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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-12

visiting with friends and relatives. Mr..
Klee is expected to be home soon and
the family will go to St. Louis 20
Worlds fair.
Evangelist William Foote and wife
of Fairfield. were here on visit with
Rev. and Mrs. w. H. HORNED last Sun
day and returned last Monday.
Mrs. John Weimer and children of
South Omaha, Neb., are here visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr., and
Mrs, Adam Schworm on Walnut street.
Miss Marguerite Peck of Mabel
street starts next Wednesday for Kan
sas City Mo-, for two weeks visit
with her sister. Mrs. Emma Melbey.
An ice cream social will be given at
the old chapel by the Workers on Mon
day evening, July II. All friends of
the work are cordially invited to be
present.
John Dirhin of the local room leaves
for Austin, MINI. tonight to be en-
ployed in the HORNED plant at that
city
The communion Of the Lords sup
per Will be observed at the East End
Tores1>w+oria7 church tomorrow morn
ing at II o'clock.
: Bernard Allott of Chicago formerly
employed here but now in the service
of the International Harvesting Co.,
Is here On two wecks''yisit.
Mrs. Mary Meehan and her daughter
Bridget Of South Omaha are here Wis
l.-lis with M. and Mrs. Henry Egan
on East, Main street.
AN. !Lippen cott.of LaMoille, H., is
here visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. o. l.
/ Esslinger of South Ottumwa.
The intelligent crowd is always On
.n,lr. side.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-12
APPEAL ANSWERED
A. A. LEWIS RECEIVES FAVOR.
ABLE INFORMATION REGARD.
ING THE PIMA INDIANS.
Letter From the East End Presbyter-
ian Church People to the President
Had the Desired Effect-A Lecture
on "Cuba"-East End Items.

From Saturdays Daily.
A. A. Lewis, clerk of the session of
the East End Presbyterian church
has received very favorable letter
from the United States commissioner
regarding the Pima Indians in whose
behalf the people OF the church have
been working. A short time ago, the
East End church people sent an ap-
peal to President Roosevelt in behalf
of these Indians. The appeal was con-
sidered and as a result immediate in
vestigation Of the affairs was made.
Everything is now being done on the
part Of the government to alleviate the
sufferings Of these Christian Indians.
The letter just recently received by
Mr.. Lewis, sets forth in detail the sit
uation Of the Pima tribe and the gov
eminent solution of it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-12
Lecture Tomorrow Evenino.

The illustrated lecture on Cuba"
which was scheduled to be given last
Sunday evening by Mrs. w. II. HORNED
in the East End Presbyterian church,
has been postponed until tomorrow
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13
WE FLIcKERED.

Last Monday we moved, and it
blizzarded, and the devil" talked
about magnolia blossoms, yellow
fever, hades and delinquent sub
scribers not being any better'n they
ought to be. He wanted to bet his
next summers wages that the edi-
tor of The WAsHBURN LEADER did
not do any lifting on that old Geo.
Washington press, or "he wouldn't
have been so darned sorry that he
lost it." But when the day was
numbered with Finnegan's ducks,
and the soulful walls Of the Office
cat (which had sat down on the ink
plate in such a manner that he had
to be taken to the barber shop
to be relieved of the ink plate) had
grown feeble, we found ourselves
comfortably located in our new
quarters, having lovely dreams Of
groat heaps of meal tickets and
mileage books. We have now one
of the most comfortable joints in
the northwest and ask our friends
to visit us here just as they did at
the old joint, but will have to ask
our lady friends to postpone their
calls until the Office. cat is better
prepared for society Flicker.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

