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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
ADVISORS SPLIT
ON BOND ISSUE
Mcveagh and AIdrich Clash Over
Plan.
TAFT FAvoRs THE SECRETARY
Would Put Panama Bonds Out Re-
deemable in Gold at Three Per
Cent. - May issue
Certificates.

Washington, Dec. 24.-It became
known that Secretary MacVeagh and
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the sen
ate finance committee, and also an
advisor of the president, have clashed
over the manner of replenishing the
treasury, which Is rapidly being de.
pleted of its surplus. 4
There remains in the treasury bal.
ance of about $24,000,000, not includ'
ing the gold reserve, which cannot be
used for expenses.
AIdrich for Straight Issue.
Senator Aldrich is of the opinion
that nothing but an out-and-out bond
issue will suffice to strengthen the
treasury. Mr.. MacVeagh believes that
any new bond issue should be delayed
as long as possible and that in the
meantime the Panama canal bonds al
ready authorized should be issued as
a protector for the gold reserve. These
bonds he would make redeemable in
gold at three per cent.
Taft Supports MaeVeagh.
President Taft has aligned himself
with the secretary of the treasury
The president does not view with any
serious concern the losses in the bal,
ance which have occurred recently
and is not disposed to issue any inter.
est-bearing obligations whatever I'M
less it reaches very low point.
Secretary MacVeagh has at his com.
mand the privilege of issuing the Pan.
anna canal bonds should he feel dis,
posed to do so and also to put out
three per cent Understanding certifi-
Gates to meet pressing obligations of
the government.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
jefferson Statue DELAYED.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Further leg,
islation by congress will be necessary
before the $1,000 appropriated by that
body in 1904 for procuring a site and
plans for the proposed monument to
Thomas Jefferson will be available. In
1906 Augustus st. Gaudens consented
to make designs for the memorial,
but his death interviewed before the
work had been finished. There is a
law requiring unexpended balances
yearly to be turned into the treasury
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Two Men Asphyxiated.

Chicago, Dec. 27.--William Kaross
"a, and Ralph link, So, together with
two cats and parrot, were found as.
phyxiated by gas In the kitchen of the
home of William H. Doyle, where they
had been boarding. Empty liquor bot
ties were found lying about, and the
police believe that while under the in.
fiuence of drink the men had neglect.
ed the stove, allowing the gas to es.
cape.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Wireless Messages Go Far.

Highland Light, Mass, Dec. 81
Cuba and Central America came into
touch with New England by means OF
the wireless telegraph, according to
Electrician Eason of the navy wire
less station here. Eason states that
he picked up message which was
being flashed from Key West to Cuba,
end caught two messages which were
being sent from Colon to the cruiser
Des Moines, in Nicaraguan waters.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Thomas Murdoch Dead.

Chicago, Dec. 27-Thomas Murdoch
president of Reid. Murdoch & Co,
wholesale grocers, died at the Metro
pole hotel, following an illness of more
than two years. For many months he
had made valiant struggle for life,
but his age, 81 years. made II losing
battle, Mr.. Murdoch left no imme,li,
Ate family.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Charity Gives s141. 25o. 600.

New York, Dec. 27.-The total of
public benefactions in the United
States during the past II months was
100000. an amount just $4,000,
600 greater than any previous year in
the history of the country. according
to statistics compiled by New York
newspaper The amount this year
was over twice as large as was given
away last year, following the panic of
1907
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
MARK TWAIN NOT NEAR DEATH
False, He Says, for 81 Wouldn't Do
Such Thing at My Time
Of Life"

Redding, Conn, Dec. 24.-Mark
Twain gave out the following state
ment as result of reports concerning
his health, following the humorist's
recent return from Bermuda:
Il hear the newspapers say I am
dying. The charge is not true. I
would not do such a thing at my time
of life. ! am behaving as good as /
can. Merry Christmas to everybody.
MARK TWAIN"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Women Hurt in Church Riot.

