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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
| 800 BUXTON
Mine RS LAY
DOWN WORK
MEN CLAIM THAT THE MINES
ARE POORLY VENTILATED AND
THAT COMPANY REFUEsE TO
MAKE CONDITIONS BETTER

Buxton. Aug. 23.-(Special.) AT a
mass meeting of the Buxton miners
last night 1t was decided to suspend
work today until the grievances be-
tween the mine workers and the man.
ayers are adjusted. Accordingly to-
day not one of the 1900 miners work
ing in the many mines went to work
today.
The men claim that the mines are
80 poorly ventilated that they are
compelled to lay off work from day
to day to avoid sickness. They claim
that the company requires them to
give notice of any reasons they may
have for laying off, and that every
time they have been compelled to lay
off they have given as an excuse the
poor ventilation in the mines For
this reason they claim the company
has been repeatedly notified, but has
refused to take any steps toward re
lieving the difficulty.
The company. on the other hand,
make the claim that they have never
been notified that the ventilation was
not all that could be desired, or that
there was any drawback to working
conditions
Secretary Perry of the u. M. w. A.
and w. w. White Of Oskaloosa, are in
Buxton today meeting with the mine
owners. They express the belief that
the difficulty will be settled today
and that the men will return to work
tomorrow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
SAGE EXPECTS
150 CROP MEN
At DES MONIES
EXPERTS FROM ALLovER THE
STATE WILL ASSEMBLE AT
CAPITAL CITY IN ANNUAL
MEET

Des Moines, Aug. 23-Crop Director
j. R. Sage expects about $50 local
crop reporters from different parts
of the state to be in Des Moines next
week. Invitations have been sent out
to each reporter which entities them
to admission to the state fair. Mr..
Sage will occupy his cottage on the
fair grounds all week as usual, where
he will meet the crops men to talk
over conditions. The new reporters
are given instructions as to how best
to carry on the work, and suggestions
for the betterment Of the service are
received and discussed. One year
Mr.. Sage attempted to hold formal
meeting of the reporters, but he
found it impossible to get enough Of
them together at one time to accom-
plish anything. Since then he has
met them informally in the cottage
provided as his headquarters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
Most Unusual Gather
ing of Pioneers Ever
Assembled in This
County Present to
Aid in This Most
Eventful of Cele-
brations.
AGE
IN GOOD TIME

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An unusual feature Of the centen-
nial celebration at the home of
Mrs. Matte Kirkpatrick Of High
land Center yesterday, observing
the one-hundredth birthday ami
versary of George M. Lentner, was
the presence Of scores of pioneers
who have lived in Wapello county
half century or more. Here are
the names Of some of those in at
tendance:
Caswell Dennis. the second old !.
est man In the gathering, is past
80 years of age and has been in
the county since 1865.
Mrs. Hannah Kirkpatrick, the
third oldest, Is S8 years old. She
came to Wapello county in lS49,
Robert Mccormick, is so years
old. He has been in the county
since 1S48.
Major Hamilton is 80 years old.
He has been in Wapello county for
So years.
Demosthenes Newell is II years
of age. He has been in the county
for 60 years.
A. M. Bowlin, aged 75, came to
this county in 1855.
Mrs. A, M. Bowlin, aged rs,
came to this county with her par
ents In 1S43, when land was first
opened for settlement. She Is the
daughter of Elias Kitterman.
William H. Giltner, aged rs, has
been 81 years in the county.
George Bane, "A years old has
been here since 1872.
Captain w. H. Kitterman, II
years old Wednesday. come to the
county when it was first opened
for settlement in 1843.
David Cobbler, aged 70 years.
Came here In 1843 when the coun.
try was first opened up.
A. B. Phelps, aged 6S. Came here
in 1852.
Major Samuel Mahon, aged &C.
In county since 1866.
w. M. Wheaton. aged 65.In coun.
ty since 1869.
II. w. Uoke, aged SO. In county
since 1858.
George Dickens, aged 63. In
county since 1846.
George Hills, aged SO. In the
county 35 years.
Major T. P. spilman, aged So
years. Been in county since 1865.
A. ]. Davis, aged 81. Been in
county since 1851.
Wade Kirkpatrick, born in this
county Sc years ago.
R. l.. Canny, born in county 5E
years ago.
John Dimmitt. born in county sc
years ago.
| Frank Giltner, born in county As
years ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
ALWAYS INDICATED
DESIRE TO FRIENDS
Doubt in Some Quarters Of
State Prompted the Sem
ator to Give Defin-
lite Statement.

