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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-30
FROM NORTH ENGLISH.
News About People Along the Milwau.
kee Road.

North English, Dec 29.---Edward
Gibbens, of Perry, Oklahoma, is here
visiting his brother, j. H. Gibbens, and
sister, Mrs. w. S. Brown.
Miss Susan O'Brien, of Oxford, is
here for a short stay at the home of
her brother, j. w. O'Brien.
R. R. Thompson, of Excelsior
Springs, Missouri, spent a few days
this week at the home of his uncle, T.
M. Thompson. He returned home Fri
day.
Mrs. ]. w. Ireland, of Crete, Ne
braska. is visiting here at the home
of her father, G. w. Moore.
Miss Ressa Dansdill passed through
here Wednesday morning on her way
home from Marengo to spend. the
Christmas vacation at Millersburg.
Mrs. j. H. Mathess and two little
daughters. Avis and Blanche, of Des
Moines, are visiting at the parental
20. P. Swink home.
Married Thursday, December ,25, at
high noon, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
C. A. Fry, their daughter, Eva, to
Frank Calvin.
Greer Greenlee and family have ar
rived home from Colorado Springs,
Colorado. They will reside here in the
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AN OFFICIAL IS OUT
sHAKE-UP IN THE GOVERNMENT
LAND OFFICE.
Commissioner Generals Resignation is
Asked and Given-charges Have
Been Made Against Two Other Minor
Officials.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Binger Herr
mann, commissioner general of the
land Office, has resigned and will be
succeeded by VIM. A. Richards, now
assistant commissioner general of the
land Office. The change will take ef-
feet probably January Is. Herr
mann's resignation was requested
about two weeks ago by the secretary
of the interior and was Immediately
presented. Charges have been pre-
ferred against two subordinate Of
ticials OF the land office involving al
legged Irregularities. They have been
given specific time in which to make
an answer.
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ELo7Es AT AGE OF rs YEARS.
Man With Sweetheart of So outwits
Her Relatives.

I. Galesburg, H., Dec. ,29.-Thomas W.
Stevenson, aged rs. years.. and Lille.
Wyckoff, aged So. We're married here
as the result of an elepement They
live in London Mills, twenty miles
south. The brides brothers were
strongly opposed 70 the match. Christ
mas afternoon the two succeeded in
leaving London Mills unnoticed and
came uere. They reached Galesburg
late at night and aroused County Clerk
Frank Adams from bed. Through zero
weather he went mile to the court
house and wrote out the marriage IL
cense. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. 7. w. McVety later the
same night.
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cHILLIcoTHE NEWS.
Items From Town in WapeIIo
County.

Chillicothe Dec. 29.-Misses Alta
Johnson and Bessie Lessen of Osceola
are here, visiting at the home of j. A.
Pinegar.
Miss Vina Butin went to Kansas
City last Tuesday to spend the holi-
days at the home of her sister,
Prof. Willetts went to Milton last
Tuesday to spend the holidays with
his family.
Harye and Bay Worley of Frederic
returned home Saturday after a few
days visit with relatives. essS,'s
10 Dunning went to Batavia last
Thursday to visit friends.
Lulu Dickson and Ethel Deems of
Ottumwa came up Saturday for visit
with friends.
Maud Shook of Knoxville returned
home Saturday, after few days visit
with her father, John Shook
The bazaar and social held at the
I. o. o. F. hall last Monday evening
was a decided success in every re-
spect.
Miss Vina Allen and Alfred Ander-
son of Ottumwa spent Sunday with rel
atiyes here.
An interesting program and Christ
mas tree were given at the M. E.
church Christmas eve to an appreci-
ative audience.
Ray McCarty of Hiteman is her Wis
iting relatives.
Miss Anna Warren is attending the
teachers convention in Des Moines.
w. D. Strong and family of Ottum-
wa spent Christmas with relatives
here.
Mrs. Marion Abernathy and daugh-
ter Ida of Pleasantville visited here
last week with relatives and friends.
| The M. E. Sunday school met last
/ Friday evening and elected the follow
ing officers and teachers for the ensu-
! ing year: Superintendent, Miss Vina
Butin; assistant superintendent, Mrs.
D. T. Rambo; secretary, Miss Alice APP
plequist; assistant secretary, Henry
Kitterman; treasurer, Miss Minnie
Clark; organist. Miss Edith Pierson;
assistant organist, Miss Helen war
lren; librarians. Elsie Bellman and Net
| tie Cotton; teachers of classes-No.
l, Mrs. Ed Nye; No. 2. Miss Ella Nye;
No. 3, Miss Gertrude Pierson; No. 4,
Mrsr. D. T. Rambo; No. 5, Prof. Will
let's; No. 6, Mrs. Frank Clark.
Seven bars Diamond G Soap, Csc;
seven bars White Russian, 25c; two
j packages Malta Vita, 25c; two pack
ages Grape-Nuts, 25c. Just received
fresh supply of fine and coarse Salt,
4 S1.25 per barrel. We sell DR. Hess
Stock Food-the best stock food made.
S1.00 worth of this food used judicious-
ly will bring $1,000 in return. John
sons General Store, Chillicothe, Iowa
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Is Not A Representative of The !.
United States.
THIS IS DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD
offciaIdom in Washington Considered
its Duty Zone When it Brought the
Parties to the Trouble Together for
a Settlement.

