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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
THE MOVING PICTURE.

The moving pictures is coming into
its own. Until the present this new
branch of photography has been util-
lied to satisfy the cravings of on
amusement loving people through tho
medium Of nickel tf1eaters. In this
way it has served it's purpose well.
Science is now taking up moving pic
ture, however, and it will in the future
be given more dignifled station. Hos
pitfalls and medical colleges are being
furnished with pictures illustrating
surgical operations much more clearly
than they can be by illustrated lee
lures. This will be an aid to the sur
geon. The physician will be shown
pictures of the activity of the mi
crobes in certain forms of diseases
For instance the typhoid bacilli can
be shown magnif1ed $50 diameters and
In all stages Of growth and develop
ment
One company dealing in films is
said to be planning to invade the
schools with moving pictures. Here
is a field where the moving picture
should be worth while. Geography his
tory and other branches of study
might be taught much more success
fully with pictures illustrating the
the points brought out by the lessons.
1t is gratifying to see recognition
given to what has come to be looked
upon as an entertaining friend by
many of us. The moving picture may
blur our eyes occasionally, but that is
its only fault. 1t .ntertains us with
comic pictures when we're sad, beau
tiful views of the polar regions when
we're hot and stuffy and nice views of
the sunny south when we're freezing.
It's to be hoped, though, that when the
moving picture comes into general
use, It's first cousin, the noisy musical
instrument protruding from the front
door, will -e consigned to the ash bar
rel
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTION

To the Republican electors of Iowa:
By direction of the Republican State
Central Committee Of Iowa, dele
gate convention of the Republicans Of
Iowa will be held in the city of Des
Moines on Wednesday, September q,
1908, at II o'clock a. M, for the pur
pose of placing in nomination can
didate for the office of Judge of the
Supreme Court to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Charles A.
Bishop and for the transaction of sucn
other business as may properly come
before it. The committee directs that
the chairman of the Republican Cen
trail Committee of the various counties
notify the delegates that were elected
from the various precincts at the prl-
mary election held June 2, 1908, to as
senlble in convention at the county
seats of their respective counties at II
O'clock a. M, Saturday, August 80,
1908 for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to the said state convention.
The basis of representation in said
State convention will be as follows:
One delegate for each county and ore
additional delegate for each 200 votes
or fraction thereof, Of not less than
100, cast for Albert B. Cummins for
governor at the general election held
November 6, 1905, and each county
will be entitled to delegates as fol-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
DOUBLE soMERsAuLT I'M AUTO.
Ringing Bros. Present Thriller That
Always ParaIyzes tho
Public

