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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
HAZEL DELL.

Hazel Dell.-Mrs. Chas. Fielder of
South Ottumwa, was the guest of Mrs.
S. A. Sawyer last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Kennedy and
little daughter, Jessie, visited Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Baum east of
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lottridge or
South Ottumwa, spent Thursday with
their daughter, Mrs. G. E. Haines.
Miss Vjrgie Baum is on the sick list.
Rev. Gunberg of Ottumwa, conduct
ed preaching services at the j. E. Mel
son home last Sunday afternoon.
H. R. Smith, wife and little daughter
May from near Bladensburg, were
guests at the w. G. Smith home last
Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Gibbs of Ottumwa, spent
last Thursday with Miss Virgie
Baum.
Mrs. Ida Condor and little son, re-
turned to their home in Missouri Mon
day, after several weeks visit with
Mrs. Condor's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. f. Skinner. She was accompanied
home by her brother, Elmer Skinner,
VINO will make a two weeks visit with
her.
w. q. Dexter, wife and children
spent Sunday at the F. l.. Dexter home
Miss Nellie Truitt of Drakesville Is
visiting few days at the home of her
uncle. o. G. Truitt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31

Conductor Jake Fleming of the Bur
lington. is taking layoff.
Brakeman c. w. Vets mas resigned
his position with the Burlington.
Brakeman E. Bruce, has been assigned
to Vets turn with Copeland,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
MEAT PRICES Are
DECLINING SOME.
REPORT CONES FROM CHICAGO
THAT BIG HOUSES WILL CUT
STILL FARTHER
FOOD sTUFFs TO DROP
MorrelI G. Co. Give Out Statement
Explaining Local Conditions Of
the Hog Market - Lower
Prices Later.

A report comes from Chicago that
a general reduction in the retail
prices Of meats was phophesied for
Chicago and the middle west. The
first cut was announced in Omaha.
wheer it was reported that Edward
H. Cudahy, president of the Cudahay
Packing company, had reduced the
price Of all meats 10 per cent an that
a still further reduction was ex-
pected,
In explanation Mr. Cudahy said
that he believed that the time had
come for general substantial re-
duction in the cost of living if the
average citizen is to share in the
country's prosperity.
II believe" he said, there will be
an immediate decline all along the
necessary to human life For some
time we have been buying cheaper
and we think We are justified in sell
ling cheaper. The consumer will get
the benefit, as the retailers have
promised to pass the reduction along.
1t will mean saving to every man,
woman and child in the country
Statement of Morrell G. Cto.
MOrrell az 20. reports. our PRICES
are based on the cost Of the live
stock. The cured product being sold
today is from hogs costing 81 per
hundred pounds higher than present
prices. A reduction will take place as
meats from lower priced hogs are
ready for market.
Beef prices remain steady to a
shade lower, the higher grades COM
manding full prices. A reduction Is
looked for as the season advances"
"The present monetary flurries In
the east and the action being taken
by the big meat concerns goes to
show that the price of food products
has reached its zenith and that de-
cline will be noted from now on. F"
said a prominent retail merchant to-
| day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31

tify to a previous experience in the
ordeal. Owing to the discovery of two
cases of smallpox in the university
dormitories on Saturday the school
authorities ordered general vaccina
ton. The university is in no danger
of quarantine at present, however, ac-
cording to DR.. Charles P. Small. the
university physician.
Dr. Small and his assistants have
made the round of the dormitories and
vaccinated such students as had not
obeyed the order. The students in
Middle Divinity Hall and North Hall.
where the smallpox cases were found,
will be required to make their own
teds in the immediate future, as the
janitors object to taking risks.
"No new cases have been discovered
today and there is no reason to. sup
pose that the university will be quar-
antined," said Doctor Small.
Practically all Of the students have
been vaccinated, and there will be no
DANCE: from association in the class
rooms The halls will not be quaran-
tined unless more cases develop"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
How ard
Watches

In the old days the Howard watch
was sign of wealth in that they
were very expensive and somewhat
rare. With the new ways of making
watches and the time and labor saw
ing machinery these watches are now
en- the market at very reasonable
price If you are interested in high
grade watch Of this kind let me show
you enc of these fine watches. We
have them from $50 up.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
kiRkVILLE.

