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The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-12-26
BORAH AGAIN HITS
SPECIAL AGENTS
Senator From Idaho Says Land
Office Representatives Harass
Bonsfide Settlers

Senator Borah has informed
Secretary Garfield that some of
his special agents are, in effect,
acting as attorneys for contest
ants in land matters, in viola
ton of the secretary's orders;
that they are harassing instead
If aiding settlers and that if
pe practice were not stopped
aaho for one western state
would be driven into the demo-
cratic column. The blow al
most upset the secretary. In
his first annual report he made
a great hit with the people Of
the west by declaring that in
spectors and special agents of
the land office would, under his
administration, be expected to
help and not hinder honest men
seeking to acquire title to pub
lie lands. While they would be
expected as in times past to
ferret out fraud yet it was an
important part of their duty to
help every man honestly trying
to perfect an entry.
Feeling as he did about this
matter, Secretary Garfield was
considerably upset by informa-
tion brought to him by Senator
Borah of Idaho, that practically
all of the special agents in Ida
ho-were continuing the practic-
es in vogue under Secretary
Hitchcock, and he uttered Wig
orous protest against further
continuance of these methods.
Senator Borah made it plain
that the special agents were
violating the orders of the Sec
retary, and instead of lending
assistance to settlers were con-
niving with men of bad reputa-
tion for the avowed purpose of
promoting contests against
bona fde entrymen. In other
words, instead of helping set
tiers, the special agents were
deliberately placing obstacles in
way and were making ex-
orts to find flaws in cases
Zen were honestly striv-
comply with the law.
9 ,dtor Borah did not mince
W. us with the secretary, but
told him that a continuance of
this policy which had grown up
under Mr.. Hitchcock would turn
the people of his state against
the administration and would
most certainly drive into the
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Twenty days of almost continual
selling has not depleted our stock
in the least. We have enough left
to fill twenty ordinary eurio stores.
Come in and see the odd and clever
things we have secured just to
make Christmas present buying
easy for you.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-24
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Arrange Ia take your Christmas
dinner at the Homo Restaurant. You
viii not hc able to find a better In
the city.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-24

The finest turkey dinner of the year
viii he given at the Home Restaurant
on Christmas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

the American Medical association is
sued tables showing 164 deaths up to
that time and of these 81 succumbed
to tetanus.
The Chicago Tribune's figures on
July 5, 1907, showed 81 deaths up to
2 o'clock a. M, which subtracted from
the Medical Journals total in August
showed 127 persons had fingered for
days after sustaining their injury.
Missing arms, legs and fingers, blind
eyes and SCARED heads, faces and
bodies yong after the glorious
Fourth of 1908 will testify to the man
ner in which the day was observed
in all parts of the country.
Many Manned for Life.
Blank cartridges caused the largest
number Of tetanus cases last year, and
as the toy pistol accidents this year
are more than in 1907 it is feared that
lockjaw will have found more victims
when the data is all collected
1t has been learned that the giant
firecracker is by far the principal
cause of the most mutilating wounds
Last year 1,4S9 injuries, includingv 13
deaths, were due to the giant fire.
cracker. In Milwaukee, for instance,
this year, So out of So persons injured
were victims of the big cracker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Continued from Page l

dulged in considerable vituperation
with the Murphy faction. McCarren
was not permitted to complete his re-
marks.
General Conference.
The conference between all the
anti-Bryan people has been arranged
for o'clock. The participants will
include the representatives of Gray
and the Johnson people. There are
many uninstructed delegates.
Dismiss McCarren's Case.
Denver, July 6.-The subcommittee
which considered New York contests
decided in as much as McCarren had
presented no evidence tending to show
the invalidity of the credentials
against which he had filed his contest
he had no standing whatever and his
case was dismissed.
At the New York state caucus the
previously arranged program of the
state leaders was carried out in ev-
cry detail. No action was taken as to
the presidency OR the selection of a
national committeeman.
LAWS Nixon was appointed at the
head of a subcommittee of ten to
, draft a tentative platform to be pre-
scented at a subsequent caucus and to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
THREE DROWN IN
MUSCATlNE LAKE.

