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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
SOUTH MAKES STRIDES.
Increase-One-Four of People
In Cities of $4,000.

Washington, Jan. 2o.-The director
of the census gave out a statement
regarding the growth of urban pop
ulation north and south, which shows
the following facts: The large cities,
taken collectively, are growing nearly
twice as rapidly as the rest of the
country; the per cent. of the popu-
iation OF northern states living in
large cities is nearly three times as
great as the corresponding per cent.
in the south; the north has rate
of increase no greater than that of
the south. The statement shows that
in the north the proportion of the
population living in large cities is
more than three times as great as it
is in the south. The population liv-
ing in cities of over $4,000 inha bitants
increased Al per cent. between 1890
and 1900, partly by the growth of the
124 cities of that size in 1890, and
partly by the addition during the fol-
lowing ten years of SO other cities to
the list. OF the total population of
75,994,575 in continental United
States. 19,71s,312, or $50 per cent. live
in cities of $4,000 inhabitants or more.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
Strike Ordered.

Milwaukee. Jan. 2o.--A special to the
Sentinel from Kaukauna, Wis, says:
A general strike was ordered Sunday
at joint meeting of the Appleton,
Kaukauna and Neenah lodges of the
United Brotherhood of Paper Makers,
which will result in less than three
weeks in closing the rs mills in the
state of Wisconsin, throwing out of
employment 5000 laborers and cut
ting off over 7so tons day from the
supply of the paper market, unless the
demands of the union for shorter
hours are granted. Further than this,
the movement is soon to spread
through every paper-making district
in the northwest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
81 am a stranger here,
Heaven is my home"
WATER REVIVED HIS WRIST.
New idea of a Telegraph Operator
Who Had Worked Hard
and Long.

Ahern, the telegraph expert, put
his brawny arm over the launch's
side and let 1t drag through the salty
water. He had half a dozen report
ers in the launch, all armed with spe-
Gals to file at the Highlands of Nave
sink, and after the launch had
slipped through four miles of the
Shrewsbury the operator withdrew
his arm and looked at his wrist, says
the New York Mail and Express.
"There," said he, 81 am good for
10000 extra words" and he rubbed
the wrist In a patronizing way.
Somebody asked him for an explana-
ton, and he said:
II have found that by placing the
wrist in cool water for half an hour
any operator is able to double his en-
ergy and endurance for the following
IL hours. The wrist is the main ma
chinery of the telegraph operator.
Its muscles and nerves are dependent
upon perfect action. This immersion
in the sea Is worth considerable mon
ey to the company. Not only can
send quicker, but can send better
and with great endurance"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

The evening session was spirit
ualistic meeting for the benefit of the
public. it was quite well attended.
The old Klingman hall where the
meeting was held was crowded with
the largest numbers OF people ever
within its walls. Over four hundred
people listened to the address and
witnessed the manifestations and
readings of the evening.
Mrs. Westlake opened the program
and she was followed by Harrison D.
Barrett, president of the national as
ISOLATION in an address upon a spirit
ualistic subject.
The address was followed by the
manifestation of slate writing. A
number of the states were found to
have messages and paintings of
flowers painted upon them.
The evening was closed by num-
of readings by Mrs. Eva Mccoy, one
of the evangelists of the associations
residing at Marshalltown.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
WILLIAMS MAY HANG.
Possibly Instructions of Jury
Will be Carried Out.

