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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-26

Neely ordered from this company sup
plies for the department. of posts in
Cuba.
The books of the printing company
show it received for printing S7,937,
while the bills paid and the money Or
der records at Muncie show $2,13l
more than the amount indicated by
the books was paid. Some of the bills
were paid twice. Rathbone, when
asked why he approved these accounts,
said lie did not know until after Nee
ly's arrest that any printing was done
at Muncie. If this statement is true,
says the report, he convicts himscl.
of the most utter and indcfcnsible neg
ligence of official duties.
| w Deu 4Ntcis Nub dsSiShtu W uu's III
Havana, Jan. Z, $780, his salary was
81 800. The report says he was at this
time financially embarrassed. His ac-
count with the Union National bank
of Muncie was frequently overdrawn,
FEB. &, 1899, he sent a deposit of 1920
to the Muncie bank, and in February
and March his additional deposits ag-
gregated $1,53O. Thus Necly, with a
salary of $3.50 month, was able
within three months to deposit $3.50,
conclusive proof that his embezzle-
ment began in February, 1899. In
May he deposited $S37, June S775, July
1868, August $l3,125, October $2o,250,
and number of deposits of lesser
amounts were made afterward.'
The report deals sat considerable
length with the speculative ventures
into which Ncely branched out in
Cuba. They included the West In
dia Trading Co, in which he invested
$12 800; brick plant in Havana, in
which he invested $4,000, and some
mining schemes in South America.
The report says that Q. M. Rich, who
was brought to Havana as Neely's
assistant, told Rathbone in April that
Neely was Crooked" Rathbone de-
MED any such conversation with Rich.
The report, continuing, says:
erich claims to be innocent, but he
at least had knowledge of Neely's
embezzlcmerts long before he claims
to have told sRathbone. Reeves con-
fesses that Neely paid him $4,000 for
concealing the fraud in the destruction
of the stamps. Both Rich and Reeves
protest against any criminal designs.
How much credit should he given to
their statements it is difficult TO de-
termine."
December 81, 1898, when Rathbone
was appointed director general Of
posts, his salary was fixed at $4,000.
At his request the postmaster general
allowed a per diem of S. in addition.
He claimed this was not sufficient and
June 10 the postmaster general in
creased the salary to $4,000 with no.
tiicatlon that with the increase the
per diem would. cease. July 3 Rath-
bone complained that the Increase
amounted to $765 and asked for an
official residence. This also was allow
ed. December 10 the postmaster gen.
eral officially fixed Rathbone's salary
at $500, making 1t effective August
II. But although the per diem was
cut off Rathbone continued to draw
it,. When called upon by Col. Burton
for his authority for this allowance
Rathbone submitted the letter, sup
pressing that part Of It prohibiting
the per diem. In closing the discus.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-26

On account Of rain the Butchers
picnic has been postponed until Tues
day, July 81. Markets will be closed
after s D. IN. -
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-26

the government serNNe many Jo"iS
and knows such a method Of present
ing bills and such expenditures are
wholly unwarranted and bears the
strongest evidences of corruption.
Therefore for him to approve such ac-
counts renders him equally guilty with
Neely. The total amount of these mis-
cellaneous expenditures was $500. A
part of this was probably legitimate,
but a large part was doubtless fraudu-
lent expenditure for which Rathbone,
NeeIy and Reeves are equally respon
sible.'
The report closes as follows:
"Director General Rathbone main
tains that he is innocent Of wrongdo-
ing.
"Granting that what Director Cen
eral Rathbone states is true, he con-
VETS himself of the grossest careless
ress In the administration of
the affairs of his Office or
of an utter incapacity to com
prphcnd its duties and responsible
tiles, But carelessness cannot account
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-07-26

