davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
Eldon. Iowa. June "a. 1900.

Eldon, Iowa, June "a, 1900.
Editor Courier: Having been asked
what the soldier thought Of expansion,
have taken the liberty to express my
self to your paper. First, / think tie
soldiers are for expansion to a man.
We believe the American people will
never vote to take the flag down from
where Dewey placed and where the
soldiers have kept it. AS good many
people have asked me since my return
from the Philippines what now think
of the republican party s expansion pol
icy, would kindly ask space IN your
most excellent paper to reply to them.
| was soldier in the Regulars for thir-
teen months in the Eighteenth Infan-
try. suppose marched over 4 thnus-
and miles, and this over mountains and
steep hills; thru rice paddles and many
miry swamps, under a very hot and
tropical sun, in heavy pouring rain
or in the darkest of the night, living on
simply rice for seven days straight,
and having to shell it ourselves, and
enduring many other hardships OF the
war, so you see do net write simply
from enthusiasm for policies viewed
from a distant point. 1t is to the adj
vantage OF ndUlOn at war With any
power to weaken them whenever it can
do SO. So it was one of the naturalties
of war that Dewey should engage in
combat with Montejo's fleet. After
this great victory we found Manila and
Cavite in our possession, and of course
we had to protect the foreign residents
of those two cities. 1t fell to Dewey's
lot to do it with only his fleet and To
soldiers at his command. This is why
the Filipinos were armed. Aguinaldo
expressed the greatest assurance that
he represented the influential people
of the island. This man, who had no,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
ORDERS TOORGANIzE.
General Orders Issued by Adjutant
General NJ a. Byera
SIGNAL DEPARTMENT OF THE GUARD.
Local Corps or Ten men Will Bs Mus-
tered In soon-a1en and OGcers
VIII Soon He Announced
The Order.

General orders No. IL have been Is
sued by Melvin II. Byers, adjutant gen,
eral OF the Iowa National guard, rela-
tive to the organization Of the signal
department. OF the guard Lieutenant
Walter Lane, OF this city, is in receip,
OF a copy of the same and according
with the final organization Of the local
corps. There will be four corps in the
state, consisting of ten men each, IN
GLIDING one sergeant, two corporals
and seven privates. The men for the
local corps have not all been announced
but will be as soon as the organization
is completed.
Copy Of tho orders.
The following is copy of the gen
eral orders received by Lieutenant
Lane:
General order No. IL.
STATE OF IOWA,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Des Moines, June 1s, 1900
I. The Signal Department. of the
Iowa National guard, in addition to
by section 21s1, military code, will con
oiSo ~ loul SSEScduIS, clSuO Coi Poi1ts
and twenty-eight privates; one ser
geant, two corporals and seven privates
to be enlisted by the signal officer on
duty with each regiment, under direc-
ton OF the chief signal officer.
II. The signal officers are directed
to complete the organization Of the sig.
nal detachment for the respective regi.
ments in conformity to Par. I hereof
without delay, by the enlistment Of the
designated number OF men and the rec
ommendation to the chief signal officer
for appointment of non-commissioned
officers.
III. In making enlistments, detach
ments commanders must exercise great
care to secure men who are specially
fitted either by occupation or expert
ence for the signal service. All appli
cants for enlistment in the signal de
partment will be required to pass The
same physical examination and will
be subject to the same rules and regu
lRtions as other enlisted men Of The
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
QUITTING soRAPE.
Young CLARK.
From TUESDAYS Daily.

YOung Clark
From Tuesdays Daily.
Jack Williams is under arrest and
was arraigned this morning on the
charge of assault with intent to kill a
young fellow named Clark, who wa.
formerly employed by Ed. Daggett &
iSons in their livery stable. Williams.
who is a coal miner, was seen this
morning at the Jail and stated that he
and Clark had a difficulty early Sum
day morning near the Iowa Steam
Laundry building. He says that Clark
attacked him whereupon he drew a
small penknife and defended himself.
Clark was put under a physicians care.
and twenty-seyen stitches were taken
in his anatomy to close the wounds.
The victim is very weak from loss of
blood but it is thought that he WIFI re-
cover with but little difficulty. Clark
is said to have been employed at one
time at the Baker House as clerk.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
A BRYAN TRAIN.
Rock Island Service for National Dem.
ncraflc Convention al Kansaa CITY.

