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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-26

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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
PEOPLES PULPIT.
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SSN1oSSoS SNSNOS}lJLV1SOOO
indianapolis, Ind, January "a, 1903.
Editor Courier trust that you will
give this article space, that l may
speak in defense of a large majority
of the Iowa delegation of miners at
tending the national convention of
the United Mineworkers of America,
assembled in Indianapolis. 1t has been
stated to the public through the press
that the Iowa delegation originated
and introduced practically all of the
socialistic propositions that came be-
fore this convention. This is unfor-
tunately true. But from the fact that
some of the delegates did introduce
socialistic resolutions should not be
sufficient reasons why the Iowa dele
cation should appear before the public
as body seeking to innoculate par
tisan politics into the organization
The very thought of intoxicating any
political isms into the organization is
repulsive and will not be tolerated by
the majority of the Iowa delegation.
The socialistic resolutions that did
come up were killed with practically
no discussion. We are assembled
here to advance the principles of true
trades unionism, and are not dealing
in any political bricks. l will state
that this has been harmonious con,
vention up to this date. The organiza,
ton is in fourishing condition, and
a general good feeling prevails, not,
withstanding some reports to the con
trary. With best wishes to the Cour.
Ter and it's readers, | am respectfully
VIM. H. Rodgers
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

Miss Roosevelt can be gained from the
manner in which she spent the past
week. On Monday morning after at
tending her singing slass, to which she
walked from the White House, Miss
Roosevelt gave an informal luncheon
to some friends. Afterward she went
for long drive with her cousins who
were visiting at the White House. In
the evening. the Presidents daughter,
with two OF her cousins were the guests
of honor at a dinner party. Following
the dinner the entire company attend
ed the Monday evening dance at the
Italian embassy. Tuesday morning ac-
companying her cousins to New York,
Miss Roosevelt was in the evening a
guest at the Henry T. Sloan ball. From
her visit to New York, she returned
to Washington at noon Thursday, and
in the evening was present at a dinner
party at the White House, and later
the state reception given by the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. Fridays
program included dinner party at the
White House, and following that
largely attended musicale. Besides
these social events, Miss Roosevelt
spends much time in walking, driving
and riding, all Of which she enjoys
greatly. H. j. Mahin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
WILLIAM M'klNLEYs TEACHER.
Still Holds the Postmastership Despite
the Southern Politicians.

the Southern Politicians.
Miss LeDuc is still postmistress at
Tyron, in Polk county, despite the fact
that few days ago Congressman
Moody felt confident that his repre-
sensations to the postoffice department
would result in dislodging her
Miss LeDuc once taught school in
Ohio, and among her jupils it is al
legged, was the late President McKin-
ley, at whose instance she received the
Office. After the death Of President
Mckinley, Miss LeDuc went to Wash
ington and related her story to Presi-
dent Roosevelt who wrote personal
note to General Payne that Miss LeDuc
was not to be removed unless the pub
lie service required. In the opinion Of
Major Moody such reason developed,
but Miss LeDuc went to the White
House, and once more won the kindly
intervention of the President
The contest is one in which political
eXigency may be observed on the one
side and sentiment on the other. The
outcome is awaited with interest.
Major Moody says that President
Mckinley filed number of papers in
the case, but that Miss LeDuc was no,
where referred to as having been his
teacher at any time-Tyron N. c. Dis.
patch.
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of crime, he was struck down. The
brave, strong, gentle heart Wis Stilled
forever, and word was brought to the
woman who wept that she was to walk
thenceforth alone in the shadow. The
hideous infamy of the deed shocked
the nation to its depths, for the man
thus struck at was in a peculiar sense
the champion of the plain people, in
peculiar sense the representative and
the exponent of those ideals which,
if We live up to them, will make, as
they have largely made, our country, a
blessed refuge for all who strive to
do right and to i've their lives simply
and well as light is given them. The
nation was stunned, and the people
mourned with sense of bitter be-
reavement because they had lost a
man whose heart beat for them as the
heart of Lincoln once had beaten. We
did right to mourn; for the loss was
ours, not his. He died III the golden
fullness of his triumph. He died vic
torious in that highest of all kinds of
strife-the strife for an ampler. just
err and more generous national life.
For him the laurel; but woe for those
whom he left behind; woe to the ma
ton that lost him, and woe to man
kind that there should exist creatures
SO foul that one among them should
strike at so noble life.
I'VE are gathered together tonight
to recall his memory, to pay our trib-
ute of respect to the great chief and
leader who fell in the harness, who
was stricken down while his eyes
were bright with ''the light that tells
of triumph tasted" We can honor
him best by the way we show in ac-
tual deed that we have taken to heart
the lessons of his life We must
strive to achieve, each in the measure
that he can, something of the quail
ties which made President Mckinley
a leader of men, mighty power for
good-his strength, his courage, his
courtesy and dignity, his sense of
justice, his ever-present kindness
and regard for the rights Of others.
He won greatness by meeting and
solving the issues as they arose-not
by Sinking them-meeting them with
wisdom, with the exercise of the most
sllillful end cautious judgment, but
with fearless resolution when the time
of crisis came. He met each crisis on
its own merits; he never sought eX-
cuse for Sinking task in the fact
that it was different from the one he
had expected to face The long pub
lie career, which opened when as a
boy he carried musket in the ranks
and closed when as a man in the
prime of his intellectual strength he
stood among the worlds chief safes
men, came to what it was because he
treated each triumph as opening the
road to fresh effort, not as an excuse
for ceasing from effort. He undertook
mighty tasks. Some Of them he
finished completely; others we
must finish, and there remain yet 9TH
ers which he did not have to face,
but which, if we are worthy to be
the inheritors of his principles we
will in our turn face with the same
resolution, the same sanity, the same
unfaltering belief in the greatness of
this country, and unfaltering cham
pionship of the rights of each ond all
of our people, which marked his high
and splendid career.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
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Address:
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The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dread.
ed disase that science has been able TO
cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease re.
oures a constitutional treatment Hairs
Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system, thereby destroying
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Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
A Christmas doll is that human that
its nose is easily broken
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
United States is Watching Ger
many's Action in Venezuela.
CANNOT OVERSTEp MONROE DOCTRINE
President Roosevelt Maintains Wait
ing Attitude Though Prepared to
Meet Any Emergency-Experience
of House Sergeant-at-Arms.
IBY H. ]. MAHIN.1

