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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
DEPOSITS
INCREASE
IOWA STATE AND SAVINGS
BANKS REPORT ENcouRAG-
ING GROWTH. !;
TOTAL is s151, 500, 900
Conditions Among the States Financi.
al Institutions Are Good ~ Present
Average Reserve is Twenty-Three
Per Cent, Indicating soIldlty and
Strength Of the Barking Houses.

Des Moines, Sept. 22.-Deposits in
the state and savings banks of Iowa
have increased in the past thirteen
months more than $22,690,000. During
the last three months the deposits in
than $5,000,000. This remarkable
showing was officially made by Audi
tor of State Carroll yesterday in his
statement summarizing the reports Of
the 44S savings and 253 state banks
made to him and including their con-
dition at the close of business Aug. 25.
Depositors now have more than
$151, $4,000 in these 7S1 institutions.
1t is estimated that the deposits in the
national and private banks and loan
and trust companies will amount to
as much more. In other words, the
prosperity of the state never was SO
great, measured by the cash which
the people have and which is avail
able, than right at this time.
The present average reserve In all
banks is % per cent. That is, the re-
serve on Aug. 25 was % per cent. This
Is large and indicates the perfect So
lidity of the institutions. The bank
ers have been complaining for some
weeks that there is very slack de-
mand for loans, while interest rates
are ruling low.
Financial Summary.
Below is Auditor Carroll's summary
of the assets and liabilities of both
state and savings banks on Aug. 25:
Assets Savings. State.
ceivable .ss7,25o ,s2o.25 s45,ss4,7ss, "a
Gold COIN. S47,6As.74 570,s06.33
Silver COIN. 342,674.69 222,855.14
Legal tender,
national bank
notes, etc 2,aoo,sos.5e 1.2ss.ss454
Credits subject
to sight
draft >. 18,352,289.82 10,843,887.3l
Overdrafts 874,473.14 861 1,923.3e
Real and per-
soEal prop
erty .... 2,ss1,45s.44 2,e72,743.s9
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
Il. v spEELMAN is PRECEDENT.

Cincinnati Man Elected Nat nal Com
mander of the Sons Of :terans.
Gettysburg, Pa, Sept. 90 The last
session of the Sons of Vetera encamp-
ment was held yesterday 1ne ballots
cast for national commander laves not
all been counted, but enough IS known
to assure the election of Harley v.
Speelnan, of Cincinnati.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
r. n. Peabody Dead.

Beverly, Mass, Sept 22.-Francis
H. Peabody, a member Of the Boston
banking firm of Kidder Peabody Co,
died suddenly of heart disease today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
ONE LONELY TOWN in JAPAN
GIVE THANKS FOR PEACE
WANTS CHARGES REDUCED.
Society viii Urge Congressman to
Secure Legislation.

Kansas City, Sept. 22.-The =
= American Neurological society has :
= resolved to urge all congressman :
to use their Influence to secure :
tho passage Of legislation looking
to the reduction Of icing and <refrls-
orator charges for the shipment =
Of fruit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
Total .s122,s49,1 1884 se2,o95,644.3
Grand total s1S4944,S17.94.

Total .$122,S49,l73.64 $62,0S5,b44.5u
Grand total s1S4,944,S17.94.
Change in Condition.
The statement made by the banks at
the close of business Aug. 25, 1905,
shows the following changes in the
condition Of the banks as compared
with their statements as made May %,
1905; the number Of banks increasing
twenty-four:
Assets
Bills receivable, increase. 1916, ,697.95
Gold coin, increase $500. 65,419.62
Silver coin, increase ..... G3,372.13
Legal tender, national bank
notes, decrease ~. 2e4,o71.4s
Credits subject to< sight
draft, increase ). 80. 1,ss1,1s1.so
Overdrafts, increase ..... 6,129.16
Real and personal property, !.
increase 5000. 156,219.9O
Total assets, increase .s5,264,s4s.1s
Liabilities
Capital stock, increase IS 100000
Due depositors, increase. 5.o65, 1912
Due banks and others, de-
crease ..... -. -. -. 23,128.7s
Surplus, decrease ;. -. 74110
Undivided profits, decrease 3ss.S72.S6
Total liabilities, increase s5,2G4,94s.1s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
WAS PROMINENT POLITICIAN.
Charles T. o'FerraI, Former Congress-
man and Governor of Virginia, Dies.

Richmond, Va, Sept %. Chas.
#. o'Ferral former congressman and
former governor Of Virginia died here
today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
REFUSED SEAT AND FALLS DEAD.
Il. S. Cox, sr., Of Missouri Valley Sud-

n. >, COX, 81, OF EI1SsoUrI valley oud'
denly Succun1bs in Depot at Denver.
Denver, Coloa Sept. 22.--Determined
to return to his home at Missouri Val
ley, la, Fl. s.~Cox, sr., veteran was
led into, the crowded union station
i'll and weak. Mr., Cox asked a young
woman to give him her seat, but she
angrily refused. An old lady gave
up her seat and Cox took it. A moment
later he fell to the floor dead.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-23
One Death at PensacoIa.

