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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
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OVERTIME.
BALTIC sHIPYARDs BUILDING
MORE SHIPS FOR JAPs TO
DESTROY.
A NJ ERICANs RET RN
Russian Efforts at Mobilizing New Ar.
mics Lead to loodshed-Russia De-
fies china-Japanese Said to Have
Secured $4,000 Chinese.

st. Petersburg, Dec. q. - In an
outspoken article in reply to recent
letter of Admiral Bierileff which ap-
pealed to the Russians not to openly
criticise the conditions of the navy
the Russ today declared that the time
is passed for silence in view of the
fact that the "old system of conceal
ing" facts is responsible for the loss
of 150,000,000 roubles worth of war
ships and has covered us with shame
and grief 1t would be absurd to hide
the defects that can still be repaired
in the ships which remain at Cron-
stadt and Libau. We have already
criminally wasted enough time.
Enumerates Defects.
The Russ enumerates the defects in
the ships still in Russian waters, aver
ring that "the peculiarities. of the
structure of several of the vessels des-.
tined for the far east made the voyage
dangerous and the torpedo boats are
in such shocking condition that it is
a matter of surprise that the authori
ties have accepted their delivery.
Must Not Dispatch Boats.
The torpedo boats intended to rein.
force Rojestvensky must clearly not be
dispatched with the numerous defects
which have been provsd to exist in
| them
Working Overtime.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 81. Admiral
| Bierioff is quoted in an interview as
saying that the ship yards in the Bal
tic are working day and night and that
the third squadron will go out in two
i sections. The admiral pledges himself
to have the first section, which will in
clude the Saniavin, Apraxin, Ushaty-
| off. Nicholas II and Korniloff ready by
February, and the section consisting
of the Slava. Alexander II and Pamait
Azova q little later.
U. S. Attaches En- Route Home.
ST. Petersburg, Dec. a. = Lieut..
| Col. Walter S. Schuyler and Capt. Carl
Reichmann. United States military at
taches with Kuropatkin's army have
arrived here making the journey from
/ Mukden in twenty-four days. After
4 completing their formal calls they will
leave Immediately for Washington.
Both officers have personally seen
much fighting, having been present at
/ the battles of Vafangow, Lao Yang
and Shakhe They express satisfac-
! ton with the treatment accorded them
but as they left the front under pledge
not to reveal anything they had seen
they consider it would be improper to
(. discuss the military situation.
Russian Defies China.
Shanghai Dec. 27--The Russian
1 consul has made no reply to the de
mand of the taotai for the surrender
of the sailor belonging to the Rus
sian cruiser Askold who murdered a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
SHOT HIS MoTHER-IN-LAW.
Street Commissioners Purcell Under
Arrest.

Muscatine, Dec. 81. William Pur-
cell city street commissioner is under
arrest on a charge of attempted MUIR
der. After vainly trying to kill his
wife he shot his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Stortz in each arm. 1t is
claimed also that he attempted to com
nit suicide. Domestic troubles were
given as reason for the tragedy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
BANK RECEIVER REPORTS.
New Liberty Institution Will Be Able
to Pay Out.

Davenport, Dec. 27.-George Lueder
receiver of the New Liberty Savings
bank, has filed an inventory showing
the condition of the New Liberty Saw
ings bank as near as can be ascer
tanned.
Inc report shows that the total as
sets of the bank are $191S95.79 and
the liabilities to De S177.3S3.72. This
would indicate that the money due the
concern was in excess of it's debts and
that it would be able to pay it's credit
ors dollar for dollar or in words that
it was in solvent condition at the
time it was closed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
GEARS IMPERIAL DECREE
MAKES LIBERAL PROMISES

as to the measures of liberty which it
is possible to grant under the various
heads. Naturally, it has not met the
fullests wishes of the liberals, but, on
the other hand, it is regarded by the
reactionaries as promising entirely too
much in the direction of liberal re-
forms
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
Eires guIJet Throuoh Window.

