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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
FIRE LOSS OF $17,ooo,ooo.

Seven Thousand Left Without Homes or
Work at Ottawa.
OTTAWA, Ont, April 28.-Five square
miles of territory burned over, more
than 1000 buildings destroyed, seven
lives lost, 1000 men, women and chill
dren homeless and property loss of $17,-
100000, according to the latest esti-
mate, insured for about half its value
are the results of the destructive fire
which swept this city and Hull. AL
though under control for many hours,
the flames were not entirely extin-
guished until noon yesterday.
A relief committee has been formed
by the citizens and this, together with
the Catholic archbishops of Ottawa and
Montreal, will make an appeal for re-
lief to the country. The most seriou
problem that confronts Hull is that OF
work. The majority of householders
who were burned out are poor and have
large families.
On the Ottawa side, fully two thirds
of Dalhousie ward is devastated, and an
estimate by the inhabitants puts those
who had not roofs of their own last
night at 5000. This district contained
some Of the finest residences in Ottawa
as well as great many of the humblest.
All of Hull's principal buildings, ex-
cept the Catholic church, are things of
the past. The buildings and land are
valued at $2,700,O00, and of this over
81, 00O. 900 may be put down as total
loss. Household effects, wearing ap.
parel, ETC., there is a loss Of nearly
$3,O00,000. The vast piles of lumber
| ,ra ,.ocl,onod of GO OOO OOO ,poro
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
See Hansen & Co s ad in this issue

MAIDS Walters was Sunday visitor
at the John SchoHboe home.
M. N. Esbeck, of Audubon, called
on Kimballton friends Sunday.
Chris Andersen, of north Sharon
township, is making arrangements
for erecting new barn, 80 x SO feet
in size.
Chris Molgaard and Annie Peter
sen, drove to Elkhorn Sunday and
attended the Gregersen party in the
evening.
The Gymnasium Club of Kimball-
ton, have organized new brass band
and has engaged Peter Mortensen as
instructor.
There was pleasant surprise party
last Sunday afternoon at the home of
George l.. Jorgensen, couple of
miles north of Kimballton.
John Petersen now has over 1000
bushels of wheat ih his flour exchange
bins at Elkhorn. 1t will soon all be
exchanged for Atlantic flour.
Christian Hansen, from near Elk
horn, last Saturday sold nice bunch
of steers to Chris q. Jensen, the big
feeder in north Oakfield township.
Ernest Mikkelsen last week com
pleted new hog house IS by 80 feet
in size. 1t was built to replace one
that was recently destroyed by fire.
The Misses Lillis Hayes and Auda
Kelly, teachers at Nos. and 8, Shar-
on township, went to Audubon Tues
day to attend the wedding of Miss
| Florence Kelly to Frank Switzer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
FIRE WIPEsoUTFoURTOWNs
Disaster by Timber Biazes In Michigan.
Flames Are Spreading.

Disaster by Timber Biazes In Michigan.
Flames Are Spreading.
MENoMINEE, Mich, May 2-The town
of Arnold has been wiped out by the
forest fires. This makes the fourth
town to be destroyed. A passenger
train reachsd here today, being the first
in two days.
Big cedar yards, owned by Perrigo &
Sons, @. H. Forester & Co. and the
Lindsey company, are burned Losses,
$50, 900; no insurance. The wires are
all down and railway traffic is sus-
pended. The forest fires cover an area
of 80 miles, extending westward as far
as Swanson and northward to Carbon
dale, Mich. They are spreading.
Much concern is felt for small towns
in Menominee county, along the North
western, Wisconsin Central and Mich
igan and Northern roads Serious dam
age must result, as high winds prevail.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
0HkFlELD DRHIT0n

