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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

the city building department had not
strictly enforced one or two sections
of the building ordinances. William
Curran, building Inspector, visited
the building before the fire and says
everything was in good condition.
Several inspectors went TO the theatre
yesterday and afterwards G. H. Stan
hope said 1.-THE theatre and its man
agemeut we're strictly within the law.
l will not go into details until have
completed my report"
A section of the building ordinances
provides that in buildings of the class
of the Iroquois Theatre there shall
be system of automatic sprinklers.
There were no sprinklers in the the
atre but Mr.. Stanhope said the pro-
vision about the iron doors made it
unnecessary for the theatre to have
them.
All during the day yesterday tele-
grams of sympathy to the people OF
Chicago and offers of aid poured in by
telegraph upon the mayor He an
nounced last night that Chicago would
be able to care for all the suffering.
The following message was received
yesterday morning.
Washington, d. c., Dec !.
Hon. Carter II. Harrison, Mayor OF
Chicago, Ill.
In common with all our people
throughout this land, l extend to you,
to the people CT Chicago, my deepest
sympathy in the terrible calamity
which las befallen them.
(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. "
Chicago, Jan. l. detectives are
searching the city today for three mel
wno it was believed had share in th'
blame for the Iroquois theatre horror
All other men connected with TIN
management of the i'll fated house ar
under surveillance. From stage hand
| it is said they obtained evidence cal
! culated to lncriminate men higher a.
on the executive staff of the theatre
! The police want to fasten the respon
sibility upon whomsoever caused tn
| doors of the children's gallery to b
locked after 900 little ones were ad
mitted. The funerals began toda
and will continue tomorrow and int
next week. The mors ues again ar
crow ded with relatives of victims tc
day and the task of Identification cor
tinues.
Chicago, Jan. g. Nineteen theatre
and museums have been closed b
order of Mayor Harrison, some {
them being among the leading al
most popular play houses of the city
The mayor declares that no theatl
shall be allowed 20 open its doc
hereafter unless an asbestos curtain
provided that will work at all time
and under all conditions,
The superintendent of schools hi
announced that the Iroquois Theatr
fire had killed twenty four teachers
the Chicago public schools and s
teachers are still reported missing
making total of thirty.
The police have vigorously push'
: their inquiry into the causes of Il
fire and made several arrests
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1904-01-07
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nature is on each box. 25c
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
NEW CATHOLIC PRIEST
Father F. P. McManus Comes to
St. Mary's Church.

Announcement is made today that
a new pastor has been appointed for
st. Mary's church and parish, of this
city and vicinity. The Rev. Father F
P. McMannus, who has been located
at Reno, Iowa, has been appoint
ed by the head of the diocese to occu-
Ply the place made vacant by the res
ignation Of Rev. Father Waldron, who
recently went south in the hope of
finding better health.
Rev. McMannus is not unknown in
this part of the state and the news of
his appointment brings pleasure and
enthusiasm to the entire parish. The
gentleman was born in Davenport and
is an Iowa product. His father still
resides in that city. He is a powerful
man in all ways and is a scholar and
a brilliant talker. The prediction is
freely made that the gentleman will
become quite popular in the city, not
with his parishioners alone, but with
the entire people of the city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
FOR DEFENDANT
Jury Returns Verdict In Johnson
Augustine Case.

The jury in the case of Irving John
son, trustee for the bankrupt firm OF
Weldin C Symons, VS.. ]. H. Augustine
returned shortly before nine o'clock
this Saturday morning, having been
out all night.
The verdict was as follows: 1--WE
the jury, find for the defendant"
This is the case in which Mr.. John.
son, who at the time of the deal was
trustee in bankruptcy, claimed that
Mr.. Augustine mis~represented the
value of some Washington land which
he traded in part for the drug store.
1t was claimed that the soil was sandy
and barren, but witnesses were put on
the stand to prove that the land was
of a volcanic formation and wa very
fertile. 1t had the appearance of
sand but in reality was rich and pro-
ductive. Among the witnesses for the
defense was Court Reporter Bray who
happened to have an interest in sim
liar lands near by.
Other Court Matters.
The court has taken up anything
that was ready today "A new assign
ment was made and some motions and
other minor details attended to.
Grand Jury Report.
The grand jury completed its work
for the term Friday afternoon about
three o'clock and handed the result
Of it's investigation and work for the
latter part of the term to the court.
The following are the indictments
of the second report SO rar as can be
given out at this time:
James Seibert, manslaughter.
Mrs. Nancy Merrick, adultery.
George Johnson, larceny.
Others not yet made public.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27