Washington, Dec. 29.-The ven-,
ezuelan negotiations now wait upon
Castro Minister Bowen has been fully
advised by the state department of the
result of it's exchanges with the for
eign offices at London, Berlin and
Rome and he has been charged to take
the case in hands himself and arrange
the details of a protocol which will pre-
cede the submission of the foreign
claims to arbitration by The Hague
tribunal. In so doing, Bowen is act
ing, not as the United States minister,
but as Venezuela's representative.
The officials here wish it distinctly
understood that their functions ceased
SO far as the Venezuela difficulty is
concerned when they brought the par
ties to the controversy together
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To Ask Higher Wages.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 29-W. d..
Ryan, secretary-treasurer of the United
Mine Workers of Illinois, says that the
miners of the United States will make
demand for a material increase in
wages at the national convention at
Indianapolis January 49, Mr.. Ryan
says that the operators are receiving
a larger price for coal than ever be-
fore, and they cannot make the excuse
that the mines are not paying eX-
penses. Mr. Ryan says that the con-
vention will produce figures to show
the total cost of mining a ton of coal,
and give the public an idea of the
profit being reaped by the operators.
Mr.. Ryan will attend the convention,
and will no doubt lead the fight for
higher wages.
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future. Mr.. Greenlee does not seem
to be much improved in health.
2. Cole, former citizen of this
place, but now living at Red Oak,
spent a few days here, with old time
friends.
Don Adams left here Friday for
Morning Sun to visit his mother and
sister.
Prof. F. L. Mahannah and family, of
Lone Tree, are spending vacation at
the home of Louisa Mahannah here.
Rev. Breeder and family attended
the wedding of Luther Breeden at
Conesville to Miss Mae Thomas Thurs
day. They returned home Saturday
morning.
Miss Lydia Baird spent Christmas
with her father in Marengo.
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CUMMINS TO BE HERE
GOVERNOR WILL TAKE PART IN
ELKs' DEDICATION.
Governor Will Make Principal Address
Of the Occasion and Will Probably
Stay over Until the Reception Wed
nesday Evening.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Governor A. b.. Cummins ana other
prominent Elks will be in attendance
tomorrow, evening at the dedication
services at the new building recently
opened by the members of Ottumwa
lodge No. 347, B. p. o. E. Elks from
all over Iowa will be present and will
take part in the biggest meeting of
Elks ever held in the southeastern
part of the state. Those who have ap-
plications for membership in the hands
of the committee will also be present
at this service. which will be closed to
all non-members except them The
services will begin promptly at 7:30
O'Clock, and in addition to the rituals
tic work there will be a program of adj
dresses and music and collation..
Governors Address.
Governor Cummins will arrive in the
city at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow after
noon over the Rock. Island, according
to q telegram received from him by f.
A. Nimocks, of the Ottumwa lodge, to-
day. He will deliver the principal ad-
dress tomorrow evening, and it is the
desire of the members of the lodge
ei.etI nC lClldiu III tI1S Htily ullLlI NV0u-
nesday evening in order that he may
be present at the reception and public
opening of the hasaaing. Other adj
dresses will be deiig cred by j. B. Sui
livan, p. q. r., of Creston; Charles
! Bradshaw. E. r.. of Des Moines; j.
A. S. Pollard, P. E. R., of Ft Madison,
and several others. In addition there
will be addresses by local members Of
the fraternity.
The Reception.
Several hundred invitations have
been sent to the Elks and their friends
to attend the opening of the building
on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The hours are from to 5, and 1880
to $50, with dancing from $3.50 to u.
This will be an opportunity for the
people of the city TO view the new
building, and there is no doubt that
there will be large attendance.
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MANY UNDER WREckAGE.
Crash Near Trinidad, Colo, Results
Fatally to MANY.

