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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
RoJEsTvENskYs DUE.

New York Rojestvensky
is beaten, disastrously, decisively and
hopelessy That is the first great fact
of the situation, which can in no way
be palliated or disguised. But this flag
does not go down in dishonor. On the
contrary, he is entitled to honorable
remembrance as having conducted
great and arduous task with approved
skill and success to the very verge, of
triumph. Months ago the world re-
garded with skeptical derision the
thought of sending the Baltic fleet
around to the China seas. When
Rojestvensky at last actually started
he was made a target of scorn, and the
commonest prediction was that he
would never reach his goal, but would
run his ships aground smash them in
collisions or turn back in despair But
he kept on, undismayed and uninjured,
performed the feat which so many
Thought impossible, and led his fleet,
intact and in efficient condition, to the
shores of Japan. AS an achievement
in navigation his work is worthy of
high praise. Never before in naval his
tory was so great a fleet conducted
&c so great a distance, nor was any
considerable fleet more successfully
navigated to any considerable distance
from its base. Americans who re-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
AN IOWA HERO.

Des Moines Capital.-Calvin Pearl
Titus will graduate at the United
States military academy at West Point
IL June of this year having finished his
four year course. In a class of one
hundred and twenty he is number for
ty-eight. He has made a record of
which his friends are proud. He re-
ceived sufficient honors to turn any
boys head, but all agree that his head
has not been turned. He is one heroi,;
young man who stand applause, and
receive it as an evidence of encourage
ment to persevere on. Congress gave
him a gold medal and the same was
pinned on his breast by President
Roosevelt on the West Point parade
grounds, in the presence of his fell
low students and multitude of peo-
pie. He had so far won the respect of
his associates in the academy that
they We're all glad to see him honored
Boys have the right kind of stuff when
these things can be- Pearl Titus was
the first American soldier to go up the
wall at Pekin. at the time the legation
ers were rescued. He is a native of
Vinton. and his grand parents lived
and died at Fairfield. If our country
shall need defenders in actual war
Fearl Titus will be among the bravest
of the brave He has native-born
modesty which wins all who have the
pleasure of knowing him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
vAssAR AND RACE SUICIDE.

New York Evening Sun.-The foun-
dalton of Vassar college may be said
to have marked the real beginning of
the movement which had for it's object
the emancipation of woman from the
tyranny of man. The accepted theory
was that she could be made free in
her person, free to work out her own
industrial salvation. free as to her
property rights by becoming free first
Of all in the domain of thought That
this was recognized by the conserva-
tives or reactionaries of the other sex
was shown bv the grim jests, the
Rabelaisian laughter with which the
opening of the seat of learning at
Foughkeepsie was greeted by the mem
bers Of the coarse sex.
one of sthe most significant events in
the history of Vassar has just come to
lleht. 1t Is the pleasant custom up
there for the members of the gradual
ing class to answer a crucial question
as to the condition of their young af-
fections. No less than twenty of those
who get their degrees this year have
had to plead guilty to the soft i'm
parchment. A score of marriages
will be solemnized before long This
ic a record. and the college is proud of
It, 1t has bearing on the large ques-
ton OF race suicide. 1t shows that DR..
Taylor's young ladies', who are noted
for the zeal with which they do their
work, have spent their long summer
vacations in the same way as their
nom academic sisters who have never
cut up frog and don't know the diff
ference between comic sections and
hyperbclic logarithms.
The demonstration of the matrimon-
ial inclination of Vassar is all the
more interesting, coming as 1t does at
6. time when there is much talk about
the "resubjection Of women" Writ
Ing on this subject in the Fortnightly,
Lucas Malet" less we'll known as
Mrs. Harrison, daughter of Charles
Kingsley, says as an Englishwoman:
But assuming, for the sake Of argu-
ment, that the wonan's movement has
run it's course and is doomed to dis
solution, of this we may, think. be
certain, that as far as our own coun-
try is concerned, It's death will be a
painless one, brought about not by
violence but bv inanition-by a pro-
gress of conversion from within the
ranks of the feminine army, not by
coercion from without. Any active in
reference with, or limiting by legisla-
ton of, the Intellectual social and civic
freedom which women have gained for
their sex is not to be feared for mo-
ment. 1t is contrary to the temper of
English sentiment and to the sense
OF justice and common sense of our
countrymen. TIE doors which women
have forced will remain open, but it is
to be seen whether, as time goes on.
unless driven to do so by the push OF
some exceptional talent or by the push
of poverty, women will continue to go
forth through those doors into the
strain and stress Of the working
world"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
ROOSEVELT AND PEACE,

