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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
FOOD AND FIGHTING.

Chicago Inter- Ocean.-That easing
of meat, and especially of raw meat,
tends to make the eater combative is
well known popular belief. Some
enthusiastic vegetarians even affirm
that when their dietary practice be-
comes the rule instead of the excep-
ton mankind will have taken long
step toward the abolition of war and
the establishment of universal peace.
The researches of French expert
menter named Houssaye, detailed in a
recent issue of the Paris Journal OF
Psychology, would seem to require a
decided revision of the popular belief
and vegetarian theory. Mr.. Houssaye
has made chickens the subject of his
experiment, feeding one-half of his
flock as usual and the other half on
raw meat exclusively, for several gem
erat1ons. The results are Just the
opposite of what would be expected by
believers in the popular tradition.
The meat fed fowls become moro
quickly tame and submissive to hand
ing by their common attendant than
the grain fed. The grain fed birds
persist in the tendency of cockerels to
tight each other at the age Of two or
three months. In the fourth genera
ton the meat fed birds lost this ten
dency altogether The grain fed cocks
will at once challenge and attack when
/
rivals. The meat fed cocks decline to
! fight the grain fed even when the lat
ter are tied so that they cannot run
away. In fact, meat diet, SO far
from increasing the combativeness of
| fowls, seems to have altogether de-
prived them of the fighting spirit
1t may be commended that chickens
are not naturally meat eaters, and
that the greater peaceableness Of Mr..
| HOussaye'S meat fed fowls Is merely
an effect of lowered vitality resulting
from lack of healthful variety in diet.
That probably Is the true explanation,
but 1t does not prove that refraining
from meat would deprive men of their
combativeness except as a vegetable
diet exclusively might lower their VII
tallty, just as meat diet exclusively
may lower that Of chickens.
| In teir choice of food, every poultry
raiser knows, chickens are like men
omnivorous. They do not have to be
driven to eat meat by starvation. They
will eat 1t, in certain quantities, even
when they have access to abundance
of grain. The proved fact is that
! meat diet does not increase the fight
Ing propensities of fowls. BY a par
ity of reasoning we must reach the
| conclusion that 1t is not meat eating
| alone, but the vigor given by their
whole dietary, that makes men prone
| to quarrel and fight
The Houssaye experiments are Curl
Gus rather than important They
should help, however to put an end to
the vegetarian delusion that the kind
of food men eat determines the rela-
tive peacefulness of their dispositions
| and that there is some intimate con-
nection between meat food and fights
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
THE NEXT WAR.
Estimated Naval Expenditures.

Great Britain. Germany.
1ss4-'S5.. >. ...$ 53,90O,o0O 5 9.4O0, 900
1s94-'95 :. 80. 86,500,000 20, 5000
1s99-19oo -. :. 132,SoO, 900 32,4oo,o0O
1904-'05 ;. -. 1S4,300,000 $4,000
England doesn't make a secret of it
that she intends to have navy of a
two power,or, preferably, three pow
er, standard. That Is, her navy must
more than equal the combined navies
of the two or three next strongest
navies in the world. The British en-
pire was acquired and held by the
British navy. If some other power,
or coalition of powers, could master
England on the water her empire
would be dismembered just as the over
sea empires of Portugal, Spain, and
France were dismembered. AT least,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

ticket forgeries and every other OBJ.
stacle, the st. Louis fair Is pegging
right along and is paying the prescrib-
ed amount into the United States
treasury every fifteen days. Perhaps
it's just as we'll that there are some
stumbling blocks for If everyone
around the institution was con the
square" and the attendance had been
all that was expected. what would the
exposition company have done with
the money?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
WABASH.
Depart

Arrive Depart.
No. IS Kansas City & ST.
Louis ......a 700 p. m. a9:2O D. m,
No. IA Kansas City & st.
Louis ....... a6 Is a. m. aS:25 a. m.
Freight trains carrying passengers
between Ottumwa and Moulton:
Local freight. .bS:00 p. m. b3:00 a. m.
Fast freight .a11:1o a. m. a2:3O p. m.
daily. b except Sunday
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
THE HEIGHT or ROBUSTNESS

