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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10

prietors and firm members, 1888; aver
age number of wage earners employed.
2,O95; total wages paid in 1900, 1884,,
215; miscellaneous expenses, $200,673;
cost of materials used, $7,093,06S; to-
tai value of products, s9,129,S62 There
are a number of cities in Iowa that
have more manufacturing plants than
Ottumwa, as for instance, Burlington
has $40 and Ottumwa only 160, but the
total value" of products manufactured
gives over nine millions of dollars to
Ottumwa and but five millions and
less than half, to Burlington. OF
tumwa ranks sixth in the value of
manufactured products among Iowa
cities The five cities which surpass
it are in their order, Sioux City, list;
Cedar Rapids, End; Davenport, 3rd
Dubuque, 4th; Des Moines, 5th. The
place which Des Moines occupies in
this list will be great surprise to the
public generally.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
AN INTERESTING STUDY.

The second of series of twelve
articles on Practical Politics" by
Hon. VIM. H. Hinrichsen, of Chicago,
is published in the Courier this
week. The special topic of this
article is the study of civil" govern
ment and Mr.. Hinrichsen takes the
matter up in manner that brings it
directly home to the individual citi.
zen in every community. Among the
questions asked are, who are our
public officials? What are their terms
of Office? What are their duties %
There is also careful instruction as to
the best manner of making study OF
the election laws by which our Of
ficials are elected to office. Mr.. Hin,
richsen then takes UP the question OF
political geography and suggests that
one of the first things that a student
of practical politics should become &C
quainted with, is the boundary of his
own voting precinct, it's population
and the strength of the different par
| ties represented therein. The young
man who desires to understand oul
system of government and to make
himself an influential force in the com
munity in which he resides
will find in these articles of Nh
Hinrichsen, matter of greatest inter
est and value. The old wheel horses
of the various parties will be equally
| interested with the student of poll
tics in the revelations made in these
articles as to the extent to which par
lty organization is carried in those
cities and states that are recognized
as being close in politics.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
THE PENSIONS CONSIDERED.

In this issue of the Courier will be
the report of the commissioner of pen
sions, showing that during the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1901, there were
1,041,324 pensioners, an increase of
1906, as compared with the number
of pensioners at the close of the fis-
cal year 1900 This is over 1000 in
excess of any previous years and con
stitutes high water mark lin the his
tory OF the bureau. The. additions to
the roll during the year consisted of
,225 new pensionerssand 1861 re,
storations, a total of 47,792, while the
losses to the. rolls during the, same. pc
triod from deaths and other causes,
were 1856 The report refers to not
only pension claims OF Union soldiers.
but to those of the Florida war, soldiers
and widows as well as to the claims of
soldiers of the Spanish war. The fig
ures of the latest claimants are in
some degree alarming but the figures
as to the old soldiers of the, war of
the rebellion are assuring to those
who Sbewail the enol:rnity of thai pen
Esion list and hope to see it speedily
REDUCED: The selfishness Of these peo.
lple is soon to be rewarded. The fig
lures show that the veterans OF the
l,civil war are rapidly disappearing
/ The estimates of the war department
show that while there may have been
near a million of, pensioners in 1900
1who are suryivorsSof the civil war but
in 1910 there will be but little ovel
half that number; in 1920 there; viii
be &Lut. 25l,727; in 1910 there will be
but $40 and in 1915 all will have disap
,1peared. and the bulk of the great pen
sion roll of which SO many unjustl,
complain, will disappear also.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
PHILIPPINE CONDITIONS.