1t is very probable that the three
cruisers which escaped Togo's guns
and liIlped into Manila bay will be in
termed there and allowed to remain
until the close of the war. In that
case the men of their crews will not
be allowed to leave Manila nor will the
ships nor any parts of their compile
ments of men or guns be allowed to
take part in the war. When the fight
ing is ended and peace is formally ar
ranged the three ships can be taken
back to Russia, but as far as any &C
tive participation in the war is con-
cerned they might as we'll be at the
bottom of the sea with their full crews.
This action on the part of the United
States disposes of all Of Rojestvensky's
fleet with the exception of the few
small vessels which have reached
Vladivostok and are now awaiting the
pleasure of Admiral Togo, who can
destroy them any time he wishes and
without any notable losses to his fleet.
Japan absolutely controls the situation
as far as the sea is concerned.
AS for the land forces, neither
Oyama nor Linevitch has made any
change of note during the past several
months, in fact since the rout of the
Russians at Tie Pass. Linevitch, how
ever faces an almost hopeless task
With an army composed of men the
majority of whom had rather see the
fighting ended in Japanese victory
than win an iron cross by turning the
tide Of battle in Russia's favor he can.
not hope to cope with the determined
forces of Oyama. The Russians, too
have given up all idea of winning in
the war since the destruction of the
fleet under Roiestyensly. and none car
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
RUssIA's EMANCIPATION.

Philadelphia Press.-The defeat
which sweeps the Russian naval pow
er from the seas brings near the reform
OF Russian rule.
Success In the east would continue
repression. Defeat ends 1t. 1t brings
to Russia more than victory would
have won.
All Russia is close to explosion. The
massacre of Armenians In Ervan, as
brutal as any in Turkey, extends the
area in the Caucasus province in which
orderly administration has ceased. Pol
ish cities are rife with disorder. The
great rural provinces of central Russia
are given over to wandering bands ana
to local disorder. Over all the means
for keeping order have grown inept
or are in collapse
These conditions have checked trade
and Industry reduced railroad freights
to half their old volume. filled the cit
les with unemployed and disordered
all farming operations. The autumn
will see famine near over great tracts.
After his crushing defeat, to be fol-
lowed by another as crushing on land,
If peace does not come, it will be i'm
possible to restore order In the old
drastic, despotic way. This is over.
Liberal institutions must come.
The bureaucracy had already begun
to- tread the old path. Censorship had
been revived on local political discus
sion lin st. Petersburg and Moscow.
The right of petition, granted by the
car. was curtailed by forbidding
meetings to discuss petitions. The
newspaper organ of the associated
zemstvos was suppressed.
This cannot continue. The liberal
movement will again begin active work
A representative body chosen by the
zemstvos Is now inevitable Public
education will begin If the czar's
government does not yield revolution
will come. Russia itself was emanci-
pated In the straits of Korea.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

