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The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
SUPPLIES STALLED IN SNOW.
Coal and Groceries for Northwest
Blocked by New Storm.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 30-The
snow blockade and fuel famine in the
northwest continues and relief seems
about as remote as ever.
During the past "a hours, another
snowstorm has swept North Dakota
and Minnesota. From points along the
500, Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific railroads comes information
about stalled trains and deserted en-
gines and /snow-plows. Hundreds Of
cars of coal and groceries, started
westward during the past few days in
the wake of the rotaries, may not now
reach their destination for days or
weeks.
Washington, Jan. 30.--A telegram
received at the interstate commerce
commission from New Rockford, N.
D., says the fuel situation there is so
desperate that the people will burn
railroad property in less than 4S hours
for fuel The dispatch says: "The
railroad on this branch is not making
any effort to relieve us. Have had no
freight this year. No mail for II
days"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
NEW, INTERURBAN
HEADED OUR WAY
CEDAR RAPIDS LINE WOULD CON.
Meet WITH oSKALooSA,
coMMERcIALcLUB INTERESTED
Local Company Being Formed to
Have the Preliminary Work
Done--Part Of Big
System.

A special meeting of the board 0
directors and members of the Com
mercial Club of Oskaloosa was callet
Tuesday afternoon at the club rooms
for the purpose of taking into consid
GRAFTON the new interurban line be
tween Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapid,
via Millersbnrg and Marengo.
The business men of Marengo have
organized for the preliminary worl
and are much in earnest in their DE
termination to have an interurban line
through their town A number d
them came to the city last week foi
a consultation with local people con
corning the Oskaloosa end of the ma
ter.
II now appears that second inter
urban proposition has appeared ii
connection with the Marengo-Ceda
Rapids line.
An interurban between Keosauqua
and Fairfield, distance of about for
ty miles, is assured. Fairfield les
directly north of Keosauqua in the
adjoining tier Of counties, Ii The
next tier south of Keosauqua and T
little TO the west lies Memphis, Mis-
souri,, and an extention of the line ha!
been examined and reported favorabl!
apoa by both engineers and capital
lists The promoters have investi
gated the feasibility of running NORTH
from Fairfield to- Millersburg ant
thence to Marengo and Cedar Rapids
but they also desire the connection
with Oskaloosa and the coal fields tC
the southwest of the city.
The expert engineer who is making
the investigation of the line between
Oskaloosa- and Millersburg met with
the Commercial Club to explain th5
situation. He represents eastern pa-
ties who have the capital for build
ing AID equipping the road.
The line between Oskaloosa and
Millersburg is how under investiga
ton and when the work is comrletef
a report will be made to Tie CONNER
cial Club.
The new proposition is separate ant
apart from the oskaloosa G Buxto.
Electric Interurban and has nothinS
to, do with this older organization
The Marengo business men have beg
In consultation with the officers o
the Oskaloosa & Buxton Interurban
but the company is not prepared II
entertain any new work until The
line to Buxton has been completed
and in operation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
IS HELD FOR MURDER
IOWA MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING
HIS WIFE AND BABY AT
WASHINGTON.

Washington, Jan. ~30.-William C,
Copley, aged 80, census clerk, was
arrested this morning following the
discovery of his wife and six-months
old baby daughter dead with bullet
holes in their heads. He said his wife
killed herself and the Daby. He said
the shooting took place in the front
room, and when he heard the shot he
rushed in and found mis- wife dead. He
called doctor and declared he did
not know the baby was dead until the
doctor pulled down the covers. The
three-year-old son, Raymond, in the
same ROOM. was. unlnplesled, The
Copleys were married IN Iowa and
lived at Walnut, near Council BLUFFS
Copley served in the Philippines az
a member of the 5tst Iowa. His
wifes maiden name was Amanda
Runer. Both have relatives in iii
Iois and Iowa.
Persons living in the vicinity of the
Copley home said that it was not
known that there had been any, quar-.
rel between Mr.. and Mrs. Copley and
that they had always appeared to be
happy. Both were given excellent
regulations by their neighbors.
Coroner hewitt was notified by the
police AID will hold an inquest today
Copley was disi1clined to make a
statement after this morning. When
asked for an explanation he saida
an have nothing to say" This he
repeated several times. In his man
1er he was calm, there being no trace
of excitement either in his speech OF
action.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Only One More
Juror Secured
Another Venire of One Hundred Talesmes Sum
moned to Appear for ThaW Trial
i'm the Morning.

