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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
BANK STATEMENT.
Loans, Deposits, Reserves and Surplus
Increases.

New York, Jan. 1S.-The weekly
bank statement shows that loans have
increased $3,292.300; deposits have in
creased $11,739 500; reserves have in
creased $9,t37 900, and the surplus has
increased $6,103 900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
ALLISON ARRIVES.
Is in Washinston-lowa Postmaster I
to Be Confirmed.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 2O.-(Spe-
cial.) l.)-Senator Allison and Secretary
Dawson arrived from Dubuque Satur-
day night. The senator is the rank
ing member of the Philippines com
mittee which is in session today con
sidering the House tariff bill.
1t is expected big list of Iowa post.
masters will be confirmed by the Sen
ate today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21

Washington, Jan. 2O-The Senate
committee on pensions today ordered
a favorable report upon Hanna's bill
to grant pension of $4,000 a year to
Mrs. Mckinley.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
Wealthy Woman Dies.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Jan. 20.-Mrs. Alb
ram Brokaw, one of the wealthiest wo-
me min the state, died today. at the age
of 81 years
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
SYRIAN ROBBED OF MONEY BELT
|. Solomon of keokuk Loses Money in
HoIdup.

Kirksville, Mo, Jan. 2O.-I. Solomon,
Syrian living at Keokuk, Ia. was
held UP here and robbed of money
belt containing $500 Solomon had
sold out his business in Keokuk and
was looking for location here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
Rrumhauah Funeral

Agency. Jan. 20 Especially 1.-THE
funeral of Rev. Brumbaugh will take
place Tuesday at 2 p. M. at the Meth
odist church.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
Biz Shipment of Gold.

New York, Jan. 20.-Three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars in gold was
engaged today for shipment to Europe
tomorrow.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
HUNDREDS TAKE OATH.

Large Number of Filipinos Swear AL
legiance to United States.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-The war de-
partment has been advised of the sur
render of 365 insurgents to Brigadier
General Wade at Cebu, January IA.
They took the oath of allegiance
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
President Mitchell Intimates
This Much in his Annual
Report.
EASTERN MINERS MEET
Head of the United Mine Workers of
America Outlines the Situation and
Makes recommendation Which Are
Significant in the Labor World.

Indianapolis, Jan 2O-Nearly 1000
members of the United Mine Workers
of America, representing twenty-four
states, We're present when President
Mitchell called the thirteenth annual
convention to order at 10 o'clock this
morning. The sessions will continue
until January 80, when a joint confer
ence with the operators of Ohio, Penn,
sylvania, Illinois and Indiana will be-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
MISS STONE REPORTED WELL.
News indicates Her Release Within
Short Tin.c.

Short Tin.c.
Constantinople, Jan. 20.-Reliablc
news has been received here that Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone, the captive American
missionary; Nine. Tsilka, her com
panicn; and the lstter's baby,are we'll.
Negotiations which it is expected will
result,in the early and safe return of
the captives are in progress.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
MURDERER ESCAPES.
Convict Under Sentence of Death
Breaks Out of Jail.

BreIkS CUE OF JdII,
Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 20.-Barly
this morning Frank Duncan, a motor
ious safe blower under sentence OF
death for the murder of three other
prisoners, made his escape from the
Jefferson county jail by saving
through numerous bars and cutting the
lock off the outer gate of the prison
yard.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
WOMEN DIE IN CRASH.

Building coIapses Burying Many
Wori<men in Ruins.
Belfast, Ireland, Jan. 20.-The walls
of the Smithfield flaw mills collapsed
tocay burying the operatives, includ
ing many women. Ten bodies have
been recovered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
SHOOT THE PATROL.
Beers Kill Nearly All of cradock Town
Guard

oudI u.
Cradock, Cape Colony. jan 20
Commandant Vessels, in command of
the Beers, Saturday last cut UP a pat
rol of fifty men belonging to the local
town guard, on the Tarskad road. A
few stragglers have returned The
remainder of the party is missing.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
PASSING OF PROMINENT MAN.
Or. w. B. WhiteIs Dies at Urbana Af-
ter Lonu Career There.

