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The sun., 1900-12-28

Lees Than 400 Invitation Sent Out - The
Arrangements Thus Far.

NEWPORT. Dec. 27.-The marriage OF Miss
Elsie French to Alfred Gwynns Vanderbilt
which will take place here on Jan. II. is not
to be a large affair. 1t will not equal Wander
bilt weddings OF the past This fact Is made
clear from the number of Invitations issued
by Mrs French to-day In all there are
between 800 and 400 The invitations are
engraved from copper plate and are quite
plain. the name OF each guest being written
in the body of the invitation. With each
invitation is a card announcing that for the
accommodation Of the guests two special trains
will leave New York. ono on Saturday and
one Oh Sunday. the two days before the we'd
ding train will return to New York at
4 o'clock the day OF the wedding These
trains Mr. Vanderbilt has placed at Mrs.
French's disposal
Mrs and Miss French returned from Tux
edo to-day and will remain here now until
the wedding Active prepAra tions are bein x
made at "Harbourview and 81 John
Church for the ceremony The color Of the
decorations at both places TO be Christmas
green The Breakers" will be opened a
week from Tuesday on which day Mrs Cor
nelius Vanderbilt and family will arrive
The Vanderbilt horses have all been brought
in from the farm and the stables are being
made ready for the event.
The sun., 1900-12-28
BEWtRE or THIS HOOK AGENT!
An Apparently wealthy Woman Who Comes In
Her Carriage Doing a Great Business.

The public I. cautioned to look out for book
agents OF a certain publishing house who are
operating on a scale of magnifcence and
commensurate clev"rness never before at
tempted, and. it Is understood. with no little
success. in the extortion of money. II Is a
variation Of the well-known system OF Rich
ardson. Bsrcus a Co. arranged for special
application 10 impressionable people OF
wealth
The book agent appears in the person OF
a richly dressed woman who descends upon
the house she has selected In hor carriage.
with liveried servants. She gives her name
as that ~ some intimate friend OF the lady
of the house or she sends up friends card
which, of course. Ia easily picked up from
the hall card case OF some other house. She
saws that she has come with special mes
sage or recommendation. The message Is
that the lady Of the house, being partial to
fine things ought to see the beautiful edition
Of some book the visitor has been enabled TO
procure.
The agent 10 a veritahle auecn OF her kind,
and before she leaves that house the mistross
Of il has probably put her name TO some
innocent looking card or paper on the under
standing that she would buy few volumes.
Then II turns out later that the GARD was a
contract TO buy a very large number OF vol
umes OF expensive make-up at staggering
prices, and the only escape IL a -eettlen,ent"
On pretty stin terms. II is seid tlis woman
or othcrs like her have lately been operating
in and about New York with the result of
transferring thousands OF dollars from the
pockets Of her unfnrtunate victims Into the
pockets of her principals. The public 10
ad dvi-rd To- beware OF them.
The sun., 1900-12-28
sHE WRECkS stIOO>s
Mr.. Nation. Prohibition worker of wichita
Lands In Jsii Betause Of Her Methods.

WICHITA. Kan, pec "a Mr- corrie
Nation to-day re-lmed her crusade against
the saloons Of Wichita She j. President
Of the Barber County " & I L and prorni-
nent In prohibition work She entered the
Hotel Carey saloon this morning and de-
stroycd property to th" value of nearly s?.OoI
by throwing stones and billiard balls about
Last nirht Mrs Nation visited every one
Of the sixteen saloons In Wichita and gave
the propretors warning to close up They
all laughed at her. although all are running
In open violation Of the Inv and are only
allowed to remain open by paying monthly
fines This morning she entered the Carev
Hotel saloon with large bundle under Or
arm She did not say word. but opened
her bundle. drew out some stones and com
inenced throwing them at the mirrors aud
paintings One $500 painting. cleopatra
at the Roman Bath" being the figure of a
nude woman. was destroyed and the mirrors
and cut glass were broken The bartender
hid behind the bar until Mrs Nation was taken
In charge by Policeman Massey
Al the police station she sent n note asking
Gov Stanley to aid her. but he did not answer
the appeal Later IN the day warrant
was sworn out charging her with destruc-
tion Of property. and she went To Jail at her
own request, refusing to accept bsil There
Is no law by which she can be punished. she
and other Prohibitionists say. They assert
that the saloons run against the State law
have no right TO protection. Two months
ago she raided two saloons at Kioua and
escaped punishment She says as soon as
she il released she will wreck other saloons
She says she IL doing this work 80 arouse
indignation arainst saloon men. some drastic
measures being needed
The sun., 1900-12-28
G4UBIFRS OFF 10 WESTCHESTER?
Dow ntown Poolrooms Close Uptown Places
work Carefully.

