Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
CREW PICKS UP
The WRONG CARS
FIT. MADISON BRANCH TRAIN IS
MISTAKEN FOR SPECIAL AND
CARRIED OFF.
SERVICE is CONTINUED
Railways Decide Not to Abandon
Homeseekers' Excursions, But
Will Raise the Rates--No. 3 in
Three Sections Tomorrow.

| VIII ndISS inc ndSSS-~TNSs III
| Three Sections Tomorrow.
Friends of conductor Will Moore
popular ticket puncher on the Pea
vine" train that operates in leisure
| ly manner between FIT. Madison and
this city, would never think of con-
Meeting him with anything sensational
that would involve woman in the
] case, yet at a glance at the following
incident it would appear that the Girl
over There had played an important
part in the drama wherein the popular
| conductor enacted the role of the mas
ter searching for his lost charge.
Role of The Master.
The Fort Madison Democrat gives
the following detailed story Of the I'M
usual error.
When Conductor Will Moore of the
Ottumwa line came down to the c., B.
& @. depot this morning to look after
his train, which leaves for Ottumwa at
9 O'clock, there was no train there.
can investigation revealed the fact
that the train crew of the early morn
ing train to Burlington, which arrives
here at 1925 o'clock, had coupled on to
Moore's train, consisting Of combina-
ton mail, and baggage and one coach
and mad taken it to Burlingto.
"The mistake was occasioned by the
order to take The Girl Over There
company's special train to Burlington
they having an engagement there
Their train consisted Of a
baggage and sleeping car, where the
company was quietly 'snoozing' In the
expectation of awaking in Burling-
ton next morning. The train crew got
the wrong train from the siding and
when the company awoke in the morn
ing they were still in Fort Madison,
while Mail Clerk wellington of the OF
\ tumwa train, who sleeps in his car,
awoke to find himself in Burlington,
his dream probably being something
similar to that Of Memo in Slumber-
land which the children read about
in the Sunday illustrated funny sec
ton.
"The Ottumwa train was returned
here and tne mistake Strengthened out
without delay to either the show peo-
pie or the Ottumwa train
Homeseekers Rates High.
At a meeting in Chicago yesterday
representatives Of the larger railway
systems agreed not to abandon the
homeseekers' excursions to the West
Since the passage of two-cent fare
laws in many of the Western states
there had been talk of disseminating
the low homeseeker rates. For three
days the general passenger agents of
the larger systems have been in con-
ference their considering the question
There was minority opinion that
the rates should be entirely wiped out
and the regular tariff charged to all.
Representatives of the Union Pacific,
Burlington, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Northwestern and Rock Island said
that under no circumstances would
they agree to abandon these rates, as
they mad resulted in building the West
1t was agreed, however. that the
homeseekers rates be slightly advanc-
ed after January 1. The maximum ad.
vance will be SIS on each round trip
ticket. To illustrate, the round trip
homeseekers' fare, Chicago to Texas
and other Southwestern states will
go from $25 to $50; to Wichita Kan,
from s20.65 to S22.25 and to Denver
from s25 to $32.15. 1t is planned to
advance the $33 one-way California
rates in the spring to 1913.
Run In Two Sections.
Burlington passenger train No. 8
has been run in two sections four OF
five days of each week. for the past
month, owing to the extraordinary
tourist business that this road has
rad to hadle. The bulk of this traf
fc is carried on No. 3, it being g
through train making important west
ern connections and therefore Is most
popular for tourist travel This train
was in two sections yesterday and to
day, the first section being composed
of the regular train, while the second
section consists of Pullman and the
tourist sleepers numbering as high as
ten sleeping cars to the train
Tomorrow No. 8 will be in three d.
visions in order to accommodate the in
, crease of traffic to the west. Thus II
will readily be seen that the railroad
company finds it imperative to return
to the service No. 10, the fast express
from Chicago, that had been taken of
during June which is to be replaced
by the new time card that becomes eff
Y fective November 10.
Conductor Jake Fleming of the Bur
lington. is taking layoff.
: Brakeman c. w. Vets mas resigned
l his position with the Burlington
Brakeman E. Bruce, has been assigned
to Vets turn with Copeland.
: Booker Washington's Daughter Wed.
Tuskegee, Ala, Oct 28.-An even
: of wide spread interest in coloret
;. circles was the wedding today o
i Miss Portia Washington only daugh
4 ter of DR.. Booker T. Washington, tn,
well-known colored educator and W
!; Sidney Pitman, young negro archi
a tect Of Washington, D. C. The wed
ding took place at the Washington
r home and was largely attended b,
the teachers and students of tn
g Tuskegee institute and other friend
of the bride and bridegroom.