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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
DON'T rtaL re READ THE WANT ADS ron,eH-
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A BARGAIN, 800 ACRES
of choice land in the Texas Pam
handle. This is choice piece Of
land and certain to double in price
within the next few years. Write to-
day, futile Land Co. Cedar Rapids.
Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-THRESHING RIG COM
plete with engine, self-feeder, etc
X, z. Broaden, Hedrick, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

FOR SALE-5o ACRES OF MEADOW
Address Dan Eardance, Alb Center
avenue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

FOR SALE--M MOVING MACHINE
supplies. sections, sickle guards
guard plates ETC., most every kind
OF machine. Phil Coy, Hedrick, H.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
MISCELLANY

AND HORSEMEN--OUR
horses are. at the Old Fair Grounds
on west Second street standing for
service. Carl F. and A. d. Kruger.
New phone 14S3-x.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

LOST--BETWEEN END OF COURT
street car line and Center school
house. canvas grip. Finder please
leave at Courier office.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

SEE ]. M. LEPPER FOR BARGAINS
In farms and farm lands Floris, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

Opening Wheat $@%c lower.
Corn-Ac higher.
Closing-Wheat A@&c lower.
Corn--Unchanged to &c higher.
The Hog Market.
Receipts today-17, 900.
Left over-5,263.
Estimate tomorrow-30, 900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04
Today's Market News
MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, July s,-Cattle-Market
strong to shade higher.
Receipts-1,500.
Beeves-$4.70@S.25.
Westerners-S4.60
Stockers and s-$2.60@5.1o
Cows and heifers4S2.4 0@6.15.
Hogs-Market 5@10c higher.
Receipts-17,00
Light-$5.90@
Mixed-$605@6.55.
Rough-s605@6.30
Choice to heavy-s6.3o@6.65
Bulk sales-s6.35@655
Sheep-Market strong.
Receipts-4,00G.
Matured sheep-s2.75@45o.
Lambs-$4.00@6.50
Yearlings-$4.50@5.40.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

Peoria Corn Market.
Peoria, ILL.,, July 3.-Corn No. g.
711sc.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

FOR SALE SMALL FIRE-PRooE
safe, $15, one Dayton Computing
scale $50. large coffee mill SIS, also
long table and show case. G. W..
Funk, Main and McClain streets,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-04

FOR SALE--MEAT MARKET OUT
mt. one-half price, S11-C, Courier.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Financial Improvement.

If the statements of the banks of New York are
of value in making estimate of the financial sit
uation in the country at large conditions inn
proving. The reserve deficiency has given way to
surplus not large but encouraging, it indicates
the swing of the pendulum in the other direction.
Throughout the country banks dealing almost
entirely in currency instead of cashiers clearing
house checks in supplying the immediate needs of
depositors and this removes conspicuous evidence
of money stringency.
So it may be said that the year has brought
a turn for the better. New York advices state that
money is returning freely to central points.
Credit is again establishing itself and active de-
mand for commercial paper has ensued. There
seems to be real improvement but it has not yet
manifested itself in labor circles. The cities
crowded with unemployed vainly seeking work, and
wages have materially fallen off.
railroad company engaged in the construction of
extensive pro ect has twice reduced the pay of
its men since the October collapse and more work
than can be given places offering themselves.
Financial disasters affect wage first and they
are the last to be relieved by the of better
conditions. In these particulars the hard times
affecting the country repeat the experiences of pre-
vious depressions.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
For Japanese Exclusion.

A mass meeting called by the local Asiatc
Exclusion League held in Portland Saturday
evening" with ex-senator Gearin as the principal
speaker. 1t is needless to say that there very
general interest in the opportunity given for public
discussion of subject foremost in the minds of
those who dwell along the Pacific Coast an interest
that has become under the sensational forecasts
that have grown out of the attitude of Japan.
A petition to Congress was circulated and signed
asking that body to enact Asatic exclusion law
and Mr. Gearin said such law would do no VIC
lence to the Japanese treaty, which made sub
ject to legislation.
At the time of the adoption of the treaty, immi-
grafton from Japan not great enough to attract
any attention, only eighty-six coming from that
country during the year 1880. During the succeed
ing fifteen years Japanese immigrants numbered 49,
OOO and for the twelve years ending with 1906 there
1OO153 arrivals of Japanese in the United
States and its islands. Mr. Gearin said:
We do not want the Japanese because they differ
from us in religion, tradition habits and theories
of government and they never be assimilated
with Our people and taken into industrial and
social life. Furthermore they come into individual
competition, which the ruin of white labor
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

