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FLAMES DESTROY ABOUT $1D,00
WORTH OF PROPERTY.
Hurry Call Sent to Sioux City for , Aid ,
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Outside Help-Ed. Morris Gives the
Alarm in Early Morning.
Salix , Io. : Breaking out Saturday
morning shortly after midnight , fire ,
starting in the center of the business
district , did from $10,000 to $15,000 (
damage at Salix. The blaze startec
either in the J. D. Devin harness shop
or in the Davis machine shed. The or-
igin is unknown.
Ed Morris , who runs a barber shop
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in the Harrington building , discovered
the blaze and spread the alarm. The
flames by this time were sweeping
over both buildings and rapidly com-
municating to other buildings. The
opera house was soon a mass of flames
and is a total loss.
Because of the lack of an adequate
water supply , it looked for a time as
if the whole town was doomed. Will-
ling hands formed a bucket brigade
and every well in the vicinity was
. worked to the limit.
A hurry call was sent to Sioux City
for aid while the flames were at their
height , and Fire Chief G. M. Kellogg
. declared he was willing to do anything
in his power to help fight the flames.
Arrangements were made for a ' flat
i { car to carry the Sioux City chemical
I wagon to Salix , , but by this time the
: . flames : were under control and Chief
Kellogg was notified not to come. Of-
fers of aid also were made by Sloan ,
but were not accepted.
Salix has only one chemical wagon
but it was pressed into service and
used to good advantage.
The opera house will be a total loss.
It is valued at $5,000 to $6,000. The
Harrington building , also destroyed ,
is valued at $2,500. The machine shed
w was destroyed. It is worth about $500.
Several smaller buildings and barns
4 were reduced to ashes. The fire swept
i district covers about a half a block.
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Others May Have Lost Lives in a Big
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Chicago Fire.
Chicago , Ill. : Two people are known
t to have been burned to death and sev-
.eral others are believed to have per-
ished in a fire which destroyed a
dwelling in the southwest side early
Saturday morning. Those known to
be dead are a woman and her child.
The burned building was a two-
story frame structure in South Ash-
, land avenue , occupied by many peo-
t pie , and at 1 a. m. the entire place
* was wrapped in flames. Some of those
, ri I who escaped declared a number of
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people had been trapped. In the hall-
, way firemen stumbled over the bodies
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of the woman and the child. The wo-
.man had endeavored to escape with
; 1 the child when she was overcome.
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t upper floor when the fire broke out ,
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them , were confident that at least
, -some were unable to get out and per-
, i ished. How many were missing was
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: Chicago , 111. : Chicago has lost its
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-at the election on April 5 , according
t to a decision reached by the election ,
; commissioners Friday night.
The commissioners decided that the
" i petition : offered by the drys to have (
: " the question , "Shall this city become e
; anti-saloon territory ? " put on the bal }
i lots. lacked sufficient signatures. t
: i The wets had filed a complaint , as- I
serting that out of the 74,000 names 1
- 26,128 were those of persons not reg-
I istered. The commissioners sustained
I this charge after an investigation , and I
I I tJie prohibition forces Friday night c : :
" declared too little time intervened be-
; i tween now and election to permit of
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! This decision nullifies the work of I
liundreds : of prohibition workers , in-
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I cluding many women , who for weeks
: stood in the down town , streets , on ele-
vated train platforms and in public
: buildings seeking signatures to the pe
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: Washington , D. C. : A report re
i ; ceived at the trusury department from b
I I Examiner Samuel M. ' Hann declares h
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City National bank of Cambrdige , n
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; Springfiled , 111. : Sixty-two counties
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Exhibited to Jury in Sayler Murder
Trial. *
Watseka , 111. : Bloodstained cloth-
Ing taken from the body of John B.
Sayler was exhibited to the jury Fri-
day in the trial of Dr. W. R. Miller : ,
Mrs. John B. Sayler and John Grui - ,
den , for the murder of the Crescent
City banker last July.
As garment after garment was un-
folded and liftedp in the courtroom ,
Mrs. Sayler , one of the three defend-
ants , bowed her head and shrank
back in the seat , the face of her fathe -
and co-defendant , John Grunden , was
seen to twitch convulsively , while Dr.
W. R. Miller remained calm and im-
passive.
