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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
AGITAToRs IN Annoy SPREAD RE.
PORT OF PORTS SEIZURE AND
PEOPLE LEAvE-TWo GIVEN SE-
WE'RE WHlPPlNGs.
WARSHIPS ARRIVE
AT MANILA TODAY
IN VIEW o FcHoLERA SCARE IN
PENINSULA OFFICERS DECIDE
THAT SHORE LEAVE SHALL BE
LIMITED.

Annoy, China, Oct. 2. - Local
agitators have been circulating a
report to the effect that the
American battleship fleet, which
will visit this port at the end OF
October, proposes to seize Annoy
as a base of operations in forth
coming war with Japan. The peo-
pie became alarmed and began to
leave the city. Then, to prevent a
general exodus of the population,
the municipal authorities issued
a proclamation forbidding the peo-
pie from going to the interior and
taking heavy baggage with them.
Two of the agitators have been
arrested and punished with severe
whippings. They were given
1900 blows each.
Manila, Oct. 2. - Fresh from their
triumphant reception in the Aus
tralian ports and with their cruise
around the world two-thirds accom-
plished, the sixteen battleships of the
American feet which started from
Hampton Roads last December, are
anchored in a double column of inc
breakwater close to the Luneta,
whence splendid view Of the war
ships was obtained today.
sperry Pleased With Results.
The voyage of the fleet from Aus
tralia to this port was without special
incident In discussing the long
cruise from San Francisco Rear Adj
miral Sperry declares that since the
warships have bee nthrown upon their
own resources without the conven-
ience and support Of the navy yard,
the efficiency of the ships has been
greatly increased. He expressed him
self as we'll satisfied with the general
results attained from the standpoints
of discipline, seamanship and adapt
ability to circumstances.
Afraind of the Cholera.
Following conference Of the Off
GERS Of the fleet it was announced that
orders had been issued directing that
nothing be taken aboard from the
shore pending further consideration
of the epidemic Of cholera. Shore leave
will be granted officers, providing they
return to the ship by 10 p. m. Special
permit must be secured to allow
them to remain over night Careful in
structions were issued governing their
conduct while ashore in order to
guard against the remotest danger of
bringing contagion aboard the vessel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Pres id e t's Son
Begins Work Today
in ct Factory

as =
ThompsonvilIe, Conn.,, Oct. 2.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, be- !
: gan work today In learning car !
pet making, when this morn :
! ing donned overaIIs and went !
: into the wool room of the :
; Hartford Carpet corpora =
: tlon's plant to take his place at !
: the wool washing machine. He .
; will go through the other de. )
: partments of the plant In turn. >
~ S'M 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
CLAUDE PORTER ON TOUR.
Eleventh District Chairman Com.
pletes Speaking Arrange
ments

Sioux City, Oct. 2-Will H. Beck,
chairman of the Eleventh district
Democratic committee, has completed
for tour of the district
by Claude R. Porter, candidate for
United States senator, and Mayor w.
G. Sears, who is a candidate for con-
gress. The itinerary is as follows.
Sac City and Wall Lake, Oct. Is; Ida
Grove and Galve Oct 16; Onawa and
Mapleton Oct. II; Sioux City Oct. 1S;
Cherokee and Marc S Oct. 10; Storm
Lake and Alta Oct. 20.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Hazers Gagged Boy
and Shut Him Up
in Car; Now Lo S t

: 3 -
Lexington, KY, Oct. 3
Through sensational story told
here by small boy it is regard
ed certain that Willie c. Smith,
who disappeared from the state
university on Tuesday night of
last week was overpoWered,
bound and gagged during the
course of a hazing prank at the
university, was placed in Queen
& Crescent box car, the door
was closed and Smith was ship
ped away. The car was shipped
out of the yards but no trace
Of 1t can be found.
= BS q = .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
MOULTON,

Moulton.--Mr. and Mrs. H. P.
Powers have returned from a trip to
the Ozarks for benefit of his health.
fever
Mrs, e. Z. Hickman received a mes
sage that her son Paul had been shot
and killed at Colorado Springs. Her
son Dean left Sunday night to attend
the funeral.
L. e. Buckles is taking a few days
lay off and is visiting in Mt. Sterling,
la. Chas. Snedeker of Cincinnati, Ia,
is filing his place at the K. C. de-
pot
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
ELkINS MAKES DENIAL
Father of American Heiress Denies
Daughter viii Wed Duke in
December,

Pittsburg, Oct. 2-In long distance
telephone communication with the AS
sociated Press this afternoon, Senator
Stephen B. EllSins, who is at his
home in Elkins, w. Va, said there is
no truth in the report from Paris to-
day that the Duke Of Abruzzi and his
daughter, Miss Katherine will be mar
ried about December 10.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
EVERY BONE BROKEN
Fuse Fails to Work and Man Investi-
gates Just as Explosion Occurs
Alive, but Cannot Live.

