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The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
MONEY sTRINeENcY.

What Secretary Shaw has intimated
Henry Clews has stated boldly in
print, that the present money string
ency in the east is due wholly to wild
speculation and is no criterion at all
of the conditions of the country. Wall
street is paying the penalties for ex-
cesses of the last twelve months.
Forced liquidation upon very extern
siye scale has been gong on for sew
eral weeks, particularly in stocks
which had been advanced by several
well-known wealthy cliques whose ac-
tiyities had frequently been subject
of wonder and criticism. Apparently
these gentlemen had not sufficiently
protected themselves against the fall
monetary stringency. Call money
was sharply withdrawn, and as time
loans matured they could not be re-
newed upon the old terms or upon the
old collateral. Bankers found good and
more legitimate employment for their
funds in usual crop and trade demands
and resolutely set themselves in OPP
position to continued fostering of reck-
less speculation. AT last New YORK
banks found 1t to their common inter-
est to put a check upon the plunging
operations which have recently char
acterized the speculations Of certain
cliques; and this they have done, none
too soon in a manner and with an eff
cieny that deserves the thanks Of the
entire financial and business commun-
fty. New York bankers with thei,
vast control of credit have a power
Of restraint upon speculative excesses
which no other body OIL men possess;
and their breadth Of view apparently
lconvinced them that their own inter
tests are best conserved by unitedly
acting for puD.lc welfare. Had it not
been for the conservative attitude OF
tine banks, stimulated of course by
awkward monetary conditions and a
Sense Of self-preseryation, we should
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

while Nebraska is first In literacy
it seems to be going backward in
some ways The supreme court has
just ruled out the reading of the Bible
or the singing of hymns in the pub
lie schools of the state. The case orr
ginated in Gage county, Daniel Free
man, an atheist, suing out an injunc-
ton to prevent reading the Bible be-
fore his children, who were pupils.
His contention was that belief in the
Bible is part Of the Christian reli-
gion, and therefore sectarian, and that
the reading of passages from the
scriptures is an intrusion upon the re
ligious liberties guaranteed by the
constitution of the state and nation.
The lower court denied the injunction,
but Freeman prosecuted an appeal
and now the higher tribunal has ruled
in his favor.
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LAWS ON MINING,

