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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
ACCIDENTS IN Buxton
TWO OF A KIND AND MOST UN-
USUAL OCCUR ONLY FEW
HOURS APART.

Buxton, April S.--Two most unusual
accidents occurred here in one day.
Both were of tne same character and
occurred but few hours apart. The
/ like of the accidents do not occur once
in five years, and that two should oc-
cur on the same day is regarded as
something of coincidence. Electric
motors being operated in the mines
in the pulling of trains of coal left
the track and the drivers were injured.
Walter Johnson (colored), at mine
No. IL, was worst hurt He stayed
with his engine when it left the track
and ne was badly squeezed and sus-
tains broken leg and severe bruises.
Aaron Carey, at Mine No. II, was
more fortunate. When his motor lett
the track he jumped and all of the
cars in the train piled on top of him
as he fell. Two hours were required
to get the cars off to release him. He
| is somewhat bruised and scratched,
but will be on duty again within a
short time.
Another serious accident happening
in the mines was suffered by Ed Will
liams, shot firer. A shot exploded
while the man was at work in room
and the wonder is that he was not in
lstantIy killed He was terribly brufs-
ed and sustained broken arm.
Chunks of coal were driven into his
flesh and entirely through his arm,
making a pulp of the muscles. Fol
lowing the accident the man had to
walk about half mile to the shaft to
get out and he was more dead than
alive when he reached the exit He
| is still in a precarious condition.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
EDDYVILLE.
(By John R. Sipes.l

Eddyville, April o. Died, at the
home of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott Williams, in West Des
Moines township, at five o'clock Sun.
day evening, April 7, 1907, the infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. ParceI, ~
one month and sixteen days. The
time of the. funeral will not be decid,
ed upon till the arrival of the father
who has been in Kansas City.
Fred Saville has purchased the prop.
erty of Miss Hattie Gwfl on North
Fourth street, and will move to the
same as soon as it is vacated by the
present tenant, d. T. Workman.
Philip Biihler, Jr., mas moved from
Ottumwa to the Henry Criswell prop.
|erty on North Third street.
Stephen Richardson, of Glendora,
California, is here, called by the seri
GUS illness of his father, Thos. Rich
ardson, of Hayden Chapel.
G. d. True returned Sunday from a
visit with relatives in Oskaloosa. HIS
daughter, Mrs. Cnas. Morris, came
down with him on a visit.
Mrs. Newman and Mrs. Chas. Hoops
and children, of Oskaloosa, are visit
ing at the John Werner home.
Elmer Loeb and Cap Saunders, OF
Abba, spent Sunday with friends mere
Mrs. G. E. Wood and children, who
have lived here the past ten months
went to Abba Monday and after spend
ing week there they will move back
to Fort Morgan, Colorado,
Miss Rena Ryan, who has been at
Elgin, ILL.,, taking a course in trained
nursing, came home Friday.
Ray Comstock has moved to farm
north OF town.
@. K. Stephenson, VINO mas been n
the hospital at Ottumwa, returned
home Monday noon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

Isufferings that parents have sold their
daughters into slavery and degrade
tion in the harems and brothels OF
Turkey in order to maintain life in
the remaining members of the family.
In many places lack Of fuel has add
ed danger of death from cold to that
of death from hunger. In many vii
lagos part of the houses have been
torn down to provide fuel for the in
habitants huddled together in the
homes still standing.
Outside assistance is absolutely
needed. 1t is the one means of relief
left. It is dictated BY the demands OF
humanity. To be effective it must be
Immediately forthcoming. Five dol
| lars will maintain the life of a resi-
dent of the famine districts until the
next harvest.
The Russian Famine Relief Commit
tee has beeen organized, with head
quarters at 135 East 18th street, New
York. Bishop Henry C. Potter is
president of the committee. Samuel
]. Barrows is the secretary. All con,
tributions, large or small, sent to the
secretary will be acknowledged and
receipted for by the Morton Trust
Company, which is acting as treasurer
of the fund.
All contributions received by the
committee will be applied and ex
pended in the most direct anI effective
way. They will not be turned over
to the Russian government.
President Roosevelt has endorsed
this movement and has personally
contributed to it. So have Governor
hughes of New York and many pub.
lic-spiritei citizens. But to make the
relief effective, public support must
DO widespread
Five dollars is said to be sufficient
to save human life if sent at once
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
STOKE NOT ELECTED.
Name Not On List Selected By
School Board.