number Of familiar faces OF gamblers
vbo ,nened rooms in Weatchester county
VINO "pen'o rooms III "e1'oie1"' 'o'h'.
Just stout-ide OF the boundary une OF TINS county
when the town closed up to them two
80. ,..,, ha,., h,a, so.,, 4, ,ha, ,.igbhor
!'a'' aNp' nav o,e" 7'" III '"a' Nv
hood within The last Two days Inc con-
ductor- on the trolley cars say that the cars
oro J,i,c n, ,irusuailv heavy business and
~ "'''s "' go -
the hackmen ana cap owners are r'Jo'olhS
over the increase in the number OF calls for
,h,t. ,ohi,,,a. ,rha rosida,,s bava g,, a
Wv"
notion that there ls announcer ehonus oi poor
The sun., 1900-12-28
TWO SHOTS ~ MS GROIN.
Edward Courtney MortaIiy Wounded This
Morning by Mike Mcdonald.

Ina fight in the btrroom of the Onlwn Hotel.
Park avenue and i25tl street, il morning
Miles Mcdonald, sporting man, fire / -iN Shots
I so Of bullet, vent into the groin of Edward
Courtney another : ortiug m u, nj TIE 81 .er
four wrecked the sa onn mirror. Courtney
whose home is at 5g2 f. 1T l3it street. l. IN II r
lem Hoo, ital dying He had trIe 10 act -
peacemaker between Mcdonald enl mot er
man who we're iigntins over bet in a H,ren
poolroom
McDonlld was locked up in tie Flst i?0th
street tation. He is under Indictment for a~-
sault on Richard Walsh. Walsh led to pl ca
a bet on horse race. as regue-ted by
Mcdonald. End when he conies ed that te had
not done "a Mcdonald. 1t Is said. cut his right
ear of.
The sun., 1900-12-28
DON'T IKE orr PRISON SYSTEM.
nlino,, L~ ~gisiator. Find the New York system
Too Expensive for Use There.

SPHrNGFIFIp. III. Dec 27.-The Legislative
committee appointed by the last Legislature
70 investigate the workings Of tha New York
convict labor system met here to-day TO
prepare its report To be presented 10 the
next Legislature which will recommend that
the New York law be not adopted IN the state
of Illinois The committee visited the stat"
prisons AT sing Sing. Auburn and Clinton
and inspected the work there. II was found
that the total appropriations for h"S" prisons
by the state were sisoo0 Tor IN" year. WINE
the uroOt on the goods manufactured for
State use was only So. ."0. leaving net loss
in the cost of maintaining the prisons of siUo,-
100 The cost IN Illinois l. Tar less
The sun., 1900-12-28
WARRANT FOR MAYOR WOODV tRD.
Arrested for Carrying Concealed Weapons
Allowed Time to Get a Bondsman.

