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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-11-06

some plnce nj n distance from
d. staIrway and to eoasl:lt will low
vpSces upon the matter. While ! was
sss,ndinr. 10 these gentlemen Ippollia
Ia be9p busy with some AFFAIR ln the
further corner of her Apartment. Il l
now Ind leis,r,. 10 observe her. and
ncedced that she had procured from
som<wb.r. In the room n small bra
A's furnace OF much the sam. size
snd shape as that which modern tin.
smith In wont TO carry with him through
tAs street. She had lighted IRE OF
charcoal in Il. and Il seemed to me
nkeIy that the poor child wns endeay-
ertnx To prepare something in thi. way
Il n r~past. having been now aiinl NJ a
Aay without food. She presented
charming spectacle ms she bent over
eas furnace. her sweet face aglow
vtxh the Game of II. and I thought
What a dainty housewife she would
DAke and looked forward TO the time
vheu this goddess would preside over
ny own rnennge.
-And, score OF years after said
-. '1t came to pass
-whst dost thou sayy' exclaimed
With . fear upon me that the gentle
creature had gone Insane with the e1'
sset Of her misfor,unes
= do but proceed fair sir. with the
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tsh acfoss 'ne osao 'uy =, VI. az.
. SsnAnt. ano nao no oi'ne"'s IN us
on1sesng him. running my sword twice
Ato his carcass with the same ease
With which I would have thrust . but
80 trsR into . nrkin. The next rascal
save me Infinitely more trouble, as he
TN fr. the In niing
~, forcing the door Wide open. so that
~. confronted me fairly and squareiy.
Dafore. ! expsct.d u he gave vicious
banse with his sword and rcrntchA my
m shoulder quite seriously. Immedi-
assly sfterwari. however. ! gave him
q nsst stab through the windpipe. aud
= dropptns his weapon and ciapping
~ hand upon the blood squirting orr
-. l took the occasion to search with
The point OF my rapier, delicately and
skillfuiiy. for his vcrmiform appendix
With the result, ms ls usual in such
separations. tina, he a, once succumbed.
= The rest OF the rascals now took
nKasht at the speedy fate of their com
raAsa and beat u hasty retreat TO the
rag1ohA below
-Awd when thy father, the noble Ar
nsafs De, RAxza," said Ippoiita. who was
seiff busy with the firc which she had
seartsd In the small charcoal furnace.
'sAail come at Inst to cross the river
Dtyx--
-Ippolita." exclaimed. with some ir-
yatati6n In my voice. for | was heartily
asek ~ this tftne. -if thou hast not yet
anished, with thy taie prithec put the
sempletion OF II on until some more
s~.ntc,oy. moment-
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-11-06

manned as II 1t had pierced some rea-
sonsbly solid body. Ippolita turned and
looked at me with wondering and
somewhat frightened expression
Then came to her aid and. seizing
my sword. drew II out. though not
without some trouble. and the blade
came forth with a sort of whistiing.
signing sound. and II was Of crimson
hue. and at that moment l beard .
thud. as II some soft and heavy body
had fallen. Then Ippolita. banding me
the sharp dagger which she carried ID
her bosom. cut the canvas Of the por-
trait completely out Of its frame.
And We saw. TO our immense sur
prise. that the old portrait had covered
up q doorway leading TO dark and
narrow passage. The door of this pas
sage WAS now open. and across the sill
lay the yet warm body of q fat rascal.
into whose paunch ippoiita had stuck
my sword as she might have stuck
pin into q pincushiou. The fellow wore
a white cap and a white, greasy apron.
and | came at once to the CONCLUSION
that be YVES my fathers cook. that be
had been In league with the band OF
spitted him In the moment when he
was spying mt us through the narrow
slits which. ! now found. had been
made In the eyes or Micneiozzo-
Taking q lighted taper ana kckihg
the corpse to one side. now. followed
by lppoiiia. commenced to explore this
secret aud mysterious passag gewny-
After we had walked perhaps seventy
feet we came TO chamber ab"nt
twelve feet square md here II seemed
to end. On our way along the corriu"r
my charming companion hao found
and picked mp handkercnief. ana hi,-
er examining " minufeiy she now cf1eo
out:
by all the martyrs and Aesser san
Sicoio into the bargain this Is nausht
other than the handkerchief OF I1eo
AibiEzI. my beloved cousin and the
brother OF federigo. II Is now the hair
Of a year past that be did come TO this.
the Przzi castle. TO summon thy sire
Arpolfo to the presence Of the duke.
INV father Days passed. and he return
Ell not and it was a week afterward
that pcasant passing by the Arpo. by
which name. ar thou knowest. ts some
times called the turbulent stream
which roweth through the town. found
upon the banks of II SONS way below
the city hi. iifeless corpse. Santissima
ergine. he hath. like Ser kidoifo. been
thrown Into the PaIzi we'll and this
pns.a gc. this very room. did conduct
-Brt. fair lady I said IF hat is
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CHAPTER Y.

