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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-29
SHOT, BY COssAcks.

Prince GaIlEsln's ASsntlants Rcceiv-
cd SWIFT Punishment.
TELLS, Russian Transcaucasia, Oct.
20.-prince Galit2an, governor general
of tha Caucasus, had a narrow escape
from assassination on the outskirts Of
the town. Three natives stabbed the
governor general thrice. They tried to
flee, but were shot down by Cossacks.
Prince GalitZin was driving with his
vito when the would be assassins
rushed upon the carriage, daggers in
hand. Two seized the governor general
and attempted 70 drag him from the
vehicle. while tho third man inflicted
two ugly wounds on the princes head
and u third cut on the head.
4 Cossack who was In attendance
upon the prince threw himself upon the
assailants. While a hand to hand fight
was in progress the carriage way dEiV-
en- off at n gallop. Ultimately the as
sailants fed, followed by q mounted
guard Of Cossacka who bad hurried to
the scene. The Cossacks chased the
fugitivcs through the brush. firing con
stantIy with their rifles. They Killed
one maj outright. The other two were
shot down and died. soon aftcrward.
There is l,1alGH1l4 that the thick,
s T.: { 4: * j. the prince
The attempt upon he life of Prince
Galit8iu was in revenge for his having
advised the government 70 take control
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-29
A Bad Habit.

While q Vionnose coachman was
feeding HIS horse with sugar the ami
nal bit one OF his fingers of.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-29

Cnnndn's Railway Mileage.
Canada now has $4,000 miles of rail-
way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-29

The attempt upon Tie life of Prince
Galit8iu was in revenge for his having
advised the government TO take control
of Armenian church property.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
IOWA NEWS AT WASHINGTON.
Additional Rural Mail and Postoffice
Clerks Are Appointed.

Washington, d. c., April 23-- Frank
Mes has been commissioned postmaster ut
Marble Rock
Rural letter carriers appointed: Ser
geant Bluff, carrier, Wallace Townley;
substitute Mont Townley. Grinnell. car
rier, ]. II. Byrnes; substitute, Marie C.
Byrnes. Chaplin, carrier, Vim. IL. Ran
dolph; substitute, Muriel Randolph
The comptroller of the currency has APP
pointed the Cedar Rapids National bank
as "a reserve agent for the First National
bank of Eldora and the Hamilton National
bank of Chicago for the Marion County
National bank Of Knoxville.
The comptroller of the currency has ap-
proved changes in national bank officers as
follows:
Osceola National bank, Osceola, A. j.
Fowler, assistant cashier.
First National bank at Titonka. Stizel
Y. Way. vice-president in place of H. G.,
Gardner; S. a. Schroeder cashier in place
of G. L. Dalton; f. b. Stevens assistant
cashier.
First National bank of Waverly. EN-
mons Johnson president in place of r. II
SewelI; r. II. Sewel vice-president in
place of y. ii. Curtis.s
First National bank of Gowrie, f. w.
Lindquist, assistant cashier.
First National bank of Ottumwa, w. b.
Bonnifield, Jr. cashier in place of NJ. 3.
Hutchison: no assistant cashier in place of
w. b. Bonnitield. Jr.
George Il. Frabier has been appointed
celk3in the postofIice at Creston, S. d.
II Black has been appointed as substi-
tute letter carrier at Independence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

tankage fed lots Lots /. 9 and
4 had noticeably sillsier coats of hair,
and the appearance of the skin was
fresher and mellower than that of the
corn fed lot The corn fed animals did
not eat with a keen relish after the
experiment was we'll started, while the
other pigs always did.
In conclusion, this experiment
strongly emphasizes the weakness of
using corn meal as a single ration
and indicates the great value
OF adding food rich in protein to the
corn, thus producing a better balanced
ration and securing more desirable re-
suits in both health and growth"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE.
Clayton RenboW, Found Dead in Barn
Near Knoxville, Wednesday.

