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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-13

FOR SALE CHEAP-NINE ROOM HOUSE
three room cellar, good barn and carriage
shed, good well and cster II. Z. Sven
son, P. o. Dept.
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WANTED.

ATTENTION, LADIES-EARN $50 PER
100 writing short letters from copy. Adj
dress stamped envelope for particulars.
Michigan Speciality Co., Albion, Mich.
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FOR RENT.

Foh RENT-FARM OF 1919 ACRES 21a
nilles northeast from Ottumwa. good i'm
pfoNeihehts. John II. Spry, ottumwa, la.
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FOR sALE-DO YOU WANT TO BUY A
home? offer from a town lot to any
size farm, with or without improvements,
in the oil and odorless gas field, in the part
they call the great southwest. southeast
Kansas. Come on Tuesdays; excursions to
sunny Kansas, where there lis no snow,
and view the soil and the advantage of the
great future, as you would in the good old
summer time. P. H. Foley, Thayer, Kan.
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FOR SALE HOUSE OF FIFTEEN
rooms. both hard and soft water, desira-
BILE for boarding house. Enquire sos East
Main.
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oTTUMWA REAL ESTATE co.
Taylor Bldg, Cor. Main and Court SITS,

II A D M For Sale, 20 acres one
l "A N IVA and one-half miles
northeast Of Ottumwa, formerly be-.
longing to Byron Whitcomb, deceased,
underlaid with coal, easily mined.
Terms reasonable. Inquire Of A. J.
Rummel, Toledo, Ohio
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FARM FOR SALE-12O ACRES OF GOOD
land, good improvements, close to school
and church. For particulars address ]. A.
Loe, Duncan's Bridge, Mo.
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FOR SALE-sIX SECTION Rancho,
stock farming country, healthy. Fine
place for Red Poll or Durham man. q.
Sumner, Ideal, Texas, Hutchinson county.
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FOR sALE-FARM OF 176 ACRES IN
Cass township, fair improvements, nearly
all In cultivation, one mile west of Chilli
Gothic, known as the Jenkin farm. Adj
dress G. e. Jenkins Chillicothe, Iowa.
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FOR SALE-AN UNBIASED so ACRE
farm in gas field, " mile to town, $50. L.
p. Reece, Pleasanton. Kansas
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Charlton.

Charlton, Feb. PA number of the
friends of Miss Kitty Barker met last
evening and proceeded to her home,
taking her by surprise. The evening
was most enjoyable one and was
spent in playing games of. various
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NORTON & SMITH
First Nation
FOR SALE.

bargain in three lots on Wapello street.
Five acres, fine home, just outside city,
must be sold at once. *
Six room house on North Davis street will
be sold at once.
Five room house on Pleasant street, a
good home.
Five room house on Fourth street, price
$500.
Ten room house with ~ acre Of land,
one of the finest homes in city.
40 acres joins city limits, see us about it.
Farms in all parts Of county and city
property in any part Of city.
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FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-s91a ACRES y MILES
south of Ottumwa limits on the
Bloomfield road; good location for
gardening and truck farming; also
nineteen acres timber. Will sell
reasonable. G. H. Nash, r, +. D.,
No. 6, Ottumwa.
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SEVERAL GOOD FARMS FOR RENT.
Ben S. Benson.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

The dispatch from ST Petersburg to
the effect that an epidemic of cholera
and typhoid is threatened at Hardin.
the Russian military base In Man
churia, is surprising only by reason
Of the fact that 1t was permitted 70
pass the censorship. The streets are
filthy With -ccumulations OF decom-
posing organic refuse, the river sun
gari. from which the public water
supply is taken, IS polluted to a dan
gerous degree; no facilities for ade-
quate filtration have been provided
and the shallow wens which are the
dependence of those who do rot d~ay
from the river are little better than
pockets in swampy spots which i'll
with surface water made dangerous hy
the filth accumulations Of the winter
Russian civilization has not reached
the stage cf development which rec
ognizes the importance Of systematic
public sanitatlon.--Ne York Times,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