Muscatfne. July 6.-By the capsizing
of an over crowded launch and explo-
sion of gasoline reservoir at Resley
lake, a short distance north of Mus
catine, late Saturday, three persons,
two girls and boy were drowned.
A picnic party of five were in the
launch at the time and the craft
proved too frail to bear the weight of
SO many. All we're thrown into the
water, but two managed to save them
selves without assistance. One of the
drowned girls sank below the water
and was not seen alive afterward. The
bodies were not recovered until sew.
eral hours after the accident. The
names of tie drowned follows:
MAUDE GARNES of Muscatine.
ESTHER CROZEN of Atalissa.
CLYDE SLATER of Muscatine.
Richard Waters and Elmer Hahn,
both of Atalissa, saved themselves.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
WELCOME SIGN GREETs
HOSTS TO CONVENTION
Continued frntn x,aoe I

SohSihuSN L. III Po5S
and 1t did whatever Mr.. Bryan
thought would be about right in each
case. This is Mr.. Bryan's convention.
1t has his name stamped on the label
and blown in the bottle; his picture,
with fac smile signature, adorns the
carton, and tomorrow the delegates
will begin the program which will, in
the end, tie nice little ribbon around
the package and deliver it to the sage
Of the sage brush, back at Lincoln.
OF course, there were some hard
knocks for some of those men who
have esteemed themselves leaders in
the Democracy, while Mr. Bryan was
asserting his right to the title of the
uncrowned king of the hardy and I'M
terrified. Judge Parker got his
bumps, and John A. Johnson and his
boomers were set upon right heavily.
Thomas A. Taggart was not forgotten
in the distributor of reminders that
''W. j. b. is the works. But these
were all in the days work, and Mr..
Bryan has in his body guard some Of
the best political day-workers in the
business.
And so. for the next few days, a
colony Of newspaper correspondents,
gathered together from the four cor
ners of the nation and from various
points in between those corners, will
watch the proceedings of this con-
vention with careful eyes and will
transmit to their papers and the read
ing public the news Of what is done
here, while over at Lincoln, sitting
"close to the phone will be the man
who will direct the show. And all
of this goes to prove what cannot be
denied, that Mr.. Bryan certainly has
firm hold upon the people who make
up the great bulk of the Democratic
party, and that he knows how to use
his power.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

life, if we are obedient we will go into
the heavens not to be angels and
slaves but his sons and daughters and
be crowned as the princes of heaven.
The devil has got only two ways to
get a man-one is the way he learned
while in heaven and the other Is the
with us here on earth. He looks
around until he finds soul that has
rejected God and finds just what you
like to do then he leads you on and
before you know it he has you bound
hard and fast and you think that at
the end of life you will enter at the
other end Of the line There are men
and women in Ottumwa just as full
of the devil as God ever deluged, un-
less this is an exceptionally good
place and I never saw place on
earth where he did not enter.
A Prohibitionist.
The liquor traffic is the most damn
able. degrading of Ill other diseases.
And the Iowa people are the least ex-
cusable for letting it be sold as it is.
The mulct law is the most cursed,
damnable, vilest of all laws. Making
| 1t lawful to steal money and bread
from starving women and helpless
children. Making 1t lawful to sell
this hellish stuff. The devil has no
reason to come to Ottumwa, he has
all he wants here working for him
now. I was accused of being a tenn
perance man, but the brother did not
know and will excuse him. would
rather be called yellow dog than a
temperance man. Anyone that can
see can tell the way q dog is going
| by looking at his head and tail, but
you can't tell whether temperance
man is running down the main line or
backing in on the "Y"
| Prohibition in South.
1 came from Georgia and am a
Prohibitionist, but I voted the Demo.
cratic ticket and voted it dry. Six
out of the fourteen of the southern
states are Prohibition and the others
will be within three years. Young
northern people licked the slaves Out
of us and we will lick the liquor out
Of you before long.
Previous to Rev. Small's address a
solo was rendered by Grant Keyhoe
which was very pleasing and several
selections were sung by the large
church choir Rev Small was intro
4 duced to the audience by Rev. F. G.
Davies of the First Baptist church, II
a few complimentary remarks. The
union services next Sunday evening
will be held at the First Congrega
tional church and will be addressed
by Rev. Gardner of Fairfield.
i THEODORE BELL coNFERS
WITH NEBRASkAh
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

