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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
SMOKE
o,MALLEY'Sk I.kI &c CIGAR
AND SAVE YUoR LIFE
COLLISION IN STORM
Binding Snow Causes Fatal Wreck On
Burlington Near St. Louis.

ELMER ENGLISH, Macon, Missouri.
BENJAMIN BENNETT, negro por-
ter, st. Louis.
The Injured.
George Seeberger Quincy, nl.,scalp
wound and bruised.
j. M. Barbee, address unknown.
w. M. Davis, Cincinnati.
DR.. Edward B. Clements, Macon,
Mo.
The Missing.
Engineer John NUNS of Hannibal,
Mo.
Search for corpses.
Several Of a party of physicians re
manned at the wreck all night search
ing the debris for possible dead or in
jured.
j. NJ. Barbee, Louisiana, Mo.
e. s. Baker, Keokuk, Ia. hands and
head cut.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
LOOK FOR RESERVATIONS.

Britons Expect Lansdowne and Others
to Give Up Their Portfolios.
London, Jan. 26.-The Daily News
publishes rumor' that further cabi-
net designations are imminent, saying
the officers to resign are probably
Lord Lansdowne, secretary of state
for foreign affairs; Lord Londonderry,
president Of the board of education,
and Gerald Balfour, president Of the
board Of trade.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28

Two Marshalltown women. Mrs. S.
w. Morgan and Mrs. Ida w. Williams,
have fallen heir to $4,000 by the death
of a Connecticut relative.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28

Mrs. Joseph vanek Of Lamont made
two attempts this week to end her life
Both unsuccessful. No cause given for
the act.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28

c. G. Chambers of Ainsworth, Geo.
Gee of Siley, and Chas. G. P. Nc
Brown of Laurel, have been appointed
railway mail clerks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28

stories high in front and two stories in
the rear. The fire started about IL
o'clock in the Won Behren grocery
store. A blaze was discovered in the
ceiling of this store but no one thought
it would result seriously until the
work of fighting it began, when it was
found that the entire ceiling was in
flames. In q short time the fire had
worked it's way into the opera house
above the store and by midnight the
entire building was doomed.
AS soon as the flames had eaten
through the floor into the opera house
they had draft and it seemed almost
no time until the Oppenheimer cloth
ing store was in flames. This room
was situated on the northwest corner
of the square, just north of the scene
of the fires origin. To the south OF
the of the Won Behren grocery was the
Brown 6 Lutz notion store, next the
Hollinger 6, Larimer clothing store
and on the south of this two more
buildings occupied respectively by D..
@. Stories drug store and Lockwood
& Sons jewelry store.
Although the fire department lab.
ored manfully the fire was too well
advanced before they could begin
work and the six stores were totally
consumed. The stocks in some were
partially saved but the Storie and
Lockwood stocks were all consumed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
MARDl GRAS.
New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola,
February 1915, 1904.

For above occasio-. round trip tick
cts will be sold to above destinations
for one fare plus So for round trip
Tickets on sale February to Ia, in
elusive, with final return limit March
5, 1904.
For full particulars call on or adj
dress w. S. Parker. Agent, Union De
pot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
. ERVITAS

The great Roman Nervine. Another
consignment received at Beck's which
will only last short time at the re-
duced price for Introduction OF SOC for
full $1.0O packages. A large number
have taken advantage Of this excep-
tional offer and now praise the reme-
dies wonderful virtues. Remember a
S1.00 box for soc, while it lasts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
Lockwood in the South.

]. E. Lockwood, junior member Of
the jewelry firm which lost practical
ly all its stock In the fire, is today in
Franklin, La, where he acted as best
man at the marriage of his friend,
Harry o. Penick Of Charlton and Miss
Foster Of Franklin. Mr.. Lockwood as
well as Mr.. Storie and several others
among the losers by the fire, are all
we'll known In Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
tied and was useless after that time.

News reached Ottumwa shortly be-
fore noon by roundabout means that
the fire had Quilted a part of the bust
ness district of Charlton, but not until
afternoon was 1t possible to secure
confirmation Of the report. Owing to
the recent storm the telephone wires
and many of the telegraph lines are
useless, and the only direct wire con-
Meeting Ottumwa and Charlton today
is the dispatcher's line on the Burling-
ton
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28
Abba Company Aids.

