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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26

wednesday, in attendance at the we'd
ding of Miss Letta Kincade Of that
city, to w. A. Boryles of Washington,
D. c. The wedding took place at high,
noon In the presence Of large crowd
Of guests. The young couple will be
at home to their many friends after
August 1, in Washington, D. G.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26
DUKE ALMoDovAR DEAD.
Presided at Conference on Moroccan
Affairs at Aaericas.

Madrid, June 2S.-Duke Almodovar,
minister of foreign affairs. who acted
as president of the conference on Nor
ocean reforms at Algeciras, during the
present year, died this AFTERNOON, aged
h2 Xaarss
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26
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The funeral of Charles w. Rubbing,
who was killed on Monday, June IL,
in mines No. at Hiteman was held on
Wednesday morning in the Swedish
Methodist church, and burial took
place in the Oak View cemetery at
Abba. l. o. o. F. lodge, of which de-
ceased was member, attended the fu-
neral in a body.
Mr.. Rubbing was born in Nerike,
Sweden, in 1850, came to America in
1882, and was married to Miss Emma
Larson in 1883. To this union were
born six children, Of which two SUIT
vive him, his wife and four children
having preceded him to the land be-
You'd. October 10, 1901, he was again
married to Mrs. Emma Nelson. To
this union were born two children, both
of whom are living. On June IS he
was killed by fall Of slate in mine
No. A. He leaves to mourn his death
wife and four children, brother in
Franklin, Mo, and a sister in South
Dakota
Clara Agnes, second child and cid
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Schmitz, was born near Kirkville
August 81, 1899, and died at the OF
tumwa hospital June Is, 1905. At the
time Of her death she was Z. years, II
months and % days old. Interment
was made in the Calvary cemetery
Her parents and brothers and sister,
have the sympathy Of many friends.
Contributed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26
BRITISH HATTLEsHiP LAUNCHED

Fighting Machine Of 1880 Tons Cost
$500, 700.
Glasgow, June 23-The British bat
tleship Agamemnon, 1880 tons, was
successfully launched aere today. The
Agamemnnr cost about S7-5Qll ln-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26


class land will be available for settlers
in addition to the land to be opened
for homestead entry.
Register Now.
Registration is now going on for the
opening Of part Of the Grow Indian
reservation near Billings, Mont. A mil
lion acres will be opened for settle
ment, the drawing plan which was
used at the opening Of the Rosebud
agency will be followed. Every person
desiring to take up homestead here,
who is qualified, must appear in per.
son not later than June % at Sheridan,
Wyoming, Billings or Miles City, Mon
tana. The drawing will be held at
Billings July O. 1906. Certain Of the
lands have been withdrawn from entry
and will be used by the government for
irrigation purposes.
Any head of a family, or person who
has arrived at the age Of 81 years and
Is citizen Of the United States, OF
has filed his declaration of intention
to become such, and who Is not the
owner of more than 100 acres of land,
is entitled to enter one-quarter section
(160 acres) or less quantity Of unap-
propriated public land under the homes
stead laws. The applicant must make
affidavit that he Is entitled to the priv
ileges Of the homestead act, and that
the entry Is made for his exclusive use
and benefit and for actual settlement
and cultivation.
Attention Girls!
| ,,.r,,,r;oa rro,,on ~ ooa ron
enjoy the benefits of the homestead
law. If she marries before she has ac-
quired title, and continues her resi-
dence on her claim, she can proceed to
prove up at the proper time, the same
as if she had remained single, but hus-
band and wife cannot secure separate
tracts by maintaining separate resi-
dences at the same time. All the sons
and daughters of family, who are ct
age, are entitled to take up land.
A soldier or sailor, having served IN
the United States army or navy during
, the Civil or Spanish-American war OF
Philippine insurrection for over ninety
days, can obtain not more than 100
acres of the public lands by filing
(himself or by an attorney declara'
tory statement, and within six months
Thereafter, ming MS amdaVlI anu dp'
plication, commencing settlement and
cultivation, and continuing the same
five years, less the time he served in
!, the army or navy-but such time in
1 no case to exceed four years. His
: widow can take advantage Of the
!, above. In case Of his death in the
|. army, or discharge therefrom on &C
! count Of wounds or disability incurred
g in the line Of duty, the term Of his en-
listment is deducted. In case of dealt
b Of the soldier, his widow, II unmar
p ried. or in case Of her death or mar
y rage, then his minor orphan children
Il by a guardian duly appointed and iof
r .icially accredited at the department
9 Of the Interior, shall be entitled to al
it the benefits giveE to soldiers unds
q lhnmastaaG Lawn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26

