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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Representatives of Various Societies
Meet With Mrs. Porter.

The Womans Board of Missions Of
the Christian church held a very i'm
portant meeting Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. C. M. Porter, on
North Eighth street. The meeting
was largely attended, there being
present more than fifty members and
visitors from other churches and 9TH
er societies. Invitations had been ex-
tended to the ladies of the missionary
societies of all the other churches OF
the city, and every organization and
every church but one in the city was
represented. The meeting was quite
remarkable and productive Of great
and permanent good.
A definite program has been ar
ranged and this aside from being en-
PERTAINING was instructive and inspir.
ing, and the occasion may result in an
organization or a union of the various
missionary societies of the city.
The feature of the program was a
talk or al address from the ladies Of
the various churches in explanation
of the work their particular church
was doing in the missionary field.
Methods and ways and means were
discussed and shown and in many
caes the work of one society was a
revelation to the others.
The ladies who spoke and the
churches represented were as fol-
lows:
Mrs. R. M. Patterson Methodist
church.
Mrs. E. A. McFarlan - Baptist
church.
Mrs. H. S. neutrality-suspicious.
church.
Mrs. William Burnside - United
Presbyterian church.
Mrs. A. F. Mareness-First Presby-
terrain church.
Mrs. Jed Taylor-Christian church.
The program was varied with a.
number of musical numbers. A quar-
tet, Mrs. H. o. Davis, Mrs. Chas Gar
ner, Mrs. Eugene White and Mrs.
DR.. Rodgers sang a beautiful selec.
ton. , Mrs.Lee Long favored the com,
pany with a solo, 81 Heard the Voice
of Jesus Say"
. Refreshments were served by Mrs.
Porter, and during the course of the
luncheon Beryl Wells and Anna
Deutschmann entertained the ladies
with a number Of duets, guitar and
piano. After the refreshments the
ladies spent some little time in a gen.
eral social that proved as thoroughly
enjoyable as the other parts of the
afternoon had been.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
RUN OVER BY WAGON.
Little Helen Sewers is Painfully
But Not Seriously Hurt.

Little Helen Sewers, aged eleven
years, met with a painful accident
Saturday afternoon near her home
southwest OF the city. The child in
attempting to climb upon a wagon
heavily loaded with corn, slipped and
fell beneath the wheel. Before the
team could be stopped the wheel had
passed over the child's Dody.
M~iraculously the little girl escaped
without serious injury, being only
badly bruised by the experience. AL.
most as she fell, the wheels on the
opposite side of the wagon slipped in.
to a rut, throwing the weight Of the
heavy load on that side. The wagon
passed diagonally over her right leg
and hip.
The little girl is the daughter OF
Sr. and Mrs. Dot Sewers, who live
south of town on the Sewers farm.
She was playing with some compan-
ions near the old Huber place on the
Beacon road, not far from her home,
when the accident occurred.
Helen viii probably be all right in
a few days, but is very stiff and sore
at the present time as a result of her
accident.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
LEaVENED BREAD
Has Been Mans Constant Mainstay
From Time XmmemOriaI.

