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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
THE TIMES TANGLE.

The Oskaloosa Times of Saturday
says:
The Times advertising for the first
four months of the year 1900, is more
than double what it was for the cor
responding four months of 1899. The
amount of job work turned out from
this Office in January, February,
March and April, 1900 was rs per cent
greater than during the same months
last year. The subscription receipts
have increased 55 per cent and the
total business lacks only Sl7.01 of be-
ing doubled. "There is nothing sue
ceeds like success"
THE HERALD is glad to hear this
regarding it's democratic contempory
and yet it cannot forget the picture
which the editor, Richard Burk, pre-
sented sitting in the Democratic
county convention on Saturday,
April %, and cheering George Taylor
when he said "There is no property
in this county,-things are worse
than they were in 1896" Why not
be consistant Richard and admit that
the Republican administration has
been good thing,-even for demo-
cratic editors
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
Scott.
May 9.

A. B. Henry moved back on the
farm last week.
X. M. Boyer delivered hogs at Os,
kaloosa on Monday.
Miss Clara Dixon has just recov.
cred from the mumps.
j. b. Taylor purchased a new tower
wind mill and water tank.
w. T. Tandy and family Sundayed
with w. HI. Johnson and wife.
John Eckroat and wife were Sun
day visitors at the home of Ham
Barnes and family, near Olivet.
Mrs. Effie Evans and Miss Joe Dav-
export, of Oskaloosa, are visiting this
week at the home of A. n. church.
Thomas johnson purchased a wire
fence machine and is enclosing his
farm with woven wire fence 36 inches
high.
James Sutten has bought Richard
Clark's farm at S45 per acre. This
place will be remembered as the ole
Sac Morris homestead south of Olivet
A. N. Church succeeded in raising
the required amount of money to pur-
chase a road to the Rochester ceme-
terry, which will be 20 rods long and
A rods wide.
Last Saturday was the anniversary
of Mrs. Stella Delong's birth and
about twenty-five of her lady friends
went in to spend the day. A very
pleasant time was had by all.
May s. N. X. c.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Probably the largest premiums,
of the character, ever offered are
those on this years. list of the
Southern Interstate Fair for grain,
hay, potatoes, pumpkins, etc. Two
hundred and fifty dollars is offered
for the best bushel of wheat; $3.50 for
the best bushel of oats, and $3.50 for
the best 20 ears of corn. The same
sum is also offered for the best bale
of hay; the best bushel of potatoes,
and the largest pumpkin. The
Southern Interstate Fair will be held
in Atlanta, Ga, October 10th to 9th,
and Secretary T. H. Martin will be
glad to supply any further informa,
ton desired. .s..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Judge Church has rendered an
important decision in regard to small
pox at Manila, Iowa. The local board
of health had directed that all chill
dren in the public schools must be
vacciuated and those who had not
been vaccinated we're forbidden to
attend school. The parents of these
children resisted the order and car,
ried it before Judge Church, who up
held the action of the local board and
decided that the board had authority
to compel vaccination.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
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Union Mills.

Mr.. Flickinger is making a fine ad
dition to his home.
Mr.. Jones, our postmaster, started
his huckster wagon last week.
Simeon James, Union Mills black.
smith, is putting up fine house l6x24
story and a-half.
ID. E. Whitehill sold his 1900 Id. A.
year-old last week to Wella Bean for
S140 E. Z. Whitehill sold his driver
for S115 to the same party.
This week the bulk of the corn will
be planted unless some unknown
cause prevents. The usual large acre
age will be planted. The oats, mead
ows and pastures need rain.
d. E. Whitehill sold one car load of
cattle last week to Messrs. Blain q
Core, of Barnes City, at &c per 10.
They were shipped the same day to
Chicago and sold there for S5.10. The
parties lost on them. They averaged
1872. E. f. Whitehill sold 3S head
for sc to be delivered from the 1st to
the 10th which will average about
400 by time of delivery.
Mr.. Hiatt, OF New Sharon, arrived
home last week from trip to Okla
homa and brought samples of soil,
peaches on limb, alfalfa, and wheat
out in head. He purchased 160 acres
of land and will move there in Sep
tember. He says he is we'll pleased
with the country. His place cost him
81, 100 with house and other improve
ments and part of this years crops.
He also says his land lies as nicely as
any around New Sharon.
Nav O. W.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
Alone In Mid-Ocean
May s.

