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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
OHIO CHANGES
CHANNEL

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 15.-The
great danger that confronts the peo-
pie of Evansville tonight is that of
being cut off from the Ohio River, and
of being left high and dry. Late this
afternoon the Ohio River began to
leave it's course and cut across the
Kentucky lowlands, and now empties
back at point above Henderson, KY
A few years ago the people of
Evansville feared this very thing, and
had Congress to make an appropriation
and dykes were built. The dykes have
for the time served the purpose. The
river this afternoon cut channel
right above the dykes and the current
is swift. Capt, Thompson, of the
steamer Jewel, announced tonight
that he would run his boat across the
cutoff tomorrow. The channel below
the dykes tonight is dead, and pilots,
in making their bearings, are lost.
The people of Henderson, KY, are
in great rejoicing tonight over the
of the river changing it's
course, as they have long wished for
this condition to be brought about.
They say that il the river changes it's
course 1t means the commercial pros
poets of the city are bettered, and that
The fortunes of Henderson are made. !
Capt. Frank Tardy, one of the best
Known river men of the city tonight
'aid that the situation is the most SER
GUS Evansville has faced in many
vears.
"The only thing that can save the
said Captain Tardy, is to
brow sand bags into the channel"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
BALDRDGE BILL
VIII Almost Certainly Be Rejected by
Senate Education Committee.

There is little doubt that when the
Baldridge bill to distribute funds rails
I'd by the. State tax levy for schools
por rata, according to population, in
stead of allowing it to remain in the
counties in which it is levied, as is the
case now, comes before the Senate
Committee on Education, II will re-
ceive a cold reception. AS near as
can be ascertained, this committee
will stand six against the bill and
three for it. provided all the members
are present when the vote is taken.
A well-known educator who is con-
versant with the views OF many mem
bers on questions affecting the edu-
cational interests Of the State. pre-
dicted that the Senate Committee
would stand like this: For Baldridge
bill: Senators Holiday, Foster and
Morrison; against the bill: Senators
Carter, Foust, Ewing, Talbert, Kim
brough and Huffaker.
1t is difficult matter to ascertain
Just what the sentiment of the House
Committee on Education with refer |
ence to this measure will be, but the |
Indications are that it will receive
much more favorable consideration
here than it will with the Senate COM
nittee. There are thirty-three mem
'ers of the House committee, and it
S not probable that the majority eth
n way will be large. Representative
3aldridge, the author of the measure,
S a member of this committee.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
THEY WANT
TEMPERANCE,

GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Jan. IA
The petition for the extension and ap-
plication of the Adams law to Clarks-
vile that is being circulated through
out the county is meeting with an en-
thusiastic reception in every commu-
nifty Hundreds of voters, white and
black, are signing it on presentation,
and the man who refuses to sign is
the exception. Reports from the coun-
ty are that very few men are refusing
to sign it, and the indications are that
it will be one of the stl ongest petitions
ever gotten up in this county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18