Has Been Mans Constant Mainstay
From Time XmmemOriaI.
Some writer mas said that ''The first miller
emerging from his savage state, with no
thought save hunger, plucked the wheat
from the stock, and, using his teeth for mill
stones, ground the first grist for a customer
who would not be denied-his stomach"
Thus gaining experience by test in the food
line, it would be only natural for this miller
to lay up a quantity Of grain against an hour
Of need. Just when he commenced grinding
his wheat in the rude stone mortar and
moistening the -four preparatory to baking
it in the ashes of his camp fire, and just
when it was found that an old piece of dough
III 4 fresh batch made il better OF 'leagenede
it, is beyond the reach of historians. Ger
tain it is that though the principle was the.
same thousands of years ago as it is to-day
it has remained for the makers of Yeast
Foam supply a yeast with all the true
leavening powers minus the properties that
produce sour, 'runny" or soggy bread. This
is the yeast that took the first grand prize
at the st. Louis Exposition, and revolution
ICES the bread making in every home where
it is used because much better bread can be
made with it from any -four.
Yeast Foam is purely vegetable, being
made of the best malt, corn, hops and other
healthful ingredients. The factory is also
the ~cleanest and best equipped in the world.
This yeast is the only kind that preserves
in the bread all the delicious flavor and
nutritive value of the wheat. The bread
made with it is always sweet and wholesome
and stays moist until used. Forty lOaveso Of
bread can be made from one &c package
The makers of Yeast Foam are giving out d
new book called Good Bread How to
Make t." This little book, Invaluable in
its way, has twenty-six Illustrations in c~Olors,
and tells how to make all kinds of bread
biscuits, buns and rolls, as well as contain
ing other recipes which win be found in
valuable in the home. The way of prepar-
ing the different recipes is very clear and
comprehensive. The book will be sent free
to any one sending their name and address,
with a request for same, to the Northwestern
Yeast Company, Chicago, I'll. Every wO-
man who bakes should secure a copy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
FUNERAL
Successful Meeting Of the Sixth Dis
triet Association in Abba.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Foehlinger and
j. B. McCurdy, who were in attend.
ance at the meeting of the Sixth Dis.
trict Funeral Directors in Abba, held
during the week, have returned to
their homes in this city. They re.
port a very pleasant social gathering
in addition to a splendid convention
along the lines of their profession.
The officers chosen for the ensuing
year are as follows: Chas. Wildman,
of Lynnville, president; ]. G.. Rey-
nolds, of Washington, vice president;
Sol Loranz, of Bloomfield, secretary
treasurer. The association is pros.
pering financially and now has over
one hundred dollars in the treasury.
The next meeting will be held in Cen.
terville.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
LYNCH GETTING BETTER,
Is Not Crazy, as Reported, as Result
of His Wounds.

Fremont Gazette: Arthur Lynch
was shot by Johnson Martin, Friday
morning, December %, 1904. Taken
to the home Of Harry WEIGH, where he
remained until Jan. 4, 1905, when he
was conveyed to his own home, a dis
lance OF 81 miles. For ten days af-
ter he was shot the pain in his head
was so intense that the services of
three men were needed constantly to
keep him On his bed and under con-
troll. After this ne began to show
rapid improvement and was moved to
his home on Jan. 4th as above stated.
He ate at-the table with his family
for the first time on Thursday, Jan.
IL, 1905, just three weeks after ne
war shot. From that time up to
about the 23d inst. he was up and
down, suiting his own feelings as to
where he took his meals. On Sun.
day morning, Jan. 20, five weeks af.
ter he was shot, he came to Fremont
to visit his brother, VIM. Lynch, and
remained until Monday evening when
he returned home.
He suffers absolutely no pain ex-
cept that when he lies for a length Of
time in a certain position he will have
pains in his head near the ear oppo-
site to where the bullet entered. He
has a splendid appetite, and feels all
right except that he is weak, having
lost forty pounds in weight during
four weeks confinement. This
talk about his being crazy, blind or
irrational at times is all bosh.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
HAPPY oOCIAL PARTY.
Mrs. w. r. Lacey is Hostess of An
Event Of Much Enjoyment.

Mrs. w. R. Lacey entertained the
members of the "Old Ladies' Birthday
Club" at her pleasant home on FRS
avenue east Thursday evening at si1
o'clock dinner and the affair was enc
of the happiest social events ever en-
joyed by the club. An elaborate four
course dinner was served and much
enjoyed by the ladies present. Fol
lowing the dinner various forms Of
diversion were employed and the ev
ening was pleasantly passed. The
game of "KlOndike" was INDUCED in
to the entertainment of all, but the
part of the evenings entertainment
affording the greatest amount OF
pleasure and fun was a guessing con,
test. The names OF the guests were
taken as the subject of a conundrum
and little cards bearing the descrip.
ton of the person or the conundrum
or whatever it might be called, were
passed around. Prizes were offered
to the person guessing the greatest
number of the names described. Mrs.
F. e. Smith proved her ability at
guessing, while Mrs. William Morris
received consolation favors. The
list of questions and the names are
here appended:
A common and a political exclama-
tion-O'Hara.
A way to serve oysters and a rela-
tion-Rawson.
A letter Of the alphabet and a fence
common in pioneer days-Crail.
Something we all r heir to-
Paine.
An article of food and something
most women possess-Reisman.
A caress-Hugg.
A synonym for cobwebby-Lacey.
A well known city-Atchison.
A characteristic of the north pole
Frost.
Something every girl thinks lice
and a letter of the alphabet-Boyer.
To squeeze 1000 pounds-Preston.
A name beloved by Mromons-
Smith.
Remains of a forest fire-Stumps.
Something generally ending in
bloodshed and a common dog-Fra-
ker.
A kind of meat and a term familiar
to soldiers-Hammes.
Name of a tree and a proposition
Lindner.
An adjective and a verb-Morris.
A sculptor's material and a heavy
weight-Clayton.
A color and a man-Redman.
A nickname and a part Of the body
-Janney.
A steep bank-Cliff.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.
Occasions That VIII Be Observed
During Coming Year.

