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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
A YELLOW STORY.

Charles E. Russell, writing in Every
body's Magazine for May, presents a
list of thirty-flve Iowa banks which, he
says, have failed In the last two years
because the farmers were unable to
take up their notes. He draws the
moral that the Iowa farmer is so op-
pressed by the meat trust that he is
unable to make his farm pay and that
the banks are forced to stand the
brunt of the losses This is the yellow
est kind of yellow literature and it Is
due to Iowa that papers in every part
OF the country join with those of Iowa
to show the utter untruth of the SIAN
der and uphold the good name of this
state. While it is not to be denied
that the beef trust, together with
other trusts, is making the lot of the
farmer IN Iowa and other states some
what harder to bear, they are not
making bankrupts Of the tillers of the
soil, nor is there probability that
they will do so. The farming indus
try in Iowa Is successful now, as it
has always been, and it is surprising
that Mr.. Russell would at this late
date reproduce a story printed months
ago by yellow Des Moines correspond
ents and long ago denied and dis
proven. This wild story, which was
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

That young man who wishes to give
up an Iowa job paying $50 per month
to become king of Servia is one of the
many who fail because they do not
know good thing when they see it
Cedar Rapids Gazette. z
1t is evident that the glamor of rail-
road work has not worn off for the Ga
zette man. If he had had a few years.
experience he would know that there
are few. very few agents at way sta
lions who draw more than $40 per
month, and he would know too, that
if there is ever an opportunity offered
to one of these $40 men to get away,
no matter what threatens, he is will
ing to go: For pure downright, dyed
in-the-wool lonesomeness, the job Of
agent at way station has all the
other occupations double discounted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
AN AGE or SIDEWAYS.

Boston Globe.--Within short per-
iod we have witnessed in Boston the
completion Of number of extraordin-
airy examples of the greatest engineer
ing skill, notably, and more recently,
the subway and the East Boston tun-
mel. Another subway also is In course
Of construction.
In New York. too, some marvellous
feats of engineering have lately been
performed, and in many parts Of the
country the work of the engineer has
been at once the fast astonishing and
the most enduring physical monument
of our civilization
With these things in mind, it is re-
called that President Eliot, of Har-
ward university, in a recent address to
the archaeological institute Of America,
has presented little or nothing durable,
from the point of view of the archael-
ogist. What will the archaelogist Of
1000 years hence find, was asked,
whenthe seeks for records Of our civil
llzation? ID
1t was asserted then that we have
no vases, no manuscripts, no struc-
lures like the Roman bridges that will
Lear the wear of ages. The products
of, our great industries are perishable
and the evidences of our great inven-
tons, such as the telegraph, the tele
phone, with our wonderful adaptations
Of the power of steam. and electricity,
might pass away in a single century.
|. In answer, to- this it is being pointed
OUT that We have the chance in our
great masterpieces of engineering. and
more especially in our subways, to
transmit to posterity suitable monu-
nents of our achievements, so that the
archaelogist Of 1000 years, hence may
have the means of at least partially
explaining us to his own times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
LESSONS FROM TOGO.

AS the wonder caused by Admiral
Togo's great victory over the Russian
fleet begins to grow old enough to al
low one to view the battle in calmer
way and to look for lessons from the
result of the fighting, one fact stands
out more clear than any other consid.
GRAFTON. This is that Togo, the silent,
is the greatest naval strategist of the
present age, probably the greatest of
modern times. His splendid prepare.
ton for every step the Russians took
and his evident anticipation of the
whole plan of Rojestvensky stamps
him as genius
American strategists do not doubt
that Togo has taught them some new
lessons IN naval warfare, but they say
details Of the engagement must be re-
ceived before they can profit by his ex-
perience. The opponents Of torpedo
boats insist that it is evident that
most Of the Russian losses were in
flicted in the torpedo boat attack under
cover of darkness on Saturday night.
The supporters of the battleship as
the most powerful and important fac
tor in naval warfare contend, on the
other hand, that it is much more prob
able that the Japanese battleships
stood off and hammered the Russians
with their heavy guns and that the re-
suit was due entirely to the superior
Workmanship of the Japanese. They
think the Russians became panic
stricken under the accuracy of the fire
which was poured in on them and that
this contributed materially to the jap
anese victory.
They also point to the destruction or
capture of ten of the thirteen Russian
torpedo boats as proof that the mos
quito craft did not play any important
part in the battle.
Secretary Morton is convinced that
the prestige of the battleship has not
suffered. In that belief he voices the
opinion of the President and some of
the ablest strategists in the navy. I'm
less the full reports cause a decided
change in the present understanding
of the manner in which the battle was
fought there will be no change in the
policy Of building up an American
navy composed chiefly of battleships
and powerful armored cruisers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
0ttunwa Proof

