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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
THE PRIZE BANNER.
TlPPEcANoE CLUB OFFERS A
PRIZE FOR BIGGEST REPUB.
LlcAN MAJORITY.
Veteran Political Organization of Des
Moines Seeks to Enthuse Republican
Voters to Go to Polls on Election
Day.

Des Moines, Sept. 26.-(Special.)-
For many years the Des Moines
Veteran Tippecanoe club has assisted
in keeping up the republican major
ity in Iowa by offering a banner to
the county making the largest gain in
it's republican vote as compared with
the vote polled at the preceding pres
idential election. The club renews it's
offer this year, the announcement be-
ing as follows:
The Veteran Tippecanoe club again
announces its prize banner and flag
as open to contest for their posses
sion.
The republicans of the several coun-
ties of the state are invited to COM
pete for both. The banner has been
won in successive years by counties
as follows: Winnebago, 1889; Clay,
1890; Dubuque, 1S91-1961; Scott, 1892
1853; Plymouth, 1898; Howard, 1895;
Decatur, 1897; Monona, 1S99-1901;
Monroe, 1902. The flag was won in
1901 by Davis county and in 1902 by
Jasper
In 1889 the club devised the method
of awarding the prize banner to the
county whose republicans would in
the election for that year, make the
best showing as compared with the
election of the preceding year. The
offer was continued in that way until
1899, when it was determined to COM
pute the gain in each year on the last
preceding presidential vote.
Address to Voters
The following is the address of the
club, which hassbeen indorsed by the
state central committee:
ITO the Republican Electors of the
State of Iowa:
'The Des Mofnes Veteran Tippeca-
noe club, in accordance with the Gus
tom each year since 1883, again Of
fers it's prize banner and the silk flag
to the republican voters of those coun-
ties that will show at the election to
be held on the third day of Decem-
Der, 1903, the largest gains in major
ity on the vote for Albert B. Cummins
for governor as compared with the
majorities given at the election in the
year 1900 for the candidate at large
for election Of President and vice
president favoring the election of
William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt.
The following are the resolutions
making the formal offer:
Resolved, by the executive commit
tee of the Des Moines Veteran .Tippe-
cano club, that the right to hold the
Tippecanoe banner for the ensuing
year will be awarded to the republic
cans of the county which, at the COM
ing general election, shall make the
greatest proportionate gain in MAORI.
ty as compared with the vote of the
year 1900"
Resolved further that the Tippeca.
noe flag shall be awarded to the coun-
ty whose republicans shall make the
best absolute gain in majority or in re.
ducing the majority of the opposition
as compared with the year 1900. In
case the flag on such showing would
go to the same county as would the
banner, the county making second
best absolute gain shall be entitled to
the flag"
1t will be understood that the ina.
jority" mentioned above is one over all
opposition.
Sept. l, 1903.
H. L. Crawford,
]. N. Orvis,
A. S. Carper,
t Committee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01

tree when he swung out on branch
and fell distance of twenty feet to
the ground. DR.. w. c. Newell was
called and dressed the injuries. 1t was
found necessary to take five stitches
in the wound in the chin in order to
close the cash. The little sufferer is
reported this morning as improving.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.
Francis, Son of Mr.. and Mrs. 3. E
carruthers Fell From Tree.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
While playing in a tree near his res
idence yesterday, Francis, the little
eleven year old son of Mr.. and Mrs
B. e. Carruthers, 119 Madison aven-
ue, fell to the ground and cut severe
cash in the chin and fractured a rib
and received injuries in the left side
and in the back. The little fellow
was endeaYoring to descend from the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
MT. PLEASANT INSTITUTION
COSTS STATE LARGE SUM.
INCREASE IN STATES CHARGES
Bulletin Of Iowa State Institutions
Gives Statistics Concerning Iowa
HospitaIs-Majority of Insane Pa
tients Come From the Farms.

