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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-03

which go to make up our social sys-.
tenn bids fair to be even fiercer in its
activity than in the century which
the men of high and fine moral sense
show themselves weaklings; if they
possess only that clustered virtue
which shrinks shuddering from con-.
tact with the raw facts of actual life;
If they do not go down into the hurly-
burly where the men of might contend
for the mastery; ii they stand aside
from the pressure and conflict; then
as surely as the sun rises and sets all
OF our great material progress, all the
multiplication of physical agencies
which tend for our comfort and enjoy.
ment, will go for naught and our civ
ilization will become brutal sham
and mockery.
If we are to do as I believe we shall
and will do, if We are to advance in
broad humanity, in kindness, in the
spirit of brotherhood, exactly as we
advance in our conquest over the hid
den forces of nature, it must be by
developing strength in virtue and vir.
tue in strength, by breeding and train
ing men who shall be both good and
strong, both gentle and valiant-men
who scorn wrongdoing and who at the
same time have both the courage and
the strength to strive nightly for the
right. Wesley said he did not intend
to leave all the good tunes to the SER
vice of the devil He accomplished
so much for mankind because he also
refused to leave the stronger, manlier
qualities to be ayailed of only in the
interest of evil. The church he found
ed has throughout its career been a
church for the poor as we'll as for the
rich and has known no distinction of
persons. 1t has been church whose
members, if true to the teachings of
its founders, have sought for no great
er privilege than to spend and be spent
in the interest of the higher life, who
have prided themselves, not on shirk-
ing rough duty, but on undertaking it
and carrying it to a successful conclu-
sion.
Il came here tonight to greet you
and to pay my tribute to your past
because you have deserved we'll of
mankind, because you have striven
with strength and courage to bring
nearer the day when peace and justice
shall obtain among the peoples of the
EARTH
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-03
MATTE PRICE SUICIDES.
Says She Could Not Bear Being Ac.
cused of Stealing,

Hiteman, Feb. -(SpeciaD-Be--
cause she could not bear to be accus.
ed of stealing, Matte Price, the 90
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Price committed suicide last
night at her home here by taking
strychnine. Previous to taking the
fatal drug she had gone to her room,
where she was discovered a little lat.
er suffering intense agony. Medical as.
sistance was Immediately summoned
but all efforts to restore the young
woman proved useless.
Was in Good Spirits.
1t is stated that yesterday Miss
Price was in the best of spirits, and
had engaged herself with her usual
daily duties, having given no intima.
ton of any desire to end her life.
Heard Groaning.
Last evening it is stated by her par.
ents that she washed and combed her
hair and about 8 O'clock went to her
room. A few minutes afterwards
groans We're heard coming from her
room and her parents rushed in to
find her PROSTATE on the bed suffering
tHe HoSUs severe aSOnleS.
Said She Took Poison.
Every possible effort was made to
relieve the suffering of the girl, who
before she passed away, informed her
mother that she had taken poison, ad
ding that she could not bear to be ac
cused of stealing and that death was
preferable to that.
Had Been Accused.
Upon investigation it developed that
few days previous, one of the board
ers at the Price home had come into
the house in an intoxicated state and
had accused the girl o. taking mon
ey from his trunk.
Had Arranged Clothing.
1t was found later that upon first go
ing to her room, Miss Price had
Strengthened UP her room and al
ranged her clothing upon chair, in
dicating that these were the clothes
in which she wished to be buried.
Miss Price was young woman
about 20 years of age, and was vel
known in this Vicinity, among a large
circle of friends. Her parents are
Frustrated with grief and her friends
deeply sympathize with them in theil
bereavement.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Funeral services over the remains
of the deceased will be held from the
Baptist church in Abba at II O'CLOCK
tomorrow morning. The interment will
be made in the Abba cemetery.
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THE JURY DISACREES
No Decision Reached In Regard to
Norton Case.
JUROR I. P. STUART BECOMES I'LL
This, However, Did Not Stop the Work
on the Case-No Agreement Could
Be Reached and Jury Reported to
Court at $50 Last Night.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
The jury in the case of G. &. Norton
VS.. t. II. Pickler ct al, last evening
came into court after beinb out nearly
came into court after being out nearly
ment Little or no change had been
made during all the time that tbs
twelve men had been considering the
case, and when one of their number
E. P. Stuart, became ill., they decided
that the best and only thing to do was
to report a disagreement The case
may be tried again at the March term
of court, as Mr.. Norton seems to be
intent upon obtaining verdict as to
his rights on the land in question.
The suit was brought nominally
| to secure damages in the sum of S2,40G
against the city officials named as
defendants, they being Mayor 7. H..
Pickler, City Engineer j. I. Brady
and the nine alderman in the city coun-
| Gil Mr.. Norton alleged that he had
been damaged to that extent by the
removal of the willows from the land
along the bank of the Des Moines river
| next to Central addition. which land
he claims as his property. The council
met one night in February. 1902. and
ordered these willows cut away. The
| work was done the following Sunday.
and the wood was sold by the city.
The claim of the city officials is that
they ordered the willows cut because
thev wished to protect South Ottumwa
from the spring overflow of the Des
Moines river, and by removing the OBJ
stacles on the Central addition side of
the stream. such as the willows, they
made way for the water other than
the channel next the South Ottumwa
side. They claimed that they had the
| light to do SO because the land was or
linarily below high water mark. The
rial of the case began February IL,
and closed last Wednesday. The jury
remained out almost thirty hours. dur
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REVOLT I'M CHINA GROWS
Five Hundred imperial Soldiers Killed
in Ambush,

