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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
FOURTEEN KILLED AND MANY
INJURED IN TENEMENT FIRE

New York, Sept. 5.-In fire in
five story tenement at 164 Attorney
street early Sunday morning fourteen
persons, children for the most part,
were killed and more than a score
were injured. Three men are under
gence.
The lower stories of the building had
been almost entirely torn out to make
room for an arcade which was to run
through the lower part of the building
and Ridge street, on the east. Little
had been left of them but the floors
and the stairway. a
Jewish Tenants Victims.
Thirteen Jewish families were
crowded into the three upper floors,
they sought to escape they found a
partly demolished the stairway leading
down from the third floor already
wrapped in flames. When they turn
ed to the fire escapes they found they
had been torn away below the third
floor, and descent was impossible.
Some jumped from the lowest points
they could reach and escaped with
their lives Fireman managed to res
cue number from the top floor, but
in doing SO six men Of the department
were hurt, one so seriously that he is
! not expected to live. The top landing
of the rear fire escape was pulled loose
from the wall while they We're at work
helping tenants and fell five stories tc
the ground below.
The Dead.
Eichler, Rebecca. 3 months; body
| found in house.
Eichler, Rose. IS; body found ir
! house.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06

that demand the attention of govern
ment, and that the bayonet Is not
necessary element in settling labor dis
putes. In pushing the Northern Sc
curities case to successful issue he
faced one of the most serious economic
problems and demonstrated that in this
country the constitution and the law
are the king, while his fearless prosecu-
ton of official delinquents has earned
the support of good citizens every
where
"While there are many honest and
| upright citizens among his opponents
yet the fact remains that the Presi-
dents vigorous and aggressive execu-
ton of his office has led the manipu-
lator Of predatory wealth. the profess
sional agitator and the political CRATER
to make common cause against him.
These are thoroughly convinced that
the President is not safe; but legiti-
mate and vested rights have no cause
of complaint.
President Entitled to Election.
"The voter has to choose between
one or the other of the candidates of
the dominant parties or throw his vote
away as mere protest by voting for
some third party candidate. 1t appears
to me that the President is entitled to
a vote of confidence, and above all par
ty considerations the election Of Pres
ident Roosevelt is required as vindi
cation Of moral courage and official in
tegrity in the government of men-s
yindication not of the candidate, but o
the American people. The republican
party has courageously met it's re
, sponsibility in this campaign, and tina
, it may win the success 1t has thereb.
earned is my DESIRE and l shall d.
what can to contribute thereto.
D. c. Tillotson."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
FIGHT At V AN
ARMENlANs RESIST TURKISH
TROOPS AND THREATEN
POPULATION.

Paris, Sept 5.-A Temps dispatch
from Constantinople by way of Sofia
says an official report which has
reached one of the foreign consuls
there states that the Armenian insur-
gents at Van, Asiatic Turkey, are sue
cessfully resisting the Turkish troops
which until yesterday had been unable
to reduce or disperse them.
The Armenians advanced to within
about 100 yards of the French Consul
ate. The population of Van is seeking
refuge in schools and converts. 1t is
expected that Turkey will mobilize the
fourth army corps and draw troops
from Asia Minor in order to suppress
the uprising.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06

Des Moines, Sept. 5.-Former Secre-
tary of War Root will be one of the
speakers of national Importance who
will visit Iowa this year, in all prob
ability.
Secretary Root is expected to make
a tour of the west on a special train.
At least the west is expecting it and
has some assurances of this kind from
the national committee.
The Iowa committee is interceding
with the national committee in an ef-
fort to have the secretary address
Iowa people as he passes through this
state to the west. II is not unlikely
that this will be effected.
1t is supposed in political circles that
on of the incidental objects Of this
tour by Secretary Root is to make him
better acquainted throughout q terri
tory whose influence will not be in
considerable in the next national con-
vention. When Secretary Shaw was
sent out through the west it was said
that one object was to allow him to
swing around the circle in the interest
of his presidential aspirations in 1908.
His critics will not be dispieased that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06

