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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
ODD FELLOWS IN 1902.
Des Mones Secures Sovereign Grand
Lodge Session,

IodSS SCSSiOHs
Des Moines, Sept. 24.-The fact that
Des Moines has been selected as the
place of meeting for the Sovereign
Grand Lodge in 1902 means that this
city has secured another one of the
largest gatherings in the country. The
Sovereign Grand Lodge. l. o. o. F.
meets every year, and the attendance
numbers more than 1000 delegates.
Added to this there are hundreds Of
leading Odd Fellows from all parts of
the country who attend the meetings
and make their headquarters in the
convention city during the session of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
The meeting of Odd Fellows will be
the largest meeting of members of 81
fraternal order ever held in the state
of Iowa. 1t is expected that the ca
pacity of the Auditorium will be taxed
to accommodate the delegates. The
Odd Fellows spare no expense to make
this meeting one of the greatest fra
ternal gatherings in the world. Odd
Fellowship has now extended to all
parts of the globe, and an Odd Eel
lows lodge can be found in almost eY-
cry hamlet in the United States.
The victory of the Des Moines con-
tingent at Indianapolis will be recely-
ed as glad tidings by Odd Fellows all
over Iowa, and hundreds will be able
to come to the next Sovereign lodge at
Des Moines who have never been able
to attend the session in eastern cities.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
RULES ON SPECIAL ELECTION.
Attorney General Decides Vacancies
Must be Filled on Separate Dates.

Must be Filled on Separate Dates.
Des Moines, Sept. 3O-Attorney GEN
eral Mullen has rendered an opinion in
a peculiar case, but one which will
have general interest throughout the
state as respecting the holding of spec
ial town and city elections. The in
quiry came to him from w. F. Harri-
man, city attorney of New Hampton,
where a special election was called to
fill vacancies in the city officials, and
the date was fixed the same as the
general election in November to save
expense. The attorney general holds
that vacancies in city offices can not
be filled that way; that there must be
special election; that it cannot be
held as part of the general election
for state officers, because of the fact
mat qualifications for electors in cit
les and towns differ slightly from the
qualifications for electors of the state,
and if the municipal election was allow
ed as part of the general election
there would be confusion as to the
qualification of electors. There is no
direct law on the subject, but by in,
ference it is rendered impossible to
have the two kinds of elections at one
and the same time. The election may
be on the same day, but there would
have to be different election officers
and ballot boxes. There are number
of towns in the state where the same
thing has been done as at New Hamp-
ton and the special municipal cleo
lions will have to be called again.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
AN IOWA CITY SCANDAL.
Prominent Business Man Sued for AL.
legged Assaults on Stenoarapher.

Iowa City, Sept. BON. f. Price, of
Iowa City, church member, Sunday
school superintendent, manager of a
manufacturing jewelry house operating
in every state in the union and the is
lands Of the sea, vice president of the
Republican Printing company, and as
sociate editor Of the Iowa City Daily
Republican. possessor of an inestima-
Bile wife and a lovely family of chill
dren, forgot all these things and sew
eral others in his mad passion for his
pretty stenographer if the charges fl
ed against him are true. M. F. Price
has moved in the best society. of the
city and university, and the filing Of
a suit for $4,000 damages for two
assaults said to be committed upon Miss
Davis by Price during business hours
while she was in his employ has Great
ed a sensation in Iowa City which has
set everybody agog Miss Davis is a
beautiful young woman of respectable
parentage, who, though poor and COM
PEELED to earn her living, has always
moved in good society in Iowa City
She has been the pretty stenographer
OF M! F. Price, manager of the w. f.
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feel the Indignation within the ranks
of his own party and was alarmed. 1t
is only question now whether the
state convention or the candidate for
governor correctly represents the DEM
ocratic party in Iowa on the silver
question.
Mr.. Cummins then turned to the
main questions of which his own ad-
dress treats and his efforts for fully
two hours were roundly applauded.
Senator Blanchard introduced the
speaker and Major Lacey and other
distinguished citizens were on the
platform.
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/ by Robert Howard Russell.

