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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-21
NINE SCALE
y
IS FINISHED
IOWA COAL INDUSTRY WILL NOT
BE INTERRUPTED FOR TWO
YEARS

Des Moines, April 2o.-(speciaD
The scale will doubtless be sign
ed this afternoon. The joint scale
committee finished it's work at II
O'clock and is thoroughly agreed
and there is little or no doubt that
the joint conference will agree
and that the entire scale will be
signed late this afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-21
DUBUQUE MAN 5. SUICIDE.

Chris Wertz, Painter, Hangs Him
self While Despondent.
Dubuque, April 2O.-(Special. -
Chris Wertz, aged So, painter, hang
ed himself in his room last night. De
spondency caused the suicide.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-21
COMMITS SUICIDE.

William Broker Of Milwaukee Takes
His Own Life.
Mobile, Ala, April 20.-William
Broker, a millionaire of Milwaukee,
Wis, committed suicide here today.
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FLAMES ARE
CONQUERED
oNE-FouRTH OF SAN FRANCISCO
STILL OUTSIDE OF FIRE
ZONE
FIREMEN GAIN CONTROL

The Estimates Of the Number Of Dead
Continue to Grow and 1t is Now
Thought That Between 1000 and
1'5oo Have Been Killed in San
Francisco.
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CONTINUED on Page 50
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Continued on Page 5.)
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

Rev. J. l. Campbell. Of Cambridge,
was the speaker at the noon meeting in
fremont Temple today in answer to the
question. '.wm the Old Book Sland?''
IN substance h said:
The astonishing discoveries that have
been made. and that are stnl constant
ly coming from the plains OF Babylon.
and from The ruins OF ancient Egypt
the inscriptions on brick and stone. IT
tomb. temple al palace. On rock and
wall. tally and match. fact by fact.
with the teachings OF Gods Word
The very mummy Of The Pharaoh OF
the oppression. Rameses II. now lies in
the museum Of Bulak. near Cairo In
Egypt
''Then there IS the line of argument
from fulaHed prophecy, from miracles
aad flom multitudes of ether sources.
all converging toward the same suo-'me
conclusion. We are in a better posi-
ton &c Judge Of the truth OF Christi
anity today than had we lived in Tal-~-
tine in the time 3f Christ. We know
what Christianit. is. we know what il
has done for the world. We know what
il Is doing now L has had time -
show itself IN tts true character K
has blorted out nameIess SINS. b -nis-ieI
human slavery. exalted vvOnarhood. en-
nobled childhood. tTansdsured aud
blessed humanity. dried up earth sCr-
rovs and sent millions singing home y
glorv- Danish the religion OF the B.D.e
from the land. close our churches. eS-
tirguish our altar fires. scatter oar
Sunday schools. do away with the
Christian Sabbath, and let nifty years
go by. 50 that the Influences Of Chris
Ji3n teaching may IN measure disap-
pear. and YOU would not need 10 60 10
the future life 20 find hell You would
have il right here in Boston
"A prominent men said solemaly the
other day that ne would rather take
the life OF his daughter with his own
hard than have her live the Efe that
would be- assigned her # There was no
religion in the world
If anything in the universe can be
proved beyond all possibility OF ques-
ton BY the most indispuiIble evidence:
II there is any fact that is certain BY
the uuanswerabIe testimony OF the
mightiesJ and truest and noblest and
the best Of al ages. Il is the one cen
tral fact that tie Lord Jesus Christ
saves his people from their sins. He
who rejects this rejects what IS estab-
lshed and proved IS surely as that
the sun is in the heavens once put out
the light Of this blessed Bible. awaken
ing a morning in a hundred lands. I'LL
ing the dark valley of the shadow OF
death with the golden beams of lie sun
of Righteousness. lighting up the whole
pathway from the city Of destruction up
10 the celestial gate; the candle Of the
soul: the torch Of earth: the glory Of
the skies, once put out this light, and
there remains no more altar al which
a worlds hopes can be rekindled'
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
kOD KIPclEhER Of M01Cm<

