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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
THE STATE ASSESSMENT.

Des Moines Register and Leader. =
The members of the executive council
in accepting the reports of the county
assessors for the purpose OF arriving
at the value of Iowa real estate have
taken the only course that was open to
them. unless they desired to set up
their individual opinions as to values in
counties. many of which they have but
little personal acquaintance ith.The
law provides no method by which the
council may determine actual values.
apart from the county assessments,
and this is a defect that the coming
legislature must remedy If it still in
sists on an actual cash valuation, as
we believe the sentiment of the state
demands. The executive council
should be given Independent authority
to conduct an examination into the val
ues in some systematic manner.
While it is apparent that the asses
sors have not reported real estate at
its actual value, the assessment as a
whole will be satisfactory to the state
because of the uncertainty of the tax
levies. A very material increase In
the total assessment of the state was
not desired until there was definite
assurance that it would not result in
| an increase of the burden of taxation.
Sufficient taxes are being collected by
state county and town for all legiti-
mate purposes and an increase in the
assessed valuation should be attended
| by a reduction in the percentage to be
made taxable in the tax leyies.
| The increase in the railway assess
ment corresponds with that in the
real estate assessment There has
been very material increase in the
total mileage of the state which ac
counts for part of the five millions
that have been added to the total as
sessment. Aside from that the North
western and Milwaukee especially have
| been raised on their old mileage, very
! materially, while every important roat
| in the state bears some share OF the
| increase.
/ Ii the coming legislature again takes
| up the matter of securing an actua,
cash valuation of property as the stat
ute provides it will find that there are
many additions that should be made Il
the present law, even if the whole
| method of assessing property ough
not to he reyolutionized Many states
have taken corporation and other sucf
taxes for state purposes and abolished
the direct tax. 1t then becomes unim
| portant how any county assesses itsel
| to any one but the county itself, ant
taxpayers may usually be trusted I,
see to it that the burden of taxation
i is fairly equalized by local officials
who are within reach. States tina
have adopted this system escape man.
! troublesome problems and in no in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
THE CRITICS OF BOOKER
WASHINGTON.

Chicago Record-Herald: The re-
cent attacks upon Booker T. Washing
ton by representatives of the race,
to whose welfare he has dedicated the
energies of lifetime, reveal sharp
divergence of opinion among the
northern negroes as to the value of
the work that is being done in the
great institution which he founded at
Tuskegee, Ala.
Mr.. Washington's work at Tuske-
gee has been heralded as the only
true solution of the race problem. 1t
has been encouraged and supported
by the enlightened public sentiment
north and south. Mr.. Washington
himself has been acclaimed as the
wisest and strongest leader of his
race in these times of great public
apprehension as to the future status
of the negro.
| In a Boston church the other day
the platform from which Mr.. Wash
| ington spoke was sprinkled with red
| pepper. The mention of his name by
the speaker who introduced him was
Kissed by hundreds of negroes, and a
riot was only averted by prompt ac-
ton of the police, who arrested num-
Der of the disturbers.
| In his address at Boston, which he
i delivered after the disturbers had
| been elected or suppressed, Mr. Wash
ington said:
You. will find it easier to enter
q college in Boston than to enter a
| shoe factory or counting room. in
/ other words, it is easier to secure an
education in the north than to find
an opportunity to use it after securing
it.
Right here let me say that the
seeming difference in opinion as tc
4 whether the negro shall receive a
college or industrial education is a
mere bubble. All those who are en-
gagged in the work of education in
the south realize that he needs both
i parts of education Just as any Other
people do But for the masses empha
sis should be placed upon industrial
education"
In these utterances may be fount
: the bone of contention between the
adherents of Mr.. Washington anG
those who oppose his work. At the
Tuskegee Institute he is training ne
groes to be scientific farmers ant
skilled mechanics. He believes the
negro of the coming time must be {
, producer. While few students are
j trained for the professions" partic
/, Iularly teaching, the principal ain
of the institution is Industrial educa
4 ton.
= This training, according to thu
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
WOMAN AT HER BEST.

