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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
MONEY IS READY.
Assuring Communication From
J. P. Miller & Co.

If there are any who are in doubt
as to the since rity of the Oskaloosa
Street Railway Company in promis-
ing the people of the city an electric
line and money to construct the
same, the following letter to Mayor
Wray, dictated by Mr.. j. P. Miller
himself should be convincing.
Chicago, March 12, 1901.
Hon. w. H. Wray, Mayor, Oska-
loosa, Iowa. Dear Sir Through
Mr.. w. M. Peatman we have Just re-
ceived copies of ordinances for elec.
trio lighting and street railway. We
find upon examination that these
ordinances are all right and in legal
form, and when they have been rati-
fled by vote of your citizens, work
of building will begin at once and
will be pushed TO rapid completion.
Yourself and the city council deserve
for securing such valuable i'm
provement for your city as is con-
tempfated by these ordinances.
We wish TO thank you for the
position you have taken in this mat
ter and when the electric cars are
whizzing up and down your
streets, and to Beacon, and
when the people are warming
their "shins" by public heating
plant they will rise up and call you
blessed
Again assuring you that the plant
will be built as specified, we remain
Respectfully yours,
j. p. MILLER & 90.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
HoMEwARD BOUND.
Congressman Lacey and Family Leave
Washington

Washington, d. c., Jan. 49, Major
Lacey and wife with their daughter
started for Oskaloosa to-day. x They
will be accompanied as far as Chicago
by Mr.. j. B. Brewster, their son-in-
law, Mrs. Brewster, their daughter,
and their little granddaughter, who
are on their way to Cape Nome for
the summer. Mr.. Brewster predicts
that Nome will become well patron
lied summer resort within a very few
years, but he admits that the town is
never likely to attract many visitors
during the winter months.
Major Lacey, by the way, was very
highly commended by the New York
Audubon society at its annual meet
ing last week. 1t will be remembered
that he succeeded in getting bill
through congress which goes long
way toward protecting song and game
birds, by depriving their slaughter
ers of market. 1t was asserted that
this one federal act has done more
than all the legislation or all the
states combined to curtail ithe ruth
less murder of American songsters.
Major Lacey is more proud of that
one act than all others with which
his name has been identified during
his congressional career.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE.

An automatic telephone system has
been perfected and is now in sue
cessful operation in New Bedford,
Mass, which does away with the
hello" girls at the central exchange.
BY this system person calling
number does not turn crank, but
makes series of connections, by
means of small switchboard, cor
responding to the number he wishes,
which is indicated by figures on a
dial. The automatic apparatus at
the exchange makes like series of
motions until the connection is made
notice of which is given by the ring
ing of the bell of the one calling and
the number called. Five seconds is
said to be the time required to make
the automatic connection. Conver-
sation over lines of the automatic
system is said to be as clear and sat
isfactory as that on the manual sys-
tenn.
The automatic system does what
the operator at the central exchange
is required to do to connect the per-
son desiring to converse with the
one to be conversed with. If the
number called is "busy" the person
calling cannot break in on the con-
versation, but receives automatic
warning by "buzzer" that the de-
sired number is in use.
A good feature of the new system
is that no one but the person ad- |
dressed can hear what is said. I'M
der the present system the operator |
at the central exchange can over
hear the conversation going on be-
tween two telephones. Under the
new there is absolute secrecy, but it
is 30 arranged that if several persons
in different localities desire 70 con-
verse, as might be the case with mu-
nicipal officers or members of boards
Of directors of business corpora
ton, it can be easily done. 1t is
claimed for the new invention that a
cheaper service can be given than
under the present system. AS yet it
has not been satisfactory for long
distance communication, Ii but locally |
and for ten or twelve miles the SER
vice is said to be equal to that of the
Did system.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
An Iowa Central Rnmor

