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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
70 PERMIT BASE BALL
ANTLsUNDAY AMUSEMENT BILL
is RE-coNslDERED BY THE
STATE SENATE.

Des doines, March 6.--The senate
upon reassembling this morning after
"a weeks, recess took up the Anti-Sun-
day Amusement pill, and decided to
reconsider the vote by which the bin
was passed last week. The bill was
then referred back to the Judiciary
committee for amendment. 1t is un-
derstood the committee will so amend
the bill as not to include base ball or
parks in the amusements prohibited
on Sunday
In the House today Representative
Hambleton of Mahaska county offered
a resolution memorializing congress
to authorize the United States dele
gates to the Hague conference to give
the conference power to settle all dis
putes between the nations of the
world. Mr.. Hambleton is member
of the Friends church which is pledg-
ed to peaceful settlements of all diff
culties.
The assembly is to hold a Hender-
son memorial on THURSDAY afternoon
Speaker Clarke, Representative Ken
dali and Senator Durham will be the
orators.
Both houses this morning passed
the bill to authorize all Iowa life In
surance companies to invest funds
outside the state or in Office buildings.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
DON'T PAY RENT-oWN YOUR
HON..

Instead of paying your landlord the
value of his property in ten years,
start now and own your own home.
Let us show you how for soc day
you may own your home and save the
profits that you are now paying your
landlord. Would he own the property
and rent it if it was not for the profit
that ne is making off Of you? This
profit in time will pay for your home.
Talk with US about it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
MANUFACTURING AND MERcAN.
TILE INVESTMENTS.

If you have money to invest in fac
tories. bank stock, mercantile lines or
II you wish to secure additional wore-
ing capital. by the sale of stocks, bond !.
mortgages, or partnership. we are IN
position to get you what you want. W.
handle only such propositions as will
bear the strictest investigations, ana
all business is handed in strictly
confidential manner.
osKALoosA LAND a LOAN CO.
5f7 North First 81.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
TORNADO WRECKS
MERIDIAN, MISS.
100 PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO
HAVE BEEN KILLED.
PROPERTY Loss IS ENORMOUS
Debris Of Negro Tenement Distric,
catrSSs Fire But Spread Of the
flames is Prevented by a
Desperate Fight.

New Orleans, March By messen-
gers sent out afoot and the use OF
the long distance telephone it is now
definitely known that at least one
hundred people were killed outright,
and property valued at 100000 de-
stroyed in the terrific tornado that
struck Meridian, Miss, at dusk last
evening The storm wrecked all tel
egraph and telephone wires, leaving
the town isolated all night.
OF the dead forty-one are white and
the remainder negroes, Most of the
bodies are buried in the debris, while
some of them were carried to the
fieIes outside the town. OF the fifty
bodies in the morgue the following
have beer identified:
B. d. McGinnis, a. Mobile G Ohio
railway conductor.
William r. Nelson, former chief
of police.
Mrs. Ella Singleton, her daughter
and granddaughter.
Maggie Slaughter.
Claude Williams.
d John Smith, engineer.
A policeman, name unknown.
: = = iifeng the seriously injured is Col.
Charles Elmire Already there are
two hundred in improvised hospitals.
many Of whom it is feared will die.
Five unidentified negroes were
found in one Of the cotton mills in a
suburb Six were killed in fertil-
izer factory in the suburbs.
storm Cut Wide Path.
The storm struck the city on the
southwest, and travelling to the north
east, cut path over one block wide
and fourteen blocks long, mostly
through the business center. 1t ex-
PENDED it's force in the suburbs, where
many negroes-were killed and injured,
a whole tenement district being wiped
out.
Two large wholesale stores, one
smaller one, the electric lighting
plant, and the smaller property be-
tween the Mobile & Ohio depot ana
the business part of the city are bad
ay damaged. Twenty-one men we're
caught in a restaurant and several
were killed. Two stories of the Y.
M. C. A. building were wrecked and
bother buildings suffered in the upper
7stoFfes.
The negro tenement district in the
north part of the city was demolished
and the debris caught fire, threaten
ing a new danger, but the local de-
partment, with the help of hundreds
Of citizens, overcame this after hard
fight. They were assisted by the tor
rental rain following the tornado.
The city was in darkness and the full
extent of the disaster was not known
until after daylight.
Troops patroled the district all
night. F. z. Woodruff, book keeper
in one of the ruined business houses,
was pinned down by the leg, which
was broken. He was under the
wreckage for twelve hours.
Death List Growing.
Jackson, Miss, March 9.-The sol.
diers in charge at Meridian are unable
to control the frenzied people seeking
their relatives. A rescue brigade is
searching every building in the town
and the death list is growing hourly.
Another Town Destroyed.
The town Of Maroon, twenty miles
from Meridian, is reported completely
wiped cut, and the ruins burned. Many
are reported killed there. AS commu.
nication is restored the reports Of loss
Of life grow There is no authentic
information.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
ADDITIONAL WANTS.