AT a meeting of the school board
last nigh. at which all members were
present except Mr. Carbon, Superin-
tendent W. Else was reelected for
anotP year at a salary of S1,S00.
Prof. H. W. Hurt was reelected
principal of the High school, and his
salarS was raised from $1,000 to S1,4OO
PEI year, the highest salary ever paid
n High school principal in Oskaloosa.
Two of the ward principals were not
re-elected,-J. M. Stoke of Second
ward and Robt Williams Of the Fifth
ward. The new principals elected
and reelected are:
First ward-F. e. Phillips.
Second ward-Lizzie Sheahan.
Third ward-Mary England.
Fourth ward-Harry Goodrich.
Fifth ward-Mary L. Vannest.
Fire Drills Ordered.
On motion of Director Glaze fire
drills in all the schools were ordered
for the coming year. The drills are
to take place at irregular intervals,
but are to average one week.
The resignation of Miss Edith Wood
to take effect April 20 was accepted,
and Vera Wooster was elected in her
place.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
Strike at What oneer.

What Cheer Chro1icie The WORK,
men at the What Cheer Tool company
are out on strike. They asked for
an increase of ten per cent and the
company refused and the shop was
closed Saturday night. A visit to the
shop Monday morning found the fires
out and not wheel moving and we
were informed that the demands OF
the union would not be granted, the
proprietors claiming that they were
now paying their men more money
than was being paid in Ottumwa, Os-
kaloosa and other places where min.
ing tools are manufactured Needed
repairs will be made about the big
shops and they claim they have a
sufficient force to run the machinery
during the summer months.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
LIE GERMANS oaIEc1.

Two hundred delegates, represent
ing the 10000 German-American citi
ze1s of Oklahoma and Indian Terrific
ry, met at Guthrie the other day ant
protested against being denied theil
beer and other refreshments. The
occasion of the meeting is the pro
posed Incorporation of prohibition il
the new state constitution. After 6
lengthy preamble, the delegates
"whereased" as follows:
Whereas. A set OF men, directed By
lnon-residents, who assume to regulate
the habits and the mode of living Of
the people of the new state, according
to their own views, are agitating fol
the adoption of prohibition as part
of the constitution; and,
Whereas, We recognize prohibition
as a sumptuary law, interfering WITH
the personal rights of the people, caus
ing hypocrisy and contempt of law
and being in opposition to the spirit
of the age and of the constitution OF
the United States; and,
Whereas, We believe that pronibi
ton will retard the progress of the
new state, reduce immigration of tie
more desirable classes of citizens, and
reduce property values, and that it is
inimical to the best interests of the
people; and,
Whereas, Prohibition has been tried
in, nineteen states of the Union, and
again abandoned in sixteen of them
for the reason mat it can not be en-
forced; and
Whereas The record of the three
prohibition Maine, Kansas and
Indian Territory--proyes that liquors
are sold and used, either in open de-
fiance of the law or secretly, to excess,
thereby causing lawlessness, fltemper-
ance and crime; and.
Whereas. The congress of the Unit
ed States has committed an injustice
to free people by placing the TWEEN
ty-one year prohibition clause into the
enabling act; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
German descent, having contributed
our full share toward the development
of the new state, and desiring to re-
main citizens to aid in its upbuilding
and prosperity. ana considering the
exercise of personal privileges a sa-
cred right, and inseparable from the
happiness and welfare of the people,
do hereby declare that if prohibition
is the price of statehood, then we pre-
fer to live in territory, without pro
hibitioa; that we will cast our votes
against prohibition, and will use all
honorable means to defeat it at the
polls; that we will use all our iafiu-
ence toward the election of broad
gagged and liberal-minded candidates
(who declare themselves against pro-
hibition) at the election for state of,
ficerS ana for the legislature, and that
we will bend all energies to defeat
candidates WAC are In favor of prohi.
bition; that we will support every
measure by which the twenty-one year
prohibition clause win be removed
from the Indian Territory"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
-Americaas buy and throw ava.

Americans buy and throw away
250,O00,0OO pairs of SHOES each year.
In the great majority Of instances
oaly the soles of these are worn out.
What becomes of the uppers? Junk
dealers buy them sometimes, out a
Washington correspondent writes that
it is only within the last few months
that preparations have been made on
large scale to save leather tnrown
away in WORKOUT shoes. A plant in
New York now takes the old footwear,
gri7ds it into powder, mixes it with
40 per cent India rubber, and rolls it
under enormous pressure into sheets
Of renovated leather, which may be
turned into pocket-books. leather or
naments, or any of thousand leather
novelties on the market.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
.SUPT ELSE HONORED.
IN LINE FOR PRESIDENT SOUTH
EASTERN IOWA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION.

