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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

file but the rest C. the departments
property went tn way OF the flames
practically in its entirety,
Slight Damage Near Origin,
Next to the dairy and food depart.
ment and directly underneath the
place Of the origin OF the fire, is the
office of the secretary OF the state
board of agriculture, John NJ, True,
One cf the strangest things about the
tire was that this office was practically
undamaged A foot OF water stands
on the floor now, but the secretary's
desk and other furniture were not
even sinsed, The supposed t,reproof
constructor, was helpful,
Great Vault Barrier.
The state land office is near the 70.
tUUda just north of the state tax com.
mission offices, The great vault OF the
land office is between the departments,
and this seems to have acted as an of.
teetive barrier against the progress of
the fire The records Of the land of.
flee were not seriously or extensively
damaged and are practically secure
from harm. The records and property
are being taken to the Reyes block at
West Main and South Carroll streets
and this (second tloorl will he the tenn.
porary headquarters oC the land dc.
partment
Whole North Wing Intact,
The entire north wing OF the build,
ing including the Offices of the state
board of control, state insurance com,
missioner commissioner of banking
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

laturoB. but the shell of .lo former
chambers remain Tower ng more
proudly than oyer. II !, siblp. III the
Great Whit3 come intact, but badly
smoaed Blaskencd walls ana hang.
Ing debris threaten the Ecraon who
ventures near the central portion or
the building 81 the east and -sest On.
frances lht impression forces ID.
self upon the mind Of the observer
that. while the damaee might be re-.
paired and the burned PORTION fepla
ed. the better business solution would
be to entirely reconstruct the capitol
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

are substantially undamaged and all
their records are safe The destruc-
ton was extensive In the second floor
and here the fire had its widest
spread The state treasury agents Of,
fee was uudamaged alone OF all the
second floor, except the supreme court
and law library quarters
G, A, r, Loss,
The q, \, r. collection, including
Old Abe. was wholly destroyed; but all
hattlenags were saved
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

and attorney general is intact and the
property safe, excepting the damage
done by breakage and by the hurried
removal Of books The board of CON
troll offices We're seriously threatened
and Secretary M, j. Tappins, Mrs.
rappins, Prof. and Mrs. A. ID. Conover,
A. c. Lorum and others removed the
records Of tho Institutions Several
drayloads Of records were taken to the
architect offices and rooms Of A. u.
CCnoyer, member of the board Of con
troll, in the Brown block on Pinckney
street to remain there until the plac
ing of the various departments Is de.
termined
Pharmacy Wiped Out.
The state board of pharmacy had
desk room in the offices of the adju.
tant generals pension department near
where the fire started and all the phar,
macy boards property was destroyed
A. +. Mcnges Of Madison chairman OF
the board was unable to enter the de.
partmcnt when he arrived, that part
of the building being quick to follow
the assembly chamber into ruins.
Loss Less Than Anticipated.
When the fire was extinguished It
was found that the extent Of the dam.
age was by far less than at first antic.
ipated The departments OF the i'm.
portant administrative functions Of
the state government were not greatly
damaged in respect TO records and the
damage to the building itself is not so
great even as to preclude the possibil
ity of reconstruction were such n
course deemed wise Perhaps $500
900. in the opinion Of architects who
have examined the ruins, would re-.
store the burned portions. The depart
ments Of the governor, secretary Of
state treasurer. and attorney genera
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

dating from the center g - 49,
of the capitol, The fire started direct,
~ over the office Of the state board of
agriculture in cloak and toilet room
and spread to all the immediate yicin,
ity, travelling first to the assembly and
senate chambers Of the legislative
bodies The four departments under
the senate and assembly chambers
were wholly destroyed,
Pension Claims Saved.
The employees in the adjutant gener
ais office saved the desks III General
Boardman'S room and Pension Clerk
c. II. Russell saved the pending life
claims for pensions. Otherwise the
state military and pension department
was nearly totally destroyed. The civ
il war records are with the other books
OF the department in the vault and are
believed to be safe, although the vault
has not yet been opened. All the files
of the pensions, duplicates of the rec.
ords on file in The national pension
building in Washington. were de.
stroyed
Gen, Bryant Comes Early.
The department of public property
is completely burned out, but large
part of the property of considerable
value was saved. The property of the
department is largely supplies and not
of the great value of that in the other
departments Of the state house and
only the official records ana the most
valuable property could be saved.
General George r. Bryant, the super
intendent of public property, was at
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

