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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-05

city will disappear when actually en-
countered. 1t has been suggested that
there are some countries that can Of
fer us nothing or comparatively moth
ing in the way of a return for certain
trade relations that we may extend to
England proper or Great Britain, in
Guiding Ireland and Scotland, has very
little to offer in exchange for a trade
courtesy from the United States. This
is true and yet every year Great Brit
ain becomes more and more depend
ent upon America for the very bread
and meat upon which the inhabitants
live. 1t is true that they are well able
to pay for such articles at present, but
this state of things cannot always ex-
list. A country in order to be indie
pendent, either financially or other
wise, must produce in value greater
amount of products than it consumes
of foreign goods. England is in a
state of peril through the decay of ag-
riculture; there is not enough food pro-
ducts raised in Great Britain, to feed
its inhabitants and today the people
lea for the bread and meat they eat.
These observations refer only to Great
Britain proper and has no application
to the colonies which are busily engag
ed in taking care of themselves. The
empire cannot too long trust to the
loyalty of it's colonies in commercial
way nor to sentimental friendship
with the United States. The great
race to which Englishmen belong, will
dominate the greater part of the worlC
for centuries but this does not imply
that the British empire shall have any
great part in that domination. The col
onies of Great Britain are growing tt
such importance that they, instead O.
the mother country are to be consult
ed for the future. The problem o
reciprocity and expansion of trad,
rests upon broad foundation that il
not affected by minor points. If En-
gland be not able to respond to tn
fair proposition of the United State
for fair trade, that is England's mis-
fortune and is no fault of the system
nor need it affect the great colonie
of Englishmen in other parts of tn
world who have something to offer TO
: that which we have to sell.
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Important Railroad Center.

The Importance of Charlton as a
railroad center is daily. becoming
more and more apparent as the nu-
merous changes that revert to it's ad-
vantage are noted. Almost every
week from one to twenty families of
railroaders are brought to Charlton
from other points. From this
fact, together with the boom
supposed to be given by the es-
tablishment OF the coal town
northeast of here, the citizens expect
to see substantial growth in few
years. Some idea of the railroad bus
mess may be gained from the follow
ing statistics. There are living here
fourteen engineers whose salaries aV-
erage SIPS per month. Fifteen fire,
men averaging $50 per month; II
conductors averaging 800; "a brake.
men, fagmen and etc, with agents
assistants, yardsmen and other EN-
ployes makes total of about 200 mer
whose average payroll will amount tc
$4,000 per month.
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AFTER MANY YEARS.
Family of Defautins Iowa Treasurer
to Join Him.

Muscatine, Oct. Especially y
Chester L. Rowe, the defaulting Powe.
shiek county treasurer who sought
safety and seclusion in Mexico after
his complications came to light, is at
last to be Joined by his family. His
old home was near Atalissa in Musca-
tine county where he married and here
his wife and two children, Ralph and
Elsie, have resided since his disap-
pearance. After many vicissitudes Of
fortune in that country the husband
and father has finally sent for them
to come to him and now as fast as
cars will carry them they are speed
ing to the city of Mexico where he
will meet them and take them to
home in town to the south where
they will be the only American family
and the only ones speaking the En-.
glish language.
Chef Rowe was long the subject of
international complications between
( the United States and Mexico and
when finally it was found he could
not be extradited he was tried and
convicted under the Mexican law for
taking stolen funds to the country for
the purpose of escaping prosecution.
He was placed in a Mexican prison
and about year ago was discharged.
He has never returned to this country
but set about making plans by which
he could take his family to that place.
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AS TO PEARL BUTTONS.

