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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-04

heroic female figure, representing the
Spirit of the Twentieth Century in the
person Of the City of st. Louis. She
is unfolding an endless scroll on which
are the significant dates 1902 and
1904" and on either side of her
emerging from the body of the pedes-
tai. are two ideal youths, Genius, with
outstretched fingers, guiding her and
Inspiration whispering to her.
The idea evolved is, in way, the
dream of the Middle Ages come true
embodying the spirit that found and
acquired America and woke the ives.
tern continent to undreamed of glor-
les.
The folder shows large. beautiful
reproduction of the main feature of the
fair, The Cascades and Festival Hail.
This is faithful reproduction in col
ors of a celebrated oil painting.
Other features of the folder are a
new and correct map Of st. Louis
showing principal places of interest
street car facilities, location of Worlds
Fair grounds, ETC., in four colors. The
ground plan of the Worlds Fair is
comprehensive and indexed, showing
location of every building, places OF
amusement, refreshment stands
booths, route Of intramural road, la.
goons, street car entrances, shuttle
trains, depot = in fact, every detail
in a working drawing that is in the
twelve hundred and forty-two acres OF
the fair. This folder can be obtained
free of cost by addressing, H. G. Town
send, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-04
THE IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Publish an Interesting Louisiana Pur-
chase EXPOSITION Folder.

SIiaoS INPOSIliOtt Sl6Vls
Avoiding the usual lines followed in
preparing railway folder, the Missou-
ri Pacific - Iron Mountain System,
sends out and epitome of art and liter
allure, representative of the st. Louis
Worlds Fair. In the company's usu-
al map and timetable folders will be
found full information regarding time,
equipment. facilities and routes of
travel via the great Southwest Sys-
TEN, but in this supplementary folder
it is attempted to give a succinct &C
count of the leading features of the
fair. legible and comprehensive map
of the grounds and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
a correct bird's-eye view OF the great
show, together with representations Of
few of the architectural and sculptu-
raj features. the latter being SO num-
erous that any description finds its
greatest difficulty in a veritable en-
barrassment Of riches.
On one title page, under the heading
Iron Mountain Route is given the
subject, The Apotheosis of St. Louis
a colossal equestrian statue of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, where
in that Knight of the Crusades. ST.
Louis, is taken for the central figure
and made the subject of a composition
that unites many diversifying figures
in picturesque ensemble.
Onw the other title page Is a seated
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-04
GIRLS B ACK W AR D.
SMALL NUMBER OF MARRIAGE
LICENSES ISSUED DURING
THE MONTH OF MAY.
ottumWa Femininity Declines to Ac.
cept Added Privileges Which Leap
Year offers-county Clerk H. W..
Michael Issues &c Certificates.

Get busy, girls, you know the coun-
try needs the money and further, the
year OF 1904 is the last for some time
IN which you are privileged to enjoy
(distaste, perhaps would be more cor
recD the prerogative of having your
choice OF the ruder article. Many a
bashful youngster is anxiously await
ing the crucial moment when you will
pop the question, so again, girls, get
busy.
The month of May, with it's full thir-
ty-ene days, has passed and the mar
riage license record in the Office Of
County Clerk H. w. Michael accounts
for only the small number of twenty
six certificates sold. This number is
frightfully small, and indeed it must
be rather disheartening to the ever la
borious Daniel and his love essenced
arrow.
Clerk Michael is hopeful of better
business this month, which is proven
bal the month of brides.
Beware of Ottumwa's femininity, she
who hesitates is lost.
List Of Licenses.
The following is list of marriage
licenses issued during the month of
May and the date upon which the issu-
ance occurred:
May Isaac T. w. B. Brewer and
Miss Nellie Bell Richardson.
May 3-John @. Hartman and Miss
Ida Medley.
E. A. Bartlett and Miss Bertha M.
Berry 90
Fred Tore and Miss Ella Reliford.
VIM. G. Yeager and Miss Dora E.
Fisher.
May 5-John Powelson and Miss Ar
minda Armstrong.
May CHARLES Argenbright and
Miss Stella Shettlefeld.
May 1O-Thomas Crane and Miss
Margaret Mcintosh.
May 11-David P. Jones and Mrs.
Sarah ]. Jones.
Harry Latta and Miss Mabel O'Bry-
ant.
Andrew ]. Wind and Miss Ida Mae
Ward
Kline Gross and Miss Myrtle Hobbs.
Charles Erwin Merringer and Miss
Bertha Bell Hobbs.
Benjamin Badgley and Mrs. Emma
Rodgers.
Mdy 1T Ieu VI. 1suPSiI anu NAioo
Alice May Johnson.
May is Charles F. Pember and
Mrs. Mollie E. Vedder.
Claude G.. Fisher and Miss Violet
May Mcdonald.
May 19--Edward 1. Jones and Miss
Roxie M. Shaffer.
May 21-Johni4 H. Farnsworth and
Mrs. Fannie M. Walker.
May 23-Henry A. Nenman and
Miss Mary Agnes Lanning.
Hugh E. Abbott and Miss Eva Bass
May 24-Herbert Willard and Miss
Bessie Sales.
May 25-Elias F. Machmer and Mrs
Amanda E. Fullerton.
May 27-George A. Pickerall and
Miss Charlotte T. Robinson.
May 31-Weaver West Ninemires
and Miss Edith Foster.
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MAY A GOOD MONTH.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH ACCORDING TO
OBSERVATION WAS 62.5.
Clear, Fair and Cloudy Days Were
About Equally divided - Highest
Temperature Recorded Was 81 II
Lowest Was az.

