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soil. where they can make the most OF
Them
That Ireland Is more prosperous than in
former years is given as the reason for the
decreased Irish immigration-any way the
good old days when ship load OF deem
chested. rosy lassies from the green island
was no novelty at the immigration station
nave passed, and, apparently. forever
Irish women are going home to stay by
the thousands nowadays. as the public
prints announce every once in a while:
possibly more are leaving America than
are coming, but there is no way OF deter
mining this. No records are kept Of out
going Steerage pasSengerS-beSiies, not all
the Irish women who came here by the
way of the steerage go home as they came.
With the Germans IL is different The
drop In immigration from the ksiser's do
mains Is largely due 10 the kaiser's gov
ernment. II has devised many restrictive
laws which make II difficult TO leave the
fatherland for America. Besides weighty
Inducements to settle in German colonies
are put forward to those who think they
must seek their fortune abroad. They are
exempt from military service for one thing
yet may retain their German citizenship.
and this is only one of the Inducements
which seem worth while to the Teuton who
believes he can better himself by leaving
home.
Non-Productive Immigrants.
However undesirable from the standpoint
of citizenship the Italian, the Slav or the
remain in this country. there are two other
classes Of immigrants now coming here
who are undesirable because they are nom
producers almost to a man.
These are the Assyrians and the Greeks.
Men of both these nationalities prefer COM
mercial life TO productive toll. They came
here with enough money to insure landing,
almost invariably. but few of them have
trades and they go to peddling. or become
petty merchants OF some sort The Greeks
are almost all fruit dealers. while the AS
syrians seil oriental fabrics such as rugs
and other wares. The Assyrian colony IN
New York is one of the institutions Of the
metropolis now. the southern end of Green
wich street. which was formerly almost
Hibernian. being now almost all Assyrian.
I 1t is the Turk who has sent both Greeks
| and Assyrians here. The ASSyrians. who
| are Turkish subjects. come because the
sultan's government is treating them with
| more and more severity every year. while
| the Greeks have had an ever increasing
| fondness for America ever since the Gracco-
| Turkish war. Curiously enough, the Ar
| menians another nou-producing class have
| almost ceased to come to America. Greeks.
| Armenians and Assyri1ns alike are sin
| gularly non-progressve. yet they are among
| the most nervous and hysterical people IN
| the whole world. They are seldom de-
| tanned because Of violating the contract
labor law, but often because of contagious
or dangerous disease.
| This is most often true of the Assyrians,
who are frequently afflicted with tracho-
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Drawing the Line.
From Life.

He-'Are you fond of fiction, darling?"
Shelves. dearest; but don't tell me am
the only girl you have ever loved"
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The Fund Cannot Be Touched.

