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when all other remedies fail. I can
heartily recommend Peruna as ca-
tarrh remedy"
The spring is the time to treat ca
tarrh. Cold, wet winter weather often
retards cure of catarrh. If a course of
Puruna is taken during the early spring
months the cure will be prompt and
permanent. There can be no failures if
Peruna is takenintelligently during the
favorable weather of spring.
AS systemic catarrh remedy Peruns
eradicates catarrh from the system
wherever it may be located. 1t cures ca
tarrh of the stomach or bowels with tho
samecertainty as catarrh of the head.
For free book containing valuable
advice on the causes and treatment Of
catarrh, address The Peruna Medicine
Co., Columbus. Ohio.
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or foreign countries which offers a re.
mote possibility of involving large
numbers Of men in strikes is the de-
mand being made by the International
Association of Machinists upon the
railroads of the country. This demand
is for a recognition of the union, an
increase in wages and nine-hour day.
The machinists are now negotiating
with the Illinois Central.
Woodworkers at Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Minneapolis, ST. Louis and Ottawa,
Canada, may decide to call strikes to-
day to enforce demands. Philadelphia
men want their employers to agree to
furnish heavy tools, Boston wants the
Saturday half-holiday and the others
want nine-hour day. Not more than
$500 men would be involved in all of
these places, and this is but a small
percentage of the total membership of
the Amalgamated Woodworkers' I'm,
ion,
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Des Moines should take action in the
matter.
George D. Heron was then drop
ped from the list until the next meet
ing.
Resolution Not Offered.
DR.. Vittum then moved the adoption
II the resolutions and without discus
sion they were accepted While this
delays final action, the acceptance of
the resolution by the association is
tantamount to expulsion, as the fur
ther action of the church and council
is regarded as a foregone conclusion.
The Grinnell church will act on the
matter next Thursday evening.
Evidence to have been used in Bax.
ter will be held back for use at the
church meeting and at the council, and
will be used especially if Heron makes
any defense, which is not expected:
The church will act to form the coun-
Gil next Thursday evening and the
final action of this council will take
place one month from now.
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BE NO DIVISION NOW.
The Davenport Diocese Is to Remain
UNCHANGED,

OuCildilSCu.
Council Bluffs, April 30.-The re-
cent action of the Council Bluffs dean
cry of the Catholic church of south-
western Iowa in sending petition to
the bishop opposing the division of
the diocese, has been acted upon by
the bishop with the result that the
proposed division has been indefinite-
ly postponed
Not only the deanery of Council
Bluffs but the deanery of Des Moines
is very much opposed to the division
and declare the whole scheme OF
the real estate dealers of Des Moines
to make the Catholics of southwest
ern Iowa contribute to the cost of es-
tablishing bishopric in that city.
The diocese of Davenport has at
present only 116 priests and should
the division occur two-thirds of the
number would, according to the eccle-
siastical law, belong to the see city,
leaving only thirty-six priests to GOV.
er the entire portion of the southwest
ern part of the state.
All of the parishes would then be
taxed for the buildings necessary for
bishopric, an ecclesiastical college
an orphanage, a cathedral and bish-
ops residence, aggregating d cost of
about S150,00o. This debt would be
placed equally on all the parishes in
the diocese regardless of the fact
that they had previously contributed
to the building of the bishopric at
Davenport, and they would again be
called upon to donate to the building
of the new bishopric. AS number
of parishes are themselves in debt the
disision would place debt on their
churches that it would take years to
wipe out
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straight course from the bridge to the
South Ottumwa depot without the
trouble and time required to run from
the end of the bridge to the switch
near the crossing of West Vine street
and the Wabash main track then back
to the South Ottumwa depot. The
building of this short cutoff would
also do away with the necessity of
backing part of the distance, as this
now must be done on one side or the
other of the switch above mentioned.
Returned to st. Louis.
Mr. Tripper returned to st. Louis
this morning with the result of his in
vestigations, and Mr. Scott is still here
making an examination of the track
and the bridges on the unused piece
of track. Neither one of the men
would state their object in visiting the
city, hut it is learned on good author
ity that they are acting under rush or
ders from the head office of the Wa
bash company.
Save Many Minutes.
If this track is used by the Milwau-
kee for their passenger trains it will
work saving of several minutes in
the time required in going to and from
the Jefferson street depot. The meth.
cd now employed is to run these trains
from the junction to the downtown
depot and back again, but with the
short track in use they could run over
Fit, thus saving much time.
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IOWA AT WASHINGTON.
Doines of Hawkeye People at the Ma
tion's CAPITAL.

