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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
Glove Rindsa wax.n

The Courier will soon begin the pub
LEGATION in its Saturday supplement of
new story by Jeanette II. Walworth,
entitled Love Finds Way" The SER
ials which have already been published
in the columns OF the supplement
have been exceedingly popular and have
had high standard of excellence.
The new story will in no way fall be-
low its predecessors.
Love Finds Way" is essentially a
love story and SO full Of interesting in
cidents that it holds the attention of
the reader as CLOSELY as the most eX-
citing tale Of adventure. There are
several very striking characters. The
hero, Tom Broxton, remarkably fine
boy when the story opens, finds him
self alone in the world, his father hav-
ing died before he could reach his bed
side. The lads affairs are all left in
the hands of his guardian, Horace Mat
thews, a lifetime friend of Broxton
senior. Tom is supposed to be wealthy.
He is sent away to school to be educat-
ed in manner BETTING a young man
OF wealth. For several years every
thing is left to his guardian, who
makes good use of his opportunities
and is prepared to announce when
Toms education and two years of for
eign travel have been completed that
his fortune has taken wings and flown
away. He is poor boy and left upon
his own resources. Just before receiv-
ing this communication he had con-
fessed his loyal love for Ollie Matthews,
the beautiful and accomplished daugh-
ter of his guardian. She refused him,
informing him that her hand had been
promised to another. Too loyal to sus-
pect his guardian of unfaithfulness
and with a heart wound that would
never heal, Tom accepted the inevitable
with indomitable courage and pluck
and went to work to carve a future
for himself alone and unaided. He
succeeded. The unfaithful guardian
was overcome with a fatal illness be-
fore he could properly complete his
plans to get entire possession OF the
Broxton fortune. To make the best
amend possible he commanded his
daughter upon his deathbed to marry
Tom Broxton. The only immediate re-
| suit of this command was to break off
| the engagement with her accepted low
er. She did finally marry Tom and he
came into possession of all that right
/ fully belonged to him, but it was only
after some intensely interesting exper-
fences which tended to chasten, purify
and strengthen both characters, that
the happy result was accomplished.
There are other minor characters who
play important parts in the interesting
drama, the whole making a story that
| is artistic, fascinating and satisfying.
The character and reputation of the
] writer, Jeanette ii. Walworth, was
such that nothing but a finished pro
duction would be expected from her
pen. She ranks among the best writers
of fiction.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
Tive of the Big stores Sign Advertising
Contracts With the Courier

The well known dry goods house OF
S. G. Cullen & Co. yesterday signed a
contract for years advertising with
the Courier, at the increased rate and
under the new plan. Their first an
-ol InoJ eSed no sIesdde luamsounou
day. This house is too we'll known in
Ottumwa to need any Introduction to
Courier readers. It has an established
reputation for handling only the best
goods, and the effectiveness, original.
ity and genuineness of it's announce.
ments make them a valuable addition
to the Courier's advertising columns
Messrs. Cullen g. Co. will cater to the
best tastes of Courier readers in the
dry goods, cloak and suit line for the
next year, and their ads will always
be. found to contain bargains that
should not be overlooked.
The new firm of the j. E. Scase
company hasalso signed a contract for q
years advertising in the Courier, under
the change-every-day plan,and their in.
itial announcement appears in today's
issue. At the head OF this new firm
is j. E. Scase, who has for years been
in charge of the old Boston store, back.
ed up by a stock company, composed
of some OF the city's most influential
and responsible citizens. The firm will
handle dry goods, cloaks, jackets and
suits, and starts out with exceedingly
bright prospects. AS yet the new
store is nameless, but Mr.. Scase offers
a prize to the woman who will sug
gest the most appropriate name for tn
new store.
Need we offer any more convincing
argument that the Courier's advertis
ing space gives value received in re
suits to those who use it?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
CANNOT ACCEPT IT.
Senator Waterman,s Business Interests
Compel Him to Decline.

