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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-18
The Voice
Of Gold.
BY TEMPLE BAILEY.
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BY TEMPLE BAILEY.

Copyrighted, 1908. by P. C. Eastment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
HIS PAROLE STANDS
Jesse Harland Will Retain His
Liberty From Prison.

Chief of Police James Glass and
Constable George Andrews were call
ed to Des Moines Thursday by Gov.
Albert B. Cummins, to give evidence
in regard to the conduct of Jesse
Harland, who resides near the old
Muchakinock yards. Harland is out
on parole from the Fort Madison
state prison and number of COM
plants had come to Governor Cum
Minis alleging bad conduct. Harland
has been in local police courts sever.
al times for small charges and people
in his neighborhood nave complained
to the local peace officers as well as
to the governor.
The evidence in the case was not
strong enough, however for Cover.
nor Cummins to revoke his parole,
SO the charges were dismissed.
Harland was sent from this county
about fifteen years ago to the Fort
Madison penitentiary for twenty
years for rape. After having served
six years of the twenty years sentence
he was released on parole and has
since that time made his home with
his family south of the city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
.JKO. BROWNS WAGON
FAMOUS RELIC OF UNDERGROUND
RAILWAY is DESTROY
ED BY FIRE.

Iowa City, la, March 14.-One of
the relics of slavery days and the
time of the underground railway was
destroyed in the fire which consumed
the barn of F. A. Schumacher in this
city. This was the John Brown
wagon" used by the famous anti
slavery agitator in transporting slaves
from one station to another on the
underground railway, and alsossn his
journeys to and from Kansas.
The wagon was eft at West Branch
in Cedar county, when John Brown
started on his famous rid Which end en-.
ed with his capture at Harper's Ferry
The wagon was not prairie schoon-
err" as has frequently been stated in
accounts of it, but was an old turn
pike wagon with a body shaped like
boat. 1t was made in New York
about sixty years ago.
The wagon was purchased shortly
after the civil war by the late Herbert
S. Fairall and it was the property of
his estate. 1t is said to have been
his purpose to turn it over to the
State Historical society. The wagon
was almost completely destroyed by
last nights fire, only remnants of the
wheels remaining. n
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
COAL TRADE REVIEW
CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS A.
POINTED OUT BY LEADING
TRADE JOURNAL

Chicago March 1.-THE Black Dia-
mond today says: Market conditions
in coal are still Influenced by the pos
sibility of suspension OF the mines
after the first OF April and by the
weather conditions. Neither appear
to be of enough consequence 70 the
consumers to influence any considei'a-
BILE buying of coal.
Although the first of April Is only
two weeks away and although very
little coal could be stored in the re-
naming time, consumers have been
buying very scantily in anticipation
of shutdown o. the mines, In few
instances tn, railroads have been pro-
viding for their future supply by TAX
| ing the maximum instead of the
minimum amounts required by their
contracts. few reports have been
| in circulation that the railroads We're
buying in lots Of $4,000 to $4,000 tons,
| in addition to contracts, but these re-
ports have lacked substantiation.
| Manufacturing concerns have been in
creasing shipments on contract, TAX
| ing, in some cases, about double the
normal amount.
| Coal production In all territories is
still on a very much restricted basis
The anthracite output for the last coal
year was unusually heavy and re-
CARELESS of the fact that the output
for the last Jour months has establish
ed a new record, the stocks have been
reduced some $4,000 tons This
leaves practically 100000 tons in stor-
age. The anthracite companies do
not care to increase this Just now
and, consequently, the mines are being
| slowed down.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19

arm being crushed. The head. how,
ever, was badly bruised, which pro
badly caused his death.
The coroner's jury, which held an
inquest over the remains at Liberty.
vile, Mo, held the railroad RESPONSE
BILE for the mans death
Geo. Slamel, brDther of the deceas
ed, went to Libertyville, Mo-, attel
the remains and returned via the
Rock Island at 1920 o'clock this morn
ing. Mr. Slamel was not able t
learn much about lne death of his
brother, as no one knows.
The deceased was a Well known
railroad man. He had been in the EN-
ploy of the Iowa Central here fol
many years, running as brakeman OF
passenger and freight runs. He was
born in Oskaloosa and was forty-twC
years old at the time of his death. Hi
was the son of Mr.. andMrs. B. Slame
old residents of Oskaloosa, now re
siding at Craftonsville, Cal Besides
his parents he has two brothers liv
ing, Geo. Slamel, of this city, anC
John, of Craftonsville, Cal. He ha
two sisters living, one with the famil!
in California and the other one il
married and lives at Cripple Greek
Colo. Pete has been married ant
has two sons living, Clyde and Harry
aged 10 and II years respectively.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
MORSE SCORES IN FIGHT
MAKES POINT IN EFFORT TO Es
CAPE BANKRUPTCY.
New York Financier Now Has Tenn
porary Advantage --- Petition
Filed with Court.

