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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
Republican Dates,


The following is the present sched-
ule of meetings for Ottumwa, Wapello
and adjoining counties to date:
A big barbecue and republican rally
will be held at Ash Grove on the ev-
ening of October 26. An oX-roast will
be provided for the multitudes and the
day will be one of the most enthusiast
tic during the campaign. George l..
Dobson, secretary of state, and Hon.
Calvin Manning, of this city, will be
the principal speakers of the day.
Major Samuel Mahon and Captain 8.
H. Harper at Competine, Oct. 26.
Judge J. c. Mitchell and County At
torney A. W. Enoch, at Blakesburg,
Oct. 81.
Nate Kendall, of Abba, at South OF
tumwa, Oct. 80.
J. w. Brenton, at Eldon, Nov. 1.
Dates of Maj. John F. Lacey.
Lynnville, Oct. 26. 1880.
Galesburg, Oct. 27, 200, p. m.
Kellogg, Oct. 81, 1880.
Ottumwa, Oct. 20, 500.
Abba, Nov. 1, 1880 p. m.
What Cheer, Nov. 2, 8 p. nj.
Newton, Nov. 8, 2 pm. and 1880 pm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
A DIRTY LIE.

Certain democratic papers are pub
fishing the statement that Major La
cey is pensioner, and that the
amount of his pension is $72 per
month, being as these reliable 90 pub
locations assert, based on the rank of
q major In reply to these rank"
falsehoods, the Courier is authorized
to state that Major Lacey is not a
pensioner; that he has never applied
for a pension, and that he never ex-
poets to apply for pension, for the
excellent reason that he has no disa-
bility that would entitle him to re-
ceive pension. Now it remains to
be seen whether the sheets that have
published this dirty lie will have suff.
cient manliness to tell the truth about
the matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
THE oTT5MWA COURIER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1900

Der of the North American Review.
The extract reads as follows:
But see in our near future crisis
approaching that unnerves me and
causes me to tremble for the safety of
my country. AS result of the war
corporations have been enthroned and
an era of corruption in high places
will follow, and the money power of
the country will endeavor to prolong
it's reign by working upon the preju-
dices of the people until all wealth is
aggregated in a few hands and the re-
public is destroyed"
This made splendid capital for dem
ocratic purposes, but little investiga-
ton by John Hay one of Lincoln's pri-
vate secretaries and biographers, dis
closed that instead of having been
written by Lincoln the extract is from
spiritualistic communication alleged
to have been received from him by,
Cora Hatch. The democrats will prob
ably make defense that Lincoln ought
to have said it, if he didn't. Adlai and
the editor of the North American Re
view are entitled to no sympathy how.
ever-Sioux City Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
THE PLEDGES FULFILLED.

The pledges made in the republi-
can platform on which Mckinley was
elected four years ago, were:
l. To place the gold standard on
firm basis.
2. To reform the damaging Wilson
tariff so as to protect American capital
and labor.
8. To reassert the Honroe doctrine
in its full extent.
A. TO maintain a firm and dignified
foreign policy with American control
of the Hawaiian Islands.
ALL THESE PLEDGES HAVE
BEEN FAITHFULLY FULFILLED.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
WYOMING FOR M'kiNLEY.
Republican Electors, Legislature and
Senator Will Be Chosen.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 19.-From the
best information at hand Wyoming
may safely be placed in the republican
column this fall. The republican cleo
tors will have majorities ranging from
1000 to 1000, while Mondell, repub-
lican candidate for congress, will de-
feat Thompson (dem.) by from 1,500
10 $500 majority. The legislature
will be strongly republican, which
means the return of Francis e. War
rem to the United States senate. War
ren's election is conceded by the dem
ocrats. There are no other republican
candidates in the field for the senator
ship, and none other is considered in
connection with the senatorial con-
test. Two years ago the democrats
were represented in the state legisla-
ture with less than ten, and this year,
it is believed, they win not even have
so many.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
pIsREPUTARLE CAMPAIGNING.

