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FEARS ARE GROUNDLESS
The uneasiness in financial circles
caused by the anticipation of the possi
ble effect of the payment of $50,000,
*000 by the United States for, canal
rights upon tlie ratification of the
treaty with Panama, seems to be
groundless. The consummation of the
_*treaty will call for the payment of
,$40,000,000 to the French company,
and $10,00.0,000 to the republic of Pan
ama. The resources of the govern
ment already in hand are more than
""'sufficient to meet the demands of this
payment In the national treasury
there is •today in round numbers $144,
'000,000 of- actual cash. There, is
also on deposit in banks subject to de
mand $1.59,000,000. This makes the
available cash of the. government $313,
000,000. The amount necessary to
meet the needs of the canal payment
can be taken from the treasury with
out having the least effect oji the
jponey market. It seems improbable
that this Panama payment, which will
doubtless not have to be made for sev
eral months., will have any effect on
th4 '3\Jpiteg,. Stages -'treasury oj-.Jhc
money market.
"••JTr,
been submitted by sculptors at home
and abroad. The committee has not
agreed on any special style of monu
ment to be erected above the grave of
the deceased at Canton. It" is thought
that only two styles can be considered,
one a monument of terraco3 and col
al selection will be made according to
individual tastes. It is the idea of the
committee to expend $400,000 of the
sum raised in the erection of the mon
ment leaving $50,000 as a permanent
fund to be used for the maintenance
of the memorial and the care of the
grounds.
COST OF THE CANAlll
An early beginning of the isthman
canal construction by the United
States is. generally expected. Though
the' undertaking wiir-entail a large
amount of expense it will unquestion
ably be worth the money. It has been
estimated by competent engineers that
the project will cost $184,233,568. This
will include the purchase price of the
right and the amount expended in com
pleting the work of construction. The
company oganized by De Lesseps in
3880 spent $158,400,000 in work along
the Panama canal route. It is figured
that about 40,000i000 cubic yards of ex
cavation done by this company can be
utilized by the United States. To com
plete the canal'- it is estimated by the
United States commission that 94,863,
703 cubic yards of excavation will be
neccssary. Therplan is to make the
canal thirty-six feet deep so that the
largest vessels will be able to pass
.through it safely. American-,opinion
propriation at one time. The sum is
not excessive, if it should be made to
cover a ten year period, but there
seems to be no adequate reason why
the coming general assembly should
approve the expenditure of money that
should rightly be left to succeeding
legislatures.
It is a natural supposition that the
legislatures of the next decade will be
as generous to state institutions as
any present or past assembly. Realiz
ing, then, that, past assemblies will be
better able to determine the needs of
state institutions for their biennial pe
riods, and will make provisions there
for as wisdom may direct, there will
be no need of the thirtieth general
assembly this winter anticipating
these needs. The legislature should,
and probably will, be content with
making provision for state needs dur
ing only the next biennial period.
THE M'KINLEY^MEMORIAL.'
The executive .committee of tyie Mc
Ivinley memorial association will have
no small task in selecting a design for
the monument to' be eredted to'the late
President. Nearly 500 designs have maximum of $1,200* per annum* under
iimns, the other a mausoleum. The
that point is reached the difficult work ^0/t.J''eight during the
Is generally favorable to the project
and it is believed will greatly benefit
the commerce of the United States.
MAKE TWO YEARS' APPROPRIA
TIONS.
Considerable interest has been
aroused among Iowans by the publi
cation of the' statement that the trus
tees of.the Iowa State. Agricultural coJ
lege would ask the- next -assembly for
an approbation', of $950,000. This
sitn, it is stated, Sq--be:
expended dur
ing the next Ave- or t^pvysars in the
erection of new Buildings, and for the
maintenance of thVlpsfltuffon.. The
people of lowu'recogniztv the'-Value' of
the work being dony, by this Institu
tion. but they may rightly question the
advisability of making so large an ap-
POSTOF-
RECLASSIFICATION OF
FICE CLERKS.
