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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31
HAY AND SAN DOMINGO.

Ii the plan which Secretary Of State
John Hay has formed for solving the
problems presented in San Domingo
Is a success. that prince of diplomats
Will have added another feather to his
cap and the United States government
Will have the credit Of turning a hot
bed OF revolution and constant strife
into a presentable little republic. Sec
rotary Hay will in a short time sub
NIT to h senate for ratification a
treaty to take the place of the proto-
col under which he is now working and
which Will, it Is expected, contain the
plan on which he has been working
for several weeks. Captain A. C. Dill
lngham will soon return from San Do
mingo. where he has been in confer
ence with President Morales for the
purpose OF arranging a settlement of
the debts the republic owes to certain
Americans.
Secretary Hays plan has to do with
a regulation of the financial conditions
OF the little island government. It is
expected that legislation will be nee
essary before the plan can be called a
success. prescribing the employees to
be utilized in the collection Of Gus.
toms, the size of the commission in
charge and similar details PROMPT ac.
ton by congress will prevent en-
barrassment.
Assurance of support for the policy
OF The United States has not been
received from all European govern
ments. Secretary Hay is understood
however. not to be looking for any seri-
u difficulty on this score. A part of
the foreign governments gave their
sanction to the idea before it was an
nounced that this government would
take charge of the customs houses.
Assistant Secretary LOOMS in his re-
cent statement in which he explains
why the San Domingo deal was car
ried through, points out n phase of
the situation that is looked on with
some apprehension. He says the Do
mlnclan government has been COM,
PEELED by force to pay grossly exorbi-
tant claims and the question has
arisen whether this government will
see to 1t that such claims are cut down
to their proper proportions. The re-
suit may be serious friction with some
OF the European governments. but, on
the other hand, it is thought the course
OF this country will put a check on a
practice from which the Central and
South American countries have suf-
Tered more or less. Adventures nv
one device and another, have set up
claims that were grossly inflated and
have insisted on their payment
San Domingo has been merely one
OF a lumber of governments forced to
pay such claims. German adyenturersj
led in such scheming in San Do
mingo as well as elsewhere. It is
thought the course of the United
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31
HOW TO SPEND SUNDAY.

sAs an indication of the passing OF
the old Puritan idea that Sunday
should be given over entirely to the
consideration of those things which
pertain to the spiritual life and welfare
the sermon delivered by Rev. Eleanor
Gordon of Des Moines last Sun
DAY may be cited. Her theme
was Sunday observance and the
IDEAS expressed in her address
are worthy of consideration. She took
the position that the patronage of Sun
day excursions and entertainments is
Wrong or right just as it is unwise or
sSsptEe. In other words, if it is ~expedient
a man to spend Sunday out of
doors, after having been confined in
his office all week. Rev. Gordon be-
lieyes that it right that he should
remain out Of doors, take exercise
II he needs it, and conduct
himself. in a word, as he sees
mt. The word expediency is, of course
used by Rev. Gordon in it's noblest
ems and she does not propose a non
observance of Sunday but a wise OBJ
servance. In her sermon Sunday she
laid down no fixed rule but offered the
following suggestions as to a profitable
n of spending the day. She
said:
There is something wrong in the
n of your Sabbath observance
II on Monday you are cross and tired.
II the work of the coming week looms
up as undressing drudgery, and if
you nave no hope or courage and il
Q seems far away and duty hard.
But taking things as they are, what
sha we do with this day? The morn
ing should be given over to the con-
slderatlon Of those things which per-
tain to the spiritual life and SO far as
| know the church is the most valu-
able means for this. The afternoon
should b e3spent in the reading of those
books which are helpful in every way
to the soul life and for which we have
so little time during the week-noble
poetry. sincere fiction, sociology. all
and anything that will make life bet
ter worth the living"
There is much difference between
th1s advice and the restrictions that
were put upon the American boy of a
rev years ago by his o~verzealous par
ents. Who cannot remember the
scores-perhaps hundreds-of times
ne has been stopped in the midst of a
most enjoyable and harmless diversion
with: Don't do that; don't you know
1t is Sunday" The spirit was right
but the effect was wrong, for many of
those same boys grew to dread the
coming of Sunday instead of to well
come 1t. The childish mind is unable
to grasp the significance of the day
and passes judgment according to the
erect on the childish spirits.
Rev. Gordon's suggestions point out
a happy medium between Puritanical
observance of the Sabbath and desc
Grafton OF the day and her advice can
be followed with good results in many
homes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31
BEARS LATEST BREAK.

