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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Fourth, as being Calvinistic.

I'Oulltl, StS
The Confession of Faith in the Pres
byterian church, beyond its relation
ship to its ministers and officials of
the membership of the church, No
Presbyterian church is asked to sub
scribe to the Confession of Faith. Can
didates for church membership are
asked two things only.
First, that they shall express an
abiding faith in Jesus Christ as Lord
and Savior.
Second, that they shall express a
desire and determination to live a
Christian life.
These are positively all the require
ments made for membership in the
Presbyterian church. The Confession
OF faith has nothing to do with the
laity in the church, except that it may
be said that while the connection of
the church officials with the Comics
sion of faith is immediate, with the
membership generally it is mediate.
This being the case there is no occasion
for the Misrepresentation that has been
INDUCED in in some quarters in regard
to our old and revered statement of
the system of doctrine governing the
Presbyterian church, and which is
known as the West Minister Creed.
If we go to the bottom of the most
pronounced if the objections which are
heard against the Confession of Faith,
we will find that these objections are
based principally upon the fact that it
is Calvinistic. In the Protestant
church there are three recognized sys-
tens of doctrine. First, the Calvinis-
tic, which eNalts the sovereignty Of
God.
Second, the Arminian, which exalts
man and lowers God.
Third, the Socinian. in which the
conception of Jesus is lowered from
divinity to that of man.
1t is safe to say that the Presby-
terrain church will never consent to
abrogate the Calvinistic idea from it's
system and policy. 1t is true that
the Confession of Faith was drawn
up $50 years ago; that it was prepared
in an age of controversy and that
many of it's utterances are polemic in
their nature. 1t is equally true that
in $50 years the general trend of
thought and the lines of discussion
on religious matters have changed.
There are undoubtedly some addition
| al statements, some explanations in
dicating the differences in the mean
ling of words and expressions as used
$50 years ago and today, which can
and probably will be made, but this
does not mean to throw the Confess
sion OF Faith OVERLOOKED or alter it..
That there is today Il distinct re-
vision movement in the Presbyterian
church is true. This movement COM
prises three parties-the revolution
lists, the moderate revsionists and the
lanti-repisionists. While the first nam
ed make the most noise at present,
they have the least votes and COM
prise very small minority. The
moderate revisionists comprise very
intelligent section of the minority,
embracing possibly 40 per cent. Under
certain circumstances the anti-revis-
ionists will work hand in hand with
1.-THE moderate revisionists. Under 9th
er circumstances they will resist en-
ltirely. 1t is a serious and delicate
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From Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Daily.
n son was born Saturday evening to
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Ammenhauser, Of
GOA Fellows street.
Miss Sadie Horn, of Galesburg, Kan,
is visiting he sister, Mrs. a. L. Corthon,
north of the city.
Mrs. Il. Cone, of Murray, returned
home this afternoon after visit with
her son, Frank Cone, on East Main
street.
Mrs. j. Il. Eyre, of Dudley, returned
home this afternoon after visit with
her sister, Mrs. L. |. Skinner, on Bar
dell street.
Miss Regina Mccormick, of Highland
Center. was in the city today enroute
home from a visit with relatives at
Keosauqua. She was accompanied
home by her mother.
Word has been received in the city
that Joseph Ainley, who has been
spending the past year in England,
left for this country last Saturday and
is expected home about May s.
The death of ]. L. Cole occurred
ouhHStS Liot Iiils5 az Ills HOuie ftI MEX
vile, aged SO years, / month and 10
days. The deceased leaves a wife and
two children. The funeral was held
this afternoon from the residence at
$50 o'clock and was conducted by
Rev. John Caughlan. Interment was
made in the Kirkville cemetery.
The republicans of the eighth pre-
cinct held their primaries Saturday
evening and elected Geo. w. Hatch,
B. L. Michael, John McElroy and
Chris Prosser as delegates to attend
the county convention. to be held May
5. which will select delegates to attend
the republican state convention. Geo.
w. Hatch was also selected as commit
teeman.
The death of Miss Florence Thomp-
son occurred at the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. David Thompson,
south of the city. Sunday morning at
2:30 o'clock. The deceased was 10
years of age, and was a young woman
held in the highest esteem by a large
circle of friends. The funeral was
held from the residence this morning
at 10 o'clock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

matter to change a constitution of any
kind. To change the constitution Of a
church will require patience, earnest
and prayerful consideration and time.
A short supplementary addition to the
creed may be issued, but it can safely
be said that no movement looking to
the rejection of Calvnism by the
church will be accepted or even con-
Isidered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Liquor Case Being Tried.