Secretary of War Root has made his
nous document. The secretary says
in part:
I'VE have avoided the premature
abandonment of any power necessary
States, and at the same time have
held open to the people Of every conn
munity the opportunity to escape from
the stringency of military rule by unit
ing with us in effective measures to
bring about peaceful conditions in the
territory which they inhabit. The con.
ditions do not now permit the abandon:
ment of military government through.
out the archipelago. 1t appears that
approximately 74,152 square miles, OF
SO per cent of the estimated area OF
the islands, and 4,902,S37 people, or 70
per cent of the estimated population
of the islands, are under the civil adj
ministration; and approximately 53,701
square miles, or AZ per cent of the to-
tai area. and 2,O72,236 people or 80 per
cent of the total estimated population,
are under military administration.
"The civil service law enacted by the
Philippine commission September 49,
1900 has been put into successful and
satisfactory operation. No officer
high or low, has been appointed upon
any ones request, or upon any per.
sonal, social, or political consideration
A native police force, well differed,
can be made faithful and effective
can be trusted with arms and will be
an element of constantly increasing
value in the maintenance of order
The latest reports show little over
5000 natives employed in the various
municipal police forces and between
900 and 1000 already enlisted in the
! insular constabulary."
The secretary alludes to the tariff
regulations and their embarrassment
and yet the business of the islands
has increased during the past year
The following statistics and figures
| will be of interest to all classes O.
| readers:
THE total value of merchandise lex
elusive of army supplies) imported
during the fiscal year 1901 was $50,
279,406, as against $20,601, 436 for the
fiscal year 1900 and the total value O
merchandise exported during the ifs
cal year 1901 was $23,214,94S, az
against $19,751 ,068 for the fiscal yea
1900-an increase of Al per cent in ths
value Of imports and an increase o
1 171a per cent in the value of exports
! The imports from the Unitq States
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
THE DEADLY COKE

The cocaine habit is but little known
to the outside world except in such.
cases where the victim either dies or
, betrays the habit by some eccentrici-
.ty. that is not accounted for in the
list of sins that are attributed to alco-
hol. Cocaine is deadly in its effects
after a certain period has passed, and
this too in comparatively short time
from the beginning of the habit. 1t is
! cumulative in effect and when the
poor victim is once .enthralled, it is
almost impossible for him to break
from it's influence. These observa.
tions are prompted from the sad case
of a young negro, about twenty years
of age, who died in this city on Tues
day night in commissions produced
from the use of the deadly drug. He
colored man, prompt in the discharge
I.of his duties but during the past three
months he has been yielding more and
more to the accused habit, until he
expended all of his wages for CO.
coaine. 1t was noted of him also, that
he became cross, ill-natured and dis
posed to quarrel with those who had
been his best friends; his countenance
changed to one of desperation and
frenzy; his eyes protruded and glared
as the eyes of wild beast; finally he
70 will mr. n n
brought into shelter, where medical
relief was applied, but it was too late;
he died in great agony.
II is part of the penalty of being 8
icgio that these people are driven tt
tae use of cocoaine because negroes
;gsc not wanted in the saloons. 1t is
i ue that they are served at sucf
Places, but it is in such way that il
is unpleasant for them. They do no
5fren return and finally seek relief il
drugs that have no odor, are easil,
procured in some places, without re
gard to age, sex, color, or previous
condition of servitude. These drug
are sold for money and the sale o
sucn drugs forms a considerable par
of the trade of certain establishments
The habit is deadly, the trade is afro
c;ous; it is doing great evil to thu
people of all races, but to the coloret
people especially, because there ar
no restraints to the sale of it SO ia
as they are concerned; indeed it ii
limited that agents of the trade, can
vass the city and sell to negroes a
their houses and receive pay in dali.
installments. The drug is sold at al
enormous profit and if days sale i
lost, the trader can well afford to los
it.
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show an increase of 72.4 per cent over
the imports of 1900 and the exports to
the United States show decrease OF
u per cent from the exports of 1900.
The imports from the United Kingdom,
from Germany, from France, and from
the British East Indies have increased
in greater proportion than the i'm,
ports from the United States.
The revenues of the Philippine
government during the fiscal year 1901
amounted to $10,S17, 662.31, as against
$6,723,S52.1S during the fiscal yea1
1900. The total expenditures during
the fiscal year 1901 amounted to- S.,
1853 ,S21.6S, as against S5,21S;3Sl. IL in
1900, making an increase of revenues
of over 100000, and an increase Of
expenditures of about $1,500,000, and
a surplus of revenues over expendi
lures of $4,053, S40.63, as against sur
plus of $1,5O5, 471O6 for the preceding
year. OF course the great expendi
lures which have been undertaken fol
public works, education, insular con
stabulary, extension of the judicia
system, ETC., will rapidly dispose O
this surplus"
The secretary refers to the peaceful
processes now on foot to abolish slav
cry in the islands. This condition ha:
been tolerated but the time for it tt
end is now close at hand.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10