Dubuque. Aug. EX-SENATOR AllN
son late yesterday afternoon in rel
sponse to an inquiry from the Asso.
ciated Press as to his candidacy fol
reelection to the United States sens
ate. said:
''The Associated Press Is authorized
to announce that win be candidate
before the primary for the republican,
nominee for the United States senata
to succeed myself have invariably
80 Indicated to friends when inters
rogated on the subject and have
supposed it was generally understood
throughout the state that was d
candidate for reelection. But 1t havs
ing been shown that in certain quar-.
ters lately that there was doub. on
the subject. and that probably l would
not again be candidate, feel that
Justice to all calls for this definite
lstatement." !"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
ROADS NOT ALL REPRESENTED
Deadlock compIlcates the 3. r. T.
Strike Confer

Denver, Colo, Aug. Complica-
tions have arisen in the negotiations
for Joint conference between repre-
sentatives OF the Brotherhood Of Rail
way Trainmen, who are demanding a
fiat increase of cents an hour for
the yardmen on all roads from Den
yer west, and the managers, who are
in Denver to meet them.
Last night it was thought the situa-
tion was cleared, but the failure of
several Of the largest roads in the ter
ritory to send representatives or give
any one authority to act for them has
brought about the deadlock.
Up to noon no word had been re.
ceived from the Santa Fe, the Bur-
lington, the Missouri Pacific, or North
ern Texas Pacific.
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Oldest Man in Wapel-
10 County Passes
Century Mark With
Descendants a n d
Companions Of Pio-
neer Days About
Him.
SINGS AMERICA
WITH OTHERS
From fridays Daily.

HTOm fT1Q6y l@liy.
(By a Staff Correspond
Seated In his easy chair on raised
platform, around him his scores OF |
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren, his pioneer friends OF
half century and the children and
grandchildren Of these pioneers,
George M. Lentner. Wapello county's
Oldest man, yesterday celebrated his
one.hundredth birthday. And during
the entire day. as the celebration last
ed all day, this venerable patriarch
was the happiest man in the land,
the smile that illumined his counten-
ance and frightened the eyes that
have looked out on the world so long
and seen SO much, seeming to fall as
a benediction, an affectionate tnvoca-
tion Of happiness for all the world.
And directly behind him, SO close
that he was often half encircled by
It's folds in the breeze, was the Ameri-
can hag-that flag which his grand
father fought for In the revolution
ary war; the flag for which his grand
father offered his life in the war Of
1919, and for which his two sons a
half century later fought when the In
tegrity of the union was assailed.
For the last year he had had but
one fear-that he would not live to
reach the century MARYLAND during
the last week this has been more than
ever a source Of worry. But when
the August sun rose in the heavens
yesterday and he had reached the
goal for which he had been striving,
his fears vanished and genuine hap.
piness took their place.
contenarlan areets Old Friends.
When the crowds of descendants
and old neighbors began to drive In
during the morning hours Mr.. Lent.
ner sat In his easy chair and greeted
his visitors His eyes have looked
out upon the world so long that the
sight Is almost gone, but his hearing
remains, though the voices must be
raised; and his mind Is as bright as
boys Of twenty.
Grandfather, this is Mr.. Newell" :"
was announced as an old friend came
In among the early arrivals.
"Why Demosthenes, how are you 2"
the patriarch rejoined. "It's long
time since I've seen you"
"aAnd this is Mr.. Hills" was an
nounced.
"Why Hills" said the centenarian,
Il haven't seen you since we lived
together down at Nasby corners"
Fred G. Orelup, whose wife, Matte
Hinsey Orelup, is granddaughter OF
Mr.. Lentner, came in. We'll, grand.
father" he said, "how are you feeling
today?"
"oh, I'm feeling pretty WELL" was
the reply
Mr. Orelup. who has always been a
great friend Of the patriarch, took him
his first ride on the railroad train
when he was 81 years old, and dur
ing the ten miles from Highland Cen
ter to Ottumwa the then octogenar.
ian held on to the seat as If afraid
to trust the steed Of steel that pro.
PEELED the train.
A Foot Race Fell Through.
Then Jacob Lowenberg, another
pioneer, came in to exchange few
words of greeting Leaving the room
he met A. B. Phelps of Competine
another who has been here over hall
century.
Phelps, I'd like to run you foot
race today while all our friends are
here Mr.. Lowenberg challenged
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MARVIN BOYS BODY IN IOWA.
VIII Rest in Logan Park Cemetery
In Sioux City Beside Body Of
Mother,