Il Is the democratic candidate for con-
gress, John P. Reese, fair and honest
when he says, that all the Lacey
Territorial Mining Law does is to pro-
vide enough air for the men and mules
to live on?
Judge for yourselves, for the follow
ing is what it does provide for:
J. A practical miner or mining en-
gineer as an inspector of mines.
2. 1t compels operators to con-
struct, at least, two shafts or outlets
for ingress or egress.
3. To construct machinery to force
away the noxious gases from the face
of every working place within the
mine.
A. That no furnace shaft shall be
used as an escape shaft.
8. That a metal speaking tube shah
be constructed from top to bottom
Of the shaft or slope, so that CONVEX
sation may be carried on through the
same.
g.. That an approved safety catch
shall be provided and sufficient cover
overhead on every carriage used in
lowering or hosting persons.
k z. That no child under twelve years
of age shall be employed in the under
ground workings of any mine.
81. That only experienced, Compel
ent and sober men shall be placed in
charge of hosting apparatus or en-
gines.
8. Last but not least, that in the
event mining operators fail to provide
all these means of safety to the min
ers, after a report has been rendered
by the mine inspector to that effect,
he is given lne power to sue out an
Injunction, restraining the further OPP
Grafton Of such mine.
1t may be that in the event Mr..
Reese were elected to congress that
he would have this last provision re.
pealed, owing to the fact that he is
bitterly opposed to government by in
junction.
Mr.. Lacey followed this up with
supplementary legislation in the last
congress, which requires the mine
operators, not only to increase the
volume of air in their mines, but also
requires them to furnish experienced
men as shot firers. And while Mr..
Lacey was urging action upon this
supplement to the Lacey Act in Con-
gress, N e. Kendall, republican rep
resentative from Monroe county, was
busily engaged in the Iowa Legislature
in securing similar law for the pro
lection of the miners in Iowa.
Is this not a pretty good republican
record? 1t certainly has proven more
beneficial that Weaver legislation,
which consisted of peddling a small
coal screen round for the state OF
Iowa, and talking about how miners
were robbed by the operators, and end
ing with doing nothing whatever to
better the conditions of the miners.
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LACEY AND THE MINER.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
In 1896 Congressman Lacey introduce
ed bill in congress, the purpose OF
which was to protect the lives of min
ers in the territories. Last January
ne introduced an amendment to the
bill, to make the law more effective,
and urged its adoption in speech,
This speech is timely now, when the
rights and duties OF miners are being
so generally discussed, because it pre-
sents some of the perils of the miners
life.' 1t is also timely because an at
tempt is being made in Major Laceys
district to convince the miners that
in congress he has done nothing to
promote their interests. #ur
In general way everybody knows
something of the perils and hardships
attending life in the mines. But the
discussion started by Major Lacey's
speech shows that not even many con-
gressmen who are called upon to leg
lslate know how many unfavorable
conditions surround it,. One of the
chief features of the bill which Major
Lacey urged was an increase Of fresh
air in the mines from $500 to 5000
cubic feet minute for each fifty min
ers. Probably but few have ever
thought that the mere matter Of fresn
air might be one of the serious prob
lens of mining, and that but for rigid
state and national legislation the min
ers would be working today on less
than enough to promote his comfort
or preserve his health. The mining
states have, with but few exceptions,
come to the standard Of fresh air fixed
in Major Lacey's bill, and his demand
was that congress should require as
high a standard for the miners of the
territories, and especially OF Indian
Territory, where owing to the preVa-
lence of gas in the mines, the need Of
fresh air is greater than anywhere in
the United States.
Another of the perils of the mine is
suggested by the second provision OF
the law which requires that shot
firers" be expert workers, especially
selected for that task and that when
the explosion occurs all the miners
shall have first been taken out Of the
mine. Major Lacey in advocacy of
this feature of the Kansas law told OF
the instantaneous death of twenty-five
men in one of the mines of the Sixth
district, blown into eternity in nom
ent, because floating dust was ignited
by the discharge of the shot. With
such an instance in view and with Lac
statistics of death in the anthracite
mines each year at hand, no one win
hesitate to credit MAJOR Lacey's con-
clusion that the dangers Of mining
under the best management and I'M
der the most prudent laws are very
great" III
Major Lacey has made specially
of mining legislation ever since he
has been IN congress, because his dis
trict is very largely devoted to coal
mining, and every recent law enacted
by congress to protect the lives and
promote the welfare of miners has
been introduced and urged by him. In
this work he has had the cordial as
sistance of the United Mine Workers
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no doubt have run into a whirl of
crazy speculation which would have
ended in premature panic and disas-
tey AS it. is, present liquidation will
clear the financial atmosphere; anu
unpleasant consequences, if such oc-
cur, will be confined to Wall Street
instead of spreading into the channels
of trade and industry.
A forced contraction in loans is the
only remedy, painful as it may be, for
depleted bank reserves. According to
the last official returns the loans in
the 1900 National banks in the Unit
ed States on September Is stood at
SO, $50, 100000, an increase of $685., 000,-
900 over the high figures of 1901.
During the same period there were
decreases of $22,000,000 in specie,
Sc, 200,0 900 in legal tenders and $780,
900 in National bank notes. No bet.
ter reason for drawing in the purse
strings need be produced.
The position of the market as a
rhole has unquestionably been great.
y improved by the liquidation of the
last few weeks. The test has shown
that there are no weak spots of i'm.
portance; and an effective check has
been put upon undesirable specula
tive movements,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
ELEcrRIc HEATING.

