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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-10-08
REMEMBERS HER NAME.
Veteran Retains handkerchief Bcr.
rowed During War Times.

Recollection of the early days of the civil
war We're revived at Back BAY residence
thc other night. There We're present
I'uon veteran and nv old lady who had
never changed her name who remembered
the same trying period. When the host In
troduceG these people to each other. pc
culiar expression came oyer the face or the
old soldier, and he said:
Il have good reason 10 remember that
name.
The old lady looked mystifed and re-
Piled Il do not think. sir. we have ever
met before. :
Not as You remember was the an
swer hut when the It'll regiment
marched down State street on its way to
Washington | said to Il little girl standing
on the sidewalk with crowd Of her Young
companions: give me yetr handkerchief.
sis. | got what | requested and | carried
| il all through the war. I have II mt home
today ms one of l.l'' treasured relics OF the
DAYS when Wore the blue. IT was yelrs.
but how do vow know that:" mischlevi
onslv qucried She lady.
Your name WAS on one corner, was
| the prompt answer. amt | should never
have recognized its owner II she had
changed her name.
well. keep II still. If your wife does not
4 object was the final comment of the oil
! lady. as she sai down mt rho piano and
/ played an old war march which brought
tears TO the veterans eyes.--Boston Bnd-
i ppt
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TRADE WITH MEXICO
SPLENDID INCREASE IN THIS LINE
is SHOWN BY LATE
eIs REPORTS.
Department of Commerce and Labor
Through Its Bureau of Statistics Has
Prepared Tables and Reports Which
Give Comparative Statements.

Trade with this country's next
door neighbor on the south continues
to exceed all records. Figures com
piled by the department of commerce
and labor, through its bureau of stat
istics, show that during the last tis-
cal year the nations Mexican com
merce was greater in both the export
and import business than in 1902, al
though that year made a new high
water mark in our trade with Mex
ico
During the year ending June 80,
1908, the value of goods imported from
Mexico amounted to $41,313711;
while, on the other hand, she pur-
chased from the United States mer-
chants, s42,257,106 worth. According
to the latest available Mexican stat
istics, about so per cent of the total
value of goods imported by that coun-
try in the fiscal year 1902 came from
the United States, as compared with
a little over So per cent in 1890. OF
the goods exported from Mexico, we
took about so per cent in 1902 and
about 6S per cent in 1890.
The following table shows the value
of exports to and imports from Mexico
at decennial periods from 1850 tc
1 1890, and annually from that date:
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EARLY. IOWA ROMANCE.
Story of Killing of John seepo Revived
at Des Moines.

The murder of John Seepo. an In I
dian policeman Of the Iowa Sac and I
Fox reservation at Tama, reyiyes a /
romance OF early Iowa days when all !
there was in the present capital city /
of Iowa consisted of the MusGuaEi In |
dian camp. says the Des Moiaes Reg |
lister and Leader.
Seepo was killed, it is charged, be-
cause he loved Il young squaw by
the name of Ceim-O Pa-Ha. who had
attracted the attention of Frank
Earle from Winnebago. Seerc was
missed and when the officers began
to Inquire about him the lS-year-old
suuaw confessed that she had seen
her rivals quarrel and had seen some
one throw the body of Seepo into the
gurgling stream which flows through
the reservation The body was found
as she had told in the Iowa river.
There was a bullet hole in the skull,
II but relying upon the adage that dead
men tell no tales the murderer had
drawn his sharp knife across the
/ throat of the unfortunate one before
\ throwing the body into the water.
L The victim was a young man 20
wears of age, slender and light
! bronze color His name, which trans
lated into the English means John
1.-The soldier" gives clue to the origin
of his family.
A The belle of the Indian tribe which
i lived near this place in the early
DAYS is said to have been hand
+ some woman and like Pocahontas be-
camo admired by the white man. She
saved no ones neck from the block
but she did win the attentions OF a
. sturdy white soldier within Fort Des
Moines, If there was wedding in
these early days of these two it was
: within the rites of the tribe, but there
was born to the beautiful bronze col
ored woman babe with the white
man as its father. The infant was
i. the admiration of the tribe anG sc
, with the pompous ceremonies OF the
war painted tribe it was christened
4 THE Soldier" or Seepo, and the fam
! lily name was established. This See
DO was John Seepo's father MANY
. of the Tama Indians have TRANSLATED
their names into the English or takei
6 new names, but John preferred tt
/ cling to that title which SO we'll de
fined his origin. Nor was 1t all mt
O ting to him He was brave youn:
! man and like most members OF hi'
race did not know what cowardic'
was. Young though he was he ha'
many love affairs for he had SUM
a his Indian love song before severa
~ teepes. But he had tired OF hi
= wives and with the simple ceremon
!. of leaving them had according t
n the custom of his tribe, been d
= yorced This was only to take II
No another wife. He was the sutton c
Il Ceim- o -Pa-Ha at the time he wa
l5 killed. Had he won his suit sh
would have made his fourth or fit
:" wife. But Seepo is dead and the las
% chapter of the story of The Soldier
has been chronicled in his murder
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PLENTY OF FUEL IN SIGHT.
Little Chance of Ever Exhausting Ma
ture's Storehouses.