Henry Springer, 2o1h North Moore
street, painter by trade, says: "Tor
Ave years I was periodically SO lame
in the back land 30 sore across the
kidneys that walking stick was ne.
cessary. When the attacks were a
their height was confined, to ba to-
tally unable to help myself, despite the
use Of all kinds Of medicine. and had
grown so suspicious Of all kinds oe
prescriptions and advertised cures fos
backache, that when I noticed an an.
nouncement about Doan's Kidney Pills
in our papers I was moro than skspti-
cal about their promises. procured
box at Sargent's drug store. Much
to my surprise they went right to the
spot. I am able at the presenot time
to do more work than I have for
years."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

promptly proven to be untrue, was
sent out from Des Moines last year
and doubtless came to the notice OF
Mr.. Russell, but the magazine writer
seems to have overlooked the denials
of the wild connection of mingled facts
and untruths, and to have accepted
the original as correct and simon pure
fact.
1t Is not the Courier's Office nor pur-
pose to condone the actions of the beef
trust in the least, but it is duty, and
the duty of every paper In Iowa to pub
licly and prominently deny the truth
Of Mr.. Russell's story because it re-
fleets upon the good name Of this
state.
There were some bank failures in
Iowa, just as there have been in other
states and always will be everywhere.
But 1t Is not right that incompetent or
careless bankers should be encouraged
to get behind the beef trust and the
Iowa farmer and use them as shield
for their own shortcomings. In practic-
ally every case where an Iowa bank
has failed, the fault has been with the
banker and not with his patrons. AL
most every failure has been due to
dishonesty. There were three suicides
and two other men are dead, though
1t is not known whether they killed
themselves or were accidentally
drowned. These two were the sSpen-
GERS, father and son, Grinnell bankers,
who were drowned in lake and
whose accounts were found to be short
and their bank insolvent. Another
banker ran away and his father made
up the shortage. In Mr.. Russell's list,
two banks are quoted at Ireton, where
there should be but one. In another
case bank simply incorporated and
changed its name, but Mr.. Russell, to
make up his list Of thirty-f1ve failures,
called it failure. Not in a single
case was the failure of bank caused
by the inability Of the farmers to pay
their notes.
The Des Moines Capital has taken
the pains to investigate each failure
referred to in Mr.. Russell's article and
has learned. that his charges are alto
gether untrue. The following list
shows the names of the various banks,
the causes for their failure or suspen-
sion and the true facts in regard to
the case, according to information re-
ceived from the points where each
bank was located:
st. Charles = Citizens bank. The
owner of this bank had store which
became embarrassed and embarrassed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.

The news that Whitelaw Reid, Amer
ica's new ambassador to England, has
arranged to pay as rent for quarters
in London about twice what his in
come as ambassador will be is start
ling evidence Of the fact that Ameri-
can diplomats are very poorly paid
and that unless man has large pri-
waite income he cannot afford to accept
q post of that kind, regardless of his
ability. While 1t is not probable that
America has suffered by this fact as
yet, there is the possibility that she
may do so at any time The old fash
toned democratic simplicity which has
SO long governed this branch Of the
government has been outgrown by the
nation in its progress. Tho United
States now occupies a position among
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
TRADING STAMPS DISCARDED.

