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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

escaped injury estimated the number
of killed at between forty and sixty.
Soon afterward came another bulle-l
tin saying Kill part of bulletin giving
dead sixty Only one dead" Then,
after about fifteen minutes wait, the
news that two were killed and several
others injured came into the Office in
the regular way.
A telegraph editor, trained to look
for the sensational or rather the I'M
usual in news. figures a railroad wreck
from two viewpoints. First-how many
were killed? Second-what was the
property loss? If the number Of vic
tins or the amount of loss is great
enough he will feel justified in getting
out a special, ii he is located in
large city. Wherever he is, he will bull
letin the wreck in order to accommo-
date the people with the news before
the regular edition of the paper is is
sued. The Omaha telegraph editor,
receiving his first bulletin. read it
with interest and knew, by the way 1t
was written, that it would be followed
by more news, including the names OF
dead and injured. However, the num-
Der of dead, five. considered in his cold
blooded manner, was not enough to
cause any excitement. When he got
the bulletin with an estimate of from
forty to sixty dead, though, he made
quick arrangements to issue his extra.
That he had the papers on the street,
| before he received his "kill'' is an in
dication of his ability to do work
quickly and of the papers equipment.
But the correspondent who became
excited is the one who deserves cen
sure Major Lacey, some time ago,
dubbed the Des Moines correspondents
as class. the bureau of misinforma-
ton. There has never been a moment
when the sixth district congressman
was in danger of having to retract his
statement People all over the state
and even in Washington, D. c., have
grown into the habit. when they see a
!, dispatch dated Des Moines, of reading
!, it, then waiting for a confirmation
|, from some reliable source before be
: lieving it. Newspaper men can re
: count any number Of instances of mis-
, information from Des Moines The
u Omaha paper, because it was little
! quicker on the work necessary to is
sue an extra than it's competitors, was
made the innocent victim of the Des
Moines correspondents unreliability
The first principle a new man OF
a newsgathering staff must master is
, that of accuracy. In no other occupa
ton is there greater need for tina
: quality than in the newspaper work
, Any other shortening can be eX
!, cused much more quickly than cal
that of inaccuracy. The reporter who
, possesses that shortcoming is no re
porter and should Immediately appl.
:, for a position as a messenger boy O
a farm hand. Unfortunately, the De-
! Moines air or some other misfortune
seems to make for inaccuracy. Per
. haps it is not the fault of the cor
respondents and reporters, but it Ger
tainly is a great misfortune, not onl.
!, for them, but for others.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
RIGGS ON RURAL SCHOOLS.

That the consolidation of rural
schools, which has been one of the
hobbies Of State Superintendent Riggs
since his inception into Office, is a wise
plan is proven by the statement issued
by Superintendent Riggs in which he
comments upon the needs and general
conditions of the rural schools Of the
state, presenting the following sub
jects; country school statistics; the
country school problem; present
status Of consolidation; phases of the
teacher problem and school buildings
and school grounds.
After a careful study Of these sub
jects Mr.. Riggs comes to the follow
ing conclusions, which will be read
with much interest by those interested
In the subject Of education in the ru-
raj districts:
First - Pupils in consolidated
schools very generally enjoy better
privileges and are taught by better
teachers than under the old district
plan.
Second ~. Where transportation is
provided for all pupils the cost of
maintenance is usually but not always
more than under the district plan, but
the enrolment is SO much larger and
the attendance so much more regular
that the increased benefits equal or
outrun the Increased cost of mainten-
ance.
Third - Where consolidation is
successfully established the opposition
at first engendered gradually disap-
pears and bitter opponents often come
to be ardent supporters Of the new
plan when they see the superior bene-
fits 1t secures to the children.
Fourth - Where transportation is
made the fixed policy in any district,
wagons specially designed for trans
portation purposes should be owned
BY the district. This will result in the
greater comfort of the children and
competent drivers matter of the
greatest Importance.
Fifth - Children should seldom, If
ever, be required to ride a greater dis
lance than five miles. The very long
rides are both expensive to the district
and hard on the children. 1t follows
from this conclusion that the civil
township is in general too large a unit
for school district maintaining but
one school.
SIKH - Inc cOnSoldated school
should in the main be kept in the coun-
try or in the small country village. The
school should be the social center of
the community. Where one or more
country districts are consolidated with
city district the course Of study
should be made sufficiently flexible to
provide for the classification without
loss of those pupils who can attend
school only during the winter months.
Seventh - The need of consolida-
ton should appeal most strongly to the
people of the many districts where the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
SURE TO FAIL.

