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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-21
FLOEtIs.

Floris, June 21.-Dr. Stevens and
Frank Payne We're in Ottumwa Mon
day.
Rev. Millice baptized thirteen con-
yerts in the creek near Sickspring
Monday.
B. r, Heady received message from
near Machel Monday stating that his
wife was very i'll. He started for that
place, returning with her. Friday, she
being very much improved.
n. p. Caldwell, of Bloomfield, was
here Tuesday looking after insurance
matters.
Master Everett speny, of Eldon, Wis
tied at the S. G, Mcclure home last
week.
Isiah Plank and family, of Pulaski,
visited here with his brother, Allen
Plank, a few days this week.
Frank Bintz, George McVey and Jim
Perden were in ottumwa Thursday on
business.
Joseph Lepper and Irwin Swinney
were at Drakesville Friday.
Lewis Hofstatter. John Owens, EN-
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
They Were a Giant Race.

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. Thames
L. Parkinson, an American miner of
Atlin, arrived here today with news of
the finding of number of skeletons
in an ancient cemetery in the North
which is of startling scientific interest.
Parkinson is one of the owners of
the Yellow Jacket, rich claim which
is supposed to be at the fountain head
of Pine, the principal creek in Atlin
district. Two weeks ago the first ex-
cavations were made for a new tunnel
on the property, and what appears to
have been an old Indian burying
ground was opened up.
Five skeletons, nearly complete, were
exhumed, and each is the set of bones
that belonged to a giant of prehistor-
ic times. One of the skeletons meas
ures over seven feet in length, so that
the man must have been considerable
over that height. Then there are two
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Puerto Rico Case May Loee US the
Philippines

New York, Nov. 18.-Congressman
George H. Ray, chairman of the House
Committee on Judiciary, said while in
this city today that until the test case
brought to determine the constitu-
tionality of the Porto Rican tariff bill
is decided by the United States Su-
preme Court there would be no legisla-
ton by Congress for the Pr 'npines.
What if the decision of the court
should be that the Porto Rican tariff
is unconstitutional and that Porto Rico
is part of the United States?" was
asked.
eff such shoulde be the decision of
the court" said Congressman Ray, cit
might necesstitate our having to give
up the Philippines. We are bound to
maintain the open door in the Phil
ippines. That means that the products
of all nations can come into the Phil
ippines on the same basis as our own.
If we cannot raise tariff against
Philippine products coming into the
United States, then our labor would be
brought into competition with the
cheap labor of the Orient.
eff that condition should come
about, we might feel that our interests
would demand our withdrawal from
the Philippines"
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Used Her Scissors on the Landlord

San Francisco, Nov. 17.-May Wilton
dressmaker at lit Taylor street, was
arrested this afternoon on a warrant
charging her with assault to murder.
The complaining witness is Alexander
Sanderson, proprietor OF the lodging
house at that address.
According to Sanderson's statement,
he had told his wife Friday night not
to enter Miss Wilton's rooms, and yes
terday morning when the dressmaker
saw him she flew at him with pair
of scissors and stabbed him in the arm
and hand
Miss Wilton, who is forty years of
age, says Sanderson has been con-
stantly abusing his wife becacse she
would not give him money to gamble
with, and Friday night he beat her Sc
verely. Miss Wilton says she inter
fered to protect the woman and San
derson turned and struck her. Mrs.
Sanderson came to Miss Wilton's
room and she advised her to keep
away from her husband, as he might
kill her. Mrs. Sanderson did so, and
when Sanderson met his wife yester-
day morning he at once commenced to
beat her.
II heard her scream" said Miss Will
ton, ''and when opened my door the
poor woman fell in front of it. I de-
nounced him for his brutality and he
struck me. I had the scissors in my
hand and struck at him."
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Apaches take the War Path

