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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28
Agency township.


The republicans of Agency township
will meet at the town hall in Agency
Saturday, September / at O'Clock D.
M, for the purpose of selecting seven
delegates to the county convention to
be held in Ottumwa Iowa, September
8. and to transact such other business
as may come before the meeting.
e. T. Allen, Committeeman.
Agency, Iowa. Aug. 81, 1906.
cass Township Call.
The republicans of Cass township
are requested to meet at the town hall
in Chillicothe at a p. M, Saturday,
Sept. / for the purpose of choosing
four delegates to attend the county
convention in Ottumwa, Saturday,
Sept. 8, and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
Albert Cotton,
Tn"nai ttaaman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

Range of hog values at Chicago for
the past week, with comparisons. TOP
prices are for selected lots:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28

Most lots off 25c from week ago. Range
finish weak, bulk Is to Zoe lower. Val
ues for cows largely Csc off for week.
Bulls also lower, calves at big gain.
Feeding cattle lose 10 to 25c under
weak demand. Hog market active at
to 10c advance. Packing grades un-
even but show most gain. Prices best
since Wednesday, top S6.571a. Sheep
mostly direct to a local plant. Recent
sales up from late last week. Best
lambs steady, other grades unevenly
lower.
Receipts.
Last weeks receipts, compared with
the previous week, in round numbers
increased $500 cattle. 24,30O hogs, and
$500 sheep. Compared with same pc
Rod last year cattle increased $500,
hogs 17.40O, and sheep $500. Satur-
days estimated receipts at Chicago
Stock Yards, with actual arrivals for
week and year ago Saturday:
Today. Wk. ago. 1905.
g fIaal - goo 200 565 Pa
sheep ...... 1000 ~ 2,6ol
Extreme prices and bulk of beef cat
tie sold here this week, quotations for
carload lots. with comparisons:
Extreme Bulk of
This week ......s3.65@665 s4.70@6.O0
Week ago ...... 3.70@6.75 4.90@6.15
-Four weeks ago 3.70@6.50 4.65@6.10
1893 1899 ...... s.70@6.so 4.75@6.so
1904 ...... 3.25@6.1O 4.70@5 .75
1903 .......... 100000 4.5O@5.5O
1902 :. ...... 4.25@9.O0 55O@79O
1901 ........ 3.60@6.25 4.8O@5 $50
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LOCAL MARKETS.
9se~s&s..rs..,,.,.-n e.sss,<t...s1.4sIs4A%A%<
WHOLESALE PRICES.

Live Stock.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27
Thrilling Story of PackinGtown
Novel That Has Startled Nation
October n, 1906

him--a world OF shadows. OF tickle
dreams. He was like q little child in
his fright and grief; he called and
called and got no answer; and MS
cries OF despair echoed through the
house, making the women downstairs
draw nearer to each other Id fear. He
was incohsolable, beside himself the
priest came and laid his hand upon his
shoulder and whispered to him, but he
heard not a sound. He was gone
away himself, stumbling through the
shadows, and cropping after the soul
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27

wrecks, this saloonkeeper; he fired"
dozens of them every night, just as
haggard and cold and forlorn an this
one. But they we're all men who had
given up and been counted out, while
Jurgis was still In the fight and had
reminders of decency about him. AS
he got up meehly, the other reflected
that he had always been steady man
and might soon be good customer
again. You've been up against 1t. |
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27


