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LIVES OF 13
TOUR COUNTIES SWEPT BY
STORM WHICH WRECKS ONE
TOWN KILLING AND MAIMING
ITS INHABITANTS,
7 FEET OF WATER
IN KENTUCKY TOWN
TAYLORVILLE FAMIL1E8 IN PER­
IL AND IN DANGER OF FAMINE
FIFTY MAROONED ON A SCHOOL
HOUSE ROOF.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 24.—Tay
lorville on the Salt river, forty
miles from Louisville, is water
bound, the flood being seven feet
deep in the principal street. There
is a shortage of food and no trains
can be gotten within three miles
,of the place. Many families are
reported to be in peril. Fifty
perrons are on the roof of a school
house. They are not thought to
be in any imminent danger.
Meinpliis, Feb. 24.—That the storm
of wind and rain which prevailed in
pastern Arkansas, northern Mississippi
and western Tennessee was most
severe, is confirmed by advices re
ceived today. In the counties' of
Lonoke, Woodruff, Prairie and Poin
sett in Arkansas a fierce storm which
apparently originated in the first
named county was felt. The town of
Fisher in Poinsett county was prac
tically destroyed, while six persons
were killed and a' number of others in
ared. Near Augusta the dead number
iix and others were inured. In.
Lonoke' a child was killed.
Telegraph and telephone wires
through the storm-swept section are
prostrated. The full, extent of the
storm damage is not yet known.
The Arkansas Storm.
Marked Tree, Ark., Feb, 24.—Thir
teen persons Were killed, more than a
score injured, several seriously, and
practically every building in the town
•of Fisher was wrecked by a tornado
which swept through the northwestern
portion of this county early yesterday,
according to meager advices received
here late yesterday afternoon. Wire
communication in the devastated dis
trict is completely prostrated and the
only information received was by meg
sengar who stated that in the town of
Fisher but two buildings are standing
while the damage in the surrounding
country is also great.
The tornado originated in Lonoke
county in eastern Arkansas, moving
northeastward and traversed the
counties of Lonoke, Prairie, Woodruff
and Poinsett.
The known dead in Lonoke county:
GUNNELL, LESLIE, aged 7 years.
Near Augusta, Woodruff county:
PRUITT, BOB, AND WIFE.
SEAT, BONNrE, AND WIFE.
EPPS, TISHIE.
UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO.
At Fisher, Poinsett county:
BASS, K. S.
FREEZE, WADE.
STONE, MRS.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN AND A
CHILD.
Because of the flooded condition of
the intervening territory a relief party
which started from Marked Tree yes
terday afternoon was forced to aban
don the effort for the day. Many of
the dead and injured, it is stated, are
juried beneath the wreckage of the de
--polished buildings.
It is thought that many injured are
imprisoned among the wreckage of
buildings. A relief train and nurses
left Brinkley late yesterday afternoon
tor that point..
PUI ns in Three States.
''Louisville, Feb. 24.—Rain which
raged during the past twenty-four
hours over nearly all Kentucky and
portions of Indiana and Tennessee has
done thousands of dollars damage in
Louisville alone, caused the death to
day of John Price, a negro, and a loss
of over 500 cattle. Every river and
creek throughout the deluged territory
is bank full and many have overflow
ed. Railroad communication on roads
running west and north is interrupted.
"Many Believed Drowned.
Cincinnati, Feb. 24.—As a result of
the heavy rains yesterday and today
the rivers and others streams through
out the state are rising rapidly and
threatening serious damage through
flt^ds. Already sevei'al lives are re
ported to have been lost through
drowning. The railroads are badly
handicaped by washouts and the loss
to farmers will be heavy through the
damage to crops.
Sunday Ball in .Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 24. The
bill legalizing the playing of baseball
on Sunday passed the senate today
•nd now goes to the governor.
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Hens Back on the
Job Eggs Take a
Big Drop in Price
New York, Feb. 24.—Eggs in
New York dropped in price to
2514c a dozen yesterday as com
pared with 34 cents a few days
ago. The slump was the result
of the receipts here of 16,661
cases of thirty dozen each, total
ling 5,994,360 eggs. Additional
heavy receipts are expected and
a further decline of prices will
follow.
