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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
.UITERS A W ARNlNC
JULIAN W. RICHARDS SAYS RE.
PuBLIcANs MUST GET
Z THE VOTE OUT.
state Of Iowa and all Congressional
Districts are Safely Republican It
Apathy Is Not Allowed to Hold
voters Away From Polls.

Des Moines, Oct. 5-(Special.)-
5000 judges of political conditions are
inclined to wonder as to the exact sit
uat1on at this time. With little more
than a month before the election-an
election of especially great importance
10 every citizen of the United StatesT
there is little more interest manifested
tnan IN the ordinary loft years"
Many reasons have been assigned
Tor this apparent lack not only OF en-.
thuslasm, but even of more than pass
ing interest. OF recent years, presi-
dental campaigns have been accom-
panied by noise and hurly-burly; the
excitement of street corner and hotel
lobby discussions, the blare OF bands
and the flash of torch-light professions,
While business has been for the most
part given over to the work of Saving
the country" But this year all this
is changed. The torch-light process
sion seems to be thing Of the past,
while one can ride from New York to
San Francisco, without once encount-
ering the straw-vote taker. Business
is progressing without any unusual in
terruption and the people seem dis
posed to take as little interest as pos.
sible in political matters.
What is the occasion for this con-
dition of affairs? Is it general apathy
or are the people satisfied to "let well
enough alone?"
These are the questions which wor-
ry the political managers these days
when, according to all previous ex-
perieuce, the campaign should be at its
height
Without assuming to decide these
questions, it is interesting to note the
tendency which seems to have sprung
up in these later years among the peo-
pie of Iowa, to stay from the polls ex-
cept on occasions when some novel is
sue awakens the people. A COMPARE
son of the vote cast during the past
two presidential terms, will afford
| abundant cause for criticism of the
average voter.
Vote of the State in Previous Years.
The total vote cast in this state and
the vote cast by the two leading par
| ties since 1896 is as follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
DEFENDANTS DISCHARGED.
Women Found Not Guilty OF Assault
and Battery.

In Justice e. M. Campbell's court
yesterday afternoon Mrs. Georgianna
Stevenson and Nellie Currant, charged
with assault and battery, were found
not guilty and discharged The infor.
nation against the former was filed by
Robert Currant and the one against
Nellie Currant by Mrs. Stevenson In
the former case Lowenberg and Coen
were the attorneys for the prosecution
and B. w. Scott for the defense. In
the second case B. w. Scott conducted
the prosecution and Lowenberg and
Coen the defense.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
STRUCK BY TRAIN
PATRICK NooNAN sUsTAlNs IN
JuRIEs WHICH ARE THOUGHT
TO BE FATAL.

While returning to grading camp
north of the city Monday night Patrick
Nconan was struck by a Milwaukee
passenger train and sustained injuries
which it is thought may cause his
death. The back of his head was ter
ribly bruised and this morning at the
Ottumwa hospital it was found neces-
sary to remove portion of his skull.
Noonan has been working on the
Milwaukee cutoff near Rutledge and
boarding at the grading camp near
that place. He was working under c..
A. Boland Monday morning but laid
off at noon to come to Ottumwa. 1t is
supposed that it was while returning
to the camp that he was struck by Mil
waukee passenger train No. s, which
leaves Ottumwa at Z O'Clock. 1t is
thought that the train crew knew
nothing of the affair as no report Of
the accident was made
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06

into two years ago, solely through
failure of the republicans in the sec
ond district to SO to the polls and vote
for their candidate. Judge Wade re-
ceived some 1900 less votes than did
Mr.. Vollmer, the democratic candi-
date, who was defeated two years be-
fore, but the republican nominee re-
ceived nearly 5000 less votes than did
MI Rumple, VINO carried the district
for the republicans in 1900. There is
no question but that every congress
.sional district in the state is safely re.
publican il tho voters who, believe in
the principles of that party will go to
the polls and vote.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
REPORT OF YEARS WORK BY
PEACE CONGRESS SHOWS
GOOD PROGRESS.
in THE ORIENT
Neither Russia Nor Japan VIII Pay At.
tentlon to the Efforts of the Peace
Congress and as Vet None Of the
Other Powers Have Acted.