Centeryille, la, April 8.-The South
eastern Iowa Teachers association
closed most successful convention
here Saturday. 1t is customary in
the association to elect for president
the chairman of the executive com
mitee for the past year. This caused
the presidency to fall to Supt R. B.
Cro1e of Washington, who has been
such an earnest worker as chairman
of the executive committee the past
year. Superintendent F. w. Else of
Oskaloosa was named for chairman
|of the executive committee for the
next year, which puts him in line for
the presidency for the following year
The following is the complete list Of
new officers elected:
President-supt. R. B. Crone. Wash
ington.
Vice Preside1t-Supt. Jesse Benja-
min, Keokuk.
Secretary-Principal Orsina Swift,
|Centerville.
Treasurer-C County Supt A. ]. Hem.
niger, Keosauqua.
Chairman Executive committee
Supt. F. w. Else, Oskaloosa.
Burlington, Keokuk and Washing
tol are all candidates for the next
meeting.
Manual Training.
Chief among the recommendations
in the resolutions adopted is this:
Resolved, That we recognize as
Legitimate the demands for larger OPP
Iportunities in manual and industrial
training. We believe the time mas
come for the state to take an active
part in the development of this phase
of secondary education. We are not
prepared, however, at this time to
endorse new system Of secondary
schools, but we believe that by a
wise and carefully guarded admin
stration of district, state and high
school, it would be possible to give to
every community the advantages of
industrial education"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
case h pIsmlssed.

The case of the State vs.. r. Nell
Dunmire, charged with threatening to
kill George Burke. was dismissed this
morning in Justice Woodruff's court
upon the motion Of the defendants at
torney, W. s. Kenworthy. She was
placed under 5000 bonds by Squire
woodruff to keep the peace.
Joseph Kikendoefer was before JUS
tice Woodruff this morning CT the
charge Of intoxication. He pleaded
guilty and was fined $500 and costs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
MISSIONARY MEETING.
Ladies of United Presbyterian Church
Organized For Year.

Ladies of United Presbyterian Church
Organized For Year.
The Ladies Missionary Society OF
the United Presbyterian church met
last Friday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Eugene Helm, one of the mem
bers, No. 615 South A street, and a
most enjoyable afternoon was spe1t
by all present. The meeting was in
teresting, instructive and one of the
best held in months.
The program of the meeting had
been placed in the hands of Mrs
James Loughrlage and she MARSHALL
e. her forces with rare judgment The
subject chosen was Home missions"
AID it was well handled. A spleniid
paper on the subject was presented
by Mrs. T. B. Gossage, showing ma
ture thought and careful preparation,
Mrs. Dugan read letter from Miss
Anna Wilson. who recently was taken
to Ohio upon a sad erra7d. M
oiicers chosen for the ensuing
year are as follows:
PRESIDENT Mira. A. M Frost.
Vice Presideat-Mrs. William Burn.
side.
Secretary Minnie Morrison.
TreasurerM Mrs. Thomas Stevenson.
FOLLOWING the business Of the ses-
sion the afternoon was devoted to a
bit OF a social. Refreshments were
served and the hour passed most en-.
joyably.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
KnoxviIle Express; The oskalo

Knoxville Express: The Oskaloo
sa Daily Herald has taken the sky
fugle degree Of the local daily bust
ness, in putting IN a perfecting press
and printing from roll of paper at
at the rate of 5000 papers an hour
A country paper doesn't get the sky.
fugle degree until it puts on limo
type machine, and a local daily in
town like Oskaloosa must print on
a web press to take the degree. The
Herald is now handsomely printed
and well-edited paper-the best the
Express mas seen from town of o5.
kaloosa's size
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
-The treasure chest 81 uncle San


The treasure chest of Uncle Sam
is filed to bursting. With three
montns of the fiscal year yet to come,
there is "a surplus of more than $51,
100000. The lion'sf Share of the cred
1t for this surplus goes to customs
duties, for in the nine months just
ended they increased s250,OO0,0O0,
against less than s22s.O0o.oO0 year
ago. The increase from internal rev
enue also was great, being almost
s2O2 100000. against a trifie over $751;
100000 year ago. The circulation
outstanding today is $685., 2l2,o63, an
increase Of s42.445.096 for the year.
and an increase of sS69,O41 for the
month of March.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
How TO Keen Younc,

