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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18

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mere extravaganza. Downright corruption
has been discovered in scores and even.
hundreds Of cases. A system Of commits
sions has been unearthed which seems to
embrace almost every article used in the
postal service, from the straps holding the
mail bags of carriers to the canceling ma
chimes and blue pencils supplied to local
pOstmasters.
The Ratification of this system of cor
rupt commissions has been followed out
rapidly and successfully by Inspector
Fosnes. In many cases it has been found
nearly impossible to get legal evidence of
a character to justify criminal prosecution.
In many other cases the original contracts
were made and the liabilities created years
ago, so that operations under them are,
protected by the statute of limitations.
Bribery Of government clerks is a peni-
tertiary offense, so that a man who gives
commissions, quite as much as the one
who receives them, is personally interested
in suppressing the facts.
In spite Of this condition Of affairs,
which is substantially similar to that ex
listing among the railroad companies who
were VIGOROUSLY giving rebates to favorite
shippers, the postoff1ce inspectors have
discovered an abundance of facts quite
sufficient to justify a complete reorganiza-
ton of number Of different bureaus in
the department. In view of the fact that
the investigation is now reaching a crisis.
it is significant that political pressure is
being used here in Washington to an ex-
traordinary degree for the purpose Of sup
pressing entirely the reports of inspectors.
and particularly the summing up of the
fourth assistant postmaster general.
Members of congress, including repre-
sentatives and senators of both parties,
have been making strenuous efforts with
in the last ten days to choke off the inves-
,%cVof
the heads of the division of salaries and
allowance, the law division and the free
delivery division practically removed. Po-
litical pressure is being exerted for the
purpose of preventing any further publ
cation Of reports Of the postofdce in
spectors.
Washington, May 1S.-Postmaster Cen
eral Payne stamps charges made by
Seymour Tulloch, former cashier of the
Washington city postoffce, regarding past
administrati lions of the postoffice depart
! ment as having no bearing on the inquiry
which is now being conducted. They will
receive scanty consideration at the hands
of Mr.. Payne and his subordinates
The Tulloch charges are purely political.
They came as campaign pamphlet.
| First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath did transfer the postoffce funds In
| New York from one bank to another. He
| Is out of office and the bank Is out of ex-
| istence. It Is an old story.
The department will take the same view
Of the apparent Irregularities growing out
Isof supplying the soldiers with mail during
! the Spanish war ono with establishing a
Porto Rican mail service, with giving
employment to friends and relatives OF
Abner Mckinley, or with giving two posi-
| lions to one man or men.
/ These features have passed away with
/ another administra ton and SO far as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18
In a leading editorial the Times strong
" condemns this document.
Want s., soc, GOO Damages

st. Petersburg, May 1s.-Lieutenant
General Won Reaben. governor of Bessara-
bia, the capital Of which is Kishenef. has
been summoned to st. Petersburg. Three
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18

during the past four years Mr.. Merritt's
household has drawn for their services
about $4,000 from the local postal reve-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18

London, May 18-What purports to be
confidential dispatch from the Russian
minister Of the interior to the governor
of Bessarabia just before the anti-Semi-
tic riots at Kishineff, is printed In this
mornings Times The following is a lit
eral translation of this remarkable docu.
rnent:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
CAPTAIN SAMUEL 3. EVANS.

The dispatches this morning bring
sad news for many friends of Captain
Evans, of the 33d Iowa Infantry. For
ty-one years ago, when that regiment
was organized at Oskaloosa, Mr.. Ev-
ans was a member of Company B,
and was promoted to the position OF
commissary sergeant. He was mus
tered out as a captain in the 4th Ar
kansas Cavalry in 1865.
Captain Evans was a genial man, a
good and brave soldier, and a patriot
ic citizen. He was born in loyal East
Tennessee and came to Iowa before
the Civil War and enlisted from Keo.
kuk county.
The Thirty-third Iowa reunion this
fall at Knoxvillewill not seem natural
without the pleasant face and cheer
ing laugh of Samuel B. Evans.
His old comrades, one and all, loved
and honored him.
He was postmaster for one term at
Ottumwa under Mr.. Cleveland, and
was afterwards appointed consul at
Managua, Central America, but de-
clined.
AS journalist Mr.. Evans won high
distinction,an d as an archaeologist
was we'll known by his thorough re-
searches in the remains of the
Moundbuilders. At one time he
made a careful exploration Of the
Moundbuilders' remains from Iowa tc
Mexico, and the narrative OF his jour
ney was published in the Chicago
Times.
Iowa has lost one of her most use
full and distinguished citizens and the
veterans of the Civil War one of their
most lovable comrades.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

