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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
IS WANTED FOR THEFT
Frank Simpkins Disappeared Along
With Valuable Grip.

Frank Simpkins, stranger, who is
described as man about forty-fiye
years of age, is wanted by the Oska
lloosa police and detectives OF the Bur
lington railway. 1t is alleged that the
fellow took a grip from the board
ing house of Mrs. Frank West, 4O2
Eighth avenue west, belonging 10
Foreman Loomis of the fencing gang
of the Burlington railway, containing
time checks, vouchers and time book.
The theft of the grip is said to have
occurred Friday afternoon. Mr.. Loo
mis- placed the grip in his room and
during his absence it disappeared. 1t
is thought that Simpkins secured the
article, as a man answering his de-
scription came to Dolls Cafe Friday
evening and got supper and breakfast
Saturday morning, getting the two
meals on the strength OF the checks,
claiming that he had not yet been
paid. .%s.
Special Detective Harrison, one OF
the Burlington roads secret service
men, came up from Burlington this
morning and is looking for the man,
and he is being assisted by the local
officers. The grip contained MI. Loo.
miss Undertaking, thirtyyfive time
checks for members OF the fencing
gang and time book containing the
time of the men under Mr.. LOOMS S
supervision. The man who came to
the DOLLS restaurant is described as
being about forty-fve or fifty years OF
age, hump-backed, squirt eyes," and
slightly gray.
He was seen in the city Saturday.
He had been employed in painting the
street cars at the Oskaloosa Traction
& Light Co.'s power station, but quit
work suddenly Friday and 1t is said
failed to pay Mrs. West mis- board bin
The officers are searching the city for
him. but it is believed that he has
gone to Des Moines and Chief of De,
tectives Ed Johnson was notified by
Detective Harrison to look out for
him in that place.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
PROBE SAILORS STORY.
State Department Makes Inquir,
About American Vessels Crew
Being In Venezuelan Prison.

Washington, May S.-The state de-
partment has taken cognizance of the
story Of the sailor, Payne, told at
Kingstown, British West Indies, that
the captain and crew of the Massa.
chusetts whaling bark Knowles, have
been confined for five years in a
Venezuelan prison. 1t had been sup
posed that the ship and all on board
were lost at sea. g.
Payne said he had escaped from the
prison, but that the others still were
there. He said the bark was wrecked
on the Venezuelan coast at a time that
Castro was having trouble with this
country and the crew was thrown into
Jail without trial. "
Senator Dodge Of Massachusetts,,
aroused by the inaction of the depart.
ment went to the state department
Offices and asked for an investigation
The department expects to have a
report to-day. b-".
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
REPORT SAYS WHEAT IS SHORT
Government Statistics Give Acreage
as 2,47s,ooo Less Than for
1908 Period.

Washington. May San average
condition Of S3.5 per cent. for winter
wheat and $751; for rye on May / last
against ten-year average on that
date of SO and S9.1. respectively, was
announced in yesterdays crop report
of the department of agriculture. Area
of winter wheat to be harvested was
about 27,S71.O00 acres.
The area of winter wheat to be
harvested was about 2.47S.000 acres
less. or 81 per cent, than the area
harvested in 1908. and 2,163.OOO acres
10 per cent, less than the area sown
last fall.
Tho average condition OF winter
wheat month ago was S2.2 and q
year ago SO per cent. Rye averaged
S7.2 month ago and 90.3 on May 1
1908.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
MORsE's $40. 900. 900 IS GONE
FORMER ICE KING DECLARES HIS
FORTUNE LOST.
Tsstit:es he Owns Nc Stocks, Bonds
or a Piece Of Real
Estate.

New York, May S--Charles w.
Morse. the former banker. who Is now
in the Tombs prison under sentence
for violation of the national banking
laws, has not share of stock, bond.
or a piece of real estate left of his
fortune of an estimated value of $780,
100000. according to evidence which
he gave in supplementary proceedings
made public yesterday.
Morse was at one time one OF the
largest holders of securities of the
$50, 100000 Consolidated Steamship
Company and controlled three national
banks. He testified in the supple
mentary proceedings that he had given
all his property to creditors to secure
his debts, and declared that he did
not know whether the creditors had
sold him out, but asserted that II there
was any surplus derived from such
sales 1t would only go to other credi-
tors who have obtained judgments
against him, and that he personally
would receive none of the proceeds OF
the sales. Mr.. Morse said that the
largest amount of bank stock which he
formerly owned was hypothecated "in
some twenty-odd hundred banks
through Moseley & Company. He
stated that he owed e. J. B. Berwind
$1,140,o00. and that he gave Mr.. Der.
wind $1,900.e00 of Consolidated Steam.
ship stock and his residence on Fifth
avenue, all of which. Mr.. Morse said
was insufficient to cover his indebted
ness to Mr.. Berwind. Morse gave
other property on Fifth avenue 70
Moseley & Company to pay of loans
made to him. Es.. sta
Mr.. Morse said that no member OF
his family had any property in which
he was interested. that he had nc
claims against anybody. and that he
never loaned money personally.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Attempts to Stay Police Chief.

