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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

The Iowa Central wrecking outfit was
sent north at 1880 o'clock last night IN
charge of Conductor Barnes FoWler
TO Freeman, a small station about TOUR
miles north of Mason City, to place on
the track seven cars of thru freight,
No. 95, that had left the rails at that
point owing to the breaking in two OF "a
loaded car. The damage to the cars
was slight and traffic was interfered
with for only a short time. NO 80 was
pulled by engine No. rs, in charge OF
Engineer Jesse Long, and Conductor A.
M. Rennie was in charge of the train.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

June 26th very low rate to Des
Moines via c. & n. w. SLAB for round
trip. Train leaves Marshalltown $3.50
a. M, returning. Tickets good on any
regular train leaving Des Moines June
| &c or 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church will meet with Mrs.
Charles Click, All West State street
Thursday afternoon at o'clock Mrs
Click and Miss Rachel Cannon will act
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

Two extra coaches We're sent south
on Iowa Central passenger No. 4 this
morning for the use of the Elks' eN-
cursion out Of Keithsburg to Peoria
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

All groceries, boots and shoes in the
Hoyt department store are being closed
out at cost. There are many bargains
to be had, and those who buy groceries
in quantities should avail themselves
of this opportunity. Trading stamps
with all cash purchases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

Mr. A. d. Meeker, of this city, who
has been in attendance at the conNen-
ton of the Middle West Laundrymen's
Association at Fort Dodge, the sessions
of which have just been brought to a
close. was honored with the election as
secretary and treasurer of the associa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

The argument of the law point on
whether or not Henry Willis could be
charge with larceny from building in
the DAYTIME when he was a hoarder at
the house in which the larceny oc-
Cured, was dispensed with IN Jus'lce
Burritt's court Tuesday afternoon on
agreement of County Attorney Stone
and Willis counsel. The Information
was changed from as first drawn TO one
CT petit larceny, to which Wits pleaded
guilty Justice Burritt sentenced nm
20 thirty days in Jail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

Marshalltown grocers quote the fol-
lowing prices for country produce:
Potatoes-1.o0 per bushel in trade.
Butter-1S cents.
Eggs-Fresh Is cents. case count
in trade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

Mixed pickles in bottles, salad dress
ing, picalilli, corn relish in oil. Heinze's
India relish and lots of other good
things for summer quick meals at Rey-
nolds & Sheldon'S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-25

Chief Clerk l.. G. Scott, Of the audit
ing department of the NJ. 81 st. l.. and
Iowa Central, at Minneapolis, arrived
in the city this morning and Will spend
two or three days here with the Vari-
Gus departments on matters OF interest
10 the company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
IN NINETY SECONDS.
nnrng This Brief Time a City CrumbIes Into
Dust and Atoms.

and doorjambs were of sculptured
stone. There were only three or four
three-story buildings in the city, prob
ably ten or a dozen of two story and
the others only one; the city was built
to Withstand earthquakes. There was
promise OF abundant crops in the dis
were increasing, and there was every
indication of an era of prosperity-that
was the condition on the evening of
the 18th Of April last.
1t was shortly after the dinner hour,
about S:15 o'clock, and a violent rain
and electric storm " as raging, neces-
sarily housing nearly everyone in the
city. AS rule, the Indians retire ear
ly, but many of them were on the out
side OF their houses up to the time the
storm began; many of them had re-
manned outside or awake nearly all of
the night before They have a legend
that when their city is about TO be Wis
tied by a dire calamity, warning is
given by fiery ball that shoots across
the heavens. They say it presaged the
coming of the conquistadores nearly
400 years ago and that it has since
heralded every disastrous earthquake
and volcanic eruption. There was a
connection in the native quarter the
evening before when a meteor shot
gazed. idly curious, at its luminous
trail and laughed at the fear of the In
dams. But the laugh could not quiet
the fear. and the natives passed the
night in dread. The day following it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