cause anybody that bate him might
as well so down an be measured Fl
his ball an chain. A rale high class
chess player, without room FIR amy
thing else in his head, cud close his
eyes an pua tn drinks on Napoleon
Bonyparte in three moves. Did we
iver hear iv Grant woarin' amy med
ais FIR hundred yard dash? Did
annywan liver tell We iy tn number iv
base hits made be Abraham Lincoln?
Is there amy record iv George WASH
nton dom a turn on a thrapeze or
Thomas Jefferson gettin' TIL money FIR
THROWN hammer?
I'm me younger days twas not con-
sidhered rayspictable FIR to be an ath-
lete. An athlete was always a man
that was not sthrong enough f'r wor.
ruk. Fractions dhruv him firm school
an TIL vagrancy laws dhruv him to
baseball. We used to go out to tn
ball game to see him sweat an throw
pap bottles at tn empire but none iv
his family was liver proud iv him ex-
cept Lis younger brother. A good seat
on tn bleachers, bottle handy FIR
neefaryous decision at first base an a
buEo ~ SlaShSl-JdCh WdO dS ldl do ttSI
got tow'rd bein' spoortin' charac-
ter an look at me now. Ye can't have
ye'er strength an use it too, Hinnissy.
l gredge tn power I waste in walkin
upstairs or putin on me Specs"
But tits good FIR tn women" said
Mr.. Hennessy.
"Is it, faith?" said Mr.. Dooley.
well, it may be, but it's no good FIR
tn woman FIR tn men. I don't know
anything that cud be more democrat
lin thin to be married to woman
that cud give me sthroke a shtick
at goluf. 'Tis goin' to be tn room iv
family life. Twill break up the happy
home. I'm a man. we'll say, that's
down town firm tn arly mornin' bend
in over a ledger an tryin' to thrap a
dollar or two to keep tn landlord firm
tn dure. 1 dispise athleets. I see
that all tn men that have a metallic
rattle WIN they get on movin'
sthreet car, are pounds overweight an
wud blow up if they logged around tn
corner. Well, came home at night
an no matther how I've been Here.
you'd all day, feel in me heart that
I'm tn big thing there. What makes
me feel that way, says We? IT'S TIL
sinse iv physical superiority. Me
wife is smarter thin I am She's had
nawthin' to do all day but tn house
work an putin n tn coal an study
in how sh can make me do som etnin'
I don't want to do that wud want to
do if she didn't want me to do it.
She's thrained to TIL minyit in havin'
her own way. Her minds clearer.
mine bein' full iv bills iv ladin': she
can talk betther an r.ore frequent:
she can throw me family in me face
an whin har-rd put to it, her starry
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the work age at IA years. One state
hes the work age as low as ten years.
and one gives the work age at from 10
to is years. The average work age Of
these twenty states is 1345 wears.
would not be understood as advocat-
ing the prohibition of all child labor
denying to stout boy the privilege of
work in case he is the sole support or
partly SO OF a widowed mother or or
phaned brothers and sisters of young
age. Those having charge of children
and desiring that they should be en-
ployed as above should make a show
ing before the labor commissioner OF
the necessity of this particular child
being employed at ramuneratiye Ia
Dor. The labor commissioner would
then issue permit allowing this child
to be regularly emnloyed and nendine
this references to tho labor commits.
sioner l would hermit tho emnlovmeni
of the child It is true we have a Law
which prohibits the emnloyment ar
children under - wears in mines I
believe this prohibition should extend
to all children hut the ago shonld ,a
| IA years instead of -
The prohibition of child labor would
increase school attendance and de-
crease illiteracy. The following show.
ing the illiteracy. has been obtained
from the Office of the superintendent
of public instruction. Nebraska, IS
Kansas, 30: Oregon z. Washing+on
81: Idaho. as. Oklahoma Az iowa
1875. This emphasizes strongly HE
need of this regulation from The view
noint of the aesirablity of The better
diffusion Of general infellieenee
] would compel all factories TO have
doors openine out for the safety ~
II the operators in case of Are
would prohibit eates IN stairvavs
or elsewhere. because heIseve they
| are veritable death trans
would insist On automatic elevate,
guards or gates in eyary insta,,ee +,
order to guard against the renetifior i,
of the TOO frenuent elevate. oncil1e,,ts
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eyes can CLEAN with tears that think
ARE grief, but she knows different.
An / give in. But I've won, just TIL
same. FIR down in me heart I'm say
in; 'Susette, if were not a gintleman
that would scorn to smash a lady,
they'd be but wan endin' to this fra
cas-. TIL right to tn pint iv tn jaw,
Susette.' / may niver use it, dye
mind. We may go on Twin together
an me losin' battle ivry day FIR fifty
year. But I always know it's there
an the knowledge makes me proud
an naughty man. feel me arm as
go out to lock tn wodshed again an
I say to mesilf: oh. woman, if
liver cut lose that awful right An
she knows it too. If she didn't, she
wudden's waste her tears. TIL since
iv her physical infeeryority makes her
weep. She must weep or she must
fight. Most amy woman wud rather
do battle tain cry but they know it's
no use.
"But now how is it? go home at
night an I'm met at tn dure be a
female joynt. Me wife's tn champeeg
lady golufess in tn Ivy Leaf GoIut
club; TIL finest oarslady on tn canali
tinnis player that none can raysiss
without injury. She can ride horst
an / cudden't stay on a merry-go'
round without clothespins. She can
box good welter weight an she's
got medals FIR tn broad jump. TIL
on'y Sports she isn't good at is cook
in an washin'. This large lady. lit
tie peevish because she's off her
dhrive, meets me at tn dure an be-
gins issuin' ordhers befure l have me
shoes off. 'Tis just tn same as if
was back on tn hoist. She doesn't
argy, she doesn't weep. She JUS
says Say you an I'm off on tn bound.
! look her over an say l to mesilf:
What's tn good? cudden't cross
that guard an me reign is ended. I'm
back to tn ranks is tn prolitory.
1T won't do, Hinnissy. It's blow
at good govermint Twill disrupt TIL
home. Our fathers was fright They
didn't risk their lives an limbs be
marryin' these female Sharkeys. What
they wanted was a lady that they's
find settin at home whin they arriv-
ed tired firm tn chase, that played tn
harp to thin an got their wampum
away firm thin more like church
fair thin like safe blower In tn mex
eighty or ninety years if I make up
me mind to lave this boistherous life
an settle down, tn lady that I'll ray
quist to double me rent an divide me
borrovln' capacity will wear no medals
f'r a. 4letic sports. FIR Hinnissy, Pm
AFRAID l cud not love woman I might
lose fight to-"
II see be tn pa-aper," said Mr.. Hin
messy, eth athletic girl is goin' out,
whativer that means"
She had to- said Mr.. Dooley, "or
we wud''
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1T2S


