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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
grocery store in Abba by fire.


Friends are grieved to hear of the
death of James Johnson, the son OF
Elmer Johnson of Bussey, but former
ly of Jefferson township.
Lee Hunter, who has been under
the care of DR.. Traister, of Eveland
with a severe gathering in the head,
is now slowly recovering.
Mrs. Lee Hunter entertained her
sister, Mrs. Mat Johnson, of Eveland,
Mrs. Elias Clifton of Buxton, Mrs. #
S. Inorp of Abba, and Mrs. j. r. Hay
wood of Eddyville, March 10, it be-
ing the lady's birthday.
March 26. Spri1g.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

eggs in the afternoon, and the otneG
stores had a good trade. Hawk Il.
Hollingsworth were nearly crowded
out of their shop with plows, buggles
and wagons. Goddard Bros. had hard
ly time to help load the farm nipple
ments sold.
March %. Nasty Jr.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record in Recent Real Estate Trans.
fers in County.

Grace Russell to Leroy Uor-
lett and /. W. Cook, w. ID.
lot "a S, d. 81 lot B s
!. S. Sc NV 1S-75-15 ..... lot
A. F. n. Hambleton and wife
TO Thomas Terrell, W. D.
correction deed lots 22-23
and 81 #. of lots q and
20 Hambleton's ad to Osk. 1000 Of
Milton Crookham and wife to
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

Joseph A. Hanna, w. ID.
lot 3 S. D. NV NV 22-76-l6.. so. 90
Nelson M. Lee by heirs to
Vim. II. Lee, w. u. ne ne
/ 2E74-14 .......... ...... 1000 90
Hannah Turner to Martha
Turner, w. d. eA lots 2
and 3 Baugh's S. D. out lot
3 Loughridge & uassidy's
add to Oskaloosa ....... $50. 90
Walter T, rrine by Referee to
John F. Prime, Ref. ID. sJ5
Sc 3 and ne NV and lot l
|. s. NV NV and plot bound
ed by meteS and bounds in
1O.75-16 .................22,O 100000
Homer Dye and wife to Cora
and e. l.. Anderson, w. ID.
NV rs and sb ne % and
lot l NV Sc and lot l ne Sc,
all in 25 and ne 26 except
undivided " OF part lying
s. of Skunk river. ......23 ,OOO.O0
OskaloOsa Coal & Mining Co.
to Mary Rowe, W. d. sur
face OF plat bounded by
metes and bounds in 1915
IL, containing 1855 A...... 312. 80
M. NJ. Roberts to Ira d. Fry,
w. d. lots 11S and 119 Rose
Hill ......... ............ 1850 90
John Mitchell by heirs to
Amy Timbrell, w. d. eh
sc and Is sc Sc 80 ald
MS NV sw 34-7I-16. ....... 1850. 90
Thomas w. Dye by heirs to
Homer E. Dye, Q. C. ID. Sc
ne sw 20 and sw sw "a and
NV s1z ne 25 aid lot l of
NV Sc rs and ne 26, all in
1916 ......... ....... .25, 800. 90
john e. Ellenwooi and wife
to o. II. Sheifert, W. ID.
ely NV and WIZ ne 80 and
sw Sc 20, all in 74-16. ..... $500 90
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

A Friends church building IA to be
erected in Grinnell this spring.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-03-28

A number of improvements in pro.
gress I'm the city nave been interferel
with on account OF unfayorable wea-
Their coalitions. The wind and dust
have been as bad as wet weather
1t Is impossible to work out of doors
at times.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Hire Regular Press Agents.

Diplomats in the passenger and
freight departments get all the bust
ness they can while other diplomats
perform other services for the corpo-
rations. Lately railroads have fol
lowed the example of the Erie in
hiring regular press agent. Often
one of the vice presidents is the man
whose duty it is to make. as good an
impression with the public as he pos.
sibly can for his road. There every.
where is in the railroad world evil
dence of disposition to deal more
openly with the public. This, OF
course, necessitates the employment
of men who possess in some marked
degree the characteristics and re.
sourcefulness that make diplomats.
The result is that the railroad bust
ness now aotfers the aspiring young
man few DShances than it used
to, and il - t. railroad, cen
ter of the United So those chances
are more numerous than they are in
any other city in the country.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
A QUEER SITUATION.
Five Linenen Order Strike for Two
Hundred Employees.

