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TUESDAY, April SB. 1908.
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Get Your Dinner
at McCabe's Restaurant
Main Street, Two Doors East of Market.
Ladies' Dining Room and Short Order Counter.
PREACH GOOD ROADS
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THE BURLINGTON "GOOu ROADS
SPECIAL" MAY HOLD CONVEN­
TION IN OTTUMWA.
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Wapfltto County Good Roads Assoc!*
tlon Held Annual Meeting Saturday
—Address by Hon. T. G. Harper, of
Burlington—-Elect Offloero.
Ottumwa Is" one of the six cities In
Iowa where It is planned for the Bur
lington "Good Roads Special" to make
a stop and hold an all-day convention
of three sessions for the purpose of
preaching the gospel of good roads to
the merchants of the city and the mer
chants of this vicinity. It is expected
sthat
a representative of the National
Good Roads association will be in the
city this week to take the matter up
with the local business men and make
the necessary arrangements.
Although no official notice has yet
4een received, Hon. T. G. Harper of
Burlington, who spoke at the meeting
of the Wapello Qood Roads association
Saturday afternoon and who assisted
In making the arrangements for the
big convention to be held at Burlington
May 12, stated that he understood that
the plan was to hold conventions In
six cities in Iowa, Burlington, Keokuk,
Mt. Pleasant, Ottumwa, Creston and
Red Oak. The special train to be run
over the Burlington from Chicago to
Portland, Oregon, will carry a number
of road experts of the country and
men of national reputation who will
speak on goti roads.
Three Sessions.
Three sessions are generally held,
the evening meeting consisting of an
illustrated lecture, and instructive talk
in road making and maintenance. Wel
lington E. Luocks of St. Louis, organ
izer of the National Good Roads asso
ciation, was in Burlington last week
in conference with the business men
and it was decided to hold the con
vention under the auspices of the Com
mercial association, National Good
Roads association, the city and county
officials and other organizations. Spe
'7 cial excursions are run from towns
within a radius of fifty miles. Mr.
Louckes will probably be in Ottumwa
tthls week, it is said.
Sfv. The Saturday Meeting.
The meeting of the Wapello County
'Good Roads association at the court
house Saturday afternoon, while not
largely attended, was a most Interest
ing one. The program was a splendid
one and met with hearty appreciation.
"The Good Roads Movement, Its Pur
poses and Effects" was the subject of
u-an address by Hon. T. G. Harper of
^Burlington, vice president from Iowa
of the National Good Roads associa-
Hon. J. G. Hutchison spoke of
the good roads question from a whole
saler's standpoint. J. F. Webber gave
a talk on the "Cost of Bad Roads" and
W. H. Cooper spoke on. the good roads
trom the standpoint of a furniture
dealer.
Elect Officers.
The election of officers resulted as
follows:
President—G. W. Dickens.
gig Vice president—J. B. Mowery.
Secretary and treasurer—Henry Mer
rick.
Township Vice Presidents.
..Adams—W. W. Jackson.
Agency—William Johnson.
Cass—D. M. Sackett.
Center—G. W. Hatch.
Ottumwa—Samuel Johnson.
Columbia—C. A. Stubens.
Competine—A. B. Phelps.
Dahlonega—Jacob Lowenberg.
Green—W. E. Beamer.
Highland—J. W. Elder.
Keokuk—Thomas Tisdale.
Pleasant—A. D. Warder.
Polk—Fred Jones.
Richland—W. A. C. Brown.
Washington—S. F. Newell.
Executive committee—J. M. McEl
roy, T. J. Relnier, A. J. Gardner, David
Jay- *.
Mr. Harper's Address.
Mr. Harper spoke in part as follows:
"Our organization iB not here to
find lault with our pioneer fathers'
method of road making. These men
made the best roads they could with
the means at their command. When
they blazed out tho roads we were
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few In population and poor In finances.
These conditions have wholly changed.
