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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield.-The roadmaster Of tho
Rock Island railroad visited this city
yesterday. Mayor James accompanied
him to inspect some of the a4Senpany'sl
crossings here, which are regarded All
dangerous to the safety Of tho public
Three dangerous crossings are to b
remedied ~
The MEMBERS of Iowa Encainpmen1
No. 6, l. o. o. F.. celebrated the fiftyi
ninth anniversary of the institution Of
the order in this city last night by ma
ting ceremonies in the hall OF Fair4
field Lodge No. s2s. /. o. o. b.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17

for him than it was for his father.
He may not make better farmer than
his father, but he will be taught to
profit by the experience of others, aud
will be fitted to make the best use of
his lands by following in a beaten
train, instead of hewing out his own
way as the pioneer farmers Of this
sections were forced to do.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17

Three workmen on a New York ele-
waited road happened to think yester-
day that there were thirteen in the
party and that the day was Friday
the thirteenth, one of them got ok
cited by the discovery and struck his
hammer on the third rail This man
and another may die. Don't be super
stitious when the third rail is near.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-17
JUDGE ROBERTS
HAS WITHDRAWN
OTTUMWAN ANNOUNCES HE
WILL NOT BE IN RACE FOR
CONGRESS THIS YEAR.
Editor Courier:

Editor Courier:
A few months ago the politicaf stu
alton among republicans in the sixth
congressional district was such as to
lead me and some of my friends to be-
lieve that there would be a demand
for candidate for congress next year
who had taken no hand in last years
fractional contest, and that my can
didacy might meet such demand.
hence the announcement of my candi
dacy. am now convinced that the
nomination cannot be secured without
entering into an action contest sucn
as I do not desire to enter at this
time. have therefore given up the
thought of being candidate for the
congressional nomination next year.
December 9, 1907
M. A. Roberts.
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WABASH RAILWAY.

No Going South Departs
2A-Moberly, st. j., K. c.. 8: 30 q. nj
50B-Moberly and East 49,. $3.50 ,. fn.i
Coming North. Arrived
51B-Moberly local ....... IL: 50 a. md
3A-From Kansas City. -. I: 90 p. md
]. ?. Whelan. Ticket Agent.
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c.. M. g ST. P. TRAINS.

No Going Southwest Departs
5A--Southwest Limited :. las a. m.
3A-kansas City Local :. 10: 40 a. mi
93B-Local freight ......... 7:15 q. m.
Going East, Via Cut-OfI.
12A--Chic. Limited $1,000. 1906 a. M
sA--Davenport, Chicago 80. $50 p. N
92B-Local freight $50. $50 a. md
Marion Line. Going North.
10SB---Ccdar Rapids. Marion s:45 p. MI
1oB-Cedar Rapids. st. Paul 1855 q. md
9sB-Local freight ........ 6:4Oa. m,
Marion Line, Coming South.
lG3B-Arrive from Marion. 10: Is q. mi
9C-Arrive frot Malsor. 1925 a yu1
97B--Local freight, arr4vs.. 4:5Sp ma
Freight trains arrive and deparl
from Ottumwa Junction.
j. P, Whelan, Ticket Agent.
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C., r. l. & P. TRAINS.

c., r. !. & p. TRAINS.
No Going North. Depart
Moines, Omaha. -. 6:45 a. md
47S-Des Moines, Omaha. .12: 90 . .rn1
471-Dts Moines, Omaha -. 7:10 .. ND
Going South.
470-Keokuk, Kas. City. -. $40 a md
742-Keokuk, Kas. City 80. 4:00p M
4T4-Eldon northumberland 0:17 p M
w. S. Parker, Ticket Agent. I
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r. r. TIME TABLES.
r. r. TIMG TABLES.