So he lay. The gray dawn came up
and crept into the attic. The priest
left, the woman left, and he was alone
with the still, white figure--quieter
now, but moaning and shuddering,
wrestling with the grisly fiend. Now
and then he would raise himself and
stare at the white mask before him,
then hide his eyes, because he could
not bear 1t. Dead! dead! And she was
only girl, she was barely eighteen.
Her life had hardly begun and here
she lay murdered-mangled, tortured
to death! 9h9lt8f rs .da
It was morning when he rose up and
came down into the kitchen--haggard
and ashen gray, Keeling and dazed.
More OF the neighbors had come in,
and they stared at him in silence as
he sank down upon chair by the ia.
BILE and buried his face In his arms.
A few minutes later the front door
opened; a blast Of colo and snow rush.
ed In, and behind 1t little Katrina,
breathless from running, and blue
with the cold. 'Pm home again!" she
exclaimed. II could hardly"
And then, seeing Jurgis. she stopped
with an exclamation. Looking from
one to another she saw that something
had happened, and she asked, In
lower voice: Whats the matter2'
Before any one could reply, Jurgis
started up; he went toward her,
walking unsteadily Where have you
been?" he demanded.
Selling papers with the boys" she
said. "The snow tr,
Have you any money!" he de-
manded.
YES" -a..
How much?" r
Nearly three dollars, Jurgis."
Give It to me-"
Katrina, frightened by his manner,
glanced at the others. give &c to
mel! he commanded again, and she
put her hand into her pocket and pull
ed out lump of coins tied In a bit OF
rag, Jurgis took It without word,
and went out of the door and down
the street.
Ihree doors away was a saloon.
whisky" he said, as he entered, and
as the man pushed him some, he tore
at the rag with his teeth, and pulled
out half a dollar. How much ia the
oottiew he said II want to get
drunk" I.s.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27
BY Upton Sinclair

was deathlike stiffness. Maria was
clutching Jurgis with all the power OF
her one well arm. J,
Then suddenly Nine Haupt turned
to Aniele. "Yot hal not got something
to drink, hey?" she queried. SOME
brandyw
Aniele shook her head,
"Herr Gott!" exclaimed Nine.
Haupt. "Such people! Perhaps you
wilt uriun mo annnnfhinp In cat dem
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27

i mai HaU uOJtlHB bluC6 ytSCcIudy
morning, und / hat worked myself
near to death here. II could hat
known It was like dis would never
hat come for such money as you gif
me-"
AT this moment she CHANGED to look
round and saw Jurgis. She shook her
finger at him. "You understand me-"
she said, you pays me dot money
yust de same! It Is not my fault dat
you send for me so late that | can't
help you Wife,"
Here Nine. Haupt paused for mo-
ment to get her breath; and Maria,
seeing the beads of sweat on Jurgis'
forehead, and feeling the Quivering of
his frame, broke out in low voice,
How is Omar"
How Is she?" echoed Nine. Haupt.
How do you tink she can be when
you leave her to kill herself so? I told
dem dot ven dey send for de priest.
She is young, und she might hat got
over It, und been veil und strong, II
she been treated right. She fight
hard, dot girl-she Is not yet quite
dead"
And Jurgis gave a frantic scream.
Dead"
"She will die, of course" said the
other angrily. der baby Is dead
now"
The garnet was lighted by a candle
stuck upon board; It had almost
burned itself out and was sputtering
and smoking as Jurgis rushed I'D the
ladder. He could make out dimiy In
one corner a pallet Of rags and old
blankets spread upon the floor; at the
loot OF 1t was crucifix, and near It a
priest muttering a prayer. In a far
corner crOuched Elzbieta, moaning
and wailing. Upon the pallet lay Ona'
She was covered with blanket. hut
ne could see her shoulders and one
arm lying bare; she was so shrunken
ne would scarcely have known her
sne was all but a skeleton, and as
white as piece OF chalk. Her eyelids
were closed and she lay still as death
he staggered toward her and fell mon
Ona!" o""'
She did not stir. He caught her
nand In his, and began to CLASH n
frantically, calling: Look at mel an.
swer me! 1t Is Jurgis come back
don't you hear me!"
There was the faintest .uulverinp
OF the eyelids, and he called again IN
frenzy: "Ono! Ona!"
Then suddenly her eyes opened-
one instant. One instant she looked
az hlm-there was flash of recogni.
ZION between them, he saw her afar
on, as through dim vista, standing
ioriorn He stretched out his arms to
ner. ne called her in wild desnair. n
iearlul yearning surged up in him
munger for her that was agony. desiro
that was new being born within him
tearing his heartstrings, torturing him
but 1t was all In vain-she faded from
MN. she slipped back and was gone
ana wall OF anguish burst from him
great sobs shook all his frame. and
NOT tears ran down his cheeks and
Tell upon her. He clutched her hands
ne shook her, he caught he In hi.
a. ana pressed her to him, but she
was gone. she
Inc word rang through him like tho
SOUND OF a bell echoing In the Sar
depths OF him, making foreo,ton
= 10 vibrate, old shadowy fears
70 stir-fears Of the dark, fears Of the
VOID; Tears OF humiliation. She was
dead! She was dead! He would never
see ner again, never hear her again
AN icy horror Of loneliness seized him
ne saw himself standing apart and
watching all the world fade away ,r rnu
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27

