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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-06-07
FOREST COUNTY OFFICERS.

Member of C0ngreSS-P. M. Speer.
Member Of Se,idte-J. X. p. Hall.
Assem6iy-W. j. Campbell.
President Jud0e-W. d. Hinckley.
Associate Jtldges-P. O. Hill, Samuel
Aul.
Prothonotary, Register & Recorder, 90.
j. @. Geist.
SheriG-S. X. Maxwell.
TredSurer-Geo. w. Holeman.
C0mmiSsfoners-W II. Harrison, j,
M. Zuendel, Ii. II. Mcclellan.
District Attor1tey-M. A. CarrinRer.
jury Commissioners Sibble,
Lewis Wagner.
Obroner-Dr. NJ. @ Kerr.
County Auditors-Georg Il. Warden,
A. @. Gregg and j. p. Kelly.
County SitiVeyor-D. W. Clark.
County Superintendent-D. w. Morri-
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-06-07
DILL. EMERT

FANCY BOOT q SHOEMAKER.
Shop over r. l.. Haslet's grocery store
on Elm street. Is prepared to do all
kinds of custom work from the finest to
the coarsest and guarantees his work to
give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten-
tion given to mending, and prices rea'
sonable.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
TWENTY. EICHTH MEET
Commercial Club Have Busy Ses-
sion on Tuesday Afternoon.

The board of directors and officers
of the OskalOosa Commercial club
were in session Tuesday afternoon
and a number of business affairs in
connection with Oskaloosa interests
we're taken up for action. This was
the twenty.eighth session since the
election of the directors. The usual
number of minor matters, allowing
Of claims, etc, received attention and
committee reports concerning the
Hawkeye Button Factory, the J. ID.
Martin company and other matters
received attention.
The Iowa general assembly now in
session at Des Moines was memor.
allied on the subject of support for
the commerce commission. The club
passed resolutions commencing the
commission ior the work already
done toward more favorable rate ad-
justments and gave the, legislature
assurance of the sentiment of the
club favoring further financial sup.
port for the work undertaken. Set.
Element was made with John p.
White for tine commercial clubs part
of the Blyth miners train adjustment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
BLACK HAND AT WORK
MRS. STRONG OF ERIE, PA, oETs
THREATENING LETTER.
Money Demanded From Daughter Of
Late Congressman Seott-Mauso-
leun, Recently Deseeratsd.

Erie, Pa, March Mrs. Charles H.
Strong, the daughter of Hon. william
l.. Scott. the millionaire congressman,
whose mausoleum was desecrated by
ghouls last month, has received a
Black Hand" letter demanding a GER
tain sum 81 money with the alternative
of dire vengeance to herself and mem
bers Of her family.
It is the general opinion here that
the letter is the second move OF the
ghouls, and detectives have been
brought to the city In an effort to ap-
prehend the criminals. The letter told
Mrs. Strong to place the money in a
stump in field just southeast Of the
city and the detectives and Chief Wag.
ner of the local department, with four
OF his officers. put the money In the
place designated. They then formed
a net about the field, but their efforts
were not rewarded, as the writer OF
the letter failed to appear. '...
All having knowledge of the affair
were sworn to secrecy, but the facts in
the case have become known. Neither
the police department or members of
the family will admit anything in con-
nection with the affair.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
FEAR OF PLAGUE STARTS WAR
Rats and Pet Cats Slaughtered In
England After Recent lnvestiga-
tlon Of Death Of Animals.

London.--Fear of the plague has
started war on rats in several towns
of Suffolk. and In proclamations the
medical officers have warned the pub.
lie to destroy all rats and vermin. Even
the domestic cat is under suspicion,
and many have been sacrificed in the
effort to prevent the plague.
An iron cart, ordinarily used to col.
lect ali sorts of dead animals, is now
used exclusively for rats. and travels
around the district daily with man
walking ahead and calling on residents
to bring out the rats that have been
killed. The official notice states that
It has been proven beyond a doubt
that certain animals In Woodbridge
died from the plague and a raid on the
rats is directed because they are be-
lieved to have much to do with spread
ing disease.
Efforts are being made In London to
keep rats from coming ashore from
vessels. The most effective means is
20 place a concave SIM disk on each
hawser. The rat when he reaches the
disk cannot pass and must either go
back to the ship pr Jump IN the river.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
BANDIT CAPTURED IN INDIANA
Robber Who Shot Two Officers, XIII.
Ing Ono, Taken by Posse
Near EIwood.

