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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
TOO NEAR AND YET TOO FAR.
EddyviIle Does Not Like Proposed
Route of Projected Railroad.

ga little too far and yet too near" is
the complaint raised by an Eddyville
paper against the route proposed for a
projected railroad called the Chicago,
Ottumwa & Western. Just what this
road is no one in Ottumwa seems to
have any knowledge. The Eddyville
paper has the following concerning it.:
"a. A. McGarry of 1ndianola, who is
securing the right of way for the Chi
cago, Ottumwa & Western Ry, was
here Tuesday and Wednesday in the
interest of his company. He informs us
that radical change is contemplated
by the company in their survey
through the section northwest of Ed
dyville.
"The intention of the company is
now to follow the original survey to
Bridgeport turning west at Grays
Creek and then passing through Bux-
ton Mr. McGarry believes this would
be valuable feature for Eddyville. The
nearest point that the road would be to
Eddyville would be at Bridgeport
which we believe is a little too near
and little too far to be desirable &C
QUESTION to our railroad interests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
IOWA EX-SENATOR swlNDLED.
Buys Forged Deed to Farm for $4,000
From STRANGERS.

Muscatine, Feb. 20-A farmers
voice at the other end of rural tele-
phone yesterday afternoon notified ex-
Senator George M. Titus of this city
that he had been swindled out of $4,000
an hour before. The money was OBJ
tanned by means of forged deed which
he bought from two strangers. The
man at the telephone was the owner
of the farm. who shouted over the wire
that he had not sold the farm, and did
not intend to- The swindlers are be-
lieyed to be the men who worked a
similar game at Council Bluffs. Clinton
and Marshalltown within the last 80
days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
DEATH
AGED MINER is KILLED AT SUN.
SHINE MINE NEAR SEYMOUR.

Seymour, Feb. 22.-(Special.) Crush
ed to the earth by large chunk of
coal which fell from the tipple at the
Sunshine mine. John Quinn, an aged
miner, received injuries Saturday
from the effects Of which he died.
The coal struck Mr.. Quinn in the back,
breaking his spine and causing severe
internal inquiries. The deceased was
about 65 years Of age. So far as 10
known he has no living relatives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
MACCABEES TO MEET
CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN DIES MONIES
RECEIVED IN CITY.

The official cali for the state conven-
ton to be held at Des Moines April
Ia for the purpose of electing two rep
resentatives from the state of Iowa to
the supreme tent has been received by
the Knights of the Maccabees in this
city. The supreme tent will meet in
Port Huron, Mich, during the latter
part of June or the early part of July.
F. T. Lynch of this city, is candi-
date for the honor of representing the
state in the supreme tent. For the
past few years the representatives
have come from the Missouri river
side of the state and the eastern half
of the state feels that it is entitled to
recognition. especially Ottumwa,
which has one of the strongest tents
in the state. there being only four in
Iowa that exceeds it in point of num-
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
OPPOSE NAVAL INCREASE.
Democrats Align Themselves Against
Program for Increase.

