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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-13
RoNAPARTE,s VIEWS.

Charles j. Bonaparte, who is to sue.
coed Paul Morton as secretary of the
navy on July 1, is rather an unique
character in politics, and it is said of
him in Baltimore that he has been
regarded more as reformer and a
free lance than as a man associated
with any particular party. He has
distinct views on civil service and is,
In fact, considerably like the Presi.
dent in his ideas along this line.
But Mr.. Bonaparte is a republican,
and a southern republican, republi.
can in a country where, to be mem
Der Of the republican party is to be in
the minority and therefore rather a
brave man. He is a friend of Presi.
dent Roosevelt's also, and that counts
for good deal in a mans favor, north,
south, east and west. Mr.. Bonaparte
surprised some Of his acquaintance a
few days ago when he appeared for
the first time in the midst of party
politics. 1t was at meeting of the
republican state central comr ittee of
Maryland, and the disfranchiseme
amendment which had been proposed
in that state and will be voted upon
next fall was under discussion. This
amendment has one of the notorious
grandfather clauses" in its makeup
and toward this passage especially
Mr. Bonaparte directed oratorical
guns His remarks bear a similarity
to the straightforward manner of the
President and 1t is easy to see that
these two men will agree and will
work well together Speaking of the
grandfather clause Mr.. Bonaparte
said:
"The republican party has ever held,
with Voltaire, that a good citizen
needs no grandfather Like Abraham
Lincoln, it has always believed in
the common people, not in castles or
oligarchies or privileged classes; like
Theodore Roosevelt. it demands "a
square deal at the polls as elsewhere,
for every man, whatever his ancestry.
If a citizen be shown by experience
unfit to vote wisely and righteously,
let him be denied the suffrage be-
cause of this individual unfitness, not
because of his race or tongue or birth
place, nor because his grandfather
was this or was not that"
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LESSONS FROM THE ORIENT.

The war in the far east has so large.
ly depended upon the naval vessels of
the two countries as to awaken other
naval authorities to the necessity of
stronger ornaments for their war.
ships. This country has not been the
least interested observer OF the great
contest now being waged. The naval
bureau of construction is perfectins
plans for the battleships Michigan and
South Carolina, which will make them
the most powerful warships in the
world. Many important innovations
will be introduced, the most striking of
which is complete battery of 12-inch
and 1O-inch guns. Such an arrange.
ment of heavy guns has never been
tried in any vessel There is no war.
ship afloat that carries more than four
guns of the calipre named
In tonnage the ships will about equal
the splendid new British vessels of the
King Edward VII. and Africa class
Those vessels displace between 10000
and IL 900 tons and are about 425 feet
long. They carry four 12-inch, four
9.2-inch and % smaller guns. AS the
South Carolina and the Michigan, If
the 12-inch and the 10-inch plan is ad.
hered to, will carry at least eight of
the latter guns, the new warships
would be a great deal more powerful
than the King Edward VII. and the
Africa type.
The adding Of a third screw to the
new battleships, which will call for the
addition of another engine, is re.
ported to have been definitely decided
upon by the bureau of construction
This system, which was introduced
into the navy by Rear Admiral Mel.
vile although looked on with great
disfavor by foreign naval constructors,
is said to have proved a great success
on the Columbia and Minnesota. One
of it's advantages is that in cruising
great economy is attained, in that
when only moderate speed is desired
the central engine alone is used. If a
high rate of speed is desired, the two
wing engines, and If necessary all
three can be operated.
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has been put into operation with 81
little buster and has been wlorkine I'D
successfully that many of the people
fail to realize the magnitude Of the sys,
tenn and its great benefits
Rural free delivery Is plant OF al.
tonishingly rapid growth. 1T required
some time for 1t to get a start. and at
nrst 1T was no larger than the mustard
seed OF the parable, but after 1t once
terminated 1t rapidly developed and
grew until 1t has become mighty
branch OF the government tree. On
June l there were 37,796 mail routes
In active service in the country, the
new routes are being established at the
rate OF six hundred month. Nearly
5000 application for the service
are now on file in the post.
office department. Illinois appears
to have the lead in operative
routes, the number in that state
being 2,478. Ohio Is a close sec.
ond with 2,1S6 routes In operation
Indiana. where the system was first
tried on an extensive scale, is now
third in the list with 1884 active
routes In service.
The south is now actively asking for
the benefits Of the service, and the
pressure for It's extension in that sec.
ton is very strong. Petitions are on
file from the southern states as fol.
lows: Alabama, 1882; Georgia, 342
North Carolina, 366; Virginia, 236;
South Carolina, la; Mississippi, 2O3;
Arkansas, 1903, and Texas, 30s.
The deficit in the post Office depart.
ment for the year is something more
than $13,000,000, the largest in the his.
tory of the service. Much of this
large deficit, 1t is said, is owing to the
rapid extension of the rural system.
Murmurings are beginning to be heard
from the smaller cities and towns over
the fact that the country resident has
his mail brought to his door while
those who live in the smaller cities are
compelled to make a call at the post
office.
The carrying of tho mails is the one
great departmental service of the gov.
eminent in which all the people are
directly interested. 1t costs about
$170, 100000 year to serve the coun.
try with mails and the rapid increase
of the rural delivery system will add
very largely to the annual expendi.
lures for postal matters but the people
are willing that the expenditure be
made.
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AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT.