In Ottumwa eggs dropped yes
terday afternoon from 35 to 30
cents a dozen. Grocers expect
a further drop.
RICHMOND HOST
TO THE FLEET
ADMIRAL SPEERY TELLS SOUTH
THAT ITS SONS MAN MANY
BATTLESHIPS.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 24. Graceful
homage was paid by the south yester
day to the globe girdling American
battleship fleet in this old capital of
the confederacy.
"We welcome you to the hearts of a
people who yield to no one in devotion
to the American navy nor in loyalty
to 'our' flag."
This sentiment feelingly expressed
at a luncheon in Jefferson hotel yes
terday afternoon by Mayor Richardson
in welcoming Rear Admiral Sperry
Rear Admiral Wainwright and fifty
four officers under the former's com
mand to this city, found echo in the
words of gallant Sperry, who said:
"On the world's cruise I have had
about me a splendid corps of officers.
In my personal staff of seven men, six
of them are commonly known in the
ships as 'arrant' rebels. Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina, all are repres
ented among my personal aids, while
my own state of Connecticut is left
out entirely. With these men at the
wheel is it any wonder that we have
got here and have j?ob lutfe on* time,?**
Sperry Tells Trip's Lessons.
Rear Admiral Sperry pointed out
that the voyage around the world was
no junket. "While we have been en
circling the globe," he said, "we have
doubled the score of last year's target
practice. The fleet's efficiency has in
creased 25 per cent by economq of
coal consumption, due to hard and
faithful work of the men below decks
When a contest comes a navy must
know how to get. there and how to stay
there when it gets there.
"Now that the world is governed by
the people it is not sufficient that
solitary arbitrary ruler should know
on paper the possibilities of a contest
And since the people generally are
only impressed by what they see, it is
necessary, if you desire the peace of
the world, that, you show your fleet."
Tile bad weather which greeted the
battleship fleet Monday, the worst
they have experienced in any port vis
ited, continued yesterday. During the
afternoon a stiff southeastern set in
driving a stinging rain before it.
Ships are Being Coaled.
Hampton Roads seemed fairly
choked with fighting craft yesterday,
The two long lines of the combined
squadrons of Rear Admirals Sperry
and Arnold stretched away from the
dock as far as the eye could reach
Nearly half of the ships began coaling
in spite of the weather.
It is hoped that the last of the ships
will have been coaled by Saturday in
order that the men may parade
Norfolk on that day. They will be the
city's guests. This will be the, first
shore leave the men will have. They
are being kept aboard ship now
anticipation of an inspection of each
ship by Rear Admiral Sperry and an
inspection board.
The battleship Vermont was in ouar
antine yesterday. A case of smallpox
developed on board. The sick man was
taken' to the naval hospital at Norfolk
and most of the officers and members
of the ere whave been vaccinated
anew. The men have been restricted
to the ship.
One of the most interesting sights
yesterday was the departure of a large
number of enlisted men, whose terms
of service had expired. As they left
the sides of the vessels, they were giv
en lusty, cheers by the sailors. Negr
boys and porters loitering about the
dock reaped a harvest from the home
going sailors, who, disdaining to carry
their own satchels and bundles, hand
ed them over to the boys to be taken
to the railroad station or trolley cars
Senate Passes Consular Bill.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 24. The
senate pased the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill, carrying
$3,646,000.
TRAIN PLUNGES 100 FEET
Twenty-five Killed and Forty Wounded
When Ecuador Passenger is
Wrecked.
Guayaquil, Ecquador, Feb. 24.
passenger train was today thrown
over a cliff a hundred feet high near
Rio Bamba. Twenty-five persons
were killed and forty wounded. The
accident was caused by a displaced
rail.
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Volume ei OTTUMWA. WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1909
TAFT GIVES
ADDRESS IS BRIEF AND IS DE­
CLARED STRONG STATE PAPER
CABINET IS C9MPLETE EXCEPT
FOR TREASURY SECRETARY.
