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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12
hUNTERVILLE.

Munterville, Oct. 1o.-sophia Sam
uelson, highly esteemed woman,
died Sunday MOI ling, Oct. 8, at II
O'Clock, at the home of her niece
Mrs. John Peterson, near Dudley, at
the age of n years, after having
suffered patiently for many years
with the disease which caused her
death Short funeral services were
held at the Peterson home this
afternoon at l o'clock after which the
funeral procession proceeded to the
Lutheran church at Munterville, of
which the deceased was member
where the funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev. E. T. Linden, pastor
OF the church. The remains were laid
to rest in Munterville cemetery. The
deceased leaves brother and sister
together with a large number of rela-
tives and friends to mourn her loss, all
Of whom have the sympathy of the en-
tire community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Allen, of Chill
licothe, and Mr.. and Mrs. Erland AL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12
len and children spent sunday with

len and children spent Sunday with
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Pierson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sven Nelson visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Sanders
Person
Mrs. John Linden, Of Swedsburg,
arrived last Tuesday to visit at the
home of her son, Rev. and Mrs E. T.
| Linden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Anderson and
daughter Elizabeth, of Ottumwa spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
| Anderson
c. L. Swenson was an Ottumwa
business caller Monday.
| ALI. Anderson Of Ottumwa, visited
| last Sunday at the Johannes Pierson
home.
Rev. Linden departed last Wednes-
day for Albert City to conference of
tho Lutheran church held in that city,
from which place he left for Gourie,
to attend the Lutheran Young Peoples;
State convention, which will continue
at that place until Wednesday, Oct. II.
From there he was called home Mon
day to officiate at the funeral of the
| late Sophia Samuelson.
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Rose, of Pleasant
| Home, and Larnie Smith called on
friends in this vicinity Saturday.
| Oscar Person of Ottumwa, is visit
ing relatives here and at Frederick
this week.
Miss Anna Wiseman, Of Ottumwa
visited Sunday at the A. t. Johnson
home.
Rev. Tegnell, of Ottumwa, held ser
vices Sunday at the No. school
house.
Mr.. land Mrs ALI. Gustason visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
| Baldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Peterson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John Oval
Charles Anderson was Blakesbure
visitor Monday.
Fred Nelson was in Chillicothe on
| business Monday.
Esther Huffman, of Ottumwa, who
has been visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. August Huffman returned to OF
tumwa, returned to Ottumwa Sunday
evening.
| Robert Swenson, of Davenport, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
| Swenson.
The choir of the Lutheran church
We're entertained Sunday at the Johr
Pierson home. Those present were:
Misses Julia Nelson, Lena Anderson
Alice Nelson, Pauline Anderson, Hulda
Nelson, Clara Johnson and Esther Nei-
son; Messrs. Fred Nelson, Fred John
son, Cyrus Johnson, Arthur Carlson
Albert Burnstedt, Chester Johnson
Allie Anderson and Albert Swenson
and Misses Ella Harlem. and Amanda
fallen, of Ottumwa. A number Of men,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12
DcUDs.

Big bargains in clothing the rest Of
this week at The Hub.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12

bers could not be present, because of
the death Of their relative, Sophia
Samuelson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-12

WE HAVE THE LARGEST. MIL
LlNERY DEPARTMENT IN THE
CITY AND ARE SHOWING
TWICE THE VARIETY OF NEW
FALL HATS-WE SELL OURS
ABOUT 20 PER CENT LESS
THAN EXCLUSIVE MILLINERY
STORES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
NEW FAD.
Badge Collection Popular at Lewis and
 Clark Fair.