Five Linen,en Order a Strike for Two
Hundred Employees.
The linemen of Butte, Mont, went
on strike a few days ago to enforce an
advance in wages of so cents per day.
They put the town in the dark and
practically closed down all the mines
because there was no electric light in
the mines. In day the company
hunted up the. committee and offered
an increase of 25 cents per day, the
men to return to work pending final
adjustment of the affair. The novelty
\Of this strike comes out when it is
Stated that the strike laws of the line
mems union forbid any but men who
have been members in good standing
year to vote on raise in wages and
strike. There were but five men in
the local union who were eligible to
vote for strike, and majority-at
least of these five-voted to enforce
the new scale by striking. No other
town in America will show up with
such tremendous percentage of
fioaters. The strike was legal, but it
looks funny to see Ave men deciding
the fate of perhaps two hundred
Western Laborer. l.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Typographical Union Ball, Monday,
February IS, Fraternity Hall. Quick's
Orchestra, .-f
CHILD LABOR HEARING.

Senate Committee Listens to Argu-
ments Favoring the Bill.
Tuesday afternoon the senate judic-
larry committee gave hearing to the
supporters of the Clarke child labor
bill, which recently passed the house.
An interested audience assembled to
listen to the arguments for the bill,
and number of strong talks were
made. Every objection to the bill was
promptly met and answered. Prom
inent educators, club women and law
yers. set forcibly the reasons why the
bill should be enacted into law, and
representatives of trades unions were
also. called upon to express their
views.
A quiet, underhand, but forceful, op-
position to the bill is being made in
quarters where the exploitation of
child labor is being found very profit
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
ROPES CARRY ORE CARS.
Remarkable Line Connects Copper
and Silver Mines.

A rope railway has been built to
connect the copper and silver mines
at Upulungos, in the heart of the
Cordilleras, with the railhead of the
Argentine railway at Chilecito. The
nature of the mountainous country did
not admit of an ordinary railway.
This new rope line 81 miles long,
consists of a main carrying rope and
guide rope, and is in duplicate, hav.
ing four ropes for the up and down
traffic. There are nine stations; the
ropes are carried from one station
to the next at varying elevations, and
are anchored at each station. TIE
cars for the transport of the ore, ETC.,
suspended from them by rollers which
run along the line. At each station
they are transferred to the next rope,
thus dividing the strain, and for great
distances the ropes are also anchored
between the stations.
The difference of level between Chi
lecito and Upulungos is over 1000
feet. and the gradients are very steep,
sometimes as much as 80 per cent.
The cars descend by their own weight
and their momentum serves, as in an
ordinary funicular railway, to raise
the ascending cars on the up line, but
at several stations there are small
steam engines to supplement the pow
err Each carload is half ton of ore !;
| the maximum delivery at Chilecito is
40 tons per hour, and 20 tons for the
return journey to Upulungos. The
speed of the cars is about 500 feet per
| minute.
The ropes are supported and their
tension maintained by iron trellis
| Orders, varying from 10 feet to 100
feet in height, and the span of the
| rope between them is from 300 feet
/ to 5000 feet, according to the nature
of the ground, which is deeply cleft in
many places. In one section of the
line tunnel 1000 feet dong has been
necessary.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
WENT THROUGH THE BRIDGE.
When Timbers Gave Way Under
Weight of Freight Train.

At recent meeting of railroad men
several stories of narrow escapes had
been told, but the Oldest man in the
party had not yet been heard from.
He was a grizzled veteran of 60 who
had retired only recently.
II am reminded of an incident in
which my train crashed through a
bridget was one in which our con-
ductor, Thomas Croank, had a narrow
escape from DEATH" said the old en-
gineer. Indeed, while his injuries
did not prove fatal it was some time
before he could go out on his run
again.
I'VE were running at slow rate of
speed as the train pulled across Ben
nett's creek, four miles south of Rush
vile, Ind. The name of the railroad
was the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago & st. Louis railroad, commonly
called the Big Four AS our locomo-
tive passed over the structure in
question could plainly see it give. I
at once began increasing the speed
of the train, hoping that 1 might be
successful in pulling across before the
trestle went down.
However, the bridge continued to
give. and with each revolution of the
wheels of the train the timbers tot
tered more and more. 1t was a
frightful moment for the fireman and
myself, but we kept control of the our
engine and all of the cars but the ca
boose and a coal car were safely
across. Then came a crash-a crash
the like of which 1 hope 1 may never
bear again.
"The timbers gave way, no longer
able to support the heavy weight, and
with them went down the two cars
and the conductor and rear brakeman
r. G. Bruso, of Indianapolis. The
coal car made it's plunge first, and an
instant later the caboose made its
1S foot descent, falling upon the
wrecked gondola. The occupants OF
the car were hurled out, and the con
ductor was buried beneath the wreck
age and almost submerged in water.
I'VE hurried back to the rescue oil
the men, and. despite our heroic eff
forts to remove the debris SO as te
effect their release, it was two hours
before the conductor, bleeding from
many wounds and benumbed from
contact with the freezing water, was
lifted upon stretcher and brought tt
place of safety, and it was many 8
day before he was able to return tt
his duties.''
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
A Negro Shot a White Man

