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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26
KILLED BY ACCIDENT.
Brother of Herbert Riggs of This City
Sustains Fatal Injuries.

Frank Riggs, brother of Herbert
Riggs of the o. L. & T. company, was
killed by the accidental caye-in of a
ditch at Waukee, Ills, where he was
employed. Riggs was soldering the
pipe of a water main when the walls
caved in on him, breaking his neck
The young man was brought to his
home in Martinsburg, where the fun
eral will be held Tuesday. He was
thirty-eight years old. and unmarried
and brother of Mrs. Pearl Bacon
and Herbert Riggs of this city, and
of Fred Riggs, now of Los Angeles.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26
BOOSTED OUT OF DEBT
The Fair Puts Base Ball Club On
It's Feet Again.

The Base Ball Fair is history It's
merry chapter Of history, and it is
good reading to the local fans. for be.
cause Of its big success the Base Ball
Association is now out of debt. The
total receipts ran about $1,000, but out
of this expenses are yet to be paid.
Saturday night saw the closing Of
the fair. 1t saw about five hundred
people in the big Armory Hall during
the evening. 1t saw the floor covered
with dancers until dancing was al.
most Impossible. 1t saw crowds
throng and surge around the auction
stand where the yaluables and the
bargains were unfortunately being
disposed Of and it saw merry crowd
OF people all glad because the affair
was turning cash into the treasury of
the base ball club.
Voting during the evening was spir-
tied. The vote for the most popular
lodge was strongly for the Elks, who
got the broom and the electric fan
that was included with it, with a vote
Of 74S.
"Quakers" was a bad third in the
name contest, and "Distillers" only
second to "oskaloosas," which was
voted as the official name of the base
ball club, having 1877 votes. There
was a contest expected on this propo-
sition, but nothing developed.
With 220 votes Mrs. Archie Cowan
was declared the most popular rail-
road mans wife. There were several
other contestants, but Mrs. Cowan's
was the largest vote by considerable.
She received lamp.
The Golden Eagle suit case was
sold at auction after a tie on the vote
for most popular railroad man had
been declared. ,s
There were host of small articles
disposed of, and at midnight John
Daley received the big couch which
was given away at the door.
Among the fortunate purchasers of
bargains were:
Picture, Will Mcdonald.
Sack -four, Policeman Henley.
Sack flour, Chas. Howar.
Cistern pump, Will Campbell.
Butcher knife, Frank Novels.
Butcher knife, Chas. HOFFMAN,.
Cake, Herbert Davis.
Sack -four, Jess Pullian.
Potatoes, Jesse Pullian.
Sack -four, Chas. Monroe.
Rocker, Guy West.
80, chances on electric lamp, Walter
Black. ...
Mirror, G. H. Human.
Electric lamp, V. P. Wittenmyer.
Saddle, Dave Grier.
No. so fur boa, Tom Shockley.
so chances on parasol, o. E. DECKER
son.
Fur boa, Tom Shockley.
Parasol, o. E. Dickson.
Gas lamp, Jim Brown.
Case of tomatoes, Lou Shangle.
Doll, Ethel Helm.
Couch, John Daley.
Carving set, VIM. Strouse.
Box cigars, Frank Hamilton.
Box cigars, Mr.. Brooks.
Carving set, Mr.. Evans.
Box cigars, E. A. Smith.
so numbers on doll, Ethel Helm.
$500 worth of wall paper, from
Emerick's, Chas. Hoffman,.
Gold filling from DR.. Redman's, Dan
Logue.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26
SHAW IN CHICAGO.
Secretary Says Government Will Not
Limit Aid to San Francisco.

Chicago, April 2S.--Secretary Shaw
Of the treasury department arrived in
this city this morning. He said there
viii be no limit on the money the
government will lend to the relief OF
San Francisco. Shaw may go to
San Francisco himself.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26

An effort is to be made to stock the
parks at Iowa Falls with squirrels, In
asmuch as the city has passed an or
dinance insurlng the protection Of the
little animals. =
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26

IUIdI '.s' ''.'UI II
This year the same counties have
either held conventions or indicated
as a result of primaries that their del
egates will vote as follows:
Perkins. Cummins.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26
PROF. MAYNE ARNOLD,
WEST OF HOTEL LACEY.
Shur-On
Eyeglasses

help your looks as
well as your eyes.
The graceful spring
gives beauty to the
glasses and holds
them firmly in the
right position with
out pinching.
Come in and see.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26

some were killed in the IRE, but it is
believed by the board OF health that
the majority died of ptomaIne poison
ing
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-04-26
Cummins. Anti.Cummins.

