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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10

Mrs. c. B. Goodrich, 1898 Clay
street entertained Informally yester-
day afternoon for her grandchildren
Charles and Catherine Goodrich. of
Salina- The children asked were
Rollin Smith. Gordon and Merritt
Fleming. Harry Ralston. Helen Keep
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09

chopped in the top of the log and d
small stick was used In prodding out
the wolf. 1t finally ran out Of the
end of the log and Abrams fell on it
with the blanket. A lively fight fol-
lowed. and the three men finally
oyerpowered the animal by choking
it. They then tied and nuzzled it
securely.
During the fight the men realized
for the first time that they were
struggling with a strong wolf and not
a fox. The animal had been slightly
wounded with load Of shot that one
of the men fired at 1t during the
chase. The wolf was placed in a
wagon and brought to the city.
A metal muzzle was purchased at
Habich's sporting goods store in
Washington street, and the animal
was held until 1t could be adjusted.
IA curious crowd collected to see the
animal as 1T lay snarling and growing
in the wagon. The men finally car
ried the wolf into the store for a
better inspection. Clark said he would
attempt to save the animals life and
Keep 1t as a pet. The wolf was COW
cred with thick coat OF gray hair.
Indianapolis News.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
REAL ESTATE IN NEW YORK
A Remarkable Evidence of the
Growth of Wealth

The increase in real estate valua-
lions on Fifth avenue and the abut-
ting streets, from 1898 to 1905, is
one Of the most remarkable evidences
of the growth of avenue property
found that they had INDUCED in lei
surely speculation in Fifth avenue
property found that they had made a
fortune almost over night; resi-
dents who had purchased their houses
only five years ago, for say, s25, 900
and $50, 900, suddenly found that
there was ready market for them
at 800, 900 and $3.50, 900. An in
teresting evidence of the rise in real
ty values is furnished by the famous
Captain Cook block at Seventy eighth
and Seventy ninth streets, Fifth and
Madison avenues. This property was
part Of a farm owned by Robert Len
ox--he of the great library-abuttfng
in the days when Fifth avenue was
not the old Middle Road. Mr. Lenox
had a great opinion of this particular
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
AS TO DYNAMITE DANGERS
Much Irresponsible Talk is INDUCED
In by tire Ignorant


1.-THE recent railway accident at
Harrisburg has brought out vast
amount of irresponsible talk about
handling dynamite" said contrac-
tor who had purchased tons Of that
explosive for blasting purposes. 1.-THE
majority of persons who talk about
dynamite have only a vague idea Of
what 1t Is. Dynamite is not the dan
gerous substance 1t Is popularity sup
posed to be. 1t may be handled with
absolute recklessness by an experien-
ced man and will not detonate except
under we'll defined circumstances. A
detonation is about 1000 times
quicker than an explosion. Dyna-
mite detonates. 1t does not explode.
In order to At into drill holes, is
shipped in sticks varying from half
an inch to two inches In diameter
and from three inches to one foot in
length. In the early days of it's
manufacture, before Its properties
were fully understood. there were
some unaccountable explosions that
gave dynamite a bad name 1t has new
er recovered from. Time has made
us wiser. There is no danger at ali
In children finding odds and ends Of
dynamite thrown away by careless
workmen. A child would find
great deal OF difficulty in exploding
1t. Every now and then we read Of
somebody receiving supposed infer
nal machine containing dynamite,
which Is promptly immersed in water
before It is opened. II It was really
dynamite 1t would explode just as
readily, under proper condition, tf IL
were In twenty feet of water.
Dynamite is nitroglycerine held IN
an absorbent--wood pulp, coal dust
or other materiaI--that will hold the
explosive tightly. 1t is a powder Of
a resinous nature. varying In color
with the absorbent used. The
strength is calculated by the amount
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
TIMBER WOLVES ARE FOUND
Are Captured Within Third Miles of
Tndtnnpnoltc

