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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29
ANNUAL MEETING
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
STATE UNIVERSITIES TO
MEET IN DIES MONIES.
Ninth Annual Session = Meeting Con-
fined to Presidents of Forty-Three In
situations - Program One of Much
Importance.

At the ninth annual meeting of the
National Association of State Univer-
stiles to be held at Des Moines Octo-
Der 81 and November /, promises to
be an important and representative
session. President George E. Mac
Lean of the State University of Iowa
will deliver the opening address and
there will be discussions upon num-
Der of pertinent topics
Under the head of Problems of
University Government" some of the
topics which will be considered are as
follows:
Problems arising in governing;
how far student councils or juries, or
self-government may 60"
What policy in regard to class
scraps" and how to draw the line be-
tween class scraps and hazing?'"
Glow can fraternities be made a
benefit to colleges?"
Other subjects to be considered are
"The Relations of the State Universe
ties to each other and to other state
educational institutions" The Course
of study and the degrees of state uni
versities" THE relations of the state
universities and the preparatory
schools"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29
Major .Laeey's Dates.

Oct. 29-Fremont, 8 p: m.
Oct. 31-At ottumwa with Hon.
Robert G. Cousins.
Nov. 2--Albia, 8 p. m.
Nov: AT oskaloosa with Hon. ],
P. Deliver.
Nov. 5-Buxton, 8 p. m.
Nov, What Cheer. s p. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29

Those $50 fur overcoats during this
sale for $3.50. The $25 fur coats for
$3.50 and all SIS, SIG and SIT fur
coats for $12.98 at the Hub.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29
One of the Finest Pianos

ever sold in Ottumwa was purchased
last week by Mr.. M. P. Dufield. The
piano sold was an Everett, and is sold
exclusively by Mr.. w. F. Schwentker
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29
Hynes.

IUIdI lUU
After the contest the visitors were
entertained at sumner at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Owens, where
they enjoyed an elegant repast. The
Ottumwa shooters returned home last
evening reporting most enjoyable
visit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29
Prominent Educators.

The meeting is confined to the pres
idents of the forty-three institutions ell
igible to membership or delegate
sent by the president. Some of the
prominent educators who will lead the
discussions are w. o. Thompson, pres
ident Ohio University, j. H. Baker,
president of the University of Colo
RADIO, G.. E. Fellows. president of the
University of Maine. w. L. Bryan, pres.
ident of the university of Indiana, Pres
ident Buckham of Vermont, President
Van Hise of the University of Wiscon.
cd,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29

You can get an elegant $25 suit or
overcoat> during the big Hub sale for
$1649, SIS suit or overcoat at $89S.
These are elegant goods. Nothing
nicer in the city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29

The fiftieth anniversary of the or
ganization of the Cedar Falls Masonic
lodge was appropriately celebrated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-29

David Cowden and William Allison
sr,, will soon repaint their residences
Arthur Chiffon had public sale at
his farm on Miller Creek on Tuesday
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16
THE NEW PACIFIC

A lecture on The New Pacific from q
Strategical Point OF View" was delivered
at the Royal United Service Institution By
DR. T. Miller Mcguire. Lord Roberts
presided and among those presen, were
Major General Sir E. Colieu- Col. Coch-
rsne. Gen. Cunningham. vice-Adriral
Sir 7 Harris. Sir william Guise Ma Sor
General Trevor. Admiral STR c Fare.
Mater Biosoom. Omitted States Military
Attachel and Lord c. Fitzusau-fee.
The lecturer explained by means Of MAPS
Tire strategic position Of the British En-
pIre insisting on the necessity for a thor
ough appreciation OF the conditions Of The
imperial defense and of the resources Of
states ike Russia France. Germany. the
Uniie5 States and Japan II espose Of
the Indifference OF japan 70 sea poxsr
Until awakened By oEsSrdnents 10 1856
and said tia; sea power hight lose part
Of It's significance BY railway power
Nevertheless command % The s@z- VITA
power 30 employ efficient expeditions was
az present the supreme condition o. Inter
saying n 80 that the Pacific ocean. with
its coasts and iSsaz5s. Il destined 70 he
the great theatre Of the world Affairs"
Napoleon thee-y that the fatsre xos.fi
Be- with ArserfcA and Az.a had teen verl-
ne~s
Lord Roberts. az The conclusion Of me
lecture. said II ge look arss n tire
western Shcre os enc Pselse. n whsch orr
attention 10 ZOE more Immediately d.reS-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

