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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
NATIONS DEFICIT
IS DISAPPEARING
Taft Reads Financial Section of
Message to Cabinet.
TREASURY ON SOLID BASIS
Rosy Picture of Prosperity Will BE
Presented by President in His
Official Document to
Congress.

Washington. Dec. 1.-The president
IN his message to congress will have a
rosy picture of prosperity to present
in connection with the financial con.
ditions of the country
The deficit, which reached nearly
500, 100000 year ago, has been cut
down to $50,000,000 during the year
and at the present rate at which re.
ceipts are increasing, soon will have
disappeared altogether, to make way
for surplus.
The financial section of the message
was compiled and read by the presi.
dent at the meeting of the cabinet.
Official figures show an actual work.
ing balance in the treasury offices of
$26,5S3,6 $50, though the total balance
in the general fund, which includes
this working balance in the treasury
offices, the balance in the banks and
in the treasury of the Philippine is.
lands and other details, is placed at
$S2,079,472.
The excess of all disbursements
over all receipts is s252,747, but the
excess of all disbursements over all
receipts so far this fiscal year is only
$44,295,956, as against $94,772,3 99 for
the same period in the previous fiscal
year.
The internal revenue receipts are
booming. Upward of $25,000,000 for
the current fiscal year is expected
from the corporation tax and the esti-
mates for the various departments of
the government have been heavily cut.
Makes Way for Surplus.
AS to the Panama bonds, which were
mentioned in the discussion, there are
$3.50, $685. 900 of these bonds authorized
but not yet issued.
The sum of $s7 .069,649 represents
the balance expended out of the gen
eral fund of the treasury reimburs.
able from proceeds of bonds not yet
sold. While existing laws authorize
$375,200,9S0 in Panama bonds only
$S4, G3l $3.50 have ever been issued.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
R. |. AND FRISCO SEPARATE
ST. LOUIS LINE RETURNS TO CON.
troll OF YoAKUM.
Combination of Moore-Reid Road, Wa,
bash and Lehish Valley is
Suggested.

st. Louis. Dec. President Winch
ell of the Rock Island will be elected
president of the Frisco railroad tomor.
row, according to the st. Louis Repub-
lie, and will resign the presidency of
the Rock Island today.
The Republic also says that the
bonds between the Rock Island and
the Frisco will be severed today and
the Frisco will become the property OF
syndicate of st. Louisans composed
of Adohphus Busch, Ohas. II. Hutting
and others, also the East st. Louis
Trust company.
New York. Dec. l. Official an
nomcement will be. made today OF
the separation of the Rock Island
and the Frisco railroads.
1t is understood that b. +. Yoakum
and James Campbell of ST. Louis will
resume control of the Frisco. 1t is not
yet clear what agreement, If any, they
have reached with the Hawley com
binatiOn OF railroads, which includes
the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas.
There are many reports current
about future arrangements. One
credits an alliance between the Fris
co and Hawley roads, provided the
law and the bankers will stand for it.
Another relates to possible combina
ton of Rock Island, Wabash and Lee
high Valley.
But after to-day Rock Island and
Frisco are to part company. thus dis
solving one of the largest of railway
mergers, involving a capitalization o:
more than $500 OOO. 900
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
HORRIBLE FRENCH SCENES
ATTEND EXECUTION OF RisoLET
THE BANDIT MURDERER.
Not Since the Great Revolution in
France Has That Country Wit
messed the Madness Attend
ing the Execution Today.

Mont Brison. Department of I.oir,
France, Dec. 1.-The most horrible
scenes witnessed in France since the
grea: revolution attended the execu-
ton OF Ribolet the Bandit Murderer"
on guillotine here to-day. The troops
were unable to drive the crowd from
the prison square and when the knife
dropped severing the head from the
body a jet of blood squirted into the
crowd, drenching two priests. The
crowd became frenzied and mad as
sault was made on The soldiers by the
spectators who We're Fighting to dip
their handkarohiefs in the blood of
the murderer for souvenirs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
HARROW COUNTRY ROADS
GOVERNOR CARROLL WOULD CUT
THEM FROM 60 TO as FEET.
This Width He Believes To Be Ample
and Gives Better Assurance For
Good Roads-Saves
100000 Acres.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. l.-Governor
Carroll in a thoughtful address before
The implement dealers state conven-
ton in session here today, urged the
narrowing of all country roads in Iowa
from GO to 40 feet, and giving the
land thus gained to the farmers adj
joining. This would give to the farm
ers OF Iowa 100000 acres of land now
IN roads. The 45.foot road, urged the
governor, is plenty wide for all pur-
Goses. and this width will be more
easily made good roads
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
BIG LABOR SMOKER.
John p. White Will be Speaker at
Assembly in ottumwa.

