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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
TOLEhO SWOROS.

The pecEliars exc Hence 40 wsich the
steel Of Toledo owed its extraordinary
fame throughout Europe is said 10 have
been due 20 some special virtue possess
cu by the sand and water OF the Tagus
jus, as the glorious beer Of Munich Is
attributed to some special property in
the waters of the lsar, says the Satur-
day Review The original iron came
from the Basque mines OF Mondragon,
and was also deemed essential TO the
general rtsut. Now however. both
iron ald steel are imported from abroad
and thc manufacture has sunk IL any
thing below the average mediocrity N
Europe This is as striking an evidence
us amy of ne universal dscadencc of
Spain iar tha famous weapons uf To-
lndu attracted attention I'm song as far
back as th, days of the Romano
The Nn.rs. as usual, advanced the
art SO its h. rhts pinnacle, and. though
the 1rnurprS ot France ana Milan may
have produced more artistic designs,
Shukr-uuIrD was certainly justified I'M
soldiers dream Each Of the great
est makers had mark or crest or his
own. and this was regarded as an in
a - tnenh'n warrant ~ his Workr<1n-
shin ThH' OF Julien del Bcy was a
waN d aldic dos. Io was "a convert
cl Moor and ohtI'ncl greater celebrity
thl1 amy nl.h'- rivg'e. predecessors or
Successors. King Ferdinand himself
.nre.1f. rr tp stand sponsor Tor him at
th. font other uHmas. scarcely less a..
muus 1rg those nf ri.uIF'n Cor~irrtce.
OEur1 Ruiz Nrn'uez ana rantcr1
Ant ur their work s'il' to De found
among h. lumber 10 curiosity do1'crs.
NAV allos Doe e1fd tO De- worth ts
weight in gold what howcror most
apDeais In ire lay grind b. nrob1bt, Tho
Tsu.ln if TurC1 The etcci ~ which 's
eo tru. 4uf fno'v fomp'tal that ir may
o. doubled right h7ck ou1 ehut up fhus
iu box f0r any 'arCih OF time.
Nus' or Tho modern work is n1w nb-
e-'.1 hv Tho ~ovfvnn'onf factory
which stands some little distance out of
fhc town srd bv mo- means renays \
Visit. everything there being inferior
anil r'wmonplaCo. 10 would appear In
decd that this marvellous ant. like so
ranv others hae snfirelv useas.si su'o q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

North Brookfeld Mass, Jan l9.--M.
Bergen the well known catcher OF the
Boston league ball team, killed his
wife aaa two children and comhittei
suicide at his home here today. An
axe was the implement used IN taking
the life Of Mrs. Bergen, and Oae q:
the children, a boy, while "a razor had
been employed to cut the throat Of the
other child. litde girl, and Ga IN
man himself.
it is thought the action was due 10
insanity. lt has been suspected lcE
some time that Bergen was victim
of mental derangement.
Martin Bergen was catcher Tor inc
Boston club Of the National league. lie
played with the nine up 20 the close ot
last season. but at times during the
summer his strange actions In dissp-
pearing from the team without notfy-
ing Manager Selee or the other players
resulted in considerable friction. onco
he went 10 home i'm North Brook
field and refused 10 play, alleging that
he had been treated well by some or
his colleagues and the manager. After
much persuasion Bergen was induced
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
-UNtVERSkttSTS.
Conference Held at the First Church
on Greene Street.
Interesting Addresses Made al Afternoon
and Evening Sessions.

