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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
scHuRz AND GAGE.

J. Sterling Morton, secretary of ag-
riculture under Cleveland:
Mr.. Carl Schurz, in his reply to Sec
rotary Gage unwittingly made fatal
admission when he said that the re-
publicans at the next session of con-
gress must securely fasten the gold
standard upon the country. 1t is an
acknowledgement that the menace OF
Bryanarchy to the gold standard is a
real positive fact 1t is an admission
that Bryan would be safe president
only by making it impossible for him
to do harm. Upon the same principle
Mr.. Schurz, if he were a banker, would
lock his safe and place highwayman
in charge of the bank. The funds of
the bank would no doubt be secure so
long as the lock of the safe remained
unmolested or the safe intact Mr..
Schurz would not be taking into ac-
count the probability of his new conf
dant breaking the lock or blowing up
the safe. Suppose the republicans do
lock up the golo standard at the next
session of congress, is there any as
surance that Bryan will not break the
lock? AS 1.-THE Conservative" has
pointed out, if Bryan is elected there
is a strong probabiltySQf a free silver
senate in 1901. The gold standard
could then be repealed and a free coin
age law passed. Then what would
Mr.. Schurz do? "The Conservative"
believes the best policy would be to
keep the "highwayman" out of the
bank,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
Democracy's Trust Record.

At this time. when Mr.. Bryan is
talking about the trusts" as if he
were the only person in the country
who is against them, it will. perhaps,
be well to bear in mind that the dem
ocratic party when in power did not
place any antitrust laws on the ma
tional statute books. In the closing
days of the last session it furnished
the majority against an antitrust
bill introduced by the republicans in
the house. When the Wilson bill was
passed seven years ago by the demo-
Gratis it contained some features that
were put in so obviously for the bene-
fit of the sugar and other trusts that
President Cleveland refused to sign
the measure and it became law
without his signature. He did not
have the hardihood to veto it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
A EIxinr star.

On summer evening you rday see
Arcturus high up in the south or south
west in June or July and farther down
in the west in August or September.
You will know it by its red color. That
star has been flying straight ahead
ever since astronomers began to OBJ
serve it at such a speed that it would
run from New York to Chicago in a
small fraction Of a minute. You would
have to be spry to rise from your
chair, put on your hat and overcoat
and gloves and go out on the street
while it was crossing the Atlantic
ocean from New York to Liverpool.
And yet if you should watch that star
all your life, and live as long as Me
thuselah, you would not be able to
see that it moved at all. The journey
that it would make in a thousand years
would be as nothing alongside it's dis
tance.-Professor Simon Newcomb in
Youths Companion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
EVERYBODY PROSPEROUS.
All Classes of Men Feel the Eff
feet of Republican Man.
agement.

"The increase in the amount OF
money deposited to the credit of saw
ings bank accounts during the last four
years has been, in round numbers, $27,-
100000 in the state of Illinois alone"
was stated by B. NJ Chattelle, of the
Illinois trust and savings bank. He con-
tinued: 'Depositors manifest feel
ing of complete security. The demo-
cratic prediction that the republican
party would not fulfill its promises to
pay in gold has been proven false. The
people as whole are satisfied"
Trade has never been so brisk" was
the report from Williamson & Co., deal
ers in gas and electric fixtures. Our
trade has increased so per cent. in the
last seven months. Better grades of
goods are called for, indicating greater
ease in money matters, and consequent
ly more Hberality in furnishing the
iome."
Business with us has increased
wonderfully in the last two years, not
alone in number of patrons, but also in
amounts of individual Checks" Mr..
Phillip Heinrich, the well-known res
taurateur declared in tones of con-
viction. G. w. King and L. n. Knight
who, with Mr.. Heinrich, cater to the
wants of thousands daily, indorse this
opinion, and Mr.. King added: "While
some supplies may cost a trife more,
others are less expensive. Higher wages
are paid the help, and a feeling of con-
tentment seems general"
Passenger traffic on the railroads
in the west has been heavy during the
last two years, and particularly so for
few months past" was the expression
of Mr.. P. S. Eustis, of the Burlington
Route" Passenger earnings show sub
| stantial increases from month to
month over corresponding periods OF
previous years. This year there seems
to be disposition to travel, conven-
tions and other excursions draw out
large crowds, while regular business
in all directions is very satisfactory
This is undoubtedly due to the fair
prices which farmers receive for their
products, and the particularly good
prices for cattle and hogs which have
prevailed"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
ROAST FOR BRYAN.
A New York Democratic Paper Takes
n Shy at the Demo-Pop
Candidate.