Some essayists declare that the
worlds stock of fuel is being constant
ly decreased and that in compare
lively short time it will be necessary
to husband orr resources in this di-
rection, or fall back upon water pow
er for manufacturing purposes. The
president of the institute of civil en-
gineers in his address a few weeks
ago showed that, in so far as coal is
concerned there is no occasion for
alarm, there being millions of tons as
yet untouched in various parts OF the
world, while concerning peat as a sub
stitute for it, it is inexhaustible, says
Iron Age"
AS to water power the millions of
horse power now going to waste in
most cases. or but partially employ
ed, are practically incompatible.
1t is true that these powers are
found in all parts Of the world, and
frequently far from markets or ia
cilities for transportation, but it is
noteworthy that in this country wa.
| ter powers are being utilized to a
much greater extent than people have
any idea of Niagara and the falls
of Sault Ste Marie are examples near
| by, while in California 10000 horse
1 power have already been placed witt
more TO follow. There is no DANCE,
of exhausting natures storehouses d
/ power, but there is always the posi-
bility that the present sites OF indus
try may be shifted TO other parts o
4 the world, and possibly change the az
| tificial boundaries OF nations.
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it is anticipated will amplicate that
feat this year.
Cooks and Walters.


An effort will be made by the organ
izing committee of the Trades and La
Dor assembly to organize the cooks
and walters union in this city -Four
years ago the cooks and walters or
ganized but through neglect and lack
OF interest among themselves their
charter was revoked by the interna-
tional union At the present time
there is much interest being manifest
ed among the members of the craft to
have the charter renewed and it is an
ticipated that this will be done in the
near future
A Strong Editorial
In the current number of the Ameri-
can Federationist President Samuel
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor has strong editorial which
is in part as follows:
"a secret society has been formed
in the city of Chicago, calling itself the
anti boycott society 1t threatens to
proceed against the editor of the Amer
lean Federationist for alleged partici-
patton in boycotting conspiracy
against some one placed, or about to
be placed on the 1--WE Don't Patronize
List of the American Federation OF
Labor A damage suit is to be brought
by the boycotted employer, and this Sc
cret society is to assume the cost OF
the suit. Being secret it can com
mand neither confidence nor respect
since it may conceivably be organized
for blacklisting or Matchmaking pur
poses, or to provide few impecunious
shysters with little business at the
expense OF foolish, misguided and in
capable employers
I'VE have for years advocated ant
shall continue to advocate. without the
slightest fear, the right of labor-nal
| the duty of labor-to withdraw its pa
| tronage and favor from its enemies
1 and to bestow them upon it's friends
/ In other words,we insist upon the RICH
legality and morality of peaceable boy
| cotting.
mo man, we hold can compel anoth
ed to trade with him, to have friendl,
| intercourse with him, or to confer ben
efts upon him.
I'VE have right to choose our tail
or. grocer. butcher. shoemaker, etc
We do not think any court in the Unit
de States will deny these propositions
Further, we assert that, what eac
individual member OF a trade unto
may legally do. the union as bod
may legally do"
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day after day, we Workmen become
attached to place. and when we leave
1t is like separating from an old
friend This house in the Avenue
Henri Martin seems quite like an old
friend to me, and for that reason
gladly seize the opportunity which
the Architectural Record has given
me of remaining with it little longer
than usual, even though it be only in
imagination.
First of all, it will be as well if |
