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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-06
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Gus johnson Of Chilicothe, Mo. spent
last week with friends here. !.
Miss Eta Edmund has returned
from Davenport.
j. S. Longhary who has been very Ill
is recovering.
The Misses Turnbull Of Libertyville
spent last week with relatives here.
Miss Erma Kront returned to her
home in Fremont Sunday after a
couple Of days visit with friends here.
]. C. Mckay who was station agent
here for 10 years accepted like post
tion at Pleasantville month ago but
was not pleased with his work there
and has returned and resumed his
work here.
Miss Gladys McCargar of Danville
was the guest Of Miss Hazel Norman
last week.
q. S. Scott and family attended the
funeral OF his mother at Fairfield Fri
day.
oinity are at the state fair.
Miss Beulah Reinier spent last
week with relatives at Ottumwa.
Mrs. Homer Wolcott has returned
from q visit with relatives in Mis-
SQUIRT =,
guest OF Guy Spilman.
r. w. Gobble ofSAbfngdon celebrated
his 92nd birthday August 20. Mr.. Cob
HE does not look to be. over 10 and
living at his beautiful country home
nne mile north of Abingdon he enjoys
life and lives close to nature. Near the
house Is q beautiful grove Of timber in
whii,h no hunter Is allowed to enter
and this Is happy home for the
SQUIRRELS.
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WOMAN hit BY
TRAIN ON BRIDGE
MISS OPAL EVANS OF ALBA RE.
cEIvED PAINFUL INJURIES IN
ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT.

While walking on the Milwaukee
bridge across the race at the foot OF
Court street last night with male
companion, Miss Opal Evans of AIDA
was struck by Milwaukee switch
engine switching in the yards and
knocked from the bridge to the banks
below. She was picked up by the
trainmen. The ambulance was called
and she was taken to the hospital
where physicians attended her. She
was badly bruised on the right side OF
her face and body and the doctors
fears that she may be internally IN
iured. The accident occurred about
10 o'clock.
According to Miss Evans story she
expressed fear to cross the bridge be
cause she was afraid that the switch
engine that was switching some cars
in the yard might overtake them. she
declared that her male companion
forced her to 60 with him and when
he discovered that the engine would
hit them he ran and escaped injury.
Miss Evans stated that she tried to get
out of the way of the approaching
engine and had nearly reached the end
Of the bridge when it struck her and
knocked her, to the ground below.
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Veterans of The Cipil War in
Public office Growing Fewer

Georgia district seventy Eight years.
The youngest union veteran is Repre-
sentative Alexander, Of New York
sixty -four years old. The Youngest
confederate veteran is Representative
George w. Taylor Of Alabama-s
one years old. The highest ranking
veteran of the union army ISL. War
rem Keller OF Ohio, who was a major
general of volunteers. Sherwood. OF
Ohio, and Bingham, Of Pennsylvania,
were brigadier generals The highest
ranking confederate veteran in con-
gress Is George w. Gordon, of Tenn
essee, who was a brigadier general.
and who is now commander In CHIEF
Of the Confederate Veterans associa-
ton.
The next congress will see still
further diminution of the number OF
war veterans in congress. Senators
Money and Taliaferro. retiring. will
reduce the number of confederate vet
Grams, and the defeat of Representa-
tives Hull Of Iowa. and Calderhead OF
Kansas, will cut down the representa-
confederate veterans will recover one
| in the probable election Of Charles M
Stedman, the democratic candidate for
the house in the fifth North Carolina
district.
One death and five retirements of
prominent members will make a SER
ious inroad upon the membership Of
the finance committee of the senate
after the fourth Of next March. The
chairman OF the committee, Senator
lAldrich, and Senators Hale and Flint
Republicans, will retire at the close OF
their terms next March, as will Sena-
tors Money and Taliaferro. The re-
tirement of Aldrich will leave Senator
~. 0F a..
publican member of the committee,
with senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
next AS Senator Burrows has not for
some time been in robust health, there
| has been much talk that the honor will
go to Penrose. The death of Senator
Daniel. the senior democrat on the
committee, and the retirement Of Sem
the minority seniority to Senator
Bailey. The remaining members of the
committee, with the six named elm
mated, are: Burrows, Penrose, Cullen,
Lodge, Me- umber and Smoot, re-
publicans. and Bailey and Simmons,
the only democrats.
