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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
NORTH DAKOTA DAIRYMEN
and Will Be Addressed by Many
Prominent Persons.

jamestown, n. D., Feb. 8.-Dairy-
men from all over the state, and not
a few from neighboring states, gath.
cred here today for the annual con-
ventfon of the North Dakota associa-
ton, which will continue in session
until tomorrow evening. The program
arranged is of great interest, and
among the men who will discuss inn
portant topics are such eminent au-
thorities as b. D. White, dairy d.
vision, Washington, ID. c.; Prof.
Thomas Shaw, Col r. A. Wilkinson,
Joel G. Winkjer, formerly federal dairy
assistant in North Dakota but now
dairy and food commissioner of Min
nesota; E. X. Slater. secretary of the
National Dairy union, Chicago; Peter
Miller, formerly of Glendale, but now
living In Morris, Mimi; DIR. j. w.
Durham, and Prof. J. II. Shepperd OF
Fargo; w. +. Shilling, president OF
the Minnesota Dairymen's associa-
ton, and ]. C. Christensen, New Sa.
lem.
This evenings session has been
planned with the idea of supplying
something to the citizens OF James
town as we'll as the dairymen. DIR. j,
W. Durham will deliver an Illustrated
lecture on Sanitary Diaries and
Dair. Products and J. w. Foley will
read from his own writings.
Dairy and creamery butter are on
exhibition in connection with the con
vention. Two beautiful trophies ag'
gregating over 500 in value are Of
fered by the Northern Pacific Rail
road company for the winners of the
highest score In the dairy butter and
the creamery butter classes. In ad-
dition to this liberal cash premium
funds will be pro rated in each class.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
CAR ROBBERS Fooled
TWO BANDITS ATTEMPT TO HOLD
UP TROLLEY.
Conductor and Motorman Put Them
to Flight After Fierce Struggle
One Shot Is Fired.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Two bold robbers
made desperate attempt at 2:45 a.
IN. to raid a Clybourn avenue car at
Wells and West Superior streets,
about two blocks from the Chicago
avenue pclice station. The men were
frustrated only after struggle with
Joan Dries, the conductor, whom one
of the bandits shot at as the latter
jumped from the car. The bullet i'm
bedded itself in the woodwork.
One lone passenger, who had been
asleep, awoke and ran from the car
in terror when he saw the conductor
and one of the bandits struggling.
The street car was nearing the end
of its south trip, and Dries was count.
ing his transfer slips when the car
stopped at Superior street to permit
two young men to board it. Dries
was standing inside the car The larg.
er of the two men entered the car
while his companion remained on the
rear platform.
Fares, pl-" began the conduc-
tor, extending his hand to the larger
man. The latter whipped a revolver
from his overcoat pocket and order.
ed Dries to hold up his hands.
Il want all you have got. Come,
quick" he demanded.
Dries struck at the revolver, then
clinched with the robber. With one
hand on the revolver and the other Oh
the robbers throat, Dries was forcing
the robber back toward the rear plat
form when the latter's companion in
tervened. He struck Dries in the face
and attempted to prevent him from
making an cutlery. P. j. Better, the
motorman, heard the scuffie, and, turn
ing, saw the two men trying to force
Dries into a seat. Setting his brass
controller, he started into the car just
as Dries succeeded in freeing himsel
from the robbers, who fed, one Of
them stopping long enough to fire {
single shot at the conductor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
AID FOR STRICKEN CHINA
shipIoad of Supplies Expected to
Leave Seattle by February %
for Famine Sufferers.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. S.-The call
sent out by the Seattle Commercial
club Saturday for contributions for
the relief of the famine sufferers In
north China has met with prompt re-
spouse from all sections Of the coun-
try. The club has received assur-
ances of support from New York,
Baltimore, Montgomery, Ala, and
many cities in the west.
President Maxwell said that the club
would be ready to send null shipload
Of supplies to the famine stricken dis.
trict not later than February 20.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. Especial:
The deadlock. was as much in evil
dence on the 18th ballot at noon
today as it was the first ballot of the
session. The result today was: Por.
ter So, Young 81, Funk IS, Garst 1
and Henry Wallace 1. The total vote
was 1853. Necessary to elect today,77.
Absent or not voting, 3 republicans
and democrats.
Young lost votes today by Fry of
Wayne county and Jacobson of Audu-
bon county going over to Judge Ken
yon, Hogan Of Cass county going to
Funk and Edmuhds of Taylor county
voting for Henry Wallace. Campbell
of Webster county changed from Funk
to Kenyon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
CHURCH IS FOIL
FOR k|DNAP PLOT
Child After Flight Takes Refuge
in Confessional.
DISCOVERED BY THE PRIEST
Wealthy New York Parent and Police
Hunt Piotters Who lured
Young Girl From Hor
Home.