The Bloomfield Republican says
Crawford Davis willfully and knowing
ly lies as to Major Lacey's pension,
and cites the following, which APP
peared in last weeks Farmer:
1--WE understand that Major Lacey
gets seventy-two dollars month open
sion). 1t is based of course on ma
jor's pay. That is one of the most I'M
Just things imaginable. We only
speak of him for illustration. We like
to see men who served in the army get
pensions. We would like to see every
old soldier get fifty dollars
month apiece. They would
scatter it and make good
times. But what we want to empha-
size is this-the majors, and captains
and generals get extra pay for their
rank while in service. Their dignity
was paid for. That ought to end it.
When the government comes to award
ing pensions for disability incurred in
the service. all ought to stand on the
same footing. A bullet wound doesn't
hurt major any more than it does a
private The chronic diarrhoea doesn't
distress a captain any more than a
private. Verbose veins do not hurt a
general any more than private"
The Republican comments on the
above, as follows:
II the above had come from some
one who had no experience in pension
affairs there would have been reason
for thinking it mistake, but after a
man has held a position as special
pension examiner as Mr.. Davis has
there is no occasion for such false
statements. Again, he does not UNI
derstand that Major Lacey gets $72
per month pension on any other
amount. The full pension for major
general is only $1,000. The only man
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
eeoraia Showers.

The Georgia shower is peculiar
one, and sometimes single day has
score of them. 1t is on you before
you know it. For few moments the
lightning flashes, the thunder rolls
and the rain falls, and it is apt to
cease as suddenly. Out comes the sun
again as smiling and serene as tho no
great damage had been done to the
crops. There is something else that
comes on one unawares, and that is
dyspepsia. Many people have suffered
years from this complaint, because
they have allowed indigestion, consti-
patton and biliousness to become
chronic. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
should be taken at the first sign OF in
digestion. 1t will strengthen your
stomach and produce sound sleep, and
good health must naturally follow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT.
Rural Free Delivery Benefit to Farm.
erS

Rural free mail delivery Is the most
striking extension of postal facilities
brought about in the last four years.
On June 1, 1900, there were 1000 ru-
raj services in actual operation, and
1000 applications for an extension of
the system then in process of estab-
lishment.
The appropriations for the rural free
delivery service have been increased
from $4,000 in the fiscal year 1878
to $4,000 In 1889, then to $450,000
in 1S99-1900, and lastly to $1,750,000
for the present fiscal year 1900-1901.
Three years experience has shown
that in well selected rural districts the
mails can be distributed to the domi-
Giles of the addresses or in the boxes
placed within reasonable distance of
the farmers home at some cross road
or other convenient spot at a cost per
piece not exceeding the free delivery
in many cities.
Done by the Republicans.
1t was a republican administration
that conceived and executed the idea
of Frightening the home of the farmer
educating his children. increasing the
value of his land, compelling the i'm
provement of the roads, and bringing
him news of the markets and of the
weather, so as to secure him better
price for his crops by delivering his
daily mail to him on his farm.
Every democratic house Of repre-.
sentatives since the idea was first
preached of carrying the mails into
the rural districts has declared against
it. The forty-third congress, with a
democrat from North Carolina as
chair of the committee on postoficea
and postroads, proclaimed the plan
impossible and turned it down. Post
master-General Bissel. Postmaster
General Wilson and First Assistant
Postmaster-Gene Jones, in the
Cleveland administration, all took vi
the cry of extravaganza and impossi
bility of execution.
Consequently little or nothing was
done to give the farmers access tt
the mails until Cleveland went out O
Office.
/ When First Assistant Postmaster
General Perry 8. Heath took up thu
rural free delivery service under thu
direction of the President and thu
Postmaster-G eneral, In March, 1897
lit was languishing to the point of ex
, tinguishment, and in a few months
more would have been starved t.
death.
4, They at once grasped its POSSIBLE
ties and advocated its immediate de
lYelopment and a republican COZ
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
The Issue Of imperialism.
Judge H. H. Trimble, of Keokuk