There at last has been brought forth
under the canvas Of Ringing Brothers
Worlds Greatest Shows an act which,
for utter recklessness in the face OF
danger and for nerve that passes un-
derstanding establishes a new record
in thrilling exploits.
La Belle Roche, a young French
woman, seated in a heavy automobile,
plunges down a steep and slender
track, Is hurled high in air by the ap-
rupt termination of the track in an
upward curve, leaps a gap Of fifty feet
during which the machine accomplishes
two complete somersaults, and alights
on a spring platform with dreadful
impact.
1t Is the first time in the history OF
this sort of circus sensations that
either a bicycle or an automobile has
achieved a double somersault in mid
air. Description of the act defies the
powers of English. 1t is brief NOM
ent of exquisite suspense that pinches
the heart and whitens the face; nerves
are drawn to the swapping point. Tho
relief of the audience when the act is
finished in safety is expressed In shouts
of applause, the clapping of hands and
waving Of handkerchiefs
The danger of the act is apparent to
all beholders. AS the car makes its
frightful leap into space a. tragedy
seems inevitable. The first turn il
made, but this only intensifies the sus-
pense. For the fraction of second
the automobile apparently pauses in
air as though sumInoning all it's
energy for the final revolution. This
for the audience is the critical moment,
and many avert their eyes. death to
the young woman seeming certain. AS
gracefully as a bird wings it's flight
the second somersault is turned and
with a crash the heavy car hits the
runway and exhausts its force on tho
track
1t is truly a wonderful performance
that Ringing Brothers are this year
offering their patrons The circus Is
supreme In size and strength and hav-
ing gathered together the best talent of
the worlds arenas, with careful re-
gard for what Is new and novel, 1t is
not strange that the circus is attract
| ing larger crowds this season and CIV
ing more satifaction than has any
other circus in the history Of the bust
ness
When the show reaches Ottumwa
Thursday, September 8, 1t will begin
the days festivities with a parade
newly built and more attractive than
those of former seasons.
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came as complete surprise to Bloom
field people at large when the speaker
of the afternoon Friday, having failed
to fill his date here, Frank c. Traverse
of this city was prevailed upon to de-
liver an address before the assembly,
Mr.. Traverse has not been known
here as public speaker and his choio0
of subject "A Liberator" the mas.
terly way in which he handled 1t and
his fine delivery astonished the
audience. His address dealt with the
benefits derived by civilization from
practical Christianity. 1t was logical,
accurate In historical dates, we'll
thought out and well arranged and ex-
pressed in the best of English. His
delivery was smooth and unernbarrass-
sed. Bloomfield audiences have had the
pleasure of hearing many well known
speakers on the lecture chautauuua
platform but the opinion is very gem
orally Expressed that there have been
few lectures given here in recent
years better worth hearing than the
address of Friday afternoon.
Crawford +. Davis, editor Of the
Bloomfield Farmer and candidate for
county attorney on the Democratic
| ticket and Mrs. Kate Williamson, Of
Floris We're married at the clerks Of
fee at Ottumwa Friday evening at
7:3O, Justice Of the Peace C. c. Ayers
officiating. Mr., and Mrs. Davis return
ed Immediately to Floris to remain un-
til Monday when they returned to take
up their residence in Bloomfield. A
reception was given them by their
friends in Floris
Miss Seymour, of Kansas city, ar
rived today to visit with Miss Elsie
Brown during chautauqua.
Mrs. Allen Stansberry and daughter
Ruth, of Gilman, came Friday to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
/ Guernsey.
Misses Maggie and Joy Ritz, of Mil
ton stopped off here Friday en- route
home from a visit with friends in Mis-
SQUIRE and are spending a few days
visiting at the the w. H. Hancock
cock home and attending chautauqua.
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sPRINGFIELD's DUTY.

1t is to be hoped that the grand
jury called to Investigate the Spring
field mob outrages sits the matter to
the bottom. Justice demands that the
Investigation proceed without regard
to cost and justice will not be done
unless the mob ring leaders and as
many of the participants in the brutal
acts of violence who can be appre-
hended are brought to trial. The two
men lynched were accused of no
crime and their death at the hands of
the mob was no less than murder. The
negroes whose homes were burned
and who were driven from town were
charged with no crimes. The cafe pro-
prietor whose place of business was
looted and burned because he re-
sponded to the call Of the law when
the sheriff asked for assistance in an
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY coNvEN-
TON

Notice is hereby given to the Re
publican delegates elected at the June
IND, 1908. primary, that pursuant to a
call from the Republican State Central
Committee for a State Convention TO
be held in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wod-
nesday, September 8, 1908, at II
o'clock a. m. for the purpose Of NOM
mating candidate for the office of
judge of the supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused bv the death of Chas.
A. Bishop, and for the transaction Of
such other business as may properly
come before it. I am directed to noti-
~ all Republican delegates elected
from the various precincts of Wapeilo
county, at the primary election held
June g. 1908, to assemble in county
convention at the court house, Ottum-
wa, Iowa, at II o'clock a. M, Saturday,
August 30, 1908, for the purpose of
selecting seventeen delegates to sad
state convention.
F. A. Nimocks county chairman.
Ottumwa. Iowa, August Is, 1908
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
ONE WAY TO ENFORCE a
ORDINANCE,

