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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
i WHAT WILL THE END Be?

The news Of the, awful loss of life
In st. Petersburg Sunday has at
tracted the attention of every one to
Russia and her terrible conditions. Ac-
cording to dispatches which are be-
lieved to be correct the fighting of
yesterday rivals or equals the mas
sacre which opened the French revolu-
ton. The question on every lip now
lis, What will the end Of this state of
affairs. be?"
To all who have watched with pity
the history Of the oppressed people
answer to the question-that sooner or
later the revolution which is now I'M
dor way In Russia must result in the
complete overthrow of the bureau
cracy and the establishment of some
more liberal form of government. The
movement may be staid for a time but
the increase Of study among the peo-
pie OF the country NEAR an increase
In the.socialistic sentiment and the op-
position against the monarchy that
angus i'll for the permanency Of that
system of government. AS long as the
people were. kept in comparative ig-
norance there was less danger to the
throne but now that they have been
given the advantages of education
and Of mingling with people from
other countries they have ideas of their
own. Lead by some determined man
like Father Gopon and his brother
priests, the ono ignorant and much
to be despised public is a formidable
enemy to the peace Of the royal house.
hold Of Russia.
1t is interesting to know the view
taken of The affair by Russians in this
country. Count Cassini, ambassador
to America, when interviewed in Wash
ington last night, said:
ut Is awful to think that Russian
blood is flowing In such a manner. It's
more terrible to me when / think we
are at war. In my opinion, there was
no, recourse open to the government
except to suppress the strike. To, have
temporized would have precipitated
probably, a more serious situation and
resulted in a far greater loss Of life.
You have had strikes in this country
which assumed a riot character and
you have suppressed them with bull
lets.
'"The strikers in st. Petersburg were
warned that the government would
not permit them to hold the meeting
they proposed, They persisted, and
there was nothing left for the govern
ment to do but to compel the observ-
ance of it's orders. / hope ard believe
there will be no repetition of the terri
BILE occurrences of today.
"The government having enforced
its authority, it can take measures to
better the condition of the workmen.
But It was clearly impossible for 1t
to have yielded before, for such an
fiction would have shown a govern
mental weakness which does not ex-
ist."
The ambassador seems to believe
that the emperor will institute reforms
when the people have been quieted
but 1t will be hard to make the indig-
nant public see the matter in that way.
Too many times has the throne prom
ised reforms, only to fail in carrying
them out. Too many times have the
people been fooled when they thought
victory and freedom near. Yesterdays
tragic events have widened the gap be
tween the ~beauracracy and the public
and 1t is hardly probable that che
trouble is even near the end.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
Building Burns at Libertyville.

Libertyville, Jan. 24.-The building
belonging to j. r. Laughlin and occu.
pied by Albert Wainscott as a restau.
rant, was discovered to be a mass of
flames Sunday night. Mr.. Wainscott
was sleeping IN the second floor and
only succeeded In getting out his trunk
saving nom Of his goods below. Both
Mr.. Laughlin and Mr.. Wainscott car
ried insurance. Several other build
ings had very close calls.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
CAUSE OF RAILROAD WRECKS.

Frederick u. Adams, in Success.-I
will make a statement which will be
challenged, but which cannot be dis
proved. The abnormally heavy loco
motive, now the standard on American
railroads. is the positive cause os q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
SD s 3 ! 4 Il IS I s