ocratlc Convention at Kansas City.
The Rock Island on Tuesday, July
3, will run thru cars to Kansas City
from Oskaloosa and Ottumwa, leaving
Ottumwa 1926 a. M, arrive Kansas
City 6:15 p. m. at Union depot in heart
OF city. The Oskaloosa delegation will
be on this train and will expect the
Ottumwa delegation to join them here.
No change Of cars from Ottumwa to
Kansas City. One fare for round trip.
Take this train for the convention.
w. s. Parker, Ticket Agent, Union
Depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
VIEW OF A SOLDIER.
What a Irregular Fighting Man"
Thinks Of Expansion.
he KNOWS THE PHILIPPINES.
Has Soldiefed Thru Them In All Kind
OF Weather-Thinks Expansion
the Right Thing for America
and Americans.

The following letter from William
McCrotty, of Eldon, Iowa, late OF
Company E, 18th United States Reg
ular Infantry, will prove interesting
as combating the view much advanced
by democratic papers that the soldiers
of this country are against expansion.
The letter follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28

BE sure you join the Bryan train
July 8, leaving Ottumwa 1875 a. m.
and arriving at Kansas City 6:15 p.
m. No change OF cars
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28

The contract has been let for the new
library building at Boone. It is to be
completed by October. B
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28

There is talk Of establishing two hos.
pitfalls at Baskerville.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28

Fort Dodge is considering an $4,000
hotel proposition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-28
LAND OF THE AZTECS
Sights and Scenes In the City Of
Mexico.
as SEEN BY AMERICAN EYES.
WIN. Fetzerss second Letter 20 the
Courier Concerning His Trip 70 she
us Land or Our Netghbors-saw
Many Interesting Things

The City OF Mexico is the theme Of
Nv. 81. Fetzer's recent letter to the
Courier in which he pleasingly de-
scribed a fete day in the land Of the
Aztecs. He also visited the world famed
mausoleum Of Mexico's martyred pres
ident, Benito Juarez, which Mr.. Fet-
I ger says is a masterpiece Following
are the things Mexican as seen by
American eyes: =
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

The new Lincoln county court
house, a $1,000 structure, is now com
plctc.
Mrs Cora Good of Alton. aged 2C
years, a bride Of three weeks. died of
diphtheria.
J. Hackctt Of Baraboo lost over fifty
hogs from cholera. and many others
are affected
John Cyr, an empIoye in the Wood.
run Mcguire sawmill. had his hand
nearly sawed off
From Greenbush comes the news
that the white caps have well organ.
lied existence there.
c. +. Jackson for many years pro.
prictor of the Central hotel. BeloIt
died at the age Of rs years.
The left arm Of John Mclean, aged
IS, was torn from it's socket in a corn
shelter near St Croix Falls.
o. d. Smith of Merrill shot at a bird
with a rife while driving, and killed
his horse, a valuable animal
William Strauss. John O'Nef and
John Knebes, La Crosse business men.
have left Bryan for Mckinley.
At West Superior, George Thomp-
son, a dock laborer was struck by a
swinging coal bucket and killed
The body Of Carl Zimmerman. who
was drowned two weeks ago. was
found half mile below the Merrill
dam.
Near Kenosha the large country res
idence Of Thomas Rogers. together
with its contents, was completely de-
stroyed by fire
At Fond du Lac members Of eight
different families are very Ill from
poisoned water Carbolic acid had
been placed in the well.
John Stephan, proprietor Of the
Greenfield hotel, La Crosse, while rid.
ing in his carriage was run down by
street car and dangerously injured.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
Hav Makes stronn Demands.

