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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27

~. r AUG ol--CHdTleSTOn,
5. G., and other southern points visited
by severe earthquake.
Sept. f-Geronimo Apache chief surren-
dered to Gen. Miles at. Skeleton canyon,
Arizona.
Sept. 7--American yacht .Mayfower'' de-
feated English yacht ''Galatea" in race
oe rer l5 amssieas cup yale ,,orr
coast destroyed $50 lives and left 1000
Oct. 2s-Liber,y statue in New York har-
Nov. 18-Ex-President Chester A. Arthur
died at New York, aged &C.
Dec. s6-Gen. John A. Logan died at
Washington, aged 60.
1857.
Jan. 2s--Mexican war pension bill APP
proved.
Feb. Independent pension bill vetoed.
Feb. 5-Henry M. Stanley sailed from
Zanzibar for expedition into central At
RIGA in quest of Emin Pasha. Found him
April 20, 1885, on Lake NyanZa.
March S-Henry Ward Beecher died at
March S-John B. Fades, engineer, died
March ls-Treaty Of the triple alliance
between Germany, Austria and Italy
March aa-First interstate commerce com
mission appointed.
June 17-Heavy snow fell at Lynchburg,
aug: Ill s. Ives s Co, \ Ne eSs :, York
plohGIS. S2VVVU,uDU.t
Sept. 27-Amcrican yacht volunteer de-
feated the Scottish yacht Thistle in
race for Americas" cup.
Dec Pm. Jules Grevy forced to resign
French presidency.
During the year gold was discovered in the
Transvaal and the city of Johannesburg
founded.
1888.
March 6--Louse NJ. Alcott died at Bos-
ton. aged Sc. Her father, A. Bronson
Alcott, died two days before her, aged &c.
March emperor William l. of Germany
died, aged 80. Succeeded by his son, Fred
erick William.
March 12-13- Blizzard along Atlantic coast
caused loss OF 30 lives and $4,000, 900
worth of property,
March 2s-Chief Justice Morrison B. Waite
died at Washington, aged ~.
April lS-Roscoe Conklin died at New York,
aged 50.
May Slavery, abolished in Brazil; 1907
900 slaves freed.
June Phillip III. Sheridan appointed gem
eral of the army.
June 4-Act providing for execution of
murderers by electricity in New York
{ state approved.
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incorporation Notice.

Notice is hereby given that Il corpora
tion has been formed under the name of
GRAND OPERA HOUSE COMPANY OF
OTTUMWA
Principal place of business at ottumwa.
Iowa; nature of business. to conduct an
opera house in Otumwa: capital stock at-
thorized, thirty thousand tS30,000) dollars,
to be fully paid when issued and non-asses-
able; to commence business December IL,
1900. and to endure twenty years. Manage
inent. a board of directors of four MEM
bers, president, u secretary and a treas
urer, all to be elected annually on the Arst
Tuesday after the first Monday IN January,
directors to he elected by the stock
holders. the other officers named to he
chosen by the board of directors. Limit
of indebtedness. twenty thousand tS20,aoW
dollars: private property of stockholders
land officers to be exempt from liability for
corporate debts
Dated this 18th day of December, 1900.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE COMPANY
of 0TTUMWA.
by J. II. MERRILL. President.
Attest: T.. Il. EDGERLY, Secretary.
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Notice is hereby given. THAI by virtue of
a general execution. TO me directed by the
clerk of the district court of Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa. against the goods chattels, lands.
tenements, etc, of r. Nj. Burton. defend
ant in favor of Lucy L. Davis. plaintiff |
will offer al public sale. to the highest
and best bidder. for cash, at the front
tumw.l. Wapello county. Iowa. on the 18th,
day of January. 1901. between the hours
of - o'clock u, IN. and o'clock p. m. on
said day, all of said II. Nj. Burton's right.
described property situated in Wapello
county Iowa. to-wit: The undivided one
sixth u-6) interest in northwest quarter.
orthwest quarter, OF section %, township
II. range IA.
Sale to commence at the hour of o'clock
p. M. of said day.
ber 1000.
Sheriff of Wapelo County, Iowa
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Incorporation Notice.

To whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the GLEVEs
Iowa, with its principal place of business
at Otumwa, iowa. has amended Its articles
of incorporation by increasing the amount
of its authorized capital stock from one
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars to
one hundred and seventy five thousand
dollars. the Increased amount SO authorized
to be issued, paid for. transferred, and
dealt with, in all respects as provided; in
Article III of the original articles of in
corporation, and in the published incor.
poration notice pertaining to said original
articles. Said amended articles have been
duly recorded in Wapello county. Iowa,
and with the secretary of state for Iowa.
Dated, December II. 1900
GLENN w. TRAER, President.
DON NJ. SUTOR. Secretary.
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Nov. s-Twenty-hrst presidential election.
Ulysses S. Grant 21i electoral ana 3.015,-
81 popular votes. and Horatio Seymour
Dec ana BRINE
minister of England at head Of liberal
ministry.
DIS n.a @aa;Aa,mnesty psoelamat9p granting
In confederate rebellion issued.
1860.
May 1o-Union Pacific railroad opened for
lyme New liberal monarchical consti-
(, Sution adopted by Spanish cortes elect
i ed by the revolutionists. Duke of Aos-
4 "a. son of Victor Emmanuel, of Italy,
elected king of Spain by cortes Nov.
a, 1870. to succeed Queen Isabella, who
had fed to France.
JuPe 15-Great national peace jubilee held
IN Boston.
July soldiers national monument at
Gettysburg dedicated.
July 26-Anglican church disestablished in
Ireland by act of English parliament
Sept A"Black Friday" elimination of
financial panic I in New York. Gold
Oct. sSEs x Franklin Pierce died
at Concord, NJ: H. aged 65.
N son. 4G aess E H. Peabody died in Lon
Nov. 17-suez canal opened with elabo-
rate ceremonies.
Nov. 24-American Womans Suffrage as
Dec. S.-Ecumenical council of Catholic
church met at Rome Pope's infaIli-
bility in matters of faith and morals
Dee ssaf nn@yominr gave women the right
to vote and hold ONCE.
DEC. n.George n. Peabody, American
ps M a Stanton 1T h9 dsd at aswsa ash
ington aged IS.
Dan. 4-Strike OF the telegraph operators
throughout the country.
Jan 2s-vtrginia readmitted to the -1ion.
tFeb. 9-Congress authorized the establish
ment Of the weather bureau
Feb. l5-Work begun on the Northern Pa
Sf1sss. railroad at the Dalles of the st.
Feb. q -Mississippi readmitted to the
March s0-Teaas readmittsd to the union,
Agsl Amsriean Z Anti Slavery society
March @-Fifteenth amendment to con
stitptiop declared adopted,
Jqae s- G Dickens died in England,
Jane-Ntuth census taken. Population,
JsiS s.-SFish land act passed by English
54 Fr4Rgs declared lar s. war agein ms,
Elayno, Pruseian war.
JS ossia r rsaa,ntted f to the fn unl9n
Jac psaohed Naw fork, W w .
AXs T.. fAmsrisaa "a yacht Magic. DETECTED f tie,
EHBtSh yuCHt SeEapd1A IN raCe at New
York fot the Americas" cup.
A4F. a-AdminAi David c. Fafragut died
Portsynouth n. H., aged 60.
Gent f--Frsnch detected by Prussians a,
". ~ Il Rres Ss isss. 9eoo; Prnssian a,
army of 10000 men and Emperor Ma
pcleon III. surrendered to King Will
liam Of Prussia.
Sept, 4.-Rnaperor Napoleon III deposed
arg third French republic proclaimed al
4:b .. NJ
Sept lsLfpysstment of Paris begun by
the ErusSiafis.
Sept. 3--Rorne surrendered to Italian
army BY the pope. This marked the
end Of the pope'E temporal power.
fhgtoh Va, aged So.
Nov. First election for district schoo
boards III ENGLAND under authority Of
pew law providing for support of pub
lie schools by local taxation,
DEC. 1B-Colofed Methodist Episcopa
church in America organized.
Dee. 9-Reilway tunnel through Noun,
Gents completed. This connected Italy
with the rest of Europe by rail.
= Jan. 1e-Supreme court decided legal tende,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27
LEGAL.
ORIGINAL Notice.

