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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
KILLED AT BLOOMFIELD.
William M. Swift, of Mouton, Meets
Death EARLY This Morninn

William M. Swift, of Moulton, Meets
Death EARLY This Morning.
Bloomfield, Oct. 5.-(Special.) will
liam M. Swift. a young man of Moul-
ton, was instantly killed by K. C..
train in this city last night. Mr.. Swift
was brakeman on the train by which
he was killed, known as the tri-week-
ly accommodation between Bloomfield
and Keokuk
Mr.. Swift got off his train last night
to go back to flag an approaching train
and it is said sat down on the track
where he fell asleep. A friend of the
deceased, who. was on the caboose,
saw him on the track, but was unable
to awaken him. He was killed in
stantly.
The remains were taken to the home
of the deceased at Moulton where the
funeral was conducted this afternoon
at o'clock.
Mr.. Swift was son of A. M. Swift,
of Cleveland township, and besides
his parents he leaves wife to mourn
her loss. The deceased was also
brother-in-law' of VIM. Sawin, of West
Second street, who went to Moulton
this morning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
Expansion In Trade.

The rapid growth of our business
with japan in rails and machinery
during the past four years is an IN
dication of what may be accomplished
in that quarter in the future under
proper encouragement. -Four years
ago American rails were unknown in
japan, but at the present they more
than double in quantity the rails
which come from England, which up
to 1895 constituted the chief source
OF supply. 1t is believed that Amer
leans have it in their power to prac-
tically control the supply of rails and
railroad material generally with
Japan during the next decade. AS
an indication, it is cited that the
Carnegie company signed a contract
at Kobe for 5000 tons of rails at a
price of 1928 per ton under the low
est English bid. The men who man
ufacture these rails contribute to the
well being Of the farmers whose sup
plies feed and clothe them.-Hard-
ware.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

Ex-Congressman Walt Butler is can
vassing the sixth district, visiting ev-
cry town and hamlet in the interest
of Mr.. Steck. He is reviving his plan
of campaign which was so successful a
number of years ago in the fourth dis
trict when he defeated Col. j. M. Swe-
ney for congress, by making a cam
palgn thru the district on foot and tell
ing the people that his party was too
poor to provide other means of loco
motion. He is doing the same thing
now. He is telling of the many mil
lions" that the republicans are put
ting into the Iowa campaign, but he is
very quiet about the contributions of
United Iowa Democracy and the 9TH
collections which he has been MAX
ing for the democratic party at the
rate of 20 per cent per collection.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
FACT VS.. FICTION.

On Thursday evening Hon. Calvin
Manning, as chairman of the republi-
can meeting, made a statement of fact
as to the increase of bank deposits in
Ottulnwa during the past four years
that should be driven home to every
populist and free silver advocate in
the sixth congressional district. The
records show that the deposits in the
Ottumwa banks We're:
Sept. 5, 1900. .............. $2,734,2SO
Sept. 5, 1896 ............... 1851 1888
Increase in four years $500. 1,382,397
The money deposited in the banks
belongs to the people, not to the banks
and it will be seen by the above that
the amount of money possessed by the
citizens of Ottumwa, as shown by the
bank deposits, was more than double
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
A SNAKE STORY.
ottumwa Woman Finds Blue Racer
in Her Bedroom.

OttumWa Woman Finds Blue Racer
in Her Bedroom.
In the early spring is usually the
time when snake stories abound but
here is bona fide one which began it's
existence yesterday:
Mrs. w. H. Clark, of No. 223 North
Marion street had occasion to enter
the upper story of her residence yes
terday and saw what she supposed
was a mouse on the stairs. After a
time she entered one of the bedrooms
and saw blue racer snake under the
bed. Mrs. Clark marshaled two of the
neighbor women, one of whom came
over armed with a hoe. Mrs. Clark
picked up brick and thus fortified
the women assembled the stairs and
killed his snakeship, which was found
to be three feet two inches in length.
How the reptile came to get into the
house is a mystery, unless it came
in some straw which was recently
placed on an adjoining lot and instinct
telling it, the snake, that winter was
approaching, it sought the hospital
ity of the Clark home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
MILES TILDEN AT HOME.
Says Reports Circulated About Him
Were Untrue