Boston, Mass, Oct AT the first
business meeting of the Thirteenth In
ternationa. Peace congress today, Rob.
ert Treat Paine of Boston was elected
president, and Benjamin F. Trueblood,
secretary.
Attendance is Large.
fremont temple was well filled by
accredited delegates and spectators
when Edwin D. Mead of Boston called
the meeting to order and extended a
welcome in behalf Of the American
Peace society.
Report of Years Work.
The report Of the international peace
bureau for 1904 was read. The report
was devoted to a rehearsal of mum err
Gus efforts on the part of the friends
of peace to induce the Russian and
Japanese governments to have re-
course to a friendly solution of their
conflict and the other powers signatory
of The Hague convention to try to Sc
cure settlement of the difficulty be-
tween the belligerents by arbitration
or mediation.
Hope for Mediation.
The report says the moment Is per-
haps not far off when the governments
not involved in the conflict will be
able in collective way to induce the
belligerents to listen to the voice Of
reason, justice and humanity, by in
sisting upon the fact that the present
war will be all the more fruitless be-
cause neither of the beliigerents can
expect effective support towards real
ization of it's ambitious purpose for
commercial, military and political pre-
ponderance in the far east.
A Good Year.
The report says that in no former
periods, however, has so much been
accomplished to bring the people and
governm ents Of the world under the
sway of international arbitration as
has been accomplished during the past
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
CANDIDATES EXAMINED.
fifty WouId-be Ministers Answer Cues
tions at Davenport Today.

Davenport, Oct. Especial The
Upper Iowa conference of the Method
list Episcopal church will convene here
tomorrow. Fifty candidates for the
ministry were examined at precon-
ference meeting this morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06

ing period a week ago, show decrease
hogs and 26,3o0 sheep. Compared
with the corresponding period year
ago there was an increase of 1890 cat
tie, decrease of LOO hogs and an in
crease of $500 sheep.
Representative Sales.
Following are some of the represen.
tative sales made in Chicago yesterday
showing lowest, medium and highest
nriceS Maid:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
NATIVES MORE QUIET.
Late News From Shan Tuns Province
China, is Of Reassurins Nature.

= ++ - = 50 a.++s = =
Pekin, Oct. 4. - Further infor- =
$ nation regarding unrest in the =
northwestern part of Shan Tung =
!. province Is of a reassuring nature. >
The British legation is of the opin- =
9 ion that there is no cause for y
* anxiety.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
SENSATION IN DIES MONIES.
osceoIa Banker and Railroad Mans
Wife Arrested,

Des Moines. Oct 5. -. John Lewis,
prominent bank cashier at Osceola,
and Mrs. A. F. Oldham, wife of Des
Moines railroad man, were arrested
in sumptueus suite in the
fashionable Victoria hotel, where they
were living as man and wife. The in
formation was signed by Oldham and
Lewis put up $4,000 in bank stock to
guarantee their appearance at trial.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
Prominent Men Victims.

CIV. ]. Calvin, formerly roedmaster
on the Ottumwa division of the Bur
lington railway, is il Canada where he
went some weeks ago to become chief
engineer for the Hawkeye Gold &
Dredging Co. The exact connection
between the I,illoolet and the Hawk
eye companies is not known in this
city and so far as known no one here
is a stakeholder i'll either.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
May Not Recover.

Noonan was found about 5 o'clock
by some section men who were pass
ing on a handcar He was brought to
the city and removed to the Ottumwa
hospital in. the ambulance. DR.. S. A.
Spilman was called and gave the nee
essary medical attention Noonan is
believed to have some relatives in Chi
cago. but as yet the Milwaukee off
Gals have been unable to locate them.
1t is stated that his chances of recov-
cry are very slight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06

A man with a club concealed about
him has difficulty to cover his fear of
exposure
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
THOMAS sEERLEY ILL.
Father of President of State Normal
at Point of Death.

Iowa City, Oct. 5.-Thomas Seerley,
an old pioneer of Iowa. is lying at the
point OF death at his nome here. His
sons, President H. H. Seerley of the
state normal, and Dr. Newell Seerley,
physical director of the Y. M. G. A. OF
Paris, France, and Attorney J. ]. Seer.
ley, of Burlington, are at his bedside
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
IOWA LILLooLET GOLD MINING &
DREDGING co. STRIKES
A sNAG.
Is SECRETARY INSANE !?
Wife Of Byron A, Bliss, Manager and
Secretary of the con-.. n, Asks for
Guardian for Hm-Woman's Name
is Mentioned in Connection With
Shortage of $4,000.