few minutes to his wife and May Nc
Kenzie.
Mrs. Carnegie and Edward Thaw
entered the court house soon after
the opening of the morning session.
The court this afternoon ordered a
new panel of one hundred talesmen
to report tomorrow morning.
Saw the Shooting.
Worcester, Mass, Jan. 3d. DR..
Edward Street, of Montreal, an in
sanity expert, left here today to offer
himself as a witness in the Thaw case.
He says he sat near White when he
was killed, and saw Thaw's eyes
clearly when he shot. He believes
Thaw was insane at the time. Street
testified in similar case in Canada.
and the defendant pleaded insanity
AMI was freed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
WILEY ON COLD STORAGE.
Tells House Committee the Results Of
His Experiments.

.@ Washington, Jan. 30.--Dr Harvey
i w. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bu-
Teau of the department of agriculture
and the government's,>> pure food ex-
pert, gave much interesting testimony
concerning the deterioration of food
stuffs in cold storage before the house
committee on agriculture.
Milk begins to deteriorate right
away, and so does cream" said DR..
Wiley. Eggs also begin to deterior-
ate Immediately. Fruit is improved
and sometimes continues to improve
Tor three months. Meat improves up
to about six or eight weeks, but after
three months it begins to go down.
He said oysters opened and shipped
in buckets were bad, and condemned
gelatin as dirty and likely to contain
fitetanus germs. #I
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
IOWA HERO SAVES
TWO FROM DEATH
EVERETT 6uTLER's BRAVE DEED
AT SCRANTON.
MENINPERILoN WATER TOWER
Trapped ITO Feet Above Ground
Hero Climbed Up Icy Ladder
Through the Flames and
Smoke.
Seripps.MeRae Telegram.

Scranton, Ia, Jan. 30.--All Scra1.
ton today is lauding Everett Butler
as hero for his remarkable bravery
in rescuing Charles Goodyear and Ver-
non Dyer from impending death on
the top of the city water tower, 10
feet from the ground, where they had
climbed in an effort to prevent fire
from destroying the water works res.
ervoir. They had shouted frantically
for aid for ten minutes, until almost
suffocated by the smoke and over
come by the cold. Ten minutes after
Butler had rescued the men and re-
turned to the ground, his face badly
burned ana almost Frustrated from
the cold and smoke, the tower col
lapsed.
Against the supplication of friends
and relatives, Butler made his third
ascent of the tower in the face of
death. The ladder reaching the i'm
prisoned men was developed Ia smoke
and flames and it was recognized that
the structure would collapse at almost
any moment, the flames having peen
slowly burning away the supports.
Added to these dangers was the Ia
tense cold, the thermometer standing
one degree above zero, and a fierce
northwest blast adding to the peril.
Hundreds Stand Aehast.
Men, women and children who, had
gathered at the foot of the tower and
stood iumbfounded in horror during
the minutes that elapsed while Butler
was accomplishing his perilous task,
shouted themselves hoarse as he
stepped from the foot of the ladder.
AS the men rushed to Buffers side
the shouts of joy gave way to the
weeping of the women, whose emotion
was touched by the tears of joy of
the relatives of the rescued men.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31

New York, Jan. SU.---Harry C. Brear.
ly, al advertising agent, aged 80, and
married, was chosen as the tenth ju-
ror in the Thaw case at 11:40 this
morning to take the place of Fair.
No More Sketehing.
At the opening of the Thaw trial
this morning Justice Fitzgerald an
nounced he would no longer permit
the sketching of the principals in the
court room, and asked the artists
present to leave.
May Mckenzie and Evelyn Thaw
were the only members OF the Thaw
contingent present at the opening to.
day. The absence Of the others pro.
voked the usual gossip to the effect
that new differences had arisen in the
family. Previous to the opening,
Thaw, in the prisoners dock, talked a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
CHICAGO POLICE BELIEVE THEY
HAVE BROKEN UP NEST OF
ANARCHISTS. o."

Chicago, Jan. 30.-The police today
arrested George Stein and Henry
Braun, found with anarchistic arti-
cles, postals, sketches of fortifica-
tions, diagrams of European palaces,
pictures Of potentares and prime min
listers, including President Roosevelt,
causing the police to believe they
have caught anarchists who are plan
ming the wholesale destruction of Of
ficials in this and other countries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
mine EXPLOSION
ENT0MBS EIGHTY
BAD DISASTER REPORTED NEAR
FAYETTEVILLE, w. VA.
DUST SAID TO BE THE CAUSE
Worltrien Meet Death In the Shaft Of
Stuart Mining Co. - Rescuers
Driven Back BY the
a Gas.