and it seems settled that this county
will go soidly for their former fellow
townsman. Among the republicans
of Henry county, who are familiar
with conditions, it is believed that
their delegation will be supported in
their espousal of Riggs for superin.
tendent by practically the entire dele,
cation from the first district.
From the present outlook it would
seem that almost the entire southern
portion of the state will go up to the
convention in favor of Mr.. Riggs. The
sentiment in Union county is known
to be largely in favor of his candidacy
and a like feeling is believed to pre-
vail in many other counties of the
Eighth district. With such suppoit
at the opening Of the convention Mr.
Riggs will at once take q prominent
place in the race for the nomination
and whatever is the final decision oi
the convention it is safe to predict
that the Riggs force will have therein
an important voice.-Ottumwa Daily
Courier.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
JOIN RIGGS, FORCES.

AS the date for the republican state
convention opens interest in the con-
test for state superintendent Of public
instruction increases. In the Sixth
district the republicans are rapidly
coming to the support of John F.
Riggs, of Sigourney. Wapello, Ma
haska and Keokuk counties, the orig
inal Riggs supporters, have been join
ed by Monroe and Davis. Saturday
at conventions held in Abba and
Bloomfield the republicans Of those
counties adopted ringing resolutions
endorsing Mr.. Riggs and it does not
seem improbable that when the time
for the state convention arrives the
Sixth district will go up to the con
yention with a solid delegation fol
Riggs candidacy.
Among the republicans of Mt. Pleas
ant and Henry county the Riggs can
didacy is meeting with great favor
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.

Wholesome advice and good sense
are contained in the following editor
ial from the Newton Courier:
Every town and community should
celebrate the Fourth and teach the
lessons of loyalty and devotion to
the country and instill in the minds
and hearts of every true, loyal citizen
the fundamental principles upon
which the nation was founded and
continues to build. No nation or gov
ernment is better than the Individual
people of which it is formed, so our
natal day should be observed and the
lessons taught that will best teach
the truest and highest citizenship.
The sound of fife and drum and mar
tial music, eloquent and patriotic ora
tions, songs teeming with the senti-
ment of liberty should be thrown out
upon the breeze and be borne over
hill and valley, mountain and plain,
touching the heartstrings of seventy
million souls, awakening them to new
life, nobler impulses and higher du-
ties. A million flags should wave a
welcome at early dawn. The day
should be ushered in with the roar OF
cannon, the roll of musketry and the
joyful shout Of the mingled multitude.
The day should be one of demonstra-
ton and applause. Do not forget to
rejoice and be happy and out of CRATE
full hearts pay reverence TO the found.
ers of the greatest republic and ma.
ton the world has ever known. Be
true and loyal citizens and help make
the future history even greater and
better than the past"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
GOOD GOSPEL.

The republicans of Calhoun county
in convention at Rockwell City on Sat
urday, adopted the following clear-cut
stand-pat tariff and monetary resolu
ton:
"That the present wealth of our
country and the great prosperity OF
our people are the result Of the pol
icy of the republican party in estab-
fishing and adhering to the principle
of protection and the gold standard
of monetary value, and we deem it
unwise, at this time, to inaugurate
any system Of changes in the tariff
which would endanger the element
of protection on which we believe
our prosperity has been built. We
believe the business world should
be assured that for the present our
time-honored and proved policy will
be adhered to, and that there will be
no change in the fiscal policy, for
the reason that it is the experience
of mankind that it is important that
the fiscal policy be settled"
Protection and sound money are
leading republican principles, and the
representatives of the party in Ca
houn county did well to give them the
prominence and unqualified endorse
ment they deserve.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
AT THE LIBRARY.
The Cement Approaches Will Not Be
Built This Season.

