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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

New Sharon Star: The Saturday
night traffic over the Central to Os.
kaloosa has decreased wonderfully
since the closing of the "sloons" in
that village. While the railroad com.
pany is out considerable in the way
of fares, there is no doubt that some
of the young sports in this end OF
the county are better fixed financial
ly as result of existing conditions
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The Water Company has already
been at an expense of nearly 81, ,O0O
in paying for the two recent elec-
tions, and it is therefore but fair that
their proposition be submitted at the
coming city election, with but little
additional expense. Besides larger
vote will be secured in this way and
a fuller expression of the people had
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

TER.-The total vote exclusive
of Spring Greek gives Eby 308S and
Hun 3o3s. Even If Spring Creek ia
admitted Eby will have a majority of
25.
The method of counting is about
as follows;
According to the stipulation the un-
contested votes of the two candidates
are presented and then each party
presents to the court the bal
lots that are in controversy and they
are passed upon as counting for one
or the other. There are quite
number of ballots admitted as evid-
ence that are not counted for either
party.
The judge remarked that he dis
liked much to disfranchise SO many
voters when it was clearly their in
tention to vote their choice and not
to deface ballot or make an identi-
cation mark but under the ruling in
the Supreme court there was no
other way left TO him. The votes in
question are where there has been a
name written in an unoccupied place
and where a mark has been made in
square opposite blank space and
no one voted for.
One voter had taken the pains to
draw an American flag in all the
squares where he had voted. 1t was
very pretty idea and whoever did
the work was no novice with a PEN
Gil but for all that the ballot was
illegal and had to be excluded from
the count.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The Waterloo Reporter notes ap-
provingly that Iowa is receiving a
reasonable proportion of attention
from the ostoffice department re-
lative to rural delivery, and nearly
one.half of the counties of the state
are represented either in routes al
ready establishshed or that soon will
be established.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The sudden death of Rev. I. p.
Teter at New Sharon Tuesday after
noon was great shock to his friends,
both in and out OF the Methodist
church In iowa. He was one OF the
ablest known ministers in the Iowa
conference and had held allthe lead.
ing appointments. He was mag.
netic talker and In his day was In.
strumental Ia bringing thousands In.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The Gate. City believes if law
yer, doctor, priest and news
paper would tell all they know a
black pail would settle down over the
ground and happiness would be
smothered by the sulphurous fumes
of exploding artillery. Secrecy is
the brightest sun that shines on us,
and it Is misapplication of adjec-
tives to call it dark.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

"A Dubuque paper published the
names of the women in that city who
voted at the late election. the first
time they were ever allowed to vote.
The publication of the names, which
was not expected, has stirred up a
hornets nest, as most of the women
did not care to have their names
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The destruction of the Union of
flee is the second fire of an incendiary
origin that has occurred in Abba
within the past fortnight and the
community is aroused. Rewards have
been offered for the apprehension OF
the guilty parties, and it is probable
that they will be dealt with as severe.
ly as the law will permit if they are
apprehended. 1t is to be hoped that
the miscreants are discovered and q
just punishment meted out to them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The annual school election is call
ed for Monday, March IL. Two di.
rectors are to be elected to succeed
Messrs. O. J Lukens and N. r. Hook,
and q treasurer to succeed F. B.
Shafer. The estimates approved by
the Board of the expenses for the
comming year amount to s27 500, OF
which S17, 900 is for the teachers fund
and $40, 900 for contingent fund.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

-Winterset claims to have the
stingiest man on earth, basing the
claim on the following facts: He got
married to home girl TO save ex-
penses, walked around the court
house square for wedding tour,
bought her nickel's worth of candy
for wedding present and then sug-
gested that they save the candy for
the children.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
News comes from Alaska thai

News comes from Alaska that rich
gold discoveries have been made on
Jack Wade Greek, near Eagle City lin
American territory. The dirt from
the dump averages S13 to the pan.
Near the richest strikes were found
some old, rusty mining implements,
showing that many years ago the
Russians, who explored the country,
had emptied the rich pockets on the
creek, but had ignored the scattered
field.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The Cedar Rapids Gazette pre-
diets that the books thrown out of
the Indianapolis library as unfit to
be read will have more readers in
that city for time than all the books
that remain on the shelves.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
Knoxville Journal. "Osk

Knoxville Journal. "Oskaloosa is
agitating the question of building a
hospital in that city, an institution
which is much needed because of
their large railroad, mining land
manufacturing population"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
-THE HERAID is plad ia nublisl