Response-Mrs. G. A. Overholt, Of
Burlington.
"Why We Are Here"-Mrs. Cora B.
McCulloch, of Oskaloosa.
Evening.
Report on Child Labor LaW-Mrs.
Chadwick, of Des Moines.
Report on Social Purity-Dr. Jennie
MCGOWAN, Of Davenport.
Address by State Secretary Mrs.
Kittie ~Chittenden, of Des Moines.
October 27-Morning.
Devotional Exercises-Mrs. Minnie
Hahnen, Of Des MONIES.
Question Box-Dr. Jennie Meow
an, Of Davenport.
Afternoon.
Devotional Exercises-EagEe Grove.
Field Work for Towa"-Miss Carrie
Warburton, of independence.
Address-Dr. Margaret Shaffer, of
Iowa City.
Kings Daughters in Foreign
Fields"-Miss Elizabeth Garstlug, of
Davenport.
Report from st. Louls-Miss Nary
Verling, Of Des Moines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
eAsTRoNoMIc WONDER DEAD.
Stomach Of Phil MalIoy Three Time
Natural Size.

Dubuque, Oct. 22.-Phil Malloy, the
gnstronomic wonder and worlds cham
sion eater, is dead here, aged 62,from
alcoholism. He dissipated a fortune
no the last years of his life. A pest
n8rtem examination developed the
fact that his stomach was three times
The size of the ordinary human be,
lng's. Malloy's fame rests on eating
seven dozen raw eggs at one sitting
III a wager, and the fact that some of
NE eggs were bad did not deter him.
He also ate twenty-five pounds of raw
beef and placed a bet that ne could
eat a small quarter of beef in twenty
four hours.
His appetite for food was only
Squafsd by his hunger for wives. He
had i've Of them, was divorced three
Emes and was seeking another wife
when death interviewed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
INJURY.
Harry Charles Shoots Himself
Through the Foot.

Harry Charles, a son of Mr.and Mrs.
H. M. Charles, met with a painful ac-
cident this afternoon. The lad shot
himself through the left foot a little
ways back of the little toe. The boy
was working with a thirty-two calibre
revolver removing the loads from the
cylinder to clean the mechanism. He
lifted the trigger, which slipped and
discharged one of the shells that had
not been removed. The wound, al,
though not serious, is painful, and it
may be a few days before the boy can
have the full use of the foot.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
THREE IN A ROW.
r. W.. Glaze sustains Losses in a Trio
of Runaways.

F. w. Glaze. the West High avenue
grocer, has been Swallowed by a hoo
doc the past week. On Monday one
Of his delivery rigs was in a runaway
and the wagon was wrecked beyond
repair. On Wednesday the other old
wagon suffered a like fate. Mr.. Glaze
secured two fine new wagons and con-
cluded that he was fixed for a year or
two, but yesterday the same team ran
away again and smashed up one OF
the new wagons, and 30 badly crippled
one Of the horses that 1t had to be kill
ed. AS three misfortunes in a string
Is usually the limit Mr.. Glaze hopes
he has shaken the hoodoo and earned
a season of peace.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27

was nine. Her mother, who was fifty,
compelled her to become a bride when
she didn't know what she was doing.
Leeper was sixty-fve years old, a new
er-do-well sort of a fellow. The mar
riage was solemnized in Arkansas.
The little widow has been going to
school regularly since the fall term
opened and is now studying music, CT
which she is very fond. She enjoys
playing house with her playmatcs
much more than she enjoyed the work
of real housekeeping when she was
old John Leeper's wife.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
THIEF APPREHENpED.
Man Who Stole Dressing Case Arrest
ed in Omaha.

Some days ago a mai named Joe
Johnson took a dressing case contain
ing clothing, revolvers and goods to
the amount Of some forty dollars from
the brown boarding house. He was
traced to Marshalltown by Constable
Al Jones. Here he shipped the case
by express while he bummed his
transportation following Nthe grip.
Constable Jones wired the sheriff at
Omaha. Johnson was arrested and
stating that ne would return without
requisition papers, Mr.. Jones departs
this evening after man and property.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
IOWA
PIONEERS
EIl Ketner
III. HEDGE.

