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who was the loser in the transaction.
win Test Seed Corn.

The Agronomy Department of the
Iowa State College at Ames will test
the farmers seed corn again this year.
Those desiring to avail themselves
of this offer will please send in their
samples at once.
In taking the samples, select one,
hundred average ears from the racks.l
From each of these ears draw two kerr
nels with knife, one being taken two
inches from each end Of the ear Place
these in a secure package and mail TOT
the Agronomy Department, I. 8. c.,
Ames, Iowa.
This corn will be tested free Of
charge and the results returned to
those who send the samples. The
names of individuals will not be made
public.
Please enclose your name, postofice
and county that a reply may be
promptly received.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

D. A. Hites. deputy secretary Of
state, announces his candidacy for the
office of secretary of state, subject to
the decision of the republican state
convention.
Mr.. Hites was born in Holmes coun-
ty, Ohio, ir 1850 and came to Marion
county, Iowa, in 1855 with his faith
er's family, where he worked on a
farm and attended school Tor a num-
Der OF years, finishing his school days
with three years course in college
at Oskaloosa. He then followed the
occupation Of teaching, and for num-
Der of years was engaged in that oc-
cupation, during which time he resid-
ed in the counties of Mahaska, Marion,
Adams, Adair and Polk.
He was elected clerk of the courts
in Adair county, in which capacity he
served creditably for three terms.
From Adair county he removed to
Polk county where he has since re-
sided
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
MR.. PERKINS, GRAFTON.

Des Moines Capitalize funeral OF
the late Speaker Henderson was the
most impressive event in the history
of our state. Distinguished men from
different parts Of the state were there
The Grand Army Of the Republic was
represented by its well known leaders
There were literally mountains of
flowers. The floral tribute seat by the
congressional delegation was a dream
of beauty. The services were marked
by reverence, dignity and solemnity.
The music was the most touching ever
presented on such an occasion. Last
of all came the Grafton by Hon. Geo.
D. Perkins, who served eight years in
congress with the deceased and who
also served in tile union army. Mr.
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Perkins Grafton has appeared in full in
.he Capital 1t will pass as q beautiful

i Z. i
Perkins grafton has appeared in full in
.he Capital 1t will pass as beautiful
tribute from one great man to the
memory of another. Henderson AMI
Perkins were quite unlike, but through
their long lives of business AMI polit-
fcal activity, they We're the warmest
friends. Therefore, when
Perkins spoke, he simply voiced his
own personal sentiments. His address
was poem in prose. creditable alike
to the head and the heart of the great
editor. It will be found in hundreds,
If not thousands, of Iowa scrapbooks
long years hence. If Henderson could
have but known that he was still loved
and appreciated by all the people he
might have had new consolation on
his dying bed. But he could not know.
The world seemed to be moving along
forgetting him, even forgetting his his
tory and record. He felt that his own
district had not fully appreciated the
honor he had brought to his people by
securing the speakership. Doubtless,
as many a man has done before, he
asked his inner self whether 1t had
paid to devote his life to the public;
whether It had not been better to have
been a private In the ranks of citizen
ship with nothing to do but obey or
ders. Who can guess what Henderson
thought while attempting to make his
way at the bar in a strange city, be-
ginning new career at the end? Whv
can tell what his reflections were
while trying to regain his health In
California? Editor Perkins may have
had some of these queries in his
mind. We fancy that he did. But
Iowa's tribute to the dead speaker
was worthy Of the man. After a life
of combat and struggle, his wearied
frame rests on the banks of the great
river, and "all is we'll" Mississippi's
breaking waves will be his eternal re-
tol1iem
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
LET,s FoReETI IT

Now that every one almost, has had
a say on the case of Sarah Kuhn, let's
all together make resolve to drop the
discussion and forget it. There is
nothing about the case that can be of
any value even as a moral, lesson, and
TIE less said about it the better. 1t
seems that the alleged finding of a
confession is story that is not be-
lieyed by many who have been in close
touch with the case. So why not let
the secret that is buried in the grave
with Sarah Kuhn remain there? The
Des Moines Register and Leader dis
cussing the latest, and, it is to be
hoped, the last development, says:
g report has been widely circulat-
ed, ostensibly on the authority of an
unnamed state official that before her
DEATH Sarah Kuhn left letter in
which she confessed to the poisoning
of her husband This story is denied
with vigor by her friends and the de-
NAL is given color by the statements
of the warden of the penitentiary and
of her spiritual adviser, who say that
to their knowledge she did not make
any such confession.
Sarah Kuhn suffered enough in her
life, even if she was guilty of the
crime charged to her, and certainly
enough, if as most believe she was
innocent, to have her memory protect
ed from such a ghoulish SANDER as
this, set afloat for what purpose it is
difficult to conceive. If any state Of
fetal has given even color of right to
use his name in such connection. with
out having in his possession the letter
he purports to quote, or without be.
ing able to direct the authorities to it,
he should 'be turned out in disgrace, a
slanderer of the helpless dead.
Sarah Kuhn was an unfortunate
and misused woman, even after the
worst had been said of her. If she
murdered her husband. she was prop.
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- - $500
IoWA's GOOD ENOUGH.

