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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30
WILL FIGHT BRYAN's TICKET.
Iowa Democrat Says He Cannot Vote
for AdIai e. Stevenson.

Jefferson, Aug. 29-Thomas Davis,
a well known and influential demo-
crat and candidate on the democratic
ticket for representative three years
ago in this county, has avowed his
purpose to vote and work for McKin-
ley and Roosevelt. Mr.. Davis says he
cannot support any ticket upon which
is to be found the name of Adlai Stew
enson. At the time of the civil war
he resided near MI. Stevenson, in 1lli-
nois, and he asserts that Mr.. Steven
sons attitude toward the Union was
such at that time that no Union sol
der with regard for himself and his
comrades can vote for Mr.. Stevenson.
Mr. Davis further says that Mr.. Ste
venson was member of the order of
the knights of the Golden Circle"
Four years ago Mr.. Davis stumped
this county in the interest of Bryan
and Sewall
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was never in closer touch with pub
lie opinion in this country than he is
today. An executive who would have
convened congress to deal with so
much of the Chinese question as has
developed up to date would be an ex-
ecutive not worth having. The shift
ing phases of the eastern crisis have
called for executive judgment and
courage only. At such times the Of
flee of the executive attains to extra
ordinary Importance. Mr.. Mckinley
has employed but small part of the
authority vested in him, not 50 much
by constitutional sayso as by proceed
ent and tradition.
1t is possible that President Nc
Kinley may yet, in the homely phrase,
put his foot in it." But the uncom-
Portable fact, for his political oppon-
ents, is that thus far he has conduct
ed affairs admirably. It looked like
plain sailing-announcing an honest,
Straightforward policy and sticking to
1t. But we do not know how much
hard work there may have been be.
hind the scenes; how much tact, pa.
thence, and perhaps bluff" may have
been needed at critical times. All we
know is that the position of the Uni
ted States in China today is such as
to bring qualification to ever,
American, and that the present ad
ministration deserves the credit of it
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Spain in 1899 were s3,9s2se3, against
S5.e50,047 in the fiscal year just end

Spain in 1899 were $3,9S2,S63, against
S5,950,047 in the fiscal year just end
ed.
Cotton, breadstuffs, mineral oils,
and manufactures of wood are the
principal articles of our exports to
Spain, raw cotton being by far the
largest single item in the list. Fruits
nuts and wines are at present the lar
gest item of our imports from Spain,
tho in earlier years iron ore form
ed an important item of our importa-
lions from Spain.
In exports by far the largest item is
manufactured cotton. The exporta-
lions of cotton to Spain from the
United States were in 1890, S7,669, SO
POUNDS and in 1900 were 121, S46, 1855
pounds. This particular feature of
our export trade with Spain was not
materially affected by the war, the
quantity of cotton exported from tie
United States to that country in the
fiscal years 1898 and 1899 being high
er than in anv other year during the
decade, tho the number of pounds eX-
ported to Spain in 1900 is but slightly
below that of 1899, while the increased
price per pound brings the value OF
this single item of our exports to u
higher figure than in any other year
of the decade except 1891. The total
value of raw cotton exported to Spain
from the United States in 1900 was
$9,4S1, 700 out of total of s13,399
$50, representing the value of all ar
ticles exported to Spain from the
United States. Next in importance
is wood and manufactures thereof
the most important item under this
head being shocks, slaves and head
ings, of which the exports to- Spain
have averaged considerably more
| than half million dollars during the
decade. Next in Importance to cot
ton and manufactures of wood is pro
visions, OF which the expectations tc
Spain are controlled largely by croI
conditions in that country, the to1a
for 1899 being $51S,0SS, against $50,
344 in 1896 and $1,941 ,206 in 1898.
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EXPORTS TO SPAIN.