Charles Rodecker, white, was shot
at Coffeyville, Kan, by AL Jesse, a
negro. Three years ago Rodecker shot
and killed negro named Vann. Jesse
took Vann's side in the trial which fol-
lowed, and the present shooting was
the result of bad feeling over the case.
Rodecker is a young man and came
from Missouri. He probably will die.
ings occupied by Wise Bros general
store and the postoffice. These build
ings were saved because they were
brick. All the buildings burned were
wood. All the merchants with the ex-
ception of Campbell, the druggist.
saved most of their goods by carrying
them into the street. The burned sec
ton is on the south side of the street
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

AS there is scarcely more inter-
esting railway of equal size in the
country than the three-mile cog road
built from the base to the summit of
Mt. Washington, one can readily be-
lieve that its officials, particularly its
superintendent, must be interesting,
too, says the Boston Globe.
When the cog road is not in opera
ton, or when the roadbed is not re-
ceiving attention before the beginning
and after the end of the season, the
superintendent, John Horne, is busily
engaged in the machine shops of the
Boston & Maine at Lakeport. Mr..
Horne is never too much occupied to
and he knows the subject thoroughly.
Mr.. Horne has been connected with
the Mt. Washington road for 80 years;
the last IL as superintendent. He is
a native of Yorkshire, England, and is
a man of remarkable mechanical abil-
ity, which he has found opportunity
to demonstrate in many ways during
his connection with this unique road.
Al the oldest official of the road
Mr.. Horne's "reminiscences are most
entertaining and more particularly do
they impress one when told by him in
the course of conversation, for Mr..
Horne is a most pleasing converse
tionalist.
"Our engines up there on the noun
tain" said Mr.. Horne, have a great
deal of work to do, and they work
hard; in fact, 1 have come to regard
them all, suppose, as a physician in
regular practice regards his patients.
"They are SO different from the or
binary machine that even the best
and finest engineers mean those in
terested in mechanics-from all over
the world, when they arrive at the
base of Mt. Washington are attracted
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
KENNEDY-STEELE.

Roy E. Kennedy and Miss Odessa
Steele, both of Lincoln, were married
at Omaha Tuesday afternoon, Febru-
airy IL, and departed at once for St.
Louis, where they will make their
Lincoln Typographical Union and for
three years was connected with the
Independent. He is good workman
and a good union man, and his many
friends, while congratulating him upon
his happy marriage, regret to see him
leave Lincoln. The hearty congrat,,-
lations and best wishes of the union
lists of the city will follow Mr.. and
Mrs. Kennedy to st. Louis.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

to the little, putting engine that is to
carry them upward.
'The first engine built for the Mt
Washington railway had an upright
boiler with no water feeding device,
starting. go as far as safety permitted,
and then let the steam down and fill
up again.
'The engines now in use have boil
ers somewhat shorter than the ordi.
nary locomotive boiler, and the front
end is set in the frame Is inches low
er than the back, SO as to strike a. me-
dunn between the lower and sharper
grades. The first engine was lent to
the B. G o. railroad and exhibited at
the Chicago fair in 1893. At the close
of the exposition it was presented to
the field museum.
Gas to the power of these engines.
let me give you an illustration. Take
for instance, block of granite that.
lying on the ground, weighs IS tons.
Now undertake to lift it to the top
of building 300 feet high in 70 min
utes. If you succeed It would be called
great feat. We do that practically
every, trip up the mountain.
mo steam is used in coming down
the mountain, gravity alone doing the
work and the machinery holding back.
All the steam generated comes from a
fine stream of water admitted to the
cylinders as lubricant, and the COM
pressing air which heats the walls of
the cylinder causes the steam. On a
rise of nearly 1000 feet to the mile a
test has shown that the horse power
transmitted to both cog wheels was SIT.
There were some small mountain
railways built before this on Mt.
Washington was thought of, but there
never was a mountain railway that
ever claimed construction as original"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
LUNNY-LEFFINGWELL.