Sioux sity, Aug. 23-The remains
of little Horace Marvin, whose body
was found in marsh near the farm
of his father, DR.. ]. N. Marvin, near
Dover Del, following several weeks
search by skilled detectives for kid
nappers, will be brought here next
month and laid to rest beside the
mother at Logan Park cemetery.
Harvey Marvin Of Blunt, s. D., a
half brother of the dead child, was
here yesterday and stated that DR..
Marvin will come for brief visit but
expects to return east He said re-
ports sent out by correspondents of
Dover that DR.. Marvin intends to re-
sumo residence in Sioux City are
without foundation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
GUN FIGHT is
~ FATAL TO TWO
KENTUCKIANS
coNsTABLE ENDEAvoRs TO
oUELL DISTURBANCE AT FAIR
DEAD - MOTHER WITH BABE
AT BREAST SHOT

London, KY, Aug. 23.-In a free
for all gun fight near the fair grounds
at Barbourville, Constable Campbell.
who sought to Quell disturbance
was shot dead and Edward Smith died
Of his wounds. John Warren may die
and Ralph Tuggle, policeman Is in a
serious condition. Warren's mother
with babe at her breast, was shot
through the arm. The member had
to be amputated.
John Bailey was arrested, charged
with having fired the bullet that kill
cd Constable Campbell. Nearly all
the fighters who escaped unharmed
have fed into the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
Root Takes Rest
Cure at "Billy''
Mulldoon's Farm

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New York, Aug. 23.- Eilhu
/ Root, secretary OF state, ls on
the verge Of a nervous break
down, according to report. He
is now taking exercise at the
large farm and training quar-
ters Of "Billy" Muldoon, which.
ls situated about two miles
from White Plains.
A part Of the routine at the
MuIdoon farm ls to rise at day
break, milk the cows, work in
the folds, and then, after break
fast, to trudgs ten or fifteen
miles across the Westminster
hills.
Tho remainder Of the day ls
put In with horseback riding,
sparrlng under the direction Of
MIR. Muldoon, bathing, and read
ing the papers.
Il is not known whether or not
the secretary of state is follow
ing the regular course of exer.
ciae, but he has been seen out
J horseback riding and In tour
ing car.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
MINER KILLED
AT HITEMAN
FALL OF SLATE CAUSES DEATH
OF PETER HOLLAND WHILE
LAYING SWITCH TRACK IN MINE

Hiteman, Aug. 2s-tspecial )-Petj
er Holland, a miner, was killed yes-
terday afternoon by a fall Of slate IN
Mine No. 4, while laying switch. Hs
is survived by wife and three chil-
dren. Mr.. Holland was a member ot
the Odd Fellows lodge, and u. M. W.
A. These orders have charge Of the
funeral.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
MoLLYcooDLE CUP LATEST SUP
Lawyers Club in New York Discovers
slnless Drink Based on Ginger
Ale and Water.

New York, Aug. 29.-They have a
new summer drink at the Lawyers
club. 1t is half ginger ale and half
sparkling mineral water, served with
ice, sliced orange, and mint. They
call it "Mollycoddle sup"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
CUBANS COST
u. S. 25o,ooo,OOO
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PAYS
LARGE AMOUNT FOR PAclFicAs
TIoN ON ISLAND DURING 1907

Washington. Aug. 23.--It cost the
American government more than
$3.50, 100000 in addition to, the regular
ordinary expenses to keep the Ameri-
can army for Cuban pacification on
the island during the fiscal year of
1907 according to the report OF Guar
termaster General Aleshire.
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ouAkERe IN THE ISLANDS.
Danish West Indies Are Considerably
Shaken Up According
TO Reports.

st. Thomas, D. w. l., Aug. ga
sharp earthquake shock was felt this
morning on the Islands Of Guafelcope
and Dominica. Several strong shocks
have been reported from the Island
of st. Lucia this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
ExplosIon Kills Seven.