accustomed to it, / would scratch the
sores until the blood began to flow.
This would stop the itching for few
DAYS; but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accompany
them. After suffered about ten years
made renewed effort to effect a cure.
The eruptions by this time had appeared
on every part Of my body except my
face and hands. The best doctor in my
native county advised me to use arsenic
in small doses and a salve. Ithen used
to battle the sores in a mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In addi-
ton used other remedies, such as iodine,
sulphur, zinc salve, s Salve,
Ointment, and in fact was con-
tinually giving some remedy fair trial,
never using less than one or two boxes or
bottles. All this was fruitless. Finally
myhair began to fall out and was rapidly
becoming bald. ] used IS -,
but it did no good. A few months after,
having used almost everything else,
thought would try Cuticura Ointment,
having previously used Cuticura Soap
and being pleased with It. After using
three boxes / was completely cured,
and my hair was restored, after fourteen
years Of suffering and an expenditure OF
at least $50 to 500 in vainly endeavoring
to find a cure. shall be glad TO write
to any one who may be interested In
my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, YER
million, s. OAK, Aug. Is, 1906"
Sold throughout the world Potter Drug q
Chem Corp, Sole Props. Boston, Mass.
ag-Mailed Free. Booklet ON the skin and Blood.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
TAKING MIL
LIONAIRES
INTERESTING FEATURES or
LISTS IN NEW YORK.
Mrs. Russell sage's Personally Placed
at 100000 Meaning $4,000
for the City.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-The tax list
made public yesterday has several
interesting features. Chief of these is
the fact that the Tax Assessors have
written down the personal fortune left
by Russell Sage at $50,O00,0OO This
is easily the biggest individual person
al tax ever recorded in the city's
books. Sage, in his life time, was as
sessed at 100000 Mrs. Sage, to
whom was left practically all of the
Sage fortune, is assessed on $4,000
600 in her own name. II these two
statements stand, Mrs Sage will have
to draw her check in favor of the City
Treasury for something like $50. 900.
Lawson Purdy, President Of the Tax
Board, is quoted as saying that the
valuation of $50,OO0,OOO put upon the
personal part of the Sage estate was
made up from the data furnished by
the administrators in connection with
the will Mr. Sage's fortune was DIFF
ferent from that of almost any other
rich man in New York City, consisting
chiefly OF cash, notes and other prop
erty, which is taxable under the head
OF personally. Fortunes like those OF
Mr.. Rockefeller, the Vanderbilts, the
Goulds and others are largely In
stocks and other property, which is
taxed in another form, and conse-
quently does not appear in the official
rating of personal fortunes.
Only about half dozen other New
Workers. pay taxes on 100000 or
more of personal property. Andrew
Carnegie heads this list with $5.0OO,-
100, and John D. Rockefeller comes
lext at s2.50O.000.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
PATTERSON LE-
GALLY ELECTED
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 16.-The
two houses of the General Assembly
met in joint session in the hall OF
the House this morning for the pur-
pose of canvassing the vote for Gov
ernor and declaring the result. At
the conclusion of the comparison the
tellers announced the following as
the official result: VI. r. Patterson,
$50; H. Clay Evans, 92,SO4; John
NJ. Ray, $40.
Speaker Toilet declared Malcom r.
Patterson legally and constitutionally
elected Governor for the ensuing two
years. The purpose for which the
joint meeting was called having been
accomplished, Speaker Toilet de-
clared the assembly adjourned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
STRAsSBURG DISASTER,
TWENTY LIVES ARE LOST.

sTRASSBURG. Jan. 11.-Twenty
persons persisted today in a fire which
destroyed the bookbindery of Hud-
bert & Co., an English firm at Giespol-
sheim, near this city. A vat of boiling
ing celluloid exploded and the fam
ing liquid caused such instaneous igni-
tion of everything with which it came
in contact that all the exits were cut
off in very short time Some OF
those who escaped from the burning
building we're dreadfully scalded.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
UNTIL HIS
TERM EXPIRES
Reed Smoot viii in All Probability
Continue in U. s. Senate.

CHICAGO, Jan. ia dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
Senator Reed Smoot will hold his
seat in the Senate, unless before his
term expires, he does something to
justify expulsion. There is at present
a majority in the Senate who believe
that he cannot be deprived of his seat
under existing conditions, and that
in no case can he he put out Of the
Senate except by the method of ex-
pulsion, which requires a two-thlrds
vote. Senator Shoots term does not
expire until two years from next
March.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
MORE TRACKAGE
PRESSING NEED
RAILROADS EVERYWHERE TAXED
BEYOND THEIR POWER.
People Facing Great ProS.=m, says
J. J. Hill. Points Decline in
Work Of Construction.
THE REASON AND REMEDY.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 14.-President ]. ].
Hill, of the Great Northern railroad,
today sent a letter to Gov. Johnson
in which he gives his views on the
various phases Of the railroad situa-
ton in the United States, the reason
for the existing conditions and a rem
,edy. The letter says in part:
Hon. John A. Johnson, Governor
of Minnesota-Dear Sir: The BUSH
ness OF the United States is today so
congested that from every portion of
the country arises clamor for relief.
The railroads everywhere are taxed
beyond their power. The people Of
the United States, therefore, are face
to face with the greatest business
problem that has ever threatened the
nation. During recent years the vol
ume of business has increased and is
increasing with extraordinary rapidity,
while the necessary additional track
age and terminals have not been
equal to the demands upon them The
situation is a freight block |
ade of enormous proportions, espec- |
tally at all terminal points. How to |
remedy this is problem, financial,
mechanical and physical No time
should be lost in applying such meas
ures of remedy as may be possible.
And the first step toward this is to
reach proper understanding of ac-
,ually existing conditions.
Figures Show Cause of Delay.
1.-THE following figures, compiled
rom the official report of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and Gov
sring the growth of the railroad bust
less for the last ten years, exhibit
he significant facts:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
BILLS FOUND
BY HUNDREDS
FINDLAY GRAND JURY GOES AZ.
TER STANDARD OIL. PUTS
IN BUSY WEEK AND TURNS
IN eSe INDICTMENTS.
Clerk and Sheriff swamped For
Months To Come.
POSSIBLE FINES sss,OOO,OOO.

