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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
BULLET IN BRAIN.
WouId-Re Suicide Discharged From
Hospital AS Cured.

Washington, Sept. 15.-With a %
caliber bullet imbedded in the center
of his brain, fired there with suicidal
intent more than two weeks ago,
Frank Blaine left the Casualty hos.
pital in this city discharged as cured
re said he suffered no discomfort 9TH
er than pains in the head and neck,
and he talked nationally at all times.
The surgeons at the hospital who have
been observing Blaine very closely,
said they detected no ill-effects from
the bullet in his brain and it is their
belief that he will not suffer from it
in future years. An X-ray photograph
of the young mans head showed the
bullet imbedded in the center of his
brain.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING
CALIFORNIA RANGERS FIGHTING
FIERCE FLAMES.
Gabriel Watershed and Oil
Region Are Threatened.

Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 15.--Forest
eres are still raging in various sec
lions. Much pasture and woodland
has been destroyedsin Sonoma and
Napa coupties. Walters Springs is in
;Tins.
Around Vending and Navarro the
whole country appears to be ablaZe.
ions will be heavy.
Every forest ranger in this district
out with squads of volunteers fight
ng the fires which are threatening
he San Gabriel watershed and the oil
egion around Whittier.
The worst fire is devastating the
North slope of Mount Pacific, the high,
EST point in the second tier of the
Sierra Madre range. Reports from
Mount Wilson say the fire is the
worst in that region in several years,
md the watershed is in serious
danger.
At the head of San Fernando valley
another fire is menacing the San Ga.
briel reserve, while third fire is do,
ing great deal of damage half way
down the same valley.
Squads of volunteers and rangers
have been sent to fight still another
fire which started near the oil region
between FL Monte and Whittier and
which, according to report, is driving
on before a stiff wind toward the top
of Lookout peak.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
EXPLOSION WRECKS HOMES
ONE KILLED AND OTHERS HURT
AT NAUNoo, ILL.
Fire Starting In Store Is Followed BY
Explosions Resulting In Much
Disaster.

Keokuk, Ia, Sept. 15.-The general
store of Jacob Richtman at Nauyoo,
Ill., across the river from here, was
discovered to he on fire at O'Clock
Jhis morning and few minutes lat
er there was terrific explosion that
was felt for miles. Two hundred gal
ions of gasoline, 500 of kerosene ard
30 of tuIpentine in the rear OF the
store exploded, completely wrecking
he building and two residences adjoin-
ing. The 4-year-old daughter of AL
btrt KetClhun was caught under the
failiug walls of her home and instant
" killed. Other members of the
household had marrow escapes from
death.
The home of Edward Tachroth was
completely destroyed ard the windows
in twenty-five houses were shattered.
It is curious circumstance that ten
cases of dynamite in the ware room of
lAe RiChtman store did not explode,
but was consumed by the fire.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
MARRIED IN SCOTLAND.
American Girl Becomes Bride of Port.
ugese Pretender.

Dingwall, Scotland, Sept. 1o.-Anita
Stewart daughter OF Mrs. James Hen
ry Smith, at noon to-day became the
bride OF Prince De Bragonza, son of
che pretender to the Portuguese throne.
This is the first royal wedding that
has occurred in Scotland since the
days OF Mary Queen OF SCOTS. Sixty
hiGhlanders piped the wedding march.
and played the Star Spangled Banner
The ceremony pas performed by Bish-
o3 Aberdeen OF st. Iawrence's Roman
Catholic chapel. Many royalists, the
diplomatic corps and other notables
were present. After a wedding break
fass at Tuloch Castle, the couple de-
parted on continental tour.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
STRIKE CONFERENCE TO-DAY
COAL MINERS AND OPERATORS
TO HOLD JOINT MEETING.
Each Side Is Firm In Its Stand On
the Enterprise Mine
Situation.

