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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-08

er under Mayor Strong and in May,
1895, became president Of the new
board of police commissioners. April
6, 1897, Roosevelt was called to Wash
ington by President Mckinley to the
assistant secretaryship of the navy,
and resigned May 6. 1897. He was
sworn in the service of the govern
ment as lieutenant colonel of the Uni
ted States volunteers to serve with the
regiment of mounted rifiemen to be
made up mainly of plainsmen and
rough riders. The regiment returned
once to his home in Oyster Bay. He
was nominated for governor of New
York, September, 1898, and was elect
ed in November.
During the present campaign he has
done excellent service for the republic
can party, touring the country, making
almost innumerable speeches in the In
terest of good government.
John r. Lacey.
John Fletcher Lacey, of Oskaloosa,
was born at Martinsville, Virginia
(now West Virginia), May 80, 184l,
and moved to Iowa in 1855. He re-
ceived common school and academic
education. He enlisted in Company
H, Third Iowa Infantry in May 1861,
and afterwards served as private in
Company D, Thirty-third Iowa and
later as sergeant-major and lieuten.
ant in Company c, of that regiment.
He was promoted to assistant adju-
tant general on the staff Of Brigadier
General Samuel A. Rice and after Tat
officer was killed in battle was assign
ed to duty on the staff of Major Gener-
al Frederic Steele. He served in
the Iowa legislature one term in 1870.
He is lawyer and the author of La
cey's Railway Digest and Laceys Iowa
Digest He was member of the
Fifty-first, Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
congresses, and was reelected to the
Fifty-fifth congress as a republican,
receiving 21,970 votes, against 20,769
votes for Frederick E. White. demo-
cratic and populist fusion nominee,
and 26S for Abner Branson, prohibit
Zionist. He was again returned to con-
gress in 1898, by a majority of $50 over
his opponet James B. Weaver. He rep
resents the Sixth congressional dis.
trict of Iowa, which has population
of 155,354, and embraces the seven
counties of Davis, Jasper, Mahaska,
Monroe, Poweshiek, Wapello and Keo-
kuk
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-08
CENTER TOWNSHIP.
Elects All Republican Candidates by
Safe Maiorities.

All the republican candidates are
elected in Center township at MAORI
ties estimated at from 100 to 260 The
estimate SO far as made are as fol-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-08

County recorder -. ..35S 412
County attorney ........ ...35S 415
Supervisor ......... $50. 1856 443
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-11-08

The above shows that the election
OIL Michael for county clerk, over
Koett, is by just 200 majority, and that
Major Lacey carries the county by
554 majority over Steck.
The total vote cast in the county
for the other ticket was as follows:
Prohibition .......... ...........64
Peoples $500. ......... ......19
Socialistic labor. $3.50. ............10
United Christian .......... ...... 5
Social democratic ;. .......... ...S7
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
LEAVE FOR CROSSING POLICE.
Congress to he Asked for Legisia-
ton 20 This End.

The special policemen who are stationed
at the street railway crossings in Wa-h
ington are seeking legislation to provide
them a yearly vacation, with pay. unl9ss
they are content to submit to the loss Of
their pay for absences, these polio ,men.
who do not properly belong to the Metro
politan Police Force, are at present COM
PEELED to be at their pest daily without
consideration of health. The street railways
Of the city are assessed f)r the payment
of salaries to these special police. and TO
provision has been mace t)r vacation or
sick leave with pay.
Special Policeman r. II. HTGhcs has had
prepared the following bill to pro idle TIE
desired relief, and it is lropoiad 10 bave It
introduced in the House early next week:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and tie
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the special policemen who are
stationed at the street railway crossings
and intersections in the city OF Washing
ton. in the District of Columbia. be al
lowed twenty days leave of absence in
each year. with pay. the time of such leave
of absence 70 be determined in each in
stance by the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
That the said special policemen be per-
mitted leave Oh account of Sickness with
such privileges as are now accorded 10
the Metropolitan Police of the District of
Columbia
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
THE NEW DISTRICT CODE.
Passage of 81 Bill Providing for AZ
Recon- n, g dcd.