The National Monetary. commission,
created for the express purpose Of at
tempting remedy of the fiscal system
! OF the United States, confessedly de-
fective, will also be visited with no.
| table changes on account OF the retire.
ment Of some Of these senators. Three
Of the senator's who will not be mem
bers OF the sixty-second congress are
members Of the Monetary commission,
as was Senator Daniel, deceased. 1t
lis probably that Senator Aldrich, upon
| his retirement from the senate. will
consent to retain his membership on
the commission That body has one
former senator, Mr.. Teller, of Colorado,
one former representative, MT.
E. c. Snyder.
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HlLLs7oRo.

y
Rev. O. J. Fix returned Saturday
from three weeks trip through Me-
braska and Colorado. Mrs. Fix attend.
ed family reunion at Burlington be-
fore here return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nat Bryson Of Omaha
are visiting the formers brother L. E.
Bryson and family.
Job Wheatley and Mrs. s. K. Boley
who have been visiting relatives In
Ohio returned recently.
Runyon returned Monday from their
yearly meeting.
Mrs. Sarah Sprott and Mrs. John
Fox are home from visit In Chicago
with relatives.
B. r. Boley and family have gone to
Oskaloosa for q short VISIT
j. b. Hinchman and wife OF Mt
Pleasant came over Saturday for the
old settlers reunion at Salem and
stayed several days for visit at the
farm.
Miss Florence Cresswell Is home
from Chicago where she took lessons IN
oratory during vacation.
Walter Sprott and family have
moved into the Farley property near
the depot and Roy Morrison and
family have moved into the residence
purchased from J. e. Benn by Mrs.
Emeline Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Benin and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Folker OF Harrington
left Sunday morning for an overland
trip to the state fair.
o. e. Tade and family moved on
Monday into the Hockey property va
Gated by o. C. Reiste.
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Washington Bureau
of the OttumWa Courier,

Washington, d. c., Sept. 2.
Veterans of the great war of 1S61-6o
who have been honored with public OIL
flee are growing fewer, just as the
ranks Of their comrades in the private
walks of life are sadly diminishing
The number OF veterans of that war in
congress is less than at any time since
the year following the cessation OF
hostilities.
At the beginning of the present con-
gress, serving on the union and con-
federate sides were the following:
senate: union-Bulkeley, OF Connect
cut Burrows, Of Michigan; Du Pont
of Delaware; Nelson Of Minnesota;
Elkins and Scott. Of West Virginia:
Wyoming, a total Of s. Confederate
Bacon, Of Georgia; Bankhead. Of Ala
bama; Daniel. of Virginia; Johnson, OF
Alabama: McEnery, Of Louisiana;
McLaurin, Of Mississippi; Martin. OF
Virginia: Money, Of Mississippi and
Taliferro, Of Florida, a total of 8
House Of representatives: union-Al-
exander, OF New York: Barclay. Bing-
ham,, and Graham. Of Pennsylvania
Bradley, Of New York; Calderhead. q
Kansas; Capron, of Rhode Island
Gardner. Of New Jersey: Holdings
worth, Keifer and Sherwood, Of Ohio;
Howell, of New Jersey: Hull of Iowa;
Morgan OF Missouri and Wiley Of New
Jersey, total Of Is. Confederate-Es-
topinal, of Louisiana: Gordon, OF
Tennessee; Jones and Lamb, of Vir-
ginia; Livingston, of Georgia; Rich
ardson, of Alabama; Spight, Of Miss
issippi; Talbot. Of Maryland. and
Taylor. of Alabama, total Of 8.
This gives a total Of forty veterans
Of the war in the senate and house al
the beginning of the present congress
Their number has been reduced by
three through the death Of these no.
table confederate veterans, Senators
Daniel, McEnery and McLaurin. II
will be seen from these figures thai
about seven per cent of the member
ship of the sixty first congress were
veterans Of the civil war. Nearly hall
years ago were union and confederate
veterans. In the congress at that time
the administrators We're ~ confed-
crate veterans in the senate and
union veterans, while in the house
there were 70 confederate veterans AND
AZ union veterans. Considerably over
half Of the members from the southern
states were confederate veterans
Nearly half-or "A per cent-of the
membership Of the fifty-frst congress
were veterans of the war. Men who
their teens, are now old men, many OF
them great grandfathers. The average
age of the veterans of the senate Is
sixty-nine years. The average age OF
the veterans Of the house is sixty.
seven years Thus, the average age OF
these veteran statesmen, when the wal
begun in 1861 was nineteen years; ms
Oldest union veteran is General lsaae
r. Sherwood, representing the nintf
Ohio district, who is seventy i've. The
Oldest confederate veteran is Private
Leonidasn F. Livingston, OF the n1tr
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sIeoURNEY.

