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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24
MoJI DISPATCH SAYS THEY
cLAsHED OUTSIDE HARRoR
NJ MARCH 1s.
CONFIRMS THE REPORTS
AIexieff in Dispatch to st. Petersburg
Tells Of Clash On March 21.-Rus-
sian Vessels Unable to Stand Fire of
Jans' Big Guns.

TOXIC, March %. - A dispatch from
Moji, opposite Shimonoseki, Japan,
says: "The japanese fleet made an
other attack on Port Arthur March 49,
Bombarded the city and it's defenses
and fought a furious engegem ent with
the Russian fleet outside the harbor,
destroying one Russian battleship. Sew
en- Japanese casualties are reported
There is no inform alton concerning
the Japanese fleets condition.
Washington, D. c., March %. - The
state department today received the
following from Minister Allen at Sc
oul: "The Japanese forces stopped a
specie caravan en- route to the mines
on this side Of the Anju. The miners
on this side are not allowed to pro
ceed to the mines. Newspaper cor
respondents have been sent to Seoul
I from the north. The censorship is
Very strict. Japanese forces are ar
irving at Ping Yang after fortnight
of marching"
AIexieff Confirms Big Battle.
st. Petersburg, March 23.-The en-
peror received the following from Alex
Jeff:
e .Lieutenant-C Colonel Stoessel reports
AT midnight. March 21, the Japanese
torpedo boats were discovered by our
search lights. Our guardships and fort
batteries opened fire upon them, the
ssring lasting twenty minutes. At 4
o'clock yesterday morning the attack
was renewed.
"At $3.50 in the morning four Of the
enemy's ships appeared from the south
n r,4
eleven ships and eight torpedo boats
Our squadron left the road-stead ,te
meet the enemy
"A later dispatch from the viceroy
says:
According to a supplementary re
port from Lieutenant-General Stoes-
sci, the enemy's fleet consisted Of six
battleships and twelve cruisers. About
o'clock this morning, the fleet divided
the battleships and torpedo boats taxi
ing up a position between Liaotishir
and Golubinaia bay pigeon bay) while
the cruisers formed in two divisions tc
the south and southwest of Port Ar
thur.
During the bombardment five sol
diers were killed and nine were wound
ed. One soldier on the shore wax
bruised"
Vast Squadron Attack at Once.
.ce Admiral Makaroff's S report is as fol
lows: cat midnight, March 21 two of the
enemy's torpedo boats approached the out
er road-stead but were discovered by the
searchlights of the batteries and fired upon
by the forts and the gunboats Bobr and OF
vazuy. They were obliged to retire.
"The second attack was made at 4 O'Clock
in the morning by three torpedo boats, also
repulsed.
enemy's fleet consisting Of six battleships
six armored cruisers, six second and third
class cruisers and eight torpedo boats ap
preached from all sides. At z o'clock our
squadron commenced to leave the inner
harbor the cruisers leading with the Askold
flying my flag at their head and battleships
T Rono
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24
DISEASE AMONG IOWA HORSES.
MaIadie Du Colt Breaks Out in Van
Pupoo

Buren County-ls Rare.
Des Moines March 23.-Dr. Paul
Koto state veterinarian, made known
last night the breaking out of maladie
du colt among the horses of Van Bu-
rem county. The federal government is
sending a representative to look up the
disease. There has been only two pre-
vious outbreaks Of this disease among
American horses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24

New York Butter and Egg Market.
/ New York, March 23.-Butter, firm; extra
fresh creamery, 24@241s; common to choice,
15M23
Eggs, firm; frsts, II.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24
LAND FRAUDS MUST END.

War Declared on Offenders BY Secre.
tary Hitchcock.
Washington, d. c., March 23.-There
will be wholesale indictments in the
land fraud cases. Secretary Hitchcock
proposes to continue to prosecute those
involved until a clean sweep has been
made and all the guilty have been
brought to justice.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24

Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, March 23.-Poultry, steady; tur.
keys, IL; chickens, 121k: springs, 12A.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24
Chicago Butter and Egg Market.