The pearl button factories of Musca-
tine are compelled to cut down produc-
llon on account of scarcity of labor,
which is not specially skilled in that
line but is an art easily acquired. In
this connection it may be of public in
terest to know that the matter of pearl
button factories at Ottumwa has been
canvassed to some extent and examin'
ations of the mussel shells of the Des
Moines river made. 1t is to be re
GREETED that so far, the mussel shells
necessary for making pearl buttons
has not yet been discovered in this
locality. The best button shell is
black on the outside, somewhat rough
| in appearance, and is clear white IN
the interior. The beautiful rides
cent shells are worthless for button
purposes; they break readily and &c
into fragments. 1t is barely possible
that the big, rough, black shell may
vet be found in large quantities in the
Des Moines river and this would solve
the problem. 1t would give us buttor
factories, but the probabilities are
that no such shells exist in quantities
sufficient for manufacturing purposes
A few of them may be found in al
most any sand bar or mud bank bu
they are very few as compared to thu
demands of button factory.
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AROUND THE CIRCLE.

The confederate veteran has a pow
er of presence, little grotesque at
times, but always Enthusiastically self
assertive One evening immediately
after the reunion in Memphis this
summer, an old soldier hobbled from
the train to the door of the waiting
room under the car shed at Atlanta.
One leg was bowed and the other
was made OUT from the knee with
phenomenally straight peg" He
ers denoting various degrees of i'm
portance. There was hilariously
red flush on each grizzled cheek, and
a general suggestion of enthusiasm
about them which might have termin,
ated in the rebel yell" then and there
had he not sighted a Yankee drummer
who appeared to be outrageously OBJ
livious of his presence. He stumped
| fiercely across the intervening space
and, being seated, stretched out his
hickory peg" and his old warped win
ter leg side by side, he thus addressed
the unconscious object of his wrath:
q walked all the way from Rich
mond in the spring of IS a-looking
this way"
Immediately aroused to the delicacy
of the situation, the travelling mar
bent gaze of admiration upon the
legs of the veteran and murmured 6
comment in which diplomacy and com
passion blended. There was a mo
ment of forgiving silence; then the
old soldier lifted a pair of warm leer
ing eyes to the strangers face ant
asked eraciouSly:
"Whose division was you pa in, mis-
ter?" and upon hearing the reply eX
claimed: 1--WE fit them fellows in tn
Wilderness and there's where | lei
that other leg of mine!"
The drummer removed his ha
clasped the veterans hand; there wa
an exchange of winks and the tw
went out arm in arm to celebrate" al
: other reunion" This is the confet
crate veteran after nearly forty year,
He is open to admiration, and ha
reached that stage of milk and KIM
ness where he can forgive even nj
1 enemies.
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He Kept His Leo.

Twelve years ago j. w. Sullivan, OF
Hartford, Conn.,, scratched his leg with
a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he
suffered intensely. Then the best doc
tors urged amputation. but" he
writes, ~ used one bottle of Electric
Bitters and 1A boxes of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve and my leg was sound and
well as ever" For eruptions, eczema,
letter. salt rheum, sores and all blood
disorders Electric Bitters has no rival
on earth. Try them. Clark & Molli-
son will guarantee satisfaction or re-
fund the money. Only SO cents.
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HAVE STRUCK COAL
A Company in Which Ottumwans
Are Interested in Luck.
WILL FOUND TOWN; NAME IT HAVEN
Is in Honor of William Haven, of OF.
tunnwa, Who is Connected With the
Company-other News From Chari.
ton and points in Lucas County.