Ell Paso, Tex, Nov. 16.-Official re-
ports received this afternoon from Ca
sas Grandes, Mex, one hundred and
seventy miles southwest of Ell Paso.
say that band of Apache Indians
attacked the American Mormon COL
ony of Pacheco at dusk last evening
and the redskins were repulsed after
hard fight. Twelve Indians were
killed and several Mormons were kill
ed and wounded, though the exact
number were not given. The report
came from the mayor of Juarez, Mex,
this afternoon in the shape of a dis
patch from the mayor Of Casas Gran
DIES. 1t was supplemented by a re-
quest for troops to drive the Indians
out of the bordering mountains. to-
ward which they fled after attacking
the settlers. 81 81
The mayor of Juarez forwarded the
message to President Diaz ard the
governor of Chihuahua and troops and
Mexican rurales will be ordered out
at once.
A company Of soldiers has already
been dispatched from the military post
at Acension, fifty miles from Pacheco,
but it is feared that they are insult
ficient to cope with the Indians, who
are expected to fight desperately, now
that they have taken the war path.
The band of redskins is believed to
have escaped from the reservation in
Southern Arizona, where several thou
sand of the bloodthirsty tribe which
was once the terror of the southwest,
are again kept in normal confinement.
The dispatch stated, however, that the
whether the raiders were Apaches or
Yaqui Indians from Sonora. but the
general belief was that the attack was
made by Apaches.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
CANCER

Sufferers from this horrible malady
nearly always inherit it-not necessarily
from the parents, but may be from some
remote ancestor, for Cancer often runs
through several generations. This deadly
poison may lay dormant In the blood for
years, or until you reach middle life, then
the first little sore or ulcer makes its ap-
pearance OR swollen gland in the
breast, or some other part of the body,
gives the first warning.
To cure Cancer thoroughly and perma-
nently all the poisonous virus must be
eliminated from the blood-every vestage
If it driven out This S. S. S. does, and
10 the only medicine that can reach deep
seated, obstinate blood troubles like this.
When all the poison has been forced out
of the system the Cancer heals, and the
disease never returns.
Cancer begins often in small way, asthe
following letter from Mrs. Shirer shows !:
Asmall pimple came on my jaw about an inch
below the ear on the left side OF my face. It gave
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

The development of manual trainina
schools and departments in our high
schools for the study Of bookkeeping,
stenography and other branches con.
nected with clerical work would seem
at first glance to be an unmixed bless.
ing. AS pointed out by Supt. Nightin.
gale, of the Chicago schools, the pupils
who complete such courses are ready
to take positions Immediately on leav-
ing school, and become self-supporting
The Importance of being equipped by
the State, without cost, for the ineyita-
bic struggle for existence is easily seen,
but such equipment, if granted at ALL
should be uniform. To increase the
number of bookkeepers or stenogra-
piers in this way is certainly dis
elimination against the people who are
new making living in such branches.
1t is uncomfortable that business men
should encourage the growth of cleri-
cal ideal in pupils or method of pub
lie education that will reduce wages in
particular occupations, and apart
from this it is little less than crime
to teach young men shorthand. True,
the study Is optional, but it is tempt
ing chance, and since the announce
ment was made great many who have
no definite aims as to the future have
drifted into this practical opportunity
which Is so temptingly placed before
them. The youth who knows short
hand is handicapped. While he is act
ing as an amenuensis, and doing mere
ly mechanical work, his possibly less
accomplished schoolmate is receiving
smaller salary, but plugging away at
some trade or business that will ulti-
mately bring it's reward in a spirit of
independence and knowledge the pos
sible reward of which may be a COM
Portable existence. A good stenogra-
pher is too valuable to the promoted.
Instances might be given in answer to
this, where stenOgraphers have risen
above their positions by the influence
Of their employers. There are many
such cases, but they depend on a spe-
cies of charity and are exceptional. II
boy wishes to become professional
reporter for the courts, lectures. etc.
it is another question. He cannot bring
too much intelligence or physical ca
pacity for the nervous strain of these
positions, and he may make money:
but the public school is not the place
for him to receive the training, any
more than it would be If he desired to
become journalist, physician, or a
lawyer, unless the system of public In.
struction is to develop into the fitting
of pupils for work in all walks of life.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
sometimes committed in the name 0,
science.