WANTED Gentleman or lady with
good reference, to travel by rail or
with a rig. Salary $1,072.00 per
year and expenses; salary paid
weekly and expenses advanced. Ad-
dress, with stamp, JOS. A. Alexan-
der, Oskaloosa, Iowa. wl-pd
- - - - --o- -
TO LoAN.--Money to loan on farms,
at 5 per cent. Quick action. NJ. E.
Bennett, Exchange Block. wt&s
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
A BILLION DOLLAR MERGER.

Pittsburg, Pa, March THE Unit
ed States Steel corporation is arrang-
ing a stupendous deal by which 1t
will take over the largest steel and
iron interests in the country, deal
which will involve s1,242.S1S.100. and
prove to be as gigantic merger as
was that which gave the corporation
its inception, ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
PUBLIC SALES.
Thomas Cation

Thomas Cation
will sell at public sale at -ls resi-
dence 8 miles north of Rose Hill on
Tuesday, March 10, at ten a. M, ten
horses and mules, most all Of them
well broken to harness; 16 cattle, com,
prising cows. heifers and 1 Short.
Horn bull; 20 sheep; farm machinery,
and other articles. Free lunch a,
noon. Easy terms. I. NJ. Reed, auc-
tioneer.
Adam Victor,
Administrator, will sell at the Emma
Victor farm miles east of Lacey, on
Wednesday, March IA, at nine a. m.
Z work horses. A high grade Hereford
cattle, So hogs, 1000 bushels corn. 75O
bu. oats, 100 bu, wheat, 1000 pounds
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
IOWA FARMERs TO CANADA.

Minneapolis, MINI, March Can
ada's draft on the Northwestern farms
was startlingly shown today when one
road took 81 car loads of Iowa farm
ers and families to Winnipeg to settle
In the wild lands of that vicinity.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08

The best advertisement an Osteo-
pathic physician has Is the recon-
.mendation Of satisfied and cured pa
.tients. DR.. Farmer is always pleased
when this test is applied to mis- prac,
tice. The patients are always enthus-
iastic.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08

chop feed, 20 tons hay, 1865 feet iiisiir i-
Der, 3 sets harness, machinery, house
hold furniture and other articles.
Free lunch at noon. Easy terms. /.
M. Reed, alictioneer John Busby.
clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08
MONEY 10 LOAN.

On farm security and on town prop
erty. We can make you loan at the
very lowest rates with the most fav-
orable options of prepayment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-03-08

racks as a temporary refuge, and pro-
vided food when needed. but the funds
of the treasury are practically ex-
hausted. Coy. Julien will appeal u
France for aid.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31
How 70 Learn TO Swim,

