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it It -s "s5k* &Z, r?&'< VOLUME t»mTV.*IOMT Houstonest. Frt». CITY OF HOUSTON J^ r»«V I •.». tytp".. '".• ~T H.E.TS? I iwf- v* ,«» 7. J-)' r., Lumber and Cotton Section Hit. The greater part of the loss is con fined to th? lumber and cotton indus tries. t,Forty-flve thousand bales of jpotton stored in warehouses and com prises was' burned. This item alone represents a loss of $2,000,000. The Are. started in a cottage near the Southern Pacific railroad tracks soon after midnight. Its origin has not been definitely established. A heavy wind picked op the flames and hurled theft) to neighboring cottages and bqMding houses. In a flash they ig nited, shooting great columns of sparks. Seising, these, the. forty mile $ale car ried* them Mocks away, and within half an hour after the Are broke out a great area." of small residences were and Warflinr hofise* where hundreds of:*ofklnglnA lived. The lire spread no -raiiidly th*t flremen for the time abandoned attempts to check the flames Instead dovotlng their energies to warning householders. Possible loss of life was thus averted. At the biffvouurafacturlng plants and cottoji compresses city firemen and volunteers had organized to flght the onrnshtng flames. Walls and roofs of the plants were water soaked. This wate?' was licked up in the flash of an eye by the advance guard of sparks and when the great column of flames reached th.e factories they succumbed as easily as the rows of cottages. Flamss-Halted at Bayou. An hour after the flames began their advance the firemen organized for a final stand afc,Buffalo bayou, a small stream that divides the eastern part of the- city from the main section, and every piece of Are fighting apparatus was stationed along the banks of this stream. If the fire leaped the bayou it meant tho destruction of the entire city.' As the advancing towers of flame be gan to hfss toward the bayou banks hundreds of streams of water were hurled into them, checking little by little their progress. At some of the narrower portions of the stream the flames leaped across, but the more sub stantial buildings they reached did ot afford the tinder-like fuel hereto ore enc«irfteK«d and the spread of the re was tl»us prevented. Thousands Homeless. Thousands of persons were driven _om their homes. In the cold of the norther they suffered slightly from I MDbsure. Relief work was at once set tmder way, however, and food and clothing wera t(r Qf W** prvlded.for the refugees. Mkiiy persons were hurt during tne tire but so far as can be determined there were1 jao casualties. lite biirned area Is at least a mile •'.'and-a halfjong and at points a quar r' i$ile wide. It embraces the VMH4S of Inn* rows of cottages and solid streets .qf' manufacturing plants. It was swept clean by the flames. Nothing "^lahsf Measures Provided. One of the first of the more preten tious buldllnae attacked was the brick Star and Grencent hotel. warned Inm*t®8 of the oncoming flames ^illSSed without injury. The warning and hun dreds of persons, giving no heed to the Smta* dashed from homes c^ad SnlyVta tt«|r night clothes. Women _Ijutnr tables, women at whose 2Sts Jmall eHUdren clung, gathered in IMBii of near-by neighbors for refuge, -STto ,1* driven out a few minutes Stjr by tl|(B further progress of the "JvireiiMii appointed leaders among the meii of the flaiiw-swept dUtrlct and tlwr. marsl»allng the refugees, led them to the War of the flames and out 2^LrJmemen were quickly pro vided. toir tiije stricken people in other niillltiirf «e$Mons of the city. Clothing iand food were prepared by a relief '«Mnmltt«e and there was comparative little «ufterlnk. t" Iriduittries Destroyed, ife' Awong themllls, factories and plants V^96iWi totally destroyed or seriously the flrie are: outhern Compress A®k jfe 1 \r Whole Blocks of Factories and Residences Destroyed in Fire Which Is Fanned by I* Northern Gale. LOSS MAY REACH TEN MILLIONS fcorul oiitvtM PROM HOMES IN SCANTY ATTIRE AND SUFFER PROM COLD—THOUSANOS MADE HOMELES»-EARLY EFFORTS OFFWIEMBN DEVOTED TO WARNING PEOPLE AND AIDING THEM TO REACH PLACES OF REFUGE—LUMBER AND COTTON DIS TRICTS HIT HARDEST—BURNED AREA MILE AND A HALF BY QUARTER OF MILE IN EXTENT—BA^OU PREVENTS TOTAL DE STRUCTION OF CITY. •.