From Fridays Daily.
Miles Tilden, who has been cam
paigning the trotting mare, Dolly A.,
for the past six weeks, returned home
yesterday. During the time ne was
gone he started Dolly in nine races,
winning seven first monies and one
second, and in only one race was I'M
placed.
Dolly A., is the property of John
Berkes and had a mark last year Of
2:31. At La Plata, Mo-, this fall she
made mile on a half-mile track in
2.19A. MI. Tilden has great conf
dence in the mare and looks for great
things from her in the future.
Mr.. Tilden called at the Courier
Office yesterday and stated that the
reports referred to in recent issue
of this paper were wrong, and a great
injustice to him. He states positively
that he settled all accounts in full
with, Mr.. Berkes, and turned the mare
over to him last week. Mr.. Tilden
says that he had the mare leased for
the year and could race at any meet
ing he considered as Offering the best
inducements. He also states that ne
kept Ottumwa parties informed
weekly as to his whereabouts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
WE COULD NOT.

"Could we, after freeing the Fill
pinos from the domination of Spain,
have left them without power to pro-
tect life or property or to perform the
international obligations essential to
an independent state? Could we have
left them in state Of anarchy and
justified ourselves in our own con-
sciences or before the tribunal of man
kind? Could we have done that
in the sight of God or man?"-Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

in September, 1900, what it was in
September 1896. Generally turnout
the country conditions, so far as ready
money is concerned, are almost equal
ly favorable.
In 1896, 9SS savings banks had on
their books the names of 5,065,49 in
dividual depositors whose aggregate
deposits were $1,907, 156,277, or an av-
erage of s376.5O for each depositor.
In 1899, 9S7 banks reported $685.
SIS depositors with S2,230,366,954 on
deposit That means an increase in
the number of depositors of more than
100000. And an increase in deposits
of $323.21O,677.
Furthermore, while the depositors
have grown in number the average de-
post has increased from $376.50, in
1896, to $392.1S, in 1899.
These are the facts, now for the fic-
ton. In his Madison Square Garden
speech, August IL, 1896, Mr.. Bryan
said;
/, Savings bank depositors know that
under gold standard there is increas-
ing danger that they will lose their
deposits because of the inability of
banks to collect their assets, and they
still further know that if the gold
standard isi to continue indefinitely
they may be compelled to withdraw
their deposits in order to pay living
expenses"
Two months later, at Youngstown,
Ohio. Mr.. Bryan said:
1--WE have arrayed against us those
who desire to lessen the volume of
money so that they can corner it more
easily"
Three days later, at Anderson, Ind
Mr.. Bryan proceeded to show b ow the
gold standard would "begga- mil
lions" Upon this occasion he said:
eff we adhere to gold standard we
will beggar millions more and double
the burden of every burden bearer in
the United States"
Notwithstanding his predictions all
proved to be false. Mr.. Bryan still in
sists that what the people of this coun-
try need is the Immediate restoration
of the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to L." Is it
to be presumed that the people of the
United States are all natural born
fools? Well, hardly. I'd
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF.
Cuba Rapidly Getting Into Shape
for the Promised Self
Government.

The work of American occupation in
Cuba may be briefly summed up as fol-
lows: Good order prevails all over the
island. The country is self-supporting,
with a much lower taxation than i'm
posed by Spain, and at the close of the
last fiscal year there was an available
balance of $2,5oo,ooo. Thirty-one hun
bred schools have been opened, $500
teachers employed and 10000 children
are in school. Seven courts having trial
by jury have been established in the
larger towns. The elections for may
ors passed off quietly and no arrests
were made. Preparations are now go
ing forward for electing delegates to a
convention whose duty will be to pre-
pare constitution and form of govern
ment for the island. The troops are be-
ing gradually withdrawn and the way
to complete Cuban independence is
being rapidly prepared. This record,
unparalleled in the history of the deal
ings of one nation with another, is evil
dence of the fact that the republican
party is a builder and supporter of re-
pnblics, and not the friend of i'm
perialism. 1t does its duty, unterrified
by the shoutings of all the organs,
Baileys and Blackburns, who would
shirk responsibility, minimize patriot
ism and refuse to guide the weaker ma
tions into the noble, self-denying path
of liberty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There Is only one
way TO ureideafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition Of the mucous lining of the
Enstachiar Tube When this tube is inham-
ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, aud when it is entirely closed deafness
is tile resuh and unless the inflammation can
be taken ont and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever;, nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh. which is nothing but an inaamed con-
dition of THE mucous surfaces.
Wewill lgve One Hundred Dollars for any
case>ofs ID aafness caused by catarrh) that can
not be cuied by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars. free.
Sold By Druggists, 75c.
Halls Aami1y Pills are the best.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
Former Views of the Tammany
Leader on Expansion.
fAVORSt"H HOLDING WHAT We HAVE
Every Patriotic American and Every
Democrat in Particular Should Fa-
vor Expansion-says is to is a
Dead Issue.