An eight hour workday, propot- re
compensation for the work done and
adequate rewards in the way of pro
motion, are the objects of legislation
that will doubtless be considesed by
congress this winter looking to the re
classification of the clerks employed
in the first and second class postof
fices. In reviewing the conditions
under which the clerks in these of
fices work and the arduous duties per
formed by them, as presented by
Prank T. Rogers, president of the na
tional association of postoffice^ clerks
it appears that several changes are
bfully needed and could be made with
great benefit to the service in this de
partment. Mr. Rogers in a statement
submitted to the house committee on
postoffices and post roads, urges that
the necessity of a reclassification of
the postoffice clerks has been felt by
the department for a great many
years and calls attention to the rec
ommendations made by the postmas
ter generals at various periods during
the past twenty winters
Under the act passed by congress in
March 1889 the postmaster general
each year submits to congress an es
timate of the probable cost of clerk
hire for that year. When the appro
priation is made the chief of salary
and allowance division allows a cer
tain amount to each postoffice author
ized to employ clerks. It is apparent
to the most casual observer that under
such a system unfairness and inequal
ity in the salaries paid to the clerks
could not but result. While such a
service might have been adequate to
the needs of the country in the early
days it now too antiquated l'or the
proper management of the immense
and growing service of today.
The bill submitted or to be submitt
ed to congress this winter with re
gard to the reclassification and pay
of clerks provides that all clerks em
ployed in offices of the first-class, who
are receiving a salary of less than $1,
200 per year shall have an increase of
$1,000 per year until their salaries
shall amount to $1,200 per annum. It
further provides that clerks of this
class may receive additional promo
tion up to the final maximunj of $1,400
per year under such regulations as the
postmaster general may prescribe.
As to the clerks in the second-class
postoffices the bill provides that those
now receiving less than $1,000 per
year shall be given an annual in
crease of $100 until their salary shall
amount to $1,000. These clerks shall
receive additional promotion up to a
the rules provided by the postmaster
general.
The bill also provides that the post
masters of first and second-class post
offices shall annually submit to the de
partment. rosters of the clerks at-
tached to their respective offices to
•oirn offonf
at-
take effect at the first of the fiscal
a^ter
_„r postmaster general. 1 1. One general assembly Intro-! sworn foes.
gs&fa committee now at work will have no lill to be submitted to congress duces and adopts the proposed amend
•:{Special difficulty in. dropping out 450 provides that the clerks in these of-' ment and submits it to its successor—
of the designs submitted! but when flees shall be required to work not ex- CHy "inadvertently*^ays^'
Such provisions we think are meri-1
The more one thinks about it, the
more absurd grows the idea of Wil
liam Randolph Hearst as a presidenti
al aspirant.—Burlington Hawk-Eye.
And the more the people of the
country think about it the less grow
his chances for the realization of his
aspirations.
The Montezuma Republican's spe
cial Thanksgiving number with illus
trated and colored cover was an ap
propriate and unique edition of the
day.
Bostonians have come to believe
that the hens of the country have
gone on a strike. Eggs are now quot
ed at 70 cents per dozen in that city.
E. P.Ware has done efficient service
as the government pension commis
sioner and will now retire to private
life.
Perhaps if Colombia, is given a ljt
tl* time she-'w&l decide-'to "reconsider
th.at declaration of war.
The people of the United States are
not ready to-adopt Missouri's pian ot
running the government.
Perhaps Mr. Bryan is having a good
time.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Muscatine Journal suggests
that the placid dignity and stately de
liberation of I he senate, acquired
through long years of jealous watch
fulness, can hardly be expected to per
mit the passage of the Cuban reci
piuclty bill right away.
—O"".
"The really useful men are the
quiet one," concludes the Marshall
town Times-Republican.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette remarks
that if the United States undertakes
to fight at the isthmus there will be
some real fighting in that purt of the
world for the first" time.
—-0——
The Washington Press notes that
Judge W,ade, Iowa's only democratic
congressman, assisted in making the
action of the Iowa delegation in the
house unanimous by voting for the
Cuban reciprocity bill ulong with his
republican colleagues.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil sug
gests that the next crank who pre
sents himself at the White House for
an audience with the President be ad
mitted by the doorkeeper. "The man
ner of his egress from the President's
private office might bo such as to for
ever discourage similar visits in the
future," the Nonpareil thinks.
The Keokuk Gate City says the fact
that there will be no factional con
test for the speakership augurs well
for party harmony in the state.
"If Andrew Carnegie has become
interested in a Chicago newspaper he
bus struck the proper plan for dying
poor." remarks the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette.
"The matter has had more attention
than its importance warranted, and it
will now speedily drop out of sight,"
says the Nevada Representative,
speaking of the passage of the Cuban
reciprocity bill in the house. "Very
possibly that is why many republican
congressmen voted for it who did not
like *.t."
The Manson Journal doubts very
•-.-.ucii whether the legislature will ever
\-isent to the passage of the propos
ed state marshal bill. "The present
law," it says, "is fully adequate for all
purposes, if the community cares to
enforce it. Outside interference would
le considered an insult to the law
abiding citizens of the community."
