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The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
EASTERN STAR HOME.
tate Institution Permanently Lo-
Gated at Boone.

Waterloo, Ia, Oct. 25.-After a pro-
longed session, lasting until 1880 am,
the building committee of the Eastern
Star lodge voted unanimously to eS.
tablish the site of the new orphans
home of the order in Boone.
The action is one of great import
ance to the order, as the matter is II
which has been under consideration
for a year, and an assessment Uf Is
cents per member has been levied to
cover the expense of providing sucn
an institution.
The candidates for the location, be,
sides Boone, ere Mason City, Park,
ersburg and Manchester. The claims
of the ~contesting cities were warmly
urged and were fully investigated by
the committee before a decision was
reached.
Boones offer was of an 80-acre tract
of land, with a large home suitable
for the purposes of the order, already
on it. The property is known as the
S. l.. Moore farm, and is located on
the outskirts of the city. 1t is valued
at $4,000, and for it's purchase the
people Of Boone have raised $1,000,
letting the society have it for $4,000.
The building will be at once refit-
ted, and the home is expected to be
in operation within a short time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
WIFE WANTS DIVORCE.
Mrs. Strathe,s Quick Makes Serious
Charges Against Husband.

Sigourney, Ia, Oct. 25.-Mrs. Ema,
line Quick has petitioned the court TO
grant her a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony with her husband, the
Rev. Strathers Quick, on the ground
of cruel treatment and adultery. For
many years Rev. Quick and his wife
lived happily here. He was pastor at
different times of different Christian
Union churches in southern Iowa, bur
they always lived here, he going to his
appointments by rail. About three
years ago he received a call to a mis-.
sion church in Kansas City, and the
wife went there with him co live. She
charges in her petition that all went
lovely till he met another lady, one of
his congregation. She claims that
since that time the reverend gentle
man has provided for the other WON,
an and she also states that ne has
lived with this woman for the past
year as her husband. The case will
come up in the December term.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
oskaIoosa 14--Lost Creek d.

The Oskaloosa Bowery base bali
team played a game at Lost Cresk
yesterday and were victorious to the
tune of IA to 4. Notwithstanding the
great difference in the result, the
game was quite interesting and some
fine plays were pulled Off. The Bow
cry club presented a very strong front
that would do credit to the Iowa
State league. Buce Evans and Hobbs
did the battery work for the Bowery-
ties. The inield was Shocks, OF
Marshalltown, LIST base; Crocky Gran
dali, I'd base; Zalusky, Of Fort Dodge.
Sd base; Coates, our popular pitcher,
played short stop. The out-field was
comprised of George and DeCamp, Of
Spring Creek, and Setn Thomas, or
Beacon. There was a good crowd in
attendance and the Bowery players
expressed themselves as being highly
pleased with the treatment and cour-
tesies they received from the fans
there, Each Of the teams have won a
game and it is probable that the strug-
gle for supremacy will take place
next Sunday. Senator Quigg, Of the
State league, of1ciated as umpire and
was not mobbed.
U Nt"
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u
Several Cases Come Up - AUST.
1ment This Afternoon.?p

The Taylor woman from Bolton
was arraigned before Esquire Prichett
on a charge of assault with intent to
commit great bodily injury. Pleaded
not guilty and will await the inquiry
of the grand jury under a bond OF
$4,000. The defendant is seeking to
file information against others impli-
Gated in the disturbance.
Ed Dimmitt and Ella Wallace were
arraigned upon a charge of assault
with intent to commit robbery. Plead
ing was deferred until Mr.. Woodson,
attorney for the couple, could reacn
the city and the court. They were
returned to the jail pending pleading.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
IN DISTRICT COURT.
Jury Returns a Verdict For Defense
in Morris Brown Case.

