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New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

taxpayer sort render unsghtly the west sid. side
of the Great White Way between Both and 36th
streets and the east side between Both and 3lth
streets. Ugliness and want Of uniformity Win
surroundings mark the west side between 36th
and 3oth streets and another corner at the IN
terSectiOn of 3Sth street
There unattractve features about Times
Square which are made more unsghtly by the
abundance and size OF the advertising signs
which decorate them. The upper end OF the
square is especially ugly. This may be keme-
died some day by the erection of handsome
building upon the triangular space made by the
cunverging of Seventh avenue and Broadway.
which is now occupied by ugly class of tax
payers, surmountcd by signs of the most OBJ
trusVe kind
Columbus Circle ought 10 be one Of the most
attractive open spaces in the city. 1t Is artis-
tcally laid out. aud when it's ugly spots dis
appear II Will constitute worthy approach to
one of the greatest of great parks. An unbuilt
segment of the circle is Eldorado for the
advertising sign ffend and the triangular space
formed 10y the junction Of Eighth avenue and
broadway at the upper circumference of the
circle, now unbuiIt, will add much to the gen
cral appearance if It IS occupied some dav by
a handsome and artistic structure. From Column
bus Circle nOrthward the Great White Way has
few blcmiShes not entirely incident To its
rapid upbudng into stately thoroughfare.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
U1RS ON SIGNS.
Massachusetts, Minister IFhO Is hept
Busy Ch0pping Them Do1cn,

Rlandford Mass. June Is tSpeciaD.-'TAis plac'i
town of high attitudes and summer sojoUrners re-
sounds With the din of war. in which the CongTe-
gational minister of the town. the Rev. ; u
Wood is the Iveliest and iercest combatdnt- The
Rev Mr. Wood says that adveTtisng signs ana
biIlboarls must so BandfOrd. and billposters
are beginning 10 avoid the town as though II was
fun of mad dogs. The minister is known as ths
minister militant and "caretaker Of the charm OF
the earth by his enemies, but neither names NoI
threats daunt him in the slightest.
Every morning while the fight was al It's hslsh''
the reverend gentleman. accompanied by his stall
wart college graduate son, and armed with an
axe started out IN wagon TO hew down the bill
boards. He secured the country all around ana
whether the advertising sign was on private pFop-
erty or not made no difference TO him He knew
il was not legal 10 touch boards on private prop
crty but lie depended public sentiment 10 prs
vent the property owners from making row
The advertising agents eNpoStulated WIN nii'
argued with him. tried to compromise WIN n.N-'
held out inducements to him and threateneN n'H-'
but he neither looked nor listened. and hasteheu Oh
the next billboard. In order to get the oe'' =
him his enemies placed high I'm the trees "io'S -
country roads little wooden signs ann'uhV''s
value of certain shoe polish. When the Hi.' ~
learned of this he hitched up. called TO MS So s 80,
made for those trees. The minister Is ~ , 80,
years old and too old to climb trees, but ms So
was eager and willing to his college ,rr
in some practical way. and the signs came -
All the small boys OF the place aid him py ieNO -,
Ing TO him tine minute advertising sis" m
up and an Improvement league Is being Io' ~.
assist him. But far he has done mus -srv
strenuous work himself and II is SAID VN ,oDs
time his horse advertising sis" - -,
and refuses To so on until II has been toti'
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
a BLACK EYE FOR GOTHAM.

Old Washington Marketl No doubt IT was
good and adequate market buihing in its dav
but that was long, long so. and il is now about
ns adequate for its purpose as a postage stamp
is 70 wrap up New York Sunday newspaper
The market has grown away from the old build
ing and overfowed into Barclay. Fulton Vesev
and Washington streets. while the structure it
self is crowded with dirty frowsy looking stalls
in which meats, poultry and all sorts of market
stuff are sold. II certainly is an ugly spoti And
To make matters worse, IL is right next the land
ing piers of the American and other steamship
lines. 1t gives New York black eye at once in
the estimation of many transa tlantic visitors
The most crowded district in the world IS
said TO be the part Immediately north of the
approaches Ia the new Williamsburg Bride
across the East River 1t comprises some two
hundred and eleven acres. and in II live mo-,.
than $4,000 people The most crowded part
bounded by East Houston. Orchard. Stanton and
Allen streets. about hundred and eleven
acres has population of almost 81 OOO or 7S3
persons 10 the This fearfulIy overcrovde1
quarter is nothing more than a gigantic human
rabbit warren. Hundreds OF poorly huiIt tena-
ment houses swarm with thousands of the rocr
est classes. The streets are absolutely The only
unbutlt spaces in the entire district and thu
are literally packed with traffic from dawn until
dark The nearest park is seven or eight blocks
away. The congestion of traffic in tho straat !,
makes them almost impossible as DIaN-ern,,,,.t,
Tor children Driven To the narrow and dan
serous confines of the fire escape galleries with
Wfich the law compels these tenement houses
10 ne equipped upon every story dirty au1rnJc
ptnched faced children stare down at m a.
truding stranger with pathetic wiStfulness from
among heterogeneous collection of dirty be.,-
br ,n,ai'S p,'ced mere TO be aired \ small park
mere miSht wipe out a lot of ugly st t-lctureS =
with great advantage. one would think
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
A HORRIBLE BLEMISH.