At Dixon, ILL.,, the merchants have
discarded the trading stamp scheme
and will after tomorrow cease giving
premiums on this plan, preferring to
spend the money thus used in newspa-
per advertising. One by one, and
sometimes in twos and threes, associa-
tons of merchants are giving up the
trading stamp scheme, realizing that
the same amount of money expended
for newspaper advertising space will
bring a greater benefit than will any
of the schemes for getting trade
through giving premiums and other
| freak inducements. One Of the Dixon
merchants, speaking Of the change
there, said:
This action, on the part of the mer-
chants has not been hastily or rashly
entered into, but considered with de-
liberation, and no one person or class
will be benefited nearly as much as
the buying public. In this day and age
| it is absolutely impossible to get some
thing for nothing, and the stamps you
have received you have paid for. The
Dixon merchants are to be congratu-
lated upon this wise step they are
taking, step certainly in the right
direction, and one which benefits the
consumer, as time will prove.
For long time there has been a
feeling among the merchants to get
rid of the trading stamp feature, but
heretofore conditions did not warrant
the move. At the present time, how
ever, the merchants are standing to-
gether and the nuisance will be en-
tire1y eliminated from the city's h1si-
ness. In Rockford Aurora and many
other leading cities the merchants
have tabooed the trading stamp and it
is only question of time when the
trading stamp craze will have en-
tirely died out.
"a gradual determination Of the fad
all over the country is evident and
merchants in cities in other states
have begun the same action as the To-
cal merchants"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

HOW TO TELL-There are many
symptoms to tell you Of sick kidneys.
First. the many aches or pains
Dull aching in the small of the back.
Sharp pains when STOPPING OF Int
Ing
Rheumatic aching in the muscles.
Neuralgia pains in the nerves.
Headaches, sideaches, govt, sciatica.
And the urinary symptoms, some
apparent, some found by simple tests
Frequent passages day and night.
Scalding, due to Inflammation,
Scanty passages or a stopage.
Red, thick, and Ill -smelling urine.
Cloudy or brick-d dust sediment.
Greasy. frothy, or staining urine.
Other common symptoms are:
Pu1y eyes; swollen limbs.
Pnllid. waxy complexion.
Drowsiness, lack of energy. langour.
Dizziness. spots" before the eyes.
Weak heart; debility. indigestion.
There Is only one thing to do when
any OF these symptoms appear and
that Is to cure the kidneys. No need
TO experiment. Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured hundreds of people in your
own city Their testimony proves it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
Pleasant ;. ). -. -. ss1 TAB
Polk ~, .a...as.. .....s,.... s31 1856
Richland. not including sas
kirkville.. :. ;. -. 1,507 1,1S1
Washington, not includ-
ing Eldon ). -. 1926 so7
Census Complete.

One OF the city assessors. in speaking
of the census stated that it was in his
opinion good one as far as the city
of Ottumwa was concerned and that
not very many people had been missed
by the census takers. He said that It
was on account of their painstaking ef-
forts to secure the names Of every res
ident of the city that it took 80 long
to complete the census, and that
while few people might have been
missed the actual population of the
city was not far from that indicated by
the figures. The assessors had many
annoying experiences with people who
were reluctant to answer the ques.
tons although no one absolutely re-
fused to do SO. In the opinion Of
many of the officials, however, 1t is
almost impossible to secure an accu-
rate count In census that takes five
months for completion
Leaving the Country.
One of the noticeable features Of tho
result is the decrease in many Of tho
townships, indicating that each year
people are leaving the country for the
towns.
Any one who was missed by the CEN
sus takers Is requested to give his or
her name at the Office of the county
auditor within the next few days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

Good advice to women If you want
a beautiful complexion, clear skin,
bright eyes, red lips, good health, take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. There
is nothing like 1t. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. w. L. Sargent, the True Drug
gist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
A Gard.