general-law pensions has increased
from $167.53 to $16S.67, while the av-
erage value of pensions under tie act
of June q, 1890, has decreased from
$10S.2S to s10S.09, and the average an
nual value of pensions granted on &C.
count of service in the war with Spain
has decreased from $169.10 in 1900 to
$153.50 in 1901.
The number of original applications
for pensions filed during the year was
5S,373, which number includes 14,161
on account of service in the war with
Spain.
The total number of applications for
army and navy pensions received in
the pension bureau during the year
was 218,616 of which number 1885
were applications for increase.
The number of pensioners living in
foreign countries at the close of the
year was 4,547, to whom was paid in
pensions the sum Of $641, 1876
There were also 70 pensioners resid-
| ing in our insular possessions, who
received during the year the sum of
$10,312.89.
The number of claims filed under the
act of March 3, 1901, which is an
|
vised statutes, confirming title to res
toration of pension to remarked wild
ows under conditions specified in the
act, was 3,25S. They are being adju-
Dictated as rapidly as the evidence is
furnished to complete them. 1t is not
now practicable to estimate the num-
Der of persons that will be entitled to
the benefits of this act
The number of special acts granting
pensions and increase of pensions
passed at the first session of the Fifty
sixth congress was 6S4, and the num-
Der passed at the second session was
TOT, making a total of 1891 special
acts for the congress.
A net decrease is shown in the mum
Der of pensioners for the old wars fol
service prior to March 4, 1861, of A.,
SS4; net increase in the number OF
those pensioned on account of the
war of the rebellion of 1901; in in
crease in the number pensioned or
account of the war with Spain of 1904
and 1850 pensions were granted tc
widows under the act Of June 81, 1890
or nearly $500 in excess of the mum
Der granted the previous year, the re
suit of the act of May 8, 1900, amenda
tory of the former law.
!; The total amount paid to pension
ers during the year as first payments
upon the allowance of their claims
was 1894 1884. These payments
were on account of arrears of pension
!, which are becoming smaller eacf
year by reason of the progress which
has been made in bringing the adjudi
cation of claims current, thereby les
} SEEMING the arrears" period between
date of filing the claim and the date o
it's settlement. There are, however
many claims adjudicated carrying
large sums as arrears" 675 of these
having been allowed during the year
in which the first payment averaged
near $1,000 each.
The amount paid as fees to attor
neys during the year was 1891 ,245.22
an increase of s73,S6s.90 over the pre-
: vious year. The commissioner re
5 ports that this increase was caused b.
/ the allowance of Spanish war claims
: in nearly all of which the attorney
! had filed agreements from claimant
! for a $25 fee, although most of tn
i claims required very little service o
d the part of the attorney aside iror
l. the preparation of the defamation.
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the principles to which he was so thor
oughly devoted and took little heed
OF his own chances or opportunities
fol' political advancement.
The administration could do nothing
greater in one act to commend itself
to Iowa people than in recognizing
Mr.. Clarkson and selecting him as an
important member of the cabinet. He,
although he has for years been a res
ident of another state, is still regarded
as Ret" and one whom we are all
proud to recognize as having once
been. one of the foremost citizens of a
state that will delight to receive him
back again Whenever it is his pleas.
| ufe to come.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
"RET" cLARksoN, FOR PosTMAs
TER GENERAL.