That there are wolves within 80
miles of Indianapolis is a statement
that will be doubted by thousands of
citizens In the great and progressive
state Of Indiana. Yet the statement
is true.
Indianapolis hunters. armed with
bird shot, intended for the elusive
quail, came across three wolves on
the farm of John Oursley, two and
a half miles southwest Of Peoga,
Brown county, and about 80 miles
from Indianapolis, recently. BY
strategy, they captured one of the
animals, a timber wolf, as large as a
setter dog and they showed the AMI
NAL in Washington street.
J.. e. Clark, the superintendent of
the Indianapolis Gun club, and Jacg
Abrams, bf 2119 West Washington
street. drove to Brown county on a
quail hunting expedition. They
sighted 4 the wolves on the Oursley
farm and they went after them !,
thinking they were large foxes. Two
of the animals were some distance
away and they scampered over the
hills and escaped. The third wolf
was chased by Clark's setter dog, and
the wolf3after a mile run, took ref
uge In d hollow log. It held the
setter at bay until the hunters came
up.
1t was desired to capture the ami
NAL alive and, still thinking It a fox,
one of the rGen went after Oursey, a
blanket and an ak. A hole was
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
WEATHER AND THE RATES
Conditions OF Temperature May Force
Radical Reductions


Radical Reductions
Weather conditions are frequently
of striking influence upon rates. TO
start with the seasonable topic Of ice
there was in a winter not long past a
total failure of the ice crop on the
Hudson river and he lakes and
streams in New Jersey and eastern
pennsylvania. 1t was suddenly real.
lied that distant sources must be
utilized for the supply Of ice for New
York and the populous adjoining re-
gion for the coming summer. Lake
Champlain and Lake George, sever
al hundred miles away, seemed most
available, and rail transportation had
to be arranged. Here was a new sit
uation, and a new and exceptional
traffic. for which no rates had, ever
before been needed or established.
The emergency was quickly met, the
necessary low rates were made, the
ice was transported and the deficiency
supplied.
A year or so ago the weather, gave
another aspect to the ice problem Al
particularly cold season left large
surplus stock OF ice in the ice houses
In the vicinity Of New York city.
This depressed the ice so as to affect
injuriously the business of those lakes
in Pennsylvania which regularly
shipped ice to New York. To repair
as far as possible this unexpected in
Jury to a regular established busi-
ness, railroads leading from Penn
sylvania made q substantial reduction
In their rates for Ice transportation in
order that their patrons during the
emergency might reach other more
distant markets. - From Samuel
Spencer's Railway Rates and Indus
trial Progress in the January Cen
tllry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
DISCOVERS RICH RAFT IN LAKE
Tr1mble Has Fortune In White Oak
Timber Which Sank

One million dollars under thir-
ty feet Of water is the find that
N: W. Trimble claims to have
made about fifty miles north of Tor
onto. The fortune is in the form of
on old raft of white oak beams deep
under the surface of Lake Scugog,
and have ben imbedded in the mud
on the bottom for more than sixty
years.
Joseph Demlster, Mr. Trimble's
grandfather, was one Of the big
lumber shippers of Ontario years
ago. Every spring an immense raft
was foated down the Linsey river,
through Lake Scugog, and on down
the various waterways to Montreal.
1t was on one Of these spring trips
that the raft OF white oak was lost
The start was long delayed, and the
raft. which was not properly foated
lodged in the ice before the journey
was completed.
When the men returned the fol-
lowing spring the oak logs had be-
come water soaked and had sunk.
For some reason the raft was never
raised. although Mr. Trimble's father
knew Of 1T and located the place
where it was supposed to have gone
down. Gradually all the old settlers
In that part OF the country died, and
the story of the big raft was handed
down as fable among the younger
generation. Many people claimed to
have seen 1t, but nobody knew just
where 1t sank, and there was no cap
ital to push exploring expeditions.
Hundreds Of people nosed about the
river for years, but the spot was
never discovered.
Mr. Trimble read the story Of the
valuable old raft in the Canadian pa
pers, and at once set out to locate it.
He questioned all the old Inhabitants
in the neighborhood and spent all
last year in following UP various
clews. A month ago he located the
raft in Scugog lake, where no one
had ever thought of looking for 1t.
Operations We're carried on with the
utmost secrecy, and the title is now
clear, giving Mr. Trimble full possess
sion of the timber.
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of nitroglycerine absorbed by the car
rier, varying all the way from 20 to
so per cent.
dynamite is packed in twenty Ave-
pound or fifty pound cases. with d
liberal allowance Of sawdust. 1t can
be freighted or stored without dan-
ger, provided common intelligence
and care be used. 1t is only when
ignorant persons attempt to expert
ment with it that 1t becomes a pow
erful destroying agency. In some
states its transportation by rail is
governed by strict law. 1t should be
so In every state In New York and
other cities it's transportation through
the streets is regulated by the fire
commissioner. The police have
nothing to do with 1t. Buffalo
Courier.
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TRAVEL HAS TAKEN A BRACE
Annual Immigration to the Pacific

