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PLACE MADE FAMOUS BY LITER.
AIRY MEN BEING RAZED.
LongfelIow. Holmes, Lowell, Booth
and Many Others Once Guests
viii Become Modern Apart.
ment House.

Lynn. Mass.-A famous old house
which breathes OF Longfellow. and
Holmes and Lowell. and Edwin Booth.
and other famous persons is to fall by
the AK OF the utilitarian.
For GO years the one-time home Of
Jeanne Margaret Davenport. the fam.
Gus English actress. at No. 16 Gray
stone Park. Lynn. was where literary
and dramatic folk gathered: now 1t is
being torn to pieces to be remodeled
Into the modern, though distinctly
plebeian. apartment house.
When Jeanne Margaret Davenport
lived there. way back in 1861. 1t was
a stately pile of gray stone. fashioned
after the French style of architecture.
There was French balcony and
quaint French windows. and there was
the long line Of sea outside. and the
acres of rolling land and shrubs and
trees.
And there were seven fireplaces-
1.-THE House OF the Seven Fires" 1t has
been called-and once as Longfellow
long library, with his hostess just
across and friends all about him. he
quietly repeated an allegorical little
poem about the House of the Seven
Fires"-a poem which has been lost
track Of. even by the friends who
heard 1t.
Jeanne Davenport married Gen.
Lander. OF Lynn. and there were gath.
erings Of note In the graystone house.
which looked out at Kings Beach and
the sea.
Mrs. Lander entertained Edwin
Booth. James Russell Lowell, Wendell
Holmes. Henry w. Longfellow and
many other notable literary and dra.
matte personages at her home. She
was fond OF Washington social life
but she was still more fond of the lit.
tie gathering OF the chosen few which
congregated at her summer home
This was proved by the fact ti'at after
Sc had sold the place and spent
many years abroad she came back tc
the Lynn shore to die within sight OF
the House OF Seven Fires" and the
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Competitive Tests for Skill In Caring
for injured Coal oissers.

Wiikes-Barre. Pain the efforts to
still further improve the first aid to
the injured service in the mines of
the Erie company. competitive con-
tests were held at Valley View park.
near here. by eight teams Of five men
each. These teams are composed Of
the FIVE most able first aid men from
each of the eight groups Of mines
owned by the company. and the con-
tests were under the direction Of Cen
eral Manager W. A. May and other
ofiicials of the company.
The first aid service was estab-
lished in the mines two years ago.
following the enactment OF a law
compelling coal companies to have a
small hospital inside each colliery at
which first aid service could be given.
Each mine then had number Of its
men trained by physicians in the
work Of rendering first SD for all the
many different kind of accidents
which can occur in a coal mine, and
the result of this has been the saving
of many lives. AS some 600 were
killed and about three times that
many injured in the mines last year,
the need for such service was ap-
parent.
The contestants compsted in the
following classification:
First One man carrying I man
overcoms hy Gas. \ Il x &
Second Two men carrytng : help
49, man.
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One Man Escaped Fate.

Just one man-John Schnettler-
who elected to stand trial on the
charges preferred against him. has
escaped without some misfortune 9th.
er than the penitentiary sentence i'm.
posed upon him. He has served out
his sentence.
These are what may be called the
tragedies OF the st. Louis Doodle cru.
sade. The facts are strange-almost
startling. The boodler's punishment
In the penitentiary was the least OF
their suffering. They saw their chill.
dren scorned by other children in the
schools and on the streets. They saw
their faithful wives. heartbroken, fall
at the feet Of the law their husbands
had outraged. and plead for mercy that
could not be given. These men were
naughty, brazen; when in the zenith
of their power as corruptionists, they
sacrificed every interest OF the people
for the money OF franchise grabbers.
But they have had their punishment.
The man who is about to sell his vote
for money may determine for himself
whether fate Joined hands with law
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PRIZES FOR ADS IN MINES.