When no elections are pending such
astute politicians as Richard Croker,
the Tammany leader, will sometimes
give expression to their real views on
public questions. Mr. Croker, under
date Of January. 8, 1899. contributed a
Hgnef communication to the New
York Journal, Mr.. Hearst's New York
organ, which, by the way, is saying
nothing against expansion in this cam
paign.
Mr.. Croker's views. in part follow:
II believe in expansion; believe in hold
Ing whatever possessions we have gained
by annexation, purchase or war.
This policy is not only patriotic, but
1t Is the only safe one to pursue. Any other
policy would show weakness on the part
of the United States, and invite foreign
complications. This must be avoided;
hence our policy must be vigorous.
Every patriotic American and every
democrat in particular should favor ex-
pansion. .y
Jefferson was an expansionist, other
wise he would not have favored the ac-
QUESTION of Louisiana, with It's foreign
population, which in Jefferson's time was
quite as remote as the Philippines. In this
age of steam, and electricity, distance is
no argument against expansion.
II say by all means hold on to all that
rightfully belongs to U.S. If the great coun-
try west of the Rocky mountains was filled
with wild Indians at the present moment,
how long would 1t take us to suppress
them and make them respect our laws
and our constitution? The same thing APP
plies to the Philippines and any other
country that may fall into our hands by
the provinces of peace or war 1t is an
Insult to the American people and to our
flag even to suggest that we abandon the
people we have released from bondage, or,
what would be more disgraceful that we
sell them the highest bidder. Such a
proposition places the American people
In the same category with the Chinese.
who have neither patriotism nor a for
sign policy, and are in consequence used
as door mat by the powers of the world.
II think the 16 to question as outlined
In the Chicago platform decidedly dead
ssue. This was fully demonstrated at the
last election. We did not embody the l6
to question in our (stGte) platform, and
the result was that we elected every one
Of our congressman
Mr.. Croker is an ultra expansion
list and although he is supporting Mr..
Bryan for local reasons no doubt, the
fact still stays that he considers 16 to
I dead issue in. New York. He is
only too ready to drop it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
WILL WE HAVE HARD TIMEs7
Answer All Depends I, ON How the
Voters Cast Their Ballots
I.~r ~ in; November.

