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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
TO PROTECT
PROPERTY
ALBA BUSINESS MEN PLAN ADE.
oUATE FIRE PROTECTION
SYSTEM.
NEW PUMP PURCHASED
City Council Buys Machine With Ca
paclty Of 400 Gallons Per Minute
City May Erect a Stand Pipe To
Keep Water For Use In Case Of Fire

Abba, April 8.-(Special.) )-Realiz-
ing that the city must take immediate
steps to protect property from fire and
that everything possible must be done
to prevent another such catastrophe
as the two which have during the past
five months destroyed property valued
dollars, the business mems association
Of Abba last evening appointed COM
mittee to investigate the advisability
of erecting stand pipe, for fire pro-
lection only, and establishing water
system which will in the future afford
adequate protection from the flames.
Pump ls Purchased.
The council has taken up the matter
with will and all the members are
in favor OF securing better fire protec-
ton. Already a Barnes double action
fire pump has been purchased and as
soon as 1t arrives 1t will be set up at
the fire station and connected with the
electric power house. This will af-
ford power at all times, day or night.
The pump has capacity Of 400 gallons
per minute and will furnish two two
inch streams of water. All the men,
bers Of the council were present at the
meeting Of the business mems asso.
citation held last evening. They are in
favor Of the stand pipe proposition
and will do everything in their power
to further the scheme.
False Fire Alarm.
The city suffered fright this morn.
ing when the fire alarm was sounded
and hundreds hurried to the Peoples
bank building, where a blaze was re
ported. 1t was found that there was
no danger, however, and no damage
resulted from the small fire. The
building is the one which alone re
mains in the half block attacked by
the fire of Sunday morning and this
morning fire was started in the base
ment for the first time since Sunday
The explosion in the attic of the struc
ture, which resulted in the deaths OF
Edward Dougherty and Richard Ing
ham had weakened the fiue and al
lowed the smoke to escape below the
roof.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
INDUSTRY
OF NATION
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PoLlTI.
CAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
IN SESSION.


Philadelphia. April s. = The eighth
annual meeting of the American Acad-
emy Of Political and Social Science be-
gan here TO-DAY. The chair Is oc-
cupied by Frank A. Vanderlip, former
assistant secretary of the treasury.
The subject under consideration dur
ing the session is 'The Government in
its Relation to Industry" which is
subdivided and taken up in detail ad-
dresses being delivered by William
Barret Ridgley, comptroller of the cur.
rency. who spoke on "The Control of
National Banks" Frederick D. Kill.
burn of the New York State bank on
"The Control of Trust Companies u
and Professor Frederick A. Cleveland
Of the New York university on "Fi.
nancial Reports Of National Banks as
as Means of Public Control"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09

ton and to say a word Of greeting and
that word shall take the form of a
warming and a hope. I did not speak
in jest when l alluded to you as repre-
sentatives of the governing classes. l
think that we of the United States can
not keep too fresh in our minds the fact
that the men responsible for the gov
ernment are not the representatives of
the people, but the people themselves,
and that therefore heavy is the re-
sponsibility that lies upon the people
and upon all those who do most toward
shaping the thought of the people, Now
in the days of my youth l was liter
ary man. have recently in reading a
book been immensely struck by the
thought developed in it by one of our
greatest scholars who was speaking of
freedom and of the fact that freedom
could not exist unless there went with
it sense of responsibility, and he used
a phrase somewhat like this: THAT
among all peoples there must be re-
straint; where there is no restraint
there is for an inevitable result anar-
chy, which is the negation of all gov
ernment.
Therefore, there must be restraint.
A free people have merely substituted
self-restratnt TO rexternal restraint, and
the permanence Of our freedom as a
people and Of our liberty depends upon
the way in which we shall exercise
that self-restraint.
Good Laws are Not Sufficient.
"Law-there must be more than good
laws to make good people. A man
whose morality Is expressed merely In
the non n-infringement of the law is a
pretty poor creature. Unless our aver
age citizenship is based upon good
deal more than mere observance of the
laws on the statute books, then our av-
erage citizenship can never produce the
kind of government which it must and
will produce"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
Merriam Is Criticised.
FRIENDS REMAIN TRUE.
George F. ,cleweIl, Alleged DefauIter
To Receive Aid,

Cleveland, O.. April 8. - The friends
of George F. Clewen, the defaulting
trust company treasurer, under arrest
at ST. Joseph, Mo-, are working hard to
make good his shortage and quash the
legal proceedings.
Clewell says he has taken but S20,.
900 of the Federal Trust companys
funds. Rumor has it that the shortage
already discovered will reach $80,000
but as the banks officials are unable
to make clear statement at this time
all will probably rest in allegiance until
the report Of the expert accountant
now at work is completed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
sIxTEEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING
TWO loWANs. INJURED IN
KANSAS WRECK.
SPREADING RAILS CAUSE
Fast Train on Missouri. Ksnsas q
Texas Railway ls Deralied Near RI.
Scott, kans. cadar Falls People
Are Among tho Victims.