Charles Lunney and Miss Maud
Leffingwell were married last Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs. Clara
Kline. Judge Cosgrave officiating Mr..
Lunney is an electrician who has
been employed at Seward, but will
make his home in WILDER hereafter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lunney have many
friends in Lincoln who extend con-
gratulations and best wishes.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
CONGRESS- GAZE


lynchng ~
decided
habit
Of
the capitol" a
Tman South Carolina goated the
could
know it is true
walters
doing"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
POSTPONED.

The house judiciary committee did
not meet Monday to hear arguments
upon the McMullen employers liabil-
ity bill, owing to the illness of Mr.. Nc
Mullen, member of the committee and
author of the bill. The hearing was
postponed until Thursday evening, too
late for proper mention in this weeks
Wagewcrkcr.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

re ID
La
Trimb
in
a them"
OF
Charles Merriam biologist
sSoo0 with
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Frogs are respOnstble for the ABOLITION OF enc
of the great agricultural department bureaus
which spends annually about $4,000.
This is the biological survey. When the item
was reached in the agricultural appropriation bill
the committee wanted to know exactly what the
biological survey was.
1T is now engaged in establishing new In
dustry" member OF the committee answered.
What is this new industry that has been going
on at $4,000 Year,, Representative Lamb Of
Virginia asked.
1T is studying zones in which frogs are the
most prolific, in what kind OF water they prefer
to live and how they can be raised" Representa-
tive Brooks told him. ss{
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
FORAKER THE SAME FIGHTER AS OF OLD.

Just now Senator Joseph Benson FORAKER OF
Ohio is one of the most prominent public men
standing in the national limelght. Two causes
carefully planned, the other accidental-bring
Foraker well into the proem of the political story
of the country.
First he is candidate for the Republican
nomination for president in 1908; second he is
the self-avowed antagonist of the present incunf
bent of the White House and all his works.
In both these situations Foraker stands out
primarily as fighter. And fighter the char
acteristics of the man and the methods Of the
man appeal to all dabblers in, the picturesque
chronology of the day
Foraker is one of the men in the senate who
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
: SERVED IN RESTAURANT OF HOUSE.

Southerners are indignant because the other
day for the first time in the memory of members
OF congress negroes have been served at the
house of representatives restaurant.
While several southern men were dining in
the portion reserved for members and their guests,
a negro accompanied by white woman entered.
took seats at an adjoining table and ordered food
as cody as though they had no idea of the prece-
dents they smashing.
The negro walters served them with alacrity.
Adamson, of Georgia; Randell, of Louisiana; Tay-
lor, of Alabama and a few other southerners were
dining in the same room.
Representative Weeks, of Massachusetts,, and
Gardner, Of Michigan at adjoining table, waited
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

the
conflict that President mad
Immediately after the commission snons
Smithsonian
ers * assas
The
several
social
S a Washington society
social
rank Calls
would
calls made and invita-
the social the
man OF car #
the enmity developing resulted the resignation
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

able. This opposition is not open like
the support of the bill, but is working
on the quiet. But those who favor the
bill are watching like hawks.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Explained.

Employer-Have you any excuse to
offer for speaking so impolitely?
Office Boy-Yes, sir; 1 forgot that 1
wasn't speaking over the telephone.
Your apology is accepted Life.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15


astingly, I
midnight
handhe keep
line of reading * 3&4s
Without undoubtedly Of the best Latin and
Washington affairs OF
affairs his by the keeps it's
blu he maint
u + r
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Mound Valley, Kan. Fire

Half the business houses of Mound
Valley, Kan, eleven in all, burned re-
Gently. The fire originated in Camp
bells drug store and burned every
building in the block except the build
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

typographical Union Ball, Monday
February rs, Fraternity Hall. Quick's
Orchestra.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Typographical Union Ball, Monday,
February rs, Fraternity Hall. Quiek's
Orchestra.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15
Kansas Pioneer Dead.

Major J. L. Mclean, closely identi-
fed with the settling and early his
tory of Florence and Marion county,
died recently at his home in florence,
aged "a.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Euthusiast-Yes. I saw it twice.
Intoxicated IndividualHSo'd l.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Social Feud Said to Be Cause Of Chairman Shon Resignation from
Panama Canal Commission Of Fire Alarm" Foraker Of
Ohio-Other Gossip from Washington.