Des Moines Sept. 15.--After a meet
ing which occupied all the afternoon
and a part of the evening, the men,
bers of the executive board of district
Is, United Mine Workers OF America,
last night announced that they are
ready to meet Uhe executive board of
the State Coal Operators association
today to discuss the situation at the
Enterprise mines near Des Moines.
The miners met at the Elliott hotel
behind closed doors, and at the close
OF their conference they refused to
divulge the nature of their delibera.
tions and their plans for the joint con-
terence.
1T developed last night that the min
ers do not regard the situation at EA-
terprise as a strike but rather as a
lockout. They declare that the min
ing company forced the miners to quit
work by posting notices previous to
September announcing the approach
ms increase in house rent from a ba-
sis of $3.50 to So per room. They de-
miners to yacate the houses if they
did not desire to pay the increased
reEt. AS there are no houses in
which they can live except the ones
owned by the mining company the En-
terprise miners claim that they are
forced to quit work because they
would not submit to the increase in
the rent.
All over Iowa the coal mining inter-
ests are watching the development of
the situation at Enterprise. Miners in
other camps fear that if the Enter
prise rent increase is allowed to stand
ard the miners are forced to return
to work, the rent in the other camps
will be increased.
The attitude of the members of the
miners executive board last night in
dictates that President White. who has
announced that he indorses the action
OF the Enterprise miners in refusing to
continue at work under the conditions
imposed, will be supported by the sol.
I'd membership of the board represent
ing the state union.
The operators will come to Des
Moines no less firmly grounded in
their determination to support the
stand taken by the Enterprise Mining
company. When the joint board meets
This afternoon at the Slavery hotel the
two sides Will present their arguments
and, though some way may be found
out of the difficulty, the outlook this
morning is for one of the sternest
fights the coal industry in Iowa has
ever seen.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
MANY HUNTERS LICENSED.
More Than 5000 Nimrods Have Paid
Fees.

Des Moines, Sept. 15.-M0re than
5000 men have taken out licenses to
hunt in Iowa during the season begin
ming September l. Up TO yesterday a
total of $3.50 in hunters license fees
had been turned over to Auditor Bleak
ly. The fee is 81 for residents of the
state and $40 for outsiders, but the
number of outside hunters securing
permits is small. The largest num-
Der of licenses was issued in Clayton
county and in only nine counties were
none issued.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
MONEY IN FLYING.
Glenn n. Curtiss Starts Home With
$4,000 IN Prizes.

Paris, Sept. 15.-Glenn H. Curtiss
sailed to-day for New York taking
fifteen thousand dollars in prize money
won at Rheim and Brescia. He says
he hopes to return to Europe soon and
continue his flights. He will partici-
pate in the Hudson-F'ulton celebration
at New York
Frankfort, Sept. 15.-Orville Wright
arrived here to-day from Berlin. He
will make a number of flights in con-
junction with the dirigible balloon
fights of Zeppelin and Parsevil.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
No cholera at Rotterdam.

Washington, Sept. Minister
Beaupre at The Hague has tele.
graphed the state department that he
has been officially informed by the
minister of foreign affairs that nc
ease of cholera has appeared at Rot
terdam since September 4.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
One Killed. Three Hurt.

Syracuse, n. Y, Sept. 15.--In col.
lision between an automobile and a
trolley car Mrs. James McCay of Can.
ton. Pa, was killed; Mr.. Mckay sus.
tanned a fractured skull, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Timothy Conklin of Troy. Pa.
were seriously injured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
LITTLE DANGER OF TYPHOID.
Iowa City Physicians Think Peril o.
Epidemic Has Passed.

Iowa City, Sept 15.-Local physi-
clans believe that the danger of a
typhoid epidemic in Iowa City has
passed, although the more serious OF
which Is that of Professor Henry +.
Cord of the university.
There have been about dozen
cases during the past six weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
Has Cataleptic Attack.

Dubuque, Ia, Sept. ia stranger
was picked up on the STREETS today
standing and gazing open-eyed into
space. His muscles were rigid as
though in a cataleptic fit and uncon-
scious. He was taken to hospital
"here the disease was diagnosed as a
peculiar form of hysteria.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
Not 70 We'd Kinn,s Son.

.Dingwall,, Scotland, Sept. l5.-Mrs.
Anthony ]. Drexel Of Philadelphia, au-
thorises the denial of the report pub.
lished in Berlin papers that her
daughter, Miss Margarita A. Drexel, is
engaged to Prince Christopher, the
youngest son of the king of Greece.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
Refuse To Work Under Bosses.

Pittsburg, Sept. IA new strike
was called in the Press Steel Car
Company's plant to-day when three
thousand foreigners refused to work
unless the bosses and sub-bosses OF
the several departments be dis
charged.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
Tin is Poisonous.

After a series of experiments rela-
tive to the effects of tin taken into
the human system, Scotch physician
has announced that canned goods con-
taining two or more grains of the
metal to the pound are potentially de-
leterious to the health.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
Gives up Prisoner TO Illinois.

