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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-20
Opposition in Senate Feared.

Perhaps most serious obstacle to
be encountered in an endeavor to Sc
cure ratification of the new treaties
by the United States senate is that
while there is general demand for
the isthmian canal. there is a strong
opposition to it in the United States
senate. This opposition is backed by
certain railroad interests. Its strength
was shown during the acrimonious con.
test over the Panama canal treaty
and it was only after months of hard
work that that agreement was rati-
fed. 1t is predicted that the fight over
the new treaties will be even more bit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-20
Separate Jurisdictions.

Rev. Smith states, however, that
he is not in close touch with the Illi-
nois association as in his duties as
general superintendent he is not ac-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-20
Must Take New Tack.

Colombia's rejection of the canal
treaty eliminates the Panama route
from further consideration and the at
tention Of this government will now be
turned to Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
While it is true that treaties already
have &been negotiated with the two
Central American republics, new nego-
tiations probably will have to be be-
gun as those treaties were drafted
chiefly for the purpose of whipping
Colombia into line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-20
NICARAGUA CANAL NOW.
Waterway Through the lsthmus Mus
Penetrate That Country.

Washington, D. c., Aug. IS. = Thu
fact that Colombia has rejected the
Panama canal treaty means that thu
United States will select the Nicaragu
an route, and that a long delay mus
ensue before work can begin on thu
great waterway
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
FOUND IN THE TALL GRASS.

Denison Review: A few days ago a
certain resident of Denison bought a
package of tea as per orders of his
better half and carried it home in his
overcoat pocket. The paper in which
the tea was wrapped broke, allowing
the tea to mix freely with quantity
of loose tobacco which was in the
pocket. Thinking to get even for the
blunder and teach lesson the good
housewife made tea for her husband
of the tea and tobacco mixture, but
was greatly disappointed to find that
he liked it better than plain tea and
called for more. She tried again. This
time she placed the mixture so that
he would get it and smoke it for pure
tobacco, but again he was nightly
pleased with the taste and flavor, and
filled the house with smoke. 1t was
too much and instead of getting even
she was driven from the house by the
i'll smelling stuff. There is a moral in
this which you can figure out for your
self.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
THE DECLINE OF cHuRcHeoINe.
mt. Ayr Record:)

1t is announced that the Water
loo pastors talk of abandoning
the Sunday evening service as
the attendance is too small to
be worth the cost of heat and light.
1t is a wise conclusion and it might
be we'll if the example would be fol-
lowed. The Sabbath day-a rest day
is too heavily loaded, and before it is
past the people are tired out with run
ming hither and thither and want to
rest at home. There ought to be some
time for home exercises and an oppor-
tunity ought to be given families to get
acquainted with one another.
AS things are now run in the church
es the whole day is taken up with pub
lie services of one kind and another.
The day was designed to be day of
rest and worship, but it has been ST.
lently prevented and has become day
of strenuous labor. Often the bells
call to Sunrise prayer meetings.
There is a Sunday school at 10 a. M,
followed by the regular church ser
vice and various young peoples meet
ings all through the afternoon. The
evening service comes at the last and
the people are worn out and tired ma
ture rebels. They hear SO much that
they become mental and spiritual dys-
peptics. groaning under the excess of
pabulum.
A pastor- once told us that he had
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

nine meetings in his church on Sun
day OF one kind and another and that
both the old and young people were on
the trot from morning till night 1t
became a day of labor to the point of
fatigue. Rev. H. L. Vannuys, who has
preached fifty-five years in the Pres
byterian church at Goshen, Ind. says:
that he did not and would not have
an evening service, and that he taught
his people to stay at home and become
we'll acquainted with one another.
There is a constant cry that family
religion is declining. There is a good
OF truth in it and the reason may be
found in the fact that religious SER
vices have been largely transferred to
the churches. Little or no time has
been left for them at home. Some time
is needed at home to cultivate the
Christian home life and what time is
better suited for it than Sunday eve
ming?
The churches need fewer and better
services. A minister's mind will pro-
duce only SO much during the week
and If the hearers prefer it in two or
three sermons rather than one, we do
not admire their tastes and that is
all.
In saying the above we insist that
we are not following a heretical or
schismatical course, for we have heard
many ministers and people express the
same thoughts. 1t would be well for
the churches to take consensus of op-
inion on the subject and to follow the
indications of Providence. The people
have concluded to dispense with the
evening service. Will not the church
es take the hint?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
HOW BOB GOT THERE.
Chicago Journal.

