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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-09-12

work putting down wells over near
Martinsburg. They have gone back
this week 20 resume their work. a
Miss Belle Speck attended the Big
Four fair az Eldon last week.
The Junior League gave very in
fsressing program Sunday night, con-
s;sting of songs and recttations and a
short address by their pastor.
Rev. C. T. Sanderson preached his
farewell! sermon at the Christian
church Sunday night.
Mrs. Myrtle. Thompson and two chill
oren arrived here Saturday from For:
Collins. Col. aud are visiting with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Brown.
NJ. anu Mrs. George Feldman are
rejoicing over th- arrival of sob,
which came to their home last Friday.
| Quite . number of our citizens at
tended the yearly camp-meeting OF the
| Friends, nj Oskaloosa, Sunday
Charley Crawford was a visitor last
week II: Eldon with his mother. and
also took in the Eldon fair.
! Misses Rose sRundell. Cora Picken and
| Clys,ia Hays left, the former Friday
land tie two latter Monday. for Bloom
! field rs delegates from the Christian
Endcayor here to the PresEy:erial con-
vent:on of the iowa Presbytery, Y. r..
S. c. f.. which is being held at Bloom-
field this week.
L0vILIA.
| Lovilia, Sept. 12.-Mvs. ]. n. Barnard
visited over Sunday in Mt. Pleasant
with her sister, Mrs. Bartlett.
Nh. and Mrs. J. Wiley left for Mt.
Pleasant Saturday for a short visit
with relatives.
Miss Carrie Timber will soon go to
Pelia 10 spend tie winter.
4 Mrs. Jennie Miser is visiting with
relatives in Knoxville for few days.
DR.. White, of Pleasant Plain. is visit
ing with friends in Lovilia for few
|days.
Mabel Bissell. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Z. BisseIl, is very sick with
tonsilitis.
! Miss Dessa Parsons is visiting in
! Bussey this week with friends.
Mrs. H. C. Swan is in Oslsaloosa.
Mrs. Ganaway, of Des Moines, is Wis
| ting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. Fl. Clemens.
RILLsBORO.
1 Hillsboro. Sept. 12.-Miss Maggie
Il White called on friends at Stockport
last Saturday.
j Mrs. Werts and children. of Nebras.
ka, are visiting with friends and rela.
tives at this place.
Il Miss June and Blanche Percival were
. Mt. Pleasant callers Saturday. 49,
Mr.. Tatman and family moved last
week on the farm just vacated by tho
Watson family.
Mrs. Paul McBeth and children re-
!. turned home from Centerville, Satur
day. where they have been for the pasI
week visiting their arents.
Mrs. Nellie Lindsay left Wednesday
for Des Moines to visit with friends.
Rev. Hasting filled the pulpit at the
Christian church Sunday morning ant
evening.
Emerson EARLY was a Mt. Pleasant
caller Monday.
Linton Packer was the guest o.
Prof. Packer and wife Saturday.
Leo. Percival left Sunday for Mt
Hamil, to take charge of the school a
that place.
Mr.. Trump is laying the foundation
for new house in the west part O
> town.
Miss Dollie Alton called on friends il
Fort Madison last week.
Miss Daisy Dunn was the guest o
Miss Leetha Tatman few days of las
. week.
The public schoolof Hillsboro opene,
> Monday morning, with Prof. Packe
as principal and Miss Vironda Converse
assistant.
d Mr.. and Mrs. Will Micklewait spent
, few days. of last week in Chicago.
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Now Yorlk Market,

New York, Sept. 11.--Wheat, Zee. -
Corn, Dec. 35A.
Oats, nominal.
Butter, firm, 1s@23.
Eggs, firmer, 13@16h
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Chicago, Sept. 11.-Poultry, steady,
turkeys 9@10, chickens all, ducks ~
as.
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st. Louis Market.

