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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15
Hon. Tom A. Marshall.

Mr.. Marshall is as we'll known as
any trap shot in the world today. He
was captain of the American team
which so signally defeated the English
shooters in England last summer He
is also politician, has been a member
of the Illinois legislature, and has
been mayor of keithsburg beyond the
memory of the Oldest inhabitant. Mr..
Marshall is two time winner of the
Grand American Handicap and has
had numerous individual matches with
most of the professionals of the coun-
try. He shoots green shell about as
long as Roman candle and doesn't
seem to worry about whether he hits
| them or not He has numerous guns
presented to him and is one of the
| most popular men in the business.
C. w. Budd of Des Mones.
Charley Budd is the man who first
brought Iowa into notice as producer
of trap shots. He held the American
1 Field wing-shot championship cup,won
the championship medal at one of the
old Chamberlain Cartridge Co.'S shoots
and defeated Jim Stice, another old
timer, in several matches. This was
years ago, but he still keeps on and
pounds 'em out at better than ninety
gait most all of the time. Unquestion-
ably he has been the most consistent
performer at both live birds and tar
gets who has shot for the last twenty
4 years. He has made a speciality Of
winning 100-bird matches. Mr. Budd
is now holder of the Hazard Powder
championship trophy. He was also s
member of the American team which
went to Europe last summer.
/ John S. Tanning.
4 Jack Tanning of San Francisco is
not in attendance at this shoot, but he
is very popular shooter, was mem
Der of the American team, is promi
nent Indian" and an allaround good
fellow.
Fred Gilbert.
Fred Gilbert is not excelled in the
world today as trap shot. He is {
consistent performer at both live bird
land targets. He made twenty-five
straight in the Grand American handi
cap last month, but was shot out il
the tie by men who stood severa
yards in front of him. He has more
hard luck stories to tell than phono
graph and can give plain and specific
reason as to how he comes to miss the
few birds he does miss. He is grea
match shooter andhas enough trophie!
and medals to load a push cart. HI
was raised on the prairies around Spir
it Lake, where it was too hot in thu
summer and too cold in the winter t.
work, and this enabled him to put il
all his time shooting. AT present HI
is shooting in the greatest form OF hi
life. Last week at tournament h
broke 1893 out of 200 targets. He wa
; also member OF the American team
E Or. w. 3. kibbey.
DR.. Kbbey Of Marshalltown ha
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15
CLAIMED BY DEATH.
Funeral of Paul Dale Held Wednesda,
Afternoon.

Funeral of Paul Dale Held Wednesday
Afternoon.
[From Wednesdays Daily.l
AT o'clock last evening occurred
the death of Paul Dale, at his home,
31S South Moore street. Funeral SER
vices will be held this afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from the Brethren church,
conducted by Rev. C.E. Wolfe, pastor
of the church. The remains will be
taken to Charlton tomorrow and the
interment made at that place.
Mr.. Dale was born in Ohio, in 1888.
He has resided in this city for num-
Der OF years and during this time has
become we'll known to large number
of friends who deeply mourn his de-
parture. Death came to him last ev-
ening at the age Of So, 8 months and
10 days.
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IA; Abbott, 10; Ford, IA; Lineall, Is;
Hoon. 13; Powell, 10; Booth, 10; Wal.
lace, Is; Wheeler, IL; Black, 10; Kib-
hey, Is; Percival, IA; Crisman, IL;
Hardy, 10; Teal, s; Mcfarland, 10;
Phelps, 8; Dove, IL; Triplett, 10; Nc
Bride, 10; Douthett, Is; Selbhers, IL;
Page, 8; McKelvey, 8; Adams, II; G..
w. Marshall, 10; Ferguson, 8; Thomp-
son, 10; Bott, 10; Walker, Is; Mattox,
IL; Lewis, 10.
Event No. IL, Is Gilbert,
Is; Kline, IA; Badger, Ia; Powers, ID;
Budd. 10; T "A Marshall, ID; Riehl,
10; Red Wing, -; Foley, 13; Wolf, Is;
Wetleaf, 10; Burnside, IS; Sheldon,
Is; Abbott. IL; Ford, IL; Linell, 10;
Hoon, Is; Powell, IL; Booth, IA; Wal
lace, 10; Wheeler, IL: Black, 10; Kib-
hey, 10; Percival, ID; Crisman, IA;
Hardy, 10; Teal, IL; Mcfarland, 81;
Phelps, 10; Dove, 8; Triplett, -; Nc
Bride, 9; Douthett, II; Selbhers, IA;
Adams, IA; Ferguson, z; Thompson,
IA; Mattox, 10.
Event IL, 20 targets-Gilbert, 49,;
Kline, II; Badger, 16; Powers. 90;
Budd, 10; T. A. Marshall, 10: Riehl,
IT; Red Wing, II; Foley, 49,; Wolf
10; Wetleaf, IS; Burnside, IS; Shell
don, 16; Abbott, II; Ford, 16; Linell
Is; Hoon, 16; Powell, IS; Booth, II;
Wallace, II; Wheeler, Is; Black, IS;
Kibbey, IA; Percival, IS; Crisman, II;
Hardy, 8; Teal, 16; Mcfarland. Is;
Phelps, 16; Dove, 10; Triplett, IL; Nc
Bride, IL; Douthett, IA; Selbhers, Is;
Adams, IS; Thompson, 10; Walker, II
Gilbert and Kline, yesterdays lead
ers at the Iowa state tournament a
Athletic park, are shooting in goot
fo,m today, Gilbert missing one anc
Kline two targets out of the first sixty
five. This afternoon the contest TO
! the l.. G. Smith trophy is in progress
and is being watched with interest
III spite of the weather the attendant,
is rot falling off. The annual meetin!
of the association is to be held this CIV
ening, at place not yet decided upon
and at this time officers will be electe'
for the coming year, a place for tn
next state tournament will be selected
and other important business will b
transacted. The scores in the frs
four events today were as follows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15