EIecrfc experts in New York esti-
mate that house may be heated by
electricity from central station, and
that in such heating it would take
about q ton of coal to develop a Their
NAL energy equal to that derived from
the direct combustion of from 1900
to / 500 pounds of the same fuel in a
domestic furnace-and that If the
electric plant were in the building
itself, about half this waste would be
avoided The general idea is that
the percentage of waste in electric
heating would be much greater. In
the one case cited above it would be
only about % or 80 per cent, and in
the other u or Is per cent. Electric
heating, if feasible, has much to COM
mend it in the way Of cleanliness. By
arranging the electric supply so that
the current could be shut off at any
timeand thus stop the expense, much
could be saved at seasons of the year
when a fire is really needed only a
few hours in the morning and at
night, because a furnace, when once
nghted must be kept constantly going
in order to be available when needed.
If the estimate of the New York ex-
perts is correct, we may expect TO see
electricity come largely into use for
heating both homes and public build
ings-especially in localities where
it is possible to get a supply of
water-power generated electricity.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
TO KILL BOTH.
ottumwa Man shoots at Wife and At
tempts Suicide.

Ottumwa, Oct. 13.-Thos. Doherty,
a blacksmith residing in South Ottum-
wa, while in a fit of drunkenness this
morning, attempted to kill his wife.
Thinking that he had shot her he turn
ed the gun upon himself. Placing the
muzzle in his mouth he sent ball in
to his own brain and will die.
Doherty had been sullen and morose
for a number of weeks and has been
continually brooding over money af-
fairs. He was finding fault with his
daughter and her husband and mag
ined that they were conspiring against
him to get his property away from
him. He believed that his wife had
turned against him and was in league
with his daughter and her husband.
He has brooded over these imaginary
ills and for a number of weeks has
been drinking very heavily. Sunday
night he took lamp with him as he
went up stairs and acted in manner
to arouse the fears of the family for
their own safety. He most likely in
tended to wait until the members OF
the family came up stairs and then
shoot hem. They spent the night
at the home of a neighbor and when
they returned this morning he assault
ed the wife and then attempted sui
eide as above related
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Broke His Ankle.

What Cheer Patriot: While prac-
ticing with the football team Thursday
evening Lev Eyler had the misfortune
to get his ankle broken. No one
seems to know hardly how it happen
ed. He was taken home and passed a
very restless night, but is better today
and is inclined to make the best Of IT.
It was one Of the accidents that go
along with the game.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
Ever since political histc

Ever since political history began
in this country, the democrats have
always been opposing that which is,
and never proposing that which ought
to be. This is particularly true con-
corning the tariff and every other big
measure of public Importance. 1t is
this spirit Of negation which the pro-
gressive people of this country fear,
and which will this fall lead to the
election of republican house of rep
resentatives.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

Leon Brown writes from Des
Moines that there is some fear at re-
publican headquarters that the apathy
in some parts of the state will result
in falling off in the vote this year.
1t is generally conceded that If any
thing like the full vote is polled the
state will go republican by an enor-
nous majority, but if there should be
any considerable falling off in the vote
the majority will be cut down, to say
the least. Every effort should be
made to get the vote out.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

I'm some respects the progress to-
ward the adoption of advanced meth
DDS of civilization in the Philippines
would furnish an object lesson to
some of the communities in this coun-
try. Work is now progressing on
miles of good roads adjacent to Ma
Mia, and the task is in the hands of
natives mostly. Over 100000 will
be expended in this work. And still
the democrats keep UP the cry of fail
ure in these islands.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
Nae Pella Chronicle

The PeIIa chronicle announces
that hereafter it will appear in an
eight page form, all home print. Glad
to note this evidence of prosperity,
but we cannot refrain from thinking
how improbable it would have been,
had the policies of free trade and free
silver advocated by the Chronicle,
won out in the campaign two years
ago. The republican party does not
fighting and the democrats come along
W n the commissary department.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
-The memberghip Of the q

The membership of the Grand
Army of the Republic in good stand
ing, according to the report of Adju-
tant General Silas II. fowler, of Min
neapolis, amounts to 263,745 persons
who belong to 6,511 posts. The high
water mark was in 1890, when it num-
bered 409,49S. Since that time there
has been gradual decline.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