An exchange publishes, with apt
comment, letter received by its city
editor a few days ago from a reporter
who had been employed when the pa
per needed an extra man. The new
man, after working for a few days
and nights. for the paper issued in
the morning came to the conclusion
that the pace was too fast for him and
sent the city editor the following note:
"Mr. City Editor: Guess you had bet.
ter get another man. This night work
puts me all i'm SO completely that
don't care to keep 1t up. AS you still
have your regular force, this will not
inconvenience you in your work.
Yours truly,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

The paper, no matter how much it
needed a reporter just at that time,
was we'll rid of the author of that
note. He was worse than a vacant
chair in the office and the city editor
should be and doubtless is grateful for
the resignation in spite of its odd way
of coming. For the reporter was on
an assignment" when he suddenly
decided to throw up the sponge.
Every paper has had its experience
of this kind. The task Of picking up a
green" man with the idea of making
a newspaper reporter out of him is a
worse lottery than marriage. He must
be one of those individuals who is at
home anywhere. who knows a little
but not too much, about everything,
who hasn't so much knowledge in his
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

The Washington Press says that
merely to see couple Of teams ar.
rayed in stuffed clothes and muffled
for a fight is enough to convince any.
one that the game of football is a
rough and tumble scrimmage, without
skill, of lot Of toughs and rowdies
and chuckleheads. Where does the
intellectually and scholarship come
in?" it asks. "a contest is like spar
between pair of bulls or boars."
The Washington Democrat says
that Jefferson Davis may have been
a good man, but it does not believe
General Miles will be severely con.
demned for placing shackles upon
him. 'In some countries" suggests
the Democrat, Jeff would have had
something else besides irons put on
him and it would not have been
around his ankles, either"
mayor Harrison was deeply
touched the other day by a letter from
little boy whose dog was in the
pound says the Des Moines News
at might be good thing to have
some little boys write the mayor
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
Marvellous Isle Of Pines.

Below is
oorhies just
one months before
ana
and planted cocoanuts
Dcco
the times northern markets
TO written the
same sheet from explains itself
Of Pines, West Indies Jan 20, 1905
VIM Hansel M. D.
growth bearing My
out February will
begin bearing
Hope mi
Very we'll 3
you you down
4 H. VOORHEES,
Dr. Hanel: st
visiting
VOORHEES,, leaves
Mrs Hnsel picked these beautiful the Van VOORHEES,
tables.
truly.
n the
Vim. HANSELL,
116 East Main ST. Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

about the dance halls which help to
bring about the downfall of their sis
ters."
"'Bill' Richards can rest assured
that If there had been a flaw in the
record of his case the judicial micro
scope would have discovered it," says
the Des Moines Capital.
Removed from the results of cleo
!, ton, many play with politics like boys
with a toy gun" says the Carroll Her
aid.
The Algona Upper Des Moines-Re-
publican says that Col Hepburn's
course with regard to rate legislation
| is in line with what he did In the 18TH
milan canal matter. He was entitled
to greater credit than any other man
| in the house for the passage of the
Nicaragua canal BILL" recalls the AL
coma paper. HE was as active and
influential for it in the house as Nor.
gan was in the senate. When the
time came for substituting the Pana-
ma for the Nicaragua route, Hepburn
yielded promptly to the requirements
of the changed situation, while Nor.
gan chose the part Of an obstruction
4 list in the senate. Hepburn's action
| in this matter is entirely consistent
with his record"
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
| that If the President uses railway
passes 1t is simply a good illustration
Of the fact that all passes do not in
fluence the receivers. Because the
President has accepted certain con-
lventional favors 1t does not appear,
the Republican points out, that he is
one whit less in earnest in working
out certain railroad reforms
The Des Moines News saysi "Tha'
Iowa man who is being sued for $25..
: 600 by Kentucky girl charging hin
with breach of promise. will come t.
the conclusion that, a girls heart Is
worth more than half dozen live.
down in Kentucky"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

children are so few that an efficient
school cannot be maintained. There
is an urgent need Of consolidating
such districts. The need is less urg-
ent in districts where a good attend
ance can be maintained, for district
school with good enrolment and an
efficient teacher may be an excellent
school,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
FRETFUL WOMEN