X. X. flMc TABLES.
A-Daily: B., daily except Sunday;
G.. Daily except Monday.
BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., 3. 4 q.
No Going East. Depart.
12A-Chic Dubuque. Quincy 1: 30 a. m,
sa-Local freight ...........5: 40 =. m.
18B-Burlingtcn, ST. Louis. q: IS a. M
10B-Peoria Dub. Quincy. IL: 40 a. IA.
6A--Chic Limited $685.. 2:13 o. m.
1oB-Ft. Madison. ST. Louis 8: 80 .. m.
4A-Chlc.. st. L.. Quincy. 7:15 p. mo
2A--Chic., F,eoria. Rockford IL: As p. nj
Going West
6A-Omaha and Nebraska. 1:1e q. M
8A-Omaha. Oregon. Calf 80 a. m.
9B-Arrive from Ft. Mad .11:45 q. ma
9A-Peoria to Creston -. 400 D. ma
1lB--Arrive from Chicago. 1890 p. ss
1A-Chicago to Denver -. s:08 .. md
ls-Omaha, Billings and
Northwest 4:25 D. M
w. 8. Pcrker, Ticket Agent |
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BURT LAFoRcE. PHI. a., N. ..
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
Glasses scientifically fitted once hours
10 to IL a. M. and to and to 8 O'Clock
p. m. Phone, office. $50: residence. 81.
Once rooms 10 and 10 Hoffman, Blk.
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Entered as second class matter
October II, 1903, at the postoffice, OF
tumwa, Iowa. under the Act Of Congress
OF March 3; 1879.
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DR.. A. O. WILLIAMS,

c., R. l. & P. R'y Co.
\ o. r., 3. 4 S. Co.
once, 12O Court street. Residence tele-
pho.le, 10; office telephone. 90. ottumwa.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

ut the end OF the second year. He was
so intent upon being thoroughly pre-
pared for his career before beginning
1t that he studied seven years before
he made his first public appearance.
Previous to this, however. at the death
Of Capponi, he was appointed to fill the
latter's place in the Chapel Santa Gaia.
in Loreto. 1t Is said that when he
first went to have his voice tried Mt the
conservatory he was so poor that he
had to make the journey On foot. The
nov popular singers debut was made
In II Puritani." by Bellini. This opera
was also taken for his American debut
In New York ut Mr.. IIammerstein's
new Manhattan Opera House. 1t was
last produced in New York twenty
two years ago, and it is said ROnci is
n Of the few tcnors of today capable
of singing Bellini's music.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
ALESSANDRO BONCI.
The Italian Tenor Who Ii Accounted
a Rival of Si9nOr CarusO.

The Italian Tenor Who In Accounted
Il Rival of SignOr Caruso
The new emo whom Impresario Os-
ear Hammerstein has introduced to
the American public, Signor Alessan-
Lro Bonci. has been spoken of as a
rival to Signor Enrico Caruso. He has
risen to fame and fortune through
severe struggles against adverse cir
cumstanccs. for his father was a poor
combmakcr in the italian province
called the Romagna. 1t was there he
was born thirty-six years ago, and
both AlessandrO and his brother learn
ed bootmaking. 1t was while he was
employed in this humble work that a
musician heard him sing. This mans
praise led the ncighbors to take an
interest in his education. and they con-
tributed to his support while studying
at the Conservatory of Pesaro. founded
by Kossini.
At the conservatory Bonci took a
four year course, gaining n scholarship
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

And you were ass enough to do it.
of courser'
HE made a feeling appeal to me. o
sage"
"FeeliE:. nonsense! There is no feel
Ing in business. When was the note
due:'
'Only yesterday"
"And Brown couldn't pay it, and you
had to, and now you have come whin-
ing around for some of my wisdom.
Go to. l have none to give"
But thou art mistaken, 0 sage.
Brown had the sugar to pay the note
and took it up"
HE did?"
Truly he did. And 1 came not here
to beg for thy wisdom"
"Thcn what brought thee?"
ITO work the wisdom racket myself.
My pointer is that when a man wants
you to back his note don't chew straws
over it. It's just a little business cour-
tesy and prolific of the warm glow.
Ia ia, old man."
Moral.-The unexpected is always
happening. Wisconsin furnishes a case
where a father gave up all his prop
erty to his ch;lrdcn and they didn't
turn him outdoors next day.
NJ. QUAD.
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ment over the price at which the au-
thor's latest novel, "Rezanov," has sold
in England. and the editor had offered
to publish it at > shillinys instead of 6,
the present price. 1t sells in the United
States for so cents. The Times editor
thought it would bring the novelist
larger royalties if also sold in England
at a cheaper price. Mrs. Atherton final
~ wrote to the London Journals head:
with my publisher. Murray, l will
remain as long as he will have me and
hereby invite you and all your subordi-
mates in my second best Californiaese
to go to the devil. l am sick of the
whole controversy and am too busy
with my new book to bother with you
any further"
Mrs. Atherton. who has been a wild
Ow for some years and now lives
abroad. has always had a mind Of her
own. She says of her girlhood:
when l was Il little bit Of d girl |
used to long for adventure. l would
run away from our little ranch and
plunge into the woods. My mother
would send somebody to hunt for me.
which was Il wild goose chase. When
l chose to he found | would be. Then
l was carried back and spanked. Every
day | got Il spanking. Oh. l was dread
fully spoiled, as bad as | could be-"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