1t is not known who named the
White House, but the title is believed
to have been derived from Martha
Washington's home in Virginia. A
recent investigator mas disproved the
statement that the brilding was mod
eled after Leinster castle, Ireland.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

The Gate City takes occasion to
remark casually that the Keokull
newspapers did about $500 worth OF
free advertising for the street fair at
that place and they didn't get any di-
rect good out of it either. Twas al
ways thus. .
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

Secretary Shaw has approved the
recommendation of Supervising Archi-
tect Taylor in favor of the Walnut
street river front site FOR the new post
once in Des Moines. Now look out
for injunctions, counter injunctions
and legal exhibitions generally.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

Keokuk Gate City: 1t is due to
John P. Reese, the democratic candi-
date for congress in the Sixth dis
trict, to say that he did not vote for
Debs in 1900 He tried to vote for
him, but did not know now to mark
his ballot and so lost his vote.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

After remarking that two Chicago
daily newspapers commented upon DR..
Barton's dedication Of his book ito
those who tarry with tie stuff" as a
lapse into slang on the part of the au-
thor, the MuscatIne Journal says:
Those Chicago editors evidently new
er read Sam. 30: "a, where STUFF is
used as a proper word
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

ton of 1898. While Chicago had a
larger population within her city linz
its st. Louis will have a much greater
exposition and the people will have
better Iacillties for travel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

Experiments in burning oil con-
Quoted by the Unite States Navy de-
partment are encouraging. Relief
from coal squeezes is coming along
several roaus.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

I'm anticipation of great suffering
when the first cold wave sets in, the
philanthroplsts of ,oston have started
relief coal fund, which, up to last
Monday, amounted to $58,162
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
I'd IS egtlhated that the attendanc

1T is estimated that the attendance
a. the Worlds Fair at st. Louis in
1904 should average 17S,00O daily. The
estimate is based upon the population
within 500 miles of the city in com
parison with the population within
the same distance of Chicago and the
attendance at the Columbian EXPOSE
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Hoffman, Brothers
official County Paper.

Atlanta Journal: The corset, like
the tariff, is not to go; it is merely to
be modified.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16
John Mitchell.

The miners of the Sixth district
know what Major Lacey has done for
them, and they know him. They have
been giving him a cordial reception
thus far during his canvass for re-
election, and they will give him no
less cordial Endorsement at the polls,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

and Of the president, John Mitchell.
The bill under discussion was submit
ted to Mr.. Mitchell and was endorsed
by him, and after its passage Mr. Nit
ehell personally thanked Major Lacey
in the following letter;
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-10-16

Hon. John F. Lacey, House of Rep
resentatives, Washington, d. c.: Mes
sage received. l note with gratifica-
ton the passage of territorial mining
bill with shot firing clause. Please
accept thanks for your efforts in be-
half Of his measure.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA

Samuel L. Gaulding. one of the most
prominent citizens of Oglethorpe coun-
ty. was shot and seriously wounded by
a negro Tuesday afternoon near Win
terville. The negro's name is Whit
Willingham, a laborer employed by
Mr.. Gaulding on his farm. MIR. Gauld-
ing had occasion to reprimand the ne
gro for inattention to his work one day
last week, and, the negro becoming in
solent. Mr.. Gaulding gave him
thrashing. Since then the ne
gro had been giving a good
deal of trouble, and Mr.. Gauld-
ing had to go to the negro's
house to get him to come to work. He
found him lying in bed and a revolver
on a table near him. Mr.. Gaulding
aroused him and, putting the negro's
pistol in his own pocket. took him by
the arm and told him to come with
him. The negro then jerked away and
snatched the revolver from Mr.. Gauld-
ing's pocket. Putting the muzzle close
to Mr.. Gaulding's face he fired. The
ball struck the lower right jaw bone,
splitting it, and then lodging against
the left jaw bone, when it was spit out
by Mr.. Gaulding. The negro made
good his escape, and is still at large
The wound is considered very serious,
and should it become so infiamed as
to injure the eathing of the victim
he will die, the doctors say. Mr.
Gaulding is 80 years old and married.
He is one of the most prominent citi-
zens of Oglethorpe county, and the
news of the shooting will cause great
sorrow.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-21

