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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
OBITUARY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

We are panied to chronicle the
death of little Dale Johnson, infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Johnson.
The deceased was only year and} 8
days old when that dreaded disease,
pneumonia, stole upon him quietly UNI
til the mornings of April 16, at 10
O'Clock, when he breathed his last.
He has gone where suffering is no
more. He was loving child, and one
of unusually bright appearance. The
stricken parents are very much be-
reaved by the loss of their baby, but
are consoled in the hope of meeting
him again. Words of comfort were
spoken by Pastor Moore of Kirk
vile, where the funeral occurred at 2
o'clock April II, at the M. e. church.
Kind friends and relatives then fol
lowed the remains to their last resting
place in Kirkville cemetery. M. c. B.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01

said board shall qualify by taking
oath to perform the duties deyolying
upon them fairly, faithfully and i'm
partially, without fear or favor, unin-
f1uenced by personal or political con-
siderations. No member of said board
shall be interested in or connected
with any school, scheme, plan or de.
vice having for it's object the prepara-
ton, education or instruction of per-
sons in the knowledge required of ap-
plicants for certificates of competency.
Any member of said board shall be
summarily removed from office by the
executive council, upon due notice and
hearing, for violation of the law, mis-
feasance or malfeasance in the per-
Torrance of his duties, or for other
sufficient cause, and his successor
shall thereupon be appointed by the
said executive council for the unex-
PRED term"
House File 10.
can act to amend section 24S2 Of
the code, relating to mines and min
ing.
"Be it enacted by the general assem4
bly, of the state of Iowa:
Section 1. That section 24S2 Of
the code be and the same is hereby
amended by inserting after the comma
following the word permit and be-
fore the word keep in the ninth line
thereof the following: Which exam
ination shall be made at least once in
every six months of all mines having
an average output of fifty tons or more
Of coal per day..
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
oTTUMWA MAN DRAWN.
Church Porter Chosen as One of Fed
eraI Petit Jurors.

Church Porter of this city has been
drawn as one OF the petit jurors for
the May term of the federal court
which will convene at Des Moines
May 10. In addition to Mr.. Porter
there are several men living in the vi.
cinity of Ottumwa who We're chosen
to serve either as grand or petit jur-
ors, among them being the following:
Grand jury-Frank Chambers of
Moravia, G. R. Kirk of Charlton,
Charles McCombs of Abba.
Petit jury-Evan Lewis, Charlton;
w. A. Whitmon, Bonaparte; John Bal
terson. Centerville; ]. e. Sheldon, Mt
Ayr; w. A.. Brown, Leon; S. +. Jen-
kins, Bloomfield; ]. G. Strickling, Keo-
sauqua; s. S. Crane, Fairfield; D. w.
Biggs, Chillicothe; Edward Streepy
Cincinnati: Edward Deeds. Brighton,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01

ton folks was to kill the 20 per cent
reduction bill. They mustered the
necessary numbers but they were
without a leader; in fact, every man
was a leader, and as a, result there
was a miscue. 1t was ANTICIPATED that
the Norris amendment abolishing the
differential would congest the situa-
ton to such an extent that the bill
would be killed. OH the contrary, and
to the surprise of everybody the
amendment was adopted by ain over
whelming majority and the ways and
means bill with that added passed.
Now the beet sugar peopls are very
mad and wondering how they were
fold briclsed, Frank J stil,raB,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
Special Cheap Rates to California via.
the burlington Route.

During April the Burlington route
will sell cheap one way colonist tickets
to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Di.
San Francisco, Los Angeles. San Di.
ago, Hornbrook and all California COM
mon points. Through tourist sleepers
leave Ottumwa sos a. m. every Thurs
day and Saturday For complete in
formation call on or address. w. S.
Parker, Ticket Agent Union Depot.
1t is polite to read the book of a
friend though it is necessary to walk
the floor TO kaep awake.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
The NEW IOWA LAWS REGARDING MINES AND MINING

