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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-10
DOVE in Serious Condition.

The injured man is in serious con-
dition, and although he is still alive
at last accounts the physicians in at
tendance fear that the wound will
prove fatal as he had been in poor
health for some time. He has not re-
covered sufficiently from the effects OF
the wound to make statement regard
ing the tragic occurrence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-10
caviness surrenders.

Caviness used a revolver and shot
but once, the bullet entering Doves
body at the top of the abdomen and
coming out under the right shoulder
blade. Caviness at once went to Lu-
cas-, where he gave himself up to JUS
tice Nichols. He furnished bonds in
the sum of $1,000 and was released
returning at once to his home.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-10
EARTHQUAKES REPORTED
in COLORADO TOWNS

DENVER SEPT. e.-sPEcIALs FROM THE NORTHWEST
TELL EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS m BOULDER, LovELAND
LoNaMoNT COLLINS. NO DAMAGE is REPORTED
SHOCKS CAUSED THE DOORS RATTLE AND AT
BOULDER TIE HausEs SHOOK QUITE PERaEPTlsLY
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
The State Flower.

Last Sunday morning DR.. Galley and
his sister drove out to Spectacle lake
early and secured a fine collection of
the AIoccasin flowers. the Greek name
OF which is cvpHpedi,n, meaning the
shoe Of Venus. There are about
twenty-five species of this plant be-
longing to the north temperate zone
and reaching south into Mexico. Six
species occur in the northern United
States and Canada east of the Rocky
mountains and they are all found in
Minnesota. This favorite flower was
chosen from among more than q thou
sand other wild flowers that bloom in
Minnesota in the woods. the cool boys
and the lakes and streams. The
flowers that Dr. Galley secured are very
fine specimens and he brought in
bushel basket full and gave to his
friends. He secured them in the
marshes around Spectacle lake.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09

soll!d5the property he stated that he dis
posed OF it to eight or ten different par
tless in Superior but could not remem-
berthe names of any Of them. He ad-
m 14ted that he received 81, $50 from the
sale Of the goods, and said he spent
considerable of the money.
The court after listening to the evil
dence: imposed fine of 800 or sixty
days imprisonment: He was further
ordered to pay over to the receiver
Sl,5o0, the amount he claims he re-
ce 'llV1ed from the goods. Mr.. Townsend
pald the fine imposed for contempt.
The case is not ended yet, as Jabez
Ftlppon says he intends to further press
thleesllegal proceedings.
The transaction as it stands at the
present time shows q half section of
land and $3.50 cash invested in
stock shipped into Wisconsin and 81, $50
from the sale of the same.
The peculiar and mysterious disap-
peafance Of the stock that cost SlO.73O
and but $50 to show for the stock.
IS most interesting state of affairs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
Rev. Gratz Gets Vacation.

Rev. ". E. J. Gratz was granted a
three-weeks' vacation by his church
and left Monday for Minneapolis where
he will remain until the first of next
week when he will leave for the national
convention of the Epworth League at
Detroit. Mich. where Rev. Gratz. with
Roy Farnham will represent the Ep-
worth League Of the Princeton church.
From Detroit Mr.. Gratz will 90 to
Niagara Falls and spend a few days.
He has worked very faithfully and
hard during the past year in his pastoral
work and has given the construction of
the new church much of his personal
supervision. He has certainly earned
Z vacation and his Princeton friends
hope that it will do him lots of good.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
VOLUME XVII. NO, 80.

terrible. 1t is impossible to obtain a
house in this city to-day for under $50.
Ordinary houses without modern i'm
provements which have rented for $40
heretofore were raised to s25 on June
lst and the tenants had to pay as there
are no vacant houses in the city,. Flats
which rented for $50 are now s45 and
800. It's easy to figure out how much
money can be saved by the man who
earns from $50 to $50 a month. We
used to believe that the home was the
corner stone of the republic, but such
conditions as these deprive. the average
man from having a home or living in
decency.
When you hear superintendent brag
about his summer school attendance
just remember what he means. He
means that q majority of the teachers,
after from six to nine months hard
work have been obliged to give up
their vacation to take course
Of study through the hottest
weather Of the year when they
ought to be resting to get strength for
their next years work. 1t is an out
rageous and useless fad, without reason
or decent excuse and we compensate
our teachers for this slavery with
princely salaries of s227 a month.
NTN%T.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
House Struck by Lightning.

