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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
is TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

Strange Character Arrested for Horse
Stealing.
Washington, May 6.--(Special, "A
strange character, giving his name as
Gilbert Moore, has been taken up here
by the county authorities. He is in
sane and says he worked for c. railroad
man IN Des Moines who locked him
up. He was arrested here for steal
ing a lorse. He says his mother lives
at ~ East Huron street, Chicago. She
has been written.
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DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT.
coroner's Jury Returns a Verdict on
Death of ANTONY laux.

Deatn OF antony Laux.
Sigourney. May g. Especially =
Death from al gunshot wound sup.
posed to have been accidental is the
verdict returned by the coroner's jury
as the result of it's investigation of the
death of Antony Laux, who was killed
yesterday at his home near this city
AS far as could be learned, no one saw
the accident, but it is believed the gun
was discharged While he was pulling
it towards him. Funeral services were
held this afternoon and the interment
was made in the Conner cemetery.
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READY TO SIGN LAST PROTOCOL.
Representatives of the Allies Given
Permission to Proceed,

Washington, d. c.. May 6.--Final
permission reached the Italian. Brit
ish and German embassies last night
for the allies representatives to sign
with Mr., Bowen, Venezuela's plenipo.
Tertiary, the protocol submitting the
question of preferential treatment to
The Hague tribunal for arbitration.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
AGRICULTURAL YEAR BOOK.
Road Construction and Cattle Indus
try Thoroughly Discussed.

The Iowa Year Book of Agricul-
ture," 5000 copies of which have just
been put into circulation, is perhaps
the best publication of the kind that
has yet been issued by the. department
of agriculture, and is certainly cred
4 it to j. @. Simpson, the secretary of
the state board, by whom it is edited
The book contains 1854 pages of read
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
BODY eNAwED BY RATS.
Remains of Samuel Smith Oiscovere,
in Barn Near MarenGo,

in Barn Near Marenso.
Marengo, May Changing by the
neck with a new rope around his neck
and his body badly eaten by rats, the
body of Samuel Smith, a farmer, was
discovered hanging in barn on the
premises of Club Athey, six miles
north of this city, by e. e. Leonard.
Smith was last seen Friday at the home
of Club Athey, near the place where
his body was discovered this morning.
No cause is known for the deed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
BURGLARS LOOT AND BURN.
Rifle Store at Superior and Fire Builc
ina-Loss, $4,000.

g s. - IL u y y II IS So s.
Sioux City. May 6.-BuraIars
raided the store of J. E. Olson at
Superior this morning, rifIed its
contents and then fired the build.
ing. The fire loss is $4,000. The
postoffice was in the store. There
is no cleW.
Il y i II il y u u II II Il y Il - X I.
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STRIKE is SETTLED.
Iowa Central switchmen Have Return
ed to Their Work.

Oskaloosa, May 6,-The strike of the
yard switchmen here is at an end and
the men, with the exception of two,
have returned to work. The Excelsior
yard work that has been required of
crews has been eliminated from the
schedules.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
Drs. Myerly & Kreul

Rooms 10, 20 and 81, third floor.
Holman Building, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Hours-9 to IL a. m, 2 to p. m.
Sundays-Forenopn only.
Diseases of men. to p. m.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
TWO REBELS CONVICTED.
Filipino Instruction Leaders Are Sc
fenced to Be Executed.

Manila, May Cool. Aurado Santos
and Col, Marcelo Delacring. readels of
the recent insurrection in Rial prov
ince, have been convicted of brigand-
age and sentenced to death. The date
of the execution is not fixed, as the SUI
preme court must review the case
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oTTUMWAN GETS INCREASE.
L. M. Cooley, Veteran of This City
Granted Advance to S55.