A funeral in Chicago Saturday was
stopped as the cortege proceeded
through a portion of Lincoln park, the
driver of the hearse was placed under
arrest and the burial was delayed
thirty minutes while the procession
of twenty-seven carriages and the
hearse containing the body of a
corpse was lined up in front Of a
police station. A city ordinance pro-
hibited funerals on the street. The
driver of the hearse did not know
this. An offlcious park policeman did
know 1t and decided the only way he
could show his authority was to ar
rest the driver of the hearse and the
other drivers and throw them into
Jail. Whether the funeral cortege
ever got to the cemetery did not con,
Germ him.
Some of the male mourners wanted
to chastise the park policeman, but
were deferred by friends 1t is too
bad that they weren't permitted to
give a better vent to their outraged
feelings than mere words afforded. 1t
would have been very simple matter,
as the police officials pointed out to
the park policeman, to permit the flu
neral to proceed, after taking the
names and the numbers of the drivers
for future proceedings against them
That would satisfy the terms of even
so rigid an ordinance as one pro.
hibiting funeral to proceed along a
street
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
Sunday School Lesson and
Young Peoples Meetings
What the Church Folks Are Thinking About
and Doing Religious News From Every
where.

dispensable qualification for noblest
friendship.
People, Not Things.
An observer of our busy age must
remark the common pursuit of the
tangible and the material. There is
a manifest tendency to find ones
pleasures in things rather than in peo-
pie. Thus our thronged pleasure re-
sorts, which grow up near all large
cities, are awhirl with novel devices
for affording entertainment. 1ngen-
lous inventions that will divert people
from themselves are So largely patron
lied as to maks fortunes for their pro-
prietors. Once 1t was the fashion to
find pleasure in the company of a
friend or book; now we seek it in
the pursuit of new sensation. Wiser
are they who still cling to the way Of
David and Jonathan, and in the COM
munion of kindred and devoted spirits
realize the heights of felicity that are
possible to mortal
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
Mr.. sHERMAN's SPEECH.

Congressman Sherman's speech of
acceptance was not as lengthy as most
campaign speeches, therefore, it will
be more widely read. And the speech,
which is published in full in the
Courier today, Is well worth reading.
The speech gives something of a close
range view of the vice presidential
candidate and it brings out some of
his good points. 1t shows that he has
humor, as his refusal to affect the Gus
tomary measure of surprise, indicates.
Mr.. Sherman reminded the members of
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infected
of
blood facilitating
disease or whether bad blood there
a use their cleansing nsep effects nothing
the s y oG sores and ulcers OF every kind It down
changes the quality the circulation feeding
the ulcer h in with healthy tissue BY supplying
On Ses ana Ulcers
1aE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA GA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
HON. FRANK TRAVERSE A
SURPRISE SPEAKER

Bloomfield McC1ary lectured
at the Nchautauqua Saturday after
noon on "The Man With the Hoe"
His address was one of the best num-
bers heard at the assembly Satur-
day afternoons audience was the
largest that assembled under the big
tent this year. The Jubilee Singers
gave q concert Saturday evening
Sam Small, the evangelist, spoke on
Monday and Gov John A. Johnson, of
Minnesota speaks today. One Of the
best things of this years program
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

emergency was not breaking the law.
1t is the duty of the city of Spring
field and the state of Illinois to pros
ecute the men responsible for these
outrages. And the duty does not rest
here. The negroes should be rein-
bursed for the loss of their homes and
the cafe proprietor and other business
men who suffered losses should have
their property restored to them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
BY William T. Ellis.

Over and over, the old, old truth
needs reinstatement that religion has
business with all Of life. else it has no
business at all with life. Either Chris
tianity touches every phase and de-
partment Of the existence and activity
of those who profess it. or else it ls
not the vital and essential thing which
the world has been taught to believe
that it is. Ali of which is the same as
saying, to come definitely to the topic,
that If Christian does not take his
religion with him on his vacation, he
has precious little to leave behind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

A Milwaukee park policeman order
ed woman out of a park because the
horse she was driving was skittish
and was executing few fancy steps.
The policeman would have no cake
walking in the park on Sunday even
by horse.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
VACATION RELIGION.

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer-Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies - Christian En-
deavor, Baptist Young Peoples
Union, EPWorth League, etc.-for
August 20. Vacation Religion"
Mark 6: 3O-44.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
Earthquake at Eureka, Col.