Kirkville-Mrs. Eta Strawn of
Hopkins, Mo, and Mrs. Louie Waters
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
VACCINE FOR ALL STUDENTS.

Doctors Go Right After University Of
Chicago Smallpox
Scare.
Chicago, Oct. 29.-University Of Chi
cago students have had to
be vaccinated or had to tes-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
Obituary

Minerva Dickson. wife Of Felix
Dickson was born in southern Mis-
souri, Dec. %, 1S47, and departed this
life Oct. 20, 1907, aged SO years..
months and zo days She was mar
ried to Mr. Dickson May 10, 1872, and
their union was blessed by four chill
dren.
She was faithful and kind mother
and devoted wife, and her life was
ever that of an exemplary Christian,
being patient through all her suffer
ing, ever trusting God for help. Her
last hour was a happy one and one of
Christian triumph, calling all her
family around her she talked to each
one repeatedly. And just before
death she slasped her hands and
sang one verse of "The Home Of the
Soul" and said it is so sweet for a
Christian to die, that it was only a
step from earth to Heaven
She leaves to mourn their loss Il
husband, two sons and one daughter,
one daughter having preceded her TO
the better land.
Funeral services were held from
the Bloomfield Baptist church October
%, conducted by Rev w. E. Over
turf and the remains were laid to rest
in the Dunville cemetery to await the
resurrection morn The family have
the sincere sympathy of their many
s.-COntributed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-31
Booker washlnston's Daughter Wed

Booker Washington's Daughter WEEDS
Tuskegee, Ala, Oct. 2S.-An event
of wide spread interest in colored
circles was the wedding today Of
Miss Portia Washington only daugh-
ter of DR.. Booker T. Washington, the
well-known colored educator and W.
Sidney Pitman, young negro archi-
tect Of Washington, D. C. The wed
ding took place at the Washington
home and was largely attended by
the teachers and students of the
Tuskegee institute and other friends
Of the bride and bridegroom.
The bride is "a years old and was
educated at Wellesley and other fam
Gus Eastern colleges for girls. After
her graduation she travelled extern
sively in Europe in company with her
mother. The bridegroom is native
of Montgomery, Ala, and graduated
from the Tuskegee normal institute
in 1897. He studied architecture at
the Drexel institute and superintend-
e.. the construction of several of the
large buildings at Tuskegee institute,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18

ootn hands for that kind OF a law,
rhen We misunderstood the desire OF
criminal natures
The most narrowing murder. like
that which was committed at Blaine
the other night, may take place-and
vet not one word touching that crime
shall be permitted to be circulated In
print by any publisher of the state.
wherever law mas become lax, then
crime increases-and what has tended
more toward the conviction of GRIM
lnals and the prevention Of crime than
the publicity given to the acts OF
criminals and the punishment they re-
ceive.
ION the other hand there isn't an
honest man who fears neither man
nor God, because his acts are right,
that wants the press muzzled. There
isn't a community in the common
wealth where wrong is being commit
ted that doesn't want that wrong ex-
Iosed by the public press-but the
Graves bill would not permit such ex-
posture. There isn't a great undertake
ing for reform, or any great. benefit
whose promoters want the press muz-
Zled."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18

The advance sale is heavy.
by James T. Tanner with lyrics by
Adrian Ross additional lyrics by Percy
Greenbank, music by Lionel Moncton.
Most of these men 1ere interested in
writing San Toy" THE Geisha" and
"A Runaway Girl" but the former two
are the gems of their combined eff
forts and will be presented here the
same as they were at Days theatre,
New York. The comedy in both plays
is bright as to lines and situations, the
music is catchy throughout. Each
play has been written in two acts. and
are both set in a framework of fanci-
full grace and imaginative beauty. The
company will open tonight with "A
Country Girl" tomorrow evening they
will present THE Cingalee.' The
cast is an important one, and the
chorus is the handsomest and best
singing chorus that has ever graced a
musical play. The regular orchestra
will be augmented with the company
own musicians. The engagement prom
Uses to be one of extraordinary mer-
it and magnitude.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18

