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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14
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lit unier Wotto. Bir iino far See
Den bereit. Bir babeu Bargains
fir 5eoen. 6oharobige @arer, lea
sltime Breiie uno nteorige Gnaah.
lungen. Simmer bereit fiir Jeoen -
penn es iih UNI reele 9rnnsnstios
men banoelt. Simmer up to
Date. 8efuht unfere neuen
Bareulager, welhe hieeIes
ganteften i'm State 5in0.
Bir baben bas arDSte SO o.
renlaGer. Seine 1lebera
treibuna.
Sbos. 0oggan & Brp8.,
Gde 5puitol- uno Naparro : etraBe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14
Die 6eier beg sOlOenen sSubilalms
Der GaiilO Geieaidaft.

2m Samftas abeno fono Der arDBe
SubildumsbnQ fat, an melHem iid
lter oreibunoert 0errer uno Oomen
beteili9ten. Die Wuiit l~ieferte DIT
Mititdr : &npene bonn Sort Son
0ouftun. bic eigentliG nit ibrer
Wleh.J nitrurnenten uiel gu lnut uni
aerdufhu0a NOR fir eine Balmuiii
uno fiir ben perbdltniBmaBig tleiner
Sanl.
Die Daraes1 truaen foifbare unf
berrll4e Tpiletter,, Die in Dem 2id)=
tersseer CUR pollen @eltung famen.
xm Tnn5 nabmen eegen iiebaip
Yanre Tell. 10 baB Der Maum bon
ben Idnsern u0Qftdnoig einaenom.
men luuroe. 0bne oaB es inoefien not
tue1oi9 getueien mare, bic ~tan5enoel,
Xnare abauteilen.
Die Wthne mar auf geididte Weile
Ia cine 2aube uermanoelt uoroen
uuo bier inBen Die Damen, bic fidj
aid5t am 9an5e beteilteten. Nud
bic WUrbalIe. bic in einen toligen
BnriOr urnaeunnoelt tpproen mar,
ertuies iim als gemitliber Blauoer.
plat fhr bic nOu Tanse ausrubenben
8nnre.
@e9eu Mitternadt begab man Iih
tn ben GEiaal CUR gafe[. bier ma.
Ten con Der gede berab uno BON
&ronleubter 81 Gr0nleuhter uno
66ule gu S6ule Guirlanoen gesoaen
9Oroer, bic init gelben Bopierblns
men uno elettrifGen @lGhuhtern
neraiert ruaren uno einen number
hlbiten Gnbli6 barbDten. Vile
2li@oetorationen tuaren in goloaeib
0ebalter, audi bic fleinen unterldbe
uno xapieroedhen nuf pelGen Eel
Ier nuo Sal5s uno Wnnoel : @efdse
ftonoen, maren nit @olorano per.
iebert nuo ebeniD Die nuf Der Menu.
Seite beorudten, an5 BET SitelIelte
nber nit Der 6ano ~genlalten Speile.
enrten. Observation-Disclosures Ser.
f0nen. mDrunter piele einoela.
oeue @dife, batten fih an Der lafeI
uieoergeloiien unb be Stimmune
mar cine reft anirnierte. Das Dor
ner 6irma 6arniih & SO. geliefertt
Wien mar gan5 uorSIelih uno BIZ
Weoienung lieB nibtS 81 miiniher
abria. AQes gina mie am SGnir'
den.
6err @. @olbHeim funqierte ots
EDaftmeiffer. Die erfte &eoe bielI
oer ]rdfi6ent 6err @rbart @untber,
Der 0euifh begann uno Damn, ME Ell
ingts. am better neritanoen All sper
ben. in enaliiher Sprl1e fortfubr.
Besbnlb er als 8oriiBer elmer rein
oertfthen Gsielibnft iid Der beioeT
Sprohen beoiente. lift uns unerftdr.
LID. @er fih aun, syeit zines oeni.
f&en Clubs beaiebt. Der muB eruor.
ten. oaB bic @erempnien in oeutlter
Sprahe gebalten rueroen uno fid auI
oeutid3e Weiie nbipiefen. DurG]
Hugeitdaonifie bieier Nrt reiBen Die
Deuti6en ielbft Die 8rii6en hinter
nd ab uno bauen Die Beae, bic sur
0tseritonifieruug biniberflbren. st.
ruas itebr Deutid3en. Gtola Fam oas
bee nitts fhaoen unD uerminoert
aisd3 ole 1htun9 niGt. bic Der Gmeris
tauer fiir uns empfinoet. SIM @es
0enteil!
Der Wniprahe beg Br6fioenten.
oie eltser tur5en NbriB Der @elhihte
oes @aitno @eieaidait entbielt, folpte
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14
Z a ..