XII NCINCF
Mr.. Ketner has been almost fifty
Years in Mahaska county, having ar
rived here from Chillicothe. Ohio, Nov
M. 1854. Himself and family came
Nv rail to Rock Island, Ill, then by
steamer down the Mississippi to Bur
Nngton, Iowa. From Burlington they
came by stage to Oskaloosa. Mr.Ket
e distinctly recalls the mud and
zlush they met with in Chicago during
heir short stay. Says the MAR
xtreets in the city at that time were
covered with heavy plank to make
uhem at all passable.
1t was in 1854 that Union Block OF
me north side of the square in Oska
loosa was built. A part Of it is now
undergoing repair for the Hub CLOTH
ing store rooms. Mr.. Ketner says
mat time has swept away every build
ing on the square that ne found here
IA 1854 except that block. He occu
pied one Of its rooms conducting :
merchant tailoring business for 9
number of years. He was born in the
year 1920, and mentions the fact thai
three of his pioneer friends, John
Dodds, Jas. Bridges and David Thatch'
CT, were born the same year.
In the year 1855 Mr.. Ketner pur,
chased of John Montgomery the two
lots on which his home is now located
on South Market street, and decided
nsm to Mrs. Ketner. Mr.. MontsSM.
cry bought the land from the govern
nent, and the county records show
snly the two transfers in that particu-
lar plat OF ground. l doubt II there
- a piece Of land in the entire county
mat can show a similar record. Mr..
Ketner acknowledges that if the
property had been in his own name
ne would most likely have parted with
It long ago.
From 1862 until 1875 the family
lived on a farm five miles west of os-
kaloosa. In the latter year he bought
he well known Ketner place, on the
road between Beacon and Oskaloosa.
While there he spent most of his time
IN gardening and bee culture, making
4 commendable success in both lines
ef work.
Mr.. Ketner relates that one year
when his bees were unusually pros,
porous, that at the beginning of the
season he had nineteen stands Of bees
and when the honey-making season,
over in the fall he found that he
was the owner of s~eventy-fye stands
Aesides some half-dozen swarms
which he had failed to hive. That
fan ne extracted three barrels Of
strained honey and took off a thous-
and pounds of comb honey, a sample
Of which took the premium at the
&tace Fair that year.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ketner have had the
oxcep$fS2sl pleasure Of a caIoSnfon.
S4F OF sixty $eaHrfmErrsS ne nav.
ing been united in marriage June 80
1876 But there is always some bit.
terness with the joy Of living. OF the
four children who came to their home
not one remains to comfort their ad.
Eancing years. They have, however,
Ave grandchildren whose occasional
visits are greatly enjoyed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
FOR ALL.
Halloween With All Its Myths Will
Soon Be Here,

Soon Be Here.
' Halloween is coming Monday, Oct.
81. On this day every maid may see
the face Of her future husband, If she
is wise, for st. Annes has set aside
this day for revelations. All Saints
day is a day of mysteries and offers
opportunity for the realization Of the
hopes of the widest imagination. /,
1t is a pretty old English customer
Halloween, to fill the land with par
ties. Every maid should receive at
least n invitation. Youth are In
vited, to be sure, but they take second
place. Much excitement prevails near
the hour of midnight. 1t is quite ap-
propriate for the maids to EXCUSE
themselves to prepare for his coming.
or all the year, this is the maiden's
hour. For a brief time they are per-
mitted to raise the mystic veil and
peer into the future. One may carry
a lighted candle, reclte a poem and
looking owe her left shoulder-it
must be the left-see the outline of
her lovers face peering from the mir
ror. Or. they may pass In professions
beside a clear brook and see his face
smiling in the depths below. To be
absolutely certain, it is best to carry
a lighted candle, suddenly extinguish
1t, and then peer into the waters. you
will then gaze into the eyes of your
future husband and receive his 6rsl
smile Of welcome.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
WORMS ARE HORSE HAIRS.
New Theory Advanced On the CAB
bage Snake" Question.

w. H. Barrow, of near Beacon, left
in this office one of the new cabbage
worms" He did not take it from a
cabbage, however, put found it in
the ground, where he says there are
hundreds just like it. He thinks they
are nothing than horse hairs
which have fallen on the ground and
taken root in the growing cabbage.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
SERIOUS RUNAWAY.
Two Women Have Arms Broken and
Man Badly Hurt.