ONe DEdtfI FcHSdCUTd,
Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 22.-J. S. Will
liams, white man, died today of yel-
low fever.
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New York, Sept. 22-Upon the as
sembling today Of the legislative COM
mittee which is Investigating the life
Insurance business. Thomas A. Buck
ner, vice president of the New York
Life Insurance company, who has
charge OF that company's agencies and
who was unable to answer a number
of questions yesterday without looking
up the records, was called to the
stand,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
ENGLISH CRIMINAL LAW.

The Difference Between Hard Labor
and Penal Servitude.
The difference in Great Britain be-
tween hard labor and penal servitude
II one of period and treatment. Hard
labor varies as to period from a few
days to two years, and however well
q prisoner behaves himself the SEN
tencs Is never shortened. There are
two classes of hard labor.
II the first class the punishment ad-
ministered consists of six to ten hours
work at the treadmill, the crank or the
capstan. or at stone-breaking or shot
drill. In the second class the hard
labor really consists of such punish
ments as may be decided by the JUS
ttces In session.
Penal servitude Is the modern sub
stitute for transportation beyond the
seas.
A term Of penal servitude begins
with nine months hard labor in q
probationary prison, and after that the
convict is employed on public works
In penal settlement. The work is
comparatively light, and in most pris-
ons well-behaved man gets or pretty
easily. In addition to this, by virtue
Of q system Of marks for good be-
havior, he has always before him the
possibility of reducing his sentence by
at most about one year in I'VE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
Cured Her Diabetes.

Halo. Ind, Feb. 27th.-{Speoial.6 1T
what Will cure Diabetes win cure any
form Of Kidney Disease, as % many
physicians say, then Dodd's Kidney
Pals viii cure any form Of Kidney
Disease. For Mrs. L. O. Bowers of
this place has proved that Dodd's Kid
ney Pills will cure Diabetes.
Il had Diabetes" Mrs. Bowers says,
my teeth all became loose and part
Of them came out. / passed a great
deal Of water with such burning sense
lions / could hardly bear it. / lost
aboct 40 pounds in weight. 1 used
many medicines and doctored with
two local doctors but never got any
better till started to use Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. They cured me so complete
~ that in three years l have had no
return Of the disease. / am a well
woman now, thanks to Dodd's Kidney
Pills."
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ailments from Backache to Bright's
Disease. Cure your Backache with
them and you will never have Brights
Disease, Diabetes or Rheumatism.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
Advance on the TeIepIt,ne.

AS far back as 1867 one Robert
Hooke, Of London, proclaimed the
principle of the telephone. By means
of wire he transmitted sound over
considerable distances. A century
and half later, in 1921, the WORD
telephone" was first used, being ap-
piled to Wheatstones apparatus by
which sound was transmitted through
wooden rods.
The first patents for the Bell tele-
phone were aiken out in 1876. Long
distance telephoning is twenty years
old this very year.
At the beginning of 1904 there were
3,779,517 telephones under rental in
the United States. The number Of
messages in a year passes beyond
5000, 100000. A current news item
predicts telephone communication in
the near future between New York
and San Francisco.
With a continent crossed by the
speech-carrying circuit there remains
the problem of trans-oceanic commu-
nication by telephone. 1t is not to
be doubted that solution will come.
The rapidly of telephone develop
ment, after its first fair start, as in
Dictated in the dates given above,
seems to promise that the browning
achievement in long-distance COM
munication by voice may not be far
in the future
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
It IS IN THE BLOOD.
Neither Liniments nor 0intments
Will Reach Rheumatism How
ME-. Stephenson Was Cured.