Some time ago a Mclean county
man complained to the Miner
about his high taxes, and said he
knew of nothing in the way of i'm
provements to justify the rise. He
wondered if the county officers had
had their salaries raised, etc. The
Leader refers him to several facts.
among which is the new school
house in his district, and also the
action of the state board in raising
the value of his land two or three
times. The Leader very properly
says that a man who does not know
what his district improvements are
and what they cost, and who does
not read his county paper, which
gives the facts, is in no position to
criticise the action of the officers,
or to rush into print about the
taxes.-Ozone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

same. This treatment wants to be
applied early in TIE spring. We
do not believe that it is necessary
to hold meetings and resolute
against the gophers. We've got
'em and the farmers will have tc
turn their attention towards q croI
that is not bothered by these an
finals. No one ever heard of a
COW being eaten by a gopher and
many of the small grains, such as
rye, fax, etc.
There is no use in one man get
ting out and fighting this battle
alone, but if all the farmers will
get out early in the spring and
use plenty of poison the gophers
will be few and far between. Don't
sit around and wait until the crops
are destroyed and then resolve
against them.
We noticed a communication in
the issue of February 3, of the
Ozone about the gopher bounty,
in which the correspondent states
that his losses from the gophers
amounted to about $500, nearly
enough to poison every 60
pher in the county. and now he
wants the county commissioners
to tax every resident in the county
to protect him from something
which he should have attended to
himself. We are agin a bounty,
but are heartily in favor Of each
and every resident of the county
using every means within their
power to get rid of these pests.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

The Exposition Transportation
Company, of st. Paul, have pub
lished an artistically illustrated
booklet outlining the trip on their
steamboats, on the Mississippi river
to the Louisiana Purchase Exposi.
ton next summer. The project is
as attractive as it is unique, for it
contemplates the use of steamboats,
as floating hotels DUNG the tour
lists stay in st. Louis. There are
other features of the trip which
will appeal strongly to the majority
of the Worlds Fair visitors, many
of whom are already making their
reservations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

The citizens of Kidder county
are agitating the gopher question
and are going back to the old days
when they paid a bounty for each
gopher killed. We failed to see
at that time where there was any
direct benefit received. Tt cost
the county a whole lot of money
and the gopher pest was just as
bad the year after the bounty was
removed as they were before, and
the county was out the money.
W. believe that farmers in this
section of the state should rid their
farms Of this pest-the gophers-
without having to be paid for it.
We admit that the question is a
serious one and right here in our
own county we are confronted
with the same question. Some
have suggested the payment of
a bounty the same as they are 60
ing to do in Kidder county. To
our mind, there are more gophers
killed BY the judicious use Of one
Is cent bottle Of strychnine than
by FIVE dollars paid in bounties.
Let thescounty commissioners buy
a quantity Of poison and furnish
each rosdtsqpervisor a supply of
the poison with instruction to use
it alongthe highwaze and in the
meantime let the farmers do the
tEEE4NA - - IE LNHNEfENA NE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

Vol. L, No. l, of the Mandan
Republican reached this office
this week. j. S. Green & Co.
are the editors and publishers
The paper is to be published semi.
monthly, and the policy of the pa.
per will be "to try to purify the
political atmosphere of Mandan
and Morton county," We think
that The Republican has a hard
mission in the newspaper world tc
fill. Starting a paper just to dc
some one else up, generally hits
the wrong party.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

Some complaints have been
heard about the cold weather we
have experinced lately, but they
come from a source that the coun-
try receives much benefit thereby.
Business has been going on stead
lily during the cold snap and peo-
pie have gone on with their usual
avocations which is more than can
be said of the east. This has been
an unusual winter all over the
United States, and those who sit
around and kick because it is cold,
will find little soalace from out
side reports.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

The Stutsman County Leader
published at Medina, N. D., is the
name of a new paper to reach oul
exchange table this week. G.. A
Pitcher is the editor. W. remem.
Der that only a few years ago Me.
dina was but flag station on the
Northern Pacific, and now she has
a newspaper that is a credit to any
town. We wish the new venture
SUCCESS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

Poor old Kidder county is again
afflicted with a gold excitement,
Another gold mine is being opened
up near the centre Of the city,
P. j. Lyons is interested in the
new venture and great things are
promised. An expert from the
Klondike has been out looking
over the ground and states that
the prospects are very good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

