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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

One of the artistic effects" adver
tised by the milliners this fall is guar
anteed to put an artistic $3.50 crimp in
the husbands pocketbook.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

Diamonds have again been advanc-
ed in price. If this goes on hotel
clerks will soon be unable to provide
themselves with the necessities of life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

A Pennsylvania woman is suing her
husband for divorce because he is
bald. Wonder what she expects a
married man to be, anyway.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28
BlGAMIST SENT UP.
William r. Miller Pleads Guilty II
Milwaukee.

Mi yankee, Sept. &c. William F,
Miller, confessed bigamist, who mar
ried Miss Lolita WEIGHT of Milwaukee
while he had two wives living in Penn
sylvania, it is alleged, pleaded guilty
in the municipal court and was sen
fenced by Judge Brace to four and
one-half years in the state peniten'
tiary at Waupun. According to the
charge, Miller vas the husband OF
jeanette Miller of Germantown, Pa.
and Mrs. w. F. Miller of West Phila'
delphia, when he married Miss WEIGHT
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

Norway and Sweden are having
trouble in cutting the bonds. Our only
trouble is in not having enough bonds
to cut.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

The man who tried to go through
Che ceiling with his automobile may
have been seeking a road where there
is no speed limit.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

A rich eastern girl has been writing
poems. Read them; they are also
rich.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

An American circus is stranded at
G%renoble, France, and the walking be-
tween there and home is reported to
be very bad.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

A physician has discovered a way
Of preventing scars. His method will
not be popular with German students.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

Prof. Metchnikoff says one may live
100 years on a sour milk diet. But
what's the use?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

New York is having gospel meetings
in Hell's Kitchen. Well, If they had
to be in New York anyway
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28

As the private soldiers have nothing
against one another, they are glad
enough to quit shooting.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-28
RESULT OF s. DAKOTA CENSUS
Final Footings Show a Population Of
1922, Exclusive Of Reds.

Pierre, s. D., Sept. 26.-The state
census department completed the final
footings of population for the state
showing a total population of 435, 1922.
exclusive of Indians. AS there are
about $1,000 Indians in the state the
grand total will be over 100000. The
population figures taken show 234,974
males and 200. 1858 females.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
IMPORTANCE OF THE CENSUS.

Every individual called upon ought
70 consider it one Of the imperative
duties of good citizenship to answer
every question which under the law
the census man is directed to ask.
There are too many men who are
Indifferent to the value of statistical
information. They say that they never
read statistics and they criticise the
government for spending SO much
money in gathering data.
1t is fortunate that this superficial
view is not the general view. With the
constantly widening diversity of hui
man affairs, and the multiplicity of
human needs, it is becoming more and
more essential to know as much as
possible about everything, singly and
in the aggregate.
Hence it ought to be considered a
duty and a pleasure to help the census
man to a complete discharge of the du-
ties which devolve upon him.
Some people seem to think 1t an In
dfcation of smartness to withhold in
formation which they can readily give
without other sacrifice than the effort
of speech and upon which the govern
ment places an especial value.
When the census taker calls ex-
tend to him the glad hand. Tell him
all you know. 1t may not take SO
much of your time as you think. By
sc doing. the government of which you
are a part will be the gamer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
THE TRIUMPH OF THE LAW.