Elwood, Ind, March flames Walk
er, who shot and killed Patrolman Vir
gil Kirkman and fatally wounded
Chief Of Police John Ellis. both OF
Alexandria, after robbing a jewelry
store, was captured in a barn on the
farm Of Mrs. Polly Remington, five
miles south of this city. He was hur
ried to Anderson, where he was placed
in jail.
Walker called at the home OF Mrs
Remington and asked for permission
to sleep in the barn. This was given
The woman became uneasy and tele
phoned to several Of her friends. The
police Of Elwood, Alexandria and An,
derson were notified and a posse OF
80 men In automobiles hurried to the
place, surrounded the barn and de-
manded walkers surrender. He made
no resistance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
CURTISS GETS A DUCKING
Aviator's Hydroplsne Sinks When Hs
Strikes Surface Of San
.. Diego Bay.

San Diego, Cal, March 4.--Employ-
ees of Glenn H. Curtiss, the aviator,
were at work repairing the famous by
droplane that he has used In his land
and water experiments here. 1t de-
veloped that the hydroplane, with Cur
tiss as pilot, and c. o. Whitmer as a
passenger, sprang a leak when 1t set
tied on the surface of the bay and
sank so quickly that both men receiv-
ed a ducking.
The machine came down at a steep
angle and struck the water with stuff.
cient force to shove the bottom Of
the pontoon toward the front. The
float filled rapidly and the machine
sank, the sviators escaping by swim
ming. Motor boats later hauled the
hydroplane to the beach, it having
sunk in shallow water.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
TEACHERS At KEOKUk
Southeastern Iowa Association to
Meet April 6 to 8.

The Southwestern Iowa Teachers
Association, to which Oskaloosa and
Mahaska county belongs, will meet
in Keokuk April to inclusive. The
people of KeOkuk are arranging tC
give the visitors loyal welcome
and among other treats promised, is
a trip over the scene Of the cOnstruc
ton of what is claimed to be the
largest dam In the world.
This association of school teachers
covers this quarter of the state in
Guiding Des Moines and Davenport
1t is always largely attended, and its
meetings are generally held to be
even more important than those oil
the state association, because it is
less like mass meeting and in the
different sections there is opportunity
for a teacher to participate in dis
cussions of pedagOgic topics. AT the
general meetings which are held
daily some of the big men of the ed
vocational world will speak, including
lights from Wisconsin, Ohio, and 9th
err universities and from Boston.
The general program is as follows:
Thursday evening. April 6, s O'Clock
Presidents Address.-Supt Frank
l.. Smart, Davenport
Address-"The History of News
boys in Toledo" john Il. Guuckel
Toledo, Ohio.
Friday morning, April 7, S:45 tc
1920 o'clock
Address-Hon. A. NJ. DeYoe, State
superintendent OF Iowa.
Address-"Importa of the viii
in EducatiOn"-Hon c. p. Cary, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Madison, Wisconsin.
Address-"What is an Education in
Iowa in 1911"-Prof. w. C. Wilcox
State University, Iowa City.
Friday evening. Aphil 7, 7:3C
o'clock.
Musical Concert by Keokuk schools
Address-"The New Home and the
New Schoor-Prof A. B. Graham.
Address-Dr A. Il. Winship. Bos
ton, Mass.
Saturday morning, April s, 900
o'clock.
Address-The Trend of the Teens
DIR. NJ. V. c. OShea, Department OF
Education, State University of Wis.
cOnSin,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
TO SHOOT As AT COSTA RIGA
fenced to Die for Plotting
Against Estrada.

New York, March 4.--According to
cable advices received here from
Costa RIGA, DR.. Rudolph Espinosa,
we'll known throughout Central Amer
lea, and A others are to be shot by
the Estrada government of Nicaragua
for alleged completely in the plot
against the administration. No Off
cial announcement of the execution
has been made and friends of the
condemned men fear that official an
nouncements will be delayed until
after the executions are accomplished
The United States minister to Costa
RIGA, It is said. has been asked to
make official request of President
Estrada for definite information Of his
intentions toward the prisoners, and
cablegrams will be sent to President
Taft and Secretary Of State Knox,
seeking their assistance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
ITEMS FROM BEACON
ANNIVERSARY Gel.
E6RATioN BY THE SCHOOLS A
BIG SUCCESS - JOHN MADISON
FARM TO BE SOLD.