Senator Waterman's Business Interests
Compel Him TO Decline.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Ex-senator a. 4. Waterman Is un-
able, on account of business reasons,
to accept the tender OF the appoint
ment to position on the board Of
control, and last evening telegraphed
Governor Shaw as follows;
s'With due appreciation OF the dis
tinotion shown by you in rendering
me the appointment as a member of
the board Of control, I regret that in
justice to myself, in my business rela-
lions, Z am compelled to decline the
same.
(Signed) aH. z. Waterman
Governor Shaw's letter to Senator
Waterman, rendering him the appoint
ment, is as follows:
State Of Iowa, Executive Office.
Des Moines, Feb. 10, 1900.
Hon. IF. Z. Waterman, Ottumwa:
Dear Sir-I take occasion to tender
YOU the nomination to fill the vacancy
on the board Of control caused by the
resignation OF Governor Larrabee, and
Cor the full term Of six years, begin
ming April 4, 1900. AS you know, have
set a very high standard for the board
Of control. / desire to keep ii out OF
politics, and as crown, SO to speak,
for an honorable and successful bust
ness career, so that men, however sue
cessful, will consider it an honor to
have served in the list Of representa-
five men whose names shall appear in
the records OF that Office. The salary
Is better, the powers greater, and the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

dunn heighth, rather heavy set, brown
eyes, moustache tinged with gray, wore
cap, black coat and vest, striped shirt;
fairly well dressed. He betrayed great
agitation when the court fined him
and begged to be released but the idle
hammers at the city hall need exer-
else.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
POLICE GET THE STRANGER.
Man Who Frightened Females'of Cour,
street Households Under Arrest.

From Tuesdays Daily.
c. S. Jeffries was in police court this
morning on the charge of intoxication
and was fined $40 therefor. This is
the man who frightened the female
portion of several Court street house
holds yesterday by calmly walking in
to the house without the formality of
knocking at the front door. La sex
planning his conduct this morning he
said that at times he was very ner-
vous (the court smiled) which was in
duced by reason of railroad wreck
which he was in on the Union Pacific
railroad some years ago. He also said
that he resided in Minneapolis but that
he intended to remove to Des Moines
because two Of his daughters attended
the university" at that place. People
whose houses he visited yesterday will
recognize him BY this desonpjian;s Me-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
a RemarkabIe E.cape..

West Union, Feb. 8.-Charles Weth-
erbee, a young man Of IS, and weigh
ing about 100 pounds, fell from wind
mill at the county poor farm near
this city. The distance was sixty-five
feet, yet strange to say, he was not
killed. On the way down he struck a
platform, breakind thru two 2-inch
boards, and this circumstances probably
saved his life. AS it is, both arms and
one leg are broken, and his entire
body is badly bruised.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
Eldon want. burlington Connection

Eldon is building great expectations
in the direction OF securing Burlington
connections, and Judging from the
plans that have been outlined and are
now being prosecuted by leading men
of that city, there appears to be some
hope for realization of the same.
Since the Burlington has come into
possession OF the Fort Madison, the
citizens OF Eldon want the Burlington
to change the line OF the newly &C.
quired road SO as to have it enter that
place. They suggest that 1t could read
ilX be done By abandoning the present
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

line at Collett and running straight
west to Eldon, and then from there
to Agency and Ottumwa over the old
and well established line of the Burl-
ington. This is proposition that has
been submitted by the people OF Eldon
to officials OF the Burlington for their
consideration.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
The Abolition Of prison LocK.tep.

To the uninitated the lockstep is an
interesting performance. To original
ed from the necessity of handling
large bodies of convicts as compactly
as possible. Each mans hands rest
upon the shoulders, while his knees fit
into the backs of the knees of the man
before him. This neoessitates short,
shutting step, and swaying motion,
which it is claimed seldom leaves him.
For this reason its abolition is urged.
This demonstrates the power of habit.
another habit hard to get rid of is
constipation; but there is remedy
that will cure this, as well as dyspep-
STA, indigestion and diliousness, and
that is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t
is a magnificent tonic for the whole
system, purifying the blood and i'm
proving the appetite. Try it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

Two boys PANIED Wood and Tom Lee,
living near Pacific City, were working
with a shotgun when it discharged,
lodging the contents in Toms side.
The injury is not fatal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

Cholera is carrying off large mum
bers Of hogs IN the vicinity Of EEaer. !.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

Creston has been asked for a tele-
phone franchise from four different
SOURCES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
NJ ON WAR PATH.
Threatens to Make Things Warm for
Mr.. Striker.

