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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-12

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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27
Els FINANCIAL RESOURCES

George (of the furnishing goods
department)-Well, what do you
say, Bellai
Bella (of the handkerchief de-
partment-I like you well enough,
George, but how can you afford to
marry on Sc a weeki
George-My six and your four
make ten. | reckon I can afford
TO marry on $40 a week if I want
to, Bella.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27
WHERE HELANDED.

Griggs-What become of thai
sOn-in-laW of yours who failed in
business about a year agoi Has
he got on his feet againi
Briggs-No; he is still on my
hands.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27
HARRY'S MEMORY.


Little Harry had a picture book
of animals, and his father some
times described the traits and pc
culiarities of those represented
One day in describing hare
among other things he said TIKI
hare had no tail to speak of. Mex
day he asked:
Harry, what did 1 tell you
about the hare, yesterday"
"0," replied Harry, ''you said
he had tail. but it wasn't to be
talked about"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27

did you see anything of a stray
pig along the roadi" asked the
farmer of an freshman who was
passing.
"Begorry," replied the son Of
Erin, s'an' how would Oh be afther
known a stray pig from ony other
otheri"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27

Senator Culberson has introduc-
ed a bill as predicate for a claim
by Texas against the Federal gov
ernmeBt for money advanced to
q reer coznty.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-01-27
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
|. H. HAMMOND.

One of the best vote-getters on any
ticket this fall is that sterling and able
young republican, l. H. Hammond, who
is a candidate for the Office of county
auditor. Mr.. Hammond is an old resi-
dent OF Wapello county, having come
here in the sixties when still boy He
has grown to manhood in Ottumwa and
has always been marked for his in
3telligence and honesty as well as his
energy and business ability l. H.
Hammond is well fitted to fill the Of
flee to which he aspires, having served
as deputy auditor under Morgan Girls
void. His ability is a guarantee that
the business CT the Office will be right
1y conducted, while his geniality as
sures that the people will find it a
pleasure to do business with him. Mr..
Hammond will be chosen by a good
majority as the next auditor of Wa
pello county.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
TRIED TO SUICIDE.
A Des Molnes Woman Plunged Into
the River to Die.

Des Moines, Oct. ga young girl,
crazed by drink and Respondent over a
love affair, attempted suicide by
drowning at o'clock yesterday morn
ing. That she did not succeed was al
most miraculous as ordinarily no one
would have heard her cries and come
to her aid at that time of night.
At that hour two men, were walking
across the Grand avenue bridge and
happened to hear the girls cries ema-
mating from the direction of the Court
avenue bridge. Thinking woman
was being murdered, the men ran as
quickly as possible in the direction of
the sound and discovered a woman in
the water under the Court avenue
bridge.
Her head was barely visible above
the surface of the water and she was
sinking for the last time when the men
came to her rescue. They obtained a
long board and reached it out to a spot
where the drowning woman could
grasp it, AS soon as she was hauled
to the shore, it was seen she was in a
critical condition and she was immed-
lately taken to the police station.
To the police, she stated that her
name was Bessie Jones and that she
was an inmate of Mrs. Wells place in
Whitechapel. The police say 1t Is not
her true name but merely an alias by
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
GEORGE H. SMITH.

The candidate for county recorder
is George H. Smith, thoroly able and
highly popular young man, who lives
on farm in Adams township. Mr..
Smith has lived in Wapello county all
his life, and enjoys wide acquaint-
ance among the citizens, especially in
the country precincts. Voters in the
city know him by reputation to be hon
est and have ability far above the
average. He has had educational adj
vantages that will enable him to dis
charge the duties of recorder with
neatness and to the satisfaction of the
patrons of the Office.
Mr.. Smith was born in Adams town
ship, November IL, 1877, and is there
fore % years OF age. He resides on a
farm near Blakesburg with his parents
and is much respected in the locality
in which he resides. About four years
ago Mr.. Smith met with an accident
which coupled with rheumatism has
resulted in making him cripple.
Mr.. Smith is known among his
friends as vote getter and it is safe
to predict that his majority will not be
less than that of any candidate on the
republican ticket.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
THE PRESIDENT AND EXPANSION

