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HEAVY LOSS
ALASKA TOWN DESTROYED BY
FIRE-sUFFERINe FROM WANT
OF FOOD FEARED

Seattle, Wash, May ga Post-In-
telligencer special states that the en-
tire business section of the town of
Fairbanks, Alaska, was destroyed by
fire yesterday. The details are very
meagre. 1t is feared that the food
supply of the town has been destroyed
and that great suffering may result.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 No
lives were lost.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
LOSES FORTUNE AT POKER.

MiIIionaire's Son Is Victim Of Gard
sharps During Voyage on Liner.
New York, May 23-The almost In.
credible total of 100000 in poker
losses is reported to have been incur
red by young William Thaw of the mil
lionaire Pittsburg family on the giant
American-Hamburg liner Kaiser in
Auguste Victoria, which reached New
York on last night This whole amount
is said to, have been won by two men
doc" Owen, the versatile ocean tour
ist and card connoiseur, and confed.
crate, whose name is only known to
the other passengers as Mac"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
Hearing Of Interstate Commerce Com.
mission Regarding Alleged DIscrim.
lnation In Cars by Rallroads-W. A.
Patton, Assistant to President Gas
satt, First Witness.

Philadelphia, May 23.-W. A. Pat
ton, assistant to President Cassatt, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, was the
first witness today before the inter
state commerce commission which is
making an inquiry into the alleged dis
elimination of cars by the railroads.
Patton was asked to tell what inter.
est he had in the various coal compa.
MES. Concerning the Keystone Coal
company shares of which $500 are in
his name, he said he got the stock by
purchase and through the merging
with the Keystone company of small
er companies In which he was inter.
ested. Five hundred shares, he said,
belonged to his brother, J. Howard
Patton, who is interested in coal prop
critics In western Pennsylvania.
An Unwilling Witness.
Patton proved an unwilling witness
when he was questioned about his
holdings In the Atlantic Crushed Coke
company. The examination resulted
in tilt between the witness and At
torney Glasgow for the commission
and caused impatient comment by
Commissioner Cockerell The contro.
versy occurred after repeated efforts
had been made by Glasgow to draw
from the witness positive statement
as to whether he had paid any actual
cash for his 400 shares in the com.
Ipany.
Land Purchasing Company.
Patton made an explanation to the
effect that he became interested in .
land purchasing company through his
brother who represented the interests
OF Colonel George q. HUFF. When the
land was purchased he said the In
vestors were obliged to pay their pre-
rata share but as there had been nc
losses 1t was not necessary to pay in
cash.
"AiI Roads Rotten.r
Every railroad is rotten but the
Reading" declared President George
p. Baer of that road last night in a
bitter attack on all the roads aimed es
pecially at the Pennsylvania.
He denounced the officers of other
railroad companies, who, he said
while holding other peoples money
practically in trust, accept gifts OF
bribes from other corporations"
He declared that the Reading com
pany would not tolerate for one in
slant action on the part Of it's officers
such as has been shown to be common
upon the Pennsylvania, and added that
the Reading is the most honest rail
road system in the country. He al
most shouted that If other railroad
companies was as honest as his there
would not now be an investigation
sweeping over the country and arous
ing the people.
To Investigate.
Philadelphia, May 23.-At meeting
Of the board Of directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company held today
committee was appointed to investi
gate the allegations recently made be
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion that certain officers Of the Penn
sylvania railroad hold stock in several
coal companies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
J. P. WHITE HoNoREp.
Leaves London to Represent Organic
ed Miners Of America.


ed Miners Of America.
Oskaloosa, May 23.-John P. White,
Of this city. is one of the two mem
bers who will represent the vast mem-
bership Of the organized miners of
America at the International Mining
Congress to be held at the Westmin-
ster hotel in London. Mr.. White is
president Of District Thirteen Of the
United Miners of America, and has
already left for England. The other
delegate from America will be Presi-
dent 7 d. Nichols of Scranton, Pa,
president of District No. 1, Of the
United Mine Workers and Mr.. Whites
friend. These men are delegates from
the miners of America to convention
of fellow workers from all over the
world, called for the purpose of dis
cussing and planning for betterment
in the conditions which surround those
who dig for their living in the bottom
of the coal pits.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
Denatured Alcohol Rll,.

