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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-24

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you make az CANVASS Of the special Bts On
cancer I'M Boston and vicinity, and see If
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wliichsI will provide you. n addition to-
this 1 will sinsert5ansad.& in tho papers call,
ling attention8ato a. new. method for, the
cure Of cancer and asking all interested
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-24

Fort Monroe. Va. September e 1866.
Major General N. IA Miles, ". 8. V,, Com
nandng District Fort Monroe, Fort Mon-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-22

that the present system of taxing
moneys and credits is wrong, because
it is in fact double taxation and be.
cause the property owner after all
pays the taxes and further because
the present law is an incentive to
dishonesty and works injustice and
hardship to the honest taxpayer. Mr..
McElroy's contention is that if moneys
and credits were not taxed, real prop
erty would not pay any more taxes
than at present when the decreased
rate of interest is taken into consid-
Grafton, and certainly Mr. McElroy
presents an able argument to sustain
the proposition which he lays down.
The difficulty in bringing about the
reform which Mr.. McElroy advocates.
is to make the average property
owner believe that the man whose
property is represented by moneys
and credits will pay his just proper
ton of the taxes indirectly, as shown
in Mr.. McElroy's article, as surely
as he will if the present law and eff.
fort are continued to make him pay
directly. Mr.. McElroy's article is an
interesting and valuable contribution
to the literature upon the subject of
taxation and the Courier will be much
pleased to open it's columns to others
who may desire to combat the propo.
sition taken by Mr.. McElroy with ref
erence to this matter, or who may de-
sire to commend the same and extend
the argument.
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eLEAsoN's OWN STORY.
To Bring a Heavy Damage Suit
Against His Prosecutors.

In discussing the action against him
for larceny as bailee. Oscar Gleason
the horse trainer who is known in
this city, said in Peoria. Qll) Satur.
day to the Evening Star:
In Galesburg he had bought fifteen
horses. and had taken them to Chi
ca. In each purchase he had made
contract and had given his notes
Among the horses taken from Knox
county were one each from w. c.
Morrow and w G. Pankey. One OF
those horses was wicked and dan.
gercus animal. and was sold in Chi
cago for his feed bill for SIT, and
the other was sold for $3.50 In the
course of his exhibition in Chicago
Professor Gleason was kicked by a
horse and had three ribs broken and
was sick at the Sherman house for 6
weeks. In the meatime the horses
in question we're eating their heads
off, and were sold. When Gleason
recovered he gave exhibitions all over
Illinois, and no move was made
against him. He visited Galesburg
and the men from whom he had
bought the horses in question were
among his best friends. 1t was not
until two weeks later that official &C
ton was taken against him, and then
he was arrested at New Orleans and
taken back to Galesburg. where he
gave bond to appear at the Septem
Der term of the circuit court as above
stated He declares that he has a
contract which gives him the right
to dispose of the horses in question
and that. the action against him is
merely civil and not criminal. Gleason
has no doubt but what he will win out
in the criminal proceedings against
him, and then he will turn around
and sue his prosecutors for damages
in the sum # $4,000 in each case
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FROM oTTuMWA. S. o.