A conference was held yesterday ar
ternoon and evening. at the First Uni
yeTsaHst church, Greene street, uhce.
the auspices OF the Rhode Island Cnl-
versallst Convention. and several al
dresses were made. Al the afternoon
session, after devotional exercises, tht
first speaker was Rev. &. l.. Fisher. o.
Lowell. on the topic The Things Most
Needed in Our Church To-day"
he said in part: I'VE nsei stability
in the church that recognizes Cod as
the unchanglng ana everlasting factor
In the universe. We lack that IN grea
many localities. but the church mus
be upon the Rock OF Ages or IL Will los
The great power IL has had la The past.
IN Tho t'niNersllist church wc have oeen
taught TOO mucn that X doesn't make
any difference what We believe con
cerning certain things II you are e
Worship God You must worship
Him at His altar in spirit and
in truth. n does make a difference wha:
we believe. We wan; 10 believe that our
Master Is the way. the truth and the
light We need to do away with that
loose idea. We must lay great stress on
Immortality All the agnosticism IN the
world IS not outside the Christian
church
rev Thomas r. May OF the Ballou
church This city. spoke on "Proprr
Qualifications for Church NJ mbcr-
shln" end he said that religion is in
ffN7rah'e frora thooloyv and VIRTUE
cannoi ~ maintalncl without -rtleE- -af
IIfe op~ church must define the re-
o'@remepts 90 its mcubors r. ap-
i'i"snt sNet'd uoeeorg clCpr - eco % the
AIMS and work ~ hts church In an hu-
pan orh'ovcr- cnts q Hrlte idea of tho
ih'n~ 70 he oore Is jndls0cnsah'e We
r,pa. comprehend tho tor' Oc3Dlo
We must ioin the church not eo mrr'I
for the good We can receive aa the wort.
we can DO. Another az 'litcation Is su i
q religious belief as win stcadv a mar
through tha whole course. Tas1v thor
shoul' be a ioslre to live NE ifa of Jc
srs Christ. Fit--sr iher is rot found
81 q ne dcgrCe NJ roraj perfection or tee
cf bel'o'. huf IN q rou'a own scnso ~
irnpcrfcC.icn ara d. Ire 90 unite with
Christian pr09c
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
STEWART PUT ON
TRIAL FOR FORGERY.
Continued from page Onc)
STEWART TEsTTFTEs.

ON The relsscmbung of tb court cf-
ter the nom recess Mr.. cram made
staremCnt for the defence Go tha effect
that "a would BE- shown that stewart
had no guilty knowledge that the $40.
GOO check deposited with the First Nl-
tional rgnk 80 Woonsockot WAS worth-
less and could have he'd no Intention Co.
tefraud the bank
Stewart testified d. was for yelrr =
fesidcnt of New York city being batl
IN iS27 his iast business uaa that Of
collector For prominent New York
physicien. stewart the. went on g-d
gave q ramhHng accou'. vi hi- ,fc m
New York ius. before coming here.
One d9r In The cars ho n-t nan
named Webster who latter intmIurcd
him 90 Francis wilson Who ros ,ulk-
fnu With him about The big monav u
iut ~ real estate Or New Ere)arC.
I1fitf witfn.f -lfl d. % af. 'NiIsln
was man ~ NOV. an7 fu1liy vItnesr
clrio fo Khofe Island. He ,eetid 90
fitsrl that W0ons1rket wat the rnrf~
of tte m luufacfn-ia0 Industry bon ;'uf
sffii - b. went there ans" took dinncT
~ ,hc So James Hotel in that Cir ff-
80 taking lunch De- took "a Woon 'tr.
sIfcrfory who're r. saw in large lfiicrs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

the names of Benjamin w. GALLUP. TINS
sas the first witness had heard OF Cat
Gip SO he went across the bridge 10
Gauup's home and introduced himself
as an old friend of Mr.. Gallup, Next
witness Elet Gallup on the Court bridge
and spoke TO him witness did not met
Gallup AZ the bank.
AN INTERESTING STORY.
Stewart next told an interesting
story He had a spat or two with the
attorney general and said he wanted
Justice He met Wilson when going
To pay Bennett the $4,000, and went To
Worcester There Webster divided the
money. The defendant denied wanting
TO tae The money tin he realized his
past bad career and that his reform
movement would amount 10 nothing.
He hard been god for a long time. De-
nied telling the Wounsocet officers ne
set up the trick The prisoner was
sharply cross-eXamined by the attor-
ney general and admitted being SEN
fenced many times 20 jail. The tesu-
mony was all in shortly after 8 o'clock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
GrAlN.0l GRLlN.nl

Rcmer osr Thar name vhar YOU want
delicious, app fizug uomishinr fooi
drink to take Ih. u'nco of coffee coiI
hy al oronoI. aui lik.l bv oll Nho have
usrd it Grain-O is made 90 pure grain
t aids digest'0 HnI efrcnciheus tho
nerves. it o. not efimu1ut but "a
health builder and thc children as well
as the adults can drink 90 with great
benefit Costs about q as much as COT.
Zee. l5' and i5c. pr package. Ask your
sIOeeI foI Grain-O.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19

and may never hope to be- revived For
the age Of the sword deed with tho
spirit of Chiyalry, and the modern con
Queror. with his machine guns and dun
mathematical calculations. Mould
merely puzzled and poWerless if We
placed in his hand a Durandal or an
ENcalbur The days of romance faded
away hong aga. and even ~ Toledo we
may only hnd misty memories Which
he'giten 0ur impatlence and deepen our
gloom.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
New York Stocks.

