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The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
DELEGATES HEAR
SECRETARY ROOT.
DELIVERS LEARNED ADDRESS ON
GOVERNMENT.
BUILD ALONG NEW LINES
Calls Attention to Difficult and La
borious Task Of Establishing De-
mocracy on Ruins of Monarch
icai Control.

Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 1.-The follow
ing speech was delivered by secre-
tary Root before the Pan-American
congress Tuesdays,
Gentlemen Of the Congress: beg
you to believe that highly appreciate
and thank you for the honor you do
me.
Il bring from my own country q
special greeting to our older sisters
In the civilization of America. Un.
like as we are in many respects, we
are alike In this, that we are all en-
gagged under new conditions, free
from the traditional forms and Nmita.
tons Of the old world, In working
out the same problem Of popular self
government. This Is difficult and
laborious task for each of US. Not
in one generation nor In one century
can the effective control Of a superior
sovereign, SO long deemed necessary
to government. be rejected and eg.
fective self-control by the governed
perfected in its place.
Self-Gcvernment an Art.
''The first fruits Of democracy are
many Of them. crude and unlovely.
Mistakes are many, partial failures
are many and sins not few. The
capacity for self-government does
not come to man by nature. It is an
art to be learned as well as an ex-
preston of character to be developed
among the great number of men who
exercise popular sovereignty.
ITO reach that goal toward which
we are pressing forward, the govern
ing Of the multitude, we must first &C,
quire the knowledge that comes from
universal education, the wisdom
which follows practical experience
that personal independence and self
respect betting men who acknowl.
edge no superior, seIf-controI to re-
place that external control which
democracy rejects. respect Of the law
obedience to the lawful expressions
Of the public will, consideration oi
the opinions and interests of others
equally entitled to voice in the state
a loyalty to the abstract conceptions
Of ones country as inspiring as that
loyalty of personal sovereigns which
has SO illumined the pages of history
The subrdination of personal inter.
ests to the public good, and love OF
Justice, mercy liberty and order,
AL these we must seek by slow and
patient effort
Popular Mass to Govern.
How many shortcomings there are
In our own lands and among our own
peoples. each one of as is conscious; yet
no student of our times can fail to see
that not America alone, but the whole
civilized world, is swinging away from
the old governmental moorings. and
entrusting the fate Of civilization to
the capacity Of the popular mass to
govern. BY this pathway mankind
is travelling withersoever it leads, and
upon the success of this great under,
taking the hope Of humanity de
pends.
Nor can we fail to see that the
world is making substantial progress
CONTINUED on Page 81
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RATE CONFERENCE
ON FRIENDLY BASIS
INTERSTATE BOARD LISTENS To
RAILROAD MEN.
PROPOSE TO OBEY LAW
Freight and Passenger Traffic OFFICIALS
Request Reasonable Time In Which
to Prepare for Publication
Of Tariffs.

Washington, Aug. Ian important
informal conference between the in
terstate commerce commission and
representatives of the western
Trunk Line association and the
traffic officials OF various south
ern and southeastern railroads
took place Tuesday in the
hearing room Of the commission. 1t
related to the construction to be
placed by the commission on the re-
Gently enacted railroad rate law.
While no conclusions were reached,
both the railroad men and the com
missioners regard the conferences as
profitable, because 1t has brought
them into touch as to the various
phases Of the law and will enable each
the better to understand the position
Of the other.
Chairman Knapp and Commission.
ers Clements and Cockrell were in at
tendance on the conference, while
the railroads were represented by
"a of the most important freight and
passenger traffic officials Of the lines
interested
While the conference was informal,
extended statements were made to
the commission by several of the rail
road officials, the principal speakers
being J. G. Stubs, Of the Southern
Pacific; w. B. Biddle, of the Chicago
6 Rock Island; r. M. CuIp, of the
Southern railway, and Darius Miller,
Of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Will Comply with Law.
The conference was held behind
closed doors, but at its conclusion
Chairman Knapp made a brief state
ment of its nature. He said that at
the outset the railroad officials made
clear their intention OF complying
with the new law without unnecessary
pickering. They desired, however, to
arrive at some understanding with the
interstate commerce commission as
to the best way to meet the require
ments of the law and OF the commits
sion. They pointed out that in some
instances technical compliance with
the law would be futile and they asked
the commission to assist them by
placing broad construction on parts
of the act.
In brief, the railroad officials made
three general requests of the COM
mission:
Ask Extension of Time.
First-That reasonable extension
of time be given them to prepare and
publish and file with the commission
their new tariff schedules under the
law. In this connection, they asked
also that the book containing the
rates might be left with each station
agent, instead of being posted at the
station.
Second-That the requirement Of a
notice of 30 days in change of rate
or rates be eliminated, particularly
as to import and export traffic. 1t
was pointed out that often these rates
had to be changed within few hours
to meet the exigencies of ocean trans.
portation and that it practically
would be impossible to anticipate
these changes even by one day, not to
mention 80 days.
Terminal Rate Publication.
Third-That the railroads be relieved
from the publication of terminal rates
at points of destination and allowed
to publish them only at the point
where the charges originate. This
would make no difference in the rates
themselves. but would be matter Of
convenience to the roads.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
NATURAL GAS FOUND.
Well Diggers Encounter Good Flow on
Polk County Poor Farm.