had been dispatched from Guatemala
City The ghastly sights of the next
few days and the horrors that We're
everywhere encountered have already
been told by Mr. Barrillas in the
Chronicle OF May "A. Of the dead that
everywhere Uttered the streets. Of the
wounded that. pinned under fallen tim
bers and debris. under the torrential
rain had slowly drowned. their screams
but steadily rising around them in the
damned streets unheeded, since there
were none TO answer them
In a few hours II was found that
burial was out of the question. In
Quezaltenango the cemeteries. in COM
mon with the cities of Mexico and 9TH
er Central American cities, are above
ground They are simply Enclosures,
the walls Of which are eight or ten feet
thick. In these walls are the tombs,
one above the other, row on row,
around a square inclosing several
acres, and resembling nothing so much
as vast number of huge pigeon holes,
the tombs being only large enough to
contain a single casket. At Quezal-
tenango the earthquake had burst open
many of these tombs, and the caskets.
with their dead, had been thrown out
into the open and the tombs wrecked.
Burial was, therefore, not possible, and,
as the decomposing bodies threatened
to breed a pestilence, cremation was
ordered by the authorities. Large
quantities o. kerosene were procured,
the dead gathered into heaps with COM
bustible material. the whole saturated
with the inflammabIe oil and the torch
applied. These funeral pyres were
burning for several days.
The authorities soon found that
ghouls were at work. and orders to
shoot down anyone found footing were
issued. Within ten days after the. or
der twenty-six men had been shot by
the soldiers. The city had an excel
lent system of waterworks, the supply
being obtained from Lake Amititlan,
about ten miles distant. The earth
quake broke the pipe lines, and for five
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
- r-anclsco Chronicle.)

-.-+s5rs in the center Of the back
- rhe world was seized with a
h4ns - AnrfI is last. and in the nine
cal nd. o. that the rigor continued a
Y 80 rrumbled mo ruins, thou
u-5ss nj frs inhabitants were killed ana
ST. +5ougands MANNED and crippled.
Que -i-,, was Quezaltenango in the
~. 81 Guatemala, Central America.
So ri+v was situated about 100 miles
che rauital and was second in size
2 ~ commercial Importance. 1t was
~ Inter of the Office, wheat. sugar
uI and ra-ao district and famous for
tal- -,srufa eture OF cotton and wooden
H It's streets were narrow but
- well paved, and provided with
os5-rarzs electric lights, letter boxes
50 numerous fountains. There were
a-t asvIums. good hospitals, four
.Tsges. a bank, public lavatories, pen
e-.isrv convenient public buildings
~ ssverqi beautiful old churches.
- are 0Jw In ruins, and the sur
rs or the 10000 inhabitants are
ling their city Q league or more
~ no the table land Of Olimtepeque.
~ buiIdiugs and the residences of the
..or class were built Of brick. adobe.
y.-issnir stone and what Is known as
,,S,rdnau." a variety of dry clay that
O.. mt and duarried after the manner
of stone. but hardens to the con-
u-+snrv of sandstone after being ex-
- IN the air. All the better resi-
t,css were built about the customary
"a or court: usually the windows
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