Third-Three men carrying help
less man on an improvised stretcher.,
Fourth-One man dressing an II,
jured man with first aid packet
Fifth--A team of FIVE men perform
ing artificial respiration, stopping
hemorrhage from a bleeding wound.
applying temporary splints to frsc-
tured leg, placing on stretcher. carry
ing over fall Of rock, fence ana
placing in ambulance.
In each Of these contests the sup
posedly injured man had to b car
ried a certain distance, and his
wounds marked and dressed in 90
cordance with previous Instructions
The contests we're judged by COM
mittee Of physicians. The winning
team received a silver cup. each mem-
ber of the winning team received .
silver badge and the member OF eacA
team showing the best individual
work was given certificate Of merit
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reached Kelly's ear and he ouietIv
sMpped away. A few minutes after
Kelly left the anterooms Of the erand
jury's headquarters his absence was
discovered and deputy sheriffs were
sent In every direction TO find him ana
pring him IN. Kelly probably never
VIII forget his experiences OF the next
~ hours He was held a prisoner by
the men he was about to betray. and
hustled on to a quarry In remote
portion OF the city. One Of the men
VINO was subsequently sent to the pen.
itentiary for bribery was left to guard
MIN. He spent the night In a shed
that stood on the brink OF the quarry
pond. Early the next morning Kelly
was put on train at one of the su.
purphn stations and was hurried on
by the most direct route to Canada.
He did not stop there, and upon reach.
inE the Atlantic coast took the first
steamer for Europe. Not a word was
heArd as to his whereabauts during
mo next two months. On November
20, one day after the statute Of iimi.
tat'ons had become operative against
the participants In the city lighting
bribery deal, Kelly landed in Kew
York and was met by son of Edward
Butler. who conveyed to him the news
that three days before his l2.year-old
SOB. his favorite child, had been buried
and that his wife was then lying at
the point of death.
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] Louls.-The violent death OF
|ert NJ. Snyder. q Kansas City mi
hire, has written finis after the
1d's most remarkable crusade
INST bribery. The death OF Snyder
be climax OF q series Of misfor-
y and tragedies that has pursued
telentlessly the men who were
hit In the Doodle trap sprung by
kph W. Folk four years ago. that
question has been asked whether
has not Joined hands with the
to heap punishment upon their
bs
|xenty.two men were indicted by
Louis grand juries for participation
Aree great briberies. in which more
J 100000 was paid for the votes
Assemblymen. Misfortune Of some
death. insanity. want or loss of
pne-has visited the families of 16
lhem. Three OF them are dead.
hyder. whose case was probably
most celebrated OF all. was under
ttment In st. Louis when he was
MN out OF his automobile within
Sw blocks OF his magnificent home.
Independence boulevard. Kansas
/, on the night OF October %. and
ID. When the circuit attorney OF
Louis n few days later entered a
e prosequi in the case the docket OF
criminal courts was cleared of all
doodle cases which Folk instituted
ing the two years that he had brib.
under investigation.
3ut seven men weie sent to the pen.
piiary for bribery. One other is
er sentence. but his case is pending
he supreme court. But not one OF
men-even those who escaped the
itentiary by turning states evil
ce-would pass through the ex.
ences of the last four years for all
bribe money that the wealthiest
Poration OF the country could put
to buy votes. The lawmaker who
|empted to sell his vote may learn
Pething to his advantage by study
carefully the unpleasant expert
es OF the men who gave and re
Ped bribes in st. Louis.
an Doodle Crusade.
the st. Louis boodlers sowed the
d they reaped the tornado. Next
Snyder, Charles H. Turner. who
broken-hearted in New York last
pmer. virtual outcast from St
is, where he made fortune
punting to millions of dollars. was
most lavish bribe giver exposed
png the fight against corruption
was the first man caught. When
late Red" Calvin. a veteran news
er reporter. walked into the Office
FOLK early in January, 1902. and
MIN that Charles H. Turner and
up Stock, his legislative agent
placed $147,500 in escrow III two
companies vaults to bribe the
aicipal assembly to pass a fran
x Dill for the Suburban Street Rail
company. the Doodle crusade be
Two days later Turner was vir
" on his knees before the circuit
ney begging for mercy. The only
native to the penitentiary was to
y the witness stand and tell the
~ corrupt and shameful story. He
the alternative. At the time oi
eSposure he was president Of q big
company as we'll as Of the street
ny company. He was promptly
"a and pretty soon the stock.
srs OF the trust company decided
aey needed another man at the
of the institution.
ner found that he could not re'
y business In st. Louis, In spite
\ nig fortune. He went to New
md was almost forgotten in his
\ save for hia perndy in brib-
" city's lAwmalerswhe he
g broken heayt,
esrs Int - xsrs full d
Withi9 cefh of hia
bleacI + r sne III ron,
nnyds q Y i6as'
d +
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Wine and soup Eschsvsed.

