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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
THE SCANDINAVIAN BREAK.

The action Of the Norwegian storth-
ing yesterday, in deposing King Oscar
and giving the entire charge of the at
fairs Of Norway temporarily into the
hands Of the council of state is the
marking of an epoch in European his
tory and may be the beginning OF
notable increase In Russian power
land territory in the European CONT
nent The long standing imbroglio be-
tween Norway and Sweden has finally
come to an issue that means much to
the world of nations and much more
to the people of the two little Scandt-
navian states. Though there has been
condition nearly approaching a
break between these two countries for
several years, nearly a hundred in
fact, the two participants in the feder-
alton have aired their grievances to
each other and have kept them from
the world at large, like mismated
couple. But yesterdays occurrence
has made the break an affair Of public
moment and of worldwide notice.
The Norwegian storthing has an
nounced thatii will back up It's action
with force of arms If necessary and
| alarmists are even now prophesytng
I war between the two states which
have stood together under one king for
nearly 100 years. 1t is hardly probable
however, that affairs will come to such
pass, for though King Oscar will
not readily agree to the browning of a
prince Of the house of Bernadotte he
will most probably be willing to aid in
the selection Of representative OF
one Of the other noble families Of Nor
way Another argument against the
likelihood of clash at arms is in
the fact that Sweden Is much the
richer Of the two states, and Norway
knowing this full well, would doubt
less exhaust every other means before
sending men upon the field of battle
town war that would be almost
| hopeless at the start.
But a still greater calamity threat
ems the two little states, now indie
pendent, and strangely enough, it may
Indirectly have some influence toward
establishing peace between Russia and
Japan. Russia has long viewed witt
envious eyes the two little countries
ruled by King Oscar. Norway's east
ern coast would be splendid addition
strategically, for Russia's territory ,anG
should the czar add Norway to his
realm it would be only question o.
time before Sweden would also be I'm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
AN EMPLOYERS, UNION.

The relations existing between the
coal miners and the operators who en-
ploy them, in the central portion of the
country, are somewhat unique in labor
circles and the example set by the
men engaged in the coal mining indus
try may well be followed with advan-
tage by others. In nearly all coal min
ing districts the operators have formed
associations and have named commits
sioners and secretaries to care for the
bulk of the business which arises be-
tween the miners and their employers
in the natural course of business DUR
ing the time between the an
nual or biennial meetings. At
these latter gatherings repre-
sentatives of both classes, employ
ers and employed, discuss conditions
and agree upon a scale of wages to
govern both bodies for the next year
or two years. The commissioners and
secretaries join with the officials of
the miners union to enforce the arti-
cles of the agreement.
John P. Reese commissioner for the
Iowa coal operators, is a practical
miner and spent several years in the
ranks of the miners union. He was
president of the Iowa union when he
became candidate for congress in
the sixth district and after his defeat
he was elected commissioner for the
Iowa coal operators. Since that time
he has looked after the affairs of the
association without losing the conf
dence and respect of the miners whose
executive he was for several years,
and his service as commissioner has
been a splendid object lesson to those
who believed that = representative OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
SID Ell. Gil I s

It's all very well for you superior
folks to poke fun at actors and ball
players for their harmless supersti-
lions but I'll bet $10O shotgun
against a cracked blue rock that near
ly everybody believes in omens and
signs and has a few notions about
crossing fingers when cross-eyed peo-
pie are on your trail,," remarked Fred
H. Gilbert, champion trap shooter of
the world, as he sat In Sioux City
hotel the other evening, according to
the Tribune and talked baseball, trap
shooting and sports In general. The
discussion had veered around to hoo.
docs and good luck fetiches. II may
add that I'm believer in q rabbit
foot. Here's one have carried for
three years and 1t has made good
more than once for me. Why, in the
baseball game here last Sunday, If I
hadn't hauled out that rabbit foot in
the ninth the ST. Joe bunch would
have won the game. held the foot
while Sheehan and O'Hara were push
ing in the winning run.
'The first time | won the cup for
championship trap shooting back in
Not the one have now. but small
one given to me by a. colored gentle
man who asserted he killed the rab-
bit in a cemetery exactly at midnight
in the dark of the moon. The shoot
was three.day affair and I was in
mighty fast company, but at the wind
up had lead and the chap who was
shooting close to me for the cup had
nineteen pairs Of birds to down and
only had an edge of two misses. If he
missed three would win He knew
I carried that rabbit foot and when he
toed the mark ready to decide the
event walked out to the grandstand
hanging on to that foot. He saw me
and walked over and said made him
nervous. If you don't get around back
Of the grandstand you will be giving
me an unfair DEAL he added.
well, wanted to win, but felt
that If he was afraid l would hoodoc
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
0ttunwa Testimony

