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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

THE decision of the Supreme court
in the insular cases is like the Missouri
harrow of the late Judge Sample Orr
it will work either was.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

An onuce o. prevention i worth =
pound 81 cure, aud bottle 81 BAL
LARD's HOREHOUND SYRUP used
In time Is worth q stan Of physicians
with drug store or two included.
Price, - aud 50 cents NJ Scott Il Go.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

THE candidacy of Senator Fairchild
OF Indiana, for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination in 1904 was formally
announced Tuesday.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

GENERAL SHoEMAN, a prominent
Boer leader, was killed ut Pretoria by
the explosion Of a lyddite shell, which
he was keeping rs curio.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

MANY an American lawyer will be
brave enough to say that the decision
OF the Supreme conrt IN the insular
cases was political rather than judicial.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

ALL the Volunteer troops in the
philippines will return and be muster
ed out by July |. Three regiments are
on the high seas homewars bound.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

THE Beers are like shoemaker in
this; They cut into the sides of the
British, keep pegging away and ham
suer them to the last.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01
RLAcKFooT. IDAHO, JUNE i. 1919.

A CHICAGO woman declares she was
deceived into marrying man with a
wooden leg. She Is suing Tor divorce.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

Blank notes al News once.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01

Entered at the postottice at BlacSfoot. Idaho,
ar transmission as second class mail matter
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-06-01
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION /:

Advertising rates furnished 90 applscatton.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
DOOM OF THE DOLLAR.
Director of the Mint Says it Is Not
a Popular Coin.

Washington, Jan 24.-Director Rob-
erts of the mint has sounded the doom
of the silver dollar. He said it never
had been popular coin, that there was
no demand for it and that it was des-
tined to pass permanently out of ex-
istence as part Of United States
money On the other hand, he said,
there is demand for subsidiary coins,
dimes, quarters and halves, which is
increasing SO fast that the mint at
present cannot keep pace with it.
The government1is now coming the
smallest amount of silver dollars al
lowed by law, 100000 month. The
bullion for them is taken from the
vast store of 1t purchased before the
repeal of the Sherman act in 1898,
about 100000 ounces, or enough for
$85 100000, remaining on hand.
| Director Roberts favors the plan of
at once and forever stopping the coin
| age of silver dollars and of using the
bullion on hand for subsidiary coin.
"The country is taking about $5,000,-
| 900 a MONTH" he said, 'of these coins,
and with the coinage of dollars stop
| ped we could soon catch up to the
demand for fractional currency!
| who would regret the disappear
ance of the dollar from daily use? No
body. Persons who offer you silver
dollar in change nowadays excuse
themselves, and the offer of six eight
or ten silver dollars in change is re-
garded almost as an insult.
There are about 500,000,000 silver
dollars now in circulation, and the
only plan suggested for getting them
out of existence is to recon them into
halves. quarters and dimes after the
65,000,000 ounces of bullion now on
hand is all used for that purpose"
A bill has been introduced embody
ing the views expressed by Director
Roberts, and he has spoken in com
mittee in support of it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
ALLEGED sWlNDLE.
An ottumwa Bank Notified to Look
Out For Il,