Viewed from a distance 81 one
block Or more the capitol buIidinG
presents practically the zane appear
anfe fOIay that il DID be orr the IRE.
As The spectator draws nearer be n
impressed with d sense ~ disaster.
more by that peculiar odor following
q eonfia9ra..on and the feeling tina,
the state and city have suffered a
1erions loss than BY the obje Is NICE
ing the vision Walls and pillars ar
standing but in the eaat and west
wings where have convened the lefie.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE MAY NOT
Be NECESSARY BUILDING COMM|S-
SION ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
Official Departments in Improvlsed Quar-
ters--Governor Issues Statement Q;
Extent Of Damage Wrought
By ConfIagration

iSon and Milwaukee were bent TO eX-
tinguish the smoldering heaps of fire
that remained of the central portion
of the building surrounding the dome,
The last of the fierce blazes were in
the south end Of the building on the
third and fourth floors, where tons OF
books and periodicals belonging to
the state free library commission were
stored. The fire here was hardest to
put out and much of the burning ma
terial vas thrown to the ground below
after having been thoroughly soaked
with the great streams of water from
the Milwaukee and Madison pumping
steamers.
Stopped at Supreme Court.
The progress of the flames in the
north end Of the building was arrested
before noon just as the fire was about
to enter the supreme court chamber
having destroyed the rooms of the SUI
preme court reporter and the apart
ments of the capitol building commits
sion Before this time the thousands
and thousands of volumes of valuable
law books had been removed from the
state law library by a great line of
students and townspeCple and piled in
to great heaps on the sidewalks. The
books were afterward carted away in
large sleighing party outfits to a va.
cant store in the Slichter block on
North Carroll street and also to the
university gymnasium.
All Departments Damaged.
The various departments were all
more or less damaged although the
state treasury was the least inter.
fered with. Before daylight Assistant
State Treasurer T. M. Purtel and a
corps of assistants started to remove
the valuables and records of the de.
partment to a place Of safety outside
the burning building and later to a
suite of rooms over the Capital City
bank.
Treasury Resumes Business.
At this place the offices of the state
treasurer were open at o'clock for
the regular transaction of business.
All the furniture of the department
that was to be moved was saved with
little loss except for breakage sus.
tanned in the haste of getting out
There was only some $4,000 in cash in
the vault at the time Of the fire This,
with all the other valuables and rec
ords was saved. The same IS true of
the records in all the important offices
Starts in Cloak Room.
The greatest damage was wrought
in the center of the building surround.
ing the dome. in those departments ra-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

