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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
SPECIAL RACES FOR TARS
GAY SCENE AT THE EILERSLIE
COURSE NEAR AUCKLAND.
Admiral Sperry and Fleet Officers Go
to Rotorua Where They viii Wit
ness Maori Dances.

Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 12.-
No more beautiful sight ever was wit
messed at the picturesque Ellerslie
race course than that of Wednesday,
when special race meeting was held
for the entertainment of the officers
and men of the American Atlantic
fleet. Admiral Sperry and his staff
and all the officers who could be
spared from duty aboard ship and
the entire contingent of enlisted men
on shore leave were present. The ad-
miral and the officers were in full uni.
form. There was an enormous gather
ing to greet the Americans.
The spacious grandstand groaned
under its burden of humanity, and the
beautiful green lawns and slopes were
thickly dotted with spectators. In
the stand especially was the scene a
pretty one, the variegated toilettes Of
the women blending harmoniously
with the gold lace OF the naval off.
GERS and the blue and white trimmings
on the uniforms of the enlisted men.
~ IlOJOIlly VI lnS WcIS ClDSS dllu
exciting and brought forth rounds of
applause from the Americans.
After the races Admiral Sperry and
200 of the officers of the fleet pro,
ceeded as the guests of Prime Minis
ter Ward and the members of parlia.
ment to Rotorua, the township of
Thermal district in the heart of the
North Island, III miles from Auck.
land, by rail, where Thursday a mag,
nilicent new bathhouse will be opened
In. connection with the function will
occur great gathering of Maori
tribesmen, who will dance their ia.
nous war dances for the Americans
For Wednesday night various sports
and entertainments were arranged for
the iackies, while the non-commis
stoned officers of the New Zealand gar.
rison entertained at drill hall the non
commissioned officers of the American
and Australasian ships.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
BROKEN
MISS KENNEpNsa SUES FT. MAnl-
SON DOCTOR FOR $4,000.

Keokuk, Ia, Aug. ia breach of
promise suit which will cause consid
cradle talk, in Fort Madison, has been
in Miss Mabel F. Kennedy asks for
$4,000 from DR.. Austin F. Philpott
whom she alleges courUed her for five
or six years, promised to marry her
and then coldly announced that he in
tended to marry someone else.
IL is averred in the petition that
Philpott has been visiting the plain
tiff for the past 5 or years anu that
he has been her sole male escort dur
ing all of said time to parties, dances,
theaters, excursions, etc; that during
the courtship the plaintiff and de-
fendant became engaged to be mar
ried and a marriage contract was en-
tered into and that until June %,
1908, Miss Kennedy has been daily
lexpecting Mr.. Philpott to set the date
for their marriage. During that time,
says Miss Kennedy, she never thought
otherwise than that they would be
married, until on the date mentioned,
the defendant without cause or ex-
cuse, in cold and Indifferent manner,
notified her that he intended to mar
ry another woman, and that since said
date the defendant has kept himself
away from the plaintiff, has not call
ed upon her but has ever since and is
to the present time keeping company
with another woman, with the expec-
tation of marrying her as the plain
tiff is informed and believes.
The plaintiff further showed that
she loved the defendant and that his
willful breaking of the said marriage
contract has brought upon her grief,
sorrow and humiliation from which
she has suffered and will continue to
suffer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
IOWA CROP BULLETIN
CONDITIONS THRoUGHouT THE
STATE AS NOTED BY THE
WEATHER BUREAU.

Des Moines, Aug. 12-The weather
during the past week was generally IA
vorable for field work and rapid pro
gress was made in threshing and
stacking. The fore part of the week
was excessively warm, but the past
four days have been moderately cool,
especially at night, making the aver
age temperature slightly below the nor
NAL. Little : no rain has fallen dur
ing the past three weeks in portions
of the east central and northeastern
districts, and corn, potatoes and pas
lures are suffering for moisture
Copious to heavy local showers have
occurred over the southern, western,
central and north central districts
where corn has maintained its rapid
growth, and pastures remain in good
condition.
Reports from all but the eastern
drouthy districts indicate early plant
ed corn on upland and well drained
fields to be fully up to the average
of former years, and considerably
above the average in the northwest
district. The late planted corn and
that on low and undrained fields is
still decidedly below the average, but
is making satisfactory growth.
Late threshing returns continue to
show variable yields of small grain
The yield of winter wheat is very good
spring wheat, rye and barley fair to
good, but oats are much below The ay
erage, and in many cases very poor.
The yield and quality of oats are,
however, better than last year. Fall
plowing has begun in many localities
where there has been sufficient mots-
ture.
The special report from Mahaska
county says: Rain 1.34; good rain
on the 9th was very beneficial to corn
and pastures; grain about all in stack.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
CONVICTED OF PLOT
MISS M'LAUGHlIN GETS GREAT.
EST PENALTY-ATToRNEY
OFF EASY.
United Press Dispatcn.

