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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
a SUBSTANTIAL MARKET.

The fact that the recent furry in
stocks has caused no apprehension on
the part of the financial leaders and
observers of financial conditions is a
source of much satisfaction at this
time. AS noted in these columns last
Saturday both the Dun and Bradstreet
reports paid little attention to the oc-
currence. Henry Clews in his weekly
market letter. takes much the same
view Of the affair and writes as fol-
lows:
"As for the future, that depends
largely upon developments. At this
writing the crisis appears to be about
over. The trouble has been strictly
confined to technical conditions, the
stock market being simply overbought,
prices unreasonably high and the spec
ulative spirit reckless Intrinsic con-
ditions. 1t should be noted, are undis-
turbed and sound. This break is not
likely to have any deterrent effect
upon legitimate business. If it checks
the rampant spirit of speculation that
was rapidly developing 1t will prove a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

blessing in disguise. Our farmers
will be none the less prosperous be.
cause stocks have broken several
points; our manufacturers will pro.
duce and sell none the less and there
will be no fall in wages or any de.
crease in the number of hands EN-.
ployed in consequence. There are
just as many mouths to feed and
bodies to shelter, and the many activ.
tiles OF our industrial and business
life will 90 on about as usual, A few
schemes may be held in allegiance. es.
pecially those which depend upon de.
luded public buying; but in the main
the latest Wall street shake.up will
have little effect upon general bust.
ness. The situation is vastly different
from the panic Of 1903, when our
whole financial and industrial fabric
was weakened by the mass of indigest.
ible industrials thrown upon an over.
taxed market. 1t is true, good many
new issues have recently been put out,
and more are to follow, but these are
all of the better grade, likely to find a
good market abroad If not here, and
the weakness of the market can in NO
sense be attributed to this feature. In
fact. this element has really been a
source Of strength. inasmuch as bank.
ers having these issues in charge were
inclined to keep the market as steady
and strong as possible in order to ia.
cilitate the placing of new issues"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
BoNAPARTE.

Bonaparte, Dec. 12.-Miss Minnie
Steinmyer returned to her home In
Odessa, Mo-, Friday.
Mesdames ]. S. Entler, Geo. Cheney,
Robt. Perkins and Myrtle Smith were
Bonaparte visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Eichelberger are
visiting in Bloomfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Vim. Wilson and
daughter Ethel Of Keokuk, visited re-
latives here last week.
Mrs. S. D. Cox and son Roger spent
Sunday in Ottumwa
Mrs. Henry Tyler and daughter. OF
Bentonsport were In the city Satur-
day.
!, Misses Dorothy Perkins and Icys
Murphy spent Sunday In Farmington.
Scott Blackboard returned from Des
Motnes Saturday evening.
David McConnaugtey, Clyde Peterte
and III. Bradford attended q dance In
Pennington Saturday evening.
VIM. Johnson and Dorothy Boyle re-
turned from Keosauqlia Saturday.
Mrs. Harry Doty, of Pennington,
visited friends here Saturday
Misses Florence Haynes and Ger
trude Mcdonald spent Saturday in
Bentonsport.
Miss, Linnie Corns. of Pennington.
was visitor here Saturday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
FINANCIAL CRISES in COLLEGES

Springfield (nl) Republicans The
deficit In the finances of Yale univer-
sity for the year ended August Is re-
porter by Treasurer Tyler to have been
about $4,000. In other words, Yale
would need additional endowment Of
nearly s1,50o-oo0 to Yield, at per cent,
an annual income equal to last years
deficit. There was deficit in the
finances of Harvard university also
last year, the amount not being far
from that of Yale Yet each institu-
ton increased Its total funds during
the same year. Meanwhile the gem.
eral public is not worried at all. 1t
views the colleges and universities
with entire appreciation; 1t is proud Of
them. But the time has come when
most Of us cannot help feeling that
there is really no cause for alarm over
their financial condition. There is the
consciousness that If the alumni and
friends do not always come to the
rescue of the college treasurers as
quickly and enthusiastically as is de-
sired there Is ever the desperate last
resort Of running an institution on the
principle of making the ends meet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
Sour
Stomach

No sppctite, loss OF strength. nervous.
ness, headache. constipation, bad breath.
general debility, sour risings. and catarrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
kodol cures Indigestion. This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices OF diges-
ton as they exist In a healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonic
and reconstructive properties. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure does not only cure Indigestion
and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
cures all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying. sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. s. Bali, Of Ravenswood. w, Va. says:-.
" was troubled with sour stomach for twenty ysass,
kodol cured mo and wo are now using II II mill
for baby"
Kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. Sl.oo Size holding az times the t,fal
size. which seils for SO conts
Prepared by e. o Dewitt q co.. CHICAGO.
FOR SALE BY. ALL DRUGGISTS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
ToLsTol WRONG.

