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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-31

Discomfort il the want Of self reli-
ance 1t Is intirmity of will. Emerson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-31
RANGE OF HOG pRicEs

Range Of hog prices at Chicaxo ia,
the past two weeks with parisons:
Mixed and 1ieht
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-31

Prices of local swine show fifteen
cent decrease today. There are also
slight changes noted in the other mar
kets. The prices are:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. sirles.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
TWO WATER
VICTIMS IN
MANCHESTER
Both of Them Were Fishing at the
Time-Their Bodies Have Been
Recovered.
Recovered.

Manchester, n. H., June 24.-Two
drowning accidents occurred here Sat.
urday, making a total of four thus far
for the season.
Alme Houle, 81, of Myrtle street, a
gypsy moth worker, was drowned in
Massabesic lake when he was seized with
a paroxysm while fishing in boat with
several companions.
He fell over the side before his friends
could stop him and failed to come to
the surface. He was subject to fits.
His body was recovered at o'clock Sal
urday night after searchers had dragged
the pond for five hours.
Later in the day Edward Gleason, the
6-year-old son of Patrolman Gleason,
was drowned in Piscataquog river. He,
too, was fishing and slipped into deep
portion of the stream whise trying to
disentangle his line from a shruh. His
body was recovered an hour afterwall.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24

lingly, as, owing to his universal good
humor. he was especially liked by all
the jail attendants.
The following morning when the
cart drew up before the prison door
for its batch of victims Schlaberndorf,
dressed in his best, including the
boots, that had been found. stood
waiting the summons of the jailer to
take his place therein. Meantime.
however. a new jailer had taken the
place of the old one. the latter him
self having suddenly been displaced
by reason Of suspected dlsloyalty to
the revolutionists, and Schlaberndorf's
name was not called that morning.
Nor was 1t called the next morning
nor the morning after that nor, in
deed, ever again. 1t was believed by
all outside of his friends in the jail
that he had persisted on the morning
originally set for him. He remained
In prison until the sway of Robes
pierre had ended. Then he regained
his liberty, as did the rest of those
prisoners whose heads had not fallen
beneath the bloodstained ak. = New
York Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24

that with the added strength of the
Harmon and Underwood votes, Murphy
will be in position to prevent any
man Objectionable to the conservative
interests getting full two-thirds' vote.
Whether the Harmon Underwood Muir
ply combination can carry this plan
into effect remains to be seen. 1t GER
tainly will require all the strategy OF
Bryan to defeat such combination il
it takes tangible form.
On Second Ballot, Clark Claims.
Senator Fred T. Dubois, who has been
directing the campaign for Speaker
Clark, presided at meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee that has been formed
for the purpose of promoting the CLAIR;
candidacy in the convention.
Senator Dubois expressed supreme con-
fidence that Mr.. Clark will be nom
mated. He reiterated that the Mis-
sourian will have long lead on the
first ballot and will gain enough votes
on the second ballot to insure his NOM
nation. The Senator declined to make
any comment about the Bryan kilograms
in opposition to the selection of Alton
b. Parker for temporary chairman, say
ing merely that Speaker Clark in his
reply to the Nebraskan had expressed
the views of Clarke's friends.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24