Politicians will scan the census re
turns with lively interest, because pop
ulation forms the basis Of the appor
donment Of representation in Congress
Some States will gain and some vii
lose, relatively at least, according te
the measure Of growth Of population
but it will be months, probably, before
the full statistics are tabulated, and
much longer time before the ratio o.
apportionment is settled. The rate
adopted after the census Of 1890 wal
one Representative to each 173,901 o!
the population. This resulted in
House of three hundred and fifty-si1
members; when Utah was admitted the
number was increased one. The ust
Of the same ratio, with population
larger by twelve to fifteen millions thar
that Of 1890, would add about seventy
five to the membership of the House
Congress will undoubtedly-as hal
been the almost UNMARRIED rule adopt Z
larger divisor to determine the repre-.
sentation, but number that will result
in some increase Of members. Under
the last apportionment, thirty one mem
bers were added, and under the appor-
tionment next preceding, thirty-two
The present House is not large body,
as compared with European parliamen.
tary assemblies. It is smaller than the
German Reichstag, much smaller than
the French Chamber of Deputies, and
but little. more than half as large as
the British House Of Commons. But
the size of the present hall Of the House
Of representatives sets limit to in
crease, unless the desks and chairs are
removed, and benches are provided, af.
ter the British custom. The center of
population was fixed, by the last Gen.
sus, at point twenty miles east Of
Columbus, Indiana. 1t had moved
farther and farther westward with
each census. Doubtless the new Gen.
sus will show II. to have moved still
farther west, but 1t is probable that
the change will be less marked than
in some previous decades. The last
decade has not been one Of Blooms"
but Of widely distributed growth. The
indications are that the largest per-
centage Of growth will be found in the
central West rather than the farther
West, and in the States which have
considerable urban population rather
than those whose population is chiefly
agricultural.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Russians Encounter a Robber Republic

ST. Petersburg, Nov. 17.-The Rus
sian troops are encountering a robber
republic lying south of Kirin, Manchu-
ria, in the mountainous basin of the
upper Sungari. The president of this
banditti is certain Shaindengue. Ac-
cording to general staff dispatches,
Lieut.. Col.Duroff, with two companies
of infantry, and sotnia and a half
of Cossacks, while accommodating re-
Gently collided with Shaindengue and
two batallions of Chinese regular
troops, who were operating with him.
Lieut.. Col. Duroff captured two guns
in the engagement.
A reconnaissance developed the fact
that Mogeasshan is enclosed with a
stone wall eighteen feet high and that
the inner city is also walled.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

Prof. Cesare Lombroso accounts for
the desperate bravery Of the Beers on
chemical principles. He made analy-
sis Of some Boer blood he obtained
for the purpose. His conclusion was
that 1t was composed Of IS per cent
Dutch blood, II per cent French, II per
cent Scotch and per cent German.
This is said to be very strong mixture.
The professors percentages foot up
1O5, instead of 100. II this Is correct
the Boer Is indeed very remarkable
individual. But let that pass. The
point is that spirit, courage, patriotism
and all other qualities of character
which go to the making Of real man
hood are all reduced to material
sources in the blood corpuscles. The
more Dutch blood the drawer Is the
man. An interesting question Is. what
" the professor had found say 80 per
cent English or American blood In ad-
dition to the 105 per cent? The Boer
would certainly be invincible had he
thought to Introduce a little of this
mud in his veins. It Is not right to
treat science with ievity, but one can't
help wondering II great follies are not
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

"a library in a garden" the aspira-
ton of an old scholar who loved nature
as well as books, is In fair way to be
realized for everybody in Brooklyn. By
the cooperation of the public library
and the park commission there were
reading rooms and libraries in three Of
the Brooklyn parks during the sum-
mer, and one Of them was visited by
more than six thousand persons in a
month. People who used to sit around
stupidity, half-asleep, read while enjoy
ing the peace and quiet Of the place,
and children found something to do
besides playing until they were tired
and quarrelsome. They all are to be
congratulated, but equally warm con-
gratulations are due the public library,
which has found one more way to full
ill Its mission of reaching the public.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
ALL ALONG THE COAST
Interesting General Information
81.
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
That Will Be Of Great Interest To
Both Old And Young.