Paris, May 10.-A Polander named
Vitkoff made an attempt, in a hotel
here yesterday, to kill NJ. Won Kot.
ten, chief of the secret police of Mos.
COW. He fired Ave shots at the police
official, but missed his mark M. Won
Kotten asserts that Vitkoff-is dam
gerous Nihilist, who escaped from
Siberia. Vitkoff said that he attacked
Won Kotten to expose the methods Of
the Russian political secret service.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
CORPORATION IN DANGER.
Telegraph Companies May be Put
Out of Business.

The Western Union and Postol Tel.
egraph companies are IN serious dan
ger of being, put out of business" for
want Of patronage If Prof. Edward b.
Warman Is successful in securing
the general adoption of his practice
of mental telegraphy. 1t is a true
system of wireless" telegraphy that
he recommends and II successful, as
he claims 1t is, the transmission OF
messages to the most distant points
may be accomplished absolutely with
out expense. And the most conven-
lent and distinctive possibility offer
ed by the Warman telegraph is that
the exact location of the receiving
person need not be known for the
Impression of the subconscious mind
influences the senses of the receiver
wherever on earth he may be at the
time. And the effect is instantane-
Gus. These marvellous revelations
were made by Prof. Warman in his
interesting lecture on Mental Phe-
nomena at the First Presbyterian
church Friday evening, 1t being the
third of the series on Psychology.
Telepathy, telegraphy, thought trans
ference, mind reading and muscle
reading were duly considered and ex.
planned.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
REPORT DIVIDES POPULATION
oNE-THIRD LIVES IN THIRTEEN
ORIGINAL STATES.
Millions Of Inappropriate lands
Held by Government, with Hall
in Alaska.