People with infamed and aching
joints, or painful muscles; people who
shuttle about with the aid of cane or a
crutch and cry, On at every slight jar,
are constantly asking, "What is the best
thing for rheumatism ?"
To attempt to cure rheumatism by ex-
ternal applications is a foolish waste Of
time. The seat of the disease is in the
blood, and while the sufferer is rubbing
lotions and grease OH the skin the poison
in the circulation is increasing.
Delays in adopting a sensible treatment
are dangerous because rheumatism may
at any moment reach the heart and prove
fatal. The only safe course for rheumatic
sufferers is to get the best possible blood
remedy at once.
Mr.. Stephenson's experience with this
obstinate and distressing affliction Ia
that of hundreds. He says:
"About year ago / was attacked by
severe rheumatic pains in my left
shoulder. The pains were worse in wet
weather, and at these periods caused me
the greatest suffering. / tried number
Of treatments and ointments, but they
failed to alleviate the pains"
Then he realized that the cause must
be deeper and the pain only surface in
dication. He adds:
"I had heard DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People recommended as cure
for rheumatism, and when 1 found that
Twas getting no relief from applications,
! made up my mind that would try
them. Before the first box was gone
noticed that the pains were becoming
less frequent, and that they were not so
severe as before. After the second box
had been used up was entirely free
from discomfort, and have had no traces
of rheumatism since"
The change in treatment proved by
almost immediate results that Mr..
Thomas Stephenson, who lives at No. lis
Greenwood street, Springfield, Mass,
had found the true means for the purif-
cation and enrichment of his blood.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are without
doubt the best of all blood remedies.
They effect genuine and lasting cures in
rheumatism. They do not merely deaden
the ache, but they expel the poison from
the blood. These pills are sold by all
druggists.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
THE RIGHT COWS.

Says Professor George A. Smith of
the Geneva experiment station: The
farmer should dispose of all cows not
showing a good net profit at the end
of the year. 1t is only by careful
analysis at 'ifferent seasons of the
year that the farmer can tell which
COWS are the best. Twenty cows well
fed and cared for are worth more
than 40 half kept.
'The following shows the produc-
ton of three cows, all about six years
Of age, of equal size and with the
same care and feed: No. produced
5000 pounds of Sc per cent. No. 2
made 5000 pounds of 4 per cent milk.
No. 3 made 1900 pounds of 3.S per
cent milk. The cost of keeping was
a little over $40 each. This means
keeping three cows to get the profit
of one.
AT the experiment station We are
trying to solve this question. We
have a six-year-old COW, bred from
Jersey COW and Holstein sire,
which gave 1900 pounds of milk;
another one, four years old, gave
5000 pounds of 5 per cent milk.
There is no reason why farmers can't
do this, but they can not do this by
using a sire from their own herd.
They are building down, not up.
THE important question is to
breed and feed SO as to gain the most
with the least waste. Remember, the
fuel burned is starch, gum and fat,
and q 1000 pound cow needs from
13 to IA pounds of food to keep her
warm. 1t requires of another ele-
ment three-quarters or a pound to re-
pair waste. SO you must feed for
energy as wen as milk an1 butter.
For every 100 pounds of milk she
must mike S.9 pounds OF heterogeneous
matter. If the COW does not have
proper food to furnish the elements
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
THE BOAR IS IMPORTANT.

The first, and if not the most impor-
tant, point in raising pigs is the selec-
ton of boar. 1t is hard to end right
if you have not started right. This
selection of a boar must be made
with the idea in view, as to whether
the pigs are to be fattened and sold
to the butcher as fresh pork when
but a few months old, or whether you
intend to keep them until they attain
their full growth and then fatten
them for market Your boar must
also be selected with reference as to
whether you wish to raise large hogs
or the smaller or finer ones that are
marketed at a younger age. Don't
forget to use lot of judgment in Sc
lecting the board and then you will
at least be started right.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
WHAT ONE MAN CLAIMS.

According to an exchange, a gen.
tleman, who has kept an egg record
for the past four years, says that his
flock of 100 hens averaged thirty
seven eggs per day during the winter
months while the hens were housed.
He also states that his income from
two cows and $50 hens is at present
$50 per month. We take it that the
amount of the income is given as
gross; and it would be well for our
readers y so understand it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
! (1 % W @W@
THAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YIELDS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YELDs2
100 bu. Beardless Barley per acre.
80 blu. Salzer's New National Oats per a.
80 blu. Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat.
1000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre.
IA tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay.
$4,000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep-per A.
100, 900 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder.
81, 900 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn
rich, juicy fodder, per A.
Now such yields you can have in 1905,
If you will plant my seeds.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND loo
in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and receive their great cata-
log and lots of farm seed samples. 10. n. VI
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

it up In our hearts, and then throw
away u, key.
Thare Is pedantry in most all things,
except the kollick-this IL natral and
honest job.
Most Of the melancholy In this world
comes from the dispepshee, and large
share Of the balance from being out ov
q job.
Ghosts allwuss travel In the night.
and the darker the night the more
ghosts thare IL, and the eazier it IL
to see them.
Thare are CRATE menny things in
this world that are worth more than
money II; but, after all. 1t Il the only
thing you Kan pay yure taxes with.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
About Stump PuIlers.