The news of the capture of Indian
Joe" Menard, the seventh and last
member of the gang of Eldon bank
robbers to be brought to account. ex-
emplifes the splendid system en-
ployed by the American detectives in
helping to prove the truth of the say
ing, Murder will out" More than
eight years ago the Bradley bank at
Eldon was robbed in the dead of night
and the thieves made away with So
900. Detectives were put upon the
case at once and they soon arrested
the night marshal of the little town.
In due time he weakened and con-
fessed that he had conceived the plan
of the robbery and that Chicagoans, as
sisted by an Ottumwa gambler, had
carried out the plot, while he, supposed
to be guarding the property of the
people Of Eldon, was asleep at his
home, feigning illness. Since that time
a powerful detective agency has been
reaching, with it's hundreds of arms,
into every nook and Granny in the
country. Yesterday the last man of the
gang was arrested. There were seven
in all, actually engaged in the robbery
or the laying Of the plans for it. All
these seven have been arrested. One
was set free for turning states evil
dence and his testimony convicted, or
helped to convict. three of his accom-
plices and they were sent to the peni-
Tertiary. Two others we're turned free,
one because the "welcher" weakened
at the critical moment and the other
because he was simply a cats paw in
tbo hands of tho wiser criminals Tho
last Of the seven is now under arrest
and will probably be brought to OF
tumwa for trial. 1t is not likely that
he will aver be punished for the crime
but mis- capture in itself is enough to
prove the fact that a nan is unwise,
in this day and age, to attempt to COM
nit a crime against society and hope
to live to snap his fingers at the law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
New Evidence in Shiloh Case.

Des Moines, Feb. 23.-Gov. Cum.
Minis has new evidence to present to
Secretary Of War Taft in the Shiloh
monument case. 1t consists of an orig.
inal diary written by an orderly ser.
geant of Company G, of the Fifteenth
Iowa, Cyrus F. Body, of Ainsworth,
Neb. Mr.. Body appeared at the COVER
nor's office to furnish this evidence and
the governor is delighted with it's char.
acter. Mr.. Body's original memoran-
dunn of the battle and the Fifteenth
Iowa's part in it vas written as they
were going into the engagement, and it
bears the hour and the date and other
marks of authenticity which cannot
we'll be disputed. 1t is believed that it
will strengthen, and give them abso-
lutte claims to recognition in the In.
scriptions to be placed on the Shiloh
monument.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25

at once call to itself the attention Of
all the powers. They know, if they
stop to think at all. that any dream OF
self government is wild and impossible
except where the sympathy of the
whole world is with the people and
against the throne. They know that
this condition is true of but n coun-
try-Russia. Therefore. they talk So
cialism, preach socialism, rant social
ism.
But the conditions do not exist in the
same way here. In America there are
two well defined parties. The lines
between them are sharply drawn. If
the leaders of the democratic national
convention failed to read Alright the
sentiment of the delegates it Is sim
ply corresponding loss Of prestige. But
it does not mean the loss of partisans.
Americans know that socialism Is i'm
practicable. 1t is hard to find social
lists in this country who will contend
with any degree of seriousness that
the plan is a practicable me-. Though
it may contain some ideas that agree
with those of some democrats. or
some populists, it contains many
others which do not. There is no room
for socialistic agitation in a country
conducted like this one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
THE REASON wHY-AND WALSH.

When A. w. Maxwell, erstwhile ed
itor of the Seymour Leader, erstwhile
manager for William r. Hearst in
Iowa, erstwhile chairman of the demo-
cratic state central committee, and
all the while quite a talker, started a
republican paper in Moberly, Mo-, the
people opened their eyes and wondered
why. After running a democratic
paper in Iowa it was like making the
famous leap from the frying pan into
the fire to go down in Missouri and
start a republican paper. If anything
is more scarce than democrats in Iowa
it is republicans in Missouri. But now
the reason, it seems, has been found.
Mr.. Maxwell wanted to tell the people
that Charlie Walsh-our Charlie
was not very sorry when Judge Par
ker was defeated at the polls last No
vember. 1t seem that when Mr.. Walsh
laid aside for the nonce the cares Of
the proposed Ottumwa brewery long
enough to go down and, tell Kansas
that he was for her in the fight against
Rockefeller and the Standard Oil, he
stopped off at Moberly and had a talk
with Maxwell. This is what Maxwell
wrote after the interview:
"Mr. Walsh and the editor of this
paper have fought, bled and died to-
gether fighting the battles of the dem
ocratic party when the editor was a
better democrat than he is these days.
Mr.. Walsh didn't %repudiate the Parker
ticket, but we do him no violence, in
fact we compliment him, when we ven
ture the statement that he shed no
crocodile tears when he first learned
Of Judge Parker's defeat. MI. Walsh
is a Bryan democrat, every inch of
him, and being a Bryan democrat
found it mighty hard to support Mr..
Parker, but then there we're hundreds
of thousands of just such democrats
throughout the country who didn't do
as well by Judge Parker as did either
Mr.. Walsh or Mr.. Bryan"
And SO that's the reason why.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
PoRTIA A BAD LAWYER.