(Judge II. ii. Tr1mDle, OF heokuk.)
They then tried to hide it behind
Imperialism" This will deceive no.
body. Bryan is the platform. We
know what he believes. and what he
will endeavor to do should he be elect
ed president. We know that he will
use all the persuasive powers of ora
tory, and the gigantic patronage of the
chief executive to redeem the pledge
of the Kansas City convention to Sc
cure "the immediate restoration of free
and the unlimited coinage of silver and
goa at the present legal ratio of 16 to
l, without waiting for the aid and con-
sent of any other nation" 1t is prob
able that all other nations will cheer
fully consent that we commit this ma
tional folly.
Competition in commerce is always
active, sometimes fierce.
Those nations succeed the best that
are the best equipped. The adoption
of the Bryan theory of currency would
Mexicanize us; drive out gold, the re-
organized money of commerce.; de-
stroy national credit; handicap and re-
duce us to second or third-rate ma
ton in the world of commence.
What we would lose by such folly
would be the gain of other nations.
England, by adopting the gold stan
dard early in the struggle for COM
mercial supremacy, made herself the
leading commercial and financial ma
ton of the world. The platform on
which Mr. Bryan was nominated recog-
nizes this fact in explicit terms. Let
us profit by the lesson. The last three
years experience shows how impor.
tant this lesson Is.
Our profit upon international com
merce from 1880 to 1897, period OF
10i years, was only 1888, 02S,OO0 Our
profit from 1897 to 1900. period Of
three years only, was $1,433,537 900
What magnificent and what signifl
cant record for sound money and ma
tional credit. Yet Mr.. Bryan wants q
change. If we hope to maintain oul
present standing as a great CONNER
cial nation, we must maintain oul
credit. All important commercial
transactions are conducted on credit
They cannot, under present methods
OF business, be conducted in any othel
way. The nation that fails to stant
by it's credit, must fail of success. lie
us stand by our credit like stonewal
no cheap money! No Organism!
!, Honest men and honest money is tn
basis of success in business.
The commercial world is largely In
fluenced in it's judgment of any peopl
, by the kind of money that people uses
The election Of Mr.. Bryan would serY
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
Sixth District.
In WapeIlo County.
WHAT WE WANT.

Bishop Fowler, of the Methodist
church, does not hesitate to talk right
out in meeting, and what he says is
directly to the point. Among the
many excellent reasons which he
gives why President Mckinley should
be reelected is the following:
eff Mckinley is elected, he will re-
tain the gold standard, preserve sound
money and pay all our salaries and
wages in money worth 100 cents to the
dollar. That is what we want"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Decisions Handed Down by lowa's
Highest Tribunal Yesterday.

Des Moines, Oct. 18.-The following
decisions were handed down by the
supreme court yesterday:
Howe VS.. Richards, appellant.
Clark district. Affirmed
Finnegan VS.. City of Sioux City, ap-
pellant. Woodbury. district. Affirmed.
Edmundson VS.. Waldorf, appellant.
Sioux district. Affirmed.
Root VS.. Des MONIES City Railway
company, appellant. Polk district.
Reversed.
Des Moines, Oct. 20.-The following
decisions were handed down by the
supreme court yesterday:
State Of Iowa VS.. Howard. appellant,
Hamilton district. Affirmed.
Macintosh VS.. Locke, appellant,
Polk district. Affirmed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25

who gets $1,000 pension is a totally
blind man, or one who is so helpless
that he requires constant attendant,
and $1,000 pension is paid soldier
without rank. AS Major Lacey is not
diseased in any way, is in perfect
health and has never applied for pen
sion in his life, we are glad to say that
he is not drawing $72 pension nor
any other
The Bryanites are finding out that
Major Lacey is in good health and con-
dition
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
The meanest, dirtiest and absolut

The meanest, dirtiest and absolute
ly most senseless lie that has SO far
been published in the present cam
paign in this district is that Major La
cey is in receipt Of a pension of $72
per month. This lie appears promi-
nently in certain paid organs of the
democracy, and Is a falsehood from be-
ginning to end. What more can be
expected, however, from persons
whose political affiliations are for sale
like merchandise in the open market?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
FOUND AT LAST.

The Courier has been trying for
some two weeks to locate the demo-
cratic candidate for congress in the
Sixth district. Thanks to the What
Cheer Patriot, we have finally found out
where the gentleman was last week.
The Patriot of October IS says:
Judge Steck spoke at Deep River
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25

the other day. His audience consisted
of five men, two boys and seven wo-
men. The people have no stomach
nowadays for calamity dispensers. 1t
was the smallest political meeting ever
held at Deep River"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
consumer 70 Paw the Advance.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-The consumer
will pay the advance in wages granted
the anthracite miners according to a
statement made by w. P. Rend, local
coal dealer. Anthracite COAL" said
he, twill remain at 81 per ton. The
advance in miners wages makes this
price justifiable."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
ANOTHER LETTER.
From Thomas D. Foster as to the
Effect of the Silver Standard.

