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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29

forward face downward, straight across
the threshold of the door. his head fall.
ing almost at the feet of Bertha and
Mrs. Martin.
"Oh, mamma, mammal" cried the
startled girl. What shall we dog"
Send for the police, I suppose, an6
have the poor fellow removed to a hos
pital," Mrs. Martin returned, In mat
ter-of-fact tone. Either he is crazy OF
! suffering from the delirium of fever
Even in this quiet street., it is a wonder
that he hasn't collected a crowd about
him before now. The kindest thing tina,
can be done for him is to give him III
charge at once"
"No, no! entreat of you, mamma
don't do that!" Bertha Martin cried out
in imploring tones. II am sure now l,
is he, and fate has sent him here. ON
mamma, help me to raise him and take
him in, and then let me so for doc
tori
Are you going crazy, my child?" ex'
claimed Mrs. Martin.
| "No; but I think I shall If you re-
fuse me-" Bertha answered. passionate
ly as she knelt beside the prostrate f1g-
ure and tried to raise it. "Oh, do help
/
me- mamma?"
Mrs. Martin stopped over the young
man, and together they raised him and
drew him along the hall toward the par
lor.
| He was not insensible, and he &C
companied them under the compelling
influence of Bertha's strong will, which
he seemed to feel. although neither
hearing or understanding word that
| was spoken.
Mrs. Martin and Bertha led him to
lounge on which he sank the moment
they withdrew their hold upon him;
and without giving her mother time to
object, Bertha fled from the room,
pausing moment at the door to call
back that she was going for a physl-
clan who lived but few yards away.
Mrs. Martin looked after her daugh-
ter with a look of almost comic des-
pair.
What has come over the girl?" she
said, aloud. Zone might almost think
her uncle's malady had transferred it
self to her."
Then she directed her attention to the
mysterious cause of her daughters in
explicable behavior.
He was sitting motionless as statue
on the lounge where he had dropped
down; his hands, lightly clasped, fell
listlessly before him; his head was
sunk upon his breast, and his eyes, evil
IDENTIFY seeing nothing, gazed straight
out before him.
"Poor young man! How handsome ne
must be when he is we'll" thought Mrs.
Martin. "And how very i'll he must
be! Good heavens-if it should be some
contagious fever! What madness of mt
to listen to Bertha's folly! 1t may not
be too late yeti"
And, starting up she approached the
window to look for a policeman. AS
she did so, she heard the loud and PEN
etrating voice of newsboy calling an
extra in the street, and the familiar
name caught her attention for a mo-
n1ent, causing her to forget what she
had risen for.
Horrible murder of the rich million
aire, Philip Grayson-full particulars"
That name seemed potent to attract
the attention Of the other occupant OF
the room, too. He started to his feet,
look of bright intelligence in his face
for an instant, and in that instant Mrs.
Martin recognized him.
"Philip Grayson!" he said. "Her hus-
band-aha! Dead-dead-dead!"
"So!" murmured Kate Martin. Il
know you now, Shirley Austin-and
Philip Grayson's murderer!'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
SWEPT BY TORNADO.

Two Men Killed and Much Property
Destroyed.
Ell Reno, Okla, Aug. %. - A heavy
wind and rain storm swept through
Anadarko about p. m. All the larger
buildings in process of construction
were blown down and large number
of tents and smaller houses were de-
molished. Two persons were killed
and many injured. The full extent of
the damage will not be known until
daylight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
horticulture.

II took the manuscript Of my old
Oak Tree down to that irritable edit
orr
"What did he say?"
advised me to cut 1t down. I
thought he was making jokes at my ex-
pense, and told him he didn't know his
business
"What happened them"
There was storm, and you could
see the leaves of my old Oak Tree
strewn from the sanctum to the street."
Chicago News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
An Incorrigible Soak.

"You are in rags, and the saloonkeep-
er wears diamonds urged the temper
ance advocate. Don't you see that
you are helping him and hurting your
self? Don't you see that he has all the
advantage?"
"Yees," replied the weary one doubt
fully; 81 see the advantage all right"
"Good!" said the temperance advo-
cate. "And now what is it?''
HE gets his drinks at the wholesale
price."-Chicago Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
The Sweet Things Way.

removing feck of dust from a young
mans coat said the observant man.
you may rest assured that she is his.
and she wants everyone to know it,
Eyes. and after marriage" remarked
the Benedick, "she removes the dust
from his clothes unostentatiously, to
prove his is ers.'-Philadelphia Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
TERRIBLE FIRE RAGING.
Railroad SnOwshcds and Other
Property Destroyed.