Iowa is losing many Of her farm
ers from the southwestern part Of the
state. Having made that district fam
GUS as a corn producing section they
are turning to the wheat lands Of Can
ada on the north and Kan
sas on the south. Most of
them just now are attracted to Can
ada, where the cheap lands and the
stories Of enormous wheat yields prove
strong magnets. Men who have de-
veloped new country like to keep at
it. Once a pioneer, always pioneer.
Those southwestern Iowa farmers who
have helped to make that district one
Of the earth's garden spots are sell
ing their rich farms at high prices and
are starting for the new country in
Canada where they can have more
land, more latitude, more creative pow
err and more of the experiences of the
pioneer.
They are not leaving Iowa because
1t is not good farming state nor be
cause Canada is any better. 1t is
hard to find place on the whole globe
that is better in this respect than
southwestern Iowa. But it is becom-
ing too old a country for these pi-
oneers. Whether they are the men or
the sons Of the men who first began
the development, they cannot resist
the call of the wide expanse Of fertile
soil to the north. Old men who are
too feeble to make the trip recall the
pleasure they had in surveying new
roads, building rough houses, overcom.
ing hardships. Their sons and daugh.
tiers want to have the same expert.
ences Hence the exodus.
But Iowa is good enough for most of
us and the farms that are discarded
are snapped up by eager buyers at
good figures Iowa is good enough
Her trustworthiness has been put tc
the test and is all that can be desired
Iowa has no bad" years for crops
She has good" years it is true, but
no "bad' ones-no failures. Her
farmers can always be sure of good
crops, always with the chance of a
specially good season. So Iowans
need never fear that there will ever
be need for homeseekers' excursions
to lowe, for the farms in this state will
always be attractive. Yes, Iowa is
good enough.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
ONE VIEW OF DIXON.

Not for many years has so much at
tention been paid to a drama as is
given to Rev. Thomas Dixon's play,
1.-THE Clansman." Theatrical critics diff
fer as widely in their opinions as it is
possible for men to differ, and WHEREBY
er the play has appeared many COM
ments, both favorable and unfavorable,
have been made by press and pubic.
AS theatrical production, the play
is nauseating. Its plot is vile and its
innuendoes are Of the kind that can be
justified only by the plea that the
work teaches a great lesson. However,
this last is doubtful, for the case chos-
en- by the preacher-playwright is an
extreme one and loses much Of its
force on that account. 1t hinges about
a proposal of marriage by mulatto
to a northern white girl, the daughter
Of an abolitionist, and carpet bag
ger" Dixon's theory, that the blacks
can never find a place in America and
should be colonized elsewhere, prefer
ably in Liberia, crops out in every line
of the play. The author goes back
forty years for the scene of his play,
disregarding the wonderful strides
that have been made by the negro race
since that time.
OF course the play took in the
south, where 1t revived some of the old
feeling of war times. For that reason,
among others, it is bad. But here in
the north, it is not looked upon with
SO much favor, not because it Is of the
pro-southern type, but because 1t is
unfair and northern people can see
that fact.
Colored people have denounced the
play in various ways and with many
variations, but an entirely unique view
is taken by the colored editor of the
Topeka, (Kan.) Plaindealer, who says:
From what we saw Of Dixon's play,
If kept up, 1t will be helpful to the ne
gro, rather than harmful. It will
arouse the black man to a greater
sense Of duty. He will become more
aggressive as the white man grows
more prejudiced and. contemplate. He
will labor continuously and save more
of his hard earnings. He will secure
farms and other valuable holdings and
improve them. He will seek business
of his own and make jobs for his chill
dren instead Of depending on the
white man. He will learn that the
white man is not sincere in his Chris
tian religion, and does not believe that
the negro will go to the same heaven
with him if he gets there at all.
Let Dixon keep up his play and the
young American will say in a few
years that he doesn't see any more DIFF
ference in a white woman marrying a
half white negro than in marrying a
Chinaman, Indian or Jap.
Let Dixon keep up his play and it
will prove that the white man is pre-
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THE OTTUMWA COURIER
JUDGED to color, not brains, ability and