1t is possible Sheriff William
Cricket will be called upon to pre-
side over legal execution. The pos
tive tone Of the Jury in declaring
Dick Williams guilty OF murder of
VIM. Sharper and fixing his punish
ment by death, seems to leave but
little hope of escaping the gallows.
The defense will ask for new trial,
and falling in that will carry the case
to the supreme court, but the out
come is uncertain. Once before in
Mahaska county like verdict was
rendered, but in that case the evi.
dence was not apparently so strong
and the verdict was set aside. In
event the defense fails in legally ex-
tracing Williams from bis predica-
ment the code provides the following
duties for the officers of The court:
Section 1872. -EDecEtioa When the
court or jury shall direct that de-
PENDANT be punished by death, the
court pronouncing judgment shall
fix the day of the execution thereof,
which shall not be less than one year
after the day on which the Judgment
rendered, and not longer than Is
months, during which time the de-
PENDANT shall be imprisoned in the
penitentiary
Sfcti01 4749.-Tjme and manner of
eacecUtion. "A judgment ofde ath must
be executed by the sheriff of the
county in which the judgment was
rendered, or bis deputy, within the
walls of the penitentisry where the
defendant is confined, or within
yard or enclosure adjoining thereto,
on the day fixed in the judgment, be.
tween sunrise and sunset by hanging
by the neck until dead.n
The case was closed shortly before
noon on Saturday and the jury re-
tired Immediately. A large crowd re.
manned in the court room during the
interval. At $3.50 the jury returned,
giving verdict of murder in the
first degree as charged. When the
prisoner was brought in the people
crowded to the front and awaited the
verdict with considerable anxiety.
Williams did not seem in the least
concerned about his fate but took
the matter quite cody. He listened
closely while the verdict was read
but not line of his face changed.
When the court was dismissed he
followed TURF key Drinkle back to
his cell as if nothing had happened.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
CURRENT EVENTS.

Gov NASH of Ohio. has asked for the
resignation Of the Dayton state hospital
board.
Four new transatlantic lines from Quebec
and Europe billing goods direct from Chi
cago and lake ports are projected.
The Illinois Central road is to equip its
entire system with telephones, supplant-
ing the telegraph key and sounder
The mission OF De Kuyper to Brussels
and London Is generally admitted TO be in
the interest Of peace In the Transyaal.
Chicago takes the lead in widespread
demand for federal law hostile to adult
teration and sale Of impure human foods.
The London Pall Mall Gazette congrat-
ulates America on the fact that Mrs and
Miss Roosevelt are "ladies by birth rather
than by act of congress"
Emperor William is credited in Europe
with executing clever stroke OF politics
in being first to send an official represent
alive to the United States.
Four Chicago men who claim to have
$4O,0 900 are behind the scheme to buy up
claims of Pottawatomie Indians to the
lake front property in Chicago.
Nearly all milk sold in New York city
for consumption by children is shown to
be Impure and unfit for food Thousands
OF lives are said to have been sacrificed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Anent the meeting of the state
meeting of the Iowa Spiritualists
now in progress in our city the news
of the founding and establishing of a
spiritualistic scnool will. be of con-
acknowledgements.
On the 18th otDecember, the Nor
ris Pratt Institute was duly incor-
porated, and steps taken to make it
a school for Spiritualists in every
sense of the word. In October last,
Mr.. Pratt offered to give the Spiritua-
list Temple in Whitewater, Wis,
erected by him about ten years ago,
to the N. s. A., for school purpose.
And the offer has been accepted. A
meeting of the trustees to whom the
property had been assigned in trust
for school purpose was called, inn
portant business. transacted, and the
school duly incorporated under laws
of Wisconsin. Moses Hull was elect
ed President, VIM, II. Rogers of
Madison, Wis, Vice President; Mrs.
Clara L. Stewart, Whitewater, Sec
rotary; j. O. Burns, Milwaukee,
Treasurer, and five others were Sc
lectes TO serve with the officers
named as Trustees of the school.
Alonzo Thompson, Truman H.. Wat
son, A. J. Weaver and Harrison
Barrett were honored with positions
on the Board. For the present, a
two years. course of study will be
maintained. Some of the branches
to be studied are grammar, rhetoric,
logic, Language, voice and physical
culture, psychology, psychic delevep-
ment, evolution, homiletics. history,
exegetics, gphyslcal geography, Lam
guages, ancient and modern. II has
been voted to open the school on the
fret Tuesday in September, 1909.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
A Noted Leader Lectures For the
Local Society.