Sioux City Tribune.-"Diyine Right"
George F. Bear, at the Yale alumni
dinner declared that "if Yale had any
WISDOM to spare it should be given to
PRESIDENT Roosevelt" That sort of
language will only tend to confirm the
people in their belief that Mr.. Baer,
president of the Reading railroad, is
precisely what they took him to be
at the time of the famous anthracite
coal strike. This expressed antipathy
to the President is doubtless the re.
suit OF the part which Mr.. Roosevelt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

east Of town; Mrs. Coulson and the
Little daughter of John Jones, of Lost
Creek; Minttai the little daughter Of
Mrs. Kate Gibbons. and Misses Louise
Waugaman, Gladys belong, Hazel Pos.
Ethel Bickford, Goldie Mater, Olive
Koontz, and Violet Scovern; Mrs.
Frank Pierce and daughter Grace.
Thursday evening, March 16, is the
date which has been assigned for DR..
F. G. Tyrrell's lecture. Sleepy Heads
the third number of the high school
lecture course which had to be post.
poned.
Mrs. R. M. Patterson, who has been
very sick for several weeks with pneu.
monia. is better at this time.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31
PAINTING THE LILY

Much attention has been drawn re.
Gently to the Californian who has dis.
proved the oft repeated and generally
believed assertion that nature cannot
be improved upon. Luther Burbank,
the wizard of horticulture, who
through years of patient toll has been
evolving schemes for developing seed.
less oranges ,fadeless flowers and other
freaks of the vegetable world has been
granted an annuity of $4,000 by the
Carnegie institute for the purpose of
allowing him to continue his expert.
ments.
Time was when Mr.. Burbank was
looked upon as a crank. In his Cali
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

States and knowledge that such
claims will be cut down to proper linn
its will discourage such claims.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

The Keokuk Gate City concludes
that bitter indeed must be the resent
ment and desperate the frame of mind
which can wake Russian sluggishness
to such manifestations as those of the
last few days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

"On January % the veneer of re.
'ligion and of beneicence vas stripped
from the White Gear and he appeared
as he isea weakling like Louis XVI
says the Des Moines News. He is no
no longer the peasants patriarch.
There is no car"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

The Colfax Clipper says that Con-
gresham Hepburn may always be de-
pended upon to stand for a square deal
to everybody-even when the high
pressure newspapers of his own state
are doing everything in their power
to discredit him with his constituency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

The Des Moines Register and Leader
belleves that the future of Iowa rests
IN the Iowa factory and for this rea-
son 1T urges that everything that goes
out OF Iowa should go finished and
compact. can enormous surplus is to
go" continues the Register and Leader.
1T will be a growing surplus as the
years come for Iowa is part of the per-
manent granary of the world. But it is
a surplus that the labor and the inge.
nuity OF Iowa should be expended upon
the driving of the last nail in the out
side wrapper"
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
NECROLOGICALD
MR. GEORGE HAiRsToN.

Mr.. George Haireton died at 'he
Infirmary Tuesday morning from
the effects of Bright's disease WIN
which he had been a great SUI
farer for some time. lie was
hroueht to Columbus only fe"
davs ago in hopes that the change
wo,,ld be beneficial, but nos So
and death relieved him from MS
sufferings as stated above MT.
Hairston was a member OF one OF
the Oldest and most suostantial
families in the county. he was
an upright and honoraole ci'lZel
and was held in high esteem %
all who knew him, and ms oeaVi
c ame as a great shock to his tam
ilv and friends. His remains were
carried to his home near Cra"
ford, and his body was ialo =
rest in the family burying groun'
Wednesday.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
Athletic Entertainment.