—o~
The Iowa City Republican does not
doubt that the intent of the people
ehind the movement for a state con
stabulary is good, but it thinks they
overlook the results of such a law in
ether states aiid show little respect
for the commonest principles of Amer
ican home government. "The people
of Iowa," the Republican continues,
"are able to enforce their laws
through the medium of courts and
through present forms of law. If
laws are not enforced in particular
communities, it is because the -people
are out of sympathy with the laws,
and it would not mend matters to ap
point state marshals. It is not likely
that the legislature will be led into
the folly of enacting such a law."
—o—
The Marion Register says the next
legislature should bury the biennial
elections amendment, "for all time."
ii BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
Keokuk Gate City.—The Des Moines
Register' and deader argues that be
cause the iast general assembly sub
mitted the proposed biennial election
each
2.
rious and onlv in accord with the !"'ove
2,Ltthat
torious
provisions have already been
made by the government for the em
ployment of city letter carriers and
railway postal clerks. The duties of
the clerks in the large offices of the
country are exceedingly exacting and
are often performed in crowded and
entirely unsanitary quarters. By the! prevent hasty action in times of great
present arrangement the salaries paid popular excitement. There was a
these men are often unequal. This I
measure or one drawn on similar lines
should certainly be carefully consider
ed by congress during the coming win
ter.
These cities that are coming for
ward asking the location of the state
school for the deaf and dumb seem
to have forgotten that Council Bluffs
is a live and hustling city and will not
give up the institution without a most
strenuous contest.
time when
aS
u*us OTTUMWA COURIER.
th°
GatG
will begin. It is probable that the fin- the week with such hours or rejects it, or ratifies and submits it-nce of seeming more strenuous than hu flo'thes wuz'irone
on Sundays and holidays as shall be it to a vote of the people. the President. In the conference on ,,'h v^,
necessary for the good of the service The third stpn ts the (rpnpv.ni r-nh-m roninmnitv iiiu Aft- cnnnnn oioppeu ail a. .'.
election-
The
or
fifteen of the men who voted for you
for senator?" a man in the audience
asked.
"That's a lie," was Hanna's answer.
"There Mere more than fifteen, for 1
never go bock on my friends."—Col
lier's Weekly.
WHEN PANAMA BUYS OUR BONDS
Chicago Record-Herald.—A Wash
ington dispatch reports that the Pan
ama government has decided to in
vest $9,000,000 of the $10,000,000 which
will be paid for the canal rights in
United States bonds. This is certain
ly a novelty in the politics of South
American states, which are generally
kept busy explaining things to the
holders of their bonds.
Panama comes out of their class at
a single leap and goes beyond the
great powers at the same time. When
England undertook to settle matters in
Egypt she appeared merely as the
agent of the British bondholder. So
the -interest in Europe in Turkish
bonds is primarily a private interest.
If any government had a direct in
vestment of its own it might feel im
pelled to rush ahead and levy regard
less of the concert.
Just at- present we are meeting the
interest on our bonds, but it is advi
sable not to overlook the possibilities.
Wften Panama once has her grip upon
us she mny assert the sacred right of
the bondholder to dictate on some
tlimsy pretext claims that we are
within her sphere of influence and es
tablish a suzerainty over us. Almost
any old political campaign would give
her sufficient excuse. She could
prove very clearly from the solemn
proceedings of all parties and the wild
harangues of campaign orators, that
confidence was getting knock-out
drops, and that any victory would
spread disorder from Porto Rico to
Manila. She couid point to the octo
pus and the anarchist as ravening ri
vals, bent on absorption and destruc
tion and insist pn the immediate need
of policing the territory to secure her
subscription.
This is a gloomy prospect for the
bird of freedom, and it behooves us as
a consequence to cultivate moderation
and to keep out Bashi-Bozouks of the
stump and platform under a proper
restraint. It will be hard to get along
without them, but any loss is prefer
able to subjugation beneath a foreign
yoke.
HE'S GETTING GRACE.
Brooklyn Eagle—The announcement
from Fort Sill that Geronimo. the
Apache chief, who led General Nelson
A. Miles such a merry chase in 1§S6,
has Joined the Reformed Dutch
church, is full of suggestiveness. The
most vagrant imagination could not
picture Geronimo joining1 the Metho
dists, the Baptists or the Salvation
Army. It would be relatively easy to
tll:nk of him as a Roman Catholic.
