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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-21
ELDoN.

Eldon, May 19.-Misses Blanche Harlan
and Mae Hughes were Ottumwa callers
yesterday.
H. Bicklen, Of Burlington, was in the
city on business today.
Harve returned from a visit with friends
in Washington today.
Miss Lille Demery returned today from
an extended visit with relatives In Texas.
l.. w. Hall returned yesterday from a
business trip to Davenport
w. A. Quinn, of Chicago, was in the
city on business yesterday.
Miss Blanche Norton is suffering this
week from severely sprained arm.
Miss Susie Mier, Of Bloomfield, returned
home yesterday from n pleasant visit with
her friend, Miss Cora Ritz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clete Hinkle returned last
evening from visit with relatives In Des
AIoines. 49,
Mrs Will Taylor was an Ottumwa visit
or yesterday
Mrs l. Wise was an ottumwa caller yes
terday.
Miss Cora Crawford was an Ottumwa
visitor today.
T. ]. Smith left today for Quincy, Illinois,
on business.
Miss AIaude Baldwin was an Ottumwa
visitor today.
The Eldon baseball team has been organ.
lied and Chef Moore appointed treasurer.
Col s. A. Moore, of Bloomfield, was an
Eldon visitor today.
]. NJ. Penney and wife left today for
Bloomfield to visit relatives.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.

Eddyville, May 10. Especially =
Mr.. and Mrs. John JAEGER today an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Louise, to Frank Epperson.
Society has long been on the alert to
hear this announcement, and there has
been a great desire to anticipate the
news. Both of the young people are
very popular here. Miss JAEGER is the
youngest daughter of John JAEGER, re-
tired farmer and capitalist. Mr.. Ep-
person is the Oldest son of Hon. and
Mrs. F. M. Epperson, and is young
banker who is making for himself an
enviable record with the Manning &
Epperson State bank. The wedding is
announced to take place in the early
autumn. The young coupe were born
in this locality and having resided
here all their lives, they have won for
themselves many warm friends, who
are pleased to hear of the engagement.
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SENATOR ALLISON HEADS
DELEGATION FROM IOWA

Des Moines, May 10. - The dele
cation from Iowa to the ma
tional republican convention met i'm
mediately after the adjournment of
the state convention yesterday and
unanimously selected Senatort Allison
to be chairman.
This honor was deemed eminently
fitting by the delegates. Senator Alli-
son has not sat in any national repub-
lican convention as delegate for for
ty-four years. In 1860, while young
man, he was chosen as one Of the del
egates from Iowa to the memorable
convention which nominated Abraham
Lincoln to be president of the United
States. Not since that time, until
Now has he been again so honored.
Other Officers of Delegation.
E. e. Clark of Cedar Rapids was
elected secretary Of the national dele.
cation yesterday and George M. Chris.
tian United States marshal, was elect
ed sergeant at arms. a position he has
occupied with the Iowa delegations in
many national conventions.
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READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Copies of the New Drainage Law te
Be Given Away.

Copies of the New Drainage Law to
Be Given Away.
Des Moines, May 19.-This week the
secretary of state will begin the dis
tribution of 5000 copies of the new
drainage law over the state. That Off
cial says the demand for information
concerning this new statute has far eX-
ceeded anything of the kind in his de-
partment for years. Personal inqui-
ries from several hundred persons
have reached the department, to say
nothing of the indirect solicitation for
definite information as to what the big
bill contains.
The drainage law Is one of the most
important and most sweeping measures
which passed the last legislature and
is in effect now. Five thousand copies
were ordered printed by the legislature
for general distribution over the state.
The work of printing these has been
delayed owing to the time consumed
by the executive department in pass
ing upon the law, but they will reach
the secretary of states Office this week
and at once be sent out over the state
in response to inquiries which have
reached the department. Copies may
be had by soliciting the department
for them.
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An executive committee composed
of E. S. Ellsworth of the third district,
e. K. Whine of the tenth district, and
G. A. Carpenter Of the first district
was selected to have charge of the ar
rangements for the entertainment Of
the delegates in Chicago at the time Of
the convention, in cooperation with
National Committeeman E. Il. Hart.
Mr.. Hart already has arranged many
things with respect to this matter.
Hart Will Be Reelected.
1t is said that the outcome of the
contest yesterday insures the re-elec-
ton of Mr.. Hart as national commit
teeman for Iowa.
Blythe on Resolutions Committee.
1t is said that ]. w. Blythe will be
chosen to represent Iowa on the ma
tional committee on resolutions.
Governor Cummins was present, at
yhe meeting of the delegation. He had
gone to the state house from the con-
vention. but responded when notified
oil the meeting.
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posed upon the people by the public

