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SEQUEL TO A HASTY MARRIAGE.
The Girl WIFE OF Ira Williams, vino Hanged
Himself In JAN. Becomes Insane.

Tho Girl WIFE OF Ira williams, who Hanged
Himself In jail. Becomes Insane.
UTICA, Fob. 1.-Rebs May williams, tn .
girl wife OF Joe Williams Of Reading, Pa.
who committed suicide In the Rome, N. Y.
Jail last summer, Is hopelessly insane.
Williams went to Rome early last sum
mer and soon formed an acquaintance
with Rebs May Davis. q pretty seventeen
year-old girl. He told the girl that he was
wealthy and his suit soon found favor with
the girls parents. Two weeks after meet
ing Williams Miss Davis married him. He
said he intended taking her on q trip to
California and other places Of interest and
he told his father-in-lsw that he would
be placed In charge Of a big stock farm In
Pennsylvania. Williams seemed to have
plenty OF money. which he spent freely,
but three We eks after his marriage he was
arrested for forging the name OF a former
employer. He was committed to ia. for
examination and the young wife disap-
peared A few days later she was found
at the home OF a friend.
Williams had been In Jail only two weeks
when the Jail keeper, II. d. Owens. found
him dead in his cell He had hanged him
strips Of a jail blanket. On the day Of his
funeral Mrs. Williams tried TO kill herself.
Her father found her In the yard with her
apron strings tied about her neck. She
was unconscious When Wllliams's mother
came or from Reading she said that her SOD
had been crazy for several years.
Rather than be dependent on any one,
Mrs. Williams sought employment after
her husbands death. For several weeks
she had been employed in Stanwix Hall,
9 Rome hotel. Last night she wa seized
with commissions and two men were re-
A..araA 90 aathIWA hnE IL L. NAa ra1 49,.
the young m has permanently lost
her reason.
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The Rev. Or. Madison c Peters preached
his farewell sermons In the sumner Avenue
Baptist Church. Sumner avenue and de-
ca'ur street. Brooklyn, YESTERDAY DR..
Feters ha- accepted a cell 10 the pastorats
If the Emmanuel haptl-t Temple la bAlti-
more and viii preach hs fret sermon there
nsNt sunday morning
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bishop " Portland say, ss.. Her.

Bishop william O'Connell Of Portland.
Me late rector - tho American College
in Rome. celebrated Algh ponuhoAl mas at
~ France AAV"rs Church. Wsst siIi~suth
struet, yesterday morning A. Yesterday
Has landlrnar daf, kisaop O't1uuslI
Llssssd me candles u tho church
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nine IBre,al Arrives.

Nine Luc.euue Breval IL a Passenger
on LAquitaius, which arrived last might.
sb. conir. 90 Join tho Maurice Grau Opera
C1uuauy Hef fret appearances vii be
made 1T the Metropolitan GA neat Monday
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special CsAls D,'pHc, 10 the sus.

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LONDON. Feb 2-The gale which set in
Friday continues. The bark Norden, nfty
DAYS out from Brunswick. Ca. for Ham
burg. has put into New Haven for shelter.
She rsports that abe encountered . sue
oes-ion Of hurricanes She was badly
damaged and diftsd helplassly for Eve
davs Sh" lost two - her crew.
Tho Channel packet Marie Hsnriette,
which was sighted Yesterday N The South
Fureland "a distress. ~ss spoken to-day at
anchor N tho Goodwin SaYds. one 81 ths
most dangerous place n tho british coast
sIs reported that her provisions and coal
we're exhausted She eft Dover for O<tsDd
on Friday
An unknown lark 10 ashore on A. MAJ
rrs NrfIly Islands The soAs are sweeping
her drras Isr rev had huddiod IA lie
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NAY BIB SUICIDE, NOT MURDER
cHRYsTTE STREET THROAT
QUITTING IS UNSOLVED YET.
C~oroncr-s Physician says the woman Found
Dead Could Have Killed Herseif with
the Knife She Held Ministers Daugh-
ter. Conc wrong -Identiner jailed.