Warden Boucher, of the North
Dakota penitentiary, has been ap-
pointed warden of the penitentiary
at Saltwater. The change goes
into effect at once. The selection
of a warden for the Minnesota
prison from North Dakota is q
distinction alike for Mr.. Boucher
and the state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

w. 81. Brown, the secretary Of
the North Dakota Irrigation Con-
gress, ia issuing an invitation to
every farmer in the state to become
a member. The fee is only $500
a year, and money thus obtained
can be used to advantage in push
ing the good work along.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

The huge Steamship Dakota was
successfully launched last Satur-
day. Miss Mary Pennington spoke
the worGs, II Christen Thee Dako-
ia" ana as the boat gllded into
the elements the bottle of wine
was broken. The launching was
witnessed by a large number Of
visitors from this state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13
PLAN A TEST OF
Dakota Ignite
Tie Tests to Be Made at ST. Louis With Par.
tlcular Reference to Briquettlng.-Poreign
Bhquette Machines and Methods to Be
Tried In the Hope that They May Succeed
W. ". Jermane 10 Minneapolis Journal.

North Dakota Ignite and othe,
fuels are to have thorough tests al
st. Louis by experts of the geolog.
ical survey the coming summer, il
congress will supply the money tc
pay the experts.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia
a large owner of coal properties in
various partsof the country, has
introduced a resolution to appro.
pirate $4,000 for these expert.
ments, at the request of the direc
tor of the survey. It is explained
that it will not cost the govern.
ment one dollar for the installation
of the necessary machinery and ap.
pliances. Exhibitors have agreed
to give the use of their plants free
of charge, and the mine owners
will donate all the coal needed.
There will be tests of the steam
and gas producing qualities OF
Goals of various kinds; their adapt
ability to bricquetting and coking,
and the possibility of securing from
these Goals such important by
products as creosote for timber
preservation; pitch and tar fol
road building, roofing, bricquet.
ting, etc.; ammonium salts for fer
tilizing purposes, etc.. and the ex.
tent to which the various Goals
may be improved in quality by
washing and other operations.
The tests of North Dakota lig.
mite will be more extensive than is
possible with machinery now in
use in this country. For briquet.
ting an English machine will be
brought from Leeds, where it has
been in successful operation for 6
number Of years.
Professor Edward Parker, CHIEF
of the mineral division, says that
the experiments in bricquettine
soft Goals and Ignite with domes.
tic machinery have not been sue.
cessful, and thus it is especially
DESTROYS to obtain the use Of this
foreign made machine. Tests will
be made Of various binding mate.
rails, such as tar, pitch, creosote,
sawdust and other material now
used by bricquett makers abroad.
More than one-third of the fuel
in use in Germany is briquetted
coal. and in England the output Of
this product is enormous. Profes.
sor Parker believes the expert.
ments will point a way to the so.
luton of the fuel problem in the
northwest by the use of Ignite in
briquette form.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13
LIQUOR Habit
DECREASING.
Canada Is Now the Most Temperate.
Norway, Sweden and Finland
Lessen Liquor Consumption.