Washington, Ind, Dec 27.-In a riot
at the General Baptist church, one
mile west of this city, Willis Ellis, Ed
Heron and Toliver Chapel were prob
ably fatally injured, while many wo.
men and children who used the win.
dows to escape were hurt. Four pc,
licemen were sent to quiet the rioters,
but the officers were disarmed.
Claude, Arnold and Robert Holton and
Chester Turner were arrested later.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
COOK COULDN'T
PAY HOTEL BILL
Etah Proprietor Of Hotel Says
Explorer Was Broke.
INSTRUMENTS NOT FOUND
Esquinos Who Doctor Claimed Accom-
panied Him to North Pole Say
They Merely Went to
City Suburb.

Etah, Dec. % (By Submarine Wire
less) The news of what has hap
pened to Cook arrived here and caused
a profound sensation. Messrs. Etui-
shuk and Ahwelah, who run the Etah
New York store, and are said by DR..
Cook to have accompanied him to the
goal of all arctic explorers, came out
with statement in the Etah Daily
Walrus, in which they declare the doc
tor simply went on an afternoon walk
with them to North Etah, suburb Of
this city, called n local parlance "the
North Pole"
Was Gumdropiess.
The proprietor of the Grand Hotel
Aurora Borealis said that DR.. Cook
lived at his hotel from April 81, 1908,
until far along in 1909, when the pro-
prietor at last ventured to hand the
explorer a bill for board and lodging
aggresating three tons of gumdrops.
When the doctor remarked that he
was practically gumdropless, his host
was about to hale him before the Etah
court. But the doctor said if allowed
to go back to civilization, he would
claim to have discovered the north
pole and get enough money from lee.
ture tour of the United States to pay
his hotel bill.
The hotel keeper consented, where
upon DR.. Cook, handing over a brass
rod and three frozen gumdrops on &C,
count, left.
An expedition of leading citizens of
Etah went out to the rock in the sub.
urbs of the city under which DR.. Cook
claims to have buried his instruments,
There they found note signed by
DR.. Cook stating that Commander
Peary. has pushed the stone several
hundred feet from it's original where,
abouts, so that the instruments were
lost forever, but adding that it would
take more than that to fool the Uni.
versity of Copenhagen.
Women Loyal to Cook.
New York, Dec. 23.-"The women
of Denmark will never believe that
DR.. Cook was wrong. and my daugh-
ter, who is with me, will weep when
she hears the report" said DR.. Maui
rice F. Egan, American minister to
Denmark, whom the Danes now part
ly blame for his strong partisanship
of DR.. Cook. which led them to recog-
nize the American explorer as the
discoverGr of the north pole.
DR.. Egan, who reached here on the
steamship Oscar II. and will remain
during the holidays, talked freely re-
garding his own part in the enthusi-
astic reception of DR.. Cook at Copen-
hagen, which led to the acclaim of
the explorer as hero all over the
civilized world.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Exciting Fire at o.s Molnes.

Des Moines, Dec. 27.-Fire that
broke out here in the old Jewish taber.
nacle at East Fifth street and Grand
avenue, used as a mill. for a time
threatened 10 destroy an entire block
of buildings. The tabernacle and a
few other buildings were burned, caus.
ing loss of $4,000, Thirty men were
oversome in one house, but were res.
cued by companions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Col. Gordon Succeeds McLaurln.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 2S.-Col. James
Gordon, one of the dashing young
soldiers of the confederacy and who
won his spurs" In many conflicts
at the age OF rs was appointed United
states senator to succeed the late
Senator A. ]. McLaurin. Gov. Noel
announced that the appointment is
temporary until the legislature can
elect senator for the unexpired
term.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Hutchins Quits Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, Dec, 23.-Dr. Charles
P. Hutchins, director Of athletics AT
the University of Wisconsin, sent his
resignation to President c. r. Van
Hise. After three years here DR.
quits because of the exceed
ing conservative athletic policy OF
Wisconsin.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Celebration Ennity Kills Three.

Cumberland, Md, Dec. 27.-Michael
Malone, Michael McGraw and Fred Ma.
lone, miners, were burned to death near
Harrison, Mineral county, Va, about
so miles southwest of here. Patrick
Malone and Frederick Dugan, who
boarded at the same house, are miss
ing. officers are working on clew
indicating that the fire was started
after a celebration by man who had
been elected.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
DR0BATE NOTICE.

