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The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
IS ACCUSED OF THEFT
Prominent Young Farmer Charged
... With Stealing Whips.

A prominent young farmer named
Flemmlng, from the Peoria neighbor.
hood, was arrested Saturday evening
by acting Chief James Glass of the
city police, on a charge of larceny.
Flemmlng is accused of stealing bug.
gy whips and similar articles.
The young man denies all knowl.
edge OF the thefts, and the evidence
against him Is circumstantial. He
was held On 5000 bonds for trial In
Justice Bacon's court.
Officer Glass was informed Satur.
day evening that the actions Of a
person answering Flemmlng's descrip'
tipn were suspicious, and that he had
been hiding several whips In q buggy
o. the south side of the square. OF.
hcer Glass waited at the buggy for the
young man for over an hour, and was
there discovered by VIII Stein, who
was hunting a stolen whip and u stol.
en- coat which had been taken from
his buggy. Both were found In the
rig being watched, and q little later
Flemming came up to unhtich his
team, and was arrested. He contln.
ucd to assert his innocence.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
IN OREGON.
Mira, crassn writes 81 Pleasant rrlp
70 the Coast.

Cottage ureen, Oregon. Mag co.
Thinking this mofninn ~ the prepar'
ailohs Cos Memorial services, n
brought % my minds esn The scenes
~ our home town. uekaloosa, and
brought with n d desire t0 let you
know. We left on the Central at 1910
b. ms ON the sad ~ May, were In sc.
Paul over an hour, from there
through 20 Portland, Oregon, We
WIRE on the Pullman through train.
The accommodations were f~rst.ciass.
The scenery from the observation
car, which by the way was the last
car, was very ane, The charges very
reasonable. In the dining car one
can get anything the appetite calls
for OF a meal for st.Oo.
The wonderful country In the
north, 80 much read about In the
lnter.o Ocean, failed TO make a favor.
able impression on the Iowa people
aboard the train, and there were 9th.
ers besides the Cruzens, and of
course opinions were expressed.
We went through hundreds OF miles
OF sage brush, with not q human be.
Ing in sight. At Livingston w stopp-
ed long enough to get the refreshing
air, and saw two mountains, they be-
ing, as we supposed, one.half mile
or so distant. 1t was twenty-five
miles to one and fourteen to the
other. We saw the Crazy mountains
on the left and the Muscle Shell
mountains on the right, also the
Buttes, or foothills of the Rockies.
We were among the Rockies Thurs.
day p. m Arrived at Spokane Fri.
day moor Were In the Cascade
mountains Friday about 4 o'clock p.
m. On these mountains not a shrub
could be seen. We went through
Ave tunnels. The longest one is
2M miles In length and we were %
minutes In passing through. The as.
cent between Livingstone and BoZe-
man Is 5000 feet. In Montana the
ascent In twenty miles Is 10000 feet.
| had a drink of clear cold water
from a spring called the Springdale
springs, which tasted like our snow
water at home.
We arrived at Cottage Grove Sat.
uday at 3 D. m. Found the folks In
good health. We are planning a fish,
ing and hunting trip before going to
Portland to the exposition. Got ac-
quainted with a family from Iowa
Falls, G. W. Turner, who desired me
to send regards to DR.. Hunter.
May 20. NGsidam.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
WOODMEM MEMORIAL
-Four New Monuments In Forest
Cemetery Are Unveiled.