The population and wealth has been
doubled over and over again, and
while we have progressed by leaps and
bounds in all other matters, we are to
day just where our forefathers left us
in the matter of road making. We are
using the same' method they were
obliged to use, employing the same
means and bringing' about the same re
sults.
"The distressing part of this is found
in the fact that Iowa is annually ex
pending more than $3,000,000 on com
mon roads, without leaving behind
this enormous expenditure any sub
stantial or permanent Improvement.
The county of Wapello probably con
tributes annually to this enormous
sum $30,000, and yet I apprehend that
it would be difficult for a road expert
to find much real permanent work.
The ten years of use of .this tax means
to this county the expenditure of
$300,000, out of which should be
wrought many miles of permanent
road, none of which are likely to be
found today.
Inefficient Road Laws.
"The failure of this money to leave
in its trail permanent results is not
due to the dereliction of any officer or
set of officers, but Is wholly due to our
inefficient road laws.
"The trouble Is that we have treated
this great proposition as a common
place one. We have divided up our
roads into so many* small sections and
divisions that the demonstration of
road building rests with the path mas
ter. In this way we are annually
grinding out a vast army of would-be
road makers whose work seems to con
sist principally of destroying the work
of the officials who went before them.
We are raking and scraping out roads
each year to fill the depressions and
ruts that the frosts of the preceding
winter have occasioned. In this way
our road money is dissipated without
leaving any permanent results. The
defect here which must be clear to all
thinking minds, may be removed wr
enlarging the limits of the road dis
tricts. These In my judgment should
not be less than the county. If the
county was a single road district a man
with brains, a skillful civil engineer,
could be employed, paid an adequate
salary and give to the care, construc
tion and maintenance of the roads in
his district, that which will be found
to be absolutely essential 11 our roads
are ever Improved, namely, brains and
experimental knowledge.
Better Results for Money.
"He will be able to take the road
fund and expend it upon those roads
where needed. He will be able to set
apart from the fund each year a cer
tain portion for the construction of
new permanent road. We will then be
securing permanent results Without
increasing in the slightest degree our
road tax. As a rule we have too much
legislation, but w? need legislation on
this subject.
Rests With Farmers.
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"The construction and cost of main
taing country roads rests today upon
the farmers. I feel free in stating that
as long as it rests there we will con
tinue to squander our time and money
while wallowing in the mud with our
teams in the transmission of com'
•rnerce.
"There was a time in the history of
our Iowa farmers when they held the
balance of power In the matter of
them. This condition has changed.
Our cities and towns now contain the
bulk of the population and wealth and
all of this, or nearly all, escapes any
burden of the cost of construction or
maintenance of these roads.
Should Change Condition.
"This condition should be changed.
Every dollor of property in the state
should be made to bear its just propor
tion of this tax. A merchant puts In
a stock of goods which he hopes and
expects the farmers to buy. Yet he
does not contribute a penny in order to
make the roads over which his pros
pective customers must come to reach
his place of business. It would be
just as fair if the road law instead of
laying the burden on the farmers
should lay it on the merchants and
other business men, railroads and
other corporations.
"The means for building these roads
should come not only from the indi
viduals Immediately benefitted but
from the county, state and nation, and
each of these departments should
have its proportion of the cost to bear.
A road is in no sense a local institu
tion. Everyone is entitled to use it
and whoever uses it should contribute
to the cost of making and maintaining
it.
The Mud Tax.
"The greatest tax that we as a peo
ple pay today is what we might call
the mud tax. If every dollar of this
wasteful tax was In fact contributed
to the road fund and expended on the
highways this great question would
soon be settled. The town dweller
pays this mud tax in the increased
amount he pays for farm produce be
cause of the extra cost of marketing
it. The farmer pays the mud tax in
of the
year-
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The business mon pay the mud tax
when his trade is stagnant because of
roads and in some way everyone is
forced to contribute to a greater or
less extent to this mud tax.