William Hoegh has been appointed
census enumerator for Oakfeld town.
ship. Willie is good penman,
knows the township, from corner to
corner and better selection could
scarcely have been made. He is to
begin his work early in June.
Earl Gochanour and wife returned
to Highland last week from their
stay at Fort Collins, Colorado. Earl
and his wife have come back to stay
and will live on one of his fathers
farms near Highland. A new dwell
ing is to be erected tor their accomo-
dation at once.
Sometime ago the Oakfeld Town
ship Creamery Company, purchased
of O. l.. Olsen, the building formerly
used by him as blacksmith shop on
the south side OF Main street. Last
week the company had the building
moved down to the Rock Island
tracks where it will be used as cold
storage house.
T. j. McGovern, the diminutive,
watchful democratic committeeman
from Oaktield township, attended the
convention at Audubon last week,
and was selected as delegate to the
judicial convention to be held at
Council Bluffs soon. He is also a
delegate to the state convention that
meets at Des Moines today.
Brayton is still pleading for meat
market. The idea of having to take
a trip by rail in order to get enough
meat for dinner, is becoming verv in
convenient and unsatisfactory. Our
people have no inclination to go else
where for what they want and would
only be too glad to support meat
market that was properly conducted.
Miss Louie Clauson, while playing
with some friends in the yard, at
the William Ordway home, one even
ing last week, accidentally stumbled
and fell. The fall proved an unfor.
tunate one as the lady sustained a
broken collar bone. DR.. koob was
called and reduced the fracture, and
pretty Miss Clausen is now patiently
suffering through the knitting
process.
At the republican county conver,.
ton held at Audubon last Wednesday
this part of the county received hand
some treatment. Dr. w. r.. Koot
was selected as delegate to the frs,
state convention to be held in Des
Moines next week G. x. Hallock and
Niels P. Hoegh are delegates to the
congressional convention which ha:
not yet been called, and John L. Jen-
kins is to go the second state conven.
ton which will nominate candidates
for state offices.
BRAYToN, Iowa, April %, 1900
Audubon County Journal,
Extra, Iowa.
Gentlemep:-I have just purchased
fine Percheron stallion, four year
old. He is seal brown, blocky built
fine carriage; just the kind the hors
buyers want and will pay fame,
: price for. Will be in Extra on Sat
urday of each week, and at Brayto
on Friday. Service fee $1,000.
j. G. HARDMAN.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
saue1ching an Encore Fiend.

The long, solemn gentleman with the
piercing eyes tapped gently on the
shoulder of the encore fend in front of
him.
"Allow me to present you," said he,
handing the applauder a small paper
package.
'What does this mean?" asked the
recipient wrathfully as he opened the
package and found about 50 in dimes
and nickels.
1T means this" replied the solemn
gentleman: 81 have noticed your ear
nest efforts to have everything twice.
Therefore l have taken up this small
collection in order that you may come
tomorrow instead Of trying to get your
two performances in one evening"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
UTAH NINE HORROR
ExPlos. On RESULTS IN LOSS OF OVER
TWO HUNDRED LIVES.

One Hundred and Thirty-seven Bodies OF
Victims Already Recovered-work of
Rescue Goes On-Accident at Gcofeld
Camp, on n Rio Grande Branch.
SALT LAKE CITY, May "A special
to the Tribune from Scofeld, Utah,
says:
The English language cannot describe
the appalling disaster which occurred
here yesterday afternoon by an explosion
in mine No. 4 Of the Pleasant Valley
Coal company and by which certainly
200 men and upwards have lost their
lives.
At this hour 1877 bodies have been
recovered and the work of rescue is
still proceeding and will continue until
all the bodies are brought to the sur
face. There are willing hands at work
and as fast as bodies are reached they
are brought down to the boarding houses
and other company buildings, where
they are dressed and prepared for the
coroner's inquest.
These buildings are numerous and in
each are from 10 to 35 bodies.
SALT LAKE, May 2.-The mining
camp at Scofield, on the line of the Rio
Grande Western railroad near Cotton,
Utah, is the scene of great excitement
on account of a terrific explosion which
occurred in the coal mine owned by the
Pleasant Valley Coal company. The
cause of the explosion is attributed to
the blowing up of number of kegs of
blasting powder. The scene at the
mine beggars description.
The work of rescue is going on and
everything possible is being done to re-
lieve the suffering and ascertain the
number of dead. Superintendent Sharp
of the coal company and Superintend-
ent Welby of the railroad have gone to
the scene on special train. 1t is re-
ported that 100 bodies have already been
recovered.
Among the dead already identified
are the following: Roger Davis, Jack
Wilson, R. T. Evans, Pete Crockett,
Anderson, James Wilson, Will Win
stead, Haddow and son, John Hunter,
ST., Dan Muir, boy; James Wilson,
Robert Ferrish, Robert Willstead, T..
Evans, boy; James Wallace, ST., Ben
and John Lloyd, brothers; Robert and
James 9. Hunter, father and son; Dick
Thomas, David Padfield, William Jones,
William Howe, boy: Valentine Loxon,
w. Reese, George and John James, son
and father; Samuel Livesay, R. Dixon,
Anselmo Jachetta. Ferarri Jachetta, j..
May, Sol Lappo Matt Kroski, Harry
Miller, R. V. Miller, Isaac Miller, Will
lam Davis, A. Langstaff and son, Davis
and son, William Samuels and son, An
drew Adamson, 7. j. Reilly, William
Parmley, John Thomas, James Web
Der, Thomas Padfeld, Henry Wilson,
Charles Edwards, Bernard Dougal, An
drew Hunter and son, Thomas Williams
and son, James Californian, William
Californian, John Burnes, John Price,
Alexander Wilson, Jr., George Coult.
hard
Severely injured: John Kerton,
Thomas Livesy and son, Beweter
Thomas Sellers, Thomas Brown.
There were $50 men at work in the
two mines, Nos. and 4. The balance
Of the miners are dead. The explosion
is supposed to have occurred in No.
and extended by connection to No.
The men in No. l are choked and those
in No. 4 are burned and charred.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
Does Coffee Agree With You?

