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humanity which was pushing toward thu
main stairway. They saw that there was
no chance 20 set their prescious burden
down through the main Office and into
safety. Upon the suggestion OF Mrs. Mac
Soy they turned into side corridor With
the intention Of making their way 10 the
Forty-seventh street entrance.
They became confused in the maze Of
corridors and made taei- way back 20 the
starting point. 30 this time they could
scarcely see, the smoke was so thick. and
their subsequent progress IS matter o.
dszed confusion 20 them. They wandered
on. carrying the helpless old maa. and
eventually found themselves clear OF
smoke and in familiar surroundings.
They cannot remember whether they
were on the third or the second naor-
neither remembers how many flights Of
stairs she descended. but Mrs LINDSAY
knew that they we're near the Forty sew
enth st.eet entrance and they fognd H.
They reached the street. carrying Mr..
Keogh, utterly exhausted Policemen
took their burden ard assisted them % The
residence OF J. d. Haegin. IS; Fifth ave
nue.. where Mr. Keogh was vel taken
care Of. Before the fire was cxtinSu.she
the two brave women were OUT IN the
street. seeking whom they might aid Mr..
Keogh wss not injured. but he IS suffer-
inC from the shock
When Nellie Thomas. the assistant
housekeeper O fthe Windsor. found herself
penned up on the seventh floor % the bum
ing building with nothing but a rope ~
which 20 make her escape. she recalled her
childhood days when she ana her younger
brother used 20 initiate the circus FOLK
who came to their town. Once they gave
"a little circus in tho ola barn. and Nellie
who had become quite proficient in the
trick OF rope sliding. descended from ~
ewes OF the barn 20 tho ground on q big
coarse rope. made up 81 small pieces ard
Joined in great clumsy knots
But those descents were not more than
fifteen feet. and then. to. Nellie wore
short skirts and found 10 easy 20 tpgine the
rope about her leg. Many a time IN her
practice had she blistered her hands she
learned that the work must an be dons
with the foot and the Ieg. Those childish
prarks were the means 81 saving her iise.
or al the men and women who sought
safety by way % the ropes probably not
one but Nellie Thomas knew how 10 use
them
While walking along the han on the
sixth floor she seemed suddenly 20 Be en-
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DEMOCRATIC CO.%FFRrNC,E

For tho above meeting th> Great Rock
Island has made "a rate % one fare FOR he
round trip. Wichita 20 Topeka Tickets
on sale March - and a. return um.t
March 81 T. DRAKE u. =
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Exchange stables az Orlando ara s-.~-
water. Make a speciality ol carrying mas
senge1s between these points. Als5 81, a..
general livery business. Travelling mems
patronage solicited.
SHIVELG. VAN WYIIE 4 SrTrz-r-rv
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I heard she died last night"

Herman ". Oppe. Of engine company
No s.. tets the following experience:
Just as We turned around the corner On
Fo-tv-six.r street the people had Begin
il-nnpi1g from the windows. 7 saw seven
women crowded on balcony a. the third
story on the Fr~tv-Sixtl street side. Some
~ them were hvster.cal and screaming
Even while " swe-e getting ~ 20 tSsTn.
one o. them jumped and struck on
sep ladde-. breaking 81. ] didn't much
blame hey for jumping. fo- the flames -
This time We SHOWING ou- ~ the MI
dovs. ond there was The sound CT crack
lrr glass everywhere.
~ found ina. tha iron ladder rad vas
to- short. and got a scaling ladder ard
hooked i -r under the balcony. and 20 Eot
I'm ard handed Tho women down, one after
me other. Fl Eeeza- and ". J. Harris.
Of os- e-nuzny. were AZ wa-k On ne
selling ladder. and .o0l- re ToEsn a. 7
bs-re5 .nera scEn We MADE ut 70 ct
all SIX o. them down in safe.y. bit 3;
vas a ciose shave
.-T--eA 81 .he 81 wee e,5e-,y isd'ss-
should say guests - IRE hotel one ~
rhen vas ve-y s-sa'rSts.v d-sssr1- Al
these t-rea we're very p.urkF sn1 had
rhef- z-tts ab71r t5em- Taey rnsde -
.rouala az all Tao ~ IRE Younger z-'--ssa
were servants. ard ere yo1nEee, thought
was gong crazy Sc Eaz zerezr7'irg ari1
ssr.ek.rz hs- prayers ~ turns and vsT-
irE her arms ~ a7s down r .hs otae-
women had 5ee1 as rated IS Fhs vas
son.t believe we ceuIe ever have 20 ther
al down No one c5zld hs~s STAYED there
lanE ard lived
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Mrs win-Iow-s soothing syrup

Commencing today and evenings durfna
week 2el Main. i0s-zt.
