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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03

know what the former is up to, these
two committees will meet Jointly Mon
day night at o'clock sharp in the
police court room at the city hail.
The two committees will then be
in position to proceed advisedly and
will make things hum until the big
event is pulled off.
Executive Committee Named.
J. X. Dysart, j. A. Phillips and S.
tive committee, whose sole business
is to see that proper and proper
tionate distribution of the funds is
made to the various committees for
their respective work.
The Meeting Next Thursday.
On every Thursday night at eight
o'clock from now on until the festival
is held, unless other announcement is
made, all committees and committee
mon meet at eight o'clock in the coun-
ell room Of the city hall. All members
of committees are urged to be present
at these meetings and to take an &C.
tive part in same
The Committees.
At nearly every meeting since the
inception of the festival some slight
changes have been made in the var
ious committees appointed The fol
lowing are the correct committees
| lists, containing the names of all mem
bers revised up to date. Each member
is wanted at the City nall next Thurs
/ day night at o'clock:
Committees for "FalI Festival"
Location and General Arrangement
Committee-Geo. Haw, Jr., T. J
Phillips. f. B. Clark. s. R. Cheadle
Phil Stafford, w. T. Wilkinson, w. N
Rockwell. E. H, Emery, G. ]. Hinshaw
j. X. Dysart, A. Odenwalder and c
o. Arnold
Program Geo. Haw, Jr., JOSEPH
Dain, j. A. Phillips. w. o. Hand
Finahce-F. B. Clark, G. C. Porter
r. J. Phillips, J. w Garner, ]. E
Hull S. P. Hartman. Joe Celania, S
r Cheadle, w. V. Silvers, w. e
lCreath, Leo Stevens, Mat Mier, Pete,
Gallagher. John strader. c. H. Bank
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To Erect Garfield Memorial.

Long Branch, N. j., Aug. 31.-All ar
engagements have been completed for
the big testimonial to be given n
the Ocean Park Casino tonight in aid
of the fund that is being raised TO
erect a monument here in memory Of
President James A. Garfield. The tes-
tin1onial promises to be a most not
able affair. Among the prominent
members Of the theatrical colony who
have volunteered their. services for
the performance are Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Doud Byron. Bessie Clayton,
Mary Marble, Lizzie Hudson Collier,
Charles Grapewin, Arthur Byron and
the Four Mortona
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-03

Mayor Thomas Phillips was unan-
imously chosen chairman of the gen
cral committee shortly after the open.
ing Of the meeting, by Chairman Dy-
sart AS the general committee is
composed of the chairmen of HE var.
ious other committees, the head OF the
committee Of the whole became thu
zeal president of the festival associa-
ton and Mayor Phillips took the
chair.
George Hinshaw and L. E. Stevens
were chosen secretary and treasurer
respectively.
OdenwaIder Named.
! A Odenwalder was chosen chair
man Of the agricultural exhibits COM
mittee to succeed W. A. McIntirs ut
Mr.. McIntire's own quest he him.
self being unable to serve in that Ca
rscity
6 r. CheadIo WIS elected chairman
Of the transportation committee in
place Of John X. Mahon, who is out
of the city and may be for some
time.
Upon motion, the concessions and
amusements committees were then
combined and made one, J. A. Phillips
and F. B. Clark being added to the
committee as additional members.
Go to Work at Once.
AShe meeting was most enthusiast
tic and satisfactory one all the way
through. Active operations will BIZ
commenced at once. Five hundred dol
lars were given to the adyertisinf
committee, to which A. J. Stump wa
added, and they, the members of tn
committee were instructed to proceed
Immediately to let the world know
that Ottumwa is still on the MAJ
and is going to have real live cele
hration here this fall
The concession committee was ais
empowered to go ahead and secur
attractions. entertainments, etc.
Concession Committee Meets.
In order that no hitch may occn
between the concession and adyertl'
ing committees, that the latter ma
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COMMISSIONER r. 8. WHITE WITH
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT WILL
BE HERE SEPTEMBER S
BRINGS SPECIAL CAR
Commercial Association of ottumwa
Is Taking an Active Interest In the
FuTthering Of MIR. Whites Aim, to
Promote More Practical Farming.