All the facial messages, all the
creams and lotions in the world will
not enable woman to keep young
unless she keeps her heart young at
the same time; for, as Dorothy Quig-
ley says: Thoughts pencil your
face" and sweet, bright thoughts
bring their reward in a sweet, bright
expression.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

A new use for the old newspaper
is to dampea il. and. tearing it up
place pieces on tho floor before
sweeping. These collect the dust
and one housekeeper puts paper
around the kitchen stove before she
doeE her cooking.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
STAY m IOWA.

q am OF the same mind as Phil
sheridan II ! had hell and Texas.
would rent Texas" remarked d. M.
johnson to a Des MoInes Register aad
Leader man. upon his return from a
tour Of the L0ae Star state.
"A Texan had the nerve to tell me
fhat there we're counties in Texas that
we're worth more than oil Iowa.
told him / would not talk with man
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

Sac and Ida counties grow more
than half the popcorn in the United
States. The farmers grow it under
contract, getting eighty cents per hun
dred pounds. Last falls crop ex-
ceeded 100000 pounds. and added
"a vast amount to the wealth of the
two countries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

Marshalltown Times Republican:
One thousand inmates of the soldiers
home at Leavenworth were seriously
III in one day from the effects of pto-
maines in the hash served at break
fast. This exposes one of the constit-
uents Of hash. but what are the 9TH
ers2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

I'm April sls5,OOO.OOO in dividends
and Interest win be paid in the Unit
ed States to holders of stocks and
bonds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11
LOYAL TO GOOD CAUSE
Our People Are Responding To the
Hospital Call.

About 5000 additional subscriptions
We're secured by the. Oskaloosa hos
pital solicitors yesterday. This makes
$1,000 that has been secured, about
one-half of what was asked for to
complete the building as planned and
free from debt. Naturally the last
half will be the hardest to raise, as
most of the old subscribers have been
seen, and had made their additional
subscriptions cheerfully,, Those who
have not given heretofore should come
to the rescue, and make it possible
to proceed with the work at once.
N. L. Towle got busy and
saved the day from being a gloomy
Friday by plaaking down 500 for the
good cause. If ten more people would
do likewise Mr.. Wetlerell would have
the contract signed up Monday and
would be ready to so anead with the
work.
o.
Ihat the, working people OF OSkaloo'
So are interested in the hospital was
evflcei today when Local No. 1884 OF
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners agreed to pay the rs per
cent increase over the former sub
scriptio1 which is now being asked
for by the Board of Directors of the
Hospital Association. The Carpen
tiers were. among the first organize
lions in the city to donate to the
building fund, and when the Board OF
Directors issued the call for the first
payment on subscriptions they came
forward with check for the full
amount of their subscription. Yes
terday tne committee submitted the
proposition for the Is per cent in
crease to them and this morning they
came forward agreeing to stand fol
the increase Local 1924 while work
ing for the good of their members are
believers in Oskaloosa. and are will
ing to help to boost any project that
is for the good Of the city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

Baltimore is talking of pulling off
an exposition in 1914 to commemo-
rate the historic incident immortal
lied in ~The Star Spangled Banner"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

1t is sadly remarked by the st.
Louis Globe,Democrat that the best
some people can do is pretty bad.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

During the months of February and
March 4S death claims were paid by
District 10. This large number Of
deaths is unprecedented in the history
of the organization and we trust that
the future will witness falling off OF
tho number OF deaths.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-04-11

A special committee appointed at
our recent convention to submit some
tangible proposition to our members
on the Old Age Home question. visit
ed Colfax, Des Moines and other places
this week, looking up sites and other
matters in connection with this nome
project The committee adjourned
last evening to meet again some time
later.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-26
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may
] pointed admni.tratrix % I Of the estate Of B. F. Nv
land, deceased, by the county court of Benton
county, Oregon All persons having. claims
are hereby required to present ihe same. with
proper vouchers therefor, duly verified as by
law required, within six months from the date
hereof to the undersigned at the office of Nc
Fadden & Brysnn attorneys. Corvallis, Oregon.
Dated at Corvallis, Oregon, this Goth day of
March, 1907.
MARY A. DINGES,
Administrative Of the estate Of B. F. Hyland, de-
ceased.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-26
Notice to Creditors.