In the District court Of Wapelo County,
Iowa. January Term. A. D., 1901.
Clara A;Grayes, plaintiff. vs.. a. p. Lang
onora L. Graves. Geo. A., Graves, Marietta
T. Graves, Julia L. Roberts. R. w. Rob-
ers R Psn; A. Miller O. l. Miller Car
Graves, Dacia D. Steller, Fred Steller Mat
tie ID. Graves. Sarah A. Graves. Elma AIMS
s s9p1h qttnnTa L = ,A Assp Waps,o
administrator, defendants.
To above DEFENDANTS:
You and each of you are hereby notified
entitled cause is died in the Office ice Of the
clerk of the district court of the state OF
Iowa, in and for wapello county Claiming Of
ana an order AND decree o.
spectivec shares and interests of all the
heirs of Julia A. Graves. deceased, to the
following real estate to-wit
Lot number twelve l2) i'll A. l.. Graves
hrst addition to Otumwa. Iowa: lots NUM-
Der one %, eleven I'D. twenty-seven CD,
fonr s thTy thirty @ tnify thE sS
thirty seven CD fifty (50), 1fty-one (5I,
hfty-two (52,, ifty-six .(56l, nifty seven 90,
fld; eight l5s,, tifty.nin 1927. apd sixty
wa Iowa: also the two and one.elghth
acres in the southeast quarter. (l4) in sec
lon fourteen, township seventy-two Oh.
", Iowa. bounded on the southwest by
Second street, on the southeast, by Cald-
we'll street, on the northeast by the right
west by Graves street. of which said Julia
A. Graves died seized. Asking tlat the
same he sold and partitioned under. order
OF the court. and for such other relief IN
the premises as she may be entitled with
costs.
! For particulars see petition now on file.
Aud unless You appear thereto and defend
before noon Of the SECOND day of the next
term. being. the January term of the said
court. which will commence at Ottum W.,
/ Iowa, on the seventh day of January A. D..
| 1901, default will be entered against you
and Judgment rendered thereon.
| WV. EPPS.
| Attorney for Plaintiff.
Dated December ith, 1900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27
MACHINE BLEW UP.
A Des Moines Automobile Propelled
by Gasoline, Goes Skyward.

Des Moines, Dec. 21.-Within two
months of the introduction of automo.
biles into active use in Des Moines
the first explosion of auto machinery
occurred at o'clock Thursday after
noon. No lives were lost as a result
.of the explosion, but dangerous fire
was started in the shops of the Ma
tional Boiler works, owned by Henry
Furlong, and the automobile, owned
by the Merchants Transfer Co., and
valued at $3.50. was damaged to the eX
tent of $500, more or less.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27

ea june w. 1851 March Act to COM
pei railroads to use automatic couplers
and air brakes on all cars approved.
March The F'fty-second congress adj
Journed. 1t had appropriated 81, OPS, SD 049.
April sl2-American halfway union organ
ICED at Chicago.
May t1--World's Columbian exposition
opened 1T Chicago
June Edwin Booth. actor, died at Balti-
more, Md. aged 60.
June 2g-British battleship, Victoria, sank
off coast of Sera: Admiral rryon and ACT
of his crew persisted.
Aug. 15-Behring sea court of arbitration
reported Right of U. 9. to closed sea
denied.
Aug. 2S-Severe hurricane in South Atlantic
states; more than 600 lives lost.
Sept 5-Naval revolt in Brazil began. 1t
ended in June, 1885 by Admiral De Cana,
iGsurgent leader committing suicide.
Sept, l1--World's Parliament of Religions
opened in Chicago,
Oct. 2-Desructiye storm on Gulf of Mex
leo caused loss of over 1900 lives,
Oct. 13--Amerlcan yacht "Yigilant' de-
feated English yacht "Valkyrie" in race
for "AInericasp cup.
Oct. 30 Worlds Columbian exposition
closed. Total number of admissions, e.
Nov iS-Aet repeating silver purchase Law
approved,
1904.
March s--Mr, .Gladstoae resigned as pre-
(. raier Of England. and retired from poll
tiles, Succeeded by Lord Rosebery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Auditor of the War Department Killed
Assassin Suicides.

Washington, Dec Of. H. Morris,
of Ohio, auditor of the war depart
ment. was shot at 2:15 o'clock this at
ternoon, in his office, while he was sit
ting in the window of the building, by
Samuel Mcdonald, formerly a dis
bursting clerk in the Office. norris
was shot thru the heart and died al
most. Instantly Mcdonald then cut
his own throat and shot himself
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Feb. l5-Battle.hip Maine destroyed in Ha.