•• r' ,: J. ••.-,• 21—Impelled by a sale that t. )pt in with one of the cold e«t ntfrth«r*. of .'.the winter,« flames swept thru* the eaatern section of Houatoin early today, wiped out twen ty-five block#- of the city, and caused a loss set at from. $6,000,000 to $10,000,000. Scores of cottages were destroyed as well a# a number of big manufacturing plants, and thousands of persons were trade homelestt Bistrlet. *4: TM-lire sjtead rapldly to manufac- and Company. syrup mllL '7' ji#«f T&L ~¥m?t s,m m, #V-'* 0- i^,V f- |f ft .A-r :M0-• UffSs-t. Houston and Liggett Lumber Com pany. Rogers Paint Company. Magnolia compress. Hudson's pencil factory. Houston Packing Company (slightly damaged.) Ed H. Harrell lumber yards. Standard compress. Co-Operative Manufacturing Com pany. Acme mills. St. Patrick's Catholic church and a school operated in conjunction with the church. Cleveland Compress and Cotton Company. •Mcllhenney cotton pickery. Texas Tinners' Supply Company. Industrial Rice Milling Company's plant. Southwestern Rice Company's mill. Hoosier Vinegar Company, and a number of lesser mills. Besides the 50,000 bales of cotton de stroyed with the Standard compress, thirty-six Southern Pacific cars loaded with cotton bales were burned. The number of homes and stores burned- Amounts to more than 250. ENGLAND FEARS STRIKE on eotta#** -Manufacturers Nmttfy Emptoyes That Plants Will Close if Miner* Deelare Strike—Price of Coal Advances Caus ing Hardship Among Poor Premier Asquith 8eeks Settlement. London, Feb. 21.—Conditions thruout Breat Britain, particularly in the man ufacturing districts of the north of England, are becoming rapidly worse as the result of the threatened coal strike which, if it occurs at the end of the month, will throw 800,000 miners out of employment. At many of the iron works and other big factories the men today received notices from the employers that their services would not be required after Feb. 29, should the coal strike be decid ed on. Most of the factories have sup plies of coal sufficient for the most ur gent worif in hand. In London and other cities the price of coal haB already reached $8 a ton and the poorer people are paying al most double thiB ran as they purchase in small quantities. The coal owners met in conference today to consider the general situa tion in the trade and also to discuss the invitation of Premier Asquith, who has requested them to meet hing and some of his colleagues at the foreign office tomorrow to endeavor to arrange a basis of settlement. Both the coal owners and miners sig nified their acceptance of Premier As quith's invitation to- this conference. The committee of, the-miners' inter national federation also, is meeting to day to decide whether the continental coal miners will support their British comrades in the event of a strike. BAD FIRE AT FLOYD Seven Store Buildings, With Stocks of Goods. Destroyed—Less Will Total $26,000, With Insurance of 116,000. Special to Times-Republican. Charles City, Fefe. 21.—Fire which broke out In the ..business district of the town of Floyd six miles north of here, shortly after 7 o'clock this morn ing, destroyed seven |tore buildings, with stocks of goods iij flve of them. The Are broke In Wolfs meat market shortly after, the proprietor started a Are in the hating stove. Help was summoned from Charles City, and the department made the- drive across country and gave valuable assistance, and probably sairap-the balance of the buslnes» dlstrlct^Of the town. The list of losses follows: Knowlton- Brbe., hardware, loss $4,000. A. S. Griffith building, vacant. Wolf stock $500, barn $300. Turner mercantile stock, $9,000. Turner building, $1,^00. Carragher drug stock, $3,000. Carragher: bulld|ng, $1,300. A. 8tewflfrt, newJtbulldlng, $800. C.0 Floyd Bank block, damage $200." Postoftloe^ $$00. tUVi. Knowlton' Bros, ^carried- $2,500 Insur ance, Griffith $1.