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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
SALEM.

Salem, June "Wednesday after
noon at Mt. Pleasant, Rev. W. r. Cole
performed the ceremony which united
in wedlock, Charles Fem and Miss
Grace Mckee, both of Salem, The
newly married couple will be at home
on the Fem farm one mile north Of
town.
tional church had dime social
at the church Tuesday evening.
Rev. J. w. Carson and daughter,
Miss Ruth and Mr.. and Mrs. Ingham
of Keosauqua, attended the I. w. u.
commencement exercises at Mt.
Pleasant and called on Salem friends
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. AL. Masden are enter
tanning their daughter Mrs. Frank
LaPlata, Mo.
Miss Ida Pittman, of Mt. Pleasant,
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. ]. A.
Rice.
Albert and Earl Commack are home
from Ames. Albert has completed a
four years course in the mechanical
department. Earl is taking a course
in civil engineering.
r. F. Pierce is at Burlington, where
he has a position with the Murray
Iron works.
| Miss Belle Masden Miss Carrie
Pigeon and Miss Mary Mans have
closed their spring terms of school.
| Harry Pigeon, will be entertained at
| the Alaska building at the Portland,
| Oregon, exposition.
Elmer Miller visited relatives at
| Vermont, ILL.,, last week.
Rev. B. G. Hawkins spent several
| days of last week at Mediapolis
Miss Kate Matthews is visiting rel
atives at Tabor.
| Mrs. Nellie Davis has gone to Chi
cago to spend the summer with
friends.
| Mrs. John Garretson went to Keo-
kuk Saturday where she will spend
several days with relatives.
| Miss French represented the Sun
day school of the Congregational
church at the State Sunday school
convention held at Ottumwa last
week.
Mrs. Gilbert Bailey and children
arrived from Salina, Kansas Tuesday
They will visit at the home of Mrs
| Bailey's mother, Mrs. James Brown.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper has received
the sad news of the death Of her sis
ter, Mrs. Catherine Frymont, at Peas
ant Plain.
The w. w. society Of the Methodist
Episcopal church, served ice cream
and cake in the park Saturday even
| ing. A neat sum was realized from
| tho sales.
| Mrs. Frank Hawkins and two child
rem came from Hannibal, Mo-, Wed
nesday. Mrs. Hawkins and little son
| Ralph, returned home Friday. Merrill
remained for a longer visit wit. his
grandparents.
Misses Nernie Kittle came home last
] Thursday. after a visit at the home Of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
FIRE At PEKIN
GENERAL STORE AT LITTLE
TOWN is DESTROYED WITH
$4,000 LOSS.

Hedrick, June 20-(Special. Word
has just been received here that the
general store of Carter & Lewis at
Pekin, burned to the ground at about
o'clock this morning. 1t is sup
posed that the building was struck by
lightning.
When the fire was discovered the
whole inside Of the room was aflame
and those present were unable to re.
move anything Of value. The stock
was comparatively new and the loss ia
estimated at $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
tumwa. VISITED Sunday at the Michae

tumwa, visited Sunday at the Michael
Oswald home.
Mrs, Serepta Rose and daughter,
Miss Gertrude, Of South Ottumwa. re-
turned Sunday evening on No. 8, after
" brief visit with relatives.
Misses Pearl Gosney and Martha
Willard were Milwaukee passengers.
for Ottun1wa Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Baldwell, Of
Mrnterville, visited friends here last
Sunday.
Miss Efie Willard, Of Dahlonega,
visited over Sunday with friends in
this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Childs. of South
Cttnmwa, were pleasantly entertained
at the F. E. Perry home Sunday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Oswald visited
! Sunday at the Chas. Harlan home in
! Pleasant Home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. James Shops and
baby, of Ottumwa, were guests Satur-
day and Sunday at the East Crow
home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
A 100000 FIRE.
Hawthorne Glove Novelty Co., Of lows
City Suffers Bad Fire.