the country to venture into drizzling
rain to shoot in squad when they
have dry shelter during the inter
missions. Owing to the large number
of shooters and the fact that only two
sets of traps are being used, these in
termissions are long enough for every
one to regain his good humor even af-
ter having submitted to ducking in
the rain. One of the tents is used as a
dining hall and meals are served on
the grounds, so that there is no cessa.
ton of shooting for dinner.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15

been identified with the sport of trap
shooting for many years. He has been
president of the States Association
for the Protection of Game and Fish
for the last three years. He is a grad
uate of Harvard college and ex-mayor
of his home city. In 1900 he won an
individual trophy at John Watson's
shooting park in Chicago, in compe-
tition with all the professionals of the
country. He has been in the shooting
game nearly as long as Charley Budd
and is one of the most enthusiastic
and whole-souled sportsmen who at
tend tournaments He is large prop
erty owner in Marshalltown and is
prominently identified with the city's
best interests.
Hon. John G. Smith.
OF all men who follow the trap
shooting game in Iowa there is none
whom it is more of a pleasure to meet
than Hon John G. Smith of Algona.
He is the only charter member of the
State Spoftsmen's association left. He
was born in Boston March 10, 1910,
and came to Algona in 1866. He was
elected president of the State Sports
mems association in Burlington in
1856 He has hunted and fished in ev-
cry state in the union. He was mayor
of Algona for three years and men,
Der Of the Twenty-fourth general as
| sembly of Iowa, during which time he
| framed the bill for the representative
| districts as they now stand in this
| state. He is now and has been for the
| last five years, chairman of the Kos
suth county board of supervisors. In
letter he says. Il am still in good
health, able to shoot good match or
hunt all day"
George Hughes.
George Hughes of Fonda is a hard
man to beat in a shooting match. He
/ is one of those men who gives one
i the impression that his every thought
is conferred on the one bird that he is
going to shoot at right now. The birds
! that have gone before and those thai
| are to come do not seem to be worry
ing him, but every effort is concentrat
ed on the one at which he is shooting
Many years ago he shot a game match
i with Charley Budd for the American
4 Field cup. He has brought out sever
4 al shooters from his neighborhood and
I is a great student of guns and loads.
George Selbher.
| George Selbher of Newton last veal
won the individual amateur champion
ship of the state at the state tourna
:. ment which was held in his home city
Mr.. Selbher though a young man, is
by no means new shooter having
been a deyotee of the shotgun since
boyhood. He is shooting in good form
this year and his friends in the state
expect to hear of big achievements
to his credit before he is many years
older.
Chauncey r. Powers.
"Chan" Powers lives at Decatur,Ill
, where he is engaged in mercantil
: business. He is the greatest "sticker
! of EN- all to have everything just ez
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15
ATTENTION, sPoRTsMEN!
Fishing Season Opens at Spirit Lake
May IS.
Best Fishing Place in Iowa.

