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The oasis., 1906-03-03
PLEASURES OF MARDI cRAs.
Two Grand Balls Furnish Amusement
 for Residents of Both Towns.

Sunday night the Ramirez theater in Nogales, Sonora, was crowded with people from both towns, every box being filled with spectators, who watched with in- terest the progress of the carnival ball which opened the Mardi fes- tivites. Dancing commenced about nine o'clock and scores of people who went merely to look on, found the quiet life of a spectator not at all in keeping with the occasion. Long before midnight empty seats were numerous in the boxes and by midnight more than half the boxes in the big theater were emp. ty, except for the coats, hats and cloaks that lav upon the other wise unoccupied chairs. And it was not because the spectators had gone home. The role of a spect- ator was hard to maintain and gentlemen and ladies in the ord- mary American and Mexican cos tunes mingled with the revelers who wore the garments of other na- tions and other times. Evening suits of conventional black were changed to various colors, being covered with confetti and serpen- tinas.
 On the stage the ladies sold flowers, postal cards, confetti, ser pentinas and refreshing drinks and served supper and ice cream.
 Many beautiful and dazzling costumes were worn by the ladies and some of the young men were not far behind their fair partners. There were many costumes worn Sunday night, to which THE OASIS would be pleased to give special mention, but the ordinary news reporter finds the task beyond his capacity and the accomplished society editor of THE OASIS is out of town this week.
 Monday the people rested up after the long night of pleasure (the revelry having continued till five o'clock Monday morning) Tuesday afternoon the stores on both sides of the line closed and at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon the second carnival ball was opened at the Raminez. It was the in- tention of those in charge to close the theater at 11:30, but the pleas ure of the occasion was inst at it's zenith at that time and the younger people could noS be prevailed upon to ''stop suddenly" The ladies in charge, however, closed the booths at midnight. in observance of the lenten season which then commen- ced, but the younger people had captured the musicians and refus ed to let them go. The dance cons tinued till 2:30 Wednesday morn- ing.
The oasis., 1906-03-03
Captain Mills in NogaIes.

Captain Jack Mills, who created something of a sensation at Arkan- sas, Hot Springs, some years ago by killing" three hundred clay pidgeons without miss, was in Nogales last week. He is an old time printer and put his knowledge of the art to good use helping THE OASIS printers through a rush Wednesday morning he left for EI Paso, Texas. Captain Jack is also familiar with the workings of a Colts six shooter. When not en- gagged in newspaper work he could take six S5 gold pieces in one hand and a six shooter in the other and tossing the coins into the air rap idly, one after another, he could shoot them all out of sight with the revolver. When engaged in the newspaper business he uses nickels in that branch of his prac- tice and only practices about once month.
The oasis., 1906-03-03
BODY OF STRANGER PICKED uP IN
 RAILROAD YARDS MONDAY.
Wore an Odd Fellows Pin, but Nothing Was or Him by Which he Might
 Be Identified

Monday morning at daylight the body of an unknown man was picked up in the yards of the So- nora railroad south of the Nogales, Sonora, depot Sometime during the night he had been run over by q passing train or by the switch engine, unknown to the crew in charge of the train or engine that struck him. On the body no pap CTS or other identifying articles were found. He was a stranger to the people of Nogales and as such was buried Monday evening in the cemetery on the Mexican side Of the line.
 All that could be learned of the unknown was that he arrived in Nogales Sunday afternoon, on a freight train. He was around town Sunday evening, drinking, and at night was considerably un- der the influence of liquor. The only man met by TIE OASIS re. porter who had held any conver- sation with him was Mir. Edward Borton. Mir. Borton was accosted by the stranger Sunday evening. The man was somewhat intoxicat- ed at the time and told MT. Borton he was stationary engineer, look ing for employment. He showed Mir. Borton a letter from a former employer but that gentleman, not taking much interest in the man, paid but little attention to the let ter, merely glancing over 1t to humor the half drunk man. When seen by THE OASIS reporter Mr. Bor- ton could not remember by whom the letter was written, nor at what place 1t was dated. He remember ed only that the name of the man who showed the recommend was McLeed. What the first name was he did not notice.
 AL the tune the man accOsted MT. Burton he had number of papers in his pocket, from among which he picked the letter which he showed that gentleman.
 What happened to the letters and papers in his pocket. is not known. Whether in fumbling in his pockets while drunk he drew them out and dropped them, or whether they were stolen from him by someone who might have thought he had something of value, may never be known.
 The general supposition in re. gard to the death of the man is that he waited below the depot to catch the night train south, and was killed while trying to board one of the coaches in the dark
 The man was about forty years old and light complected. with q light brown mustache. He was about five feet nine inches in height and rather slim.
The oasis., 1906-03-03
Whole No. 668.
NORTHWEST MEXICAN CONFERENCE.
Annual Meeting of Missionaries Held
 at Fl Paso, Texas.

