Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-03-08
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OTrU.IWA NEWS.

! lSpeciM Correspondence to Io~a STATE ByStnaadef
j. E. Mosely left Wednesday morn
| ing for Mt. Pleasant. He expects to &C
to Burlington and from there to st.
Joseph, Mo-, before he returns home.
Last Sunday was covenent and com,
munion service at the Second Baptist
church. The meeting was very good
all day.
Last Sunday the e. NJ Z. Sunday
school elected Miss Florence Page as
delegate to the Sunday school conven.
tion which meets at Mt. Pleasant in
| May.
Miss Hattie Aliyan is On the sick list
this week
Died, at the home of her parents, on
last Friday morning about 5 o'clock
Miss Virgil Hill, at SIS Center street
after several weeks sickness. Funeral
service was held at the Baptist church
Saturday, conducted By the pastor
Rev. w. f. Watts.
Miss Norcissa Phillips, editor of the
Optic of Moberly, Mo. visited in the
city several days, the guest of Miss Ada
Houston. She returned home Monday
evening.
J. E. Woods, who has been sick for
some time, is convalescing
Rev. Lomax returned home from
Quincy, Ill, Monday, where has been
been engaged in arevival meeting. He
will return again this week.
Rev. N. N. Pharris, of Mystic, was in
the city Wednesday evening. He left
Thursday morning for Centerville.
On last Friday evening the colored
voters of this city met at the Court
House to devise a plan whereby they
might receive recognition by the city
authorities, in the event of their cleo
ton on last Monday. Quite a mum ber
were present. The meeting was called
to order by Mr.. Joseph Hopkins, and
Mr.. Lou Hall was elected chairman for
the evening Mr.. Hopkins was the
principal speaker for the evening
After they had discussed matters a
committee was appointed to wait upon
the two candidates for mayor, to find
out what they would do for the Negroes
by way of giving them positions. On
the committee were Lou Hall, Z. L..
Stow and Mr. Hopkins. They waited
upon the gentlemen. and of course fair
promises were made, but promise is
like pie-crust, easily broken. For this
reason we don't believe that single
pledge will be carried out, though we
will wait and see Mr.. Laforce, Re-
publican, was elected, and upon him
falls the lot to hasten the gifts.
Hon. Geo. e. Taylor, of Osl,aloosa,
came down last Friday evening to at
tend the meeting of the voters, but he
was denied the right to speak as he
was not citizen of Ottumwa. Of
course politics had something to do
with it. The way of the Democrats is
hard in Ottumwa.
On last Monday was the event of an
other triumph for the Republican
principles in this city. Almost the en-
tire ticket was elected. Whenever the
Negroes of Ottumwa get ready to sell
out, they will let it be known, and it
won't be for song either. neither a
glass of whiskey.
The Ottumwa Star Cornet Band gave
a novel entertainment at Turner'S Hall
last Tuesday evening. They were
greeted by full house. A musical
program was rendered, which was very
tastefully done. After the program a
cake walk was engaged in, which was
the main feature of the evening. There
were a number of persons who entered
the contest, but before it was con-
cluded all but two couples were ruled
off the floor They were Mr.. Baker
Fox and Miss Ida Gan, and Mr.. j. M.
Bradshaw and Mrs. Mary j. Scott.
They we've graceful walkers and proved
that they knew what they were doing.
At the close the prize, a fine cake and
five dollar gold piece, was awarded to
Mr.. Fox and Mrs. Gan by the judges,
but it was almost unanimously claimed
bv the audience that Mr.. Bradshaw and
lady We're entitled to the prize.