Fort Scott, Kans., April 8. The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas flyer was
wrecked early today four miles south
Of here while running at full speed.
Two chair cars, the smoker and the
mail and express cars were badly
wrecked.
Sixteen persons were injured, none
fatally. They were all brought to Ft.
Scott. The injured are:
List Of Injured.
Rev. R. w. Parmele, Ft. Scott.
G.. w. Raikler. st. Louis. News ags
ent.
Michael Maley. Syracuse. N. Y.
George Bullwalt, Watseka, Ill.
A. Bush, Chicago.
Mrs. r. g. Callahan. San Antonio.
Texas
j. streeter. Cedar Falls, Iowa.
e. s. Dawson, Durant, I. T.
w. 9. Carson. st. Louis.
G. J. Mount, Kansas City
]. d. Thompson. Cedar Falls, Iowa,
Thomas ID. Sparks, Cincinnati.
Mrs. w. W. Sparks, Cincinnati.
Mary Fostick, Carthage, Mo.
G.. w. Hoyt. Watseka, Ill.
The accident was due to spreading
rails
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
FAMOUS OLD TAVERN IN ASHES.
Ben Turney Log House Built Cen.
tury Ago on Illinois Road.

Mattoon, ILL.,, April S.-The Ben Tur-
ney log. house at Turney Springs, near
here, which was destroyed by fire yes
terday, was more than 100 years old
and in the early days was the most
famous stage station on the old state
road between Alton, ILL.,, and Terre
Haute, Ind. Many distinguished trav-
elers found shelter beneath it's roof,
among them Lincoln and Douglas at
the time of their joint debate. 1t was
the oldest inhabited residence in east
ern Illinois.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
WINTER AGAIN
BLIZZARD REPORTED AT KANSAS
CITY AND OTHER MIS-
SOURI, POINTS.

Kansas City, April 8. = A blizzard
ragged last night and today over north
ern Missouri and eastern and central
Kansas. The temperature fell rapidly
and much damage was done to fruit
I trees and garden truck.
Telephone Service Crippled.
st. Joseph, Mo-, April s. - A blizzard
is raging here and the snow and sleet
have seriously interrupted with the
telegraph and telephone service The
temperature Is about at the freezing
point.
Burlington Reports Storm.
Burlington. April S.--A heavy snow
strom prevails throughout southeast.
ern Iowa today. The storm is accom-
panied by cold. high winds.
Dakotas in Storm Belt.
St Paul, Mimi, April 8. - Anothe,
severe wind and snow storm prevails
over the states Of North and South Da
kota today. In some instances rail-
road traffic is blocked and telegraphic
service Is seriously hindered
Storm In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., April s. - Nebraska
was swept today blythe worst blizzard
of the year. Sleet and snow were driven
by a. wind that at times reached the
velocity of hurricane. Minor damage
is reported from several towns.
Tornado In Texas.
Houston, Texas, April 8. = A lorna
do near the town Of Mexia killed three
persons and injured nine others, thres
fatally. Many houses were demolished
and much damage was done to crops
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
ALMOST OVERCOME BY GAS.
D. F. conser Of Abba Has Narrow Es.
cape at pes Moines.

Des Moines, April s. - d. F. Con-
ger residing near Abba, a guest at the
Wellington. was found in his room
yesterday morning almost asphyxiat-
ed. He had accidentally failed to
turn off the gas completely, with the
result that there was small but con
stant leak for several hours. He was
taken to police headquarters where
he was restored. The sum of $1,000
was found on his person. He returned
to his home yesterday afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
7 ATAL FIRE,
In OMAHA
ONE MAN WILL DIE, OTHERS IN
JURED - GAS ExPLo.
sIoM

