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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13

The present officers will no doubt be
reelected. At any rate it is thought
that the present officers are the choice
OF the convention. The meeting will
be in session some two or three
weeks, and its proceedings will be
eagerly watched by all those interest
ed in the labor movement.
The Labor Unions.
In perfect state of society we
should not have labor unions, that is
true.
But in perfect state of society we
should not have the wage system, the
docking boss, the mine operator, the
stock gambler, the trust manipulation
the millionaire. We doubt if we
should have any one like Mr.. Hills
blating half-truths and superficial non
sense.
But we have to take things as they
are The labor union is, like every
thing else, the product of conditions.
| 1t came into existence as a barrier
between the man that labors and the
greed that. left to itself, would op-
press and maltreat him. 1t is only
such barrier that has ever been found
of the slightest avail. 1t has done
more in ten years to improve the con-
dition of workingmen than one hun
dred million sermons in ten centuries.
Nothing comes into being of itself
or without adequate causes. The la
! Dor union was the product of terrible
oppression and hardship. 1t has put
a stop to much OF the evil it was Great
ed to curb; it will eventually put a
stop to all
Viewing what the labor union has
done to protect weaker members OF
society, to advance the dignity and
nobility OF labor, to force from the
man that does something, all philan
thropists, all men interested in the
progress OF the race, ought to give fer
vent thanks for such an institution.
InS the early days of labor unions
in England there were excesses-oh
,yes! They had sprung into being t.
correct hideous wrong; remembe
that But we have seen in our coun
try $4,000 union men lay down thei
work as protest against bad faitl
and extortion and endure with digni
fed self-restraint, with patient sell
sacrifice for great cause five month
of privation and hardship. And ever
man that has witnessed that grea
sight ought to give thanks for tn
union.
The Labor Movement.
1t is strange that SO many see TIL
I glory and significance of the labo
! movement in past years and centuries
! but are unmoved by it's present strus
| giles and achievements. 1t has worl
| ed for public education, and the spiri
! of fellowship and peaceful arbitration
! 1t has inspired statesmen, poets, an
/ seers. Tennyson, Burns, Whittie
4 Lowell Ruskin, Carlyle and Dicken
\ have been among it's apostles. Mr.
Browning stirred England with an al
/ peal for the children who were toilin
i in mills and factories. Millet painte
/ the "Angelus" and the Man With tn
4 Hoe" With such power and patht
l. that he was called socialist. Th
| statue of Lincoln represents him wit
MI kneel1ng negro from whose arms th
y manaeles of one form of slavery al
III falling. 1t was the sublime movemel
H of his great life. Up this highwa
A the race has advanced, led on by tt
u yisinn of Justice and right and e0ui'
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13

up, but such affectionate demonstra-
tons have not -endeared Col. Hepburn
to the Cannon speakership boom.
Friends of Babcock's candidacy are
counting on the support of Iowa.
Cannon Not "Father of House."
The general impression that Cannon
is the Father of the House, is mis-
take. Gen. H. HI. Bingham OF Penn
sylvana is the father of the House.
Mr.. Cannon preceded Gen. Bingham
in the House by six years, making his
debut as a national lawmaker in the
43rd Congress and Col. Bingham not
till the 18th. But Uncle Joe" was
swept out of Office by the democratic
tidal wave of 1890, thereby losing the
claim to the title of father of the
House." With the exception of Grow
of Pennsylvania and General ketcham
of New York, Cannon holds the record
over all his associates for early SER
vice in the House.
Tariff revision--the Iowa idea-is
going to play its little part in the
speallership contest also. The two
candidates most likely to be affected
| by tariff considerations are Mr.. Bah
cock and Mr. Dalzel Mr.. Babcock is
an outspoken advocate of scaling
down some of the tariff schedules. He
declares that the recent republican
/ majority was given on that platform
and that the country expects it. He
believes that he has the sentiment OF
] the west with him and he also believes
that practical revision along republi
can protection lines will be popular il
some parts of the east. Mr. Payne
Mr. Sherman and Mr. DalZell are re
| garded as ultra-protectionists They
would not touch the tariff till the las
horn blows. Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Lit
tletield have not declared themselves
very decidedly on the tariff question
Against Tariff Revision.
There is wide difference of opin
ion on the question of tariff revision
among the members of the next con
gress Republicans of prominence
who have been in Washington since
the election declare with firmness ant
positiveness that there will be no re
vision of the tariff between now ant
the next presidential election and tina
the tariff schedules will not b.
!: This view of what congress will do il
taken especially by Pennsylvania ant
West Virginia congressman. Thes
two states will have enough republi
can representatives in the next hous
to prevent tariff revision if they dc
sire to do so. The sentiment of man,
western congressman probably varie
a great deal from that of the eastern
representatives, many of whom wage
their campaign on anti-revision plat
forms. On the other hand the wester
men waged campaign on the oppc
site side of the question. The out
Hook is for struggle between tn
eastern and western contingents.
Secretary Shaw will not allow hi
name to be connected with Speake
Henderson's gubernatorial aspirations
The first story sent out from De
Moines was that a meeting had bee,
iheld which was attended by Mr. SHAY
and some of the other old leaders an
/ that there was deep laid plot to GUS
3 Governor Cummins. Mr.. Shaw denie
this story the minute he got back t
Washington. u have not seen Ger
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
|DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
Are Endorsed by Ottnmwa People
West Second Street

