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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23
Tribune: One

Fremont Tribune: One reason
why women look so cool in hot wealth
er is because they wear gossamer fab
ric and display their personal charms
more than men. Another good reason
is because they are more temperate
in their habits and don't load up with
combustible food and drink as men do.
We have seen women with icicles on
their noses on a day when men were
steaming like boiled Holsters.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23
Professor Cooley, Of the State A

Professor Cooley, of the State Az
ficultural college at Bozemall, Moat.,
has returned from an investigation of
the srasshopper-ridden district about
Forsythe. He says the insects have
deyoured everything in strip seventy
miles long and fifty miles wide and
that, as consequence Of their raids,
range conditions are very serious. He
says the plains are dotted with cattle
that have starved to death as result
of the grasshopper raids.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23
RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS.

The railroads Of Iowa are having a
hearing before the state executive
council relating to assessments anG
taxes. Last year strong effort was
made with much force that land as.
sessments instead of being at rs per
cent of their sale value as contemplat
ed by law were in fact about Is per
cent of their actual value. This fact
was recognized by the council but de.
spite this the railroad assessment was
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

THE Sigourney Review says: "The
man who works for thousand year
to-day is no better off than he was six
years ago II he got six hundred. The
price of living has increased sufficient
to make the difference in salary"
We're from Missouri. We would like
to see some facts to prove that state
ment,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

--Centeryille is not satisfied with
being good, it is going to be awfully
good. Billy Sunday, the evangelist,
succeeded in converting ST. people,
the town knocked out the mulct petit
ton and now Y. M. G. A. with $50
members has been organized. The
only cloud that mars the horizon Is
the contemplation Of how bad Center
vile must have been.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

An enthusiast on the excellent
qualities of the United States paper
money says hundred dollar bill will
sustain a weight Of forty-seven pounds,
lengthwise. The Hampton Globe as
serts that's nothing. We have known
hundred dollar bill to sustain a
man and his family for month and
get out four issues Of the paper be-
sides"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

Nov comes the summer. of the ed.
itor's discomfort. The days when the
man in the black ALPACA coat, cellu.
loid collar and palm leaf fan, offers
him ascent complimentary ticket 10
a Chautauqua assembly or county
fair 200 miles away for $40 worth of
free advertising. What wonderful OPP
portunities the average editor sleeps
oni
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23
WARREN WiN8.
10 Nominated for Senator From Mon
roe-Marion District.

Knoxville, July III. L. Warren, OF
Pella, was nominated for state SEN
ator by the republicans Of Monroe and
Marion counties at Knoxville yester-
day. This ends a spirited though
friendly fight for the nomination.
e. G. Sloan, of Abba, was chairman
of the convention, and N. e. Kendall
and ]. c. Mabry, also of Abba, both
made stirring speeches.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

"A Missouri papers obituary col,
umn contains the following pathetic
poem:
The window was open,
The curtain was drawn;
A microbe flew in
And our darling was gone.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

"A rural mail carrier at Sloan, Ia,
was struck by lightning Saturday, but
he recovered soon and went on with
his work. All of which suggests I'd
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil that a
man who can furnish two teams, a
wagon and six days hard labor a
week for $50 month couldn't posi-
bly, mind little thing like lightning
bolt. IT..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

Anyhow if Grover Cleveland is
right that the Philippines are part Of
our common country, the democrats
of Iowa are wrong. But there Is
nothing strange in Iowa democrats
being wrong" observes the Davenport
Republican. -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

Tho Muscatine Journal admits
that the women have a right to wear
Che half hose il they want to, yet it
eonfesses genuine alarm. Pockets
have been tabooed, "the Journal points
cut, half hose are the thing. and II
the shirt waist would go where would
a woman hide her money"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23
Eugene
Fields
vBeWS ON Ambition and Dye
popsla.