Pekin, Feb 2S.-News has Just been
received that 500 Imperial troops, sent
to relieve the besieged garrison at Chi
1uen. We're ambushed in Yang-Ning
pass and killed to man. Their sup
plies, including great quantities of
arms and ammunition, were captured
by the rebels
The revolt is now spreading across
the border into the province of Human,
and the wave of rebellion is undoubt-
eddy advancing toward Pekin, in spite
of the efforts Of the government to
check it.
The viceroy of Human has sent
troops to the boundary to check the
rebels advance
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people of Iowa who do not rem ember
Rev. Green personally remember him
because of the sensational contest in
which he took part few years ago for
the election Of bishop. Rev. Green's
speech was heard by a distinguished
company at the opening session of
the meeting and it was an oratorical
masterpiece. He shed glory and hon
or on Iowa and again reminded the
people of the capital city that Iowa's
products are better than the best from
other regions.
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scHLEY LIES SICK.

Cold Develops into Threatening Attack
on Throat and Pulmonary Troubles.
San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 2S.-Admi-
raj Winfield Scott Schley is lying i'll
at hotel here, on his way to Califor.
MIA. A cold has attacked the admiral's
throat and extended to his bronchial
tubes, and, while his condition is not
serious quiet is necessary and visitors
are not allowed to enter the sick room.
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COMMITS suI..DE
Mrs. Susan 3. Hartley, crazed by suf.
ferina, Ends Life,

Des MONIES, Feb. 2s.-Crazed from
years of suffering from locomotor
ataxia, Mrs. Susan B. Hartley. aged
AZ years, committed suicide yesterday
by hanging herself to bed post in
her room at her home in this city.
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FINDS RUNAWAY WIFE.
Mrs. C. J. Chance of Mt. Ayr Located
in Lincoln. Neb,

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2S.-C. J. Chance
of Mt. Ayr, Iowa, has found his run
away wife in Lincoln Mr.. Chance is
wealthy, yet because of a disagree
ment his wife left her home and cam,
to this city, bringing her baby witt
her. They have agreed upon a divorce
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URGES PHILIPPINE BILL.
Insists That Congress Relieve Distress
in the Islands.

Washington. D. c., Feb. 2S.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt is stirring up the SEN
ate, the cabinet and all his congress
sional callers upon the urgent neces-
sity of relieving the distressed condi-
ton of affairs in the Philippines by the
immediate passage Of the Philippine
tariff bill.
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TWO HUNDRED TRUE BILLS.
Slot Machines Get rs Cigar Men In
dictrnents.

Chicago, Feb. 2S.-Seventy-five more
cigar dealers We're indicted by tho
grand jury yesterday for running slot
machines. The true bills voted yes
terday make total of 200 voted by
the inquisitors of January and Febru-
AIRY.
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PROTOCOL SIGNED.
Minister of the Netherlands Agrees
That Roosevelt Name Umpire.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The minister
of the Netherlands and Bowen have
signed the Netherlands protocol pro-
viding for the settlement of the claim
of that country against Venezuela. 1t
is provided that Roosevelt shall name
the umpire in the event of disagree
ment
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In a Class All Alone.