"a, Conc Wronk -Identincr Jailed.
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Whether inc Won WnN.
dead on SATURDAY ne -. 80
at 1T Chrysue s,rees - ~. - -.
and a penknne oiuVelo~ - IL -
murdered OF kiioo IT," IA
not decided hVe sse us "oyns
succeed however 80 ~. -
and In gettihg a sovu u-AS.
past. Apparently, u We ~St.htn
Of western clergyman ~ re- @LS -
a year or so taken up !" ..I..uS
finally led 70 her oac -
surroundings oil 'ne N"''~ ~ "
ment. z~
The man VINO was = TS ~
this much was n-.-~ -. 49, 81
rested MIN on u -
intend 70 hoio hhn a., -. u.
IL a waiter In a - -I,h ,h.y..n
said that ne -. -
out ieit her o-aar wh,oh hacan M worss
70 e nc 80 =. sha Ala mos, ~ tha
"hen she e.. Iaavinn h,m p.,er
ume' "ss 80 - u,e wi,h uarrx
ssiu' 'nne III SSu.r tor ahoro ,ha
maconioo'' - iaatLna II was With Ma
Pohoe V y ,h. &C.
oonoe' Nh"' WIG
men' rooh 49, 49, un
Bauer toiu tho Pohoo '""e VIC $50"
originally came from o. Siouo' "ihn'
and that her father was a clergyman VINO
Aid missionary work among the Indians
a. -. No.,huast Sha was married 10 n
IN 'he 49,, - said .nd h.r
man haineu Iiaih' o"u
husband mas been IN an ihsaho asylum
for some time. A little over a year ago.
according to the waiter. the woman began
90 90 90 the had. She had a seven
" -.-.. wi,h ~ 49,
teen-year-o'u uausmooi ~" 49,
but sent her TO 81. olouo "hen she began
TO lead a different lie. Bauer saio thAt inc
name Of the woman's husband was Clark
81 ,ha, bar name was Minnie Clark.
b.. "a ha mo, nor in the nlace where
naue, ~ :, INC. n
he worked ana trieo 10 REFORM her' nc
sent here to a mission In New Jersey,
wbera aha staved for several months, but
4, Ala her no good. he said. They lived
a. L.nr "a loo, .,n,n. a,
around III 'ns o"y "hu "~
Coney Island, where' In a Vloleht temper
ale tried TO dash her brains out. Finding
,h.t ba could not reform her temper OF
= -...t.. po,or said ha loft ber and sbs
~ WI .a. -, -.
went TO live with Macomper' whom she
met In the same way that she had Bauer.
shs continued 70 frequent the Bowery
w;,h Nooomber and Bauer last saw the
w 40 o,aioox IN So,,rdov morrin,
TWO apIut ~ 49, IN 1919 Thay vailad
IN 'he p,acc Io -
up tne po"eiy "sO"'' viz ~ 49,
drunk ...
Otto Nher = ouoonoi, "ho w .Oue
ing house al - poMeIy, w"s us ~, IL
last nlght' HieI YOU .no pInoo ena
saw the coupe TURN hVo I,eiahcey sueot
early Saturday morning Ihey asked MN
where they could get a drink ne knew
them both from having met mem IN various
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LIVES LOST IN BRITISH GALE.
CREW or STRANDED BARK SWEPT
FROM THE RIGGING.

Lifebost crew Pals In Attempts At Rescue
-thsnneI Packet Anchored In Dat-
Gsrous spot Her Coal aud Provisions
thhsusted-wrecLagr Washed Ashore.
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-10-09
FOUND IN THE TALL GRASS.
Bentonsport's Departed Glory.