Mrs. Ellen Hedrick of 1899 West
Second street, says:
In the fall of 1897 and winter of
1898 i suffered more than can ex-
press with my back and kidneys.
There were times when l would
have taken any sort of medicine if
there were any possibility of obtain
ing assistance. | was fortunate in
some way to notice an announce
ment about Doan's Kidney Pills in
one of our papers, and with very lit
tie faith in their advertised claims,
l procured box at Will l.. Sar-
gents drug store. A few doses
convinced me that | had at last OBJ
tanned remedy which was having
visible effect. Continuing the treat
ment after this encouragement, | can
conscientiously say from experience
that the relief obtained from the use
of Doan's Kidney Pills has been
more than transitory. | am not the
only one in Ottumwa who has advis-
ed the use of Doan's Kidney Pills to
their friends and acquaintance, nor
am l the only one who has good rea-
sons to recommend that prepare
ton"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13

Mr.. L. C. Bradley, 531 South Davis
street, says: AN honest medicine, one
which does all that is claimed for 1t, de
serves the endorsement of the public, and
those suffering should be made acquainted
with it-such IL medicine is Doan's Kidney
Pills. base my opinion on the following
, experience: am one of the Oldest men i'll
Ottumwa and suffered for years with Kid
ney complaint, two conditions which al
! most preclude the possibility of help yet
Doan's Kidney Pills brought me much
sought relief Across my loins and in and
through the kidneys the twinges and con
slant pain We're SO eXcruciating that
have been unable to walk without support
and if trouble with the Kidneys secre-
lions added to backachc is any indication
of Brights Disease, then had touch OF
it. procured Doans Kidney Pills at
! Sargent's Drug Store. corner Market aud
} Main street. Much to my surprise ana
more to my qualification they went right
TO the source of the trouble. and as
continued the treatment. relief which l
never expected was received. | am too
old to ever expect radical cure. but any
preparation which acted as Doan's Kid
nev Pills not only deserves my emphatic
s.pport but 1t will certainly receive Z.
40 a 4 =
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[Erom MednesAny 5 Daily. /

fFrom Wednesdays Daily.]
The twenty,thir1 annual convention
OF, the American Federation of Labor
will convene tomorrow at New Or
leafs, La 1t will be the most impor
tant meeting Of laboring men i'll the
history ol organized labor, and from
its deliberations marked improvement
in the method of conducting the labor
movement viii doubtless be made. 1t
is almost an assured fact that this
convention VIII settle the disputes of
trade economy, and use it's strength
to have the anti-injunction bill, which
has leeen l,asscd by the house OF rep
lesentatin es ard is now pending he
fore the Crited States senate, pass,e,i.
There are 900 resolutions to be TAX
en- UP by the convention, among them
being q resolution to indorse socialism.
Z Upon this question the convention will
doubtless. as heretofore. refuse to. go
On record rs endorsing any political
PARTY.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
for all the people.-Rev. H. R. Cooley,
No Child Labor.

