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The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-11
IOWA CONFERENCE
Colored Methodists to be With
Us Next Week.

The members of the A. M. E..
church on the evening of the meet
ing of their annual conference make
this appeal for share in your liber-
atty. Ours has been past of great
effort and mighty results, past that
has kept pace with the march of
modern history, a past that has been
the marvel of the age.
The present century brings its
problems vast and intricate, prob
lens destined to vex our statesman
ship, our theology, our philosophy;
but they must be solved, and solved
in the light of the greatest good to
all the sons of men.
The past may have had horizon,
for the future, possibilities may be
compelled to create.
Into this intricate maze the great
A. M. E. church has hurled her
forces of righteousness and truth,
with the consciousness that when the
mist has cleared above the din she
will hear Heavens "well done"
The A. NJ. e, church is the argu-
ment that the negro presents for his
first forty years of manhood and
Christianity; its future development
his climax; and the right of the
negro to place in the civilization of
the future will be it's peroration.
JAS. r. CLEMINs,
Pastor A. NJ. Il, church.
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LAKONTA.


Pleasant Ridge school started Mon
day with Miss Mabel Roach, of Oska-
loosa, as teacher.
c. B. Fisher was q business caller
to your city Friday.
Miss Deborah McKim is clerking in
G. J. ThOmass store.
The Woodman lodge is organizing
at Lakonta. They have about twenty
members.
J. E. Thomas has a new grapha-
phone.
Mr.. j. s. McFall was in Oskaloosa
Monday.
E. E. Stay is working in J. D. Ston-
er's saw mill.
Thrashing is nearly all over and the
farmers are harvesting their millet.
That was a fine rain we had Friday
evening. There was considerable
wind in it, but no damage was done
to crops or property as we know of.
Ira l.. Thomas, of your city, visited
at the home of his father, J. e. Thorn
as, of near Lakonta.
G. n. Hoyt went to Minnesota last
week to take claim. Mr.. Hoyt tells
us that he intends to make that his
future home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. ID. Taylor, son Carl
and daughter, Miss Blanche, returned
home Tuesday from a pheasant visit
to Barnes City and Montezuma.
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LARGE HIGH SCHOOL.
over Three Hundred Pupils Al
ready Enrolled.

The High school will have a large
attendance again this year, over three
hundred pupils having entered this
department. Monday and Tuesday
were devoted to making out the pro-
gram and arranging, conflicts among
the students and regular work was
not begun until the close of the week.
The number of pupils in the High
school is somewhat smaller than that
of last year, owing to the small class
of last Christmas, but ninety new
students are expected at the be GIN
ming of the new term after the holi-
days and seats are almost full now.
Several new systems will be adopt
ed this year, the chief of these being
in connection with students graduate
ing from the High school. Upon
graduation the grades of the students
are made out and sent to the State
university at Iowa City. The board
there makes out a card for each studs
ent showing to what standing he is
admitted there. These cards are res
turned to the students here and are
OF infinite value to those wishing to
continue their work at Iowa City.
The cards show what courses each
STUDENT may enter and what condi
tions are placed upon each. The card
showing the standings of last years.
class are now at the High school
building and may be had upon appli-
cation. This method is an entirely
new one and it is believed will be a
great benefit to the student.
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To Take The Band

A majority ofthe Odd Fellows want
to take the K. OF P. band along with
them to Des Moines next week, and
it is likely theywill do go. The lows
lodges have rare opportunity to at
tend the Sovereign Grand Lodge in
body this year, and they are all max
ing the most of the chance. Greater
Oskaloosa should beIalong up towards
the head of the procession, and there
is nothing that will helpto put it
there more than Charley Farmhouse
and his band.
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DROBATE NOTICE.