Mrs. 3. Harry, living in Riverview
addition. says During the summer and
fall Of 1897 and winter Of 1898 ran
down physically and my back was new
er free from heavy dull pain which
made me miserable. procured Doan's
Kidney Pills at Will L. Sargent's
drug store and they cured the trouble.
Any preparation which acts up to the
claims made for 1t. deserves the en-
dorsation Of the public and / will only
be too pleased when an opportunity
occurs to make this fact known.
Doan's Kidney Pills Is such a medi.
cine.
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him ought to comply with his re-
quest. So walked around back of the
grandstand, but poled my head
out through the stairway SO could
watch him. He went along all right
for couple of pair and then he
missed one. He looked around to see
if j was in sight, but not seeing me, he
resumed Presently he missed another.
knew now had him If he missed one
more, so waited until sure enough he
lost an easy one and then got down
out of sight. He finished his ninteen
pairs without another miss. After
ward he wanted to know if was
watching him when he made the three
misses. admitted was, and then he
declared he would never again shoot
with me unless agreed to get off the
grounds as soon as had finished my
turn at the traps. won the cham
pionship cup at that tournament and
while l don't say the rabbits foot
helped, still l always carry one and /
find I wouldn't be without it for
good deal"
Gilbert was one of the members OF
the American team of shooters who
went to England and defeated the
Scotch and English number of years
ago. He carries solid gold souvenir
of the affair in the shape of an en-
ameled watch charm bearing the flags
of America, England and Scotland and
the names of the Americans who COM
posed the team which won the worlds
championship.
The following is a little school girls
essay on a lion
| 'The lion is the king of all animals.
1t is very fierce. Lion has very big
pause. 1t has dark brown skin. It is
got peace of heir on it's tale and all
round its neck. The lion life on men
and other things When the lion is
young it is called a cube. The lion Is
very useful It's skin is used for max
ing frs and other things. It's tees are
very useful. The lion is used for
| showes."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

the union could not servesthe operat-
ors. Mr.. Reese has been fair in his
decisions and in his dealings with the
miners. He is now interested in a
new forward step which, if agreed
upon and carried to completion BY the
operators will no doubt prove a link
in the chain Of progress which has
been forged from year to year by the
employers and employees interested in
the coal mining industry.
The new plant was outlined in re.
port signed by committee of which
Mr. Reese was a member and which
was presented at recent meeting of
coal operators and commissioners in
Chicago. 1t provides for the organiza-
ton of an association of commission
ers and secretaries of coal operators
associations all over the country, in
order that they all may work together
in settlinfi disputes and wage difficult
ties. 1t is carrying into national af-
fair the organization that has had
heretofore, as far as the operators
have been concerned, only state or
district scope. In circular recently
issued, setting forth the objects of the
proposed organization, the committee
says:
Coal operators have a common in
terest for example in taking steps to
prevent unwarranted encroachment
upon their plain and indisputable
rights.
"A common interest In insisting
upon the enforcement Of all agree
ments to the letter, just precisely as
they are made.
"A common interest in providing the
machinery for enforcing these agree
ments.
"A common interest in enforcing the
employers right to hire and discharge.
"A common interest in breaking up
the well known holiday abuse or pay
day fever
"a common interest in diverting
fines and other penalties from the
treasury Of the offenders into the cot.
lfers Of the injured party,
"A common interest in preventing
unnecessary shut-downs and in pro
viding punishment where unwarranted
shut-downs occur.
| "A common interest In getting away
completely from the sentimental OF
| oOAAoA FNlOW VI UltS
Of capital and labor to wisely selfish
and purely business view.
"A common interest in providing as
part of the machinery Of organization
the establishment of defense funG
out of which to protect the innocent OF
the weak and to prevent a surrender
by them of certain rights which
weaken our contractural relations and
entail a consequent injury upon al
parties in interest. e.
"A common interest also in saying
We have an agreement to employ
your members at stipulated prices ant
i we shall expect you to supply the nee
essary men at the stipulated prices tx
do the work for which contract has
been made, and If the United Mine
Workers fail to supply a sufficien
number Of men, then whatever. loss re
suits from a failure to carry out 1t,
agreements must be made good 9th
erwise organized labor makes an un
reasonable demand and one which
should not be conceded of employing
their members only"
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Iowa always get the worst of it?" the
Republican would like to know.