SOSV LAS NJOIllIlAtIkCGu
Passengers travel, which has been
extremely dull for several weeks, is
beginning to show signs Of activity.
Extremely dull was the comment of
passenger men until recently, but
they smile now and say business is
picking UP fine now"
The California movement on ac-
count OF the fine weather In the
northwest was slow for several weeks
but the passenger officials report that
1t is beginning to pick up. Realizing
that the good weather is not likely to
last, some of the regular northwest
people who hibernate In California are
going. Although the tourist move
ment was dull, 1t has been improving
within the last week and 1T is as
heavy as 1t was this time last year.
People Of the northwest are taking
advantage of the thirty-day round
trip rate which the roads put into eff
feet last week to points In the east
and eastern Canada. There was a
slight movement the first part of the
month when the so-called Canadian
excursion rates We're made, but with
the approach of the holidays 1t Is
considerably heavier.
What will stimulate travel is the
problem which all ambitious pas
senger officials are trying to solve
during the dull season. 1t is a gen.
sfal DSlieL WIN railroad men GnaC III
a chean. rate Is put into effect people
will travel. whether necessity calls
them or not.
when person can go to Boston
for $40 and return, for Instance, he
is bound to co." said city ticket
agent. Some of them have been
waiting a long time to go east and
when the rates are made they co.,,
But the cheap rate does not always
induce people to travel. A railroad
may put in cheap rate, but unless
other conditions are favorable, peo-
pie will not take advantage of 1T.
IT'S a peculiar thing. said an Of
fetal. 1--WE put in a cheap rate for
the, farmers to come into town last
summer and our trains
were loaded to the guards. We did
the same thing this summer and we
couldn't get a corporals guard on
board. Later we discovered why.
The farmers were later this year In
handling their crops than last sea-
son and they couldn't get away When
trying to stimulate travel all the pros
and cons OF the situation in the ter
ritory which YOU seek to stir up must
be taken into consideAetioft,.,,..,,.,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
TILE AUTO WITH A KITCHEN
Conduit Road Sees Lamb Chops Siz-
yIinp Mt TJirh CnaaI


A sensation was created the other
day on the Conduit road by a touring
car that had kitchen annex. While
the machine was merrily bowling
along at some thirty miles an hour,
a negro chef prepared luncheon over
a little oil or possibly electric stove.
Spectators laughed and cheered;
Small boys ran after the auto. 1t
seemed either the limit of human pro-
gress or the quintessence of American
humor.
The car was light green, Enclosed
with glass as to front and sides.
Three men and three women passen-
gers sat on the side seats facing one
another.
Between them narrow folding ta-
BILE that had been lately used as a
card table and photograph stand
was set with plates, cups, knives and
forks. The table had racks like those
used on shipboard to keep the dishes
from jolting away.
The kitchen was a folding sort of
box that hung over and projected
from the tail of the car. 1t was just
big enough to contain the small stove
and an array of long spoons, pots
and pans Of aluminium hung on
hooks.
The negro chef, belted at the
waist and securely strapped, stood
on the threshold of the kitchen and
manipulated the utensils. Just as the
car came near the chef was heard to
shout:
Don't go SO fast, boss done lost
a lamb chop back in de road
Slow down little,'' said laven-
der yelled woman to the chauffeur.
What's that? A lunch wagon?" in
CURED one of the spectators.
I'll find the lamb chop, mister, y
eagerly cried small boy.
The tourists did not seem to see
anything funny In the situation. AS
the car slowed down they unfolded
their napkins and prepared to at
tack the sizzling chops that were not
ost by the wayside.
A rich boarding house aroma
mingled with the smell Of gasoline and
the fowery effuence Of country fields.
can of condensed coffee and a tall
bottle marked rhine" showed that
the LUNCHEON would be complete.
When the car had passed on, the
Oldest inhabitant Of Glen Echo
turned to another spectator and said:
II guess this is about the limit of
what I'm going to see. Only two
things more could -happen--to have
people born in them mobiles and to
throw the corpses OF the dead over
board like they do at sea. Wash
ington Post.
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farm; and, in his famous will, eau
toned his heirs not to sell it,, as one
day there will be village on it! In
1879, Captain H. IA. Cook-against
70 advice of all his friends-pur-
chased the entire block, then far re-
moved from the fashionable section,
for $500, 900. Upon this block today
stand Mr. Cooks own elaborate house
and those Of Isaac d. Fletcher,
Payne Whitney. Stuyvesant Fish.
Frederick Gebhard and E.. G.. Con-
verse. An expert in real estate re-
Gently estimated the land alone in
this block as worth $40 900, 900. and
the houses upon it at 100000, 900
more; q total valuation Of sac. 10000, :
600. Mr. Lenox's early dreams Of d
village" 1t will be observed, are In
a fair way toward realization. The
November Metropolitan Magazine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
HAVE TOO MUCH INFLUENCE
Welded by Publishing Houses on
| School Boards