Best Fishing Place in Iowa.
Suitable accommodations at reason
able prices can be secured at any of
the many hotels and boarding houses.
A transfer bus will meet all trains
of the B., G. R. & N. R'y at Spirit
Lake town and transfer, passengers
free of charge to and from '"The Inn
and Arnold's Park A bus will also
meet all B., c. r. & N. trains at Mont
gomery and transfer all passengers
free to and from Manhattan Beach.
Send for free booklet descriptive of
Spirit and Okoboji Lakes, which con-
tains game laws of Iowa and Mime
sofa. Jno. G. Farmer,
G. P. & T. A.,
Cedar Rapids, Ia. B., c. R. & N. R'y.
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chauncey I. Powers.

"Chan" Powers lives at Decatur, H.,
where he is engaged in mercantile
business. He is the greatest 'sticker"
of 'em all to have everything just ex-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15

that it would have taken yard after
yard of red tape and bottle after bot
tie of ink for the railroad officials to
allow No. to stop at Cleveland for
one half-fare passenger, who intended
to ride only short distance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-15

E. A. Rea & Co.. 224-2s-2s South
Market ST., ottumwa, la, are offering
special terms on the Improved Dewey
stock Waterer. BUY ONE NOW AND
GIVE YOUR SPRING PIGS A GOOD
START.
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will take time of company to go off
on tear.
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The easiest trouble to bear is the
trouble of some one else.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27

and ability to entertain her audiences by
a clever entertainment. The effect Is en-
HANGED by lavish and costly dressing and
beautiful scenic effects.
The show opens with a funny. bur-
lesque called THE Magic Hat" and serves
to introduce thirty handsome girls in mu
steal numbers, among which may be
mentioned 1.-The Pajama Girls The
Ping Pong Girls" 1.-The City Troop" and
1.-THE Semigambian Singers and Dane
ers." With the aid Of ten funny come
dams the fun is made fast and furious
from the rise to the fall of the curtain.
Among the specialties are such stars as
Madden and Jess, exalted rulers Of wit
and humor; the Josselin Trio, European
gymnasts; Mark and Kitty Hart in a
comedy sketch entitled "O'Reilly's Re
ception"; Joe Norris, Hebrew comedian
and parody singer; the Lavelles, eccen-
trio dancers; Charles Foreman, the lyric
tenor; Annette Yale, the statuesque
beauty; the Utopian Four, and Rose
Jeanette, the pretty little soubrette.
The closing of the show is a laughable
burlesque entitled Hotel Razzle Dazzle"
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FooTLIGHT FLASHES.

The most complete production of Faust ever
given will be seen at the Metropolitan for three
nights and matinee commencing Thursday, Oct
16. Lewis Morrison himself Will play the part
of Mephisto for the last ., time here. .,,,, 49,,
coction, entitled ''Mr. Pickwick," extracted from
Dickens ''Pickwick Papers is meeting with
great success and will shortly be seen at the
Metropolitan. His company includes Digby Bell,
Henry Norman and Laura Joyce Bell.
Gertrude Coghlan in "Alice Of Old vincennes,"
will be the attraction at the Metropolitan for
Oct. 70.
Elsie De Wolfe arrived from = Europe last
began in New York last Monday. The company
viii open in Pittsburg next Monday and will be
seen here early in the season.
Stuart Robson will appear at the Metropolitan
Henrietta. and .'The Comedy of Errors"
''The Burgomaster," w. II. Crane in David
Harum." and Ezra Kendall in Ihe Vinegar
Buyer are among the early bookings of the
Arrangements have been completed for the
production at the Metropolitan for four nights
IL Of "a Modern Magdalen," play which has
aroused great interest In the east.
Magician Kellar is soon to appear at the Bijou
with an entertainment in magic which fairly out
does anything he has hitherto presented In
s'The Mystery Of HASA he apparently sus-
ponds the law Of gravitaticn Princess Kar-
nak'' shows how living human bodies may be
''The Gambling Ghost is spook that plays
cards. '.The Growing Tree" outclasses the FAM
GUS Hindoo mango trick. and Naturalization Of
Men Out Of Air. illustrates weird Mahat tina
Few mslodrsmas Of recent pears hsys sttainsd
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27
SEMI-STARVATION in ENGLAND
Quarter Of Brans Population Cannot Get Enough to Eat
Dinner for Half Million