Fairfield, Ledger: The town of Ben
tonsport, Van Buren, county, wants to
be wiped off the map. Only twenty
seven votes were cast in that place at
the last general election, and now
fourteen citizens of the town have
united in a petition to the district
court in which they ask that they be
permitted to submit to a.vote the ques-
ton of dissolution as an incorporated
town. The Keosauqua Republican
says that in 1884 Bentonsport was one
of the best trading points in Van Buren,
county, and as good as any of it's
towns. 1t was probably incorporated
ten years before that time The Led
ger remembers it as the home of the
first paper mill in Iowa, and probably
the only one which ever made first
class grade of rag printing paper.
The mill was in operation for many
years, and as late as 1868 editions of
the Ledger were printed on paper
made at Bentonsport And the paper
cost money in those days, 10@121l,
cents per pound. For many years pri-
or to that the Bentonsport paper mill
provided a market for all the rags
which were produced in this section
of Iowa. Cheaper material for paper
making killed the business finally.
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BANK DEPOSITS AS A BARoME
TER

Inc bank deposits of the people in
the United States last year aggregated
$500, 100000, an average of S10S per
capita. Ten years ago these banks
deposits amounted to $4,2OO,O00 900, or
less than one-half of what they are to-
day and twenty years ago tuey
amounted to $4,000 100000 or about
one-fourth of the present deposits.
These deposits represent the savings
of the people, and they have been in
creasing more rapidly in the last six
years than ever before. For instance,
the total deposits in all classes of
banks-national, savings, state, pri-
vate, loan and trust companies amount
ed to S4,000,000,000 in 1890, Increased
$3.50, 100000 in the next year, and
$400, 100000 in 1892. Then came the
free trade administration and in 1898
the tota! bank deposits decreased
from $4,63O,OOO,O00 to s4,5S6, 900 900.
or about $45,0OO,OO0. In 1894 they
made slight increase of $23S, OO0, 900
and in 1896 an increase of $4,000, 900.
The whole increase in ank deposits
for the four years of the Cleveland
administration amounted to less than
$250,tvu,000
But after the election of Mckinley.
confidence was restored and money
came out of it's hiding places to find
a place in the banks again, and in
1897 the deposits amounted to $5,196,-
100000, an increase of $21O,000,000;
and in the next year after the enact
ment of the Dingley law amounted to
$5,927, 100000, an increase Of nearly
100000, 900. The increase from the
election of Mckinley in 1896 to the
close of his administration in 1901,
was nearly $4,000,000,0OO, or nearly
double. The exact figures for 1896
were $4,SS8,09S,11 and for 1901 they
were $8,535,053,136
These figures may be regarded as
the barometer of public confidence in
political parties and their policies. The
first year after the election of Mr.
Cleveland the total bank deposits
were less than they were the year be-
fore, and at the close of his administra.
ton confidence had not been restored
so as to represent an increase of more
than five per cent The first year after
the election of Mckinley the increase
was five per cent. and for the five
years of his administration this in
crease was nearly 100 per cent.
These are the official figures of the
treasury department. They point
their own moral. People who have
confidence in the banks and invest
ments that cause money to earn mon
ey, will vote the republican ticket.
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few idlers. AS consequence there
are but few unfortu nate ones in the
sense that they have to be aided or
supported by public Or private charity.
The first impression of the country
is monotonous. The same broad sweep
of the prairies, mile after mile, waist
deep in natural grasses, checkered
her and there with herds of fattened
cattle, or again succession of farms
with plethoric ricks Of oats and bar
ley and evidences of homelike infiu-.
ence making Roadway in spots of rur-
al beauty The little towns are raw
and new. but they have the potential.
tiles of future growth.
But after a little while one grows
quick to detect changes in scene, and
diversity appears in the passing miles,
Then one cannot weary of people
whose heart goes with the hand, whose
welcome is sincere and hospitality une
bounded. Had I accepted half the in-
yitations from people l should have
experienced the delights of Dakots
winter. l could not but be impressed
with the stalwart, self confident pois,
of these men,. They are the cream Of
half dozen states, scions of breed
that have made commonwealth else
where and superbly sure of doing a,
their fathers have done. Here is
flaXen haired Scandinavian, his neighf
Dor a slower moving Teuton; anothef
a native OF Britain, and still again {
quick witted Polander, while all about
are the sinewy, clear eyed and alert
men who have been bred above thu
limestones of Ohio or the rich loan q
Illinois and Iowa. Really l cannot
doubt the future of South Dakota wheH
consider the men that have her maxi
ing.
struck croaker, and he mourne(
over the country and all things thereif
contained. And even while he inform
ed me that farmers are making nj
money there came one seeking for hell
and offering price beyond what Iowi
farmers pay. My pessimistic frien{
evidently discovered the inconsistency
of this with his jeremiad and faded
away with a promise of future reveal
tons
Were | a land agent or talking In
their interests | might tell you some
preposterous stories of yields. But a.
the risk of being laughed at will STATE
that one onion raiser has a measured
crop of 935 bushels to the acre. Sd
much for a poverty stricken soil. II
Will suffice if / assure your farmer
readers that barley and oats are be-.
yond Iowa's yield; that squaw corn is
in many localities matured, of excel-
lent quality; that hay can be had foI
the cutting to any amount, and that
cattle and horses thrive on the succu-
lent grasses of the prairies.
Summing up, would say that South
Dakota is the hope of the tenant farm.
er, the opportunity of the investor and
the home of people such as has made
| Iowa.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
commends shaw,s Courage.