"A T this monent there was lpll
the proce'dings. and the
GX rogues seemed 10 retire 10
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
PEOPLES PULPIT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Miner suggest, Remedy.


Ed. Courier:-It has been in my
mind some time to write a little on or
about these so-called dust explosions,
but think it is a mistake in calling
them such, for | d. not think there is
such thing. think the proper name
for them is smoke explosion or what
might be called carbonic oxide or as
| it is better known among the miners
as white damp. One volume of this
gas with seven of air when ignited
will become mass of flames. but the
explosive force is not great except
when large quantities are ignited and
this is what | claim: When there is
a large body of it caused by SO many
shots going off in rapid succession and
the smoke of one shot coming in con-
tact with the smoke of another, the
shots so close to one another, so
many ir one entry. the white damp is
in large body and there may be one
| shot among the rest that has too much
work to do which causes an extra lot
of flames and thus ignites all the rest
| of the smoke of the other shots and
in this way causes a terrible explosion.
Some may say, do you believe that
that dust has anything to do with it?"
Yes. In one way and one way only
and this in the way of the shooting of
heavy shots which raises the dust and
mixes 1t with the hot smoke and when
the smoke explodes the dust adds lit
tie to the force of the explosion.
have worked twenty years in shooting
| coal and in some of the mines where
] worked there were from 300 to 500
men working and the mines were as
dry and dusty as any of the mines
that have explosions now, and | never
saw any explosions in these. might
be asked why. One reason is that the
coal runs from six to nine feet high
and the smoke has lots of room to ex-
pand and cool off which is not the
case in these shafts which have these
explosions. There the coal runs from
| four and one-half to five and one-half
feet, and the smoke has not the
chance to expand. 1t is confined in
SO close a place that it is almost as
hot as a fire before it explodes. The
question might then be asked, is
there no way to stop these terrible
eXplosions?" say yes. believe,
and am sure there is a way. The
only way to stop these is to use a
battery and fire all the shots in one
entry or pair of entries. | might be
asked, How will this stop them in
this way?" The smoke Of one shot
does not come in contact with the
smoke of another shot when all the
shots go off together In doing this it
would stop all damage of explosions
and it would not cost a great amount
of money 1t could be so fixed that the
| engineer could fire every shot in the
mine and whatit would cost to pay two
shot firers for three months would put
in wires and battery and in doing
this it would stop the destruction of
life and property. Yours.
John D. Green,
Exline, Appanoose County.
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bill which should not be lost sight of.
The bill is expected to find great ia
vor with the silver producing states in
the Union, in fact it is expected to
make Colorado, Nevada, Idaho repub-
lican states in future.
1t is not thought there can be great
opposition to the passage of the bill in
any quarter. and it's ultimate enact
ment into organic law is confidently
predicted.
Iowa Federal Situation.
The disclosure giving the alleged po-
sition of the President in the cases of
the deputy internal revenue collectors
in Iowa, has stirred up no small
amount of talk, all of which is not
heard. There are members who still
decline to take the view that Messrs.
kemble and Patterson have actually
been reappointed. They assert that
there is question as to that, in fact
an official in the treasury said the fill
ing and acceptance of bonds was not
necessarily to be taken as conclusive
evidence that reappointment had Or
would be made
However, your correspondent has in.
formation from another source which
is very conservative and equally as
well informed. that it is the purpose of
the President that the two collectors
should continue to hold the positions
they now hold. AS stated these gen
lemen have an official record of stand
ing fourth and fifth in list including
something over sixty collectors. 1t is
a we'll known fact that the President is
strenuous upon the point of efficiency;
he harps upon that consideration as
being the all-important one He is
known to have said that he would at
least like to see the highest nineteen
on the list retained in office. He chose
the number nineteen because there
We're nineteen collectors practically
punched as to efficiency.
On the other hand there are con
gressmen who say that the President
will certainly follow the recommends
tions Of the Iowa delegation in making
these appointments; that this has beer
done heretofore and that the President
will not be foolish enough at this time
to undertake to fly in the face of es
tablished precedent.
There are other members of the del
egation who are in the air as to what
will be done. They have heard that
the President has in mind certain new
pl1ns of his own with reference to ap
pcintments and they will not be sur
prised if he should say that in cases
siSoiiar TO those of Messrs Kemble
and Patterson he considers it his duty
to retain them for tho good of the pub
lie service. OF course there is no go
ing behind the returns; the President
is absolutely supreme. However, the
congressman occasionally have theii
turn and the question of expediency
may be suggested to the President in
de3ling with these problems
Tho next caucus will not likely oc
cur before two weeks from Saturday
April 10, and nothing may be done
the1.
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oLEo BILL PASSES.
Bogus Butter Measure Gets Out of the
Senate.