JUDGED to color. not brains, ability and
reputation
Let Dixon keep up his play and it
will show who is the square deal
white man and the one that is a
hypccrite.
Let Dixon keep up his play, until
everybody in the north finds out it's
real purpose, which is to down the re-
publican party, and make the Ameri-
can people acknowledge that Lincoln
was wrong and jeff Davis was right!
I'VE can stand Dixon's play if the
whites cant"
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Mr.. Dolliver his warmest endorsement
In several speeches. Then 1t must be
that it Is his ambition to take the
place SO long and so ably filed by
Senator Allison, not by defeating him
in contest but by succession after
his death. That is the only conclu-
Iowa politics can arrive after consid-
ering all the facts IN the case, but it
is not pleasant one. No matter how
we'll fitted Governor Cummins may be
for senator it is not to the hiking of
the people of Iowa to see him or any
other man waiting for Senator Allison
to die and using every possible means
to stay in the lime light until such
calamity shall occur.
Senator Doillver is unwilling to 81
lently accept endorsement by Cover
nor Cummins and thus tacitly endorse
the latter's candidacy for the senator
ship that may be vacated by the death
of Senator Allison Such a cold
blooded proposition does not appeal
to man like Senator Dolliver. And
accordingly he is practically forced to
declare himself in the matter of the
state campaign. In doing SO he
leaves no doubt as to his position. He
replies to the governors praise of his
work for railway rate regulation that
Senator Allison has advised him
throughout in this matter and that
not only M-.Allison but every member
OF the Iowa delegation in congress is
equally entitled to praise, all having
taken part in the campaign for the
passage of the Hepburn bill.
Mr.. Delivers interview goes far to
clear the atmosphere, politically, in
Iowa. His endorsement of Mr.. Per.
kiEs shows the untenable nature of
lie position to which the opponents OF
the Sioux City man hold. Mr.. Dolli.
yer is the leader in Washington, and
indeed, in the nation next to Roose'
welt, in the fight for rate legislation
a fight against the railroads. No one
can doubt that he is sincere in this as
in everything he does. Naturally
then, he would be the last to endorse
a candidate backed by the railroad in
terests in Iowa, as the opponents OF
Mr.. Perkins say he is. Mr.. Dollive1
knows Mr.. Perkins for a sincere, able
tearless, impartial man and endorses
him as sucn candidate. If he were
backed by the railroads no such en-
dorsement could be wrung from Mr.
Dolliver, for the whole country knows
his position, with regard to their in
tuence
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erly punished but until the evidence is
brought forth from her own lips there
will be a reasonable doubt in the mind
of the public. If the legislature had
acted as the sentiment of the state die
tated, she would have been granted a
parole at the last session and would
have been given the chance in life
that thousands of less deserving have
been given. Her memory is entitled
to at least such consideration as her
sad ending invites and her life to the
mantle of human charity"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
NEGRO MURDERER TO HANG.

Geo. Small Quickly Convicted OF Kill.
ing New Jersey Girl.
Mount Holly, March 8. - George
Small the negro who was this week
on trial here charged with the killing
OF Miss Florence w. Atkinson near
Moorestown on January 18 was last
night convicted of murder In the first
degree and was sentenced to be
hanged on March % at which time
Rufus Johnson will be executed for
the same crime.
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SENATOR DoLLIvER's ENDORSE
MENT,

y r
Senator Delivers authorized inter-
view endorsing George D. Perkins
Should be read carefully by every re-
publican In Iowa. In it Mr.. Dolliver
makes plain his position in Iowa poll
tics. He distinctly says he does not
aspire to be 'fboss" in the party and
never has so aspired. His desire is
to see unanimity in the republican
ranks in the state he SO ably repre-
sents and he can see no reason, he
says, why harmony should not exist
here. This is exactly the position Mr.
Perkins and his supporters have taken
since the sensr1css and useless dissen-
sion was boz"
One men @r,.iration is not wanted
in Iowa. The republican party in this
state is too large to be ruled by any
enc man. AS matter of course the
governor is the leader, of the party
just as he is the head of the state adj
ministration. But he is not the lead
er in the sense that he is given undi-
vided control of the party during the
time he is governor. In the present
case Governor Cummins asks a renom-
ination at the end of five years con-
tinuous service. He asks 1t in the
maintain that If he is made governor
for two more years he will bring
about improvements in the laws of the
state which he has failed to bring
about in five years. These reforms,
they insist, are extremely necessary
in order that honest, upright, unselfish
men shall hold Offices, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the laws to be re-
formed are the very ones under which
lMr. Cummins secured his present Of
fee. What would be more natural,
8hen, than for an outsider to conclude
that Mr.. Cummins is inconsistent
wnen he says the laws that allowed
him to be governor ar wrong?
Now, Iowa people admire Governor
Cummins. He is brainy, an able state
much more than ordinary ability. But
there is no good reason to insist that
he is the only man in Iowa fitted for
just as brainy, just as patriotic, just as
eloquent and just as deserving. He
has been given a great distinction.
He is the only man who has ever or
probably will ever serve three years
lSTn as SOF0IuOl Ol lOWd. T10 has
been governor two terms, as long as
any of his predecessors has ever held
Office continuously At the end of his
present term he will have served with
out interruption five years, year
longer than any other man.
In all fairness, is it not just that
there should be change? Iowa has
never been so poor state that only
one man fit to govern could be found.
shorn Of all its arguments of one
kind and another Governor Cummins
desire for another term in Office looks
like nothing more nor less than an
attempt to hold his place in the pub
tic eye until time brings him an op-
portunity to secure seat in the SEN
ate. This is evidently the view Sena-
tor Dolliver takes of the situation and
this being true, no blame can be at
tached to him for taking hand in the
state campaign. 1t is not his seat to
which the governor aspires, if he does
want to be senator, for he has given
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Chicago saloon keepers, of whom
there are many hundreds, will have to
pay $1,000 year for their licenses
now instead Of $500 as formerly, and
they threaten to abolish the free lunch
to get even. If they make the bluff
good the blow will fall hard on some
of the students who keep careful ac-
counts of their expenditures to send
home to the folks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