Vinton, Jan. 1S.-Dr. U. B. Whitpls
of Urbana died at his home in th at
place at $3.50 o'clock last evening,ag ed
73 years. DR.. Whitels came to Urbaua
forty years ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21
German Theatre Burns

Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Jan. 20. =
The Hotf theatre was gutted by fire
last night. There was no loss of life
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-21

morning. The sessions will continue
until January 80, when joint confer
ence with the operators Of Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Illinois and Indiana will be-
gin.
Mitchell Makes Report.
President Mitchells report covered
sixteen printed pages. He deplores
the fact that many local unions are
Withholding their portion of the per
capita tax and estimates that $4,000
miners are paying dues to local unions
from whom the national association
has no benefit. He urges vigorous ac-
tion.
But Wait on Convention.
After reviewing the strikes of the
year he sums up the conditions in the
anthracite fields as follows:
While upon the whole, the situation
has been very encouraging, there is
still some questions which are sources
of annoyance and which have created
considerable discomfort among the
mine workers there. | am of the opin-
ion the question of an eight-hour work
day, the recognition Of our organization
and the minimum day wage scale
should be the paramount issue in the
anthracite fields, and | believe voice
the sentiments of all anthracite miners
when say they are ready and willing
to take any step this convention may
determine upon to attain these ends.
His Recommendations.
Mitchell recommends that the con-
stitution be amended so as to provide
that each smemben of the national ex-
ecutive board shall cast one vote for
each 100 members he represents, The
selection of national officers by direct
vote of the members of local unions
revision of the machine mining scale
in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania; !;
that the executive board be empower
ed to admit coal hoisting engineers in
body and asks the convention to EN-
power the executive board to contrib
ute to the Mckinley fund and asks fol
resolutions against government by in
junction.
Funds Decrease.
The report of SecretaryTreasurel
Wilson showed decrease in the funds
of $30,759 Notwithstanding the increase
from the percaptal tax, caused by as
sistance paid to strikers and small re
turns from strike assessments. The
membership has increased 42,99S dur
/ ing the year and outside of the strikers
now numbers 232,3 1923. There were 39t
local unions organized during the veal
I and 121 disbanded,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04

appliances Of civilization, wharves,
bridges and docks being constructed
and electric plants and appliances being
introduced, while we are taking no part
In the furnishing Of all these things"
He pointed out that what is needed is
the means Of getting our goods to the
African market under American control
and said that the welfare of our anu
facturers requires that good lines Of
steamers under the American flag
should be established Immediately be-
tween the United States and Africa.
1t may confidently be assumed that
American manufacturers will not be
blind or Indifferent to the opportunity
for business which the African market
will offer and the time may not be re-
mote when they will have the advan-
tage of American steamship lines to
that market, as we'll as to the Orient
and South America.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
PERSoNA NOTES.

-
Charles e. Williams. though minus limbs,
Is one OF the successful young lawyers Of
Palmyra, Wis.
Even volcanic ashes cannot escape the
dollar in this commercial age. Bottles of
them are now for sale in New York.
Evans Badly. last in the line Of direct
descent from the king Of the Seneca In
dams, ~Powhattan, was buried on Friday in
New York.
Colonel D. B. Dyer Of Augusta, Ca, has
the distinction Of being the only repub-
lican who has ever been on the stan Of q
democratic governor in Georgia.
Henry s. Bisbin. the painter of cows, is
the latest edition to the long list Of Ameri-
can names on the roll of the Legion Of
Honor of the French government.
President Dias of Mexico begins his
working hours at $3.50 every morning, stops
at 1880 p. m, returns to his desk at 4:a0
and scarcely ever leaves before IL, and
often not until midnight.
Two large laurel wreaths placed on the
grave of the late Bret Harte at Frimley
bear the inscriptions: "In Loving Remem-
brance. From the Bohemian Club, San
Francisco" and "In Remembrance. From
Sir Henry Irving"
Senator Lodge is to deliver an address
on "oliver Ellsworth at the commence
ment exercises of the Yale law school on
June 20. On the following day DR.. Roswell
Park will address the graduating class Of
the medical school.
King Edward has almost realized the
dream Of the small boy who wished that
Christmas would come twice a year. The
king now has two birthdays. one on May
Both, for use in England, and the other on
November 9, for use In the colonies.
When 1t comes to originality in shirt de-
signs and colors Senator Lodge of Massa-
chusetts always takes a long lead over his
colleagues, but in his latest effort he has
outdone even himself. He appeared in a
waistcoat and shirt Of Identical material.
a delicate purple. which is said to have
been specially woven for him. Nothing
approaching 1t has been seen at the capitol
before.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
MERCER AND THE OLD SOLDIERS