The Ottumwa National bank has re-
ceived circular letter from the
Bankers Protective Agency, safe
guard operated under the direction
of the Pinkerton Detective agency,
stating that man and woman, repre-
senting themselves to be husband and
wife, and who are as clever forgers
as there are in the cuountry, are
planning campaign against Iowa
banks. The letter contains photo
graph of the pair and the various
aliases under which they work The
methods used by them are so cleverly
constructed and the business like
manner in which they operate make
their detection difficult 1t is said
forger, and that his accomplice, the
woman, cashed the checks or forged
instruments. The plan described in
the circular is similar to the one used
by Mrs, Ida Hubbard who it is alleg-
ed vlctimized the Capital City Bank
and the Home Savings Bank of East
Des Moines and who is now under ar
rest awaiting trial for the offence.
The officers believed at the time of
Mrs. Hnbbard's arrest that she had
an accomplice and that the alleged
forgeries committed and the deep
er schemes laid, were concocted by
some man whom the police are yet
trying to locate The detectives have
been working on the case for several
weeks, and altho they have not yet
cleared up the case to their own sat
isfaction. yet they feel that they are
on the right track and will eventually
round up the gang. The description
of the persons mentioned in the cir
GUAR however do not tally with that
of Mrs. Hubbard and her accomplice,
and it was the fact that different de-
scriptions have been obtained from
various places that have been feeced
in almost the same manner, which led
the officers to believe there is a band
working under the direction of a lead
en- 1t is not improbable, however,
that in the case Of Mrs. Hubbard
that the man who is supposed to have
been connected with the affair may
have sought to avoid the detectives
by getting rid of this woman and secur-
/ inc a new companion in the crime.
| The banks are not the only pray Of
| these conspirators as they often pass
| their forged cheeks upon merchants,
| ice and coal dealers and business
| houses in the outskirts of town. OF
! tunwa banks and business men have
| never been more careful in watching
for forgers than they are today, and
with the forewarning of the smooth
/ couple by the Pinkertons, they will
/, not be apt to be taken in
| i. . i t. 4
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
NO INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.
Revenue Decision Which is of Interest
to Tobacconists.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. has handed down decision which
facturers of Ottumwa. 1t has been
feared by many of them that the sales
of stamps as reported monthly by the
local collector of internal revenue,
would have the effect of disclosing the
amount of business transacted by
them. The gist of the recent decision
touching upon this subject is that col
lectors may furnish for publication
monthly statements of the aggregate
receipts from sale of stamps for to-
bacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes
but any information that would dis
close the business done by, or the val
ue of stamps issued to any individual
manufacturer must be withheld.
The following letter from Commits
sioner T. W. Yerkes to district col
lector is self explanatory:
The Tobacco Leaf Publishing COM
pany, of New York City, has notified
this office that you have informed the
company that you cannot, under Cir
cular No. 5S3, furnish them for publ
cation a monthly statement of the val
ne of cigar stamps, cigarette stamps,
and manufactured tobacco and snuff
stamps issued to manufacturers, hold
ing that these data would be disclos-
ing official information in contraven-
ton of the circular.
''In this connection you are advised
that the regulations, series Z, No s.
revised January 90 1900. concerning
the manufacture and sale of tobacco
products, on page ga. provides that
collectors may furnish for publication
to any person interested monthly
statement of the aggregate receipts
| from the sale of stamps for tobacco
snuff, cigars, and cigarettes, but they
| will not furnish to any person, for any
purpose, any data which would show
the quantity of tobacco, or snuff, Of
| the number Of cigars or cigarettes
manufactured by any person, firm OF
corporation, nor information relating
to the sale of stamps to individual
manufacturers.
"This circular mo. 5S3) does moi
affect the regulations, and Circular
/ No. 1854, dated Deem err 9, 1890, re
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
SEYMOUR WANTS 1T.
Little Town Said TO Be Aftsr Biz
Game.