The word graft, 2 A. w. Rankin.
state Inspector OF graded schools, says
too nearly describes the selection Of
teachers in many OF the graded
schools. Continuing he says in his
annual report covering the schools OF
the state. and just issued:
Positions are considered personal
prequisities.
Equally important with the select
ing of teachers is that Of principals
and superintendent. No more
vicious tendency could grow up in our
system of schools than that Of LETT
ting commercial agents of great pub
fishing houses become powerful In OBJ
tanning the dismissal or selection OF
superintendents. An agent OF one Of
these houses openly and unblushingly
boasts that he had secured the cleo
ton of certain superintendent be-
cause as agent he had owned the
board. The boast was made to in
fiuence the superintendent with whom
agents liking. The state cannot az
ford to have the impression go out
among the school men that their Of
ficial life depends on the action Of
agents."
The only corrective remedy for
these abuses, he thinks, is the re-
fusal Of state aid. At any rate he de-
SiaL 60 LIZ system SIlOulu De broken up
and the sooner 1t is the better for the
schools. The trouble is, he says.
that school boards are not careful
enough in their selection of teachers.
Many of them run too much to favor
itism, Forgetting that the state
spends thousands OF dollars in an
nually preparing teachers for the po-
sitions that these boards confer on
fncompetents.
During the year, Mr. Rankin say
twelve graded schools were advance
to high schools and fifteen schoo
advanced to graded schools Their
are 1873 graded schools, in the state
st. Paul Dispatch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
RESPECTING PETROLEUM SALES
Legislation Is Needed to lake the
Proper Regulations

Not long ago 1 received from the
governor of the state of Kansas a
communication asking me to lay be-
fore the general assemly OF this state
certain legislation which has been
adopted in Kansas, with the SUCCESS
ton that the independent refineries of
that state desired to do business in
the state of Iowa, but could not safely
embark in the venture unless some
such protection. were given them here
as Is afforded by the recent statutes
of that state.
have the honor to transmit to you
a copy of the letter of the soyernor,
together with copies of the statutes of
Kansas upon the subject. The re-
quest as to additional legislation In our
state covers two points. First,
legislative maximum rate for oil.
am opposed to the change in our
policy that such legislation would In.
volve. Long ago we gave to our
board Of railroad commissioners the
authority to establish and publish a
schedule of maximum rates, and I
can see no sufficient reason for with.
drawing from the jurisdiction of the
commissioners this particular COM
modify. If the rates for oil are too
high, they should be reduced. but
the commissioners should reduce
them, and not the general assembly
form. and do not permit discrimina-
ton Of any kind, and whether they be
too high or too low, they are paid
by all shippers alike.
The second point relates to a pro-
hibition against the practice, en-
ployed 1t is believed by at least one
company, OF lowering the price Of the
commodity in a particular locality
sufficiently to destroy a competitor
who has established a rival business in
that locality. With this suggestion
am heartily in accord. I believe that
competition Is vital to the welfare of
commerce and industry, and 1t is the
duty of the government to use all the
power 1t can command to preserve its
full force and vigor. We all know
that 1t is the custom of some concerns
that have attained great strength, to
crush competition by selling their
commodities in the neighborhood In
which competition is established at an
absurdly low price, knowing that the
competitor can not withstand the un-
fair attack. Whatever you can do
that will prevent a monopoly from SO
fortifying itself against competition.
without interfering with the bona f1de
competition that keeps prices at
fair level, will be righteous service
to the people of the state
Enforcement of the Liquor Law
Four years of official observation
have made deep impression upon my
mind respecting the Inadequate en-
forcement of the law relating to the
sale of Intoxicating liquors. Whatever
may be our opinion with regard to the
wisdom Of a particular law, we ali
agree that SO long as 1t remains the
law 1T should be obeyed, and that
those who violate 1t should be pun
tshed. There is no greater evil in
this country than the laxity with
which laws are administered. We
very much need the infusion Of q
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-09
TAKING THE CENSUS
Council Advance Money to
AXE Tt Complete