Golda Sayler , daughter of the wo-
man on trial , leaned closer to her
mother and hid her face , while a hush !
fell over the courtroom.
The garments were identified by :
Ben W. Druesler , the undertaker , who <
prepared the body for burial , who tes
tified to finding four bullet wounds :
two through the chest and one in each
arm.
arm.Duesler declared that Mrs. Sayler
expressed no regret when she viewed .
the body of her husband , and testified I
that all Mrs. Sayler said when she
saw the wound in his right arm was :
"I did not think it went clear through ,
I did not think he was shot that . many
times. "
The witness told of seeing two in-
cased bullets of about 32-caliber ,
which had pierced the body. I
Cross examination failed to shake :
his testimony.
BOMB THROWN IN CHICAGO.
Explosion Wrecks Gymnasium in a
West Side Building.
Chicago : Bomb throwers again be-
came active in Chicago Thursday
night. They threw a shell loaded with
dynamite into a gymnasium under con-
struction in the rear of a saloon owned
by Robert D. Lincoln on the west side.
The explosion wrecked the gymna-
sium , shattered the windows in ad-
j joining buildings and threw passengers
in an elevated train nearby into a pan-
ic. The shock shook the elevated
structure so severely that the passen-
gers feared they were going to be top-
pled over to the ground , and only the
presence of mind of the conductors
prevented serious consequences.
Scores of families were frightened
from their homes by the explosion. No
one was injured. The police assert
the bomb throwing was due to labor
troubles and has no place in the long
series of explosions in the so-called
gamblers' war.
KILLED BY A POSSE.
Falcone , a Black Hand Operator ,
Meets Death at Pueblo.
Pueblo , Colo. : Samuel Falcone , a
black hand operator , was shot through
the heart and instantly killed Thurs-
day ! afternoon in a fight with a sheriff's
posse headed by Under Sheriff War-
ren Hill. A companion escaped on
horseback , but is believed to have been
wounded.
The shooting followed threats made
to Tony Santuso , ordering him to place
$2,000 at a point several miles beyond
the county poor farm. Thenafter he
complied with the demand , and when
the two men were taking the money ,
the sheriff's posse ordered them to
throw up their hands. They refused
and opened fire. At the first return
volley one of the black hand men fell
ead.
SHERWOOD'S BILL FAVORED.
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Provides Pension of $1 a Day for Old
Soldiers.
Washington , D. C. : One dollar a day
[ or all old soldiers incapacitated in the
rvice is provided in a bill reported
favorably from the house committee ,
In military affairs by Representative 4
Sherwood , democrat , of Ohio. The bill
has been before the committee six or
l.ven years , and comes before the
louse now as an amendment to a
easure introduced by Representative
awnsend , republican , of Michigan ,
oviding for retirement of army of-
icers at the age of 70 on one-half or
le-third pay , dependent upon length
of service. Representative Sherwood ,
mself a veteran of the civil war , re-
ired : as a brigadier general , was jubi-
ant over the successful reporting of
lis bill.
Unable to Support U. S. Plan.
mdon : Sir Edward Grey , foreign
cretary. explained in the house of
mmons : that the British government
vas unable to support the American
; vernment in its Chinchow - Aigun
llroad ' plan because of the Anglo-
tssian agreement of 1899 , which had
lever been abrogated.
Princeton , Ind. : Suit for $10,000
: mages was filed against Elmer i :
fcchie- grocer , for the death of Mrs. b
acob Kraemer , who was fatally burnr
ed by an explosion of oil. Joseph It
) nks , administrator , charges that
Lchie sold tke oil to Mrs. Kramer
owing that it was a mixture of coal
ail and gasoline.
American Held as Thief.
Jerrie , Switzerland : The police here
have arrested a hotel thief who gives
his name as John Tauer , of New York. 1 :
'auer , who is 19 , has confessed to nu- by
rous robberies at Berne , Zurich and d
lucerne. ' tJ
Cotton Supply.
Vashington , D. C. : The census re-
Drt shows the total supply of cotton b ;
) r the six months ending February 28 titc
) have heen 11,552,361 ruunincr bains. to
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More Ligh't on the Corruption in Pittz
burg.
Pittsburg , Pa. : Thirty-one former
and present members of the city coun-
cils of this city were indicted by the
grand jury Friday afternoon.
