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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-07
Eulto,, RilI is Killed.

Washington. D. c., Jan. 6.-Fulton's
bill to prohibit a railroad from enforc
ing an increased rate pending the de-
termination of protest by Shippers
was adversely reported TO the senate
today by the committee on Interstate
commerce.
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Chicago Feels Storm.

of the winter swept down on Chicago
today from the north. From Al de-.
grees above yesterday the mercury
dropped to 9 below today. Telegraph
and telephone companies report the
loss Of wires in every direction and
consequent delay in handling mes
sages A number Of minor accidents
due to the cold wave have been re-
ported
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Four BattIeships on Way

Port Said. Jan. 6.-The battleships
Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota and
Vermont left here for Naples last
right Upon their arrival Admiral
Speery will place the vessels at the
disposal of the Italian authorities.
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Liiiey Governor Of Connecticut.
! Hartford, Conn. fan 6--George l..
I.iIiay was today sworn in as Governor
OF Connecticut.
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BOTTOM DROPS OUT
OF THERMOMETER
TEMPERATURE IS RISING IN The
NORTHWEST AND WARMER
WEATHER is PREDICTED FOR
THIS SECTION TOMORROW.

chicago, Jan 6.--The crest of ths
cola wave now covers the plains statei
and the line of zero temperature iS
traced through southern Kansas. In
Minnesota and North Dakota tho
readings are so to Sc below zero. Az
Chicago the minimum this morning III
below zero. The temperature is riss
ing in the northwest and snow is falL
ing in the middle and northern Rocky
1 Mountain districts. The temperature
! will continue low i'll the north central
! states tonight and will moderate with
snow in the plains states tonight and
| Thursday
Reports from the western and north.
western states show that the mercury
registers from to % below zero. In
a number of instances trains are run,
! ming from three to five hours late be-
cause Of the intense cold
IS Below at st. Paul.
st. Paul, Jan 6.---The weather bur
eau reported % degrees below zero
early today while street thermometers
registered from ~ to 80 degrees be-
low. Throughout the northwest the
cold coupled with wind and snow is
regarded as the worst in years
Regina, Canada, is the coldest place
with the temperature at 40 degrees be
low zero.
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tener knows that this Is not laughter
Despite this usual Discrimination toward
merriment, however. the reader here does
laugh right out with the author as he
catches and partakes of the confident.
almost humorous, optimism Of his phil
osophy.
A SON OF THE DESERT. BY Bradley
Gilman. Illustrations by Thornton
Oakley. New York: The Century
Company.
When two fine, bright boys meet any
where, something interesting happens
about once q minute When on the magic
carpet Of the story teller an American
boy Is borne away to the borders OF the
Egyptian desert where he falls in with
a Bedouin boy-why! thrilling things come
once a second, at the longest. That is
the way of this book. In it there Is the
growth Of that big, unselfish affection
that sometimes exists between man and
man: these two boys have it for each
other Their brave devotion in danger.
their straight dealing, their simplicity.
story counts only as affording meeting
place for these two. Once in while the
writer is stung with the Nemesis of
teaching somebody something, nut he can
hardly help that: he is a college man
Harvard. Occasionally. too, he feels the
push Of his classmate. the great strenu-
list, and when he feels this prod he puts 1t
on the poor American boy in the way of
Egyptian nature study, geology and the
like More than likely the monkey, one
Of the delightful characters Of the book,
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Mendel tells the daughter OF Rus
sian nobleman who Is doing settlement
work in New York that a sunbeam took
shape when David was born. but that
the memory of the butchery of his family
has left a scar on his brain. and that
he is always liable to see red when
Kishineff is mentioned. Vera admires the
Young musician because OF his genius.
and loves him for himself. Despite the
fact that he Is Jew. and only poor
immigrant. the two are engaged to be
married when David sees I'm Nera's faith
or the terrible face that haunts him: the
face of the Russian general who ordered
the massacre Of his people. The knowl-
edge brings separation and suffering, but
there ia a final reunion. when. standing
together on the roof garden of the set
Element house. looking down on New
York harbor. David says: There she lies.
the great melting pOt-there gapeS her
mouth, the harbor. where a thousand
mammoth feeders come from the ends
OF the world to pour out their human
freight. All, what a stirring and a seeth
ing. Celt and Latin, Slav and Teuton.