New York, Feb. S.-An l1-year-old
girls story of her escape from kid
napers by hiding behind the curtains
of the confessional in Brooklyn
Catholic church set dozen New York
detectives on hunt for the headquar-
tiers OF gang of Italians who are be.
lieved to have tried to abduct her.
The girl, Marie Coleman, is the daugh-
ter of a well-to-do Brooklyn manufac-
turer. She was found in one of the
confessional boxes of st. Michael's
church shortly before midnight by the
pastor Father William McGuirl.
Little Girl Tells of Hiding.
Between sobs the girl told the priest
that she had hidden In the confes-
sional at 6 o'clock in the evening after
having run away from two men who
had tried to kidnap her and that she
had not dared to come out of her
place of refuge.
After Father McGuirl had quieted
the child she told a clear story of how,
when she had come out of school, a
man had lured her to a distant sec
ton by telling her that her mother
was i'll and in a strange house. Sub
sequently this man had been joined
by another and they had taken Marie
over route which she remembered so
well that the police believe they can
locate the place.
She Became Suspicious; Runs.
The men stopped at yellow house,
but almost before she was inside the
door Marie became suspicious. She
ran screaming down the street, and
although the pair caught her and start
ed back with her, she struggled loose
again and ran several blocks to the
church. With the men close behind,
she lodged in through The open door
and hid in the darkened interior.
'fiie priests discovery ofsSIie hidden
girl was by accident. At 10 o'clock
Father McGuirl entered the church
alone to pray. During his devotions
he thought he heard sobbing. He made
a casual search of the church, but
rectory. But after he went to bed he
could not sleep. The conviction that
somebody in distress was locked in
the church persisted, and he arose
about midnight and dressed himself.
A second time he went into the
church.
Finds the Child Soothing.
After some minutes passed in
search. he pushed aside the curtains
of one of the confessional boxes and
there. In the dim light cast by the
lantern, saw little girl lying with her
head on bundle of school books. She
was dazed and sobbed Historically.
The priest took her into the rectory,
and after he had comforted her to
some extent, got her story and report
ed 1t to the police.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
FARMER PARDONED BY TAFT
Takes Compassion on Man Who
Pleads for Mercy-Live Stock
is Freezing.

Washington. Feb. Stalking COM
passion upon Guy Livingston, a farm
er of Dunkirk, Mont, whose plea for
mercy that While he was in Jail his
live stock was freezing to death and
his home being pillaged, President
Taft within an hour after the case had
reached him from the department of
Justice telegraphed his pardon. Liv-
ingston was convicted on technical
charge Of having taken whisky on the
Blackfoot Indian reservation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Buried Wood Discovered.

Fort Dodge, Ia, Feb. S.-Special:
William Heller and other miners of
the Plymouth Gypsum company this
week found nearly a cord of wood
buried ninety feet in the ground
where gypsum is being mined. The
wood had begun to petrify in spots,
but was in good condition. Much con.
lecture mas been aroused as to how
it reached place so far from the sur.
face, and local biologists are trying
to estimate how long it has been
there.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
o'sRIEN CO. SHERIFF DEAD.
Theodore Price Passes Away Sudden
ly OF Paralysis.