Portland. September 9.-Vsitors at the Lewis and Clark exposition are badge mad. This fact is testified to by every state commissioner and nearly every ex- hibitor on the exposition grounds.
 Every state participating in the expo sition has issued thousands of ribbons bearing it's name, and on special days when cities have celebrations there are hundreds of city badges in evidence. Ta- coma, Wash, the city whose fame has been spread by the wholesale use of the catch phrase Watch Tacoma Grow" has given out 2,50o.OOO badges of pne sort or another. The latest is a badge a foot long. which one may tie around his arm, and this is considered treasure to badge hunters.
 California has issued badges to the citizens of the state attending the ex- position to the number of 25O00 or more. while Oregon stands next with 20, 900. Utah has issued 10000 elaborate ribbons, the feature of which is a read star. on which the shape of the state is outlined, with the word "45th" in the center, Utah being the 45th and latest state ad- mitted to the union. Massachusetts has given away about 4500 lapel buttons, and New York distributed 5000 state ribbons ir a few minutes one day recently Idaho reports 5000 green ribbons in service and the city of Seattle 5000 badges And there are many others. Many of the women declare their intention of preserving the badges in pillow covers when the fair is over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
Children in Alabama.

Bulletin No. p of the census bureau, recently issued, relates to children in the United States. The proportion of white children in the south is high. In Alabama these were in the census year 622 white children under 5 years of age to 1000 white females 15 to 49 years of age. Tn Massachusetts there were but 348, and in New York, 359. The foreign born mothers in this state have more children than the native mothers.
 In the census year there were in this state 145,814 white children under 5 years of age who had native mothers, and 2122 who had foreign-born moth ers-total, 147,936.
 While the proportion of white chill dren in this state is high-622-yet it is exceeded in Texas, and Arkansas, and particularly in North Dakota, which is the blue ribbon state of the country, possessing in the census year TOO white children to 1000 females. North Dakota is the maximum and the District of Columbia the minimum of the census year in the proportions of children to women. The District of Columbia had but 275 white children to 1000 females.
 The south, the two Dakotas and two Mormon states are rich in children, and all the rest of the country is af- flicted with race suicide of some de- gree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

From the Express Gazette.
 At Montreal the advertising manager of the Canadian Pacific is man named Ham, and the city ticket office is in charge of a man named Egg, says an ex- change. The two are fast friends. and if both happen to be out of town at once inquiries for Ham and Egg are frequent. By coincidence both report to an af- ficial named Bacon, whose chief clerk is named Brown Recently Ham and Egg were both in Bacon's office. The tele- phone rang and Brown answered. He caught an inquiry for the Canadian Pa cific office, and said;
 This is it.''
 "Who's this tallSing?" asked the voice.
 This Is Brown. Do you want Bacon?''
 NO; I don't want pecan, brown or any other way I want one of the Canadian Pacific officials"
 Well. will Ham and Egg do? They're both here"
 q don't want any of theml Central switch that cheap hash-house off this Wire!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
Those Atlanta Victories.

q read with much interest the article in The Age-Herald anent the victories of the Atlanta team over New Orleans during the past week." said a we'll known baseball fanatic last night "The review of the situation expresses my sentiments thoroughly, and I heartily agree with the author of tho article when lie states that things look peculiar, especially when the New Orleans team can only muster two runs on twelve hits, and more especially so since Atlanta made six errors. I noticed another thing which was not men, tioned, and that is that New Orleans did not use its star pitchers, Phillips and Breitenstein, against the Bremen. The last named did pitch one out of seven games and applied a coat of whitewash to Atlanta.
 q dislike to charge any questionable work, but it does look strange that New Orleans should lose six straights to that bunch of quitters over in the Georgia town. It is true that Rhoe, Stanley. Hahn and Dygert are not with the Peli- cans, but Williams Beck, Nadeau, Holley, Stratton. Sullivan, Breitenstein, Manuel and Phillips still remain with the win ners of the 1905 Southern league pennant. If Birmingham and Montgomery trim New Orleans as Atlanta did, then I will acknowledge that the absence of the four stars has put Franks team on the hum mer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Quarantine Restrictions.