! +. Seymour, who has been spend.
inc several days at Muscatine, re-
turned home Thursday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Lager and two
daughters, Winifred and Georgia, de-
narted Thursday evening for Des
Moines to take look at the Iowa state
fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. "A. Funk, who spent
several Gays at the state fair in Des
Moines. returned to their home Thurs
day morning.
Henry Hickman from Lancaster
left for Des Moines this morning OH a
business visit
a. M. Richmond left Wednesday for
South Dakota, where he is interested
in real estate.
Miss Eva Nichols, who spent a
couple of weeks at the home Of her
uncle, John Nichols, returned 10 her
home in Keokuls Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Meyers left here
Wednesday evening for Roosevelt.
oklahoma, where they will make their
future home.
Misses Abbie and Letisha Norman
were passengers for Cedar Rapids on
Wednesday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed White and children
arrived from California Wednesday
for a visit at the parental ]. S. White
home.
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stookesberry and wife are tenting this
week at the state fair.
Miss Nellie Clappen Of Glenwood,
spent this week with Miss Cecil Duck
worth.
Miss Lillian Grant who has been Wis
iting at the VIM. Dilliner home is
spending this week at the Guy Gleason
home In West Grove.
Mrs, Carl Shaw Of Ottumwa Is
spending this week in the city.
A large number from here are at
tending the state, fair this week.
Miss Eva Spore Of Eldon Is visiting
at the C. w. Phelps home. Her friend
Raw Tullis OF Ottumwa was her guest
the first Of the week.
Miss Bessie Turner of Excello. MO-,
returned home Monday after visiting
her cousins Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Kirk
endall.
Miss Anna Davis Of near Flofis
spent last week with her friend Miss
Bessic Rezzenberger.
Miss Fannie Russell of Milton visited
Miss Hazel Bence the first of the week.
Mrs. S. F.. Lee who has been visiting
her daughter Mrs. Harry Helsel re-
turned to her home in Pulaski Monday.
Mrs, Helsel accompanied her home for
a short visit.
Mrs. j. H. Hamilton Of Milton Wis
tied the first of the week with her SIS
ter Mrs. /. w. Thompson.
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day announcing the daughterous ILL
ness Of her daughter in Indiana and
she left Immediately to be at her bed
side.
Wednesday to visit friends and at
tend the state fair.
Rev. Roper was the guest Of Rev.
Seeds Thursday. Rev. Roper will give
q lecture at Edwards chapel and at
Hayden chapel
Miss Bonnie Carson who has been
visiting in Eddyville for the past
month left last night for her home at
Rev. Slack Of oskaloosa was the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Peny on
Thursday.
Mrs Knox Of Ottumwa is visiting at
the home Of her daughter Mrs. Harry
Miller.
Chas. Oldham and G. HI. Stuber are
in Des Moines today attending the state
fair.
Miss Julia Simmons, Lou Harding
and Mamie O'Connor were Abba pas
sengers Thursday.
Mrs. AL Thayer and children went to
Ottumwa Thursday to visit with Mrs.
Thayer's sister. A large number
went to Ottumwa to attend the circus.
Mr. Nelson left yesterday for Min
neapolis.
Mrs. Geo. Gilchrist and son Elmer Of
Oskaloosa are guests of DR.. and Mrs.
F. E. Vance.
John Jordan and Miss Juanita Shill-
ing two highly respected young people
living near Eddyville were married at
the court house in Abba Wednesday,.
Both young people are well and fav-
orably known. They will locate In .this
city.
Mrs J. Hansel returned Wednesday
from visit with her mother at Aspen,
Colo, and her sister at Denver
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BLOOMFIELD.

The Sixth Annual Davis County
chautauqua closed Sunday. This year
has been one of its most prosperous
years, having the largest average at
tendance. Financially it was success
as more than enough mas been taken
In to exceed the expenditures. The pro-
grams Saturday and Sunday were
session. The debate between Senator
Gillilland Of Iowa and Rev. Gertrude
Won Petzold OF London, England, on
woman's suffrage drew large crowd.
Miss Petzold told of the woman suf-
frage history in Iowa, when in 1870 a
bill was introduced and passed and
when it came up the second time was
defeated by two votes in the senate.
And again in 1874 it was again passed
and this time on the second vote 1t was
defeated by one vote. Her argument
throughout was based on taxation.
without representation" and the old
doctrine Of Lincoln that this govern
ment should be "of the people, by the
people and for the people" and that
from the consent Of the governed.
That women obey laws which they
have no voice in making That the
worst enemy of women suffrage are
the saloons. gambling houses and the
houses of Ill fame, for they know that
when women get to vote 1t would mean
their death.