A few weeks ago William Stryker in
his paper, the Wellington Voice, charged
G. G. Clemens with working under pay
of the Republican state committee
while conducting the Socialist cam
paign for governor. Clemens demanded
a retraction of the libel as a preventive
OF a suit for libel. Stryker replied that
he would soon be in Topeka and would
see Clemens. He published a retraction
to which Clemens replied as follows;
Yours dated Saturday just received.
Your explanation is as disingenuous as
your accusation was bold. I note your
remark that such things have always
been in politics. only to say that such
things have never been among gentle
men, and that such things will not be,
ever in politics, as to me without trou-
BILE to their author. You need not trou-
BILE yourself to see me. While that false
hood remains unretracted 1 hall refuse
to see you elsewhere than in the Grim
inaI dock. Again, I demand a full and
unambiguous retraction. Failing to re-
ceive it by Thursday, I shall proceed
against you that day without further
notice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21

house of Mrs Trap. The fact is that
Mrs Trap who has been a sufferer for
several months postponed going to he
hospital for an operation in order to
care for Mrs. Torrepce until Mrs. Tor
renee herself insisted upon being taken
away. Mrs. Terrence claimed that Mrs.
Trap insisted upon calling a physician
n stated that she wanted to be among
the scientists. Mrs. Terrence is also
quoted as having said that the sorrow
OF her life was due to the fact hat she
yielded to the opportunities OF the
TRENDS and called a physician to attend
her husband who later died. IF the
science had been permitted to control
MN ne would have zen alive said
MRS. Torrence. Mr.. Terrence was neg
lected, as was his Wife, under the treat
ment of the scientists until too late.
When a physician was called nothing
could be done.
mrs florence was removed from the
nome of Mrs. Trap a week ago and
mrs Trapp went to the hospital within
a DAY after Mrs. Terrence left the house.
The inquest Saturday was adjourned
IN order that the funeral services over
the remains of Mrs. Terrence could be
heid- The remains were taken to Chi
eago over the Santa Fe at 4:45.
It was shown that prior to her death
Mrs. florence asked to be taken to the
hospital. 1t was also shown hat When
the local healers failed to do her good
she telegraphed daily her condition to
a Chicago healer, who wired in return
instruction to be true to the faith and
to continue prayer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
NAMES THE
Chairman Larimer of Republican
Committee Appoints Executive
Board.

Chairman James E. Larimer today
announced the executive committee of
the county Republican central commit
tee. =
The committee is made up of one COM
mitteeman from each ward in the city
and two from the country on the north
side of the river and two from the coun-
try on the south side of the river. The
chairman and secretary are members
ex-oficio. The committee will ave two
colored men, Ridley and Sanderson. The
following is the list of executive COM
mitteemen:
First ward-A. c. Wallace
econd ward-A. D. Bauer.
Third Ward-O. Sanderson.
Fourth ward-Phil Eastman.
Fifth ward-E. Ridley.
Sixth ward-W. S. Eberley.
Menoken-John Ostrand.
Kilmer-Wm. Ream.
South Wiliamsport-C. w. Smith.
Tecumseh-G. K. Bunce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21

feeble minded, and which insures the
cheerful paymen of the taxes imposed to
the work of God, the God of love. who
works by love. and who has made man
in his own image, communicating to our
humanity something of his own divinity.
What to do with the criminal, or with
the criminally disposed boy or girl, is a
question which has perplexed Statesmen
as well as philanthropists. Everything
has been tried Mind, 1 do not say tried
in vain. The one thing that never yet
helped him and never will, is to hang him.
Killing a fellow-man, with or without
Judge and Jury. is the expression of hate,
not love. and the outgroWth, not of hope,
but of despair. Intimidation is little bet
ter. Retribution, in the sense of justice,
left to God. OF, if you like the expression
better, to the order of nature, whose fun
damental law is that action and reaction
are equal and contrary.
THE only thing that remains is to re-
form him. But how? He does not want
to be reformed. He feels no need of
change. He prefers to remain as he is.
We have tried reforming him, in prison
and out of prison. We have tried severity,
and we have tried kindness. We have
given him work to do, and we have de
prived him of work. We have preached at
old method-the imparting Of knowledge
to the brain with the aid of books, and
by the new, reach1ng the brain through
the hand, by the use of tools. We have
drilled him in the manual of arms. We
have developed him physically, by light
and heavy gymnastics, by electric and
steam baths, by diet, and by massage.
We have rewarded him. We have punish
ed him. What more can we do to him?
And still he remains a cake unturned,
raw dough on one side, burned charcoal
on the other; and the criminal, k the
POOR, is always with US. OF what use are
all our prison systems? h difference
does it make, whether we have strictly
cellular confinement in the prison, or
whether we resort to confinement in as
ISOLATION? Whether we allow or prohibit
conversation between ~prisoners2 Whether
We grade them or do not grade them?
Whether their sentence IS definite or in
definite, determinate or indeterminate2
Whether they are paroled or not paroied?
None of these things ever reformed or will
or can reform a prisoner. The prisoner
may not be a criminal, and may not need
reforming. A prison system may be SO
bad in itself, or so badly administered as
to make criminals out of men who are not
criminals. If so, it is because of its stu
pidity and brutality. Unquestionably, one
system is better than another because
more in harmony with the divinely i'm
planted avs of human nature and there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
SAVED BY Love.
Rev. F. H. Wines breaches of
Crime and Insanity.
What Is Needed Is"The Healing
TOuch.''
METHODS OF FL
Men Who Are Saved Are Saved
by Love.
Almsgiving by Proxy Is a Com
plete Failure.
OF REFORM