Washington, April 4.-By vote of
80 to 81 the senate adopted the bill
placing a tax of 10 cents a pound on
oleomargarine when colored in imita-
ton of butter, and tax of one-fourth
of one cent on the uncolored article. 1t
places under the provisions of the po-
lice powers of the state and territories
all oleomargarine, butterine, process,
renovated, adulterated, or imitation
butter Or cheese, or any substance in
the semblance of cheese or butter not
the product of the dairy and not made
of pure unadulterated milk or cream.
Renovated butter, as defined in the
bill, is grade of butter produced by
mixing, reworking, rechurning in milk
or cream, refining, or in any way pro-
ducing a uniform, purified, OF improved
product from different lots or parcels
of melted or unmelted butter, and in
which no acid, alkali, nor chemical has
been used for the purpose of deodoriz-
ing or removing rancidity.
The bill provides for special tax
upon manufacturers of process, reno
waited and adulterated butter of $500 a
year. and every person who sells these
articles is considered a manufacturer
Any person carrying on a business
without paying the tax is liable to a
fine of not less than $1,000, nor more
than $4,000.
Every manufacturer of process or
renovated butter is required to file
with the collector of internal revenue
of the district in which his factory is
located such inventories and bonds as
may be required by the secretary OF
the treasury, and his business must be
conducted under the surveillance OF
the internal revenue officials.
This bill has now been passed by
both branches of congress. but, as the
house measure was amended by the
senate, the measure will now go tc
conference, where the difference will
be adjusted.
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among individual members of the
house has prevailed since Henderson
became speaker. He has devoted
himself systematically and conscien-
tiously to the work of the office. What
ever criticism may be made of his adj
ministration in this and the last con-
gress, it can be said that he has al
ways ployed an open hand with men,
bers OF the house. Democrats and re-
publicans are always welcome to
knowledge OF the republican program,
and the doors of the speakers room
are always open to them. Both par
ties have been impartially dealt with
in favors of recognition. One of the
speakers characteristics has been his
concern to aid individuals in passing
their local measures.
"A distinguishing feature is the
speakers careful cooperation with
the White House. He co-operated
closely with the late President Nc
Kinley and the same policy has been
pursued with Mr.. McKinley's success
sor No important move is made in
legislation before consultation, and
the speaker requests these confer
ences quite as often as the President.
The Speakers Views.
The present speaker holds the
view that he is responsible to the
country for legislation passed by the
house. He scrutinizes constantly and
studies dlngently the vast grist of
measures sorted out by the commit
tees from a still greater mass and
strives to digest the purport of each.
Quells Revolt.
THE most notable revolt in the
house since his incumbency has just
been practically quelled-that on reel
procity concessions to Cuba. 1t has
been the most serious revolt to all ap-
pearance, in the republican member
ship for decade, and the speaker
has been the subject of censure more
or less severe throughout the country.
A letter to ex-Speaker J. H. Funk of
Iowa has been given prominence in
this connection. 1t is said for the
! speaker that he has been considerably
misrepresented, as his answer tic
Funk was rather an analysis of the
4 situation and the possibilities of solv.
ing the problem than statement of
his own personal views.
But however that may be, the
speaker has again indicated his 10y.
atty to the administration and his ca
pacity for organization He saw the
clouds gathering very early in the SEES
sion and before the situation became
acute personally took charge of his
own forces Frank j. Stillman.
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SPEAKERS CAREER.
Washington Newspaper Devotes Seven
Columns to IoWan.
Washington, April 2, 1902