me denatured alcohol bill was orr
uered reported favorably today by the
senate committee on finance.
Ihere are numerous amendments to
tne Dill largely intended to prevent
reduction OF the internal revenues by
reason OF the act. The provision il
made that 1t shall go into effect Janu-.
ary !, 1907.
TO Open Indian Reservations.
The senate today passed the urgent
denclency appropriation bill providing
money for the opening of the Indian,
reservations In the northwest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
SHAW TO ATTEND.
Will be in Iowa July %, and Will Re,
main for State Conxantinn

'''s@''' = " SsoeV 0VIIV0VSIVIIs
Des Moines May 23.-Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is going
to attend the republican state con-
vention here on August /. In a letter
to County Superintendent Elliott of
Waterloo, accepting an invitation to
address the Teachers Chautaudua
there on July %, Secretary Shaw re-
yealed his plan to be present at the
state convention. He will come to
Des Moines from Waterloo, and thus
be there day or two in advance Of
the convention. and may make an adj
dress to the delegates the evening be-
fore. Secretary Shaw has also ac-
cepted an invitation Of the national
society, Armv of the Philippines, to
address its national reunion here Au-
gust 13 and IA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
ASKS s2e1 FOR TREATING DOG.
Veterinarian Demands High Fee fol
Restoring Pets Health.

Milwaukee. May 23.-George P. Mil
Ter was sued yesterday for $26109 by
doc" Redd, a negro dog doctor, who
asserts he spent 1856 days in restoring
Mr.. Miller's st. Bernard to health. Mil
Ter refuses to pay because, he says,
Redd lost another of his dogs. Redd
claims that was mo account pup
and says he replaced 1t with one Of
his own worth more
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
Up TO COURT
JUDGE Lands TO SETTLE POINTS
IN CONTROVERSY BETWEEN
DoWIE AND voLivA

Chicago, May 23.-The attorneys in
the Dowie litigation have agreed to
allow Judge Lsndis, of the United
States district court to settle all points
in the controversy between Voliva and
Dowie. A formal order declaring Dowie
as an individual, bankrupt, was entered
today in Judge Landis court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
COURT MARTIAL ORDERED.

Investigation of Grounding of Battle.
ship Rhode Island by Capt. Garst.
Washington, May 23.-A general
court martial has been ordered for the
trial of Captain Perry Garst, com,
manding the battleship Rhode Island
for grounding that ship May on the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
SELECT RYAN
MADE CHAIRMAN OF sUB.scALE
COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS MIN.
ERs AND OPERATORS

Springfield. ILL.,, May 23.- The II.
linois coal miners and oper.
ators' joint scale committee
finding the committee too un-
wieldly for the transaction of business
appointed today a sub-scals committee
of six to which the questions at issue
are submitted. The subcommittee or
ganized by the election of w. D. Ryan
as chairman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
TO DECORATE GRAVES.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Malta commandery No. 81, knights
Templars, will honor the departed
members tomorrow by decorating their
graves. The commandery will gather
at the hall on East Main street at 8
O'Clock and headed by the Fifty-fourth
Regiment band, will visit the ceme-
teries. The regular ritualistic services
will be held.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
BANKERS MEET NEXT WEEK.

Local F1nanclers to entertain Others
Of This District.
From Wednesdays Daily
The group meeting Of this district Of
the Iowa Bankers association will be
held in this city Tuesday, May 20. The
visiting bankers will be entertained at
lunch at 1870 o'clock in the afternoon
and the meeting will follow the lunch
con. 1t is expected that at least one
prominent banker from outside the
group will be present to make the
principal address of the afternoon. The
rest of the program will be informal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
GRADUATE GOES TO MAINE.
Ames Student Becomes Assistant Pro
fessor In Eastern COLLEGE,.