her wit Kitchener caIied On her ou,
once.
Today Lord Kitchener prefers HIS
subordlnates unmarried. if YOU pleese.
He says that sot works better aad i
less apt to become involved in station
gossip and -'petticoat wars. Indeed.
50 strong is the mans feeling In this
regard that report ascribes TO nothing
else the breaking of his leg some year
or more ago. a dread al rumur had
come 10 his ears that one OF his best
officers, one IN whom he had. the Ut
most confidence not only as a capable
soldier. but also as satisfactorily
confirmed bachelor. had falIer a victim
To the fascinations OF fiuffy-haired.
blre-eycd chit Of a child. newly out
from home. They met and rode to-
gether. said the tale. not a thousand
miles from a certain hill which Mr.
Kipliag had made famous Wherefore
the next morning Kitchener. fearful Of
mien. called for his horse and rode OF
10 see for himself whether OF not this
scandalous thing could be true.
There's many a Slip however. evey
in the tropics The horse boited into !.
tunnel mouth-and there lay Nemesis
with broken leg. while. ali uncon-
scious, Mas and Venus pursued their
loving way
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Wants No Ber eredict-0 Officers.

There is to be told Of him. however.
one authentic love story. Down the
Bayswater road. mar Lancaster Cate.
stands well-kIown fashionable
church. whose walls. could they but be
called into evidence. could tel a little
heart happening when the steru-faced
campaigner OF today was yet a sub
a!rerr; -he days when Aldershot lay
just behind and the Palestine expedi-
ton in the near future 1t was
warm forenoon. and the sacred edifice
was being cleaned, the only folk in
sight being the verger and the pew
owner. the warlOrd-tO-be OF England.
and fair-naired girl. her ewes defined
by long. dark Iasl,es and ched brows.
and a very syiphirke figure The TWO
had grown mp together. as nearly as
that could be true when the he in the
case had already Travelled not little.
Affection had grown till wiseacres
talked-but on the mo ming in question
the thought Of other admirers weighed
heavier than the p'eadings Of a young
fellow j7st ordered out for foreign ser
vice Kitchener went to the east s,ul
unattached She mar led che of his
rivals. was divorced less than tour
years. later and within the. present sea
sen mas shown India her beauty and
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
What q free Hand" Did.

The victor OF Khartoum. who had
TransvRal as thoroughly Inefficient
was given a free hand when he went
out 10 Calcutta and Simla. With the
first official word OF his appointment
any number of military pets already
on the ground asked 10 be called home
Under such a man they knew that the
old Dolo-playing. whisky-and-soda,
picnic-and-dancing days were over.
And they were right. That sort Of
thing stopped instanter-and political
''get-evens" began to whisper.
The new commander was himself a
tireless worker. and he had formed
the habit Of seeing that every officer
under him does his share When a
man does his work well. he gets scant
praise When he does II III. he is
fired" The ability of ..--v subordi-
nate Kitchener measures by his own
II he wants a thing done on wednes-
day, II is useless 10 point out that It
cannot be completed till Thursday.
That merely means he will turn from
the man In question. find a man who
Will do Il on Wednesday. and wednes-
day night It Is finished. Nothing could
be simpler. But II makes enemies.
The Indian officers. too. were heavy
drinkers. most Of them. ThIt sort OF
thing settles a man once and for all
with *. of X" He himself. to be
sure. looks like a veritable toper-with
-pouched. watery eyes. and skin
tanned brick-red by tropical service;
but he never drinks a drop.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Laborers We're Plentiful

There is a brand new story OF the
man which shows up several OF his
traits. Like all hard workers. fast yet
invariably thorough. he has a knack
of instantly getting at the inmost
heart OF a matter, and asking the one
pertinent question without a super
fluous word.
During some construction work IN
the Nepal district, a few weeks ago.
the suhaltern In charge had the mis-
fortune to lose some native workmen
through a premature explosion. He
at once telegraphed his superior, Re
gret to report killing ten laborers.
dynamite accident" AS luck would
have il Lord Kitchener vas in the
headquarters to which the wire went
at the moment Of its arrival, and read
the dispatch. Instantly he answered:
do you need any more dynamite"
1t wasn't that he was not in his way
Rppreciative Of the loss Of ten human
lives. nor was there any intended joke
back OF his brevity. He had his whole
mind on the work under hand. as he
always has. Laborers were to be had
for the asking; dynamite had TO be
transported; transportation meant de-
lay; therefore get out after the one
essential detail instantly That's the
Kitchener way
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
His LOUe StOrg.

