. His son, Archie Hunnell, under-
took to wrest the revolver from him,
when it went off and the son fell dead,
shot through the heart A crowd at
tracted to the house tried to arrest
Hunnell. but with knife and a gun
he stood off score of men and drove
them away from the place and then
tried to take his own life. He slashed
himself seriously with a knife, but the
police stopped him. He will probably
recover. He is undoubtedly insane.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-10
Change of Red eros. Flag.

There is movement afoot to change
the Red Cross Flag. The Red Cross
Society is known far and wide for its
magnificent work. 1t seems pity to
change the signum which stands for az
much good to humanity in another
way as the name, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. 1t strikes at the root of al
most all illness-the stomach-mak-
ing it strong and hearty. A healthy
stomach invariably means health. If
you have constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia, nervousness, insomnia, or
liver and kidney troubles, try Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters. 1t has cured
these ills for half century. See that
a private Revenue Stamp covers the
neck of the bottle.
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Was Badly scnlded.

Milton, Aug. 4-(Special.)-A serious
and possibly fatal accident occurred
here yesterday afternoon. While the
Smith brothers were crossing the
bridge over the Big Fox river with
their threshing engine, the bridge gave
way, precipitating the men and engine
into the creek, the engine turning up
side down. F. NJ. Smith had his back
and legs severely scalded. No one else
was injured. While Mr.. Smiths iniur.
les are serious. it is expected he will
recover.
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tons on points not clear to the court.
The condition of Dreyfus is disquiet-
ing. His wonderful will power alone
gives Bin strength for the ordeal.
Physically he is extremely weak and
his stomach refuses all solid food. He
lis only able to take milk. The family
are very anxious.
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Government boat Launched.

Dubuque, Aug. 8.-A big crowd as
sembled yesterday at the Iowa Iron
Works to witness the launching OF the
last of the steel hulled boats being
built for the government. The works
have turned out over fifty boats, and
these five are of the best. They are
about the size and have the appear
ance of the ordinary rafters, but are
much stronger every way - !. -,
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EX-GOVERNOR Atkinson Dead.

Newman, Ga. Aug. 81 (By Associat-
ed Press -Former Governor w. Y.
Atkinson died at his residence this
morning after an illness of ten DAYS.
Atkinson was onerof the leaders of the
democratic party in Georgia.
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.He that Any Good would winn

Should be provided with good health
and everyone who would have good
health should remember that pure, rich
blood is the first requisite. Hood.
Sarsaparilla, by giving good blood and
good health, has helped many a mar
to success, besides giving strength and
courage to thousands Of women who
before taking it, could not even see
any good in life to win.
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Mrs. nIcKinley Getting WeI IA

Plattsburg, N. Y, Aug. Soy Az
ISOLATED Press.)-Mrs. Mckinley con-
tinues to improve and the president
has decided to remain two weeks long
er at Least, probably until September !.