Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-13
IOWA PRESS NOTES.


election.
IOWA PRESS NOTES.
Is Great Leader--With the single
exception of Frederick Douglas, Book
er I. Washington is the greatest lead
er OF the negro race who has come up
out of slavery itself. Everyone knows
what Mr.. Washington has done at
Tuskegee and elsewhere for the edu-
cation and uplifting of their race. 1t is
also true that he is a man Of intense
personal character and history.-Ft.
Madison Republican
Cubans Are Satisfied-There is
cheering news from Cuba. The first
Cuban general assembly manifested
great enthusiasm at mention of the
name of the United States. There
was every evidence that the satisfac-
ton of the people is complete. A ma,
jority of the members of the conyen-
ton haye proposed resolutions which
commend General Wood, military gov
ernor and request him to telegraph to
the, president of the United States
that the Cubans "are satisfied with
the honesty demonstrated in the full
.fillment of the. declarations made in
favor of the liberty and independence
s Of the, Cuban 1,pls seple. Sioux City
The Gold tReserve-The United
States treasury nov holds the largest
stock of gold in Tits. history and the
largest in the. world. The stock is
being constantly n augmented by addi-
".tional deposits at the. New York sub
treasury In exchange for currency to
be sent west and south to purchase
grain, cattle and cotton, and by re-
'ceipts of new gold from Colorado, Cal
ifofnia,; Australia, Klondike, etc. One
day last week nearly $4,000,000 was
turned In making the aggregate stock
$455 ,46I, 717. This includes the $780,
100000 legal reserve. established by
the monetary bill of March last and
s216,241, 439 in gold coin issued against
outstanding gold certificates, and $50.
220,280 free gold. This stock Of the
precious metal, already the largest in
the world, is likely to grow still larg-
Ter from renewed gold importations
and a steady influx from the mines
Des Moines Leader.
! Airstip at Last-The closing year
of the nineteenth century has witness,
ed at least a partially successful so
luton of the yexed problem of aerial
navigation. Count Won Zeppelin has
| contrived an airship which under ia,
yorable conditions can be driven thru
the air at a speed of ten or twelve
miles per hour, it's course being di
rected at pleasure of the operator
The first experiments were conducted
at Lake Constance about three
months ago and developed faults in
the mechanism Of the airship which
have since been remedied. During
the past few weeks several success
full trips have been made thru the all
without mishap. On one occasion
Count Won Zeppelin assembled 1000
feet, travelled distance of sixty-eight
miles and returned to the starting
point. This was on day when there
was little or no wind. Later ar
ascent was made in an eighth-nile
breeze. The boat remained afioat fol
more than an hour but the attempt
to beat back against the wind, althe
partially successful. had to be aban
doned on account of darkness before
Reaching the experiment station III
some instances the airship has attain
ed a height of nearly a mile, and has
been navigated at that altitude as eff
fectively as when nearer the EARTH
Sioux City Tribune.
Rearranse Districts--When Iowa's
next legislature meets for it's next
session it may understake to shake
up some of the congressional districts
! of the northwestern part of the state
and rearrange their counties. Every
time a census is taken the question
comes up. but Tuesdays announce
ment of Iowa's population has given
new ground for the superstition thai
an effort will be made to take liberal
slices from both the big Tenth and
Eleventh districts and pass them
along to the divisions that have 9
much smaller population. Sioux City
Journal.
/ IoWa's Election Laws-When the
Iowa voter visited the polling place
Tuesday he was handed an official bal
lot as big as Barnum's show. If he
placed a cross in the circle at the
head Of one ticket and marked the
square in front of the name of a candi
date on the opposing ticket his ballot
was not counted for that candidate
He heard from New York early in the
evening, but in Iowa cities the polls
did not close until 1900 o'clock and al
midnight only partial returns had been
received from city and county.
The remedy for all this is the voting
machine. In New York the polls close
at 900 O'Clock aud this is proof that