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er contends that it is the extraordi--
nary activity of business that has Gre
ated the unusual stringency in the
money market. In our own staate, the
Des Moines paper says, with a slight
movement in the oat crop, with an ac-
tive demand for feeders (cattle) be-
cause of soft corn and a consequent
pressure on the banks for loans, the
demand for credit this fall is unusual
And in the country at large the expan--
sion of trade and the rise in prices of
commodities and wages have drawn an
unusual amount of money out of the
banks and kept it in circulation.
Therefore the Register and Leader
commends the courage of the secret
airy of the treasury in making prece--
dents of his own in order to relieve
the stringency. He has been conser--
vative and careful" it concludes, "but
has not hesitated when he became sat
isfied that the broad interests of the
country required something to be
DONE"
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cally opposed to the platform upon
which they made their campaign last
year In New York the gold demo
Gratis were in control aud their party
declaration completely ignores the
Kansas City platform and in many
other states the greatest inconsistency
is seen.
1t is ever thus. Democracy stands
for one thing here and another there. 1t
declared for one thing last year, an
orher thing this year and will be for
something else next year. It's lack OF
stability and want of steadfastness to
principle lead to distrust of its prom
Uses. 1t has attempted to be all things
to all people. AS a looker-on and a
criticiser such party might be a
success. but it cannot guarantee an
efficient administration of public af-
fairs.
In choosing the party this fall with
which to entrust the public affairs FOR
their successful and prosperous man
agement, it will be we'll for the voters
of the six district and the nation to
remember and apply the injunction,
"By their fruits We shall know them.
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exasperating conditions, and thus pre-
vent the lawlessness and violence
which the coal operators have declared
already exists and upon which they
have placed their demand for in
reference by federal troops? The en-
tire situation is one of great gravity.
and every good citizen will hope that
there may be a speedy and satisfac-
tory adjustment of the serious ques-
lions at issue. In the meantime the
facts are before the public for their
consideration and judgment.
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DEMOCRACY THE ANOMALY.