Supt j. p. Dodds has received a
copy of a new pamphlet issued by
State Superintendent j.. f. Riggs.
1t is entitled Holidays and Hallow-
ed Days" and contains a mass of
valuable material, such as appro-
pirate poems, prose selections, mot
toes, quotations. etc, model pro-
grams and other helpful hints to
teachers. The days especially re-
ferred 10 and which are usually OBJ.
served in the public schools in os-
kaloosa are Flag day, February %;
Arbor and Bird day, April 2S; Mem
orial day, May 30; Thanksgiving
day, November 30. and Christmas,
December rs. Flag day commemor.
ates the birthday or George Wash
ington, February %, and Abraham
Lincoln, February ~.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
DRUNK WHEN FROZEN.
coRoNER's JURY so DECIDES IN
HOUSTON WEBB INQUEST
THIS AFTERNOON.

Although Houston Webb came tc
his death from freezing, while in a
drunken condition, as the verdict re.
turned by the coroner's jury this af
ternoon shows, there is a battling
mystery surrounding the death of the
man. Webb was staggering drunk
when last seen by his neighbors, and
was abandoned in this condition by
his brother, who went on home. This
was at four o'clock Tuesday after.
noon. Next morning the brother,
Samuel Webb, pricked by his con,
science, started out to look for the
missing man Unsuccessful in dis
coveringhim at any neighbor's, Webb
started across the selds and found
the man lying in the snow a quarter
of a mile from his home. According
to the testimony of the physician and
undertaken, the man had been dead
but a few hours. According to ex-
perts he was alive until 5 o'clock on
Wednesday morning.
Where was Robert Houston Webb
between four o'clock Tuesday after
noon and five o'clock wednesday
morning? The testimony at the in
quest could throw no light upon this
matter. 1t is battling to Coroner
Foehlinger and the other authorities.
Webb had on other occasions been
in the habit, when drunk, of lying
down and sleeping, according to the
testimony of A. j. Todd, an old neigh.
Dor. While intoxicated, according
to Todd, the man had dropped on the
hillside on former occasions and spent
the night asleep in the open air. Ac>
cording to evidence also, the deceas-
ed was staggering badly when aban-
doned by his brother, and had fallen
several times before they parted.
A hint of a quarrel which parted
the two brothers appeared in. the evil
dence of Dennis Shaw, who testified
from hearsay that Samuel Webb had
quarreled with his brother before
they parted and that he said if Rob
ert had not been his brother he would
have struck him.
nv uSohoy hISAI i oIOMC Gu, uhLll uNS
O'Clock in the morning. Wednesday
morning where the body was found
the snow was rolled down and pack
ed solidly. Twenty feet from where
the body was found was a stump
which bore bloou stains. From the
stump to the body the snow was
stained with blood. Webb's
face was cut and bruised Slightly,
evidently from a fall against this
Snow had fallen all night, but
the body was free from snow. The
was all packed down in the
space surrounding the body. There
were no tracks in the snow leading
to or from the body.
Such was the tangle of evidence
to the coroner's Jury THIS
morning. There was nothing tangi-I
bic except that the man was drunk,
had been abandoned, and had frozen
to death. The jury laid the cause toI
those conditions. Serving as jurors
were J. S. Capel, Ben Cruzen and
Kent.
AN AuhSAol 'oL IAS uSCSdSSu IOOh
place from the Foehlinger undertake
ing rooms at l o'clock p. m., today.
lnterment was made in Old cemetery.
The verdict Of the jury was as fol.
I'VE find that the said deceased
came to his death by exposure to
the cold while in an intoxicated
condition"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09

The Improved Order of Redmen,
together with their ladies' auxiliary,
the degree of P~ocahontas, are max.
ing preparations for a great social
event to be held in Turner Hall on
First Avenue West, on Wednesday
evening, February %. The dance
Will be at the hall with music fur
nished by the Burke orchestra. Sup
per will be served at Asher's. Com
mittees in several departments are
now at work on arrangements.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09
EGG MARKET coRNERED.
Chicago Packers VIII Raise Prices t.
Fifty Cents a Dozen.