United Press Dispatcn.
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. l2,-Moses ID.
Brown, the Oldest practicing attorney
in Chicago; Austin F. Kelley and Ruth
B. Mclaughlin, charged with conspir-
acy to murder Annie M. Nolain, were
convicted today. Kelley and Miss
Mclaughlin were sentenced to indie
terminate terms in the penitentiary,
while Brown, who, it is said, had been
led by the others, escaped with a
$1,000 fine.
Assistant States Attorney Ritten.
house spared Kelley and Brown in as
arraignment, declaring that the woman
had furnished the brains and nerve in
an attempt to poison Mrs. Nolan.
Mrs. Nolain was old and ailing, an,
secured Miss Mclaughlin as-nurse
She would pay nothing for the nurs.
ing, but decided. her property to her
nurse to go to the latter at the own
er's death. Brown drew up the deed
and Kelley heaapse : A. ladger az tht
home OF Mrs Nolain There the con
spiracy to hasten change in the own
ership of The estate was formed, and
poison in small doses was administer
ed to the patient. When the situation
came under police observation and the
arrests were made Mrs. Nolain was
still alive, but very i'll. She is now at
a sanitarium.
The prosecutor declared that Miss
Mclaughlin had been known under
seven different names in as many
states. She was once the wife of a
general passenger agent of the Ba
more & Ohio railroad, a man named
Laughlin, whom she dragged down,
squeezed dry and divorced" said the
prosecutor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
"HoLD.UP" IN OYSTER BAY.
Presidents Son Helps Obtain Funds
for Nassau Hospital.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 12.-There were
numerous "holds-ups" on the streets
of Oyster Bay Wednesday, and one
of the hold-up artists was none other
than the presidents youngest son,
Quentin, The proceeds of the hold-ups
are TO go to a worthy cause, the main.
tenance Of the Nassau hospital at
Mineola, the only one in Nassau coun.
ty. Should the president venture forth
from Sycamore Hill he likely will be.
come victim.
Being in urgent need of funds, the
Nassau hospital has sent forth appeals
to every town for assistance. In
Oyster Bay the Oyster Bay Academy,
whose pupils are all members Of
wealthy families in the vicinity, adopt
ed novel means for securing funds.
Each member of the academy was
equipped with Red Cross arm band
and sent forth on horseback to hold
up people, whether in automobiles,
carriages or afoot. and take from
them whatever sum they feel inclined
to give.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
VOTING MACHINES.
Polk County Invests in S35,75o Worth
of Election ParaphernaIia.
United Press Dispatch.

United Press Dispatch.
Des Moines, Aug. 12.-The Polk
county board of supervisors will buy
S35,750 worth of voting machines.
This was decided at the meeting OF
the board yesterday afternoon when
the order was given for a contract
with the Standard Voting Machine
company. This means that election
returns will be in Immediately upon
the closing of the polls in future cleo
tions.
Fifty-five machines, enough for all
the polling places in the county, can
be purchased for $35,750. The ma
chine that will be installed here will
be forty key machine, costing $3.50
each, and can be used at any election
save the primary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
FARM BRINGS $500 AN ACRE.
Big Price Paid For Land Adjoining
Iowa City.
United Press Dispatch.

Iowa City, Ia, Aug. i2.-The Jacob
Lucas farm, lying just south of Iowa
City, was sold today for the sum of
$500 per acre. IL consists of thirty
one acres. The purchaser is the West
ern Realty company of Cedar Rapids,
and while no statement as to the pur-
pose of the sale has been made, it is
thought the realty company plans to
plat IL out and try to have it brought
within the city limits. The farm lies
some distance south of the outskirts
of the city, near the river,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Killed by Fall of Nine Stories.

New York, Aug. 12.-Falling nine
stories down the elevator shaft of a
Broadway skyscraper Tuesday, August
Does, As years old, was instantly
killed, every bone in his body having
been broken. Does, it was said.
tried to leave the elevator after it had
started for the tenth floor, as the
gate of the cage was closing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
MEET DEATH IN A WELL.
Swanson Bros, of Cherokee, Perish
While Making Repairs.