Washington, d. c., Jan. $3.50
many sensations are exploded in
Washington in the course of a year
that as rule the majority do not claim
nearly SO much attention here as over
the rest of the country. 1t is for this
reason that the people are beginning
to think that there is something seri-
GUS in the Venezuelan matter. The
present crisis is attracting universal
official attention and is undoubtedly
considered condition demanding the
most careful consideration. If Ger
many is going to make test of the
Monroe doctrine, which is the general
opinion, the United States must be
ready and show that there is more to
that famous principle than words. 1t
was generally thought in Washington
that the Venezuelan matter was closed
except for the slow process of arbitra-
ton. There seems to be none who can
justify Germanys act in firing on the
fort after arbitration had been agreed
upon. What else can be Germany's
intention than to put Venezuela in
such a condition that she never can
pay her debts and then acquire por-
tons of her territory as settlement?
Or is the intention to assist the revo-
lutionists in overthrowing Castro and
then rule the country by proxy. Wash
ington is wondering why Won Hole
ben, the German ambassador, was
called away just when he was and
why the arrival of his successor is be-
ing delayed. While war is of course
regarded as undesirable and a last
recourse, yet it is quite evident that
there are certain officials who do not
in the least fear struggle with Ger
many and would in fact welcome it,
just to prove the United States
strength. The President is being COM
mended for his waiting policy at pres
ent, but it is predicted by those who
have discussed the matter with him
and know his feeling that the minute
Germany makes move to violate any
part of the Monroe doctrine, there will
be some quick and decided action at
the White House.
George Evers of Davenport, who is
assistant sergeant at arms in the house
of representatives had rather eXcit
ing experience the other night when he
was sent to New York with suponea
from Speaker Henderson to find and
hrino hack with him Dob1in the nrin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
MAYOR Ao OLD sLEUTH.
Sioux City Official Finds Four Gam
binq Houses Runnir1q.

UIFIIg TIOUSeS nUTIiIII9,
Sioux City, Jan. 2S-Aroused by re-
peated rumors that gambling was 60
lug on in Sioux City in defiance of his
orders, Mayor Caldwell made a night
sleuth expedition and discovered four
gambling houses running under the
noses of his police. The mayor in
stantly called the police on the carpet,
and the gamblers have been cleaned
out. The mayor has announced that
if the gamblers reopen something is
likely to happen. If evidence can be
secured wholesale arrests are likely to
occur.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
ANTITRUST AGENT IN CUBA.
Organizer for National Tobacco and
Cigar Dealers Association.

Havana, Jan. 2S.-Sigmund Roths-.
child of Detroit, organizer of the Ma
tional Tobacco and Cigar Dealers as
ISOLATION of Am erica, has arrived to
carry on the fight in Cuba against the
tobacco trust.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

Putnam Fadeless Dyes attach them.
selves slowly to the tibers of the goods,
thus insuring perfect evenness in the
dyeing. There are no spots or streaks
no failures, but clear, bright colors.
Sold by druggists, 10c package.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
RLooDHoUNDs AT cLEARFlELD.
Brace of Dogs Trace Burglar to
Where He Lay in Hiding. :.