Chicago. March 3D. Butter, steady; cream
cries, 14@231a: dairies, 121SG21.
Eggs, steady; 151h.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24
OHIO TUBE PLANT SOLD CHEAP.
Built in 1901 for 100000, 1t Sells for
$4,000

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March 23.-The
plant of the Eastern Tube company of
this city has been sold by a master
commissioner to Edward Nugent of
New York for $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24

Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria, March %. Corn, lower; No. s. a..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-24
CHARGED WITH BEING IN
EMPLOY OF RUSSIANS
TElsukE AKvAMA, PARLIAMENT AND TOXIC
EDITOR MUST STAND iNvEsTI.

TOXIC MARCH 90 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TODAY
APPOINTED COMMITTEE INVESTIGATE THE CHARGE THAT
MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT IS IN THE EN-
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AkivAMA is THE PUB.
Usher OF TOXIC PAPER WHICH AssA,L.
ING THE GOVERNMENT ITS FINANCIAL POL
ICY
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

but is suited to all seasonable mate
rails AS matter Of course the trim
ming can be varied to suit individual
taste, but the little straps coming from
beneath each plat are eminently styl-
ish and attractive.
The skirt is cut in seven cores and is
laid in backward turning pleats which
meet at the centre back, where the
closing is made. The yoke is circular
and is stitched to the skirt with COR
ticelli silk, the trimming straps con-
cealing the seam at sides and back.
As illustrated, it is made in instep
length, which is the prevailing one for
the incoming season, but can be made
still shorter whenever desired.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is eight and one-half
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

The crown bands on hats intended
to be worn on cool mornings in the
mountains are quite different than any
thing seen before.
TO begin with, they resemble cart
ridge belt more than anything else,
and have double tier of quillings
Of ribbons around the crown. The
lower quilting is Of light-colored rib
bon, the upper one very dark shade
Of the same color or Of black If white
be used for the lower tier. The ribbon
used is of heavy, handsome quality
The quilting is stiff enough to stand
up like a stocknde around the crown.
The light-colored tier comes up outside
of the lower edge Of the dark quilting,
and is also broad enough to lie out
fat for little on the brim of the felt
hat. Cream-colored felt hats are hand
some thus trimmed with two shades of
brown ribbon or with cream and deep
leaf brown.
A swirling plume Of white cocks
feathers, poised slightly to the left Of
the front. falls down over the broad
belt Of double quillings.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
a Wonderful Powder

There is working in the University
of Toxic, in Japan. quiet little man,
who, if he is almost ignored outside
his own country, is fully recognized
in Japan as a national benefactor.
This man Is Professor Shimose, inven.
tor of the new Shimose powder, the
most powerful explosive known. The
secret of its composition is rigidly
guarded. Though there is no secret as
to its terrific power, no foreigner knew
anything about it before the present
war began. This powder forms the
bursting charge of the Japanese army
and navy she'll The armor piercing
shell is rent into thousands of small
fragments, which are hurled through
the air with such force that they tear
through the sides of an iron ship. Al
shell bursting with charge of gun
cotton is broken into very few pieces,
but the Shimose explosive scatters the
projectile into 5000 or more fragments.
which are driven in every direction
with equal force, the result being, as
one expert says, that nothing in the
vicinity can liye.v
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
THE FIRING t.lNE:

Tor gloryg For roods FOR fortune of
Why, ho for the front where the battle
is onl
Leave the rear to the doIt. the lazy. the
Go forward. as ever the valiant have
Whether city q field, whether mountain
GO forward, a ever the valiant have
gone.
Whether newsboy 81 plowboy, cowboy Or
Eight forward be ready, be steady, be
b fa mest Be bravest. be best at your
EHu Ian and be glad; dare 70 hunger, to
Az David. as Alfred-let dogs skulk and
There Is room but for men on the firing
Aye, the place to fight and the place to
AS fall we must, all in Gods good time
1t e where the manifest man is the wall
Where boys are as men in their pride and
prime,
Where glory CLEANS brightest, where
brightest eyes shine
Far out on the roaring, red firing line
Joaquin Miller, in Success.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