the home of Chief Clerk Levi M Bre'
see. three blocks from the capitol, and
was early at the fire. The direction OF
the capitol labor force in directive
work Of saving the valuable records
and as much property as possible was
ia charge Of Assistant superintendent
of Public Property G. G. Bennett.
Railroad Records Safe.
The valuable records Cf the depart.
mcnt of the state commissioner OF rail-
roads were safe in the vault of the de-
Dartment and unframed The NOV.
able Office parapEernalia was taken out
by Deputy Commissioner j. w. Win
terbotham and assistants to the snow
in the park and thence to rooms in
the Fairchild block at South Pinckney
and East Mai streets commissioner
Thomas arrived on the scene early as
a train from Chicago could bring him,
hC having gC"u fortune IN catching a
train a few moments after he was in
formed by long distance telephone of
the fire The railroad department Is
now settled for business.
Tax Commission Losses.
One of the most serious losses Of
the conhagration was the burning Of
the Offices of the state tax commission.
Only the most important old records
were in the vault, the statistics re-
ga, ding the enforcement Of the new
laws on taxation being largely in the
outer Offices ana there entirely con.
sumed Net n piece Of furniture,
book or any other property was re-
moved from the Offices of the commits.
sion. Whatever was there burned.
The old books cf the department were
in the vault. but the vast quantity OF
reference data and compilations in the
Offices and desks Of the three commits
sioncrs and the secretary and clerks
were destroyed In this department
the loss was practically complete
School Office Consumed
In the ONCE Of the superintendent Of
public instruction little property was
saved though the vault pre- lmed II
be safe. contained the most important
records and other valuabl2 material
was in the small iron safe OF Chief
Clerk G. L. Harper The desks of the
inspectors Assistant Superintendent
G. A. Donnelly. Chief Clerk Harper j.
rary clerks and assistants we're de.
stroyed, together with Tauch Of the
other property Of the department.
Many Statistics Burned.
Toward the executive (south) end Of
the building, on the main floor, the Of.
fees Of the state board Of regents Of
normal schools were completely
burned out. together with large part
Of the records therein contained TIE
next department to the south on the
same side Of the corridor, that Of Hal
ford Erickson, commissioner II labor
and industrial statistics, was also com
pletely destroyed together with all the
and extensively gathered sta
tistics of the department Commits
sioner Erickson was able to establish
temporary headquarters In the rooms
Of the Forty Thousand club In the Full.
Ter opera house block
Food Department Suffers.
Across the corridor from the Stats
teal department the state dairy and
food department was badly damaged /
Inspector James T. Moore was able 70
save bis travelling case and n letter
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

Then you have no sympathy for
the deserving poor?' said the charity
worker.
"Me2" retorted the selfmade man;
why. sir have nothing but SYM
pathy"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

TIME SCHEDULE OF FIRE.
Still aIacm 'phoned IN ......3:2o a. m.
General alarm sounded 49,. 3:45 q. m
Milwaukee assistance asked ,4:75 :. m,
Milwaukee engines arrive. $50 {. M.
Milwaukee engines work $3.50 a. m.
Fire controlled ..,,..,.,.... 10 a. M.
Virtually extinguished 80. $50 p. NJ.
Taps, fire out, rung ........,6:45 p. m.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
IlIinois pioneer Dies.

Springfield, ILL.,. Feb. 17Garret
Young, a pioneer settler Of sangamon
county and one Of the most extensive
land owners OF central Illinois. died
yesterday at Paunee, aged IS years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
AN HISTORIC
COMPLICATION
Burns Twelve Hours.

Madison, Feb. 80
After burning continuously for 10
hours, most of the time furiously, the
fire in the Wisconsin state capitol
which began at about $3.50 Saturday
morning, was placed under control
and the efforts of the ffremen of Mad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
Minnesota Convention.

81. paul. Feb. 27.--The democratic
state convention to select a delegation
t. the national convention will be held
at Duluth June %.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
LOSS ONLY $500, 900.

Architect Lew F. Porter, by direction
of Governor La Toilette, made careful
examination of the capitol ruins and
estimated the property less at not to
exceed 100000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
LOSS To LIBRARY
COMMISSION
ALL RECORDS SWEPT AWAY ~
FIRE,
YEARS OF LABOR GONE

Exhih Is for ST. Loais Exposition De.
stroyed and Also Mieo MarVin's
Whole Technical Equipment Tor
the instruction Oepartment--rem'
porary offices,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03
Food Department Suffers.

Across the corridor from the stats
teal department the state dairy and
food department was badly damaged
Inspector James T. Moore was able 70
save bis travelling case and letter
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

the home of Chief Clerk Levi NJ Bre'
see. three blocks from the capitol, and
was early at the fire. The direction OF
the capitol labor force in effective
work Of saving the valuable records
and as much property as possible was
ia charge Of Assistant Superintendent
of Public Property G, G. Bennett.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-03-03

TIME SCHEDULE OF FIRE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-13
hHrs y y s.iiaslor az o.,