II is said that Postmaster General
Smith is to retire from the cabinet of
President Roosevelt within the pres
ent month and that his successor is to
be James S. Clarkson, of Iowa, ar pres
emit living in New York City. Mr.
Smith is said to be anxious to resume
his editorial duties on the Philadel-
phia Press. Gen. Clarkson was asked
by reporter to make a statement
concerning the matter, but refused.
1t seems certain that he has been call
ed to Washington. Mr.. Clarkson has
lived in New York a number of years
engaged in important business enter,
prises. He was at one time chair
man oil the national republican COM
mittee and is now very close to Sen
ator Thomas C. Platt, and other pow
erful leaders.
1t must not be forgotten that the
duties of Postmaster General are con
genial to Mr.. Clarkson; he was first
assistant postmaster general during
President Harrison's term. John Wan
,iamaker was postmaster general, and
q great Part of the duties incumbent
upon a postmaster general We're per
formed by Mr.. Clarkson, to the entire
satisfaction of his chief, of the Presi
,.aLt. and of the country. Mr.. Clark
I'm introduced some important i'm
ayements in the postal service dur
lls the time he held Office and assist
-, to lay the foundations of that al
s., perfect system which is in vogue
Lay.
II James S. Clarkson had remained
III Iowa. he could have been eithe
governor or United States senator
but it was never his habit to stand il
the way OF friends or of prominen
Iowa men who asnired to rank and pc
eition. FRET" was always serving Il
&he interest Of friends and promotin
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10

Iowa people will not join with the
capitol decoration commission which
recommends that four panels be paint
ed concentrating the assassination of
President Mckinley by an anarchist.
All national decorations and monu-
ments should represent the progress
of the country toward high ciyiliza-
ton. We should strive to forget the
acts that tend toward degradation.
Good taste will object to any repre-
sentation that will perpetuate the
names of Booth, Guiteau or Czolgosz.
The names of Lincoln, Garfield and
Mckinley will survive SO long as the
annals of the republic survive.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION.

President Rooseveltsi first message
abounds in epigrams but in no single
sentence of the document1uis there
more beauty offdescription and at the
same time fearful significance than
that one which refers to anarchy, in
these words:
If ever anarchy is triumphant, it's
triumph will last for but one red mo-
ment, toibe succeeded for ages by the
gloomy night of despotism."
There is a volume In the sentence.
1t is plain and requires no elaborate
explanation and yet one fingers over
it in love with it, for its picturesque
description. We can, in Imagination
see that red moment. when all govern
ments have ceased and society in a
state of chaos; no officers of the law
noclaw, no power to control the bois-
ferrous, nor to protect the innocent!
1t will surely last but moment, for
the man will appear with the hour
the Man on Horseback, who will come
to rule, and the people will gladly &C.
claim him emperor, dictator, king OF
kings and award him all the wealth
they posses if he will but give them
peacet
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
Tot Causes Night Alarm.

"One night my brothers baby was
taken wit Group" writes Mrs. j. G.
Snider, of Crittenden, KY, it seemed
it would strangle before we could get
doctor, so we gave it DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief and
permanently cured it, We always keep
it in Inc house to protect our children
from Group and whooping cough. 1t
cured me of a chronic bronchial trou-
BILE that no other remedy could re-
lieve." Infallible for coughs, colds,
throat and lung troubles, SOC and ST..
Trial bottles free at Clark & Molli-
sons.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
THE TARIFF AND RECIPROCITY.