'Dyypepaa, wrote Eugene Field,
Gmhltion." Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered nom indiges-
tion ell hts Liza A weak. tired stomach
ca YosH can oSIy , s0od !. ~ t seScs
Of o preparation Like KodOl, which 70.
lievas tt Of work by digesbing your food.
Resi- soon restores 1t to Ito normal tons.
o strengthening,
Saffsfying,
EnVIgoratlng.
P8spAredcnly by e. O. DpwIr9& Co., Chicago.
Tho 81 bottle contains ~ times the Soc EiEa.
Green & Bentley Drug Company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

THE sun and the wind are now
solving the good roads problem in
Iowa." says the Guthrie City Guthri-
an. "This important question will re-
main in allegiance until next winter,
when there will be more 'talkee.'
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

"A Kansas editor has found a new
way of getting rid of dandelion. He
says, Marry a woman who grabs her
sunbonnet and a butcher knife every
time she sees bloom out on the lawn.
That's the way we got rid of ours"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

Pension Commissioner r. P,
Clarkson and his big band of trained
clerks have just finished signing up
the quarterly pay roll of $4,000 of Un.
Gle Sans veteran soldiers, sending
out through the Des Moines Office war.
rants for nearly two millions of dol.
lars. A~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

John A. Limback of Cedar Rapids,
has been announced as candidate TO-
the office of high treasurer of the in
ternationai organization of the Cath
Ollie Order of Foresters. The conven-
ton will be held in Dubuque the sec
ond week in August.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

The Newton News is authority for
the information that an OskaIouMa
man who had received an injury TO
his arm which for some time refused
to heal, finally tried grating the skin
Of frog on his sore arm. The sraft
worked all right bnt unfortunately the
man croaked. ~.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

TT is really a pity" says the Ced-
ar Rapids Gazette, that by common
consent mothers stop spanking their
girls Just when the said girls need this
form of education most"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23
-"Tbe indifferent citizen Is ne

THE Indifferent citizen9is never a
good CITIZEN" asserts the Jefferson
Bee. 1--WE talk of the dangers of an
archy, but all the anarchists in the
country to-day do not begin to menace
our institutions like the Indifference
of the good men,"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

I'm the Dakota Presbytery, compos-
ed entirely of Indians, there are
twenty-seven churches and 1,458 COM
municants, ministered to by fifteen In
dian preachers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

THE greatest question Of the
day." asserts the Davenport Democrat,
els not the presidential one. 1t is
what the product win be Of that 9o,-
900, 900 acres of corn"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

I'm celebrating the 213th anniver-
sary of the Battle Of the Boyne, the
Orange men of Montezuma rose UP
early, liked around lively and went to
bed late, according to the Republican.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

The Saint Louis Globe Democrat
says that some Of the leading demo-
Gratis Of Missouri are in a quandary.
Others are out on bail.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-07-23

FOR forty years DR.. Fowler's Extract
Of wild Strawberry has been curing
summer complaint, dysentery, diar-
zhp96. bloody aux, pain n the stom-
sob and 1t has never " tailed 10 40
thing claimed
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
DIED FOR SCIENCE.
Silent Tragedy Tells the Story Of a
Young Chicago Martyr.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. Sitting in
pillow banked reclining arm chair,
with his hands folded, the body of DR..
K o. Austin, young physician, whose
future was promising, was found in
his Office in the Stewart building this
morning.
On a desk within arms reach of the
heavy green plush chair in which the
physician died, lay three empty gela-
tin capsules, a vial of hydrocyanic
acid, and dropper sucn as is used by
physicians and surgeons.
At first it was thought to be case
of suicide. The police state that the
young physician was using the deadly
drug for another purpose than to de-
stroy life. They say DR.. Austin, who
was known to have been the victim OF
a chronic affection, was experimenting
in the hope of finding cure, and bore
in mind the effect his hoped-for dis
covery would have upon the medical
profession in general.
Recently the physician stated to a
friend that he was experimenting with
some powerful and decidedly danger
Gus drugs with which he hoped to cure
a chronic affection which enslaved
hundreds. DR.. Austin was SO years
old. He had been practicing in the
Stewart block seven months.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
THE Fast.