Mrs. j. &. shasler, Of Sioux
City, is in the Valley. the guest
|of Ida u. Wise.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Deal re-
'tWfned from Sioux City this
a. sternoon, where they had been
visit ;ug friends.
Harry Cox and wife of Den
yer, will arrive in the Valley
this evening for a weeks visit
with Major Cox and wife and
the C. A. Walker family.
Mrs. A. Edgecomb enter
tanned Mrs. Alex Finlayson of
Blair and Mrs. Schultz-Pierce
at dinner today.
j. M. Beckley and wife left
for Tilden, Neb., this morning,
where Mr.. Beckley has a big
ranch sale next Tuesday.
The following are the candi-
dates for township officers NOM
mated by the republican caucus
this afternoon: A. G. Brown,
A. B. Hosbrook, justices; w. A.
Stewart, Geo. 7. Cox, consta-
bles; Harvey Foss, clerk; z.
West, Trustee; w. A. Fouts,
laSSpsSOr
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-13
A Good Thing

German Syrup is the special prescrip-
ton of DR. n Boschee, q celebrated Gel
man physician, and Is acknowledged
to lie one of the most fortunate discov-
cries in medicine. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds and all lung troubles of
the severest nature, removing, as it
does, the cause Of the affection and
leaving the parts in strong and
healthy condition. 1t is not an exper
mental medicine. but has stood the
test of years, giving satisfaction in
every case. which its rapidly increasing
sale every season confirms. Two mill
ion bottles sold annually. Boschee's
German Syrup was introduced in the
United States in 1868, and is now sold
in every town and village in the civil
lied world. Three doses will relieve
snv ordinary cough. Price IS cents.
2 u s Osborne,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-13
Mrs. w. Drake spent Satur-
day in Omaha visiting friends.
PLAGUE Of THE NIGHT.
Keeps Thousands Of People ii
Missouri Valley Awake.

Keeps you awake; can't sleep
a wink. Bad enough if you lose
your rest, but it's harder ssill to
bear at work. Breeds misery
by day and profanity by night.
Know what it is? The bane of
all classes of people itching
piles. Itch, itch, nearly drives
you crazy. Hard to bear, hard
to walk, hard to sit down. Don't
stand it any longer. There's
relief for everyone, prompt and
permanent. Doan's Ointment
relieves at once. Doan's Oint-
ment cures permanently piles,
eczema and all skin diseases.
Read what a local citizen says:
j. II. Wilkinson, foreman in
the round house, living on Mich
igan street, says Doan's ONT
mentment is a wonderful rene
dy. For years itching hemor-
rhoids commonly called piles,
gave me untold annoyance. No
one but those driven to exas-
peration by this tormenting af-
Fiction has the faintest idea
what a sufferer endures and
when a remedy is at last pro-
cured which does it's work thor
oughly and promptly the suffer
|er is only too pleased to let his
friends and acquaintance know
the means employed so that they
may profit by his experience. 1t
is to be remembered that | tried
remedy after remedy, all guar
anteed to be sure cures for piles,
but none of them brought any
permanent reliaf or | never
would have been forced to go
Is G. S. Osborne's drug store
for Doan's Ointment. The first
application soothed, | continued
the treatment greatly encour-
aged and in a very short time
the tormenting affection disap-
peared."
For sale by all dealers. Price
SOC. Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
falo, N. Y, sole regents for the
United States.
Remember the name Doan's,
and take no substitute.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-13
ELLIOTT AND HARVEY, DRUGGISTS.