Cement contractor Ed Matthews
has completed cementing the base.
ment Of the new library and he has
done an excellent job therein. The
exterior walks and approaches will
not be built this season on account of
the filling and terrace that is being
made The dirt from the B street
paving is being put about the build
ing. The completed terrace will add
greatly to the splendid appearance of
the building.
The library committee met this
morning and awarded the contract
for the Venetian blinds for the win
dows of the new Carnegie library to
w. F. Haley, of the Hanney School
Furniture Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mr.. Haley left this morning for He'd
rick and Burlington, but will be back
Monday, when the contract for the
furniture for the library will be sign
ed. There are representatives of a
number of other companies in the city
and it is not known who will succeed
in getting the business.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

FoOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.

The secretary of agriculture, having
completed a careful investigation OF
the states now in quarantine for foot.
and-mouth disease, through the inspec.
tors of the Bureau Of Animal Industry,
without finding any cases of the dis
ease during the last five weeks, has
decided to offer reward for all cases
that are reported prior to July l, the
object being to ascertain with all pos
sible certainty that the disease has
been entirely eradicated, before the
quarantine is removed and foreign
countries are asked to again receive
live stock from New England ports. II
is believed that the disease has been
entirely eradicated, and this reward is
offered as a final effort to discover any
traces of contagion that may possibly
exist.
The following is the text of the offer
issued by the secretary:
ga reward of two hundred and fifty
dollars ($250.00) will be paid to any
person who shall, before June 80, 1903,
first report to the Chief Of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, Washington, D.
C.,the existence of any specific case or
cases of foot-and-mouth disease (epi-
zootic aphtha) in any animal or ami
mails in either Massachusetts or New
Hampshire. The nature of the dis
ease must be confirmed by the inspect
ors of this Department
James Wilson"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
HoAR ON ALLISON.

For thirty-six years, counting the
term that is now begun" said Sena
tor George Frisbie doar, of Massa
chusetts, in his address at the com
mencement exercises of the State Uni
versity of Iowa City, more than
three-ffths of the entire life of Iowa
your state has called Senator Allison
to the highest place in her gift. Per
haps in this day of money-getting the
university may not think it unbecom
ing to hold up such character to the
admiration and emulation of he1
youth. Possibly it may be better at
the end Of a long life to look back at
having filed the most difficult and
responsible places in the gift Of his
fellow senators, to have contributed
more than any other one man to the
present magnificent industrial pros
perity of our country than to have
gained by forbidden ways fortune OF
a million or hundred million or a
thousand million; or to have owned a
fish pond or a stud of race horses or a
yacht or even to have bought a legisla-
ture and seat in the senate, and to
have life summed UP. at the end in that
saddest of all epitaphs-
1.-The rich man also died and was
buried"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
WoRKMEN SOCIAL.
Lodge Enjoys Pleasant Gathering
at Hall Last Night.

McKagg Lodge No. 276, A. o. ..
W., gave pleasant and altogether en-
joyable social at their hall Tuesday
night, in honor of new and prospect
i've members, as well as to all mem
bers of the order. The social was
quite largely attended and that every
one was pleased with the entertain
ment provided was more than evil
dent. In addition to dainty and
tempting refreshments served during
the evening, excellent orchestra mu-
sic was furnished throughout the time
as well as a number of piano selec-
tions which seemed to be well re-
ceived.
Interest in A. o. U. w. circles in
this city is largely on the increase,
and it is the purpose of the member
ship to keep the order well pushed 70
the front; hence, the object of the so
cial last night, which was so we'll re-
ceived by those in attendance. 1t is
safe to say that all who enjoyed the
hospitality of the Workmen last night
will remember the event and the hos
pitality Of their entertainers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
kline PETER ARRIVES.
Welcomed to His Capital With Great
Demonstration.
scripps-McRae Telegram.

