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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-07-05

McCLURE.-Died, at her home in
Monroe township, at $40 p. M, July
L, 1906, after an illness of one year
and two months, of inflammatory rheu
matism, Sarah NJ. Mcclure, aged 6S
years, months and 2 days.
Deceased was born in Illinois, March
20, 1888, and had lived in Iowa forty
five years. Funeral services Tuesday
July 8, at residence, and interment in
Roberts cemetery. Deceased leaves
the following sons and daughters to
mourn her death: ]. w. Mcclure, s
P. Mcclure, Nevada Stevens, Eta Lott
and Lydia Wymore.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-07-05

TAYLOR.-Died, Wednesday, June
27, 1906, at IL a. M, of paralysis, Mrs
Sarah Shaffer Taylor, aged SO years
/ month and % days. Funeral ser
vices Sunday, July 1, at Rose Hill
Christian church, at p. m. A prayel
service will be held at the residence
of the daughter, Mrs. John Summers
41O Second avenue west, at IL a. m
Interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-07-05

BIDDLEMAN-MOHMER.-A quiet
wedding was celebrated at the parlors
of the Hotel Downing Friday after
noon, June 20, 1906, in the presence
of small company of friends and rel.
atives. The contracting parties were
Herbert Randolph Biddleman, a young
druggist of Packwood, and Miss Lou.
Use Mohmer, of Sigourney. Rev. ]. w
Jones officiated.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-07-05

JOHNS-CLARK.--Married, at the
residence of d. d. Downs, Saturday
June 80, 1906, at p. m, Mr.. VIM. H
Johns and Miss Rachel Clark, all O.
Beacon, Mahaska county, Rev. D. D
Downs officiating.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
READY FOR SCHOOL CENSUS.
Police VIII Begin the work This Week,
but Under Protest.

The police OF Brooklyn and Queens are
to start in to-day to take the third biennial
census of the school children Of those
b~oroughs, and on Thursday the police Of
Manhattan, The Bronx and Richmond will
begin similar work.
The job is an unpleasant one for the
uniformed men as it comes at a time When
they are working overtime in verifying
the registration lists and doing other ante
election work, but City Superintendent
OF Schools Maxwell insisted upon the police
men taking the census and taking il this
month.
When it was suggested that the Board OF
Education should employ outside enumer-
ators to gather the information the Super
intendent brought out the argument that
such census taker would lay down on the
job and fil up the blanks from their i'm
agination when they became tired OF climb
ing up stairs. The implied compliment TO
the honesty OF the men with brass buttons
won the day, n 20 orders were issued to
the various captains to get ready.
The police will have TO visit every family
in the city to find out II there are any
children between the ages Of 8 and 10 years
in the family. The job Of counting such
children may be judged from the list oil
questions the policemen are required TO
ask and to which they must jot down an
swers on the prepared blank. There are
just t~wenty-eight items that must be filed
out on the blank and it is estimated that
there are about 100000 children to bs
| counted. The filled up blank must show
il the child goes to school, or is working
a truant, illegally kept from school, phys
| cally unable to attend school, can read oil
write English or n other language, where
! tally or physically i'll, or has a work certificate
| from the Board OF Health. h name Of the
parent or guardian is taken as we'll as that
! OF the child, along with the street name
! the house number and the part OF the house
the family lives in. One blank is needed
for each child.
The information on the cards will be com
pared at the Board of Education with tbs
registry lists OF the public schools. IL II
expected thai il will take the police severa
weeks to make a complete canvass Of th'
city. Each captain of a precinct will de
termine how many houses a policeman
shall visit in a day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
TO TEST STATE PURE FOOD Law.
Defendants Set Up mn 10 Violates Both
the Federal and state Constitutions.