Total so
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First DISQUALIFICATION Of Hawaii.
At Chamberlain Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Mamie
L. Burke.
Order for Notice of Hearing Petition
For Probate of VIII.
A Document purporting to be the
Last Will and Testament of Mamie
L. Burke, deceased having on the
14th day of February A. d. 1906
been presented to said probate
Court, and a Petition for the Pro-
bate thereof, and for the Issuance of
Letters Testamentary to Robert e.
Burke, having been filed by said Robert
Il. Burke.
1t is hereby ordered, that Wednesday,
the 2Sth day of February, A. D. 1906, at
9 o'clock a. m. of said day, at the Court
Room of said Court, at Honolulu, be
and the same hereby is appointed the
time and place for proving said viii
and hearing said application.
1t is further Ordered that notice
thereof be given, by publication, in
The Hawaiian Star, a newspaper pub
lished in Honolulu, on the 18th day of
February, A. d. 1906, and on each pub
LEGATION day of said newspaper up ia
and including the 9th day of Febru-
airy, A. D. 1906.
Dated at Honolulu, February 18th,
1906.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, JR.,
Second Judge, First Circuit Court.
A. S. Humphreys, attorney for Peti-
toner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24

WHEREAS a libel was filed in the
District Court of the United States for
the Territory of Hawaii on the 18th day
of February, A. D. 1906, by INTER-
ISLAND STEAM NAVIGATION CON-
PANY, LIMITED, an Hawaiian cor
poration, owner of the steamer "Ka-
uai," for itself and others, Libellant,
versus the American Schooner "Ka
Moi" her tackle, apparel, furniture
and machinery, Claimant, in a cause
of salvage, civil and maritime, to re-
cover the sum of $425O as by said libel,
reference being hereby made thereto,
will more fully and at large appear,
NOW, therefore, in pursuance of the
Mention and under the seal of the
Court to me directed and delivered,
do hereby give public notice to all
persons claiming the said Schooner "Ka
Moi" her tackle, apparel, furniture
and machinery, etc, or in any manner
interested therein, that they be and
appear before the said District Court,
to be held in the city of Honolulu on
Monday, the Goth day of February, A.
D. 1906, at ten o'clock in the forenoon
of that day, provided the same shall
De u udy VI JullSultllOliB OluSI loG Oll
the next day Of jurisdiction thereafter;
then and there to interpose their claims
and make their allegations in that be-
half, otherwise default and condemna-
ton will be ordered.
Dated, this nineteenth day of Feb
ruary A. d. 1906.
e. r. HENDRY,
U. S. Marshal.
SMITH & LEWIS, Proctors for
Libellant
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
TILE KA1sER,s NEEDING.

The anniversary of the wedding Of
Qaiser wilhelm on February q will
be specially celebrated by German r ST.
dents this year as it is his majesty's
silver wedding. Preparations for a
fitting remembrance of the day are now
in progress.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
RHEUMATIC PAINS QUICKLY
RELIEVED.

The eXcruciating pains characteristic
of rheumatism and sciatica are quickly
relieved by applying Chamberlain
Pain Balm. The great pain relieving
power of the liniment has been the sur
prise and delight of thousands Of suf-
ferers. The quick relief from pain
which it affords is alone worth many
times its cost. For sale by all dealers.
Benson, Smith & Co., agents for Ha-
wall.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
Insurance Public I H H ri; Of

GreetngHavng been appointed to the position of District
Superintendent for the Territory of Hawaii by the Mutual Life
nOuu and will take formal charge of the COmpany business
March l after which date all payments of Premium by policy
holders the payment Death Claims and Maured EndOwmens
to be made the Companys office 932 and 9S8 Fort
Street
The modern contracts issued by the Mutual Life offer larger
guarantees than do those of other companies
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
Claus Spree -als. VIM. G. Irwin.
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Bank of New Zealand, and Bank Of
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AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS.
Deposits Received, Loans Made on
Approved Security. Commercial and
- avellers' Credits issued. Bills of EX-
change Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY AC-
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
BORN.

KLEBAHN-In Honolulu, T. H., Feb
ruary p, 1906, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Klebahn, a daughter.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE TER
RITORY OF HAWAII.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
THE COMPANY FINANCIALLY UNAssAILABLE.