There need not he much speculation
as to what the Democratic national
convention will say to the country
when it meet> and perhaps one Of the
things which is most clear is that
there will be no reattirming of dead
issues no rustling Of dry leaves.
or the thirtyseycn states which
have acted, only three have injorsed
the Kansas City platform Nebra ka
Colorado and Arkansas, and the lat
ter Endorsed it only until the next
national creed was adopted The first
two are easily accounted for but in
the case of Arkansas we are at a loss
for an explanation None of the del
egates. SO far as we kroy. favorS re.
affirmation. and the same convention
which adopted this re oluton adopted
another en- lorsing aud iastructing
for Judge .rker, who. as everyone
KNOWS, is presented 10 the party on
Tic New York platform, which com
plesely ignores dead and obsolete is
slfes. 1t the state platforms are
an indication Of what will be done.
it II reasonable to think that the next
declaration Of principles will more
nearly re amhlc those of 1881, SIS and
~. than tho of 10000. New York.
New Jersey West Virginia, Indiana
and llirDiS are of the same mini as
regard the platform. ana Tenuess
Maryland Mississippi, Virginia and
Georgia have gone a step further and
arr More explicit and more emphatic
ia what they say None of them
much az mentioned the Kansas City
platform, and all Of them placed them
snlye2 ba record az fayoring a con
seryatiye course aud the adoption OF
a platform that will truly represent
The time honored principles of the
faith The Demacracy Of Jefferson
and Jackson and Tilden and Cleveland
Ii the Democracy that Il now in the
ascendant.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

Mayor Winter has given orders to
the police force which will give
pleasure to the people who believe in
a better enforcement of pelice regu.
lations than has marked his admins.
traCion during the last year list
Of orders which he made is given in
the local news columns elsewhere
They relate mostly to the better oD-
seryance OF Sunday in the conduct OF
the saloon business. The Bulletin is
pleased 10 note this and will not fail
to Keep the public informed of such OF
his official acts as call for general
public approval There has been no
public demand for a crusade no
body wants a tight town. nor =
"clean sweep" But there has been
just demand for a better observance
of general police regulations and the
mayor seems to be disposed to yield
to this demand
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
HARVEST Of DEAD
GROWING GREATER
Searches Begin Anew The Work
OF Finding SlOcum's Dead.
MANY MORE ARE FOUND
TOTAL LIST OF VICTIMS WILL
NOW REACH 900 or WHICH
OVER 500 ARE STILL
MISSING.
8, the Associated Press.

New York. June 49, Sundays har
vest Of dead from the steamer Gen.
eral Sloeum disaster numbered ~.
bringing the total number of bodice
so far recovered mp to G32 OF these
$50 have been identified
While the list of missing has been
cut down by the identihcations made
today, eleven new names we're added
leaving the total OF missing almost
as it was on Saturday, something
more than three hundred
Early this morning the searchers
began anew the work of finding IN.
Slocums dead Within an hour they
had recovered thirteen bodies off the
shore of North Brother Island. Three
Of the bodies were floating aud it ia
the general opinion that many more
will come to the surface during The
week.
A life saver. graphing from a raft
brought up woman OF 80 and a sir
OF Il years locked in each Others
arms A few minutes later he brought
up the bodies of hoy nine years old
and girl Of six apparently brother
and sister. clinging together Divers
who went 10 the wreck found tho
bodies Of a woman, a girl and a boy
They were burned beyond recogni
ton The divers said there were more
bodies in the wreck Three men
working with an Impoverished crap
pie, drew up the section Of the rail OF
the upper deck Of the Slocum about
thirty feet long The bodies of -four
women were clinging 10 the rail tho
fingers gripping the interlaced wide
ropng. This is part Of the rail which
gave way just before the steamer was
beached, precipitating one hundred
persons into the water
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

has at last been cemented In 1901
and 1902 The Commercial Appeal con
tended that the seemingly natural al.
lance between the South and the West
va in reality unnatural and that it
was rendered impossible by the ac.
ton OF the West The South was di-
verified from the Eat by the silver
question, an issue made by the West
81 far as this section was concerned.
IFS attitude towards silver was en-
tircly disinterested Without know.
ing very much about the que lion. it
gave its loyal support to the Western
Idea. and what was the result2
The West repudiatci free silver and
the Democrats carried only fortyiive
electoral votes in the Wet, excluding
Missouri, Democratic state under
any and all circumstances In 1900
the Democacy by the demand of its
presidential candidate reaffirmei it's
allegiance to the dead issue Of free sill
yer and pronounced in favor OF GER
tain remote phauta NAL issues, and it
carried only five Western states, in
cmding Missouri with an electoral
vote Of only thirty
Il is only too evident from this that
the West is not in sympathy with the
South and never has been The East
and the South We're first settled Their
people have many traditions in com
mon. and. barring the negro question,
there is no subject of controversy be
tween them The East really under
stands the South better than the We t
does
1t is but natural then that the
Southern states in the determination
to drop the dead issues and look to
The living present rather than search
the cemeteries for remnants of the
slain. With the East and the South I
reunited. the Democracy will become
nyincible Memphis Commercially /
peal
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