«|», Wolf $V00 the Turner Company $5,000 op stock .and $1,000 on building, Carragher $1,600 on stock and $1,600 on building. The fire js'as not under control until nearly noon* •'fit'-. .v/':,"'vc:' ••*&•*.•.• ." ,•:..... "h ykMw:^ Vi} COLONEL DEFINES ISSUES BE FORE OHIO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. FAVOR8 RECALL OF JUDGES, BUT AS LAST RESORT sin Praised. Columbus, O., Feb. 21.—Politicians Definee "Big- Business." ... Of what he termed "big business," Colonel Roosevelt had this to say: "The antri-trust law dpes good in sofar as it can be invoked against com binations which really are monopolies or which restrict production or which artifically raise prices. But insofar as its workings are uncertain or as it threatens corporations which have not been guilty of anti-social conduct it does harm. There should "be a fixed governmental policy which sh'all clear ly define and punish wrong-doing and give in advance full information to any man as to just what he can and just what he can not legally and properly do." Fit for Self-Governlhent. As to the fitness ot the American people for self-government, Colonel Roosevelt said: "Many eminent lawyers believe that the American people are not fitted for popular government and that It Is nec essary to keep the judiciary 'independ ent of the majority of the people.' I take absolute issue with all those who hold such a position." Recall of Judges. Of the recall of judges, he said "The question Is one of expediency merely. Each community has the right to try the experiment for itself In whatever shape it pleases. I do not believe in adopting the recall save as a last resort when it has. become clear evident that no other course will achieve the desired result." Senator LaFollette was) mentioned but once, as follows 'Following Senator LaFollette a number of practical workers and thinkers in Wisconsin have turned that of wise governmental action in aid ot social and Industrial justice. They have Initiated that kind" of progres sive government which means not only the preservation of true democracy but the extension of the principle of true democracy into industrialism as well as Into politics." Colonel Roosevelt said in part: Power to Right Wrongs. "It Is impossible to inVent constltq tional devices which will prevent the popular will from being effective for being effective for right. The only safe course to follow in this great American democracy is to provide for making the aemourauj piu*»uc uc*iwu» popular juagmeni wireuve, dui it is a false constitutionalism, a false to give the people fulKpower and at In every case where the. state permits Its representatives, whether on the bench or In the legislature or in execu tive office, to declare thht It has' not the power to right grave social wrongs, •awvyiWi II -. 4 if'V^ *—5' jl ,.AS*y MABSHAJLl/TOWN, IOWA, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 211912 1 .• Declares American People Are Fit for prohibit all combinations, good or bad. A Self-Government—Big Business Must from all parts of Ohio came to Colum bus to hear Colonel Roosevelt express his views on matters pending in the constitutional convention which have Americans Appeal to Federal Govern been the subject of political debate thruout the st»te. Interest In the speech was heightened by the fact that Governor Harmon a few days ago out lined his opinions to the same conven tion which Mr. Roosevelt addressed to day. As Ml*. Roosevelt's train passed thru Ohio people gathered at every station at which a stop was made. Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, of the First Congregational church, an old friend of the former president, met him at the station. Mr. Roosevelt went di rectly to Dr. Gladden's- home for a sort rest bzefore proceeding to the state house, where he made his ad dress. After finishing his speech Mr. Roose velt returned to Dr. Gladden's home for luncheon to remain there until his departure from New York at 3 o'clock. On his way from Columbus to New York this evening Colonel Roosevelt will make a ten minute stop In Cleve land and address a crowd that is ex pected to gather to greet him. Columbus, O., Feb. 2l.