But on the whole there is no relig
ious body that commends itself more
ftiongly to the native dignity of the
unsi-oiled aborigine than the Reform
ed I^utch church. The Indian scorns
emotion. He took naturally to the
luims and symbolism offered by the
Jesuit missionaries. To the man who
begins by seeing God in clouds and
hearing Him -in the winds, all things
are made easy except what our civil
ization terms generieally. "revivalism."
Look at a collection of portraits of
the men, who, in black gpwns and
with imperturbable gravity and ster
ling scholarship have maintained the
repiltution Of the Reformed Dutch
pulpit who have stood for the most
undiluted Calvinism., and against alt
that they regarded as religious hys
teria. You will note a striking propor-
Ing one is in di'tv bound to do the brows, strong lips and suggestions of
same. The trouble with that argu- double chin. Then look at n-pie
men is that it proves too much. If
tul"e
that theory is to obtain the equal suf- same type of physiognomy, the same
frage amendment is entitled to take combination of alert shrewdness and
the same course. But Iowa legisla- stern, uncompromising- dignity. Truly
tures have repeatedlv refused to sub- Geronimo has found his. place, if, as
mlt that proposition after it had been stated, he has joined the Reformed
endorsed by their predecessors. There. Church of America.^
is nothing in the Register and Lead
er's contention.
Burlington Hawk-Eye.—The frarn
ers of the Iowa constitution never con
templated that one general assembly
should tie up or bind its successor to
endorse the one that took the initia
tive in an amendment to the consti-
lt
tiition. There are three distinct steps,
being duly approved by the not beholden to the pthers. I The Apnc.
.. attended
each absolutely Independent of and I manches, and sat In a front seat."
The Apaches and Comanches are
touch upon the amendment. Each fact, no better reason has been al
step in its order is wholly independ
ent of the other within the limits
prescribed by the constitution.
If this were not so. then what is
the utility of such a circuitous meth
od of amending the constitution? The sibilities of obstruction in the senate,
successive steps were designed to
the majority of the people
of Iowa, as indicated by their votes,
wanted biennial elections. The last
general assemly, in touch with the
popular expression at that time, again
started the amendment upon its
rounds. Since then, apparently, the
popular demand for biennial elections
t&f- changed: there is a revulsion in
public opinion. The members of the
new, general assembly will gather at
I)et Moines in January next, fresh
from their constituencies. If they
think the people want the amendment
submitted to a vote at the polls, they
will ratify the resolution mid let it
go to the filial court of adjudication.
In this the senators and representa
t'- es will act wholly upon their own
judgment and not from any obliga
tion imposed upon them by the pre
ceding general assembly.
SECRET OF HANNA'S POLITICAL
SUCCESS. -U
If Iincie- Mark Hanna owes his fa
culty of winning elections to any one
trait, it is to the candid way he has
of putting confidence in others. No
body knows better how to get repor
torial favor. At the outset of his tour
of Ohio during the late election he
called the newspaper men on his pri
vate car around him.
"Now, boys." he said, "we'll get to
gether for several weeks, and while
we are on board we will be just like
one big family. You are my guests,
and you will be treated as though the
cur were my house. I will have many
things to say that are not intended
for print. We will form many plans
that v.-e do not wish made public. I
Ooti't intend to chase you out on the
platform and I will not whisper. You'll
hear every jwoxA and- ypu tvUI kjtow
as well as I do what is not intended
for -ptibMcatifth,"
And some of tfce tilings said on the
car would stir politics trom caast to
coast. !f printed, "but they will remain
secret.
In a few words at a meeting in a
small town in the interior of tlie state
his answer to a t|u«ttlon was one Hint
was a key to his whole character.
"Isn't it true that ypu got jobs for
of Geronimo and you will find the
The veteran Apache who fought
both Crook and Miles, and then beat
both of them at a compromise bar
gaining showed at once Dutch cour
age afid Dutch business ability. That
Geronimo has, even in his old age,
a touch of the dry Dutch humor is.
apparent from the Fort Pill dispatch:
"He attended a mission to the Com-
Me
absolutely independent of and manches, and sat
rn
CHILD'S PLAY IN THE SENATE.
New York Kvening Post.—Speaker
Cannon lias had the unhappy exper-
The next general assembly eith- uannon m.» me un.mppy e*,.e.- ,vhisk„..9
The third step is the general the Cuban reciprocity bill Mr. Cannon
people can either ap- roundly characterized the postpone-
disapprove. No obligation ment of the senate vote as unfair
rests upon them to put the finishing treatment of the President, and, Jn
leged for deferring the bill except that
the senate wishes to "put the Presi
dent in .a hole" by showing that the
extra session was superfluous. The
President, however, realizing the pos
took his "rebuke" lying down, and as
sented to the delay. His surrender is
unfortunate, for his case was good and
clear. Had the senate proved obdu-
PLENTY OF IT.