No other pills on earth can equal
DR.. Kings New Life Pills for Stom-
ach, Liver and Kidneys. No cure, no
pay 25c. F. B. Clark.
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THE FIRST STEP

OF the child is an event in the mothers
life. How proud she feels when the
attempt to walk is begun so early as to
evidence childish courage and sturdy
strength. Such pride should be enjoyed
by every mother. But it often happens
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PARLIAMENT TO VISIT CANADA.
Members of Houses of Lords and Com.
mons Plan Trip to Dominion.

London, Feb. 2S.-A party of mem
beras of both houses of parliament is
being organized to pay visit to Can
ada during the autumn recess, The
object is to study the resources of the
Dominion with view to a more thor
ough enlightenment of the people of
Great Britain. 1t is proposed to leave
Liverpool in August
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-03-03

A bad disposition does not know
when it is in good company.
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Read the Courier for news.
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All Washington who heard his
speech at the Sons of the Revolution
meeting this week are talking about
Rev. T. Green OF Cedar Rapids, who
is chaplain general of the order. The
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in rejoicing at the good it has done
to the country and to mankind,
need hardly ask body like this to re-
member that the greatness of the faith
ers becomes to the children a shame
full thing if they use it only as an
excuse for inaction instead of as a
spur to effort for noble aims. | speak
to you not only as Methodists--I speak
to you as American citizens The
pioneer days are over. We now all OF
us form parts of, a great civilized ma
ton, with a complex industrial and
social life and infinite possibilities
both for good and for evil. The in.
roundings in which, we work, have
changed UNNECESSARILY from what they
were in the days when the rough
bacllwoods preachers ministered To
the moral and spiritual needs of thei.
rough backwoods congregations. But
if we are to succeed, the spirit in
which we do our work must be the
same as the spirit in which they did
theirs. These men drove forward and
fought their way upward, to success
because their sense of duty was in
their hearts, in the very marrow Of
their bones. 1t was not with then
something to be considered as mere
adjunct to their theology, standing
separate and apart from their daily
life. They had it with them weel
days as well as Sundays. They die
not divorce the spiritual from the sec
ular They did not have one kind Of
conscience for one side of their lives
and another for another
well, if we are to succeed as a ma
ton we must have the same spirit ir
| us. We must be absolutely practical
of course, and must face facts as they
are. The pioneer preachers of Meth
odism could not have held their owl
! for fortnight if they had not shown
an intense practicability of spirit, i
they had not possessed the broades
and deepest sympathy for, and under
standing of, their fellow men. Blu
| in addition to the hard, practical com
mon sense needed by each of us il
life. we must have lift toward loft.
things or we shall be lost, individual
| ly and collectively as nation. Life
| is not easy, and least of all it is cas-,
| for either the man or the nation tina
aspires to do great deeds. In the cen
fury opening the play of the infinitel,
| far-reaehing forces and tendencie;
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
Central Labor Union Will Decide
Tomorrow Night Upon Delegate to
Federation of Labor Convention.
CARPENTERS EXECUTIVE BOARD
1T WILL MEET IN THIS TY BE-
GINNING on OCT. IL.
Conference Looking to Building
Trades Trust Will he Held Here
Oct. S-Neyvs of Labor Unions.

1t has just been learned generally that
there is a woman member OF the Brother
hood OF Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers. However strange il may seem
that a woman could successfully follow
the trade of a painter, meaning a house
painter or paper hanger or even deco
rator. it Is nevertheless so. For more than
twenty years Mary Ann Goodrid, of
Petersburg, Ind, has followed the trade
OF painter and paperhanger and has made a
comfortable living. She bears the distinc-
fion OF being the only woman belonging to
the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
and Paper Hangers and probably the only
woman painter and paper hanger on rec
ord. She is a member of local union No.
s5 of the brotherhood and faithfully at
tends the meetings. She Is known In
Petersburg as Mother Goodria."
Mrs. Goodrid was born in Braunton,
England, July T. 1916, and came to this coun-
try with her parents. She has been a res
ident Of Petersburg since 1852, when the
town embraced a half dozen log huts, a
store and a saloon. Her parents were poor
whereby she could make her own living in
the world. She is said TO be a finished
worker in her line. She tried several
trades before she adopted the calling of q
painter and paper hanger as best suited
10 her inclinations. She Is well known in
G.. A. r circles, having been secretary OF
the Relief Corps for several years. She
was also secretary OF the womans local
Of the American Federation Of Labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
$4,000 FOR BUILDING LOT
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR BUY
ON NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET.
Supreme Treasurer Byrd Says 100000
Will Be Expended ON the Build
ing-week's Transfers.