New York, Aug. pa boiler of coal
on barge Paterson exploded today at
the docks in Hoboken, killing the en-
gineer and six other men.
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but Mr.. Phelps was afraid to invite
an attack of rheumatism. Mr.. Low
enberg is past 10 and Mr.. Phelps is
6S.
Major Hamilton, Major Mahon, Cap
tain Kitterman and other old friends
came in early to pay their respects.
For all he had. kindly greeting and
a few words to exchange of the olden
times.
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IOWA PIONEER
DIES TODAY
LEVI oRMAN. ONE OF wAPELLo
coUNTY's HoNoRED MEN.
PASSES AWAY

Ormanville, Aug. 23.-(Special. j..
Levi Orman, aged SO years, died this
morning at o'clock at his home near
Ormanville. He was one of Wapsk
10 county's most honored men.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24
Wealthy Contractor Murdered.

Chicago Aug. 23-The body Oh
to a basement In the street He is be-
lieved to have been murdered.
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IOWA MAN HEADS FRATs.

HanIey Of Des Molnes Made President
OF Association With Which Con-
sress Refused to Merge.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 23.--The Assn
ciated Fraternities of America elected
officers as follows:
T. B. Hanley of Des Moines, Iowa.
president.
W. e. Fitch Of Cleveland. vice prest-
dent.
G. H. Robinson Of Washington,
O., secretary treasurer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-24

A boy with small wagon can make
as much fuss as an automobile.
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CONTINUED on page 81
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

and, most remarkable of all, a newspaper and
a monthly magazine
First among Uncle Sans business enterprises
are the telegraph and cable systems, of which
the most important connect Alaska with the
United States and bind together the islands of
the Philippine Archipelago The Washington
Alaska cable and telegraph system, built by
army officers and operated by the government.
is pronounced one of the longest and most in
tricate Of its kind in the world This system.
as pointed out by Harold Bolce in the Decem-
Der issue of "AppletOn's Magazine" includes the
man Seattle-Sitka cable of 1912 miles and the
Sltka- aldez cable of 500 miles. aggregating
Z,54I miles. This would reach across the At
lanttc from Newfoundland TO Ireland II was
built three years ago at a cost OF S1144 9O7
operated in connection with il is a system of
land lines binding together the towns and camps
of Alaska, of which 1922 miles are carried
through wilderness where there neither
roads nor trails. Furthermore these Alaskan
communications include the first long wireless
telegraph system to be put in commercial oper-
alton 1t spans the distance of IO7 miles across
Norton Sound. where iCebergs prevented the
laying of a cable. More than a million words
a year are transmitted over these lines, which
bring in a revenue of 100000 annually.
The government cable and telegraph system
in the Philippine Islands is even more extensive
embracing 6.322 miles of land lines and 14S7
miles of cables. There is another wireless reIe-
graph system there between Zanboanga and
Jolo, I07 miles apart. and there are 37S miles
of government telephone lines IL the islands.
operated by the government connects this CITY
where II has its office. with the port Of Colon
on the ISthmus of Panama. There are five pas
senser steamers and the fleet last year earned
$l.34EOl2 for the government. At Colon the
steamship line connects with the Panama rail-
road. which is also owned and operated by the
government, and is one OF the busiest railroads
in the world
The governments postal savings bank system
Is conducted in the Philippines where every
poStofnce Is a savings bank Postal savings
bank stamps are issued and sold in small de
nominations, and interest is paid at the rate of
2lc per cent. The government slaughter houses
cold storage plants and ice works are also in
the Philippines. mostly in Manila. They com
pete with privately owned establishments 4
government newspaper and q scientific monthly
magazine are also published there. and the gov
ernment owns tenement houses in the city and
farms in the country, which rented To the
occupants. There are government circulating
Libraries. government stores and government
built systems Of railroads in the islands
In Porto Rico there is a government built
system of roads 500 miles in extent. and there
are government owned telegraph and telephone
lines.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

Robert Harvard, being his second wife Ihat
she soon remarked after her husbands death is
indicated by the fact that the death of her sec
ond husband, who was John Ellison or Ellet-
son. is recorded having taken place on June -
1926 less than a year after the loss Of her first
husband She then married her third spouse
her first husbands friend and neighbor, Rich
ard Yearwood, or Yarwood, Member Of Parlia-
rnent for Southwark. AS she had received prop
ertv from each of her husbands. when she died
in 1926 she was enabled TO leave 10 her Two
sons an estate which considerable for the
times Among the pieces of property which
descended to her son John hotel, the
Queens Head
Had it not been for the careful records OF
F,mmanuel College, Cambridge University, the
extent of John Harvards educaJion and the
wears of his study there would not be known
To-day and were it not for the register or the
college and a deed belonging 20 St katherine's =
Hospital his signature would not nave been
preserved According to the register, ne re-
ceived the degree of 3. A. in 1857 and that OF
M A in 1925 one of his chief college friends
was John Sadler the of r vicar. ColeSe
men sometimes marry the sisters of their col +.
lege chums and this happened In the case OF
John Harvard Two years after leaving coIlese
he married Ann Sadler.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

Tercentenary of His Birth
Now Being Celebrated.