Knoxville, April Especial. y
Weltering in a pool of his own blood,
the top of his head torn off by a
charge from the shot gun that was
found lying by his side, Clayton Ben
bow, a we'll known young man, was
found about II o'clock this morning
in the barn on the farm of P. Stentz
near this city
Friends of the young man state that
they are at a loss to explain the cause
for the rash act. About year ago
Benbow was sentenced to the inebri-
ate hospital. He had, however, been
paroled during the fall and since that
time had let intoXicants along Re-
Gently he had stated to friends that
he was trying to lead a better life and
free himself from the clutches of the
liquor habit.
Pulled Trigger With Foot.
According to the story of those who
found the body of the young man it
was apparent that he had ended his
life with the gun which was found at
his side. 1t is supposed that he held
the gun firmly in his hands, placing
the muzzle to his head, had, by means
of a string which he had fastened to
the trigger, discharged the piece with
his foot.
Tore Top of Head Off.
So close had the muzzle of the gun
been to the head of the young man
that the full charge had taken effect.
tearing off the entire top OF his head
just above the nose.
Was Working on Farm.
Benbow was young and about 20
years Of age; and had been employ
ed on the farm of P. Stentz, about
three.quarters of a mile from this city
He is survived by his mother, Mrs
Enos Kerr OF this city.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
Howe This?

We offer One Hundsed Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by ! Halls ,,9 GataTTh cure cure
Toledo, o.
we. the undersigned, have known r. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business,
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm. =
{ WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
wALDING. KIl,N1N & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, e.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and Inun.
cous surfaces of the SYSTEM Price i75c
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists T;esti.
monials free.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
Uncle Reuben,s Opinion,

"They may say what they please,
but listen-hear me; | have taken all
kinds of laxatives, purgatiyes and ca
thartics, but when it comes to one that
is easy and pleasant TO take, mild and
gentle in it's action, and that makes one
want an extra slice of bacon for break
fast, just give me Chamberlain Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets, and you may
have all the laxative syrnDs, dyspepsia
medicines and pills, little or big, there
is IN this country. Them Tablets
surely do make one feel joyful For
sale by all druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
HAS LEG BROKEN.
William Rush Injured While Prepar'
ing Tent for Revival Meetings.

[From Fridays Dail..l
William Rush, a laborer employed in
the erection of the big tent to be used
in the religious revival meetings
just north of the Union depot, was the
victim of an accident this morning
which resulted in the fracture of the
bones of his right leg between the knee
and ankle. Mr.. Rush was taken to
the home of his sister, Mrs. Amos
Nickells, 719 Bashaw street. South OF
tumwa where he resides. He was help
ing raise a tent pole when he slipped
and let the pole fall on his leg with the
result as above.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
Weekly Bank Statement.

New York, May 2.-The bank Estate.
ment shows that loans have Increased
$13,542,90O; deposits have increased
$1S,156,900; the reserve has increased
$4,7S5,600; the surplus has increased
$196,375; the ex-United States deposit
has increased $192,675.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

A large assortment Of mems cheap
shoes at The Hub, at prices from $1.00
to $1.75 per pair Also medium
grade from SITE to $3.50. We make a
speciality of mems and boys shoes.
Have no women's or children's shoes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
No Venom in EN-.

No poisonous purgatives enter into
Dir. Kings New Life Pills. Easy, but
prompt, they cure or no pay. Only
2Ec. F. b. Clark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

Foley's Honey and Tar is Peculiarly
adapted for asthma, bronchitis and
hoarseness. For sale by w. ID. Elliott,
corner Main and Court streets.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
CHILD is BURNED TO DEATH.
Spark From Heating Stove lgnites
Her Clothinu,

Muscatine, May (SpeciaD The
3-year-old daughter of Ed Elliott, a
farmer residing at Montezuma, was
burned to death this morning by
flames which started in her clothing
from spark from the heating stove
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