Sacramento, Cal. Sept 15.-Gov
Gillette has granted extradition pa
pers for the return to Illinois of John
f. Cullerton charged with bigamy
Cullerton is under arrest In Los
Angeles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-09-16
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SERIOUS WRECK
IN THE SOUTH.
At Least Five People Killed
and Many Hurt-SeveraI
Are Missing.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. Is.
"A train on the Nashville,
Chattanooga & ST. Louis Ry.
collided with a fast freight at
Pogram this morning. Several
are killed and missing, Both
engineers and three trainmen
are reported among the dead.
The cars caught fire and are
now burning. Relief trains
are being sent from here.
Evening star., 1909-06-06
HOW A MONKEY PLEADED FOR MERCY

TN Barbados the monkeys frequently iniure the
sugarcane. As general thing, however they are
noensve creatures and the average planter regards
them with good natured tolerance Once in awhile
however they commit little too much damage on
the growing cane and example has to be made of
one poor culprit by shooting member of any par
tcular troop of monkeys that be found near the
scene of destruction. Exposing the dead body as
warning Is usually sufficient, and the longer
attacked.
On occasion great damage had been perpc-
trated, and the planter-Clarence Agard
siding in St. Lucy, Barbados-went out with his gun
to act as executoner. He succeeded in soatng
stray sinan IL a tree that detached from all
adjacent ShTubbery. The animal realizing that
it trapped rushed up to the topnost branch and
then to the utmost end of the branch and looked in
the most appealing manner at the man below The
latter finally raised his gum and the point of
pressing the trigger when the monkey suddenly took
little infante replica of itself from its back and
held it out in the most supp1cating way concclv-
able The planter, who IS fond of animals had
his heart quite touched and he promptly lowered
his gun.
\ companio however in his endeavor to what
else the poor snan would do, raised his gun and APP
parentlv once more its life in danger. l hen en-
sued most striking exhibition of animal reasoning,
Poor Madam Monkey at once grasPcd the fact that
her first claim for consideration had apparently
failed and the only her intelligence could sug
gest for the failure that the infant sian not
regarded as her genuine offspring What was
to be done? How could she convince these two
human brutes that she really sad and distressed
mother!
\ happy thought occurred to her. She plucked
leaf from the tree hel it close to her breast and then
pressed the breast till few drops of milk exuded
Then she dropped the leaf and again held up her
baby to the gaze of the astounded men below. Need
less to say, she escaped with her life.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

property owners, and the contract let for the
drilling of a we'll
klausnltZer received letter from his brother in
Bohemia saving that he dreamed of the return of
the wanderer with a fortune of one hundred thou
sand dollars in American gold. (Evidentlv the
friendly ghost was hurry to carry the tdngs of
pending good fortune back to friends across the sea
productive sand. 1t tapped-not oil, but tre-
mendous flow of natural gas. large pipe line
crossed the farm at great distance the
OF the well had no difficulty in contracting for the
sale of their gas production royalty of certain
thousand cubic feet
he feel of velvet pleasant to the touch; SO
the members of the Dream Oil & Gas Company de-
clded to put down another we'll without delay. \
tar flow OF gas was encountered in this well Also but
the production much smaller than in the first
well that it decided to drill deeper. This
done, and another productive sand encountered
from which the oleaSlnous amber fluid that has
made SO many millionaires began to flow the
derrick floor. kausnzer's fortune made Had
he desired he could have sold out within week for
a quarter of million. But the members of the
Dream Oil & Gas Company had no mind to surrender
their holding with the possibilities of their lease not
onetwentieth part developed. They felt that they
stage of the game would be to show discreditable
lack of confidence their supernatural adviser So
they drilled another we'll
The third we'll like the first proved an enormous
gasser. All the members of the company conf
dent that if drilled on to the lower sand copious
in their business. and the oil can't get until the
drill opens the hole So they contracted the gas pro-
duction of this we'll to the gas company and made
preparations to drill Well Number a. 1t hasn't been
completed yet but all concerned feel that they
cannot lose They believe that whenever the Dream
Oil & Gas Company contemplates making step that
would prove disastrous their friend and adviser in
the land of shades will give timely warning.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