CITY SuHers Bad FITo.
Iowa City, June 20, - 1t developed
yesterday that the fire at the Haw-
thorne Glove Novelty company works
Sunday evening was far more serious
than the night dispatches Indicated.
The loss is 100000 and the insurance
is $61,5O0. The entire stock of manu-.
featured goods for the fall trade was
burned or ruined by the smoke and
water. The company will rebuild at
once and start double force to work
day and night. This is the fourth FIRE
by which General Manager Curtis has
suffered loss. Lightning caused the
fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
A SENSATIONAL CASE.

Story Of Forgery of Stock Certificates
Is Told on Chicago 'channe.
Philadelphia, June 2O.-The PhiIa,
delphia stock exchange sent notice to
It's members today warning them
against negotiating stock certificates
bearing the name Of Benjamin H. Gas.
kell or Benjamin H. Gaskell G. Co.
Back Of this is said to be sensational
story Of forgery and raising Of certifi.
Gates involving hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
day with Mr.. Holmes sister nea

day with Mr.. Holmes sister near
Keota.
The Ladies Aid society met with
Mrs. Nancy Sheridan last Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sheridan spent
Sunday at Albert Mills.
Miss Jennie Storms, Mrs. Goodheart
and Miss Zua Goodheart spent Sun
day with Mrs. Dula Raglan.
Miss Grace Johnson spent last
Tuesday with Jessie Basey, near Lam
caster.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-22
LANCASTER.

Lancaster, June 20.--Miss Pearl
McNurlen, of Keota, has been spend
ing q few days with her sister, Mrs.
Sam Flanegin, south of Lancaster
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Holmes and fam
lily spent Saturday evening and Sun
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25
Jim BIudso.

The following is John Hays
famous poem, Jim Bludso. of the
Prairie Belle"
Wall, no. can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, YOU see;
Leastways, he's got out of the habit
OF Twin like YOU and me.
Whar you been for the last three year,
That YOU haven't heard folk tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night on the Prairie Belle
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under-the-
And another one here, in Pike;
A keerless man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward hand in a row
But he never hunked. and he never lied
l reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine we'll;
Never to be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And If ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he swore,
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul get ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mississip.
And her day come at last
The Movastar was better boat,
But the Bell she wouldn't be passed,
And so she come tearin' along that
night
The oldest craft on the line
With a niger squat on her safety-valve.
And her furnace crammed, roSin and
pine.
The fire burst out as she cleared the bar,
And burnt a hole in the night,
And quick as a fash she turned, and
made
For that willer bank on the right.
There was runnin' and cursin' but Jim
yelled out,
Over all the internal roar,
''Tll hold her nozzle agin, the bank
Till the last galoot's ashore
Through the hot, black breath of the
burnin' boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cuSsedness,
And knowed he would keep his word,
And sure's you're born, they all got off
Afore the smokestacks fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
'Lougside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him
He seen his duty, dead sure thing
And went for il thar and then;
And Christ amt a-going to be too hard
On a man that died for man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

Detroit. Mich. Nav 10, 1908.
Kelley's New Life:
| had Rheumatism for 80 years. Tried
everything. Noreliei came. DR.. Kelley's
New Life cured me
Yours Truly.
]. b. Rodgers.
Pittsburgh Pa. March ), 1905.
Keiley's New Life:
had stomach trouble and lame back
tor years. Kelley's New Life cured me.
+ Bluebaker.
Toledo. Ohio, April !. 1905.
Kelley's New Life:
z had hay fever the last ) years; have
taken Kelley's New Life; have felt no
symptoms of the fever; am Cured.
Mrs. c. L. Hicks.
If not at your Druggists write Kelley's
New Life. Sandusky. Ohio.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

THERE seems TO be a difference
of opinion as to whether IT will re-
quire congressional action before a
bridge can be built at Samfordyce.
THE HERALD has asked several
attorneys regarding the matter ana
all have expressed the opinion that
as the Rio Grande IS an interna-
tional stream both the United
States and Mexico would have to
concur in the matter. Others who
are also in position TO know say
the Mexican National railroad has
a clause in its charter which
permits it to cross the Rio Grande
whenever it sees proper. So there
you have it.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