When he first went out 10 India.
Lady Curzon. for whatever cause.
made every effort TO get "the Man
from Egypt" as they called him then.
into the social whirl Of the viceregal
court. and for a time rumors were rife
enough that he had been caught-bv
Daisy Letter herself. said many OF
the more knowing. But the sirdar's
Will was proof against the bIandish-
ments Of even such charming women
as Indian society knows. Miss Letter
proved as Intellectual a bait as had
Lady Stavordale OF Mrs. James
Brown-Potter. TX. Of k" continued
to hold as his two strongest dis
likes newspaper correspondents and
women,
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

mutiny, The forceful Kitchener
fdgeted with his chin strap. while
tears stood in the usually s,eely eyes
cf 'Bobs~ onetine chief of staff.
There WIS a day when Kitchener
threw away 100000 That was just
after the fan OF KharJoUm in s..
when the British forces evacuated
Shendy. Storcs and provisions could
not he transported. and Kitchener
was IT, charge of the detail which
was 10 destroy what could not be car
rird of Including million rounds of
various sorts ot ammunition. All of
IL was carried mi3ssream and sunk in
the NJle
After II was All over and the troops
well or their way down stream again.
IL was discovered that among the am
munition cases were two chests filed
with good gold sovereigns. 1000 coins
in each. II has never yet been dis
covered. Nile mud accommodates rap
IDLY.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
~ q.
Raising Ftowers and Enemies.

AS If 10 make Up IN part for This
faux pas. Kitchener. for al least once
in his life playing rhe part OF squire of
danes. saved the Londonderry pearls.
That occurred at a dinner at the fam
Gus home OF that ti,led beauty, Kitei.-
ener being seated at his hostesses left.
with the Duke OF Devonshire on the
other side During the feast the fab
ulousIy valuable rope of Jewels burst.
A Young footman tried to repair the
damage. but bungled it worse than
ever Devonshire went on eating
strawberries and cream. Kitchener
rose TO the occasion. Dexterously.
r. .pi6ly. he collected a half dozen of
already errant stones. slipued them
again on their golden chain. and hook
ed II horne once more. The table
chaTed the man of action almost as
much as they did the duke who had
remained so true to his fresh fruit. but
the story is unusual enough to chron-
fcle
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
BULLETIN BABBLES.
.n,s.tre r.,l.l-r.

Stern eaittics-rudders-
To be light headed makes one top
heavy.
= stitch in the side IS a good one TO
drop.
OF course. the barber should treat both
sides alike
The wigmaker could not mend the
locks OF a canal
A man can have a nice bow and look
stem without being shipshape.
In another capacity the minstrel and
man may be a u.iddleman-
Fair play is eli right. but we want a
play 10 be more than fair.
The blonde mans whlskers are ~ften
sort o. side lights.
Running up bills runs down many
pCrsOE's reputation.
Don't be af-aid when you see the buds
shooting. Their pistns are harmless
Money burns u mans pocket. even
WheI he hasn't money 10 burn
II the mermaid went 10 the dry goods
store she would probably buy watered
SILK.
You might say that The heaviest one
IN the crowd leads the weigh.
When u woman gets carewo-n. she
doesn't care what she wears.
As to dogs. there should be more than
one good point about a pointer
Don't think you're the whole thing II
you want others % help you out Of a
hole.
NJ doubt Matthew was ~ 20 he Mark.
and likewise Luke and John
To travel. the elephant doesn't have
70 provide his wife with a trunk fun Of
dresses
he thinks he ought TO have wreath.
At least nice bouquet.
To honor him among the rest
Cpon Memorial Day.
For he's the hero OF two wars.
lies paid the bitter price,
Though TOW he's free, the st-ife IS Ger
de has been married twice.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