or on the train, in the house or while
at you office duties, you are subject to
disagreeable results from irregular or
excessive diet. DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin cures positively constipation, in
digestion, sick headache and stomach
trouble.
PETERSBURG ILL, Oct. 13, 1899.
PEPsIN SYRUP. Co., Monticello, Ill.
Gentlemen: Our baby Esther has
never tasted a drop of medicine other
than DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for
more than a year. 1t entirely cured her
of constipation. She is lovely child
and since I gave her your medicine she
has been perfectly healthy, altho' she
had not been we'll and strong until we
began using it. We know of others
who are using it with equally good re-
suits. Wishing you success.
Gratefully yours,
Mrs. c. A. TRUcKMULLER.
For sale by j. H. Pickett
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
THE VALUED POLICY.

Governor Shaw on Saturday made
public his veto of the "valued policy
BILL" If this bill had become law
the insurance company would have
had to pay the full face of the policy,
no difference if an inflated value had
been placed on the property de-
stroyed. This would have worked a
hardship on the insurance companies
and would have resulted in sharp
advance in rates on all fire insurance
in Iowa. Similar laws have bsen tried
in other states and have proven un-
satisfactory. In his veto Governor
Shaw explains as follows:
"The argument quite generally re-
lied upon in support of the law is the
proposition that when an insurance
company charges and receives a pre-
MUM for given amount of insur-
ance, it should in case of loss pay the
full amount contracted, for, and that
there is no reason why an Insurance
company should not deliver all that
it has received pay for that would
mercantile transaction. think those
who rely upon this proposition mis-
understand the nature of insurance.
Suppose the contract presided that
the company should indemnify the
insured against all loss or damage
not to exceed a stated amount the
face of the policy. Would any one
claim such provision unjust? We
already have law which makes the
amount of the insurance presumptive
evidence of the value of the property
and the burden is placed upon the
insurance company to prove affirm
atively that the property is worth
less than this amount; and in no in.
stance, think, has jury ever failed
to find adversely to the company or
this proposition. / believe thi:
proposition goes to the limit of safety
There is no escaping the proposition
that the insured must pay all losses
and any law that has the effect to in
crease the hazard must necessarily
increase the rate. In my judgmen
the state that secures the minimum
rate will be that state that provides
a uniform policy, to be used by al
companies, ,and that limits the amount
of recovery to three-fourths of the
actual loss, True insurance is in
demnity. Nothing in excess of actua
loss should ever be collectible. Ii
order to reduce the loss to the min
imum, there must be some induce
ment for the owner of the propert,
to throw water rather than oil on in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
For Explanation 10 the Publie,

We, the members of Iowa Tribe
No. A, of the Independent Order of
Red Men of Oskaloosa, find upon due
investigation regarding the trouble
which occurred on the train near
Abba, April "a, 1900, returning from
the funeral of Evan o. Jones in this
city, was not caused by any member
of our order, but by parties not con-
nected in any way with our order
which we hold sacred. And feeling
that the impression has gone out to
the public we wish TO exonerate the
order from any such depredations
contrary to the laws of the commun-
ity and the Order of Red Men ship.
@. B. LEWIS, s.
w. ID. TITUS, O of r.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
IOWA CROP REPORT.
Weekly Bulletin Issued by the
Weather Bureau.
Des Moines, May s. 1900.

