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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22


 In the opinion of the writer the key to the riddle lies fin the circumstance that the Kaiser is not in position to give eX- pression to his views and paralyzes with words the effect of his deeds. This has led to the fact that people feel what the Emperor is striving after, but do not understand him. The German people do not understand in the first place his dy nastic views which, with his theory of the divine right of the kings. are no longer adapted to present-day conditions.
 In conclusion the writer says: When William II. says that he stands. alone, it is the truth. But the recently repeated charoe that people would not give him the hand would not accord him their fullest confidence, Is not justified. Even in the shadow of the veneration for Bis marck the Emperor might have achieved a true popularity somewhat on the lines of the old Emperor's. but he himself broadened the shadow by so often re- maining mute. where a word, a glance. would have reconciled and made good, by doing the opposite of what his people expected of him and by not thinking it worth while to adapt himself to the peo- pie of whom he was born.
 Despite all that attracts us in the healthy, fiery temperament, the 'weltpoli- tisch' sense, the technical genius of Will liam II.-despite the fact that the ideal family life at the imperial court touches the best chords in the German national character, the person of the Emperor does not draw near to us. He has long since felt it. and we know that he feels it deeply. With words of bitterness he has confessed that a lord of a people of 6O,O0O0OO suffers from loneliness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Thanksgiving and Linens Go HandinHan

You wouldn't think of serving dinner Thanksgiving without new, fresh and clean Linens, would you-kindly notice the prices tomorrow on these sturdy ane dependable Linens.
 grade bIeached unbleached Damask. Special at. yard soc grade best German BIeached Damask Special at, yard Toe $1.25 grade Beached UnbIeached Damask. Special
 
 s1.5O grade Silver Bleached and German Damask. Special ..#.................S 100 dozen Bieached and German Damask Napkins. 22x 24-inch; beautiful patterns; worth $500 n 22x4O Linen HucS Towels; hemstitched, soft a sOrbent worth 35c, al, each h................. 1Sx37 Linen Huck Towels, bIeached pd end worth jOc, each .....................-.... .21c
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-01
EDDYvILLE.

Eddyville.-Born, Wednesday, jan
uary %, 1908 to Mr.. and Mrs. Add
Dorman, who live near Iowa Junction,
daughter.
Miss Lulu Scott, Of Abba, has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Sig
Crossen for the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs Nell Johnson went to
Hynes and spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. James Cooper.
A dance was given lat the Lammis
home west Of town Saturday evening.
About twenty-five couples were pre-
sent. Emmitt Nixon and John Dial of
this place, furnished the music for the
occasion The crowd took their de-
parture about 2 o'clock.
Miss Ole Woods, who has been here
visiting with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Sipes and with her
aunt, Mrs. B. b. Beamer, who resides
about three miles west Of town, de
parted for her home Saturday in
WOODBURY., Iowa.
Mrs. Laura Dibble and little, daugh-
ter Leola, from Colorado Springs, was
called here Sunday by the serious ILL
ness of Mrs. Dibble's mother, Mrs.
Abe Stuber, VINO Is very i'll. George
Stuber and wife of Leroy, Ia, were
also here over Sunday to visit here.
DR.. Bowen, of Woodburn, Ia, who is
nephew to Mrs. Stuber, came Satur-
day and spent day with her.
Buzz Ryan was taken seriously. Ill
Friday evening with something SINH
lar to the cramps and was no better
Monday morning.
Miss Ruth Berry, who is attending
college at Grinnell, was an over Sun
day visitor with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Berry, on South Second
street, returning to ner duties Monday
morning.
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MAJOR M'INTOSH
MAN OF HISTORY
ONLY LIVING MEMBER OF FIRST
GRAND ARMY POST IN
AMERICA.
.LINCOLN's OFFICE BOY
Volunteers of America Secure Hall
to be Fitted up for Permanent
Quarters on Market
Street.