SCHENECTADY, Oct. 2l.-The constitu-
t~ionality OF the agricultural law Of the
State Of New York, more commonly known
as the pure food law, is to be attacked by
Buchanan, Lawyer a Whalen, an Albany
firm Of lawyers. who are employed as
sci by J. W. Meehan. a grocer Of this city,
defendant in an action brought by Miles X.
Frisbie Of this city az special attorney for
the State Of New York. Though the action
is brought against Mr.. Meehan, il really is
against Austin, Nichols a Co., Wholesale
grocers Of New York city, as they are the
grocers who supplied the New Orleans
molasses to Meehan which formed the basis
for the action, experts from the State Agri-
cultural Department having secured cans
OF the molasses from Neehan's store which
we're found to be impure upon being sub
mitted to analysis.
After technical defences set up in his
answer, in which practically a general
denial is made, the defendant alleges that
the provisions Of section 1874 and section
1876 of the agricultural law Of the State Of
New.York in so far az they purport or at =
tempt to forbid or prohibit the defendant
from so dealing in n exposing for sale
such molasses are unconstitutional pro-
VISIONS. JuaJ Is 10 say. OuDulNlblOu y d
section 8 Of Article /. OF the Constitution
of the United States, relative to the regula-
ton Of among the several cities;
section 7 Of Article XIV. Of the Amend
ments to the Constitution Of the United
States and section Q Of Article /. Of the
Constitution Of the State Of New York,
relative TO the deprivation Of any person
of liberty or property without due process
of law, as we'll as, also, that clause Of section
Of Article XIV, of the Amendments TO the
Constitution Of the United States forbidding
any State to deny to any person within its
Jurisdiction the equal protection Of the
law"
This is the last Of ten cases which were
brought in February last by States Attorney
Frisble in City Court here. All the others
have been disposed Of.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22

also call out the Bubble Makers and allied
settler workers Of Brownsville. No use.
stopping, Nose, Lczuse the meeting is
secret.
-On my right we have the headqusrters Of
the fifty bosses OF the settler workers, the
Mineral Water Manufacturers Protective
Association, who are in conclave, with Abe
PARKER as chairman, to fight the demands
Of the strikers. Now We go TO the law office
of the president Of the Essex Market Bar
Association, Rosey, who will hand you a
paper containing his reasons for coming
out for Hearst. Before the door you see
Frank. the court shoe shiAer, the only boot
black in New York whose name isn't Tony
All wal vacuum about the Office OF Roeey
the lawyer, however, and 80 it could not be
learned whether the jurist will declare for
Hearst or not. The sightseers waited in
he rain for a long time. but there was moth
ing doing in Rosey's and the party broke
up. President Zeltner stayed on the job
for some hours, but at last wandered over
to the Attorney street Turkish baths to get
a good rest before the wheels Of excitement
begin their daily grind on the East Side
tO-day
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22

BOOKS ~
The Gentleman
Ragman
BY Wilbur Wrsbf

This is a story told by a boy
in a country town. 1t is a funny
story in spite of itself, but the
fun is only one part of it.
There is an amateur boy de-
tective in it who is a humorous
wonder. And a girl poet.
The way things work out is
just the way things went when
most of us lived in country towns.
Except that perhaps we never
saw a lot of nice girls try the
Barefoot Kneip cure in a stubby
field. E.
"If the man who can make
other people laugh is a blessing
to humanity, there ought to be@
statue erected to the author OF
The Gentleman RagmaH. 1t
should be literally and hilariously
a 'howling success Neg York
Times,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
REMEMBRANCE or
4 Medal Of the Log Cabin n Hard
cider" Campaign Found.

ORANGE, n. J. Oct. 2l.-Andrew j. Reed
of Flanders has an old medallion which
he found in the debris when an old chimney
in his house on Main street was torn down
recently. The medal is n and one-half
inches in diameter and ia a memorial of
the Log Cabin and Hard Cider campaign
nearly three-quartcrs Of a century ago.
IN is Of a white metal hut is blackened by
time. The face bears a bust and the in
scription "Maior-Gen. W. II. Harrison.
born February o.. 1873, and on the reverse
side is a log cabin under which are the
words "the Hero of Tippecanoe," while
PEOPLES Choice"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
DYSPEPTIC PUMA.
ITS Bosom Mid OF the PerIIOus stun h
weighed Upon the Heart.

~ ~
weighed Upon the Heart.
Cinders, the new puma in the Central
Park menagerie. is recovering from an
acute attack OF indigestion produced by
a diet OF sawdust, pebbles, hazel nuts and
other miscellany. 1t was thought at one
time that the beast would turn up its toes
for good, but heroic doses OF medicine
pulled it through.
Cinders is not the name the puma re-
sponded to when il was a star performer
in a travelling show, but the keepers in the
park thought the name fitted II pretty
we'll when they discovered the various
articles OF diet it had been trying to subsist
upon before reaching the menagerie two
weeks ago. Director Smith OF the ~menagerie
traded of one OF his surplus lions Tor the
puma, a black bear and several other
II Is a trained puma. and one OF it's stunts
was to eat sawdust and cinders. When all
OF the sawdust. hazel nuts and other Inn
proper things were got out OF the puma
svstem il got back its appetite Tor good
meat. While it IL still slab sided, II is pick
ing up in weight.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
IlCnnPlt-DOyIe.