The people of Beacon tuned out IN
full force Friday evening to attend
the Washington anniversary celebra'
ton held at the school house. The
affair was in charge of Principal r.
II. Williams and the corps of teach.
ers, who are well satisfied with the
success of the undertaking. The pI
ceeds, as in former years, will be
used to purchase new books for the
library. he school house was filled
to capacity and those in charge say
that the celebration was a great
success. An excellent program,
which, although short, was good. The
students displayed much enthusiasm
and interest in the anniversary pro,
gram of our first president by taking
part in the right spirit. Following
the program the guests were served
with ice cream. Ten gallons were
consumed in a "jiffy" and as much
more could have been sold had II
been secured. Everyone had an ex'
cellent time and the occasion was
voted a great success. -.....
Friends and parents of Roscoe
Morrish have communications locat.
ing him now in PittsDurg, Kansas
Since his demise from the moving
picture business at Creston, Ia, Ros
coe has not decided on permanent
location.
1t is understood that the John Mad
ison farm northwest of Beacon will
be sold on the 18th of this month al
public auction by order of the dis
trict court 1t is thought that he
farm will be purchased for mining
purposes, as second vein has been
discovered.
The larger mines of Beacon and
vicinity were idle last week and the
small country mines were on the re
verse. Small mines experienced a
very busy week and considerable
coal was taken from the ground. The
larger mines remain idle and unless
something developcs quickly they
are likely 10 remain idle for while
Mrs. Amanda Edgington, of Det
10 at 'hO VI
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Price. Mrs. Edg
ington came home from Des Moines
last week with Mrs. Price, who has
previously been visiting with her
Mrs. Edgington will visit with hel
son in Buxton this week.
! Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Brown are tt
move from their home at Sand Ridge
near Givm to the Price property.
Mrs. Jackson. ex-postmistress o
Givin. was in Beacon last week look
ing for suitable location, as she in
tends to make Beacon her home.
The people of Beacon are consid
crably excited over the supposed at
tempt to rob the Price drug stOr'
Friday evening and this topic Is be
| ing discussed at length.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
BIGEL0W FREE ON PAROLE
Former Banker Praises Officials at
leavenworth for Treatment He
Received in That Prison.

Leavenworth. Kan. March ST be
lieve there is little probability of my
return, and thank you for your well
wishes. | appreciate the treatment
that have received while here and
hope that the same courtesy will be
extended to others"
These were the words of Frank G.
Bigelow, the former Milwaukee bank
er. as he left the federal penitentiary
paroled until the termination of his
short time sentence. February 90
1912, when he finally will be dis
charged as a prisoner.
Blgelow, in company with T. G.
Hayes. former banker Of Washing.
ton. who also was paroled, came
through the big gates and walked the
quarter of mile to the car station.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
EDDYv|LLE ACTIONS
REBEkAHS ELECT DELEGATES
TO oTTUMWA MEETiNG.-SUP.
NYE ATTENDED AGENCY EpU.
CATlONAL MEETING,