SPRINGFIELD. Nsb.. Tune Ito TIN
Editor Of The Bee; I notice that you
charged in your reoent debate that Cor
gressmah Mercer has displaced two uniot
veterans from employment in the capitol
but you do not give the names. The " )
serious charge Mercer u the sou Of :
veteran. and old soldiers are generali9
friendly to him. but II this story IL true w
do not propose to support him for anothet
term. II It 10 not true, then you ought
to retract Unless you publish the nance
and give us a chance 20 investigate we will
not credit the story. q. A. R.
Note by the Editor-The charge that Mer-
GER has caused two Nebraska veterans to BE-
dropped from employment in the national
capitol to make places for men from MIN
nesota was publicly made n cannot be
refuted. The names Of the veterans are
Martin Ennis OF Doniphan. Hall county, and
James Bright Of Grand Island. MERGERS
action In this connection was severely
censured by Nebraska members OF the
Grand Army at Washington and no attempt
has been made up to date to Justify II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04

Mayor Moores' firm stand against
overdrafts on the water fund will be
endorsed by all our taxpaying citizens.
What he says against overdrawing that
fund applies equally to overdrafts on
other funds. All these funds have been
limited by charter provision and, how
ever great the pressure may be, the
mayor and council are expected to hold
expenditures within appropriations.
The quickest way to send the tax rate
up next year would be to accumulate a
lot of overlaps.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
IN THE RANGES OF THE DEEP.
Reminders of How Little We Know
About the Earth.
New York Mail and Express.

ABOUT the Earth.
New York Mail and Express.
Commissions within that ridge Of earth
that rises from the depths of the ocean
and presents to the forces of the air and
sun those jagged points that are trans
formed into a blooming chain OF islands
to inclose the Caribbean sea and the con-
temporaneous eruptions and tremors that
have been noted elsewhere, are impressive
reminders of how little we still know Of
the solid surface Of the globe. Our knowl-
edge is scanty enough Of the exposed sur
face. but two-thirds Of the area is swathed
In tho restless waters of "old oceans gray
and melancholy waste"
Exploration of those depths is slow and
difficult and all our groupings have revealed
but little Of their secrets, leaving the
imagination free to roam over its noun
talns n plains, to penetrate It's valleys
and gorges and range through its mys-
FERROUS caverns, for WI know that 1t has
below the waves all the features that char
a~cterize the earth's corrugated crust as It
appears above them, varied with growths
nourished by the dement's Of water. as
these are varied with the life begotten by
light and air.
But what impresses US most when the
volcano breaks forth or the earthquake
rumbles beneath the islands and coasts is
the fact that this vast engulfed surface
comes nearer to the elemental forces by
which the solid earth was shaped and
which seem not yet to have finished their
work. In the interior Of continents the
mountains are solid, or those that were
volcanic long ages past seem dead beyond
resurrection. What changes still go on
In the ranges OF the deep we cannot tell,
but where they project above the surface,
especially in the broad belt Of the world -
where the cooling Of the crust has been
slowest, we are liable to have startling
exhibitions OF the unfinished process Of
creation.
The intervals Of quiescence, that seem to
US 30 long that we fancy the work. may be
done, are but moments Of time in the
geologic ages. That Mont Pelee slum-
bered for fifty years. that ninety years
passed in comparative quiet after the erup-
tion Of St. Vincent's soufriere and the Cara
cas- earthquake. even that centuries go by
while some old volcano reposes in peace, Is
no assurance that the day Of commissions
for the earth arc over. From within a
thin crust the primal heat still slowly radi-
ates and unbalances the pressure. Still
there may be sinking and uplifting. the
breaking and Gliding of great masses. the
bursting forth Of fires and the shaking OF
regions far apart. for distance counts for
little more than time. and riffs and faults
may run for thousands Of miles in the pro-
found depth. TO connect the foundations OF
the caribbees with those Of the Alaska
Islands.
Geological science and land and sea ex-
pioration have received q new impulse In
the West Indies and may md many q cleW
to the mysteries OF the Internal action OF
the earth. They never before had such
equipment for studying the symptoms Of
deep-seated disturbances n tracing them
10 their causes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
TRADE POSSIBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