Remember that with all the reckless talk the newspapers about
yndcaes and salaries and subsidiary the securities Of
the Mutual Life have been criticised their perfect safety
questioned The investments OF the Company book in
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every security OF any description before themiou hundred and
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4 single investment of any classed as doubtful.
the Mutual Life still the strongest financial institution
the world with $36OooOoo larger than that any other
existing company and with contingent guarantee fund.-
muated profits, of $75OooOoo of its legal liabilities
1t is still true has always been, that the Mutual Life has
paid poyhoders holds today for pocyhoders
than any other company the world Nearly hundred mil
date has the Company dbued its members and their
benefciaries making with still holds for them, nearly
hundred millions than it has received from them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24
or INTEREST TO
Women , and , Offers

Hill, and the fact of the matter is that
his name and his family name has been
Sousa since the time where the memo
ry of man runneth not to the contrary.
If you will go down into the dawn of
the world you will find that the royal
city of Persia was called Sousa. Then
it became necessary to plant the seed
of civilization in the then benighted
Europe. Mr.. Sousa's ancestry came to
Portugal and even into this day the
name is the most famous in the Por-
tuguese history and nobility. Mr.. Sou
sa's father, Antonio de S1usa, went to
America as an exile in the early forties,
and in Washington d. c., the capital
of America, on a bright 9Th of NOvem-
Der, i'm the good year of 1854, the sub
pect of this letter was born, and if he
had ever to be born anew he would Sc
lect the same place and the same par
ents."
4 4 \ 4
The twelve-month which ends with
the first of next June should surely go
down into history as the year of inn
perial and royal weddings.
1t was on the 9Th of last June that
Crown Prince Frederick William and
the Grand Duchess Cecile of Mecklen-
berg-Schwerin were married. on Oc-
tober II occurred the wedding of Duke
Karl Edward of Sake oburg and Go
tina and Princess Victoria Adelheid of
Holstein- Gluecksburg. Next month
this dukes chum, the second son of
the kaiser, Prince Eitel Frederick, is
to meet Duchess Sophie Charlotte Of
Oldenburg at the altar; while the Span
ish court is soon to experience two we'd
dings. King Alfonso XIII is to take
as queen the Princess Victoria Eugene
| Julia Ena of Battenberg, niece of King
Edward VII, and the kings only liv-
! ing sister, the Infanta Maria Theresa,
| is to become the bride of Prince Fer
dinand of Bavaria, her cousin.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24

DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS AT A. B. ARLEIGH & CO., FORT
AND HOTEL STREETS DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY /
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THE
LIMITED.

Incorporated Under the Laws Of the
Territory of Hawaii
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-24

During John Philip Sousas tour of
Europe, in 1905, he visited Leeds, and
while there received a communication
inquiring If 1t were not true that his
real name was Sam ogden, and that he
was born in Dudley Hill, Yorkshire
The bandmaster's reply was pointed
and facetlous. 1t was as follows
Dear Sir: Mr.. Sousa begs to state
that it was a source of amusement to
him in his travels over the eastern and
western hemisphere to find the inge-
nuity displayed by photographers in
writing about him. He hates to spoil a
good story but desires to state that his
name was never Sam Ogden, is not
Sam ogden and never win be Sam Og-
den; that he never was born I'm Dudley
Hill, and never win be born IN Dudley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

hair Of that peculiar shade Here
would follow directions enabling the
reader to work it out for himself He
was to pour out a glass Of some par
ticular wine into some particular sort
of a glass, and wave it about before
some particular sort of d light. Or he
was to get up at five o'clock on
March morning and go out into wood.
In this way he could satisfy himself
as to the particular shade of gold the
heroine's hair might happen to be. or
If he were a careless sort of reader he
could save himself time and trouble bv
taking the authors word for it. MANY
of them did. Her eyes They
We're invariably deep and liquid They
had to be pretty deep to hold all the
odds and ends that We're hidden in
them: sunlight and shadow, mischief,
unsupported possibilities, complicated
emotions, strange, wild yearning. ANY
thing we didn't know where else to put
we said was hidden in her eyes Her
nose." You could have made it for
yourself out Of a pen Orth of putty after
reading our descrptiOn-it was so de-
tailed Her forehead; it was always
low and broad I don't know why it
was always low. Maybe because the
intellectual heroine was not then pop
ular. For the matter of that, I doubt
if she be really popular now The
brainless doll, one fears, viii continue
for many years to come to be man s
ideal woman: and Woman's ideal of
herself for precisely the same period
one may be sure. Her chin a less
degree of variety was permissible in
her chin. 1t had to be at an angle sug-
gestiVe of DiQuancy, had to have at
least the suspicion of a dimpIe in it.
To properly understand her complex
ion. you were expected to provide your
self with a collection of assorted fruits
and flowers. There are seasons in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
Alcohol from sawdust.