Senator Gillilland's argument was as
follows: The place for women Is In the
home, to produce and rear the children.
There she is needed all the time. That
one cannot estimate the service of the
mother and that women are serving
the republic by rearing their children
as they should be. Mothers make mis-
takes in rearing their children in
idIeness At the close OF the debate a
vote was taken on the evidence as 1t
was presented. 1t Is not known which
side received the most votes. but there
were large number on both sides.
Sunday, owing to the absence OF
Platform Manager Potter the popular
platform orator DR.. H. w. Sears deliv-
cred the sermon in the morning. His
talk was to young men. He pleaded
with them to decide on a LIES work
and not only to decide but to act. DR..
Sears had the largest morning aud.
fence during the chautauqua.
Sunday afternoon DR.. Medbury who
has endeared himself to the people OF
bloomfield gave his lecture on 1.-THE
Final Tests of Democracy" In the
evening the Jackson Jubilee Singers
closed the session with q scared con-
cert. These singers have been a great
actor in the entertainment of the
people this year and have certainly
made good.
Mrs. Harve Lawson and daughter
Fave and z. =. Shepherd and James
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w. S. Beard Of Versailles, Mo,
passed through here Thursday >enroute
to Pennington.
Mrs. Leb Hines has returned from a
visit with relatives in eDes Moines.
Ed Carroll Of White Elm passed
through here enroute home from DeS
Moines where he attended the state
fair and visited his brother Gov. B. r..
Carroll.
tied her mother Mrs. Emma Shelter
Wednesday.
Kejm Tibbetts fromerly of this place
and his sister Mrs. S. M. Savage OF
Illinois were in Eldon Wednesday Wis
ting friends.
Miss Neva Shore is visiting In
Bloomfield.
Miss Esther Nicholson of Des
Moines is visiting friends in Eldon.
Mrs. Nick Lutz has returned from
/ Mt Pleasant where she has been visit
ing her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Friend Of Ottum-
wa returned home from a visit with
their parents.
Nal Burgess spent Sunday in Bloom-
field with his brother John.
Mrs. Harley Holmes of Valley juno
ton visited friends here this week.
Mrs. Mowery has returned home
from Des Moines where she visited
relatives
Mrs. Sherman Hollenbeck has gone
for a visit with relatives at van Worth,
Ia.
The Eldon schools will commence
Monday.
Over 400 people from here went to
Ottumwa yesterday to attend the cir
Gus.
d. S. Esleman has taken a lay off on
account of an injured hand.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Con-
gregational church met at the parson-
age Thursday afternoon.
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Bert and Dwight Heston spent sew
eral days this week attending the state
fair in Des Moines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Allison and
daughter spent Thursday with friends
In Ottumwa.
Miss Hazel scoval is reported i'll at
her home near here.
Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Morley and
children and Minnie Shepler attended
Lewis McClary Is reported on the
sick list.
Albert Coleman attended the state
Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. sherrick and
daughter are in Des Moines attended
ing the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller of near He'd
rick spent Thursday with relatives in
Libertyville.
Mr., and Mrs. Jeff Baldwin Of Eldon
were Sunday visitors at the home Of
Denton Tedrow.
Mrs. John Dovenspick is attending
camp meeting in Birmingham this
week.
Mrs. Denton Tedrow returned We'd
nesdayt from Des Moines where she
had been attending the fair. v
Sam Berger returned home last
week from Canada where he purchased
1000 of land. Mr.. Burger expects to
move his family there in the near fu-
ture.
Sam Huffman who Is running a
threshing machine In Minnesota spent
Sunday with his wife and children in
Libertyville.
John Allison and family and Owen
Potts and family attended the circus
in Ottumwa Thursday.
Mrs. Harley Yost and Mrs. Howard
were shopping In Fairfield Thursday.
Mrs. Stansberry and daughter Viola
were visiting in Fairfield Thursday.
I.ibertyville's public school will be-
gin Monday Sept. 5.
Miss Jennie Skinner is visiting in
Des Moines and attending the fair.
John Peebler of Fairfield was in
the city on business Wednesday.
Bert Tedrow and Miss Elizabeth
Belts were married in Fairfield on
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Wilt WELCOME
10 W A BRIGADE
WASHINGTON, IA, CITIZENS WILL
SHOW SURVIVORS OF CROCK
ERs MEN A GOOD TIME.