Pittsburg, Feb. 4.-Local produce
men say they have evidence that the
Chicago packers have cornered the
egg market, and predict the price will
advance to so cents. Both Swift and
Armour are 0 offering storage eggs
at "a cents a dozen, but for immediate
delivery only.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-02-09

The town of Burlington is expert
encing more than one kind Of reviv.
al. The new roller skating rink is
being literally p~atronized.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
Western Railroads Decide Upon
Livestock Rates.
WILL MAKE TEST CASE In COURT
To Obey Decision Of interstate Com
merce Commission Would Mean
Heavy Loss To Roads.

Chicago, March 2. - Executive Off
cials of Western railroads today decid-
ed to ignore the order of the Interstate
Commerce commission requiring them
to charge no higher rates for livestock
than are charged for the transportation
of the products of livestock. By the
advice of general counsel the matter
will be tested in the courts, as the rail-
roads have determined that it will be
impossible either to lower the livestock
rates or to increase the rates on pack
ing house products. There is an in
clination to do the latter, but the con-
tract which the Great Western road has
with the packers for an 18-cent rate
between Chicago and the Missouri
river makes such action impracticable.
A reduction In livestock rates in
compliance with the decision of the
commission would mean minimum
reduction of 81 cents per 100 pounds
and maximum reduction of about 8
cents, and the reductions would affect
fully 40 per cent of all the livestock
traffic west of Chicago. A compliance
with the commissions order by re-
duction in the livestock rates would
mean, it is now estimated, loss to
western railroads of at least 81, 900, ,000
annually. They say that such loss,
in view of the contention of the rail
road officials that the rates are even
now unremunerative, is not to be
thought of.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
CRASH HEAD-ON.
Express and Freight Trains Meet on
Curve in Montana.

Express and Freight Trains Meet on
Curve in nMontana.
Missoula, Mont, March Z. - Two
men are dead and six people injured as
the result Of collision of q freight
train and the west-bound Twin Cities
express on the Northern Pacific at
Bearmouth this afternoon at 2:30.
The express was 80 minutes behind
time and the freight had orders to wait
at Bearmouth siding. Engineer Shee-
han misunderstood his orders and pro-
ceeded east. AS the freight rounded
the curve east of Bearmouth it crashed
head on into the express.
A high bank shut off the view of both
engineers, and no attempt had been
made to slow down. Both engines
were thrown from the track and the
mail and express cars telescoped, but
the passenger coaches came to dead
stop and remained on the track.
The dead and injured were brought
to this city on a relief train. The in
jured are being cared for in the COM
pany hospital. Traffic has been re-
sumed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10

lected for the ceremony, a carpet Of
straw being laid down. 1t is usually
a bitter cold day, but the people are
eager and happy. They arrive on foot
or In sledges, dressed in the pictur-
esque national attire, All of the horses
are gayly decorated with worsted ia
vors and tassels
gaged in stirring barrel of water 10
keep it from freezing. At 10 o'clock,
heralded by the sound Of many brass
instruments. the priests leave the
church preceded by troop Of cavalry.
With them are borne numbers Of ~
hgiors embIems and banners. The
priests chant as they march to tho
quay. where they 30 through the spe-
cial form Of blessing the waters Of the
country. No matter how severe the
weather no word Of the long service
10 omitted.
The water is distributed among the
people, who treasure the few drops
which fall to their share as an anti
dote against the evil eye and other
fearsome Ills. The straw is eagerly
grabbed up after the ceremony to per-
form the same ONCE for horses and
cattle. Until few years ago 1t was
the custom to cut a hole in the ice Of
a stream and into this hole cross was
cast The Roumanian men d1ved for
this and the fortunate man could car
~ it for three days and collect money.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
FOR GERMAN TRADE.
Overtures for Reciprocity Treaty are
Being Quietly Made.

