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I 8 m. ''fj 1 if H$'*\ & n, rf't l&V-• l^v W "•7 £ck ,? j» "i Ifry f-r*& r}\$ fvH.? L% TV H' ff 4 A SNv If- ik t&f If pp. ife fc Tt-l for TUESDAY, April 10, 190«. 1 's been abandoned. Lava is flowing sev eral feet deep through the streets of Ottajano and many houses have fallen Two strong earthquake shocks, which shattered windows and cracked the walls of the buildings here, were experienced Sunday. The entire pop ulation rushed to the streets, many persons crying, "The Madonna has forsaken us the end of the world has come." ipi Town of 10,000 Swept Away. fetfco trace remains of Boscotrecase, a commune on the southern declivity of the mountain, where up to forty eight hours ago 10,000 persons lived. Torre Annunziata, on the shores of the Gulf of Naples, one mile to the southward, is almost surrounded by the invading lava and has been evac uated by its 30,000 Inhabitants. The people were brought to Naples by trains, street cars, military carts, and steamships. Dense Smoke Obscures View. ^Ashes are falling over a large part "of southern Italy, even the east coast. ted out all sight of the mountain, the WE ALWAYS ENDEAVOR TO GIVE MORE REAL VALUE FOR A DOL LAR THAN A DOLLAR BUYS AT ANY OTHER STORE. Something new in Ladies' Belts at ... Splendid value in Ladies' new Belts Ladies' Turnover Collars, /new, up-to-date patterns Rainy Day Umbrellas, Just what you are looking for Something better than usual in silk Umbrellas at Good every day Umbrellas at ... Unusual value in Ladies' Umbrel- pm O&if CREAM Si BaMiig Powder pure, grape cream ol tartar FOREMOST BAKING POWDER. IN THE WORLD Makes home baking easy* Nothing can be substituted for it in making, quickly and perfectly, delicate hot biscuit, hot-breads, muffins, cake and pastry* Insures the food against alum. Puice Bakima Powder Ca. Chicago. CITIES ARE DESTROYED. (Continued from Page 1). by the present eruption. Not in cen turies has Vesuvius been so terrible in fj-K its rage. Countless new craters are emitting a molten flood simultaneously, and the attendant earthquake shocks have caused the panic to spread to Naples. More villages have been blotted out and the people in other towns are -W' fleeing in terror. "H •. 'y-t fumes Breathing momentarily is becoming and smoke, while the dense O, shower of hot ashes adds to the horror. I_i' The Royal Meteorological observa sTtory on Mount Vesuvius has been de stroyed and Signor Metteucci, the di rector, and the employes had narrow escapes. They passed, the night in darkness, save for the frequent flashes of ligntniug, as the gas works and electric lighting plant also were de stroyed. Lava Sweeps Over Barriers, tip .Jy Refugees from Torpe Annunziata repVi^JIf Vs "of iha. as'W- striking the villa on the outskirts. It divided, one current, flowing in the direction of Pompeii, while the 6ther threatened to destroy Torre Annunziata. It since has been reported that the lava grif, reached the town sweeping over bar 's riers that had been erected with the if utmost energy iby the military engi neers. The latter, together with all the officials and the whole population, were compelled to abandon the town. 'Ottojano, Pogglo, Marino, Somma, bs1 and other towns and villages have 48c 24c 10c Ladies' Handkerchiefs, sure to please you, at ... cheaper Handkerchiefs have them at 5, 3 and Men's fine Dress Shirts, better or more perfect fitting garment was ever priced at Men's Dress Shirts, up-to-date patterns'at 48c Don't pay 50c for a White Shirt when you can buy a reliable size garment here, at 10c we .lc THE FAIR 25c 118E. Main St- 4. ,\Wfl t' island of Capri, and the town of Sor rento from Naples. During the day many areas around the mountain were in darkness. Extent of Damage Unknown Towns and villages have been aban doned. Hence the extent of the dam age is unknown fully. Similar means of transportation are being employed to bring away the peo ple from Torre del Greco. The'police and carbineers are guarding the aban doned houses ,ana several members of the government also are there.' r, Lava Approaches Village. A telegram received from the mayor of San Sebastiano a village near the observatory on the northwest declivity of Vesuvius, says the lava is approach ing rapidly and that the people are terror stricken. They have been for nights without sleep, he says, are des titute, and beg that assistance be giv en them. The work of succor is hampefed ow ing to. delays to the railway service, which is