A serious runaway occurred on the
country road near the Joe Shaw place
west Of Beacon Friday afternoon. AS
a result Mrs. Rene, living across the
Des Moines river, and her friend. Mrs.
Weaver, each had an arm broken. and
Mr.. Rene was badly scratched and
bruised. The horses and buggy were
also badly damaged. DIR, Barnes, Of
this city. was called to give surgical
attention.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS.

Program Of Annual Convention in
Iowa City Oct. 1872.
Iowa City, Ia, Oct. 21.-The pro-
gram for the annual convention of the
Kings Daughters, which VIII lie held
in Iowa City, October 26 and 81, has
been given out,and includes the names
OF women prominent in club life all
over the state. The principal feat
ures are as follows:
October 26-Afternoon.
Address Of Welcome-Mrs. s. A.
Swisher, Of Iowa City.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
LACEY AT NEW SHARON.
splendid Republican Meeting Held
Saturday Night.

New Sharon, Ia, Oct. 24-The beet
meeting in years, If not in the bis
tory Of New Sharon, was held at Cen
sert Hall Saturday. The speakers
were Col. Al Swain and Major Johr
r. Lacey. The hall was filed to tn
capacity, and the attention through
sut was remarkable. While the vot
en- here are not making much noise
1hfs year they are doing a lot q
thinking and from indications are 60
Ang to vote the straight republican
ncket as never before.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27

The Anderson. Brothers canning fac
tory closed down for the season Satur-
day. The factory has put up some
thing over fifty al loads Of the vege-
table. This is just half Of the amount
that win be planned for next years
output.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
MISS PIcKERILL HoNoRED.
cnosen Secretary of the Iowa Librar
Association.

st. Louis, Oct. 22.-The Iowa Libra
" association elected w. H. Johnson
Of Fort Dodge, honorary president
Fort Dodge was selected as the mex
meeting place. Officers elected: Z
President-Mrs. H. NJ. Townser,
Corning, Iowa.
Vice President-Senator c. J.. a.
Ericsson, Boone.
Secretary-Miss Priscilla Pickerill,
0~skaloosa, Iowa.
Treasurer-M. H. Douglass, Grin
nell, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
CHILD WIFE GIVEN A HOME.
Grass Widow Of Eleven Begins to
Study Music.

Washington, Ia, Oct. 22.-Gertie
Trusty, the 1~1-year-old grass widow
who was given a divorce recently from
John Leeper, has Just been given a
permanent home with the r. L. Davis
family. one Of the best families In the
vicinity Of Brighton.
Gertie married Leeper when she
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-13
Hides, Tdllo70, Wool end Hops.

There is nothing materially new under this
head. With dryer weather wool-shearing Oper-
atoms are being resumed and the Wool market
will probably be more active from now in
consequence. Prices femain previously
quoted.
Hops continue quiet both here and in the
East and the situation stands about as for
some weeks past.
Hides are steady, with good dry stock in fair
demand.
HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell
about 5a61c under quotations. Heavy Salted
Steers, 9Isc; medium, s1zc; light. T$4c; Cow
Hides Sc for heavy and 7&sc for light: Stays.
DC; Salted Kip, sc; Sailed Veal 10c; Salted
Calf, lie; dry Hides 15q16c; dry Kip. &c., dry
Calf 1Sc; Sheepskins, shearings. 25G3oc each;
short Wool, 40a65c each; medium 7ou90c; long
Wool, S1d1 SO; Horse Hides, salt. 81 75 for
large and S2d2 80 for medium, 81 25G1 75 for
small and SEC for Colts Horse Hides. dry,
81 75 for large and 81 90 for medium. $l61 %
for small and soc for Colts. Buck Skins-Dry
Mexican. sic; dry Salted Mexican. 25c; dry
Central American 3le. Goat Skins-Prime An
goras, 75c: large and smooth. soc; medium.
35c: small 20c.
TALLOW-No l rendered, 414641.c per lb;
No. 2 3ia94c; grease 2hQ3c.
wOOL-Spring clip-San Joaquin and South
ern. Il months. 9Q11c; do months Sd1Oc
per Id.
HOPS-24G2Tc per lb for California, 1908.
and 171z G20c for crop of 1904
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-13
Nee York Stock Market.

