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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
JOHN WAY DEAD.
Former oskaIoosa Boy Passes Away
in California.

News has been received in this
city of the death at his home in Cal
ifornia on Sunday morning, of John
Way, former Oskaloosa boy.
His sister. Mrs. D. B. Fleming, OF
Des Moines, had started to be with
him in his last illness but he passed
away before she could reach him.
Mr.. Ways boyhood was spent in
oskaloosa, and for several years he
was associated with Mr.. Fleming in
the laundry business. He went west
a number of years ago on account OF
failing health.
He married an Oskaloosa girl, Miss
Goodrich, who oled about three years
ago. They leave two children.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
LECTURE IS A TREAT
One of the Best Numbers of the
Union Course.

The Brooks-Fletcher lecture at the
opera house Tuesday evening was
certainly one of the treats of tne
Course. The lecturer is of fine per-
sonal appearance, graceful in car
riage and movement, full of dramatic
fire, a2d, best of all, he has some
thing to say.
The subject, THE Martyrdom OF
Fools" is not an attractive one. 1t
has in it the "all-for-popularity' air
that is the failure mark of so many
lectures. If the speaker had fol
lowed the subject along its expected
line of thought, it would not have
passed the level of medium. But he
did not do SO. Rather he talked on
the deserved martyrdom of fools.
He started out by proclaiming thu
necessity of tools because "Blunder Is
Progress" He expatiated over the
place fools NIL in the community, how
they are clowns for the common di,
version. He gave as an example the
fashionable woman and her dog, com.
pairing her criminal race suicide with
the guilt of the poor Indian mother
feeding her infant to the cruel croco'
ollie god of the Gaages. He told what
a fool can do, and how by persistent
criminal folly he may adorn scat
fold and point a strong moral.
He talked of the religious fanati.
fool" of the agnostic fool, and OF the
atheistic fool Then the speaker
found another aad as dangerous q
fool in the man who always runs with
the crowd. Here was a splendid op
ening for scoring graft and greed
and the unthinkiag fool voters who
by blind partlsanship have made such
graft and greed possible. The speak
er took the opening, fayed the party
voter with scourging words of con
tempt, and demanded in pulpit, il
editorial sanctum, and on public plat
forms the man of independent
thought. He deplored commercialism
and municipal corruption and pointed
to Philadelphia and Cincinnati as ex
amples of the depths to which munci
palities sink when ruled by graf
The tribute to Philadelphia as the
cradle of independence was mos
beautiful.
Dropping the larger fields of nation
and city, the lecturer then gave his
attention to the individual boy or
girl who is on the downward road TO
wards the condition of criminal fool
He condemned intempera1ce in eat
ing as well as in drinking and pictur
ed the ravages of these sins, remark
ing that in every town there were
many young men who were constant
ly playing the fool to make Milwau
kee famous"
He talked, too, of the awful crimf
of impurity, its rayages in genera
tons of the living and of the yet un
born. His languagea was strong, hi.
pictures lurid, yet not overdrawn.
Finally he begged that any of his
audience who felt themselves becom
ing the fools of criminal tendencies
would break the fatal habit before :
became too strong for them.
The lecturer was often interruptec
by applause and the commentator :,
universal. Perhaps the highest trlb
ute to his power as an orator was fur
nished by the GREATNESS silence OF
the audience at half dozen dramatic
periods of his discourse.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

part of all respectable people and
that If they do not desist at once, they
will be summarily dealt with, and our
city VIA soon be purged of this in
tolerable nuisance We should not
be satisfied until the streets of Os-
kaloosa are just as safe for a woman
as for man at any time of the day
or night. "A Parent.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
Special Stock Train.

The "a" special which pulled out
from Knoxville Saturday evening at
6 o'clock consisted of IL cars. 13 dou-
ble-deckers Of sheep and four cars of
cattle. The entire shipment was
bound for Chicago. via Montgomery.
Several of the shippers accompanied
the train.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
No Severe Weather.

The winter is over half gone ana
We have had nothing very bad in lie
weather line TO endure. The precip-
itation has been mostly in the form
of water and we have not had a
touch of zero weather thus far
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items Of Interest Cleaned from Pull
pit and Sanctuary.