Friends of Judge Parker are urging
him TO speak They set forth the fact
that large majority of the delegates
70 far chosen have been instructed for
him and o q majority of the conven4
ton is certain 10 be for him While
this does not necess ariiy insure his
noih nation it means much as an in
dlcatien. OF popular favor; and the
judge cannot be unmindful of IT. But
II does not appear absolutely neces-
: sary that the Judge should speak His
views in a general way are well known
and We can safely trust the conven
tion which nominate him 10 make
such declarations upon the que tons
of the Jay as be and all good citizens
can endorse.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

II seems quite cer1air now that the
South will be the dominant force In
the party, ana will almost surely con.
troll therSt Louis convention II seems
agsured that the chief place. in the
body will go to Slmtherner,, and to
Southerners will be intrusted the MAX
ing of the platform There Is consid
cradle talk of nominating a Southern
man for the vice presidency These
hpnnrs are very well thrust on the
Soilth II they are awarded thus. but
AZ wna1Iti be wise to scatter them The
Beshsefacy is not sectional. 1t be-
longs to the whole country. and guess
lions of party expediency should not
ccnfine INTO one part Of the repub-
lie.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
THE WAGES OF SIN.

During these months the demon of
Speculation has had me in its grip ami
l am as powerless to resist 1t as any
drunkard his drink or any gambler
Bis game The course | am taking is.
all considered. the wise one
O. God. have mercy The way of the
transgressor Is hard, aud the wages
of sin is death
50 wrote Charles S. Mccoy, a PROM
inent attorney of Chicago, few min
utesaahefore he cut his throat in a
hotel at Jacksonville, Fla. Then fol
lowed the sweep of the knife and the
ending of his lifes story.
Mct'oy was neither better nor
Hworsegfhan many other men He wa
( d lawyer Of ability. well able to hold
tbs own in the battle Of life He
eelniaanded a good practice. He had
u hanqy home Everything about
him hifnished an incentive to do
fight, fo stamp the impress Of a good
character upon those with whom he
came in contact, to hold up his head
among bis fellows
But in him was engendered a desire
for speculation He wanted to get
rich quickly So he left the safe and
sure path Of slow and steady earning
for the broader field of speculation.
This desire, at first his property, 10
turn possessed him and became his
master 1t robbed him Of his calm
trend Of thought Of the happiness
that he mad justly earned in safer
ways. of the nights that he owed 60
sleep
When the market was with him he
was feverishly exultant When II
turned against him there came 70 him
care ANA unrest and sleepless Dights
The thoughts of home and loved one
the thousand and one things that
serve 10 make mp the sum or honest
happiness were submerged in this
malestrom Of speculation, this mad
denug desire for wealth
Then came on the cleaning and
the night The time came when he
could not meet hts obligations. when
everything in the petty world Of
chance went against him tie saw the
p,Ahli o. his losses mount higher
and bankruptcy 5tarc him in the face
lie was not strong enough To face the
world again, broken in fortune and
dishonored in name
His death carries with If IT'S own
moral. and cries aloud lesson that
every man should learn and take to
heart. The only wealth that has the
power 20 bring permanent happiness
is that which has been worked and Ia
borei for The only money worth
Keeping is thar which has been hon
tlv earned. for which the owner has
given to 'he world AZ large 4 due
equivalent.
Money Is NOT everything Gaining
is and piIiug il up is not the end and
aim # life II cannot buy happiness
OF content or freedom from care.
To make a happy fresIde cline
For &eans and wife
Is the true pathos. and sublime.
OF human life
Memphis scimitar
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