The asylum for the insane at Mt.
Pleasant, next to the institution for
feeble minded children at Glenwood,
was for the quarter ending June 80,
1908, the most expensive institution
under the supervision of the state
board of control. The total increase
of SAB in the population of the state
under the direction of the
board, exclusive of the penitentiaries,
within two years, is shown by the
Bulletin Of Iowa State institutions, .
quarterly publication issued by the
state board of control, which is just
off the press. There has been de-
crease of 80 in the population of the
penitentiaries, making the net in
crease of Gil for all state institutions.
Increase in Population.
The increase in the population of
the different state institutions is as
follows:
In the state hospitals .......... 452
In the school for deaf .......... 81
In the Soldiers Home .......... 81
In the Soldiers Orphans Home. AZ
In the institution for Feeble
Minded Children ......,........ 80
In the Industrial School Tor Boys 20
In the Industrial School for Girls. 30
Total .......7. .......i..........6 45
The total figure would have been
greater were it not for the fact that
the girls dormitory at the institution
for feeble minded children was injured
by storm, necessitating the return OF
many to their homes.
Operating Expenses.
The total expense of operating the
state institutions during the quarter
ending June 80, 1903, was $2S7, 45S.34,
divided among the different institu-
fions az follows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01
OLD RESIDENT DEAD.
Martin Hayes Passes Away at His
Home Ten Miles South of City.
WoMEN'S LIST.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Martin Hayes, an old resident of Wa
pello county, died yesterday morning
at his home ten miles south of Ottum-
wa ON the Bloomfield road, aged So
years. He is survived by wife and
five children. The funeral services will
be held Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
at st. Patrick's Catholic church, Rev.
Father John O'Farrell officiating
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01

The shoeslring is an excellent ex-
ample, for The moment 1t is stepped on
it pulls our.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01

1t is the ambition of weak stom-
ach to bring the head to its level.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01


The figures given are taken from
statistics tabulated by Frank !. Her
riott, PHI D. professor of economics
and political science at Drake univer.
sity, who has had charge of this work
during the summer months.
The Insane Patients.
Professor Herriott also contributed
an article to the Bulletin on the sub
ject, Occupations, Physical Health
and Diseases in Insanity" in which he
makes public researches along lins
hitherto never taken UP in the state
It relates to the occupation of those
going insane, to their physical health
to the assigned or supposed causes Of
their insanity and to the causes OF
their death by those dying while in'
sane, as given by returns from the
Clarinda hospital.
The table showing the occupation of
insane patients prior to their admis-
sion to the state hospital at Clarinda
from 1898 to 1908, shows that out Of
a total of 3,416 admitted. 1882 of whom
989 were men and 1893 women, were en-.
gagged in agricultural pursuits; LOSE
in domestic and personal service and
14S in professional work. These arr
the three largest classes. OF those ad
mitted during the biennial period TAI
were in good or fairly good health, and
765 suffering from some form of dis,
ease, diseases of the nervous system
being the most prevalent.
A classification of the causes of in,
sanity from 1893 to 1903 shows that
among others emotional and moral
causes were responsible for S12 DOM.
mitments, diseases 1876, and congental
causes ass.
Causes of Death.
A summary of the causes of death
for the same period shows that dis
eases of the nervous system were re-
sponsible for the greatest number 424.
General diseases caused 1873 deaths.
The bulletin is filled with reading of
interest along the line of the work in
the state institutions. including the fol-
lowing:
ssCan the Present Ratio of Insanity
in Civilized Lands be Decreased" by
James L. Greene, M. d.
.Indeterminate Sentence" by CIar-
ence Wassam.
Sewerage Disposal at the State In
stitutions," by Henry F.. Liebbe.
Some Facts and Figures Relating to
Patients in Our State Hospitals for thu
Insane" by L. G. Kline.
Poultry Raising in Iowa Institu
TONS" by G. G. Horton.
"Post Mortem Observation on thu
Appendix" by George Body, M. D.
GAS to Paresis," by Max e. White.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01

Outdoor exercise saves the carpet
and the coal bin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01

Editor Courier:
I notice your editorial in the Cour-
Ter. Sept. %, advocating the re-estab-
lishment of the army canteen for
drinking of beers, as recommended by
Gen. Baldwin, commanding the de.
partment of Colorado.
/ am sorry to say cannot agree
with your conclusions in this mat
ter.
l suppose it is true as you say that
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-01

