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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-31

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Of killed and wounded during the
rioting here is estimated at 100.
All restaurants, cafes and shops
are closed.
Warsaw, Jan. 80. The streets
have. been quieter since yesterday
evening. but the strike continues in
full swing. All places Of business are
closed.
A proclamation has been issued de-
claring the condition of the city re-
ouires additional protective measures
Quiet At St. Petersburg.
st. Petersburg. Jan. 80. - Most Of
the factories and mills of ST. Peters
burg are in operation today and the
strike is to all intents and purposes
ended. A few of the large establish
ments have not yet fully resumed op-
erations owing to the official formali-
ties necessary to registering their
thousands of employees.
Rioting in Poland.
Berlin, Jan. 80. 3 a. m.-Alarm ing
news Of the revolution in Russia was
received in Berlin early this morning.
AS expected Poland Is the scene of
bloodshed, of pillaging by mobs, of bat
ties between citizens and soldiers and
Of confagrations set by incendiaries.
All Sunday mobs pillaged and
wrecked stores in Warsaw. All day
the rifles of the soldiers were vomit-
ing bullets at the pillagers. In one in
stance in working class suburb even
cannon was fired into crowd In
addition to the general chaos created
by strikers and revolutionists, several
companies Of soldiers drank vodka and
ran amuck in the streets, riding down
the people and firing wildly in every
direction.
Hundreds Were Slain.
From the country districts of Poland
comes even more alarming news.
There the police and the military have
no such chance to crush the people as
in the cities. Consequently the revolu.
tion appears to be gaining more head
way. In making war on the govern.
ment some Of the people piled the
torch, and it is reported that the town
of Brestlitovsk is burning.
Warsaw Like Slaughter House.
Thousands of persons are fleeing
from Poland across the border into
Germany. The refugees report that
Warsaw was a veritable slaughter
sshouse all Sunday. The volcano burst
early, when the strikers began to pa
rade and the police and troops tried
to suppress them. BY their attacks the
authorities only enraged the masses
! who broke into the stores and the
state vodka shops and seized all the
vodka obtainable. The fiery fluid
transformed the crowds into mad and
bowling mobs.
There was no limit to the dangers
the mobs braved in their defiance OF
constituted authority. They fought
the police and the soldiers. They
smashed store fronts and sacked bust
ness houses Of all kinds. They stop
ped all traffic.
When night fell on the ruins or holt
ruins of hundreds of mercantile houses
Warsaw was in state of anarchy, not
street lamp was lighted, those who
had taken no part in the days riotine
were terror-stricken What wild orgies
the night brought no one can guess un
til the soldiers. If any remain that are
not drunk, try to establish order ii
daylight.
Troops Ride Down British CONSUL.
Vodka proved almost as alluring tc
the soldiers as the mobs. The troops
drank freely, in some cases joining tr
the iooting to secure their favorite bev-
erage. Then the drunken troops singly
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|sLAVs CROSS THE d UN
czaTs Soldiers VIII Attempt 20 Make
9 Stand In Position to Which they
Were Driven by the Japanese Iii
{ Last Week's Fierce Fighting two
Russian Generals Are Wounded. Il

St. Petersburg, Jan. 3o-rhs
Russian advance movement
against the Japanese left has
failed. General Gripenburg today
notified the emperor that he had /
discontinued the offensive. Tho
war office gives no estimate Of the
Russian losses, but they are be.
Ileved to be heavy.
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NO SENATOR CHOSEN.

The Deadlock in Missouri Legislature
is Still Unchanged.
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Is Still Unchanged.
jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 80. - =
= The eleventh ballot for United =
States senator to succeed CockreIl =
= was taken today in the legislature =
y without result. =
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AUTHORITIES THERE FEAR LAB.
oRERs WILL MAKE
TROUBLE.
GREAT BRITAIN ANGRY
Ambassador Hardinge Objects to Post
Ing Of Placards Blaming England
4 for Disturbances In Russia and De-
|. s,nands Explanations of Attacks on
English At Warsaw.

ST. Petersburg, .3o.-Private ad"
vices from Warsaw say the au-
thorlties there have already taken
charge Of the Waterworks and the
electric light and gas plants and
that serious trouble Is anticipated.