When the reality of the things that
are is placed in contrast with the shall
low trappings of Inexperienced quo
tations from departed statesmen, with
which this prose-poem is trigged out,
then the pretentious hollowness of the
Indianapolis performance is exhibited
to view. Why, this unteachable and I'M
conscious actor sustains no more rela-
ton to the Jefferson, to the Lincoln, to
the Clay, to the Webster and to the
Franklin from whom he borrows
wrested sentences than the strutting
and strident subordinates of the stage
sustain to the imaginary dukes, the
apocyphal kings and the mythical gods
whom they would impersonate in prop
erty roles and in memorized speech.
When acting is oratory, Mr.. Bryan
will be an orator. When bad acting is
great oratory. he will be a great orator.
When staginess is craftsmanship, he
will be a statesman. When cant and
rant and roar and fustian take the
place of sober themes, with sober men,
and when lime-light and thin thunder
outclass the sun in the sky and the
elemental forces of the storm, then will
populism be democracy, and then will
America conduct its affairs through the
hands of presidents that should be
medically restrained and of law makers
that should meet in asylums for the
misunderstanding Eagle Dem.).
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way 10 cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an i'll
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflanl-
ed you have n rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh which is nothing but an intlamed con-
ditiou of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by catarrhl that cal,
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
HOW ABOUT SALT?

.eHow about salt?" exclaims the Hon.
"A. C. Steck to the Davis county far
mer. Well, how about salt, sure
enough? Four years ago salt was sell
ing at from 81 to $1.10 per barrel; to-
day it is selling at about $1.50 per bar
rel. ''There, didn't I tell you so?"
saws Mr.. Steck. Yes, you told us so
Mr.. Steck, but you forgot to tell us
something else, and we will finish the
story for you. Salt has advanced In
price for two reasons. First, because
the laborers employed in making salt
were about two years ago given a very
material increase in wages, so that
they are now receiving from 81 to Us
per day. Second, the great increase
in tonnage on the railroads incident to
the republican prosperity caused an
increase in freight rates. Hence 1t is
that the Davis county farmer is paying
from 40 to SO cents per barrel more
for salt than he did four years ago.
But the average Davis county farmer
does not buy more than two barrels of
salt per year, so that his total extra ex-
penditures on account of this article
will not average over 81 per year. But
TINS is not all of the story. What does
the Davis county farmer do with his
salt? He feeds it to his sheep and to
his cattle and other stock. Lets look
at that side of the ledger for a mo-
ment. The average price of sheep in
Iowa in 1896. the last year of the DEM
ocratic administration, was SEAS per
head. The average price of sheep in
Iowa this year has been $4.O2 per
head. Thus it will be seen that the
advance in the value of one old eve
will more than pay the increased cost
of salt to Davis county farmer for a
whole year. But this is not all. Cat
tie as Mr.. Steck himself admits have
doubled in value in this time. while
wool makes almost as good showing
as does beef. The average price OF
wool in the Now York and Philadel-
phia markets in October, 1896, was
from is to 19 cents. In October, 1899
the average price ranged from 311a to
80 cents. The Davis county farmers
old eve is not only herself worth $1.5O
more than she was in 1896. but her
wool will sell today for twice as much
as it did then. In the face of these
incontrovertible facts what absurd
nonsense this is that Mr.. Steck is talk
ing to the Davis county farmer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
chicauo Pr,auce Market.