If not, drink Grain O-made from pure
grains lady writes: aThe first time
made Grain 0 did not like it but after using
it for one week nothing would induce me to 60
back to Coffee" 1t nourishes and feeds the
system. 1t is the strengthening substance of
pure grains. Get a package day from your
grocer, follow the directions in making it and
you will have delicious and healthful table
beverage for old and young. 15c and Csc
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03

What" exclaimed the orator-"what
two things are helping mankind to get
up in the world?"
1.-THE alarm clock and the steplad-
DER" answered the dense person in the
rear of the hall.-Baltimore American
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-05-03
Pinkhan1
acts

Mrs. Pinkhaz1s person
ally attends to her fre-
s,,e1dOus correspondence
with suffering women.
Her trained assistants
are all women.
The letters from, women
are opened by women
only
They are read by w0-
men only.
They are answered by
women and only women
The correspondence is
sacredyy confidential
Write for a book Mrs.
Pin,lkhas,, has just pub
Eshed which contains LETT
fers from, the mayor of
Lynn, the postmaster of
Lynn and others of her
own city who have made
careful Investigation.
Mrs. Pinkha m ha S
heLped a million women
who sufferedwifh female
troubles. She can cure
you. Her address is
Lynn, Mass
The sun., 1900-06-18
WORE BLOOMERS Nv A PUBLIC CANE.
Kansas Normal Schco, Girls Basket BAH Team
Starts a state Row.

TOPEKA Kan, June 1.-THE wearing of
bloomer uniforms by basketball team of girls
at the Kansas State Normal School has started
q row between the faculty and regents which
has been carried to Gov. Stanley and which
may result in several removals. During the
past few months Miss Anna Stone, who has
charge Of the department Of physical culture
at the State Normal School. has been training
two teams Of girls for match game Of basket
ball, to bs played as a part OF the eYercises Of
commencement week. The training took place
In the gymnasium, where the other students
were not permitted 10 see the girls in uniform.
The question Of the propriety of the girls
wearing their uniforms during the public game
came up and Miss Stone finally gave ner con-
sent The appearance Of the girls thus attired
created quite a stir. A photographer placed
his camera in q convenient place and secured
good picture OF the players and Miss Stone.
The latter then refused 70 permit the game 10
go on unless the authorities Of the Institution
refused 10 surrender IL
The impatient audience began shouting
Play balll" and the girls mutinied and played
the game against the order Of their teacher
Miss Stone carried the matter TO President
Taylor and asked that the refractory girls Ds
suspended He sustained Miss Stone and was
about to take action when John Madden, resi-
dent member of the Board OF Regents, inter-
fsred.
faculty is selected by the Board Of Regents.
The msmbers Of the Board q regents are ap-
board there will probably be several resgna-
tions in the faculty as result OF the incident.
A special meeting Of the board has been called
and will be attended BY Gov. Stanley.
Mr.. Madden made and won the fight for tho
retention OF Prof Chrisman, who recently Of
Tended the Congress of Mothers at Des Moines
by declaring that men do not love
The sun., 1900-06-18
~ THE TRAIL ORA SPRINKLING CART
Smart Suburban Dog which Knows How 70
Get Bath and Exercise at the same Time.