prof. Alexander Classen Of the tec1-
nicaI college at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
has worked out d thoroughly pracLlcao-e
and commercially successful rnelnod q
making alcohol out of sawoust- says
John c. jenkins IN an article, Make a.
cohoI from Sawdust," in the FEBRUARY
Technical World Magazine II dlIAStS
from the process formerly exploited, ~
that to convert the cellulose into glucose
gaseous sulphurous acid is utilized z
stead of sulphuric acid, Whieh Il IS o4Hta-
cult and costly to remove
"a remarkable feature Of this process
is the fact that the sawdust after leaF-
ing the exhaustion watts can be used 19f
fuel; for, although its volume constantly
diminishes after each step in the process,
still it's value as a fuel remains dnena-lls
ed no component having fuel value
having been removed
'sThe process is constantly being i'm
proved, and about . gallons Of absolute
alcohol is now obtained from long ton
of saWdust. or about double that GUAM
tity of crude alcohol
ut is not necessary to use saWdust; par
ticles Of wood Of small size can also De
treated economically, and as easily as
sawdust- Professor Classen is WORKING
now on plans for a plant on commercial
scale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
zeke Bonzey's weather Tin.

Uncle Zeke Bonzeys who has nanUfac-
tured weather forecasts for local COM.
sumption in northern Virginia for the
past sixty years, predicts a mild winter
His reasons for the forecast are found
ed on the belief that plants and animals
growing in a state Of nature are en-
dowed with a preseienee which has not
been given to mankind, or, if given, has
been neglected and permitted to lie idle
for SO long that it is no longer of value.
we are going to see an open winter
said he, because the wild geese have
stayed north a. month longer than usual
because the farm poultry have neglect
ed to moult until a month later than the
average because the shells on beechnutS
and the husks on corn ears and the
heaps Of new earth over the mole bur
rows are thinner than common, because
fresh cider ferments in two weeks and
turns to hard cider in a month, because
the muskrats have not put on any thick
under Goa ting of fur because the hares
still run about the woods in their brown
summer garments, because the crows
and robins have not migrated to the
south as yet and because ] say SO.
THE goose bone sign is unreliable.
The presages which it gives out depend
upon the kind Of goose from which It
was taken.
An old goose that is fat and well fed
has congested breastbone on account
of the great amount of blood it con-
tains. Such a bone is Interpreted 70
mean an open winter, the dark areas
standing for bare ground and the light
ones indicating snow.
But young and healthy goose that
has not been overfed shows a. white
breast bone at all times. This is alb
surd. of course, and any person who
will base his faith on the goose bone
without knowing the kind Of goose IL
came from. is risking his reputation
for relia bility.
IAN the weather signs from plants
and animals that are worth anything
are on the outside which is natural
considering that cold and warm weather
affects them from the outside before X
can have any influence on the inner or
gans.
''The system of making predictions
which use was discovered by my
grandfather, who passed it along to ny
father, and when he had practiced 70
for fifty years and made many improve
ments. it was turned over to me
don't hit the conditions every time, but
if I should give % cents for every time
/ miss and you should give me 10 cents
every time / win and both Of US should
live for LOCO years, you would be ~
the almshouse and i would be rlcn
old man. w Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14
Mixing of Hats at the White House.

Attorney General Moody made call
on the president yesterday morning,
and as he was leaving the White House
tried to put his hatSon his head. He
Immediately encountered difficulty, for
the hat appeared to be too small. Mr..
Moody scanned the derby carefully.
turned it over and over with mysti-
fed air, ard again tried to force it on
his head. It was no use.
Must have made mistake" muir
INJURED the attorney general, turning
back to the presidents office In d mo-
ment he came out again, smiling broad
Iy and with another derby in his hand.
Nov, gentlemen" said MI Moody,
there's an illustration of the high prin-
ciple of honesty on which the depart
ment of justice operates. I started to
walk off with Senator Delivers hat,
and in spite of the fact that it is q
far better hat than mine, I returned it
to him and claimed my old. shabby
looking derby. brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-14

the moo rules is made up. For in
stance, there should be a more specific
definition of holdin'. There's holdin' up
an holdin' down. Because a man S
knocked out an can't rise to the count
amt no sign that he's held. OF course
if they can't rise to a recount it's diff
ferent. Wonderful Willie got a re-
count, an that held HIM for a while.
AS things is, they're mixed. A full
back kicks a half back in the starbOard
ribs. He drops. an seven other guys
dance on his chest while the captain
of the team strokes his fevered brow
with a set of specially manicured nails
He says he's held. He amt nothin'
of the kind. They're just fondlin him.
What's more, one of the quarter backs
is pushin' his face in with q moo boot
to try to make him get up. But he
won't move. He's just stubborn. At