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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-24
Child OF four
BURNED TO DEATH
SON OF DR.. DAVID BEATTY OF
TROY, MO-, KILLED I'm
SIGOURN..Y FIRE.

s1gourney, Sept. 23.-(Special) -
The charred remains of Lynn Beatty,
the 4-year-old son of DR.. David Beatty
of Troy, Mo-, were found in pile of
debris when the fire department ex-
tinguished a blaze in the barn at the
home of E. Phelps at this place late
yesterday afternoon. The child was
in the hay NOW and either
started the fire while playing or was
trapped and could not escape when
the fire was started by other means.
Mrs. Beatty, who was in Sigourney on
a visit with her mother, Mrs. H. G.
Lynn, is heart broken at the tragiA
termination Of her visit home.
The fire had gained considerable
Roadway when it was discovered and
efforts at first were turned toward re-
moving the horses and stock from
the barn. While this was being done
Mrs. Beatty was searching for her
son, but she could secure no trace of
him., The mother feared the boy was
in the barn and she urged the firemen
to seek for him in the burning
structure, but the fire was burning so
fiercely then that 1t was impossible to
enter A search when the flames were
under control confirmed the fears of
the heart broken mother.
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MULCT TAX is
TO Be ASSESSED
ALBA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
HOLDS CHARGE AGAINST
PROPERTY.

Abba, Sept. Observation-Disclosures
county board of supervisors has
ruled against the property owners in
case wherein the mulct tax has
been assessed against the property of
Henry Johnson. The assessor of
made his retun that the mulct tar
should be assessed against the prom.
erty for the reason that Irve Jen.
nings, who had rented the place, had
been taken to jail charged with the
illegal sale of liquor, the contention
being that the liquor was sold while
he was resident Of the property of
Henry Johnson. Mr.. Johnson resides
In Wapello county and he came to the
city and went before the board and
asked for remission of the tax
stating that he did not know what
the property was used for, and that
not knowig he could not be held
County Attorney Mason was called he.
fore the board and gave it as his
opinion, after hearing the evidence
that was introduced, that Mere had
been negligence on the part of Mr.
Johnson and tax would stand If talk.
en- into the courts. The board then
made the ruling that the tax would
stand and Mr.. Johnson will find the
assessment of $3.50 against his prom.
crty when he goes to pay his taxes
this fall. He has retained an attorney
and will appeal the case to The dts.
trint nnnrt
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Charcoal Removes
Stomach POiSOns
Pure Charcoal Will Asorb One Hun
dred Times Its Volume In
Poisonous Cases.

Charcoal was made famous by the
old monks of Spain, who cured all
manner of stomach, liver, blood and
bowel troubles by this simple remedy.
One little nervous Frenchman held
forth it's virtues before a famous con-
vention of European physicians and
surgeons. Secheyron Was his name
He was odd, quaint and very deter
mined. His brothers in medicine
laughed at his claims Thereupon he
swallowed two grains of strychnine,
enough to kill three men, and ate
some charcoal The doctors thought
him mad, but he did not even have
to go to bed The charcoal killed
the effects Of the strychnine and
Secheyron was famous Ever since
that day physicians have used it.
Run impure water through charcoal
and you have pure, delicious drink.
Bad breath, gastritis, bowel gases,
torpid liver, impure blood, ETC., give
way before the action Of charcoal.
1t is really a wonderful adjunct to
nature and is a most inexhaustible
storehouse Of health to the man or
woman who suffers from gases or i'm
purities of any kind.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are
made of pure willow charcoal sweet
ened to palatable state with honey.
Two or three Of them cure an ordi-
nary case Of bad breath. They should
be used after every meal, especially if
ones breath is prone to be impure.
These little lozenges have nothing
to do with medicine. They are just
sweet, fresh willow, burned to a
nicely for charcoal making and fra
grant honey, the product Of the bee.
Thus every ingredient comes to man
from the lap of nature
The only secret lies in the Stuart
process of COMPRISING these simple
substances into hard tablet or loz-
enge, so that age, evaporation or
decay may not assail their curative
qualities.
You may take as many Of them as
you wish and the more you take the
quicker will you remove the effects of
bad breath and impurities arising
from decayed or decaying meal.
They assist digestion, purify the
blood and help the intestines and
bowels throw off all waste matter.
Go to your druggist at once and buy
a package of Stuart's Charcoal Log
enges, price 25 cents You will soon
be told by your friends that your
breath is not so bad as it was Send
us your name and address and we
will send you trial package by mail
free. Address F. A. Stuart Co., 200
Stuart Bldg. Marshall Mich,
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Continued on First Page.)