interrupted by redhot stones thrown to a height of 3,00C feet fall ing on the tracks. As yet it is impossible to count the craters that have opened and from which streams of lava have flooded the beautiful and prosperous land ly ing on the southeast shores of the' gulf of Naples. The atmosphere is heavily charged with electricity, and now and then the flashes of lightning are blinding, while the detonations from the volcano re semble those of terrible explosions. Hundreds in Mad. Flight. A correspondent who went to the Boscotrecase and Torre del Annun ziata districts on Saturday says: "Along the road I1 met hundreds of families in flight, carrying a few mis erable possessions. The spectacle of collapsed carts and fainting women was frequent. When one reached the la.va streams a stupefying spectacle presented itselfi From a point on the mountain between two towns I watched four rivers of molten Are, one of which was 200 feet wide and over forty feet deep, moving slowly and majestically onward, devouring vine yards and olive groves. I witnessed the destruction/ of a farm house, which was enveloped on three sides by lava. "Immediately Overhead the great crater was belching incandescent rocks and scoriae for an incredible distance. The whole summit was wreathed in flames and a perpetual roar was heard. Ever and anon the cone of the volcano was encircled with vivid electric phenomena, amid which the downpour of liquid flre on all sides of the crater was revealed. "In the evening there was a fright ful shock of earthquake, which was doubled and there was a rush of men, women and children as they fled pre cipitately towards the sea. The lava had invaded the road behind them. Seek to Calm Populace. "The churches of the city were open all Saturday night and were crowded with panic-stricken people. Members of the clergy are doing their utmost to calm their fears, but the ef fects of their arguments go almost for naught when renewed earthquake shocks are experienced. "Prisoners in jails on the mountain 98c'side went mad with terror and mut inied and were only partly quieted by $2.25 being brought here. But the fears 49c have been communicated to the priS' I oners here, who may rebel at any mo las, at ?1.50.ment. Fancy Handkerchiefs, large as- "Contrary to expectations, the sea sortment to select from, at 24c has not yet shown signs of being af Ladies' fancy Handkerchiefs, fected by the phenomena, but fears best ever offered, at 12%c, are entertained that tidal waves may Ladies' Handkerchiefs, some- j-yet come and many craft have put to thing extra good,at 15c sea. Visitors to. Naples are avoiding the're the hotels on the sea front, and the people living there are beginning to leave for higher altitudes. Duchess Angel of Mercy. The Duchess of Aosta, who always is to be found where misery exists, is 69c no sparing herself in her efEorts to alleviate distress. The people call her an angel of mercy. Sunday she took several children from their weary mothers and in her carriage conveyed them to the royal palace, where they will remain until conditions are bright- The royal observatory, which was destroyed, was situated nearly 2,000 feet above the level of the sea on Col le Canteroni. a ridee which in nnnt J.(i i/ MS mrn^ r-r 4 msx& eruptions of the volcano has separated the lava streams into two branches. The scientific deductions made by ob servations there have often been the means of warning the people of im pending eruptions, and doubtless have resulted in the saving of many, lives. At the entrance to the observatory was a tablet erected to the mempry of the tourists who lost their lives in April, 1872, while watching the eruption from the Atrio del Cavallo crater. Vesuvius Mountain of Fire. With the danger and horror of the situation aside, Vesuvius presents 'one of the most splendid sights imagina ble. The mountain of fire, whcsa speech is by detonation and whose acts are destruction, seems like an en raged giant determined to make the pigmies of earth feel the might of his wrath. Here and there on the moun tain side stand the'blasted trii.nks of pine trees, their bare branches out stretched as. if in protest against the devastation the volcano has \vrought. The town of Torre del Greco, which is in danger of. being' destroyed, has been overwhelmed by the power of Vesuvius sixteen times, yet the,seven teenth city stands over the ruins of the first only four and a half miles from its destroyer. Torre Annunziata, which also has suftered considerably by previous eruptions of Vesuvius, has extensive manufactories of macaroni.' GERMANY TRIES TO BATTER DOWN TARIFF has been most active in the work of demanding customs' concessions' for imports from G6rma!ny. "It. 