Should know that if their various or
gans were strong and healthy they
would not be In that state of mind.
Happiness depends entirely on good
health, and to recover this priceless
possession Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
tiers is needed. Its SO years. record
proves its worth in cases Of Monthly
Irregularities, Sick Headache, Sleep.
Iessness, Unstrung Nerves, Backache,
Indigestion and Dyspepsia. We urge
all sickly women to try
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
eISs'iijIR[)[[|;::| K

In the fall of 1895 Icontracted that fear
full disease, Blood Poison. 1t gained such
Roadway that was forced to resign my
position and seek relief at Hot Springs.
After spending all the means I had went
to Memphis. In less than three weeks /
was in hospital, and after nine weeks of
suffering 1 was discharged as cured. In
less than month every bone in my body
seemed to be affected and felt as If they
would break at the least exertion. Again
was compelled to resign, and I returned
to the hospital for seven weeks stay.
When came out I was advised to try
farming. When + first went on the farm I
prevailed on the only firm who handled
drugs to get me one dozen bottles Of S. S.
S. At that time both of my hands were
broken out with blisters and 1 was covered
with boils and sores. In the meantime my
druggist had gotten two dozen bottles Of
S. S. S. for me and began its use, and
after taking the thirteenth bottle not a
sore or boil was visible. R. B. POWELL.
East 9th St., Little Rock, Ark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

Contagious Blood
Poison. 1t con-
tains no mercury,
potash or other
mineral. Ourhone
treatment boo k
gives all the synp-
toms of this dis
ease. Medical adj
vice free.
49,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

OF all human diseases, Contagious Blood
Poison is the most hideous and hateful.
The victim is tortured with eating ulcers,
sores and assesses, unsightly blotches,
eruptions and other symptoms of the mis-
cradle disease. S. S. S. has been used
successfully for nearly fifty years for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16


Sick and Afflicted
the o Povyer-D,stanoe No Hinder Nor
Vordict
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16
Makes Heart Beat Again in
WOman'S Body Rescued
From the Grave
Felt Once More
la Control over
Disease Death 8s
Does He Posses Supernatural

caneea
and
Miracles Without Useless Medicines Threat.
to Upset Medical practice by Healing
Invalid 0 disease Pronoun oedI nour.
Physlosns
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-16

about the dance halls which help tc
bring about the downfall Of their sis
ters."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

ed the secret The compound is a yell low liquid which the professor has | chrstened zorene.
 An interviewer describes the follow ing experiments: A piece of ordinary and easily breakable slag, after immer- sion in zorene, defed the full blow of a hammer There was the same effect on ordinary bricks and a block of red jarrah wood. All three were then i'm mersed In water for a long time. When taken out and weighed with delicate scales the presence of a single particle of added moisture could not be detected. Two pieces of steel submitted to an am- monia test equal to five years exposure to the air emerged from the bath as they entered 1t. An ordinary table knife which had lain open five months did not show the slightest stain.
 Professor Brunn asserts that he will be able to make roads dust, germ and waterproof, thus giving a commercial value to hundreds of millions of slaG which is now useless in the mining and smelting districts. His discovery will at the least double the life of metals exposed to the air. such as in bridges, railroads, vessels and tanks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
ARfInent RnrrIn-a

The arrest of band of burglars, whose operations would have delight ed Balzac to celebrate, is described by The Sviet, of St. Petersburg. Thir- teen men and women. the flower of the profession, are under lock and key. They had a town house in Moscow, rent 5000 a year. furnished at a cost Iof s10.O00. They had a county house near Moscow worthy of a Russian no- bleman. They had stables of fine horses, and gardens kept by the best gardeners. They never condescended to an operation likely to yield less than $10,0OO. Their last exploit, in May, brought in $25,0O0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
REMOVAL SALE