practicable character, largely with a
view Of attracting votes by their
plausibility, and little with view of
their operation,
BY their fruits we shall know
them What is the history of Mr..
Bryan? 1t Is from beginning to end
a record of failures on public ques-
tons. We find him first in congress,
Cleveland, a member Of the ways and
means committee, and most active in
formulating the provisions of the Cor
man-Wilson tariff bill. After five
months debate 1t passed both houses
and came to Mr.. Cleveland in such. a
shape that he denounced it as piece
of perfidy
at leveled the industries of this
country to the ground. 1t threw out
of employment millions of wage earn.
ers. 1t destroyed all business profit.
Farm products for lack Of market
fell to point never SO low in forty
years. Coxey's army marched from
the west to Washington to protest
against government under which
such things were possible.
AssaIIs Cleveland UnjustIy.
after having assisted in this sui
cidal policy, after the country was
nearly dead, after the farmers and
the wage earners were staggering un.
der debt and mortgage perjury and al
most starvation, Mr.. Bryan defeats
the efforts of the only great Demo
crat they have had in the party for
many years, Grover Cleveland and
hurls at him billingsgate and denunci-
alton for what reason? Because he
opposes Mr. Bryan's pet hobby, that Of
the free coinage of silver without the
consent Of any other nation.
Mr.. Bryan announced the gold
standard had slain it's tens of thou
sands where protection had slain it's
thousands, and he abandoned the is
sue of protection and free trade, of
tariff for revenue, which now so at
tracts him, and he went into the bust
ness of trying to persuade the people
of this country to resort to the dis.
honest method of paying off their
debts by issuing a debased money
which would be equivalent to the pay.
mant of what tha nation and nannia
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

From Tuesdays Daily.
Neasham sells the best watches.
Sargent treats everybody right. Try
t.
Mrs. M. Dooley Of Eldon was in the
city yesterday on business.
Complete stock and poultry foods.
sargent's.
Miss Lelah HENDERSON of Eldon who
was in the city on business has re-
Turned home.
Mrs. S. H. Bradfeld of Libby, who
was in the city on business has re-
turned home.
Mrs. Mary Hardsocg of Agency re-
turned home yesterday after a short
business trip to this city.
Good goods at fair prices. Sargent,
druggist.
Mrs. Julia Evergreen of Eldon re
1urned home last evening after spend
ng the day in the city on business.
Mrs. 7. A. Summers OF Hedrick has
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rs Per CENT Cain
IN TEN YEARS
STAMP SALE RECEIPTS AT POST.
OFFICE INFALLIBLE PROOF
OF cITY,s GROWTH.
SIS, 900 IN 1898
Books Show That Over $4,000 Was
Taken in During Year Ending
March, 1eos-Heavy Busi-
ness During Holidays.

hat the city of Ottumwa has
grown, and grown rapidly within the
past ten years will be denied by no
one. If the proprietors of various
business houses are asked for tang
ible proofs-they will point to the in.
creased sales and the accruing CAPT.
tai. Real estate dealers will wax elo.
quent, lay out their plots and maps
and go into great detail to show how
resident sections have been extending
In all lines. The banker will throw
the certified statements of his institu-
ton of the first and lst of the ten
years on his des'1 and point to them
with pride. They are all proofs-and
practical ones but no source is more
reliable, and there are no records more
infallible than those Of Uncle Sam.
The postoffice receipts of the city may
be taken as an unimpeachable evil
dence of the growth Of Ottumwa and
particularly of the business growth.
In 1898 there were employed in the
Ottumwa postoffice five clerks, eight
city carriers and no rural carriers.
Now the volume oil business has in
creased so enormously that it requires
twelve clerks, thirteen regular city
carriers and nine rural carriers to
handle it, to say nothing of the sub
stitutes who are needed on various oc-
casions.
Taking only the figures represent
ing the stamp sales-that is including
stamps, stamped wrappers and postal
cards-the statistics show that the in
crease is practically seventy-five per
cent in actual figures since the year
ending December, 1898. The sale and
circulation of postal cards has reach
ed such magnitude that employees and
postmasters the country over are real
ly annoyed by the constant supply
which must be handled.
Receipts Differ.
In actual figures, the receipts for
the twelve months ending March 81,
1908 were 63,47710, while the re-
ceipts for the corresponding period
ten years ago were about $4,000.
December and January are the heav-
lest months in stamp sales, owing to
the increased use made of the mails
taken in last December, S6,743.64 rep
resents the largest amount Of sales
for one month made ~ the local Office
in it's history.
During the other months of the year
the sales average up pretty evenly
with perhaps trifle heavier business
in the fall and winter The following
table shows the stamp sales by month |
for the last two years ending March |
1, 1908. 1t will be noted that the in
crease Of the year closing March. |
1908 considerably more than $4,000 |
over the preceding year.
Stamp Sales by Month.
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Musicale at Agency.