Eddyville, March mir. and Mrs
Paul Lyons and children, Misses Pear
and Mable Lyons, who moved from
Eddyville to Texas last spring, are
visiting relatives in Eddyville this
week. The family have disposed oil
their interests in Texas and are NOV
ing to Montana.
Mrs. VIM Bird left Saturday for
Charles City to join her husband in
their new home.
DIR. Roy Water, of Wright, was
a business caller i'm Eddyvile Satur
day.
Mr.. Harry Saunders, who has been
visiting relatives in Eddyville, return
cd to his home at Marceline, Mo-
Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Smith and baby visited
friends in Abba Saturday.
Mrs. Philip Bihler, who has been
spending the winter In Ottumwa with
her daughter, Mrs. Al Potter and Mrs
John Erbacher, returned home Sat
urday. She was accompanied by her
granddaughter, Miss Myrtle Erbacher
The remains of Timothy Murphy
who died in Ottumwa Thursday, were
brought to Eddyville Saturday and
inferred in the Catholic cemetery.
S. A. Shaver returned Sunday
from ten days visit with his broth.
er-in-law, DR.. Kussart, at Greeley,
Colorado.
Supt. Emma Nye was in Agency
Saturday attending an educational
meeting. Miss Nye read paper at
the afternoon session.
MIR and Mrs. Elmer Walker will
move to Moulton this week, where
Mr.. Walker has engaged In business
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dots, OF Abba,
visited relatives in Eddyville Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Parrot have re.
turned to their home at Hedrick at.
ter visiting the past week at the par
entail Parrot home.
The Rebekahs at their regular
meeting Saturday evening chose the
following delegates to attend the
meeting of Rebekahs In Ottumwa:
Mrs. Ed Worrall. Mrs. Ella Wauga,
man, Mrs. Anna Roberts, Mrs. Mabel
Gray, Mrs. Levi Lore, Mrs. Geo,
Chord Mrs. Della Mich, Miss Ida NO
Inc aud Miss Ida Roberts.
DR.. +. r. Vance left Monday for
Rochester Mimi, to attend surgt
cal clinic.
Martin Swinteck went to Marietta
Monday to look after his interests In
the sand plant al that place.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
HOLD UP BROKER
FOR 100000
Aaron Bancroft of New York Is
Pickpocket's Victim.
BUMPED AND THEN TRICKED
Collision With Stranger Is Followed
by Substitution Of = Bogus
Packet for One With
Securities.

New York, March 7.-George Ban
croft, a broker eighty-six years old,
was robbed of securities worth ap-
proximately 100000 in the vestibule
of the Offices of the Produce Exchange
Safety Deposit and Storage company.
For the last twenty-five years 1t has
been Mr.. Bancroft's habit to deposit
the FIRMS valuables In box rented
by 1t from the deposit and storage
company. The distance from his of
fees to the vaults is not more than
200 feet and any one making the trip
is In constant sight of the Office win
dows. 90. -'.
Jostled and Robbed. .. ..
Mr.. Bancroft, as usual. placed Sc
curities worth about 100000 In a
large envelope. tied with red tape and
with the firms name printed In the
corner. Alone, he walked from his
Office to the Produce exchange. A
fight Of steps leads from the street
level entrance to the vaults. As Mr..
Bancroft reached the bottom of the
steps he noticed young man whom
he only remembers as rather under
sized leaning against the corridor
wall. Mr.. Bancroft continued n his
way down the corridor, but as he was
about to turn the corner at the end
of the corridor into the vaults a tall
man, In a great hurry. came around
the corner in the opposite direction
and ran into him. The shock threw
Mr. Bancroft off his feet and In fall
ing he dropped the envelope.
That was the cue for the under
sized young man who had been lean.
ing against the corridor wall. He
stepped up to Mr.. Bancroft, assisted
him to his feet, and was solicitous to
tuck the fallen envelope under his
arm. At least Mr.. Bancroft thought 1t
was the envelope that fell. He went
on to deposit 1t in his box as usual.
Old Newspapers In Envelope.
When his son, George Bancroft, Jr.,
curities before the opening of bust.
ness for the week, he found that the
only envelope there contained three
old newspapers. A clever substitution
had been effected. Both the Arm of
George Bancroft & Co.. and the pri,
vate detectives working on the case
were convinced that the substitution
was worked by men who had made a
close study of the Bancrofts, their
habits and their business methods.
The robbers knew on what day II was
the firms custom to deposit It's securi.
ties and at what hour. They knew
that Mr.. Bancroft habitually carried
them In an envelope of a certain ap.
pearance. for they provided them.
selves In advance with so close a
duplicate that 1t deceived him and
others connected with the company.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
RED CROSS FIGHTS PLAGUE
Laboratory Opened at Mukuen to Care
for Sufferers From the
Disease.

Washington, March 7.--Dr. Strong,
plague expert of the American Ma.
tional Red Cross, has advised the
state department that laboratory has
been established at Mukden, Man
churia, where patients are being treat.
ed, and that he has ordered additional
apparatus to meet the congested con.
ditions. ..--.. ..-...
Honolulu, March THE cholera
epidemic in Hawaii appears less seri.
GUS than at any time in the last week.
Only one new case was reported. One
OF the patients previously afflicted
died. In all 80 cases have been re-
ported. .....
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
90 DEAD, 40 HURT
IN FIRE PANIC
Scores Burned to Death, at Rus
sian Picture Show.
FIGHT HARD AMONG SELVES
Victims Of Disaster, Trapped by
Flames Near single Exit, strus-
gle Desperately to Escape
Many Children Die.

