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The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Production and Use of Gold.

Washington, April 22.-The report
OF George f. Roberts, director of the
mint, just issued. gives an extensive
review OF the production and distribu.
ton OF gold during the II years begin
ming with 1890 and ending with 1910.
These years cover the period OF what
has been called the new golden era, 70
beginning with the discovery OF the
Transvaal gold field and of the cyan
ide process OF extraction The gold
production is shown to mount steadily
upward, save for the interruption
caused by the Boer war, from sllS.-
900, 900 in 1890 to s454. O0O. 900 in 1910.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
THREE KILLED IN
FREIGHT WRECK
Double Header Collides With Rear
End Of First Section.
MISSOURI SHIFTING CHANNEL
Sioux City Plumbers VIII Strike I'm
less Granted S1.00 pee Week In
crease. Henry County Board
Considering Bond Issue.

Iowa Falls, April 90. Special:
Caught almost without warning in the
waycar of an Illinois Central stock
train when IL was struck by the sec
ond section OF the train, two men
were killed instantly Sunday after
noon and another received injuries
from which it is believed he viii die.
Tho dead:
FRED CARSON, Otto. Iowa.
FRED BLISS, Washta, Iowa.
The injured:
Nels JorTgenson. Anthem, Ia, legs
badly crushed.
All three OF the victims were rid
ing i'm the waycar of the first section
of the train with eleven other stock
men. Several received bruises in
jumping when the second train was
approaching, but the injuries o. none
arc serious.
. The first section of the train had
stopped at Iowa Falls for water. The
rear end of the train extended be-
yond the Iowa river bridge and
around curve. The second section,
pulled by two engines, came down the
grade at high speed and crashed in
to the first section. The two engine
crews jumped with the exception OF
one fireman. Although the two en-
sines We're demolished completely,
he crawled from the wreck uninjured.
More than a dozen stock cars were
torn to pieces and 800 hogs. were
killed. The stock men in the waycar
heard the approach of the train and
all were able to escape except Car
son. Bliss and Jourgenson.
Iowa Falls, April 22.--Special: Nels
Jourgensen, OF Anthony, Iowa, who
was fatally injured in the Illinois
wreck here yesterday, died today in
the Ellsworth hospital. coroner Bur
CESS empaneled jury and is holding
an inquest. Both crews OF the stock
train have been placed under arrest
by order OF the coroner and will be
held pending an investigation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25

p. j. O'Shea Is among the new citi.
Zens OF Oskaloosa. He has apart.
ments at 304 North Third street. MIR.
O'Shea is the cutter for Barnes and
Darnell. He will move his family
here in few months.
a. asrs -:r-.s - ENta
Frank Nj. Whipple, of Ottumwa, Is
q, new citizen of Oskaloosa. He has
accepted position with the Ideal
Candy Kitchen, 22l High avenue west.
Frank is living with his brother Ed,
at 205 South A street.
:. =. - 80
Harry f. Flack, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, has come to Oskaloosa to re.
side permanently. He Is 4 printer by
trade and is employed at the Globe
Office He is living with his brother
#. l.. Flack. 2l5 North Second street
Fred Hensey, of Boone, Iowa, has
located in Oskaloosa and has accept.
ed position with Wells & Stump. the
plumbers.
- - -
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Johnson and two
children, who have been living in
Muscatine for nearly two years, have
returned to make Oskaloosa their per
manent home. They are residing al
905 South Seventh street. Mr.. John
son Is employed at the Z. f. BillicR
cigar factory.
F. r. Mixer, of Massachusetts, is one
of the recent arrivals in Oskaloosa
Mr.. Mixer is employed at the OSka
loosa Saddlery Co., and has apart
ments in the Y. NJ. c. A. dormitory.
Miss McFenema, of Pella, has come
to Oskaloosa to reside and has accept
ed a position as bookkeeper for the
Rhynsburger Egg and Poultry House
Miss Fenema has apartments at IL:
B avenue east.
=. - -.
Ray Jones and family, of Abiding
ton, ILL.,, have moved to Oskaloosa ant
are living at 60 Second avenue east
Mr.. Jones is employed at the Blail
barber shop Oh High avenue west.
VIM. Donnigan and A. l.. Smith, o.
ArdOn. Iowa, have located in Oska
loOsa and are operating a blacksmith
shop at 1874 North A street. The gen
tlemen have apartments over 2lS Hig,
avenue west.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
l0WkS MONUMENT At VGkS1URG NOW COMPLETE.
Commission Named BY Governor Cummins In leO4
Reports That 1t Is Finished-Fine Piece Of Work.