MademOiselle Marie d d'Aurignac will let her
self be touched by the almost religious cult
of these two piOus Americans for their dear
uncleS memory" And here began. there
fore, that unending and fantastic game of
legal hda-and-seek that has for eighteen
years engaged most of the great names of
the Paris bar-the Duriers, the Pouilet, the
Du Butt, Waldeck-Rousseau-an he al
most alone among these luminaries seeming
from the first to show suspicion.
AS everybody knows, NJ. Waldeck-Rous-
seau. when not prime minister, is a great
lawyer. In a great speech, for one of the
fred-out money lenders. in one of the hun
dred side issues of the immense imbroglio
that now followed, he outlined with scath-
ing irony the game of ball tossing back and
forth played by the Humberts and the law
yers Of the Crawford nephews:
The Humberts summoned the Crawford
nephewS before the tribunal of the Seine
to force them to admit that the compro-
mise of December .. 1854, is good and
valid. On the part of the Crawfords they
met strong resistance, exhibited in numer-
Gus eXpedients of procedure; but at last on
October y, 1856, the first chamber was
able to give judgment in which 1t de-
clared the compromise to be excellent, per-
fectly solid. and the Humberts, on the pay
ment. of 100000 francs to the two Craw-
fCrds, legally entitled to the entire DISPOSE
tion of the great fund of which they had
been named universal legatees Gin the first
will of the uncle, Crawford.
1T great victory. gentlemen" con-
tinued Waldeck-ROusseau "and it ought
really to have rejoiced the hearts of those
whose loans and interest waited the deci-
sion. But the Crawford ncphews now ap-
pealed. from which resulted much pro-
cedure and delay; and thus four years were
taken up until at last again, on January
g. 1890 the Humberts obtained the con-
firmatiOn of the judgment of the tribunal
of the Seine The Crawford nephews now
went to the court Of cessation, you
might expect. Their appeal was rejected.
Now, / ina gine the most skeptcal, suspi-
ciOUs and railing of mOrtals in view of
such judgments. which declare the Hum
berts to be free to take the fund of 120 00D,-
0o0 francs payment to the Crawfords of
5000 OD francs would have no doubts re-
naming
Infinitely Excessive!
"At this moment. nevertheless the Hum
berts had scruple infinitely honorable
but-permit me-infinitely excessivei In
their first contract with the Crawford
nephews they had bound themselves not to
touch a single share of stock or other piece
of property belonging to the fund.- and they
RENE m bered, too the formidable clause of
forfeiture In case they should fail in any
one of their enga gements. Now, they asked
themselves If they had right to take the
100000 francs from the fund for the pay
ment of the CrawfOrds. The cunning Craw-
fords might say: Pardon. you have taken
those 9,OO0,O00 francs from the fund-you
have forfeited your rights"
therefore, the Humberts went to the
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Their Supreme Wish.

mot at ALL" replied the great lawyer.
"My clients, millionaire Americans. care
nothing for the money. When one has al
ready 400 900 900 francs one does not hold to
another hundred million. What they hold
to is the supreme wish of their dead uncle
the uniting of the families-and they are
convinced that the day will come when
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Monsieur or Madame Humberts failing in
single one of these engagements, it is
agreed that they renounce ipsO facto the
tOtality of their claims on the estate of
Henry Robert Crawford; in which case the
MeSSieurs Crawford will be held only to pay
to them the before mentioned monthly pen
sion of 10000 francs, or to the survivor"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
NEXT ENcAMPMENT.
Fairfield Paper Says Place Can &c
Guard Meeting.

GUARD Meeting.
Concerning the next encampment of
the Fiftieth regiment, Iowa National
Guard, the Fairfield Journal says:
The regimental encampment of the
Fiftieth regiment, Iowa National
Guard, will be held this year about the
latter part of August and it is gener-
| ally understood that Fairfield can have
| it if she SO desire. Personally speak
ing we can see no reason why Fairfield
should not want it or why there
should be any question of her accept
ance. We can also see the advantages
in holding the encampment here on the
part of the state officials. First, that
| the railroad facilities are excellent and
| convenient to every company in the
regiment and second that the ordinary
temptations to the young men are re-
moved. Fairfield has no saloons,w switch
| in itself should make the chief reason
| for the holding of the encampment
here, and thus removing the greatest
temptation from the organization ,prin-
| cipally of young men. The town is
amply able to furnish all the accom-
modations received in larger city.
We can furnish the finest of camp
grounds with space for all company,
battalion and regiment drills and the
water supply would be practically mex
haustible, the mains running right up
to the ground. These essentials we
have in readiness and are all that is
necessary for the purpose. The expendi-
lures which would fall to the city bust
ness from this body of men would be
very considerable. The 1000 men in
their ten days visit here would spend
$4,000, as the amount they would re-
ceive from the state, and the expendi-
lures of the encampment would be
largely in excess of that amount and
would all be left with our business
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homes to write their opinions there of,
ten arose some phase of the question
upon which it was thought the other
members of the court should be con-
suited before the opinion was complet-
ed and hence the case would be drop
ped until the next session of the court.
According to the present plan this de-
lay in securing the conference would
not be experienced.
Salary Increase Deserved.
With regard to the increase in the
salary of the judges it is the opinion
of some of the Ottumwa lawyers that
this is something that the members of
the supremen bench deserve. Espe-
cially if the effect of the new law APP
plies so that they will have to make
Des Moines their place of residence,
as continuous term would almost ne
cessitate. Among those who were in
any way cognizant with the affairs of
the supreme court it has long been the
opinion that these men We're too poor
lily recompensed. Demanding the abil
| ity and the close attention to and the
large amount of taxing effort upon the
part of the judges in the performance
of their work it is believed by many
that the small increase allotted to the
supreme judges is most thoroughly de
served
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
INJURED WHILE WORKING.
J. G. BIatchley, Employed on MiIwau.
kee, Has Arm Badly Cut.

