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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
STATE AGENT NAMED.

Miss Lunbeck Of Mason City Is APP
pointed by Board Of Control.
Des Moines, July 20. - The board Of
control has appointed Miss Clare Lun-
beck formerly Of Leon, Decatur Co.,
but at present of Mason City to be
state agent.
This position Is new one which
the last legislature created. It pays
a salary of $4,000 biennally. It's du-
ties contemplate the finding of en-
ployment for persons discharged from
the industrial schools, the prisons and
the soldiers orphans home and for
the latter, homes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
DEs MONIES BOY DROWNED.
Waite F. Brewer Meets Death In Rae
coon River.

Des Moines, July 29.-Waite f. Brew
er, the 16-year-old son Of Captain J. A..
Brewer, superintendent of Woodland
cemetery, was drowned while swim
ming in the Raccoon river, south Of the
water works, last night at o'clock
Two youthful companions Of the lad
risked their lives to save that of their
friend and but for the assistance of an
older and stronger boy who swan to
their aid, the tragedy would have been
triple one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
FINDS s15o,ooo,ooo NOW PAuPER
Discoverer of Cripple Creek Mines

.Discoverer of Cripple Creek Mines,
Penniless, Is Near Death.
Colorado Spring, Col, July 29.-Ro-
bert Womack, discoverer of Cripple
Creek, which has yielded others more
than s150,00000O, is believed to be dy-
ing here in q sanitarlum He did not
benefit by his discovery and for sever.
al years has been street laborer in
this city. He is penniless.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
LARGE LIST OF GRADUATES.
Class Of Highland Park College Rep
resent Many States.

Des Moines. July 20. The class
which was graduated at Highland
Park college last night was one of the
largest in the history Of the institu-
ton. its members coming from all
parts of the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
GIVES ORGAN TO SCHOOL.

EX-GOVERNOR Larrabee Makes GILT to
EIdora Reform School.
Des Moines, July 20. Former
Governor William Larrabee has made
a gift of the magnificent pipe organ
installed by him in the Iowa building
at the St. Louis S.2osition to the
state board of control for the chapel
at the state industrial school for boys
at Eldora.
Judge G. S. Robinson Of the board
of control spent yesterday at Cler-
mont as the guest of Governor and
Mrs. Larrabee. 1t was while there
that he was informed of the gift.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
REPORTS FROM CHEZ
FOO AND WEI Hal WEI SAY
PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN
WARR FOUND GUILTY.
Rock Island Man Is Convicted Of En-
bezzina $4,000.

bezzIins $4,000.
Davenport. July 30. - j. w. War;
was found guilty on the first ballot of
embezzling $4,000 from the Moline
Building, Savings & Loan association.
Mr.. War; is president Of the Nation
al Commercial Teachers association
and has appeared before the associa-
tion Of Iowa to deliver addresses at
Des Moines and other places.
He was a prominent official in the
loan association and was indicted by
the grand jury several months ago at
Rock Island. He got change of
venue to the circuit court at Cam
bridge,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
BUTCHERS ARE sUsPlcIoNED.

Des MoInes Board Of Health Thinks
Meat Sold There Is Diseased.
Des Moines, July 20. Especially
The city board Of health is investigat.
ing the killing of alleged diseased cat.
tie by mushroom butchers, who have
started shops because of the strike in
the large packing centers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
HOPES FOR END OF STRIKE
ARE BLASTED ~ ,.!?s|21!;;4:g niee}H;4gE s E
E X 7 R A !!
KILLED AND cREMATED.

Father, Mother and Three Children
Victims Of Fiends.
statesboro, Ga, July 29.-Penroy R.
Hodges, his wife and three children,
living near here, were found today
with their skulls broken and their
home burned. Robbery is supposed
to have caused the crime.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
DRAes FAMILY TO FAIR ON BET.