St. Louis. Sept. 11.-Wheat, cash
esKs, Dec. 7oA.
Corn, cash so, Dec. 265s.
Oats, cash %, May 21M.
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Peoria Market,

Peoria, Sept. 11.-Corn, quiet. No. 3
soh.
Oats, firm, No. 2 white s2A on
track.
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TODAY's MARKETS.
visible supply.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE visible sup
ply of grain is: Wheat, 36.775.o0O
bushels: corn, 7.Gl5,0Oo busaels; oats,
$685., 900 bushels.
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A tramp attempted to hold up Frank
King, at Grinnell. but on coming up-
der the electric light the tramp disap-
peared.
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ALRIA.

Abba, Sept. s.--Harve johnson lies
in the Monroe county jail awaiting >
preliminary hearing upon the charge
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,erday afternoon. DR. Ma,lonnee was
az old soldier and long resident of
this county. The funeral services were
held this afternsson and were in charge
OF the &. y. f. pos; OF this city.
E. II. hatl,sMay, OF indianapolis,
Ind, was in axiii.ls Thursday inspect-
ing the new rural delivery route which
was recently established from this
city. Mr.. Hathaway found everything
liz good shape, ard sisted that he
,houaiit this would be she best route
In the state. Mr. Hathaway was q cor
respondent Cor tive Chicago Record DUR
ing .hr late .&ar. and was the first
newspaper loan into ,IIayana after the
capture.
.tOItAVIA.
AToravia. Sept. 1e.-Our little city is
making great preparations fer tao an
fnual scanion of the Eighth cavalry and
Eighteenth infantry. which Eli be
,.la here the 2Gth 10 The 2Sth o. this
ea.h. The sons and daughters OF
elGials met and organized an aSsocia-
on. $. T.. !lnl was chosen president.
Id ,trS. ia Wnslcr secretary. They
will give II program on the night OF
Sept &c, in honor oi she soldiers who
will ne in Inc city on Wednesday, the
18th. In addition to excellent music,
addresses will be delivered by Hon
Austin Jay ard Editor S. L. Hill, OF
/ THE city, Hon. j. T. Young, of Abba,
and Major c. 4. Stanton. of Center
lvimc. There ..iii also be addresses by
Visiting soldiers present, and Il camp
fire Ut night.
/, j. W. Graham has bought 4 LOT adj.
! joining the one be nov owns. He vii!
erect Two brick buildings at once
They will be in every way modern
and two stories high. This will make
FIVE new bricks this year. Moravia S
jail right.
| Mis. Sharp, an old and respected
llaGs. died Saturday ut her home il
the south pact OF the city. The tuner
a. WAS held Sunday afternoon.
! The Brotherhood of American Yeo
men organized here last week. The,
start ont with about forty members
They met aud elected S. L. Hill TEN
porary foreman, and II. +. Neal tenn
/ porary correspondent.
L -'sSiS htSACst 10 Dc1i1sS thhCH III pun
tics in this county than for seyeYa
years. There are some complications "a
10 the nomination for the Office o
treasurer. On the sixth ballo
~. G. Bevington received 971A votes on
| of 1874, or one majority. 1t had heel
announced on all previous ballots tina
9S was necessary to choice. No on
seems to have noticed that he had
majority of one, and the chair decides
no nomination. His opponent, 4. j
4 Sherrard, was on the next ballot nom
mated, getting over 100 votes. Per
haps if some one had noticed that 971
votes were majority, and called TIL
Iattention of the convention to it an,
made a motion to declare Bennington
the nominee, it might have carried, blu
as it was not SO noticed till the cor
vention had adjourned, there was moth
ing to do but leave the matter as j
now stands. 1t is said that Mr.. Bev
ington wants TO contest the nomina
ton, and there is some talk of recall
! ing the delegates to settle the matter
BIDwELL.
Bidwell. Sept. 11.-Mrs. C. r. Chi.
man returned from Ottumwa TIL
i week.
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ZION.

