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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-20
MoUlToN.

Moulton Dec. 17-Miss Fannie Ham
lin of Kansas City, Mo-, visited at the,
James Black home the past week.
Rev. Fuller is back from wyoming,
where he has been holding evangelist
tic meetings.
Meenly Burgher was in Milan, Mo-.
Thursday visiting his son, M. B. Bur-
CHER.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. willet have re-
turned from a visit to his sister, Mrs.
p. H Cullen and niece. Mrs. w. o.
Baglin, both of Eldon. They also Wis
tied her sister at Fairfield.
Mrs. Ellen Corrick spent Friday
evening in Bloomfield, the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. York.
Ray Davis was down from Abba FRI,
day.
Miss Efhe vorhis spent Sunday In
Bloomfield.
Mrs. G. R. Holbert was in Center
Vile Friday visiting her friend, Mrs.
Valley Mckee.
Mrs. H. H. Howard spent Sunday att
the parental S. j. C. Eby home.
Lowell Taylor and Pearl Horn arei
home from Quincy, Illinois, to spend
the holidays. Both are attending BUSH
ness college at Quincy.
Thornton Graves (colored) is home
mas with his parents, Jess Graves and
| wife.
Ed Yates vas visitor from Vest
Grove Saturday.
Herbert Evans was in Bloomfield Sat-
urday evening.
Charles w. Wilson was an over suns
day visitor in Drakeville.
Raymond Dhority spent Sunday inl
Moravia.
L Mrs. Manford Lane was in Unionvillei
Sunday visiting at the George Whistler.
home
Mrs. NJ S. Edwards, Mrs. Henry Car
son and Mrs. Ed Matlock were In or
i tumwa Saturday evening.
Otis Hughes was up from Exline
i Saturday.
W. r. Boardman of Udell was here
i Sunday.
M. Lane of Moberly was here suns
day.
i Mrs Brunk Hunter Of Abba. accom-
panied by her sister, Miss Edna Russelli
J, came down Sunday to visit at the
parental John Russell home,
n James Crone and Howard McDon-
old were here from Centerville Sum
day.
). Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Steele. Mr. ana
Mrs. Noah Wynn and Orviile Wynn OF
i Cincinnati visited at the Wynn home
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Sticl1ler Of
Cincinnati visited at the S. U. Zook
i home Sunday.
Bert DIETRICH was down from Eldon
/ Sunday visiting his family.
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TIE CANAL MESSAGE.

In his special message dealing with
the Panama canal. in which he gives
to congress in detail, the result of his
investigation, President Roosevelt
makes confession of the faults in the
situation along with his sounding OF
the praise of the great work going on
through the isthmus of Panama. 1t
is as thorough report Of the condi-
lions in detail as would be expected
from an investigation commission and
deals not with generalities, but with
the persons digging the canal, operat-
ing the machinery, doing the engineer
ing patrolling the streets, attending to
the promotion of sanitary conditions.
incidentally he pays his disrespects
to the persons who have, been lying
about the situation on the isthmus. He
says that he has investigated every
complaint that seemed to have any
foundation, and he reports fully upon
what he found. Speaking of the crit
icism that is without foundation, he
says:
There remains an immense amount
Of as reckless SANDER as has ever been
published. Where the slanderers are
of foreign origin have no concern
1 with them. Where they are Ameri-
cans. l feel for them the heartiest con-
tempt and Indignation; because, in a
spirit of wanton dishonesty and malice
they are trying to interfere with, and
hamper the execution of, the greatest
work of the kind ever attempted, and
are seeking to bring to naught the eff
forts of their countrymen to put to the
credit of America one of the giant
feats of the ages. The outrageous &C
cusations of these slanderers consti'
tute gross libel upon body of public
servants who, for trained intelligence
expert ability. high character and de
votion to duty have never been ex
celled anywhere. There Is not man
among those directing the work on the
\ isthmus who has obtained his position
on any other basis than merit alone
and not one who has used his position
lin any way for his own personal or pc
4 cuniary advantage"
4 Tt is apparent that it is with great
satisfaction that the President is able
to make the report that he does on the
progress on the canal and of the con
ditions surrounding the laborers. There
: are now twenty-five thousand men OF
the works and in comparativel!
short period of time this number will
be doubled. 1t was impossible to make
. all the preparations desirable for thu
: incoming of all these men, but in tn,
short time they have been there the.
have seen a location that had a repu
tation of fatally unhealthful condition.
/. changed to a place where the dealt
| 70 fou yuit
places in the United States. They ar
not stopping at this point, however
and everything that can be done t
improve the canitary conditions will b
J. pushed to a consummation.
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ANOTHER FAREWELL TOUR.