There is rumor along the line of
the Iowa Central to-day to the effect
that Master Mechanic George ID.
Brooke, of the Iowa Central, now hav-
ing headquarters at Marshalltown, is
to be made superintendent of motive
power of the Iowa Centralsand the
Minneapolis & st. Louis, withShead-
quarters in Minneapolis. There will
be two division superintendents, one
for each line, under Mr.. Brooke. Who
will have these places is as yet mat
ter of conjecture, but it is thought an
Oskaloosa man has fair chance for
promotion in that direction.
1t is also said that the seventy class
Baldwin compound engines numbers
IA to 79 have not been giving satis-
faction and that Mr.. Brooke has been
given authority to alter them, making
simple engines of them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Cedar Rapids, or ]. S. CLARK, presi-
ident, Des Moines.
a VALUABLE SPEECH

Burlington Hawkeye: The press of
the country has found a new hero in
the person of Senator Garter, of Mon
tana, a former Burlington, Iowa, citi-
zen, who talked the river and harbor
bill to death in the senate. The bill
carried appropriations amounting to
S50,900,0 900. 1t took Carter thirteen
hours to talk it out of existence. Ac-
cording to the jubilant papers, that
speech was worth just $50, 900, 900 to
the government. In other words,
Garter was earning over s64 900
minute for the national treasury. In
that view OF the case, leaving out any
question as to the right or wrong of
the bill. Senator Carter's speech will
probably go down in history as the
most valuable address ever uttered.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
BAD STORM IN MICHIGAN.
Snow. and sleet storms Delay Trains
and Cause Wrecks-FlOOds
I'm the East.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 13.-
Reports received at the offices of the
Grand Rapids g. Indiana and Pere
Marquette railways in this city show
that the worst snow and ice storm
of the season has prevailed since
Monday afternoon on the lines of
these roads north of Grand Rapids.
Trains from the north, due Monday
night, are arriving from four to
twelve hours late.
At Mancelona, on the Grand Rap
ids & Indiana, a snow plow was de-
rallied and a switch engine sent to its
aid also went off the rails, blocking
the track for hours. A passenger
train on the Elk Rapids division of
the Pere Marquette was derailed by
the crusted snow, but no one was
injured. Freight traffic was prac-
tically suspended Monday afternoon
and Monday night.
St Paul, Mimi, March 13.-Although
in this city but slight quantity of
snow has fallen, special dispatches re-
port bad blizzard raging throughout
portion of the Dakotas, Minnesota
and Wisconsin. Chippewa Falls re-
ports the storm the worst of the sea
son. A foot of snow has already fall
en-, and it still continues to come down,
Street cars are tied up and railway
prains delayed.
Minneapolis, Mimi, March 13.-A
Times special from Sauk Center
Mimi, says: A hard storm has been
raging here. Four inches of snow has
fallen and is drifting badly. Consid,
erable stock will be lost.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
SAVED HIS PENNIES

Alden Times: Thirty years ago a
12-year-old boy was peddling milk in
London on salary barely sufficient
to buy two meals day and keep
himself in ragged clothes. One day
an old gentleman accosted him on
the street and asked him how much
money he had saved up. The boy had
four shillings-all his own and his all.
"Well," said the old gentleman,
when you have five shillings come
to me and will tell you something"
The boy was not mistaken in the
man and did as requested. The gen.
tleman took him to a savings bank
and put five more shillings with it
and had the ten shillings deposited
to the boys credit. This was the be
ginning. In two years, by careful
management, sum sufficient had
been saved and donated by the
friend to buy ticket to America and
the rest was easier. About Q months
ago the little English kid, grown
considerably taller, sold his farm
west Of Alden for $4,000 and cleared
un $4,000 and over at the sale of
stock and implements held but few
days ago. This reads more like ro-
nance than truth but it is verifiable
in every detail. Possibly when he
and his good wife are over in Eng
land this summer, as they expect to
be, the right kind of inducement may
lead ms to tell who he is. Until then
we will only say that one of his
names is Dick and better man
never had the name.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
UNITED STATES IN CHINA.

