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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
MAsoNs AID II. c. WHEELER.
4. ffHt'S Il ~ trf3t w 80 a.... F-,
Once Leading Iowa Republican II
%. Need in Chicago. -.

+ SacnCity, Ia, May S.-Hiram c.
Wheeler, once owner OF several Sec
tions of Sac county soiland republican
candidate for governor of Iowa in
1891, lies in Chicago hospital, ruined
in health and bankrupt, and his wife
is running boarding house in Seat
tie. Mr.. Wheeler is appealing to his
old friends for help. and the Masonic
lodge of odebolt appropriated 800 for
MIN. The land in Sac county which
was once owned by Mr.. Wheeler, is
now worth nearly $1,OOO,OOO. When
he sold his holdings in Sac county he
Invested in southern land.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
MORE AUTOMOBILES.
A Car Load of Studebakers Being De.
.Iivered Today.

Another car load of Studebaker au-
tomobiles has arrived for Oskaloosa
and Mahaska county people, and are
being delivered today by the local
agents, Oskaloosa Manufacturing Co.
They are beauties and will add ma,
terially the local colony OF fine ma.
chimes. MI. Schee has also been as,
sured that since the Studebakers &C,
CURED control of the e. VI. F. factory
they will be able to supply Oskaloosa
patrons more PROMPTLY in the future.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Your Home Dealer is Honest.

Local ice cream manufacturers COM
plain OF the fact that Des Moines ship
pers are distributing an inferior quail,
ity of ice cream in this territory at a
price too low to be met by coptpeti-
tive dealers who pay attentionI4o the
quality of their product. Customers
of the outside firms are seldom salts.
fed with the cream they get from a
distance, but the manufacturer gets
his money just the same. while the
nome manufacturer whose reputation
is dependent upon his square and hon.
est dealing is done an injustice by be-
ing deprived OF the business
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Poinsoned by Eating Greens.

: ]. B. Pearson, residing at No. 1907
A avenue west, was poisoned by eat
ing green's Friday afternoon. Mr.
Pearson mistook olive Oil for vinegar
in dressing the dish and was rendered
violently Ill after eating the food
Medical attention was necessary. The
patient is better to-day and complica,
tons from the accident are not antici,
pated.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Error Of Humanity.

Oscar Hoffman, was before Mayor
Bacon this psorning for intoxication
He pleaded guilty and having nc
funds he was sent to work on the
streets for three days
Willie Anderson, who the officers
lis a dope fiend, applied 10 the
police station Thursday for lodging
On account of Mayor Bacon being out
of the city he was not arraigned until
Friday afternoon before His Honor
On account of the lateness of the day
he was allowed to go upon his prom,
Use to leave town.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
L Street Beinu Repaired.

The street car company has made
good use of their cinders recently. The
cinders were unloaded at the end of
the line on High avenue west, from
whence a force OF men employed by
the city hauled them to the mud hole
on l. street just off High avenue. A
traction engine got stuck in the mud
hole on North l. street Wednesday. 1t
was more than an hour before it was
started again.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Fourteen Wolves.

The record number OF wolves kill.
ed in Mahaska county recently was
made by r. H. Dixon. living near Rose
Hill, who received the bounty from
the county few days ago for eight
wolves at one time. Palmer Jones,
Of Pleasant Grove township, nearly
equaled the record in bringing in six
at one time few days later. A boun-
ty of two dollras per head is allowed
Lar the k,ll.as |. ,sa.t..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Houses Scarce.

Movers find it almost impossible to
find desirable houses available and
families moving to the city are forced
to be content with less desirable
houses than they would be willing to
pay for because of the scarcity OF va.
cant dwellings. Many good pieeas OF
property are being offered~~for sale
cheap, but few are Torrent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
TAFT HAS A SORE EYE.
President Gets Something" In His
Optic and Now Wears Shield
for Protection.

Washington, May s.-President Taft
appeared at the White House offices
yesterday wearing an eye shield over
one eye. II was stated that on
Wednesday the president got some.
thing into his eye. After suffering
pain from it all day he finally con.
suited an oculist and had the source
of the irritation removed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
eabeoek,s Fortune sso7, 500.