Primghar, Ia, Feb. Special:
Theodore Price, for two terms sherif
of O'Brien county, and long time a
prominent resident of this county,
died suddenly of paralysis yesterday.
MIR. Price was formerly resident
of Scott township in this county and
was ever prominent in all that per.
tanned to the good of his neighbor-
hood, township and county. In poll
tics he was a republican and one that
could always be depended upon.l
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
BANKERS SENT TO PRISON
Officials Of American Trust Company
Of Philadelphia Plead Guilty to
Wrecklng Concern.

Philadelphia, Feb. PLEADING
guilty to charges Of wrecking the
American Trust company Of this city
DR.. ]. RAINIER Crawford and Joseph S
Crawford, brothers and vice-p'esi
dent and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES respect
lively, of the institution, were each
sentenced to three years in the coun
ty prison and fined $500 in quarter
sessions court. The American Trust
company was closed in November
1909.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
DEATHS FROM DESTITUTION
MAN AND WIFE TURN ON THE
GAS AND END LIFE.
band May Die-Babe Died
Few Weeks Ago.

New York, Feb. Special: Stary.
ing and out of work, Frank Barnard,
aged 80, and his wife, Mamie, aged 80,
turned on the gas and were found
dead by neighbors today. Their two
children, aged four and two years,
were found asleep in the next room.
Within a few blocks of the Wom-
ems School for Destitutes, Mary Sc
del starved to death today. Her hus-
band, Peter Sedel, is in the hospital
and may also die. Their baby died
a few weeks ago. They were found
in garnet room with their bed GOV.
cred with snow.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
RAIL SAFETY BILL PASSED
House Acts Favorably on the Senate
Measure to Regulate Boiler
Inspection.

Washington, Feb. S.-The house
passed the senate bill providing for
the inspection of locomotive boilers
on interstate railroads, under rules
approved by the interstate commerce
commission. The bill was approved
by the railway labor organizations
and the railroads.
The bill to permit the payment of
customs duties by certified checks on
national banks in lieu of cash was
passed by the house, amended so as
to include certified checks on state
banks and trust companies.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Gotch Comes Back

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. Special:
Before crowd of three thousand peo-
pie at the Auditorium theatre last
night, Frank Gotch, worlds cham
pion wrestler, demonstrated that he
could come back" when he pinned
Fred Beers shoulders to the mat twice
in succession, the first fall in 20 min
utes and the second in 8 minutes. AS
a preliminary, Jess Reimer defeated
Sandow in two straight falls, the first
in "a minutes and the second in II
minutes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
EXCITEMENT CAUSES DEATH
BOY BURSTS BLOOD VESSEL IN
JOY OVER EXAMINATIONS.
First Report Stated He Had Not Pass.
ed-Error Was Discovered and
He Was Overcome.

Orange, New Jersey, Feb. S.-Spe-
cial: Morris Henkles, a school boy,
died in a hospital from bursting of
blood vessels caused by joy over pass.
ing examinations in school. He re.
ceived a report stating that he had
failed and when the error was dis
covered and it was found that he
had passed in his examinations, his
joy became so great that he died af-
ter a few hours of suffering.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Disfiuured For Life

Wilton, Ia, Feb. Especial: The
face of Miss Fannie Hudler, farm
ers' daughter living near Wilton, was
disfigured for life yesterday when
kettle full of lard which she was rem.
dering caught fire and the flames flew
up into her face. She was to have
been married in few days.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Searching for Hammond Justice.