If you are sick all over, and don't
know just what ails you, It's ten to
one your kidneys are out of order
Folcy's Kidney Cure will bring you
health and energy.
j. NJ Latter j. Lamparters& Co.. A.
Warner, -~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Provisional Programme of the Gen.
ernI Gathering of the Church
..... I'm May.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-The committee
having the matter in charge has ar
ranged the following provisional pro-
gramme for the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, which
will begin it's sessions in this city
Wednesday, May 2.
The forenoons of each day will be
devoted to the work of the general
body, the afternoons to that of the
standing committees. of which there
are IA, and the evenings to ami
versaries and lectures. The pro-
gramme for the latter so far as agreed
upon is as follows;
May 2-Reception to the delegates and
officials of the general conference by the
Chicago Methodist Social union. May g.
Lecture by Hon. j. p. Dolliver, of Iowa.
May 4.-Anniversary of the Sunday School
union. May 7-Reception to fraternal dele
gates. May S.--Anniversary Of the Mis-
sionary society. May 9.--Anniversary OF
the Church Extension society. May To-
Lecture by Mrs Maud Ballington Booth
May differentiation of the Twentieth
Century Movement. May 12.-Anniversary
of the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety. May 4-Reception to fraternal
delegates. May 15-Anniversary of the
Epworth league. May 16.-Mass meeting
in the interest of city evangelization. May
H-Anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid
and Southern Education society. May 49,
Lecture Speaker to be announced). May
19.-Anniversary of the Women's Home
Missionary society. May 21.-Reception to
fraternal delegates May 22.-Mass meet
ing in the interest of the deaconess' work.
May 23-Anniversary of the board of edu-
cation. May 2-Lecture by Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt. May 25.-Grand temperance
rally. May 2S.-Reception to fraternal
delegates.
There will be a sermon each Sun
day afternoon at the Auditorium, the
preachers to be selected from among
the bishops and distinguished visitors
from beyond the sea.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Skunk River.

Mabel Coffin is at home nursing the
mumps.
Prof Stevens, of Oskaloosa, has
organize a class in music at Madison
Isaac Knight is moving his goods
and chattels to his new residence, and
the family will go next week.
Mrs. Albert Erickson and children,
of Des Moines River, and whose home
was burned on Friday of last week,
are staying with the lady's grand
mother, Mrs. Harriet Coffin of Madi-
son.
Ben Cruzen returned last Saturday
from a visit with his son, DIR. John
Cruzen, at Abingdon, ILL.,, and re-
ports him in good health and doing
well, as his many friends here will be
glad to learn.
Budd Kirk and brother George are
busy running their ten horse power
wood saw, saving yesterday for
Messrs. Stanley and Hicks. But the
days run most worthy of record was
that made for Ernest Day, of West
Center, in which they sawed 37%
cords of wood, already cut in cord
lengths, in ten hours and thirty five
minutes. Each stick was sawed
twice and 30% cords of it was
lard wood. If anyone can beat this
record please pass in your report.
WOOD VIOLET.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01

NEW COAL CHUTEs.--It is said that
the latest plan for the coal chutes
that will be erected in the Iowa Cen
Ural yards this spring contemplates
the building of a large coaling place
that will be located in the northern
part of the yards as to permit the
building of tracks on both sides of it..
This will permit two or more engines
to be coaled at the same time. One
of the reasons for the changing of the
chutes is to do away with the loss of
time that now occurs on account of
the present location. There is but a
single track past the coaling place
now and it often occurs that trains in
getting fuel obstruct the track for
other trains and thereby cause the
loss of considerable time. There will
be couple more tracks possible
in this part of the yards when the
chutes are removed from their pres
entlocatir and passenger al freight
trains will then be enabled to pass
without obstruction. The work on
the new coal house will be commenced
as soon as the opening of the spring
permits.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
SELECTS HIS MEN.
More Members of the Philip
pines Commission.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The president
has about decided on the appointment
of Henry c. Ide, of Vermont, and
Gen. Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee, as
members of the Philippine commits
sion, and unless something now un.
foreseen occurs their selection prob
ably will be announced shortly. He
has also summoned Prof. Bernard
Moses, of California, to Washington
for a conference on the Philippine
situation, and has in contemplation
the tender of a place on the commits
sion to him.
LAIr. Ide is a lawyer by profession, ma
tive of Vermont and Sc years of age. He Is
a graduate of Dartmouth, and from 1SS:
to 1885 was a member of the state senate
of Vermont. He was president of the re-
publican state convention in 1884 and a
delegate to the republican national con-
vention in 1883. He was United States
commissioner TO Samoa in 1891, and chief
justice Of Samoa under joint appointment
of England, Germany and the United
States.
Gen. Wright is a distinguished lawyer
of Memphis, veteran % the civil war and
a friend of Judge Taft, the head of the
commission, before whom he has prac-
ticed and who was one Of his sponsors for
/ place on the commission.
Bernard Moses, of Berkeley, Cal, has
been professor OF political economy in the
University of California since 1876. He was
born in Burlington, Conn, in 1916 and was
graduated from the University of Mich
igan in 1870. He is the author of several
works on political economy and kindred
subjects.l
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Splendid Connections.

