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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-03-22
HlTEMAN.

Hiteman, March 20.-Mr. Will Pow
ell. who is working In Buxton, spent
Sunday at home.
Albert Mitchell has purchased the
Roe Torrance residence and Mr.. Tor
renee has purchased Tom McGuire's
residence in the west part of the city.
Mr.. w. R. Palmer returned home
Monday from a business trip to Pella.
A number Of Miss Ada Thomas
school friends very pleasantly sur
prised her by giving her a farewell
party Monday evening. Miss Thomas
will leave with her parents for Can
ada in a short time.
Mrs. Fearthingham and son, Willie,
visited Mr.. Will Fearthingham at Mt
Pleasant
John P. Reese of Abba was caller
here Saturday.
Miss Bessie Winston of Abba visited
her mother Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Edyth Samuels of Hilton spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Reese Samuels.
The Happy Hooligans" entertained
at the home of John l.. Morgan Sat
urday night, the evening being great
ly enjoyed by all present.
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of James Gill, who died here Saturday
of cancer. 1t is thought young Gill
may have persisted in the railroad
wreck at Florence, Colo. He was In
California and was wired of the fatal
illness Of his father. His reply was
that he would hasten home. Since
then no word has been heard from
him. and as his probable starting
would be coincident with that Of the
wrecked train, his relatives fear he
was one of the unacceptable victims.
The father, James Gill, has been a
patient sufferer for months from can
Ger of the stomach, but so uncom-
planning had he been that 1t was not
known that he was suffering from the
dread disease until two weeks before
he died. Mr.. Gill was born In Indiana,
but was a pioneer resident of this
state. The funeral services were con-
Quoted at the M. q. church Monday,
Rev. o. G. circuit officiating. Inter
ment was made in the Packwood cem-
etery. The wife, formerly Martha Es-
ties, and three sons survive the kind
and affectionate husband and father.
Just and upright in all his acts Mr..
Gill won the esteem of all, and his
presence will be sadly missed.
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PREVENTING WRECKS.

Davenport Times.-It may never be
possible to prevent an occasional
wreck similar to the disaster that oc-
Cured near Adobe, Colo yesterday
there always will be the human ele-
ment of uncertainty Even with a
block system, signals may be disre-
garded while If derails were used be-
yond the signals assuming such con-
triyances would be given a triaD the
danger of wrecks due to running off
the derails would be as great as the
danger of collisions.
The Adobe accident is seid to have
been due to the failure Of some one
to deliver orders to the trains. Mis-
takes will happen. but they may be
reduced to a minimum Of frequency.
The wreck, however, has ITS lesson.
According to the news report, the
greater number of the deaths was
caused by the fire that broke out in
the wreckage Immediately after the
collision 1t may be possible to build
cars of materials that will not burn
so rapidly as to make impossible the
work of rescuing the persons pinioneo
under the debris.
Again.. it. was the forward coaches
that were crushed like paper boxes
The sleepers, which were built strong
er, were not destroyed. and people In
them escaped with shocks and bruises
The day coaches are usually built In
a much cheaper way and are SO fra
gile that the heavy coaches placed be-
hind them smash them to splinters
when a head-on collision occurs. Some
Of the deaths and much of the suffer-
Ing caused by the accident at Adobe
would have been averted If the for
ward cars had been built as strong
as Pullman sleepers and If they had
been constructed Of more hreproof ma
terials.
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HEDRIck.