Il In matters of the last will and
testament of Meeker Biggs, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that there is
now on file in the office of the clerk
of the district court of Mahaska coun-
ty, Iowa, an instrument of writing
purporting to be the last will and tesla
ment of Meeker Biggs, deceased,
and the same is set for hearing on the
Both day Of September of the next
term of the district court, to be be-
gun and held in Oskaloosa on the 3Oth
day of September, 1902, at which time
objections can be made to the APPROX
ing of said will and it's admission to
probate.
Dated this 3Oth day of August, 1902.
r. K. DAVIS, Clerk.
By F. n. MCVAY, Deputy, 5w3
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Weakened Systems need a mature,
wholesome, mellow liquor. That's
precisely what the I. w. Harper
Whiskey is. Perfect as a beverage
or medicine. Absolutely pure.
SOLD BY
NJ. & NJ. Star Bottling Co. ,Oskaloosa,
Iowa
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Following Is the list Of marriage IL
censes issued by the clerk since our
last report:
NO. NAME. RESIDENCE. AGE.
1884 Julius R. Robinson, Colon = %
Slna Madison, Colon ........... 20
NASH.-Boru, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Mash, Monday, September 8,
ARNOLD. Died, in child birth, at
her home in White Oak township, at
IL NJ, tuesday, September Q, 1902.
MRS. NELLIE ARNOLD, aged 80 years.
Funeral services were held at 2P.
NJ, Wednesday, September 10, at the
M. E. church in Rose Hill and inter
mentwas made in Rose Hill cemetery.
Deceased leaves a husband, w. B.
Arnold, two sons and one daughter
to mourn her death.
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Real Estate
For Sale.

For sale, 200 acres, miles from
Oskaloosa, a fine gentle rolling farm,
black prairie soil. The best of i'm
proVements in fine neighborhood.
Price $62.50 per acre.
215 acres, miles from Oskaloosa,
$50 acres level, 65 acres pasture with
scattering timber. No better soil in
Mahaska county. Good improve
ments. $3.50 per acre.
200 acres, 140 acres practically level
balance genly rolling, fine soil and
good improvements, 10 miles from Os-
kaloosa. rrice $4,000 per acre.
Also 100 acres at $4,000 per acre.
$40 at $4,000 per acre.
$50 at $51.00 per acre.
245 at $500 per acre
1872 at $50 per acre.
60 at $500 per acre
204 at $3.50. per acre.
42O acres in Charlton county, Mo-,
80 acres in fine timber, balance in cul-
tiyation, fine black soil, $50 acres prac-
tically level, balance gently rolling.
The corn on this farm will go 80 bus
hels per acre, two sets of improve
ments, miles from Keytsville,. A
snap. Charlton county is the county
where corn goes from so to 100 bush
els per acre and wheat from % to so
bushels per acre; timothy from az to
8 tons. Glover and blue grass same
as in Mahaska county, and the price
of land very little more than one-half
of Iowa land 30.
We have something like so farms in
Charlton county, from 80 to 800 acres
and range in price from $50 to $50
per acre. These lands are listed by
us personally. We don't sell through
other agents and charge double com.
mission. The fare to Charlton county
is less than $1,000 for the round trip.
Don't you think it would pay you to
go with us and investigate. The corn
is so far advanced in Charlton county
that a great part of it has been cut for
fodder, and new corn has been on the
market for the past ten days. Com.
pare this with the condition of the
corn crop in northern Iowa, Mime,
sofa and South and North Dakota
where large part of the corn has al.
ready been killed by frost. One OF
the members of our firm is always to
be found in Keytesville, Charlton
County, and we will be pleased at any
time to show you our land and prove
the truth of our statements.
Gesman Bros. & Wheeler,
6wtf Oskaloosa and Pella, la.
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A Former Case.

The Jones. Gable shooting scrape
recalls to W. S. Kenworthy the fact
that ono of his first cases after being
admitted to the bar was in d efense
of John Jones, an uncle of Marion
Jones, concerned in the present case,
who was on trial for the killing of
his father. This was in 1867.
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Knew the Bows.

Z. P. Elliott, who conducts a shoe
shop on High avenue west, was
raised in the same county in Ohio
and as boys knew John r. Needham
and Hugh McNally, the founders OF
the HERALD, before they came west.
He recalls early experiences with
great pleasure.
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Notice

Notice
l have leased, for period Of FIVE
years, the rooms in the Golden Eagle
building formerly occupied by DR..
Jerrel. These are the rooms adjoin-
ing those I have occupied for the
past ten years. Office hours to IL
a. M, to and 8 to Top. m
309d6-5m3 DIR. @. j. LUKENs
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FOR SALE-A fine home of s rooms,
large halls, attic, basement, bath,
furnace, all in fine condition, locat,
ed two blocks from corrt house on
High avenue.
Lyman Land &, Loan Co.
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For Sale Cheap.
1d6-6w2

One hundred and fifty wooden
kitchen chairs in good condition.
You can see them at any time by call
ing at the Masonic opera house in
OskaloCsR, Iowa. 6w2
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Wednesdays Markets
Reports Furnished by Special
Wire from Chicago.