'is'- a vjell known fact that the imperial family of Germany ,is_ the largest stockholder in the North German Lloyjj company. Mr. Schwab has for years managed to maintain his place as chairman of the executive board of the New York' board of trade. He is also-a leading member of the executive committee of the American Reciprocal Tariff, leaguq, which has headquarters,at Chicago. Several bills have teen introduced in congress on £his subject and it was at the hearing? recently on these meas ures before the committee on ways and means that Secretary Shaw made, a he ad re ad be fore the secret meeting of German ex porters at Berlin, which he had pre viously shown to President Roosevelt. The. secretary of the treasury, for' reasons of state, did not re?d the sen tences quoted above', but what he did make public clearly proved a cagelof fraud against, the German merchants. Germans Are Worst Offenders. All the records of1 the customs' de partment show that the German .im porters are tne wars', offenders against the tariff regulations of the United States. They adopt every possible means, of evading the payment of full duties. In order that American agents may not get a line on their exported goods to this country, they make an entirely special line for ex port, which they cell only through their Netf York representatives, "duty paid." Marshal Field of Chicago had more trouble in his dealing with German manufacturers thah thoise of all other countries combined. He has been forced to buy, in many instances, only from the New York representatives, who can undersell the market in Ger many. The Chicago firm took a prom inent part in detecting the customs fraud of the St. Gall embroidery manu facturers, and the Germans then en tered into an agreement. not to sell Marshal Field any more goods. In a recent speech Representative McCleary delivered before the repub lican club of New York, he pointed out the hollowness of the appeal that is being made by the Chicago publicity bureau of the tariff revisionists as to the value of the German market for American foodstuffs. Last year, he showed by statistics, Germany took only about $4,500,000 of American wneat, flour, and all other breadstuffs, an amount equaling the domestic sales of the United States in a single day. Fairy Tales for Farmers. Of meat products, he showed, Ger many took $15,000,000 of lard, which she cannot well get from any other source, and only $1,877,000 of all'other meat products, less, than 1 per cent of American exports of the same articles for the year, in the last ten years, he showed, Germany- had taken only $108,000 worth of cattle. In the last sixteen years the United States sold her ten hogs worth $285, and one sheep worth $50. As a further proof of the mislead ing information that the western Ger man subsidized^ tariff, revision head quarters was sending out to the far mers of the country he showed from German government statistics that ucrmany imported from the entire world only $3,690,000 worth of- beef of all kinds, $5,660,000 pork of all kinds, and $63,600 of mutton. Notice. On Monday, April 16. the trustees of Green township will receive bids for the road work of 1906. The board re serves the right, to reject any or all bids. L. M. Allred, 'vo a. WALL (Continued from Page 1). Twp. Clerk. DUNREATH. Dunreath, April 7.—Bud WiUIams of Red Rock was at this place Sunday. Harson Hollingworth of Red Rock was here Sunday. Mrs. Carrie Pattison of Percy was at this place Tuesday. Will Hegwood made a flying trip to Percy Monday. Miss Alpha Amos of this place spent Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. Carrie Pattison at Percy. Miss Lucy Vangorpe began her sum mer school last Monday. Henry Littell of this place is very sick with lung fever. The little daughter of Mr.' a'jid Mrs. James Littell died last Saftirday. Lew Jefferson of this pl?|pe was a Des Moines caller Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Ann Pratt of ,tl!