SENATOR ROBERT NJ. LA TOILETTE.
in Il large number of eases to the long
hours many railway employees now
work. The proposed law provides that
employees engaged in the handling Of
trains shall not work more than six
teen consecutive hours, followed by ten
hOu off duty. Exception to the work
ing of h rule is made in the case OF
delay from accidents. The enforce
ment of the law is placed in the hands
Of the federal courts and the inter-
state III commission. 1t was
this body which discovered in connec-
ton with it's Investigation of the re-
cent Terra Gotta district OF Columbia)
wreck that IN engineer of the road
concerned had worked thirty six hours
without rest, and the general manager
ten took place rs the result Of men not
having sufficient time to rest.
During his speech In advocacy of the
bill in the senate It's author read for
an hour from official reports Of railway
accidents involving many deaths. in
n instance of as many as fifty three
passengers and In other cases result
ing in the slaughter of trainmen. and
In every case it was shown that the
employees responsible for what had
occurred had been on duty from TWEEN
ty-two to forty hours ut Il stretch.
Having won his fight on the railroad
bill, the Wisconsin member has now
taken up another task. and this, too,
has to do with railroads and is certain
to meet vigorous opposition from them.
1t is expected that they will line up
against it with the same sort of tao
tics that were used against the rate
bill. Cndc the provisions of the pro
posed law the secretary of the interior
Is charged with supervision of the min
eral and coal deposits and the licenses
and royalties, although minimum roy
alties are stipulated. Speaking of its
objects, Senator La Toilette V
1.-THE bill follows the lines of the
most advanced legislation which has
been enacted by other countries for
the conservation of their fuel supplies.
The object sought to be attained Is to
retain in the government the title to all
minerals upon or under the public do
main which are or can be used for fuel
or lighting purposes. At the same time
It aims to preserve to bona flde settlers
and under terms that are rs liberal as
the present laws the right to acquire
agricultural and grazing lands, so that
the withdrawal of more than sc, 900
acres Of land from entry and sale will
not In any way retard the growth and
progress Of the agricultural and graz
ing industries in the west.'
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traliZNtion and an unwise extension OF
the federal power. In reply to these
contentious Senator Beveridge urges
that. while In some states there are
good laws against child labor. in 9th
ers the laws are either inefficient or
poorly enforced and that the matter
as Il national evil can only be dealt
with adequately by Il national law.
Child labor laws exist already in
ernors inaugurated In January made
recommendations as to such legislation.
The factory inspector of pennsyl-
vania in Il recent address stated that
IN the tobacco making establishments
OF Iittsburg children as young as eight
and nine years could be found ut work.
Missouri has an anti chlld labor law,
but the labor unions are agitutiuS for
its amendment and more rigid enforce
ment of the statute.
Senator Rcvcriuge illustrated his
speech III the senate with photographs
showing the conditions amid which
children sometimes work. He points
out that as the result Of labor under
such conditions many die, while others
grow up dwarfed, crooked and weak,
their minds dulled and clouded and
their souls darkened and vicious. He
maintains that many more children are
employed in factories than the census
figures show. The senator tells Of Il
tiny girl seven years old who worked
twelve hours Il day In a canning fac
tory IN Maryland. Il state having over
200 establishments employing children.
John Spargo. author Of 1.-THE Bitter Cry
Of the Children" tells Of Il little girl
in Atlanta. Ga. who said. when I
work nights Is too tired to undress
when I gets home. and s o l goes to
bed with my clothes on"
The noted writer. II. q. Wells. saws:
I'm Massachusetts little naked boys are
packing cloth into bleaching watts in a
bath Of chemicals that bleachcs their
little bodies like the bodies of lcpers.
In the south there are six times as
many children ut work as twenty Years
ago. in Pennsylvania children of ten
and twelve Stoop vcr chutes ana
pick III slate. and in Illinois they
stand ankle deep in blood. cleaning in-
testines and trimming meat"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
ERRATlC PRINCE GEORGE.
Character of the Heir to thc Serviun
Throne NNurricN the Court.

