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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14
REPRESENTATIVE RECEIVED.

President Roosevelt Receives Pana.
ma Republics Minister.
Washington. d. C,Noy 13.-M. Phil.
ippe Buneau Narilla was received BY
President Roosevelt today as minister
plenipotentiary and envoy extraordin-
AIRY of the republic OF Panama.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14
FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON.

Remains OF Wrs. Jane Marshall Lais
Away in ottumwa Cemetery.
From Saturdays Daily.
The funeral of Mrs Jane Marshall,
who passed away Wednesday morning
al 6 o'clock, took place at the resi-
dence on Columbus street. at . O'clock
this afternoon, Rev. d. c. Beyan Off
ciating. The tnrerment took place iu
the Ottumwa cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14
JOSEPH HANSMANN MEETS
DEATH IN CAVINC SEWER
BURIED IN COMPETING.
Funeral Services of orrin Burranah
at 8iadensburo.

From Saturdays Daily.
The funeral of Orrin Burrangh, aged
is years who passed away at IL o'clock
yesterday Eozning at the home OF his
parents, about miles northeast of the
city, took place from the Bladensburg
Methodist Episcopal church this morn
ing at II O'clock. Rev. Hastings of
Florls, officiating The interment took
place in the Competine cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14

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Shortly after the close OF the days
program at Kings opera house, the
guests, together with a number of the
prominent citizens of Abba, gathered
about the four banquet tables which
extended the full length OF the armory
and there partooli of the elaborate
banquet served by the women OF the
Abba PRESBYTERIAN church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14

Nearly 800 covers We're laid and
when all were seated the hall present
ed most pleasing appearance. Hon.
N e. Kendall, who was to have acted
as toastmaster' for the occasion, was
unable to be present and John P.
Reese took his place. The toasts
were pleasing and brought forth merit
ed applause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
TIE CASE FOR CANAL IMPROVEMENT.

The commerce OF the Port of New-York is
steadily declining. Part OF our loss has gone 10
other United States ports. The Development OF
Canada's canal system is diverting an increas-
inc proportion Of IL to Montreal. There is every
reason to believe this process Of depletion Will
coutfuue unless practical measures are adopted
to uresevve the commercial supremacy Of the
Empire State.
Many opponents Of the canal Improvement
argue that artificial waterways have survived
their maximum usefulness, that railroads are
destined to be the universal carriers, and that
a great expenditure on our canals would be
vvasteful and foolish The nations Of the Old
World hold precisely opposite opinion This
is conspicuously an era OF canal building in
Europe. and Canada is following Europe's ex-
ample with full conviction and satisfactory re-
suits.
Others opposed 70 the 1,0O0ton barge scheme
concede The advantages of inland water trans
portation. but favor some different scheme
in particular a ship canal TO be built and main
tanned by the national government, after our
constitution had been amended to permit of
such an alienation But there is not a particle
Of evidence that Congress will ever undertake
an enterprise which every representative Of
rival community would infallibly oppose Nor
would ii be safe for New-York 10 depend on
federal maintenance of q ship canal If Congress
could be induced TO take the original step.
Competent commissions after thorough and
impartial Investigations have agreed that the
loss which ihis port has sustained and which is
progressive. can only be made up and the COM
mercial prosperity Of the State preserved by
canal Improvement on large scale. They have
further agreed that the specific plan now sub
mitted 10 the people assures the maximum Of
duly weighed, and that the 1,000ton barge
would be able 10 carry freight adapted to canal
transportation at a rate with which the rail-
roads could never compete, and which would
deprive the Canadian water routes Of the ad-
vantages which they now enjoy. They believe
also that the railroads would not suffer, but
ultimately benefit largely through the general
growth Of Industries along their lines, precisely
that result having followed the construction and
enlargement Of canals in Europe.
After elaborate surveys and calculations, TO
the trustworthlness Of which distinguished en-
gineers have borne emphatic witness, II has
been estimated that the IO00-ton barge canal
would cost S101,000.co0, a large allowance
being made for Unforeseen contingencies The
opposition guesses it would cost more but that
suppOsition is unsupported by evidence OF any
sort. Ii is mere guesswOrk.
1t is cynically suggested that even if $780,
100000 is fair estimate for honest and in
telligent work. inefficiency and unfaithfuness
would cost a large sum in addition But the
law under which the work will be done If it is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
MR. CIRCUIT AND THE TAX DODGERS,