Property Destroyed.
Truckee, Cal, Aug. pa terrible fire
is raging in the snowsheds this side of
the summit. The Lakeview station
has been burned and at last accounts
$500 feet Of snowsheds We're destroyed,
and the fire is yet uncontrolled. Fire
trains from Summit and Truckee are
trying to check IT'S progress, but a
strong wind is blowing and all efforts
have been in vain. Train No. /, west
bound, is at Tunnel No. 13. Train loads
of rails ties and section men will be
sent out to repair the track as soon as
the flames are subdued.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
Thouxhtles. Woma n q.

Mr.. Krusty-Well, it's too late now.
Why didn't you come to my Office when
you were down town to-day and tell me
all this?
Mrs. Krusty-Why, I didn't think to
stop at your Office.
Mr.. Krusty-That's just like you. II
you would only stop to think occa SION
ally, perhaps you would have thought
to stop.-Philadelphia Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29

TITS astonishing, Jim Bangs, that you
don't know enough to come home be-
fore daylight! Why can't you initiate
the mcon?"
"Whn's matter wiz moon?"
why. the moon knows enough to
drop out of sight when It's full."-Bos-
ton Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
Infntuntton for !, no,~

Cincinnati, Aug. 90. Because She
loved Dodo. female Italian grey
hound, dearer than any living being
on earth. and because she believed the
animal did not care for her, DR.. Sarah
V. Croft committed suicide last night.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
Injured In IA Col,,.,o,

Iron Mountain. Mich, Aug. 23.-Ed.
ward Manning, aged twenty-five and
single, II fireman on the st. Paul rond
was badly hurt at Dina, on the On
tonagon branch In n collision between
'Aas!n1: .---jna. ~ VII rccpyer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
Extinguished. Though.

Nell-You. surely, don't think Jenk
ms wife pretty?
Bel!e-Certainly not.
but you told May Sewers that she
was just lovely
"That was because May was an old
flame Of Jenkins '-Philadelphia Rec,
ord
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-08-29
KILLED by THUNDER.

NcrvOusnex. In n Storm Resulted I'M
Death of Child.
Philadelphia, Aug. 23.-The thunder
is believed to be responsible for the
death of seven-year-old Eleanor john
ston, who lived in Germantown. Dur
ing the storm Eleanor showed signs of
nervousness. Each crash of thunder
caused her to tremble. Suddenly she
became unconscious. And all efforts tn
revive her failed. She died shortly at
terward
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The Presidents message was sent to
congress Tuesday and the Courier pre-
sents the message to its readers in
shape that will, We believe, be greatly
appreciated by all. There is presented
first comprehensive summary Of the
entire message, occupying about two
columns. This summary enables
even the most hurried reader to obtain
an intelligent idea of all the recon-
mendations made by President Roose.
welt in the line of new legislation. In
connection with this summary the
Courier publishes the message in
full and the document occupies
about two and a half pages. The mes
sage is printed under appropriate sub
heads, rendering it easy for the reade
to pick out any particular subject al
to which he may want to know all tina
the President has to say. The entir
message is an exceedingly able docu
nent and will well repay careful read
ing by every intelligent citizen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

storm and darkness, and made the
perilous journey across the railroad
bridge, which has been told in every
part of the world. The darkness was
so great that she could not seen her
hand before her face. The wind eX-
tinguished the light of her lantern.
To keep from being blown from the
trestle. she had to crawl on her hands
and knees on the slippery bridge a
large part OF the way. She finally
reached the other side, exhausted and
nearly fainting.
She did not give up, however, until
she had reached the station and told
her story and guided rescuers back to
the broken trestle. Miss Shelly was
handsomely rewarded by the North
western road, and still lives with her
mother in the little home she then oc
cupied Her father died a few years
ago With the money she received
from the railroad company Miss Shell
ly spent some time at Simpson col
lege, and she has been the sole sup
port of the family ever since.
The Kate Shelly bridge has been re-
placed by another, recently built,some
distance from the scene of the famous
incident, but this next structure-the
highest and longest double-track
bridge in the worlds still known as
the Kate Shelly bridge.
She was sixteen years of age at the
time of the accident, which makes her
now about thirty-siX. For the past
year or two she has been in rather
poor health. Her duties as file clerk
of one of the houses of legislature
would be TO keep complete file of all
senate and house bills, together with
senate and house journals on the
desks of each member,and in the press
galleries.
Miss Shelly's intention at first was
to apply for the position of paper fold
er, but learning that this position was
abolished by the Twenty-sixth general
assembly, her friends advised her to
try for the position of file clerk. Her
candidacy will be pushed actively, not
only by Miss Shelly herself, but by
many legislators who feel that her
election in this capacity would be a
nice compliment for the state to pay
to its celebrated heroine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
MRS. m,klNLEYs LIFE VOID.

