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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
A METEOR WEIGHING EFT
 TONS.
FIFTY
The Largest on Record and Found by
 Professor Ward in Mexico.

The Largest on Record and Found by Professor Ward in Mexico.
 Professor Henry A. Ward, of Chicago, who has just returned from visit to
 Mexico. announces the discovery there
 of the largest meteorite on record. This gigantic messenger from the skies,
 which is so big, says Professor Ward, that it would cost fifty thousand dol- lars to bring it to the sea coast, weighs
 about fifty tons. The announcement of
 this discovery has been made by Pro- | lessor Ward to the Academy of Science at Rochester, where Professor Ward was formerly g. resident. His account before the academy was the first pre- sentation of his discovery to the scien- | tiflc world. It was the intention of Pro- lessor Ward to prepare paper fully describing and setting forth this impor- ! tant topic for the society, but as it was | not ready he gave instead an informal | account. Professor Ward when intro | duced stated that he had just returned | from a visit to the West Indies, South America and Mexico, and that while in | Mexico he found what he went after--a giant meteor!te.
 l You know how many meteorites | have been found in Mexico?" he said. ! "Why they are so large and of iron for ! nation is what puzzles. Some have 1 said it is due to some special attraction of the minerals in Mexico, but this hardly seems possible to me, owing to | the rapidity with which the earth re- | volves and if a. meteor were attracted l to a given spot, the velocity of the | earth's momentum would throw it far l from this point of attraction. To me 1t
 seems likely that the explanation is the dry atmosphere of the countrywide me l teor is not worn or decOmposed. Still, 1t is an interesting question what has | caused this meteoric fall which has no
 parallel elsewhere.
 l "The same question might come up in regard to the construction of the me-
 teorites. which are all of iron, there having been only two or three of stone found. In Arizona and Kansas the me- l teors found are all of stone. It is very lpuzzlng. The Mexican government has
 been very liberal in bringing together
 these meteorites, which are grouped be-
 fore a building in the City of Mexico,
 and handsomely mounted. some fifty ! thousand dollars having been appropri- | ated for this purpose.
 q heard a rumor of a very large me l teorite in the country bordering the | gulf. These rumors were so uncertain | that they made a search for 1t very
 tempting, so. having month at my dis posal, I determined to set out and try
 to settle the question once and for all in
 regard to the existence of th!s meteor
 ite"
 Professor Ward gave very interest l ing account of his expedition in search
 of the mammoth meteorite. The first
 thing he did was to hunt up photo grapher to accompany him, and this
 matter gave him some difficulty, since ] he was afraid he might not find any one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
REFORM4TORY.

Redd-what is the first thing to learn about golf?
 Greene-To get used to the clothes.- Yonkers Statesman.
 Bill-Did you ever know a circus clown to get off anything funny?
 Jill-Why, yes.
 What, for instance?"
 His ring clothes. .'-Yonkers States man.
 T don't want to know how to make money go farther" he insisted.
 Why not?"
 Just because personally find it too far off as 1t is" s."-Philadelphia North American.
 How Frightful!-Beryl-were you much embarrassed when he kissed you?
 Sibyl-No, was frightened, though.
 How SOP"
 T told him to stop, and for a moment I thought he was going to!"-Baltimore Herald.
 And how is the world treating you?'' asked the brindle pup of the spawned flea.
 "Oh," said the flea. T get bite now and then; but how is it with you?"
 II manage to scratch along."-Balti- more News.
 Tess-so MT. Groosum really proposed to you?
 Jess-Yes. While we were strolling ir the cemetery we came to their family grave and he asked me how T'd Elxa tr be buried there some day, with his name on the stone above me.-Tit-Bi
 Doesn't she keep summer boarders?' We ask, indicating the sharp-visaged lady with the market-basket on her arm. Not very long," explains our friend who has boarded so long that he calls the dining-room flies by their first names.-Judge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
ANNUEHS

Prof. c. s. Grimes of Evanston, H., now o4 years of age, carried a policy of s5,ooo for many years and when he reached the eadvanced age of 7ohe despaired Ot its ever becoming a claim, so he compromised with the company on the basis of an annuity of S4Ioper year for the rest of his life. During the past 24 years he has received his annual payments with regular lty and great equanimity of mind and, having already drawn So,84o, he has come to the conclusion that he has found the elixir of life in an Annuity. 6
 At age 70, S1,ooo deposited in The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York will yield an annuity of SI34.77 for life.
 This great corporation is the most wealthy moneyed institution in the world and more than SIo,ooo, 900 in claims has been paid in this state through the under signed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
PROHTBT TION THAT PR0HIRTTS.

