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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
proceeding and deprived him Of the

proceeding and deprived him OF the
name of Kingsley.
But, as told you, object to use.
less scandals. had something better
to do / had to get hold of that paper
that had been deposited in the Secur-
ity bank"
"And you succeeded in corrupting
those who were trusted to preserve
the immunity Of that paper?" cried.
intensely interested now.
II certainly succeeded in having the
safe opened, but found no confession
no testament"
ooh! OH"
Il merely found a simple note adj
dress to William. It ran:
My Son-You must be on your guard
against Addison Kingsley. When you
get possession of this note, go to the
secretary of the Security bank. He
will give you something that is intend
, ed for you.
Il smiled at the ingenious warming
and took possession of the note. When
William attains his majority, thought.
he will find the safe empty. After that
business took up all my time. Since
my partners death bore all the re-
sponsibility, and I was not able to
think Of anything else-of Mrs. Kings
ley, Of William, OF any OF my disa-
greeable matrimonial affairs Besides I
had got rid of William. had sent him
to France to study medicine. a wish
he had always expressed.
ITO cut the matter short, when ha.
came Of age called at the bank with
my wife's letter sealed in an envelope,
q q yV,vy hoL s&crS =
me to deliver 1t. The secretary, who
was a friend Of mine, made no objsc.
ton whatever, but handed me a sec.
ond letter from Mrs. Kingsley, in
which she had written, so as to trick
me:
"'I can only repeat what wrote be.
fore-be on your guard against Addi-
son Kingsley
THAT was all. was fooled! She had
suspected that I might get hold Of the
paper. and before dying had thrown
me on false track"
Probably there was no testament
at ALL" said as stirred my tea.
Wrong" cried the millionaire, an.
grily. There was. and the proof Is that
since William became OF age he does
not care a rap for what say. tell you
he knows. He despises by fortune anu
treats me almost like q stranger. am
not blind to his Indifference. He hates
me and hate him. II his mother has
hidden him to avenge his father, will
have my revenge on him for the out
rage he brought upon me. will! I
swear I'll"
A flame of bitterness and hatred
leaped into his eyes as he uttered the
last words. He took up the decanter
and poured himself out some more
brandy. He took hold OF the glass with
hand that shook ever 50 slightly and
swallowed the contents at gulp.
His confession left me sunk in bitter
reflections. understood now why the
young doctor had greeted me SO af1ec.
tionately and his words, Father IA
Their, how happy am that have found
you.'
(To Be Continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
/ SKETCH OF VICTOR [. BERoERI

Victor Berger, the first socialist to
sit in the American congress has an
nounced that he intends to raise the
devil" when he takes his seat In the
sixty-second congress. Berger has
been doing much Of that sort OF thing
out in wisconsin for the past few
years, and seems to have gotten along
pretty well by 1t, since under his
leadership the socialists elected their
first mayor of large American city
when they made Emil seidel chief OF
Milwaukee's municipal government.
last year
Berger is an imported article, a,
naturalized citizen, who got his FIRST
Impressions Of government while auf-
fering poverty in an absolute mon
archy. He was born in Austra-Hun-
gary fifty years ago, and while stu
dent was brought to American by his
immigrant parents. The family drifted
to Milwaukee, where after he had
worked at various trades, Berger be-
came teacher in the public schools.
When he was thirty-two he began
printing daily newspaper. the
Vorwaerts, and started the Wahheit.
and the Social Democratic Herald. He
was delegate to the populist conven-
ton of 1896 and tried to organize a
Debs sentiment among the delegates,
before the nomination went to Bryan
and Watson. Since its beginning he
has been member OF the executive
board OF the National Social Demo
cratic party, and for sometime has
been American secretary Of the Inter
national Socialist Bureal at Brussels,
all Of which means that he is quite
some pumpkins OF his stripe. Six years
ago he ran both for mayor Of M1lwau.
kee and for congress, and In the same
year he received 1--WE votes In the
legislature for United States senator.
He was married in 1897 to Fraulein
Meta Schlichting.
To spread his doctrines Berger had
published each week during his cam
paign four page paper, printed IN
both English and German. Where ne
will sit when he goes to congress
whether on the republican or demo
cratice side-is question which 10 al
ready vexing leaders on both sides.
He will 60 to congress sounding the
battle cry of his party: Let the gov
eminent own the trusts" 81
Berger has written extensively on
subjects relating to socialism. Perhaps
the work that has attracted most at
tention Is Municipal Socialism
It is said that Berger will receive
degrees from the European univer-
stiles from which he has graduated.
They are the universities Of Budapest
and Vienna.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
CHAPTER TX.
What Happened to Real Douglas.