An aged Hartford man was talk
ing about the late General Joseph
X. Hawley. Il remember well, ="
he said, THE time when General
Hawley was an editor in this town.
I remember a story about editing
that he told at a banquet fifty years
ago. The man who introduced
General Hawley began by saying
that editors were always up TO mis-
chief of one kind or another. He
said there was a Hartford man who
once went TO a Hartford editor and
said Indignantly What did you
mean by printing my name in your
obituary column this morning.
why, said the editor, aren't YOU
deado / thought you were dead, OF
course. Don tyou remember prom
ising me last week that If you
lived till yesterday you would settle
that account of mine2'-Ex
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

THE man with the proper
amount of energy can make a sue
cess of almost any line of farming
in the Brownsville country, pro-
vided of course that he uses the
same common sense he would in
anv other line of business. If you
farm do so as a business PROPOSE
ton and not in a slipshod, happy
go-lucky manner.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

FROM our Hidalgo correspon-
dent it is learned a bank is one of
the possibilities of the near future
for that place. THE HERALD ex-
tends congratulations right now.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

All persons interested in the es-
tate OF Manuel NJ. Cara, deceased,
or those having claims against him
will present same within ten days
70 FRANK OTTMAN,
7-24-s.3 Brownsville, Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25
His Last Request.

The New Southwest.
Pat was in the habit of going
home drunk every night and beat
ing his wife Biddy-not because he
disliked her, but because he thought
it was the thing to do. Finally Bid
dy lost patience and appealed to
the priest The priest called that
evening, and Pat came home drunk
as usual.
Pat, said the priest, you re
drunk and I'm going to make you
stop this right here. If you ever
get drunk again III turn you into
a rat-do you mind that9 If /
don't see you I'll know about it
just the same, and into a rat you
go. Now mind that"
Pat was very docile that night,
but the next evening he came home
even worse drunk than ever, kick
ed in the door, and Biddy lodged
behind the table to defend herself.
Don't be afraid, darlint," said
Pat, as he steadied himself before
dropping into a chair, I'm not
going to bate We. / won't lay the
weight of me finger on We. / want
We to be kind to me tonight dar-
lint, and to remember the old days
when we was swatehearts and when
We loved me. You know his river
ince said last night if / got drunk
again he'd turn me into a rat. He
didn't see me, Ebut he knows I'm
drunk, and this night into rat
go. But l want We to be kind to
me, darlint, and watch me, and
when We sec me gettin' little, and
the hair CROWN out on me. aud
ne whiskers gettin' long, if We ever
loved me, darlint, for Gods sake,
keep yer eve on the cat.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

Diggs-You don't look well, old
man Are YOU sick9
Biggs-Yes: smoked too much
today
Diggs-Indeedl How many
cigars did YOU smoke9
Biggs-One.
Diggs-Why, that isn't exces-
sive.
Biggs-Yes, but it was the Sae
YOU gave me last night. Chicago
News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25
RIO GRANDE RAILROAD.

Leave Brownsville daily. .....S p. IN.
Arrive Point Isabel daily $50 p. m.
Leave Point Isabel daily II a. m.
Arrive Brownsville daily. $3.50 a. m.
AUG. CELAYA,
Pres. and Gen. Man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25
R. B. CPEAGER,
Attorney and
Considerable

Office, over Yturria Bank, Eliza
beth Street.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

Old newspapers for sale here.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-07-25

Offers at a bargain lands in Hidalgo
and Starr counties Titles inves-
tigated and perfected and abstracts
and family trees furnished upon
short notice. Charges moderate.
Correspondence Solicited. 4-I7tf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01
paderewskl VIII Appear Here.

Paderewski has become familiar char-
acter to most Americans through re-
peated visits to this country, though
many of the younger generation may not
have knowledge of his career. For these
IL may be opportune-as the great Polish
pianist Is to tour America the present
season-to state that Ignace Paderewski,
when only seven years of age, was sent
by his father to Pierre Sowinski to begin
his study of the piano. This was In his
native town, Padolia. in Russian Poland
For eleven years the young pupil studied
industriously with the old master, eleven
years of hard practice in primary tech
meal work At the age of eighteen he
was sent to Warsaw to study harmony
and composition with RaguslS, and later
studied harmony with the celebrated Kiel
of Berlin Then he began advanced study
of the piano with the most famous of all
piano technicians of the period, Leschet-
tiki, with whom he continued for three
years In severest technique. At length
he appeared at Vienna in public perform
ance His wonderful virtuosity was
quickly acknowledged. His star assembled
rapidly, and he was in time hailed as
the one of all in Europe upon whom had
fallen the mantle of the immortal Anton
Rubinstein. Like Rubinstein, he became
the greatest pianist of his time.
Paderewsli Is announced to appear
here shortly In an exceptional programme.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01
Diplomacy"