There is probably no institution
that surpasses,as an educational event,
the Chautauqua assemblies such as
Ottumwa is to have this month.
Those who attend the Ottumwa chau-
tauqua will hear several of the best
known and ablest lecturers in Amer
lea, they will be given the opportunity
to make notes upon the speeches of
such men as Robert M. LaFollette,
governor of Wisconsin, William j.
Bryan, Commander Richmond Pear
son Hobson and others who rank as
the best of chautauqua lecturers. The
whole week will be filled with lectures
concerts and entertainments of vari-
GUS kinds. But the grown-ups will
not be the only ones entertained at
the chautauqua. In fact, one of the
best features of the weeks program
is to be the work and play of the Sc
ton Indian tribe. Boys and girls, 16
years and less, will be taught the ele-
ments of outdoor life by Miss Gilman
of Chicago, who has had long expert
ence in this work and who will have
complete charge Of the Indian camp.
The children will have tepees. bows
and arrows and Indian costumes and
will spend the greater part of the
week in the open air Not only will
they enjoy the play, but they will
learn much that will be of benefit now
and in later years. On another page
will be found an article prepared by
Mrs. Fuller Swift, giving the particu-
lars regarding the Seton Indian tribe.
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been either captured or sunk If they
had not sought refuge In the harbors
of neutral powers.
But the demand that is likely to
cause Russian pride to resent the whole
proposal for peace is the demand for
large indemnity now estimated at
nothing less than thousand millions
Of dollars. A billion dollars is a large
sum, although it is the, same amount
that Germany squeezed from France
at. the end Of the; Franco Prussian war
In addition to, which the, provinces of
Alsace and Lorraine We're secured by
the Germans. The Franco Prussian
war lasted only six months, while the
Japanese conflict with Russia has
dragged along sixteen months. The
cost of the war to Japan has been
heavy and her statemen now believe
that, having practically vanquished the
Russians, the defeated nation ought not
only to give over what was the cause
of the war, but like the losing party to
a case at law. ought to pay all the
costs of the action.
1t is given out in ST Petersburg, and
1t is the talk of Ambassador Cassini at
Washington, that it would be cheaper
for Russia to continue at least nomi-
nal state Of war along the Manchurian
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border indefinitely until Japan Is ex-
hausted, than to pay such an enor-
nous indemnity as that asked by the
mikado's government. Considering
the Russian internal problems, 1t ap-
pears on the face of 1t that it would
be more expensive to continue two MIL
itary forces, one at home to protect
the dynasty and one at the front to
fight Japan, than to end the struggle
at once and cut off some of the enor-
nous drain on the nations finances
relieve the people of burdensome tax
es and thus lead to a better feeling
within the empire. Certainly 1t would
be cheaper In men, for war with
japan continued indefinitely will cost
Russia many more lives than it will
Japan.
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plsLlkEs GRAND JURY.