—"Big,-busi ness," .the fitness of the American peo ple tor self-government, .the recall of judges, and praise for the* progressive legislation in Wisconsin instituted by and further by Senator: Robert M. La Follette when he was governor, were topics discussed by. Theodore Roose velt in an address today before. the Ohio constitutional- convention here. Colonel Rooeevelt chose as his lul^nt, "A Charter of Deiaecraey." state Into an experimental laboratory March. Thomas A. Pnrrish, business men's candidate, ran a close third, and Huelett M. Wells, socialist, fourth. popular Will IIUIU uciii§ ciicuuvc ivt wrong without also preventing It from, House Committee Reports Bill Provid haincr off»itivi for rieht. The onlv safe tmim e_. n.^ \A/ahL ing $30,000 For Use in Work. or that any of the officers created by -. the people, and rightfully the servants of the people, can set- themselves^ up to be the masters of the people. Con stitution makers should' make It clear beyond shadow of doubt that the peo ple In their legislative ^capacity' have the power to enact into&aw any meas ure they deem necessary for the bet terment of social and Industrial.eondi-' tions. The Real Pr«|rtpii»«/V'' "I hold that ho is the #eal progres slve. that he is the genuine «f the people, who endeajors to the policy alike of t# nation and of the several states'so to encourage legitimate and hoaeiMt 'business at tho same time that he-#Ars against all crookedness and Infiuilce and unfair ness and tyranny In This is the reason Why I have for so many years Insisted as regards our na tional government, that'It is both futile and mischievous to endeavor to correct the evils of big buslacUs by an attempt to restore business Conditions as they were In the middle of the last century, before railways and*' telegraphs had rendered larger business organizations both Inevitable and desirable. "The effort to restqre such condi tions, and to trust for justice solely to such proposer restoration, Is fool ish as if we shojiild« attempt to arm our troops with the fllntkxws of Wasning ton's Continentals Instead of with modern weapons of precision. Flintlock legislation, of thie kind that seeks to '•••V. IC5I010HWM, V* WIW "vv"" 1 8 as ,t Be Curbed But Must Have Square merely means that some of the worst t. A* «1A nnd Deal—LaFollette'e Work' in Wiscon' ANARCHY IN MEXICO Government WMIW SS«W Mrt Packers te Maint«l» High- PriMfc Chicago, Feb. 21.—Scores of tele grams, alleged to have been sent by Louis H. Heyman, manager of the dressed beef department of Morris & Company, urging- eastern representa tives to obtain higher prices, were read In the packers' trial today. a»a«p|.vja^« •V' ,,, ..... ,y. ||wI2"1 #h A jSwl^b 'KWkih i^jjfcirrrtyfr 'is* II tM busineBs world. a a the effort, Insofar accompi|«hes anything at all. combinations are not checked, and that honest business is clicckcd. What Is needed ist Arst, the recog- (Continued, on Second Page.) ment for ProteaMp fitw Robber Bands—Three State* ifc Open War fare Against Madero Gewfarnment. It is feared here 'that all that It is feared here that all tnat needed to plunge Mexico again into civil strife is the appearance of a lead er who can harmonlzer. the factions and bring the rebellious elements together. Sinaloa, Oxaca and Yucatan are said to be virtually in a atate. of open war fare against the Madero government, while from all quarters pf Mexico re ports of raids by maAudlng bands continue *to increase. v. Americans in the CiiUacan villey in south Mexico have suffered to such an extent from the operattatiS of the rob ber bands that they tapfe made an ur gent appeal for aid to the united States government thru Consul Alger. The situation in which Americans in Mexico find themselves Is consid ered so serious by the department that its representatives ttvert-'have beon ln structed to make The object of the government in In troducing the telegrams was to. .show* the test cost, the basis used by the packers in fixing the selling price. In one message sent to Boston, Hey man said: "What are you trying to do, put us out of business with your low celling prices One telegram addressed to a New York representative reads: "This is awful and we can not stand for it. Hold beef for better prices If you don't sell another carcass this week." Another message to a New York agent read: "If you don't get prices up we will have to reduce your shipments." GILL IS VINDICATED. Mayor Who Was Recalled Defeats Op ponents in Seattle Primaries. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21.—Former Mayor Hlrma C. Gill, removed from office in disgrace a year ago by a re call election, was given an overwhelm ing plurality over his rivals for noin nation for office yesterday at the municipal primaries. Gill received nearly 10,000 more votes than his nearest competitor, George F. Cotterill, single tax candidate, who will oppose him at the election in Will Gill campaigned under an "open town" slogan and the result yesterday Is said to indicate his probable elec tion over Cotterill In March. With 221 out of 281 precincts counted the vote for mayor stood: Gill, 18. 997 Cotterill, 10,862 Parrish, 9,913 Wells, 7,780. 8EEKS TO SAVE FAMOUS FLAGS. OUg popular judgment really effective. But bajtie nag, and 13» other scarred and fn1«A rnnatltutionaliam. a. false .... »•«.! a statesmanship, to endeavor by the ex- probably will be taken from their boxes ercise of a perverted Ingenuity to seem J,UUU 1 Washington, Feb. 21. OBillilBlUtl* »vw 1UI lino expert needlewomen r-V -^x. -X:*& 'M mv.y. "Don't give up the ship*' Lake Erie lynching seems Inevitable. .nr.hKi tti flag, and 13a otner scarrea anc crumbling' iz seem American naval trophies, th navai academy and renovated SQ l|HW iney 1IlBV uc S the same time to trick them out of it. generations The house naval affairs the blacks today. One of the fleeing "Yet this is precisely'what is done comm|ttee SHIPPERS DEMAND REFUND. Washington!'peb.V*.». rase" that freight charges to sad from rt*pe repartition. v. V'1' .' BUILDINGS WRECKED AT SAN AN TONIO, AUSTIN AND OTHER TEXAS POINTS. EXTENDS EASTWARD TO MISSISSIPPI AND FLORIDA Pensacola Cut Off and Fears Enter tained That City Has Been Wracked —'Heavy Snows Accompany Storm and Trains in Kansas and Texas are Snowbound—Cold Wavs in North. Dallas, Texas, Feb. hour, njgjjt eemi-iifeekl# reports. HEYMAN RBAS. 21.—Heavy Whioh indicating widespread,,'anNgchy south dences, blowing down chimneys and of the Rio Grande, whlchiltas caused uprooting trees. 7, At El Paso much damage Is feared much uneasiness in official circles. Several citieB and towns are reported to be in the hands of rebels and pro tests by the Americano against robber ies are multiplying, and robber bands are operating without apparent inter ruption thruout the republic. wind storms, accompanied In some sectoins of Texas by a heavy snow fall, did thousands of dollars damage by wreck ing buildings and demoralizing tele graph and telephone service today, in tho Panhandle country the storm, ac companied by four inches of snow, completely disarranged rail schedules. San Antonio and Austin, where the report a 100 miles damage appears greatest, Washington, Feb. A^tvices from averaging seventy to ivu unm» Mexico to the state 4epac||pent today an unroofed many resi- from frost as fruit trees were In blos som. Pensacola Cut Off. New Orleans, Feb. 21.—Attempts to communicate with Pensacola, where it is known a severe storm raged last were unsuccessful today. All wires are down. wires are down. At points along the Florida coast in the vicinity of Pensacola a wind velocity of sixty miles nn hour was registered. It was accompanied by a heavy rain. Damage in Mississippi. Merldan, Miss., Feb. 21—A destruc tive windstorm swept over this district last night, destroying thousands of dol lars.' worth of property, killing herds of cattle and demolishing homes in the surrounding country. Telegraph wires were prostrated, communication not being restored until this afternoon. Stock Shipments Delayed. Chicago, Feb. 21.