Lots More Proof Like This, and it is
All from Ottiynwa People.
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating of it." If any city or town the
hearty endorsation of local citizens.'
When people right here at home —v- .,
friends and neighbors of our readers— 1 .. ^creation I7 S A
give a statement like the following for Aiiueauon.
publication, it is proof convincing for
the most skeptical. Reaji this testi
mony:
Mrs. Ellen Hendrick, of 1039 West'
Second street says: "In the fall of
1897 and the winter of 1898 I suffered
more than I can express with my back
Sold by all dealers. Price 5u centa.
Foster-Mi'.bum Co., Buffalo, N Y., sole
agents tor ihe United States.
Remember name DoaRij and taU
no othciit
a^S-
a#
rate it would have been clearly in
the wrong, and would have added to
that accumulating unpopularity from
which alone reform ot its antiquated
procedure will come. In this case,
moreover, delay by the senate is a
kiml of perfidy. That issue should
have been made. Having ratified the
Cuban treaty the senate is, though not
legally, yet in honor, bound to -pass
the enabling act promptly, and as a
noncontentious measure. To accept
the treaty and then haggle over the
legislation necessary to make it effec
tive is a bit of child's play. The case
shows plainly how lightly public con
siderations weigh against the person
al prejudices and small maneuvering
of the upper house. Speaker Cannon
deserves everybody's thanks for being
more zealous than the President in the
President's fight."
GEN. SICKLES' PATRIOTISM.
Philadelphia Press.—Gen. Sickles is
one of the old time democrats who
does not believe in sacrificing the in
terests of the nation to pander to party
prejudices. The Roosevelt administra
tion, he says, only performed its ob
vious and imperative duty in recog
nizing the de facto government of Pan
ama. He ridicules the unfounded and
unpatriotic assertion that the United
States instigated the Panama rebel
lion: and he holds that Panama should
be annexed to the United States before
the canal is begun. If Panama ap
plies for annexation it will unques
tionably be admitted: but that is not
necessary for canal purposes.
WATTERSON'S HARD
BRYAN.
SLAP AT
Louisville Courier-Journal—Dewey's
fall from the lofty pedestal in the
popular estimation on which his bril
liant sea fight had placed him. dated
from the hapless gift-house incident:
and, assuredly General Grant did not
elevate himself in popular esteem by
his* acceptance of gratuities: yet, in
the cases of both Grant an| Dewey the
benefactions eamo not from an indi
vidual "admirer," but from public
popular subscriptions. It is hard to
conceive what would have been
thought had they come as private be
quests made through testamentary in
struments drawn by the very hands
of Grant and Dewey.
NOTHING TO IT.
•Lincoln Star.—It is perfectly prpper
that the Porto RIcans should laugh at
Senator Newland's bill for the admis
sion of Cuba as a state, with Porto
Rico as a county. The latter has not
asked for it, and would not stand for
it. Neither have the Cubans asked
for it nor do they want it. The Cu
bans also have a laugh coming. The
bill is pure chaff and buncombe.
JUST LIKE OTHER GIRLS.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.—Jock
Rockefeller now has a little girl who
is rich beyond the dreams of avarice,
but she will have to take the croup
route and shoot the colic chute just
like the balance of the kids.
IN FIGHTING TRIM.
to Rico coffee, uses Cuban sugar, and
weighs 196 pounds—just the weight of
a barrel of Minnesota flour.
PROBABLY MISSES
FORMS.
Kansas
An' before we'd time to say,
This yere heathen turned an' ans'red:
Honeyluler, U. S. A.
Met a feller hero on Sansome,
With a somber-e-ro on:
Pays- "My home Is fur away."
"Whir's you frum?" the varmint
ans'red:
Santiago, U. S. A.
Seen a feller down the Southern,
With a heavy iron box,
Overcoat was lined with bearskin,
Wore a dozen pair- o' sox
Sized him up to be a miner,
Judgin' by his awkward way
Seen him write in big char-ac-ters:
Circle City. U. S. A.
Seen a saddle-colored heathen,.
Wearin' earrings in his nose,
Linen cuifs around his ankles,
I inquired in a lofty way
An' he had the nerve to ans'er:
From Manila, U. S. A.