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. q. A warrant wa- to-
dav served upon Mayor James G., Woodward.
charging him with carrying concealed
weapons Attached to the warrant was "A
bond for $500 with blank place for the name
of a bondsman To he signed This bond was
left with the Mayor with tho understanding
that he was 10 get some one To sign IT and
return IL to the Sherin's oillCe. The war
rasnt was served by Deputy Sheriff Tye. 1t
was sworn out by Policeman bohhins upon
the lr rstruCtiou, of Recorder l5rOvles. N was
taken ont on the evening of Dec. ls In the city
criminal Court. II was not served urfl
this morning. In one Of the Mayors sprees
he fourshed his pistol dangerously.
The sun., 1900-12-28
TrRKEi SIGNS THE CONTRACT.
BUYS a Fast Cruiser Of the Cramps. Part OF the
Purchase Money to Go to the Government.

WksHISGToN. Dec. ?7,-1he advloes re-
ceived by the Cramps Yesterday that th" con-
traot for the construction Of a fast cruiser by
them for the Turkish Government had been
signed in Constantinople YESTERDAY hav" been
oi tally confirmed to the state Department
by Mir Griscom, the init states tharQ"
d'ANaires at the Turkish capital While
the Department officials de line 10 admit IT.
there is reason TO believe that they are salts
fed that the contract price, q, 800 900. Is 10
cover the amount of the indemnity asked on
account Of the Armenian outrages, III" Porte
taking this means of payment 10 conceal th"
fact of it, liquidation " America claim from
other nations which are pressing for Ic, uu-
iaYy satisfaction. The , nlt"d states Gov
ernm.nt has not. however, become party
10 such an arransoueut, and declines To do
So, but il will not refuse to accept payment
through the Cramps as the ag"nt- 81 the
-ptan
The sun., 1900-12-28
KILLED WIPE HE mad DECEIVED.
Had Already spent Her Money and Abandoned
Her Also Killed Himself.

Los ASGtLRS, Cal. Dec 27.--John W Tins
lev, who had deceived hi4 wife and obtained
money from her by fraud shot her dead In
the street to-day. and then put bullet throus IA
his own head. diving instantly. The couple
we're married at Vanburcn, Ark, year ago.
Tiu-ley represented himself the owner of
property worth $4,000 IN Helena, Mon, and
he secured t4po from his wife and Induced
her 20 sell n piece of real estate at saCri-
flee They came to Los Angeles on wedding
trip at her expense Next they went TO Excel, :,
$3.50 all his wifi. had lett, and then abandoned
her sending her a letter saving he had de-
return She caue here and forced him to
give her a ci-cS for s325. but that was re-
turned di-honored She began divorce
suit II WIS the bitterness over this suit
that prornuted his act He left letters saying
he had determined TO kill her ana himself
The sun., 1900-12-28
READY TO MEET A STRIkE.
The Northern Pacific Sends Extra Telegraph
Operators out Along Its Lines.

ST PAUL. MINI. Dec. ?7.-The Northern
Pacific Railroad Company sent forty tcle-
graph operators West to-day To take tho
places of the present operators in case Of a
strike. which i threatened because the rail-
road company efused To recognize the mons
or ganizauon or TO Increase their salaries.
The ocompany has made elaborate prem
arauon to meet strike. All trains VIII
run as per card time if ueC's ssary. to do away
with train dcspatchers The railroad officials
are thought 10 be making the demonstration
TO frighten the operators.
The sun., 1900-12-28
yonTy.yIvE rHiLDRKy DRowNED
s,ar,,in Rumor from Foster. Ia, Reaches
Burlington.

BrBLISotoS, la Pee q 1t ls rufnored
through telephone message TO tho Hdphsps
that forty-nine schoolchildren were drowned
AZ Fostcr, In to-day by the breaking OF Ice
on witch they were skating The telephone
message says that fity-ono children were
m the skating party and that only TWO of
them escaped Telephone Inquiries 10 sew
eral points fail 10 confirm the report. but II
cannot he definitely contradicted
The sun., 1900-12-28
ROGER WOICOTT'S WIZ.
Request Of $4,000 to Harvard oilege Other
Public Institutions Remembered.