Jack is a brndle bull terrier and the Joy and
sorrow of suburban household, He is now
eight months old impulsive in disposition. -nd
in appearance he l. composite Of III" tn
dark brndles and blur which Is assumed TO be
produced by tail in motion. The warm
weather has annoyed him. For several days he
sat on the vsranda OF the house and reflected
ON the heat The towns street spruklers
began their work and one of them wa assigned
to tay the dust on jack Stropt When the dog
saw the cart creak by throwing ont hig f.ln-
like spray OF water he saluted II With Il bark
lie watched II 40 down 10 the end OF the avenue
turn and cOnls oark AGAIN
During the rest of the afternoon Jack toll
lowed the regular course OF that street sprinkler
from the shaded veranda. tie looked thought
ful When the ~ ripker swung into the avenue
for business on the following day Jack waited
until il had reached his house and then he walked
out and fell in UAhlnd the cert % that the spray
might strike hi, back, With his head up
and his tail waGang more vigorously than
ever he adjusted his pace to the shrinking
wagon and fer more than an hour b" walked
no and down behind the cart, enjoying the coul-
ing spray His owner wh,Stled TO him several
times but Jack knew good thing when he
saw il and he declined to be coaXed away. lie
now sprnds mn hour or two Of every warm day
paradlnR behind the Shrinking cart.
Jacks owner asserts that the dog reasoned
out this cooling scheme clearly before he tr.e,
II H. made the discovery, not by accident
bur bv observation, and A. none Of the other
dogs had seen the possibilities Of the sprink-
ling cart Jack Is entitled Ia mCnoroly Of II
with Jack attempted TO share the srrsy with
him last week but Jack without stopping
his prond walk, showed his teeth and growled
and the setter SHE'D away.
The sun., 1900-06-18

like deckhsnd on a hawser. over the side of
the boat tumbled a six-pound fsh. Mortimer
fell upon II, knees and hands muttering In a
tense whisper.
I've got youl I've got you! You'n never
get away"
Then turning to SkIdmore he exclaimed,
Put me ashore on the nearest land don 7
care where il is. Put me on dry land anywhere;
Here's si0 for YOU. Take This pole and reef ana
all this truck. You can have II al ] don't
want IL. I've got my first Ash, and caught y
oil myself without any help from you and =
But" exclaimed SIX dnore, who had. taken
one look Of disgust at the fish.
Never mind your butts said Mortimer,
4 caught HIM and YOU can make an affidavit
to that part n necessary. Now, hurry and row
me ashore
Skidrnors landed him at Bergen Beach. The
last he saw of Mortimer was ls he vanished
toward the trolley ear bound for New York.
He was so ticked with his prize that he IN;
rolled the new wspaper containing II and sfreRo
II out on the car scat where II covered nearly
two square feet.
What kind of fish is thst?" he asked Of the
passenger adjoining
That" was the reply, "is one Of those darned
cid skates wouldn't give nickel for ton
OF 'em!-
The sun., 1900-06-18
CALLS BOYS BRIGADEs sHAMs.
Rector stoddard wont Have One In 81. Johns
Church. Jersey City.