Mr.. CIRCUITS recent appeal to tax dodgers TO
vote against Mr.. Hinrichs because when Reg
lister of Arrears in Brooklyn he did his duty and
collected back taxes from corporations and
others, when necessary by tax sales has been
answered by a distinct challenge to MIR. Grout
which the Controller cannot well ignore. Mr..
Hinrichs asks:
Is Mr. Grocts solicitude for those whom l
forced to pax their arrears in 1884 and 1870
due TO the fact that his present hackers are
large delinQuents possibly to the extent or
$4,000 1000? II he succeeds in this election,
does he mean now that he will not LEND his IN
fuence to the enforcement of the law?
The sting of that question lies in Mr.. Grouts
new attitude toward delinquent corporations.
When he accepted a fusion denomination he dld
so with the full expectation that the traction
and other public service corporations would be
against him. He considered that bis attitude, in
conjunction with the Mayor, in enforcing the
law and protecting the city's interests against
corporate greed had made enemies of the cor
porations and he fattered himself that his
virtue had played the greater part in that work
He planned his campaign a fusion candi-
date on the theory that Tammany was TO have
large contributions from the corporations be-
cause il offered hope Of escape from taxation
and franchises without due compensation. Now
that he has gone over to Tammany and is being
aided in mis- campaign by large corporate con-
tr1butions levied by Tim" Sullivan, whom he
characterized as one Of the gambling syndi-
cate" he is not only suddenly silent about en-
forcing the laws against these corporations, but
begins actually to bid for votes on the ground
that his opponents would enforce those laws.
AS Mr.. Hinrchs shows, what he did in Brook
lyn was merely what he was obliged by the
law and by his oath to do. He realized for
Brooklyn a large amount of taxes not only
legally but justly due. When Mr.. Grout says
that Mr.. Hinrichs if elected Controller would
follow the same policy that he did as Register,
he only says that Mr. Hinrichs would enforce
the law. When he reproaches his opponent for
such a disposition he announces for himself
that he will not enforce the law. He, as
Tammany candidate. tells the corporations to
support him in full confidence that they will
have all the illegal favOrs they naturally eX-
pect from Tammany and to oppose the fusion
candidate because he will surely demand that
they pay their dues to the city. No other inter
probation of Mr.. CIRCUITS attack on Mr.. Hinrichs
is possible. By it Mr.. Grout enfOrces the lesson
that, no matter who are its candidates and
what were their professions in the past, Tam
many is the party Of lawlessness, and fusion
tha marty of law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
"TPJBFS WITHOUT THE LAW"

They were heather tribes which the poet Of
the "Recessional" noted as being without the
Law yet we are not sure but that some Chris
tan tribes must bear the same reproach. Here
is the Armenian vendetta in London. Here is
the Armenian attempt to murder Prince Galit-
Yin Here is another murderous plot in Servia,
on soil still wet with the blood of one Of the
most hideous saughters in history. Here is
the unreasonable catalogue of outrages by Bull
garian marauders in Macedonia. checked for
the time by climatic obstacles. but grimly
marked "to be continued In our next Had
the barbarous Turk or the heather Chinee done
these things, great would have been the indig-
nation Of the Christian world. But those who
have done them are Christians, and-does that,
or should it, make difference?
Beyond doubt there has been much provoca-
ton for these things, or for some of them.
Dispatches euphemistically speak of the trans
fer" Of the property of the Armenian Church
to the Russian Crown. Convey" the wise call
it, But it would be difficult to conceive any
thing more like arbitrary cOnhscatiOn, and it is
difficult to find fault with the Armenians for
being indignant at such spoliation OF their
ancient Church. Yet assassination is not the
proper course for the righting of such a wrong.
We have no doubt that Alexander and Draga
Of Servia were evil rulers, but we have no
faith in the butcnery Of a woman a means
of purifying government. No informed person
questions that Turkish rule in Macedonia is
corrupt and cruel, but it is impossible to APP
prove arson, assassination, train wrecking and
dynamite outrages as counter irritants.
What the world needs to recognize is that
mere profession Of Christianity does not neces-
Sarily make a people civilized, cultivated and
capable of independent self-government That
is the fact that should be borne in mind in the
settlement Of the Balkan problem and the wind
ing up of Ottoman affairs. We must prefer the
religion profesSed by the Bulgars. Serbs and
Armenians to that of the Turks. But we must
remember at the same time that. apart from
their religion, the former have no superiority
over the latter, and that moreover, their pro-
fesson Of Christianity does not restrain many
of them from acts Of savage wickednesS. 1t
would not he at all easy to expel the Turk from
rulership in Christian provinces. 1t would be
far more difficult, after the Turk was expelled
TO establish an autonomy that would realize
The ends for which governments are instituted
among men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
MR.. wCLELLANS LIBERALISM.