The Abba fire company was appeal
ed to for aid and arrived at Charlton
about 4 o'clock, too late to help fight
the fire but in time to refill the els
terms which had been emptied during
the night. The Charlton engine froze
while being taken to the electric light
pond after the cisterns had been emp
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-28

Judge Wade. who, has, Of course,
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
Japanese Things the Fad.

There is a great breaking out
Of japanese girls in New York
since the war in the F.; be
gan The slopkeepers = sell
ing all kinds of Japanese things.
particularly kimonos, fans and
Oriental hair ornaments. Some
Of the women are even buying lit
tie red caps for their husbands to
wear about the house. Of course,
The fez is not Japanese, but it is
Oriental, and this helps the effect
around the house. One Japanese
shop in Broadway is fairly over
ruin with women. This is a ia
vorite place for shoppers to NEE!
and drink tea. The woman with
the Japanese fad will want to take
up the fruit and flower dietary, as
1t has been called, and will live on
celery, cooked fruits, white meats,
fish and easily digested hot breads
rather than upon creams, red
meats and the indigestible con-
coctions which taste good once in
awhile, but are death to the COM
plexion when eaten as steady
diet.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
Phys,oi.ns Use Carrier Pigeons.

Country physicians in many in
stances have adopted the use OF
pigeons as messengers. A physi-
clan raises loft Of carriers, and
when he visits patient four or
Ave miles away he carries with
him 4 basket containing one Of
Nj birds. II dangerous symp-
ston arise in the night or the
following day the pigeon is re-
leased with a message. Some
physicians with long country
routes carry half a dozen or more
Of these pigeons on their rounds
eiid leave one at each place. A
daily report Of the different cases
can thus be obtained by pigeon
service. This service has also
been extended on large western
farms. Some farmers receive
dailv reports of the markets from
the city in this way when there
are no telephone o. telegraph
wires to send the messages. All
that is required is a trip to the
CITY once a fortnight to carry
back the birds and some one 10
the city to write the reports and
release the pigeons.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
HAD A GOOD TIME.
Did the San Antonio Business Men at
Corpus Christi.

Most of the San Antonio bust
ness men returned from Browns
vile last evening en- route home,
a number of them remaining over
here to-day. All expressed them
selves well pleased with their visit
to the lower country. They were
found at the New Constantine, Sea
Side, St. James and other hotels
last evening telling what a good
time they had. In the parlor of the
Constantine, where a dozen or more
had assembled, presentation was
made to Secretary Right, by Presi-
dent Hildebrand, on behalf of the
business men of San Antonio, for
arranging for the excursion and
for being its faithful guardian, etc.
Mr.. Hildebrand made his speech
standing on high chair. The first
present was a fine hat, to take the
place of one which the gulf breezes
had carried off across the prairies,
while the train was coming from
Brownsville; the second was a nice
umbrella to protect Mr.. Right from
the rain and the rays of the sun.
Mr.. Right replied with pretty
speech, thanking the gentlemen, at
the close of which the crowd
gathered around him, all patting
him on the back and singing, %,
he's a jolly good fellow" We
Won't Go Home till Morning"
etc.-Corpus Christi Caller.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
New York State Vote.

New York's vote does not always
decide the election of president.
Grant did not need it In 1868 OF
1872. Tilden had it in 1876 and a
majority of the popular vote be-
sides (Tilden 4,2S4.8S5, Hayes
1858, o5O) but failed to reach the
White House. Garfield could not
have been elected without it in
1880 and Cleveland would have
been defeated without it in 1884.
1t elected Harrison in 1888. but in
1892 Cleveland could not have got
ten along very well without it.
Mckinley did not need it in 1896
or 1900.-Ex.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
He Saves Many Infants.