Robert B. Armstrong, whose ap-
polntment as assistant secretary of
the treasury has just been announced
in Washington, has had a most re-
markable rise to prominence in a re-
markably short time.
The story of his rise is an excel
lent example of the wisdom of seeing
what you want and having the nerve
to ask for it. That's how he got
where he is today.
About eight years ago Bob" Arm
strong came to Chicago from Iowa,
still under age. He secured report
er's position on the old Chicago Rec
ord. and for time was its representa-
tive in the city hall. Later he was
made New York correspondent for the
paper. When the Times-Herald and
Record were merged he continued for
a short time to fill that place. He
then returned to Chicago as cores
pondent for the New York Herald.
About that time Leslie M. Shaw was
appointed secretary of the treasury.
Mr.. Armstrong formerly lived in Iowa,
but knew the new secretary only by
reputation. He conceived the idea of
going after the job of private secre.
taly to the new cabinet officer. The
only plan he knew to get it was to
write and ask for it. He did this, and
his letter read, in effect, something
like this:
81 am an old Iowa boy, and am now
a Chicago newspaper man. l be.
lieye would make a good private
secretary to you. and would like to
have the job. Any Endorsements or
recommendations you may desire !
will make an effort to get"
About week later Secretary Shaw
announced that he had appointed Arm
strong.
I Since his connection with the treas.
ury department as private secretary
Mr.. Armstrong has been in charge of
a great deal of important work in
special lines, outside of his regular
duties, and Secretary Shaw immedi.
ately became impressed with the fact
that he had made an unusually fortu.
nate and wise selection.
In his new position he succeeds one
of the veterans of the service, Gen. O.
L. Spaulding of Michigan, who retires
next week. Mr.. Armstrong is but q
years old.
The moral that might we'll be point
ed from the story of his rise is: When
you see what you want, ask for it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
EFFECTS OF CHRISTMAS SHOP.
PING.

Chicago health authorities declare
that the nervous tension of the holt
day shopping is responsible for the
greatly increased death rate at that
time of the year. The crush at the
bargain counters. the Indictment wealth
er, the overcrowded street cars, and
undue exposure, all tend to overexcite
and exhaust the nervous system of the
thousands of Christmas shoppers. The
reports of the deaths showed for the
week Immediately preceding Christ
mas there were 305 deaths among Chi
cago women, as compared with 276
for the week preceding and 239 for the
third week before Christmas. The
Chicago board of health called the at
tention of the council to this matter
in no uncertain terms. "The abnormal
preponderance Of deaths among fe-
males is fully accounted for by con-
ditions heretofore referred to, namely
/ the murderously defective car service,
with it's frequent break downs, and
poor service at the season of the year
when thousands of women, at high
pitch of nervous tension over the holi-
day shopping, have been kept waiting
for hours, exposed to the inclemency
of the weather"
Perhaps the "murderously defective
car service plays its part in causing
the fatalities. but it cannot be doubted
that the Christmas shopping itself is
responsible for many of the break
downs in health. The stores are al
ways overcrowded the atmosphere
therein vitiated, the shoppers worked
up to an excessive nervous tension,
and the swapping of that tension is
enough to undermine the strongest
constitution. 1t is small wonder that
the women, who form the preponder-
ance of Christmas shoppers, naturally
of a high nervous temperament, should
be greatly affected. and though per-
haps no fatalities have resulted, yet
large numbers of people have gone
from their days shopping completely
exhausted in bodily vigor. 1t is only
when the folly of overtaxing their
strength is realized by the women
themselves, that they will attempt to
avoid these conditions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
Stop the Steal,