1t is not generally understood what
excellent connections to and from
Chicago are possible with the new
passenger service of the B. & w.
Burlington route. " is possible for
traveller to leave the city of Oska-
loosa by this route at 7:30 in the
morning and be in Chicago at nine
O'Clock the same evening after spend
ing several hours in Burlington, and
by the same come on keokuk is
possible at 4:25 in The If ernoon. Or
by leaving the city of Oskaloosa at
O'Clock in the evening and making a
night ride with immediate connec-
tons at Burlington, Chicago is reached
at O'Clock next morning in time for
breakfast. st. Louls j. also reached
at the same hour. Now should
the traveller desire to return
the same route they are offered the
advantages of leaving Chicago at IL
O'Clock after the theatre, or at st
Louis at TAO p. m, and arriving in
Oskaloosa in good time for dinner at
12:45. Again leaving Chicago at $500
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Considered to He OF Benefit
to the Country.

New York, Feb. ar. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review OF trade says: prices In
materials are yielding. If not the best
news possible for some spectators, II Is
the best that could come for the country,
since industries could not long prosper
without reaction from the extreme prices
caused by actual or supposed scarcity OF
materials last year. Some help comes
from new iron furnaces that have opened
or approach completion; some from the
famine in India, which sends hither ship
loads OF hides; some from the much in
creased stocks of sheep, which have
weathered the winter and some from the
opening of new iron. zinc and copper
mines. The causes ere many but the re-
vision OF quotations gives promise of great
er activity In all the chief industries.
The great iron industry has been en-
barrassed by prices for pig and bilIets
which were no longer sustained by the
gradually yielding prices OF products. Con-
siderable transactions are now reported at
Philadelphia 81 to $3.50 per ton below recent
quotations; at Pittsburgh 10000 tons
bessemer have been sold and 5000 tons
billets, both iron and steel being rerorted
one dollar per ton lower.
Failures In three weeks have been ST.
24l,23O, against $7,129,7S0 last year and ST.
2sS.4S9 in 1898. but in the previous years they
exceeded $10,600,000 Manufacturing were
2,S56536 against $3,643, 1854 last year, and
trading were 1882, $50 against s., 2S7, 472 last
year. Failures for the week have been in
the United States 201 against 191 last year,
ard SO In Canada against 40 last year"
Bradstreet's says: General distributive
trade is Of satisfactory volume. though af-
fected by weather conditions and holidays.
Spring business is enlarging at many
markets east and west, the presence of
buyers being encouraged by special pas
senger rates. Money is steady as a whole
ana no higher than week ago. Bank clear
Ing comparisons are rather less favor
able, partly because OF less pronounced
speculative activity at this time last year.
Gains In railway earnings for the first two
weeks OF February are Of absolutely phe-:
nomenal proportions, but 1t must be re-
membered that there were exceptionally
severe weather conditions experienced last
year In spite of this. however IL is to be
said that east-bound tonnage is of un-
paraEeled volume, while shipments of
spring goods to the country are very large.
Foreign demand for wheat remains
small, American stocks are large farmers
are reported holding supplies back and
crop damage scares are discounted by mild
weather. The strength of corn has been
a feature, foreign demand being of good
proportions, and this has furnished a sup
porting element in the wheat market"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Real Estate Transfers.