New York, Mar. 14.-Charles w
Morse has won temporary advantage
in his fight to escape the bankruptcy
into which certain creditors are al
tempting to force hiAl.
Alleging insufficiently secured
claims aggregating nearly quarter
of million dollars, Charles A. Hanna
as receiver for the National Bank oil
North America, and two former EN-
ployes of the same institution Friday
filed with Judge Holt, in the United
States circuit court, petition that the
once multi-millionaire ice man be de.
clared bankrupt. In opposition coun.
sci for Morse represented that T. G.
Pringle and E. B. Shotwell two of the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
PETE SLAMEL KILLED
Meets Death On Burlington Rail.
way In Missouri. ..

Peter Siamel, former we'll known
resident of Oskalosa and an old-time
railway train man in the employ OF
the Iowa Central was mysteriously
killed Wednesday, March IL near
Birmingham, Mo. The body was found
on the G.. B. & Q. right-of.way after
the passing of the fast freight. The
body was brought to this city, arriving
via the Iowa Central Saturday morn.
ing and was taken to the home OF
the brother, George Slameb No. SI5
Second avenue west.
Slamel was killed by train No. 81
on the southwest division of the Bur.
lington. on the Kansas City division.
The death of the man is mystery.
1t is not known whether he was rid
ing on the train or was walking along
the right of way, He had been en-
ployed at number of farms near and
around Kansas City and it is not be-
lieved by his relatives here that ne
was in the employ ofthe railroad, The
body was not badly mangled, only an
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
MEASLES IN COUNTRY.
Nine Cases On Rural Mail Route
Number One.

An epidemic of measles is quite
prevalent throughout the country adj
joining Oskaloosa, and a score or more
of cases can be counted within a very
few miles from town. So far as can
be determined the disease has not
broken out in the city, but it has
struck certain rural neighborhoods in
particular and is proving serious in
not a few instances. On the route of
rural mail carrier No. / nine quaran-
tine cards indicate the presence of the
disease in the following different
homes: r. w. Sopher, c. A. Shaw,
Rosser Davis, W. r. Davis, Ike Davis,
Mike Mitritian, Mich Sholtie, John
X. Williams and Herman Ahrweiler
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
THE INTERURBAN
PROJECT AGAIN
REVIVAL OF oSkALooSA AND
CEDAR RAPIDS LINE.
CIVIL ENGINEER ON GROUND
G. w. Woods Has Had Long Exper
fence in Railroad Building and
has Much Faith in This
Proposed Line.

Marengo, Ia, March 14.-A revival
of the Cedar Rapids and oskaloosa
Interurban project has been occasion
ed by the arrival here of G. w.
Wood, civil engineer from Minneap-
oils.
The preliminary survey between
Marengo and Cedar Rapids has been
finished for some Time and the chanc-
es are that the-first work will be done
between this city and Cedar Rapids,
and after that much has been done
to work south and to utilize the road
as fast as it is finished, with the in
tention of making it partially pay the
cost of the last construction.
This p"GI osition has been consider
ed for several years, enough so that a
board of directors has been organized
in Marengo and they took upon them
selves the burden of furnishing the
money for the preliminary survey.
But nothing has ever been done as
regards the financing of the building
of the road. The first intention was
to run the road south out of Oska-
loosa to Memphis, but that was dis
carded after considering what good
| field the Missouri interurban would
open up il it went through to Chart
ton, as it would pass through some
of the richest land in Iowa, botn min.
eral and farming.
! Mr.. Wood, the civil engineer, has
had long and varied experience in
this kind of work and he gave 1t as
his opinion that this was the oppor'
| tunity of lifetime for Marengo, Ce-
dar Rapids and Oskaloosa to get on
| the ground floor and see that the
road was passed through. Cedar
Rapids men have for long time want,
ed to get in touch with the C. ~. a.
| O., and this is their chance.
Mr.. Wood comes to this city direct
from Minneapolis, where he was chief
locating engineer for the Dan Patch
Air line. an interurban that is at
present in the course of construction
between Minneapolis and Dubuque.
He is graduate of two colleges in
England, the Kings College of London
and the Cambridge university, holding
i degrees in both. He has built rail
roads in Spain, India and Egypt and
has had an experience of over 2.
years. In Egypt he was employed or
the Cape to Carlo road and was in
strumental in securing the route for
it that it now has.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
WHO WILL GET BABY
Contention Over Orphan Left By
Thursday Nights Tragedy.