What can be done in the way of
saving infants by proper dieting
was shown at a recent meeting OF
the Paris Academy Of Medicine by
DR.. Budin. Out Of 7I2 infants
brought to him, and whom he was
able to follow TIP daily, the NOR
tally was only 40 per 1000, where
as the mean for ali Paris is I7S per
1000. None CT his infants died OF
digestive troubles, of which the
mean official mortality is o. pei
1000. One of his principles is that
undertaking is better than over
feef-~ which is dangerous even
" infant is breast-fed.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
A Singular Railroad Accid ent

One of the strangest accidents On,
record is reported from Harmon /.
Ind. A hotel keeper, Charles
Stahlbohm, was driving home OIL.
night last week, and, coming 70 =
railroad track. tried to drive his
horses across ahead of a fast
freight. The engineer did not even
know that he had hit anything. bat
kept up the speed OF his engine un-
Ill he pulled into a station fifteen
miles beyond the scene. Then he
got down to oil his engine and was
slightly startled b see StzhlboAm
sitting on the COW. catcher, q whip
in one hand and the ends Of some
reins in the other. He shook him
a few times. and when the hotel
keeper came to he asked where his
hat and horses were. He did not
know that TIE train had made them
into soap stock.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25

lssd llbssly, - NJ eesetsM
Two yesng women spsnt several
gloomy h1nrs locked IN tie Statua
Of Liberty ia New Yeek tie othes
night win nothing to eat but Z
box Of chocolates, and nothing Z
light the darkness but IN evening
newspaper. They were Miss Gface
Pogstti. . Harlem belle. and Miss
Johanna 4.uehrs, Of Jersey City
They climbed up in the statute
shortly before S O'Clock in the even
ing. They went through the arms
and head of the massive structure,
during which they lost track Of the
time. They started to get out, but
found the door locked and the place
fast growing dark. They called
but no one came. 50 they made up
their minds to put in the night hud-
died together in the darkness. Al
About o:3o O'Clock they heard the
guards changing, and called for the
sentry. The sound Of their OWL
voices echoing through the statue
frightened them into silence. and II
was not until some time later that
the sentry came near enough te
hear them pounding On the dooi
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25

You can tell a successful farmer
by looking at his wife's fruit in the
closet; you can tell a slouchy wo-
man by looking at her hair; you
can tell the dry goods box states
man by the patches on the bosom
of his pantaloons; you can tell the
poisonous serpent by the bluntness
of his tail; but the easiest thing Of
all, You can tell the enterprising
merchant by glance at the local
papers This is not divine revela-
ion. but business and gospel truth.
Mount Pleasant Eagle.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25
Whit. raaae,rers for : N.sres..

81. ia pa;lbcarers al the funeral
OF iesssca Crnaad. an old oolored
';:,a.cny" of Atlanta. Ca. who
e..e,. tie Other day, were white men
SO had known her when she was
! slave. Several Of tsesn had been
r-.ses. By her II tsseir infancy.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-07-25

Fresh hams, breakfast bacon
and all kinds of sausage at Leo.
Wise's 6-15tf.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29

career in search OF the higher educa-
tion, from which it appears that the
young Fairbanks. by farm work and
wagon making. had saved ST by the
time he reached the age q fifteen
years With 1t ana one suit Of clothes
he Travelled to Delaware, O., where be
entered Ohio Wesleyan university lie
turned to account his rudimentary
knowledge Of carpentry by working pa
Saturdays for local contractor fot
SIPS a day
A few weeks after young Fairbanks
arrived at college he fell nd split his
only trousers beyond immediate repair
1t was necessary for him TO borrow q
pair from d fellow student ana the
loan had 10 be continued BECAUSE be
was denied credit for a new pair al
the stores in the town He had to send
home for his mother to make him nm
other pair.
Working In college during the college
year and ia the harvest fields in yaca-
ton. lie was graduated from the college
and its law course at twenty. At TWEEN
ty-two he was admitted to the supreme
court Of Ohio. and later lie went to In
dianapolls
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29