In the pulpit of st. Paul's church, at
Inwood, L. l., Rev. Gilbert Combs
stopped in the middle of prayer. One
of the congregation FASTENED to his side,
and found the minister, who was 70 years
old, dead from heart failure.
In New York city jury in the case of
Charles Jackson, the negro accused of
the murder of Charles W. Roxbury, in
River avenue, the Bronx, in July, re-
turned verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Society of the Army of the Philippines
in session in st. Paul, Mimi, selected
st. Louis as the place for the next an
nual reunion.
Veterans of the Army of the Philip
pines ended their reunion at St. Paul,
Mimi, with a parade and campfire. Gen.
Charles King, of Wisconsin, was elect
ed president.
At Baldwin, L. l., Deputy Sheriff
Louis ]. Cook shot and killed one bur-
glar, probably fatally wounded a second
and captured two others. He discov-
cred them trying to break into va
cant house.
In New York Henry Townsend Edison,
son of exMayor Edison, killed Mrs. John
F. Pullen in the presence of his wife
and then committed suicide. The re-
lection by Mrs. Pullen of a proposal to
elope with Edison preceded the tragedy.
1t is said that William Tucker, a we'll
known club man, of Baltimore, has
hnar ohconf from thof aiu civ UoolyC
and his mother, with whom he was CO.
trustee of his fathers estate, finds
more than $500 900 is missing.
The salmon product shortage on the
Pacific coast is now said to amount
to 1000, 900 cases, and prices have con-
siderably advanced.
At Newark, N. j.. the indictment for
manslaughter against directors and Off
Gals of a New Jersey trolley line, the re-
suit of fatal accident, was dismissed by
Chief Justice Gummere, who held that
the deaths were due to the carelessness
of employees of the road.
Half dozen persons were killed and
20 injured, one fatally and two seriously,
in a wreck on the Southern railway near
Yorkville, S. G.
The third straight race for the Amer
lea cup was won by Reliance in the fog
off Sandy Hook. Shamrock III. was
beaten ANONYMOUSLY after missing the
finish line. Sir Thomas Upton declared
that he was grateful to the American
people for their generous treatment of
him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
cRUM SAVED HIM.
Negro Mitchell Denounced Roosevelt
for Appointment.

Thomasville, Ca, Sept. is. P.
Mitchell, the negro arrested here &C
cused of swindling negroes by induc-
ing them to contribute money to push
the passage of Senator Hanna's bill
to pension ex-slaves, was released to-
day because he had made speech de-
nouncing Dr. Crum, collector at
Charleston.
Several negroes swore that Mitch
ell had gotten money from them by
representing himself as Senator Han
mas agent.
Mitchell denied the charges, and
said to Judge Culpepper:
Judge, l am being prosecuted.
Why, l don't like Roosevelt. 1 de-
nounced him for putting Crum on the
white folks"
Mitchell then showed Judge Culpep-
per copy of the speech denouncing
Roosevelt.
After reading it Judge Culpepper
dismissed the case, saying:
"The negro who denounced Roose-
welt for appointing Crum can't be very
bad +"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
WEST AND SOUTH.