Creston, Dec. 27.-Between 4 and
5 o'clock Sunday evening shot was
fired through the window of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. stineman, on North Pine
street. The bullet lodged in the wall
but narrowly escaped Mr.. Stineman
who was in the room. The shot was
fired by some careless person without
any intention of doing harm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29

Chinaman December Is, as the result
of dispute over payment for the hire
of a jinricksha The sailor Is still on
the cruiser, where he was sent by the
consul and where it was understood
he would be tried by court martial. The
taotai has applied to the foreign board
at Pekin for further instructions.
Nobility Go to Port Arthur.
Yokohama, Dec. 27-The steamer
Manshu, bound for the neighborhood
of Port Arthur. has left here. She
carries as passengers ten naval at
taches, four peers, seventeen members
of the house of representatives, one
secretary of the diet and lieutenant
commander. There will be no press
representatives on board during the
voyage, which, it is expected, will &C.
cupy three weeks.
Leads to Bloodshed.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 27-While the
new mobilization is proceeding quietly
in most places disorders are reported
to have occurred in Poland. The most
serious disturbance was at Razon yes.
terday, where one colonel was killed
and gendarme wounded. There has
also been considerable rioting at Bak.
bout, where 5000 conscripts pillaged
a few houses and fruit stalls. No one
however, was killed.
Japanese Enlist Chinese.
Hardin, Dec 27.-Chinese from the
south say that the Japanese have
brought $4,000 Chinese into southern
Manchuria, but have great difficulty in
feeding them. They also say that the
Japanese have prepared thousand
four-Vheeled carts With iron shields in
front and on the sides. which are to be
pushed by soldiers and which are to
carry rapid fire and machine guns.
Some frozen Japanese have been
found in abandoned trenches. There Is
the greatest activity in Hardin, where
the Russians are building enlarged
baths, churches and a hospital
A scheme has been discovered by
which a Siberian merchant has been
sending vodka to the front marked
with red cross and labelled as medi
! cal supplies. The perpetrator has been
forced to leave the country.
4 Lack of Chinese silver is causing the
depreciation of the rouble here, but
the reported closing of the Chinese
bank at Tie pass is untrue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
PROCLAIMED BY GOVERNOR.
Biennial and Temple Amendments De-
cIared Adopted.

Des Moines, Dec. o. - Governor
Cummins has issued proclamations de-
claring the constitutional amendments
on which the people voted last No
vember to be adopted by the people.
This is the final act in reference to
them For the biennial elections
amendment there were case 1894
BALLOTS to 176,251 against. For the Tenn
pie amendment there were cast ILL.,
1882 to 165.076 against.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29
CORN SHREDDER INJURIES.
C. S. Barclay, Director of Anes College
Loses An Arm.

West Liberty, Dec. 27.-C. S. Bar
clay, director of Ames college and a
prominent citizen, lost an arm in a
corn shredder.
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Russian Defies China.

Shanghai, Dec. 27.-The Russian
consul has made no reply to the de-
of the sailor belonging to the Rus
sian cruiser Askold who murdered a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-29

pre-, anu 10 assure independence OIL IHS
courts.
"Fourth-That for further develop
ments of measures introduced by us
for the protection of workmen in fac
tories, workshops and commercial es-
Establishments. attention is to be given
to the question of the introduction of
state insurance for worlsmen"
More Rights for Jews.
The fifth paragraph suggests re.
vision of the laws enacted cat the
time for the unparalleled outbreaks of
criminal activity on the part of en-
emies of the public order so as to cir
cumscribe the application of these
laws within the narrowest possible
/ limits and for assuring that Limitation
of right of private persons involved in
that application shall only be permit
ted IN cases where actual safety of the
state is threatened.
| Concerning religion the ukase sug
gests a revision of laws dealing with
the rights of commodities and persons
| belonging to the heterodoX and non.
Christian confessions, and that steps
! will be taken for the removal of all
| llHlIdtioiiS Oh lHe exercise OIL lnelr re
| ligions not directly mentioned in the
law.
4 The ukase was issued SO late that its
contents were not generally known
even in newspaper Offices till long after
midnight Among those able to ex
press an opinion, it was considered to
4 be document. whose ultimate value
i depended largely upon the interpreta.
ton given by the various committees
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
Navy Yard Fire at Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH. y. H., July %
The coal pocket at the Portsmouth
navy yard was completely destroyed
by fire last night together with GOOO
tons Of coal The loss is estimated Mt
$4,000. The cause of the fire is be-
lieved to have been spontaneous COM
bustion The pocket was quite new,
being accepted within the past two
months, and had a capacity Of 10000
tons Fortunately no vessel was along
side the pocket at the time The coal
was still burning nj late hour.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A friend Of Judge Parker in New
York says McCarren is not likely to be
Ousted in Murphys interest
4 general resumption of work has
been ordered in the Joliet plant Of the
Illinois Steel company
]. f. Looney, retired merchant of
Shreveport, La, was run down in the
street by an automobile and killed,
Lieutenant James w. Clement of the
United States battleship Kcarsarge is
dead at Triest, Austria, of typhoid fe-
YER
The impression prevails in French
official circles that it will be most diff
cult to avoid a rupture with the Vati-
can.
The automobile party en- route to st.
Louis has reached Syracuse from Utica.
The La Roche machine has reached
Cleveland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
MANY CHANGES IN SEOUL
New City Is Scarcely Seven Years Old,
But STANDS as a Model
Town.

