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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
THE COMING OF THE RAILROAD

Christmas day was celebrated this
year by the citizens of Mt. Sterling,
ILL.,. as the semi-centennial of the ar
rival of the first railroad train, then
looked upon and still looked upon as
the most important event in the.town's
history The Chicago Inter Ocean in
referring editorially to the celebration
says:
In the absence of a reference work
of the kind, the motives which led to
the appearance of the first railway
train in Mount Sterling on Christmas
day 1857, must be largely inferred. OF
the attitude of the people toward the
new facility for trade it is safe to as
sumo that it was entirely friendly.
Probably the farmers along the line
turned in and gave a certain amount
Of unpaid work toward it's building.
That was not uncommon then and
later. We may be certain that there
was no croaking on that Christmas
day fifty years ago in Mount Sterling
about "watered stock and "malefac-
tors"
We have gone far since then from
the hopeful faith with which the nor
NAL American rejoiced in every pub
lie improvement, and accepted its
benefits as they were visible, without
bothering his head whether somebody
might make more out of it than he
did. And, as we look back at the So
Der end of SOLDERING year, many Of
us must feel that the old attitude
was better than that lately prevalent,
and that the way for us all to get up
and on together is to rejoice in rather
than deplore the honest success of
any of us toward getting up and on
The sober end of SOLDERING year"
seems to just about fit the case. The
year 1907 came in to find most all OF
us more or less under the influence of
a reform Gag" When the effects Of
this began to wear off, the morning
after head remained until the holi-
day cheer came to turn us to a more
optimistic turn of mind.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
C., M. & ST. p. TRAINS.

No. Going Southwest. Depart
5A-Southwest Limited =. Las a No.
93B-Local freight ......... 7:1Ba. m.
Going East, Via Cut-Of
12A-Chic. Limited ....... 1905 a. n.
8A-Davenport. Chicago =. $50 p. m.
92B--L4ocal freight ......... $50 q. M.
Marion Line. Going North.
10SB-Cedar Rapids, Marion 5:45 D. m.
1OB-Cedar Rapids, st. Paul 1:b6 a. m.
9SB--Local freight ......... 6:S0a. M
Marion Line Coming South.
1G3B--Arrive from Marion .sdo Il liza. m.
9C-Arrive fror Mao 1.2B b. 70.
97B--Lccal freight. arrive. ass p. m,
Freight trains arrive and depart
from Ottumwa Junction
J. P Whelan. Ticket Agent y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31

A Gary, Ind, man went to Chi
cago to spend Christmas. While hel
was gone someone loaded his house
on rollers and drove off with it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31

BURLINGTON ROUTE, c., q. & q
No. Going East. Depart
12A-Chic.,D Dubuque. Quincy 1:20 a. 10.
S2-Local freight .......... e: 20 =. m
18B-Burlingtch, st. Louis. q: s5 a. M
16B-Peoria Dub, Quincy. II: 40 a, m
6A-Chic. Limited $3.50. 2:13 p. m
4A-Chic., st. L.. Quincy. 7:1Bp. m
2A-Chic.. Faoria. Rockford II: Is b. nj
Going West !
5A-Omaha and Nebraska. 1920 a. r,
8A-Omaha. Oregon. Calf 7:50 a. M
e3-Arrive from FIT Mad. 11:45 q M
9A-Peoria to Creston -. 300 D. m.
1lB-Arrive from Chicago. 10: 90 p. m
1A-Chicago to Denver -. sos p. nj
13-Omaha, Billings and
Northwest ...... 4.25 D. m
w. s.. Parker. Ticket Agent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
WABASH RAILWAY.

WABASH RAILWAY.
No Going South Depart.
2A-Moberly, st. j., K. c.. 500 a. m.
50B-Moberly and East -. $3.50 D. m.
Coming North. Arrive
51B-Moberly local ... II: 80 O. m,
sA-From Kansas City,. TOO p. m.
J. p. Whelan, Ticket Agent.
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R.R.TIME TABLES.
r. r. TIME TABLES

A-Daily; B., daily except Sunday
c., Daily except Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
oRMANvILLE.

