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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-22
traiu reached sidney Marsdne was.
finally released from his predic1t
ment.
Tonight he passed through Chey-,
enne en- route to Laramie to try t0
effect the capture Of his prisoner. \

Kharkov, Russia, Aug. 18-The
sbappiest man in all Russia, q and
probably in Europe as well, is a
blacksmith named Doroshenko.
who has been earning $2oa month.
He received notification today that
he had fallen heir to $4,000, ,ooo
which is now at his disposal In the
Bank at London, where it has been
held for $50 years. It was deposi-
ted by the head of the tribe Of
Dorosh with century and a half
stipulation onits withdrawal. The
blacksmith is the sole heir. ~
Doroshenko has an interesting
family of a wife and a quartette Of
handsome daughters. Que of the
girls, who is but 1e years old. is
considered the beauty oflhegillage
She is engaged to a young man
who drives an express cart about
town. He owns the provincial
transfer business and, besides his
horse and cart, he employs acousin
to drive another.
There is speculation whether his
afianced will be true to her plight,
now that she is an heiress of mil
lions.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-22
RESTORED THE DEAD
RESUsCITATION By ELEC-
TRIGITY rs SUCCESSFUL.
Child Who Had Died Shortly After
q Birth Brought to Life by Two
Eminent Physicians
Other News.

Dstroit, Aug. 16.-Dr. James
Brien, of Essex, Canada, a few days
ago, by means Of electricity, was
successful In restoring to life
child that had apparently died
shortly after birth. The doctor tells
the following story Of hia achieve
ment:
my partner DR.. Doyle, and N.Y.
self noticed, Immediately after birth
slight pulsations in the form of the
infant, but they gradually grew
fainter and fainter until not sign
of life remained. In the meantime,
we had resorted to all the known
methods of science, such as dipping
the child in warm and cold water,
and rubbing it's body with sweet
oil.
"AH these remedies failed to re-
vivs the apparently lifeiess babe,
and we had almost given up hops,
when it occurred to noe to make a
test of the merits of electricity as a
last resort. I had never heard of
any such experiments being made,
and only decided to try it when |
was certain that the last spark of
life had fed and that the electric
current could at least do no harm.
s'It was fully Is minutes alter
birth before the first current was
employed. For the fret ten min
utes there was no sign Of life. At
the end of fifteen mit utes, during
which applications Of both the gall
vanic and .Faradic currents had
been made, the infant displayes
slight evidence Of life.
"We increased the current per-
sistently and within ten minutes
more were rewarded by seeing the
child breathing naturally. The
heart began to pulsate slowly, but
regularly, and soon took at its nor
NAL action.
The child is now doing we'll. I
am prepared to prove these facts
by sworn testin ony."
Dr.aO'Brien is ons Of the Oldest
pra cticipg physicians in Western
Ontario. He has represented Essex
county in Parliament at Ottawa for
several years.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 19 Albert
Ecklund, alias George Johnson,
who was captured at Rowlins, and
was being taken back to Chicago to
answer to the charge Of grand lar
ceny, effected a remarkable esct p
today from Detective William Mars
den VI lille Marsden was sleeping
beside his prisoner, Ecklund went
through the detectives. pockets, se-
cured the keys to. the shackles, re-
leased himself, and then shackled
the officer to the steampipes. Hav-
ing relieved the officer Of bis weap-
ons and other property, Ecklund
left the train at Laramie.
Marsden was not awakened by
the conductor until Cheyenne was
reached, when he called for assist.
ance. AS Marsden had absolutely
nothing on his person to prove he
was not a prisoner, the trainmen
would not release him. The rail-
road authorities telegraphed to Chi
cago for instructions, and when the
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-22
Working Night And Day.

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR..
Kings New Life Pills. These pills
change weakness into strength, list
lessness into energy, brain-fag in
to mental power. They're wonder
full IN building up the health. On
ly 25c per box. Sold by Aliens
Pharmacy.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-22
Poland China Hogs.