Washington, May 10.-Of the SS,00o,-
600 people in the United States,
Alaska included, about one-third live
in the 10 original states, according to
a statistical abstract of the United
States to be issued in few days by
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Another third live in the states Gre
ated from the territory ceded to the
common union by the original states.
and the remaining third in the area
added by purchase or annexation.
While large share of the territory
in the United States has come under
cultivation or individual ownership,
the figures show that in 1908 there
were 754,S90,000 acres of unappropri-
ated and unreserved land, of which al
most one-half was in Alaska, 61,177,-
900 acres in Nevada, 46,532,000 in
Montana, 44,77S,O00 in New Mexico
and 42,739,0s0 in Arizona. Of swamp
and overflow lands there are about
100000 acres in the country, Of
which 1S,500,0G0 acres are in Florida,
Louisiana coming next with about
half that amount.
The total number of immigrants
into the country since 1920, the year
of earliest record, exceeds 26,000,000.
During the fiscal years 1905, 1906, 1907
the number averaged more than 1,000,-
900 year. In 1900, the date of the
last census, the total number of per
sons of foreign birth living in the
country was 1O,460,0s0, which was 1877
per cent. of the total population;
while in 1890 they formed 14.s per
cent; in 1880, 1873 per cent; in 1870,
14,4 per cent; in 1860, 1872 per cent,
and in 1850, 81 per cent.
The receipts of the post Office de-
partment show an increase from about
100000 In 1920 to $5,500,00O in
1850, to $20,00O,000 in 1870, to $33,-
O00,O in 1880, to SCI 100000 in 1890,
to S1O2,000,000 In 1900 and to $751;
100000 in 1908. The number of let
tiers and post cards sent through the
postal system of the United States is
given as 6,466, OO0, OO0, 900 in 1907, as
against 1858, 900, 100000 by the postal
system of the United Kingdom.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
nine DROWN AS
BOAT CAPS|zES
Small Craft Sinks and All 0ccu-
pants Die.
SEARCH MADE FOR BODIES
Six Men, Woman and Two Children
Victims of Accident-Two Coast
Artillery Men in Watery
Graves.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 10.-Search
is being made to-day for the bodies of
six men, a woman and two children
who were drowned yesterday In the
Susquehanna river near this city by
the capsizing OF a rowboat in which
they had started for an outing.
The dead are: Thomas Andrews,
William Andrews, Theodore Andrews,
Frank Marionosky, Adam Strukus,
Frank Ganofsky, his wife and two
boys, John and Michael.
The nine persons had started out
for boat ride in the small craft.
While they remained close to the
shore all went we'll, but as the boat
drifted into the swift current 1t began
to dip water. .-... .
The occupants of the boat became
panic-stricken and called frantically
for assistance. Some boys at play on
the bank of the river heard the
screams for help, but before a boat
could be secured the rowboat In mid
stream filled with water and sank.
Victims Unable to Swim. &.
None of the occupants could swim
and they were swept down the river
to their death by the rushing current.
None of the bodies has been recoy.
cred.
One of the boys who witnessed the
tragedy said the man who was row.
ing seemed to dip his oars too deep.
This, he said, caused the water to
splash over the side of the boat. The
woman, in order to avoid the water,
started to move toward the stern of
the craft. This shifting of the seat
caused the boat to rapidly fill with wa
ter and in a few minutes all were
floundering in the rushing river. The
two boys grabbed the clothing of their
mother as the boat toppled over and
the three disappeared almost instant.
ly. The river is high and the swift
current carried three of the men to
within so feet of the bank, while the
others were drowned within a stone
throw of the scene of the accident.
The state police are dragging the
river, but it is the belief that the
bodies have been carried far down the
stream. uc T.r,
| Coast Artillery Men Drown.
Boston, May 10.-Two members OF
the coast, artillery corps at Fort War
rem, Daniel Doherty and Cornelius
Crowley, were drowned by the capsiz
ing of their rowboat in the wash of a
steamer off Houghs Neck last night.
One Killed; Five Hurt.
Springfield, Mo-, May 10.-One man
was killed and five injured yesterday
when the southeastern limited on the
st. Louis & San Francisco road left
the tracks. The engine was overturned
and Engineer Charles Haines of For;
Scott killed.
The injured are: NJ. A. Weider, mai
clerk. Kansas City, Kan; T. e. Coff
man. fireman, Fort Scott; Perry Posey
Kansas City, Kan; H. c. Hooper, Kan
sas City, Kan.
The train was going so miles an
hour. The accident was caused by a
heavy rain washing the ballast from
under 500 feet of track,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
PoSEY COUNTY VOTES "WET."
Gives Largest Majority for Saloons
Vet Resulting from the Indiana
Option Elections.

Mount Vernon, Ind, May S.-Posey
is the sixth Indiana county to vote
wet under the local option law, hav.
ing decided yesterday by a majority
of 1.449 (unofficiaD to retain the
saloons. The majority is the largest
yet obtained by the "wets."
The vote In Mount Vernon, where
the wet" majority was 7O3, was
heavier than that cast at the last cleo,
ton. Spencer, another Ohio river
county, recently voted wet" by a ma.
jority of SO.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
SIMPLE LIFE FOR CARROLL
GOVERNOR OF IOWA TAKES CARE
OF FAMILY COW.
Works Early and Late at His Office
and His Industry Bright
ems Clerks.

Des Moines, Ma Critics who
deplore the decay of simplicity and
the passing of plain living and high
thinking as popular doctrines can
find no fault with the governor OIL
Iowa. He takes care of his own COW,
When a reporter called up cover
nor CAROLS residence by telephone
at 2 p. m. and asked to be aIIowed to
talk to the executive, the response
came back: HE is doing the barn
work now. Call up in about twenty
minutes, please
When Mr.. Carroll left Bloomfield
and came to Des Moines to be state
auditor he brought Tie COW and the
family horse with him and they are
still part of his establishment. Mr..
CAROLS elevation to the highest OF
flee in the gift of the state did not
cnange his habits. The sack coat did
not give place to the ceremonial frock
and he still takes care of the COW.
Governor Carroll is one of the first
men to reach the state house in the
morning and almost always the last
to leave at night. Just how half a
hundred clerks and stenographers in
the state house officers are anxIously
watching the governors Office hours
So far there has been no hint of Sat
urday afternoon closing, and until
the chief executive sets the example
other Offices will remain open. AT
tractive young women stenographers
have coaxed and pleaded and threat
ened Private Secretary c. c. Nye, but
so far all their efforts have been In
vain.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
RattIers Near Gixin.