During the storm on last Thursday
afternoon lightning struck the resi-
dence Of John Kaliher in Blue Hill
township and cut up some queer capers
about the premises. It struck the
chimney and then ran along the
cornice of an L to the house and into
the kitchen. From the kitchen it en-
tered the milk room adjoining where
Mr.. and Mrs. Kaliher and their child
rem were. The bolt came within five
feet of Mrs. Kaliher, and disappeared
through the floor. Mrs Kaliher was
pretty badly shocked as well as FRIGHT
ened, and for a few minutes felt a
numbness about the body, as did also
MIR. kaliker and the children. The
hired man who was working a short
distance from the milk house also felt
the shock. The bolt disappeared with
out doing any great amount of damage
to the house.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
A BObtail Passport.

Al NUM- writes from Leipsic that he
IS having all kinds of trouble in unrav-
cling the red tape Of the Fatherland.
When he went to Germany with his
sister Anna he secured a passport per-
hitting him to enter Emperor William S
domain and remain there until
the 18th Of July at which time
he intends to sail for home. The
passport also authorized Miss NUM- to
journey to the old home with her
brother and she supposed that she could
remain IN Germany for two years, as
she intends to Go, but it seems that the
German authorities insist that she must
leave the country at the expiration of
the passport and this is what is bother
ing Al at this particular time. He has
Interested his friends on this side of the
pond and they will take the matter up
with the state department at Washing
ton and see what can be done about the
tangle. Al should call at the office of
the {. S. consul at Leipsic and tell that
official his troubles, flop the wings Of
the American eagle once or tzwi and
then see what & glorious TRANSFORMED
tion would take place.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
Visitors Oh the Fourth,

Princeton and vicinity was the Mecca
for big crowd of people who came in
on the evening train last Friday to GEL
ebrate the Fourth with relatives and
friends in Princeton and surrounding
points. The street at the depot was
lined with farmers rigs waiting for
cousins, uncles and aunts from the cit
les and elsewhere, and on Monday
morning when they returned home
there was crowd of over 300 people at
the depot, most of whom took the train.
Agent Rice says he sold over 100 tick
cts for the morning train, notwith-
standing most of those who came to
Princeton to celebrate had return tick
cts. The heavy sales nearly exhausted
his supply of tickets
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
PERSONAL PROPERTY, SI3S,95I,
This is What the Assessors Say Personal
Property in County is Worth.

Property i'll County is WORTH
The assessed valuation of the per-
sonal property of Mile Laos county as
returned by the assessors, amounts to
S433S. Sol. an increase of S66.174 over the
assessed valuation as equalized by the
town boards last year. Milaca vii
lage shows the heaviest increase of anv
civil division in the county, the in
crease amounting to over 100000 The
Foley Bean Lumber Co. was given a
raise this year of S25. 900, and Assessor
VanRhee says there are over 100 new
names on the assessment rolls this
year. All the towns and villages show
an increase with the exception of For
eston village, East Side, Isle Harbor,
Milo, Onamia and South Harbor. An
assessment of personal property in any
year is not very accurate basis on
which to figure and make comparison.
inequalities exist that cannot be over
come under present methods of assess
ing. and valuations are pretty much
what individuals desire them. There is
one thing, however, and that is per-
sonal property valuations as a rule are
never too high and if valuations of this
class of property show decrease it is
generally taken for granted that there
are less people in the territory as
sessed, and consequently less personal
property.
There is an increase in the valuation
OF personal property in Princeton vii
lage of over s10.000 which is not bad
record, and goods and merchandise can
perhaps be credited with much of the
increase. In rapidly growing county
like Mile Laos personal property val
uations ought to show big increase
each year. In the six towns that show
decrease over last year there is a
shrinkage Of over $4,000. Milo, one
Of the most rapidly growing towns in
the county. falls behind nearly $1,000
which does not seem right.
The assessed valuation of personal
property by towns and villages. with
comparisons with 1902 is as follows:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
Arm Broken by Pulley.