Washington. May 1.-Postmasters
appointed: Pilotburg, Washington
county, Samuel Hampsher, vice r. e.
Young, resigned; Popeioy, Franklin
county. r. L. Mendell, vice A. A. Cor
don, resigned.
The postotfice at Van Buren,, jack
son county, has been discontinued;
mail to Preston.
Postmasters commissioned. w. M.
w. Boylan, Hubbard; Arthur ]. Bar.
ry, Hamerville; Francis NJ James,
Hanley.
Iowa Pensions.
Original-Lorenzo d. Huckins,
Charles City, Sc; Oliver f. Howard.
Burlington, Sc; Israel Tennis, Shuey.
vile, Sc: Thomas Milliken, Grimes,
Sc. Additional-James E. May, Sa-
bula, $12; Augustus NJ. Johnson, AL.
coma, $12. Restoration and additions
al-Peter Morrison (dead, Battle
Creek, $12. Increase-Benj. +. Good
win. Eldon, $50; George w. Werum,
Des Moines. SIS: Reuben Gross, Cher.
okee, $40; George Hass, Mt. Ayr, So.
Original widows--M Minors OF David
Sutter, Ce0ter Point. $14. War with
Spain, increase--Graig Shramm. Dea
Mfninnc- IS.
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resources of the state a traveller
must see all parts of the state. 1t is
a mistake for laboring man to go to
eastern Washington at all, unless his
job is assured in advance. 1t is a
still greater mistake for man who
knows nothing of mining to come to
this state to engage in mining. n Mr..
Mclean expected to get rich in a
night out of some big mine was dis
appointed and lays the blame on. the
country, instead of his want of fore.
sight and knowledge of ordinary af-
fairs.
Mr.. Simonds' Advice.
And now a word of caution and adj
vice to those who intend to come west
Let the shoemaker stick to his last.
If you wish to farm you ought, to
know what kind of farming is best
suitable for your peculiar knowledge
of the business. AS Mr.. Mclean says
that wheat only can be raised here, I
want to correct that erroneous i'm
preston. The wheat belt lies in
southeast Washington. south of Spo-
kane. If you want to raise wheat, do
not raise it in Iowa, but go to the
Washington wheat belt. ! know some
thing of the hardships of wheat rails
ing in Iowa. If you want to do varied
farming, by all means come to west
ern Washington. The circulars you
read on that subject do not apply to
eastern Washington at all. Western
Washington does not. depend on wheat
alone any more than Iowa. does, and
the farmer here has more various pro-
ducts to depend upon than the Iowa
farmer has.
The Laboring Men
Now as to laborers The principal
industry of western Washington is
numbering. There are sawmills eve
rywhere. The country is vast tim
her belt. Loggers in the woods get
from $3.50 to So per day. Common, la
borers in the mills get from 17sc to
zoe per hour and a good sawyer, engi-
neer or other experienced hand much
more. Wages as a rule are higher
than in the east. But the main adj
vantage of a laborer is his opportuni.
ty to acquire. tract of land to which
he can give his spare time in clearing
and cultivating and gradually forming
into a good comfortable home for his
family You must not expect to get
rich at once. Hard work is just as
essential here as anywhere else.
Is Healthy Country.
When | came to this state l was 70
years of age; I am now IS. 1t speaks
well for the healthfulness of the coun.
try, that L am enjoying as good health
land strength as when | left Iowa. The
climate is more equable than Iowa
The winters are very mild and the
summers not so hot as in that state
have nothing to say against Iowa; it
is a good state; and Iswould like very
much to. come back and live among
my old friends. if it was not so cold in
the winter. Hoping that all my old
friends are enjoying as good health
as am, beg to remain.
Yours very truly,
w. P. Simonds.
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HERRON's NAME OFF
Grinnell Congregational Associa-
ton Prepares Way for Trial.
ACTION is A FORECAST OF THE END
Preliminary Steps Were Taken In a
Manner Which Leaves Little Doubt
of What the Result Will Be-No
z Defense Is Expected.