MACVEIGH THOUGHT
TO BE THE CHOICE
CHICAGO MAN'S FRIENDS BE­
LIEVE THAT HE WILL BE CALL­
ED TO FILL THE VACANT POST
IN CABINET.
Chicago, Feb. 24—That Franklin
MacVeigh of Chicago will be sec
retary of the treasury in the Taft
cabinet is believed by MacVeigh's
closest business associations. The
fact that he broke his custom of
years in not attending the last
meeting of the directors of the
Commercial National bank of
which he is chairman is regarded
as practically conclusive evidence
of his acceptance.
New York, Feb. 24.—With one im
potant news feature of the Taft cab
inet held in abeyance—the selection of
a secretary of the treasury—President
elect Taft took advantage of his cov
eted opportunities to catch up with
his correspondence today and prepare
a portion of one of the magazine ar
ticles he has contracted to write. The
inaugural address of Taft received his
final revision today. The document
according to custom, a declaration
of the policies which the new admin
istration will endeavor to carry out.
The address contains approximately a
thousand words' and will occupy Taft
little short of an hour In its delivery.
It is pronounced a strong state paper
by those to whom Taft has sub
mitted It.
Cabinet Is Nearly Completed.
Mr. Taft says he is making head
way in the selection of a secretary
of the treasury, but the place is not
yet filled. Franklin MacVeagh holds
the lead among the aspirants
under consideration. With this ex
ception the Taft cabinet is complete
and when officially promulgated short
ly before his inauguration will be as
follows:
Secretary of State1-Philander C.
Knox of Pennsylvania.
Attorney General—George W. Wick
ersham of New York.
Secretary if war—J. M. Dickinson of
Tennessee'.
Secretary of the Navy—George Von
L. Meyer of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel of Missouri.
Secretary of the Interior—R. A.
Ballinger of Washington.
Postmaster General—Frank H.
Hitchcock of Massachusetts.
Secretary of Agriculture—James
Wilson of Iowa.
It will be observed that la this list
are five lawyers, of whom Mr. Taft
believes, there is none better in the
country. It may be stated that this
fact is not a mere coincidence, but has
been carefully planned by the incom
ing president and bears an important
relation to what he believes to be th-3
important work of his administration.
Legal Skill as Reform Aid.
Constitutional legal restrictions on
corporate abuses are the accomplish
ments he will strive- for. The extreme
difficulties of first framing such meas
ures and then of securing their enact
ment have confronted Mr. Taft with
great force. To meet them with suc
cess he believes will require the com
bined legal skill of the ablest minds
he can bring to the task.
In assembling his legal cabinet the
president elect has not lost sight of
the necessity of obtaining men whose
beliefs on the questions to be dealt
with coincide with his own. Mr. Taft'n
position has been clearly embodied in
his inaugural address, and this docu
ment Is known to have receive® the
hearty approval of all the men select
ed to be Mr. Taft's cabinet advisers.
It requires little imagination, there
fore, to picture Mr. Taft's expectancy
to be that when a reform recommenda
tion shall, be made 'to congress it w^ill
first have had careful weighing as to
its necessity, and efficiency, the great
est care in its preparation with a view
to exact Justice, and possess a techni
cal legal correctness which will insure
its efficacy, before the courts. Such
measures, it is believed, will not only
commend themselves for their intrin
sic merit to the national legislators
but may also be exfected to have be
hind them the weight of popular .ap
proval.
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Military Companies at Armories.
Omaha, Feb. 24. The military
companies called to avms, are still at
their armories. It is said to be the in
tention to keep them ready for active
service until the danger of a renewal
of anti-Greek riots is passed.
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ROOSEVELT IN
PRAISE OF TAFT
RUMORS OF FRICTION 8ET A8IDE
BY GLOWING TRIBUTE IN
INAUGURAL SOUVENIR.