Des Moines, Aug. L.. Natural gas
was discovered yesterday by workmen
drilling an artesian we'll at the county
poor farm. When the drill had reach
ed depth of 600 feet the gas spouted
from the hole. Andrew Jonnson, one
OF the worlmen, made an attempt to
test the supply with lighted match.
The flames sprung hlty feet in the air.
After burning for over half an hour
the gas was consumed. After drilling
several feet deeper into the earth a
stronger pressure was secured.
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TAKE LIFE LIGHTLY.
DEATH STAKE in GAME.
Negro sIayers t. Shoot Craps to See
Who Shall Hang First.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. bud Will
llams and Cornelius Combs. negro MUIR
derers who are to be hanged here Sep
tember 8, yesterday agreed to shoot
craps for the honor of dedicating the
new scaffold. There is no double scat
fold in the Pittsburg jail and botn
prisoners sent word that they would
like to try the new scaffold first.
Sheriff Dickson told the murderers
that they might settle it for them
selves. The sheriff agreed to referee
the crap game
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
. IOWA PIONEER DIES
Widow of Late Isaiah Meek Passes
Away at 5onaparte.

Bonaparte, Aug. /. Mrs. Cynthia
Meek, widow of the late Isaiah Meek,
died yesterday at her home here, after
a lingering illness. Mrs. Meek was in
her eightieth year. Sne was the moth
er of six children. Mrs John S.Moore
and Mrs. w, B. Daniel Of Keokuk and
Hugh, Byron and Kirk Meek of Bona
parte, the latter being the members Of
the Meek Bros. Woolen Mill and Cloth
ing Factory company, and interested
in business in Oskaloosa.
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sattIeshIps Collide h ! Foo.

Newport r. l., Aug. LA collision
between the battleships Alabama and
Illinois, of the second division of the
Atlantic battleship feet, in thick
fog Monday night, was reported Tues.
day by Rear Admiral Charles X. Da.
Wis. Neither ship was injured below
the water line. Nothing was stated
as to the exact damage sustained by
either warship.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
THE DOG NUISANCE.
Des Moines Man Has Hard Fight With
Vicious Cur.

Des Moines, Aug. I.-Armed with a
broom and pail of water /. Burstein,
a tailor at Fifth and Locust streets,
fought off a mad dog this noon for hit
teen minutes until nelp arrived and
the tailor succeeded in slipping out OF
the room, leaving the dog in complete
possession, The police we're called
and an officer speedily dispatched the
animal with club. Nobody was bit.
ten, although Burstein had a narrow
escape
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
Telephone Lineman At Keotuk Meets
Sad Fate.

Keokuk, Ia, Aug. 1.-Robert Peter.
son, an employe of the Bell Telephone
company, while at work putting a
crossarm on a pole preparatory to
stringing wires, came in contact with
a live wire this morning, sustaining
injuries in a fall to the ground which
resulted in his death this afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
BRIDEGROOM KILLED.
Murdered AS He Was About to Start
On Honeymoon Trip.

Charlotte, n c., Aug. LAS w. =.
Brown, bridegroom of an hour, stood
with his bride at the station platform
awaiting the train for their honey
moon trip this morning, J. Y Kincaid
fred five shots at him, killing him in
stantly. The crowd attacked Kincaid
whom officers arrested to prevent a
lynching
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
MYSTERY AT mARsHALLTowa
Clothes Supposed to Belong to J. II
Smith Found On River Bank.