Illinois Man HauIs cuItivator 315 Miles
and Wins $1,000.
ST. Louis, July 29.-Hitched to a
sulky cultivator William Hoyt pulled
his wife and their 4-year-old son from
Moline, H., to the worlds fair. Mr..
Hoyt set out on a wager and covered
the distance of 315 miles in just one
month, winning a bet Of $1,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
WATERLOO EDITOR DEAD.
Fred L. kimbalI, Proprietor Of Trade
Paper, Passes Away,

Waterloo, July 29.-(Special. y
Fred L. Kfmball, editor of the Cream
cry Journal and Egg Reporter, died
last night. aged 36 years. He leaves
a wife and an infant son.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
LINCOLN 70 BE OPENING CITY.
PopuIists Will Begin Their Fight for
Supremacy There.

Lincoln, Neb., July 20. = Arrange
ments have been completed whereby
Thomas Watson of Georgia, the pop
ulist nominee for president will open
his campaign in Lincoln August TO-.
Lincoln is the home of Thomas Tib-
bles, the vice presidential nominee on
the populist ticket.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

care of all freight consigned to or
sent by the packers through us, and
our duty will be DONE"
curran Is Defiant.
President Curran insists that the &C.
tfon was made necessary by the pur.
pose of the packers ito destroy labor
unions in the packing industry"
ADD MAY
$4,000 Miners May Quit Work.
Scranton, Pa, July 20. - A strike
of $4,000 miners in the anthracite coal
fields is considered imminent. The
executive board of District No. /,
United Mine Workers meets Monday
to consider the action of the operat-
ors in failing to make deductions in
check weighmen's wages. The COM
panies are said to have agreed to do
this. Chances of conciliation are con
sidered remote.
Anti-Boycotters In Flight.
Daniel Davenport, executive agent
of the American Anti-Boycott associa.
ton, today asserted that If the freight
handlers union should attempt to en-
force the order adopted by their coun-
Gil, forbidding members from hand
ling stock yards consignments, the
action will be fought vigorously by the
association and the federal authorities
will be asked to intervene.
Mob Attacks coIored Men.
Eighty colored men who were be.
ing transported from the stock yards
in two cars on the Lake Shore road,
were thrown into panic by furious
attack by a mobsof 200 people. throw.
ing stones which demolished nearly
every, window In both the cars. Three
policemen who were standing upon
the platforms beat back the rioters
while the train pulled away from the
scene.
Maniac Adds to Excitement.
Chicago, July 29.-Declaring that
the Lord had commissioned him to
end the packing house strike by kill
Ing all the strikers, John A. Iced (col.
ored) caused much excitement at the
stock yards today. He was arrested
after severe struggle. Iced carried
loaded revolver and long bladed
knife.
More Unionists at Work.
1t is said that 500 union men and
girls have returned to work in the
Libby Mcneil & Libby establishment.
Rioting at Kansas City.
Kansas City, July 29.-Rioting was
renewed in the packing house district
today when mob of strikers, mostly
Austrians, attacked negro policeman
named King, as the latter was enter
ing the plant Of Armour & Co. King
shot and slightly wounded two of his
assailants. Six arrests were made.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
THE WEATHER

Iowa-Showers and thunderstorms
tonight and probably in the east por-
tion Saturday. Cooler Saturday and
in the northwest portion tonight.
Illinois-Showers and thunderstorms
tonight and Saturday. Warmer in the
north portion tonight and cooler Sat
urday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

Chicago, July 29.-lt Is authora-
lively announced that a confer
enee has been arranged between
the strike leaders and representa-
tIves of SwartzehiId & SuIzberger.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
Miners Vote on Proposition.

No agreement was reached and a
compromise proposition providing for
a renewal of last years contract with
the exception of reduction in the. day
wage scale in proportion to that now
in force in the central field and for
reduction in the dead work scale Of
5.55 per cent will be submitted to a
referendum of the miners. The votes
must be counted by August Is.
Alabama Strike Endorsed.
Immediately after his return, Vice
President Lewis announced that the
national officers had endorsed the
strike of the miners in the Alabama
coal fields which involves 5000 men.
The miners affected by the strike have
been idle since July Mr.. Lewis says
it is reported that an effort will be
made to break the strike by the EN-.
ployment Of convicts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
BLOOMFIELD MAN is SHOT.
Former Neighbors Quarrel In Oregon
With Fatal Results.