Iowa Falls, Oct. 4.-President
charles T. Hancock of the Iowa Lii
looet Gold Mining & Dredging COM
pany, arrived here from Dubuque last
night, accompanied by Attorney L.
G. Hrrd, who is director in the COM
pany. A directors meeting is being
held here today.
At mass meeting Of the. stockhold-
ers held here yesterday, strenuous res
olutions We're adopted and given to the
press, but later were withdrawn, in
which thorough investigation was
demanded. The meeting was called on
a petition signed by stockholders all
over central Iowa, of whom there are
600 Or more, 800 living here. The
I sentiment here is that unless a full
/: and complete statement is made of the
company's condition by the directors,
!, tho stockholders will demand an in
vestigation and will take charge of
the records, which have been under
lock and key since the trouble broke
out.
Is Secretary lnsane7
The appointment of guardian for
Secretary Bliss, asked for by his wife,
indicates that he will be of no assist
ance in untangling the condition in
which both gold mining companies ap-
pear to have become involved
Assistant Treasurer Is Woman
Assistant Treasurer Maude v. Ham.
ilton returned from Chicago yesterday
and many believe her capable Of
.staightening out the company's af-
fairs. The return of Treasurer Miller
from the west this week may also aid
in clearing up matters.
Woman May Explain.
Des Moines, Oct. AIRS. Maude
Hamilton, a pretty stenographer, re-
ceiving a salary of Sc a week is looked
to for an explanation of shortage of
sof $4,000 CT thereabcuts which it is
said has been discovered in the ac-
counts of the Iowa Lilloolet Gold bred
ging company and the Hawkeye com.
pany, organized for the purpose OF
dredging the Frazier river in British
Columbia.
The situation is complicated by an
action in the district court to declare
Byron a. Bliss, secretary and manager
2Xanaaaa, Joint companies, insane, his
wife being the plaintiff.
Stock Goes Down.
The shortage has caused a tumble
in the value Of the mining stock from
so cents per share to to cents per
share and hundreds of Iowa people
are losers in sums ranging from IS to
100000.
4 Prominent Men Victims.
george L. Dodson. Frar X D. Jack
SIN, Charles T. Hancock, Professor
Calvin of Iowa State university, Mayor
Mattern of Des Moines, Byron D.Bliss
OF Iowa Falls. and Chief Of Police Jas.
w. Jones of Des Moines are sufferers.
A special meeting Of the incorpora.
tors has been called to meet at Iowa
Falls, PROBABLY this evening, and at
that time the amount of the shortage
will probably be made known.
:. The Lilloolet company was organ
lied at Iowa Falls, and half the bust
ness and working people of the town
have money invested in it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06
CHANGES ISSUED.
TWO of the lroquo's Case Defendants
Will Not Be Tried in CHICAGO.

WIT rSos ~ ''eo IT or''S1So'
Chicago. Oct Sin the Iroquois
theatre trial yesterday Business Man
ager Noonan and Stage Carpenter
Cummings were granted a change of
venue to another county on the
ground Of prejudice which exists in
Chicago against them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-06

He is a poor doctor who would moi
rather give medicine than take it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

opens by wide arch into the living
room. The walls of the dining room,
which is. the front room on the south
west side, are covered with a clear
blue and white paper, suggestive of
old delft.
The woodwork here is also white,
and great mahogany cupboard with
glass doors fills one corner of the
room. The pleasant little room be-
yond has the same wall paper, and
its work table, rocking chairs, couch
and great blue and white bowl of
creamy roses on the window seat
hint at its feminine occupant.
The remarkable thickness of the
walls allows window seats at all of the
windows. The convex glazing of the
windows themselves proves that sever
al generations must have looked
through them, as during the eight
zenith century all glass was crown
glass, and showed this slight outward
curve. The fireplace, with its great
wide-mouthed chimney and simply
carved and dignifed mantelpiece, is
also unchanged.
The quaint, homelike and comfort
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

