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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-10

Drew returned Saturday from weGn
visit with relatives at Lovilia. K
Henry Criswell and family of OsEa
loosa, spent Sunday with Mr.. Crf
wells mother. Mrs. M. ]. Criswell. &
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Robinson entr
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. John Hansell al
son, and Mrs. Mary Berry of OttuE
wa, and Mr.. and Mrs. David HansN
of near Frederic Sunday
Miss Flosie Templeton of Abba, II
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. GeoH
Gibson of Coalfield.
w. M. Flockhart and family, of A
bia, were Sunday guests at the
Dial home.
Mrs. Mary Danner, who has BID
stopping with her sister, Mrs. Sand
Williams, returned to her home ne
Oskaioosa Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. Bohrer. who has been vi
iting her sister, Mrs. T. j.. Clark, d
parted Monday for her home
Brookfeld, Mo-, accompanied by NJ
Clark, who was called here by t
serious illness of her father.
Horace Burns has been sufferi
from an attack of rheumatism.
Milt Clark and family and Mrs. Ms
Arganbright and son. of Hedrick ha
been visiting relatives south of TOW
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-10
Perkins Men Scout Claim.

Perkins Men Scout Claim.
AS it takes only S21 votes to nomi.
nate it will be seen that the Cum.
Minis supporters figure their candidate
is safely out of the woods AT the
Perkins headquarters Cummins' claims
were pooh-poohed and it was said
that the Sioux City candidate was
making good progress and that this
weeks conventions would add materi
ally to his strength.
Rathbun made his first showing
yesterday, when the standpatters car
ried the caucuses in Linn county, the
candidates home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-10
Imported switzer Cheese, Waters.
Coffee.

>ISAASSs
The banquet will be presided over by
John w. Lewis as POSTMASTER. The
following program Of toasts will be Civ
en-:
Iowa State Federation of Labor--A
L. Urick, Des Moines.
ohm Peach.
An Employer of Union Labor-A. W
The Miner-John P. White, oska
loosa.
Employer and Employee; Their Rela
tion to Each Other-Senator S. H. Har
per-
City decentralization ]. G
Caldwell, Sioux City.
Bureau of Labor Statistics-Edwart
Brigham, Des Moines.
The Union Label, M. Carl. Cedar
Rapids.
Organized Labor and the Church
Rev. John Hastie.
Yesterdays Session.
The afternoon session of the con
vention yesterday consisted OF the re
ports of officers and committees, pre-
sentation of resolutions and an address:
by Edward Brigham, commissioner O
labor of Iowa. President Urick in his
annual report criticised the action O
the National Manufacturers associa
ton, in connection with the minister
ial associations utilization with labo
bodies. With reference to the chile
labor law he said:
ITO the state federation is du'
largely the credit for the passage of
reasonable child labor law Whil
much aid was given by many othe
worthy organizations, and withou
whose cooperation the passage of sucl
a law would have been impossible, We
no other organization contributed al
equal persistency with the federation
in the education of the people Of tn
state. To our credit be it also SAT-
that the strongest opponents of tn
measure and many deeply prejudice'
against trade unions, could not poin
to single mistake in or campaign o
education and agitation through
our child labor leaflets, of whicl
In excess of $4,000 were distrit
uted in places and among person
where they were thought to do tn
most good. nor were any objection
ayailing with regard to our plans an
efforts.
IF the state federation had not az
complished any other good act durin
its existence thus far, future genera
lions would commend 1t for the goo
start made in protecting the young b
axnlnitatinn and for opening to theI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-15

they tell the world that water trans
portation is played out and the rail
road is the only thing. III b
= i It is q, decade since Mr.. Hill sounded
the knen ofsswater transportation and
and since then lie has put more money
into that Kind of enterprise than alsi
most any other man In the count
The decade since he made HIS announce
;ment has been distinctly one Of canal,
making. England, France. Germany
have made notable additions to their
canal facilities in that time. This
country has awakened to the import
ance of thesgreat lakes and New York
has appropriated $100,000,00o to mod
ernie the historic Erie canal.
The transportation question has not
been settled entirely in favor of the
wheeled vehicle. None knows this bet
ter than the railroad men. It is still
an open question and while there is no
probability Of the waterway replacing
the land carriages, there Is a POSSIBLE
ity Of the waterway fixing certain con-
trolling rates. Fixing the rates by a
natural method is at least as good as
fixing them by law, because there can
be no cavil against the justice of a
rate fixed by something which declares
the possibility Of a carriage at a profit
at a given fare. The apparent anxiety
of railroad men to declare the Missis-
sippi river out of business may be based
at least in part upon desire to see
that great canal neglected by the gov
eminent. 49,. -.
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slJou-aoh Dangerous. Ground.