AS people think more and more of
the utterly foolish charge made by the
democrats, that Roosevelt is not a
safe man, and as they balance against
the groundless accusations the facts
with regard to the wise administration
of public affairs by the President they
see the only too evident senselessness
of the charge. The democrats, in
stead of bringing people to their way
of talking have, by their wild charges
against Roosevelt, made people think
more of him and his policies, and
thinking has always brought them to
the same conclusion-that Roosevelt is
not only safe and sane but that he is
wise and able man, man who has
filled many positions Of trust and has
acquitted himself with credit each and
every time.
Major John F. Lacey, in his opening
speech at Deep River Wednesday even
ing, spoke of the attacks on Roosevelt
as follows. summing up in a few SEN
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
THE WAR SITUATION.

lS lCpSdICo pooIpolCttChSS w Sio
Japanese Of the final assault" upon
Port Arthur brings out query in the
minds of far-away observers: do the
Japanese want to capture Port Arthur
anyway" What would this profit them
even if they were to gain possession
of the fortress? In the first place they
cannot expect to take this Gibraltar
of the Orient without the loss of
thousands of men, in addition to those
whose lives have already paid the pen
atty of patriotism of too enthusiastic
a nature. Again, should the Japanese
occupy Port Arthur they must guard it
against assault in case the Baltic fleet
is sent to those waters. AS it is, they
have the Russians securely boxed up
and though large army is needed to
thus far to have been able to pour
more men into the war zone than their
enemies have been able to mobilize
there and the army before Port Arthur
is not needed just now, at least, in the
vicinity of Mukden.
But another powerful reason for not
wanting Port Arthur lies in the trea-
ty by which that port became Russi-
an one. This was brought about by a
treaty with China, and by that same
treaty, England, Japan's strongest al
ly in the present war, secured Chez
Foo on the condition that it be vacat-
ed Immediately the Russians lost con-
troll of Port Arthur. Thus by taking pos
session of Port Arthur the Japanese
would bring upon themselves a great
deal of additional trouble and at the
same time deprive Great Britain of
her treaty rights at Chez Foo.
Japan needs all the friends she can
muster among the foreign nations
just now and her lack of activity at
Port Arthur may be explained by this
fact and the conditions of the treaty
affecting the ports.
Meanwhile the theatre of activities
in the north seems to be deserted for
the present. With the Russians dispos.
ing their troops at Tie Pass and Muk,
den with view to withstanding Jap
anese attack there, the enemy is with
drawing to the south, seemingly aban-
doning the hard fought ground they
gained between Lao Yang and Muk,
den.
Viewing the war conditions from a
point half way around the earth, it is
rather hard to form accurate ideas
as to the objects of the opposing com,
manders, but every event during the
past few days seem to indicate that
the later reports regarding the Lao
Yang campaign are more correct than
the early ones and that the Russians,
instead of being utterly put to rout
and defeated by the Japanese, infiict.
ed severe damage upon the. forces OF
the mikado and Oyama, rather than
rush into another hard battle at this
time. chooses to withdraw his men to
a place where they will be safe from
the enemy for time and able to re.
cuperate after their hard campaign.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

What does 1t matter, though flour is
high, and the bakers talk Of boring
holes in the bread? What does it mat
ter that meat prices have to be read
from the vantage point of a step lad
der? Cabbage is plentiful and cheap.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

The correspondents from Des
Moines and Cedar Falls have passed
up good opportunities to get rich
quick by failing to find some trace of
the Rock Island robbers in their re-
| spective fields.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
5000 to 1000 to More than

In spite of the little furry Of chill
ly weather that has just come and
gone, Dame Nature still smiles upon
the farmer and holds off the frost for
a while longer In southern Iowa the
corn crop is almost matured and in
two weeks almost every ear will be
completely out of danger. After that,
frost or no frost, the farmer will wear
the smile that can't come off.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

And now we are told the motor car
which is to run between Ottumwa and
Fort Madison on the Burlington has
been tested at Aurora and is a success
Maybe it will prove reality after all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Secretary Wilson, of the department
of agriculture, was successful beyond
the most roseate expectations in Yer
mont and now he says he would like
to talk in Iowa few times. This
means plurality of six figures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Now is the time for Ottum vans to
take interest in the proposed Chicago,
Ottumwa & Western railway. If it ma
terializes 1t will mean much for the
business interests Of the city. Get
busy
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

And now Pat Grove is suspected
of having lead the robbers who held
I'D the Rock Island train near Let's
the other night. If the recording angel
believes all the rumors that have been
afloat since the kidnapping of Eddie
Cudahy there will be long line wait
ing while Pat gets Square"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
The democratic committed.

