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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01
BUSINESS IN THE PosToFFIcE.


George II. Wheelock. formerly 6f
this city, now in the internal revenue
service and located at New Orleans,
sends the Courier a copy of the New
Orleans Item containing an announce
ment of the appointment of David G.
Baldwin as postmaster of that city
Mr. Baldwin is not pronounced par
tisan, but was known as a democrat
He was the assistant cashier of the
New Orleans National bank, and is a
thorough going business man of stand
ing and integrity. Mr.. Baldwin's ap-
pointment is said to have been dictat
ed by the fact that he was business
man, and because of the desire of the
Washington officials that business
should rule in the postoilice.'
There is no department of the gov
eminent, no business institution that
comes so directly in contact with the
public as the postoffice. There is no
place that we know of where it is
more essential for the public welfare
that business should rule than in the
postoffice. The extension of the civil
service law to all postotfice employees,
excepting only the postmaster and the
assistant postmaster, has added i'm
mensely to the efficiency of the SER
vice.
This law should never be abrogated,
and the people should watch jeal-
ously to see that it is preserved. We
believe the law is right as it now
stands. Neither the postmaster or his
deputy should be included in it's opera
tons, but every other empioye of the
postoffice proper should be. There
should be no removals except for in.
efficiency or dishonesty. 1t requires
much time and labor to perfect ones
self in the duties incident the post
office service, and the fewer changes
there are in the personnel of the EN-.
ployes, the better the service. Mod.
ern business requires the most exact
| ing and accurate service from the
postoffice Thousands of dollars are
frequently involved in the prompt de.
livery of a single letter. Inaccurate
and unreliable service cannot be toll
Grated.
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oTTuMWA REPuRLIcANs.

Iron Wednesdays Daily.l
The causcuses held by the republi-
cans of the city of Ottumwa last night
to choose delegates to the county con-
vention which will be held in this city
on Saturday, We're more largely at
tended lnan any similar caucuses that
we have any knowledge OF recollection
OF. 1t is unquestioned that this re-
suited largely from the fact that the
county convention will nominate coun-
ty officers as well as elect delegates to
the state convention to be held at Ce-
dar Rapids next Wednesday. An at
tempt was made in only one ward in
the city, that the Third, to bring the
governorship matter into the caucuses.
In this ward "a slate which was report
ed to be in the interest of Mr.. Cum
Minis for governor, though it contain
ed a number of names known to be
opposed to Mr. Cummins, was defeated
three to one and delegation selected.
as we understand, favorable to a res
olution in the county convention that
will authorize Major Samuel Mahon.
of this city, to practically name the
delegation to the state convention at
Cedar Rapids.
Ottumwa recognizes that it has in
Major Mahon magnificent material as
a candidate for governor. Under eS-
listing conaitions there is liable to be
developments at Cedar Rapids which
will render it not only right and prop
er, but entirely feasible, to place be-
fore the convention names that have
not been among the active candidates
for the governorship. There is one
thing sure that Wapello county repub-
licans have wisely decided that they
will not split into factions or in any
way weaken the success of the county
ticket this fall by bringing any contest
over the governorship into the con-
vention. Wapello county will go to
the state convention harmonious and
united with the best of feeling pre-
vailing and prepared to do the wise
thing when the time comes to cast the
ballot of the delegation In the conven.
ton for governor.
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RAVES IMPRESSIONS
Former Ottumwan Writes Opinion
of Crops Enroute South.
THE CONDITIONS WERE VERY BAD
Good Rains Have Fallen Since the
Letter Was Writtn, and Much Re.
lief Has Been Given the Drouth
Stricken country-Great Crowds.