The republicans of Pomona banquet
ed James McLachlan Saturday even
ing last.
The visible supply of hay in Cal
ifornia is said to be $4,000 tons less
than it was last year.
Steps are being taken to protect
Alemeda school children from the
germs of their lead pencils.
The new Pacific Coast Steamship
Company's fast schedule from South
ern California ports began Sunday.
Large forest fires are raging in the
foothills east of Salinas. Several
thousand acres have been burned over.
Philip Kelly, an inmate of the coun-
ty hospital at Salinas, died suddenly
on election day upon hearing that
Mckinley was in the lead.
1t is reported that men working at
the coal mines above Orange County
Park, in Santiago Canyon, struck a
flow of about five inches of water.
In four states of the Union on Tues
day last women voted, viz: Idaho,
Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The
two first gave Bryan a majority, while
Los Banos,t Cal, Nov. 1.-THE Los
Banos creamery building was totally
destroyed by fire today. The building
and machinery were valued at about
$4,000 and were insured for $4,000.
sTwenty-nine separate Improvement
bond propositions are to be submitted
to the voters of San Pedro on Dec. 8
The items aggregate $39, 1000, and 25 OF
them are for contemplated street i'm
provements amounting to $23, 500.
The orange crop near Monrovia is
larger than usual, and it is estimated
that Monrovia and Duarte will ship at
least 900 carloads this season. The
fruit is coloring rapidly and already
three carloads have been shipped.
Having failed to arrange a game
with Santa Barbara on Thanksgiving
day, and being unable to schedule any
contests of Importance, the Pasadena
High School football team will prob
ably play no more football this season.
The program of the race meet to be
given Thanksgiving day under the
auspices of the Riverside Fair and
Driving Association will include sew
eral harness races, a quarter-mile and
half-mile dash for ponies, and five
miles pursuit race for bicycles.
The question of a permit for the es-
adjustment of a gas plant in Long
Beach by the Long Beach and Ala
mitos Gas. Electric and Power Com
pany was settled Wednesday evening
after having for nearly a fortnight
hung in the balance
The Republican banner of Orange
county will stay at Capistrano for at
least another two years. At the recent
election Buena Park made strenu-
Gus effort to wrest the laurels from
the old mission precinct, but try as
they might the Republican percentage
could not be equaled. Capistrano won
the county banner in 1896.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Enormous Collections

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE annual
report of the commissioner of inter
nal revenue for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1900, shows a collection ex-
ceeded but once in the history of the
bureau. The receipts were $293, 316,-
107, being $10,316,107 in excess of the
estimated amount and $21, 1871 ,534 more
than during the previous year. The
percentage of cost of collection was
1.58 as against 1853 for last year, be-
ing the smallest in the history of the
internal revenue service. Commission
err Wilson estimates that the receipts
from all sources of internal revenue
for the current fiscal year will ap-
proximate 1926, 100000.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

A New York railway man says that
there should be schools for the educa-
ton Of engineers, firemen and other
railway workers. While it Is true that
railroad work can only be finally mas
tered in practice, the suggestion is a
good one and applies to other callings
where the members are public or semi
public servants. Schools for motormen
and conductors would no doubt do
much good. In such schools the gen.
eral education of the pupil should re-
ceive attention. And In the case Of
conductors and other individuals COM
Ing in close contact with the public,
manners and department might be in
cluded in the curriculum with advan-
tage. With such schools in existence
and with laws providing that efficiency
should be prerequisite for employ
ment in these semi-public occupations
In which inefficlency endangers human
life, accidents might be greatly reduced
In number and extent Of damage done.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
NOTHING LEFT FOR AN INQUEST
1t is Estimated 700 People Witnessed the
Execution