er the other day. THE settlers, or
farmers-for there are no more set
tiers in the old sense-are taking the
best we have. When 1 went out
through Nebraska and Kansas last
month l was surprised to see so many
rubber-tired rigs. At one livery sta
BILE on Saturday were over sixty rigs,
and not one was a lumber wagon. Ten
of the buggies had rubber tires, all be-
ing from the country districts"
It is the same with pianos and or
ganS. The country farm houses are
we'll filled with musical instruments.
The dealers say that last years >ales
of pianos to the West were the larg-
est in their history. A Central Kan
sas assessor said the other day that
in his rounds in one township, a sec
ton without any towns, he found 65
organs. Some them were worth SIS,
and none less than $40.
The era of the freak store Is gone,
too. 1t was not so long ago that in
every considerable town of the West
there was a store that dealt in oddities,
0uckskin trousers, bows and arrows,
leather caps and the other novelties
that Fasteners have come to associate
with the West. Usually there was a
coyote or a group of prairie dogs
penned up in the rear of the store for
the amusement of the visitors. Such
stores failed to attract of date years,
and most of them removed to Okla
homa, where the semblance of the old
West is interesting to the newcomers.
One of the largest stores of this kind
in the West was located at Wichita,
but that has now departed. The home
people grew weary of 1t, and the
strangers did not appreciate its at
fractions. 1t was not profitable after
the better class of people, with more
money, became the rule.
The little corner auction store is sell
dom seen in the western town. It
used to be common. With a stock of
notions costing $50 a fakir could make
a living selling to the ranchmen and
the farmers. Now the stores do the
business and the bills are paid in
checks. The travelling bankrupt
stock" of clothing and boots and shoes
is also practically a bygone. The
western towns refuse to believe in the
reported bankruptcy or in the railroad
wreck or fire that caused this wonder
full bargain in apparel, and heartlessly
put on the dealer tax that is prohib-
tive. For years these stores disposed
of imMense stocks of out-of-date and
shoddy goods for the Chicago dealers
and were very profitable, making bust
ness hard for the home dealers.
One feature of the newer form OF
business life that the towns cannot
control is the mail-order houses. They
are doing the largest business ever
known in the West. With the extern
sion OF the rural delivery to the prairie
sections and the ease with which mon
ey can be sent these houses do good
business Thousands Of farmers are
buying everything. from windmills 10
plows and seed corn, from these houses.
The catalogs are vast volumes OF hum
drede Of pages. and amply Illustrated.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-21
FRosT's INVENTIONS BACKED.
Man Who Asked $5,OG0,OOO for
Thought Recorder Finds Patrons.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Baltimore, June 15.-Rev. DIR. w. A.
Crawford Frost, rector of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church of the Holy
Comforter, who created a sensation at
a dinner in New York by demanding
that Mr.. Carnegie put up $1,000 600 TO
place his patent thought recorder" on
the market, has interested a number
of gentlemen here in his various pat
ents. First, of course, is the thought
recorder. Then there is an automatic
shoe polishing machine. 1t has a lever
which thrusts the foot into the ma
chine, where 1t is seized and firmly but
gently held. The weight sets a series
Of springs going. brushes and mechan-
isms start merrily to work cleaning
the shoes. The polish is spread over
In the right quantity and at the right
places and automatic polishers finish
the task.
Another device is called a telephone
arm. 1t Is an adjustable piece or iron
designed 10 hold the receiver OF i tele-
phone In any position; busy men, when
making a telephone call, can lit the
receiver from the hook adjust II to
their ear and go on with their writing
or other work while awaiting an an
swer, instead Of being compelled 10 hold
the receiver 10 the ear with one hand
A portable dust-box Is regarded ~
Mrs, Crawford Froa a. one II the
most useful Of her husbands iuven-
tons and she thinks n viii beeome "A
great faFoflte with housekespers.