not long ago he wanted man to work
about the house and garden of his
suburban place. and desiring a relia.
BILE negro, offered unusually good
wages in the advertisement he insert
ed in the city paper. Among the other
qualifications he required was that
applicants be married
One negro in particular among the
throng of those who appeared in an
swer to the advertisement pleased the
representative, and he called HON to
one side, relates Harper's Weekly.
"You seem to be a reliable sort of
man; are you married." he asked.
Deed an ah amt, sah," the negro
replied.
But my man will have to be mar
ried. l am sorry that you are not, "
the representative said, turning away.
"Hol' on, sab; please. sab, one min
ute the man said. For minute he
appeared lost in thought, then seemed
to come to a determination.
''Th1l meet dat lection, sab, he said.
"Ah'H be right hyah in de mawnin'.
Hits a heap easier ter git married
dan ter git er job good as dis one,
hit shO' isl"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18
GRAVES BILL AIDS CRIME.

Newspapers throughout the state
are protesting against the Infamous
Graves bill which, if it becomes law
gives exceptional protection to all
classes Of criminals In commenting
upon the Objectionable measure the
Seattle Times says:
1T only needs a glance at Booths
bill to determine how drastic and de-
structive it's terms and conditions are,
and yet Graves of Spokane only re-
grets that Booth didn't set up another
night and concoct an additional meth
of mulcting the publisher While
there isn't a publisher worthy the
name, having any considerable prop
not go to the limit in protecting hon
est people from adverse criticism, or
from any damages suffered by reason
of "a publication in their property, he
does object to opening the floodgates
of prosecution to certain class of
people, under the direction of GER
tain kind of legal talent, that would
keep the courts busy for nine months
out of the year.
1T is well enough to add that this
same man Graves, not being satisfied
with the Booth bill, introduced senate
bill No. 1872. by the terms of which
every publisher in the state Of Wash
ington would be completely and abso
lutely muzzled.
According to the terms of this bill
of Graves ievery newspaper in the
state would be turned into a Sabbath
school lessOn-with the possible righ
| to print the sermons of the ordained
| church only.
According to the terms of this bill
not one word about crime in any form
can be printed-and if any publishes
has the audacity to try it he is to b,
sent up for life. What a glorious Law
| this would be for every rotten heart
ed scoundrel in the state of Washing
ton.
There isn't a burglar or a murdere
in the entire commonwealth that would
not vote for the Graves bill. standing
on tiptoe with both hands in the air
when a divorce case is to be triet
in the courts-no matter how outrag
eous the testimony may be-not on
line is to be published by any news
paper in the state Of Washington
/ IF there be rapist on the face o
the earth that would not vote witt
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18

E4
indiscriminaie.'x We cannot share Mr..
browns surprise. We hardly need to
remind him that within few months
his own railway has been heavily fin
ed for giving rebates to the sugar
trust; that discrimination in favor of
the Standard Oil company has. in one
form or another. been pretty general
and systematic; that Pennsylvania
Railroad officials have been found
guilty of gross favoritism to coal COM
panies in which they own stock; and
that Edward H. Hartman has been
plunging in Wall street with about
$5O,OO0,0O0 of Union Pacific funds and
the credit of the company at his back.
These are items from the current news
The New York Central and the Penn
our best conducted railways; and peo-
pie jump to the conclusion that if
these corporations have been so law
less. the offences are neither local nor
occasional
There is cure for all this hostility
to railroads and if they will take it it
will be found effective. Let these
great corporations disabuse their
minds of the idea that they are big
ger than the state, that they do not
have to obey the laws, that they can
use their power as they please. Let
them keep in mind that they are crea-
lures of much greater power and let
them conduct themselves as it was in
tended they should when they were
created and they will have no trou-
BILE.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18