The Chicago Record-Herald of Friday prints the following interview regarding quardhtine restrictions of long ago:
 An Illustration of the old saw Bite off your nose and spite your face" we re- lated the other day anent the yellow fever situation by former Congressman T. u. Aldrich of Birmingham. Ala, who was spending the time tween trains" in the lobby of the Auditorium annex.
 Away back in '79" he began. I've had a yellow fever epidemic that lnooulated some southern towns with the same sort or frenzy as prevails there now. l re- member particularly the case of the town or York, Ala, which was on the line Of the Queen and Crescent railroad. When the plague began every hamlet and vil- lage instituted a rigorous quarantine, bolstered up by shotguns and other weapons of destructive nature, wield- ed by sturdy volunteers.
 The citizens of York went so far as to forbid the railroad to stop its trains within the city limits, and as no one could enter the confines of the municipal ity without running a blockade of heayi- ly shotted duck guns, such action effec- tually cut the town off from all com munication with the outside world. Then the panic grew worse, and the Yorkites instituted more stringent measures. They compelled the railroad to stop it's trains at the northern and southern limits of the city, and for six long weeks not a wheel passed over the rails within the limits.
 Pretty soon the municipality awaken ed to the stern necessity of allowing cer- tain amount of freight in the way of eatables to be unloaded. They found that in removing the municipal nose they had 'spited the municipal face. The rail- road authorities, exasperated at the treat ment they had received at the hands of the York quarantine volunteers, decided to ignore York in the future, and they did, with a vengeance. Beginning a few miles north of the town, the right of way was changed, and for some time thereaf- ter the Queen and Crescent railroad did not include York, Ala, in it's list of sta tions.
 "The celerity with which hungry York returned to it's municipal senses has never been equaled in the history of great awakenings. The yellow fever panic, so far as the town was concerned, resolved itself into a sensible regulation of the comings and goings of strangers, and the barring of freight from fever-infected points only
 Far be it from me to depreciate in the least the establishment of shotgun quar- antines' in such manner as they are now placed and maintained. But to any south ern municipality that contemplates ex- tending it's precautions to the extreme, as York did in years gone by, the story of York might prove an effective deter rent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
HORSE RESTS ON SUNDAY.
Educated Mare at Lewis and Clark Ex.
 position Takes Day of.

Portland, September 9.-Whle every other performance on the Trail at the Lewis and Clark exposition which is per mitted to open on Sunday is taking in money, Princess Trixie, W. H. Barnes educated horse, placdly munches hay in her stall. There Is no work for Princess Trixie on Sunday, because her owner thinks that man and beast deserve one day of rest.
 Princess Trixie occupies much the same position at Portland as Beautiful Jim Key did at St. Louis, but, according to peo- pie who have seen both, she is even more wonderful than Beautiful Jim. Trixie Is now ten years old, and has been studying ever since the age of three weeks. In these ten years she has learned to spell, to add and subtract, to make change, to tell colors, to play chimes, and even to judge of the beauty of woman
 How many ladies are there in the front row, Trixie?' asked her trainer owner. MT. Barnes. day or two ago.
 Princess Trixie nodded her head five times.
 Now, how many beautiful ladies are there in the front row?"
 Trixie shook her head in mournful fashion, and the five ladies blushed vio- lently, while the male part of the au- dience sniekered. Trixie can spell Port land" and Fair" and many other words, and there appears to be almost no limit to her accomplishments.
 Besides Trixie, MT. Barnes has as an attraction of unique merit his Giving elks, which dive from a high platform into a small tank of water Their performance is always interesting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
FACTS NOT WIDELY KNOWN.

From the Chicago Journal
 Ether was first used in surgical opera tions in 1S46
 Iron was discovered in Virginia the first metal found in America) in 1715.
 South Africa exports about $26 900 worth of diamonds to London every year.
 The Belgians are the greatest potato eaters in the world and the Irish come second.
 Of the 136,5e1 freight cars ordered for American railroads last year 5000 were of steel construction.
 In the course of sixty-three years 5000 coo persons have been cared for in the asylums for the homeless in Berlin.
 Infant mortality is reported to be great CT in Prussia than in any other country except Russia. The deaths the first year are to per cent in Sweden, 15 in France and 23.6 inPrussia.
 A machine Is being perfected in Bir- mingham shop that is to turn out from so,oOO to 100000 finished wire nails an hour.
 Sawdust is now used by some Paris restaurants, the Gaulois says. as dress ing for outlets instead of bread-crumbs. It costs only 90 cents sack.
 At the present moment there are 194 monuments in Germany that have been completed to Prince Bismarck, while for ty-four others are in process of coe- strnction or are planned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
HOW SHE GOT HIM.
the Savannah News.