Chicago, Feb. S.-Chicago police are
searching for Charles Harlan. JUS
tice of the peace of Hammond. Ind.
believed by his relatives there to be
III somewhere in this city. Mr. Har-
Ian left Hammond on Dec. Is and
came to Chicago, according to his fam
lily there. and intended to take a
train for Decatur, H.. where he
planned TO visit relatives.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
WANT P. 0. CLOSED
DURING SUNDAY.
Farmers Of Harrison County Claim
Fruit in Western Iowa Ruined.
TRAINS COLLIDE AT CLINTON
Gotch Demonstrates He Can "come
6ack"-Miners Find Cord of
Wood Ninety Feet Underground
-Drys and Vets in Finals.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Feb. Especial:
A petition containing over 5000
names and asking for the elimination
OF Sunday work at the local postoffice
and sub-stations was presented by the
citizens to Postmaster Haskell this
morning.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Army Bill Carries sos, e7s, $50.

Washington. Feb. THE army APP
preparation bill. which was reported
to the senate Friday In unfinished
form. has been completed. It carries
500. 67s,5se, an increase of $642,200 as
II was passed by the house. A saw
ing of st,7s1,ss2 as showing from the
amount appropriated for the present
fiscal year.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Started Fire With Kerosene.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Feb. S.-Special:.
Mrs. Thomas Charter, wife of an en-
ploye of the Rock Island road, was
severely and perhaps fatally burned
at her home today while attempting
to encourage the fire in the kitchen
stove with kerosene.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
A WORKMAN IS CREMATED
HE FALLS IN BURNING WELL OF
OIL THIS MORNING.
Old Sulphur Plant of the Standard
Oil Company Destroyed by
Fire in California.

Point Richmond, Cal, Feb. S.-Spe-
cial: A loss of half a million dollars
was sustained by fire early today,
which destroyed the old Sulphur
Plant of the Standard Oil company.
Carl Mcpherson, workman, fell in
to a deep burning well of oil and was
cremated. Other workmen were in
jured
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Faremrs' Institute.

Clear Lake, Ia, Feb. Special:
The Cerro Gordo Farmers Institute
opened its annual session here yes
terday with the biggest crowd in its
history in attendance. At the even
ing session a number of short talks
were made by prominent men.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Trains Collide.

Clinton, Ia, Feb. Special: A bad
railway wreck occurred in the yards
here this morning when a Burlington
passenger train collided with a Rock
Island freight train. The passenger
engine was badly damaged and a
number of freight cars reduced to
kindling wood. No one was hurt but
the trainmen had narrow escapes and
were badly bruised.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
The "Drys" and the "Wets.r

Cedar Rapids. Ia, Feb. s.-SpeciaI
The ''drys" and the "wets" lined up
before the board of supervisors at
Marion today in the final struggle of
what has been one of the hottest
campaigns ever waged in Linn coun.
ty. This morning the board began
the canvass of the petition of consent
filed a few weeks ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Wets to Try AGAIN.

Creston, Ia, Feb. Special: 1t is
claimed that the saloon interests
have commenced work toward secur.
ing their new petition of consent.
They have secured Chris Hanson of
Des Moines to manage the campaign
for signatures and he has moved to
the city and opened headquarters.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Noblsman,s Son a Suicide.

Chicago. Feb. S.-Penniless and un.
able to obtain employment. Jacob Van
Hasselt, professor in music. whose
father was nobleman In Holland,
ended his life by shooting himself in
the head in lot in Wabash avenue.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Subscribing For Bonds.

Atlantic. Ia, Feb. ESPECIAL: Pres
ident II. Ratepburg Of the Atlantic
Northern and Southern has received
the signatures. OF over 100 farmers In
northern Cass county and southern
Audubon county, to si25,O00 worth of
bonds upon which 1t is believed that
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Fruit a Failure.

Logan, Ia, Feb. Special: The
farmers state that the fruit crop will
be failure in western Iowa and
badly damaged by the warm mid
winter weather followed by a cold
collapse.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
FOUR ARE DISCHARGED.
Col. Loeb Releases Inspectors and
Assistant Weishers of Sugar.