Washington, D. c., May j6.-(Spe--
ciaD-L. M, Cooley of Ottumwa, vet
eran OF the civil war, has been granted
an increase in pension To s55 per
month.
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Consultation and X.Ray
Examination Free.

is natures remedy.
Electricity When scientifically
applied, it soothes. strengthens and in
vigorates. 1t is the most powerful
curative agent known in all Disease;
Peculiar to Women--Nervous EXhaus
ton, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Para
lysis, Constipation, Nervous Dyspep-
STA, Backache, Palpitation of 1.-The
Heart, Etc.
.Catarrh R Reises, Foul f BreatS,
dropping of mucous in the throat,
Bronchitis. Asthma, Consumption.
Tin the first stages positively sured
by the Electro-Vapor Method. We are
the originators of this system of treat.
ing Catarrh and Lung Diseases. II
You will find that we are making quick
you will find thalt we are making quick
and permanent cures.
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more certificates, showing a purchase
of tickets at a fare exceeding so cents
the holders of certificates will be en-,
titled to a return rate of one-third fare.
Delegates should report at once to
the undersigned, stating the route they
will take and whether they expect to
arrive Monday night or Tuesday morn
ing.
Assuring you of the welcome which
the laboring men and women of Daven-
port extend to the delegates to this
convention, and sincerely hoping that
you will cooperate to the fullest ex-
tent in making this annual gathering
of the cohorts of labor grand sue
cess, we remain,
Fraternally yours.
G. S. Osborn, Typographical Union,
Henry Harbeck, Jr, Musicians,
C. w. Chase, Electrical Workers,
d. R. White, Carpenters,
James Duffy, Retail Clerks.
Abe Gimar, Team Drivers,
w. HI. Hitchcock, Carpenters,
Convention Committee.
Many Important Matters.
Among the important matters to
come before the convention will be
the enforcement of the child labor
laws of the state and the organization
of a State Union Label league 1t is
the intention of the majority of the
delegates who will attend to form state
branches OF their different crafts, and
it is almost assured that there will be
state allied printing trades council,
state machinists', electrical workers.,
carpenters, painters, and team driv-
ers' organizations. Reports indicate
that large delegation from the local
unions of the United Mine Workers of
the state will also be present, together
with their president, Edwin Perry, and
their secretary-treasurer, John P.
White.
The convention will take a decided
stand in support of the maintenance
of the bureau of labor statistics in the
state and will make tremendous eff.
fort to have the power of the commits.
sioner strengthened, so that abso-
lutely reliable statistics can be gath
cred.
Next Years Officers.
1t is not known whether Arthur e.
Holder will be a candidate for re-elec-
ton to the state presidency, but it is
assured that if he is he will be the al
most unanimous choice of the conven
ton for that office. 1t is conceded
that ecretary-Treasurer ]. II. Streit
of Sioux City will be reelected by ac.
clamation. The convention will be a
warm one from the time the gavel
sounds until the adjournment Friday
evening.
The ottumwa Delegation.
The delegates elected by the Ottum
wa local organizations thus far are as
follows:
Trades and Labor assembly. f.
Byrne. q
Street Railway Men G. Daley.
Teamsters-John Boyd, H. G. West
Typographical union-George J.
Pickett.
Carpenters union-Walter Minnick,
Machinists union--Andrew Love.
U. M. w. Al W. Kitto.
In addition to these. in all probable
lily. The Allied Metal Mechan
les will select a. delegate
Monday evening, Miners, 613, this ey
ening, Electrical Workers Saturday ev
ening and Terra Gotta Workers Mon
day evening. The remainder of the 10
cal organizations will take the matter
up between now and the time of the
convention. 1t is probable that the
majority of them will elect delegates
In addition to this, it is almost sure
that the Trades and Labor assembly
will complete its full delegation at its
next regular meeting on Sunday.
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MAYORS HEAD is SHOT OFF.

Shot Gun by Side and in the Opinion
of Many He Suicided.
Marshalltown, May 6.-S. Christen-
sen, former mayor of Garwin, was
found dead on the stairs in his home
with his head blown off, and a shot gun
by his side. The coroner's verdict was
accidental death. In the opinion OF
many it was suicide. He leaves wife
and six children. t
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FOR ALASKAN CABLE.
Articles Of Incorporation Filed at Sc.
attic, Wash.