For clearing land Of stumps, grubs
and brush the Twentieth Century
Stump Fuller. manufactured by the
w. Smith Grubber Company, Of La
Crosse. Wis, has no equal. 1t is not
only warranted to do the work better
than any other machine on the mar.
ket. but warranted against breakage
besides thus making this stump puller
doubly assured. The advertisement in
another column Of this paper makes
interesting reading.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

Mrs. Newed-Oh, JackI I bought q
darling of q cook book to-day.
Viewed (uneasily)-I thought all cook
books were alike7
Mrs. Newed-So did I. But this per
feet gem gives two hundred ways Of
entertaining cooks, and also a great. big
HIST Of subjects they're touchy about
Brooklyn Life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
Ouief Places.

Weary Business Mantle noise anc
crowding at the restaurants at lunch
time make me sick. 1 wish l could fine
some place where ! could lunch in peace
and quiet.
Bouttown-Nothing easier. Hunt NJ
some heightened restaurant where guest,
are expected to fee the waters. You'll
have the whole room to yourself.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
The Fate of a Gunboat.

Opie p. Read, the veracious ana
always reliable editor Of the Arkan-
saw Traveller, vouches for the truth
Of this startling bit of war history:
During the recent dredging Of Fox
River, in Tennessee, the sunken re-
mains of the once nervous little gun
boat, the Yellow Jacket, were discov-
cred. The sinking of the Yellow
Jacket was one Of the most remark.
able accidents that ever occurred in
this country. The complete details
of the affair could not be obtained at
the time; in fact, we are in possession
Of the only authentic account. Here
1t Is, told by John p. McLuskin, now
well-known physician Of Coffee
County, Tennessee:
1T occurred" says the doctor,
when / was lad. There had been
a heavy snow, and Sc yeral boys, I'm.
Guiding myself, were providing about
hunting rabbits; we began to amuse
ourselves by rolling a SNOWFALL. We
were at this time on the long hill
known as Benson's Slope We role
the ball until it got to be as large as
a hogshead; and then. az II was easy
to roll down the hill, continued tc
turn it over. To our great delight II
baceme easier to roll, and suddenly,
to our great surprise, it broke away
from us and went bounding down the
slope. Then we beheld a startling
sight. The bah grew so rapidly that
1t soon looked like a rolling mountain.
1t picked up wagon and team, took
up a negro cabin and then. with a
tremendous bound, fell into the river,
just in time to strike and completely
bury the gunboat Yellow Jacket Not
a soul on board escaped"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease,
4 powder. II rests the feet Curer Chill
blains. Corns. Bunions. Swollen, Sore, Cal
yous, Aching. Sweating Feet and lDgrowins
Nails. Aliens Fo0t-Ease makes new OF
tight shoes easy. AT all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 25 cents Accept no substitute Sam
pie mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Ohm
Sted. lie Roy. N. Y.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

Amicus-Why are you so irate at hav
ing your poem reproduced in that paperi
Great Poet-Because the editor has
appended q note to it, saying that he
reproduces it. not on account of its merit
but to show the kind of rot a man with
an established reputation can get &C
cepted.-Tidbits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

- mercury viii surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering IL through the mucous surfaces.
buch articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians. as the
damage they viii do Is tenfold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrb
Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney & Co.. Tole-
DO, o.. contains no mercury. and Is taken inter
nAuy. acting directly upon the blood and mu-
eous surfaces OF the system. In buying Halls
Catarih Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t l.
sAken internally. and made in Toledo. Ohio, BY
,. j. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c. per borue-
Halle Family Pills are the bsUl-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
A Judge OF Shoes.

Stranger-If / order shoes of you, are
you sure you can make good fit?
Cobbler-A good fit? Just you ask
Mr.. Richman. He always comes to ms
and rets his shoes made to measure.
who is Mr.. RichmanY"
He is the owner Of that big shoe
factory downtown"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
Modern improvements.

Its colder than Greenlapd's icy
mountains in our apartments this morn
ing" said the irate tenant. why isn't
the heat turned onT'
Its turned on in the rooms l occu-
py." replied the autocratic janitor. land
just as soon as they get warm I'll turn
1t on in the rest of the building"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

paroled prisoners toward the Ken
lucky River. They understood the SIT
uation, and when the pursuing cavalry
came up managed to detain them
until Armstrong got fair start Then
there was a race for the Union lines
and Armstrong won. He kept his
parole and he also kept his horse
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02

The recent census in Gengul, In
dia, reveals the fact that there are
1000 baby girls in that province
alone who have been married, and Of
this numbes' 500, all less than year
old, are widows.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
Outclaased.

Nextdoor-I haven't heard your dos
barking at night for some time.
Wedderly-No, guess the poor fellow
got discouraged. We have twins at oui
house now, you know.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-02
A Tramp,s Tale

Weary Wiggins-Did We ever visit
Lawnville?
Moldy Mike-Yep; las summer. I
was hungered, an they took me in.
"Took ye in whereof
'In ter tn Lookup"