Monday the ministers of the Northwest Mexican Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church South ended the annual conference at Fl Paso Texas. The conference opened Feb. p and was presided over by Bishop ". A. Candler of Atlanta, Georgia.
 This conference embraces all the Mexican work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the States of Chihuahua, Durango, si- naloa, Sonora, and Lower Califor- nia, as well as Arizona, New Mex leo and northwest Texas.
 Bishop Gambler, whom many heard here year ago, opened the first sessi)n on Thursday morning, Feb. 22, conducting most of the religious exercises and transacting all the business himself in Spanish. The Rev. S. Ward, D. D., mission ary secretary and Rev J. 5. Cox. B. Sc, editor of "El Evangelism, Mexico City, were present, as we'll as all the missionaries and Mex ican ministers with one exception.
 The reports of the work were good, and the conference sessions inspiring. The preaching was of high order; the sermon by the bishop based on the text, And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain, was masterly discourse and was listened to devoutlv by seven or eight hundred persons.
 Rev. R. Maldonado was received into the conference on trial and x. $. Montelongo successfully pas sed his third and fourth years studies and was ordained elder by the bishop last Sunday morning.
 Rev. L. Reynolds, principal of "El Colegio Wesleyana," San Luis Potosi, Mexico, reported well on the young men whom he is preparing for the ministery. Mr. Reynolds and Professor Esquivel were elect ed delegates to the general con- ference of the church to be held in Birmingham, Ala, in May.
 Rev. L. A. Humphreys was re- ceived from the Texas conferences; Rev. H. c. Hernandez was read mitted; Rev. J. Castro was trans ferred to the border, and Rev, NJ. Narro to the central conference.
 The following are the appoint ments made by Bishop Candler for the Sonora District:
 Presiding elder, R. c. Elliott; Nogales, (American) L. A. Hum- phreys; Nogales, (Mexican) E. Narro. formerly of Guaymas, sup. ply; Phoenix, E. Quinones; Cana nea. NJ. Villareal, formerly of Noe gales; Guaymas, F. 5. Montelongo; La Paz, l.. Cal, D. Campa; Culla- can, J. Flores; Mazatlan, k. Mall donado.
 The next conference will be held in Chihuahua.
 Six of the ministers who attend ed the conference returned to No- gales Wednesday.
The oasis., 1906-03-03
Telephone Line Completed.

The new telephone line from Patagonia to Saiero was completed Tuesday evening, and the work on the line from Patagonia to Mowry Camp has been commenced.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AS NOTED BY THE
WEATHER BUREAU.
Special to Daily Herald.

Des Moines, Oct. 3.-The past week
was warm and favorable, the average
temperature being above the normal.
The cool wave at the close of the
week resulted in light to heavy frosts
in the northern and central sections,
but the damage to the belated portion
of the corn crop will be inappreciable.
The month of September was excep-
.tionally favorable, serving as a fit.
ting close to an unusually productive
season. The corn crop is beyond
danger of material harm by frost and
the bulk of it has not been damaged
by windstorms. The total yield gives
promise of being considerably above
the output of any previous year in
the history of the state. The other
cereal crops are very good in yield
and quality. The state has an abund-
ant supply of forage of all kinds.
Pasturage is fairly good, and fair
progress has been made in fall plow-
ing. The crops of apples and peaches
have been somewhat beyond expecta.
tions. AS a whole, the season of
1906 has been sufficiently bountiful to
add fervency to our annual festival
of Thanksgiving.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
BISHOP WAS WRONGLY QUOTED.
Williams, of Michigan, corrects Report
Regarding Sermon on Bible.

