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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

charge Of the customs division, the life
saving service, the public health. the
special agents and the revenue cutter
service OF the government. His splen.
did record and the excellent satisfac-
ton he has given throughout his serv-
ice in Washington amply justify Mr..
Shaw's choice of him as an assistant.
A splendid Increase In salary awaits
Mr.. Armstrong when he becomes con-
nected with the life insurance COM
pany in New York. Though he has
made a good reputation in Washing
ton, he has been going along with a
salary which was smaller than he
could have been receiving had he re.
NAMED in the newspaper business.
But now that he is recognized and his
services are demanded in the metrop'
oils, he will make up for what he has
lacked in the past few years.
Iowa may feel proud Of Robert Arm
strong. He is one of the young men
who started on nothing and is climbing
high up on the ladder of c al
ready, though he is still little more
than a boy. His record is one that II
Illustrates the splendid opportunities al
ways open in America toSthe boy who
wants to work, is capable and willing
and has his eyes open for every op
%portunity to better his condition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28
ROBERT 3. ARMSTRONG.

In the retirement from the Office of
assistant secretary of the treasury,
Robert B. Armstrong, formerly Of Iowa
is giving up the prospect for a career
in political life which would no doubt
bring him much prominence. He is
also taking from the United States
cabinet, n Of the brightest men,
though one of the youngest, who ever
held a place in this body Of learned
and able citizens. In return for what
he is losing in the way of fame and
public note, he Is receiving a big in
crease in salary and will become an Of
fcer in one of the largest life insur-
ance companies in New York, a COM
pany whose board of directors In
cludes some of the brainiest and most
capable financiers of which the coun-
try can boast.
The newspaper men Of Iowa feel a
special interest in Mr.. Armstrong even
those who do not know him personally.
For it was in On Iowa newspaper Of
fee that he first "got his start" In a
little town In northern Iowa he went
to school and helped get out a country
weekly while he was yet a boy. Finish
ing school he came to Des Moines,
where he obtained employment as a
reporter on the News Of that city. He
made good in that capacity and rose
to the position of city editor on the
same paper. In the meantime he be.
came acquainted with Secretary Shaw
who was then governor of the state.
When Mr.. Armstrong went to Chicago
to take a position as reporter on one
Of the papers of that city, he was fre.
quently sent to Des Moines to inter.
view Mr.. Shaw or cover some story at
the Iowa capital. Mr.. Shaw became
interested in the young newspaper
man and when he went to Washington
as secretary of the treasury, he sum
moned Armstrong and offered him a
position as his private secretary. The
salary was not enough to tempt Arm.
4 strong from the journalistic field in
which he was doing very well, but he
saw a good deal ahead, apparently, and
accepted the position with the new
secretary Of the treasury.
From the start Mr.. Shaw realized
that he had made a find in Armstrong
The young Iowan was always busy just
where his chief wanted him. He &C
companied Mr.. Shaw on several speak
ing tours and acted as the go-betweer
for the secretary and the newspaper
men. He was a splendid private sec
rotary and Mr.. Shaw con
ceived the idea that he would also
make a good assistant secretary Of the
treasury. The offer was made az
soon as there was a vacancy and Arm
strong accepted it. AS assistant sec
rotary Of the treasury he hat
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THE GIFTS.