Yet there Is true heart in the
Kitcherer breast. How else could he
once have been fo'Ind in South Africa.
holding a tiny Bocr grille on his
khakied knee. the better to show ner
the pictures in a four -month-old Lon
been that, AT the splerdid Durbar. he
himself started the great cheer which
greeted the thin red line of some hun
drcd or more Old men who marched
past at none too steady salute-all
that was left OF that brave native
force which remained true to the
White Queen during the dreadful
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Ety-Six Today

There has been a snallish argument
as 70 whether he was born at Guns
borough House or Aspal Hall, but, as
both seats are in County Kerry, Ire
land, the decision can be OF only local
interest The general is an Irishman.
and that has been in his favor from
the start At eighteen Che is fifty
six years old this very day. he en-
tered Woolwich. a young man of me-
dium height broad chested and i'm
mensely muscular, and. though soli-
tary in his tastes and not much given
TO sports. yet amiable and most
amenable to discipline. or course. his
masters report. he was even then
hard and consistent worker.
Less than a month after his graGu-
alton, happening to be at Dinan when
the Franco-Prussian war broke out.
he volunteered and saw real fighting
under General Chanzy Then came
three years at Chatham and Alder
shot, years of more steady training
for the calling he was 10 honor. and
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

prophecy's fuIfIlment England can
more easily find botanists and their ilk
than she can such captains as Kitch-
ener OF Khartoum-
Yet his unpopularity seems 10 grow
as steadily IS the months Perhaps
nothing less could De expected when
there IS so mu>n FIRE behind the smoke
Of Tommy Atkins new song:
wot sets the colonel cravin' for iust-so
rank and hle?
wot makes the serEeant's swearin' 50 par
tieularIy vile?
II amt his blamed anxiety 10 keep the
RoossiaR hour.
It's a 'orrid sort o feelin' Of q X some
were about
It's K-yus. X
And there's none 70 say In nay
There's furter in the dovecotes wen
Ike N~y7ysis e stalks.
-Es a eorker and an 'ero aad a bogey
man. they say.
Fer 'e's always hUp and coin NyhiiSt TIE
hothers sits aad talks
WARWICK JAMES PRICE
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

~ oMNIY ATKINS-those or him.
that is. who are out on the
India service-has new song
II runs TO the music Of Kip
unp,s "Oonts," and this is
how the first verse reads:
wo, makes the 'omesick subaltern ter
for Hengland shed?
II a,n.t the snoozin' In the SHADE W"
punkahs over cad;
II amt a-goin' Picnics wiv the lyoies u0S
by day: 49,.
Its the strivin' for perfeekshun meath the
steely heye Of *
rs X. fust K;
And 'e's got a nasty way.
Ana 'e's always sure to get II " en- P'@'
the game O. war ..
= ttnd - cuts YER job out. and 81 amt
a hinfant's play -,
And wen YOU put yer back in II e Eiuii'''
asks for more.
7, this means anything more than
excellent parody. It is that the pres
ent cornmander-in-chief Of the BRUSH
arms IN the Eas: is a hard taskmas'er'
All the world and his wife knows tha'.
vo,, say7 Probably. but how many OF
tbosa thousands who have heard OF
the brilliant career Of Kitchener oh
Fchartoum have stopped to reahze
that his application OF the very seli-
rame unfinchingly hard methods by
which he has made of himself the best
soldier Of all Europe. will. when ap-
pl,ed to subordinates Gas now they
ar. being applied make for the man
more political enemies than even =
Kitchener may be able TO vRnquish.
II Is a time OF peace With a war on
ber hands England would never for
an instant heaTkcn to the detrac'ors
of her sblest general. She couldn't az
ford to. But todayI
The London Times has printed long
article built about the brief that Hitch-
euer's rule IN India is q failure. He
treats the native army contemPtuous-
IL savs the famous old ''Thunderer."
thereby creating IN It Just that discon-
tented soreness which bred the bloody
nutiny OF 81 And other things are
said. all OF threatening sort to the
generals well-wishers. Does II mean
that his retirement from his present
post Is seriously contemplated TWO
wrongs are often held to make right
In modern political creeds. and II Bal
four ousted Curzon instead OF recon-
Cling the differences which had grown
up between that splendid administra-
tor and Lord Kitchener. so keeping
two good men at work where two hun
dred would not be too mRny-perhaps,
In some such same silly way the
Campbell -Bannerman cabinet viii
throw over Kitchener.
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