e. ]. Derby Of New Colony in South
Dakota Writes ottumwa Friends.
The following Interesting letter has
been received from E. j. Derby, for
merly of this city, but now located in
Ottumwa's namesake in South Da-
kota:
"Ottumwa, South Dakota.
Editor Courier:
July 10, 1905.
81 have been thinking that our many
friends in Iowa would like to hear how
we are getting along in the wilds of
Dakota, so l will write a few lines to
the Ottumwa Daily Courier and feel
like am writing to a good many of
my old friends. We are all we'll but
rather lonesome sometimes, as we are
sixty miles from railroad and we
miss the sound of the whistle and the
rumble of the wheels We get our mail
twice week and that is quite help.
Our neighbors are not very far away !;
1t being on the east a mile to the near.
est neighbor, on the west mile and
half, on the north about half mile
and three miles on the south.
I'VE are having some very wet
weather, something they never had out
here before. The ranchmen, that have
been here for years told us when we
came this spring and were putting in
our gardens that they didn't think
there would be moisture enough to
make things grow. However, we had
just got our gardens planted when the
blizzard came and since then it has
rained a great plenty. We had heavy
rains the first three days of this
month that did great deal of damage
to property and several lives were
lost. saw in the Stanley County
Homestead the statement that six
men were drowned in the high waters
and the houses, barns and other build
ings that stood along the banks were
swept into the Missouri
The old settlers out here are like
the Arkansas traveller, their houses
are built for dry weather The most
of the road ranches (that is the most
of them that l have seem are built
of logs and for roof they have first
poles, and cloth of some kind. then
some hay and then five or six inches
of dirt. On the inside oil cloth is tack
ed up. You can imagine what happens
tc the oil cloth when it rains like i,
did the first of this month. | heard
one man say he thought there was q
cloud burst and that he was. right un
der it.
THE people who came here from
Iowa did not build their houses thai
way and we were all on high ground
SO the weather didn't hurt any of us
This is a fine country for grazing
but we can not tell much about how
| it will be for farming, yet. | would
like to describe the country but an
taking too much space remain,
| "E. j. Derby.
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LANCASTER.

Lancaster, July 1s.-Miss vergie
Griffin. of Hayesville, and Gladys
Storms, of Sigourney spent Sunday
with Miss Grace Gilliland of Fast Ian
caster.
Mrs. Mollie Sellers died suddenly at
Ter residence east of Lancaster Satur-
cay morning. Funeral services were
held Sunday at II o'clock, and the
remains were taken to the Richland
cemetery for burial The deceased
leaves husband and Ave children to
mourn her loss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Utterback and
children. spent Sunday with Mr.. Ut
terback's brother, Corbin Utterback.
Jr.
Everybody was well pleased with the
sermon that Rev. Smith preached here
last Sunday morning and evening.
The Ladies' Aid society will hold a
business meeting this afternoon in the
Christian church.
Hortense Gilliland, of Nugent, is
spending a few days with her grand.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gill;
land, of this place.
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BoNAPARTE.

Bonaparte, July 19.-Miss Eva Sher-
man, of Keosauqua, is visiting the
Thompson family.
The Winfield Collins family, of Far
mington. has moved to Bonaparte and
will reside in the Riggle property in
the. east part of town.
The superstructure of the Honey
Creek bridge arrived Friday and Is
rapidly being made ready for cross
ing.
Mrs. John Stevenson and Mrs. Lizzie
Poe, of LAGRANGE. Mo-, have been Wis
iting at the S. H. Blackburn home.
Harley Percival Is making visit al
the W. o. PercivaI home in Hoxie
Kansas.
Miss Dorothy Booth has been visit.
ing her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
c. Booth in Pennington.
John Moore and wife are visiting ir
Keokuk this week.
Mrs. John Middleton and daughter
Miss Hazel, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
are visiting relatives here.
w. A. Steadman Is putting cement
walk in front of his residence.
w. e. Smith and son, Roy are visit
ing in Canton, Ill.
The Bonaparte ball team will go tc
Eldon Sunday and play the team OF
that place.
VIM. Jockey and Frank stidger re.
turned to West Point Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mccoy, of Hillsboro
spent a few days at the DR.. Perciva
home.
Herman, Landau. wife and baby, o
Chicago, are visiting j. Landau anc
family at this place.
Miss Patti Percival is visiting il
Eldon.
Mrs Sampson returned to Chicago
Monday.
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son, recently spent few days at the
home of F. P. King.
John Reed is employed at the K. c.
depot at Moulton.
H. G. Poe is visiting with A. A.
Carnine and family at Canay, Kan.
Rev. ]. T. LeBaron, of this place. is
holding z tent meeting at Eldon.
Miss Amy Bell has resigned her po-
sition as teacher in room No. in the
public schools Of this place, and will be
succeeded by Miss Addie Hale.
j. F. Scarborough and T. P. Bence,
of Bloomfield, were recently IN the city
in the interest of the Chautauqua.
A. B. Hale has bought the Frank
Robinson place.
Henry Roberts, Of Plainfield, Wis,
visited recently IN this vicinity.
E. E. Hoskins and wife left last week
for the west. They will visit Colorado
California and other places.
Roy Baker of South Prairies, has
purchased the Chas. Waudel property
and will move to town soon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Waudel will take a trip to the
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s lDELIGHT 9 !