Daily report furnished by Carl
Johnson, 'gr. Oskaloosa Collection
Agency:
van derZante, Gerrit by heirs
to Hermann q van Zante,
land in 2s-76-17 ............ $500 90
MerklebacE, Albert and wife
to Sarah A Ledyard, lot
block 2 Stafford's ad .:... 900 90
Dewitt, John d ct al to Albert
F Dewitt, land in 22-75-14 1000 90
Dewitt, John ID ct al to Alice
f Taylor, land in 22-75-l4.. 1000 90
Shroyer, VIM f to Francis M
Hull, land in 1-77-l7 ...... $3.50 90
j Excelsior Coal Co to Evan
Jones, land in 8-75-15.. :. 1000 90
Lacey, w r and wife to Iowa
Cent Ry 90, lot block 2
Myers ad ............ :. 500 90
Fitch, Walter B to Sarah L j
Fitch, VIZ 5 o / II OPP. 1900 90
Fitch, Sarah L to Walter b
Fitch, land in 14-75-15 -. $500 90
Van der Ploeg, T and wife to
1865 =. -. -. 5000 90
Pierce, Emma L T and hus-
band to HI @ Winkleman,
lot 4 blk 8 Donahey's adj. $50 90
Efiin, Andrew and wife to
8 O James, land in 29-77-16 $500 90
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Puerto Rico.

Three tours of the beautiful island
of Puerto Rico are scheduled to leave
Chicago Thursday, February 10, and
March s. Special Pullman sleeping
and dining cars will convey the party
to New York, thence on board the
splendid new steamship Ponce and
San Juan, through and around the
island by rail, automobile, carriage
and boat.
Tickets include all expenses every.
where.
These select limited parties will be
under the special escort of Mr.. Wal
ter Boyd Townsend under the man
agement of The American Tourist
Association, Reau Campbell General
Manager, 1923 Marquette Building
Chicago.
Itineraries, maps and tickets car
be had on application to the agents
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul
Ry.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Woman's Guild.

The Woman's Guild was organized
Thursday at the Y. NJ @. A. rooms
for the benefit of the Wesleyan Uni
versitly. All interested in higher
education and Christian college are
invited TO join. Mrs. Col. j. Villain
mond is treasurer and will gladly re-
ceive all names and membership fee
which is 81 per member. This is for
the endowment of chair in the I'M
iversitly where the Woman's Guild
organized here will make the nine
teenth guild organized in Iowa con-
ference since the meeting ast Octo-
Der
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
FARMER SUICIDES.
Tormented by Physical Ailments
Ends Life by Shooting.

William Hoggsets, of Scott town
ship, suicided at his home Sunday
morning by shooting himself in the
head. He committed the act about
nine O'Clock and died about2 O'Clock
in the afternoon from the effects of
the wound.
The man has been troubled with
heart disease and other physical all
ment and he had become discour
aged. He seemed to think that he
was going to die in sudden manner
and chose rather to emf his life ny
his own hands. He sent to his neigh
Dor. Richard Boyer's, about four
days ago aud asked to borrow tar
get rifle, stating that he intended to
shoot some hogs This would max e
it appear that the man had been con-
templating the deed for some time.
The target rife was loaned and it
was with this that he ended his life.
The deceased was man of AS years
of age and leaves wife and three
children. He has brother, Robert
Hoggsett of Muchakinock and half
brother living in Pekay. The man
has been living on the Boyer farm
for number of years and has been
employed about the place. He was
a steady and reliable farmer and that
he should commit suicide is great
surprise to all who have known the
man.
The funeral will occur Tuesday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Three Bees.

Hold on! About those Bees? We
wish to say that there is another diff
ference between the Three Bees and
honey bees. These new kind of bees
do not have stinger. They do their
work without unpleasantness, but
their action is as effective toward
good results as the honey bees sting
is toward bad. For sale by Blakeslee
& Heinzman and Green & Bentley,
the druggists. 149d6-31w4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01

-. m, or Keokuk at 2:15 p. M, one
NAV he in Oskaloosa at 7:55Ip. m. in
time for supper. These routes are
being Loudly praised h, the travelling
pnblic, and will be much used as soon
a their advantages are understood.
Think it over and you will readily
sea that you can find nothing equal
10 this service in Oskaioosa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
5000 90
District Court.

