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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
BIG mill FAILURE.
|PILLsBuRY- WAsHsuRN MILLING
co. IN HANDS OF RECEIVER.
Lack of Ready Cash With Which To
Purchase Wheat At the High
Price is Given As the
Cause.

Minneapolis, Aug. S.-Because of a
lack of ready cash with which TO pur-
chase wheat at the present high prices
to fulfill their export contracts, re-
|ceivership for the great Pillsbury-
Washburn Milling Company was
forced today. The receivers appoint
ed are A. c. Loring, &. S. Pillsbury,
meeting of the creditors will be held
Monday. The receivers are under
joint bond of one-half million. The
mills will not be closed. Most of the
|company's stock is held in England.
The proceedings were held before
Judge Purdy, of the United States dis
trict court. The application was sign
ed by the Second National Bank of
st. Paul. Among other creditors are
the Northwestern National Security
Co., the National Swedish-American
National Bank of Minneapolis, and
John S. Pillsbury, shareholder. I'm
secured liabilities of five millions, Sc
cured liabilities of four millions, with
assets of fifteen millions. Jacob
Newman, Chicago attorney, rep
resenting the creditors amounting to
a million and half, is present. He
represents banks throughout the
northwest, west and east, including
several big financial institutions of
Des MONIES and Keokuk, Iowa.
Minneapolis, Aug S.-The Pillsbury-
Washburn Company is capitalized for
one million pounds, equally divided
between common stock and eight per
cent cumulative preferred stock. The
five mills of the company have an ag-
gregate capacity of thirty thousand
barrels of flour daily.
Minneapolis, Aug. S.-The receivers
issued statement this afternoon in
which it is stated they do not believe
anything seriously wrong with the fl
nancial condition of the company and
it is their belief that the affairs will
soon be adjusted.
Chicago, Aug. S.-The wheat market
staggered at the announcement of the
Pillsbury- Washburn receivership. The
longs unloaded in great quantities.
May, September and December wheat
slumped badly. December fell off one
cent, September nearly two cents.
Prominent dealers this afternoon said
there was no thought that the receiv.
ership would affect the market
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
STAND THE STRIKE WELL.
Iowa Central Employs Over ~ Men
at Marshalltown.

Marshalltown, Aug. 10.-Despite The
fact that the Iowa Central has had a
strike on since April %, and has EN-
ployed many men who were not able
to do the work required of them as
strike breakers, the company today
has over 200 men in its service around
its shops, repair yards and round
houses. A total Of ISL were fed at the
noon meal today, and the others take
their meals elsewhere. A Einneapo
lis boarding company furnishes the
meals, which areA served in the new
car shops.
Six new ninety-ton mogul engines
from the Baldwin locomotive works al
Philadelphia will reach this city with
in the next week or ten days. The
engines are modern in every way, and
are equipped with the latest design
of Walschart valve gear, dispensing
with the usual eccentric straps and
rods, links, rocker boxes and arms
General superintendent Noonan has
not yet signified what time he will be
able to be in the city to meet in con,
ference the committee of the shop
men, relative to a settlement OF the
strike.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
OFFICERS BEATEN TO DEATH.
Two Killed by Chicken Thieves at Me.
thuen, Mass.

Methuen, Mass Aug. 10.-Covered
with bruises indicating that they had
been beaten to death in the perform
ance of their duties, the bodies of
Charles II. Emerson and Frank
McDermott, members of the Me
thuen police department, were found
on the. outskirts of this town, after a
search of several hours, late Sunday
The officers were sent out Saturday
night in an effort to catch petty ma
RAIDERS who for some time past have
been robbing chicken yards and vege-
table gardens. When they failed to
report for duty Sunday Chief of Police
Jones organized searching parties, and
the bodies of the two men were found
lying half concealed in some bushes
in the peat meadow.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
ARE COUNTIES LIABLE
SUIT IN HAMILTON WILL TEST
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE LAW.
Held That County Must Stand Pay
ment for all Such Work-In-
terest in Outcome.