Washington, Oct 24.-Secretary
Hay has taken important action to
contralize responsibility in China. At
ter consultation by cable with Minis
ter Conger he has instructed the
American minister to demand the alb
clifton of the tsung Ii yamen and the
appointment of minister for foreign
affairs, who shall speak at least one
European language The object of
this is to insure the placing of respOn-
sibility when future negotiations are
under way. The tsung Ii yamen has
been in the habit of shifting the blame
for delaying action upon demands
made by the powers, and the United
States, and, it is believed, the other
powers as we'll will insist that their
interests demand the appointment of a
minister for foreign affairs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

Hazleton, Oct. 24-MitchelIs state,
ment in his speech at Pottsville yester-
day that he believed the strike would
be ended by next Monday, if all the
operators posted notices guaranteeing
the ten per cent advance until April IT,
was received here last night with
much pleasure by the mine workers,
and mine officials. 1t is believed that
nothing will now intervene to delay
the ending of the contest, which has
run more than five weeks. MITCHELL
was asked on what he based his belief
that the strike would end with this
week, but he declined to say anything
other than that the proposition of the
miners was so fair that he could see mo-
valid reason why the operators should
not accept The national president
was much pleased when he learned
that the Delaware, LaCkaWanna a.
Western, the Delaware & Hudson, and
the Lehigh Wilkesbarre and HillsideI
companies had signitlod a Willingness
to pay the ten per cent. increase until
April /. He also expressed satisfac.
ton that the Forest Mining company,
whose men had been on strike since
January, had aCCeded to the demands,
Mitchell declined to say what course
would be pursued if one or more com
panies refused to guarantee payment
of the increase until April l. A meet
ing of the national executive board of
the United Mine Workers Of America
H., I'll. i 60.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

ternational prominence in the field Of
sanitary science and medicine. Pres
ident Bryce delivered the annual ad-
dress at the afternoon session. At the
evening session ex-President Har-
risOn briefly addressed the
convention, saying: u have
not any mission or function
here tonight, but to say tothese distin-
guished scientists that the people Of
Indianapolis welcome them heartily.
What remarkable strides there have
been made in the science of prolonging
and lettering human life. When 4
was a boy we used to have bears. In.
dians and large things; but you so af-
ter the wicked little microbes, YOU
hunt little things. Sanitary science
Is making great strides; it is bringing
into life cleanliness, health and safety.
We ought to thank the doctors for go
ing against their own interests in pre-
venting men from getting sick
Among other speakers were 4, c. Har-
ris, minister to Austria, and Or. Chico
of Mexico.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
DISTINGUISHED PALLsEARERS.
Noted Men Who Will Officiate at the
Sherman Funeral.

Washington. Oct. 24.-The following
is the complete list Of honorary pail.
bearers for the funeral Of former Sec.
rotary Of State John Sherman today
Secretary Hay, Secretary Gage, Jus.
tce Harlan Of the supreme court. Ad-
miral Dewey, Gen. Nelson A. Miles. ex.
Senator J. d. Cameron, J. A. Kasson Of
the state department Judge Bancroft
Davis, Senator HawIey and Myron NJ
Parker of this city
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
TRUST COMPANY RESTRAINED.
John w. Gates Makes Trouble For
His Associates.

His Associates.
. Kansas City, Oct 25.-The federal
court yesterday afternoon, upon the
application of John w. Gates of Chi
cago and other holders of securities
in the Guardian Trust company
granted an order restraining the dis
position of any of the trust company's
assets, and against holding a meeting
of stockholders today to select a new
board of directors. Gates petition
makes sensational charges against A.
e. Stillwcll and his associates. it is
aid to be an attempt of the Gates ele-
ment to Gust Stillwell and gain con
troll of the affairs of the company and
stop it from aiding in financing the
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient rail
way, a short line which Stillwell is
building between Kansas iCty and To-
polobampO on the Pacific coast of
Mexico.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
GREAT PORT LlMON FIRE.
Particulars of the Disaster Show I'M
mense Loss.

- r,----,-- 49,. -.
rar'''o'"'e u INC = S'''e' '''0" NV
"enSe l-0SS'
Mobile, oct. 24.-DetalIS OF the FORT
Limon fire in Costa RICa reached mere
yesterday from Inspector Cherry OF
the Mobile quarantine board. The
fire began at 2 o'clock on the morn
ing of October II, and ragged for more
than eight hours, completely destroy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
GREAT BANK STEAL
FIRST NATIONAL OF NEW YORK
LOSES 500, 900.
NOTE TELLER A FUGITIVE
His Operations Carried On and Skill
fully Concealed for a Long Period
Duped-Defaulter Prominent in
Church Circles of Mount Vernon.