Washington, April 2, 1902.
The Washington Post devotes sew
en- columns to review of the life and
deeds, military and political, of Speak
er David B. Henderson, of Iowa.
Some excerpts from this special ar
ticle will be of general interest at
this time. The Post says:
For almost three years David B.
Henderson of Iowa. has welded the
speakers gavel by the grace of repub-
lican congressman. He is third I'M
der the dynasty of cloture rule. indis-
pensable there to the latter-day view
for transacting public business. Reed
was the pioneer; Crisp followed
where Reed had blazed the way Reed
ruled by virtue of the mailed fist;
Henderson by the iron hand in vel
vet glove. With such power in his
grasp as the constitution bestows up
on no other citizen, save the President
he stands upon the pinnacle.
Height of Remarkable Career.
Speaker Henderson is in the hey
day OF very remarkable career. 1t
spans the period of six decades. The
beginning was that of an humble
Scotch lad on theoprairies of Illinois
and Iowa. The browning achieve
ment is bound to be his present office,
for he was born in foreign land and
could not, if the people were willing,
accept any higher. place. AS plucky
and as persevering as Scotchmen per-
verbally are. the present speaker has
an exceedingly picturesque personal
ity. He was as gallant soldier as
ever surveyed bloody field. His
progress in politics has been dotted
with frequent sorties that have won
him advancement.
Easy to Guess His Youth.
1T is easy to guess that in youth
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Hayesville Man Falls From
Cars and is Killed.
FOUND FRIDAY MORNING
Supposed That He Fell From Mil
waukee Train During the Night
Discovered by Bridge Men Between
HayesviIle and the Skunk River.

Hayesville, April 4.-(Special0-To
die beside the Milwaukee railroad
track with swiftly moving train
containing scores of persons uncon
scious of his fate was the lot of Bird
Utterback of this place, a young man
% years of age, whose remains were
found by Milwaukee bridge men early
this morning between Hayesville and
Skunk river. 1t is supposed that he
fell from the blind baggage while in an
intoxicated condition. The bridge
men left one of their number with the
remains of the unfortunate man and
notified the coroner at Sigourney of
their CHASTITY find. The unfortunate
man was not cut up or bruised to any
great extent but the sight of him lying
by the right-of-way in the early morn
ing light with sightless eyes staring
at the sun was anything but pleasant.
Utterback resided near this place with
his sisters of whom he has two living
on the edge of town. The remains
have not reached here and the man
ner as to how he came to his death is
all speculative except that his habits
are known and these bear out the fact
that he probably fell from the train
and was killed. Utterback was known
to have had no objection to taking a
drink but was not considered bad
fellow. 1t is thought here that he
might have been riding the blind bag
gage" while others think that he must
have been on top of the coaches.
Was in sigourney.
Sigourney, April 4.-(Special)-
Bird Utterback. who was killed last
night by falling from south bound
Milwaukee passenger train was in this
city last evening. 1t was noticed that
he was somewhat intoxicated and was
far from being unable to care for him
self. The only way that his death can
be accounted for is that he boarded
the fast Milwaukee train and either
fell off or finding that he was being
carried by Hayesville, jumped off and
was killed. Utterback was about %
years of age and was unmarried.
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TO REFORM WOMEN.
House Passes Bill Establishing Place
of Detention at Knoxville.

Des Moines, April 4-(SpeciaD-
The house this morning passed the
bill establishing reformatory for wo-
men at Knoxville. A bill was also
passed providing for a tenth of mill
tax for the state normal school and
one-fifth of mill each for the state
university and state agricultural col
lege.
The Molesberry bill is made spec
ial order for this afternoon.
j. E. Morcombe.
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FRlGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Mother and Child Burn to Death While
Father Looks On.