Major e. W. Mcintosh of Omaha,
Neb, who arrived in the city yester-
day to assist Captain C. E. Sauter
in the work of the Volunteers CT
America, is picturesque and historic
character Not only was he office boy
for Abraham Lincoln in Springfield
ILL.,, when the war broke out but he
got out on the streets with his drum
corps and called together the first men
to enlist in the service of Uncle Sam
and after the war he was the first man
mustered into Stevenson post, G. A.
R., at Decatur, ILL.,, which was the
first Grand Army post organized In
the United States. He also now Is the
only living member of the post who
saw its organization. Major Mcintosh
was not a charter member of the post
but was the first man taken in after
organization. This was April Z, 1866
Called Volunteers.
Major Mcintosh today is SIS years
old, and when the civil war broke out
was connected with Lincoln's law
office as office boy On the evening
of April 2S he got out with his drum
corps and called the volunteers to-
gether, almost before the guns of FIT.
Sumpter were cold, and has the dis
tinction of being the first drummer to
respond to the call to arms.
From October, 1864 to April, 1865,
Major Mcintosh was an inmate of tht,
Andersonville prison. He went into
the rebel stockade a strong robust
man weighing IT'S pounds, but came
out almost skeleton, weighing only
IS pounds. The major now weighs
about 172 and is a strong healthy
man. His father died several years
ago at the advanced age of 81 years
and the son believes he yet has thirty
years at least for this world.
Secures Hall.
The Volunteers nave secured the
room at 223 Market street, which is
being fitted up for the army hall
Captain Sauter believes that 1t will
be in readiness for meetings on Sun.
day.
He announces that should the
weather moderate, street meetings
will be held tomorrow night.
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FARMiNGToN.

Farmington.-Rev. J. H. Kock, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal
church. has commenced series Of
evangelistic meetings. Mr.. and Mrs
Laubersheimer of Keokuk have beer
engaged to take charge of the sing
ing.
Mrs. Ellen Bailey left Saturday fol-
LaClede. Mo-, where she will be the
guest of relatives.
Lawrence Doeling very pleasantly
entertained the members of the senio.
class Wednesday evening.
Charles Moreland of st. Louis Is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Jane More
land.
Mrs. H. F. Dunn has gone to Des
Moines for visit with her niece, Mrs
Ira Brunk
Mrs. William sprouse is visiting her
daughter in Keokuk.
G. Booth expects to add a grocery
department to his variety store, and
with him will be associated Geo. J.
Beeson. who for number of wears
has been clerk for the Hawkeye
Lumber Co.
Mrs. Wiener of Donnellson visited
Saturday with her daughter, Mrs
Martin Harnagel.
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ALBA.

Albia.-The fire and result Of the
explosion has about been cleared
away. There was not much for the
Hooking Supply company to do In
clearing their part of the ground as
everything was either burned or blown
Railway company has a large force OF
men 81 work. They have completely
filled the large hole that was blown
beneath the track at the time the dyn-
amite exploded, and have built new
tracks WIN the main line. The COM
pany does not give any indication as
20 what they will do in the matter OF
rebuilding. Hundreds Of Abba people
have visited the town OF Hooking since
the fire, and it is one of the means OF
promoting a great business for the in
terurban. Over $500 was collected TO;
fares between Abba and HocEine last
Saturday and yesterday the amount
fell but little below that sum.
DR.. Burke Powell of this city, who
is known all over this district, has &C
cepted The position of superintendent
of physicians at Buxton and he Went
to that place today to take hold of the
new work. He has been practicing
medicine in Abba with his father for
several years. The position is one
where he will have three men under
him and the salary is one of the
largest any doctor IN the state receives
being in the neighborhood of $4,000
per year.
One of the happy birthday parties
that We're held in Abba last week was
the one at the Byerlee House on Sat
urday evening, when the friends OF
Miss Bertha Miller congregated at that
place and surprised her 1t was not I'M
til a late hour that the company dis
banded, after delicious refreshments
had been served.
The fire alarm last evening called
the people of Abba from their homes
to the residence Of Miss Carrie Ander-
son near the c.. B. & @. depot. The
house had caught from defective
fue and was extinguished with but
slight damage being done .
G. B. Dearinger, one of the promi-
nent business men of Lovilia, is in the
city on a business mission today.
Ira Noble and daughter Miss Joyce
Noble, went to Fairfield this morning
to attend the funeral of Miss Nellie
Smeaton.
Cal and George Gorsuch of the
western part Of the state, are in the
city on visit to their mother, Mrs
Ann Gorsuch.
William Yates and Mrs. Alice
Brown, both of Foster, were united in
marriage by Justice Falvey at his Of
flee in this city last Saturday after
noon.
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HARMONIOUS HooslERDoM.