Washington, d. c., Feb. ESPECIAL:
Notice has reached here today that
Colonel Loeb of New York has dis
charged Inspectors Franklin Davis
and Malcolm $. Myer, and assistant
weighers, Martin Sklarz and William
Josh, for completely in the sugar
weighing fraud.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Asks DAMAGES For Fall.

Dubuque, Ia, Feb. Special Suit
has been filed against the city by
Benjamin Lang for damages due to
a fall on an alleged defective side
walk. Three thousand dollars are
asked.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
stockman Drops Dead.

Waverly, Ia, Feb. 7.--special: J, III.
Bowman, formerly we'll known
banker and stock raiser of Waverly
fell dead yesterday afternoon in the
Former hotel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
Election OF Senator no Nearer than
on the First Ballot.
HENRY WALLACE IN THE RACE
Fry and Jacobson Leave Young and
Go to Kenyon, Hogan Goes to
Funk-Rep. Edmupds of Taylor
Co. Voted For Wallace.
Today. Tues,

Total vote cast, 1853. Necessary
to elect today, II. Absent and
not voting, s, three republicans
and two democrats.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09
IOWA SUPREME
COURT DECISIONS.
+ -. $500 ..+++.. .+Ii

Des Moines, Feb. Special; In
the supreme court today the sentence
of Jacob Luther, of Otsumwa, for
manslaughter, was affirmed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-02-09

san Antonio, Tex, FEB. S.-LleIt.
b. d. Foulois, the army aviator, sta
itioned at Fort Sam Houston. has been
Instructed to hold himself and the
armys Wright aeroplane in readiness
to proceed to FL Paso and there make
observations of the military opera
lions around JuareZ.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
CUPID AND GOLF.
'ODDtE. BY Gilbert Watson.
3Ji. The Century ComDany.

TODDtE. BY Gilbert Watson. 12mo. PIP.
3Jl. The Century Company.
This is a tale of the" game and the
original St. Andrews links, those of
Scotland. Todde is caddy of the type
that has dlsappeared-a full-grown man,
not boy. He loves the game and his
dog: he hates all women. His daily en-
ployer on the links, Major Dale, is a
bachelor, but he is not safe from Cupid's
darts. Toddie indeed. fears the danger
the major is running when he takes to
golfing with a young woman, whose
maid is as confirmed a man hater as
Toddie is a misogynist. And so these
two, the caddie and the maid, conspire
TO avert from the heads of their loved
ones the disaster OF matrimony. The
adventures of two couples thus run on
parallel lines to their appointed end IL
is an entertaining story whose Scotch
atmosphere. characterization and dialect
are not overdone by the author. The
maid IL the conventional Scotch woman
of fiction. stern of manner and speech,
tender of heart and bonny i'm spite OF her
unbecoming dress but Toddie is a char
acter a homely philosopher among the
detected fragments OF humanity who in
his days picked up n scant living on the
links. "A meanin is like lost ball" he
says. "Ye Gamma see 1t, but It's there.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
FICT ION
Romance, Spiritism, Business
and the Links.
MISS REEDS LAST TALE.

A WEAVER OF DREAMS. BY Myrtle
Reed Colored frontispiece. l2mo, PIP.
37i. g. +. Putnam's Sons
1t were unjust to say that the late
Miss Myrtle Reed gave her public what
it wanted. on the contrary, it wanted
what she offered it, and took It gladly,
enthusiastically. It was prettily senti-
mental. touched with becoming bit OF
gentle melancholy, life aIluringly paint
ed for women lacking as yet experience
of its more robust reality, or longing to
forget it with Lavender and Old Lace.
"Old Rose and Silver" Flower of the
Dusk "A Spinner in the Sun" Miss
Reed had the rare gift of finding titles
that invited her readers as allurngy
as the tales they named satisfied their
craving And she deserved the success
that was hers with this audience all her
own SO here is "A Weaver Of Dreams.
woven out of the material of life as it
may be seen through a prism of pretty
colors. Romance again. the romance Of
happiness after long suffering and lone
liness and separation, the romance Of
love bewildered and Of renunciation.
The authors publishers knew what was
due to both her books and her readers.
They got them up daintily, in red and
black, with marginal notes inviting to
the eye and pleasant i'm the reading.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
FINANCE AND SENTIMENT.