People who get on in the world gen
orally Wada in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16

later Secretary Shaw saw the president
and started away. He looked for his
hat and, being a little more critica.
than the New York senator, noticed
that his own headgear had disappeared
He picked up the hat that looked most
like his own and found that it had the
initials "T. C. p" in gilt letters. H..
didn't hesitate long about what to do.
AS governor of a state and secretary OF
the treasury he had learned to act
promptly on any matter arising. He pu:
on the hat and walked away with 1t.
Later in the day there was an exchange
of telephone talk. followed by TN ex-
change of hats.
You know. Platt," said Secretary
Shaw to the senior New York senator,
when they began to talk about what
had happened. this looks like Wall
street gale and I'm suspicious. I may
have the best end of the deal, but can
never be made to believe 1t. You have
been accused of making a good many
trades in your life, but didn't think
you would begin to work them off on
your friends"
Senator Platt declared that he had
got into a "flim-flam" game and was
being we'll done. The only thing he
could see about it was that Secretary
Shaw had the nerve to put this deal"
into execution right in the offices of the
president. But for the famous Sec
ton 6. providing for publicity of all
suspicious enterprises, suppose I
never would have got my hat back,
charged Senator Platt. Now. didn't
the newspaper men at the white house
threaten to give this whole thing away
if you didn't give me my hat back?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
Committee to Make the Awards Has
Been Named.

Des Moines, Feb. 16.-Dean Bell, the
head of Drake University. is one of a
committee of five that will have charge
of the distribution of the Rhodes schol-
arships for Iowa. This is a high honor
for the newly installed dean of the
great university, and i'll will be of un-
questioned advantage to the aspiring
young men formerly OF Drake who de-
sire to compete for the prizes made
possible by the late Cecil Rhodes.
The committee which will award the
scholarships for Iowa consists of Dean
Bell, of Drake University: President
Mclean. of Iowa State University;
President Mccormick, of Coe College;
President Bradley, of Iowa College.
Grinnell; and President King, of Cor
nell College. This committee will have
the giving out of one scholarship next
year and one the following year and
two every three years thereafter.
The recipients of the Rhodes schol-
arships will go to oxford and receive
instruction in the higher studies and
while attending will be paid literally
for all expenses with tuition free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
THE JURY DISAGREED.
No Verdict in the Case Of Dr. Ale,
ander at lndianapolis.

No Verdict in the Case Of Dr.. Alex
ander at Indianapolis.
| indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 16.-After be-
ling out forty eight hours the jury in
the case of DR.. j. C. Alexander failed
to reach an agreement and was dis
charged at 10 o'clock Sunday morning
On the final ballot the vote stood eight
for acquittal and four for conviction.
In the first ballot taken Saturday morn
ing the vote was seven for acquittal
ballot the vote stood eigh to four. The
Eattorneys for the state have not yet
decided what they will do.
There were several serious alterca-.
tions during the consideration OF the
evidence in the jury room which came
very nearly resulting in blows. The
principal disagreement was between
Jurors James E. White and Robert
F. LiEgenfelter, and the cause of the
personal feelings in the matter was a
result of the wives of the jurors being
permitted to visit them on Sunday,
Feb. Z. On that day Bailiff Menden-
hall permitted Mesdames White Brown.
Davis, Theising and Lingenfelter to
visit their husbands and talk to them
In the presence of the bailiff. After the
jury resumed deiiberation of the case
Lingenfelter accused White of having
tcome into the ease with his mind pre-
JUDGED against the defendant and told
of the conversation with his wife who
had conversed with Mrs White con-
corning the case. Hot words ensue;l
and the matter almost resulted in blows
before the interference of others
stopped it. This had disquieting
effect on Mr. White and later in the
day, when he engaged in heated ar.
gument with Jurors Brown and Theis-
Ing, who were in favor of acquittal.
he was attacked with heart failure.
The perplexing question in the n,inds
of the jurors, they say, was whether
Dr. Alexander had guilty knowledge #
the fact that the body OF Rose Neid-
iinger had been unlawfully taken from
the grave. The majority Of the Jurors
state that the instructions of the corr
on this question settled the matter
in their minds The jurors saw Thai
the matter of the insanity Of Cantrell
received very little consideration.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16