Il To All Whom 1t May Concern
You are hereby notified that there is
now on file in the office of the Clerk of
the District Court of Iowa, in and for
Mahaska County, an instrument in
writing, purporting to be the last will
and testament of Sophia Ketcham late
of said county, deceased, and that the
LIST day of February, 1909, has been fix
ed for the probate of said will, at which
time you can appear at the court house
in said county and show cause, if any
there be, why said will should not be
admitted to probate.
In witness Whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of said
curt at Oskaloosa, Iowa. this oath day
of December, 1909.
l.. f. CoRLETT.
23w3 Clerk District Court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
WIN Indlct SUGAR Irust Head.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Treasury OH,
cials are keeping mum as to the per,
sonality of the individual higher up
in the sugar frauds, against whom an
Indictment is expected every day, al.
though his identity is well known tn
them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Priest Battles with Neqro,

Lexington, KY, Dec. 27.-Entering
the chapel of st. Josephs church,
where he was to officiate at early
mass, Rev. Father Edward Wiesner,
rector Of the church, was attacked by
a drunken negro. with whom he was
compelled to fight in defense of his
life. The priest was painfully wound
ed The negro escaped.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Navy a Gigantic Affair.

Washington, Dec. A.-To man the
entire American feet in time of war
would require 1880 officers and 72,2S1
men and in time of peace 1862 Off
GERS and 60,902 men, according to
Capt. N. R. Usher, assistant to the
bureau of navigation. These figures
DO not include officers and men at
shore stations. Ea.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
lurton Writes Resignation.

Cincinnati, Dec. 27.-Judge Horace
Fl. Lurton of the United States circuit
court of appeals mailed his resignation
of'that position to President Taft and
began to make arrangements to as
sumo his new duties on the federal
supreme bench. The resignation is eff
fective January 5.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Jumps to Death in Subway

New York, Dec. 24.-While the
Grand Central station in the subway
was crowded with Christmas shop
pers, Abraham Fineman, clothing
manufacturer, leaped from the plat
form in front of an express train and
was ground to death under the
wheels, leaving widow and seven
children
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
SUFFRAGE Settlement Now.

New York, Dec. 27.-The latest fea-
ture of woman suffrage work here is
a suffrage settlement house. 1t is be-
ing established in three-story build.
ing which Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont has
rented for the purpose on One Hun
dred and Fourteenth street.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
ARIZONA HAS A BLIZZARD
Heaviest Snowstorm In History Of the
Territory Interferes with
Railroad Traffic.

Los Angeles, Dec. 23-The heaviest
snowstorms known in the history OF
Arizona have tied up freight traffic
on the Santa Fe lines in the northern
part of the territory and have serious.
ly interfered with the movement OF
trains on the Southern Pacific farther
south. Passenger trains are being op.
Grated with difficulty.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Gun Totin, Law curbs Crime.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 27.-Statis-
tics compiled by Judge Ralph S. Lat,
shaw of the criminal court show that
since the passage of the 'anti-gun
totin' law" homicides and felonious
assaults with revolvers in Kansas City
have decreased ohe-third. The law,
which makes the carrying of con.
cealed weapons felony, was passed
by the last legislature.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Refuses Drink and Kills Man.

Tiffin, o., Dec. 27.-Bartacome Ru-
giero, As years old, was shot and killed
here In a brawl arising over a mans
refusal to take another drink of liquor
Ernest Hoga, shoemaker, is in the
county jail. v
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Dies Of Mysterious Disease.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 27.-Dr. Leonard
]. Schneider, prominent young dem
fist of this city, died at the general
hospital of polio-mylitis, a strange
spinal disease which has been the
puzzle and despair of physicians.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Leaps from Coffin at Wake,