Agency.-The pupils or Miss Dottie
Miller gave a musicale at her home
in Agency Monday evening, which
was largely attended and enjoyed by
those present.
The following program was given:
Part I.
1. The Minstrel Band March, Sut.
ton-Ina Rifle.
2. By Gone Days Waltz, Vaught-
Anna Jones.
8. Shall we Gather at the River,
Variations, Butler-Katherine Spry.
4. Vocal Solo, When we Listen to
the Ginning of the Old Church Bell,
Helf-Edith Ruiz.
5. Falling Waters, Truax-Adah
Connolly
6. Step by Step, streabbog-Edith
Jones.
7. Golden Twilight, reverie, La
Farge-Lee Black
s. Whispering Leaves, Hays
Blanche Miller.
Part 2.
1. Old Black Joe, march, Butler
Amy Ruiz.
2. Chicago Express, Wenrich-
Vesta Mccoy.
8. Dreaming of Home, Hoffer-Miss
Miller.
4. Voval Solo, you're the Apple of
My Eye Lille Dale" Helf Anna
Jones.
5. Beautiful Star of Heaven, Drum
heller-Edith Ruiz.
6. Fighting the Flames, La Fargo
Gail Jones.
7. Duet, Let us go for Pleasure,
MISUNDERSTANDING Miller and Miss
Miller.
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trip to this city.
Try sargent's drug store. 1t will
pay you.
Mrs. James E. Long and children
returned to their home in Charlton
yesterday after a short visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Conroy,
SOB West Fourth street.
w. H. H. Asbury leaves tomorrow
for Leon, where he will attend the
annual reunion of the Third Iowa
cavalry, of which he was a member.
Everything and anything in rubber
goods at Sargent's.
Mrs. Jessie Swamp of Eddyville who
spent yesterday in the city on bust.
ness has returned home
Mrs. Ella Brooks of Moulton has re-
turned home after a short visit with
Mrs. Joe Weiny, SOL Church street.
Mrs. T. q. McGregor and Mrs. w.
H. Harlan Of Eldon have returned
home after short business trip to
this city.
Whirling spray syringes, $500, $3.50
and $500 at Sargent's.
Mrs. L. Bowen of Sigourney has re.
turned home after short visit with
her daughter Mrs. l.. A. Hastings. lOS
North Davis street.
Mrs. Mary ROUGH of Floris. has re-
turned home after spending short
time in the city visiting Mrs. Sarah
Lunkley, 220 South Davis street.
Mrs. Floe Stevens of Dudley, re.
turned home this afternoon after
visiting her aunt, Mrs. j. w. Gardner.
zoe West Second street.
Miss Marie Enyart, who accompan-
led her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben En-
yart to this city on their trip to Great
Falls, Mont, returned nome to Eldon
last evening.
From Wednesdays Daily.
ReXall cold tablets relieve colds at
once. Sargent's.
Mrs. Ollie Oldham of Eddyville, who
was in the city shopping, has returned
home
Cherry juice cough syrup, Csc, soc
and $1.00. Sargent's.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Lair, 81 West
Park avenue, left today for Center
vile to visit relatives.
Miss Ida Weber returned home to
Eddyville last evening after spending
the day in the city on business.
Mrs. A, L. Stewart of Agency, has
returned home after visiting friends
In the city for a few days.
Miss Kate Lawler who has been Wis
lting her uncle Dan Lawler. $50 West
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Tri- Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give tn naLle Of
the Postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as well as the Postoft1ce
where they desire 1t to be chang to-
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Mrs. S. A Nye and Miss Hattie
Wilkins of Dudley have returned nome
after a short visit at the home Of S.
P. Wolfe, 102 North william street.
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the Republican party for making suit
able appropriations for the increase of
our naval force,
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So and $3.50 Mems Velour and Gun
Metal Cali Shoes
SHOE H. & STORE