able look of this interior is carefully
preserved. The modern Improvements
that have been added for convenience
are not noticeable The quiet rest
fulness and old-time look of the room
are unspoiled Clear white muslin cur
tains hang in the windows next the
glass, and outside of the window seat
the old-fashioned chintz draperies
hang to the floor. This same chintz
is used on great winged chair and
covers the cushions on the window
seats.
The ceilings in this farmhouse are
unusually low, but so we'll arranged
are the rooms, with their plain color
ed walls, simple draperies and we'll
placed furniture, that the impression
is rather of roominess and space than
otherwise. The bedrooms above
have sloping ceiling and the always
attractive dormer windows. The
dainty, simple furnishing of these
rooms is entirely in keeping with
that of the lower floor. The same
consistency that the exterior shows,
as we'll as the interior, is noticeable
also i'll the wing that has been added.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

summer cottage, done over in the
early fall to be ready for next spring.
Where is the best place to buy
the willow furniture you have written
about?
Il want one room to have olive
green striped walls, with the wood
work and furniture >of willow, paint
ed with the green enamel. Would
you use green and white chintz on
the furniture and at all the windows?
| want to use dark olive-green rug,
but it has some small yellow figures
in it. The room has three windows,
but is not very sunny, two windows
being on the north and the other
small one east"
If you will send me self-addressed
postal card I will send you all of the
addresses you require You would
make your room rather dismally
green, think, by doing as you sug-
gest. Why not use the green and vel
low idea offered by your rug as a
scheme for the coloring? If the room
is large and square, or nearly so, the
striped paper, will give you satisfac-
ton; otherwise Won had better usa :,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
STORIES OF SOME FAMOUS DOGS

writer, used to own a dog named Tim.
who, according to his master. could
distinguish any given New York pa
per in pile of daily sheets. Mr.. Gil
more's friends used to shake their
heads incredulously when he began
ITO talk about how much his dog Tim
knew, but Gilmore always insisted that
Tim was SO intelligent that he didn't
dare tell the most interesting stories
he knew about the animal.
Queen Victoria's favorite Def was A
collie named Sharp. He walked with
her, he took his meals in her pres
ence, he was seldom separated from
her when it was possible for them to
be together. She was as fond of him
as even Bismarck was of his famous
wolfhounds, though few members of
the royal household liked the beast.
His bark was. terrifying, and, unlike
some barking dogs, he could bite on
occasion Writing about him the
Queen once admitted that he had
bad temper. Referring to him in an
account of ramble in Scotland she
said he varied the monotony of the
walk by several collie "shangies" =
"shangie' being Scottish for dog fight.
The richest dog, in his own right,
that ever lived died at West Chester,
Pa, in 1888. He had been the pet of
Mrs. Elizabeth Shee, who died two or
three years before him, and left in her
will the sum of $1,000 for his support
as long as he should live At his death
the money was to go to St. Peters
Episcopal. Church of Tredyfryn
township, but before the church could
get the money it was stipulated the
dog was to be decently buried, wrap
ped in sheet for a stroud and placed
in a coffin made specially for the re-
ception of his body. Unlike most
famous dogs, this one was neither good
looking nor well bred, being a mon
grel of the lowest type, su1ky and
cross in disposition aad stupid withal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Guam.

Guam, Uncle Sans Li11iputian pos
session in the Ladrone group of ISL
ands, was once much more important
than it is now. In the middle of the
seventeenth century its population
was fully fifty thousand The Guam-
ties were mighty fighters in those
days. They carried on incessant war
fare with the Spaniards, Sometimes
winning and sometimes losing. In the
end, however, they were conquered
after thousands of them had been
killed. Then epidemic diseases at
tackled and so decimated them that a
hundred years later the islands popu-
lation was below the two thousand
mark. .Since then it has slowly in
creased, until ten thousand people to-
day find their home on the little isl
and, which is thirty miles long and
has an average width of ten miles.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
SHOPPING IN FEE