The most important dramatic event
the coming week is the appearance at
the Jefferson theater tomorrow matinee
and night of Miss Rose Coghlan and
Howard Kyle in their revival of "Diplo-
macy" Miss Coghlan calls the Offering
the Rose Coghlan production because 1t
is her aim to carry out to the fullest
the traditions of its notable first per-
Torrance in America at Wailacks the
alter, New York, when she played the
Countess Zicka, Lester Wallack was the
Henri Beauclerc Harry Montague the
Julian Beauclerc and Maude Granger the
Dora. Since that date her name has
been more closely identified with "Di-
plomacy" than with any other play in
her repertoire, and on all of her recent
tours there have been many requests
that she revive 1t. There, have been sew
eral great Henri Beauclercs, including
Lester Wallack and Roses brother,
Charles Coghlan, but 1t Is believed that
Mr.. Kyle will measure UP to the highest
standard of the part. sustaining the rep
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01
At the RIlou.

- ehS 1'lSbs
Harry Clay Blaney's Across the Pa
c.1ic' Will be the attraction at the Biiou
theater all next week, with a special
New Year matinee Monday.
The play is built around incidents of
the war in the Philippines, and 1t
abounds in startling situations; in fact.
the author has crowded one scene of ex-
citement upon another with wonderful
cleverness. until the great blockhouse
light IS depicted. This scene quite sur
Passes anything ever seen on the melo-
drama stage. A rapid fire gun is intro
euced to show how trivial Ordinary guns
and revolvers are when it comes to deal
ing out deadly missiles. The roar and
crash of the firearms and the blind strug-
gle of the little band of Americans de-
tending themselves against over whelm-
ing odds, affords a stage representation
seldom excelled.
The opening act of ACROSS the Pacific"
Is laid Ia Montana. The second act takes
place In Chinatown. San Francisco, and
the third act shows the departure for
Manila of big United States transport
loaded with troops. The playais melodra-
matte to the last degree, but its mixture
of comedy and sensation is in such true
proportion that many pretentious dram
atists might learn a lesson from Mr..
Blaneys effort 1t is one of the rarest
things In the world for a playwright to
tread the beaten 18th of conventiality
and yet give to a dramatic performance
that originality of treatment which
makes the old matter seem new, and the
old fabric of the play strike the specta-
tors as distinct creation instead of a
mere copy Mr.. Blaney's play deserves
credit for its educational value. Thou
sands of people are afforded a glimpse
of war and the terrible realities of such a
conflict as the government has been en-
gagged in on the other side of the world
The stage pictures. the Philippines, the
Chinese, the sailors, the soldiers, all
teach valuable lessons. The plot of
Across the Pacific" centers about the
love interests of Joe Lanier and Bud
Stanton. the latter a villain of the deep
est dye
The popular little comedian, Harry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01
Chorus Girls and the Peeraae.

From the New York World.
An epidemic of matrimony with chorus
girls has broken out again in the Brit
ish peerage. Three young lords and a
marquis are depicting the stage of the
same theatre. Contrary to the recent
announcement by the solicitor of an
other peer that as soon as he had mar
ried an American heiress his debts would
be paid, these theatrical alliances can
have no financial motive. Yet the chorus
girl marriages seem to turn out as well
as those arranged on purely business
principles. Any marriages out of their
own circle keep the British peerage more
virie than the continental nobility with
their interminable quarterings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Ezra Kendall the star of weather
Beaten Benson" is not only very
funny man. but an original one as well.
He has made 1t rule not to be inter-
viewed, especially in a one night stand,
unless the interviewer has written let
ter from the encouraging editor. He
does not propose to lose his eyesight
looking for interviews after talking to
a reporter for three hours
Talking of losing his eyesght clever
story is told of Kendall when he was a
struggling star some years ago. He had
a treasurer with his company who had
the faculty of being short In his ac-
counts. The comedian overlooked 1t
for several weeks as the amounts were
small. They finally grew to such proper
lions that his services were dispensed
with. On reaching Birmingham. the
local manager asked Mr.. Kendall what
became OF his former treasurer, to which
the humorist replied: Il had to let him
go. He was color blind"
what do you mean?"
well, he couldn't tell my money from
his"
John King, whose representation of the
South Carolina gal Is world renowned,
will be a member of Lew Dockstader's
Minstrels this season.
1.-THE Marriage Of Kitty" which was
the most emphatic comedy success of
last season In New York, will soon play a
return engagement here with Bettina
Gerard and Max Figman in the principal
roles.
That there Is great demand for John
c. Fishers production Of San Toy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01
"The County Chairman"