ScrlppS-Mchae. Telegram.
Belgrade, June 24.-King Peter
Karageorgevitch arrived at Belgrade
this morning and was greeted WITH
acclaim. He was welcomed at the
frontier by members Of his cabinet.
city authorities, high officials of the
new government, presidents of vari-
Gus tribunals and most OF the diplo-
matte representatives in Belgrade.
The procession to the city. was a
triumphal one. An enthusiastic
crowd of over one hundred thousand
filed the city's streets and the kings
drive from the station to the palace
was one continuous ovation. Festiy-
itiesof all kinds have been arranged
for the rest of the week. His Males.
ty will take the oath of office before
the Skuptschina tomorrow. The
first foreign representative presented
to the new king was the Russian am
bassador.
The Dutch, Turkish, English,
French, German and Italian ambassa-s
dors were absent from the reception.
All but the German and Italian minis
ters had left the city by order Of their
several governments.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

Of the last contest or of the plans Tor
the next and next. And these re-
marks, while, they apply to all of these
public games, are of special applic,
ton as to foot ball which has In it
the added elements of both brutality
and danger. Yet confess it seems a
thing hard to correct, when. as in an
instance in this state, a Christian col
lege IN its folders makes the attrac-
tions Of the ball ground and the excel
lency Of the college team one of the
main points in its quest for students.
e. H. Waring.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

--Keokuk County News: Hon. r.
w. Clayton, who is the present COM
mitteeman from the Sixth district of
Iowa, will shortly be advanced to the
position of supervising agent of the
special agents of the treasury depart.
ment at Washington, d. c. Mr.. Clav'
ton is specially adapted to such work
and his friends in Keokuk county re.
joice over the recognition he has re
ceived at the hands Of Secretary
Shaw. Good for Clayton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

particulars of the unfortunate, and,
as think, disgraceful event. We in
Oskaloosa are paying enough in all
conscience for public school purposes,
and scarcely year passes but the
taxpayers are called upon for some
special assessment for that object;
but it is lot encouraging to the ordi-
nary citizen to bear these burdens pa
tiently, with such results as the high
school has shown this year. And
think that the people will agree with
me that by some means, conciliatiye
first and best, but if that does not
succeed, by more drastic measures,
such a state of things must be
brought to an end. l 90 not know
myself where the blame actually at
taches as a whole. Some / find are
laying it upon the officers of the
school. But it is a thing as old as
the days of Adam that wrongdoers
will try to throw the responsibility Off
themselves. 1t is possible that some
of these administrators have made
mistakes; for "to err is human" but
no mistake of theirs can for mo-
ment excuse or in any sense justify
the evidently planned and deliberate
rowdyism INDUCED In by many of the
students. That deserves the utmost
censure, if not exemplary punish
ment. The city, together with the
schools, and the high school in partic-
ular, has a reputation to maintain;
and as 1 said before, we cannot afford
to suffer such things to be. And
much less can we afford to encourage
in any manner the parties, no odds
who they are, who are guilty Of such
acts. And now that am writing, let
me say that to my mind there is an
other thing that needs to be looked
after and discouraged. / refer to the
practice, now become general, OF
field contests and games OF various
kinds between different schools. Be-
sides the evident distraction from
study that must be occasioned by
these things, and the additional ex-
pense imposed upon patrons thereby,
the direct tendency of the thing as it
is carried on is and must be to foster
spirit of rowdyism such as Oska-
loosa has been favored with fine
spectacle of. In town where was
lately, and where they had two
meets" while was there, / heard
scarcely anything else discussed on
the streets and at the hotel where !
stayed, and frequent references were
made to bets on this or that team
which was to contend there. At one
of these games one of the players was
supposed to have acted In some way
dishonesty, and the other side were
intensely angered at him; and that
evening as they were about to leave
at the depot some Of them mistook an
entirely innocent young man for the
offender, and threatened him with VIC
lence and did attempt to pelt him
with eggs. Athletics are all right il
the school and at home; but we have
no use for these set games or con
tending teams with all their exciting
accompaniments. No student can dc
the work for which he is sent tc
school if his head is full OF the history
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
X RAYS ARE USED.
They Develop a Very Serious Condi-
ton In Child's Limb.