either side During the preva lence of
the electrical storm some accident hap
pened TO the machinery and the lights
were turned off Before the damage
was repaired came the earthquake and
the power house collapsed"
The days and nights that followed
We're full of horror. After the minute
and a half, that seemed an age, in
which the damage was done, the entire
population sought the safety of an open
plain outside the city and there re-
manned during the night, women and
tender children being exposed to the
storm. When the sodden daylight came
men went back into the city, and soon
returned with faces shade winter
Many would not permit their wives and
children to see what they had seen,
and so hurried them off TO the village
of Zunil, seven miles away OK carts
and all manner of vehicles were pressed
into service. in which were hauled the
aged and infirm, while the others
walked. Once at the village, those who
had been tenderly nurtured We're
obliged to live for forty days in old
sheds, bare mills factories-in anything
that afforded a roof There the wo-.
men and children remained, while the
men went back TO the city daily in the
hope of restoring order, but il seemed
an impossible task. Telephone and tel
egraph wires had gone down, and it
was necessary to send couriers down
the mountain to the nearest railroad
station, miles away, where communica-
ton could be had with the capital. The
government acted promptly. but owing
TO the state of the roads it was several
days before adequate relief arrived
The president sent a quantity OF tents,
which were erected on the plain, and
in which the homeless natives were
housed while the work went on among
the ruins. Field hospitals We're hastily
erected, and a corps of physicians and
surgeons with a large complement of
nurses cared for the sick and injured.
The able bodied then organized into
burial parties and went to the assist
ance of the regiment of soldiers that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

days the inhabitants were obliged to
subsist on the water in the pools and
the fountains. and such rain water as
they could catch in basins.
Outside the city and It's immediate
vicinity the damage was propOrtionate-
~ as great. Shoulders of-mountains
were broken Oft and hurled into the
valleys. crushing everything in their
line of fall and stopping the roadways.
Crevices as wide as average sewer
trenches and bottomlesS opened in the
earth and made travelling a danger
Many coffee plantations were badly
damaged and valuable machinery bro
Ike nand twisted beyond repair. A num-
Der OF populous villages in the vicinity
We're practically destroyed, and in pro-
portion TO population the loss of life
was as great as that in Quezaltenango-
As yet the total number of deaths and
the financial loss cannot be estimated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
REACHED his DESTINATION.
The Conductor Was in a Quandary
But Took Chances.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)


A good story at the expense of United
States Judge Albert c. Thompson was
told at the banquet of the Hamilton
County Bar association, held at the Zoo
the other evening To begin with II is
necessary to. state that Judge Thomp-
son halls from Portsmouth, o. The
story is as follows. A man sued a rail-
way company for damages for being
elected from the train. When the con-
ductor was placed on the stand he ad-
mitted having put the man off, and ex-
planned that he was drunk; in fact. so
drunk that the man fell asleep, and
was with difficulty aroused. The con-
ductor asked the man for his ticket.
but the latter replied in a drunken
voice that he had none well" asked
the conductor, "Where are you gOing2'
Ito h was the reply. and the con-
ductor put him of at Portsmouth,
where the train happened to stop just
then. The story teller goes on to say
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20


was the same. and only the terrible
storm that swept down from the
heights Of Santa Maria and Cerro
Quemado drove them indoors. Thus
were they all housed when the first
storm came. It was as il the world had
coihded with some immovaDIe obstacle
People were thrown PROSTATE on their
floors, buildings crumbled and break
ing walls were hurled across the streets
and in less than a minute the happy,
prosperous city was turned into a
charnel house. The thunder roared and
crashed from peak to peak; continuous
flashes of lightning played over the
doomed city, the rain poured in tor
rents, the lighting plant went down
and the blackness of the fearsome
night was broken ctlly by the cleo
tricity OF heaven Through the roar of
the storm and the crash as Of falling
worlds rang the screams Of the wound
ed and the shrieks of the yet unin-
jured as, in an agony of fear, they
CROPPED and staggered blindly through
the dark, imploring the Creator to stay
his hand. To them it seemed the end
of all things and the beginning OF
chaos.
Thus far only one man who was
there during the horrible night and for
ten days after has reached this city.
He is Jose I. Barrillas, a Guatemala
coffee planter. and in telling his ex-
perience ne said:
at is not likely that the total num-
Der of dead will ever be known. By far
the greatest mortality was among the
native population. Their houses are
constructed of adobes made of mud and
sand and under the shock of the earth
quake they collapsed and buried en-
tire families Ia their ruins. Among the
Caucasians there were a great many
injured slightly, some seriously, but the
casualties among them were not known
az the time left. The greater number
of injuries were received in the streets,
where many foolishly ran for safety.
Those who fed to the patios or courts
of their houses escaped uninjured. The
streets are very narrow and were filed
with the ruins of the buildings on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