That night he was brought on board
by two wharf rats and a cabby, and
safely slowed away. He had fixed the
steward so that he kept him well stock
ed with drink, and we saw onthing of
him all the time we were in England
On the day We left Liverpool strange to
say, he sobered up and brought the ship
home as il he had never taken anything
stronger than milk in his life Also. he
put two seamen in the brig for distiiling
liquor from shelac.
THE day after We reached New York
l went to the officers of the firm to re-
port
Mr.. Jepson, I have a very bad ac-
count of you from your captain Mr. Ne
vile said, with a face as long as
judges. Capt. eKttle says that you either
carelessly or on purpose left the tap of
keg of rum which he carried for medici-
nal purposes OPEN and that when he re-
monstrated with you, you were exceeding
ly impudent to him. We can't encourage
impudence, but your salary will be raised
- a month. and l guess You had better
take little trip in the country The
cashier Will give you check for your
services. j. 2 Hebard, in the New
York Evening Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

tries from which Japan's chief irnporta-
| tons are obtained the United States has
made much greater gains than any of the
others. IT will also be seen from these
figures that the chief rivalry for the
classes of merchandise for which the
United States is seeking a market in
Japan is between the United States and
the United Kingdom, the class OF goods
imported into Japan from China being
chiefly nOn-competitive so far as relates
to the United States. while in the case
of India the sole competitive article is
cotton, of which Japan takes freely from
India in years of large supplies In that
country. owing to TIE fact that prices of
Indian cotton are lower than those of
cotton from the United States.
This is especially true of the year 1898.
when prices in the United States were ex-
tremely high and resulted in reduction
of about 80 million pounds In the exports-
ton of American cotton TO Japan and
reduction of nearly million dollars IN
the value of raw cotton exported 20 that
country from the United States. But for
this incident it is probable that the Unit
ed States would, at the end of 1903 have
considerably exceeded the United King
dom in the Japanese statement Of i'm
ports by countries.
That the rate of growth during term
of years has been much more rapid IN
imports from the United States than from
the Cnited Kingdom will be seen from
an examination of the table which fol-
lows, which shows the value OF imports
into Japan from the United States and the
United Kingdom. respectively. and the
share which such imports formed Of the
total importations into Japan in each
year from 1851 to 1913. II will be seen
that in 1881 the United States supplied
but 5.72 per cent Of the imports Of japan
and the United Kingdom 52.57 per cent:
while In 1903 the United States supplied
146 per cent OF Japsn's total imports and
the United Kingdom 15i per cent Thus
the share Of Japsns imports supplied
by the United States increased from sTz
per cent 70 AS per cent. while that Of
the United Kingdom fell from Sc to i5s
nor cent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

