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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
SEVEN PERISH
IN HOTEL FIRE
FLAMES PROVE FATAL IN De-
POT HosTELRY AT Wa
BAsHA, MINI.
BODIES OF VICTIMS
BURNED TO A CRISP
When Taken from Ruins corpses Are
Scarcely Recognizable-Man Loses
Life in Heroic Attempt to Rescue
Hotel Patrons.

Wabasha, MINI, July 19.-Seven
lives were lost in a disastrous fire,
which destroyed the Hoffman, house,
located at the depot, at an early hour
Tuesday.
The dead: Mrs. Fred T. Hoffman,,
and seyen-months-old babs.
James Hunt, bus driver.
Gertrude Stauschoerr, dining-room
girl.
Rebecca Hammond, domestic
Robert Johnson, express messenger.
- Cook, engineer, died at hos
pital.
Escape Cut OF.
The fire, which started in the kitch-
en- from an overturned lamp, spread so
rapidly that 1t was impossible to save
anything. The guests on the second
floor managed to escape with but
slight injuries, but egress from the
third floor, where the proprietress and
the servants slept, was cut on by the
flames, and they were burned to deatl
in their beds, with the exception Of
Hunt, who is said to have escaped
from the building, but later returned
to attempt to rescue the others and lost
his life in the attempt. Mr.. Cook
jumped from a window on the second
floor, alighting on brick Sidewalk
and fracturing his skull.
Corpses Burned to Crisp.
For time 1t was feared that the lis
of victims would prove to be greater
as the hotel was filed with guests, bu
. search Of the ruins resulted in tn,
| discovery of only the bodies Of thos
named. The corpses were burned al
most to a crisp and were barrel.
recognizable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
The Point Of view.

The optimist-There's nothing like
hope.
The Pessimist-There certainly isn't
for feeling . psrsen.--cinctnnatl In.
duirer. s
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21

Cresco.
West 20 feet of east 40 feet of north
20 feet Of lot 16, west Is feet OF lots IA,
Is and 16, block 7, Beadle and Strong 3
addition.
North so feet Of lots /, Q and 8, block
8, Beadle d Strong's addition to Cres-
co.
South 100 feet of lots /, 2 and 8, block
8, Beadle 81 Strong's addition to Cres-
co.
Lots 4, 8, g, I and 5, block 8, Beadle
b Stropg's addition to Cresco.
Lot 9, block 8, Beadle a Strong's adj
dition to Cresco.
Lots 10 and II, block 8, Beadle &
Strong IS addition.
Lot IL and east half Of 10, block 8,
Beadle & Strong's addition,
Lot IA and west half of Is, block s,
Beadle y Strong's addition.
so feet, south 100 feet Of lot l6, block 8
Beadle & Strong's addition.
West "a feet Of north 80 feet OF lot Is
north SO feet OF lot l6, block 8, Beadle
g. Strong's addition.
Lots i, 3 and west half of 8, block 9
Beadle g. Strong's addition.
East half of lot 3, block 9, Beadle 4
Strong's addition.
Lots 4, 5, 8, and 8, block 8, Beadle
& Strong's addition.
Lots 8, 10 and north half Of II, bloch
| o, Beadle u Strong's addition.
South half OF lot IL, block 8, Beadle
Il Strong's addition.
Lot IL and east halt of -, block o
Beadle & Strong's addition.
Lot IA and west half of -, block 8
Beadle & Strong's addition.
Lots 10 and l6, block 8, Beadle 8
Strong's addition.
Lot 2, block 10, Beadle g. Strong'l
addition.
Lot and west quarter Of lot 4, block
10, Beadle q Strong's addition.
East three.quarters Of lot 4, west hal!
of 5, block 10, Bead]e 3 Strong's add
ton,
Lots 8, . and east half OF 8, block 10
Beadle q Strong's addition.
Lots, block 10, Beadle & Strong'i
addition to Cresco.
Lot 8, block 10, Beadle & Strong
Lot 10, block 10, Beadle 3 strong'l
Lot II, block 10, Beadle & strong'l
aQQltlOn.
Lots 10 and IS, block 10, Beadle
Strong's addition.
And that said plat and schedule
showing the separate lots and parcels
of land subject to assessment therefor
and list or schedule of the names Of
all the property owners OF such prop
erty SO far as known, and the amour,
to be assessed against each lot or par
eel Of land, is now on file in the Office
Of the city clerk Of, Cresco, iowa, ant
that within twenty days after the frs
publication of this notice, all objections
to such assessments or to the prior pro
ceedings on account OF errors, irregu
larities or inequalities must be made
| in writing and filed with said clerk il
order that said errors, If any, may bt
corrected. Unless within said periot
you appear and make known any such
error in said assessments, assessments
will be made in accordance with suct
plat and schedule by the city council
and delivered to the county auditor al
provided by law.
Date Of first publication, July Is, 1905
Time for objection expires, Aug. 3
1905.
P. j. McCullow,
City Clerk
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-07-21
All Is HARMONY,