Moves the bowels next day, and its
continued use viii cure habituaI con-
situation, sick headache and indiges-
ton 1t will do you more good, and
cost YOU less money tran any other
medicine on earth. Your druggist viii
refund you the purchase price II you
are not satisfied Price 25c and soc a
package. For sale py Godbe-P Pitts
Drug company
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

that Judge Thompson took the case
from the jury and rendered a Judgment
in favor OF the defendant on the ground
that the conductor had only done his
duty" 1t is needless to state that the
story was the hit of the evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

A machine Of pure, clean steel. meads
our dough for Royal bread No sweat
from the human hands and body TO
make it unclean- Buy Il and see that
the label is on il. For sale at all
grocers, and served in all frst-class
restaurants Royal Bread.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20

Correspondingly low rates from Ogden
and other stations. For further par
ticulars see Oregon Short Line agents,
City Ticket Office, 201 Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-20
SECOND EXCURSION NORTH
Wednesday, July 2sd, Via the Oregon
Short Line

The following low rates viii be made
to principal northern points:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01

petitions of the voters to authorize the
laying of new water pipes on Poplar
Hyde and Laurel streets, and to increase
the size of that on Wells street. The
meeting will be next Tuesday evening
Another article of the warrant is to see
If the village will put in proper sewer
facilities on Saxtons River street to
take care of the surface water which
has caused the electric road so much in
convenience the past year in numer-
Gus wash outs near the cemetery. The
necessity for added water pipes at the
north end is to accommodate the new
houses there, and also to afford better
fire facilities for the valuable plant of
Derby e. Ball. Some seasons of the
year the firm have $4,000 in property
subject to fire. The plant is equipped
with the most approved appliances for
arresting a fire in its incipiency by
sprinklers, storage tank and pumps, but
they ask better supply and force. Their
supply is from dead end" of a pipe.
When the recent fire occurred at the
dwelling above them it was found the
pipe leading to their hydrant had be-
come filled up 0t being much too smalD
and stream could be thrown but a few
feet from the nozzle. practically use
less. There is another dead end to
a pipe on street in the rear of their
works and the fire department should
have such size of pines, and such circu-
lation of water. as to give them force
adequate to the value of the property
endangered
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01
ne FOUND IT..

Partly because of Good Fortune and Partly
because He was Watching and Searching.
When Columbus set sail in search of a
new continent the wise men of his time
called him an adventurous fool. Yet he
discOcered america. You may say that
was an accident. Yes, but it was the kind
of accident that happens only to men who
are looking for it. During long profess
ional practice DIR. David Kennedy, OF
Kingston, N. Y, was continually watching
out for better medicine than any thus far
known for certain complaints. He could
not imagine when or how he should find 1t
perhaps (more likely indeed) he should
never find it at all. So he thought. But
the right idea came to him finally and the
result was the preparation called Calcura
Solvent. The name means a solvent, or
discover, of stone, or chalk deposits, IN the
kidneys or bladder; a remedy for the cure
of gravel, and of diseases caused by various
toxic or poisonous substances or acids In the
blood or glands. Experiment showed that
Calcura Solvent would cure red or white
gravel without pain or danger to the patient,
and expel from the system the uric acid
which causes govt and rheumatism. If 1t
did no more DIR. Kennedys discovery would
stand as one of the most useful ones in the
history of medicine, but it is equally effect
i've in complaints of the digestive organs.
Itisamedicinef for physicians and medicine
for the people. Be sure about the name dt-
cura SolOent, DR.. KenRedy's new medicine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01
The Conference at Mortified.