Feuerberg, Annie, g.; died at Gouver-
neur.
Feuerberg, Hermand. 3; died at
Gouvcrneur.
Feuerberg, Minnie. s; body found in
house.
Teuerberg, Sadie, As; died at Gou-
yerneur.
Kirschner, Philip, 4; died at Belle
vue.
Kuerz, Sarah. 10; body found in
house.
Miller, Isaac, 12; body found in
house.
Miller, Joseph. ID; body found in
house.
Miller Sarah. g.; body found in
Miller Yetta. 35; body found in
Miller, Yetta. 7; body found in
house.
Unidentified boy. I; died at Belle
vue.
| The fire was under control within
| five minutes after the department ar
rived, but the ignorance and excite
| ment of those who first saw the blaze
delayed the sending in of an alarm,
and before the first engine arrived
eight of those in the house were un-
able to find their way from the build
| ing and lost their lives.
Three Arrests Made.
| Leon Sobel owns the building. Cor
oner Scholer caused the arrest of him
and Norris Levine lessee, and Henry
Breiterman, agent of the tenement, on
| the charges of criminal negligence
They We're held under bonds of $4,000
| SO 900, and $1,000 respectively. Bail
| for them was furnished by Louis Kear
/ who is Sobels partner in the rea
>state business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
LEADER OF SILVER REPUBLICANS
DESERTS THE DEMO.
CRATIC PARTY
HAS LOST CONFIDENCE
Mr.. Tillotson, In Letter, to Chairman
Babcock Of Republican congression-
al Committee, Says Democratic
Methods Arc Not Trustworthy.

New York, Sept. Sd. G. Tillotson,
chairman of the silver republican ma
tional committee in 1900, in a letter
to Chairman Babcock Of the republi.
can congressional campaign commit
tee, declares that there is no longer
any reason why silver republicans
should continue to vote the democratic
ticket. He takes the democratic par.
ty at its word that the money ques-
tion is settled and cites Bryan as de-
claring that Parker practiced fraud
on the St. Louis convention. He des-
ignates democracy as party without
an issue and condemns the attacks on
Roosevelt made by the Parker cam
paign managers.
Mr.. Tillotson, who Is one of the
most widely known lawyers in Kansas
declares that President Roosevelt is
worthy of an Endorsement at the hands
of the American people. and says that
as an individual he will do all he car
to bring about the election Of the
President.
Mr.. TilIotson's Letter.
Mr.. Tillotson's letter is in part as
follows:
Topeka. Kan, Aug. 22.-Hon. J.W
Babcock, chairman republican con
! gressional committee-Dear Sir: Ir
i 1896 large body of voters. who hat
always been loyal republicans, sup
i ported the nominee of the democratic
party for convictions sake. While ma
4 ny, doubting the good faith of the
/ democratic party, returned to theil
party allegiance, greater number, be
lieving that the republican party wa.
not recognizing the economic and In
{ dustrial problems confronting the peo
i pile. ccrtinned to support the demo
cratic candidate.
These, as the silver republican par
1 ty, did me the honor, in 1900, of NAL,
ing me the chairman of their nationa
committee. Present conditions max
any further attempt to maintain sil
yer party organization a mere farce
whatever may be ones academica
theory of money.
No, Confidence In Democracy.
"If this attitude is in good faith, |
would appear that there is no goo
reason for supporting the party or it
candidate; if in bad faith, then ther
{ Is every reason for not supportin
, them. Those who believe that the ece
; nom1c and industrial problems affec
ing the people should receive NOR
consideration have no reason to loo
) to the democracy at this time.
with no definite program to advt
cate, and no settled policy of govern
ment to assert, the opposition is devo
ing its energies to an attack upo
President Roosevelt, and the motive {
this attack is a high compliment t
him. His opponents are compelled
admit that he is man Of virility, {
4 high moral. purpose in both civil an
! official life, and one that does nc
: evade official responsibility. In col
Y sistently advocating publicity in a
+ business affecting the public service h
would place before the people the dat
$ which will enable them to act INTEL
e gently in matters affecting the gener
S welfare.
e Extols RooseveIt's Acts.
!, "In securing a settlement of tt
great coal strike he recognized tn;
S there are practical Industrial question
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
HON. LAFAYETTE YOUNG DELlv-
ERs ADDRESS AT BINGHAM,
ME, TODAY.
DE EMOCRATIC CLAIMS
Young Says There Is No Reason of
Any Kind Why the Democrats
Should Be Given the Rens Of Gov.
ernment.