Ottumwa. Dec. 1.-The Ottumwa
Trades and Labor assembly has de-
cided to have series Of educational
entertainments and meetings dlhing
the winter months, and the series will
be initiated Wednesday evening,
Dec. s, with smoker. John p.
White. of Oskaloosa. president of Dis
trict No. Is. U. NJ. w. of A., will be
the principal speaker. The Schubert
orchestra and some good vOcalists
will give a program.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
OPERA HOUSE DESTROYED.
creston Loses Grand opera House
and Masonic Temple by Fire.

Creston. Ia. Dec. 1.-The Grand op.
era house and Masonic Temple here
We're burned at eight o'clock this
morning. entailing q loss of $4,000,
with insurance of $4,000. The fire
was started by spontaneous combus.
ton of coal in the basement and the
building was soon Quilted Surround
ing buildings We're saved by the fire
men.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
ASSAULTED BY TRAMps.
Young Woman in Des Moines the Vic
tim-No Arrests Made.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. Miss Celle
&ouri. aged %, travelling rug sales.
woman, was assaulted by tramp in
the north past of the city and may die
from injuries received Deputy sher.
IFS are securing the country in an
atempt to find her assailant.. but it is
not likely they win be able to locate
aim.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
Astronomer Hill Honored.

London, Dec, American Ambas-
sador Reid accepted on behalf of the
recipient, the Copley medal. awarded
by the Royal society TO George Will
liam Hill, the astronomer and author
of West Nyack, n. Y. In recognition of
his work In mathematical astronomy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02

Chicago. Dec. Former Police In.
spector Edward Mccain, convicted of
accepting brides from levee habitues,
lost another fight for freedom when
Judge Barnes denied his motion for a
new trial, An appeal to the supreme
court will be taken by McCann's
counsel, and only the highest court in
the state can save the convicted police
officer from the penitentiary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
BLIND TILL DEATH,
For % Years Dubuque Man Is Win
out Sight, Caused by Jilt.

Dubuque. Dec. AFTER spending
more than two decades of his life in
total darkness. Frank ID. Woods died
yesterday. Twenty-Five years ago,
while passing along a dark street,
Kate Welch, Tilted sweetheart,
threw vitriol in his face, binding
him. The woman was not prosecuted.
Woods married another woman a
few days before being attacked by his
former sweetheart.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
WAS HE KIDNAPPED.
Young Lad Disappeared After Starting
To School at Ames.

Iowa City, Ia. Dec. Residents OF
West Branch are searching in the vi
cinity of that place in the hope of find
ing little Freddie Schwartz who last
week disappeared from his home in
Ames. 1t is stated that he left for
school Monday morning and has not
been seen since. The Schwartz fam
lily formerly resided at West Branch.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
WILL REPAIR SHILOH SHAFT.
lowa's Monument Will Be Rebuilt by
U. S. War Department.

Dcs Moines, Dec. 1.-GovernOr Car
roll has received word from Washing
ton that the war department has as
sumed responsibility for the repair
and replacement of the injured Iowa
monument on the Shiloh battlefield
and will include in the army appropri-
alton bill an item of $4,000 for that
purpose. This vii relieve Iowa OF the
expense OF rebuilding.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
Stay Is Granted Gompers.

Washington, Dec. THE district
court of appeals granted to President
Samuel Gompers. Vice-President John
Mitchell and Secretary Frank Nor.
rison OF the American Federation of
Labor stay of execution in their con.
tempt case. This will have the effect
of keeping them from prison until the
supreme court OF the United States
finally decides the case.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
sMUGGLED CARTRIDGES.
$50 Cases Shipped to Nicaragua AS
Nails and Soap.