| Miss Daisy Shear, Of Little
Sioux, returned to her home
Saturday evening after a
visit in this city with Mrs. M.
lehman.
Frank Goodrich went on the
road Saturday for the Jetter
Wall Paper Co., of Omaha.
Clarence Bell left for the
Worlds Fair this morning.
Mrs. Price Richmond is the
guest Of Omaha friends today.
VIM. Neufind and son, Chef
are attending the horse sale in
South Omaha today. They will
also order the rubber tired rigs
for their new livery stable.
Rev. Fulkrod, of the Baptist
church, left for Mondamin this
morning, near which place he
will hold a two weeks meeting.
81 was almost a miracle. Bur
dork Blood Bitters cured me of
a terrible breaking out all over
the body. am very grateful"
Miss Julia Filbridge, West Corn
we'll, Conn, OBJ
W. H. Harvey, of the Dress
Cutting College, spent Sunday
with his family in Sioux City.
Mrs. H. q. Brandriff and
daughter Jessie returned home
from Omaha Saturday evening
after a few days visit there.
During the hard wind yes
terday the awning in front of
Stoddard's was torn to pieces.
Ed Carter, Miss Hila Carter
and Miss Matte Coleman were
the guests of friends in Council
Bluffs Sunday.
Frank Sherwood and wife of
Spokane, Washington, arrived
in the Valley last night and
are the guests of DR.. p. T.
Giddings and wife. They will
remain in the Valley about
two weeks.
Mrs. Noah Creagor, of Coun-
ell Bluffs, is here today.
Miss Lulu Darling spent
Sunday at her home in the
country.
George Christman is in Wood
bine today figuring on an addi-
ton to the Presbyterian Church
in that place.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-13


Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Fensleis,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Clarke, of
CORTLAND, N. y, Misses FL
eanor and Bess Fensler spent
Sunday in the country with G..
7. Oneal and family.
Frank Sherwood was appoint
ed last week by the Governor of
Oregon, a member of the State
Board Of Emigration.
Master Mechanic Pratt, wife
and daughter Verna, are home
from a visit to friends in Chica-
so.
Mrs. w. r. Cox is visiting
friends in Council Bluffs.
Mrs. w. R. Collision and
daughter, Miss Pearl O'Brien.
left for their home in Hope,
Arkansas, this afternoon, after
a visit with the Tim O'Conncr
family. They will stop a week
at the Worlds Fair.
III. C. Reel received a tele-
phone message yesterday that
Willie Hill had died at his
home in Magnolia that morn
ing. He was a brother of Mrs.
Reel.
Alvin H. Connolly came up
from Kansas City Saturday for
a Sunday visit with his parents,
Major and Mrs. Connolly, be-
fore they left for California
They will leave for Pasadena
Tuesday. Mrs. Seymour Nc.
Gavren, of Sacramento, Cal.
will 90 with them that far.
Gale Mills, democratic can.
didate for Recorder, was i'm the
Valley this morning on his way
to the west side. Mr.. Mills is
making a thorough canvass Of
the county, and his prospects
of election are fairly good.
Miss Lulu Beagle and Miss
Edith Amen returned from
Shenandoah today, where they
have been attending the Chris
tian Endeavor convention.
Mrs. w. Drake spent Satur
day in Omaha visiting friends
4 Ross Smith returned home tt
Boone last evening after spend
ling Sunday with his sister, Mrs
George Gaver.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-10-13
Monday Set 10

Attorney Bassett, of Little
Sioux, was a Valley visitor to-
day.
Hal Newton left for Rock
Island this afternoon. where he
has secured a position in the
railroad shops.
O. S. Woolcott and wife, Of
near Central City, Neb., a for
mer citizen Of this section, are
visiting friends in the Valley.
Monarch oyer pain. Burns,
cuts, sprains, stings. Instant
relief. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil.
At any drug store. OBJ
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Phillips
left this morning for Karl,
Arkansas, their future home.
A. A. Christie left for Dunlap,
this evening, where he goes to
take the foremanship of the Re
porter office.
Mrs. Abe Daniels went to
Omaha this afternoon to attend
a meeting of the Christian Sci
ence order.
Ed Wood, of Council Bluffs,
was in the Valley today.
]. S. Wattles was in Monda-
min, today on business.
Postmaster Morton, of Mo-
dale, was a Valley visitor today.
S. F. Banner and wife, who
have been in the Valley the
/ guests of B. A. Mckay, left fol
st. Paul this morning.
Mrs. Isaac Smith died at her
home in this city Sunday at 8
a. M, aged So years, 3 months
and 2 days, of cancer of the
stomach. She had been a resi-
dent of Harrison county almost
all her life. Her husband was
killed on the G.. & N. w. in
Council Bluffs some three years
ago by being hit by a passenger
train. The funeral was held
from the Presbyterian church
this afternoon at 2 o'clock.