Charlton, Nov. 1.-The long ex-
pected and much talked of mining
town for Lucas county, three and one
half miles northeast of Charlton now
seems almost a certainty. The Inland
Coal company of this place who have
been at work for the past few months
sinking a trial shaft have struck a
vein of coal of sufficient depth to as
sure its profitable working. This
shaft was at first an experiment and
having prospected in every direction
from the shaft they decided to sink
it and ascertain if the mines could be
work to advantage. They were COM
PEELED to go about fifteen feet further
than they expected but on Tuesday
they run the drill down from the bot
tom of the shaft which was then two
hundred and thirty-fve feet deep and
drilled through the vein of coal. On
Wednesday evening they went clear
through the coal which proved to be
of an excellent quality and seven and
one-half feet thick with fine slate
roof over it and samples were brought
! to town. In order to work if probably
! it will be necessary to organize a
town which will probably be called
Haven after the general manager OF
! the company, VIM. Haven, of Ottum,
wa. Work will be begun on the new
town in the spring and stub railroad
will probably be run from the c., B
& @. tracks to the mines. The com
pany have three shifts of men al
work day and night and the air shaft
will be sunk at once and the work
pushed as rapidly as possible to allow
of hosting of coal before spring ii
possible. Mr.. Haven is proud of the
prospects of the company and the sit
uation of the shaft which he says has
struck the coal at the lowest poin
making a natural drainage for the
mines. The main shaft which has
been sunk is by IL feet and will ad
NIT of two cages being worked to ad
vantage when completed. The new
mine is expected to create boom TO
Charlton and all the citizens rejoice
with the company over their excellen
prospects.
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Abba where he was at work, has Sc
cured position as assistant baker in
Harry Yost's restaurant aad already
entered upon his duties.
Andy Stevens, who has been work
ing for Johnson & Bert is laid off for
a few days suffering with severe at
tack of stomach trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Conner have re-
turned from Bethlehem where they
have been in attendance at a protract-
ed meeting held by the Rev. b. F.
Hall of Lehigh, an old schoolmate OF
Mr. Connors.
W. l.. Frogart who has been in the
furniture business here for the past
year is packing his stock of goods
preparatory to moving them to Knox
vile where they will be consolidated
with his sons stock at that place. Mr..
Fruggart's health is failing and he
could not attend to the business here.
He expects to leave in short time
for Wyoming and the western states
in hopes that the change may benefit
him.
Mrs. A. R. Becker has returned
from few days visit with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Kirby, of
4 Humeston. She had been there help
ing them pack their household goods
4 and making arrangements for moving
to Western Nebraska where Mr.. Kirby
has rented 5000 acre rancho and
where the family will make their flu
ture home, Mr.. Kirby going into the
cattle business.
Mrs. H. l.. Shelleday and daughter,
Saphroni, have returned from short
visit with relatives and friends in Luz
cas-.
! Mrs. Lydia Temple who has been
i'll for the past few weeks is now so
far recovered as to be able to be
around at her work once more.
/ Ralph Domis has resigned his posi-
ton as messenger boy for the West
ern Union Telegraph company of this
place.
visiting his son in Creston this week.
i Manuel Foster, of English township
who has been in Creston having his
eyes treated for cataract has return
ed to his home and 1t is thought that
he will be able to see better when the
treatment is completed. He will have
to return to Creston in a few days for
i the completion of the operation.
1 Mrs. Glen Marker is suffering very
severely from burns inflicted in a Pc
culiar manner She was canning fruit
when the jar broke and threw the hot
fruit in her face. Her face, neck and
hands were very badly scalded and
she may loose the sight of her eyes
; from the effects of the accident, a
large quantity of the hot fruit going
into them.
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)OOOOOOOOOOOOOO OCOOOOOCf
EDITORIALS BY THE
PEOPLE.
Anarchism and the Free School.
BY j. NJ. McElrON.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Ii press reports are correct the MS
cradle man, whose baleful life ended
in the electric chair at Auburn, was
wholly illiterate. 1t seems that he
never attended school of any kind,
and never attended any church. Born
in America and growing up in re-
gion where the very best OF public
schools are maintained at public eX-
pense, he grew to manhood in dense
ignorance. The schoolToom was with
in sight of his home. There was va
cant desk ready for him, and skillful
and kindly teacher awaiting him but
he failed to come. He never read the
Bible or the constitution of the United
States or the newspaper, for he could
not. His dark mind was occupied by
hereditary antipathy against Polish
tyranny and cruelty from which ances-
tors had fled. That dark mind afford,
ed congenial soil for the seeds OF
anarchy, unreason and violence. What
are our public schools for if not for
| the instruction of those who need it:
If teaching the children is so i'm
| portant as to warrant the very large
expense of maintaining our school,
system. why should parents who are
ignorant or careless or vicious be al
lowed to neglect the school and allow
their children to run wild, day ant
night on the streets?
To require the boys and girls to at
tend school would be far less expense
than to send them to the reform
school or to prison, or to the electric
chair.
The great mass of our people neec
no compulsion, but on those who d'
need it l would lay the. strong hant
of authority. would say to parents
These boys and girls must not grow
up untaught. If there is privat
school or church school that please
you send them there, but they mus
attend school. If you do not want t.
be sent back to Poland, or disfranchis
ed, or fined, or imprisoned you mus
have your children attend school.
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{ IOWA PREss COMMENT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ooooooooooooo oOOooooooocoI
Booker T. Westinghouse is not
a matter of concern in the north
whether President Roosevelt treated
Booker T. Washington as sociai
equal or not Booker Washington Is
Intellectually strong man. He is the
most conspicuous man of his race IN
the United States at the present time.
No man in the world is doing as intel
ligent and able work in behalf of the
people of his blood. The negroes OF
the south belong to the great body OF
the American people, they are entltl-
ed to the protection of the laws OF
the United States, and in any and all
events they are to be reckoned with
in formulating and applying the poll
cies of the government. Booker Wash
ington has shown himself man Of
broad ideas, capable of rising above
narrow prejudice in considering the
long line of history dealing with the
enslavement, persecution and unnum-
bered wrongs of which his people
have been conspicuous victims. Book
er Washington is devoting his life to
educational work among his people.
He is plain with them in pointing out
that the only road onto larger liberty
and better opportunity is through in
dividual qualification for honest and
intelligent care of themselves. He is
seeking to lead them into the way of
industrial independence and into ex-
allied appreciation of moral RESPONSE
bility AS to conditions with which
Booker Washington is dealing at Tus-
kegee and everywhere throughout the
country where the influence of his in
tellect, life and teaching extends no
man in the country is his eqlal as an
adviser. He is not seeking to elimi.
nate southern prejudice by means OF
physical force. He is not uniformed
touching the weakness of the colored
people of the south. He is not I'M
generous in his estimate of what men
holding even bitter prejudice against
the relations Of the slave period or in
the time since. The dispassionate
, calmness of his mind is proof of his
, greatness. Men of brains delight tc
: listen to his plans and to his rich
/ philosophy, for few men are more
, popular, prejudice aside, in public
speech. 1t is not beneath the presi
dent of the United States to learn O.
| such man. The whole south is the
richer for Booker T. Washington.-
Sioux City Journal.
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SAVE THE TREES.