Detroit, Mich, Oct 8. - Bishop
Charles d. Williams, of the Episcopal
diocese of Michigan, Tuesday declared
that he had been incorrectly quoted
in the published report of his sermon
Sunday to the Y. M. c. A. members,
in which it was stated he said that
the Bible as the word of God is the
most prolific source of unbelief the
church has to contend with.
II am neither ultra-conservative, nor
yet Robert Ingersoll and wish to
emphatically deny the report" de.
clared Bishop Williams. 81 did say
that a certain view of the Bible is
a most prolific source of unbelief. To
say that the Bible is the most prolific
source of unbelief, would be the rank.
est kind of Robert Ingersoll. The
Bible must be read thoughtfully and
meditatively, and man with a con-
science will find the word of God in
II
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
IOWA CROP BULLETIN IWASH HIS OWN ROBBEF
SWEAT BOX BRINGS OUT PEcUL.
lar CONFESSION AT WAv-
ERLY, IOWA.
Special to Daily Herald.


Wayerly, la, Oct. 81 The sensa-
tional hold up of the night operator
at the Illinois Central depot early Sat
urday morning has turned out to have
been no hold up.
Special Agent w. S. Dineen of the
Illinois Central came up from Water
loo to assist in the capture of the rob
bers. A thorough sweating Of George
Kelier, the operator. convinced him
that he need go no further TO appre-
hepd the real culprit However, he
failed at first to force a confession
from the young man. This afternoon
he again subjected him to rigid ex-
animation and succeeded in obtain.
ing a full confession. Keller admit
ted that he himself had rified the
cash drawer and that to direct suspi-
cion from himself, had stimulated an
unconscious condition, which he said
was the result of having been sand
bagged. He took the agent to the
place where he had hidden the money,
and all of the missing coin was re-
covered.
He was taken before Justice D. S.
Sitter and arraigned upon charge OF
petty larceny, to which he pleaded
guilty, Owing to the youth of the cul-
prit and the fact that it was his first
offeDse, he was fined only $40 and
costs. Keller was compelled to pawn
his watch to obtain the money for the
payment of his fine and costs, amount
ing in all to SASS.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
ELEVEN PERSONS ARE INJURED
Passenger trains in Head-on Collision
Near Murphysboro, III.

Murphysboro, Ill, Oct. IA head.
end collision occurred near here Tues.
day afternoon between two passenger
trains on the st. Louis-Cairo line OF
the Illinois Central road and IL per-
sons were injured, none being report
ed fatally hurt. The injured: e. r.
Waters, st. Louis, cut in back OF
head; w. r. Hill, Chicago, nose brok'
en-; Mrs. Charles Gebig, ,Bardstown,
Ill, left leg bruised; Cora Moore. Pa
ducah. KY, head cut; Julius Tick. Pa
ducah, KY; J. w. Davie. Grand Tow
err; Miss Meta Burnett. Kalamazoo.
Mich; Mrs. Rex Louden, Murphys-
boro: G. L. Hamilton. Marissa; r. L.
Mamie. Carbondaie; l.. d. Peck. East
st. Louis,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
COURT UPHOLDS RAGING LAW
KENTUCKY STATUTE LIMITING
MEETING CONSTITUTIONAL.
Information Against Commission Dis
solved and Case Remanded for
Further Hearing.

Cincinnati, Oct. 3.-The Kentucky
racing commission law was declared
constitutional and the information
against the racing commissionion was
dissolved and the case remanded to
the lower court for further proceed
ing by the United States circuit court
of appeals in this city Tuesday. The
decision was announced by Judge
Cochran The last legislature passed
what is known as the racing commits
sion law, ihe purpose being to avoid
conflicting dates on tracks at the same
place and to limit racing in general
SO as to avoid too long meetings at
any one point. The Douglas Park
track with Louisville brought suit
against the members of the racing
commission individually to restrain
them from preventing the holding Of
a race meeting during the time set
for a rival track. The lower court
granted the injunction, and the case
was at once appealed. This injunc.
ton was Tuesday dissolved and the
law declared to be constitutional in a
long opinion in which all points raised
in the lower court were gone over.
It was held that by the court review
provision of the law much that might
be said against It had been reviewed.
Judge Cochran said that the whole case
turned on the question of the public
welfare and read decisions in other
cases where 1t had been held that
limitations were advisable and neces-
sary. in permitting many kinds OF
business. where racing was on.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
MOBILE RESUM|NG
NORMAL CONDITION
BUSINESS BEING CARRIED ON IN
ALL BRANCHES.
CLEAR AWAY THE DEBRIS
Street Car Lines and Steam Roads
Running After Remarkable Work
In Removing Distractions That
Eneumbered Right Of Way.