In the Matter of the Estate)
of
Margaret Radir, Deceased. }
Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned
that the undersigned has been duly appointed
executrix of the last Will and testament of Mar
garet Radir, deceased, by the county court of
Benton county, state Of Oregon. All persons
having claims against said estate of Margaret
Radir. deceased, are hereby required to present
the same, duly verified as by law required, with
in six months from the date hereof to the un-
dersigned at the law office of E. E. Wilson in
Corvallis. Oregon
Dated this March q, 1907.
ELIZA P. SMITH,
Executrix of the last will and testament OF Mar
garet Radir, deceased.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-26
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed administrator of the estate
OF Elizsbeth V. Taylor. deceased. All persons
having claims against said estate are hereby re-
qutred to present the same duly verif1 I'd as by
law required to me at the office of j. F. Yates,
Corvallis, Oregon, within six months from the
date of this notice
Dated April 5, 1907.
W. A. BUCHANAN,
Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth V. Tay
lor, deceased.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-26
A GREAT MEETING.
By a Great Man-Senator La Toilette
of Wisconsin in Corvallis.

One of the most remarkable
meetings ever held in Corvallis,
occurred Tuesday night. 1t was a
lecture, and Senator LaFollette was
the lecturer. 1t was remarkable
from several standpoi7ts. No such
philippe against centralized
wealth and the domineering meth.
cd of the over.rich was ever deliv.
cred in Corvallis. A more absorb.
ing word painting of the doings of
trusts was ever pictured here. A
more interesting speaker never
stood on the Opera House platform.
A man whose utterances bore more
of the earmarks of honesty and sin
cerity never hurled more powerful
sentences at a Corvallis audience.
A big audience never sat more pa
tiertly and more interestedly and
listened to a speaker for so long
period.
Senator LaFollette spoke for three
mortal hours. He was late in ar
rival. and the audience had waited
for him nearly an hour when he
began. In all the people occupied
their seats nearly four hours. 1t
was a discusson of problems of
government, and the fact that an
audience sat SO long and listened
with such consuming interest, tells
the story of the power of the speak
er. 1t was cold audience in the
beginning, but long before the close
it was enthusiastic. The telling
points in the address were loudly
applauded. In the closing moments
everybody was full of good humor
and enthusiastic. More than all,
everybody was the warm admirer
and deep sympathizer with Senator
LaFollette.
Three hours covers a wide range
when the speaker talks as fast as
does this man from Wisconsin.
/ What he said couldn't even be
limited at here. His address would
cover two or three pages in fine
type in a metropolitan daily. 1t
would take an ordinary reader
more than half a day to read it
aloud. But there wasn't a minute
| of it, nor a sentence in it that was
not full OF power and moment. He
told of the government in the be-
ginning when corruption was TN
known. Seventy seven years ago,
DeToqueville, the French philso'
! pher, wrote of the American gov
ernment after long study of it in
this country, "I have not heard of
a single case of corruption in gov
ernmental affairs That was a
description of affairs at Washington
in 1880. Corruption was unknown.
Nineteen years ago. James Bryce
in similar book, wrote that the
corporations are corrupting the
government, and that their infu.
ence on the dishonest congressman
corrupted the whole lump so fal
as results are concerned. With
!. such the trend, what is the condi
ton of affairs today, when corpor'
alton influences are so vastly mag
nifed? In the past 80 years there
have been but two congresses tha
the railroads did not cont1 OIL ex
claimed the speaker. One was Ii
1887. when the interstate commerct
bill was passed after it had failed
, in 13 sessions, and the other wa!
: in 1906, when the rate bill was pass
ed. Even the latter was not be-
yond the pale of railroad influence!
because the rate bill is Ineffective
!. said Mr.. LaFollette because it doe
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-26
Notice of Final Settlement.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
administratrix OF the estate OF Thomas ]. Wright,
deceased, has filed tn the county court OF Ben
ton county, Oregon. her final account as such
administralrix Of SAID estate and that
Monday, the 9th day of May, 1907,
at the hour Of 10 O'Clock A. N. has been fixed by
said court as the time set for bearing objections
to said report and settlement thereof.
Dated March 10, 1907.
MELCENA WRIGHT.
Administrative of the estate of Thos. ]. Wright,
Deceased.