Baxter, May /. - The Grinnell Con-
gregational association has taken the
first step toward the expulsion of Pro-
lessor George D. Heron from the
church and the ministry
The form of action taken and the
unanimity shown by the members
makes it certain that Heron will be
expelled finally, after the formal steps
have been taken.
BY its action yesterday the associa-
ton dropped Herrons name from the
rolls of membership in the church, and
advised the Grinnell church of which
Heron was member to call council
forthwith to deal with the Heron
case.
Heresies or religious opinions will
not enter into the trial or council. The
issues will be entirely on the personal,
moral character of Heron.
Church Well Represented.
The Grinnell association includes
about thirty churches, half of which
were represented The Grinnell
church and Plymouth Congregational
church of Des Moines are the main
churches in the association, and both
were represented by their pastors,
the Grinnell church by Rev. e. NJ Wit
tum trustee of Iowa College, and the
Plymouth church by DR.. A. T. Frisbie,
trustee of the college.
There seemed to be a settled feel
ing among the trustees that DR.. Her
ron should be treated with the utmost
fairness, that he should be given an
opportunity for defense. There is no
criticism of his public teachings, the
charges being directed entirely against
his private life
Immediately after the converting of
the session Rev. E. NJ. Vittum gained
the recognition of the chair and NOV
ed that the regular order of the day
be set aside to permit the Moderator
to Introduce resolution. This was
carried and the Rev. j. ]. Mitchell of
Prairie City introduced a resolution
stating that charges of conduct incon-
sistent with Christian character had
been made in court of justice against
member of the association, George
d. Heron, formerly of Grinnell, and
the court construed these charges as
sufficiently we'll established and of so
grave character as to justify the
granting of divorce to Mrs. Heron
with the custody of the children.
Form of Trial Provided.
The provision of the association laws
was then quoted and was shown to
provide that in case a member shall
give reasonable ground for the belief
OF his unworthiness the recourse is to
council, which should be called by
the church most nearly related to the
accused, but may be called by any 9TH
er church of aggrieved party.
IL the accused refuses to unite in
calling council it must be ex parte.
The resolution closes with request
that the First Congregational church
of Grinnell call a council of the Con-
gregational church and at the earliest
date practicable to advise as to what
should be done with reference to the
standing and church membership of
George Heron, and if the Grinnell
church should fail to call such coun-
ell at an early day it was advised that
Plymouth Conversational church. OF
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The First Day Of May Brings Joy to
Workers.
HERETOFORE WAS MARKED BY STRIFE
Prosperity and Arbitration Have
Brought Workingmen and Capital
into Closer Harmony Than Has ever
Existed in the History of the v. S.