Commercial relations between the
United States and Spain have been
fully restored. The figures of the
Treasury Bureau of Statistics for the
fiscal year 1900 show that the exports
from the United States to, and imports
into the United States from Spain in
the fiscal year 1900 were larger than in
any other year since 1898, and within
few hundred thousand dollars of tue
highest record ever made in the com.
merce between the two nations. Elk
ports from the United States to Spain
in the fiscal year 1900 were $13,399,.
$50, against $10,912,745 in the fiscal
year 1897, the last full year preceding
the war; while the imports into the
United States from Spain in 1900 were
$5,950,047, against 1881 1913 in the
fiscal year 1897 The only years Of
the decade 1S90-1900 in which the com
merce between the two nations was
as large as in the year just ended
were 1891, 1892 and 1898, when the
exports to Spain averaged about $13
100000 and the imports from Spain
about $5,5O0,000 annually. In the
fiscal year 1899, which felt the full
effect of the war between the
two countries, the exports from the
United States to Spain were $9,097,
SO7, those Of the present year thus
being more than SO per cent in excess
of that year; while our imports FROM
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Reapina the Whirlwind.

Sioux City Journal: The govern
ment census report accords the city
of Omaha population of 102,555,
against 140,452, as shown by the CEN
sus of 1890. This does not mean that
Omaha has actually suffered a de-
crease of 1897 in the past ten years.
1t simply brings to light the already
well understood fact that the OMAHA
census of 1890 was generously pad
ed" Sioux City can sympathize with
Omaha in her present modification,
because 1t is more than probable the
announcement of the result of the late
census in Sioux City will also show a
decrease of a few thousand from the
fiures of 1890, altho, in fact, the city
has gained largely in population.
Sioux City also used "symmetricals" in
1890, and is now regretting it. In such
instances as these, the wages of SIN
is not death to city. but there is M
getting around the ensuing humilia-
ton. Even if the federal census in
Sioux City this year is an inefficient
one, as is confidently claimed, and re-
liable figures would show a consid-
cradle increase over the padded"
figures of 1890, the city would be get
ting only small share of the credit
deserved for her really remarkable
increase in population during the past
ten years. The moral of which is
that honesty is the best policy"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30
MACHINERY EXPORTS.

Exports of American tools and ma
chinery do not show the shrinkage in
volume which recent reports would in
dictate. Some concern has been eX-
pressed by leading export houses by
reason of falling off in foreign Or
ders due to the high prices of iron
and steel In this connection it will
be interesting to note that the exports
of builders hardware, saws and tools
during the fiscal year 1900 were the
largest in the history of our export
trade, being $9,646,017, against $7,842,-
372 in 1899, $6,627 ,466 in 1897, and S.
509,1SS in 1896, prior to which year
the exports in this line had never az
gregated so much as $5,000000. In
exports of sewing machines, type
writer's, electrical and other intricate
machinery there are also gratifying
increases. Comparing the export fig
ures of the fiscal year just ended with
those of 1898 and 1899, it is found
that sewing machines increased from
$3,136,364 in 1898 and $3,264,344 in
1899 to S4,54O,S42 in 1900; electrical
machinery from $2,052, 564 in 1898 and
$2,736,110 in 1899 to $4,32S,917 in 1900;
locomotive engines, from $3,SS3,7l9 in
1850 W 9O,O5z,fuo III I3UV, IypSWliIoio
from $1,902, 153 in 1898 to $2,697 ,544 in
1900; Woodworking machinery, from
$4,61S,6S3 in 1898 to $7,193,390 in 1900;
and all other machinery from $685.
$50 in 1898 to S21 ,913, 202.
While our chief market for machin-
cry is still to be found in European
countries, an increasing proportion is
being sold in the far east, especially
in British Australasia, Japan and In
dia. In 1898 our exports of builders
hardware and tools to British Austria
lasia amounted to $S77,635, in 1900
they aggregated $1,325,793; in 1898
our exports in this line to Japan were
$76,500, while in 1900 they were $780,
251. Our exports of typewriters to
British Australasia in 1898 amounted
| to $60,039, while in the fiscal year 1900
they were $1O1, 002; to Japan the ex-
ports Of typewriters in 1888 amounted
to but $4,220; in 1899 they had in
! creased to $7,262, and in 1900 to $780,
579, of which sum s2,211 were export
ed during the month of June alone,
thus forecasting in some degree the
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cENTuRY's PROGRESS.