Overtures for Reciprocity Treaty are
Being Quietly Made.
Berlin, March t. Relative to the
German governments overtures for q
reciprocal trade arrangement with the
United States, it is stated that there is
no disposition here to expose Germany
to a refusal nor to place the United
States in position where it would be
obliged to refuse, provided the Ameri-
can government regards the time in
opportune. Therefore the German
ministry desires to learn, informally,
privately, as it were, how such a pro-
posal would be treated.
That the state department has some
idea that the commercial treaty may
be discussed is indicated by its inten-
tion to retain Consul General Mason
here for some months or until it is seen
whether commercial treaty would be
considered, instead of sending him to
Paris.
The German government has been
testing public opinion on the subject
by unofficial publications, such as the
Commercial Treaty associations recent
leatter advocating treaty with the
United States, arguing that it is one OF
the natural consequences of Germany's
arrangements with other countries
The editorial treatment of the associa.
tion's letter was generally favorable.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
POISON in VIAL.
Mrs. Leland Stanford Drinks Fatal
Dose and Dies in Agony.

Mrs. Leland Stanford Drinks a Fatal
Dose and Dies in Agony.
Honolulu, March L. - Mrs. Jane
Lathrop Stanford, of San Francisco,
widow of United States Senator Leland
Stanford, died at 11:4O o'clock last
night, 40 minutes after she was taken
ill, at the Moano hotel here, under
suspicious circumstances, pointing, in
the opinion of the physician who at
tended her in her dying hour, and
seemingly in that of others, to poison
ing by the administration Of strychnine
in vial of bicarbonate of soda given
just before retiring.
An autopsy on the remains showed
that the cause of death was tetanus of
the respiratory organs, but how this
was brought about will not be known
until after an examination of the con-
tents of the stomach.
Mrs. Stanford built the children g
hospital, Albany, N. Y, costing $780,
900, and supported by an endowment
of 500, 900 more. She also gave $780,
900 to kindergarten schools in San
Francisco. Since the death of her hus-
band Mrs. Stanford had devoted her
attention to the development of the
university, and had been residing al
Palo Alto, Cal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
IN DEATH GRIPS.
Battle RACES Along Entire Front Of
Two Great Armies.

OdluS ndSSS VioH6 GHtTS tEort "
Two Great Armies.
St. Petersburg, March Last even
ing's news from Manchuria is of the
most important nature, the Associated
Press dispatches from Mukden, which
were transmitted at noon of Tuesday,
indicating that general battle was be-
ginning along the whole of the 100
miles of front occupied by the two
armies. General Kuropatkin appears
to have taken leaf out of Field Mar
shal Oyama's book and replied to Gem
eral Kuroki's attack on the Russian
left by counter attack on the Japanese
left, in which General Kaulabrs' initial
success is better for the Russians than
the success of General Grippenberg,
the Russian vanguard being establish
ed in the outskirts of Sandiapu. At
the same time General Kuropatkin de-
livered a blow against the japanese
center, seizing railroad bridge across
the Shakhe river. These reports,
therefore, give more hopeful aspect to
the situation, as the Russian army,
though driven out of Da pass, appears
to have succeeded in stopping, at least
for the moment, the further advance of
the Japanese eastward and beaten off
the attack on the center.
The effect of yesterdays develop
ments on General Kuropatkin's report
ed intention to withdraw from the
Shakhe is problematical. Retirement
in the face of an enemy, which is ex-
tremely hazardous under any circum-
stances, are doubly dangerous when
the armies are graphing in general
engagement; but, if General Kuroki
succeeds in rolling up the Russian left
much further, the perilous experiment
may become necessary. The counter
strokes on the right and center may
possibly be intended to cover the with
drawal of trains and stores. If, how
ever, General Kuropatkin is deter
mined to stand and fight out the battle
on the lineup he has held during the
winter and if he should be able to ad-
minister vigorous check to General
Kuroki, he has scored good position
for his second move in the great game
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-10
Double t.unishment

A young woman went into New
York restaurant for her lunch, but aft
er glance at the tablecloths and a
sniff of the close air, says the New
York Sun, she decided not to eat. there,
and started to go out The proprietor
thought that she was leaving without
paying for a meal, and stopped her.
In order to avoid hurting his feelings
by telling the truth, the girl said:
i II find 1 have forgotten my purse,
so can't eat here now" She was
hurrying on, but the generous mans
heart was touched.
My dear girl" he exclaimed, you
sit right down and eati No young
woman is going out Of my place hum
CRY because she hasn't her money with
her. You eat now, and tomorrow you
can come In and pay me-"
The young woman sat miserably
down and tried to eat, and as she left.
hiding her purse, she walled: That's
what I get for lying! And I've got to
come around to this place again to-
morrow, toov'