FINDLAY, o., Jan. 1.-THE Janu
airy jury of the Hancock count,
grand jury, which has been in session
for the past week, reported this even
ing at O'Clock to Judge Schroth, who
was temporarily OCCUPYING the bench
Of Judge Duncan. In the report there
are 939 separate indictments against
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, the Standard Oil Company OF
Ohio, the Ohio Oil Company, the Buck.
eye Pipe Line Company, the Solar Re.
finery Company, the Manhattan Oil
Company, John D. Rockefeller, H. H.
Rogers. Wesley Tilford. John D. Arch
bold, F. Q. Barstow, William Rookie
Teller and F. T. Cuthbert
They are formally charged with be-
ing members of trust for conspiracy
against trade.
There are 525 words in each indict-
ment, or a total of 452,975 words. Each
case will be docketed separately, and
the County Clerks and Sheriff's Offices
will be swamped for months to come.
Sheriff Groves and his deputies will
begin at once to serve a copy of the
indictment on each OF the defendants.
Prosecutor David said tonight that
he purposely held off action until the
salary law with county officials be-
came effective, as he did not wish to
run up a big cost bill, which would
have resulted under the old fee sys-
tenn.
Possible Fines $4,000, 600.
If Hancock county wins in each case
when they are tried, fines can be as
sessed aggregating SIS 100000. When
the report of the grand jury was filed,
David, on his own action,
1olled the indictments returned last |
September against John D. Rockefel- |
er, NJ. G. Villas, J. M, Robertson and |
j. p Mcintosh, the last three named |
,eing officials of the Standard Oil
Company of Ohio.
The indictments charge the Stand
I'D Oil Company and its subsidiary
with being members of
rust and combination for the follow
ng purposes, to-wit:
To establish restrictions in trade
nd commerce; to limit and reduce
he production of petroleum and it's
roducts; to prevent competition in
he production. sale and manufacture,
and rendering of petrol
UNI and its products between them |
elves and others; to fix at a common
tandard figure the price of petroleum {
nd its products to the public and to I
0nsumers. Ii
The indictments are based on the &
antitrust act of Ohio. '
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18

brass pin an d
shortly afterwards
both Of those limbs
became so sore that
l could scarcely
walk. When l had
been suffering for
about a month the
sores began to heal,
but SIN all scaly
eruptions appeared
where the sores had
been. From that
time onward ! was
troubled by such
itching that,
until L became
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
CROSSES OF HONOR
FOR VETERANS

Crosses of honor will be conferred
nv the Maury Chapter, U. D. G. Sat
urday, January 10Th at IL a. M, at
the First Methodist church in Column
b,a at Robert q. Lee memorial
.arvices ON the following veterans;
Alta J. Lee, ]. W. Sargent, 9. G.
Vaughn, T. e. Anderson.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
That's Different.

A doctor forbidding patient to
drink alcohol beverages. the patient
renIied: "But, doctor, you yourself
dr,nk alcohol" Eyes, my good friend,
hut not as a doctor. When ! do drink
40 so only as an ordinary man. -
Life.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
More Trackaae Needed.

KEStlmated.
The limit of service of common
carrier has been reached, when 1t has
moving at all times over its system as
many cars as can be run up on its
tracks with safety, and transferred and
dispatched from its terminals and
junction points without unreasonable
delay. The best judgment of many
conservative railroad men in the
country is that an immediate addition
of not less than per cent. per an
mum to the railroad trackage OF the
country for, say FIVE years, should be
made to relieve the situation and put
an end to unreasonable delays in the
transaction OF business. Our total
railroad mileage is abou, 100000. A
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
Not Satisfactory.