Seattle, Wash, May 6.-Articles of
incorporation for the North American
Telegraph & Gable Co., which provide
for building a submarine cable from
Seattle to Valdes and other points in
Alaska, thence to Vladivostock, were
filed here today,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

family Blood taint.
Scrofula is bred in the
bone, is transmitted
from parent to child,
the seeds are planted in
infancy and unless the
blood is purged and pu-
rified and every atom of
the faint removed Scrof-
ula is sure to develop at
cn,,,a ,ar;od ~ x,p,1r life
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07

Scrofula 1nanifests itself in many way
neck and throat Catarrh, weak eyes, viii
scesses, skin eruptions, loss of strength al
1t is miserable disease and traceable
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-30
Something About a Friend President Roosevelt
Met When Ranchn1an Bears He Has Hunted

/ arm, armed with nails as strong as so
many hooked steel spikes. tore out
| the mans collar bone and broke three
or four ribs. He never recovered from
the shock and died that night"
Second Case of Homicide.
| The second authentic case of homi-
eide by Old Ephraim which came to
| Mr.. Roosevelt's personal knowledge
| occurred to a neighbor who had
ranch on the Little Missouri" This
neiShbor, with several companions,
one OF them German, was prospect
ing near the head waters OF the Little
Missouri, when suddenly the German
stumbled on the lair Of a grizzly, prob
ably asleep. II awakened, the bear
was still so fully awake in an instant
that the intruder had no time to fire
his rifle. His companions, hearing
| his cry, and the roar of the bear. turn
! ed just in time to see him struck "a
terrible blow on the head the claws of
the great brute SCATTERING his skull
like an egg shell" The bear left his
fallen foe to charge the living and fell
only after numerous shots from their
repeating rifles
In addition to these cases from his
personal knowledge" Mr.. Roosevelt
knows of one other authentic case of
homicide by a grizzly with modern
habits. 1t was reported to him by the
army surgeon who was called to at
tend after the fight two soldiers de-
tailed as mail carriers from Fort Win
gate. When the men were missed
and searched for they were found in
the bush, one dead and the other dy-
ing. The dying man told the surgeon
that they had seen a grizzly and pur-
sued it on horseback with their Spen-
Ger rifles. Closing with it, one of
them fired into its side. The bear
turned to bay, and with one blow
struck down both horse and rider,
'infiicting a CHASTITY wound on the
man." whose companion at once dis
mounted and came to the rescue. The
bear then turned on his new assailant.
struck him down, threw itself on him
and deliberately bit him to death,
while his groans and cries were fright
full to hear" When sure of the death
o. It's victim it turned and walked into
the bushes without again offering to
modest the already mortally wounded
victim of It's first assault"
His First Grizzly.
J, With such authentic information as
this in his possession, Mr.. Roosevelt
was naturally more than usually inter-
ested when with his foreman, Merri-
field he started out to bring home his
first grizzly. The search was long but
at last he heard a shout, ..the familiar
.ho-koh-h-h OF the cattlemen.' which
meant mat Merrifeld had found a
bear To Mr. Roosevelt's disgust, it
turned out to be merely black bear
which Merrifield had already killed
and strapped to his saddle. That ev-
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ence between the modern repeating
rifle, carrying an ounce bail, and the
ancient muzzle loading rife, carrying a
bal! the size of pea. A ball OF that
size located between the eyes oil the
bear from distance of sixty PAGES
was as effective in it's time as a half
dozen shots from modern magazine
rifle, but if it. did not enter between
the eyes it amounted to merely an in
su't.insulted ny such hall IN any 9TH
CT place put IN the pralh, pack OF the
eyes OF Top OIL the heari, the grizzly
expressed his sense OF dignity by
Immediately closing in and match
Ing his q incn claws in shoulder blows
from the right and left against the
single hunting knife which was all the
man with the muzzle-loading rife had
to rely upon after his single shot. AS
for shooting the bear through the tin
of the heart instead of the top. the
President found bv experiment that
this was interpreted as merely an in
suit even when the hall came from his
own repeating rifle. A hear he had
shot. first throueb the lin of Tho be,r+
and again through fine hodv continued
to advance reached him nc ba Voc 70
loadine his exhausted ma r,zine " s ls =,