lie Fevre lookeo 6r the imperturb'
able young woman who made this OBJ
servation somewhat set back. But be
went on:
II expect preferment In re house of
lie Fevre Freres. Indeed, was brought
to America to take re place Of my
Uncle Francois, who expects soon to
retire and 60 back to France. My in.
terest in re business will bring my in
come up to-
You can then keep an automobile
and possibly yacht, can't your
"Oh. ma chere Mile. Jones, you do
not understand 1t is not an automo-
bile wish or a yacht. 1t is something
far more adorable"
"Not an aeroplaner
"An aeroplane! What would do
with an aeroplane7"
go up in the air. That's what my
brother says he does when he treads
on his wife's toes. An aeroplane Is
the bachelors only chance for that"
Pardon, mademoiselle. we get YER
far from re subject am YER I'M
fortunate Eat you have no fadder. He
would understand"
I'm not a man, and I'm not my
father. Couldn't you say something
fitted for my intelligence"
II say no more about re settlements,
now take up re familee."
what family7"
"Ze one to which have re honor to
belong. One Of my ancestors was a
marechal to Napoleon lie grand"
"You don't mean It."
"But / go farder back zan Eat My
eat-great-grandfadde was master of
re horse to re grand monarch Louis
XIV"
Did he ride the kings horses to
waterr
ride zem to waterl oh, mademoi-
selle. Eat was not bees duties. Re office
was an honor"
What has he or the marechal to do
with what you have to say to mel"
.'Mademoiselle, IL you do me re honor
to listen to a proposal for your hand re
first thing l would say to your fad
DER
"Never mind my father. What would
you say to mel"
Il say Eat you are adorable: Eat you
would max me re happiest of men IL
you would listen TO my suit; Eat wizout
you my life would be miserable"
You mean that is what you would
say IL you were to say anything"
Eat is what say. love you better
zan re whole world beside"
This virtually closed the proposition.
He knelt before Miss Jones. who told
him she would prefer to have him sit
beside her. He did so and took her
hand. and before he left her she had
promised to be his wife.
Long afterwsrd, when be had be-
come Americanized, he understood that
a French proposition of marriage would
not do for an American girl. And the
American girl learned that there were
advantages in the French method of
Business first and love aft.
erward is in the end often a smoother
soad to travel than the reverse.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
TAFT SAYS
HE'LL TAKE
THE STUMP
He Declares That the Party Won't Be
the Tool of Reckless
Ambition"

| Washington, June 24.-President Taft
declared Saturday night he was mucf
in favor of having his secretary, Charles
ID. Hlles, for chairman of the national
Republican committee. He expressed a
high appreciation of Mr.. Hilles' work IN
the pre-convention campaign. When
asked if he would take the stump this
| fall, the president replied he considered
| it likely that he would.
He was plainly elated at his victory
when the complete results became known
Threatening Crisis.
The president made the following
statement:
"a national convention of one of the
great parties is ordinarily important
only as a preliminary to national cam
paign for the election of a president.
"The Chicago convention just ended
is much more than this and is in itself
the end of pre-conyention campaign
presenting a crisis more threatening and
issues more important than those of
the election campaign which is to fol-
low between the two great national par
ties
"The question here at stake was
whether the Republican party was to
change its attitude as the chief con-
servation in the nation of constitutional
representative government and was to
weaken the constitutional guarantees of
life, liberty and property and all other
rights declared sacred in the bill of
rights, by abandoning the principle OF
the absolute independence of the jul
dietary, essential to the maintenance OF
those rights.
"The campaign carried on to seize the
Republican party and make it the in
strument of reckless ambition and the
unsettling of the fundamental principles
of our government, was so sudden and
unexpected that time was not given
clearly to show to the people and the
party the dangers which confronted
them
1T was sought to break the wise and
valuable tradition against giving no more
than two terms to any one man in the
presidency and the danger from its
breach could not be measured.
Menace Averted.
"The Importance of the great victory
which has been achieved cannot be over
estimated. All over this country patriot
ic people tonight are breathing more
freely that most serious menace TO
our Republican institutions has been
averted
ut is not necessary tonight to speak
of the result in November of the issues
which will arise between the Republican
and Democratic parties in the presiden
tal campaign to follow II will be time
enough TO do that after the action of
the Baltimore convention. 1t is enough
now to say that whatever may hap
pen in November great victory for
the Republican party and the United
States has already been won. The party
remains as great powerful organiza
ton for carrying out its patriotic prin-
ciples as an agency OF real progress in
the development OF the nation along
the constitutional lines upon which it
was constructed and has ever been main
tanned; and its future opportunity for
usefulness is as great as its achieve
ments in the past"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
WILSON MEN
CLAIM 36l
To $50 Votes For Clark at the
Start
CLAIMS OF THE RIVALS
The Clark Claim Is 423, to Wilson's
2o4-Balance of the Power at Bal
timore Is With the I'm
pledged Delegates.