Webster City, Ia, Aug. S.--Dr. M.
A. Beach. of Stratford, has served no.
tice on the board of supervisors OF
Hamilton county that he will bring suit
against them at the October term of
court, claiming Sl65 for services rem
dered in contagious disease cases.
The board allowed him $50 for these
services and he refused it. The case
Is a small one, but will be test of the
new Iowa law passed last winter and
which the county, district and state
physicians associations hold makes
every county in Iowa liable for physi-
clans fees in every case of conta'
gion they attend. They hold that this
liability holds regardless of whether
the patient is willing or able to pay
the bill, in other words that persons
afflicted with contagious diseases can
not pay their doctor bills, even If they
want TO, but that the county is absolu
tely required by law to meet these
bills. .
The county will fight Beach's bill
on several grounds. Included in it is
charge for dlsinfecting a school
house, which the county contends
should have been paid by the school
district Also the doctor charged 81
for every visit made, and 1t is claimed
that all patients visited were within
the corporate limits of Stratford
The county will contend that this is
too much. Also it will be held by the
county that the law contemplates that
the county shall be liable only in cases
where patients become county charges
The outcome of the case will be watch
ed with much interest in every county
in the state. 1t will probably go tc
the supreme court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
BUSINESS CHANGE.
Barnes G. Dede Dissolve, and DECIDE
G. Mercer Organize.

A change was announced this morn.
ing in the firm of Barnes C Dede, tail
RS, in which John r. Barnes, Jr., re-
tires from the business. Mr.. o. T..
Dede becomes the senior member OF
the firm in partnership with G. e.
Mercer, of Washington, under the
name of Dede & Mercer.
Since identifying himself with the
business in this city, Mr.. Dede has es-
tablished reputation as a merchant
tailor and has been instrumental in
building up the patronage of the house
with which he has been connected
His record insures the success of the
new firm. Mr.. Mercer is at present
commercial traveller, with head
quarters at Washington, Ia, at which
place he was successful in business
for many years before going on tire
road. In transferring his interests 10
this city his object is to make an ad:
vance and his efforts will be to en-
large the business of the firm here
These gentlemen will continue &c
conduct their tailoring house on the
south side of the square and intend
to merit an ever increasing patron
age. 49,.
The business of the house was es
tablished something over year age
by John r. Barnes, Jr., in the room
north of the Herald business Office
The young man had large acquaint'
ance in the city and county and his
establishment was popular from the
first. Hosts of friends regret to learn
of Mr.. Barnes retirement from bust
ness. The young man will not re
main inactive for any extend
ed period, however, and after rest
of brief period will be again in bust,
ness in the city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
GOES SHOPPING; BABES DIE.
Mothers Hunt For Bargains Costs
Three Lives.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Aug. S.-The
fascination of bargain sale cost the
lives of three children today.
Mrs, Frank Lindberg left her home
early to go shopping. She had no one
to leave with her children. SO she
locked them in a room, where she
thought they would be safe from
harm, kissed them good-by, told them
to be good. and left.
IL was the last time she saw her
little ones alive Fire started I'm some
unexplained manner The fire spread
rapidly, and the whole interior OF the
house was a seething mass of flames
before the neighbors noticed the
smoke pouring through the windows
and the glare of the fire within.
Above the roar Of the flames they
could hear the agonized screams OF
the children. The cries spurred them
on to futile attempts at rescue. Again
and again men. and even women, made
desperate dashes into the doorway,
only to fall back, scorched, half SUMO.
Gated, aud beaten.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
|cR0CKER'S BRIGADE.
COMMITTEES ARE IN WORKING
ORDER FOR THE MAKING
OF ARRANGEMENTS.

Representatives of the Oskaloosa
Commercial Club and G. A. r. have
been working together on arrange
ments for the meeting of the 14th Bi
ennial Reunion of Crockers Brigade
consisting of the 18th, 18th, 18th and
10th Iowa Infantry, to be held in Os
kaloosa, Iowa, on September 9th and
10th, 1908. The following committees
have been appointed:
Executive Committee w. Cook
l.. e. Corlett. r. X. Davis, Robert Kis
sick and w. r. Cowan.
Finance Committee-R. X. Dayis,M
ID. Gilchrist, J. II. Pickett. w. H.Shaw
BENZ. Cruzen and Erastus Coffin.
invitation Circular Committee =
w. Cook and Robert Kissick.
Entertainment Committee-A. J. Au
gustine, J. r. Gentry, Miss Helen Kal
bach, Miss Helen Lofland, Miss Jessie
b. Reid, Mrs. Carroll Sawyer, Mrs
James Loughridge, Mrs. Mary J.Spates
Mrs. Frank b. Davis and Mrs. Geo
w. Workman.
Committee on Decorations-Van p
Wittenmeyer, Miss Agnes Turner, II
+. Snider. J. B. Pearson and Mrs. VIII
liam Montgomery.
Committee on Vocal Music-T. W
Hyde and Mrs. Virginia X. Logan
Committee on Badges--E. A. Lewis
aud ]. f. Mcneil.
Program Committee-J. +. Lacey
William Kissick and H. II. Hood.
Committee on Martial Music-Rob
ert l.. Turner.
Committee on Band and Bugler-W
r. Cowan.
Reception Committee-H. +. Snidef
James Loughridge, A. Cooper, j. n
Endicott, Ii. w. Gleason, John R.BaeI
T. W. Hyde, Frank S. Stone, c. Wood
ruff. j. b. McCurdy, C. Winter, G. W
Shockley, Phil Hoffman,, s. w. Wi
son and J. G.. Williams.
L. Il. Corlett, Secretary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
STORM IN BOSTON
ONE HOUR OF cLouDBuRsTs
AND cYcLoNic WIND.
Placements Flooded and Traffic sus-
pended-knishts Of Pythias
Drenched in Their Camp.