Hedrick, March Pot. 8. Balm Wis
tied with friends In Ottumwa yester-
day.
S. D. Hicks Of North Dakota is visit
ing relatives here.
HI. w. Warren was a passenger to
Sigourney Saturday
Attorney X. E. Willcockson Of Sig
Quincy was in town Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A.. b. Hicks are in
Kirksville, Mo-, this week, being called
there by the serious illness OF their
daughter, Mrs. ]. G. Cap,ls q
w. r. Kirkpatrick WHO is employhh
in the Keokd6lk County State bank st
Sigourney, visited with his parents
Sunday.
D. G. Olive went to Kansas City
Saturday on short business trip.
Miss Cora Wilson. who is student
of the Iowa State Normal school, is
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson.
Scion Helm Of Fremont was in town
yesterday on business.
Miss Elsie Schilling visited relatives
in Sigourney Saturday.
Miss Erma Krout was passenger to
Fremont Saturday.
J. M. Downey of sigourney was in
town Friday on business.
l.. b. Cuddy Of Martinsburg visited
relatives in town today.
W. T. Dixon. who is employed in
Oskaloosa was in town yesterday visit
ing relatives.
Charles e. Gullett and Miss Austa
Raben were married at the residence
of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Raben, north of town, Sunday.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
w. G. Wilson of this place in the pres
ence Of a few relatives and close
friends. The contracting parties are
well and favorably known in this vicin-
fly. They will reside on farm north
I of Martinsburg.
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cold and tired and hungry and you
move indiscreetly and now the lights
of the village to guide you, and you
pass in by the wrong road (for auto
mobiles) and over fresh excavations
you couldn't mount in daylight, and up
an alley by mistake, but at last to a
place of shelter for your machine, and
you shake out your benumbed limbs,
and the first man that asks you if you
are going back by the same means
has got to fight. You drag your heavy
luggage into the hotel and the land
lord (unsolicited) shows you to the
Mushroom and supper is waiting. A
good wash and a warm meal and you
feel yourself once more. And after
all it wasn't so bad and some Of these
rides were glorious and so much to see
and you glance at the maps, and there
might be shorter way back-but
then, that will come later.
''All's well that ends well and you
forget how tired you were and you
close your eyes and dream sweet
dreams-at peace with yourself and
the world"
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The ISLE OF PINES.

AS was to have been expected when
Cuba was given control Of the Isle OF
Pines, the officials of that government
are proving incapable of administering
the laws Justly in the little island in
which SO many Iowans are interested.
This, at least is the opinion that one
reaches after reading the accounts of
the manner in which some of the Gu
ban authorities have been acting re-
Gently. A recent issue of the Havana
Daily Telegraph, which, of /, course,
would not be harsh toward Cuba in
judging of the events on the island,
gives space to the publication of an
attack upon the Cuban appointees who
govern the Isle of Pines and, in an
editorial comment, scores those same
officials for arbitrary use of author
ity.'
The letter from the island which is
published in the paper tells Of the ar
rest of an American named Fulton,
who vas taking census of the island.
That was the only charge against him I,
but he was arrested and no amount of
argument could persuade the Cubans
to release him. Such occurrences as
these show that the Americans who
have invested in land on the
little island are justified in
their desire for government by
the United States. Thew want
something that is substantial in the
way OF administration of laws. The
arrest of Fulton is on a par with the
actions of the military governors who
ruled despotically over New England
in the time of George III.
Such treatment of individual rights
as is being witnessed at the hands of
the Cuban officials on the island now
can doubtless be expected by the
Americans there as long as Cuba re-
tains possession of the island. The
appeal of the Americans there for
United States rule should not be treat
led lightly by congress, for, judging by
the experience of the Cubans them
selves, both Cubans and Americans
would fare better on the island if the
United States government should take
hold of the reins of government there.
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financially. Though there are some dis
turbances within the stock markets
and some Of the bankers are warning
their clients to "be careful" and to
practice conservatism on account of
the condition of this or that stock, the
condition of the country as whole Is
splendid and for those who leave the
dabb,ing in stocks to others there is
no cloud upon the horizon. Henry
Clews, who is generally the first to
sound warning when there is the
slightest need for one is highly opti-
pressed in his letter of this week. In
it he says:
"a stimulating feature is the in
crease in our exports. During Febru-
airy The total value of domestic pro,
ducts shipped abroad was $141, 700, 900.
an increase of $44,0O0,000 over the
same month last year. The gain was
chiefly in breadstuffs and cotton,
which showed an increase of about
S9,000.00O. In provisions there was a
gain of 81, 100000 The returns thus FAR
for the fiscal year are even more strik-
ing and encouraging. Since July our
total exports of domestic products have
reached 198,000,000, an increase OF
S190,000,000 during that period. About
$67,500,000 of this gain occurred IN
breadstuffs. In provisions there was
an increase of $31,500,000 and In cot
ton an increase of s30,000,0O0. The
increase is breadstuffs is larger than
usual owing to the fact that year ago
their total was much reduced, but their
recovery to normal conditions is wor-
thy of notice. The excess OF exports
over imports in February was $780,
900 compared with only $3,700,000 last
year, and the excess for eight months
of the fiscal year was $S9S, 100000
against 100000 in the same period
in 1906"
These are figures that speak for
themselves. They mean that times
are good, that the country Is prosper
Gus and in a fair way to continue so.
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ALL is NOT LOST.

