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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

Belle Gray, of Washington, was intro
duced, who made an earnest plea for
the organization of daughters auxil-
iary to the camp here. Miss Gray is
the National President of the Ladies'
Aid Association, and impressed all
with her patriotic and wOmanly enthu-
siasm in the work represented by her.
Music by the o. Q. club closed the
program, and brought to an end the
third and best campfire of the Gen. S.
A. Rice Camp S. of V.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
VOL. 43, NO. 20.

ONH ENJOYS
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ts action and truly beneficial In its
Effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
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to all and have made it the mos,
popular remedy known.
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-heritute.
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
ILLINOIS.
Proceedings Ia Both Branches Of the
State Legislature.

State Legislature.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 24-In the
house Mr.. Nohe endeavored to have
the bill removing the $1,000 life limit
made a special order for March s, but
the speaker ruled his motion to that
effect out of order. In reply to the
resolution calling on the attorney
general for information as to
whether eX-auditors had retained and
converted to their own use, in addition
to the salary allowed them by law,
other moneys coming into their hands
by virtue of said office, and whether
the ex-treasurers have been in the
habit of loaning the money of the state
and retaining the interest to their own
use, that officer reported that an
examination of the books and records
in the auditors Office covering a period
of twenty years disclosed the fact that
all books, papers and vouchers relating
to the insurance fund disbursements
have been re moved, and that ex-Auditor
Pavey claims such orecords of trans
actions during his term of office as his
private property. He had no power
to make full investigation of the ad-
ministration of the ex-treasurer, and if
any money had been loaned and inter-
est collected the records would natur-
ally not show it. He suggested
that it was within the power of
the house to make a full investi-
CATION into the matter. He had OBJ
tanned some information touching upon
the administration of ex-Treasurer
Wilson. and would commence suit
against him and his bondsmen within
few days.
The senate resolution for an investi-
CATION of the whisky trust was report
ed and after sharp fight was adopted
by vote OF 119 to 12.
In the senate the bill appropriating
$4,000 for the state horticultural,
dairymen's and bee keepers associa-
tions for an exhibit at the worlds fair.
which had been reported adversely,
was recommitted The bill amend
ing the Australian ballot law
by requiring numbered coupons
to be affixed to ballots, which
shall be detached when the
voter entered the booth and compared
when he returns, to prevent fraudulent
substitution of balloSs, was ordered to
a third reading A joint resolution for
an investigation of the whisky trust
was adopted.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
FACTS BRIEFLY STATED.

The treasurer of the Phillips Brooks
memorial fund reports S70,527 sub
Scribed.
At Hahnville, La, a negro named
Underwood was hanged for numbering
Oscar Lamon. a white man.
President Harrison has approved the
act granting a pension to the widow of
the late Maj. Gen Doubleday,
Eleven brigands were convicted be-
fore the assize court at Caltanisetta,
Italy, and all of them were sentenced
to penal servitude for life.
T. A. Anderson, of Carroll county,
Miss. shot and killed James Mcmahon,
who was one of party of white caps.
Anderson had a preliminary hearing
and was discharged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
VIII Sue An Ex-state treasurer.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. "a. 24.-Attorney
General Maloney has sent to the senate
an opinio~ holding that the state can
recover frola ex-auditors and ex-treas-
urers any amounts appropriated by
them in excess of their salaries. He
will at once bring suit against ex-
Treasurer Wilson (dem.) and his
bondsmen for interest on public funds
collected by him during his term of
Office. The attorney general has no
evidence on which to proceed against
the other ex-officials, all of whom are
ranu hI;oapc
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
Betrayed by the Children.