term of ten years, under an agreement
with the government. by which each
Indian is required to retain a farm
stead Of 20 per cent of his land hold
ings and may lease the balance. In
this way thousands Of acres Of first
class land will be available for settlers
in addition to the land to be opened
for homestead entry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-26
DANGEROUS STORMS
PROF. FOSTER PREDICTS CLOUD
BURSTS FOR THE LAST OF
PRESENT MONTH

Also the Last Days of June Will Be
Marked by Great Heat-"Why Do
the Theric Atoms Unite?" That Is
the Question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Legation and Embassy Buildings.

The announcement is made that the Ger
man government has bought site for
new embassy building in this city and Is
planning TO erect a handsome structure in
keeping with the dignity of the post at this
capital. This item of news should carry a
lesson to the American lawmakers who
have been importuned for years to adopt a
more liberal policy toward the American
diplomatic corps. Seven Of the foreign gov
ernments represented here now own their
own ambassadorial or ministerial estab-
lishments, Great Britain. Germany-whch
is about to change quarters-Japan China
Austria Hungary, Mexico and Italy. France
owns a site and is preparing to build aud
even the kingdom of Norway is construct
ing an official residence for its minister
Yet not one such official residence stands
in any foreign capital as a token of the
permanence and dignity of the United
States.
Long ago the United States should have
entered upon a course of legation building
at the foreign capitals 1t should have taken
a broad view OF the matter and not held
strictly to the Anticipated notion that such
expenditures are undemocratic. The result
of the policy so persistently maintained is
that our ministers and ambassadors are
compelled to find quarters as best they can
often suffering serious inconvenience and
unquestionably losing prestige by reason
of their meager appointments and poor To-
cations.
This is rich government, rich enough
in all certainty to house its foreign repre-
sentatives properly and provide them with
sufficient means to maintain themselves on
a suitable scale while serving their gov
eminent We have not fully learned the
lesson of the influence of material things
in diplomacy. We have trusted too far to
the personal prestige of our diplomatic rep
resentatives and to the power of the United
States. 1t Is true that many of our minis
tiers and ambassadors have been men of
large means, who could afford to pay out
more than their salaries In the mainte-
nance of suitable establishments, but this
dependence upon the private resources of
the officials has always impressed many
Americans as unfair and in some respects
extremely unwise. One result is that only
a rich man can today afford to permit the
consideration of his name for such a post,
and the United States has unquestionably
suffered in the loss of much excellent am
bassadoral material
The expenditure of few million dollars
in embassy and legation buildings at the
foreign capitals would prove profitable
investment, both In the encouragement of
men of the highest qualifications to seek
such posts Notwithstanding their Lack OF
private means, and in the Strengthening of
the diplomatic position of this government
abroad In the matter of the material equip
ment of it's foreign representation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