"The system that we use today Was
in iisa in England and other countries
up to the year 1838, when England
by a general statute set It aside under
the conceded declaration that nothing
was clearer than that good and per
manent roads could noj be made
within the scope of its provisions.
England, after exhausting all of the
Ignorance and blunders regarding this
proposition that the human mind could
invent, adopted the system invented
by Macadam and Telford, two of the
greatest road experts that civilization
lias ever produced.
"From that date these countries be
gan to come up out of the mud and
their common roads began to be
treated under an intelligent and busi
ness like system.
Need New Laws.
"These laws will ri'o more produce
permanent roads in America than they
did in Europe and the quicker Iowa di
vorces herself from the present road
system the quicker we will begin to
make permanent roads. In all the
governments of civilized countries
there are but two that are without
laws that produce permanent road
building. These two are the United
States and Russia. If Russia had bet
ter roads, had begun to make roads
with the other governments, It would
probably be making better progress
today in getting out of the hands of
the little Japs.
"The federal government has con
tributed since the formation of the
union more than $450,000,000 to the
improvement of rivers, harbors and
inland lakes, and in all of its history
but $14,000,000 in the matter of road
making and this expenditure made
early In the years of the nineteenth
century. The claim for national aid
has met with stubborn resistance in
congress of the United States. It is
claimed that there is no provision un
der the constitution whereby this aid
can be extended.'. Perhaps the best
answer to be made to this claim is
what has been done in the past under
that sacred document.
"In addition to what the federal gov
ernment has done with the rivers, har
bors and inland lakes, it has given of
the public domain $138,000,000 acres
of land to aid in the construction of
railroads. Since the government ac
quired the Philippine Islands congress
has voted and expended many millions
of dollars on the common roads of
those islands.
Interstate System.
"They point out the fact that a rail
road is interstate as well as a river.
If the railroads are .Interstate then any
common road that reaches from a rail
road to a barn yard, any place is part
of that great system as much as of the
main track of any of the big trunk
lines. Eliminate the loaded farm
wagon finding its way from the farm
to the railroad station and you destroy
the usefulness of the railroad Itself.
Every year the government is extend
ing the rural free delivery of the mails.
Every year they are making more and
more use of the common roads. There
is no reason why the local people
should furnish roads to ,the govern
ment free of charge, should build
roads, bridge streams, and allow the
government the free use of them.
"The money gathered in by the
federal government belongs to the
people and ought to be returned to be
used in a way that will bring the
greatest good to the greatest number.
We believe that its use on the common
roads Will have this result.
What Shall We Do?
"What shall we do with this propo
sition? It is a living question. It is a
question forcing itself upon us. It must
be solved. Shall we solve it in a way
to bring contentment and happiness to
our people, to enrich and beautify our
rural communities, or will we turn
back the pages of civilization and re
pel progress?"
wealth and when it was possibly right broken into and a number of piecos of
that this burden should rest upon si]ver, a gold watch, diamond ring, two
NEWS FROM SALEM.
Former Resident Finds Stolen Sllvsr
After Many Months.
Salem, April 24.—The friends in
tqwn of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fisher
of Omaha, will remember that about
sixteen months ago, while they were
away from home, their house was
overcoats and a number of other
things were taken. Mrs. Fisher writes
to friends here that last week some
crooks were arrested in Omaha and in
their possession were found the over- member's comp^sedTthe' new body yes
coats, watch, one set of knives and
forks and the ring, but the diamond
set had been taken out and besides
their goods the thieves had over $3,
000 worth of other goods in their pos
session.
A Pretty Wedding.