The present tariff that has given
such excellent results-Prosperity and
wide employment of labor where there
had been prior to its adoption, hard
times and little remuneration to labor
is to be attacked in the present con-
gress and in the house of its friends.
Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin,
mistakes the true meaning of recipro-
city as declared for by Mckinley and
by President Roosevelt, and il his the
cries were carried out there would be
little left of the protective features of
the Dingley tariff; but all these would
be lost in the reciprocity measures
that are now being pressed upon the
country, some of them by men who
have never been friendly to the doc
trine of protection.
The real question that confronts the
or capital desire than is presented in
the conditions as they are today? La
! Dor has good wages and capital is
earning good returns. Who will haz-
ard this pleasant situation in order
/ to establish new system that may
bring disaster? We are sure of the
prosperity as conditions arc now; we
imperil the interests of both labor and
capital if we try a new scheme; in
/ 10 mn q
old device, under new name.
This does not imply that we should
/ ignore the reciprocity measures so ia
vorably endorsed by the late lamented
President, Mr.. Mckinley, and by the
present President, Mr.. Roosevelt;
neither do we forget that the best fea-
lures of reciprocity were brought into
publicity and public favor by that
great American, James G. Blaine. The
reciprocity that Blaine, Mckinley and
Roosevelt advocated in public
speeches never for one moment lost
sight4of that feature of protection thai
guaranteed to the American laborel
, anu u the AMERICAN manufacturer
the difference between the wages of q
European workingman and the wages
that should go to the workingman OF
America, in order that he may live il
the way and manner of an enlighten
ed American freeman without coming
in competition with the ignorance ant
the half enslaved condition of the Eu
ropean laborer.
The friends of protection SHOULD
write every line of measure that pro
), poses reciprocity and the true friends
of protection in congress will know
fun well how to vote when sucl
measures are presented.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-10
Beware of ointments for catarrh That
&tgta; Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the whole
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except ON prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage they viii
do is ten fold to the good you can possi-
bly, derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, o.. contains no mercury, and
is taken internally. acting directly upon
ten. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in.
ternaly, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by f..
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price T5c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best
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Rock Rapids Reporter: Local agents
report that never before have their
trains carried SO many passengers as
now.
Schaller Herald: Farmers are near
ly all done picking corn. A few be-
lated ones are still at it, but will close
up the work soon.
Sheldon Mail: M. c. Anterior, of
Lake Park, bought the Weisenmire
quarter section Friday for the nice
sum of $12,55O, $77.50 per acre. Thus
O'Brien county farms are becoming
like gold mines.
Orange City Herald: Kalamazoo in
its palmiest days never produced such
celery as Orange City growers have
raised this year. The plants are not
SO large, perhaps. but they are abso-
lutely stringless and very tender.
Parkersburg Eclipse: Merchants
and dealers in heavy clothing report
trade very light in this class of goods
so far this fall owing to the warm
weather. While it is hard on the
business man everyone else is enjoy
ing the perfect weather we have been
blessed with this month.
Gilmore City Globe: Fifty cents a
bushel has been offered in this mark
ct for new corn, and it is predicted
that the 60-cent mark will be reached
before another crop is grown. Those
who are able to hold onto their corn
will receive a record breaking price
for it next summer. Those who are
Obliged to sell now are not kicking on
the present prices
Ringgold Record: 1t is now said to
be quite stylish for girls to wear their
hats over their right ear 1t doesn't
really make so much difference how a
girl gets her hat on, but you can gen
orally tell what's in boys head by
the way he wears his hat.
-:--
Alton Democrat: Henry Sauer says
he has discovered the best cornshuck
er in seventeen states. He picked ur
young man on the streets of Alton
not long ago and asked him il he
could shuck corn. The young man re
piled: Most fellows shuck corn with
their mouths. / don't. When ! gel
out into the field I'll show you if car
shuck corn Henry took him out and
set him to work with 14-foot Wagon
box SO inches deep. The kid had g
felon on the middle finger of his lef,
hand, but he shucked for six days an6
avc..e ~ ..,9's a day. He says
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IOWA MANUFACTURERS.

y Census bulletin No. ia, just publish
ed by the United States census depart
ment has been received, and shows
some interesting facts and figures.
From it We learn that Ottumwa has
$50 manufacturing establishments
small and great; that the capital EN-,
ployed is $3,403,921. Number of pro.
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The, President in his first message
says the following as to the Indian:
"in my judgment the time has arriv-
ed when we should definitely make
up our minds to recognize the Indian
as an individual and not as member
of a tribe
This is the presidential expression
and it differs somewhat from the
thought of Theodore Roosevelt on
more than one a occasion, when he
would carefully raise his head above
the top of hillH and look over on the
sky line and there see body of gen
tlemen without hats, advancing rapid
ly toward him. Then it was that The
odore Roosevelt made up his mind tc
recognize the Indian as not only al
individual but the member of a tribe
or any other thing that was uncom
Portable.