|s place was a Des Moines caller TuesJpy a,rid Wednesday. Sam Crook was a Des Moines tiler Mondav. fHE OTTUTMWA OOUHIBH S'l The ^Reliable Store is well prepared to care for your'Easter wants, with a com petent, painstaking1 and exper ienced corps of salespeople anxious to satisfy your every desire. We are showing the JLiargest, Newest, Clearest, Up-to-Date Stock of Women's Easter Mer chandise and we are busy fur nishina: and making' lia-ppy the Smart Easter Dressers. fL $ We're Very Busy especially so in oar Ready Made Department, where we have nine experienced people exclusively engaged to care for your needs. We advise early selection of your Easter Ready to-Wear Garments, so they can be carefully arid properly al tered and made fit your partic ular form perfectly. We are. eq dipped in this section with lour experienced ladies, work ing overtime, in order that none shall be disappointed in their pujrchfise tof Rpady-to-Wear Garments, We will consider it a special favor to us at this very busy time, if you will make your choice as early as possible, as we desire to.get-every garment out in time for Easter Sunday, ind we will if you can assist us with ai\ early selection. Of cpurse our garments Erster Tailor made Jackets up from.... Easter Shirt Waists up from............ tit often but without any alteration, come eai^ly and make sure, Easter Tailor made Suits up from Easter Tailor made Skirls up from $10 2.98 3.98 75c s. C. CULLEN &CO. -•126-128-130 East-Main Street. CARNEGIE GIVES BEAUTY KISS. Thus Rewards Young Southern Wo m^n for Praising Hl^8peech. Atlanta, Ga., April 9.—Andrew Car negie is not yet advanced so far in years nor weighed down with financial deals, nor bothered in giving away li braries, as to have forgotten the de liciousneBS of a kiss and fond1 embrace. Mrs. J. T. Eichberg and another wo man who was so bashful as to request the reporter to not use her name in print, were recipients of old-time Georgia osculations Friday afternoon at Carnegie library in the presence of a large number of people. Mrs. Eichberg and her friend were introduced to Mr. Carnegie by Phelps Stokes. Mrs. Eichberg congratulated Mr. Carnegie upon the speech he had made on the South and upon southern women. "You are such a fine looking lady," said Mr. Carnegie with enthusiasm, "that I am going to kiss you for all the rest here," and with that he kissed her. Then Mrs. Eichberg's friend was kissed, while a distinct flutter was no ticed among the younger beauties present. "I wouldn't take anything in the world for that kiss," said Mrs. Eichberg. "It was so unexpected, you know. When I congratulated him up on his speech he just threw his arms around my neck and then kissed me before I could think. Oh, he's a fine fellow." FOSTER. Foster, April 4.—Wallace Conway was an Ottumwa business caller Mon day night. Cyrus Huxford and family of Hilton spent Sunday with friends in Foster. Mrs. Neal Crook is visiting her sis ter in Hilton, while Mr. Crook is at tending the miners' convention in Des Moines. Joe and Hugh Anderson are visiting their families in Willard during the strike. Absolom Turner and wife of Ottum wa are visiting friends here and at Hocking this week. William Rector was in Albia Monday transacting business. Mrs. George Skaggs returned to her home in Moravia Sunday after a week's visit with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Hoskinson. Will Mosley left on the C. M. &. St. P. for a three weeks' visit witt friends in Chattanooga, Tenn., last Tuesday. John Hughes and wife of Hilton are visiting their children here this week. Lester Dale and Gertrude Scott were married last Tuesday at the home of the bride's parents in South Foster. The Misses Adie and Coma Peck of Blakesburg visited with- their friends, Misses Lillie Dale and Bertha Duggan, in Foster, last Sunday. Ed Hughes of Hilton spent Sunday night in Ottumwa. Mrs. James Martin is very ill at her home two miles, east of Foster with pneumonia and there is very little hope for her recovery. There was a free dance in the opera house Monday evening in celebration •of the eight hour work day. The Moravia home talent company gave a play entitled "The Corner Store" in the opera'house here Satur day night to a fair sized audience. To those who cannot speak the truth it is advisable to keep a stiff under 3 Tiilfif iVtlrti A* I WODLD BE SPEAKER .'-HA ALBIA LEGISLATOR IS CANDI DATE FOR HIGH HONORS it ^-1 IN IOWA LAST DAY OF SESSION Adjournment of the Thirty-first Gener al 'Assembly Came at Nearly 7 O'clock After a Typical Closing Day ir —Speaker Clarke and President Herrlott Speak. Des Moines, April 7.