In turning down the La Toilette
faction" in Wiscon in. the Republic
can national committee turned
down" sixty per cent Of the delegated
to the ctate convention and gave its
support to the boilers who represent
cd only fortj per cent. of the dele
gates. 1t is quite certain that Senator
Spooner who has allied himself with
the minority faction against La Fob
lette. will be able to bring enough
pressure to bear upon the national
convention 70 procure a confirmation
Of the decision of the national com
mlttee and this will mean that tue
La Toilette people will have 80 either
submit or bolt at the polls in Novem.
her
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

There comes 10 my mind a legend.
A thing had half forgot
And whether ! read or dreamed II,
An well 1t matters not.
II said. in heaven at twilight
A great boil softly swings.
And man MAJ listen and hoarken
40 the wonderful music that rings
n he nuts from his heart $ inner cham
Der
An passion. pain and strife.
rIeartach and weary loHginfF
That throh IN the pulses oi life.
II he thrust from his soul all hatred:
All Thoughts Of wicked Things
RE can hear in the holy twilight
How the nell Of the angels rings.
I think there Is m TINS legend,
n We open our eyes 10 see,
Somewhat Of an inner meaning
nv friend for you and me
So. then let us ponder little;
ct us look IN our hearts and see
~ the Twilight hell Of tho angels
re, .t-,-y F0- t-ot' arh mo
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

In the Tyner case three course
are open TO the president He can
reiterate his charge Of guilty. in spite
Of the iury's verdict of acqui,tal. ara
produce additional evidence 10 aue
tain the charge, thus eonvicting him
self Of having withheld the evidenc
from the jury for the purpose Of
bringing about an acquittal, or he can
resract what he said admitting that
he committed a great wrong IN pro
nouncfug an old man guilty of a great
crime without sufficient evidence: OF
he can keep still and stand convicted
of SANDER for which. II he were not
president of the United States, be
could be made to pay heavy damages.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

Until late last night il looked like
RooGevelt and HIT Then the Fair.
banks boom got started and il had as.
suned portentious proportioas BY
O'Clock this morning No doubt the
lditt shcom was injuriously affect 4
by the prospect OF such rhymes as
Roosevelt and HIT; they'll get the
mil" But Roosevelt and Fairbanks
cant beat our Nancy Hanks" is quite
as depressing,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
Mexican Fairs.

Every city. town ard village in Mex
leo has JUS annual fair not like the
county fairs in TIE United States. but
several days given to plea ure, usual
~ In celebration of some religious
event. when it puts on IT'S holiday at,
tie, and all the people for niles
around congregate for business and
pleasure
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

To old ideas in business you
are unfortunate, and must break away
from them to succeed. Use the pro.
gressive newspaper to reach the peo-
pie with your daily invitation. II you
want business. ask for it. He WHO
calls most persistentIy and persua-
sively will be sure to get il.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

In the very depths Of yourself dig
crave Let il be like some forgot
ten spot 10 which no path leads. and
there. in the eternal silence. bury the
wrongs you have suffered. Your heart
will feel as II a weight had fallen
from It and a divine peace will come
10 abide with you.-Charles Wagner.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
channo Marrow Gaunc Pod.

The work e changing the gauge Ct
the Nczicon National railroad. has
been completed at cost Of $1,000
Geo gold and the entire road which
was uriil recently the longest narrow
gauge railroad in the world, is now
standard guage from LAREDO to the
City Of Mexico.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
Who're the ranner Lic1.

4 German sanitary expert. DR.
Kuester. maintains that there IS no
danger of catching cold from the oc-
casional opening of the front door cf
street cars. and that much more harm
is done by the stuffy, microbe-lsden
air when the doors are Kept closed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

The Dogs Protective league has ar
ranged with veterinary surgeons
throughout England TO set aside a
certain hour in each week when poor
persons may present their dogs Tor
advice and treatment The league
also trains nurses for attendance on
dogs
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
Board OF County Commissioners.
JOHN A. MILLER Chairman,
JOHN A. BOURGEOIS,
Or. Edwin ] Cause.
Tn lnoculate Calves.