for all the people.-Rev. H. R. Cooley,
Cleveland
No Child Labor.
The state factory inspector at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, as the result of inves-
legations he has been making, has per-
emptorily ordered a number of facto-
ries in that city to discontinue the
employment of children and the order
has been obeyed The greater num-
Der affected by the order are girls I'M
der 4 years of age. The best remedy
for this abuse which can be offered is
the unemployment of any children
of any age. They should, at least, be
compelled to show certificate of at
tainment to a certain standard in a
bonifide school, either public or pri-
vate.
For Government Ownership.
While it is true that this strike sud
denly educated a vast mass of the pub
lie in favor of government ownership
of the mines in preference to private
control by trust, yet it is doubtful if
the operators realize the strength of
that feeling.
There is one point on which the
public will not tolerate much non
sense. If when coal is being mined
again the operators try to recoup their
losses by keeping up prices the public
will go on a strike Of its own which
will be more spectacular than that OF
| the miners.
When labor is true to itself it will
have no further need to ask favors OF
its friends" 1t will then command
justice Of itself-Ex.
Trades and Labor Assembly.
The Trades and Labor assembly
will meet in regular session at Labor
hall this evening. There are many
important matters to be considered
and it is urgently requested that al
delegates be present.
Brotherhood of Blacksmiths.
Local 1872 of the Brotherhood O
Blacksmiths is prospecting as it never
did before A gain of nine in mem
bership has been received in the las
month. All the members are very en-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
DEATH OF WALLACE LOEB.
Passed Away Yesterday Morning in q
Chicago Hospital.

E. Fist, of this city, received word
this morning OF the death of Wallace
Loeb, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Loeb, Of
Abba, which occurred yesterday morn
ing in hospital in Chicago. The re-
mains passed through here last night
and will be taken to Des Moines
where the body will be inferred.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13

up, but such affectionate demonstra-
tons have not -endeared Col. Hepburn
to the Cannon speakership boom.
Friends of Babcock's candidacy are
counting on the support of Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
thusiastic and are always to be seen
at the regular meetings.
Painters and Decorators.


The painters and decorators meet on
Friday evening of this week and it is
requested that the full membership be
present. There is perhaps no organi-
cation in the city which has made
such rapid strides as the painters and
few members of the craft in this city
now remain outside the pale of the
organization.
Butcher Workmen.
Local ia, Butcher Workmen, met
at Labor hall Sunday afternoon and
transacted important business in the
interest of the craft
Garment Workers.
National President B. A. Larger, OF
the United Garment Workers of Amer
lea, was in the city last Friday and
visited the local organization. He re.
ports the local union in first class CON
dition. Mr. Larger also reports the
national organization as making rapid
progress.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
Mineral Springs

Mrs. e. Harry, living near Miner
al Springs, says: 1.-TWO facts i'm
pressed themselves on me from u.s.
ing Doan's Kidney Pills. First the
luickness and completeness. with
which they produced relief; second,
the comparatively small amount Of
the medicine required to cause that
effect. During the summer and
fall of 1897 and winter of 1898 l ran
down physically and my back was
never free from heavy dull pain
!, which made me miserable. pro-
cured Doan Kidney Pills at Will
l.. Sargent's drug store end they
cured the attack. Any preparation
which acts up to the claims made
for it. deserves the endorsation of
the public and I will only be too ,
pleased when an opportunity oc-
ours TO make this fact known
Doans Kidney Pills is such medi-
cine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-11-13
LABOR IN SESSION
American Federation in Conven-
ton at New Orleans.
MAY RE-ELECT PRESENT OFFICERS
Opening of Twenty-third Annual AS
senbly Takes Place Tomorrow
Proceedings Will Be Eagerly
Watched.