Greek and Syrian. black and yellow, Jew
and Gentle! How the great Alchemist
melts and fuses them with his purging
flame.
David's ina ginatfon is enthusiastically
patriotic but. when all is said, the fact
must stand that it takes more than a
New York setting. with a band playing
national airs. to make an American out
of an immigrant newly arrived from some
far-off corner of the world. Mr.. Gang
will means we'll. but he does not seem
to understand the situation.
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in love with the princess OF the little out
landish place while, she ia in Paris the
latter being the novelish proper place to
fall in love. OF course the princess is
abducted back to her country for mar
riage with an unknown prince. The
Americans follow. And then develops
the series Of incidents leading ZIP to the
real marriage. but the prince is not the
bridegroom.
The Man in the Tower. is no exception
to the usual tale. In fact, it is the same
one. only rehashed. The name of an en-
tirely new little country is selected, but
the two Americans might be the same
ones used in the other novels. The pr1n-
cess is the same one in many ways and
the story has nothing new.
THE MELTING POT, a Drama in Four
Acts. BY Israel Zangwi1l. author OF
The Children Of the Ghetto" etc.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Zangwill presents play in winch
a good idea is overworked and pushed
to an illogical conclusion. David Qulpano,
young Russian Jew, who has le1t ms
own country to make home In the
+. United States. voices the idea: America
is Gods crucibIe. the great melting POT.
where all the races of Europe are melting
and reforming. Germans ana french-
men, Irishmen and Englishmen, Jews
and Russians--into the crucible with you
all. God is making the American.
This is a dramatic outhurst, but the
matter-of-fact reader Will probably IN
dorse Mendel Quipano's interruption, L
should have thought the American was
made already
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ca: southern planter to the leader of the
Italian band of criminals. romance OF
intrigue and mystery is woven from an
incident when the citizens took the law
into their own hands and lynched ring
leaders of the Malta, taking the prisoners
from the Jail after they had been ad-
Judged not guilty Of the murder of the
chief of police.
The thread Is taken up from this point
and the narrative deals mainly with the
killing of an aged planter. The mystery
Of the murder runs through the story, d.
Young girl confederate OF the Malta mem
hers playing an important role. The tale
is odd in that it differs from other late
fiction, and the murder of the police CHIEF
furnishes the basis on which other com
pick problems are developed.
THE MAN IN THE TOWER. BY Ru-
pert s. Holland. illustrated. Phila-
delphia: J. B. Lippincott Company
The making of a modern light novel re-
quires but few ideas. and sometimes the
often used ones can be worked over into
a new tale. The main scheme Of this sort
of fiction is to select some continental
name for an outlandish little country in
Europe The name OF this little kingdom
must have dienified sound. its soldiers
,nust be dressed in all the finery OF the
powers Of the world and its ruler must
be a sweet, girIish thing who is edged
to marry the unknown prince of an ad-
joining country. This marriage must be
merely a device for the aid Of both coun-
tries. Then upon the scene come the two
Americans OF course one of these falls
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CHAPTER XII.
The Blue Man-and a White.

When Warden came to his senses he
found himself lying In impenetrable dark
ness A haf-forned belief that he was
blind impelled him to put his hands to
his face. Then he awoke to realities. His
wrists were bound tightly. movement was
painful and almost impossible. yet he
seemed to be strapped to something that
moved. BY using his eyelids lie soon
succeeded in convincing himself that his
eyes were uninjured. but the cold swea
Of fear induced by that first horrible sus-
picfon revived him more speedily than any
stimulant Straining his cramped limbs
to test both his bonds and his injuries.
he was not long in reaching a fairly &C
curate estimate Of disastrous plight.