st. Paul Observation-Disclosures or not
Mr.. Carnegie succeeds in dying poor,
and thus entering he needles eye, no
one car deny that he has made notable
and worthy efforts toward that laud-
able end. Mr.. Carnegie has finally
consented to a statistical report con
corning this endeavor Of his to become
poor, and 1t is Of such sweeping pro-
portions as to convince st. Peter HIM
self. The record was prepared for the
opening OF the Carnegie library at Be-
lott and, according to the word Of MI.
Carnegie's private secretary, 1t re-
quired one month to make this tabula-
ton. All Of which demonstrates that
Mr.. Carnegie himself does not keep
track Of his eligibility as a cheerful
der.
Forty million dollars have been ex-
! pended or promised by Andrew Car
| negie for free libraries since the in
ception Of his plan some thirteen years
ago. Thirty millions Of those dollars
have been expended in the United
States alone. AS a result there are
! 779 Carnegie libraries in the United
States, and 1t is estimated that a little
over 14,000,000 persons have access to
these libraries. making 1t 1877 per cent
Of the population which has had it's
torch Of learning lighted from he sac
red central fire of Carnegie. The sta
tistics of states vary tremendously, as
In New York there is 55 per cent of the
population supplied In this way, and
in Minnesota less Than ten per cent.
! Perhaps the greater discrepancy is to
be found In the fact that In New Eng
land, with Its ancestral love Of learn
ing. there are to be found states with
out a single Carnegie library. and those
with only one. Rhode Island has not
a single one. Vermont two, although
Massachusetts has tw%enty-one. On
the other hand, several Of the southern
states, which are not prejudiced in ia
vor of literacy, have refused or neg
lected to place themselves under the
benefits of Carnegieism. Arkansas and
Mississippi have nome, and Delaware
If the ~sectionalism be permitted-has
none. Yet Minnesota, with almost the
same population as Mississippi, has
twenty eight. New York, Of course
reused herself to obtain one Carnegie
library.
And so, when the man on the street
who cares very little about libraries
thinks to smile at the work and the
ambition of Andrew Carnegie, the
Laird of Skibo, he smiles at a very
substantial and apparent performance
The name Carnegie" is now carved
over 799 doors in the United States
over 1870 in English speaking lands
It is possible to forsee a time. five OIL
ten centuries from now, when the wore
Carnegie will have come to be a syn
onym for library. And certainly the
~Scotchman, II his idea Of Immortality
takes that of perpetual remembrance
among mortal generations, will have
earned his large share of Immortality
We are, as a separate community, In.
clined to prefer our market garnet un.
til we can ourselves construct a suit.
able house of books out Of our owr
moneys. But we recognize the good II
~Carnegieism, and look upon $40, 700, 00t
as an excellent lien on the future life
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SID s

the tailor called him back to learn
whether he wanted the pockets to
open at the top or from the side. He
asked:
How do you want the pockets?'"The
Locke man hesitated and then shouted
back to the astonished tailor:
Make them for pints!"
Salt Lake Tribune: - Prof. Barrett
Wendell Of Harvard, who is lecturing
on America in Paris at the Sarbonne
was describing at a banquet absent
minded men he had met.
1--WE had once at Cambridge" he
said, "a very absent-minded Latin In
structor. This gentleman would plod
the streets with an open book held be-
fore his face, and every mi had to get
out Of his way as though he had been
blind.
ut is said of him that one spring day
as he was walking In the outskirts OF
Cambridge with his usual book, he
stumbled against a COW and before he
had time to collect his thoughts, me-
chemically took off his hat and muir.
/ INJURED:
Madame, l beg your pardon
Then he perceived his mistake and
J continued or his way, reading as be-
fore. Half a mile on he collided with
a beautiful young lady, %whereupon In
a ferocious voice, he said:
"Is that you again. you brute?'s
-:- tH
Jim.
What! him?
That little towhead JIM
That used ter go to school with us;
That scrawny little scareeyed cuss
That wouldn't fight ner break a rule
Ner smoke corn silks behind TIL school,
Ner swim?
You ain't a-tellin' me It's him!
They jest elected yesterday
Fer Senator-Aw go away
Not foolin'? Notwithstanding
he
o Gee!
| Why that boy Jim,
that little, frowsy headed, slim
Young kid tibet all TIL feilers licked.
An plagued an chased about an
kicked?
! That little chap.
No tougher than a ginger snap
That you an me has whaled I'll bet
A hundred times apiece an yet
You say-Aw no Il
/ Won't believe it can be so z
That runt-that-naw--a Senator!
o Lor'.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
r.
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NEW TRAIN ON MILWAUKEE,

II news tQaC inc Idli'
way is contemplating the establish
ment Of a train from Seymour to OF
tum wa and return will be received in
this city with a great deal of satisfac-
tien.y 1t will be beneficial to Ottumwa,
to Seymour, to everyone living along
the line between the two places and,
last but not least, to the Milwaukee.
The Courier has long been advocat.
ing the establishment of a train to
leave Seymour in the morning, bring
the people from that town and inter
mediate stops to Ottumwa, and take
them back home in time for supper.
seeing the advantage that would re.
suit to this city, has given its aid and
the business men of Ottumwa are
as one mar in favor of it. The people
living along the line, 1t is needless tc
say, are in favor Of it.
The Courier hopes that the plan fol
the new Seymour-Ottumwa train will
be carried out and the train put on
It Will be of great benefit to all con
cerned,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28
THE "eRABBlNG CORPORATION"