posed upon the people by the public
service corporations.
Governor LaFollette Renominated.
Governor LaFollette was renominat-
ed by reclamation.
Nominations Thick and Fast.
The rest of the state officers now
holding offices were voted upon collec-
lively and unanimously renominated.
LaFoIIette Makes Address.
Governor Lafollette addressed the
convention on state issues for an hour
after which the convention recessed
until 3 o'clock, then the dele
gates at large to the national conven-
ton will be elected.
The Trump" Convention.
Madison, May 49,. - M. G.. Jeffries
of Rock county called the temporary
anti-third term convention to order.
Thirty Cook delegates from Winneba-
go county were present. The report of
the credentials committee was adopt
ed, the members finding that the dele
gates from the contested counties were
entitled to seats.
Senators Invited.
A committee composed of Ex-Govern-
or Edward Scofield, Ex-Governor Up
ham and G. G. Rogers left the hall
amid cheers to invite Senators Spooner
and Quarles to attend the convention
and participate in its deliberations.
The temporary Organization was
made permanent and the chair an
nounced that Senators Spooner and
Quarles had consented to appear and
speak before the convention. When
the report of the committee on resolu-
tions was received the convention adj
journed until this afternoon.
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ALLIED PRINTING TRADES OR.
CAME FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT.
EIGHT CITIES ARE REPRESENTED
George j. Pickett, Member Of Execu-
tive Board from Ottumwa, R. G..
Stewart, Cedar Rapids, President
Expect all State Unions to Join.

The State Allied Printing Trades as
ISOLATION is the name of reorganization
Toned last Thursday night at Marshall
town by the delegates present at the
state convention of the Federation of
Labor from the various typographical
unions of the state R. G. Stewart, of
Cedar Rapids, was elected president,
J. H. Streiff, Of Sioux City, secretary,
and George J. Pickett, member of the
executive board from Ottumwa.
For the past three years efforts have
been made to secure the organization
of an association of this nature. AT
one time a temporary organization was
effected but owing to the carelessness
and Indifference of those elected as Of
ficers the association accomplished
nothing and soon fell to pieces.
The new organization was formed
last Thursday night after the close of
the State Federation banquet at Mar
shalltown. There were present at the
meeting representatives from eight
cities. Officers were elected and an ex-
ecutive board composed of one mem
Der from each town to be represented
in the association was decided upon.
An amount of funds sufficient to pay
all expenses of the association for the
coming year was subscribed at the
first meeting so that there will be no
dues attached to membership for this
year.
The object and aim of the associa-
ton is to more thoroughly unite the va
rious Typogra phical, Pressmen's Book
binders, Stereotypers and trades per-
tanning to the printing crafts unions
of the state. At this meeting there
were represented Des Moines, Sioux
City, Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa, Mar
-sha19lltqiter aG slsalesnas sKeokuk ~ and
Clinton. A vigorous campaign is to
be carried on and it is hoped that by
the time of the next convention every
town in the state which has printing
trade union will be represented in the
association.
The following is the list of officers
elected and the board of directors
chosen for the present year:
President r. G.. Stewart. Cedar
Rapids.
Secretary J. H. Strieff. Sioux City.
Executive committee-C. T. Tillot-
son, Marshalltown F. H. Lawrence.
Sioux City; G. F. Tucker, Clinton;
F. L. Henry, Oskaloosa; A. ]. Moore,
Des Moines; Geo. J. Pickett, ottum-
wa; Harry Tillotson, Des Moines;
j. F. Lutz, Keokuk.
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ALBA.