A jury is being empaneled this af-
ternoon in the. second of the cases
brought by Mary b. Tozier against GER
tain saloonkeepersS whom she charges
with selling liquor to her husband, Ed.
Tozier. She sues in each case for the
sum of $500 for the use Of the school
fund. Saturday the jury in the case
OF the same plaintiff against w. Y. Sill
vers & Co., disagreed and were dis
charged without arriving at verdict.
In the case on trial today C. C. Leech
and Seneca Cornell are attorneys for
plaintiff while Jaques d Jacques and
Blake d Hall are attorneys for the de-
PENDANT.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
The pli.sourians Won.

The Iowa Prides We're taken down
the line in their game of baseball with
the students of the Kirksville (Mo.)
School of Osteopathy, by score nf
IA to 12. The students. however, had
some professional talent in the per-
son of Lafe Van der Veer, who played
with the Ottumwa team in 1895.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Criminal Assignment.

The whole criminal docket has been
assigned for trial for next Wednesday
with the exception of the case against
George 3. McClelland, better known as
Diamond Dick, the latter case having
been assigned for Thursday. Neither
does the CRUDE case enter into this
assignment, the status of that case be-
ing contigsnt upon the report of the
physicians,
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Manhattan
Shoe House.
Semi Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESS.

Subscribers wishing their address changed
Kill please give the nane of the Post Office to
which the paper has been sent as we'll as the
Post Office where they desire it to be
changed to.
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limits Of Eldon. The vein is from four
to four and one-half feet in thickness,
is situated along the Des Moines VAL
ley railroad track, and altogether pre-
sents ideal conditions for the location
of coal mine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
[From Fridays Daily.J

As result OF seeming too much
anxiety Tor scrap last evening Fred
McDermott, a bartender at the La
Clede saloon, is nursing a broken nose
and Joe Celana sundry bruises. For a
time it looked as tho a young riot
was in progress but after investigating
the affair the young men who are re-
sponsible for the injuries of AlcDer-
mott and Celana were released with no
blame attaching to them.
1T seems that two young fellows,
whose recent residence is Batavia,
came to town on Burlington No. 81
yesterday afternoon and after trans
acting their business, happened in the
l4aClede saloon with an acquaintance.
The drinks were called for, the price
of which was 25 cents. One of the
men threw so cents on the bar, and
lit is said McDermott refused to give
back the change. 1t is said that after
using abusive language to the man
who paid for the drinks, that McDer-
mott slapped him in the lace with a
towel, at the same time asking him
how he liked it. The Batavia man
said it was not pleasant and intimat-
ed that McDermott could not do it on
the other side of the bar. 1t is said
that McDermott promptly took up the
challenge, and came around the bar
with loaded billiard cue, with which
he struck at the Batavia man. The
blow was dod9ed and the other Ba-
tavia man interfered and landed 4 blow
on McDermott's nose, hattening that
member to the extent that the seIv-
ices of a physician were required. The
men left the saloon and went down
the street. 1t is said that Joe Celana
ATTEMPTED to stop them, but one of
the men landed on Joe, temporarily
putting him out of condition to argue
the matter. The police were called
and after short search two of the
men We're arrested and were taken to
the city hall, where Sam Harter fur
nished bond for them and they We're
released. After investigating the mat
ter this morning eN-officio Police
Judge Campbell turned the men loose.
1t is said that the Batavia men We're
not the aggressors in the fight, but de-
Tended themselves in each instance.
At any rate McDermott is under
physicians care and is suffering from
badly broken nose. but Celana was
not hurt to any appreciable extent.
Both of the Batavia men, it is said,
come of good families, and are any
thing but tough characters. 1t is said
that while McDermott's injuries are
painful, they are not dangerous.
Jennie Norton's $4,000 which she
asked from the city on account of in
juries sustained by reason of falling
on a defective sidewalk on Moore
street last July. have gone glimmering.
| The case was pyeu "a the ilry yestar
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
Bier Will Probated.