Burlington Hawkeye.-"T cruelty
of politics" has fresh illustration in
the revival of the old chestnut that the
President is anxious to get rid of the
secretary Of the treasury and that fric-
ton exists between the two That
story was on one of it's frequent rounds
year ago when Secretary Shaw had
arranged of his own choice to retire
from the cabinet in the following Feb
ruary, having completed a full four
year term and desiring to engage in
private business. He was weary Of
sired him to retire from the public
service. His personal enemies en-
braced the opportunity to invent the
story that the secretary was leaving
the cabinet by the wish Of the Presi-
dent. But that story was spoiled by a
letter from the President earnestly
imploring Secretary Shaw to postpone
his resignation for another year, a re-
quest which in view of the uniform
friendship and cordially existing be-
tween the two men Secretary Shaw
could not well refuse.
Now that the time draws nigh that
the secretary had finally set for his re-
tirement, (February y the political
gossips have resurrected the same old
story of friction between the Presi
dent and the secretary, and again 1t is
knocked in the head by another very
warm and cordial personal letter from
the President commenting the secre
tary for his great work in the treas
ury And the date Of retirement has
been postponed until March A.
Under all the circumstances, the
--latest exhibit Of the Roosevelt-S Shaw
friction retiremen yarn ought to BIZ
its really-and-truly farewell tour. Bu
it won't 1t will make another trip II
January or February Sure thing. And
those who like that sort of reading
should expectantly look for 1t.
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Mr.. ROOT AND THE FEDERAL
POWERS.

Chicago Chronicle.-A good many
people who do not oppose certain ex.
tension of federal authority by consti-
tutional methods were, nevertheless,
somewhat uneasy at Secretary Roots
proposals in his speech the other
night.
They fancied that they could detect
in his ideas squirting toward CEN
tralization to be accomplished with
out legislation or amendment of the
constitutional other words, an as
sumption of ungranted federal au-
tthority upon the plea of necessity.
They fancied that Mr.. Roots plans
contemplated the exercise of the ma.
tional government of those rights and
duties which might be neglected or
unemployed by the states. They in
terpreted the secretary's speech as
laying down the doctrine that the
states could lose their rights by non
user and that the federal government
could thereupon exercise the nonused
rights
This, of course, would be an innova-
ton upon our theory of government SO
radical as to be almost revolutionary
and If Mr.. Root had really sought to
promulgate such doctrine the alarm
of the constitutionalists would have
been warranted.
The secretary of state, however
makes haste to disavow any such ex.
IRENE doctrine. He did not mean, he
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Abba.

Abba, December IT, Marriage
licenses were issued Saturday
to R. Ivan Fair, rs. and Grace l..
Rice 81, both Of Queen City, Mo-, and
to john Thomas, "a and Gessie Agee,
20. both Of Abba.
DR.. r. o. Early and wife Of Gales
burg, ILL.,. We're over Sunday visitors
with relatives and friends at Abba.
j. II. Massey died at o'clock p. m.
Friday, Dec IA. at the home south of
Abba, age, Sc years. Funeral services
were held in the Methodist Episcopal
church at o'clock Sunday afternoon
Rev. w. S. Gardner officiating
Mrs. Elizabeth Reese, mother of Jno,
p. Reese, of Hiteman died Friday
morning of paralysis and was buried
yesterday in Oak View cemetery at this
place.
Mrs. Henry Hunter and two children
left yesterday morning for the parental
Russell home at Moulton for brief
visit.
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COOPER TRIAL BEGINS.
Abba Minister Defendant in Libel Suit
Before Court.

AIDA miIiiSiST OSIcI0dnt III IIpSl SN'S
Before Court.
Abba, Dec. 1.-THE case of Rev. G.
S. Cooper, for libel, was begun in the
district court Friday morning. 1t is
claimed by w. E. Giltner in the case
that Rev. Cooper libeled him in a news
paper article in which Rev. Cooper gave
the report of his work as a temperance
worker. There was much difficulty ex
perienced in securing the jury, which
consists of the following men: Joe
Reynolds, Hiteman; A. j. Miller, Man
tur township; Pat Scully, Union town
ship; Dennis Ryan, Cedar township:
G. C. Swift, Franklin township; F. p.
Douglas Pleasant township; Stephen
Gray, Buxton; Thos. Carr, Hooking;
Bert Pence, Monroe township; Ira
Stone, Jackson township, and Harry
Neil, Mantua. Friday afternoon was
consumed n arguing by the PLAINTIFF
attorney for continuance Of the case,
but the motion was denied and evil
dence was begun. For the plaintiff,
Attorney Fred Everett, who is filing
the duties Of county attorney in the
absence of A. G. Parry. 1t is under
stood flat :. Everest will have help
today as D. w. Bates and ]. G. Mabry
were dismissed as the plaintiffs attor-
neys because of their connection with
a case in which was the same issue
Rev. Cooper has secured the services
of J. F. Clarkson Mitchell Tomlinson
cnd Price.
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WHERE oRAToRY SURVIVES.