Baltimore, Nd, June 24-The way
the Wilson managers figure the align
ment of the 1904 delegates to the con-
vention was given to a correspondent by
MIR. McCQmbs last night. Their table
shows that they count on 36l votes for
Wilson on the first ballot, as against
only $50 they allow to Champ Clark.
OF course, the managers of the Clark
boom dispute these figures. They claim
423 instructed delegates with total
of 5l4 instructed and pledged" They
allow Wilson only 204 instructed dele
gates.
Mr.. McCombs is confident that his
man will poll practically the full count
of 1851 votes on the first ballot, and
that on the second or third there will
be large accessions to this strength. It
requires 72S to nominate.
The Clark people, in their map OF
Clark sentiment" in which all the states
supposed to be for the speaker are paint
ed red, the Wilson blue, Underwood
striped red, Harmon yellow polka dots
and uninstructed plain yellow, make
these claims:
For Clark, 5l4; Wilson, 204 Under
wood, S4; Harmon, AS; Marshall, 80;
Baldwin, IA; Burke. 10; unpledged, 100.
Where Balance of Power Lies.
There stands out of these rival claims
just this fact, that the balance of pow
er lies with the unpledged candidates.
Adding the Marshall, Burke and Bald
win delegates to the unpledged flor no
one seriously thinks any of these men
have chance. and there are no boon-
ers for them here), they total on the
Clark figures 244. The Wilson table,
including Massachusetts, whose delegates
are pledged to Foss, though the state
went for Clark, gives 256 votes as UNI
pledged, doubtful or for candidates
whose chances are of the negligible va
riety
Because it requires 72S to elect, it
stands to reason that 366 votes held
together or scattered among many can
didates who have no other support can
control the convention. Therein lies the
strength of Charles f. Murphy, with his
ninety unpledged delegates, whose vot IS
will be cast as unit by Murphy. The
New York delegation's strength is prac-
tically full quarter of all that is
needed to prevent the nomination of any
candidate, and it is understood to be
the plan of Murphy and of the Harmon
and Underwood interests or, in brief,
the conservatives, to gather enough other
pnpledged delegates around Murphy so
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
He Accepts and DEGREES the
Birth of a New Party
NAMED IN RUMP CONVENTION
Nominated Amid Vast Demonstration Of
Notwithstanding Name progress
sive" the Probable
Choice.

| Chicago, June 24.-Former President
| Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for
president on an independent ticket Sat
urday night, in the dying hours of ths
Republican national convention in which
he had met defeat.
The followers of Colonel Roosevelt
gathered in Orchestra hall, less than a
mile from the Coliseum, and pledged
their support to the former president.
In accepting the nomination, Colonel
Roosevelt appealed to the people of all
sections. regardless of party affiliations,
party. one of whose cardinal principles,
he said, was to be Thou shalt not
steal"
The informal nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt was said to be chiefly for the
purpose of effecting a temporary organ
ization. Beginning to-day, when a call
is to be issued for state convention
in Illinois, the work of organization viii
be pushed forward rapidly, state by
state.
At a later time, probably early in
August. it is intended that national
convention shall be held Colonel Roose-
welt, in accepting the nomination Satur-
day night said he did so on the under
standing that he would willingly step
aside if it should be the desire of the
new patty when organized to select an.
other standard bearer.
The speech nominating Colonel Roose-
Welt was made by Comptroller William
+. Prendergast of New York. who was
to have presented the colonel's name to
the convention. Dean William Draper
Lewis of the university of Pennsylvania
law school. who was to make one of the
seconding speeches. delivered Saturday
night the address which he had prepared
for the Republican convention.
Representatives of % states composed
the notification committee which in
formed Colonel Roosevelt of his nomina-
ton and in a sense stood as sponsors fer
the movement.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
SAVED BY HIS BOOTS.
The Way a Writer Dodged Dsath In
the French Revolution.