The posting of placards at Libau
and at RevaI-of similar purport to
those posted at Moscow charging
Great Britain with responsibility
for the disturbances In Russia, has
called out another vigorous pro-
test from British Ambassador
Hardinge, who has pointed out to
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff such
proceedings cannot fall to serl-
ously affect the friendly relations
Of the two countries. Hardinge
has also delivered a note to Lams-
dorff asking for an Immediate In
vestlgation and an explanation Of
the attack on the British consul
and vice consul at Warsaw on
Saturday night.
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all over the boat. Even in the nursery
the children were shooting craps for
their pin money. The whole vessel
seemed TO have gone betting mad, till
the smoking room resembled an Ostend
or a Monte Carlo rather than an ocean
liner. There were red. white. and blue
chips verywhere- The betting rage be-
gan In the large pool stakes put up by
the Pittsburg miliionaires, and spread
iii even the women caught the fever
Women would bring money to their NAL
relatives ard friends. and ask them 10
bet IT for them in the pools or on the
days run
The men concerned I'm the poker game
were rather annoyed that the story gor
into the newspapers. Too much fiIss
has been made over that game said
Mr.. Muslin; 1T was purely a gentle
map's game, and no one lost more Than
he Gould afford | am sorry that the
matter has reached the public We
played simply for postirne. and we
so limited the hours of play that II
could not he considered destination
Which was probably true of this mar
tfcu' game, and this particular SET of
men But u is not true OF a whole Ior
OF the games that go on in the smoking
rooms or even in the saloons of ths
big liners. II is notorious that these
ara infested with card sharpers. against
whom the officers OF the steamers try
vainly to protect their passengers 1t
Is not al all unusual 10 see In the Smok-
ing room of an ocean liner a card like
this:
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snip. and at times one could not get
within ten feet cf the game, and ac-
cording TO one of the spectators, they
took the bride off and let her run
Sitting I'm this game were James A.
Chambers. w. i. Muslin, d. L. Giles
pie, Frank Moore. NJ. X McGIuIlin and
A NJ Fox. Muslin is said to have won
the biggest pot Of the game. There
was $4,000 I'm Il, and he showed his
nerve by paying s25 900 cash to draw
one card 10 MI a four flush. but he had
a "hunch" that It would be good.
IL was big jackpot. Muslin got first
cards and found a pair Of queens. He
opened II for generous sum. GiTespie
had two pairs, and wanted 10 make IL
a personal matter between the opener
and himself. so he raised it as far as
he thought Muslin would stand. To hi.
surprise, McMullin. who held three aces
not only saw the raise but more than
doubled il. The other PLAYERS fou.,,t
shy until il came TO Moore. who was
dealing. He held a pat" straight. and
added 10 the wagers already made.
BY the time Il got back 10 Muslin tho
play was figured out and he was told r.
would cost him $500 to draw cards
He had "A pair of queens-one of them
Il club. He also held jack. ten. nine Of
clubs. This gave him 4 four-straight
flush open at both ends. He took the
chance that there's always a club on
top" and put up the money When he
drew. II was the six of clubs. but az
the others did not better their hands any
in the draw he took the money.
These same men, with the aid of five
more, also from Pittsburg, made q
record in the matter OF gambling on
the ships daily run. This merely by-
way Of flyer between eames. OF
course. bJJ rather an extravagant fver
The vessel had scarcely reached the
open sea. when the ten formed a pool
OF 500 on the next days log II was
won by a. X. Peacock. On several sub
sequent days this pool amounted TO 80
90. and once it reached SI2,5CO. when
Mr. Muslin, who won the big iackpot
at poker. also wor this.
One OF the passengers speaking OF the
trip said. i never saw anything like
It. The gambling spirit seemed 10 be
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sometimes a notice of this sort means
that the officers have reason to believe
that there are card sharpers on board
that particular trip. Sometimes II is
merely a perfunctory perpetual warn
ing which none of the passengers ever
takes personally 10 heart, until he has
lost more money than he believes sim
pie luck viii account for. At one time
when the scandals of passengers fleeced
were becoming particularly blatant.
some OF the lines talked of applying to
the police for photographs of as many
of these highwaymen of the high seas
as they could furnish. proposing TO have
in the smoking room OF each vessel a
roGues' gallery OF them for the warming
of passengers. But passengers are pig
headed felix's, on whom warnings make
but slight impression.
And so every little while there is a
fresh story of card sharps on the liners.