Sunday at Sc. James Episcopal
church was devoted to the children.
Rev. H. w. Starr, of St.Paul's church
of Council Bluffs, who exchanged pull
pits with Rev. John William Jones,
.officiated and delivered four excel
lent addresses in the interests OF the
little folks. Rev. Starr is an inter-
esting speaker, and this being his sec
ond visit to Oskaloosa, he was greet
ed by good congregations at all OF the
services. At the Sunday school hour
in the morning Rev. Starr talked d.
rect TO the children, and in the aAcer-
noon he addressed a teachers meet
ing His morning sermon had for its
theme 'The Church and the Child in
the Twentieth Century" And n the
evening, "The Parent and the Child"
All who heard him were impressed
with his earnestness, and the church
will be benefited by his visit to Oska-
loosa,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17

The farmers took the city yester-
day. The largest crowds were at the
decIamatory contest that the institute
has ever entertained.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-17
The Christian Church.


The second Sunday in January was
given over to hearing reports from
the church treasurer, secretary, Sun
day school and the heads of all the
societies and working auxiliaries OF
the church. This is the annual Gus
tom of most Christian churches, espe-
cially those who maintain settled
pastor. These reports are made on
the general principle that all of the
helpful forces within the church are
amenable to the congregation as a
whole. These needful auxiliaries are
organized for wholly unselfish pur-
poses and they covet the good will
and hearty support of the 1ongrega-
tion at large. At the annual meetings
there is open opportunity for all to
know why such societies exist AMI
what kind of work they are doing.
It's members are always open to help
full suggestions along the line of their
special work. Only the briefest pos
sible space can be given to figures.
The resident membership numbers
775. Nonresident members, 100.
Amount raised by the church for all
purposes during the year Loo, So
376.72,E acm auxiliary raised and dis
tributed its own funds. The Ladies'
Aid society, which has always been
one of the strong arms of the church,
raised last year $741S2. Rev. G. w.
Muckley of Kansas City, correspond
ing secretary of the church extension
fund of the United States and Can
ada, was present and made a brief
address at the close, exhibiting a
map showing the workings of the
100000 now in that fund, and under
the control OF his board. In the eV-
e1ing Rev. Muckley gave a more ex-
tended address on his work. 1t was
brim full of facts and figures that were
intensely interesting to the average
ly of great interest will occur this
week, on Friday, the 18th IL will be
conducted by S. ]. Cory of the For
eigl Missionary society and DIR. Os-
good of China. A basket dinner will
be served in dining rooms of the
church and everybody interested in
missions is invited to be present. No
collection will be taken. Three 81 :
sions-10 a. M, p. m. and 7:31 In
the evening. Short and stirring ad-
dresses by aDle speakers. Plan to
come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05
GREATEST SINCE PAUL.
Tribute to General Booth by Leslie NJ.
Shaw at Carnegie Hall.

New York, Nov. 5.-General William
Booth of the Salvation army last night
addressed congregation that filled
Carnegie hall. 1t was the formal fare
well address of what will probably
prove General Booths last visit to
America. Leslie M. Shaw, former Sec
rotary of the treasury, presided. Gov
ernor Hughes was to have presided,
but he was unable to be present and
sent a letter to Miss Eva Booth, COM
mander of the Salvation army in the
United States, expressing his regrets
and paying a tribute to the general.
The platform was crowded with men
prominent in every walk of life. For
mer Secretary Shaw in introducing
General Booth said:
The history Of Christianity may be
read in the story of but few lives. 1t
is given to few men to live to see such
great results of their labor of love as
gest that the reason for his success is
that he has preached vital gospel
a gospel that takes hold of men ana
makes something of them-a vitalizing
influence that makes men realize that
they are allied with the great God.
1T consider it a distinct honor to
introduce to you the greatest evange-
list of our time. the greatest preacher
era1 William Booth
The great audience rose to its feet
and cheered. The address of the aged
leader was resume of Salvation army
Work. 1t dDOunueo IN anecQOteS. AL
no time on his present tour has Cen
eral Booth shown greater vigor than
in portions of this narration of his
struggles to build up his Organization.
At the conclusion of the address
State Supreme Court Justice M. L.
Bruce suggested that the audience rise
and wish the general Godspeed in
American fashion by giving three
cheers. This demand then was led by
former Secretary Shaw after which the
SalvatiOnist leader expressed his
thanks briefly, formally bidding fare
well to the American people with a
plea that they continue to cooperate
with his army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05