Nowhere in the orient have greater
changes been wrought in Inc last few
years, says the author OF Korea, ="
than in Seoul, the capital of the her
nit kingdom. There Americans and
Europeans as well as natives, under
the general direction OF Mr. McLeavy
Brown, the Ensiishman who has
charge Of the foreign customs, have
been busily engaged in the work Of re-
construction.
The new Seoul is now scarcely seven
years old Old Seoul, with its Tester
ing alleys, its winter accumulations Of
every species OF filth, its plastering
mud and penetrating foulness, has al
most totally vanished from within the
walls OF the city.
In its place are magnificent new
streets, spacious, clean, admirably
made and well-drained The narrow,
dirty lanes have been widened. Gut
ters have been covered and roadways
brOadened until, with it's trains. troll
ley-cars and electric lights, it's miles
OF telegraph lines, its railway station
hotel, its brick houses and glass win
dows, Seoul is within measurable dis.
lance of becoming the most interest
ing and cleanest city in the east
1t is still not one whit Europeanized,
however, for the picturesQueness of the
purely Korean principles and stan
dards of architecture has been main
tanned, and is to be observed in all
future improvements.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
REPUBLICAN LONfAB
0dell Said It Was Council
In Party Affairs.
X-SECRETARY ROOT WILL NOT RUN
Hnny Names Discussed For GoVern-
or of New York Stnte-LieuteR-
ant Governor Higgins Is
FaVOrite.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Upon the invi-
tatiOn of Governor Odell number of
up state members of the New York Re
publican state committee met at the
Fifth Avenue hotel and considered the
political situation in this state. At the
conclusion of the conference Governor
Odell, in response to many inquiries,
said.
1T was Il council in party affairs.
We reached conclusions, but will not
make them public at this time. The
letter Of Mr. Root to me will not be
made public until he authorizes me TO
publish it, The letter was personal,
and | will not give it out without his
consent. l expect to see him today,
and if he desires it | will make the let
ter public. No conclusion was reached
regarding the goyenorship."
In answer to direct question the
governor said:
Root is out of it,"
All Of those who have been mention
ed in connection with the nomination
were discussed. They include Lieuten-
ant Governor Francis w. Higgins.
Erastus c. Knight, former mayor OF
Buffalo; former Lieutenant Governor
Timothy L. Woodruff and State Sena-
tor George X. Malby Of Ogdensburg
The name of former Mayor Schlereu
Of Brooklyn was mentioned, but as
Woodruff comes from the same city
some doubt was expressed as TO whcth-
er it was advisable TO bring achieren
forward.
General Arson G. McCook was men
toned as a possible dark horse candi-
date and man upon whom all factions
could unite. General McCook has
civil war record and was for many
years secretary Of the United States
senate, but for the past ten years has
not been prominently identified with
politics, although n delegate to national
conventions kIe is one of the fighting
McCools."
The impression which prevailed
among those who participated in the
conference was that if no man from
Greater New York was selected for
governor the nomination would 20 to
Lieutenant Governor Higgins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
ALWAYS RUSH TO DRUGGIST
Victims of "speck in the Eye" In
variably Make the Pharmacists
Their Mecca.