Oskaloosa, Oct. 2. - Especially -
A fuse falling to wor as soon as
he thought it ought to prompted Geo.
Atkins to go back into his room in
the New Sharon coal mine to investi-
gate. An explosion followed as he en-
tered and nearly every bone in his
body was broken. He is alive, but
cannot survive.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Veterans Meet at keosauoua

Keosauqua, Oct. 2. = The veterans
Of Company I, 18th Iowa. held their
reunion here Thursday. The procession
consisting of veterans, martial band,
300 school children and their teachers
and Keosauqua Great Bend band,
formed at the G. A. R. hall and march
ed to the court house grove, where a
very interesting program was given.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
| iouor Problem Receives Attention.

Omaha, Oct. 2. = The theme before
the League Of American Municipali-
ties this afternoon was the liquor
problem as it affected metropolitan
cities. Among the cities represented
in the discussion were Milwaukee, Du-
buuue, st. Louis and no topic yet
brought before the convention has re-
ceiyed closer attention.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
CRuE:SOME SIGHT
FOR BRIDE:C GROOM
SON HOME FROM !EDDiNG FINDS
FATHERS BODY HANGING
TO RAFTERS.

Iowa City, Oct. 2. = George W.
Ulch, Johnson county pioneer, and
prominent in banking circles, hanged
himself in his barn last night at Solon
He leaves wife and six children. His
son Joseph, returning from his we'd
ding trip, found the father dead.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Thomas Callahan Buried In Eddyville

Eddyville. Oct. 2.-(speciaD-The
remains of Thomas H. Callahan, who
died on the operating table at Mercy
hospital in Des Moines Wednesday,
as the result of injuries sustained by
an accident on the Rock Island rail.
way at Monroe, will be brought here
on the 1888 o'clock Rock Island pas
senger train this afternoon and in
terment will be made Immediately
after in the Catholic cemetery here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
ENDS
TROLLEY TOUR
OF CORN BELT
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
AND PARTY TAKE TRAINS TO
CONTINUE TRlP-IN THE TRl-
CITIES TO-DAY.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 2.-From a trolley
car to Pullman palace car was the
transition made here today by James
S. Sherman when he left the city for
Rock Island after a three days Wig
orous campaigning via the trolley in
the corn belt district Rock Island
was reached by the party at noon
where Republican day"'was celebrat-
ed at the exposition grounds and
many thousands were gathered to see
and hear the candidate Later in the
day the party visited Moline, where
Sherman discussed the labor ques-
ton before 5000 employees Of the plow
works.
Sherman Rebukes Bryan.
From Moline the party will proceed
to Sterling, arriving there late in the
evening, where another meeting Is
arranged. In his Rock Island speech
Sherman severely rebukei Bryan, de-
claring Democracy's leader has done
organization in the south and array
for himself all the factors which were
hostile to the colored man.
Inc party arrived In Peoria shortly
after 6 O'Clock last night. A reception
committee composed of members OF
the Peoria board of trade met them in
automibles, conveying them to the
National hotel where dinner had
been ARA .lged n -thelI honor
Immediately after the dinner Mr..
Sherman and Mr.. Longworth, with
other guests and speakers were es-
corted to the Coliseum, where the
speechmaking began.
Sher'ra,rs Soc.
Mr. Sherman sal in rsrt:
''Mr. 5iyal III accepting his third
nomination for the presidency calls
attention to the fact that he has
twice been defeated as candidate for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
PoRTER'S DATES ANNOUNCED.
Opens Active Campaign at West Lib
erty Monday Evening-Eleven
Sneeches in Meek

Des Moines, Oct. 2.-Claude r.
Porter's speaking dates for the CAM
raisn during the next week are as
follows:
Oct. 5--West Liberty in the even
ing.
Oct. Gone afternoon and Cedar
Rapids in evening.
Oct. 7-Ruthven in afternoon.
Oct. S-Iowa Falls rvening.
Oct. 9-Ackley evening.
Oct. 10-Webster City afternoon.
Oct. 12-Pocahontas county, after.
noon and evening.
Oct. 13-Lake City evening.
Oct. 14-Manning
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Rock Island Operator Held Uo.