There is something especially fitting
in an appeal by name to a spirit OF
National pride in the change of the
name Of the Columbian University to
the George Washington University, q
change that has been decided upon
after mature deliberation by those
charged with the conduct of that in
stituti0n. The Columbian University
has had an honored and useful career
and has done splendid work, which
will have marked influence in shap-
ing the future Of the George Washing
ton University, which, with its change
OF name, enters into larger field with
the hope and prospect of becoming a
great National school, as planned by
the first President, to make realization
upon the facilities offered at the Ma
tional capital for higher education.
Washington has long been recognized
as the ideal location for university
that shall not be hampered in its scope
Of usefulness either by lack Of finances
or facilities for the pursuit of study
and investigation in any field of mental
endeavor. 1t is the hope and purpose
Of those connected with the George
Washington University to meet this
requirement to the fullest possible ex-
tent The proposition will doubtless
appeal to the promoters Of educational
advancement in way that willscom-
mand their services and their financial
support to the realization of the most
sanguine hopes of the university
founders. Washington Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
SAFEST FOOD
IN Any Time q Trouble i Grapefruit.

-
Food to rebuild the strength and that
is pre- digested must be selected when
one is c0nvalescent. AT this time there
is nothing so valuable as Grape Nuts
for the reason that this food is all
nourishment and is also all digestible
nourishment. A woman who used it
says;
Some time ago was very i'll with
typhoid fever. so Ill everyone thought
would die, even myself 1t left me
so weak could not properly digest
food of any kind and also had much
bowel trouble which left me weak,
helpless wreck.
Il needed nourishment as badly as
anyone could. but none OF the tonics
helped me until | finally tried Grape
Nuts food morning and evening. This
not only supplied food that thought
delicious as could be but II also made
me perfectly well and strong again so
can do all my homework, sleep well,
can eat anything without any trace OF
bowel trouble and for that reason alone
Grape-Nuts food is worth its weight in
gold" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Typhoid fever like some other dis
eases attacks the bowels and frequently
sets up bleeding and makes them for
months incapable Of digesting the
starches and therefore pre- digested
Grape Nuts is Invaluable for the well
known reason that in Grape Nuts all
the starches have been transformed
into grape sugar. This means that the
FIRST stage of digestion has been me!
chemically accomplished in Grape Nuts
food at the factories and therefore any
one no matter how weak the stomach.
can handle it and grow strong, for ali
the ponrishment is still there.
There's sonnd reason and 10 days
trial proves.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
wisdom while You Wait.


If the streets We're paved with gold
there would still be objections raised
to the dust.
Misery loves company, perhaps, but
society at large does not reciprocate
the affection.
The pen-and-ink artist may be classed
among those who draw the color line.
An old woman sometimes evolves
into a new woman.
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but
there is nothing humorous in short
answer.
Lazy people like to imagine all the
worlds stage 50 they may ride.
The most brilliant jewel among gems
is q sunny disposition.
A mans own tongue betrays him as
frequently as he is betrayed by the
tongues of others.
The self-made man is not always
well-made man.
Frost is a good thing SO long as it
is impersoRal.
An immaculate shirtfront frequently
poses in lieu of a spotIess reputation.
A cocoanut is not always what it is
cracked up to be.
Some men who boast of holding the
key to the situation seem compelled
to knock.
Many young woman with golden
hair wouldn't dare face the assayer's
test.
Inches do not constitute the only
measure Of smallness.
Vanity causes strong men to appear
weak.--Collier's Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

A professor in the French Medical
Academy advocates painless death
Tor incurable victims. The Paris cor
respondent for the Chicago Tribune
says: DIR. Guermonprez, professor
Of the medical faculty in Lille, is about
to publish an elaborate work entitled
Medical Death and Protection For
Human Life The book, an elaborate
work, will advocate an international
understanding between physicians and
authorities, allowing the first to help
persons stricken with incurabIe dis
ease to make an end Of their pains and
OF themselves.
In excuse Of this demand. the pro-
lessor cites a law proposed during the
French Revolution, of which the CON
vent did or did not approve It pro-
vided that 'virtuous and feeling citi-
zens should be allowed to give incura-
bles quick but painless death The
professor thinks the convent passed
the law, yet it was never but into exc
cution.
In 1908 the First Chamber Of the
Kingdom of Saxony denied petition
to the same effect, namely, that ply.
sieians should be allowed to kill pa
TENTS if the latter asked them to do
so in writing.
!" The late Crispi,' says the professor,
favored my plan to establish death
cells in every hospital where incur
ables may hide. at their pleasure, to
seek relief from their pains by death.
death to be produced by cases.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
No Ill Elects.