The HERALD is glad to publish all
church announcements in its Satur-
day edition, but to insure insertion
they should be handed in by 10o'clock
a. m. Owing to the unusual press of
news matters on Saturday this rule
must be rigidly enforced.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

-"Senator Allison has never shown
greater powers of leadership, and he
was never stronger with his Iowa
constituency says the Algona Up
per Des Moines. whatever else
Iowa republicans may quarrel over,
they do not quarrel over Allison"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

lin the special waterworks election
in Dubuque there were 1892 votes
Rast, but although the women had the
privilege of voting, only 800 availed
themselves of the opportunity.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The Maquoketa Excelsior says
that 1t makes very little difference
whether the bible trust claps 20 OF
125 per cent on the price of the book.
1T probably doesn't to most people, =
adds the Cedar Rapids Republican,
"and the more is the pity"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
ATTORNEY General

Attorney General Remley has
rendered an opinion to the effect that
machine voting is legal. This may
lead to trial of the voting machine
some where in Iowa this fall. There
is no doubt of the success of the
method.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Smallpox is alarmingly preva-
lent and badly 81 tered in Iowa just
now. There are al out 100 cases over
the state, some at Fort Dodge, Mus
.catine, Story City, Marshalltown,
Des Moines, Council Bluffs and other
r,lanaa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
As we understand

-As we understand it q govern
ment agent win come to Oskaloosa
and choose the site for the new
ment building, taking into account
the desiability of the location COM
mensurate with the price. Just when
this viii be done we do not know.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
The ST. Louis Globe. Democrat

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat in
fers that it may be the purpose of
the Bryanites to nominate Judge
Caldwell for vice-president in order
to hold Arkansas in the democratic
columns,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

New Mexico is knocking at the
doors of congress, seeking admission
to state hood. The territory claims
a population of 200, 900, and is rich
in many ways.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

: In the death of Archbishop Hen.
messy, of Dubuque, the Catholic
church loses one of its influential men
and earnest workers. He has been in
active service since 1850 and was well
known throughout the west.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

-Ex.Governor and Mrs. Larrabee,
with their two youngest children,
Fred and Helen, have started for
New York, where they join an ex-
cursion party going to Europe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Seven hundred and eleven strikes
are reported in Great Britain last
year. The strikers all told lost 49,
OOO, 1000 days work, or about s30,OOO,-
0Oo
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

to the church. In Oskaloosa, where
he was twice stationed, his friends
were legion, and the good work he
did will stand as a living monument
to his name.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

His many friends, and especially
the newspaper fraternity of Iowa
will extend their sympathy to A. R.
Barnes of the Abba Union, whose
plant was completely destroyed by
fire on Saturday morning.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
NE Beers cantnred !

The Beers captured more and
better guns at the first battle of Tu-
gela than the British did in the cap
ture of Cronje. The Beers also hold
two or three times as many prisoners
as the British.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

This is a gain of three votes for
Mr.. Eby. Under the ruling of the
contest board Mr.. Hull was given Sc
votes in Black Oak township. The
count in Adams remained the same
as made by the contest board.
1t is impossible to state how much
time the trial will consume, but it is
thought that two or three days will
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The school board at LeMars, ac-
cording to the Sentinel, twill pay a
good bonus for successful remedy
to prevent teachers from getting mar
ried during the school year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
-Mr. Bailey and over hon

Mr.. Bailey and over 100 other
democrats voted against a bill to re
Veve Puerto Rico. A few days ago
these same democrats were extreme
" pathetic over the sufferings of the
island.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

lin 1890 the United stetes mined
s6,sc6,5 $50 tons of coal and Great
Britain l2s,ss2,ss5. The figures In
1899 were United States 244, ,0OO, 900
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

lis Senator Clark altogether to
1me If
hose Montana Legislators are OF
ch horrible mein
That to be handled need but to be
cen?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
THE CONTEST CASE.
Eby Makes Material Gains by
Tuesdays Count.