We have sold our lease and are conn pelled to Vacate Our present store Sep- tember 10th; after that date we will be located In the Windsor Hotel block, 221 Commerce Street, and rather than move our stock of pictures, cut glass, cha1inG dishes, coffee machines and other fancy articles we will sell them regardless of cost for cash only, beginning Monday morning.
 This Is an opportunity to get big values for little money.
 Ed (. Fowler Company,
 13 Dexter Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
DEFIEs RAVAGEs OF TIME.
Liquid Compound Makes Building Mate riala About IndeNt ructibIa

Professor Brunn of Hungary has written a paper giving interesting de- tails of his alleged discovery of q liquid chemical compound which renders cer- tain kinds of matter proof against the effects of time He asserts that it doubles the density of nearly every kind of stone and renders 1t waterproof. It imparts to all metals qualities which defy oxygen and rust. It Is also germ icide of hitherto unequaled powers
 The professor says that while travel ing In Greece twenty-five years ago he noticed that the mortar in stones of ru- inS which were known to be over 2,00O years old was as hard, fresh and tenac- ious as if it had been made only a year. He secured a piece of the mortar and has been working on it ever since. un- til now, when, he says, he has discover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
Adelaide Rirtori nt s3.

Adelaide RistOri at S3.
 Adelaide Ristori, the great Italian tragedienne, Is now a venerable old lady of S3. She was recently inter- viewed by the Rome correspondent of The Theatre Magazine, who describes her as follows:
 Tt would be difficult to find a more thoroughly charming woman. Old lady seems hardly the term to apply to her As she herself admits, she was S3 last January, but 1t seems incredible Rheu- matism makes 1t difficult for her to walk much. but she sits erect in her chair. Her hair under the little white lace cap Is abundant, and only partly gray, and there is a pretty color fin her cheeks. Her eyes are bright and her deep voice rich and musical. Any one more simple and unaffected could not be imagined. She talks of any one, of anything, rather than herself. She was interested to know that her interview CT was American and from New York which she described as a bella cItta," although she was sorry to hear of our skyscrapers which she thought could hardly add to the beauty of our city. She spoke, too, of Riverside Drive, of which she had heard but never seen.
 America is a most interesting coun- try she said, and I have always pre- served the pleasantest recollections of It. inc people are so enthusiastic, so intelligent and so kind"
 Then you did not find us the cold, heartless people that one of the Italian writers (Mathilde Serao) declares us?"
 Ristoris eyes flashed.
 Nothing of%he sort, think the Americans are full of heart. Other wise they would not constitute such sympathetic audiences. have never playea before more sympathetic or en- thusiastic people. I remember espe- cially the matinees where women pre- dominated. They used to crowd the theatre, and even on the stage there were chairs, so that we had hardly room for the actors. And how can one say Americans are heartless when on the celebration of my eightieth birth day l received many. many presents and congratulations from American friends whom had not seen for years, and some from strangers, too. Even children sent me pressed flowers with best wishes, saying they had never seen me, but their mothers or grand mothers had, and had told them about me. So they. the little ones. wished to send me congratulations for my birth day. assure you. l was deeply touched
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
GOURD TELEGRAPH.
Native African System of COmmunica-
 tiOn is Rapid and Sure.

NutAVO A1Ftcan system or COmmun1cu- tiOn is Rapid and Sure.
 Kansas City Journal. The cureless wireless te1egraphy of the Basutos, lately described by Rev. A Ridgeout, a missionary, seems to be a sample of methods long in use for rap idly spreading news among savages The apparatus used by this particular tribe is a kind of drum, consisting of a gourd with a head of dried skin, and the sounds from this are heard at dist ances of five to eight miles. Messages are sent by secret code of drum beats serving the same purpose as the Morse alphabet. A special corps of signalers is always on duty, and when a message is sounded 1t is promptly received and passed on to the desired village when 1t Is delivered to the proper person. This system is used for distances of at least 1000 miles. Messages forwarded to missionaries were unfailingly and accurately delivered, and the events of the Boer war were made known to the missionaries by gourd lines hours be- fore they received the news by field tel egraph
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
Alice a Second CboIce.