May was not such bad month &C
cording to the report of the local Unit
ed States weather observer Cloudy,
fair and clear days were about as even
.ly divided as would have been possible
without running into fractions. The
advantage was with the clear days for
there are said to have been eleven of
them with ten each of the fair and
cloudy. The amount of the precipita-
ton for the month was nothing to be
compared with the same month one
year ago. Three and nine hundredths
was the total water fall this year
The warmest day of the month was
May %, when the mercury went soar
ing up to the ninety mark Eighty-sev-
en- was the exact point registered.
There were number of eighties in the
list The coolest day was May 10
when the average for the day was 40.
The average temperature on May 90
was "a. The average temperature for
the month was 62.5.
The detailed daily temperature for
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WHERE is HER HEART?
Has Miss Alice Roosevelt Fallen in
Love at ST. Louis?

Has Miss Alice Roosevelt Fallen in
Love at ST. Louis?
st. Louis, June l. - Has some one
in ST Louis stolen Alice Roosevelt's
heart? All the power of an X-ray ma
chine in the German section of the
Educational building at the Worlds
Fair has failed to reveal it.
The machine showed that the other
mebers of Miss Roosevelts party
had hearts. 1t was most successful
experiment, save in the case CT Miss
Roosevelt.
Fails to Locate Her Heart.
If the Presidents daughter has a
heart the X-ray machine can't locate
it. Three thorough tests failed
1t was joke that Miss Roosevelt
enjoyed as much as any member of
the party, but withal it is a joke that
can't be explained The fact is, that
the X-ray machine was unable to pro-
duce results and the time of the Roose-
welt party was taken chiefly thereafter
in speculation as to who is the fortu-
nate man
Miss Roosevelt Kept Very Busy.
From early morning until late last
night the life of Miss Roosevelt was a
round of the greatest activity.
At the Boer war exhibit she per-
mitted herself to be photographed
seated between Generals Cronje and
Viljoen.
Announcement was made by the ex-
position management last night that
the winners of the A. A. U. senior
national ho mir cb nj n
game contests at the Stadium Satur-
day will receive their medals from the
hands Of Miss Roosevelt
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OBITUARY.

oOOoOoOoooOooooC 100000
Martha Elizabeth Hall, wife of ia
cob G.. Albright, was born in Wapello
county, Iowa, August II, 1849, and died
at her home in Liberty township, May
"a, 1904, aged 50 years 9 months and
10 days. She was married to Jacob G.
Albright Aug. 6, 1875. To this union
one son was born. Hubert, who with
his father, still survive.
Mrs. Albright protested conversion
about twenty years ag~ at a meeting
held at Bethel by Rev. A. w. Haines
and united with the Methodist Episco-
pal church. The deceased has been in
very feeble health for a number Of
years but her last severe illness lasted
but few days She leaves a husband
and son and number of relatives and
friends to mourn her departure.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. c. Springer at Bethel church
and she was laid to rest in the Bethel
| cemetery.
Rebecca Todd Milford was born in
Detroit, Mich, Nov 6, 1884. and died
Nav 20, 1904 at her sons residence in
Dertoit. She was the daughter of
William Todd, merchant tailor and
Sarah Todd. She was united in mar
riage with Nelson milford. July A,
1851. Two children were born to them,
Sarah Ada and George Mahen. Her
husband was killed in the civil war in
July, 1863. She is survived by her two
children, Mrs. Emil Fecht of Ottumwa
and George NJ, of Detroit. One sister
Mrs. Mary Godfrey. three grandchil-
dren and one great grandchild. She
resided in Detroit all of her life except
| most of the past twelve years
which We're spent in Ottumwa
with her daughter. She was
| held in high esteem by a large circle
of friends. She united with the church
at the age of 15 and was always con-
| sistent and devoted Christian, being at
the time of her death a member of the
Congregational church here. She had
been failing in health for the past
| three years and during her last illness
she won the loving sympathy of all
who knew her by her patience and
| Christian bearing. Her loved ones
| mourn the loss of a faithful and de-
voted friend and mother.
A Friend
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DOWN THE RIVER ON ARAFT.
Man Descending Mississippi on Fragile
Craft Has His Troubles.