From the Savannah News.
 In St. Louis the other day a girl ex- pressed disbelief to her sweetheart that astronomers could possibly calculate the hour and minute of an eclipse of the sun. The young man asserted they could, and that the pending eclipse would eventuate to the minute. Nonsense" said the girl; "I'll make you a bet. If the eclipse oc- CUTS on time I will marry you at once; if it doesn't I won't marry you at alll'' Of course the eclipse was on schedule time, and so they were married. Smart grill It Is a safe wager that she knew more about eclipses and the ability of the scientists to calculate them accurately than the young man did, and that she took this means of helping him over a hard place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
Civil Service In the South.

Commissioner Greene complains that the young men in the south do not participate in the civil service exami- nations to an extent sufficient to main tain the lists of southern eligibles, and that this accounts for the compara- lively few appointments made to the civil service from the south. Alabama is entitled to thirty-fve appointments, but her list of eligibles includes at present but twelve males and six fe- males.
 There Is some truth, no doubt, in Commissioner Greene's discoveries, but after all a place on the list of eli gibles and an appointment are two diff ferent things. After an applicant has been placed on the list of eligibles he or she must be called for, and the call is apt to lead to preferences politically and sectionally. If the civil service commission would guarantee square deal in the matter of appointments there would be no lack of southern ap- plicants. But when a southern appr cant knows he must have superior pull" before an appointment will come to him he hesitates to take the exami- nation. Eligibles may be certified by the civil service commission fairly and justly, but the appointing power can reject names, and in the end the spells go to the victors.
 These matters are perhaps beyond control of the commission, and Com missioner Greene does not refer to them. However, it is to the credit of the commission that it Is endeavoring to make appointments regardless of party, and in all justice to the several states. Alabama is due appointments yond any other state except Louis jana, and yet no appointment was made from this state between May and Sep tember, and it is confessed that the May examinations added eighteen Ala bama names to the list of eligibles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
PROFESSORS SALARIES.

Henry S. Pritchell in the Atlantic.
 The official play of the foreign pro- lessor at first glance seems absurdly small in comparison with the pay in American institutions
 In Prussia, for example, full pro- lessor receives by law 5000 Gin Berlin $200 the first year, to be increased $l00 year every fourth year for twenty years. In addition he receives an al- lowance for house rent.
 This is, however, only the fixed part of his income. The honorarium which he receives from the fees of his students will vary greatly, depending on the sub ject taught and the attractive power of the teacher. Incomes of $500o a year, and even larger sums, are received in the larger universities by certain we'll known men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11

cred, but enough will be recovered near Port Arthur to double, perhaps treble. the Japanese navy
 At the beginning of the war the nayies of the world stood as follows: Great Britain, France, Russia, Ger many, United States, Italy, Japan. The list now reads as follows; Great Britain. France, with Germany, United States and Japan each oontestlng the third place.
 The new Japanese navy will include about fifteen battleshlps, including two nearly completed in England, and prob ably fully thirty armored cruisers, It will easily dominate the Far East, no matter how many ships Russia builds. Russia can build ships, but unless her entire policy is changed she never can man them to fight successfully Japan csc ships
 The Japanese navy will be respected hereafter wherever 1t sails. and no na- ton will covet strife in the Far East England, too, is to remain Japan's ally and the two will have to be consulted in all changes In Oriental waters. Ger many will probably lose interest in Kiaochan and after while England will perhaps give up Wai-hei-hei. This war and Japanese skill and courage have wholly changed the Far Eastern situation, and Japans new navy will see that the changes are duly enforced and respected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11