It is interesting to notice how the prohibition law is enforced ill Maine.
 One way is known as the Cherryfield way. In Cherryfield there were five liquor-sellers, ranging in rank all the way from a Chinese laundryman to a merchant. The citizens in general de-
 plored the situation. but individuals disliked to act, and the town officials for some reason would not. Thereupon law and order league was organized and the liquor-dealers were forced out
 of business. Another method, which originated at Little Falls, involves con- stant opposition to the establishment of saloons. Deeds are executed with a proviso that they shall become invalid if liquor is sold on the demised prem ises. Action of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is the Jonesport method. The women made complaints, directed searches, and secured many convictions, followed by heavy fines. Jonesport is now free of saloons. The Skowhegan method is reform through political means, put in operation by non-partisan effort. The selectmen were forced to submit the question of enforcement to an open vote, and the citizens, thus being obliged to take one side or the other, voted by a large majority for enforcement. At Calais, the Republican officials refused to en- force the law. Good citizens went to work and elected Democrats to office, though the town had been overwhelm- ingly Republican for nearly quarter of century. In Cumberland county a somewhat similar movement elected a
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
NOT AFRAID OF CONGRESS.

It is said, and probably truly, that the trusts are not quaking with fear of what will be done to them as re- suit of the coming campaign. The Washington correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle points out that it is certain that when congress is in session and an effort is made to get up anti trust legislation these great interests will have hearing. They will demand that the Judiciary committee of the two houses shall consult with the large business interests of the country before doing anything, and the best talent they can find will appear before these com- mittees with arguments to show the great danger of radical action. Then the members of both houses will be as- sailed by fire from the rear. They will be surprised to find how many of their own constituents would be hurt by any radical legislation. The stock and bonds of the great corporations are held by thousands of men and women all over the country who would oppose anything that would tend to reduce the value of their holdings and there is the great trouble to be contended with of making law for the big fellows that will not hurt the little fellows as we'll, and the opponents of legislation will be able to have senators and representa- tives bombarded by protests from cor porations in their own districts oppos- ing legislation that would be harmful to them, though aimed primarily at others
 This is a good diagnosis of the situa- ton. Perhaps the trusts will never be hurt much by law, but many of them will hurt themselves and each other.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

,e An agreement was reached shortly be- fore the adjournment of congress that the bill for the admission of the Ter ritories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma would be taken up at the be- ginning of the next session in Decem- Der. Accordingly another congressional election will take place in the Terri tories before the bill comes up for &C., tion. Oklahoma is expected to elect a Republican delegate and the other two Territories will probably choose Demo- crats This result is expected to be suf- ficiently pleasing to congress to cause the passage of the admission bill with out much trouble, for the Republicans will be glad to add Oklahoma, with two senators and three representatives to the list of Republican States, while the Democrats whose votes are necessary for the passage of ahe bill will be grati- fled at the prospect of securing four new senators and two representatives from Arizona and Mexico.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
ADVERTISING RATES.