Professor Dolliver of Pennsylvania
college, has compiled the following
list to show the advancement accom-
plished during the century.
"This century received from it's pre-
decessors the horse; we bequeath the
bicycle, the locomotive and the auto
mobile.
I'VE received the goosequill and be.
queath the typewriter.
"We received the scythe, we be.
queath the moving machine
I'VE received the sickle, we be-
queath the harvester.
eve received the hand printing
press; we bequeath the perfecting
press.
I'VE received the Johnson's Diction-
airy, we bequeath the Century Die
tionary.
I'VE received the painted canvas,
we bequeath TYPOGRAPHY, photography
and color photography.
"We received the hand loom, we
bequeath the cotton and wooden fac
tory.
I'VE received gunpowder, we be.
queath nitro-glycerin.
1--WE received the tallow dip, we be
queath the arc light and the Standard
Oil company.
I'VE received the galvanic battery
we bequeath the dynamo.
I'VE received the flint lock, we be.
queath the automatic Maxims.
1--WE received the sailing ship, We
bequeath the steamship.
I'VE received the battleshiD Consti
| tuition, we beuueath the Oregon.
1--WE received the beacon signal fire
we bequeath the telephone and wire
less telegraphy.
I'VE received wood and stone struc
lures, we bequeath twenty-storiet
sky supports of steel.
I'VE received ordinary light, we be
queath the Roentgen rays.
1--WE received the weather an
nounced, we bequeath the weather
bureau"
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possibilities of future development in
this article of export. Commenting
upon the increase in exports of type
writer's, prominent American manu-
facturer is quoted by the New York
Commercial as saying:
THE demand for American type
writer's was never greater, and our
machines are pretty good globe-trot
tiers. We have just made shipment
to Puntas Arenas, on the Straits of
Magellan, at the extreme southern
point of South America, and another
lot of typewriters has been sent north
to Vladivostock, Russia, for the use of
the imperial government. Many of the
missionaries and foreign business men
in China use our machines, and nearly
every American regiment in the Phil
ippines has from three to five ma
chimes; and as business increases at
Manila under American auspices,
there will be big demand for type
writer's. The typewriter has become
we'll nigh universal in it's use, and is
found in all the large business houses
in the principal cities of the world, and
it's keyboard represents nearly all Ian
| guages. The exceptions are the Jap
anese and Chinese. AS their charact-
ers are upright and composed of many
| hundred figures or signs it seems prac-
tically impossible to produce them on
the typewriter's keyboard"
The following table shows the ex-
ports of builders tools and hardware,
sewing machines, and typewriters
from the United States in each fiscal
year from 1890 to 1900. The exports
of typewriters cannot be separately
shown for the years prior to 1897, as
prior to 1897 typewriters were pub
lished in the reports of the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics under the general
head, Machinery, not elsewhere spec
( ifod.D
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THE oTTUMwA COURIER THURSDAY, AUGUST 80. 1900

VI !
of political trust strong enough to
control democratic convention
against it's will in the interests of the
silver trusts; and with every demo-
cratic member of congress voting
against a measure which confessedly
and obviously offered the only avenue
by which trusts can be dealt with eff
GENTLY, the pretenses of the democrat
ic party on the trust question have a
hollow sound. In the history of the
democratic party as an octopus-buster
it is worthy of note that no democrat
from Bryan down the line has ever
offered practical suggestion as to
how to bust the octopus, and it is i'm
portan., moreover, that every plan Of
fered in congress to this end has been
opposed by Bryan and the democratic
party.
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WILL HAVE FULL TICKET.
PopuIist Convention Authorizes Com
nittee to Name One.


mittee to Name One.
Des Moines, Aug. 29.-Twenty-two
of the faithful gathered in the big
court room in the county building yes
terday to attend the state convention
of the middle-of-the-road populists.
The convention was called to
order by A. w. c. Weeks, of Winterset
who was chairman of the state central
committee and who stated that the
convention was called for the purpose
of determining whether or not to put
a full ticket in the field this fall
Mr.. Weeks concluded by calling
Calamity" L. H. Weller to the chair
to act as chairman. Mr.. Weller briefly
reviewed the issues, charged the pop
ulists, so-called, with endeavoring to
sell out to the democrats and with sur
rendering the principles upon which
the party had been based in the hopes
of securing an apportionment of spoils
and insisted that in order to keep up
the party organization it is necessary
to put a simon pure peoples party
ticket in the field.
The convention then proceeded to
elect Mr.. Weller chairman of the state
central committee aud adopted res
olution authorizing the committee to
fill vacancies as it may see fit.
Ae resolution was then adopted to the
effect that the party put full state and
electoral ticket in the field this fall by
unanimous vote and it was further re-
solved that the state central commit
tee be empowered to make nomina-
lions and to circulate the necessary
nomination papers to get the ticket a
place on the official ballot.
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ARE STILL AT A LOSS.
Scene of Robbery Apparently Shifts
East of BurInqton.