Riverside Drive along the noble banks Of the
Hudson is one Of Gothams greatest beauty
spots Much money both public and private,
has been spent TO make It one of the most at
tractive driyeways in the world. Nature. too,
has lent valuable assisting hand in the work.
The result Is magnificent The roll of the hills
the sweep of the Drive and the green banks OF
the Hudson. with the broad river and its pct-
uTcsque shipping in between. all combine 10 win
the enthusiastic admiration of the stranger At
great cost the city has bridEed the Manhattan
street valley with broad Viaduct. The Con-
solidated Gas Company. also doubtless at great
cost, has constructed two huge tanks upon the
upper Side Of the ravine. one stands cheek by
jowl with the Viaduct. the other a few hundred
yards away. Lifting their uugainly bulk sew
eral hundred feet In the air high above the level
of the driveway, these huge. ugly spots inter-
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

and absolutely unnecessary. l do not mean that
signs should be abolished altogether; that is
unnecessary; but I do think that they could be
made smaller and less obstrusive in their ug-
ness and still amply serve the purpose of their
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

nor his people made any attempt TO capture or
punish his assassins, thereby admitting that he
had thoroughly deserved his fate
New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
Wolu$33pots i'm cSurt1An that might bekEnnvEn.

abundance Of signs. But seriously, this dishg-
urernent of your great street is wholly wanton
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
GiVIN.

Evan L. Thomas lost a valuable
mare lately with sposmatic collie. DR..
Parker of Oskaloosa was called but
he couldn't save her.
VIM. Roberts and wife were at Ed
dyville shopping last Saturday.
George w. Brewer, our postmaster
at Givin, is quite sick and not able to
attend to business.
Mrs. Bolan Baker is up and around
again after having severe attack OF
pneumonia fever.
Morris J. Morris Is suffering with
severe attack of rheumatism and Is
unable to get around without the ara
of walking stick.
Daniel Reese Is talking telephone
strong and expects to be one OF the
BOYS in the near future.
Grandpa Owens Of Des Moines is
visiting with his children at GiVln
and Pekay.
Mrs. Louis Parry and children were
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Serb
ner, of Eddyville. a few days last
week.
J. d. Thomas bought fine shep-
pard pup from P. d. Ankeny, south
east OF oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
IOWA CROP BULLETIN
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE AS NOTED BY THE
WEATHER BUREAU.

Des Moines, Ia, May 28.-The week
began ana ended with temperature al
or near the frost line, and the aver
age ranged from to degrees below
the normal. There was an excess oi
cloudiness with copious rainfall, ant
reports indicate that the drought mas
been effectually broken in all parts Of
the state. In extensive areas there
was considerable excess of rainfall
which caused damage to crops in somc
localities, and retarded farm opera
tio1s several days. '
On the whole the, week was favor
able to the growing crops. The wealth
er was sufficiently warm two to three
days to quicken termination OF seet
and cause marked improvement in
grain fields, meadows and pastures
Early planted corn appears to be com
ing up fairly well, and there will be
not more than the usual amount of re
planting. Cultivation is in progrHs
and the general crop situation is en-
couraging. =. ..'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
RAG GIVES THE CLUE,
officers Believe They Have Solved
Robbery Mystery.