The home of Edward Collins, one
and one-half miles north of town, was
the scene of a merry gathering on
Wednesday evening when Ills daughter
Blanch, was united in marriage to How.
ard Hallwell, in the presence of about
fifty invited guests. Rev. Hankins pro
nounced the words that joined this
young couple for life. The home was
beautifully decorated with smilax and
potted plants. After congratulations
a three-course supper was served.This
worthy couple were the recipients of
many useful and valuable presents,
showing the high esteem in which they
are held in the community. Thursday
John Hallwell, father of the groom,
held a reception in their honor. At
present the young couple will be at
home to their friends at the home of
Mr. Collins.
COLLEGE CAN REDUCE ORE8.
Iowa University Gets Model Concen
trating Mill.
Iowa City, April 24.—A model con
centrating mill, one-fourth the size ol
the regular concentrating mills used
In western smelters, has been received
by the engineering college of Iowa uni
versity and will be Immediately set up
in the old building used by the college.
Separate accommodations will be pro
vided for the mill in the new engi
neering college now being built.
The model is a little over twenty
tv.-o feet high and even the method of
"The highest prices for his produc
tions come in the periods of the year
when our roads are absolutely useless, timbering employed in the regular size
mills is faithfully copied. It was built
by the American Concentrating com
pany of Joplln, Mo., and Hendrie &
Boltheff of Denver, Colo.
The mill is capable of reducing ore»
and giving practical demonstrations ol
the processes employed.
To Davenport and return via C. R.
& P., Ry., April 26th, $2.
WnWM&iSir
THE OTTUMWA COURIER
DAY WAS JOYOUS
EASTER, THE YEARLY FESTIVAL
OF JOY, CELEBRATED IN OT­
TUMWA CHURCHES.
Feast Which Commemorated the Res
urrection o. Savior Brought Forth
8tately and Solemn Ceremonial
Beautiful Music—Splendid Sermons.
From Monday's Dally.
Easter, the annual festival through
out all Christendom in commemoration
of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
was joyously celebrated in the
local churches yesterday. Commemor
ating as it does the central fact of the
Christian religion, the celebration was
characterized by a stately and solemn
ceremonial. To celebrate the joyous
festival in befitting fashion had been
the aim of all the local churches, and
according to the customs, elaborate
musical programs were rendered in al
most every church. The unattached
worshipper had a wealth of offerings
to select from. The regular attendant
at a particular church went to his own
without pondering on which may have
the best music.
To carry out the idea of joyfulness,
each church was beautifully decorated
with ferns, Easter lilies, roses, carna
tions, and other flowers and plants. In
the three Catholic churches numerous
lighted candles added to the decora
tions.
Malta Comamndery No. 31, Knights
Templar, attended the morning service
at the First Presbyterian church, at
which the pastor, Dr. F. F. Stoltz, de
livered a very excellent sermon on
"The Empty Tomb." Division No. 2,
Ancient Order Hibernians and the La
dies' auxiliary, attended the 8 o'clock
service at St. Patrick's church and re
ceived holy communion.
First Presbyterian Church.
The services at the First Presby
terian church were as on other Sun
day, except that the musical program
was on a larger scale. Mrs. Edwin
Dungan presided at the organ, and
Mrs. H. E. Swenson with mandolin
obligate by Mr. Swenson, rendered a
beautiful solo, aside from the regular
program, participated in by the full
choir. Rev. Stoltz delivered a sermon
on "The Empty Tomb."
The Sunday school gave a splendid
program from 9:45 to 10:45 o'clock in
the morning.
Administered Confirmation.
The Rt. Rev. T. N. Morrison, D. D.,
bishop of Iowa, administered the sacra
ment of confirmation to a class in
Trinity Episcopal church at 11 a.
Bishop Morrison also preached the ser
mon. The services at this church be
gan with holy communion at o'clock.
The other services were held at 9:45,
a. m„ 10 a. m., 3:30 p. m., and 7:30
p. m.
Rendered Cantata.
"Dorothy's Seven Little Sisters," a
cantata consisting of songs, recita
tions, etc., was rendered by the
Junion Endeavor society of the First
Christian church last evening in cel
ebration of the Easter festival. Rev.