Burlington, Aug 28-Startling de-
velopments which have been hourly
expected in the Adams Express rob.
berry failed to materialize yesterday.
From the continual weakening of the
force of detectives at Burlington it
appears that the officials have given
up hope of finding the robber or rob.
bers in this city, theory which near
ly all Burlington people have held all
along. The detectives continue how
ever, to hunt for clues. and at least
make pretense of working while in
the city. They have visited all the
junk shops in the hope of finding the
missing pieces of the Montgomery
Ward catalogue, and the book BLACK
Beauty" from which the bogus bank
bills were cut, but without success.
They also searched at the same
places for paper from the National
State Bank in the hope of finding
further evidence, but with the same
success. They have even given orders
that this waste paper be kept away
from any possible inquirers but them.
selves.
Yesterday morning Superintendent
Swift and detective H. A. Kauch, left
for the east presumably for Galva.
They were expected to return last
evening, but failed to appear. There
are now in the city but two men who
are working on the case. These are
Superintendent Schumacher, of the
Pinkerton agency and Calhoun.
Yocum is having a hard time of 1t
with the detectives, tho no one in
Burlington who knows him, believes
he had anything to do with the rob-
berry. Both he and Mercer were ex-
amined again Sunday afternoon, and
again yesterday evening. This in
clines to the belief that the detec-
tives believe the robbery occurred at
this end of the line.
| One result of the robbery Is ap-
parent at the express Office at the
Union depot. During the departure
and arrival of trains the Offices are
now kept securely paddlocked, and
no one can go in or out.
| Among the other methods pursued
by the Pinkertons is detail to watch
every gambling house in town in or
der to get line on any one suspected
of completely in the robbery. 1t is no.
likely, however, that any one clever
enough to get away with bundle
of money is going to make his tracks
so plain as to flash his roll in the
gambling joints SO soon after the conf
mission of the crime.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30
WOMEN OPERATORS BARRED

The Pennsylvania railway system
has given good and valid reasons for
barring women from the positions of
telegraph operators on it's lines. The
exigencies of railway management re-
quire operators to work in any kind Of
station, by night or day, and surround
ings that are often unamiable and
seldom suited to the finer feelings Of
womankind. To permit women to Ia
Dor in the yards where busy men are
wont to use Incorporate language is
not to the best interests of the race;
and the Pennsylvania system, view
ing the impossibility of checking one
abuse, has done we'll in obviating an
other.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30
ATTITUDES OF THE POWERS.
England and Russia Are Willing to
Treat With Ii.

Washington, Aug. 2S.--Several re-
plies have been received to the in
structions sent to our ambassadors
and ministers last week, asking them
to sound the governments to which
they are accredited on two PROPOSE
tions; first, the willingness Of those
governments to accept the sufficiency
of Lii Hung Changes credentials to treat
with the Powers for settlement, and
second, to ascertain if possible what
the future policy of each Power is to
be. Regarding the latter inquiry, the
replies thus far have developed moth
ing. With regard to the first inquiry,
England and Russia have agreed that
Earl Lis credentials are sufficient.
Germany takes a firm stand against
the sufficiency of his credentials, and
is the only power yet which has re-
turned a fiat-footed dissension. The
attitude of the United States is that
Lis credentials appear authentic.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30

Over in Germany the capture Of
Picking has small consideration in
comparison with the attitude of the
United States government, which
some of the papers characterize IS
most exasperating. The value of the
United States as reliable ally is
deprecated, and her continued lack
OF decision" is looked on as menace
to European plans and bad example
to other disconnected elements in the
allied forces. Germany must vent
her anger in some way for failing to
take part in battering down Peking's
gates, where the American troops
were foremost. In what respect tie
United States has shown want of de
cision is mystery outside OF Ger
many. Both our diplomats and sol
diers have had decidedly the best CT
it in China hitherto, and if the United
States should act as governor for
the machinery now moving in the orr
ent, it would be better for Europe and
for China.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30
HISTORY AS TO TRUSTS.