Those who have lived on the North
Side for several years, and on the
hills, have noted with regret how the
heights on the South Side beyond the
town have been denuded of trees, I'M
til now, there are only a few scatter
ing growths that appear on the sky
line. The view from North to South
Ottumwa, is therefore not nearly sc
beautiful as in former years. 1t may
be urged that the land thus cleared
of trees is yielding crops, but this is
a short-sighted policy. The crops that
are raised on the South Side hills vii
never make anyone rich, and arr
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-05
ADOPT BYLAWS.
DonneIson Camp, Sons of Veterans
Held an Interesting Meeting.
[From Fridays DailyJ

tFrom Fridays Daily.J
Donnelson camp No. 80, Sons of
Veterans, held very interesting and
instructive meeting last evening in the
Office of DR.. M. Bannister, the first
sergeant of the camp The bylaws
for the new camp were read the sec
ond time and approved. They pro,
vide for the camp to meet every sec
ond and fourth Thursday of each
month. Captain Dysart, with whom
the securing of hall had been left,
reported that on invitation from the
G. A. R. he had decided to engage the
same hall as the post. the Woodman
hall, corner Second and Court streets.
The post meets on the second Thurs,
day of each month but there are two
rooms that can be used and the Sons
will occupy the smaller one.
1t was also decided to accept the
invitation of the post to participate
in the camp fire which will be given
Thanksgiving night in the quarters
and Captain Dysart was made chair
man of committee to be appointed By
him to assist in any arrangements that
may be necessary for the Sons to OBJ
serve. The question of dues was dis
cussed extensively and it was decided
that vigorous effort should be made
to get all dues collected up as prompt
ly as possible. the report for thi'
quarter is due and the dues have no
all been paid. All members will b.
urged to remit promptly. At presen
Donnelson camp is the strongest il
the state and the members desire tina
it shall have that record continued.
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Jurors Return,

F. G. Larimer, C. H. Palmer, l. A.
Fain and H. F. Brown, of Lucas county
have returned from Creston where
they were in attendance as jurors in
the term of Federal court just closed.
They report but very little business
for the grand jury and a great deal
less for the trial pury. Chas. F. Frye,
the man who passed the two dollar
bill which had been saised to twenty
dollars plead guilty and was given
500 fine and 60 days in Jail while
James Hall the man who was supposed
to have been connected with him in
the crime was exonorated by the
grand pury.
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Heavy Rain Falls.