RosToN. Dec. 27-By the will Of former
GOV. Wolcott. which was fled this afternoon
az the suffolk Probate Court, Harvard Col
lege Is 10 receive the sum Of s?o,Ho. There
are also several other public beQue-t- Mas4a-
chusetts General Hospital e. OCN, Boston
Museum " Fine Arts. t5,pO, Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute. si.Hu Tusk"gee
Normal md Industrial Institute. q 600
Trustees Of tho WolCott Library { 'tChi,eld.
Conn. $1,000. Trustees of the Public Library
Of Milton. s. 900. The will, which Is dated
March 3, 1900. appoints Francis Wcich,
Philip Dexter and Roger Wolcott, the eldest
.on OF the GOvernnr. as trustees.
The sun., 1900-12-28
PLEASE SCARE THE OTHFR WOMAN.
Distressed Young Person Appeals 10 the Police
In an Emergency.

She wanted to see detective at the Tender
loin station last evening Sho saw Detective
Lockwood
"My nance," she said, "is under the influence
OF a married woman. He admits IL Be
sides. fixed it So that could ovcrhear them
talking over the telephone. want the police
Ia stop II
DO YOU want tho Woman arrestcd?" asked
Lockwood
''No-just frightcn her
Lockwood told her the police Ind troubles
of their own
The sun., 1900-12-28
Secretary of state McDonough sworn In

ALBANY, y. !. Dec. 27.--Sccretary Of Stat
McDonough was sworn In for his second term
In that Office yesterday. The oath wa ad-
min,stered by Deputy Secretary OF state
j. B. II Mongin, on n new Bible, which Will
next see service at the inausuration Of Gov
ernor-elect h. Is, Ud"ll. Jr. Ia" secretary
Of State was sworn H. in advance SO that he
will be enabled to administer the oath 10 the
new Governor.
The sun., 1900-12-28
GOID FOTND ~ SAMOA.
Company Formed TO Develop the Mineral
wealth Of the Islands.

NIcTorIA, Is. {. Dec - .-1h" steamer
Niowera brings nows of the finding of rich
mineral deposits AZ no great distance from
Aria. The Sdmoan weekly HC,dd ~ Dec.
aavS company has teen formed. capitalized
Al $4,000 for Investment In Samoa. Part
of In. programme ot the n'-r company ia the
-devel nnrnent OF nnWly found goll mlnes.
The sun., 1900-12-28
DROVE THE TEACHER INTO POND.
Older Pupils Of an Indiana School Nearly Cause
the Death of Their Instructor.

IHpIASApoMs. Dec ?7-Wesley Dugsn. a
public school teacher near Petersburg, was
the victim of u hazinH at the hands Of his
pupils to-day which cane near costing hun
his life He was set upon by tho larger pupil q.
IN his school and carried " the edge Of q pond
In which IL was PROPOSED TO duck him Break
ing AWAY he rIn into the water and waded TO
a stump ~ome distance from the bank
There hc was pelted with stones md clubs TIL
forced 90 take to the water again and try 10
reach the opposite bank He was already
numbcd with the cold and before reaching the
opposite bank lost consc iousness and would
have drowned had not farmer rescued him.
The sun., 1900-12-28
COACH Rolls DOW MOUNTAIN SIDE.
| Driver and Three Passengers warned in Time
to Escape by Jumping.

OrRAY, Col Dec. "a While the Red Noun
tain stage was descending steep grade near
here to-day the brake broke and the vehicle
rolled down the mountain side. nearly 1900
feet, being ,ma-hed % pieces against a rock
There were hut three passengers on hoard,
Mrs Denby oi that city and Mr. Walters Of
hansa. CITY They were riding on top with
the driver All three jumped when they
heard the brake loosen and escaped with
severe bruises The four horses were dragged
down with the coach and killed
The sun., 1900-12-28
ENGLISH CAPITAL ~ OUR SUGAR.
A London Company Purchases . Plantation In
Louisiana for D 600, 600.

New ORLEANS. Dec. 27.-The United Rail-
road and Trading Company of London has
purchased the kenilworth sugar plantation.
Just below New Orleans. for Si.elO.2O0 The
In il a fine sugar house and refinery which
,nst N-OD 400
The sun., 1900-12-28
rrec Delivery on staten Island.