rs 4J3ety OF dentists not long ago" con-
hH1!5Jed Mr.. Read, as he sent aNcloud, Of
NaaKfs0ke into the air. II was on the pros
E9rsinsto give some sort of a tooth pull
Ing toast. | noticed, at one side, a
sIIallHtable and there were no prepare
TIN to serve those who sat there, any
a4athe wine nor food.
sM Who sits there?' I asked the toast
NH FASTER.
$z|3 oh, that's for the newspaper re-
Srters,, he answered.
Why don't they sit over here with
Fds9' asked.
.f"They're just here to write he re-
piled.
Well, now I said, If those fellows
can't sit over as guests, I amt either.
They'll either sit here or Til 60 over
there Well, the boys were invited
over, and / think that POSTMASTER
learned that the man who uses his
brains and writes is about as good as
any, and a little better than a good
many others. It's all different In the
south. There a writer stands In his
proper place and Is appreciated.
Il am still a newspaper man. Yes,
/ write books. and stories and articles
for the magazines, but I take assign
ments now and then, and I find that Il
does me a lot of good.
II have just contracted to do some
work for the Ladies' Home Journal.
No, that's no joke I tell you. the
women like to read things that are
written for the men. They are human
and they don't like the wishy- washy
stuff any more than a man does.
That's the trouble with Mr.. How
ellis stories. They are beautiful and
elegantly written, but they are writ
ten for women. When you write for
men you write for all mankind. When
you write for women you write for half
of mankind, Inc the smaller half.
That's my opinion"
Gruber and Temperance.
]. M. Gruber, general superintend.
ent of the Union Pacific, who will be.
come general manager of the Burl.
ington lines east Of the Missouri river,
on February /, will be one Of the
youngest general managers in the
country, being now 81 years Of age.
Mr.. Gruber began his career with the
Great Northern when a youth, and
his rise in the railway world has been
extremely rapid. Aside from his alb.
ility, which is recognized among the
railway men all over the country, MI.
Gruber has won his way to the front
by his sobriety and tireless industry.
Those who know him say he is al
ways hungry for work. A good story
Of his aversion for anything In the
way Of ~intoxicants is told. Shortly
after coming to the Union Pacific he
was taking luncheon on a diner with
an official of n Of the branch lines,
who is known as a lover OF good wines
and also Of that which Is worse
high balls, gin rickey and such like
denominations. When a pudding was
brought in Mr.. Gruber thought he de-
tected a spirituous SAVIOR.
"Has that any liquor in it?" he
asked the waiter. FS
Eyes sab, a littlo brandy"
II don't care for any," said the
general superintendent.
The other official looked Indignantly
at the waiter an instant and then said:
Take that dreadful stuff away.
How dare you brinr me anything like
that"
The waiter who knew the ~oficial's
propensity was amazed at first, and
then seeing the joke, ran from the
car, tucking a napkin into his capa-
cious mouth to prevent an explosion
of laughter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
INVESTIGATION AT A

Davenport Tines.-If congress is de.
termined not to undertake to revise
the tariff at this session-and GER
tainly it could not be done because Of
senatorial. courtesy that would allow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
GIVEN NINE MONTHS.
Sentence Pronounced on Mrs. Downing
for Stealing a Cow.

Oskaloosa, Jan. 24.-Mrs. Nellie
Downing, convicted in the Mahaska
county court Of having stolen a COW
and selling the same, has been SEN
fenced to nine months in the peniten-
tiary at Anamosa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
Referring the suggestion OF /

Referring the suggestion Of the
president that the nation send COM
mercial commissioners abroad, the
Sioux City Journal notes that the ex-
pertinent proposed would cost less
than $4,000, and says: IF it should
work out as successfully as is hoped
and believed the cost would be but a
mere bagatelle in comparison with the
profits that should accrue to American
manufacturers and exporters as a re-
suit Of more intelligent handling of
their over sea trade
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

III =rEfEA NtotE24fA
large percentage OF railroad accidents,
most OF which are charged Mgainst
other factors Of equipment or krvice.
Ihe craze for powerful locot tives
set in about 1873. Prior TO tn time
the average locomotive weigheW from
TWENTY five to fifty tons. Ou% roads
We're planned for engines of til type
n weight. The rails, S r4	ches,
bridges, %viaducts and other lures
We're in conformity to the fdium
weight locomotive. 1T was dis cered
tnats there was anaEeconomoy big
freight engines. hauling a larg mum :
Der of cars, and thereby doing away
with train men. 1t was also dis& Ared
that the greatest sort of safety Alse
of the inevitable collisions wasV Var
SO solidly constructed that it 'ould
smash through weaker ones.
To haul these heavy cars att high
speed required engines of incIeased
size. The mechanical world was sur
prised when the seventy-ton loeomo-
tive was announced. Then 1t went to
much acclaim when the 100-ton mon
ster was turned out of the shops. A
passenger locomotive which does moi
weigh 100 tons is now considered out
of date. To meet the terrific impact OF
these monsters, the size of the rails
been slightly increased, but we still
hold them to the ties by the primitive
method Of spiking them down. What
Is the consequence? The rails spread
on a curve, and sometimes on q
straight piece of track, and a disas-
trous wreck ensue Such accidents
have increased at an alarming rate.
1t IL an open secret that hundreds OF
accidents are CHARGED against mis-
placed switches when the cause should
read ~"ripped-up switches" 1t seems
impossible to construct interlockine
switches which are safe against the
well-nigh resistless impact Of 100 OF
more tons of metals hurled forward al
a speed of seventy miles an hour. The
tracks and switches are to weak fol
the locomotives. There is no doubt II
the world about it. There Is not &
railroad man In the country who does
not know that this statement is abso-
|lutely true,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