Chicago, May 1-For the first time
in the history of organized labor the
industrial world is at peace on May
day.
AS the first of May has been marked
in former years by the Inauguration of
widespread labor troubles, sometimes
involving many trades and thousands
of workmen and their families, and
Gripping vast interests, the present
quiet and prosperous condition of in
dustrial affairs throughout the world
was the subject OF much comment yes
terday.
Prosperity and better understand
ing between labor and capital are CIV
en- as the causes. Employers and men
seem to have almost universally adopt
ed arbitration as the solution of labor
problems, and for the greater part of
this season differences are being adj
justed without strikes or other disturb
ances
Submitted to Arbitration.
This is the time when new working
agreements in most trades go into eff
feet, and it has been the day for call
ing strikes in case employers did not
concede new demands. These de-
mands are now submitted to arbitra-
ton, and the men continue work pend
ing their adjustment. If the arbitra-
ton board considers that new de-
mands are unjust to either side they
are not granted.
A striking illustration of this was
the case of the mine operators in the
Pana district considered a few days
ago by the joint arbitration board of
miners and operators in Chicago. The
Pana operators claimed that the rate
paid the miners was too high, and ask
ed a decrease. The rate was allowed
to stand, and the operators submitted
to the decree.
In the yearly readjustment of the re-
lations of such vast number of men
with their employers it is expected that
some slight differences may arise, but
so far as has been reported no trade
has signified it's intention of actually
calling strike today to enforce de
mands made in new agreements that
had been submitted
Chicago Usually Peaceful.
Chicago is probably the most free
| from labor troubles today of any great
city of the world. No man need be
idle here because of labor troubles
1t is surprising contrast to May OF
last year, when the great building
strike kept thousands of men out OF
| employment and caused a spirit of un
rest throughout organized labor of the
ltcity.
The only general movement in this
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Train Cuts His Head Off.

Des Moines, April SO.-(SpeciaD-
Henry Tolliver, colored teamster,
was ground to death by a Milwaukee
train two blocks from the depot at this
place at noon today. His head was
severed from his body. The spectacle
was CHASTITY one.
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CARRIE NATION REREAvEp.
Brother Dies at LeWsburs, Kan,
While She is in Prison at Wichita.

Brother Dies at Lewisburg, Kan,
While She is in Prison at Wichita.
Wichita, Kan, April 30. = Charles
Moore, a brother of Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton, who is confined in the county jail
here awaiting trial for joint smashing,
is dead at Lewisburg, Kansas When
Mrs Nation received the telegram
stating her brother was dying and
asking her to come to his bedside, her
attorney and former bondsmen went
to the jail, with the consent of the
county attorney, to arrange for her
temporary release. She had a dispute
with them, and they returned and held
a conference with the county attorney
at which it was decided she would not
be released. Mrs. Nation and her fell
low-crusaders had been confined in a
cell together but the sheriff has re.
moved her to a cell in the steel rotary
owing to her inability to agree with
the other smashers.
An elevator in plant at Clarinda
fell a distance of five stories with six
men in it, but no bones We're broken
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DEFENDS HIS STATE.
w. q simonds Differs With Former
ottumYans Letters.
ca ,sa
SAYS WASHINGTON IS ALL RIGHT
) Removed From otturuWa About Six
Years-East and West Washington
Are as Different as Iowa and Louis
iana-An Interesting Letter.
[Trom Tuesdays Daily.

[From Tuesdays Daily.1
The Courier is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from w. p ST.
monds, of Chehalis, Wash, in which
he takes exceptions to the statements
of V. V. Mclean and c. S. Thompson,
former residents of Ottumwa,and who
have sent letters to the Courier re-
garding the state of Washington. Mr..
Simonds is also a former resident of
Ottumwa and is we'll known here to
many of the older residents. He left
impressions of his adopted state are
quite vivid. His impressions do not
coincide with the statements of the
other two gentlemen and he upholds
the state quite vigorously.
Mr.. simonds' Letter.
His letter in full is as follows:
Chehalis, Wash, April 20. 1901
Editor Ottumwa Courier, Ottumwa,
Iowa:
Dear Sir: l have lately received a
copy OF. your paper in which | find two
letters written by V. " Mclean, a
late arrival at Spokane, Wash, from
Iowa, and another by Cyrus S.Thomp.
SON, from Tacoma, Wash. AS an old
resident of Ottumwa and as a present
resident of Washington l would re-
spsctfnlly ask space to give my views
of this state which have been matured
by residence of about six years. {.
Opinions Are Misleading.
As rule there is nothing more mis-
leading than the opinion of new ar
rival in country. He has been led
to expect too much or too little. His
expectations arise usually from what
he has heard or read concerning the
country. from persons in various parts
of the state. What would be the strict
truth as to one part of state would
be false as to another. This is partic,
ularly the fact as to Washington. The
state is divided by the Cascade range
of mountains rising into the region of
perpetual snow. The eastern part of
the state in which Spokane is situat.
ed, is as much different from western
Washington, in which Tacoma is sit.
uated as Iowa is from Louisiana.
Can Be Surprised.
A man who has read circular
praising western Washington and ex.
poets to witness those advantages at
Spokane, will be greatly surprised up
on his arrival, and often, indeed, be
Disguised with the lies of the real es
tate men. AS Mr.. Thompson says
the resources of Washington are va
nj ond Oh nj ppt RI COO oil ~, r
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EATING SALT CAUSES DEATH.
Michigan Lawyers Blood Turns White
From lnduluenca in Fad