From Tuesdays Daily.l
]. G. Blatchley, who resides at 1923
Hayne street, and works as section
man at the Milwaukee yards near the
junction in the West End of the city.
was badly injured yesterday afternoon
while working. A piece of steel about
half the size of dime was Clipped off
a rail and flew into his right arm, in
flicting a painful wound.
Blatchley was working with the 9th
er members of the section gang, help
ing to lay short piece of track in the
yards. One of the men was driving a
spike into a tie to hold the rails in
place, when by mistake his sledge
struck the rail instead of the spike,
chipping off a small piece of steel,
which flew with much force into Mr..
Blatchley's arm. DR.. S. A. Spilman,
the company surgeon in this city, at
tended to his injury, locating the steel
splinter by means of the X-rays, and
removed the foreign substance. The
wound is a very painful one, but Mr..
Blatchley is doing well this morning
and it is not thought that any compli-
cations will arise.
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men. And during this ten days every
gardner in the city or those who have
vegetables for sale could easily find a
profitable market for them. 1t would
therefore be of considerable value to
the man who has surplus of garden
truck and in various other ways bene-
fit the city. Included with this regi-
ment would be the detachment of the
hospital corps, stationed here, and a
detachment of the signal corps which
is also located here. We have Major
Clarke of the hospital corps a resident
and chief signal officer, c. S. Grail also
resident In view of these facts
Fairfield should work up some enthu-
siasm in military matters and thereby
reap benefit which is falling to other
cities on account Of our apparent in
difference.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
WHY PAY THE PRICE
OF A GOOD PIANO
AND NOT GET 1T?

Isn't it strange that some people
continue buying inferior or wreckage
PIANOS when they might just as cas-
lily own famous, reputable and durable
instruments such as Lakeside or the
other reliable but less expensive
makes l represent. AS a rule as much
money is spent for cheap piano, if
purchasers fail to go to the right
place, as would buy one of the above
makes whose refined tone quality edu-
Gates as well as pleases. One should
exercise as much care in the selection
of a piano as in the choice of friends,
allowing quality rather than quantity
to form ones decision. A loud, harsh
and coarse toned piano should not be
given room in any house for its in
fluence is not of the right sort. Come
and see me and you will be surprised
to find that my prices compare very
favorably with those asked for I'M
known cheap pianos. 1t costs you
nothing to investigate and You may be
spared disappointment and chagrin
Call on me before buying your piano.
j. @. LOCH,
III East Main St. Phone S92.
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LOCAL MARKETS.

OOCOOCOOOOOCoOOOOOOCOCCOO
There are few changes in the local
wholesale and retail markets today.
The price on all grades of hogs has
dropped 10 cents, the top
price now quoted is $3.50
In the wholesale egg market the price
has advanced half cent and is now
quoted at 141% cents, and in the poul-
try market the only change is a drop
of a half cent in the price of fowls
which are now quoted at 71s. A slight
change is reported in the retail mar
ket in vegetables, new potatoes have
made drop of 2 cents a pound, and
turnips have advanced cents per
pound. Aside from the changes the
market remains the same as Saturday.
Receipts are reported light
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ed and more demands come in for
back volumes the publishers are able
to reap a harvest by charging two or
three prices for them. This is the
reason that attorneys have to pay so
much more for back volumes of the
reporter than for those just out. The
solution of the whole matter would be
to have the state print the reports it.
self, charge a uniform price for them
and retain the plates. If another edi-
ton was necessary it could be printed
at little expense and the volumes sold
for the same price as the regular edi.
ton. The lawyers would be well serv.
ed in this way and they would not be
compelled to pay hold-up prices for
back volumes, but only moderate
price for all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
MONEY WAS BOGUS.
Two Miners Arrested for Passing
Counterfeit Money!