Columbia State.-Inspiration is a
lost art in the court room" says JUS
tice Brewer Of the United States SUI
preme court, in an article in the Allan
tic monthly. "Forsenic oratory," re
marks this eminent jurist, 'has passed
away. No longer does the crowd gath
er in the county court house to listen
to and be moved by the wit, patIos
and eloquence of the advocate as for
hours or days he addresses the jury.
The court room may be filled, but 1t
is largely with the ubiquitous report
ers, many Of whom are as destitute
of tears as Sahara of water and as
callous to emotion as the mummied
sleepers of Egypt. No longer Is it true
that weeping men and women with
handkerchiefs to their eyes are moved
with the eloquence of counsel" We
fear that Justice Brewers acquaint-
ance with Country court houses" Is
not so intimate as 1t might be; as it
used to be perhaps. No eloquence in
the 'county court houses!" No for
ensic fireworks! No weeping men and
women-none even "visibly affected. =
We beg to dissent from the Judges
opinion. We can speak for South Caro-
lima at least with certainty. Come to
the Palmetto state, Mr.. Justice, and
attend court at any one Of the "coun.
try court houses" Go even into the
halls that are presided over by our
trial Justices" If, after spending an
hour in any one Of these, you have
not heard some as pure AL eloquence
as ever flowed from the lips of learned
and eloquent counsel, then we shall
stand ready to admit your damnine
accusation that oratory Is dead.
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AN IOWA CANAL.

In the effort to move all of Des
Moines and the remainder of the state
of Iowa for greater Des Moines"
somebody has dreamed again the
dream of a canal from the capital city
to the Mississippi river, which would
mean water transportation to the Gulf
of Mexico. The older men can re-
member when this was talked of with
some hopes before, but during the
later years of railroad building, which
ing and re-crossing the state of Iowa,
this had been passed by with the de-
creasing river traffic.
Within the last few years, however,
an effort has been put forth for the
revival of traffic on the waterways.
The Upper Mississippi River Improve
ment association has bee- laboring
with congress with view to securing
a deep channel from the twfn-cities on
the north to the gulf on the south.
What is known as the Lakes to the
Gulf Deep Waterway association has
recently been organized and it is en-
gagged in urging action on the part OF
congress in the way of liberal appro.
priations for facilitating river naviga.
ton in the middle west. A few months
ago navigation was reopened upon
the Missouri river, after inactivity had
marked the course for te!. years.
All of this has its meaning. The
most influential men in the territory
affected have interested themselves in
the movements for river and canal
navigation, and there is going to he
some results along the lines laid
down The operation of steamboats,
may not have the desired effect upon
railroad rates or accommodations, but
If the agencies now at work keep uI
their enthusiasm there will be the
steamboat lines, whatever the rates
may be.
And Des Moines has caught the en-
thusiasm, showing signs of pushing il
at least as long as the greater Des
Moines" movement lasts. Whatever
is done in the line of a steamboat
canal from Des Moines to the Missis
sippi river will affect Ottumwa, which
8 Is about the halfway point on the
Des Moines river between the capita
city and Keokuk.
The old maps and surveys are being
dragged from their resting places AM
the capital city people are dreaming
of steamboat whistles, the gang planl
full of roustabouts and waterway di
rect from Des Moines to the Panam;
canal Everybody is figuring now OF
the nearest way of reaching the bi,
ditch that will join the two oceans
and the Importance of this is beinl
felt by every river town in the middl
west. They all are anxious to be o.
hand for the grand opening, and jude
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ROOSEVELT, SHAW, TARIFF.