ottumwa members of Crocker's Iowa
brigade and other old soldiers OF this
city and county, who expect to attend
the fifteenth biennial reunion OF the
brigade at Washington. Iowa, Septem-
Der IA and Is will be received with
much hospitality by the washington
citizens. The following notice OF. the
reunion and its program. Is being sent
out to Iowa war veterans:
To the members Of the society OF
Crocker's Iowa Brigade: The good
people of Washington. Iowa, extend 10
each and all of you a cordial invitation
to meet the old comrades of your hon.
ored organization, in this city Septem-
Der 14th and 18th. 1910, where a hearty
welcome awaits your coming.
Tho Program.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. IL, 1910.
$50 a.. Reveille. bugle and drum
corps.
1880 to TO- Register at headquar-
tiers in park.
10: So Form in procession in Central
park and march to meeting IN the
Commercial club room.
$50 p. m.-Company reunions at
brigade headquarters.
7:30-Brigade forms in Central park
to march to camp fire in the Graham.
8:O0-Camp fire at opera house.
Order Of Exercises.
Reveille by martial band. raising flag.
Invocation.
Music.
Address of welcome in behalf Of the
citizens Of washington-Rev. Ulysses
s. Smith.
Response for the brigade-col. H. H.
Rood.
Following music and addresses by
members of the organization. Second
day program will be announced later.
washington has not forgotten your
first reunion here twenty nine years
ago, and therefore will make every Ell
ofrt to make this pleasant meeting to
the old comrades Of Crocker's Brigade
In which there were three full com
panies of our boys. many Of whom are
tonight sleeping the sleep that knows
no awakening on southern battle:lelds.
Drop card to your comrades urg-
ing them to attend and be sure ana
come yourself. Drop card to D. }.
Eichelberger, secretary of the execu-
tive committee saying you will be here
or give the reason why, for we are
anxious to know in advance, If pos
sible. what the attendance will be, In
order that we may be better enabled to
all.
J. w. Morton. chairman Of advertis-
ing e,irea'..
4. r. Miller. editor washington
Democrat.
oryille Elder, editor Evening Journal
C. K. Needham, editor Washington
Press.
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CHANCES IN The
REGISTRY RULES
RECEIPTS WILL NOT BE RE-
ouIRED OF RECEIVERS OF
REGISTERED LETTERS.
Will SAVE LABOR
Postm asters Pleased With New Ru'-
ina-lt is Expected That There
Will be Few Requests for
Return Receipts.

The registry rules Of the postomce
department have been modlhed 50 ina.
no receipts will be asked Of receivers
of registered letters in the future.
Heretofore it has been the custom
to get receipt from the reciplent OF
registered letter, a special card pelns
sent back to the sender bearing the
signature Of receipt Of the one 70
whom the letter was addressed. Under
the new regulation no recelpt Will De
returned unless 1t is specially asked
FOR by the sender at the time and the
letter or parcel must bear the Words
receipt desired"
This change in the postal regula-
tions is made in accordance with an
amendment to the postal laws passed
at the last session Of congress, Whicn
reads: whenever the sender shall so
reouest. a receipt shall be taken on
the delivery of any registered man
matter, showing to whom ana Wnen
the same was delivered, winch receip1
shall be returned to the sender, anu 20
received in courts as prima facle cyl
dence Of such delivery and goes lnto
effect at once"
Cut Down Expenses.
The amendment was made to ASSIST
the postmaster general IN cuttins
down the operating expenses OF the
department and If possible to decrease
the annual deficit. a good snare OF
which is caused by extra work OF the
clerks in handling such detall matters
as the receipts returns.
That the heads Of the department
intend to make the fullest use OF the
opportunity quoted above to cut down
the number of the return receipts is
shown by the order just issued TO all
postmasters.
The order is headed Registry Re
turn Receipts to Be Furnished Only
When Requested by the Sender" and
goes on to say Until further notice
postal employees accepting mail for
registration must in every case ask u
a return receipt Is desired"
In accordance with the amendment
postmasters will not hereafter prepare
receipt cards for the return to the
senders of domestic registered letters
or parcels which do not bear the en-
dorsement Receipt desired" or words
OF similar import, but If no return re-
ceipt card accompanies a domestlc
letter or parcel that Endorsement the
receiving postmaster Of clerk must
supply one.
In other words, the government no
longer will return receipts for every
registered parcel orr letter received at
any postoffice in the country but only
In cases where special request for a
receipt is made by the sender or re-
quest for one Endorsed on the face OF
the matter made.
It is expected that the change in
the regulation will make a great re-
duction in the expenses of operation
Of the registry division for the cost Of
furnishing, transporting. sorting and
delivering millions Of these receipt
cards every year will be done away
with and that without any curtailing
OF the real value OF the services of the
registry division to the public,