Congressman Hubbard isn't the first
man to have trouble with appointment
of postmasters says the Mason City
Times Herald, land he isn't the first
congressman in the eleventh district
to, recognize the impossibility of salts
flying everybody in making an appoint
ment; so he is satisfying himself and
writing some frank letters to TIE de-
feated aspirants for federal jobs"
The Burlington Hawk Eye supposes
a case: Now, suppose that instead of
the Russians, we had been playing at
the terrible game of war with the Jap
anese, and that the results thus far
had been against us. Suppose that
our army had been defeated In the
Philippines our fleets sent to the bot
t. m, and then what would our reply
be to the suggest on that we bend the
knee and sue for peace? Would we
not vow that we should never sheathe
the sword until the victory had been
won?"
"The Iowa high school is a great
starter" declares the Sioux City Jour
nal ut has heart in it. No wonder
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
FOR WOMEN

/ can successfully treat you for any
weakness that you may be afflicted
with. Lack of perfect health means
the loss Of nearly everything that a
woman holds dear in life and if you
are not perfectly well, call and see me.
Consultation costs you nothing and
it is always confidential. Many chronic
diseases, if taken in time re easily
cured by the skilled specialist and the
cost is so trifling, compared with the
suffering endured by their neglect,
that 1t is infinitely cheaper to be made
well again.
If women realized how much their
mental balance depended upon their
bodily vigor they would not hesitate
to be cured Do not delay coming to
see me but do SO at once and you will
never regret 1t.
have, been instrumental in restor-
ing happiness to hundreds Of unhappy
homes and have great faith In my abil-
ity to successfully treat all diseases
peculiar toawomen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

so far as Iowa is concerned she has
nothing about which to complain says
the Des Moines Capital. Her laws
and in all the Junes of former years
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

Ladies Have Good Business Ideas
And use Vegicide to beautify their hair
and give 1t Iuxuriant appearance.
Sargent, the True Druggist, sells It
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

Itch cured In thirty minutes by
Woolfords Sanitary Lotion. Never
fails. Sold by Sargent, the True Drug
gist, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

Kidney diseases cause more deaths
than any other human afliction. This!
is because they come on SO silently
and are, therefore, neglected.
When the kidneys are we'll. they rel
move from the body every day nearly
one ounce Of uric acid and other pois.
onous waste.
When the kidneys are sick, this poi.
son. is carried by the blood to every
part Of the body. It causes rheuma-
tism, govt, neuralgia, sciatica, gravel,
stone in the kidneys, heart disease, Inc
digestion, diabetes and Bright's Dis.
ease.
Doan's Kidney Pills act promptly
and give complete relief, because their
influence is exerted directly upon the
diseased tissues. This medicine has
been curing sick kidneys for 10 years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

the best men and the best women come
from country places"
Think of the chief Of police Of
city like Omaha being so completely
dominated by a gambler as to swear
on the witness stand to the gamblers
good moral character!" exclaims the
Marshalltown Times Republican.
%
"A blind man riding from Boone
into Hamilton county could readily tell
when he passed the line" declares the
Boone Republican. THE farmers over
there have made King drags and
dragged the roads until they are in
very good condition and quite smooth,
while over in Boone county nothing
has been done and the roads are
rougher than the rocky roads to Dub
lin"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that the defender of John D. Rockefel-
Ter will not be widely believed, as peo-
pie prefer to believe that the rich are
scoundrels Of some kind or other.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

A. ". LEE. Publisher
JAS. F. POWELL. Business Manager
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
PEOPLE OF IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given by DR.. j. C. Bonham

I Mr.. FEB Smith, Of Ottumwa, says
Il was cured CT. very bad case of
Piles after suffering twenty years"
Mr.. D. o. Ross, Abba, says: 81
had suspicious cancerous growth
on my lip. Dr. Bonham removed
it by use of X-Ray."
MIR. Vim. Gibson, Albia,s Iowa.
says: Il was cured of a double
rupture and am we'll pleased"
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The Spirit Lake Beacon saws a great
many good people are coming to be-
lieve that Secretary Taft will be log
ical successor of Roosevelt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

Senator Allison is going to Europe
to get respite from the cares Of
state, and the Dubuque Times explains
that, a man Of his eminence in public
life cannot get this respite at home.
for wherever he goes within the boun-
daries Of his own country he is invited
and urged to, talk shop.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10

The Creston Advertiser Gazette says
that judged by his own utterances
there is nothing Objectionable about
Secretary Taft as a republican presi-
Dental possibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
HE MUST WORK TWO
 YEARS FOR NOTHING
WALLACE M'LAURIN WENT ON BOND OF POSTMASTER TWENTY YEARS AGO AND JUDGMENT OF s441e STILL STANDS.