The story of the children was elected
between their sobs. To cover his acts
Neise had evidently coached the little
ones what to say. Harry, the eldest,
was thrown off his guard and
said that they knew about
the fire before their mamma
was burned; that they saw into her
room where the fire was before the
flames had reached her bed, and that
the floor was sprinkled with something
that looked like water; that their
father had covered all. their faces
Up so they could not see fur
.ther. The Oldest girl also said to Mrs.
Pease that her father had told her the
morning before the fire that if
the house was burned up and
her mamma was burned up they
would have lots of money to build q
new house and would have a new
mamma. The autopsy revealed the
fact of foul play previous to the burn
ing. The physicians testified that
while the brain was intact portion of
the skull had fallen away, showing
that it had been fractured. A
large blood clot established the
fact that she had been struck by some
weapon. The baby was found, not
near its mother, where it would natu-
rally be, but in another portion of the
room.
The dead woman was Neise's second
wife. Her maiden name was Martha
Volz, and when his first wife was sick
about eighteen months ago he sent for
this Martha Volz to come and nurse
her. The first wife died and in less
than six months afterward he married
Martha.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
THE LAST DAY,
The Time for Introduction of Bills In the
aIiohInn. Il 4.... LIZ. r,..----I

The Time for Introduction of Bills In the
Michigan Legislature Has Passed.
LANSING, Mich, Feb. 24-The con-
stitutioual limit for the introduction of
bills was reached Wednesday night and
the record of the two houses shows a
total of about 1900 bills and joint reso-
lutions. The senate shows an increase
of nearly 200 over two years ago, while
the house is nearly even. In the sem
ate Wednesday among the bills intro
duced were the following:
Making appropriation to aid the State Horti.
cultural society in making an exhibit at the
worlds fair; establishing rate OF fare to be
charged by sleeping car companies; fixing the
limit within which ssuits for personal injuries
may be brought; and providing a method for
the selection OF candidates for all elective
Offices.
Bills were introduced in the house as
follows:
Providing for capital punishment by electro
Gu tom TO prohibit the hiring and importing of
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02


about the confirmation for the rea-
SON, as they assert, that the re-
tiring president ought not to be
permitted TO nominate to q life
position a member of his own party,
after the people have removed that
party from power. A prominent sena-
tor, who takes personal interest in
the confirmation, said that he was not
at all confident that Mr.. Hanchett
would be permitted 10 take his seat on
the bench. The republicans, he said,
would make every effort pos
sible consistent with a dignified
course of procedure TO carry into effect
the wishes Of the president, but It was
not probable that they would go to the
extreme of violating the usages and
customs OF the senate in such matters.
The democrats are prepared. It Is said,
to resist IN every way any attempt 10
bring the question of confirmation to
the uoint of confederation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

1t is said that Frank E. Plummer
of Des Moines, and J. W. Cliff, of New
ton, both until recently engaged in pub,
lie school work in the state, have in,
vested in oil lands at PennvilIe, Ind.
and that they are in a fair way to be,
come independently wealthy soon
Here we hope that it may all be so.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

The readers of the Keokuk Gate City
are voting to select the ten prettiest
girls in that fine old city. Better wait
until the old soldiers get there. They
will give an unprejudiced vote-and
then they know who's pretty.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
ANNA is MAD.

Miss Dickinson Brings Suits for CSC, ,ooe
Each Against Four New York News
papers, Charging Thorn with Libel.
New YORK, Feb. 23-Miss Anna E.
Dickinson has commenced four actions
for libel against four morning news
papers of this city. The articles
claimed as libelous were pub
lished about the time Miss Dickinson
claimed she was forcibly and wrong
fully taken to and incarcerated in
the asylum for the insane at Danville,
Pa, the latter part of February, 1891.
and the parts she claims as libelous
are those wherein she is described as a
raving maniac. Miss Dickinson denies
that she was insane and denies that
she did the acts published of her. In
each case damages are laid at $50, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

On Friday, in the Nashville criminal
court, Harvey Weakley, on trial for
murder, fell dead in the witness stand.
When asked if he killed the victim,
Weakley said he hoped God would
strike him dead if he had. Hardly had
he done so when he fell dead to the floor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
WISCONSIN,.
A Legislators Proposition to Max. r.,