Judge Martin J. Wade is one of
those lawyers who is opposed to the
grand jury system as practiced in
Iowa and many other states. The OBJ
jections raised are many, and the
friends of the grand jury are at great
pains to produce arguments in defense
of their favorite system. Judge Wade
in his recent speech at Iowa City, sum-
med up the points against the grand
jury as follows:
II think that the grand jury should
be abolished, because whatever good
purpose it may have served In the
past, under our modern practice it is
not necessary for the protection of the
innocent, nor for the conviction of the
guilty.
''It is hearing in which the accus-
ed cannot be represented or heard, in
which he can offer no evidence except
by consent of the state.
Indictments are often returned
which cannot be sustained when the
evidence upon both sides is heard. 1t
is safe to say that more than two
thirds of the indictments returned by
the grand juries result in dismissal or
acquittal.
1T is unfair to the accused to have
an indictment returned against him
after hearing in which he cannot be
represented, because while legally an
indictment is only an accusation, yet
in the public mind the indictment is
often equivalent to conviction.
st is unfair to the innocent man to
be compelled, as he often is, to wait
long months after an Indictment Is re-
turned before he has an opportunity of
presenting his side of the case.
1T is unfair to the prosecution, be-
cause it is compelled to go through
two trials instead of one, and it dis
closes to the accused The nature of the
evidence, often many months before
the trial, thus enabling him, If guilty
to manufacture evidence TO secure an
acquittal.
"In those states where the grand
jury has been abolished, the courts
the. bar and the public are we'll
pleased with the change. In making
the change it might be well to leave
the power in the court to summon a
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Washington Gossip

Gossip has been busy lately with the
name of ex-Delegate Dennis Flynn Of
Oklahoma. who is mentioned as a pos
sible successor Of Secretary Hitchcock
of the department Of the interior Mr..
Flynn's friends make no secret Of
their hope that WHICH Mr.. Hitchcock
retires from the cabinet, Mr.. Flynn
will be appointed to succeed him.
Long delegate from the territory and
thoroughly familiar with the condi-
lions prevailing in that part CT the
country, Mr.. Flynn has, they say, I'M
usual qualifications for the position.
While 1t would be departure from
custom to take a cabinet officer from
a territory, 1t is quite probable that
this objection will be removed by Ok
lahoma becoming state before Sec
rotary Hitchcock retires, and it is ar
gued that President Roosevelt cannot
do more to emphasize the friendly in
terest he has taken in the territory
than by giving 1t. a cabinet position.
Such an appointment. might do much
toward making the new state republi-
can.
Mr.. Flynn has been on very friend
| ~ CCilAS- w I'LL LliC ItlOoAuCAC LII q
number of years and is one Of the fore.
most champions Of statehood for the
territory. He is not now in Washing
ton, and the report that the President
was considering his name could not be
verified. An intimate friend, however,
expressed the opinion that the qualifi-
cations of the former delegate had
been called to the attention Of the
President and that when Secretary
Hitchcock was ready to announce the
date of his retirement, Mr. Flynn's
friends would urge his appointment.
There are many men in congress
whose wealth surpasses that Of Hon.
Timothy D.. Sullivan, Of New York,
but none whose heart is bigger or
whose charity is more free than that
of big Tim No one in hard luck
and worthy of assistance ever appeals
to him in vain. Some congressman
are admired for their brilliancy, re.
spected by reason of their intellectual
attainments, or feared on account of
their sarcasm and irony, but of few
can it be said, as it 10 Of big TIM
that his people love him.
No man knows just how rich he Is.
BY comparison with some names of
New Workers. familiar to the country
Congressman Sullivan is a poor man,
but he is rich In hospitality. Long
ago, when he first became successful
In politics, Mr.. Sullivan decided that
he would be fortunate If he laid away
for a rainy day one-tenth of what
came to him. He can probably with.
stand some severe showers as he is
understood to have accumulated a
sum that yields him net income OF
100000 year. This sum, however
does not represent his expenditures
One of his close friends said recently
that big Tim" used up not a cent less
than 100000 a year. 1t might be said
in passing, that the business Of Mr.
Sullivan is politics, pure and simple
Wherever he goes, whether in Wash
ington, at home in New York at the
seashore, in the mountains, anywhere
big Tim" is surrounded by a retinue
Of iieutenants and sub-lieutenants who
do his bidding and make it their bust.
ness to serve, amuse, and entertain
their chief. They are on regular pay
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roll and all their expenses are maid
when travelling or out of New York.
lney are part of his machine, and the
llachlne works together in thorough
unison. s
Among other duties two Of these re-
tanners look after big Tins benovo-
FENCES. 1t Is dull morning that does
NOT Drlng IN the mail a score or more
iettefs begging for assistance of some
sort. lhese TWO men are commissioned
Dy thelr chief to investigate every case
thoroughly and they have no sinecure.
aIter investigation, they report to Mr..
SULLIVAN and IL the case is deserving.
help is given. In Mr.. Sullivan's abb
sence from the city these guardians Of
ms peneVolences act on their own
judgment and they have opened their
chle1 purse strings so often that they
wen Know when to open and when to
Keep IL closed. Under such circum-
stances 1t is small wonder that tba
annual expenses of Mr.. Sullivan's ma
chlne aggregate tidy fortune or that
ne IS loved and loyalty served by those
Tor whome he does so much.
The death of Representative Marsh
or Illinois, which occurred a few DAYS
ago, removes a picturesque figure
from the floor of the house During the
eight years he served Mr. Marsh en-
deared himself to his colleagues by
his kindly though somewhat brusuue
manner. A military mamie served
from 1861 to 1866, retiring as colonel
OF the second Illinois cavalry-he took
the keenest interest in military mat
tiers before the house, and was at one
time member of the committee on
military affairs and chairman Of the
committee on militia. These positions
he surrendered as his health grew
poorer and latterly confined his ener-
gies to his work on the appropriations
committee.
His death will thus leave vacant one
OF the most desirable berths In the
house. AS he succeeded Uncle joe,
Cannon on that committee and the
place has been held for years by a
member from Illinois, it is probable
that Speaker Cannon will give the va
cancy to one Of his fellow members
from that state, especially as the re-
tirement Of Chairman Hemenway to
enter the senate leaves another vacan-
cy on the committee. In this case Ii
would not be surprising If Representa-
tive Graft succeeds Mr.. Marsh, should
he care to give up his Craftsmanship Of
the committee on claims, where his
services have been in line with Speak.
er Cannon's ideas Of Justice and econ
omy.
| The visit Of Miss Alice Roosevelt TO
Mrs. Buckner Wallingford of Cincin.
natl, sister Of Representative Nicholas
Longworth, has revived gossip con.
corning their possible engagement.
| While it is nobody's business, Miss
Roosevelt is SO much in the public eye
that speculation concerning her future
is pardonable. Mr.. Longworth has
been an open admirer of Miss Roose-
welt for some years and has paid her
so much attention that the announce.
ment of their engagement, following
the visit to Mrs Wallingford, would
not be surprising. Aside from being
member of congress, Mr.. Longworth is
handsome. polished and wealthy. and
Withal an American.
! w. w. Smith.
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C.. M. e. ST. p