The Committee on the District of Coium-
bfa, of the House Of Representatives yes
terdav reported to the House biH eS$J to es-
tablish a code of laws for the District of Co
hlmbia. The committee urges that the bill
pass with certain amendments. The re
port provides for the retention Of the Of
fec of Register Of wills and for The pay
mept of fines to the Clerk OF the Police
Court.
II is provided that 70 sub- division Of land
in the District of Columbia without TIE
limits of the city of Washington shall be
recorded In the Office Of the surveyor or in
the office of ;he Recorder Of Deeds unless
the same shall have been first approved by
the Commissioners of the District OF Co
lumbis. and be in conformity with the 1e-
corded plans fora permanent highway sys-
TEN.
The report recites the various attempts
which have been made to adopt
a new code, and in conclusion says:
The code as finally agreed upon by the
Joint committee of the lawyers and judgt S
may well be said TO represent the labor
of the entire bar and all the Judges al
the courts of the District. After this final
revision had been completed tte code as
agreed upon was submitted to the Bar AS
SOcation and at very full meeting oi
that body, which was held on the 10Th day
of March. 1900, by a unanimous vote the
committee on legislation was instructed to
present the code to Congress and urge iJs
passage the committee being given discrc-
ton as to any further charges in matlers
Of detail.
The work was then submitted to The
special committee on the code OF the
Board of Trade ard after having Ie- eived
its approval it was submitted to a specia
gF Trad Nvh yyse
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
DIED.


cALyERT-E Entered into rest on saturday,
April H. 1900. at 7:l5 p m, after short illness.
MARY G. CALVERT, in the sixty- ninth year OF
her age. at her daughters residence, 1910 First
street southeast.
o, could call mother back,
From deaths cold embrace
For how can another
Fill her vacant place.
o. mother, how can we give you up
You who we love 30 WE'LL
How drink Of this bitter cilP,
And say long last farewell?
Funeral will take place Tuesday at O'Clock
p. m. april L. 1890, from the Secoud Baptist
Church. Fourth Street aud Virginia Avenue south
east. Friends and relatives invited 10 attend
Alexandra papers pleas copy. 1t
HURLEY suddenly, Saturday. April IL
1900. at l2:i5 p. m, W. GREENBERRY HUR
LEY. beloved husband Of Louise +. Hurley, aged
eighty yelrs and twenty-five days.
Funeral from his late residence. 1891 Thirteenth
m. Relatives and friends invited ap'5-2t
CUTHBERT-on Friday. April IS. 1900. at $50
O'Clock p. m, JAMES CUTHBERr. artist. beloved
husband of Sophia Cuthbert aged forty-one years
Funeral from his late residence. a3is Street
northwest, Monday, at O'Clock. Friends invited.
FREEwALT-D Died, Friday April ls, 1900 at
6 a. m, LOUIS C., beloved husband OF Rosa Il.
Frcewalt, in his forty-fomth year. at his rssj-
dence. 203i Fourteenth Street northwest
Funeral from his late residence. 203I lith =.
Ew. Sunday the 18th. at , p. M
Odd Fellows meet at Mount Pleasant Lodge.
ISIS 18th It. NV, at l:50 p. m. sharp and attend
funeral in a body. Item
KYLE-Departed this life on Friday, April Is,
1909, at 4:Ij a. m. ARTIIR II r., the only and
beloved son OF Joseph and Ella Kyle. aged siN-
teen months and sixteen days.
Funeral from parents residence. 10l7 18th Il.
Sc, on sunday. April Is. at ; O'Clock p M
Relatives and friends respectfully invited to at
tend. Item
sANFuRU-SsturdayA April IA 1860, at 615 a
NJ G.. W SANFORD ST.
Notice OF funeral hereafter. Item
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
GUARDING A JAIL.
Friends of Bank Robber Plan His
Helease.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE Iroquois Coun-
ty pail at Watzka. Ill, in which James
Dunlap, the noted bank robber. is held is
guarded by armed men to Illustrate plot
of Chicago confederates to blow up the
enclosure with dynamite and liberate the
prisoner That such plot is on foot Chief
Ripley declares he knows positively. and
two detectives detailed from his Office
Were sent to Watzka last Wednesday in
the hope Of capturing the eonsplrators.
They returned to Chicago today satisfied
that the attempt would have been made
on Wednesday night but for the fact that
it became known that the plan had been
discovered. The sheriff of the county
placed and armed with Winchester rifles
a force at the Jail and they will be kept
on guard until after Dunlap's trial.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
THE HOUSE ROUTINE.
Mr.. DaIzeII Presides in the Absence
of Speaker Henderson.