Contention over the question, of who
should have charge of the nine
months old orphaned daughter of
Lee and Bessie Grub. the victims OF
the tragedy of Thursday, called for
police interference. The baby was
taken to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Wildes Thursday evening fol.
lowing the shooting, The matter had
received attention from the police de-
partment and girl nurse had been
hired to care for the baby Mrs. Min
ME Grubb McAllister, sister of the
suicided boy appeared at the Wildes
home Friday afternoon and demanded
possession of the child. The matter
was argued, but all to no purpose, for
Mrs. McAllister took the child
home with her.
Officers went to the McAllister home
with the intention OF retaining the
child and taking 1t back to the place
where provision had first been made.
The infant was found to be suffering
from a severe cold, however, and IT
was thought best to let it remain at
the McAllister home for the present.
The police expect controversy
concerning the possession of the baby
before the matter is finally determin-
ed. Mr., and Mrs. Townsend. the
parents of the dead girl. nave been
divorced and both have remarked.
Both desire the charge OF tho baby.
Mrs. McAllister also wants 20 keep
the baby.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
LOSES NINE HORSES
W. G. Robertson Has Been Peculiar.
ly Unfortunate.

w. G. Robertson while driving to
this city last Monday suffered the loss
of valuable mare. She dropped dead
in her tracks without giving any evil
dence of the cause of her death. She
had been pulling hard through heavy
mud and it is thought may have rup-
tured a blood vessel. Mr.. Robertson
had only purchased the mare two or
three weeks ago at the Ankney sale,
and he feels the loss all the more keen.
ly, owing to the fact that nine other
of his horses have recently died. He
has been unusually afflicted in this
way and has reason to be somewhat
discouraged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
OUR COLORED SOCIETY
Ins and Outs of the Local Colony
and Their Friends.

Mrs. Ruben Gaines, of Buxton, was
shopping in the city Thursday.
Mrs. Christine Lafayette and the
children, of Buxton, spent Sunday
with relatives in the city. -..
Geo. Weston and wife, of Powe-
shiek county, were looking after busi-
ness matters in the city Thursday and
visited among friends. 0
Rev. w. l.. Lee of Wesley Chapel
has been confined to the house for
several days this week with a stub.
born attack of the grippe.
Rev Eugene Allen of Central NJ. Il.
church, will lecture at Wesley Chapel
Tuesday evening, March II. Subject
for the evening The Real Lincoln"
Lecture will begin promptly at 500
O'Clock
Noah Kimbrough was able to be out
of doors and up town this week for
the first time in nearly two months.
He is slowly regaining his strength
and hopes with the coming of warm
weather to fully regain his health.
DR.. A. l.. De Mond, pastor of the
Congregational church at Buxton and
editor of the Buxton Gazette paid us
short call Thursday. DR.. De Mond
was in the city to attend the Sixth
District delegate convention of which
he had been selected to act as reading
clerk and which position he filed to
the entire satisfaction of the conyen-
ton. o.. .......
Presiding Elder A. II. Higgs con.
cluded the quarterly meeting services
at Wesley Chapel for this the last
quarter of the year by holding very
pleasant and satisfactory quarterly
conference Monday afternoon. The
reports for the year were gratifying
TO the Elder and showed the Chapel
to have made substantial progress un.
der Rev Lees pastorate. The Elder
left Tuesday for his home in Marshall.
Mo-, where he will spend a few days
with his family before going to the
annual conference at st, Louis
The members aud friends of the A.
Al Z. church. led by Rev G, w, Leach,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
KENTUCKY RACE
WAR JUST AVERTED
SHOOTING OF OFFICER FOLLOWED
BY MORE 5LooDsHED.
TWO WOUNDED BY ERROR
Negroes Attack Travelling Men Think.
Ing Them Part of the Mob
Four colored Men Ar
rested.