THE FORBIDDEN WAY BY George
Gibbs. Illustrated. 12mo, PIP. 3SS d.
Appleton & Co.
This is a decidedly readable and some
what melodramatic story of a Western
millionaire, self-made, who comes TO
New York to play still larger game
and falls in with the polished masters Of
Wall Street. So far as business ethics
are concerned, the Westerner is their
match. but their combined power is far
greater 1t is socially that the man,
and more especially his wife, come near
ly 10 grief. The authors pictures OF
exalted social New York do not bear
the stamp of first hand observation,
but they serve well his purpose of height
ening the interest Of the large majority
Of his readers in a rather complicated
emotional situation that progresses to
its climax side by side and interviewer
with the bitter battle over the control OF
the Westerner's interests in Colorado.
There Is twist 10 the plot, a mystery
whose solution in the end changes every
thing, but it is not really necessary to
the story. Mr.. Gibbs has managed to
construct good popular reading out of
his material.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01
SPIRITISM.
VICTOR OLNEE'S DISCIPLINE. By
UIamlin Garland. l2mo, PIP. 5o8. Harper
4 Bros.

VICTOR OLN BE = I'lS'lI LINZ. pN
ITamlin Garland. Emo PIP. 9CS Harper
& Bros.
Mr. Garland made his confession Of
spiritstic faith i'm The Shadow World" ="
Jealous like all converts, he returns to
its propag ganda in this story, which may
or may not be intended chiefly for boys
Suffice it TO say that Victor Olnec, at
college. discovers that his mother is a
medium, the information being conveyed
to him by a newspaper exposure Of the
woman. Feeling disgraced scandalized
and profoundly skeptical, he returns
home to put an end 60 her doings, but,
of course, he becomes gradually con-
vinced One of his mothers Controls
that is, we believe the correct term-is
the late Commodore Vanderbilt; it is
his financial advice. communicated
through her to others, that gets her into
new difficulties when investments go
wrong This sort of story is written
for a special audience To others it will
hardly appeal with its raps, slate writ
ings, materiallzations of ghostly le ters
and other manifestations which continue
to be the subjects of so much more or
less scientific investigation and re-
search. Rarely has the novel with a
purpose" been turned 10 stranger use.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

found in the possession of various tribes
Of equal value. 1t is largely matter ot
their bringing up: the greater the hard
ships, the greater the tests Of speed ana
endurance. the better the horse NJ
Ponaidine adds to the evidence of the
Arabs cult of the horse. and his respect
for it's lineage, the following striking
statement:
The Arabs estimate so highly the purity
cf their horses breed that I'm this one
respect their word can he invariably re-
he'd upon. AS an instance or TINS can pc
cited the case Of an Arab who, mortaly
wounded ir n ghazu TaldD, called to the
before he died the gencalogy OF his mare
that they had taken. Moreover. when
after a successful ghaZu, brood mares have
been seized. the winning party send an en-
vOy, whose person is scrupulously re-
spccted. to ask the original owners 10 give
the pedigrees Of the mares taken. and TINS
Is always most conscientiously done
Among tho Persians. at least, the
spread Of Western civilization and West
ern views has not as yet affected the
regard i'm which woman is held in the
East. The author and his consular col
leagues from other countries constantly
heard Of the martyrdom of European
women who had married so-called lib
eral and Westernized Orientals, and in
most cases the victims were beyond res
cue