1.-THE matter published =. this col
uIan is furnished by the officers of the
Federation OF Labor
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06
Brothers and Sisters

girl who has brothers gains much In
sensible kind of comradeship with
them, and with her brothers Young men
friends. AS rule, says The Delineator,
girls brother is a most severe critic in
regard to her men friends. A sister is. or
should be, considered by her brother a
very precious object to protect from
harm and to defend from mistakes. and
girl is wise If she heeds the counsels
OF good brother and measures men nv
MS standards in making her choice of
friends. Va
On the other hand, a sisters influenza
over brother may be of the best She
can help. him to cultivate noble qualities
TO be honest, unselfsh, self Respecting
one can inspire him with a wish to be
courteous, considerate and chiyalrous To-
ward women. If sister is a firm and
constant friend to her brother and nro-
Woes attractions for him in his home she
WIN strengthen him against many outside
influences which might prove very harm
1ul II he is unprepared for them A dis-
ungulshed man has acknowledged the
1ept OF gratitude which he owed IN q
devoted sister by saying: my sister nj
ways hao leisure for counsel and symna-
tny In all my boyish difficulties md
troubles. She took an interest in all NV
TRENDS and companions. In nv boybood
! naroiy realized all that she was to me,
put as a man 1 appreciate what her in,
nuence was to me in my youth"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06
wintering in the district.
Idaho will show up some wonder
full things in the next few years.
No Joshua's Now Days.


The Wood River News Miner has
the following:
Horace Lewis will leave Ketchum to-
morrow morning for Thunder Mountain
over his stage line. Captain Hargrave
will make the trip with him. Mr.. Lewis
does not intend to return to Ketchum
until he has reached Thunder Mountain.
Upon his return the route will be declar-
ed open.
The question is how is Horace to
get in to Thunder mountain after he
reaches the end of his stage line,
which is some distance from the camp
with a few little hillocks intervening
on which the magnolias are blooming
so thick as to be almost impossible.
The route will be 'declared open
when he returns Joshua command
ed the sun to stand still sand the
sun stood still, - but it is question
able if the route will be opened by
any declaration made by Mr.. Lewis,
as the days of M iraculous interview
tion are past.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06
Ward Robertson Sets New Mark for
Travelling Time Out Of
Thunder Mt.
JUST 4Ia HOURS TO WEISER
Has Been in that Country Five Years and
was Called to Boise by Parties
Desiring His Claim

Ward Robertson, a well known
Weiser boy, who has been in War
rem and Thunder Mountain country
for nearly five years, arrived in
Weiser last Friday and brings news of
Frank hawthorn who came out as far
as Warren with him. Ward says
grub is scarce but people were going
in and out all the time, few are
coming in from the north and these
report the trail from that way very
difficult.
Wards actual travelling time be-
tween Thunder Mt. and Weiser was
just Az hours, as follows:
Left Thunder Mt. at Z, morning.
Reached Big creek at 5, afternoon.
10 hours.
Left Big creek at 6, morning.
Reached South Fork at | afternoon.
hours.
Left South Fork at z, morning.
Reached Warren at 10, morning.
3 hours.
Left Warren at 2, afternoon.
Reached Burgdorf Springs at 6
evening.
4 hours
Left Springs at morning.
Reached Meadows at evening.
10 hours.
Left Meadows at 7, morning.
Reached Council at ~ noon.
3 hours.
Left Council at /, afternoon.
Reached Weiser at 3 80 afternoon.
% hours.
He walked only to South Fork
whence he came on horse back.
Billy Smead came out with Ward
and they were called out to dispose
of their mines but they say they are
not anxious is sell. Dave Davis, the
Warren saloon keeper, Ward speaks
of him as "Hot Foot Dave') came
out with the boys.
Before leaving the camp Ward and
Frank sold 10 sacks of flour at SIS
per sack
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06