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Washington, D. C., Feb. 24.—A re
markable feature of the "inaugural
souvenier" issued by the committee in
charge of the inaugural ceremonies is
a biographical sketch of President
Elect Taft by President Roosevelt. It
has a peculiar significance in ciew of
the rumors published to the effect that
friction existed between Roosevelt and
Taft The keynote of the president's
sketch may be found in these words:
"No man of better training, no man
of more dauntless courage, of common
sense or higher character has ever
come to the presidency than ..William
Howard Taft."
The president in concise terms pre
cedes this statement with a history of
the president elect, touching simply
upon the public achievements of the
man.
DRY" FARMERS MEET
Third Trans-Missouri Dry Farming
Congress Opens at Cheyenne—
Roosevelt Sends Greetings.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 24. With
more than six hundred delegates pres
ent, with several hundred more to ar
rive on the belated snowbound trains,
the third Trans-Missouri Dry Farming
congress opened its sessions here. It
Is expected that work of the utmost
importance to the semi-arid regions
will be accomplished. Gov. Brooks of
Wyoming presided, and read a letter
from President Roosevelt extending
greeting, congratulations and assur
ances that he would aid the congress
in accomplishing Its desired object
so far as lies in his power.
8HERMAN WINS FOR MAYOR.
Beats Reece in Springfield Primaries
—Has Margin of 22 Votes More
Than Present Executive.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 24. Law
rence Y. Sherman, former lieutenant
governor, won the Republican nomina
tion for mayor over Roy R. Reece,
the present incumbent, by the narrow
margin of 22 votes in yesterday's pri
maries. The total Republican vote
was 6,182, of which Sherman received
8,103 Reece, 3,081.
Omaha Pan-Hellenics Appeal.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24. The Pan
Hellenic union, with a membership of
50,000. has appealed to Gov. Shall
enberger for protection against the al
leged lawless acts of South Omaha
rioters.
WEATHER F0RECA8T.
Iowa Fair tonight and Thursday
colder in east tonight and rising tem
perature Thursday.
Illinois*— Generally fair tonight and
Thursday cold wave tonight.
Wisconsin Generally fair tonight
and Thursday colder tonight with
cold wave in east portion.
Local Weather.
Nine o'clock last evening 33
Seven o'clock this morning.... 20
Two o'clock this afternoon 26
Sunrise, 6:34 sunset, 5:34 'moon
set, 10:58.
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IF IT ISN'T ONE THING IT'S ANOTHER
House Refuses to
Vote Salary Raise
For the President
Washington, D. C., Feb. 24.—
The house today rejected the
senate provision Increasing to
$100,000 the salary of the presl
derit. a^SQ... t^* -provision In.'
creasing the speaker's salary.
THE STEPHENSON PROBE
Senator's Campaign Manager Shows
Loose Method of Accounting for
Expenses.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 24.—Robney
Sacknett, one of Senator Stephenson's
managers, during the senatorial cam
paign, appeared before the legislative
investigation committee today and
told the manner of keeping account of
the campaign disbursments. The ex
penditures, he said, were kept on cards
afterward compiled into account form.
There cards are no longer In his pos
session. He received help from State
Chairman Edmonds and Banker
Puellcher, but none from Stephenson
or the latters attorneys. His testi
mony with regard to getting the
money was largclyla repetition of the
story told by Puelicher last week.
MARKET SHOWS GAINS
8tocks, Demoralized Yesterday, Ad
vance Today and Situation
Clears Up.
New York, Feb. 24.—Extreme ir
regularity marked the opening deal
ings In the stock market today. Price
changes Bhowed further losses as Wtell
as some substantial recovery from yes
terday's demoralization. Reading,
Baltimore & Ohio, St. Paul and Illinois
Cental gained one to two points.
Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific
declined two points or more, Missouri
Pacific 1%. Harriman stockB were al
so heavy.
The stock market went through,a
stormy forenoon and then settled
down into a waiting attitude and in
an unsettled frame of mind. Feverish
and irregular fluctuations of the morn
ing gave no clear index of the prevail
ing speculative sentiment, and there
was a manifest continuance of liquida
tion in some quarters and heavy buy
ing in others. Reading was notably
strong in the rebound from the panic
ky break of yesterday.