Baltimore NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the
proud HON of beautiful women and
the boosted champion of fair feminine
ity in every way. is in danger of los
ing its reputation for %gallantry. Por-
tia, the greatest Of feminine lawyers,
the finest of all special pleaders, has
been o%verruled by the Baltimore bar,
though the legal talent of Venice went
down like a stone before the ably
planned and ably carried out attack
upon it's might of her poetical jiu jitsu.
She has been quoted time and again,
n her plea for mercy a been re-
spectful hearing in all times n be-
fore all judges. 1t remains for Bal
timore, the gallant and the brave, to
decide that good poetry can be bad
law, and is more apt to be bad than
not.
The law, indeed, has a stern way of
preferring plain facts to the highest
flights of poetical fancy, and of bar
ring f1owery e%loquence for unadorned
reason. Perhaps if Portia, the beau
tiful heiress of Belmont, We're to APP
pear in the flesh and appear for the
accused before them, modern juries
might be quite as susceptible as We're
the grave and reverend judges of Ven
ice, and decide in her favor. But with
her quoted merely as a precedent, and
her argument brought forward with
out being backed by her personality,
her feminine logic was found fatally
defective and her law quite out of gear
with the latest American ideas on the
subject.
Perhaps it is just as well that
Shakespeare, magnificent poet as he
is, is not accepted as a competent law
yer, n that his lovely ladies are not
permitted to run III our according
to their ~decidedly feminine wav of do
ing. Law and poetry are very hard
things to mix, and, while one hears a
deal of poetic Justice, it is of the same
class as the virtue which is triumph
ant only in theatrical performances"
Besides, it would be an exceedingly
bad precedent to allow poets to have
too much to say in court rooms, for
poets IRE a very peculiar ICE as a
rule, and have decidedly peculiar ways
Of looking at things. Then there are
some-it would not do to say all
they are as good as Shakespeare any
day, n from quotine him it would
be but a small step to the recitation
OF original poetry in trials, and lam
bfcs and trochaics would take the
place of the whereas and the parties
of diverse parts and the be-it-knowns
and the rest of the legal jargon, and
then every lawyer would be his own
Portia. The jury In the case was
quite right to foresee and prevent the
coming Of a poetical deluge, out it
fusing to admit Portia to the Balti-
more bar that the good citizens of this
town are so very plain and strict to
the letter hat they would have gone
to the other extreme and given Shy
lock his lawful pound Of flesh.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
WAS SCHOOL MATE.
Rev. J. NJ. McElroy, D. D. an Ole
Friend of Bishop McLaren.

Friend of Bishop McLaren.
Rev j. M. McElr,y, D. D. of this city
was a classmate and personal friend
of the late Right Rev. VIM. E.. Nc
Laren, Protestant Episcopal bishop OF
Chicago, who passed away in New
York City Sunday night. Rev. Nc
Elroy has kindly prepared the follow
ing account of his acquaintance with
the deceased clergyman:
Bishop McLaren whose death DC.
Cured IN the 10 inst. in New York
was a class mate and personal friend
city. He graduated from Jefferson col
lege, Pa, in 1851. He engaged in
journalism, and was connected with
the daily press in Pittsburg and in
Cleveland for about five years. In 1857
he entered upon the studies of the
theological course and vas ordained in
1860. He spent several years as a
missionary at Bogota, South America,
and after his return held pastorates
at Peoria, Detroit and Cleveland. In
1875 he was chosen bishop of Illinois
to succeed Bishop Whitehouse, continu.
ing in the work until working days
were done. OF the fifty-two members
of his college class at least thirty-eight
have passed away, the survivors mum.
bering twelve to fourteen. OF those
II may name Rev. DR.. McCague, of
Omaha; Rev. j. j. Smith, d. D.. OF
Davenport; Rev. j.. l.. Mccartney
Geneva College, Pa; Rev. DR.. A. d
Hepburn, of Oxford, Ohio and Rev
Jonathan Wilson, d. d., veteran mis-,
sionary to the Laos, in Northern SIAM
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
Beware Of ointments for catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Ca
tarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
Home Seekers and Settlers.