Niles, Mich, April 29.-Colonel Ed
ward Bacon, an attorney of Berrien
county, died suddenly and physi-
clans say his death was due to
overindulgence in the salt fad. He
took so much salt that his blood turned
white.
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II have been
troubled all my
life with catarrh
in my head. 1
took Peruna for
a b o u t tn r e e
months, and now
think I am per-
manently cured.
1 believe that for
catarrh in all its
forms Peruna is
the medicine of
the are TT curas
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Other Cases May Be Dropped.

The verdict, which practically sets CAL
lahan free, was declared surprise by
many attorneys who watched the case,
they not expecting an absolving of Gala.
han of all blame in connection with the
abduction by which the kidnapers secured
1000 In gold.
Callahan is under indictment on two 9TH
er counts, which the states attorney is not
now prepared to say will be made use of.
as no new evidence is at hand and the ex-
pense of going over the ground again is
considerable.
Prison Hears Verdict Read.
The jury notified Judge Baker at n. M
that 1t had settled upon verdict, and the
news spread among attorneys and interest
ed persons until an audience of fifty await
ed the twelve men as they filed into the
court room. Callahan occupied his usual
seat and betrayed no uncertainty as to the
outcome. His face was blank as he
watched the verdict unfolded and read
/ As the words Not guilty were pro-
nounced, however Callahan half rose to
his feet his lips parted in a smile, and he
turned his eyes gratefully toward the Jury.
Judge Baker studied the wording of the
verdict for several minutes in silence. as
though he had doubted the evidence of his
ears. Then he wheeled in his chair, and,
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HON. DAN. A. GROSyENOR, THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY.
Dan A Auditor
written from Washington, D. @,
Now gratitude the benefit derived
from bottle of Peruna One
changes and Besides being
best spring fons excellent remedy" Very
respectfully, Dam A. Grosvenor
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addressing the jurors, rebuked them
vigorous terms.
Judue Uses Plain Lanuuaue.

''1t is impossible for me to conceive"
the judge said, how twelve men of ordi-
nary intelligence could have reached such
conclusion after hearing the absolutely
convincing arguments in this case.
If Callahan had made his own choice of
jury he could not have selected twelve
men who would have served him more
faithfully. If the state. for its part, had
made the selection l know of no men it
could have named who could have been
less careful of its interests.
The jury is discharged without the COM
pliments of the courts. and the prisoner is
likewise turned loose, as to this trial.
presume, to continue the criminal practices
in which YOU have failed to check him.
Il do not know what motive actuated
you in reaching this decision, but hope
none Of you will ever appear again in this
The jury were evidently ill at ease DUR
ing this Arrangement. bur did not make any
response. and filed rapidly from the box as
soon as they We're at liberty. In the hall
way Callahan mumhled his thanks and
shook the jurymen's hands This proceed
ing was one of embarrassment under the
eyes of the court officers