OoS molne5, May o, lSUu.
The average temperature of the
past week was about normal, though
considerably cooler than the preced-
ing week. Frosts were observed on the
mornings of the Sd, 4th and 5th, at
various localities in the northern
and central districts; and on the
morning of the Sd the minimum tenn
perature at numerous stations was
below 80 degree s, causing the forma-
ton of ice on shallow water in many
places. Though too early to note
all the injurious effects of freezing
temperature, the general opinion
seems to indicate that apples, plums
and cherries suffered but little dam
age. Tender vegetation and small
fruit on low ground were somewhat
injured, but the aggregate of damage
by freezing will be quite small.
The week was very favorable for
plowing and other farm work, and
nearly all corn ground is now in
readiness for planting. A fair start
has been made in corn planting, but
the weather was not sufficiently
warm to incite much activity in that
line.
Most of the reports mailed on the
5th noted the fact that the soil was
becoming quite dry, and that rain
was needed for the grass and grain
crops, and to facilitate blowing. The
needed moisture was generally sup
piled by the copious showers of Sat
urday night and Sunday, and the
crop outlook at present is quite fiat
tering.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

The state board of health states
that some 700 cases of smallpox have
been reported in the state since last
fall, and out of this number only
fifteen deaths are reported. This in
dicates that the present breed of
smallpox is not nearly as fatal as
measles or whooping-cough, for either
one of the above diseases out of so
many cases would have shown a
larger death rate.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
A peculiar thing occurred in c

"A peculiar thing occurred in con-
nection with the death of Master
Max Baldauf, the lamented son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Baldauf, of this
city. On the afternoon of his death,
two snow white doves, the first ever
seen in the neighborhood, settled on
the window sill of the room occupied
by the boy and remained for some
time. While no significance may at,
tach to their actions, their visit was
beautifully emblematic of the flight
of the young spirit.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

done in these counties, will be done
in the others of the district as they
meet and select delegates, and when
the convention at Abba meets it will
be great ratification meeting. The
people will gather there from every
nook and corner of the district and
greet their congressman. "Well done
good and faithful servant. Go forth
and represent US again. We are with
you -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
District Court.

The judges are now at work on the
April docket. Judge Clements is in
the court room with the criminal
docket and Judge Dewey is in the
Farmers Club room with the non-jury
business. The first business before
Judge Clements Monday afternoon
was for the dismissal of the indict-
ments against the young men for the
Howard robbery. 1t is claimed that
the indictments are faulty and will
have to be sent back to the grand
jury.
Murder will OUT" Impurities in
the blood will also be sure to show
themselves unless expelled by Hoods
Sarsaparilla.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

The Bluff Greek correspondent OF
the Eddyville Tribune covers the
entire ground in this sentences:
"Dan Richardson, one of our good
hearted farmers, sustained quite a
partial loss, last Sunday, valuable
horse belonging to him, lay down in
a deep slough, and in its efforts to
arise turned over on its back, with
it's head in a pool of water, Dan
missed the horse and on searching
found it dead, the horse was great
favorite and will be heavy loss to
DAN"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
WILL BE UNANIMOUS.

The denomination of Major Lacey
at the Abba convention, July II, will
be unanimous and by acclamation,
and it is we'll, for he is the choice of
the people of the district. He goes
before the convention the candidate
of no particular county, nor the
favorite son of any locality, but as
the candidate and choice of the en-
tire district, whose people, in the
words of the Monroe countylresolu-
ton "endorse and approve his Of
fetal acts and public utterances, and
from his future services expect still
greater benefits" Three counties so
far Keokuk, Mahaska and Jasper
have selected delegates, and at each
of these conventions no thought was
given to the making of any change
everybody was satisfied with Lacey
and urging his denomination. Reso-
lutions endorsing his official career
and instructing for his retention were
with enthusiasm and rousing cheer
passe d in each. And what has been
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
Jasper for Lacey.