Free delivery mail service will he estab-
ishcd on April at Tompkinsvin" Staten
Island. with two carriers and one substl-
tute, at Stapeton, Staten Island, with seven
carriers aud two substitutes, and al Mount
Holly, y j., with three carriers, one sub
stitute and seventeen -treet letter boxes.
The sun., 1900-12-28
SHE SAYS MANAGER NIT HER.
Leading Lady at the Theatre Comiauc Has
Tony stanford Arrested.

Tony Stanford the manager Of the Queen
OF the Orient" Company at the Theatre Coni-
que was arrested last night upon tho com
plant of his leading lady. Eloise Mortimer.
who said that he came into her dressing room
and struck her because she had been absent
from three peri riOTmancc-
stanford WAS taken Ia the Tendcrloin police
station aud then bailed out
The sun., 1900-12-28
r,r. Insurance Companie. Admitted.

ALBANY. Dec. - - State Superintendent
Of Insurance Francis Hendricks to-day
admitted the Thurineia Insurance Com
rany of ErfurL Germany, and the Palatn"
tn transact the business Of fire Insurance In
this state
The sun., 1900-12-28
The New York Central !. First.

40 railroad company In Great hrtain has 50 many
miles Of stoad protected by the lock ana block
trm as the New YORK Central Extract froIp an ad
dress bv ,if John T. o Donncll. the English expert
on block signals before tlle AmftsAn society OF CNu
Engineers Ada
The sun., 1900-12-28

Burnsst's Vanilla Extract
10 the best The grocers know II. Insist on having
u Il Is for your food Pure and whole seme. Ado
The sun., 1900-12-28

Are you vesry from work OF WON'T There's rest
and help in Banhntlnes India "a Ale. OF Old Burton
Ale-Ade
The sun., 1900-12-28

Antedtiuvian Rye.
Aristooratie, old and nns-Ada
The sun., 1900-12-28

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New York
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15
BACK TO OSKALOOSA.
Iowa Central Claims Department
Re-established Here.

The claims department of the Iowa
Central, the headquarters of which
have been located in Marshalltown
since the appointment of Mr.. Mar
quis Barr as general claim agent,
after the death of the late Col. L. s..
Stedman, has been transferred from
the superintendent department to
the legal department, and in the flu
ture will be under the supervision of
the general solicitor, Mr.. George W..
Sewers. General Claim Agent Barr's
desk and papers were accordingly
removed yesterday from the general
superintendent Office to Oskaloosa,
where he will have headquarters in
the depot, and be given possession of
the offices formerly occupied by Col.
Stedman. The change is made on
account of the two departments
legal and claims-being so closely
connected, especially in the settle
ment of fire losses, damages by per-
sonal injury, stock killed, etc., where
legal advice is often very necessary.
Mr.. Barr is kept on the road great
deal, and the change will also allow
him to be at home when not out look
ing after business matters.
Republican.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15
The Eminent Kidney
and Bladder Specialist.

There is disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result of kidney
disease. IL kidney trouble is allowed to adj
vance the kidney poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness of the blood-the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's
Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root the new dis
covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. II has cured thousands
of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. AT druggists in fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail, also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Dr.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. and
mention this paper.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15
For the Babies,

There is no better medicine for the
babies than Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and
effectual cures make it favorite with
mothers and small children. 1t quickly
cures their coughs and colds, prevent
ing pneumonia or other serious conse-
quences. 1t also cures Group and has
been used in tens of thousands of cases
without a single failure so far as we
have been able to learn. 1t not only
cures Group, but when given as soon as
the croupy cough appears, will prevent
the attack. In cases of whooping cough
it 1iquefes the tough mucus, making. it
easier to expectorate, and lessons the
the severity and frequency of the par
oxysms of coughing, thus depriving that
disease of all dangerous consequences.
For sale by Green & Bentley Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15
Monday.

