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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
LOW POSTAGE OPERATIVE
Cheaper Letter Fate Between United
States and Germany Will
Cement Relations.

Washington, Jan. IA long step to-
ward bringing the United States and
Germany into closer relations was
taken today when the two cent post
age rate between the United States
and Germany became operative The
new rate applies to correspondence seut
direct by sea between the two coun-
tries and. not to that which is sent
through an intermediatory
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
= stsss sasss .
* THE WEATHER. .

. . a. ssSH 50 . ss
! Iowa Eair tonight and Saturday;
warmer tonight.
Illinois Partly cloudy with snow
fiurries tonight or Saturday.
WISCONSIN, Snow durries tonight
or Saturday; warmer tonight.
Local Weather.
Nine o'clock last evening Is
Seven o'clock this morning ...... s
Two o'clock this afternoon. "a
Sunrise, 7.19; sunset 4:s9. Moon
set 2:2f a. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
ENGINEER HEALY DEAD
Prominent Rock Island Railroad Man
Passes Away at Home in
Eldon.

Eldon, Jan. 1-tSpeelal,- W. L..
Healey engineer OF, the Rock Island,
died late yesterday afternoon. He
leaves wire and several children.
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at
the Congregational church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
REVEALS CONTINUE.
Services at the First Christian Church
Arc Accompanied by Great
Intereat.-

The reviJals at the First Christian
church, conducted by Evangelists VII.
5hite and Gates are continuing with
increasing interest Last night six
more additions were made TO the
church. The meetings will be held all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
Gov. Warner Ttlses Seat.

+ Lansing, Mich, jan 1.-Chief JUS
tice Blair today administered the oath
OF Office to the new state afticials head
ed by Gov Fred NJ Wainer who to-
day begins his third term as governor
of the state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
EMERYs SUCCESSOR
Mayor Phillips Will Name. New Police
and Fire Commissioner Monday
Njuht

The vacancy on the board OF police
and fire commissioners, caused: by
the recent resignation Of Chairman T.
H. Emery, will be filed Monday night
at the regular meeting of the city
council, when Mayor T. j.. Phillips will
name the new commissioner 1t Is not
known who will be the chairman
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
MURDERS WIFE,;
BURNS REMAINS
CHICAGO MAN is ACCUSED OF
KILLING WOMAN AND THROW
ING BODY IN FURNACE


Chicago, Jan. with the finding Of
a furnace in an apartment building At
5412 Cornell avenue, together with the
discovery of the disappearance of a
colored woman employed in the build
ing, the Hyde Park police have un-
earthed one of the most reyolting mu:-
ders in recent years
The police state that the bones are
those of Mrs. Annie Raffty, 26 years
old, and that she was choked, beaten
over the head with an iron bar by her
husband, and then thrown into the hot
fire of the furnace by the infuriated
man.
Every policeman in the city was fur
nished description Of the husband,
and detectives were sent to st. Louis,
his former home, to take up the
search.
Husband Tells Friend.
The police case has been strengthen
ed by a statement made by Raffty to
Wayman. Hawkins, colored, 2S05 Dear
born street, in saloon last Monday
night.
Hawkins told the police: When
saw Raffty there were bloodstains on
his shirt and hands and / asked hin
what the trouble was. He told me
that he had choked and beaten his
wife and then thrown her into the fur
mace and left her burning"
An iron shaker fourteen inches long
and an inch thick not yet found By
the police is believed to have been thu
| instrument used by the murderer il
| the commission OF his crime.
The woman was employed by III. D
Richeson, a tenant In the apartment
house, and she Is said to have made
her husband jealous by her Irritation
with porter employed by the Chica
go, Burlington & Quincy railroad.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
sixteen Passengers in Burning Steamer

Savannah, Ga, Jan. With seven
teen passengers aboard the Norwegian
steamer Texas from Christiana for
sHavannah hye miles below Savannah
caught fire early today The Savan-
nah fire department has sent an an-
paratus to fight the blaze.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
REPORTS TO ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDICATE THAT SUBSCRIPTIONS
ARE BEING MADE OVER ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
S375, 900 ALREADY
SUBSCRIBED TO DATE
GOVERNMENT GETS RkroR4I
THAT TAoRMlNA, AsucILx.,i
WHERE AMERICANS lARE WiN-l
TERINe, ESCAPED uNhcATHKns!
! ! : q . . = 4 : .aA