Boston, Aug. S.-From a meteoro-
logical standpoint Friday was BLACK
Friday" in Boston, the city being Wis
tied in the afternoon by the heaviest
electrical disturbance in years.
The storm lasted for nearly an
hour. during which time the rain
gauge at the United States weather
bureau registered a fall of 1.65 inches.
In the brief space of three minutes
the rainfall was half an inch, and dur
Ing 20 minutes more rain fell than de-
scended upon the city during the en-
tire month of June.
The storm was a combination of
cyclones and cloudbursts, with an &C.
compartment of almost incessant
thunder and lightning. Shortly after
two o'clock the sky suddenly became
as dark as would ordinarily be the
case in the late evening, while wbirl-
ing black clouds and the revolutions
of the weather vanes indicated that
the disturbance was of cyclonic ma
ture. All over the city lamps were
lighted, and the street lights were
turned on. Then the rain came, a lit
tie sprinkle at first, and then sud.
denly deluge. The streets were like
rivers, running water from curb to
curb, while cross walks were ,prac-
tically impossible and traffic was sus-
pended.
Heavy damages resulted from the
flooding of easements in the down.
town sections of the city. In some
of the newspaper offices on Washing
ton street there was two feet of water
in the press rooms.
Several buildings were struck by
lightning. but in no instance was the
damage from this phase of the storm
very great.
Some 1900 members of the uniform
rank, Knights Of Pythias, all that re-
manned of the great host which had
been in camp on Franklin field, re-
ceived thorough drenching. Most of
them had their effects packed in
trunks and valises, preparatory to
breaking camp, long before the tenn
pest broke. The canvas tents, how
ever, could not resist the torrents of
water that beat upon them and within
l few minutes after the cloudburst
struck the camp everything was
flooded. Those who suffered most
were the attachments from Maine,
West Virginia, Indiana. Maryland and
the District of Columbia.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
OLD SETTLERS MEETING.
Program as Mapped Out by the Elk
ecutiVe Committee.

The program as mapped out by the
Executive Committee, for the meeting
of the old settlers, to be held at the
University grounds Thursday, August
~, is as follows:
1890
Invocation by Rev. Eugene Allen.
Music.
Address by the President, A. L.
Shangle.
The Trail of the Pioneer" by Rev
E. II. Warning.
Defamation, by Jimmie Hilleary.
THE Old Settlers of Mahaska Coun.
ty," Jacob Coffin.
EARLY Days in Richland Township,
Chas. Phelps, formerly of Richland
township.
How Two Pairs of Pants Figured
in an Incident That Led to the Ban
ishment of the Colored Man From
Beacon" II. F. Harbour.
Afternoon.
1:30-
Awarding of $500 gold piece to the
OlutoI tllSiDiS W lSS
istry in the Mahaska County Old Set
tiers Association.
Awarding of Flag to township hav
ing greatest number in attendance al
the meeting.
Music. ar.s .r
Early Times in Mahaska," Geo. w
Davis.
"A Tribute to the Departed Pho
neers," Helen Il. Bailey.
Address of the Day, THE Path Find
ers," Rev. S. II. Zendt.
THE Early Mahaska Bar" Hon. H
NV. Gleason.
Talks by Old Settlers-five minutes
each.
The papers and addresses will be
limited TO fifteen minutes each, except
the address of the day which is un,
limited. a.
The Vice Presidents of the various
townships are asked to do all they
can in working up an attendance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
A NEW DRUG FIRM.
BIakesIee Drug Co. Will Open An Ad-
ditional Store at POI East High.