Just now rumors are so thick in
railroad circles that they form a sort
of haze, thru which one sees more ru-
mors. The latest rumor which has
grown to any semblance of likelihood
is the one which declares that Sey-
mour, the little Wayne county town
about fifty miles from Ottumwa
wants the division point of the Mil
waukee which Ottumwa now has.
Seymour is said to even declare that
it would be better location for the
division than the Lowell of the
West because it is closer to Kansas
City and the division could be made
shorter by the change.
1t is generally realized that the d.
visition between this city and Kansas
City is very long one, extending as
it does 211 miles, and old railroad
men say that the train crews will new
er be able to stand the dead freight
runs over the division for very long
time, and that is where Seymour
comes to the front. The Seymour
representatives say that they are fiji
ty miles nearer Kansas City than is
Ottumwa and if the division point
were put at Seymour the two divi-
sions between Kansas City and Mar
ion would be more nearly the same
length than they are at present with
the division point at Ottumwa.
The fact Of the matter seems to be
that Seymour really must get some
industry located there, or revert to
the class of little towns without a
! chance of growth. The big coal com
| pany from which the town formerly
| derived much benefit, is now a thing
of the past and Seymour turns to the
| Milwaukee.
! 1t is said that the town offers to
| furnish water free of charge if the
! railroad company sees fit to remove
| the division point there, but what
| will be done in the matter is yet a
question, altho it seems that it would
| be useless for the company to make
1 the change because Ottumwa affords
! volume of business so much the
| greater.
/! The ChiIIicothe Delegation.
/ In this connection another matter
is well worthy of mention. 1t is often
asked among railroad men nowadays
! why does this Milwaukee affail
/ hang fire so long," The answer was
not at first forthcoming, but now the
questioners are told that delegation
of citizens from Chil.icothe, the Mis-
souri, town which is about to be be
i reft of the division point, is just now
calling upon the higher officials of the
Milwaukee company, presenting rea
sons why the division point should
1 stay at Chillicothe rather than come
to this city. However, no one WHIT
wants the division point at Ottumw;
seems to be extremely frightened OF
this account, and it is altogethe
probable that the officials OF the Mil
waukee had thought this matter on
before they made the change.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
COUNTY CONVENTION
wapello Sabbath School Workers
Will Organize.
TO MEET IN Y. M. c, 4. AUDITORIUM
j. e. Putnam, Of Bladensburg, County
Secretary, Has Called Meeting For
February 21-State Superintendent
A. D. SaIiee Will Assist.

j. E. Putnam of Biadensburg, sec
rotary of the Iowa State Sabbath
School association for Wapello coun-
ty, is making arrangements for bold
ing county convention in the audi
forum of the Y. M. c. A. building in
this city, on February 81.
Will Organize.
The convention will be for the pur-
pose of organization. In several ,of
the counties of Iowa ali the Sabbath
schools are organized into one gener-
al body, made up of several township
organizations. The several county
organizations, again, are united to
form the state association. AS yet
this movement has never been taken
up in Wapello county, and it is for the
purpose of bringing together the va
rious schools of the county that Mr..
Putnam calls the convention.
State Superintendent to Attend.
A. D. Sallee, of Davenport, the SUI
perintendent of the state association,
will be present at the convention and
will help in the organization. Mr.
Putnam has been appointed by him
as secretary for Wapello county, but
when the organization is affected a
| complete list of officers will be elect
| ed and constitution will be adopted.
All Schools to Be Represented.
1t is the desire of the promoters of
! the affair that two delegates from
each Sabbath school in the county at
tend the convention, and it is earnest
ly requested that each and every
school in the county send two dele
gates. The object is to organize each
township. with a complete set of Off
GERS, and then to effect a county or
ganization composed of these.
Mr.. Putnam stated to Courier re-
1 porter today that he intends to write
| letter of invitation to each school in
| the county, but that in case any be
omitted, he desires that delegates be
sent just the same.
The Benefits.
1.-THE idea" said Mr.. Putnam, '.is
to bring the representatives of the diff
ferent schools together to first, organ
ize, then to exchagne ideas concern
ing the work in which all are engaged.
We want it to be entirely free of de-
nominational matter, in other words,
to be INSTRUMENTATION. We be-
lieve that it will prove of great bene-
/ fit to the teachers of the Sabbath
4 schools thruout the county. 1t will
not only allow an exchange of ideas
but will bring all the denominations
together and get the Christian work
ers in the different parts OF the coun-
ty closely acquainted.
After the organization is once effect
ed, it will be incorporated into the
state association, and regular conven-
tons will be held. Sunday school
workers thruout the county are inter
ested in the matter, and the attend
ance at the convention next month
!, will be large.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
OBITUARY.