suppose We were TO reverse the con
ventional order of things and instead
Of the clerk demanding two weeks pay
gratis the employer should demand
two weeks work without pay as con.
dition Of retaining the clerk In his EN-
ploy What a tremendous howl would
so up!
1T may be urged that the clerk by
his vacation gains in health and yigor
and is thus enabled to render better
service TO his employer IL this claim
were true, he would be justified in ask
ing for a vacation In fact, he would
not have to DO So. as his employer
would for his own gain and Of his own
accord send him away thus to recu-
perate.
But Is it not absurd to suppose that
man who can work for eleven and a
half months cannot as well work che
whole yeara Is ii not equally absurd
to suppose that man can in two
weeks recuperate from the wear and
tear of a years work, if there be such
wear and tear? on the contrary. !
have too often observed that men viii
while Oh their vacations make inroads
upon their vitality and purses that can
not be repaired III the following eleven
months and two weeks.
Then. again. the loss Of time, the dis
organization Of business, that result
from the absence Of a valuable man
from his desk are difficult to repair
A man sometimes must spend weeks
catching up With work that has ac
cumulated while he was away for q
fortnight
IL man will only take an interest IL
his work, love II, he viii not need any
thing else to recuperate him, and mer
who learn TO love their work invariably
succeed.
A man should work easy" be eco
nomieaI Of his time, conserve his forces
and not worry It's worry and no
work that makes the hair gray
The doctors may recommend chaEg'
Of air for man when he's sick. by
why be sick? Sickness is an irrepa
rable loss Of time. III had a tbousan,
tongues I'd preach Save time viii
them all. It's infinitely more valuable
than money
We read Of Gladstone who got al
the recuperation he needed by simpt
changing his work He didn't aui
work and go ldling about Time wa
the most precious thing in the worh
for him. and BY availIng Of every min
ute eff It be practically did the wor
Of an army Of men
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29
A Poef and
n Burglar
TCopyrlght. la0l. 81 G. 3. Lewis.

copyright leO4 BY G. p. Lewis.l
As d young man Of tweIny-four
was keeping bachelors hall at an
aunts in the country while she was
away for fortnight, and one night e
heavy hand was laid on nay shoulder
in a way to arouse me. / opened my
eyes to blink and wink at the light Of
a lamp close by, and pretty soon made
out the face and figure Of a man bend
ing over me, He was a middle aged
man, not at all tough looking, and if he
hadn't had pistol in his hand should
have taken him for anything but a
burglar.
Then you-you are q burglarY
snmmered as | sat up and rubbed my
eyes.
sWell, call 1t that he replied, with
A smile. There are two charges here
legally speaking breaking and enter
Ing in the nighttime and robbery from
dwelling. That pretty nearly makes
me burglar, / guess Did you say
you'd lunch with me this evening? II
50. come along. You had an empty pis-
tol under your pillow, but removed 4
before waking you up. Even an un-
loaded pistol has been known to go off
Are you coming?"
Like one in Il trance / got out of bed
and dressed and then preceded him
downstairs and into the dining room
where found the table spread fol
two. There were the remains Of 4
cold ham, bread and butter bottle o.
wine. tumbler Of jelly, some cheese
and a Bit Of cake,
At that halcyon period wrote poetry
"a good deal OF poetry There wers
several Of my poems lying about thu
library, and the r0bber gathered then
all up and brought them to the tabl'
and said.
Il used to be something Of a poe
myself till / struck better thing
Here seems to be an ode to somebod.
named Maggie. Just read 1t, will yonT
I demurred and he insisted. and
felt like fool as / began 70 read
Maggie was girl was somewha
mashed on, and / had written sixteel
verses on her hair, eyes, mouth, hand
and feet when l had finished til
frst verse the robber laughed hearth,
and said
WeIl, You are about the softea
thing OF your age / ever struck! 70
speak Of Maggie's golden locks 10
don't mean brick color, ehT'
II mean what | say. ! replied, wit
a show Of dignity, and then I Iai
down the manuscript and told him
would not read another word Of It
please him or any other robber living.
"My dear boy be said, with q gri
on his face, You come about as nea
being an Idiot asylum as anybody
ever met. The idea Of a grownup ma
with whiskers on his chin writing sue
twaddle as this You'd better 20 o.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29

Senator Fairbanks was at the Wal
dorf- Astoria in New York recently. says
the New York Globe When asked if
be had seen statement by senator
Boies Penrose, Republican state chair
man OF Pennsylvania, who declared
that Fairbanks would stand for the vice
presidency, the senator replied;
Yes. / read his remarks. It IS good
Of Penrose to nominate me for the Of
fee. but have. as you know. repeated
~ and publicly stated my refusal to
become a candidate for the post and
stin have no intention of becoming
one"
"Who do you think. then, would be
a good man for the ofiice?"
"Weli, l really can't say. Seeing that
Penrose. however. has been kind enough
to proclaim me for the place, perhaps
l cannot do better than reciprocate-
believe in reciprocity"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29
ENTERTAINING IN DARKNESS
Novel idea In Dinner Parties That
Comes From switzerland.