A new drug company has been or
ganized in the city, headed by John
Blakeslee of the Blakeslee Drug Com
pany, now operating a retail store al
No. 121 South Market street. A lease
Of the Nugent room, No. POI High ave.
nue. east, now occupied by the Billick
billiard hall and tobacconist shop
known locally as the Smoke House,
has been secured and the room will
be vacated by the present occupants
as soon as possible,
The change In business necessitates
somewhat extensive improvements to
the room. New furniture and fixtures
will be installed and other betterments
will be made.
The new drug store will be operated
in addition to the other property in
which Mr.. Blakeslee is now inter-
'ested
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
For Good Roads.

The Marshalltown Times.Republi
can put it this way: There are elev
EN- main travelled roads leading out OF
Marshalltown. Two men with fouI
horses each and twelve foot drags
could drag these roads once each way
twice each week and eight miles out
at cost of $3.50 per month. There
are 176 quarter section farms adjacent
to these roads and more than sixty
autos in town. II each farm owner
would pay 81 per month and each
auto owner $3.50 per month for eight
months. eleven highways for eight
miles out OF the city could be dragged
twice each week"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
is LAID TO REST.
REMAINS OF THE BELOVED ALI
SON BURIED IN LlNWoOD
CEMETERY.

Dubuque, IA. Aug. S.-The city was
in mourning today and the remains
of the late Senator Allison were buried
in Linwood cemetery, overlooking the
Mississippi river. The ceremony was
simple. There was no music. merely
the reading of the Scripture by Rev.
Bergan and brief prayer. Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks with twenty senators
and Speaker Cannon with twenty rep
resenIatives, and Governor Cummins
and Iowa state officials were present.
Over sixty thousand viewed the re-
mains.
All business was suspended during
the hours of the funeral, not a place
of business or a factory being open.
Many of them closed at noon for the
balance of the day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Get Those Weeds.

There are still great patches OF
weeds in the city that have not been
reached by the city gangs, nor touch.
ed by the owners of the property 1t
ought to be unnecessary to call atten-
tion to this nuisance. Every fair
minded property owner ought to be
willing to see to 1t that his industri-
Gus neighbours garuen is not sown
with all sorts of weed seed. because
some one has not the time or the in
clination to get out and cut weeds.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
SANTA FEE is FINED $1,000.
Pleads Guilty to Charge of Giving Lo
cation Rebate.

Chicago, Aug. S.-The Santa Fe road
was fined $1,000 by Judge Bethea in
the United States court yesterday on
a plea of guilty of rebating. The re-
bate consisted in paying rebate TO.
the location of manufacturing con-
Germ on its line. A bonus of $4,000
was offered. to be paid in freight as
shipped. Out of $4,000 freight
charges paid by the company it re.
ceived $1,000 of its bonus. 1t is held
that such transaction is in effect re.
bate.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
SENATOR SCHMIDT DEAD.
Prominent State Politician and citi.
izen of Davenport.

Davenport, Ia, Aug. S.-Hon. Will
liam o. Schmidt, former state senator
from Scott county, died today after a
short illness. Senator Schmidt was
a prominet lawyer, member of the
firm of Schmidt & Volter He was a
thirty-second degree Mason, member
of the Elks and of the knights of
Pythias, and leading German, and
was an active political worker. The
funeral will occur Monday at three
O'Clock at the Masonic Temple.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
A Jealous Neiuhbor.

Keota Eagle: The Oskaloosa Her
aid is afraid it is going to loose
its big Hoover Whiskey Distillery-
says the Des Moines Commercial Club
is trying to induce it to move 10 the
capital. We think the Des Moines
Commercial Club is in big business,
trying to cause Oskaloosa such a
loose" If it was here they couldn't
Goose it any too fast to suit us. We'd
be glad to get loose from it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
First Local Trust.

Charles " Hoffman says that the
cigar makers of the city may nave had
the first union in the city, but that
he helped organize the first local trus,
He and companion, through mutu
al friend, cornered a shipment OF
peaches coming to the town. The
fruit arrived on a show day and the
boys bought the whole lot. No one
else In town had peach and they
had to buy of the boys. who profited
handsomely by their foresight and
enterprise.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
BIG FIRE AT HARVEY.
Mercantile Company's Stock and
Building Reduced to Ashes.

