Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-20
Chicago's Mayor May Be Speaker
at ottumwa the Fourth.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE YESTERDAY
Executive Body is Permanently Organ
lied With T. J. Phillips Chairman
Other Committees Appointed and
More Yet to Be Namedssy Mayor.
[From Saturdays Daily

lFrom Saturdays Daily.l
The executive committee for the
Fourth of July celebration in this city
may invite Carter H. Harrison, the
mayor of Chicago, to come to Ottumwa
on the Fourth and deliver the address
of the day. At the meeting of the so.
licitors for the Fourth Of July celebra-
ton, held at the city hall yesterday af.
ternoon, several important preliminary
steps were taken toward preparing for
the event. A permanent organization
of the executive and financial commit.
tee was affected, committees on other
matters were appointed, and the so!ic-
itors were advised to continue in their
work of securing funds for the celebra-
ton.
Mayor Picker was chairman of the
meeting and Frank B. Clark was made
secretary. The first business was the
formal organization of the executive
and financial committee. which is to be
iting committees which have been
working in different parts of the city,
securing subscriptions to defray the
Phillips was elected the chairman Of
tary and Walter T. Hall treasurer.
This committee will have charge of the
finances connected with the affair.
Mayor Picker, it was decided, is to
have general charge of the celebration
in toto and will appoint committees to
look after the various details of the
celebration
Committees Appointed.
1t was yesterday decided to appoint
committees on amusemenus and enter.
tainment, fireworks, advertising and
decorating, music, speakers. transpor.
tation, reception and privileges. Some
of these committees and parts of 9TH
ers were appointed by Mayor Picker
at yesterdays meeting and others will
be named soon.
J.W. Garner was named as the chair
man of the committee on advertising
and decorating, and the other mem.
bers of this body will be Emil Fecht,
Frank McIntire, w. A. Carnes and
Frank Won Schrader. 1t is the intan
ton of Mr.. Garner to advertise the af.
fair very extensively, and to have all
of the surrounding towns and cities;
! notified that Ottumwa is to celebrate
and celebrate right. In this connec-
ton comes the fact that the transpor-
tation committee, which is yet to be
appointed, will endeavor to have the
roads running into the city conduct
excursions to Ottumwa on July for
! the benefit of those who wish to visit
Z the city and take part in the celebra.
ton.
Ex-Mayor T. j. Phillips, who has al.
ready done great deal in the interest
of the celebration, was made the chair.
man of the committee on music and
Immediately went about the work Sc,
curing the services of bands. 1t is The
purpose of the committe to have three
bands playing from early morning till
late at night and this feature will add
much to the day. The other members
of the committee on music are Emil
Fecht and Peter Anderson.
May Get Carter Harrison.
Mayor Picker appointed commit.
tee on speakers consisting of Calvin
Manning and Captain S. B. Evans, and
on the suggestion of the members of
the executive committee the mayor S
own name was added as chairman. Il
was suggested that Carter Harrison
mayor of Chicago, be secured as speak
er for the occasion as it is thought he
would make a good drawing card-bet.
ter in fact than almost anyone else
who could be secured. 1t will be re.
membered that the late Carter H. Har,
rison. ST., the father of Chicago's pres
ent mayor, spoke to very large audi
ence at the coal palace in this city,
and created a very favorable impress,
sion.
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