Foley's Honey and Tar contains no
opiates and can safely be given to chill
dren. For sale by W. d. Elliott, corner
Main and Court streets.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

here one hundred years ago
little thought that such scenes as
these would be enacted here today. 1t
is the unexpected that happens In dis
covering new uses for the forces and
gifts of nature.
Yours truly,
j. G. Meek.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

We are offered 10 per cent discount
if we can send in $1,000 suits to order
next week, and will make the same
reduction to our customers. !. All meas
uremehts to be taken between May
and May 10, at The Hub.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
S49.25

via c., M. & st. Paul, Ottumwa to Los
Angeles and San Francisco and re-
turn May Sd and May IL to IS inclu-
sive; return limit July Is.
A. J. Packard, Agent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
That Awful Cold,

And its terrible cough can soon be
cured by Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. Try it. No cure, no
pay Soc, $1.00. F. B. Clark.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

Hand tailored suits made to order
and measurement, 700 styles, every
pattern and design in the market at
prices from $14.0o to SIS. 00sat the Hub.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

z Permanent brick structures will re-
place those recently destroyed by fire
at Melbourne.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
SEC. SHAW IN WASHINGTON.

Returns From Trip Through Iowa With
President Roosevelt.
Washington, d. c., May 2.--Secreta-
ry Shaw has returned from Iowa,
where he went to join the President on
his tour through the state.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

y An automobile factory will be estab-
lished at Harlan.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
BIG DEAL coNsuMMATED.
Anderson Hotel at Mason City Sold
for $40, 900.

Mason City, May "A deal has
been consummated between It. "A. Way
and j. w. Keorl. whereby the Ander-
son hotel at Mason City was sold in
exchanged for 1,600 of improved
land near Crookston, MINI.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

Waterloo is 10 have boat factory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05

. u
Washington, D. c., May New
York City is at present the local cen
ter of national politics. Important
moves upon the political checkerboard
moves involving the presidency of the
United States, are being made and the
game apparently has only begun.
The recent, scorching, singing edi-
torial in the New York Sun, might
Makes Right" has attracted wide
spread attention. 1t is doubtful if any
editorial in a newspaper has command
ed such attention, in a score of years
as the one in question, taken in con-
nection with the article appearing in
the same columns the day following.
An hour after the Sun appeared it
was impossible to buy copy Iof the
paper anywhere.
It may not be generally known, but
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

laws which govern the growth of their
bodies and minds,
This attitude is not to be lightly con-
demned. The struggle for life has become
so intense that it is asking much of a man
to turn from 4 and daily devote some por-
ton of his time to the study of his children.
Yet that is precisely what the wise father
of the twentieth century will do If he real
ICES, with the mother, that, although the
home is the unit of national life and its in
fluence is never ending, still their children
must pass beyond its limits into the wider
world and in time take their turn in build
ing and making our great republic. In so
far as the standard of home life has been
high. in so far as the parents have under
stood outside conditions and have succeeded
in setting the example of upright and hon
orable living under all circumstances, just
so far are the boys and girls fitted to meet
their duties of citizenship.
1t was to inculcate this idea, to protect
the dignity and s%anctity of family life ami
to surround the childhood OF the whole
world with mother-lOve, that the Congress
of Mothers was organized in 1897. 1t was
argued that the task of the parent is far
more difficult than that of the teacher. Yet
the one receives years of careful and special
training, while the parents are few who
ever have any preparation for the care of a
child-even in the matters of physical we'll
~being-until one is born to them. Upon the
most precious material, the wealth of the
nation, young fathers and mothers try their
prentice hands, and sad has been the tale
of some of the experiments.
The main work of the congress so far has
been to call together great audiences of
parents, to listen to advice offered by praC-
teal workers and experts in all the prob
lens that beset the parents and guardians
of children. 1t has formed parents clubs
in schools, thus striving to unite teacher
and parent in a common risk; it has invited
both to confer upon their work Of educa-
tion and character building. Nor has the
congress finished its duty with this effort on
behalf of the child happy enough to live in
the average American home. It's thought
has gone out to the poor and neglected little
ones whose parents are dead, or worse than
dead-the defective or the delinquent child
in any walk of life, and especially to the
child who, in his early youth. is branded
by the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