The National Conference of Char
ties and Correction has been in session
three days. Already a great deal has
been accomplished. The meetings will
last until Thursday afternoon.
Only n session was held by the cOn-
ference Sunday. That was last night.
The pulpit of the different churches
throughout the city were filed yester-
day with ministers and other notable
men who are in attendance at the con-
vention.
The regular conference ermon was
delivered by Rev. Frederick Howard
Wines IL. D., in the First Methodist
church. Rev. Mr.. Wines is from Wash
ington, D. c. The subject of his SER
mon was THE Healing Touch" The
sermon follows in part:
REV f. II. VINES ADDRESS.
THE two hardest tasks hat a man can
set himself are: To be good and to do
good. To be good involves victory over
self. but to do good IS to triumph over
an opposing world. What so-called char
fly worker not a novice will hesitate to
confess that his successes have beeen few
and partial in comparison with the null
titude and magnitude of his failures2
'fOf the reasons why this should be so,
many inhere in the constitution Of human
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21

0: corn. 121 cars, graded 50; oats. III cars.
graded IS.
Government IS, 1O9%d1105k.
1900.
Liverpool: Wheat, SD higher; corn. ssd
lower han Friday.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat. los cars
today, against 81 cars last year. oats, So
cars today, against s cars last year.
Chang in the visible supply for the
week: Wheat decrease 1.S5S. 900; corn, de-
crease 92s, 600; oats. decrease $4,000.
Total visible supply: Wheat, 1888. 900:
corn. IL, 227. 600: oats, 6.3S6.000.
Liverpool closing cables. Wheat. SD
higher: corn, sd higher than Friday.
Northwest wheat receipts: Minneapolis.
275 cars today, against 367 cars last year;
Duluth, Ill cars today against III last
year.
Total c-learances: Wheat and -four,
$4,000 bushels; corn, 224,o00 bushels
Estimated receipts at Chicago -tomor-
row: Wheat, 62 cars; corn, 70 cars; oats,
290 cars.
Primary receipts: Wheat. 456, 900, last
year. SIS, 900; corn, 299, 600, last year $4,000
There are 1900 more hogs at the yards
h estimated and the market 5 to lee
lower. We may expect lower market to-
day for July pork around $11-50, believe
would do to buy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21