Souhterfelt money.
lFrom Saturdays Daily.l
John Cooper, of Bear Creek, is con-
fined in the city jail on the charge of
passing counterfeit money in restau-
rant in this city yesterday afternoon
and will appear before United States
Commissioner r. NJ Hunter. Monday
morning at which time an investiga-
ton will be made Cooper was accom-
panied to this city yesterday by George
Gilbert, who was with him at the time
it is claimed the counterfeit money
was passed Both men strongly deny
having any knowledge of having any
bogus money in their possession to say
nothing of attempting to pass it.
Enroute to Des Moines.
At the time the officer took these
men in charge yesterday afternoon
they We're on the Burlington passenger
train for Des Moines, having bought
their tickets early in lie afternoon and
Immediately after. coming to town from
the Bear Creek mines. where they were
employed They were taken to the po-
lice station and locked up, and this
morning Gilbert was released, as it ap,
peared from the statements of both
the men that Cooper passed the coun-
terfeit if any was passed
How 1t Was Done.
The men, according to their state
ments. came to Ottumwa yesterday
from Bear Creek with the intention of
going to Des Moines. They bought
their tickets but found that their train
was not due to leave for several hours,
upon which they went to chop house
on Main street near Washington,
conducted by L. Eslinger Here they
ate lunch, Gilbert's bill being fifteen
cents and Cooper's twenty cents.
Cooper paid the entire amount, offer
ing the waiter half dollar and re-
ceiving fifteen cents in change.
Discovers Money Is Counterfeit.
The two mtn then left the chop
house and went to the East End for
a walk. Soon after their departure
the waiter discovered that he had a
counterfeit half-dollar, and believing
that these men had passed it he noti-
fled Levi Noah, the policeman on
duty nearby, giving him a description
of the men. Noah watched for them
and succeeded In arresting them be-
fore they left town. They stoutly de-
hiSu IhSii gum DuL were lOCkeQ up
anyway. This morning, however, Gill
bert was released
Not the First.
This counterfeit money is not the
first that has been passed in Ottum-
wa during the past week. Several
cases have been reported recently and
the police are at work on the case. The
arrests made yesterday are the first,
but others are liable to follow soon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
NEW LAW ACOODO ONE
Judge M. A. Roberts Approves of
Habitual Drunkard Act.
HE SAYS IT WILL PROVE A BENEFIT
cttumwa Court Officials Believe That
When the Liquor Habit Overcomes
Men They Should Be Cared for and
Restored to Their Former Condition.

[From Saturdays Dailyl
The law which was passed by the
last general assembly and which has
been signed by the governor providing
for the state care and cure Of dipso-
maniacs, morphine users and habitual
drunkards in wards of the state insane
asylums is being supplemented these
days in the district court by the use
of an Iowa statute which has not been
involved until recently; a law by
which habitual drunkards may be
sent to the state insane asylums as
lunatics and kept there at the ex-
pense of the state until they die or
are completely cured of their insane
desire for drink.
Prior to the passage of the liquor
cure act by the last general assembly,
and within the past three months sew
eral habitual drunkards have been
sent to insane asylumS from some of
the counties of Iowa by the action of
the district court, and are now being
confined in the state insane asylum
for treatment and cure. This law has
been on the statute books for several
years, but was seldom used until late
ly. The new law simply makes some
engagements and notifications of the
old law and will result in more drunk
ards and morphine users being sent to
the insane asylum.
There is some objection to the law
on account of the fact that the state
is compelled to pay the expense of the
reform of these habitual druhkards,
but advocates of the measure hold
that the money is well spent when it
improves society so much by convert
ing confirmed inebriates and practic-
ally insane persons into useful citi-
zens.
Judge Roberts Interviewed.
Judge M. A. Roberts, of this city,
when interviewed by Courier report
er regarding his view on the new law,
said:
although 1 have not seen the law
since it has been passed l was not a
little interested in it as a bill, and
was heartily in favor of its passage as
presented. l do not know whether
any changes were made before its
passage, but as whole l think that it
is a good law. l believe that after a
man has become such slave to the
liquor appetite that he cannot control
himself nor keep himself from drink
ing, it devolves upon the state to care
for him and, if possible, to restore
him to his former condition.
"As to the expense I believe that in
ordinary cases it should be stood !
the state, but when the patient is able
l think he should pay for the treat
ment as he is benefited the most by it
| think that the law is a good one and
that it should be enforced. The con
dition of society will be improved il
this is DONE"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
chicauo Live Stock Market.