Fourth street returned home to Mt
Pleasant this morning.
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Mrs. Ed West and little daughter,
Marcille returned Saturday evening
from Troy, Ia, being called there by
the illness and death of Mrs. Vests
mother, Mrs. VIM Waddle.
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Mrs. James E. Long and children
returned to their home in Charlton
yesterday after a short visit at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Conroy,
500 West Fourth street.
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returned home after a short business
trip to this city.
Try sargent's drug store. 1t will
pay you.
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Sales by Month.

-AFT GRlLLs OPPONENT
AS HE STARTS TRIP.
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w. H. H. Asbury leaves tomorrow
for Leon, where he will attend the
annual reunion of the Third Iowa
cavalry, Of which he was member.
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owe at the rate Of TO cents on the
dollar. Reputation always has an at
traction for those who are laboring
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-31
ATLTNTIC CITY
DAY ! YESTERDAY Err
ALL SALOONS, CAFES AND no.
Tells CLOSED FOR DAY-NO
NEED FOR TR0OPS-FOURTH
TIE IN so YEARS,

Atlantic City, Aug 31.-But four
times in SO years has Atlantic City
been SO tightly closed and the liquor
laws so closely observed as yester-
day. Even the best-known and
most favored patrons of hostelries
and cafes noted for their wide-open
methods could not secure their GOV.
eted liquor.
A bulletin posted at police head.
quarters stated: ..... ........
Saloons all closed. No troops in
town"
Another bulletin officially signed
by the chief Of police consisted of a
card on which was printed:
I'm 1851 it was hold the fort. To-
day it is Fort holds you"
Gov. Forts proclamation last
week containing his threat to send
troops to the seashore in the event
of further violation of the Sunday
closing law had it's effect. Saloon
keepers and hotel men reluctantly
accepted the advice of the mayor and
OF the more conservative members of
the saloon mems organization and
closed their places of business as
tightly as they knew how. Screens
came tumbling down Saturday at
midnight and remained down all
day. Board walk cafes that on Sun
days past have been thronged to
their utmost capacity. serving LIQUOR
and food, yesterday were all but de-
serted.
Up to the very hour Of midnight
Saturday night the boardwalk cafes
were crowded to their utmost. The
scenes were likened to a New Years
rush on the gay streets of the big
cities.
At midnight last night several OF
the boardwalk cafes lifted the lid
Word had gone abroad that as soon
as Sunday was over drinks could be
obtained without stint and large
crowds gathered to await the ap-
pointed time. In two or three in
stances the walters and singers. who
had been absent all Sunday evening,
We're called upon for duty and there
was quite a celebration.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-31
MISTAKES ACID FOR LOTION.
Lincoln Barber Dlsfgures Patron
For Life.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug 31.--Mistak-
ing a bottle of crude carbolic acid
for one containing face lotion,
Geo. w. Haskill. proprietor of a
barber shop at. South Ninth street.
poured out handful of the burning
liquid and smeared 1t over the face
of George Stroth, who he had just
Stroth's burns are frightful. His
face will be dishgured for life. -.
1t was but a second after the sup
posed lotion was applied that the
burning liquid scared into the fresh
~ shaven skin. With a scream
Stroth sprang from the barber chat,
and rushed toward the cold water
faucet, the application of which
served only to irritate the effects OF
the poison on the tender, freshly.
sbaven skin. ss-
The mans cheeks, chin, neck
ears and forehead are literally one
huge scab. 1t Is considered extreme.
ly fortunate that some of the poi.
sen did not enter his eyes. The lid
or the right eye, however, is slight.
ly burned, where the hand of the
barber rubbed across it.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-31
NOTED LAWYER
DISAPPEARS

