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SEEMS LIKE HOME After trying other newspapers and •till feeling like a rat in a strange garret return to the Times-Repub lican and it will seem like home* "It contains all the news you cara 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. 1 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 1 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,' 1 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 °23 lock «3 ing crew JH] slteH