A Card.
We, the undersigned. do hereby
agree to refund the money on soc
bottle Of Greene's Warranted Syrup OF
Tar if it fails to cure your cough or
cold We also guarantee 20 cent bot
funded.
F. B. Clark, w. w. Ennis.
w. D. Elliott, East End Drug store
S. v. Sampson. Agency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
CENSUS COMPLETED
POPULATION OF oTTUMWA is
2o,2o3 ACCORDING TO SEMI.
OFFICIAL FIGURES.
Falling Off In Population in Many of
the Townships Outside of the Towns
Population Of the County is 3d.
52s.

The population of Ottumwa is TO-
203 according to the census which has
just been completed by the city asses
sor and his force Of assistants. While
the figures given are not official and
the final reports may cause some
slight changes they are approximately
correct.
The figures show an increase in this
city of 3,423 in 10 years, the census OF
1885 gave Ottumwa population of 49,
426, an increase of 5000 over 1890.
giving Ottumwa population Of 49,
761. The total population Of Wapello
county is 36,523, an increase Of $3.50
over 1895 which gave the county 3d.
230. According to these figures the
county, outside Of Ottumwa has nearly
200 less inhabitants than ten years
ago. The United States census of
1900 gave Ottumwa a population of
1887, an increase Of 4,196 over 1890
and Wapello county in 1900 had 3d..
426, an increase Of 5000 over. 1890.
The census also shows that the in,
crease in population of the South Side
in the past ten years is 1851.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

? The Des Moines Capital estimates
that the money which went into the
slot machines Of the capital city in five
hours last Saturday evening, would
have paid the entire labor bill Of the
largest factory In the city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

ut will be hard to find anyone to fill
Roosevelt's shoes, but Taft has very
large feet" remarks the Boone Repub-
Lean.
"Mss. Chadwick vii. write book"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
Population by Townships.

The following tables gives the popu-
lation of the county by townships and
towns and in 1895 and 1906 according
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

To the Iowa City Republican the de-
creased rural population In Iowa
tells the story of improved farm ma
chinery, and the passing of the hired
man." May it not be possible that
some of the thousands of Iowa farmer
boys and girls now attending out of
state schools and universities, have
been overlooked by the enumerators p
asks the Burlington Hawk Eye.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

The Burlington Hawk Eye points
out that the Philadelphia gas gang has
a remarkable resemblance to the old
New York Tweed ring, both in man
ner of operation and nerve.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

Il ut is just possible that, seen in the
retrospect, the Depnison case will look
like huge farce" says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03
PEOPLE OF IOWA
Praise the Treatment as given by DR.. j. C. Bon ham

MIR. Zeb Smith. of Ottumwa, says
Il was cured Of a very bad case of
Piles after suffering twenty years"
Mr.. D. o. Ross, Abba, says: 81
had suspicious cancerous growth
on my lip. Dr. Bonham removed
lit by use of X-Ray.'
Mr.. VIM. Gibson, Abba, Iowa,
says: II was cured of a double
rupture and am we'll pleased"
We are constantly curing PEG
tism, Kidney and Bladder Diseas
} Lung Troubles, Diseases of Womt
Diseases, Sexual Diseases, Blood a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

The Cedar Rapids Republican OBJ
serves that the railroad shaking up of
the last few months has had the effect
Of putting the railroads on better be-
havior. They must realize" it says,
that they must give everyone the
square deal or suffer the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

The, Glidden Graphic says that the
conduct of Secretary Taft in the last
few weeks has demonstrated anew the
fact that he is first class presidential
timber. -,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

The Keokuk Gate City briefly sums
up the temperance situation in Iowa
at the present time: 1.-The Rankin
state marshalites are fighting the Anti
Saloon league; the Anti Saloon league
is fighting the state marshal crowd,
and the political prohibitionists are
making war to the knife on the other
two factions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