Mobile, Ala, Oct 3.--With tele.
graph wires working in sufficient mum.
bers to carry all business: with all
railroads in operation except the New
Orleans division of the Louisville &
Nashville, business conditions are now
almost normal. Cotton brokers Tues
day received their first direct quota.
tions since the storm. Dealers In per.
ishable goods supplied their first or.
ders, and the fish and oyster traffic,
which has been dead for week, COM
lmenced to show signs of life once
more, and trade generally is all that
anybody could expect.
Railroads Getting in Shape.
Telephone service is restored and
street cars are running on all lines.
The interurban roads are still out of
commission and are not likely to be in
operation for some time. The Louis
vile & Nashville brought in three pas
senger trains from the north and late
Tuesday sent out number of freight
trains. The work done in restoring
this line has been really wonderful 1t
is impossible to convey to anybody
who did not see it, an adequate con-
ception of the condition of the track,
even as late as last Saturday.
Some faint notion, however, may be
obtained from the fact that on only
two miles, of track just north of here
lurnbermen estimated that more than
5000 logs were piled across the rails.
Besides this there were also in the
debris all sorts of articles from tin
pans to two-masted schooners, and
from dead chickens to live cows which
had been washed clear across the Mo
bile river from nobody knows where.
In addition to this the roadbed in
many places was gone. and in this sec
tion of the country, which is all
swamp and bayou. roadbeds, like steel
rails. must be imported.
Damage Estimates Too Large.
Conditions down the bay and along
the coast are rapidly improving and
many sections are reporting now that
their first estimates of damage were
too large. In this city, for example,
two days after the storm prominent
insurance men were positive in their
assertions that the loss would amount
to between S4,000,000 and $4,000, ,000
The same men now place the figures
at $1,000000, Proportional reductions
are mad in reports from other places
visited by the gale The total loss of
life has not been more than 100, but it
is not possible even yet to give cor.
rect aggregate.
Mobile breathed much easier Tues
day, When it was ascertained that the
storm which caused so much anxiety
Tuesday would not arrive Storm sig
mails have been ordered down along the
north coast of the gulf
Negroes are refusing to work,
though railroads and others are beg.
ging them Sheriff Powers has threat
ened t, arrest all who will not work
at their ON homes or for others. The
sheriff insists that the women and
children be taken from the devastated
points and brought to Mobile, where
they en- receive proper care. else
many deaths will result from priva-
tions.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
COMING CABINET CHANGES
MOODY ANB SHAW ARE TO RE.
TIRE THIS WINTER.
President Has Selected Ambassador
Meyer for One Of the Vacancies,
But the Other Is Still Open.

Washington, Oct. 3.-Two retire
ments from the presidents cabinet
are slated for the coming winter.
They are those of Attorney General
Moody, whose resignation will be-
come effective about the 1st of De-
cember, and that of Secretary Shaw,
who, according to present intentions,
will retire in February.
For one of these vacancies to be
created, the president will nominate
George v. L. Meyer, American ambas-
sador to Russia, but for the other he
is not yet ready to announce a sue
cessor.
Mr.. Roosevelt has sought to prevail
on Attorney General Moody to re-
main in the cabinet, but the latter, be-
cause of business arrangements he
has made, has found 1t impossible to
do so.
He also would like to have Secre-
tary Bonaparte take Mr.. Moody's
place when the latter retires, but the
former prefers the position at the
head of the navy department, with
whose workings he has become thor.
oughly familiar.
Some suggestion has been made
that Secretary Metcalf, Of the depart
ment Of commerce and labor, take one
Of the positions to be made vacant In
the proposed shifting Of cabinet Of
fees, but he also has expressed a
preference to remain where he is.
Gen. Funston has officialiy been
placed in command Of troops In Cuba.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
AN ICY HONEYMOON.
Bride and Groom Return From Tour
in Arctic Circle.

New York, Oct. S.-Max Fleisch-
man and bride, who made their we'd
ding trip in the Arctic Ocean, cruis-
ing in ice for forty-three days, arrived
this morning, all we'll. They are en-
thusiastic over the success Of the trip
which was taken for the study of the
wild animals of the north in their ma
tive haunts. They captured many
and brought back valuable specimens
for Fleischman's museum in Cincin-
natl.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Man Literally Cooked Alive.

vincennes, Ind, Oct. 3.-Literally
cooked alive in a boiler into which
steam was turned by mistake, Boiler
maker Gustave F. Friend, lived five
hours with his flesh dropping from
him In chunks. He remained con-
lscious and arranged all his worldly
affairs, bade his people good-by and
then prayed with his pastor till death
came.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
, BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
Theodore Roosevelt VIII Be Wit.
ness Tomorrow

Boston, Oct. 3.-Shaunk Kelly, the
roommate of Theodore Roosevelt, ,Jr,
was arraigned in municipal court to-
day and pleaded not guilty to an as
sault on a police officer during the
students fracas ON the commons re-
Gently. The case was continued to
Oct. 10. Young Roosevelt and others
have been summoned to testify before
an investigation of the same case by
the grand jury tomorrow.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Reuolutionists Attack Police.