As a protection against con7unp'
ton. it is proposed TO inoculate every
calf in Germany with specially pre-
pared tuberculosis bacilli, on the plan
of vaccination, In order that the aai'
mai may not contract tuberculosis
later.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

All Illinois Central, Mobile a. Ohio
and Cotton Belt trains arrive aud de-
part from Central station, corner OF
Second street and Ohio Lcyee.
All Big -Four and Iron Mountain
trains arrive and depart from the
Union station. Second street and Com
mercial avenue.
Mail may be deposited In the box at
the transfer station. located at Cen
trail station, 20 minutes before the de-
parture of any train.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

TO not crave opportunities 70 OK
ercise virtues, but crave the posses
sion Of them. II YOU possess them
you will use them when occasion re-
quires. If you do not possess them the
occasion for their use will simply dem.
onstrate your weakness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
Frsneo.Pru,sian war Indemnity.

A mllliard Is a thousand millions. as
n miliard If france This word be-
cane familiar in English through the
payment by France to Germany. after
.he close Of the war of 1901. Of an
Indemnity Of FIVE milliards of francs
tabout $1,000 .c00.0C0).
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

Some Of the native population Of
Panama have retained their customs.
speech and physical type especially
those in tho western part Of the prov
ince. and claim to be descendants Of
the native found in that section by
the Sp9niards.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
Mrle SKIM un in Price.

Two cents apiece used to be paid
for the pcits Of moles in France he
fore they became a fashionable fur
Now they fetch four times that sun.
Ore dealer bought 100000 pel;s IN
six weeks.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

IN in Chicago they are talking
about the life insurance carried by
Col Lowdan and Carter Harrison.
These two may prove to be very live
ly corpses for some Of the iokers
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
USEFUL INFORMATION.

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In this department all manner Of useful in
formation will be briefly given every day, any
question asked by readers concerning any OF
the multitudinous affairs Of daily life will re-
ceive careful consideration
The King snakes bite is nor fatal
TO human beings, but it will kill rat
tiers ana other snakes,
The average steel rail will stand
from l50.o0o.000 to 20o,oooo00 tons Of
traffic before wearing out
The heaviest locomotive in the
United States weighs l67 tons and ia
used in the b d 0 railroad
The modern postage stamp was
first used in Great Britain in 1910 It
was introduced in the United States
in 1871
The estimated distance % tho
North or Polar star IS A. light-units
a lightunit being th9 distance light
travels In year at the rate of about
1870. 600 miles a second
There are many ways Of making in
deliblp ink Here is one of them
Dissolve shelac in a little water by
boiling 1t with about one-siXth por-
ton of borax. Then add enough nj
grosine to give the desired color
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
The Song Sparrow.

. sparrow. sitting on the tree,
Above the spri1EinR branches hara,
Your song comes floating down 10 me,
. sparrow sitting an the tree,
Its liquid ripples sweet and free
Tremble and brighten high w ait,
q sparrow sitting on the tree,
Above the sprnRiug branches bare.
Lawrence Heber In Boston Transcript
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
To pesdrit JesIits.

A bill Ia under consideration in Ger
many which will readmit of the Jesu
it's into that country. giving Roman
Catholics equal rights with Protest
ats Z TIE eyes Of the Law.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20
SUNDAY MORNINGS NEWS.

Local-W White man made negroes in
city jail hunt corner by discharging
pistol az them During MAY .
00S books were taken from Cairo pub.
lie library Miss Rose Hogan. Of
Mound City. will be married in Chica.
20 June 80. TO Mr. James Johnston
Elliott A Cairo man will carry
10 the Worlds fair a walking stick
composed Of many varieties Of wood
f ?. Haynes. father of G. e.
Haynes. Of Cairo. died in Smithland,
Ky Cairo beat Henderson. Ky.
at baseball Saturday. score 70 %.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

How few mean half the bitterness
they speak" says Alfred Au;tin, Al
fred seems to be sizing up the cam
paign speakers early in the game.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

If Rasuli only knew it. he could dcu-
bic his stake with some of the Amer
lean dime museum owners, after he
getE all he wants from the sultan
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

YoG tell as the Russians can't fight?
Didn't three Russian armored cruisers
lick hl out of couple Of Japanese
transports the other day?
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-20

7IT F"T TfFTW ~
a break in the trolley Of the street
cars last night deprived The Bulletin
establishment of power for two hour
which account for the chortness in
some of the departments this morning.