There was partial report of the
grand jury Saturday afternoon and
nine indictments were returned.
Hartgraves and Davenport who
were indicted for the shooting of
Marion Thompson were arraigned
Monday afternoon and w. s. Ken
worthy was appointed by the court
to defend Hartgraves. Davenport
will be represented by Bolton, Nc
Coy & Bolton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Miners Discharged.

The Saylor Coal Company of Des
Moines, of which ID B. Fleming and
s. T. Slade, formerly of this city, are
the chief owners, discharged ten
union miners on Saturday. Presi.
dent Reese says this action viii Dre
cipitate a general strike at tn, mine
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Van der Ploeg, r and wife to
926 10

Van der Ploeg, r and wife to
Leendert Wiser, land in
27-74-17 ........... ........ s36 90
Ball, Mary F and husband to
Frank sabilka, land 1868 5000 90
McFadden, SamuelK to Marg
(Spates) Morrow, land in
1O-77-14 ................... 1 90
Dickson, Minnie L to Marg
Spates, lots 264 to 266 Spates
ad Rose Hill. ......... 1926 90
Holloway, Elias and wife to
Calvin j Crawford, land in
ss-77-14. .................... 1000 90
Dalbey, Aaron and wife to E
E Dalbey, land in N-76-14. 90
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Indiana Democrats.

Indianapolis. Ind, Feb. &c. - The
democratic state committee on Satur-
day night fixed June 6 as the date OF
the state convention. The later date
was on account Of the date of the ma
tional convention, as it had been in.
tended to hold the convention on April
IS.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
Acquitted.

Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 26.-Elsie Gard.
ner, charged with the murder of Thorn.
as Haas, on February IL, was dis
charged Saturday. the court holding
she committed the crime in self-de'
Tense
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01
" KniCkerbocker" Watch.

Given for IFS lion ~
heads and q 2-cent FANNY
stamp. Neat appear NM
ing and an excellent wv
e.: i 8 ! @
time keeper. Solid
nickel-silver case, with EN
ornamental back. MI1NTM
Nickel movements, Mno ANN
escapem fully WNW 3Hk
jeweled. The famous WB,L .wN
"Knickerbocker" N43&V
watch. P
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01

in town? There can be but
one answer, and / do not
think that / assume too much
in saying | have
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-01

These rings genuine gold plate having the
appearance and qualities of solid god and guaranteed
the makers to last two years with ordinary usage
patterns and very popular
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-09

clover is good luck; so is finding our
laundry To be rated as a winner, look
spic and span. Fine linen has long been
ASSOCIATED with elegance in attire. We
shine in our work, and the best dressers
In Alabama are witnesses of the fact.
AvONDALE STEAM LAUNDRY,
"Old Reliable" 10s N. 18th St., Phone 1904
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-09

There is a Rumor That Shoulder
PufS Will Return But as Yet
Thre Are Few Models.

Paris, France, 1900 - Mademolselle, the
couturiere, will tell you that the sensation
of fall will be the fall sleeves. Advices say
that the big sleeves are coming in, but as
yet there are so few of them that they do
not count. One of the most fashionable of
the Partisan dress builders constructed
gown with sleeves large as balloons.
1t was a house dress for her ladyship, the
Countess of Essex. But beyond one or
two sporadic cases there are no large
sleeves, the tendency being toward the
sleeve that is tight at the shoulder.
Even the coat sleeve has gone out, and
the fashionable shoulder is the round one.
Very like the sleeves of the Louis XIV
coats these round shoulders look, and like
the prints in the old books
Many of them are made with only one
seam, and that seam underneath.
The fashionable length is to the elbow.
Here the sleeve proper ends, and Is fin
ished with trimming and braiding of vari-
Gus kinds. It may tightly hug the arm
and be finished without puff of any de-
scription; or it may flare out in bell shape,
the bell framing the elbow.
One of these new sleeves was in CASH
mere of a soft lovely old shade of yellow
brown. The sleeve was perfectly smooth
and entirely tifht fitting. A row of buttons
extended down the outside. At the elbow