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Opening Of patterns and me millinery
today ,5S-q..
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MINISTER TOLD HER
70 USE CUTlCURa FOR BABYS HUKOR.

NJ little baby broke out with skin disease.
Oar family Doctor attended the baby conunu-
ally, bet did her 10 good also tined specialist,
but he Only temporarily relieved her, and eczema
covered the ehild's face and body completely.
While tee chiid's sufferings were most intense,
the Rev-M StockoridSe told re about CUTI-
CURA. l commenced treating the child, with The
result that our little daughter IL Tow well Of The
disease. CCTICURA REMEDIES cured her
Sept L, Is. ARs. x. r BLYTHE, Dallas, Tex.
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Medallion Photograph I.ai,t;n
WarrenS Dan

taught, and orders taken. Irs-r,-ri,v,
complete, $. Martins Arr store. l1S-lt.
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JosephKratochviI, Of hook and ladder
company No. 2. Fiftieth street and Lex
ington avenue. is a compact, square-jawed
chap Of 30 or Whereabouts. He is married
and lives at No. 357 East Fifty-eighth
street.
1t will be seven years next May that
Kratochvil has been following the hard
line of a fireman's duty. He ranks just as
a first grade man. That is, he did until
Friday afternoon. Since then he has been
promoted-not on the lists of the depart
ment, but in the esteem of his company
mates and the gratitude of pHple to save
whose loved ones he fought in the fierce
breath of Fridays holocaust.
Kratochvil bushes when he talks about
himself, although it was less apparent
yesterday by reason of the scorching his
face had undergone. Here is his story:
when we got to the fire the people were
Gaming from the windows and scream
ing-some of them. Others were very still.
1t looked as if they'd given up hope. There
was a lady. quite an elderly lady, leaning
from a window. Captain Grady pointed
her out to me- and ordered me 10 see il
couIdn' tget her down, As quick as
could I feI TO work with a twenty-foot
ladder, and put it up against the fire es
cape. I got up as far as the fourth story,
and when ! looked up 1 saw that police
mani don't know his name, but think
that he is from the East Fifty-frst street
station-was helping her OUT on the fire
escape. It was high time, too. for the
room was chOked with smoke and flames.
The lady was helpless, and was badly
burned. The policeman supported her by
the shoulders. and crawled up under him
and got my arm around her. I got her
down one fight and called to the men be-
low for a twenty-five foot ladder, as the
one 7 had was too short. While l was
waiting a gentleman put his head out Of
the window and said: Come on. Bring
her in here. and I'll show you way out
through the building
I'VE passed her in and together brought
her down stairs. I didn't realize before
how badly off she was. She was very
severely burned. We took her out 70 the
ambulance, and ate rshe was lifted inside
the gentleman turue daround and said;
Fireman. I'll never forget you for what
you've done. This is ny mother, Mrs.
Leland.
q heard she died last night"
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Wlwam Clark. Of Truck No. :. Twenty
eighth street and Third avenue. has made
a record since he joined the ire depart
merc. in 1891 Twice in FIVE years his
name has appeared or the honor roll. once
when, in q fire in Wan Street. he saved
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.e-.~.s-t F-o-snsu Brennan C Hoox ard
..tser company NJ. & aad F1gsznsn sEse-
-er. I1nck z15 Tssslsr. e tae sane eaza-
Inv .-1k rsrt e g tart4zs resele ffaz
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time when the flames were shooting out OF
all the windows ar the Fifth avenue and
Forty-sixJh street corner OF the hosel
Hook and Ladder company No. ! S-asNne
first on the scene. The interior of the
hotel was ike huge furnace. and the fIrst
work Of the 1iremen was 10 run thsir isd-
ders up 20 the windows. No one appeared
al any Of the lower windows fronting on
the avenue. but at a window on the S.xth
floor appeared an elderly man and woman
and a young fair-haired girl.