Zion, Sept. 12.-Mcs. Vim. Rhodes and
family and Mrs. George Yahn and
family spent Sunday with their sister,
Mrs. Aldie Mendenhai!.
Mrs. Belle Green Is visiting near Am
adcr ut the home of her father, ]. ".
We!lman, WHO is quite sick.
Jesse Gastbu.n has returned from
Eden, where he attended the fair last
week.
Mys. George Martz has returned from
Oklahoma
Rev. Beard passed through this vi
entity Sunday. .nroute to Ormanyille,
where he preached the funeral of Mrs.
Adam S. Ho,iis.
Miss Bessie Cohagan, of this place,
attended the reunion at Blakesburg
Saturday, and visited ut the home OF
her sister. Mrs. Bertha Snow.
School opened here Monday, with
Mr.. Sturgeon, OF Kirky;!le, as instruct
Oh.
| Minor Eas.hurn is attending the
Bloomfield fair this week.
J.. Fl. Baer has returned to Iowa City
| to continue his medical studies at that
place.
/, Our school house has been undergo
/ ing repairs tie past few weeks, under
the supervision OF Charles Baum.
There WIS quite a large attendance
at Sunday school here Sunday. Great
interest was manifested.
/ Samuel Randall attended the old
settlers reunion At Rlakesburg Satur.
dav.
There will he a moonlight festival ri
Zion church, Thursday night. Sept. ID
All are cordially invited TO attend. TIL,
proceeds are 10 be used for repairing
| fl,n ahurrI,
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BIDwELL.

Bidwell. Sept. 11.-Mrs. C. R. CHS
man returned from ottumwa this
week.
Harmon Dickson is delegate to the
NJ. p. conference, which meets at Bus
sew this week.
Will venator returned from Dakota
Friday.
Miss Addie Cottren, of Munterville,
visited her sister, Mrs. Ben Venator,
this week.
$ Alta chisman went to ottumwa
Wednesday.
Henry Klingemeier was an ottumwa
visitor Thursday.
Mr.. Shepherd from Illinois was visit.
ing James Fuller Friday and looking
up lands in this vicinity.
Glen and Max Berry, of Chillicothe,
were callers in Bidwell Thursday.
p. Fl. Brooks attended the republican
county convention Saturday.
Dan. Nenator and wife attended The
funeral of Miss Eta Angel at Blakes
burg. Friday.
Ernest Garfield and Burls Williams
attended the old settlers meeting al
IBlaEesburg, SATURDAY..
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KlHKvILLE:.

Kirliville, Sept. 1.-THE shower last
Friday has mace decided change in
the weather, it being much cooler and
fa: more cndn:sole.
There vii! be a picnic next Friday
oo The school grounds aere, given by
the Nj. L. Sunday sehoo, I.et' all who
can l;Y aside The cares of the day aud
ioiu in and make the day one OF pleas
rrs.
II. l.. White. wife and family of Os-
kaioosa. were the guests Sunday o.
sir. and Mrs. Geo. Dice
! Peter Lylins and William Lawrence
came home Saturday from a weeks
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LOyILlA,

Lovilia, Sept. 12.-Mvs. ]. II. Barnard
visited over Sunday in Mt. Pleasant
with her sister, Mrs, Bartlett.
Nh. and Mrs. j. Wiley left for Mt.
Pleasant Saturday for short visit
with ,,alos;vny
The Republican., 1899-04-27

human skull and the upholstery of my
palace is so deep a crimson, because it
is dyed in human gore, and the mosaic
of my floors is made up of the bones of
children dashed to death by drunken
parents, and my favorite music, sweet
er than TIE Deum or Triumphal March,
is the cry of the daughters turned out at
midnight on the street, because the
father has come home from the ca
rousal, and the 70O-voiced shrek of the
sinking steamer, because the captain
was not himself when he put the ship
on the wrong course. 1 have kindled
more fires, l have wrung out more ag-
onies, have stretched more midnight
shadows, 1 have opened more Col
gothas, l have rolled more Juggernauts,
| have damned more souls than any
other emissary of diabolism. Cham
pion fiend am T."
The Republican., 1899-04-27
WORTH REMEMBERING
Some Telling Figures Which Demon
strate the Extent of the
Liquor Traffic.