Bingham, Me-. Sept. 5.-Hun. Lafay-
cite Young. of Des Moines. Iowa, spoke
to large audience here, delivering the
first speech of the campaign in this
city, today. Mr.. Young's address con-
two parties and their policies. During
his address he said
Il challenge any man to give any
reason, either business, political or his
toric. why the democratic party should
be returned to power. A business rea-
son cannot be given because the coun-
try is prosperous. A political reason
cannot be given because the govern
ment is honestly and faithfully admin
istered and is respected at home and
abroad. No historic reason can be Civ
en- because most of our best history
has been made against democratic pro-
test.
A Return to Sanity.
"But the democratic party bases it's
claim for power on the assertion that
it has returned to sanity. This con-
fession would indicate that at least
one branch of the party had been
away from sane principles and had
come back. The confession would al
so cause us to infer that at some 9th.
er time the party has been sane. To
return means to come back where we
have once been. But can any patriot
recall the time when the democratic
party was given power and acted sane
| ly upon public questions?
"It is a fact worthy of note that the
democratic party stands the best show
of winning when it's principles are
vague and its purposes indefinite when
| localities are permitted to establish
their own democratic principles and tc
make them, like market reports an6
time tables.
Democratic Principles.
"Under Bryan's leadership all demo
Gratis talked alike. Under Cleveland it
was a go as you please just so you
voted right. Bryan, of all the demo.
cratic leaders in the present genera
ton has stood for the things which
he believed and talked for the doctrines
which he really endorsed. Bryan
crystallzed democratic purposes and
put them into words of one syllable, In
order that they might be understood
Thus defining the purposes of his par
ty republicanism had no trouble in de
feating him Some democratic leaders
learned the lesson Of Bryan's career
and have come back to the belief tina
democracy cannot win on principle!
which represent certainty. They be
Ilieve once more that democracy's onl.
show is in doubt. The country believ
ed that Bryan meant what he said ant
thus believing voted against him. 1
Bryan had been elected everyone
would have known what the resul
meant.
"a man once said that the best cur
for hydrophobia was to get up on tn
fence while the mad dog goes by.
Fortunately the American peopl
are not put to the straits of deciding be
tween two elements of the democrati
party. Nor does the country have t.
determine which is the sane and in
. sane elements of that party. The sal
, est course is to take no risk wit
either element"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
REPORT TO THAT EFFECT is
AGAIN REVIVED IN ST. PET.
ERsBURG TODAY.
KURoPATKIN RETREATS
Russian Army Has Left LIao Yang
Behind and Is Travelling Northward
st. Petersburg Finds Comfort, De-
spite Defeat, in stratesical Work Of
kuropatkin.
London, Sept. 5.-careful in


London, Sept. 5.-Careful in
quiries in official and diplomatic
quarters mere today establish the
fact that no hope prevails of a
termination of the war at this mo-
nent as the result of the series of
victories obtained by the Japan
ese at Liao Yang.
There has been no interchange
of official views by the neutral
European governments. What dis
cussion has occurred has been
entirely personal and has led to
no results even to the extent Of
paving the way to mediation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
tications finally were evacuated and the
remainder of the reserve supplies was
destroyed by fire.

ncatlons finally were evacuated and the
remainder Of the reserve supplies was
destroyed by fire.
Chinese Towns in Ruins.
During the three days of the bor-
bardment of the railway station and
the suburbs the Chinese town suffer
ed most. The latter was abandoned
by its inhabitants after the town was
ablaze in many places To the east,
IN the neighborhood of the Yentai sta
tion and coal mines, there was hot
lighting on Friday and Saturday.
Quiet Reigns.
Both sides, according to the latest
information, are now quiet. On Satur-
day trains from Mukden went south
as far as Yentai.
Story Of Great Battle.
Yentai. Sept. 4.-(Delayed)-Th
Russians evacuated their positions
around Lao Yang during the night of
Sept. 8, crossing the Taitse river and
burning the bridges behind them. In
the meantime strong force was hold
ing Kuroki back from Yentai during
the combined attack on Lao Yang,
which was commenced on August 80,
by General OKu attacking from the
southeast and Nodzu from the south
west. The shell fire was terrific, in
one instance fifty-six shells bursting at
the same time. The Japanese made a
fine infantry attack. They succeeded
in reaching the Russian trenches, but
We're repulsed with heavy loss The
Japanese shrapnel as rule burst too
high. On the whole the day went we'll
for the Russians. The Japanese were
driven from the villages along the
railroad.
Russian Retreat Begins.
I On August 81 the shelling COM
menced at daylight from all sides, but
the Russian infantry pressed forward.
Late that afternoon news came that
KuroM was threatening the railroad at
Yentai and the Russians commenced
to retire, enabling the Japanese to
bring up two batteries and enfilade the
Russian force along the railroad. Dur.
ing the night the transport moved into
Lao Yang.
Crossed River Thursday.
On September / The Russians re.
treated from their main positions
which formed circle around the city
while the transport crossed the river
At o'clock the Japanese succeeded in
placing two guns in position and shell
ed the railroad station, resulting in
many casualties. At the same time the
japanese infantry attacked the inner
Russian position but were repulsed.
Heavy Artillery Effective.
In the evening the japanese brought
up heavy guns, using smokeless pow
der, to shell the Russian town. The
Russians held their position till the
night of September 3, when they retir
ed across the river. On Septemb Der
a strong Russian force moved cas-
, from Yentai, to hold General KuroS
back.
,, kuroki's Attack.
) Kuroki attacked it and was repulsed
being driven from his positions on th,
) left. The Japanese poured terrifi,
shrapnel fire into the Russians, on,
shell annihilating two Russian compan
, les. In the evening the Russian ar
J tillery, which had been reinforced
]. shelled the Japanese position and Ku
: roki pushed his right forward and go
: within twelve miles Of the railroad a
Yentai. Later he was driven back t
his original position.
Desultory fighting occurred on Ser
J, tember in the vicinity of Mukden.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
EIGHT PEOPLE INJURED.