The third panel shows the Seven
teenth Iowa Infantry in a double quick
charge against the confederate In,
trenchments at Jackson, Miss, May
14th. The Sixth Wisconsin battery
was on the run. TO keep up with the
Iowa soldiers.
The fourth panel shows the Twen-
tyfonrth Iowa infantry capturing four
guns in the battle of Champion Hill,
May 10th. The confederates are shown
fighting 10 the last ditch to retain po'
secession Of their guns.
'The fifth panel shows the Twenty
third Iowa Infantry In double quick
charge against the confederate in.
trenchment at Big Black River Bi idbe
May 18th.
THE sixth panel shows the placing
of the battle flag of the Twenty-sec'
ond Iowa on the parapet of the con
federate railroad redoubt in the
charge of May 22d.
THE, park commentaries the cam
paign and seige of Vicksburg from
mditIl 81 W Juiy y, LOUD IL Sohlaih'
1923 acres of land, including practic
ally all ground occupied by the battle
lines of both armies. 1t was conceived
and planned by an Iowa veteran
Capt. w. B. Rigby of Manchester. Ev
cry part of the battle field is aces
sible by thirty miles of gravelet
driveway. Fifteen states have already
made appropriations amounting tc
SS47 900, while the federal govern
ment has spent over million dollars
on the park. The United States has
placed 1877 tablets on the field. Of
which SOS show where Union soldiers
fought and 329 the position of confed
crate soldiers. There are ia guns
of light artillery mounted in the parl
and II guns of the heavy artillery us
ed in that siege.
The horse on the Iowa equestrian
statue was the work of Mrs. Alice
Kitson. the wife of the sculptor who
made the statue. She purchased {
Thoroughbred horse and used II as {
model.
The monument is one Of the mos
beautiful in the park and one Of which
the state may well be proud"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
investigating the Board,

Clinton, April 22.-SpeciaI: The
grand jury of Clinton county is inyes.
tigating the acts of the board OF SUI
pervisors for the past three years at
the request of large number OF far
mers who have signed petitions ask
ing for an investigation to show why
II cost 100000 when the Clinton
Bridge Company built the bridges in
1910 and half that much the next year
when bids We're advertised for the
worB and the lowest bidder got the
contract. The grand Jury is also in.
yestigating the cost OF road building
aud the personal bills of the super.
yisors.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
U. S. WIRELESS ACT UPHELD
Judge Rose Of Maryland Hands Down
Decision Under Law Providing
Proper Safeguard.

Baltimore. Md, April 22-Judge
John c. Rose of the United States
district court handed down an opinion
upholdlng the federal wireless act.
II is the first decision ever made I'M
der this statute. passed June "a, 1910.
which provides that all ocean going
vessels, whether Of the United States
or foreign country. entering the Uni,
ted States ports, shall be equipped
with wireless telegraph apparatus
when carrying fifty or more passen-
gers and crew.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Missouri shiftinq Channel.

Sioux city. April Especial: The
city council has been called into spe~
ciai consultation, and Congressman
+. IL. Hubbard has been asked 10 in
tercede on the part OF property inter
ests with the war department TO do
something, If possible, to stop the
cutting of the Missouri river, which
rapidly is eating up a big farm on
the opposite bank from the city and
is threatening seriously TO cut away
a part of South Sioux City, Neb..
CT run in behind it and leave it be-
tween two river beds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
SEN. KENYON IN TOWN
Political Address Saturday and Re-
ligious Lecture On Sunday.