The period of Mrs. McKinley's
mourning is also the period of her mel
ancholy. 1t becomes daily more and
more apparent that all her ambition
and her hope lie buried with her la
mented husband in West Lawn Gene
terry at Canton. The cruel bullet of
the assassin has entered the heart ev-
en- more certainly than 1t did the body
of the stricken chief or the nation.
To Mrs. Mckinley life is now but a
void. She expressed to Dr. Manches-
ter, the pastor and loving friend of the
McKinleys shortly after the martyred
Presidents funeral, desire to die and
Join her husband This desire is still
present. She talks but little to her
friends, but sits at home and spends
much time weeping. as she thinks OF
him who was for many years her stay
and comforter.
Mrs. Mckinley is constantly attend
ed by her sister, Mrs. M. G. Barber,
who has given up her usual home du-
| ties and devotes all her time and en-
| ergy to making life as pleasant as pos
sible for the stricken one. The world
but little knows with what love and
sacrifice this attention is given by
Mrs. Barber
The day after the President was
| laid in the vault in West Lawn cemetery
Mrs. Mckinley was driven to the tomb
was allowed to enter and to remain
for short time beside the casket con-
tanning her beloved dead. This visit
was repeated daily. In order to make
the stay as comfortable as possible for
her, rocking chair was placed in the
vault beside the casket and a rug was
over the floor to prevent dampness
from causing Mrs. Mckinley any Ill
Ieffects. Friends have at last prevailed
upon her not to enter the vault. and
her visits now are to the tomb and to
the family lot, where rest the ashes
of her children.
Callers on Mrs. Mckinley are but
few as she is so Respondent that ev'
, en- her most intimate friends have fail
ed to bring back any degree of cneel
to her. Her pleasures, if she has any
are in the past, and mayhap in think
ing of the future, when her spirit
shall commune with that of her hus
: band. To her life, indeed. is but ar
: empty dream. How long she will sur
: vive, of course, no one knows, but
Cantonians who know her and her sur
:, roundings best can not but think thai
+ the soothsayer who said she would no
: live more than one year after her hus
: bands death was probably right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Governor Shaw is in receipt of a let
ter from Ex-Governor Francis, presi-
dent of the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition, suggesting that December 20 be
observed as Louisiana Purchase Flag
Day. This is the anniversary of the
actual transfer of title by France to
the United States. Governor Shaw
is in hearty sympathy with the move
ment, and requests that the American
flag be displayed from all public build
ings, state, county and municipal, in
honor of this historic event, which has
proven to be Of such value to the world,
as we'll as to the nation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

Moore not to run the same. Phillips
seems to have taken that view of the
omission.
At any rate when the election was
over and Phillips had heard the result,
he seemed to have looked about for
a cause for the landslide. He was
not long in finding it, Bob Moore
had not mentioned his name in his
paper during the campaign. Phillips
was not slow in answering the insult.
He did what any man of independence
would have done.
He stopped his paper.
Not only did he do that but he dld
what others have done.
He wrote letter.
The contents are not especially IN
teresting, but the ending was thus;
Yours truly, NIT,
1T. j. PHILLIPS.'
What awful significance there is IL
the word nit" But when it comes
off typewriter in capitals, 1t
doubly expressive. Moore took tht
letter and discussed it. He also dis
cussed Phillips, and ended by sayln$
he was statesman OF the Cato Sell:
order.
And then Phillips gave Moore
kicking. There are some things
man can stand, and there are some
things he should not be called upoa
to bear.-Clinton Herald.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
A CRITICAL PERIOD IN THE LIFE
OF A REPUBLIC.

The Union soldiers are rapidly de-
creasing in number. Col. Ainsworth,
of the war department, has made an
estimate of the increasing rapidity
with which the old soldiers will dis
appear after the year 1900:
In 1900 there were 999,939 survi-
vors; in 1905 there will be S20,6S7
survivors; in 1910 there will be 626,231
survivors; in 1920 there will be 251,-
727 survivors; in 1880 there will be
81 ,O33 survivors; in 1910 there will be
$40 survivors; in 1916 there will be 0
survivors.
1t will be seen by the above table,
which is formed on computations
made from a scientific basis, that
within the next twenty five years
there will be very few of the vo!un-
teers living and they will be lettering
old men, who will be looked upon as
relics of a war memorable in the his
tory of the world that was fought to
maintain the integrity of republic
an form Of government.
On Thanksgiving evening the
Grand Army of the Republic of this
city met and held a reception, giving
special invitations to the Sons of Vet
Grams and to all those who having
either been in Iowa and witnessed the
struggle or whose friends participated
in the battles that resulted in giving
peace to the republic. 1t was large
audience and it was noticeable that
there were more there who had not
passed through the years of the war
| 1861 to 1S65-than there We're of those
who could give personal testimony.
This was evident of two things: That
! the people of the war period are pass
ing away and that there is a crafty.
/ ing interest still manifested in all that
pertains to the heroic period Of the re.
public.
1t would be mournful evidence of the
decadence of patriotism, if the senti
ment were otherwise. 1t was such a
crisis as had never come to the eXpe
fence of any nation under the sun!
The violent secession of seven states
of a volunteer union, based upon the
, idea of popular government and dec
, laration of war against all who op
, posed the breaking up of that govern
, ment Slavery was the ostensible
! cause of secession, but deep below
{ this, was a lingering and inherited
/ love for the old forms of government
0 that recognized caste, class and he
y reditary privileges, The union hat
y been formed on the basis of equa
S rights to all; special privileges t,
e none; this theory of government a
0 opposed to absolutism, had endure,
J. less than one hundred years-a mer
O incident in. the life of nations Al
kinds of government had been trie
o thoroughly, except the system of fire
e government, and this was to be abal
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05