Omaha, April s. Kirk Anderson,
q lodger, was fatally Injured, John
Pearsall, fireman was dangerously
wounded and the two babies Of Mrs.
Anderson were badly hurt in fire in
lodging house here today. Several
other occupants were moro or less
hurt. The property loss was small.
Explosion Kills Three.
Washington, d. G., April 5. - Three
mon were killed and one was fatally
injured in an explosion today at the
Pintsch Gas Co. plant in southwest
Washington.
Tho Dead.
STEPHEN HENSON.
JOSEPH CUMBERLAND.
AN UNKNOWN NEGRO.
The Injured.
Chas. w. Grigsby.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
THE WEATHER

Iowa - Snow tonight and possibly
Saturday Colder tonight.
Illinois = Threatening with rain, in
north and central portions tonight and
snow in the north Saturday. Colder
tonight and in the north Saturday.
South Dakota Fair in the west
portion Heavy snow in the east to.
night and possibly Saturday,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
W. r. CROSBY SHOOTS WELL.
illinois Man Was High Gun at Ten
nessee Shoot esterday,

Bristol, Tenn, April 8. - The an.
nual shoot of the interstate association
of trapshooters was concluded in Bris.
tol yesterday afternoon. Although the
day was fair, the average score made
was not SO good as on Wednesday by
about five per cent High gun was
held today by w. R.'Crosby of O'Fallon
ILL.,, who made score Of 1913 out of a
possible 200.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
HEARsT PAPER IN INDIANAPOLIS
Falling to Secure the Sentinel, Editor
VIII Start Now Publication,

Indianapolis, April 8. Announce.
ment was made today that William r.
Hearst will start paper in this city
that the paped is not projected in hope
of offsetting the opposition of Indiana
papers to Hearst's campaign for nation
al delegates, but will be permanently
one of the Hearst chain Of publications.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
MANY FOR FOLK.
Democratic Stampede In Missouri To
St | nlIla Proseciifnr

st. Louis Prosecutor.
Kansas City, Mo-, April s. = The
democratic stampede to Joseph Folk
is on and before another week is gone
1T. is predicted that Missouri will wit
ness rush for the band wagon. The
police machine has dubbed the voters
in st. Louis into instructing against
Folk for governor, but the farmers
have rallied to the support of the st.
Louis prosecutor and county after
county is rolling into the Folk column.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
PROMISE NOT TO MARRY.
Central Illinois Teachers Compelled to
Sign lronbound Contract.

0STIeId1 IIIIIIOIo ICeVIICTS NVITPCIICU 10
Sign Ironbound Contract.
Bloomington, ILL.,, April 8. = AS re.
suit of the great deception in the ranks
of the rural school teachers of central
Illinois, heartless school directors are
beginning to execute ironclad contracts
with the woman teachers. which read
as follows: II hereby declare that
will not get married during the term
for which l am engaged to teach this
school. Failing to keep this provision
hereby agree to forfeit the sum of
$50"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
ALLEGED FoReER CAUGHT.
L. M. King, Wanted at Des Molnes,
Taken at Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs, April 81. M. King
alias Bennett, Johnson, Barlow, ETC.
who, in company with Satan" An.
drews, escaped from the Polk county
Jail last week was captured here yes
terday after attempting to pass a mum.
ber Of bogus checks on a saloon keep,
er in whose saloon he had been passing
a considerable part of the day in drink
ing. King is accused of passing worth.
less checks at Creston.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
ExpIoe elon Kills Three
BIG COAL STRIKE AvERTED.
WaIIeout Of 1000 Kentucky Miners
Prevented BY Settlement.

Louisville, April 8. - A strike Of
over 1000 coal miners at work in Ken
lucky, which seemed inevitable, was
ayerted last night when. after three
disagreements, tho wage committees
representing the operators and miners
agreed to submit their differences to
arbitration and abide by the result.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
WILLIAMS is ILL.
Much Abused Building Commissioner
In Chicago Ordered to Rest.

Chicago, April S-Building Commits
sioner George Williams has been order
ed by his physician to go to the coun-
try for a rest. For several weeks the
commissioner has been suffering from
illness, due. it is said, to overwork and
worry over his Indictment by the grand
jury in connection with the Iroquois
theater disaster.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
LAW WILL REMAIN.