Citizens of Oskaloosa had the pleas
ure of hearing United States Senator
William s. Kenyon, Saturday after
noon at the Masonic opera house.
Senator Kenyon came 10 Oskaloosa To
look after his political prospects and
20 come In contact personally with
The voters OF the city. Both before
and after the meeting he was intro
duced 10 a large number Of the voters
representing all classes and all
seemed glad TO meet the man about
whom they had heard so much.
The Masonic opera house was well
filled and without foTmality the hon
Ored entgleman was introduced by
MI James A. Dewitt, the representa-
tive from the Sixth district ON the
republican state central committee.
M. Kenyon spoke rather briefly on
account Of its being Saturday after
noon and a time when the men were
naturally busy with their business.
After an interchange of compli-
ments and statements regarding the
work of tho democratic party, the
speaker touched upon the usual tar
iff question and said that he hoped
the time would soon come when we
would have a permanent tariff COM
mission, so that the question could be
taken out of politics and the whole
subject brought down to a practical
business basis.
Congress should be interested in
the passing of laws which have to do
with the natural rights of the people ;
rights. Trust regulation, the inter
state commerce liquor bill. regarding
shipments into prohibition territory,
the recall of federal judges. the new
industrial commission and the cor,
pOration act regarding publicity were
all noted and explained and their
commendable features brought out
which would make these laws OF
great benefit to the people of the
country.
Two great dangers exist: Open VIC,
leGce and corruption or graft in both
the political and commercial world
| Both the Stephenson case and the
Lorimer case were mentioned as il.
Illustrating this point and as Mr.. Ken
yOn served on the senate investigat.
ing committee on the Lorimer case,
he spoke from an inside view OF the
conditions. In both of these cases
he signed the minority report which
favored the unsesting of these two
men and the upholding of clean poll.
tics. The interests of the old sol
diers were recognized and the new
pension law referred to and upheld.
while the unjust extravaganza in
public buildings was heartily con.
demned. Mr.. Kenyon closed by a
special plea for the best good OF the
interests OF the people and against
the so-called Special Interests"
A large audience of men greeted
the senator again on Sunday afternoon
at the Congregational church where
he spoke under the auspices OF the Os,
kaloosa Y NJ. G. A. He very kindly
agred TO stay over Sunday and give
the men talk that would appeal "a
higher ideal OF manhood, as he
knows that the better the man the
better the citizen. Rev. Alexander
McFerran presided and after a short
song service and the devotional exer
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
BANDITS HOLD UP.
Il AND LOOT TRAIN
Golden State Limited on Rock
Island Road Robbed. aaE
VALUE OF BOOTY NOT KNOWN
Before Robbers Are Frightened by Ap.
proach Of Freight They Relieve
Passengers Of Their Money
and Jewels.

Moline. H., April 22.--The Golden
State Limited on the Rock Island rail-
road was held up at the crossing near
Bureau of the Burlington route, forty
miles east OF here, and about twenty
five passengers in several Pullman
cars were robbed of their valuables:
The bandits were armed with auto
matte pistols which they used to
brighten the passengers. The amount
of booty secured is not known. Aid
was summoned from every direction
within two hours after the robbery
occurred and posses are securing the
country in the hope Of experimenting
the bandits Just how many men
were In the band Is not known, but
according to statements Of passengers
there were at least ten!
Engine Men Covered With Pistols.
The train had just passed the
Burlington crossing when a red light
was seen at an emergency cross-over
on the Rock Island line. The engi-
neer, surprised at the light in this un-
accustomed place, threw on the emer-
gency brake and brought the train to
a sudden and dead halt. No sooner
had the train come to standstill
than two men with masks over their
faces climbed aboard the engine and
leveled revolvers at the heads OF the
engineer and fireman. The train
crew, who by this time had left the
cars, came running forward to learn
the cause Of the trouble. only TO find
themselves facing pistols held by
masked men alongside the track.
Threatened With Death.
While, the railroad employees were
held up outside the train several of
the robbers climbed into the Pullman
cars and began robbing the passen,
gers Like those who We're outside
the bandits who went into the cars
wore masks. In the sleepers the
men went from one berth to another
waking the passengers quietly and
then warning them they would be
killed, II they made an cutlery. The
robbers would have had plenty OF
time to go, through all the cars before
the railroad officials had become
alarmed at the trains not having re
ported had not an eastern-bound
freight train frightened them.
Shots Set Air Brakes. ~
The leader of the band fired three
shots IN the air and this brought al
the others TO him, They then shot
holes through the air pipes, automat
icaliy locking the wheel shoes and
then disappeared They had done
nothing TO stop the engine from un
coupling and going ahead for aid and
from this oversight was due the fact
that the alarm was quietly given
Word of the robbery reached this
city half an hour later and posses
at once put out In pursuit
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
RIVER STEAMER GOES DOWN
Twenty Passengers Are Rescued But
Much Live Stock Drowned in
the Mississippi.