The Waterloo Courier believes thai
although the car and his advisors
may be able to postpone for a while
the day when a form Of government
more expressive of the nations will
must be established in Russia, "the
day will come and the signs Of the
times are that it is near at hand"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
The South and the Reporter.

XXI
"The south Is the place for the news
paper man, not the north" said Opie
Read, as he tilted his back chair back
against of the pillars in the Slavery
lobby, drew a cigar out of his pocket.
struck a match and applied 1t to his
cigar with great care, says the Des
Moines Register and Leader. t"In the
south they realize that a newspaper
reporter or editor works with his
brains, inc they appreciate brains in
the south.
II don't want to discourage you fell
lows who are laboring in this section
of the country, but / must say If you
want to be someone and enjoy some
of the pleasures of the work, you want
to go below the Mason and Dixon line.
Up here, If you want to be respected,
you must run a barber shop or some
other business institution.
II went to a banquet given by some
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
Mr.. pamm,s pifficulttes.

Mr.. Damm's Difficulttess
We are pleased to see that lthezuetds
ton OF Eugene F. Damn for theSprtys
ilege of changing his name has been
granted by the circuit court OF Cook
county at the instance Of his attorney
Mr.. Booz.
It is a striking illustration Of the un.
selfish devotion OF the average lawyer
to his client that not once during the
hearing Of the case, SO far as we ma
judge from the record, did Mr.. Boq5;
either directly or by %innuendo, operthfy
or secretly. attempt to join in Mr..
|Damm's petition. In his professional
capacity as an adviser, counselor and
friend Of Mr.. Damn he lost sight ut
terly of the fact that his own name
was Booz.
Mr.. Damm's petition, everythingscon-
sidered was not only reasonable but
necessary and we are, as remarked
above, pleased to learn that his prayer
has been granted. He must have been
embarrassed beyond expression at
times when thoughtless friends en-
~deavoring to attract his attention
shouted "Oh, Damn at him in mixed
company.
Then. again. his experience at and
with the telephone must have been q
fruitful source of almost unbearable
annoyance. Imagine Central" re-
porting to the general manager CONVEX
sations like these, in the nature Of a
complaint against telephone 411-44:
Hello, DAMMIT"
"What?"
isn't that you. Damn"
"Tsdon't understand you sir, This Is
the %rectory."
Hello, Dammit"
"a little louder please"
isn't this Damm?"
What! ! !!
II want Damn! Damn! Damn!
I'D A double M-Damm-Dont you
catch it?-Damm."
"oh. Damn! Why didn't you say
so?"
Il did say Damn
Hold the wire"
"Is this Damm?"
Eyes, I'm Damn"
"You be Damn"
Eyes, I be Damn"
Say, Damm"-etc.
No man Of sensitive nature could be
expected to put up with this sort Of
thing forever and we congratulate
Mr.. Damn and his attorney, Mr.
Booz upon the success Of their effort
to end 1t. n 4 w
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
EXCITING TINE S
j. w. kiTTo TELLS OF NATIONAL
CONVENTION OF UNITED
MINE WORKERS.
Robert Randall Of Wyoming, Who Bit
terIy Denounced President John II.
Mitchell, Was In ottumwa in Be-
half Of Colorado Miners.

