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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10
MISSOURI NOT A SOUTHERN
STATE.


The Atlanta Constitution has fallen
into the bad habit of the ST. Louis
Republic of CHASING Missouri as a
southern state. The Constitution, in
referring to the act of congress giving
to each state the right to place stat.
utes of two of its sons in statuary hall
in Washington says that "up to the
present time only two southern states
have avafled themselves of this priv
ilege, and these, it says, are Virginia
and Missouri" Virginia, it declares,
lis represented by her peerless Wash.
ington, who stands as the sole repre-
sentative of the Old Dominion while
Missouri ,availing herself of the full
limit of her privileges, is represented
by Blair and Benton"
There never was a good reason for
any classification which would put Mis-.
souri, In the South. In the old days it
was linked theoretically, to the south
through the existence of slavery, but
slavery was only small concern
among the aggregate of Missouri's in
terests, and it had been growing small.
er for decades before the civil war.
This interest put it in partisan com
partnership with a majority of the 9th
er slave states, yet it's leading states
man, Thomas Fl. Benton, was an anti
slavery man. He would protect slav-
cry, as vested interest, in the states
where it existed, but he would restrict
it rigidly to the region in which it pre-.
vailed. The territories he would
restrict it rightly to the region in
which 1T prevailed. The territories he
would make perpetually free. When
slavery extension became an issue
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THE pAsTARDLY ASSAULT ON
THE PRESIDENT.

IFrom Saturdays Daily.l
For the third time in two-score years
of the latest history of one of the most
CIVILIZED nations of the earth the crazy
imagination of disordered mind
prompted by devilish instinct has shot
down the helmsman of the ship of
state.
The assault by shooting of President
Mckinley at the Pan-American con-
gress at Buffalo yesterday was even
more cowardly, more brutal, more trail
torous, if such is possible, than the
assassination of President Lincoln by
John Wilkes Booth April IA, 1865, at
the close and as the outcome of the
civil war; more diabolical and treach-
erous than the shooting of President
James A. Garfield by Charles J. Gui-
teau at the railway station in Wash
ington July 2,1sS1 and is on par with
the insane and cowardly shooting of
Carter H. Harrison at the doorway of
his home October %, 1898, by Fender
CAST, on the return of Harrison, then
mayor of Chicago, from convention
of mayors of the nation being held at
the Worlds Columbian Exposition that
day.
Booths act was prompted by the
success of northern arms and Lincoln's
courageous leadership and singleness
of purpose in preserving the union.
Guiteau's act was prompted by his
disappointment as an office seeker.
Pendergast's act was prompted by
sheer insanity. He had no logical mo-
tive and could accomplish nothing
desirable by shooting down Mayor
Harrison. And so with Czolgosz in
shooting the ruler of the nation whilst
shaking hands with him. Czolgosz had
no grievances against the beloved
President personally. His act was not
prompted by revenge, nor by disap-
pointment, but by sheer cussedness.
His assault, therefore, is not
on William Mckinley but is terribly
vicious act directed Immediately at So
3ciety at large as unit. 1t is not only
an attempt to murder and therefore a
crime against the state, but partakes
of treason in being directed against
government itself.
The news comes as a personal Attic.
ton to every citizen;it brings to them a
sense Of personal loss, of Violence done
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10
THE GETTYSBURG MONUMENT TO
JENNIE WADE.

July 1, 2 and 8, 1853, the armies Of
the North and South waged the bitter.
est contest the battle of Gettysburg,
marking the decisive turn of the war.
Each of the two forces realized that
on the success of that field depended
the preservation of the idea of govern.
ment for which each was contendine
About 163,5O0 men were engaged in
this conflict On both sides, the Union
loss was 23,003 in killed, wounded and
missing, that of the Confederate, "a
051.
Jennie Wade was the only women
killed in the battle. At the time she
was only 16-year-old girl, engaged in
affording relief to the soldiers. While
making bread early one morning a
mimic ball crashed through the kitch.
en- door, struck and killed her.
To the credit of Iowa women, be it
said, they took upon themselves
through the Women's Relief Corps OF
Iowa, the task of perpetuating the
memory of the patriotic girl by erect
ing suitable monument in the Ma
tional cemetery at Gettysburg. Funds
for the purpose were raised by them
and the statute of the brave girl, made
by noted foreign sculptor, will be
dedicated September 10.
This in itself may be said to be
only little incident, yet it is an in
dication of the wide and deep love OF
the country and the patriotic spirit of
our people. In no other country do
the people or the government take
such care or assume such expense in
making permanent recognition of the
patriot spirit
Our national cemeteries, our nation.
al parks on the sites of the famous bat
ties, our many statues erected in va.
rious parts of the country by public
and private enterprise to the memory
OF leaders and advisers in the wars
which have made our nations great.
ness, the many monuments erected by
states, regiments and companies, the
Grand Army, the Relief Corps, and by
the Sons of Veterans, and other pa.
triotic societies show how the mass
OF our population appreciate and re-
we're the sacrifice made for them by
their kin and ancestors. In itself Ii
would be profitable education in his.
tory of the United States to pass over
and study our various battlefields OF
prominence. wherein are marked. by
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CALIFORNIA POTATOES IN IOWA