Were gettin' to be tn greatest
spoortin' nation in tn wurruld," said
Mr.. Hennessy, who had been laboring
through pages of athletic intelligence
which he could not understand.
"Oh, so we ar-re," said Mr.. Dooley.
can I wondher does it do US amy
good. 'Tis Imported firm tn Eng
lish. They have sayin' over there
that tn look iv Wellington said first
or somebody said FIR him an that's
been said a number iv times since,
that tn battle iv Waterloo was won
on tn playin' fields iv Elton, that be-
in a school where tn youth iv Eng
land an Pittsburg is STINT FIR iddyca-
ton. 1t was not. TIL battle iv Water
loo was won on tn potato fields iv
Wexford an tn bog patches Nv Con-
mock, that's where twas won. The
Fr'rinch ARE good fightin' people
an Fr-rinchman cudden't hit a gol-
uf ball with a scoop shovel. The
Germans is hardy race an they
thrain on Wesphalyan ham an Bood.
weiser an tn on'y exercise they have
is howlin' at sangerfest. TIL Roosh-
vans is a tur-rble crowd an they get
their strength by standin' on tn cor
ner askin' if We have amy OF clothes
ye'd like 10 sell or be matchin' ko.
pecks FIR tn vodkies. Are we amy
batther, tell me. f'r bein' tn high tin
mis- experts, tn enterprisin' rowsmen,
TIL champeen yachters iv tn worruld
thin we We're whin we were on'y tn
champion puddlers, mixers, plough
ers an SEWN machine agents? Why
is England losin' her supremacy, Hin
Missy? Because Englishmen get
down to their jobs at ilivin o'clock fig
urin a, golf scoor on their cuffs, an
lave at quarther to twelve on BIZ
cycle. We bate them because twas
tn habit iv our joynts iv commerce
f'r to be up with tn cock an down to
tn damper befure tn cashier come;
an in his Office all day long in his
shirt sleeves an settin' on tn safe
till tn last man had gone. Now, if
We call up wan iv these captains iv
industhree at wan o'clock iv a Sat
urdah afternoon, tn Office boy an
swers tn tillyphone. TIL Titan iv
Commerce is out in set iv green an
blue knee breeches, batin a hole in a
sand pile an cur-rsin' tn evil fate
that made him millyionaire whin
nature intinded him FIR u goluf cham
peen. Ye can't keep ye'er eye on tn
ball an on tn money at tn same
time. Ye've got to be wan thing or
another in this wurruld I niver knew
a good card player or great sports
man that cud do so much iv amy
thing else. This used to tell me that
Napoleon Bonyparte. tn impror iv tn
Frinch, was champeen chess player
but Hogan says he was only good be-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
cuMMINs VS.. PHILLIPS.
Republican Candidate Answers Demo-
cratic Leader.