e 6lJou-.On dangerous GROUND.
For high hair, rough and tumble catch
as catch can melodrama. son Dangerous
-Ground" has all 4 conners wiped of the
board. SO cussed Is the cussedness OF
the performance and 80 scarce and SO
we'll disguised are the relieving stua-
tons that the ibbn cemy land gallery gods
leave In fear and trembling. In follow
Ing the performances one Is torn between
fear and hope that the show will make
good its name ''.On Dangerous Ground"
by falling thru to the place from whence
It must have sprung and where 1t be-
longs. The performance, In addition to
tits hystericart excitement and thrills,
which are nnofs Sabnormally thrilling than
anything ever Before attempted, is chiefly
valuable in thatsit combines 4 course In
practical instruction OF life In the uft=
derworld. SIS IN
The possibilities of unusual sensa atoms
are easily recognized when 1t is said that
the main scenes Of the show are based
on the intrigues ana villainy Of the old
San Francisco Chinatown. The villain
and his female aceompllee attempt to
abduct beautiful American girl and sell
her to the czar Of Chinatown. Her
friends follow thru the mazes Of the
underworld where she is dragged and
T finally rescue her. at the same time deal
| ing out just retribution to the forces OF
evil. The audience follows with breath
Hess interest and cali after call greets
| thet close of each act. -,.s;-.s q. 49,
The large cast is carefully trained
seems at home and never shirks. There
Is something doing every minute. The
scenic effects are In keeping with the
piece and Its treatment. Carol Arden
the heroine, draws the audience with
| her by her beauty and her able work
| Walter schrode, who has been seen In
| pretentious~ comic opera, plays two roles
and furnishes life and amusement The
| piece will run the week with usual mat
| inees and a souvenir matinee Saturday.
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Treason from Vermont,

Governor Fletcher of Vermont, in his
inaugural address. said: "We cannot
create prosperity merely by legislation.
1t must come thru the efforts of the
people-thru taking advantage Of ma
tural opportunities and conditions. We
shall prosper agriculturally only so fa1
as the farmer employs the opportunities
and natural conditions at his com.
mand.' But, he said, it was the duty
of the government to so legislate as to
foster and not discourage industry, :
Governor Fletcher appears to have
imbibed some common sense along with
his repubicanism. He has secured a
view of things industrial which puts
opportunity, effort and adaptability
ahead Of law. He has progressed be-
yond those republicans who hold that
all that is necessary to create industry
is to tax imports. If industry does not
take the hint, raise the taxes. If manu-
features are still diffident, raise then
again. There is always a point al
which prosperity will grab hold if the
tariff makers only have the genius ane
patience to keep pushing for it.
Mr.. Governor Fletcher appears t
have gotten beyond that point. HI
places opportunity first and law after
ward. Perhaps he would even be pre-
pared to say that when an industry has
beeen established by a fortuitous com
bination of opportunity and law, tina
it should be invited to try what it ca,
do with. a little less law and finall,
Ebe set. on it's feet without any law. Thi
would be the natural position for
Eman who puts opportunity ahead O.
tariff. If there is point at which al
industry which is not naturally wei
situated can exist and prosper by taxes
then theretmay come a time when an in
dustry which has all the. advantage O
situation may be able to amble alon
without taxes - ~
Governor Fletcher. has not given u
any weighty thoughts on this brancI
Of the subject, but his present positio
will be such',a bitter disappointment: t
simon pure standpatters that it may
well not to add to their grief by draw
ing him out further at present.
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ADJUSTMENTS