The Kodol almanac issued by e. G.
Dewitt & Co., says that the following
is your fortune as revealed by the
planets:
The constellation Leo the fifth
sign of the Zodiac - exerts its infiu
ence from July % to August %
If you were born under this sign you
are endowed with every attribute that
leads to position of high honor and
trust. You are possessed of lofty
mind, a spirit of justice, dignity and
a warm and generous heart; you aim
straight at the object desired but Sc.
cure it only through means.
You are proud, steadfast, liberal and
brilliant, and may sometimes appear
egotistic, but you are never lacking in
gratitude. Your impulses and in
stincts will be always held within con.
troll Your temper will be kindly,
firm, courageous and magnanimous !;
rather quick to anger, but Immediately
under control again.
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AGENCY.

Agency, July 19.-Joe, the 8 year-old
son of D. D. Connolly broke his arm
just above the wrist recently. The
child was standing on his highchair
and in some way the chair fell over
the accident being the result. DR.. DAVIS
was called and set the arm and at last
accounts he. was geetjng along as wei
as could be expected.
Born, Monday, to Mr.. and Mrs. c
f. Miller, daughter.
Roy and Miss Nellie Humphrey, OF
Des Moines, are visiting friends here.
Born, Tuesday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Harper, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. AL Fait and children
of Council Bluffs, are visiting relatives
here.
DR.. and Mrs. Bert Fait, of Oklahoma
are visiting relatives here.
Misses Maude and Mamie Reynolds
entertained a party of their friends al
a lawn social Tuesday afternoon.
Frank Hill, of Birmingham, is Wis.,
iting relatives here.
Olive and Oak Rebekah lodge pre-
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You are constant and steadfast in
your love. You may enjoy some re-
nown through your own efforts. Your
friends will be many but you secure
your own fortune without their assist.
ance. Your enemies will be few and
Will not cause you much worry. Your
disposition is nervous-sanguine. and
you will enjoy remarkably good
health.
January and October are your for.
tunate months and Sunday your lucky
day The morning glory is the EN-,
blematic flower and Leo people should
wear rubies to ward off evil influences.
The predominating characteristics
are, If born on Monday-Violent dis.
position. Tuesday-Phlegmat Wed.
nesday Self-confidence. Thursday
Talent for the plastic arts Friday
Conceit. Saturday Persistency Of
purpose. Sunday Successful ambi.
ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-22
SECRETARY WILSON,.

Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, in an in
terview at Dubuque, stated that the
story of Secretary Wilson's intention
to resign from the cabinet is entirely
untrue and that "Tama Jim" is the
very best secretary of agriculture the
nation has ever had. Secretary Shaw
comes from Washington, knows the
inside history OF the cotton leak scan
dial and knows Secretary Wilson Like
all other Iowans. Mr.. Shaw would be
hard to convince that sturdy old James
Wilson has had any guilty knowledge
of the unfaithfulness of the statisti-
clans in his department No one who
knows Mr.. Wilson believes such an
absurd story, not even the men who
are writing the stories for New York
! journal which has taken upon its Shout
ders the task of discrediting the sec
rotary of agriculture with the people
! of the country.
The attack on Secretary Wilson is
one of the most cowardly acts con-
nected with this period of graft uncov-
ering. 1t is cowardly because his enc
mics have taken an unfair advantage
of him by carrying on their campaign
through an organ of the public press.
1t is cowardly because an advantage
is taken of the fact that the country
knows that there are many grafters
punished and unpublished, and is ready
to believe story of graft without the
| slightest proof. 1t is cowardly because
| it is an attack upon a man whose rec
ord is a clear one, man who has per-
| formed services whose benefit to the
| country cannot be Oyerstated But If
will not bear the fruit that was hoped
for by the eastern people who want to
Edepose Secretary Wilson. Their
scheme is doomed to failure for Mr..
| Wilson will remain. He will see that
the investigation of the cotton leak
| scandal, which has just been started
by Assistant Secretary Hays, shall be
thorough and shall go to the bottom of
the case, regardless of consequences
Mr.. Wilson cannot be scared from his
position by spiteful enemies. He has
mission, one that is high above all
| little acts of malice. and as secretary
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BUNCH.