The ladders only reached 20 the third
floor. but. catching up a scaling adder,
Brennan ran TO the top Of the main lad
der. followed by the other three. Brenn an
gave way TO Tessier at the top Of the lad
der. and the fireman gained the sixth door
by means OF the scaling ladder. There he
seated himself firmly in the window and
offered to hand the younger woman down
to his companions. who had followed close
ly after him and were cling.ng closely to
their ladders. The young woman refused
to be saved first and insisted that her
mother should be the first handed down.
"Al right" replied the fireman. and
seizing her father. who was the nearest,
he passed him down 10 Assistant Foreman
Brennan. who passed him 10 Linck and
then TO Sweeney. who assisted him TO the
street The mother followed. ard by the
time Tessier was ready TO assist the young
woman the room was ahlaze and the
flames were leaping all around her.
She did not become excited, but leaned
out Of the window and when il finally came
her turn clambered through and in
short time reached the ground. Then she
turned and thanked the fireman. saying
she was Miss Wells and that her father
was Edward p. Wells. Of jamestown,
North Dakota.
"She was the coolest girl ever saw in
a warm place." said Tesser.
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Mi-AneTy opening FRIDAY and SATURDAY,
80 North Main.-NIrS. O-Gre.5 5r0----
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Fireman William ]. Kennedy. OF Engine
company No. %. at Broadway and Fifty
eighth street. rescued a woman VINO said
she was Mrs. Brand. under peculiar cir
cumstanCes.
When Kennedy's company arrived at the
fire, the attention of the foreman was
called TO a man on the roof OF the Forty
seventh street side. He was waving his
hands frantically above mis- head and two
or three times approached the edge as
though undecided whether TO jump or wa,t
for the ladders TO be adjusted. Kennedy
was directed by the foreman 70 get to me
roof and save the man. He went up with
the scaling ladders and was between the
sixth floor and the roof when the man
jumped. The crowd in the street shouted
TO Kennedy TO return, but he continued the
ascent to the roof and finding that no orhe,
persons we're there, started for the stree
While passing the fifth noor he saw Mrs.
Brand. panic-stricken and hyst-rical. run
ming about her room. The crowd OF spec
tators saw the fireman disappear IN the
room. and when he reappeared the woman
was in his arms She was carried In safe
" to the street and vas taken into the
Gould house.
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floor, fronting on Fifth avenue. and then
went ack for third woman, but was
driven back by the flames.
Lieutenant Burnes is in command OF the
water town on West Thirty-sixth street,
near Tenth avenue. He was returning
from luncheon when he was informed that
the Windsor hotel was burning. The -.otel
was in his district, and Burnes started
for the fire without going to his head
quarters. On arriving there he found that
the tower had been placed in position in
front Of the main entrance, on Fifth ave-
nue.. l he tower was already adjusted, and
Lieutenant Burnes took charge. directing
the stream into the burning building.
While doing so he saw two women at
a window on the fourth floor. Further
up the avenue two fremen were rescuing
women from the floor above. Leaving his
assistants to manage the water tower.
Lieutenant Burnes seized two scaling lad
ders and made his way 10 the fourth
floor by means Of them. He carried one OF
the women down TO the second floor and
handed her over TO other hremen, who.
having seen the difficulty under which he
was working, placed a long ladder in
10 the street. Burnes returned to the
room and carried the second woman Down.
MY niece is in the next ROOM" said
one OF the women.
I'm save her if possible" said Lieuten-
ant Burnes, and once again he assembled
the ladders. This time he entered the
room and was gone a few moments, when
ne returned alone and made his way 10
the street. He had just taken mis- place
beside the tower when the main wall crum-
bled and fell, not out, but in heap. Had
it fallen across the street. the tower, the
firemen working il and the horses would
have been buried.
Lieutenant Burnes has been a member OF
the sfire department for sixteen years.
During that tim he has saved several
lives. He was the first fireman 10 use
scaling ladder in saving lives. At a fire
in Thirteenth street several years ago ne
made the ascent from the ground 10 the
fourth floor of tenement and carried a
woman safely-down the ladders.