DR. Edward Everett Hale tells a
story of New York clergyman who
had received call to fashionable
suburb Of Boston. A gentleman. who
had in his employ two English grooms.
accidentally overheard the following
conversation between the two ser.
wants:
It appears that the first groom. who
had for some time been endeavoring to
get the second groom to attend ser.
vices at the church presided over by
the New York clergyman, said:
Didn't you like the sermon?''
Very much, " replied the other. .'yery
much, even hif e is a bit Ugh Church
and Hi Methodist. Hi thinks as 'ow
I'll prob-ly hattend the haaftennoon
service. too.'
Hi just knew you'd change your
mind remarked the first groom, tri-
umphantly: As Hi told yer. I've card
I'm twis an what arm as it done
me?'-C Hers Weekly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

the latest and most attractive models
shown. This very excellent example
Is adapted both to the costume and
to the general wrap and to the many
materials of the season, but is shown
In mixed brown velvet edged with
fancy braid The long lines of the
front, provided by the tucks which
pass over the belt, add greatly to the
style and make specially noteworthy
feature. The sleeves are the new ones
that are full at the shoulders and are
finished with Follower cuffs.
The coat is made with fronts, back
and under-arm cores, and is finished
at the neck with a simple Follower
collar. The sleeves are full and are
pleated into bands that are concealed
by the cuffs. The belt is adjusted
over the back and fronts to the centre
tucks, where it passes through open
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
Radium ana the diamond.

In the course of some experiments
concerning the effect Of the emanations
from radium upon diamonds, Sir Will
lam Crookes made curious discovery.
When a diamond was placed in the
path Of the radiations 1t was converted
from the carbon crystal into the COM
mon form of graphite, while in addi-
ton its color was quite changed AS
a result Of this strange metamorphosis
Sir william Crookes suggests that the
radium rays may prove Of great com
mercial value to the jeweler since by
this meanes diamonds which are Of
an Indifferent and defective color may
be appreciabIy increqased in their com
mercial value by treatment under the
sadium rays. He also observed that
The prolonged action of The radinm also
ncreased the intensity Of sie pale.
lloFed gems.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

An incident related by Admiral
Sehley IA bis new volume of reniInis~
cences contains dreadful warning to
all who write an illegible hand Ak
Nicaragua, in 1864, he was surprised
to find man of the American Minis
ter's tastes and talents assigned to =
post 80 little to his liking. The Minis.
ter explained how II was. ri wrote nv
friend, Mr.. Lincoln" he said. asking
him for the position Of marshal of NE
braska, but / wrote such horribly,
bad hand that he read It Minister to
Nicaragua. SO here ana
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

For school girls plain serge and
Scotch plaids will be the favorite ma
terials. Up to fourteen years the choice
of make is between the sailor suit
and the Russian-blouse frock. Girls
from eight to fourteen years wear
knickerbockers for school and play
time instead Of petticoats under their
dress skirts now; the practical side Of
this fashion has recommended it to
most mothers who have the comfort of
their children at heart. These knick-
erbockers are made to match the dress:
in winter Of serge, in summer of ging-
ham or linen Fashion Number Of
Harper's Bazaar. i
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

a Scottish fisherman was drowned
close to the shore and his body was
not recovered until the following even
ing. When it was taken from the wa
ter 9 collection Of very large crabs
chung to the clothing, and these the
minister detached and sold to help the
widow, who appeared to be inconsol-
able. When the money was being
handed to the woman, the giver asked
how she wished the body to be ~dls-
posed Of. Dye no think she said.
we could do waur than just set him
againT'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
The Tallest Occupied Building.

