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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-22
BONAPARTE.

Bonaparte.-Miss Katharine Cresap,
who has been attending college at
Cedar Rapids returned home Tues
day.
Mrs. George Newman of Paonia,
Colo, is guest of Mrs. W. G. Page
this week.
Kirk Meek returned from Chicago
Wednesday.
Mrs. M. ]. Scoville and two sons
expect to go to Minot, North Dakota,
this week to reside. They have been
here several months at the home q
Mrs. Scoville's sister, Miss Ona Chap
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ketchum and
daughter of Pennington were guests
of Mrs. Christy several days this
week.
Allen Brown and wife went to Gro
ton Thursday for visit with their
daughter
Mt Sterling will celebrate July
and Keosauqua July 4. That gives a
chance for people to attend both.
Misses Gladys and Hazel Robinson
are visiting their grandparents at An
son, Mo.
George Fair went to Missouri Wed
nesday on a prospecting expedition
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FARSON.

Observation-Disclosures Coleman of
Hillsboro is visiting his sister, Mrs
Joseph McMellon.
Born, Sunday evening, June 10 tc
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Orman, a daughter
The Misses Minnie and Martha Lar.
more, Hester Mcneil, Maggie Haw
thorne and Ethel Molworth went tc
Cedar Falls Sunday evening, where
they will attend the summer school
Jesse Cline was visitor in Ottum
wa Sunday.
A social will be given in the base
ment Of the Baptist church Saturday
evening.
Frank Sward was passenger tt
Ottumwa Tuesday where he will at
tend the summer school at that place
Bert Ramey and family spent Sun
day in Hedrick.
John Phillips of Missouri, IS visiting
friends and relatives in this place.
Rev. W. A. Smith was a passenger
to Ottumwa Monday.
Miss Ava Shaw, who has been Wis
iting friends and relatives here, ha:
returned to her home in Let's.
DR.. Searles was a business visitor y
this place the first Of the week.
Joseph McMellon, who has been
very i'll for some time is not improv
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-22

law accrediting colleges was enacted
by the Thirty-second general assem-
bly, said State Superintendent J. F.
Riggs last night. "The action of the
state educational board of examiners
has had marked effect In stimulating
colleges to Improvement in many di-
rections.
Salaries Are Raised.
Salaries of professors have been
raised in many instances, greater at
tention given to the employment of
properly prepared professors, labora.
tory equipment increased; libraries
enlarged and the endowment added to.
''The work In education-that Is,
preparing teachers for the public
schools-which was minor matter in
the colleges three years ago, is today
recognized as of equal rank with any
other department in the institutions
and last year over LOO students were
enrolled in these departments.
The law accrediting colleges is one
Of the measures that has distinguish.
ed the administration of the present
state superintendent and according to
members of the examining board has
proved Of immense benefit.
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LIBERTYvILLE.

Libertyville.-Floyd Wildman of
Fairfield is spending the week with
his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Taylor.
Rodney Conner Of st. Joseph, Mo-,
is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
McElderry.
Miss Margaret McGaw of Fairfield
is spending few days with her Sis
ter, Mrs G.. Vaught.
G. B. Baker of Ottumwa was bust
ness caller Monday.
w. D. Sperry of Kansas is here Wis.,
iting with friends and relatives.
Ed Glotfelty Of Fairfield was trans
acting business in Libertyville Thurs
day.
Mrs. Laura White of Fairfield Is
visiting at the Sam Astman home
west Of Libertyville.
Quite a number of young people at
tended the band concert in Fairfield
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Peebler of Fair
field were visiting in Libertyville
Thursday
George Payne Of Washington spent
Thursday with his wife who is visit
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ion Service. A. Glendenning, Mora
via.
$50 Song and Praise Service-A. G.
Lee, Batavia.
S:45 Address-Rev. c. L. Nye Wood
bire, Ia.
9:15 Department Round Table Gall
Departmental
1000 l.. U. B. A. meeting.
1890 Devotional Meeting, From a
Minister'S Standpoint. Rev. D. R. Mar
tin, Abba.
1900 THE Epworthian and College"
Harry e. Jacques, State Secretary.
Appointment Of Committees.
Afternoon
1880 Song and Praise service-Chas.
e. Petit, Blakesburg.
300 League Roll Call.
2:3O Christian Stewardship. C,
Stunts, D. D.. New York.
400 Studies in the New Tesla
ment."-Rev. N. a. Swickard, Sigour-
ney
Evening
1880 Sacred Concert-By the OF
tumwas male quartetO
Sis Homer G. Strunts, D. D., New
York City.
THURSDAY, JUNE "a.
| Forenoon
$50 Song and praise service-Rev
| w. A. Smith, Farson.
! 900 Rev. Peter Jacobs, State 4th V
P.
! General Department Conference.
| 1915 Business Session.
Reports of District officers.
11:15 Election of Officers.
| Afternoon
1880 Song and Praise Service-Rev
| NJ. D. Cox. Buxton.
1:45 'Iowa's Fight With the Bottle
Rev. c. S. Cooper.
$3.50 Installation of Officers.
Report of Committees.
800 Lecture, "Paul."-Rev. T. W
Jeffrey, D. D., Ottumwa
400 Junior Department Work, EN-
ma Nehre, Dist Jr Supt.
| Evening:
1880 Song and Praise Service-T. G
! Cooper, Ottumwa.
500 Lecture-Rev. T. w. Jeffrey
D. D.. Ottumwa.
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w. A. MAGEE DIES
State Secretary of Y. M. c. A. Passes
Away in Des Moines-WeIl
Known in This CITY,