Abba, May 19.-The commencement exer-
| cises of the class Of 1904 will take place
tomorrow evening at Kings opern house,
| at o'clock. Hon. Chas. A. Bishop of
Des Moines will deliver the address. The
class is composed of fourteen girls and six
boys Fifteen graduate from the Latin
course and five from the English. DR.. c. b.
Powell, president of the school board, will
present the diplomas and Superintendent
Hollingsworth will close the program by n
few remarks upon the work Of the class
during its high school course.
Mrs. III. c.. Eschbach and Mrs. N. e.
Kendall entertained between two and three
hundred ladies at the DR.. Eschbach home
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Cass Ramsay and children, accom-
panied by Mrs Rothwell, OF Des Mones
and Mrs. Mary A. Ramsay, mother of Cass
Ramsay, returned to their home in Des
Moines yesterday.
Frank s. Griffin returned last night from
Excelsior Springs, and will be able go re-
sumo his work as deputy recorder in a
few days.
Glare Connors, who has been In Colorado
Springs during the winter and early spring.
returned home last night.
]. X. Watson returned this morning from
Barnard. Missouri, where he was in at
tendance at the funeral of Seth Mcfarland.
Mr.. McFarland's wife was an Abba girl,
Miss Lou Elder.
The district court reconvened this morn
ing and the case of Sprankle VS.. Turner,
which began Tuesday, was resumed, the
arguments being made today.
Frank Way and Chas. Forrest, of Lovilia,
were Abba visitors yesterday
Lee Johnson, of Bussey transacted bust
ness in town yesterday
Il. l.. Adams, of this city, was in Ottunl-
wa yesterday looking after matters.
]. G. Cook left for Omaha yesterday on
No. 49,
Austin JAY, of Moravia. was in town
yesterday on business.
Mrs. Vermillion. Of Centerville. is visit
ing Judge Vermilion, who is holding court
in this place.
Mrs. w. ]. Evans, of Avery, was in Abba
this morning.
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|COREA CANCELS TREATIES
WITH RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

lnIantry at Luan- Mao and Salitszai-
pua1a, namely, 600 at the former and
soO at the latter place. Their other
I - nave retired in the direction OF
feng Huan Cheng and Habalin.
we've miles southeast of Fene
of 5000. '''-'>
Yesterdays Report.
The general staff has received the
i,olloMlng dispatch from General SAX
Haro1I under the date of May IS:
on the morning of May II detach-
menus II. or the Japanese advance guard
on the main road between Lilac Yank
ana Iyhoumentsa retreated toward
the Ichanzalin pass, and then evacu-
ated Sellutchen, proceeding towards
Feng Huan Cheng.
Inc Japanese are constructing field
Cheng.
Japanese detachments which for
merry occupied the village of Itkout-
e ca twelve miles northwest OF
Iakushan, have departed, and Taku-
shan mas also been evacuated.
There are small detachments OF
Japanese at Khondoukban and Luar
Mao, on the left bank of the Tayane
river, and at Salitszaipudza.
a.. 'ii'Ati orpfiAeSe patrols appear lroil
time to time in the vicinity of Suzan.'
Togo Used Submarines.
St. Petersburg, May 19.--The admi-
rally is now convinced by mail reports
received from Port Arthur that Vice
Admiral Togo used submarine boats il
his operations.
A letter from Lieut.. Gen. Stoesse
says he was standing ON Golden Hill
when the Russian battleship Petropav.
lovsk went down; he saw the sub
marine boat torpedo the battleship
Lieutenant Schneider claims he dis
tinectly saw the periscope of the sub.
marine boat and could trace the course
Of the vessel. Officers of the battleshil
Pobieda testified that a submarine
boat discharged torpedo agains
their ship and that they fired at the
submarine boat, hoping to sink it, bu
failed.
Where is AIexieff?
1t is officially denied that Viceroy
Alexieff has gone. to Lao Yang to as
sumo command of 10000 troops there
and that Gen. Kuropatkin has left
Lao Chang for Hardin. 1t is said thai
Kuropatlkin is either at Lao Yang OF
in it's vicinity. ~
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MORE HOLDEN EXCURSIONS.