A grand jury presentment , replete
with civic scandal , was handed down
Friday by the nineteen grand jurors
comprising the graft' investigating
body. The sensational story giving the
insides facts of corruption in the selec
tion of city depositories in 1903 was
the burden of the presentment. Threi
indictments were ordered reported
against William Brand , Charles Stew-
art and Hugh Ferguson , all former
members of councils and all of whom
have already been indicted.
The grand jury made formal de
mands , to be returned next Monday ,
upon the directors of six city deposi-
tories for information as to what they
bad done and are doing toward ferret-
ing out the existence of bribery opera-
tions carried on in their institutions in
connection with the councilmanic graft
cases. The grand jury also demanded
whatever knowledge they have of im-
plications in their respective institu-
tions and orders the return of city d&
posits.
FOR A SANER FOURTH.
Gov. Hadley to Begin State Wide Fight
in Missouri.
Kansas City , Mo. : Gov. Hadley ,
within a few days , will begin a state
wide fight for a saner celebration of
the Fourth of July. The police depart-
ment here was notified Friday of the
executive determination to minimize
accidents on the coming natal day. He
is having letters printed which will be
forwarded to the police departments of
all cities in the state asking that regu-
lations for the sale and discharge of
works be made at once.
One reason for the governor's "early
inauguration of his fight is that he be-
lieves dealers will not purchase large
supplies of dangerous explosives if
they are notified now that such fire
works will not be countenanced.
SHOOTS WIFE OF FRIEND.
Woman Had Rebuffed Man Who Had
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Made Love to Her.
Wabash , Ind. : After having fatally
wounded Mrs. Floyd J. Webb , the wife
of his friend , with a shotgun , Verne
Hartleroad went to the county jail
late Thursday night.
"I'm the man you're after , " said Har-
tleroad : , and later in a cell he' related
that..he had fallen in love with Mrs.
Webb and that she rebuffed him. Har-
tleroad ; , who is 23 years old , had lived
with the Webb family for several }
years. Webb was away from home.
Shakers Ask and Get Receiver.
Lebanon , 0. : J. A. Runyan has been
appointed receiver of the United So-
ciety : of Believers at Union village ,
the Shaker colony here. The trustees
of the society filed a petition in the
common pleas court asking that they
be relieved of their duties because of
their extreme old age , sickenss and
infirmities. The society owns proper-
estimated to be worth more than
500000.
Shoots Three ; Takes On Life. :
New Orleans : Enraged Because his
wife had gone to the theater with her
brother , taikng the children of the .
family with her , Alfred Mitchell , a car-
penter , shot and probably fatally
wounded her , seriously wounded their I
12-year-old son and 7-year-old daugh-
ter , and then shot himself in the head ,
dying instantly.
Maryland Gets Pure Food Law.
Annapolis , Md. : The legislature has
issed a pure food and drug bill mod-
eled after the national law. The law , C
hich Gov. Crothers will sign , was a 4
mpromise , in which the views of ]
the state board of health , representa- '
t tives of the trades interested , and a C
5tate commissioner figured. 1
Cairo Will Buy Roit Guns.
Cairo , Ill. : The Alexander county
: > ard of supervisors has recognized ]
for : the first time the possible need of 1
fi ' rearms to protect prisoners in the ]
tunty jail , and twelve repeating rifles ,
lown as riot guns , will be purchased . ]
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Fire Damages a Resort.
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Kansas City , Mo. : Fire threatened
for a time to destroy Excelsior Springs ,
. the watering place twenty-six
niles northeast of here. The flames ]
vere checked after thirteen small ]
louses , a bath house , and a plumbing f
hop : had been destroyed. The loss is t
timated at $75,000. '
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Mexica City : Mrs. Robert Louis
evenson , widow of the novelist , is I
ill at her apartments here , due , it is
lieved , to the high altitude. She ar-
ived Monday from Santa Barbara.CaL
t is not believed her illness is serious t
$150,000 Fire at Winnipeg. i
Winnipeg , Man. : Fire Friday de- i
troyed the Winnipeg County club C
ouse. Loss , $150,000.
Judge Buick for Congress ,
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Rochester , Minn. : Judge H. L.
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tuick , of Winona , has been selected
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) enver , Colo. : Arrangements have r
been concluded to hold a national , elec- it
-ical ; exposition : : in Denver October 8 f ,
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TEACHERS LACK AUTHORITY.