Sunday, June 4, 1905, was observed
as unwilling day by the oSkalocsa
lodge Of Woodmen of the World, and
the dedication OF four monuments
erected TO the memory of departed
brothers was attended by elaborate
ceremonies occupying the greater part
of the afternoon.
The lodge membership met at the
hail ut two o'clock and formed IN or.
der for parade and march to tho cem
etery, where the unwilling ccremon.
les we're held, The procession was
formed on High avenue, under the d..
rection OF Marshall John N. Martin.
In the following order:
Iowa Brigade Band.
Omcers Of OskalOoga Camp No. 90,
w. o. w.
Members Of Camp No. 20, OSkaIoo.
80 W. 0. w.
Relatives Of deceased soverelgns In
carriages.
Speakers In landeaus.
Members Of OBkaloosa tribe OF Red
Men and ~Pocahontas, having been IN.
ylted by special committee, Joined In
the procession, as they Observed
memorial service at the cemetery at
the same hour.
Arrived at the cemetery, tho graves
Of the departed brothers VI the or.
der were appropriately decorated.
Brief dedlcatoFy services we're held
at tho graves Of those brothers dc.
ceased since the last unwilling q year
ago. The chief unwilling ceremony
was held at tho grave Of Sovereign
Lcwellyn, the engineer who vas kill.
I'd last year at n railway wreck o q
81. Louis. The monuments unveiled
Were at the graves OF II. y. Reuter-,
w. A. Cowan, II. y. McFadden and
David Lewellyn.
Then followed an address by Mel
r. RcdfieId OF Omaha, who was del.
egated by the management Of the
head camp 10 represent the order at
the unwilling. The gentleman spoke
OF the ground principles Of Woodcraft,
as established by the World Brother.
hood.
The principal address Of the after
noon was delivered by Major John
y. Lacey Of this city. The gentleman
delivered an address appropriate TO
the occasion, euloglstic OF the de.
parted and expressing sentiments OF
a memorial character. The frater.
nal spirit that binds men together,
the universal brotherhood OF man,
and the desire TO hold fast TO that
which is good In that we seek to per.
Detuate and 10 keep sacred the mem.
oryy OF those who have lived and n.
bored an brothers In a common ef.
fort, were the themes Of the gentle
mans GRAFTON. The speaker was close
ly followed by the gathering,that was
augmented by the attendance OF a
large number OF people from the
city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
SHOULD BE IN BED.
Complaint Made Of Disturbance BY
Boys Late In Evening.

Small boys figure prominently in a
nelghborhood squabbble which has
been brought TO the attention of the
police by parties living in the vicinity
Of Seventh street and Sixth avenue,
who complain that the children are
offensive and noisy and will not play
in their " yards. The complain.
ing nelghbors allege that the children
make a practice Of yelling and shout.
ing after eight o'clock in the evening,
which is time for honest folk TO be
abed. A small lecture and a timely
warning were administered by acting
Chief James Glass to the offending
youngsters this morning.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
IN THE DISTRICTCOURT
Disposition of Various Matters by
Judge and Jury.

Judge John Il. Scott was called aa
Witness this morning in his court to
testify upon the matter OF the Nc,
Cauley estate fight. The work Of the
court for the morning also included
the examination OF DR.. Hugg, who
was recalled by the executors, Of At.
torney John o. Malcolm, acting for
Judge Bon Mccoy, and Of W. II. Lacey
and John A. Kalbach, who were the
Representatives Of the Forest Gene,
terry in tho matter.
Judge Scott was called by Attorney
James A. Dewitt who is conducting
the investigation Of the bills and fees
allowed by the administrators, and
was called upon to testify az 10 an
order for payment Of certain sums to
administrators and attorneys, which
II 10 claimed was made on March Is,
1902. The order was submitted TO
Judge Dewey, who was at that time In
the parlors Of the Downing hotel, II
is alleged, and was signed by him.
The order provided for the payment
Of $4,000 TO each the executors,
MeEsrs. TIugg and Howard, and the
attorneys, Judge Mccoy and II. II.
Haskell, according TO the allegations
now made. ..eE 70 ...
Before the Introduction Of Judge
Scott AZ a witness, Clerk Of the Court
Cliff y. WcBt was called upon and tho
record Of the court for the April term
In question, up TO April %, showed
that Judge Scott alone vas the pre-
siding Judge In the district court Of
Mabaska county.
The Judge was then called upon
and stated that the date Of the order,
April 10, was fixed in his mind DO.
cause Of being the date upon which
Mr.. Haskell, who obtained the order,
"a stricken with apoplcxy while In
the Downing hotel. He stated that
he was the presiding Judge al that
time, and tnat Judge Dewey held no
court In the open court Don on that
day. He further stated that Judge
Dewey had made no arrangements
with him about holding court on that
day, and that he had not been APP
preached by Judge Dewey 10 make
such arrangement. II did not speak
10 Judge Dewey on tho street." said
Judge Scott, land Judge Dewey did
not speak 10 me"
II was further stated that although
occasionally other judges held court
In the same county seat Is Judge
Scott, custom and courtesy rather do.
manded such IN arrangement with
the presiding Judge,
The evidence OF Mr.. Malcolm was
10 the effect that Mr.. McCoy's fees
were not excessive, and Mr.. Lacey on
the other hand expressed o belief that
they were. Mr.. Malcolm stated that
the rate OF payment for legal SER
vices ranged from $500 per day as
n maximum fee for trial Of n case I'm.
der some circumstances 10 az high
aB 10000 under others. The mini.
mum fee DC did not mention.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
RED men HONOR DEAD