Bunch, July 1s-Theophilus Gator
and family arrived here last Saturday
to make this their future home.
James Hupp and family left ro' ~
home in Kansas, after an extended
visit with relatives in this place.
Elijah Hoover returned to his home
Monday in Mountain Park Oklahoma
after months visit at this place.
Sam Slymons and ]. b. Hines were
Sunday visitors at the George Priest
home.
Lewis Bandle and family and L. P
Kinsinger and family We're Sunday
visitors at the Hubert Kinsinger home
Miller West and wife. Mrs. Berry,
ftoover and children, Mrs. Larve Scot
an son, Russell and E. Hoover We're
Sunday visitors at the S. Hoover home
j. T. Morrison and Micke Dumme!
were Sunday visitors at the James
Collins home.
Sam Johnson and family were Sun
day visitors at the parental jaime:
Johnson home.
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lOViLlA.

Lovilia, July 19.--Mrs. r. L. Ganno-
WAY and daughter, of Cincinnati, Ohio
are visiting with Mrs. Gannoways
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Clemens.
L. L. Wing left Saturday for short
visit with his parents at Ladora. Mr.
Wing will still be in the employ of D
FL Rouse who purchased the Cashier
Cole hardware store.
John Newton, of Bluff Creek, is sink
a coal shaft two miles west of town
on the land owned by Jerry Wilcox.
Miss Sadie Harp arrived Sunday ev-
en;ng after weeks visit with het
parents at Percy. She was accolnpan-
led by her sister, Miss Connie Harp
and a cousin, Miss Reese, of Colorado
Miss Lizzie Meeks died at the county
farm Saturday. July 10. and was bur-
led in Woodlawn cemetery at this
r;ace Sunday afternoon. Funeral ser
vices were conducted at the Methodist
Episcopal church, by Rev. T. B. Couch
man. The deceased was about eighty
nine years old. and had been mem
Der of the M. r. church for about sew
enty-three years.
Miss Marie Parker of Oskaloosa
is visiting her grandparents. Mr.. ant
Mrs. r. O'3rieh.
Norlan Snow and Tom Craig, of AL,
bia, were callers here Sunday.
Mrs. Maud Streeter and daughters
of st. Joe. Mo-, left Friday evening
after a visit with Mrs. Streeter's par.
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hufford
Mrs. Louie Davis, of Olivet. visited
over Sunday with relatives here.
The young people of his place gave
moonlight picnic near Gladsor
bridge Friday evening. About forty
We're in attendance and al enjoyed i
very much.
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FOR MEN

can cure you Of any chronic us
case that you may have. Perhaps you
do not realize how much your happi-
ness depends upon the state of your
health. If you are suffering from any
of the diseases which ruin the lives of
SO many men. uniting them for bust
ness and marriage, call to see me. I
can cure you.
My reputation has been built upon
my success anS the truth of the state
nlents I have made
If, after investigation, (Which costs
you nothing) l find that cannot cure
you I will tell you frankly, thus avoid
ing any expense to you, but
IF 1 UNDERTAKE YOUR CASE 1
WILL CURE YOU.
If you are suffering from nervous
debility want to talk to you. I can
cure this trouble and, by so doing, =
store you to health and vigor.
Remember that the longer a case is
let run the harder it is for me to cure
and the more it will cost you
See me on my next visit and let me
start you on the road to health.
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ELDoN.

Eldon, July 19-Miss Eva Conner,
of Galesburg. Ill, is visiting the fam
lily of c. E. Knowles.
Mrs. Lyle and Clarence Hall are
visiting in Selma.
Mrs Marie Knowles left today for a
two weeks visit at Edgerton, Mo.
A. w. Wilson went to Pennington
today
G.. Pierson is an ottumwa visitor to-
day.
Mrs. D. Sharp is visiting in OF
tumwa.
A. w. Seaman and w. T. Burns are
attending the l. o. o. F. celebration
at Centervile today.
C. l.. Graham, of Ottumwa. is in the
city today.
Miss Mabel Cummins, of Moravia,
is the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. ]. o.
Hunnell.
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RESULTS OF THE lNTERuRBAN.