Sioux City Tribune-The recent at
tempt on the part of the Russian
zemstyos to secure, by petition, a re-
striction of bureaucratic despotism and
more democratic form of government
has been declared unwise by Count
Tolstoi. 1t has long been known that
a very large element In Russia was
desirous Of inaugurating change. In
view Of the absolute despotism which
has prevailed and the rigid censorship
of the public press, it has been exceed
ingly difficult for those who are seek
Ing a change to get hearing. Now
. that the movement has assumed tan
. gible shape, and bids fair Of achieving
some definite results, 1t receives not
the least encouragement from Russia s
foremost writer. He thinks that 1t is
decidedly unwise and inopportune, and
that the leaders in this movement will
not secure the results they are hoping
for. He further thinks that the coun-
try is SO great and the gulf between
the government and the people lis so
vast, that the attempt Is likely to
prove abortive. He sees little good to
come out Of this matter, but good
deal of harm, whichever way 1t may be
decided. One is hardly prepared to
take his utterances seriously for they
seem so different from any reasoning
which would be employed by Ameri-
cans.
Els political ideas are SO undemo-
cratic that 1t is difficult for Americans
to thoroughly understand him. When
he declares that political agitation,
whether peaceful propaganda or APP
peals to existing powers of government
must have a fatal effect" his logic
seems to falter and walk on one leg.
The political principles he here enun-
ciates are so foreign to the western
way of thinking that 1t can scarcely
be believed that 1t is the great Toll
stoi who is speaking He Is led to
think 1t a. mistaken notion that you
can improve conditions by changing
the form Of government. All forms OF
government are alike to him. He
says: Constitutional government is
no cure for the evils that affiict man
kind" 1t is true that evils do exist
even In constitutional and represen-
tatiye form OF government, but such
evils as do exist are not comparable
to the abject and despicable ones
which thrive under a despotic form.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
Centerville Mon Arrested for Burglar.
ixinu Sfnraa at Innr iuna .las

ixins Stores at Ioonium.
Abba, Dec. 12.---Wm. Tate and Chas.
Miller, Of this place, and Ernest john
son, of Centerville, are in jail at Gem
terville. charged with the Iconium rob-
berry which occurred on or about Dec.
8. Tate was arrested Saturday and
Miller yesterday, by Deputy Sheriff O.
Y. Chamberlain, of Monroe county, and
was taken to Centerville last night at
9 o'clock, by Sheriff Vim. P. Davis, Of
Appanoose county via the wabash.
Tate and Miller have been under suspi-
cion for some time, as they had hiredga
livery team the night Of the robbery,
and part Of the goods have ben found
since which lends color to the suspi-
cion. hence their arrest and imprison-
ment. Sheriff Doner had worked the
case up, but was obliged to leave Sat-
urday night for Pennsylvania, where
he had located Slav from Hooking,
who had secured about $500 on checks
forged, mostly on Harry Mitchell ana
others of that place.
This week closes the December term
OF the district court. The case of Wat
kins VS. the Iowa Central is still be-
fore the court, but will probably be
finished before adjournment this even-
ing.
The clerk issued marriage licenses
Saturday to Leonard p Brown, aged
(
both of Abba. and to VIM. H. Lesh,
aged 30, and Cora E. Shueys aged 20.
both of Buxton.
Chas. Woolsey died at his home In
this city early Sunday morning The
funeral took place this afternoon from
the Methodist church at 2 o'clock. Mr..
Woolsey has been in very poor health
for many years and his death was not
unexpected. He leaves a son and nine
daughters, his wife having died about
a year ago.
The Y. w. c. A., of Abba. will give
a social at the home of Miss Elsie
Whited on South Clinton street Thurs
day evening, Dec. Is. All the young
women of the city are cordially invited
to attend
Mrs. John H. Easter goes to Kirk
vile Wednesday for a few days visit
with friends
W. G. Hammond returned this morn
Ing from Kirkwood, ILL.,, where he has
been the guest of S. L. RI. Gibson
A light fall of snow in this vicinity
yesterday is the only, appreciate
amount OF moisture here for eighty
seven days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
WHAT'S THE MATTER7