All may not agree with John T. Nc
Cutcheon, who, when addressing a
banquet Of the Indiana society last
night, asserted that Indiana would fur
nish the next president But whether
the friends of some of the other can
didates agree with Mr.. McCutcheon or
not, there will be applause for the
"stick-together-by sentiment that
sways Mr.. McCutcheon and his
brother Indianans. Here is the way
McCutcheon puts it:
THE name of the next president of
the United States will be Fairbanks.
Then, think, although some of his
associates are waiting a while longer,
that we will name as his successor
old Uncle Al Beverage In 1916 we
will send Charlie Lands of Decatur
county to the White House, and after
him Uncle Kenesaw Lands. George
Ade will nave come of age by the next
election, and our next successful can
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FOSTER.

Foster.-Charles Pabst was a busi-
ness visitor in Ottumwa Saturday
night
Mrs. Alb Erskin of ottumwa came
up Sunday for a visit with her par
ents, Eph AIDES and wife.
r. d. Williams moved his family
from Cleveland, Ia, to this place last
week. and will work in the mines here.
Ben Morgan of Dietz, Wyo., came
in Saturday for visit with her broth
er, Art.
Albert Hoskinson left Saturday ev-
ening for Nealv Neb., to visit his
brothers and look UP location for
farming.
William Rector went to Highland
last Monday to buy carload of corn.
]. D. Brown visited his sister at
Columbus Junction last week.
Ed Hughes and brother Ray of Mys-
tic secured work here in the mines and
will make this place their future home
Miss Myrta Harlow. Superintendent
of schools, visited the school here last
Tuesday. She is a candidate for re-
election and has no opposition.
The ladies of the BAPTIST church will
Monday evening
Ed Newton is a sufferer for the past
month with an attack of rheumatism.
but is getting some better
Work in the mines is good and new
men are getting work every day.
The Warner Comedy company held
forth here three nights last week and
gave a matinee Sunday afternoon
William Yates and Mrs. Brown were
married in Abba Saturday and will
make their home in South Foster
They are two of our most honored
colored people.
w. H. Norman left Sunday evening
for Nealv. Neb., to visit with friends
and relatives and if the country suits
him he may locate out there and en-
bark in the barber trade.
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MUNTERviILE.

Munterville.-Born Wednesday, jan
uary % to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Burn
Steat, a son. ~
Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Linden and
daughters, Mabel, and Gertie, were en-
tertained Sunday afternoon by Mr.. and
Mrs. Aft Anderson In honor Of their
son, Alvar William Lenartt Anderson.
Mrs. Myra Johnson is still very sick
with pneumonia.
Mrs. G. H. Swanson called on Mrs.
A. T. Johnson Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Erland Allen, Mr., and
Mrs. A. Thomson, were entertained
Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. John Swan
son, near Dudley.
Last Saturday a large number of rel
atfves and friends were served at din
ner at the Alexander Anderson home.
Miss Jennie Anderson, Of Ottumwa,
spent last week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. August Anderson
Mrs. Jonn Locke was called TO Of
tumWa by the death of a near relative
which occurred Saturday by drowning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Baldwell called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Rose near
Pleasant Home, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Chisman and
daughter, Miss Gladys, passed through
here to their home near Union Chapel
after having spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. Roy Miller, near Dud-
ley.
August Hutteman and son, Adolpn.
attended the republican meeting held
In OttumWa Tuesday evening.
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BONAPARTE.