Trinidad, Dec 26.-A coal miner
from North Trinidad, who was taken
from the debris of the Colorado &
Southern freight wreck north of Trim
idad last night and died short time
later, said just before expiring that
there We're fourteen coal miners be-
sides himself in the car in which he
was riding. The ruins of this car
still remain under the tons of wreck
age All of the men in it must have
perished 1t is now estimated that the
number of dead will reach from twen-
ty-five to thirty. All the men in the
wrecked car were going to Trinidad to
spend Christmas.
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Spain Takes Hand.

Madrid, Dec. 29.-The Spanish gov
eminent, preparing for eventualities in
Morocco, has ordered troops at Ma
laga, Cadiz and Algeciras to be held
in readiness to promptly reinforce the
garrisons at Ceuta and Melilla, Nor
occo, should the situation require it.
A Spanish cruiser has been ordered at
Tangier. According to dispatches from
Tangier the rebels chased the troops
of the sultan of Morocco to the gates
of Fezz. It is reported that the Euro
peans are preparing to leave Fezz.
suItan's Army Was Routed.
London, Dec. 29-The complete rout
at Taxa, of the Moorish imperial ar
my by rebels under the leadership of
the pretender to the throne, which was
reported December %, has been Off
cially confirmed. The imperial forces
abandoned their guns, rifles, ammuri-
ton, tents and beasts of burden and
tie dprecipitously at Fezz.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-30
eREENINe SHORT ONLY ss15.
Corning Postmaster Declared to Have
Been Temporarily Insane.

Springfield, Ill.,, Dec. 2O.-Surprising
developments have occurred at the
coroner's inquest to determine the cir
cumstances of the death of Postmas--
ter Greening Of Cortland, who shot
himself when postoffice inspector
called unexpectedly and found bal
ance of $1,337 due to the government
from the receipts of the Office. Green
ing was short but $315. He is declar-
ed to have been temporarily insane
when he killed himself.
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MAKE TRAFFIC AGREEMENT.
Hamburg-American and Other Lines
Make Contract.

Kansas City, Dec. 29.-The contract
for service with the Hamburg-Ameri-
can steamship line was ratified today
by the Kansas City, Mexico G. Orient
railway at meeting of the directors
of the latter company held i'll this
city. The Hamburg line will extend
its service and will have close traf-
fic agreement with the Orient at Port
Stillwell, the terminus of the road on
the Mexican coast and new line of
steamers will, it is announced, be in
operation by the time the Orient road
is completed to the Pacific ocean.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-30
VICTIMS OF QUAKES
OVER 1000 PERSONS KILLED BY A
SHOCK NEAR ANDIJAN.
Another Severe Shock Visited Little
Town in Russian Turkistan Staying
Many Residents and Effectins Over
100 Square Miles.

Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, Dec.
29.-Another violent earthquake shock
occurred at Andijan Saturday evening.
The earthquake victims now number
4,S0O, of whom 1,e0O persons We're
killed in Andijan and the rest in the
adjacent country. About 100 square
miles were affected.
Earthquake in Ecuador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. ga
slight earthquake shock was felt here
last night.
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Most Magnificent Procession
the World Ever Saw
Takes Place Today.
GLITTERING SPECTACLE
Hundred and Fifty Elephants in
Line.
EDWARDS ACCESSION CELEBRATED
Natives of India Proclaim King of Eng
lard Emperor of India--A Gorgeous
!. Oriental scene-Roar of Artillery
Adds to Spectacle.

Delhi, India, Dec. 29,-Viceroy Lord
Curzon of Kedleston made his state
entry to-day in the capital of the Mo-
guls. This constituted the official op-
ening of the Durbar and was held to
celebrate the accession of King Ed
ward as Emperor Of India.
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ROCK ISLAND TO IMPROVE.
Will Spend 100000 in Iowa and Nc
braska.

Chicago. Dec. 29.-The Rock Island
railroad company has decided to ex-
pend $2,000,000 in permanent improve
ments along it's lines in Iowa, Nebras-
ka, and the one west to Denver in
1903. These improvements are to be
in the form of the ballasting of the
tracks and increasing depot facilitien
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P achyderms Salute.
MRS. J. c. FREMONT DIES.
Widow of Ex-sodier Passes Away Af-
ter Short illness.

