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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
OMINOUS SIGNS
in THE ORIENT
Troops Are Being Rushed to the
Philippines.
DANGER IS REGARDED As SERIOUS.
Secretary Root. Having Ia Mind the Lesson Of
the Boxer Uprising, Is Making Elaborate
Preparations to Meet Emergeucles-Rseept
Reports Indicate Serious Condition OF
Affairs.

Washington, d. c. (SpeciaD. - Ac-
tive preparations for a real conflict in
China are being carried on by the War
Department, with a view TO being fully
prepared for any outbreak which may
occur as a result of the antiforeign agi-
tation throughout the empire. Officials
OF the government, from President
Roosevelt down, are much perturbed.
and while some are so optimistic as to
say that there is good chance that there
VIII be no trouble, all are actively in
terested in the work of preparation which
has been set on foot and advocate the
the measures which have already and
VIII be taken. Just now President
Roosevelt and his advisers are contem-
plating the sending of another regiment
OF infantry to the Philippines. The
Chinese outlook caused the administra-
ton to strengthen the force in the Phil
ippineS by the addition of the First and
Second Regiments of infantry and the
Eighth and Thirteenth Batteries of field
artillery. There troops are now en-
route to the Philippines. When the or
der was issued directing them to 90 to
the Philippines the government had
China in mind, and at that time President
Roosevelt advised that another regiment
be sent. This action, however. was not
taken at that time. In the meantime,
trouble has been experienced with Con-
gress in getting funds for the transpor-
tation and maintenance of additional
troops in the Philippines
If the War Department can figure out
some way of providing for another regi-
ment OF infantry in the islands, one
Will be sent. The administration is in
tent upon having large force in the
Philippines on account of the danger
which lies in the agitation now going
on in the Chinese Empire. 1t was learn
ed at the War Department Monday that
large stock of winter clothing for use
IN case troops are rushed into China is
being made ready in San Francisco for
shipment to the Philippines. The War
Department is more active upon lines
of preparation for trouble than at any
time since the Boxer trouble of 1000
The winter clothing for the soldiers is
for use in China. There will be enough
shipped soon to clothe thousands of
soldiers. The clothing may not be sent
Immediately, and it is possible that it
will be held in San Francisco for some
time, but at the first hint of impending
danger the entire lot will be rushed to
Manila, or possibly direct to some
Chinese port, and issued to the American
soldiers. The clothing is such as would
never be used in the tropical Philippines.
The question of transporting troops
from Manila TO China has been practi-
cally settled and a scheme of action de-
termined upon. The Second Infantry
and the two batteries of field artillery
are en- route to the Philippines. having
sailed from San Francisco last Saturday
on the transport Meade
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Internal Commerce Grows.

According to a report issued by the
Department of Commerce and Labor, the
aggregate volume of internal commerce
during 1905 was undoubtedly the largest
for any corresponding period in the his
tory of the country. The report says:
The greatly increased activities in the
iron, steel and copper industries were
particularly worthy of note, having
caused iron production, according to re-
liable commercial sources, to advance 40
per cent. and copper nearly IS per cent.
over similar production in 1904"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Stringent Aufi-Psss Bill

Senator LaFolette introduced a bill
prohibiting Federal officials from asking
or accepting railroad or other passes and
prohibiting railroads from granting them
Ii imposes penalties for violations of the
law
The bill forbids all persons and corpor-
ations giving free passes or franks to
any political committee or its employees, to
any candidate for al Office under the
Constitution or laws of the United
States, or to any holder of such an Office.
The bill forbIds passes, franks or privi-
leges being issued to any person which are
withheld from any other person for "the
travelling accommodation or tranSporta-
ton OF any person or property or the
transmission of any message or COM
munication"
The punishment for violation of the
bill is Imprisonment at hard labor, not
more than five years nor less than one
year, or by fine not exceeding $1,000 nor
less than $Ioo"
Agents and officers of companies with
In the purview Of the bill are to be
privileged from testifying in relation to
anything it prohibits, and no person so
testifying is to be liable TO punishment
for any offense concerning which he
was required TO testify.
Free passes" as used in the bill, is
defined as "any form of ticket or mileage
emitting the holder to travel over any
part of the line or lines of any railroad,
issued to the holder as a gift in consid-
Grafton of any service performed or to
be performed by such holder, or any other
person, except where such ticket or mile
age is used by such holder in the per-
formance of his duties as an employe of
the railroad issuing the same"
Railway Mail Service men while in
the performance of their duty are to be
exempt from the provisions of the bill.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Met Death Ia Fire.

