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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13
LIE PASSED OVER A PHONE.
Ia Crosse Woman !
Offense Expelled

La Crosse Woman Accused of This
offense Expelled From Church.
La Crosse, Wis. Feb. 12.SCallina
the pastor a liar over the telephone
was the only charge brought against
Mrs. f. w. Sillowa-- when she wat
dismissed FROM the congregation Of
the Tabernacde Baptist church here
AS result of the schurch's action RESI-
ignations of dozen members will BIS
rendered
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100 ACRES RICH LEVEL LAND;
well located; extra good soil, fenced
and cross fenced, 10 acres bearing
orchard; 40 acres timbeI; good vein
coal. $40 per acre; TERMS. Walter.
Smith, Mt Vernon, ILL.,, r. F. D.
No. 2.
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FOR SALEI56O ACRES NICE Lay
ing land in western Minnesota. $50
acres in cultivation. Good water and
Improvements. Will sell at $50 per
acre or exchange for smaller farm
In Iowa, cash basis. Lock box 955,
Algona, Iowa. !
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FOR sALE-LAND. 800 ACRES IN
gas and artesian basin, Sully
county, SD, $40 per acre. j. O..
Nelson, Lewiston, S. D.
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Many a man on the water wagon
never saw a sprinkling cart.
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FOR SALE $4,000 ACRES IN
Hemphill county, Texas, in any
sized tract. fine farming and fruit
and vegetable lands on line of
Santa Fee Railway. Address Levi
Paul, Girard, Kansas.
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FOR SALE OR RENT-ABOUT $50
acres, located in Central addition.
Ottumwa. For particulars address
L. Guggerty, Chillicothe, Iowa.
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FOR SALE GOOD WORKING
team, one horse, one mare. Double
set harness and wagon, almost new
at a snap. " miles east of BusseyE
and " mile south. Inquire F. HI
Van Collier, Durfee Mining Co.. Bus-i
sey, Iowa. 80
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FOR sALE-GooD FARM AND
timber land in Perry county, Mo-,
only cash buyers need apply. Robt.
T. Brown, Perryville, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

Range of hog values at Chicago for
the past week, with comparisons: TOP
prices are for selected lots:
Mixed and Heavy
butchers, grades,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

FOR RENT-1oO ACRES, 9 MILES
west of Ottumwa, at SO per acre for
cash. Well improved. Mrs. Mary
Harris, Roemer and Walnut Ave,
citv
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALElCHEAP, STAR HAY
baler; good as new. See Chisman,l
Bros. & Shahan.
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For RENT.

FOR RENT-1cO ACRE FARM, GOOD
builGiE-s and plenty of water; five
miles west. Of city. Inquire 115 N.
Ransom.
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Mrs. Ramsey's brother, Theo. OFT, and
with relatives at Abba.
Mrs Kate Beedle has returned from
a four weeks visit at Foster and other
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-13

IA friend of mine, distinguished
socialist and member of the Fabian
society," says that socialism is not a
system, Ut is a criticism. This l think,
points QUILTS greatest value as well as
indicates it's limitations. We can bene-
fit greatly by that, criticism.
But collectivismS alone is not suf-
ficient. Individualisrh, and collectivism
must go hand in hand. Let the strong
help the weak, and all' work together
for the common good; Sbut to be per-
manent the reform musS go deep into
the heart of the Individual. The true
socialism is coordination of the vi
tai principles of competition and of
social service The decalsogue is good
enough for me. And better still, is that
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-28
Miscelln nncOus.

The jury in the case Of Loupis Deck
er. charged with bribery in connection
with the St. Louis Suburban street
railway franchise deal. brought in a
verdict Of guilty at Springfield, Mo-,
and fixed his punishment at five years
in the penitentiary.
The scale committees for the iowa
miners and operators have signed the
scale on the 1903 basis, ending the coal
strike in that state.
Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco has
sent kilograms to various cities ask
ing for architects and architectural
draughtsmen.
Kansas City firemen have contribute
ed $21S for the relief Of San Francisco
firemen.
The Central National bank OF Bca-
ton, which failed in 1902. has paid
all the depositors their money with
interest.
Forty bodies were taken from one
building at San Francisco by the Red
Cross service.
E. J. Bliss. Of Boston, touched by the
infant mortality, bought all the stocks
Of infants bottles, nipples, food and
clothing at Los Angeles and sent then,
- sufferers at San Francisco.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.