F-NTCduu Fr-uuce WdrKEt.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Wheat, Oct. 1919
Nov. 771s.
Corn, Oct. 40; Nov. s7as.
Oats, Oct. 22A@22A; Nov. 22as@
221s.
Pork, Oct. 1910; Jan. 11.s5.
Lard, Oct. 7,27@7.sO; Jan. 6.97.
Ribs, Oct. COS; Jan. 6.a2.
Rye, So.
Barley, S9@395s.
Flax, 1.59.
Timothy, 4.35.
Clover, 1925.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
A POLITICAL PLATFORM.

Did you see the pops all frown
When they heard that Cholly Towna
Had been quietly turned down?
Yes.
Did you see them faces make
When they said: "We'n have to take
One more pull for Bryan's sake?"
OF course.
Did you hear the silver bell
Peal forth joyfully and we'll
That Towne didn't get smeil7
Sure.
Did you see Dick Croker smile,
Stretch his mouth half mile,
When the Towne men lost their pile?
You know It.
Did you see him smack his chops
When the ice trust knocked the props
From beneath the western pops?
You bet.
Did you think this two-faced crew
Can deceive the crowds anew,
AS they did in Ninety-two?
Nit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

tory people. American ingenuity has so
perfected machinery that the home mar
ket can be supplied, if it is in operation
about half the time. We must expand our
markets or shut down our factories part
of the time
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
Hard Words.

Mrs. Tncker-Tommy, what makes
you so late?
Tommy-Had some words with the
teacher, and she kept me in after
school.
Mrs. Tucker-You had words with
the teacher?
Tommy-Yes'm. couldn't spell
'em.-Chicago Tribune.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
Chicago Live Stock Marke

Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Cattle-1O,0 900,
steady to strong; beeves, 4.50@6.00;
stockers, weak, 2.50@4.5O; COWS, 2.75
OILS: Texans, 325@4.OO.
Hogs-21 900; about steady; heavy,
5.05@5.50; light, 5.1O@5.52; mixed,
5.O5@5.52.
Sheep-14,OOO; steady; 3.4O@4.05;I
lambs, steady to strong; 4.25@5.2O.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

AT the battle of Hastings, A. D..
1066, the weapons being swords and
battleaxes. 500 fell fatally wounded
out of every 1000 soldiers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
THE MARKETS.

Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Iced poultry, dullI
unchanged.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

Felix Belicki, 2years old, was killed
by a street car at Milwaukee, Wis
The baby attempted to cross the
track.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

A prominent business man of Keo-
kuk reports that in 1896 he bought
corn in Osceola for ten cents bushel,
cribbed it and recently sold it in
Chicago for 43 cents a bushel.
He doesn't want any change in the ad-
ministration. Neither does the farm
er who raises the corn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
New Trust Friends for Bryan.

New Trust Friends for Bryan.
In connection with the fact that Mr..
Croker, of ice trust fame, and Senator
Jones, of the Round Cotton Bale trust.
are supporting Mr.. Bryan, it is interest
ing to add that Mr.. Bryan's recent
meeting at Parkersburg, w. Va, was
presided over by ex-United States Sem
ator Camden, an old-time democrat,
who, besides being one of the richest
men in West Virginia, is large stock
holder of the Standard Oil company.
1t is not supposed that the intimate
connection of Senator Camden with
the Standard Oil company was even so
much as mentioned by one of the Bryan
papers. M
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
An Invaluable Aid.

Boney-Unable to increase Hawley's
salary and not desiring to lose his
services. the Shapes have taken him
into the firm.
Sklnnie-That's great!
Boney-But then the firm is losing
money daily. = Philadelphia North
American.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
PROSPERITY
WIDESPREAD.
More Bank Deposits in States That
Bryan Hopes to Garry.
FARM MORTGAGES ARE DECREASING.