$50 your servant girl has left you
AGAIN." said Mrs. Naybor.
YES" replied Mrs. Sububs.
What was the matter?''
she didn't like the way l did the
work. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18
SCALY ERUPT|ONS
COVERED HIS BODY
Itched Constantly Scratched Until
Blood Flowed Suffered 10 Years
Doctors and Medicines Were
FruitIess Tries Cuticura and Is
Completely Cured
BY THREE BOXES OF
CUTICURA OINTMENT

when was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each Of my
lower limbs. l scratched them with Q
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-01-18

Freight
ton, mile
age 85,257, 515,891 1876, 463, 1O9, $40 11S
These figures show the cause of de-
lay in the national traffic movement
which threatens to bring industry to
standstill. Within the last ten years
the volume of railroad business In this
country has increased over ITO per
cent. Meanwhile, the railroads have
endeavored to meot 1t. Equipment is
being increased as rapidly as capital
and labor can do it. There are and
will be cars enough to carry the coun-
try traffic if the cars can be moved,
but engines and cars must have tracks
upon which they may run.
A striking tale is told by the statis-
tics of railroad building in the United
States. Not only is it true as stated
above that there has been in the ten
years ending 1906 an increase of but |
Fl per cent. in mileage, but the most |
impressive fact is that railroad build |
ing has within a generation fallen off |
Just as the demand upon trackage has
increased.
More Trackage Needed.
At this moment, when that demand
s greatest and the whole country is
.lamoring for relief. it is the smallest
n years. These are the figures:
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Continued on Page Three.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-18
DIVORCES ARE STUNG.
People Having Obtained Legal Sep
aration Cannot Marry for Year.

Among the new laws which became
effective July is one prohibiting the
marriage of divorced persons within
year. The full text of the amend.
ment is as follows:
"In every case in which a divorce
is decreed, neither party shall marry
again within year from the date Of
the filing of said decree unless per-
mission to do so is granted by the
court N such decree. 1t is provided,
however, that nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent the persons divorc-
ed from remarrying each other. Any
person marrying contrary to the pro-
vision of this act shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and punish
Ell accordingly"
While no instances of the full eff
feet of the law have occurred In the
Mahaska county clerks office, reports
from various Iowa county seats have
come in, stating that licenses have
been refused several couples recently
because of this law.
Illinois has prohibited the marriage
of Divorces within a year or some
time and many other states have
laws similar in effect to the one just
passed by the legislature OF Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-18
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record In Reesat Real Estate Trans
fers In County.

r. A. Romans and wife to
Elizabeth A. Novels, lot II
S. D. lot A, S. pit. of Sc
NV 1855 .............. so. 90
Joseph Shaw land wife to
Fremont McFall, 5 A. in s.
w. Cor. ne NV 10-74-16. 80. 300. 90
A. w. Augspurger AID wife to
VIM. X. Neill, lots 1 to
inclusive, in blk. 2 SHELLS
al Sharon and pit. of blk. 2. 1000. 90
S. Josepha HambletO1 and
husband to Ella C. Coffin,
lot "a and 81 #. lot 10
Hambleton's add. OSka... $1,000 90
Jno. Grace and wife to Ernest
F. Day, WIZ sw sw NV &c.
1915 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50. 90
J. A. Brown and wife to w. N.
Hall, eA lot 1 sd. sw sws Sc
18-77-16 ............... 21O. 90
C. o. Strlngfellow and wife to
Claude E. Fuller, lot 8. D.
sw NV 19-75-15 ....... 700. 90
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-18
WatermeIons In Market.