TRADE POSSIBILITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
While some foreign journals express
the opinion that the work of reconstruc-
tlon In South Africa will encounter diff
culties and may therefore be slow, the
probability is that the British govern
mem will push it with all possible
energy and that it will be aided In this
by liberal investments of British capital.
The restoration Of peace is welcomed In
continental Europe al promising an
early revival of commercial relations
with Africa, which were impaired or
altogether cut of by the war. The
Austrian minister OF commerce spoke of
the satisfaction that would be created
by the termination of hostilities because
OF the benefits to trade and this is the
feeling in Germany. 1t is the belief
that under British rule there will be a
rapid development of the Transvaal and
there is very good reason to think that
this will be realized. 1t is true that
British enterprise generally operates
slowly and along conservative lines, but
In this instance there is an extraordina-
rily strong incentive to vigorous exer-
ton and 1t is not TO be doubted that this
is realized by the British government
and people. The mineral wealth of
the Transvaal viii draw capital and
population to the country and improve
ment In all the facilities of modern ac-
tivity will be made as rapidly as posi-
BILE. The British government, we may
be sure, will lose no time, when order
shall have been fully restored. in show
ing that it's rule means material prog
ress and the steady development Of all
the u OF Its newly acquired ter
ritory.
The United States has no little inter
est in the trade possibilities OF South
Africa. There should be a market there
for our manufactures to a considerable
amount. particularly the products Of
iron and steel. In the consular reports
OF last February the question Of our
trade relations with Africa was consid-
cred and 1t was stated that the $780,
100000 people In Africa do not need our
bulky grain, nor our cotton, nor our
animals. either slaughtered or on the
hoof, but they do need our -four. our
cornmeal, our cotton goods. our pre-
served meats, boots and shoes. tools,
machinery and locomotives. In his
communication Consul Strickland said:
Here are railroads being built and
equipped, millions OF natives being
clothed and otherwise provided with the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
NOT READY TO DIsBANp.

The Lincoln Journal credits Senator
Willard with a desire to assume the
role of peacemaker between the warning
railroad magnates who are said to be
striving to get the upper hand over one
another I'm the control Of the impending
republican state convention and the
dictatlon Of the candidates for the state
offices. According to the Journal, Sena-
tor Willard wants the managers of the
Union Pacific, Elkhorn and Burlington
roads to harmonic their differences and
Join forces on a community -of-interest
plan in the selection Of a n~on-partisan
man friendly to all the corporations for
governor.
Whether Senator Willard has been SO
indiscreet as to propose such a plan Of
campaign is exceedingly doubtful, but
the publicity given to this piece of
political gossip is taken up as a text
by the local popocratic organ for an ar
raignment of Nebraska republicans, who
are stigmatized as being controlled
body, soul and breeches' by the cor
porations.
II Senator Willard has been quoted
correctly, he has simply expressed an
individual desire for corporation har-
mony hat does not reflect the senti-
meDt Of the rank and file of Nebraska
republicans.
The republicans OF Nebraska will not
surrender their independence in the Sc
lection of candidates to any of the cor
porations or all Of them combined.
They have nev taken instructions
from their representatives at Washing
ton as to candidates or platforms, and,
while they may take suggestions, they
reserve the right to reject or ratlfy.
They have In the past suffered by cor
poration interference and are not in a
frame Of mind to harmonic themselves
into inevitable disaster on the recon-
mendation of anyone. The party In
Nebraska is not ready to disband to
turn the state W. to the corporations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
A p
Tribute 10 the Presidenrs Decoration
Day Address.
Brooklyn Eagle cnd. dem.)