District court opened again Monday
afternoon and the case of e. J.. Nor
ris VS.. Van Brown, al appeal case,
was taken up and tried. The jury in
the case returned at 1880 with a YER
dict for the defendant and the amount
of recovery is placed at 5000 and at
torney fees. The contention was over
the allowing of $1.14 in the Justices
court and the cas- was appealed to
the district court. The piling up Of
the costs in the case was the hitch in
the former action.
The court Tuesday morning, not
awaiting the jury on the Morris VS..
Van Brown case, entered upon the
trial of the case Of 0. L. Sprague VS..
J.. r. Pilgrim, a mandamus proceeding.
Petition for divorce has been filed
by Elizabeth S. Barnett VS.. Chas. M.
Barnett.
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Finest Display

in the city of Fur ana Plush Lap
Robes, Winter Horse Clothing. 4Sola
agents for the famous Papoose Horse
Blankets. Assortment largest, prices
lowest.
Oskaloosa Vehicle and Harness Co.,
224 High Avenue West.
Take a look at display in our VII
dows. 41d3-w1
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TAKES OVERDOSE OF POISON.
Former City Marshal Of PeIIa Ends
His Life.

PeIla, Ia, Oct. 25.-At about three
o'clock yesterday while under the
influence of liquor, G. Maasdam took
an overdose of laudanum and expired
a short time afterward. Maasdam
has been city marshal for many years
but for the last few years he has been
in a state of intoxication continually
until the mayor discharged him about
a month ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27

Oliver Holt, the popular meat mar
ket man, is in business again at his
old stand, corner High Avenue and e
Street, and his former customers are
coming to him in a hurry. MI. Holt
says that he intends to have the best
show in the city with home killed
meats, Trash and cured meats, and
all seasonable stuff. Highest prices
paid for produce.
(40d6-l4W1)
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PLURALITY OF 10000,
Republican Cook County Canvass
Flattering For Roosevelt.

Chicago. Oct. 25.-Cook countgwill
give President Roosevelt a plurality
Of 10000 November s, according to
the canvass made by the republican
county committee. The presidents
plurality in the city is estimated at
10000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27
R PIKE CUT OUT.
Celebrated Stein Estate Case Finished
at Siqourney.

Sigourney, Oct, 25.-The jury in the
Stein will case returned a verdict for
the proponents. This cuts off the eld.
est daughter, Mrs. Kate Pike, with on,
ly $40. while the other heirs receive
about $4,000 each. The matter will
be carried to the supreme court.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27

These fine mornings are good for
that tired feeling. One must go some
to keep warm.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-10-27

Gov. A. B. Cummins at the court
house Friday night. 4Od5
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-03-17

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 1.-THE first
impression of the visitor to a man-of-war,
seeing the groups of sailors, clad in i'm
maculate blue, loungng about the decks,
chatting together, is that theirs must be
a life of ease and sightseeing.
1t seems to be taken for granted that
the bluejacket springs into being, endowed
with rolling gait and a thorough knowl-
edge of his profession.
Far from it! The metamorphoss of I'M
slightly worm into butterfly is not more
strange, more complete, than that of the
landrnbber into man-o -wars-man The raw
recruit, shambling up the gangway for the
first time, is transformed into the we'll
braeed, sturdy sailor only by months of
lncessant drill and instruction.
What do you do all day long?" invari-
ably asks the questioning visitor of Jack:
and the old salt, with eyes a-twinkling. as
surely answers: "Well, | turns out o me
hammick budoir at nine, has me coffee.
and then orders me kerridge for a ride .
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ostrich is dyspeptic, comes the morning
drill. 1t may be to shoulder a Krag-
Jorgensen in the tropic plaza of San Juan,
in extended order drill, with most I'M
American senoritas peeping through barred
windows; or pointing a turret gun at
some modern sky-scraper in the icy winds
of northern harbor Whatever and
whenever the drill, it is carried out with
efficient, machine-like precision.
Unnecessary and Anticipated forms have
given way to the intensely practical. and
every command, every instruction has
some definite purpose for its raison d etre
In no other profession is the English Lam
guage so concentrated, or useless phrases
so sparingly used.
After the mornings work, the noon hour
is spent in spinning yarns to the newly
enlisted men. and later to the visitor
The old sailor cannot resist an opportunity
to impress the innocent with the prowess
of his ship, or marvellous deeds of his last
enlistment
An old gunner of the L. S. S. New York
explained to a quet-looking visitor that
the words Mark "" which refer to the
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fencing, bouts are arranged, and competi
ton makes the recruit keen to master the
art.
The apprentices showing quickness of
hand and eye may be detailed to the signal
corps Ships communicate by day by
'wig-wag' hand flags, hoist flags or soma
phore; by night, the ardois combina-
ton of colored electric lights, the electric
torch, or searchlight, is used.
The apprentice is graduated from the
training school at Newport, r. l.. where
he receives a thorough education, yet he
looks up to the old tar with respect. not
unmixed with envy. The dubious com
fort of the old sailors advice, Cheer up.
sonny, it's only the first twenty Years that
are hard, only spurs the apprentice on.
for he has had the proper spirit instilled
into him at Newport.
AS might be supposed bueiackets vel
come any diversion from the ordinary
routine of naval life, no matter how hard
other work may be. In recent survey
of the Orinoco river. in Venezuela. the
officers and men worked in the treacherous
swamps and marshes. literally waist-deep
IN water, for three months. with no liv
A'6 'iilH5S save ilOilkeNS ana. parrots for
company; they worked as cheerfullv as
If they were on parade
The object upon which all efforts are
conferred now is to make crack shot of
the man behind the gun" Constant and
careful target practice is the method adopt
ed to make the sailor rapid and deadly
shot. Prizes are given for good marks
manship with great guns, and rapid pro-
motion for him WHO combines good shoot
ing with Other good qualities.
The term sailor is not confined to the
tanned gentleman of wide trousers who
hauls on ropes and polishes the guns. In
the modern warship he may be at the
throttle of engines whose horsepower is
reckoned by thousands, or deep in the
bowels of the ship, feeding the flames
under monster boilers. Or he NAV be
tending dynamos forward; or in maya
zines in felt slippers and gloves; or vet
rigging target, or turning a piston valve
at the lathe. In time of battle, everyone
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FALLING SCAFFOLD
BROKE HIS LEG