the French Revolution.
In the French revolution feuille-
tonist named Schlaberndorf. who pos
Bessed considerable ability as a writer,
by heartily espousing the cause of the
Glrondists in all that emanated from
his pen rendered himself obnoxious to
Robespierre and at the dictation of
that fierce leader was incarcerated.
When the death cart one morning
came to the prison for its load Of
those that were that day to be butch
cred Schlaberndorfs name was on the
list of the condemned The jailer in
formed him that such was the case.
and the writer dressed himself for his
last ride very nonchalantly and-he
was extremely fastidious as to his
personal appearance-with great care.
His boots. however. he could not find.
Here. there, everywhere. assisted by
his jaiIer. he looked for them to no
avail.
said he to the jailer after their fruit
less search. "but really I should be
ashamed to go to the guillotine with
out my boots. Nor do l wish to de-
tain this execution party" he added,
smiling grImly. "Will 1t make any
difference II my execution is deferred
until tomorrow? BY that time | shall
probably succeed in finding my boots"
II don't know that it will matter
particularly when you are guiIlotined."
responded the functlonary. between
whom and Sshlaberndorf there had
existed sort of friendship. Sup
pose we call it tomorrow. them
"All right" And the jailer allowed
Schlaberndorf to remain. not nnwil-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24

of living and removal OF abuses where
found;
Better currency facilities;
Adequate navy;
Revised merchant marine;
Reclamation of arid lands;
Liberal policy for improvement of riv.
ers and harbors;
Laws to relieve evil of undesirable
immigration;
Ample life-saving appliances and
skilled seamen on vessels;
Prohibit corporations from contribute
ing to campaigns:
For parcels post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24

ing but successful fraud in overriding
the will of the rank and file of the
party. Any man nominated by the con
vention as now continued will be merely
the beneficiary of this successful fraud:
it would be deeply discreditable to any
man to accept the conventions nom
ination under these circumstances and
any man thus accepting it would have
no claim to the support of any Repub
lican on party grounds and would have
forfeited the right to ask the support
of any honest man of any party on NOR
al grounds.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
A FOREIGN
METHOD
By LUCY B. TAYLOR

There is a greater difference between
the social life of Europe and America
than in any other respect. In Europe
blood is everything; In America 1t is
nothing. Where blood is valuable 1t is
kept up, and It can't be kept up with.
out the wherewithaI, money. Marriage
is made abroad. especially In France,
with respect to blood and money.
Therefore 1t is a business transaction.
In other words, it is In the hands of
the parents. A young man wishing to
marry a girl would as soon think of
robbery as to ask the girl before gain
ing permission Of her parents.
Jean LIE Fevre. a young Frenchman.
came to America, went into business
and determined to make his home here.
He was very thoughtful chap-for a
Frenchman-and considered well every.
thing he was about to do. One bit of
good sense he showed especially. Rea-
soning tsat il he purposed to grow a
part Of the great American nation the
best thing for him to do would be to
marry Yankee girl. he cast about him
for wife.
Now, Jean was a gentleman In his
native land. and gentleman in one
country is a gentleman in all others.
He had come to the United States to
take a position In the banking house of
his uncles. LIE Fevre Freres, and would
undoubtedly be showed upward rap
idly. The consequence was that he
was no bad catch for a spinster, and
Miss Ethel Jones, whose acquaintance
he had made and with whom he seemed
much pleased. knew 1t. Jean deter
mined to try for her. She was an or
phan; consequently Jean could not
very well conform to the French Gus
tom Of asking her parents for her. so
he was obliged to apply to her direct.
'Mademoiselle," he said. 81 find my
self in YER embarrassing position"
whats the trouble, NJ. lie Fevre?"
"You have no ladder. no mere. no
guardian"
81 should suppose that to be my
trouble, not yours. However, / have
no use for guardian. I can take care
Of what property have without one."
You do not understand. i have a
proposition to make which should be
made to one of these. But they are
not"
II don't see but that you'll have to
make 1t to me-"
1T makes me much ashamed to do
80. mademoiselle, but cannot help my
self. Well, TO begin. have salary
of $4,000, and 1 have an income from
property left me by my mere of $1,000"
THAT should pay all your club ex-
penses and leave you plenty for cham
paSne and CIGARS"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
UPHOLD COURTS
SAYS PLATFORM
Republican Convention Declares That the
Recall of Judges Would Be I'm
wise-Favors Taft Board.