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I nioso Granted by Illegal Board Hel
to be Invalid.
Joseph Sparks of the State Board of
Examiners for Teachers has notified
Principal Crabtree of the Perue Nor- :
mal school that certificates issued by ;
the recently defunct state normal
board are of no effect and therefore it
is his duty to certify the names of
these teachers to the state normal
board so thcrr cases may be passed
upon legally.
At the first meeting of the state <
normal board following the decision
of the supreme court that the law en-
acted by the legislature creating the
new state normal board was invalid ,
Mr. Crabtree was instructed to request
graduates of the school who had dI-
plomas signed by the defunct board
to surrender them and secure new
ones signed by the real board.
As a result of the neglect of Mr.
Crabtree to follow the instruction of
the board there are between 175 and
180 teachers employed over the state
who have no authority to teach.
The supreme court has held , so at
torneys say , in cases of this k-'nd , that
when the act is unconstitutional the
invalidity exists from the t'me of its
passage , so the board is not consid-
ered a de facto board and none of its
acts are legal.
BIG DITCH AUTHORIZED.
Pencler Votes ou Proposition to
Straighten Logan Creek.
An election was held at Pender
Tuesday on the proposition of organ-
izing drainage district for the
pur-
pose of constructing ditch from
Wakefield to connect with the ditch
now under construction from a point
about three miles south of Pender ,
the whole to form a new channel for
the Logan creek , making practically
straight , whereby it is supposed the
frequent overflows that have hereto-
fore occurred will be prevented.
That the proposed ditch would be
of great benefit no one doubts , but
some appear to fear that the Indian
lands will not contribute towards the
expense , and without that the burden
would be too heavy on the white own-
ers of land in the district.
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LAUREL PIONEER GONE.
Urs. Emil Weber Is Found Dead in
Bed at Wayne.
Mrs. Emil Weber , one of the pioneer
residents of Laurel , was found dead in
bed > Wednesday morning at the home
of > her daughter , Mrs. R. L. , Lathrop ,
at Wayne.
Mrs. Weber retired Tuesday night
in apparent good health and her death
was a shock to her relatives and
friends. Heart trouble
is ascribed
as
he cause. She was 55 years of
.of age
and is survived by her husband
, two
daughters and one son. Mrs. Weber
had ; been twice married. Her
son , B.
J. Holle , Is a member of the firm or
lolle & Ware , of Laurel. Her hus-
band , who is a miller , was in Wayne
on business when her death
occurred.
NORFOLK MAX LOSES LIFE.
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Head is Mangled While Working on
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Frank Kayl , of Norfolk , the Daily
Tews pressman whose
, head was
rushed in a press Tuesday night , died ]
uring : the night. He had turned the
le'er to stop the power , but did not
Iyait for the moter to die and the ma-
hine started while his head was in
the press.
Once before during the' afternoon
the : . press had started up from a tight
oelt that slipped because the motor t
aad not been stopped and
Kayl had
oeen warned never to work around the :
tachine : without stopping the motor.
Kayl was 28 j
years old and
was un-
larried. :
SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF.
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an Will Recover. I
Despondent over inability to sell
lis : home and because of his wife's [
ong illness J. A. Custer , of Norfolk ,
Ihot his wife , for years an invalid , and
hen : himself. The shooting was done
vlth ; a 22-caliver rifle. The bullet
anced off his wife's head and she 1
vill ; live , but he will die. 5
Custer is 61 years old and his wife t
is 45. He has grown children in Oma- ( '
ha and had planned moving to Omaha.
New School at Silver Creek.
By a vote of 113 to 21 the proposi- i
Ion to build an $18,000 school house _
in Silver Creek was carried. The build-
ng . is to be built of brick and will be r
mmenced : as soon as possible.
Last Chamberlain Case.
The last one of the cases of the state i
ainst C. M. Chamberlain of Tecumth
seh , growing out of the failure of the
immercial Banking house in 1902 ,
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V'aS dismissed in the district court at -
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atrice Wednesday morning.
High License at Kearney.
At the regular meet'ng of the Kear-
ley city council held Monday evening E
t was decided to make the license fee 0
for saloons the coming year 1500. ' r :
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CORX TEST SUCCESSFUL.
Farmers Bring Grain to Peru Agrlcu .
tural Department.