Paris.-Wine has been falling into
partial disuse at mnny fashionabls
table in France and now soup = ~
lowing suit. Doctors denounce suap =
a delusion as far AZ nourishmeAt =
concerned and tell fair patients tAnk
figures will be none the worss e thav
let 1t alone. So women, are reCU1ng
conspmme with coqtsmtt. and -
male companions are looki1g ugle ~
more askance ct : dish Mhleh -
centuries has held The poek - ~
scS the 9rsAt maturity q yfsRcA eDnqp
n ~ honss q Sqbise - -
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Charles Krats Was the nrst mompeF
OF the city council to be indicted Tor
bribery. He was charged With par.
ticipation in the Suburban deal, and.
like Murreil. he ned to Mexico before
his case came to trial. '
After two years persistent work
Folk succeeded in Influencing the Unit.
ed States government to make a
treaty with Mexico covering the CRIME
OF bribery. The attorney general Of
the United States construed this
treaty to be retroactive. and under
Its provisions Kratz was extradited.
Scarcely had he returned to st. Louis.
In the spring OF 1908. when he was at.
tackled with appendicitis and for
months lowered between life and
death. His sickness. however. might
have been considered turn Of for.
tune In his favor. because It enabled
him to get his case carried on the
dockets until after Folk was elected
governor. and when he was tried at
Butler. Mo-. he was acquitted. Before
he was tried one OF his children died.
Never Saw His First Born.
Charles +. Denny was considered
one OF the brightest members OF the
old house OF delegates He was rail
road employe and had an excellent
reputation until Folk caught him and
slapped three indictments on his
back-two for bribery and one for
perjury. Denny had Just been mar.
ried, and few months after the wed.
ding bells rang he was bundled up by
the sheriff and hustled on to the penl.
tentiary. While he was prisoner a
babe was born In his household. but
he never saw the face OF his first born
as death carried 1t away before Its
fathers term ended.
Louis Decker. n liveryman. Is the
only member of the old house of dele
after Folk quit the circuit attorneys
Office. His conviction hastened the
death of his aged mother. which oc
Cured n few weeks after the jury
found him guilty.
Edmund Bersch. cnce prosperou.
insurance broker. was the first of the
house of delegates combine to begin {
term OF service In the penitentiary
His mind gave way under the strain
and he spent the greater part Of hi
is months Imprisonment In the hos
pital. When he left the penitentiar.
he was broken In health--a menta
and physical wreck.
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to scourgs the recreant public servants
In 81 Louis. He may at least md =
their unhappy experiences some leesoa
that may put . cheek upon him WAen
|ho rSaehsg ~ the forbiddon ooI1 -
n = ~ - q ~.
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Z consequence Gutke was confined IN
IAN for six months. During that time
his ie.yssrold son Eugene VA strick-
en down with gallopinx coqsqmp mpt!o1
- disd. 0utks wa ElatG peszalssNso \ 9
g turn ssa&s'e svidsdee - Z : d NJ n
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Mind Broke Under the Strain.