1t is rather discouraging, no doubt,
to those chosen liberators of mankind
who keep trying to figure out ways to
save the country, to see the manner in
which your Uncle Samuel is going
right along, climbing farther and
farther up that ladder we call prosper
ity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Students are given the credit, or dis
credit, for the rioting and disorder in
China Students were blamed for a
good deal of the trouble in Russia.
Apparently there are worse things that
students can do than indulge in class
fights, "rushes" and occasional hazing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Gas" Addicks recently declared at
banquet of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick that heshad perfect right to
be present, his grandmother's name
having been O'Sullivan. He needn't
have gone back that far, for his name
has long been Dennis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
BARGE is BURNED AT SEA.

Atlantic City, N. j., March 8. - The
barge Hamilton Fish, owned by the c.
Durham Nephew Company Of New
York, was destroyed by fire at sea,
four miles off the Barnegat life saw
ing station yesterday. The captain
and crew were taken off by the tug
which had the barge In tow. The YES.
sci was left burning and the tug pro
ceeded up the coast.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

While these Chinese imperial COM
missions are travelling around over the
country their compatriots over in the
celestial empire will doubtless keep
right on killing Americans and Euro
peans. Another proof that "for ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain,
the heather Chinee is peculiar
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
PretzeI PLANT Is Burned Up.

st. Louis, Mo-, March 8. - Fire
broke out in the Pfenninger Pretzel
and Baking Co.'s plant, 14O9 and 1883
South Eighth street about IL o'clock
last night. Within few moments the
entire plant was in blaze. It is es-
timated the loss will be in the neigh
Dor hood of $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Every silver lined cake dish has it's
cloud. Mrs. Longworth will have to
spend most of her spare time the next
several months writing notes Of
thanks for wedding presents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

In Cedar Rapids and Muscatine the
voters evidently think four years is
a long enough tenure of office. Cedar
Rapids defeated good democratic
mayor who had served four years and
Muscatine retired a good republican
mayor after an equally long service.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10
CUT AGED CLERKS, SALARY.
Not More Than $1,000 for Those over
l65 is Bills Provision.

Washington, d. G., March 8. ~ Al
provision limiting the salaries OF gov
eminent clerks over 65 years old to
$1,000 a year has been attached to the
legislative appropriation bill, which
subcommittee will report to the house
committee on appropriations on Thurs-
day. The subcommittee has compiled
figures showing that $2.O00,0OO is paid
annually to clerks in Washington oy-
er 65 years old and that II per cent
Of these clerks receive more than ST.
900 annually.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Is Governor Stokes, Of New Jersey,
Of the same family that claims Phelps
Stokes of Norotin conference fame.
Yes? No? n.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

A man who called for cheers for
liberty amid greetings to King Alfonso
was promptly arrested. It's to be
hoped he enjoyed his liberty while he
had IL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

What's this? The cordage trust
fails? Thought trust couldn't fail.
Something wrong.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Out in southern California there is
boy baby who, when he learns to
walk, will go one way while facing the
other. Isn't he the natural born poll
tician?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Why not touch match to the pow
der trust If the United States is at
its mercy, as is said? That ought to
fix at least one difficulty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

Commissioner Garfield must have
been badly in need Of work when he
took that job Of investigating the pack
ers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-10

It's wise congressman that knows
his own bill after the senate gets
through with it.