Newton, May Sat the Republican
County Convention held to-day dele
gates to the State Convention and to
the Congressional Convention were
selected, and resolutions endorsing
the National administration and also
the State administration were passed.
The resolution endorsing Major Lacey
and instructing the delegation to urge
his denomination was received with
the greatest enthusiasm, and passed
with rousing cheer. Every mention
of Lacey's name was cheered to the
echo.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Out of 442 sailing vessels that left
San Francisco last year, no less than
1873 carried cargoes. of American pro-
ducts and manufactures to the
Hawaiian Islands. The value of those
cargoes from this one port was S9,-
164, 1882, and it had almost doubled
within two years. Expansion is a
good policy for Pacific coast trade.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
. OPPOSED TO DANCING,

1t seems that the Methodist minis
ters of one Iowa conference, at least,
are apposed to the proposed elimi-
nation of the famous article 24s from
the book of disipline of the Methodist
church. To obtain an expression of
opinion in the matter the Fort Dodge
Messenger recently sent letter to
every Methodist minister in the North
west Iowa conference, and their
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
Dissolution Notice.

By mutual agreement the firm of
Baker & Cliff, horse and mule deal
ers, has dissolved. r. j. Baker will
continue to buy horses, mares and
mules at the same old stand where he
has for the last eight years, at the
Bashaw barn. Any one having stock
tc sell can see him at the said barn.
212d1-41w1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
THE NAN FOR THE PLACE


Hon. Sam Clark, who was for a
number of years Major Lacey's col
league in congress, thus writes of
him in the Keokuk Gate City:
"The Oskaloosa Herald thinks
Major Lacey will be renominated for
congress by acclamation. Speaker
Reed, who never made mistakes
about his man, considered Major
Lacey one of the most efficient mem
bers' of the house, and he recognized
him for the passage of measures
probably more frequently than any
other member Major Lacey's COM
mittee had many measures to report
affecting different parts of the coun-
try, and he is so wise in judgment,
prepares his case with such accuracy
and puts it with such brevity and di-
rectness and has such almost invari-
able success in carrying the house
with him, that Reed always recog-
nized that Lacey's measures were
something worth doing and were not
done for claptrap or bunkum. After
quite full knowledge we are persua-
ded that there is not more capable
law maker in the house than John F.
Lacey. There are good men in the
Sixth district and many of them, but
no one of them can do for his dis
trict, his state and his country what
John F. Lacey can"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

The women of Iowa City have
decided to build new High school
building to cost, together with the
heating plant, S65, 900. Had the elec-
ton been left to the men alone the
proposition would have met defeat;
but the women voted, 455 being in
favor of the new school, and Sc
against it. The men voted, 435 for
and 555 against.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
Bible School Conference.

There will be Bible School Con-
ference of Oskaloosa Quarterly
Meeting of the Friends church, held
at New Sharon Wednesday and
Thursday May 16 and IL.
Prominent workers from the vari-
Gus schools will discuss different
phases of Bible school work. Mrs.
Anna Draper, Superintendent OF
Bible school work for the Yearly will
be present and give valuable assist
ance.
Rev. p. w. Raidabaugh of Chicago
an eminent worker and author of s
S. Helps, will give each evening an
address on some popular subject anG
each forenoon and afternoon an hour
of Bible study.
Every one interested in Sunday
school work is cordially invited tc
attend. Sessions begin at 10 a. m.
and 2:30 and 500 p. m.
Mrs. NELLIE nj. WHITE, Supt
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Rev. DIR. E. M. Mills of the 10th
century thank offering movement of
the Methodist church, who addressed
the congregation here few weeks
ago, continues to report progress.
According to his most recent stat
istics, secured from the church at
large, the gifts already reported for
various purposes sums up the mag
nificent figure of So, ,S61 ZOE.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
Isn't it a great deal that we shoul,

Isn't it a great deal that we should
have freed the Porto Ricans from a
condition as bad as slavery, assuring
them that they may be admitted to
equal privileges with the people of
the mainland after they have attained
the standard necessary to enjoy the
rights and privileges of the constitu-
ton of the United States?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
BASE BALL.
The Season Inaugurated at Bea-
con With a Good Game.