81 wonder why IL is said a Chicago
druggist to an Inter Ocean reporter,
that when man on the street
gets a speck of dust in his eTe he makes
a bee line for . drug store? He will
pass an optician' S shop to reach it, too,
although men in that business are sup
posed to know more about the human
eye than we are. Taking specks from
the eye OF the casual wayfarer is one of
the numerous forms OF gratuitous sery-
ice that druggist is expected to give
to the public. As a general thing it is a
Simple matter. If you catch hold Of the
eyelash, draw the lid down, and then
roll the eyes, it's almost a cinch that the
irritating substance will come out But
when it won't we use an eyestOne.
ITS curious too. how most persons
will shy at an eyestone, Five out of six
will exclaim, Not for mine. or words to
that effect once under the eyelid, an
eyestone is scarcely felt The natural
action of the eye causes it to travel 1t
becomes sticky from moisture, and as it
moves around anything on the eyeball
adheres to 1t and comes out with It,
There is no more pain about it than in
using a tooth brush. Whoever named
them eyestones deserves a thrashing
They are not stones at all. They are
made from a glutineus secretion found
between the inner ard outer stomach Of
the crab"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
BURIED LANDSCAPES FOUND
biologists often Discover Parts Of
Former Surface Beneath
Other Deposits.


One of the most curious results Of
geological explorations is the discovery
of buried landscapes" by which is
meant parts of the former face of the
earth now covered under later deposits
but yet retaining so many of their orig
inal features that the geologist can
Ideally reconstruct the scenes that
would have been presented to the eye
of man if he had been among them.
Sometimes buried landscapes exist in
countries now densely inhabited. Re-
cent investigation has shown that one
lies underneath the region in England
known as Charnwood forest. The rocky
projections seen there are the peaks
and aretes of buried mountain chain
belonging to the old red sandstone
period
Several different phases in the his
tory of this landscape have been traced.
At one time It contained salt lakes
and desert expanses. In its modern
fora it is pastoral region, with bar.
rem, stony tracts and rocky eminences,
where the ancient mountains -f-S'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
Another Poison candy Case.

ITHACA. y. y, July -. The police
are Investigating another poisoned can
dy mystery similar to the Margaret
Cunningham case Of last winter. Fred
crick Lamphier, bartender at the Ithaca
hotel, ate four chocolate creams which
had been left ON the bar by an I'M
known person and which were in Il
small sack marked Freddy" the young
mans nickname. lie became violently
III shortly afterward with symptoms Of
arsenic poisoning
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
TT\HE LATE MARK A. HANNA U. S. Senator had
$4,000 life insurance in the New York Life Insurance
Co., which was promptly paid, because the New York
cies not law suits
SATISFYING INVESTMENT

Financial
in of
of small
which everybody
unstable
of
There
in the
others of various sums
life
guaranteed plethora of assets
Had the small
policies
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
spencer Held For Comrades Murder

NEW YORK. July pa few hours
after the discovery in West Chester
creek Of the body Of Joseph r. BAN
NETT, a private of the Eightieth regi-
ment, l.. 5. A., stationed at Fort
Schuyler, Corporal Richard VI. Spcn-
Ger Of the same company was placed
under arrest The nature of several
wounds on the body indicates that BAN
NETT was murdered. According to oil
GERS of the regiment, both men We're
members of wealthy southern families
and close friends
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29

SCRANTON. Pa, July 29-Thcre is
grave fear that the executive board Of
District No. !, United Mine workers,
will order strike involving approx
mately 10000 men when it meets in
special session here next Monday to
consider the question of the refusal Of
the coal companies to deduct check
weighmen's wages.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29

GREAT NECK. n. Y, July 29.--Iacl
Bawlins, polo player, had his nose
broken in an accident TO Mr.. Joseph
=. Grace's twenty horsepower Rochet-
Schneider automobile here, and Mr..
Grace, who was in the car at the time,
narrowly escaped injury.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-07-29
AUCTION SALE

Newton homestead located on North street
In the village of Bennington win be sold to the
highest bidder at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon.
Saturday, August 9th. This place must be sold
sale to take place on premises.
MISS ADELAIDE NEWTON,
JOHN NASH, Agt.
Remington, VT, July %. 1874.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10
Mr.. Davis vs.. the Big Cash Balance in
the State Treasury.