the dreams of golden sands, and of rocky ledges in
which gold nuggets cleaned plentifully plums
in plum pudding time on the return journey.
They suffered incredible privat1ons, but both had
received supernatural assurance of final success,
that neither entertained the idea of abandoning
their difficult and hazardous enterprise.
On their third trip their supply OF water again
short; but they were lucky enough to discover a
bushmen by the name Coolgardie Pitching their
camp by the side of the grateful water they turned
their horses loose and decided to for day
at least. That night both prospectors dreamed of
untold wealth all round them and in the morning.
with high hopes, they set out to find it. In hour,
Ford picked up nugget that weighed half an ounce,
and by nightfall had gathered up twenty
Evening star., 1909-06-06

earnest, he made so~,c
inquiries. found t,'lr
the farm in question
was located 0. the out
skirts of an old il | cit
and in what oil men
considered a zone of pos
sible production. Then
he decided that the
ghosts might be giving
a straight tip after all,
SO he helped klausnit-
ger organize the Dream
Oil & Gas Company.
composed of eight part
ners. klausnitzer Sc
cured a lease from the
owner of the farm, as
well as from adjoining
Evening star., 1909-06-06

invention before nightfal for five thousand dollars
Then he went to see Squire ]. R Connor, of whom
he confded his dream, stating that he willing
hazard all his five thousand dollars the advice
of his ghosty friend, excepting small necessary
to relieve the pressing wants of his family At first
the Squire laughed but, finding Klausnitzer in
Evening star., 1909-06-06
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE s. 1909

children habitualy went to bed supperess only few
months ago. who permitted to occupy tumble
down shanty free of rent simply to keep him out of
the poorhouse who the willing recipient of cast
off clothing food, any other form of charity that
we'll disposed neighbors felt inclined to bestow upon
him, enjoys income of fifty dollars day and
owns property potentionay worth millions. 1t all
haDDened he,auSe he was dreamer
Evening star., 1909-06-06

of gold, in small nuggets Three weeks of surface
prospecting brought reward of more than two hun
dred ounces Of the precious metal.
By that time their food supplies nearing
exhaust1on so they male hasty trip back to civil
izaton, laid in a fresh supply of provisions and hur
red back to their Goconda keeping the fact of their
discovery profound secret; few days after they
reached their old camping place, they stumbled upon
the outcrop of the Coolgardie reef which made the
fame of the greatest of Australian mining districts
Beginning with slug that weighed fifty ounces
(worth nearly thousand dollars) in a few hours
they picked from the cap of the reef upward of FIVE
hundred ounces Of gold. Next day, Bayley started
for the nearest mining town carrying five hundred
and fty-four ounces of gold with him This he
exhibited to the mining warden putting in claim
for lease of the land on which the amazing discovery
had been made Receiving his papers, he started
back to his partner no had been left on guard
Within twelve hours after the facts pertaining to
Bayley & Ford's lease had been made public more
than hundred and fifty men, with wagons coaches,
horses, and all the paraphernalia of mining. were on
Bayleys trail, Fastening to the most sensational of
all mining discoveries. In few weeks the camp
contained a population OF thousands; and in the
years that have since elapsed the Coolgarde mines
have added hundreds of millions of dollars to the
worlds wealth. In nine years Bayley & Ford ex-
thousand ounces of gold, valued at two million six
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
And Londonderry Reef
A LMOST sensational at the start, though yield
ing much smaller quantities of the yellow metal
in the long run, were the discoveries of the London
Australia The Wealth of Nations reef Welded one
hundred thousand dollars within week after its
discovery; but it found by prosaic prospecting
With the Londonderry reef it different Two
prospectors had met with failure at Coolgarde,
irving the ground too late to find promising
prospect Discouraged and broke, they started back
to Victoria. One night while the way a loud
voice spoke to one of the prospectors, giving him
plain directions for the road he should take to find the
object OF his desires. Waking his companion, he
asked him if he too had not heard some one speaking
He had heard nothing; but the pair talked matters
over and came to the conclusion that to hearken to
the message of the unseen speaker whether divine
diabollc or merely human. could not possibly make
their condition any more desperate. Next morning
they took the road instructed and came to the
outcrop OF the Londonderry reef from which they
took four thousand five hundred of gold be
fore proceeding to the mining warden to demand
lease by virtue of their discovery
Frank Klausnitzers Fortune
THE latest instance of man dreaming himself
into a real fortune IS reported from the oil and
gas regions of Pennsylvania There man whose
Evening star., 1909-06-06