Reported by Sullivan & Sullivan
Bauigal building
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-19
Chicago Markets,
Financial Notes.

Boston-E Exchanges 22.323, 7lG
balances $2.1SS,S56.
Money 6 per cent.
Money on call numinally at 2m3 pr
cent.
Prime mcicantile paper 5@6 per cen-
Sterlins exchange easier. with actual
business i'm bankers bills at A.S1mfNh4
for demand and $i.S37s@4S4 for sixty
days
Posted rates $tSahM4S5 and ASS.
Commercial bills $4.S364S3is.
silver certificates $4,000.
Bar silver 59&c.
Mexican dollars 47isc
Government bonds irregular.
New York Exchanges 1857 ,S44. .fs2.
Balances $l0.5Gl $50
The sub-treasury debit balance today
was 81 G3t S9i
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
NEGRO DRAYMAN KILLED.
Shot by Three Tramps In Sight OF Spec
tators at MarshaIItOwn.

Marshalltown, Aug. 2s.-Joseph
Williams, a negro drayman, was
murdered last evening at 6 O'Clock
by three tramps on the railroad at
the side of Marshall Canning Com
pany's factory within view of many
employees. The murderers mad hold
of the negro and shot him in the back
and then ran. The men had been
drinking, but it is yet unknown how
Williams came to be with them. He
vas probably on his way home. The
men employed in the factory we're
evidently too scared to take action
and awaited the off GERS. .a.-
The authorities at Marshalltown no.
tilted Sheriff Cricket of the murder
last evening. 1t vas stated that the
colored man was not in company with
the tramps, but that he was passing
them. The tramps had been crush
ing the can"al1 day and were thought
to be quite a little intoxicated. Three
bullets were sent into the body of the
colored man and he died instantly.
Only imperfect descriptions of the
man who did the shooting could be
obtained and it is a mere chance if
the tramps r caught. The fellows
had little difficulty in making their
escape before the officers could get
to the scene of the murder.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30

ward school. There is an entirely
new system of ventilation and ad-
ditional light has been given to a
number of rooms of the school. The
water closet system has been chang
ed so that it is thought that there
will be no further trouble from that
source. The closets have been re-
built and changed and the space that
was used before has been used to
give additional light. There have
been complaints without number
concerning this building and the
board has made the changes for the
betterment of the building as best
they could, but the fact still remains
that the entire building is a mere
storebox of a place and that a new
building will be necessary in the near
future. The money that has been
spent on the house will, in a meas
ure, be lost, but there was no other
way out of the existing difficulties.
bO" VAIN haS DCcH uNlI1 dt lulS
school for the accommodation of the
pupils that ONE from the north of
the ward,
There has been little to do at the
High school building, There have
been some minor repairs made in the
way of plastering and the assembly
room has been reseated SO as to give
additional capacity which thing was
demanded.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
SCHOOLS
Opening of the Fall Term will
Occur Monday, Sept 10.

The fall term of the Oskaloosa
Public Schools will begin on Mon
day, Sept. 10, that date having been
fixed upon by the board of educa-
ton.
There have been quite a number of
changes and improvements made in
the various buildings of the city dur
ing the three months of the long va
cation, and about $4,000 have been
expended in the betterment of the
buildings and their surroundings.
One Of the greatest items of ex-
pense has been in the overhauling
and placing of heating apa ratus.
The furnaces in the First, Second
and Third wards have been thor
oughly overhauIed and repaired. In
the Fifth ward all the furnaces that
were in use last season have been
replaced by new ones. There
four new furnaces placed in this
building and there will be no further
trouble about the heating there.
The greatest change in any build
ing has been made in the Fourth
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
PAY YOUR MONEY.
Then whistle Tor the Delivery 81
Goods.

