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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08

Cherry gave carrom party to about
fifty of their friends the afternoon of
February 1.
Miss Elizabeth Ford is visiting rela-
tives in Fort Madison at the pres
ent.
The Ladies, Aid society of the M. T..
church gave a supper Tuesday evening,
February in the church parlor.
Mrs. John Duffield has been visiting
couple of weeks with her daughter.
Mrs. Chas. Casner.
There seems to be good many
school children leaving school on ac-
count of sickness.
Mrs. Julia B. McKibbin is making a
tour turnout the Iowa conference dis
trict, organizing women's guilds in
the interests of the /. w. U. She will
probably be engaged until the middle
of March.
Mrs. Craig Miller and Mrs. Stanley
Manning gave a large party Tuesday
afternoon, February 6. Also in the
evening.
Mrs. Sherman entertained a crowd
of young people Thursday evening.
Miss Mabel Weiny is visiting her
many friends here.
BUNCH
Bunch, Feb. s.--Miss Annie Rumbew
of Bloomfield, is spending a week with
her sister, Mrs. Oliver Adams.
Theophilus Cation, of Kansas, for
mer resident of this place, was in
Bunch one day last week on business.
Mrs. Bertha Knott, of Henry county,
is spending a week visiting relatives
and friends nor1h of Bunch.
w. L. Glassburner was in Bloomfield
one day last week on business.
| Clarence Whistler, of Unionville, was
an over Sunday visitor at the Lewis
Adams home.
John Hopkins has moved in the w.
L. Glassburner property.
N. j. Parse is reported to be very
badly bruised from being turned over
on load of hay one day last week.
James Garner has rented the John
Lower farm, where he will move the
first. of March.
School closed at the Blackhawk
school house last Friday. A large
number of visitors were present and
the afternoon was spent in the usual
way. Wray McFarling is teacher.
Dollie James visited with Miss Ma
ME Adams last Sunday.
Charley Ballard, of Henry county. is
visiting friends and relatives near
Bunch.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
BLOONIFIELD.

Z Bloomfield, Feb. 6..Miss- Mary PEN
nington left Monday afternoon for Mt.
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LOVILIA.

Lovilia, Feb. s.-James Treasurer,
principal of the Lovilia high school
visited with his father near Charlton
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Vet Hendrix was shopping in
Abba Tuesday.
Miss Maud Mullen was an Abba Wis
itor Tuesday.
The ladies of the NJ Z. church guild
meet with Mrs. p. r. Clark every Fri
ay afternoon while quilting.
Miss Bertha Nye, of Bluff Creek. WIS.,
tied with friends in Lovilia Saturday.
Cain Myers visited with his mother,
Mrs. White Sunday.
The Baptist society of Lovilia will
dedicate their church on next Sabbath,
Feb. II. Preaching morning and even
ing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
ELM.

White Elm, Feb. Sc. w. Hollen
returned home Sunday.
The infant son of Wade Harryman is
very ill.
George Haney and wife visited with
relatives near Selma.
Wade II. Harryman and wife made
a business trip to Leando Monday.
]. NJ. Carroll and family We're Sun
day visitors at the home of Charles
Gilbert.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-08
MYSTIC.

Mystic, Feb. s.-Married in Center
vile, last Wednesday, Jan. 81. John
Oughton and Marion Preece.
Elder Queen, of Standhope, is con-
Quoting a series of revival meetings
at the Christian church.
A. e. Main has gone to Des Moines
to work at the carpenter trade.
The Pleasant Pastime club will give
a dance Wednesday night.
The M. w. A. band is progressing
finely under the instruction of Prof.
Webb, of Seymour.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
TRUSTS AND TRUSTS.

Old Havemeyer's Sugar Trust
has been obliged under the Dingley
Thrift to pass its usual dividend.
The old Free-Trade Sugar Trust
is in the slough of despond. We
wonder if the Free-Traders will
pass round the hat for poor old
Havemeyer. And while the hat is
being passed the contribution box
should also be put in conspicuous
circulation for the relief of the Free
Trade Oil Trust, the Free-Trade
anthracite coal octopus, the Free
Trade silver mine monopoly as well
as a dozen more Free-Trade trusts
each of whose colossal proportions
would tower above all the Protec-
ton trusts put together.
But then, don't her know, gigan-
tic Free Trade trusts are so harm
less and so blessed, while the little
Protection trusts are so very, very
wicked for employing so many
wage earners at good pay!-Cen-
trail Falls Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
Fourteen Mistakes.

An English paper gives what it
terms "the fourteen mistakes of
life" While there are undoubtedly
other mistakes than those men
toned, the list is fairly compre-
hensive one.
It is great mistake to set up
our own standard of right and
wrong, and judge people according
ly; to measure the enjoyment of
others bv our own; to expect uni
formity of opinion in this world; to
look for Judgment and experience
in youth; to endeavor to mould all
dispositions alike; to look for per
lection in our own actions; to worry
ourselves and others with what
cannot be remedied; not to yield in
immateria1 matters; not to alleviate
all that needs alienation as far as
lies in Our power; not to make al
lowanees for the infrmiiies of
Others; to consider everything i'm
possible that we cannot perform; to
believe only what our finite minds
can grasp; to expect to be able to
understand everything.
And the greatest mistake of all
is to live for time alone, when any
moment may launch us into eterni
ty.-Erchamge.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
A Woman's Awfnl Peril.

"There is only one chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
ton" were the startling words heard
by Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge,
Wis.,, from her doctor after he had
vaiDly tried to cure her Of frightful
case Of stomach trouble and yellow
jaundice. Gall stones had formed and
she constantly grew worse. Then she
she began to use Electric Bitters which
wholly cured her. It's a wonderful
Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy.
Cures Dyspepsia, Loss Of Appetite.
Try 1t. Only SOC. Guaranteed. For
sale by H. D. Blatchley, Druggist.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05

try, stayed here to pay for locomo-
tives and other railroad equipment,
which were to be manufactured by
American workingmen for Use in
Russia. This incident is perhaps
little more striking than most
others, but it is not different in kind
from what is going on all the time
under our system of a Protective
Tariff. ~:
Under the Protective Tariff Our
whole national policy is one of eat
ing Our cake and having it too.
Lincoln, long ago, drew attention
to this inherent feature of the Pro-
tective system. As he put it, under
Free-Trade, by buying Our goods
from foreign dealers, we get the
goods, but we give our money in
exchange; under Protection, by
buying in this country, we have
the goods and the money too. The
only exception which might be
taken to this way of putting it
gives too much credit to Free-Trade.
Our experience has taught us that
under Free-Trade we soon pay out
all the money we have; with idle
factories and depressed business, we
can't get any more money, and so
in a short time, we are unable to
buy more goods. Thus under Free
Trade we soon have neither goods
nor money, while under Protection
we have both.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
in the white house and in the De
partment of War"
ERRATIC INDUSTRlAlS.

If a business as comparatively
simple in its factors as that of street
railroads suffers such violent ups
and downs, nobody must be sur
prised at the cratic financial ca
reer that one Or another of the
great industrial corporations or
trusts is bound to pursue from time
to time. Thus the condition of
the sugar trust was much under
discussion last month. 1t had
been regarded as an. exceptionally
sound example of the alleged value
of the trust plan in giving steadi-
ness to a great industry. Last
year the stock of the sugar trust
sold at 1872 as the highest quotation.
Early last month the same stock
was sold at about 95. This change
was due to the announcement that
the quarterly dividend payable
April would be only half as large
as the dividends paid for some time
past. Thus with all its immense
prestige and power, the American
Sugar Refining Company has not
been able in the past year to regu-
late prices and control the situation,
in view of the determined attitude
of the independent re6ners. In the
face of such situation, it would
seem worth while for the public to
renew its efforts in the direction of
breaking down railroad rebates and
determinations, and safeguarding
all the conditions under which COM
petition may naturally spring UP
when monopolies attempt to fix ar
bitrary prices. Furthermore, it
might we'll be argued from current
industrial facts and conditions that
the public does not need protection
so much from the mere principle OF
combination and aggregation as
from emi-fraudulent schemes which
float vast issues of stock, the subse.
quent failure of which is destined
to involve legitimate business in.
terests, destroy credit, and provoke
panic and depression at a time
when the country is entitled to a
period of quiet prosperity.-From
1.-The Progress of the World" in
the Amerfcam Monthly ReView o,
Pemea0s for May.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
EATING OUR CAKE AND HAVING IT.

Some of the papers are pointing
to our recent experience with the
Russian loan as case of the up
setting of the theory that ''you
can't eat your cake and haveit too. %
In the case of this loan, which was
in amount $4,000, 900, it will be
remembered that the money was
loaned to the Russian Government
by American capitalists, but the
money, instead ofleaving this coun-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
.LAWLESS STATE OFFICIALS.

The Press Bulletin is published
weekly in the interest of the allied
progressive political parties, by the
Press Bureau of the Democratic
National Committee, Unity Build
ing, Chicago, ILL.," and from it we
reproduce the following:
"The latest development in the
Occur d'Alene investigation by the
military committee of the house of
representatives is that the petition
for the continuance of martial law,
bearing 5000 names and purport-
ing to represent the people of Sho-
shone county, is made up largely of
forged or fictitious names. This
petition was brought to Washing
ton by the State authorities and
shown to President Mckinley and
to public men generally as sort of
justification of the high-handed
despotisn; which these lawless Off
Gals have imposed ON the people of
the county. The charge that the
names are fictitious or false is sup
ported by number of afidavits,
but the Republican members of the
committee whose purpose it has
been Throughout to stifle the inves-
tigation and to garble the facts clio
tied by it, voted that the afidavits
should not be admitted in evidence.
This is a most scandalous perver-
sion of the power of the majority.
The petition itself having been adj
mitted in evidence, the Republicans
now, simply because they have a
working majority of three, declare
that proof of it's entire falsity shall
not be admitted. It is a most
amazing thing that even the inso-
lence Of the majority could be car
ried so far.
However, it is ON par with the
action of the Republican members
throughout this most important in
vestigation. They have, by their
acts, accepted for their party entire
responsibility for the lawlessness
and unconstitutional aggressions
and the high-handed despotism of
Gov, Steunenberg, Bartlett Sinclair
and Brig. Gen. Merriam. The
Democrats on the committee and in
congress have wisely taken the
view that Steunenberg must be re-
pudiated. It is only too evident
that the majority of the members
ofthe house committee will bring
in embarrassing report, but the
minority report prepared by such
able lawyers as Representatives
Lentz and Sulzer will form strong
and telling indictment of the meth
DDS in vogue in Idaho. The whole
story IS one of a fight on organized
labor in the interests of single
monopoly conducted by State Off
Gals in violation Of their oaths Of
Office and app1auded and assisted
by the National administration both
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05

iier' l have used it in my family for
four years and recommend it as the
greatest remedy for Coughs, Colds and
oil Throat, Chest and Lung troubles,
1t viii stop the worst cough, and not
only prevents but absolutely cures
consumption. Price SOC and S1oO
Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles
Tree at II. D. Blatehley's Drug Store,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-05-05
Tortured a Witness.

Intense suffering was endured by
witness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, XIV
before he gave this evidence. 81
coughed every night until my throat
was nearly raw; then tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery which gave instant re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16
NOT IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.
Bible House, if Sold, Will BE Sold on
Extraneous Ccnsiderations.

NEW YORK, Sept 15.-The Rev. Dr.
William T. Haven and the Rev. DIR. John
Fox. secretary of the American Bible
Society. to-day issued the following state
ment regarding the affairs of the society:
THE recent statement regarding the
financial condition of the American Bible
Society, printed in certain newspapers, and
its reason for offering the Bible House for
sale, are wholly false and without foun-
dation. 1t has recently opened agencies
ir Cuba, Porto Rico and Manila. It's agen-
cies in Siam and Central America have
been opened within the last ten years.
1t circulated last year nearly half million
copies of the Bible, or portions of the
Bible, in China alone. The average issue
for the last twenty-five years has been
about 100000 year. There have been
fluctuations from year to year Last year
the issues were 1,406. .s01 copies"
The report continues to the effect that
while receipts vary from year to year, the
appropriations for foreign work, last year,
We're the largest ever made, and that the
appropriations for domestic work vere
smaller only because, owing to the de-
velopment of the country domestic de-
mand is less. 1t asserts that the society
is not in financial straits, and that Its
only reasons for considering the possible
sale Of the Bible House are business rea-
sons connected with the value of the prop
erty and the desirability of its location for
commercial purposes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16
Report of Mayor Jones, Representa-.
tive Hawley and Gen. McKibben
to Governor Sayers.
5000 TO 5000 PEOPLE DEAL
TEN. TH0Us.yD DEsTITgTE AND IN
NEED OF RELIEF,
Another List of Soldiers Who Per-
ished i'm the Storm-Many People
Leaving the Stricken City.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 15.-Governor Sayers
has received the following official report
from Mayor Jones, of Galveston, as to con-
ditions there:
after the fullest possible Investigation
here we fell justified in saying to YOU and
through you to the American people that
no such disaster has ever overtaken any
community or section In the history of our
country. The loss of life is appalling and
can never be accurately determined. 1t is
estimated at 5000 10 5000 people. There is
not home in Galveston that has not been
injured, while thousands have been de-
stroyed. The property loss represents ac-
cumulations of sixty years and more mil
lions than can be safely stated. Under
these conditions, with ten thousand people
homeless and destitute. with the entire pop
ulation under a stress and strain difficult
to realize, we appeal directly i'm the hour
of our great emergency TO the sympathy
and aid of mankind"
This was signed by Walter Jones, mayor
r. b. Hawley member Congress, Calves
ton district, and General McKibben, COM
mander of the Department of Texas. The
information reaching here from an official
source states that reports of promiscuous
shooting of vandals at Galveston has been
exaggerated.
There is urgent call for fresh troops at
Galveston. Those there are worn out with
guard duty, burying the dead and cleaning
up the wrecks. or are sick from the un-
sanitary conditions. Governor Sayers last
night ordered the Craddock Light Infantry
of Terrill. to Galveston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16
WEBSTER DAVIS ALSO HowLs
CHALLENGES "ANY DIRTY CUR TO
MEET HIM ON SUNDAY,
And Have an sTnfamous, Damnabie"
Untruth Crammed Down His
Throat-Cheers and Kisses.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Sept. 15.-w. J. Bryan
tonight spoke here at the Coliseum Hall
under the auspices OF the National Demo-
cratic Committee OF Commercial Travellers
The hall is said to seat 14.00o people. Not
only was every seat occupied. but every
available foot OF standing room was also
covered. Webster Davis preceded Mr..
Bryan in addressing the audience. Mr..
Davis explained his visit 10 the Transvaal
and then said:
II have been accused of an infamous
crime by men I do not know, and who.
1 have no doubt, are getting big money
for what they are doins. ! challenge them
TO produce single letter that 1 have ever
written. or to bring forward any other
legitimate proof to substantiate their
charge. They cannot do that, and 1 say
here tonight that any man or newspaper
which says received a single dollar from
Kruger or anyone else is an infamous,
damnable liar. 1 will be at the ST. Nicholas
Hotel in this city until tomorrow after
noon, and any dirty cur who takes issue
with this characterization can meet me
there"
Mr.. Davis then said that since he had
taken his position his crippled brother.
who had held the place of assistant post
master at Kansas City. had been deprived
Of his office. There We're alternate cheers
and kissing while Mr.. Davis was speaking.
and at times the scene was exciting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16
Few of the Galleries, 1t Is Said. Will
he Able to Resume Operations
ON Monday Morning.
no TROUBLE ON SATURDAY
USUAL PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AT SEW
ERAL OF THE MINES,
Barbed Wire Strung About the Break
ers-Ten Days Notice Given by
Some of the Men.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15.-The much
talked of strike of the anthracite mine
workers in the coal regions of Pennsyl-
vania, under the auspices of the United
Mine Workers of America, and which af-
fects about $4,000 union and nonunion
workers, was practically inaugurated to-
day and reports received from the various
sections indicate that on Monday morning.
when the strike officially begins, according
to the strike order issued by President
Mitchell, of the mine workers union. very
few of the collieries will be in operation.
Just how many men will obey the strike
order can hardly be conjectured. The
union officials steadfastly assert that all
the union men will remain away from work
and will be further strengthened by large
majority of the nonunion men. The op-
orators, on the other hand, are confident
that the proportion of striking miners has
been greatly exaggerated Monday morn
ing alone can tell which is correct.
The situation tonight is practically one
of strike. Reports from Luzerne. Laeka-
wanna, Schuylkill, Carbon and Northum-
berland counties, where the most impor-
tant coal workings are, presags struggle
between the operators and their men that
many fear may lead to disturbance and
perhaps worse. The men in several col
lieries in Luzerne to-day decided to con-
tinue at work for ten days longer. because
of an agreement made several years ago TO
discuss all grievances with the company
and allow ten days in which to effect set
tiement on all points of difference. To-
night. however, all is quiet Miners meet
ings were held at a number of points and
the speakers counseled quiet. orderly con-
duct on the part of the men. That some of
the operators are preparing for the worst
is indicated by their fencing in and string
ing barbed wire about their breakers. The
only workers not included in the strike or
der are engineers, firemen, barn bosses and
pump runners. These, respectively. take
care of the machinery, the mules and keep
the mines from flooding
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16

these conditions which have made our
country great and prosperous
Did we not Use every effort TO avoid
getting into trouble with the F1hpinos9
We tried our best 10 get the insurgents 10
listen TO reason and the President sent
them message after message 20 make them
understand that We came as friends. tnat
We would grant personal liberty and per-
sonal freedom and just as much or SELF
government as they were able 10 use, ana
just such degree OF self-government as
they were fitted for. Every effort was
made TO convince them of our sincerity,
but they struck and now we have got 10
decide as a nation whether We belong 10
that foolish class who think that when you
get into trouble you can hit a little, but
not too much.
ITO have gone into the Philippines at
all was the greatest mistake unless We are
prepared TO put the thing through. 1t was
a mistake for Dewey TO sink the Spanish
fleet unless We were prepared 10 night out
what was then TO come. Heavy blame
must attach to those who went lightheart-
edy into the trouble thinking that IL would
be easy. The rest of us knew that IL would
not be so. We thought when we went 70
war we were doing something serious. 1t
meant we had put our hands TO that par
ticular job and whatever might be the
difficulty in the way We were going TO see
it through. As part of the task, Dewey
went to Manila and smashed the Spanish
fleet. What did he do after that? II he
had sailed away there might have come
three months during which the insurgents
would have had control of the islands In
that case you would have seen in Manila
precisely the same kind of a massacre
that you have seen in Picking Then we
would have seen some other power, which
had the courage and power 10 do so, come
in and restore order and establish stable
government. No, We could not give the
islands up. We had TO stay there. We
had to restore order there.