WASHINGTON. = "Oficial etiquette" and
snobbishness in capital society, of which his wife
and daughters, Theodore and Marguerite, were
victims, is declared, to be the real of Theo-
dore P. Shonts' resignation from his 100000 year
position as chairman of the Panama canal
mission.
It was natural for outsiders to suppose that
when Mr.. Shonts came here from Chicago as chair
man of the commission he would take high rank
in the government and have correspondingly
high social status in the fabric of Washington
Mr.. Shonts; who was president of railroad, did
not realize that the actual control over the dig
ging of the canal had been officially placed in the
hands of the secretary of war, who paid
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

Seeing Double Shows.
Intoxicated Individual-Shee the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-02-15

FROG INDUSTRY FAILS TO IMPRESS coNeREssMEN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-02
TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY.

S g. Goodale & Son have sold for Louis F.
Rockwell the five story apartment house No. 247
West 49th st, on lot 25X9s,9 feet.
John j. Kavanagh has sold for Henry Mosle to
a client for occupancy No. l29 East 18TH ST.. n
three story brownstone front dwelling, a lot
16.Sx1022 feet.
five story apartment house, with stores, on plot
29XlO0 feet at the southeast of 5th st. and
Broadhurst Maurice Mann the broker
John Tucker has sold No. 5l5 East seth St. a
five story fathouse, lot 22X102 feet, for Char
lotto Buckert 10 John Meker. Also sold No. pa
East S9th St, five story hathouse 25X2 feet. for
John Bach to Franz Solz.
The Henry Morgenthau Company has bought a
plot 50xS6.6 feet on the south side of l49th St. 100
feet east of Courtandt ave, from Josephine d.
Banecker.
Abe Kassel has sold No. . West 132d st. five
story hathouse, lot 25X9911 feet: also sold No.
POI West 1920 St, five story tenement house. on
lot 25x99.11 feet.
Joseph Burke & Co. have sold for the Prudential
Real Estate Corporation TO Leander S. Sire and
building on lot 2O.SX567 feet.
+. r. Wood & Co. have sold for Eugene L. Lewis
No. $50 Eagle ave. vacant lot, 25x100 feet.
w. $. Patten and J. l. Van SAINT have sold to n
feet, at the northeast corner OF Audubon ave. and
172d 81.
Zelina K. Clark has sold No. % West 89th St. a
four story and basement stone front dwelling house.
on lot 22X9S.e feet. The buyer is a, r Jammes.
Smith & Phelps and John +. Dowd have sold No.
1912 Earick st, three story frame building with
plot 25x92 feet.
Colin NJ. Eadie has sold for the First National
Bank Of Ossining. y. Y, the three four story and
basement dwelling houses Nos 1T, 40 and ISL
Amsterdam ave, 1SX16S feet each, TO George a.
Acken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-02
WELCOME TO BRYAN.
Late A71UaI Fails to Afect En-
thuSiasm IN Ne7Cark.

William Jennings Bryan, although it was mid
night when he took his seat, passed through six
hundred wildly cheering Jersey reforIners at the
Peoples Lobby dollar dinner in the Kruger
Auditorium, Newark, he walked UP 10 the
speakers table. While waiting for him the
diners had listened TO a speech by Everett Colby
in which the Essex Senator sounded again the
note Of warning he struck at the Pagan dinner
in Jersey City last week. He cited the failures
Of previous reform movements in warning the
New Idea men, who were present in large num-
bers
Mr.. Bryan apologized for his lateness in reach
ing the hail. and then went on TO speak with
much enthusiasm for the initiative and refer
endum ideas favored by the Peoples LOBBY. lie
said that he was so strongly in favor of them
that If the Democratic party did not adopt them
he would have TO abandon 1t. Clean politics. he
said, TO be desired over all things, and
domination of the corporations must be fought
for until won.
Mr. Bryan spoke briefly, as the restlessness of
the great crowd in the hall was not altogether
concealed by its enthusiasm.
There enthusiastic mention Of Mr.. Mar
tines name a candidate for Governor, and
small boom was started for him
Others who spoke were James MARITIME Of
Plainfeld: Sheriff Frank H. Sommer Of Essex
County, Mayor Mark Pagan of Jersey City Cor
poration Counsel George l. Record OF Jersey
City, Alden Freeman, of Orange. chairman Of
the dinner committee, and Herman b. Walker.