doned after less than a century of
trial, if the plans of secession were
to succeed. This was the stupendous
issue that confronted the men of
1850, and the way they met and
dealt with the problem, will stand in
the worlds history as the most sub
lime effort ever made in behalf Of hui
man progress.
1t was representative of these men
these heroes, who met on Thanks
giving night-they and their children,
and their grandchildren and there was
communion of spirit among these
men that was tender, and far beyond
the power of description or even of
intelligent appreciation outside the
ranks of the army.
There is a gratifying degree Of rev.
erence paid to these old soldiers and
yet all do not realize what would have
! been the results had they been less
patriotic Had the union been broken
ceding states, they themselves could
not have accomplished their ideas of
supreme and absolute independence
the seeding states would have been
compelled to surrender a part of their
! freedom to European monarchies for
/ the guarantee of protection which
would not have been fulfilled. The
end of all such strifes would have
been a struggle Of petty states and ri
val confederacies, and in such strug
gle the people would surely have LOST
their liberties.
The old soldiers of the civil war &C
complished work that will live il
the succeeding eyes; the southern
people already recognize that the de
struction of the doctrine of secession
was the best thing that could have
happened to the southern states. Thu
triumph of the union cause Therefore
has guaranteed to the south a full ant
, free participation in all the victorie
of the war for the union, and the mos
highly favored citizen of the Unite
, States has no rights superior to thos
> of the lowliest citizen. The men Q
/ 1S6165, made the sacrifices that uni
, ed the country and secured the gual
S antees of peace that have made on
f country so great and SO gloriou!
t Those of us who were not old enoug
S to give might ami strength to that av
I full struggle of the centuries, should b
e glad to give honor to the veterans VIII
h shed their blood for the cause OF til
uninn
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
THE LATEST FROM KANSAS.

Down in Kansas, where schemes
grow in fertile minds quite as readily
as big crops in the fertile soil, some
genius has brought forth plan to
send the price of wheat sky-high by
curtailing the production. The plan
is the apparently very simple one Of
getting all the farmers in the great
southwestern wheat raising belt to
sign an agreement not to raise any
wheat next year. incidentally, it may
be remarked, the person who fathers
the scheme reaps his reward from the
fact that each farmer is supposed tc
pay one dollar for the privilege of alb
staining from sowing his land tc
wheat.
OF course the plan is chimerical TIC
an absurd degree. P. B. Weare, the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
GREAT RAILROAD PROJECTS.

The European newspapers are ex-
plotting the possibilities of an Asiatic
American railway made almost posi-
be already by the Russian railroad
from ST. Petersburg to Vladivostock
provided there be some practical way
established for safe and regular
crossing of the Behring Straits, and
afterward an easy way or some kind
q a way of travers;ng the great eX-
1 panse that lies between the Straits
and the American shore and thence on
through vast inhospitable region to
safe grounds.
A railroad of this kind, if practical
Bile, would be of great value to two
continents, but there are grave doubts
as to whether it could be made prac-
ticable. The value of railroads con.
sists not only in the ability to trans,
port or carry products from one coun-
try to the other, but each mile through
which railroad traverses should con
tribute something above expenses, be
it ever so small. to pay for the costs
OF the road There are great eXpanses
of country along a proposed Siberian
railway that would not pay dollar a
mile. Indeed there are scarcely any
products. The country through which
such road would pass, produces moth,
ing. 1t cannot contribute to the rail
roads earnings, because the country
produces nothing of value to the out
side world.
There are, however, great railroad
projects that are practical, outside OF
deadly Arctic influences and are sure
to win great success The United
States railroads have reached the ulti
mate east and west; they can go nc
farther in either direction, east OF
west There are not many hundreds
of miles to go northward, but there
are thousands of miles to the south
ward The practicability of railroad
from Mexico to Argentina connecting
New York with Buenos Ayres will et
feet profound commercial and politica
Z changes for the better. The Unlte'
States will surely reach Patagonia b.
rail and will aid such a grand endeaT
or. The United States can afford t
wait for direct railroad connection wit
Asia by the way of the Behring Straits