introduce you to my fellow workmenI
You will be greatly surprised to hear.
on looking at this handsome five-stofy
house, that we number but twenty
five or thirty, including the contra
maitre, or foreman, who never touch
es stones and mortar himself but
whose duty it is to see that others do
their work properly Dividing us into
our several categories, there are six
eompagnons, or journeymen masons;
two to four tailleurs de pierre, or
sculptors, and four men whose sole
occupation consists III raising and
placing the blocks of stone in posi-
ton.
Not large staff for the building of
so big a house? True, we have but
to make the foundations and place
thereon blocks of stone which come
to us from the chantier all ready pre-
pared--blocks sawed into shape so
mathematically exact that they fit
together like the bricks of a dolls
house yet we should not get through
the great amount of work we do with
out reducing our labor to system
| Each of us has his appointed task, and
performs it as quickly as possible and
with the least necessary expenditure
of energy. Furthermore. certain labor
saving appliances contribute TO the
speed wi,h which a mere handful OF
men can construct a large house. as
| for example, the winch with which We
raise stones and mortar. | understar
that English builders use for this pur
pose a kind of wooden tray on the tor
1 OF a pole, which they bear on theii
| shoulders. but such a primitive too
! would never do in the case of six anc
seven-story houses. So we use ;
I winch. which simultaneously winds
| unwinds long cord, one end of whicl
is ascending while the other is de
! scending. In many cases it is WORKED
4 by electricity, but even when used b,
hand. as it was in our case. it enable
& couple of worllmen to do the worl
4 Of a dozen hodmen.--By q French Ma
son in the Architectural Record.
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SENT TO ASYLUM.
Peter o. Elliott, Who Sought Presi,
dent Declared Insane.

Washington. D. c., Oct. Peter O..
Elliott, the man who was arrested Mon
day at the White House, and who
was suspected of having designs on
Rooseyelts life, was last evening eN.
amined by physician and declared in
sane. He was taken TO the asylum.
Was Considered Peculiar.
Minneapolis, Oct. 7.-Inquiries have
developed the fact that Peter o. Elliott
was a machinist in this city. He has
not been seen about his old haunts for
several months. He was a familiar
figure in the neighborhood where he
roomed and was generally considered
rather peculiar He talked much Of
socialism
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auARDsMEN PROFICIENT.
Militiamen Make Good Showing at
Camp Young in Kentucky.

Camp Young, West Point. KY. Oct.
Ten thousand troops with spick
and span accoutrements, passed in re-
view before the division staff, the gov
ernors OF Kentucky and Indiana, visit
ing army officers and great crowd OF
SPECTATORS today The division review
offered practically the only thing in
the way of dress parade and show on
the program of the combined maneu-
yers and it demonstrated that while
the state troops participating in the
maneuvers have more than average
proficiency in battle formation they
are still better in close order drill and
the manual of arms.
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BUILDING A PARTISAN HOUSE.
The Workmen and How They are Dl.
vided Into Classes.

The fine stone and brick apartment
house at the corner of the Avenue
Henri Martin and the Rue Decamps,
upon which my companions and
have been working for many months
is about to be handed over to the
plasterers and carpenters. Our work
-masons works. finished; it is for
others to complete what we began
and make the house worthy of one
of the most fashionable avenues in
Passy. Now let it be known that it
is always with certain feeling of re-
greet that leave one job to start upon
another. Naturally. after working in
one part of Paris for months at a
stretch, eating at the same restaurant
and meeting at the same estaiminet
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Exports to Imports from