Yesterday afternoon while Geo. Coon,
a sixteen-year-old lad was soaping a
belt at the Cream Brick Co.'s yards,
his right arm was caught in a pulley
and broken close up to the shoulder.
The boy was brought down to the
Northwestern hospital where DR..
Cooney attended to the injury.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-09
House Burned.

The residence of Schuyler Hoyt in
Blue Hill was destroyed by fire on
June 18th, the fire originating from a
defective chimney. The house was a
small frame building, valued at about
$500. It is said there was no insurance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
HOMEMADE HEATHEN.

An agent Of the American Bible Society
travelling in Connecticut reports that he
finds polygamy frequent i'm the back towns
of that State, by which he means that the
marriage relation is disregarded and that
many people in those parts are without any
religion or attempt at right living. The
Hartford Courant does not attempt to deny
or even palliate this announcement, but
admits that 1t is true not only in the back
towns of Connecticut. but of rural Massa-
chusetts and other New England States.
Doubtless many people who talk of Puri-
tanical Sundays when indignant over the
failure to obtain legal consent to play
baseball on Sunday, and who talk of Con-
necticut blue laws" as if they ever ex-
listed, will be surprised by this report and
the Hartford papers calm acceptance of
it's correctness. These are the towns where
the town official $50 years ago. searched
the Sabbath audience with eager eye to
to him who failed to avail himself of the
means of grace several Sundays in success
sion without valid excuse. In those towns
all were taxed for the support of the
preacher. and those who were not members
of the church could not vote in town meet
ing In those early days the man who
spoke disrespectfuily of the established re-
ligion was put into the stocks, or In con-
tumacious. was banished The terrible the
ology of Jonathan Edwards dominated the
land Very naturally there came a sh m
reaction, which can be no better illustrated
than by calling attention to the fact that
Aaron Burr was the grandson OF Jonathan
Edwards. 1t may be as true in morals as
in physics that faction and reaction are
equal In opposite directions" 1t is true
that the older New England of the austere
and prosecuting faith became the strong
hold of that unitarianfsm that combated
the earlier creeds The ablest advocates Of
advanced unitarianism were the srandsons
of the ablest preachers Of the harsh creeds
of the Pilgrim fathers. AS a whole the
religious people OF Indiana are far more
orthodox in their creeds than are those OF
Connection. and massachusetts, The rcsl
unitarian in Indiana is an insignifican,
quantity in the relisionists of the State
| In spite of the rigid local laws for thu
keeping OF the ungodly to the observance
| OF the church regulations there was Away:
| a goddess and worthless residuum In thu
Puritan colonies. as local histories show
No amount of punishment could amend
! their lives. They seemed to have beeu borg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
THE DECISION IN TEE LOTTERY
CASES.

The recent decision in the United States
Supreme Court in the lottery cases has
caused considerable comment as to its
scope and possible effect. Most of the COM
ment approves of the decision as sound in
principle and declaratory of a necessary
power of Congress. but some persons think
it asserts dangerous power. The New
York Tribune regards it as another mile
stone which marks the progress of law in
the development of nationality and as
zone more proof of the capacity of the
United States government to protect the
general interest I'm the face of new and un-
foreseen emergencies. The New York
Evening Post thinks the decision marks
a new affirmation and exaltation of the
power of Congress over commerce of all
kinds between the States" that lit clears
the way for future action and puts an end
to the talk of amendment of the Con-
stitution In order to give Congress adequate
power. The New York sun. on the other
hand. thinks the decision affirms a very
dangerous principle. According to this de-
cision.' says the Sun. lit is Congress in the
exercise of plenary power which decides
whether interstate trafiic In given article
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
A DIPLOMATIsT,s FALL.