Ormanville-The following is the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
Tri-W eekly Courier.

Office: 117-119 East Second Street.
Telephone editorial or business
sofice) No. IA
pany. Ottumwa. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31

Entered as second class matter
October II, 1903, at the postoffice. OF
tumwa. Iowa, under the Act OF Congress
OF March 8, 1879.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
DPS. MYERLY G. KREUL.
Physicians and SURGEONS.

BURT LAFoRcE, Phi. c., M. D.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
Glasses scientifically fitted. Office hours
10 to II q. M, and to 5 and Z to O'Clock
3p M. Phone, Office, 2s9; residence. 81.
p2ofHce rooms, 10 and 10 Hoffman, Blk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-31
Weekly Bank cIearines.

New York, Dec, 2S.-Tne total bank
clearings, compiled by Bradstreet's for
the principal cities in the United
States for the past week, were $1,S22,-
991 900, against $2,816,999,00O in the
corresponding week last year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
SAFETY APPLIANCES.

(Mason City Times Herald)
It is a truism not to be denied that
there never was a railroad accident
that could not have been prevented or
avoided This does not mean that the
railroads or the employees are, always
to blame. but that. if the right pre-
cautions had been taken and some err
ror not made that was made. or infor-
nation obtained that might have been
gained, no wreck would have occurred.
1t is believed that most railroad ac-
cidents can be avoided and done away
with by the adoption of perfected
safety appliances and it is believed
that there are inventions now in eX-
istence that would largely reduce the
awful fatality of the rails.
The action of the expert for the in
terstate commerce commission on rail-
way safety devices. looking toward an
investigation to determine whether or
not railways have bought valuable
patents and suppressed them for Pc
cu2iary reason and regardless of the
demands of public safety, seems to be
along the line of the commissions
duty.
We shall probably be told that,
whatever the outcome, 1t is very I'M
timely to start an investigation that
may affect investments in railway Sc
curities. already unsettled by the late
Investigations of the past year.
Nevertheless. if the charges are we'll
founded, the investigation becomes an
urgent duty to the public: if not well
founded the railways should be the
first to welcome any action that will
set at rest the suspicion that patents
on valuable life protecting appliances
have been bought and deliberately
shelved to avoid the expense of adopt
ing them and to prevent rival inter-
ests from getting hold of them
We do not suppose. as a matter Of
fact. that an Informed and practical
railroader in the country can be
found who does not believe that every
large railroad interest. whether steam
or trolley-and for that matter. every
extensive manufacturing interest-has
scores of patents bought up and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
WHERE IS THE D,eFERENCE2

1t is now being quoted in the south
ern Iowa press that the average age OF
United States senators is SOS years.
that about half of the ninety senators
are over so years old, fifteen are be-
tween 81 and 65, fifteen between Sc and
70, eight between Il and IS, and five
between rs and so, ergo Senator Alli-
son at rs ought to be continued In the
senate 50 long as he lives. Granted
that the United States senate is body
calling for men of maturity and wis
dom, and taking the above statistics al
their face, what should be done with
a man who will be 80 years old when
be elected? All but four of the ninety
senators are accounted for in the
above classifcations. Would it not be
necessary to add another. group for
senators between so and 90, and what
is there about the business of the
United States that demands men APP
preaching 80 years old to remain in
service when railroad and commercial
business ask most men to retire be-
tween so and 20? The United States
navy retires men at g. Is the senate
an old peoples home? If a man beyond
81 is too old to command ship how
is it that at 80 he would be especially
equipped to oppose the shrewd corpor-
alton attorneys sent to the senate by
special interests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
QUOTING DAY FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES

The current number of the Insurance
Press is filled up with resumes and
complaints of the Texas and Kansas
fashions of dealing with insurance and
its editorial page is largely devoted to
clippings from other papers condem-
natory of the alleged extremity to whic
natory of the alleged extremity to
which insurance legislation has been
carried
Prominent among quotations is
Chancellor Days statement that "the
constitution is a mere elastic band to
hold the states in compact at the adj
jrsting will of the chief executive.
From our own state. which by an abb
solute concession has just abdicated
its representative government and leg
islative responsibility to the governor,
to the national government, with its
numerous com missions. all subject to
the will of the president we are under
an autocracy with its oligarchic COM
missions"
Perhaps the Insurance Press knows
what it is talking about, but when 1t
quotes Days attack upon the presi-
dent as an "autocrat" and his asser-
ton that the constitution is a rope of
sand" made in the defense of special
interests and monopolies that endow
the Days. it seems to be making a
mistake. The best thing life insurance
companies can do is to assist in the
reform of the business. Revelations
of methods employed In some of the
great companies have not put the pub
lie in mood to listen with equanimity
to quotations from Day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
HE GAINED HIS POINT.
To Do It the Actor Spoiled the Play
and Lost His Position.

To Do 1t the Actor Spoiled the Play
and Lost His Position.
An American actress who had toured
in England was telling her experiences
and related an Incident that amused
her She said:
'In play produced in the provinces
there Is a scene In which the hero
strikes the villain, who sinks away
without seeking to defend himself.
One night in a large manufacturing
town the young fellow who played the
deep dyed scoundrel remarked to the
leading man before the curtain rose:
:" l say, old chap, rye got my fiancee
out In front tonight with her father
and mother Now, of course they don't
know anything about our business, and
I'm afraid 1t would rather hurt me
with them If received blow and got
away In the usual cowardly fashion.
So, dear old chap, can't you omit the
blow tonight?'
"'But, my boy, the management will
fine me shillingsv
".Well. I'll pay the fine
"'Oh, yes! That's all very well for
you, but what do I get out of it:
Nothing but a bad name with the pow
ers that be-
"'Oh, well, I'll give you 2 shillings
extra, or, better yet you hit me az
usual. and III hit back! They'll fine
me. not you. and I'll give you the 9
shillings besides. You see how I'm sit.
uated shouldn't like the girl to mix
me up with the character play. Out
siders are so funny that way
$50 the compact was made. and that
night when the hero cried, Sir Daniel
Deepwater'-or something Of that sort
base offspring Of noble race. take
THAR Sir Daniel not only took that
but gave it back with such force that
the pit in cheers rose at him., includ-
ing his relatives to be by marriage,
and he walked off the stage in triumph.
81 am sorry to add he lost his situa
ton, but he gained his point"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
An Odd Animal Community

Natural enemies Of the animal world
are sometimes found living together in
extraordinary communities. j. G. Mil
lais in volume on animals quotes this
experience Of an observer: con one oc-
casion when ferreting bolted a fox. Il
cat, a stoat and several rabbits and
rats out of the same earth. The fox
bolted first, after giving the ferret a
nip across the back. from the effects OF
which it died an hour later Next came
the stoat and then the cat, both Of
which l shot Then followed the rab-
bits and rats promiscuously. 1t was a
large burrow on the bank of deep,
dry watercourse and often held fox
when l ferreted it afterward."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
IAE1 SCORES ONE.

Secretary Taft was successful in his
control of the Ohio situation thru the
vote Of the state committee, and to this
extent his candidacy for the nomina
ton for president IL promised the
needed foundation of home endorse
ment upon which to raise its struc-
ture. Had Taft lost out in his own
state, his candidacy would have ended
there. Had Foraker been able to
demonstrate even partial control Of the
Ohio situation by getting positive
endorsement out of the committee,
Taft's candidacy would still stand be-
fore the country with a question mark
branded upon IT, But the Taft men
controlled the Ohio state committee.
and they offered as compromise 3
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
IT CAME FROM AEpBuRn's HOME.