A Legislators Proposition to Make Re-
firing Presidents Senators for Life.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 23-In the leg
islature a memorial to. congress was
introduced Tuesday asking that body
to take steps to ame nd the federal con-
stitution as follows: Providing for the
election of president by popular vote;
making him ineligible for reelection
and declaring him a member of the
United States senate at large at the
expiration of his term.
A joint resolution was introduced
providing for an amendment to the
state constitution, giving the state
superintendent of public instruction q
term of six years, and making the cleo
ton for this Office occur in the spring
for tho purpose of removing the can
vass for the Office as far as possible
from partisan influence. Among the
bills introduced were the following:
Establishing a state hospital for dipso-
maniacs; establishing state board OF steam
boiler inspectors which shall also license sta
tionary engineers; providing for state board
OF arbitration consisting of the state
labor statistician, representative employer
and emploYe, to which shall be referred all diff
ferences between capital and labor in this state
the board being required to investigate and act
upon petition OF q reasonable number Of
employees or an employer; requiring weekly
payments Of wages in cash and makina invalid
any contract to the contrary; prohibiting
missioners; making county treasurers ineligi-
BILE to election as their own succesSor
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
Trainnen Perish,
In Memory of Ex-President Hayes.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 28.-The Indiana
commandery of the Loyal Legion held
a memorial meeting in honor of the
late eX-President Hayes, in Plymouth
church, this city, at o'clock p. M
Rev. DIR. Haynes re ad memorial pre-
pared by Col. Starr, of Richmond, who
is confined to his house by sickness.
Rev. DR.. Lucas read a poem by Mrs
Starr. Judge Martindale, friend of
ex-President Hayes, spoke, and brief
addresses were made hv others
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
". r.. 4nEeny Dead.

The Des Moines papers of Friday
bring the particulars of the sudden
death of William r. Anke,ly. He fell
on Locust street, near the Savery House,
and died in few minutes. He suffered
from heart disease. He was formerly
a resident of this county, living at the
WhitmOre mill, and being one of its
owners. He and his brother, Joseph a,
removed from here to Des Moines, years
sgo-where they engaged in the linseed
oil business, and made great success
of it. Mr.. Ankeny was devout mem
Der of the Presbyterian church, and
gave a very heavy endowment to Par
sons College at Fairfield. He was man
highly respected here, and at Des Moines
ranked with the best.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
AN AWFUL CHARGE.
An IOwan Accused of Killing His
Wife and Babe.
He Fires His Residence to Conceal
His Crime, Which Is Revealed by
the PrattIe of His Children.
BETRAYED BY HIS BABES.


OTTUIwA, Ia, Feb. rs. - Early
Wednesday morning the house of
Adolph Neise, an employe of a hide
and fur establishment in this city, was
seen in flames. Before help arrived
Neise's wife and her 1-year-old babe
had perished in the burning domi-
cile. People extended their SYM
pathy to the man, who has seemed to
be of very industrious habits and very
proTident, but later in the day ugly
rumorS were circulated, and were
so insistent and the source seemed
so reliable that the coroner sum-
moned a jury and began search
ing for facts. What first aroused the
suspicious of the neighbors was the
childish prattle of the three little chill
dren, whom Neise had taken out of the
house and whom he had left with
= neighbor, Mrs. Pease. The chill
dreu are Q, and 9 years old, and, after
their fright, talked considerably more
to Mrs. Pease than was good for their
fathers interests. The dead woman's
life had been insured by her husband for
5000 and the little folks had made in
eliminating reference to it. The inves-
tsgation is still in progress, but enough
is known to leave no room for doubt
that the woman was first murdered and
then the torch applied to the humble
home to cover up the crime.
Suspected from the First.
The first that was known of the fire
was when Neise knocked at the door
of Mrs. Pease, a neighbor He was ac-
companied by his three children. He
told Mrs. Pease that his house was on
FIRE and he wanted to leave the
children there. His appearance was
suspicious, for while his wife and
child were burning to death in the cot
tage he was at neighbours house and
he had on his pantaloons, overcoat and
his feet carefully incased in overshoes.
He said to Mrs. Pease: my wife is
burning up" and then started back,
but did not seem to be in any great
hurry.
Gurley Baker was the first man on
the scene and also the most important
witness before the coroner's jury. He
said that after Neise had returned
from Mrs. Pesse's he carried out three
arm loads of goods from the
burning building and tried the
kitchen door. After all of this he told
those who were congregated, among
them Chief of Police Williams, that
his wife and baby were in one room
of the house. Baker and Neise
rushed to the window of Mrs.
Neise'S room and looked in, but the
FIRE was so hot and the flames so near
that they could not attempt to rescue
her. Baker said that he could see that
the bed and carpet around the bed
were on fire, but there were no other
flames in the room.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
CourhIin Soon 10 ne TrIed.