Furnished daily by the Weare Com
mission Co., commission merchants,
Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill.
Branch office, Room 81 Evans Block.
Private wires to all the principal ex-
changes of the country. E. B. Hoov-
er local manager.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 1902.
If-L
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FOR SALE-Choice White Oak lum-
Der, dimension stuff, one and two
inch plankand sawed posts. $500
per hundred. Split posts 10c. At old
Cochran farm, one mile east of
Wright r. E. Redman. AVA
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FOR RENT-House Of Z rooms, cellar,
city water in kitchen, four and one
half blocks from the square, east
front. $14 per month.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
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Prof. Solomon and his choir will
give musical at the M. E. church
at Rose Hill, Saturday evening, Sep
TENDER 18th. Admission 1Oc and 15c.
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Political Meetings,

Hon. A. G. Rankin will speak as
follows:
Abba, September II, 1880 p. m.
Ottumwa, September, IS, 7:3Op. m.
New Sharon September 10, 7:3Op.m.
Newton, September 20, p. m.
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FOR SALE-A fine new house of 10
rooms, bath, good cellar, nice barn,
located on paved street, corner lot,
cement walks on both sides and
around house, good lots, will sell
at a reasonable price, or will divide
and sell house and one lot at a bar
gain.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
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FOR SALE-A farm Of ITO acres, ad-
joining and including the town Of
Colon, about 80 acres Of good farm
land; about 10 or 20 acres Of the
land has. good vein of coal under it;
cottage house of five rooms, large
barn, good wells, cistern. $50 per
Z acre.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
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FOR SALE-Farm of 80 acres 1H
miles southwest of Otley, Iowa.
About one-half of farm is underlaid
with coal from to 61s feet thick,
opened by slope and in good work
ing order. Farm has no waste land.
Soil in first class condition. Partly
new buildings. Fair fences. Four
good wells-2 are living wells. One
stock pond. For further particulars
inquire of Orren Roberts, Otley,
Iowa. 4w4pd
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FOR SALE-Osllaloosa residences
We have a large list of homes, rang
ing in prices from $500 to $4,000,
located in parts Of the city. A num-
Der of places for sale on monthly
payments; others that must be sold
soon for cash. See our list before
buying.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
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FOR SALE-A fine farm of 80 acres,
located just outside the city, land all
level, and we'll tiled, free from weeds
and of the very best quality, all
fenced and crossed fenced, 20 acres
of fine meadow, Is acres now in pas
ture, balance in cultivation and or
chard of selected fruit, good wells,
house of eight rooms, furnace, cellar
under all; large lawn, two barns and
all necessary outbuildings. The
buildings alone are worth over
$4,000. This is one Of the finest
farm houses in the state. Will sell
on very easy terms.
e.. ..er Lyman Land & Loan Co.
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Kansas City-Hog receipts, 5000;
cattle, IA 900; sheep, 5000,
Omaha receipts-Hogs, 8, 800; cat
tie, 6,2OO; sheep, 5000.
LIVE STOCK.
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from OSkalooSa, 60 acres tlllaDle
ground, about 20 acres timber, pas
ture with creek through 1t. Cottage
house of 6 rooms nearly new, barn,
hen house, etc. Can be bought at
low price.
Lyman Land C Loan Co.
FOR sALE-Forty acres gently rolling
land, located within two and one-half
miles of Oskaloosa. House of seven
rooms, cellar, some orchard.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
MONEY TO LoAN-We have money
to loan on farms and city property.
Lowest rates of interest, with favor
able options of payment.
Lyman Land G. Loan Co.
FOR SALE-House of rooms, wood
shed, wash house, good well, east
front, paved street, cement walks.
Lot 55x120 feet, about blocks from
the square on South Market street.
Is offered at a bargain.
Lyman Land & Loan Co.
FOR SALE-A 20 acre fruit farm,
three and one-half miles from Oska-
loosa, level ground, five acres in pas
ture, 500 fruit trees in good
condition, consisting of apples, cher
ries, plums, peaches, abundance Of
berries. House of 6 rooms, cellar,
good new barn and outbuildings, two
good wells.
Lyman Land e Loan Co.
FOR SALE-A fine farm Of $50 acres,
little timber pasture, nearly all the
land is tillable, located about liz
county. House of stories, 8 rooms,
miles from R. r. station, in Mahaska
well built and in fine condition.
large shady lawn, barn 40Xe", with
basement, all necessary ,ydtbuild-
ings, deep well and windmill. Out
buildings and fences in good condi-
ton. A very fine home. Would &C
cept as part pay a cheaper farm OF
so or 120 acres in Mahaska county
or adjoining counties.
Lyman Land &c Loan Co.
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swift Oskaloosa and Pella, la.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-08
THE JUDICIARY.