*a* So y 80
Rome, Jan. f,-ThA ~,
I lands have not been M
= nor has there been aHs'
I life there. Thia news M
heSn brought in by all
oost sent out by the govt
to Investigate. The CO
I" Of tNa vessel teiear
govefNtnent that a 81
quake was experien
/" the lslaNds Monds
= were no fatalities
!" ANOTHER TIL
Y Naples: Ian. 1
z here that aoot
9 has swept thro,
= Messina. The
yet been verified
s**s~e -
Washington, ID. c.
news for many Amer
eeiYed at the state del
in a cablegram from An.
com, at Rome. who
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
liuahes is tlnductsId

Albany. Jan. Coy: Charles q.
II he, today indicted for his
afaexec1Iive of New
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
NEW YEARS ASSEMBLY is NO.
TABLE IN THAT 1T GAVE PUB.
Lie LAST CHANCE TO MEET
ROOSEVELT AS EXECUTIVE.
SHADOW CAST BY
ITALIAN TRAGEDY
AMBASSADOR FROM ITALY PRES.
EMIT AS DEAN OF CORPS; CHI.
NEsE AMBASSADOR ONLY FOR.
EiGN DIPLOMAT ABSENT.

Washington. ID. G., Jan. |. Sell
aom has there been a gathering az
the White house SO fraught with ele-
Sments of interest as that which as
sembled today to extend TO President
Roosevelt wishes for happy New
Year. 1t was the last opportunity tor
he public to meet the present CHIEF
,xeeutiye. It was distinguished by the
tttendance of the diplomatic repres,
entatiyes OF nearly all the nations or
he world officials from every prahch
Of the government, and citizens i'll ey-
cry walk of life.
The shadow OF sadness was cast
over the company by the recent terri
lie calamity which has fallen upon
he Italian people, whose ambassador
vas present as dean of the diplomatic
orps, and BY tiefNabsence Of the rep
asentatiyes of the emperor of China,
who is wearing the badge OF mourn.
o., for tn, late enaneror and dowager
impress of his country,
Memorable Day for Roosevelt
To Roosevelt the occasion was
ner1orable beyond any in which he
sparticipataed since his elevation
w \. frs. y z
ut ssa AL loMs tliere were l,s Tefefs
Ell ees ii III it's of his sScareT dur
Ing glle sconilig eslr. !. whenEhe will face
fa dan geYss ~ an African wilderness.
/ Ss5iiiallN OF those present have come
lfo}soffice during his administration,
nd with him will retire to private life
fter March 4, next4there was abun-
anee, OF subjects for conversation
oneerning the uncertainty of the next
ear. !.
Crowds Wait for Hours.
Several hours before the formal re,
-eption, which began at O'clock
itizens. men and woman, represent
ne every social class, began to as
enlbIe in front of the beautiful por
icoM Of the historic white mansion
Waiting, an opnortunlty q enter ant
,e presented to the president. The
irst greetines of the day were sex
ended to the president and Mrs
roosevelt by the vice president mera
,efs of the cabinet3and their ladies
vitbout the least show Of forTnality
rheseS Sfelicitations We're exchanged il
he nriyate rooms on the second foo
the mansion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02

Sicily
tirey DESTROYED in the earthquake
aass . - ~ y n
Rome the king and Of Italy In
strength
of The
desired the
but could sleep
alssbac do sornething relieve
- y . . .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02
Purse Strings Open
to Aid Quake Victims
In Chicago.