Bonaparte.-ReX Hamlin, aged "a
years, died at his home here Wednes-
day morning after a lingering illness
of consumption. The funeral services
will be held Friday and enterment
made in the Bonaparte cemetery.
John and Charles Rigby have gone
formers health.
Mrs. Lou Babb of Salt Lake City,
has been a recent guest at the W. A.
Steadman home.
Bert Oberton of Eldon, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. j. R. Sherman.
William Sedgwick Of Eldon, is Wis
iting friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. Levi Cummings has returned
to her home in Coldwater, Kan, after
an extended visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lightfoot.
E. G. Coolidge and family are the
guests of relatives near Salem this
week.
James R. Piper of Huron, South
Dakota has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. D. P. Houser and family
w. H. Perkins is seriously i'll with
blood poisoning
William Brandon and family are
spending the week. with friends and
relatives in McDonough county, Hi,
nois.
Ernest Rea of Corydon, has been
visiting his friend, John Ferris.
Charles Heaton of Larned, Kan, is
visiting relatives near Big Mound
Mr.. and Mrs. G E. Whitmore have
returned to their home in Chicago.
Mrs Hannah Davis ic yiejfino in
Pennington this week
George Grages went to Keokuk yes
terday for a short visit.
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CHEQUEST.

Chequest.-The death of Mrs Chas
CraEdal occurred Wednesday, Jan. 16
and her remains were buried the fol
lowing day in the Leando cemetery
The family have the sympathy OF
their friends.
w. l.. Pollock and George Zachan
have been in Keosauqua the past
week attending court.
Andrew Casady and wife and James
Zeller and wife are each rejoicing
over the arrival of daughters into
their homes.
S. W. Roush has sold his farm to
an Illinois party, and has gone TO
Texas to look up a location
George Plowman was in Troy one
day last week on business.
Mrs. Ed Byers is seriously ill.
John Ploss visited Sunday at White
Elm
Many are suffering with grip in Che.
quest.
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Jeff Davis Bars Dress Suits.

Senator jeff Davis, of Arkansas, re-
fuses to enter any kind of society, Of
fetal or otherwise. He objects to what
he calls the uniform" He evinces
as great an aversion to wearing a
dress suit as former Governor Hogg,
of Texas, had to knee breeches. The
senator is understood to be practical
ly under pledge to his constituents
not to hohnob with dress suit folks
while in Washington. There is a sort
Of unwritten law down in Arkansas
against them. That explains why the
senator did not get to the Gridiron
club dinner the other evening.
Arrayed in his familiar gray suit,
the senator was headed for the Grid
iron dinner when he met crowd of
friends.
"Come on to dinner with u.s." they
said
But I'm on my way to the Gridiron
dinner" replied Senator Davis.
Not in those clothes?"
"Of course. What's the matter with
these clothes?"
THE clothes may be all right, but if
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Stories From the Capital

No small contribution to the gayety
at the White House is made by young
officers of both branches of the SER
vice, who are known as the presi
dents social add
1t is their business to assist at re-
ceptions and other entertainments
At formal banquets it is their frequent
duty to act as beaux for unmarried
girls who may happen to be invited
Selected with reference to their agree
ableness and good looks, they are
sure to be regarded with favor by ap-
preciative damsels. OF course, it is
not surprising that, in view of the eX-
ceptional social prestige incidentally
accruing, such assignments should be
sought eagerly.
Mr. Roosevelt, with an eye always
for the picturesque, hit upon the no.
ton of employing as his social aids
young officers who were the sons or
grandsons of men famous in our mill
tary history. Repeatedly in public
speeches he has referred to the fact
that descendants of great warriors
who fought on both sides of the Civil
war have been chosen by him for
service in this intimate kind of per-
sonal relation.
Thus Ulysses S. Grant third, Young
Phil Sheridan, Lieutenant Macarthur
and Fitzhugh Lee, son of the confed-
crate cavalry commander, did duty at
the White House. But they soon tired
of the eternal round of dinner and
dance, tea and cotillion, and at their
own request Mr. Roosevelt early this
season relieved them of their duties
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-01

The Keokuk Gate City is inclined
to make much of the report that at
the recent meeting here addressed by
Fred B. Smith, international secretary
of the Y. M. c. A., everyone Of the
1000 men in the audience took his
feet when all the unsaved were asked
to arise. The Gate City says that as
those in attendance at the meeting
were presumably the pick of Ottum.
was citizenship, the conditions of the
rest can better be imagined than des.
cribed. To allay the Gate City's fears
as to Ottumwa's moral state it may
perhaps be well to explain, that the
audience thought the speaker asked
those in the audience who were
saved to arise. resulting in all
standing. as reported.
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It Made Lcdge Mad.