Hrolf Wisely IN August Recreation.
You can learn to swim in a day. If you
are particularly we'll adapted for the sport
you may learn it in a single lesson. /
will be your s~elf-appointed teacher, and
so let us go right IN for a swim. As my
pupil you must do as i say and DO Moth
ing else. Don't look down into the water.
Look ahead ana out; that removes timid-
ity. The depth is now well ABOVE your
waist, which means that there's plenty Of
water to float your body. Some people
think a few inches of water over the
breech will foat them. Now, s~traighten
your body. That's it. Throw you head
well back. Keep 1t there, while / put you
in the floating position. h is done. You
are floating ~now-why? Because every
part of YOU body, head, arms, feet and
trunk, is partly submerged and thus sup
ported by the water. TO show you what
this means we will make an experiment.
Just try 70 look at your toes N down
you'll go.
From this position Of floating fling your
self over so that your left side faces the
bottom. Dig In with your right hand as
far as you can reach in a straight line with
your body. Move up this "oar" hand into
position, with the palm toward your body
and close enough TO almost touch IL. From
your elbow 10 your finger tips the light
arm Is submerged during this stroke,
which covers generally two-thirds the
length of the body. starting right below
the nose and finishing almost over tie
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

n he is his own business in
all these deals.
When he has a good idea for n lyric
he takes up his phone, which stands
right beside his bed, calls up a man
ager or a musical publisher and ac-
tually sings the ditty over the wire. If
the man at the other end OF the line
fancies it he gives the order then and
there.
Editors of magazines come from their
offices in New York and Chicago to
plan work with him. Actresses, par
%ticularly in vaudeville, come to him
when they arrive in New York TO have
new bits in<.rted in their acts or new
verses written for their catchy songs.
He has II memorandum book for
titles and another for ideas. His brain
seems TO bubble with schemes. as his
nature bubbles happiness and sunshine.
And yet he is always glad to receive
callers from the busy world for which
he works, yet in which he can v
again move and live, and there is al
ways an extra plate ready to be laid
at the little table opposite his bed,
which YOU regard as a bed OF
pain, but a center OF radiating, irresist-
ible GOOD nature.
And there is always a crisp salad,
mixed by young Helmer's deft hands,
and a toast with your iced tea that
SOIilcloN IlidhtS you lduSu even as
something like a choke comes into our
throat. The courage. the smiling
bravery Of the man breaks down every
bar of prejudice and draw to him men
and women alike.
Ask any man along the Rialto who
writes songs or parOdies If he knows
Charles Noel Douglas, and he will care
fully swathe his well worn hammer in
~bandages and say heartily:
s'CaN hos n IL riOht that mon Hasn't
he the grit, though, and the handy
penn"
Makes Life Worth While for U.s."
And ask the women all over the
United States who nave been helped
by his healthy. CHEEKY counsels, S o un-
like the unthinking, self-satisfied
pratings of well groomed women who
write for shut-ins and household toilers,
whose problems they have never known
or tried TO understand, why they are
students OF Charles Noel Douglas, n
they will say simply because he makes
life worth while for folks like u.s.
And hat is all the fame he wants.
To make life worth while to his thou
sands upon thousands of correspond
ents. And that is why so many of these
correspondents learn to lean upon him
spiritually, and eventually ask to share
his lot. Some of them are wealthy and
Oi1er MIN a Ire OF ease ana luxury.
Others ask the right to nurse and tend
him. And often when these appeals
have been distinctly but courteously re-
jected, women have written again, ask
ing that they may place sums of money
at his disposal.
But here comes the secret of Charles
Noel Douglas success, his indOmitable
spirit Of independence. He demands
the right to a his way as any free
limbed. healthy-minded man does-and
he has earned that right along a path
that has literally been discolored with
his life'S blood.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31
MAUD COME

ftris special: The civil tribunal
Of the Seine confirmed the decree
granting Mrs. MacBride (known as the
Irish a of Ares a judicial separa-
ton from her husband, Major Mac
Bride, who was a prominent member
of the Irish brigade of the Boer army
during the war in South Africa, but
the tribunal refused to grant her an
absolute divorce, On the ground of her
Irish nationality.
Mrs. MacBride was awarded the Gus
tody of her child. The majors cross
bill was oVerruled,
Maud Come was married TO Major
John MacBridc on February q, 1903,
in the Church OF st. Honore d'Eylau,
In Paris. the ceremony being performed
by the former chaplain of the Irish
brigade with which Major MacBride
fought in the T~ransyaal service during
the South African war.
She had long been noted as an agi-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