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 30.-With a
defamation heard for miles around
and debris hurled hundreds of feet in
the air, dust in the Stuart mine near
Fayetteville exploded at 1855 yester-
day afternoon, bringing a terrible
death to the eighty or more men who
were at work more than 500 feet be.
low the surface. There is no chance
that any of the men will be taken out
alive for it is thought the terrinc
force Of the explosion snuffed out
their lives instantly 1t will not be
possible for the rescuers to reach the
bottom of the shaft within forty-eight
hours.
The disaster is perhaps the worst in
the number of killed in the history of
this state. Most of the men were
Americans and many of them were
married and had large families. There
were dozen or more colored men and
twenty-five or more aliens.
Rescuers Driven Back.
The rescue work was commenced as
soon as the wrecked parts of the
shaft house could be repaired. About
two hours after the explosion three
men were lowered into the shaft IN
an improvised bucket. Before de-
scending sixty feet two of them were
overcome with foul air and the third
was barely able to give the signal 70
his comrades at the top. All further
attempts were abandoned for, the
time.
a2g 4, ,PitifuI Scene at Mine.
The scene about the mine is a pa
thetic one, men, women and children
crying for their dear ones and i'm
ploring those on the ground to go TO
their rescue.
The Stewart mine Il shaft 5ss
feet deep. The deys,cl ment is in the
Sewall seam, which ranges in thick
ness from four to fiva fect. The mine
is located in the White Fuel con,Da-
avs private line, connecting with the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad at Car
Isle. 1t is located about forty-seven
miles from Fayetteville and seven
miles from Thurmond.> The mine has
been in operation for about three
years or more.
The coal is mined by contract labor,
hence will be diticult in obtaining
names. The mine is five miles from
Thurmond. T.,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
SLAIN BY ASSASSIN.
Another Russian Official Meets Tragic
End Today

Scripps-McRae Telegram.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 30.--Gen. Cal.
dema, governor of the political pris.
oaers on Basil Island, was assassin.
ated on the main street of the island
today, and the prison warden was ia
tally shot in trying TO arrest the ter
rorfst who escaped. The assassin il
an eighteen-year-old boy. He am
pushed the governor at a tea house
and fired at close range. The COVER
nor is accused Of Ill treating the pc
litical prisoners and has long beer
marked for assassination.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
cur Stream CHANCES course

New Orleans, Jan. 30.-The fact that
the Gulf stream has made important
changes in its course was announced
Tuesday by the Gulf division of the
photographic office, in charge of Capt.
John c. Solely. These changes are
noted between the time the stream
leaves the north coast of South
America until 1t enters the Atlantic.
A map embodying them will be. issued
next month.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
McKinIey's Birthday Celebrates.

Washington, Jan. 30.--The anniver-
sary of the birth of William Mckinley,
late president of the United States,
was celebrated Tuesday night at the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
church, where Maj Mckinley wor.
SHIPPED while serving in congress and
later when he was elevated to the
presidency. A large and representa-
tive audience attended. The meeting
was held under the auspices of the
United States Historical society, and
Harry A; Colman, president of that or.
ganization, presided.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Harry Allen. Free soiIer, Dies,

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 30..-Harry
Allen, who was prominent in the
movement to make Kansas a free
state, died suddenly at the National
Soldiers home at Lansing, near here,
Tuesday. In the early days he was a
member of the Kansas legislature
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
WE'D AT oTTUMWA.
End Of Romance Started Five Years
AGO. y

ottumwa,y Ia, Jan. S0.-A pretty TO
nance, which had its beginning five
years ago at Drake university, cams
to a close here yesterday afternoon
when Miss Myrtle LeCompte of Ut
tumwa and Mr.. Frederick d. Cloud
vice consular general of the United
States at Shanghai, China, were unit.
ed in marriage. A 10000 mile jour
ney and a home in tne American lega.
ton in the orient will complete the
honeymoon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Marltlme Express Wrecked

Halifax, N. s., Jan. 30.-The Mari.
time express train, from Montreal for
Halifax, was wrecked Tuesday night
near Windsor Junction, on the Inter
colonial railroad. The whole train,
with the exception of the engine and
one car, left the rails No lives were
lost. Several passengers and train.
men are reported injured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
The cento.