Nobody is under the slightest misapprehen-
sion about the meaning Of MIR. MCCLELLAN
latest promise of a liberal enforcement OF
the excise law. 1t means that the law VIII NOT
be enforced. that illegal sales will be regularly
allowed 1t means that, and only that 1t is
an appeal TO those who are dissatisfied with the
excise law to elect Mr.. Mcclellan and nulhIy
its provisions 1t is not said by anybody mat
Mayor Low has gone one jot beyond the letter
or even the spirit OF the law. The complaint Is
merely that he has not deliberately violated an
unpopular law. And when Mr.. Mcclellan prom
ises liberal excise policy in opposition TO what
he IS pleased to term Greene's blue laws he
simplv PROMISES that he will not keep his oath
of Office. but will. to please those whose sup
mort he asks. deliberately permit the whole
sale violation OF the laws Of the State or New
York.
Mr.. Mcclellan protests that II is outrageous
TO think that he would permit the spread OF
immortality In view OF this offer TO the advo-
Gates Of Iawlessness in the liquor traffic he can
hardly wonder that the people are afraid to
trust him to stand up and do his duty In the
face Of powerful pressure of political friends
He must know that 20 permit illegal liquor sell
ing is TO encourage police corruption. Inc olach-
mailer finds his opportunity when the law Is
habitually ignored, for then the sa!oonkeepers
are laWDTe3kerS IN MS power MI -hOCASlA"H
must know this, yet he is willing. for votes, TO
open the door to a new system Of extornon
The next step is license for vice and crime for
q price. We shall be told that it is puritanical
to object and that they ara necessary features
OF life in q great city. Ianmany sneered In
that fashion at Bishop Potter's demands that
the partnership between procurers and police
be severed. 1t refused to permit Lewis Nixon
and his publication committee to accomplish
ANYTHING. 1t stood for Deveryism, and George
3. Mcclellan stood by II, saying: I'VE have
nothing for which to apologize
In view OF that record. in view Of his prom
Use not to enforce the excise law, what hope is
there that Mr.. Mcclellan would put one obsta-
Gle in the way OF the revival Of the cadet
system and a new carnival Of vice? We chal-
lenge him to show one single act in his political
career which warrants expectation that If
elected Mayor be would be less favorable to the
spread Of vice than was Van Wyck, who pro-
nounced Devery 1.-The best Chief Of Police New
York ever had" There IS yet time for him to
point TO one single instance Of manly opposi-
ton to his political creators and friends, who
have been the notorious protectors Of immoral
itv in this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
FIaILANr coNFLpENcE.

Mr.. Mclaughlin has not appealed in vain to
the intelligence and Integrity OF Brooklyn. The
magnificent meeting on Thursday night was
conclusive proof Of the profound impression
made upon the public mind by the stand he has
taken in defence Of principles Of which in the
curious course Of events be has come to be the
most conspicuous representative. Murphy In
sdFertently said yesterday that he was not
thinking about Brooklyn just noyg. but concen-
trating his attention on Manhattan. He was
reminded by one Of bis monitors that he meant
10 be understood as saying that Brooklyn was
al right but the fact is that be has no hope Of
Brooklyn. he has captured the machinery. but
he has lost the Votes The Tiger is not going 10
cross the bridge. An immense and sufficient
majority is ready not only 10 drive him back
but 10 cage him.
IT, after a fortnight OF Increasing confidence
in q fusion victory. there was slight reaction
for q day OF two the tide Of feeling has turned
again, and viii now continue to Cow more and
more strongly until the polls close. There is
every reason why it should The indications
are al favorable No sensible citizen PAYS any
attention to MurThy's loud claims. That is the
way TanmRny always talks Two years ago
Croker was Just positive in his declarations.
whether be really thought be was going to win
or, as the report was hedged his own bets tow
ard the last while leaving most Of his sporting
adherents TO pay UP and try "a vain 10 look
cheerful. A Tammany campaign without blus-
tering professions OF confidence in the result
would be unrecognizable.
Everybody knows Of men on whom Tammany
has safely relied heretofore who are against it
this year That fact has become the most no.
fOrious feature Of the present contest. Such
men are taking pains to make themselves and
their intentions known. How many ot those who
helped TO elect Mayor Low two years ago are
expressing a hope Of defeating him next week.
We hear Of such voters IL the mass from Tam
many sources. But they are never identified
No names are mentioned. You can't find them
Why should there be deserters from the fusion
ranksg The citizens who turned Tammany out
have got what they expected 10 get in its place
They have not got perfect government but
hey have got government OF honest men,
who, starting under great embarrassments. have
been steadily advancing 10 a higher plane of
efficiency. Even Mr.. Cochran, in his most in
coherent flights, makes no charge Of ccrruption
against this administration
Some persons are respondent because the in
Tense excitement Of two years ago is lacking
That state of emotion was natural then and in
oispensable. This year it was DOT to be looked
Tor or perhaps desired Then the honest COM
bstants were storming an enemy's stronghold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
TIE pnRr CHESTER "ROLDUP"