Washington, Feb 1.6.-This was pen
sion day in the house. The senate bill
to amend the act March 2, 1893, to COM
pei common care carriers to equip
their cars with automatic couplers.
ETC., was passed.
Dazell, from the committee on rules,
reported special order to give the
Fowler currency bill the same privil-
ege accorded bills reported from COM
mittees having leave to report at any
time.
Cannon called attention to the late
day in session and expressed the opin-
ion it was too late to properly consider
currency legislation.
Dubois offered substitute for the
entire bill. which was rejected and the
bill then passed. Consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill was resumed.
After some discussion the rule was
adopted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
Bowen For Venezuela and State
Department Prepare Agree
ment For a Settlement
PROVIDES FOR a COMMISSION
The Commission Will Pass Upon All
Claims and Where Any Dispute
Arises the King Of Spain Will APP
point an Umpire to Decide - Other
Creditor Nations Will Settle.

washington, Feb. 16.-Preparations
were begun today at conference be-
tween Mr.. Penfield of the state depart
ment and Mr.. Bowen for signing pro-
tocol for the settlement of the claims
OF the United States against venezuela,
it being the desire of Venezuela that
the United States agreement shall be
drawn UP first
Altho not yet in definite shape, the
protocol will be quite brief. 1t will pro-
vide for the appointment OF commits
sion, one member to be appointed by
Roosevelt and the other by Castro. to
mass upon American claims, and in the
event OF disagreement the king of Spain
is to appoint an umpire. Unlike the pro-
tocols OF the allies, it is expected the
United States agreement will provide
for the appointment of the commission
within certain specified time. For the
satisfaction of these claims the proto-
col Will stipulate that 80 per cent of the
customs receipts OF the two ports OF
IaSuaira and Puerto Cabello shall b,
set aside to be held in trust until Ihe
Hague tribunal shall decide in what
way this amount shall be distributed
among the cerditor nations. When the
United States protocol is signed Bowen
viii call in turn on the representatives
OF the other creditor nations, namely
the French ambassador, Mexican am
bassador, Danish, Holland, Belgium and
Spanish ministers, and the charge
d'affires OF the legation Of Norway and
Sweden. and proceed to draw up sep
arate protocol with each. which shall
conform in all essential details to that
ne sfhe Tinted States,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
PAGE ONE.

PAGE ONE.
Tslegraphio News
United States-VeneZuelan PROTOCOL
The Blockade Is Raised.
Spalding on Power OF Money. ~
Raids on Turf Companies. -
Extent of the Cold Wave.
Iowa and Rhodes Scholarships.
PAGES TWO ANo THREE.
Iowa News in Brief.
Fort Dodge Trust Enjoined.
Plans for Ames Building.
Sensation at Oskaloosa.
Politics at Estherville.
Young Girl Fatally Burned.
From All over Iowa.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
Extensive Capitol improvements.
All Trust Legislation Enacted.
Business Features.
Topics and Iowa Opinions. u
PAGE FIVE.
General News.
Maine Wreck Memories
Congress This Week.
Miscellaneous News.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY News.
Rural Route Inspection Begun.
Special Agent Boylan at Work.
Railroad Labor Talking Merger.
Will Federate Brotherhoods.
The Band Fair Donations.
Rev. Russells Passionate Ended.
News of Melbourne.
The City Field.
PAGE EIGHT.
Iowa and Commercial.
Board of Trade Quotations
Review of the Markets.
Fraternal Papers Win.
The Department of Commerce.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
said President Roosevelt had raised q