seeking for minerals. Some of these
prospectors died and their horses. left
to their own devices. did the best thew
could and shifted for themselves. and
as years went by they became will.
| err and wilder. all the time breeding
| among themselves, their offspring be-
| ing wilder still. From time to time
settlers and ranchers have brought
| in large bands Of horses from the
Texan ranges, and the loss of two
three or more head on the way up is
thing of frequent occurrence Time
has wrought many changes in these
little animals, and today it is hard to
realize they are descended from good
breeds, but driving billiards., snow
storms and rain have changed the ma
| lures of these horses entirely. Insteau
of stately Percneron the breed has
developed into little shaggy animal.
wild and vicious and Of no use to
any one. On the rugged peaks of the
Rockies they can be seen jumping from
crag to crag-black one, white ones
bays. browns and every combination
of color ever seen. Some are plain
but the majority of them are spotted
brown. black or white.
Ask an old settler how many of
these animals exist and he may tell
you a thousand; and the next man
you ask may feel positive there are
10000 of them, every seemingly having
nip,in of t,,ni,
Often they travel singly, but their
custom is to wander around the coun-
try in bands led by some old stallion
who has fought for his position and
held it against all corners, for it is
the hardest that leads the band. Ere
quently efforts have been made to cap
ture the leader of one of these bands
but seldom with any success, as they
are agile and cunning as any of the
wild animals which roam the wilds OF
northwestern Canada.
When food gets scarce in the mount
aims they come down to the pastures
and eat it bare as though a cloud of
locusts had encamped there, and on
these occasions they become acquaint-
ed with tame horses in the pastures
and often lead them away to spend
their lives of wandering and idleness,
much to the annoyance of the farmers.
who have lost many valuable horses
in this way.
At the last session of the British
Columbia legislature an act was pass
ed allowing any one to shoot these
animals during certain seasons of the
year. but by this means it will be
many years before they become ex-
tinct,
In certain parts of British Columbia
agitation is now being raised to in
duce the government to give a bounty
for each animal killed. but so far
nothing definite has been accomplish
ed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18
Never at a Loss.

Prof E. H. Strobel, who has re-
signed the Bemis professorship of in
ternational law at Harvard in order
once more to become general adviser
to the Siamese government, is one OF
the worlds leading authorities on in
ternatiOnal law.
Professor Strobel has travelled much
and at a recent dinner in Cambridge
ne told a story of his travels.
"The speaker" he said, referring
to a famous wit reminds me of the
famous La Guerliche of Flanders. La
Guerliche was never at a loss.
"Once the king of Flanders was
passing through La Guerliche's coun.
try, and he admired the fine farm OF
Carefree, the bailiff.
"'WhOse farm is that?"' said the
king.
"'Carefree, the bailiff's, SIRE was
the answer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18
REFUSED LOAN; SHOT LANDLADY
Man Who Wounded Mrs. Farmer Says
Act was Accidental.

NEWARK. N. j.. Feb. .S.-Louis
| See, % years old, a hatter, who board
ed with Mrs Catherine Farmer, at
344 Bergen street, asked her to lend
him 50. Mrs. Farmer refused and
See whipped out a revolver and swung
it in the air. According to his story
! it went off accidentally and the bullet
struck Mrs. Farmer in the right hip.
| causing a flesh wound.
! The woman was removed to the City
! hospital in the police ambulance See
was arrested later and arraigned be-
| fore Judge Herr in the fourth precinct
police court. He was committed in
default of $1,000 bail to await the &C
| ton of the grand jury. In court See
said that he did not know the revolver
was loaded.
Il tried to shoot it last Fourth of
July. and it would not go off. and
again tried to celebrate the shooting
out of the old year. and it failed to
| work then" said the prisoner.
When the police learned of the affair
Detective Koerber and Policeman
Reilly and Kass FASTENED to the hous.
but See was not around. Policeman
Horter, Holzhauer, and Huebner We're
also sent out to investigate and sue
ceeded in placing See under arrest.
when he returned to the Bergen street
house, after he had visited his father
at 191 Prince street and told what he
had done. While at the home of his
parent, See threw the revolver with
which he did the shooting, into the
stove in the parlOr.
The house where the shooting oc-
Cured is three stories. with a family
on each floor. Mrs. Farmer lives on
the first floor. 1t is said that See had
arranged to go to one Of the local
theaters with a friend and wanted the.
money to purchase the tickets. Mrs.
Farmer will be able to leave the hispi-
tai in a few days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18
Apostrophe to Dad.
Kansas City Journal.

