Evening times-Republican. [volume], February 04, 1908, Image 1

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to know.
VOLUME THIRTY-FOUR.
Burning: of Steamer St. Cutlibert
Off Nova Scotia Attended
With Loss of Life
FIFTEEN DROWN, ELEVEN BURN
'Part of Crew Lost in Launching Boat
Stowaways Burned to Death—
Thrilling Ruscue at Sea of Crew of
Wrooked Schooner Mary Newhall
I Another Vessel Given Up as Lost.
New York, Feb. 4.—A wireless dis
patch tp the Times from the steamer
Cymric gives the details of the burn
ins of the steamer St. CuthberL off the
coast of Nova Scotia.
Soon after the Cymric sighted the
burning vessel the steamer Cambrian
also came up and the two ships lay
for several hours .awaiting a chance
to safely lower a boat, the terrific wind
which was blowing at the time making
it Impossible for a boat to live. Kin
ally at 2 o'clock the Cymric got a boat
away, In command of First Officer
Stivey and with a crew of six men.
After a hard fight with the waves the
boat succeeded, aided by quantities of
oil which had been spread on the wa
ter, In reaching the side of the ship.
For ten minutes they lay by before a
heavy figure was lowered into the boat,
followed by a second. Then ten men
made their way down aUadder into the
boat. All w*re frightfully burned.
The boat returned to the Cymric and
the rescued men were hoisted aboard.
Some of the crew then made a sec
ond and third trip back to the burn
ing steamer, rescuing thirty-seven
men in all. On the last trip the boat
was stove In by a wave and barely
reached the Cymric in safety.
The officers and crew of the St.
Cuthbert had a terrible story to tell.
At midday Saturday lire was discov
ered and smoke was seen emerging
from the ventilator. The first officer
rushed to the bridge Where the cap
tain was, to tell him of the Are, when
almo&t immediately a. terrible explo
sion occurred, blowing off the hatches
in the forward part of the ship and
destroying half the bridge. The cap
tain was blown to the deck and badly
Injured and blinded by the .flames. The
wheelsman was driven away from his
post. A boat was immediately low
ered* but was smashed and its crew
«sf fifteen, Including the third officer,
were drowned.
For thirty-six hours the Grew fought
the flames, but with small success.
The foremast melted and fell, throwing
a stowaway who was hidden in the
crowsnest into the flatnes, which by
this time burned thru the forward
deck. There! were nine stowaways on
the ship and all were caught in the
forward holds and burned to death
without a chance at rescue. After the
fall of the mast the fire was partially
checked, but the poisonous fumes of
fusel oil made fighting the fire almost
impossible. The ship was loaded with
fusel oil, matches, rag's, willowware
and other inflamable materials. The
crew kept up a gallant fight and were
rescued only just in time, as the fire
was rapidly gaining headway when the
Cymric finulljr was enabled to put off
the rescuing boat. All the rescued
members of the crew were cared for on
the Cymric:. Altho many are badly
burned it is thought all will recover.
Wireless From the Cymbric.
Boston, Feb. 4.—A wireless dispatch
received here this afternoon from the
Steamer Cymbric. approaching the
iharbor, sts.ted that she ill ad on board
forty-one seaman of the steainer St.
Cuthberts, and that fourteen men, in
cluding Third Officer White, were
drowned Sunday night, while aband
oning the steamer.
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THRILLING RESCUE AT SEA.
Crew of Schooner Mary Newhall
Wrecked in Bermudas—Crew Saved.
Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 4.—Details
of the abandonment at sea of the four
masted schooner Mary L. Newhall, of
Bath, Me., were brought here today by
the steam ship Bermudian, from New
York. The schooner left Tampa for
Norfolk January 24, and met with a
succession of gales. On the fifth day
out she lost her rudder and all her
sails were blown away. The vessel
became unmanageable.
When 240 miles northwest of Ber
muda, on Sunday afternoon, the
schooner was sighted by the Bermu
dian, and the steamer stood by the
distressed schooner until the next
morning. At midnight Sunday, in a
tempest, a boat's crew of five men,
under J. F. Welch, second mate, put off
from the Bermudian to endeavor to
effect a rescue of the Newhall's crew.
The boat was thrown by the high seas
against the schooner and partly
smashed, and had to give up the at
tempt for the moment. Welch's boat
succeeded in getting back to the Ber
mudian without loss of We. At day
light Monday Welch made another at
tempt to take off the schooner's crew,
but the seas were still too high to al
low of a close approach. The men on
the schooner were directed to plunge
into the sea, and they were rescued
from the water with life lines thrown
out by Welch and his men.