Bill To Repeal Desert Land Law ID
Killed.
Washington. D. O., April 8, BY d
vote of eight to three the house COM
mittee on Irrigation OF arid lands to-
day defeated the hill to, Tepeai the des-
ert land laws ~ : - '-'s
Philippine Shipping Bill Passed.
Washington, d. O., April s. - The
house today passed the Philippine ship
ping bill.which becomes operative July
/, 1906.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
ABSENT COMMA CHANGES LAW

Suit Under Iowa Statute.
Des Moines, April s. - The absence
of a comma in one of the statutes OF
the state may have saved the retail
grocers of Des Moines $4,000 yester
day when damage suit brought
against their association by w. T
Wood, retailer whom the association
prosecuted two or three times for keep
ing his store open on Sunday, was dis
missed. Judge McVey held that if 6
qualifying clause in the law had beer
set off by comma the case would
have gone to the jury, properly. AS II
was, he dismissed it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
OLD AGE
KING CHRISTIAN CELEBRATES
ElGHTY-SIxTH BIRTHDAY AT
COPENHAGEN.

Copenhagen, April Skiing Chris
tian today celebrated his eighty-sixth
birthday. He is in excellent health.
United States Minister Swenson con-
veyed to the king greeting and felici-
tations from President Roosevelt. Con-
gratulatory kilograms were received
from all the sovereigns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
SCANDAL IN pEs MONIES.
City Physician Charged With DIseipat-
inc Mun;cipaIjfv,s Funds

eDes Moines, April s. - Especial
City Physician Smith, has been asked
to resign by Alderman Schaub, who
stood by him in spite Of the sensations
al charges made against him but who
has suddenly turned against him. The
doctor is charged with dissipation of
the city's funds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
DISASTROUSEART THOUAI<E
twenty-five Macedonians Killed and
Forty Others Injured.

VIENNA APRIL g. "A DsPATc II TO THE NEUE FRE pREssE
SAYS AN EARTHQUAKE ON TWENTY-FIVE PER.
SONS INJURED FORTY DESTROYED 1900 AND CAUSED
DISTRESS IN THE WLAYETs OF kossovo AND sALoNcA
IN MACEDONIA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
STATE HAS LEARNED A LESSON
FROM THE MERRIAM Elk.
PERlENcE.
REPoRTsT0 BEREQUIRED
Fees Collected BY State OFFICIALS Must
Be Turned Over to State Treasurer,
Not Held for Salary - Merriam Is
Criticised by Committee.
rBY LEON BRoWIN.l
Des Mo!nes Bureau Of the Courier.


Des Molnes, April 8.
The senate today passed the bill re-
quiring all officers and departments of
the state government to report fees
collected by them annually and turn
all fees into the state treasury, the
state treasurer to pay them their sal
aries. The same bill has been offered
in the house and will probably be
adopted.
Adjournment Tuesday or "Wednesday.
The senators tried IN vain to pass a
resolution for final adjournment to-
morrow noon but the matter was allow
ed to go over. They will probably ad-
journ Tuesday or Wednesday.
To Cut Down Expenses.
The retrenchment and reform com.
mittee bill limiting the number of COM
mittee clerks to twenty-four in each
house passed the house this morning
and will go though the senate. This
cuts expenses about $4,000 for the
session.
Raises Stats House Employees Pay.
The same com mittee reported an ON.
nibus bill raising the salaries of jani.
tors SIS a month and stenographers in
the state house about $40 or SIS and
making total increase Of about So,
900.
Merriam Is Criticised.
The retrenchment and reform com
mitee reported today on the Merriam
affair condenning hiln and his insur
ance examiner, Boehler, for the collec
tion of extraordinary fees for the ex
animation Of insurance companies. Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
MRS DowNEY SPEAKS.
President Of State Federation, colored
Women's Clubs, At oskaIooaa.

Oskaloosa April 8. Especially
Mrs. Helen Downey Of Ottumwa, pres
ident of the State Federation Of Color
cd Women's clubs, delivered an adj
dress before the Twentieth Century
club, an organization Of prominent col
ored women in this city last evening.
The state federation which Mrs.
Downey represents has membership
Of twenty clubs in different parts Of
Iowa and includes 800 individual mem
bers,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
SHAW AND BLISS CONFER.
Announcement Made That Politics is
Not Considered.

New York, April 8. - Secretary Of
the Treasury Shaw and Cornelius
Bliss, treasurer of the republican ma
tional committee. conferred for some
time yesterday at the sub-treasury. 1t
was declared however, that their talk
had no political significance. secre.
tary Shaw said he was here on bust
ness connected with the isthmian canal
matters. He had no idea, he added
when canal payments will be made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
To nisrsoard Anarchists.

Berne, Switzerland, April 8. = The
state council today unanimously pass
ed bill making the glorification Of
anarchistic crimes punishable by i'm
prisonment.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
MARK SPOT OF HISTORIC TALK.
Women Finish Memorial Of Lincoln
Douglas Debate.