Portland, Ore, (SpeciaD At least
three persons lost their lives in a fire
that swept a busy commercial district
at the east end of the Morristown street
bridge, spanning the Willamette River
Ten or more persons were seriously in
Jured and were removed to hospitals or
nearby residences. Watchman Young
met death in a. heroic effort to save
horses. He made several trips into
the transfer company's stables, and final
ly was cut off by the flames. Looking
from an upper window he waved his
hands to the crowd below and cried ::
"Good-by, boys; I can't get out this
time y and he fell back into the flames.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
LEFT TO FORTUNES DECISION.
California Girl Let Coin Decide Which
Man She Would Marry.

Two suitors, Roland Storrs, an Eng
Iish churcnman, and Howard Jones,
theatrical manager, sought the
hand Of Miss Alberta Jewett Dabney
of Monrovia, Calf. She has just be-
come Mrs. Storrs. but not without
having gone through a period of per-
plexity.
The story comes from the lips OF
Miss Storr's sister. Miss May Cut
ter
''She really didn't know which to
marry" said Mrs. Cutter, "and so a
little more than week ago she told
me she was going to leave the cues
tion of the decision of a tossed coin.
Il asked her if she cared more for
one than the other, and she said yes,
but that she thought her family would
be better pleased should she marry
the one whom she herself did not pre-
fer.
Heads for Roland; tails for How
ard" was what Miss Dabney said
when she sent the coin to the cell
ing
Both sisters watched its upward
flight, the younger one breathlessly
and the Cupid guarded quarter came
Roland.
THE minute we saw which side OF
the quarter came up" continued Mrs.
Cutter, Il gave an order for the we'd
ding announcements, and we began
making preparations for the event.
Il do not know even yet whether
the decree of chance was on the side
of love or my sisters promptings to
filial duty, as she expressed it.
But do know that on the night
of the wedding she looked very hap
by and very pretty."-New York
World.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
FOREIGN


Germany is reported to have demand
ed that the police of Morocco must be
either regulated by the zone system UNI
der the various powers or entirely in
trusted to neutral nationS-a condition
to which France will not agree.
The Prussian commission which stud
led the American railroad system report
that per million passengers carried the
American roads killed 6 times and
wounded 20 times as many of them as
the PrusSian roads.
Antiforeign sentiment in Canton,
China, is attributed to the attitude of
the viceroy, who appears determined to
create friction with the United States.
An earthquake caused considerable
damage in Calabria, Italy.
AT Harvard Japanese alumni dinner
in Toxic Baron Komura said Japan was
increasingly grateful to the American
people.
c. B. Eddy, born American, owner
of the largest factory in the British
Empire, died at Ottawa, Ont.
President Castro is reported to be rails
ing an army, but it appears that the peo-
pie do not support him. A revolution
seems imminent.
General Linevitch, in report on the
sanitary condition of the Manchurian
army, admits the existence Of 22o cases
of Siberian plague.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
THEO. MILLER.
Mathews Q. III.
Photographing
Costly Lord Mayors Coach.

Originally costing something more
than $1,000, the lord mayors coach,
still used in the annual procession.
has probably had more money ex-
pended upon 1t than any horse-drawn
vehicle in tho world 1t is nearly $50
years old and in that time more than
100000 has been spent In refurnish
ing 1t Tor the sole occasion when it is
made use OF each year. A more mod
ern coach could be had for the sun.
of five years repairs, but a new coach
would never seem the same to the
i>ondon public, who line the Strand
on the occasion of tho November pa.
rade. 1t Is probable hat the lord
mayor OF century hence viii ride in
the same equipage. though, like the
lrishman's knife, it has been repaired
- often that practically nbthing Nf
lu6nalcoach remains "A
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Two.eent Railroad Rate In Ohio.