AsHEvILLR. n, G., Oct. 1.-THE wedding
Of Miss Helen Doyle and Joseph b. 4. BEN
nett took place at noon to-day at the home
Of the brides mother. Mrs. A. h. Doyle. The
Rev. Rodney Rush Swope of AllSouls' Church,
Fillmore, oriciated. Among the guests
we're Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Lyman. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rers, Mr.. and Mrs John 4. Roebling.
Mr.. and Mrs. George ". Vanderbilt. the
others. Mrs, BeCkman l.Orillard. sister OF
the bride. was mntTOn Of honor. Miss Ellen
Barry, a cousin 81 the bride and daughter
Of Gen. Thomas ". Barry, chief of stan.
4. =. A.. Washington. and Miss Rachel How
land were the bridesmaids. Edward Akin
son Of Philadelphia was hest man. The
RestOT of Washington. 4 wedding break
fast followed the ceremony.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
GODS KINGDOM IN Politics.
Dr. Abbott Indicates Root. Tart. Jones.
Folk, Colby and Jerome As workers.

NEW HAVEN, Oct. 2l.-In his sermon to-
day to Yale students on what Yale men
can do TO help along the kingdom of God
DIR. Lyman Abbott said;
There are two splendid examples among
political leaders Of workers for the kingdom
OF God. One, easily one Of the foremost
lawyers Of this country, laid down a large
legal practice to tax a Government position,
the salary Of which would hardly equal a
retainer in an important case. He has
been touring the South American countries,
seeking 20 bring about a spirit Of peace and
10Y between this country and those Southern
countries. a..
Another went to Cuba and brought
peace out OF anarchy there. This is Chris
tan work.
I'VE have splendid examples OF men
working for the kingdom Of God not in one
political party but in all
Jones Of Minneapolis, Folk Of Missouri,
Colby Of New Jersey and Jerome Of New
York-thee are saying 20 young men that
there Is a way in which this country can be
made better
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
sunday Night HAND Concerts.

r Last evenings concert at the Hippo
drome was gwen by the Navassar Ladies'
Band. The forty-two young women;
dressed in German Hussar uniform, gave
a varied programme, in which selections
from popular musical comedies had a large
part.
Scarano's Band, which was at the Hippo
drome two weeks ago, played last night at
the Academy Of Music.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22

viz "AlhAJ 1870
recent article in the Spectator on Table
Talk" demonstrates that this direct, simple
utterance OF author not to reader but to
nearer is the most honest and human ele-
ment in literature Som Of the most
forcible Of those pithy sentences Of johnson
were uttered after the beefsteak and kidney
budding was removed. and certain it il that
some Of the most profound arguments Of
Socrates we're delivered after he had drunk
enough wine to send most Of his companions
under the table. Consider the wonderful
collection Of books we call the Bible" con-
tinues the writer Of Table Talk" and
remember how much of them is cOnversa-
ton and the direct, simple, unprecedented
appeal OF heart to heart. The parallels
and teachings OF our Lord are parts OF
recorded conversations, the confidential
talk Of friends. The stories Of Abraham,
Moses, David, Solomon, Ruth-hOw largely
conversation they are, how easy the flow,
how clear the outline, o these simple,
pregnant sayings stick in the memory
Mrs. Mary Austin dedicates her new book
the Flock, " TO the friendly folk in lnyo
and the people Of the book Mrs. Austin
lives in California at Carmel-by-the-Sea
and has spent several years among the
herders and their iocks. Her book ia an
idyl Of shepherds life and outdoor ex-
~periences in the country where there
is no weather.; but 1t IL also historical and
authentic. Beginning with the early Span
iards, she tells Of the Frenchman, the Basque
and the American shepherds, the shearing
bale, the parting Of the fiocks, the open
range, how the days work is accomplished,
the dogs and the defence Of the sheep
against beasts Of prey. The book is Illus
trated by Z. Boyd Smith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
COURT CLERK MAKES A POINT.
Justice Kelly Declares n 20 Have Been
We'll Taken.

We'll taken.
Supreme Court Justice Kelly in Brooklyn
was called upon on Saturday to appoint a
referee in a certain case. After the lawyers
had departed he appointed a man named
Quail. Chief Clerk McGee discovered tho
fact that Mr.. Quail vas not a lawyer and so
informed Justice Kelly.
"All right, " said the Justice, "then I'll
appoint Jose Pidgeon."
Hound to have a bird said Mr.. MoGee.
SHow's that?" asked Justice Kelly.
First it was Quail and now it's Pigeon, "
said Mr.. MCGEE.
Point we'll taken, said the Justice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
Their First
Formal Call
By Grace MacG owan Cooke
illustrated By Peter We1DeH -.