was upon the rails when the locomotive
reached that point. He and his own chill
dren were killed and the other child was
dangerously injured.
{ Here is a case where the incomplete at
tempt to make the crossing safe has re-
suited in making it more dangerous than
ever. It ia obvious that IL the electric line
could be elevated across the road the steam
road could be also. But SO slow are the
city and state officials to move against the
transportation companies that the powerful
corporation operating the steam line In this
instance has been left immune from inter-
ference, and, Is allowed to maintain these
deadly nuisances all over Long Island. The
case Is the same In other states Here and
there public sentiment has been aroused to
the point OF revolt against the corporations
and officials and reformatory works have
been forced. but the results that have been
thus far accomplished are but drop In
the bucket compared with what remains to
be done. Hundreds of lives have been sac
rsficed In this manner. Hundreds more
will doubtless, be wasted before the people
awake to the fact that they have the rem
e6y in their own hands in the election OF
municipal councils and state legislators who
will enact rigorous laws compelling the
immediate abatement of the grade crossing
evil A state campaign waged upon that
issue would be novelty, and would in all
likelihood be won by the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
English "Suffragettes."

The English "suffragettes" or advocates
of woman's suffrage. are Conducting their
campaign with vigor if not with entire dis
erection. They have tried to lay their
propositions and grievances before the home
secretary and have been dispersed by the
police. and their leaders arrested. They
have tried to force their way into meet
ings and have been restrained. Now they
have had taste of their own medicine.
While holding a meeting in one of the
parks of London yesterday they were
charged by a mob OF roughs. and it was
only after a fierce fight that they extri-
Gated themselves from a perilous position
with the assistance of Kier Hardy, the
labor legislator. and other men friends.
These tactics will serve TO make the
equal suffrage campaign spectacular If not
convincing. They will accentuate the oppo-
sition and give rise to bitter side issues
There are already signs that In the re-
shaping of British politics the suffrage
question Will probably come to play an i'm
portant part, especially II the laborites. who
have already become significant item in the
parliamentary situation. espouse the cause
of the women. The new-fiberal ministry
though backed by tremendous majority.
Is none too strong on its feet, and If il is
confronted with the suffrage issue at the
psychological moment Ii may be seriously
embarrassed. Thus far 1t has turned a
deaf ear to the pleas of the women. Should
kier Hardy stand for his own party in
supporting the suffragettes the government
may find itself menaced 10y loss not mere
~ or the labor votes in commons as now
organized-those votes themselves not being
essential TO the maintenance of a majority
but to the loss of labor support of liberal
candidates In the next general election. 1t
Is well recognized that many of the liberal
members were elected by reason of their
Endorsement by the workingmen. and some
political statlsticians have figured that If
u had not been for this coalition Sir Henry
Campbell Zimmerman would not today be
premier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

4 suburban grade crossing accident oc-
CURED yesterday on Long Island in circum-
stances that serve to emphasize even more
distinctly than usual the criminal negli-
gence OF the transportation corporations
and the slowness or indifference OF munic-
ipal and state authorities. A much used
highway is crossed by two rapid transit
lines, one operated by steam and the other
by electricity. The latter line has been
elevated at the point of crossing, to pre-
vent accidents. The steam line remains at
grade. The enbankment which carries the
electric line over the highway serves as an
absolute shield to hide the view of the
steam track on the approach from one side
Thus IL is impossible for the road users
attempting TO cross from that direction to
see whether the way is clear unsafe. A
fagman has recently been stationed at this
crossing to give warning Yesterday man
driving a spirited horse, with two or his
own children and the child of q neishbor
in Ms wagon, approached the crossing
Just before he reached the rails the flag
man appeared and began to wave him back.
He could not check his horse In time. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Disarmament.

All discussion of disarmament is interest
ing and in one sense important. Peace is
something that the great majority of men
desire, and from which when it prevails
all men profit Even the most altruistic
of those who discuss the subject say some
thing that serves good purpose. Dream
ers are entertained, and practical men get
a hearing on notions about the millennium
But, as mankind Is organized, peace does
not come from mere desires, or from
dreams. Nations which have enjoyed its
blessings longest have been the best pre-
pared to command it, and have in effect
commanded 1t. The world has never seen
a day of peace as the result Of altruism.
1t Is not organized on that basis. Russia
talked disarmament while scheming to put
Japan in hole by force. When Russia
and Great Britain disarm then may man
kind elsewhere order its glory robes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