Cherokee, Aug. 12.-Two men are
dead and third is dying as a result
of their efforts to repair an old well
on a farm three miles from town.
Swanson brothers went down the
well one after another and both per
ished in few minutes from inhaline
the damp" Albert Hanson followed
him down the well and was nearly
dead when some farm hands pulled
him out. His condition is critical.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Kern Also Is Confident.
aad currenox h clrculatlon.

Washington, Aug. 12-That bad cur
rency of remarkably clever execution
is being circulated in Texas, Louisiana,
Alabama and Mississippi was the gem
eral warning sent out Tuesday by
Chief Wilkie OF the secret service.
National bank notes Of the denomina-
tion of S5 have been raised to $40.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Bio Red River Wheat Crop.

Crookston, Mimi. Aug. 12.--Reports
received in this city from the local
agents of the Great Northern railway
throughout the entire Red river val
ley indicate at this time 20 per cent
better crop than last year. or about
ten million bushels of wheat.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
State rourneY a SUCCESS.

Clinton, Ia, Aug. 12.-The state fire.
mems tourney held in Clinton was a
financial success. The local treasurer
today reported surplus of $S17 in the
treasury after all obligations had been
discharged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Evansville Mayor Nominated.

Bonneville, Ind, Aug. 12.-John W.
Boehne, mayor of Evansville. was
nominated for congress Tuesday by
the Democrats of the First district in
convention here. The nomination was
by acclamation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE.
Alice Thaw Entirely Separated From
Earl of Yarmouth.

London, Aug, 12.-Justice Weaver
today made absolute the divorce de
cree of Alice Thaw from the earl OF
Yarmouth. This absolutely cuts on
further negotiations of any sort.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Would Kin Himself.

,Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 12.-Fred
Choate severed an artery in mis- arm
today in an attempt to commit suicide
because the divorce court gave his
little daughter to it's mother.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
ThaM is 4 Rankrupt.

Pittsburg, Aug. H. Harry Thaw
was today adjudged bankrupt by
Referee Blair. No date was set for
a meeting OF creditors.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
Gibbons is Better.

Rome, Aug. 12.-Cardinal Gibbons
today announced that his health is so
improved that he intends to carry out
original plans Of his European trip.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Fifty-Eieht Automobiles Destroyed by
Fierce Blaze.

Chicago, Aug. IA fierce blaze in
the Coey Garage today destroyed 5S
automobiles. including some of the
finest cars In the city. The loss Will
be 100000. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-08-13
WRIGHT AGAIN
ROUSEs FRENCH
MAKES HIS LONGEST AND MOST
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT.
is MASTER OF AERoPLANE
Capt. Baldwin Makes Preliminary
Speed Trial Of DirigibIe Bal
loon Designed for Use Of
the Army.

! Lemans, France, Aug. 12.-Tuesday
evening Wilbur Wright of Dayton, o.,
made the longest and most successful
flight of the series of aeroplane trials
which he is conducting here, remain
ing in the air three minutes and forty
four seconds. The machine circled the
field three times at the rate of SO miles
an hour.
On passing the grandstand Mr.
Wright gracefully descended until
within speaking distance of the spec
tators, who wildly applauded his exhi.
bition Of mastery over the aeroplane,
after which he scared like bird to
new heights and continued HIS flight
until reaching the starting point where
he gently landed.
Baldwin In a Speed Trial.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE official
speed trial of Capt Baldwin's dirigible
balloon was again postponed Tuesday,
but preliminary speed trial was made
with Mr.. Curtis and Capt. Baldwin
aboard. Capt Baldwin again took a
westerly course in order to become fa-
miliar with the official course lying in
the direction of Falls Church. 1t is
estimated an average speed of 1910
miles was maintained.
There were large number of spec
tators, including Secretary of War
Luke e. Wright and James Allen,
chief signal officer, present.
More Interest in Aeroplanes.
Z Greater interest seems to center In
lhe aeroplanes to be tried at Fort Myer
by the Wright brothers and A. M.
Herring. The latter has requested an
extension of 80 lays in the time in
which he is n deliver his machine,
which will b. granted. The Wright
aeroplaDe is expected any day. Or
vile Wight is coming from Dayton,
o, and II is Thought that he win as.
semble his machine and make prelim.
mary flights somewhere near Wash
fngton before notifying the signal
corps of his readiness for the official
trials.
Zeppelin Opposes Fund Plan.
Friedrichshafen, Aug. 12.-Count
Zeppelin, 1t is said, is opposed to
plan suggested to Emperor William by
Walter Rathenau, president of the
German Electric company, and who is
also director of an airship company
and a member of the Aero club, for
the organization OF commission to
take over the funds that everywhere
in Germany are being subscribed for
Count Zeppelin's use in carrying out
his experiments in aerial navigation,
and administer them partly in Zeppe-
Inns behalf and also to treat them as
national fund for general airship
purposes from which to make appro-
priations to further other airship ex-
periments. 1t is not known whether
Emperor William has approved this
plan or that anything will come of it.
The counts co-workers aver that he
will vigorously resist any such scheme
of guardianship over the large sums
already sent him as tributes to his
personality and zeal and for use in
continuing building airships along his
own lines. Beside money, Count Yep
pelin has received gifts of large guam
titles of wines, cigars, sweetmeats,
groceries and neckties and a variety
of other articles.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-30
WORDS OF WISE MEN.