On the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month the Iowa Central Railway
has on sale round trip excursion tick
cts to points in Minnesota, Dakotas,
Canada, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, ETC., at rate Of one
fare plus 50. Return limit twenty
one days from date of sale. Stop ov-
ers allowed. For rates, time Of trains,
ETC., call on agents or address,
A. B. Cults, G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis. MINI, n
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25

is thought to be best or not.
1t is something-it is better than
nothing-and the democratic congress-
men have nothing to gain by opposing
it. Do something; stand for some
thing; be something"
The Marshalltown Times-Republi-
can thinks that some conjecture over
whether or not the ground hog has a
snow shovel would Seem to be both
and proper.
Those towns that were without
communication with the outside world
for three days will be inclined to feel
more sympathy for General Stoessel
months" says the Iowa State Regis
ter.
Probably the next new from bleed
ing Kansas" hazards the Des Moines
Capital, will be that several dozen of
Mr.. Rockefeller's oil cans have had
their heads mashed in by a Ratchet In
the hands of one Carrie Nation."
mi. Lawson predicts the downfall
of the Standard Oil company" OBJ
serves the Cedar Rapids Republican.
But the people won't care much about
that unless it results in cheaper oil
to them. Will the fall of the Standard
Oil nave that effect? If 1t hasn't
some people will be madden than ever,
but if it has there will be rejoicing all
over the country"
"'The man that wanted an old fash
toned winter must now be convinced
that there is some merit alter all in
these new tangled things" va the
Clinton Herald with a retrospective
shiver.
Nov that the interstate commerce
bill has passed the house and the Iowa
delegation voted for it the 'agitators'
will have to hunt some other reason
why the delegation should be dis
placed" declares the ever militant
Vinton Eagle.
Mrs. Chadwick and Hetty Green
Chadwick & Green" says III Daven-
port Times, wouldn't that be a firm
that would make a success Of getting
and keeping cash?'
While Car Nicholas is considering
the zemsky tabor, the strikes are try
ing a little lessky labor" is the way
the Des Moines Newsky sizes il
upovitch.
when a firm starts out to spend a
cool million and three quarters in adj
vertising it has faith in its appropri-
alton bringing returns. No n car
afford to throw this sum at the BIRDS
says the Centerville Iowegian.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
BLOOMFIELD.
patton.

Bloomfield, Feb. 22.-The Junior Ep-
worth League of the Methodist church
have recently r~eorganized with Miss
Mona Garner as superintendent and
Misses Stella Frye, Minnie Shaw and
Maude B~arrickman assistant. officers
elected for the ensuing years follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
ALL TO LEW wALLAcE,s WIDOW.
viii Probated B%equeathfng Generals
Effects TO Susan e. Wallace.

viii Probated %Bequeathing Generals
Effects to Susan e. Wallace.
Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. %. The
will of the late Gen. Lew Wallace has
been admitted to probate here. 1t was
drawn On November 10, 1889. The pro-
visions are
1t is my will that my just debts and
all charges be paid out of my estate.
I give and devise all the residue of
my estate to Susan E. Wallace, my
well beloved wife, to be to her and her
heirs forever.
/ direct that an appraisement and
sale OF my personal property be dis
pensed with and my said executrix be
not required to give bond.
MRS. Wallace was formerly Miss
Susan Elston, the aunt of I. c. Elston,
Jr., of East st. Louis, ILL.,, and for.
merly a resident Of Ottumwa.1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
CHILD is BADLY BURNED.