IN order to educate the farmers and
all who are interested in agricultural
pursuits, the Rock 1sland-F Frisco lines
Will send to this city on September S
their car Of agricultural and horticul-
tural exhibits.
This car contains an exhibit of
grains, grasses, seeds, fruits and vari-
GUS farm products all of which are abb
solutely free and for the sole purpose
Of the education Of those interested
who live along the lines of this vast
system
The Rock Island-Frsco lines have
at an enormous expense fitted out thiS
car and equipped it with an able edu-
Gator on all subjects that pertain to
practical and scientific farming. F.. S.
White. the commissioner Of the agri-
cultural and horticultural depart
ments Of the Rock Island system will
nave charge Of the car and will de.
liver couple of lectures on the SUBJ
iect of the exhibit at the Court house
at 200 o'clock in the afternoon and
at 500 o'clock in the evening.
| The car will be set out on side
track near the Union depot where 1t
will be easy Of access. The Display OF
1 the products that are on exhibition
will be open to the public throughout
| the day All questions will be answer.
ed and explanation will be given on
| request
Has Practical Aim.
F. S. White has been in communi
cation with the farmers organizations
and commercial associations along the
route to be trayersed by the car. ant
is making an effort to promote the in
terest OF the farming classes to the
end that more practical farming vii
be the result. The commercial associ
ton Of this city mas been asked to take
the matter up and is making an effor
to make the visit of the car to this cit.
a success.
Farm literature will be distributed
free to the visitors at the car and it Il
. hopeo by members Of the Commercial
ASSOCIATION that the agricultural inter
ests Of the commn1itv will be wei
repre- santed at The exhibit. The Gu
has proved an immense success at TIL
, state fair where it has been since tn
opening of the exposition and grea
crowds have visited it every day Q
its stay in Des Moines.
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would have attended real accident
There was no hitch in the program
For hours, while the crowd was gath
ering, the two monster locomotives
stood a short distance apart, both
gaily decorated and putting and blow
ing as il anxious for the combat. At
given signal the two locomotives
backed away one-half mile from the
central point, and with open throttles
and shrieliing whistles, rushed upon
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BIG "OLLEPAW"
FALL FESTIVAL
PLANS PROGRESS
Mayor Phillips Chosen Head of Movement
Last Night-Financial Outlook is Most Sat
fsfactory Big Meeting Next Thursday
Affair Will be High Class

=
"Every dig" expressed IN
the
hail. atmosphere intense
Of
committeeman held Thursday evening at O'Clock
hail. that fully $1,000 will
Of the various committees are all ION their toes enthus
everything bids fair toward the elimination
and events that has been held in
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Miss siIcott Supervisor OF Music.