Pensacola, Fla, Dec. 27.-After be-
Ing placed, shrouded, in a casket
which was surrounded by mourners
gathered for an all-night wake, Mrs.
Jessie Miller leaped from her coffin
perfectly well woman. Physicians IL
hours before had pronounced life ex-
tinct.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
TAFT AT NIECE'S WEDDING
Miss Louise WaIbridse Taft Is Mar
ried to George Hosg snowden
Tea at New York.
Aew York, Dec. 2S.-President and

"A Taft arrived in New York early
~ to attend the marriage of the
niece of the president, Miss Louise
}Nalbridge Taft, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry w. Taft, to George Hogg
Snowden. Mr.. Snowden is million,
aire lumberman OF Seattle.
Nobody but the members of the
Taft and Snowden families will be
present at the ceremony on account
of the recent death of Miss Taft's
aunt, Mrs. Horace Taft of Stamford
Conn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
S. w. Williams Is stricken.

Vincennes, Ind, Dec. 27.-Samuel
w. Williams, candidate for vice-presi-
dent on the populist ticket in 1905,
was stricken with heart failure. His
condition is serious.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Beaten and Driven by White Cans,

Petersburg, Ind, Dec. 24.-White
caps dragged LATE Dedman from his
home, near Winslow, beat him with
switches and pickets and ordered him
to leave the neighborhood. Dedman
said he knew Of no reason for the
attack.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
klno Waits Storm eeo,on

Lisbon. Dec 27.--King Manuel. who
was visiting Oporto, started to in
spect the regions which suffered 50
severely from the recent storm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Klna Menellk SIN Lives.

Adds Abeba. Abyssinia. Dee. ga
The Ethiopian government gave Oh
,ial assurance that King Menelik sli.,
lives. though his condition is grave,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
oouma Rejects eattleship Credit.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 27.-The ma
tional defense committee of the
Douma has rejected by a large ma.
jority the credit for new battleships.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
Forser Gets Fourteen-Year Sentence.

New Orleans, Dec. 24.--John l..
Collins. convicted of forging several
checfs and charged by the police
with heading clever gang OF swind,
leis, was rentenced TO IA years in the
state penitentiary. 4lf3 81
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
WIND. AND WATER
CAUSE BIG Loss
New England Suffers to Extent
of Five Millions.
STORM CAUSES MANY DEATHS
East Experiences Worst Blizzard In
Twenty Years--Traffic Tied UP
from Pennsylvania to
Maine.

Boston, Dec. 2S.-With the news of
the probable loss OF the big five-masted
schooner Davis Palmer with her crew
of IL men, off Boston harbor, and OF
the wrecking of nine other vessels
along the Massachusetts coast, the
opening chapter of the toll taken on
the sea by the great storm which
swept New England was bare to the
world Cape Cod is still cut off and
with the restoration of communication
there it is feared that tale of marine
disasters and storm damage unequalled
In years will be related.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30