His head and left shoulder were stiff and
sore. and he believed he had been rem
,iered unconscious by q blow that caused
a slight conclusion of the brain. There
was a bitter taste In his mouth which he
recognized as poppy Juice. preparation
of opium widely used In northern AFRICA
as soothing tonic This. in itself, was
somewhat reassurinE. IT suggested a
crude effort to revive him Again,
though tied hand and foot he WAS lying
com fortably. and the irregular sWaHinE
motion which puzzled his y akins thoughts
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tigers are to be placed. These are to be
by Mr.. Alexander Phimister Proctor. who
among living American animal sculptors
has special distinction OF Scotch Cana
dian descent. Mr.. Proctor spent his boy
hood and youth in the far, west, where he
had ample opportunity to climb the noun
tains and see wild animals in their rocky
Businesses. This life Mr. dorado Taft
says in his History of American Sculp-
ture, chad a wonderful attraction for
him. and many day did lie spend in
hunting and in making studies of animals
living and dead. With his rifle and his no
less inseparable sketch book he spent all
of his vacations in these profitable wan
behring's. learning by heart the mountains
fauna" But Mr.. Proctor realized, fortu-
nately. before it was too late that to pro-
duce work of art it was not sufficient
that one should merely be familiar with
ones subject. and. leaving his happy
hunting grounds he went to New York
in 1887 to study. taking with him deter
mination to succeed. Like many another
young sculptor. he was brought first into
prominence by the worlds fair at Chicago
for which he executed number of no.
table works. Few things" distin-
gnished contemporary sculptor has writ
ten. Sin the whole exposition were more
interesting and impressive than the native
animals as sculptured by Proctor and
won Rhinehart scholarship. which gave
him several years abroad. and which by
preference he spent in Paris The quad
ringa on the portico of the United States
pavilion at the Paris exposition of 1900
was his work. as are also the panthers In
Prospect Park. New York.
The tigers for the Piney Branch bridge
have been sketched. but not as yet
modelled full size-in fact the contract was
only signed this week. They have. how
ever apparently been we'll conceived and
viii without doubt be dignif1ed and deco
rative. From photograph Of the sketch
model 1t is seen that the great cat-like
creatures will be given somewhat the
usual posture Of the recumbent lion. the
body crouching and the head thrown back.
The handling is bold and vigorous and
the treatment of masse simple. While to
an extent conventionalized, in order to be
flttingly monumental. the characteristics
Of the tiger are patiently set forth. 1t
will be some months if not year before
these tigers will be in place. for they have
vet to be modelled and cast in bronze, but
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THE MESSAGE
BY LOUIS TRACY.
Code)
was quickly explained by the shuffling OF
sandals and the occasional grunting COM

was quickly explained by the shuffiing of
sandals and the occasional grunting COM
ments of the men who carried ,the palan-
quin. or litter. in which he was pent.
But how account for the darkness
Turn and twist as he would, there was
no glimmer of light, and the most closely
woven fabric that ever left loom could
not altogether shut out the rays of the
tropical sun rising over Morocco when
last he saw its beams. Then a gust Of
cool air blew In on his clammy cheek
through a slit in the litter-cioth, and the
astounding knowledge that it was already
night was forced on him. Now, he was
almost certain that he suffered from no
injury grave enough TO entail fifteen or
twenty hours of complete insensibility.
and the only reasonable conclusion was
that he had been drugged.
That was a diSpleasng explanation of
the taste of poppy juice. but he felt too
sick and weary to care very much what
strange hazard had brought him to his
present state. 1t suff1ced that he was a
captive that the Water Witch would sail
without him. that he would be discredted
in his service for missing an appointment
of the utmost importance. These ills were
obvious. No matter what other mlsfor-
tunes the immediate future might have
in store. his visit to Hassan's tower had
proved unuckN in all save it's direct OBJ
ject. the recovery of the ruby.