St. Louis, April AIRS. Clara
Ward, 80 years old, the wife of Will
liam w. Ward, and her ten months
old baby, Mabel, We're fatally, and her
fve-year-old son seriously burned by
the explosion of kerosene lamp from
which the mother was pouring oil into
a heating stove at her home. The
father and husband is an invalid and
was so severely shocked by the acct
dent that he is in a dangerous condi-
ton.
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90 a m 1910 a nj
IOWA CENTRAL RAILWAY. /,

10 w a StSt~ I ftzhI1 ie-hfi1 " q +
Time of trains carrying passengers at
lIedrick, Iowa Effective July list, 1901.
Going North.
No. 3--St. Paul Express daily. 1880 m
No. 5-Mason City Mail Qlx. Sum 2:10 m
No. Way Freight Tex. Sun.)... 800 IN
Going South
No. 6-Peoria Mail (Ex. SUM. 1920 m
No. Way. Freight lex. SUM ..T:45 m
No 4-Peoria Express daily -. $40 m
Coupon tickets on sale to all points In the
United States. Canada and Mexico. For
rates, folder, etc, call on or address
GEO. S. BATTY, II. H.. KENNY,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt., Agent
Marsballtowp, Ioya. Hedrick, Ia
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MISS STONE ON ROAD HOME.
Late Captive Missionary Sails Today
From London.

London, April 4.-Miss Ellen M.
Stone sailed for New York on the
steamer Deutschland today. She will
begin lecturing in aid of missions al
most Immediately after her arrival in
The United States.
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LOSE LIVES ON RAIL.
Two Men Die in Wreck and Others
Are Hurt.

Are Hurt.
Pittsburg, April 4.-Two men were
killed, one was seriously injured and
a number of cars wrecked and cattle
killed by a freight wreck at Crak Dell,
Pa, on the Pennsylvania railroad this
morning.
The dead are:
Harry Dheen, fireman, Williams
port.
w. B. MosHER, brakeman, clean,
N. Y.
The wreck was caused by land
slide.
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Hiah Grade Cattle.

Newton, April 4.-Fifty-four pure
bred shorthorns sold in this city yes
terday at the stock sale for $21, $50, an
average of 1899 each.
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WABASH.

Arrive. Depart.
Kansas City & st. Louis a6:15 am as go pm
Kansas City & st. Louis a7:00 pm aS:25 am
Freight trains carrying passengers be-
tween Ottumwa and MOnlton:
Fast freight. .al2:1O m a2:30 p m
Local freight -. bS:00 p IN d3:00 a m
aDaily. bExcept Sunday.
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NORTHERN RAILWAY. Trains arrive
and depart from Union Passenger Station,
Burlington, Iowa. Depart. Arrive.
Minneapolis, StPaul Wa
SEGA, Albert Lea, Wa
tertown, Sioux Falls,
Esthervile, Iowa Falls,
and Cedar Rapids -. 900 p m 6:45 q nj
Jefferson Street Passen-
ger Station:
Minneapolis, St.Paul, Wa
SEGA, Albert Lea, Wa
tertown, Sioux Falls,
and Cedar Rapids =. e:15 p m 6:35 m
Davenport. Iowa City,
Cedar Rapids, Water
loo Rockford. Grinnell,
Des Moines, etc ...... 1925 n m 6:45 p nj
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls,
Baskerville. Spirit Lake,
Sioux Falls, Worthing- ~ ~
ton, Waterloo, Albert
Lea, Waseca, Minneap-
lis, st. Paul ........, 4:22 m 1910 nj
Davenport, Iowa City, &C.
dar Rapids. Columbus
e er4y .'s anu west ll' 7:s5 m 1855 M
ana way 49,. J. J. e:s4 m 4:so m
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TRAINS LEAVING JEFFERSON
STREET UNION STATION.
A. j. Packard, Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.

Arrive. Depart
Milwaukee >. .d1 80 m b2:s5 a m
Chicago, Cedar Rapids.
Kansas City & South
Kansas City and local b5:30 p m b10:2O IN
No 90, east hound, leaves. 1900. 7:30 a m
No "a, east Bound, leaves. $3.50. .10:45 a m
No 81, west bound, leaves. ....... 6:45 a m
No. 81. west bound, leaves. $50. II 30 m
These are freights leaving Ottumwa
Junction.
a Daily. b Except Sunday Except
Freight trains arrive at and depart from
Ottumwa Junction.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS &
NORTHERN RAILWAY. Trains arrive
and depart from Union Passenger Station,
Rurlngton Iowa.: Depart Arrive