New York. and no legal recourse Is left the
defrauded citizens-that has now been
placed beyond all debate. And If elections
can be stolen In the city of New York they
can be stolen In the state of New York, and
the people be equally helpless.
What are the people to do?
The answer to that question, which M
wolves the right of self-goyernment ana
goes to the very root of the American sys-
tenn, is this:
There is one kind of election that can
not be stolen.
And that is the kind OF election when
the people go to the polls in so overwhelm-
ing tide for plain honesty, for the simple
right, for government by themselves and
not by the piratical and corrupting cor
porations, that not all the false counting
and, repeating and violence of the inter
ests' and the bosses who are leagued with
them can overcome the majority.
THAT Is the remedy. the only present
remedy. left the people OF New York city
and state. for the closed courts, the en-
shaved legislature and the captured attor-
ney general which now confront them"
This will be an extremely interesting
year in American politics. Congress is In
the balance. Labor is presenting itself as a
distinct political force. The Bryan boom
for 1908 Is strongly in evidence. Several
republican booms are In the way of being
advanced or checked by the results In the
states. And in New York there promises
to be one of the livelest shindfes ever
known In the history of American parties.
1t is good to be alive and awake in such
times. with so much doing for entertain
rnaut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Hearst.

MT Hearst is not 10 have chance 10 ex
pIoit himself In court. T'ne attorney gem
eral OF New York state has denied his nett,
Ion Tor leave TO institute an action TO test
Mayor McClellan's title to his office. This
ends the controversy. from a legal point of
view o. course, * does not cease as a polit-
ical asset Nh Hearst viii make full use
OF II In his campaign for the governorship
OF New York He has recently acknowl-
sedged that he wants that office ana his
tAseh's nave been at work ever since the
fnayoraitY election to build him a machine
up state Reports indicate that they have
knocked together fairly workable machine
ffhere are two possibilities. one thai Mr.
Hearst may capture the regular democrat,c
convention. the other that. falling Ia can
fure 1t, his men may organize an jnde-
pendent convention and place their man in
domination. 1t is extremely unlikely thar
Hearst wiz be the regular democratic
nominee What chance he may have had
30 rush the primaries and corraH the dele
gates has been greatly reduced of late nv
She Organizing tendency of the party In the
state. TIE mere likely outcome is a coalt
Fion of labor politicians and socialists with
Hearst as its candidate, The party cries
of this combination are now ready for ut
ferance. Municipal ownership" and Down
with the trusts are two of them. Mr..
Hearst viii personally supply a third
p Robbed of the msyoraity'%%wiil be his own
contribution to the vocal entertainment
sSis gives utterance 10 II today in shs, New
York American. He says:
r. Injections can be stolen In the ci.y ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
The South's Response to Taft.

Southern comment on Secretary Tafts
North Carolina speech shows that the
democratic leaders Of that section are not
, at all disturbed by tile deliveranee. Its
author is treated with much personal re-
spect. but his views are not considered
dangerous to a continuation of democratic
supremacy. And, as matter OF fact, they
are not. They We're well grouped and well
expressed. but presented question with
which the south had not for years been
! familiar. The lower south has been made
and kept solid in the face of all the essen
I tlal facts mentioned by the accomplished
Secretary Of War And how much longer
lis IT likely to remain solid In the interests
! that have made IL so? Well, an allowance Of
fifty years is not too great. in the circum-
stances. barring political earthquakes.
which. like physical dispacements of the
same kind, cannot be forecast
e There Is entertainment In this southern
comedy. When the movement for over
hauling state constitutions in the south
| began, now We were all admonished. look
out. The solid south would crumbie at
fonCe Hundreds of thousands OF demo-
| Gratis had for some time been waiting for
/ the elimination of the negro from the field.
With him out. they would flock to the re-
| publican banner and train under it with
enthusiasm. They were strongly for re-
publican policies. but simply could not
support them while the negro held ballot
In his hand
The negro was eliminated. If he had been
physically pitchforked into the deep middle
of the Atlantic he could not. so far as the
suffrage was concerned. have been more
thoroughly disposed of. Even some of those
: who had risen to power by his aid helped
to do the work, and expected to get two
white votes for his one. But those white
votes did not materialze. They have not
yet materialized. They never will material
ize on the promise held out.
The explanation for the failure of this
promised exodus from the democratic party
now is that the white republicans OF the
south want to hold the federal offices. That
spirit is Objectionable to men who other
wise would join the party. 1t looks sordid
and selfish in the eyes of men trained in
politics since the close of the civil war.
Now that the negro is out of It,. let the
white republicans of the south retire, and
r. with the field clear and all the offices in
sight open to them. southern democrats
viii turn republican while you wait.
OF course they would do nothing of the
kind Talk on that line is nothing but
talk. The wonder is that people with men,
cries and fair judgment OF politicians are
impressed by it for single moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
The Idiotic, Fatal Dare"
From the New York Herald.