THE coal operators are already get
ting more than their legitimate share
of the output. They are building up CO.
lossal fortunes at the expense OF the
miners and the public and yet they are
not satisfied. The pound. of flesh does
not satisfy their greed for gain"
Thus an exchange. The name of the
paper Is not given with the quotation
because the Courier believes that the
man who wrote the above paragraph
knew better than he wrote and vas ap-
pealing rather to prejudice than to a
sense of Justice. Now the Courier is
not the special guardian of the coal in
.dustry but it does like fairness and i'm
partially in the stating Of facts or
statements that should be facts. If the
paragraph quoted above were true the
Courier would join any practical move
ment in behalf of the oppressed miners
and the public. But it is not true. 1t
is In error.
In the coal business, at least in this
part OF. the country, the business year
begins April i. The scale of prices
for work is made to begin and end on
that date and as a rule the business;
of each firm is figured from April to
April. 1t is a fact that throughout the
central states and indeed in every sec
ton Of the, country the trade during
the year just closing has been an I'M
usually light one for the coal oper-
ators. This was admitted last week
by John Mitchell, president Of the min
ers' union in his annual address to the
delegates gathered at the annual con-
vention in Indianapolis. Mr.. Mitchell
mentioned tho fonf In aNnn0ntfNr with
his mention Of the working of the two
years scale agreement and told the
delegates that If this agreement has
not been made with the operators last
year, according to his advice, the min
ers would no doubt have had to &C.
cept another reduction this year be-
cause Of the dull condition Of the mar
ket.
tits common for many of US to view
the coal operator in the light of the
above, but u view is seldom a serius
or a lasting one. Apparently, however,
the authors OF, h paragraph at the
head o fGthis article takes a joke SER.
ously. IT. is a we'll known fact that
the coal miner Of today is better paid
than almost any other class of the
laboring q His wage is good, his
uCuTS =. dI6 SuOII, LIS agreement,
through the union, with his employer
gives him the freedom that comes from
the knowledge that fair play will be
given him in case of any trouble Of a
local nature. Though he spends his
money freely he is sure of a decent
burial by his organization should ac-
cident or illness befall him at an in.
opportune time.
But the miner is not the only agency
through which the operator distributes
his money. There are numerous other
expenses, not the least of which is the
machinery and maintenance, travelling
statesmen, Office expenses, taxes, wear
\ and tear, often royalty, and a score OF
other details. This must come from
the sale Of the coal in order to make
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IOWA PRESS

"
The Burlington Hawk-Eye says that
most capable secretary Of state"
The Dubuque Times observes that
Governor Douglas doesn't care wheth.
er you call it taking the tariff off hides
or taking the hide off the tariff.
The Knoxville Journal says 1t is not
too early to declare the essential quail.
fcations of the next governor of Iowa.
He must" it states, "be a mar free
from the possible faint of railroad
influence, he must be a protectionist,
and he ought to be an advocate Of a
statewide primary election law"
Everyone has an idea of his own
on every conceivable subject" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican, "and
1t takes nowadays a great man to rec.
oncile them all in a law"
The Sibley Gazette says that Robert
B. Armstrong; rapid advancement "is
a living testimonial to the quality of
Iowa ambition"
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says that
Senator-elect Hemenway, Of Indiana,
received his education by going up
against the real thing in life.
"a man who cannot make himself
useful in the world under the name
of John Doe will be just about as big
a luxury under the name of Montgom
cry de Rensselaer,. A rose by any
other name would be as sweet, and
a man by any other name would be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