The interurban railroad, practically
new institution in Iowa, has many
advantages. 1t is great aid to the
people living along its route and it
handles freight and passenger bust
ness on short schedule and in such
a manner that people who have en-.
Joyed the advantages afforded by in
ter-urban roads are unanimous in their
appreciation Of the plan
But the inter-urban takes away some
of the profits and traffic of the trunk
line railroads and for that reason the
latter conc orns have turned their
minds to the invention of schemes for
competing on an even basis It'll the
short lines. This is another benefit
growing out of the niter-urhan. If the
inter-urban can force the bigger rail.
roads to run more trains, local trains
on, short schedules, then the interur.
ban has done its patrons great ser.
vice by bringing them not only the
benefits to be derived from its own
service but those also which may be
realized from the improved service OF
the larger lines.
The Rock Island company, finding
that the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids in
terurban has deprived it of much OF
its traffic between these two cities
has announced that it will in the flu
ture run six new trains in addition
to the two which now run every day
/ through this territory The Musca
tine Journal, telling of this change
says:
The Rock Island has announced
that j. will place six new trains in
active competition with the interur
ban trains between Iowa City and
Cedar Rapids. besides the additional
two which have been running regu
larly. This will make practically q
half hour ser--ice between the two
cities as the 'esent schedule of the
inter-urban will make it SO that g
train will be leaving on one of the
two roads every half hour The com
petition has been very keen between
the two companies and Judging from
appearances the rivalry will be car
ried to point : issue at once. II
is also planned to give excursions
daily and to give popular rate or
| the new trains"
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FARM PHILc,soPhY.

Wapello county farmers are having
this summer, stroke of hard luck
such as seldom il ever visited them be-
fore. The rainy week that ushered in
the summer with their cold nights and
often chilly days, have had bad effect
upon all the crops This week was
the first time some of the farmers
could get into their low lying fields,
and the rain of last night has, it is
said, by men well informed as to con-
ditions in southern Iowa. damaged
thousands of tons of hay so that. while
it promised to be of splendid quality,
it will be mouldy and bad feed now
that the rain has come before it could
be stored in the barns.
But there is little complaining to be
heard among the ia rmers despite their
hard luck. The Iowa farmer is a
philosophical individual. He knows
that seldom, if ever, do his crops fail
him. and that they never fail entirely,
as is the case in some quarters. Just
now there is feeling that sit might
have been worse" and the farmer is
going about his work as best he can, to
save as much of his crops as he posi-.
bly, can.
JoS y. 1llSSy luSN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
whose name is a household word not
only in Iowa, where he lives, but all
over the country wherever farming is
prominent part of the work done,
commenting upon the bad farming
weather, says:
IF everything went well with the
farmer all the time-perfect weather
conditions, no insect pests, no blight
l.
no summer hailstorms or untimely
frosts, no floods or drouths-there
would still be trouble, for SO many
would want to farm and so much would
be produced that the business would
not pay. So it is just as we'll to re-
gard the calanities, which beset the
business as really essential to it's best
interests. 1t is only the disagreeable
features, the slavery connected with
dairying, which makes it the most
profitable business on the farm
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of agriculture he has been performing
his duties to the nation in an admir-
able way HI has not yet finished his
work and he will continue it despite
attempts at Interruptions. The fact
that one man, who has proven dishon-
est, was in the employ of the depart
ment of which he has charge, will not
deter him in the work he is doing for
the country. Secretary Shaw is right.
Wilson will stay
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Relief in cix 1oura.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Dis.
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure
1t is great surprise on account OF
its exceeding promptness in relieving
pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in
male or female. Relieves retention of
water almost Immediately. If you
want quick relief and cure this is the
remedy Sold by Sargent, the True
Druggist, Ottumwa, Iowa.