CHICAGO. Feb. 27.--Dan Coughlin will
be arraigned for new trial for the
murder of Dr. Cronin next week, and
unless the defendant takes contiru-
ance States Attorney Kern will imme-
diately try the case, and. having new
evidence, he is confident he can obtain
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
Threw yitrIoI Into His Face.

LIBERAL, Kan, Feb. 23.-John Du-
bois, liveryman of this city, was hor-
ribly burned Tuesday with vitriol
thrown into his face by Mrs. Herman
Krudwig, wife of a German plasterer of
this place, with whom he had trouble.
Mrs. Krudwig is under arrest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

Allen Marvel, President of the
Santa Fe system, died at San Diego,
Friday, of Bright's disease. He was
one of. the foremost of successful rail-
way managers in the country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

New York Tress: Pension appro-
priations are large because of the gigan-
tic proportions of the war and the great
number it crippled and killed, not be-
cause oflarge al cunts given to individ-
ual pensioners.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
DIR. OvertOn, of Drake University, and
Four Others Arrested at Des Moines for
Grave Robbery.

ar OVerton, al Drake University, and
Four Others Arrested at Des Moines for
Grave Robbery.
DEs MONIES. Ia, Feb. 24.-A party
of grave robbers were arrested be-
tween 2 and o'clock a. III. as
they were coming out of the
Center street entrance to Wood
lawn cemetery. The party consisted
of DR.. j. w. Ovcrton, dean of Drake
university, medical department; John
w. Shafer, of the United States signal
Office in this city; John 6. Sloan. son of
Liveryman Sloan, and J. W. Martin
and w. E. Burris, laborers. They had
the corpse of an unknown man in a
hack.
OvertoD, Shafer and Sloan gave bonds
and tine others were released. The
body was identified as that of William
Case, a county charge, who died last
week. The college authorities deny
that they have ever taken any but pau
pcrs' bodies. The affair has caused a
great sensation, as Overton stands high
in medical and social circles
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Feb. s7.-Friday,
in the criminal court Harvey Weakly,
on trial for murder, fell dead on the
witness stand. When asked if he had
killed the victim Weakly said he hoped
God would strike him dead II he had.
Hardly had he spoken when he fell
dead to the floor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

MANY USES. Newspapers can be ap-
piled for many uses in the household.
They will polish window glass, mirrors
and hanging glasses of all kinds. They
serve as wrapper for saving the waste
of ice in warm weather. In many in
stances they serve as carpet lining.
Twenty-Five for five cents at this Office.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
Small Bail for Emo.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-John C. Emo,
the Second national bank embezzler,
su omitted himself to the court Tues
day and gave bail in $40, Emo
pleaded not guilty to six indictments.
He is said to have stolen over S., ,0OG,-
mn
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
Death of DistInguished Physloian.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Feb. 81. - The
death of. DR.. Reinhold Wunderlich,
which occurred at a. m., makes the
third member of the city board of edu-
cation to die within the last two
weeks. He was born in Wurtemberg
sixty years ago. For some time ne
practiced medicine in Chilli, coming
here in 1868. He was master of five
languages and had wonderful knowl-
edge of medicine.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
MICHIGAN.
The Kansas War Discussed I'm the House
Other Legislative DoIngs.