New York special: All the Danes
residing in the United States have
been called upon to contribute to a
fund for a silver wreath to be sent to
decorate the tomb of the late King
Christian Of Denmark in the old Ca
thedral of Roskilde. More than 10000
subscribers all over the country re-
sponded to the call, which was for
amounts not exceeding 25 cents, and
as a result the committee has pro-
cured a handsome tribute in the shape
of a solid silver wreath which cost
about $4,000.
AS the beech is the national tree Of
Denmark, it's leaf was chosen as the
most appropriate TO use in the design.
In the center is the Danish coat of
arms, surmounted by the royal crown.
A band of silver wound through the
leaves bears the date of King Chris
tian's Observation-Disclosures inscrip-
ton in Danish, Fra Danske i America"
md the motto of King Christian, Med
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

tator in behalf Of Ireland. No other
woman of her day mas stood so close
to the hearts OF the Irish nation, prob
ably. Since 1886, when her father,
himself a politician, died. Maud Come
entered heart and sou into the home
rule campaign.
She has lectured in the United States
on several visits. Her prime idea was
to unite England and Ireland In a bond
of sympathy. She has contributed gem
erously of her private means to the
cause. An Granger" by birth, she
was converted 10 the Irish cause early
in life. when she saw an Irish land
Lacquer" make n heroic fight against
eviction, finally losing his life to save
his property.
Major MacBride organized the Irish
brigade, with 1000 men. to help the
Boer cause. Besides the Boer flag his
regiment carried an Irish flag. made in
Dublin in 1867 by a Miss Butler, his
aunt.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

knee. While the right hand goes forward
TO make the stroke, the left hand is just
reaching forward, with the palm pointing
to the bottom. This reaching" or the left
arm must be correctly done, as all the
floating IN molten" falls on the palm at
that moment. on account OF the palm be-.
ing put forward at arms length It covers
almost water enough for fcatiI & he whole
Dody above the waist; and this is inn orr
ant. as ne head must be continually above
water during a properly executed side
stroke. The leg action is practically the
same as when swimming on The back, only
more attention must be paid TO The Jack.
knife trick TO set a good action. In get.
ting ready 20 strike, the knees should be
brought well forward rather than out
ward. As your right n is about to go
back with its stroke, the right knee ought
to almost touch the elbow,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31
Silver Nrooth. Git OF Danes IN Am2rica,

Gud for Aero og Ret" which means
With God for Honor and Right" The
wreath is 9 feet 4 inches in diameter
and is made entirely of silver. 1t was
designed by FIR. Ranbusch, artist, ano
executed by p. Helsted, jeweler, both OF
whom are Danish residents OF New
York city.
As the wreath has now been COM
pleted, it viii be sent at once TO the
Danish ambassador in Washington, c
Brum. He will place IL on the tomt
of the king. This old church was fin
ished in the eleventh century and Is
the resting place Of all the kings and
queens OF Denmark from the begin
ming of the tenth century TO the pres
cnt time.
T~hirty-seven prominent Danes in
New York city comprise the commit
tee which originated and carried out
this plan. The officers of the com.
mittee are George KirSegaard, chair
man; ]. EeerGaard, treasurer, and f
SchWabo, secretary.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