IN Chicago.
chicago's relief fund. .....,. .S34,5 ,562
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02

tcontlnued on page 8,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

It is to be sincerely hoped that the Arizona legislature has sown It's wild oats and in its more mature stage will get down to business. Several very meritorious measures have been passed. A bill is soon to be introduced in tho legislature increasing the salary of clerks to the respective boards of county supervisors. There is no disput- ing the fact that the supervisors clerks are the hardest worked and poorest paid officials in the territory, and, while drawing decidedly less than other of ficials, do considerably more labor with greatly increased responsibilities. In counties like Gila the compensation should not be less than s2,25o per year, with authority to employ an assistant for at least four months of each year. When this bill comes up it should go through at rapid pace.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24
THE COUNTRIES ANNIVERSARY

The papers have been full of the greatness of Abraham Lincoln. His courage for the right, his patriotism, devotion to principle and his self sac rifce and goodness have been extolled and it is well, for we have no greater example of these virtues.
 Wouldn't 1t be good thing to pause in our muck-racking long enough to consider the people who picked Lin coin, and the form of government under which the greatness of Lincoln was made possible?
 Lincoln was without wealth. No part of his rise was due to the power of po- litical machinery. No mighty corpor- ate interest was behind him. Indeed, pretty much all that then existed in the way of "orgcn,zcd interests" was
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24
THE CHARM OF NEW YORK.
An English View of the Metropolis oi
 the New World.

An English View of the Metropolis os
 the New World.
 New York ought by most artistic standards of the past to be hideous. Instead Gas l made up my mind, with shock of pleasure. few weeks ago) she is as beautiful, as individual almost. as Venice Of course there are her sky and her atmosphere. Even a regular old trump of city could wear spurious charm when golden wine of sunshine dripped over her from crystal cup studded with turquoise or in sunset such as heaven and Turner alone could conceive. glittering like heap of jewels behind veil of sprin- kled gold dust. But the startling. bi- zarre beauty of New York could exist even in London fog
 What is there to say of vast city where all the architectures of the world and some that were never seen Anywhere else) on land or sea rub shoulders together? Would you nos think that they would refuse to speak to each other, even if they didn't fight in disastrous battle dreadful to wit ness? But go to New York and see.
 said to myself as I drove about New York that the gay. colorful city was like huge flower garden where the gardener had sown his seeds any how--crimson hollyhocks, golden sum- flowers. dainty pinks, modest violets, tall white lilies, larkspurs, pansies and a thousand other early things helter skelter, leaving them t. come up all among each other as they chose. and instead of the experiment. being fail urc it turned out glorious success Mrs. c. N. Williamson in London Chronicle.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24
CHINESE METHODS.
Why a Street, Newly Paved, Was Torn
 Up by Official Order.

NJ. Monnier. the French Asiatjc traveller, vouched for the truth of the following story of how his friend. Hop Sing, man of means and re- fnemcnt, was on one occasion sorely yictimiZcd. Hop Sing lived in the street of the roasted corn, as un- savory and as i'll paved street as any in all Pekin. The local manda- rin was an intimate friend of his, and Hop Sing availed himself of this friendship to press the mandarin to have the street repaved. Certainly. at once. The men would be at work on it before Hop Sing could get back home. A week passed. then another visit. and so on until. in despair Hop Sing determined to have the street re- paired at his own expense. The work was satisfactorily completed.
 The surprise of Hop Sin: was only equaled by his indignation when on awakening one morning he found c gang of coolies upheaving the newly Jagged street His surprise grew when he heard from the mandarin's own lips that the men were there at his orders.
 You sec. my dear friend" said the mandarin. Il am expecting the head inspector around here in few days. Now, If he were to see the beautiful pavement you have laid down in your street he would come to the conclu- sion that there was money about, and he would assuredly bleed every vein in my body. This would mean my ruin. Don't you see why your pave ment really must come up? It cost me one fortune to secure my post. don't want to spend another in keeping it."
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