Young sows and young boars of the
best breeding will now be sold to make
room for fall pigs. All young stuff, no
old sows now Come and see them or
write to Peter Whitaker.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
MONEY AND ROADS.

The subject of good roads is now a
live issue and no doubt good will come
of the agitation. The only question
has been with the people as to how to
all concerned without making it bur
densome to localities as conditions are
not the same everywhere. In many To-
calities the expense is naturally great
er than where the earth is drier or
where rock is easily obtainable.
Recent discussions of the subject
of good roads show that the whole mat
ter is focusing on the question wheth-
er the money necessary to make them
good shall come out of the national or
the state treasures and what the pro-
portion shall be. A queer feature OF the
whole discussion is that the members
in the recent convention from the
south favored the idea of taking the
money from the national treasury. This
is new turn of the wheel Some
thing like forty years ago the people
of the southern states were making
war on the United States government
to establish their doctrine OF states
rights. Now the same people want
the government to put in the necessary
money to make their roads passable.
At any rate the question of where
the money must come from, whether
national, state, county or otherwise, is
far from settled. Probably compro-
mise will be reached where the bur-
den will be divided. But one thing is
certain the country needs better
roads.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

have gone from the United States into
enterprises in Mexico and the stream
is continuing in that direction. Then
there must be great sums carried into
Canada by the home seekers and land
spectators. 1t would not be SO bad
If the money remained in the United
States, for it would get around and be
used again and again, but this tenden-
cy to send the money away for specu-
lative purposes has been somewhat
dangerous. The banks were filled to
overflowing; even the small country
banks had money they did not know
what to do with. The result was that
borrowing was easy and men who had
not previously been able to get money
were given loans. This led to more
general borrowing and more numerous
debts and consequent speculation.
This process was going on rapidly
and conservative men saw the danger
in it: but happily, there has been some
check to this tendency without any
crisis, and the outlook for continuance
of the present business prosperity on
safe and sensible basis is very bright
indeed
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
ROADS MUST BE PAssAeLE.

me growth and popularity of rural
Tree delivery has exceeded all expecta-
lions, and the government is SO en-
couraged that the system is to receive
further development. The postoffice
department is at present endeavoring
TO work out an experiment in Indiana
The plan is to reach every farm house
IN that state by rural free delivery car
rlers within two years. Maps have been
prepared on which the name of every
farmer appears, and so complete is the
record of the 41,997 farm houses
in the fourteen counties mapped, that
every acre possessed by the owner is
recorded. The population of these Al
997 farm houses is 216,565.
Inc information is valuable in many
ways, but particularly that the post
office department will have command
OF comprehensive census OF the rur-
al districts of the whole country. In
cities and towns census is frequently
taken for school purposes, but this is
not the case very often in our rural
communities
But good roads are a condition of ru-
raj free delivery. The government is
anxious to thoroughly develop it and
increase its value, and is urging the
people to improve the highways so
that free delivery system can be
made perfect. The data being gath
cred IN Indiana has a great deal to do
with the roads, and it is no doubt the
Same in other states. AS pointed out
by an official of the department it re
quires no abstruse process of reason
ing to see that this system of securing
information if applied to the rural dis
tricts in every state, an amount of data
will be at hand which will be of ines
Unable value in connection with the
agitation in favor of permanent high
way improvements, and it will also
be possible to know very definitely to
What extent the highways are being
permanently improved in the differ
ent sections of the country.
Rural free delivery is increasing in
popularity and the people it serves
would feel lost without it. But to re-
tain it they must keep the public
highways in good condition or in GER
tain sections it will be abandoned.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
1T is WAPELLo's TURN.