Mrs. ]. III. Hobbs is in Des Moines
visiting with relatives for a few days.
r. M. Knight, of Louisiana, Mo.
was in town over Sunday, the guest
of Sam Miles.
Charles, Olive and Frances Ryan
were at Leighton Saturday to attend
q teachers meeting.
Miss Della Tice is home from two
weeks visit with friends and rela-
tives in Des Moines.
MIR. and Mrs. T. E. Graham, of New
sharon, visited over Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Barnhart.
Miss Katie Snyder spent Sunday in
Marshalltown visiting at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. A. F. Paige.
Miss Ida Glover is confined to her
home with spinal meningitis and her
condition is said TO be serious.
Miss Lenora Dixon went to Leighton
Saturday afternoon to visis her sister,
Mrs. O. w. Baker, over Sunday.
Judge Clements was in the city Sat
urday en- route home from Keokuk
where he had been conducting court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15
Hoods Saa5ab0lM
-IZisll1 7. .;ESll!:lI::l:lzszg5D

Mrs. t. r. Long and son Russell
were in the city over Sunday, guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Long.
Kay Kemble was down from Des
Moines Saturday looking after gov
eminent business and calling on his
| friends.
W. A. NEWELL was the host of a
pleasant dinner party at the Downing
House last evening, attended by about
twenty of his relatives.
Mrs. Barbara McNeill departed this
morning for her home in Chicago.
She was called to this city by the
death of HI. w. McNeill.
Mrs. Jennie Malmquist, who has
been visiting in The city with friends
and relatives, returned to her home
in Des Moines this morning.
Mrs. L. N. Little will return to her
home in Chicago the latter part of the
week. She will be accompanied by
ueT uhuSulSE, MISS N6lll6 LlIIle, WHO
will visit in the city for number of
weeks.
Mrs. Frank Barry and daughter,
Miss Josephine, who have been in the
city visiting with friends and rela-
tives, have departed for their new
home in Milwaukee. They went via
Marshalltown where they visited
briefly at the Geo. A. Bowman home
f. P. Brewer went to Des Moines
this morning and will be in the capt.
tai city for number of days erecting
the stairways and doing other inter-
ior work in the new building for the
Old Peoples Home that has been re-
Gently erected in that city. The max
ing of the interior work for the home
was triumph for an Oskaloosa in
dustry. The Oskaloosa Planning Mill
had number of competitors in the
bidding for the contract, but were the
successful bidders and they have done
an elegant piece of work that is now
ready to be put in place.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15

expense of crime more than eats up
the revenue derived from it there is
no sound financial argument for
maintaining it's chief cause. But sup
posing it could be proven that the
saloon was a source of net income
could any financial gain compensate
for the ruined lives, the blighted
characters, the suffering women and
children, and our lost boys. Suppose
it is your boy who is cursed by the
saloon, can the saloon pay license
high enough to make you willing that
it shall be continued? If you have
not yet been cursed personally by the
saloon, then put yourself in the place
of him who has. The saloon cannot
earn money to pay license without
cursing somebody.
SCOTT w. SMITH.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-02-15
Real Estate Transfers.

Daily report furnished by Carl
Johnson, Mgr. Oskaloosa Collection
Agency:
Graham, Huldah M and hus-
band to Nancy Sipes, lot
81 Gilmore's ad .......... 500 90
McSpadden, James and wife
to M Armstrong, lots 3
and blk 6Agricola. ....... 400 90
Prouty, s F and wife to ALT
sOlney, Land in / & 12-74-l4 $500 90
McQuiston, Anna E and hus-
band to T F Neagle, lot
blk 1 Mont ad ....... 49,. 1000 90
Kisor, A and wife to VS.
Kisor, land in 11-77-15.. go. 100 90
Slykaard, Tennis and wife to
j l. Sheesly, land in 3-77-17 100 90
Kisor, Gary M and wife to A
j Kisor, land in 11-77-17. 124 90