This exhibition of dauntless cour
age by the boat's crew was watched
with breathless interest by 200 passen
gers jjn board the Bermudian. who
(•stiffed rheir appreciation of the gal­
lantry of the men by subscribing S650
for them. Of this amount goes
to Welch, a young Nova Seotiun.
GIVEN UP AS l-OST.
Steamship Bluefields, With Crew of
18, Undoubtedly Wrecked.
Philadelphia, Feb. 4— All hope for
the steamship Bluefieids. which sailed
from Jacksonville. January 21. for
Philadelphia. has practically been
abandoned. The best that Is hoped for
now is that Captain Wiggins and his
crew of eighteen may have been picked
up by some foreign bound vessel.
NO QUARTER TO SUSPECTS.
Sentinels at Sebastopol Arsenals Or
dered to Fire Without Challenging.
Sebastopol, Feb. 4.—As the outcome
of recent attacks by revolutionists up
on the sentries on duty at the arsenals
here, Bear Admiral Wiren today gave
orders for all sentinels to lire without
challenging, upon all suspects found
in the vicinity of the arsenals or store
house between the hours of 6 p. m. and
t'» a. m.
TROOPS TO FRONTIER.
Russia Preparing to Make Demonstra
tion Against Turkey.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—Five thou
sand troops have becjn ordered from
Northern Causasus to the Turko-Per
sian frontier, whither soldiers in small
detachments have been proceeding
steadily for several weeks past. This
concentration is due to the aggressive
attitude of the Turks in their frontier
dispute with the Persians. It is be
lieved in St. Petersburg that Russia is
about to undertake a military dem
onstration against Turkey.
YOUNG KING BETTER
Manuel Recovering From Wounds In
flicted by Father's Assassins—Dead
King's Funeral Feb. 8.
Lisbon, Feb. 4.—The condition of
King Manuel, who was shot in the arm
and face at the time when his father
and brother were killed last Saturday,
is improving. The official organ in its
issue today, declares that the funerals
of the late king and crown prince will
be held the morning of February 8. at
the Royal Pantheon of St. Vincent de
Lisbon, with all the solemnity possi
ble.
Material changes in ttie new cabinet
have been made. Only three members
of the first ministry, it was announced
yesterday, are retained in the cabinet
gazetted today.
It is persistently rumored here that
ex-Premier Franco, who was thought
to have fled to Spain, has taken refuge
on a British cruiser anchored off Cas
caes, fifteen miles west of Lisbon and
that by this means ho plans to gain
Gibraltar or England.
The changes in the new Portuguese
ministry have followed each other In
such rapid succession today that it has
been difficult to keep track of them
or know the final complexion of the
cabinet to be. The ministry that was
gathered together yesterday by Ad
miral Fenreia do Amaral, was super
ceded by another, early this morning.
A few hours later a third ministry
was announced, and this cabinet is
declared to be final. These constant
changes arise from the difficulty in
selecting and arranging a ministry
that shall suit -the many clashing fac
tional interests. Martial law and the
suspension of constitutional guaran
tees was proclaimed yesterday, and
the municipal authorities are taking
the needed steps to prevent a recur
rance of the disorders. The palace
and public buildings are stili guarded
by troops, and the police are in strong
force on the streets. It is officially de
nied here that the revolutionary move
ment is spreading in Oporto or any
where else in Portugal.
Dr. Jose Maria Alpoim. chief of the
progrossist dissidents, has fled from
Portugal in an automobile. He dis
guised himself in order to be able to
cross the frontier. He is now close
ly watching the course of events in
Portugal from Salamanca, Spain.
Say Republic is Proclaimed.
Fuentes, de Onoro, Spain, Feb. 4.—
Reports have been received here that
a Portuguese republic has .been pro
claimed at Oporto, and that a provis
ional government has been established
in that city.
Intervention Is Denied.
Paris, Feb. 4.—An official note was
published here today denying the al
legation made In the German news
papers and elsewhere that the fall of
Premier Franco from power was due
to the intervention either of France or
Great Britain. "It's equally untrue,"
the statement declares, "that either
Spain or Italy intend to intervene to
bring about peace in Portugal. The
powers will respect the rights of Por
tugal to deal herself with her own in
ternal a.ffairs."
10,000 H00RS KILLED
Charge Clear Up to the Mouths of
French Guns Decisive Battle
Fought.
London, Feb. 4.—The News agency
publishes a dispatch from Tangier,
saying that there has been a battle be
tween the French and Morns near Set
tat, Morocco, in which 10.000 Moors
wore killed or wounded, and in which
the French losses amounted to 160
men, including four officers. The Moors
wflPh intrepid bravery, charged right
up to the mouths of the guns, until
their carpses lay in groat piles on the
ground.