Comes From switzerland.
The very latest idea ia entertaining
halls not from across the Atlantic but
from Paris and smart Swiss towns
where the season recently began,
where the thing now Is to entertain
your guests, il not entirely in the dark,
at any rate in darkness or senidark-
ness, an the time, says the London
Mail
st d dinner party the hors doeuvres
and soup are served as usual In bril-
liantly lighted apartment, and then, to
the CONSERVATION Of people who are
new to the idea, the light goes out
Then the door opens and the servants
come in carrying brilliantly Illuminated
dishes containing the fish, and, as each
guest takes his or her portion, they
help themselves to a light at the same
time and when every one is served the
effect il fairylike Suppose the fish
contains lobster in some form or other
the electric light shade Is in the shape
Of the head of the lobster and sheds a
delightful red glow over the table.
The most ingenuity, however, is
shown when the ices are served. Gen
orally huge bird OF beast. basket OF
cornucopia made Of ice Is wheeled into
the room, blazlng with lights and filled
with fees. When each guest is served
the light goes out, and only those on
the plates illuminate the room When
strawberry ices are served the shades
take either the form of the berry itself
in crimson or the pure white blossom,
These are given alternately TO the
guests ana have the prettiest effect,
AT big Swiss hotel the ice Is served
in this way every evening a fayorite
design is Swiss chalet This Is
wheeled In brilliantly Illuminated. In
each apartment are two lights and two
ices, and when every one is helped the
twinklmg lights die away and the
chalet disappears on its invisible
wheeled table,
Another popular way Of serving the
Ice Is the polar scene. Blocks Of glass
represent the icebergs and the electric
light is swathed IN cold looking blue
while the snow IS made of white Ice
cream. Sometimes Il few white china
animals are placed in inches in the
glass to give greater effect
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29
The Times Daily Short Story.


ana noe cabbage at a shilling d day
II haven't asked you for advice
raped back
~But you need it-lots Of it 0des,
poems. idyls-ye gods. You sigh to
walk III the moonlight paths with the
idol u your heart do you? Better sit
down IN a comfortable room ana eat
peanuts with her You say the sun
goes down on your Borrowing heart
Are you ass enough TO think the sun Is
going to change its routine on your ac-
count? Say. you amuse me. I haven't
met a fool before for five years.
If you were not an armed robber do
you know what ia do?" I shouted in
my indignation.
Il can easily guess" he replied as he
choked back his laughter for a moment.
IF I wasn't an armed robber you'd
probably write a poem about me, and
It would be just as sickish as these
here A poet In his little bed upstairs.
and he had his mouth wide open and
was snoring like a horsel I come here
to rob, make a neat job Of effecting
an entrance ] get out ali the solid sill
yer and make a tidy bundle Of T. do
the job in way to do honor to my
profession. / am all through when
discover a pumpkin headed poet in bis
bed and am made almost ashamed Of
my work
my son, ! really can't leave the
house without giving you some adj
vice. It's no use to grit your teeth and
look ugly over 1t, because you've got
70 take your medicine, In the first
place, you are rhymester instead q
a poet. There's no more poetry IN
your verses than there is IN that ham
bone
IF Maggie is the girl take her Is
be she'll never marry a rhymester. II
the next place, you are selfish and
cruel 10 write Of the noon the silent
night. the vine clad hills and 50 fortf
in the way you do They are helpless
Iand can't hit back. I'M the third place
you ought TO be put ia bed with
nursing bottle. Poetry We gods"
glared at him and wanted to Kill
him. but didn't know just what TO ga!
| In reply,
"You are put out and indignant ant
all that he said as we rose from tn
table. and you win lay the fiatterinl
JUNCTION to your soul that am preiu
diced person. but that won't help yol
in the long run. A young man Of you
| age aud build who will dawdle hl
days and weeks away on rhymes ha
e0rkscrew loose in the top Of hi
| head and viii either turn out a fool Q
con man. 0blige me by stepping int
this closet.
i entered the closet from which b
had taken the silver and was locke
In aud did not get my liberty for th
next twenty four hours About th
first thing did after finding that til
robber had carried off the bundle an
that there was no show to overhaul
him was 10 tear up my various ode
and poems to Maggie and others, aut
although it has sometimes come yer
hard to stick to my resolution,
haven't been guilty Of even making
rhyme since that night Nj QUAD.