MISUNDERSTANDING Law and the Man. !"
Wilton Lackaye is achieving nothing
less5 than a. triumph in his adaptation Of
Les Miserables." Supported bya cap
able company, with scenic effects and
costuming historically correct 1.-THE Law
and the Man" is a production in which
the Decentralization can take a legiti-
mate. degree of the pride of success.
The story is strong. Hugo made it so,
and Lackaye had only to piece together
for stage purposes the trials and tri-
umphs Of Jean Vatican. Herein was his
task and he has succeeded splendidly. It
was necessary to make many scenes and
prolog. but the interest is so we'll sus-
tanned and so thoroly has the work been
done that even tho the play is long, the
audience follows with undated interest
to the end. I+a.- Z
AS the actor Lacl1aye fails In but one
point. This is at the end Of the second
act, where he scarcely rises to kthe full
strength of the lines and the situation
Here he portrays the battle In essoul OF
Jean Vatican, the evil struggling against
the good. The lines upon the4s9famous
marble, II: feel two natures struggling
within me-" are particularly fitting to the
situation and insrising Ito the 5subjuga
ton OF self, Mr.. Lackaye fails to slight
degree to carry. the spirit of the renun-
fciation to his audience-that Isl, in a
| thoroly impressive manner.
T.; everywhere else he touches with a
! master hand and voice. His evolution OF
the desperate criminal into the lovable
and man OF mercy leaves
little room for! criticism. .. %.
Playing opposite TO Mr.. sLackaye is
Melpourn MacDowel1 as Javert, the man
of iron the thieftaker with no heart save
the running down and imprisonment Of
the erring,anos matter how they may have
attempted tosreforn. The finaI8triumph
}$ofs heart over sense Of duty and subse-
bq1ent suicide Of Javert are eliminated
3Iand brought into prominence by refer
renee only. Macnowell gives to Javert oil
Of theicold -blooded, perhaps misguided
. sense OF fidelity what he regards as
duty His sJaversIsis q, dignihed one and
never wings toWsaEa the spectacular. His
suggestion. Of thsS human bloodhound is
well established but ;httfngly restrained.
us The minor parts. are handled carefully
The Fhenardier OF George w. Denham
and the Nine. Thenardier Of Jenrys Lew.
Is are revoltingly drawn by these clever
1 players. The Monsefgneur Myrfel of FREQ
erick Esmelton is graceful and appeal
ing work, altho this actor has but shor
time to display his powers. Josephin,
Sherwood as Famine. scores heavily Ii
/ the prolog. Louise Everts In her inter,
4 probation of the daughter OF the Thenar
diers, touched the hearts of the seathold
ers. AS a whole the support OF Mr.. Lack
= aye was adequate in every respect. ami
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Water TRANSPORTATION.

James J. Hill makes a. number Of
speeches each year, or rather he makes
one speech a number of times each
year, always with the same refrain,
the wasting Of national resources: Mr.:
Hill's remarks are listened to with
interest because he is practical man
and generally makes practical sugges-
lions. Whatever he says about the
wastefulness of our agricultural meth
DDS has the weightzof knowledge back
Of it. Mr.. Hill knows a good deal
about farming. Anything he might
say about wasting other national re-
sources would have equal weight were
it backed by the same evidence Of first
hand knowledge Of the subject. For
example, Mr.. Hill might talk convinc-
ingly Of the wastefulness Of building
two railroads where one would do the
same work. He has never discussed
this directly, but he has shown an in
terest in the subject by attempts, to
reduce two parallel and competing rail-
roads to one in practice.
He might say something about the
wastefulness of sending ships around
/ the Horn when so much time and coal
would be saved by sending them thru
a channel cut across the isthmus Of
Panama, but this does not appear to
interest him affirmatively. He might
add something about the wastefulness
ofsletting the cheap transportation Of
the Mississippi river 60 to seed while
all the world is making judicious in
vestments in canal routes which do not
compare in Importance with the nat
ural canal provided by the Mississippi.
Why should the people Of this coun-
try neglect this great river as means
Of transportation when it is such a
valuable corrective Of freight rates
and will become so much more import
ant whenever the" Panama canal is
ready for business z . 2 II NJ
The railroad men always present us a
one.sided view of, the transportation
question. They assume always that
railroads are our natural and necessary
dependence, when, as matter Of fact
they are not. Except on the open prai
ries the railroads have from the first
followed the waterway where nature
{ had done thesgrading. They have thus
paralleled with artificial means OF
transportation the natural means Oh
carriage Of goods. After doing this
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Law Enforcement the Issue.