BY the giving way OF scaffold on the
new graudstand of the Eleventh street
baseball grounds yesterday George Goble
had both bones of his right leg broken
Two men were piling up lumber on the
scaffold plank when the contractor came
in. Noticing that the men were in danger
he called to them to be careful and not
overload the scaifod. Later he spoke to
the foreman, who went up on the scaffold
himself, thus putting more weight on the
already overloaded structure.
A moment later the attention OF the
contractor was attracted by a crash, and
on looking up he saw that the plank had
given way and Foreman Sweet and Goble
had fallen to the seats OF the grandstand,
ten feet below.
Goble was the only one on the scaffold
who was seriously hurt. The other two
men escaped with a few bruises.
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FIFTY INDIANS IN
DANGER OF DEATH

DAWSON, Y. T., March 1.-THE Cam
adam government relief expedition left
here today for the purpose of endeavoring
to rescue 80 Mckenzie river indians who
are lost in the Rocky mountains 200
miles from Dawson 1t has been reported
that the men, women and children of
the Indian party are starving. The North
west mounted police detachment accompa-
ny the party. 1t was headed by Craigie, a
well known frontiersman, who first
brought the news.
The Indians left Mckenzie some time
ago, bound for this place. They lost
their way, and as it is so degrees below
zero at the present time, the party must
be in a pitiable condition.
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rnrtment has ever encountered, has just
been received here to serve five years at
hard labor She is pronounced one OF the
most hardened criminals on record and her
picture il prominently displayed IN the
rogmes galleries Of all the Western cities.
Notwithstanding long career OF law
Breaking covering wide variety OF Of
lenses the hardened old woman has so
cleverly executed her work as to have her
name on criminal record but once previous
10 her present enrolment on the San QUEEN
Tin books. She served two years in the
Oregon penitentiary at Salem some years
ago. having been convicted of a bold day.
light burglary.
She began her career as maker of spur
ious coin in Portland, Ore. where she be-
came the leading spirit Of ring of clever
eounterfeters whose bad money" was
mystifying the federal detectives One of
this ring was Frank Lunstrum, the eoun-
terfeiter who claims he learned the coun-
terfeiting business from an article in a
magazine while serving term in Jail.
The Portland ring hastily disbanded and
fed when the federal officers found a warm
scent. and the old woman with her young
son and two or three others went to Sc
attic, where they engaged in the manufac-
ture Of spurious coin. Later, finding that
they were under surveillance, they again
fed, taking their casts with them, but
leaving some halffnshed coin behind
They began operations again at Des
Moines, little town in Washington, and
later went TO Tacoma, where Mrs. Roeper
hired an isolated house out on a branch
line Of railroad, and prepared to 60 into
the business Of counterfeiting on large
scale 1t was here that the gang" was
apprehended The federal officers had
been quietly watching them all along, but
were waiting to catch them with enough
evidence to secure a conviction. One hun
dred and thirty-iive dollars in silver quar-
tiers and So gold pieces were found at the
Des Moines headquarters, and the officers
ewooped down upon the ring in the Taco
ma place, catching them red.handed.
A pathetic side to the story developed
when Charlie johnson, the l9year-old son
Of Mrs Reaper pleaded guilty and asked
the mercy Of the court. He stated that
he had been taught to steal and defraud
since infancy, and that his mother had
often forced him to assist her in shop
Hitting AT one time she had conducted a
place for buying stolen goods and was
known among thieves as a fence" The