Brooklyn Eagle Cind. dem.)
The splendOr OF the address IL the splen-
dor OF Illuminated manhood. The strength
Of II is the strength Of manifest right. Not,
we think, since Linooln's words at Gettys-
burg has the constitutional commander.in-
chief Of the army and navy Of the United
States said that which will be longer re-
membered or which more deserves always
to be In mind. Truly, the baptism Of duty
and the touch Of destiny have made-or re-
v~ealed-this president to be a thinker and .
leader, who can carry his countrymen with
him, forgetful OF party. compact of patriot
ism, resolute for the right and as s~cornful
Of political cunning as Of personal conse-
~quences.
The address is in all parts patriotic aud
eloquent, but In none merely rhetorical. It
sums the past. portrays the present and
faces the future. Ite summary Of the past
lie accurate to nicely and discriminating to
the very shade Of justice. It's portraiture
OF the present not only ~glorines the army
and the navy as a whole, but scarihes those
Of their number who have yielded to the
temptation to retaliate on savages the out
RACES OF savages on our men. II also
classes and chsracterizes the wholesale con-
demners OF the army In words tina
will neither down nor die. The presi-
dent likewise meets the propositions not
merely OF the hour, but Of the far future
with regard to the Philippines In a way to
show that ordered liberty, graduated gov
eminent, regulated right, taught truth and
trained purpose Of fttedness for freedom
enter into the yeritable missionary move
ment Of our army In the archipelago.
The program is and looms so large as to
sppal some. The details are so many as
to fatigue others. Both the magnitude Of
the project and the multitude OF the par
~ticulars invite pessimism, stimulate appre-
hension and lately did give apparent i'm
munity to partisan defamation. But the
work Of contemporary copperheadism has
been overdone. Those who resorted to Il
are running away from II and denying their
responsibility for II. This nation never
did desert, decry, defame or fail to honor
It's army or It's navy. This nation never
will. 1t has set them to no tasks of which
1t is ashamed, to none by which the world
has not been made better, to none which
has not made the bounds Of ordered freedom
wider yet. The liberated thought. the
stored craftsmanship and the luminous AND
pulsing power Of the presidents words to-
day lift the occasion OF the address to a
high Importance and make and mark an
event Of long and shaping significance in
oiir history.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-04
IN A NUTSHELL.

How many times has Mercer been In
Omaha during the past four years?
Where did he spend his vacations and
at whose expense did he travel?
Would Mercer return to Omaha II he
should not be reelected?
Would he not establish his home in
Washington and resume the old bust
ness of corporation lobbyist, for which
he received an early training In Ne
braska?
How much money has Mercer con-
tributed to the republican campaign
funds in this county and district and
how much time has he contributed to
promote the election Of republican can
didates?
Where has Mercer ever been known to
make a speech in favor Of anybody ex-
cepting Mercer since he has been In
congress, and why has he always found
some excuse for skulking when the bat
tie was raging most fercely2
MERGERS friends generally insist that
Mercer has become indispensable. Two
years ago Mercer asked for the suffrages
of the people on the ground that his
long service and special acquaintance
made him not only invaluable, but in
dispensable. His friends laid great
stress upon the fact that no other nan
in the district could replace him. The
people took Mercer at his word and ex-
tended his contract for two years
longer. On those conditions Mercer
was elected. He was in honor bound
to serve his time out, but he started to
break faith with his constituents almost
Immediately after election, and three
months before his present term COM
menced he was scheming to vacate his
seat in congress, If he could be elected
senator. How would this district have
Jared If Mercer had succeeded and left
us without a man in the house who
had become Indispensable? What would
nave become Of US all If Mercer had
succeeded in throwing up his job two
years ago, and will he tell us whether
Mercer will be any more indispensable
for the next two years than he would
have been for the last two years2
If Mercer gets a sixth term will that
satisfy him? VIII it be the last term
or will he insist on a seventh term, on
an eighth term and ON an indefinite num-
Der of terms to follow, until he becomes
like the old man Of the sea astride the
neck Of Sinbad the sailor7