fitted this time and Mr. Forakers vrtuous indig-
nation rises to dramatic height.
That the administration is using the power of the
offices at its disposal to bring about the Presiden-
tial nomination of its favorite is generally under
stood and many honorable in politics than
Mr. Foraker are disposed to resent it.
Operations in the Southern States have been made
conspicuous through the arbitrary appropriation by
Mr.. Taft of important delegate strength that had
been carefully accumulated by Mr.. Cortelyou for his
use, with the assistance of the First Assistant
Postmaster General. The robber baron of the
middle ages frequently despoi1ed another robber bar
returning from a marauding expedition laden
with plumber But for artistic job of pillage the
middle ages have nothing to compare with the
gathering in of the South by the strenuous one,
while the cohorts of Cortelyou took to the woods.
Mr.. Foraker is guarding Ohio very well, for he
has been in the same business and knows how.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
The Fishermen's Paradise.

Idaho is the best mountain trout preserve in the
United States A Colorado sportsman spent two
days in Custer County last spring and caught so
many trout that he was afraid to tell the number
lest he should be under suspicion of relating fish
ermans story 1t cannot be denied successfully that
the Lost River country in Custer, Blaine and Bing-
ham counties is the finest trout fishing region in the
country. North Idaho abounds with streams filled
with the active alert game speckled beauties. The
numerous lakes in North and South Idaho are filled
with trout In the Occur d'Alene section along the
ST. Joe and ST. Mares rivers the trout fishing is
superb Also on the Salmon Clearwater and streams
tributary to them. There are hundreds of lakes in
Kootenai and Bonner counties filled with fish, and
many lakes also in South Idaho. Wood River, the
Malad, Silver Creek and many other streams in and
around the mountains of the Sawtooth range in
middle South Idaho, abundantly supplied with
trout that they are perpetual JOY to the angler
The scenery is beyond description the air pure and
invgorating and Idaho is fast becoming the
for those who love this kind of recreation We
have wise fish and game laws, and there is healthy
public sentiment behind the laws, which has insured
and will continue to guarantee their enforcement
Much attention has been paid to the stocking of the
streams, and the State will continue its efforts in the
direction of keeping Idaho the most attractive spot
for fishermen.
1t is to be hoped that we have not deferred too
long the protection of game. Elk and deer, grouse
and quail are becoming plentiful again, and by
most strict enforcement of game laws, hunting
will soon become as attractive as fishing
Men must have recreation and there is no form
of it which combines many advantages which
needful as fishing and hunting in Idaho. Besides,
when the stranger has tarried in the surround
ings of our beautiful valleys and has caught the in
spiration of Our grand mountains and breathed the
air charged with the elixir from the snowy peaks,
he will see the other wonderful advantages of this
favored section of the universe and chant its praises
at all times and everywhere.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18
Guarding the Postoffices.

"There will be no further prostitution of Federal
patronage in order to carry out political bargains
without its being resented" declared Mr.. Foraker
who then proceeded defeat the confirmation of
several postofice appointments.
1t must not be supposed that Mr.. Foraker's con-
sicence is getting the better of him. If the prosti
tuition of Federal patronage" was being worked in
his interest no resentment would come from him.
But the Taft side of the controversy is being bene
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

An acute Japanese situation has developed at Van
couver British Columbia without arousing any
mors of war between England and Japan. The Jap
anese of Vancouver have organized themselves into
armed bands of hghwaymen, who hold up citizens of
the city on the streets and in their own residences
and subject them to ndignties. The city council
has sought the advice of the attorney of the city and
if is favorable will proceed to disarm the Oriental
outlaws
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