Limon, Colo, Nov. 17.-N'o inquest,
it is said, will be held over the re-
mains of Preston Porter, Jr., common
ly known as John Porter. who was
burned at stake near Lake Station
last evening by mob to avenge the
murder of Louise Frost, which the ne
gro confessed he had committed. In
fact, the coroner can find no remains
on which to hold an inquest.
A few men remained last night at
the spot out on the prairie where the
murder was committed and renewed
the fire again and again until every
vestige of the negro was gone. The
iron rail to which the victim was
bound was left standing as a warning
to all inclined to deeds similar to
that for which young Porter was
burned.
A mound of earth has been piled up
around the iron rail, covering the
ashes, and it will remain as a mon
ument in sight of all passing trains.
1t is estimated that 700 people wit
messed the execution. No women re-
manned during. the cremation, but
many of them went to the scene be-
fore the fire was lighted, and the ne
gro was led from carriage to car
riage for inspection. The women's
vote was unit for burning.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FAVORED
Denver, Colo, Nov. 1.-THE move
ment to reinstate capital punishment
on the statutes of Colorado has re-
ceived great impetus from the MUIR
der of Louise Frost at Limon and the
awful lynching that followed the con-
fession of her murderer. A bill with
this object is now being drawn and
it's advocates will make an agrees
sive fight for it's enactment at the
coming session of the legislature. BY
this bill hanging will be made the
penalty for murder and possibly also
for assaults such as that committed
upon Louise Frost previous to her.
murder.
No steps have been taken yet to
prosecute any members of the mob
which burned young Porter at Limon
last night and it is unlikely that any
will be taken. Governor Thomas re-
fuses to express any opinion whatever
in regard to the affair.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Collector Of Customs at Manila

The San Francisco Call says that in
formation has been received that Brig
Gen. James f. Smith of that city has
been appointed collector of customs at
Manila. The official announcement of
the appointment will not be made, it
is said, until General Smith has been
notified and given an opportunity to
accept. General Smith, who went 10
the Philippines as colonel of the First
California volunteers, is now governor
of the island of Negroes.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
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EASE.

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Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
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FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. ]. CHENEY & Co.,
doing business in the city of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
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Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
The warm-Hearted Russian Peasan

AS illustrative Of one phase Of the
character of the Russian peasant sur
prising story is told. During the last
Russo-Turkish war, a Russian regi-
ment marching from Philippopolis to
Adrianopie overlook the Turkish ref
ugees; whereupon the terrified Turkish
women threw down their infants in
their flight. The Russian soldiers, while
pressing on as rapidly as possible,
stopped and picked up the babies, until
nearly every man in the regiment was
carrying a child, and the general was
absolutely obliged to stop the march
and find carts and men to transfer the
children to place Of safety.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

Music has won more battles than
gunpowder," said a great general. Ger
tainly more flags have been taken by
Eousa's band than by all our armies
In the field. Nearly every city in Eu-
rope has presented Sousa with a civic
banner, and his so-called American"
music has marched triumphant
through camps usually half-hostile to
the States" May such peaceful vic
tories attend "The Stars and Stripes
Foreyer!'
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Baby's Awful Fate

Woodland, Nov. 17.-In a blazing
stubblefield, into which she had wan
dered with some playmates, little Al
pha Adele, a three-year old daughter
of Louis Adele, was burned to death
on farm short distance west of
Yolo. When her parents alarmed by
the screams of the other children,
found her, she was unconscious. She
died half an hour later
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

The weather expert at Galveston esti-
mates that the wind blew at the rate of
40 miles an hour during the great
storm. This appears to be very mod
est estimate, considering the fact that
thelanemometer had blown away and he
was left wholly to his imagination.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30

Hetty Green says she is using her
money to save souls. She probably
goes on the theory that everybody who
gets money is damned; hence she Is
keeping as many as possible from OBJ
tanning any.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-30
Va ges Reduced

Florence. Colo, Nov. 16.-The local
ore reduction mills have announced
cut in the wages of laborers and car
penters, and an increase in the num-
Der of working hours Labor circles
are much excited over the matter.