The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-03-10
or gasoline Ia the rear OF Beal'sl
store. The loss was $4,000.
Ropubllcan MEETINGS..

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Des MOines. Mar. Especial: Re
publican politicians brought here b.
the Good Roads convention, held ser
arate meetings. today The Progress
ives considered the plan of bringinl
ont Warren Garst against Carroll TO
governor and Standpatters talke,
over he plans OF controlling the re
publican state convention.
Brakeman Killed.
Fort Dodge, Mar. 9.-H. ]. Lacoss
brakeman on the Minneapolis 4
ST. Louis railway. was run over j
the yards al the company here yes
terday and died shortly after as tn,
result OF the injuries received.
Small Pox Disappearing.
Dyersyille, Mar. Especial: Th'
small pox epidemic which was quit
general in Dyersville several weeks
ago has been checked and there ar,
but very few cases of the disease
now and these are under strict quar-
antine.
Johnson Gets Place.
Bussey. Mar. 81. Special: ]. w
johnson OF he Tri-County Press
has been appointed special agent
of the census department in Jasp
per, Marion, Warren and Madison
counties. to take Important statistics
in Tnanufacsories, nlines and quarries
Born With Smallpox.
Des Moines, Mar. Special: 4
baby girl born to Mr.. and Mrs. L. A
Miliner Yesterday started out in life
with a vel developed case of small
pox, according to City Physician Losh
who attended the mother. Eight
weeks ago the mother recovered from
a severe attack of the disease. The
babe was badly broken out when born
and it is feared she cannot survive.
Eat Mail Order Fish.
Pomeroy. Mar. Especial: Three
children of E. B. Barger were poison
ed Saturday from eating dried her.
ring purchased from a generally
known Chicago mail order house, and
one child, 3 years of age, died Sunday
from the effects of the poison. A boy
z years old and one of 3, were suffer
ing intensely.
Must Close on Sunday.
Harlan, Mar. Especial: 1t has
been a custom for years in the small
err towns of Shelby county to keep
open the business houses on Sunday
as well as every other week day.
Complaints have been made to Coun-
ty Attorney E. S. White and he has
notified all merchants and other bust,
ness houses in Panama, Defiance,
Earring and Portsmouth, to close
their business houses on Sunday OF
he would have to take legal steps 10
close them.
The Cement Men.
Cedar Rapids, Mar. 9.-Speciai:
The sixth annual convention OF the
Iowa Cement Users met here to-day
The session will end Friday. 1t is ex.
pected the attendance will aggregate
almost a thousand. The feature of the
is the exhibit of dealers
and manufacturers which completely
filed the big auditorium. George H.
Carbon. of Oskaloosa, is president.
Fortune to Little Folk.
Iowa City, Mar. Especial: A
fortune OF from $4,000 to 10000
may be inherited by little Iowa City
girl by the name of Gretchen Suppel
and an equal amount may come to
her little brother John, through the
death of Stephen Mulverhill, OF Old
Mexico, an uncle of Rev. Father Null
yerhill, of Des Moines.
Land Slide.
Boone. Mar. Especial: 300 feet
OF hillside above Frazier slid down on
the TT. Dodge, Des Moines & South
ern track last night taking the track
with IL. Scores of men are rushing
repairs and traffic being maintained
bv means of planks stretched over
the chasm. Transferring passengers
either way.
The Maybray Case.
Council Bluffs, la. March 9.-Spe-
cial: James C. Maybray, under IN
dIctment charged with the wholesale
swindling Of victims from all over the
by means OF fixed races and
wrestling matches, was placed on trial
here this afternoon. Early indloa-
lions were that he might plead guilty.
Accused with Maybray are about ~
other defendants, about one-third OF
whom have been arrested and are
now in Jail here.
Des Moines, Ia, March Especial:
Ten saloonkeepers from Marshall
town filed a petition in the U. s. Cir
cult courts here today asking Judge
smith Mcpherson TO issue restrain
ing order to prevent the county attor-
ney, sheriff and county clerk at Mar
shaIltown from enforcing the closing
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