Louisville Courier-Journal: 1t is
now conceded by many shrewd judges
of the sex that woman's beauty is
most splendid and her intellect is in
full maturity at % years. Cleopatra
was % when she first met Antony and
enslaved the handsomest man in the
whole Roman empire, as well as one
of the greatest orators, generals and
statesmen. The Queen Of Sheba was
90 when she dazzled Solomon nearly
off his throne. The Marquise de Pom
padour was % when she met Louis
XIV and % when she began to rule
his dominions. Josephine captured
Napoleon at SO, it is true, but she
was widow at whom he had been
casting sleeps eyes for five years
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
Preliminary Tomorrow.
POPE PAINTS.
Plus X is Stricken While Celebrating
Mass

Rome, Aug. 11.-Pope Plus X had a
fainting fit this morning while cele-
brating mass. He soon revived howev-
err, and was taken to his apartments
The pope has been overexerting him
self to such an extent that his natur-
ally strong constitution was unable to
bear the strain put upon it by the cor
onation ceremonies. Such has been the
effect upon his nerves that he has
been unable to sleep for whole nights
while the numerous receptions yester-
day made matters worse.
AT noon the pope was reported to be
almost restored to his normal condi-
ton but he was keeping his room as
he feels occasionally a slight palpita,
ton of the heart DR.. Lapponi has
recommended complete rest. All au-
diences have been postponed.
Vannutelli to be Secretary.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Catholic
Herald announces that Vineenzo Van.
nutelli will be papal secretary of state
Goes to Country.
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, who
has been indisposed since early in the
conclaye was so exhausted by the cere.
mony attending the coronation of Pope
Plus K that he has left for the coun
try. The cardinal has been attacked
by fever and the physicians attend
ing him said that the only cure was q
cooler climate and that the patient by
remaining in the malarial atmosphere
of Rome ran the risk of CONTRACTING
serious illness.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
LYNCHINGS JUSTLY CONDEMNED
President Roosevelt Sets Forth Right View Outrages
Commencing Co.. Durbn for Firm Stand in
Evansville Riot,

Mob vengeance is one form of
anarchy and anarchy is but the fore
runner Of tyranny"
''The best and immediate efforts of
all Legislators, judges and citizens
should be addressed to securing such
reforms in our legal procedure as to
leave no yestige of excuse for these
misguided men who undertake to reap
vengeance through violent Methods .
These words from President Roose.
welt best indicate the opinion of the
first citizen of the nation regarding
the outrages that have been perpet.
rated in different parts of the United
States during the past few months.
Believing that the utterances of
President Roosevelt on the subject OF
lynching as contained in his recent
letter to Gov. Durbin of Indiana, is OF
interest to every American citizen and
should receive the careful considera
ton of every Iowan, we herewith pre-
sent the following letter:
President Roosevelt's Letter.
my Dear Gov. Durbin: Permit me tc
thank you as an American citizen fol
the admirable way in which you have
indicated the majesty of the law by
your recent action in reference tc
lynching.
Il feel, my dear sir, that you have
made all men your debtors who
believe, as all far seeing men must
that the well being, indeed the ex
istence, of the public depends upoT
that spirit of orderly liberty under
the law which is as incompatible witt
mob violence as with any form o.
despotism. OF course, mob violence
in simply one form of anarchy; ant
anarchy is now, as it always has been
the handmaiden and forerunner o.
tyranny.
Il feel that you have not only re
fiected honor upon the state which fol
it's good fortune has you as it's chic
executive, but upon the whole nation
1t is incumbent upon every maj
throughout this country not only t.
hold up your hands in the course 20,
have been following, but to show hi!
realization that the matter is one o
vital concern to us all.
Cause for Grave Alarm.
''AIl thoughtful men must feel tn,
greatest alarm over the growth o
lynching in this country, and especial
ly over the peculiarly hideous form 81
often taken by mob violence whel
colored men are the victims--on whicl
occasions the mob seems to lay mos
weight, not on the crime, but on tn
color of the criminal.
Sin a certain proportion of thes
cases the man lynched has been guilt
of crime horrible beyond description
a crime so horrible that as far as h
himself is concerned he has forfeite
the right to any kind of sympath
whatever The feeling of all goo
citizens that such a hideous Grim
shall not be hideously punished b
mob violence is due not in the leas
to sympathy for the criminal, but t
a lively sense of the train of dreadfu
4 cons which follow the cours
| taken by the mob in eXacting inhuma
vengeance for an inhuman wrong.
Negro Has Duty to Perform.
I. Gin such cases, moreover, it is we
i to remember that the criminal M
merely sins against humanity in inc,
I piable and objectionable fashion, bl
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
GIRL is ASSAULTED.
Daughter of Hooking Miner Charges
Mine Waterman With Rape.