Major Mcdowell the clerk of the
house and formerly a representative
from Pennsylvania, has seen arduous
speaking service on the stump, relates
the Washington Post. In the campaign
of 1896 he was sent out over the cir
cult with an orator of some note, now
dead. They we're billed at a big city
in the western part Of the Keystone
state and the orator had first go. He
talked on and on. an hour and then
another hour. Mcdowell was anxious
for an eloquent flight or two, but saw
his chances gradually waning as his
speaking colleague monopolized the
time and wearied the audience. At last
the orator approached the climax and
also the CONCLUSION of his effort, in por-
traying the virtues of William McKin-
ley.
Had l the arms of Atlas" said he,
~ would reach out for o mighty pen.
I would dip it in the boiling cauldron
of Vesuvius and / would write across
the heavens, Mckinley, | love YOU
There was, of course, a great out.
Mcdowell boiling with indignation that
lc SuOulu udN0 UCGu lOICSu W opCdh
SO late at night, raj introduced.
M. Chairman and Gentlemen, said
he, Glrtly, chad I the arms Of Atlas, ]
would reach out into the hills and pull
up a big sapling. / would dip 1t in the
molten metal of one Of your furnaces
and write in blazing letter these words
"sYou have had enough"
Then Mcdowell sat down and the
political rally disbanded.
One can scarcely believe that the
rigid enforcement of law in a no-li
cense town could bring about
change in the style of mems trousers
yet such seems to be the experience
Of a Genesee street tailor, according
to the Syracuse Herald.
Since the arrest a few days ago O.
a marketman charged with selling
TASKS Of whisky and choice cuts O
beef from the same refrigerator the liz
has been down pretty tight in the vii
lage of Locke. where this Auburr
tailor has a good customer. This Gus
toner was drawn al a juror and i'm
proved the opportunity while in Au
burn this week Of leaving his order To-
a pair Of trousers. The selection wal
made and measure taken, and as thu
Locke juror was going out of the doc
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aEs~ NatNA- HetsfE4N3 StGfP -aaEEatE EfrEEtR
ton, keeps him SO enthused and desir-
Gus Of better living, as the brisk air OF
midwinter. 1t fills him with an ambi-
ton Of which not eve the long months
of summer, with their lassitude. q
deprive him."
His proclamation against lobbyists
Is the most extraordinary piece OF
demogogism that the country has ever
and Times, referring to Gov. Folk. 1T
holds owe the most feverish populist
Kansas performance. There is moth
ing in the old granger legislative n
nails of Iowa to match 1t"
The Mason City Times-Herald says
that IL Gov. Cummins were to estab-
lish In Iowa any such rules for lobby
lists as have been promulgated by Gov.
Folk he would be denounced as a
czar.
The Des Moines Capital says that
Judge Richard need not be surprised to
hear himself mentioned for congress-
man from the tenth district now.
The Dubuque Times says that Mr..
Kerens' conduct in the present elner-
gency In Missouri will damn him in
believe in playinp the game according
to rules.
20
The Keosauqua Republican says
that on the question of tariff revision
southeastern Iowa republicans would
vote 95to 1 against revision.
%
Colorado was admitted as a state
nearly thirty years ago" says the
| Cedar Rapids Republican, 'but the
state ought to be placed on the proba-
ltionary list for a while longer. Per-
haps it is Just as well to let Arizone
and New Mexico wait awhile.
o
"If the andpatters succeed in hold
ing I'm revision until the next congress
sional election there will be a hot tim
for some Of them" saws the Iowa Fails
.
"were the country left to develor
through the genius of its present citi.
,a,,h;r WITH ~ .ddItiona1 ;ronoiora
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28
A Friend In Need,

Do you know Of anyone suffering
with consumption? Then tell them
without delay that DR.. Boschee's Ger
mar Syrup will cure them-and you
will be a friend in need. German
Syrup is a reliable specific for the
cure of consumption. 1t has been max
ing marvellous cures OF consumption
throughout the world for forty years.
Group, coughs, colds, bronchitis and
all throat and lung troubles are speed.
lily cured by German Syrup. Trial
bottle, 25c. Big bottle. Toe. At all
druggists. Sargent, The True Drug
gist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

pfoductlon d paying one. There is
course, q return to the operator
Her he has paid expenses, but IT IS
|3l6tsof such great proportions that the
s6userver is warranted in calling him a
E&rahber and q Shylock. Such a crltt-
fism is tiresome to those who know
the realt truth OF the conditions. The
coal business in Iowa is not by any
means the most desirable and profit
able line in which a mar may engage
and invest his money and the wild al
legation that some of the best citizens
are engaged in stealing from the peo-
pie and mulcting them out Of their
hard earned money is a groundless
cry, worthy of a calamity bowler, and
no less.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

Are You Bothered With Dandruff3
II SO, you a remove 1t with Vegi.
eide, 1t saves your hair. z. C. Peiroe
& Co, agents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

Itch cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by w. w. Ennis, druggist,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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their last resting place in the o.
tumwa cemetery.
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LAST A RITES.