me KANSAS war I1lScu8sSu In the House
Other Legislative DoinRs.
LANSING. Mich. Feb. 23-The only
ripple of excitement in the legislature
Tuesday was occasioned by a resolu-
tion introduced by Representative
Kline, of Washtenaw, condemning the
alleged action of the Kansas mob in de-
manding that Gov. Lewelling attach his
signature to the peace measures. The
resolution was opposed by the repub-
licans, who declared that it was an un-
warranted interference in the affairs
of a sister state. After an hours dis
cussion, in which party lines were
closely drawn, all reference to the mat
ter was ordered expunged from the
record by strict party vote.
A perfect avalanche of bills poured in
on both houses Tuesday. The record
Of the senate was 100 and that of the
house 215. Among the more impor-
tant senate bills were the following:
Providing for the parole of convicts: pro.
hibiting the manufacture and sale of cigarettes;
appropriating SIS, 900 for the erection of gov
ernor's mansion in Lansing; creating state
railroad and warehouse commission; pro-
hibiting insurance companies from issuing
policies which prevent the payment of
the amount Of such policies to the
estate Of legal heir of the insured; providing for
the payment Of brakemen for overtime; taxing
companies running sleeping, passenger. freight
or stock cars; preventing the coercion of EN-
ployes by employers. and providing for the final
determination Of controversies concerning the
apDo intment Of presidential electors.
In the house bills were iatroduced
as follows:
Prohibiting prize fighting; providing for q
state highway commissioner; prohibiting the
issuing OF unauthorized insurance policies: pro-
Viding for state board OF mediation ana arbi
tration: creating state board Of examiners of
candidates for admission to the bar: providing
for uniform ballot and continuous count at
elections; compelling life insurance companies
TO invest specified portion OF reserve on en-
powment policies in this state; creating 9
womans department at the Agricultural college
and establishing womans prison.
Chairman Gordon, of the judiciary
committee, introduced several bills
prepared by the committee appointed
by ex-Gov. Winans to confer with COM
missioners of other states relative to
uniformity of laws relative to marriage
and divorce, execution of wills, etc.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

CoURT.-In the case of the State vs..
Ada Jackson for keeping house of i'll
repute, the jury returned verdict of
guilty. Sentence Friday. Civil cases
were before the court Saturday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

POULTRY.-Ati timely suggestion by an
exchange is that every farmer in this
section of the state, who can do so, should
turn his attention largely to raising
poultry. Prices of all descriptions of
country produce next summer will un-
doubtedly be good, and especially for
chickens, butter and eggs. There will
be millions of people in Chicago, and
all of them must be fed
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02

Tho Cleveland cabinet is now COM
plete and ready for business at the old
stand after March 4. 1t is Mr.. Cleve-
lands cabinet-his own make.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
Guaranteed Cure For Rheumatism

The first bottle of DR.. Detchon's
Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and
neuralgia is guaranteed to benefit OF
money promptly refunded. You take
no risk. Try it. 1t usually cures in l
to 3 days. IS cents. Sold and guar,
anteed by Green & Bentley, druggists
OSkalCOSa. 21W4mOS.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1893-03-02
FataI AecIdsnt ln ) alus.

HAzELToN, Pa, Feb. a7.-Ths chain
man at 4 Milnesvillc slope missed the
chain, allowing the car to plunge down
the slope. Michael DougheTty was
killed and John Smith fatally injured.
Hsbraska clty's Big zlrs.
NEBRAsKA Cry, Neb., Feb. 2A-The
dry-goods store ,of w, G Lambeth a
Bro. was completely destroyed By fre
at o'clock q. N. The stock ia build
ings adjoining, occupied by u. ". Se-
bring, dry goods, and the News oa1ce.
we're damaged By wef~- 49, .palss.
The loss aggregates s. sns
aured.