Open Switch Causes Disastrous Wreck
In Chicago.
Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 5.-Eight persons
were injured and six cars on the Chi
cago and Oak Park elevated railroad
were derailed today in head-on col
lision at st. Louis avenue. The turn
ing Of switch is said to have been
the cause of the wreck. The police
are searching for Joseph O'Brien, a
switchman, to explain the accident
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
AGED WOMAN KILLED.

Mrs. Imosene w. Eddy, Daughter of
N. P. Willis. Victim of Accident,
Boston, Mass. Sept. 5.-Mrs. Imo.
gene w. Eddy. aged so years, the
daughter of Nathaniel P. Willis. the
poet, lost her life in an elevator acci.
dent at her apartments here today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
OF WORKERS
in LABOR DAY PARADE
A SAD TRAGEDY.
Assd Man, Temporarily Insane, Kills
Wife and Wounds Himself.

4 y 50 = = = y
Clarion, Pa. Sept. 5.-WhiIe tenn
porarily insane, George kaber,
aged 53 years. and one of Shippen-
ville's weaIthiest citizens, today
shot and killed his wife, and fatal
ly wounded himself. The couple
had been married for over fifty
= years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
CAR NICHOLAS MAY GO
TO THE FRONT WITH ARMY
is NOT AT LIBERTY.
sassoneff, Murderer Of Won Plehve, Is
Still a Prisoner.

= ~ r = = = 4
". St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-There 4
Is no truth in the statement, print )
ed in London, that sassoneff, the )
murderer Of Won PIehve, Succeed >
ed in escaping from the prison
here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Five Men Die AS Result of Awful Ac
cident TODAY.

Bricelyn, MINI, Sept. 5.-The boil.
or of a threshing machine engine ex'
nloded on a farm near here today, kill,
inp Peter Daley, Chris Sunde, James
Seymour, Abe Foster and Willard Gall
Won. George Halverson was badly in
jured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06
THE WEATHER

1cwa-Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday.
Illinois-Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday: slightly warmer Tuesday.
South Dakota cloudy to-
night and Tuesday, warmer in the
east portion tonight.
ocat Waafy,or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-06

Extos RooseveIt's Acts.
'In securing a settlement of the
great coal strike he recognized that
there are practical industrial questions
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Continued on Page a.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-14
4 StrRnIc Case.

In the latter part of 1873 young
lady died near Cleveland of Il disease
that had greatly puzzled the attending
physicians, the symptoms being simi-
lar to rheumatism of the heart The
postmortem revealed one of the most
remarkable facts To the medical pro-
fessiou. \ large burdocll bur was
found securely imbcdlcd i'll the heart
directly against the posterior surface
of the aorta. 1t WAS completely envel-
oped with cystic tissue, which had al
so covered all the large blood vessels
leading to and from the heart There
is only one way of accounting for the
presence of the bur. It had been
breathed into the air passages when
the woman was a child
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-14
Keeps Importers Guessing