- Die perIdieoenen m~ilitGri1G1en
OrganllatlOnen in Daqas beablihtis
gen bort Elm eroBe8 Nrienal 81
bauen.
- Der 9nufmann Sam @utoberg
in 8op git1 fiel in Der Habe nou
6armo0o Don einem Babnsu9e. 81
wuroe iiberfabren uno l0fprt get0tet.
Seine 9elde nuroe ipdter auf Dem
8eleiie 9efunben. Guf Dem 3uge
permlBfe man ibn erit. als Die Sta
tton SarnoDo errelht mar.
Die Shulb0nos, melhe EDri
Nrthur uno 0onoo Sip ausgegebeu
baben, iino uDm @eneralanmolt an.
ereannt Wproen.
SIN 8enneog itarb 9rau 8eiiie
W1naer, Satin BEG 6errr 0enrp 6.
WfilIer. uno in Seguin Srau gbltn=
ger. oeren @atte Der Better oes
@rano Central 6utel 1T.
Sim 5onnabeno fano in Sic,
toria Der erite .Marfttag" ftatt. oerz
Ietbe lit iebr erfolereld perlauFen,
Nuf einem 3uQe Der Or. &.
& L.s8abn muroe in Der Wdbe BON
8oco eth Observation-Disclosures Ramen8
VroOf8. Der Elm 8aaeneeld]dit in
ct. Souls oertritt. plDbfi1 nabnlins
mig uno muBte BON Dem 8uge ent=
fernt ruerben.
- Sn Maria lit aml Sonnabeno
Elm 8ongreB teraniiher MinenbeliBer
uno 2eute. bte NIT Dem Bergmertss
bau in Berbinouua iteben. abae=
balten noroen.
Wdbreno Der lesten' Sage
lbeint es i'm ganaen State gefroren
au baben, in Der etnen @eqeno mebr.
in Der anoeren meniQer. Der f5rDIt
miro b%el0nbers ben 8emiIefarmertl.
Ole auf cine 0erbiternte rehneten,
lear unmiaeommen aewelen fem.
Nn6 in Den 8egenoen, in oenen oiel
Sortoneln aepIan5t meroen, mu6 Der
Trot groBea Shaoen aneeridtet
baben.
Der DttnettoaareB in Warfa
bot sur 8rinoung elmer permanens
ten Organization geflbrt. Dielelbe
tra9t ben Namen Mining NGocia-
tlon Of 9eros" uno Or. 8tGiam
BhllipS in Nuitln muroe su ibrem
Br6iioenten ermablt.
- Nn Sonntaa fano in Dallas
cine B~eriammlung pon Sosialliten
itatt. in wel6er beihloiien uuroe,
Die Ngltatlon aufs gifriaite fDrtsus
ieben.
- 8uf einent 8uae oer Souitpn
& 9eras Central Babn ftarb B. u.
9llep, fur5 beoor ber Dug 0ouiton
erreihte. 2Illeg par in BremDno
aemeien uno mar bort erfranft.
Der Jelosug aegen bic Spiel
baQen in 81 Baio bat, mle fat iiber=
al, cine idarfe SnForcierung ots
S0nntaasaeiebes CUR 5olee aebabt.
IaeS mar lebten Sonntag felt ee=
ihloiien uno Die babe BepDlferuna
gtna uber ben syluB nod Suarea.
I'M bort ibren Durit 80 l6ihen. Die
Saloons in Suarea mahten briuante
8eih6fte.
Gines unierer Webielbldtter
berihtet: SIM @Duntpaerlht in Gin
coin. 0ebr.. bat elm 9eraner Rn-
mems 9beooor 9bulemeier angefraat,
OBJ oas 8eieb oes Stantes Nebrosfa
rlnem Wanne nerbletet, feline ei9ene
Stiefmutter gu beiraten. Der Glert
oes betreffenoen @erihtsbDfeS bat
Dem Wsanne geantwortet, oa6 meun
er oaau 2ult babe. oas @eleb oteies
nibt uerbietet.
5n g~affroniue ftarb ssrant
Steinle, elm alter 8smobner oes
OrteS.
M. 2asfer in @aluefion 1T
sum BrdItoenten Der StarsW hble in
8alreitDn ern1blt pnroen. StrSlid
tauften CT. Dan &empner uno an>
oere BON Der 5arnilie NepmersbDfer
ben ar0Bten 9eil Der Gttien.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14
aat feiue s1htuna ppr penn allter.