Ainsworth, Oct. 2. Washington
Night Operator Floys Smith was held
up at an early hour this morning at
the Rock Island depot, and the cash
drawer was relieved of S100. Smith
notified the sheriff as soon as the
man left, but as yet there is no clew.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
SAYS RIVALS SUGGESTION AS TO
PUBLICITY OF CAMPAIGN Ex-
PENDiTUREs is AN INSULT TO
THE VOTERS.
BRYAN, TOO, FEELS
ALITTLE CONFIDENCE
CANDIDATE FOLLOWS TAFT'S
BOAST OF VICTORY WITH THE
STATEMENT IN WHICH tiE Ex.
PRESSES BELIEF IN ELECTION.

Lincoln, Oct. 2. - Bryan stated
today that advices received by
him from party workers indicate
an increasing Democratic senti-
ment throughout the United
States. "A candidate can only
form opinions as to his chances"
he said, through reports made to
him by party workers. Every re-
port made to me indicates that
not only Is the trend among the
voters toward Democracy this
year, but the sentiment for our
candidates and party is increas
ing My advices are that not only
will the candidates for president
and vice president have a large
majority of the popular vote, but
we will. also have a large major
ity in the electoral college,
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2. Declaring
that every disinterested voter knows
that large contributions have been
used to. secure mortgages upon Off
cials," Bryan last night issued at
FairviewP statement cfistieislns sthe
adoption by Taft, his Republican op-
ponent for president, of { President
Roosevelt's announced views on the
subject of publicity of campaign con
tributions. Taft" says Bryan, "makes
the same charge the president does /;
the astounding charge that voters are
so liable to be misled that the knowl.
edge las to the amounts and sources
of campaign cpntributions) must be
kept from them" The Democratic
nominee then adds: II insist that this
is an insult TO the intelligence of the
voter, and it does little credit to
Taft's Judgment Of the men to whom
he is making his appeal"
In Answer to Judge Taft.
Answering Judge Taft's suggestion
as to the publication of campaign ex.
penditures, Bryan says:
He fails to see the difference be-
tween the publication of contribu
tions before election and the publica
ton Of expenditures before election
Publication Of expenditures is requir.
ed to show whether corrupt methods
have been employed in election and
as expenditures continue up to the
close Of the polls, it would be impos
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
AVERAGE Condition Of Cotton ee7

Washington, D. c., Oct q Cotton
crop report issued today by the de-
.partment of agriculture shows the
average condition Sept. 25 was 69.7
per cent of normal against 676, the
average Of the past ten years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Kern Makes Address at elrminaham.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 2. - Hon.
John w. Kern arrived in Birmingham
this morning and addressed a gather
ing of business men Informally at
noon. He will speak at a theater this
afternoon.
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Continued on pageS.)
TAFT 335; BRYAN 247

With Secret Ballot Shows
Republican Leads.
Des Moines, Oct. 2. = The Daily
Capital straw vote, with secret bal
lot of factories, stores, Office buildings
and theatres, gives Taft 335, Bryan
247. The test indicates that the labor
ing men are divided. Workmen on the
new Hubbell business block gave Taft
and Bryan % each. The Agar packing
plant carried for Taft, 67 to AZ. Both
the Grand and Majestic theatres
were carried by Bryan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-10-03
Cincinnati Registration Falls $

Cincinnati Registration Falls Short.
Cincinnati. Oct. 2. The registra-
ton here fell below that of 1904 for
the first day by more than 5000. The
eighth ward, in which Taft lives, is
230 behind the registration Of 1904
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CONTINUED on pages.,.
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26
What Children Swallow

In the London Hospital there is
at present a tiny patient, one year
and three weeks old who is suffer.
ing from the effects of swallowing a
hair curler.
Seven weeks ago, following every
baby's instinct of putting anything
and everything into it's mouth. she
seized upon a fascinating object used
by ladies to induce a becoming wave
IN the hair. and promptly swallowed
1t. The baby is kept under close oh.
servation with the X-rays, and it is
hoped that. as there is no inflamma.
ton or high temperature, an opera
ton will not be necessary.
a Daily Mail reporter WAS in.
formed that the case was by nc
means exceptional. Recently n child
was under treatment who had swal.
lowed a toy bicycle, and another was
brought in with brass monkey i'm
his interior. Coins and boot buttons
were very frequently swallowed:
while thimbles, pins and even knife
blades have been removed from tiny
children. Owing to the X-ray the
treatment of such cases has been
much simplifed. London Mail.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26
RABBIT PIE.