Official Copies
OthersRel ate to Innpor tant Matters
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
FIRST GUN THUNDERS
IN FIRST CAMPAIGN

ed the agriculturalist, because Ameri-
can farmers in the last six years have
paid mortgages on their farms to the
amount of sSO0,OO0,OOO; and the
American farmers could today with
his live stock alone pay the entire ma
tional debt of England and Germany,
and still have over $520,000000 left. 1t
has not oppressed any class, because
the well being of the whole American
people is the establishment and envy
of the world.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01
The Oriental Market.

he Oriental MARKET.
another market for our surplus re-
quires no reciprocity except decent in
ternational treatment and yet it is
the greatest unexpected market on
the globe-the market of China and
the Orient. To that market we are
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-01

carried by the developments of anoth-
er principle as natural as that of indus
trial combinations-the principle of
expansion. 1t is principle universal,
and manifests itself in the life of ev-
cry individual, the progress of every
business firm and sweeps onward
through the whole range of human ac-
tivity, to the policies of nations.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Tyner Items.

Dr. Denaut, of Walkerton, was in
town Monday.
Robert Beagles was in Laporte on
business last Tuesday.
Charles Haag went to Peru Monday,
where he will practice law.
Miss Edna Miller, of South Bend, is
visiting her cousin, Bessie Johnson.
Homer Johnson, of Teegarden, Wis
tied his aunt, Mrs. Myers, last week.
Miss Lille Bently, of South Bend,
was calling on friends here last Tues
day.
Miss Lulu Rupe, of South Bend an l
Effie Snyder, of Kendallville, Ind, are
visiting Myron Chase and family.
Chester Beagles returned home from
Fort Wayne last Saturday, where he
visited couple weeks with relatives.
Messrs. John Nye, Myron Chase, j.
f. Johnson and Mesdames Nye, Chase
and Johnson and Miss Bessie Johnson
attended they ockey- Corbaley nuptials
last week.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Will Buy Small Farms.

AS result of the preparation for
the construction of interurban lines
of railway, real estate dealers report
an increase in the demand for sub
urban and farm property. The de-
mand is natural one and is destined
to solve in part one of the economic
problems of the business and laboring
mans domestic progress and is wor-
thy of encouragement.
A small farm can be purchased for
much less than a home in the city, or
even cottage on back street would
cost, and on these few acres the fac
tory hand can be independent. He
can still hold his job in the city,
especially if his farm be on the inter-
urban line, and the spare hours he
can put in digging and delving on his
farm will not only be productive in
vegetables and fruit, but will be
health-giving. On small farm is a
good place to bring up the children,
instead of permitting them to run the
streets, and there they can learn
habits of industry and thrift as well
as the secrets of nature. The farm
ward movement is worthy of en-
enlargement, and will work for bet
ter health, better morals.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Our Population 84,233,069.

The census burea Tuesday issued a
report announcing that the population
of the entire United States, including
all outlying possessions, was S4,233,-
069 in the census year 1900. This is
itemized as follows: Continental
United States, or United States prop
er, rs, 1874, 575 heretofore announced):
Philippines, 1861. 339, being the esti-
mate of the Statisticlan to the Philip
pine Commission: Porto Rico, 953, 242;
Hawaii, 154,0O1; Alaska, So, 1872;
Guam, 5000: American Samoa, $500;
persons in the military and naval SER
vice of the United States outside of
the territory of the United States
proper, 81, 219. The report announces
that the twelfth census only extended
to Alaska and Hawaii outside of
continental United States,' but
that the figures for the rest of the
United States domain are taken from
the best available sources.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Nobility.

True worth is in being, not seeming;
La doing each day that goes by,
Some little good-not in the dreaming
OF great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in blindness,
And spite of the fancies of youth.
There is nothing so kindly as kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our price as we measure;
We can not do wrong and feel right;
Nor can we give pain and gain pleasure,
For justice avenges each slight.
The air for the wing OF the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren,
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the children of men
We can not make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them like fishes in nets,
And sometimes the things our life misses
Help more than the things which it gets
For good lieth not IN pursuing.
Nor gaining of great nor of small;
But just in the doing-and doing
As we would be done by, is all.
Through envy. through malice, through hat
ing,
Against the world early and late,
No jot of our courage abating,
Our part is to work and to wait.
But slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who is honest is noble.
Whatever his fortunes or birth
ALICE CARY.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Chicago
A Matter of Evolution.