Of professional gamblers who cross and
recross the ocean on the first class
steamships for the purpose of inducing
passengers with more money than eau
ton to play with them. In these games
OF alleged chance the professional gam
bier takes few chances and allows his
victim none at all. That the vocation
II profitable IS evident rom the indus
try with which 1t Is pursued The
sharper's expenses are heavy. He must
pay for a first-class saloon passage,
must be dressed we'll, must be willing
to spend cons!dera BILE money for drink,
and able TO lose considerable cash over
the cards 1T the start OF the voya ge.
without wincing. And there are prob
ably score plying their trade. and
making not merely a decent, but even n
luxurious living out of IT.
These men do not play for any such
rheuominal stakes as the multi-million-
hires. But there are cases on record
where they have left the steamer some
$4,000 richer than when they boarded.
And. by the same token, probably a
good many more such cases that are
not on record. Generally they travel
in groups. two or three together, though
they nominally make one another's ac-
q1aintance on board ship
Such was the case when Col. Gordon
Stanley. F. Alexander. and e. Linwell,
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known to the police by a variety of
Csher names. cleared up something like
$4,000 on the American liner ST PauI
between Cherbourg and New York. in
October. 1902 They came 10 pries
however. whensthey tried to collect the
l. O. Us OF Charles J. Strome a
Scotchman and a wealthy importer OF
teas. who. having lived for forty wears
IN Yokohama, was on his wav back
after visit 10 the old country. He had
lost about $4,000. and would doubtless
nave paid had he not become suspicious
or the straightness OF the play. Con-
Guiding that ne had been swindled. he
went up to police headquarters. and had
lock at the photographs in the
Rogues Gallery. OF men who were in
tina. line Of business. He promptly
picked out his acquaintances of the
steamer. and when they came 70 col.
leet their spoils. had them arrested.
Dr- Joseph Muir was swindled out of
a like amount by three gamblers on the
Campania about six months before.
Dr. Muir had been appointed secretary
CT the American legation and consul
general AZ Stockholm. and was on his
way to his post OF duty. He net three
pleasant fellows, alleged business men
OF for short vacation They pur-
ported to- be F. S. Flower. OF Santa
Barbara. who claimed to be a nephew
or the late Gov. Roswell p. Flower. OF
New York. who had extensive vineyards
in California, and hoped that Muir
wcuid come ard see him II he ever
got so far out West: II. J. Walch. OF
Boston. nominally q tanner. who let
fail a little mlsinSormation about ex-
tensive real estate holdings I'm Boston.
and William Manning. of Worcester. re-
tired capitalist and silent partner in
some of Walch's schemes.
II was Muir himself who suggested
cards. They demurred. Cards were not
at all IN their line. Finally. however
to please him they agreed 10 forget tire
precepts of their childhood At first
they played hearts Later. stili at Muir's
suggestion. they changed the game 10
poker. And they certainly did him up
brown. Before they reached the other
aide they hS1 won about S2,Oco ready
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The MANIA FOR HIGH CARD TRANSATT

The Kaiser Wilhelm H. though jfs bio
gest pot was $4,000. and consequently. if
reports be true. $4,000 short of the rec
ord breaking jackpot OF the latter game
1t is said that the money on this
occasion went two ways and that the
100000 profits OF the trip were divided
between William !. Muslin, at that time
president of the Pittsburg Stock Ex-
change. and James A. Chambers. then
president of the Window Glass trust.
But they won ii from other trust mag
mates.
All the members Of the game were
Pittsburgers. and they went about il in
the most businesslike was. Some one
suggested poker on the first day out.
and before they bought chips, they dis
cussed the matter philosophically. They
knew that poker had charms TO make a
man miss his meals and do without
sleep. AS all of them had more money
than they knew what TO do with, they
decided that they needed the meals and
sleep more than the money, and that they
could better afford to Iose some pretty
large chunks OF cash. than to foreeo
any of natures sweet restorer. and so
the game was arranged
The discussion was conducted IN a
manner truly parliamentary. To have
seen the magnates celebrating over
the matter. one might have thought
they were arranging 10 take out a New
Jersey charter for a universal neces-
stiles" trust. or some trifie of that sort
But they were arranging the details OF
their poker game.
A committee on rules was appointed.
ana its report was that no matter how
the game stood it should begin at D.
IN. each day and continue until 9 y. m.