The General Conference at Mortified
begins its twentieth annual gathering
with some of its best speakers scheduled
for the first week. The conference 'op-
ems on August list, and on Sunday. Rev.
f. B. Meyer, pastor of Christ church,
London, will preach in the large Audi
forum. DR.. Meyer is the successor of
Newman Hall in his London pastorate
and as a preacher is very popular with
the masses. His writings are largely
read. For many years he has been iden-
tilted with the Mortified work, and was
a warm friend of d. L. Moody. On
Monday and Tuesday Rev. John Kelman
of Edinburgh will deliver the main ad-
dress. DIR. Kelman is well known for
his work among the students of the
British universities. During the past
year he has made a trip TO the Holy
Land, at which time some very i'm
portant archaeological discoveries We're
made. DIR. H. c. Underwood of the Pres
byterian board Of missions will also be
in Mortified during the early part of the
conference. The memorable address
given by DR.. Underhill at the recent
Presbyterian Assembly is still largely
commented upon by the religious press.
The managers of the conference plan to
have either DIR. Meyer or Rev. G. Camp
bell Morgan at Mortified every Sunday
of the conference.
The conference closes on the 18th, and
will be Immediately followed by a series
of post-conferences addresses.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01
WINE HAM.

Mr.. Dodge of Malta. ILL.,, is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Charles Adams.
Leon Grout and Miss Maud Butler
spent Sunday at A. o. Premises.
Mrs. Locke is visiting her friend. Mrs.
Julia Goodnow, at A o. Premises.
Mrs. bort and son of New London,
Conn, are visiting at G.. II. Frederick's.
Misses Florence and Anna Lanphear
of Dorchester, Mass, are at II. NJ. Alb
bolts.
Windham will celebrate the Tooth an
niversary of the building of the Centre
church and Old Home Week Thursday,
August H. with appropriate exercises.
She wishes this notice to be a special
invitation to all former residents and
friends of Windham to be present on that
day.
There was a very pleasant reunion of
old friends at a lawn party, given July
% by Mrs. A. o. Prentiss at her home
at Maplenook, in honor of her three
sisters, Mrs. Kezia ]. Kemp of Lebanon,
Conn. Mrs. Mary A Root and Julia A.
Goodnow, both of Philadelphia who
were visiting her. About 40 were pres
ent. Addresses of welcome were given.
by the pastor Mr.. Roger, and Deacon
Emory Jones of Windham. There were
readings by Misses May and Helen
Adams and Miss Bella Roger, two solos
by Miss Grace Root of Philadelphia, an
original poem by Mrs. Root Supper
was served at o'clock. One of the
most enjoyable of the exercises was the
repeating of the 23d Psalm by the three
years old daughter of Mrs. Hattie Hast
ings of Chester. The guests departed
after a social hour and the singing OF
hymns
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-01
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Miss Nellie Houghton is entertaining
MRS. Ward and two children.
Miss Belle Ranney is employed for a
few weeks at Hotel Windham. Bellows
Falls.
The marriage engagement of Florence
Della Goodhue to Henry Vial Durham is
announced.
Several from this side of the hill have
been over to entertainments at West
minister recently.
week with her daughter, Mrs. A. F.
Schwenk, in Brattleboro.
VIM. B. Cutting and Miss Nellie went
to Green River last Saturday to visit
relatives. They returned Tuesday
Mrs. George NJ. Gould is expecting a
considerable addition to her number of
boarders this week They come from
New York.
Richard Boyle. who has been in the
employ of Jerome Holden. went last
week to East Westmoreland, where his
parents live.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks have picked a
large number of boxes of raspberries
left in their care at the McQuaid place,
and have sold them in Saxtons River.
The auction of the stock, farming tools
and crops occurs today. Mr.. McQuaid
is with his son in Massachusetts.
The Cutting golf links are being newly
laid out. and il is expected that they
will be well patronized during the sea-
son, particularly by the summer visitors
A tennis court is also to be arranged
there and 1t will be the most lively place
in town during the pleasant afternoons