,, .. 'Hullv gee! I never heard of
These yere
union has sufficient proof on tlie fol-1 Air- these heathens also voters?
lowing subject it is Ottumwa. Genuiue! will we stan' fur eny more?
merit is finding its reward in the Ah, when next you ask a feller
-A. de Marconay
Standard.
and kidneys. There were times when 11 periencing very cold weather recently
would have taken any sort of medicine
•m
SNOW ASTONISHES CUBANS.
Cold Weather and Snowstorm Prove a
Novelty.
Havana, Dec. 1.—Cuba has been ex-
and
if there was any possibility of obtain-1 ^s. ^J,^r°luxnof t"ha
ing assistance. I was fortunate in some neighborhood, were astonished to see
way to notice Doan Kidney Pills in|a snowstorm. It is reported that the
one of our papers, and with very little fields are covered wjth snow, present-
faith in their advertised claims, I pro
cured a box from Will L. Sargent's
drug store. A few doses convinced me
that I had-at last obtained a remedy
which was having visible effect. Con
tinuing the treatment after this encour
agement I can conscientiously say
from experience that the relief obtain­
yesterday the residents of PJace-
ing a most novel sight to the Cubans.
DRAKE TO GO EAST.
lowan Who Owns Fast Horses Will
Not Race in West.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. J.—Enoch
Washard, trainer for John A. Drake.
is in Nashville on business pertaining
ed from the use of Doan's Kidney Pills to the Chicago turfman's stable. Wis
has' "been more than transitory. I am
not the only one in Ottumwa who has
advised the use of "Dean's Kidney
Pills to their frieijds- and' acquaint
ances/nor am I the only one who has
good reasaneHo recommend that prep
aration."
hard said Drake would not race in
the west next vear. He will have a
starter in the American Derby and
one in the- World's Pair handicap,
Which "Will be the extent of his op
erations -west of tfie Allegheny moun
tain's. ''Wighard says Oft Wells and
Joffttiid will be the dependencies of
Mr. Drake In- the derby.
LETTERS OF INQUIRY
POSTMASTER RECEIVES QUERIES
AS TO WHEREABOUTS OF FOR­
MER OTTUMWANS.
Mrs. Rwohanna Hartman Wants to be
United With Family After Long Sep
aration— Inquiries for John R. Ev
ans and a Party Named Cole.
Inquiries for person who were for
mer residents of the city but are now
unknown at the postofficn have been
leceived by the postmaster. One of
the letters is from Mrs.Rwohanna Hart.
mail of Colville. Wash., inquiring as
to the wherealwuts ol' her father, A.
D. Cleaveland and her brothers and the
other letters inquire for an Ottumwa
furniture dealer of the sixties named
named Cole, and a party named
John R. Evans. Anyone who is
able to volunteer any information in
answer to the queries is requested to
write to the parties' by whom the let
ters were written. The communi
cations follow:
Mrs. Hartmah's Letter.
"Will you be so kind as to hand this
letter to any of the Cleavelands. A
D. Cleaveland, Siy. is my father and
John and A. D. Cleaveland, Jr., my
brothers. I would like to hear from
my family very much. I have not
heard from them since 1S80 or 1881.
I am alone and would like to be united
with my people.
"Very respectfully.
Washington Post.—The President! dress, if living or the address "of some
now wears a Panama (lag, drinks Por- member of his family.
"Very respectfully,
"Mary E. Lindsay.
"Birmingham, la."
THE PLAT-
CitV
Star.—There is no
OSS.='S'isrWJS!
much more at home while he is trav
eling in Europe if the cars over there
were provided with rear platforms.
THE LONG AND BROAD FLAG.
fellow t'other inornin'—
Most amusin' sort o' cuss:
Had a cur'ous style about him,
Cert'nly couldn't well be wuss—
I says: "Where you hail f'm. pardner?"
An' he smiled in a knowin' way,
An' replied in forren lingo:
Porto Rico, U. S. A.
Seen a feller down on Broadway
With a shockin' head of hair,
An' a lot o' tropic garments,
An' a most outlandish air.
"Whar's lie frumV" a feller shouted
Rwohanna E. Hartman.
"Colville. Wash."
Inquiries for John R. Evans.
"In 1874 I am informed there lived
in your county one John R. Evans. I
do not know what his postoffice was
and I write you for information. I
shall be glad to know the present ad
dress of said John R. Evans if living,
and if dead, I shall be glad to learn
when and where he died. If you can
furnish the above information please
write me.'