Character of the Heir to the Serviun
Throne WurricS the Court.
There nave been Il good many blots
on the records of royalty in Scrvin in
recent years, and for that reason there
Is the more concern ut the strange be
havior of the Crown Prince George.
AS the eldest son Of King Peter he
would naturally come to the throne in
case OF his fathers death, but there
has been talk of changing the success
sion In favor OF Prince Alexander, the
second o of King Peter. Prince
George is heir to Il bloodstained throne,
for his father came to the kingship
through the murder Of King AleXan-
der and Queen Draga. Il tragedy in
which many Of his subjects suspect
thai he hal some part. The heir to
the rulership OF Servia was born in
1887, and $ bad has been his record
that II writer has described him as
Il "semi-insane young savage. regard
less Of every restraining influence of
law. conventionality. decency and civ
i%lization." About Il year ago it was
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

An attache Of the American embassy
at London tells a story of a butler in
the employ Of a fine old English family
whose long service had inculcated in
him a personal proprietary interest in
the sons and daughters Of the house.
Once, on the occasion Of a large din
ner party, the conscientious butler OBJ
served that one Of the members of the
family, a young girl who had but re-
Gently entered society, was devoting an
amount Of attention to her agreeable
neighbor on the right obviously in ex
cess Of that accorded to the less fasci-
mating a on her left. This fact per.
turbed the butler to a degree that could
no longer be borne in silence. So. un.
der the pretense Of passing the culprit
a dish. the butler managed to whisper
respectfully in her ear:
"A little more conversation to the
left, miss."-Harper's Weekly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

A. J. BEVERAGE. ter to the Consum-
ers' league of New York regardinr
the evils incident to the employment
of those OF tender years In Industrial
establishments.
The bill introduced in the senate by
Albert j. Beveridge of Indiana has
been much discussed in the press, and
the question Of the wisdom Of national
legislation on the subject has been
raised. Some claim that 1t is a prob
lem whose solution can best be left
entirely to the individual states. Sen
ator Beveridge challenged attention by
his statement that there are now near
~ 100000 breadwinners under fifteen
years of age in the United States and
that Of these almost 100000 are en-
gagged in work other than agriculture.
'Child labor on the farm Is good"
says the senator. "This bill does not
strike ut that. 1t strikes only Mt child
slavery in factories. mines and sweat
shops"
Senator Bcveridgc's plan of getting
Mt the child labor evil is to prohibit by
federal statute any interstate con-
merce in articles which are the prod
uct of such labor. Some who recog-
niZe the force of the senator's argu-
ments against child labor maintain
reforms on this subject in execution
and that his bill would. If enacted into
law. be a step in the direction of cen-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
RAcY MRS. ATHERTUN.
The Brilliant Authors Reply to an
English Editors Offer,

So many people in England swear
by the London Times that when Ger
trude .Atherton. the California novelist.
told its editor that he might "go t 0 the
devil her holiness caused a sensation.
to put it mildly. in British literary Cir
cles. Mrs. Anterior. who is a great
grandniece Of Benjamin Franklin. is
accustomed to making daring fights in
fiction, and a departure from the con-
ventional in the use of language is
right in her line. There had been q
controversy in the Times book depart
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
>-@
La Toilette and
the Public Lands
PN the last hours of the debate in
the senate on the Brownsville res
olutions a small but striking look

the last hours OF the debate III
the senate on the Brownsville res
olutiOns a small but striking look
ing member was watching his
chance to introduce a measure whose
Importance it would be hard to over
estimate. The member was Robert NJ.
La Toilette of Wisconsin, and the bill
he was waiting to place before the con
sideration of his fellow lawmakers
was one providing that the public lands
Of the federal government, containing
coal and mineral deposits, shall not be
disposed Of by 1t, but developed and
operated under licenses issued by the
government. The bill is said to have
the approval Of President Roosevelt
and to have been prepared after con
ferences with him and the members of
the department of justice. 1t is the
outcome Of a plan to keep the remain
ing rich public lands from the clutches
Of the railroads md other corporate
interests which have been fast &C.
Quiring them. Among members of the
senate the bill Occasioned special in
terest not only because Of It's radical
character, but because of the fact that
the Junior senator from Wisconsin and
the president were seen to be work
ing together in harmony on the sub
ject.
1t is only a short time since Senator
La Toilette achieved signal victory by
obtaining the passage In the senate Of
his bill limiting the hours Of railway
trainmen. This is considered one of
the most important bills in the inter
est of the wage Garner that have been
under consideration in the upper cham
Der Of congress in some years. 1t is in
tended not only to enhance the welfare
Of railroad trainmcn, but to afford safe
guards to the public against accidents.
which, as the statistics show, are due
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