The Courier is in receipt of the fol-
lowing additional letter from Thos. D,
Foster, which we are glad to publish
as C again confirms the one important
point that the Courier has made In this
matter, viz: that the adoption of free
silver coinage by the American nation
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25

Senator Allison, in an interview
given out at Detroit says Iowa will
go republican by $4,000 majority. The
senator will have to revise those fig
ures. We believe it will be nearer
100000,
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gress generously seconded their eff
forts. Under their vivifying touch it
has grown until there is now not a
state in the union that has not felt
the civilizing and educational inf1u-
ence of the rural free mail delivery
and not one that does not desire 3
further expansion of the service.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
CIRCULATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation of all
other Ottumwa papers combined.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily Courier, year, by mail....$5.oo
Daily Courier. year, by carrier. 600
Semi-Weellly Courier, year...... 1.5o
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25

The following gives the vote on con-
gresham in the Sixth district and in
Wapello county for the past twelve
years. The figures are taken from the
Iowa official register:
The Sixth District.
1Ss6-Donnell, 1884 Weaver 10,
572. Scattering, so. Weaver's
plurality. 61s; majority, SOS.
lSSS-Lacey, 1909 Weaver, H.
1s1. Haskell. 1929 Scattering,
4. Lacey's plurality, S2S; ma
jority 695.
1s9O-Lacey, 1852. White, 1902.
Engle, 1,O4S. McMillen, 2oi.
Whites plurality, $40. No ma
1ss2-Lacey, 17,747. White, 1882.
Owens, 2,SS9, Reece, 449. La
cey's plurality, 1,175. No major
ity.
1ss4-Lacey, 1s,41s. Taylor, 1852.
Clark, 1858. Gilchrist, SOP. La.
cey's plurality, 1886; majority,
GIL.
1Ss6-Lacey, 21,s7o. White. 2o,76e.
Branson, 26S. Lacey's plural
ity, 1,201; majority, 933.
1898-Lacey, 1878. Weaver, 1S,267.
Turner, 518. Morris, 294. La
cey's plurality, 1,471; majority
$50. ~
Wapello County. 1
1ss6-Donnell, 2, sos. Weaver, 3,11s
Scattering, SO. Weayers, plu
rality, 21O; majority, 100.
l1S8S-Lacey, 1924. Weaver, 3,40S
Haskell, 2. Weaver's plurality
ia; majority, liz.
1S90-Lacey, 1884. White, 1888. En-
gle, 173. McMillen, 5. Whites
plurality, S55; majority, SIT.
1S92-Lacey, 3,613. White, 1924. Ow
ems, COS. Reece, As. Lacey's
plurality, SO; no majority.
l894-Lacey, 3,44S. Taylor, 2,206
Clark, 1886 Gilchrist, 35. La
ceys plurality, 1922; no major
1sse-Lacey, 1852. White, 1902
Branson, 26. Lacey's plurality
| 29O; majority, 264.
189S-Lacey, 1882. Weaver, 3,43;
Turner, 54. Morris. 49,. La
cey's plurality, 45o; majorit!
| 1888.
RecapituIation.
The pluralities and majorities hav
lheen as follows.
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Founded sth August, 1e4e.

Published seni-wcekly OH Tuesdays and
Thursdays. M
Office: 112 South Market Street.
Telephone editorial or business Office No. "A.
Address the Courier Printing Co., Ottunlwa, Ia
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25
VOTE ON CONGRESSMAN.

The following gives the vote on con-
gresham in the Sixth district and in
Wapello county for the past twelve
years. The figures are taken from the
Iowa official register:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-25

A Democratic Quotation-An ex-
tract from letter purporting to have
been written by Abraham Lincoln has
gained quite wide circulation in the
democratic press during the campaign,
and Adlai e. Stevenson, the democrat
ic candidate for vice president, made
use Of it in an article In recent mum.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11

-T--s~7r--- X >-s-s-s->
Brodreichen as assistants. The com
mittee had busses awaiting the arrival of
each train, and the delegates were driv-
en- 70 the ST James Rotel, which is the
HEADQUARTERS, as fast as they arrived 6n 81
the several trains. All of the officers,
y e Neary, president; Henry Glesen
Jr.' first vice president. yand Secretary
treasurer, w. E. McEwen, are on the
ground Each of these officers has es-
tabHshed headquarters at the St James
hotel, though for lack of accommoda-
tions the most of the delegates are quar-
tered at HendePs hotel, on Bush street.
All day Secretary McEwen was kept
busy approving the credentials of dele
gates already here, land was interrupted
in his work at $50 p m. by the reception
of a telegram announcing the fact that
yesterday morning he became the father
of an 8-pound boy. He was kept busy
during the rest of the evening supplying
tn boys with cigars, but all had the
union LABEL on.
Tonight the local reception committee
rendered the delegates moonlight eXcur-
sion on the steamer Columbia, going as
far as Lake City and back, and tomorrow
night a public meeting will be held, at
which several prominent speakers will be
present.
The report for the year of Secretary
McEwen will show that the past fiscal
year has been one of the most prosper
Gus in the history of the labor movement
in the state, and also that 35 new unions
have been organized, making a large ad-
dition Of members to the cause of organ
lied labor
A general celebration, in the nature of
an entertainment and ball at the opera
house, will close the convention on Tues
day evening.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11
Jailed THE M2edjago11.