realize more than the men in Line
vitch's army the utter hopelessness of
the situation. The approaching battle,
If it is ever fought by the armies be-
fore a treaty is signed is lost by the
Russians even before the first gun is
fired. Disheartened subjects of des-
pot cannot win in a struggle with the
valorous Japs. When Linevitch
reaches Vladivostok the armies of the
mikado will have nothing to do but to
settle down to another Port Arthur
siege.
With these facts so patent, it is not
to be wondered at that the great bulk
of the people welcome the proposition
of President Roosevelt that peace be
concluded between Russia and Japan
at the earliest possible moment and
on the best possible terms ia
pans demands are very great, 1t is
true, but Russian cannot do better
than accept them. President Roose-
velt's interest in the move for peace
gives it more than ordinary interest
for Americans.
The powers that are working for
peace have assured the President of
their hearty sympathy and support,
but as he instigatel the movement,
they are looking to him to direct it.
They are keeping him constantly ad-
vised Of the feeling in St. Petersburg
as it is reported by their ambassadors,
and are making suggestions, and every
step that is being taken is carefully
planned by the shrewdest diplomats in
the world.
The White House is recognized as
the center of activity in the efforts to
induce Russia to accept the Presidents
offer of friendly intervention, and the
visits of the representatives of the
foreign governments are increasing as
the movement assumes more definite
form. The diplomats who are in the
Presidents confidence, and are aiding
him, go there to exchange reports and
ideas. The others call in search of in.
formation, but go away unsatisfied. as
the President wants nothing said about
what he is doing. He does not wish
to further embarrass Russia by making
it appear that in taking up peace nego
tiations she has yielded to outside in
fluence
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

The state census gives Ottumwa a
population of 20,2O3, a gain of 2,1O6 in
five years, and there are few returns
yet to be received Ottumwa is one of
the prosperous business centers of the
state because of it's excellent railway
facilities, and that fact that it is To-
Gated at a distance from any other
large town-Davenport Times.
The state census gives Ottumwa the
worst of it by several hundreds, in the
opinions of those who should know,
and yet the increase is fairly salts
factory one. Ottumwa's institutions
are of the permanent, dependable kind,
and this assures the steady growth of
the city's population and business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
BE SQUARE.

The two words, "Be Square" might
have been taken as the topic for the
sermon which was preached to the
graduating class of Princeton univer-
sity yesterday by the president, DR..
Patton. He called his subject, Chris
tian Morality" a we'll chosen one and
one that really means the same as the
more slangy expression which has,
however, been, given dignifed place
by the President, whose square deal"
has become a household expression.
DR.. Patton is man of advanced
ideas and his position as the head of
one of the greatest of American
schools entities him to considerable
respect. 1t is noticeable that he had
little in his sermon of yesterday about
the graduate standing ION the thresh-
old, etc." but that he addressed the
young men in a common-sense, man-to-
man fashion. He spoke In no uncer-
tain terms of the drift of some men of
the present day toward hypocrisy as a
sideline to business career, and
while he admitted that the business
progress of the age makes this prac-
tice possible and sometimes profitable,
he held that the honest life is the best,
the most satisfactory and the only
one that pays in the long run. Among
other things DR.. Patton said:
"To study every great movement we
must study men of the times.
"The men of the present day seem
to be trying to see how near they can
come to prison gates without getting
behind them. Might is right, and ev-
cry one tries to get the other fellow
on the hip. hate to see cold
blooded rascal who has $40,0OO.000
teach Sunday school class and drive
of the law on week days.
IF any one should ask me what I
| thought of such a man l would say
that i should congratulate him for
keeping cut of jail while others we're
praising him.
1T is not easy to be good nova
days would rather write perfect
system of ethics than practice an ev-
cry day one. Men can write perfect
ethical systems, but nevertheless they
cannot stand being watched when they
go out at night.
'The school of Christ is much hard
er to get diploma from than from
Princeton, Yale or any other college
1T has been said that the meek
shall inherit the earth, but we all want
the earth nowadays, and l know that
it is not the meek who get it, Most
men of the present time contentedly
have accepted the ethics, but they are
Shaping at the validity of the princi
pies of Christ. Every one tries to get
in position where he can say in an
swer to an order to do something, Z
don't have to-"
DR.. Patton is different from many
who are just now crying the trend
of the business life Of the age, in
that he admits, rather contends, thai
it is not the meek that the world is be
ing given, but to the progressive. He
draws line, however, between pro
gressiveness and dishonesty. Pro
gress, can be attained by honest ant
fair means as well as by underhande6
ones. 1t is not yet out of date to ad
wise the young man to be square.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