Natchsz, Miss April 22.--TAe
steamer Coneordia struck a snag in
flooded cotton field thirty-one miles
south OF here, and sank in ten feet OF
water. Thre hundred head of live
stock were lost, but the twenty pas,
sengers, all flood refugees, escaped.
The water did not reach the cabin. OF
the live stock there We're two hundred
cattle, sixty mules and forty horses, a
total value of $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
MOROCCO TROOPS KILL &c
French Instructors Are Slain by Re.
volters-Rebels Lose Heavily in
Fights Near Tansier.

Tangier, April 22.-French instruc.
tors have been assassinated by revolt.
Ing Moroccan troops. according to a
dispatch from Fee. French reinforce
ments from West Nekinez are at,
tempting to restore order. The rebels
have lost thousand killed and sew.
erai hundred wounded in the fighting.
More than a thousand Europeans have
taken refuge In the consulate here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
BIG LINER IN MAIDEN TRIP
La France, Largest French Steamship,
Starts on Journey to New York
With 1880 Passengers.

Paris, April 22.-LaFrance. the new
est and largest French transatlantic
liner. left Havre on her maiden voy-
age to New York. She carries 1880
passengers.
As a special precaution La Touraine,
another of the same company's YES
sells. left shortly after LaFrance. and
will act as the new liners escort on
her maiden trip.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Wan, superintendent, Removed.

Charles City, April 22.-Special: A
score OF prominent men and women
are busy today circulating petitions
for the removal by the school board
OF Superintendent Armstrong OF the
public schools. following the strike
OF the entire senior class. which says
II will not return 10 school unless
the suspended boys are permitted 10
come back. The boys were suspend
ed for stealing the junior class dag.
None OF the senior class are in school
today. Trouble between the superin-
fendent and the school board has
been brewing for some time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
TAKES UP WORK OF HAYS
William Wainwright Placed In Tenn
porary Charge Of Grand
Trunk Railway.

Montreal, Que. April 22.-Arthur
Smithers. chairman of the board OF
directors of the Grand Trunk railway,
has appointed William Wainwright.
senior vice-president of the Grand
Trunk railway, following the death OF
Charles NJ. Hays, the president. in the
Titanic disaster.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
PAVING Contract sianed.

Charles City, April 22.-Special:
The contract for paving to be done
in this city this summer has been
signed and work will be begun as
soon as the ornamental street lighting
subject is decided. as the conduits
for the wires are to be put in before
the paving is commenced. The new
paving is to be asphalt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Bonds For New Court House.

Mt. Pleasant, April 22-Special:
Henry county supervisors began con-
sideration of the 100000 bond issue
with which to finance the new court
house, the contract for which already
has been awarded at the meeting to-
day. The bond issue was authorized
at the election last June.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Plumbers Demand increase.

Sioux City, April 22-Special: In
less the master plumbers of the city
accede to the demands OF the journey
men, who number about fifty union
men. the jOurneymen will lay down
their tools. The union has made
sudden demand for closed shop and
a 81 day increase in wages This
would make the daily wage OF a jour
newman S.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Fine Rain.

This section of the state was visit.
ed by fine rain early Sunday morn.
ing that wet the ground up in fine
shape and had water 10 spare. The
storm began little before twelve
O'Clock. midnight, and continued sew.
ersl hours.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Conferences Of Commercial Bodies.

Washington. April ga big con-
ference OF representatives OF CONNER.
cisl organizations in all parts OF the
United States opened here today. its
purpose being to consider proposals
for the organization OF national
board OF commerce and trade, The
meeting was called by Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor Nagsl at the
direction OF the president.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
VALUABLE BOOK ON TITANIC
Copy Of khayyam's Rubaiyat Valued
at s2,o25, lnIaid With Gems,
Lost With Liner.

London, April pa copy Of the
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. illus
trated by Elihu Vedder, which took
two years to bind in very elaborate
fooled morocco. inlaid with l,5O0
gems and gold setting. and which was
bought by an American at Satheby's
less than a month ago. was lost on
the Titanic. The American paid
$a,025 for IL
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
unlted States WIN Move L.uer,,

Washington. April Eth. govern.
msnt proposes to transfer the ieper
colony Of the Island of Guam to the
Philippines. where the lepers are In.
termed on Culion island COMPRESSION,
al action probably will be necessary.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Nine Killed in Indiana.