1t is said that no case of infammatory
rheumatism has ever developed where
the patient for a series of years has tax
en- a cold bath every day. The right
method is first to wet the head and neck
and splash the shoulders with the cold
water. Then it is safe for almost any
body to take the plunge.
In warm weather one can stay IN the
water but a few minutes, but in winter
the best plan is to get out as soon as
possible. Colds said to have been pro-
duced by cold baths are generally the re-
suit of standing around in chilly air.
The rubbing to restore circulation is
too much of a fad and takes up too
much time Even if you dress before the
skin is thoroughly dry no harm will be
done. Whatever moisture is left VIII
very quickly evaporate.
The main thing is to get into your
clothes as soon as you can. one physl-
clan who believes in the cold baths says
that only caution is necessary. Never
enter cold water while out of breath.
Always wait till your breathing is nor
NAL Temperature has nothing to DO
with the matter."-St Louis Star.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06
First Silver Wedding.

According to historian, this is the
way the first silver wedding came about:
1t was in the time of Hughes Caput.
Two of his most faithful servants, man
and woman, had grown gray in his en-
ploy. How could he reward them!
Calling the woman, he said: Your
service is great. greater than the mans
whose service is great enough, for the
woman always finds work harder than
man, and therefore l will give you re-
ward At your age l know of none bet
ter than a dowry and a husband. The
dowry is here-this farm from this time
henceforth belongs to you. If this man
who has worked with you five and twenty
years is willing to marry you, then the
husband is ready"
"Your majesty" said the old peasant,
chow is it possible that we should mar
ry, having already silver hairs"
"Then it shall be a silver wedding"
And the king gave the couple silver
enough to keep them in plenty.
Such was the origin of the silver we'd
ding, a custom which, spreading all
through France. subsequently became
known to the world
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06
Women In ONCE.

Although the women of today are not
to sit on borough councils-for the pres
ent, at least-in former times they have
occupied even more important Offices.
Centuries before the time of Stuart Mill
some of the fair sex certainly possessed
political equality with men. Gurdon for
instance, in his antiquities Of Parlia-
ment' records the fact that ladies sat in
council with the Saxon Witas. In Wigh-
fried's great council at Becconceld, In the
year 694, the ADDRESSES sat and deliber-
ated, and five of them signed DEGREES of
that council, along with the king, bish-
ops and mobiles. King Edgar's charter
to the Abbey of Crowland in 961 was
signed by women. In the reigns of Henry
LII and Edward l four ADDRESSES were
summoned to parliament, while in that
of Edward III no less than ten peeresses
received writs to take their seats
Nor are instances of women bearing
the offices Of sheriffs and justices want
Ing. Margaret, countess of Thanet, held
the shrievalty of Westmoreland and
Cumberland in the seventeenth century
among the Harleian manuscripts men
ton is made of Margaret, countess of
Richmond, mother to Henry VII. as a
Justice Of the peace; also that a LADY
named Bartlett was made Justice of the
peace in Gloucertershire by Queen Mary.
In Sussex lady named Rouse sat on the
bench at assizes and sessions among the
other justices and was girded with a
sword. In Cokes "Littleton" is another
instance that Anne, countess of Penn
broke, served the Office of high sheriff of
Westmoreland, and at the assizes at
Appleby sat in person with the Judges on
the bench. London Chronicle.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-06

The Christian Endeavorers of
Welser and vicinity are looking for
ward with much pleasure to the visit
of john Willis Baer, of Boston, gen
eral secretary Of the Worlds Chris
tan Endeavor Union, who will arrive
In this city Thursday, March 21.
Mr.. Baer left Boston January 9th
for an extended Christian Endeavor
campaign to the Pacific coast, cover
ing Is, 900 miles and has his entire
Itinerary mapped out for him. Last
Sunday he spent in Salt Lake City.
He will spend three days in Idaho,
making addresses in Pocatello, Tues
day, March 10, Boise Wednesday,
March 10, and Weiser, Thursday
March 20. Preparations for the Wei
ser meeting will soon be under way.
The following is a brief biograph-
ical sketch of Mr.. Baer written by
Amos r. Wells, manager of the
of the Christian Endeavor World:
Since lS00-that is, during all the
years of Christian Endeavor's enormous
growth-the important post of general
secretary has been held by one young
man, John Willis Baer. He was born
March 2 1861, on farm near Rochester,