supporting Seward. Lincoln had only character and principles, things which in these times We are prone to believe cannot prevail against managerial chi cane and organized partisan influence. Yet, tho people, confronted by crisiis such as people seldom has to meet, selected the poor railsplitter, the un- polished country lawyer, the big homely man of virtue for head of their army and navy, to save the union.
 What an inspiration to patriotism and morality in the thought that, when the crisis Is serious enough, tho nation will rise and, casting all little consider ations aside, declare snd decide for un- adorned virtue and unTammeled right!
 Breathes th.re man with soul so dead that he feels no lride in being part of ppople who fonNd, stood by and elevated Lincoln to tSe possibil- ities which he fulfilled?
 The people are supreme. They are for the right Many of our present pcb- lie evils anil individual failures come through lack or confidence in the peo- pie on the rart of those seeking for or temporarily intrusted with place and power.
 All that was in Abe Lincoln was low able and worthy of emulation; but in Lincoln, president and savior of the union, this nation gave all other peo. pie and times glorious object lesson of popular national virtue and wisdom.
 Teach the schoolboy that courage perseverance, good principle and right living mean success. Let him also learn that his is country which declares and strives for the right as God gives il to see the rightl
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

in the morning and takes Morse to his office and brings him back to jail al. night.
 And the court said it did this 'be- cause it was unfair to keep man of yGorse's talents idlel"
 The court may have been moved to this respect for Morse's talents when Morse's lawyers told that he had paid of over si,ooO,oOo of debt since his ar rest. They said that If he could bo al lowed to attend to business he would be all paid out before his case is finally tried.
 Paid out? Yes, but it is not the de positors in the busted banks he is pay. ing. It is his score in the Wall street gambling game.
 And this is justice.
 Morse to be loosed to exercise his "talents" at the rate of $l,o00,000 a month or so. And where does the money come from? Does he earn it7 Does he create wealth? Does he work7
 Or have these judges simply loosed him that he may corner some other ne cessity of life, or grab the deposits oi few more banks7
 And this is justice.
 To reporter the other day an oh!t lawyer said: ''I have prosecuted ana hanged three men on circumstantial evi dence, and the first case I defended got my man of with a second degrec verdict. He had killed his children, ant there was no doubt of his guilt
 And they say he is a ''good lawyer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24
Shifting Slugs

A daughter of Hetty Green is to mar " man who has only few millions. By this time, however, Miss Green doubtless has learned all those little economies that will be of value to her in keeping household expenses within her husbands means.
 ssa
 Rahl We can use the Panama canal in 1915. Will Japan please hold off until that time?
 A San Antonio (Texas) man ordered 800 humming birds for banquet. A man who would cat humming birds would eat butterflies or robbins.
 Philadelphia put kink in Oscar Hammerstein 8 plan when a protest signed by boxholders of the Philadel- phia Opera house asked him to cancel Salome engagement.
 A word from Josh Wise ''Even the fool may always know what to say, but it takes a wise man to know when not to say 1t-'
 About 10000 elk are reported SHOW bound and starving in Wyoming. The eastern tourist will kindly take notice that there are no elk in Wyoming even If they do disport themselves alongside the Unicn Pacific tracks for the benefit of the observation car.
 There are not so many Washington anecdotes as there are Lincoln anec- dotes, but remember the anecdote faker has grossly neglected George. ! A Mississippi jury actually ignored the "unwritten law" and convicted a slayer. This is decided boost for the "uncommitted murder" One of the ironies of this imitation winter Is that two men were badly hurt by a fall of a 200-pound icicle in Youngstown, Ohio.
 Ali Pasha, Turk statesman and diplo- mat, entered public service at fifteen He tried earnestly, but without effect, t introduce reform in Turkey. sn%
 Among the beasts Teddy will find 1T South Africa if he wanders at night is the aard vark, borrowing, noctur nal, insect-eating mammal.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24
The Jumping Of Place

Consumption had mo in its grasp; and l had almost reached the jumping off place when l was advised to try Dr. Kings New Discovery; and I want to say right now, it saved my life. I'm provement began with the first bottle, and after taking one dozen bottles 1 was well and happy man again, . says George Moore, of Grimesland, N C. As remedy for coughs and colds and healer of weak, sore lungs and for preventing pneumonia New Discovery is supreme. 50c and $I.00 at Palace Pharmacy. Trial bottle free.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