EENEHHHE
Monroe Mirror: Monroe has been
visited with all classes ofpicture men,
but the last batch seems to have out
done them all. They came here and
made a great hurrah, displayed
samples of their photo work, stated
they expected to start a gallery, for
which there is no more use than a
fifth wheel to- wagon and from their
talk some people were led to believe
they'd put up a brown stone front
and own the town in a short time.
They offered to take cabinets cheap,
as an inducement you know, from %
cents up to a dollar, and we r sorry
to say they roped in enough of our
people &c Sc55.c up from between
$40 and $50. They simply ''took" the
victim, collected the money in adj
vance and promised to send proofs
in a few days.
The days have passed into weeks
and nary a picture dawns in sight,
and about this time all have come to
the conclusion they were victimized.
1t is hardly necessary for us to point
the moral to adorn the tale. We have
two galleries of our own, where good
work is down at the lowest living
prices. Why not give them a chance?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
BORN IN VINTON.
Career Of Soldier Who Scaled Walls of
Imperial Picking.

Cedar Rapids, Aug. % Musician
Titus, mentioned in the Peking dis
patches as the American soldier who
scaled the wall of the imperial city
with a rope, by means of which the
other members of the company
climbed to the top, was a Vinton boy
and the people of Vinton are exceed
ingly proud of him and his achieve
ment. Pearl Calvin Titus was born
in Vinton, September 90, 1880. He
vas educated in Vinton and in Wich-
tia, Kansas. When the Spanish war
broke out he was a chorist in evan
gelist work in the state of Vermont
and he enlisted in the First Vermont
volunteers. He was discharged be-
fore the war closed on account of ty-
phoid fever. He re-enlisted as a pri-
vate in CompanyE Fourteenth United
States Infantry, at Wichita, Kansas,
in April, 1899. Since then he has been
in active service in the Philippines
until July last, when he was sent to
China.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30

Plague of Bugs.

The city was over run Monday
evening by great swarms of insects.
The bugs were a small fly similar to,
a specie of insect making it's home in
maple Trees. The little pest invaded
every space where there was a light
and the millions of them about the
arc lights in the streets was the
wonder of all who saw them. So
thick we're the insects about the
light that the light was dimmed and
east reflections through the clouds of
bugs. There was the appearance of
a very heavy NOW storm of very fine
flakes. The bugs invaded the bust
ness places and homes of the city I'M
til 1t was impossible to have a light
burning in many parts OF the city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
CENTRAL NEWS.
MarshalItOwn Hill Cut Down-OId En-
gines Disposed OF.

Marshalltown, Aug. 27.--The beer
garden hill, q bad grade on the Iowa
Central just east and south of Mar
shalltown, is to be cut down and made
level with the recently established
grade on the Northwestern the tracks
of which run parallel with the Central
for some distance. The beer garden
hill is about two and one-half miles
long and lie full of rises and says.
These will all be done away with, the
tracks being lowered in many places
and brought up to grade in others.
The Linn creek bridge will be raised
a distance of four or five feet. This
new work, which is quite a heavy I'M
dertaking, will be begun at once, or
as soon as the contractors are through
at other points along the line.
Another of the Central's new home
built engines, No. AZ, was brought out
from the shops this morning for a
limbering up. The locomotive is a
beauty and will give the company ex-
cellent service.
Five of the Central's old engines,
little fellows that were considered
large when the road was first built,
were taken from their resting place
in the west yards, where they have
been for years, to-day and weighed
on the east yard scales. The engines
were consigned to the scrap pile years
ago, and now will be sold for old iron
to eastern manufactures.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
Attemnted burglary.