0SVt MO 0UAut NVuiV tMAb way
In the rear OF the saloon were the
cellar stairs. There was door above,
and another below, both safely pad
locked, making the stairs an admira-
BILE place to stow away customer
who might still chance to have money
or political light whom II was not
advisable to kick out of doors.
So Jurgis spent the night. The
whisky had only half warmed him,
and ne could not sleep, exhausted as
he was, he would nod forward, and
then start up, shivering with the cold
and begin to remember again. Hour
after hour passed, until he could only
persuade himself that it was not morn
Ing by the sounds Of music and laugh
ter and singing that were to be heard
from the room. When at last these
ceased, he expected that he would be
turned out into the street; as this did
not happen, he fell to wondering
whether the man had forgotten him.
In the end, when the silence and
suspense were no longer to be borne,
he got up and hammered on the door;
and the proprietor came, yawning and
rubbing his eyes. He was keeping
open all night. and doing between
customers.
Il want to 60 home" Jurgis said.
I'm worried about my wife--I can't
wait any longer"
Sc why didn5t you say so before?"
said the man. Il thought you didn't
have any home to 60 to-"
Jurgis went outside. II was 4 o'clock
In the morning and as black as night.
There we're three or four inches of
snow on the ground, and the flakes
were falling thick and fast. He turn
ed toward Aniele's and started to run.
There was light burning in the
kitchen window and the blinds were
drawn. The door was unlocked and
Jurgis rushed In.
Aniele. Maria and the rest of the
women were huddled about the stove
exactly as before; with them were sew.
eral newcomers, Jurgis nOticed--also
he noticed that the house was silent,
"Well?" he said.
No one answered him; they sat star.
Ing at him with their pale faces. He
cried again: "Well?"
And then, by the light OF the smoky
lamp, he saw MARTA, who sat nearest
him, shaking her head slowly. mot
yet" she said.
And Jurgis gave cry of dlsmay
mot YETI"
Again Marija's head shook. The
poor fellow stood dumfounded. 81
don't hear her." he gasped.
She's been quiet a long time" re-
piled the other.
There was another pause--broken
suddenly by a voice from the attic:
Hello, there!!"
Several Of the women ran into the
next room, while Maria sprang to-
ward Jurgis. wait here!" she cried.
and the two stood, pale and trembling,
listening In few moments Il be-
came clear that Nine. Haupt was en-.
gagged In descending the ladder. scold-
ing and exhorting again, while the lad
der creaked In protest. In a moment
or two she reached the ground, angry
and breathless, and they heard her
into the room. Jurgis gave
one glance at her, and then turned
white and reeled.
She stood breathing hard and gaz.
Ing about her; no one made sound.
II hat done my best" she began sud-
denly. Il can do nothing more--dere
s no use to try"
Again there was silence.
1T amt my fault" she said. "You
nad ought to haf had n doctor, und
not waited 30 long--it was too late al.
ready ven I come" Once more there
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27

sInpIe minded c6terle OF Llthuanlans
arrive IN Chicago, seeding employment,
ano are conducted to PackInptown BY .
trothed 90 0na, and the first chapter tells
o. the wedding In ail lts proteequeness.
AFTER much trIbuIatIon the entire family
OBTAINS work in the stocisyards-- but
Ona, whom Juruls sald should never
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27
CHAPTER Xxx.