Davenport, June Jesse Bebont,
man from up the river, who is riding
to the st. Louis worlds fair on a raft
made of three railroad ties lis having
varied experience hereabouts. At
Moline, he lodged inside the wingdam
and was arrested. His paddle is a
piece of fenceboard He says he eX-
poets to put his craft on exhibition at
the fair when he reaches ST. Louis.
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"MY MA, SHE KNOWS

My pa, he scolds me jes becuz
He says I'm gettin' tough"
He says my face is never clean,
May hands are always rough;
I'm not behavin like l should
An goin' wrong, l s'pose
But ma, she takes an pats my hand
An smiles becuz she knows.
My pa haint got no use for boys,
He wants 'em always men;
/ wonder if he's clean forgot
The boy he must a been;
Fer ma, she says they're all alike,
Bout face, an hands. an clothes,
An says I'll learn to be "a man;
An ma, l guess she knows.
MY pa, he says l amt no good
At dom anything;
I'd rather fool away the time
An whistle, play an sing;
But ma, she smiles an says I'm young
An then she up and goes
An kisses me and shows me how!
For ma, you bet she knows!
My pa says I'll never be
A business man like him,
Becuz l amt got any drive"
An "get up" pluck an VIM
But ma, she says, so solemn like,
Amans a boySthat grows,
A mans boy that grows.
An mas a trump, an knows!
My pa, he shakes his head an signs
An says he doesn't see
Where 1 got all my careless ways,
That seem jes' born in me;
An ma, she laughs, an laughs, an
laughs,
Till pas face crimson grows,
An then she says. Ills very queer
But, somehow, ma, she knows!
My ma, she knows most everything
Bout boys and what they like.
She's never scoldin' bout the muss
I make with kites and bike;
She says she wants me to be good
An conquer all my foes.
An you jes bet Pm goin' to be,
Cuz my sweet ma. she knows!
Detroit Journal.
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zeal Estate Transfers.
Real estate transfers furnished b.
& Co.. real estate agents

Real estate transfers FURNISHED By
Lowenberg & Co., real estate agents
i17 South Court street
Weaver Isaac to Agnes o. and Mary
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west u section q, 70, 10. s224.
leighton, A. c. and wife to John
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u, section $; part west =, southwest
"a, southeast 4 section s; part north
west a. northeast a. section II, al, in
1913. $1125.
Wallace W;oodson to l.. II. Dutra.
lot 8, Foster and Chambers add OF
tumwa, 200.
Doherty, Bridget and husband John
TO Teresa Graham. part lot 20, ok
wick add Ottumwa. $1,000.
Donerty. Bridget and husband John
to Geo Dohert%, GO. c. Do. lot %,
Pickwick add; lot l, Richard add OF
tumwa, $1,000.
Huffman. Ellis ctal 10 W. j. Bayliss,
lots | and Hayne add, Ottumwa,
$1,000.
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FUNERAL OF JOHN PELHAM.
Services Conducted From the kirl
vile Methodist Church.

rom WPunPSunN s Daily.
The funeral services of the late
John l.. Pelham, of Kirkville, who COM
mitted suicide Monday morning by
shooting himself through the head
with a revolver. were conducted from
the Methodist church at Kirkville this
afternoon at o'clock. Rev. d. F.
Stiles officiating Interment was made
in the Kirkville cemetery.
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There is nothing that is too true, but
there is much that is too had.
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The Methodist girl is SO sinful she
permits her eyes TO dance.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-16