Then there was 10 be an interval of
Two hours for dinner. and then the
game was to be resumed and continue
..ntil the stroke of twelve. All agreed
to this and the games were stopped at
midnight, II II was in the middle OF a
pot
The plan was to divorce the game from
all forms Of dissipation. All they want
ed was the excitement OF winning and
losing money They got it all right.
The big game was the center Of
attraction for all the passengers on the
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Continued from First Page.)

credible witnesses 10 the truth of the
yarn There Were others at the table.
men OF wealth. such as Adolph Spreck-
els. OF sugar fame; Frank Mckee, with
barrels OF stage money, and Julius
Steger, with millions In his face and
vocal chords-and there was James
Kildun. noted as the biggest buffer on
record Mr.. Thompson was particularly
pleased with himself when he realized
that he had out-bluffed James
The Jackpot had gone around hais a
dozen times with chorus OF Pass. -
Its up TO you" mot me-" etc. when
the Pittsburg man with a face as ex-
pressionless as marble said:
ITS open-$25." <.
"see you and go s25 better said
Thompson. letting his eyes wander from
his pair of seyenS 10 the ceiling
Were in," said Messrs. Spreckles,
Mckee, and Steger IN chorus.
B.ldun bettered his pair of aces by two
sixes. but Thompson added nothing 10
his two sevens. Mckee drew a pair OF
fours. but could see nothing in that
Bet s5o." said the PittsbuIser; anl
all but Thompson dropped their hands.
"A bluff said Thompson; heres
your so. and here's 50 more"
Buffer. yourself" retorted Kilduff.
''Fifty-and fifty."
The pile had grown into a small noun
tain. and Kilduff scorned Thompson s
offer to divide the pot. ''Oh. very well %
said Thompson. 'if that's the way you
feel. I'll raise you 500
The man from the Smoky City looked
troubled. Thompson's face was guiles-
ser than new born babes. Kiiduft
dropped his hand. Guess you're too
good for me: 1 opened on a pair OF aces.
What have you got anyhow"
Two sevens," rep3a..ss<1a Thompson with
a grin. as he raked in the Jackpot. MY!
but it's a shame to take the money"
Three years ago. In August. l902-still
August-wbat is probably the record
game was played on the Deutschland
q game in which n group Of Pittsburg
miIlionaires sat in and in which "A cool
half million changed hands; bigger
game than this last sensational one on
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money that he had with him. and ac-
cepted his notes for about IS 900 more
In London they were met bv The news
Sof the death of Mrs MuIr's mother
whereby she fell heir to an tnmens.
fortune She was a daughter OF the
late Senator Mcpherson. of New Ter
sey-
The gamesters insisted that since Muir
was temporarily embarrassed he must
be their guest while in I,oudon-sIl
without Mrs AIuir's KNOWLEDGE OF
course. And the MuiFs were royaIly en-
tertained. Mrs. Muir decided that she
must go home and look after her
mothers affairs. DR.. Muir went on 70
his post. while Mrs Muir went back 70
New York. delighted that these good
friends of her husband 's-such Charming
fellows as they were-would be going
back on the same steamer. AS thew
neared New York Gre Of them casually
let fan something about his regrets that
Muir should have lost SO heavily
MIS- Muir insisted On an explanation
whereat he was filed with cont-itfon.
begged her to forget that he had said
anything, he certainly woald not have
done so had he rot supposed she knew
all about &; protested feciilsgly against
her taking up her husbands notes. but
finally Welded. since she felt that way
about il. Her lawyers. TO whom she
ted the stery. felt sure that Muir had
been swindled and tried 10 stop pav-
ment on the checks which Mrs. Muir
had given the fellows But they were
not quick enough; the checks were
cashed through Pat Sheedy. a notorious
gambler but an .shones1- npe-rt,a -,,.,,
through whom the Gainsboroueh nGT-
trait Of the Duchess of Devonshire was
n few years ago restored TO its owners.
The Washington times., 1905-09-24
By CASPAR S. YoST.

to. 1t would fill a book, and there
would be nothing comfortable in the
whole volume.
Reminds me of an old friend, one
of these art enthusiasts, who fell in
love with a fiat because OF its i'm
pressive facade" He didn't stop to
investigate what was back Of the
facade" but took lease at a pretty
stiff figure, He wanted a. facade
and he got 1t, good and plenty, as
I've heard you remark Within a
month he found that everything be-
hind that artistic front was a heart
breaking sham. The plaster cracked
and dropped on his head in painful
chunks: the doors sagged and refus-
ed to shut without a lavish expendi-
ture of power and profanity; the fur
mace could be induced to supply
nothing but refrigerated air-and he
had lease. It's probably too late,
but, my dear boy, before you close
the deal, get back Of the facade II
you can.