Representative Dalzell OF Pennsylvania
presided over the House of Representa-
tiyes as Speaker pro TEN. because of
the absence of Mr.. Henderson. who went
to New York on Friday. A Senate bill was
passed authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior 10 prescribe rules and regula-
tions for the procurement of timber ard
stone for domestic and industrial purposes
TO be used only in the Indian Territory
from iands belonging to either of the Five
Civilized Tribes, and to fix the rates of roy
atty to be paid therefor and 20 collect the
same for the benefit of said tribes"
Representative Foss. Acting Chairman
OF the Committee on Naval Affairs. gave
notice that tomorrow he would call
up the Naval Appropriation bill for con-
sideration.
Senate amendments to several House
pension bills were Coucurred in, thus dis
posing of them. Resolutions were agreed
to directing the printing OF the follow
ing:
Fifteen thousand copies of the report
of the expedition Of the Fishhaw;. TO Porto
Rico; 5000 copies Of the Presidents mes
sage transmitting the Treaty of Peace
with Spain To the Senate. with accompany
ing documents. in one volume; 1000 copies
of the report of the Commission to the
Five Civilized Tribes for 1898; 81. 00J
copies of the hulietin published by the
Agricultural Department entitled "a
Primer or Forestry" 5000 copies OF the
preliminary examination of reservoir sites
in Wyoming; 1900 extra copies Cf the re
port of the division Of soils OF the Agricul-
tural Department for 1893 covering sur
vey of 1g0.0o0 acres in the East and West;
5,090 copies OF the report of the Governor
of Arizona for 1893; 1,500 copies
of the report-oI the Philippine Commission
for the use of the Commission; 5000 copies
OF the report OF Captain Abercrombie's ex-
ploration of Alaska; 5000 copies Of ar az
ticle entitled The Louisiana Purchase, p"
by Binger Hermann, Commissioner OF the
General Land Office
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

most popular table beverage, hecsuss il j. pure
and delicious. phone 63i. Arlington Boiling
Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
SPECINL NOTICES.

SPECIAL N0TICr,-Members OF Victory
Council No. I, ID. of c.. please meet
at home OF Councillor, 1872 st. sw
SUNDAY. 4:30 z. NJ. to arrange funeral
of our deceased sister, Mrs. L. Beaton. 1t
OFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND
Potomac Telephone Company divi-
dend of 81 per share will be payable on tbs.
23d day of April. 1900. to the stockhoId-
ers of record at the close OF business on
the 18th day of April. 1900, at the Office
of the treasurer of the company 6i9 Four
teenth Street northwest. Washington, ID.
c. The transfer books will be closed from
the 18th of April to the 23d Of April,
inclusive. JEREMIAH NJ. WILSON, pres
ident; CHARLES G. BEEBE, treasurer.
Washington. d. c.. April 10, 1900.
apIl, L, Il. l.. ID. .2o,22 25.em
A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
for the election of directors Of the Wash
ington Safe Deposit Company Will be held
on Friday the 9th day of April A. D. 1900.
Polls open at IL N. and close at l o'clock
pm. SAM CROSS.
mh29- -dtoap27. inc, ,tm Secretary.
DIR. CLEMENS HAS REMOVED FROM
I4l1 II ST. NV. to 5i1 18th ST. NV. The
electrical and Sprague hot-air apparatus
are installed. BY special arrangement With
the Sprague Company charges reduced to
s3 Skilled masssur In attendance Sep
srate hours for ladies'. Office hours. 10
n m to 8 D. m mh15-imo
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
JUDGE SCOTS CHANCES.
Belief at the City Hall T:.as He VIII
Re Made Commissioners.

Much interest was manifested about the
City Hall yesterday respecting the race for
the two Commissionerships which is now
on. The terms of Commissioners Join W.
Ross and John B. Wight will come to
; close on the sth of next month.
1t is said that Judge Charles +. Scott,
now presiding over the District Branch of
the Police Court. is slated for the ofii-e
now filled by Mr.. Wight. 1t is pointed
out that he is on terms of the most
friendly character with Mr.. Mckinley; that
he has large and Influential Senatorial
backing; is endorsed by many memters
of the House of Representatives,, and also
by many members of the local bar, as
well as by many prominent business men
in the city.
Quite an influential delegation called
On the President on Friday and laid before
him in forcible manner Judge Scott's quail
ifications for the CommissioGership. 1t
is said that another large delegation is
in process of formation and will visit The
Executive Mansion on next Tuesday ard
further urge upon the President the
judges fitness for the place.
Upon the assumption tha. Judge Scott
will be given the Commissiolership, il is
stated that John II. 0Donnell, 4 Justice
Of the peace in East Washington, is a
candidate for the Office of Police Court
judge.
1t is, however. claimed by some persons
that in the event of Judge Scott being
chosen by the President to succeed Com
missioner Wight, Assistant Attorney for
the District James L. Pugh will be ele-
waited to the Police Court bench Mr.. Pugh
has occupied his present position that OF
prosecuting attorney in the Police Court
for several years, and is said to be emf
nently qualified to FIJI the vacancy should
one be made on the Police Court bench
Following along this line. il is stated
that, should Judge Scott be appointed to
I'll the Commissionership now held by Mr..
Wight, and Mr.. Pugh elevated to the Police
Court bench. A. Leftwich Sinclair will be
appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the
promotion of Prosecuting Attorney Pugh.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
The thanksgiving
Spring Medicine