1t was with sad regret that the news
of the death of w. A. Magee, state
secretary of the Y. M. G. A., reached
the city this morning. Mr.. Magee was
well known in the city, having visited
here many times in connection with
the local association, and had many
warm friends and acquaintance.
Mr.. Magee died at his home, Thirty
fourth street and University avenue,
in Des Moines, shortly after o'clock
last evening. Practically all of his life
he had suffered from rheumatism
which in the end developed into kid.
ney complications. He was 60 years
old.
AS two of Mr.. Magee's sisters are
expected to come from Pennsylvania
as soon as possible, the funeral ar
rangements will not be made until
word is received from them.
Mr.. Magee was state secretary OF
the Y. M. C. A. in Iowa for twenty
years, and twenty-seven years of his
life were spent in work for that insti
tuition. For six years he was secretary
of the Y. M. G. A. at Auburn, N. Y.
and later he was secretary of the Cam
bridge, Mass, organization for one
year.
Those in his immediate family who
survive him are his three children
Miss Anna A., and Miss Elizabeth S
Magee of Des Moines, and James D
Magee, instructor of mathematics al
the Kansas State Agricultural college
at Manhattan, Kas. Four sisters also
survive him, Mrs. Mamie Patterson
Mrs. S. M. Crawford, Mrs. Jennie But
Ter and Miss Lizzie Magee, all Of Penn
sylvania.
w. A. Magee was born in Franklin
county. Pennsylvania, on July O., 1S49
| He came to Des Moines in 1889
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PROSPECT GOOD
FORLkRGE CROWD
EPWoRTH LEAGUE PLAN BIG
MEETING FOR THREE DAYS
THIS WEEK IN AGENCY.

NO Epworth League convention IN
the history of the Ottumwa dlstrlct
organization has had such promis-
ing outlook as the twentieth, Whlcn
opens Tuesday afternoon at Agency.
A banner delegation is promised. me
following delegates will attend from
the Ottumwa churches: Wlllafo
Street: Misses Martha Berry, Alice
Goodall and Mrs. George Scully; Main
Street, Mrs. Pelham and Misses Ma
bel Carey and Helen Holmes; FIRST
church, Harry " Henness, Homer
Gunder, Clarence Johnston and Misses
Anna Peters, Helen Witter and Marie
Shick.
Besides these regular delegates
there is a great number of the mem
hers of the different churches who Will
attnd on Wednesday and Thursday
afternoons In order to accommodate
those who wish to hear DR.. Jeffreys
lecture on Paul. on Thursday after
noon a slight change has been made
in the program. Instead of his lee
ture coming at o'clock as scheduled,
1t will be changed to o'clock. thus
making it possible for those desiring to
leave Ottumwa on the FIT. Madison at
$3.50 to arrive at Agency at $3.50.
Those desiring to remain for the even
Ing session can return on No. IL at
800 p. m.
Stunts to Lecture.
Especial attention is called to the
Wednesday afternoon session when
Or. Staunts of New York City, lectures
on "Christian Stewardship" Those
desiring to attend this session should
leave Ottumwa at 11:40 a. m.
All those interested in the depart
ment work of the League are remind
ed of the forenoon sessions when the
Institute department work will be con
Quoted by Rev. c. l.. Nye of Wood
bine, representative on the board
of control, and Rev. Peter Jacobs of
Silver City, the state fourth vice presi-
dent.
The complete program:
TUESDAY, JUNE %.
Afternoon
200 Opening Song and Praise Serv-
Ice, Edw Stodghill, Dudley.
$3.50 Inspirational Address, Why Are
vs. Here Prev. J. w. Pool, Ottum-
wa.
2:45 STUDIES in the Old Testament"
Rev. NJ A. Swicl1ard Sigourney
S:45 Mrs. M-bel Hilbish, Deaconess
Training School, Des Moines.
Evening
1880 Devotional servlce-Harry v
Henness, Ottumwa.
500 Convention Sermon-Rev. Eu-
gene Allen, D. D., Oskaloosa.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE %.
Forenoon
900 Morning Watch and Commun-
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and to ,ttend a convention at colum