How old is Ann" is easy When com,
pared with that crazy quilt patchwork
puzzle. the Dingley bill, whose different
patches. or rates of duty. We're designed
by n thousand different manufacturers
and We're simply pecrd together by
Congressman Dingley Dinglcy. how
ever, still further raised the rates so rs
to have a trading margin that would
leave the trusts plenty OF protection
after we had swapped tariffs with nu
merous foreign countries, according TO
the original reciprocity plan. The man
ufactnrers. after making the rates as
high as they dared, had inserted blind
paragraphs, "baSket" clauses, etc, to
fool the uninitiated and TO force the
rates on many articles much higher
THAI congress intended.
In this way by compelling new and
unex pected clasSiticationS, the rates on
scores of articles have been forced up.
Hundreds of importers are kept guess
ing by this DinSIcy puzzle
The pearl importers have recently
had the rate of duty forced up from 20
to so per cent. and this, too, after the
goods had been imported at the lower
rate and sold on that basis. The United
States circuit court decided on Jan. 10
that pearls imported in a box and ar
ranged i'll graduating sizes should be
classified as jewelry and pay a duty Of
GO per cent. The same pearls on u pa
per would have the same value, but
would pay only 20 per cent duty. This
difference cost one importing firm $oO,-
900 in one year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-14
TWO TRIPS TO WORLD'SFAIK
The Graphic Will Send Two Ladies, One
From County, and One From City.
Colecons to BE Made by Graphic Readers and the Most
Popular Ones Will Win.

Everybody wants to go to the worlds
fair Ill st. Louis next summer. 1t will
be the grandest ever held in the his
tory of the wCrld-several times as
large as the one held at Chicago in
1892. The publishers Of the Graphic
have decided to give free trip t., the
tWo most popular ladies', one from the
city vf Pine Bluff, cne from jefferson
county, outside the city. All expense,
Will be paid from the time the ladies
leave their homes until they return,
including transportation to st. Louis
and return, parleT or sleeping ear fare,
admission to the grounds, hotel bills,
street car fare. etc
The two ladies who are to take the
trip at the Graphic's expense will be
the one receiving the largest number
of votes within the city and the one
residing outside the city receiving the
ia ScoI 'OlC. SolcS uldy UG secured as
follows:
Single coupon, cut from Daily or
TWlce-a-Week Graphic l vote
Subscription to Daily Graphic. in ar
rears, each dollar paid, 10 votes.
Subscription to Daily Graphic, paid
in advance, cne month, 65 cents, 6
votes.
Subscription t. Daily Graphic, paid
IN advance, six months, s375, 1Y5
votes.
Subscription to Daily Grphic, paid
in advance, one year, $3.50. 400 votes
Subscription to Twice-a- eek
Graphic, paid liz advance, six months,
10 cents, 40 votes
SubscriptiC. to Twice-a.Wee
Graphic, paid in advance, one year,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-14
Not .f..>JE 10 THE POLE.
s.'.sn .rrilaii,4:~ Il. iiae ppintin@ of
4t.s.lscy.s..

- :rrIafin:~ II. iie" i'pintin. OF
- f>a.~as'y.
" '.zs..f:.59 sa# thai tn. i5olg o:
tae= il,.s.s..e'= l.o;sfs toward tIta north
The T. { : t., lIs ii5H- Ia aers!ts i itl5
to tar s1ie I,vefs rrasief. However, i
NOW t1.,3iiiar viii tHo general laet OF
valiHtion Of the r0iAniss Ou our
eastern Seab3Ara aH all tht. Way arros>
the Atlantic the north pointing Of The
compass varies SO far to the West that
a ship going to Europe and making no
allowance for this deviation would lind
herself making moro nearly for the
North cape than fer her destination.
The "Neclinatioll." as il is termed in
scientific language. varies from one re
gion of the earth to another la some
places it is toward the west in olhers
toward the east
The pointing of the needle in various
regions Of the world is shown by iuc.tus
of ma gnetic maps. Such maps are pub
lished by the United States coast sur
vey, whose experts make Il careful
study of the magnetic force all over the
country It is found that there is a
line running nearly north and south
through the middle states along which
there is no variation Of the compass
TO the east of it the variation is west.
TO the west of it east The most rapid
changes in the pointing of the needle
are toward the northeast and north
west regions. When we travel to the
northeastern boundary Of Maine, the
westerly variation has risen to 20 de
2rees Toward the northwest the east
erly variation continually increases un-
til in the northern part Of the state of
Washington it amounts to 23 degrees
Simon Ncwcomb in Harpers