Lou Dillon broke her former record
to wagon, at Cleveland, going mile in
2:O41a. Her former record was 2:04%.
Near Otsego, Mich, Duncan Swan, a
well-known farmer, accidentally shot his
daughter, Mary, and she died from the
wound. She was gathering corn for din
ner, and her father mistook the rustling
of the stalks for presence of crows, and
fired into the field, killing her.
The grand commandery Knights
Templar, of the state of Illinois, opened
it's forty-seventh annual conclave in Pc
oria with 1000 knights present. The pa
rade in the morning was a magnificent
pageant.
In Milwaukee, Wis, three men lost
their lives by asphyxiation in sewer.
Democratic state convention of Penn
sylvania nominated state ticket by ac-
clamation headed by Senator Joel G.
Hill, of Wayne county, for state treas
urer.
1t was decided that the Illinois grand
commandery, Knights Templar, shall
hold its 1904 conclave in Chicago.
DCIuCu 1SluSSu d new tIIdl dl
Hamilton, o., for Alfred A. Knapp, the
self-confessed murderer of two of his
wives and three other victims. The
court fixed December 10 for his execu-
ton.
The boiler of threshing engine work.
seat of Kane county, ILL.,, blew up, kill
ing one and injuring score of others.
The death, at Munich, Mich, is an
nounced of Rev. DR.. James Leonard
Corning the celebrated pulpit orator and
historian and diplomat DR. Corning was
u years old, and was an intimate friend
of President Lincoln, Gen. U. S. Grant
and Henry Ward Beecher.
An insane man named Henry Well
brenner, with loaded revolver, made
three attempts to interview President
Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, and was ar
rested. He was afterwards declared
insane by experts
At Peoria, ILL.,, Superintendent
Bauer, of the Glucose Company of
America, announces that the company
will begin the manufacture Of strip
within three months, and will erect
the largest strip plant in the world.
In Victoria, B. c., Alfred E. Lyford,
alias B. c. Miller, ex-deputy county
treasurer of Rock Island county, ILL.,,
has been arrested on telegram from
Rock Island, ILL., Lyford is alleged to
have absconded July 5, 1902, with $12,-
900 of county funds.
A convention of milk dealers at Pitts
burg, Pa, has perfected an organization
which practically places the trade Of
Pittsburg and Allegheny in the hands of
combine.
Output of sweet wine for southern
California for the season of 1903 will ex-
coed 100000 gallons. The output Of
brandy is estimated at 10000 gallons.
tax paid, and 100000 gallons, free II
tax, for fortifying purposes. Prices for
grapes range from $12 to $18 per ton.
The condemned stranger, Alfred Al.
Knapp, was taken to Columbus, o., by
Sheriff Bisdorff to await his execution in
the electric chair December IL.
The city of Detroit, Mich, win be the
mecca for the Disciples Of Christ when
the international missionary convention
of the Christian churches of the world
convene there October 1922 inclusive.
James ]. Jeffries is matched to fight
Jack Munroe at Los Angeles Ocober 16.
the latter to get all the proceeds ii he
stays 20 rounds
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
FUTURE DELIVERY.
Georgia Planters Selling Their Cotton
in Advance.

Savannah, Ca. Sept. More farm
ers in Georgia are selling their cotton
this year for future delivery than ever
before. In the middle section of the
State thousands of bales have been
sold at slightly above twelve cents a
pound for delivery in October and No
vember. Mill men from all sections
of the country have representatives
here for the purpose of buying cotton
in this manner.
This is largely new proposition to
the farmer who raises cotton. He has
been accustomed to finding out how
much he can get for his product after
it has reached the public square of his
market town, and to sell from forty to
sixty days in advance is a decided in
novation. Most of those approached
have been content to sell for twelve
cents or little beyond that figure, but
1888 has been popular price.
Savannah factors advise the ad-
vance sales. There is money in cot
ton at the figures offered for it. At
twelve cents a pound the farmer
makes at least $25 clear on each bale
marketed.
1t is estimated that the farmers OF
Georgia will receive $75,000,000 for
their cotton crop this season, against
about $50,000,000 last season. Labor
is plentiful and the cotton can be got
ten out of the fields in quick time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
Mississippi State News
School Terms.