and to ttend convention at Column
bia
Mrs. c. w. Fuller of Paoma, Colo,
came Wednesday for a visit with her
son, Glenn Fuller and family.
Lee Cox of Douds is visiting at the
home of his parents, S. l. Cox and
family.
A number of the teachers from here
are attending normal at Keosauqua
this week.
MI. and Mrs. W. R. Brewster Of
Malvern, are visiting friends and rela
tives here this week.
S. l. Cox, who vas severely hurt
Sunday Is reported as some better
Clarence Blackburn was in Chicago
last week attending a meeting of the
Stoker company.
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MANY STUDENTS
in iowa SCHOOL
OVER SIX THOUSAND ENROLLED
IN THE TWENTY-FIVE COL
LEGEs OF STATE.

Des Moines, June 21.-Iowa has
twenty-five independent colleges and
universities with total enrolment of
more than 5000 and combined assets
of nearly $1O,o00,000, according to the
first annual report submitted to the
state board of educational examiners
in session at the state house yester-
day by Prof. Albert Loughridge of
Cedar Falls.
Professor Loughridge was appoint
ed by the board as inspector of indie
pendent colleges under the law pro-
viding for the accrediting of these
schools by the state. and his report
contains the first reliable and COM
plete figures showing the develop
ment of higher education in Iowa
apart from the work of the three
state schools.
Here are the results of Professor
Loughridge's inspections:
l Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-22

For about two years Mr. Graham has
been making arrangements to retire
from business, and yesterday signed
up a contract, whereby Mr.. Martin of
Centerville, becomes the occupant of
the building in August. There will be
big final closing out sale next week.
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List of Colleges.
These figures were, obtained by Pro-
fessor Loughridge from an inspection
of the following colleges: Drake, Des
Moines, Highland Park, Simpson,
Penn, Central university, Parsons,
Iowa Wesleyan, Coe, Grinnell, Cor
nell, St. Joseph's, Luther, Lenox,
Leander Clark, Tabor, Amity. B,sena
Vista, Ellsworth, Charles City, Morn
ingside and Upper Iowa university.
Following the submission of Profess
sor Loughridge's report the state
board passed upon each Of the twenty
two colleges and will notify the pres
ident of each whether his school is to
be placed on the accredited list. The
decisions will not be made public.
"a marked Improvement has been
made in most of the colleges since the
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competition in Colorado.

Denver Republican: Grand Junction
has laid claim to the possession of an
ambryo volcano. That is going to
worry the press agents of some of the
othertfrui belts and set them to think
ing up things.
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Title of ENDURING Honor.

New York World: That soldier who
bequeathed his death benefit to Miss
Helen Mr.. Gould as "the friend Of all
soldiers also incidentally bestowed
upon her well earnad title Of andur
ing honor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-22

The Hub Building will change hands
in August. Mr.. Martin of Centerville
will occupy the building after that
date, having taken a five years. lease.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-22

ing with her daughter, Mrs. 8. q
Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McElderry at
tended the K. P. and Odd FelloWa
memorial exercises in Fairfield Sun,
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Peebler were
guests Wednesday at the John Peeb
Ter home in Fairfield.
Miss Mollie Springer who has charge
of ward in the children's home OF
Chicago, is here for visit with reIa-
tives and friends.
Ten experienced clothing statesmen
wanted during the big sale at the
Hub. Call Monday, June 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01
The Lily Of Copiah.