1.-The County Chairman will be pro-
duced at the Jefferson theater next Fri
day and Saturday and Saturday matinee
under the management of Henry w. Saw
age good deal of interest is being
manifested in this production, for 1t is
Mr.. AIDES first venture into the field of
straight comedy. He has handled comic
opera libretti successfully, and theater-
goers here are curious to know how he
has treated a dramatic theme without
the aid of a musical setting.
As the locale of his new piece Mr.. AIDE
has selected the middle West, a section
of country he has known intimately all
his life The four acts are laid in the ffc-
titious town of Antioch, supposed to be
located somewhere in the Mississippi
Valley The first act takes place on the
main street of the town in front of jim
misons general store; the second act
is in the courthouse grove on the OPEN
ing of the campaign; the third presents
the county chairman's office three days
before election, and the fourth Is in the
town hall on election night, where re-
turns are being received.
The story relates to a rural political
contest for the office of states attor-
ney. Elias Rigby has been nominated
for the office and Jim Hacker, the coun-
ty chairman, to bring about Rigby's de-
feat storms the convention of his party
and secures the nomination of his junior
partner in the law business Tillford
Wheeler, without the latters knowledge.
Wheeler has asked the daughter of Rig
by to marry him, but is forced by his
partner to make the race. However, he
promises the girl that he will not make
an open fight against his father and
keeps his word until Rigby openly as
sails him at a public meeting, when he
mounts the platform and denounces the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-01

.utation which he won as the American
! patriot in Nathan Hale" 1t Is said
/ Miss Coghlan and Mr. Kyle bring with
them a strong supporting company, IN
GLIDING Lynn Pratt, Louise Muldener,
Mortimer II. Weldon, Eleanor Walburg,
Suzanne Santje, Cecil livingstone, George
II. Lindeman, r. G. Thomas and Henry
Austin. Scenery costumes and property
have been newly made for this produc-
ton. ar
1t is not necessary at this time to re-
hearse the plot of Diplomacy" which
is known to almost every experienced
theatergoer Victorien Sardou, the
French playwright, wrote it in his ear
lier manner before he had taken to man
ufacturing one-part dramas for the use
of Sara Bernhard. Consequently 1t pre-
sents at least seven extremely import
ant characters, all of which must needs
be enacted by good actors, while the plot
is extremely intricate and absorbing.
The play opens with the love affair OF
Dora a needy but beautiful young girl
staying with her mother at Monte Carlo,
and Captain Julian Beauclerc, British
diplomatic attache, to whose care has
been committed a precious official docu-
ment. Countess Zicka, his old flame,
who is Russian spy in disguise, steals
the state paper from his dispatch box
and indirectly throws the onus of the
theft upon Dora. In anguish of heart
the young captain charges his bride with
the crime. Julian's elder brother, Henri
Beauelerc, an English diplomatic agent
takes up the case and follows several
clues that lead up to Zicka as the real
perpetrator of the theft. At last he
traps her by the odor OF the lotus bloom
which she carried and with which Jul
ians dispatch box is scented Brought
face to face with the proof of her mis-
deeds, Zicka confesses and passes out of
Julian's life and the handsome young
captain and his beautiful bride are re-
united.
| There is not a wasted word or moment
| in. the piece, but everything converges
| first on the character of Zicka and after
ward on the resourcefulness of Henri.
These roles are played respectively in the
present production by Miss Coghlan and