Los Angeles, CAL. Dec. 29.-Mrs.
jesse Benton Fremont, widow of the
late General John c. Fremont, died
last night at her home in this city at
the asse OF rs years. Mrs. Fremont
was taken i'll Christmas morning. She
grew rapidly worse and soon lapsed
into Inconsistencies from which she
never rallied
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FORM NEW COMPANY.
Incorporators Believed to Be Mem
bers of Nelson Morris 6. Co.

Trenton, N. j., Dec. 29.-Articles fill
ed with the secretary of state today
incorporating the firm of Morris & Co.
with a capital stock of S3,O00,000. 1t
is understood that the principal incor-
porators of the company are the mem
bers of the firm of Nelson Morris &
Co., the meat packers of Chicago.
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AMERICANS CAUSE WOE.
Buy Up Hides in Austria and Make
Shoes Higher.

Vienna, Dec. 26.-Austrian manufac-'
turers have decided to advance the
price of shoes ten per cent on account
of the higher cost of leather. They
claim the step is due to extensive pur-
chases of hides in European markets
by Americans, who have practically
cleaned out the continental stock.
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COAL ALTAR FOR sPALDlNe.

Miners of Scranton Present Bishop
With Carving in Anthracite.
Binghamton, N Y, Dec. 29.-Bishop
Spalding, who is a member of the an
thracite coal strike commission, has
received a unique gift from the miners
of Scranton. 1t is miniature cathe-
dral altar carved out of anthracite.
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STRIKE is OVER.
Trouble on Iowa Central Is Adjusted
and Men Go to Work.

Marshalltown, Dec. 29.-The switch
mems strike on the Iowa Central rail
road has been settled. An increase of
two cents an hour was granted for
both the day and night crews with
pay for overtime. The new scale
takes effect January 1. The men ask
ed for four cents an hour.
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MARcoNI GAINS EFFICIENCY.

Wireless Message System Comes Near
err to Perfection Daily.
Glace Bay, N. S., Dec 29.-The Mar
conf station in Glace bay continues to
maintain daily communication with
Cornwall, with constantly increasing
efficiency and facility. Marconi is
still here but will leave shortly for the
Cape Cod station. In the meantime
he is sending two or three messages
by the wireless system to Europe dali
ly. Some of these messages are
lengthy
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Ottumwa temperature as taken by
Weather Observer Ryttenberg:
8 o'clock last night ...........30 80
z O'clock this morning ..... ..18
2 n'elaeL This afternoon 80. -. .33
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CHRISTMAS WINE KILLS.
Man, Wife and Daughter Under Arrest
on Serious Charue.

Chicago. Dec. Poisoned, it is
charged, by means of a bottle of wine
given as a Christmas present, Richard
Cummings, so years of age, is dead.
William Moniak. his wife, Mrs. Theresa
Moniak, and their 14-year-old daughter,
Mary, of 1926 Ashland avenue, are un-
der arrest on suspicion of having
poisoned Cummings.
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ASKS FOR SILENCE.
Count Tolstoi Desires no More PubIi.
cations Concerning His Condition.

st. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 26.-
Count Tolstoi has sent personal ap-
peal to the press, asking the papers,
in view of his advanced age and ill
ness, not to publish any further re-
ports of his condition, as they cause
him pain.
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DEPUTY EVANS RESIGNED.
P. H. kieffer to Be- Made Deputy State
Dairy Commissioner.

Des Moines, Dec 26-H. ]. Evans
of Hartley has rendered his resigna-
tion as field deputy state dairy com
missioner and Commissioner Wright is
to appoint P. H. Kieffer of Strawberry
Point, champion butter maker of Iowa,
as his successor.
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RRYAN's VIEWS NOT SOUGHT.
Mexican Officials Entertain Him, But
Ask No LIGHT on Silver. E

Ask No Light on Silver.
Mexico City, Dec. 29.-Mr. Bryan's
visit here has been varied by sightsee-
ing, official calls, etc. He has been re-
ceived in audience by President Diaz
and Minister of Finance Limantour.
The government people have not
sought Mr.. Bryan for information on
silver, as his views are well known
here, and the government is in receipt
of suggestions from all parts of the
world from the most famous tinan.
ciers.
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HuMRERTs REACH PARIS.

No Demonstration When Prisoners
Are Taken to Jail.
Paris, Dec. 29-The members of the
Humbert family, who were recently
arrested in Madrid for their connec-
ton with the great safe frauds in this
city, arrived here this morning. There
was no demonstration. The prisoners
were conducted to the Conciergerie
prison.
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FOUR POUND GEM FOR POPE.
Catholics Will Give His Holiness the
Largest Topaz in the World.