Newton Journal: AS r. w. Clay
ton has ben appointed one of the spe-
cial agents in the customs bureau of
the treasury, he will not be candidate
for a place on the republican state
central COMMITTED AS a worker and
organizer Mr.. Clayton has had great
success and his place will be found diff
ficult to fill in the sixth district" Why
not select w. w. Epps of Wapello
county? He is n worker and an orga-
nicer, and would make a splendid
member of the state committee, and
furthermore Wapello has not been
represented on that committee for
years, and she has frequently asked
for the place Let it go to Wapello
this lime.-Oskaloosa Herald.
AS suggested by the Oskaloosa Her
aid, Wapello county has not had a
member of the republican state Cen
trail committe for many years, and it
is about time to choose a member from
this county. w. w. Epps, whose name
is suggested by the Herald, would be a
valuable member on that important
committee, as he is hard worker and
good organizer. The republicans of
Wapello would not only appreciate his
election, but they feel that this county
is entitled to member this year. 1t
is to be hoped Mr.. Epps will be the
unanimous choice of the delegates from
the sixth district.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
THE OTTUMWA COURIER.

\ i
supreme court means in the Alabama
case relative to the constitution of
that state, which substantially dis
franchises the colored man. The new
constitution of Alabama has a grand
father clause and educational and
property qualifications which makes it
pretty difficult for colored voters TO
use their franchise in Alabama and
several other states.
The constitution of the United States
guarantees the inalienable right of cit
izenship, but the recent decision of
the supreme court makes it appear
that it does not confer the right of
suffrage upon all the people
The Kansas City Journal discusses
the rights of suffrage this way:
The thirteenth constitutional amend
ment forbids slavery; the fourteenth
declares who is citizen, and secures
his rights from unjust state legisla-
ton. The fifteenth amendment prohib-
49, 10y 's'SsS - Vii luSSt
rights on account of race or color. The
right to vote is guaranteed to no per-
son in this country, either by the or
iginal instrument or it's amendments.
The only requirement is that black
and white must be treated impartially
and that if any male inhabitant of a
state shall be denied the right to vote,
then that state shall suf-
fer proporitionate decrease in its rep
resentation in congress and in the col
lege of presidential electors Univer-
sal suffrage IS not principal of
this government, else women. min
ors and ineompetents could participate
In elections. A state or the United
States, if it chose, could enact a law
prohibiting all red-haired or cross-eyed
men of the right to vote, and no court
in the land would declare the law I'M
constitutional, provided it applied to
the negro as well as white man. Con-
sequently property, educational qualifi-
cations and even the grandfather
clause, are entirely proper restrictions
upon the voting privilege.
There is no doubt but that the OBJ
ject OF the Alabama constitution is
strike at colored men. OF course
there are some whites who will suffer
and probably in time the blacks will
be ahead of their white brethren
Whether the colored man can vote at
any time in the future depends on how
he secures knowledge and gathers
around him property. In the end the
law may serve him good purpose,
though it seems arbitrary at this time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

To the Republican Electors of the
State of Iowa:
There will be delegate convention
of the republicans of Iowa held in the
city of Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednes.
day, July 1, for the purpose of placing
In nomination a candidate
For governor,
For lieutenant governor,
For superintendent of public instruc.
ton,
For judge supreme court,
For railroad commissioner.
And for the transaction of such 9TH
er business as may properly come be-
fore said convention.
All voters of the state who believe
in republican principles and who en-
dorse the policies of the republican
party, are cordially invited to unite
under this call in the election of dele
gates to said convention. The ratio
of representation will be as follows:
One delegate at large for each coun-
ty and one additional delegate for
each 200 votes or fraction of 100 or
over, cast for w. B. Martin, republi-
can candidate for secretary of state at
the election of 1902.
The representation to which the
several counties will be entitled under
this call is as follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
REPUBLICAN COUNTY coNvEN
TION.

To the Republican Electors of Wap-
clio County, Iowa-There will be del
egate convention of the republicans of
Wapello county at the court house in
OttumWa, Iowa on Saturday, May 16,
1903, at 1880 p. M, for the purpose of
naming twenty delegates to the repub-
lican state convention at Des Moines
on July ], 1908. All voters of the
county who believe in republican prin-
eiples are cordially invited to unite I'M
der this cali in the election of dele
gates to said convention. The repre-
sentation of each precinct, based on
the republican vote cast for secretary
of state at the election of 1902, will be
one delegate at large for each precinct
and one additional delegate for each
twenty-five votes or major fraction
thereof.
Primaries for selection of delegates,
outside of Center township will be
held at usual place at 4 p. m. on Sat
nrday, May 8, 1908. Primaries in city
of Ottumwa will be held at usual place
Tuesday evening, May IL, at p. M
The convention will also consider such
other business as may properly come
before said convention
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
HINT AT The PLATFORM.