Fairfield.-The school board Monday
evening elected Miss Anna NJ. Silcott
of Winfield to the position of super
visor of music in the public schools.
Miss Grace Hague was elected assist
ant in the kindergarten. School will
open next Monday, but on account of
the HON coming celehra ton Sept, l, :
and 8. there will be no school on Tues :
day afternoon
Perry Clinkenbeard ard Miss Jessie
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Arrangements were completed last
night between Mack Connolly and the
Retail Merchants association for a
head-on collision between two 80-ton
passenger locomotives as "a feature
event for the coming "Ollepaw" cele.
bration.
This collision has been secured at
great expense for the purpose Of
giving "Ollepaw" patrons an exhibi.
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ton, thrilling and exciting, and at the
same time full Of practical interest
and merit.
What the Papers Say.
A similar collision was given by Mr..
Connolly at recent Hwa State Fair
Of which the Des Moines Leader said:
"Seventy-flve thousand people held
their breath and watched the railroad
collision at the fair grounds yester.
day with all the excitement that
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each other with velocity of nearly
fifty miles an hour. The only differ,
ence between this 'smash-up' and an
ordinary railroad wreck, was that the
trainmen jumped when the throttles
were opened, while others watched
the meeting of the trains at a safe
distance. There was a violent shock.
The gladiators were welded. Two
huge masses rose in the air, then fell
mass Of splinters and scrap iron.
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Charles Prevulski, Herman Brem- |
horst, Tom Stodghill, Ed Steller.
Reception-T. J.. Phillips. J. B. Sax,
w. H. Cooper, S. P. Hartman
Music---T j. Phillips. Frank Dag
gett. James swirles, Ed Steller.
Advertising-G. ]. Hinshaw, J. F.
Powell ], F. Jersey. A. j. Stump, W.
H. Mynard,
Transportation-s. R. Cheadle, S.
L. Graham. Ernest Daggett, j. A.
Ballard.
Premiums-Phil Stafford, G. J. Hin
shaw 3. Scase.
Decorations-W T. Wilkinson, w.
]. Donelan. w. r. Hall, Theo. stoes-
sci, Chas Banks, Oscar Jepson
Floats-W. N. Rockwell, w. F. Ra-
Der, T. H. Picker, o. L. Shadford,
Peter Newerf.
Parade f. H. Emery. J. j. Cullen
Jerry Shea, w. T Wilson.
Concessions and Amusements J.
K. Dysart, W. T. Harper, F. D. Nc
Kee, j. A. Phillips and F. B. Clark
Agricultural Exhibite A Oden-
valdez Roy E. Stevens. w. A. Nc
Intire,
Crowd Comfort = c. O. Arnold
John Peach, w. H Heating, L. A.
Gordon.
Executive Committee - ]. X Dy-
sart. j. A. Phillips, S. R. Cheadle.
| Festival Must be Clean.
In his speech of acceptance of the
chair Mayor Phillips expressed the
sentiments of the entire number of
promoters in a few words. Above all
MI Phillips said the festival through.
out must be OF an entirely clean ma.
ture. What SHOWS and other attract
! ions that are brought to Ottumwa for
| the celebration must be strictly high
class.
All degrading or repellent features
must be entirely emliminated, the
chairman stated and the. entire festi
val must have pleasant taste in
the mouth of everybody"
The Decoration.
Until the decoration committee gets
| together and reaches some definite de
cision no true account of the decora
/ tons can be given; but many plans
4 were discussed. 1t is very probable
that both arches for night and frame
arches for day will be erected. Al
4 stores will be decorated appropriated,
and elaborate suggestions in the wa,
of floats and parade features were
made
One especially attractive feature 0
the entertainment promises to be thu
results which the crowd comfort com
mittee will attain Ice water an
seats are to be provided everywher
for the comfort and convenience OF tn
guests and the attractions are to b.
scattered out over the business sec
ton of the city so that no great cor
gestion will occur at any one point
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Men who cannot stand on their own
feet give themselves support by the
shoulder against a great national pre-
Hem
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-02

fights from sheer sense Of duty, just as
ne does the chores around home, be-
cause he has TO. The unmarried SOL
iter knows nothing Of the realities OF
strife AT home or in the field, with love
and glory and all the great promises
yielded In the name of romance and
sentiment fights manfully enough, but
upon plane that does not call for that
miraculous courage born Of desire
10 escape something worse even than
the transitory rlgors of a field, or sea
campaign, He draws no parallels
has but one cnoice, is actuated by no
cooperative adjustments; his real en-
gagements are all ahead OF him, un-
known. untried. ani alluring. His
married brother knows the best and
worst of II all, and fights accordingly,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-02

When Congress adJourns next month
the only professional stone cutter who
ever served In that body will retire.
This member Is John T. Hunt. OF st,
Louis. His district contains tho homes
OF many wealthy ST. Louisans. but has
been represented frequently In Con.
gress by members representing the la
Dor element, John j. o'Noill. long the
chairman of the committee on labor
was from this district and was sue
ceoded by Charley JOY" lawyer
and II republican. Mr. Hunt
Is we'll educated although he has
worked at his trade for many years
During his term In tho House he has
taken lively interest In labor mat
ters, and has been greatly liked and re-
spected by his colleagues. to whom he
has appeared aa a sincere worker with
nothing OF the professional agitator
In his conduct with regard to political
questions,
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NAME AND CHARACTER.