W. J. Lockhart, the pastor, spoke on
"The Risen Lord," at the morning serv
ice.
At the East End Church.
Evangelist J. E. Hunter spoke at the
morning service at the East End Pres
byterian church. Communion of the
Lord's Supper was conducted at 4
o'clock, at the close of which Elder T.
D. Foster delivered a few farewell
words, preparatory to leaving for Eng
land this week. There was no even
ing service.
Junior Choir Sang.
The customary Sunday services
were held at the First Methodist Epis
copal church, Rev. A. E. Craig, D. D.,
delivered a sermon on "The Power of
the Resurrection." A new feature in
the services at this church was a
junior choir, which made its first ap
pearance. The choir is to supplement
the work of the regular choir. Sixty
terday and they were seated in the gal
lery, directly opposite the regular
choir. The juniors of the church gave
a short Easter program at 9:30 o'clock.
This was also the occasion of the
graduation of two classes from the in
termediate department of the Sunday
school to the senior department. The
class of girls which for the past seven
years has been given instruction by
Miss Lois Slaughter, is composed of
the .following: Misses. Alta Miller,
Madeline Kerr, Winnie Williams, Em
ma Williams, Mabel Zaring, Irene
Hedrick, Lola Cade, Margaret Arthur,
Charlotte Bowles, Nellie Cremer, Cecil
Druen, Florence Billingsley, Hazel
Hunt, Verna Houke. Genevieve Israel,
Mabel Harris, Martha Earl, Nellie
Kight, Mary Hull, Vesta Tharp. The
class of boys was that of F. L. Dag
gett, and numbered eleven members.
Harold Vinson of this class, has been
absent but one time in the past three
years. He is the proud possessor of a
"gold button" presented to him by hta
instructor, Mr. Daggett. Those who
compose the class are: Lawrence Ar
thur, Ray Gray, Arthur McCune,Harry
Rutledge, Jerry Evans, Leighton
Smith, Harold Vinson, Guy Farrell,
Dale Monroe, George Wall and Ray
mond Palmer.
Sermon by Dr. Stoltz.
In opening, Rev. Stoltz expressed a
very cordial welcome to Malta Com
mandery No. 31, Knights of Templar
for being so well represented, stating
that he voiced the sentiments of his
church and congregation in hoping
that the services would be of mutual
benefit to all. In his sermon on "The
Empty Tomb" Rev. Stoltz said in part
as follows:
'Come, see the place where the
Lord lay.' The empty tomb is an his
torical fact. The church of God by
sermon, anthem, hymn, proclaims the
fact among all people this Easter day.
In the light of the glorious reality of
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, our worship should be joy
ful. If at the birth of the babe in Beth
lehem the angels might well sing
'Glory be to God in the highest, and
on earth peace, good will toward men,'
with equal appropriateness the church
of the living God may now sing 'Glory
to God in the highest,' for God hath re
deemed His people, He hath obtained
for them victory over sin and
death. Victory over death is the
message of this day. 'He is
notv here, for He is risen.' 'Come
see the place where the Lord lay.' Let
us then look upon the empty tomb and
regard its meaning. Its meaning
points you to your conquering and as
cended Saviour and Lord, whom the
grave could not hold in its unwelcome
embrace. This empty tomb tells us
that the grave does not mark the end
of our existence. The earth may be
called the great tomb of man, where
the bodies of countless, multitudes are
lying, but this one tomb, this empty
tomb in the garden of Joseph Arima
thea, tells you that it will not always
be so.
Resurrection of Jesus-'
"I
ask you this morning to think of
the encouraging and constructive mes
sage of the resurrection of Jesus from
the dead—of the thing it seals and
pledges. Firstly, this historic reality
presents to us a living Lord and Sa
vior as the object of our faith. The
object of our faith is not a dead Jesus
—an unusual man, the greatest of all
men, but a living Being whose body
even could not be held under the
power of death. Behold, therefore, the
object of our faith, a Being adequately,
convincingly marked out to be the son
of God and possessing an eternal vic
tory over death and the grave.