roising. both at ''Snowden' and at
-WilGhower Hail." the Official and
unofficial residence which he occupies.
the one at Slrnia. and the other some
six miles out Of that morally un-
savory city, and 500 feet up IN the
hills. Orchids from Burma. with
tropical plants from Mysore and
Kashmir and the Pamirs. are being
there experimental with. and so sue
cessfuIly. too. as to mean that hal
the prizes al the last Calcutta. show
went 70 ;he Man Of War. Landscape
gardening Is also receiving his earnest
attention-tiI there be those who pre-
dict that in case Of his removal from
the post be now holds. he will amaze
his ungrateful eountrymen by his con-
tribution 10 their knowledge Of ORR
entail arboriculture and Horticulture.
and by his exhibits IN the principal
home" flower shows. This is far
from sn uainteresting or valueless
The Washington times., 1906-06-24
Tally With Bible Teachings.

-WARWICK JAMES PRICE
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

then lin 1S7D the chance of his life
presented itself. He Went out with
the British Palestine exploring ex-
pedition. which meant just this, that
he mastered Arabic thoroughly. and
his proficiency in that tongue went
far 70 his spelling out success in the
Soudan later Alexandria was bonn
barded officers who could speak
Arabic were terribly scarce. but young
Kitchener was handily around. and
10! found himself a major of cavalry.
The other rungs Of the ladder were
soon to follow-the Sirdarship. ON
durham. Khartoum. the Peerage. the
Transvaal. India. lie had made eff
cient ''rifiemen out OF mud" I'm Egypt;
why not do as much In the great
Asiatic cOlOny2 He had saved Eng
lands face" first in North Africa and
then In the south; why not straighten
out the tangling army affairs OF Brit
ish India? He has done much already
and Will do more. II he is allowed the
chance. But disciplined Subalterns Gin
King Edwards army usually have
good political friends near westn1ins-
ter. and II Is not too hard TO oust a
general in t1'e piping times of peace
The Washington times., 1906-06-24

s the Present Cabinet to Sacrifice Second Good Man.
Initiating Bdfours Weakness Which Led to CurzOn's Re-
tireHent-The Picturesque and MeteOric Career of the
BorEaRd-Bred General Who Twice Has Saved Engands
Fdce'-Fiow Arabic Helped him After Woman Had Re-
fused tfm-Fow He Threw Away 100000 and Saved the
Londonderry Pearls. i i +
Arizona republican., 1906-03-19
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Arizona republican., 1906-03-19
CANADIAN POLICE
 IN CHARGE OF STRIKE
The Situation in Alberta is Becoming
 Alarming.

Great Falls. Mont. Mar. 1S.-The strike of the coal miners at Lethbridg- p Alberta, has caused so much uneasi- ness among citizens that they have called upon the dominion government to render assistance and the northwest mounted police has been placed in control Of the town and practically martial law prevails. This action ap- pears to have irritated the miners still further and citizens are fearful of dis orders. More than 500 men. members of the union, are on strike. and there are still about a hundred at work uu der police protection. These are greet ed daily with VOlleys or snowballs and stones as they go to work. put so far nothing worse has occurred.
 Last evening an explosion of dyna- mite occurred in the outskirts of town. but no damage was done and it IS though it was accidental. F. iI Sherman. district president of tEp un- ion workers, says that the strike may be extended to other coal mines in Ai-~ berta and British Columbia unless an agreement is reached. Many of the smaller towns in Alberta are now on the verge of a coal famine and al shipments to outside points have been stopped.
Arizona republican., 1906-03-19
Quit Worrying

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