What Happened to Rea! Douglas.
The autumn is the season that
have always preferred. With its advent
there comes that sweet melancholy
charm which makes us forget the ex
aggerated summer days. 1t is like a
lesson which forces us to think of the
vanities and uselessness of other ar
doris of life that were exaggerated and
for many of lis were beautiful brief
season, and that was ALL
That year October was glorious with
its clear, pale heavens, it's lingering
sun, and it's mild temperature. It was
just an autumn of convalescence
where one could gather strength to
confront the bitter winter. My conval
escence was slow and monotonous; il
was shrouded with deep sadness.
l was now In position to look my
horrible situation in the face. was
the victim Of an act that was as irrevo
cable as the act that had been the
means of Gabrielles death. Nothing
could now be done. was disfgured
for life. tried to look at things on
their brightest side, and put all vanity
apart; l tried to think that Kingsley
had acted as he seemed pleased to al.
firm, for my own interest.
During my convalescence he was
the most attentive, the most eager, the
most affectionate of comrades. He
would not leave to paid hands the care
of changing my bandages. His fingers
were as gentle as the touch Of Sister
of Mercy. He showed an endless devo.
ton; he revealed to me heart of gold
And between him and the doctor,
whom he had called in more for
forms sake, did not hesitate. 1t
was Addison, my torturer, whose care
wanted.
In his own manner he had explained
to the doctor that Lucie had done the
deed. and did not contradict him. He
had told him in a few words that had
broken of the marriage on the eve of
the wedding day, and that she had
taken her, revenge in this barbarous
manner. And the doctor, who had
plenty of signs at his command, had
murmured:
"Ah, the women! 1t is terrible"
+ A week after the deed Kingsley
asked my brother-in-law, Marcadian,
to call. BY that time the high fever
which had kept me to my bed, had
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
THE PROMISE OF 1911.

No i'll omens on the business hori-
zon of the new year. This says the
Kansas City Journal, is the augury of
Judge e. II. Gray, whose long and sue
cessful career as business man ought
to insure his rank and title as baro-
meter Of conditions in financial and
Industrial II circles. Judge Gary modestly
classes himself as "a conservative opti-
mist, although Judging by his opinions
expressed at the beginning of last year
he might have been termed a radical
pessimist. "At the beginning of
1870" he says, 81 sounded note
of warning. l then perceived that
business prospects were not SO ros-
cate as many men of large affairs
We're proclaiming. now desire to
take issue with many of the same
men who are declaring at present
that 1911 is to be bad year. on
tie whole, conditions seem sound with
nothing within my purview to cause
alarm. Why others are filling the
newspapers with pessimism | am un-
able to understand" The Journal
adds:
Possibly these others to whom the
veteran financier and executive head
of the steel trust refers are not real
~ as pessimistic as they profess, lust
as it is although probable that Judge
Gary is not as ignorant of their mo-
tives as he pretends to be. At any
rate, his mote of warning" at the
beginning of 1910 was in large meas
ure justified by the results, and ac-
~,,Ii ,,or 10 fIo CT
sent visible on the industrial horizon
1911 promises to be one of the most
prosperous years in the annals of the
American Industrial world. It is true
there are times when all signs fail and
omens are as barren of their usual
fruitage as the gray gooses honk in
early autumn. 1t is also true -ap-
parently that the virus of demagogic
legislation still fingers in the blood of
the politicians, state and national, and
this may account for the pessimistic
expressions in the newspapers of
which Judge Gary complains.
The demagague is always dis
turbing factor to be reckoned with.
and progress that curses the country.
The demagogue is worse even than
the bIoated monopolist. The monop-.
olist at least has something to lose.
and he is not only conservative but
he makes things move. He hates an
idle dollar. But the demagogue has
nothing to lose but the political Of
flee he seeks and he is willing to sac
rifice his best friends, including his
constituents. in order to make his
title clear to the coveted job.
If kind Providence will assure
late spring and keep the demagogue
in his hole until the crops are made
and the legislatures and congress adj
journ. it is fairly certain that the
wheels of industry will hum in 1911,
and FORCES and factories will roar as
they have not done in many years.
The people who want prosperity should
sit down on the demagogue and the
freak legislator until all danger to
useful capital and labor is safely past.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
Epidemic 10 over