Perhaps even that slight recoippense for
these positive evils had been taken from
him His revolver was gone and the
chiseI as he could determine by rolling
a little from side to side. Probably his
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the smaller cities of Europe--for in
stance, Dusseldorf and, BRUCE.
4
- UTE collection of works by con-
~ temporary American etchers has
also been acquired by the Library of
Congress, as we'll as a group of repre-
sentative examples of Auguste Lepere' s
wonderful engravings. These are not
on exhibition, but can be examined upon
request and will be found genuinely
rewarding The majority of the Ameri-
can etchers live abroad. and their works
naturally are interpretations of foreign
scenes, but for this reason none the
less charming. Indeed, many give evil
dence of keen perception and just
appreciation on the part Of the etchers
OF the value Of line. Lacking. perhaps,
marked individuality. they possess sig
nificance and make serious appeal With
Lepere it is quite different. Among
wood engravers he is a giant-a ma
gician. Marvelously versatile and as
tonishingly skillful, his work is domi-
mated by distinct personality and
may be either extraordinarily good or
bad. Unlike the majority of wood en-
gravers, he makes his own compost
tions and works directly on the block.
The subjects he chooses are commonly
of the prints which the Library Of Con-
gress has acquired is a view of Paris
in a snowstorn, a wide area being en-
comprised, with Notre Dame as d focal
point There is much detail, many
units, and yet the composition hangs
together perfectly and the subtle rela-
ton of values is faultlessly sustained
How difficult such r. result is to attain
probably only a wood engraver can
know. Leperes wood block prints are
the antithesis of his engravi ng-bold
and vigorous, almost, were they less
knowing, one might say clumsy. In
each instance, however, the masses OF
dark and light are well balanced and
the accent placed precisely Alright. His
etchings are interesting, but not as dis
tinctive or notable.
THE 10Th street bridge over Piney
branch. which has recently been
completed. is to have sculpturaL adorn-
ment. At the extremities recumbent
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Mr. Mulloly. as he is called Is also a toll to
this distinguished friend and nature stu
dent, but Mr.. Mulloly is no mistake; the
hook would lose without him. Boys will
like the book; SO will girls.
THE WOMAN AND THE SWORD. BY
Rupert Lorraine. Chicago: A. c.
McClurg & Co.
Elopeme1lt, pursuit. encounter. fighting,
more fighting. murder. debauchery. fight
ing, rescue, love. marriage, The
use OF historical period and circumstance
In developing this lurid. swashbuckler
tale suggests that the author himself felt
its need of support and rashly adopted one
Of the favorite tools OF the literary charla-
tan. Since expression is, in a way and
to a certain extent, an eliminaive pro-
cess. clearing the mind of the thoughts
whose clamor is to get out into speech,
this young writer-one has to assume
that he is young-relieved of tnat turgld
mess, may now have a writing chance.
INTO THE NIGHT. BY Francis Nimmo
Greene. illustrated. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co..
Hardly any other city in America can
furnish as much material for a romantic
story as New Orleans. and this interest
ing tale goes deep into the lower world
OF the old French capital. At certain
places in the book the lines are handled
in a gloomy fashion, the methods of the
dreaded Malta being laid bare. The char
acters are Of varied types. from the typi-
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ce''iSh ~
allotted to the print division. The first OF
these will consist Of engravings selected
from the splendid collection of over 2.OOt
prints recently presented to the United
States by the Italian government in
recognition of the assistance rendered
by this country at the time OF the Mes
sina earthquake This will occupy the
cases in the southwest gallery, wherein
for the past year or more the works of
French etchers Of the nineteenth century
have beeh exhibited. and will open the
latter part of next week. In the south
west pavilion, a little later an exhibition
of Della Bella and Gallo etchings will be
arranged. and in the south gallery. where
the works of American Illustrators are
now shown, a comprehensive collection
of autographs will be set forth.