from men n women whose fame has
been increased by the jolly or dainty
songs provided by Mr.. Douglas. And
you should hear him sing them, as he
filings his arms up over his head on the
pillows and turns his face to the sun
light, of which he was robbed for so
many years.
I asked him why he established such
personal, intimate relations with his
readers, and he looked thoughfully at
the soft green walls with their artistic
ally framed pictures, etchings, engrav-
ings and finest Of photographers.
Because all this has come to me
through great suffering and because I
can feel for those who suffer. And be-
cause | know there is hope in the worst,
and the darkest hour. And that hope /
try to promise through my writings.
The great sunshine which has been
given TO me after years of darkness /
try to pass on to others. I DO not
preach; l Jolly my correspondents.
My life is drawn from theirs. My work
is my one fad. / am a Christian social
list and l love humanity"
Not a great creed, as ~theoIogians I'M
derstand creeds, but it brings this man
wonderful rewards, remarkable friend
ships n a happiness which the sleek,
whole-limbed well-fed man of the
world cannot understand. He is so ut
terly free from maWkish sentiment, so
fond of normal society from the great
world with which he will never mingle
again, so entirely free from the morbid
taint which SO often accompanies in
validism that his JOY in living is in
fictitious.
His household staff consists of a body
servant who is a ~hunchback, and a
trained nurse who acts also as his
amanuensis. Both of these companions
Mr.. Douglass met in his hospital career,
and the young man. Clarence Helmer,
was his companion in suffering and was
aided by Mr.. Douglas in making his es-
cape from an institution which held
him in worse than bondage because the
state was paying some $500 a year for
the care he never secured, And it re-
quires the constant labor of these two
workers 10 keep pace with Mr.. Doug
las energies. He is a merciless task
master of his own energies.
He conducts the editorial depart
ments or correspondence departments
in the six largest mail order publica-
lions of the country, with an aggregate
reading audience of $4,000, 900. He has
written innumerable plays for anna
tours, half the parodies hat convulse
you on the vaudeville stage come from
his pen, his simple 'homy" poems are
to be found in magazines the country
over. he compiled the two-voiume col
lection Of quotations. Forty Thousand
Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts for
the Christian Herald; he is publishing
IA collection of his poems. which are on
the line of VIII Cartoons work, and
is preparing a collection of quotations
bearing on every phase of love, for
which he has searched the literature
Of every modern tongue; he is under
contract to provide the lyrics for mu-
steal plays that are to be features on
Broadway during the coming season.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31
A M]atrimonial Dilemma.

Paris Correspondence London Mail.
A curious confusion of identity bids
AIR TO prevent a young girl Of Paris
from marrying.
= Two years ago her elder sister wrote
On the eve of her marriage to the may
,r of her native village for a copy of
ler birth certificate. For some reason
he official failed to find the entry, and
accordingly had the extraordinary idea
20 send the girl the certificate of her
younger sister, stating that he thought
his would do as well.
The girl was married and now her
Younger sister, in her turn, on the eve
Of marriage, has offered the same GER
.ificate to the Paris officials, who, on
verifying the document. have discov-
cred the facts.
Josephine Dansart is now in the posi-
lion OF being unable to marry unless
ler sister consents to annul her own
marriage, and by so doing place her
1ame on the official registers as free
10 marry"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-08-31

charles Noel Douglas had proved his
right to be removed 10 a home for in
curables instead Of the poorhouse. He
had shown that he could not legiti-
mately be termed a pauper.
In this so-called home Mr.. Douglas
suffered much i'll treatment, but he
also made many friends, and his fame
as a writer began TO spread, notably
among the members OF his one-time
profession.
After three and q half years in the
home, making six tragic years Of in
stitutional life with it's nameleSS hOr-
rOrs and insults and degradations, he
earned the right to be removed to a
home of his own
He had proved his ability to sup
port such a home. No one had offered
TO keep up the q establishment.
Not even members of his W profess
sion had raised a purse or been asked
TO contribute TO his support. Some
how, every n seemed To think Charles
Noel Douglas would win out-and he
did. He asked no favor nor charity,
just work-and it came TO him slowly
but surely.
And there you will find him today,
helpless from the waist line down,
with a face rendered aScetic and al
most s~pirtuelle by much suffering, yet
with a humor so merry-a humOr that
rings so sincere and true-that he can
make you forget you own troubles and
his, that makes you cry: 1T is good to
be alive"
This man has written 700 lyrics, many
of which have been Incorporated in
popular musical comedy successes.
Many OF them you have sung and ad-
mired. Hanging above his bed Is a
large autographed picture Of Edna May,
with this inscription:
"A happy New Year to the author OF
the prettiest and most successful song
/ have ever sung, My CoZy Corner
Girl Faithfully yours, Edna May"
And there are more photographs like
this, with grateful acknowledgements