The Carroll Herald says that if there
is anything in the charge of the Des
Moines Capital that the Des Moines
Register and Leader is trying to hour
bonize the Iowa republican party the
matter should receive prompt atten-
ton. ut would be inexcusable." as
serts the Herald, ito sit idly by and
permit Sam Strauss and Allan Dawson
to steal the dominant party in a great
state like this. 1t would be larceny
on grand scale and must not be per-
mitted. 1t ought to be stopped if to
do SO the governor has to call out the
militia"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

Governor Odell, Of New York, in his
inaugural address, aptly declared the
principle upon which the affairs of
capital and labor should be handled,
with reference to legislation. These
two great factors should be in perfect
accord and there should be no legisla-
ton which seeks to advance the cause
of one at the expense of the other, be-
cause discrimination would lead to re-
suits which would inevitably prove a
menace to the welfare of the entire
nation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
THE HoNoRED DEAD.

The coming of a new year with all
its pleasant and bright prospects is
not without its tinge of sorrow when
we remember the number of public
men and women whose lives have
drawn to close during the past twelve
months. In reviewing the list of the
departed for the past year, there is
not a profession or calling in which
men and women of public re.
nown are engaged, that has
not given it's quota to the
grim reaper. Many of these however,
lived mot unto themselves alone" and
these will be remembered by the work
they accomplished during their So
journ here.
The world of politics and statesman
ship has lost Jean DeBloch, the force
full Russian councillor of state; Cecil
John Rhodes, the South African empire
builder. who's work will long live after
him and Thomas B. Reed, ex-speaker
of the United States house of represen-
tatives, whose parliamentary record
will always be striking feature of
American political history. Royalty
has been fortunate as it has lost only
one of its number, Queen Marie Henri
cite of Belgium. whose sorrowful life
was ended last September.
The army and navy has lost one dis
tinguished ex-union and one equally
noted ex-confederate leader. General
Franz Sigel and General Wade Hamp-
ton, and the navy mourns the loss of
Rear Admidal w. P. Sampson.
Literature and fine arts have lost
many eminent representatives. The
literary world will miss Frank R.
Stockton, the genial humorist; Bret
Harte, the gentle satirist and ideal
short story writer; Paul Leicester
Ford, whose young life closed in fra
ternal tragedy; George Douglas Brown,
the English novelist, who died on the
threshold of a promising career; Ed.
ward Eggleston, the story Writer; Phil.
ip J. Bailey, whose one poem, "Festus,
made him famous; Emile lola, con
temporary French novelist; George AL
fred Henty, beloved of boys, and Mary
Hartwell Catherwood the romance his.
torian of the early days Of Canada and
the west. Music has lost Philippe Mar.
chetti, the Italian opera composer;
Camille Urso, the violinist, Heinrich
Carl Hoffman,, an excellent German
composer, and BENJAMIN Bilse, the Der.
lin conductor. The art world will
mourn the loss Of Albert Rierstadt,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

tons. The insane have an aversion
for the inebriates and the latter dis
like the insane. The result is fric.
ton, of mild sort, to be sure. but
nevertheless apparent. After an inc
pirate patient has been in the hospital
a week ne becomes as sane as any
one. He begins TO look around for
amusement and the teasing and bad
gering OF The insane persons about
MIN Immediately presents itself as a
legitimate form of sport. Of course
the hospital authorities do all that
they can to prevent this, but they can
not always be successful"
The board of control is already con-
templating the matter of establishing
mebriatc hospitals in each of the in
sane districts of the state. 1t is be.
lieved that this is the only feasible
way of taking care of the inebr;ate
patients as the law does not provide
for transferring them from one hospi-
tai to another. The opinion is rapidly
gaining ground that unless the num-
Der of inehrlate patient ceases to in
crease, which is not probable, sepa-
rate hospitals will have to be built for
the ihebriates in each of the insane
districts.
The board has decided to establish
in the independence state hospital a
department to be known as the hospi-
tai for inebriates at Independence and
ordered that it be opened January 8
next. The board has also divided the
Cherokee district fer inebriates into
two districts, one of which is to be
known as the Cherokee district for in
ebriates and the other as the hide
pendence district for inebriates. The
independence district for inebriates
will include all of the counties now in
cluded in the independence district
for the insane.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08