The Tammany aldermen protested the otner
day that IL was unjust Of the people OF 1 ne
Bronx TO consider them enemies OF the fort
Chester railroad project because they happened
20 no avav from a meeting Yesterday, now
over ,thev nroved that their absence was part
% q deliberate scheme to hold up" the railroad
comnany and sacrifice the people OF The bronx
70 their own peculiar ends The Tamman! meh
STAYED away from the special meeting caled
"a consider the franchise, and so prevented the
making Of a quorum. Little Tim" Sullivan
has reaped the fruit of his hard labor TO oioch
the plans Of a corporation which refused 10 Oe
blackmaile6 10y Tammany Hail
This ~holdup" directly and primarily touches
the citizens of The Bronx. but it not less really
concerns the people Of the other boroughs. The
whole CITY is interested In the fight for honesty
in government Until corporations having ouSl-
ness with the city are protected against such
extortion as this attempted on the Newly rk
and Port Chester company, we can make no
real advance In Safeguarding public interests
from private greed. The success Of this hold
m" would teach every corporation manager
that bribery was bis only method Of dealing
with the city. The rebuke Of it and the punish
rnent Of those responsible for it would 90 far
toward establishing on a firm basis honest
business relations between corporations and the
CITY. That means that corporations will not be
bled by 'grafters" and that the taxpayers VIII
get what belongs to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
NEWPORT NOTES.

Newport r l.. Oct 30 (speciaD.-Colouel and
Mrs Delaney Kane returned from New-York to-
day and are at their cottage. In Narrangansett-
ave.
son to-day and went to New-York for the winter
Mrs Lyman c. Josephs went TO Baltimore to-day
for the winter, closing her cottage In Pursatory
Road.
Mrs Charles II. Baldwin who went 70 New-York
to-day was accompanied by Miss Constance Liver
more who will remain with her through the winter.
Mr. and Mrs c. S. Scott will close their villa to-
morrow and go 70 Eew-York-
Senator and Mrs. George Peabody Wetrnore viii
20 to WASHINGTON Tuesday for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. ". Watts Sherman went TO New
York to-day and will sail for Europe Saturday.
They were accompanied by Or. Harry Knapp
Miss G. Ogden Jones has gone TO visit friends n
New-LOndon-
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. L. Pruyn have gone TO New
York for the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
HALLOWEEN BALL At TUXEDO.
Many Dinners at Cottages and the Clubhouse
Large Attendance.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BuxE.I


Tuxedo Park. " Y. Oct. 30-The annual autumn
ball. OF the largest social affairs Of the fash
ionabe colony of Tuxedo. given tonight at the
Tuxedo Club. The large circular ballroom was
decorated with cedars. decked with tinted oak and
maple leaves. From the stage and directly oppo-
site where arbor had been erected came the
strains Of two hidden orchestras which played al
ternately.
The cotillon, at IL o'clock. was led by William
Pierson Hamilton The favors were selected by
Mrs. James Brown Lord. Among them were
croQuet mallets for women and croquet balls for
men, tulle fans. automobile glasses wands gar
lands OF flowers silk scarfs. boutonnieres, UNI
brellas. strings of beads canes and fancy articles
The ball committee composed OF George Girls
void, Henry w. Poor. Amos T French and Will
lam p Hamilton.
All the early evening trains arriving from New
York brought out people. and u steady stream of
automobiles took guests to the ball
In the evening several dinners were served at the
clubhouse.
The Rev. and Mrs. George William Douglas en-
tertained party OF twenty. Among their guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Collier Mr.. and Mrs
Alfred Seton, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Foster
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Varnum. Miss Varnum
Mr.. and Mrs. Amory S Carhart the Rev. William
FitZsimmon. l.. D. Bonnet and H. Tiffany.
John X. Page entertained the following guests
at dinner at the clubhouse: Mr. and Mrs J. Butler
Wright. Miss Janet Macdonald. Mrs. Julia Fish.
Miss Elsie Rowland. Miss lone Page. Edmund Fair
fax, Alexander Pratt and Cecil D. Landae.
Others who gave dinners at the club Mr.
and Mrs. Price Collier Mr.. and Mrs George Crock
er. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mortimer. Mr.. and Mrs
Pierre Lorillard. Mr.. and Mrs Stuart A Coats and
Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell
Dinners also served in the cottages by Mr.
and Mrs. IL. w. Poor. Mr.. and Mrs. f. ]. Hancy
and Mr.. and Mrs Charles B. Alexander.
At / o'clock supper served by Frederic
Arendt. caterer to the Tuxedo Club. In the dining
room. after which dancing was resumed. Among
those present Mr. and Mira. W. S Brown
Vernon III. Brown Louis Keller. Harry Markovr
tr.. AIR. and Mrs. III. Carroll Brown Moncure Rob
inson. Sumner Gerard Miss Marie Montant Miss
Mathiida Emory. Miss Dorothy Roosevelt Edward
S Tinker. kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Alfred W.
stan. Horatio whtridge. Nelson Fairchild. James
A. Blair. Samuel A. Walsh. Jr.. Edward H. Fisher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
About People and S0cfoI Incfdenfs.