WOMAN IS ELCTROCUTED
'Bride of Two Months Accidentally
Killed When Umbrella Strikes
Live Wire.
Columbus, O., Feb. 24. While on
the way to the theater last night in
company with several relatives, Mrs
Ethel Boeshans, aged eighteen years
and a bride of two months, was elec
trocuted when her umbrella came in
contact in the darkness with a tele
phone wire, which having torn loose
during a wind and rain storm, had
fallen over a high tension wire.
A dozen persons tried to pull the
young woman's body away from the
wire, and all were hurled to the
ground by the shock, one young man
being severely burned. The woman's
father was badly hurt in his frantic
effort to extricate his daughter's
body. Finally the wire was cut by a
lineman and the body removed.
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DANCES IN BARE
FEET FOR SOCIETY
NEW ORK SURPRISED BY ADY
CONSTANCE RICHARDSON'S
8CANTY ATTIRE.
New York, Feb."fe4. ^herewas a
breathless silence When the lights
were turned down In Sherry's big ball
room yesterday afternoon and Lady
Constance Stewart Richardson, bare
footed and in white garments, not vo
luminous, was seen silhouetted against
a dark green curtain.
Not a murmur of applause greeted
the eccentric noblewoman. The audi
ence, composed of pillars of society
for instance Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry
and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John
B. Drexel, Lady Paget, Mrs. Frederick
W. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Herbert Shipman,
Mrs. Richard Gambrill, Mrs. Alexan
der Van Renssalear and others with
whose names society conjures did
not know, apparently, what to do or
how to receive her.
It fact, it was not until after Lady
Constance had done her first group of
dances that her audience accorded her
a real good clapping praise for her ef
forts for charity.
Not more than 200 were present at
the entertainment, and of these there
were not more than a dozen or so men.
Once the Ice of reserve was broken.
Lady Constance received her full
measure of appreciation from the
women present The men looked
bored.
Compared to Little Egypt.
One man, whose memory dates back
to the days of "Little Egypt," was
aslted how the titled English woman's
costume, or lack of it. compared with
that of the famous dancer of other
days.
It was more so," was his laconic
reply. "Little Egyupt" wore tights—
Lady Richardson does, not."
A careful scrutiny of her ladyship's
apparel with opera glasses failed to
reveal anything that suggested tights.
When she first came on the green
carpeted stage she was in a classic
dress, like Diana prepared for this
chase. It was of soft, clinging gray
material, some creepy stuff that clung
affectionately. Less dlaphaneous than
Mary Garden's Salomedress, with
evenry move it followed her graceful
contour. It reached a little below the
knees, below which the limbs were
bare, as well as her ladyship's feet.
These,' some said, were rather large.
Keyes Backed by $25,000,000.
Des Moines, Feb. 24. (Special.)—
C. R. Keyes claiming to be backed by
a company with $25,000,000 capital,
asked the city council yesterday for
a 25 year franchise for an elevated
and lnterurban terminal company
which proposes to furnish terminal fa
cilities for several interurbans headed
this way, and an elevated service for
the city.
THE ILLINOIS DEADLOCK
Thirty-fifth Ballot In Legislature on
Senatorship Without
Result,
Springfield, 111., Feb. 24.—The thirty
sixth joint ballot for senator resulted:
Hopkins 64, Foss 17, Stringer 44,
Shurtleff 17, Mason 4, Henry Duggan
19, A." J. Sabath 1. Sherman 2, Lowden
1. There was no choice and the bal
loting will be resumed tomorrow,
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TELLS OF ATTACKS
MADE BY SENATOR .4
HARSH EDITORIALS WHICH PRO-
Col. Cooper was questioned about
tho joint debate between Carmack and
Gov. Patterson, and asked if he evetf
learned that Carmack was using his
namp In them.
jo iiJids -n uj unfleq ji -uajju 'sajt,,
ridicule, and he later charged me with
corruption. His first reference was
to a 'little bald headed angel named
Dune Cooper.' Later, referring to
the 'angel.' he asked if the angel wa
white or black, and were its feathers
tainted with sulphurous smell."
"Who was the angel he was' talk'
intr about?"
"A man named Dune Cooper sup*
posed to he myself."
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STATE CLAIMS
COL. COOPER
IS EMBEZZLER
He said he had no purpose in shoot*
ing or killing Carmack and that hs
had approached the latter merely tajw^sj
have a talk with him, and seo If thaMfe
affair which was worrying his frlenda^jj
and family could be stopped.
An Embezzlement Charge.
Short after the cross examinatiorf-*'*
was begun the attorneys became In
volved In a heated argument over the
putting In evidence by the state of'
some old bonds. Finally the jury re
tired. Captain Fltzhugh said through
the bondg It ^aa proposed^ show that
Cooper wa8 a default«r antPai* em
bezzler to the,extent of over 100,000
to prove to the jury just how much
•credit they should place on Cooper** 1
testimony.
The Editorials Objected To.
In his direct examination Cooper re«i ',
ferred to bitter editorials that appear
ed in the News-Scimitar of Memphis.
One of these editorials was the cause
of a wrangle over its competency as
evidence.
In Private Life at Time.
Cooper said in response to ques*
tlons that he was a private cltlxen at
that time, and had said or done noth«
ing to provoke the attacks.
"Was Carmack defeated?" if
"He was.''
"What became his occupation then?*
"He became the editor of the Nash*
vllle Tennesseean."
"Did his attacks continue in thaf
paper?" :f
"They did, uninterruptedly."
A number of vindictive editorial*
were introduced as evidence. One ol
them was entitled "Across the Muddj
Chasm," and was the one that so en
raged Cooper that l\e is said to hav«t
told a friend named Craig that elthej
Carmack or Cooper must die. He said
he had read this editorial, which ap»
peared on Sunday, Nov. 8, In the Ten«
nesseean, before he sent word to Car
mack by Craig. 'fa
Did Not Want Apology.
"Craig returned," said Col. Cooper^
"and said Carmack was in an ugl
mood. I did not demand an apolosrv'
All I wanted was that these attacki
should cease. I said that unless the:
did the town was not big enough ti
hold both of us that I was tired o:
having a man spit in my face eachi
morning as soon as I got up."
The colonel told of efforts made by
Ills friends and associates, among then*
Gov. Patterson, Col. Tully Brow
Robin Cooper, and members of
family, to dissuade him from sendin^
a note he had written to Carmack. Ha,
told of a ("conference in the law offlca
of his son's partner which resulted in
his agreeing not to send the note.
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CARMACK MURvH'f
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SPOKEN OF AS DAILY INSULTS'/.?
BY DEFENDANT.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24.—Gdt. CuB"4'-+"
can B. Cooper finished Ills direct testl-'i
mony in the Carmack murder trial
this morning and his cross examlna
tion began. The colonel denied h«j
had fired a shot at the time of tho
killing of Carmack and said he did not
draw his pistol until after his son
Robin was shot. "Then I drew my:
gun" he said, "but saw Carmack was.
down and Robin was shot so I put my
revolver back in my pocket."
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While in the conference he was call
ed to the telephone by Gov. Patterson.
wh~ said he wished to see Col. Cooper
In about twenty-five minutes.
"Did you or Robin then expeot td
meet Senator Carmack?" asked Gen*
Washington.
"No, sir. In fact. Robin urgvd ma
not to go up Church street, but to taka
the route least likely to bring me la
contact with the senator.'.'
The witness then described the trip
from Bradford's office up nearly to thi
scene of the shooting. Just as thi
other principals did.
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9100,000 St. Louis Fire.
St. Louis, Feb. 24.—Fire today daox
aged to the extent of $100,000 the
per portion of a supposedly flreproo:
six story structure at 112-114 Nort
Twelfth street, occupied by the Mu
vihill Furniture Co. "-A.j
Rescued From Cave In.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 24.—Nine worta
men entombed yesterday In a sewei
cave-In were rescued early today.
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