at him In charging and onlv drnnned
in tha deatb aaonv w,,on s+ten nppGa
to tnrn and rensn, N. obarao 1'I ~ l,'its
of srch trsi,s as Az. ' Sa 81 - sl l.,,
,bsars,a,,,d IS, ~ ms: iio"gsei: sun
NJ p 60, ~ 'iie siiAZis, ne IS, ID
n.ton sb w opiiol luiiy aware
M,ae az. NJ sees man WIN repeating
i ,lae, .lal :he pest thlhg 10 DO is to
ieaNe ehe vicinity as soon as possible.
Sought Close Acquaintance.
When, after the triangular cam
paign for the mayoralty of New York
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velt's mind at the time was passing
through its period of higher literary
and historical criticism, as a result
of which, by the comparative method,
he eliminated 95 per cent of the sub
ject matter of these anecdotes and
held the remaining per cent under
Amusement without accepting it as
authoritative.
When They Will Fight.
Still before his own actual acquaint-
ance with the grizzly began, Mr.Roose-
welt had accumulated authentic mate
rial for reliable character sketch
In summing up for this purpose, ne
says that "a grizzly will ony fight if
wounded, or, at least. is he thinks
himself cornered." In that event, the
animal will now do through fear what
i'll the case OF the Indians or the first
, hunters he did through hunger or fe-
rocity-will turn and hunt the hunter.
otherwise seeing the approach of the
hunter. the most ferocious of modern
grizzlies will initiate the inoffensive,
awkward, pitiful bears of the Yazoo
bottoms, which shamble off as fast as
possible when they see q negro boy
with a shot gun of the make of 1856
Still the grizzly makes exceptions to
the modern rule, and Mr.. Roosevelt
has known personally of several of
these exceptions. A friend of his.
California ranchman. missed sheep
from his ranch and found bear tracks
which accounted for the loss With
several of his men, he followed the
trail until it led to a mountain cleft,
where the bear was cornered with no
way out. The animal then turned
and charged direct for the hunters, at
lacking one of them who was on horse
back and pulling him from his horse
The grip of the bars jaws on the
mans arm broke it like pipestem,"
and it was only after a desperate
tight that the man was rescued. The
bear made repeated charges and at
one time drove every one of his as
sailants from the field" but they re-
turned and their improved firearms
proved too much for the range of his
6-inch claws.
Only two cases had come to Mr..
RooseNelt's personal knowledge of ac-
tual homicide by the grizzly acting in
self-defense. In the first, hunter at
the foot of the Bighorn mountain chas-
ed and finally wounded the bear,
which, on feeling itself wounded,
turned and charged. The hunter fired
and missed. The bear closed in as
another of the kind did with Mr..
Roosevelt under similar circum-
stances. Mr.. Roosevelt, however,
sprang aside as the bear struck from
the shoulder. but this unfortunate
hunter caught the full force of the
blow. 1t was only a single blow, the
first and last the bear had strength to
deliver after being wounded, yet that
one blow, given with all the strength
OF its thick, immensely muscular fore
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a speech from the governor of New
York, Samuel j. Tilden, who was soon
to be principal figure in the set
Element of the most remarkable cleo
ton contest that ever occurred in
this country.
The Father.
For myself, the glamor of celebrat-
ed names having never had much in
fuence on my feelings, was more
attracted to quiet. earnest and hard
working delegate from New York than
to any other. | learned that he was a
gentleman of considerable fortune and
far more than usual ability, who had
at that time undertaken the task of
looking for the most practical and eff
fectiye means of ameliorating the con-
dftion Of such of his fellow human be-
ings as had been denied by nature or
accident that development of faculties
ordinarily enjoyed by men and wom-
ell. / judged him to be about As years
old, though his 1.-THE figure and face of
infinite variety in expression, made it
difficult to come to any definite con-
clusion as to his age. His name was
Theodore Roosevelt.
To my great satisfaction, Mr.. Roose-
welt seemed to be interested in me
perhaps because | was the youngest
member oil the conference, and per-
haps because | came from the middle
west, where it was more common than
III the east for new ideas to be sub
jected to the test of actual experiment
At any rate he talked freely with me,
when opportunity was presented, in
relation TO the views of our state
board of charities upon provision for
the insane and for the reformation of
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Father and Son !:

To study the early life of a great
man is interesting, and, in may cases,
splendid tonic to failing ambition,
sometimes because one sees that the
people who have gained fame were not
any more promising in youth than the
average young man, and oftener be-
cause the student of character learns
that it was IN overcoming obstacles,
some of them great, that his favorite
reached the goal of his ambition. The
great man in embryo, it is often found
begins early in life to make a mark
for himself and does not spring in one
moment into public fame. Sometimes
it is one quality that is noticeable.
sometimes another. 1T. w. H." in the
Milwaukee Free Press, says that Theo-
.dore Roosevelt's greatest Characters
tic, according to his father, was en-
elgy, and that, trait is noticeable to a
slperlative degree in his every action.
The writer in the Milwaukee paper
gives his readers a splendid insight in
to the relations between the young
Roosevelt and his father, in the follow
ing article:
1t happened in the month of Septem-
Der, 1876, that was appointed to rep
resent Wisconsin at the national Con-
ference of Charities, at Saratoga, n.
Y, and was therefore in attendance
at the meetings of that body. Among
the delegates We're q number who
were of more than local reputation,
and the first session was opened with
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Old Ephrian !


President Roosevelt comes 20 Ottnm-
wa almost directly from Yellowstone
park, where, for several days, he enjoy
ed the wild life and primeyai sur.
roundings which afforded him so much
Joy before he became so prominent in
politics. Nov, when confronted with
the affairs of the nation, he has little
time to devote to his favorite pastime,
hunting, but his trip to the western
country gave him a splendid opportun.
ity to indulge this love of nature, and
though no accounts have been written Of
his adventures in the national park
there is no doubt that he enjoyed the
experience thoroughly. and no less be-
cause there were no correspondents
nor photographers along to get in
their work of making the details of the
excursion public property.
When the President disappeared into
the wilds of the Yellowstone it was to
renew acquaintance with an ancient
frfenl Of lis. whom he has celebrated
in much interesting biography as odd
Ephraim." Old Ephraim is also known
as ilrsus feroX, and it is said on the
best scientific authority that she is the
most ferocious animal in North Amer
lea, often measuring more than nine
feet in length. with claws on his fore
feet more than six inches long.
AS it is not convenient as a rule to
be photographed in the vicinity of Old
Ephriam, all snapshot artists were
omitted from the presidential party,
and SO many other precautions to in
sure strict privacy were taken, that it
is possible to follow what is happening
only by finding authoritatively what
has happened under the like circum-
stances already, that is, by reading the
Presidents own accounts OF his adj
ventures with the grizzly bears he has
hunted there already.
These accounts make up the most
interesting information obtainable of
the habits of the grizzly as he has
been changed by a century of civil
cation. According to President Roose-
velt's account, as given in Hunting
Trips OF a Ranchman," and elsewhere,
this change OF character is marked
THE grizzly bear" he writes. ''un-
doubtedly comes in the category of
dangerous game, and is perhaps the
only animal in the United States that
can be fairly SO placed unless we
count the few jaguars found north of
the Rio Grande. But the danger of
hunting the grizzly has been greatly
exaggerated and the sport is certainly
very much safer than it was at the
beginning of the century,
Ability of Bear.
This change. the President thinks,
is due to the ability OF the bear TO rec
ognize the meaning of the improve
ment in firearms, including the differ
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Youngsters who were likely to go to
the bad if left at large, and his own
comments were fraught with the quin-
teSSence of common sense.
l found afterwards that he had been
successful merchant from his youth
until he considered that his wealth was
sufficient for his probable necessities,
and that he had then devoted his time
and ability almost entirely to the SER
vice of the public, never accepting
compensation for his work. He had
founded the newsboys' lodging system
which undoubtedly has saved thou
sands from induction into evil ways;
and he had devised and caused to be
carried into effect that allotment of
soldiers pay in the civil war which
was the main preventive of gambling
in the army. He did not talk about
those things with me, however, but
showed an intense desire to do some
thing of practical benefit to the coun-
try in respect to dealings with defec-
tive classes.
A Fathers Hopes.
When the work of the conference
was closed, day or two after its open
ing, Mr.. Roosevelt invited me to spend
the day with him at Moons lake, about
four miles away from town. There
was no railway to that side resort at
the time, and consequently we drove
out over a very pleasant road, my
friend handling the lines in a way that
showed him to be perfectly familiar
with that kind of work My impress
sion is that there We're no other visit
ors at the lake resort that day. and
that we had the entire establishment