The la~ughable story of two
country boys who 60 to make
their first real "call' on the girls.
One of them has prepared for the
ordeal by a close study of a book
on etiquette, but it fails them at
every turn. The story is cleverly
told and ludicrous in the extreme.
Peter Newell contributes fourteen.
characteristic and very funny pic
lures to the volume-thc first Of
the seasons gift books.
nnHn q nnnTuHnH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
PrInceton,s IsOth Anniversary.

PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. 7i.-To-morrow
Pr nostOn will commemorate the l60th
Anniversary OF its founding a. o college.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
ROCKS AND

The Washington coat of arms which
appears on the cover design Of Mrs. Hugh
Fraser's in the Shadow Of the Lord" was
copied from the carving in an old church
in a little village in England from which
the family came.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
student Pleads Guilty 10 Larceny and Is
ParOled.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Oct. 21;-Earl Sock, the
former university student, who confessed
to stealing 81 800 in goods from the Uni
versity Cooperative Store, pleaded guilty
yesterday TO burglary and larceny.
He was sentenced to FIVE years in prison,
but was released on parole.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22

There are more smooth faced men in
New York than in any other city in the
world. and foreigners who come here are
first Of all struck with the b~esrdlessnsss OF
the men. A Frenchwoman who has just
been in New York worded her opinion in
very picturesque language. =,
when I get into a trolley car" she said,
sand see the. long lines OF smooth faced
men I feel as IL l had got by mistake into a
barrel Of turnips-so smooth n round
and clean all the faces look"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
NARROW ESCAPE FOR
ADJUTANT GENERAL
Was Aboard Train Which Ran Into
Open Switch-Felt the
Shock.

Adjutant General A. P. Harrington,
who has just returned from trip to
Denver, was a passenger on the San.
ia Fe train which ran into an open
switch late Friday night. He was on
the rear sleeper and half asleep in his
berth when he felt a sudden jolting
which he thought at the time was
caused by sharp curve in the track.
NEXT morning he learned that the
train had narrowly escaped being
wrecked and an accident was only
averted by the prompt action of the
engineer in reversing the brakes and
applying the air. Fortunately the
side track into which the rapidly moy-
ing train dashed was clear at the
time and none of the cars or the To-
comotive were derailed The enginee
simply backed the train to the main
track and few of the passengers knew
of the danger they had been in until
the following morning.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
CALIFORNIA FAST MAIL
SCHEDULE NOT CHANGED

El Paso, Texas, Dec. 1S.-The
schedule of the California fast mail
train of the Rock Island and Ell Paso
& Southwestern railroads, running be.
tween Chicago and Ell Paso, will not
be changed as was announced re.
Gently 1t will continue to arrive in
this city at s o'clock each morning 1t
hal been intended to attempt to
shorten the time between this city and
Chicago by two hours and forty-five
minutes but owing to the season of
the year, the heavy SHOWS in certain
sections of the country and the diff
ficulty in making better time, this
plan has been temporarily abandoned.
1t was the desire of the railroad Of
ficials to have the fast mail train ar
rive here in time to make connections
with Southern Pacific trains for the
west each morning but after Decem-
Der 16. the fast mail will not connect
with the Southern Pacific's Sunset
Limited unless other arrangements
are made.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
HARTMAN WINS
RAILROAD BATTLE
Clever Coup De-
feats Hill at Last
Minute.
RUsE IN STOCK DEALING
Changed Control Of Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Flight Bitter.

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec 1S.--The Chron
icle says that Edward H. Hartman
has repaid James j. Hill in his owr
coin by wrestling victory from him ir
the shadow of defeat through one OF
the most effective coups ever exc
cuted in a financial battle. The con
troll of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st
Paul Railroad, which Morgan and Hill
confidently believed to be theirs yes.
terday, is still lodged with Hartman
and the Standard Oil interests and
will be greatly strengthened.
A Tooth for Tooth and An Eye for
An Eye.
AS Hill threw Hartman out of the
Northern Pacific in 1901 so Hartman
Gusts Hill from the ownership of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul. Hill executed
his flank movement by retiring the
preferred stock of the Northern Pa.
cific in which his opponents control
centered.
How the Tables Were Turned at
Eleventh Hour.
Hartman and his friends maintain
control of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul by issuing two-thirds of the
$100,0O0,000 increase to the holders of
the preferred stock, For a month the
battle for the control of this line has
been fought in the open market and
for the last week it was a disturbing
feature in Wall Street and the money
market. Much of the old bitterness
has been aroused between the con
testants.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
ONLY A CASE
OF FRIENDSHIP
Friend and Gets Jail Sentence
Instead of Fine.