Representatives of Commercial
Bodies ot County to Ask
Roosevelt to Act
WANT A TARIFF COMMISSION
Big Delegation to See President To
morrow House Committee Re
ports Pension Bill Consolidating All
Agencies Carries Appropriation
of $150,000,000.
Washington, Feb. 4.—President
Konsevelt will be urged tomorrow by
the representatives of forty or lifty
leading commercial bodies of the coun
try to send a special message to con
gress in favor of legislation to estab
lish a tariff commission. Arrangements
for their reception wero made today.
Pension Bill Reported.
Washington, Feb. 4—The house com
mittee on appropriations today report
ed favorably the pension bill. The bill
as reported abolishes the pension
agencies at Augusta, Maine, Boston,
Buffalo. Chicago, Columbus, Concord,
Des Moines, Detroit, Indianapolis,
Knoxville, Louisville. Milwaukee, New
York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
San Francisco and Topeka, and con
solidates them in one central distribut
lng agency at Washington. The bill
carries a total pension appropriation
of $150,S69.000.
This is $174,000 less than the aggre
gate of the exact sum savable by con
solidation of the agencies.
Accorded Right of Debate.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The house to
day accorded the privileges of the lloor
I and right of debate to Benito Legardo
and Pablo Ocampo, resident comnxis
sioners of the Philippine Islands. A
bill appropriating $403,000 for the pay
ment of Catholic church claims in the
Philippines was reported favorably by
the «house committee on insular af
fairs today. A general debate on the
Indian appropriation bill was extend
ed
so
as to permit its continuance un
tij _llie close of the session tonight.
Bill Carries $24,000,000.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The senate to
day passed the urgent deficiency ap
propriation bill, carrying a- total of
$24,000,000.
Brooklyn Bank to Resume.
Washington, Feb. I.—The comptrol
let- of the currency today granted per
mission to the First National bank of
Brooklyn, N. Y., to resume business'
February 10. The bank suspended
several months ago.
Resolution of Sorrow.
Washington, Feb. 4.—A resolution of
sorrow was adopted by the house to
day, in connection with the assassina
tion of the king and crown prince of
Portugal.
Thomas Name Presented.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The president
today nominated Benjamin F. Thom
as to be postmaster at Omaha, Neb.
Illinoisan Gets Job.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The president
today nominated Merritt O. Chance, of
Illinois, to be auditor for the post
office department.
WARM RECEPTION IN CHILI.
Chilean Authorities and People Most
Gracious to American Fleet.
Washington, Feb. 4.—Rear Admiral
Evans cabled to the navy department
today that the reception of the fleet
by the Chilean authorities and people
at Punta Arenas, was most hearty and
gracious. The Chilean government has
placed its coal supply at Punta Arenas
at the disposal of the battleships, but
fortunately it has not been found nec
essary to use it.
Flotilla Passing Strait.
(Punta del Gada, Strait of Magellan,
9: 20 a. m., Feb. 4.—T:he American tor
pedo boat flotilla, six vessels, under
command of Lieutenant Cone, has just
passed here, going west.
PEARY TO INVADE ARCTICS.
After Seeing President, Announced In
tention to Leave July 1.
Washington, Feb. 4.—Commander
Peary, of Arctic exploration fame, paid
his respects to President Roosevelt
yesterday. "I shall start for the north
on another exploration trip the first of
next July," said Commander Peary as
he left the White House.
SANTA FE CUTS EXPENSES.
Will Annul Ten of Principal Passenger
Trains in Kansas.
Topeka, Feb. 4.—Beginning February
9 the Santa Fe railway will annul ten
•of its principal local passenger trains
in Kansas. General Manager Hurley
says that this is made necessary by
the decrease in the goad's earnings,'
the past year.
MISS SHONTS TO WED SOON.
Wedding to Duke de Chaulnes to Oc
cur on February 15.
Now York, Feb. 4.—Some of the in
vitations to the marriage of Miss The
odora Shonts and the Due de Chaulnes
on February 15. were mailed Saturday
and the rest were sent yesterday. The
wedding plans will not be ettled until
the arrival of the duke's relatives from
Europe. Miss Shonts will be given
away by her father, and the marriage
A RSIIAIJLTOWN^
will take place at the Shonts' homo,
1 -jl: Hast Thirty-tilth street. Due do
Chaulnes is a Koniaii Catholic and it is
probable that -Mgr. I .a voile ol St. Pat
rick's cathedral will officiate.
ALL FAVOR FAIRBANKS.
Indiana Republicans a Unit for Vice
President's Candidacy.
Indianapolis. Feb. 4.- The republic
ans today selected by district conven
tions twenty-six delegates to the na
tional convention. The Indiana dele
gation will be a unit for the candidacy
of Vice President Fairbanks. The dis
trict conventions called to organize a
.state committee all indorsed him, the
stain committee and Republican Edi
torial association have indorsed hitn,
and the Indiana Lincoln league, at
Wabash, February 12, and the state
convention will indorse him.
The Chicago delegation from this
state will be a unit in his support.
TRUST MEN IN JAIL
Convicted Toledo Citizens Begin Terms
of Six Months in Jail for Conspir
acy in Restraint of Trade.
Toledo, O., Feb. 4.—Roland Beard
and Compton Lemman, of tile llygeia
Ice Company, and Joseph Miller, man
ager of the Toledo Ice and Storage
Company, today were sentenced to six
months In jail and to pay the costs of
prosecution, by Judge Kinkade, for
conspiracy in restraint of trade. The
men wero found guilty last July, and
were sentenced each to six months in
the work house, and to pay $2,500 fine.
The case was appealed, and a few
days ago the supreme court handed
down a decision declaring the con
victed could be sent to jail, but not to
the workhouse.
Defendants at once began their term
of sentence. AH the men are of prom
inent Toledo families.
UNCLE SAM WANTS TEACHERS.
Will Hold Examination to Fill 300 Va
cancies in Philippine Islands.
Chicago, Feb. 4.—Uncle Sam wants
300 teachers to fill vacancies in schools
in the Philippines. The entrance sal
ary ranges from $1,000 to $1,200 a year
with possible promotion to $2,000 a
year f^r teachers, and $3,000 for divi
slfi superintendents. A civil service
examination of applicants will be held
on March 11 and 12.
The government wishes to secure as
many women eligibles as possible who
are college graduates, especially grad
nates of polytechnic and agricultural'!
schools. Other examinations announced
are as follows:
Receiver of clothing and small stores,
navy yard, New York, at $4 a day.
Surgeon, to till a vacancy in the po
sition of acting assistant surgeon at
St. John's river quarantine station,
Mayport, Fla„ at $125 a month.
CASTELLANE ON TRIAL
Count Boni in Court to Answer to
Charge of Assault on Cousin, Prince
Helie De Sagan.
Paris, Feb. 4.—The Sagan-Castel
lane case came up in the correctional
court today. Count Boni -and Count
Jean Castellane, his brother, are
charged with assault by Prince HeliS
de Sagan, early in January. Answer
ing a question put by the court, Boni
declared he could explaiw clearly the
motives of his animosity towards Helie
by certain documents which lie in
tended to hand over to the court, but
the intimate character of these papers
prevented their being made ipublic. At
this statement Helie interrupted the
proceedings by crying in a loud voice:
"These documents are forgeries."
Boni
admitted
Interstate Commerce Commission
Urged by Many to Hasten Effective
ness.
Washington, Feb. 4.—From Saturday
morning until the close of business
yesterday, the interstate commerce
commission received 1,759 telegrams,
many of them long.
The great bulk of them were pro
tests against a postponement of the
effectiveness of the nine hour law,
which limits to nine hours in each
twenty-four the working time of train
dispatchers, railroad telegraphers, and
towermen.
The law, as it stands at present, is
to become effective on the fourth of
March, but it is within the discretion
of the interstate commerce commis
sion to extend the time. The commis
sion probably will announce its decis
ion soon.
JAMES OLIVER DYING.
Indiana Philanthropist, Millionaire
and Manufacturer, Slowly Sinking.
South Bend, Ind., Feb. 4.—James
Oliver, the philanthropist, millionaire
and manufacturer of plows, is slowly
sinking. All hope for 'his recovery
was today practically given up by his
family.
HOTEL GUESTS ESCAPE.
Lose All Belongings in Burning of the
Minnesota, Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Mt. Clemens, Mich., Feb. 4.—Fire last
night destroyed the Minnesota hotel, a
two-story structure which had fifty
rooms. Ail the guests escaped in safe
ty, but lost their possessions.
IOWA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
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he had spat in Helie's
face and explained he had not sent
seconds to his cousin to arrange a
duel, as he knew the prince could not
find anybody who would be willing to
represent him on the field of honor.
DECRY DELAY ON 9 HOUR LAW.
Humor Tluit He Will Displace
Allison as a Candidate Docs
Not Displease Progressives
SOME CUMMINS MEN MEET
Express Respect Fof Allison, But
Realize That Mistake of Gear's Re
election Should Not Be Repeated
Poultrymen of Iowa to Seek Appro
priation from Legislature.
Special to Timos-Republlcaa.
Des Moines, Feb. 4.—
Possibilities
that Secretary Shaw will enter tile
race for the l.'nlted States senate on
the withdrawal of the candidacy of
Senator William B. Allison were dis
cussed by progressives who happened
to meet in Des Moines yesterday. Lieu
tenant Governor Warren liars l, of
Coon Rapids: Senator James A. Smith,
of Osage Senator Maytag, of New
ton W. 1£. Hamilton, of the Odebolt
Chronicle D. W. Norris, Jr., editor of
the Marshalltown Times-Republican
State Printer Emory 11. English, State
Binder E. D. Chassell, and others were
in the city and took lunch at the Sav
ery.
Information has reached Des Moines
from various sources that Senator Al
lison may not remain in the race. It
is said that thus far nothing has been
done towards furthering his candi
dacy except the formation of Allison
clubs at three or four different places,
but the membership of none of these is
large, and the attempt at Clinton was
next to a failure. There has thus far
been no effort made to circulate peti
tions to have Allison's name placed on
the primary ballot.
All of this information as to Alli
son withdrawing may have been start
ed by the friends of Secretary Shaw
with the hopo that Shaw would be the
legatee of the Allison toga. No in
fofmation was given out as to what
was tiie definite conclusion of the pro
gressives who were in town yes
terday, but it was generally con
ceded thai Shaw will not stand any
show as against Cummins for the sen
ate. Every progressive present at the
conference yesterday reported that
there never was a time when things
looked so bright for the progressive
cause as at this time, and that to all
intents and purposes the campaign will
be over within thirty days if the pres
ent trend of the public sentiment
keeps up.
There is heard on every hand, ac
cording to those progressives who
were here yesterday, expressions of
respect and admiration for Senator
William B. Allison and njs long and
creditable career, but the feeling is ex-i
pressed that there should not be the
mistake that was made when Gear
was re-elected, and that while anoth
er term would add nothing of honor to
Allison, the pushing and progressive
times of the present demand a repre
sentation for Iowa that will be more
energetic than Allison's age would per
mit him to give.
An interesting story is being told of
an incident which happened in a
county up in the northwestern corner
of the state recently. An Allison sym
pathizer asked the member of the leg
islature fi'om that county to assist in
organizing an Allison club in the
county.
"An Allison club?" said the legisla
tor. "There are not a .half dozen Alli
son men in the county."
"I'll bet there are twenty Allison
men right here at this public sale,"
declared the Allison sympathizer.
The bet was taken on a $5 wager and
the Allison sympathizer worked indus
triously thru the sale and at the ad
journment didn't have one signer to
•his Allison club membership. Deny
ing defeat, however, he claimed he
knew where there was one farmer who
,had not attended the sale who would
join. A new bet was made on an
other $5 wager that he couldn't gef
even one member. Together they drove
to the farmer's house and 'the Allison
sympathizer asked him if he was an
Allison man.
"Yes, I am an Allison man. (Here
the Allison sympathizer winked at the
legislator, and chuckled over the $5 he
'had won). But." continued the farmer,
"I am going to vote for Governor
Cummins because while like Allison
and have always supported him, I be
lieve he is too old."
The legislator took both bets.
Definite arrangements have been
made for Governor Cummins to ad
dress a meeting of republicans at
Clinton on February 19. It is possible
that Judge Prouty may accompany
him and deliver an address also.
The Delmar Journal of Delmar, Iowa,
in Clinton county, has announced that
it. will support Governor Cummins for
senator. This is the first republican
newspaper in Clinton county to break
awav from Allison.
One check of $30,227.77 was paid to
the state auditor Monday by the
Northwestern of Milwaukee which is
the largest fee that any insurance
company pays to the state. This fee
and a "number of others of similar
amounts remove all danger of there be
ing any deficit in the general fund of
the state treasury for some time to
come.
Des Moines, Feb. 4.—Poultry men of
4 1908
lowa. will make another attempt at the
next session of the legislature to su
cure an approprir, for the bene
fit of the poultfc" ten of tiie state.
They base been ig for some years
to induce the l'c" lUure to recognize
the poultry me^ same as they do
the swine men the cattle men and
the Othe- fixT^ nterests. The state
publishes at expense tile pro
ceeiiings of swine breeders' asso
ciation and horticultural associa
tion but lia.? -adfastly refused to rec
ognize liif ultry men. Every ses
sion there a bill presented by the
member from Cedar Rapids which an
nually holds the largest poultry show
but the bill is regularly turned down.
Poultry men claim that tiie poultry
industry is as great as is the swine
industry. The census report shows
over 22 million chickens and over 79
million eggs and a total value of chick
ens 11 1 eggs of over $ IS.000.000. Tim
sumo report shows the value of the
swine in the state to be $34,000,000.
Hut the poultry men claim that there
are chickens on every back lot In the
city that escape the census enumerator
and fax assessor alike and that not
one-half the chickens are shown in
the census report. Practically every
hog that Is raised is sold and hence a
report in made. Not one-half of the
chickens or eggs are sold. More, than
half of Ihe eggs and chickens are eat
en right on the lot where the chickens
are raised and the eggs are laid. Hence
the poultry industry is as deserving as
the swine.
Furthermore the poultry men are ar
guing that encouragement of the swine
industry has been ^f benefit largely to
the farmer only while encouragement
of the poultry Industry will benefit not
only the farmer but tiie city man as
well. Furthermore they are prepared
to show that encouragement is import
ant. Poultry men have no patience with
the habit some people have of smiling
every time "the chicken business" is
mentioned and the sinister suggestion
of counting chickens before they hatch
finds no encouragement with them.
They are able to show that taking a
flock of 100 chickens of any kind any
where and the average number of eggs
they will lay Is about 120 a year, but1
that chickens bred to lay frequently'
lay considerably more than 200 a year
while the cost to feed and care fori
them is the same. The extra 80 eggs!
Is all "velvet" and they think with
proper stato encouragement there I
would soon be no hens but laid more
than 200 eggs each. So they will try
once more for state support to the in
dustry.
ASSAULT ON STREET
Prominent Boone Woman Victim of
Unknown Assailant Is In Serious
Condition.
Special to Times-Republican. '*•*&
Boone, Feb. 4.—Miss I.,ena Conley,
a prominent resident of Boone and sis
ter of Dr. A. C. Conley, was assaulted
on Story street, the Main street of the
city, last night while on her way home
at 6:30 o'clock. A large man grabbed
h.er from behind and stifiled her cry
with his hand. He tried to throw her
to the ground, and a struggle of
lengthy duration followed. A man ap
proaching frightened the fiend a\vay.
He grabbed Miss Conley so tight that
he loosened her teeth, and wrenched
her ba.ck and neck. She is in a nerv
ous and serious condition.
SUDDEN BELLE PLAINE DEATH.
Chester Tracy Was a Pioneer Mrs.
F. Roberts Breaks /a Limb.
Special to Times-Republican.
Belle Plaine, Feb. 4.—Last Sunday
Mr. Chester Tracy, of this place, died
very suddenly of heart trouble. He
was 72 years of age and had been quite
feeble for several years, but was no
worse than common until about an
hour before his death. Hq was an old
pioneer, having come to this state
many years ago from Vermont. He
leaves a widow and two children, M.
S. Tracy, of this place, and Mrs.
Charles Sheets, of Randolph, Neb.
Mrs. Franklin Roberts met with a
very painful accident last Sunday. She
is an old lady, 92 years of age, and in
walking across the floor fell in such a
manner as to break one limb between
the hip and knee. On account of her
age, it is very doubtful about her re
covery.
RECITAL TO DEDICATE ORGAN.
Will Be Held at Nevada M. E. Church
February 14.
Special to Times-Republican.
Nevada, Feb. 4—Rev. Shaw, of the
M. 13. church, was in Indianola last
week and arranged with the musical
department of Simpson College for an
organ recital to be given here on the
evening of February 14. This will be
the dedication of the new pipe organ
which has been anticipated with so
much pleasure by music lovers and
the public in general.
RETAIL MERCHANTS TO MEET.
The Commercial Club of Union to En
tertain Hardin County Association.
Special to Times-Republican.
Union, Feb. 4.—On the 11th of this
month the Commercial club of Union
will entertain the Hardin County Re
tail Merchants' Association. This -or
ganization holds semi-annual meetings
and is made up of the majority of the
retail merchants of the county for the
purpose of protecting their rights in
trace and their business interests.
Kepford Ends Clinton Campaign.
Special to Times-Republican.
Clinton, Feb. 4.—Dr. A. E. Kepford,
state lecturer for the board of control
on the tuberculosis question, has com
pleted his campaign in Clinton, which
city was the first visited in the state,
and has gone to Dubuque. Dr. Kep
ford's lectures, delivered to good-sized
audiences In Clinton halls, were re-
T.-R. BULLETIN.
The Weather.
Sun rises Feb. u, 7:12 sets, 5:29.
lowa—-Rain or snow tonight, and
Wednesday warmer tonight and in
tile east Wednesday.
Illinois—Rain in the southern, rain
or snow In the northern portions to
night and Wednesday rising tempera
ture.
.Missouri—Rain tonight and possibly
Wednesday warmer Lonlgilt and in
Uie cast Wednesday.
•South Dakota—Snow tonight and
•Wednesday warmer in the east and
colder in the wout tonight colder
Wednesday.
PAGE ONE.
Talegraphio Newsi
Twenty-six Dead In Fire at Sea.
Thirty-seven Rescued From Burning
Steamer.
Several Disasters on Atlantic.
President. I'rgod to Act.
Commercial Bodies Want Tariff Re
vision.
I.il'e Term for Negro Rapist.
Shaw for Senator Does Not Alarm.
Voung King Improving.
Trust Alen in Jail.
Castellane on Trial.
Boone Women Assaulted on Street.
Des Moines Agency to Be Abolished.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
lowa Nawai
Judge Given Dead.
Bank Failure Ruins Many.
Northwestern's Oldest Pensioner.
Seed Corn Famine in lowa.
Co-operative Grain Dealers.
Keave Farms, Regret It.
PAGE FOUR.
Editoriali
The Professor and the Papers.
How Would You Like It?
Aldrich's "Joker."
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notea.
Liooker-On in lowa.
PAGE FIVE.
General News:
Was It Rockefeller, Sr.T
Bryan of Nebraska.
Oddity in the News.
Storv, The Fighting Chance.
PAGES 8IX AND SEVEN.
City News:
Burning Bridge Delays Traffic.
Library Has Had Successful Year.
W. E. Statler's Funeral.
David Hostetter Dies Suddenly.
Mrs. Henry Stine's Death.
Des Moines Defeats Locals Bowling.
General News of the City.
PAGE EIGHT.
Marketa and Ganarali
Wheat Firm Today.
Firm Feeling in Corn.
Good Steer Market.
Hogs Steady.
Red Peril Menaces Chicago.
ceived with much interest, and there
is a widespread interest in the subject
of prevention of the spread of the
white plague in Clinton as a result of
the visit of the lecturer.
BIGGEST PULLMAN TIP YET.
Company Gives Nearly $200,000 to It®
Conductors and Porters.
Chicago, Feb. 4.—Almost $200,000
vas given away yesterday by the Pull
man Palace Car company to nearly 4,
000 car service employes as the com
pany's expression of appreciation of
the high standard of merit and cour
tesy to the traveling public maintained
durinfe the year 1907.
Checks for $175,000 for 1,153 conduct
ors and 2,617 porters, divided into onu
month's pay to each man, were mailed
to the employes with a message thank
ing them for their efforts to improve
the service and give the public a max
imum of the courteous treatment.
Every man who receives the gift of
an extra month's pay Is on the "roll
of honor." The same system will be
continued for 1908 and subsequent
years, the company officials figuring
that in time the recipients of the
bonus will number nearly every man
in the car service department.
Held Up by Negro.
Webster City, Feb. 4.—Last night
about 9 o'clock, as W. F. Burnett was
going from his restaurant on Des
Moines street to his home at 1018 Wal
nut street, he was stopped by a
masked negro, and commanded to hand
over his valuables. The negro carried
a long navy revolver which he pressed
against Burnett's side to emphasize his
commands. Mr. Burnett was himself
armed but had no chance to defend
himself as his revolver was in an fn
side pocket, and he had a heavy over
coat on.
Dock to Rise Sunken Submarines.
Owing to the large number of .sub
marine accidents in which men have
been imprisoned under water for hours
and finally suffocated because the res
cuers could not raise the craft to the
surface, an inverted floating dock has
been constructed at Kiel, Germany,
which is intended to raise a sunken
submarine with the least possible de
lay. Cranes having a lifting capacity
of' 500 tons raise the sunken vessel to
the surface, where it is made fast
witliiji the concave bottom of the
dock.
Umbrella Fastens to Shoulders.
A novel German umbrella described
in the February number of Popular
Mechanics is roof-shaped and fastens
to the shoulders, leaving the hands free
for any occupation desired. February
Popular Mechanics contains an Illus
tration of the device. When not in use
the umbrella folds into a compact
package.
O, Professor.
The professor was complimenting
the violin virtuoso on the excellence
of his playing.
"By the way," he said, "do you play
the 'Doctor of Divinity'?"
"That is a piece I have never heard
of," answered the violinist.