Crescent, Feb. 23.-Burns that will
probably result fatally were sustained
yesterday by Willis King, the 1-year-
old child Of a family which recently
moved here. While sitting in a high
chair the child's clothing was ignited
by a ~4-year-old daughter who was play
ing with matches.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25

iginal marble bust of George Washing
ton which was destroyed by fire in the
library of congress In 1851. The cere-
monies took place in the rotunda Of the
capitol where the bust was unveiled.
Speeches were made by the ambassa-
dor On behalf of the French donors and
Senator Wetmore on behalf Of con-,
gress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
GAVE EXCELLENT CONCERT.

Prof. J. H. Rheem and Choir Enter
tain ~BIadensburg Audience.
The concert given Tuesday evening
in the Methodist Episcopal church at
Bladensburg by Prof. j. H. Rheem and
his choir of this city. was a grand
success, both financially and other
wise. The choir Of twenty-eight voices
rendered an excellent program. The
entertainment was given for the bene-
fl. of the public school Of Bladensburg.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
CAPT. HARMS WILL ACCEPT.
Practically Agrees to Resume Com
mand of Co. r.

Des Monies, Feb. %. - Company F
of the Iowa National Guard which re-
Gently moved to the East Side will
hold an election for captain next Mon
day night. 1t is now believed that
Captain Howard G.. Harms, who re-
signed command of the company last
December will accept a reelection. A
petition has been presented to him,
signed by every member Of the com.
pany, asking Capt. Harms that he re.
sumo the command and he has prac.
tically agreed to accept. In event
Captain Harms had declined to con
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
Rate Reduced SIS.

Commencing March 1 the Iowa Cen.
trail will have on sale daily one way
tickets to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Portland and other points in the west
and northwest. Rates cut SIS. Through
Tourist cars to California without
change. Call on agents for full par.
ticulars or address,
A. B. Cults. G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis. MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
southwest .colonist Rates.

SOUTHWEST CoIonISt Hates.
On February 81 and March 81, the
Iowa Central will sell special one way
Settlers tickets at half fare plus 81
to points in Nebraska, Colorado, Kan
sas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Indian Territories, Texas, etc.
Don't fail to consult agents, or adj
dress,
A. B. Cults, G. P. & T. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
IOWA PRESS

Noting that Governor Cummins'
throat is still in bad condition the
Mason City Globe-Gazette urges that
he take a thorough rest from speech
making for six months. He ought
not to let his friends impose the bur-
den upon him which will eventually
ruin his usefulness as an orator."
says the Globe-Gazette.
after the Santa Fe road has been
brought to time, there is the hope,
rather han the expectation, that other
roads that have been violating the
laws be brought to time" says the
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Correction
for the Santa Fe will not help much
among the coal roads of the east,
where the abuses are at their worst.
Neither would it materially aid the
people of Iowa in the solution of any
of their problems"
The Mason City Times-Herald OBJ
serves that the senate did not have
the back bone to frankly reject an OBJ
jectionable treaty, but sought by indi-
rect action to accomplish the same
purpose. I'VE glory in the spunk Of
Secretary Hays saying 50 in his curt
.note,'' says the Times-Herald, mot
w~ithstanding the offense given thereby
to the dignity of the senate"
o.
The Sac City Democrat tells the
democrats in congress that they can
not afford to oppose the Presidents
railroad rate policy or go on record
against ar attempt to control the rail-
road trust. 1T matters not" says the
Democrat, whether the particular
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25

$1o0-Dr. e. Decthon's Anti-Diuretic
may lie worth to you more than s1OO
IL you have a child who soils bedding
from incontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. II
arrests the trouble at once 81. Sold
by w. W. Ennis. druggist. Ottumwa,
iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25
BRONZE COPY Of MARRLE.

Washington, D. c., Feb. %. Am
bassador Jusserand presented to con-
gress today a bronze replica of the or
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-25

The People Use vegicide
Because it removes Dandruff and pre-
serves the hair. F. B. Clark. agent.