Edward A. Kimball of Chicago
gave his lecture on Christian Science
in the Masonic opera house Sunday
afternoon. Quite large crowd was
in attendance and the lower floor
was well filed. The balcony was not
opened. Major f. n. Loripg intro
duced the speaker with a few APP
proprlate remarks on Christian
Science work and Mr. KimbaIl fol-
lowed the outline thus laid down,
quite closely. . He began by explain
iug the object and fuses of the work.
The object he said was to reveal
Christ as he is and to reinstate men
in the position which he held before
sin and suffering began their work of
corruption. Mr.. Kimball said that he
asked no one to believe anything
which could not be absolutely
proved by the application of science.
The work he said was both a science
and religion and through it the
seeming contradictions in the Bible
resolved themselves into clear and
logical facts.
After explaining the various forms
of the work at some length Mr.. kim
bali took up the theme of Christian
Science healing. Beginning with
the time when Christ was on earth
be said that the miracles of healing
the sick were absolute proof that
every disease could be cured if the
proper remedy was applied. He then
went on to state that in the science
work it is believed that this healing
power is stlll impaired frop God to
the highest land most God like part
of the body, the mind. God he said
was not the originator of sickness
but illness, distress, and worry were
rather the doings of Satan. The
cause Of all disease he declared lay
in the mind and that Christian
Science could prove that it was the
very fear of disease which made PEG
pie liable to severe attacks of illness.
The main points which he Impress
ed upon his audience were; that man
has right to govern and to be mas
ter over his own body; that sickness
is of satan rather than God; and that
through God it still may be over
come as in former years. 1t is mans
fear of his body he said which caus-
es all diseases and it is in the over
coming of this fear through trusting
in God that constituted the secret of
Christian Science healing. He cited
several occurances to prove these
statements. and introduced all his
theories from logical point of view.
He was loud in his praise of Mrs Ed
dy and her work, declaring that it
was through her alone that he was
saved from death. The work, he
says, has no faith whatever in so
called 'incurable' diseases, in as
much as there is no disease which
has not been cured through the aid
of this science. Hyptnotism he con-
siders but higher form of Science
healing. Every disease he says has
its origin on high mental strata, and
must therefore be treated through
the mind only.
Only the more prominent features
of the work we're touched upon and
these in most general way as time
did not permit of detailed explana-
tions. On the whole the, lecture was
exceedingly interesting though many
we're not entirely in sympathy with
the belief.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Kansas City, Jan. 2o.-West-bound
Missouri Pacific passenger train
No. 3 that left st. Louis at
seven o'clock Saturday evening col.
lided head-on with an east-bound
freight train one mile east of Elijah,
Mo-, Sunday morning. One passenger
on No. was injured. but no one was
killed. Engineer Maze, of the freight
train, had fallen asleep in his cab
and ran past Elijah, where he had
been ordered to meet the passenger.
When he awoke and realized that he
had passed Elijah and that 1t was too
late to pull back he stopped his train
and running ahead endeavored to flag
the passenger train. The passenger
train was upon him, however, before
he succeeded.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
IOWA SPIRITUALISTS
State Association Closes First
Annual Convention.

The delegates to the State meet
ing of the Iowa Spiritualistic conven-
ton arrived in number with Fridays
trains and about one hundred and
fifty delegates Iwere present at the
meeting of Friday afternoon.
The features of the afternoon ses-
81 IN were the address OF the presi-
dent, DR.. Hinton, president OF the
state association and the reply OF Mr..
Fisk Of Keokuk. The address is
printed in full in theee columns.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
oUTGREw HIS COFFIN.
Singular Features of the Funeral OF
q Man Who Had Made His own
Burial Casket.