Jean Joseph, Benjamin Constant j can
Georges Vibert. James Joseph jacques
Tissot, the painters, and Thomas Mast,
the famous pioneer in cartoon work.
The dramatic stage has also lost Sol
Smith Russell, the comedian.
The prominent scientists who have
died are Prof. Leopold Schenk, the
Austrian embryologist; Prof. Rudolph
Virchow, the Berlin surgeon and scien-
fist; and Major j. w. Powell, the di-
rector of the bureau of ethnology in
the Smithsonian institution. Among
the great divines who have ended their
labors are the Rev. Newman Hail. the
Rev. Dewitt Talmage, Cardinal LIE
dochowsky, the Rev. Joseph Parker of
London City temple, and Frederick
Temple, archbishop of Canterbury. The
list of the distinguished dead includes
the names Of Friedrich Alfred Krupp,
the Essen steel master and gun maker,
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, champion
of the rights of women.
The death of Mrs. Jessie Ben
ton Fremont, coming so soon
after that Of Mrs. Grant, completes a
series of curious condolences in the
life stories of two famous women. In
age but two years separated them
Both were Missourians, though Mrs.
Fremont was born in Virginia Both
married army lieutenants who became
military heroes" and republican presi-
dental nominees. Both spent their de-
Ginning years mainly in California, with
whose history both had been identi-
fed.
All honor to these men and women
who have by their lives of labor made
the world better. 1t is fitting that on
the threshold of this new year we
should pause for moment and remem-
Der those whose careers have been
ended, that by contemplation of their
accomplishments we may be the better
fitted to take up the duties of this ex-
acting and strenuous life.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
PEER AMONG AMERICAS PREsI.
DENTS,


The Marion Register claims that
President Roosevelt has happily sur
prised his friends and disappointed his
enemies in nearly every move he has
made since he became a national fig
ure." In recounting the record of Pres
ldent Roosevelt it further says: "As
assistant secretary of the navy, as
brave and successful soldier and COM
mander in the army, as governor of the
Empire state, as vice-president and as
President, his mistakes have been few
if any. He enjoys the esteem of all
his countrymen whose good will is
worth having, and the confidence of
the leading nations of Europe whose
rulers singled him out as the one man
in whom they were willing to entrust
the settlement of the Venezuelan
troubles. But while not Sinking the
responsibility nor refusing to act, he
pointed out better way by recon-
mending the Hague tribunal which
proved to be satisfactory to all con-
cerned and the whole world applauds.
Day by day, as he becomes better
known, the people, irrespective of par
ty, concede his ability to fill the great
est office on earth wisely and to the
satisfaction of the great majority.
There was no mistake made when he
was placed in the line of promotion
to the office he now holds, an office to
which he will be elected in 1904 by an
unparalleled majority of the popular
vote and of the electoral college,"
Judging from the previous record of
Theodore Roosevelt. as public offici-
al, it appears that there should be no
surprise among his friends at his rec
ord since he assumed the duties of the
presidential office of this great Amer
lean republic. Day by day, the conf
dence of the people in his ability to
rightly direct the affairs of the nation
has been growing The people realize
that with him, their interests are safe,
that he will maintain the prestige of
the republic as world power, and
that the continuance of the principles
for which he stands will insure pros
perity in our domestic activities. In
view of these facts his reelection will
undoubtedly be demanded by the mass
es of the American citizens.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
Reputation Lost Votes.

The Dubuque Telegraph agrees with
Walt Butler that the democratic party
in Iowa lost votes instead of gaining
them as a result of its refusal to in
dorse the Kansas City platform adds,
the party sacrificed it's principles to
trucking policy" with resultant
most serious loss of prestige. This
prestige, the Dubuque paper asserts,
can be regained only by declaring
unequivocally and with that courage
which fo:ce of conviction carries, and
on successive and numerous occasions,
for reforms which are designed to in
sure equality to all"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
MORE ROOM NEEDED.
Legislature to Be Asked to Provide
For lnebrates.