James L. Breese Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Wright, Mrs.
Christopher Wolfe Miss Wolfe. l. Dickinson, Eek
ford De Kay Miss Julia Fish, Miss Janet Mac
donald A. p. b. Pratt c. Edward Fairfax, Cecil
IandaIe Joseph A Wells. Walter D. Denigre.
Archibald Alexander. Chase Mellen, j. III. Goods-
now A. Nelson Lewis. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic
De r. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Murray Mitchell. Ms. and slrs.
Pierre Lorillsrd. Mr.. and Mrs. AmoTy > Carharts
Mr.. and Mrs. George Grtswold. Mr.. and Mrs John
J. McCook. Miss L. 5. McCoOk. Mr.. and Mrs Henry
W Poor Miss Poor. Mr.. and Mrs u Dwight
Collier Miss Collier Mr.. and Mrs Charles l. hyde.
Mr. and Mrs Walker Breese smith. Ar and Mr5.
~ n y VOss Mr.. and Mrs. william +. HamH-
ton Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Coats Dlr and Mrs..
George II. Hull, Miss Hull Mr. and MIS- J. +.
Piersou fr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas .. COndon Mr.
and Mrs r. RI. Rogers, jr.. Mr. and Mrs GTenylHa
Cook Mr. and Mrs. Edward y. Taller. Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Mortimer Mr.. and Mrs Otto A7dEe35 T..
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Vogei. Mr.. and WIS r l..
Ponalds ir Mr. and Mrs a. y. Juilllard. Mr. and
Mrs L, s. Chanler. Mr. and Mrs William Fanne-
stock Mr. and Mrs. Francs B. Grimm Mt ana MIS-
Ambrose Mcneil Mr.. and Mrs. Edward r. HART
man the Misses Hartman. Mr.. and Mrs Ernest K
Adee Mr.. and Mrs George +. Baker, pr. ana Mrs
Richard Delaield Mr.. and Mrs. Louis 3 McCagg,
Mr. and Mrs. r. Fulton Cutting. Ar. ana YRS
Harry D. Havemeyer. jr-, Miss z i" Breese, Mss
Alice Preston. Miss Madeleine knowlton Mss julia
Fish Miss Janet Macdonald. Miss tsertrIde rsH.
Miss SibyI Kane Mrs Andrew Simonds. Mrs. John
w Minturn Miss Alice Decourcei Mrs Frederic
Sherman. the Misses Cutting. Mr. ana Ars- george
L. Riyes II. r. Winthrop. Charles Z sampson Guy
Carey. Louis q Preston. James Brown FOtter. 4:
SuTern Taller. George F. Baker. r.. X Bayard
Cutting, Roger W. roor and Pierre LoEiliard, IT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-31
done Of all nroyides safeguards which there is

done at all, provides safeguards which there Is
no reason to dstrust
Stress is laid on the magnitude or the pro-
posed investment and the burden it would lay
on the people Doubtless S101 100000 is a large
sum- but il is much less in proportion than Can
ada has spent with an alacrity amply justined
by the results Moreover. this city, which VIII
support the proposition by an immense major
ity. viii pay about two-thirds of the cost of the
canal and the canal cities and towns two-thirds
of the rest
The cities at the ends of the water route and
all the communities along the canal will con-
cededly gain much from its Improvement, but
there is either Ignorance or deceit in the
pretence that they alone would be prohted
ne resultant benefits would be universally diff
fused.
Where does the laboring man come in? He
certainly would not be left out of the general
account of advantages. but in particular, labor
would receive in wages from $65,oOO,OOO to $780,
100000