The contest casen as it is now
commonly called, was called up in
the district court by Judge Scott
Monday afternoon at 1870 O'Clock.
All the attorneys were present and
after so much delay has been caused
there at last seems to be a chance of
having an end of the matter.
Some days ago there was an agree
ment in court by the attorneys of the
sides as to tho mo5uS operandi and
when the case came up Monday the
| democratic side of the contest went
back on the agreement and there was
quite lengthy and wordy dispute.
Matters finally came to a head and
the outcome of the matter is that the
case will be tried as an equity case
and to Judge Scott.
Then there was necessary a stipu-
lation or an agreement between at
torneys on the matter in fact. The
vote of three of the townships was
counted and it was agreed that GER
tain number of votes were conceded
to have been cast for Mr.. Hull and a
certain number for Mr.. Eby, and in
addition to this each side claimed a
certain number of challenged votes.
In addition to this there were num-
ber of votes that both sides conceded
should be accounted for neither side
but should be thrown out of the con-
test as illegal.
The townships counted so that
there might be prepared stipula-
ton were Adams, Black Oak and
Cedar and there was no great differ
ence from the finding of the contest
board but there was one vote counted
not in the vote of Adams township
that had been counted before for Mr.,
Eby.
There are in reality two cases con-
cernea In the contest. There is the
case of Hull vs Eby on the matter of
contest for the election of the office
and there is in addition the case of
Eoy VS. Hull,a qI1 I0GTfGnto case for
the possession of the office.
Judge Scott desired that there be a
night session held, but the attorneys
demurred to some extent and the
court was adjourned until o o'clock
this Tuesday morning.
The greater part of the time Of
Tuesday forenoon was taken up with
| the arguing of the points of law re-
gardiug the counting of the ballots
and then the disputed ballots of the
three townships that had been worked
over were offered in evidence and
the court passed upon them with the
following result. The rulings made
by the court will govern the action
of the attorneys in counting the other
votes of disputed value:
Eby. Hull.
| Adams ........ So 80
L black OAK. 6O
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
LLTERARY LEAYES.

The frontispiece of Scribner's Mag
azine for March (drawn by Bernard
PARTRIDGE shows the ingenious Tom
my in very critical situation which
he had brought about by his own clev-
erness, This gives an inkiing of the
amusing quality of the third instaAr
ment of Mr.. Barrie's great serial,
Tommy and Grizel
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

-Pella Blade: They say that Os-
kaloosa is SO dry that you can hear
things crack as far as Leighton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

I'm the relief of Ladysmith and
Kimberly the British in both cases
lost about as many soldiers as were
shut up in the town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The Patent Record, issued in Balti-
more, Md. contains very large num-
ber of interesting articles and illus
trations. The first page OF recent
issue shows full-length picture of
the main entrance of the Congress
sional Library at Washington. The
library is briefly but fully described
in an article inside, illustrated with a
number of excellent pictures.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

tons and Great Britain 234 100000.
This is remarkable proof Of Ameri-
can expansion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The American Monthly Review OF
Reviews for March discusses the war
in South Africa in its various phases,
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the Puerto
Rican tariff, our situation in the Phil
ippines, the steamship subsidy bill,
the Kentucky disorders, Governor
Roosevelt's administration in New
York, the approaching presidential
campaign, and many other timely
topics.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
VOL. so. NO. 30.
officiaI County Paper.

Mahaska County Fair, September
A, 5, 6 and z.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

two of the old captains survive so far
as is known, namely; Capt. Robert
Farris, of Pennington, and Capt. F.
E. Reers, of Gilmore City.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Prof. N. s. Shaler, of Harvard uni
versity, is the author of thoughtful
article entitled "The Transplaiitation
of Race" which appears in Apple
toms Popular Science Monthly for
March 1t is discussion of the forces
which led to the introduction of the
negro into America and the conditions
attending his acclimatization. Pro-
fesa eh1l2r 9-gs R.en ap ~ the
ESonth, throws quite new light on
some of the pressing aspects of the
race question.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Senator Albert j. Beveridge in his
famous speech in the United States
Senate, told one side of his expert
ences in the Philippines. The other
and more personal side-what he saw
and heard of 'The American Soldier
in the Field" he will tell exclusively
in an early number of The Saturday
Evening Post, of Philadelphia.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
March is fortunate in its leading feat
ure, which is an elaborate and finely
illustrated account of "The British
Army ,at Home and in South Africa, /"
by Major General Nelson A. Miles,
commanding the United States Army.
General Miles reviews and analyses
the imperial British military organi-
zation in all its branches, and with
particular reference to the obstinate
war now engaging all its energies in
South Africa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Probably the largest single adj
vance order for new book ever for
warded to publishers by an Iowa book
seller" says the Davenport Ia } Dem
ocrat, "has been sent to Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., of Boston. 1t is for $50
copies of TO Have and To Hold, the
story by Miss Mary Johnston. The
serial has been running in the Allan
tic for some months and will conclude
in the March number" Forty-five
thousand copies were required to fill
dealers advance orders.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08


The feud of the Montana million
aires, now being waged in the United
States Senate, is the subjectpf a dra-
matte narrative inAinslee's for March.
The greatest engineering feat the
world has ever seen is described by
John Ward, F. s. A., in "The Con-
quest of the Nile.'' The mammoth
dams at Assouan and at Assiout will
practically recreate Egypt.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08