The little daughter of Pat Leeney
and wife, who is suffering untold ag-
onies with "osteo sarcoma" Of the
right femur, was taken toa physician
Tuesday to have an examination
made with the X Rays The elec-
tricity developed the fact that the
bone had been eaten through in three
different places. The vitality of the
child is little less than remarkable.
The size of the child's leg increases
daily and her condition is most crit
ical. 1t would not be surprising If
the little girl passed away almost any
time; and yet she may cling to life
for q number Of days or weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

The Muscatine Journal has it on
the highest authority that the man
who lands the nomination for state
superintendent will do so on his mer.
it's and that no slate has been deter,
mined upon. 1t says: "Mr. Riggs is
the equal of any other man in the
field" and asserts, this being true,
Mr.. Barrett has absolutely no claim to
another term
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
LYNcHED BY MOB.
Tennessee Negro Hanged For As
sauIting White Girl.

Elk Valley, Tenn, June 24--Chas.
Jones, negro, accused of assaulting
a white girl was lynched this morn
ing near town. He confessed the
crime.
st. Louis, June 24.-Florence
Bruno, the white girl who was as
saulted by an unknown negro near
East st. Louis Tuesday, died this
morning. Annie Green, the negro
girl assaulted by the same man, is In
a precarious condition. Six suspects
have been taken Dip. Farmers are
greatly excited and prospects of
lynching are good.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

Davenport Democrat: The $4,000
or so Masons in Iowa include only a
fraction of those whose sympathies
will go out to George B. Van Saun for.
merly grand master of the fraternity
Mr.. Van Saun is victim of paralysis,
He lives at Cedar Falls. The afiic.
'tion has made him both speeches.
and helpless. AS his age is over 70
there is small hope of recovery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
THE SCHOOL TROUBLE.

Mr.. Editor:-While away in dis
tant part OIL the state 1 picked up a
paper and read of the trouble had at
the commencement of the high school
in the Methodist church in this city,
and since then have heard more Of the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

--''The great cause of friction be-
tween employers and employees is the
unreasonableness in their dealings
with each other. They should bear
and forbear, as President Roosevelt
advised in his Omaha speech. They
should seek harmony and not trou
ble," advise the Nonpareil.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

The Keoluk Gate City says that
the attempt to show that the floods in
the Des Moines river come by cycles
has been given up. The only abso-
iutely certain thing about them is that
they follow heavy rains.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

Miss Elsie Darling, editor of the
Coon Rapids Reporter, is making fun
of the cumbersome skirt and suggests
strap attachment over the shoulder
to haul it up out Of the mud or that it
be carried in a market basket. Elsie.
darling, be careful.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

Mr. Rinehart declares that Mr.
Hearst is the greatest commoner
since Caius Gracchus," and the Des
Moines Capital fears that the asser.
tion is likely to cause some confusion
in the democratic mind Gust think
of the democrats" the Capital says,
''who will be wondering to themselves
as to who in thunder Caius Gracious
was"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25
The two Republican newsna

The two Republican newspapers
at Bloomfield, the News and the Re-
publican, have done the right thing
by consolidating. There was no room
in Dloomfeld for more than two good
papers, one representing each politi'
cal party. The consolidated paper is
model weekly, we'll edited and print
ed, and deserving all the patronage
that can be thrown its way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1903-06-25

Iowa Wesleyan university, Mt.
Pleasant, will have a debt of $4,000
October 1, and proposes to pay it off
at that time and add about $4,000 to
fits endowment. 1t is raising 100000
for this purpose, and has already Sc
cured $4,000 in a canvass of little
more than one-half of the conference
district.