Americas liquor bill and liquor SELL
ers for 1897: Total number of liquor
sellers, 232 1905; amount spent for
liquors, 81 900 100000
Internal revenue report: Distilled
liquors, $S2,O06, ,5S8; fermented liquors,
$32, ,472, 1852; total, $114,4SO, 72O.
Breweries in the United States, 1,771.
English capital invested in same, SOL
202 ,S29, and interest on this amount, S.
951 ,2O4
Proportion of population to each
liquor dealer, 295; proportion of voters
to each liqu dealer, so; number of
deaths through drink per annum, 1OO,-
600; gallons of distilled spirits produced
per annum, 75,00O,OO0; gallons of fer
mented liquors produced per annum,
1,115, ,959.482.
From bushel of corn distiller gets
four gallons of whisky, which retails
at SIG; the government gets $40, the
farmer who raised the corn gets 40
cents, the railroad gets one dollar, the
manufacturer gets $3.50, the retailer
gets seven dollars, and the consumer
gets-drunk!
In 1897 American beer makers pro-
duced 35,O0O,O00 barrels of beer and
oceans of tears.
Allowing II feet frontage for each,
the saloons of this country would line
both sides of a street reaching from
Washington, D. c., to Kansas City, Mo.
If the $1,O0O,OOO,OOO spent for drink
was spent for the necessaries and com
forts of life, it would give employment
to 100000, thus providing for those
at present engaged in the liquor traffic,
and ZOO 900 others.
1 g-s--arz4-4= ICpOIV vi the CUuI-
missioners of revenue for the year end
ing June 80, 1897, shows that the total
receipts during that period were $146.-
619,508, decrease as compared with
the previous year of $211,1O6 Yet the
receipts from some of the sources of
revenue were greatly in excess of last
year.
Under the internal revenue laws of
the United States, in force November l.
1896, rectifers of less than 500 barrels
year paid 500; rectifiers of 500
or more year. 5000; retail liquor deal
ers, $25; wholesale liquor dealers, S1OO;
retail dealers in malt liquors, $40;
wholesale dealers in malt liquors, $50;
brewers, annual manufacture less than
500 barrels, $1OO; distilled spirits per
gallon, $1.20.
No effectual check will ever be i'm
posed on intemperance, no effectual
prohibition will ever be made on the
liquor traffic, no effectual resistance of
the drinking usages of society will be
realized, till the church of Christ feels
her responsibility as a grand, practical
temperance society.-National Temper
ance Almanac.
The Republican., 1899-04-27
ARCH FIEND OF NATURE.
Vivid Word Picture of the Evils
Wrought by Rum as Drawn
by DR.. Talmage.

DR.. Talmage drew a word picture in a
recent sermon that ought to be seen
by everybody, and carefully studied by
many. It is a picture of the Arch Fiend
of Nations-Rum. DR.. Talmage said:
Rum is the arch fend of nations. Hear
its boast: Champion fend am 1. have
driven a hundred ships on the rocks of
Newfoundland, the Skerries and the
Goodwins have ruined more senators
than will gather any winter in the ma
tional councils. l have ruined more
lords than were ever assembled at one
time in the house of peers. The cup out
ofwhich 1 ordinarily drink isa bleached
The Republican., 1899-04-27
Stnr Accidents

Every once in awhile a star goes out
1t loses its light or is struck amid
ships by another planet and knocked
into smithereens. Our sun will go
out one of these fine days, but dom
worry; it won't go out for awhile yet
There was a brilliant star called Cat
ulSus which entirely vanished not a
great while ago, and a good long time
since there was another of the Pleiades.
a constellation that most people know
pretty well. There used to be seven
Pleiades, but now there are only six
Planets are not given to disappearing in
this way, and when planet is estab-
!ished it keeps pretty firm hold on it.
self, and does not give up its place read
ily.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican., 1899-04-27
s5971Izlf2iB(.):Il'!!E|I|!lZ|l'
A DROP OF WATER.

A quivering drop of crystal, clear as light!
So small a part of Natures wondrous
scheme
That we, unseeing, pass it by, nor dream
The power that lies concealed in form so
slight.
Yet if that mirrored surface showed the
sight
OF ocean graves, gaunt wrecks with gaping
seam,
Parched lips, that grateful met the running
stream,
A soul freed from its bonds and set Alright
Methinks we might bow down in fear and
awe
Before that tiny drop whose power ex-
ceedS
Earth's greatest rulers. For what royal
hand
Can save for God life sunk past all law
May Heaven consecrate for holy deeds
The mighty force that atom can command!
-Catharine Cleaver, in Union Signal.
The Republican., 1899-04-27

The conditions affecting the tenn
perature of the body other than those
due to physiological conditions are very
numerous. First and most obvious is
the temperature of the surrounding at
mosphere. 1t is well-established fact
that the average temperature of the air
of 81 degrees Fahrenheit is best
adapted to the public health, for at that
temperature the decomposition of an
imal and vegetable matter is slight and
normal temperature is most easily
maintained. Every degree of tenn
perature above or below that point re-
quires a more or less effort of the heat
regulating power to maintain the prop
er equilibrium. Even more potent in
elevating the bodily temperature is the
introduction into the blood, whether by
respiration or by direct inieCtion, of
putrid fluids and the gases of decom-
posing matters. If this injection is re-
peated at short intervals, death will
occur with high temperature Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Republican., 1899-04-27

When hen gets on her perch at night 10
she rooster?-L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Republican., 1899-04-27
CIDER VS.. WHISKY.
A Protest Against It's Free Use by
the Foreigners of th4
Country.

A great deal is said and written in re-
gard to the manufacture and sale of
spirituous liquors, and surely too
much can never be said in condemna-
t1on of the results of the use of these
drinks but it appears to me that too
little is said against the practice of
cider making, so common among many
Of our best farmers. Perhaps this Gus
tom is not as fashionable with inhabi-
tants of the city as it is in the country,
where it has become a bane to good
citizenship. 1 claim that cider does
more injury to mankind in the country
than any other Intoxicating drink, for
many who are unable to purchase
ardents, can, if they live on a farm,
manage to scrape apples enough to-
gether to make cider, and the practice
of running with cider pitcher when
ever neighbor calls, to appear "hos-
pitable,' is a certainty as surely as the
neighbor appears.
Farmers in the best standing in So
ciety intelligent and otherwise sensi-
BILE citizens, who claim themselves
Temperance" men, who detest every
form of Spirits" who denounce drunk
enness, persist in the ridiculous and
dangerous habit of cider drinking.
Church members of all denominations
are too often found very fond of mug
of cider. They never drink! Oh. no,
They are sometimes ''tired and nerv-
ous," and go down cellar for drink of
pure" (?) apple juice, which it often
appears, does not improve their dispo-
sitions, to say the least. And what of
the wife? She could endure it perhaps,
if it were not for "the boys"-her
bright, pure boys. "Oh, Heavenly
Father she often cries, "save them
from this habit, or take them to Thy,
self, where they will be kept free from
the slavery of cider"
When the cider is newly made, the
father says: cts sweet, it isn't intoxi-
eating, it will not hurt anyone" but
just where it commences to be sour
enough to do injury is unknown; the
dividing line is so fine as to be invisi.
BILE to the naked eye, and the human
mouth has never discovered it, so they
continue to drink. The same fine line
separates a cider topper from a whisky
drunkard-it is too fine to discern.
When will the whole-souled intelli-
gent farmer see his mistake, and cease
storing barrels of ruination in his cell
lar? God pity the wives and save the
sons of such Temperance men. n."-SNsie
Mar, in Banner of Gold.
The Republican., 1899-04-27

Stiff as a poker-sore as boil! 81. Ja-
cobs Oil will relax. soothe, cure.
The Republican., 1899-04-27
TEMPERANCE BITS.