So many men who have achieved
greatness have declared, publicly and
privately, that the whole credit for
their success is due to their wives, that
bachelors have before now given up
all hope of making names for them
selves when they have found that it is
impossible for them to argue any wo-
man into being their helpmeet and
guardian through life. But now some
ingenious man has discovered that,
even for the bachelor, all is not lost.
In fact, there have been many of the
wisest men, philosophers, poets, scent
lists and others who never enjoyed the
counsel of a wife and who had to carve
out regulations for themselves. Posi-
rule, but there is always room for ex-
ceptions.
Bachelors who have gained renown
without The aid of any woman folks
are catalogued something like the fol-
lowing by the unknown man who has
discovered hopeful sign:
Baron Gottfried Welhelm Won Leib-
nitz of Germany, who was born in 1916
and died in 1716, did not wear his
heart upon his sleeve and little is
known Of his love affairs. He was a
philosopher and theologian, q mathe-
matician, physician, a lawyer, a his
torian and philologist, but with the
mysteries of love he never concerned
himself
Baruch de Spinoza, who was born in
, Holland in 1852 and died in 1917, was
NV '6uou!Iaem IoJ pellgun eIrlleu AZ
aggressive thinker, he led troubled
life. He was accused of heresy at an
early age and narrowly escaped assas-
sination. Fame was not his object and
of all his articles a thelogico-political
treatise was the only one published
during his life. After his death his
| friends found many manuscripts ready
/ for the press.
Rene Descartes, born in France in
| 1896, and who died in 1850, was an.
other thinker into whose life no wo.
manly influences seems to have shed
1 a ray. During his life he published
his metaphysical works and made a
great name for himself Christine OF
4 friend, in a Platonic sense, he had
been for years, mourred his demise
/ sincerely.
Slr isaac NeWlOH OIL EHSlSn DlTtl
1642-1727, bore like fate. Why he
1 never married is not clear Emanue
Swedenborg, born in Sweden in 1856
and who died in 1872, blossomed forth
as a man of letters and poet and wor
considerable popularity in Stockholm
and Sweden. He never married. I'm
manuel Kant of Prussia, of monastic
temperament, was the founder of Ger
man philosophy. He died bachelor
Other notables were Voltaire, the
merciless critic of creeds; Horace Wal
pole, earl Of Oxford, England; Edward
Gibbon, the English historian Sil
4 Francis Drake, the navigator and dis
4 coverer; Beethoven, the great com
poser; John Greenleaf Whittier, the
!. poet, and Samuel J. Tilden, the states
man.
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DELIGHTS.
= D
-,
A New Billy Baxter.

A new Billy Baxter has sprung into
the limelight in the person of "Billy"
Nice Carroll, a we'll known citizen of OF
tumwa, who is now sojourning in Ros-
well, New Mexico, for the benefit Of
his health. Mr.. McCarroll is the au-
thor of the following humorous de-
scription Of his trip to Roswell, via
automobile, written to DR.. G. M. Work
of this city:
Dear Doctor:
"On picking up the Evening Court
err the first thing that catches my eye
is an immense automobile advertise
ment, and knowing your love for knic
knacs, and that your hobby is dabbling
in mechanics, and fearing that induce
ments may be such that you can't re.
sist them longer and that you may be
drawn in the net and buy an auto,
write you Immediately, that, If such is
the case, you can have the benefit OF
my vast knowledge along these lines
to assist you in making your purchase
What don't know about au auto.
mobile is hardly worth taking the pa.
pare to tell about; but will confess
Ito you) that / know more now than
did some time ago.
81 am satisfied that one as thorough
as you in every attempt. with the as
sistance Of a full course of instruc
lions which will forward by freight
on request, can, in few years, be
come really proficient in the care and
worry of an automobile, and not try tc
back up by pulling the steering appa
ratus out of its socket or push toe
hard on that same equipment when go
/ ing up a hill, and learn that simply
saying 'woah' won't stop the machine
on all occasions, although some other
times even less than that will effect
the result Don't listen to instructions
from the uninitiated. They'll tell YOU
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THE WASHINGTON CROWD