Cut the dressed rabbit into small
pieces, taking out what bone you
can; let lie in cold, sailed water for
one hour (boiling the bones mean
while). Drain the meat, strain the
bones out of the boiling water and
put the meat into it, and let boil un-
TIL perfectly tender, adding a bay leaf
halt a dozen peppercorn, a sliced
onion and stalk of celery. When
the rabbit is done, remove from the
pot, strain the liquor, add to it one
cup of cream or rich milk. and thick
en- with two tablespoonfuls of -four
rubbed smooth in two tablespoonfuls
or butter. Add more seasoning if
liked. Remove all bones from the
meat, and arrange the latter in
deep pie dish, seasoning each layer
lightly with salt, white pepper and
very thick walnut catsup. Pour over
the thickened gravy, and when quite
cold cover with rather thick layer
OF rich paste. Cut an incision in the
centre to allow the steam to escape,
and bake in hot oven Other cat.
sup may be substituted for the wal.
nut, If preferred.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26
ROAST GOOSE

Select fine, tender goose, SINCE.
draw, wash we'll and wipe the inside
very dry with a cloth. Have ready
chestnut stuffing, as follows: Peel
n good sized shallot or onion. Choir
very fine; place in a saucepan on the
hot range with two tablespoonfuls of
butter, and let heat for three min
utes without browning, then add q
quarter of a pound of good sausage
meat, cook five minutes longer; then
add ten finely chopped mushrooms.
twelve we'll pounded, cooked and
peeled chestnuts, stir we'll together
Season with pinch OF salt. small
pinch of pepper, half a saltspoonful
or powdered thyme and n teaspoon.
tul OF finely chopped parsley. Let
first come to boil then add half an
ounce of fresh bread crumbs with a
few whole cooked chestnuts. mix all
together, being careful not to break
the chestnuts. Let cool and fill the
goose with the mixture. Close both
ends of the fowl, truss well. sprinkle
a pinch of salt over, envelop in
buttered paper Cif desired) and put
into a roasting pan. Cook for one
hour and a half, or until tender,
basting occasionally. Remove from
the oven, untruss; skim all the fat
from the gravy in the pan, add a gill
of water, let boil up well. strain and
serve.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26
MAPLE FuDGE

Materials: Three cups of brown
sugar, two cups of maple syrup. one
cup OF milk, one-half cup of water.
butter the size of an egg and one cup
English walnut meats or hickory
nuts.
Boil the sugar and maple syrup
TIL you can make it into a very soft
ball when You drop it in water-only
half as hard as you boil molasses
candy. Then put in the milk. water
and butter, and boil till when you
try in water it makes quite a firm
ball in your fingers. Put in the nuts
and take off the fire at once, and stir
until it begins to sugar. Spread it
quickly on buttered pans, and when
partly cool mark in squares with a
knife.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26
HEIGHT OF THE ATMOSPHERIC,
Estimates Which Considerably Ex-
coed the Old Ones.