Martin Sperry Pumroy was born
January 8, 1857, on the. Pumroy home
stead, three miles southwest of OF
tumwa He resided with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Grimes Pumroy until
his twenty-seventh year, when he was
united in marriage to Mrs. Emma ].
Buckley, removing soon after to Kan
sas where he and his wife lived for
nine years. Then they returned to
Iowa and resided on the old home
farm until Mr. Pumroy's death, which
occurred on January %, 1901. He
leaves to mourn his death wife and
one son, John E.; three brothers, Levi
of Ottumwa; James of McQuoin, H.;
and Craig of Circleville, Kan; and
five sisters. Mrs. Susan Durenberger,
of Cross Timbers, Mo-, Mesdames
Florence Ainley, Rose Kent, and Mar
garet Blair, of Ottumwa, and Mrs.
Ella Logan, of Kirksville, Mo.
Mr.. Pumroy was a man whose
friendship was valued by every one
who knew him. He was admired by
all his acquaintance as a straightfor-
ward, honest man, lar in all his deal
ings, man always ready to help
friend in trouble. The many friends
of the deceased and of other members
of the family sincerely regret his
death and as sincerely sympathize
with his bereaved relatives.
The funeral services were held
from the late residence of the deceas-
ed Sunday afternoon, January q, at
2 o'clock p. M, and the remains were
inferred in the Shaul cemetery.
Departed this life Friday, January
25 at o'clock at her home in Keb,
Mrs. James Shevlin, aged forty-two
years. The deceased was formerly
Helen McConville, and was married to
her husband, James Shevlin, who sur
wives her. in Lesmahagow, Lanark-
shire, Scotland, on June z, 1877. To
this union there were no children.
They, however adopted a bright little
boy few years of age. The deceased
was ill with infiammatory rheumatism
about five years ago and has been an
invalid ever since. tuesday evening,
January %, she spent few hours with
her near neighbors and returned home
about 4: 80 o'clock, when she was TAX
en- i'll with the grip, from which she
never recovered. She was perfectly
conscious up to the last moment of her
| life, talking to her neighbors, and call
ing them by name. She was devout
Christian of the Catholic faith and
died strong in the belief of meeting
her Savior. On Friday Rev. Father
lO'Farrell, of Ottumwa, was called to
her bedside, and rendered consoling
words.
She was "a loving and, devoted wife,
g kind neighbor and engaged the conf
dence and admiration of all who knew
her, never complaining of her Attic
ton, and always looking on the bright
side of life. Mr.. Shevlin is mine fore
man in Keb and the entire community
joins with him in his sorrow. The
| funeral services were held in the
Catholic church, of South Ottumwa or
Sunday. conducted by Rev. Father
IO'Farrell.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31

pudiated by them all. No. amnesty
means slavery and obedience to the
will of Mckinley
Not Good for the People.
Glow about the people?' asked.
DO you not believe the condition of
your people will be improved if they
accept the amnesty now offered?
"'No' he replied, to accept amnes-
ty means shame, infamy, slavery,
degradation. Personally. it means
Imprisonment for me. What else am
l to expect, and what for my people
but serfdom? What would their fore
fathers have said CT Washington had
he accepted amnesty from George the
third? He fought from 1875 to 1882,
and all the offers of amnesty were
very properly treated with scorn
They were right. You ask me what
we want l reply, liberty; the right
of the Filipinos to govern themselves
"a government of our own
Says Promises Would Be Broken.
But, said l, here are the assur-
ances.'
Assurances and promises, he in
terposed with great warmth, are Civ
CH oniy W ue ulSttSdIutu anu ISpuul-
ated. tell you, will never trust
them. Nor will my people. Never.
Say to them their amnesty will not be
considered. My people would no Ion.
ger respect3me were to do So
Fight to the Bitter End
Then it may be war for many
years. l said. You must know the
American government is strong, pow.
erful and rich
He replied. 1t may be long and
terrible struggle for liberty, but until
the Filipino national shall have gov.
eminent of its own, this war will &c
on. believe if there We're change
of administration we would gain our
/ freedom. We will have republic
! pa..erned mainly after the United
+! States. Their original system is adj
mirable, but not as administered
| now"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
FORMER oTTuMwAN DEAD.
Telegram This Morning Announced
the Passing Away of w. II. Zener.
rS.,<,.,. nN.....a.l.. 1a1;Ix.