In his opening speech Of the cam
paign delivered at Rockland on August
IA, Mr.. Cyrus W. Davis whom the
Democrats of Maine have nomi-
mated for Governor. entirely ig-
nored the great national issues
that enter into the present cam
paign. Evidently he had overlooked
the fact that this is a national cam
paign and that n vote for Cobb will be
vote for Roosevelt, while vote for
Davis will be a vote for Parker. 1t IS a
striking commentary upon the poverty
of the National Democracy that in a
speech of nearly an hour the Demo-
cratic standard bearer in this State did
not venture to make even a single ref
erence to its platform or its candidates.
Instead he studiously endeavored to
conceal it from public view, by cover
ing it with the charitable mantle of
his silence. lie confined himself to
State issues. and declared them to be
but two in number, first the finan-
cial issue, and second. the moral issue
In opening up on the financial issue
he endeavored to COnjure out of sight
the splendid cash balance of s637 .678.S3
which remained in the State treasury
at the close of the year 1903, notwith-
standing the fact that all temporary
loans had been raised, that every dol
lar of the expenses occasoned by the
war with Spain had been paid in full
and that reduction of $40 900 had been
made during the year in the bonded
debt of the State. 1t was evident to
Mr.. Davis that in view of these facts
the voters of the State might possibly
believe that the business like adj
ministration of Governor Hill had
made notably fine record unless by
some hocuspocus he could get rid of
that record breaking cash balance.
There is no doubt but that this big
roll of ready cash in the State treas
ury was the source of a great deal of
worriment to Mr.. Davis. 1t haunted
his waking hours and even invaded his
dreams. A cash balance of that mag
nitude. was something entirely IN
known in the history of Democratic
rule and its presence in the treasury
under Republican rule was annoying
and disquieting to the Democratic
standard bearer.
1t was painfully evident to Mr.. Davis
that unless he could juggle away
this record breaking big cash balance
his attempt to make the voters believe
his weird tale of Repupiican extrava-
gance would be doomed to failure So
at the very opening of his remarks
he rolled up his sleeves metaphori-
cally speaking-and proceeded to ex-
plain 1t away so far as he could. for
even the remarkable political necrom-
ancy of Mr.. Davis was unequal to
the monumental task of disposing of it
entirely. He first deducts from it 1853,
ooo which he asserts was received from
the United States Government. It
might strike the average voter that if
a Republican administration had sue
ceeded in collecting an ancient State
interest claim more than 25 Years old
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10
Influence on the National Campaign
(OXford Democrat1

tON1OTf lpemOcrat.)
But it is not alone for it's direct and
Immediate effect that every Republican
should be anxious to cast his ballot
vote for Cobb is a vote for Roosevelt.
and will have its influence in the ma
tional campaign. President Roosevelt.
who has won the hearts Of tine people as
few y osidents have, mas been nominated
for another term. The Democratic
party. lost for eight years in the wilder
ness OF organism. has this year made an
attempt only partially successful, to re-
cover its sanity. but even in its some
what improved estate. in its search for
an issue 1t has discovered nothing more
available than the personality of Presi-
deht Roosevelt. The Republican party
gladly welcomes that issue
on one side in this national campaign
Is party Of known policy and long
administrative record. presenting as its
candidate for president that honest
fearless. tried statesman, Theodore
Roosevelt: on the other, the same old
Democratic party as Of yore presenting
as its candidate Alton B. Parker.
gentleman Of eminent responsibility but
untried in administrative affairs ana
who mas by his only published utterances
Iaiicu 10 give assurance of comma ntIing
ability of independence of the behests OF
party managers. VI
But this is not political argument,
Simply suggestion to the Republicans
OF thls state and county of the duty as
We'll as the privilege which rests upon
tnem OF casting their ballots in the com
ing election. Let US have no stavat
homes but let every Republican show
me 1alth that is in him by getting ont to
the polls and casting his ballot on the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10
a Knock Down Arqument,
0iverrore Falls Advert;ser

hon. I. +. Littlefield and Sheriff G. 8
cummings addressed fair sized audi
ence on the political issues Of the day
at Music Hall Monday evening. Dur
ins M. Cummings speech a laughable
i'icioeht occurred. A young man
evluehtiy attempted to leave his seat
when ne tripped and fell sprawling on
The floor. Mr.. Cummings without a.
moments break said, IT am evidently
making knockdown argument"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10

A VOTE FOR COBB IS a VOTE
FOR ROOSEVELT.