Z Whether wa shall have hard times
This fall and for four years to come
depends upon the voters. No pa triotic
publisher, business man or citizen OF
any kind wants to see hard times in
the fall or ever. Still less does anyone
who deserves the name of citizen want
20 see panic. Moreover, no public
nan of any kind. nor any citizen, will
10 anything, no matter how little, to
bring on hard times from any politi-
,al motive whatever. It would be the
oasest kind of act, unworthy of any
true man. Unluckily these business af-
fairs are sometimes beyond. the control
of any person or group of persons. The
panic of 1913 was caused not because
anybody wanted it, or tried to bring
It on, but began, and waxed more ter
'ible as time went by, in spite of the
efforts of hundreds, perhaps of thou
sand of patriotic and strong men.
To understand how season of hard
times or panic will begin is almost i'm
possible. A person, or persons, per-
haps dozen or perhaps 10000, have
felt that period of contraction and
Of stagnated business was about to
come upon them; and then the dozen
Or 10000 as, matter of self protection
must curtail their own. operations of
whatever kind. Perhaps they must
loan less, or sell less, for fear that
they cannot get their pay. That feel
ing may not be necessary, but it can
not be denied that it is natural. If
it were possible to prevent everybody
from imagining that any untoward
circumstances could happen, it might
be possible invariably to prevent a
panic, but there is no controlling the
timid. Indeed, in such matter there
is no controlling the brave. Men of
immense financial resources and of
uncommon nerve have been known to
risk their entire fortunes, seeking to
prevent financial disaster, for others
as well as themselves, and they failed
failed to do this, and failed finan-
cially.
1t is to be hoped for our own sakes, as
well as on account of numberless labor
olS anu SdPltollSlS VI Inc COuubTy,
whose interdependence upon one am
other cannot .be denied, and all of
whom depend upon a mutual conf
dence each for the advancement and
happiness of the others, that nothing
like a stringency in the money mar
ket, nothing, like curtailment of
credits, nothing Like the faintest timid-
ity ON the part of business men any
where, will be perceptible as the next
two or three months pass by. Per-
haps it may seem optimistic to give
the following advice. 1t is that every.
body, great and small, high or low,
who is charged with the making or
marring of business, shall consider in
the utmost seriousness whether he OF
she cannot 90 little towards pro-
noting that confidence which is so
necessary for continuation of good
times, by distinctly determining to
continue things political and econom-
ical as they are, and by distinctly de.
termining not to help bring about q
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
UNCLE CONSIDERS ADVICE.
Silver That Nobody Wants Piled Up
I'm the Treasury Vaults While
Gold Is in Use.

Before writing word on the sill
yer question 1 went to my Uncle Con-
slider for good advice.
Uncle" l said. ''do we really need
free silver-free coinage?"
"Need it-need free ooinage!" ex-
claimed the old man. "Why, we've got
it. This government has right to
coin all the silver it wants to, hasn't
it?"
"Yes. but suppose we need more?"
I suggested.
Need more" he repeated, slowly,
why, how much silver have we
coined?"
"Well, I see by the mint reports that
we've coined 1925 100000 worth"
"And how much gold?"
"Six hundred and twenty-six million
six hundred thousand dollars WORTH"
said.
"And where is that silver now?"
swell, said, st see by the last mint
report that s56, 443 900 is in circulation.
The people have it, but s50s 900 600 is
lying idle in the treasury"
"Five hundred million silver dollars
piled up in the treasury, you say?"
"Those are the figures, uncle"
"And how much gold is there in the
treasury?'
"About $50 1000, 900, and most of this
we have just rented from the English
at four per cent, and we've got to pay
it back"
what, no real gold at ALP" said
Uncle Consider, thoughtfully. Hiring
gold from the English, you say, just
to keep up appearances" and my
uncle got up and walked the floor.
After few minutes he stood UP,
wrung his hands and said, slowly:
eve been bimetallist all my life,
Eli, and it seems as If everybody
else has been that way, too, for we've
coined 1926, 600 worth of silver that
nobody wants. The people won't take
but s5e,ooo,oo Of 1t, while they take
$500, 100000 of gold. We can't sell it
to England for gold. It's only worth
SO cents to the dollar. anyway; and Just
to think, win all this silver rusting in
the treasury, a lot of miners and popu-
lists are yelling for more silver, and
they want the government to paw a
double price for it, too. No, Eli, I'm a
bimetallist, but know when I've had
enough. It is my deliberative opinion
that we'd better go little slow on
silver for awhile and let gold catch
up. II the people want silver very
badly, let them go to Mr.. Carlisle and
get some out Of that $500, 900 900 pile
in the treasury. The old highway
man used to blow mans brains out
and get his money, but these free coin.
ers, Eli, seem to want to blow our
brains and get our brains"
Then uncle laid down his Bible and
went on reading Mr.. Preston's mint re.
port.
l .l
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
PRESIDENTIAL ELECroR

At Large:
N.sBaidwiu, of Pottawattan,e county.
-. Ole o. Roe, of Polk county
Distri Electors:
First District-E. v. Tucker, of Louisa.
Jackson. ~
Third District-I. B. Raymond, 81 Franklin
Fourth District-c H. McNider, of cerrc
Fifth District-H. H. Rood, of Lynn.
4.S Sixth Districts. Il. Harper, of Wapello.
Marion. -
Eighth Dissatisfaction Stool1ey, of Decatur
Ninth District-P. L. Sewer, of Guthrie.
Tenth District-Thomas Wray, of Crawford
Eleventh District-George E. Bowers, of
Sioux. -
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