5000 $50 WI ~ -.
plosion; 286 officers
and men killed.
March Fifty mill
lion dollars appro-
priated for nation
al defense.
April 2-Wei- hai-wei,
China, leased to
Great Britain.
April 17-Great pow
ers of Europe make
a plea for peace
between U n | t ed
States and Spain.
A p r1l 20-Spanish
minister, Polo de
Bernade, given his
passports.
April 2l-Min is ter
nv If-aI 1Laft kATa
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W ~ Gil
roads.
May A. Anarchist
riot and Haymar-
ket massacre took
place in Chicago.
June - GladStone's
home rule bill for
Ireland defeated
In English parlia-
ment.
A u 6. 20-S p / e s
Schwab, Fielden,
Parsons. Fischer,
Fngel and Lingg,
G h | c a Is o anar-
chists, sentenced
to death and Neebe
to is years impris-
onment tor Hay
market riot
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June = American
Association OF the Red Cross organized,
Miss Clara Barton president.
June 24-Secretary of State Blaine notified
American ministers at European courts
that any attempt to guarantee neutrality
of Panama canal would be considered un-
called-for interference.
July president Garfield shot by Gui-
teau in Baltimore and Potomac depot
at Washington.
July -Insurrection in the Soudan, led
by the mahdl began against Egypt
England and the Beers The former sur
rendered the territory to the Transyaal
state, and the latter recognized English
suzerainty and British representative
resident. The treaty was amended Feb.
81, 1884, by which the republic was officially
styled the South African republic under
British suzerainty
Sept 10 President Garfield died at Eli
boron, N. j., at 10;S5 p. m.
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1874.

March s--President's salary fixed at $4,000.
March S-Ex-P President Willard Fillmore
died at Buffalo, N. Y. aged "a.
July observation-disclosures infest Western
and Northwestern states.
Aug. 28-Rey. Henry Ward Beecher ac-
Quilted of charges preferred against him
by. Theodore Tilton by a committee of his
church. FL
Oct. Is !4incoln monument at Springfield,
ILL.,, dedicated.
Nov. 19--National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union organized at Cleveland. O.
Isabella. proclaimed king of Spain. This
ended the Spanish republic and put a stop
to the bloody civil wars.
1875.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27
CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
One Member From Virginia Missing
From the Halls of Congress.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Speaker Hen
derson received a telegram this morn
ing announcing the death of DR.. Rich
ard A. Wise, member of the house
from the Norfolk. Virginia, district, at
his home in Williamsburg. He is a
member of the we'll known Wise fam
lily of Virginia. and brother of John
S. Wise, of New York.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-12-27
Lost All in Gambling Den

Illinois, Posten says John j. Consigny,
icf Emmetsburg, lost 5000 and $500
diamond ring, two deeds of 5S4 acres
of Iowa farm lands, and two notes for
$4,000 each, in a gambling den at that
Iplace.
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Iowa Man in Luck.

Marshalltown. Dec. 22.-George II.
Smith, court reporter here, has ten
dered his resignation. 1t is under
stood the young man has sold his
typewriter patent to the Smith.Pre-
mier company for $4,000 and has ac-
cepted with them a life job at $4,000 a
year,
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CIV Si itiAAShh NAtA
enue stamps, 3D.
$50, 900.
July Alexander
Graham Bell con-
structed first sue
cessful telephone.
July Peasants of
Herzegovina re-
belled against Of
toman government
to resist collec-
ton of taxes. This
led to rebellions
in the Turkish
provinces of Ser
via, Bosnia and
Montenegro last
ing through 1876.
and ended in the
Russo-Turkish war
anr- SO ~.
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Estray Notice.

Taken up as an estTawibyaI. w Huff. at
his residence in Competine township, Wa-
pello county. Iowa, on the s26th day of No
streak on side. no brands. two years old,
and valued ut $40 by Jno aAd Carl FInG.
and posted before ]. W. Bonnett, Justice of
the peace, MQRGAN nGRiS fssAsllLD.
Auditor Wspello CSnnty.
l. ii. HAMMOND, Deputy.
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AIM CASE CONTINUED.
Trial of Man Accused of Numbering
Or, Hamilton Is DELAYED.

Knoxville, Dec 21.-The case of AL
fred Aim, charged with the murder of
Dr. Hamilton of Marysville recently,
was before the Marion county district
court here Monday, and a greater part
of the day was devoted to finding a
jury, when new evidence for the plain
tiff was brought in and the defense.
not desiring to waive notice, the case
was continued to the next term of
cOurt
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Feb. 1921 = English
defeated b y { h e
Beers at battle of
Majuba hill.
March IL Car
Alexander II. of
Russia assassin
ated by nihilists
In st. Petersburg.
Alexander III. pro-
claimed emperor
March IA,
May 22-kingdom of
Roumania estab-
lished by corona
ton of Prince
Charles as king.
May-W o r k begun
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Jan. 23--Judge l.. @.
G. Lamar, soldier,
statesman, jurist.
died at Macon, Ga.
Jan. N--James G.
b ! a n e died at
Washington, aged
GS.
Feb. 2O-Gen. P. It.
G. Beauregard died
at New Orleans,
aged rs.
Feb. 22-Inman line
steamers City of
New York and City
of Paris trans
ferred from British
to American reg
tgfrxF
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Jan. 1e-Supreme court decided legal tender
ct of 1850 onnefi-

VI LOVE- SoliE IL
tutional.
Jan. liking Will
liam of Prussia
proclaimed e m :
peror of Germany.
This completed the
: creation or the new
German empire.
Jaa1. 8-George Tick
nor, historian, died
at Boston, aged SO.
Jan. 8-Paris eurren-
dered to the Prus-
SLAMS.
Feb. 26-Treaty of
peace signed be-
tween France and
Prussia. T h l S
treaty oeded to
Prussia nearly all
NJ L. ~ q, ,4kl
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REPORT OF A FIGHT.