Ames, May 23.-Percy A. Campbell,
a postgraduate student In the animal
husbandry department at the Iowa Ag-
ricultural college, has, recently been
elected to the position Of assistant pro-
lessor Of agriculture and animal hus,
bandry In the University Of Maine. -
Mr. Campbell is graduate Of the
New Hampshire agricultural college,
and entered upon his work at Ames
in the fall Of 1905. This makes four
excellent positions in eastern institu-
tions which have been filled by animal
husbandry graduates of the Iowa agri-
cultural college within year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
FREE ALCOHOL BILL,
Reported Favorably by the Senate
Committee on Flnanee--InterestInu
Statistics Regarding the Wonderful
Growth of Telegraph and Telephone
Systems Of the Country.

Washington, D. G., May 2s.-The
senate committee on finance today "a
v.orably reported the resolution direct
ing that materials for the Panama Ca.
nal shall be of domestic production
and manufacture unless the President
deems the bids for the same exorhi..
tant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
Raise WEIGHT Of Letters.

Rome, May 2s-The international
Postal congress today approved the
British proposition to raise the weight,
Iof letters to one ounce.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
INJURY FATAL
PROMINENT FARMER OF TIFFlh
KICKED BY HORSE, DIES FEW
HOURS LATER

Iowa City, May 23.-(special. y
Fred Gharbon, prominent farmer Of
Tifin, was kicked in the head by a
horse yesterday and died last night
He was As years old and leaves a
widow and four children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
FATALLY INJURED.
Laborer at #. Dodge Caught Under
Cage-Back and Arms Broken.

Fort Dodge, May 23.-(Special. >
Frank Dunning, laborer at the Min.
eral City gypsum mill attempted to
run beneath descending cage in the
shaft here this morning but was
caught and fearfully crushed. His
back and both arms were broken. He
will die. u
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
SERMON AND CONCERT.

Event Held at East Eend Park Last
Evenino, Unique and Popular.
From Wednesdays Daily.
About 700 to 800 people heard the
band concert and religious services,
held In the East End Presbyterian
park in Redman's addition last even
Ing. The evening opened with sew
eral selections by the band This was
followed by devotional exercises, led
by Rev. w. H. HORNED and Rev. j. w.
Foote. Rev. HORNED then made an
earnest address. During the religious
tion prevailed. At the close Of Rev
Hormel's sermon. the band resumed
the program.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
PLENTY OF MONEY.
Banks in San Francisco Have Resume,
Business.

San Francisco. May 23.-Practically
every bank in the city that has been
able to secure temporary quarters
threw open its doors to the public this
morning. There was not sign of run.
A unique feature connected with the
resumption was the fact that never in
the history of San Francisco was there
SO much bank money on hand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
MATERIALS FOR CANAL To-
BE OF HOME MANUFACTURE
NOTED POET DEAD.

Henrik ibsen Passes Away In Chris
tiania, Norway.
ssss sss*ss ss&sss =
chrIstlanla, Norway, May 2s.-
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian poet
and dramatlst, died this afternoon, y
aged rs years. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
LACEY REN0MINATED AT
0SKAL00SA CONVENTION
RELIEVED FROM PRESIDING.

SFTo of' 7toee0"s q
III Health.
= st. Petersburg, May 2a.-count =
solsky has been relieved Of the :
presidency Of the council of the =
empire at his own request, on ac- =
count Of i'll health. =
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-24
COUSINS RENoMINATED.
Fifth District Congressman Is Chosen
By Acclan1ation.

Cedar Rapids. May Congress.
man Robert G. Cousins was renominat.
ed by acclamation today by the Fifth
,district Iowa republican convention.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19

They do not realize that the back is
the handspring of woman's organism,
and quickly indicates by aching = dis
eased condition of the female organs
or kidneys, and that the aches and
pains will continue until the cause is
removed
Lydia e. Pinlxham's Vegetable Com
pound has been for many years the
one and only effective remedy in such
cases. 1t speedily cures female and
kidney disorders and restores the fe-
male organs to a healthy condition.
st have suffered with female troubles for
over two years, suffering intense pain each
month, my back ached until it seemed as
though it would break, and felt so weak all
over that did not find strength to attend to
my work but had to stay in bed large part
of the first two or three days every month.
would have sleepless nights, bad dreams and
severe headaches. All this undermined my
health.
eve consulted an old family physician. who
advised that try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. began taking it regularly
and soon found that / could sleep and eat
better than had done for months. Within
two months I became regular and no longer
suffer from bockache or pain. miss Maude
Morris, Sec. Ladies' Aid and Mission Society,
IS e. Hunter ST., Atlanta, Ca
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
Two Glasses of Atoms.