"'"u oToNe Onuer tne strain.
Kelly hastened home. Whatever
testimony he might be able to give
was then OF no value to the state. He
had no sooner reached st. Louis than
he was arrested. an Indictment having
been voted agains. him by the very
grind jury that he ran away from. A
fe,4 weeks later Kelly became insane
ana was confined for months In st.
NiEcents asylum. Careful treatment
In measure restored his mind. Folk
took pity on him and permitted him
to turn states evidence In minor
case.
The indictments against him were
nolle prosecuted. With this burden
lifted from his mind his mental facul-
tion. and he is now trying to build up
again the business that went to ruin
during the time that he was involved
! in trouble.
or the seven men sent to the peni-
tentiary only three are IN stripes, the
sentences of the others having expir.
ed. Gov. Folk has announced that two
Vi th'st hheh. po'h VI pioSt'
cuted when he was circuit attorney.
will be pardoned. The two men who
will be the recipients OF executive
clemency are Julius Lehman and
Emile Hartmann. Lehman is serv.
ing seven years sentence and Hart.
mann six years for bribery In connec.
ton with the city lighting bill.
In Permanent Exile.
Ellis Wainwright, millionaire
brewer. who was director in the Su
burban Railway company when 1t at
tempted to buy up the council and
house OF delegates, has been exiled In
Paris for more than four years. An
Indictment for bribery is pending
against him in St. Louis and he dare
not return.
Charles Gutke, former member OF
the house of delegates. was indicted
for bribery in September, 1902. Sc
many of the boodlers had run away
to escape punishment that the courts
would not accept bail at less than $50.
900. Ed. Butler signed bonds until
he would not be accepted on more. As
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-06-14

has its advantages. 1t agrees with
the strong-and the weak move
away. So by system of natural Sc
lection vigorous and healthy :ace
of selected men and women are the
fathers and mothers of the new gem
GRAFTON in Iowa.
Iowa has never been an attractive
place for the weak, and so a genera
tion Of strong, active, vigorous peo-
pie are giving promise of future for
Iowa in keeping with her glorious
past. The weak seek a milder eli
mate
A few years ago met at one OF
our county fairs a frail looking young
man whom | had not seen for several
years and who had come back on a
visit He said, Il left Iowa few
years ago and went to California.
When went away had only one
lung. l have come back with three"
looked at him rather doubtingly,
when he turned and introduced me to
his newly married young wife. She
had the other two. (Applause.)
Iowa has never had crop failure
and has never passed the hat for aid.
This great farm of which speak
has more than $20O,OO0,O0O worth or
farm animals in its fields and barns;
it produced in 1904 more than $117,-
100000 worth of corn, over $27 1000, 900
of hay and $34.000,00O OF oats.
Iowa has drawn her population from
the virile young men and women OF
every land, but mainly from the mid
die states. They are becoming mould
ed into homogeneous race.
Out of the 100000 inhabitants,
more than 1,3O0,OOO were born in Iowa,
and this new generation is one to
give hope and satisfaction to our
great republic. s.
But Iowa's loss of population is by
no means confined to the weak. Her
sons are dominant wherever they may
go.
We naturally expect her young men
to take high rank in the rugged west
or in the frozen mines of Alaska.
But this gathering tonight shows
that even in the city which is now the
worlds busiest-and soon will be its
greatest-Iowa men are prominent
factor in it's growth and progress.
Iowa is always loyal, always patri
otto, and lives up to the sentiment OF
Governor Eastman, and inscribed in
Washington's monument: Iowa: the
affections of her people, like the riv-
ers of her borders, flow to an insep-
arabic union"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-06-14
Let WELL ENOUGH ALONE.

For the eleven months ended with
May of the fiscal year the governments
receipts exceeded its expenditures to
the extent of $6,162,00O. On the
whole, the showing is better than was
expected. May was month of heavy
expenditures this year, but the re-
ceipts were s2,1S2,OOO ahead of them.
For the eleven months OF the last fis-
cal year there was deficit of $780,
162,O0O,or nearly six times the amount
Of this years surplus.
Last December, In his annual report
to congress, Secretary Shaw estimat-
ed, on the basis of the returns up to
that time, that here would be treas
ury deficit of sS,OOO.OoO for the twelve
months ending with June 80, 1906.
There viii be a surplus instead. And
the surplus win be much greater than
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-06-14