9s III cine S9anbe, tpenn bic Su
geno feline Q6tung mebr Dor benz I'll
tie bat. Qber gang bas @egenteil gil
BON Or. Sings Neuen 2ebenspiQen
Oiefelbea bereiten ben aranfbeiten eli
gnbe, einerlei, mie i9mer iie linb uni
gang obne Hiidiidt auf ibr Ilter
6elbiu6t, gerbauunssi9md6e, Sic
Der unb 6artleibisfeit, iie ale tpei6el
Dieier pOlfOmmenen giue. gu babel
fir Is @ent8 in ben Aputbefen BON q
s. s. Shmiot unO 4bplpb 9reiB.
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MiBlide Acknowledgements.

8ir baben cine eroBe Gu8uah
geoieaener 8Olos uno Sltber sWarel
aller art, ubren, 5ancp : Grtitel
OperngIdler, glsaretteu. Stuis, Ste
9enldlrme, SpaSieritDfe uno pei,
anoere Nrtitel. Die lid All 8eih
nadtsaeIhenten etenen uno sualeid
lliBlih uuo mertuou fino.
@ebriiOer Gribcr,
s ~ { ier9
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14
Gin ouSaeseihnetes Wittel oes
ZEN 0eiierteit iit Or. Nugu1t R6nis'&
hamburger Brufttbes.

Die oeutiheu uno britiid]en
9iiten nuroen BON elnem ihpereu
turme helmgeiuht, tpelcber mebrere
Stunhen lang nubielt un0 i~nsbeions
ere in Der &prolee uno i'm &anal
uitete. Cine aanae anaahl feline.
er SabrSeuae nuroen auF ben
5trnno getrieben uno Die 2ebenSret.
unaS Wannihaften hatten ale
odnoe noQ gu tun. Sin ernfterea
unglnd bat lih inoefien niht ereia-
rPf
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

Sn Erieit fano cine 9emon=
itration fir Die @riiuouna etner itas
ileniiden uniuerIitdt ftatt uno es
folate Elm arapall Spiihen ben qea=
nertlhen 8arteien. Die Rubeft0=
rung mar inoeB niht beoentlib.
@tma Elm Dnbeno 9eute wuroen uers
lebt. Die B0liset ibritt Elm uuo es
muroefl einiae Gerbaftun9en purge.
nOmmeIl.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

SO 1T niebr Rntsrrb in oteier 9egeno beg 9au=
oes. ais bon alien anoeren Grdnibeiten ~suianimen,
nno bis in Den lebten Sabren ealt er als unbei[bar,
8iele Sabre fang ertldrten 9ottoren ibn fir eixe 10.
tale &rantbeit uno inrieben loiale 9silmlttel Dor,
uno oa lie i'm nit dratli9er 9ebanolune 6ei&noio
t%urirten, erfldrten fe ibn fur unbeitbar. Sii
WIienl9aft bat bewieien, oaB Ratarrh cine gsgtis
tutionstrantbeit ii uno oeBbalb tontltuttonele De.
lanoiung ~erfJrotrt. 6atl's Rotarrt
8ur f%abri5irt pon 8. ). ebenee& Co.,
Soleoo, Ohio, II Die elnsise tOufltuticnede Rur in
oon 10 Sropfen big Ba einem Ebeel6fel uol eenom-
men. Sic pirt brett ani oas 8lut uno Die i&lei=
NICE Sbsrldtbe be5 5ptems. Sic bietsn einbun,
Iert Dollars Ilr jeoen 6al, ben ie 81 !urieren Der.
'ehlt; eaBt Gu4 9irculare uno 3eu9niTe tomInen
4%oreiiert:
8;S. @hsnsp& go, 9Olsbc, Cbio,
sg- gertauft DON allen 9pot6etsrn, 8reis 7f
ents bic Slai6e.
oars Tarailten y luen fino Die better.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14
@om 8riegsf@anplas.