1 The democratic candidate for mayor
says that It h e Journal once PAID
him the compliment of saying he had
! done the best he knew how. T e
journal wishes it could repeat that
statement, but as to his speech at the
Auditorium, it would be stretch Of
the truth to do it. Mr.. Haynes knows
better than to say that the issue in
this campaign is better police protec-
ton. He knows better than to say that
: Minneapolis has issued an invitation to
all crooks and criminals to hasten
/ here, that we are easy marks. Nobody
has issued such an invitation unless
] the announcement by Mr.. Haynes shall
I be so taken. IF it is, it will be his
/ fault. -'-.
I The issue in this campaign is now,
] as it was in the primary, that Of law
enforcement. Mr.. Haynes used up half
. his time on Saturday night in sailing
I around this issue looking,for an opening
! to deliver broadside, but the audi
! ence did not seem to be in a mood to
applaud such performance, and Mr.
Haynes, much against his desire, appar-
emily, was compelled finally to come
back to the law emf oreement 3proposi,
ton and admit that Mayor. Jones hao
made the. issue ana made it "histori
CAL" He accepted it. Having accept
ed the issue, it must have Immediately
occurred to Mr. Haynes that he ha6
closed his campaign rather than opened
it, and spoken for his opponent rather
than himself. Now, when a lawyer gets
into such a fix, he moves to reopen thu
case for further argument. Mr.. Haynes
issa lawyer. Tie dilemma was a bitter
one for the candidate and the lawye;
made some statements in his ssfurthel
argument which are not in the evi
dence. These he will see discussed ant
analysed in a way which may make hin
wish he had submitted his case, as i
stood
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Governor Johnson's Speech.


The first person singular appeared
frequently in Governor Johnson g ad-
dress Saturday night, which was large
ly devoted to magnifying the work Of
his administration. Some might cavil
at what sounds like self glorifcation,'
but it must be remembered that his
record is the governors asset in the
campaign, and he can handle it better
than, any one else. Those hearing the
governors presentation Of his deeds
must doubt the truth of the old adage
that he who argues his own case has
bad lawyer. If he claims too great a
share in the glory for things that have
been done by a republican legislature
and republican officials, at any rate it
makes a fine showing, and nine-tenths
Of those who hear him will never know
the difference. s.-:,-s, : Z
It was when the governor dropped
his own record and began to attack his
republican opponent, that he began to
tread 90 on dangerous ground" to bor-
row a phrase from the current drama.
Two years ago he did not swing the
hammer much, and his forbearance won
him much favorable comment. Satur-
day night he made some uncalled-for
statements about his opponent, which
went with the crowd but do not look so
we'll in print, when the facts are
known.
Mr.. Cole was accused Of advertising
to the world that Minnesota was "go-
ing to the bad.'' Such statement is
an unjust slam at the campaign TOR
state development. No one has claimed
that. the state was going backward in
prosperity, wealth and resources. The
claim is that Minnesota's rich farm
lands have escaped the attention Of the
great westward-moving tide Of home
seekers, because they have not been
properly advertised: The movers in
thes state development campaign are try
ing to shake the people Of the state out
of the sleepy optimism typifed by Gov.
ernor Johnson's position, and to rouse
them into united effort for new settlers
and full development Of our possibili.
J ties The fact that thousands ofasMin.
nesota farmers have sold out and gone
west for cheaper land and that thei1
places have not been filed cannot be
denied. It is not to the discredH q
our soil and resources, but to gloss il
over. and rest supinely is the worst sort
Il = - - Z i . ~
/ Of folly. IS u.
The governor also INDUCED inssan IN
sinnation against his antagonist, say
ing that he was paying little attention
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/ HERFORD'S