Article of the new Constitution. FIX
ing the judiciary department of the
State government, makes some radica.
changes, all of which. it is believed. are
improvements upon the present system.
The first words Of the article, There
shall be Supreme Court of Appeals.
circuit courts and city courts ndi-
Gates the plan adopted. which IS a single
system. There bavo been no changes
in the city courts. except that cities of
less than 10000 population having city
court may abolish such court by a vote
Of the citizens of such city.
Tho jurisdiction Of the Court of APP
peals has been changed, but the only
change of importance consists in increas-
ing the amount necessary to give that
court Jurisdiction in matters purely pc
cuniary, from $500 to $500. The article
so provides that in any case involving
the constitutionality Of a law direct
and positive decision Of tho appellant
court shall be had and the matter not
left in doubt and uncertainty by an
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-08
COUNTY GOVERNMENT

The changes made in the new Consti-
tuition in the article on organization and
government of counties are not as num-
erous nor as important as those made in
many other articles of the Constitution,
and yet 1 am satisfied that the changes
which have been made will result in much
good, both as to the efficiency and econ
omy in tho administration of county af-
fairs. The abolition of spring elections
and the extension of the terms OF dis
trict officers from two to four years. will
relieve the people from the expense and
annoyance of frequent elections. and will,
think, improve the personnel of these
offices.
Under the provisions of the present
Constitution the people are hardly over
the excitement of one election before they
are into another. and the terms Of the
officers are so short that it is frequently
hard to get efficient men to stand for
election.
Great complaint has been made through
out the State as to the unsatisfactory
manner in which the office Of commits.
sioner OF the revenue has been admins.
tered and the loss sustained from de-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-08

Mr. Charles Illig, of No 1901 West
Marshall Street, was elected by the Pc
lice Committee yesterday morning to
succeed Mr.. John F. Seay as pound
master.
Mr.. Seay resigned because he found
the work not to mis- taste.
Members of the conmittee said yes
terday that the animals would DE suf-
ficiently FED and watsred, and that no
cruelty would be practiced, and that the
animals would not suffer from inattentlon.
Several of the dogs caught Thursday
morning were asphyNiated yesterday and
cast into the crematory; others VIII be
dealt with likewise tomorrow.
The trip of the dog wagon on Friday
night was fraught with some excite
n,ent. A negro driver named John Hobbs
ana the dog tchers got INTO contro-
versy and) the negro was arrested on the
charge of interfering with the catchers
in the conduct of their duties. IN the
Foice Court the negro was discharged
upon the recital of his story. He said
he did not interfere with the msn, but
that they got after his dog and when
the animal ran under the wagon the net
was thrown after it and partly enveloped
the horse. The catchers maintained that
the man interfered with them.
A hydrant will be placed in the pound
ward at the earliest moment. SO that the
men may not be compelled to BRING the
wafer from a distance in buckets.
The opinion of the committeeman is
that the pound will prove a most sue
cessful factor in Riding the city c.;
worthlessa logs.
..1he system in effect here is the same
as that i'm any other city" said Chair
man Fill Seay. THE dog-catcners are
not supposed to know that a dog is
licensed if it wears no tag. Tho ordi-
nance is no respecter of dogs any more
than any other ordinance is a respecter
of persons. The ordinance/also provides
that when a man proves that he had a
iicerse before his dog was caught he has
no fine to pay, but that when a license
is secured afterward he has a penalty
of s. to pay. 1t is perfectly clear. and
the only way to keep dogs out of the
round is to put their medals on their
Eecks
The wagon will continue its rounds
every day indefinitely. 1t takes trips
al night, so as to avoid the crowds that
would follow and interfere with the work
Of the catchers-
Within the next few days the commit
tee hopes to have the pound perfect in
every detail and within the requirements
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-08
SUFFRAGE ARTICLE