Prosperity keeps moving along. The
receipts of the Ottumwa. postoffice for
the six months ending September 80,
were 21,7S0.30, being an increase OF
S11a per cent, or $1,779.63 over the same
period last year. The receipts for
this six months period last year were
$20,001.3O, which was an increase of
$2,093.43 over the same period in the
previous year. The total receipts for
the six months ending Sept. 80 two
years ago were $17,9O7.S7.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

Republican workers are properly
aroused to the danger of the demo
Gratis capturing the next house OF rep:
resentatives. There is danger of this
and should Iowa elect one or more
democratic congressman this state
may have to shoulder the responsible
ity of such an outcome of the election.
Iowa should and we believe will re-
turn her solid republican delegation
to congress.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

The democrats have arranged for
two speeches in the second district by
Bourke Cochran who, four years ago,
made speeches against free silver for
the paltry pittance Of $1,000 per day.
In this connection it might be men
toned that at that time Mr.. Cochran
said in his speech in Des Moines:
"The whole free silver movement is a
conspiracy against wages" Just now
he. seems to think that the so-called
Imperialism and the rights, as he
terms them, of the insurrectionists in
the Philippine Islands are of more i'm
portance than the wages received by
our laboring men in America.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

The address by Hon. A. w. Brew.
ster, of Missouri. at the Grand opera
house last night was a splendid open
ing of the republican ean-
paign in Ottumwa. Mr.. Brew
ster is ready speaker, frequent
~ rising to flights of eloquence that
enlisted the enthusiastic attention OF
his audience. Elsewhere in this issue
we publish a careful synopsis of what
Mr.. Brewster said and we commend it
to every voter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09
ROUGH RIDER INJURED.
D. H. Shaw Thrown From Pony
and Seriously Hurt

anu oSTiouSly r1ufC.
Bloomfield, Oct. Especially ID.
Fl. Shaw, a grocer of this city, and a
member of the Bloomfield Rough
Rider club, was thrown from his horse
last evening and it is feared fatally
injured.
The club had just started to Drake
vile to attend a republican rally
Mr.. Shaw was riding a broncho, and
when but short distance from town,
the horse threw him. He fell on his
head and up to noon today had not
regained consciousness. Besides the
injuries to Mr.. Shaw's head, neck and
shoulders. it is feared that he is in.
jured internally.
Scott Mills, another member of
the local Rough Rider club, was also
thrown from his horse during che
evening, but escaped injury.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

Mr.. Bryan denies that the silver
mine owners paid him $4,000 for in
sisting on the free silver plank in the
democratic national platform. All
right, Mr.. Bryan, we will take your
word for it, and the people will also
see to it that you do not receive the
$4,000 per year for four years which
You are asking them to pay you for
insisting upon this same plank.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

change. 1t is easy to say that panic
is not likely. We pray that it is not.
It cannot be denied that the slightest
appearance of dread at great political
'or economic changes has hitherto at
times started retrograde movement
of financial devastation, which it has
been beyond the power of any man, or
any group of men, no matter how
large, to stay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

1t will be seen from this table that
during the year following September
I, 1897, the capacity of furnaces in
creased at the rate of over 1000 tons
week, the next year at $4,000 tons
week, and then in the single month
of September, 1899, it jumped 1000
tons a week. In two years time the
number of blast furnaces increased by
nearly 100. These figures are from
the statistics given by the Iron Age,
and are correct.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

What did ex-Secretary Olney do
when he was attorney general to check
the growth of trusts and monopolies?
Nothing. But he made an excuse for
doing nothing. He said, when attor-
ney general, the trusts could not be
controlled by federal laws, but that
they were under the jurisdiction OF
state laws and must be proceeded
against by state officials.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-09

The New York Staats-zeitung, says
the Germans "insist upon dollar of
any kind of money being worth 100
cents-no more and no less" Bryan
will get no votes from men holding
this view.