The local lodge IL the lmpra,.t
Order u Ned Men held memorial ser,
Vices sunday afternoon MnA we're Ar.
cpmpanlud bs the Ladies' ut the da.
stree Of rocahontas. The lodges mel
a. their hall and The regular manlur.
lal service was held. They then
marched to the cemetery, where the
rltualistic work was observed. IL the
decoration Of the graves 90 the dc.
ceased members. The Oskaloosa tribe
has quite an extended memorial roll
Of twenty, thirteen OF this number
are Inferred In the Oakaloosa crmt.
Neries and seven are Inferred In othvr
cities,
The memorial roll OF the lodge,
with dates Of deaths, is as follows.
Buried in Forest cemetery
VIM Ramsey, 1877
H. G. Williams, oct 4, 1855.
J. H. Conn.
Thos, Hunter, Jan. 80, lSe0.
Adam Scott, Oct. 20, 1895.
u. o. Jones.
=. G, Herblg, Nov. 8, 1890.
James Davis, Dec, is, 1897.
n. q. Perry, May, 1900.
Joseph CASPER, Jan "a, 1909
Frank CASPER, Jan. "a, 1909.
j. j.. Lowellan, Nov, 1904
II. +. McFadden, Oct, 1901,
Buried out OF town.
John Paskln, Nov. il, 1891.
Calvin Payne, Jan, 20, 1883,
John Tippet, Sept. 20, 1897.
Alexander Gray, Jan. "a, 1902.
Michael Fox, Jan. "a, 1902
David Walters. Jan. "a, 1902
II, j. Roberts, Aug. /, 1904.
initiation Services.
A list of ten candidates was initial.
cd into the local tribe Saturday ev.
Dnlng and vas quite an event In the
History OF the order. A largo num-
Der Of the resident members were
present TO sec the fun and q number
OF visitors from Buxton aid Lakonta
were over 10 see the work done. u.
G. Delashmutt, q business man from
Wright, was also a visitor. Refresh.
ments were served following the in.
ltiatlon and a pleasant yocia! hour
was passed. The class Of candidates
was made up Of j. T. COycny, Fred
Hybl, John and oJsepb Perrin, Jos.
oph West, Emil NeimaI. Floyd Dam.
ernal, Gus DeCamp, James George, r.
s. Benlnato.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
sLAsHEp HIS THROAT.
Waterloo Man Kills Self In Horrible
Manner.

Davenport, June C.-J. q. Uliman,
OF Waterloo, Iowa, committed suicide
here, gaghing mis- throat with q pen
knife in his room and then stropplng
q razor, with which he finished the
work. His room was covered with
blood when he was found. The day
before he had been the victim Of q
confidence game, several Davenport
FOUNDERS selling him a saloon, which
proved 10 contain nothing but empty
beer kegs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
e SHIRTS GONE
John Rose Had to Put Up With Soil
ed Linen Sunday.

John Rose, who rooms over his
place Of business on High avenue
near g street, complains OF the loss OF
n big package OF laundry and clothing
Saturday night. John placed the
package high up In the covered stair
way leading TO his apartments where
1t was quite dark, while he cared for
some matters OF business at his place.
Returning a few minutes later to take
the package upstairs, he was unable
TO find It and the thief has made good
with the getaway.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
c. YER pLoEG,
Attorney.at.L law.

Over Pixies drug store.
once phone 34f; res. 1885 black.
(99.4Sm6J
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
n OLIVER CoNAwAY MRs. y, g. CoNAwAY
Eye and Ear Surgeon Diseases OF wome en-
DRs. coNAwAY

Chronic Diseases, Deformities and
Diseases OF the Eye and Ear.
Spectacles and eyeglasses correct.
ly fitted In gold and silver frames.
All surgical operations performed
satisfaction y guaranteed. once In
Frankel block, oskaloosa, Iowa.
Calls answered day or night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
BACK TO BREAD AND WATER.
Matt Hunter Works only Three Days
at the P~enItentlary.

Fort Madison, Ia, Jupe 5-Matt
Hunter, the Mount Ayr murderer,
Bcrying twenty-five years in the pcnI-
Tertiary here, did not stick TO his
good resolution and worked only three
days. He has again been placed on
bread and water and IL the same sui
len Hunter ag before.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08

The repairs being made TO the low
places In the pavement about the city
is an improvement generally appreci-
ated by those who drive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
LEROY Z. coRLETT
Lawyer--Notary Public.

once northwest orner square,
over oskaloosa Dry Goods Co. Home
phone 90. oskaloosa, Iowa. 31y1
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
MAYNE ARNOLD,
vskaloosa's Only Exclusive optleI'
and Eye-Sight Specialist.