An exchange fills in with this bit
of anonymous philosophy which is
scissored from 1.-The Earth
We happened in a home the other
night, and over the parlor door saw
the legend worked in letters of red
Across the room was another brief
God bless our home
Now, what's the matter with Goo
bless Dad?" He gets up early, lights
the dew of the lawn with his boots
while many a mother is sleeping. HI
makes the weekly handOut for the
butcher, the milkman, the baker ant
has been home an hour
If there is a noise during the nigh
dad is kicked in the back and mad,
to go down stairs and find the burg
lar and kill him. Mother darns thu
socks, but dad bought the socks il
the first place, and the needles an(
the yarn afterwards. Mother does III
the fruit: well, dad bought it all ant
jars and sugar cost like mischief.
Dad buys chicken for the Sunda!
dinner, carves it himself, and draw
the neck from the ruins after ever!
one is served. What is home withou
a mother? Yes, that is all right; blu
what is home without a father"
Ten chances to one it's a boarding
house-father is under a slab and tn
landlady is the widow. Dad, here's t.
you-you've got your faults-you ma.
have many of them-but you're al
right, and we will miss you when yol
are gone.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18
".Carefree eh?' said the king. Well

"'Carefree eh?' said the king. Well
if he is Carefree, he is happier than
1 am. Let word be sent that shall
give him audience tomorrow, and l
shall then ask this merry fellow three
questions: First, how much the moon
weighs; second, how much his king is
worth, and third, what 1 am thinking.
If he answers one of these questions
wrong. he will be hanged
Now. when Carefree heard of his
approaching royal audience, he was In
despair. But La Guerliche said to
him:
I'VE are both in love with Ninette.
Surrender your claim to her and / will
go to the king tomorrow in your place
"Carefree shook his friend warmly
by the hand.
81 surrender Ninette gladly he
said. What is girl alongside Of ones
life? Heaven bless you, La Guerliche.
Next day La Guerliche appeared
before the king.
We'll, you said the monarch.
fiercely, how much does the moon
weigh?''
Just a hundredweight, your ma
jesty.' was the answer :.
How do you make that out"
"'Does it not consist of four quar-
ters?"
Right. said the king. Now tell
me what you put my value at?'
"'Twenty-nine pieces of silver.
sire
What do you mean. scoundrel?'
"'Ah, sire said La Guerliche, piOus-
ly, you have forgotten that our mas
ter was sold for thirty pieces. AS
good Christian. l must put your worth
just little lower
"'Um-Verywell,' said the king
And now tell me what l think
81 will, sire You think I'm Bailiff
Carefree.'
Yes.
well, I'm not. Pm La GuerliChe.'
- will appoint you secretary of
state On the spot cried the king en-
Enthusiastically"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-18
ADJUSTMENTS
DAILY COMPANY IS BEST.

According to all press reports and
critics as well as the recommendations
of opera house managers throughout
the east and west, the Augustin DAILY
company, which will produce THE
Country Girl" this evening and "Cinga-
lee" tomorrow evening at the Keylor
Grand, is, as announced the best COM
pany of it's kind that has ever toured
the west and was heralded in the east
as the most competent aggregation
which has made it's appearance in
many seasons.
ing this company he has succeeded
in offering to the people of Walla
Walla an attraction the like of which
is seldom seen except in the larger
cities Of the east. This is the original
Augustin Daily company and is now
making its first western tour. No
more beautiful scenery, no more gorge
Gus costumes and no more competent
and entertaining artists are to be
found on the stage.
MdIldSeI NudS. MueIllllldll, VI Spo-
kane, yesterday sent the following tele-
gram to Mr.. Catron, which, of itself.
assures the theatre-goers that the
performances might and tomorrow
night will be all tina has been repre-
sented:
j. B. CatrOn,
Manager Kaylor rand theatre,
Walla Walla. Wash,
AuguStin Daily company is one of the
events of the season. You cannot rec
ommend it too highly.
MTrECuJ MAN