"EL
All paths, all haunts of men are full
Of God.-Aratus.
One wise counsel Is better than the
strength of municipalities.
A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by other.-Marcus Aurelius.
How Ill to please Is a man In distress
and annoyed by everythIng.-Amphls.
There are abysses that love can not
cross, but It can bury itself in them.
-Balzac.
The sower Of the seed Is the author
OF the whole harvest OF mischief,
Demosthenes.
In consequence OF gold there are no
brothers and no parents, but wars arise
from it.-Anacreon.
The test Of political institutions is
the condition Of the country whose for
tunes they regulate.-Lord Beacons-
field.
Every right action ami true thought
sets the seal Of Its beauty on person and
face; every wrong action ard foul
thought Its seal Of distortion.--John
Ruskin.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-30

Prave jsme obdrzeli dalsi karu
pravJch kIln 2 cerveneho cedru.
Kdo zamfslf Sc temito zasobit,
musf 81 pfichy&tnouti, nebot jdou
jake ma dracku. Ptikdy sklad.
Jan F. Homer a rodina Sc od-
stehovali ku konci minuleho t5dne
do baskerville, kdez budou V bu.
doucnosti domovem. Pfemu mu
a rodine zdaru v novem domove.
Neopomehte pfijft do Tabora y
nedeli, kdy Sc utka maize deyftka s
Lestervillskou.
Frank Carda zapocal Sc stavbou
move residence Franka Novaka '
JIM casti mesta tento tyden.
Jeden st Louissky prorok tyr
df, Re letosnf kveten Dude chiadnt
$ castymi vichficemi.
Barta Wagner odjel dnes do
Wagner ma navstevu.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-30

Zdeisf ochotnicky sbor opet "a
Gina obzivoyat a bezpochyby Sc
hraje nejake divadlo v mesici icerv
nu. Jest zahodno, ably v tonic
smeru Sc pracovalo trochu ziv9ji,
by zdejsf, takfka umrtvel6, spoIe.
censky zivot Sc vzpruzil. Nenf
mic krasnejsiho a povznasejfcfho
mad zabayy tohoto druhu, ktere
oslazuji a zpfijemhujf ziyot kazdG-
no cloveka, ndbot kazd5 rad spe-
cha do slusneho divadeInfho pred
staveni, kde zapomfna ma t:ampo-
ty zivota a settle S mysle trochu
toho prachu vsednosti. Lidu ven
koyskemu neni popfano zabavnich
who'd velkom9sta, avsak pobaveni
a zabayu venkovnf lid 81 NIUE,
ma Ii dobrou Will udelati sam, die
syeho vkusu, a praye ma obyvate
Itch m6stecka to spocfya, Sc, pfici-
nit a nahradit sobe a rolnfkdm,
jenz tvoff $ mimi jednu spolecen.
skou rodinu, cdstecne to, eemI Sc
test lid V metropolis. Co skyta '
ohledu tonic skrovn5 domacf Ia
lent, obycejne bfva S vetsfm vde-
KEN pfiifmano neil poskytujf silly
professionally. Name zde dosti
ochotnickfch sill a pr trochu v1le
a ochoty, mohou Sc zde davat diva
krate do roka divadelnf pfedstave.
nj. Doufame, Re nasi ochotnfci s.
vstipf v pamet pravdivost a nut
most yeci.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-04-30
Josef kappeI Mrtev.