Galveston, Tex, Dec. III. S.. Secret
Service men today searched schoon-
or enroute from Mobile, Ala. to Vera
Cruz, while it was fifty miles off the
coast, for smRggled Cinnamon. and dis
covered many boxes marked Nails
and Soap A sailor who had become
sick and was taken ashore by the
officers. declared the boxes contained
100 cases OF cartridges for Nicara-
gran revolutionists from an American
firm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
RECEIVES GOOD NEWS, AND DIES.
Mrs. Wander Linden, of PeIIa, Expires
After Reading Cablegram.

Pella, Ia, Dee. Mrs. A. Wander
Linden, an aged widow, died suddenly
here Just after receiving a cablegram
announcing the safe arrival of her
daughter in China, where she had
gone as a missionary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
Duke of Bavaria Dead

Baireuth, Bavaria, Dec. duke
Karl Theodor of Bavaria died from
kidney trouble. The duke never fig
ured prominently in military or po-
litical affairs. but studied medicine
and became u famous eye specialist
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
TeIearaphers Get More Pay.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-Beginning today,
telegraph operators employed by the
Santa Fe railroad will have their
wages increased five dollars per
month. The new schedule is volun.
tary on the part of the company and
Is said to have been made TO counter.
act recent attempt to organize the
telegraphers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
FROM DALLAS TO NONE.
Long Tramp Of 1o,ouu Miles is Ended.
Preparing For Another.

Manson, la, Dec. 1.--Walter Jones.
who started from Dallas, Tex, in the
early summer to walk 10000. the jour.
ney to conclude at Nome, Alaska, has
completed his trip and ia nov pre-
pairing for trip from Portland Ore.
to New York, to make the entire
course with a dog train.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
VOTE BY POSTAL.
iowa City Telephone Merger Has New
ell Campaign Under Way.

Iowa City, Dec. 1.-The telephone
users of Iowa City will cast postal
card ballots this week to express their
wishes relative to the consolidation
of the Independent Johnson county
and the Iowa telephone exchanges
here. The property of the former
was recently acquired by the Bell
interests and they are now seeking
TO find what the people want.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
DIES SUDDENLY.
Travelling Salesman Stricken With
Heart Disease at Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids, Dec. Ed Mans,
field, one of the most popular and
prominent travelling men in the state,
died suddenly in his room at the no.
tel here this morning of heart dis.
ease.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
IOWA APPLES SHIPPED.
New Market Orchards Raised a Bic
Crop.

New Market, Ia, Dec. Eighty
car loads of apples were shipped out
of New Market during the apple sea-
son just closed, besides thousands of
bushels sent in local lots to different
sections OF the country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Frank Rutt Of Louisa County Cuts
Throat With Razor.

Wapello, Ia. Dec. Frank Rutt.
who disappeared from his home in
Cairo, this county, last summer and
was widely sought and finally found.
attempted suicide last night by cutting
his throat at the home Of his brother
in1aw, James Bates. at Cairo.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-12-02
SCHOOLS CLOSED.
Epidemic of Diphtheria Threatened
Children Of SaylorVille.

Des Moines, Dec. lon account of
threatened epidemic of diphtheria
among the school children of Saylor.
Vile, the school authorities of that
place have ordered the schools closed
until the danger is over.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
Pioneer woman Chauffeur.

London's first woman chauffeur entered
on her duties Monday Handicapped to a
certain extent by the distinction made
against her sex everywhere in this country,
but pluckily determined to light it out and
be a pioneer in a new career for women.
She is Miss Sheila O'Nelll, a former nurse
IN the South African war, who is we'll ac-
quainted with the interior economy of motor
cars as with that of the human body. She
says she has the further advantage from
the point Of view of the public Of carrying
a complete emergency case containing
drugs, splints, bandages and all the requi-
sites for first aid to the injured.
MY way will be hard at first" she said.
FOR Scotland yard refuses me a permit to
ply for hire at the ordinary cab stands.
The police tell me that my only hope Is
TO get through Parliament a private bill
fitting such cases as mine, but with the
present prejudice there against everything
connected with the Improvement OF the
privileges Of women ! do not see much Light
in that direction. However, for the mo-
ment have plenty Of applications for my
especially from women, who seem
to be more willing than men to trust them
selves to my care in the crush Of traffic.
For my mascot 1 have tied a beautiful fig
ure OF a tin policeman on the front of the
car. That ought to keep off all mlshaps.'
Miss O'Neill wears a jaunty Baden
Powell hat turned up on one side, a tight
fitting leather jerkin, a heavy tweed skirt
trimmed and edged with leather, a pair Of
stout shooting boots high in the leg and low
In the heel, allowing easy manipulation of
levers and brakes, and fur-lined gauntlets-
in all a most attractive get-up.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