"Now will you look once more at the
empty tomb and hear for yourself the
words, 'He is not here, for He is risen.'
'Come, see the place where the Lord
lay.' Let the precious truth bear its
message of gladness to your heart this
day. There is light for your darkness,
comfort for your sorrow, rest for your
weariness. This tomb is empty for
you. He 1b not here. 'The night of
death was nowhere found when Christ
again
waB
risen.'
"In the second place, the historical
reality of the resurrection of Jesus
from the dead begets in bellvers a.liv
lng hope. That is to say His resurrec
tion convinces of the worth
of such a hope and is its
ground. Observe it fs a perennial
abiding hope, as the hopes which cen
ter in this world are not.
"In the third plac'e, the resurrection
of Jesus seals and pledges some very
precious things. It seals the truthful
ness of the religion. The two su
premo miracles are the begetting of
Jesus and His resurrection. The res
urrection of Jesus pledges the resurrec
tion of mankind, both of the just and
the unjust.
"Again the resurrection of Jesus
pledges an abiding triumphant joy.
Oh, the joy of this. No wonder they
have the brightest and best music.
They have this joy for two reasons:
First—Sin is taken away, and so the
sting of death. Sin is the sting of
death. The sweet word sleeps with its
hope of a fnorning slips into the place
of death. Secondly—The outlook is
bright. Jesus has vanquished His
enemies and ours, and He takes His
disciples into an eternal companion
ship with Himself. He Is able to do
for them and He will do for them, ex
ceedingly above al lthat they can ask
or think. With right relations to God
and His universe, eternity will never
be too long to measure all their possi
ble growths in knowledge and service.
Is not the outlook indeed bright?
"My brother, my sister, what does
the empty tomb mean to you this Eas
ter morning? What sort of hope have
you? What do the love of God, the
birth in Bethlehem, the three wonder
ful years, the cross on Calvary, the
empty tomb in the garden, the risen
Lord, the ascended Lord, mean to
you? They ought to mean much. They
were and are for you.
"Let us give Jesus the Lord His way
in our lives. If we do, the deep Eastor
joy and hope will flow through the
year and the years until the stream of
time shall lose itself In the shoreless
sea."
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German Lutheran Church.
Services appropriate to Easter Sun
day were held yesterday at the Ger
man Lutheran church. The pastor,
Rev. J. Haefner delivered a sermon
at the 10:45 service in the morning.
At this service, the confirmation class
received first communion. The even
ing services were in charge of the
bunday school children and the choir,
an excellent Easter program being
rendered.
Davis Street Church.
The Davis Street Christian $hurch
observed the festival of Easter with
appropriate services. "The Illumina
tion of'Death, tie Hope of Resurrec
tion," was th$ subject of the pastor,
Rev. S. Isaac Elder at the morning
service. A splendid Easter program
was rendered by the Sunday school at
10 o'clock.
Dr. Youngert Talks.
Dr. S. G. Youngert, of Augustana
Theological seminary, of Rock Island,
111., who was formerly pastor of the
church, occupied the pulpit yesterday
at the Swedish Lutheran church. Dr.
Youngert delivered two sermons, one
in the morning and the other in the
evening. The evening services were
especially for children, the members
oi the Sunday school having assisted
in the program. Excellant music was
rendered by the choir at both services.
St. Mary's Church.
The celebration of Easter Sunday in
St. Mary's Catholic church began
yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock with
low mass. High mass was sung by
the rector, Very Rev. F. W. Hoppman,
at 10 o'clock. A sermon apr-"rrlate
to the day was delivered by Father
Hoppmon at thi sservlce. The male
chorus under the direction of W.
Koett rendeied Marzo's mass in F.