Creston Gazette: Iowa has one of
the most stringent of antitrust laws.
1t was passed by republican legisla-
tre. It's operation has been limited,
however, by the fact that a state law
in Iowa can not deal with trust or
ganized in New Jersey whose product
is disposed of in Iowa and whose bus
mess is of the character of interstate
commerce. Nebraska has an anti
trust law very similar to that in Iowa.
The attorney general of that state has
for many months been at work in the
courts to expel from doing business in
Nebraska the Standard Oil company,
but this litigation has met with no de-
gree of success whatever and has
been without result thus far further
than in the form of great bills for
costs against the treasury of the state.
Efforts along the same line have been
made in Texas, with the same results
as in Nebraska.
The freedom of commerce between
the states is guaranteed in one OF the
articles of the federal constitution, and
interference with interstate commerce,
even tho the commerce is put in mo-
ton by trust of the most notorious
and odious description, is beyond the
reach of state legislatures.
The problem of controlling trusts is
one that must be dealt with by con-
gress, and the safe and sure way to
reach the difficulty, one which arises
in constitutional privilege, is to so
amend the constitution of the United
States as to except business organiza-
lions in the form of trusts from the
general right under which interstate
commerce is protected.
A bill to amend the constitution In
this manner was before congress at
the last session and had the support
of the administration forces. 1t was
beaten by democratic votes and its de-
feat by democrats was in accordance
with policy adopted as party policy
by the democratic leader of the house,
Mr.. Richardson, and other party lead.
ers. The republicans with very few
exceptions voted for the antitrust
amendment to the constitution. The
democrats, under the counsel and di.
rection of Mr.. Bryan, voted against it.
With Jones, the chairman of the
democratic national central commit
tee, interested head over heels in the
cotton bale trust; with the New York
leaders of the democratic party
smirched with the infamous Manhat-
tan ice trust; with Bryan at the head
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30

There are more people owning BIZ
cycles now than ever before, but there
is less riding. The bicycle clubs of a
few years back formed powerful or
ganization for the betterment of the
laws regulating the limitations and
privileges of wheelmen. When bicy-
Gle rider had to dismount within 100
feet of an approaching team, when he
was barred from the parks in the same
manner as dogs were barred, when
good roads were few and legislation
slow, wheelmen were forced to band
together for protection and advantage.
But they have satisfied all their needs
and the bicycle clubs have deteriorat-
ed. Many of them have altogether
disappeared, while most of them have
developed or lapsed into mere social
organizations.
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The editor of the Mason City Globe

The editor of the Mason City Globe
Gazette attended the democratic state
convention at Cedar Rapids and in
looking about him noted the almost
complete absence of the old guard of
the Iowa democracy. John F. Dun
combe, of Fort Dodge, and Editor
Thayer, of Clinton, were the sole rep
resentatives of the old time leaders.
Cato Sells, "the transformed and the
TRANSPORTED" was present, and Mayor
Jerry" Hartenbower and Fletcher
Howard, both of Des Moines, were
there, but looked and felt lonesome.
Free silver" said Mayor Hartenbow-
er; please don't mention it here-I'm
trying to be just democrat again"
But the Richardson's, the Lehmans, the
winners, the Martins-all were con-
spicuous by their absence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-30
AUGUST Flowers.

"It is a surprising fact" says Prof.
Howton, shat in my travels in all
parts of the world, for the last ten
years, / have met more people having
used Green's August Flower than any
other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged
liver and stomach, and for constipa-
ton. I find for tourists and statesmen,
or for persons filling office positions,
where headaches and general bad feel
ings from irregular habits exist, that
Green's August Flower is grand
remedy. 1t does not injure the sys-
TEN by frequent use and is excellent
for sour stomachs and indigestion"
Sample bottles free at w. T.. Sar-
gents drug store, Holman block.
Sold by dealers in all civilized coun-
tries.