Washington, D. c.. Feb, 20. = With
their characteristic facility for getting
on the wrong side of the fence, the
democratic party in congress has
aligned itself in opposition to the popu-
lar side of the naval appropriation
question. Though the country is gen.
orally aroused to the necessity for en-
larging the present navy of the United
States the democrats, in response to
the. lead of Senator German, prompt
ly opposed the measure when taken
up in the house yesterday afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
cossAck AND JAPANESE RECON.
NolTERlNe PARTIES CLASH
NEAR PORT ARTHUR.
THE RAILROAD is OPEN
Russian Troops Being Transported to
Points Of Observation-Disclosures Pr
rates Play Havoc With coastins
Trade.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 20. - A Port
Arthur dispatch today says that the
FIRST land encounter occurred yester-
day.A picket of the Cossacks attacked
small detachment of Japanese
troops on Corean territory. The Cos
sacks captured some Japanese prison
ers. on whom they found maps and pa
pers. 80. s.
General Engagement Not Expected.
The collision was presumably be-
tween the accommodating parties. A
general engag cement is not anticipated
Immediately.
At Port Arthur a dispatch to DR..
Patch says that the Japanese fleet was
observed, February is, cruising of
that port. Reports from northern Co.
rea says the Coreans are showing a
decidedly friendly attitude to the Rus
SLAMS.
Railway is Open.
The Manchurian railroad is open
and is conveying troops without diff
ficulty to the various points of concen-
tration
Pirates Strike coastins Trade.
Native reports say the Chinese pi-
rates, since the outbreak of hostilities
have been displaying such activity in
eastern Asiatic waters as almost to
paralyze the coasting trade.
Russians Not Drowned.
With reference to the sensational
stories of disaster to Russian troops at
Lake Baikal, zone report saying three
regiments were drowned while at
tempting to cross the ice covered
lake." it is explained that the Trans
Baikal line, was blocked at Baikal sta
ton during the night of February Is
by an avalanche of snow which fell
from a neighboring mountain.
Train Hits Obstruction.
The train having the troops on board
dashed into the obstruction. The loco
motive was derailed, one soldier was
killed and five severely and fourteen
slightly hurt Traffic was expected to
be resumed the following day.
Civilians Leave Port Arthur.
Adyices from Port Arthur today say
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
Nav Be Russian Warships.

Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This is due
to the disease being SO insidious that
it gets a good hold on the system be-
fore it is recognized. Foley's Kidney
Cure will prevent the development OF
this fatal disease if taken in time. For
sale by Elliott, Main and Court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
BANK BILL is PASSED
Iowa Savings Bank May Loan Money on
Real Estate Outside of Iowa.


20(speai)Th the
bill under
bill providing
prevent
*portan I
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
The Worst Cold.

Is quickly cured by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t acts on natures
plan, relieves the lungs, aids expecto-
ration, opens the secretions, allays the
cough and effects a speedy and perma-
nent cure. Thousands have testified
to it's superior excellence. For sale
by all druggists.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
May Enter Army.

g.
According to the terms of the impe-
rial order just issued political suspects,
under police surveillance, are permit
ted to enter the army in the field as
privates after which ministers of the
interior and the justice can order the
withdrawal of police supervision over
such persons.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 20. - Major
General Pflug, chief of staff of Viceroy
Alexieff telegraphed from Port Arthur
today as follows:
"The situation at Port Arthur is I'M
changed. Sotnia of the Cossacks in
marching from Wiju captured jap
anese Major Tatsaru with five soldiers
and two civilians.
Reports regarding the enemy are
generally contradictory and scarce. 1t
is confirmed that the troops Of Yuan
Shat Ilai commander in chief of the
Chinese army. are being dispatched to
Tsin Chou and Kupantze. All quiet
in Manchuria."
Removes Censorship.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 20. - Rus
STA has formally acceded to the propo-
sition set forth in the note issued re-
Gently by Secretary Hay, recognizing
the neutrality of all the Chinese en-
pire .outside of Manchuria. Russia's
answer was transmitted to Secretary
Hay yesterday and the administration
now regards the policy to restrict the
theatre of war as endorsed by the
world.
May Be Russian Warships.
Island of Perrin, Red Sea, Feb. 90
A squadron of warships passed here at
midnight bound for Suez. 1t is be-
llieyed to be the Russian squadron re-
Gently at Jibutil in French Somaliland.
Japanese Loan.
Toxic, Feb. 20.-The national loan
already has been twice covered.
Empress Received Audience.
Pekin, Feb. 20.-A diplomatic body
was received in audience by the dowa.
ger empress today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23

A neglected cough or cold may lead
to serious bronchial or lung troubles.
Don't take chances when Foley's Hon
ey and Tar affords perfect security
from serious effects of cold. For
sale by Elliott, Main and Court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
TRAMP HAS RIGHTe.
So Says Iowa Supreme court-Must
Be Respected.