The graphophone is one of those
wonders of modern times that has
come to us through the perfecting
processes OF evolution. The first
talking machine, the photograph,
while successful in demonstrating the
basic scientific principles of sound re-
cording and reproducing by mechani-
cal means, was failure SO far as its
everyday use was concerned. The
process employed in making the sound
record was crude, the means of repro
ducing the sound when once recorded
were elementary, and the reproduct-
ion itself was SO imperfect as to be,
in the case of speech or song, almost
uninteligible. There were other diff
culties in the way of the practical use
of the photograph. After yeals of
painstaking and determined effort, in
the course of which vast amount of
well directed experimental work was
carried on, the graphophone was finally
evolved with its entirely novel method
of recording and its hitherto unused
tablet or cylinder of wax or wax
like composition upon which the sound
waves were engraved.
1t became at once apparent that in
the graphophone were successfully
overcome those difficulties which were
prohibitive of practical use of the
photograph. The engraving process
of recording as distinguished from the
method of indenting, was a much
more exact one and gave reproduce
ion marvelously faithful to the origin
al sound. The use of wax cylinders
allowed the removal Of a record once
made from one machine and its subse-
quent reproduction on another. Re-
cords on graphophone cylinders could
be and were stored away for months
or years, to be reproduced, afterward,
at the pleasure oflthe owner and as
many times as desired.
The crude invention of Edison is no
more to be compared with graphic
phone than were the primitive steam
craft of Fulton and his immediate fol-
lowers to be compared with the modern
steam palaces in which we cross the
sea.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
INDIANA'S JAILS
Increase of $50 Prisoners Locked Up
Over Last Year.

Reports made to the board of state
charities for the year ending October
81, 1901, show that during the year
there were confined in the jails of the
90 counties of Indiana 2S,044 persons
20 15 males and 1899 females.
This is an increase of $50 over the jail
population of the previous year. The
reports show that of the total number
of prisoners 10, 922 were service SEN
tence. 1873 were confined as insane and
5000 were tramps. The largest
number of prisoners was in Marion
county, 1902, while Union county
reported the smallest number. nine.
Brown county reported eleven and
Franklin twelve inmates. Vigo county
reported 1,126 prisoners, Grant county
1861, Madison county, 1,424. CaSS
county, 1928, Vanderburg county,
1,2O9.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

deed to William Conger, all Int in n
65 A of w J of n Ell of 10, L "a,
RI. Consideration $40
Dwight L Dickinson and wife, war
ranty deed to Pennsylvania Company,
20 1T strip in n w of II, L 33, r
2, Consideration sSS
Anna Holtorf, etal, Q CD to Jennie
NJ Kruger, lots IL, II, 16, IL, Beeren-
brooks Sub Div of S J of out lot y,
Merrill's add Plymouth. Consldera-
ton S1.O0
Anna Holtorf, etal @ c d to Peter
) Kruyer, lots Is, IA, 10, Beeren-
brooks Sub Div of S of out lot II
Merrill's add Plymouth. Considera-
ton s1.00
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

A newspaper whose columns over
flow with advertisements of business
men, has more influence in attracting
attention to building up town than
any other agency that cen be employ
ed. People GO where there. is bust
ness. Capital and labor go where
there is an enterpriSing community.
No power on earth is so strong to
build up town so well as paper well
patronized, and its power should be
appreciated. The man who oyerloOkS
his town paper Injuries himself by in
juring his town and townsmen.-JOhn
Wanamaker.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dread
ed disease that science has been able to
cure in all it's stages, and that is Ca.
tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease. requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing it's work.
The proprietors have 80 much faith in
its curative powers, thai they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
mouiale.
Address. F. j. CHENEY & Co.
Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