st. Petersburg, March NINETY
persons, many Of them children, were
burned to death and forty others In
jured in a fire that destroyed a NOV
ing picture theater at Bologoie.
In the stampede that followed the
first appearance of the flames forty
or more persons were burned and
crushed. Many of these are expected
to die. The toll of death may reach
1875.
About 300 persons were In the the
ater. watching the moving. picture ex-
hibition when the fire broke out. A
sudden cry called the attention of the
audience to flames that crept along
the side of the theater. In minute
the crowd of men, women and chill
dren were panic-stricken.
Children TrsmpIed In Panic.
They fought each other in their ef
forts to get to the exits. Women
tainted and others trampled on their
unconscious forms. Children were
knocked down by their excited elders
The theater had only one main exit
This was through the front door.
Those in the rear found their way
to safety. but half of the audience
were hemmed in by the flames. The
fire spread so rapidly that before the
crowd could get to the door after the
first alarm the flames had reached
every part Of the interior of the small
amusement house.
The shrieks of terror could be heard
almost throughout the village. Resi-
dents of the place who were not at
the theater gathered about its en-,
trance and echoed the cries of dis.
tress of those within. The majority
of them had relatives In the burning
building.
The scenes that followed the extin.
gushing Of the fire were pathetic. A
number of those inside were still
alive, many of them unconscious
They were taken to the village hos.
pital. Several died on the way
Flames Drive Back Rescuers.
Immediately after the alarm was
sounded in the village a number of at.
tempts were made to rescue those
hemmed in, but every party was
driven back by the fury of the flames.
While husbands. fathers and brothers
worked to save the unfortunate peo-
pie they could hear the shrieks of
those inside, among whom were their
relatives.
Bologoie is a small place in the
southern part of Novgorod province,
on the Nikolai railroad.
Thirty Hurt at Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., March I'm an early
morning fire which consumed a three.
story apartment building at 1886 East
Ninth street, thirty persons were hurt,
some through the collapse of the
floors, but most of them In leaping out
of windows to safety. Three may die.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
MEXICAN REBEL DAREs. FOES
Emlssary Of insurrectos Rides Under
Walls of City With Challenge
Of Battle.

Preside. Tex, March Like a
herald of knighthood days an In
surgent messenger rode beneath the
adobe walls Of Ojinaga, challenging
the garrison to come into the open
and do battle. He was answered BY
a volIey Of bullets. but galloped away
unhurt, hooking the government. sol
diers.
About 200 pronunciados are en-.
camped opposite Iona Palona, with.
in eight miles of Ojinaga, and a Iarg,
er body is in the hills near by. The
federals refuse to risk another battle
In the open.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
DIAGNOSE Patients In Dreams.

New York. March 3.-Dreams as a
means of diagnosis are to be expert
mented with extensively by the mem.
bers of the new Psyche Analytic so
ciety, an organization of physicians
and scientists which has just been
charted here.
Hysteria, .neurasthenia and other
nerve diseases may often be traced. II
is asserted, by studying the patients
subconscious mind In the dream state,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
To Publish peIinauents.

A bill is In preparation in the legis-
lature providing for the publication
of the names and amounts of delin.
quents who fail to pay their personal
taxes. The law now requires only
the list of real esteate delinquents
to be published. Those in favor OF
the change argue that the publication
of the names would be worth to the
county treasures all that 1t costs.
people now refuse to pay personal
taxes because there is no publicity
connected with the failure to pay.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
Bulldog 6eheads a Spaniel.

Logansport, Ind.-When a small toy
spaniel rushed into the street and at.
tackled Jack" brindle bulldog
owned by Allen Nelson, 1t looked as
u the toy dog had lost his head" A
moment later he had literally lost his
head, for Jack resented nip on the
flank by turning on his little assail.
ant.
The little dogs head vas grabbed
by the bulldog and when the spaniel
bad been decapitated the bulldog ran
after his masters buggy. carrying the
head as trophy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-03-09
Think About a Garden,

If you have a patch of ground at
the place where you live make plans
and preparations to put in a garden
this year. II is a thing that pays a
big investment on what it costs in
the way of cash and labor. A good
garden is the salvation of the labor.
ing man.