OAAnA En- AA.
but big man cannot stay drunk
very long on three dollars. That was
sunday morning, and Monday night
duTgls came home, sober and sick.
Ieaizing that he had spent every cent
tne family owned, and had not brought
single instant's forgetfulness with it.
:, ono was not yet buried, but the DO
nee mad been notified, and on the NOR
row they would put the body IN n nine
T and take 1t to the potter's field.
LlzDieta was out begging now, a few
pennies from each OF the neighbors
70 get enough to pay for a mass for
ner; and the children were upstairs
Starving to death, while he. good-for-
nothing rascal, had been spending
tneir money on drink. So spoke Aniele.
scornluiiy and when he started tow
ara the fire she added the information
.nat her kitchen was no longer for
E E,m 70 NIL with his phosphate stinks.
one mad crowded all her buarders I'm.
70 one room on Ona's account. but
now ne could go up in the garrett
where ne belonged--and not there
u huch longer, either, if he did not nav
her some rent. "a &. 49, ~
Jurgis went without a word. and.
sstepping over half a dozen sleeping
Usoaruers In the next room, ascended
tue ladder. It was dark mn above:
Continued on Page Dourteen.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27

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The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-27
Tenth Page THE SUN
THE JUNGLE > ). .
SYNOPSIS or PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

lE story Of 1.-THE JurCIe," Upton
9Inclalr's novel, which caused
the Government Investigation IN.
20 the methods employed BY the
nssf True. has Its orlDln IN an
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NUN dunn for the Local Merchant
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especially at evening, when there is
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experienced advertisers know this
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-19
The AMERICAN PERIL:
How Older eountrie. View the Rise
of the United States.

The American peril?
Is the great American nation one OF
those mighty empires which have risen
IN the world now and then, dwarfing
all other organizations of society?
This question is of immense import
to Europe. Within the last few years
an enormous literature has grown up
around the subject. Among modern
sociologists none speaks with greater
authority than Guglielmo Ferrero.
Long and scientifically he has studied
our country; his opinion of the present,
his forecast of the future, represent
the best European thought upon the
destinies of the United States. To
many it will seem an eNaggeration of
our greatness; to others it will show an
undue distrust of democracy; but, in
any case, it Is the word of scientific
historian-of man who is looking for
the truth. Neither wealth nor science
can change the laws that govern the
growth of nations. For Signor Fer
zero the United States stands today In
the position of the Roman Empire in
the days of Augustus. He pictures an
America which is bound to go the
Roman way, increasing in power,
draining incalculable wealth from that
orient which enriched Rome, forced
in spite Of hereditary democratic ideals
to make itself strong by land and sea
in order to hold its own and guard it's
world wide trading flag, overshadow-
ing the huge modern world as Rome
did the little civilization of the Medi-
terranean.
After calm reflection and in a cold,
scientific way, the thinkers and states
men of old Europe predict for the new
world this visionary future, and brood
ing over it they seem to be in the very
shadow of the peril. The practical
American. as he drops from the tail
end of street car and goes about his
business, may not realize that Europe
sees in him the terrible fellow who is
to go staggering down the way of the
world, taking the wall of every one. in
the good old Roman fashion; but so 1T
is. He is-even when he wheels the
baby abroad-an eighty-millionth part
Of the great American peril. in which
fact he may find certain measure of
satisfaction.-Nanc Thompson in Nun
sey's.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-19
Philosophers and rramc.

Many philosopher in the course Of
his star gazing has fallen into ditch
and worse. The fate of Professor
Curie, the discovercr of radium, who,
intent upon its possibilities, fell under
the wheel of wagon and was crushed
to death, might be paralleled by several
instances Of the kind from lives of phil
osophers, notably that of Archimedes
of Syracuse, who was so concentrated
on mathematical problem when it's
Roman besiegers at last burst into that
city that he fell under their swords in
spite of his impatient. "Noli turbare
circulos meos." Stepniak, too. the Rus
sian refugee, was SO engrossed with
the study Of nihilist questions in the
course of a walk in a London suburb
that he was run over and killed by a
train at level crossing. - London
Chronicle.
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headlong against the earth at the tun-