stV dSothS AWAY ~ vs. <-Stb0's
From Tuesdays Daily.
A telegram was received this morn
ing by L. W. Van Patten, announcing
the death at the home of his parents,
in Hamilton Missouri. of Will H. Zen
er, former dispatcher in the employ
of the Milwaukee road in this city.
Mr.. Zener was we'll known in Ottum,
wa and he had large circle of friends
who are panied to learn of his death.
Quite a number would have gone to
the funeral had the news been receiv-
ed in time.
Mr.. Zener left Ottumwa about
year and half ago, when the change
of dispatchers was made, going to
Kansas City. He remained there on
ly short time when he went north,
on account of poor health. He work
ed in Sioux City for short time when
he had to give up and he returned to
the home of his parents in Hamilton.
he has remained there ever since. as
it was known he had but short time
to live, having been stricken with
consumption. The funeral will be held
tomorrow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
INTERVIEWS aAeaIE."
American Obtains an Interview With
the Filipino Leader.

New York. Jan. 2S.-The World
yesterday published what it claims to
be Northumberland interview
with Aguinaldo, obtained by an
American, a trusted agent of Carlo
Rubino, and prominent merchant in
Manila. 1t was forwarded here thru
the mails. Aguinaldo was found in
the Filipino capital by Senior Rubino's
agent, the identity of whom is kept
an inviolate secret, but it is known
he is an American.
Credentials Scrutinized.
my letters to Aguinaldo, said Sc
nor Rubinos agent, Were carefully
scrutinized by him and his aides-de-
camp before was taken fully into
his confidence. But as they were
from those whom he knew to be trust
ed friends he received me without re-
straint or hesitation. remained four
days and was the recipient of his full
confidence, and had from him the
most unreserved expression of his
sentiments and purposes, as we'll as
his ideas concerning the condition of
his country and the great struggle
now going on there.
No Amnesty in His.
1.-THE subject of amnesty was gone
over very thoroly. ! asked him if he
would accept amnesty offered by the
commissioners sent out by the United
States government. He replied. No
| viii not accept amnesty would
not trust them have not forgotten
the professions of friendship and sup
port given me by Dewey and Otis, AID
all OF them especially Wildman My
army fought With aad foi them to
beat the Spanish, and the promises
most solemnly given that We were to
have Independence, We're made All
these solemn promises have been re-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
IOWA SUPREME COURT.

Opinions Handed Down by the States
Highest Tribunal.
Des Moines, Jan. 29.-The supreme
court yesterday handed down the fol-
lowing decisions:
Mickelwait & Young VS.. the w. u.
Telegraph Co., appellant, from Potta-
wattamie county; reversed.
Daniel Benson vs.. Chicago and
Northwestern Railway company, ap-
pellant from Marshall county; re-
.versed.
The Weber company, appellant, VS..
the Chicago, st. Paul. Minneapolis
and Omaha Railway company, from
,O'Brien county; affirmed.
Henry Cornelius, executor of the es-
tate of Frederick William Cornelius,
appellant, VS.. Farmers Insurance
Company, from Clayton county; af-
firmed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31

lating to information to be furnished
trade journals, has not been revoked.
'The Office has no objection to col
lectors furnishing information relat-
ing to aggregate monthly receipts
from the sale of stamps, when such
information does not disclose the bus
mess of an individual manufacturer.
If you have but one manufacturer OF
tobacco, snuff or cigars in your dis
trict, any information relating to the
receipts from that source must be
withheld
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-01-31
WILL TALK To osTEoPATHs.
Still College Graduates to Be Address
ed by Justice peemer.

ed by Justice Deemer.
Des Moines, Jan. 29.-Justice H. d.
Oeemer of the supreme court will de-
liver the address to the graduates of
the Still College of Osteopathy in this
city next Thursday evening. Thirty
nine doctors of osteopatby will be
graduated at this time.
The question of the recognition of
osteopathy will be one of the live
topics that will come before the next
legislature. The osteopaths feel that
they have the people with them and
they will make determined effort
to bring the state board of medical
examiners to time. or else to get q
new board created to examine canti,
dates for admission to the practice of
osteopathy The last legislature sup
posed it was providing for the eva min
ton of osteopaths. but the state board
of medical examiners has taken a
different view of it and has construed
the law, or rather administered it, so
as to shut out all osteopaths, so far
as the board is able to shut them out.