$3,433,9 91.65, and st. Louis South
western, 3,O75,230 tons, an increase of
219,71O, and s7,899, 93715, an increase
of $1,201,214.56.
As the Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain system never gives out the
details of it's freight traffic, showing
the commodities handled, it is impos-
sible to show the increases and de-
creases in each class for all four lines
for the fiscal year just closed over the
previous one. But the totals of the
three other roads are available.
The Frisco, the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas and the st. Louis Southwestern
Transported S,S56,165 tons of the pro-
ducts of lie mines, an increase of L.
425,992 over the previous year; SILL
701 tons of the products of the forest,
an increase of 399,4SS; 5,103,9S0 tons
of agricultural products, an increase
of S3S,S64; 3.769,01S tons of manu-
features, an increase of 619,97S; L.
169,400 tons of animals and animal
products, an increase of 1889, and
2,105,134 tons of miscellaneous
freight, an increase of 272,912.
At the present time all the south
western and western lines are making
new high records in their freight
traffic. Notwithstanding the prepare
tions which they made for twelve
months to handle the freight expedi-
tiously, they have found it difficult to
meet requirements.
The traffic during the ten months of
the present calendar year is the
largest that the ST. Louis lines ever
have had. In October all previous
records were broken.
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Forty-Five Million Tons in One
Year Carried on Four Roads.
Increase of IL Per Cent in West
ern and Southwestern Lines.
BRINGS BIG REVENUE.
Mining Products Furnish
Heaviest Part of the Traffic.
Other Items Of Interest to
Railway People.

Four of the principal Southwestern
railroads.&c. Frisco, the Missouri Pa
cific and Iron Mountain system, the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the ST.
louis SouthweStern-tranS A.
SIT 553 tons of freight in the fiscal year
just closed This was an increase over
the previous year of 4,293,55S tons, or
1867 per cent.
The heaviest traffic was in the pro-
ducts of the mines, the next i'll the pro-
ducts of the forest and the third in
agricultural products The hghtest
traffic was in animals and animal pro-
ducts.
The traffic statistics give an idea Of
the business and activities of the
southwest. They show, also. in the in
creasos and decreases in the classes Of
freight handled year after year, the
changes which are taking place in the
territory's development.
For transporting the A, 5f7, 553 tons of
freight the four lines receive $SS,661,-
e15.92. This was an increase Of $685.
o44.47, or II per cent.
The gro5.; tonnage was divided as fol-
lows: Products of the mines, 1870 915
tons; agriculture, &.57s,559; animals and
animal products, 2,15S, 485; products OF
the forest, S,675.131: manufactures, T.
B04,s94, and miscellaneous, 2,829,069.
The Frisco led in traffic in the pro-
ducts Of the mines, hauling 6,393,059
tons. Tie Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain system was second with g.
l14.750 tons. The Missouri, Kansas IL
Texas handled 2157.216 tons, and the st.
Louis Southwestern, 1,464.527, and the
Missouri Kansas &c Texas, 676, $780,
In agricultural products the Missouri
Pacific and Iron Mountain system had
The largest business. with 3,475,579 tons.
The Frisco transported 2.791,045 tons;
The Missouri Kansas & Texas, 1,645, All,
and the St. Louis Southwestern, 667. 524.
Manufactures aggregated 7,304994
tons. The Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain system handled 8 535. 976 tons:
the Frisco, 2375,774: the Missouri, Kan
has & Texas, 1920, 949, and the st. Louis
southwestern. 172,295.
The Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun
tain system carried SS9, 0S5 tons of ami
mails and animal products; the Frisco
b26 c60; the Missouri Kansas and Texas
bss 7s9, and the st. Louis Southwestern,
B4,ss6.
Miscellaneous freight aggregated g.
sze,06S tons. The Frisco transported
s97,1e6 tons; the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain system, T23,935; the
Missouri, Kansas q Texas, 69733e,
and the st. Louis Southwestern,
41o,65s.
The gross tonnage and freight reve-
nue. of each of the four roads was:
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
system, S,302,155 tons. an increase of
616,4o5, and $35.5o9, 6SS.71. an in
crease of S2,946,081.94 Frisco, 49,
154,154 tons, an increase of 2.3O5,162,
and $26 4s.664.91, an increase of ST.
26o,756.32: Missouri. Kansas & Texas,
1886 Ola tons. an increase of 1,152,-
PTS, and $1s.4o2.s25-15, an increase Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