Marshalltown, Ia, Aug. THE po-
lice of this city are endeavoring to
.unravel the mystery surrounding the
finding of coat and vest discovered
on the banks of Linn creek. They
believe a terrible crime has been com,
mitted, and that J. H. Smith, who is
supposed to live at Stanley, Iowa, may
have been foully murdered for his
money.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
MERCHANT DISAPPEARS.
Joseph Fulton of Fairfield Has Been
Missing Month.

Fairfield, Ia, Aug. 1.-Joseph W.Ful-
ton, Jr., prominent hardware mer-
chant of this city, disappeared June
80, and though a month has elapsed
since he left home, nothing has been
heard from MN. His friends fear that
either foul play has befallen him or he
has lost his reason.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
Neuro Is Lynch.e,.d.

Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 1.-THE negro
who was charged with criminally as
saulting Miss Annie Poole, a young
girl in Lakewood. an Atlanta suburb.
was captured Tuesday afternoon and
lynched.
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Died ALONE IN FIELD
sLED TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate Of a Prominent Mason
City Man.

Mason City. Ia, Aug 1.-Warren G..
Clark, former chief Of police. sheriff,
and fire marshall Of this city, was
killed this morning by harvester in
the oats field on his farm two miles
west Of this city. The right foot was
severed by the sickle, Clark bleeding
to death In the field.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
pnst ofica Rohhed..

Chillicothe. o., Aug. THE post
once at Greenfield, o.. was burglar
lied Monday night and stamps and
cash aggregatAg $1,000 were stolen.
No clew to the robbers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
MAYOR is RELEASED.
Outcome Of injunction Suit in cleve.
land Today.

Cleveland, Aug. THE court today
decided in favor of the mayor in the
contempt case, ruling tnat inasmuch
as the city officials are also liable to
injunction in the discharge Of Official
duties, he could not be assumed to
know what the injunction was about
without being told specifically.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
BODY in MILL RACE.
Mystery Surrounds Case Of Joseph
Pollock at ottumwa.

ottumwa, Aug. L. Joseph Pollock
of Albuquerque, N. NJ, nineteen-year.
old boy, was found dead floating in
the min race. There is mystery con
nected with the case and it is NOT
known whether he was drowned OF
committed suicide.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-08-02
sTRlHE in TEXAS.
Seven Hundred Employees of Mexican
Central Quit.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. 1.--Seyen|
hundred men are on a strike in the
principal yards of the Mexican Central
railway, demanding the same wages as
mariners get.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11

Supreme Court Says Young Man Was
Not a Bartender.

A case in which Modern Woodmen
and those insured in other fraternal so.
cieties are insured was recently handed
down by the supreme court, SAYS a
neighboring exchange: In April, 1904,
BERTHE Stevens, a member of the Wood
men, accidently met his death, The
Woodmen refused payment of his $4,000
policy, payable to his mother. on the
ground that he was a bartender. The
facts showed that he occasionally served
liquor to guests while employed for
henry Miner at Pelican Lake. On
refusal of the Woodmen to pay.
Mrs. Stevens by her attorney, brought
suit against them. Mrs. Stevens won
ont in the etrcuit court and also on a
motion for new trial asked for by the
Woodmen. They, being dissatisfied
with the decision, appealed the case to
the supreme court. The case was
argued February 2Ssh and the decision
Just handed down, in which thesupreme
court sustains Judge Fruit OF the circuit
court, holding tina: Stevens was not a
bartender within the meaning of that
term rs used in their bylaws
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
COMMEND MANUAL TRAINING.
Various Authoritive Ones Favor Il AdOp.
lion by Educ ators.