The moving spirit in the Red Gross now
Is Miss Mabel Boardman of WASHINGTON.
the daughter Of William ]. Boardman.
whose other daughters are m~arried-Jose
phine, to Senator Crane OF Massachusetts,
and Florence, to Frederick A. Keep. The
Boardmans are one of the wealthlest fam
lies In Washington, where they went to
live about twenty years ago, building for
their winter home a handsome house in p
street near Connecticut avenue.
Mabel Boardman is a beautiful woman
who has enjoyed everything society has to
offer. Both here and in Europe she has
been feted and favored, wooed and flat
tered, and is easily the foremost among
the unmarried women at the capital today,
put her head is as level, her pose as per-
tect as though she had not been a belle
Tor several seasons, and in the last few
years she has devoted herself to charitable
work. Her connection with the Red Cross
began at the time Clara Barton was forced,
through increasing years, to relinqulsh it's
direction. 1t is rare that so much enthusi-
asm Is combined with such rare executive
ability and wise judgment as Miss Board
man has shown since she became con-
nected with this institution, and It is good
news to all its we'll wishers that she will
make it her life work.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
Why Is Fat?

Is II because one IS born with the ten
dency? Or Is II one Of 'life's trials" or is
It due TO just plain, hearty appetite? The
doctors say not any one Of these phrases
the question correctly. They say fat IS be-
cause the fat PERSONS digestive organs are
defective. Such organs, II seems, don't
change the fatty foods eaten by stout per-
sons into heat and energy, as they should.
Instead the food fats pass on into the sys-
TEN unconsumed. Hence fat layers accumu-
late under the skin in quiet spots, such as
the chin. abdomen, shoulder blades. etc.
Let that digestive defect be corrected and
the formerly fat person goes back to his
or her original shape. You can prove this
on yourself, Seventy-five cents will secure
from your druggist one Of the large cases
of Marmola Prescription Tablets recently
licensed for sale by the Marmola Company
of Detroit, Mich. Take one OF these tablets
after each meal and at bedtime and the
demonstration starts right there. Very soon
you viii experience a new sense of digestive
comfort and a delightful feeling of Increased
energy which should be followed in due
season by a gradual, uniform decrease OF
your fat.
During the demonstration period you eat
and drink as formerly, remember. The
tablets need no help from either dieting or
approximate ten 70 sixteen ounces a day.
Now. WHY Is IL you get thin? Why is II
the fat just seems 70 slip away, leaving
your flesh smooth firm and wrinkleless7
Simply because MarmOla corrects that al
gestive defect, thereby stopping further fat
and enabling the body forces
TO harmlessly dissolve what has already
gathered
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
Chat About Women.