Temperance people will find rea-
son for congratulation in the fact
that the United States now stand
forth from the top of the Inst of
countries whose citizens consume
the least quantity of intoxicants.
Canada is first with a yearly con-
sumption for each person of 81 of
a gallon; Finland is second with
So; and Norway and Sweden third
with SO. The people of the United
States consume an average guam
tity of 1877 gallons a year each.
This is the lowest rate of any of
great powers of the world, and it
shows a radical reduction as COM
pared with the rate ten years ago.
Holland consumes liza gallons
per capita per year, Austria 2.26
gallons, England 2.35, Germany
PA, Denmark 2.69, Italy 2.7, Bel
GUM 2.75, Switzerland 3.3, and
France 4.81 gallons, which is the
largest consumption of any nation
of the world.
England has been following the
United States, and intemperance
there has undergone a marked re-
duction during the past ten years.
European countries, with the ex-
ception Of Scandinavia and Fin
land, are becoming more bibulous.
France has 1854, $50 saloons to
supply the wants of 1885, 1866 in
habitants, or one saloon for every
eighty-three persons. There the
number of saloons and the con-
sumption of liquor are constantly
increasing. The question Of regu-
lating French saloons has become
a subject of the widest interest.
Since 1898 one-third of the sa-
looms in Liverpool, Eng, have been
closed. This has caused a decrease
in the police force which saved
$4,000 a year for the tax payers.
In 1929, Sweden had one saloon
to every 100 inhabitants, and the
consumption of spirits was SIT
gallons per capita. In 1900, that
country had one saloon to every
5000 inhabitants, and the annual
consumption had dropped to 1.3l.
In 1850, Finland had one saloon
to every 100 inhabitants, consum-
ine 5.28 gallons per capita per an
mum; but in 1900 it Md one saloon
to every 5000 inhabitants and was
consuming half a gallon per capita.
It is only occasionally that these
comparative figures as to liquor
consumption are available. They
show that the work done for tenn
perance in the United States is ef-
fective and the results are likely
to be permanent.-Journal
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13

The wholesale district of Balti-
more was entirely destroyed by
fire the first of the week. The
loss will run up into the hundreds
of millions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1904.

The bond question to build a
court house'at or near Fargo, did
not carry, and the Forum wants to
know why their rural brothers can
not be good twice in awhile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-02-13
FOR THE VETERANS RELIEF.

SPS"ASA ~
tain gentlemen who called to see
him recently that Congress will
pass the Sulloway bill, providing a
pension for every soldier of the
civil war who has reached the age
of 81. In his judgement there will
not be thirty votes against the bill
in the house. In the Senate. he
believes its pathway will be equally
smooth. This legislation will in
crease the annual expenditures of
the government by about eighteen
millions, which sum added to the
$l45, 10000 which the regular
pension bill carries, will mean an
annual expenditure of something
like $l63, 900 for the benefit of
the men who preserved the Union.
This legislation is now favored
for the reason that SO many of the
old soldiers, men not now pension
able, are in poverty. It would be
exceedingly difficult, not to say
embarrassing, to set these unfortu-
mates out into a class by them
selves, and so sentiment in con-
gress appears to have come around
to the idea of giving a pension to
all old soldiers uncared for by ex-
listing laws. The new law will cover
the widows of soldiers, provided
the marriage TOOK place prior to
1890, as we'll as children who are
still under age.
ECONOMY ON OTHER LINES.
On account of the adoption Of
such a policy, the Speaker has fur
ther announced that there will not
be, at this session, any river OF
harbor or public building legisla.
ton, except in certain specific
cases, which on their merits de-
mand consideration. The new pol.
icy also may cut an important fig
ure in the plans of the Republican
leaders for tariff revision next year
With an additional drain on the
treasury of about SIS, 900 pei
year. there must be careful fgur.
ing before revision is decided on
The expenses of the government
are at present pretty we'll up with
the receipts, owing to increased
expenditures and to the repeal Of
the special duties levied at the
outbreak of the Spanish war, and
even a slight financial and indus.
trial depression might SO decrease
imports as to create a deficiency
Should this condition arise, it is
said to be the purpose of those
who oppose revision, to advocate a
bond issue.
Thepending bill has been warmly
Endorsed by the national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and by practically every
one of the several patriotic bodies
Of the country. One of it's effects
will be to simplify business at the
pension Office, and to put out of
business that class Of pension at.
torneys who have become a stencil
in the nostrils Of honest people.
journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
SAVED BY A WARNING.
Alarmed BY Numbness, Pain and Los:
Of Vitality.
Mrs. Pcmber Escapes Shock and !:
Cured Of rheumatism and Debility
by Dr.. Williams Pink Pills.