1t is shown by the completed crop report of the
Government for the year 1907 that Idaho stands
second in the list of States in the per yield of
winter wheat its average being twenty-six bushels.
The State of Washington occupies the first place,
with yield of twenty-nine and a half bushels per
acre, and Oregon third, with yield of twenty-five
and a half bushels. The great American desert is
feeding the hungry.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

and ultimately the replacing of white labor, as they
have done in the Sandwich Islands
1t resolved by the Portland gathering to carry
on an educational campaign, that Congress may be
brought view the question through the eyes of the
Pacific Coast and ultimately furnish the relief that
actual exclusion of the Asiatc 1aboring classes will
bring.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-18

Governor Sparks, of Nevada, is in receipt of cen
sure number two from President Roosevelt. 1t ac-
companied notice that the President would with
draw the Federal troops at Goldfeld, which he said
we're never needed and ought not to have been sent
there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
TEMPERANCE REPORT
bEDERAL COUNCIL or THE
 CHURCHES OF CHRIST.
Patrons Of Saloon in the Degree of KnduiEence Lose Value as Wealth Produceru.
 Says Report.

Philadelphia, Dec. IA resolution providing that public schools be closed one afternoon . week to allow chil- dren to attend religious services and receive instructions in their own churches, precipitated a lively debate at the afternoon session of the Fed eral Council of the Churches of Christ in America
 The resolution, which was defeated, i. was opposed by Bishops Cranston and Nicely of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A resolution was adopted in which 1t was declared that 1t was the duty of the church to provide relig- ious instruction for their children, as
 we'll as the duty of parents to see that such instruction is given in the home.
 Dr. Read. President of Dickinson College offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee
 10 investigate the 1iouor traffic In all It's phases and make report to Con- gress.
 Episcopal Church. presented the report of the Committee on Temperance and also a set of resolutions. One of the resolutions adopted recommended that committee be appointed to call upon President Taft and congratulate
 him upon the stand he has taken in regard to intoxicating liquor and to
 urge him to use his influence for the
 suppression of the liquor trafiic. An
 outline follows:
 Does the liquor traffic promote in-
 dustrial prosperity? Patrons of the
 saloon in the degree of their indulg-
 ence lose value as wealth producers.
 Merchants. manufacturers. corpora
 tions of standing insist upon sobriety
 as a condition of employment. The
 traffic is never the ally of other indus l kvaA Aaak~ tAa oil
 producer and distributor he is the greatest loser who has most to do with it. Indulgence in drink means the enfeeblement of intellectual faculty. of ethical sensitiveness. Of religious emotion, of conceptions of virtue. hon. or and righteousness. It makes against the great constructive forces of civilization and is the great pro- meter of disease, pauperism and crime. What shall the churches do? The pulpit must live the standard of in- dividuai duty to total abstinence. The pew must accept the standard. The 1 law for the strong is service. not self indulgence. Both must work against
 the traflc, No evil can long withstand
 the power of the Christian churches | united. and If pulpit and pew agree in demanding total abstinence for the in- divldual. 1t must follow that prohibi- l tion will become the policy of the State. If the voice of every pulpit rang clear. and the laity of every church re- published the message under the do- minion of a new conception the people | would demand more wholesome laws. The church must exercise her func- ton of leadership. Here Is the oppor- tunity of bringing to a speedy end this great wrong which has outliyed It's day-the Iegalized traffio in strong drink.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
TOPROBECANAL SALE
DEMOCRATS PROPOSE TO RAISE A
 COMMITTEE.
xViII Tnyestigate Into Purchase From France and See if Any Ameri-
 cans Profited by the