A building to cost about $4,000 will be
constructed on North Pennsylvania street.
between Vermont and Michigan streets,
the headquarters of the supreme officers of
the order.
The order yesterday closed deal by
which it becomes the owner of lots 10 and
20 on North Pennsylvania street, located
on the east side of the street between Yer
mont and Michigan streets, for $4,000 cash.
The lots have a frontage of sixty-seven
and one-half feet on Pennsylvania street
and have depth of 1875 feet. The property
was part Of the c. /. Fletcher estate.
The transaction was handled by Ralston &;
Camden.
c.. n. Byrd, supreme treasurer of the
knights and Ladies of Honor. gave out
last night that the erection Of the building
for the headquarters of the supreme officers
will be begun In few weeks and that 1T
is the intention of the order to have the
building ready for occupancy by next
spring. About 10000 will be expended on
the building, Mr.. Byrd said.
Though the plans have not been selected
yet IL is thought the dimensions of the
building will be about 90 by 120 feet. The
building will be constructed of stone and
brick and likely will be large enough for
the local lodges to meet in it. The present
headquarters Of the Knights and Ladies of
Honor is in the Lemcke building. The order
has outgrown these headquarters. Mr.. Byrd
said.
The plans for the building will be select
ed IN short time by a committee of which
Col. l.. b. Lockhart, supreme protector of
the order, is president. Mr.. Byrd is the
only Indianapolis man the committee.
He said the Knights and Ladies of Honor
have a surplus of about $250,00O on hand
and that the new building will be paid for
as soon it is completed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27
BUILDING TRADES TRUST.
Another Conference Will BE Held in
This City on Oct. -.

Thi. City on Oct. $.
Plans for the formation Of a building
trades trust, which will affiliate in round
numbers a million workingmen belong
ing to those trades, are said to be working
out nicely, by officials of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. a
conference was held in indianapolis several
weeks ago by representatives of number
of the more important building trades and
preliminary plans made to perfect such a
central legislative body of the building
trades. At the conference it was decided
to hold in this city OH Oct convention
at which all the trades should be represent
ed and at which the central body should be
formally established The object of such
combination on the part of the building
trades is to have a legislative body COM
posed of skilled mechanics who will be able
TO act upon their interests to the best ad-
vantage. The complaint is made now by
many of the building trades that their legis-
lation in the American Federation of Labor
Is not satisfactory, as the legislators, made
up Of butchers and bakers and candle
stick makers, are not cognizant OF the
needs of the building trades. The officials
of the national organizations involved in
the combination claim that the move Is not
against the American Federation OF Labor,
a the unions will continue TO maintain their
representation in that body. However.
there Is some doubt about this when the
general executive body Of the building
trades is perfected.
Among the organizations that it is pro-
posed TO bring into the combination are
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
and Paper Hangers, the Journeymen Brick
layers, the Masons' International Union, the
United Association of Plumbers, Gas Filters,
Steamftters and Steamfitters' Helpers, the
Hold Carriers, the Building Laborers' Inter-
national Union, and the International Union
of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-27

The International Omces Will BE
Opened Here on Oct. 1.

The international Brotherhood of Team
sters, with about 10000 members, which
has located it's headquarters in Indianapo-
lis, will begin business at the offices on the
third floor of the Thorp block Thursday.
Most CT the officers and the corps of clerks
have been in the city for two weeks. clear
ing UP matters to begin active work Oct.
/. President Shea and Organizer Young
have been here, but are now in Chicago at
tending to business and will return to-mor-
row. Albert Young, the organizer of Chi
cago fame, has been active while in the
city I'm his efforts to further the local or
ganization of teamsters, which Is now in a
very weak condition. He intends ultimate
ly to- organize all the teamsters of the city
and build UP local union of no fewer than
a thousand members. At present he is Civ
ing his attention to the brewery drivers
and the express drivers. This is more or
less of a fight among unions as the brewery
divers and the express drivers belong 10
the brewery workers union and the ex-
pressmen's union, respectively. Rightfully.
it is claimed by the teamsters, these men
are under their jurisdiction as a
teamster is defined as any man
who drives an equipage of any
seeking TO have the other unions release the
men from their locals and let them enlist
with the teamsters. Mr.. Young claims that
he will have them in the union before many
weeks. After the brewery drivers and the
express drivers are brought in attention
will be turned to all the lines of trade in
which the teamsters are employed.