This table shows that while our com
merce with Mexico varies considerably
from year to year. the trade in both dlrec-
lions has more than maintained its salts
factory volume
Conner and vegetable fbrcs form the
largest Individual items of our Imports
from Mexico and iron and steel products
constitute our largest exports to that conn
try. Detailed statistics Tor 1903 are not.
vet available hut In 1902 our imports of
copper ore aud regulus We're almost s'o.-
0O0. 800 as compared with less than $500
600 In 1892: our imports of pigs. bars, IN
gors. ETC. of copper Increased in the same
time from SS4.Ga0 to9nearly S3.Ioo.olfo In
1892 no copper ore WAS exported 10 Mexico.
but in 1902 nearly 100000 worth was so
exported OF manufactured vegetable
iibers (mainly sisai grass, onr imports M
creased from 5la to over Sl2.ooo.CW. while
of the manufactures of these materials
our imports Increased from S6na.ooo TO
nearly $3.50 600. and our exports from SaS.-
C0O to sos. COO Hides and skins We're I'M
ported to the value of nearly S3,oo0,ooO
In lg02--more than double the 1892 value
while of leather and its manufactures the
value of exports increased from S6l.1m to
I SS1S.Gt0. Our imports of coffee fell on
during the decade from over S4,0o0,00O to
! less than $500 900
Exports of iron and steel not only con
stitute the largest item of our Mexican
| trade hut show the largest growth i'll the
last ten years. exports Of machinery alone
| increasing from about Sl.500.00o to over 81
toGooen Other items which show large
| gains are breadstuffs. vehicles, chemicals
| coal and coke copper ore, vegetable oils
and lumber.
The following tables show the values o.
/ some of the principal articles which MAKE
up our trade with Mexico In 1902, rs com
| pared with the value of the same articles
/ imported or exported in 1892. The detail
! ed figures for 1903 are not yet available.
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BEAVERS ASKS HAREAs CORPUS
Claims Trial is Demanded in TssS
Places at Once.

New York, Oct, George w. Beay-
ers has resorted to habeas corpus
proceedings to ascertain whether the
government is not exceeding its au-
thority in causing indictments to be
returned against him in two separate
FEDERAL districts.
He was first formally surrendered
by his bondsmen to the United States
marshal Then Lawyer Seabury APP
piled to Judge Holt of the United
States district court for writ OF
habeas corpus on the ground that II
is impossible for the government le-
gally to remove Mr.. Beavers to two
separate districts at the same time.
and that the hearing can be legal in
but one case-that of the fast in
dictment found in Brooklyn.
Judge Holt made the writ returnable
IN Oct. and fixed the bail pending
the hearing of the writ at S2,500,
which was furnished.
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THE 1908 TAX LEVY.
Owners of ottumwa City Property
Will Pay ee Mills Upon Dollar.

I 4
Ninety-six mills on the dollar for
the assessment valuation is what the
owner of property within the city linn
its of Ottumwa will have to pay as
the tax levy for the year 1903 accord
ing to the figures of County Treasurer
r. P. Dana 1t was previously stated
in the Courier that the tax levy for
1908 on city property would be 80
mills but in this statement was in
cluded tax of mills for bridge
purposes which is not assessed against
city property.
According to synopsis of the tax
law made also by County Treasurer
r. P. Dana the 1903 tax levy becomes
due January /, 1904, delinquent March
i. and if not paid before April 1, =
| penalty of / per cent per month until
paid is attached. If one-half the levy
1 is paid before April l the balance or
| the levy can run until Oct. l before
1 the penalty is attached.
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RAIN AS PURIFIER
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SUPPORTS
POPULAR OPINION OF BENE-
FITS OF SHOWERS.
ottunwa Air Should Have Been Pure
During Pro1ent sunsnner-Heavy
Rainfall Worth Many Dollars as Dis.
infcctant-A London Analysis.