directed, We find in Japan perhaps the
most wonderful instance of a national
new birth which history has recorded.
! Less than forty years ago this compare
I lively small island was scarcely in toouch
! with the outer world and. tsraegicaily
speaking, was a negligible quantity. To-
day Japan is a nation whose alliance We
are proud of and who esteemed itself
powerful enough to entctr singIehanded
into a contest with the European power
which has the strongest army ia the
whole world and the bravery Of whose
soldiers is only 10 be equalled by their
hardness. Then. IL We take Japan's great
adversary. Russia, We find that about
the same time. forty years ago. Russias
possessions I'm the Far East were absolu-
tely undeveloped. Within the last few
years those possessions have been brought
into direct communication with ~. Peters
Jurg by a railway close upon 500 mites
in length and vast sums have been spent
in garrisonIng and terrifying the harbors
which that railawy feeds. All In order 10
make use OF them as bases for the very
considerable feet which Russia has
thought proper 10 place i'm the western
sea Of the Pacific. Other nations have not
kept aloof from that region. France has
possessed herself Of the territory now
known as Indo-Chins. Great Britain has
acquired Hong Kong and Wei-hai-w@i and
Germany Kiaochou. Further south We
come TO Australia Less than 100 years
ago Australia Was considered ~ almost
waterless waste. ~ place for settle
rnent Of convicts Nov Il Is a fcurishing
continent. the colonies OF which four years
ago kobiy came 10 the aid Of the mother
country In her hour Of need IF we cross
over to the eastern waters Of the Pacific
We find precisely the same extraordinary
osveiopnen. and progress. which also
changes the old strsisgicsi conditions.
whether IN Colombia with its po.enfiaii-
ties Of great wealth. in the mines Of Alas
ka or in the United States port q San
Francisco: and 20 show the great irnper-
lance OF tire Pscins. IL Is. es I esressy.
you know. connected with TIE Atlantic
BY 10 fever than nsne lines OF slree;
railway communication. But valuable
and important "a these railways are from
stratezical point q view. they viii Dc
surpassed when the canal ls made ~ the
GSthf7us u Panama Tha; all indeed
be q change o. strategic conditions. n
any further proof Il reuired q TIE irspSr-
tance q the Pzclss ! vosIs call your
attention 70 the fart that within the last
two years tao s1hsnrias cables have been
laid from o1e sore 70 the othsr--ths all (
England cable from Vancouver e Austria
la and the Uusf~f States cable frons Ear I
Francisco 10 Manila These are s.rntszsc
matters ard 10 sous. ,hsy VII - usds Z
more vsiusbie ~ othe- cables hsirg I~sd. 4
Tbes .czbies. owing - tb%sr oenu~etsos Z
with lard telegraph ard osber Sub marine 4
cables. have gives TIE fnsl Isrk - ths 4
xfr6Ie T1pu6 the~hose worsd. 4
Tat L. an lGspartanE strsisg5czi cosfseitiss 4
81 Affairs which TANK Dr. xsEzirs hzs i
enabled "a 20 z5p-eesa;c hT RS VEN val 4
cshls lecture ~-IJonEoz Ta-5ss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16
TRAFFIC WITH JAPAN
Statistics Are Issued Con-
corning Commerce
TRADE GAINS CONSTANTLY
United States Sends More to
Orient Each Year.

Washington, April 1.-THE rapidly
growing share Of the United States in
the commerce of Japan is illustrated by
statement just prepared by the depart
ment of commerce and labor through its
bureau of statistics. This statement is
compiled from an official document OF the
japanese government. just received. en-
titled Financial and Economical Annual
of Japan" 1t shows the commerce OF
Japan with the principal countries of the
world for a long term of years. ending
with 1902. while from another document,
just received, the bureau is able 10 OBJ
tain figures of the commerce of Japan
with the United States, the United King
dom, China, and India for the calendar
year, 1899,
These tables show that the United
States is the largest customer OF Japan.
The value Of exports from Japan 20 her
most important customers in 1872 was: To
Germany. 4.73l.eo yen yet equals ass
cents0 Italy, Is. 2s7.oeo pen; British India.
I3zS7.no yen; Great Britain. Il. 34s. -. yen
Hongkong, 25s7s.os0 yen; France q ~. eo
yen: China. 10, AsS oc0 yen. and 10 the
United States, 50. $50 yen, Thus the
United States takes as much Of the pro-
ducts Of Japan as all OF Europe and nearly
twice as much as China. Japan's second
largest customer.
IN imports the United States stood ser
ond in 1892. and at the end II 1913 was but
sl.22,.oo9 below Great Britain. which SUI
holds the lead For Isr, the latest year
for which the import figures Of Japan are
available with reference 10 all countries.
the imports fro mleading countries. stat
ed in the order OF magnitude. were: From
British India. 5as77.ano yen: from Great
Britain. 5Ass4a.e ven: from the United
States, S.s5S. 900 pen: China. s0.5si 10 yen.
Germany, 25.s13.oo yen, and from France
4.7is.e'e ven In 1913 the imports from the
four principal countries were: from India.
% aS5.o" yen; from Great Britain. s. 757.e,3
yen; from the United States. . 90 zen.
and from China. AZ fSs go yen.
The feature q this Official statement
which Is OF especial interest IN It's reis-
ton 10 the growth OF American exports
10 Japan Is the fact tina, the United
States has made much Trore rapS gains IN
the imports OF Japan than any 81 her
principal rivals. CoxpariuS conditions IN
W. e"1Se OF ~ TOT eNall-@' TIE
United States shows a gain from s-s74as
yen in iss0 20 $500 II iso. Shiie the
figures Of imports from Great Britain arr.
in lssa. =. ,ss and IN 80. 5e.sss so yen:
from Germany. IN ~. s.s57. e9 yen. az:
In lse = $50 yen; from China, in Isss
5 .ss0,e1. yen. ard in lsc. - 81. 90 yen ard
from British India in 1872 ssll 9s9 ye-.
and IN Ise. S,Na..p yen
Considering or!y the ave priacipzl csan-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16
A MATES STORY