Des Moines, Feb. 22.-The Iowa SUI
preme court Saturday decided that a
tramp has rights which trainmen must
respect, affirming the decision of the
lower court in which Joseph Johnson
secured judgment for injuries sus-
tanned by reason of forceful election
from moving train.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
ONE KILLED AND SIX INJURED.
Head-on Collision on Pennsylvania
Pad IL Ind;,n, Peeul+e Eo+.IIv

Road in Indiana Results Fatally.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Feb. 20. - One
killed and six injured is the result of
wreck of a Pennsylvania passenger
train at Hobart, Ind, early today. The
passenger train which left Chicago at
midnight collided head-on with a
freight train. Charles Strayer bag
gagemaster was killed. Passengers
E. G. Weisenberger and G. F. Hav-
erin, Fireman S. A. Under of Fort
Wayne. Mail Clerks Bricker, Bowers,
and Thomas were severely injured.
The injured were taken to Chicago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
TWO CARS OF DYNAMITE BLOW
UP IN COLLISION SCATTER
ING DEATH IN WAKE.
DISASTER NEAR OGDEN
Twenty-Five Meet Death and Others
Seriously Injured - Explosion At
Powder Mills in New Jersey Causes
Death of Three.

Ogden, Utah, Feb. 2O.-An explosion
of two cars of dynamite as the result
of a collision between two freight
trains yesterday afternoon near Jack
son caused the death of twenty-five
persons, the injury of several others
and the destruction of large amount
of property The collision occurred on
the Ogden-Lucien cutoff of the South
ern Pacific between water train and
the work train hauling the two big
cars of dynamite. Five locomotives
were reduced to scrap iron and the big
steam shovel at Jackson was demol.
ished.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23

that all women and children and most
of the male civilians have left that
place and that practically only the gar
rison remains.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23

The compensation for being bad is
in being good.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
Basis Of Representation.

Each chartered tent and each tent
entitled to a charter February l, 1904,
having not fewer than twenty mem
bers, will be entitled to elect one rep
resentative and one alternate and
such representative will have as many
voices on the roll call or ballot as
there are life members in good finan-
cial standing in his tent February 1,
1904. The Ottumwa tent will be en-
titled to 405 votes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
The Dead.

The dead are:
T. w. Burke, section foreman.
MIST. w. Burke and three children.
]. w. Burke, former general foreman
w. L. Holler, messenger, formerly
of Andrews. Ind.
Owen Dermody, conductor, formerly
Of Beaver Dam, Wis.
Seventeen Greek laborerG
The Injured.
The injured are:
Engineer LENA.
Conductor Courtney.
Engineer Stanton.
Operator Taylor and wife.
Ten Greek laborers.
All were seriously hurt.
Three Killed at Paterson, N. j.
Paterson, N. j., Feb. 20.-An explo-
sion at the Latin and Rand powder
mills at Wayne near here today caused
the death of three men. About thirty
five other employees were more or less
seriously injured The bodies of A,
Jackson and James Weir were blown
to pieces. Inc cause of the explosion
is unknown. Its force was felt iM
Newark ana other nearby towns.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
Election Wednesday.

The call states that the election of
representatives and alternates should
lbe held at the first review of the tent
after receiving this notice. At the re-
view of the Ottumwa tent next We'd
nesday night, a representative will be
selected. F. T. Lynch is mentioned
prominently for the honor and his
candidacy is regarded very favorably
by the members of the tent.
Other Candidates.
Other candidates mentioned for the
honor Of state representative are j. f.
Rail of Cedar Rapids, R. E. Cook of
Red Oak and ]. M. Emerins of Des
Moines, the state commander.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23

Wisdom is beyond the reach of the
man who does not know his own mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Flights of the Albatross.
From the Ottawa Free Press.