William E. Curtis, the well known
Washington correspondent says:
The United States government has
not reached an agreement with Eng
land for the exclusion of Russia from
Manchuria, and will not suggest or
entertain proposition for such a
compact with any nation. 1t is ad-
herring consistently to the policy
adopted at the commencement of the
uprising to preserve the integrity of
the Chinese empire, and the approvals
given by the Europeon nations and
japan to the notes issued by Secre-
tary Hay convince the administration
of the sincerity with which the ad-
vances have been received"
The United States cannot look with
equanimity upon the separation of
Manchuria from the Chinese empire
Should it be ceded to Russia as in
demnity, other noEons that partici-
pated in the relief of Pekin will de-
mand territory, and the partition of
the empire would be carried to the
extent of practically obliterating it
from the map. Manchuria is being
rapidly developed. 1t has popula-
ton of 1900, 900, or per cent of the
total population of China, the density
of population being 20 per square
mile, against an average of about 800
per square mile in what is known as
China proper. Newchwang is it's
treaty port, and through it,all foreign
commerce enters. In 1899, the latest
year for which statistics are available
we sent to China and Hongkong ex-
ports to the value of s23 ,013, ,013, of
which % per cent, or about 5000, 900
reached the markets of Manchuria
China imported that year merchan-
disc to the value of s193, 1856, 300, 10
per cent, or SIS, ,974 300, finding final
destination in Manchuria. American
cotton goods are in great demand
there, our, drills having firm hold
upon the market, and having in
creased tenfold in as many years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

Henry H. Prime has sold one of his
fine horses to Bert Paine, of this city.
The animal is 2-years old, stands ii
hands high and has never been touch
ed by harness strap. He is full
brother to Mac Hal 2:1O4 and is q
very promising youngster according
to the opinion of the best horsemen
in the city. Young Paine will break
him to harness and will track him
during the coming season. The con-
sideration Of the exchange was $50.
Fred Swearingen has old his fancy
driver Trappas, to John Garrison a
Des Moines horsman for $3.50. Trap
pas has mark of 2:29 and is fine
animal and has been generally ad-
mired. 1t is understood that he will
be sent to Philadelphia in the near
future.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

q Forty years ago, in April, the
First Iowa Regiment was enlisted
under the call of President Lincoln
for $4,000 troops. Eugene F. Ware
(Ironquill) of Topeka, who was in
the First Iowa, and other prominent
survivors have suggested THAT this
fortieth anniversary of that famous
regiment be commemorated by a
special reunion. Any officers of reg
imental associations or other COM
rades who have suggestion are re-
quested to address j. o. Stuart, Sec
retary of the First Iowa Association,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Depositors Excited.

Arkansas City, Kan, March 12.-The
report of the failure of the First ma
tional bank of Niles, Mch. caused
much excitement here, for G. A. john
son, the missing cashier of Niles, is
president of the Farmers national
bank of this place. The fact bcame
known Sunday morn ng, and when
the bank opened Monday morning
there was quite run on the institu-
tion. Cashier A. II. Denton h d pro-
yided over 100000 in currency and
met the excited depositors coolly.
The deposits at the time of the banks
last statement were s2o2s sO5, with
over 100000 cash on hand.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
SUGAR BEETS IN IOWA.

The Iowa Agricultural Experiment
Station at Ames has Just issued a
pamphlet on field experiments which
will prove of much interest to farm
ers. 1t contains reports on corn,
oats, barley, spring wheat, speltz,
sorghum, rape, kohl rabi, soy beans
and sugar beets. In regard to the
latter is found the following:
Something over 400 acres of sugar
beets were growing in Iowa in 1900,
the crop being manufactured into
sugar by the ST. Louis Park factory,
Minnesota Mr.. f. S. Currie of Web
ster City writes that 200 acres were
grown in Hamilton county. They
were sold for $3.50 per ton at the
nearest depot. Mr.. Currie says that
comparatively few farmers were sat-
isfied with the results obtained,
though few gave the crop the neces.
sary attention. A few were well sat
isfied, clearing as much as $40 an
acre. There is no prospect of fac
tory in Hamilton county and beet
growing will not be continued during
the coming season.
"Mr. Edgar Mack writes from
Storm Lake that forty acres were
grown in Webster county and the
beets shipped to st. Louis Park at
So 55 F. o. B. home depot. Seventy
acres were grown in Buena Vista and
the beets sent TO the same factory
but with considerable dissatisfaction
as to shrinkage, etc. There is no
prospect for a factory in this county.
Plenty of capital seeking investment
but the industry not sufficiently en-
couraged by farmers.
'Mr. Theron Palmeter reports 100
acres grown in Cerro Gordo county,
all of which were shipped to the
same factory. The average test of
the beets from this county was 1875
per cent sugar with a purity of IS. so
per cent. Mr.. Palmeter thinks it has
been fully demonstrated that condi-
tions are favorable to the production
of the very best quality of beets for
sugar making purposes and antiei-
pates the erection of factory in
1902
"a number of samples were sent
to the station for analysis from three
of the counties mentioned, the re-
suits of which are given below in the
following table.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
NEW Sharon star: If an indlyidu