An Oskaloosa young lady in com
pany with relatives whom she was Wis
iting took stroll into the woods near
Givin Sunday, and while rambling
over the hills near the river came up
on two large rattlesnakes. They say
the reptiles were as large around as
their wrists and lay coiled up when
they found them. The rattle" soon
died away in the distance behind them
as they took the path towards home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
New order for Postm asters.

Washington, May S.-Postmasters
hereafter will be held strictly to &C,
count II they deliver to persons pack
ages of foreign origin containing duti,
able articles without first submitting
them to the nearest customs officer
or without collecting the duty, as,
sessed upon such packages. as the re,
suit of an order Issued by the post Of
fee department.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Move 10 plsfranchlse Nearo.

Tallahassee. Fla, May 10-The
joint resolution for the disfranchise-
ment of negro voters in Florida was
Saturday defeated by the house OF
representatives. Notice was given
that motion to reconsider the action
would be made to-day because there
we're IL absentees Saturday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
NEW CLEW TO MYSTERY.
COON May Be Mrs. c. A. Lewis
of St. Louis.

st. Louis, May 10--A. A. Boepel,
who telephoned the Chicago police
Saturday night he thought the woman
whose body was found in the Lincoln
park lagoon recently was his niece,
Mrs. G. A, Lewis, says he had been
advised by friend in Chicago that
the body resembled that of his niece.
Mrs. Lewis has been away from St.
Louis for three years and since then
Boepel had not heard from her.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
TWO HELD FOR THEFT
Father and Son Accused of Stealing
Chickens.

Joe Dix and his son, James Dix,
haze been placed in custody and are
now confined in the Mahaska county
Jail upon the charge of chicken steal.
ing, a penitentiary offense. They are
charged with stealing chickens from
the hen house of Mrs. Ida Sloan on
the Carbonate road, the woman being
"a near relative of the two men.
Young Dix was arrested Saturday
afternoon by Assistant Chief John
Ruggenberk, but feigned innocence
of the crime. He was given thor.
ough sweating and under the rapid
fire questions of Chief of Police Go.
chez, Assistant Chief Ruggenberg and
Officer George Andrews, he broke
down and admitted that he took the
chickens from his aunt. He told the
Officers that he had taken only nine
at three different times, but Mrs.Sloan
reported the loss of two dozen Friday
night. The elder Dix, hearing that
The officers were searching for him
stayed in hiding, but he was picked up
and put in jail last night. He has
been before the justice of the peace
efore for larceny.
Complaints from residents of Gar
field township that gang OF tramps
were camping in the vicinity OF the
old packing house and were making
raids on the hen houses of the people
|, of that neighborhood was communicat
ed to Constable Will Donnelly Sunday
Afternoon. Accompanied by Consta
bile Ed Henley and Officer Ike Bush
they went to the scene of the camp
of the tramps where they picked vi
six. They we're brought to the city
in the patrol wagon and we're giver
lodging in the jail over night.
The evidence against the vagrant:
was not sufficient to hold them upor
the charge of chicken stealing ant
charges of vagrancy we're filed agains
them. They gave their names as join
Hansen, Robert Kline, John Gallagher
Tom Campbell, Elmer Dryer and X
o. Marion, and pleaded guilty to tn,
charge. They were notified to leave
town Immediately or they would b.
ARRESTED on more serious charges.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Mothers, Day to Be Celebrated.

Chicago, May 10.-To-morrow has
been set aside officially in many states
as mothers day" and In the cities
and towns innumerable mass meetings
will be held at which collections will
be taken up for the relief OF destitute
mothers. In Chicago thousands OF
men and women will wear white car.
nations.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Light Frost Visible.

The temperature came dangerously
near the freezing point this morning
and frost was seen in low places, on
the roofs OF low buildings and on
sidewalks. The frost was OF very
light nature, however, and no damage
was done.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
In New Location.

n. W. Pond has rented the Shep-
pard building at 3O7 High avenue east,
formerly occupied by the Mintonye &
Bilbo shoe shop, and has moved his
bicycle and general repair and ma
chine shop there from its location two
doors east.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson Dead.

Mobile. Ala, May '10.-Mrs. Augusta
Evans Wilson, a well-known south
ern authoress. died at her home here
yesterday from an attack of heart
failure. Among her writings are
"Inez," "St. Elmo" "Beulah," AT the
Mercy of Tiberius," THE Speckled
Bird"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Put Dynamite in Stove.