OskaIoosa, Jan. 10.-The town OF
Fremont, southeast Of Oskaloosa, Is
gradually emerging from an epidemic
of scarlet fever. Since early last fall
there has been over 100 cases of the
disease, and for two weeks the schools
were closed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
New Sharon Retains Black Board.

NOskaIOOsa, Jan. 1U.-AltOrneys 8. V.
Reynolds, L. T.. Shangle and o. G. G.
Phillips have returned from New
Sharon where they were called on the
case Of James Burks vs. the school
district. The question arose whether
blackboard In a certain school
house was fixture or part OF the
building. The case was settled by the
school district retaining the board and
paying the costs in the case.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

Champ Clark, who will be speaker
Of the next house. was named James
Beauchamp Clark by his fond parents
and he cut it down to Champ before
he started running for congress. Nj.
Clark knew that he could never get
anywhere with his Missouri constitu-
ents while he signed himself with
such a fancy name as "Beauchamp."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

The National Wool Growers associa-
ton passed a resolution endorsing
schedule X. Some of the senators and
representatives upon getting. the re-
port of the action of the convention,
Immediately met and decided to erase
the names of the members of the as.
ISOLATION from their mailing hats
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

Gov. Harmon of Ohio, was inaugu-
rated yesterday without any pomp or
ceremony or the customary reception
or ball. This was not on account Of
the departed voters in Adams county.
Simply advertising for next year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

with congress again in session ana
the state legislature also IN actloL, We
should be able 10 get our MI OF poll.ies
this winter. The contests over Ulll.eu
States senatorships in several Oh tue
states have served to stir up the pollt-
ica] not s5t Z
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

"silence," declares an Italian medic,
dis the only cure for neurasthenia. (
Silence, according to B. L. i. IN tns
Chicago Tribune, is cure for sixteen
or eighteen other things, including do!
nestle discord, the habit OF boring peo-
Mo and a vast amount of foolishness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

The only difference between the
Illinois legislature that elected holi-
mer, and the voters OF Adams Is, cunt a;,
Ohio, is matter of price. Inc scaie
is higher in Illinois.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

annropriately make a few speeches.
along that line at home He is right,
however, in saying that II Lorilnel
tains his seat it will lower me respee'
the people have for the senate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

It has been said that if a fair count
could be had in Oklahoma, the state
would show good big republican ma
jority. Perhaps Senator owen could
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

From the looks of the situation just
at this stage of the game, it looks as
liz the legislature will put in lots OF
time working for the 'reople-that is,
the people who want to be ele,' ID
senator.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

It looks nov as il tie water in the
7)es Moines river might hold onr till
the ice crop is harvested-if the ice
men hurry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

"The best remedy for failure is
,lenty of hard, conscientious work. "
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