The retired sea captain slowly crossed
ole leg over the other as ne seated him
self on an upturned bucket in front of
the furnace.
This life ashore, Jack, is certainly kill
ing me-, he said. Il need excitement TO
keep me going. It's nice to work for a
man like you, and taking care of a fur
mace is not what you'll call strenuous,
but / certainly do miss the days when 1
was my own boss. as we'll as that of
thirty forty other people. Why"
he continued, as he settled himself for
what / saw to be long story. Il never
did anything for myself after / got far
enough along 10 command my own ship.
i used to be beneath the dignity of a
first-class skipper TO have any member
of the crew to see him waiting on him
self. and I~eyen made one high and
mighty topman put the buttons in my
shirt for month, just to show him l
was boss. He'd been considerable sullen
over a little matter of holystoning the
deck one morning, and l wanted him TO
find out what privilege it is for man
TO do mans work. Not that | ever
had much trouble with my crews. We
pretty generally managed to get along
with one another after we'd been three
DAYS out and the sea air had cooled off
their shore heads. That was because
/ most generally kept the men happy
Give a crew hot coffee when they turn
out for the early watch. and bit of
grog once a week. and they'll go to the
end of the world and back for you. No,
1 never had much trouble with the crews.
y x,.;t o,,fa though
when 1 was mate
The captain paused to sort some clink-
ers fro mthe ashes in front of him, and
then resumed his monologue:
II used 10 ship with the Neville broth.
ers, big merchants they were in the early
days The home offices were in New
York, but they had big square ringers
trading TO every port Of the seven seas.
was a pet Of the elder Nevilles,
through having served him as cabin boy
on one of his ships They pushed me
ahead from cabin boy to able seaman.
and finally to the command of their
fastest packet After ! had been a mate
long enough TO know how TO handle my
ship, they kept me pretty much all the
time on vessels commanded by old men
they hadn't the heart to bounce. but
didn't put much confidence in. That was
thu kind of people they were.
.'well. maybe ! didn't have some gay
old larks with those skirpers. Why. Jack,
will you believe it, there wasn't a trip
passed during fifteen years of my serv-
fee, when l wasn't reported for crimes
on the high sea running all the way from
INSTRUMENTATION TO open mutiny. After
every report I'd get my pay raised pretty
regular. 4
There was one old fellow they put me
with FOR FIVE years steady running. that
had more trouble with than all the rest
put together. He'd been with the firm
nifty years. boy and man. and they hadn't
the heart 10 lay him of. The first time
I was put aboard his ship as first mate,
Mr. James Neville-he was the senior
member of the firm-sent for me.
"a Mr.. Jepson. he said. we are going 10
ship you with Capt eKttle. He wifi be
drunk from here 10 Liverpool. and we
shah expect you To look after the ship
Sure enough. when the skipper came
aboard he was very well fixed, indeed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16
A LONDON BRIDGE.

At first sight there appears nothing
romantic about Southwark Bridge. whose
reconstruction is now being debated
/ But there is a wonderful little story be-
/ hind it. after all. There was the in
| evitable fight over its construction.
Street traffic and the necessities of ped
estrianism might go hang. so long as
| the traffic of the river was not inter
fered with; and it was to get over the
| opposition of the corporation and con-
SENATORS that the Rennies had to make
sucn enormous spans-the largest ever
I attempted in the history Of engineering
up to that period This necissitated the
use of blocks of granite greater in extent
than had ever been quarried since the
days of the ancients. 1t could not be
done, masons declared Sir John Rennie
on his part swore that il could and
should- He went TO Aberdeen and at
Peterhead found a block of granite
weighing twenty-five tons. That he
would have whole, he said.
BY excessive wages and unprecedented
largesse Of the native wine men were
got TO cut and detach the mass from its
moorings. But then 1t had TO be taken
Inlng had never been heard OF Sir
John managed to take up a carriage.
and after a journey of a day and a half,
part OF which time was spent in digging
the Aonster out OF collapsed roadways.
twelve or fourteen horses got il 10 the
vessel which. after extraordinary Diff
culues. the engineer had succeeded In
chsrtering. There Were no cranes TO life
such a weight They had TO build
scaforlding in the bed Of Ne harbor 10
get the block aboard. Eventually the
tnlng was accomplished. and although
every mariner save one who had under
taken the commission believed that the
enterprise would send the vessel TO the
bottom. the granite was safely brought
10 London, and a new era In engineering
inaugurated. One curious feature In the
history % Southwark Bridge is that il
was opened a, dead OF night As the
clock OF ST Psul's chimed midnight IL
was declared free 20 the pablic-st.
James Gazette
London Arri. l.-Eirhari Croke-'S 50
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16
FloeoINc WITH WATER.