VIII Investigate Into Purchase From
 France and See if Any Ameri-
 cans Profited by the
 Transaction.
 WashIngton, Dec. 7-The Democrats of tbe House are planning to demand an investigation of the purchase of the Panama canal property and in conformity with this program, Rep rssentative. Bainey of Illinois, today introduced a resolution directing the Speaker to appoint a conmittee of nve to ascertain how much of the t4O,- 900, 900 which appears on record to have been paid to the French com pany, was really paid to that com pany."
 It is said that the National Demo- cratic Committee requested Mr. Rainey to present the resolution. The reso- Iutfon provides that the committee shall ascertain if any portion of the s4O, Ooo, ,O0O was directly or indirectly paid to American citizens or. to an American syndicate and If any mem. Der or Senator profited by the trans- action. iasl L
 During the recent campaign 1t was charged in newspaper articles that the Presidents hrotheF-in-law, Doug las Robinson, of New York, and Charles P. Taft. of Cincinnati. broth CT os the Preaident- elect, had profited by the transaction. It was this charge. and newspaper comment there- on which provoked the letter from President Roosevelt to William Dud- ley. Foulke. of Indianas denying the statements and saying that all the papers In the matter. were open to ths L.. a. sg
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

was the next witness called by the de- fense. Mir. Tiiford appeared last fail as witness in these hearings. under the Governments subpoena. Much of his testimony this afternoon carried him over the same line of evidence previously given on the stand He said that in the far Western territory eighfy-seven market stations were es- tabIished by the Standard oil Com pany of California and in the Rocky Mountain regions the Continental oil Company, Standard subsidiary, had established 13s marketing stations. The effect of the establishment or these marketing stations was to re- duce prices to the consumer. MT. Til- ford said the Standard paid about s7el,- 900 for the Pacific Coast OH Company which was succeeded by the Standard.
 The Pacific Coast oil Company had a capacity of 2so barrels of oil day at it's refinery in Alameda, Cal, said MT. Tilford, and the Standard built refinery Tn Richmond, Cal, which had a daily capacity of 26,000 to 30.O00 barrels. The production of crude oil has developed in California from A. s2s.9 $50 barrels in 1900 to 4oos5ooo bar rels in 1907. Mir. Tilford told of the dificuIt,es of refining California crude oil which had been elimmated by Standard methods. The net assets of the Standard of California, said Mir I. TIIford, in 1906 were s21,0oo,000.
 MT. Tilford said the oil rate cut ting war in Colorado in 1906 was pre- cipitated by independent companies cutting prices and that the Continental oil Companies met these reductions. The witness said the price of oil in the West were higher because of the large territory for distribution, thereby in- creasing the cost. The ss-examina- tion of Mir. .Tilford was then commence ed and Mir. Kellogg developed the fact that the Continental Company In 1908 made ii5.i0 per cent. on it's capital stock The purpose of MT. Kellogg was to show that the prices charged for oil products in the West were not warranted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
OFFICIALS RESIGN
MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND MEMBERS
 OF SCHOOL BOARD QUIT.
The Resignation Epidemic Struck the OmciaIa of Phenlx City Last Night-TOwn MarshaI
 Loses His Job.

Columbus. Ga, Dec. 7.-(special)--- A resignation epidemic struck the of- ficial circles of Phenix City. Ala, to- night, and before 1t subsided, one Mayor. two Aldermen and three mem bers of the school board had quit.
 several of the people who resigned would have retired from office in Jan uary anyhow, but the members of the School Board gave up their official hon- ors for other causes. Every vacancy was promptly filled by Council T. w. Britton, Mayor elect, was elected May or tonight to i'll J. B. Coan's unsx- pired term. The present MaIsnai. W. caucus of the new Aldermen, another man was chosen for his job.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

brought down the wrath of the Presi- dent on Ekstromef.
 Tn March. 1907, Ekstromer went to Washington at the head of a commit tee of Lewts's adherents and asked for an audience with the President They
 wished to tell MT. Roosevelt that in their opinion the second class mail
 privileges were being wrongfuily with held from Lewis's publications. The President refused to see them. E On his return to St. Louis Ekstromer
 wrote a letter to the President In
 which he denounced Postmaster Gem
 erai corteiyou. accusing him of un- fairness He also said that he was a swede of noble birth and had given up his patent of nobility to come to Amer lea because he believed this to be a
 country of personal freedom In Swe- den, he went on to say. even a peas- ant might see the King. Therefore. he wrote he considerd the Presidents ac- tion fin refusing to see him as "un-
 American and unjust"
 This brought a statement from the
 White House that Ekstromer's letter
 was "impertinent, uncalled for and discourteous and that the statements contained in it were untrue" The President notified the Minister from Sweden that Ekstromer was "per-
 soma non grata" and forthwith Elk.
 stromer's exequatur as vice-consul was | revoked.
 At the earnest solicitation of the Swedish Minister, Ekstromer later
 wrote an apology to the President and In July. 1907, Ekstromer was reinstat- ed as vice-consui.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Xmas bandker.
 ebteI$