The Republican platform declares:
For government of laws and not of
men;
An untrammelled and Independent jul
dietary;
Safeguarding public health in states;
Limiting labor of women and chill
dren;
Protecting wsge-earners engaged in
dangerous occupations;
More generous workmen's compensa-
ton laws in place of unjust system of
employers liability;
For upholding authority and integrity
of courts, state and federal;
Simpler process for removal OF judges
derelict in duty;
Opposition to special privilege and
monopoly, favoring strengthening anti
trust act;
For protective tariff, but finds some
of the duties too high and shosld be re-
duced. ScientificvappIicatio of rates;
For scientific inquiry into high cost
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
SENATOR LODGE VERY STILL.
Says He's Kept Out Of the Fight, but
May Saw Something Soon.

Boston, June "a. Senator Lodge is II
his Nahant home, where he viii spend
the weeks recess which Congress has
taken. His smile when asked about
the future of the Republican party gave
the questioner to understand that the
breaking of waves over the rocks of
Nahant was much more pleasant than
the uproar which has marked the con-
vention.
Don't ask me anything about pol
itics," he said. do you think that
after keeping out of this fight four
months | am liable to get into it now
l may have something to say when the
convention is over and candidate is
named, but for the present | intend to
keep silent.
Il have had no inside information of
the convention since it started, getting
all my information from the newspa-
pers"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
Searchlight on the Sky.

Mrs. +, A. Bishop Of Brooklyn, n ~.
says: Il should like TO have the merits
of Lydia i. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound thrown on the sky with u search
light, SO that all suffering women could
read and be convinced that there is a
remedy for their ills. For years | was
a great sufferer from organic female
troubles and had despaired of ever being
well again, but found relief in Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which |
tried as last resort"
For nearly forty years Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
In Defense of Granite Paving.

There has been a widespread discus
sion recently with regard to city pave
ments. The experience of the large
cities with asphalt and wooden block
paving on streets where there is heavy
traffic. has not been satisfactory, but
nevertheless the smaller cities are in
clined to give trial to these modes of
paving. There has been some criticism
of the granite block paving in the big
cities, but this is due rather to faults
in the methods of laying than to any
defect in the material itself. The blocks
are put down without proper founda
ton and no provisions are made for re-,
pairs, as is done in the case of asphalt.t
The city OF Sioux Falls, S. D., has re-
Gently attempted a protest against the
relaxing of granite blocks, and has tried
to start an agitation in favor of replace
ing them with wooden paving. This
calls out vigorous protest from one
public spirited citizen. He declares that
he knows of no cement crossing sub
jected to heavy teaming for two or three
years, that is not gradually going to
pieces, If the leading streets in tho
town had been originally paved with
brick. concrete or wooden blocks, there
would not be yestige left to-day. Tho
granite block pavement that is undert
discussion has been torn up, and very,
little of it has ever been properly rel
laid. Wherever the stone paving has
been properly treated it has given the
best OF satisfaction. But the main point
made by the writer is that Sioux Falls
has built UP an excellent business in
the manufacture of stone paving blocks.
Hundreds of carloads of the blocks are
shipped each year What can be thought
of the public spirit of the city if it seeks
to retain this industry and at the same
time put it under the burden of munich
pal disapproval From stone"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
WILL NOT JOIN.
Governor Hadley of Missouri Will Stick
to Republican Party.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 24.--Govern.
or Hadley yesterday on his return from
Chicago declared his intention of not
joining Roosevelt's third-party move,
ment.
Il believe / can render more service
to the people as member of the Repub-
liean party than by joining in the forma
tion of third party" he said.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-24
JOY IN DEMOCRATIC CAMP.
Baltimore Regards denomination of Taft
as Favorable.

Baltimore, June 24.-The news of
Taft's denomination was hailed with JOY
in the Democratic ranks. Democrats
generally believe victory will be theirs
in November.
The naming of Taft was regarded as
favorable to the Wilson boom and in
creased the likelihood of the Democratic
platform and candidate being progress
sive