Why is 1t that because man dis
agrees with the views Of another set
OF men he ascribes to them motives
and objects that are vicious? Is it so
hard to realize that they have right
to hold opinions that differ from his?
Must they necessarily be wrong and
dishonest because they do not agree
with him? This doesn't stand to rea-
son, but it is the position that is taken
by many an Iowa man and many an
Iowa paper today. They talk and
write of the Washington crowd" as if
the Iowa delegation in Washington, to
whom they refer, was made up of cut
threats, thieves and reprobates.
1t is one of the grand features of
the free and equal principles of Ameri-
can government that one man has the
right and privilege to criticise the ac-
tons of any other man. But it does
not always follow that the critic may
not be criticised in turn.
Now what has the Iowa delegation
at the national capital done that
makes it's members suspicious charac-
ters?
Senator Allison's reputation is too
widely known and his name too much
respected to admit of any carping crit
icism of his acts, but he is not expect
ed by the se1f-appointed critics of
"the Washington crowd" Senator
Dolliver, who is, with Congressman
Hepburn, leading the fight for rate
bill that will suit the President and
the people. is generally made an ex-
ception, but his co-worker, who, ac-
cording to Dolliver himself, deserves
as much credit as he himself gets, is
set down for an enemy of the people.
The other members of the delegation,
10 whom Senator Dolliver says due
credit should be given for their aid in
pushing the rate measure, are called
dishonest and all that is wrong, full of
deceit and of intrigue.
Surely it is time, in the interests of
fairness and sanity, that this demo-
gogue-like Kicking on the Iowans in
Washington should cease The whole
nation knows that no state can boast
Of better set Of men, more worthy,
patriotic, able delegation than that of
Iowa. From Allison, the dean. to Daw
son, the newest member, they are men
Of whom any state may well be more
Lashan proud. 1t is senseless to continue
ITO berate them and it should cease.
Their LOYALTY 10 their constituents and
Na
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to the people as a whole cannot be
questioned by fair-minded men. The
longer such unfair criticism is contin-
ued the harder will be the fall Of the
critics when they are compelled to adj
NIT that they are wrong. The expert
ence of one of Col. Hepburn's enemies
who went into the eighth district to
unmask him as traitor to his people
and came away with none SO poor to
do reverence" should be warning.
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THE TRADE WITH EUROPE.