How 1t happened to have been dis
covered no one in this country knows
yet, but 1t seems that even in Australia
woman's receptivity for the designs of
Spiritualists has its limit A woman med
lum told her caller one day: NOW, the
Mother of God has requested that YOU
take me to the Holy Land and to Ameri-
ca, and in order that 1 should go clad
properly, you must get for me a gray
SILK dress, like that which your friends
wear in heaven"
The Soft Thing got the dress. and be-
gan preparations for the tour. Then the
medium set in motion another little touch
ohe said to the Soft Thing: your dear
daughters, who are teaching little chill
dren In heaven, will not talk to me unless
l am dressed in white" So the medium
got white silk dress.
But the funds for the trip were not VET
forthcoming to the medium, so she threw
III, and when she came out of If she
announced that the Mother of God had
appeared to her, and among the MANY
directions she had charged the rnedi,;rn
70 see that the Soft Thing gave a nound
sterling to the medium every time that
the medium called, and that calls were
TO pc made on each Monday.
AS has been said, no one hara l,,o-.,a
what brought the thing to a head Ri
at any rate the case got into court -,
MELBOURNE and the medium went to ian
-''iS' S;Sfss Jss:lsx4 :s1ls
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11
GAPS|ZBD IN THE GALE
e. j. AND r.. G. FISHER HAVE A
MARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWN
ING AT MINNETONKA
ACCUSE SNYDER OF FORGERY
Police Bring the Stock Broker
Back From Chicago to Face
Criminal PrOsecu-
ton.

e. j. Fisher, of Winston, harrington &
Co, and r. G. Fisher, while out sailing
In their yacht, about noon, were struck
by heavy squalI and capsized off Fair
view point. But few boats were out on
the lake and those sailing about were
either too far off to come TO the as
sistance of the men in time, or they We're
not aware of what had happened. @The
perilous position of the two men was
heightened by the fact that E ]. Fisher
was caught in the main sheets, as the
boat capsized, which made it impossibie
for him to move to a point of safety, or
to even cling to the hull of the upturneG
boat
w. A. Crosse, with an able crew, Alex
A. Johnson, naval veteran; Col. S. F..
Ellis and c. M. Pillsbury, were out on the
Lorelei with a party of ladies. They saw
the accident and at once started to the
assistance of the men. Some of the fercest
. gusts struck the Lorelei as She tried to
approach the other boat and II was only
after making three tacks, and with the
best of handling, that she came near
enough to pull one of the men aboard.
e. ]. Fisher was the first Of the two
to be rescued, for his strength was falling
fast as he was sinking rapidly. When
RNttIN0 ~ DNs'lS y w vas III d SOlHplCbSIy
exhausted condition.
Il am good for another half hour yell
ed r. G. Fisher, hanging bravely to the
stern Of the boat, but as the sloop flew
by on another short tack three strong
hands were stretched out and he was also
hauled safely aboard.
Yesterdays occurrence adds to the rep
utation of the Lorelei as life-saving
boat.
Albert Hausman, Walter Godart and u.
J.. Case had the Magic Slipper, Mr.. Haus-
mans sloop, out for a sail in the morn
ing caPsized in the big lake, off ST.
Louis bay. All of the three men are ex-
per swimmers, but after twenty minutes
eXertiOn this became rather fatiguing,
and the Gladerene, a new boat from
White Bear lake, was gladly welcomed
as she turned up to rescue the party.
Another upset occurred off the Sum
merville shore, in the afternoon. Paul
Higbee and George Thwing were in the
latters sailboat, Oswa, which Mr.. Higbee
was sailing, when a strong gust of wind
capsized the boat. Both men were quick
ly rescued, before suffering any injury.