Oskaloosa, Sept. SOTO an audience
that packed the opera house to the
doors, and which - tended out through
the entrance into the streets, Mr. Cum
minis, delivered here the closing
speech of the first week of the cam
paign The feature of Mr.. Cummins'
address was his references to the pub
lished statement of acceptance of MI
Phillips, the democratic candidate for
governor. Referring to Mr.. Phillips
personally Mr.. Cummins said he was
doubtless a good man, but he added
that his notions of political affairs
would strike the people as remarkably
strange. notwithstanding he is the
candidate of party that adopted a
platform after a contest of unpreced-
ented fierceness, and platform which
he is expected to defend. He goes
forth and proclaims his alarm at the
action of his own convention, and like
the railway officials. Mr.. Phillips has
discovered that it is unsafe to stand
on the platform while the train is in
motion.
Mr.. Cummins denied the truth of
Mr.. Phillips statement that the CON
test should be confined to state issues.
but agreed with him in the startling
assertion that the silver question
should be laid aside. 1t should be laid
aside this year and every other year.
and the republicans will join with a
large portion of the party to which Mr.
Phillips looks for support in putting
not only the free silver heresy but all
the other ISLANDERS of the Kansas City
platform aside forever. Further than
his remuneration of the platform and
his claim that national issues should
be eliminated even though two Unit
ed States senators are to be elected
this year.
Mr.. Cummins said the Phillips letter
contained nothing with which any per.
son could reasonably take issue, it was
plain that Mr.. Phillips could sec and
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ARM CUT OFF.
Railroad Man Has Serious Accident at
OeIWein.

Oelwein, Sept. 26.-John Kennedy,
an unmarried young man about %
years of age, had his arm cut off by
an engine in the round house here. At
the time of the accident he was work
ing under a dead" engine, with his
hand across the rail and in front of
huge drive wheel. The round house
hostler backed live engine down
against the dead one moving it just
enough to catch Kennedy's arm under
the driver, almost seyering the hand
from the body. He was taken to the
Patterson hospital, where he is rest
ing as easy as could be expected.
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POULTRY MEN TO MEET.
ottumwa Man is Secured to Do the
Scoring.

Des Moines, Sept. 3O.-The Iowa
State Poultry association will convene
in this city during the week beginning
December %. For this meeting great
preparations are now being made. 1t
is expected that it will be one of the
best and largest poultry shows that
has ever been seen in the west.
The scoring will be done by the
score card system. G. H. Shellabarg.
er and w. S. Russell, two of the most
prominent judges of poultry in the
United States, have been secured to do
the judging.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
VOTE FOR WATERWoRks.
osceoIa Citizens Will Have Protection
Against Fire.

Osceola, Sept. 3O.-(Special. 1.-The
citizens of Osceola are going
to have a system of water
works. For many years Osceola
has been in great need of better fire
protection. Time after time has the
question been voted upon and each
time turned down. But last Friday it
carried by vote of S65 for to SIS
against granting a franchise to W. M.
Peatman of Centerville to put in a
system and levying five mill tax to
pay out on same. Work will COM
mence at once and probably be com.
pleted by January 1, 1902.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03
F OR INSPE CTlON
Commissioner Wennerstrum Be-
lieves Time Has Arrived.
SUBMITS REPORT ON THE MATTER
Tells the Board of Control of Condi-
tons in Labor Field as He Has
Found Them After TWO Years In.
vestigation.