Washington. May S.--The total
value OF the estate OF the late Repre-
sentative Joseph w. Babcock OF Wis.
consin. who died here, was given as
$307.500 In a petition i1led yesterday
by the executors OF the state asking
that the will BIO admitted to probate.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
A Great Convention.

The oskaloosa dentists who attend
ed the state convention in Des Moines
this week, returned Thursday evening
and expressed themselves as delighted
with their visit, The convention they
say was the biggest meeting of men
of their profession ever held in Iowa.
The delegates were generously enter
tanned by the Des Moines doctors.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
LOSE
PROPERTY IN RAID
Girls School Devastated by Mos.
lem Bandits.
BATTLEsHlPs GO TO RESCUE
United States Cruisers North Carolina
and Montana Leave Gibraltar
Seek s1o.ooo,ooo Planted by
Abdul In New York.

Beirut, Asiatic Turkey, May San
investigator who yesterday returned
here from trip to Kessab reports that
all the American property at that place
has been completely destroyed by the
Moslem raiders.
The American property there con.
sists of a girls high school
under the direction OF Miss Etfie
N. Chambers, a missionary of the
American board of commissioners for
foreign missions. Three-fourths OF the
native houses also have been destroyed,
but the Armenian church and the new
Protestant school building are stand
ing.
Almost all the people who fed from
Kessab have returned to find their
houses had been completely looted.
They are to-day absolutely destitute.
Some food and clothing are being
distributed, but there is no system in
the work. and the supplies are abso-
lutely inadequate.
One hundred Turkish reserves have
returned to the town, but as they took
part in the rioting and killing there
the people cannot trust them. The
protection they afford is in no sense
sufficient. Es...I , &
The situation at Deurtyul, on the
coast north of Kessab. still is critical.
A recent report from Miss Cham.
bers, the missionary mentioned in the
dispatch, said that her school had had
good year. II had been attended by
so students. of whom Is had graduated
and gone out to teach in the lower
schools of the region or continue their
studies at Aintab seminary. This
school is the highest and best in the
Kessab district. & .e...
Troops Turn Brigands. 80 b..
Constantinople. May S.-There Is
considerable disorder in the country
surrounding Constantinople,r and brig.
andage is being carried on In the very
suburbs of the capital. This condition
of affairs is result of the rapid
changes in government. and undoubt.
eddy can be laid to the doors of de.
serters from the former CONSTANT.
nople garrison and political fugitives
who have undertaken to live on the
country.
A party OF American tourists driving
at five o'clock yesterday afternoon out
side of Pera were warned by native
that it was unsafe to go any further,
as beyond them was group of ban.
dts. Es.t..
Warships to Scene. ,....
Gibraltar. May THE American
cruiser North Carolina lefthere yester.
day for Alexandretta. The Montana
coaled and she followed the North Car.
DINA yesterday afternoon on the com.
pletion OF this operation. These two
vessels are on their way to Turkish
waters for the protection of American
interests. ....- .
Abdul SALTS" $1o,oo.o 600.
Constantinople. May 8.-The parlia.
mentary commission which is taking
an inventory OF the contents or the
imperial palace at Yildiz has learned
that Abdul Hamid deposited, during
recent months. considerable sums OF
money in New York banks through q
confidential agent. --, .s.'
1t appears that Abdul Hamid has in
the neighborhooG OF $4,000. 600 In
German banks. , 90
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
JURY SOON FINDS
MRS. BOYLE GUILTY
Returns A Verdict After Five Min
utes Deliberation.
THE WOMAN THREATENS SUICIDE
She Says She Will Kill Herself Rather
Than Go To Prison--Attempt
Made To implicate An
other Person.