Delegate Robert Randall, who,
while speaking before the national
convention of the United Mine Work
ers at indianapolis last Thursday, Bit
terly denounced President John H.
Mitchell for the attitude he took in re-
gard to the Colorado strikes, is one OF
the solicitors who was in this city sew
eral months ago in behalf of the strik-
ers. The following letter regarding
the convention has been received from
j. w. Kitto. ex-president of the OF
tumwa Trades and Labor Assembly:
indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 10, 1905.
Courier:-While l am ware of the
fact that your readers have been In
formed Of most of the work Of the
convention Of the United Mine Work
ers of America, / thought that perhaps
a letter from I'M who has been pres
ent at every session might be Of in
terest to many. There are nearly 700
delegates present, which is many more
than was at first expected as there Is
operators this year.
will never forget the impression l
received when President Mitchell
CalleQ the 70 OTQer Oh MOI
day morning. Secretary Wilson was
seated at his right, Vice President
Lewis to the left, the national board
members near him and the calm, cool
dignity which marked the delibera-
ton with which they transacted the
business, suggested the thought to me,
why could not such men conduct ma
tional affairs as we'll as industrial. I
fully understand what is meant by the
old saying: large bodies move slow
ly." Every district had to hold a eau
Gus, every committee had to meet and
organize and up to this time there has
been very little work accomplished.
Delegate Randall Speaks.
The annual attempt to inject social
ism into the organization was made
yesterday and continued this morning.
When Delegate Randall, who was one
of the solicitors who visited Ottumwa
last summer in behalf Of the Colorado
miners was recognized and began
speaking from the floor of the conven-
ton hall he was invited to the plat.
form by President Mitchell. He bit
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
u SORE

Wheeling, w. Va, May 20, 1903.
Some years ago while at work, I fell
over a truck and severely injured both
of my shins. My blood became poisoned
as a result, and the doctor told me I
would have running sores for life, and
that if they were healed up the result
would be fatal. Under this discouraging
report I left off their treatment and re-
sorted to the use of S. S. S. Its effects
were prompt and gratifying. It took
only a short while for the medicine to en-
tirely cure up the sores, and I am not
dead as the doctors intimated, nor have
the sores ever broke out again. Some II
years have elapsed since what I have de-
scribed occurred. Having been so signally
benefited by its use I "a heartily recon-
mend it as the n great blood purifier.
JOHN W. FUNDS.
Care Schmulback Brewing Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
Care Schmulback Brewing Co.

Chronic sores start often from a pim-
pie, scratch, br1ise or boil, and while
s%alves, washes and powders are beneficial,
the unhealthy matter in the blood must
be driven out or the sore will continue
to eat and spread. S. S. S. reaches
these old sores through the blood, re-
moves all impurities and poisons, builds
up the entire system and strengthens
the circulation. S. S. S. is a blood
purifier and tonic combined. Contains
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

ut is true that there might be some
danger of a commission establishing
rates so low as to be a hardship upon
the common carrier, but this has not
been the experience of state railroad
commissions clothed with power to
make rates and put them into force
Immediately" says the Marshalltown
Times Republican.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

No mar of sensitive nature could be
expected to put up with this sort Of
thing forever and we congratulate
Mr.. Damn and his attorney, MI.
Booz upon the success of their effort
to end it. D. j. w.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

The Burlington Hawk-Eye is SO Ge-
lighted with the weather hat it says:
Apologize for Iowa winters? Perish
the thought. Iowa is always fair to
behold, and at no one season does she
greatly excel any other. To him who
walks through life with open eyes the
world will offer few things better than
iowa in winter"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26
IOWA PRESS

Industrial democracy" says the
Des Moines Register and Leader, els
the problem OF the twentieth century
as political democracy was of the nine
teenth. How to extend the maxim of
Equal opportunity for all, special
privilege to none" to the Industrial
world is the question that is up for
answer. 1t is remarkable how few
have any answer to suggest"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

Keokuk Gate City.-"cherche la
femme say the French. Look for
the woman They did so in Missouri
in the senatorial constest and found
her in the person of Mrs. Richard C.
Kerens.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

This congress or the next one
may authorize the commission to name
a rate which the court may suspend
pending review" is the opinion of the
Dubuque Times. The Times adds
'the courts would not sustain a law
denying them the right to suspend q
rate pending inquiry as to it's sufi.
ciency."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-26

The Sioux City Journal disagrees
with Tom Lawson. 1t does not believe
be, absolutely and completely the
legal owners Of the entire United
States" For one thing" says the
Journal, sin support of this contention,
1T may be suggested that life is short
and then it quotes this statement:
1.-THE days Of our years are three-score
years and ten; and If by reason Of
strength they be f%our-score years, yet
is their strength labor and sorrow; for
1t is soon cut off, and we fly away"
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-04-24
Homicide en- ] uana Dlsz