No. Going East Via Cut of. Time
sa-Washington. Muscatine, Dav-
export and Chicago :. 5:45 q. m
TIA Washington. Muscatine, Dav- -
export and Chicago $3.50. .12:O5 q. m
e2b-Davenport freight -. -. 9:1O 3. N
Going West.
sa-Kansas City and Interme-
h,-s sla1e ch,llicothe E,c ;a9:1a 6. m
siSr Springs and Kansas
City : -. 2:14 a. m
61a-chillicothe freight -. 1890 .. m
-Chillicothe freight -. 10: 40 a. m
Going East Via Marion.
10b-Marior, Cedar Rapids and
osb--Marion,. Cedar Rapids and = -
intermediate -. $50. $3.50 D. m
9Sb-Marion freight ...... GAO a. m
Coming West Via Marion.
sc-Marion, Cedar Rapids and
sb-..Marlon,.. Cedar Rapids and - O. L.
Monday.
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ONCE: Hills East Second street
Telephone editorial or business Of
fcel No. "A.
Address the Courier Printing Co.. OF
tumwa, Iowa.
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grand jury in cases Of a peculiar ma.
ture; this is, believe the rule in Wis
consin, but am told that the power
Is seldom, IL ever, exercised
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FIREcRAcKER BEGINS EARLY.
A. 1. Carson. a Drayman of EddyviIIe,
Has His Hand Almost Blown OF.

Eddyville, June 10.-A. L. Carson,
drayman here, had his right arm near
ly blown off by the explosion of
giant fire cracker yesterday afternoon
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Entered as second class matter oc-
tober II. 1903. at the postofflce Ottum-
wa, Iowa. under the Ac. of Congress- of
March 8. 1879.
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WABASH TIME TABLE.