Herbert Spencer, in his little book on
education, advocated that the sciences
be set aside in our schools snd colleges
and that the students be prepared for
the practical duties of life He un.
doubtedly had in his mind such course
of instruction as is now outlined in the
various manual s-eining scaoos com.
passing drawing, modelling. r.>od Gsrv,
ing and certain exercises In carpentry
and joinery and metal work This
curriculum of manual training must
be realized in our public school system
or it will fail utterly in accomplishing
the ends for the future OF the complex
mental and social being Of American
society.
Does manual farming help to hold
the boys in schoolg In Mayville, a
town smaller than Y.rcqua there are
enrolled in the high school ~ pupils; of
these 40 are boys. Principal Kelley at
tributes this second to she manual
training started In a sasll way. In
Menomonee, Wis, city of 5000 inhabi-
tants, thsrs ara enrollel si2 pupils
106 boys and 100 gifls Mnskegon,
Michigan, reports a nearly eqnal en-.
rollment All the principals of these
schools endorse manual training as an
agency to interest and hold the boys,
To criticism made upon manual train
ings, etc. in the school course of
Chicago the city superintendent says:
For the first three years on his school
life the child should learn. among other
things, to read after thai he should
read 10 learn. But 10 SAY that he
should spend all of his school time with
his books on the theory that the long
er the study the better the rseult sis TAX
ing stand that is not borne ont in ths
observations of the experienced school
teacher
You can't make the course Of the
study too rich for city lika Chicago
continued Surepintendent Cooley. "Our
idea is not eiInly to train the child for
bookkeeping or clerking VIZ are train
ing him for many other things, and,
above all. to make good, honest Am
erican citizen out of hin. He must
not deepise honest toll and he must not
overlook the beautiful things in nature.
He must get his culture from other
sou-ces as we'll MS from books. a child
may sit Mt a table and study book all
day but after a certain length Of time
his study is not accomplishing anything.
His mind is a Thousand miles away
from his book
with the coming Of manual train.
ing into the schools, statistics show
that the boys are being held in school
longer ind with better resalt than IN
der the old exclusive three r. system.
At the same time, the Introduction Of
the new education has not heightened
the time it takes for a child to finish
schonl Statistics hear ont this
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
Dnina Grand Work.

Mrs. jackson Silbaugh, secretary Of
the Young woman's branch of the W. G.
T. Z and one of the state organizers,
has been at work since February 1S, Wis
iting and organizing W G. 7. US and
"Y" unions, and making no license
speeches. She possesses the very rare
art of putting an unattraetive truth in
an attractive garb aad Sc ends' her audi
ence away thinking She has organiz-
ed several w. c T. U. and "Y" unions,
securing ~ 'sW" and 234 "Y's." She
desires to remain twod, at each point
speak.rg both evening ...eeting the un-
ioIs and visiting the SCHOOLS where she
addresses the pupils on the Care of the
Body, and Hygiene She has also se-
cured 81 pledges The Motor.
Since the above was written Mrs. Sill
baugh has lectured at Lynxviile and De-
Soto and they have gone dry" as has
La Fargo where she lectured. She ID
now working in the northern part OF the
state. She is one of the ablest temper
ance lecturers in Wisconsin and in her
earnestness reminds one much of Maud
Ballington Booth. The press, every
wnere she goes, commends her highly.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
BIGGEST AUCTION
SALE OF SEASON.

An auction, the biggest Of the season,
occurs at Chas. s. Slack u Cos, this
city. on Saturday. April IA. commencing
at 10 o'clock and lasting until 5 o'clock
p IN. It's the chance of an age Be-
low we give list of the goods to be dis.
posed of
Harvard hay carrier, l Climax hay
carrier, 8 double harpoon forks. single
narpoon forks, low down tank pump,
IL manure forks 6 hand grass seeders,
8 hand corn planters. 6 hand potato
planters, Advance tanning mills,
Wisconsin 1,000-lb scale, Dain hand
corn shelter buggy tops, l2 Fuller 81
johnson cn'tivators, hand garden cul-
tiyators, 2 iouble shovel plows, Q disc
harrows 2 Acme harTows, walking
plows, 3 lever harrows, bicycle grind.
stone, 2 road scfapers. l Boss washer.
breaking ploW, ! Beloit corn ploy, /
New Kewsunee corn planter, l 90-aai.
Ion feed cooker, 2 stock tanks, gasoline
cook stoves, oil cook stoves, End hand
gasoline range. 2na farm truck, / 2nd
hand road cart, md hand Reeves clio.
yer huller. End hand Massillon stack.
or, | 2nd hand lath mill, 2nd hand IS
horse Case traction engine, 2nd hsnd
buggies. | 2nd hand Emerson mower,
| 2nd hand seeder. > End hand cook
stoves. tAll goods not mentioned as
second hand will be new goods
There will be many other new articles
that we will not mention here. aud We
expect to give our old and new patrons
tho best values for their money they
have ever had. We also expect to have
some cows, horses and colts to offer ~
this time. Come ont and make your
own price.
Terms All sums under $40, cash ovsr
$40, eight months time, approved note,
with interest at O per cent All notes
to be given on date of sale.
CHAS S. Stack IL 90
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
limited in HoIr Wedlock