—A snow storm blown by a forty-two-mile gale from the north visited Chicago and the cen tral states today, accompanied by a sudden drop 0#- the mercury. The snow belt reaches south to St. Louis, west to central Iowa, north a short distance into Wisconsin and east into Ohio. Not more than an Inch of snow has fallen in any section but Is coming down steadily. Delay In hog ship ments caused the market to go up from 5 to 10 cents here at the opening to day. Trains Snowbound'in Kansas. Wichita, Kan., Feb.^i.—Snow drift ed in deep cuts holds three Missouri Pacific pasenger trains captive, two near Reece, Kan., and ono near Hooser, Kan. Men have been sent from this city to dig them out. CHILDREN INTERRUPT TRIAL. Judgs Threatens to Remove Kllduff Youngsters From Court. Davenport, Feb. 21.—It Is probable that the defense will not finish its case before adjournment today In the Anna Kllduff murder trial, and as there will be iu court sessions tomorrow on ac count of Washington's birthday, the trial may continue into next week. Considerable of a diversion was create*? when Mrs. KildufTs little boy fell off a chair. The two ICilduff chil dren have been present In the court room during the last few days and *.he younger orie, a boy 2 years old, had be come restless. He had been talking considerably and on several occasions had Interrupted the proceedings. When the little fellow fell off the chair thor# was considerable of a dis turbance and Judge Theophilus notified the attorney for the defense that If the children could not be kept still they would have to be removed from the court room. The defense placed a number of wit nesses on the stand this morning who testified that Kllduff li.id kept company with a colored woman, a cook at a lo cal hotel, after he was married to An na Kllduff. DOUBLE LYNCHING FEARED. ...» olti glt ftruction sew the ancient baners upon backing him to go to work morning. fine linen, the work to be done by wM HOME MADE WHISKY KILLS. Aik For $2,000,000 as Rsparation For Special to Times-Republican Freight Overcharges. 'C,®H 91—A man hv very to Spokane were unreasonable and exhor- jpen reside at Mondamln. a small sta bitant, the shippers of the eastern tlon south of here. Amason having Washington metropolis today made a recipe for the making of the I progres- gjgmBnd on various northwestern and tifh)aky induced hla pals to help. They cnamplQin transcontinental lines for $2,000^00 drank freely «f the deadly poison, with .*•»« fatal result. t. Two Nsgroes, Suspected of Murder, Cornered In Tenessee Woods. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21.—Reports from Brentwood, ten miles south of __ here says a mob has surrounded in a have been chosen wood two negroes who killed a white Columbia and the Taft men ha\e 150 in work. farmer this morning. County officers delegates to the county °K0"v^natf1t°,^lp. Perry's f«m- havs.h.irrlefl "ron 1 W.pillc county to the T.-R. BULLETIN Noticeable News of T^day The Weather. Sun rises Feb. 32 at 6:48, sets at Ir48. Iowa—Generally fair tonight and Thursday colder tonight. Illlnola—Clearing colder weather to night Thursday fair. South Dakotar—Oenerally tsJr to night and Thursday. PAiG£ ONE. Telegraphic Newsi Thousands Mads Homeless by Fire at Houston. Property Loss May Reach 110,000,040. Factory District Destroyed. Train Robbers Shoot Northwestern Engineer. Attempt to Hold Up Fast Mall Frus trated)' Roosey*it Formulates Platform. ff DlscuS&es Recall and Big R«p!nAai. Wind Storms Do Damage in South. Bad Fire at Floyd. PAGES TWO AND THREE. Iowa News: Merchants Must Fight With Ink. Sheep Feeders Benefited. Sensation Promised in Bowman Case. PAGE FOUR. Editorial: Major Ray's Case and Others. The Way to Be Popular. A Trickster's Complaint. TopicS of the Times. Iowa Opinion and Notes. PAGE FIVE. Iowa Nows: State Tax Conference. Sermon Starts Police Probe. PAGES SIX, EIGHT AND NINE. City News: Former Resident In "Loan 8hark" Case. Made Defendant In Case Brought In Chicago. First Move For New School House. Cummings Austin End? her of B»*" "Doug" tt leld Former Resident Statement. A by Labor as Mem- Here. 2 Traer Vet Dead. General a irief Citv News. GE SEVEN. Story: Freckles. PAGE TEN. Markets and Qpnsral: Congestion of Corn in Chicago. Wheat Feels Effect of Uplift. Blizzard Impedes Livestock Move ment. All Prices Higher. Foss For Tall of Clark Kite. SUIT TO OUST MAYOR Fivs Cltlssns Begin Pracsadlngs Against Barnum Official—Alleged He Knt^r Gambling Was Common—Cos- son Law Invoked. Fort Dodge. Feb. 21.