No. Arrive. Tin,.
last. Louis & Kansas City -. e:15 a. m.
13a-Moberly & Des Moines 1920 a m.
Sa-St. Louis & Kansas City coon m
40. Depart. Time.
2a-St. Louis & Kansas City 1925 a.
6a-Moberly & Des Moines Aim n,
<a-st Louis & Kansas City -. 9:o0 p. m
a-daily.
For Information call new telephone 1914
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Daily Courier. year, by mali. >. $500
Trt-Weekly Courier, / year $3.50. 1.60
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Founded 9Th August, 1s4e.

A. W. LEE. Publisher
JAS. F. POWELL. Business Manager
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R. R. Time Tables
All G.. B. e. @. and C.. r. l. e. p. trains
depart from Washington street I'm.
ion depot.
w. s. Parker, Ticket Agent.

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c. 3. & @
No. Going East. Depart
12a-Chicago. Dubuque & Quincy 2:1O a. m.
e2b-Local Freight ......:..... GAS a. m.
1ab-Burlington & st. Louis -. 7:35 a. n.
6a-Chicago Limited ;. 1:48 p. M
4a-Chicago, st. Louis & Quincy 7:10 p. m.
sa-chicag aa Peoria & Rockford 1i:25 F. N.
Going West.
6a-Omaha. Council Bluffs &
az. Nebraska ska, ....... .i2:So a. m.
91b-Local freight >. ...... 800 a. m.
Sa- Omaha. Kansas CITY Denver,
Hot Springs Deadwood. Og-
den. Portland & California 7:45 a. m.
.eb-Peorla to Creston ........ 1:50 p. m.
! Sbch'iseo to 1886 p M
1a-Denver to Omaha 49,. 1880 p. m.
n--daily; b-except Sunday. Nos. Z. 8 and
is do not carry passengers.
Via Fort Madison-Going East.
Ft. Madison e. st. Louis CD 900 a. m.
Going West.
From Fort Madison and st.
Louis (b) ............ $50 p. m.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
Depart

No. Going East. Depart.
FOG, Keokuk. Kansas City, CALI
fornia and southwest 1913 a. m.
2o2-Keokuk ......... 1908 D. m.
2o4-Eldon, Davenport & Chi
274@Locai freight ........ Sis p I'M m.
Going West.
2o3, nes Moiues, .Ruthven: Yves:
Nebraska AID Washington,
Musqatine, Davenport and
cago .............. 700 q. m.
201-Des Moines & Omaha H. 80 a. m.
205-Des Moines & Omaha. 7:05 pm.
272--Local. freight 49,. ;. s:ooM N.
Unless otherwise s'.ecifcd all trains are
daily except Sunday.
All c. M. & st. p: and Wabash trains
depart from Jefferson Street Union
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IF King Alfonso could find time to
come over this way we'd all be glad
of an opportunity to show him there
are no Ill feelings" says the Sioux City
Journal.
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The Mason City Times Herald won
ders why it is that while the boys are
taking great pleasure this spring run
ming for governor, SO few Of them are
locking after congressional shoes.
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The Cedar Rapids Republican OBJ
serves that "g.tting married seems to
be quite the thing in the female col
leges at the present time.'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14


by- notSlSe.s that N. aetion No. -
c0msmnced In the shove named 00Ue
by the shove na0ed P1ainttff 81
against the above named dsfeaAa11D;
and that the object Of said action =
to have the title to the Land hereoDr
after described Quieted In the Plal0.
tiff, and that each OF said defendants
be wholly excluded from any interest,"
therein and any lien thereon.
The premises affected by said actioa
are situated In the County Of st. Louis
and State Of Minnesota and are Do.
scribed as follows, to-wit:-Lots NUS
Der 6-1s-1s and 20 on Third Street =
the Town plat Of Fond du Lac accord
ing to the record thereof In the offico
of the Register Of Deeds in and fer
said County and State.
You will further take notice that NO
personal claim IL made against You, q
either Of you, in said action.
Dated December 18th, 1904. ~
JOHN H. BRIGHAM
Plaintiffs ATTORNEY.
SIS Torrey. Building. Duluth, Minn.
Labor World, Dec. l7-24-31. Jan ILL.,
21 1905.