Mercer, Pa, May SCATTER being out
only five minutes the jury this after
noon returned a verdict holding Mrs.
James Boyle guilty of aiding and abet-
ting IN the KIDNAPPING of Willie Whitla
The extreme penalty Is % years I'M
the penitentiary. She says she will
commit suicide before she will go to
prison.
Relying entirely upon their conten-
ton that the Pennsylvania courts
have no jurisdiction in her case. coun-
sci for Mrs. Boyle refused to offer any
evidence in her behalf.
The claim of the prosecution that
Mrs. Boyle participated while in this
state in the formation of conspiracy
to kidnap the boy, which was after
wards carried out, will be combatted
by the defense, which will endeayor
TO have her released in Pennsylvania
and turned over to the authorities at
Cleveland, o. '- ''.ee.'''
Little Change In Testimony. .,.
The state completed it's testimony
yesterday afternoon. 1t was mainly
the same as that given Thursday in
the trial of James Boyle, but there
were some additional witnesses sum-
moned to connect Mrs. Boyle with
the abduction. One of the Cleveland
policemen, who took part in the ar,
rest, testified that she said: ~
II am the frail little woman who
planned the whole thing" .r
The finding of the ransom money
secreted in her clothing was also
testified to. The proprietor of the
Granger apartments in Cleveland
identified Boyle and Mrs. Boyle as
the couple who rented an apartment
from her under the name of Walter.
An effort was made to prove her con-
nection with framing up the plot
while in Pennsylvania and her remark
that she expected to receive some
money soon, was brought out. ..
Try to ImpIieate Third Person.
Throughout the proceedings there
was an apparent desire upon the part
of Boyle and his wife to bring out the
name of another person said to have
been connected with the case Dur
ing the trial Boyle endeavored to tell
more than he had been asked. 81
want to tell the whole truth about
this case now" said he. II want the
whole thing cleared up. was not to
blame. The whole blame was on some
one else" az. -.l,s.g aa. asf. slN
In her cell in jail last night Mrs.
Boyle said. ,...s..-.s,. ~. .ga.5.,,. '.a..,
Both Jimmie and myself have tried
TO tell the whole story in connection
with this case. We have not been
permitted to do So 1t is not Justice
Everything should be heard and
threshed out. AS for myself | will
commit suicide before / go to the
penitentiary"
Great interest is being manifested
In the community as to whether
Boyle or his wife will get chance
to tell what apparently is on their
minds before the end of the trial. AS
the testimony has been closed on
both sides. the only chance Boyle
would have would be when called
upon for any reason he might have
why sentence should not be pro-
nounced. lfaMrs. Boyle is convicted
she would have the same chance. II
she is acquitted she probably would
not care to bring anyone else into the
case. ~ a
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
Farmers BUSY Last Meek

Farmers have been busy in the
fields the past week and too busy in
fact to pay much attention to shop
ping or anything else. Experience has
taught them to take advantage OF
good weather while II is here. They
are well along with their planting.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
New Lighting System.

The installation of the new gas
lighting planl in the Bee Hive Bar
gain House has been completed and
is giving satisfaction. The plant is
the one manufactured by R. NJ. Mick
at BusseyI
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
viii Elect School Teachers.

The election of teachers for the o.
Kaloosa public schools viii take place
next Monday evening at a special
meeting of the board of education
called for that purpose. t,-..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

DAVIS.-Mr. and Mrs. c. o. Davis,
of Washington county, are rejoicing
over the birth OF daughter, born
last week . ...r.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

+ MEY1ERS-AUER.- The Minneapo-
lis Journal has the following notice OF
the marriage of Miss Alice Auer, a
former Oskaloosa young lady, who was
known to large circle OF friends and
Iacquaintances, all of whom will ex-
|tend congratulations and best wishes:
Miss Alice Auer daughter of Jacob
Auer, and George n. Meyers were mar
ried at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing at St. Stephens church. The
marriage ceremony was performed by
Rev. John Meyers of Claremont, Mimi,
IA brother OF the bridegroom. Miss
Fitzgerald presided at the organ. The
bride was attired in a white embroid-
|ered modified empire gown trimmed
with lace and Irish knots. She wore
la white hat trimmed with white
plumes and carried shower bouquet
of brides roses. Mrs. John G. Voll-
mer, a cousin OF the bride, was ma
iron of honor and wore a gown of pink
MULE and lace. Her hat was of white
Milan with white pluems. John G..
Vollmer was best man. After the GER
emony a wedding breakfast was serv-
ed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
]. Auer. 1928 Fifth avenue south. Cow
Iers were laid for 20. Among the out
|of town guests were Mrs. Anna NJ.
Meyers. Miss Mary A. Meyers. n. Mey-
Iers and " Bures of Hastings. Mimi.
Miss Lucy Meyers OF Claremont. Mimi.
Frank Meyers of Cannon Falls. Mimi.
Mrs. Edward Sims and Miss Hazel
Gray of Oskaloosa, la. Mr., and Mrs.
Meyers will be at home after June
in the Ramona apartments, 1881 Fourth
avenue south"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