over $20.00O,000 capital is invested
in the plants of Frances twelve Lead
ing motor car manufacturers.
Don't forget to watch the oiling sys-
tenn carefully, especially the jack
shaft, transmission and other parts.
In a recent collision between az
autobus and a trolley car at Philadel.
phia, the car was the more seriously
damaged.
At the Grand Central Palace show,
New York, there were PIT individual
exhibitors.
The Motor union. of Western India,
will hold reliability trials December 26
to 20, concluding with five ghauts or
hill climbs.
Races for the motor cycle police
men of New York recently were held,
valuable prizes being donated by
wealthy men of that city.
Sales in Indiana the past elevep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05
FOR A BILLIARD TOURNEY.
Six of the Best American Players to
Meet in New York.

New York, Nov. Silk of the best
American professional billiard players
will probably take part in national
14.1 inch balkline championship tour
nament to be held in New York about
the second week in January. Experts
want game that will be less tiresome
and tedious than the 1871 balk-line
game, and more difficult than the 1872
game. To accomplish this the 14.1
tournament is being arranged With
the exception of this tournament, New
York will be without a tournament of
note. The entries will include George
Slosson, Maurice Daily, Jacob Schaef-
err, George Sutton, Ora Morningstar
and A, H. Cutler. 1t Is hoped that
Willie Hoppe, who is at present giving
exhibitions at Amsterdam, Holland,
will return in time to take part in the
tournam ent.
1t is planned to make the cham
pionship tournament sweepstake af-
fair, with 500 or $3.50 a corner, to
which will be added a purse and the
gate receipts.
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FREIGHT HANDLED ROUGHLY.
Port Arthur Road Loses Money From
This Cause.

The records show that for the month
of September, the Kansas City South
ern was at an expense of 81, 500 for the
loss sustained to freight and other bag
gage, caused by rough handling and
pilferage.
This loss is considered decided and
Trainmaster Murphy will have every
case of pilferage and rough handling
Investigated, and they will be dealt
with in accordance.
Meanwhile, orders have been issued
by the train master for all who have
to do with the handling of freight and
other things which come in temporary
possession of the K. c. s., be handled
with a great deal more care than has
been the case in the past and that pill
fering be stopped.
The conductors and yard masters
have been given orders to see to it that
no freight, while in their hands, be
roughly treated. 1t is presumed by the
officials that this extra precaution will
decrease wonderfully the expense they
have been to and will make matters
more satisfactory for the ones receiv-
ing the freight.
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WATER SUPPLY SHORT.
Union Pacific Having Trouble I'm Gen.
trail and Western Kansas.

Salina, Kan, Nov. 5.-The water ques-
ton is becoming serious matter with
the Union Pacific Railroad company in
the western part Of the state. There
are several watering places along the
line west of Ellis. but the only well that
is furnishing anything like the required
amount is at Oakley. The well at Buff
falo Park, which has always been de-
pended upon to a great extent, has been
abandoned entirely, and extremely poor
service is furnished at Wa-Keeney and
Collyer. The company is carrying wa
ter in steel tank cars to tanks along
the line, and in some instances, water
is being pumped directly from the water
cars into the engines.
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months are estimated to have reached
fully 5000 cars, or more than half the
total number in operation in that state
eleven months ago.
New bridges are TO be built ana
100000 spent for roadway repairs on
the famous meadow boulevard lead.
ing into Atlantic City.
Statistics gathered by German au.
thorities show that 100 cars competed
in the seven leading European road
races this year, of which 95 finished.
A planetary transmission gear
which persists in overheating may be
kept cool by the use of graphite grease
in moderate quantities instead of oil.
Claim is made that the bieeer4
garage in the world soon will be estab-
lished IN Berlin, Germany. It Will
have tanks holding $4,000 gallons OF
gasoline
The fire department of Milan. italy.
is experimenting with a steam-driven
motor fire engine, which can carry sig
men and make speed of twenty-five
miles an hour.
Although the price of gasoline In
Europe is much higher than in this
country, the oil comes in sealed cans
and motorists always are assured Of
good quality.
When a nut is rusted to a holt an
that to force it with a wrench would
to sacrifice the nut by splitting 1t with
a chise1.
The rise of the automobile has
brought into existence something en-
tirely new in weather vanes, a vane
fashioned in the form of an automo.
bile for mounting over a garage.
Minneapolis now boasts of having
the finest garage west of Chicago. Il
cost $4,000: and contains 2s,02s
square feet of floor space and is con.
structed OF brick, concrete and iron.
A movement has been inaugurated
in Pittsburgl to distribute literature
deavor to create a sentiment in favor
of convict labor for road building.
A test by government officials at the
jamestown exposition showed that Il
natured alcohol to produce an much
power as gallon of gasoline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05
THIRTY DRAWN GAMES.
Eighteen Were Played in the American
and Twelve in the National.