much for Science. but what of Re
ng1on? l seem to see through the mist
which o~bsoures the dawn the dim outlines
OF a new church and a new creed; the old
church and the old creed purified and
glorihed, standing forth in the light of thee
new science, and lighted from within by
q deeper consciousness of the love of God
Ior man and a new sense of the obliga-
tons of men to each other as brethren
and IS / gaze, I hear a voice which
Is come down from God out of heaven
holy city! BewiIdering thought But
why not2 If Religion can bring heaven
down to earth, and Science, working with
Religion, not against her, can raise earth
to heaven, is the publication of govern
through the power of love, a thing impos-
stble? The twentieth century may not
witness this marvellous transformation,
but it will surely come"
AT OTHER CHURCHES.
Rev. j. M. Pullman of Lynn, Massa-
chusetts lectured at the First Congrega-
tlonal IN the morning. He is one of the
prominent Universalists of the nation
and his address was a profound dis
cussion of the development of man.
Here is one of the stories he told to
illustrate a feature of his lecture:
An old farmer from New Jersey went
to New York to see the sights. 1t was
about the time that electricity was in
reduced as a motive power for street
cars n one a was making tests
with the storage battery system. In
4LOAA HLAAA OCAk1AlA VI Lie GICGLll IL OoI
were the sua horse cars. The farmer
watched the electric car moving APP
parently without motive power and
jumping upon the front platform n
waving his old white hat he shouted:
go it spooks. 1 have been a Spirit
ualist for 80 years and this is the first
time / have ever seen you do anything"
In the evening II. B. Sanborn lectured.
Other pulpits were filled by the fol-
lowing VISITORS:
First Presbyterian church, morning,
Amos Butler; evening, Rev. Hugh
Spencer Williams.
First Unitarian church. morning. f.
B. Sanborn.
First Methodist church, morning, con-
ference Sermon by Rev. F.. H. Wines;
evening, Rev. P. W. Lyman, D. D, of
First Baptist church, morning, Rev.
S. G. Smith, D. D, st. Paul; evening,
]. Lawrence Dudley.
First Christian church, morning, Rev.
Hugh S. Williams, D. D.
Westminster Presbyterian church.,
morning, Rev. w. T. Hudson; evening,
Mr.. Carl Kelsey.
Lowman Hin NJ. E. church. morning,
Mr.. c. L.
Second Presbyterian church, morning,
Rev. P. w. Lyman, D. D.
Third Presbyterian church, morning,
Mr.. Car Kelsey.
Oakland Presbyterian church, morn
ing, Mr.. Hugh F. Fox.
Kansas venue NJ. E.. church, evening,
Rev. F. Emory Lyon.
Walnut Grove NJ. E. church, morning,
Mr.. Jas. F. Jackson.
North Topeka Congregational church,
Mr.. Philip c.. Garrett.
Church of the Assumption, Rev. J. J.
LaWler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
Grain Letter.

WHEAT-Liverpool cables came sd
higher this morning and closed at the
same figures. ClearanceS were fair, re-
ceipts light and a-cceptances liberal. There
was continued dry weather in the north
west and no signs of rain in sight. Our
market opened strong in and
held up during the forenoon. A proml-
nent grain man who is now in the north
west looking into the matter wired his
mouse that no damage had yet been done
on account of dry weather and that II
rain came in 2 reasonable time all would
be well. This had its effect and scared
bulls into throwing their wheat, break
ing the market about a cent and closing
it at the bottom.
We are informed that an English grain
syndicate have sent their representatives
to Kansas to make arrangements to buy
and ship the entire Kansas wheat crop
direct. 1t is probable that their object is
to go around the elevator interests and
the wheat unsecured and to work in har-
mony with eastern trunk lines as
against southern markets. A war be
tween different railroad lines would create
an active demand for wheat.
C~ORN-LoWer cables and small exports
were the weak features today Receipts
were light, however, and acceptances lib
eraI. We may get lower markets tempo
rarily, but believe in higher prices ultl-
OATS-Oats quiet and without feature.
sharing sympathetic in other
markets.
and lower prices at the yards tells the
story of today's market. July pork closed
unless receipts let up.
J. c. GOINGS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-21
KANSAS CORN A
It Will Leave Topeka Thursday With
2O.7O4 Bushels.

The Kansas corn train with 20, 7O4
bushels of corn will leave Topeka at
noon Thursday for New York.
The train will leave the Rock Island
depot and be made up of 20 cars. There
will be band music and speeches by
Governor Stanley and Secretary F. D.
Coburn. The train will be. decorated
with banners and flags. From Missouri
eat the train will be run on a daylight
schedule. AT Chicago the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern will take ten
cars and the Pennsylvania line 10 cars.
All transportation to New York is free.
The corn is to replace the 10000 bushels
advanced by the Christian Herald and
sent to India on May 10 on the Quirto
bound for Bombay. The schedule of the
train out Of Topeka is as follows:
Thursday, May "a. Leave Topeka noon.
Elmont 1928, Hoyt 1852. Mayetta 1:16,
Holton 1852, Straight Creek, 2:16, Whit
ing 1886, Horton 3:08. Pierce Junction
1886, Purcell 1852, Danton 4:12, Troy 4:56,
Wathena 5:1S and st. Joe $40.