Chicago is maintaining its reputa-
ton as the windy city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12

idiot told you she poisoned herself
Listen, my poor man, you have the
same scared, stupid air that you had
the evening when you burst into the
kitchen and accused me Of killing LII
Gle. Well! What an odd creature you
are!"
He poured out another glass 81
brandy.
What about William" asked.
Here the story takes another turn,
said he, in lower voice. II do not
quite understand it myself. Follow me-
we'll, my friend. before you judge"
What do you say"
Before you judge. How the devil
would you like me to say 1t? Well
Mrs. Kingsley got into a frenzy and
cried out once to me:
II hate you with all my strength
You are Charles Douglass murderer
and will bequeath to my son hatred
for the murderer Of his father. To this
effect have deposited in a safe Of the
Security bank paper which will be
given to William when he comes OF
age. have made a confession to him
of my life and yours ="
lionaire paused.
mo, you don't. You don't understand
at all" he said testify, "and neither dc
I. the one who is most concerned II
the matter. let William continue his
studies in Boston and paid no more at
tention to the boy, who was not mine
although he bore my name. With al
the letters had in my possession,
could, If had wished, have begun q
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Daily Courier, / year, by mail .>S'e ~
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Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
 MAJORITY FOR
 INCORPORATE

By of almost four the property holders of da1od record last Tuesday favor of Incorporation with capital T giving majority of 2O9 against 56 Five blank ballots found making total of 27O the position
 The councmen exciting and developed number surprises being the widespread that taken the of the candidates Of the fifteen nominees, whose nominations ratified public meeting Frank Miller boiled the largest vote being followed order by Ike Bayes J. D. Barnes D. s. McDone Herman Anderson, Dave Mutcher and Capt A. H. Petersen Petersen defeated his competitor T. L. McGrah by only eight Of the school board, L. S. Robe F. M Dun ham and John Strec the highest number of The total cast for the council 385.
 The voting place in unmarked by disturbing incidents. In charge of A. B. Light judge, Ike Bayles and Major Abech inspectors each subject examination his qualifications by J. C. Moody, Grant Murdock and J. S. McGovem official chaenge, Special Deputy Marshal Crouch there preserve order
 The polls closed six o'clock and the counting of began immediately The incorporation quickly but he longer ballots for councmen counted until about half o'clock neither could be guessed until the last bull letins in, who the successful men.
 The vote in detail follows:
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
Champion Hammer
 ThT0WeT Xs This Chap

From recent Nome the following clipping is taken showing that spite of convictions the contrary this certainly be the hog Speaking of effective ham meng this specimen about good anything these many
 'There is many disappointed Nomee roaming the Broad of drod city and mourning gloom the flesh pots the good old days Nome One these w. C. Abenroh in letters to friends in Nome lamenteth thuswse:
 This is fake and does not look good to this built ahead of itself believe will dsappon As for mining there is only claim Flat worth talking about and have doubts that being wonderful money maker people think costs much to work This will be anywhere what Business here simply the hog the who making big cleanup Clothng hose millinery dry goods dy etc. all hoerng We have except and get tired of that Even the ammunition so hgb if miss bird you have shoot whole flock next shot to get have done nothing cordwood and that pretty hard make money still better than nothing The Kuskokwm is bull; don't let anyone make you believe otherwise there day. old story nothing doing
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
Dawson 4. B.'s Get
 Dishes From England

The new dishes for the 4. B.'s were opened last evening, and were found in splendid condition. On the trip more than half way round the world, from England to Dawson, not one of the hundreds of pieces was broken. The set includes cups and saucers, plates, p'atters and other dishes. On each one are the A. B. emblems, done in red, blue and gold. The flags of Britain and America are crossed with the gold pan, the pick and the shovel at the bottom, and the A. B. motto, No Boundary Line Here" across the top. The original design was made by Percy Sharpe, of Dawson, and is 5plendidly reproduced. The A. B. s are delighted with the work The dishes are on exhibition at Landahl's.-Dawson News.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
NEW LIGHT ON
 SALE OF ALASKA