The Courier is in receipt of a COM
munication from S. G. Raye, a former
resident of this city who is at present
in Ell Reno, making an effort to draw
a home IN the great lottery now going
on in that city. MT. Rayes letter was
written before the recent rains and
shows the condition of crops along the
line from Ottumwa to Ell Reno. Ac-
cording to his idea, everything is near
ly dried up, but since his letter was
written good rains have fallen along
the line, and the crop is much better
than when he wrote. He finds in
some portions of the country enroute
crops in fair condition, especially
wheat and oats in Oklahoma and Kan
sas. The letter is as follows:
The Letter.
FL Reno, Oklahoma, July %, 1901.
Editor Courier: Thinking that the
readers of the Courier would like to
know the crop conditions along the
Rock Island route I will state that they
are very near the same from Ottumwa
to Ell Reno. The corn is entirely ruin
ed by the drouth and hot winds along
the entire line. There will be no corn
at all in Oklahoma and in Kansas and
Missouri there will not be two bushels
per acre along this line, and from the
Missouri line to Eldon and along the
bottom from Eldon to Ottumwa the
crop is ruined. The pastures in Mis-
souri, are in a deplorable condition
and men from all over the state report
farmers auctioning their stock. The
pastures in Kansas are in much better
condition than in Missouri and Iowa
The Kaffer corn is badly burnt with
the hot winds but it is small and time,
| ly rains would redeem it.
Conditions Were Bad.
Taking the reports of men from all
sections the country may expect the
worst failure by odds in the corn crop
that ever was known. The wheat and
oat crop in Kansas and Oklahoma are
good. Wheat and cattle are making
this state very prosperous. We had
fine shower here this evening, the
water stood two to four inches deep
in the low places along the streets. II
was only local though as two or three
miles out of town it did not rain a
drop.
A Great Crowd.
The crowd here Is very great
but as orderly set of fellows as ever
came together. | have only seen
two drunken men since left 0ttum
wa. | haven't seen soldier or pc
| liceman, and have seen but one Indian
since coming here.
Respectfully yours,
S. G. Raye
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THE FosBUReH CASE.

The action of Judge Stevens in the
Fosburgh murder trial at Pittsfeld,
Mass in instructing the jury to bring
in verdict of not guilty, will meet
with the unqualified approval of prac-
tically everyone familiar with this
case. The arrest and trial of young
Fosburgh on the charge Of numbering
his own sister, in the face of the eyi-
dence of the entire family that the girl
was killed by burglar, was nothing
more nor less than an outrage perpe
trated by officers of the law under
the form of legal process. This case
is in some respects a parallel to the
arrest and trial also in Massachusetts
of Prof. Charles l.. Eastman, formerly
Of the strongest evidence that the
shooting was accidental, was charged
with the murder of his brother-in-law.
There is something radically wrong
with officers of the law when they seek
in such unusual and far fetch
ed circumstances preteXt for accus-
ing law abiding and honorable citi
zens of heinous crimes. The testi-
mony as developed in the Fosburgh
case does not seem to have given the
officials who We're responsible for the
arrest and trial of young Fosburgh
the vestige of real case to base their
charges upon. The history of the
case is briefly as follows:
May Fosburgh, highly respected
young woman, of Pittsfield, Mass, was
shot and killed about half past l
o'clock in the morning year ago next
month. She was murdered in her
fathers house, and by some one who
stood SO near that the powder burned
her night dress. A physician was called
and policemen summoned To the
doctor and the officers young Fosburgh
and his father and mother said that
three burglars had entered the house
and, discovered, one of them
had SIS Fosburgh. Two Of them
iu1npea IN balcony and third
ran down &saira. All escaped Some
of the clothing OF the accused was
found In the yard; also masks made OF
piilowslips belonging to the family
There were footprints in the yard neal
the balcony.
The time was short and yet the cir
cumstantial evidence pointing to the
burglar theory was fairly coherent
The scattered clothing, the masks zhe
black print OF a greasy hand on a
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What the Government Is Doing for the
Rivers

1t is not generally known that the
government, through, the United states
geological survey, has been making
careful study of the rivers and the
underground water supply of the coun-
try. So important has this work be-
come, and so helpful to many widely
diversified interests, that a special
branch known as the Disvision of Hy-
typography, has been organized to con-
duct it. This division has been in ex-
istence since 1888, and is pushing Its
investigations as rapidly as the appro-
priations will admit. Broadly speaking
its work consists of careful inspec-
ton of the habits and behavior of riv-
ers, j. e., the variation of the amount
of their flow throughout the year and
from year to year This entails a
study of their drainage basis and an ac-
curate measurement of their dis
charge. The knowledge thus obtain
ed is the necessary foundation on
which all enterprises contemplating
the use of rivers must depend. In the
east many rivers valuable as a source
OF water supply are under examination
IN the west for these purposes also
and for irrigation they are being meas
ured. The very important matter of
river pollution is one which demands
the same initial investigations, and the
government is rendering it's assistance
to check and avert this growing evil.
Out on the Great Plains, where the
rivers are few and the rainfall is light,
the underground well waters, so neces-
sary to the inhabitants. are mapped
and thus made available.
A number of states in different parts
of the country have seen the value of
this work and have made appropri-
atoms to have it continued within
their own borders more rapidly and
fully than the government could afford
to conduct it. The countrys water re-
sources, which are among the greatest
it possesses are practically inexhausti-
Bile, and have but just begun to be de-
veloped.
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PENNY POSTAGE NEXT.
Increasing Business and Proposed Re
u forms Will Carry 1t.