The president, in his letter of ac-
ceptance gave recognition to what the
democrats at first called the para
mount ISSUE" and he SO thoroly de-
molished the sophistry of that issue,
that Bryan has abandoned it, practi-
cally, and pushed his bugaboo of 'the
trusts" into paramountcy. The presi-
dent effectually disposed of many fig
ments of distorted Imagination that
hal been industriously exploited in
anti-expansion circles. He vindicates
not only our title to the Philippines,
but our motives in acquiring that title.
He shows that in putting down the in
surrection of a small minority of the
inhabitants of the archipelago the adj
ministration has discharged an imper-
alive duty. He shows. too, that our
obligations to the great mass of loyal
Filipinos demand that we should pro-
tect them from the cruel tyranny of
the Tagel rebels. A perusal of the
documents which Mr.. Mckinley quotes
leaves those critics of the administra-
ton who have charged that the war
was provoked by the United States no
ground to stand on. And no one can
see any possibility of surrender Of
our sovereignty and backing down
and out of the Philippines without a
base abandonment of the obligations
We assumed in the treaty whose ratifi-
cation such statesmen as Hoar and
German stoutly opposed and Mr.. Bry-
all earnestly advocated
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
THE NEXT COUNTY CLERK.

H. W. Michael is the candidate on
the republican ticket for clerk of the
district court. He is so well known
to the people of Wapello county where
he was born and raised, that any
sketch of him seems almost super
fuous. He is engaged in farming pur-
suits, has a wide acquaintance among
the people and has had excellent edu-
cational advantages. He was born on
the old home place, where he now re-
sides, about two miles from the end of
the bridge, in the eight precinct, March
4, 1865, and is therefore 35 years of
age He was married in 1887 and has
three children, all boys. Mr.. Michael
has had good educational advantages.
He finished the course prescribed in the
Ottumwa public schools, took course
under special teacher for one year,
after which he attended the Iowa Wes-
leyan University at Mt. Pleasant for
two years. For eleven years he has
been engaged in conducting dairy
in conjunction with his farm work land
has spent all Of his active life with the
exception of one year in the latter pur-
suit.
Mr.. Michael will make one of the
best clerks that Wapello country has
ever had. His qualifications are ex-
cellent and his industry and sterling
qualities are of the highest The vot-
ers recognize these facts and will elect
him to the clerkship of the county by a
majority that will make democratic
heads swim.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
Total. ......... ......$2,734,2S0
Gain in four years. 81 ,397,713.4O
.RlNEHART's INSULT TO MINERS.

We wonder if the Hon" Geo. F..
Rlnehart takes the intelligent and
thrifty miners of the Sixth congress-
ional district for fools and idiots. 1t
certainly looks much like it when he
gets off such rot as the following:
"John F. Lacey voted for the estab-
I lishment of a military post at Des
Moines. Why? Des Moines is in the
center of the great coal fields of Iowa.
The trust magnate knows that the min
ers might strike for higher wages.
This military post was established SO
that the troops could be quickly sent
out to these coal districts to protect
the interests of the mine operators.
Not to protect the interests of the min
ers: they never do that"
And the person who is talking this
kind of stuff, which is of itself an in
suit to the intelligence of any audience,
is urging the people to vote for Steck.
Well may Mr.. Steck ask some one to
save him from his fool friends. The
miners of Iowa are not, as Mr.. Rine-
hart would have the world believe, law
breakers, thugs and rioters. The min
ers of Iowa are Industrious, peacable
and law abiding citizens. The fact
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
WE REPEAT. MR.. STICK.

If it is true as announced in dem
ocratic newspaper that you are to de-
liver political address at Hedrick
next Saturday, will you or will you not
enlighten the voters of the Sixth dis
trict by fully; frankly and explicitly
answering the following:
Are you in favor OF the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
10 L?
Would you vote for such law if in
troduced in congress?
Would you vote for law to prohibit
the secretary of the treasury from pay
ing the government obligations exclu-
sively in silver?
What are your ideas as to the prop
er course for this government to pur-
sue in the Philippines?
Would you vote for a free trade bill
and to abrogate the reciprocity treat
les now in force?
viii you tell the people what you
think about any of the great questions
that are at issue in the present cam
paign?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

that there are many coal miners in
this part of Iowa had no more to do
with the proposed location of an Unit
ed States military post at Des Moines
than the fact that there are many
farmers, or mechanics, or lawyers, or
even editors in this part of Iowa, and
nobody knows this better than Mr..
Rinehart, himself. Yet this advocate
OF Organism and shouter for Steck in
suits every miner in the district by in
timating that they, as class, are such
hard citizens that the public has to
be protected from them. A ranker in
suit to honest and law abiding men we
never heard. We miss our guess if
the miners of the Sixth district do not
resent this gratuitous insult in a man.
ner that will make itself fully manifest
when the votes are counted on cleo
ton day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