DULIN.--Died, at the home of heI
parents, 703 Sixth Ave. East, Thurs
day, May 6, 1909. at o'clock p. m,
Baby Dulin, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John w. Dulin. NO funeral
services. Interment made in the
Catholic cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

HUTTON. - Mrs. George Hutton
went to Des Molnes Saturday morning
called there by the death of hei
nephew, Clyde Hutton. The deceas
ed was born in Oskaloosa, and had re
sided here mp to year ago, when he
removed to Des Moines. His death
resulted from typhoid fever which ran
into consumption.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

HUNT.-The funeral of the late Ed
win Hunt, of Eveland, who died
Thursday of pneumonia after an i'll
ness of six weeks was held from the
M. E. church in Beacon at two-thirty
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The fun
eral was largely attended and the
church would not accommodate al
who sought entrance. The deceased
was a member of the Improved Order
of Red Men and the funeral was un,
der Red Men auspices. almost a
half hundred of the members of Iowa
Tribe No. 4 of Oskaloosa were in at
tendance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-05-13

EIEALD.-Died, of apoplexy, at his
home in Coal Creek, Iowa, Friday
evening. May 6, 1909, at 1880 o'clock
Henry Head, aged 50 years. The gen
'tleman fell from ladder about a week
ago, striking his head, and he never
recovered consciousness. He was wei
known in Oskaloosa, having seen ser
wee in the Civil War as member oi
Company II, 33rd Iowa. He was Z
brother of Mrs. A. Cooper OF College
avenue, who was at her Brothers bed
side at the dime of his death. Funeral
services Sunday afternoon. He leaves
a widow, and two children to mourn
his death. ~ 'ha. "sa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27
Big RAILROAD DIVORCE.
Rock Island and Frisco Will Be Di-
vided at Once

New York Nov 27.-Negotiatlons are
under way for a division of the pro-
perty of the Rock Island company,
which is one of the biggest railroad
holding companies and controls a mile
age second only to that of the Union
Pacific systems among the railroad or
CARNATIONS of the world. If the nego-
tiations are succeSsful-and it was
learned today that Indications point
ed strongly in that direction-the St.
Louis and San Francisco. with its de-
pendent lines. Il total mileage of $3.50.
and the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific,
with its subsidiaries and a mileage of
S,04S, will be operated and managed
thereafter independently of each other.
There have been greater consolida-
tions, but this transaction contem-
plates the greatest dissolution in the
history of CORPORATE managements since
and before combinations of Industrial
or railroad companies aroused economic
and political discussion. Yet it de-
clared by one of the men most active
in the negotiations that the proposed
dissolution was entirely without rela-
tionship to the decision of the United
States circuit court in the Standard Oil
case. The combination. he said, had
iever been attacked or threatened by
tie government and was in no way
violation of the Sherman act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27