Business Conditions Generally Improv-
ing and Better Times Prevailing
Some of the Strongest Testimony
Comes From Candidate Bryan's Own
State.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
CIRCULATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation of all
other ottumwa papers combined.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

The following table shows our ex-
ports to each of the grand divisions of
T., world during the eight months of
1900, compared with the corresponding
period of 1899:
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Do not drop careless remarks. They
cannot be picked up, but you may be.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
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New York Market.

New York, Oct. 4.-wheat, Dec.
s31A.
Corn, Dec. 42A.
Butter, dull; 16@21.
Eggs, firm; $4,000.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily Courier, year, by mail. ...$5.oo
Daily Courier, year, by carrier. 600
Semi Weekly Courier, 1 year...... 1.5o
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
PLENTY of work for Labor.

The state labor bureau of New
York has made a report from &c of
the leading industries of the state.
The report shows that wage earners
have had a marvellous advance in pros
perity. The men employed was as fol-
lows:
Number. Total Wages.
June l. 1894 Gree trade).. .15,1l2 $s246, 14s
June 30, 1899 lprotectionl. %. OBS 1883. 65l
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04
Mckinley Prosperity sweIIs the Saw;
tngs Bank Deposits of
q the People.

Inc. under Mckinley. S41,oSs s517. 24,oe5
That is to say, general prosperity
has increased, the number of savings
banks has increased by nearly 100000,
the deposits by over $500 oo0. 900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

Total j. .$792,620,0S2 $915 ,911,344
And still Mr.. Steck tells the Davis
county farmers that the present pros
perity is a myth
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04

Chicago Butter and Egg Market.
Chicago, Oct. 4.-Butter, unchanged.
Eggs, firm; unchanged.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-04


increase will begin again We sold 64,70(
horses last year to foreign countries and
received $7,612, 056 for them. There is an
active demand in foreign countries fol
horses of all kinds, especially the more val.
liable ones.
1.-The principal reason for the better
prices for domestic animals is that oul
people are at work everywhere. Good
wages are being paid. We are sending con.
signments of dairy products to European
and Asiatie countries. A few years age
! shipments of that kind would have beer
| very profitable, but at the present time
| the American workman uses our butter
| and pays such good prices that it really
does not pay to send these goods away from
home.
I During this administration the flag OF
| the United States has been carried as far
as the China seas and has given us a great
| center, great vantage ground and dis
| tributing point, from which American COM
merce in the future will be dealt out to
| the millions of orientals. Our export trade
with Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine islands has been growing very
rapidly. In 1896 it was $13, 4S3, 276, of which
over S6,000,000 was in agricultural products.
In 1897 it was sl4,2S17S5, of which over
| ST. 900 900 was agricultural. In 1898 it was
| SIG, 6l69S2 of which over S9,000,0 900 was ag-
ricultural. In 1899 it was S29, $50, Isl, of which
| over S14,000 900 was agricultural. In 1900 1t
was $40, 209,S92, of which over s2O,OO0O0O was
agricultural.
This shows where our new markets are,
| and the extent to which the American
| farmer is already interested in them, be-
| fore they are fairly quieted down and made
| familiar with the new condition of affairs.
| The United States can sell goods to these
1 islanders at lower rates than other ma
| lions can and offer them better markets
| than other nations can offer. The farmer
Is interested in the prosperity Of our fac
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
An Advance Sale
of Summer Underwear.