Chicago, Aug. Is. Government
Weather Forecaster Bell at Eureka
Cal, telegraphed the weather bureau
today that there was a heavy earth.
quake at Eureka about 8 a. m. The
dispatch contained no mention of any
damage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20
DR.. Henry Hopklna raaa

Williamstown, Mass, Aug. IS. -
DR.. Henry Hopkins, former president
OF Williams College, died of pneumo-
MIA at Rotterdam. Holland, today, ac-
cording to a telegram received here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

A Chicago dispatch says that John
Szzodrowsli fell out of second story
window and the fall cured head
ache. 1t did not state whether the
fall broke Johns name
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

1t must have been embarrassing to
that Milford, Del. minister when the
express agent notified him that the
package for him marked "books" was
leaking.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

The wise bachelor makes mental
reservation to the prejudice of the girl
who runs down her own heels.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

ures; be cautious that they injure no
being which has life.-Zimmerman.
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Vacation time Is to some persons a
vacation time, a holiday emptied of all
serious purposes and intelligent re-
creations. Whereas an ideal vacation
is a period for filling up; for storing
away. health and pleasant memories
and new knowledge and fresh friends
and inspirations. 1t is summer gath
ering for winters needs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-20

We are as liable to be corrupted by
books as by companions.-Field
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Sincerity is the Indispensable ground
of all conscientiousness and, by con-
sequence, of all heartfelt religion
Kant.
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Put this restriction on yonr pleas
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-27
KERN RESUMES
SPEtCHMAK|NC
MADE TRIP IN SOUTHERN lNDl.
ANA YESTERDAY AND WILL
RESUME TODAY OTHER
SPEAKERS WITH HIM.

indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 2G.-John w.
Kern, Democratic candidate for the
vice presidency, spent today cam.
paigning in the interest Of the Demo
cratic party, from indianapolis to
Jeffersonville. Kern returned to In
dianapolis tonight and will resume the
tour tomorrow
Kern's argument at each stop was
along the same lines. He argued that
the Republican party was trying 10
scare the voters into line by crying
panic. and added that every unlawful
trust in the United States was for
Taft
Karn also asserted that conditions
under a Democratic administration
could not be any worse than they are
at present Several men OF national
promince were with Kern today. Gen
eral James b. Weaver. of Iowa, spoke
at several points after Kern had made
his remarks
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-27
CAIRO TO STRIVE
FOR PURE BALLOT
MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS
CALLED AT COURT HOUSE
NOVEMBER II.
COMMITTEE OF EIGHTY
Will Be Appointed TO Aid Committee
of Fifteen in Preparations For
Big Meetinq-Met Last
Night.

Last night a meeting of the Pure
Ballot Committee was held at the
Commercial Club rooms. Twelve Of
the fifteen members were present, all
earnest men in full sympathy with the
movement to stop corrupt practices at
elections i'm Cairo Pursuant to direc-
tions given them at the Merchants
Luncheon last week the committee
voted to call a mass meeting Of citi-
zens at the court house on the even
ing of November II. for the purpose Of
taking steps TO give the movement
broad scope and full effect.
The committee also voted to appoint
an auxiliary committee Of ten in each
o fthe eight wards OF the city. whose
duty it shall be TO assist in perfecting
arrangements for the meeting These
citizens will be carefully selected with
the assurance that they will identify
themselves actively with the move
ment In this way success is believed
to be sure as general public interest
will be aroused.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-27
HELD CAPTIVE
FOR z MONTHS
NEITHER FOR MONEY NOR RE.
VENICE - WoMAi TELLS A
WlERD STORY.
DID WORK IN KITCHEN
duction in Automo3je ana Ser.
vice in House in Lonely
- Mood.