Are there two sorts of atoms?
Prof. J. J. Thomson begs the world
to be slow about coming to the con-
clusion that all matter must be cleo
trical. There may be one type OF
molecule, says he, wherein the atoms
are held together because they are
charged with electricity and another
in which the forces were due to cleo
trostatic induction. On the whole he
thinks the evidence is in favor OF
there being two classes of atoms. One
fundamental point to be considered if
atoms are built up of corpuscles is,
how many corpuscles there are in
any particular atom. There are
three lines of argument that lead to
an answer of this query. Each may
be criticised, but they lead to the
same result, and so he thinks they are
entitled to credit in the aggregate.
The number of corpuscles is about 20
times the number of atoms in a MOLE
cule of air, and the number of corpus.
cles in an atom of another element
is not any great multiple of the
atomic weight. All the lines Of argu.
ment lead to this same conclusion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
cANVASSING BY TELEPHONE
London Solicitors Have New Way CT
Adding to Burdens of Fem
mime Population.

London.-The telephone, now in
stalled in so many private houses, is
likely to be turned into a troublesome
adjunct of life if the new method of
employing it for advertisement and
canvassing purposes be pursued. The
following is an illustration:
"Ring-a-ting went the bell of The
telephone in my private house at tea
time
.Ringer-Are~yo you O000 Kensington!
'Receiver-Yes.
''Ringer-Is Mrs. s. at home?
"Receiver-She is. Who shall say
wants her?
Ringer am So-and-so, a dealer
in
"Receiver-A what?
sRinger-A dealer in -. Kindly tell
Mrs. s. that am taking this means
of canvassing for customers. My adj
dress is address given), and l am in
position to offer her advantageous
teTms.
The servant duly reported the con-
versation to the mistress of the house
She feels that a new terror will be add
ed IT, the telephone if this kind OF
canvassing becomes popular.
1.-THE fact that the social hour of Eve
o'clock, at which hour Mrs. s. was
entertaining callers. was selected By
the dealer for her venture did not in
dictate that she possessed finesse.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
ABOUT FACIAL MASSAGE.
Twice a Week Is Often Enough-Hov
to Get Best Results
Thereby.

1t is not necessary to use skin food
as a massage oftener than once or
twice a week. The face must first be
we'll cleansed in warm water, dried
carefully, and the cream then should
be massaged in, using the cushion tips
of your fingers, making the movements
in rotary form. After massaging for
ten or fifteen minutes hold cloths satu-
rated in cold water to the face a few
moments, then dry with soft towel
without much rubbing. In the morn
ing battle in warm water, followed by
the cold dip. Formula for skin food:
Lanolin, nine ounces; cocoa butter,
ope-half ounce; white wax, five ounces;
spermaceti, one-half ounce; almond
oil, six ounces; water, nine ounces;
borax, SO grams; perfume with oil of
neroli, three drops. Heat lanolin,
cocoa butter, white wax, spermaceti,
and almond oil, no hotter than you can
touch a finger to; dissolve borax in
water, stir in oils, take from stove and
beat with dover egg beaten until thick
and creamy. And neroli and heat as
long as you have time, the longer the
better. Put in jars and keep in cool
place. The recipe may be divided if
YOU wish.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
PURELY FEMININE
ON THE CARE OF THE HAIR
An Expert on the Subject breaches a
Little Sermon It Were Well
to Heed.