Eo el cuartel general de Ia poll
cfa Sc ha recibido el siguiente to-
legTama: Aver tres madFugada tq-
We conocimiento que en- ell barrio
GVillalba Abajo> Sc habfa cometido
un homicide. Me- tFaslad6 con una
pareia Y secretario ,Juzgado Paz al
1ugar del suceso, resultando de la
investigation practicada que como
entire 2 y noche De aver encon-
tFabanse en- un ventOrrillO que en-
dicho barrio pos6e M6nico Flores,
varios indiyiduos tomandO ron; sus-
cit0se una question entire ellos, re-
cibiendo Francisco Lebr6n una he
rida en- la region hepatica que le
prOduio la muePte como una hora
despu6s de recibida. He aFrestadO
y puesto q disposition del Juzgado
q los indiduos Juan Villa, Benigno
Collazo y Jose Benigno Lopez, por
recaer en- ellos indicios de culpabi-
1idad - T9nie21te Non
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-04-24
n o ILGIAS

El sarcsnto Chapel, destaGado en-
Salinas, dice pOr teI6gFAf0 que hay
may pocos braceros hoy en- coi0nlss
en- slQunas solo cincl trabel8 1orss ss
hRbiendo dfatsca1O fu4zae en las h&-
oiendaa eTeresR9 eMaTgaritas pefa
pr9te9er & los Iabfieg0s. NO na ecu
rrido nipg6n dss6rden.
-Se encuentFa epfsrmo don Arturo
Fort. empIeado del Barco Colonial.
No es ciersc. como 90 aseguraba
aver Ga sats ciudad. que don JOt6 M.
Ubsrri hs B sido puesto ca lDeTtad
bsjp 6snza.
Mas de dcCe eAIific4 clones de ase-
sinttO ca primer gFadc, est6n pendien-
tss de re 5Iuci6n en- los tribunsles de
est8 isis Cssi tOdcs estOs Css0s seran
PesueltOs en- lss sesionee del jurado. en-
81 eptranta mes, y de ellos dara uaa
infIrmaci6n exsCta SLR Correspondent
cia.
En- 81 barriO QuebradiIIas. de-
Aibonito. fue sorpTendida una jugads
de Tnenor cuantfa.
En estado verdaderamenta depIo-
rsble Sc encuentra 81 trozo de muelle
que Ieata ceres de Is f6brica de ciga-
rros eLa ColeCtiva.2 , impidiendo que
pue9An aCerCarse & 81 las embarcRcio
mes.
\ 10 Utuado fueron detsnidos Ma
nuel Rivera y Lorenzo MaldonadO.
ocup8ndoIes dos cabaIlos que habfan
rob8do & Manuel MaldOnad0 y Grego-
rio Rivera, propietarics del barrie
Roncador. m
Aver tarde estuvo Ia maFea tan
b ia que a distancis podfan verse dis
tintamente los baucos de arena. hg-
ci6adose dificil Ell movimiento de los
bAroos de alg1n csIado.
La sganda de "a creaci6n de
40 bsrri0 0brero no ha caido on el
vacfo, 8 ideas generates so cambian
por distintos elementos para que pue-
da Ildvarse & vfss de de hecho. obrA de
tan vital import2ncia.
-En ID casa de Amsdor Colon. de
Utuado. fu6 gorprendida una jugads &
10 probibido. siendo detenidos Z indi-
viduOs , oCupSndose naipes , dinero.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-04-24
Ba lie, anoeha an sl Casino

BAs tante concurrido inf6rmase q ue
quedd ell bale dado anoche en- Ell
Casino espanol, de esta ciudad.
Elementos de nuestra buena so
ciedad acudieron q dsr Tealce a la
fiesta.
Un accidente en- parte del alum
brado el6.trico dilat0 algo el prin-
cipio del baile; pero, Ieparado prom
tamelte por los empleados de la
companfa, Irci6 ell casino sus boz
nitos sdornos. entire ellos hermosi-
simos &bouquets1 de flores, siendo
extraordinaFiO ell olor a liFin, de-
mostrando asf la prox midad del
mes de Mayo y de las festas de
cruz, en- las que constituye 81 PFin-
cipal aroma.