Most successful in Iowa. Here TO
stay. 81 years experience. Eyes ex.
amined free. Opposite Spencer'B
great Wholesale building. Eye med.
icines free to all. Free glasses for
the poor Friday forenoons. Bring
letter from doctor or pastor OF
church.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-06-08
r L BARNES
Physician and Surgeon.

Physician and Surgeon.
ONCE hours, / TO 4 and 7 10 0 .. IN.
once and Residence Phone, 1876. OF.
fee over Pfeifer.Belmont store, oska.
loosa, Iowa. 34y1
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TRAGEDIES Of HISTORY
WONDERFUL LIFE OF BAIiDwTy
OF OoNSTANTINoPIE.

1hc Wrath of Fate Concentrated on
The Close of His Adventurous life.
Strange Adventures and Mi~sfortunes
Of a Turkish Pripce-An Old Time
Building.
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A Revelation.

Representative Burleson, of Texas,
raises what would be termed in his
state a mighty lot of cotton, says
The New York world. He is often
times unable to get labor to pick it.
During the last cotton picking season
the negroes got up a big revival meet
ing, and there was little work done
and hundreds of pounds of cotton were
being lost. Some of the best pickers
got religion" and wen off to preach.
One of the best hands on the place went
to MI. Burleson one morning and told
him of a vision.
Il see de big white clouds a-rollin'
aroun' an a-tumblin' an a turnin', an
on dem clouds was de letter P. c. in
blazin' fire"
We'll, what of it?" Mr.. Burleson
asked, s~uspecting hat his cotton-pick-
er had got religion" What do you
think those letters P. C. stood for?"
"Dey STAINS for preach Christ ,
declared the darby, IAN means Use got
to go out an preach"
Not at, all, Moses, not at ALL" an
swered Mr.. Burleson. THE letters P.
c.. stands for Pick cotton n you get
your sack and go out or the devil will
get you sure"
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Deaf Are Never Seasick.

Strange thing, blu do you know
that deaf persons can never get sea
said an old surgeon in the
of one Of the local trans
Atlantic lines recently. This was
found out" he said, when a whole
of deaf mutes went abroad
some years ago and, despite a partic-
ularly rough passage, none of them
wanted to lie on the deck and beg
to heave them overheard.
That's the seasick feeling, you know
A little investigation proved that the
stomach nerves are mostly controlled
those of the ear, and hat deaf per-
sons are not nearly SO liable to the
nausea hat comes from the rolling
of a ship as are others
The experiment of saturating a ball
of cotton with cocain and thus dulling
the hearing has been tried by ship sur
geons since. 1t gives relief to those
who dread my sort of a sea voyage,
but, after all, the best way to do Is
to feed the fishes and get over it,
Press.
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Mr.. George Westinghouse, the famous
inventor of the air brake, has a remark
able power over men, says The Worlds
Work. An incident demonstrating this
occurred in the presidents Office in one
of the largest Pittsburg banks a few
years ago. The presidents private tele-
phone rang several times, and finally
answering it the president said: Mr..
Smith is not in now"
A visitor hearing the remark look
ed astonished, and asked: Mr.. Smith,
why did you tell him that o were
not in?"
Mr.. Smith answered.: THAT was Mr..
Westinghouse at the other end Of the
line. He is a peculiar man and has a
marvellous influence over other men.
It is impossible to refuse him when
he asks for anything. He wants me
to come to see him, n should I go
and he asked me for a large sum OF
money I would let him have it. And
we are mo- now in a position to make
the lOan.'
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bonnet ready and begin to feel how it
feels to be a wildly"
A street car line took Mr.. Bowser out
among the farmers. Only n unpleas-
ant incident happened en- route. A small
boy and his father were on the car,
and, after looking at Mr.. Bowser for a
long time, the small boy queried:
Father, is that a Nimrod?"
ut may be a Nimrod, my son, or it
may be a burned fco.-it's hard to tell."
Half a mile beyond the terminus of
the car line the hunter turned into the
fields, and his heart was instantly re-
joiced. There were tracks in the snow
thousands of tracks-and it seemed to
him as if all the rabbits in the country
had been playing in that locality. Find
ing q rabbit track and finding the rab-
bit who made it are two different
things, however. as Mr.. Bowser soon
came to know.
He peered into hollow stumps and
behind them. he looked up into tree
tops and down into hollows, he trailed
the hopping hare to right and left and
held his gun ready to shoot, but he
walked miles, and hours went by, and
the main ingredient for that rabbit pie
vas still lacking.
Now and then he encountered a farm
er and asked him where the lair of the
elusive hare could be found, but no
two answered him alike. Some told
him to keep right on for five miles far
Their and then turn to the left and go
on for four miles, and some said that
there was no idiot asylum within a dis
lance Of fifteen miles.
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as Mrs.
Bowser was planning a good dinner for
her absent Nimrod, a farmer looking
man rang the doorbell, and she admit
ted him.
sis this Mrs. BowserT" he asked.
sit is"
"Is your husband short and stout and
baldheaded?"
"Yes."
"And did he go out into the country
today to shoot rabbits?"
HE did"
"Well, mum, I've got something to
tell you. He came along to my place
looking for the hopping hare, as he call
ed 1t, and he blazed away at a chip
munk on the fence and killed two tur-
keys and wounded a calf, and a o N
stable is holding him In the barn until
he shall pay SIS damages. He didn't
have but s. with him, and I'm here TO
see IL you want to pay the balance and
let him come"
Mrs. Bowser sent the ransom and
: waited. Five hours later as she sat in
the sitting room the front door softly
opened and closed, and ghostly foot
steps assembled the stairs. A ghostly
man sat down hard on a chair in the
family bedroom. and a ghostly grunt OF
relief came floating down to her ears.
She could have zone up TO investigate
or she could have called from the foot
Of the stairs. but she did neither. She
put on her hat and went owe to a
neighbors for an hour to give Mr.. Bow-
ser a chance to get a bite to eat and get
to bed II. QUAD.
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The Bold