Recent dispatches from California
announced the shipment by car load
of large quantities of potatoes from
that state consigned to Iowa for local
consumption. The California orange,
pear and prune have long been famil-
lar on Our market, but, safe to say,
never before have the conditions been
such as to make it profitable to the To-
cal dealer and consumer to use the
California potato Heretofore Iowa
has annually raised sufficient of this
produce for our own consumption and
an ample surplus to be applied to-
wards less favored states and for ship
ment to Europe. She annually, rals-
ed a larger quantity thereof than pro.
duced by any other state save New
York alone. The incident of the Cali
fornia shipments is one indicating the
value OF our railroad system, the
cheapening of railroad rates, and the
consequent tendency towards leveling
OF prices to uniform basis through
out the country, Notwithstanding tenn
porary dearth of staple goods in one
section and a plethora in another seq
ton. In the days of the stage lines,
and state highways, known to some of
the older residents now living in OF.
tumwa, such mercantile transactions
would not have been dreamed of. Pc.
tatoes could not have been shipped in
here profitably over greater distance
than a few hundred miles, and if ma
ture did not favor each local commun-
lty with ample produce the residents
OF such locality had to practice rigor-
Gus self.denial and in many instances
go without necessities as we'll as luxur.
les. Today, Notwithstanding we are
more than thousand miles in the liz
terror, the humblest families can have
daily on their tables bananas from
Cuba or Porto Rico, coffee from Mexi-
co, sugar from Hawaii, wheat from the
north, fresh meats from our own mas.
lures to be sure and yet dressed in
and shipped from the Chicago market,
Goldfish and herring from Sweden and
Norway or our own coasts, potatoes.
oranges, pears, ETC., from California.
So too it is found that with our in.
creasing population there is a grow
ing tendency towards specialization in
mercantile lines. Formerly dealer
handled all kinds of products; today
many bushes houses can be found
who handle nothing but potatoes, or
apples, or butter, or eggs, etc., depend
ing On a large volume of business at
small margin in the respective lines,
and in which fortunes are being made.
but such policy presses hard on the
older merchant whose living depends,
according tohis idea,not On the volume
of bushes handled on close margin,
but upon sales smaller in number or
quantity.
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THE. LOUISIANA PURCHASE Elk.
POSITION,