Bloomfield, July 2S.-(SpeciaI-W
w. Korn, former Bloomfield man,
was shot and probably fatally wound
ed by the wife Of James Kinman, also
formerly of this city, in Babel, Oregon
where the two men now life. Mrs
Kinman is an Oregon girl
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
MAY MAKE
SETTLEMENT
MINERS AND OPERATORS OF KAN.
sAs AND NEIGHBoRINe STATE
TALK OF COMPROMISE.

Indianapolis. Ind, July 30. - Vice
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers returned today from Pitts
burg, Kans., where he attended a
wage conference between the operat-
ors and miners representing the coal
industry of Missouri, Kansas, Arkan-
sas, Texas, and Indian territory. The
miners stood for an advance in day
work and the operators for a reduc-
lion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

Nine o'clock last night 1850. -. SO
Seven o'clock this morning $3.50. 70
Two o'clock this afternoon ...,. "a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
VEST GROWING MUCH WEAKER
Ex-senator Delirious Most of the Time
Talks at Random.

Sweet Springs, Mo-, July 29.-Ex-
Senator Geo. w. Vest was delirious
last night and steadily growing weak
er. He talks at random, though occa-
is able to give rational ans
wers when spoken to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
HIS GRIEF NOT PERMANENT.

Des Molnes Man Beaten for Not Show
ing Respect Due Dead Wife.
Des Moines. July 20. Especially -
Because he married eight days after
his wife's death, Jerry See was beat
en- by his first wife's brother, Theo.
dore Cleghorn, who is under arrest
for attempt to murder.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
KEY TO RUsslAs POSITION IN
THE ORIENT SAID TO BE IN
HANDS OF THE JAP.
ANEsE.
NO DETAILS ARE KNOWN

Story Reaches Shanghai From DIfsss
ent Sources = The corea is Safe
Arabia Taken to vIadivostok az
Russian Squadron - Authorities
Deny That kuropatkln is Wounded
Russia Protests to Great Britain.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
London, July 2s.-Russla has
filed formal protest at the foreign
office against British shipments os
contraband articles to Japan.

Vladivostok, July 29.-The German
steamer Arabia, which is under charter
of an American company and which
was captured by Russian crtliser north
of Yokohama July 20, arrlfed here to-
day in charge of prize Grew. After
the contrabands of war, eonsisting Of
flour and railway material addressed
to Japanese ports, have been discharg.
ed the ship will probably be released /
Germany's Case Settled. !
Berlin, July 30. - The foreign ofics
today informed the Associated Press
that Russia has agreed to fully inden.
nifty the German shippers and their con.
signees for any losses sustained by th0l
seizures of the German ships and the
detention Of the Prime Heinerich.O.
mail. 4
AlexIeH to vIadlvostok. i
Vladivostok, July 29.-It is definites,
ly established that Viceroy Alexieft .ia'
coming here.
Baltic Squadron Delayed. y
st. Petersburg, July 29.--It is ana
nounced that the Baltic Sea SQUAD,
ron's departure for the far east VIII
be delayed for two weeks.
The general staff denies the repory|
Of the wounding Of General Kuropat.
kin at the battle of Tatchekiao. The
general is perfectly well.
Report Heavy Japanese Loss.
Lao Yang, July 29.-Further details
of the fighting below Tatchekiao on
July % and "a indicate that the Jap.
anese losses reached 5000. The Rus.
sian losses are officially given as only
700.
Japs Say Enemy Lost 1000.
Washington, D. c., July 29. - Tho
Japanese minister here today received
a cablegram from Toxic saying that
General Oku reports that, according
to the statements Of Russian officers
who were captured during the recent
battle. General Kuropatkin was pres.
ent on the battlefield, Generals Saka.
loft and Kendranovitch were wound.
ed and the Russian casualties were
about 1000 while those Of the Japan.
ese were 1000.
The corea Is Safe.
San Francisco. July 20. - Afterea
day Of the widest excitement ever
huoWH III oulpplliS CiIClcS Oh Cu0 1hs
cific coast. word was received last
night that the big Pacific Mail Steam.
ship company's steamer Corea, had
reached Toxic in safety with treasure
valued at more than $1,000000. Earlier
in the day the Marine Underwriters
association was informed that the ves-
sci had been captured by the Russian
fleet off the coast Of Japan. The re.
port came from the Liverpool Office
of one of the insurance companies,
and while it gave no details, it was Of
such a convincing nature that It was
at once accepted even by the agents
of the Pacific Mail. All attempts ia
secure confirmation or detail failed.
Excitement Is Great.
The report aroused intense excite
| ment in all circles. The steamer and
| cargo are worth more than $3,000,000
and among the immense amount Of
| freight she has on board were con-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
MURDERED RUSSIAN MINISTER
KNOWN AS AN oPPREssoR
OF THE PEOPLE.
A. D. WHITE KNEW HIM
Former Minister From the United
States to Russia in An Interview,
Says Won PIehve Was Connected
With Many Affairs Which Add to
Russla's Disgrace.