State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Whitfield last week sent out
a circular to the boards Of super
visors Of all the counties in the
State urging upon them the addi-
tional tax levy for the purpose of
extending the school terms.
Superintendent Whitfield has Just
finished thorough campaign of the
State, made for the purpose of
sounding the sentiment of the peo-
pie On the subject of school extern
sion by additional taxation. He
has had an able corps of educators
in the field with him for several
months, and the question has been
thoroughly discussed in all of it's
phases in nearly every county.
Many counties have acted by order
ing the additional levy necessary to
maintain the schools for a longer
term, and Mr.. Whitfield hopes to
have all of the white counties, at
least, follow this example.
In his circular to the boards of SUI
pervisors, just sent out, Superin-
tendent Whitfield sets forth in brief,
succinct paragraphs the reasons
upon which he bases his appeal for
the additional school levy.
1. That the people are in favor of
the movement. in his judgment. He
bases this opinion upon the splendid
success Of his recent campaign, in
which he says a vote was taken in
every audience on the question and
not one single vote was cast against,
while over 100000 votes were cast for
the levy.
2. Schools are of supreme impor-
lance, and should have precedence
over roads, bridges and other county
improvements. History shows that
the development of State Is the de-
velopment of it's schools.
8. The movement is in general ia
vor all over the South Last year
twenty-four counties in Mississippi
voted to levy school taxes, and fifteen
others will fall into line this year.
Six counties submitted the matter to
the people, and it was carried by a
vote of to 1 in all of them. Coun-
ties having the longer terms will at
tract the best teachers, and the 9TH
ers will suffer accordingly
4. The records show that the aver
age attendance is better in counties
with long terms than in those that
have short terms.
5. The longer term does not inter
fere with farm work. If the larger
boys have to stop in the blowing sea-
son, they should have better school
while they can attend. All the girls
and smaller boys have full term,
and they have more education when
they have to stop to go to work.
5. The negroes do not get one cent
of this tax paid by white people. If the
negroes be given credit for the taxes
they pay, plus their share of the taxes
paid by corporations, it will more
than pay for their schools on the
present basis.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
WHY He WENT AWAY.
sToREY's WIFE WAS SICK AND
HE HAD TO SEE HER.
COMES BACK AGAIN AND SURRENDERS
The Noted Mississippi Convict, Whe
Took French Leave Of the Rankin
County Farm a Few Days
Since, Returns, and Gives
the Reason for His
Goinn.

Jackson, Miss, Sept. TT heard
that my wife was sick and just ran
down for few days to see her." apol-
ogized Brooks Storey, the noted ex-
press robber, who took French leave
of the guards on the Rankin convict
farm several days ago, and who has
given himself up.
He went Immediately to Gov. Lon
gino and surrendered last night, CIV
ing the above explanation Of his alb
sence without leave from the dull rou-
tine of prison life.
He stated that he wanted to "apolo-
gize" to the State authorities for es-
Gaping, and solemnly declared that he
had no intention of remaining away
from the prison, but that he had re-
ceived word of the sickness of his wife
at Kosciusko, and, feeling confident
that leave of absence would not be
granted him il requested he decided
to take temporary leave without ask
ing his guardians.
Storey further stated that he made
the trip to Kosciusko and, after see
ing his wife, came on back to Jack
son He told straight story of the
affair, and the governor ordered him
to return to the prison Office.
At the session of the prison board
of control this morning the Storey
matter was brought up and Sergeant
David Pickett was called upon to ex-
plain how the noted convict had es.
capped from the Rankin farm. Mr..
Pickett stated that Storey was kept
under the gun, but occasionally was
made "half-trusty," being allowed to
go out of sight of the guards, and he
took advantage of one of these oppor.
tunities and escaped.
The members of the board instruct
ed Sergeant Pickett to administer a
reprimard to the guards, and the opin.
ion was expressed that Storey had Civ
en- the prison entirely too much noto-
riety with his numerous escapes, as it
seems that he takes his departure
whenever notion strikes him to do
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
Worked a Skin Game.

W. E. johnson is lodged in Jail at
Vicksburg for trying to work with
some degree Of success skin game,
by which he obtained over $500
from three business men. Mr..
johnson worked his rabbit foot by
representing himself to be the bus
mess agent of the Cotton States
Bridge Company of Atlanta, which
has several bridge contracts in the
National Park, and his dupes, be-
lieving his story, advanced him
money only to discover that John
son is only a local gang foreman.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-12
tbs at twelve stations /:

Cotton has made good growth in
the northern and delta counties.
Rust, shedding and some worms are
reported from all parts of the State,
but are not damaging the crop Sc
riously, except in southern counties
where the condition of cotton has
deteriorated for the last two weeks.
The crop continues from three to
four weeks late and requires favor
able weather and a late fall to make
Il good yield. Open hollis are re-
ported in almost all counties and
picking has begun as far north as
Kemper county, but is not general
yet. The weather has been very ia
yorable for fodder pulling and hay
ing, which have progressed rapidly
iii all parts, and much fodder and
hay have been saved in fine shape.
Corn, both old and young, is fine.
Pastures, peavine hay, cane, pota-
toes and turnips continue to be very
promising.