exert an influential effect upon the at titude of lenders during the immediate future
 The great colume of the crops will re- quire corresponding volume of funds to handle them; and unless the large banking interests so manipulate matters as to produce a condition of artificial ease, 1t is very evident that higher and sustained range of money rates Is at hand. The first natural result under such circumstances, and which has already shown itself on moderate scale, is the liquidation of loans by banks to secure funds to meet the demands of their in terior correspondents; and also to them selves participate in more profitable fig ures than are now available, and which will probably be even more attractive as time proceeds. This in turn means a prompt readjustment of Wall street call loans, and if this readjustment does not mean extensive sales of securities 1t certainly does mean that the large pools and the big operatorsI wll not add very largely to their present accumulations at anything like current prices. The situation, therefore. is one that calls for extreme conservatism and suggests the wisdom of taking advantage of substantial rallies hereafter and only buying on substantial breaks, and then merely for quick turns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
AUTOMOBILE CONQUERS
 THE AMERICAN DESERT

hear your man talking to the townfols so many miles away.
 If the damage is serious, the company will send out another auto to take you on your way. and these rescuing expedi- tions are always outftted with bodily comforts, such as food and water. Each machine is not only provided with tele- phone, but always with a fire extinguisher for use in an emergency.
 The reward comes when you finally reach the rich and beautiful Bullfrog country, when the sun Is just appearing over the eastern mountains. When all other things have been said and done about the communities that have so mag ically arisen on this dread and and over whelming desert, the palm for picturesque location and for useful environment must be awarded to this tented town of Bull frog, nestling, as it does at the feet of those famous, gold-bearing mountains Bonanza, Ladd and Montgomery.
 The marvels of a desert town are many, but not all of them have yet been exem- plihed in Bullfrog. When the first pros pectors went into the desert water was scarce and almost as valuable as gold itself With the passage of one short year, however, Bullfrog now boasts of tremendous supply, piped from mountain springs more than fifteen miles away. Where not more than twelve months ago a man inexperienced in desert waN would almost surely have lost his life from thirst, 1t was only a recent occur renee that a water main, bursting, so flooded the cellar of leading business establishment that merchandise valued at many thousands of dollars was almost completely destroyed.
 Bullfrog is just commencing to experi- ence it's boom days. Men of fortune, who have been associated with Utah. Colorado, California and Montana gold mining suc- cesses, have possessed themselves of many likely properties there, and are buying town lots and otherwise showing an in- clination to camp on the breastworks. An offer of 3,000000 for a single property, that could have been purchased for $5o,c,9 four months ago, has just been turned down. and the town is already being la beled the .Millionaires Camp" Crowds are pouring into the town of Bullfrog daily, and a city is being built in a night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
Can't Get Home.

'"rhis thing of being away from hane and being unable to get back to look after your business, is the limit" said P. w. McKittrick, a prominent manufae- turer of Shreveport, La, last night. While I left home during the yellow fever scare and at the time three cases were at the detention camp, I did not do so in the character of a refugee I left Shreveport on business and the matters which I had to transact kept me away from home longer than I anticipated and now I am unable to get back.
 q arrived here in Birmingham and was politely notified by the railroad of ficials that the Queen and Crescent sys- tenn was not operating trains into Shreve- port. I thought this strange, and wired home and found out that the railroad people knew what they were talking about
 .'Tallaluh, La., a small town near the Mississippi line is said to be hot bed of the dreaded fever and precautions have been taken against the disease reaching Shreveport by the mayor and board of health of the North Louisiana city. As a consequence the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific railway, which operates from Yicksburg to Shreveport and is part of the Queen and Crescent system, refused to screen trains running through Talla- luh and the health authorities will not let the road operate trains into Shreve- port.
 'I have come to the conclusion that the officials of my home are determined that yellow fever shall not enter the city and gain foothold, even if every person who fled during the scare must remain away until frost falls. l though 1t hard at first that a resident could not enter his own home, but after mature deliber- ation l have come to the belief that the officials there are right, and are per- forming their duty. It is better for us to remain away ninety days. than to have community take any chances, I am taking my medicine and attending to my business the best I can by mail.'