The revolt of the Clarinda Herald
against the general sIandpa1 plan of
campaign in it's editorial demand for
the selection of younger man to sue
coed Allison, as noted on the editorial
page of this paper yesterday, leads to
much surmise among> the political
weather sharps. The Clarinda Herald
is published in Hepburn's home town,
is devoted to the interests of Pete
Hepburn first, those Of the Burlington
next. after that the standpat faction.
Beyond these it's sympathies run into
general and miscellaneous" It's de-
mand for a new candidate means
something is doing along the Humes-
ton and Shenandoah, and probably in
the dispatcher's office in Burlington,
When the Clarinda Herald begins sig
Mailing for Allison to be set out on the
passing track, it is reasonable that it
has an eye on the "caboose" and that
the conductor is busy with his Ian
tern.
1t is notable that the first standpat
admission that Allison is Unavailable
came from Hepburn's home paper and
one entirely in touch with the poll
ticians who control that part of Iowa
known as the reservation. 1t suggests
that Mr.. Rlythe may have concluded
that his time has come to strike for
an honor that has long been tantalizing
his hopes, or possibly that Mr.. Hep
burn himself would not be adverse to
promotion from the lower to the up
per house. 1t makes one thing very
clear. that the objections to Allison's
retirement In favor of q younger man
vanish when the prospective successor
bears the right brand.
1t is fair to assume that the Herald's
radical utterance was not made
thoughtlessly and without consultation
with those much concerned with the
political destinies Of that part of Iowa
over which the 20" has long played
checkers in transportation and poll
tics It indicates a change of the
goods in the show windows. Allison is
to be removed as shopworn. Just who
will be shown in his place must be a
window dressers run up the curtain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31

resolution which read in effect We are
aker or Dick from their Offices" which
was merely consistent with Taft's own
declaration that he had no war to
make upon the two senator's but that
he purposed to have the state of Ohio
back of his candidacy for president.
The resolution offered as a compro-
mise and rejected by Foraker with a
denial of the committees right to re-
solve for the state. is another evil
dence of the ineongruous and inconsist-
ent situations which are constantly
evolved In politics. Not long ago For
aker and Dick won an endorsement
from an Ohio state convention by cam
paigning among the people of that
state with the argument that they
We're the particular friends and sup
porters of the president. Foraker's OPP
position to Roosevelt and all that
Roosevelt was trying to do was no.
torious thruout the land at the time.
but the ruse worked in Ohio Now
Taft has 10 fight for his very politica!
life and offers resolution in the hour
of victory stating that we do not ia
vor the elimination of Foraker or Dick
from their offices The Taft crowd
will not be organized in Ohio twelfth
month until there will be Taft men
groomed for both the senatorial jobs.
To say that there is not war on in
Ohio politics is to repeat pleasant
parlor lie 1t is an evidence of the in
Of many a compromise utter
ance In American politics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
The Warrant.

The Vasrant.
Gamma Mcclure Shon in Appleton's
Magazine.)
He came unto the door of heaven,
Free as OF old and gay:
What hast thou done the porter
cried,
THAT thou should pass this way"
Hast fed the hungry, clothed the
poor"
The vagrant shook his head.
Il drank my wine and | was glad,
But did not give them bread"
Hast prayed upon the altar steps,"
Nay. but I loved the sun
Hast wept?" The blossoms of the
spring
I gathered, every one"
But what fair deed canst thou pre-
sent?
Like light. one radiant beam?"
Il robbed no child of his fairy tale,
No dreamer of his dream"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31

shelved for purely pecuniary reasons.
1t is the bearing of such acts on the
lives and safety of the very public
from which the railroads receive
rights and privileges not otherwise
obtainable that just now concerns the
interstate commerce commission.
On the results of that investigation
should depend subsequent action by
every state legislature as to purely
state railways.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
Topics Of the Times