Freeport, H., April 8. - The Wom-
ans club Of Freeport has completed
the original design Of the Lincoln
Douglas marker, marking the spot
where the debate Of 1853 took place.
The women put this stone in place two
years ago, and President Roosevelt
dedicated it last June, but the tablet
Of bronze. which was intended to be
one of the most striking features, was
delayed. This has now been placed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
ALFONSO DENIES REPORT.
Says Story Of Attempt on His Life
Was Not True.

Geroha. Spain. April s. King AL
fonso, today replying to a congratu-
latory telegram from President Diaz
of Mexico. assured the president that
the report Of the explosion at BARGE.
Iona, was an attempt on his life was
absolutely unfounded Alfonso arriy.
ed here today from Barcelona.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
ASK MICHIGAN EXTRA SESSION.
Detroit Mayor and Others Appeal For
Street Railway Legislation.

Lansing, Mich, April s. - Mayor
Maybury end Attorneys Tarsney and
Baker of Detroit have urged Governor
Bliss to convene the Legislature in
special session to pass law regulat-
ing street railway fares and to enact
a primary election law. Mayors of a.
number OF cities have joined the re-
quest. Tho governor is understood to
be opposed to the proposition
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
CHICKEN THIEVES FELoNs.

The Buchanan Bill Has Passed Beti,
Houses and Will Become Law.
sssas$ sa&sassa esss
Dee Moines, April s.-(speoiai.)
Tho Buchanan bill to mako =
theft of chickens from an enclosure 9
of any kind felony and punish.
able by prison term was passed =
. by tho senate today. The house '
= had already passed it.
80 s% sa 80 ssssas ssss
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-04-09
UTAH FOR ROOSEVELT.
State Convention Meets At Salt Lake
City Today.

as = = aAas So sa&s . >
I" Salt Lake City, Utah, April a.
The republican state convention .
= met here today. It is conceded
that the delegates to the national >
convention will be Instructed for "
Roosevelt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
UMBRELLA SAVES CHILD
FROM FATAL INJURY
It Opens and She Falls Lightly From
Fast Moving Train.

BENNINGTON, VT, May 25.-Ruth,
the five-year- old daughter of Charles
G. Walker, had a remarkable escape
from death by falling from the plat
form of a south-bound train which
was running forty miles an hour.
Mr.. Walker, with his two children.
Ruth and Ina, reached the station just
as the train was starting. The father
placed Ruth on the platform on the
first car, and turned for the other
child. Before he could pick her up the
train was moving too fast for him to
board it. Little Ruth was sitting on
the front platform, where she managed
to remain for about three miles, hold
ing her two small bundles and an UNI
brella.
She raised her umbrella to prevent
her hat from blowing away, and the
strong current of air under the UNI
brella carried it, with the child cling
ing to it, off the train. She landed in
a sand cut, uninjured. The fireman,
who had happened to be looking back,
saw some person leave the train. The
train was stopped and was run back
until the child was met. She was
trudging along the track. One Of the
passengers on the train recognized the
child and brought her safely home.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
PARKER GAINS AGAIN
Tennessee Democrats Instruct
for New York Jurlst.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 25.-Late to-
night, after wildly exciting scenes, the
Democratic state convention adjourned I'M
til To- O clock tomorrow morning. James
d. Frazier was nominated to succeed
himself as governor and a platform in
structing delegates to the national con-
vention to vote for the nomination of
Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York for
president, and to vote as a unit On all
questions, was adopted
The platform demands a reformation of
the tariff and an investigation of the
postoffice and other alleged frauds in the
departments at Washington. In arraign-
ing the present administration, the plat
form says:
1T is especially necessary to restrict
the executive head of the federal gov
eminent within the constitutional limits
of his authority and no argument of tenn
porary eXpediency can justify the as
sumption by him of powers conferred eX-
cluslVely upon the legislative department
of the government or the violation by him
of plain provisions of constitutional
statute and treaty law.
President Roosevelt, BIZ his official ac-
ton, has wantonly precipitated the race
issue in a manner involving as a logical
and necessary sequence social equality be-
tween the white and colored people of this
country and deserves in consequence
thereof the condemnation of all right
thinking people. We believe that the ne
gro is entitled to just treatment and full
protection Of the law, but we also be-
lieVe that the welfare of both races and
the hope of intelligent free government
depends upon the unqueStioned social and
political supremacy of the white man.
Whoever by word or act seeks to bring
this fact in question is an enemy of his
country and of his race"