This section was visited by heavy
down pour of rain on Wednesday night
or Thursday morning 1t rained for
nearly an hour and half in regu-
lar torrents and about an inch OF
water fell. The ground which was
very dry could not drink up the mois-
ture fast enough and it stood in large
puddles along the roads. The rain will
be greatly appreciated by the farmers
though it came too late to do any good
to crops it will probably make some
water for stock and drinking purposes
which was becoming very low, many
wells having failed entirely and 9th
ers being very low.
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a man the rigut to invite whom he
sees fit to eat at his own table. We
see that the president of Yale college
has done the same thing that the Pres
ident did, when he invited Mr.. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Washington to dine with
MIN. The President is man truly
brave, brave at the head of the rough
riders and brave at home. There are
men who would face a shower of
mimic balls, who would vince and
cover under public opinion, and would
not have the courage to do the right
thing on that account. The south has
not yet learned the Golden Rule. The
President had Mr. Washington dine
with him and he still lives, and he is
the same gentleman that he was when
he placed his life in jeopardy in The
service of the government. XAH.
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Other Happenings.

Wednesday was the fifth anniver-
sary of the birth of little Louise Hultz
and her mother celebrated the event
by inviting in few Of her young
friends to an afternoon tea. The lit
tie ones enjoyed the days pleasure
immensely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Williamson
of Lincoln township are rejoicing over
the arrival of a fine nine pound girl al
their home Wednesday evening.
Chester Barger who has been spend
ing the summer with his uncle, w. w
Wilson, of Benton township, returned
to his home in West Plains on Wed
nesday.
Emery Farlow, who recently re
turned to his home in Charlton from
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1t is suggested that the Filipinos
are to be reduced to subJectlon
through good roads so that our troops
may readily traverse any and all parts
of the island without delay. This is
splendid policy but would it not be
well for us to build good roads in the
United States, so that we may as 1t
were, get our hands in, and thus be
able to build good roads in the Asiat-
ic islands.
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scracely enough to feed the inhabitants
certainly not enough to feed them in
the manner their modern tastes de-
mand. The lands, however, on the
heights are growing more valuable
each year and the more trees upon
the lands the more valuable the lands.
If the trees are all to be cut down now
the lands will not be brought into a
good market until the newly planted
trees take the place of the more beau
tiful forest varieties.
Save the trees! They make the
lands valuable.
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NIGHT MAIL DISPATCH.
Exceptional Facilities Enjoyed by
the Ottumwa Public.

the OttumWa Public.
Notice to the public:-Mail will be
collected from the following street
letter boxes at IL o'clock p. m. at the
same time the last collection is made
from the mail boxes that are attach
ed to the street cars:
Two boxes corner Market and Sec
ond streets
Two boxes corner Market and Main
streets.
Box at 223 ;.&et Main street.
Box cone Main and Green streets.
Box in lobby of Ballingall hotel.
Box at lit East Main street
Box at 100 East Main street.
Box at corner Main and Court
streets.
Box at corner Court and Second
streets.
Mail deposited in any of the above
boxes or in any box attached to 9
street car during the evening, in any
part of the city wherever the car may
be, will be collected in time for dis
patch on the new fast mail train go
ing east at 1:05 a. m. which reaches
Chicago about z a. M; also in time
for dispatch on fast mail train going
west at 1852 a. m.
This arrangement practically gives
the entire city facilities for dispatch
Of mail on the night fast mail trains
both east and west, without the ne
cessity of making a trip to the post
office. a. w. Lee, Postmaster.