Is its ability to purify the blood, create
appetite and overcome that tired feeling
Hence in asking you to take Hoods Sarsapa-
rila in preference to all other medicines this
Spring, we are doing SO on the basis Of proof
more mighty, more conclusive, more positive
than can be advanced for any other, that it
does all these things. Its peculiar combina-
ton of remedial agents, its unequalled record
of cures, and it's wonderful sales, tell the
story, and should secure your confidence and
belief III common with the majority of people
that Hoods Sarsaparilla is Americas Great
est Spring Medicine. Get it TODAY.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
EASTER IN THE CHURCHES.
L'erywhere viii PRISE b. Given
Th-t thrESt I& Risen.


Th-t 'hrESt - Risen.
Today is Easter. within the churches
a.tars will be adorned with treasured orna-
rents and relics chancels Sill be brilliant
with the light CT many candles, the priests
will don their most splendid yestments.
Lilies and azaleas in abundance will dis
seminate fragrance everywhere. Chant and
TIE Deum will be most joyous. Black robes.
barred a,tars, solemn masses, and the
shadow have all given place to color and
warmth.
Easter music at the Washington churches
Will be most elaborate. Every composer
of sacred music has contributed 20 the
extensive programmes which have been
prepared for today's festal services. Carols
and chant. the beautiful masses of Haydn
and Gounod. the ''Magnifcat' of Millard.
Handel's Messiah" and the compositions
OF Beethoven, Mozart. Rossini. Guilmont.
and Giorzi will be heard IN commemoration
Of the resurrection of the Christ, Organ
and orchestra will join with the choir and
sOlOist to render praise to heaven that
Christ is risen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

The following programme al euterta .nment.
in The Pavilion for the Bliad at the Congressional
LIBRARY iDr til. week Is announced. Readings:
Monday. Mi, Bertha T. Wolfe; TUESDAY. Mn
Reginald Dekoy1u; Thursday, Nj. Barry Bulklcy
Friday. Mr. T. W Hodges; saturday. Mr.. Goa
lie r. Cook. Musical: "Wednesday. Mrs Lucy
Page steele, Nrs. William Mercer. Srrague, aud
MI Eyeyu Bailey.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

The President sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate yesterday: To be
surgeons in the Marine Hospital Service
Passed Assistant Surgeon Rell NJ. Wood
ward, OF Indiana: Passed Assistant Sur
geon George T. Vaughan. of Virginia
Passed Assistant Surgeon Thomas B. Per-
ry of Georgia
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

Tie lHs1fctor OF Buildings yesterday issued
tic following permits to ouild: For ,iruc-
tuIfs. Edl ard Schneider one three story brick
dwelling. 1923 Tlarty-Hnh Street northwest cost
5000, John ". M0ckab.e, one tWo-,tory brick
dwelling. SO l. Street southeast. cost $40; G.
J.. raTurTey,. tw1-stcry frame dwelling. Min
Iesot4 As,nuc and {. Street near BcuHiug cot
sl.5p.- fyr repairs. Christopher >JllD bake oven,
~ Sixth Street northwest
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

lie clearly foresaw the crisis which
was approaching. and warned the people
of Indiana and the country Of its coming.
After the Inauguration of Nr. Lincoln he
lost no time in visiting the President and
holding conference with him. Governor
Morton was not surprised when on April
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15
IN MEMORIAM.