Clearfield, Jan. 2S-Bloodhounds
tracked the man who is supposed to
have burglarized the general store
here Sunday night so that he was an
easy victim for the officers. The sup
posed thief was hiding in a barn. He
refuses to give his name.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

The postmaster general has allowed
the postmaster at Sioux City one addi-
tional letter carrier from March 2.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

The Rev. ]. w. Yeisley of St. Paris.
Ohio, had Kidney trouble. He began to
take DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy and it cured him completely.
His recent acceptance by four different
life insurance companies proves this.
Dr. David Kennedy's Fayorite Remedy is the
only sure cure known for diseases Of the Kidneys,
Liver, Bladder, Blood Rheumatism and Dyspepsia
All druggists sell it in the NEW so CENT SIZE
and the regular ST 90 size bottles.
Sample 6ottle-e1oMehJ o, t'-ial, free by mai
Or. David Kennedy Corporation, Rondout, N. "
Or. David KeHnedy's Salt Rhenm Cream cures
{ Old Sores, Skin and Scrofulous Diseases. b0c.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

Miss Alice Roosevelt leads in her
way, as strenuous life as the Presi-
dent. Her phenomenal powers of en-
durance alone will enable her to come
out. at the end of the winters season
as fresh and blooming as she started
in. Some idea of the social strain upon
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
The President.

But even as a candidate President
Mckinley was far more than a candi-
date of party, and as President he
was in the broadcast and fullest sense
the President of all the people of all
sections OF the country.
But his nomination came to him be-
cause of the qualities he had shown in
healthy and open political leadership,
the leadership which by word and
deed impresses itself as virile force
for good upon the people at large and
which has nothing in common with
mere intrigue or manipulation. But in
1896 the issue was fairly Joined chiefly
upon question which as party ques-
ton was entirely new, SO that the old
lines of political cleavage were in
large part abandoned. All other is
sues sank in Importance when com
pared with the vital need of keeping
our financial system on the high and
honorable plane imperatively demand
ed by our position as great civil
lied power. AS the champion of such
principle President Mckinley re-
ceived the support not only of his own
party but of hundreds of thousands of
those to whom he had been politically
opposed. He triumnhed, and he made
good with scrupulous fidelity the pro-
misses upon which the campaign was
won.We were at that time in a period OF
great industrial depression and it was
promised for and on behalf of McKin.
ley that if he were elected our finan.
cial system should not only be pre-.
served unframed but improved and
our economic system shaped in &C
/ cordance with those theories which
have always marked our periods of
! greatest prosperity. The promises
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

A Christmas doll is that human that
its nose is easily broken.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29

ability-alike on fought fields and in
council chambers-of the most far,
reaching service to the republic. In
the Civil war the two functions were
divided, and Lincoln and Grant will
stand forevermore with their names in
scribed on the honor roll of those who
have deserved well of mankind by saw
ing to humanity a precious heritage. In
similar fashion Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew Jackson each stands as the
foremost representative of the great
movement of his generation, and their
names symbolic to us their times and
the hopes and aspirations of their
times.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-29
Presidential Party Arrives.

President Roosevelt and his party
from Washington arrived during the
day. After paying his respects to Mrs.
Mckinley and visiting the tomb of the
departed the guests We're driven to
the home of Judge William R. Day,
where they were entertained at lunch
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-09-26
She Was Easy.

I'm 80 glad for Johns sake" said
Mrs. Youngbride, Just back from the
seaside, that I came home sooner
than I intended" What about John ?"
asked Mrs. Oldun. Why, he wrote
me last week that my absence was
Grazing him, and l believe it. He GER
tainly had been acting crazy. The
house was all upside down; he had left
cigar stumps and ashes everywhere.
and there was pile of funny little
red, white and blue buttons on the
dining room table. When asked him
about it the poor, dear fellow said he
was SO lonely he didn't know what he
was doing" -Baltimore American.
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AUTOMOBILE HARVESTER.
Cuts = swath Thirty-Six Feet Wide
Threshinq the Grain.

The largest automobile ever built is
a harvester and auto" combined and
is used in southern California. 1t Is
equal to sixty horses and goes at the
rate of three and half miles an hour.
moving swath thirty-six feet wide,
putting up the grain in finished shape,
threshing, etc.
The machine is sixty feet long and
thirty feet wide. The motive power Is
furnished by oil. 1t Is such an expen-
sive harvest hand" that one farmer.
Of course cannot own 1t alone, but 1t is
the property of a company and goes
from one farm to another. Eight men
are required to run it. AS the machine
starts of the grain begins falling in
sacks on the opposite side from where 1t
is cut and the straw drops into cart
behind.
Three machines sent to Russia for
work on the steppes were delayed in
China and captured by the Boxers.
There they remained for couple OF
years. but they are now in Russia. and
considered an American wonder
Washington Star.
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COMMODORE NICHOLSON o s. SyH
Recommends Pe-ru-na-otf1er Pror11in.
ent Men Testify.