The suffrage article of the new Con-
stitution is, perhaps, among the simplest
and best understood of the important pro-
visions. It was so long considered and so
thoroughly discussed that its various re-
ouirements have become familiar to
the people of the State. The new SUI
frage law will, in my judgment inaugu-
rate a new and better era in the poll
tics of Virginia It will eliminate from
the popular electorate an unfit class OF
voters and commit to the white race the
mana cement of the States affairs without
excuse for or defense against maladmln-
istratior The threat Of negro DONNA
ton is gone forever. The necessity
for election irregularities and reVolutlon-
ary methods no longer exists There
must be a vastly better and purer poll
tical atmosphere in the State; Tor the
new suffrage article will break the
shackles Of mind and action, and mere
after our people may think without CON
straint and act in public affairs as their
judgment and patriotism may suggest.
we shall have better men in politics, con-
seuuentlS purer and more efficient gov
CARTER GLASS.
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faulting treasurers. These objection.

faultng treasurers. These objections
nave been, think met in the new Con-
sttution by restricting the commission
ers or the revenue, if elected by the peo-
pie, to one term, but if not elected by
the people to unrestricted terms of four
years each, and treasurers to two con-
secutive terms. While I think the COM
plant has been exaggerated, still in some
cases the commissioners of the revenue
fearing defeat at the next election, have
failed to discharge the duties of this very
important Office in an efficient manner
The tre'lSurers too, have frequently
been induced by delinquent tax payers to
extend indulgencies that, accommodating
for many years, have, when final set
tlement came, resulted in financial ruin to
them and their sureties. and loss to State
and county. AS stated above, these evils
have been corrected in the new Consti-
tuition.
There are other commemorate changes
made in the new Constitution, which
will not go into fully, such as prohibit
ing county officers from holding more
than one Office at the same time. extend
ing the term of clerks Of court to eight
years and requiring the examination of
the books. accounts and settlements of
county officers who are charged with the
collection and disbursement of public
funds.
J. B. L. THORNTON.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-08
EPISCOPAL SEMINARY
Invitations Issued for the Commences
ment Soon to Begin.
Special Dispatch to The Times,

Especial Dispatch 70 The Tirnes.)
ALEXANDRIA. VA, June T.
The faculty of the senior class OF the
Episcopal Theological Seminary. west
of this city. have issued in2ita tons for
the final exercises OF that institution.
Thursday. June 10, will be graduation day
and Friday. June 20, will be ordination
Wednesday night. June IS. at O'Clock
when missionary services will be held
in the chapel by Rev. Carl E. Grammer,
D. D.. of Norfolk. Va.
The programme outlined for Thursday,
June 10. is as follows: Commencement
exercises OF the Seminary, 10 a. ":
alumni meeting and essay, 1:30 A. NJ,
essayist,. Rev. John S. Gibson: alumni
dinner refectory, 1:3o P. N.
In the evening, an organ recital will
be held in the chapel by Mr.. Charles R
Fowler, B. a. orsanist of st. Johns
Church, New Haven, Conn, assisted by
Miss Rena t. Barnes, soprano soloist.
Friday, June %: Morning prayer. $50
a. N: ordination sermon, IL A. II. by
Rt. Rev. H Y. Satterlee. D. D.. bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of Washington.
The following are the members OF the
senior class who will graduate: SIessrS.
Morton Appois Barnes. George Belsey.
Thomas Campbell Darst, Edgar Harri-
son Dickerson. Charles Henry Gross.
John Matthias Hamilton. John Edward
HUM. Paca Kennedy. George Everett
Knollmeyer. Henry Bedfngton Lee. Jr..
George Pickett Mayo, Robert Nelson
Meade. John Maxwell hobeson. Frank
Leslie Robinson. August Schepp. arv'
Robert White. Jr. Among the spaciai
students are Henry Wood BouIdin and
James Ernest Forsyth.