Lieutenant Burnes is athletic looking
and is well liked by the members Of the
company To a Journal reporter he said:
Il saw at once that all the members OF
the life saving corps were busy, and that,
if the women remained long al the window
they would either jump or be burned to
death Climbing up the wall on the seal
ing ladders was not much, bbut l was IN
doubt what TO do after reached the sec
ond floor with the first woman. Fortu-
nately, other firemen saw my predicament
and raised ladder, and il was very easy
then TO reach the street.
when the woman told me that her niece
was in the adjoining room went up again
and searched through three rooms, but
found no one there. The flames were get
ting closer and had to give up the search
and get out az quickly as possible. 1 had
just reached the tower when the main wall
fe, but, fortunately. il fell in such a way
that the tower was not injured and not
light of glass in the lamp posts in front
of the entrance was broken by the falling
bricks and mortar"
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spired by the hope of saving lie or the
prospect OF applause there. was nothing
AT first 70 equal what a lone fireman did
on the roof Of the building two doors east
Of the Windsor in Forty-Six;h street
There were many fireman on the roofs Of
the houses adjoining this one and many
lines Of hose were dangling from the cor
nices. It WAS great vantage point from
which to fight ;he fire.
This lone fireman was on the roof. lean
ing over the coping Just on between the
first and second houses EAST Of the burn
ing hotel. The front and side walls were
gone. and he was clear'y visible "a the
great crowd gathered IN Forty-Sixth street
although much Of the rear wal q the
hotel was standing. They saw him iesu-
ing FAR out over the street. hauling no.
hand over hand a rope 70 which was a. [
tachsd a line u hose
Without warning. the rear wal o. The
hotel zen 70 the eastward. There was "a I
cloud OF dust and smoke. towering
sheet u fame. and the lone hero wss
biottef from sight. A great Ercsn weut /
Up from the crowd J. seemed GER
taintythat be had been caught in the fan (
Ing mass OF the bricks and crushed o. 4
death.
BY degrees the curtain % sroke and
dust arose. disc.osirR 20 the Vlcw q the f
spectators a gaping hol- where the roof
been And right on the edge ~ the a5ys- f
still hslngidps efeoi aoiurufzv h- F
stlI hauling steadily. hand over aaad. ~
bis r7pe was enc lone fireman
The n1zzleo % The hose. zhfcr RAJ been
tzo stories below Rim when ne crash
came, was almost IA his grasp y vs-
plain 70 b. seen that ;he s.T1t ~ .n- wa .
toward him hsd not deferred him t- as
steady hauling away - t-e Hre. although /.
although several buildings away G-emea .
oo1ii be seen ersn5e~s-z back gs1n po-
si-.1-E % safety they had sought.
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Lieutenant MichaeI A Barass rescued
;wo women ..on q rooz 90 tie tsGT--
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-21

A girl in a New England factory
wrote her name several months ago
on bolt of cotton. Recently she re-
ceived letter from woman in Arizo-
ma saying that the cloth had been
bought by the government, and was be-
ing cut up for garments in an Apache
Indian school. 1t IS but a few years
ago that the Apaches thought more of
taking scalps than of schools in which
shirt making is done. While the mill
girls act ELECTED this striking COM
parison, it was an act to be unhesitat-
ingly condemned A girls name so
represents herself that to have it light
ly banded about in writing, or in pub
lie conveyances, or in the mouths of
strangers, reflects meretriciously upon
her character. Had the bolt of cotton
fallen into INSCRIPTIONS hands, the
letter sent from Arizona might have
been anything but pleasing to the
thoughtless recipient.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-21

Dies MONIES, Sept. 12.-U. S. Patents
have been allowed but not yet issued
as follows: TO j. G. Schmidt and J.
A. Turnbull, of Atlantic, Ia, for a
milk heater adapted to be combined
with tank and a cream separator tc
heat and "pasteurize" milk.
To C. A. Rapp, of Shannon City, for
a road grader attachment for sulky
plows.