out skill and knowledge may be better done
with them.
But far below this world is that one in
which an army OF little ones stand lifting
their hands to us for help. \ great cry
comes up to us from the lame, the sick,
the mentally defective, and the morally
tainted who dwell in miserable homes In
the squalid quartCrssof our great cities.
Society has been struggling with the prob
lem for several centuries in Europe, and for
several generations in our new world. That
1t is not solved is proved by Morrison's
opening chapter, in which he states that
crime is on the increase and that, as IA rule,
youthful crime is traceablc to the low
standard of home life and to the transmits
sion of weakened health and bluntcd moral
sense.
Yet, in this class. too, loving parents
abound, who are willing to do for their chill
dren all they know how; whose devotion
and self sacrifice are matchless. But here
as elsewhere ignorance has interfcred, and
the strongest love cannot alone supply wis
dom.
To the submerged mothers the other
mothers must GO; and around the haplcss
children must be thrown all the loving
thought and protecting influence which
women can use. 1t is not enough to take
such children from their surroundings and
put them into asylums and institutions, or
even into other families. 1t is far better,
IL 1t be possible at all, to keep them in the
home with it's humble little h." and raise
that home to a higher level-to educate the
parents in their duties.
Out of her own home, this is the first,
immediate work of the twentieth century
mother. But it is n gigantic task, and
will call for the help of every intelligent
woman. Most especially will it need the
help of the woman who, never having
had children, or having buried her heart
in some tiny grave, has more leisure than
that which the housekeeping woman, with
many children, can
The work opens to such childless women
the widest field for their womanly quail
ties. No one can say that, in ii, a woman
is out of her sphere, for the one eternal
attribute of womanhood is tender sympathy
for all weak and suffering humanity. Now
we shall see Joined to it a knowledge which
walks warily to avoid the mistakes of the
past, a patience which is trained 10 make
endless beginnings after endless failures
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

Because it is now recognized as part of
motherhood, mothers the land over are
studying the laws which govern the chill
drcn Of all our states. Whenever the study
has been done Systematically and by an or
ganized group of women, a sure result has
followed. A juvenile court is now estab-
lished in several of our states; and in many
others the idea has walked to life and is
arousing thought and interest.
This is a new departure indeed for the
woman who once believed that her duty was
done when her household is clothed in
scarlet" and her own children were loved
and taught. Our twentieth century mother
has graspod the nObler idea of patriotism;
she rears her children for good citizenship,
while in her ears rings the voice which de-
clares the least of His little ones is as Him
self.
Give me the children" says the re-
former, and in a generation your prisons
will be empty, your reformatories closed. -
A promise that seems too bold, until we
compare it with Horace Fletcher's thought
that, by surrounding childhood with the
social quarantine of early training in good
habits and fixed choice of the right, we can
remake humanity.
1t both extremes of society are intelli-
gent care, wise control and sympathetic
guidance of childhood imperatively needed.
The physical and moral wrecks of our So
Ciety are not all found in what we are
pleased to call the lower classes. The hu-
man nature of the slums is seen not seldom
in court circles under a thin disguise; and
West Ends have many an object lesson III
the immutability of the law who breaks
pays"
Mothers who have given their children
every desire of the heart-who would
nave given life itself for them-have
been doomed to watch them in the grip
of uncontrolled passions, or dying as vic
tins of a moral disease far worse than
any physical one. The poor mothers cry,
in their agony, Had l but known how to
train my child, this would not have been
Surely mothers of this class need the edu-
cation the twentieth century will offer.
Even in the average home, where the
children inherit good instincts and good
habits, where neither dissipation nor pow.
erty offers peculiar temptations, there still
is needed the special education of the par.
ent; for whatever has been well done with
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