President Mckinley, in his address
at the Buffalo, exposition Thursday,
aptly remarked that "Expositions are
the timekeepers of progress. They
record the worlds advancement. They
stimulate, the energy, enterprise and
intellect of the people and quicken
human genius. Every exposition
great or small, has helped to some on.
ward step. Comparison of ideas is
always educational, and as such in.
structs the brain and hand of man.
Friendly rivalry follows, which is the
spur to industrial improvement. the
inspiration to useful invention, and to
high endeavor in all departments of
human activity. The quest for trade
is an incentive to men of business to
DEVISE, invent, improve and economic
in the cost of production. Without
competition we would be clinging to
the clumsy and Anticipated processes
of farming and manufacture and the
methods of business of long ago, and
the twentieth would be no further ad.
vanced than the eighteenth century"
The modern International or univer.
sal exposition was first tried in Lon.
don as late as 1851, followed in 1852
by the crystal palace in New York;
in Paris by the expositions of 1867,
1889 and 1900, Vienna in 1873, Phila-
delphia in 1876. Chicago in 1893, At
lanta, Georgia, in 1895, Omaha in 1898,
and Buffalo during the present year.
The Ideals. simply an enlargement of
the conception of the county fair.
The Columbian Exposition in the
grandeur of it's expense and extent
stands foremost, but where it covered
533 acres the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position at st. Louis in 1903 will Gov.
er GAO of the LOO acres devoted to
the purpose. Where the construction
expense of the Chicago fair was s1s,-
100000. 1t is expected that at St. Louis
lit will exceed $30,0OO,OO0, $16,OOO,-
600 of which is already in sight; S.
100000 from the city of st. Louis, S.
100000 in subscriptions. $1,000, 900
from the state of Missouri, and SIS ,OOO,-
900 from the government of the Unit
ed States. 1ne congressional aid to
the centennial exposition was in the
nature of loan which was repaid;
it's aid to the Columbian exposition
was in the way of special mintage
of $2,5O0,000 souvenir half dollars sold
for double their face value.
The attendance at the Buffalo expo-
sition from Ottumwa and vicinity is
quite small compared with the mum.
bers who went from this neighbor-
hood to the worlds fair of 1898. But
we prophesy. that as Wapello county
citizens learn of the magnificence of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition
two years hence, and learn that ST.
Louis is as easily reached from here
as is Chicago, more of them than ever
before will avail themselves of the
educational advantages to be derived
from attendance. Many have the idea
that ST. Louis is much farther away
from us than Chicago, whereas it is
two miles nearer via the nearest tray
eled railroad routes, St. Louis being
distant $50 miles, Chicago 2S2 from
lour city. One of the fayorite routes
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States in the English language and
must show that they have been engag-
ed in some lawful occupation for the
greater part of the preceding twelve
months.
If they do not possess this qualifi-
cation they can nevertheless register
If the applicant or his wife is the own
er of either real estate or personally
taxed at 5000.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10
pIeEsrs FOOD NArIInA,iv

Perfect Digestion is Essential to Good
Health. TABER'S PEPSIN COMPOTNU
digests food in Natures own way-tonine
and strengthening the stomach and sys.
TEN. A vegetable tonic, digestant, altera.
for Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Palpitation.
Loss of Appetite. Sleeplessness, General
debility, Constipation, Bad Blood, Female
Complaints, Melancholia, and Liver AM.
ments. Relieves promptly-cures perma-
nent!y. physicians prescription. Write
Tor free sample bottle, prepaid. DIR, Taber
Mfg. Co., Peoria, ILL.,
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cIoudburst Strikes Iown.

Ness-City, Kan, Sept. 7.-During a
cloudburst which struck the town, it is
estimated over eight inches of water
fell. Bridges and sidewalks were
washed out and cellars flooded. Sew
eral business houses were undermine
ed and ruined. No lives were lost,
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suitable and imposing stones, the
movements of the various troops en-.
gagged in the ARRAYS; the scenes Of
their charges, the hand to hand con.
fiicts, the locations of the batteries
and other details.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10
BURNED TO THE WATERS EDGE.
Steamer Urania Destroyed at Musca.
tine-Exeursionists Escane.