Alabama has enacted law declaring that no pistol less than twenty four inches in length shall be sold in that state, while Oregon says no hatpin more than ten inches long shall be sold in that state. The disposition of these commonwealths to regulate the sale of their deadly weapons is commendable.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

Having announced that Adam was a democrat" we think the Allentown Call should go on and tell us whether he was Bryan democrat, Taft dem ocrat, Cleveland democrat, Roose- welt democrat, or some other kind of a democrat.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24
JUSTICE ON ICE

 lary had been tried by a jury and found guilty. Suppose he had had expert law yers and ple,ty of money for his de- fense. supp,se he had appealed his case and the Judge had said. 1T have n't time to hsar the appeal. But you are an able fellow, so until I can de- eide whether judge and jury erred in declaring you to be burglar, I'll let you run at large"
 Suppose man was accused of big amy, and in spite of the defense of the highest legal talent, had been con victed, ard the judge said: You are smart man, and rather than keep so smart a chap in jail, you may go free until We can review your case
 Suppose one of these smart fel- lows commits a new burglary, and per haps kills a householder in doing it, while the other, exercising his peculiar talents, ruins one more woman's life
 Where would lie the blame?
 Would that be justice7
 Observe the case of Charles w. Morse.
 A jury found hin guilty of plunder- ing bank depositors. That isn't the legal name for it but that's what it amounted to.
 Morse started life in Bath, Maine, in the ice business. He cut ice in Bath and sold it in New York
 Then he consolidated the ice barges and fields of New England and raised prices.
 Then he formed the ice trust in New York and raised prices some more.
 The ice trust levied tribute upon the fevers of the tenement babies in New York. It cut down the size of the Scent pieces of ice that the poorest people bought.
 And the pennies and nickels flowed into river of dollars, millions of dol lars.
 God still froze the ice in New Eng land; the boats continued to bring it to New York as cheaply, but Morse, through a grab of the ice docks in the New York harbor, killed off competi- ton and formed his trust, charging for ice what price he would.
 He was not earning money, he was taking it from the sweltering millions of people in Greater New York.
 Then he bought stock in a bank. Bought enough so that he was it in that bank. He could hire and discharge its officers and employees. Then he bor- rowed money on that bank stock and bought a controlling interest in another bank.
 And so on, until for the price of half bank he controlled thirteen of them.
 And then he used his power to take some sl6,692,2s3 of the money depos. itors had put in these banks to finance hs own schemes and to play the stock market.
 The banks broke. The United States government got after Morse and he was tried and found guilty and sen. tenced to sixteen years in the federal penitentary.
 Now he has appealed his case. The higher court has not had time to hear the appeal, so they have ordered that Morse be allowed to go free each day, all day, and just come back to jail to sleep.
 The judges don't trust Morse entirely, for United States deputy marshal, whose salary is paid by you, gentle reader. stays with him all day. A big automobile comes to the Tombs prison
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

Those New Orleans people know how to do things They served alligator steak and gopher stew at that Taft ban quet and cleverly disguised them under unpronounceable French names.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

If Senator Stephens will keep his eye cn the newspapers he will learn some surprising things concerning himself, we fancy. For instance, one esteemed con temporary gravely asserts that he spent sl05, ,o00 in the late wiscon- sin senatorial primary.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

A London dispatch says: "King Ed ward breathed sigh of relief when he reached England and realized that his visit to the German emperor was thing of the past" Poor William! A pretty penny it has cost him to en- act in the past the role of human phon- ograph for European royalty.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

We do not think the American people. mind the tacking of a few millions more onto the Panama canal expense account, but We do hope that some way may be discovered to keep that Banana-Vanil- la person from getting him into the ar gument again.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

An Augusta (Ga.) judge imposed a fine of $3o,o0c,OO0 on an offending cit izen who would not keep his sidewalk clean. As Mir. John D. Rockefeller is visiting in that city just now, 1t should be comparatively easy for the culprit to find out how to side-step the fine successfully.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-24

Mir. Sun Yat-Sen advocates revolution and republic in China. MT. Sun may be right, but if he is not very careful he may go into permanent eclpse some fine day soon.