Washington. June 29.-special. )-Wallace McLaurin, the 5rotler and private secre- tary of the Mississippi senator, and until last year the democratic national com mitteeman from that state, is playing in pretty hard luck. As secretary to the senator MT. McI.aurin draws about two thousand dollar salary. Not long ago, however, the eagle of the government stumbled across the fact that back in the eighties McLaurin, with others had gone on the bond of William II. Gibbs, who was then postmaster at Jackson, Miss.
 McLaurin and the other sureties on judgment rendered against them owe the government S4,4l9 with interests and costs. The tr asury accounting officers finding that McLaurin was drawing a good salary from the government notified the secre- tary of the Senate to hold it up.
 The case was appealed to the controller of the treasury by Mclaurin and he de- eides that it is the duty of the secre- 1 tary to refuse payment until the judg- ment rendered against him and others has been satisfied. McLaurin thus finds that if he decides to stay in the govern ment service he will have to work about two years for nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
GOES TO THE TERRITORY.
c. w. Thrash Leaves Uniontown to
 Take Charge of Compress.

Uniontown, June 29.-(Special)-C. w Thrash, who has had charge of the com press here for the past four years both under the Uniontown Warehouse com pany and the Gulf Compress company, left this week for Indian Territory to put in some extensive repairs and take charge of a compress for the last named com pany out there.
 MT. Thrash ranks as one of the best mechanics in the state and his ability Is highly valued by the company. His suc- cessor has not been named. The Gulf Compress company are making prepara- tions for extensive inn rovements to their warehouse and cotton yard. Large plat forms and sheds will he extended around the entire yard and new roofs will be put on the warehouses. The expenditure for these and other minor improvements will be about 5000.
 Only about one hundred bales of cotton remain in the warehouses of this city un- sold, while about one hundred and fifty more are in the compress awaiting ship ment.
 The ball game between the Epes team and the locals this afternoon was called off on account of rain, which fell here in torrents from o clock until {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
Baseball Forever.

From the Louisville Herald
 A pessmist rises up now and then to whine about waning baseba4. Waning baseballl Does the American boys appe- tite for bread-the bread that mother makes-buttered on both sides, ever wane {? Does the American boys love of straw berry shortcake ever take whooping cough or measles? Such things are never heard of in this neck of the -7oods Just tell group of school boys, while vacation is still young, that baseball is soon to die out. Note the terms, the tone, the emphasis of the ans yer. Baseball is young anc growing younger every year. It is doing more to keep America young than all the sanatoriums and springs in the whole land. Every street, every avenue every school has it. nine. Every village and crossroads has a team they are other occasions.
 Not everyone can go to war not every father can, therefore. tell children of bat ties fought and won largely through parental powess resourcefulness and initiative. But every American father has played baseball He remembers the stunning victories won by Yellville's In- vincibles over Struggetown's Irresst- ibles. He glories in reciting how he pitch ed to successive Caseys at the bat. He recalls to his own pride and to his chl- dren's delight the home runs be scored and the wondrous deeds in general he per- formed for the glory of Melville ath- letics.
 Think you that the sons of such a sire are going to let baseball die? Not in a thousand years!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
Investigating Standard OIL.

St. Louis, June 29.-The investigation by the state into tho methods pursued by the Standard Oil company, Waters Pierce oil company and the Republic Oil company were resumed today L. c. I,ohman, for thirty years an oil dealer at Jefferson City. tertifed that on one occasion he had written to the Standard oil company asking quotations on oil delivered to him anl had received a quo tation of $l less than ae was paying the Waters-Pierce oil company. This letter was soon followed by another in which the Standard Oil company declared 1t could not sell oil in his territory. Testi- mony was introduced to prove that neither the Standard oil company nor the Waters-Pierce company seeks ad- vantage in railroad rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-30
YALE WINS THE GREATEST
 EVENT IN HER HISTORY
WIRELESS IS USED
 FOR PLACING BETS
FLJATINe POOL ROOM MAKES IN- THAI TRIP ON LAKE MICHIGAN AND IS GREAT BOON FOR THE GAMBLERS.

Chicago, June 29.-The steamer City of Travers, Americas first wireless tele- graph floating pool room made it's initial trip today. The police say it means bliss for gamblers, there being no law against gambling on federal waters.
 The boat was careful not to go back to Illinois waters after the races.
 Just at the time the boat commenced to make it's circles the wireless apparatus began to pick up the races, the second race at Sheepshead Bay being the first event on which the betting odds were re- ceived. From that time until 5:SO the re- suits and betting odds from Latonia, Buffalo and Sheepshead Bay came with out interruption, both from Chicago and Michigan City. Bets were made and paid as though at a race track. The biggest winning of the day of the players was made on Ocean Tide in the last race at Sheepshead Bay the crowd following with laughter a shout made when the entries were posted, ocean Tide is 8 good thing when you are afloat." The odds were 2to 1 and the book was hit hard. Water Span and Water Wagon were also heavily backed for the same reason as ocean Tide" but they lost and the Water tip lost favor.
 The owners of the boat declare that they will make daily trips hereafter.