InterestIng Items Gathered from All
pnrts of the World COndenseA
Into Small Space for the
Benefit of Our Readers.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-04-28
Congregational.

The government will admit free Of
duty supplies from China and Vancou-
yer rendered for the relief of San
Francisco Chinese.
The senate has passed a resolution
appropriating $l,500,o00 for San Fran
cisco sufferers.
In a recent special message to con-
gress President Roosevelt declares
that the trial of tthe Chicago packers
was a miscarriage Of justice, criticises
Judge Humphreys immunity decision
sharply and recommends a law giving
the government the right to appeal
in certain cases.
A recent conference OF the demo-
cratic senators called to discuss the
railroad rate bill resulted in consider
able ill-feeling and no agreement ON
any phase of the question.
Congressman Longworth, tthe presi-
dents son-in-law, it is said, will have
hard time to return to congress.
Congress has appropriated $1,000.-
900 for the benefit of the earthquake
sufferers.
George Fletcher, aged 11S years, the
Oldest British subject, is dead in Ire
land.
An extraordinary story has been
published in London from a Russian
correspondent asserting that Father
Gapon has been hanged by revolution
lists who overheard him admit he was
acting as a spy for the police
Augustus Pollock, the multimillion-
aire tobacconist, is dead at Wheeling,
w. Va, aged 76 years.
Gen. Greeley has assumed command
at San Francisco. superseding Gsn.
Funston.
Prof. Curie. the discoverer Of radium
was run over BY . wagon in Paris, r.
Gently and died Of his injuries.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
In TROPICAL ARIZONA.
DESERT SANDS BEING TRANS.
FORMED INTO VERDANT
FIELDSAND ORCHARDS.

Country Was Once Inhabited by an
Ancient People-OnIy Ruins Left to
Indicate a Teeming and Prosperous
Population.
Swinging gently in ones hammock
beneath wide spreading fig trees load
ed with luscious fruit, and breathing
into the nostrils the fragrance of a
field of Peruvian clover mingling with
the almost tropical bloom about me, 1t
is indeed hard to believe that this very
spot, only a few years ago, boosted
naught save the horned toad, the
ella monster and the rattlesnake. A
suspicion of scent of desert sage
waited on summer mornings zephyr
awakes in one a realization that, just
beyond this fair oasis, gaunt desola-
ton, weird and mysterious, stalks
wide under relentless skies Of brass.
All these thoughts and others are
yours when you drop into Phoenix
or Mesa, or any Of the little GASES in
the Salt River Valley, after the long
hot ride across the burning sands
which intervene between it and Ell
Paso, Texas. You are glad to feast
your eyes on the green verdure which
seems to spring suddenly from out
the sere desert.
An Almost Tropical Climate.
Phoenix, beautiful in a garb Of
tropical luxuriance, with wide aven-
ues shaded by magnificent palms or
shapely umbrella trees, with pleasant
homes almost hidden by vines and
flowers, bids you welcome.
Many Of her pioneers and her best
citizens came here to fight last bat
tie with that dreaded scourge, the
White Plague-tuberculosis- and the
welcome they received from the des-
ert brought the bloom of health to
their cheeks and new hope to their
hearts, and Is reflected in the welcome
which greets the stranger at their
gates to-day.
Ours is usually termed a new coun-
try, yet in Arizona one views the re-
mains of a civilization that flourished
as long ago as the eighth or ninth cen
fury, and mayhaps as ancient as that
of the first. There Is an irrigation ca
nal, deep and wide, cut from the solid
rock by race which lived in the
Salt River valley ere man had
learned the use of metals. On the
bank one finds a broken stone axe,
mute evidence of the wonderful pa
thence of a people of whom history
records nothing save this sign of skill
in engineering and irrigation. Van
ished are they into the misty
past 40 long ago that the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
THE YOUNGEST SENATOR.
Burkett, of Nebraska, Who Defea ted
VIM. j. Bryan for the Toga.