The Park Row Building, in New
York, is the tallest inhabited building
in the world. II covers 10000 square
feet of ground and is thirty stories
high. The distance from the curbing
to the cornice Is 1876 feet; to the top
of the towers 800 feet; to the top Of
the Flagstaff AT feet; the depth of the
foundations below curbing is seventy
five feet, making total distance from
the foundations to the top Of the flag
staff 552 feet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

Skirts that are pleated below q
smooth fitting yoke are among the
smartest OF all smart things for the
coming season and will be worn for
all street costumes. This one is Pc
culiarly chic and attractive and is so
arranged as to give plain effect at
the front. which is always desirable.
AS illustrated. it is made of cheviot
in mixed shades Of brown and tan,
trimmed with handsome brown braid,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

This custom Of having two tele-
phones in the office has its disadyan-
tages. too" said the business man
We've got new Office boy, and one OF
his duties is to answer the telephone
The other day he heard the bell ring,
and, coming to me, said: You're want
ed at the phone by a lady,
(Which one? | inquired, thinking
of the phones. of course.
Please, sir stammered the boy,
I'll think it's your wife. Port
land Express.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

Maud tried them. ''No, she de.
clared, there isn't one SO NICE
BY the way. won't you play thas
new waltz for me7''
she seated herself at the nearest in
strument and began to play. When
she had finished she looked around, but
Theodore was not beside her, as she
had supposed. Instead she saw him
at the far end Of the room coming to-
ward her with a piece Of paper in his
hand When heGeached her be passed
her the paper. "A birthday present,
my dear; believe it is your birthday
today
Maud looked at the paper blanRsy.
Then it dawned upon her that it was
a receipt for the piano at home made
out in her name Maud would never
tell her sisters what she did at that
moment, but when she came home and
told them about it they all declared
that Mr.. Foster was dear
Don't you think il would be better
for you to go out Of doors more, Miss
ssyahY Theodore asked her enc day.
II would be greatly honored if you
would accompany me on my daily
walks. 1t is rather tedious going home
alone"
And so it became the custom for the
old bachelor and the maiden aunt to
walk out every day together. But af-
ter a year Of this Miss Sarah told him
one day that she was going away for
six months visit. Theodore was
filled with CONSERVATION at this, and
begged her to consider. He pleaded SO
earnestly and eloQuently that she
finally promised to stay away only two
weeks, and when she came back to
name the day"
That was the longest walk they had
taken, and toward the end of it The
odore said: "My dear, there is some-
thing / have wanted to tell you ever
since / have known you. 1t is about
the piano"
II don't think you will have to tell
me now" she said. II have known it
all the time. / saw you do it.
"Saw me do it? Do what?" s
ssCut the rope"
He stood still and looked at her.
II was at the window. had come
over to see the things, you know, and
saw you take out your knife, step up
to the hub of the wheel and cut the
rope"
"And you never told?"
mo; you see,' she said, confusedly,
her color rising. sit flashed upon me
at once what you did it ,for-that old
piano was an instrument of torture
and that was the beginning of the
end, think"
Il don't understand what you mean
by the end"
She turned a radiant glance upon
him. "Why, don't you see-to-day!"--
st. Louis star. s-..Ix2hi
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

Birds, II may come as a surprise to
learn. are nearest related to lizards Of
any other families Of living creatures.
There is South American bird. the
hoetzin, Of which the young are pro-
vided with lizard-like claws on their
wings; they also possess very rep
titan appearance for their short life,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
Ings left Con the purpose and Is closed

ings left for the purpose and is closed
invisibly.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is five yards twenty
seven inches vida, two and three
fourth yards forty-four inches wide, or
two and one-eighth yards fifty-two
inches wide, with one-half yards Of
velvet and one and three-fourth yards
Of braid to trim as illustrated.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

A lovely brown beaver turban is val
uable in two ways, besides its beauty.
1t shows that Paris has decided to
divorce brown and orange, and intro
duces MS to a new trieorne!
This charming aFicorne turban is
doubly three eoFnered. The crown 10
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18

The Rome newspapers comment fay-
orably on the scheme for the erection
in that city of monument TO Shakes
peare. n. Y.-43