In opening the state campaign in
Ohio recently, senator noticing the
respective position of the republican
and democratic parties, the one being
in power, and the other out, asked,
shall we continue existing policies,
or repudiate them?' Evidently the de.
cision should turn upon what these
parties respectively are doing. OF
what they propose to do. 1t is not hard
to answer for the republican party,
but who is there that can speak for
democracy?
The leaders of the democratic party
not only differ widely as to policies,
and issues. but in many cases re.
pudiate each other Here in our own
Iowa the state platform is at variance
with the declaration of principles of
the sixth district democratic congress
sional convention, and the former is
a direct reputation of the national
democratic platform at Kansas City.
This state Of affairs places the voters
at sea as to what platform they are
supporting in voting the democratic
ticket, and puts the candidates in a
dual position. The same difficulties OBJ.
tain in the framing of platforms and
in some of the congressional districts
of Iowa, the party declaration has
been issued by the candidates. The
platform dilemma Of democracy has
been pertinently stated by the New
York Tribune: 'They must draft a
declaration that means everything,
and nothing, hamonizes the irreconcil.
able, abandons Organism, without
alternating Bryanites, wins gold DEM
ocrats without adopting their princi.
pies. and conyinces people that every
thing in the state and nation is wrong
while they are unable to propose one
sane, safe, and workable measure to
set 1t right"
In Ohio the democrats endorsed the
Kansas City platform and Organism,
the very principles that are diamatri.
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canteen agitation have been unfair in
the manner in which they have treat
ed the soldiers. Citizens of the United
States in private life have unrestrain-
ed liberty and those desiring to secure
liquor of any sort can do so with lit
tie effort. The soldier is hampered in
his goings and comings and all his ac-,
lions must be subject to the regula-
lions of the army. The soldier may
have desire for liquol at time When
he cannot get permission to leave the
reservation and if this desire becomes
strong enough it often causes him to
break over the restric ions of the
camp, leave the reservation and go to
the saloons in the vicinity unheedful
OF the results.
When our soldiers had tie canteen
it was operated within the bounds of
the reservation and under the author
ity of the commander of the camp.
When it was seen that the man who
was drinking was beginning to get I'M
der the influence of liquor the rule
under which the canteen was operated
required that sale to him be stopped.
In the light of results, no more i'll
advised order was ever issued by the
war department than the abolishing of
the post canteen. 1t at least permitted
Of the regulation of the traffic by the
commander of the post, while under
the present management it is beyond
the authority of the army officer to
control it and is carried on unre-
strained just outside the government
reservation to tempt and bring to ruin
the private soldier of the United
States army to degree infinitely
greater than under the old regime.
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THE ARMY cANTEEN.

General Funston has thrown bomb
into the camp of the friends of the
anti-canteen legislation. His report
made to the war department for the
department of Colorado, has come with
a shock to many people, yet his words
have given them something worthy OF
their most serious consideration. Gen
eral Funston talks as he fights, forci-,
bly, and convincingly.
The army canteen considered as an
institution, possibly may be such that
many people oppose its being run in
connection with the army and when
considered abstractly it may not be
wholly worthy of commentator. TAX
en-, however, in it's relation to the soy
der and to army life in general, it is a
subject that admits of attention and
one that merits the most careful and
serious consideration of all American
citizens regardless of their beliefs and
prejudices on the liquor question.
Being endowed with the same ten
denotes as the average human beings
and not tin angels soldiers in barracks
with restricted liberty many times take
to license. They seek for liberty and
the satisfaction of their own desires
as do other people, often to the destruc-
tion of their prospects and the detri.
ment of the army. By squandering
their worldly goods they
fatten the purses of the sa.-
loon keepers, gamblers, disso-
Lutte women and criminals who are as
sure to gather about the isolated army
post as the vulture Is to light upon the
carcass in the desert.
The friends OF the anti-canteen
movement have ignored these facts in
their ambition to get the canteen ex-.
cluded from the army post
a saio thaka arnncxterS Of the anti.
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BUILD UP oTTuMWA.

Ottumwans who are interested in
increasing the industrial interests and
widening the scope of the commercial
influence of this city are to receive
the practical and efficient assistance
of the officials of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railway Co.
John Sebastian. general traffic man
ager of the system, has issued COM
munication to the cities along the
lines of the road which indicates their
plan. I'VE purpose making a syste-
matte effort to increase the number of
factories and other wealth-producing
industries along our line"
1t is the desire of the officials that
any city which may be specially adapt
ed to the successful operation of some
particular kind of an industrial plant
shall inform them of such need and
they will use their best endeavors to
secure the location of such an institu-
ton at that place.
Ottumwa on account of its location
and the variety of the natural re-
sources of the surrounding country is
well suited to the operation of large in,
dustrial plants. In the endeavor of
its citizens to promite the industrial
interests of the community the offer
of assistance on the part of the Rock
Island people will be greatly appre-
ciated and will doubtless be of mutu-
al benefit to all concerned