When girl companions who could swim
dared him Samuel gluten, a youth Of
twenty. who could not swim, plunged into
Gravesend Bay yesterday and was drowned
in view of many bathers." From Mid
dletown comes a dispatch telling how Sam
uel McLeary, twenty-seven years old, was
dared by two small boys who had swum
across the Waikiki river, and he was
drowned in the attempt to follow What
fendish trait in human nature is back of
this sneering al and gloating over the sup
spect of another? And what an imbecile is
the young man or woman who will not
take dare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Unbiased

It's true. l am no more myself
That is. the self of long ago; 3.
But I am nearer like that elf
Than anybody thatgI know.
Since I am so much like the man
Whom once L heartily admired
1 bear with me as best can,
Although 1 sometimes make me tired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Attention, PittsburR!
From the Utica Observer.

rum tAe Utica observer.
Pittsburg Is contemplating a new hotel
to contain a thousand rooms. It is calcu-
lated that this will accommodate the out
of-town lawyers. correspondents and wit
nesses in the divorce cases which almost
continuously occupy the attention of the
Ptttsburg millionaire circle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Reciprocal Qualifications.

From the Portland (Me) Advertiser
Before a Norwegian girl can marry she
must present certificate showing that she
can cook. Why not compel prospective
bridegrooms to furnish certificates showing
that they are capable of providing some
thing to cook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

Maybe Thaw's dismissed lawyers want to
decide the question of his sanity in advance
of the jury trial by declaring that he Is
not competent to choose his own legal rep
resentatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

Mr.. Bryan is about to visit Scotland This
visit is probably intended to perfect the
peerless one in the native pronunciation,
SO that he can say "hoot mon to inquisi-
tive questoners on his return to America
with telling effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Prudence.

% Il am going to have my hands insured
said the eminent pianist
Don't do it," answered his manager.
Your hands do not constitute your most
valuable asset. Have your hair insured"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

The absence of Bouncer Barnes from the
presidential outfit at Oyster Bay Is notable
in the considerable manner In which
woman who persists in trying to see the
President and his wife Is being treated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

A Baltimore young man tried his hand at
bursling and was cornered. To save his
mother from disgrace he killed himself
He might have thought of his mother be-
fore he broke into crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
What's in a Namep

From the Baltimore News
The name Chicago is derived from She
gog-ong, the locative of the word she cog
meaning skunk. The Pottawatomies must
have been gifted with second sight when
Packingtown was named
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

Mr. Hearsts newspapers are now en-
gagged in throwing fits at the rate OF eight
an hour, because the attorney general OF
New York state refuses to allow him to
bring suit to test Mayor McClellan's title
to the mayoralty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16
Good Observation-Disclosures.

From the Denver Times
me keeper of a vegetarian restaurant In
chicago complains that since the beef trust
exposures business has been so good that
he has been unable to find time to eat his
own meals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-16

Senator Plat celebrated his seventy-third
birthday anniversary yesterday and gave
evidence of continuing to do business as a
boss at the old stand.