What's the matter with st. Louis.
1t has now been more than q month
since Ed. Butler stated to an inter-
viewer that he had "been stealing the
elections from the republicans for
thirty years." and announced that he
had quit, but not single step, so far
as reported has been taken to bring
him or any of his accomplices to JUS
tice. He admitted that he had many
accomplices. In his famous interview
he laid great stress upon the fact that
without the aid Of 'the boys. he would
have been powerless. 1.-THE boys"
have not said anything about reform
ing and it is high time that the author
tiles In st. Louis went about reforming
them.
Another fact stands out rather sig
nificantly, and 1t should augur a rev.
olution against democratic tyranny in
st. Louis at the earliest opportunity.
1t is that not a single answer has come
to Mr.. Buffers sensational statement.
1t Is notable fact that Mr.. Butler was
not stealing elections from the repub-
licans OF st. Louis to occupy them him
self. He has never occupied any Of the
offices stolen. It would seem. then, II
those who have occupied the offices to
which Butler referred are not ready to
admit that they were stolen from the
republicans 1t is high time they made
denial. Their silence rather lends
color enough to Buffers story to con-
firm It,
The republicans, until the next cleo
ton time comes. are virtually power
less to take any action in the case.
But when that day comes 1t is very,
very probable and much to be hoped,
that the returns will show that Butler
has in truth quit stealing the elections
from the republicans.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

Though the generosity Of Cecil
Rhodes in leaving by will scholarships
at Oxford to American young men can
not be doubted. the wisdom Of the
idea, as viewed from the American
standpoint. is open to question. AL
though only one group Of the winners
of these scholarships has been sent to
England there is apparently lack of
enthusiasm on the part of students in
this country to take up with the idea
In the way the donor doubtless ex-
pected they would America is for
Americans and Americans are for
America. The boy in this country,
growing up and building castles in the
air, never goes from his native land
to plan his career, and 1t is not natural
that he should turn to foreign nations
for his education except along some
special line, such as medicine or art.
1t is announced by the president of
the Missouri state university that it
is very doubtful if the Rhodes scholar
ship for Missouri will be awarded this
year as there are but three competi-
tors for the honor and it is not thought
any of them can pass the examina-
lions with sufficiently high grade In
dications are that Missouri is not the
only state where the Rhodes scholar
ships will soon be going begging
The American boy who is DESTROYS
of obtaining an education which will
enable him to enter the business life
and competitions of life in his native
land wants an education in an Ameri-
can school where he is associated with
Americans like himself The Oxford
education. so far as the curriculum is
concerned, may be all that could be
desired. but the practical side Of col
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

torturers while they are entering into
shameless bargain with wealthy
landlords and zemstvoists.
Enough! We cannot endure 1t
longer. We must arise and boldly
proclaim that we want an end of war.
and a government by representatives
of the people.
Long live the social democracy!
Down with the war! Down with au-
tocracy!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

After seventy-four days in which
neither rain nor snow fell Ottumwa
was finally visited yesterday by a
snow stpum. Maybe we will have a
real winter and a good, old-fashioned
white Christmas, after ALL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

lege life is lost for the American boy
who Is educated at Oxford.
America appreciates the value of
Rhodes scholarships and the spirit
which moved the generous millionaire
to make the odd bequsst, but the name
OF Cecil Rhodes would have lived
longer in this country had the scholar.
ships been in Harvard. Yale or some
other American Institution.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

Bishop Potter and his Subway Inn?
Surely the. bishop should realize that
he can't succeed unless he advertises.
IN the rush of news about Cassie Chad
wick. Nan Patterson. Tom Lawson, ct
al. we have allowed ourselves to for
get, that new saloon,
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w. d. snlder Dies al Paokwond.

Packwood, Dec. 13.--W, D. Snider
whose death had been expected for
weeks, died yesterday Mr.. Snider
was born in Keokuk county, four miles
north of here, and had been resident
of this place for ten years. He was
engaged in the hardware trade until
cancer Of the face incapcitated him
from business. He was married eigh.
teen years ago to Norah Kistler, Of
Cicero, Ind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

Chicago has been worried Immensely
this week over the charges OF graft
preferred against the members Of the
council. Even Mr.. Dove has flown out
OF the minds of the people of the city
by the lake. And yet their sensation
seems to have fallen, most undeniably
fiat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

There has only been one thing in
which Europe has been able to out
distance America and now that is a
back number. Mrs. Chadwick has
saved the day and her operations are
fully as great as were those of the
Humberts in Paris.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

Helm the Alabama congressman OF
the anarchistic tongue has been al.
lowed to take his seat and will doubt
less be allowed to retain 1t. Though
his very presence In the halls OF con
gress is to be regretted 1t is comfort
ing to reflect that he will play mainly
a thinking part" and will leave little
of record when he is retired to pri-
yate life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
WATCHING FOR SANTA CLAUS.