"Very truly yours,
"Samuel Daniels.1
"Versailles, Mo."
1
Letter of Inquiry.
"Can you give me any information
or refer me to any one who can, as to
whether there was at the beginning 7,?
of the war a man named Cole engaged:
in the furniture business, or as it wasi.vnq
A LIGHT RAINFALL
SlXJ
PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY
TY-FIVE ONE HUNDRETHS OF
AN INCH FOR MONTH.
ber 26 SixUen Fair and
Cloudy Days A Statement.
of No\ ember was degrees. The cold-
est day was November 26, the ther- ii,
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Most indecent lack o' clothes.
"Where'd this heathen guy here spring 16..
frum?"
I 15
17..
18..
19..
20..
2 1
cannibals before,
23..
24..
Whur he's frum, say, he's bound to J-6
say,
2
2 8
29..
in Buenos
Ay res
30..
1
Ernest Foreman a Des Moines min
er whose back was broken in a mine
\ccident a month ago is dead.
mi-
-41
Mjir
~lx
mometer registering ten degrees above Thanksgiving day.
zero. Sixteen days of the month William Pearson, Miss Etta Gustafl
were classed as clear in Volunteer son and Miss Maude Allen, of Ottum
Weather observer A. Livingston's re- wa, visited with Miss Hannah Pearson
port, nine were cloudy and live were
maximum, minimum and mean tem
perature is as follows:
November- Max. Min.
on
74 48 61
60 53 56
70 50 60
59 50 54
53 44 48
47 36 41
54 30
1
42
68 38 53
51 49 50
55 30 43
50 41 45
5G 38 47
40 39 39
48 31 39
51 35 43
35 24 30
20 15 17
27 12 20
42 15 28
42 28 35
40 24 35
56 26 .39
38 24 31
36 20 \2S
34
to
2S
26 V- 10 18
35 20 .27
36 34
29 26 27
27 1G 21
BRIBERY TRIAL BEGINS.
Salsbury Testifies in Case Against Al
dernRan DePagter.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 1.—In po
lice court today in the hearing of Al
derman DePagter charged with ac-.nf Wurren township, was in the cit
cepting a bribe in the Lake Michi-: Monday.
gan water deal, ex-City Attorney Sals-! c^it.iuel St. John, a former residen
bury testified that he gave DePagter
was favorable to the deal was because teiullpg "school at the Drake university
he wante to make sure of him and
could not afford to take any chances.
LADRONE LEADER TO DIE.
Lavedo Toledo Sentenced to-.Hang In
Manjla. ..
Manila, Dec? 1.—-Lavedo Tole.db, the
Ladrone leader, who gate the military
authorities considerable trouble by his
operations in tlie province of Ail.bay.
has been convicted and
death. Senor Rios, a lanatic
leader, and the so-called Pope ol Tay-,
D/inn T*.. 1
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Blakesburg.
Blakesburg, Dec. 2. Twenty-four
men and boys of Blakesburg had a big
contest hunt on Thanksgiving day,
and brought. in a big sack full of
game, mostly rabbits and birds. The
losing party paid for the turkey din
ner at the hotels and all report a
good dinner and lost of fun.
The shooting match at George Fos
ter's on Wednesday was well attend
enrt ami the winners went home with
a load of turkeys and feeling good.
Claude Johnson and Willie Rows
had a runaway coming from the
shotting match and wore slightly
bruised and a buggy was considerably
demoralized.
William Majors was considerably
bruised up by a fall of slate in his
coal bank. His physician thinks hi£
wounds will notv prove serious.
Several of the G. A. R„ men attend
ed the funeral of General Drake.
Dr. Udell goes to Chicago, this week
to spend a few weeks in the postgrad
uate schools.
The building boom is still on in
Blakesburg and the mechanics are all
kept busy.
Mrs. Newman of Ottumwa is visit
ing the Abernathy'family.
John R. Castle post No. 313 G. A. R.,
met with Comrade Gil Thayer, Sat
urday and had a royal good time and
a fine table spread. The business
session ,was held in Thayers office.
The revival meetings at the M. E.
church are still in progress with a
fair interest. Rev. Rowe Is doing a
good work in Blakesburg. Rev. Whist
ler the Baptist pastor is making many
friends.
Twenty carloads of cattle were ship
ped from here Tuesday. Sixteen car
loads were from the Bradley farm.
S. Burton and son have disposed of
several carloads of cattle this week.
This is a great shipping point fot
stock.
Claude Thompson came in from
Des Moines to eat Thanksgiving din
ner at home.