Dixon, Ky, Mar. 16.--The fatal
wounding of Deputy Marshal Smith
Childers by Jake Mcdowell at Prov
idence, KY, Saturday evening almost
precipitated a race war and was the
indirect cause of two travelling men
being shot. p B. Carter. travel.
ing man of Chattanooga was danger
ously and perhaps fatally wounded
and J. B. Barry, another commercial
traveller, was painfully wounded.
The two men were shot from am
bush by negroes while driving be-
tween Dixon and Providence in com
pany with two other drummers. The
negroes who did the shooting evi
IDENTIFY labored under the impression
that the qGartette were members oil
a mob pursuing Mcdowell. -,
Were Shot by Mistake. .
Deputy Marshal Childers was shot
while attempting to arrest Mcdowell
The negro was Immediately taken into
custody and hurried to Dixon for safe
keeping. A mob of whites began form
ing, and negroes in the vicinity Of
Providence, hearing of this, also
armed themselves and lay in wal
by the road over which the mob was
expected to pass. They mistook the
| travelling men for the advance guart
Of the mob, and after firing on then
! made their escape. Mcdowell, after
being brought to Dixon, was hurried
on to Henderson. The mob in pursuit.
arrived at the Dixon jail at two
o'clock Sunday morning, and finding
there was no chance of getting Nc
Dowell Immediately set out to bea
the country with bloodhounds for thu
negroes who had fired on the travel
ing men. Thus far no trace Of thu
culprits has been found but any o
them caught will probably be lynched
Carter was taken to hospital at Ev
ansville, Ind.
Four Negroes Arrested.
Henderson, Ky, Mar. 16.-Webste
county. the scene of race war Sal
urday night, is quiet now, but tn
jails at Dixon and Henderson ar
heavily guarded for fear of a raj
by mob. Deputy Marshal Smit'
Childers of Providence, who was she
by Jake Mcdowell, is dying.
| Mcdowell was placed in the Hell
derson county Jail after chase of 2
miles. Will Mcdowell, cousin C
the murderer; Tom Puqua, Tor
Miller and another unknown negr
were arrested Sunday, charged wit
the shooting of four travelling me
who they thought were part of
mob on the way to Dixon from Prov
dence to hang Mcdowell. One Of tn
men shot is in a serious condition.
Although the town of Dixon is 2
miles from Henderson, McDoWe
crouches in terror for fear Of the mo
coming here to get him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19

organized donation party for Rev.
PAXTON ana MS wife FRIDAY evening
and they were enriched to the extent
OF numerous gifts of a substantial and
wholesome nature The affair was
E.cely managed and the evening pleas.
antly spent A short presentation
address was made by Mrs. jennie
Jones that was responded to by R.,v.
Payton, and Rev. Hiram Lewis pro-
nounced feeling benediction upon
the assembled company oe about thir-
ty in number.
G. G. Lee returned to Chicago Mon
day morning taking with him Mr..
Woodins saddle horse. The Woodins
have discarded the bob tails and
carriage this season and will substi-
tute higher power Studebaker tour.
ing car for their use and pleasure.
Commodore, who has been devoting
some of his spare time this winter to
studying the mysteries and compiled.
tons of the auto, will complete a
course of training in the Chicago Au-
tomobile College with view of TAX
ing charge of the new car as chauffeur
in chief on its delivery about May /
The sad news has come to friends
in this city that Mrs. Anna Lewis
wife of Rev. T. w. Lewis, pastor OF
the A. NJ. E. church at Moline, had
become totally blind. She has been
afflicted with an affection of the eyes
i for some time, but it was hoped that
the sight might be saved, and the
very best medical aid was employed
to that end, but nothing could be done
to save her from the total darkness
that must now be her lot through life
The family have the sympathy of &
large number of friends in this city
iwhere Mrs. Lewis was well known as
a girl and also as the wife of Ben Hall
| Mrs. Edward Green, formerly Miss
Lizzie Tate of this city, is reported
to be lying in a very critical condition
in the hospital at Des Moines, where
the Greens have been making thei
home for the past two years. The
lady, we understand, was taken il
some time ago and was taken to thu
Hospital where she underwent an OPP
GRAFTON, which was thought at the tim,
to be successful. She was releases
and taken TO her home, but it was no
long before the affection returned il
q more severe form than at first an,
she was taken back to the hospita
where she mas continued to groy
worse and there now seems but littl
hope for her recovery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
FRAUD IS CHARGED
Man Held For Selling Land That
Did Not Belong To Him.