The Columbus Athletes "
played a capacity house Tuesday
evening and all present fully en-
ioyed The occasion. Prof. Spen-
Ger has proven himself adept IN
his profession. The new and
novel acrobatic feats introduced
bv Master Charlie Moore and
Dewitt Richards reflect credit
upon their instructor. u o o q
music was also u part of the pro-
gram.
1t is hoped that Prof. Spencer
will repeat this entertainment al
an early date.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WILL VISIT THE SOUTH
Regardless of tbg Warnings,
Recommendations and En-
treaties of ALL Admirers.
A Washing.ur special says:

A Washln q 6CaG Spe5clal says:
President Roosevelt, despite
the warnings. recommendations
and en'rsat of health hoardsy
ply icisars, clergymen and other
innum.acabIe< p persons. 3. will go9
through the yellow fever country
and will arrive in New Orleans 4
on. 4he morning OF Oct. 26. Tnen
ae will evade the State q1aran
tine boards who might attempt
1 to hold up his party and lnciden- 4
! tall, smasF, a precedent by TAX
!. inc a cruiser. pc, haps tie Gal
weston. and coming hoEme by sea-
The ftinery for the trip has not
been ..omplet. Il an} is still sub
liect 20 change. but il is practl-
.callv certain that the President
will o. TO NJ bill, an Fuskegee.
Ala, before visiting Birmingham
where he will arrive o. the oath.
z Leaving at lbe close OF tnaC
/, day, he will pass through Mem
> uE,is in the night ani arrive AT
= Little Rock ON the 25th. Another
nights ride will take him to New
= Orleans on the morning OF the
: 26th. where he will spend one
!. dav and then teke II cruiser FOL
:: his trip q 0 wn the Mississippi
T, Through the gulf and up the At
: lantic.
;, President Roosevelt has yer.
g carefully weighed the conse
ouences Of his visit to New Or
leans. and so has Mrs. Roosevelt
:" who at firs5 was opposed TO II
80 He cared nothing for persona
ne danger, but there was for tim
g question in his mind wnethe
y. the President ought to take
10 risk.
al The assurance lrom the healt
Il. authorities and officials of n g
hs Orleans that it was safe Tor nj
nd TO visit there decided him that n
ne would not be placing either q
life or his great office Ira leopard
es and he turned a deaf car to tao
q who counseled him to stay ava.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
MRS. q. r. SYMONS.

News of the death of Mrs. b.
T Svmons was received Tuesday
afternoon, the same having oc-
curred at her home about ten
miles north of Columbus, at two
o'clock the cause being hematuna'
Mrs. Symons was the widow OIL
Mr.. Ben F. Symons, who died a
few weeks ago with the same dls-
ease. She leaves three children,
two boys and one girl, the oides'
not over IA years old.
The funeral was held yester
dav at Andrews Church and was
attended by a number or rel all '
and friends of the deceased
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
destroyed by Fire.

The old building used as re-
pair shop in the yards of the
Southern Railway was Destroyer
by fire Tuesday n G h t. The
alarm was turned in at one
o'clock but the fire was well un-
der way at the time and before
the firemen could reach the scene
there was not much of the build
ing left, but good work was aoS {
in saving the coal chute oil hO as,
and several long strings of t,ars
on near by tracks The W aiu.
of the building destroyed tElsd NJ
amount to any thing, as st was
mere ssshack' and not flt for tn
men to work in.
The amount Of repa ir worI
done in Columbus is. cont siderabl
and the hope is expires .sed, no,
that this old building 1s out 9
the way, the Southesy i Isailwa
Company will put ap a. louildin
commensurate With II le aTowi..
needs
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION
SHOWS SOME IMPROVEMENT
Health Officers Think QuaraH
tine viii Soon Be Raised
No New Infection RepOrtat

The yellow fever cut aois Is ve'y
encouraging, no new injection
being reported at thia -afiting.
DR.. White, OF Nov Orleans,
states that the qnAraTatine will he
materially modified by the mid
die of the month and entirely re-
moved by November 1st. Yes
terday 30 new cases were report
ed at New Orleans and 2 deAths.
The o II n try reports were !:
Patterson, 8 neg cases. Kenmer,
new cases, death. Alexan- :
dria, 2 new cases. Grand Isle,
% new cat ,es. Terre B o n n
Parish, Z new cases.
EI.RV'EN CASES AT VICKsBURG.
The number Of cases reported
s4t v icksburg is somewhat less
thai the day preceding Th'
total for city and suburbs being
/ II, with 8 in city and 3 in country
Che total number of cases Il
/ 1876: deaths ID; new foci 3; tota
j foci So: cases under treatment 54
!, The spread of Infection is though
: to be due to the bad weather am
e the carelessness of some OF tn
e citizens.
5 Natchez reports 4 new cases
e new foci 2, total cases to date IL
,t total foci 80; cases under treat
a ment 3; total deaths Z.
le Gulfport reports five new case
and no deaths.
k Port Gibson, seven new case
lie in city and two in country. n
W deaths.
,f The State Board OF Health ha
" adopted an ordinance quarar
lg timing every county in whicl
q there is no yellow fever agains
those that have the fever.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
How Mark Twain Made SIS.