Abba, Aug. (Special.) Drank
Cheek, colored, the night watch
man at the Hooking mines, a
few miles south of Abba, is in Jail
IN this city, charged with committing
the. crime of rape upon the person of
the 12-yearold daughter of Thomas
Jefferson, one Of the miners employed
at the Hooking shaft. The little girl,
who is also colored, was able to reach
her home and to tell her parents the
name of the man who had outraged
her. She is now in a critical condi-
ton and it is feared that She may
die as the result of the assault which
she claims was made upon her by
Cheek.
Enticed Girl to Ice House.
The crime was committed at about
s o'clock last night. The girl says
that Cheek enticed her to the ice
House near the shaft and there as,
saulted her. The little girl is now at
the home of her parents and is SUI
fering acutely from her injuries.
Miners Are Incensed.
The people of Hooking are much in
censed by the crime and they were
loud in their threats of vengeance
last night. Cheek, whose arrest was
easy and was accomplished shortly aft
er the crime was committed was a
once brought to Abba and incarcerat
ed, in order that no violence should BIZ
done.
Preliminary Tomorrow.
The preliminary hearing in the cas-,
against Cheek is set for Wednesda,
| morning at 10 o'clock and will probah
| ly be held in Abba. as that is consider
ed the safer plan. The crime has ere
| ated much excitement but there is nj
| talk here of mob violence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
NEW PAPAL SECRETARY.
Cardinal Martineli Reported as Select
ed for HIGH Office.

London, Aug. 1.-THE Chronicles
Rome correspondent says this morning
that an authority which is frequently
well informed says that Cardinal Sc
bastiano Martinelli will be appointed
papal secretary of state.
Cardinal Martinelli succeeded Car
dinal Satolli as the popes representa-
tive in the United States in 1897 and
remained there until he was recalled
to Rome by the pope in May, 1902. He
was given the red hat by Leo XIII in
April, 1901.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13

by the dreadful torture of fire must
forever after have the awful spectacle
of his own handiwork scared into his
brain and soul. He can never again
be the same man.
Lynching Breeds Lynching.
''This matter of lynching would be
a terrible thing even if it stopped with
the lynching of men guilty of the in
human and hideous crime of rape; but,
as a matter of fact, lawlessness of
this type never does stop and never
can stop in such fashion.
every violent man in the commun-
ity is encouraged by every case OF
lynching in which the lynchers go I'M
punished to himself take the law into
his own hands whenever it suits his
own convenience. In the same way
the use of torture by the mob in GER
tain cases is sure to spread until it is
applied more or less indiscriminately
in other cases.
"The spirit of lawlessness grows
with what it feeds on, and when mobs
with impunity lynch criminals for one
cause, they are certain to begin to
lynch real or alleged criminals for
other causes. In the recent cases OF
lynching over three-fourths were not
for rape at all, but for murder, at
| tempted murder, and even less helm.
| GUS offenses.
Moreover, the history of these re
cent cases shows the awful fact that
when the minds of men are habituated
to the use of torture by lawless bod
les to avenge crimes of peculiarly
revolving description other lawless
bodies will use torture in order tc
punish crimes of an ordinary type.
Tendency Toward Brute Law.
Surely no patriot can fail to see
the fearful EQUALIZATION and debase
ment which the Indulgence of such g
portend. Surely all public men, al
writer's for the daily press, all clergy
men, all teachers, all who in any way
have right to address the public
should with every energy, unite tt
denounce such crimes and to sup
port those engaged in putting then
down.
GAS people we claim the RICH
1 to speak with peculiar emphasis fol
freedom and for fair treatment of al
men without regard to differences o
race, fortune, creed or color. W.
forfeit the right SO to speak whel
we commit or condone such crime
as these of which speak.
Peril for the Nation.
1.-THE nation, like the individual, car
!, not commit crime with impunity.
!, we are guilty of lawlessness and brl
tai violence, whether Our guilt COZ
, sists in active participation therein o
in mere connivance and encourage
ment, we shall assuredly suffer late
on because of what we have done
The corner stone of this republic, a
of all free governments, is respect TO
and obedience to the law. Where W
permit the law to be defied or evade
whether by rich man or poor man, b.
black man or white, we are by just S
much weakening the bonds of on
J civilization and increasing the chance
of it's overthrow, and of the substitr
ton therefore of a system in whic
there shall be violent alterations c
anarchy and tyranny,
Theodore Roosevelt.
''The Hon Winfield T. Durbin, go,
ernor of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind"
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O'Clock in the afternoon But no.
where is there any record of his death.
Mrs. Heating remembers it very dis.
tinctly, but does not know the exact
date. James Farrier, an old settler in
the neighborhood, likewise remembers
him very we'll, but cannot give the ex-
act date of his death.
But Few Remember Him.
"He had many talks with Timothy
but says his memory has gone back
on him. All he remembers is that
Timothy Brown came from Indiana,
and that he had a running sore on
one leg, caused by a wound received
as he was scaling some fort, but Far
rier does not remember the name of
the fort. Mrs. Heating corroborates
the existence of the wound on the
leg, and says he had another wound
in the hip caused by bullet. The
first was caused by an abrasion from
striking the leg.
This is the history of one of the
most interesting characters buried in
our county. Washington county is
progressive and up to the times. These
old characters have great historic
value these days. In some manner
this old soldiers memory must be
preserved. Steps are being taken to
get his history correctly stated. This
matter has already been neglected toe
long. A few years ago, say ten OF
twenty years ago, a great many peo
pie were living who knew Timothy
Brown. Today there are but few, and
their memories are failing and are
even now at fault
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13