A Damon and Pythias story comes
from Monticello Ramon Gonzales is
now in the county jail there serving
out sentence of sixty days for an Of
Tense committed by Isibel Torres
Meanwhile he has ample time to me.
ditate over that trite AKIN. "a friend
In need Is friend indeed"
Gonzales and friend were scufiling
one day recently when their friendly
bout came to an abrupt and unex-
pected ending. Torres appeared on
the scene at this juncture. Thinking
the men were fighting in earnest he
proceeded to interfere with disastrous
results to the other fellow. Torres
promptly and unceremoniously kicked
Gonzales opponent in the face. Ex
plantations followed but it was too
late. Gonzales was arrested subSe-
quently and pleaded guilty to the kick
ing act at the request of Torres, who
promised to liquidate the fine and
costs. Instead of being assessed
cash fine as expected Gonzales was
sentenced to Jail for sixty days. Torres
offered to pay a cash fine but the JUS
tice of the peace refused to change
his decision.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
BOLD PLOT TO
STEAL BONDS
OF City of San Fran
cisco Exposed in
Court.
STRIKE TO SCARE BIDDERS
Rudolph Spreckles Tells of
Proposition Made by
Abraham Ruef.

San Francisco, Calf, Dec. 49,
Startling testimony was given by Ru
dolph Spreckles yesterday in the pro
ceedings before Supreme Judge
Dunno, in which Mayor Eugene g.
Schmitz and Abraham Ruef are seek
ing to set aside five Indictments found
against them for the felony of extor.
ton.
Asked to Form Syndicate and Buy
Bonds.
Spreckles, who had been called to
the witness stand by the defense. tes.
titled during his examination that
Reuf had called on him at the time
Of the big municipal bond issue and
asked him to form syndicate to take
all the bonds thus authorized Spreck.
les was unable to see what guarantee
there was that if syndicate was
formed it could secure the bonds as
under the law they must be put up
at public auction and sold to the
highest bidder.
Would Cause Street Car Strike.
Ruef informed Spreckles, according
TO his testimony, that this could be
easily arranged, for he would have a
general strike on all the street rail
roads, and with San Francisco in this
condition no outside capital would bid
and the syndicate would have clear
field. Spreckles also testified that
Ruef called upon him and demanded
chat he be retained as the attorney
of the San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
FREIGHT TIE.UP
IN KANSAS CITY
Lack of Elevators, Yardage and Stor-
age Rooms Cause Trouble--Car
Shortage insignificant.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1S.-The
Journal today says:
"a lack not only of cars and locomo-
tives. but of insufficient yardage, ware
houses and elevators are causes that
have brought about the freight con-
gestion in Kansas City and probably
elsewhere. The railroad freight
house in Kansas City is gorged and
every storage track crowded. AS many
cars are waiting to be unloaded as are
waiting to be loaded. Loads can not
be dumped in the road and empties
can not be loaded faster than about so
many per day. The roads are fire.
quently forced to order cars brought
to Kansas City Immediately without
waiting for loads, because when loads
arrive here there is no place to put
them. Ware houses and elevators
must be emptied before they can be
refilled."
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-18
NEGRO TRIED TO
STAB DEPUTY
Resisted Arrest for Carrying Con-
ceaed Weapons When Six-Shooter
Was Accidentally Discharged.

Las Vegas, n. NJ, Dec 1S.-The
negro porter of the Oklahoma Bar,
Lee Carol, is under arrest and will
probably face charge of resisting an
officer and attacking him with a
deadly weapon. Carol had been
gambling and lost all of his available
funds. He then tried to pawn six
shooter at the Pacific Saloon. De-
putty Sheriff Enrique Baca was in the
saloon and examined the six-shooter.
He found the weapon loaded and tried
to extract the cartridges with the re-
suit that the six-shooter was dis
charged, the bullet tearing hole on
the floor. Baca then tried to arrest
the negro, who drew an ugly looking
knife. He made slash at the officer,
severely cutting him about the hands
but was knocked down and subdued.