Chicago, April 21.-Cattle, 22,500;
1Oc lower; good to prime 6.S0@7.25;
poor to medium 4.6O@650; stockers
2.5O@5.25; COWS 1.5O@5.55; Texans
5.25@6.25.
Hogs, $4,000; 1O@15c lower; mixed
6.7O@I22; good choice heavy LOO
1925: rough heavy 6.S5@7.10; light
6.7O@6.SO; bulk sales 6.S0@7.10.
Sheep, 10000; steady; 4.75@6.20;
lambs steady; 4.75@6.65.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-22
COURT REORGANIZED
Changes Made in the Supreme
Judiciary of Iowa.
TERN WILL BE ALMOST CONTINUOUS
Ottumwans Believe that the Change
Will Be BeneficiaI-Think That the
Advance in Salary for the Judges Is
Deserved.

1t is the opinion of some of Ottum-
was most prominent lawyers that the
law enacted by the last legislature of
Iowa during the closing days of its ses-
sion providing for several changes in
the supreme court of the state was
most just and will be beneficial in its
practical workings. This law provides
that after January 1, 1904, the judges
shall receive salary of $4,000 annual
ly and in the provision for holding the
court maks it an almost continuous
term.
Work of the Court.
That the new law will have most
satisfactory effect upon the work OF
the court is acknowledged. To meet
its provisions the session will have to
be a continuous one. If this be done
it is believed that the court will in a
short time be able to clear UP the dock
ct which is at present most Woefully
behind According to the assignment
for the present term it is seen that the
cases which will come up were filed
during the month of August, 1901:
This puts the court practically eight
months behind. Under the new condi-
lions it is thought that in a short time
the court will be able to dispose of the
cases now filed and can then dispose
of the cases as they arise.
May Live in Des Moines.
1t is the opinion of those who are
conversant with the affairs of the SUI
preme court of this state that the new
law, providing as it does for an almost
continuous term, will cause the judges
to reside in Des Moines. This they
believe will be most beneficial to the
business of court as it will greatly en-
nance the ability Of the bench to dis
pose Of the cases which arise. In
stead of remaining together for three
OF four weeks simply while in session
the judges will be together so that dur
ing the interim, when some question
of uncertainty arises in regard to a
case the judges will be able to
secure conference of the members
of the bench to more fully consider
these matters. 1t seems that under
the former system when the court was
kept in session for about three
months of the year that when the
judges would separate and go to their
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Extension of lime.

Owing to the severe storms and i'm
peded travel to the north and north
west during March, the Iowa Central
road has extended it's time for selling
settlers one way tickets to points in
Minnesota and the Dakotas to April
90 and 20 next. Make note of it
and tell your friends. For further
particulars call on your local railroad
agent or address Gee. S. Batty, G. P.
& T. A., Marshalltown, Iowa.
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THE MARKETS.
Visible Supply of Grain.

Visible Supply Of Grain.
Chicago, April 21.-The visible mum
bers of bushels of wheat are 44,241,.
600, decrease from one year ago OF
5,627,O bushels; corn. 7,226,000, a
decrease of 14,102,OOO bushels; oats
3,114,O0O, a decrease of 100000
bushels