The essd--Assr csrs Ess recently bses
s6Oy;.1 80 the Oregon s.ss< T.erstssstIzry
xf-h apparently satisfactory r<sggfs Fsy
ali practical g1rpsxes. sosgfEE has b~~a
sks1ssored- 10 rzsie kaE beea sstzAassksss
pTohibftinK naxxrg. AID /. = ease EFsssie
ss presented " whies Al sff@r sssnssas-
rssnf false5. ~ fzss r1t<ss ~ r~s.rses
%, ogs shis eonsin<eEey nos tssrzssss
s,roflzais TIE e0i5-~2ssr ss1r@ hzs ecsn
foza. Elective - spzs sery 6Asssaass
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16
APPETIzING
PARAGRAPHS
Hunger Hints to Tickle the
Tickle Appetite.
StatisticsWorth Thinking About;
Facts Worth Knowing;
Expressions Worth
Remembering.

The turnpike road to peoples hearts, I
find,
Lies through their mouths. or mistake
mankind-Peter Pfndar.
Day after day Uneeda Biscuit.
Last year the National Biscuit Company
used two million and fifty Thousand bar
rels of -four. Placed end to end, these
barrels would reach from New York to
Chicago, a distance of nine hundred miles.
and then, for good measure. stretch sew
enty miles beyond
OF course. Certainly! Uneeda Biscuit.I,
What everybody is eating must be good.
1t requires seven thousand barrels Of
-four a day to supply the demand for bis
cult crackers and waters made by the
National Biscuit Company.
Nearly three hundred million packages
Of Uneeda Biscuit have been enjoyed and
the demand grows apace.
Everywhere the bill-of-fare saysU needa
Biscuit
Lest you forget we say it yet-Uneeda
Biscuit
The woman who buys crackers in pa
per bag still uses flint to light the fire.
Both belong to the same period
'Uneeda Biscuit" said the jester to the
king. "Gadzooks," quoth the king, its
no jest to make a man hungry"
Little drops of water,
Little gusts Of dust
Make common soda crackers
Mighty hard to trust.
When your appetite plays truant-
Uneeda Biscuit
To bake the biscuit, crackers and wa
fers of the National Biscuit Company last
year required S6,565 tons of coal
Quality and purity two words that
explain the success of the products of the
National Biscuit Company
The National Biscuit Company has built
UP its enormous business entirely upon
merit-the best goods baked in the best
manner.
When Johnny
Comes marching home again
With crackers in bag
Send Johnny
A marching back again
And write upon the tag
Uneeda Biscuit.
The National Biscuit Company has in
creased the buying power of nickel
Uneeda Biscuit pursue their journey all
the way from the oven to the home in
an alright package untouched by human
hand, except at one point by pretty girl
inspector. and then only as a matter of
precaution
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

London. Apri. l&-Richard Cookers 81
Patrick's day won the Newmarket bien-
NAL stakes at the Newmarket meeting to-
day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

Atss s&rsh s2ra. sTsf s~e1ty -stxfs q
wkats ~nsks- sac rzs~xfest f-r~1ssT "a
if2sry EiisT ea2gfs-s. szssf iwsnts 80. ss
-~stsns = , H. Fs1zfises s~sizss 80
v1l Azse TIE rsaSta4xs ssazzss1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

2sD Lesass fsssrse. > rua<csizr Taaas
zaezza e Ss~ F1rx 4sr@s>4 90 = 49,
hszsr3srs - a@xe-g rsAht~ss Aes sssa xsez
he stfssssess - rvr s-az sn@ pzrssss.
cs<raf htfa - sts eaY. sd fsrz~s htrn
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-16

The turnpike road to peoples hearts, 1
find,
Lies through their mouths, or mistake
mankind-Peter Pindar.