Funeral Services of the Late Jacob
Ream Conducted Today.
The funeral services Of the late ia
cob Ream, who died Tuesday afternoon
at his home northeast OF the city, YER
conducted from the First Presbyterian
church this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock,
DR.. F. F. Stoltz, assisted by Rev. G.
,Withrow, officiating. A large concourse
of friends accompanied the remains to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

The Burlington Hawk-Eye says that
Julian w. Richards would make a
most capable secretary Of state"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28
PAY When Cured.

1t is the perfect confidence va hav
In treatment that warrants Ne in
adopting the above terms. We do not
require any money Except pay for
medicine) until q psrfect cur 10
made.
DR.. Stockdale's reputation for ur-
ing chronic diseases Is unsurpassed by
my other specialist in the state. He
is thoroughly reliable and invites any
who are interested to investigate his
standing. both financially and profess
sicna!ly.
He positively cures Chronic Catarrh.
Diseases OF the Eye. Ear. Noge. Throat.
Lungs. and Kidneys. Dyspepsia. Con-
stipation and Rheumatism.
Men who are suffering frcm nervous
and physical debility. a positive guar
antee to cure,
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The Cedar Falls Gazette says that 1
every nan had the courage of his con
victions he would not have SO man,
convictions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

time Of the year" says the Hamptor
Chronicle, that SO fills him with ambi.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

The Davenport Democrat says that
nothing in Kansas is too good for "a
man Of Booker T. Washington's high
character and actual achievements:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

The Mason City Times-Herald be-
lieves hat the publicity Of all railway
rates granted would go a long way to-
ward equalizing the rates.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

"Were the country left to develop
through the genius of it's present citi-
zenship with no additional immigra-
ton, no one can doubt that splendid
progress would result; therefore, flu
lure accretions should be able to pass
a close scrutiny" says the yillisca Re-
view, discussing immigration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28

Observing that Pearson, the richest
newspaper owner in the world. says
that If he nae not gone to America
when he was "a wears old he would
probably be earning only $4,000 a year
in England now, the Sidney Sun says,
at makes one shudder to think what
calamities some men escape"
Gunnison news-champion., 1905-12-29
We'll Known Engineer and Fireman
Are Killed in Freight Wreck at Cebolla
Oscar Nelson and Joe Luce Meet Death their Posts During
the Holiday Season. Ground Under Train

A frightful railroad accident took
place Saturday morning mile west
OF Spnrtsmen Hotel. Engineer
Oscar Nelson aud fneman joe Luce
were bringing train mp from Gun
arron, when ON turning curve
their engine str % rail heaved by
ice from little stream which usually
runs under the track In twink-
ling the engine buckled, aud broke
in two, the tender turning over into
the river and the boiler faring
square around to the left Both
men were dropped upon the rails
aud Nelson so badly ground up that
ouly small pieces of his head were
found. Luce had an arm cut off,
part of his head cut out and other
terrible injaries that must have
caused instant death.
Rear brakemen hardly noticed the
jar, bat were amazed to find the
train slow up and to see their engine
facing them on rocks by the track.
Gunnison news-champion., 1905-12-29

Condgcter Jerry Burnton had tele
graph instrument and sent up word
from tebolla switch. A wrrckiug
tram went down Immediately from
Gunnison. Nelson's watch wa>
found to have stopped al 7:3o
The dead engineer aud fireman
were l,rought To Gannis0n that after
noon where an inquest was held and
remains Of Nelson shipped to Lead
Vile. where he had brpthers aud
sisters Luce was taken to Delta
Nelson's wife an three children, one
4 month old baby live AT Cimarron.
where ie had left them bat an hour
before with Merry Christmas on
his lips Mr.. Nelson had been on
the road for % years Much OF this
time was spent in Gunaisnn where
he had many friends Joseph Luce
had but three weeks before come up
from Delta He was not married
lie had been in three wrecks in two
mouths.