Tom Kimball and wife have a braa
new boy at their home.
The drill companies are working
north of town and will soon have big
works running.
Guy Hall purchased a fine driving
horse from David Jay.
Ashley Donahue and wife spent tha
Thanksgiving in Ottumwa.
Munterville.
Munterville, Nov. 30.—The toci"al'
held on Thanksgiving evening at tha
stG l(. )h
evc'm"s aL.
t"*
vnnnil'p^nwrS' "i0??
society:
the result.
N. P. Pearson, who. has been threat"
Cned witli typhoid fever, is reported at
present to be slightly on the mend, am!
it is hoped that he will soon be able tc
be up and around again.
Enos Lewis and E.G.Allen attended
the funeral services, of the late Mr. Cal
vin, in Kirkville, Friday, Mr. Calvin be
ing a nephew of Enos Lewis.
The youngest daughter of Mr. and
*. Mrs. C. E. Gustafson is quite sick, hav
I ing a light attack or"- the lung fever,
and at present is reported to be do
ling as well as can be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson served
Average Daily Temperature Was 38 a Thanksgiving dinner to a large num
Degrees— Coldest Day Was Novem-
I)er of their
Nine
0n
hghest rainlall lor some time. The which is a decided improvement.
average temperature for the month Jir.
friends, and all present ru­
port a most pleasant time.
Messrs. Lou and Rowe Venator cami
home from school in Ottumwa lasl
Wednesday, in order to enjoy theii
Sixty-five one-hundreds of an inch Thanksgiving dinner with their parents
was the total precipitation during the c. L. Swenson has built, a neat bam
month ot November. This is the
his place, and had the same painted
an(j
Mrs. Swen Pearson and fam-
iIv vi,jtpl1 with
GWPnqona on
wltn
1"-
owensons oa &
Thanksgiving day. They also at-
"n?" ?™y tended church services in Munterville
Miss Stella Pearson took dinner with
Mean. I Miss Stella Oval Friday.
Freddie Johnson, of Pekay, visited
Johnson, during Thanksgiving festiv
ities.
Chariton.
Chariton, Dec. 1.—Eph. Badger, thf
pioneer trapper and hunter, packet*,
his camping outfit yesterday and went,
down on the Chariton river below tha
New York bridge, where he will spenif
the winter in search of game. Mr,
Badger makes it his business and al«
ways brings to market many furs thai
command good price.
Mrs. Lucy Heppenstohl of Russell,
was in the city yesterday on busi
ness
John Bigham, an old and highly re
spected citizen of Lincoln township.v
died at his home Sunday. Mr. Big-.
ham was in his eighty-fourth year at
the time of his death. Arrangements
for the funeral have not yet been,
made.
Alfred Jenkins of Russell, was a
business caller in the city Monday,
Messrs. J. H. Smith and O. B. Shov9s$?|f|
went to St. Edwards. Nel., last night®®
for a visit with relatives. JjgggS
W. H. Bell of Derby came down
last evening to be in attendance af
the term of court which is now i»
session.
lA. J. Holmes continues to be seri
ously ill at his home on Woodlanf!
avonv.s.
H1.T(.••
aba«, has been hanged for tlie murder. ton, ot this i»lac^.
WiS- Conner, a prosperous farme^S,.®,,
our
$350 about the same time lie did the ter a pleusant visit with ol.l friendi
others he bribed and later it was
agreed thr.t DePagter should receive
$3,000 to $5,000 in water bonds. Sals
bury said the reason he offered De
Pagter the money after he found he
returned last evening af
11. :. Pulaski. $ Lyi,
Pulaski, Dec. 1.—Mrs. Ed Higben\,
and little son Olan are visiting Mr. anctv'
Mrs. Andy Power.
Barney Brunk. who has been at-«*&&
in Des Moines, spent last week witli
his parents.
The ladles of the Christian church
had a. bazaar and also served dinner
and supper at the hall Thanksgiving
day.
llfB. C- E. Stockham and littl-t
daughter Mabfil visited Mr, .and Mrs.
A F.. Meredith last week.. h"
Miss Ethel Swinney ot FJouis la, vis
iting her aunt, Mrs. Lymairtterfde^li
thts. .week.
Miv and Mrs. Delbert Knight,'visited
seuieuced "to 1 daughter. Mrs. Dan, Uinrich, near
Sliles, Sunday.
latic rijipino, siielton ami wile ol Chicago,/
its*
JL
•.mm
I
visiting Dr. .and,Mrs. W. II. Shel-'
bi