-
Meantime Swanson, in his slow way,
was coolly pitching clay balls. Two
other men, With Jernigln, Joined him,
and at last, with the water cold about
their ankles. they succeeded in stop
ping the flow. 1t was after this Incl
dent that the committee of five came
to look at the tunnel. for such things
as these leak curiously out to the pub
lie. and the committee. as have said,
found it Il good and perfect tunnel and
Mr.. Barclay an amiable man. Barclay
was no longer congratulating himself.
In two weeks the tunnel had not adj
vanced three feet, and it was costing
him Il small fortune to keep the water
down.
And then came the blue Monday. 1t
was at the afternoon shift. The tun-
mel had been behaving itself with adj
mirable decorum for a day or two, the
earth had seemed much harder, and,
though there was frequent rafting Of
escaping air. the sound of which had
grown so familiar that it brought not
a tremor to the men, the gaps We're
more easily closed Swanson had ac-
cumulated a large stock of clay balls.
"Ye're getting fat and lazy. Swan
son." Jernigan said. The old lady
amt playin' her chunes any more
But Jernigan spoke too soon. Not
ten minutes later one of the Italians
sprang back with u shout; he had open
ed a little pocket of silt near the top
and at one side of the tunnels end.
For moment the soft earth gushed
out; then there was the waiting sound
of escaping air. Instantly Swanson
drove clay ball into the hole, but in
stead of remaining there it disappeared
at once, being driven upward by the
escaping air. Other balls followed in
like manner: the air was going fast
Half the crew We're throwing the clay,
| but it either went out of sight or
sloughed down with the incoming mud.
| Then, of a sudden. in gushed torrent
of water as big as a mans leg. Jerni-
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Mistaken Identity.

Il just dropped in again today" said
the lady, ''to see those lovely side
boards you had last week.
"Not me, ma'am," replied the callow
furniture salesman. 81 amt never been
able to raise even mustache. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
a Chance FOR someDoay.
Every strange, isn't it, about the
story of Adam and Eve?"
'sHow?"
"Why. as far as 1 know, it hasn't
been worked up into a historical novel,"
-Watson's Magazine.
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gan rang for more air pressure. and TIE
men redoubled their efforts, but all to
no avail. Suddenly, while Jernigan
himself was working at the breach, the
Italians bolted. Jernigan yelled at
them, but they We're too desperately
frightened and ran at the top of their
speed for the air lock. The other men
paused undecided for an instant, and
then they, too, followed. 1t seemed GER
tain death to remain with that stream
of water pouring into the tunnel. 1t
would require only moment to wear
a larger hole, and then the whole river
would be in on them, and there were
nearly 600 feet of running to the air
lock and safety.
Jernigan looked around. Only Swan
son was left, calmly yet swiftly gath
ering up more clay balls.
For an instant the two men looked at
each other Jernigan had promised to
see the work through, and see it
through he would, water or no water.
Swanson saw him spring suddenly up
on the low earth bank which the men
used when working around the upper
rim of the tunnel He turned swiftly
and braced himself into the mud Of the
tunnels end, driving his body into the
pocket Of quicksand.
Here, Swanson, plug me in" he Or
dered.
Swanson brought clay balls and drove
them into the mud around Jernigan's
body. She's comm fast, Meester Yer
ed out everywhere around him, and
!, when the clay began to stop its course
the pressure was so great on Jerni-
gan's back that Swanson was compel
led to push against him and hold him
in with one of his huge hands while
with the other he plugged away with
the clay.
Give it to her, Swanson said Jerni-
gan cheerfully, although his face was
twisted with the pain of his position.
Swanson worked furiously, with the
water rising about his legs. The other
workmen We're already safe in the air
lock. The dim tunnel seemed like q
long pathway Of water, for the road
way was now completely covered For
a time it seemed an even chance
against the incoming water. Then,
with Swanson's clay and the increas-
Ing air pressure. the flow slowly less
ened.
Were beating her." observed the
sub-boss
Swanson removed his hand from Jer-
nigan's body. for the air pressure now
supported him firmly in place More
clay was brought and plugged in
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Monument to a Fish.

A tombstone" which is to be seen
in the garden of Fish cottage, Blockley,
picturesque village in South Worces-
tershire, is believed to be the only
tishs tombstone in existence The in
scription is as follows:
In Memory of the Old Fish.
Under the soil the old Fish, do, lie.
Twenty years. he. lived and then. did. die,
He was SO tame you, understand
He would. come. and eat, out, of. our.
hand.
Died April the Goth, 1885.
Aged 20 years.