A cento is coat made of patches.
In literature 1t is a poem made up of
lines or passages from different au-
thors and put together so as to make
q new poem with a new meaning of
Its own.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
EInd cur. FOR opIum Aahl,,

An anti-opium crusade in the Malay
states is meeting with great success
A plant said to possess the properties
Of curing the opium habit has been
discovered in Selangor, and this is
being distributed wholesale.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
BODY CUT IN TWO.
Fearful Death Befalls a Man Al
EII<ader.

Elkader, Ia, Jan. S0.--Orly Warn,
while running gasoline wood saw
near Monoaa, accidentally fell in
front of the circular saw and was cut
in two, le1gthwise, from shoulder
down, expiring almost Immediately.
He leaves a family.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Cornell Must Pay 500.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 30.-Ex-C Congress
man w. J. ConneH, who was adjudged
guilty of contempt by Judge Sutton of
the district court after trial, was SEN
fenced Tuesday to pay fine of 800.
Connell was charged with trying to
browbeat the court in the recent coal
trust" trial
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Powder MIlI ExpIosion kllIs Two,.

: Fontainet, Ind, Jan. 30.-The pow
der mill of the Latin G Rand Powder
company near here was destroyed by
an explosion Tuesday afternoon. Jake
Garner, 25 years old, and Max Burndt,
~ years old, the only employees in the
mill at tho time, were blown to atoms.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
THE SHOOT CASE.
o Vote Win Be Taken on February. {
o. 20. q

Washington, d. c., Jan. 3d. The
senate this afternoon, upon the re-
quest of Mr.. Burrows, chairman of the
committee on privileges and elections,
decided to take a vote on the Smoot
case February 80, at A p. m.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Indiana Banker Indicted.

Jasper, Ind, Jan. 30.-The Dubois
county grond jury Tuesday returned
an indictment on % counts charging
Charles Behrens with embezzling $42,-
900 of the funds of the Peoples State
bank at Huntingburg, Ind. Behrens
was arrested, but released on $1,000
bond.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
can for Bank statement.

washington, Jan. 30.-The comp
troller of the currency Tuesday issued
call for statement of the condition
of all national banks at the close Of
business on January 26.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
rripIer,s treasures Found.

New York, Jan. 30.-Diamonds and
other Jewels valued at $4,000 were
found Tuesday hidden in an old trunk
in tile home of the late Charles Trip
Ter, of Manhasset, l.. l., discorerer OF
liquid air.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
WOULD AMEND THE
j. S. CONSTITUTION
MEASURE INTRODUCED IN IOWA
LEGISLATURE TODAY.
RAILROADS GIVEN A HEARING
Witnesses Are Named Who May Ap-
pear Before the Committee
Bill Aimed At c. o. D.
Liquor Business.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 30.-Senator
Smith, of Mitchell, introduced a joint
resolution today asking congress tc
cab a convention to propose amend
ments to the constitution of the
United States.
Speaker Kendall Of the house Il still
confined to HIS home with the grip
and Mr.. Hambletou still presides. Mr..
Kendall is reported better today.
Few bills Of interest were proposed
In either house today, and regular rou-
tine business took up the time of the
session.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
Elaht Hurt In Wreck on the nKaty.,

South McAlester, l. T., Jan 30
Eight persons were injured, two ia
tally, by collision of Missouri, Kan.
I sas C Texas freight train No. 404,
bound for Texas, and local passen-
ger train at Crowder City. l. r., Tuesday
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
ON WRAPPING PAPER.
!, Freight Blockade Causes Trouble ,
) In Dakota.
Q Q Q Q o"

Scripps- McRae Telegram.
Kensal, N. D., Jan. 30-The North
Dakota State Journal appears today
printed on yellow wrapping paper, the
freight blockade preventing regular
shipments of paper.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31
TO PAINT THE POPE.
An Iowa Man Secures a High Honor
At Rome.