OLIVER HERFoRD's POLISHED
Oliver Herford has mild aver
sion to literary pose Of every, kind, and
sometimes sends a. winged shaft in that
direction, says the sbooktnan for October.
Not long ago he was present while Ia
number Of young writer's were discussing
style, One Of them recalled with admira-
ton how Walter Pater:would never write
more than thirty lines day, so great
was his regard for perfection Of form
All said another Of the group, "that
Is something quite paralleled in my best
writing. There are times when I give
at least two days to the construction Of
one paragraph III
Yes, = said a third, 1nusingly, "it is so
with me- as well. The rhythm of one
sentence has often occupied my thoughts
for an. entire day g. 2. u
|. Then Mr.; HEREFORD, from a couch in the
corner, spoke up with a mild, slow voice,
and with an air Of adorable simplicity:
And /, too" said he;. ''have often
word =. =. ~ 81
Thereupon ensued a silence which no
one cared to break, until a. rude Philis-
tine entered the room and began talking
about yachts. - II 1fs4 :
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k>~

~ TOM SAWYER Is.sDEAD.-Was there
ever real Tom Sawyer He is SO
real in Mark Twain's pages that every one
Is tempted to saya<that there must have
been a Tom Sawyer in reality. And
now comes the news from San Francisco
that TON Sawyer, pioneer, veteran VOL
unteer fireman and vigilante, who in
early days was the, friend of Mark Twain
and IS supposed to have been the orig
NAL of his famous character" has Just
died, at. the age Of rs. -
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orpfheuno-Modern Vaudeville.

Probably it has never previously oc-
Cured in the history of the house that
an, artist relying purely, upon vocallsm
has held the entire attention OF the three
floors of the Orpheun1, theater on sun
day night, hut Edith Helena, rather elab-
orately billed as a marvellous soprano, did
it last. night-and her achievement was
as much the result of her vocal powers
.as her personality and unusually pleasing
stage deportment. Helena introduced
herself thru the medium Of the brilliant
and rarely attempted "Ah non Giunge'
from la Sornnambula," and if her rem
dition did not equal that Of Se1nbrich, or
of Patti or Melba, only the ,carpingly
critical would cavil at at any discoverable
failure in form. The vocalist also gave
'"The Last Rose Of Summer" departing
from the orthodox to hit a top note that
fairly made the gallery dizzy, did an imi-
tation of the ANGELS -Serenade' as
violin solo, that was made the more illu-
sioning in that the singer pretended to
use violin during the first part of the
number and finished with ''Comin''
Thru the Rye" AS an operate singer
she 1s: a greater success than any. who
nave heretofore been heard at the Or
pheum.
f.: A prettily elaborate, act Is that styled
Gus Edwards School Boys and Girls, and
makes most = of its success because OF
i the schoolroom atmosphere surrounding
; the act, There are no remarkable voices
but the Hebrew comedy Of Herman Tim
berg as Patrick Levy, and the clog dan:
= cling of Charles De Haven and Jack, Sid
/ ney, together with the, Italian n1onolos
ron "GeorgeyL de Wash" done, by. Dor
Beno. and the rapid action Of the young
scomie opera gave. the youthful artist:
la number of recalls last night. 80.
,ks 1t is a great, big. rapidly movins
vaudeville show many of. whose honor.
) 20 to Mayme Remington and four pick
,sinninnes, who for versatility and unal
Iloyed Joy in doing the comedy stunts cal
/ not be excened. The picks appear a
!Japs, Indians and low comedy artists, am
as Buster Brownies do a whirlwind dan
cling finish '*-7' 80 - : ,s.-r : i>cc-e:.t::"
= It is a case of all comedy and som
singing, dancing and approximations, wit
the two .old-t time teams, of Kelly. an
Kent and ALBERT Belman and: Lott
Moore, and altto one follows the %othe
in practically the same style. Of business
each lands fairly and squarely on tn
lOrpheum clientele as represented by 1t
Sunday patronage. Il
r TIL bill Is completed by Carter an
Bluford, who open the show in a singin
and dancing yact,A whose feature Is tn
! variety Of scenery employed-and the de
cidedly successful attempt Of a colore
comedian in the character of the ''rube
farmer; and the Luccaina trio, a ma
and two girls, in a beautiful hand bal
ancing act, which serves principally
exploit the physical prowess Of one Of til
| girls. The kinodrome's films are up
the standard Of the show, which Is first
class without exception.