All boys like to earn few pen
MES now and then, but Mark
Tw ain tells of very unusual way
in which be made the princely
sum OF So when he was small
bow. At one school he attended
there was a strict rule against
marking tn desks. Any boy
discovered mutilating a d esk
would be punished, being offered
his choice between paying So and
taking public whipping. The
irresistible combin alton of a shiny
ton desk and brand new knlle
in his pocket was too much LOT
Mark; he succumbed to the temp
tation and whitfield away until
1.-The teacher caught him. The
nunishment was set for the fol-
lowing day and Marks father
thinking it pity the lad should
be publicity whipped, gave him a
lecture and a So bill. Five dol
lars looked pre- tty big to Mark
He thought it over carefully ano
when the time came, with the bll
| in his pocket, went up and took
the whipping. .-Harper's Weekly
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
GOOD ROAD MEETING
AN ENTHUSIASTIC ONE.
Resolutions Adopted Asking
Board of Supervisors to
Levy Tax of 3 Mills
For Road Improvement

The Good Roads meeting so
extensively advertised was held
at the Court House Monday and
was largely attended by repre-
sentative citizens from every Sec
zion of the county.
Organization was perfected by
the election of Hon. j. |. Sturdl-
want as Chairman and Mr.. |. ii.
Sykes. Secretary, after which
general discussion of the subject
was engaged in by a number OF
the gentl emen present.
On motion Of Mr.. |. H. Sykes,
| the chairman was requested TO
apnoint committee of t h r g
! from each Supervisors District TO
formulate plans looking to the
raising of fund to work the
] nublic roads in the county ana
This committee to report at an
adjournment meeting at 3 O'CLOCK
u
in the afternoon of that date.
| The chairman appointed the fol-
lowing committee: District /
w. H. CASTOR, 4. L. Harrington
and Mr.. Parsons; District z: U
p Sherrod, w. D. Humphrles
and Joe Peacher; District 3: l.
w. Payne, B. 6. Hull and j. l
Armstrong; Distri eta: h. b
Hardy. J. M. Bailey and W. :
Turner; District 5: T. r. Evans
III. A. Watson and j. V. Connell
II At the afternoon meeting tn
committee offered the folloWln
:, resolutions which were unani
c.R mously adopted:
: Resolved-That the Board
s1 Supervisors be requested to dl
!. ! vide the county into road dlstric'
as in the judgement of the men
hers seems best and that a
property, both real and person
in said road districts be take
! three miles for road purposes ar
: that the present system oil ro
- working be also enforced in SUE
: manner as that each hand su
:. iect to road duty shall oe
ouired to work ten days each al
" every wear on the public roao
Messrs. Armstrong and SyK
- were requested to hand the abo
VI resolutions to the Board Of Sup
visor. then in session.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
HOTEL NORVELLE
TOTALLY DESTROYED
By Fire Monday Night and SeV-
eraI People Had Close Calls
For Their Lives.

jackson :..w Hotel, h Nor
vile, was totally destroy Il by ire
Monday night, the enme beng
discovered about 10:3O O'Clock
Several persons, guests OF the
house. had close calls TO get out,
but no lives were lost.
The hotel was new, having been
opened up less than a year ago.
and cost about $4,000. 1t was
insured and will likely be rebuilt
as extensive improvements were
under way at tho time the IRE
occurred.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
OLIVIA ROBERTSON.

Olivia. the little u months old
aouohter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j..
Robertson died at the home OF her
warrants in Robertson's Addition
Saturday morning and her re-
mains were carried to Melborne'
Ala. for interment. the grlel
stricken parents have the sympa'
thy of many friends.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
FURNITURE
20 per cent. Discount to Reduce
Stock.