Grain Dealers Of Iowa Want Seed Corn
Lectures Continued. .Y
Des Moines, May 19.-More seed
corn excursions are advocated by the
Iowa Grain Dealers association as
the result Of their final session yester-
day The members of the convention
after listening to the reports of
Secretary Wells Of the association,
and Professor Holden on the success
Of the trips made this spring by the
railways of the state have passed reso-
lutions in which they recommend that
the feature be followed up in the fall
by the railways of the state.
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NO INSTRUCTIONS IN MONTANA

Convention Approves Anti-Hearst Ac-
ton by PIatfrom Committee.
Great Falls, Mont. May 10. - The
Governor Joseph K. Toole, Senators
Clark and Gibson. w. G. Conrad of
Great Falls, Martin Magginnis of Hell
ena, and Harry A. Galloway of Butte,
as delegates to st. Louis. The dele.
gates go without instructions. Instruc-
lions for Hearst were urged before the
committee on resolutions, but were
turned down.
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LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR.

Oregon to Celebrate one Hundredth
Anniversary In 1905.
From Thursdays Daily.
e. w. Randolph Of Portland, Ore
gon, was in the city today in the inter-
ests Of the Lewis and Clark fair to be-
held in that city in 1905. Captains
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
were the first Americans who reached
the Pacific ocean overland. They head.
ed an expedition sent out by President
Thomas Jefferson in 1903 which reach-
ed the mouth Of the Columbia river in
1905. Portland will celebrate the cen
tenary of this event with an American
Pacific exposition and Oriental fair.
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FELL FORTY FEET.
:. M. Hubble Has Narrow Escape
From Death at Buxton.

Buxton, May 10. - L. M. Hubble,
formerly of Oskaloosa, met with pc
culiar accident here and escaped with
his life by narrow margin. Hubble
was engaged in painting the Buxton
Opera House and was forty feet in the
air on ladder. He lost his footing
and fell to the ground distance Of
fully forty feet AS he struck the
ground he fell SO that his head Just
passed sharp projection with not a
half inch to spare. Had this struck
his neck the man would have been de.
capitated. He was unconscious for a
time but was able to get UP and walk
quite distance to rig which carried
him to his boarding place.
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NAV Build Short Line.

Grundy Center, May 19.-There ifi
some talk of building short line 0l
road from Reinbeck to this city to lp
used as a feeder" for the Great West
ern. 1t is believed such road could
be built without much trouble if the
matter was agitated little.
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NEW BISHOPS
METHODIST GENERAL CONFER
ENcE SELECTS THREE MEN
FOR HoNoRs.

Los Angeles, May 10. = On the sec.
ond ballot today for bishops in the
Methodist general conference DR.. Hen
ry Spellmeyer, Of Newark, N. j.. and
DR.. w. F. Mcdowell, of New York,
were elected. The third ballot will be
announced late this afternoon.
Dr.. Berry the First.
Yesterday the conference voted for
eight bishops but elected only one,
j. F. Berry, editor Of the Epworth
Herald, who received more than two
thirds of the entire vote cast on the
first ballot.
Fewer Delegates in Future.
The committee on temperate econ
omy yesterday afternoon decided to
recommend to the general conference
that the fee of future general confer
ences be reduced from the basis of
two delegates to every forty-five mem
bers of annual conferences to two for
every sixty members.
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DEATH FoREroLp in DREAM.
Girls Death Under Locomotive Fol
lows Vision in SIsep.

lows Vision in Slsep.
Sterling, ILL.,, May 10. - In a fearful
dream three weeks ago Miss Gladys
Anderson was foretold of her own
death under the wheels of switch
engine, and the dream in all of its re-
atty was consummated at 3 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon, she being run over
and her little body fearfully mangled
by a switch engine of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad in the
Rock Falls yards.
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In a Class ALL Alone.

No other pills, on earth can equal
DR.. Kings New Life Pills for Stom.
ach, Liver and Kidneys. No cure, nc
pay. 25c. F. B. Clark, druggist.
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Sure Aid to Lona Life.