Miss Rose Fritz, the American champion
typist. who accepted the challenge to tyne
100 words in a minute, came through tn,
ordeal triumphantly in the Mail in London
accomplishing the remarkable record OF
typirg 22 words from that journal in two
minutes twenty-six seconds, or at the rate
or 1915 words n minute
quite a number of foreign diplomats have
American wives, among them being Baron
Monucheur, NJ. Jusserand, Don de Men
donca, Or. Guzman and others. Nine. Jus
serand was Miss Eliza Richards, daughter
or the late American banker, George T..
Richards, but she was born in Paris, The
Duchess dArcos was formerly Miss Vir-
gihia Lowery of New York, Baroness Mon.
cheur was Miss Clayton, daughter Of Powell
Clayton.
A question that is being discussed is
how tall should the trained nurse be, and
there seems to be a difference of opinion,
Some people, especially in private families.
cheerful and optimistic, while others prefer
the tall nurse with the idea that she is
stronger. Physicians say she takes her
work more seriously, but in important cases
II must be a question of the individual
rather than any general physical character
istic.
The crown princess OF Montenegro ia
proud Of her new title of champion wrestler
OF the women Of the courts Of Europe. She
is a lover of all forms of sport, and much
or her time Is spent roaming over her ma
tive mountains with a rifle. She Is an ex-
pert shot, and now she has mastered the
art of ju jitsu. She was instructed by a
Japanese expert. Efforts were made to
have the princess abandon her lessons. but
she persisted and wrestling now forms part
of her daily exercise.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
CaDabIe German Woman.

Berlin is alive with women's clubs, but
they are not like the New York clubs,
writes Mrs. Clara Neyman in the New York
Tribune. If they rave a lecture, 1t is on
som important live question, by some au-
thority who is able to instruct them. They
do not bother with amateur programs. II
is customary for the club to have it's club
home-a suite OF rooms, large and elegant
or small and modest, as the case may he.
But 1t is always comfortable, and there is
always a reading rom. which is open in
the evenings, and a good library. Some
of these club homes nave fine auditoriums
for meetings and nearly all OF them restau.
rants, but the library is never lacking.
1 believe more women are working along
advanced lines of thought and action, both
for their sex and for society at large, in
Germany than In America The life OF the
German woman is not so frothy as that
OF the American woman. The class of wo-
men who fritter their lives away in clothes
and amusements is very much smaller than
in America. And even the women who do
this are very much better educated than
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17
A PessImistia View.

Prof. Hagerty of the University Of Ohio
said az the meeting Of the Sociological
society in Washington recently that edu-
Gated women did not marry as early in
life as women used to, that they had
fewer children and the offspring are not
as strong. The state has taken care of
the education Of the child, the kitchen
is practically the only survival of the
ola Industrial aspect of the home. chill
dren being thus relieved of household
duties. The result, along with the ten
dency to live in boarding houses and flats.
tends to destroy the solidarity Of the
homo without any apparent advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-17

- W n
suspended by a double chain of silk. golc
or silver.
The crescent arrangement OF the drap
cries on Greek gowns requires q master
hahd' as the train has to be suspended from
the shoulders with the aid of straps ana
huge jeweled circular or diamond-shape,
a Capuchin hood.
Corsets play IN important part in the
comfort OF the s-portswoman; flrmness
combined with f~lexibility is required. A
good sports corset should nave the ma
terlal come low down over the hips, but
the bones should be short. The material
OF Whlch such are made has to be strong
without being harsh.
The newest tOque is the Kolback, copied
from the head-dress OF the hungarian Off
GERS. II Is made Of fur and has q straight
feather at the side. Two ermine heads.
holding a huge rose, or a knot of embroid-
cred velvet and an aigrette, is a favorite
Idea TOR a choiffure decoration, particularly
Tor theater wear.
Many women still cling, regardless OF the
voice OF fashion, to the lingerie blouse Of
sheer material, handmade and daintlly
trimmed with either lace or embroidery,
and in some cases both. The newest OF
these are Of silky null finished with light
STOCK and frill, and with long ClOse-fitting
sleeves, usually showing some band-likc
trimming their entire length.
A princess robe seen recently was OF
orown-green velvet, with sleeves and woke
~ tuSheu mOusselne ana AlenCon. The
skirt was quite plain, except for a cross
Wise lacing of old gold braid up the side
seams. The corsage was trimmed with old
Fashioned gold-green braid and fringe, ar
ranged IN bretelle effect, and the sleeves
showed the top of the arm in velvet, with
a eross-wise lacing OF gold braid. like that
on the skirt.
Coats are taking first place now, for their
variety Is great. The mannish coat is al
most a thing Of the past, and much depends
In the shapes now worn, and
so purely feminine, on the hang from the
waisuine. That is far more Important
than which now are by 10
gorgeousness OF garnitures centers I'm the
coat and the new fur outdoor garments are
on the same lines