The will of the late o. p. Bier, an
old and respected citizen of this coun-
ty, who died in March, was probated
today and the widow, Mrs. Margaret
Bier, was appointed administrators
with the will annexed and will give
bond in the sum OF $500.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
SOUTH orrUMwA NEWS.

From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. j. H. Olney, of Dudley, return
ed home yesterday afternoon, after a
visit with Ottumwa friends and rela-
tives.
Miss Mabel Burgesson, of Blakes-
burg, returned home Thursday morn
ing after visit at the home of Mrs.
VIM. Mnsley.
Mrs. John Berry, of ia North Davis
street, returned home last evening, af-
ter short visit with friends and rela-
tives at Ormanville.
Miss Una Moss, of Batavia, returned
to her home last evening, after visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
White, 1o6 South Adella street.
Mrs. Henry Burris, of Agency. was
an Ottumwa visitor yesterday, return
ing home in the evening. Mrs. Burris
formerly lived in South Ottumwa.
While in the city Thursday she was
the guest of Mrs. James White, on
North Moore street.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
The Grube Case.

Two weeks ago the defendant in the
case OF the State of Iowa VS.. Fred Cru
be, indicted on the charge of robbery,
made strenuous efforts to have the case
continued when it was called for trial
and produced the evidence of physi-
cans and others to the effect that he
was mentally unbalanced. Upon the
showing made the court passed the
case until today and this afternoon a
further showing will be made by the
physicians regarding his condition. 1t
will then be determined whether or
not he VIII be tried this term.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
From Saturdays Daily.1

J
Mrs. Joel Niece, of BellSnap, is Wis
iting at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Chas. Burkhalter, on Madison
avenue.
Mrs. Lloyd Finley. formerly resi-
dent of South Ottumwa, and now of
tChillicothe, was an Ottumwa visitor
yesterday.
Mrs. John Trissler is at Floris,
where she was called by the death of
her father, whose funeral occurred
Thursday afternoon.
The degree team OF Glenwood
camp, 174o, Modern Woodmen of
America, were at Ormanville last ev-
ening to institute camp of that or
der. A merry time was had by the
crowd who drove out and back.
Those in the party were George A.
Staebler, w. \. Rankin, Jerome Gal
land, VIM. Bradley, Martin Schwartz
zenbach, Alex AIelvis, VIM. Evans,
Newton Wilson, c. H. Farmer, Her.
man Bryson, Hiram Davis, Joe King,
j. n. White, A. X. Kendall, Jesse Ken
dali, Jesse Hunt, Randall Chew, Jr.,
Charles Leavell.
From Mondays daily.
Miss Susie Hartman, of III North
Ward street, is recovering from an at
tack of the humps.
Miss Kate MCGEE, Of 21O South
Schuyler street, returned home today
from a pleasant visit with her brother
at Laconi.
Oren Dickson, the smallpox patient
isolated at his home on West Second
street, has well developed case of the
disease. A few days ago his body was
covered with pimples which later be-
gan to swell into small bladder-lil<e pro-
tuberances. These are disappearing
and scabs are forming over the spots.
1t will be about a month yet before
he will be allowed to resume his avo-
cation and the quarantine be lifted.
None of the other members of the
family have contracted the disease.
Two or three of the neighbors in the
vicinity of the Dickson home have
moved out and more are seriously
thinking of it. Physicians say that
the quarantine is so effectual that the
danger of infection from this source is
practically nil,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
TO WORK FOR STATE
j. w. Brown Sent Up for Eighteen
Months.
LIQUOR CASE BEING TRIED TODAY
Jury Disagreed in the First Tozicr Case
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Case Assign
ed for Wednesday-Bizer
will Probated,

From Mondays Daily.
The sentence of the court is that
you be confined in the penitentiary at
TT. Madison for the term of eighteen
months" said Judge Fee this after
noon to j. w. Brown alias A.. Z. John
son, who was convicted of selling mort
gagged property. The Indictment re-
cites that the defendant disposed of a
team of horses to farmer named
Rhinehart, which he had previously
bought of George Evans, giving the
latter mortgage on the property to-
gether with other collateral security
for the purchase price. The defendant
was apprehended in an Indiana town
few weeks ago and brought to OF
tumwa. lie was indicted, tried and
convicted and today he saw the finale
OF his wrong-doing. The defendant
claimed that he did not know what he
was doing when he disposed of the
property but the jury thought differ
entity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01

A son was born Saturday evening to
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Ammenhauser, of
GOA Fellows street.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
Warehouse Burns Down.

AT 2:45 o'clock Saturday afternoon
the sounding OF the ALARM called the
fire department to the B. G. r. Il N.
warehouse on East Water street, and
by three o'clock the structure was a
mass of ruins. The building burned
like paper, and the department was by
difficulty able to save the adjoining
warehouse. The building was occu-
pied by G. b. Lennon Il Co., with
grain, whose loss consists of 800 bush.
els of flax and 1900 bushels of oats,
most Of which was destroyed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
An Unfortunate Accident.

The little four-year-old son of Geo.
Ruffridge, of Locust, was playing In
the hay-mow of the barn last Thurs
day, and fell through hole in the
floor to the floor beneath and under a
horse, who stamped upon him, crush.
ing his thigh and leg badly. DIR
Daubney has placed the limb in q
plaster paris cast, and the boy is re-
ceiving every possible care, but he is in
great pain and may be left cripple fol
life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
GAAc Chiosiom
AKERs . GREEN. rr.pnesf.-

& pabiished ON Wednesday Of each week at
Dooonh Winnesheik county. lows. Publica-
~ o6ics 1t S7 West Water Street.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
cAieags, Milwaukee St Paul Railway
Decsrah Branch.

ch3eags, Milwaukee st. Paul Railway
Decsrah Branch.
Passenger depot corner Water and Day
street& Telephone 60A.
Depart Arrive.
Minneapolis, St. PAul,l
s, Ss, nSans.; .nd west. Mason f'0l' e M '1 p M
~ 81. S'sss' Sssssss s':si ana m. t,'s ?.
!:s $50; s:ss;;s; & ss.. aSss.;; n4.
sDsily. Except sunday. tsunday only
Bsriingtsn. Cedar Rapids Z Northern
No. 5o0, Passenger, leaves Decorah 8:i5 p. m.
Ne 6x2 Freight = Passenger, leaves Decon,h
so.S ri mo = r1 M ' No. rsxhs Pas.e
-. arrives IT Decorah Sis p. m. All trains
analy except Sunday.
esuth bound. North Bound.
~ ss:.. s. Pss. sS' Fsa z.
- a. Sl5 pm Decorah lao pm Sis pm
- am 3:S2 pm Nordness 1:22 pm As pm
Nle am 317 pm Ossian Los pm 4:D pm
= am 4SS pm Ss:s,,, Snsts,is ,2:S ,2 pm sSo pm pm,
Passenger train No. 6o2 makes close con-
- chicago. 81. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, 81
Denl, and all points beyond.
Freight trains will carry passengers when
pRovided with tickets only.
J.W. LAWHRAD, Agent
INC. g. FARMER. Gen. Ticket 4 PAm Ag't
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
PROF. e. WILLARD SPURR,
PRACTICAL PHRENoLoGIsr

- Or photo. Accurate confidential sdvioe
81 health, marriage, businen pursuita, ETC.
6vdoss received for Ill phEenoloGtcal publica-
0ena CAn @ eddreas - Wee Water - D.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

THE census enumerators will be
easily distinguished, for they will be
required to wear badges. These badges
will be made of German silver, IAN
inch and quarter long by one and
tive-eights of an inch wide. The shape
Is that of q shield surmounted by an
eagle, and across the face of the shield
will he the words United States Gen.
sus%l900.n
The large auditorium at Kansas
City, in which the national democra-
tic convention was to be held, burned
20 the ground last Wednesday, 1t will
be rebHilt at once.
The order of the Czar of Russia for
1900 improved rapid firing cannon can
hardly be taken as an indication Of con-
tinued peace in Europe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The Iowa legislature adjourned Fri-
day, after very busy session.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
The Formers b0nk Of CT0Iy,
Crary, N. d.
Incorporated under the laws Of NJ.
Dakota, June 76. 1893.
7. A. LUROS, President.
GILBERT 3. SOLAND, Vice Pres.
EDGAR ANDERSON, Cashier.

Real Estate and Collections. Investments
made for the moderate capitalist on first
mortgage loans at fair rates of interest. On
time deposits we pay interest. We cover
Ramsey, Benson and Eddy counties. Cor
respondence solicited. as9
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The, Paris exposition viii open
April Path.
The evening times., 1900-01-11
AN OBJECT LESSON.
In n Restaurant.

A physician puts the query: Have you
never noticed in any large restaurant at
lunch or dinner time the large number of
hearty. vigorous old men at the tables;
men whose ages run from sixty TO eighty
years: many of them bald and all perhaps
grey but none of them feeble or senile?
Perhaps the spectacle is so common as to
have escaped your observation or comment
but nevertheless it is an object lesson
which means something.
II you will notice what these hearty old
fellows are eating you will observe that they
are not munching bran crackers nor gin
gerly picking their way through menu
card of new-fangled health foods: on the
contrary. they seem to prefer Juicy roast
of beef, a properly turned loin of mutton.
and even the deadly broiled lobster is not
altogether ignored SO
The point of all this is that vigorous
old age depends upon good digestion and
plenty of wholesome food and not upon
dieting and an endeavor to live upon bran
crackers.
There is a certain class of food eranks
who seem to believe that meat, coffee. and
many other good things are rank poisons.
but these cadaverous, sickly looking ipdi-
viduals are a walking condemnation of
their own theories.
The matter in nutshell is that if the
stomach secretes the natural digestive
juices in sufficient quantity any wholesome
food will be promptly digested; If the stom-
ach does not do so, and certain foods cause
distress, enc or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets after each meal will remove. all
difficulty because they supply Just what
every weak stomach lacks, pepsip, hydro
chloric acid, diastase, and nux.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act
upon the bowels, and, in fact, are not
strictly medicine, as they act somewhat
entirely upon the food eaten, digesting it
thoroughly, and thus gives a much needed
rest, and giving an appetite for the next
meal.
OF people who travel, nine out OF ten use
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, knowing them
to be perfectly safe to use at any time, and
also having found out by experience that
they are safeguard against Indigestion in
any form, and eating, as they have to, at
all hours and all kinds of food the travel
ing public for years have pinned their
faith to Stuart's Tablets.
All druggists sell them at so cents for
full-sized packages, and any druggist from
Maine to California, IL his opinion were
asked, will say that Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets is the most popular and successful
remedy for any stomach trouble.
A little booklet on stomach diseases
mailed free by addressing F. A. Stuart Co,
Marshall, Mich.
The evening times., 1900-01-11
SUGAR AGAIN GOES down
The Loss of Strength Due to Divi
dend Probabilities.
The American Stocks in the London
Market show Advances-The sus-
tanning Influence the Reduction in
the Discount Rate-Active Trading
i'm Granger and Railway shares.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1t.-American stocks
were shown at further material advances
in the London Stock Market this morning
and general strength prevailed there,
largely because of a reduction of per
cent in the Bank OF Englands discount
rate.
The strength of the London market was
not attributed to any definite advices from
the seat of war. The local market opened
substantially higher in sympathy with the
advances scored in London. but il subse-
quently reacted slightly upon the appear
ance of further Generalization in Sugar
Refining.
The dealings in that stock overshadowed
those elsewhere in the market. The stock
opened somewhat below last nights final
figures, and after a short-lived advance it
again broke very rapidly. The trading
was, of course, wholly governed by infer
ences drawn from the remarks OF the
President at the annual meeting yester-
day in respect to the dividend probabiili-
ties in March.
The trading elsewhere was most active
in the granger shares. Baltimore and Ohio.
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit, but, as noted,
Sugar Refining fairly oVershadowed the re-
mainder of the market.