said President Roosevelt had raised a
subject that will net easily down.
After an impassioned recital of the
perils to the white population of the
south threatened by the increase of the
powers of the negroes in the past few
years, he said
1--WE were compelled by the exigencies
of the situation to use the shotgun and
the tissue ballots, and we used both.
Why? Because in the state of South
Carolina there we're 10000 more negro
voters than there We're white voters.
He said that they in South Carolina
had established their free school, and
ever since there have been more negro
children in those free schools than
white children.
do you think it was our purpose to
raise these negro children to a condi-
ton of enlightenment in order that they
may govern us?' he asked.
by the holy God. no. he cried.
Three months ago" he continued,
"the president wrote letter in which
he said that when a negro showed him.
self qualified to fill public Office he was
unwilling to shut the door of hope in
his face
Commenting on this, Senator Tillman
said that IL the present condition of ed
ucation continued and the negro is to
gain control of the state of South Car
olina and the whites become subordi-
nate. the deplorable results would be
that in a hundred years the population
would be half mulatto. He had no
practicable solution of the problem, he
said. unless it be that the north take its
share of the blacks IF you love them so
WE'LL"
mrih fihhobcutr- mlSokrmhm hm sc SC
His address grew more impassioned
as he continued. At first only applause
greeted his utterances, but toward the
end an occasional hiss was heard, and
finally he was interrupted by a voice
crying: What about your nephew
After the excitement caused by the
interruption had subsided, Mr.. Tillman
said he regarded it as highly inappro-
pirate to refer in public to family af-
fairs
Before concluding his address he took
occasion to assert that if the policy of
raising the negro into power In the
south is carried too far the result will
be bloodshed. and it's flow will be upon
the heads of those who have tried To
force the white population into subjec-
ton to the black.
This was not q threat, he said, but
simply statement of what he knew
from his acquaintance with the condi-
tions in the south, would be the inevita-
BILE result.
William Jennings Bryan said he was
glad of the occasion to speak on sub
ject not political. and he believed the
pubic would prefer to hear him thus.
He made a brief humorous address, in
the course Of which he said while we
could probably get along without the
daily papers, we could not get along
without the weekly papers.
You will probably find" said he,
"more truth In the little paper where
the editor is known than in the great
papers whose editors are not known"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
TILLMAN ON THE NEGRO.
Justisies Use of Shotgun and Tissue
Ballot in South Carolina.

New York, Feb. 16.-The thirteenth
annual dinner of the New York Press
Club was given Saturday night at the
Waldorf Astoria More than 300 club
members and invited guests occupied
places at the tables, including William
J. Bryan, Mayor Lowe, Senator Till
man and General d. r. Sickles.
President Joseph Howard, Jr., read a
telegram from the German envoy, in
which Baron Sternberg said:
.Four men met, negotiated in perfect
harmony and good faith, and now sep
erate with best feelings of friendship.
If four men can agree there seems to be
no reason why four nations should not
be able to agree. feel confident they
will as soon as they trust and under-
stand each other in the same way as we
did"
Senator Tillman's speech was the
feature of the night.
Referring to the negro question, he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
ONE FIRM PAYS OUT
Raids on Turf Investment Companies
in Chicago continue-one Company
Paying Its Creditors of Slowly
BroIaski's Company Claims It vii!
Pay Out.

ray OuSs
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Aggressio against
the turf investment companies conttn-
ues. The police today raided the office
of j. C. Rose & Co. A thorough search
of the office disclosed the fact that all.
the conlpanys books had disappeared.
only few papers being found. When
Benedict & Co.'S Office was opened this
morning over 20 0persons We're waiting
at the doors, all Of whom held certifi-
Gates of investment upon which they
demanded returns. The crush became
so great that all the doors were locked
and only one person at a time was ad-
mtted. BY noon $4,000 had passed
from the company TO the hands of the
one Sof the alleged fraudulent concerns
that made good its promise that 1t
would pay all subscribers who present.
ed their certificates today.
Brolaski s. Co. closed its doors Sat-
urday, and today agents stood in front
+ the elevator on the floors occupied by
the concern and informed all inquirerS
that the office would not be opened un-
til next Monday, when every man ana
woman would be paid. H. B. Black
stone, local agent for Arnold & Co., was
locked up when his case was called to-
day, failure to secure bondsmen, to
await hearing Feb. 20, his bond being
fixed at $50.
The office of George Silver, Wabash
avenue. was raided today, but when
the police arrived the doors We're locked
and the occupants had disappeared.
Evidences were found, it is said, which
tended to show SILVER had been con-
Quoting turf investment swindle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-16
Pa..enoer Train Wrecked.

Washington. Feb. 16.-It is reported
that passenger No. 33 on the southern
railway which leaves here at $3.50 r
M, was wrecked ten miles south u
Alexandria, Va. One man is said tn
have been killed. Physicians havs
been sent from Alexander. An arrest
has been made on a charge Of traiK
wrecking.
The train ran into an open switch
at Ravenworth, Va 1t is thought that
the switch was purposely misplaced
One arrest was made. The engineef
and fireman were reported killed.
wrecking train has left Alexandria fol
Rayensworth.