ldhc II SOiiJplelc
the authroity given by the
eneral assembly, the exc
ell has taken and compiled
the state for the year
extent Of information
erning population and ag-
correspondent with the
ion Of the scope of a CEN
hen the council came to
s information and such
lstjcs as could be obtained
urces, other than assessors
as found that the appro-
s15. 900 was insufficient to
pense. I believe 1t to be
lose who were employed
,rk rendered as much SER
state as any like number
ever rendered, even in
Tess, for like compensa-
$ dilemma the council
ecessary to determine
census report should be
of much of the valuable
collected, or whether it
take to add something to
ltion. Before reaching
e council consulted the
re committees on appro-
he two branches of the
i asked them to confer
abers of these commit
ing done, the council
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AS CHINESE vIEwTHE BOYCOTT
Blossoms and Trade Are Badly Mixed
In Their Manifesto

In Their Manifesto
This is translation of circular
issued In Shanghai in connection with
tho Chinese boycott on American
goods:
The first month of the year is fra
grant with the fragrance Of the plum
tree flower.
On the western side of this world
there Is great calmness.
In that sea Is set the country of
the flowery banner,
The affairs of that country are con-
trolled by men of the labor unions.
The second month is beautiful with
apricot.
We men of China who went forth
to labor suffered many hardships.
We successfully opened many mines
of silver and gold.
For the American people we built
ana completed all the roads where
rails are of iron.
The third month opens with OPEN
ing OF the flower of the peach tree,
The men OF the labor unions, for
getting the work we had done in
the past, devised other and newer
ways.
They consumed with fire the streets
OF Dong Sung Ka.
They burnt us natives of China un-
til the weeping of both men and
women was pitiful to hear.
The Fourth month is the month OF
all the flowers and plants and herbs.
AS for us, we men of China. we
thought upon the bitterness OF our
lot.
We too, have been sent In to the
world by Heaven; why should the
treatment accorded to dead pigs be
meted out to us?
The fifth month is the month in
nF "a
ate fourishes
AS for the men Of the labor unions
OF America they carried out the
scheme of injustice they had planned,
on their coasts they built prisons OF
wood.
In them they confined us. the
tives of China.
The sixth is the month In VIII
the flower of the lily takes on
line of red.
After taking. us into the prisons OF
wood which they had built, they
scorched us in fires OF sulphur
Otf1cials OF all grades and students
OF all ages received the same measure
of abuse; they treated without mercy.
In the seventh month the hya-
cinth begins to bloom.
Hardshtps such as these we have
suffered for more than twenty years.
1t Is a great pity that we men Of
China whose numbers are ten thou
o,,a,. ena - ten .,,1usa',u nouI umes
baIf 20 ~ sAalias+ ~ n $500 ~ the
{ Iise Eis4ith month Is fife M,
W., mm.h Ing cinnamon sheds Its swt
A'e1s, 49,. ~.
al = LIE esio IneInpers OF the nal
bears tba =, No. noalt ms is one
n pSals lne name Iseng Seu Chin.
This man planned a most civilize
. na,'a,a ne spenL money on IT an.
Vie fase III, s,,s rlsn.eous cause, ana
IN NV 800 It'll, tiaS song iortn.
~ : ,,a,l L,,tln ~, inonsn 70 the month or
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State Square
In accordance with an act of the
Thirtieth general assembly, the ex-
ecuttve council sold State Square for
$500. The authority SO to do was
accompanied with direction to in
vest the proceeds of the sale in lots
fronting upon Capitol Square. The
council has purchased one lot 'front.'
ing on E1eenth street, between Cap
itol avenue and Walnut street, for
81, ESQ. 1t has endeavored to pur-
chase other property, but has hith-
erto been unable to agree with the
owners upon a price.