—(Special)— Last night, after the adjournment of the thirty-first Iowa legislature Rep resentative N. B. Kendall, the member of the house from Monroe county, an nounced that he will stand for re-nom inatlon this year and for election thereafter to the house and to the speakership of that body. Mr. Ken dall has been one of the most import ant members of the house during ,the last four sessions and he will have many supporters in his candidacy for the speakership. 1 A Busy Day. "e. Neiver before in the history of the state has the legislature done as-much work during the closing hours of the session as was accomplished yester day between 8 o'clock in the morning and 6 in the evening. From the tim,e the sessions opened in the morning until fifter the clock had been stopped at 11:35 there was no respite from the steady grind. Then a recess was taken and but little actual work was done on the floor until the final ad journment In the house there was the usual throwing of books and paper baskets, sfnglng of "Iowa,',' "America," and "Marching Through Georgia," repeat ed handshakes and "goodby and good, luck," 'The afternoon session was marked by addresses and resolutions of thanks and the presentation of Speaker Clarke's desk to him and a chair to Colonel Temple. •Several members have elected to take their chairs. Freeman, of Pottawattamie county offered a resolution permitting mem bers who desired to purchase their chairs and the resolution was adopted. All day flowers were being brought to the state house for the speaker and members and the pages presented the speaker with a handsome bouquet "of American beauties. Speaker Is Honored.' Representative Springer offered a resolution, with Mr. DeMar In the chair, thanking Speaker Clarke for his fairness in presiding over the house, and Mr. Weeks presented a resolu tion presenting the speaker with the desk that ha Las in his private office as a mark of the regard in which he is held by the members of the house. In offering the resolution Mr. Springer said: "Two years ago the house of repre sentatives of the Thirtieth general as sembly, recognizing the ability of the gentlemen from Dallas, the Hon. Geo. W. Clarke, as legislator, and believing him to be pre-eminently fitted to pre side over its deliberations, unanimous ly elected him to the honorable office of speaker. That the trust thus im posed was faithfully executed was the verdict of that body. ''The house of representatives of the Thirty-first general assembly profiting by the experience of its predecessor, unanimously chose the same distin guished gentleman for its presiding officer. His record' as such is made. There are no errors in It. He has been kind and courteous in his treat ment of each and every member of this house, conscientious, patient-and painstaking in the discharge of his du ties and helpful beyond measure in the orderly, dispatch of the work of this general assembly. The peopl^ of this great commonwealth are in debt to Sim for services rendered and I ven ture the prophecy that other and fur ther honors await this faithful public servant." Mr. Clark Responds. "It is impossible for me to adequate ly express my appreciation," said Speaker Clarke in response. "I do ap preciate your kindness and your very generous expression of your regard. If I am worthy, I am glad, and I want to say in return that the days, weeks and months that I have spent In the Thirtieth and Thirty-first general as semblies have been the most pleasant of my life. I have a feeling of the highest regard for every member, and I shall not—I could not, forget you and these associations. It is things of this kind that make life agreeable and pleasant,, and the friendships of life are the best things that can ever come. These ties that have bound us together can never be broken. There have been differences, of course, but they have been for the moment only, and I am sure that we shall all ever remember these associations with the greatest pleasure, that we shall ever be ready to plant a flower in the path way of the friends we have made here. "I want to say again that I appre ciate the feelings, I appreciate the generosity of these men no men could have been kinder than you have been to me." Temple Also Honored. McClurkin offered a resolution pre senting Colonel Temple, who has serv-' ed longest in the house, with the chair' that he has used. In responding, Col onel Temple spoke of the pleasant as sociations during the six sessions that he has been a member of the house and concluded with spying: "I leave ypu with a feeling not only of respect but of fraternal regard, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart." Koontz