For today we have added more of those imported handkerehiefs from St. Gall. Switzerland, and offer another un- precedented bargain sale.
 One lot of imported pure linen hand kerchiefs. well worth 35c. in the Holiday Bazaar today at l0c.
 Imported pure linen hemstitched Hand kerchiefs. worth Soc. today al 25c.
 More imported handkerchiefs. all linen, hemstitched. embroidery scalloped. Worth 65c this sale special 35c.
 Another importation of linen handker- chiefs worth from 65c to 96c. on sale at the Holiday Bazaar today special soc.
 Sdll another lot of imported handker- chiefs. in beautiful embroidery effects. Worth regularly $l.25. $l.50 up to $20G. in the Holiday Bazaar special o6e.
 Special purchase sale today of pure linen handkerchiefs. direct from Lursan, Ireland. These handkerchiefs were imported to us direct from the factory. and include values that are worth 25c and 35c. They are slightly imperfect. but this is hardly notice able. For this reason we offer them at l. 5e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
sNUFFS OUT LIFE
DIPLOMAT WHOM ROOSEVELT
 CALLED 4 LIAR.
Charles A. EkstrOmeR, Swedish Vices Consul at St. Louiss Kills Him.
 self by Swallowing Prus-
 ale Aetd--Lenyes Note,

St. Louis. Dec. 7.-charles A. FIX stremer, Swedish vice consul at St. Louis, committed suicide by drinking prussic acid at his home today.
 Mir. Ekstromer came Into public no tiee some time ago through a contro' versy with Federal officers which re- suited in thes revocation of his exc quatur by PresIdent Roosevelt. Later he was reinstated and resumed his of- ficiai duties here.
 No explanation of Elk stromer's act is obtaInable here. It is thought, how ever, that he may have had trouble with his superiors in the consular ser vice.
 A card was found, on which he had Bcrawled: "I have taken prussic acid to commit suicide. Call pr. Langane.'
 EkstromeF Is survived by a widow
 Mrs. Ekstromer can assign no req. son for the suicide. The other mem bers of his family, two step-daughters are also at a loss to account for his ac' tion. Ekstroner was 5i years old.
 It was his championing the cause oi B. c. Lewis, publisher and editor oi the Peoples United States Bank that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Xmas sale sboppino baos-.-
sample line

pe today We made purchase of an entire sample e of shop ping bags This purchase brought from Langcd BrOs and will be the best bargains have offered the public In We cannot go into details here In fact would much rather have you to see this elegant ne They will be offered today exactly manufacturers cost values ranging from 50 to $500 to be sold from lc to $2000
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS.


 St. Louis, Dec, 7-Charles A. Ek- stromer Swedish vice consul in St. Louis. who committed suicide at his home here today was short in his ac- counts as manager of the St Louis of- flee of the West Disinfectant Com pany. according to a statement made by Emil Taussig, president of the com pany tonight
 The statement of Mir. Taussig was made to a correspondent of The St. Louis Republic who interviewed him at his home in New York regarding the suicide of the St. Louis representa- tive of the firm. We are satisfied that there Is shortage said MT Taussig. Expert accountants have been going over the books in our St. Louis office. Just how great the shortage will prove to be do not care to say. but 1t probably will run into the thousands"
 Members of the Ekstromer family denied tonight that Mir. Ekestromer had been in any financial difficulty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08
Xmas stationery

Your attention is directed to the Sta tionery Booth. in the Holiday Bazaar. In this booth we wish to call your attention to an elegant line of initial writing paper. with envelopes. put up in Holiday boxes. The initial effects on this paper is shown in many different coIors and represent a very appropriate Xmas gift. On sale to- day special soc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-08

You have never seen better values. Join the busy, jostling. money saving shoppers here today.
 Below we present brief summary of today bargains