II the popular opinion that rain IS
a great purifier is not wholly wrong.
when the Unusual amount OF rainfall |
during the present season is consid- |
cred. Ottumwa ought to have enjoyed an
exceptionally healthy summer Sci
ence confirms the popular opinion.
however, that rain not only cleanses
but purife3 and that the disinfectant
value Of rainstorm if it could be
measured in money value Of the disln-
fectant required to do an equal amount
of work would represent an immense
amount of money
Proved by Science.
Everyone can experience the eXhil-,
arating effect produced by breathing
in deem breaths of what seems to be
pure, clean air after rainstorm but
it remains for science to prove that
the air has gone through cleaning
and purifying process. This it does
by catching the drops of rain as they
are nearing the ground and analyzing
them after their work of extracting
the impurities from the air as they
fall is nearly done. These drops have
been found heavily laden with all
sorts of impurities according To the
! reuorts of examinations made by
| chemists under the direction of boards
of health of many cities. The follow
! ing from the London Lancet is in ref
| erence to recent tests made in London
after heavy rainfull of several
days:
A London Analysis.
Beginning with June 13.London had
{ !, rainfall for. five davS the
total precipitation being estimated at
3.S inches. On the third day of the
4 period supply of raindrops was Sc
cured for an investigation, and it was
found that the solid matters contained
therein amounted to 81 grains per gal
Ion. Among the constituents noted
were common salt, ammonium SUI
phate. organic ammonia. SCOT and sus
pended matters and nitrates. the
quantity of ammonia sulphate, 50;
grains, was remarkable. Its chic
origin is the consumption of coal. Sal
contributed s grains and SCOT ant
suspended matter 5 grains. With thi:
analysis and an estimate of 6,437,22S,
$50 gallons for the total rainfull owe
, the London country area as the basi
of the calculation, it is figured ina
, the enormous downpour represent
i the washing out of no less than 3,73
tons of solid impurities. OF which 80
, tons consisted of common salt, 26
, tons OF SCOT and suspended matters.
+ Another interesting computation i
> given as follows: Regarding tn
combustion of one ton of coal to PR
duce 20 pounds of ammonium, sulphat
"a very fair average) the quantity {
coal represented by the storm woul
It be 80 ,904 tons
Besides the publication which
! shown by the analysis there is
!, meteorological publication alst
= which of course is very importar
!, factor in the benefcent work of tn
(, rain
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Why Do They Cure
When Others Fail ?

Because they have spent years in
hospital and post graduate courses.
Because they devote all their time to
the treatment and cure OF chronic dis
eases.
Because they have the latest scien-
tific appliances with which to cure.
Because they use the medicine that
viii produce the best result regardless
of cost.
Their method of treating rheuma-
tism. deep seated inflammations OF
Joints, muscles, nerves, periosteum,
liver, kidneys, bladder ovaries, etc
consists in forcing the medicines di-
rectly into the diseased parts (not
with a syringe) but by magnetic infu-
ence produced by an apparatus made
for that purpose. 1t is harmless. 1t
is painless. 1t cures. The medicines
are placed on metallic plates, covered
with cotton. You can see 1t pass
through the part being treated from
one plate to the other.
For our METHOD OF curing catarrh,
diseases Of the lungs, stomach and
bowels. male and female weakness
blood and skin diseases. diseases OF
the rectum, call at our office. Consul
tation free and confidential. Our of
fees in Davenport We're opened five
wears ago and are crowded daily by
neople who are sent there by those
we have cured. We expect to make
our Ottumwa offices permanent
through the cures we are now max
ing Our terms are now one-half wha
they will be later. If you can not cal
send a full description OF your case t.
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Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure"
1t is a great surprise on account OF its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male
or female Relieves retention OF wa
ter almost imm ediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is the rem
edy. Sold by w. W. Ennis, druggist,
Ottumwa. la.
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FOLK TO SEE PRESIDENT.
Goes to Washington to Confer About
the Extradition of Bribers.

st. Louis, Mo, Oct 7.-Circuit At
torney Folk departed at II O'Clock last
night for Washington, where he will
confer with President Roosevelt about
the advisability OF having bribery
made an extraditable offense in treat
les will all nations. The conference
will be held upon the invitation of the
president. Mr. Folk has made two
trips to Washington on similar mis-
Sions.
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GLOVE MAKERS STRIKE.

Five Hundred Workmen Quit For
Higher Wages.
Chicago, Oct Five hundred glove
makers struck today because their
employers refused to grant demand
for an increase in wages.
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Drs. Myerly & Kreul,

Rooms 10, 20 and 81, Holman bldg,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Hours a. m. to 4 p. m. and to
p. m.
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Fort Dodge's Carnegie library build
ing is complete, 1t cost $4,000, Of
which Carnegie gave $4,000.
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