An alleged fraudulent land deal in
which an Oskaloosa man was the vic
tim. has just come to light by the ar
rest of w. G.BrOwn, of Humeston,
Wayne county, Ia, by Constable Geo.
Andrews, upon a warrant from Els
quire l.. NJ. Bacon's court, charging
the man with obtaining money under
false pretenses, the prosecuting wit
ness being d. y. Davis, of this city.
Brown came to OskalOosa claiming
to own fine half-section of land in
one of the best producing counties of
Arkansas. Mr.. Davis was so well
pleased with the bargain Brown OF
fered, that he purchased the farm
Brown gave Davis an abstract to the
place and other legal papers. A
short time ago Mr.. Davis went down to
Arkansas to look over his new pur
chase and found that instead of the
land belonging to him, and formerly
to Brown, that it had been divided
into eight farms and all the occu
pants of the places had deeds of their
own. Mr.. Davis returned 70 the city
and had a warrant sworn out in JUS
tice Bacon's court and Constable An
drews went to Humeston Thursday
and arrested the man. He gave ap
pearance bonds for $1,000 and his
hearing set for March 9th.
Brown is a prominent land agent o
Humeston and is we'll known in thai
locality. three prominent residents
of Wayne county went his bond, anC
his trial promises to be an interest
ing one.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
Horses In Quarantine.

Two case of glanders have been 10.
Gated in the neighborhood of the Uni
versity addition to Oskaloosa and
great percaution is being taken to
check the spread of the disease. Two
horses have been quarantined at barns
belonging to Ellsworth Brockaway, on
the Burlington road. and Mr.. Brock
in the same neighborhood. It is un-
derstood that the animals are to be
killed II the disease does not subside,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19

petitioners, were not creditors within
the meaning of the law and that their
alleged claims were unliquidatable be.
cause the operations concerned were
based on stock transactions. Upon
these representations the court re-
fused to appoint receiver pending
the determination of the status of
each petitioner,
Counsel for the petitioners were con-
fident Saturday that the move OF
Morse would serve only to briefly de.
lay an inevitabfs recsivershin 1t was
admitted, however, that Morse's best
fighting asset was time, furnishing
further opportunity to win over cred
itors to his plans Of rehabilitation.
Immediately after Morse's return
from Europe IL was stated that the ice
man had gone into the thick of the
fight against him down town and by
his own powers of persuasion had
turned the tide which was setting
against him. 1t was stated that he
had won over the officers of the Me.
chanics and Traders bank, as we'll as
Receiver Hanna and the officers OF the
National Bank Of North America. and
that the bankruptcy proceedings
threatened against him had been
halted.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
Issued and Paid.

During the week, March to IA,
there were issued at the OskaIoosa
post Office b. money orders, amount,
ing to $I,455.50, while there were
paid 1856 orders amounting to $2,277.-
81.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19
BIG FIRE IN ELDORA.
THE WALKER BLOCK DESTROY.
ED, ENTAILING A LOSS OF
OVER $4,000.

Marshalltown, Ia, March 16,-Fire
this morning at Eldora destroyed the
Walker block, in which is situated
six retail businesses. The loss is
thirty thousand dollars, with insur-
ance of only thirteen thousand.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-03-19

The amount of talk INDUCED on tho
subject OF good roads should begin tC
bear fruit before long
Tombstone epitaph., 1908-11-08
READY FOR FLIGHT
Great Airship at Phoenix Will Make
 First Ascent Monday

When the Fourth Annual Arizona fair at Phoenix, Monday, November g, all exhibits will be found in places and the visitor on the first day will find everything in readiness. All prelim- mary work has been taken care of at this time, and the several department superintenden's are prepared.
 The working crew of the airehip has been in Phoenix for the past two weeks. getting ready for the first flight on Monday of the big aerial ve- hicle. Roy Knabenshue, the famous tcronaut. expects to break records in .irship flights az the forthcoming fair ss he finds the conditions ideal.
 With the exception of & few of the larger stsh!es, most of the trotting and pacing horses are s'ready on the grounds and the horsemen say that even at thls early date the track is lightning fast. Although Phoenix now holds all srottina and pacing records west of the Mississippi, it is more than likely that several of these records will be broken at the forth coming fair.