Washington, July 30.-Some inter
esting figures have been prepared at
the postoffice department showing the
volume of business buring the past
year and comparing it with the year
before. Commercial agencies, eco
nomists, public men and others vino
make close study of business condi-
lions in the United States, believe
there is no better trade barometer for
the country than the volume of bust
ment. 1t is contended that If this be
true, the showing made by the depart
ment during the last year indicates a
period of unparalleled prosperity.
During the fiscal year. 1901, which
ended at midnight on June 80, the de-
partment through offices in all parts
of the United States, handled $685.
731, 200 pieces of mail matter, from
which it derived a revenue of $104.-
7S5,9S672. The volume of business IN
1900 was 5,324,OS7, 914 pieces, giving
an income of S97,6S7,771.54. From
these figures it will be seen that the
increase in the business of 1901 over
the year previous was 3S1,643,795
pieces, which yielded an increased in
come to the government of $685.
215.18.
At the beginning of the fiscal yeal
and again in his annual report, the
postmaster general estimated large
deficit of the innovations which were
made in the service during the yeal
and the extensive and expensive I'M
provements which were inaugurated
1t now seems probable that there will
be deficit of less than four million
dollars. Officials of the department
have never viewed the annual defici,
with the same feeling that seems IL
exist among the people in certain
parts of the country. No postmaster
general has tried to wipe out the post
al deficit. When it seemed probable
that the revenues were to be sufficient
for the expenses Of the department the
service was improved proportionately
and hence the deficit has been an an
nual occurrence for long time. Ii
1897 the deficit was $11,411, 779; il
1898, IS, 1920 sos; in 1899. $6,610,776; ii
1900, $5,385,68S. When the reforms
which the postmaster general contem
plates in second-class mail matter are
effected it is expected the deficit will
be wiped out. Instead, however, >.
allowing the deficit to pass, it is ex
ceedingly probable that the postmaster
general will establish penny postage
for drop letters, with the idea of ulti
mately extending penny postage to al
letter mail.
| The department has progressed il
closing up it's accounts for the las
year sufficiently to give its income
from all sources except registration
fees and money order business ane
seoond.class mail matter. The second
class mail matter returns are de1Ryet
by the volume OF business and official
ty in auditing of the aceonnss rapidly
The money ordsr business is 90
checked up because OF the inSsf1en
force of employees in the office Of th,
auditor for the treasury department
who must go over all money orde
4 accounts before they are approved.
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IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
poinss of Hawkeye People at the Ma.
ton's Capital.

Washington, July 30-The comptrol,
Ter of the currency has approved the Sc.
lection of Ed F. Brownell as vice presi-
dent of the Keokuk National bank, OF
Keokuk, in place of w. A. .Brownell.
Iowa Pensions.
Original-David Clark, Martinsburg,
So; Robt. G. D. Wigans, Prussia, So;
Chas V. Mount, Shenandoah, Sc. In.
Mielke, Sioux City, S.;
Jas. H. Lee, indianapolis, 50. Reissue
and increase-Jno. Montgomery, Bran
don, $14 Original widows-Sally Bill
lard, Pacific Junction, So. Mexican
war-Mary l.. Reynolds, Fremont. So
War with Spain, Observation-Disclosures A.
Stoessel, Ottumwa, SIT.
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WAS AN OLD RESIDENT.
Death Of j. T. Harris is Announced
From Olympia, Washington.

News has been received in this city
announcing the death OF ]. T. Harris
at his home in Olympia. Washington
Mr. Harris was a former resident Of
Wapello county and has many friends
here. He was 50 years of age, having
been born in Putnam county, Indiana.
in December, 1892. He leaves a wife,
one son and two daughters to mourn
his death.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

Oelwein, July 31.-The republican
caucus in all wards in oelwein went
for Cummins. There was the largest
attendance in years.
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Founded 9th August, 1e4s.

Published scni,-wcekIy OH Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Office: III South Market Street.
Telephone editorial OF business Office No. a..
Address tile Courier Printing Co, Ottumwa, Ia
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CIRCULATION.