New York, Oct g4.--CharIes l.. Al
word. Jr., note teller Of the First Ma
tiOnal bank of this city. is a fugitive
and dcfaulter to the extent of 100000.
The announcement of the detalcatiou,
which was made yesterday afternoon,
created the utmost excitement in the
financial districts of city, but the we'll
known stability of the First National
and a statement issued by the bank had
a Quietug effect. The statement fol-
lows: "A note teller who has been in
the employ of the First National bank
for many years is a defaulter to a
large amount His operations have
continued for a considerable period
and have been concealed through
manipulation of his balance book The
discovery was made by one of the
banks employees, few days after the
completion of an examination Of the
bank by L. s. examiners. During the
continuance OF his populations period
zeal examinations have been made by
several distinct corps of examiners,
representing the Comptrollor's depart
mCut, all expert accountants, and the
bank has also had frequent ndepvn.
dent examinations; neither of which
developed any irrogularity The az.
grogatC Of false entries. amounting to
100000, had been charged of on the
books of the bank out of the rcscrN e.
fund, without diminishing the surplus
and profits of the bank as reported IN
its last published statement 1t is oN-
poctcd the shortage will be materially
reduced by a substantial sum, of which
there is a fair prospect of recovery
Alvord had been with the bank
twenty years, and was one of the most
trusted men in the institution. His
stcalings extended over a long period,
but no suspicion of the truth was
known until ten days ago, when he
sent word that he was III at homo.
After he had been away a day or two
the bank put experts at work and
some irregularities were found. As
the experts dolvcd deeper into Al
Words books the extent of the robbery
began to dawn on the officials until
they were overwhelmed to find It
reached the enormous figure of $10O.-
coo. Whether that sum is all he took
is not yet known, It has not yet dc
vclOped how the note teller was able
tn pUt his hands IN gp TlnTb I1pDpV.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
Wants Maine Raised

Washington, Oct. 24.-Gen. Leonard
Wood has recommended to Secretary
Long that steps be taken to remove
the wreck Of the battleship Maine
from havana harbor as II occupies
great deal Of space which could be
utilized to advantage
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25

never wearied of enuuciating In this
great struggle, Wisconsin, the young
est of the states came at once to the
front as the banner state of tho West
in support of the principles on which
the Union was established, and those
concerned in the Buffalo movement OF
lS4S were destined to earn In the full.
ness OF time the rare distinction OF
carrying mankind forward one distinct
stage in the long process Of evolution.
Wisconsin, he said, became and re-
manned the Vermont of the West,
She never faltercd, In the Civil war
none thon died more freely or In
greater glory, though then many died
and There won much glory The
facts and figures are clio.
Qucut; comment wcakeus them"
Wherever during those awful years
the dead lay thtckest there the men
from Wisconsin were freely laying
down their lives, In one Of the great
evolutionary movements OF men, the
the sacrifices Of WISCONSIN life and
treasure were but the rulfilment OF
the promise given by WISCONSIN in
lS4S, While its representatives did
not number Il Lincoln or a sherman,
1t did supply In a marked degree the
greatest aud most necessary OF all
essentials In every revolutionary Cri.
sis wclldcve)opcd aud thoroughly
distributed popular backbone, Refer
ring to the racial characteristics of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
SANITARIANs IN SESSION.
American Public Health Association
Meets IN indianapolis.

indianapolis, Oct PA large num-
Der OF delegates " ere present yester-
day at the opening session of the
American Public Health association.
Among them were several men OF in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
VOLUNTEERS TO COME HOME.