The base ball season was opened
Saturday under auspicious circum-
stances at Beacon, and one of the
best games that has ever been seen
on diamond in the state was wit
messed. Beacon and Pekay were the
contesting teams. Shea and Moody
occupied the points for Beacon, with
Pollock and Cunion in the same ca
pacity for Pekay, The score was
3 to in favor of Beacon. Neither
side scored until the seventh inning,
when Beacon managed to advance a
man across the plate, and they fol-
lowod it up in the eighth with two
more runs. 1t seems as though the
Beacon boys are possessed with the
faculty of making good finish, and
as one Of the "rooters" remarked,
"are there in a hundred places.n
Pekay scored one run in the ninth
narrowly escaping a row of ciphers.
1t was great game from start to fin
ish.
There was another game.at Pekay
Sunday between the two teams and
resulted in score of Is to s in favor
of Beacon. Batteries-Beacon, Bos-
quet and Moody; Pekay, Gibbons
and Pollock.
The Beacon and Pekay teams will
combine their best players for
couple of games next Saturday and
Sunday with Lucas. The first game
will be in Beacon and followed Sun
day afternoon by another game at
Pekay. The Lucas team has state
reputation, and with the cream OF
the Beacon-Pekay teams put against
them, the ''fans'' have almost a
guarantee OF thipoa exceedingly fast
o.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is guar
!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

QUARANTINE RAIsED.-There were
a number of quarantines raised on
houses in the city Monday morning
and others will be lifted in few days
or as soon as the time expires. There
are now but very few places in the
city where there is ayellow card and
these will be taken down soon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

The Marshalltown Board of
Health has ordered allpublic gather
ings, including schools and churches,
with on account of the
small pox situation in that town. AS
the Times-Republican says this will
greatly injure Marshalltown for
months to come, and the board
should not have been so hasty in
rheir action.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Three years ago the farmer
shipped his three-year-old thousand
pound steer to market and sold it for
$50 80. This year he'has sold it for
$50. Protection that gives work to
labor and circulates money creates a
paying demand for the American
farmers beef.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Lon Boydston, the lighting"
editor of the Montezuma Democrat,
is announced as candidate for con-
gress on the Democratic ticket in the
Sixth district. Mr.. Boydston is a
Gold Democrat who has had the cour-
age of his convictions and has not
worshipped at the shrine of free sill
yer and anti-prosperity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

-Pella Advertiser: Four years ago
one of our Pella democrats said, if
we had better times under Mckinley
he would vote the Republican ticket.
He says we have them and he is glad
he has changed and that he is never
again going to vote for half time labor
and half pay wages.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

The Cedar Rapids Republican
sees something pathetically incon-
sistent about the "antis," who one
day picture England as ruined by i'm
perialism and the next day as the alb
sorber of the wealth of the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Dewey has again demonstrated
that he is not afraid of anything.
He made trip on the drainage canal
at Chicago and the next day went to
ST. Louis.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

Congressman Thomas Hedge was
unanimously renominated for Sc
cond term in congress by the First
district republican convention held
at Keosauqua. This program will be
repeated all over Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
-Notioa has been aarvf

Notice has been served on the
gold Democrats that, If they return
to the fold, the Chicago platform will
be changed to the extent of varying
the order of the subjects treated and
If they insist on still further changes,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

1.-THE man with the hoe is not
writing verses these fine days." says
the Davenport Democrat. ''He is
doing better work for himself and his
country by digging the earth. The
world can live longer on potatoes
than it can on poetry"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10

We had heard that Sam Clark
was getting better but we can hardly
believe it since finding this in the
Gate City:
tThe milk of human kindness
never sours. Udder milks do.o
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-10
The Democratic State convention

The Democratic State convention
selected E. B. Evans, of Des Moines,
a prohibitionist and leader of the
anti-saloon crusade at Des Moines, to
be an alternate-at-large to the Nation
al convention. He lacked only a few
votes of being made a delegate-at
largo