A white visitor to Fee in Morocco
once went shopping in the bazars of
the city accompanied by servant of
the Sultan, who told him to see to It
that the shopper was not cheated by
the greedy merchants. At the first
shop visited the wou1d-be customer
asked to be shown something that
rested on high shelf. The lazy mer-
chant only yawned and said he would
rather sell something from the floor,
which he would not have to rise to
get. his angered the Sultan's SER
want, who not only made the mer-
chant hand down the article required,
but, when the price was named, laid
down half the amount, grabbed the
goods and made off.
The shopper protested, but the SER
want laughed and said it was the Gus
tom of the country. This was repeat
ed at several shops without e1iciting
protest. At one place, though, the
merchant refused to give up his goods
In that way and was rewarded by a
boxed ear and an admonition not to
i'll treat the Sultan's white friend.
Later the two visited the markets,
where everything was sold at auction.
The auctioneer seemed always to wear
less~clothes than anyone else. His
method of selling was curious. He
would take piece of goods from
nearby shopkeeper and start out to
sell it on commission. Holding it as
high as possible he would call for a
bid. Then he would start on the run
around the market. If anyone wished
to examine the merchandise, the auc-
tioneer would drop it into his hands.
take the bid if one was made, and then
resume his run around the place.
When he had made three circuits
Of the market he would turn the article
over to the highest bidder.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
HOW THEY
WERE NAMED

All hunting dogs were called hunds
in the ancient Saxon tongue. In
modern English this word has become
hound.
Spaniels were taken to England
from Spain-hence their name.
Spitz dogs were so named from
their sharp noses, the word "spitz'
meaning "sharp point" in German.
In Germany the Spitz is sometimes
called the Dalmatian dog, because his
original home was in Da1matia.
Fox terriers were not so named be-
cause of any fancied resemblance to
the fox, but because in the old days
in England this particular breed of
dog was found to be invaluable for
hunting and drawing" the fox from
his hole. Fox terriers were much
larger and stronger then than they
are now.
Bull dogs were so named because
they were used to drive cattle. In
some countries they are still called
"bull-biters" from the fact that they
will seize the biggest and strongest
bull by the nose if necessary and
throw him to the ground.
The dachshund's name means badg-
er hound in German, The original
dachshund was used in Germany for
drawing badgers, though dogs OF
that breed are nowadays not quite
strong and heavy enough to draw so
sturdy a fighter as the badger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11

This house is in the hands of the
descendants of the original owners,
which fact ir1sures its continued pres
ervation as it stands-a real pleasure
to even the casual passer-by. The
plan of the garden is also shown
and the position of the great trees are
indicated.
Another attractive feature of the
place is the UNCOVERED stone wall.
At the rear of the house is the vege-
table garden.
Nos far from this delightful old
house there is another, which origin
ally was of the same type. Here the
scroll saw has been allowed to do its
worst. The twisted columns of the
contracted high stoop and the intri-
cate pattern of the balustrade sur
rounding it are only exceeded in alb
surd incongruity by the ornate caps
placed over each door and window.
1t is too bad to see so much money
expended to render unsightly and RI
diculous what might have remained a
delightful and typical old farmhouse
One realizes in looking at it that
consistency is, after all, the most i'm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-11
Plate Breaking at Polish Weddings


There's curious wedding custom
much observed by the Poles in north.
ern Michigan, though whether import
ed from the old country or invented
in the New World has not transpired.
The wedding ceremony is followed
by dance which sometimes lasts
ten or twelve hours. Every man
present who is anybody" is in duty
bound to dance with the bride at
least once, but before he can do so he
must win the privilege in curious
manner. The brides mother takes
her place iii one corner of the room
with plate in her lap. The aspirant
to the honor of a dance with her
daughter must throw coin into the
plate. If he throws it hard enough.
and the coin is big enough, to chip
or break the plate the honor is won.
II the plate were of thin, delicate
chinaware the feat would not be a
difficult one, but as the mother al
ways chooses a piece of tough and
heavy ''ironstone,' it is rare indeed
that the plate is Clipped with a
olldllSl COIL lId1l d QOllar.
All the coins, those which do not
chip the plate as well as those which
do, are given to the bride, and serve
to take the place of wedding presents.
Sometimes the coins thus presented
to her aggregate hundred dollars or
more, even when everyone in the
crowd seems as poor as a church
mouse, and that amount is, of course,
considerable of a factor in the outfit
ting of the young couple for house
keeping.
1t is needless to say that long prac-
tice has made some of the Polish GAL
lants of northern Michigan much
more expert than others in the art OF
plate breaking.