Rome, Italy, Jan. 30.-WiIlam Ed!
wards Cook, of Independence, Iowa,
who studied painting in the Chicago
Art Institute, has, been received in
audience by the Pope. His Holiness
consented to sit for his portrait. Mr..
Cook will be the first American artist
to paint Plus X.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-01-31

Representative Moore introduced a
bill providing that If a burglar enters
building wherein Is any human be-
Continued on Page 81
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-27
The Two West Points.

fhe sensations of the new cadet
when, after the climb from the boat
landing, he finally reaches the plain
those first sensations lnger a long
while. There are two West Points
the actual West Point and the over
arching spiritual one, of which the ca
Diet only becomes conscious about the
time he graduates. The determinate
West Point that is to be his master for
four years and the shaper Of his des-
tiny meets him at the top of the slope
with ominous silence. He hears no
voice, he sees no portentous figure, but
there Is communicated in some way
through some medium the presence of
an Invisible authority. cold, inexorable
and relentless. Time never wears away
this first feeling. 1t comes back to
every graduate on returning to West
Point. let his years and his honors be
what they may. And perhaps 1t Is
just as well that it be so; that there Is
one place left In our country where
vanity of asserted ancestry and the too
frequent arrogance of speculative and
fortuitous commercial leadership find
a chill.-General Morris Schaff In At
bantic.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-27
Endurance of Migrating Birds.

The vigor and endurance that birds
display upon the wing are astonishing.
Nearly all the migratory species of
Europe must cross the Mediterranean
without resting. The little bluebird
pays an annual visit to the Berlnudas,
900 miles from the continent. and VIII
son estimated Its very moderate flight
at more than a mile a minute. Re-
markable stories are told Of the long
flights OF tame falcons, one going 1900
miles in single day. Jawel mentions
carrier pigeons that flew from Rouen
to Client, $50 miles, in an hour and a
half. and certain warbler must wing
It's way from Egypt to the Baltic, 1900
miles, In one night.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-27
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

Orogrande, Idaho, Feb. 20, 1907.
To J.. IT. McDuffie and E. M. Griffith,
their heirs, successors or assigns:
You and each of you are hereby mott.
fled that / have expended the sum OF
$500 on the Jay Gould and Lambs
FaV0ffte mining claims ($1OO on each
claim) situated in Robbins mining dis
trict (now Orogrande district, the bound
aries of said Robbins mining district
having been changed so the claims were
Included in the Station district, and the
Station district boundaries later changed
so the claims are now in the Orogrande
mining district) Idaho county. Idaho,
(for further description see records OF
saide Idaho county, Idaho);.
That your share in said mining claims
is 3-32; that there is now due from you
for your share of such assessment the
sum of $18.75. :.
And you are hereby notified that II
you fail or refuse to contribute your
share of said expenditure, together with
cost of this publication. Within the
statutory time as specified in Section
1924, Revised Statutes of the United
States, and Of the amendments thereto,
your interest in said claim will become
the property of your co-owner:
P. H. LEACH.
First publication, Feb. %, 1907.
Last publication, Nav 70, l9Of.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-27
Cleaning Brass.

Here Is the government recipe for
cleaning brass. 1t is used In all the
United States arsenals and is said to
be the best In the world. This is the
recipe:. One part OF common nitric acid
to half part of sulphuric acid. Keep
the mixture in a stone jar, having
ready pailful Of fresh water and a
boxful Of sawdust- Articles. to be
cleaned must first be dipped. In the
acid mixture, then into the water and
dried with sawdust. This process OF
cleaning Will change the brass imme-
diately to brilliant color. If the metal
Is greasy-as candlesticks would be-
dip first In a strong solution of potash
and soda, in warm weather. This cuts
the grease and permits the acid to
work. This method of cleaning brass is
entirely harmless and is very satisfac-
tory.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-27
-
SHAVING NAPOLEON.
u Was q Difficult Job For Constant
tho Emperor's Barber.


Constant, Napoleon's barbsr, tAns ~
me many difficulties he experienced in
shaving the emperor. Napoleon would
take his place In the chair, c6rversIno
and gestic,ulatine. Suddenly he would
call fot u paper or turn rapidly Il ioo,-
behind him. 'A
The utmost caution was necessary
on the part Of bis barber to keep from
cutting him, yet IN spite OF all these
restless movements not once while
Constant was shaving the emperor did
he do 80.
sometimes when in the chair no
would sit stir and motionless as n
stone, and Constant tells that he could
not get him to move his head either
way In order to facilitate the opera
ton Of shaving.
Napoleon had a singular whIm of
having only one side of his face lath-
cred and shaved at time. When he
shaved himself, which was seldom. he
invariably cut himself badly. This was
Que to bis restless Impotence. and
though he was scrupulously neat in his
person, he would, after hewinQ n slice
from his cheek, give up the operation
IN disgust and go about with part Of
his face unshaved until he had found
his faithful barber.