commissioned Japan will have navy
OF such formidable proportions and
manned by such highly developed skill
that the government will be well pre-,
pared to enforce it's demands. Prob
ably no particularly violent protests
will be made against such Monroe
doctrine, provided that present possess
sions by European powers are respect
ed and only reasonable terms are de-
manded of Russia in bringing about
peace.
The forecasts of this new doctrine Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
THE BATTLEsHlP's THE THING.

Despite the fact that the early re.
ports of the battle of the Sea of Japan
indicated that the smaller craft were
used to do most of the fighting and
that the Russian battleships, though
greater in number than those Of Japan
were not able to do execution because
they were bothered SO greatly by the
torpedo boats of the enemy, the naval
experts and public officials at Wash
ington hold that the fight has not
changed their opinions nor the facts
regarding the necessity for battleships
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

member the! enthusiastic pride with
which the voyage of the Oregon, was
regarded In 1898 can appreciate the
character of Rojestvensky's perform
srce. Had he been victorious over the
Japanese at the end, his skill In navi-
cation would have commanded only
Il little less praise than his valor in
latte. Fills overwhelming defeat
should not be permitted to obscure the
brilliancy of his work in sailing half
way round the world to seek his foes.
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mo Thank YOU. /"

Says the poor dyspeptic, when asked
to partake of certain foods. He really
wants them but is AFRAID of the conse-
quences: Heartburn, Bloating, Cramps,
Nausea or Headache invariably follow.
Every such sufferer should try
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

before meals and see the wonderful
amount of good it will do. 1t will
the stomach and cure Indi.
gestion, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Bill.
iousness and Malaria, Fever and Asue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

limitation are much more credible and
acceptable than the various rumors
concerning Japan's aggressive powers,
If the object be merely to maintain an
adjustment Of Asiatic affairs logically
reached at the conclusion of the pres.
ent war, then one of the most im-
portant objects of far eastern di- |.
plomacy will have been achieved--thsy
security of Chinese integrity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

ITO stand pat it not to stand STILL
asserts the Creston Advertiser Gazette
whatever the detractors of the repub-
lican tariff law during the past three
years may have said or may say. There
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Secretary Shaw isn't talking of or
ganizing any new parties nor of turn
ing congress out to grass" says the
Eritt Tribune. Secretary Shaw is A
republican and when he talks he talks
republican"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08
ECZ I'M 4 - { E !E4szR5
a'1aA ~c-5Dga H.. <55TSSs5%%slaS

Those afflicted with gaass@S1J
more than can be told OF the suffering
gradually
followed by bsters and pustules dischagg
liable to be attacked, the " m - =
hands, feet,
and legs the thumb
often afflicted large hand burning itching and
ana Tor which could relief
ton of ~ youl wrote ana
culation becomes loaded and cn.ed @ encea
with fiery, acid poisons that Mayeta Kan 49, r. sppncp
forced through : - ~
applications;
remedy tenters the
& 60 EW blood and the
A 80 - channels and builds the entire
&zW &w Ew becomes smooth soft again,
-, cured Cases that have pesistently
u1ed unaer the ordinary treatment yield to its purifying cooling
as 0ood BOOK Skin Diseases
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, Ga
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

Away from home Omaha politics
looks uglier than ever" says the Coun-
Gil Bluffs Nonpareil.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

Philadelphia Press.-The defeat
which sweeps the Russian naval pow
er from the seas brings near the reform
OF Russian rule
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

The Mason City Globe Gazette OBJ
serves that nearly every American re-
joices in the outcome Of the naval bat
tie on Saturday, but it prophes1es that
i'll less than twenty-five years most of
the same people will wish it had been
a draw.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

The Cedar Falls Record says the
next thing we know Mayor Weaver,
of Philadelphia will have a presidential
bee in his bonnet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-08

How the people of this world haster
to honor the man who is on top, ans
with what little consideration they
treat the under dog observes tn:
Muscatine Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-22
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Improved.
SPECIAL PRICES.