Josef Kappel, starry a zaslouzily
osadnfk LestervillskS, zemfel mi
nuly ctvrtek 0 pull tfetf iodine ra-
mi We SVEN domove ma zastaraIf
neduh, jenz podryval jeho zdravi
pc mnoho let, a ac byl nekolikrate
operovan, vse zistalo bez k5zene
no vSsledku. Pohfeb Sc odbyval
" sobotu ma kat. hfbitoye, ma
nejz, kratce pred svou smrtf byl
daroval pozemek. Pred pohfbem
byla slouzena "a mel zadusnf mise '
k~ostele sv. Jana Nep., a pohfebnf
fec mad pozistatky pronesl Rev.
Bartfk. Pohfbu Sc zIcastnil vel-
ky pocet pffbuznych a znam5ch
zesnuleho.
Josef Kappel Sc narodil v Oujez
du, krai Pfseck5 i Cech6ch pred
SO lety, a do Ameriky pfijel Sc
svfmi rodici pred AL roxy, a Size
do Muscoda, Wis. Pc Gtyrech le-
tech vydal Sc jake mladfk do Ne
brasky kde Sc usadil a vyuGil Sc
truhlafstyf. Pred 81 roxy koupil
pozemek u Lesterville a Sc svou
rodinou Sc nan odstehoval. Pc
delsf fadu let farmafil a pax, pro-
najmuv pozemek venoval Sc svemu
obchodu Sc dffvfm. " roce 1896,
zalozil S jinymi Lestervillskou
banku, byv jejim pfedsedou neia-
ky cas- a pfi sve smrti direktorem.
Byte zaslouzil5m muzem, rad
nym manzelem a otcem a tesil Sc
v~seobecne oblibe. Svou pficinli
vostf zachoval pro sobe a svoji ro
dinu znacneho im6nf. vsak Eel,
nedockal Sc toho, by dele uzfvgl
oyoce sveho stradanf.
Zanechaya zde truchlfci manzel-
ku; til dcery, 2 nichz prvnf jest
proyddna "a Jos. v. Jandu a dru-
ha "a ]. ]. Wagnera, a tfetf jest
'doposud nedospeld. Oba synove
jsou tez nedospelf. Vyslovujem
pozdstalJm nejhlubsf s~oustrast
mad nenahraditelnou ztratou.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-07-22
HAPPY UNION.
Pretty Miss COrrie HGllingsw0 rth
and Handsome MT. Creech Are Mar
rled.-Ed1ef1eld's Representative

Pretty Miss COrrie H~Gllingsw 0rth
and Handsome MI Creech Are Mar
ried.-Edgefeld's Representative
Quite q number OF invited guests assembled
at the home OF Mr.. Hollingsworth last We'd
nesnay afternoon to witness the marriage OF
bis third daughter, Miss Corrie to Mr.. Creech
OF Bishopville. A prettier assembly o! hand
some young ladies is seldom seen. The deco
rations and all that 60 to make up a happy &C.
casion were present.
Among the invited guests was Miss Cleora
Brunson, ofFdge1eld. who Is one Of the hand
soonest teachers, as we'll as one Of the pretti-
est women, between the Blu Ridge noun
tains and the Atlantic Ocean. She had been
In Abbeville for q month or more and had
decided to go home before the wedding but
when the wedding was announced, she con-
cluded TO remain over a day longer, and re-.
naming the guests had the pleasure OF her
charming presence on this Interesting occa.
sion. when one Of Abbeville's p~rettIest girls
consented to join the vast msJority of happy
people.
Miss Brunson Ia an admirer of the EDGE.
field press. When asked which one OF the
county papers she took she said something
like this 1--WE TAX all three OF the Edreield
papers.
Mr.. Calhoun OF the News seems to be very
enthusiastic In q advocating the growth and
Improvement OF the town. We all like the
News. OF course we must read what Mr..
Bacon says in the Chronicle. And then
we couldn't get along without the good old
Advertiser"
May be you know whether she likes one of
the Edgefeld papers better than the Others.
We don't. II Miss Brunson was a candidate
for Congress or for the most honorable DO
sition that any woman in any Christian land
could occupy, ell three Of the Edgefeld papers
would enthusiastically support her not only
because OF her attractive personality, but be
cause Of her ability and tact in avoiding
comparisons as between friends. Miss Bruu.
son doesn't now know of any prospective
marriage In Edgefield, except those already
announced In the papers. And so she was
non-communicative along that line.