is vast penumbra of Indulgence and pow
erty. And the bright circle OF comfort
and plenty is found to be a thin line Of
light around huge disk Of darkness.
Not Caused by Overcovding.
Nor is overcrowding the cause. If IL
were, then the same conditions would ex.
list in Belgium, In Holland, IN Swttzer-
land, in parts OF France. And the only
efforts England makes to grapple with
tits peril are charitable enterprises-
throwing food to the monster to placato
1t instead Of planning to destroy 1t.
Until land is held in England as It 10
in other civilized countries. until Eng.
lish trade unions cease to be close cor.
pora lions to which the mass OF laboTers
cannot gain admittance, until the notions
that work is disgrace and that acoept-
ing charity, no matter how thinly dis
guised it is, is honorable, are eradicated,
Englands inarticulate masses Will con-
tinue to sink. But it will be long before
the talk Of benevolence. national, local,
private, as remedy ceases and the talk
of justice begins. For justice would dis
turb privilege. And SO the English mass
es grow poorer ard poorer in body and In
mind, less ard less capable, more and
more drain and a drag upon English
energy and progress.
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1.-THE Night Before Christmas"

Commencing Sunday matinee, and con-
tinuing for one week. the next attraction
at the Bijou will be the pastoral drama,
The Night Before Christmas" This play
was presented at the Bijou last season
and met with universal favor. It was
one of the big successes Of last year. The
cast this season remains nearly the same
as last year, the principal role Of Judge
Phillips remaining in the hands Of the
well-known fayorite, Elmer Grandin: Here
is a short synopsis Of the story of the
play dissolute son of Judge Phillips
who later becomes governor Of the state
becomes involved in a fight with a VIII
lage idler and strikes him down.. AS the
man drops, tramp, who recognizes in
him the despoiIer of his home, stabs him
and makes his escape unnoticed. The
judges son Is accused Of murder. He Is
arrested, and in an intensely interesting
court scene Judge Phillips Is forced to
the awful duty Of sentencing his own son
to death. Later. when he has been made
governor. powerful friends draw up a
petition for the young mans pardon, but
the Spartan father, even while wrung to
the heart with anguish, sternlN refuses
to exercise his prerogative. Pleadings
from the governors wife and the young
mans devoted sweetheart both fail to
shake his resolve to be faithful to his
oath to execute the laws Of the state. The
doom of the condemned man seems sealed
when, finally, stricken with renorse, the
tramp confesses that he struck the fatal
blow, and the play comes to happy
ending.
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In the agitation over crowns and robes,
cant feature of the coronation Is not get
cant feature Of the coronation Is no get
ting the attention 1t demands. Sensa-
tional is not too strong word to use In
characte rizing the kings dinner to half
million of his subjects. who, 1t is calm
ly announced, are living not in extreme
poverty, not on a short-food supply, but
iE the deep shadow of starvation.
Over this dinner to the habitually starv-
ing In the richest nation on earth hovers
the menacing phantom Of England's real
peril-the peril that you never see dis
cussed, rarely see referred to, in the Eng
lish magazines or newspapers of the
higher kinds. -. ant". ID
! This peril may be discussed in SEN
tence: '.- ts''.'- -
One-fourth OF the population OF Great
Britain does not and cannot get enough to
eat. >'.-'-s.f - -. .af.iss .. 49,
That is a conservative, undisputed
statement of less than the CHASTITY truth.
And it is truth paralleled by no other
country in real civilization-America,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium,
Holland. Austria Hungary. If the test
of civilization is the welfare Of those
living under it. what must be the verdict
upon the English civilization? For
around this blackness of slow starvation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27

big Broadway production. Mr.. AIDES wit
ty satire and humorous lyrics, garlanded
by Mr.. Walthalls tuneful score contain
ing twenty-four distinct musical numbers,
have been embodied and embellished In
the finest company and the most xetrava-
CANT environment of scenery: and cos
tunes Henry w. Savage could furnish.
Charles A. and Dan Mason, in their
splendid laughing success, Rudolph and
Adolph," will make their first appearance
in this city as co-stars at the Bijou, fol-
lowing the engagement Of 1.-The Night
Before Christmas" Rudolph and Adolph"
is melange Of mirth, music and mel
ody by Charles Neuman and is brinful
Of ginger, snap and go. There Is more
plot than is usually encountered in mu-
steal comedy and the piece is not mere
vehicle for the exploitation Of individual
specialties. The scenes and situations
are genuinely funny and the many mu-
steal numbers are not dragged in, but
legitimately introduced. The Masons are
probably the two best eccentric German
comedians the stage. Perfectly at home
with the dialect, they make the king s
English do Stunts" that are laughable
in the extreme. This is the second sea-
son Of triumphant success for this. piece
and the company has been much enlarged
and strengthened. $780,
"All on Account of Eliza" a delightful
comedy of American life, by Leo Die
trichstein, which enjoyed long and pros
porous run at the Garrick theater, New
York, will be presented in this city short
ly by a strong cast and with all the mag
nifcent equipment used during the New
York run. This = diverting play is con-
ceded to be one of the most ronicNing,
breezy satires on an American theme ever
written. It is wholesome in tone, abounds
in bright lines, amusing episodes and de-
lightful hunor. The story has to do, with
! the tribulations of a pretty, city-bred
school mistress, who runs the gauntlet
| of the spiteful gossip Of a country VII
| lage and comes out victorious. A lead
ing character is humorous old German,
chairman Of the village board of educa-
ton The company has been organized
with a special view to playing the lead
ing cities: - -. - Il. - = =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27