Columbus, O., (SpeciaD - Governor
Pattison signed the Freiner Two-cent
Fare Bill, which was accepted by the
Senate, and it is now law that will go
into effect in 80 days. The law provides
that two cents shall be the maximum
rate charged in Ohio for transporting
passengers on the railroads of Ohio for
all distances in excess of FIVE miles.
Only one vote was recorded against the
new law
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Special Customs Agents.

The Secretary of the Treasury has
made the following appointments as
chiefs of the several customs special
agency districts in Europe:
Great Britain, Charles R. Bradley,
with headquarters in London; France,
Italy and Spain, Major William II.
Williams, with headquarters in Paris
Eastern Germany, D. ]. Particle, with
headquarters in Berlin; Western Ger
many, Holland and Belgium, Oscar
Gottschalk, with headquarters in Co.
logne; Switzerland, Carl Kaufman, with
headquarters in ST. Gall.
All these appointees are at present
connected in some capacity with the
United States Customs Service in Eu-
rope.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Want Cheaper Alcohol.

The House Committee on Ways and
Means continued the hearing on the bills
to remove the internal tax on grain
alcohol for industrial and art purposes.
William E. Murphy, of New York; S.
c. Hawley, c. A. Mallory, Charles H.
Merritt and Edward NJ. Won Gaul, all of
Danbury Conn, appeared before the COM
mittee in support of the bill
Several painters testified that wood al
cohol, which must now be used in paint
ing because of the tax on grain alcohol,
is dangerous. Charles L. Model, of
Lynn, Mass. who lost his eyesight as
the result of using wood alcohol in re-
finishing chairs, appeared before the COM
mittee in support 70 the bill.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15

The Turkish government has promised
full reparation for the insults offered 10
Misses Stern and Snyder, two American
ladies who were improperly arrested and
held in police station in CONSTANT
nople.
The bid Of Solomon 6; Co., Cornelius
Vanderbilt and other New York fnan-
cierS for railroad construction in the
Philippines has been accepted.
The President gave assurance of his
sympathy with the movement for the
preservation of the grandeur of Niagara
Falls.
The President has pardoned Midship-
man eMerriweather, sentenced to dismis-
sal from the Naval Academy for hazing.
General Baldwin has been assigned
to the command of the Department of
Dakota
1t was testified in the Smoot case that
the head of the Mormon Church cut rates
on salt until he put a rival out of bust
ness; that bishops settle commercial dis
putes and that the church has millions
invested in corporations.
Governor Magoon, of the Panama Ca
nal Zone, defended the Chief Justice of
Panama, but refused to commit himself
On nonjury trials on the canal in Civ
ing evidence before the Senate Com
mittee on Interoceanic Canals.
Senator Foraker has introduced an
amendment to the Statehood Bill cSains
for a vote of the people of New Mckee
and Arizona on statehood.
George Whitelock appeared before th'
Judiciary Committee of the House \
argue that federal control of insur
companies Is illegal.
A Senatess nmittce OF hvs
the Naval Acaaemy at An12
port on the discipline and
the institution.
Bishop Henry IaS<
ficiate at the wed2
and Congress1
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Services Over the Dead KIux.

Copenhagen (Specia) ALL the mem
bers of the royal family and the court
attended the final services over the body
of King Christian at the Gartenhaal, in
Amalienborg. The coffin of the dead
king will be removed to the Christians
borg Church, where the body will lie in
state for two days The church is beau
tifully decorated A number of wreaths
from the United States were sent to
Amalienborg.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Thought he Killed Her.

Chicago (SpeciaD = Thomas Nolan,
believing that he had carried out his in
tention of taking the life of Mrs. Jane
Mccarthy, turned his revolver on himself
and committed suicide. Nolan ran into
the woman's house at Thirty-ffth Street
and Auburn Avenue with a revolver in
his hand. She fled through the house
with Nolan in close pursuit, He fired
one shot and the woman tainted Through
fright Nolan, thinking her Head. sho'
himself -
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15

Celburne, Texas (SpeciaD The char
red body of Capt Jack" Ross. former
Confederate and pioneer in this section,
was found in the embers of what was
once his house, three miles from this
city. He lived alone, and it is suspected
that ne was cremated by robbers. A
safe containing about $500 was found
and showed that the knob had been
broken.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
Hospital In Printing Office.