You have been always a pretty
level-headed youngster, and.I have
great hopes that you have chosen
wisely. Indeed, get considerable en-
couragement from the way she spells
her names as they were given to her
when she was christened. It indicates
that If she ever had any silly stage,
she has passed through it safely. Our
Annye's and Mayes and Ellyn's are
all afflicted with a mental weakness
that doesn't do any particular harm
II they get over it. AS a rule they do,
but If they don't, Lord help their
husbands. After all, though. the
average American girl has a mighty
good substratum of common sense.
and IL man goes into it with his
eyes wide open, marriage isn't such
a lottery as it's cracked up to be.
That lottery theory is based on the
idea-an idea that all who wear
trousers are apt to accept without
question-that man, myself in par
ticular, is all right. The risk is all
on my side," says he to himself.
THE woman that gets me ought to
consider herself in luck" AS a mat
ter Of fact there are more masculine
than feminine blanks in this world,
and when a man contemplates mar
riage he ought first 10 consider his
own qualifications-get 'em out and
look at 'em through a microscope
and don't let any personal bias inter-
fere with a proper focus.
In the first place, am I able to SUD-
port wife-the wife 1 have in mindP
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Take your time, but not too much
time. The engagement period has its
psychical as well as its material
purpose 1t is period of preparation
of mind and heart, as well as Of
raiment. 1t is an important factor In
the making of future happiness, and
ii should never be skipped unless
circumstances are exceptional. But Il
should not be allowed to linger BE-
yond the reasonable time necessary
for preparation. II is the man who
wants to marry on the spot. and IL is
usually the man who causes the re-
peated postponement of the wedding.
Either he grows Indifferent or thinks
II necessary TO increase his financial
resources, and the longer he delays
the harder il is to fix the date. while
the girl can do nothing but wait and
wonder and doubt. Then is the time
when hope deferred maketh the
heart SEX sure enough Don't let
your engagement continue more than
a year; three OF six months should
be long enough
When you get married have it
done right Don't go frisking out to
a suburban Justice of the peace to
have the knot tied without trouble
and without ceremony. Next TO
your birth and your death It's the
most important event of your life
Your funeral may be an imposing
one, but you viii not be in position
TO appreciate it. You will play Sec
ond fiddle at your wedding, but it's
your show nevertheless. and you
should make it as impressive as you
can | don't mean by that TO en-
courage lavish expenditure Gorgeous
decorations and all that sort of thing
detract from the true feature of the
occasion. That, however, is none of
your affair The brides parents at
tend to that The point I am trying
10 make is that the wedding should
take place in the presence of a num-
Der Of invited guests, as many as
practicable. Whether at home or at
church doesn't particularly matter,
although | prefer a church wedding
because it can be made more impress
sive, and because of the deeper re-
hgious significance When / use the
word impressive, don't want ii ap-
piled TO the witnesses but to YOU and
tc the girl you stand up with. II is
upon you, both Of you. that the i'm
preston should be made, and it
ought TO be strong enough and deep
enough to keep YOU trotting along
together for the remainder of your
life / have noticed that these 1v
Dy night, "iet's-go-out-and -and-get-mar-
RED weddings are responsible for a
large proportion Of the divorce cases
in OUR courts. It's like the come
easy, go-easy money Of the gambler.
You ought to get the idea of the
solemnity and responsibility of mar
riage pumped into yourself and your
sweetheart until you are both satu-
rated with 1T. Then walk I'D to the
altar with joy in your heart, and IL
you can't live happy ever after Il
won't be the fault of the preacher.
Now, my dear boy, / neither sup
pose nor expect you will pay the
slightest attention to anything I
have said AS / heard an alleged
comedian remark the other night.
i just had it on my chest and il had
TO come off" Yours truly.
JOHN SNEED,
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face of the earth, ali the courts OF
Christendom would be filed with
divorce cases. But that's a digres-
sion- AS l was sayIn', take stock of
yourself and then consider the girl.
The main thing to be desired in a
woman is sense. And by that / don't
mean education. It's a mighty fine
thing to be on speaking terms. with
the classics, and a knowledge of the
higher mathematics and Browning's
poems does no particular harm. il