FROM the Ottawa Free Press
OF all the strange creatures seen bv trav-
eiers not the least interesting is the war;
derlng albatross This great, feathe-ed
wanderer sometimes measuring seventeen
rect from tip to tip of his wings, Will fol-
low ship for days at time Some tray-
eiers and sailors declare that they have
seen a particular bird fly for weeks at a
time without resting. The albatross has al
ways been bird of mystery, and in an
Client times the people believed that these
unwearying seabirds were the companions
OF the Greek warrior Diomedes, who were
said to have been changed into birds at thu,
death of their chief
Ihough the superstition about the killing
or an albatross bringing bad luck is only 8.
Iool1sh one. II has served a useful purpose
Tor many years In preventing the slaughter
OF THESE beautiful and gallant birds-the
sailors friends and the iandsmen's wonder
Up in dreary Kamstchatka that outlying
part or Siberia which cuts into the North
racine, the natives, never having heard of
tne superstition about the albatross catch
MN and eat him But his flesh makes such
poor food that, ter ALL the legend NAV be
SAID to hold goot. for he is indeed in bad
luck VINO has to make a meal of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
The Electric Winch.
From the New York Sun

FROM the New York Sun
When underground conduits for electric
wires were first put down the wires were
drawn through them by means of a wind
lass manned by laborers. Nowadays they
use electric winches. These are installed on
the great electric trucks used In carrying
the wire cables and tools. The newest of
these giant trucks is twenty-cne feet long
and seven feet wide, and ii weighs tons, a
heavy load to move in itself. but the storage
battery 1t carries contains stored up power
sufficient to move II and its load of tons
added and also to operate its winches.
The electric winch is set in this truck at
its forward end, and it doesn't take up
very great amount of room. In pulling a
new electric wire cable through a conduit
or pulling an old cable out the big truck is
first backed up to the manhole, and then
the rope attached to the cable is brought
up to the barrel of the winch at the trucks
forward end. When they are all ready to
haul the man tending the winch takes three
or four turns of the rope around the bar
rel of the winch and another man takes
the free end of the rope leading from the
winch, and keeps that taut to make the
turns bind on the barrel, and then, instead
of four men getting to work turning on
cranks the winch man turns switch.
which is in appearance not unlike hand
on the face of a clock, and turns the
power into the motor, and the snug little
apparatus that is set in operation by the
power Of finger begins to pull and to pull
irr ssistibly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
The Bracer.
From American Medicine.

From American Medicine.
1.-The bracer" is the name popularity given
to a so-called patent, that is, not patent,
but very secret connection, sold at soda
water" fountains by the nostrum drug
stores. In some towns or small cities, and
in some parts of our country, it is said that
practically every one has this form OF the
drug habit, for such it is. Narcomia is be-
ing extended by this means, to an extent
that Is frightful. CLERKS and office men
are hardly able to go to their work until
they have had four or five glasses of these
secret drugs and the iaboring population is
almost as bad" The attention of the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union (Which
thinks the medical profession responsible
for alcoholism and drug habits is respect
fully called to this atrocious abuse. Sa-
looms also help in the degrading horror of
the liquors sold. All true temperance peo-
pie will unite with the medical profession to
check this abuse. Women's civic improve
ment clubs and leagues might well devote
some of their energies to getting good laws
passed and in getting bad men to execute
Them If they would set about it, the wom-
en- could outroot this and many similar
evils Possibly no new laws are needed, and
that only scientific analyses of these drug
ged drinks should be made in thorough
going way, followed by prosecutions of the
criminal manufacturers and sellers, follow
ed by falling the wretches who thus defy
every demand of law, medicine and health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
THE WORLD. CAPITAL.
New York City to Become ths5Financial
and Commercial Center.