Der ruiIiibe &rieqstorrelpons
bent DauhentOw behauptet, Dab Der
iapaniShe General 8uroti Iton am
4. OCTOBER 9efalen iei.
Die neue &rieesiteuers gorlaee,
melhe bic iapaniibe Reeieruna Dem
Borlament augeben laiien piG. ent=
h6lt unter anoerem cine @rbDbunq
Der @%infubrsDae nm $3.50, 900.
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Wir iimo nod bier

nit Der belten Iusuobl bon Bia-
NOS. Orgeln uno muiitaliifen Sn.
ftrumenten gu Breiien, tpelhe BON
feinem anoeren 6dnoler angebuten
ueroen f6nnen - mas 0ualit6t Der
Baren uno 3uoerldifiateit anbe.
lanst.
SbOs. 0Oaaau & Bros,
Ode 9sMitpns anb Mduarro : GtraBe.
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Grh6hter Meis.

SD oermnte oo6 Sic pIien. on6
So BroSent unieres Rneipen.@ biss
Gems oerfdliht it," bemerfte Der Me.
former.
n@ewiB," meinte Der 9onieru0A
tioe, uno oa8 erb6ht Die Nufreeune
uno ben &ei5 bel Der Saao auf outen
@toff."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

,,Sprp ; Jpraal;a'' (Gimer b
MmenS) antiieptiides Mittel 9eaea
8rarhtuunoen, Wunben, 6alitaMsa
lbtas ooer dbnlibe 2eioen. g. s..
Shmibt Naent. 6puifori. 1eraS.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

&eun outeS Ofenbol5. quite
Sohie Doer @etretoe qeiulnl6t pmo,
telepboniere man $50. 81.
Sunset Wood Co.
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Us neroen mebr Spfer aua
6urGt, oIs aus 2ieba Qebradt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

Wo oaS a6nnen aufb6rt. be-
ginnt aep0hnlim oer Seth.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

@orum iDa man lid Qeroe,
guSiesen hber ldlebt brennenoea
6euer. ruenn man eutes, trodenes
~Bot Dat 5ola befemlnen fam
uon Der Sunset Wood Co, Sci. 81.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1904-11-14

Sd,mnfiti6e in Sinmanter,
Obrrinee. Srohen. Irmbdnoer nit
0iomnnten beiebt, bic 9roSartigiten
md ih0nIten bel Den fDnnnnebenoen
5uuelieren WebriiOer GriBer.
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Simmer III finDen.

Sir iino INNER gu finben. I'm.
ierc 6irma dnoert fif ME. Sic mar
Sbus. @nggau & Bros.
felt OrtiBis Sabtea. ggir fibren Die
beiten 8iano's. Drseln ano oQt
mufitaliidlen Snftrumenten. bic in
Der Bett f~abriaiert peroen. unfer
Nngebot, mas Baren uno Qualitdt
anbelaugt. 1T uniibertrofen.
Sbos. @oaaaH l. gros.,
Ode Souftons & Nauarrp : Strabe,
Gtanos nnD SnidDennbren, Wei.
Acknowledgement. 9bee : Seruice.
Granddaughter. Serpierteaer, Blu.
mems aien uno uleies anoere gu rois
ionoblen Breilen bel ben leitenoen
Sumelierer
@ebrioer Griber,
304 @eit. Commerce Gtrose.
SMols SoI0nn DIetet etrien
.dnaenehraep Nufenthalt
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Sbos. @OaqaH & gros.,
Ode Sonftons & Naparrp : strabe.
Gtane. mub 81 demnhren. W2ei

Ghols' Soloun UIetet etaen
anaenehtaep Nufenthalt
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@assdst ia Flor do San lose
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
RUssIA's VAIN BOAST.

ST. Louis be-Democrat-In pro-
claiming that she will neither accept
mediation by any power now nor toler-
ate interference by any nation in the
settlement between herself and Japan
after the war ends Russia overlooks
some of the possibilities of the present
conflict and forgets some of the things
that took place just after other wars
of the recent past. 1t was Russia and
Germany which took the lead in i'm
posing upon Japan, after her victorious
contest of 1S94-1S95 with China, some
conditions which did not enter into the
preliminary agreement between the
belligerents. + Russia, in that affair, de-
prived Japan of some of the legitimate
fruits of the victory which she had
gained.
When Russia's armies in the early
days of 1878 were almost within sight
of Constantinople a British fleet passed
through the Dardanelles without ask
ing permission of the sultan, and the
cars forces were halted. Alexander
II. had forgotten that man named
Beaconsfield was at the head of the
British government. When. a few
weeks later, Alexander coerced Abdul
Aamtd into granting his terms in the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
LOVE soNNETs OF A MORMON.