New York, Nov. eighteen draw
games were played this year in the
American league and IL in the National
league, according to the figures of The
Press. The Chicago and Boston clubs
each participated in six ties, three be-
ing between the two teams, one lasting
IA innings, another IL and the third II
innings. New York was interested in
a game of ten innings and two of nine
innings without result, while Cleveland
also broke even in six games and Phil
adelphia five. The feature of the Is
drawn games was the Trimming con-
test between Philadelphia and Detroit,
which had to be abandoned with the
score at nine runs each.
The IL games played In the National
league exceeded those that were drawn
in 1906, when only seven were regis
tered. The Brooklyns lead with five in
this years campaign, which includes
one of 15 innings with Cincinnati, two
of 13 innings each with New York and
Boston, another one of 10 innings with
Boston, and one of five innings with
Chicago. New York participated in only
two games, and the champion Chicagos
in three,
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Winfield 6, X. C. Medics 6.

Winfield, Kan, Nov. 5.-When the
final whistle blew marking the close of
the game here Monday afternoon,
Southwestern played the Kansas City
NEEDLES to a standstill. the score being
6 to 6.
In the first half the ball seesawed up
and down the field until near the end
when. with five minutes to play, the
Doctors scored a touchdown and
Thrailkill kicked the goal.
The second half developed into a
pur ting duel rs the teams wore so even
ly matched that .Iinebucking and end
runs brought no results. In this half
also there was no scoring until near
the close when Just as defeat seemed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05
ooM1sKEY,s EARNINGS BIG.
The Chicago Ball Manager Clears
Much Money the Past Season.

Chicago, Nov. 5.-Although Comis-
key and his Chicago White Sox failed
to even qualify for the worlds cham
pionship baseball series this year,
nevertheless the owner of Chicago
American league team is wearing that
same satisfied smile which adorns the
countenance of the magnates in the
big leagues.
The season from a financial stand
point has been the greatest over
whelming success ever registered in
the history of baseball. The total
receipts from the worlds champion
ship series of games alone this year
amounted to $1O1,72S.50, and but five
games were played. These figures are
typical of the income which all of the
big league clubs have derived. Com
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Frank Joes to Sen Higbbau.

Cleveland, Nov. Frank G. Jones.
the well known Memphis horseman,
who has been a prominent figure in
turf affairs for some time, has decided
to sell his entire stable of horses az
the fall sale and retire from the light
harness sport for one season at least.
Last spring Jones created furore in
turf circles by paying S17,500 for the
green trotter, Highbal1, 2:0314, paying
over the cold cash for this gelding be-
fore he had turned in a race. His judg-
ment was sound, however, as has been
shown by the seasons record of this
fast trotter.
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iskey's White sox have been particul-

iskey's White Sox have been particul-
arly prosperous.
Owners of big league clubs return
chilly responses when asked for ac-
tual figures. Just at present they are
putting in their spare moments figur-
ing out the seasons dividends.
The net earnings of any one of the
big clubs, however, are known to be
enormous. AS above stated, the to-
tai receipts from the worlds series
games alone this year amounted to
$1O1, 1850. This figure is so large
and the divisions of the sums among
the players and the contesting clubs
as we'll as the national commission
was of such generous proportions that
the public gets some faint idea of
what the clubs earn throughout the
whole season, but no definite figures
have ever been made public on this
subject.