Prof. Charles Koett presided at the
organ.
Solemn Vespc- were sung at 7:30
p. m., followed by Benediction Rev.
Father J. White, of St. Patrick's
church officiating at the latter service
St. Patrick's Church.
At St. Patrick's church, the regular
Sunday sorvlces ". ere held. Rev. J,
C. White, the pastor, spoke very ap
propriately of the day at the 10:30
o'clock service. The Ancient Order of
Kiberians and the Ladies' Auxiliary
rooms
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Sacred Heart Church.
At the Sacred Heart Catholic church
yesterday, there was a special musical
program in .celebration of the feast
of Easter. Rev. James Foley, the
pastor, delivered an appropriate ser
mon at the 10 o'clock service. The
choir with violin and organ accompani
ment rendered Millard's Mass in at
this service.
The Men's Meeting.
The men's meeting at the Grand
opera house, conducted by Evangelists
Crossley and Hunter, under the aus
pices of the religious committee of the
Y. M. C. A., was attended by an un
usually large attendance. The ad
dresses of the evangelists were stir
ring and most interesting. L. K. Whit
comb, chief operator for the Western
Union Telegraph Co. in Chicago, con
tributed several cornet solos, and a
large male choir and a Welsh chorus
together with a full orchestra, fur
nished music.
P08T FOR PAUL MORTON.
To Accept New York Offer When He
Retires from Cabinet.
Washington, April 24.—Secretary of
the Navy Paul Morton, when he re
tires from his present position, will be
come an official of a great financial in
stitution in the city of New Yoyk. The
New .York position has been offered
Mr. Morton, and he has accepted it
with the proviso that he shall not be
expected to enter on his duties before
he has fulfilled his promise, made to
President Roosevelt, just prior to
March 4, to remain in the cabinet one
year from that date.
Mr. Morton has introduced business
methods in the navy department, and
the methods have told for the good of
the service. The jocose paragraph to
the effect that the railroad man would
introduce track walkers in the depart
ment has had serious fulfillment, for
the course or naval business is watch
ed and its progress is marked by dis
patch.
When Paul Morton entered Presi
dent Roosevelt's official family it was
supposed that he would remain only
long enough to fill the unexpired term
of his predecessor. Secretary Moody.
The president, however, strongly urged
his new secretary to remain longer and
obtained his promise that he would
not cut short his service for the space
of a year after his appointment went
to the senate in March.
Officials of the Santa Fe railroad did
not expect that their vice president
would remain longr in Washington, and
his place was kept open awaiting his
return. Mr. Morton has not been anx
ious to return to railroad work. His
lack of anxiety to get back to his for
mer position led him to yield the more
willingly to President Roosevelt's re
quest that lie prolong his stay in the
cabinet.
Some time ago, Mr. Morton decided
to accept the proposal which came to
him from New York, the offer being
that of a position of responsibility, and
one which Mr. Morton's business train
ing and habits of mind qualify him to
fill.
SUMMONED BY A TRAGEDY.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Paterson, of Deni
son Learn of Murder and Suicide.
Denison, April 24.—Mr. and Mrs. O.
A. Paterson, of this city, yesterday
started for Mt. Vernon, O., to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Paterson's father
and mother. Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Paterson received a telegram tc
the effect that her mother and father
were both dead and to come at once
This was a great shock to Mrs. Pater
son as she had but recently received
a letter from home and her parents ac
cording to the letter, were in good
health and that everything was well.
It was evident that some accident had
happened, but the telegram said noth
ing in this regard, but Saturday word
came that Fred W. Jones, of Mt Ver
non, O., the father of Mrs. Paterson,
had shot his wife and then shot him
self, both being dead after the shoot
ing.