critics of Mr.. Washington, tends to
tends to induce the negro to surren-
der his rights" Intelligent students
of the race question believe the basis
of this criticism is fallacious. They
believe that the negro's independence
will be secured through industrial
training and not through holding fed
eral office or through trying to follow
any of the so-called s'polite profess
sions, which afford at best a most
precariuus livelihood.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
FLEEING FROM CONSUMPTION.
MexiSans Crossing Line Into California
to Escape Army Service.

San Diego, Cal, Aug. 11.-Natives of
Lower California are reported to be
crossing the line into the United States
at Campo in large numbers because of
a general CONSUMPTION that is now be-
ing carried on for the Mexican army
The Rurales are busy rounding up ma,
tives for a five years term in the ar.
my. The pay is poor and the men OBJ.
ject to CONSUMPTION.
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midas CROP OUTLOOK GOOD.
Hopeful Over Prospects ir
Nearly All Districts.

London, Aug. 1.-THE viceroy of
India has telegraphed to the India Of
flee that the crop prospects in India
are good, except in a few districts,
where the rainfall was scanty and the
monsoon late and weak.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13
HARRINGTON TRIAL OPENED
Bogus Lord Faces Jury On Charge Of
Murderinn Mccain.

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 1.-THE pre-
llminary hearing of Lord" Freder
ick Seymour Harrington. charged with
numbering James P. McCann was COM
lrenced yesterday at Clayton. Bar.
rington, who is weak from protracted
illness. entered the court room sup
ported by deputy sheriff. One of
Barringion's two attorneys withdrew
from the defense, and the court APP
pointed his successor Several wit
nesses were examined.
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stance has one ever returned to reli-
ance upon direct taxation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-08-13

No man is as successful in his fir
tations with other women as his wife
imagines.
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by the dreadful torture of fire must
forever after have the awful spectacle
of his own handiwork scared into his
brain and soul. He can never again
be the same man.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-10-23