From the farm furrow to the Sen.
ate is the somewhat remarkable
record Of the youngest member of that
body, Elmer Burkett, of Nebraska.
To be elected Senator is considered
a distinction worthy the ambition of
any American youth; to be the baby
member of the greatest of legislative
bodies Is higher distinction, and es-
pecially as in the case Of Mr. Burkett
where the race was hot one, and his
opponent an able and renowned an.
tagonist, no other man than William
J. Bryan.
Out in Nebraska, says Edgar O.
Snyder, Of the Omaha Bee, who is ia
miliar with state politics, there has
been in the past number of long
drawn out senatorial deadlocks. The
people were not only dissatisfied with
conditions, but they were determined
to stop 1t. They concluded to direc
the action Of the legislature.
Nomination by the People.
The newspapers took up the mattel
Of popular nominal ton very ener
getically, and the plan was suggested
Of having a state convention nominate
candidate for United States Senator,
and instruct their legislative nominees
to vote for him when the Legislature
met. OF course, there was opposition
to the plan in certain quarters, for il
materially interfered with the desires
Of the "bosses" who had controlled
Nebraska politics for many years, and
Burkett was not exactly to their liking
The opposition, however, did not de-
velop any great amount of strength,
and Mr.. Burkett was unanimously de.
clared the choice of the Republicans of
the state for Senator, to succeed Sena-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

xatta season at Cowes, it meant one
more distinguished American woman
to be admitted to the Kings circle.
Mrs. Potter Palmer never does
things by halves, and this was never
more thoroughly demonstrated than
when she arranged the marriage be-
tween her niece. Miss Julia Dent
Grant, and the Russian Prince Can
tacuzene. 1t was one Of the most brill
liant matrimonial achievements the
social world has ever known, and, un-
like so many similar affairs, the union
has turned out to be a supremely
happy one.
When Mrs. Potter Palmer deter
mined to join the social colony at
Cowes last year she leased the his
toric Egypt House in Englands IA
nous beauty spot, the Isle of Wight.
Everybody who is anybody in English
society goes down for the regatta sea.
son, for the King is sure to be there,
and society focks at the royal heels.
This recalls that the interior Of
Egypt House is a splendid example Of
The simple luxury which prevails in so
many old English houses. Several
years ago it was leased by Consuelo,
Dowager Duchess of Manchester. The
Duchess is one Of the oldest friends of
King Edward, and during the season
that she was mistress of Egypt House
she was the Kings hostess on more
than one occasion.
The Duchess had the old place done
over in anticipation of the Kings com.
ing and all the floors were highly pol
ished and covered with expensive rugs.
His Majesty was escorting the Ouch.
ess into dinner one evening when he
slipped on the polished floor and mar
rowly escaped getting bad fall. For
the instant the King was angry and
reminded the Duchess that he detested
polished floors and would never again
enter house where they prevailed.
Merchants of London received or
ders the following day to take meas.
Wements Of all the floors in Egypt
House. and when the King again WIS.,
tied the Duchess there he found every
room and corridor carpeted in fine
Persian effects. The King laughed
and partly apologized for his bad tenn
per on the previous occasion by say
ing. you are very good, Duchess. You
see, | am not as young as | used to
be-" Since that time polished floors
have been tabooed by the English
smart set.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

of Nebraska,
tor Dietrich, and, of course, Republi,
can nominees for the legislature were
pledged to carry out the action of the
state convention.
Hot Contest With Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan was the uni
versally accepted candidate against
Burkett, supported by the Democrats.
Populists and Free-Silver Republicans.
The fight was thus narrowed down to
one between Mr.. Burkett and Mr..
Bryan for control of the legislature.
Which one would be senator was de-
pendent upon the political complexion
Of that body. The campaign, extend.
ing over period Of about five months,
was exceedingly virile, and there was
plenty of uncertainty to make it inter-
esting, and at times almost bitter.
Mr.. Burkett, like his distinguished
opponent, is of even temperament,
slow to anger and plenteous in that
brand of good nature that never wears
off; and so whatever may have dis
turbed others, it can be said that moth
ing harsh or bitter ever passed be-
tween them personally.
Roosevelt's great popularity made
the state surely Republican, so far as
the electoral ticket was concerned, but
Mr. Bryan's popularity and his force
as a campaigner made the outcome as
to the complexion Of the legislature
one Of doubt and uncertainty. Then,
too, there were local conditions that
were not advantageous to the Republi-
cans.
These were the conditions confront
ing Mr.. Burkett when the campaign
Of 1904 opened Mr.. Bryan, brilliant,
shrewd and resourceful as he is, took
advantage of every mistake of the Re-
publicans, and he went into the cam
paign determined to elect Demo
cratic legislature. He strove nightly;
he held meetings in almost every dis
trict; he completely covered the state
with special train, and made from
five to eight rear-platform speeches q
day, arousing as he always does, great
enthusiasm. But Mr.. Burkett was also
over the state. He made as many
speeches as did his opponent, and he Is
convincer, and he visited every por.
ton of the Commonwealth.
Genius for Organization.
Probably one of Burkett's chief at.
tributes in his genius for organization.
As a result of the marshaling of his
forces, legislature was elected with
every one of the thirty-three members
in the Senate Republican and only
nine Fusionists out of one hundred
members of the House. The legis-
lature met and In just. six minutes
elected Mr.. Burkett a Senator.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
NEW SHERIDAN STATUE.
OHIO ERECTS MONUMENT At 4
COST OF TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS

Striking Figure of the Cavalry Lead
err as He Appeared in the Later
Years of His Life, But Not as He
Looked During the War.
The dedication of statue Of Gen.
rsral Phil Sheridan at Somerset Ohio,
on Nov. End, revives interest in the
career of the great cavalry leader of
the Union armies. The state of Ohio
erected the statue, an equestrian one
and there his birth was recorded.
which will stand in the public square
Of the quaint old village in which
Sheridan lived as a boy. 1t was al
ways believed prior to his death, that
Sheridan was born in the village. He
and his family allowed the impression
to remain as there was some hope
that he might be nominated for Presi-
dent. Sheridan himself was always
proud to call himself an Ohio man.
When he died his relatives admitted
that he was not even born in this
country, but on ship when LIS par
ents wene en- route from Ireland.
They settled first at Albany, N. Y,
and there his birth was recorded
However it was in Somerset that he
grew up, quick alert little Irish lad
whose greatest delight in youth was
to await the coming Of the stage that
he might ride the horses to water.
His old mother used to tell in her de-
clining years of Phillies great love for
horses and how hard his father used
to whip him for riding every horse he
could find to mount.
Early Cavalry Training.
That early love of horses stood Phi
in good stead when he entered the
cavalry arm of the service and fitted
him for the famous "Sheridans Ride"
to the battle of Winchester. Sheridan
began as a clerk in the village store
and was sent to West Point by con-
gresham who hoped to catch the
Irish Catholic vote. Alas, the con-
gresham was beaten, but he gave the
nation a great soldier and in later
years when the man was in trouble,
Sheridan came to his relief in CRATE
full manner. The mother of Sheridan
almost outlived him and died at the
age of 80 retaining her faculties to the
last. He visited her often and she
was never SO happy as when she told
all her neighbors "My Phillie is com.
ing" He gave her a nice little home
on the edge Of the village, and under
a great tree that stands in the yard
speeches have been made by the first
President Harrison, by Sherman
Tom Corwin, Carried, Hayes and Nc
Kinley. The father of Sheridan lived
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
Where Are Brought Wealth.

A proud father in western town,
who has a number of daughters of a
marriageable age, in speaking of the
qualities Of the girls, said to an &C.
quaintance that while he loved each
Of them very much, he would like to
see them comfortably married. II have
little money" he said, "and they
will not go penniless to their hus-
bands"
There is Mary, twenty-five years
old, shall give her $1,000 when she
marries. Then comes Bet, she is more
than thirty-five, and she will get So, 900,
while the man who takes Eliza, who is
more than forty, will receive $4,000
with her."
The acquaintance after some few mo-
ments Of serious thought, wanted to
know If he had any daughters fifty or
sixty years old.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
In Sunless Dungeons.

A victim of Russian severity who
was at one time immured in the grim
fortress of Peter and Paul, in st. Pc
tersburg, describes it as resembling a
house of the dead.
Its dungeons, utterly sunless, are
abodes of gloom and silence. Not a
word is spoken among the hapless pris-
oners, intercourse being carried on
mainly by gestures. Prisoners COM
municate with each other by knocking
on the walls of their cells, so many
times for each letter. d. even this
Is sternly repre- authorities,
and captives 80 IL the practice
are liable to severe punishment.
I'm short, the prison reproduces all
the horrors of the dungeons of ro-
nance, with widowed walls, cold 81
lence and despair. The fortress, in
deed, is never spoken of in Russia
without shudder, for imprisonment
there is little better than being buried
alive"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
LAwRENcEBuRd, TENNESSEE FRIDAY, JANUARY a. 1900
MAGAZINE SECTION
FITZHUGH LEES VIE WS.
Once Told General Howard Southern
| Defeat Would Work for Good.