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 Display advertisements. per inch. one ia Io kertlon, S1.20: each subsequent eIo. one year. ss0 -.a iS
 UbIeuary Notices. in prose or Serss: .ri t cants Der line. Notices of Births. Msnt axes. Deaths. and Funerals OO eeh'S
 Loca. Notices, 15 per dne- A.. thair
 Yearly advertisers gre limited 70 shI Ia own ilDmed,ate business tall matter to ,os unobieefionaDiel, and thelr contracts a" "'- inelrde Wapts. To Let. For saLs: elc:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

Prohibitionist as sheriff. In Andres coggin country. on the other hand, the Republicans decided to do their own house-cleaning within party lines They elected Rev. c. g. Cummings of Lewiston to the office of sheriff.
 IL would take too long to tell how the prohibition law is not enforced in Maine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

The supreme lodge of the Ancient or- der of United Workmen, at its recent session at Portland. Oregon. decided that a. spaniard was white man within the meaning of the constitution of the order.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

Times have changed. A souvenir handbook published by the Primitive Methodists of Barnley, England, at a recent anniversary contains the follow ing from the minutes of the society, published in 1884: That We do not al- low young men and young women of our society to court with each other on Sunday; neither do we allow our single men and women to walk in the street together arm-in-arm at any time; neither do we allow them to stand at street corners chatting together" The girl choristers were forbidden by an- other resolution to wear bows in their bonnets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

The governing board of the Interna- tional Bureau of the American Repub- lies has been notified by the State de- partment that the governor of Porto Rico has appointed Antonio Mariani of Yanco, Porto Rico, to represent that island as delegate in the Information al American Coffee Congress, which is to meet in New York city October l. 1902. This congress is to consider the present state of the coffee industry, steps are to be devised, if possible to improve conditions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

Cinder Charley-I told that lady I was merely tryin' to keep soul an body together.
 Billy Trucks-What did she say? . Cinder Charley-She gave me safety piI.--Philadelphia Record
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

Love works wonders. A British young woman. a teacher in the Con stantinople College for Girls. fell in love recently with an Arab sheikh. He converted her to Mohammedan!sm and then married her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

At an auction room in London recent ly were offered for sale two ancient Ashanti coronation thrones, nicely up- holstered in human skin. These are said to have been recently brought from west Africa by military officer, who certainly secured, whether by hook or by crook, most valuable prize. Ihese thrones are emblems of Ashanti royal ty. and without them the successors ot N,Kawanta and O'Finsu cannot be crowned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

\ Go away from home to get the news. This is bit from the Japan Weekly Advertiser: 'In some localities in America the exasperated people are ap- plying their own remedies to the evil by stationing sharpshooters to pick off the chauffeurs in transit when the lat ter are judged to be going at a danger ous gait, and it only needs the slaugh- ter of two or three children in any con1- rnunity to rouse public opinion to par #tial if not general, adoption of this method of redress
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08

1. The Rev. J. Harrison Jones, pastor Of a Church of the Disciples in Alliance, Ohio, has just passed his eighty-ninth birthday. He has been a preacher for over seventy years, and has seen his denomination grow from two or three small churches to membership of l. 100000. During the civil war he was chaplain of Garfield's regiment. He took part in the ceremonies at the mur- dered presidents funeral.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
NEW UNIFORMS ORDERED.
National Guard Officers to Be Permit
ted to Wear New Dress.

Iowa National Guard officers will be
granted permission, in an order that will
be issued by Adjutant General Byers in a
few days, to wear the new dress and SER
vice uniforms prescribed by the war de.
partment of the United States in a recent
general order.
Sweeping changes in uniforms were re.
Gently ordered by the war department and
officers and men of the regular army are
forced to get new raiment from head to
foot. The cost to the officers in the regu-
lar army will be heavy, and there is wide
spread kicking against the order. How
ever, in the guard it is proposed to go
leisurely about the change. No order will
be issued Immediately respecting the uni
form Of the enlisted men. The order will
affect only the officers Of infantry. The
war department order prescrbes a full
dress uniform, dress uniform and SER
vice uniform, among others, but the order
to the guard will refer only to the dress
and the service uniform. The dress uni
form of an infantry officer under the new
order corresponds to the present blue I'M
dress uniform, but the facings are of light
blue instead of white, and the caps are
modelled after the German pattern. This
coat is to be worn on parades and cere-
monies. The service uniform is to be
made of wool or cotton of an olive drab
color, and the cap and the overcoat are
to be of the same material and color. Of
ticers of the guard, after the order is is
sued. may provide themselves with either
the dress or the service uniform and over
coat, and they will he required to do so
after January /, 1904.
The local officers in Company G will not
make the change until they are required
to do so.
One of the reasons for not making a
general change in the uniforms of the Of
ficers and men alike, aside from the ex-
pense, is that the Dick bill for the reor-
ganization of the militia, now before con-
gress, is likely to be in effect soon, and
it is uncertain to what extent this will
affect the guard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
January Term, Judge Roberts Presid.
ing, Opens January 5-December
25 Last Day for Filins-Mrs. swartz
Gets Divorce.