The series of exhibitions of photo
graphs, illustrating the history Of archi-
lecture and painting. begun last winter
will be continued throughout the approach
ing season. The Norman period in south
ern Italy and the works Of Pisano and his
contemporaries are the subjects illus
trated in the present exhibits. Pisano
labored at the latter part of the four
teenth century and the early part of the
fifteenth century. when the art Of paint
ing was essentially primitive. Dut arcnl-
lecture in those days had assumed GER
tain maturity. So one will find much that
is beautiful in the photograph of the old
Italian churches Of the Norman period
and much worthy of emulation. There is
a simplicity and dignity about these struc-
lures very satisfying to the eye weary
of super-elaboration. A number of these
photographs are in color and are of their
kind uncommon1y pleasing.
Within the past few months the print
division of the Library Of Congress has
considerably increased It's collections.
About 400 additional photographs
have been purchased. rounding out the
study series. These chiefly illustrate
antique scripture in the Louvre and the
British Museum, architectural monu-
ments in India and Egypt. early French
architecture, and paintings Of note in
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Moors all armed to the teeth. lolled on
the grass or sat on the gnarled roots Of
trees in the glade that sheltered the
bivouac. At some little distance there
was a palanquin similar to his own, save
that its trappings were more gaudy. and
tine bearer-poles were painted a bright
blue. The curtains were closed. but the
color Of the paint. added to the title OF
the moullah to whom the Moor referred
him for informa ton, accumulated a notion
not forgotten the extraordinary being who
gazed at him SO threateningly from the
top Of the tower. It was a fair assump-
ton that the man had dropped a stone on
him at the very instant he took the down.
ward leap that would have secured his
safety. Was he prisoner in the hands
of this fanatic? And for what purpose
was he brought into the interior?
was determined by many signs. The
keen, invigoratiug mountain air. the
hardy types of trees and shrubs. the alb
sence of the myriads of insects that
place of anything but rest at that hour
these things were an open book to one
accustomed to life in the jungle. He re-
f1ected bitterly that If he had practiced
the first rudiments Of the scouts art the
previous day he would now, in all like
lihood, be on board the steamer. Then he
remembered the ring. and pressed hand
to his breast while ostensibly rubbing his
injured ShOllQef. L eS. IL was tHoTe-tuS
one article left him. Watch, money. re-
volver even a handkerchief and q box of
matches. were stolen. but the ring re-
NAMED He wondered duly how the
Blue Priest would have accounted for the
piecs, of tattOOeu Skin--With it's Arabic
Latin quotation from the Epistle OF st.
Paul to the Hebrews and its Portuguese
announcement of the secret hoard of Has
sans tower-if it had happened to be in
his pocket. But it reposed in port
manteau IN his cabin, together with the
canvas bag containing the gourd. When
he was missed would the skipper examine
his baggage to discover some clue to his
identity?- If SO that weather-beaten tars
remarks when he looked at the face OF
M'Wansa. onetme king of Benin, would
be interesting.
The Moor came back with 4 dish OF
piIiaii. chicken stewed with rice. IT was
exceedingly appetfZing. Some coarse
bread and bowl of goats milk com
pleted meal that was almost sumptuous
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They weren't woman teachers, either
Men: 6ull-grown, mature men. with bi-
ceps and things; for. you see. it was
brothers schools that / went to, and the
brothers never were complained Of, as
maybe you know, for sparing the rod
and spelling the youngster.
THE usual kind Of punishment that
the brothers handed out to US youngsters
was wailoping us on the palm OF the
hand with a big, thick ruler. For dead
serious bad breaks. why. they just ap-
piled tho big, thick, long ruler right on
the part OF the frame to which such punt
tive efforts have been addressed, as l
understand the matter, since the begin
ming of the world; and maybe they didn
know how to make boy dance around
and promise amendment
Now, we had strange sort Of a boy
ish idea-which, ! have since understood,