In the various steps underway and
to be taken for the thorough re-or-
ganization Of the Astoria Chamber Of
Commerce, it may be we'll to study the
relative value Of names and titles, as
applied by that organization. II 1t Is
possible TO make the name more illus
tratiye, applicable, or fitting, it should
be done just as readily as to change its
official roster.
That is has been called the"Chamber
Of Commerce, for years, is no earthly
reason for continuing that title. If
something else better, more modern
more effective comes up for considera-
ton. Under whatever name 1t oper-
ates, the Astoria commercial agency
must be put upon the footing Of a
club-room, where native and stranger
can go for rest, advice, information
ana an dSSuTeu lOuCH Win OIL lHluBf
commercial. 1t must be open day ant
night, and have the current conve-
niences at hand for the common use o.
it's members and guests and the guests
must be "for strangers" within the
gates Of Astoria, who shall need tht
civic and commercial utilities Of tht
hour.
No hard and fast rules of entrance
membership and patronage or meet,
ing, must be allowed to hamper tht
progressive spirit Of the new organiza-
ton. On the other hand it cannot be
a go-as-you- please institution, either
The happy medium will be found ir
due time, and once applied, the agen'
cy will be wonder Of genuine assis
lance in her development Of all thai
Astoria stands for.
Hurry up the organization.
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THE pLlMSoLL MARK.

The finding OF the motor schooner
Bessie X. bottom up on the Pacific
high seas by the City OF Pueblo just
reporting at Victoria, conveys a hint
OF the grave danger. being run, daily,
all along the coast. by snip-owners,
agents and masters In the excessive
overloa ding OF vessels especially In the
lumber trade. The Bessie h. Is known
to have gone TO sea with an immense
deck load of lumber. the next known
fact in her history is that reported at
the port of Victoria. No word has
been received as yet, as to the fate
of her crew OF FIVE men. But this may
be Of secondary consideration. The
great grave fact remains that she Is
in the worst Of all conditions OF
wreckage, drifting about in the path
of other ships menace and a re-
proach TO the greed OF the men who
loaded her beyond reason.
This country needs Plimsoll and a
Plimsoll code and mark. and needs Il
desperately. English shippers and
commercial people fought II for long
years, but right and justice triumphed,
and the years are proving the wisdom
and mercy of the laws framed and
sought for by Plimsoll
A steamer left this port during the
past As hours lumber laden, for San
Francisco, with her main-deck soup
pers awash, as we'll as the downfoot
of her deck load. The chance may
be taken once. TOO often; and to the
layman who protests, honestly and
sincerely against the wilfull playing
with the fates upon the high seas, the
sneering. contemptuous defiant re-
response of the hazard taking hazard
making. ship-owner. or master, Is no
answer at all to the fearful old query
Of the ages Am l by brothers keep
err"
These fateful issues usually bring
their own solution in time; but 1t does
look as though common sense might
anticipate the desperate climaxes that
compel the solution.
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D . . = = =
WEATHER.
JERoME's HARD LUCK.

Harry Thaw, the murderer OF Stan
ford White, has long since ceased to
figure as the principal object of popu-
lar interest in the great trial his gun
and his jealously set going. The chief
honors in his line have fallen TO his
lovely and foolish young wife. around
whom centers the direct and undivided
concern Of the American public, or so
much of il as yields the battle any
attention.
This phase of the situation has in
creased the difficulties of the pros
ecutor. who is fighting not only the
adroit skill and pregnant energies of
the defense, but the vast, sympathetic
tolerant tendencies of the people who
are proverbially gentle in their legal
dealings with women, and who un-
consciously, and invariably pass from
tolerance to open championship. If
Thaw's neck is spared; If he receives
any mercy at all, it viii be because
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw. in her beauty
and the brave loyalty Of her young
wifenood, intervenes to placate the
wrath of offended law ani the chivalric
kindness Of an easy-going public.
This makes the work Of Mr.. Jerome
immensely harder. since every step
he takes in his sworn and obligatory
course of reprisal, must of necessity
be waged against this dainty and del
delicate personality in whom the lar
CESS of popular and sentimental con-
Germ is tacitly centered, and which as
tacitly resents the extremity and rig
or with which he operates. He is
fighting dual battle, and against
heavier odds than Is generally sup
posed. He is doing his work Well, and
well, and in very clean fashion. Luck
fly the verdict is in the hands Of
sharply limited group Of citizens and
does not lie in those Of an over gener-
GUS and rather maudlin public.
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Brownsville Investigation Costs
Hundreds Of Dollars Daily.
OTHER WASHINGTON ITEMS
Widow OF Indian War Veteran Applies
For Pension After Fifty Years--Need
Of Inspecting Exported Apples and
Other Fruit.