To A. Watkins, Of Des MONIES, for q
compound rotary engine in which two
pairs of cylinders are in parellel posi-
ton, a driving shaft located between
the cylinders, an auxiliary steam
chamber in each of the four distinct
cylinders, pistons and valves in each
cylinder and communication between
the cylinders and auxiliary steam
chambers so arranged relatively there.
to that initial steam may be introduced
simultaneously into each cylinder, or
passed from one 10 the other through
the auxiliary chambers in such a man
ner as to utilize all the expansive force
advantageously.
Consultation and advice concerning
the securing of property rights for the
works of authors and inventors, free.
THOMAS G. ORwIG,
j. RALPH ORwIG,
REUBEN q. ORwIe,
Registered Attorneys.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-21
BREVITIES.

Avoid impurities and drink Colfax
Mineral Water. It's curative powers
are positive. Colfax Bottling Works,
Colfax, Iowa.
Des Moines dispatch: The July re.
port of the Fifty-frst Iowa regiment
shows that Captain Albert f. Burton
was in command OF Company b during
the month. There is no record of his
arrest or dismissal. 1t was said in the
newspapers month or so ago that
Captain Burton had been cashiered
for cowardice. The official report
shows that this is not the truth, as he
was retained in command of his com
pany and was detained on genera;
court-martial June &c, after the alleg
ed disgrace. The record indicates
that there is n serious mistake anC
that Captain Burton has suffered ar
injustice.
A Marshalltown paper has the follow.
ing: "Sheriff Banks, of Story county.
is quite confident that he has two OF
the men who murdered Brakemen c.
Matthews and j. E. Wilson, near
Marshalltown on the night of August
81. The men in Sheriff Bankss Gus.
tody are Charles Yancey and "Slop.
py" Smith, the Omaha crooks who, on
August 80, shot Conductor Hicks, OF
! the Northwestern, in the arm when
he sought to eject them from the
train. The shooting occurred near
| Kelley, a small town south of Ames.
Yancey and Smith are being held te
await the action of the Story county
| grand jury on the charge of attempted
murder. Sheriff Banks says they
answer the description of two of the
men seen lettering about the train on
| which the bral<emen were murdered
| just before it pulled out from this
city"
A destructive wreck occurred few
nights ago about twelve miles
west of Iowa City, near Oxford, on the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail-
way. The result is four deaths, a half
dozen injured and fearful damage to
railroad property. The latter will
probably cause a loss of $500, 900 The
wreck occurred shortly after mid.
night, when two heavily loaded freight
trains crashed together in head-epd
collision. The two engines were com
pletely demolished and several cars
were piled promiscuonsly upon one
another. A wreclting train was sum,
moned as quickly as communication
could be had with telegraphic sta
ton, and physicians and surgeons
We're also informed that their services
were needed. A special train brought
medical and surgical aid from Tiffin
and Iowa Guy. The dead are: Webb
Smith, Jr., Iowa City; Charles Brown,
(colored) Iowa City; Engineer Thomas
Quinn, Rock island; Fireman A. II.
Palson, Rock Island. Seriously in
iured: Fireman Pierce, Rock Island,
slightly wounded; Conductor p S.
Brien, Kellogg, Iowa; Brakeman John
Ga Millignn, Cranforth; Engineer Tom
Dunn, Rock Island; Charles Cox, Mag.
netic City, N. c.: William Clinton,
Kentucky; two negro tramps, names
not ltnown.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-21
SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION.
The Transvaal Ready to Back Up Her
Latest Position.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-The Times
Newcastle, Natal, dispatch says the
outlanders' council has transmitted to
the imperial government protest in
which they say they cannot contem-
plate without grave misgivings the
possibility that the Pretoria govern.
ment will be permitted to further de-
lay matters on the plea of consulting
the burghers. The correspondent
adds: "There is nothing to confirm
the reports that the Beers will concede
Chamberlain demands. On the con
trary, it is stated that 5000 men will
be dispatched to the border lmme.
diately after the Transvaal's reply is
sent Everything points to the pros
pect of an early conflict" Adviceg
from Capetown tend to confirm this
pessmistic view. The news that
strong force of Beers has been sta
toned one hour from Ramathla pama,
commanding the Pretoria and Johan.
nesburg roads, created great indigna.
ton at Capetown.