In March, 1896, had the pleasure,
recently remarked an official of the In
dian Department, of travelling in COM
pany with the Indian party" from
Washington City On it's way to Car
Isle, Pa, to attend the annual COM
mencement exercises of the Indian
school there.
With the party, which included
some members of both houses Of Con-
gress and a few officials of the Indian
service, were the fearless, forcible
Fitzhugh Lee, and that knightly
Christian soldier, Major-General o. o.
Howard.
Naturally the two old veterans,
serving on opposite sides of our coun-
try's most desperate war, found much
in common to talk over and discuss |;
and were together during the entire
trip.
had the good luck to be included
in their conversation from time to
time, and heard much that was in
structive and entertaining.
From present events their converse
ton drifted back to the heroic days of
the civil war, and they fought over
again many of its battles. Then they
recalled old days at West Point, when
Howard was an instructor and had
"Fitz" as his pupil.
do you remember" said General
Howard, "the time at the Point that l
induced you to attend chapel serv-
ices?"
EYES," answered General Lee, "but
l didn't go for the services, went for
you"
Again their conversation was about
the war, and its decisive battles, and
to the wonderful changes since those
tragic days of '61-5.
They had discussed the industrial
conditions of the country, and General
Lee seemed unusually well informed
as to the needs and opportunities of
the South.
do you know" he said, "the next
decade will witness an industrial re,
naissance for us. We are just begin
ming to get an influx of Northern capt.
tai and push; and we are learning that
we can get along without the niggers. "
Eyes," assented Howard, whose
thoughts seemed still to cling round
past events, "it's all the result of that
fight at Gettysburg"
Il don't know as to that" responded
General Lee, "but wish you would
tell me how 'youe2s' came to win that
battle"
-"Well," said the gentle Howard, 81
didn't win it, Fitz, God did"
eyes, General" Lee answered, 81
know you went up into the steeple Of
that old church at Gettysburg for some
purpose, but didn't know it was fol
that"
Lee gazed for some time out of the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

| GIANT CACTUS OF THE SALT RIVER
VALLEY
storage necessitated an expenditure
beyond the means of the people.
Once Lair of 6eronImo's Apaches.
Far up in the San Francisco Noun
tains, once the rendezvous Of the
Apache outlaw Geronimo, and his
band Of murderers, Salt River and
Tonic Creek come together In, Tonic
Basin and flow into a deep and mar
row canyon. Near the entrance to
this gorge the Engineers of the Re-
clamation Service are building the
Roosevelt dam, one of the highest
in the world. From bedrock to top
it will be 275 feet high, or about half
the height of Washington monument :
1t will be of rubble masonry, and in
it's construction will require 100000
bbls. of cement. When completed It
will store 100000 acre feet of water.
or sufficient water to cover that many
acres one foot deep. OEce full, it
will insure sufficient water to cover
100000 acres In the valley with i've,
feet of water, the amount needed to
produce full crop. The people are
pledged to pay $3,6O0,0O0 in ten years
for this work. To-day only 100000
acres are irrigated under present sys-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12
GUEST OF KING EDWARD.
MRS. POTTER PALMER, SOCIETY
LEADER, SPENDS SEASON
IN LONDON.

Leased EGYPT House.. Isle of Wight
Polished Floors of Famous Man
sion Persian Carpeted to Please
Royal Whim.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, social censor
for the great world of society in Chi
cago, Is numbered among the few
American women who have really and
truly penetrated to the inner circles OF
exclusive society in England.
One hears every day of Mrs. This or
Mrs. That who has set the social world
Of London agog, but few Of this vast
number ever do more than receive an
invitation or two to affairs which are
by no means the entertainments Of the
smart set.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, however, is a
woman whose social position Is as.
sured and has been for number of
years. To know her is the open ses-
anne to the most exclusive houses in
America, and so when she went
abroad last summer and announced
her intention of staying for the re-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-01-12

to see his son win fame in the war,
but died from the kick of a vicious
horse.