New York, Dec. 29.-Catholics in
every part of the world are preparing
to show their devotion and fidelity to
Pope Leo XIII at the end of the cele-
bration of his silver jubilee next April
by presenting to him an almost price
less jewel. This is topaz weighing
nearly four pounds, the largest in the
world. 1t is now in the hands of
skilled workmen in Rome, where it is
being richly carved
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GOES INTO COMMISSION.

New Battleship Maine Turned Over
to Captain Leutze Today.
Philadelphia, Dec 29-The new bat
tleship Maine was placed in commits
sion at the League Island navy yard
today. She was turned over to Cap
tain Leutze, who will command her.
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DIES oil BURLINGTON TRAIN.
Burlington Man Passes Away Between
creston and Pacific Junction.

Creston, Dec. 29.-r(SpeciaD The
body of Carl A. john son, supposed to
reside at 504 Gertrude street, Burling-
ton. was taken from Burlington train
No. 8 here today. Johnson died on
the train between Omaha and Pacific
Junction of consumption.
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WAR CLOUD IN EAST.
SULTAN OF MOROCCO GETS
RELLIGERENT.
Potentate Retires to His Palace With
Artillery and Barricades Himself
Spain Takes Hand in the Game
of Bluff.

Tangier, Dec. 29.-The sultan of
Morocco is said to have retired to the
palace at Fezz with all his available
artillery and ammunition and to have
strongly barricaded himself in conse-
quence of threatened attack on the
part of rebels.
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GALE RACES ON ATLANTIC.
Much Damage Done to Shipping Along
Coast of New Foundland.

st. Johns, N, t., Dec, 29.-Another
furious gale has been raging here for
the last thlrty-six hours and has caus-
ed much damage along the coast line.
1t is feared that the shipping will suf.
fer considerably
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GET HIGHER WAGES
COAL OPERATORS ADVANCE PAY
OF MINERS.
Men in the Bituminous Field All over
the Country Will Ask for an In.
crease-campaign is to be Begun
Soon.

Huntington, Va, Dec. 29.-The ope-
rators in the Flat Top coal field will
give the miners an advance of from
10 to 20 per cent beginning January L.
Twelve thousand men are affected.
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JONES TO PRACTICE LAW.
Clerk Of Supreme Court Will ope

,CIcfK 0! supreme Court WITH Open
Office in Des Moines.
Des Moines, Dec. &c. T. Jones,
clerk of the supreme court, whose
term Of Office will expire the first
Monday in January, and who will be
succeeded on that date by John C.
Crockett, has decided to enter into
the law business in Des Moines at the
expiration Of his term.
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cERvERA RAISED IN RANK.

Spanish NdmIraI Wade ChIef OF Staf
of the Navy.
Madrid, Dec 29.-The appointment
of Vice Admiral Cervera, who surren-
dered to the American fleet off Santi-
ago de Cuba, to the, post of chief of
staff of the navy, has been published
in the Official Gazette.
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SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
Spy Who Assisted Funston in Capture
of Aguinado Goes to Jail.

Manila Dec. 29.-Placido, who was
General Funston's trusted spy, and
who acted as commander of the sup
posed insurgents at the capture of
Aguinaldo, has been convicted of mur-
der, and sentenced to life imprison-
ment by a native Judge
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EIGHTY PERISH in COAL MINE.
Fire in a Russian colliery lmprisons
100 Men.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 29.-Fire in a
coal mine at Rachmut, Ekatorinoslav
province, imprisoned 100 miners.
Twenty have been rescued, but it is
feared the others are dead.
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Iowa at Washinaton.

Washington, d. c., Dec 29.-Joseph
Rominger has been commissioned
postmaster at Bloomfield, Davis coun-
Nv y 4f
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MAY LocArEI Ir IN COLORADO.

Home for carpent,srs and Joiners May
Go to Western City.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Dec. 20
1t is now announced that the national
home for the Anne Fican Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Jt,iners may be located
here.
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WINS FIGHT WITH RoBBER.
Man Shot Three Times, Still Saves
VaIuables.

Clinton, Dec. 29.-Joseph Howard,
by desperate struggle saved s1,25O
and his valuables from robbers who
invaded his apartments. Howard was
shot three times and finally frightened
the robbers away by kicking out a
window.