$4,7OO
Handsome modern eight-room house good
east-front lot. near Calhoun, built for home
hardwood floors all over house and splendid
hot-water heating plant
1872 18th av S, nine-room modern house.
Norway pine first floor, hardwood floors all
over house. modern plumbing in bathroom,
hot-water heat and good barn. Look it over.
81, 900.
Holmes av near Lake st: eight-room modern
good house, built about ID sto four years ago.
Park av 32d st, nine rooms, modern;
good east-front lot.
w 33d ST, nine rooms on first and second
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dining. room, nantel and crate. gas, wired
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Grand inside 2sth ST. seven rooms. mod
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Twenty-room double house, city water and
sewer two foors renting for S36 a month";
Look at 24il-4s 16 u I sT for an investment
Eight rooms, hardwood floors and hardwood
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Harriet av near Both st, seven rooms. hard
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1855 Blaisdell av, corner lot six rooms.
HARDWOOD, nail and pafIOf, hardwood nOOrs
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we'll.
H. $1,450.
26th av NE near Central eight rooms cell
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rents $l5 month.
81 900.
18th av near Gath st; lot 501127; Tvs
rooms. cellar, we'll s cistern and barn.
Nicollet av near 51st lot 52x155; four rooms,
cellar, well, storm sash and screens.
Lots.
Lots-Lots-Lots--In all parts of the city
at all prices.
Walter l.. Badger
300 Oneida Bldg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-22
BARGAINS IN HOUSES.

BARGAINS IN HOUSES.
81 ,SOO-No 2420 James n; newly painted: In
good repair; eight. rooms: hardwood floors;
barn and woodshed; will sell for $500
down and easy payments for balance.
So, 2oo-No. 5000 Girard n: six rooms and bath;
furnace; modern; will be sold on very easy
terms
81 65O-No. 1921 Colfax av S; this house is
strictly modern, built last year; the house
alone cost $4,000 to build; the rooms down
stairs a.e finished in red birch and quar-
tered oak: can be bought for half cash and
balance mortgage
So, SCOPES 9Th st n; new two-famiIy house,
five rooms and bath down. four rooms and
BATH up: hardwood finish and floors: separ-
ate froat and doors; cemented base
ment; gas, water, stone walks and lot
graded: $500 down and $50 per month or
$500 down and $25 per month.
Nickels & Smith,
81 Nicollet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-22

1853 yo o o Do 9 e9 $50 oooo .
make specially of renting and taking
care OF all kinds OF property, managing es- O.
tates, etc. can save you money. Walter O
L. Badger, 300 Oneida building. O.
900 90 o o o 0
WANTED-TO RENT STORE OR DWELLING
house In good location for secondhand furni-
ture trade: rent not to exceed $50; will sign
lease for year. Address $3.50, Journal
LIST YOUR HOUSES, FLATS AND ROOMS
with Minnesota Realty & Rental Co.. Webb
Block, 10 Sd st S. Can promptly rent same
for you
WANTED-THoRoUGHL MODERN HOUSE
In good location. east of Nicollet av price
not to exceed $4,000, from owners only. 92S7,
Journal.
SIX OR sEvEN-RooM DETACHED HOUSE;
city water, gas for cooking, line;
three adults SIS to $1S rent. 1888 Journal.
WANTED-To RENT COTTAGE OR ROOMS IN
pleasant location. vicinity of Lakes Harriet
or Calhoun; two in family. $40 Phoenix.
WANrED-To RENT THREE ROOMS NEAR
Emerson or Jefferson school; light housekeep.
ing. Address S742, Journal.