Fredericksburg, May 10.-Cupper
Kyle and Harvey Hudnet were killed
while three others were probably ia
tally injured early today in an ex
plosion OF dynamite thrown into a
stove in their shanty at the Freder'
icksburg Terra Gotta works.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Mothers, pay to Be Celebrated.

Chicago. May S-To.morrow has
been set aside officially In many states
as mothers day" and in the cities
and towns innumerable mass meetings
will be held at which collections will
be taken up for the relief OF destitute
mothers In Chicago thousands of
men and women win wear white car
nations. ss
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Or. wlndle Makes q chanue.

Dr. w. S. Windle has formed a
partnership with DR.. G. A. Abbott, oil
Abbott's Hospital and has removed
his Office and operating rooms from
the location over the Chas. G.. Pike
Drug store to the Hospital building
on Second avenue east.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
RUSH FOR BARGAINS.
Five Thousand Women shop.
pers Tie Up Traffic.
o o o o o o o 0

o o o o o o
Des Moines, Ia. May 1J.-Four
women tainted and one was badly
tramped in the rush OF 5000 women
shoppers at the opening OF an east
side ten-cent store this morning. rhe
street cars We're stopped by the
crowds and the police reserves hsd
to be called on to clear the street.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Dedicate Monument 70 Verne.

Amiens, France, May 1o.-A monu.
ment to Jules Verne was dedicated
here yesterday. The great French
novelist died al Aniens March "a,
1905.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13
Killed = Rbinoeeros.

Nairobi, May lO,-Roosevelt killed
a rhinoceros yesterday. 1t is an ex
ira large specimen and the naturalists
are today 'reating the hide
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13

A total of 1880 loads were weighed
over the city scales at Nichols last
year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-13

The Pleasant PLANE Telephone com
pany will improve their lines this
spring and build new ones.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-06
ARTISTS MATERIAL
Tho Hull Company Invite You TO Call
and inspect the Large, Line of Ma
terials Used by Artists.

Price is not always an inducement,
a large line to select from, and the
satisfaction of getting what you want,
has more to do with your purchase,
than any thing else. And when we say
the largest line We believe that we are
correct when we say that this applies
to our line of artist materials Our
prices are not high, however, and we
offer for your selection, some of the
following art goods: Full line of water
colors In pans or in tubes oil paints
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hair and sabel brushes. canvas, trac-
ing cloth and tracing paper, turner
boards pastel boards and crayons
draftsman's sets, stencil boards and
patterns, charcoal, etc. Our line /:
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distribution a fine catalog which will
be appreciated by all artists. Call a
the store for one.
THE HULL COMPANY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-06
Spark. from tho Wires

The Boston residence of Governor
Eben S. Draper in the Rock Bay sec
ton was burned yesterday with loss
Of $4,000.
Judge c.. L. Swarts in the district
court at Wellington, Kan. yesterday
decided it is not a violation of the
state prohibition law to import liquor
from other states.
Reports from immigration officials
at Laredo, Tex, Indicate that this
years immigration thru that point will
be even larger than last year, when
| $4,000 crossed the border.
Because of delay in reaching a de-
clsion as to how they will be mounted
and grouped, there will be no exhibit
ton this year at the new National
Museum building of the trophies Of
Colonel Roosevelt's African hunt.
In q district. court decision at New
kirk, Okla, yesterday a ruling was
made that negro Interstate passenger
elected from train in Oklahoma For
refusing to comply with the Jim Crow
law can not recover damages.
Miss Hermana Kaessmann. the form
er school-teacher, president of the
Sunflower Refining Company of Kan
sas. succeeded yesterday in having ac-
ton on an application for receiver
for the company postponed until Oct
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-06
Dubuque Asked For Dues.

Dubuque. Oct. GA petition has been
filed in the office OF the city recorder
asking that the CITY of Dubuque shall
pay its dues and become again Il mem
Der of the Upper Mississippi Improve
ment Association, which meets this
week at Winona.
Two hundred and eighty dollars is
the amount needed to settle up the
obligations of the municipality and
have the Key City once more in good
standing of the organization.
The reason. it will be recalled, why
Dubuque withdrew from the organiza-
ton was because it was claimed by Of
ficials here that it was illegal for the
city to pay these dues.
Letters, however, have been tor
warded to Dubuque from such cities as
Clinton and F't. Madison in which the
information is proffered that t1rose
towns paid the dues.