naPPened BECAUSE ne was dreamer
of dreams
Frank klausnitzer arrived at Ellis
Island from Bohemia in 1901. He
had hard row to hoe, hunting work,
until he arrived in kittanning tie
thriving town about forty-fve mles
north of Pittsburgh, on the Allegheny
River There he was given work in
the pottery operated by the Wick
China Company, and after two years
Evening star., 1909-06-06

of toll succeeded in saving enough money to bring
his wife and numerous family of little klausnitzers
from far off Bohemia to free America. Soon after
their arrival, hard luck again. The pottery
went into the hands of receiver, and was closed
down indefinitely, and klausnitzer's endeavors to
find other employment came to naught. In their
extremity his wife took in washing, while he did odd
jobs of any kind that came his way.
Then farmer offered him job milking ten
night and morning and doing odd chores, for which
he to receive dollar a day. AS an extra in
ducement he given charge of two hundred
chickens These he was to feed and take of, in
return for the eggs He found that it took
of his earnings to feed those hungry chckens-whch
steadfasty refused to reciprocate by laying eggs.
Affairs came to such straits that often there
food in the house. and the children went school
poorly clothed that their schoolmates made fun of
them
Then another farmer offered klausntzer dollar
day to work his farm As there were no chickens in
the bargain he accepted with alacrity There was
an old ramshackle shanty on one corner of the farm
which he permitted to occupy rent free
However, the change brought perceptible i'm
provelnent in conditions Sickness visited the in
sufficiently nourished children with painful fire.
quency; and to pay doctor bills and support wife
and several children on dollar day is an up hill
undertaking. But just when klausntzer began to
get desperate the fateful dream came. =.
The Fateful Dream
nNE night he went to bed more than ordinarily
- tired after hard days labor He fell asleep al
most Immediately, and as he slept he dreamed that
a spirit appeared before him and commanded him
10 drlll an Oil well between the house and an Old apple
tree that stood in the yard saying that if he obeyed
he would never know want again. Next morning he
told his wife what he had dreamed. Drill oil
well! said she Why, you might we'll talk about
buying out the Standard Oil Company! 1t takes
money to drill oil wells and YOU haven't enough to
buy the children shoes"
What his wife said only too true: but Klaus
nitzer had high hopes that the heavenly visitor who
had advised him where to drill would lend him
sistance to get the money Sure enough an idea
came to him day of a contrivance to facilitate
the work of paper hanger. He constructed rough
working model, took it to Pittsburgh and sold the
Evening star., 1909-06-06
Frank Klausnitzer's Fortune

THE latest instance of dreaming himself
into real fortune is reported from the oil and
gas regions of Pennsylvania There a man whose
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-07
Shsdn's Sales.

Five sberiff's sales Wednesday af-
ternoon att acted a good deal of inter-
est, although nearly all OF the land
sola went at a low figure. Three and
SS-lO0 acres of land belonging to
Hugh McElroy was sold for taxes to
William Klapp tor 500. Another
tax sale was on forty acres be-
longing to Fritz Langkrahr ct al
Fritz Langkrahr bought it for $40.
The sale in the case of r. a, Hicklin
VS.. Clinton Hays ct al. was on 1926
acres. 1t brought $500. In the
Williams partition sale, Thomas F.
and Luther Williams got 40 acres tor
S4OO. In the Howe partition sale
Robert Howe bought l73 acres for
S69.75 per acre and Frank Howe
bought the coal rights OF the Forsha
place for S405.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-08-07
InteIhgencer To Move.

1t is the hope of the publishers Of
the INTELLIGENER to have the en-
tire plant moved within the next ten
days to the new building recently
erected especially for them by the
Traders bank at North Eleventh
street, just north Of the bank build
ing. The new structure is almost
completed and, as soon as a little
more work is done oy the plasterers
and painters, will be ready for occu-
pancy. It is an ideal ground floor
location and viii be great conyen-
fence to the subscribers and patrons
who will no longer have to climb a
flight of stairs to reach the Office.
The building is the work OF the Lex
ington Triumph Press Brick Com
pany and is built of their brick.
The interior conld not be improved d
upon. The ceiling is of wood, the
walls are Of white plaster with
cement base three feet high and
the floor is of concrete, making a
suitable foundation for the ma.
chinery.
A Junior Linotype will be added to
the equipment of the office, which
will be easily the most complete il
the county.