st. Petersburg, July 90. = The
assassin OF Won Plehve was ex-
amined by an investigating mag
lstrate today, but refused to make
any statement. A report is pub
lished this afternoon that the as
sassin attempted to commit sui
eide by shooting. He had a re-
voIver In hls hand when seized.
The operation performed upon
him was so successful that he is
expected to recover.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

general manager of the Burlington,
last evening. ut is our duty to take
care of all freight consigned to or
sent by the packers through us, and
our duty will be done"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

Chicago, July 2s.-Peace prospects
at the stock yards received a black
eye today in the arrest of President
George Golden, of the Teamsters'
union, who was taken from his Office
and locked in a cell, for issuing in
structions from his office window to
union driver. Not until nearly all
the labor leaders directing the strike
had surrounded the police station de-
manding Golden's release on bail and
threatening habeas corpus proceed.
ings was Golden released even on
bonds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30


Shanghai, July pa telegram
received here from Wei Hell Wei
confirms other kilograms received
here today from Chez Foo to tho
effect that Port Arthur has been
captured by the Japanese.
At Wei Hal Wei there Is Brit.
lsh wireless telegraph station and
the British warshlps are equipped
with this means Of communication.
1t Is possible that Wei Hal Wei
has been In wireless communities
tlon with the fleet and that infor.
nation of the fall of Port Arthur
has been received In this manner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30

President Curran insists that the ac.
tfon was made necessary by the pur.
pose of the packers ito destroy labor
unions in the packing industry"
ADD MAY
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-30
Fight to the Finish.

The hitherto pacific attitude Of the
strike leaders was suddenly changed
into sullen and bitter defiance and
it was openly limited that the strike
will now be spread as far as possible.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-01
The Asiatic Coast from
CheefOO to VladiVOStOk
Pen Picture of the Scene of Naval Operations in
the War Now Raging in the East
NS'N9

Russian. Vladlvostok was of old.
to us, Port May. Much of It's
beauty has gone with the trees on
the surrounding hills. 1t possesses one
good craving dock and floating dock,
and it is understood that the Russian
fleet is much handicapped by want of ad-
ditional docking facilities.
OF late many substantial buildings
have been added; on my last visit there
plank was still much in evidence in
buildings, pathways, verywhere-and
''ramshackle" would describe most
things. Dust, again, was prevailing
nuisance. The navy was, on the whole,
supreme; the governor being an admiral,
the band that played in a kiosk in the
official gardens (the Russian Alameda)
was bluejacket band, pickets were
"blues," and smart naval officers in uni
form, and much on duty, were mounted.
The club is naval. There was, as at
Portsmouth, military governor, but he
seemed overshadowed by the sailor.
think any fair-minded foreigner who did
not arouse suspicions-a point, too on
which | don't think the Russian is fussy
will bear witness to the kindliness of
the average Russian, not only here but
even more so at the smaller settlements,
where the advent of stranger is God
send-possessing tobacco, some spirits
and dollars for barter for little veals''
and potatoes.
Although in politics--territoria ex-
pansion-we may clash, the Russian is
only doing what other nations have done
or are doing, and admitting that he cen
tainly has not very straightforward
mode of gaining his ends. still, as an in
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-01