Some boys attempted to go through
the Green Candy Company place on
High avenue east Sunday evening.
They were detected in the act and
the police were brought to the scene,
but the burglars made their escape
from the building on account of the
number of exits from the place.
Jerome Wood and Harry Fifeld
were lett in the store for the evening
closing. They started to close the
place about - O'Clock. Mr.. Wood
found the rear door unlocked and
open, which fact struck him as being
something out of the ordinary. He
secured the e a part of the factory
for the night and returned to the
front of the retail department and
looking back be distinctly saw the
shadows of two persons moving about
in the room he had left. Wood stayed
at the store while Fifeld went 10
notify the police. The officers came
and not being acquainted with the
arrangement of the building the
thieves made their escape.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30

works by water was taken up and
discussed. The sewer was put in by
Mr.. Harrington and the tiles used
were Of sufficient size to warrant the
use Of the sewer by the city. The
bill for the labor on the same was
ordered paid and a warrant for the
amount was authorized.
There were a few other matters
concerning taxes and grades acted
upon, about which there was more
or less talk, but nothing of import
ance was done and the meeting came
to a close about 1920. There will be
a called meeting as soon as there is
a report from the ordinance submit
ted by the street railway people.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
Adams,

Ed Gay and family spent Tuesday
at the parental Ruby home.
Jerry McMullen is building an.eight
room two story residence.
Gid Bolles, wife and son are in Mis-
souri, for visit with his parents.
Grin Gay visited over night with
his son Ed and family.
Mrs. J. B. Allgood is having very
poor health this summer.
We understand that T. Hanna and
wife have sailed for home.
Misses Clytie and Clara Without
visited in Monroe township Friday.
Grace and Earl Stringer visited at
their Grandfather Bass during the
week.
Mrs. J N. Allgood and baby Lois
spent Wednesday afteI noon at Steven
Crisis.
A. B. Hanna and wife took dinner
at the home OF their daughter Thurs
day.
Mrs. Carey is getting along nicely,
under the skillful care of DR.. Alvey
and Wright.
Henry Krizer is moving into town
to day on account of poor health, and
his sons Willis and Frank will tend
the farm.
This is threshing week in our vicin-
ity, but the grain is very damp and
has grown in the shock. That in the
stack is in better condition.
VIM. Mckinney and wife after a
visit with Chas. Young and wife in
Colorado, will move to your city and
their son Bert will move onto the
home farm.
Aug. 25.g... PANsY.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
w. o. COFFEE, NH. ID.

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The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-08-30
LEVY MADE.
oskaloosa Taxes Will be Two
Mills Less than Last Year.

There was an adjourned meeting
of the city council last evening for
the purpose Of considering the re-
port of the ways and means commit
tee on the question of the levy for
the taxes for the next year.
There was a wait for the coming of
enough members to constitute a quo
rum and when this had been secured
the council went into a session of
the board OF health and there was a
warm time.
A bill of $500 was presented for the
lease of the Faulkenbury property
EAST of the city, which had been used
by the Ettinger family during the
smallpox unpleasantness of last
spring. The bill had been given in
to the board of health to be o KID
by the entire board so that it could
be presented to the county for set
Element. 1t appears that there was
considerable trouble over the secur-
ing of quarters at the time of the
scare and the business men of the
city of Oskaloosa stepped in and
stated that they would stand between
the city and any action that might
be brought for the lease. A commit
tee of the business men went out
and soon had enough money sub
scribed for the payment of the
amount of the lease. They were to
be reimbursed when the county set
tied the claim. They have now re-
quested a settlement of the matter
and the bill was before the board of
health for the signatures and o K.
Doctor Cole would not sign as presi-
dent of the board as he thought if
the board signed the city would be
liable for the amount of the claim,
and in addition to this, Mr.. Ettinger,
for whom the bill had been contract
ed, was not credited with having
paid a dollar on the claim, and he
had promised to bear a large portion
of the expense incurred by the re-
moval. There were some warm
words yer the question and all the
members of the council had some
thing to say. 1t was finally neces-
sary to send for Mr.. Preston, who
was at the show, and his advice was
asked on the question. He settled
the point of the liability of the city
and the motion to have the proper
signatures affixed, carried, and the
bill will be SO returned to the county.
There is a privy vault on the prop
erty of Mr.. Lewis of First ward and
he objects to having the same clean
ed. There is also a pond in that
part of the city that has caused a lot
of trouble: A motion prevailed that
the vault be cleaned out and the pond
drained at the expense of the city if
the cost could not be taxed else
where. With the settlement of this
last question the board of health was
adjourned and the roll of the coun-
ell was called.
The council meeting was for the
express purpose of making the
levy for the ensuing year and the re-
port of the ways and e COM
mitttee was read as follows: