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THE PAPER THAT
BOOSTS KEOKUK
.. ALL THE TIME
VOL. 111. NO. 37..
business methods must be made con-! force
sistent
FEDERAL INCORPORATION
"Save interstate business from state
harassment and protect the public
throueh unified federal control."
RAILROADS—"Prevent watering of
CONSERVATION- -"R^classlficatl
of public lands ac jording to their
greatest utility and vest in the execu
tive power to dispose of coal, phos
phate. oil and mineral lands an.I water
power sites to prevent their ir.onopoly
by syndicates.
gressional campaign.'
SIGNIFICANT WORDS
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Mr. Taft Delivers an Important Speech Before the
New York Republican Club at the An
nual Lincoln Day Dinner.
PARTY PJATFORjW AND IIS PLEDGES
.-.Y v:. I
Declares That the Administration is Doing All
it Can to Carry Out the Promises Made
to the People by the Party.
Principal Features of the President's
Speech.
TRUSTS—"If the law is not consist
ent with present business methods,
v.. a
ington can be depended on to enforce
the law in the best way calculated to
prevent a destruction of public confi
dence in business, but that it must en-
the Iaw
with the law." Further on, the president praised
TARIFF—"The Payne-Aldrich bill is Governor Hughes, who was present,
a downward revision on necessities I characterizing him as the "greatest as
and the best tarift measure ever active jse' °f the republican party in New
in this countrv." 'York state."
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS—"Such
banks can be constitutionally estab
lished. If the republican party does
not accomplish this it must face
charges of bad faith."
rOat.e Citv' T.eased Wire Service.!
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.—Little hope!
for illegal combinations and law-break-i ._ The Decreases.
insr trusts is held out by President I. tariff there were 654
Taft., who, in his sneech at tbe New I decreases, 220 increases and 1,150
York Republican club's Lincoln davli*em® ,.e dutiable list unchanged,
dinner tonight, declared that "If the|bui
enforcement of law is not consistent'
the law.
A rinerinf eulogv of the Pavne-Ald
rich tariff law and a detailed defense
of present administration occunied a
a panic in Wall street and to disturb
business. All I.hive to sav upon that
subject Is this: That certainly no one
responsible for a government. like ours
would foolishly run amuck In business
and destrov values and confidence just
soes without saying."
Postal Savings Banks.
The postal savings bank and the
party pledge on that subject led the
president into a discussion of the bill
now before congress. He said that
those who are endeavoring to amend
bill to allow the money deposited
to be kept as savings in the banks
under trustees, who shall have no
securities, and empower a commission' P°wer to use the funds and to allow
to regulate rates for benefit of pub- the funds to be deposited in state and
lie." national banks indiscriminately are
INJUNCTIONS—"Require that no! Prejudicing the party integrity. "These
federal cour injunction shall issue
without full notice and hearing, unless
to prevent irreparable. injury and in
such case extend only five days be
fore ^earing."
will put the party in a position from
which it cannot hope to escape the
charges that it is not in good faith
in seeking the passage of a postal
savings bank bill and is not seeking
therefore to comply with the promise
of the republican platform In that re
gard."
Speaking of the tariff revision, the
•president said: "We did revise the
tariff. Nothing was expressly said in
the platform that this revision was to
br a downward revision. The implica-
"If these meapures to which I have tion that it was to be generally down
referred are enacted into law and the ly*™' hawevei", was fairly given by the
pledges of tbe republican party^prr-j ,S^wWt those whouphold' the, prot©o
ftrmed the^e woi'ld seem no good i^aa» t've tariff system defend It by 'the
son whv the partv should not received claim that after an industry, has been
renewed npproval in the coming con-
establis,bed
TAFT-
shutting off foreign
competition the domestic competition
will lead to tbe reduction in price so
as to make the original high "tariff un
necessary.
th's dl.d
not
pro
1 ,,?rtion
great, part of the lengthy speech. The, to-wit: silks, wines, liquors, perfum
president went republican
fulfillment of its pledges- He took the
stand that the Payne bill contained
a substantia] revision of tariff and
quoted statistics to prove that, e'nee
the l^w went into effect there has been
a considerable decrease in duties,
ery an(j
party platform of1.)38. plank bv plank, nearly $.530,000,000, while the increase
and pointed out how step by ptep the|not on articles of luxury affected but
administration was working toward a
nbout
1
Cost of Living. sens, which were not affected at all.
But tbe. president admitted the tar "Certainly it was not promised that
iff law is going to be blamed by the!the rates on luxuries should be re
democrats for the cost of living, which duced. The revenues were falling off.
will be, he admits, a vital issue in
the congressional convention next fall
and we must not be blind to the?
weight of such an argument, he told
the republicans. After a lengthy ar
gument intended to prove that the
Payne-Aldrich bill was the best tariff
law evei4 inaugurated in the United
States, the nresident, proceeded to the
idividual pledges of the platform of
Represent the fair
ln
^OSt
with the present methods of carrying I *n1 increases, because the duties were
on business. t.hon the business nWh-' leased on those articles which bad
ods must be changed to conform with I ^n®umP"°\yalue
of
the reductions
of
nfarly
^'j100'"
0(0,000, while they were increased on
those articles which had a consump
tion value of less than $1,000,000,000.
Of the increase the consumption value
of those effected which are luxuries,
articles, amounted to
$300.000,000. as against $5,000.-
000 of consumption. I repeat, there
fore, that this was a downward re
vision. It was not downward with
reference to silks or liquors or high
priced cottons in the nature of lux
uries. It was downward in respect to
I nearly all other articles except wool-
there was a deficit promised and it
was essential that the revenue should
be increased. It was no violation of
the promise to increase the revenues
bv increasing the tax on luxuries, pro
vided there was downward revisicn on
all other articles- The one substan
tial defect in the compliance of the
promise of the platform was the fail
ur''1 to reduce, woolens. Does that
1908. then without mincing words, ho I defect so color the action of the re
publican party as to make it a breach
nf faith leading to its condemnation?
took up Wall street, and the trusts.
Tbe
speech "ndertoo1 to answer the
flood of questions and criticism which
has been deluging the countrv relative
to the success of the Taft administra
tion. On t.br- Wall street subject., the
president said:
"From time to time attack." are
I do not think so. Parties are men, re
visions are like the workmen, Ihev
are not nerfect. The change wli'di
this tariff eTfec'ed was a marked
change downward in the rate of duties
and It was tbe recognition by the par-
nade upon the administration on thajtv that tbe time lmd come when in
Rround that Its policy tends to create stead of increased duties they must be
-'duced when recoenized ifs plat
and in much of what it d'd that
tbe ''oner measure of nrotection was
tbr difference ip cost in the produc
tion of articles here anrf abroad, in-
8
for the pleasure of doing fo. No one I tu-crs." f'Vr.jT
has a motive as strong ns the adminis
tration in power to cultivate nnd
strengthen business confidence and
business prosneritv. But it. does rest
with the national administration to
enforce the law, and if the enforce
ment of th« law Is not consistent with
the present methods of doinst business
t' en It. does not speak well for the
present methods of conducting busi
ness and they should be changed to
conform with the law. There was no
promise on the part of the republican
party to change the anti-trust law. ex
cept to strengthen it or to authorize
monopoly and a suppression of com
petition and the control of prices, and
those who look forward to such a
chanee cannot visit the responsibility
for their mistake on innocent persons.
Of course tfe© government .at Wash-
'a^r- l)ro"t to the manufaq-
About Injunctions.
J-
Tn the matter of the republican nlat
fnrm ntt^'-nnces regarding the Issn
nnco of iniunctions by the federal
court t.hp president said: "A bill to
carrv ont this nrornise hi1
been Introduced 'n(n *oth 'ho senate
pnd house, and the hill will doubtless
come f0" consideration and pas
sage. The h'll does not eo as far as
Mr. Onmrerfi and the federation of
labor demands, but, it a:oes as far as
the republican convention was willing
to let. It «rn and It
Js
so drnVn as to
make an nbuso nf Issuance of Inlimc
tions without notice »0"v 'niprob-Ve.
Tt. renulreo t^nt no inunction shall he
{armed wlthC't .fw1' notice anrf honrlng.
nn'ess to nrevent 1rren»rahle Iniurv.
and tfc&t in which case, the court shall
make a finding from' the evidence ad
duced pointing out what the injury
anticipated is and why Irreparable, jt
and why there is not time to give'
notice, and after the injunction shall
be issued without notice, it is provid
ed that such injunction shall lose its
force at the expiration of five days,
unless a hearing is had."
PRECAUTIONS TO BE
3 TAKEN IMMEDIATELY
Loss of Ship and Practically all on
Board Has Caused Steps to
be Taken.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
MARSEILLES, Feb. 12.—The sink
ing of the General Chantey, one of
the stoutest ships in the Mediter
ranean traffic, with the loss of 155 of
the 157 persons aboard her, has em
phasized tne necessity of greater safe
guards to life along the shores of
Minorca.
Already the Spanish government
he« announced that it will build a
lighthouse at the most dangerous
point on the coast and the various
steamship lines that use this route
will demand that life saving stations
be established along the northern
coast of Minorca and along the chan
nel between Minorca and Majorca.
No details have yet been received
of the reported sinking today of the
French sailing boats Matliilde and
Martial at the same spot wnere the
General Chanzey went down.
Hope that there were other surviv
ors of the Chanzey than Blade/,, a
Marseilles passenger, and Marcel
Morel, an Algerian custom official,
was abandoned late today, when dis
patches from Ciudadela, Minorca, said
that the sea was still so rough, that
even had others of the passengers
clung to bits of wreckage they could
not have survived the tempestuous
seas!
A score of bodies have bem wash
ed ashore and will be shipped back
to this city. Bladez says t. stock
when the boat struck the rocks as
terrific and that instinctively the pas
sengers most of whom had gathered
below owing to the severity of the
storm, knew that the boat was lost.
The explosion followed a second
later and the boat went down like
a rock. A huge benefit performance ..
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SPREADING RAILS
CAUSED THE WRECK
Three Coaches Derailed One Turning
Clear Over But No One
Waa Killed.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
WALKER, Minn., Feb. 12.—Spread
ing rails caused a passenger train
wreck on the Minnesota and Interna
tional railway at Portage Lalte Minn.,
near here tonight. Three coaches were
derailed and turned over and the
passengers were badly shaken up, al
though none were fatally injured.
The most severely injured were
Miss Doda Mitchell, back severely
wrenched: Harry Lacour, head bruis
ed, and Ernest Fisher, internally in
jured. The smoker turned turtle, but
most of the passengers wete in the
day coach which was simply thrown
on its side.
A wrecking crew is now on its way
to the scene.
tj.j.: Named Census Committee.
MASON CITY, Feb. 12.—President
Hamlanof the Commercial club of
this city yesterday named a census
committee which will see that the fed
eral census takers get every name in
tbe city.'
Supreme Court Decisions.
DES MOINES, Feb. 12.—The su
preme court decided one case today
as follows: Maggtie Wallace vs.
Charles L. Weid, appellant. Wood
berry district, reversed, Wever, Judge.
KEOKUK, IOWA, SUNDAY, FEB. 13, 1910.
PAID TRIBUTE HOUSE OF DEATH
TO ABE LINCOLN HilBI BY HYDE
Anniversary of the Birth of the Great
Man Appropriately Observed in
Many of the Large
Cities,
Gov. Den eon presided and intro
duced Washington who chose his sub
ject "Some Results of the Emancipa
tion •proclamation." He detailed the
progress of the negro and what he
had accomplished for himself since the
race was freed, and pleaded with t~.e
white people to lend their add in the
uplifting and education of tne black
race.
At the speaker's table wore a nub
ber of men who were intimate friends
of Lincoln, including Dr. Wm. Jayne,
John W. Bunn and Cltat-jw L. Con
klin.
'v/, ,r.
Sherman's Tribute.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 12.—
At the Lincoln Day dinner here to
night Vice President Sherman in an
eloquent eulogy of the martyred pres
ident said: "Above and beyond all in
the procession of tbe great men of
our past history stands Lincoln.
"Lincoln, not seeking greatness, yet
the greatest of all: Lincoln, tried by
fire tempted by calls oJ what seem
ed humanity iJncoln, ^he gentle, yet
holding true the course of the &hlp
of state amid the mos$ fearful carn
age of strife ever inflicted, his he^rt
the olive br&tich of peace, hid by
tempestuous clouds of war.",
Southern Man fioeaks.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO. Feb. 12.—Joh Temple
Graves, editor of New York Amer
ican ,and a son of the south, paid an
eloquent tribute to the memory of
Abraham Lincoln at the first annual
banquet of the Lincoln League here
tonight. Graves' subject was "IJn
coln from the Viewpoint of the
South." The speaker declared that
If there Is any difference between the
view points of north and south in re
gard to Lincoln it is that the appre
ciation of the south is more fervent
and affectionate than that of the
north. "We know that had Lincoln
lived," he declared, "the horror of a
reconstruction would have been lift
ed from a prostrate south. The south
is today a thousand times more great
'without, its slaves than it would have
been with them."
Died on Eve of Disgrace.
DBS MOINES. Feb. 12—Geo. M.
Davidson, indicted by the grand jury
for obtaining money under false pre
tenses, was discovered dead when the
deputy sheriff arrived at is home in
Ava, Mo. Davidson died with dropsy
on the day that the deputy sheriff
left Dets Moines.
1
Union Fraternal Building.
BRITT, Feb. 12.—The thirteen
lodges in the city held a meeting here
last night and started a movement
for the erection of a fraternal build
ing here to b& the home of ail the
lodges.
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S9S
The Poi
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS
Negro Pays Tribute and John Temple
Graves From the South Also
Utters Words of
Praise."
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.J
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 12.—Jus
tice to the negro was the keynote of
an address delivered here tonight by
Booker T. Washington, the negro ed
ucator, at the Lincoln Day banquet of
the Lincoln Centennial association.
rr
THE DAILY GATE CITY,
©ate'. Citg.
Nurses Planned to Walk Out of the
Home Because They Knew That
Everything Was Not
Right.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 12.—Another
sensation was furnished in the Swope
case late this afternoon when John
G. Paxton, executor of the estate of
the late Col. Thos. Swope testified
during a deposition hearing' that
"Strychnine in large quantities" had
been found in the contents of the
stomach of Miss Margaret Swope, Col.
Swope's niece. After a long illness,
Miss Swope recovered. This makes
the third member of the Swope fam
ily. who was given poison. Paxton's
statement was made in a deposition
he gave in a suit for libel brought
against him by Dr. Hyde, husband of
Swope's niece, who has been arrested
on the charge of having murdered Col.
Swope. Paxton asserted that the re
port regards poison ln Miss Swope's
stomach had been made to him by
Drs. Haines and Hektoen of Chicago,
toxicologists who made a chemical
analysis of the contents of the stomach
of members of the Swope family. This
statement was drawn from Paxton on
ly after notary Geo. H, Kelly had
threatened to commit him unless he
answered a question designed to bring
the information out.
Paxton also asserted that the nur
ses employed in the Swope household
and engitged in carrying for the sick
people there threatened to strike be
cause one of them had said "people
are being murdered In this house."
Telling of the time when the nur
ses planned to walk out Paxton testi
fled^that the nurses went to Mrs. Lo
4&n O^Swope and tol(3|.h,^r un-t
less Dr. Hyde was disnilssfed at the*
family physician, they would all
strike. He said that immediately af
ter the nurses demand Dr. Hyde was
requested to cease his professional
duties at the Swope home and Dr.
G. Twyman then began to treat the
family.
The special grand jury sum
moned to investigate the death' of
Col. Thomas H. Swope met this af
ternoon in the criminal court room
and organized. Judge Ralph S. Lat
shaw apointed J. W. Montgomery
foreman. Two of the jurors asked
for an adjournment until Monday
morning at 10 o'clock and the judge
so ordered.
CHAFIN FROTHS
AT THE MOUTH
Late Prohibition Candidate for Presi
dent Does Not Think Much of
Mayor Shank. 'StS
ifcftfcy
[Oat© City Leased Wire Service.]
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 12.—"If there
ip an anarchist on earth today, he is
Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis. If
I were not onposed to capital punish
ment I would favor his execution."
This was the shot fired at the mayor
of Indianapolis tlvis afternoon by
Eugene W. Chafin, prohibition candi
date for president at the last elec'
tion, in an address before the Marion
County Prohibition convention. Dur
ing Ms address Chafin also said Pres
ident Taft could elimate "the white
slave" traffic from Panama but dares
not, because it would mean political
suicide.
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NAVAL VICTORY
IN NICAHA&UA
,§ tg Doctor is Accused of Genera, Estrada Captures a
Dot g. Out His Strychnine to
f.-jj .hers in the Swope
Family.
Steam-
boat on Lake Managua After
& Forcing Way Through
Rain of Bullets,
MANAGUA IS IN A PANIC
Expecting an Attack Now From Both
Land and Water and the
People are Wildly
Excited.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
BLUEFIELDS, vtia wireless*to Col
on, Feb. 12.—Messengers from the in
terior tonight report that Gen. Aurelio
Estrada has captured one of the prin
cipal government steamers on Lake
Managua after the hottest battle ln
his campaign against the capital.
In a rain of bullets from troops
aboard the ship, and from land bat
teries the revolutionary leader board
ed the vessel with a'Strong force, cap
turing the crew an«j marines and tak
ing the-boat to the northeastern edge
of the lake where his own forces are
in control. It is expected that he will
now plan an immediate conjunction
with Gen. Chainorro, who is at Mat
agalpa with a strong body of troops,
and attack Managua within a day or
two.
By the capture of the lake steamer
today, Estrada is in a position to
attack Managua simultaneously by
land and water. News of the loss of
the steamer has thrown the capital
into the worst panic Bince the revo
lutionary army began to approach the
caty. The steamer .Corinto is aground
on Bluefield bar with a full cargo and
cannot be floated. It is feared that
the vessel will be badly wrecked and
much of her cargo lost.
BOY OPERATOR
PULL OF PLUCK
Lost One Foot But Still. Kept
Head and His Telegt-uph
Finger.
This message was received today at
the Great Western operator's office in
this city from the little telegraph eta.
tion of Benning, four miles north of
this city. It wan sent by Rudolph
Elmquist, aged 18, the operator, while
blood was flowing from several pain
ful wounds, including one that crush
ed his foot. Elmquist lives in the city
and goes back and forth on tne train
but in trying to board the caboose, he
slipped and fell, the wheels passing
over his left foot.. Notwithstanding
this he realized that a wreck would
result if the freight train backed up
for him without orders and did not
clear for the Milwaukee train soon
to pass. He dragged himself to the
station opened the key and sent the
message to Mankato. Not until he
was certain, that everything was all
right did he leave the key, then he
fell exhausted.
He was brought to this cltv and
placed in a hospital.
BLOODY IMPRINTS 11'
ON BUSINESS CARD
New Clue May Lead to Unraveling the
Mystery of Murder of
1 Wiltshire. ,»
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I S
[Gate Citv Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 12.—Bloody im
prints of the fingers and thumb of a
right hand on a crumpled business
card taken from the pocket of Chas.
E. Wiltshire, the wealthy glove manu
facturer, who was found murdered
here, gave the police a new clew to
work on tonight. The card was found
by the police in making a second
search of the factory in which the
wealthy manufacturer was murdered.
Three men are now being held as sus
pects and as soon as the identification
bureau has completed its examination
of the bloody card the linger prints
of the three suspects will be compared
with those on the card.
Christophere Ebbole, the principal
suspect, still insists he can prove
an alibi.
Files Claim for $4,000.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Feb. 12.—Lvont.
county has filed a claim for $4,000
against the estate of Jacob Williams,
who was confined in the county nome
and at the Independence asylum for
nine years before be died. A coun
ter claim has been fll. against the
county by Williams' heirs for $2,700
who alleged that William earned
$25.00 per month above his board and
care during that period.
Indictment Declared Invalid.
DES MOINES, Feb. 12.—Tile flret in
dictment under the Peterson law
passed by the last general assembly,
prohibiting the sale of watered stock,
was held invalid today by Judge Mc
Henry in the district court in the case
of the State of Iowa vs. V. G. Al
brook, one of the officers of the Pure
Food Cider company.
THE WEATHER:
F£!r and Warmer for Sun
day and Monday.
His
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
MANKATO, Minn., Feb. 12.—"My
foot is cut off and No. 271 us coming
back to pick me up. She will have to
have help against No. 142, which is
due at Mankato in a few minutes."
EIGHT PAGES.
STRIKE DANGER
HAS PASSED
Threatened Big Tieup of Western
Roads Is Now But a Memory
on Account of Action
Taken.
SUBMITTED TO BOARD
Illinois Arbitration Conunittee Will
Take up and Settle It With*
out Further
Trouble.
[Gate City Leased Wire Serrioe.]
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—All chance of a
strike of yard men in tbe dispute be
tween the Brotherhood of Rallwav
Trainmen and tbe eighteen trunk
lines entering here was eliminated to
night.
At a joint meeting of managers and
committee representing the workers
it was agreed that all points in con
troversy be left to the Illinois state
board of arbitration. The situation at
the close of the conference was stated
briefly toy O. L. Dickeson, spokesman
of the railway managers as follows:
"Today's conference ended at 6 p. m.
Both sides have signed an agreement1
to submit the disputed questions to
the Illinois state board of arbitration.
There are three articles to be arbitrat
ed al affecting compensation.
ed all affecting compensation. Formal
application will be filed in Springfield
Monday."
The three points in question con
cern an advance of five cents an hour
the concession of time and a half for
over time and th«4»ayment of mileage
to men who are sent from one point to
another in their work. The transpor-.
tation rule it to apply only to men.'
who are transferred. The railways are
willing to pay the men by the hour'
when they are transferred but against'
the mileage proposition. The early
conference held daily for several
weeks resulted in settling more than
twenty other points in dispute but
upo nthe question of wages the rail-,
took a positive stand. The suggested
that the entire matter be left to acl
bitrat'S&n uttder the Kt^man- act. -Thr
switchmen refused to put it under
federal jurisdiction because they
thought that would render the mliable
to esveral yars dlay and if thev ob
jected to injunction against the "privi
lege of striking. The railroads ob
jected to a counter-proposition to
Bubmit the issue to state board. They
believe the members of that board
were inclined to favor the workers.v
Since their refusal several days have
elapsed rn dthey had opportunity to
canvass the situation The disput in
volved four thousand switchmen who
belong to a Brotherhood that has a
membership of 104,000. Their flu-eat
to strike gave the industrial outlook
of the entire west a pessimist!* color
until the announcement orthe agree*!
ment to arbitrate.
TUG BOAT NINA
CANNOT BE FOUND'
No News From the Government Boat
Which Hae Been Lost for
f.
a
Week. -v'
•$ "••"4 W$Bi~
[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—No advices
regarding the lost government tug
Nina, which left Norfolk for Boston
last Sunday morning, have been re
ceived here. At the Brooklyn navy
yard, the officers are awaiting word
by wireless as to the progress of many
naval vessels which are scouring the
coast from Boston to Norfoln for the
missing tug.
The supply vessel CulgOa. which,
left here this afternoon in haste to
aid the searchers, by orders from
Washington started with hardly half
her crew of 250 men aboard and wan
una.ble to take aboard much repair
matter for us« in case she runs across
the Nina in distress. The Nina has a
crew of 29 men on board.
Bad Vlcksburg Fire
[Gate Citv lieased Wire Service.!
VICKSBURG, Miss- Feb. 12.—After,
doing between half and three-quarters
of a million dollars' damage, the flra
.which started at noon was placed un
der control shortly after 4 o'clock thli
I afternoon. The Valley Dry Gtods
company, Kuhn Brothers, (where the
blaze started) Brown & Beer, She
I Hub, Metzer Shoe company, and othAr
concerns were among the heaviest suft
lerers.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.—Illinois:'
Fair and warmer Sunday and Monday.
Iowa: Fair and warmer Sun*ay
Monday fair.
Missouri: Fair aud warmer Sun
day Monday partly cloudy, moderate
temperature.
Local Observations.
Bar. Ther- Wind. Weather.
-2, 7 a- m...3u.2fi 7 W/ Cloudy
12, 7 p.m...30.36 20» WM" Clear
River: Frozen. Is
Feb. 12.—Mean temperature. 16 da
grees maximum, 25: minimum. 6.
FRED Z. GOSEWISCH-
Observer.