Morocco, Indiana, April 22.-Spec-
ial: Nine persons are dead and TWEEN
ty Injured by the storm which swept
this section of the country, doing half
a million damage late yesterday. Sew
en- members OF the family OF Charles
Rice were killed and Rice himself
is dying.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25

Frank M. Whipple, of Ottumwa, Is
a new citizen of Oskaloosa He has
accepted a position with the Ideal
Candy Kitchen, 22l High avenue west.
Frank is living with his brother Ed,
at 205 South A street.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
Come To Oskaloosa
List Of New Citizens Who
Have Recently Arrived.

p. j. O'Shea Is among the new citi.
zens Of Oskaloosa. He has apart.
ments at 304 North Third street. MIR.
O'Shea is the cutter for Barnes and
Darnell. He will move his family
here in a few months.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25

VIM. Donnigan and A. l.. Smith, of
Ardon. Iowa, have located in Oska-
lOosa and are operating blacksmith
shop at 1874 North A street. The gen.
tIemen have apartments over 2lS Hig,
avenue west
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-11-07
Prison Congress Delegates.

Frankfort. Ky. Oct. 26. Gov.
Mcrreary appointed the follow
ing delegates to attend the
American Prison Congress al
Baltimore, Nov. ito IA: Prison
Commissioners Daniel f.. O'sulli
van, of Louisville; NJ. +. Conley
of Louisa and Henry Lawrence
of Cadiz, Wardens +. f. Mudd,
of Frankfort, and John G.. Chill
ton of EdGyvllle, NJ. M. Mallary
and John W. Milliken of the
State Reform School; the Rev
J. f. Lyons. Col. Tbos. ID. Os'
borne. Gen. Bennett II. Young
and John II. feathers of Louis
vile; Walter o. Vreeland, Mrs.
NJ. V. r. Day and A. ID. Martin
of Frankfort; j. A. Holton OF
Eddyville and the Rev. Ed Mann
Of Lexington.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-11-07
1.-THE GREAT RIVER"
Mississippi Is the Most Remark.
able River In tn,
World.

The river lying wholly within
the temperate zone is in this re-
spect more fortunately situated
than in the more fertile valleyed
Amazon. since the climate Mere,
varied and sometimes inhospita-
bic. as it is. offers conditions of
human development there deni-
ed.
The main stream is 2. 800 miles
in length. that is about ten times
shat of the Seine. As Mark
Twain has said. ut is the crook
eldest river" in the world travel
ing /, 300 miles to cover the same
ground that a crow would fly
over in 675. For several nun
dred miles it is mile in width.
Back in 1882 it was seventy
miles vide when the flood was
highest.
The volume of water discharg-
cd by it into the sea is second
only to the Amazon and is great
err than all European rivers com.
bined (omitting the Volga). The
amount is estimated at 1870 cubic
miles annually; that is. il would
fill annually a tank 100 miles long
100 miles high and 100 miles long.
With it's tributaries it provides
somewhat more than 10, 600 miles
of navigable water, more than
any other system on the globe
except the Amazon and more
than enough to reach from Lake
Superior to Paris by way Of
Kamchatka AMI Alaska, about
three fourths of the distance
around the globe. The sediment
deposited is 100, 00J,00 enough
to require daily for it's removal
500 trains of fifty cars each car
rying fifty tons, and to make
each year two square miles Of
new earth over 100 feet deep.
The area which it drains is
roughly a million and a quarter
square miles, or two-fifths of the
United States. That is, Germa-
ny, Austria Hungary, Fra n G
and Italy could be set do W n
within this area and there would
still be some room to spare.
1t has the strength for the
most part TO put to no use what
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1912-11-07
Tagged Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man Jagged tram and saved Il
from wreck. but II. l. Aston,
Raleigh. \. C.. once prevented a
wreck with Electric Bitters Il was
in terrible plight when began to
use them" he writes. my stomach.
head. back and Kidneys were all badly
affected and my liver was in bad con
dition. but four bottles of Electric
Bitters made me feel like new man. -
A trial will convince you Of their
matchless merit for any stomach. liver
or kidney trouble. Price 90 cents at
Jas. II. Orme's and Haynes a Taylor's