few years ago the happiness o.
Mrs. Lucrctia A. Pember of No. 3,
Lebanon avenue. Willimantic, Conn.
was disturbed by constant fear Of !:
paralytic shock. An annoying numb
ness had appeared from time to time II
her left arm and this, in connection
with . generally debilitated state. sh,
regarded as signal of danger. I,
caused her great anxiety and finally lee
her to adopt a course by which she was
relieved not only from the dread of :
shock but also from other serious inter,
ferences with her health She give.
the Following detailed account of he,
experience:
For several years was subject to :;
numbness in my left arm 1t did no
stay there all the time, but would e
and come again. Sometimes there
would be sharp pain. Every time il
came it suggested a paraIytic strok.
and alarmed me greatly.
This was not all, for / had rheuma
tism in my left knee which was swoller
and very painful. and caused me to b,
laid up in bel for a long time. l wa
very thin too and colorless and lacket
vitality.
The doctors gave me but little relief
and that little lasted only for shor'
time. So, when Il relative told me
anout Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, was quite ready to give them
Il good trial.
They certainly did wonders for me
They drove away the numbness from
my arm and delivered me from the feal
Of Il shock that l am sure l would have
had if it had not been for them. They
also cured my rheumatism and debility
! still take them in small doses as q
general tonic and 1 cannot recommend
them to strongly
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills have effected
many re markable cures in cases of par
tial paralysis, and even such as are
suddenly stricken should not despair
Those who, like Mrs. Pember, recognize
the approach of the disease may use
them with the utmost hopefulneSS. DR.
Williams Pink Pills make now blood
and sound health follows. They arr
sold by all druggists throughout the
world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-07
WILLING re SERVE.
Bliss Would Accept Republican Ma
tionaI Committee Chairmsaship.

Washington May G.-CorneliUs N.
Bliss of New York, who dined with the
President when Senator Aldrich was
also Il guest, left for New York, Thurs
lay evening. after talking to several
influential Republican party managers
Turing the day. 1t is now practically
make known his willingness to serve
is chairman OF the Republican nation
al committee. if the members who are
o be elected al the national convention
II June should ask him to do SO.
The knowledge of Mr.. Bliss agree
nent to serve viii be good news to
President Roosevelt and to all of the
Republicans who have lately been con-
;ulting over party plans and prospects.
IN March IS last. a Washington dis :
;atch was published, in which it was
asserted that the President was very
nXious to have Mir. Bliss accept the
workmanship and that Mr.. Bliss had
been to Washington several times to
discuss the matter.
At that time and on several occasions
since. Mr.. Bliss said that he was not
"illing to assume the work and rcSpOn-
;ibilties because of his private business
tffairS and the necessity Of having
;One leisure time. The President there
ore reluctantly turned to the consider
ltion If other names. A short time ago
t looked as if Gov. Murphy OF New
Jersey. would be chosen, but the Oppo-
iitiOn of Senator kcan and his friend +;
md other considerations led to the
lropping OF MIR. Murphy's name and it
has not recently been considered.
President Roosevelt and some of the
most influential and able of the Rcpub-
lean managers have ri along been i'm
pressed with the Importance Of clecting
he right kind of man to succeed the
,atC Senator Hanna and they have all
been enthusiastic i'll their desire to in
ducc Mr.. Bliss to accept the honor. Now
It is thought he has consented to DO 50,
md there seems to be no longer any
loubt that it will soon become officially
known that he is to be the new chair
man. Ex-Governor Crane of MaSSa-
chuScttS, Senator Aldricn, eX-Secretary
Root, Senator Penrosc, Governor Muir
ply and other big Republicans, each
Of whom has from time to time, been
mentioned as Il possible national chair
man. will act i'll an advisory capacity
nd Mr.. Bliss will he relieved of much
of the hard worl: of the committe.
management.