New Sharon Star: If an individual
stands resolutely and unflinchingly
for the same principle you are con-
tending for don't waste your valuable
time in quarreling with him about the
best method of attaining the best end.
If two men find it necessary to go to
Oskaloosa and one takes the train
while the other prefers aprivate con-
veyance whose business is it? Stop
ping to quarrel about it might easily
result in neither of them getting there
on time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Ii. & w. Alterations

The station Office of the Burlington
& Western in this city is being rebuilt
and enlarged at an expense of about
$3.50. The Office has been enlarged by
extending the south wall to occupy
several feet of the freightroom. There
are new filing cases for books and
documents and changes in the loca-
ton of desks, etc. The room will be
repainted and finished under the di-
rection of General Agent A. M. Hix-
son. The Improvement is very no
ticeable and one that has been need
ed for many months.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
New York is the first eastern sta

New York is the first eastern state
to take action concerning an exhibit
at the louisiana Purchase Exposition
to be held in st. Louis. Within four
days after the appropriation by con-
gress of s5 900, 900 for the big show, a
bill was introduced in the state legis-
lature to spend $3.50 600 for an Empire
State building and exhibits. This is
$3.50 900 in excess of the amount ex-
pended at the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Leading ministers of Ora,

Leading ministers of Crawfords-
vile, Ind, recently took legal steps
to close the cigar stores and news
stands in that place on Sundays,
whereupon reveugeful storekeeper,
with his lawyer, sprung a law requir-
ing no officials performing marriages
to make returns to the county clerk
within ninety days. This has not been
compiled with by any enc, and the
ministers find themselves liable to a
fine of S100 for each offense.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

The Iowa delegation at Washing
ton has decided to defer all consider
alton of appointments to federal of
fees in Iowa until December next.
Present indications point to the con-
tinuance in Office of the present in
.cumbents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

"A 1925, 200 electric street car line,
"a s65,OoO Federal building, a 10000
Y. M. 9. A. building, $4,000 hos
pital, a $40, 900 jail, $4,000 Episco-
pal church, are a few of the i'm
provements to be made in Oskaloosa
this summer. What city in Iowa can
heat this2
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Assets Very Light.

Columbus, o., March ia receiver
has been appointed for the Ohio Deb
enture company, on the application of
F. Green, stockholder. Green says
the outstanding Indebtedness is $685.
600 and the assets not more than $751;
900. The supreme court will be asked
to pass on the legality of debenture
companies.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

Out of 117,000 letters just sent
through the mails to names on the
books of registration of the city of
st. Louis, over 1900 have been re-
turned because no such parties could
be found at the address given. These
democratic election laws are great
things-great for democracy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

The treasury department has is
sued a warrant in favor of George
Dewey for SO $40 on account of prize
money due him from the court OF
claims for destruction of the Spanish
feet in Manila harbor on May 1st,
1ono
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
-Keokuk Gate City: Congressman

-Keokuk Gate City: Congressman
Lacey is quoted as saying he be-
lieyes the country is better off when
congress is not in session. Mr.. La
scey's ability to encompass great
truths within his consciousness is en-
trey in keeping with his other
st fesmanlike qualities,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
AS the Burlington Hawkeve Ia