Said That Beers are Threatening Kim
berley-ls Current in London.
London that Kimberley is seriously
Standard says a report has reached
London that Kimberly is seriously
threatened by the Beers.
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LAWS PASSED.
Philippine Commission Enacts Laws
for the Natives.

Manila, Dec, 21-The Philippine
commission has passed bills prescrib-
ing that the English text shall be used
in the construction of all laws enact
ed, and authorizing the provost mar
shall to establish police and health
regulations, with limited punishments
for their violation.
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1898.

IAN. U-Gen. BENJAMIN f. Butter died at
..-.-l.- WASHINGTON aged
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May 1-whisky frauds exposed. Loss I
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sheriH's Sale.

by j. II. MERRILL. r
Attest: T.. Il. EDGERL9, Sec
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-24

men are accused Of accepting bribes to vote on a
question OF taxing the gross receipts OF cor
poration, and the aocuser, a detective serving ia
the capacity Of agent OF the corporation, de-
clares that he made the bargains and paid the
money.
II these men are guilty they ought to be con-
victed and punished to the full extent Of the law.
II has come to be the understanding among some
counoilmen that office is q personal asset out Of
which they have the same right to make money
as II 1t was grocery store or Ash market.
Some who would sccrn an offer OF money consid
Grafton for voting for this proposition or that
think it is all right to support or oppose legisa
tion because IL will help or iniure their Prop
erty or business. Under the law that is just as
much an offence as taking money direct and
whenever furnishing oounclmen for corrupt
solicitation becomes fashionable, those who are
thus influenced will be called to account.
II is safe to conjecture that II the Shsmokin
fellows had been acquitted the Scranton fell
lows would not have been arrested, and II the
Scranton culprits are brought TO justice there
will be deluge Of prosecutions all over the
state. Such things go in waves and while hun
dreds OF people know of cases that ought to be
prosecuted they are restrained from acting for the
reason that 1t isn't customary to convict and
when the fashion changes the food will be in the
direction OF reform,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-24
Press Opinions on
Local Reform Move
To Be Commended.
From the Philadelphia Press.


There have been more or less definite rumors
for some time Of official corruption in Scranton
so that the arrest of eighteen members OF coun.
ellis of that city on bribery charges will not be
so much of a surprise. Still more arrests are
promised, and if the indications are borne out
the people of the city will probably be called
upon to elect nearly a whole outfit of new coun-
cilmen by the time the storm is over.
1T is the same stC.y the public has become
familiar with wherever revelations are made
Private interests have bought councimen to serve
them instead of the people who elect them, and
while no salary attaches to the Office corrupt men
who have no visible income have been enabled
to live luXuriously on a membership in council
II that has been done in Scranton it is nothing
to boast of. In Philadelphia men have been
known to pay out a good deal of money to get
elected to the non-salared Office of councilman
and get rich in a few terms. They sell out
the interests of the public, get the pay privately
and put it in their pockets.
Scranton, which is growing rapidly and Is one
OF the most thriving of all Pennsylvania cities,
cnterprsing, with new improvements in all Ii
rectons would naturally be fertile field for
the operation Of corrupt counclmen. 1t will
be most advantageous to the future of the city
if the present movement to expose and punish
bribery has been comprehensive and effective
enough to afford the people protection hereafter.
1t appears to have been undertaken with courage
and intelligence on the part of citizens who com.
mand popular confidence and understand their
business. If iures can be kept from corruption
which is sometimes difficult, as those who will
bribe councilmen will not hesitate to bribe iuries
-thc:o is encouraging prospect Of wholesome re-
suits.
The severest punishment known to the law is
not too severe for men who, elected to RESPONSE
BILE positions, betray that trust and serve pri.
vate interests for gain. When they accept bribes
they do not merely sell themselves-they sell
every public interest and the people who had
sufficient confidence in them to elect them.
There can be no protection of public interests
while the bribery and corruption Of officials goes
unpuniShed,