be urged before the convention COM
mitttee on resolutions. A strong anti.
Injunction plank was offered in the
caucus and referred to the sub-com
mittee without debate. Charles r,
Murphy was made chairman Of the
state delegation, Alton B. Parker.
member Of committee on resolutions;
Thomas F. Grady, on rules; Daniel F.
Cohalan on credentials and Charles r.
Williams on permanent organization.
Seat Sullivan Delegates.
Denver, July 6.The Sullivan dele
gates from Illinois are seated on the
temporary roll of the convention by
the national committee.
Hurry for Bell.
Lincoln, Neb., July g. - The Union
Pacific train which was to have car
ried Bell to Fremont, there to take the
Union Pacific to Denver has been an
nulled because of the high water. Ev-
cry effort is being made to get him to
Omaha over the Burlington.
The Convention Program.
National Chairman Thomas Taggart
will call the convention to order at
noon tomorrow, and Rt. Rev. James ].
Kean of Wyoming will deliver the in
vocation. After the address of well
come the temporary chairman, Theo-
dore A. Bell, will deliver the key
| note" speech and then the regular
order of business will be suspended to
allow the reading of resolutions touch
| ing upon the death of Former
President Cleveland. Following
this an adjournment, either until
Tuesday night or Wednesday morning
will be taken. If session is held
in the evening, it will be given over
to addresses and eulogies in memory
of Cleveland.
On Wednesday morning the tempo.
rary committees will be named, and
an adjournment will then be taken I'M
til they can report, which will prob.
ably mean session of the conven.
ton on Tuesday evening. Then the
report Of the committee on credentials
will be heard, and also the report on
the committee on rules and order OF
business This will usher in Congress.
man Henry G. Clayton of Alabama as
permanent chairman. 1t is planned
that the marching clubs will pass
through the auditorium in one of the
/ Wednesday sessions.
Thursday morning it is expected the
Solli1llllSC ou Will tISpOit
the platform, and if there is no great
fight on this report Mr.. Bryan will be
nominated at the afternoon session.
The nomination may be delayed, how
u ever, until an evening session.
i Friday will see the selection of a
vice presidential candidate. If the
fight between the numerous candi-
dates does not last too long the selec-
ton will be made Friday morning. If
there is contest of any moment, it
will be Friday afternoon when the
vice presidential candidate is named.
then the delegates will leave for home.
This is the program as planned now.
The work may be hurried through
faster than planned, or if serious
fights develop it may be heightened.
but affairs will be carried on about
as planned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Doctors Could Not Help Her.

II had kidney trouble Tor years.
writes Mrs. Raymond Conner of Shell
ton, Wash, "and the doctors could not
help me. l tried Foley's Kidney Cure,
and the very first dose gave me re-
lief and am now cured. cannot
say too much for Foley's Kidney
Cure 1t makes the diseased kid
neys sound so they will eliminate the
poisons from the blood. Unless they
do this, good health is impossible.
F. B. Clark and Swenson DRUG
Stores.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
ToWNE WOULD SUIT US
SAYS NEW YORK MAN
Continued from page !.

me- said Metz, "but we have no
choice
Don't forget to state" said Hugh
Dalton, chief secretary to Senator Nc
Carren, tthat the delegation all at
tended their respective churches at
Chicago this morning, and took an
automobile ride" said another of the
crowd.
"Size up our bunch while we are
here and see what good bunch of
Democrats come from Kings county.
We are from Brooklyn though you will
understand" stated Dalton, for fear
the scribe should confound Kings
county with Tammany hall, there are
| a hundred of us on the train repre-
senting Home Rule Democracy of
Jefferson, not Tammany hall. We
hail from over the river"
Many Celebrities.
Among the celebrities aside from
Comptroller Metz and Hugh Dalton,
there were Counsellor Comron, Fire
Commissioner Wise and score Of
others. The rank and file were made
up Of all sizes of men from the hun
CRY looking slim fellow to those trav.
cling in the 800; pound class. Exhibit
CA for so at least he seemed to be
tagged, was very stout man beref,
of all outer garments and seemingly
warmly uncomfortable in his under
shirt as he sat by the open window
a veritable Sandow in size and ap
| pearance Of strength.
"This," said the loquacious Dalton
who took upon himself the duties Of
spokesman, (and good one too) Of
the delegation, sis one of our neigh
bors going to Denver for his health
His diet enroute is the worry of the
commissary department, (then in ar
undertone) he eats everything on thu
bill Of fare both up and down, Their
takes cup of coffee"
| Further talk was then prevented b!
the moving of the car wheels and Dial
ton, who with a megaphone rounded
up his Jolly crowd, commanded all t.
board the train and catching the raj
Of the now swiftly passing train wave;
a farewell and was off to Denver.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
oskaIoosa's Roll Call,