Public Printer Stillings has appointed
DR.. William ]. Manning, OF Boston, to
be medical director of the Government
Printing Office. The position is a new
one.
DR.. Manning will at once begin the
equipment of an emergency hospital with
in the big establishment, and will have
direct charge Of the cases among the en-
ployes brought there for treatment
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
BILLIONS IN Farm ANIMALS.
Immense Number of Horses, Cattle and
Sheep.

Washington (SpeciaD The crop esti-
mating board of the bureau of statistics
of the Department of Agriculture issued
a statement of the numbers and values
of farm animals in the United States
on January I of the present year, as fol-
lows
Horses, I8,7IS,sz8; value. $I,5Io.S8o<
900, or an average price per head
$So.72. Mules, 3,4o4,36T; value, -
6So,52o; average price, sos. 3L< /
COWS, Io,7o3,8oo; value, $58z 4. = 81
erage price, $2o-44. Othezk
656; value, $746,I7IsSe = =
$IS8S. Sheep, 5o62z
o56,I44; average "a - j.
Io2,S47; value
price, $6,I8- ~
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-02-15
FOUND colony of crows.

A Northampton (Mass.) man.
whose veracity is uhquestioned. saws
that as he was walking along tho
bank os the Mil river he counted
torty-eight crows in one tree, with
dozep more pn the ground nearby
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-05
HIGHLAND CENTER.

Highland Center, May a.-Mr. and
Mrs. Pettitt spent Thursday at the
Lawson home. Mr.. Pettitt has been
assigned pastor of the M. e. church
for the remainder OF the conference
year. He has rented the Mcfarland
place and will move this week
Mrs. Geo. Bancroft visited at the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Mccormick, last week.
Dr. Lawson was in Fremont Sat
urday.
Mrs. r. R. stroner visited in He'd
rick Saturday.
Mrs. Dubois and two children of OF
tumwa arrived Friday to spend a few
days with Mrs. Dubois aunt, Mrs. A
J. Rogers.
Miss Alice Summers was in Ottum-
wa Saturday.
j. NJ Elder attended the Post meet
ing in Hedrick Saturday afternoon.
Miss Luella Bowlin entertained a
number of her friends Friday at din
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Rogers We're in
Ottunwa Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Holcomb of He'd
rick, spent Sunday at the ]. w. Nc
Cormick home.
The concert given by the band boys
Saturday night was quite success
The program consisted of number Of
pieces by the band interspersed with
recitations by Jennie Shook. A bari
tone solo by Geo.. Reams with organ
accompaniment by Miss Cordia EN-
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AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE

Men and women OF every occupa-
ton overtax the kidneys and suffer
daily miseries when the kidneys begin
to fail.
Any work that Is constant strain
on the back is bound to hurt the kid
neys. The lifting. digging and plant
ing OF farm work, the constant bend
ing over desk or sitting at sewing
machine, working for hours on Earring,
eUl :suIuIl pBolIIBI 10 suoSEM SuIlIof
stopped positions and the reaching,
pulling and heavy Hitting of q hundred
different trades-all these are hard on
the back and must wear. weaken and
iniure the kidneys, because the Kidneys
are In the very part of the back that
feels the strain. When the Kidneys
are sick, every exertion sends q sharp,
singing pain through the back or
loins, aud you are weary and tired all
the time.
Many tasks, like housework, that do
not require great physical strength,
are very trying on the back and kid
neys. That is why backache Is so
common. That is why 30 many wo-
men are unnaturally weak and tired
and sleepless.
Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
thousands Of working men and women
have given them strong backs for
their daily work. poans Kidney Pills
help the kidneys to do their duty-to
eliminate the linuid poisons from the
blood, and to send pure, health-giving
blood to the muscles and organs. We
would sincerely advise every man or
woman whose work Is hard on the
back to take an occasional dose of
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FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield, May 3.-The first band
concert will be given in the park this
evening by the Forest City band, and
will be the first public appearance the
band has made since their new in
structor, Prof. VIM. Kleymann, has
taken charge.
The funeral of William e. Dowd,
who died at his home in this city
Monday, was held from the Christian
church yesterday afternoon conducted
by Rev. H. c. Littleton.
Pres. w. E. Parsons is in Chicago
attending the commencement of Nc.
Cormick Theological seminary, OF
which he is member of the board OF
trustees.
Rev. j. L. Gage and family have
moved from the Jordan property
which was recently purchased by H
D. Snyder, to the Stubs property on
i West Burlington street.
The Parsons college baseball team
will play Monmouth college of Mon
mouth, ILL.,, at the campus Friday aft
ernoon.
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KILLED BY
EXPLOSION
B. z. ZlNN OF MYSTIC MEETS AL
MOST INSTANT DEATH AT
HIS FEED MILL