Well-informed Russian subjects are responsible for the statement, which has never before appeared in print. that Russia has never received one penny of the purchase price which the United States paid that country for this vast domain. Under the terms of the sale the United States agreed to pay the sum of ofs7,5OO, GOO for Alaska Russia reserved within the confines of Alaska certain Greek church properties. The Greek church is the established, or government church of the Russian em- pire. In order to maintain this religion in Alaska, under the American occu- patton, the Russian authorities placed the $7, 300, 900 on deposit in a St. Peters burg bank, and the interest thereon pays the running expenses of the various Greek churches in this terri tory. It can be used for no other pur- pose. While theoretically the United States paid s7, 7,50O, GOO for Alaska, prac- tically the money, or rather the interest thereon, is wholly expended here.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
Returns From Ore
 Are Very Satisfactory

Fairbanks, March 1-Manager Har- rais of the Cinema mill, reports that $l4, 900 has come out of the rock that was put through the mill during the past week, the stamps averaging about B. 800 day of ten hours. The amount of ore put through amounted to something less than 100 tons, about 50 tons coming from the Rhoads and Hall property on Bedrock creek and the balance from McCarty's Fairbanks creek property.
 The average value of the Rhoads ore was better than $50 to the ton, and the McCarty rock cleaned up about $25 less per ton.
 There is much more ore in readiness for shipment to the mill from different sections of the camp, but because of the interrupted traffic along the rail road, less work has been done than otherwise might have been expected
 The showing is a splendid one and is highly satisfactory to the owners of the properties.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
CLING ID FUTURE
 OF WILLOW GREEK

Zenon Gagnon, who with J. Loranger, is working on the lower end of the Wildcat association, on Willow creek, was in town this week and reported a healthy condition of affairs on the big creek that is still withholding the really truly paystreak.
 They are working the ground which was prospected to some extent last sum- mer by Dan McCaskill, and Of which McCaskill is part owner at the present time. They report four feet of G-cent dlrt but have not cross-cut far enough to learn the real extent of the pay streak.
 Wm. Rooney on the middle portion of the Pioneer association, near the mouth of Happy, has recently run into three feet of 7c dirt and matters are looking encouraging there.
 With the arrival of the Manley drill on Willow this summer, much pros pecting will be done on all parts of the creek, particularly the left limit bench and the real status of the creek will unquestionably be determined.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-04-15
IOiTAR0D BARBER
 FALLS INTO YUKON

Exciting incidents mark the career of Otto Kientz, the barber, since he left Dawson last spring to take up his life work in Iditarod. Kentz could well write book on his adventures and ind many takers. for who among us has moved to a new land only to find that our nearest and dearest friend is faithless, and walks off with our wallet and our chosen piece of De Beers crys- tals. Who ot us can recall waking up in the middle of the night to find our domicile rocking under us like a ship at sea, while angry property holders seek to diSpossess us of our hard-earned lot, and finally, how many of us can re- call falling through the ice of the Yu- kon and escaping only with our naked soul ?
 All these things and more have be- fallen Otto.
 It will be remembered that Kientz ran barber shcp last summer on First street on the site now occupied by the
 
 American Bank. It will be remembered also, that his place of business was moved into the street early one morning in August, and that MT. Kientz claimed he was assaulted. It will also be re- membered that Wm. Anauer swiped diamond and some money from Kientz, a circumstance that called both to Fair banks, and resulted in jail sentence of 9 months for Anauer.
 It was while proceeding to Dawson that Kientz met his last mishap. He was travelling with Bob Borg and Frank Way, and broke through the ice of the Yukon just above Star City. He man. aged to scramble out but as it was 30 below, he was compelled to run half a mile to the shore where fire was hastily built and his clothes dried out. He has resumed business in Dawson and will probably remain there.