| The main difference between Chaun-
| is that the emperor resigned.
| Governor Johnson of Minnesota is
paying very little attention to his pres
dential boom. Governor Johnson al
ways did act just like other people
| Taft took the Ohio committee away
| from Foraker like taking candy from
children.
i The Nevada Representative ventures
the opinion that at the proper time the
Fairbanks candidacy will be found to
have a very large amount of the best
| Iowa and in other states. But the
Iowa and in other states. But if the
prophet of the Representative be
judged by his prediction that Story
| county would go for Perkins last fall,
he. in common with other prophets.
munity.
Senator Pettus will be succeeded in
the United States senate by ex-Gover-
nor Joseph F. Johnston. Governor
Johnston is a native of North Caro-
lima. He served in the confederate
army thru the entire war and was
wounded four times. He was COVER
nor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900. Ht
belongs to the class of public men who
do credit to the south in congress.
The band of the Second United States
cavalry played for the Perry chautau-
qua last Sunday afternoon. supplying
the place of an organization that de-
faulted. If this was treason, let I'm
Gle George Perkins make the most
of it.
All the male residents Of Kerisova, in
Hungary, having emigrated to Ameri
ca, this village of $500 souls by the
last census is left without man to
order about and keep from smoking in
the house.
We read about the state fair losing
the bulk of it's newspaper advertising
this year. but since We read the same
thing in almost every paper printed,
all the state fair need do is to keep up
the controversy until the middle OF
August and it will not come out such
loser as reported.
United States Senator Bacon o.
Georgia has been rendered practically
penniless by the failure of the Elk
change bank at Macon.
There We're once two young women
who married.
Z And the question arising, How were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
Iowa Newspapers
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
JUMPING TO A CONCLUSION.


There Is much talk of a dictator
ship" in Iowa papers which opposed
Governor Cummins during the last
election. 1t is an easy thing to say.
1t is one OF the things calculated to
annoy; as intangible as mosquito
and as prone to bite. Because the
progressives Of the state are har-
monious body. working together for
the ends which they consider right
and in harmony with the man who
stands for those ideas, is this to be
taken for proof positive that despot-
ism exists in Iowa politics? Purely in
passing it might be remarked that the
only real despotism in Iowa politics
was when Ed Hunter was driving
standpatters with an iron hand dur
ing the campaign recently closed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31

they to spend their spare time? one of
them took up the study of Greek his
tory. while the other plunged into So
ciety,
The sequel is curious.
For their husbands Were driven to
exactly the same kind of drink.-Puck
The new law requiring the election
of town road inspectors and county su-
pervisors is now being complied with
in the state of Minnesota. The county
boards and the town supervisors are
ficers as provided by the new law. 1t
is not expected that much will be ac-
complished this year. as the law was
passed after the road overseers had
been elected. and it is reported that
the town boards are showing a dis
position to let them serve out their
terms.
Others who seem to have had oppor-
tunity for learning something of the
practical effects of open-air employ
ment of prisoners. say that prisoners
air. rather than sit in idleness in pris-
on. In the annual report of the state
engineer and surveyor of New York
the statement is made that in a num-
Der of counties of this state prisoners
have been employed for years in max
i i
local authorities are convinced that
this is a wise plan. The chief reasons
this is wise plan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
Feminine Bravery,

Tom = Do you think women are
Drawer than men? Dick Yes. do.
never saw one yet that wouldn't take a
chance at marriage. = Detroit Free
Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Democrats are predicting they will
elect the next legislature" notes the
Davenport Times, but they have me-
elected to explain where they are going
to get the votes in presidential
year"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31

Swell society in Newport seems sur
prised to learn that an ape dresses
as we'll and behaves as we'll at the
table as its own members, but the rest
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Respect for the Judiciary and its
judgments and decreeS-are not the
state courts entitled to some of it?
Are the federal courts alone to mon
opoliZe it all even to the point of
showing no respect themselves for the
state courts and state institutions p
Springfield Republican,.
If the democratic national commit
tee doesn't meet in the goodly, and
now quite godly, city of Louisville
Marse Henry won't give the party
even a peep into the recesses of his
presidential stable.--Cincinnat Com
mercial- Tribune.
Now a Tennessee judge is thinking
of fining the Standard Oil Company
about S30.000,000. If this thing keeps
up John D. may begin to feel like 80
cents.-Atlanta Journal
The fact that some German officers
were in a balloon over Berlin three
hours ought not to be regarded as rec
ord-breaking. The car of Russia has
been up in the air for several years.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31
of the world is not surprised.-Ph
delphia Record

The government has ordered an i'm
provement in the quality of paper
used for postal cards. Can't something
be done for the pictures too. while
We're about it?-Ohio State Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-31

The New York World says the mint
julep has been traced back to 1919
and to Salem. Mass. No doubt COL
umbus introduced it among the In
dians.-Memphis Appeal