CHICAGO. Oct 22.-The lowering of
cash premiums in all markets and an
ticipations of increased country accent
ances IN the Northwest were influences
that caused free selling of December
wheat today and weakness was manifest
ed In that delivery, the close being - 65sc
lower December corn closed 14c higher
and oats We're up &c, while January
provisions were from 21hc to 1Oc higher
The general selling of December wheat
was the chief feature of trading in that
PIT and lower prices were recorded. Open
ing prices, Were barely steady on favor
able weather for the movement sand no
easier cables, December being 1sc lower
10 sc higher at soc to S0Ac. The heavy
selling of yesterday was also a bear fac
tor early In the day, as was the easier
tone In all outside markets. Elevator in
terests and longs sold freely the first
hour and with scarcely any demand, De-
cember Slurnped off to 1880 report
from Minneapolis to the effect that there
was little demand there for cash article
from mlIierS was a factor in depressing
prices. The meeting was quiet and steady
the latter part OF the session and Decem-
Der closed at 1914 @795sc a loss of ~ a &c
The May delivery was comparatively
firm throughout the entire day on a good
commission house demand.
Clearances of wheat and flour were
equal to 421.900 bushels. Primary receipts
were 904, 800 bushels against 1896. 500
bushels a year ago. Minneapolis and Du-
with local receipts of 81 cars, none of
contract grade. made total receipts for
the three points of 566 cars, against 762
cars last week and 1,0S4 cars a years ago.
Corn is Firm.
A better demand for corn existed than
for some time past and the market ruled
firm. Local traders were generally bull
lsh, influenced by the recent good cash
demand and by the continued receipts of
reports from nearly all sections of the
corn belt showing poor results from huSk-
ngS. Scalpers and commission houses
bought freely of both December and May
and there was some selling of May by
provision interests, but offerings on the
whole were light. Closing prices were
steady with December &c higher a 44c,
after selling between 437sc and 44A 90
1850. Local receipts We're 2S7 cars, with
15 of contract grade.
Firmness characterized the trading in
oats, due largely to the better tone in
corn. There was considerable covering
by local Snorts and the selling was scat
tered but mostly by longs with profits
After ranging between 35 nc and 3524 90
355sc, December closed Ac higher at
80 2sc. Local receipts were 1872 cars.
Provisions were extremely quiet, but a
triae firmer feeling prevailed. Influenced
by an advance of 10c in the price of hogs.
The only feature was a fair demand for
lard by brokers. January pork closed sc
higher at $11.S712, January lard was up
219c at Sc SO, while ribs were 10c higher,
at SO .221h
The estimated receipts for tomorrow
are: Wheat. 80 cars; corn, 425 cars; oats,
215 cars, and $4,000 head of hogs.
Range of Quotations.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-10-23
VARIOUS LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Oct -Cattle-Receipts
10000 including 500 Texans and 1000 west,
erns; steady to 15c higher; good to prime
steers, So S5@5.9 80; poor to medium, s3.5O
@5; stockers and feeders, 81 25D4 10;
cows, 81. 35@4. .25; heifers, $2@4. .S5: can
ners. $1.35@2 so; bulls, $2@4.3 .35; calves.
$2Q7; Texas fed steers. 81. 7503. so; west
ern steers, 1904. IS. Hogs-Receipts to-
day, 13, ,000; tomorrow, 10000; mostly 10c
higher; mixed and butchers, Sc .45O5. so:
good to choice heavy, So 5.4565 so; rough
heavy, Sd .95q5 35; light, $5. .25@5. so;
bulk of sales $5 .35@5. 60 Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 25,00e; sheep and lambs steady to
7aOc lower; good to choice wethers, $50
4; fair to choice mixed, $2@3; western
sheep, 81. 25@4; native lambs, SO. % @5. 60;
western lambs SO 1905.
Kansas City, Mo.--Cattle-Receipt
1000. including 1900 Texans; market
steady; beef steers, 81. % @5. .35; Texans,
81. 25@S.75 cows and heifers, 81 700
4 go; stockers and feeders, $2.0504. 80.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market strong to
10c higher; heavy. $4.95@5 Is; packers,
So 10@5. 20; yorkers, $5.30@5 35; pigs.
SIS. zoos. 321a. Sheep-Receipts, 5000;
market 1rm; sheep, $2.10@3. 40; lambs,
81 .90@5. 25.
Sioux City, -Cattle-Receipts, 500:
market steady; beeves. $4@5. 80; cows,
bulls and mixed, 81 20@S 40; stockers and
feeders. 81 .50@3. 60: calves and yearlings.
s. 25603. so. Hogs-Receipts, 1.200; mark ct
10c higher; selling, $5@5.90; bulk, $5. 100
5-15.