boy stated that he wished to be free from
his criminal surroundings and said that he
abhorred the life he had been forced to
lead. He was sentenced to serve one year
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For Jack will never admit that his work
is hard or his life aught but a bed of
roses.
Were he more truthful he would tell
how he rolled out of his hammock at five.
and when the first rays of the sun peeped
over the horizon, they were reflected from
Il deck already scrubbed white; of ashes
hosted from the boiler rooms, of launches
coaled, awnings spread and the thousand
details that constitute the housekeeping
of a ship. Then the flagship signals what
uniform he shall wear during the day;
Jack hauls it out of his dirty bag, grooms
himself, aided by hand-mirror that shows
to his admiring gaze TIE huge purple
dragon tattooed across his chest, and the
snakes around his biceps.
After a breakfast made delicious by a
salt-air digestion, beside which that of an
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OBSERVED IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, March l7.-There was no pa
rade IN Chicago today in honor OF Ire
lands patron saint, but at the Audi
forum Annex this evening there viii be
a banquet in celebration Of the day that
promises to be the most elaborate affair
ever given by the Irish societies of this
city Among those who have accepted
invitations to the function are Governor
and Mrs. Yates, Mayor and Mrs Harri-
son, General and Mrs Frederick Dent
Grant and Mrs Potter Palmer. Arch
bishop Qmgley Bishop Mudoon and other
notables will address the assemblage.
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model of the gun, means this gun hit the
bulls eye every time at four miles; yes.
SRI" The gentleman handed him card
bearing the name Hiram Maxim" and
recognizing the name of the great inventor
of rapid-fire guns, the gunner touched his
cap. Say, youse got me below the armor
belt that time for sure,' and he strolled
forward.
Truly, the modern sailor Is a jack-at-all-
trades. He must be his own laundress.
seamstress and housemaid; he must be
come proficient in signaling, great gun and
small-arms practice, fencing, broadswords,
steering and sailing; besides having an
intimate knowledge of rigging, sails, sound
ing, and multitudes of minor duties Per
sonal instruction is given in these duties
and drills by junior officers. and no one is
exempt. After careful instruction in
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in the federal prison at McNeiIs island,
Washington, ard Judge Hanford assured
him OF his personal assistance If he wished
to lead an honest life when his term had
expired. The boy seemed grateful and
wept bitterly in court. The mother was
entirely unaffected.
Secret Service Operative Captain Bell
says he has never encountered a more hard
ened woman criminal than the old Mrs.
Roeper, and adds that she has 80 high a
regard for truth that she never uses it..
She has not one shred Of hair on her head
wearing a glossy auburn wig and her gen
eral appearance marks her a splendid study
in criminology.
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takes his appointed place to assist in serv-
ing the guns.
If you would arouse the sailors anger
and contempt, pity his hard life and poor
pay Hard, indeed! Does he not live in
a sj,OOO,O0O home, with corps of trained
cooks in his menage, surgeons at his call,
a bed that accommodates itself to every
lurch of the vessel His marketing ID
done for him by the paymaster; his cloths
ing made by New York tailors; and his
money is but to spend with lavish hand in
the various ports of the world Jack
refuses to see how he could be otherwise
than contented. True, he growls; the
more contented. the more he growls. for
that is the tar's way Of expressing salts
faction with his lot.
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THE MARKETS