WASHINGTON, March l, ls07,--The
investigation by Senatorial commit
tee into the AFFAIR at Brownsville,
where Il is charged that members OF
the 95th colored infantry shot up
up the town, promises 20 cost the gov
ernment Il pretty penny, The members
OF this committee have now been pros
ecuting their inquiry for two weeks
and not scintilla OF evidence mas
name of any member OF the colored
regiment with the shooting.
A large number of the former SOL
diers are yet TO be examined. the to-
tai number expected al some time or
another to come before the committee
running up well toward half hun
dred. Besides there viii be a number
of officers Of the army and several
civilians, citizens OF Brownsville.
when the mileage, thu cost of subsis-
tence and fees OF all these witnesses
are taken into consideration, the
charge against the government will
average probably several hundred dol
lars day. The indications are that
heavy inroads will be made into the
$l0O, 900 contingent fund OF the SEN
ate which Is at the disposal OF the
committee.
When an investigation OF this sort
is under way members OF the commit
tee conducting 1t do not ask In ad-
vance what any particular request OF
a Senator may cost II Senator sug-
gested the desirabIlity OF examining a
witness who for the moment might be
In the uttermost parts OF the earth,
the committee forthwith would send
for him and II the personal affairs OF
a member Of the committee prevented
him from attending the session, the
sitting would be continued until the
following day at his suggestion, no
matter what the continuance might
cost Senatorial courtesy is a great
thing, but 1t often costs the govern
ment lot OF money.
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A movement Is now on foot to ex-
tend the present very elaborate sys-
TEN of government inspection, Some
thing has been in these letters recent
ly about special agents and govern
ment INSPECTORS, but despite Con-
gressional inquiry the demand for
them by department heads goes on.
II is now pointed out that Canada Is
driving American fruits and especially
apples out of the European market
for the Canadian law requires In
spection Of all fruit shipped abroad.
The Americans ship the apples in &C
cordance with the individual ideas Of
the grower or exporter. The Cana
dian apples are packed uniformly and
the government regulations practic-
ally guaranteed that each barrel shall
contain fruit as. marked.
The original fruit market act Of
Canada was passed in 1901 and amenl-
ed in 1905, and requires that the mar
ket grade Of all fruit must be truth
fully indicated on the package. Sever
al penalties are provided for viola
tions of the law. This guarantee has
led to the enlargement Of the Canadl-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-03-02
THE MARRIED SOLDIER,

Expert testimony is at hand from
the late wars, unanimously conceding
the greater courage and sharper fight
initiative of the married soldier over
the unmarried man alarms. The ex-
perts go no further than to make the
simple declaration Of the fact stated.
They do not venture into the field Of
conjecture as to why 1t is 50. They
come up with their records from the
Boer-War and the Russo Japanese
conflict and they hand out the final
deduction, leaving the philosopher and
the deliver after causes, to discover the
discrepancy they have alleged.
They do not tell us That the mar
ried man, fresh from the rigors and
defeats of a thousand home campaigns,
is primed with a desperate purpose to
win out in some other battles Of life
that fall his way; that he cultivating
new courage, new method, new pred
icate with which he may return to the
old war camp and reassert himself,
or, despairng Of this, he is seeking by
open, reckless daring, to invite cap
ture, and the modified exigencies Of
prison life in a foreign land, in pref
erence to returning, at all, to the
scenes of his former subjection and ef-
facement; or that his wild Drawing is
but another means to the greater end
OF an honorable death, rather than the
resumption hopeless, nd-flddle
career at home. The married soldier
is, Of course, no sentimentaiist; he
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Given Up TO Die.

Il. Spiegcl. 1904 N Virginia ST.,
Evansville. Ind. writes: 'For over
five years was troubled with kidney
and bladder affections which caused
me much pain and worry. l lost
flesh and was all run down. and n
year ago had to abandon work en-
tirely. had three OF the best ply.
slcians who did me no good AMI was
practically given up TO die. Foley's
Kidney Cure was recommended and
the first bottle gave me great relief,
and after taking the second bottle I
was entirely cured" why not let It
help you? T. +, Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.