The Ottumwa Courier guarantees
more than double the circulation of all
other Ottumwa papers combined
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Capital newspaper man than president
of the United States. -Hedrlck Her
aid.
Strong Men and Fair.-No republic
can newspaper has made any sugges.
ton that it is of vital Importance for
either side of the gubernatorial con-
troversy to secure control OF the COM
mittee on credentials. The commit
tee should be composed of strong men
who necessarily would be fair.
proposition to control the committee
implies the threat to seat or unseat
delegates regardless of their rights.
Contested delegations are new to Iowa
republican conventions, and the con-
vention should settle the contests up.
Oh basis that will command the same
respect as do the decisions of our
courts of law.-Clinton Herald.
! Wonder Who's TaIking?-The con
ditions in Floyd county change every
hour. First we were told that the con-
yention had instructed for Cummi1ls.
| Then it was discovered that there were
no instructions but that the delegation
was a Cummins delegation. Then it
was conceded that there were two
Trewin men on the delegation and now
there are six men for Trewin. 1t will
probably develop that the whole dele.
j CATION will be for Trewin if he can win
and are for Cummins only for band
wagon purposes.-Mason City Globe,
| Gazette. 81
The Strike Viewed Indifferently.-
The indications are that the steel
strike will soon be over. While it has
been one of the largest strikes on rec
ord, it has caused but little publicoin,
terest, and certainly no excitement
| This is largely due to the nature OF
the strike. The men are not striking
/ for higher wages, nor shorter hours
| They are striking to assert the prin
ciple of unionism. While the public is
willing to see the workmen united in
organization, for the maintenance OF
OF wages and rights, there is more OF
less Indifference toward a strike that
has neither wages nor hours of EN-
| ployment in view. The conclusion car
hardly be drawn that the strike has
| strengthened union labor as an organ
ization. 1t has rather tended tt
weaken it. The strike leaders were
too anxious to show their power The
leaders risked all and they have lost q
great deal of what they risked Blu;
! the best of strike is always the set
Element, that is the return of men e
4 their work,-Cedar Rapids Republican
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LEGAL.

~ Wapello County. SIS. III the District
Court To all whom it may, concern:
Notice is hereby given, that an instrument in
writing, purporting to be the last viii and
testament of Elizabeth Palmer, deceased, was
this day prod uced, opened and read by the
undersigned, and that1 have fixed Monday,
the 10Th day of August, 1901, as the day for
hearing proof in relation thereto. Witness my
official signature, with the seal of said court
hereto ainxed, this 2sth day of July, 1901.
H. w. MICHAEL,
SEAL Clerk District Court.
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would like to see him nominated for
governor and then be elected to the
United States senate. But we believe
the Hon. LATE Young would rather be
Capital newspaper man than president
of the United States. -Hedrlck Her
aid.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01

All the saloons at TT. Scott, Kansas
have been closed by Injunction.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
i ally Courier, year. by mail $500
Eaily Courier, year, by carrier. 600
Seni-Weekly Courier, year -. 1,50
New-York tribune., 1901-02-19

iaosSs ssa .s.s n sa1 saa y.s
a. quoted We quote Potase BsTmads per 55
$685.: do State $50 ~ 81 s7qsl IS do Michigan,
$ sossl swests Jersey per bS 81 55s5 s6 90 per
,1ge; Brgses spF9Ss @ rer auaTt sloe Seets
Orleans ss: DO Florids tops OF per crate s5as5c: DO
bunchss ssG.4 DO Bsrmuta per crate 7Sesi celery per
dozen stalks i3g75c; cabbagss state sl2Js5;
s. 25gss IS eheory Seworesns per bbl siass; ca1i-
awe s. s ESsea per SsSks' 54si do % 81 a sF
spiS pen Dbl s1 Sass hassra&s @
NewsSSs per loo b5ncsesp s. OI Lettuce Florida per-
basket slas2 5o DO ChaTes'On basket slqsl 20 do
@ onon. per RP@ 9R sss 1 Ga ese s. a. Do per
s. % do connectic.s and Eastern whites bb 81 so
9a%sy % 40 %h ys0T per Z 5ss G S ss G Do yco S @
Per i5o % s. 2ss S. DO ysow aG sa Sc 5s2 - do white
ger d9ussshssd Dbl s2gs2 20; do ysllow Sc ITS so ~
So 50; peppers FLORIDA per carrier 25qs:; parsley
New-oreans. per 100 lunches. sass do Bermuda per
bb sigsl Is; ronaine NeworIeans per bbI Sass; do
ReTTgds b per crate 81 2Sgs 50 Dc Florida per basket
crate a5qss @ SpInaeB e' Sorfol % per b6 75e
6b I5assc tonatoes Florda per carrier. 81 5oaSs So
MILk-The MEk Exchange price for standard quality
HAY AND sTRAw-HAY-The new prices were we.
% St fr sndaT anG ,5nd5S f. ns seSs Ts
entertain much confidence in good trading for the Of
nent. and advices do Indicate overwhelming sup
s7sc No do %a da s5d4 g. coo No 10 % So
13gsoc clover mixed do. s0aS5c; clover prime do 75
quite cosey in re present light run of supply
.sIHAW-Lons rye firm at s0q s5c per 100 n Re
Exchange a. noo7 ay n Hudsd1 56fSs RSer a RaToad he 4o
lev CO. 10 % Pennsy L yania Io West shore 90 Lhigh Val
eeiPts Of straw: 13O tons by rail
. Elsin m Feb; 1sCreamery butter took new spurt
to-day on the Egin Board OF Trade price ad-
snced TO &c rise Of 1c pound over last week with
seeS5s % OF further advance The output Of creamery
s"ons Tor me week was 634. 500 n
New-York tribune., 1901-02-19