Yekaterinaslav, Oct. 3.-While the
police were examining houses here
Tuesday they we're attacked by a
number of young revolutionists armed
with revolvers Several volleys were
exchanged before the revolutionists
We're put to flight, leaving behind them
one man dead and another wounded
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Shot After KiIIinq Judqe.

Askabad, Russia, Oct. S.-During
the trial of the, second section of the
troops who m1tinied here in June, an
unknown man entered the court room
and killed the Judge advocate, Gen.
Rinkevich, and attempted to shoot
the president of the court, Gen. Usha
koffsky. The assassin was shot down
by an officer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Compare Atlanta to Russia.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 3.-SeVeraI
newspapers have published editorial
articles on the events at Atlanta, Ga,
comparing them with the anti-Jewish
,massacres in Russia. The Novoe
Vremya expresses the hope that the
United States now will cease to at,
tribute the Russian eXcesses to Of.
fetal provocation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Irish Omen National Rally.

Philadelphia, Oct. 3.-The annual
convention of the United Irish League
of America was opened Tuesday with
about 700 delegates in attendance. The
anniversary of the landing of Com.
modore John Barry in Philadelphia in
1865 was commemorated by the con.
vention. Among the delegates are j.
O'Donovan Rosa, t. P. O'Connor
John Redmond and Edward Blake.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Trotter Breaks Track Record.

Springfield, H.. Oct 3,-Before .
crowd of 10000 people Dan Patch
broke the track record for the Illinois
state fair grounds when. in an exhi-
bition mile the great horse paced the
distance in 1891, one and quarter
seconds faster than the time made
in 1897 by Star Pointer in race with
Joe Patchen
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Keeps Thaw pefense Secret.

New York, Oct. 3.-Clifford w.
Hartridge, counsel for Harry X. Thaw,
declined Tuesday to say whether or
not an application will be made to the
courts for the appointment of lunacy
commission to examine Thaw. In re-
ply to questions as to the purpose Of
having noted alienists call on Thaw
the lawyer said he was not divulging
his plans.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
EXPLOSION OF GAS.
Colorado Furnace Destroyed and Two
Men Killed.

Pueblo, Colo, Oct 3.-Two work
men are dead and two fatally injured
as the result of an explosion of gas
in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.'S
plant here this morning. One fur
mace was wrecked and it is believed
others have been killed. The bodies
are still in the debris
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Killed PIayinq "wlId West"

GAINESVILLE, o., Oct. S.-While some
boys were playing wild West" in the
barn of William Charnetsky Tuesday
his son Harry, aged II, tried to thf5w
lasso from a beam like the men he
had seen in the show. The rope be
came entangled and the boy was
,straDgled to death before help from
his brothers at the house arrived.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
sues to oust rmo Trusts.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. s.--Suits have
been instituted in the supreme court
to oust the Standard Oil company and
the international Harvester Company
of America from Kansas. These suits
were prepared and begun by Attorney
General Coleman under the Kansas
antitrust act, and they are the result
of long investigation. n
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Former Vlrainia JUDGE Dead.

ST. Louis. Oct. 3.-Hardening of the
heart tissues caused the death Tues
day of Judge Thomas Turner Fauntle.
roy, formerly Virginia supreme court
Judge and once secretary of the com.
monwealth of Virginia. Judge Faunt'
leroy was born in Winchester. Va. in
December, 1924.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
Orders Strikers to Return.

Marshalltown, Ia, Oct. S.--Frank L.
Ronemus, of Kansas City, grand chief
carman of the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Carmen of America. came here
to investigate the strike OF carmen
aon the Iowa Central. He ordered .49
strikers to return to work on penalty
OF surrendering their charter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-10-04
phiIipplne Customs Decision.

Washington, Oct 3-Acting Secre-
tary Keep of the treasury department
has decided that under the consular
reorganization act, invoices of goods
shipped from the Philippine islands to
the United States are not erquired to
be stamped when certified by col.
lector or deputy collector of customs