The choice of Hon. George d. Per-
kins for temporary chairman of the
republican state convention, naturally
raises the query as to what he will
advise in his speech as to the platform
of the party. The following from a
late issue of the Sioux City Journal,
of which Mr.. Perkins is the editor,
furnishes solution:
The republicans of Iowa have had
a free debate over some questions of
national policy. Where they have not
differed as to principles or policies,
debate has led into ways where appa-
ritions have appeared and where dis
torted vision provoked expletives. The
atmosphere has been clearing up.Men
and things have been taking on their
natural look.
The language to express ideas to
be employed in the Iowa republican
platform this year has received unus-
ual attention at the hands OF men
knowing the meaning of words and
competent to place them in right re-
lations. Senator Allison has been call
aSus luto tHlS OhCo NY CouSSHSuS VI
republican opinion. So far as he pro-
ceeded he has had the generous CO.
operation Of Governor Cummins T..
w. Blythe of Burlington has been con-
suited. Other men have been consult
ed and others will be consulted. What
ever has been done or will be done is
tentative. The competent authority is
the state convention. But experiment
with platform expression has develop
ed that agreement is not difficult to
reach, and this development confirms
the judgment Of the mass of the par
ty, and it has provided assurance that
the convention will have no quarrel
on it's hands in making platform ac-
ceptable to all.
This is a plain statement that Mr..
Perkins favors harmony and believes
that the platform will be built SO that
it will be acceptable to all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

nomination in 1904. Only a few weeks
ago the same paper was boosting
Judge A. B. Parker, but it seems that
the Eagle has seen vision and the
picture on the canvas was an exact
photograph of former president.
The Eagle, as well as several other
democratic papers, does not take kind.
~ to Mr.. Bryan, and believes that
Cleveland can cause him more trouble
than any other man on earth Posi-
bly, the change from Parker to Cleve-
land was fastened by what the Ne
braskan said at Kansas City some
weeks ago. At any rate the change
was OF the rapid kind.
There is a growing sentiment in the
cleveland wing of the democratic par
ty in favor of harmony provided it can
be secured without having to swallow
the free silver bill which Mr.. Bryan
Will create in his laboratory. AS Mr..
Bryan proposes to prepare the dose
harmony remains out Of sight. There
is also a growing sentiment in the
party that no democrat can beat Pres
ident Roosevelt. But what the demo-
Gratis seem to be aiming at is to save
la little something out of the wreck,
and feel that Cleveland as their Moses
can distribute few crumbs of har-
mony even though he falls outside the
breastworks.
Democrats who are trying to side
track Bryan say that Cleveland did
not leave him any load to carry ex-
cept of his own creating. The claim
is also made that Cleveland would be
a platform unto himself They seem
to forget that Bryan was the same
thing at the Kansas City convention
1t is all bosh to say that with Cleve-
land no platform will be needed.
Cleveland is recognized as a tariff
smasher and in favor of free trade.
He carried out his views some years
ago and nearly bankrupted the people.
The people are naturally suspicious OF
a man who plays them wrong once.
1t will be pretty hard to convince the
masses that Grover is the man they
want; in fact it will be equally diff
cult to convince them that they want
any democrat in the presidential chair.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
COMPULSORY LAW GOOD.