Unpublished anecdotes of Henry
Ward Beecher are rare, and the two
pages of the March Ladies' Home
Journal devoted to them are worthily
filed. college Girls Larks and
Pranks," too, are sparkling vash fun,
revealing the American girl i've OF
practical Joke. Edward rs ed.
itorial will command wide sad at
tention. 1t shows by sccu } statis-
tics that women have beg ried and
found wanting in busini and are
fast being barred froL competing
with men In commercial pursuits.
20
A Des' Moines man has written 9
history OF steamboating n the Del
Moines river from 1887 IN iso-, --hicf
viii be published in the April NUNS
Of the Annals of Iowa. About forty
two steamboats, navigated the river
during the period mentioned. Only
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

Though "The Biography Of Griz-
Ely" and "The Autobiography of
Quack" have run their course in the
Century, DIR. Weir Mitchell and Ern-
est Seton-Thompson are both contrib.
utors to the March number of that
magazine. Mr.. Seton-Thompson be-
gins study of ''The National Zoo
at Washington" in which he shows
wild animals to be as interesting in
as in their natural state Of
freedom. His text 10, of course, fully
illustrated. DR.. Mitchell, In 'Dr.
North and His Friends, presents the
opening chapters Of the most import
ant serial he has written since Hugh
\ Nv ynns." IL 10 novel embodying
the results OF . long life OF obssrva-
tion, reflection and experiences.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The special subject of the third num-
ber of Hamilton w. Mabie's Shakes
peare is "Shakespeare's Country. -
The article is infused with the atmos-
phere of Warwickshire and of Shakes
peare's surroundings. 1t appears in
the March Magazine Number of The
Outlook, and is beautifully illustrated
by special photographs of Warwick,
taken for The Outlook by Mr.. Doug
las McNeille, of Stratford. This ser.
les of papers is unquestionably in,
creasing in interest and also in the
beauty of illustration.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

- F@e
island
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

In the March number of McClure's
Magazine, Walter Wellman tells an
other story from his recent extraor-
dinary experiences in the Arctic. He
also gives the conclusions from his
own experience regarding the only
feasible way to reach the Pole, telling
what it is and what it involves.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17
TWO AUTOMOBILES.
MankatO is Now i'm the Swim
with Her Big Brothers.

Mankato is now sin the push. .
without any question. That it's future
progress is assured, there is no doubt.
1t has two automobiles.
A. c. Bennett received one this
morning direct from the factory at
Cleveland, Ohio. 1t is Winton, and
is a dandy" Its weight is 800
pounds, maximum speed twenty-five
miles an hour, and it is propelled by
gasoline engine. 1t has one seat and
is covered, the general style being
the Stanhepe. One-inch pneumatic
tires make it run lightly. The vehicle
cost 81, 300, and is as fine as can be
procured anywhere
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Baker arrived
today from the east on an automobile
which they purchased in Milwaukee.
1t is steam propelled one, much like
Doctor Smiths. of st. Clair
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17
DISGUSTED THE HORSEMEN.
The Park Superintendent Raises
Ned with the Track.

Sibley Park is the pride of all our
people and it is not only the rendezvou
of our citizens these warm summer
nights but it is also the first place
that strangers are taken to as the par
ticular point of interest among Man
kato's beauty spots. Z
AS whole, the park is kept in an
attractive and tidy manner, albeit
it is claimed by some that the expense
in keeping it so is much greater than
it should be. Be this as it may, there
is no needed or legitimate expense in
Cured that is not cheerfully borne by
the taxpayers for the park is the most
lovely spot in all this region, and it
is the pride of everyone. Connected
with the park is good half-mile
tt ack. From time to time quite a sum
of money has been spent in improving
it, and no one begrudges the outlay.
Clay has been hauled on and rolled
down until the course is good and
hard except now and then in dry
weather it requires what horsemen
term floating" to keep it in condi-
tion Superintendent Blake may know
how to raise pretty flowers in abund-
ance. In fact he has demonstrated his
| scientific knowledge in this regard,
but he is sadly in want of informa-
tion as to the care and Couture of
race track. In order to put the track
in Hshape' he, day or two ago,
| caused harrow to be run over it
which, to use common street express
sion, didn't do thing to it, Par
ties who have been in the habit of us
ing the track to exercise their horses
are thoroughly disguised with the ac-
tion of the superintendent and cannot
understand why he should have gone
to work and cut the ground to pieces
in such manner.
Perhaps Mr. Blake can explain the
reason. Men who know something
about the care of track declare that
they can give no explanation for the
deed