If anything were needed to make
Major Lacey's majority in Wapelo
county this year the largest that he
has ever received, the rank and sense
less TRADE of G.. F. Rinehart, in South
Ottumwa Tuesday night would have fur
nlshed the necessary incentive. The
Courier is not sufficiently familiar
with the facts to express an intelligent
opinion upon the action of the federal
troops in the Occur d'Alene mining riot
matter, but one thing we do know,
and Mr.. Rinehart knows 1t if he knows
any thing at all, and that is that the
federal troops were in this case call
ed for by the DEMOCRATIC governor
of Idaho who is responsible for their
participation in this affair. Yet Mr..
Rinehart nearly bursted blood YES
sci in shouting that con the demand
of John D. Rockefeller, president of
the oil trust, Mckinley sent stand
ing army to the Occur d'Alene mines
of Idaho" Really, if Mr.. RinehaIt
would only tell the truth once in long
while just for the sake of variety, if
nothing else, it would be exceedingly
refreshing. But the more the Hon"
Geo. F. talks the larger Major Lacey's
majority, SO turn the crank and let
him rim
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
FACTS VS.. THEORIES

Secretary of the Navy Long, says
Facts are stubborn and obstinate be-
cause they are incontrovertible. Pres
iGent Mckinley deals with facts alone.
Mr.. Bryan deals only with vapid theo-
ries. The solid, sober. inconrovertible
facts of national and international
prosperity ad honor are before us.
The theories of Mr.. Bryan have all
been proven to be false in the past.
We have reason to assume that they
will again prove to have been delu-
sions. The people will stand by the
facts. They will not go chasing the
theories and numerous isms which are
represented by Mr.. Bryan"
The case could not be stated more
tersely and forcibly. President Nc
Kinley's letter of acceptance is docu.
mcnt which deals only with facts Mr..
Bryan's acceptance is clever and en-
teltaining statement of theories.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
THE RIGHT ANSWER.

There is just one polite and very
proper answer for republicans to make
when solicited to vote for Mr.. Steck for
personal" reasons. you ask me to
vote for Mr.. Steck. l shall certainly
be glad to vote for Mr.. Steck, WHEN
EVER l FIND MR.. STICKS NAME
PRINTED AS A REPUBLICAN NOM
1NEE ON A REPUBLICAN BALLOT
And the same rule applies with equal
force to any other candidate whose
name does not appear on the regular
republican ticket.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

by A. G. Steck, demo-pop candidate for
congress. The Hon. Geo. F. is paving
the air, stamping the earth and actu-
ally shouting himself hoarse talking
good doctrine" for Sleek, and now
Mr.. Steck says he doesn't like the rip
snorting Rinehart even little bit.
Yet we are told by democratic parti-
sans that Mr., Rinehart's speech in
South Ottumwa the other night was
one of the best, most convincing and
most logical democratic speeches ever
delivered In Ottumwa There is a sad
lack of harmony here somewhere that
indicates that the democratic machine
is badly out of gear. Our demo-pop
brethren should get together, adjust
their differences and dwell in peace
and harmony.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
prosperity abounds everywhere

Prosperity abounds everywhere
thruout the republic" is the happiest
expression in President McKinley's
forceful letter Never before was it
possible for any president to point to
so grand fulfillment of his and his
party's promises, and, at the same
time SO crushing reversal of his op-
ponent's predictions. An increase in
the country's gold supply of s436,0O0,-
900 since July, 1896, is but one of a
large number of momentous fact at
testing a prosperity unexampled in
extent and, we believe, in solidity. The
statistics of our industrial and COM
mercial progress are the best cam
paign documents that any party has
ever sent out.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

The Hon." Geo. F.. Rinehart not
only ISLANDERS the miners of Iowa, but
studiously endeavors to place labor or
CARNATIONS in false light before the
people. If we are to accept Mr.. Rine-
harris ideas, then labor organizations
are trusts of the rankest kind. Nobo-
dy believes this, not even Mr.. Rine-
hart, but it seems that with the "Hon."
Geo. F. any old thing will go as a polit-
ical argument. Really it would seem
that Mr.. Rinehart ought to be drawing
pay from the republican committee in
consideration of the amount of good
that he is doing for the republican
ticket.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

The New Sharon Star says A. G..
Steck stated in his speech there last
Friday evening that he had been in
formed that there were more college
graduates in Aguinaldo's cabinet than
there are in the senate at Washington"
The inference from this seems to be
unquestioned that Mr.. Steck is of the
opinion that the members of Aguinal-
dos cabinet are better educated and
better qualified as law makers than
the members of the United States SEN
ate. If we are mistaken in our infer
ence, we should be pleased to have
Mr.. Steck put us right in the matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

The democratic congressional com
mittee has finally been shamed into
publishing list Of the speaking ap-
pointments of A. G. Steck, the demo-
pop nominee for congress in the Sixth
district. The committee found that
democratic partisans were becoming
excessively tired of a candidate for con-
gress who confined himself to ranging
about in the bushes and back-country
districts without seeking to enlighten
the public upon any of the great po-
litical issues before the people this
year. We are pleased to know that
Mr.. Steck has finally emerged from
the brush.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
To Investloate Ames, EnIdemic.

Des Moines, Oct. 27.-An investiga.
ton of the causes of the present cpl.
demic of typhoid fever at the Iowa
State College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts at Ames will probably
be- made by DR.. ]. H. Kennedy of the
state board Of health. J. B. Hunger.
ford of Carroll, president of the board
of trustees of the college, is in the
city for the purpose of laying the facts
before DR.. Kennedy. secretary of the
beard of health, and also to have him
and other members of the board, il
possible, go to Ames at once and ex'
anime into the situation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

There Is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease, and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
ence has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease. and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls catarrh Cure.
manufsstured BY F. 2. Cheney 4 Co. To- o.
on the market. 1t Is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful. 1t
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
dred dollars for any case 1t falls to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, f. ]. CHENEY. Co..,
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
WHY CLEVELAND is SILENT.
Says He Cannot Talk During Such an
Exceptional Campaign.

Says He Cannot Talk During Such an
Exceptional Campaign.
Princeton, N. j., Oct. 26.-In CONVEX
sation yesterday ex-President Cleve-
land said:
II am surprised that my opinions
and intentions as related to the pend
ing canvass should at this stage so
suddenly be deemed important. If in
good nature I say few harmless
words they are SO padded before publ
cation as to be unacceptable or are
made the pretex for utterly unauthor-
lied presumptions.
1T seems to me that my situation
ought to be sufficiently understood and
appreciated by thoughtful friends to
justify in their minds my determine
ton to remain silent during this ex-
ceptional and distressing campaign"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
NEVER REPEATS HIMSELF.

The Conservative: Many admirers
of the peerless Bryan brag loudly that
he is so chock full of platatudinous
versatility that he never repeats him
self. This is particularly true as to
has prophecies of 1895. The Conserva-
tive has looked in vain for an oppor-
tunity to catch the colonel repeating
even one forecast of the finances of
the United States made in 1896. The
mistakes of Bryan must make the mis-
takes of Moses inconsequential.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
GENERAL WOOD AT CANTON.
Calls to See PresIdent-Brumbaugh,o of
Porto Rico, Caller,

Canton, Oct. 2e.-General Wood, of
Cuba, reached Canton this morning.
He came to confer with the president
and Secretary Root on matters con-
nected with Cuban officers. Another
caller at the Mckinley home today
was M G. Brumbaugh, commissioner
of education in Porto Rico. He came
primarily to deliver to the president a
message from Governor Allen, the nat
ure of which was not made public. He
said to the Associated Press that con-
ditions in Porto Rico are steadily i'm
proving, and the improvement will be
more rapid as soon as the election is
over.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

About the most heartless and from
political standpoint, the meanest thing
that has yet come to light in the pres
ent congressional contest (if it can
really De called contest) in the sixth
district, is the announced reputation
of the Honorable" Geo. F. Rinehart,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
MUCH CANNED CORN SPOILED.
Cans Used by the Cedar Falls Canning
Company Defective. q

Company Defective. q
Waterloo, Oct. Est has just been
discovered that the Cedar Falls Can
ming company has suffered a severe
loss in its product for the year. The
output of the factory for the season
was 100000 cans Of corn. While pre-
pairing some of the corn for shipment
1t was found that a portion was spoil
ed. An investigation followed which
showed that at least $4,000 cans, or
one-tenth of the product are worthless
The cans in which the corn was put up
were defective. The product Of the
plant had all been contracted for at
70 cents per dozen cans, and the loss
to the plant will be about $4,000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

Newton is to have great republl-
can meeting on Saturday afternoon
and evening, November 8. Addresses
will be delivered by Senator Allison
and CONGRESSMAN Lacey,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

Jos. Dill, of Creston, was thrown
from his wheel while coasting down a
hill and sustained q fractured arm and
other injuries.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30

which she is known. The two men
who rescued her declined to give their
names to the police, and disclaimed
any credit for their part of the affair.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-30
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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CIRCuLATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation of all
other 0ttumwa papers combined.