Oskaloosa, July 6.-Oska oosa cele-
brated long and notable program be-
ginning at sunrise and closing in a
brilliant pyrotechnic display. Thous-
ands of visitors thronged the city.
Only two accidents occurred during
the day and slight fire loss-all caus.
ed by fireworks.
Charles Mintonye almost had his
eyes put out exploding a giant fire
cracker He was badly lacerated and
burned.
Frank Hourihan, an aeronaut, lost
his balloon. 1t caught fire while in
f1ating.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
BOY FEARFULLY BURNED.
Mothers Prompt Action viii Save His
Life-Arms, Face and Legs
SEVERELY Burned

Waterloo, July 6.-Jerome Meade
aged II years, was seriously burned
by the explosion of gun powder Some
neighbors had been firing small
cannon and a paper bag containg gun
powder was standing near. A fire
cracker accidentally dropped into the
powder. Jerome W: near and his
clothing was set on fire. Fortunately
his mother saw him enveloped in
flames, and fastened to his rescue
tearing the burning garm ants from
him. She saved the boys life. His
arms, face and legs were severely
burned, but he will recover.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Resort Hotel Burns.

Traverse City, Mich, July 6. The
Northern Beach hotel on the Northport
Bay, so miles from here, burned to the
ground early today and seven guests
were forced to fee for their lives,
some of them losing their clothing.
The loss is $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Eyesiqht Nav be DESTROYED.

Mt. Pleasant, July Guy Miller's
eyes and face we're seriously injured
by the accidental discharge of can
non cracker held by companion I'M
der Miller's face. His eye sight is
endangered but probably not lost.
John Jones at Salem had his eye
badly injured by a firecracker held in
the hand.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Face EulI of Powder.

Nashua, July 6.-Wayne Prudhan, 10
years old, had his face badly cut and
the whole left side blown full of pow
der when he placed the explosive in a
tin can. He lifted rp the can to look
under when the powder exploded
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Tri- Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give th,> name Of
the Postoffice to which the paper has
where they desire it to be changed to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Bites Percussion Cap.

Boone, July 6.-Harvey Metzger,
aged years, bit a percussion cap
which exploded in his mouth, result
ing in terrible injuries. Lockjaw may
set in.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

which is above the average of the last
ten years.
Chicago Heads the List.
Chicago still leads the list of deaths
another yesterday making the total
thirteen, Cleveland with ten deaths
is in second place, while New York,
which usually has had the largest
number, has only silk this year. In the
death list of various cities are count
ed those caused by premature cele-
brations and casualties in fireworks
stores previous to the Fourth.
Tetanus is now getting in tits work
and the little burn of Saturday may
mean lockja wthis week. Some will
recover, but others will pay with their
lives the penalty for a few short hours
Of pleasure on the Fourth
In August last year the Jour.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
BOY BLOWN INTO AIR.
Corning Lad Sat on Cannon Cracker
and Was Badly
Burned,

Corning, July Clyde Munns, the
10-year-old son of U. K. Munns, was
badly burned Wy firecrackers. A mum.
Der Of children were throwing lighted
crackers into an umbrella stand Clyde
sat on It and the explosion ignited
a large cracker in his pocket and blew
him into the air. His condition is
serious. Mr.. Munns is leading bust
ness man of Corning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
72 DEAD, 2,642 HURT
FoURTH's GRAND TOTAL

Continued from First Page.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Accidents at Malvern.

Malvern, July 6.-Malvern had the
greatest celebration in the county.
About ten thousand people were pres
emit at the beginning of the ten days.
Chatuauqua.
There was only one serious accident
by the premature explosion of the
fireworks. Ed Calf, one of the best
known young men Of the town, lost
the sight of one eye and maybe both.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07
Dubuque is Sane.

Dubuque, July Cup to midnight
Saturday night Dubuque broke all rec.
ords for Fourth of July casualties, not
single death or accident being re.
ported. A $1,000 damage was done by
fire from fireworks. A giant cracker
exploded under a street car and set il
afire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-07

THEODORE BELL coNFERs
WITH NEBRASkAN |