According to a Washington despatch
in the World the Hon. JOSEPH WELDON
BAILEY will not be a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
OF Texas next year. He admits or is
said to admit that he has no qualifica-
tions for the Governorship.' His last
harvest Of @vindication' was 30 scanty
that he may be forgiven for not trying
to raise any more OF it. Besides, At
torney-G General DAVIDSON, who would be
his opponent, Is n resolute and powerful
campaigner,
Mr.. BAILEY's amiable temper, gra-
cious manners and perfect self-control
are Ill suited 10 a heated political con-
test, He can and does display at Wash
ington the decorum and dignity of the
greatest American Senator that Copiah
county, Mississippi, has yet produced.
And 1t Is scarcely a secret that his gifts
may soon be difused among the general
public, We hear that the far seeing
managers of the Chautauqua lectures,
now the choicest field Of our ripest
statesmen, have prevailed upon him to
prepare three lectures. The subjects
are He That Ruleth His Spirit
What I Know About Monopoly and
Democratic Statesmen Who Have
Helped Themselves
1t is an instance Of that gentlemanly
and peaceful frame OF mind which Mr..
BAILEY's public life so nobly illustrates
that no voice is raised to deny MIR.
BAILEY's assertion that he has no quail
fcations for the Governorship. Still by
becoming Governor, could he be elected,
how memorably he would improve the
Senate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01
A BACKWARD DIARY.
Swiftly and Cheapiy From the Counting
Room to the Call or Bob white,

Room to the Can OF Bob white.
TO rHR EpIrOs OF ThK SuF-Str: Let me tell
It to you backward. 80 TO speak:
AZ Z o'clock p. ~. to-day, after q dip 10 ID.
briny. I was enjoying o refreshing rub In a Gao.
vas walled open air bathroom, with ferns s-grow.
Ing on the shady side. whom through the sur.
rounding grove of cedar trees there nosted a
sound as clear and Anusical ~ the note Of q ,yto.
phone In a mountain - the call of a quail.
Bob white"
At . O'Clock p. n. I had lunched With wife and
children In my comfortable camp. Around this
camp groY lilies. vines, .dogwood, rioiets. panst.s
and what not. There Is nne spring water and
lush grass. There Is q besuhfuI view OF lana and
sea. distant shores. passing ships and pleasure
craft.
Al I O'Clock p. N. I bad begun a mile and 4
quarter hike from the nearest railroad station
to his beauty spot In the wilderness along al
ancient lane lined with vineclad stone fences,
etsnt cherry trees. extensive farms, interesting
homes built before the Revolution. Behind nc,
between the fresh green feids aIti a glorious
western sky. lay . magnificent range OF woode1
hills: before me. In blue patches showing through
the trees, the broad Atlantic ocean.
At 1. o'clock roon-snd here Is the poin, for
most any man In New York earning so a week or
even less-I had taken q ferrybost at the Battery,
and At II o'clock A. N. ] was still glued to a,dcsS
In the heart Of Manhattan. To get from The. dcss
TO the wilderness. from asphalt streets 10 the
realm Of birds and ferns. wild doWers and fra
grant air. with spring water to drink aud sail
water TO bsthe in. I spent about an hour and ;
half and the sum OF hfteen eents-only ten coats
FROM tho Battery. only ten miles from the City
Hall. In fact. the ancient road and the range
Of hills and the sylvan grove I speak Of pie right
here In New York city.
Can you beat II, j., In
NEW Dom Nay 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01

Lii type can b sailed. In the low alti-
tudes Of central Europe It could 60 far.
While navigation against the wind is
feasible -when over Nuremberg on
Sunday the Count dropped a note say
ing he was proceeding against the wind
FAN airship by ascending or taking an
indirect course will often discover a
favorable current" Great speed can
OF course be attained by sailing before
the wind. The meteorological therefore
can greatly aid the aeronaut, and we are
likely to have the air spaces mapped out
for currents as the ocean has long been.
Already the Germans are studying this
question. At Lindenberg lea Berlin
UssMANN is making special observa-
tons in the new field and publishing
them from time to time.
! Count ZEPPELIN balieveS that no place
is safer on a clear night or a calm day
than the car OF a dirigibie airship. The
most timorous. he says. may venture.
But it is a different matter when the
pilot has to deal with tempests. Then
"he must practise the utmost caution,
experience and skill, and demonstrate
an intimate knowledge OF the function
ing lot his airship, its steering qualities
and the speed with which 1t obeys when
its engines are set going ahead or astern
to avoid the threatening gusts
1t is in attempting to land that the
helmsman's skill and the engineers
judgment are thoroughly tested. If the
wind Is violent the area of descent must
be free from Instructions, and a little
thing may lay the monster Up fer re-
pairs. The motor of course is always
q delicate machine, and there neve
will be a motor absolutely free from
risk Of failure So says Count ZEPPE-
LIN, who is frankness itself. He be-
lieves that there will soon be an mex
pensiys passenger service from, say,
Berlin to Copenhagen; and while he
does not affirm that airships large
enough to carry troops will yer be
built, he sees a future for them as car
riers Of ammunition and explosives, for
reconnaissance, and of course for
exploration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01