A New York advertiser says: "A
man may or may not read poster in
way to receive a distinct impression,
for the mind is not always lC.srtive.
A man may read circular or lie may
toss it into the scrap basket. The
daily newspaper, however, he buys
voluntarily because he wants to read
He may not read my advertisement the
first day or for many days, but some
day he will read it, and will take it
all in. That is why regard the
newspaper as the one efficient medium
of publicity. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
REMARKABLE CURE OF GROUP.
A Little Boys Lie Saved.

l have few words to say regarding
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. 1t saved
my little boys life and feel that can
not praise it enough. l bought bottle
of it from A. E. Steere % Goodwin, s. d.
and when | got home With it the poor
baby could hardly breathe. / gave the
medicine as directed every ten minutes
until he threw up" and then l thought
sure he was going TO choke to death.
We had to pull the phlegm out of his
mouth in great long strings am posi-
tive that if | had not got that bottle Of
cough medicine, my boy would not be
Oh earth today.-JOEL DEMoNT, Inwood.
Iowa, For sale by j. w. Hess. Druggist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
FRYE'S SHIPPING BILL
Principal Features Of the Measure Now
Under Discussion.

The shipping bill presented by Sen
ator Frye first provides for contracts
for carrying our mails to foreign coun-
tres by amending the existing law
which was passed in 1891, partially
restoring the rates as it passed the
senate, and increasing the tonnage re-
quirements to meet the conditions of
the present
Experience for ten years under the
present law, proves conclusively that
the rates as fixed by the house at that
time, which cut down those in the
senate bill, are insufficient and that
the law by reason of reducing the
rates, has been of little or no effect.
This postal law of 1891 as amended,
will require the highest class ships,
fspeed from fourteen to twenty knots,
to be constructed to the satisfaction
of the navy department, to be capable
of becoming cruisers in time of war,
to be officered by Americans, manned
by crews from one-quarter to one-half
Americans, to carry postal messengers
and furnish ample room for mails, to
take one apprentice, for every one
thousand tons burden, in seamanship
or apOipoorinr
The bill then provides for a mileage
bounty for all ships, fast or slow, sail
or steam, sailing from ports of the
United States, to and from ports of
foreign countries at the rate of one
cent a ton a mile for each one hundred
miles sailed. 1t is believed that this
rate will equalize the conditions be-
tween our ships outside the mail con-
tracts and those of Great Britain.
Such vessels are not affected by SUBJ
sides paid by that country and the
only difference to be equalized is the
lower cost of ships built in England,
the lower wages paid her sailors, and
the cheaper living on board ship.
These vessels to be entitled to the
bounty must be all class AL, and are
subject to the requirements touching
those receiving postal contracts, ex-
cept they are not required to be built SO
as to be converted readily into cruis-
ers, nor to have so high rating, nor
to be equally high powered.
The bill then provides for a bounty
to be paid to fishing vessels engaged
in the deep-sea fisheries and small
bounty to American sailors so engaged,
this to encourage the training of sea-
men.
The bill contains few clauses CIV
ing power to the President and secre-
tary of the treasury to establish the
necessary rules for its proper execu-
ton.
1t admits no foreign built ships to
an American register. 1t provides
for no contracts other than those for
the carrying of the mails. 1t leaves
to congress the power to amend or re-
peal it at any time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

Kindly take notice that Ely's Lii
quid Cream Balm is of great benefit to
those sufferers from nasal catarrh who
cannot inhale freely through the nose,
but must treat themselves by spraying.
Liquid Cream Balm differs i'm form,
but not incidentally, from the Cream
Balm that has stood for years at the
head of remedies for catarrh. 1t may
be used in any nasal atomizer. The
price, including a spraying tube, is
IS cts. Sold by druggists and mailed
by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street,
New York.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Perry Belmont Beaten.