—Mayor J. D. Dwyer, of Barnum, was made defend ant In an action against him for re moval from office, charged with non enforcement of laws against gambling. Thomas F. Cregan, John and P. C. Con ners, A. E. Williams and M. J. Rial charge that he has been present when pea pool, poker and pitch have been played for money. The case is an out growth of the January prosecutions of residents of Barnum and vicinity for gambling. Action has been taken under the Coeson law. It Is alleged that Mayor Dwyer has known of the gambling In that vicinity since April 1, 1911. The January prosecutions were first before the grand jury when about thirty witnesses were examined. The grand Jury ordered eleven men before S. N. Magowan, Justice of the peace, and the men were lined $15 and costs. START NEW PETITION. Fort Dodge Liquor Dealers Fear De cision of Supreme Court. Special to Times-Republican. Ft. Dodge. Feb. 21.—Expecting an adverse derision from tho supreme court because the Oskaloosn saloon case Is similar to the ono here, the local liquor dealers today started the circulation of a new mulct petition of consent. Members of the civl^ league "drys" nre preparing to vigorously op pose the petition. n'lfk state convention. H.^RH venerations The house navai anairs the biacKs ioa»y. to ReceIVe Inr"'°"*' committee has favorably reported tho negroes shot and fatally wounded Max has favorably reported the negroes shot and fatally wounded Ma* Bates bill which would appropriate Volt. superiniena«ni. 01 a ™iiru»u $'30,000 for this purpose. It is proposed thousand three hundred fifty rnames are necessary to make the petition good. WAPELLO COUNTY FOR TAFT. Administration Hss 150 of 179 Dele gates to County Convention. Ottumwa. Feb. 21.—Taft delegations to the republican county convention were elected In six of the seven Ot tumwa wards last night. Delegates town.sh!" mob SCHOOL FOR" GUARD. DOCTORS. rino nf the fwAinr to RsosiVs Instructions. 8p^|*, to ^'Tn|1^ per in tendent of a railroad con- Dee Moines, Fen. zi. .\ajuu»ni company wher. Volt ordered ^JlTLt^on tor all Ons Mondsmin Man Dssd and Two III From Drinking Own Stilling. WVIIM waaninRwn, rcu. qi auhwh, the Interstate commerce commission's unconscloifs, and Charles Hammers decision in the' famous "Spokane rate 2i?—^s^"sequel to of^maso^dead, George FltKBlmhions Southeastern Iowa Dlstriot Convention and ninrl« OMnB at Buriinaton. weak. Is the result of an attempt make their own whisky. The three 21 —Vdjutant Gen- A special school of Instruction for all the meal- Cai officers of the national guard, to he held In Des Moines. March 5, «n tfer the direction of Dr. F»irchlld, of Clinton. FORWARD MOVEMENT MEETING. Opens st Burlington Burlington, Feb. 21.—The men and religion forward movement convention or the southeastern Iowa district opened this afternoon at 2 o'clock and will continue over Thursday. About 200 delegates, ministers and laymen are expected, many of whom are already on hand. Wm^rmgKgx llM i$fl&. TEN 1 ii Jl'f *t i/f*" UNSUCCESSFUL BPFORT TO RO» PAST MAIL TRAIN NO. S NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS. ENGINEER REFUSES TO STOP, ROBBERS OPEN PIM) Mansfflsld Wounded In Arm and Paints Up at Bertram, Whore Trains Slaw# Down on Aoeount of Construction' WorU Posssa Fail to Find Thorn* fm Cedar Rapids, Fob. II.