IETALs-Fus!ness IN tin in the local metal market
again fairly active IN speculative With the
feeling quite hrm advance OF about 10 points TIE
London ana the iarse shipments from ihs country
Further advance hoSe!sT Nas arrested by sKpsetAt@hs
close here firm az s27aS27 a. while al London hnai
list displayed litte Y any important Developments
Isr remains n somewhat neTna eondition closing a.
,tic M IeaS Pbonrb no, oYGsby lover hss an sssv
aRdsTtoe s s % result Of SsIsson al LONDON sS wses
ass 5sss SsT e Close as da al s. sptslP lGs Ta
Iscie,v hSse IehaTeed az So G SO so for @ iron wan
ants Northern fouaary sl5asi6 so southern foundTy
sls 50Gsl5 75 and soft southern Slsasl5 20. AZ Gla
MoIAssEs AND sYRUPs-A slightly better export
inf 11Se f' 9Gr. so-dav The market hold. cutie m fg %
fully sSstSned .Tees sSs Tsrs egS
&c; fair i4g lss ss9a ianpac g. Prime p SsgSc; View
ihGlse fsir. l7@isc good isaeoc; prime 2lg
OCEAN FREIGHTs--The market for all classes o, .ail
tonnage eNoeedinsly Quiet to-osy Rates were
rates were weak and gnse'tlse oaOatl9ns Liverpool
Ietl. 3i.d: Hun. 90; Newcastle. 81 a3isd: Antwerp
cotton 70 I1vefoo per 100 n isc Lonaon oss Is i
cargo. hence 70 CHINA ana Japan behsd March: Rrssh
steamer sss tons tine eharter Australia 70 United
henoe 10 Africa berthed February: British
54s s12 s sass6 ssse ina 70 eoh shs eaIo
to ess1 ss s. toa 5 RVas Noble Terms o a Ts Si
Ts lcss NfrsA Sss States sh s 1'sS%e @ 4 ,oS S' etc
wegsn 2es tons sugar. cardenas 70 north o.
baltimore St Johns = private terms bark $50 tons
nd schooner s5a tons sugar Asoos 20 NewYoTk. s. 75
Charge schooner e5A tons sasar aqua % New
and port charges schooner, 5a3 tons coal
sitirore sagua private terms; schooner AZ tons
Cuba 20 north OF Hatteras 12c: schooner
Oes tons phosphate rock Tampa 70 Baltimore. private
10 Dry Tortugas private terms schooner. SlI tons
tgS Arnboy 70 Jacksonville. private
-boorer 9sq tons coal Norfolk Charleston private
1910 coal. Ealtimcre Savannah
S-i.c schooner sI8 gusno Baltimore Savannah
,.i,ate terms: $50 tons. Baltimore
Wrntgon y g private terms. ship 90 600 petro-
n bence Tslritsn &c. MarchApril: British steamer
/ ia tons general cargo. Gulf 10 United Kingdom
Continent. "a. March
OTIS-The cottOnseed oil market mad weaker
fersav ana inclined toward lower basis through
IN absence of good orders from local outside points
Prime summer yellow offered 1c, with 2ae the
les: Petroleum ruled quiet but nrm and higher Ln
SEED OH remains dun and featureless pstroeun bbi.
81 in eulk S go esls s. so snd IN
Prime cruee. bhs &c prime summer yellow Ssa
Ter yellow s5.s135e- Lnssed-Ameriesn raw. 6Ie; 60
boiled 6c: Calcutta sc; Western linceed quoted Pc
under brands. Lard OIL. dfrsc
PPOVISIONs-The market yielded about 10 points On
ard IN Chcngo with correspondents decline IN ether proc
ucts big receipts all Western points and the
shnrp decline Chicago the estimates IN
receipts which ssgresatsd 4s Eith seeeo expected