About $4,000 Will Leave Manila by
Next June.
San Francisco, Oct 24-The first in.
stallInent of the volunteer army now in
the Philippines will leave Manila for
home Nov !. From that time until
next June the transports will BRING
home about $4,000 men at the rate OF
from 1000 to 5000 month. The sick
will, if possible, be shipped on earlier
transports, that they may travel with
out croWding. The various regiments
will be mustered out and paid as soon
as possible after they arrive here. By
this arrangement the camps now es-
tablished at the Preside will be sufFi-
cient to accommodate the entire army
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
FORMALLY OPENED.
State historical Library Appropriately
ConSecrsted,

Madison, Oct, 20. The formal dedi.
cation ceremonies Of the WISCONSIN
State Historical SociotyS new library
and museum building were held yeste,>
day in manner worthy Of the occa-
sion OF the handsome hujldiug which
is the most costly historical society
huilding in America, and Of the library
itself which for many lines Of study
and research is unsurpassed
The meetings were held, one in the
afternoon ant one in the evening. \
number of prominent speakers gave
short addresses ut the afternoon noct.
ing, among whom were Or. 4. {. Me.
LauEhhu OF the University of Mlvni.
E0n, Governor Edward ScoHCld. ",
James X, Uosmcr. librarian OF the
Minneapolis Public library. Charles
Francis Adams, John Johnston, prcs,
dent ot the society Rev Nr J. u. but
Ter, James II, Stout, President Chas. *.
Adams and Secretary Reuben q.
ThwaitCs.
The exercises were held ut . y. m
ia the great white reading room with
about 1000 people in attendance.
In the evenings tho dcdiyWory All.
dress MAS given by Charles Traucls
Adams to a large and appreciatlve
audience.
Tho AFTERNOON meeting was presided
over by Hon. John Johnston. president
Of the Society, who introduced Or.
James II. Butler who asked the blCss-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25


cine police to capture the woman who
deposited a baby boy ON a doorstep has
failed, There are n hundred different
people who desire to adort the baby.
At West Superior, Ed. Erich, a
50" ro. wv , C,',S Wv NUS 'o''. nus
$50 ,,o y, ',, ' "',, 'S'r ,, '''v Wo',,'" =,
h,,,,, n',,,,,..5 w.. .'n, ,' ',',, ",'S
,,| ,,r,, .'''''>"' '"' "'' ''''"'N "
T. "a .N&""m WAS aPP"'N''" post
Il"S ',, d., '."I'nEI0n' ga" N'"'r' 'o"".
w. wye rank NralE' r'S'Sn'H' ana
''"''' '""NSon al SIREN hurn'U
county VICE {, +. SenE'rSIrom' re-
signed
At Chippewa Falls, Charles Lee So
~ III, " '''"'Ir !" '"' ''.'"' N'u,'
S ,,''n,, ''', ''" , -. E'V'g''
W'''''''5,' '',' "''""'",U N'''V"' '"'
va, ",'. .'. VI ''''""'''' '' '"S WIG ) "'
''> ''''''
inc "rE' tobacco shed ot William
oates IN the outskirts ot Milton, TO-
rpthCI IN IFS HNnfNntG
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-25
SETTLEMENT lSNEAR
MITCHELL PREDICTS EARLY END
OF COAL STRIKE.
WORK RESUMES MONDAY

II Nothing lnterVenes to Cause Fur
Their Delay-He Holds That Miners
Proposition Is So Fair THAI
Operators Must Accede-lmportant
Conference to Be Held Today.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-04-12

around their little funnel. shaped
ground hotcs and it ctfcctually destroy
Cd them. Just think OF it-strychinc
costs $40 an ounce, or about $25 u
| pound, and that made 81 500 besides
the cost Of the wheat. These cattle
kings do thipgS on u big scale. But it
does IOOk cruel and selfish to cxtcrmi.
n"'c such pretty, innUccnt, little cren.
tnrce. wish Tie children could see
them. They are about as largo us fox
squirrels and look like item cNcrDtipy
tue iHCh Of a lOng tail rhrv burrow I'm
NE grOdnd and uakc tunucls that com.
municatG with their different homes.
Ihry throw up little circular rims or
banks around tnuir nolcs like the ANTS
80, and you can see them from tho
trains perchcd upon the tops OF the
rims like titllr sCntiucis and suddenly
they pilCh down in the funnel like BOYS
jumping Cn u spring board into T. mill
pond.
Ihcr" were sOmc clever good -nntur.
ca NJ N'cniEaLdCra and Michigersr mt my
mouse not long ago, and we were asking
c0nUndrums and no one WAS to ask !.
question that he or she couldn't answer
whcn 1t was given up by the rest Of the
pHrty, and 80 asked Is lady how Il
ground squirrel dug his hoiO in the