For tho next thirty days we will otfei
for cash our entire line OF Bed Room
Suits. Iron Beds, Springs, Mattresses
Rockers, Chiffoniers, China Closets
Hat Racks, Refrigerators and anything
else in our large and well assorted
stock OF furniture at discount OF 70
ner cent. to make room for fall goods.
COME AND SEE.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05

Use Letter Heads, Note
Heads, Bill Heads, En-
velopes, Business Cards
Visiting Cards. Wedding
Invitations, etc. etc., and
other things tnrneei out
by a First-class Prin ting
Office ?
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
|. E. LIDE G. CO.

New Drug Store. ''The birth
Mace of prompt delivery IS the
store to all when using the phone
They respond to their phone calls
They wait on customers promptly.
Their immediate delivery satisnes
'Phone No. 5O2.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
MRS. LUCY ANDERSON

Mrs. Lucy Anderson. wife OF
Mr.. George Anderson residing a
few miles from Caledonia, died
Saturday morning and was buried
in the Rowan grave yard Sum
dav the funeral being conducted
nv Rev. G. O. Hubert.
The Columbus commercial., 1905-10-05
COME AND SEE
What Do You Want =?

ASK FOR IT BY ADVERTISING
IN THE COMMERCIAL. SOME
ONE ELSE HAS JUST WHAT
YOU WANT.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-15
NELSON.BRTT FIGHT

The question OF relative superiority
between Jimmy Britt and Battling
Nelson WI a smuch discussed after
their great battle AZ before. Britt and
his partisans claimed--for that mat
ter. still claim-that Britt had all the
better Of the fighting. and that q de.
spairing rally was all that gave Mel.
son victory. Nelson and his friends
assert that Battling he'd the fight well
In hand from end to end. and that It
was only a question Of time until Britt
succumbed to the Danes tireless on.
slaughts. There Is only one way to
form a really fair and unbiased opin.
Ion OF the case, and that IL to see
and study the motion pictures OF the
battle. These pictures. matchless In
their clearness. perfect to the small.
est detail, tell the whole story, and
tell Il as no reporter could. See them.
Then form your Judgment on what
you see.
j. w. Coffroth, president OF the
Colma (Cal.) Athletic Club. where the
fight occurred. Is the owner of the
copyrighted fms. Duncan opera
house, November 16 and II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-15
Resolution NO. 1o1.

l
A resolution in reference to the
grading and improving Of Fifth street
between Main street and Baca avenue !
in the City Of Las Vegas, New Mex
leo.
Whereas, the city council Of the
city Of Las Vegas did by resolution
No. 80 approved the 18th day of Sept.
A. d. 1905, ordered the city engineer
of said city to cross-section Fifth
street, between Main street and Baca
avenue and to make In estimate OF
the total cost Of grading said streets
and estimate the number Of cubic
yards of material necessary to be u.s.
ed In the grading thereof and to be
excavated therefrom; and
Whereas, the city engineer of the
city Of Las Vegas has filed his re-
port Of said cross-sectioning and OF
said estimate Of the cost Of said work
ETC., SO made by him; and
Whereas. n city council Of the city
of Las Vegas, is Of the opinion that
said named street and the portions
/ thereof above mentioned should be
graded, and has fixed and hereby
does fix the 22nd day Of November.
1905, as the time when said city coun-
Gil will take definite action in re-
gard to requiring said work to be
done;
Now. Therefore, Be It resolved by
the city council Of the city Of Las We
gas, New Mexico, that the 22nd day
of November, 1905. In the council
chambers in the city hall in the city
Of Las Vegas. be and the same hereby
are set as the time and place at which
the owners Of property abutting on
the portions Of said street SO to be
graded and improved, viz:
Fifth street, between Main street
and Baca emu or any other person
or persons interested therein, may
appear before said city council and
te heard as to the propriety and adj
visibility of making such improve
ments and of grading said streets and
as to the cost thereof, and as to the
manner of payment therefor, and as
to the amount thereof to be assessed
against the property abutting thereon,
and as 10 any other matter pertaining
TO said grading or Improvement of
| said portions of said streets above
| mentioned that may be proper to be
heard at said time and place, and the
city clerk and marshal are hereby In
structed to give notice hereof as re-
quired by law.
Adopted this Sth day Of November,
A. u. 1905.
Approved. +. +. OLNEY,
Mayor.
Attest: CHAS. TAaME, |
1l.66 Clerk.