The co-operative seed corn test , in-
augurated by Prof. C. R. Weeks , of <
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the agricultural department of tl e
Peru normal , is proving to be a suc-
cess. The agriculture building Is
crowded every Saturday afternoo
when the test boxes are openea show-
ing the farmers the test on their cor n
which they then pick out from it e
rack according to the results of th e
test. Each farmer Is permitted to 1
bring In one bushel to be tested and I
is given a written record of how each
of four kernels on each ear grev .
usIng the words "strong , " "weak , "
"dead. " The poorest corn tested thu s
far germinated 3C per cent , while th e
best grew 90 per cent. The corn tha
tests in the 80 per cent and 90 pe r
! cent was husked early and we ! I
housed. Corn husked after the firs
real cold spell last fall , tests any-
where from 36 to 60 per cent good.
All ears were thrown out in which one <
kernel did not grow or two kernel
grew weakly.
SEARCH FOR LOST CHILD.
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Fire Alarm is Sounded at North Platte ;
-Lad Found at Dawn.
Mrs. Dennis Breen , who resides
some distance north of North Platte , ,
visited her father , Mr. Elias , Satur-
day , accompanied by her 4-year-old
son , who stayed away about 7 o'clock.
After searching several hours the
pa-
rents of the child became desperate , ,
and shortly after midnight a fire
alarm was sounded to call the depart-
ment to search for the child. More
than one hundred men began the
' search which lasted from midnight
until dawn. About G o'clock Sunday
morning the child was found by a
searcher on horseback. The lad had
strayed eastward toward the junction
of North and South Platte rivers , and
when found was about two miles from
the city. The night was not cold and
the child suffered but little from ex-
Dosure.
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KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
Ed Von Trott , of Omaha , Accidentallj
Shot Near Tekumali ,
Ed -Von Trott an employe of the
Driebtis Candy company , of Omaha ,
vas accidentally shot and killed near
rekamah Sunday. He , with two com-
panions , went to Tekamah Saturday
to spend a few days hunting. Sunday
morning they were In their boats on
a lake near the Missouri river when
ron Trott's boat capsized , and in
rrabbing his gun it was discharged ,
ausing almost instant death. The
ounty coroner went to the scene of
he accident , but did not deem an in-
quest necessary. Mr. Von Trott was
a single man , aged 25 ; years. .
Wheat Has Suffered.
Farmers are of the opinion that
heat has suffered badly by the alter-
nate freezing and thawing of the last
inter. Some claim that 75 per cent
of it is ruined completely. Others
elievo that the damage will not be
ver 25 per cent.
'Court House Bonds Voted Down.
The vote for a $100,000 court house
to be erected in Lexington was short
) y 75. The third election will be held
oon. as the county commissioners
a re anxious to replace the old and
.nail court house by a larger struc-
: ire.
Fate of Boy Convict.
Shallenberger has been asked
to : > pardon 15-year-old Andrew Kru- t
icka of Cheyenne county , who Is
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I ) pnitentiary for shooting his step- Q
ither. t
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To fold Examinations.
Eighth grade examinations will bt
held in the office of the county su-
perintendent at West Point and in the
1igh schools at Bancroft , Wisner and
eemer March 25 and 26 , April 21
Ll1d -22 : and May 12 and 13.
Farm Mortgages Filed.
The total number of farm mort-
; iges filed in the clerk's office at of
.Vest Point during the past month was
; 2 : . amounting to $ _ ' 17,200 , during the of
ime : 21) being released , aggregating
$ iGCG3.
Etitor is Arrested.
Charle3 Weisz. of Hartington , ed- ,
tor of the Cedar County Wachter ,
w is placed under arrest for giving
rudge Guy T. Graves a little advice in
' sard to discharging of his- duties a !
strict ' judge. in
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Davis Wins in Debate. e
Clarence Davis , of Beaver City , won b
th e debate in the contest for south- t
stern Nebraska and will represent t
hat district in the state contest to be P
leld in Lincoln May 13. c
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A. hot campaign Is being waged in A
lr ; ' . Creek on the question of license si
or y o license. i' The - election takes in
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Rescue Among Panic-Stricken
Passengers.
Forty-eight persons were killed ant
forty-three : injured , many probably fat
tally , in a wreck at 8:30 o'clock thi
other morning four miles from Green v
Mountain , la.