The bartender is very tender when
the Gust omer has the legal TENDER
Lever.
The saloon club may appear harm
less, but it is deadly weapon.-Ram's S
Horn.
Women are employed at railway
points and crossings in Italy because
they do not get intoxicated.
1t is noteworthy that the moderate
tippler who can always drink or let
it alone" never lets it alone till they
carry him out and put him in drunk
ards grave. - The Commonwealth
Pa).
The Belgian governments campaign
against alcoholism has been resumed
and the municipal authorities of Brus-
sells are taking a hand. An order for
the closing of all the lower saloons has
been issued, and the police have set
vigorously about the execution of the
order.
The home secretary for England has
issued instructions regarding the man
agement of inebriate homes for con-
victed drIInkards under the new act,
and requires that all officers and at
tendantS in such institutions must be
total abs tainers.
In France and Belgium, Russia and
other countries the scourge of alcohol
is attracting the attention even of poll
ticians, who see in its ravages a phys
ical and moral decadence that threat
ems national disaster. - Temperance
Record.
The Republican., 1899-04-27
Beer for the KIondike.

A St. Louis brewer is planning to
send $3,OOO,O0O worth of beer to the
Klondike region, and his plan is herald.
ed as an indication of great enterprise
Large quantities of beer have been
shipped to the Philippines. 1t is re-
ported that Notwithstanding the strin-
gent laws great cargoes of vile Dutch
liquors are being sent to the Congo
country, to the ruin Of the natives
Thus do the emissaries of evil excel in
their alertness and their persistence
the messengers Of good.-Standar
The Republican., 1899-04-27
NoG Saa1abo0M
Zlaz:a2lil zsla10S&

Hoods Pills liver illsi the non-irritatng ana
cnly cathartlo to take with Hoods sarsapariliA
The Republican., 1899-04-27
Drink and Education.

Ohio employs 1S,3O5 male and 1855
female teachers. The average salary
of male teachers is $42 per month and
of females 500 per month. The whole
amount paid to the school-teachers of
Ohio is $12,473,295 per annum. About
$7o,000,oo0 is spent for drink each year.
Twelve million dollars for education.
$7o,oO0,000 for drink.-The American
Issue.
The Republican., 1899-04-27

The chances at birth that baby will
eventually marry are to 20, or rather
less than one-half. This result NAV
seem surprising, but it is largely ac-
counted for by the great mortality of
persons under marriageable age, es-
pecially of infants up to the age of five.
~. Y. Sun.
The Republican., 1899-04-27

Damp weather brings Rheumatism. st.
Jacobs Oil brings the cure, promptly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-10
CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON.
A Letter From the Executive Office OF Oregon.

Pe-ru-na is known from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific. Letters of congratula-
ton and commentator testiiying TO
the merits of Pe-ru-na as a catarrh rem
edy are pouring in from every state in
the Union. DR.. Hartman is receiving
hundreds of such letters daily. All
classes write these letters, from the
highest to the lowest.
The outdoor laborer. the indoor arti-
san, the clerk, the editor, the statesman,
the preacher--all agree that Pe-ru-na is
the catarrh remedy Of the age. The
stage and rostrum. recognizing catarrh
as their creates. enemy, are especially
enthusiastic in their praise and testi-
mony.
ANY man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca
tarrh is well-nigh universal; almost
omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only abb
solute safeguard known. a cold is the
beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds.
TO cure colds. is to cheat catarrh out Of
its victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures ca
tarrh. but prevents. Every household
should be supplied with this great rem
edy for coughs. colds and so forth
The Governor Of Oregon is an ardent
admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it con
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-03-10

Denver. Col. March 4.--Thc report OF
Special Mastcr-in-1 hancery Hinsdaic.
who has been taking testimony in tae
excessive freight charges damage cases
OF the Colorado Fuel aud Iron Co.
agairsi the Southern Pacific, the Den
yer s Rio Grandc, the l,io Grande
Western ard other roads operating bn-
tween Colorado Canyon points and Sar.
Francisco. filed yesterday uphlods the
iron company's claim for damages in
the sum Of 100000. Exceptions to the
report have been filed. and will be ar
gucd to-day.