ain feels it absolutely essential to her
world that the neutrality of China shall
be observed by the two belligerents.
Great Britain will make earnest efforts
to secure this result.
In connection with the Knight Com
mander case the British Government
will instruct ambassador Hardinge
that it cannot admit the contention
that the steamship was rightfully
sunk, and will insist that there was no
justification in international law for her
destruction. The British note will be
cOuched in the most conciliatOry tone
and it is fully expected in Cabinet cir
cles that the question will be adjusted
by Russia paying an adequate indem-
nifty.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15.-To-
days issue of the NOvoe Vremya COM
ments ironically upon a telegram from
Washington saying the United States
is unable to do more than lend moral
support in preserving the neutrality of
China. The paper declares that. after
having been the first to avow deter
minatiOn to guarantee China's neutral
integrity, now that there is necessity
of action, in connection with the Rye
shitelni affair at Chefu. all the Ameri-
can promises "evaporate and are found
to have been made up of nothing but
mere words"
CHEFU, Aug. 15.-It is reported
here from Port Dalny that in the cap
ture in this port of the Russian torpedo
boat destroyer Ryeshitelni the Jap
anese lost ore petty officer killed. four
men seriously and nine men slightly
wounded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-16
SAYS SLAV
SHIP SANK
Admiral Togo Re-
ports Probable
Loss of Pallada
Kanimura Details
Fight With Via
divostok Fleet
are now being pur-

TOXIC, Aug. 16.-Admiral Togo re-
ports that 1t appears certain that a
vessel of the type of the protected
cruiser Pallada was torpedoed and
sunk in the engagement OF August 10.
Admiral Kamimura, In his detailed
report of last Sundays victory over the
Vladivostok squadron, says:
'At dawn on Sunday morning the
armored cruisers Idzumo, Captain lii
chi; the Adzuma, Captain FULL; the
Tokiwa, Captain Yoshimatsu, and the
Iwate, Captain Taketomi. while en-
gagged in a search off Ulsan, Korea,
discovered three of the VladivostOk
squadron steaming southwark. Seeing
us, the enemy epdeavored to flee north
ward. We Immediately closed their re-
treat.
THE enga cement opened at 5:2S a.
m. The Rurik, being the slowest Of
the enemy's vessels, was constantly
left behind and she formed a target for
our incessant fire. The Rossia and the
Gromoboi gallantly attempted several
times to protect the Rurik. They fire.
quently returned to the Rurik and
when united the three advanced to-
gether. Our fleet thus had the advan-
tage, pouring it's fire from a forma-
ton in the shape of the letter T. The
enemy's ships were seen to be on fire
several times, showing thereby that
they were heavily damaged.
"The Rurik was finally disabled and
her fire weakened. She began lower
ing in the water, listing to port. The
Rossia and Gromoboi finally aban-
dOned the Rurik.
Just then our fourth detachment
consisting of the protected cruisers
Naniwa, Captain Wada, and the Ia
kashiho Captain Mori. arrived and at
tackled the Rurik while our squadron
pursued the ROssia and GrOmObOi.
Severe fighting continued for five
hours. The Rossia and Gromoboi
escaped to the northward at full speed.
"At 1918 a. m. our squadron
changed it's course to starbOard and
went south in search of the Rurik. In
the meantime the Rurik had been sunk.
Our ships steamed over the locality
and succeeded in saving 500 members
of the Ruriks crew. Our damage was
not serious. The spirit of our men was
excellent"
Admiral Kamimura was on the ID
zumO and Vice Admiral Uriu COM
manded the fourth detachment.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-16
STRENGTH OF BALTIC FLEET.
War Vessels That the Gar Has Or
dered to Oriental Waters.

Following right on the heels of the
several naval enga gements in Far East
ern waters, reports of which yet leave
doubt as to the fate or fighting eff
cheney of several of the best ships of
the Pacific division of his lately proud
navy, Car Nicholas has given the Or
der for the Baltic fleet to sail for the
scene of action. 1t is, perhaps, with
the hope of retrieving lost ground and
fallen prestige; but only in trusting to
remote chances Of war can this ac-
tion, based on such a hope, be justified.
With three or four exceptions as to
the larger fighting vessels now about
to depart from the Baltic, the flower
of Russias navy was already in the
Orient. 1t has already met the enemy
in several conflicts and sustained hon
orable defeat. with serious loss, If not
practical humiliation.
Chance of war and elements NAV.
however, yet favor the effort, and even
the prolonged uncertainty of the final
outcome, as affecting the supplies of
food and war materials for her enemy,
will count for Russia in the immediate
future and the yet undated end of the
great struggle.
Just what vessels will actually con-
tNANNNN NAAN 1DS1ANAS llNCl INV dUOul W
sail is nearly as much of an uncer-
tainty as what vessels are available of
the fine fleet that was on the scene
at the beginning of the war.
The fleet sails in two divisions, with
Rear Admiral Razhdestvinsky in chief
command. 1t consists of two divisions
--battleship and cruiser-with smaller
vessels, colliers and torpedo craft ap-
portioned to each.
Rear Admiral Enkvist is in COM
mand Of the cruiser division, which is
expected to sail first, and Rear Ad-
miral Won Felkersan of the battleship
division.
The battleship Imperator Alexander
III is by far the most powerful vessel
of the squadron and is one of Russia s
newest ships. She belongs to the Boro-
dino class and was launched on the
Neva in August. 1901, and is of 1856
tons displacement. She was designed
for IS knots speed, with IL, 800 indicated
horsepower and coal capacity of 1850
tons, equal to $500 miles, steaming at
10 knots, or 5000 miles at full speed.
The Alexander III is a twin screw
battleship, 397 feet over all, of 76 feet
beam and 26 feet draught, which would
give 20 trouble in getting through the
Suez Canal. She has a complete belt
of Krupp steel, four inches thick at
each end and nine inches thick amid
ships, with protective deck and splin-
ter deck and Krupp steel bulkheads.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-16