The train wrecked was a combina .
tion of the Rock Island road's "Twin
City express" trains , bound for MInne
apolis from Chicago and St. Louis ,
and being routed over the ChicagC
Great Western tracks. The wreck ; ;
which is the worst in the history o
Iowa railroading , was caused by th $
tender of the first of the two engines
drawing the combined train jumpin ,
the track and plunging Into a caj
bank lining a deep cut near Greetf
Mountain.
A relatively unimportant freight
wreck on the Rock .Island at Sheila
burg the previous night was the li >
direct cause of the catastrophe. I .
this freight wreck traffic was so tied
up that it was necessary for the Rocli ,
Island to make a temporary routini
arrangement with the Chicago Greai
Western to care for its passenge :
trains to and from Minneapolis.
The Chicago "Twin City Express"
I and the St. Louis train were combined
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at Marshalltown. As there was nc
turn table , it was necessary for th
two engines to be coupled at the head
of the train with their tenders ahead . .
and pull the cars backing up. It ii
supposed that this unusual method oJ-
running the engines caused the ten -
der of the first locomotive to leap th
track in the cut. The fender plunged
into the , bank and stuck there and tin . .
two locomotives leaped the rails and
jammed into the cut. '
Next to the engines was the heavy' \ .
Pullman sleeper of the St. Louis train , \ .
in [ which many of the passengers had
not left their berths. Directly behind
the : Pullman were two lighter cars ,
first a smoking car and then a day
car : , and behind these were the ten oth- -
e ir passenger , baggage and express care
which composed the train. Although
the train was not traveling faster thai
twenty-five miles an hour , the enor
ncus weight back of the lightly con-
tructed day coach and smoker tele-
scoped them against the Immovably '
ulk of the heavy Pullman and the two
l Dcomotives. Most of the fatalities and
serious injuries occurred in these two
cars , which were ground almost to - . * A . *
bits. The passengers in the St. Loulj / " . '
r
Pullman escaped with a shaking uj //r
cind minor bruises , while the ten carl-
/
back of the telescoped section of thf- .
rain remained on the rails and thosr
riding in them suffered only trifling In-
j iries.
Wild scenes of panic ensued. Thf
presence on the scene of so many un-
I [ njured passengers , unaccustomed U
acting emergencies and overcome
by the horror of the catastrophe , add- .
ed to the confusion. A young Chicago
physician , Dr. John W. De Vry , stands-
Jut as the hero who brought order out
Jr ! the chaos and was responsible for
the organized work of rescue that .
jubtless saved many lives before thf "
; lecial train from Marshalltown , beai ' .
[ ng doctors and nurses , had reached'
. ,
he : scene. -
GIVE UP HEREDITARY SEATS.
Lords Vote to Accept Principle oi-
Roseberry Resolution.
By a vote of 175 to 17 the House oJ' ' .
.ords in London renounced the heredt
arj" right to legislate which has bee !
he cardinal element of the British up-
ler house for centuries. The occasion
of the fateful division was Lord Rose- , - -
ry's third resolution dealing with-
th B reform of the house.
The house agreed the previous da-
hat reform and reconstitution was-
cessary. The complementary reso
tion was passed was "that a nece&-
ary preliminary to such reform and.
constitution Is acceptance of the
Inclple that possession of a peerage
ould no longer of itself give the right.
to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
It is significant that fewer than 20i
f the 616 members of the hous .
ired in the fateful division. Manj . \
f the absentees were reluctant tf. :
iction the extinction of the heredfc
ary principle. Nevertheless , they sc '
far recognized its expediency as not tc
ppose it. '
EERICAN SAVINGS LEAD WORLD.
.
hrnrel'J ' IsHued by New York Bank-
or Show Average Deposit la ? 38O. ' .
figures made public through the sav-
t1gs bank section of the American- , , .
nkers' Association show that the av-
rage deposit in American savings ;
anks is almost four times as great aa
the i average for the other countries of ; r
the : i world and that the average deposit
per capita is six times as great in this \
intry as abroad. The savings de-
osits of the world aggregate more " ' , .
than $15,000,000,000 , and of this sum
lore than $5,500,000,000 belongs to
tericans. One American in every
six of the total population has money
1 a savings bank , and the average de- , i -
posit is $380.
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