up the work in that department, and
at no cost in the matter of tuition to
those who are residents of the dis.
trict.
During the last days OF school an
appeal came from the state depart
ment requesting that the children or
the public schools be allowed to con-
tribute toward fund for the erection
of school in the stricken city of our
western coast. If sufficient money is
given by the school children OF Iowa
to erect school building, said build
ing will be named the Iowa School.
The appeal came to our notice SO late
that proper attention could not be
given it, but under the circumstances,
unfavorable at the best, $8.03 were
contributed by the children, and this
amount will be forwarded to the off,
cials in San Francisco Thirty-four
school buildings were totally destroyed
at the time of the earthquake and fire,
and thousands of school children lost
nv Ohly
privileges as well.
During the, vacation the school
buildings of the city will be overhaul
ed and put in first-class shape for oc-
cupancy in the fall. Among the more
important improvements to be noted
are two. steam furnaces in the Lin
coin and Webster schools, and steel
ceilings in the second story of the
Jefferson school. The course of study
may be slightly revised in the high
school department and one or two
text books in the grades changed.
The manual training department will
also be thoroughly equipped in the
departments named. The system OF
records used in the schools will be
simplified in order to economic time
and promote efficiency.
F. w. ELSE,
Supt City Schools.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-06-14

IF get sick want to be cared
for at home" said man to the hos
pital soliciting committee. That may
all be true, and it is possible that half
of the homes in Mahaska county could
be made comfortable and convenient
for sick and injured people. But think
Of those who must suffer in crowded
quarters where it is impossible to pro-
vide adequate facilities or to heat the
rooms comfortably in the biting win
ter days. A higher motive than sell
fishness should inspire those who are
able to help provide comfortable
haven for the sick ana unfortunate.
The whirligig of life brings many
changes and those of means today
may be of the helpless tomorrow.
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the shortage which the secretary fig
ured on. June is commonly month
OF comparatively small outgo for the
treasury. Last year June showed a
surplus of over $12,000.0o0. That was
larger than the average, and probably
the treasury officials assisted its ex-
pansion by holding back some out.
lays. No devices Of that sort, it is
safe to say, will Ne resorted to this
year. The present outlook is that the
surplus for the twelve months ending
with June, 1906, will be $12,000,OOO or
over.
Prosperity has good deal to do
with the big treasury receipts. The
country has more ready cash than it
had year ago, and it is using this in
making heavier purchases at home
and abroad. The customs receipts
are far above those of last year. In.
ternal revenue also exceeds that of
twelve months ago. One of the reas.
ons why more things are being bought
abroad than was done a year ago is
that the home producer is not able to
furnish them. The country's mills are
being run to their utmost capacity,
but they are unable to meet the in
creased home demand. This necessi-
tates heavier buying from Europe.
Uncle Sam is getting richer and rich
er, and the world is learning about it.
Republican prosperity not only makes
things pleasanter for the American
people, but it registers itself all over
the globe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-06-14
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
is THERE NO LIMIT?

Mothers eating carrots, lettuce,
green's and beets;
Father lives on onions; we've quit
having meats;
Pancakes in the morning, breakfast
food and rice
Well, we're saving money and it's
worth the price.
Sausage?. Bah! We wouldn't feed it
to the pup!
If you speak Of beefsteak sisters nose
goes up.
We have eggs for dinner, bread and
milk for tea,
And we must be getting richer rapidly.
Every morning father, as he reads the
news,
Seems to get discouraged, seems to
have the blues,
And he pounds the table, saying
things are wrong
Vegetables seem to keep him pretty
strong.
Every day somebody tells about some
more
Packing filth we hadn't heard about
before; ....
1t is nearly time to hear again,
think,
That the milk is doctored and unfit
to drink.
Onions, prunes and carrots, lettuce
turnips, rice
Well, they might be better, still they
re pretty nice,
Yet before tomorrow some one, rak-
ing muck,
May discover filth in these things,
darn the luck!
IS. E. Kiser.