After careful work on the part oil
the local police officers the mystery
of the large number of robberies oc'
curing in the city about two weeks
ago has probably been solved by the
arrest of Henry Newton and his son
James. The arrests were made last
Saturday by Assistant Chief Will Don
nelly and Constable Geo. Andrews.
The story of the solving OF the mys-
tery by the officers would rank their
work with Sherlock Holmes.
While the robberies were numerous
not much was stolen from the houses
wnich showed that the robbers were
not professionals.
The Identification of the supposed
robbers came through little piece OF
colored cloth. Henry Newton was liv-
ing with a woman in the southwest
part of the city, by the name OF La
Force. Mrs. LaForce would go to the
Popofsky junk store on West High
avenue, occasionally, and purchase old
aprons, bibs and other thrown away
clothing. Newton and llis son, it is
believed, made use Of a couple oil
these rags by putting them over their
faces to save Identification when rob-
bing houses. On the Friday night be-
fore Gollmar Bros circus the w. d.
Titus home on North | street was en-
tered. The burglar was discovered,
however, before he stole anything and
had to make quick get away. In
making mis- escape the rag that one OF
the men had over his face fell OFF. This
rag was found by Mr.. Titus and was
given to the local officers.
Constable Geo. Andrews and Officer
Donnelly from this small clue, coupled
with a slight Identification of the rob
ber by v. A. Rayburl, led to the ar
rest of Newton and his son. Since
that time they nave been in the eoun,
ty jail awaiting hearing. They were
given a hearing yesterday before Jus
tice Woodruff upon change of venue
from Justice Baco7's court. They
both tried to prove an alibi. but failed
Tney were taken back to jail to await
the decision Of Justice Wooiruff, which
has not as yet been made.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

To Catharine Blanche Brewer, G..
w. Brewer, E. d. Brewer, F. p. Brew
er and S. E. McGrew: You are mere
by notified that on or before the 25th
day of May, 1907, petition of w. l..
Brewer will be filed in the office OF
the clerk of the district court of the
state of Iowa, in and for Mahaska
county, claiming of you the partition
of the lands herein described, to-wit:
All that part of the S. E. u of the
N. e. u of Section Eleven Q1 lying
northeast of the right of way OF the
railways constructed through said
forty. Also S. w. u of tne N. w. a
of Section Twelve (12). Also the n.
W. Il of the S. w. a of Section
Twelve Q2), Also Lot Four t4)
of S. w. u of s. w. a
Section Twelve Q2). Also all that
part of the N. e. Il of the s. E. Il
of Section Eleven (lD lying North
east OF the right of way of the rail-
roads constructed over said forty-acre
tract. All of said lands being in
Township Seventy-four (74), Range
Sixteen (16) West of the 5th p NJ.
Iowa, and all other lands in ManasKa
County. Iowa, belonging to Harry AL,
bert Brewer at the time OF his de-
cease.
And that unless you appear hereto
and defend before noon of the second
day of the October term, A. D. 1907,
of said court, which will commence
on the first day of October, 1907, de,
fault will be entered against you and
judgment and decree rendered there,
on as prayed for in said petition.
L. C. Blanchard,
(44w4) Atty, for Plaintiff.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
DOCTRINES AND
CREEDS CHANGING.
METHODIST PROFESSOR pLEADs
FOR MORE uBERALITY.
EVOLUTION is GOING ON
Or. Borden P. Bovine Sees Good ir
Changes of creed-orthodoxy Of
Fifty Years Ago impossible
Now, He Declares.

Cincinnati, May 2S.-That the ortho-
doxy Of so years ago has about broken
up and vanished was the statement
made by DR.. Borden p. Bovine, pro-
fessor in the Methodist Theological
seminary in Boston, who was some
time ago acquitted in a church trial
of charge. of heresy, in an address
before the Cincinnati Methodist
Preachers association Monday He
declared that the world is continually
in motion, that creeds and doctrines
and interpretations are going through
an evolution toward advanced truth.
1t behooves the church, said DR..
Bovine, to keep its head clear and
cool for, 'if great mass Of new
truths should be thrust into the
minds of those of passive mentality or
mental energy, they would feel as if
the foundations were taken from them.
If the millennium should come mover
night, great many of those having
vested rights would not just know
where to locate themselves"
Good in Changes In Creed.
Speaking of changes in creeds, lie
said: 1T is my firm conviction that
the changes in the belief and creeds
of our church have been for the bet
ter know of only few serious peo-
pie, like the Jaspers, who would be
willing to go back in science, in po-
litical economy and in religion to a
time 25 years ago" DR.. Bovine spoke
of the reconciliation between science
and religion as one evidence of prog
ress.
DR.. Bovine declared the church
must make place, for, and be pa
tiently considerate of the ignorant,
but the ignorant should not constitute
the church. The intellectual, as well
as the religious thoughts should be
the ruling factor, .
"The right of supremacy of the intel
lectual should always be maintained,
for religion in the dark is dangerous" "
This was a preface to an argument
for the settlement of doctrinal mat
ters by scholars, "Biblical matters are
questions of expert scholarship.
All churches need intellectual leaders
with intellectual courage" ...
For Intellectual Liberty.
A doctrine is subject to many con-
ceptions,s Just as is and was the fed
eral constitution, and Dr. Bovine on
this premise pleaded for intellectual
liberty.
DR.. Bovine in his closing words
pleaded for a simple creed, a platform
on which all church members and the
clergy might stand on broad compre-
hensive terms. He was not in SYM
pathy with Incorporating into the
creed the profession of faith in the
virgin birth, the infallibility of the
church and other things regarding
which many people have their per-
sonal ideas. For himself he had
nothing to say against the virgin birth
idea, although Jesus and John had
made no mention of 1t. Arguing for
an elimination of the superfuous
"isms," Dr.. Bovine pleaded for faith
which would permit man to worship
God without being required to first
settle in his own mind whether the
serpent spoke or the whale swallowed
Jonah
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
a TASTE OF The REAL THINc.