Electric Bitters give an active liver,
perfect digestion, healthy kidneys, reg
ular bowels. fine appetite, or no pay.
soc. F. B. Clark, druggist.
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PARIsIANs HISS DowlE.
Zion City "Prophet" Not Popular in
The French CapjtaI.

he FreHcF1 Cdp1tdI.
Paris, May 10. Kisses greeted
Elijah Dowie when he lectuIed here
on the founding of Zion City. and his
flow of language was far from appreci-
ated by the few persons who took the
trouble to hear him.
The interpreters lot was hard one,
for the prophets high sounding phras-
es mean little or nothing when trans
lated into French, and his blackguard-
ism was not welcome.
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Des Moines, May 10. - The second
state convention for the nomination Of
candidates for state offices and presi-
Dental electors will be held in Des
Moines July 20. 1t was determined at
a meeting of the state central commit
tee held Immediately after the state
convention had adjourned.
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The Yoshino, A Cruiser, and the Bat
tIeship Hatsuse Sank In Harbor At
Port Arthur May is Russians Re-
treat Before Kinoshita's Forces.

y - $50 *& as So .
Toxic, May 10. - Admiral Togo
: reports as follows: "A report from
Rear Admiral Dewa says the cruis-
ers kassaga and Yoshino oollided
during fog off Port Arthur on =
May IS. The Yoshino sank, only
ninety of her crew being saved.
On the same day the battleship
Hatsuse struck Russian mine and
: sank"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-28
Sample Constitutional Amendment and Public Measure
Ballot, General Election Of Now 9Th, 1904.

NOTICE TO VOTERS For vote question submitted
"No."]
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-28


"HE peremptory demand for an
interview which had been de-
livered to Miss Moore during
the half hour preceding her
marriage had come not from the BRIDE
groom, as had supposed, but from
the so called stranger, Mr.. Pfeiffer.
For all this proof that Mr.. Pfeiffer
was well known to her, if not to the
rest of the bridal party, no acknowl-
edgment of this was made by any Of
them then or afterward, nor any con-
tradiction given either by husband or
wife to the accepted theory that this
seeming stranger from the west had
gone into this fatal room of the
Moores to crafty his own morbid Gu
riosity.
On the contrary, an extraordinary
effort was Immediately made by Mr..
Jeffrey to rid himself Of the only wit
nesses who could tell the truth con-
corning those fatal ten minutes, but
this brought no peace to the miserable
wife, who never again saw really
happy moment.
Extraordinary efforts at concealment
argue extraordinary causes for fear.
Fully to understand the circumstances
of Mrs. Jeffrey's death, it would be
necessary first to know what had hap
pened in the Moore house when Mr..
Jeffrey learned from Curly Jim that
the man. whose hold upon his bride
had been such that he dared to demand
an interview with her just as she was
on the point of descending to her
nuptials, had been seated, or was
about to be seated, in the room where
death had once held its court and
might easily be persuaded to hold court
again.
The encouragement afforded me by
my late discoveries was such that l
felt confident that nothing could hinder
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-28
The arked Nom oirs

It sufaced to keep me happy and COM
Portable for half hour or more after
she passed out.
81 had thought myself very sleepy
girl. but when, after a somewhat
heightened brooding over the dying
embers in the open fireplace, lay
down behind the curtains Of the huge
bed, found myself as far from sleep
as had ever been in my whole life.
"And I did not recover from this
condition for the entire night. For
hours I tossed from one side Of the
bed to the other in my efforts to avoid
the persistent eyes Of scarcely to be
perceived drawing facing me from the
opposite wall. 1t had no merit as a
picture, this drawing, but seen as it
was under the rays Of a gibbous moon
looking in through the half open shut
ter it exercised upon me spell such
as / cannot describe and hope never
again to experience. Finally rose
and pulled the curtains violently to-
gether across the foot of the bed. This
shut out the picture, but found It
worse to imagine it there with ita
haunting eyes peering at me through
the intervening folds Of heavy damask
than to confront it openly; so pushed
the curtains back again, only to rise q
half hour later and witch them des.
perately together once more,
" fidgeted and worried SO that night
that I must have looked quite pale
when my attentive hostess net me at
the head of the stairs the next morn.
ing, for her hand shook quite perqep-
tibly as she grasped mine, and her
voice was pitched in no natural key
as she inquired how had slept. re-
piled as truth if not courtesy demand
ed, Not as we'll as usual whereupon
her eyes fell. and she remarked quite
hurriedly, I am so sorry; you shall
have another room tonight adding in
what appeared to be an unconscious
whisper, There is no use; all feel it;
even the young and the gay;' then
aloud and with igrepress!ble anxiety,