The Des Moines Mail and Times OBJ
serves that women do not scrutinize
the contents of book shop window
with half the same care that they do
one where hats are displayed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

1T is too early to worry over crops
says the Parkersburg Eclipse Save
your gray matter fer some more use
full occupation. Iowa Is all right and
will raise a good crop this year"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

The Cedar Falls Record notices that
three Iowa editors are endeavoring to
determine whether or not a real he'll
exists. The Cedar Rapids Republican
and the Dubuque Telegraph each AYERS
that the old orthodox hell has been
done away with by modern .theologians
while the Mason City Globe Gazette
believes that If there is no hell there
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-03

loJO IuS lllIu Wdiu udS UcSll ulNluGu
into the fifth and seventh wards.
1896 1905
Agency City J. -. 4o2 800
Eldon ....... ;. ;. 1867 2,3O1
EdQyVllle .,...... 49,. G4i 5of
Blakesburg 49,. 49,. 34SI
hiThVillA ........ 4oo $40
Chillicothe :. >. ...... 229 172
Adams township not includ-
Ing Blakesburg sn~ $40
With Blakesburg ;. =. LIP
Agency township, not in
Guiding Agency. ). $40 5S1
Cass township, not includ-
ing Chillicothe.. :. 289 246
Center township, not includ-
ing Ottumwa ;. ;. ;. 1884 Zip
Columbia township, not in
Guiding Eddyville >. 726 6101
Competine township. ~. 1872 $40
Dahlonega ;. ;. -. 472 448I
Green -. 49,. ..... 857 748
Highland ). :. $1,000. 992 $50
Keokuk ;. ........ :. 7O5 752
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-10
Democratic Nominee Elected by Over
10000 Plurality
REST OF STATE TICKET IN DOUBT
1t is Probable That the Entire Demo-
cratic Ticket Is Elected. Herrick
Ran Far Behind the Republican
Ticket-Democrats Will Have Work.
ing Majority i'm Both Houses OF the
State Legislature.

Columbus. O., November S.-That
John M. Pattison. Democrat, of Gin
cinnati, has been elected governor of
Ohio for three years by Il plurality
running above 10000 over Governor
Myron I. Herrick. of Cleveland, Re-
publican is settled tonight, a. also is
the Democratic working majority in
but there is still some uncertainty as
to the rest of the state ticket.
Earlier returns We're apparently
from sections favorable to Governor
Herrick, for he held a lead over the
remainder of the Republican ticket
until today, when fuller returns from
country regions cut into Her-ick' s
vote severely: and by the middle of
this afternoon Herrick semed To be
10000 votes behind the rest of the
Republican ticket. If that difference
stands the victory for offices other
than Governor will depend on the size
of Pattison's plurality, with the
chances in favor of the choice of the
entire Democratic roster.
Chairman CARRIER, of the Democratic
committee tonight figured pluralities
for Pattison that aggregated close to
$1,000
If these figures hold true. the entire
Democratic ticket is elected. The Re-
publicans have given out no later esti-
mate than that of Chairman Dick, con-
ceding the election of Pattison by 25,-
900 plurality
Republican estimates tonight give
the Democrats from two to five major
ity in the next senate and from ten to
fifteen in the house. The Democratic
claim is a majority of five in the SEN
ate and 27 in the house.
The widespread scratching of tickete
| has caused such delay in the counting.
that 80 hours after the close of the
polls there was still uncertainty.
State officers and legislators chosen
yesterday will serve three years in
| stead of two as heretofore, the consti-
! tutional amendment for biennial cleo
| tions providing terms of officers elect
| ed at this time shall expire in January
], 1909, at which time the state Off
| GERS and legislators chosen in Novem-
| ber 1908, will assume office. The leg
| islature chosen in 1908 will choose a
| United States Senator in successor to
Foraker. For some time there was
| confusion on this point, and it was
widely but incorrectly asserted that
| the legislature Just chosen would name
FOraker'S successor