Philosophers have declared that a great deed
Is worth more than great stone as preserver
of mans name Few cemetery stones
Interesting except genealogical records and
curiosities. Even the pyramids of Egypt are
chiefly interesting because of what they repre-
cent in engineering and as curiosities Little
IS known about those to whose memory they
were erected.
Among the famous sights Of Boston are it's
old cemeteries. There is one only little known
strangers. II is in Charlestown and called
Burial Hill. It is hidden from the imper-
tinent gaze of the visitor behind line of tene-
ment houses. Entrance is gained by means Of
a narrow alley. In this cemetery rises a simple
granite shaft, bearing in large letters one word
the surname Of a known from one end Of
the civilized world to the other, although the
istence of this stone is known to comparatively
few persons. The word is Harvard
John Harvard, whose name is thus preserved
has little known about him personally. The
bequest Of a moety of his estate. stated in the
college books TO have been f779, It's. and I'd.
and estimated to be the equivalent Of $4,000
to-day, to the school in NewtOwn. afterward
called Cambridge in honor of the English uni
versity of which the giver alumnus.
fhe deed which became the monument of the
man who died in the New World on September
26, 1888. from consumption. at the age Of
fhfrtv-one.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

tions with the church. frequently preaching. His
teacher and assistant pastor There is no record
of his ordination a clergyman. Apparently,
he recognized by the townspeope a
learned and pious young man of wealth, who
a great accession to the community. In
April the next year he made member of
a committee ito consider of some things tend
ing towards body of laws" This is the last
known reference to him until his death, the
following September when it was learned that
orally he had directed his heirs to give half Of
his estate and his library TO the college at New
ToWne"
Even the tangible evidences of John Harvard's
existence have almost entirely disappeared. He
left no children. His library of three hundred
and twenty volumes, which a catalogue in the
archives of the universitv shows 10 have con-
sisted chiefly Of theological, general and classi-
cal works, in 1864 destroyed by fire, with
the exception of one volume a theological work
When Charlestown burned after the battle
of Bunker Hill, the house which he had occu-
pied more than a century before was among
those wiped out. Nothing remains To indicate
how the young man, who described as "a
scholar and pous in his life, and enlarged
toward the country and the good of it in life
and death" looked. The statue the Harvard
campus, which many visitors, doubtless, take 10
be portrait statue marking the resting place
of the dust of John Harvard. is only ideal
lied figure. typifying the spirit which must have
been that Of the man whose name the university
bears
In recent years interest in this man has been
aroused and memorial windows have been placed
in st. Saviour's Church and Emmanuel College.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-24

After God had carried us safe TO New Eng
land" wrote one of Harvard's contemporaries.
"and wee had builded our houses, provided neces-
saries for our livelihood reard convenient places
for Gods worship and settled the civil Govern
ment; One OF the next things wee IoDeed for
and looked after was to advance Learning and
perpetuate it 10 Posterity; dreading to leave
an llhterate Ministry TO the Churches when olIr
present Ministers shall lie in the Dust And as
wee were thinking and consulting how to erect
this great Work; ii pleased God to stir up the
heart OF Mr.. Harvard "a Sodly Gentleman and
a lover OF Learning, there living amongst us) to
give the one halle of his Estate towards the
erecting Of Colledge. and ali his Library:
after him another gave 300f. Others after them
cast in L and the publique land Of the State
added the rest; the Colledge is called
according 20 the name of the first founder)
Harvard Colledge."
The tercentenary celebration this week of the
birth Of John Harvard. which is under the di-
rectlon OF the Harvard Memorial Society will
include a memorial service in Appleton Chapel
on Tuesday at which there viii be addresses by
DR.. F. q. Peabody and DR.. Lyman Abbott and
2 dinner in the evening of the same day, at
which it is expected every Harvard Club in the
country Will be represented. on Friday evening
the commemorative exercises will be ended on
Soldiers Field by an address to the undergrad
yates by President Eliot, followed by a torch
light procession about the stadium and a giant
bonfire.