at one-half the cost for similar SER
vice in any country on earth.
Kansas City was a frontier post when
Benton died, and beyond lay Bleeding
Kansas the most turbulent territory
on the American continent Today
Kansas City is the metropolis of the
southwest and the gateway to a new
empire.
The twelve states that have been or
ganized from the Louisiana Purchase
today have almost if not quite doubled
the wealth that was accredited to the
whole United States when Benton died.
In 1860 our total wealth in the United
States was given as sixteen billion dol
lars ($16,000, 100000. Today the wealth
of the twelve states carved out of the
nearly thirty billion dollars ($3O,o00, :
000,000), or one-third of the total wealth
of the whole United States.
| sometimes wonder what Benton
would think could his spirit return and
see what strides the federal govern
ment has made in the last half century
in crossing state lines, not to dominate
but to benefit the people of the rtates;
| to aid in the construction Of transc On
tinental railroads, improve rivers and
harbors, reclaim arid lands, regulate in
terstate commerce, put the stamp OF
government on our meat to giva it cur
rency throughout the word as readily
as our gold, guarantee purity of the
peoples food, protect health by quar-
antine laws, regulate the hours of rail-
way employees and make their employ
ers on juries.
Revolution Has Taken Place.
I sometimes wonder also whether the
great body of the people who now live
in this newer west realize a revolution
has taken place in legislation by con-
gress in the last half century since the
election of Lincoln. or even what ha 5
been done since McKinley's election as
president and the enactment of the
Dinglev law only II years ago.
The Fiftythird congress which en-
acted the Wilson-Gorman tariff law
appropriated nine hundred and seven
teen million dollars (S917, 600, ,0oO), and
President Cleveland had to borrow two
hundred and siXty-five million dollars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27
POSTAL BANKS TO WAIT
Nothing Will Be Done Until New Cur
rency Law Is Enacted.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Recent con-
ferences at the White House have
pretty definitely developed two facts
In connection with the legislative pro-
gram of the administration at the
coming session of congress. The first
of these is that there is no probability
of the monetary commission report
being presented or considered The
second is that legislation looking to-
ward the establishment of a system
of postal savings banks will have to
wait until the monetary commission
report is made and a new currency
law enacted.
Representative Weeks of Massachu-
setts, chairman of the house commit
tee on postoffices and postroads and
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,, call
ed on the president today and when
he left the White House Mr.. Weeks
said it practically had been determin-
ed that postal savings banks would
not be considered at the coming SeS-
sion. This does not mean that Presi-
dent Taft will not recommend such a
system of banks in his message, but it
is said the chances are that he will
agree to a postponement of the con-
sideration until next year.
One of the arguments which the
president has used in connection with
the establishment of postal savings
banks is that the money secured
through these agencies as deposits
could very we'll be used in taking up
the two per cent government bonds
which are a drug on the market and
which the president thinks should
never have been issued at so low a
rate of interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27

mislead their readers by an ingen-
ious arrangement of head lines and
intimated that the support of news
papers was not always necessary for
the success of a man in public. He
cited the recent election in an Illi-
nois congressional district where, he
said, the successful candidate was op-
posed by many of the leading papers
of Chicago. Former Congressman
John Allen of Mississippi, who also
addressed the club. supported the ar
gumentS of Speaker Cannon in de-
Tending the house rules, but he could
not agree with Speaker Cannon, Sen
ator Aldrich and President Taft that
the Payne tariff law was the best tar
iff law ever enacted.
Mr.. Cannon's Address.
Mr.. Cannon said:
Mr.. ToaStmaSter and Citizens:
When Charles Sumner entered the
United States senate in 1851 it is said
that Thomas H Benton CONGRATULATED
him but remarked that he had come
upon the national stage too late as
all the great questions had been set
tied.
Benton had been a foremost figure
in the senate for years, a giant among
the greatest statesmen whose names
are found in American history. They
great questions. but they performed
merely the overture in the great dra-
ma of a peoples government.
Benton's dream of a railroad to the
Pacific has been more than realized.
Not one but seven railroads bind the
continent together with bands of
steel and make the whole nation
The cannon-ball ex-
press and the fast freight carry the
people and exchange their products
over the whole country more readily
and economically than similar SER
vice was performed within the con-
fines of a single state when Missouri
sent Benton to the senate, and now
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27
WORSE THAN WARFARE.
Is Way Col. John S. Mosby Character
izes Football.

Richmond, Va. Nov 27.-Col John
S. Mosby, the confederate guerilla
chieftain and later land commissioner
of the United States. denounces foot
ball as worse than actual warfare.
He maintains that the great number
of fatalities represent so many MUIR
ders, and proclaims that the past and
present ideals of manhood in the
great American universities represent
the difference between Stonewall
Jackson and a pugilist.
1.-THE defenders of such sports say it
develops the manhood of youth 1
deny it, unless by manhood they mean
physical strength. My idea of man
hood is a sense of honor and courage,
and such qualities may exist in a
weak body"