Many diplomats have been mixed up with
bottles of wine, and some may have lost
their jobs by it. but the case of DIR. Won
Holleben. late German ambassador to the
United States, is peculiar
When the German Emperor's yacht Me-
teor was christened last spring it was given
out that the bottle of wine broken on the
prov of the ship by Miss Roosevelt was
French champagne. This started contro-
versy which led to libel suit and ended in
the German ambassadors recall, probably
in disgrace. The suit for libel was insti-
tuted by Kessler & Co.. of New York,
American agents for the French wine,
against Jacob Best. of Milwaukee, agent
for the German wine. The facts brought
out on the trial showed that DR.. Won Holle-
ben had been acting as sort of publicity
agent for the German wine, getting some
table perquisites out of it, and after an ar
rangement had been made to use French
wine at the christening he endeavored to
have the German wine substituted. The
Milwaukee agents employed a well-known
German editor to go to Washington and see
about it. The editor saw the ambassador,
who said: 'Tn my opinion a German or an
American wine ought to be used, but you
go and see Quadt." This was Count Quadt,
secretary of the German legation. He told
the editor 1t was all right, and I'll have
your wine there" The Milwaukee agents
were so well satisfied with this assurance
that they sent DR.. Won Holleben fourteen
cases of German wine, one bottle of which
was in a leather case and decorated for the
christening. In the meantime conference
was held to arrange the details of the
christening, and then Won Holleben was in
formed that the L rench wine had already
been selected and that no change could be
made. On the day of the launching the
Milwaukee agent had representative pres
ent who wanted to see that his wine was
really used, but he was put off with an
evasive reply by DR.. Won Holleben. The
agent was not satisfied and afterwards
wrote to Won Holleben. who replied by tele-
graph. saying that the German wine was
used. That was his undoing. for the
French wine had been used and he knew It.
BUT ne ned received the fourteen cases or
German wine and had assured the agent
that the bottle of German wine should be
used, and. as ii was not he had to get out
of the situation the best way he could 1t
proved to be the worst way. Having put
down the wine he had to put up "a buff,''
and he did it by wiring falsehood. His
telegram that the German wine was used
was made the basis of advertisement in
the Milwaukee editors paper. in which the
New York agent of the French wine was
accused OF advertising that his wine had
| been used when he knew it to be false. The
New York agent Immediately brought suit
| for libel and proved on the trial that the
| French champagne was used and that the
| bottle Of German wine furnished by Won
| Holleben left unbroken. The Milwau-
kee agents defense was Won Holleben's tel
| egram, which had stated an untruth. The
| case was tried in Milwaukee and the jury
gave verdict of 5000 for the plaintiffs
the largest amount ever given In Wisconsin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
in suit for libel. Before the suit was |
brought Dr. Won Holebcn asked for a leave |

in suit for libel. Before the suit was
brought DIR. Won Hollebcn asked for leave
of absence on the ground that he was i'll,
and the New York agents filed charges
against him with the State Department at
Washington. An investigation brought out
the main facts and the libel suit did the
rest. OF course, DIR. Won Holleben was re-
called.
1t is doubtful If history furnishes an ex-
ample of a distinguished diplomat being
brought to grief through chain of such
seemingly trivial circumstances. If Won
Holleben had admitted to the Milwaukee
agent that he had been unable TO have the
German wine used at the christening, and
had offered to pay for the fourteen cases
he had received. there would have been no
trouble. The lesson is that even trained
diplomats may lie once too often.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