Montague Lessler, Rep, was elected
to congress in the seventh district
Tuesday to succeed Nicholas Muller,
DEM, resigned. He beat Perry Bel
mont, the regular Democratic candi-
date, by 1874 votes, the count showing
these figures: LesSler, 1917: Bel
mont, 1888. The rest of the vote
was: Ward, Social DEM, 107: Lindln-
ger, Ind. DEM, 135, Bennett, Greater
New York Dem. $50. This is strong
Tammany district.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Ex-Sheriff Buys Store.

j. E. Marshall has ventured into
the stormy sea of retail merchandising.
The big ex-sheriff has bought the
store of King s. Davis, in the Simons
block, and those ladies have retired,
but will remain in the city. Miss
Kings health is not of the best. Fred
BotSet will remain under the new
ownership as chief clerk.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
The st. Louis Fair.

Work on the world s fair at ST.
Louis began Monday, when seven
hundred laborers started to change
the course of the river Des Peres in
its meanderings across the exposition
site.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Don't LIVE Ioaether.

Constipation and health never GO to-
gether, DeWitt's Little Early Risers
promote easy action OF the bowels with
out gripping or distress. Are safe. sure,
gentle. thorough. Purely vegetable. j.
W, Hess. ~
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
A Cure for lumbaoo.

W. G. Williamson, of Amherst. Va,
says: '.t'or more than a year suffered
from lumbago. / finally tried Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and it gave me entire
relief, which all other remedies had fail
ed to do" Sold by J. W, HESS.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

no Joseph Chapman avenue. Detroit,
Mich. writes:
I" For three years have been troubled
By an intense itching on my body. So
terrible was 1t at times that coald get no
rest night or day. tried all kinds Of ONT
ments and blood purifiers. but could get no
relief. Mr.. II. A. Nicolai of 37o Division
street recommended DIR. Chsse's Ointment.
A few applications stopped the itching and
] have felt nothing since"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Has MANY vi riLes.

For cuts, burns and bruises DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve lie unequalled. Draws
out the fire, stops the pain, soon heals
the wound. Beware OF dangerous coun-
terfeits. Sure cure for pilee. j. w. Hese.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

h$ads and &C.
xema. and that is
DR.. Chase's Oint-
ment. the great
antiseptic healer.
Itpromptly stops
the distressing
itching which ac-
companies these
diseases and pos
itively produces
. thorough and
complete cure.
Mr.. ]. H. Grant,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

The electric spark goes through
every vein and every nerve. A pleas
ant feeling creeps over the soul after
taking Rocky Mountain Tea, making
young the aged and feeble. J. w.
Hess
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Cleaning and Pressing

Holidays and the rush are over, and
this and next month | will make spec
ialty of cleaning, repairing and press
ing clothing ladies' and gents
If you have light clothing you wish to
have dyed or dry cleaned it will be to
your interest to consult me.
l am also selling the famous PRE-
MIER Skirt, strictly made to order
and man tailored, at ten per cent. dis
count for this month only. Don It miss
this opportunity.
also have few suit patterns and
quite lot of nice heavyweight pants
patterns ia stock, which / will sell at
reduced prices. Here is chance for
you to get nice tailored suit or pants
at the lowest figures. Come and in
vestigate.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09

Health restoring, life renewing
cordial, tonic that fortifies the body
and brain and stops the mine of decay.
That's what Rocky Mountain Tea
noeS. Soc. j. w. Hess.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Itching Scalp.

ecald Head and tie most Violent Forms
Of Eczema and Salt Rheum Promptly
and Thoroughly Cured by DR.. 4. w.
Chase's Ointment.
Among small children, scald head and
similar itching skin diseases are most pre-
valent, and the worst feature is that these
ailments. which are apparently trivial at
first almost invariably develop into chronic
eczema if neglected.
There is but one treatment that physicians
ere unanimous in recommending for scalc
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Marriage Incense.

The following couple was granted a
marriage license today: Andy A.
Peterson and Carrie Bearss,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-01-09
Baby Eczema.

Mr.. F. S. Rose. of Iss Sixteenth street.
Buffalo. N. Y. writes:
:" Our baby boy suffered for some time
With that wretched eczema. and we were
unable to find anything to cure or even re-
neve his pain: A few applications of DIR.
A. w. Chase's Ointment stopped the itch
Ing and healed the sores. and . bright
natural skin now takes their place"
50 cents at all dealers, or DR.. A. ".
Chase Medicine Co.. BufAlo. IL.