The club women of Iowa VINO are
becoming chagrined and Disguised
with the actions and statements Of
certain Des Moines women, are getting
taste Of what the republicans OF
Iowa have suffered at the hands ol
Des Moines politicians for the last
three or four years
Des, Moines being the capital and
chief city of Iowa is looked upon as
the social and political center OF the
state. and it is unfortunate for the
rest Of Iowa, That those in position tc
do SO give the world the wrong i'm
pressions Of our people, their ideas
ana their ambitions.
The opinions recently seat out from
Des Moines. no more represent the
wholesome ideas Of the rank and file
Of the Iowa Federation of Women'l
Clubs, tnan do the unjust political ar
tlcles an1 interviews seat to eastern
papers represent the sentiment of the
Iowa republicans.
II is high time for the state to re
volt against such practices. and in
some way convince the world that II
is being imposed upon by few radi
cal and sensational people at the cap
stal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
.0TTUMWA JAIL is
SCENE OF MURDER
MILES MORROW MAY HAVE KILL
ED SECOND vlcTIM
pREcIpITATED BY CRAP GAME.
Bob Williams Asked to Settle Dispute
and Is Savsgely Attacked Be-
cause He Decided Case
Against Morrow.

Ottumwa, Ia, May 2S.-Miler Nor
row, who is being held in the county
jail on the charge of having murdered
Ben Farrell, former Oskaloosa col
ored man, last night stabbed and seTi
ously wounded Bob Williams, another
negro, in fight over crap" game
Williams is in critical condition to
day, as he almost bled to death before
physicians arrived after the fight las;
nigh;.
Morrow and Rufe Chesser, to pass
the time away, last nignt started
crap" game in the jail. A dispute
arose and Morrow asked Williams fol-
his opinion. Williams decided that
Chesser was right in his contention
over the point in discussion, whereup
on Morrow pulled pen-knife from ais
pocket and started for Williams.
A three cornered fight followed be
tween the men. Furniture was brok-
en- and a general trough house" was in
progress when Sheriff Jackson reached
the scene and locked the men up in
their cells.
Williams was stabbed in the breast
on the left arm and long cash was
cut on his face. He was bleeding pro
fusely when physicians arrived. viii.
liams is in bed today and very weak
from the loss of blood. The attend
ing physician says that he will re
cover .-.. .....- .. o.. I .
Williams twice escaped from the
jail and is known as a bad man.
The injured man claimed that he
had been slashed with razor ant
this report was current on the street
but the Sheriff states that the damage
was done with a little knife which
Morrow wore as a watch charm, and
which escaped the attention of the
officers when he was locked up. The
blade was less than an inch long, but
its work was deadly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Conditions Noted By the Iowa Com
mission Company