At Benton graveyard, near Port
Washington, where no interment haR
been made for 20 years, funeral
was held on recent Sunday that for
strange and peculiar features had no
parallel in that vicinity, says the Co.
lumbus (0.) Press. 1t was the funer-
al of Philip Haas, an eccentric Ger
man resident Of Buckhorn, and In
compliance with his request his body
was kept five days before burial.
The coffin in which he was buried
was one he had made five years ago.
1t was constructed of planks and
covered with black velvet. He made
1t when he was small of girth, and
they had to squeeze him in, as he
remarked lately they would have to
do. The coffin was placed in rough
box he made. In going to the grave
yard the rough box was placed in a
spring wagon and the coffin in II and
two men sat on it, as per his wish.
On the lid of the box was a card
2ox24 inches, on which was the in
scription he had printed, as followsI
at am a stranger here,
-..n Heaven is my home"
He told his friends if they did not
carry out his wishes regarding the
funeral he would come back, and, be-
ing superstitious, they did so. The
ceremonies at the grave were marked
for their simplicity. Each Sunday he
attended church he put in the collee-
ton basket as many cents as he was
years old. He was industrious and
frugal and owned several farms.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
Stomach Trouble Epidemic.

Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets cure in
digestion, distress after eating, belch-
ing, loss of appetite, pain in stomach
etc. Mayor Cove, Waukesha, Wis.
says: 81 have found Bailey's Dys-
pepsia Tablets most agreeable and of
a high degree of merit" Price Csc.
Sold by G. N. Beechler.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
1T GIRDLEs THE GLOBE,

The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
as the best in the world, extends
round the earth. It's the one perfect
healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises,
Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Felons,
Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions.
Only Infallible Pile Cure. Csc box
at Green & Bentley Drug Co.'S.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
BLOWN TO ATOMS.

The old idea that the body some
times needs a powerful, drastic, purga-
tive pill has been exploded; for DR..
Kings New Life Pills. which are per,
fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver
and bowels to expel poisonous matter,
cleanse the system and absolutely cure
Constipation and Sick Headache Only
Zoe at Green & Bentley Drug Co.'S.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
Knl.d the wrong Man.

Shawnee, OKLA, Jan. 2o.-B. b.
Hunt, of Huntsville, Mo-, was shot
and killed here by John Seville, who
mistook him for an enemy. Hunt went
to Seville's home and demanded adj
mittance. Seville had experienced
trouble Saturday with other persons
and supposing that they had returned
to open the quarrel refused to admit
Hunt and shot through the closed
door. Hunt dropped dead ON the
steps.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
rnnr rom slang Ereeuted.

London, Jan. 2o.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Standard says that,
according to trustworthy reports re-
ceived from Peking, Gen. Tung Fuh
Slang, the notorious anti-foreigner,
whose execution was recently ordered
by the dowager empress, was executed
January IS at the yamen Of the gov
ernor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
WIN Ne shot.

Graaf-Reinet, Cape Colony, Jan. no.
Lord Kitchener has confirmed the
death sentence passed upon the Boer
Commandant Scheepers, who was
captured last October. He win be
shot next Saturday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

The Federation of Woman's Clubs
has extended the right of honorary
membership to the men who make
Rocky Mountain Tea. Women's great
est benefactor.
BERTSCH-BoAL DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
HOW TO CURE La GRIPPE.

AS soon as you feel the symptoms
coming on take Warmers White Wine
of Tar thoroughly" The best cough
remedy on earth. Cures the worst
cases in As hours if taken in time. 25
and so cents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

at was almost a miracle. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me Of terrible
breaking out all over the body. am
very grateful" Miss Julia Filbridge
West CornWell, Conn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is preventable1 Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold or cough car
be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Coz
sumption Cure Sold on positive guar.
antee for over fifty years.
GREEN & BENTLEY DRua Ca
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

"Cure the cough and save the life."
DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds, down to the very
verge of consumption.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Don't let the little ones suffer from
eczema, or other torturing skin dis
eases No need for it. Doan's oint.
ment cures Can't harm the most del
icate skin. At any drug store. SO cts.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Monarch over pain. Burns. cuts,
sprains. stings. Instant relief. DIR.
Thomas Eclectric OIL. At any drug
store.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Mrs. Mccoy is ore of the evangel-
lists of the association. The lady gives
readings both in public and private
and is said to be a very capable read
er and much in demand.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

If you believe what you read about
Rocky Mountain Tea, see that you get
the genuine, made only by the Madi-
son Medicine Co. 35c, no more, no
less.
BERTscH-BoAL DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

MRS. HATTIE COOPER WEsTLAKE
Mrs. Westlake is another of the
evangelists of the State association.
She was born clairvoyant and has
been in the spiritualistic field since
childhood. She is a regularly or
dained minister and has charge of
the church at Marshalltown.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
Jeweier Murdered.