nresented a resolution •ySr\ tP1 *1 Third Annual Sale ft -it iSf BLOOMFIELD, IOWA, Wednesday, April 25, '06. On that date we offer 51 Aberdeen Aagus cattle at public auction £t the H. H. Trimble farm. This should prove a good sale, for we have catalogued a grand lot of cattle. Included in.this sale are 23 daughters of Black Jam 8d. all' with calves at foot or safely in calf. This part of the offering- alone is an attraction to please breed ers. This will be the li^t chance to get many of Black Jam's progeny in one sale. The whole female offering is very good. Every one with calf at font or safely settled in calf, anil many rebred. The calves at foot are sired by Black- Jam 3d, the noted Blackbird bull the Queen Mother bulls Quoque and Prince Imar. r- The Entire Offering is a Strictly Useful Lot. Tfte bulls offered are the strongest consignment that will be made at any Angus sale this year. They are. bred right, made right, and all have sufficient age and ac companying good size to insure their purchasers of their usefulness. They are ready for immediate service. Angus bulls have proved that they are capable of siring the money-making, market-topping,gprize-winning steers Angus steers have topped the American Christmas mar* •kets for fifteen successive years. Angus cattle have come into public ffvor by their merits. They lead while others follow. Come and secure a good bull he is half the herd. The female consignment should appeal to the public with equal force. They area useful breeding lot, just the class of useful business cows and heifers that will prove rent payers on the high-priced lands. A liberal portion of them.are rich in bloodi lines that have made the Angus prominent .as a] breed, 4 A \, This will be the bargain sale of the season. 51 lots will.1 be sold—worth the. money we expect no fancy prices. Your jjrice is our price on sale day. Remember. the date and be present. Hi TRIMBLE. Proprietor. Silas Igo, Auctioneer.^ 'sift From Single Comb Buff Orpingtons, White Wyandottes and t''M Single Comb White Leghorns. Satisfaction (guaranteed. Write For Free Circulars PLEASANT VALLEY, IOWA. thanking Chief Clerk Benedict and his assistants for their services. Mr. Kendall was called upon to ad dress the house. After expressmg-hl3 gratitude for the unusual honor that uad been accorded him, he spoke of the pleasure bis four sessions In the legislature had gfiven him, of the' hon esty and dignity of the body and its importance. He paid a high tribute to Speaker Clarke and closed by speak ing of the sadness of the closing days of the general assembly. Mrs. Dame, who has been a con stant attendant in the interests of woman's suffrage, was Ihvited to ad dress the house. She wast escorted to the rostrum by Representative Teach out and was loudly applauded. Many of t„e meihbers of both houses left -for their homes last even ing and the great majority are going today. Senate Heat's Speeches. The senate spent a delightful half hour yesterday in hearing speeches^ from members Inspired by the more or less saddening thought of separa tion. Senators Molsberry, Garst, Saun ders. Whipple, Young of Washington, Gillilland, Ericson, Courtrlght, Lam bert an Crossley participated in the speech-making. Lieutenant Governor Hejrriott deliv ered an extended address lof farewell. CASTORiA C§ For Infantfe and Children. The Kind You Have Aiwa^ Bought pj 1 O. D. Wray, Manager j- •wZ: In this he assured the senators of hi! confidence in their perfect integrity." Several of the speeches .took on something of the same tone, and Sen ator Garst said it was surprising to him, for he had heard of no one, any where, at any time, who had lmpufcged the integrity of any member of the as sembly. References were made in several of. the speeches to the long service of Senator Garst, and the distinguished career of others of the members.' Senatbr Ericson was the only mem ber of the body who served in the old state house. T** 'wi DOUDS. 1 Douds. April 9.—Capt. James Eler-, ick returned home Saturday, the leg islature having adjourned Friday ev ening. r. and Mrs. J. F. Wiley are moving to Moravia today. Mr. and Mrs: Wiley, have made many friends while here'' who regret their departure, but wish for them success in their new home. Roscoe Morrow, who was page In the state senate, returned home Fri day. E. B. Kirkendall and W. H. Harry man are business visitors in Keosau qua today. Miss Hazel Doud visited with rela tives at Eldon last week. Bears the Signature 'h /J