The democratic committee, so re-
ports say, is going to bend every pos
sible effort to carry the second Iowa
district for Judge Wade this fall Per-
haps it would be good to send Bourke
Cochran into the field for time.
Bourke spoke in the Vermont cam
paign and the plurality ran only 5000
or 5000 ahead of expectations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Lest you forget-that straw hat
looks for all the world as if it should
be on the retired list and the closet
shelf
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

The summer is almost gone and
without anywhere near the regular
crop of rock the boat tiends. Surely
the world is getting better.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

st. Louis day saw the attendance
records at the Louisiana Purchase ex.
position broken. Now it's up to Chi
cago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
Depart.
Going East.

No. Going East. Depart.
206, Keokuk, Kansas City,
California and southwest. 9: As a. m.
202, Keokuk 80. ...... ....3:32 p. m.
l2O4. Eldon, Davenport &
Chicago ~. .::..... 1923 p. m.
Going West.
203, Des Moines, Ruthven,
west Nebras ska $3.50. 7:45 a. m.
201, Des Moines & Omaha. 1910 D. m.
zoo, Des Moines & Omaha 7:05 D. m.
Unless otherwise specified all trains
are daily except Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

That straw hat looks rather out Of
place now, but the light overcoat is
right in line.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

In spite of dishonest employees, big
pay rolls, small attendance reports,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
R. R. Time Tables
TRAINS LEAVING UNION DEPOT.
W. s. Parker, Ticket Asess .
BURLINGTON ROUTE, c. B. & q.

sNo. Going East. Depart.
12a-Chicago, Dubuque &
s2b-Iocal Fraight .........e:45 a. a. m.
16b-Burlington & st. Louis 1885 a. m.
10b-Peoria Dubuque &
quincy -. :......... 80 a. m.
6a-Chicago Limited lib p. m.
4a-Chicago, st. Louis &
quincy .... $500. ....7:l0 p. m.
Sa-Fast mail $50. ....... 1897 p. m.
2a-Chicago, Peoria &
Rockford 1850. $500. 11:45 p. m.
Going West.
5a-Omaha, Souncil Bluffs
& Nebraska ..........1 1855 a. m.
15a-Fast mail -. ........2:40 a. m.
9l6-Local freight ........ $3.50 a. m.
3a-Omaha, Kansas City, Den
ver Hot Springs, Dead
wood, Ogden, Portland &
California .............7:45 a. m.
7a-Fast mail $500. ...8:52 a. m,
9b-Peoria to Creston -. 1:5o p. m.
11b-Chicago to Ottumwa,
arrive $500. ......... 1880 p. m.
1a-Denver & Omaha ....11:35 p. m.
a. daily; b. except Sunday. Nos. z,
and Is do not carry passengers.
The Fl. Madison.
Going East.
TT. Madison and st. Louis ...e a. m.
Going West.
st. Louis to Ft. Madison -. 5: so p. m.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

state, was long the leading spirit.
Gambling doesn't pay, In the long
rum, says the Republican, mot even
gambling on horse races
The entire stock of the worlds
radium Is said to be small fraction
Of an ounce" says the Des Moines
Capital. Before the campaign is over
with the democratic editors and ora
tors will probably be ,laiming that
there would be more of the stuff but
for the reckless extravaganza" of the
present republican administration"
With Missouri making bold effort
to get into the Iowa class in politics y
says the Des Moines News. it was APP
propriate that Iowa should break into
the Missouri speciality of train rob-
berry,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

1.-THE case Of the state of Arkansas
is perhaps not altogether hopeless,
declares the Des Moines Capital. IF
the democratic plurality should con-
tinue to diminish during the next few
years at the rate it has diminished
since the last election 1t would not
be long before that commonwealth
would be squarely in the republican
column
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Entered as second class matter Oc-
tober II, 1908. at the postofflce. Ottur-
wa, Iowa, under the Act of Congress of
March 3. 1879.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Office: 117-119 East Second street
Telephone editorial or business Of
ficel No. A.
Address the Courier Printing Co.. OF
tumwa. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
TRAINS LEAVING JEFFERSON
STREET UNION DEPOT.