Sweet are the bonds Of matrimony.
When
Ileave my daily toll and hasten home
To darling Julia, Ethel, Pearl. Sa-
Ruth. Agnes, Kittie. Bessie, Arm and
Jen,
Beatrice, iFIossie and Samantha, then
I feel as scipio did when en'tring Rome,
He viewed his lady slaves, and
scratched his dome,
Remarking. This parade is largely
hen!"
My little comforters, love you all
In fact, my heart still has some
rooms to let;
You know have been scouting since
last fall
To get quorum, and I'll do 1t yet!
You laboratory blonde, with eyes Of
Tell me, are any more at home like
you?
My own; last night sat in silent bliss
With two of you held tight in my en-
brace;
The coy corner at your fathers
Was built just right for Genevieve and
Miss
And yours sincerely. When wished e
kiss 'ssss1
didn't care; ! have no double face
If one of you had only set the pace!
But then, we Mormons soon get used to
this.
Well, anyway, fastened to propose,
And when asked of you. will you
be mine,
To share my troubles and repair my
hose?"
You hesitated not, but fell IN line.
Well, remember the ecstatic thrill
That moved me when YOU gently said
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07

Watterson and his influence in Ken
lucky and the south to the Hearst
candidacy. No doubt Mr.. Hearst saw
this before the offer was made.
Col. Watterson didn't let the allur-
ing color of the Hearst gold affect his
answer to business proposition
which might involve Joker" of that
sort. He wrote a curt refusal. When
the proposition was repeated with a
more Imposing financial consideration,
Col. Watterson grew bit testy He
didn't resort to the glowing words
which he can always string together
In attractive fashion, but he sat down
and wrote this brief message.
Dear Sir: You haven't enough mon
ey IN your family, and never will have,
TO induce me to write one line for you"
The little note answered the pur-
pose. 1t told the New York purchaser
that there was one democrat who
wasn't "in the market" 1t should fur
nish inspiration to democrats every
where to fight shy of Hearst, his mon
ey and his methods. Since declining
the Hearst dollars Col. Watterson has
written many columns in denuncia-
ton Of the Hearst candidacy. But that
little four-line expression will go on
record as the Kentucky editors most
important contribution to the present
campaign for the democratic presiden-
tial nomination. !.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07

dedicated to the coming President of
the United States.)
For glory? For good? For fortune. or
fame?
Why, no for the front where the bait
tie Is oni
Leave the rear to the dols, the lazy, the
lame
Go forward as ever the valiant have
gone;
Whether city or field, whether noun
tain or mine, rs
Go forward: go fight on the firing line.
Whether newsboy or plowboy, cowboy
or clerk,
Fight forward be ready be steady.
be first;
Be fairest. be brave se best at your
work:
Exult AND be glad; dare to hunger
to thirst,
'-2--l14A<ssid, is Alfred--let dogs slsnE,
and whine
There is Nom but for men on the firine
line.
Aye. the place to fight and the place q,
rs fall we must. in all Gods goeG
1t Is where the manifest man the wal.
Where boys are 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.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
COL. HEPBURN's KENTUCKY AN,
CESTOR.

Washington Post: Col. pete" Hep
burn, Of Iowa. who has been in the
midst of much eloquent turmoil in the
house of late, has Kentucky ancestor.
His name was Kelly. and he built the
first furnace where the first Bessemer
process for making steel was used, at
Eddyville, KY, in 1847.
His successor in the ownership of
that iron establishment" said Col.Hep-
burn the other day, produced the first
Bessemer steel,or used the first Besse-
mer process ever known to mankind
Henry Bessemer has given his name to
this commodity that now circles the
world. His name is in the mouths Of
more men than that Of any other living
man today, but yet he never made an
ounce of Bessemer steel in all his life
until he used the processes of other
men, which made his imperfect and
entirely inadequate one sufficient. The
patent for producing Bessemer steel
was given to Mr.. Kelly, Of Eddyville,
my ancestor, in 1856.
"Of Kelly's eventful career I am
proud, save one thing" said Col. Hep
burn. That old gentleman was JEFF
fersonian republican, and by his vote
contributed to the election of Thomas
Jefferson instead Of Aaron Burr"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
JAPANESE HERoJsM.