fortress for grossly insulting his late
tutor. Major l.evuSseur. Two years
ago he eloped with an actress and
went to Vienna. where they were
found drinking in Il cafe in the midst
OF Il band OF cypsieS. Another report
has ii that several years ago the
prince was examined by a specialist il.
the treatment Of backward children
ana reported to I've Il degenerate,
1t is thought he will be e to Il Sani-
tarium in the hope that his erratic
conduct may be altered and his phys
ical condition improved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Not Sentiment.

He-Oh. Please. Mile. Jeanne, do not
call me Mi. Durand! She (coyly)-
Oh, but our acquaintance is so short!
Why should l not call you that? He
Well, chiefly because my name Is Du-
pont.-Nos Loisirs,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

I AM NOT THAT KIND OF A FOX"
shouldn't like him to know that I have
given him away, but at the same time
l don't want you to be a loser"
"That's good of you." said the farm
er. mo, l won't say a word to any
body about it, but if the burned crit
ter comes I'll give him a surprise par
ty. Much obleeged, and I'll try and do
as much for you some time"
Wasn't a Bit Surprised.
The fox went his way with COM
placent look, and Uncle Reuben con-
tinued to grub and to think. When
night came he did Il little work about
the coop. and just as he was winding
up the clock and making ready to go
to bed a great racket out there de
manded his presence. He went out
with the lantern in one hand and an
AK helve in the other and wasn't Il
bit surprised to find reynard in one Of
the traps he had set.
"How, now, but is this the gratitude
you show me for the pointer l gave
you this afternoon" exclaimed the fox
as IC tuSSSu at HIS CdIjtl\c leS.
Moral. -"Waal, you see. it's this
way" was the reply. 81 got to think
ing things over after you left and de-
cided that it was jest as easy to set Il
trap for Il fox as for a weasel, and
that's how you come to put your foot
in it."
"Then release me, and We'll call it a
mistake"
"Oh, l can't do that, you see! I've
got to foller out my logic and decide
that it is jest as easy to knock a fox
on the head as any other %critter. Close
your eyes and shet your teeth. 1t won't
hurt but n mint"
a farmer who had lost several sheep
sheriff, and the latter individual set a
watch and captured Il man with the
goods on him. When taken into court
the evidence was so conclusive that
speedy conviction resulted, and his hon
or was about to pass sentence when
the prisoner rose up and said:
Excuse me. judge, but l move to
quash the proceedings"
ION what grounds. pray:'
"All the witnesses Swore that | had
Il lamb on my shoulder when caught,
while the warrant charges me with
having stolen Il sheep. l contend, your
honor, that Il sheep is not a lamb any
more than Il man is Il boy"
The Prisoners Sentence.
prisoner, the point is we'll taken. |
was about to sentence you to state priS-
on for one year for stealing Il sheep. |
will now amend the sentence to twelve
months in the same institution for
stealing Il lamb"
But it practically amounts to the
same thing" protested the prisoner.
THAT is true. But how many of us
stop to define the difference between
lamb and sheep when eating mutton
chops? Remove the prisoner"
Moral.-The only difference between
tweedledee and tweedledum is in the
twiddle.
One day rs the sage was sitting be-
Meath a willow tree and meditating on
mans inhunanity to man and how Il
cotton clothesline ShrinkS up after an
August rainstorm he n approached
by Il fat. red faced man wearing au
apron. who greeted him with:
20 sage. l am Green. the grocer"
Yes. l have heard OF green grocers
several times before in my life" was
the answer. How is the green goods
business coming on"
Il know not. O wise man. This IS my
complaint: Some months since Brown.
the hardware man. came To me and
asked me to indorse his ninety day
aote."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
In MANY Places.

Mrs. Naybor-l see you've got Il new
girl. Has she had much experience As
q cook?
Mrs. Hiram Offen-Not much, but
many, and when her weeks up l pro-
pose to give her notice to hunt up an
other Observation-Disclosures Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
FLOATING a Scheme.

"They say that old Titewadd. after
he has had a couple. is liable to loosen
up and buy liberally.'
us that so? Well, I'll invest 10 cents
toward 4 pool to exploit the PROPOSE
tion."-Washington Herald.