The home of Mr.. and Mrs John w.
LAKE. was the scene of very pretty
wedding last Wednesday evening, April
4th, when their daughter, Miss Mabel,
was united in holy wedlock to Mr..
Adam McLees. The impressive church
service was read by Rev. Chas. E..
Buffers in the presence of the i'm
mediate relatives Of the contracting
partie- Following ;he ceremony light
refreshments were served, after which
the happy couple hied themselves away
TO the beautiful new home completely
furnished, in the town Of Jefferson
These young people are well known
and highly esteemed in this city aud
vicinity where they have grown to man
hood and womanhopd They were edu-
cn' ed in our city high school and in
al iition the groom has had the adyant-
age of course OF agriculture at the
stale uniyeFsity
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
Announcement.

After adeliberation and having consulted
with friends throughout the county, believ-
Ing that my candidacy will be favorsbly re-
ceived, have determined to stand for the
nomination for sheriff subject TO the decisic !
OF my party in September primaries. Am
serving my second term as uuder-sherida II
10 discharge the duties OF the Office with
credit TO the people, my party and myself.
Very Truly,
Yiroqua. April H. 1905. ". f., GARRETT.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11
Did You Ever Have 70 Paw Bond7

It not, don't. The employe, guardian,
administrator or treasurer can purchase
a bond of responsible company at a
small annual premium. Don't sign a
bond, don't ask your friend to sign your
bond and thus put yourself uDder obli-
CATIONS Call on or refer your friend to
John Dawson & CO., who sell bonds.
Messrs Butt q Butt are the consulting
AttnrnAHa.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-04-11

Arrow Head tobacco for sale at all
stores.
Bargains in 10c music at the Brown
music store
Closing out sale of mems suits at
the Fair Savings store.
-PilIsburys Best -four at S4verson &,
Co., prices the lowest.
Mics Edna Valin of Lacrosse is
visiting friends in this city.
Cyclone, /" the best patent flour for
only 81 sack, a. Q. Boufflsur's.
Mrs. /. w. wilkins is paying her
daughter, Alma, visit at Madison.
Great saving on ladies street aud
dress hats. at the Fair Saving Store.
Tobacco muslin four cents per yard
at II. D. Williams 81 Co's. this week.
White vests in large variety.
THE BLUE FRONT STORE.
You can always find . good supply
of staple dry goods at the Big Store.
Get a glimpse at our ladies' fine
dress hats. FAIR SAVINGS STORE.
The celebrated Coon tobacco seed at
II. ID. Williams q Coz. for 35 cents per
ounce.
Oar line of shoes is being closed ont
very fast. Low price tells at the Big
Store.
Miss Barbara Muns0n will arrive
home from Madiqon for L later vacation,
tomorrow.
Ever Mnnson commenced work
last Monday, Ms baggageman at the st.
Paul depot.
When looking for your Easter hat.
go to Mrs. A. 0. Larson's millinery store
where style and prices are right.
The Edison monographs are going
like hot cakes at Browns music store.
A new lot Of records just received.
Mr.. A N. Farr Of Waucoma, lowe,
WAS y CENSOR caller today. Mr.. Farr
recently sold his farm of 1s9 acres lc.
Gated near Newton to Henry Haas.
Jas II Rogers, Jr OF DaSoto, who
has been employed by the burlington
road at CochI are, this state, IL back in
old Vernon again as ticket agent at
Victory.
Bible reading will be- held at thu
Lutheran Synod church 0n Friday
half past one O'clock Afterward the
! ! ladies aid society will meet vt Mrs.
Oswald s.
Deputy Cetk Berlie Moore sold u.-
residence property on South Main sire,
to Mre. Hnlsethsr. and nov occupies
the Webb house across from W ",
Dnnlap's home,
We are haS Ing the largest suit sale
We ever had The reason for this i.r we
have the kini that catches the eye of the
good dresser. AL! guaranteed. Get
ready for E4ster look our suits over.
THE Blue FRONT STORE.
-Dolnot be fooled by slick tongued
csnvasaers into buying anything but
the new steel frame Fuller IL Johnson
tobacco setter with the high wheels
and 80 made that you can attach ferti.
hzsr dropper into it. Chas. S. Slack &
CO. cell them.
The dates set Tor the Grant county
soldiers aud sai'o reunion AZ BOseobel
are June 10Th aud 2lst. The citizens
and soldiers are making great prepar
ations for entertaining the soldiers and
all Others who will come. Two days'will
be given over to & general good time.