Colonel Albert A. Pope, says The Gin
cinnati Enquirer. was talking about a
man who, at an automobile race had
rejoiced greatly, thinking his own cal
had won, when, as a matter of fact
the victor had been another mans car
of similar construction, which he had
mistaken for his own
Poor fellow" said Colonel Pope, "he
felt, I fancy, like a young friend OF
mine, who took his pretty wife to the
theatr the other night.
After the play was ver and my
friend and his pretty bride had gone
into their carriage, and were on their
way home. she leaned toward him af-
fectionately and said:
Dear, you shouldn't have squeezed
my hand while we were coming out OF
the theatre. When I squeezed back ]
meant for you to STOP.
me? Why. stammered the hus-
band, I never touched your hand"
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Bowser Is a Hunter
Gets a Gun and Starts Out to Bas Rabbits-His Wife Strsa6l
Objects and Reminds Him He Knows Nothing Absvt
firearms, Which Rouses His Indifn,t;en.

and don't know about such things, bu,
when you spoke OF going hunting it did
seem to me ihat-that'-
1T seemed TO you what, madamT'
THAT a mans pcrson-who had new
er fired a gun
Madam
Il q person who-who"-
Stop right there. or I viii not an.
swer for results"
Poor Mrs. Bowser was putting her
foot into il deeper and deeper. and she
shut her lips for good. Only 4 few
words passed from that hour to bed
time, and when she awoke i'm the morn
ing Mr.. Bowser was all dressed. He had
dreamed of rabbits all night. He had
seen them by the thousand. They had
come in droyes and begged him to turn
them into rabbit pie. and he had loaded
a freight car with their frozen bodies.
There was little conversation over
breakfast, and as soon as ii was dis
patched he shouldered his gun and
started of. Mrs. Bowser and the cat
watched him from the front steps, but
he never took a backward look as long
as he was in sight.
rs that a COON he has On his shout
Ger, ma'am?" asked the cook ten min
utes later.
Yes"
'Then you may get your mourning
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Copyright. 1875. by T. c. Mcciure.I

copyright. 1876. by T. C. McCiureI
HHALF an hour after the Bow
sers had finished dinner the
other evening q messenger
handed a package in at the
front door. and as Mrs. Bowser re-
ceived it she called TO Mr.. Bowser In
the sitting room:
You had better run after the boy
and tell him he has made a mistake.
h package can't be for u.s."
THAT package is all right" he an
swered as he came out into the hall.
Its from my friend Taylor, and l was
expecting it."
But it looks to me like a gun case"
And so it is"
And what on earth do you want
with a gun: You have got at least
four old r~evolvers around the house,
not one of which you would dare fire
off, and now somebody has made you
believe you ought to have a gun. sup
pose the next thing will be q quick fir
ing cannon"
Don't excite yourself unnecessarily,
my DEAR said Mr.. Bowser as he I'M
strapped the case and brought the gun
out. Il have been planning for three
or four days past to take u day off and
go cunning. Farmers "a that rabbits
are thicker this winter than ever be-
fore, and tomorrow 1 shall drop out