"The hair is like the complexion. It
is apt 10 fade. 1t needs lots of care
to make it nice. Hair grows old be-
fore 1t should, and it is the fault of it's
owner, generally.
The woman who goes to bed at
night with her hair done up as she
wore 1t during the day invites head
ache, gray hair, badness and all sorts
of ills.
Curling the hair with hot iron is
very bad for the hair, in that it takes
out the color pigments. Take the hair
and do it up on curriers' for an hour,
or put 1t UP in curriers' and pinch it
with warm iron.
sometimes, if time is precious, we
twist 1t over warm iron, but we never
burn or break it. There is no way OF
running the texture of the hair like
Scorching it.
we sometimes brighten the hair by
summing it; but it must be put in good
condition first.
I'VE occasionally give a head a
shampoo in the old-fashioned mixture
OF soda and water We rinse out the
soda afterward and dry the hair in
the sun.
''It will bloom very brightly after
doing this; but there is danger that
the hair may turn too red under this
treatment.
Don't have ugly hair is my advice
to every woman"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
sagging Lines Of the Face.

Facial massage, even the very best
kind, will not remove the sagging
lines of the face under the >eyes-that
look of fatigue which we often see in
girls of 10 as well as in women of
so. This tired look is often due to
nervous exhaustion or weakness of
the muscles of the abdomen and back.
The woman with the tired eyes had
much better spend all her spare mo-
ments in loose clothing, going through
a course of physical culture exercises
for the special purpose OF strengthen
ing or resting and relaxing the mus
cles than toying with massage creams,
which can have only superficial and
momentary effect, The cause of these
haggard lines lies too deep to be
reached even by the most skiilful OPP
orators fingers. Constitutional rem
edies and bodily care and exercise will
remove these lines in the face.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
CRADLES OF MANY LANDS.
How the Various Mothers of the Many
Races of Earth Care for
Their Offspring.

When baby is born in Guinea all
sorts of funny things happen to it. It's
mother buries it in the sand up to
its waist, so that it cannot get into
mischief, and this is the only cradle
it knows anything about, says the New
York Times.
The little Lapp infant is Graded in
shoe-his mothers. This is big af-
fair covered with skin and stuffed
with soft moss. This can be hung on
a tree or covered up with snow while
mamma goes to church or any place
where babies are not invited.
The baby of India rides in a basket
which hangs on it's mothers head, or
from her hips, or in hammock. In
some parts the baby's nose is adorned
with a nosering and in others it's face
| is wrapped in veil like its mother
The Chinese baby is tied to the back
of an older child.
The Mongolian infants travel about
in bags slung on cemel's back.
In some countries the mothers lay
their babies where a stream of water
falls on their heads. This is to make
them tough, which it does, unless the
babies die as a result of this treat
ment. Another mother covers her
baby's head with PASTE while the Tar
tar baby is covered with butter.
The Turkish baby is salted-perhaps
to keep it sweet-while the worst fate
of all falls to the lot Of the newly born
children in Bulgaria. Their mothers
put hot omelette on the little ones
heads to make them solid and protect
them from sunstroke. The Bulgarian
baby does not like it any better than
you would. He makes a great howl
about it, but it is not bit of use.
His mother thinks she knows better
about some things than he does, SO he
has to submit, which he does with a
very bad grace indeed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19
OF AID To HOSTESS
THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS
MAY PROVE A BIT OF HELP.
Here Is Bright Little Game of Ma
tons for a Half Hours Pastime
Something New in a Bri-
dial Shower.
The Game of Nations.

Here is bright little game to get
ones thinking cap to working and will
furnish half hours amusement. On
slips of paper to be given each guest
write the questions, and when returned
to the hostess the correct answers
should be:
The Nation from which we start?
termination.
The Nation fol- teachers? Explana-
ton.
The Nation for actors? Impersona-
tion
The Nation for pupils? Subordina-
ton.
The Nation for theological students
Ordination.
The Nation for political candidate:
Nomination.
The Nation for an unpopular official
Resignation.
The Nation for pests? Extermina-
ton.
The Nation for evil doors? Conaem-
nation.
The Nation desired by monopolies
Combination.
The Nation which indicates a class
Denomination
The Nation on a crusade? Carrie
Nation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-07-19

No doubt some of our boys and girls
are expert golfers, but most of them
have no opportunity to play the game
because one must have regular links,
and they are few and far between,
owing to the great stretches Of ground
they must cover. However, you can
all play clock golf, and get nearly as
much fun out of it as others do from
the more pretentious game.
Your own lawn, or neighbours, will
afford ample room. You need but one
stick, ''putter," which you can buy
for one dollar. or you can easily make