There has not been any love lost
between Senator Lodge and Mr.. Fair
banks since the vice president last
year supplied to Senator Tillman a
metrical reference to the Massachu
sets senator which was part of the
great vaudeville act for which the
South Carolinian was made in eXecu.
tive session to apologize. The lines
We're these:
He comes from Massachusetts,
The land of the sacred cod;
Where the Adamses vote for Doug
las
And the Lodges walk with God.
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with her uncle, Dr. Frank Wilmeth,
at Lincoln, Neb.
After a pleasant visit win ner pc--
ents at Terrell, Mrs. Jellson Is at
home
Mrs. E. A. Friend visited her daugh-
ter Mrs. Clyde Huxley, at Keokuk last
week.
"A large number of people of Salem
are suffering with the grip.
Ray and Roy Davidson returned last
Saturday from Des Moines, where
they spent two weeks studying at the
Hohenschuh- Carpenter school for em-
balming.
Mrs. Joseph Turner was called to
Dakota last Saturday by the death OF
her sister.
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The speaker,s kentucky Breakfast.

Not to be outdone by the president,
whose recent bar dinner at the White
House Is a fine campaign play" said
an Illinois member of congress yester-
day, Uncle joe is to give Ken
lucky breakfast to number of his
intimates. | asked him what a Ken,
lucky breakfast consisted of, and he
said:
"A bottle of whiskey, bulldog and
a beefsteak'
What is the bulldog for, Uncle
Joe?' | asked.
Why, he has to eat the steak, he
replied"
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BANQUET AT ALBA
of the Abba Interurban
Railway,

Mems association of Abba will ten
der banquet to the officers of the
Abba interurban railway Friday
night. The occasion promises to de-
velop increased enthusiasm for, the
extension of the Hiteman line.
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Speaker Cannon has entered a
denial to statements that he is OPP
posed to the deep waterway project.
On the contrary Mr.. Cannon makes it
plain that his position is not only hos.
tile, but strongly favorable to the plan.
With the speaker favoring the inn
provement of the waterways, advo-
Gates of the plan believe that the need
ed legislation will be enacted
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you go to the Gridiron dinner without
a dress suit you'll be thrown out.
If I'm likely to get thrown out,
guess I'll go with you,' said the sena-
tor, and he joined his friends and was
not in evidence among the Gridironers
that night
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A New York evangelist issued the
announcement the other day that he
would hold afternoon meetings each
week at which all the people who want
to gossip about their neighbors may
have an opportunity to speak their
minds under circumstances where
they will do no harm. 1t is not re-
ported that the gossipers are taking
very kindly to the idea.
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The citizens who have been st

The citizens who have been striv-
ing ever since the new court house
was built to have clock placed in
the tower should be reminded that a
court house clock is not without it's
dangers. The other day the official
winder of the Fon du Lac, Wis,
court house clock froze his hands
while winding the time piece and now
he threatens to sue the county.
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The Chicago Tribune is printing a
series Of likeness of prominent Chic
ago men as they will look twenty
years from now. The Tribune thus
far mas not had the courage. however,
to show the probable likeness of any
Chicago women twenty years from
now
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The members of an Evanston wom-
ans club were told by speaker that
it is their duty at the meetings to in
form themselves on philanthropic
subjects and work along altruistlc
lines and then go home and tell their
husbands about it, in order to sub
stantially benefit mankind. The men
sof Evanston see breakers ahead
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SALEM,

Salem. The last sad rites over the
remains of the late Dan S. Keller, one
OF the best known and honored citi-
zens of Salem, whose death occurred
at 10 o'clock Saturday night. were
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Those that fear the Vanderbilt mil
lions have fallen in the hands of a
spendthrift will be consoled by the re-
port that the count since his arrival
in America has not spent a dollar in
tips.
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didate will be young man who is
now sophomore in Indiana univer-
sity''
In politics and literature Indiana is
in class by itself. Most of it's peo-
pie are writer's; all of it's people are
politicians. And yet, though the tenn
permanent of the artist and man of
politics is not as a rule such as to
prompt cheerful self-effacement, these
literary and political geniuses are
models of harmony when an Indiana
man enters the arena.
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Winter sports in Iowa are not just
what you would call exciting. The
only event chronicled in Iowa today
in the sporting line is checker
tournament in progress in West Lib
erty