Fred W. Jones was a railroad con
ductor and was a nephew of B. F. Jones
of Pittsburg, Pa., who recently died
and left a large sum of money to the
lfe of Fred W. Jones, and It appears
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received holy comr-union at the 8
o'clock service.
that Mr. Jones wanted to use this in
heritance but the wife refused to let
him use it and it was after a quarrel
over this money that the shooting took
place. Mr. Jones was an extremely
hot tempered man which no doubt ac
counts for the tragedy. Mr. and Mrs.
Jones are well known parties in Denl
son as they have been here making
their daughter a visit.
S O E
Simon Snyder Dies at Fairfield.
Fairfield, April 24.—Simon Snyder
died at his home on West Madison ,v
street at 12 o'clock yesterday of valvu
lar heart trouble, after a short siere
of illness. Mr. Snyder was an old sol
dier, a member of "the G. A. R., and
the funeral services will be conducted
by them. He was sixty-five years old ,i
at the time of his death.
ANOTHER INTERURBAN PLAN.
As has been frequently stated the
first undertaking of the company which
Mr. Parks is promoting will be to
build an inter-urban from Des Moines
to Creston through Wlnterset. Propo
sitions are now being considered to ex
tend the line southwest from Creston
to Kansas City instead of running west
to Council Bluffs and Omaha. An
electric line from Des Moines to Kan-
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F. E. FETTER IS ELECTED.
Oakland Man Chosen State Chairman
for Prohibition Party,
Grinnell, April 24.—F. E. Fetter, of
Oakland, was elected chairman of 1he
prohibition state central committee at
a meeting of the committee held here
Saturday, to succeed Mr. Boestedt, (he
former chairman, who has moved to
Illinois.
Only four members of the committee
were present at the meeting, which
was called by the secretary, Rev. G. M.
Adams, of this city.
The committee adjourned to meet in
Des Moines, on May 16.
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Proposed Line Between
and Creston.
Des Moines, April 24.—A. E. Parks
of Chicago, who is promoting the Des
Moines-Creston inter-urban line, was I,
at the state house recently, with Sec
retary Milo .Ward, of the Commercial
club, conferring with Col. Palmer, of
the railroad commission. Mr. Parks is
still very enthusiastic over the pros
pect for building his electric line.
"All I care to say now, however, is
that the plans for financing the road
are progressing very satisfactorily,"
stated Mr. Parks. "Getting the money
ia the first thing necessary in building
a railroad, and we are much encour
aged over the outloook. We expect to,
get the necessary surveys completed
in a short time and have all the pre
liminaries out of the way."
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sas City via Creston would pass
through remarkably rich country
which is not now directly served by the
steam lines. -i
Albia, April 24.—The case of Ander
son and Sloan vs. A. R. Horace, and
Ruby Barnes, will not be argued until
later in the term of the district court.'
now in session.
Today Mont. Brown and Walter
Rockholt were tried on the charge 'of- I
breaking into some freight cars at the
Burlington station and stealing the
contents thereof. A decision fn this
case has not yet been given.
Permits to wed were granted Satur
day to Arthur G. T. Wilson, aged 21,
and Georgia P. Hartzer. aged 18, both
of Albia Angelo Stephani, aged 27,.
and Betlna Cortesi aged 26, both of
Hocking, and Ignoc Svob, aged 24, of
Connersvllle, Mo., and Mary Kanzlar
ich, aged 24, of Hocking.
Dan Watkins and family, who weS
to California last autumn, returns
Friday from that state. They w|
make Iowa their future home.
Rev. Alexander Corkey, B. A., late
of Londonderry, Ireland, will lecture
on "The Truth About Ireland," in the
Methodist church at this place tomor
row evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. George Smith expect
to leave for their new home in Salt
Lake City next week.
The Easter program rendered by the
Junior C. E. society of the First Pres
byterian church last evening was ap
preciated by the parents and friends
of the little ones, who acquiteed them
selves so credibly.
Jesse Snodgrass does not improve in
health as rapidly as his friends desire
and his conditions is a source of. much
anxiety.