Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-28
Will Withdraw Suit.
HOW SHALL SENATOR HARLAN
BE REPRESENTED?

Mt. PleaSant.-There is consider
able controversy as to the way Sena-
tor Harlan should be represented in
the hall of statuary at Washington
The last general assembly appropriate
ed the money and voted that his stat
ute should be placed there, but the
question now arises at what time of
life shall he be represented by this
statue. At different periods of his
life he looked so entirely different
that the question arises shall he be
represented when in Lincoln's cabinet
during the civil war or as a member
of the senate some ten years later
or again as the kindly beneficient old
man as he was known by the presen.
generation Public sentiment around
here is strongly in favor Of the later,
as the people here like to think Of
hlm as they knew him. That statue
will remain there for centuries and
when another generation grows up
Will they not want to see him and re-
member him as he was during the
time when he was active in the af-
fairs of the nation. He was only fifty
two when he retired from the senate
and from public life although he lived
for a quarter Of century longer. It
is understood that most of his family
wish him represented as he was Just
before he retired from the senate, at
which time he wore a beard but no
moustache A model has been made
Of him as he was in Lincoln's cabinet
and orders have been given out by the
executive council to have another
model made to represent him as he
was in the senate The work Is being
done by Miss Nellie V. Walker for
merly of Moulton, la.
An architect has been in this city
for several days investigating the diff
ferent school buildings here. He re-
ports all Of them in bad shape and
that the high school building is dan
gerous. An important meeting of the
electors has been called for April 6
when 1t will be decided whether to
nave a special vote on this propos-
ton. Sentiment seems to be very
strongly in favor Of new high school
building.
r. l.. Faulkner, defendant in the
now famous Observation-Disclosures dam
age case refuses to elect paying 500.
rather than standing new trial. Nc
Cold filed petition for a new trial
and Judge Withrow ruled that the
amount Of damages allowed in the last
trial by the jury viz, were made
quate, $1.00, and that the defendant
could either elect to pay s10O dam
ages or stand new trial. Mr. Faulk-
ner was in Texas at the time and
just returned from there today. He
stated before he left that he would
pay $50, but no more. Mr.. Van Allen,
Faulkners attorney, stated at the
time Of the judges ruling that he
thought 1t was best to accept that,
but Mr. Faulkner seems to have
thought differently. Although no ac-
ton has been taken in the matter as
yet and the attorneys on both sides
refuse to give out any statement 1t is
probable that the plaintiff will file
petition for change of venue. If
this is not done the case will prob
ably be tried here during the April
term
This suit grew out of personal en-
counter between Faulkner and Nc
Cold about a year ago when Faux
ner came into McCoid's office and de-
manded 500. He claimed McCoid
owed him.
Personal Mention.
Miss Veva Shoemaker of Batavia,
who has been registered in the col
lege here will return this week to her
home and not return after vacation.
The regular spring vacation of Iowa
Wesleyan begins on Friday of this
week and extends over the second
Sunday, school reconvening on April 7
A committee has been appointed by
the commercial association to see if
day electric current cannot be Sc
cured by Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. Craver, who has been mis-
sionary in India for many years and
who will return there next fall, ex.