At meeting Of the four judges Of
the second judicial district, held at
the court house in this city, new
schedule for the terms of court during
the coming year was arranged. Judges
A. Roberts and c. W. Vermilion were
in attendance and the schedule ar
ranged was as follows:
Judge Eichelberger.
Davis and ppanoose-January and
February.
Van Buren, and Jefferson-March
and April.
Monroe and Lucas-August and
September.
Wapello-October.
Judge Vermilion.
Van Buren, and Jefferson-Janusry
and February.
Monroe and Lucas-March and
April.
Wapello-August.
Davis and Appanoose-Septembe
and October.
Judge Roberts. i
Wapello-January.
Davis and ppanoose-March and
April
Monroe and Lucas-August and
September.
Van Buren, and Jefferson-Sep3tem-
Der and October.
Judge Sloan.
Monroe and Lucas-January and
February.
Wapeilo-March and April.
Van Buren, and Jefferson-lAugust
and September.
Davis and Appanoose = Sephembet
and October.
October Term Closes.
The formal closing of the October
term of the Wapello county district
court took place this afternoon ,at 2:20
o'clock and there will be no district
court in this city until January 5.
The last day for the filing of cases
for the January term is December 25,
Christmas day, but the attorneys ex-
pect to close up much of the business,
if not all, on the day proceed ing, in
celebrate the annual holiday in the us.
ual way.
Denies Rehearing.
Judge Eichelberger today oNerruled
the motion of the defense in the Col
lingwood damage case for rehearing
of the case.
Mrs. Swartz Gets Divorce.
The judge also signed the, decree
making Mrs. Mary E. Swartzf a free
woman Mrs. Swartz was the. wife of
Frank Swartz, who was rece ntly con-
victed of adultery and sent t,o the TT
Madison penitentiary. She applied for
divorce Immediately after his con-
viction and secured a decree to-day.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23

has been about two and a half million
gallons per diem, so that there is a
capacity to pump about double the
quantity of water which is used. With
the reservoir situated where it is and
connected with the low service sys-
TEN by pipes Of sufficient size, which,
in case Of an extensive confagration,
would give the city as many streams
of water as it could conveniently use.
The company will also, whenever re-
quired by the city council, lay down
new and additional mains, none of
which shall be less than six inches in
diameter, and set new hydrants there
on, which are to be of six inch con.
nection and be of approved pattern
and design; providing that
no such order shall be made, nor if
made, shall the same be of any bind
ing force or effect unless the city shall
order one additional hydrant for every
400 feet of mains,and that no order for
mains or hydrants shall be so made as
to leave dead ends, but that in making
any order for pipe, the city shall order
enough to make a complete circuit
SO as to connect not only at one end,
but at both ends with a pipe in actual
use of not less than inches in diam
eter. Such hydrants as are mentioned
in this paragraph are to be called adj
ditional hydrantS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
A Timely Suggestion.