!s1oASPC CdhcS 4GWO-IlllTuS1 Lie GA
ports of the United States and sup
plies practically one-half of the i'm
ports. This statement summarizes in
single sentence the general facts
which have been developed by series
OF discussions with the countries Of
Europe recently presented by the de-
partment of commerce and labor
through it's bureau of statistics. These
discussions have presented an analysis
OF the trade with each country of Eu-
rope by principal articles, and when
summarized show that Europe takes
more than $1,000, 100000 worth of the
exports from the United States, while
.,aH other parts of the world take lit
tile less than s500,000,000 worth. In
no year since 1899 has the value of eX-
ports to Europe fallen below $1,000
100000, while that to all other coun-
tries has never touched the $500,000,-
900 mark. Prior to 1900 the exports
to Europe had never been as much as
one billion dollars in value; in that
year they crossed the billion dollar
line, being $1,040,000,oO0, and have
si4ce that time averaged about S1,050,-
100000 per annum. In 1900 the exports
to all sections of the world other than
Europe were 1884 100000 in value, but
have grown year by year until in 1905
they were $49S,OO0,0O0, the growth
since 1900 in exports to the non-Euro-
pean countries having been proper
tionately greater than that to Europe.
On the import side Europe supplies,
rs already Indicated, about one-half of
The merchandise brought into the
United States. Prior to 1890 the share
( # the imports drawn from Europe
averaged about IS per cent; after 1890
the average was little more than so
per cent; in 1905 it was 4S4 per cent.
This reduction in the percentage of the
Imports drawn from Europe is appar-
emily accounted for by the growing de-
mand in the United States for tropical
and subtrop cal products which are
supplied almost exclusively by the 9th.
er grand divi.4ons Of the world.
The trade of the United States with
Europe is composed on the import side
chieA,y Of manufacturers and materials
for use in manufacturing; on the ex.
port side of food stuffs, manufacturers
materials and manufactures. 81 a.
OF the $1,021 100000 worth of mer
chandise sent to Europe in 1905, $3.50,
100000 was manufactures, the other
S782,000,000 worth being large
ly food stuffs and manufacturers ma
terials. With the growing tendency OF
our steadily increasing population to
consume at home a larger share of the
food stuffs produced in the United
States, and to increase the consump
ton by our own factories, the supply
which can be spared for Europe is de
eSeasing rather than increasing, and
rs a consequence the percentage of ex
ports sent to Europe is slowly decreas
ing.
Prior to 1887 the share of our total
exports sent to Europe was over sc
per cent; since that time the percent
age has gradually fallen off until il
reached 70 per cent in 1902, and in
1905, was but 67.23 per cent of the to
tai.
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take of not combining themselves to
the fakes. They attacked all alike

Sir Conan Doyle and Robert Barr
spelling reform" proposed in this
country. The former says that re-
formed spelling might in time become
universal, but it would cease to be the
English language. Mr.. Bars verdict
Is still briefer and equally to the
point: ''An attempt to alter spelling
is rot" and the KeolSuk Gate City
commenting on his view, Is convinced
that that is the long and short of it.
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KILLED ON WAY TO BIER.

Son Hurrying Home May Have Died
in Colorado Wreck-Fat Dies.
Packwood, March 20.-Called to the
death-bed Of his father, only to rush
to his own tragic end, is the possible
fate of Mitchell Gill. the younfest son
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coBLE SUCCEEDS PENN.
Quincy Man Becomes Assistant Super
intendent of Clerks.

Burlington, March 2O.--W. M. Coble
of Chicago has been appointed to sue.
coed w. H. Penn Of 3Des Moines as as.
sistant superintendent Of railway mail
clerks. Coble was formerly chief clerk
in the Quincy Office which has been
discontinued. A. f. Weiss of Chicago
succeeds the late A. T. Wilson, late
chief clerk at Cedar Rapids.
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A Gard.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on a so.
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syr.
up of Tar If it fails to cure your cough
or cold. We also guarantee a ascent
bottle to prove satisfactory or money
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Kansas points proudly to the fact
that her per capita bank deposits
amount to ss6.15, while the per capita
circulation Of money in the country at
large is only $31.73. rs it possible
those Kansans have been exaggeratine
what Mr.. Rockefeller had done te
them?'' asks the Sioux City Journal.
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A MODERN FAMILY.
Grace is in her study,
Modelling in CLAW.

Grace is in her study,
Modelling in clay.
Maude is getting ready
For the matinee.
Jane is writing verses,
In the lower hall,
Where Genevieve rehearses,
Plays at basket ball.
Ger a love tale signing,
Edith hides her face,
While Antoinette is trying
To decorate a vase.
Brothers at the easement,
Bawling for his lunch,
And ma is in the basement
Cooking for the bunch.
-Gowrie News.
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a. SPLENDID SHOWING.

The reports, from time to time, of
the market transactions of the nation
continue to show that the country and
its people are in excellent conditions
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"The efforts to displant the proprie-
tary medicines are all coming to
naught," remarks the Cedar Rapids
Republican. 1.-THE proprietary medi-
cines continue to be used by the 'peo-
pie. There were some fakes to ex-
nose but the reformers made the mis-
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The DEBORAH Republican notices
that talk of 2-cent fare bill has sub :,
sided at Des Moines. That's right"
IL comments; the state is not ripe for
such cut as this would make"