Probably the most tragic incident
IL recent years was the sinking of the
Japanese transport Kinshiu-Maru off
the Corean coast last week. AS told
IN the Geographic dispatches the ma
JorlIy OF the soldiers and crew aboard
preferred death to surrender and when
the russian cruiser blew up the trans
port with torpedo they continued to
hght until the dashing waves closed
over them, bearing them down to a
watery grave
Ihls Japanese boat was an unarm-
ored ordinary sea-going vessel 1t was
simply unfortunate enough to meet
some OF the best cruisers of the Rus
SLAMS Vladivostok squadron. There
would have been no disgrace, nor could
thelr felloW-countrymen have censured
tnem, mad they surrendered when con
SIronted by such overwhelming odds.
The admiral of the Russian forces pro-
badly acted in accordance with the
rules OF war when his offer of life and
order to surrender were disdained and
met by vigorous resistance. 1t was
unfortunate for the Russian honor that
1t became necessary, by force of cir
cumstances, to authorize the massacre
1t would surely have been pardonable
had the Russian commander allowed
the Japs to escape after they had evil
denced so great courage and disregard
for death. 1t would certainly have
been an act of mercy quite in keeping
with the fortitude of the victims. The
sinking of the Kinshiu-Maru proves
the kind of stuff that the Japanese and
russians are made of. 1t explains also
the cause Of the many victories that
have already come to Japanese arms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07
SECRETARY SHAW.

Chicago Chronicle.-The report that
President Roosevelt has selected Sec
rotary Shaw as his vice presidential
running mate must have been accepted
in all seriousness in Iowa. Nobody
scents mans promotion SO quickly
as his enemies.
A story has been extensively printed
in New York, Washington and other
cities in regard to the action of Sec
rotary Shaw when governor of Iowa in
paroling penitentiary convict, named
Frank Shercliffe, who was sentenced to
seventeen years Imprisonment in 1893
for robbing a jewelry salesman of a lot
of diamonds. Shercliffe had so much
good behavior to his credit that he had
only two more years to serve when
Governor Shaw released him on parole.
After the convict had been at liberty
for some time the governor had him
recommitted with the loss of his good
behavior credit, and he Is now in the
penintentiary serving out his term.
The improperly Of granting this pa
role is said to lie in the fact that Gov
ernor Shaw granted it at the request
of Judge Hubbard, his most intimate
personal and political friend, and con-
trary to the recommendations of the
judge who tried Shercliffe, the district
attorney who prosecuted him and w.
A. Pinkerton, who did the detective
work and made his arrest. Some in
justices is said to be done Judge Hub
bard in the story but that is another
matter.
To people living between Washing
ton and Des Moines. this Shercliffe
story appears to be a very pitiful piece
of business. If Secretary Shaw's en-
vious neighbours in -Des Moines cannot
scare up anything worse than this to
keep him from being vice president, in
case he aspires to that position, any
sincere friend would advise them to.
keep their mouths shut and take their
medicine.
Anyone who is cognizant of the tar
if controversy which has split the
Iowa republicans into two factions, a
high tariff faction headed by Secretary
Shaw and an iowa idea faction
headed by Governor Cumnins, win not
look any further for the authorship of
this Shercliffe nonsense. Some par
tisan of Governor Cummins has evil
IDENTIFY been carried away with his zeal
for republican tariff reform and done
things which perhaps his leader would
not approve of.
Secretary Shaw is by all odds the
ablest and most satisfactory secretary
of the treasury yet appointed from any
western state.
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treaty of San Stefano he overloaded
the circumstance that the settlement
might not be agreeable to Eneland
Beaconsf1eld insisted that the Whole
terms Of the Turko- Russian agreement
should be submitted to CONGRESS- Of
the powers. This body met at berlin
in the summer of that year, tore IN
the treaty Of San Stefano and gave
Russia far less agreeable terms than
those which Turkey would have been
willing to concede.
At the time, quarter of a century
ago, that Russia was overruled bv the
British premier, she was relatively a
far bigger force in European politics
than she is at this time. Under these
circumstances boasts about her eXclu-
sion of all outside nations from the
settlement which may be reached be-
tween herself and Japan at the end Of
the present war as absurd. The boasts.
moreover, are rendered especially ridi-
culous by the probability that Japan
and not Russia will dictate the terms
of the settlement, whatever they may
chance to be. ST. Petersburg's voice in
the agreement stands a chance to be
far less potent in the peace treaty than
the voice of Toxic.