NEW YORK. April l2-To-day's stock
market was ssin lacking in the animation
this week and the sagsiilg tendency OF pf.css
became rather more pronounced than yester-
DAY. There was not the same EFFORT 10 nj
prices by the stimulating effect o. marking up
special stocks The market was not left %
drifr as a derelct however, and sort of
nursing process was adouted II is the prey
alent conviction in Wall street that the recent
campaign for higher prices has enjoyed the
auspices OF some influential capitalists who
believed that outside interest in speculation
could be awakened in that way. The course
of to-day's market was evidently Influenced
by the Government report on the condition OF
" inter wheat The free offerings in the wheat
market served 70 modify the bad impression
Of she report. but there was belief thai
wheat moved under the influence Of realizing
vealed by the report. The hope was expressed
also that the crop had benefited since the
hrst of April. The Weather Bureaus weekly
summary shook this hope to some extent
owing u its report Of damage 10 winter wheat
by heavy rains in parts OF the belt as against
the benent IN other parts where moisture was
needed The imDutatiOns through newspdpe-
interviews as 70 the motives Of the Northern
Securities suit by the principal parties gave
material for puzzled discussion. There q
disposition to seek some indication Of policy
in the public attitude thus assumed which
might afford some cleW TO the mystery Of
the late absorption Of Union Pacific. The re-
port that the United States Steel Corporation
had oaniceled an option for the purchase Of
5000 tons OF Bessezner piSiron possibly
heiped to depress the preferred stock The con
centrat ted absorption OF the second mortgage
bonds was the feature OF the early market in
which some s.. eco 00o or upward Of these
bonds were taken by one firm. The impression
Was conveyed that much Of this was on orders
Tor German account. London was a free seller
iu the balance Of stocks in this market not
E,ithstanding the generally buoyant tone of
tile London market The failure OF the ad-
vance in Union Pacific of a Boint TO lift the
market was followed BY steady decline in
the whole market. UniCn Pacific slumDed at
the las1 on the hasty reading OF the bulletin
on the Attorney Generals attitude toward the
Intervention suit at st. Paul The closing was
weak and losses ~ TO u were general.
= Bonds were irregular. with a large part Of
the dealings in United States Steel second 5s.
Total sales S47f0. .0o0
United States bonds were unchanged on call.
NF,W YORK STOCK LIST.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-13
Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables

Receipts of Potatoes were moderate and the
market ruled firm, with buyers operating freely
in anticipation of still higher prices. What
few Oregon Burbanks were left in first hands
were resd oily marketed and choice brought an
advance. Receipts of Potatoes 135
sacks and choice offerings were readily dis
tralian Onions were cleaned out of first hands
and the quotations had a narrower range.
Oregons were dull owing to the abundance and
comparatively low prices of the Australian.
Asparagus continued weak receipts being
heavy and the carry-over from the preceding
day large. TIE Gamers took advantage of the
situation and purchased large lines, paying 3q
sua-cooked lots were still offering below the
quotation, but such stock formed only small
percentage of the receipts. Green Peas were
quite surplus rnsold at the close. Arrivals
Of southern vegetables were light and prices
had but slight variation
The receipts included 1889 boxes of Aspara-
gus. SIS boxes OF Rhubarb and 1873 sacks of
Peas.
POTAToES-Burbanks from the river 81 %
per cti; River Reds. s1d1 10 per ctl; small
Oregon Burbanks for seed 81 10GI % per ctl;
Garnet Chiles 81 25G1 80 per ctl; Early Rose
81 40a1 10 per etl; new Potatoes. 2i6@3c per
oNIoNs-Yellow. 81 5o@2 50 per ctl for Ore
gon and $3d3 % for Australian; Green Onions
35n50c per box.
ETABLES-Asparagus 5d1c per Ib for
extra, 4M4Iac for No. / and 3G3lsc for No 2
Rhubarb. 50eG$1 per box: Green Peas 21.6:}isc
per lb; String Beans. 10a1214c per ID; Toma-
geies and 81 5oG1 75 for Mexican; Summer
Squash from Los Angeles. $l@1 so per box:
Cabbage. 81 20 per ctl; Carrots. soc per sack
Hothouse Cucumbers, 75csI$l so per dozen:
Garlic, 15c per ID; Egg Plant, 15G25c per ID:
Dried Peppers. 5@Sc per Ib for Stockton and
1GT12Hc for southern; Dried OIra. 121sd15c
lb; Marrowfat Squash jobbing at 1AG2c per
pound