The Rev. DR.. Z. l.. Stoddard. rector OF st.
Johns Episcopal Church In Jersey City is
strongly opposed 10 the practice Of orsanizns
military companies, called boys brigades In
churches. He has stesdfasty refused to have
any military company affiliated with 81. Johns
Church and he gives his views on the subject
In the current number Of the Bulletin, the Of
fetal organ of the church. which was distributed
yesterday
we have been asked again, he says. "as
We were four or five years ago IL boys
bri gsde could not be established In connection
with St Johns Church and the reasons for
saying no which appeared unanswerable then
appear 80 now We fail TO ace anything but
incongruity between a military company and
a Church of the Prince Of Peace. We admit that
many clergymen. few Of our own Church do
not agree with US. We are therefore losthe to
say anything which might reflect on their wis
dom.and We should not say il had not the aues-
ton come up again and had we not been pressed
vigorously TO start a st. Johns brigade
We are obliged to say then that the very
poorest business in which church can engage
Is the business OF giving young boys III aptitude
Tor war There Ia a second reason why We are
opposed to the boys brigade, and that Is that
II Is only baby play. II We must have soldiers
at all We believe In having real ones A regular
army means something. II Is school OF
the strictest obedience Of absolute courtesy Of
rigid discipline In the sterner virtues of life Its
members do not play at being soldiers. They
are soldiers, to be shot II they desert TO be
court-martialled II they show cowardice. TO be
ready to die at a moments notice. But the
members of our boys brigades are only un sol
diers, sham soldiers Their very existence is
caricature of . profession which has some ele-
nlents of great nobeness In IL. When we were
young We all put on some red rags, and with
tin pan for drum and stick for a gun We
played soldier. This 10 al right for small boys.
But the boys brigade to our mind Is only this
sort Of thing half grown up. II Ii all sham.
Our boys pretend to be what they are not. They
learn some Of the n0tious Of y soldier but not
that which makes real soldier.
But II may be said that surely II Is as incon-
gr'lous for Church to lend one OF its buildings
for a dancing class and another for billiard
room a. to equip q lot of boys with guns and
teach them to drill We do not think So We
believe that It Is absolutely un-Christian to
take our young children and teach them to bs
soldiers and IL is something wor.~ yet II Wa
only teach them to play al being soldiers,
There is on the other hand. nothing incon-
sruous or improper in the Church supervising
the harmless arnusements Of her children. II
dancing and billiard playing under all circlm-
stances are wrong then. OF course. our position
l. wrong. But IL these. under proper conditions,
are harmless amusamants then that Church Is
wise and right which secs that her children have
them under proper conditions.
The sun., 1900-06-18
YIRE IN MOSCOW. ". Y.
Every Business Buidins In the village. Two
Hotels and the Opera House Burned.

ROCHESTER. June i7.-The village OF Moscow.
situated on the Delaware, Lackawanna aud
Western Railway, in Livingston county. was
visited by fire at 0 clock this afternoon which
destroyed every business building In the vii
la9e, as well as the two hotels. opera house and
u number OF dwellings. The village has pop
ulauon OF so, but had no fire protection, and
although the whole population fought the flames
until many were overcome the fire burned at
will until 1t burned itself out. IL started in
the warehouse Of Doras Thompson. from q
spark from a passing freight engine. The
following Is a partial list OF the sufferers and
their losses
John MacMahon. hotel and barn, Si5,OOO; black
smith shop and wagon shop, $1,000. + W. Sears.
shoe shop. 500. T, Il. Conliskey. meat market
aud stock, $500. Doras Thompson. dwelling.
500: " j. Randolph. dwelling, esOO; Moscow
Opera House Company. Opera House. $500.
Insurance 500; John Newman. dwelling and
contents. 5000, no insurance; King Eddy,
hardware store and stock. N,UCO. insurance
5000. c. o. Atherton. general store, $1,000,
Insurance on stock. $4,000 Ford a Curtis, drugs
and general store, N2.0Ou Insurance, $500;
J /, Stralne. hotel. s+A0OO insurance N.?O on
building: Doras Thompson. warehouse, "a. 90
{. y. Strobe. grocery, 5000. no insurance.
Hardly any OF the goods In the different
stores were saved. as the inhabitants devoted
al their energy IN trying " save the dwellings,
nearest the belt OF fire, Ip which they succeeded
remarkably well considering their resources,
Moscow is the principal village in the town Of
Leicester. and Is a good trading centro.
The sun., 1900-06-18
RoBBED STABLES rO TAKE RIDE
Alleged Midnight Escapade Of Three Ysung
Men In white Plains.

WHITE PLAINS, June l7--Dr. Henry v. De
Hart, DR. F. q, Wright and Ferris Montgomery
are neiChbors on Railroad avenue. They
charge that late last night three young men
We 10 Mr.. Montgomery's stable and took
trotti2g horse. that the same persons next en-
tered Or, Wrght's carriage house and took
set Of harness. which they put on the horse.
and that they removed surrey from DR.. De
O'Clock this morning. when driving through
Lexington avenue they ran into the carriage
of James Hyatt, rich contractor, throwing
turing him. Mr. MontEomery's horse was
found late in the morning tied TO tree In Broad
way. The wagon and harness were broken.
Warrants were issued to-day by Police Justice
Capron for the three Young men.