losses. 1t is simply a distribution
OF the burdens. Instead of coming down
as thunderbolts on a part of a single com
munity the losses are sprinkled over the
entire country. But they are as much losses
as though one individual sustained them.
We juggle with the word all through our
lives. Men speak of making up lost years,
lost sleep, lost opportunities, lost prestige,
They dom do it. They cant do it. The
moment that has swept by is as much gone
as though it were a million years old. The
missed chance is as dead as yesterday. An
eternity of repentance cannot recover the
misspent hour. Fate does not turn back
the clock or give rain checks.
We have ideas. We daily and we lose
them. Then we fish for them down in our
consciousness-but do we get them again?
The poet who has fine lines that never get
on the paper, the painter who sees visions
and delays mixing his pigments, the writer
who blows his best thoughts through rings
of laggard smoke, all think they will pull
out their losses at other times-but the
losses are there and they have not even the
consolation Of insurance. One of the most
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

because study has taught us the slow c,m
ing Of results. and We shall find a power OF
self control based upon education in psyche
logical law. And, along with these, We
shall find the conviction that not only is
the task ahuudautly worth while. hut that
1t is the only way in which to- right the
disjoiucd relations Of our society. Adults
We must more or less despair e changing
with any degree of permanently, hut the
child, an. there lie the hopes for the fu-
turo,
To sum up, then, the attitude Of the
twentieth century mother is to declare that
the love and devotion Of motherhood are
never to be impaired but to them must
be added the study of how best to exercise
them. The twentieth century mother must
be skilled in the physical care of her
children. She must know the chemical
values and suitable combinations Of foods,
the homcly virtues Of cleanliness and order,
The need of rest and exercise, the
precautions to be observed in school
life ami in adolescence. She must realize
that there are critics higher than Mrs.
Grundy, and standards higher than social
prestige and wealth, If luxury and ease arc
not to become an insidious disease.
And when she and the father have gained
in confidence and respect of their children,
when they have set them examples of up
right life AMI have seen their feet firmly
planted ON the road that leads upward,
then the mother who has met her duties
honorahly may-nay, must reach out to
less fortunate children the same tender
hands which guided her own. hut she will
have need Of education in the laws of the
child's development, in the history of past
efforts and new experiments, she must be
something more than a sentimental phil
anthropist. She must have wisdom as well
as love; irmncss as well as sympathy. And
for these children, as for her own, She
must study and comprehend the different
phases through which children pass and
the laws under which they mature. Love
is the beginning of her task and love the
end of 1t, but between the beginning and
the end lies a long road, travelled securely
only by parents who think as well as feel,
who make it "A deliberate choice to educate
themselves as fit guides for children who
are citizens of a country which is TO
answer, in one way or the other, the ques-
tions of self government and the future of
mankind.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11
In the Matter of Fire Losses

heroic things ever done since this world
began was when Thomas Carlyle Tewrote
The French Revolution" after the ignorant
servant had burned the first manuscript in
the CRATE. Some may say, here was a case
in which the loss was no loss, thanks to a
Scot nerve, but who can tell? Isn't it reas-
Onably certain that in hat first manuscript
Carlyle made things clearer and easier for
his readers? Would not the most of us who
read the second writing as a matter of duty
like to catch a glimpse of the first? That
burning was a lOss-a mighty loss, and it
illustrates better than anything else could
the more complete losses that come when
other men procrastinate with ideas and
plans, or abandon them altogether.
Regain ones losses? How? Take the
greatest optimists-bald people! First and
last they have spent more money on hair
restorers than Mr.. Morgan or Mr.. Rookie
Teller owns, and never has a lost hair been
restored. 1t may be an humble comparison,
but lost years, energies, ambitions and
such are as unrecoverable as lost hairs
neither effort nor quackery nor signing can
bring them back.