A quarter saved, bought now, and by the time you
want to wear them it will be a third, for prices are
rapidly rising.
Mems, womens and ehildren's in the lot, new and
needed in a few weeks. Far-sighttd buying before
the rise in prices makes such merchandising possible.
Only that. Not a garment in the women's or chill.
dren'S lot that's not absolutely perfect. Some slight
mill imperfectionS in the mems, SO small you would
never discover them if we didn't tell--but, of course,
that's not the Abraham & Straus style of doing things
If you buy now, you save but you can't wait and
keep the saving in your pocket. Is it worth while :
THE wOMENS.
Women's Richeieu ribbed white cotton Underyests, low neeked,
sleeveless, he edging around neck and armholes, silk tapes. sc
Women's low neck.d and sleeveless, also short slseved Undervests
OF white ribbed cotton, finished with silk tapes and silk edging in
eo!orS, two =. .l5c
WomenS ribbed Isle thread Undervest, low neck and sleeveless.
Womens fancy low necked ribbed Undervests with lace shoulders
and fronts, silk tapes 1c
THE LDRE
Children's Spring weight UnderveSt,, high neck, short sleeves,
finished with pearl buttons, silk binding around neck and down
.lc
THE MEMS.
Mems balbrggan Shirts and Drawers the Shirts with French
neeks, pearl buttons and patent, overlooked seams the Drawers
with extra deep, reinforced guSet, pearl buttons, sateen facings,
suSPender tapes, patent overlooked seams and French extension
bands. Shirts and Drawers are mad. Of pure Egyptan warn.
which makes them very soft and durable. A full assortment OF
sizes. 80. } for SIW
Main roor lat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
~ nom rLENAhY COUACIL H1RE.
Report That the Pope Is to he Asked to
Conyoke One soon.

Bishop Glennon II Kan sas City. who has re-.
Gently returned from Rome. ia said TO have
written to Washington hat a ple1ary council
Of the Roman Catholic Church in this country
Is likely to be he'd before long. l. Is sixt teen
years since the last council. that O. Baltimore,
was held. oiata that time many Questions,
have ari'Hn Wat need cons g. ration. Tha
council could be convened only on the author.
iy Of the P'pe. The Bishops OF this country
would first have & transmit to ROM a request
for perm ssion to cal II. A. many %. thr
higher ecclesiastical authorities Ar. guing %
Rome in a month or two, to participate in m,
celebration - the lope's Jubilee. il /, asserted
- Ne pru hahle that Arrangements will b, mn ln
then 10 heEln the preliminary work ~ holding
III" council.
Carolina Gibbons, Archbishop C,rri,lr.
Archbishop .hnin 81 st LOUIS and b.. 8.
McDpnnei Of BROOKLYN are amouy mo III. t'r-
L. sal sOon, The. Archtishop OF NrW York 49,
sail on April y. lie and the othr, American
prelates ara III ely TO he consulted by the Watt
can author!ti1s during their .tny In Romc
about u" rns"O Of Bishop Sharret,i Ia'r yruu-r-
Grated bishop Of Havana. MIR. Shtrr"fti j. an
italian, long associated with tLa ~nI6-tultc de-
leea ion In Washington. and hs spg,intmen'
e. the see OF Havana was not pieaslng TO the
cuban people VINO wanted a natIya BISHOP.
IL wassupposel that Mgr, Sbarrct'', now that
No has been Installed Bishop OF Havana.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11

blades turned yellow and perished. Grain has
been imported from more fortunate parts oil
the, peninsula. but 10 December last the price
had risen 10 four times the usual cost, and the
poor. who form most Of the population. had no
means to buy breadstuiis. Thu deaths from
starvation we're few until nearly the end OF the
year, hut the misery OF the enfee bled people
thousands.
Tho appal ing growth Of the evil IL shown by
the TREMENDOUS increase in the number OF per.
sons. employed on relief works or to whom
relief is extended. In the second week OF
December last the number was l,03S, $40; In
the third week y was l,357oS7. Lord Cur2on
cabIed to london on last Saturday that the
number OF persons now on these lists IL 4,374,-
oOu "a many persons as possible receive em-
ployment on public works which are started
n the stricken distrlcts. the idea being that IL
j. best. as far as practicable. TO have works Of
public utility TO show for the immense sums
TINT must he disburaed to relieve distress,
OF course there are hundreds Of thousands
VINO must be cared for and who can make no
return. Since 1877 Government agencies have
been established for the application of speedy
RELIEF. and though II seems Impossible TO pre-
vent An enormous death rate where the live. Of
go many millions are jeoparded. yet the evils Of
famine have been greatly mitigated OF late
years by the relief extended from Government
and private sources.