—Five metv^fe' made an unsuccessful attempt to hold* up west bound train No. on the Chi-'* cago & Northwestern railroad n«or Bertram, a village nine miles oast of] here at 2:30 this morning. Engineer Mansfield was wounded by a bullet from one of the bandit's guns. The train Is known as the fast mall and carried no passengers. It was forced.'1, to slow down to a speed of four milts an hour on account of construction *y work on the outskirts of the villa** and It was at this point the men sig nalled the engineer to stop. Susptclottfl of the Irregular method used In sig nalling the engineer did not bring hla train to a stop. When the train flailed to stop the bandits opened fire on engineer, hitting him In the arm. r, iv Engineer Suspscts Robbery. The train was In charge of Engtneei* Douglas Mansfield. Conductor Knight and Fireman P. Ci. Faur, uil of Clinton* A new bridge is being built at Bertranu 4 and all trains have "slow" orders for thta point. Engineer Mansfield, Just after passing the bridge, observed a? lantern signal ahead to stop, but the lantern was not tho regulation? railrond lltfht and the block ahead» showed dear, he suspected the five men who were In sight planned to rob the train. He therefore pulled tho throttle 3 wide and opened the steam cocks to ," throw a eloud of steam about the sus- .* pects. Thu robbers Immediately sent n. fusllade of shots nt the fleeing train. One of the bullets penetrated the flesh of MansfleM's right arm, but of this ha was not aware until the train reached^^ Otis, the next station, where the sn glpeer fainted. The fireman brought tha train into Cedar -Rapids and Maiur field was removed to a hospital. Mans field has been driving an engine on th® Northwestern twenty-si* years. Pesse in Pursuit. Posses were organised here and of-' fleers from Clinton were sent for, but It Is believed the men boarded niwther train and have made their escape. Bertram is a small village about nine miles east of Cedar Rapids and while the Immediate vlnclnity sur rounding the scene of the attempted, hold-up Is bare of any secure shelter) there Is much timber not far distant from the place to which the bandits scurried upon being frustrated In their efforts to rob the train, which Is an exclusive mall carrier, no passen gers being permitted to travel on It. CONNECT GIRL WITH CRIME. Grand Jury Summons Life-Termsr in. Old Murder Investigation. Lincoln. Neb.. Feb 21— Harry Heath, serving a life sentence in the penlten tlary for the murder of Charles Sellers, a ranchman, will be taken to Vnlen tine. Neb., this nfternoon, to tell th« grand Jury in session there what ht knows about the crime. Heath with. his cousin. Kenneth Murphy, and two men named Weed, pleaded guilty to hanglnc Sellers and drew life terms in prienn. The public sentiment in Cherry county has been inclined to connect,. Run Ice Murphy. Heath's cousin, and the girl whom Sellers loved, with the crime, and Heaths testimony is sup posed to be wanted on this phttso of the cape. FA8T MAIL CARS DERAILED. Serious Wrack Narrowly Averted In Illinois Bottoms Near Burlington. Burlington. Fob. 21.—A truck on ona of the cars of Burlington route fast mail iraii.. No. 7. broke down In the.v Illinois bottoms, about five miles east EMPLOYE WRECKS BANK. Defalcations of Pomona, Cnl^ Book-* keeper Amount to $141,000. T.os Angeles. Feb. 21. Karl Stand ard, the missing bookkeeper of the American National Bank of Pomona, whose alleged defalcations were found,^-. yesterdav to amount to $149,000. Is saldi| to be in "hiding here. His arrest la «•-, pectcd noon. The entire surplus and half the cap-^ ital stock of the bank are said to hav».^ been swept away by the shortage.^ which amounted to one-fourth of Its*,,,: total deposits. SNOW STORM HALT8 Jurors Fail to Raach Court and Kimmal Cass Is Dslaysd. St. Louis. Feb. 21.—Because of a, snow storm, which prevented a Juror ln[ the Klmmel case reaching the federal building this morning, no session wasf. held. The formal announcement that al reoeas would be taken until 8 o'clock was made shortly before nooa. -.- *i NUMBER 4S. I# is 4 ri' V4 il 5 of Burllnxton. this morning, derailing, two cars. The cars bumped along over thv ties for several huudred feet butV, did not turn over. The train was mov ing about forty miles an hour and it' is regarded as a miracle that it did not Ko into the ditch. The mail clerks were shaken up but none were 111*" Jured.