Knoxville, Ia, Aug. flowing to a
defect in a gas plant in che basement
of the building, the Harvey Mercan-
tile company's store at Harvey, small
town near here, with nearly the en-
tire stock of general merchandise, val
ued at 100000, was destroyed by fire
last night.
The fire was first seen at 9:15
O'Clock. The fire burned rapidly. and
in a short time the entire building
was a mass of flames. A can of gas
oline that stood in the store exploded
with great force, totally wrecking the
windows in the bank building across
the alley from the burning building.
There is no fire department at Ilar-
vey and no water works. Knoxville
was telegraphed for assistance and a
special train over the Rock Island
road brought fire company from this
place, arriving at the scene of the fire
at 1870 p. m, but it was then too
late as the fire had by that time
burned the structure to the ground.
The building belonged to the Mer-
camille Company. The structure was
valued at $1,000, with insurance on it
to the amount of $4,000. The stock
was valued at 100000, and insured
for $20,500. About $4,000 worth of
goods were saved. Many of the ad-
joining stores carried a portion of
their stocks into the street but no
great damage was done outside of the
Mercantile company's store and stock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
County Recorders.

The annual convention of the coun
ty recorders of the state will be held
at Waterloo, opening Wednesday, Aug,
IL. Recorder u. G. Deck OF Mahaska
county has been assigned place on
the program. He will read a paper,
What Found In and Out of the Code
Regulating the Duties of the County
recorder"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Jan Refused CITIZENSHIP.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 10.--After serv.
ing three years in the United States
army in the Philippines and receiv.
ing an honorable discharge, Buntaro
Kamagai, Japanese, applied for ad-
mission to citizenship under the
laws of the United States and has
been refused his papers by Judge c.
H. Hanford of the federal court here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Brooklyn Woman Murdered.

New York, Aug, 10.-Mrs. Bertha
Hood. 80 years old, was shot and in.
stantly killed at her home In Brooklyn
Sunday night by Ernest seitz, "a years
old. of Manhattan. Seitz also shot and
seriously wounded the year-and-a-half-
old daughter of Mrs. Hood, and then
turned the revolver on himself, IL.
ficted a probably fatal wound.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Struck by Liahtnina.

Two men, Jake Dickinson and Wal
ter Gray. were struck by lightning near
Richland last week. They were stand
ing by the threshing machine, with
which they had been working. when
the bolt came. Gray was able to walk to
the house, but Dickinson was rendered
unconscious. Both are now entirely re.
covered, although It was thought for a
time that they could not survive the
shock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
CURB PROSECUTION COSTS.
MarshalItown County Supervisors vii
Try to Lower Expense.

Marshalltown, Ia, Aug. S.-An eff
ort of the board of supervisors of Mar
shall county to curb needless Grimm
al prosecutions in justice courts and
save the piling up of costs to the
county will be of general interest thru
out the state, where the same condi'
tons are a problem that appears hard
to solve.
The board yesterday adopted res
olution' calling upon all justices of the
county to confer and submit to the
county attorney the facts and evidence
in all criminal cases before filing an
information or issuing a warrant. This
is to hold true especially in indictable
offenses.
The boards attention has been call
ed to recent cases wherein costs were
piled up in actions that were the re
suit of purely family matters-hghts
in the home. Witnesses by the score
were summoned who, when on the
stand proved to know nothing of the
case. Some were subpoenaed while In
the court room as spectators and al
lowed mileage from their place of res
idence in other townships. Othel
cases, arising in remote parts of the
county, have been brought to tn.s city
for trial, resulting in additional costs
for mileage and per diem. In a grea'
many of these cases but very little
If any, criminal merit is found. ant
the defendants are usually discharged
and the costs taxed to the county, o.
else are fined and the fines RENTED
In many cases the defendants are no
responsible for the costs when tn
costs are taxed to them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Lewis viii Attract Crowds,

The announcement thai president
I. l.. Lewis, OF the United Mine Work
ers OF America, would speak at os
kaloosa on Labor Day has been reeeiv
ed with n show of interest and enthu
siasm In all mining camps of the state
This interest indicates tina, oska
loosa will entertain a record-break
ing crowd.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-19

Just received at Richardson's
novelty line of neckwear direct from
New York. See the window display.