AS the Burlington Hawkeye looks
;at it, ito withdraw from Cuba before
its enlightened government is as
sured would be far more dishonor-
able than to seize it outright and
finally remove the problem from the
arena of discussion
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
-Ireland,s patron saints feast,

-Ireland's patron saints feast, st.
Patrick's, will be observed in Chi
.cago after the usual custom with a
Rbig parade next Sunday. Arrange
lAnents for the demonstration have
been completed and it is estimated
that more than 10000 marchers will
be in line.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Skil:10ItuTed Babies
AND TIRED MOTHERS
Find Comfort in CutiCura

INSTANT RELIEF and refreshing sleep for Skn-tortured
CUrcURA SOAP and single amounting with CUr1cURA.
the great skin and purest of emolients This is
the purest, sweetest, most speedy, permanent and
economical treatment for torturng, dsfgurng itching
burning bleeding, scaly, crused and pmpy skin and
scalp humors with loss of hair of infants and children
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
-Bryan,s paper saws :

-Bryan's paper says: "The in
ventor of liquid air has not yet asked
for protective tariff on the raw ma
te lal." bryan certainly ought to
know" remarks the Des Moines
Register.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
"a 9 TO IRA.
Bears the n The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature a NNAzIMs
Harrison Grows Worse

BY scripps-McRae Press Association.
Indianapolis, Mch. 13 = At 1920
this morning DR.. Jameson said there
was no material change in Benjamin
Harrison's condition. He is unable
to recognize anyone andi his breath
comes in short gasps.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
school Report

Miss Jessie Reid closed her fourth
term of school last Friday at Hawk
eye district, Spring Greek township.
The followinglspupils were neither
absent nor tardy for the past ak
months: Stella and Dwight Nit
chell and Carl Gegner.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
VOL. 81. NO. 33.
--Mahaskas County Fair September
10, IL, II, and 13, 1901.

The Methodists report 12O con-
verts in Manila last week and the
Philippine Evangelical church claims
to have secured as many new mem
bers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

''Station Beets-About two acres
were grown on the station grounds.
Owing to an unusually wet season
the crop was an expensive one to
handle. After planting, it cost S22.70
per acre IN labor to care for the
beets. This included four horse
hoeings, thinning, and three hand
hoeings. Even then the weeds made
considerable headway during August
and September.
"The first beets were harvested
October 6, giving 9.63 per cent sugar
and 81 SO per cent purity. The second
analysis was made in November, the
sugar contents being 9.53 per cent
and the purity 67S6 per cent at this
time.u
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14
Millions of Mothers Use Cuticura Soap

ointment
S Cleansing the scalp Of eruss scales
anu sore hand In the form of baths
all
especially
children
great with
dents refreshing
beautng the scalp No
however With
in
the bes
the best toilet and baby In the world r'
Complete External Internal Humor
soften
and rrath
hrougho ~ N1' "'" '0
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-03-14

Hub Fire Sale, Saturday, March ls.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-16
MARY l. AND GLADYS.

The yachts Mary l.. and Glldys went
at each other yesterday for the first
time since the former has been made
over. There was good wind and the
Mary l.. carried all her sails, including
a topsail. Running out the channel
she gained steadily on the Gladys and
kept the lead in the rough water out.
side until her spreader broke and sha
had to return. The Gladys. however
Is not In racing trim, as she has been
In the water eight months withou,
cleaning. Under the circumstances
she is not in as good condition to sail
as the Mary L., which is clean on
the ways. At the present time, how.
ever. it looks as II Tommie Hobron's
boat would have to look well to her
laurels to keep the championship IN
the tirst.class yacht race.
or the large boats there seems to
BE- probability that most Of them
will have to go without cleaning. I'M
less the work OF caulking and copper
ing the steamer Mikahala Is soon
done. She now has the marine rail
way, and the ways at the Healani boai
house are considered. not safe to put
the larger boats on.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-16
j. D. AVERY.
sTENoGRAPHER.

General Reporting and Typewrltlns,
Tel. Blue .6ll. Second floor Elite
building. 90
8 a. m, J:i5 p. m, or later by en-
gagemelt.