GRAY-rn loving remembrance OF my belove'
aunt, DOLLY GRAY, who departed this life one
year ago today.
Gone but not forgotten
1t BY Her Niece, Emma J. Reed.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-30
READY FOR FOOTBALL.
A STRIKING INNOVATION ADOPTED BY
PLAYERS IN SELF-DEFENCE

The season is rapidly approaching when col
lege youths all the country will drag each
other through the mud of football gridirons and
excite monstrOus crowds with the shedding of
human gore and the other stirring accOmpani-
ments of the game. There are practically no
changes in the rules from those of last year
At least there are none which the general public
will understand or about Some of the
penalties have been slightly changed and
coaches will no longer be allowed on the side
lines. For this the public will doubtless re-
joice, it will allow a better view of the play.
There is change, however, that will be
noticeable, and it has to do with the players
themselves. They will still wear padded
breeches and jackets; shins will continue to be
protected by canvas coverings; noses will be as
carefully slowed away inside rubber guards
as ever; head harness will still be used to pre-
vent the tearing off of ears; the hard leather
shoe cleats which make such beautiful wounds
when planted firmly on the faces of fallen
heroes will be in evidence yet something will
be changed. Football players no longer con-
slider it necessary to their hair long. A
more radical departure from established foot
ball customs could hardly be imagined Ever
since the game first became popular long hair
and halfbacks have always been mentioned in
the same breath Towns have gone football
long hair fad started in some foolish brain
which reasoned that mass of hair would pro-
tect the head in making flying tackles and
desperate bucks through the line Perhaps it
did, but the fact remains that the few bald
headed men who followed the game were never
hurt. That is not the reason why short hair
will prevail this season, however. The rough
youngsters have found that long wavy locks
furnished an excellent grip when no other tackle
could be utilized. Besides, pulling hair a
fine sort of punishment to administer to oppos-
ing lnemen. 1t safer than slugging for
the officials could not rule the offending player
off the field. Football hair will be cut this
year matter of elf-defence.
Public interest in football promises to show
falling off this season. The big college teams
will coin money. 1t a poor team last year
and one badly managed which did not clear from
$4,000 to $50, 900 more than the training and
travelling expenses. In many colleges almost
New-York tribune., 1900-09-30

enough is made in the football season to sup
port the other branches of athletics which do
not pay for themselves baseball track athletics
and rowing. There has been much complaint
over the great financial possibilities of foot
ball and the tendency to introduce a semi-pro-
fessonal spirit. AS long the public con-
tinues to take an interest however, there seems
to be no practical way of keeping the teams
thousands of dollars.
There are parts of the country where foot
ball does not pay, where it must of necessity
be played for the sport alone. The struggling
universities in the West and South have hard
time getting their teams about the country, and
do not have anything to spend on equipment.
This was brought TO the attention OF of the
big colleges last fall in vivid manner. big,
husky" Westerner, from somewhere in Texas,
found his way East for a college education. He
had played football at home, on the team of his
State university, and was considered star"
He had hardly reached the college town when
a Greek letter fraternity began to rush him
for membership. AS usual with men, he
was bent on displaying his qualifications to the
best possible advantage.
Can you do anything in athetcs?' asked
one of his prospective frat brothers
We'll I've played some football" was the
Texans modest answer.
Think you can make the team?" was the
next question
have a chance, and he gave me plenty of money
to make try for it."
Whats money got to d. with it?" asked the
New-York tribune., 1900-09-30
MOsCOW~S CANNON AND BELL.

Henry Norman, in The London Chronicle.
AS a whole Moscow is like nothing but Mos
cow-a city apart, exempt from comparison
beyond description. Russian wit has said
that it is remarkable for two tnings-a cannon
which has never been fired, and a bell which
has never been toed. And these are perhaps
the two most striking single objects. On the
way through the Kremlin, which is of course
or rather was, a great fortress surrounded by
walls a mile and half long, you pass in the
arsenal yard enormous quantity Of bronze
cannon neatly disposed in groups Towering
above them is the Gear Cannon" a huge and
highly decorated piece of bright green bronze
weighing forty tons, with bore of eighteen
inches cast in 15S6. 1t is merely decorative
for a hatful of powder would blow ii to bits.
hundred yards further is colossal bell on
the ground. weighing 200 tons. While il
being raised to the tower in 1877 it broken,
and the eleven ton piece knocked out of it lies
bv its side. These cannon remind me of a sig
nificant little incident. AS everybody knows
NAPOLEON brought 800 cannon into Russia with
him. and took nine out again. OF the
mainder 365 are here together with many more
from Austria and Prussia and Italy and other
enemies In a glass frame is a brass tablet
telling this proud story. We stopped to read
it-a party of four. including a guide-when
instantly a sentry ran up with fixed bayonet
and sharply ordered to move Gatherings
in the street are not permitted in Russia. He
was Of course, an ignorant man. too Zealousy
executing orders he did not understand, but the
incident tells it's story. There is also some
thing peculiarly absurd in visitors being for
hidden to read a tablet set up in public place
to tell of Russian victories.