swept New England was bare to the
world. Cape Cod is still cut off and
with the restoration of communication
there it is feared that tale of marine
disasters and storm damage unequalled
In years will be related.
Fifteen Lives Lost.
Fifteen lives are known to have
been lost in New England, three in
Chelsea and Everett and IL through
the wrecking of the Davis Palmer.
Five million dollars loss is the esti-
mate made of the havoc wrought in
and around Boston by the blizzard
which swept New England and drove
a record tide over the cost.
Greatest Storm in Eleven Years.
Thirty-two cities and towns were
plunged i'm darkness, owing to the cut
ting off of the electric light service.
The storm was easily the greatest
that New England has experienced in
III years. All along the coast, phe-
nomenal tides were reported In many
places sea walls were battered to
pieces, boulevards ruined and curbs
and houses along the shore destroyed
Sweeps Into Business District.
In Boston the tide swept over the
wharves avross Atlantic avenue, and
as far inland as the Chamber of Com
merce. 1t is estimated that the dam
age in this section will reach at least
l$500,000.
The worst damage was in Chelsea
and Everett, where, it is believed, it
will be several weeks before the tide
gate on the Island End river can be
repaired and the flooded district re-
claimed.
Having escaped through the snow
scantily clad, and man" Of them bare
footed, the residents of the submerged
section of Chelsea had to stand for
hours in the blizzard waiting for wa
gons to take them into shelter. Hun
dreds of the homeless were taken care
of in relief stations established in pub
lie schools and churches.
Worst Storm in 20 Years.
New York Dec. 2S.-The severest
storm experienced in the east in 20
years tied up traffic in cities from
Pennsylvania to Maine and disar
ranged train schedules in half dozen
states, according to reports received
here. Conditions are improving rap
idly, however, and railroads and mu-
inequalities are making every effort
TO move intercity and local traffic.
A number of persons met death
through exposure or accident-five in
Philadelphia and about IS in New
York. Complete reports of fatalities
in New England have not been re-
iceived.
Paralysis Strikes Philadelphia.
In Philadelphia business is almost at
a standstill. Through trains were late
only one street car line was running
and the city is suffering from a short
age Of milk. Reports from Pittsburg
and Harrisburg indicate that condi-
tions are improving rapidly
Washington did not suffer severely,
but because of the traffic tie-up to the
north President Taft decided to post.
pone an engagement to speak In New
York.
Communication with Boston is main
tanned with difficulty. The storm in
New England seems to have been
worst in the vicinity of New Bedford
Providence, Fall River, Newport, Paw
tucket and Woonsocket.
In New York more than 1000 men
are at work cleaning the streets. Sub
urban trains were running with slight
delay. The surface lines were blocked,
which caused heavy traffic in the sub
way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-30
JOHN p. HIATT,
y w. II. HEATING,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Money to Loan. Insurance.
112 First Ave. West, oskaloosa, Iowa
49,. 23tf
The Republican journal., 1909-07-08
SUMNER FASHIONS IN NEWPORT.
,Nc COSTUMES. HATS, FASHIONABLE FOOT
NN WEAR. A FOUIARD DRESS DANCING FRoCKs
Correspondence of The Journal

of Journal
evidence
suits light weight evio perfectly
and comparatively straight short pad skirts
dantiest of lingerie bouses becoming
of
shade of avndar that Extremely
all white white
r 5.yIe for morning
m and
The Republican journal., 1909-07-08
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

Whereas, Charles E. Robertson of Searsport
in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, by
his mortgage deed dated the twenty-seventh
day of September, A. d. 1892, and recorded in
the Waldo Registry of Deeds, Book 235, Page
As, conveyed re Andrew Mason and Martha
Mason, both then of Belfast, in said County of
Waldo and State of Maine certain lot or par
eel of land with the buildings thereon, situated
in Searsport, in said County of Waldo, and
bounded and described as follows, to wit: Be-
ginning at a stake and stones the westward
ly bank of Half Moon Pond on the line of land
of George Stratton; thence west one hundred
and two rods on said STATIONS line to a stake
and stones; thence north twenty seven degrees
west sixteen rods to stake and stones; thence
west thirty-four rods to stake and stones on
line of Mary Plummer's land; thence north on
said Plummer's line forty three rods, sixteen
links to cedar stake spotted; thence east one
hundred and forty rods to roundwood tree at
the aforesaid Pond; thence on said Pond fifty
nine rods and three links to the place of be-
ginning, containing fofty eight and one-half
acres, more or less, and being the same premi-
ses conveyed to said Charles E. Robertson by
said Andrew Mason said twenty-seventh
day of September, A. D. 1892 and whereas said
Andrew Mason and Martha Mason have both
since deceased testate, and the undersigned,
Howard F. Mason of Belfast, in said County of
Waldo and State of Maine has been duly ap-
pointed and qualified as executor of the will of
said Andrew Mason, deceased, and as executor
of the will of said Martha Mason, deceased;
and whereas the condition of said mortgage
has been broken, now, therefore, by reason of
the breach of the condition thereof, | claim a
foreclosure of said mortgage.
Dated this twenty-second day of June, A. D.
1909 HOWARD F. MASON
Executor of the will of Andrew Mason deceas-
ed. HOWARD F. MASON,
Executor of the will of Martha Mason, deceas-
ed. 3w25