••Xpver heard of W!" exclaimed the
professer. "Fiddle- D. ttt"
A LETTER FROM HOME j-
Is so newsy because it tells of th
things that one wants most t(
know. It is just this quality thai
distinguishes the Timee-Republi«
can from so many other newt*
papers. -/-tV,'
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N E 3 0
Oscar Hogan, Ottumwa Negro,,
Given the Limit of the Law
For Crime
VICTIM AN AGED MAIDEN LADY1?
Defense Claims Jury Was Prejudiced,!
by Another Recent Crima and At«l
tempt to Lynch Colored Culprit
Judge Roberts Scores Prisoner—Gen«a
eral News.
Bpecial to Times-Republican.
Ottumwa, Feb. 4 —Oscar Hogan, A
negro, was sentenced to serve a llfe^
term in prison today, for a vicious?,
crime against the person of Mary
Mahoney, ajn aged spinster.
Judge Roberts, In sentencing tha
colored man, scored him unmercifully,
and because of recent similar crimes,
he declared it was time an example
was made of some one. The assault
wits committed last September.
In asking for leniency the attorneya
for Hogan claimed the jury, in reach
ing a verdict of guilty, had been preju-'
diced by a similar crime which oc
curred while the trial was in progress,
and resulted in an attempt to lynch,
the culprit, also a colored man, Leroy
Ed wards by name.
The sentence of Judge Roberts in
dicates thftt he placed little faith liv
the claim ot alleged prejudice on the.
jury's patt
y. n?
CORONER DYING OF HICCOUGHS,
Physicians Unable to Raliava Joshua
Lemmon of Perry County.
Duquoin, 111., Feb. 4.—Joshua Lem-«'
tnon, coroner of Perry county, is
thought to be dying at his home in
Pinckneyvllle, of hiccoughs.
He was seized with violent hiccough
ing ten days ago, and the attending
physicians have been unable to afford'
any but temporary relief. Hope of re
covery has been abandoned by rela
tives.
Coroner Lemmon has been a con
spicuous figure in republican county
politics for many years and is well
known in Grand Army circles.
FORMS NO CONCLUSION.
Head of Lunacy Commission Doesn't
Know as to Thaw'f Sanity.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 4.—Dr. Allen
Ferris, president of the' state lunacy
commission, who visited Harry K.
Thaw yesterday at Matteawan, said
today that Thaw appeared very nerv
ous and excited but on such short
notice it would be impossible to comei
to any conclusion as to his perman-
ent mental condition. Ferris said that
Thaw did not appear to be despond
ent and that he is being treated the,
same as any other prisoner.
ANIMALS EAT UP $110,000,000.
Biological Survey Statistics Show tha
Yearly Grain Loss by Rodents.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The housa
committee on agriculture hearS a re
port on the work of the bureau of bi
ological survey. Mr. Merriam, the
chief, gave some statistics showing
the extent of damage to crops and
other property by rats, squirrels, and
birds, declaring that the total loss by
such creatures in the United States
amounts to more than $110,000,000 anr
nually.
FEAR RABIES FROM MILK.:
Nebraska Family Arrive .in Chicago
for Medical Treatment.
Chicago, Feb. 4.—James Cellatly, oj
Hamilton county, Nebraska, wife and
nine children, and the mother of Mrs*
Cellatly, arrived in Chicago today, to
undergo medical treatment designed to.,
prevent hydrophobia. They believ®
they have contracted it by drinkin®
milk from a cow which was suffering
with the disease, having been bitten by
a dog suffering from rabies.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN KILLED
Two Men Crushed to Death by Falling
Wall at Xenia, Ohio.
Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 4.—Joseph Fletch
er and Martin Ullery. a janitor, both!
members of the volunteer fire depart
ment. were instantly killed, and Flra
Chief Buckler was badly injured by a»
falling wall during a fire which de
stroyed a steel building and guttedT
two adjoining structures. The loss ifl
$100,000.
Madison's Assailant Captured.
Webster City, Feb. 4.—Earnest Bald
win, the ditcher who assaulted Ed
Madison some time ago, and inflicted
Injuries which are proving quite seri
ous, has finally been captured and Is
now in custody at Creston, Iowa. Sher
iff H. T. Thompson received a telegram
Sunday morning telling of his arresf
and left Sunday to take charge of the
prisoner. He has been on the trail o®
Baldwin ever since the assault wa#
committed, but has never had a chano*
to place him under arrest.
Wreck on Great W«
Special to Times-Republican.
Mason City, Feb. 4.—Several
loaded with lumber left the
Western tracks at a brld#»,
plunged into Willow Creek, ait S oteloclc
this morning, almost demoralising
bridge and bloc-king traffic.
loaded with the sleeping
rowly escaped going over
broken rail caused
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