! Green Bay, Wis. Oct, 26.-Almost
two months after her Disappearance
while waiting for an interurban car
Mrs. Rondou wife Of a prominent
business man of this ely, mas return
ed home greatly shattered in health
Since September q when she was last
seen at Kaukanna waiting for an in
terurban car to this city, all trace OF
her had been lost until she arrived
home today. she tells startling
story Of abduction in an automobile
by two men, but says no harm was
done her during the entire time. She
tells ef other women who are being
held in practical captivity, and the au
thorities are now making an active
search to apprehend her abductors,
According to the story she relates to
the police Mrs. Rondou was picked
up, On the night CT September 2, BY
two men in an automobile, who ha0
bund ed her into their automobile be
fore she had time to realize what had
happened Che was bound and gas
ged and in fthe dark of the night
whisked away AT a house which she
thinks is located in the Menominee
forests, the machine came to a hat
and there she was given certain
measure OF liberty, though close
watch was kept on her, her abduetors
evidently fearing thai she would make
her eseas1e She was made to do Mitch
en- wcrk and other menial labors. but
at no time she says, was any harm
done to her, even so ;udcl as by word
She learned that six ether women
were captives in the house, including
one young girl who had been brought
III sthe snist,t Before SHE had bCen aD-
Quoted.
A few days ago she was told thai
she would be given her freedom pro
yided she would make oath never TO
reveal the circumstances Of her cap.
ture or the place where she had been
held in capticity. She readily assent
cd to this arrangement. That night
she was taken in an automobile and
dropped off at Appleton. Here she
took an interurban car for Green BaJ,
From the direction of location Civ
en- by Mrs. Rondou the police believe
the house she was kept a prisoger
in is that of Jack of Diamond" sun
posed to be in the woods near the
state line.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-27
THE ILLINOIS
SUPREME COURT
RIGHT OF WAGE EARN
ERs" TO ASSIGN WAGES
FOR SIX MONTHS.
LOAN SHARK MEASURE
Declared UnconstitutionaI-Ch Chlcago
Street Railway Franchise Up
held-City Gets Per
Cent of Earnings.

Springfield. Ill, Oct 90 Sections
of Illinois laws pertaining TO the as
signment of wages are declared in
valid in a decision Of the supreme
court today.
Section of the exemption law DE-
clares that every assignment Of
wages to be collected in whole or In
part more than six months after the
making of such assignment, shall be
void.
The court holds this Is an uncon.
stitutional interference with the
right Of contract The statute, as a
whole, is beyond the constitutional
power Of the legislature TO enact.
The law was passed at the last ses-
sion Of the legislature and was one
of the 'loan shark" measures.
Rights Of Property.
The supreme court in an opinion
handed down this evening holds THAI
the constitution of Illinois prohibits
nterforanne with the righr ~ arnn,
erty BY Legislative enactment, and
denies to the legislature the power
to provide that municipality may
divide the property of the owner
without his consent for any purpose
whatever
Chicago Street Railways.
The circuit court of Cook county
is affirmed by the supreme court in
its decision sustaining the legality of
the ordinance granting a new fran
chise to the street car company
whereby the city Is to receive 5 per
cent of the earnings of the corpora
tion as compensation for use of the
streets on the south side of Chicago
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-10-27
GERMANY READY
TO PARTICIPATE
IN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
TO DISCUSS THE BALKAN
SITUATION.
COMPLETE AGREEMENT
Must Be Had Between oignatories Of
Berlin Treaty Else the Congress
Cannot Prove
Useful.

Berlin, Oct. ga semi-official news
agency summarizes the results of the
conferences which have been going on
between Russian Fireign Minister Is
wolsky, Prince Won Buelow, imperial
chancellor. and Herr Won Schoen, Ger.
man secretary of foreign affairs, as
follows:
The German government has no
objections in principle TO the proposed
international congress discuss the
Balkan situation. The German and
Russian governments recognize the
fact that a conference Of the powers
can only prove useful if complete
agreement among all the signatories
Of the Berlin treaty respecting the
scope and contents of the program to
be submitted to the conference can be
attained before hand.
'The German government adheres
to the standpoint that it will be able
to accept the proposals to which Aus,
tria-Hungary raised objections. These
cnotentions will be the subject to
further negotiations.
"A complete agreement, however
was reached on otherEpoints in the
draft o fthe prograft1s@ particularly
those referring to the proposals in the
interest cf Turkey.
Both governments will continue
their efforts to find a peaceful and just
solution CT the present difficulties