Muscatine, Sept. 6.-The Carnival
City Packing Company's new boat
Urania burned to the waters edge
here last night. The fire started in
the laundry. A large excursion party
OF Burlington people, returning home
from Davenport, escaped without loss
of life. The Urania was lately pur.
chased by Captain Walter /. Blair att
Cincinnati for $4,000 and had been
IN the trade but a short time. The
boat was fully insured.
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to identify them. Just why the COM
mittee gave tweedledum two more
words than tweedledee is not known.
Perhaps the committee can explain
their generosity.
OF course one might choose the
longer of the two on the principle
that he was looking for a bargain.
Some years ago, SO the story runs,
man went into a shoe store to pur.
chase pair Of boots. The dealer
showed HIM several pairs, among
them being pair of number 9s and
a pair of number las, and both were
the same price. The buyer promptly
chose the las because he got more
leather for his money. So with the
platform utterances in Iowa on the
tax questionable the one containing
fifty-six words because it is bargain.
1T. Dodge Post (Dem.)
MIR. Phillips Denial.-In other words,
Mr. Phillips denies he said what he
said.-Keokuk Gate City.
| Mr.. Phillips goes farther than that.
He denies that he denied he said what
he said.-Burlingto Hawk-Eye.
| And up to date he has not yet denied
his denial that he denied he said what
he said.-SiouX City Journal.
Up To Mr.. PhiIlips.-The Ottumwa
Courier seems to have indicated it.
self in the Phillips interview affair and
it is now up to Mr.. Phillips-and it
seems as though he won't be equal to
the occasion, figuring from past utter
ances and events.-Centerville Citizen.
Candidate Notwithstanding to
the Montezuma Democrat, paper
which has bolted it's party's nomif1a-
tons, there is something in the domes-
tic record of Candidate Phillips that is
not as it ought to be, but the chances
are that the voters of Iowa will pass
over that and pass their verdict entire
ly on his political record. There is no
question that there is something the
matter with that record and it is a
proper subject for public discussion.
Cedar Rapids Republican.
Reproof for "Gov." PhiIIips.-If Gov
ernor Phillips is going to get the votes
and do not the talking, he will be wise
to do less of it to the republican press
When he says that his nomination at
Des Moines was opposed by Charles
A. Walsh, Cato Sells and others, he
is not only talking through his hat but
is playing very poor politics. He was
nominated principally through the I'M
firing efforts OF his fellow townsman,
Brother Lewis, and the only opposi-
ton to him was that which was natur-
ally and fairly expressed by those who
honestly preferred other candidates.
II is needless to say that Messsrs.
walsh, Sells and others, who may
! nave favored other candidates, will ex-
tend cordial support to the nominee
burlington journal (dem.).
o
View OF Phlilips.-T. j. Phillips, the
democratic nominee for governor, is
undoubtedly the weakest candidate
ever put up by that party. His per-
sonal character is known to be bad
one. Besides, he has antagonized the
coal miners OF the state and cannot
get their votes. When a strike occur
red In his coal mine he imported la
Tho rn;,. .us "a fsna Gu 'h ho, ehnli.y y
l
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Founded 9th August, 1s4s.

Published selnl-weekly on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Office: 1l2 South Market Street.
Telephone editorial or business Office No. "a.
Address the Courier Printing Co., Ottunwa, Ia
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS

REPUBLICAN KOMglNAt lUlNS'
Republican State Ticket
For Governor,
ALBERT B. CUMMINSs
of Des Moines.
For Lieutenant Governor,
JOHN NJ. HERRIOTT,
of Stuart
For Judge of Supreme Court,
s. M. WEAVER.
!. OF Iowa Falls.
For Railroad Commissioner,
E. G. BROWN.
of Sheldon.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
re. BARRETT,
of Usage.
Republican Legislative Ticket.
For Senator,
CAPT. S. H. HARPER,
of Ottumwa.
For Representative,
"A w. BUCHANAN.
of Ottumwa.
M Republican County Ticket.
For Sheriff,
HARRY CREMER,
of Washington Township. n
For Treasurer,
Is. r. p. DANA,
Center Township, Fourth Precinct.
For Superintendent of Schools,
JOSEPH PARKS.
Center Township, First Precinct.
Tor Member of Board of Supervisors,
A. J. GARDNER.
Columbia Township, First Precinct.
For Coroner,
DAVID THRONE.
Center Township, Sixth Precinct.
For Surveyor,
C. r. ALLEN,
Center Township, Third Precinct
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TWeedIedee,

|
4 The republican
party will seel,
faithfully to guard
the interests of
1.-THE people, to de.
lvelop the resources
'Iof this country for
1.-THE common wei.
fare, to levy the
necessary taxation
without bias or fa-
lvor, and to secure
.jthat just recosni-
.tion of the rights
.Iof every individu.
al under which all
j. find security and
prosperity togeth-
ler.-54.
, noticed that twee-
fty-six words, while
/ ifty-four. This is
ance-- it will HELM
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Mr.. Phillips Denial.-In other words,
Mr.. Phillips denies he said what he
said.-Keokuk Gate City.
Mr.. Phillips goes farther than that.
He denies that he denied he said what
he said.-Burlingto Hawk-Eye.
And up to date he has not yet denied
his denial that he denied he said what
he said.-SiouX City Journal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-10