Rochester, N. Y, Jan. 2o.--Bela A..
Brown, a prominent manufacturing
jeweler, aged between 60 and 70, was
found murdered in his salesrooms
here Sunday night. The assassin had
apparently attacked the old man
from the rear, striking him in the
back OF the head with hammer,
crushing his skull.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

w. l.. Yancy, Paducah. KY, writes:
Il had a severe case Of kidney disease
and three of the best physicians in
southern Kentucky treated me with
out success. l was induced to try
FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE. The first
bottle gave immediate relief and
three bottles cured me permanently.
l gladly recommend this wonderful
remedy" Take no substitute.
GREEN & BENTLEY Drug Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Let us speak of man as we find him,
And censure only what we can see,
Remembering that no one can be per-
feet.
Unless he uses Rocky Mountain Tea.
BERTsCH-BoAL DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
Killed Herself.

Toledo, o., Jan. 20.--Louise Avery,
% years old, of Delaware. committed
suicide in a horrible manner some
time Saturday night. Sunday morn
ing her brother found her lying dead
upon her bed with the barrel of a
shotgun held by one hand against her
temple. Evidences were found that
the woman had taken paris green
and morphine, but had finally resort
ed to the shotgun. The entire top of
her head was blown off. The refusal
of a man to marry her Is said to
have prompted the deed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

A meeting was held Sunday after
noon at the Woodman Hall that was
fairly well attended. The address of
the afternoon was by Mr.. Barrett, and
it was listened to attentively by the
audience present. At the close of
the meeting DR.. Wheeler, of Minnea-
polls, as medium, gave some of the
best spirit messages that have yet
been received during the meeting.
Mrs. Eva Mccoy assisted in this part
of the program.
The evening program was carried
out at the Masonic opera house where
very large audience listened attent-
lively to the words of couple of adj
dresses upon Spiritualistic themes.
Mrs. Westlake IAN ordained minister
in the Spiritualistic church presiding
over the society at Msrshalltown, was
the FIRST speaker Of the evening and
was followed by Harrison j. Barrett,
President of the National association.
At the close of the meeting DIR.
Wheeler gave a manifestation of slate
writing and paintings and was re-
warded in his efforts by receiving
four messages. The gentlemen also
gave number of messages. he was
followed in his work by Mrs. Mccoy
who gave a number of interpreted
messages.
The announcement was made that
the next annual meeting of the Iowa
association would be held in Ottumwa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23

Or. ci.dwelps Syrup Pepsin sweet
Rns the breath. SOLD by
GREsS 6 BENTLEY DRUG 90.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-01-23
Sunday.

Sunday morning was given over to
the installation of officers elected
Saturday afternoon and the following
we're put into place for the ensuing
year:
DIR. GA. Hinton, oskaloosa, Presi-
dent.
John D, Vail, Marshalltown, Vice.
President.
Stella A. Fisk, Keokuk, Secretary.
w. t. Hamilton, Wellman, Treas
urer.
Daniel Davis, oskaloosa, Nellie
Enoch, Ferry,W. j. Hicks, ottumwa,
r. Fl. Vanderburg, Clear Lake, G. H.
Richardson, Belmond, Directors.
Delegates to the national meeting
named Saturday we're: John ID. Van,
Stella A. Fisk and Daniel Davis, and
the alternates for these w. T. Hamil-
ton, Mrs. M. j., Eads, Marshalltowu,
Mrs. Eva Mccoy. Marshalltown and
I. Il. Richardson, Of HAyssille.