Commodore Somervi!le Nicholson. of the
United States Navy in q letter from 1887
r Street. N. W.. Was hington, d. c.. says:
Your Peruns has been and Is
now used by SO many Of my
friends and acquajnt ances as q
sure cure for cafarrh that I an
convinced of its curative qualities
and ! unhesifaffngly recommend
IL to all persons suffering from
fhst complaint. IS. Nicholson.
United States Minister to Guatemala
Endorses Ps.ru-na.
DR.. w. Godfrey Hunter. u. S. Minister
to Guatemala. ex-member of Congress
from Kentucky. in letter from Washing
ton. d. c.. writes:
II am fully satisfied that your Peruna
is an efficacious remedy for catarrh. as
and many of my friends have been bene-
Member of Congress From Virginia
Writes.
Hon. G. r. Brown, Martinville, Va,
ex-member of Congress Fifth District.
50th Congress, writes
Il cheerfully give my endorsement to
your Peruna as cure for catarrh. Its
pehcHS!ai results Have peeh So Iuliy dcT-
onstrated that its use is essential to all
persons suffering from that disease"
Hon G. X. Brown.
The day was when men of prominence
hesitated to give their testimonials to pro-
prietary medicines for publication. This
remains true to-day of most proprietary
medicines. But Peruna has become so
justly famous. its merits are known to so
many people of high and low stations. that
no one hesitates to see his name in print
recommending Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna strong endorsement. Men
representing all classes and stations are
equally represented.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-09-26
THE USE OF FORKS
WAS NOT COMMON BEFORE 1915

Queen Elizabeth Had But Three
Kept as curiosities-Their Use
Was Considered Bad Form-Minis-
tiers Declared Them to Be lmpious
Instruments.
It seems strange that the use OF
forks began only with our easily re-
membered forefathers. that the Greeks
and Romans did not know anything OF
them, and that in the far Eastern coun-
tries their use is still unknown. Up
TO the Fifteenth Century they were
known only in Italy. Elizabeth had.
three forks" "garnished with gold
SLIGHTLY" and with "lyttle perles PEN
dant." but they were considered as Gu
riostties and never used. Indeed, In
that era 1t was considered bad form
and ministers contended that to use
them was to insult God. What were
our fingers for? In Thomas Coryates'
'Crudities," published originally in
1908, is this:
II observed custom in all those
Italian cities and towns through which
passed that is not used in any other
country that saw In my travels;
neither do think any other nation In
uOil use IL, DuI ouls
Italy. The Italians. and also most
strangers, do always at their meals use
little fork when they cut their meats.
For while with their knife which they
do hold in one hand. they cut the
meat out of the dish. they fasten the
fork. which they hold in the other
hand. upon the same dish; SO whatso-
ever he be that. sitting in the company
Of others at meals. should inadvisedly
touch the dish of meats with his An
gers, from which all the table do cut,
he will give occasion to offense to all
the company. as having transgressed
the laws of good manners, in SO much
that for his error he shall be at the
least browbeaten, if not reprehended in
words. This form of breeding, under
stand, is generally used in all places
of Italy. their forks being for the most
part made of iron. steele and some OF
silver; but these are used only by gen
tlemen. The reason for this curiosity
Is because the Italian cannot by any
means endure to have his meat touch
ed with fingers. seeing that all mems
fingers are not alike clean"
Not until the middle of the Seven
teenth Century did England's nobility
begin the use of forks, but they came
into use slowly, and even in the early
part Of the Eighteenth Century gentle
men who travelled carried knife and
fork. because the inns were not likely
to have them. About 1915 forks be-
came quite common in Europe and
soon became to be considered general
ly as G necessity.-The Cooking Club.
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First Impressions Best.

Polly's godmother gave her Bible
when she was eight years old, and one
day Polly's mother found her reading
some passages in the old testament
which were full Of hell fire" and 1.-The
wrath CT God" and other appalling
things, according to Harper's Maya.
zine. The child looked up thoughtful.
ly as her mother entered the room and
said: Mamma, have always had
such a very pleasant impression OF
God that I think shall not read the
Bible any more If you don't mind"
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Too Old to Try.

One Of the students at the univer-
sity OF Pennsylvaia, wishing to turn
an honest penny during his vacation.
decided to introduce a new and popu-
lar cyclopedia into the country. and
to sell 1t among the farming popula-
ton. Needless to say. he had many
queer and amusing experiences. At
one place he found an old man work
ing in the fields. I'D like to sell you
q new cyclopedia." said the agent.
We'll, young feller." said the farmer.
I'D like to have one, but I'm afraid
I'm too old to ride the thing"