Up To Mr.. PhiIlips.-The Ottumwa
Courier seems to have indicated it.
self in the Phillips interview affair and
it is now up to Mr.. Phillips-and it
seems as though he won't be equal to
the occasion, figuring from past utter
ances and events.-Centervill Citizen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25
SHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue Of a writ of FL Fa, issued out OF
the Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia County,
Pennsylvania, and to me directed, there will be
exposed to public sale, at the Court House, in
Bloomsbury, county and state aforesaid, on
SATURDAY, MAY II, 1901,
at two o'clock p. m, all that certain piece and
parcel OF land, situate In the Town Of Blooms
burg, County of Columbia, Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania bounded and described as fol-
lows, to wit Being on the west side of West
street, forty 40 feet from corner OF Catharine
Wilson lot thence parallel TO Pine alley sixty
six (6G feet to lot OF John Pursel; thence along
said lot forty (i0) feet to Wilson lot aforesaid
thence along said Wilson lot sixty-six 900 feet
TO West street; thence along the same forty
(,0) feet to the place Of beginning, whereon Is
erected a large two and o.e.half story
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE
and outbulldings.
Seized, taken in execution at the suit OF Cos
mopolltan Building and Loan Association,
now to use OF James E. Ratchford, Receiver, vs..
Thomas Corey and Emma A. Corey, and to be
sold as the property OF Thomas Corey and
Emma A. Corey
DANIEL KNORR,
HARMAN, Atty. Sheriff.
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President schwab's MuniGcence.

PITTSBURG, April 23.-Charles NJ.
schwab, president of the United States
Steel corporation, has made an early start
IN spending a part of his large income,
presumably following in the footsteps of
his preccptor, Andrew Carnegie. Mr..
sehwab has just authorized the erection
nj large building for the Mount Alloy
sius academy at Cresson, Pa, which viii
cost in the neghborhood of 100000, but
Mr.. Schwab has set no limit to the cost
of the building.
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missionaries Killed.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-Figures
received at the state department compil-
ed by j. w. Stevenson, director Of the
Chinese Inland mission, show that the
total number of foreign missionaries kill
ed in China during the recent disturb
or these % adults and 8 children were
Anaricnns
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-04-25

Monument to Perry In Japan.

WASHINGTON, April 24,-The navy
department has received letter from
Rear Admiral Remey, in command of the
Asiatic station, making known his pur-
pose to be present at the ceremony at
tending the erection of monument to
Commodore Perry at Kurihama, Japan,
on July a. The ceremony has some
thing of an international aspect and is
indicative of the kindly sentiment exist
ial. between Japan and the United States.
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters testament
airy on the estate or william ii. Johnson, late OF
the town OF Bloomsbury, county OF Columbia,
Pa deceased, have been granted to Elizabeth
ance a. Trust Co., OF Philadelphia, Pa TO whom
all persons indebted to said estate are request
ed to make payment, and those having claims
DELAY, at the office OF THE COMMONWEALTH
TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST CO., sl3 Chestnut
St., Philadelphia, or ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the following ac-
counts hgve been filed in the Common Pleas OF
Columbia County, and Will be presented 10 tne
said Court on the first Monday OF May, A. ID.
1901, and confirm ed nisi, and unless exceptions
are filed Within four days thereafter, VIII be
confirm d absolute:
l. Final account OF A. W. Dieterick, commit
tee OF the person and estate OF Elizabeth Dieter
ich, woman OF unsound mind now deceased.
2. First account OF sarah j. Hosler and q. b.
& The first and final account or Daniel
Knorr, trustee, to sell the real estate OF Mary
A. Hess and Caroline Werkheiser.
4. The third and partial account OF william
Gingles, seuuestrator OF the life estate OF John
Wolf.
5 The second and partial account OF William
Gingl"s, sequestrator OF the life estate or A. u
w. II. HENRIE, Prothy.
Prothy's ONCE, Bloomsbury, Pa, April 2, 1901
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Crown Claims the Gold.

LONDON, April 24.-In connection
with the recent discovery of gold at Leith.
Scotland, by workmen who We're prepar
ing the foundation for n new hospital, IL
is announced that the crown authorities
have notified the owners of the property
of their intention to claim all the gold
fnunb
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American Concession In Egypt.

LONDON, April 22.-The Egyptian
government, according to a dispatch to
The Daily Express from Cairo, has grant.
ed a concession to an American company
to ply passenger boats between Khartum
and ssuth Sudan. :.
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Salary $3.50 year and expenses, all payable
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