This is the season of the year when
the prudent and careful housewife re-
plenishes her supply of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. 1t is certain to be
needed before the winter is over, and
results are much more prompt and sat.
isfactory when it is tkept at hand and
given as soon as the cold is contract.
ed and before it has become settled in
the system. In almost every instance
a severe cold may be warded off by
taking this remedy freely as soon as
the first indication of the cold appears
There is 10 danger in giving it to chill
dren for it contains no harmful sub
stance. 1t is pleasant to take-botb
adults and children like it. Buy it and
you will get the best. It always cures
For sale by all druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
WILL BE PAID 1PuRsE.
w. H. LoWenberg's Horse Declared
Winner of 2:25 Trot at EIdon.

w. n. IoWehberg'S Horse Declared
Winner of 2:25 Trot at Eldon.
w. H. Lowenberg, the we'll known
Eldon horseman, will be paid the purse
which was hung up in the 2;25 trot
at the Eldon fair September s. The
purse in this event was never given
as the. decision of the judges giving
the race to Mr.. Lowenberg's horse,
Eleanor B" was protested by J. B.
Fry of Ollie, who owned Magic the
horse which won the last heat and the
race but was set back to fourth heat
by the judges owing to the fact that
the horse broke on the back stretch
gaining in the break. This heat was
awarded to Mr.. Lowenberg's horse
which finished second, giving it the
race. The matter was referred to the
board of appeals of the American Trot,
ting association, and the decision of the
judges was upheld by that body at its
meeting recently. Both men are well
known among the horsemen of the
city, both having raced horses here
on various occasions. The following
was the finding of the board of ap.
peals:
Case 2512-J. B. Fry, Ollie, Iowa,
and S. h. magic VS. Eldon, Big Dis.
| trict Agricultural association, Eldon,
Ia, w. III. Lowenburg, Eldon, Ia: and
b. m. Eleanor b. Appeal from deci.
sion of judges 2:25 trot, Eldon, Iowa
September 5, 1902.
appeal is made on the ground that
the decision of the judges in the 2:25
trot at Eldon, Iowa, September $780,
caid Inaicirr, i,,cr in
the fourth heat, first place to Eleanor
B" who finished second, second place
to Twin l One who finished third
and last to magic" who finished first,
on the ground that Magic" gained
ground by running on the back stretch
in said heat
"The evidence filed in support of
the appeal sets forth the circumstan-
ces of the heat in question at some
length, being practically an opinion
of the parties that the decision of the
judges was wrong.
'The defense files affidavit of Miles
Tilden, G.. o. Terrell and l. C. McCary
judges of the race, stating that their
decision was arrived at after a full
knowledge and investigation of the
facts connected with the heat.
.'The affidavit of the judges of the
race shows that they set the horse
| Magic" back to the last position in
the fourth heat on account of gain
| ing break and placed Eleanor B"first,
and the preponderance of evidence
shows the decision to have been cor.
rect.
"This board cannot undertake to
over-rule decision of the judges,
| wherein it is shown that the rules were
properly understood and applied and
| it is ordered that the appeal be dis.
missed and the money paid in accor.
dance with the decision of the judges
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
MAY INCLUDE IOWA MINERS.
Interstate Agreement With Operators
Likely to Be Amended

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 20.-7,The in
terstate agreement between the min
ers and operators may be amended by
the national convention here in jan
uary and February to includ,s Iowa.
The operators of Iowa have been will
ling to join Indiana, Pennsy lvania,
Ohio and Illinois at the last three con-
ventions, but were debarred largely
because of opposition from the toperat
ors of the Pittsburg district. The OBJ
lection was that the Iowa OPERATOR
did not have an association like the
other states, but they have recently
organized and have employed John P
Reese, president of the Iowa miners
as their commissioner.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23
Bilious Collie Prevented.

Take double dose of Chambel!lain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
as soon as the first indication Ge the
disease appears and threatened att
tack may be warded off. Hundrea Is Of
people who are subject to attacks of
bilious collie use the remedy in this
way with perfect success. For sale
by all druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23

Thii Wabash Ry will sell one way
tickets at half fare plus So the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, tn
points in North and South Dakotft, Col.
Grade, Wyoming, Southwest Missouri.
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, OlSlaho.
ma and Indian Territory.
A. j. Packard, agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-23

for sale any oleomargarine from any
manufacturer who has not paid the
special tax shall be liable for each Of
Tense to pay a penalty of $500 and to
a forfeiture of all articles SO purchas-
ed or received, or Of the full value
thereof.
J. w. Yerkes, Commissioner.