w. L. Richards, Agent.
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that the decision of John A. Drake to
quit betting on horse races will be re-
ceived with great rejoicing in the
Christian church of Iowa, of which his
father, the former governor Of this
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20

Bonding companies are not slow"
says the Ft. Dodge Messenger, ito
realize that any man who dissipates
or INDUCES In recreation that detracts
from his work, is not a safe risk and Is
not safe man. to have carrying the
firms money around in his clothes,
where it is at his disposal at any time
the occasion demands it."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-20
Tri-Weekly Courier.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier, 1 year, by mail. -. $500
Tri-Weekly Courier, / year ...... 1.50
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23
TREATY WAS SIGNED.
America and Germany Agree to Ar
bitrate Differences.

America and Germany Agree to Ar
bitrate Differences.
Washington, Nov. 22.-The American
German arbitration treaty was signed
to-day at the State Department by
Secretary Hay and Baron Sternberg,
the German ambassador. 1t is iden-
teal with the French treaty.
AS he left the State Department,
Baron Sternberg expressed his hearty
satisfaction that the treaty had been
concluded so promptly. 1T was" he
said, "a pleasure to postpone my de-
parture for Europe in order to sign
this convention, the Importance of
which in its effect upon the mainte-
nance of the good will and amity be-
tween the two countries cannot be
over-estimated. 1 can assure you that
this is a happy day for me, as it is
for my sovereign and my people"
The ambassador sails for Germany
with the ambassadress the middle of
December. He will be unable to ac-
cept the invitation to address an asso-
citation of cotton growers at Shreve-
port next month, but his embassy will
be represented.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23
FOOTBALL PULSE QUICKENS IN
THE FACE OF TO-MORROWS GAME
RACES AT BENNING.

Washington, Nov. 22.-The Dixie
Stakes were won by the southerner
with Odom up at the Benning track
to-day. Ostrich took the lead at the
outset and held it until well into the
stretch, where The Southerner wrested
the victory by half a length.
First Race-Three-year-o and up,
six and a half furlongs. Shady Lad,
to l, won, with Arsenal, 3 to 1, sec
ond, and Alforten, PA to 1. third.
Time 1922 As.
Second Race - Selling, maiden,
2-year-olds that has started, five fur
longs. Massa, 20 to 1, won. with
Critical, even, second, and Little
Buttercup. to 1, third. Time 1:02 Us.
Third Race-First running of The
Junior steeplechase for 3-year-olds,
about two miles. Sunshine After Rain,
5 to /, won, with Vestment, / to 2,
second, and Knight and Elway, rs to
/, third. Time 4:04.
Fourth Race-Third running of the
Dixie for 3-year-olds, foals of 1901, one
mile and three-quarters The South
erner, to and out, won, with Os-
trich, 7 to and out, second, and An
drew Mack, 10 to /, third. Time
3:06 3-5.
Fifth Race-Selling for maidens
4-year-olds and up, one mile. Weird
some, -31z to 1, won; with Won Rosen,
"a toll, second, and Tow Lawson, 4 to
/, third. Time 1:43 1-5.
Sixth Race-Maiden 2-year-olds and
up, one mile and seventy yards, old
course Panque, s to 5, won, with
Z to 2. second, and Lord
Aintree, so to /, third. Time 1:48 rs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23