Hon. R. G. Barrett, superintendent
OF public instruction in late inter-
view states that 81 out of the SO coun-
ty superintendent in Iowa who have
expressed an opinion on the compul-
sorry school law, believe it to be good
measure and favor its enforcement
He has made careful inquiry of teach
ers and other and says the consensus
of opinion is that the law is all right.
The superintendent who recently met
at Sioux City went on record in favor
of the law and favored strengthening
it SO that it can be made more effec-
tive.
Mr.. Barrett says that some were
of the opinion that a child should be
required to attend school throughout
the school year, between the ages of
z and IA. Others took the view that
compulsory attendance should be less
a matter of age than of attainment of
the requirements of a certain grade,
and that a pupil should be required to
go at least until he had mastered the
studies of some fixed grade. Some of
the superintendent who are in favor
of Strengthening the law felt that it
was unwise to attempt to amend it
in any way at the coming session of
the general assembly.
There are some parents who pay
very little attention to the education
of their children, and if they do not
desire to attend school they are not
compelled to do SO. The law makes
it obligatory on the part of the parents
to send their children to the public
schools for a certain number of terms.
Any child is safer in school than play
ing in the streets of the city.
The law is a good one and should
be rigidly enforced. Educators who
see it's workings are much in favor of
it, and believe it will soon become gen
orally popular.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
A VIEW OF PROSPERITY.

Various views have been expressed
on prosperity and what it is doing for
the country and the conditions Great
ing it. People all admit that phenom.
email prosperity exists, but few take
the ground that it has about run it's
course and that hard times are about
due. This prediction is made by demo-
Gratis and populists, who would like to
see business depression come as an
aid to them in the next presidential
campaign. But men who take an un-
biased view Of conditions and candidly
express their thoughts see a continu-
ance of prosperity, though not unaware
of certain dangers that encompass the
situation One of the close students
of conditions is State Treasurer Gil
bertson. He said in a recent inter
view:
We are enjoying prosperity now in
this country. / see no reason to doubt
the continuance of this prosperity for
many years to come. The tendency
right at this time appears to be to
check the speculative movement and
to get down to a conservative and safe
basis and to stay there. In only one
way can this prevailing prosperity be
turned back, or rather, there is one
in which it seemed for time there
mighe be danger and that is by over
speculation. There was too much of
this going on and the imitation was
getting to the danger point; but the
stringency in the money market no.
ticeable the past two or three months
has had wholesome tendency to
check speculation and to end the dam
ger into which the country seemed to
be drifting. The trouble has been for
some time that there is too much mon
ely going out of the United States. For
instance, it is known that millions
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
A REGRETTARLE INCIDENT.

The more one ponders over the re-
cent report of General Miles, in which
he criticised the American soldiers
who have fought in the Philippine
campaigns, the greater puzzle it ap-
pears to be. 1t is to- be regretted that
the man at the head of the American
army. who has risen through each
successive position from the ranks
hood of the American soldier.
Judging from his report he has
taken the testimony of an occasional
witness and has acted as. though it
was the usual behavior OF the SOL
diers. He has heard of number of
incidents that may have appeared to
be rather harsh, but fails to remember
that these things exist in the face of
record of loyalty, faithful service
and suffering attendant upon the cam
paigh in the southern islands of the
Pacific. Never since the days of
frontier life and Indian fighting in
this country. has the American soldier
been compelled to wage war against SO
treacherous foe. Never have they
been subjected to such indignities as
those heaped upon them by the very
ones they have been trying to be
friend.
Those who have gone through any
part OF the various campaigns in the
islands are cognizant of the diff
ficulties under which they are waged,
of the treachery of the Filipinos, the
fortunes of which they have subjected
men who have fallen into their hands
and of the malicious attacks that have
been made upon the United States
forces. Through all these alleged
cruelties the American soldiers have
gained in the opinion of the inhabi-
tants OF the Philippines.
The native who has come to an I'M
derstanding of his mission in the
archipelago is now his friend. The
Filipino and foreign merchant, in
business under the old Spanish rule
has hailed with delight the admins
tration of affairs by the Americans.
1t is to be regretted that General
Miles upon the eve of his retirement
should have allowed him self to make
such criticism on the American
boys in the army, The war depart
ment has taken proper steps to learn