From Florida's golden orange groves
To Rock shores of Maine,
million happy children watch
For Santa Claus again.
They sit together round the fire
And will not go to bed,
But listen for the silver chime
OF sleigh bells overhead.
They picture him a jolly man
With beard of flowing white,
And eyes that twinkle like the stars
Upon frosty night.
They wish for all the gorgeous gifts
The glittering shops display:
He could not bring the half they want
In his capacious sleigh.
The child of luxury awal1es
On Christmas morn to find
wealth of rare and costly toys
or every shape and kind,
But scattered on the nursery floor
Neglected soon they lie,
With battered wheels and broken
springs,
Or legs and arms awry,
Among the crowded tenements,
Up many narrow stair
The dawn goes stealing like ghost
To find no Christmas there.
But empty hands and lonely hearts
Where joy and mirth are not,
And baby faces pinched and pale
BY Santa Claus forgot.
But bark! was that the winter win
That shook the chimney tall,
And made the SCOT In flaky showers
Upon the hearth stone fall?
Lo! while the drowsy golden heads
Are nodding In row
The saint has filled their stockings up,
And vanished in the snow.
-Leslie's Weekly.
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1t may be added as postscript that
i Iri Reynolds also ran. He wasn't in the
same class with President Beckwith
/ but he was only a cashier.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

Isn't it about time for Hettie Green
to step forth and admit that she loaned
Mrs. Chadwick a few millions?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

There is no packing house district
where the hogs do all the squealing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

The Clinton Herald thinks that what
Is most needed in the south is a break
Ing UP of sectionalism instead of the
opposite and declares that "as soon as
the people of that section learn how
they were imposed upon by the poll
ticians, in regard to President Roose-
welt. there Is certain to be change of
feeling relative to this much discussed
subject" NE
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

press OF the country Is behind 1t with
substantial unanimity. If nothing else
is done, this act Of Justice and national
good faith should not be postponed
another year
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
giRRiUp1 lions

Have been suffering from Impure Blood
for many years, having Boils and other
Eruptions. Having heard Of S. S. S. I de-
cided to try it, and am glad to say that it
has done me q great deal of good. Intend
to continue to use it, as believe it to be
the best Blood Medicine on the market.
Cleveland, Tenn. w. K. DETERs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

The Nevada Representative says
that there has been Just occasion for a
redistricting Of Iowa, from both equit-
able and political considerations, ever
since the last federal census was
taken.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

. The Dubuque Times calls attention
to the fact that President Roosevelt,
who is about to tour the south, wants
the Hefin incident ignored and pre-
diets that Hef1in's district which had
nominated him before he made his
famous speech, will repudiate him in
the next convention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

For over fifteen years have suffered
more or less from Impure Blood. About
year ago had boil appear on my leg
below the knee, which was followed by
three more on my neck. saw S. S. S.
advertised and decided to try it. After
taking three bottles all Boils disappeared
and have not been troubled any since.
GRO. G. FERTIG.
III W. Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

What in the world has be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

1.-THE objective Of the Japz has been
attained saws the Marshalltown
Times Republican,, "and they can af-
ford to wait for the citadel to ,all as
1t soon must In the progress Of an or
binary SIEGE"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

After considering all the points made
against the validity Of the biennial
election amendment the Odebolt Chron-
fcle expresses the conviction that
the courts will sustain it-if, indeed,
the courts ever have to pass upon it,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

This government got all 1t was con-
tending for In the Panama zone" says
the Sioux City Journal, land Panama
is given guarantee that Its sover-
eighty Is not to be infringed upon be-
yond the point actually necessary to
facilitate the construction and main
tenance Of the canal.'' The Journal
thinks the arrangement ought to be
satisfactory on both sides.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

AS, to that new Chicago paper for
women. the Dubuque Times says the
general opinion Is that the demands of
women readers generally ara fairly
met at present by the daily newspa-
pers ard the magazines
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

The Carroll Herald believes in let
ting well enough alone with regard to
Iowa congressional districts. The Her
aid argues: This state has good set
Of Representatives in congress and 1t
makes no material difference Just what
counties constitute the districts they
represent. 1t is usual to make over
the districts after the federal census
has been taken, but no action was taken
after the census Of 1900, and we do not
see that the political material interests
Of the state have suffered"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

tom Way? Tom Way? Who Il
this man Way and where does he live
now?" queries the Arlington News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The best advice the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil can offer the retail imple-
ment dealers is that they chip in
1920 100000 some morning and start a
trust of their own
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

Pension Commissioner Ware states
that he has never accepted money for
his poetry, and the Burlington Hawk
Eye says that this Is nothing remark
able: There are thousands of poets
in America who never accept money
for their poems-they do not get a
chance to-"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

The Iowa City Republican isn't ask
ing much of congress. The republican
proposes that congress shall 'legislate
cut out all public building and river
and harbor appropriations, economic
wherever possible, and then adjourn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

"If Thomas Lawson really wants to
show that he is an authority on
finance. frerzied and otherwise, he will
solve the Chadwick problem" suggests
the Fort Dodge Chronicle.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

IA third feet Of fsty-two warships
Will be dispatched to the far east at
once. Gracious." Exclaims the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, THE yellow
sea channels will be clogged up at this
rate
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-15

The Des Moines Register and Lead
,er refers to the Presidents urgent
recommendation for the immediate en-
actment of legislation in the interest
Of the Philippines. and SAYS: 1.-THE