The wholesale market remains steady
and very few changes are taking place
from one week to another. The green
stuff has not arrived in any great abund-
ance, although there are some dollhouse
radishes and lettuce on the market.
Eggs are firm at 10 cents.
The following prices were quoted by
the wholesale men to the jobbers this
morning;
MEAT AND PROVISIONS
Fresh NIeat.-Cow beef. nc; steer beef,
7$Ic; veal, Stdl0e; pork, SIC; mutton,
S@slac.
Provisions Hams, l31a@l4e ID; break
fast bacon, Ice; bellies, fresh, l212c.
VEGETABLES.
Yakima potatoes, S24a25; carrots. yJc
sack; rutabagas, 75c salls; California cab,
bage 2Ac h.; California tomatoes. 500
box; celery. 65a75e doz.; radishes, l0c doz.
lunches; lettuce. sl60@l75 box; Oregon
onions. S3@3.25; Yakima onions. $2.25G
$50 cwt.; green onions, Zoe dozen lunches;
Hubbard squash. &c Id; rhubarb, loo ID. !;
dollhouse radishes Soc doz.; dry Chill pep
pers, 25c H.. cueumbers, Sl.50@l.75 doz +;
parsley, 25c doz
GREEN FRUIT. ETC.
Apples. cooking, 75eGSl box; Baldinws,
Wagners, Northern Spies, SI0O@I25 box;
Winesaps, Sl50dl75; Ben Davis, SlOO
ALPS; Red Cheek Pippins, sl.25Cql 40;
Redands oranges, Sl.50@2.4O box; lemons.
S2.50d3.00 box; cranberries, 5000; Persian
dates. 5@6e ID; bananas S2.50@30O bunch;
seedless grapefruit, $3.50 box.
NUTS.
English walnuts. No. l. lake n Chill
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OFFERS TO BUILD
ROAD FOR SPOKANE

SPOKANE, March I'D. C. Corbin,
who has Just returned from New York. an
nounced last night that he viii build a
standard gauge frst-class railroad from
Spokane to a connection with the Canadian
Pacific, provided the citizens of Spokane
will donate right-of-way and terminal
grounds. The road, if built, will be OPP
Grated in connection with the Canadian
Pacific and under traffic agreement with
that companY.
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RANCHER VISITED
BY WHITECAPS

SPOKANE, March I7.-Charles W.
Thomas, prominent rancher and stock
man, living on Narcise creek, ten miles
east of Colville, rode to town yesterday
and reported that about u o'clock Tues
day night he was most outrageously as.
saulted by band of seven whtecaps.
Thomas, who is bachelor, claims that
when he opened the door a man seized
him by the collar and five others followed
into the room. With violent oaths thew
threw rope around his neck, dragged
him around his house, forcing him to
kneel and pray to them for mercy and
finally they beat and kicked him into in.
sensibility.
He bears the marks of rough usage and
is unable to account for the assault.
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chile in &c company's employ.
HUI alleges IN his complaint that on
the afternoon Of April 25, 1902, a pie y,
lumber fell upon his body. iniuring his
legs and spine. The accident was due to
the incompetency of the laborers en-
pleyed IN loading the lumber.
Govnor Teats appears for the plaintiff
and i. 5 Grosscup for the defense.
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ONE DAMAGE SUIT
FOLLOWS ANOTHER

After Judge Hanford had charged the
jury this morning in the case of Ella
Sehwiesow against the Tacoma Railway &
Power company, the hearing of another
damage suit was Immediately commenced.
This was the case of T. S. Hull against
the Northern Pacific Railway company
The plaintiff seeks to recover damages to
the extent of $4,000 for injuries received
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GLIMPSES
TIDES FOR FRIDAY.

The Canadian steamer Sekirk discharged
lo4 tons of copper matte at the smelter
last night. 1t came from Ladysmth and
is valued at $4,000.
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ONE OF The MOST HARDENED
WOMEN CRIMINALS ON COAST

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, March l7.-Alice
Roeper, alias Ellen johnson, alias Mrs
Grady, 90 years OF age aud one o. the
cleverest counterfeiters That the secret
service agents OF Uncle Sans treasury de-
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ROME, March 1.-THE pope today sent
St. Patrick's day greetings to the Irish
college, saying that he will remember the
Irish people in his prayers today
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FORT WORTH, Tex, March l7.-Fira
is raging in the oil fields on Batson prairie,
Several tanks have exploded, spreading the
flames. The loss thus far amounts to
81 ,000,0 900.
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WILL
not OCCUR

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 1.-THE
counting of the miners votes began at 10
O'Clock this morning. 1t is thought about
three-fifths are against a strike
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The Str. Greyhound IS now on the run
from Tacoma to Olympia. "''