equally divided, and the speakers sug-
gested that the crowd go into the court
house yard, where rope would be
stretched, the Burnes following taking
one side, the Woodson contingent TAX
ing the other.
'"The following paired off, and the
two sides were about equal. But the
Burnes crowd were expert with the rope,
and, throwing it over the Woodson
crowd, pulled them over. A free fight en-
sued.
1T took nearly year for some peo-
pie in that section to know what side
they were on, but after that the hatred
became so intense that there was no
middle of the road, and it stayed that
way for 10 years"
A person present, not Missourian,
told a more singular case than that OF
Col, Burnes.
IL was living in Illinois," he said,
when the draft was ordered. was the
only son and my father did not fancy
my going to war. My father, conse-
quently, hired a substitute, paying him
5000. Before the war was over we
learned that the substitute had original
ly enlisted as a confederate and had de-
segted. He fought in the union army
two years afterward."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-01

ury-the people being poor and de-
graded.
Quelport is big island, which we will
pass. Tsusima is japanese, though the
people seem different somewhat, AMI
taller On turning the corner OF Korea
we come to Fusan, place open to all
trade; it is very accessible, and possibly
the most satisfactory place at which TO
stay, in Korea; at the head of the har-
Dor is the Korean walled city, a poor
place, and only significant as contain
ing the royal granaries of rice. The
scenery here, especially the view
through the door of the Japanese tenn
pie, is good. AS we go north it comes
to us in varied ways that the west OF
the Korean peninsula is cut off from
the east by ridge of mountains. Along
the coast we find Song Chin, Ping-yang,
Mokpo, all coming on as trading ports,
until we reach Gensan (Wonsan) with
its japanese settlement; the soil here is
good, the cattle fairly so, and there is a
road to Chemulpo; it would be bold
cyclist or motorist who would face it.
The people inland are unsophisticated
and inoffensive.
Here more than elsewhere the Jap is
the cock of the walk, the Korean being
In comparison, tall, leggy, and hope
less" with the mild repose of deca-
dence, suggesting, in comparison, the
Cochin-China and the Bantam. Al
Gensan, a Japanese inside the COM
pound rudely went for big Korean
trumpeter who dared to move, from Gu.
riosity, while l was sketching him
Here is, however-or was-a Korean OF,
fetal residence decorated with somt
taste, where I-with some others was en-.
tertained to luncheon, cooked by Chi
nese eX-man-o'-war cook, and including
| plum-pudding, with copious libation:
for those who desired, principally o
sweet vermuth. The star comique of thu
! district performed on the tight-rope, ant
mimicked many kinds of men, hunter!
and priests included, with much skill
geisha sang, poems were composed
kings birthday.
No one seems to say Poor Korea,
yet it Is a poor, distressful country, ant
deserves, for what it is worth. SOM
sympathy. And now We slide into tn
Russian littoral. over the large bay lie
VladivostolS, its latitude being that o
the Gap (Straits of TsugarW, betweei
Japan proper and Isle of Yeyo; Hako
date, with its storm-stones on the roof
being on the south of the latter. Vladi
vostok has long and narrow harbor-
reason for it being described as tn
Golden Horn is stated to be that gol
lies in the hills; but the more poetica
and usually accepted one is that it EN-
bodies the idea of the long-covete
Golden Horn of Constantinople. On
may state that many of the places
headlands, bays, harbors. have four O
moro names-the native, Korean. Chi
nese, japanese, French, English, an
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-01
A Brave Soldier Boy.

A young soldier of the Sixty-ninth
New York, in desperately wounded
condition, was taken on to Washington
a few days after the fight. His father
got word of the boys situation and
hurried to Washington, reaching there
a few days after his son was brought to
the hospital. The hospital surgeon was
Just in the act of removing a bullet from
the back of the wounded youths shoul-
der, the sufferer lying with his face
downward on the pallet. "Ah, my poor
boy" cried the father. Il am sorry to
see you thus, but l would rather see you
dead than to know you were shot in the
back" The young soldier turned over,
barred his right breast, revealing red
bullet hole in front of the arm-pit, and
then gasped with a brave CLINT in his
dne gray eyes: Father, there's
where the ball went n,"-Amerlcan
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