Mystic, May 3.-(Special)-B q
linn. an old and respected resident of
Mystic, and the owner of feed mill
here was almost instantly killed about
$50 o'clock this morning by the ex.
plosion of the boiler. Mr.. linn Was
standing in front of the boiler and was
blown about 200 feet. He lived only
few moments The building was
only slightly damaged and carpenters
working near the boiler were not in.
jured. The cause of the explosion Is
unknown. Mr.. linn was so years
old and is survived by his wife.
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cry, and solos by the Misses Mabel
Rorers, Gretna Grain and little Ruth
Emery.
There VIII be preaching services at
the M. e. church at II o'clock next
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fund attended
the excursion to Anamosa Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Utterback and two chill
dren spent Sunday in Haysville with
Mrs. Utterback's relatives.
Roy Stevens Of Ottumwa, spent
Thursday night with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. O. c. Stevens.
Frank Utterback and q. Hochreiter
wore in Hedrick Tuesday on business.
T.. w. Shoemaker was in Ottumwa
Tuesday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
Mrs. o. d. Emery Wednesday after
noon.
Chas. Prinnmer was in Ottumwa
Tuesday on business.
]. M. Elder spent Wednesday in OF
tumwa-
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Doan's Kidney Pills It will keep the
kidneys we'll and the back strong, and
keeping the kidneys we'll is half the
task OF keeping the body we'll.
oTTUMWA PROOF.
Henry Springer, OF 2o1h North
Moore street, painter, says: at is al
new experience for my friends and ac-
quaintances in Ottumwa to see me
walking about the streets without al
cane, because they all know for AVE-
years / was periodically SO lame in my
back and SO sore across the Kidneys
that walking stick was necessary.
That is not all, when the attacks were
at their height was confined to bed
totally unable to help myself, despite
the use of all kinds of medicine, and
/ had grown so suspicious of prescripI
lions and advertised cures for bach;
ache that when I noticed an announce.l
ment about Doans Kidney Pills in our
papers guaranteeing they would cure
just such conditions, was more than
skeptical about their promises. i
procured a box at Sargent's drug
store. Much to my surprise they went
right to the spot. My confidence I'M
Doan's Kidney Pills is unlimited. I
am able at the present time, and 1t is
some months since stopped the treat-i
ment, to do more work than have for
years. I never lose an opportunity OF
telling the people meet how much
better am and the means I employed
to produce It, 80
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ALBA.

Abba, May 3.-The case Of the state
against Cotheran, ct al, was given to
the jury about four o'clock Tuesday.
After being out twenty-four hours the
jury returned verdict at 4:30 p, m.
Wednesday. c. w. Cotheran and OIL.
lie Crutcher were found guilty of the
charge of larceny and will be SEN
fenced Thursday, May 10, while E. T.
Hicks, Geo. Vanderwerter and James
Carrot were dismissed. The case of
the State VS.. Chas. Anderson and Thos
Horton of Coalfield for breaking and
entering a barber shop at Coalfield
was given to the jury today noon.
Bert Taylor left yesterday for Los