Boston is somewhat ahead of Wash ington In furnishing the Sultan of Sulu with desire to possess an American girl for wife Marie Sweet, daugh- ter of Colonel Owen Jay Sweet U. S. A., who subdued the Moros in the Sul- as bride. Miss Sweet. wbo is now Mrs. William H. Baker. of Boston is the proud possessor of some rareiv beautiful pearls sent by the sultan in 1899, at the time he sought her m marriage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

|
 l In addition to rehearsing all day with | Robert Lorraine in Man and Super man." Fay Davis is playing her original part in Mrs. Lef1ngwe1l's Boots" at the Lyceum Theatre, New York.
 Milton Royle and George V. Hobart are responsible for the lyrics of most | of the songs which will be used in ''Moonshine," the comedy with music which they wrote for Marie Cahill, and in which she will star this season.
 The new Belasco play for Blanche Bates will be laid in the far West, and parts of Bret Harte and Joaquin Miller will be literally used in its makeup Robert Hilliard will be just plain or | dinary heading man, not a star. He Is | to play a Western gambler
 Dtgby Bell has come to his own again and has started on tour of the middle West as full-hedged star, in Angus tus Thomas clever comedy The Edu- cation of MT. Pipp." the Gibson play, under the management of Daniel V. Ar | thur. ...@. :: .:.a * #- Louis James will appear this season under the management of J. ]. Coleman In sumptuous revivals of "Virginius, g | 'Ingomar," and "Richelieu," complete in every detail, scenery, costumes and ac- cessories. and supported by an excel lent company. He will commence these revivals at Ford's Opera House Balti- more, tomorrow night.
 Following the engagement of John Drew at the Empire Theatre, New York, in "DeLancey," Charles Frohman will present Maud Adams in Peter Pan," by J. M. Barrie. It Is announced that Mir Barrie will come from London to wit ness the production.
 Channing Pollock, author of "Napo- leon the Great" in which Thomas E. Shea will be seen next season under the management of Nixon & Thinner man, has successfully produced a dra- matization of Miriam Michaelsons Tn the Bishops Carriage" The same au- thor is also writing The Little Lady Grey" in which Maurice Campbell will star Annie Russell next season.
 Edna May opens the season at Daly's Theatre, New York, tomorrow night in The Catch of the Season." the English musical play now approaching it's tooth night in London. She is supported by an entirely English company and a bevy Ambassadors, and other Paris music halls. The authors of The Catch of the Season" are Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, lyrics by Charles H. Taylor and music by Haines and Baker.
 Ethel Barrymore opens her season early in September in Omaha and will play to the coast in her great success of last season, Sunday" Her brother. John Barrymore. will be a member of the company. About the first of the year Miss Barrymore will go to New York in J. M. Barrie's play "Alice-Sit- by the Fire" to be preceded by the one-act play, "Pantaloon," in which Lionel Barrymore will be seen.
 An interesting event at the opening of the Lyceum Theatre, New York, was the first presentation in this country of the work of Alfred Sutro. the bril- liant author of The Walls of Jericho" and "Mollentrave on Women" It was in the shape of a one-act play, "A Maker of Men" which preceded Au- gustus Thomas's comedy. Mrs Leffing- wells Boots" Margaret Ellington made a genuine hit as the wife and Ernest Lawford gave a good performance as the husband. There are but two parts in the play.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

Beginning Wednesday,, Sept. c, appIi- cants for admission to the University School will he examined between 0 and II o'clock every morning, at the school house, 5O4 Dexter Avenue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

introduces the very popular and famil- far number known as The Ride of the Valkyries." This scene will give MT. Savage an opportunity to rival the beautiful work of the Flower Maid ems" in "Parsifal" @ -....
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03

ciety editor of The New Orleans Times Democrat. MT. Pitkin served time as a newspaper reporter ::r> +:~