From the Kansas City Journal.
1t takes ages to change the commercial
and financial center of the world. When
only long after it has ceased to be the most
convenient place for the greatest number of
people. There have been but a compare
lively few such centers in the history of
commerce. For centuries their location was
on the Mediterranean sea or its tributaries.
Carthage, Rome, Constantinople, Vienna,
followed one another at long intervals. With
the growth of the Anglo-Saxon and Ger
manic races and the development of ocean
traffic the location shifted to northern
Europe. Then came Bruges, Antwerp. Am
sterdam and finally London, where 1t still
remains.
But the signs of the times now point to
another change. The United States holds
One-fourth of the worlds stock of gold and
controls over one-third of the worlds bank
Ing power. In round figures the worlds sup
ply of gold is s.. SOC. 300 900. OF this the
United States holds 81 800, 4O0,OtO. The
$50, COS, 100000 OF this $13,S26 100000 be-
longs to the United States. During the last
decade the United States has gained 16S. Al
per cent in this particular to the S257 per
cent gain of all combined foreign nations.
If this rate continues (and 1t seems that
it wild, then London must eventually yield
her primary to some. city in the United
States. New York will. of course. be that
city, owing to it's marvellous advantages,
due to Its access to the lakes through the
Erie canal, to the conveyance there of
most of the transcontinental railroads and
to it's superior situation as port for Euro
pean trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Sewing Machines for Esquimaux.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A band of eleven Esquimaux from the
Aleutian Islands passed through Seattle
or their way home from the st. Louis ex-
position, attired in the garments of civiliza-
ton, and two of the squaws are taking
back sewing machines, which will be in
stalled in their ice huts to supplant the
bone needle and gut thread with which
they have been wont to sew their garments
On the down trip the party could not ap-
preciate bed and all slept on the floor.
Now they take to the beds as naturally as
they do to seal oil on their native heath
and, strange as it may seem, none of them
is homesick, and all are anxious to return
to this country next year.
One of the articles that are being taken
back by the head man of the party is
stovepipe hat. He saw President Roosevelt
wearing high silk hat at the fair, and
when told that it was the President who
wore it, he at once commissioned Mr. Bales
to go out and buy him one. AS becomes
the dignity of the craftsmanship, he will
only wear the hat on state occasions The
four children are also dressed in kncker-
bockers, shoes and stockings, and are very
proud of their American garb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Closed Salmon Season Proposed.

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
1t is unofficially reported that the cam
neries of Fraser river and Puget sound will
close down entirely and without exception
during the season of 1905. This is an i'm
portant announcement, If true. That the
associations Of both sides Of the tnterna-
tional boundary are considering some plan
Of joint action for the betterment of condi-
tons surrounding the industry is well
known What their plans will embody is a
matter of no direct information. That a
closed season Is necessary. however, and Is
urgently demanded is general knowledge.
A closed year or two, with no fishing of any
description for sockeye on any of the Amer
lean or British fishing grounds, would re-
store the runs for those years. If no fish,
ing were done for four years after next
year it would be good thing. There should
be a closed weekly season. and an early
closed season between the sockeye and
cohoe runs to permit the last of the SOCK
eye run to go unmoiested into and up the
Fraser to spawn. There should be artificial
propagation to aid nature in the perpetual
ton Of this fish. This plan in part is gen.
orally Endorsed by the cannery men of both
sides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
King Edward Loses His Claim.
From the Yukon World


Had he but preserved the life of mining
claim that was decided to him about two
years ago, his ajesty King Edward VII
would now be on fair road to increase his
private fortune by the addition of con-
siderable quantity of virgin gold taken
fresh from the auriferous gravels of the
Yukon.
1t was on February 10, 1903, that Mr..
Sparkling, in spirit of generosity and 10y
atty to his king, determined to deed to his
majesty the Eureka Creek claim, upon
which the depth, breadth, extent and rich
ness of the pay streak was yet to be ascer-
tanned. So a quit claim deed was made
out wherein j. K. Sparkling was nomina ted
as the party of the first part and his maj
esty King Edward VII as the party of the
second part 1t was duly signed, sealed
and acknowledged; 81 was paid for the re-
cording of the same, though the regula-
lions were violated in not demanding the
date and number of his majesty's license
ana today the book of records for Eureka
Creek shows the transaction to have been
made in due form and In perfectly proper
manner.
That is the last entry in the book. The
work required by the regulations has not
been performed. and the claim is open to
relocation. In other words any old sort of
a man may jump his ma esty's ground and
ne Will have no more redress than the COM
monest most itfnerant of his subjects and
posterlty might have forgotten the fact
lhat thelr sovereign was at one time their
helghbor had 1t not been for the persistent
prospecting of those who own the adjoining
iand, winch is very Valua BILE.