Washington, Nov. 22-President
Roosevelt introduced Rev. Charles
Wagner, the author. to a large audi
ence at the Lafayette Opera House
this afternoon, where. under the aus
pieces of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, he delivered lecture
on THE Simple Life"
Given under the patronage of a num-
Der of we'll known official and society
people, the audience which gathered to
hear the author was thoroughly rep
resentative one of the national capital.
The President. who is a great admlrer
of Mr.. Wagner. was given cordial
reception. In presenting the lecturer
the President commended Mr.. Wagner's
book, THE Simple Life" as contain
ing much that Americans should take
to heart. Mr.. Roosevelt said:
Mr.. Wagner has well brought out
the great fundamental truth that the
brutal arrogance of a rich man who
looks down upon a poor man because
he is poor, and the brutal envy and
hatred felt by a poor man towards a
rich man merely because he Is rich,
are at bottom twin manifestations of
the same vice. They are simply diff
ferent sides of the same shield. The
arrogance that looks down in the one
case, the envy that hates in the other,
are really exhibitions of the same
mean, base and unlovely spirit which
happens in one case to be in different
surroundings from what 1t Is in the
other case. The kind OF man who
would be arrogant in one case is pre-
cisely the kind of man who would be
envious and filled with hatred In the
other. The ideal should be the just,
the generous, the broad-ninded man
who is as incapable OF arrogance II
rich as he is OF malignant envy and
hatred IL poor" (Applause).
The President spoke a few words
commenting the work Of the Y. NJ.
G. A.. as trying to bring about what
is expressed In the phrase, 1.-THE faith
erhood OF God and the brotherhood of
man." He then proceeded to illustrate
by examples what he means by man
acting individually and by a man act
ing in association with his fellows.
The President referred 10 the work
OF the Civic Club in New York I'M
der the leadership OF Norton Goddard,
saying that. THE entire club member
ship OF 5000 or 1000 men practically
form a committee ~ betterment In so
ciety and civic life, each member keep
ing a sharp lookout over the fortunes
OF all his immediate neighbors OF all
OF those Of his neighborhood, who do
not come within the ken OF some other
member OF the club. Therefore. any
case OF great restitution. OF great suf-
fering In the district, almost inevitably
comes 20 the attention OF some member
OF the club, who then reports II AZ head
quarters, 80 that steps can be taken
% alleviate the misery. and I have rea-
son TO believe that there has been IN
consequence very sensible general
uplifting. a general Increase ~ happi-
ness. throughout the district 40 We
had a sufficient number ~ clubs ~ this
kind throughout our great cities. while
We would not BY any means have aolv-
81 az ~ me terrible problems that
press upon w Tor solution IA oennsc-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23
SOCIALISTS TURNED DOWN.
Measures They Proposed Were De-
feated in Federation of Labor.

San Francisco, Nov. 22.-The Amer
lean Federation of Labor to-day over
whelmingly defeated a resolution COM
ing from the Socialistic element, and
introduced by Delegate Victor Berger
Of the International Typographical IN
ion, recommending that the convention
vote for a measure abolishing the mi
litia as 1t now exists. The resolution
called for the substitution of the sys-
tenn, now in vogue in Switzerland,
where every man bears an arm. and
each individual is permitted to keep
the weapon in his own home.
The advocates of the measure main
tanned that IL members of the military
knew that workinEmen were ready to
shoot back there would be no usurpa-
ton of rights upon the part of the
military. The resolution was defeated
after an hours debate.
A measure. likewise introduced by
the Socialists, calling for the pension
ing of all workers after they had
reached the age Of go, also was de-
feated by a large vote.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-23
ODD FELLOWS AT Triton.
Southern Division Lodges Held
Their Convention There.

Southern Division Lodges Held
Their Convention There.
Triton, Ca, Nov. 22.-The Quarterly
district convention of the Southern di-
vision of Odd Fellows. was held in
Triton, yesterday.
Many Odd Fellows. representing the
lodges of Valdosta, Thomasville Moul-
trie, Triton. Midtown, Allapaha, Nash
vile, Cecil and Norman Park. were
present.
The following was the programme:
Assembled at Odd Fellows Hall. Ad-
dress of welcome, ] T. Mathis, noble
grand, Triton Lodge, 1876. Response
by w. w. Linto, Thomasville. Intro
ductory remarks, by w. NJ. Parker,
j. ID. G.. Master, Townsville. BUSH
ness session, M. M. Haygood, master
of ceremonies. Supper. Degree work,
Thomasville team, initiatory. Address
by Rev. r. H. Kelley THE Good
Samaritan"
The welcome address by Mathis of
Triton Lodge was splendidly received
and responded to by w. w. Linton,
of brownsville Lodge.
Several other addresses were very
good, and among those of special men,
ton, too, much cannot be Said of the
excellent addresses delivered by Rev.
r. H. Kelley of Triton, and Rev. N.
G. Buckley, of Chicago
The convention adjourned to assem-
BILE at Townsville, February.