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15.-The
cruiser division Of the Baltic squadron
has received sailing orders. Some of
the vessels have already left Kronstadt
and others, including the Oleg, will
leave in few days The division may
go around the Cape of Good Hope.
where it viii meet Golfers.
The battleshiD division is awaiting
the completion of the repairs to the
Orel, and is not likely to start for a
week or fortnight.
Orders have been issued that all tor
pedo-boats and destroyers of the sec
ond division shall be coaled to full ca
pacity. The boats are to await further
orders in the small roadstead at Kron-
stadt. Shore liberty on all vessels has
been curtailed after sunset.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-16

She has four 12-inch guns (firing 100
pound shells) in her main turrets,
which are protected by 11-inch armor,
ahd twelve 6-inch quick-firers in pairs
in secondary turrets of 6-inch steel on
the bow, beam and quarter. Besides
these there are on board twenty T.
FOUNDER quickfirers in casemates.
twenty 3-pounders and eight 1-poun-
ders, with six torpedo tubes. The Alex
ander IITs complement number TAO
and her broadside weight of metal is
1915 pounds Captain Bukhvostoff
commands the Imperator Alexander
III.
The Oslabya is a new frst-class bat
tleship, launched at the new Admiralty
yard st. Petersburg, on November s,
1898. She is a sister ship to the Pol
tava and Peresviet (bOth at Port Ar
thur, and is of 1854 tons displace-
ment and 1850 horsepower, designed
to give her IS knots speed.
The Sissoi Veliky (Sissoi the Great)
is an old ship and of another type. She
is ten years old, having been launched
in June. 1894 She is a second-class
battleship of $3.50 tons.
The Navarin goes back farther still
in date and is as a fighting craft con-
sderably slower and weaker She was
launched as long ago as 1891 and is of
$500 tons displacement and 5000 horse
power, with a highest possible speed Of
Is knots. The Navarin carries six tor
pedo tubes. She is manned by $50 Of
ficers and men.
The Boridino, Kniaz Suvaroff and
Slava. the first of the same class as
the Imperator Alexander III, will
doubtless sail also
The Aurora is a first-class protected
cruiser, built in 1900, of $500 tons and
20 knots speed, mounting eight 6-inch.
twenty-five 3-inch and eight smaller
quickfirers and fitted with four torpedo
tubes. She is a sister ship of the Diana
and Pallada.
The Svietlana is a small twin screw
protected cruiser of 1923 tons displace-
ment, built at Havre in 1896. Her coal
capacity is 1000 tons. equal to 1000
miles at ten knots. For protection she
has only deck armor of Creusot steel,
from to IL inches thick.
The Admiral Nakhimoff is an ar
mored cruiser Of 1882 tons She goes
back to 1885 for the date of her launch
The Dmitri Donskoi was originally
one of the Admiral Virenius' squadron.
She is one of the earlier Russian cruis-
ers, built under the great naval pro-
gramme that Russia initiated after the
Berlin Congress. The Dmitri DonskOi
launched in 1888. is a ship of 5000 tons.
The Almaz is really dispatch YES
sci, or an exceptionally armed emer-
gency Cruiser. Her displacement is
$3.50 tons and engine power $4,000 Gn-
dicated), giving her % knots at full
speed
other cruisers not yet named will
probably be with this division.
Besides these principal vessels there
are a number Of smaller ones, whose
names and number are as yet not
known generally A rendezvous for
the whole fleet has doubtless been
selected already, in near approach to
the war zone, where coal and provi-
sions will be in waiting to recuperate
the men and put the vessels in good
condition for the inevitable conflict
that awaits them.