Legislature to Be Asked to Provide
For lnebriates.
Unless the law relating to the arrest
and confinement Of inebriates which
was enacted by the last general assem-
bly,. proves in the meantime to be such
failure that its repeal is strongly agi-
tated, the state board of control will
go before the legislature at its next
session and ask that an appropriation
be made for the erection of a new hos
pital where persons arrested under the
inebriacy law can be confined
While members of the state board of
control are unwilling to forecast what
their action in regard to asking for ap-
preparations will be, it is generally be-
lieved now that some such procedure
is necessary. The present state of af-
fairs under which insane persons and
dipsomaniacs are confined in the same
institutions is rapidly becoming in
tolerable and something must be done
before long to relieve the situation.
The state hospitals where inebriates
and insane persons are confined are al
ready filled to their utmost capacity
and at the present rate at which the
huIlbCl VI lhCblloCG poIiCuIo dlc III
creasing it will soon be necessary to
make some special dispensation to ac-
commodate them. Speaking of the sit
uation at present member of the
board says:
''Since July, when the inebriacy law
went into effect, about 230 inebriate
patients have been placed in charge
of the board of control under the dip
somania law. OF this number, thirty
or forty have escaped, and about sixty
have been released on parole. There
are now about IT'S inebriate patients
in the boards charge.
"The state hospitals for the insane
were designed for the purpose of &C.
commodating insane patients only.
The present quarters are sufficiently
commodious to provide adequate ac-
commodations for them, but they are
not large enough to accommodate the
inebriate patients also. The result of
forcing the state insane institutions
to open their doors to one hundred or
more patients than the institutions
were designed to accommodate can
readily be imagined.
cat the present rate of increase
there will be BOG inebriate patients in
July. We figure that each county in
the state will furnish three or four pa
tients and that some Of them will sup
ply the institutions with even a larger
number than that.
"Under the present arrangement
neither the insane nor the inebriate
patients are receiving the care they
are entitled to. The two classes ought
not to be kept in the same iastit4
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
sTuART's CANDIDACY.
(Keokuk Gate City,

Supt. A. w. Stuart, of Ottumwa, is
the latest aspirant for the republican
nomination for state superintendent of
schools. He is a finely educated man
who has been at the head of the OF
tumwa schools for twenty-seven years.
Before that he was at Fort Dodge, and
still earlier was principal Of a school
in Massachusetts. Last year he was
president of the state teachers asso-
citation. There is no question as to his
qualifications and worthiness.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
Roosevelt a Prize.

1.-THE American people are not I'M
mindful of the fortune they have in
President Roosevelt" says the Des
MONIES Capital. "He is an ever pres
ent help in time Of trouble, a man
seemingly raised up for the present
great American era. He is every
thing that a good president should be;
energetic, bright, vigorous, full of
courage, loyal and possessed of con-
science that will do no wrong and
tolerate none in others. 1t would
seem most difficult to fill his place."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
1t is reported that an eastern woma

1t is reported that an eastern woman
recently secured ton of coal by ask
ing the clerk to inspect the interior of
revolver BARREL Her method of pro-
cedure may have not been according
to regulation and cannot be recon-
mended to people generally, but her
determination might well be emulated
by the citizens Of the country in deal
ing with many questions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-08
"Power Behind the Throne.p

The Dubuque Times hopes no con-
troversy over the trust question will
be sought by anybody at next years
republican state convention. Newspa-
per rivalry at Des Moines, the Times
asserts, was at the bottom of the ante
convention platform fight this year.
The republicans of Iowa, the Dubuque
paper believes, would have no diff
Guilty in agreeing upon an expression
of their views if it were not for the ri
valries of newspapers, factions and in
dividuals seeking recognition as party
spokesman and representatives"