We must demonstrate with Professor
ISAAC FRANKLIN RUSSELL Of the New York
University Law School for reviving In an
address on Scholastic Ideals that regret
table Jest OF Mr.. EvARTs. who pretended
TO attribute his long life and perfect
health 10 the fact that he never took any
exercise. While Mr.. EvARrs worked
hard. acquired much knowledge and dis
tinction and wal an admirable citizen,
lawyer and scholar in an old fashioned
way, his weakness, Judged by the modern
standard, should not be brought against
him. Suppose he had enjoyed the present
educational advantages, had exercised his
voice in the ritual cheer at intercollegiate
games had developed his muscles by
watching those games-to what super
eminent eminenoe might he have riseni
Better still. suppose he had been q COL
lege athlete himself. Then, instead Of
being restricted to unimportant posts
such as Attorney-G General, Secretary OF
State. Senator, he might have coached a
college team
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01

For the sake Of public enlightenment
Mr.. JOHN d. RocKEFELLER, Jr., should
give up his wish for repose. 1t is far
within the limits Of becoming truth to say
that the Rockefeller Bible class under his
leadership was a beloved and fruitful
university. The world has not been quite
the same since he gave up his Sunday
talks, two years or 10 ago. The country.
and especially this town. 20 sadly In need
OF teachers and o Ill disposed toward its
prophets. took a genuine pleasure In young
Mr.. RoCKEFELLER's homilies. Exhorta-
ton more pregnant. more filing and more
ingenious has not been given in our time.
Really Mr.. RocKEFILLBR has no right to
hide a talent, q genius rather, % benefcent
and instructive. Turn on the light
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-01
CONFESSION ar ANEDITOR
Stern Devotion u the High staud,,s
OF Intrinsic Merit,

To THE EDITOR or TIE SUS-Sir. tn.
Gliding letter Of Miss. Kitty Moutrose H.
to-day's SUN reminds me that ] never rS'
piled TO the rehuke Of The Man Who Wro,s
the Article. " having In point OF fact bcnn
called out of town the day-it appeared nv
business less preosrlous than writing 0ctjon
but seeing that the tufnult and the shout,ns
stimulated apparently by my epistIa or
his article has not vet subsidized, / would In
passing on TO pay my very devoutIresn,c,x
TO Miss Kitty remark that I have had far
more experience as an editor than A. n
writer Of stories, and whether ~uualI,,oJ
therefor or not ! was guided In the s~slection
OF contributions by nc considerationswhai.
ever apart from their intrinsic mert, and
such requirements as the appearance mad
character OF the publication would l,avo
rendered obvious to the veriest tyro.
never wrote a personal letter to u confirm.
tor oomplimentins him upon the clevernes,
or entertaining character OF his confirm.
ton but resretting AZ the same time ,hs,
It did not conform with the peculiar REQUIRE.
ments Of, thus leaving the poor beeear
TO wonder, what requirement. excluded.
what was Interesting or clever or whether
manly attitude. Of Miss Kitty, but i nj shs ,Gs
aiming. at me I protest am no sueaIer
II i WTltS puuh Htlt06T expect MOI
that II shall be accepted. but I would Seartr
love to know whether !t really is -pust" or
not. For example. ! have a corkingid%%
Justice TO 1t or not ] don't know; periaSpss
Miss Kitty could. but unfortunately It l..
the expense Of the pecnliaritiss Of oertai,
religious bodies. not IN any. sacrilegio,,s
way or In a manner which should offend
even the most devout representative OF anv
Of those bodies: but q small percentage
devoid OF the eaving grace OF humor might
take IL seriously.
thought as | do / could 60 at 1t with Der.
feet abandon, with no thought, but OF the
story tbs but u as i g a% Would psapes sny hsS2s:d
magazine publish It? or COURSE Il I wers
capable OF making 1t a masterpiece OF
English literature some editor would doubt.
less. prove bold enough to overcome his
qualms. but a story ma be far above punk
Without being Robert Louis Stevenson or
Rudyard KipllnR as he used to he. II.
x Ma 81,