Chicago, Aug. 31.-World-wide
search for Faneiul d. s. Bethune, q
prominent New York lawyer. has
been authorized by frantic relatives
now in Chicago. 1t is expected that
the reward Of $1,000 already offered
by them for his recovery will be
doubled. Descriptions will be sent
to every large city in the United
States and to every foreign port.
1t is the belief Of the members Of
the family that Bethune. under the
strain of overwork. has suffered
mental lapse. They think his mind
has become a blank and that he is
wandering about, having forgotten
who he is or where he belongs. {,
Bethune's wife Is in q state Dor.
dering upon nervous prostration In
vision or dream she saw her hus-
band being murdered by rufiians.
The very suggestion of such a fate
has brought her close to collapse.
She cries out:
"He has been filled; he has been
killed; l know he has been killed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-31
RED SPECIAL"
Starts TODAY
THE GREATEST CAMPAIGN
TOUR TO BE MADE BY ANY
PRESIDENT EXCEPT NC KIN
LEY.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-The whirl-
wind campaign trip in which Eu-
gene v. Debs and several OF his as
sociates of the Socialist party are
scheduled to start in a special train
from Chicago today bids fair to be
the greatest campaign tour that has
been undertaken by presidential
candidate since the memorable
Swing around the circle" made by
William Mckinley prior to his first
election. If the plans are carried
out in full the Red" special will
cross the country twice, travelling
total distance of about 1900
miles. The schedule provides for
240 stops for speeches, with meet
ings each night in cities and large
towns.
The completed iti~(ry calls for
this long flight: From Chicago
through Iowa to Kansas City, Oma-
ha, Denver, Leadville, Salt Lake,
San Diego, Los Angeles. San Fran
cisco, Sacramento. Portland, Seattle
Spokane, Butte, Fargo, Minneapolis
Duluth. Detroit, Cleveland, Erie
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, New
York City, Sunday Oct. 4, and big
meeting in the Hippodrome. The
New England states will be invaded
and then New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Maryland. Ohio, Indiana, Missouri
Kentucky and Tennessee. If time
permits the schedule may be length
ened to include Oklahoma, Texas
and the Southwest. 81
Tons of campaign literature will
be distributed along the route. Mr.
Debs will be the chief orator, but
Ben Hartford, candidate for vice.
president, and other Socialist lead
ers will be heard Mother Jones
will be carried along as a special at.
traction. 1.
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Sweet are the uses OF adversely.
1t may not seem 80 sometimes.
To him who is exercised thereby the
Christening may be not pleasant, but
grievous, yet 1T works out far more
exceeding weight Of glory"
Which Is proved again In the career
Of Grover Cleveland and by the career
Of every great man.
There was a time In the life Of Grover
Cleveland when he had to decide be-
tween the demands Of his party and
one hand the tumult and the shouting
Of the captains, on the other the whis-
rering of the inward monitor. And,
treading the wine press alone, he shut
his ears to the shoutings and listened
to the still. small voice.
Grover Cleveland had his failings,
hut he will always stand in the recol-
lection OF his countrymen a superb fig
ure Of moral courage.
He faced detraction and SANDER
Some Of it he lived down. Some Of
his dctractOrs he won over. There are
those who believed to the day of his
death that going into office poor he
came out millionaire. 1t remained
for the probate cOurt-when this stub
born patriot was In his grave-tO show
the world that he was not a rich man
Adversely made him great.
1t was so with General Grant
1t was dark for him when the com
mandant Of that lonely post on the Pa
cific coast gave Grant notice that he
must reform his drinking habits or re-.
sign.
And Grant did both.
Vicksburg was not the first great
victory for Grant. Down on that little
forest farm near st. Louis he laid siege
, to his fell lust for liquor and con.
Quered It.
Like Cleveland. he was greatly abused
by his fellows. To this day there are
many who believe he was a drunkard
Nor was Appomattox his latest vic
tory. 1t was when he was old and
broken In fortune. MORALLY stricken by
disease. fighting death with broken
sword. he rose to the full height Of
real greatness and sent to all his coun
trymen his dying exhortation:
"Let us have peace"
( Cleveland and Grant are far beyond
the reach of partisan rancor and cen
sure of the multitude. their grand fe
ures lit up by the pure sunshine Of
merited fame.
| Adversely made them great.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-31
WOULD ENDOW UNIVERSITY.
Rockefeller Has $4,000 if Church
Will Raise $35O,00

New York. Aug. Silt was
stated here recently that John d.
Rockefeller. through the general
education board of this city. has Of
fered Richmond college, Richmond.
Va. $4,000 on condition that the
Baptists of the state raise an addi-
tional $s5o,0oo. 1t was added that
Mr.. Rockefeller's intention was to
assist In the development Of q great
Southern university under the aus
pieces Of the Baptist denomination.