to be bad Then. ii is probable the strict
discipline made others goddess. as the late
Robert G. Insersoll declared that his
fathers harsh application of his creed made
him freethinker When the reaction came
and men fell away from the old beliefs,
with their terrors in hereafter. II was
natural that they should drift heathenward.
as is reported in the back towns of Con-
neeticut.
Other causes are to be considered. For
hundred years al New England. particu-
larry the back towns, have been sending a
stream of immigration into the new West
1t made its path across northern New York,
Yankeeized the Western Reserve in Ohio,
and branches extended over northern and
central Indiana. They were the most en-
terprising who became immigrants. With
them went the life and vigor OF many back
towns. The railroads passed by them, or,
if through them, did not help them. The
hard farms became doubly stingy and their
inhabitants dropped out of the current OF
the worlds life. In Indiana, as well as IN
Connecticut, humanity must go on with
civilization or il must recede. No COM
munity can stand STILL Doubtless If the
agent Of the American Bible Society should
travel through some Western States ne
would find communities, back towns, where
many of the people have lost the positive
qualities of their ancestors because they
have dropped out of the channels of the
worlds progress. Once they drop out,
whether in Connecticut or Indiana, they
gravitate toward heathenism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Several South American republics are
making good political progress, but Ar
gentina is doing better than any of them
in the way of demonstrating that the Latin
race is fit for self-government. She has
constitutional government good admins
tration. great material resources. beauti-
full capital, Buenos Ayres, with a popu-
lation of nearly million, school system
modelled after that of the United States.
with two national universities. eighteen
national colleges. thirty-six normal schools.
a proportionate number of graded schools.
compulsory education and other progressive
features. 1t is a good country for adven-
turous young Americans to go to, but no
one should go there without a knowledge of
the Spanish language.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

Mrs. Bariaston Booths recommendation
to railroad managers that victims of rail-
road accidents who are fatally injured
shall have their sufIerings ended by the
administration of anaesthetics is not prae-
ticable- No railroad and no physicians
would take such responsibility. Unless
members of the sufferers family were pres
ent III authorize and approve such a pro-
ceeding there would always remain the
possibility that after the victims death his
relatives would claim that il was not ncces-
sary and would not have occurred In the
absence of the anaesthetics. Moreover. IL
might happen that the doctors would really
make mistakes. The subject is too danger
Gus to deal with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

There has been too much of that tinker
Ing variety OF bills presented to the Legis-
latslre. such as that vetoed by the Governor
yesterday. namely, the bill to authorize the
Circuit judge in this county to authorize the
Probate Court to increase the salaries of
clerks. 1t is too small business for Legis-
lature to be passing laws authorizing some
body TO increase somebody's salary. But
the primary election bill seems compelled
to wait upon such legislation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

A New York woman who tried Edward
Atkinson's system" by which cents a
day can be made to sustain life, died just
as the experiment promised to be success,
thus affording modern illustration Of the
ancient fable Of the horse that was sue
cessfully reduced TO straw day. but pn-
fortunately parted with life before his
owner could test him On nothing a day.
Atkinson should remember that not every
body can thrive on beans. and limit the ad-
vertisements of his frugal diet to local
Boston circles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

The supreme Court OF the United States
recently handed down a decision uphoIding
the constltutionality of a Massachusetts,
law limiting the height OF buildings on a
certain square In Boston. The object OF
the law Is TO protect the artistic appear
anee OF the square from being marred by
sky scrapers-" The decision suggests
. question whether such a law should not
be passed relative to the height of build
ings on Monument Place. sky scraper
In this locality would seriously and per-
nAaonfiy dstzset from the artistic effect Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

1t is reported that opponents of the meas
ure providing for court for juvenile Of
tenders, which has been passed by both
ernor. will endeavor to prevail on him to
veto it. The bill has the approval of the
ministers, charity workers and all who
have come in contact with the problem of
dealing with incorrigfble and crinlinally
have weight with the Governor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

1t Is now made known that the sideboard
sold to a saloon keeper in Washington
was not the one which some temperance
women gave to Mrs. Rutherford b. Hayes.
because she would not permit wine to be
served in the White House. but one which
was purchased while Mr.. Arthur was Pres
ident- So the w. c. 7. U. has made its
protest in vain. and the saloon keeper will
not get three times as much as he paid
for 1t from those who were anxious to de-
Iver II out of his hands