than operate form. Carmen in many
respects is a wonderful story; it was writ
ten by Prosper Meerimee and shows
keen insight into the Spanish character.
The character of Carmen, the beWitching
and heartless, the beautiful and brave,
the radiant and reckless, will be inper
sonated by Miss Grace Hayward, and it
is part in which she has been very
successful. Her Carmen is fascinating.
It is very difficult role when one stops
to think how utterly devoid it is of any
moral principle, for her passions were
those of an animal; but for all that, she
was a woman, which extenuation one
must admit, covers multitude of faults,
or, in Garments case, sins. She is
woman at once thoroughly fascinating and
wicked. There is absolutely nothing
sweet about Carmen. She is capable Of
loving man sufficiently we'll to kill him,
and a study Of the character shows her to
have been ruled by her passions. But she
was not capable Of fidelity or u
lasting love. There is but one sad
moment in. Garments life, and that
Is when she is reading her cards.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27
THE THFATERS

they have numerous opportunities to show
their remarkable skill as eccentric dancers.
Bobby Gaylor will fill the title role. He Is
probably the funniest little fellow behind
the footlights to-day. Among the other
comedians are Steve Maley, Carl King,
Harold Morey and three celebrated panto-
rnirnists, Arthur Hill, Edwin J. Stone and
Joseph Schrode.
1.-THE Wizard of or" will also be exceed
ingly good of one kind-its womankind.
The 1.-the little soubrette,* Anna Laughlin,
formerly with Dan DAILY; Helen Byron,
known as the gingeriest soubrette before
the public; Grace Kimbal, one of the lovli-
est members Of Anna Held's beauty show
last season. handsome Bessie Wynn, ALL
leen May, Geneva Gibson, Ida Doerge,
Romayne Whiteford, Ray Dixon, and 9TH
ers Of equal eminence in comic opera. The
entire production is under the personal
stage direction of Julian Mitchell, Weber
& Fields expert stage manager. This pro-
duction will run through the entire week
at the Metropolitan, with matinees Wed.
nesday and Saturday. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27

They tell her she must die, and be-
ing irnbued with superstition, she Is de-
pressed, but the entrance Of the toreador
banishes it in the twinkling of an eye.
Dick Ferris will be seen in the character
Of Don Jose, a part SO entirely different
from any he has yet appeared in that his
many friends and admirers will be agree
ably surprised. Tuesday evening will be
known as Royal League Night" that
order having engaged a large number Of
seats and will attend the play in a body.
On Tuesday afternoon and evening Sousa
and his band will give two concerts. With
this exception Carmen" will run all the
week with Tuesday and Saturday matt
nees.
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to finish her. She fought hard to rise and
have last charge, but the little pencil
like bullet again sped on it's sad errand.
and the game old relic of prehistoric
times breathed her last. We were sad
men as we gazed upon her grotesque,
misshapen form. Somehow one feels
such q blatant upstart in the presence of
the pachyderms. when one thinks OF the
unbroken line that dates back unchanged
into the unthinkable ages Of the past.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27

Nothing quite so interesting as the
startling adventures Of Sherlock Holmes,
as created by Sir "A. Conan Doyle and
transplanted to the stage by that master
dramatist, William Gillette, has been dis
closed in recent years. Kelley and Shan
mons matchless presentation Of this great
play, which is to be given at the Metro
politan for four nights and Wednesday
matinee, commencing Sunday, Oct. s, is
arousing pleasurable anticipation.
An operate novelty to be seen at the
Metropolitan for three nights and a mat
tinee, beginning Thursday, Oct. 9. Is the
merry musical satire, 1.-THE Sultan Of
suIu,' by George AIDE, Of Fables in
Slang" fame and Alfred G. Walthall, the
talented Chicago composer. This novel
operate production, which attracted such
favorable attention in Its initial run Of
three months in Chicago last spring, Is
making a brief tour of the principal cities
prior to being taken TO New York for 9