Labor Commissioner Wennerstrum
believes the time has come for factory
inspection in Iowa. This belief is the
result of two years of careful lnspec-
ton by the commissioner and is en-
bodied in report which he has sub
mitted to the state board of control.
This report in part is as follows:
Effective factory inspection must
carry with it authority TO direct the
correction of those abuses that menace
life and limb, as well as the health of
the working people. Unfortunately our
state does not invest the factory in
spector with this authority and it IS
my purpose to call attention to these
abuses in order that public sentiment
may be directed and shaped as it mas
long been in many states, toward Il
policy of wholesome regulation M
deed | am firmly convinced that the
better class of factory proprietors
would welcome the most rigid inspec-
ton, while the other class who disregard
all decelcies and appliances for the
welfare OF their employees, should be
taught that the state is able and viii
ling to look after the interests af the
humblcst Of its citizens.
undertaken under authority of section
24T2 of the code of 1897. where it pro-
yides that the commissioner of the bu-
reau of labor statistics shall have the
power to enter any factory or work
shop in accordance with the provis-
ions Of that section of the code.
In Three Lines,
Tb ,n.,not;op oo,+on,nJotad +hroe
distinct lines of investigation, which
are sanitation fire escapes and machin-
cry. The conditions disclosed by the
Investigations We're startling to say the
least. Nearly thlrty-seyen per cent of
the establishments visited were with
out decent water closets or even places
wherein men could properly attend to
| their physical needs. found in one
| city an establishment where forty wo-
men and twenty-three men We're en-
| pioyed at the time of inspection and
only one water closet in use, state
OF affairs which / believe inimical to
good morals and conducive to mucn
embarrassment. This particular case
was aggravated by the fact that the
proprietor tried to palliate the offense
by saying that they were only like a
large family. In another place the en-
ployer Of ITO men told me he had not
visited the mems closets for year
previous, but promised to remedy con-
ditions that were intolerable. An en-
ployer of $50 men, when informed that
his men had complained to me and had
asserted that they would not and could
not use the closets available on account
of their filth, replied that he would
hereafter provide decent water clos
ties for, said he, cannot afford to have
my men in distress purely for selfish
reasons. This gave me cue and there
after | pleaded for decency and COM
! fort for the men. from the standpoint
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HE HANGED HIMSELF.
w. c. Meyer, a Respected Citizen of
Panora, Suicides by Hanqinu.

Panora, Ia, Sept 9O.-W. c. Meyer,
a respected citizen of this place, sui
cided by hanging himself at his farm
home adjoining town Mr.. Meyer was
formerly principal of the Anita public
schools and county superintendent of
Cass county schools for. four years.
Later he was the principal of the grad
ed schools at Linden, Dallas county.
For the past few weeks his mind seem
ed to be deranged over unimportant
matters, but no grave fears were en-
tertained for his welfare. He leaves a
wife and two small children.
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it is not known just how it occurred.
The man lived about an hour and for
ty minutes after the occurrence but
he was unable to give any information
concerning the accident or its cause.
He spoke few sentences and then
power of speech failed him.
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GOLD DEMOCRATS ARE SORE.
Will Contribute Very Little This Year
to Campaign Fund.

Sioux City, Sept. 25.-Sioux City
democrats of the sound money stripe
are disposed to pass up" the party
entirely this year, and leave it to the
fate of what they call the populist
wing, which insisted on putting free
silver in the platform again this year.
Circular letters received by them from
the state committee asking for cam
paign fund contributions are being re-
ceived with cold Indifference, and now
and then with sarcastic remonstrance.
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OFFER MADE FOR CONVENTION.
invited to Hold Next State Convention
in Des Moines.

Des Moines, Sept. 3O.-At a meet
ing of the Des Moines Implement and
Vehicle Dealers club held in the club
rooms of the Kirkwood steps Were TAX
en- looking to securing the annual con-
vention of the Iowa Implement Deal
ers' association for Des Moines this
winter.
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CLEVELAND AT IOWA CITY.
Effort to Get Him to Deliver an Adj
dress.

Iowa City, Sept. 30.-The regents OF
the State university have planned to
have Grover Cleveland speak at Iowa
City on Washington's birthday, Febru-
airy %, 1902 This will be the date of
the dedication of the new collegiate
building. 1t will be marked by elab-
crate obseryances. The members of
the general assembly, which will then
be in session, will be invited and ex-
President Cleveland will be requested
to make the principal address.
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LEAVES PHILLIPS OUT.
Montezuma Editor Will Not Print
Democratic Candidates Name.

Montezuma, Sept. %. = Yesterdays
issue of the Montezuma Democrat con-
tains the names of the democratic
state ticket at the head of its editorial
column with exception of the name of
T. J. Phillips, of Ottumwa, democratic
candidate for governor. Underneath
the ticket the editor prints an expla-
nation in which he takes occasion to
make personal attack on the Ottum-
wa man.