Georgia watermelonS have appeared
on the market and are having the us,
ual sale, but many lovers Of the juicy
fruit prefer to wait for the nome
grown product, which should be ready
for market within a month. Rasp.
berries were brought IN by the farm.
ers in large quantities Saturday AID
sold rapidly, but still the supply Is
very limited and little hopes of a
greater abundance later in the season
is given by the farmers. This section
has been visited this season by the
nearest approach to fruit and berry
famine which was ever known, and
what few varieties are offered for sale
are quickly disposed Of
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-18

was lifted and carried from her coy
amidst floral tributes by four young
ladies dressed in white preceded by
two other young ladies bearing the
flowers out through the front yard,
passing between the Bible School
class and her scnoolmates who we're
lined up on either side. A large con-
course of sympathiZilg friends and
neighbors followed her to her last
resting place in a beautiful spot in
the Woods cemetery. The young la
dies carrying the flowers were Misses
Annie Dekraai and Victoria Billick.
The pail bearers were Misses Henri
eta Terrell, Grada Dakraai, Nancy
Minor and Delpha Mattox. The rela-
tives attending from a distance we're
Ms. A. W. Barnard of Omaha, Neb.,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. For' and Miss FL
len Ford and Mrs. H. e. Tullis of OF
tumwa, Ia.
Rest in thy grave on the hill side
By the beautiful flowers over there.
Where the flowers of the spring.time
will ever
Send their bloom and fragrance
afar. ...a.
Rest in thy youth and thy beauty;
Thou vert loved, and art called in
thy spring-time,
Resting from care and from duty.
Rest, calm aid peaceful, be thine.
The years may roll on, but forever
Thy memory fragran' shall be,
As sweet as the bloom of the clover
And as bright as the stars DER the
sea.
Saran c. Terrell.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-18
Victim Of Runaway.

County Recorder U. @. Deck was a
victim OF a runaway yesterday after.
noon and as result ne has a very stiff
neck. sprained left nsad and ankle
At the invitation OF Geo. Ryan and
Ed Hoffman, Mr. Deck took a ride
with them. The leck-yoke on one OF
the horses broke. dropping the tongue
to the ground. which scared the anil
mails and they ran for block before
they were stopped. Mr.. Deck jumped
and in alighting he received the sew
eral bruises.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-18
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
Fortunes Have Been Made From
Coal Found There.

Bussey Press: We drove this week
out past Durfee, on to Union and Bux-
toa (the largest bitumi1ous coal
camp in the state), thence past Eve
land, Fraker and No. 10, then north
toward White City and saw Mcmillan
to the right and Cricket to the left,
then traversed the path back to No.
IS and nome. We had been ove-
these hills many time, even when
John Henness and Jas. A. Sprague
owned good farms and herds of fine
Short Horn cattle n that section an l
before coal was thought of in that
locality. At that time Henry New
ton was doing great things in discov-
ering coal at Muchakinock, Excelsior,
Pekay, Colon, Carbonate and Evans,
but he mad not had HIS drill over
the Des Moines" and few, if any,
knew the wealth of bottled sun
shine" that lay hidden beneath the
Jefferson hills.
John Moore mad said to Mr.. Newton
and to other Oskaloosa men: Why
do you not come over to the west
side and find coal?" And they would
always reply: You are so far away;
there may be coal there but who
would ever bridge the river and go
twenty miles to get it," There were
hut n
Der of men in Oskaloosa Git must be
admitted that Oskaloosa men and
money have done much to develop
the material resources of this part OF
the country put a drill to work and
sunk the first hole on the John Moore
farm. They found good coal but were
like the California farmers who had
thousands Of sacks of good wheat
piled in the fields in 1869 (before the
Union Pacific was built) and could
not get them to market. They went
home knowing That Jefferson town
ship had large areas of good coal but
that it would take a railroad to get 1t.
Various things were done but no,
thing tangible till 1900, when the
Northwestern was extended and the
above named camps have been since
developed. 1t Is wonderful field OF
action. We do not believe that her
best days have yet come We be
lieve there are yet thousands Of acres
OF fine coal there to be worked and
that for a generation the camps OF
the miners will dot the hills and hol
lows of old jefferson.
Dr. z. c. Mcclure in speaking Of
the wonderful development of coal
business in Jefferson township said to
us: my grandfather, Thomas Nc
Clure, opened the first coal bank Il
Mahaska county, or In Iowa so far al
we have ever learned. It was just
north OF Center School House, Sec
10. Jefferson township, which was the
old Mcclure homestead. II was very
near the present site of White City
and was a commercial bank away bach
ia the sos when farmers came thirty tC
forty miles for load of coal, just as
they would drive to Bonaparte to mill
or to Keokuk for merchandise r.
those days. That was before Henry
Newton discovered coal at Muchak
mock and before Samuel ]. Kirkwood
Ezekiel Clark and ]. X, Graves were