Estimates Which Considerably Elk.
coed the Old Ones.
something like half a century ago
IL was thought that the atmospheric
envelope of the globe was about for
ty-fve miles thick. The belief was
based on the rate at which the density
OF the air diminished at successive
levels, as measured with barometers
In balloons and on mountain tops.
VI course, no one ever went up forty
five miles, but for a long time no one
was in position to question the &C.
curacy of the figures. At length q
new basis for calculation was afford.
ed. Simultaneous observations of n
meteor from widely separated sta.
lions on the earths surface, together
with careful measurements of the
angle formed by the line of sight with
true horizontal, led to the convic-
ton that the air must extend upward
more than a hundred miles. A
meteor is bit of cold stone or metal
which remains invisible until friction
between its surface and the air makes
the former hot. The meteor becomes
lncandescent from it's high velocity.
Still another method of computation
is described by T. ]. ]. See, an astron.
omer' in a recent issue of the United
states Monthly Weather Review.
III person knows the exact mo-
ment OF sunset (Which he can learn
from an almanac) and then notices
when the last trace of blue disan-
pears from the sky, he will be able
TO determine the height of the atmos.
phere within five or ten miles bv n
formula which Mr.. See supplies.
Since the few observations thus far
made show slight differences. IL
would seem to be necessary that the
matter be followed up further So
that the average of a large number
could be found. The theory on which
this plan is based is that the blue is
reflected from microscopic particles
OF nitrogen and oxygen in the INNER
layers OF the atmosphere. This the
DRY, says Mr.. See. receives it's most
striking confirmation from the long
duration of the blue color after SIM
set, showing the great height of the
particles which scatter the blue light
mere can, he thinks, be very little
doubt that our atmosphere extends
to height of about 1870 miles.
Mr.. See declares that a person
gifted with good eyesight can. with n
little practice, make these obserya-
tons easily, especially as they re-
qulre no instrumental aid.
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she refused to credit me. Nv tailor

she refused to credit me. Ny tailor
has recently done the same.
My clothes were ruined. MY coat
was split up the back, or down the
back, whichever you choose to call II
and as for my features-well. l had
better say nothing about them. no.
ticed that most of the women passed
on my way home put their hands over
their eyes and peeped through their
fingers.
Mrs. Potts gave me a dreadful 60
ing over. and then she poulticed her
ankles with slippery elm and went to
bed.
She hasn't been around any to
speak of since.
She was hard hit.
1 bought two papers of court plas-
ter, and it took it all to plaster I'm
my face.
Kate laughed at me, Purdy said.
He said she declared she couldn't
think of anything but a turkey with
its legs tied when she saw me Topping
out on the ice.
Drat all the women.
The world would have been better
without them.
The next time go a-skating l amt
a-going.-New York Weekly
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26

Representative Mann, of Illinois
never loses an opportunity to ex.
palate upon the glories and materia
prosperity of Chicago.
One day he was holding forth in
his usual strain. when he touched
upon the part played by the railroads
in that prosperity. Statistics show. 81
declared the member from Illinois
that 1850 trains arrive i'm Chicago
daily. These trains-run by some
twenty-four companies-carry ovei
10000 passengers. The raiIways
have been a strong factor iu makina
Chicago what it is to-day
WhereupOn Congressman Mccall
Of Massachusetts. smllingly inter
jected
Mann, that's an awful charge 10
prefer against the railways,"-Har
por's Weekly
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26
I TOUSE=
TOLD
HINTS

To revive the lustre of morocco, or
any other leather, apply the white OF
an egg with a sponge
II alum is added to the paste used
in covering boxes with paper or mus.
lin moth and mice will avoid them.
Remove flower pot stains from
window stills by rubbing with fine
wood ashes and rinse with clean
water.
In cases OF Inflammation of the
stomach and bowels. try cloths wrung
out of hot water in which a table.
spoonful of turpentine has been put.
When making cake beat your eggs
thoroughly, and mis- i'm the last thing
before baking. One wcll-beaten egg
will go as far as two badly beaten
ones.
Physicians assert that baked pota.
toes are more nutritious than those
cooked In any other way. and that
fried ones are the most dimcult to
digest
BY mixing two teaspoonfuls Of
glycerinc with one tablespoonful OF
lime water and ono tcaspoonful OF
parcgOric YOU have am excellent
garglc for a sore throat.
a half cupful of milk added to a
dishpan half fun of hot water will be
found very beneficial in washing
dishes j. gives tho dishes q clean.
polished look. softeus tho hardest
water, preserves tho hands from
chapping, and also prevents a greasy
scum from appearing ON the top Of
the water.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-26

Made bold by the CLEAN of her bosom
bare;
On the verge of Darkness a sage might
turn,
A glance of her glamourous eyes to earn.
In the uttermost parts of the outland sea
man may voyage-and there is she
In the noisy heart of the market place
Abashed, the merchants behold her face
when the lava smothers the sleeping town
she stands at gaze on the fires that drown.
None may escape her, and none may win
She's the foe without, and the guard
within.
She has tempted the night, she has brought
the day.
The hours are her weapons that stab and
slay; VIM
She has emptied of peace the quiet night
The worlds desire and the worlds DELIGHT
Nora Hopper.