Cedar Rapids Republlcan.-Inel
stories about the misunderstanding
between the President and Secretary
Shaw are. no doubt, the usual news
paper exaggerations. We see in these
stories only another evidence of the
somewhat we'll defined movement to
entangle the President in various per-
sonal controversies, in the hope that
he may be weakened in the great work
which he is carrying on. We are all
the more suspicious of these things
because the tariff is alleged to be one
of the differences between the Presi-
dent and his secretary Of the treasury
1t may be no violation of confidence
now to state that once before when
such reported differences were in cir
culation. the President expressed him
self vigorously to an Iowa caller on
that subject. He said then in some
what vehement language that there
had been no differences on the tariff
between himself and his secretary;
that there never had been any; that
certain persons we're continually cir
culating such rumors, for what reason
or from what motives he did not know.
He stated in the same conversation
that he had persuaded Secretary Shaw
to stay over his time in the cabinet
because he esteemed his services in
that department as most valuable to
the administration and to the coun-
try. The President conveyed the idea
then that some influences were at
work to create imaginary differences,
but that they were wholly unavailing.
This was the trend of the Presidents
statements. To publish them now is
no violation of any condolences, it may
rather be regarded as a service to
that harmony of spirit and action
which will be helpful to the govern
ment in its various undertakings.
1t may also said the Secretary Shaw
while member Of the cabinet never
| delivered speech on the tariff that
he sdid not first submit it to the Pres
ident, desiring in no way to be out Of
harmony with the administration. Ev-
cry utterance on the tariff by the sec.
rotary has had the Presidents approx
al. By this we do not mean that the
President might himself have said, in.
variably the same things, but that the
policy has been in accord with his
own ideas.
| IL aIllC L lSo1oCuL udu uSSll GU W OpSA
the tariff question he would not have
hesitated to do so in his recent mes
sage. But we find one of the longest
messages on record without a men
ton of the word tariff. One paper, the
Des Moines Register and Leader, is
of the opinion that the President sup
pressed his tariff views because o.
fear that some one would thwart his
other views if he opened the tariff
That is the most ignoble motive tha
has so far been attached to any ont
l.of the Presidents acts. Mr.. Roosevelt
is not that sort of coward The pape
in question simply makes him appea
as coward in order to sustain it,
own contentious on the tariff.
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improve the building, the first two
stories to be occupied by hotel and the
third story by themselves as a lodge
room This will be a much needed inn
provement.
. r. G. Drake, and son, Harvey, are
visitors al this place.
George workman of near Mt. Zion
was visitor in town last week.
The oyster supper given by the 0. e
s. was we'll patronized Saturday even
ing.
The c., R. 1. & p. Railway company
is erecting new depot at this place
John Walker, w. E. Cowen, George
Wiley and w. ]. Crawford were in OF
tumwa on business Friday evening.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

The Chickasha Express offers the
following as constitutional provisions:
Making it unlawful for any married
man to be out later than o'clock at
night
Requiring millionaires to supply ev-
cry editor with well regulated auto
mobile and all meal tickets.
Making it felony for any man to
make the inquiry, when the thermom-
.eter is above SO in the shade, rs it
hot enough for you?"
Restraining knockers from running
at large without license.
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a UNION MEETING.

Kirkville, Dec 1S.--A union meeting
to be held by the churches here will
begin on New Years day, Jan. 1, 1907.
The pastors will be assisted by Evan
gelist, Miss Jewell Brandt All are cor
daily invited to attend and assist In
these services. The churches were
filled Sunday morning and evening
at the union meetings and Miss Brandt
was listened to with marked attention.
Other News.
Rev. Rowe of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, returned home on Saturday
from Highland Center.
Margery Glass is improving in health.
Mrs Waddell is still very sick.
The men gathered together and husk-
ed out Slemmon Welch's corn. He
Is stili quite sick.
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LEBANON.

Lebanon, Dec. 1S.--Mrs. Ned Harrl-
son is in Cantril, the guest of her son
Edd
Mrs Seth Roush and daughters. Of
near Leando, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Clarence Van Fleet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Brooks Of Eldon
visited a few days last week with rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Warner Of ST.
John, Kansas, are the guests Of Henry
Works.
Lewis and Nellie Conner spent Sum
day at the home of Silas Humphrey.
Mrs. Alma Perkins spent a few days
last week with her brother, Craig Johns
stone. north Of town.
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RlcHLAND.

Richland, Des. 1s.-Harvey Nelson Of
Ottumwa was in town few days last
week visiting his mother, Mrs. Ander-
son Sellers and other relatives.
Herbert Steele was in Ottumwa on
Thursday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse d. Payne have
returned from their eastern trip.
Milo Hinshaw, living 2k miles south
of town fell from load of hay Thurs
day and dislocated his shoulder. dis
abling him for few days.
The Royal Neighbors elected the fol-
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presents, Games and refreshments
were enjoyed.
G. M Garfield went to Ottumwa Sat-
urday for a short visit with his SOM
Cordie Garfield.
James Smith of Abba spent Sunday
with his parents.
Mrs. John Bennett of Cricket was q
Sunday guest Of her sister, Mrs. Fred
Saville n
Mrs. H. Allen. living south Of town.
visited over Sunday with relatives near
Oskaloosa.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for their kindness to us during our
recent bereavement. and also for the
many beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. H. Jones.
Orville Eslinger.
Miss Leila Eslinger.
G. H. SPONSOR and family.
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ing from the activity now in evidence
many of them will.
Hello, congress, connect us with
the Mississippi" is the cry from all
directions, and some of these noises
are going to be heard. That the line
is busy" in some instances may be
expected, but Des Moines is determin-
ed to get hearing
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DoUDs.

Douds, Dec. III. c. Hendricks Of
Batavia, formerly Of this place, has
purchased the residence property Of
w. A. Carson, and will move to this
place in the near future
The K. of P. lodge of this place has
purchased the hotel building here own
ed by Gilbert McGill and viii further