Chicago, May IS,
CATTLE--The cattle market closed
up in pretty fair shape last week and
today with n moderate rTl OF 25,O00,
there seemed to be very good feel.
ing in the trade and bulk of the
steers showed an advance of fully 10c
per cwt. and in good many iaStaaces
we thought number of our sales were
15c higne- than last weeks close. We
do not look for neavy run the bal
ance of this week AID expect to see
good market on steers. The packer;
tried to buy some, butcher cattle today
but would not agree to pay for them
unless subject 10 post mortem exanl-
ination. The Commission men refused
to sell cows and heifers under these
conditions to the packers and 1t is ull'
ierstooj that the packers did not get
any butcher cattle today. We advise
marketing this class of cattle very
sparingly for the present,as it Is hard
to say just what turn the trade will
take. Today prices were steady to 1Oc
lower, however, in good many in
stances, sales were 15c@25c lower.
HOGS-Hog market continues on
the down turn ani prices during the
past few days have shown a general
decline. Another heavy run of 10000
was on sale today and prices were
again 5c@1Oc lower. Extreme top for
fancy selected light was $6,25, with
the bulk of the mixed and butchers
selling at $61O@ 6.15. We must have
very light receipts before we can aaVe'
any good in this hog market, and II
the run continues as heavy as they
have during the past week, we look
for still lower prices.
SHEEP-Sheep and lambs are sell
ing very high. The demand contin-
ues very good and everything showing
fat is selling at very nigh prices. For
anyone having sneep and lambs ready
for market, we advise letting them
come along.
Iowa Live Stock Commission Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
TWENTY-EIGHT MORE
INDICTMENTS FOUND
SAN FRANCISCO GRAND JURY
ENDS ITS LA6oRS.
HELD IN HEAVY BONDS
Before Adjournment Until June 10
the investigating Body Brings
Many Men of Wealth
Into Net.

San Francisco, May 27.-Six more
millionaifes and multimillionaires
some of them well known throughout
the country, fell under the accusation
of the Oliver grand jury Saturday,
when that body, just before an ad.
journment till June 10, returned IA
indictments Jointly against G.. H.
Umbsen. j. E. Green and w. l. Bro
beck, charging them with attempted
bribery of public officials, and Ia in.
dictments jointly against Frank G.
Drum, Eugene de Saba and John
Martin, charging them with bribery OF
public officials. With the former
group Abraham Ruef, the fallen politi'
cal boss of San Francisco, was jointly
indicted; with the latter group Ruef
and Mayor Schmitz.
In all % indictments were found
Saturday containing 1875 counts and
calling for bail bonds in the total
sum of $1,25O,00O. 40 90
; Umbsen, Green, Brobeck and Ruef
are accused by the grand jury of offer.
ing bribe of $1,000 each to Supervis.
ors Boxton, Coffey, Coleman, Davis,
Duffey, Furey, Gallagher, Harrigan,
Kelly, Lonergan, Mamlock, McGushin,
Phillips, and Walsh on November 10,
1906, to award to the Parkside Transit
company a street railway franchise.
This franchise was voted December
81, 1906; but, the Spreckels, Heney.
Burns graft-bribery investigation get.
ting under way at about that time
the deal was abandoned and no money
was passed, say the prosecutors.
The indictments against Drum, De
Saba, Martin, Ruef, and Schmit2
charge them with giving bTibe Of
$3.50 each to supervisors in considera'
ton of their vote, cast March IL, 1906,
by which the legal gas rate for 1906
1907 was fixed at So instead of 70
cents. Frank G.. Drum is manager Of
the Tevis estate, one Of the largest
properties in the west. He is mem
Der of the executive committee of
the board of directors of the San
Francisco Gas & Electric company,
and of the Bay Cities Water com.
pany, and occupied an identical Office
in the ParlSside Transit company.
Eugene De Saba is a director in and
was formerly president of the Gas &
Electric company.
Each of the six corporation officials
indicted will be called Monday to
furnish bail bonds in the sum of $140,'
600. = ,ss
So will the mayor. Ruefs bail re-
quired win be $25OOO0. This is a to.
tai of $1,260,0OO. The grand total of
bail demanded on all Of the 335 indict.
ments for bribery, attempted bribery,
extortion. conspiracy and perjury thus
far returned by the Oliver grand jury
as the net partial results of its inves'
legations into municipal corruption is
$3.50, 900.
Glass has furnished bonds of $780,
900 and Calhoun, Mutually, Ford and
Abbott furnished bonds ,totalling $780,
900, New York surety company
standing security for Sc bonds in the
sum of $4,000 each.
Later Mayor Schmitz appeared and
I gave bail in the sum of 100000, divid'
ed into 16 bonds of $4,000 each.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-05-30
FAKE OFF TRAINS.

Burlington, May 29.-Burlington Of
ficials in conference here today an
nounced sweeping changes. in the
time card, the most important of which
are the elimination of No. l3 and No.
is west bound, and the changing Of
the time of No. I to run on the time OF
No. 13. The officials frankly state
that the enactment of the two-cent
fare laws in Iowa and Illinois is the
reason for the train curtaiIment.
In addition to the changes in the
main line schedules. the officials while
in Burlington will change the sched-
ules of all the branch lines operating
in Iowa. The new changes are opera
tive June 8.