M. Witte had a final interview with EN-
peror Nicholas at Peterhof Tuesday. For
eign Minister Count Lamsdorff was
present, showing the complete harmony
of views between M. Witte and the
foreign minister. NJ White leaves St.
Petersburg for Paris Wednesday ac-
companied by Nine. Witte. At Paris
they meet their daughter, who is the
wife of the secretary of the Russian le-
cation at Brussels, Nine. White has no
intention of joining her husband later
In America
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
MANY ATTEND
FAIR OPENING
Bush Street Temple Bazaar
Opens AuSpiciously in
Art Gallery of Pavilion
PROMINENT MEN SPEAK
Mayor Schmitz. Julius Kahn
and Rabbi kaplan Address
the Visitors and Workers

The :air for the benefit OF the Bush
street temple opened under most favor
able auspices last night in the art gal
iery Of Mechanics Pavilion. The place
was thronged by thousands Of persons OF
every faith and Manager Leon Dennery
SAID II was the most successful beginning
OF an affair ever prompted by the church.
Mayor. Schnlitz made a brief address and
told of The generosity Of the jewish
people and their willingness 10 aid those
of other denominations lie wished the
promoters every success in their venture
and assured them he would do all in his
power 10 help the good work along.
Congressman julius Kahn made clev-
er speech and invited every one 10 step
up and help the ladies. Next Leon Den
nery. the master of ceremonies of the
evening and the busiest man in the house.
declared the far formally opened. The
rushing business commenced then and
continued till nearly midnight.
The fair is given for the purpose of
aiding the building fund of the Bush
street temple il will continue all week.
ending on next Sunday night with a
grand ball, in which all the prominent
members Of the congregation will take
part.
The pavilion was tastefully decorated
with a profusion Of flowers and bunting.
Many boothS were distributed ABOUT the
place and all did a rushing business dur
ing the evening. Fair maids presided
over the various attractive stalls and they
were as busy as bees while the fun lasted.
Rabbi Bernard n. Kaplan expressed
thanks in behalf of the congregation to
the ladies' and gentlemen of the temple
who are giving their efforts to making
the fair a success DR.. Kaplan was much
pleased with the outlook and expects the
fair TO be a record breaker.
The music Of the evening was furnished
by the columbia Park Boys Club Band.
The fair viii be open every afternoon and
evening during the week. Special days
have been set apart for various societies
and organiza tfons.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Thief MAKES
S9O,OOO HAUL
Steals Three Diamonds
Cut From the World
Famous Excelsior Stone
HE LEAVES NO CLEW
Tiffany & Co. of New York
Have Detectives of Two
Continents at Work
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, May 2o-Three diamonds
cut from the world-famous Excelsior
stone and valued in the aggregate at
$4,000, have disappeared from the shop
of Tiffany & Co. Satisfied that they
were stolen by some person in their en-
ploy, but mystified by the strange cir
cumstances connected with the theft and
the absence of clews. the company has
set in motion the detective forces of two
continents in it's endeavor to recover the
precious gems.
In all ten diamonds were cut from the
Excelsior last fall shortly after its pur-
chase by Tiffany from an English syndi-
cate.
The stone was found at Jagersfontein,
South Africa, in 1893 and in the rough
weighed 9n carats. 1t was the largest
diamond that has ever been cut up, and
the total value of the ten stones taken
from it was $500, 900.
The robbery was committed in the
workshop on the afternoon of May 4.
The theory is that the theft was com
mitted by some one in the shop who
knew the value of the stones.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
DRY FARMING
IS A SUCCESS
May Result in the Recla-
nation of Millions of
Acres of Arid Land
SIMPLE METHOD USED
Soil Loosely Narrowed to
Keep 1t Soft and Retain
Meager RainfalFs Moisture
Special Dispatch to The Call.

OMAHA, Nea.. May 20.-The short
grass country of Western Nebraska
and Wyoming, together with Northern
Colorado, is thoroughly aroused over
dry farming and is seeing vision of
a time to come when the snort grass"
country will disappear and in place of
its hundreds sof thousands of acres OF
land upon which cattle now Craze there
will be great crops of wheat, corn. al
falfa and sugar beets.
BY dry farming is meant the culti-
walton of land without irrigation in any
form whatever. The lands affected are
those millions of acres of semi arid
lands il the great West, which are now
turned over to cattle, prairie dogs, rat
tlesnakes and owls. A small portion of
these lands have beer placed /. under
bitches and are being irrigated, pro-
ducing heavy returns on all crops. But.
if the efforts of those interested in
/ dry farming" prove successful, there
will be added TO the cultivated areas
hundreds of millions of acres of lands
now considered valuable only for graz
ing purposes.
The system used in dry farming" is
ridiculouslv simple. Late in. the sum-
mer the soil is splowed very deep. 1t
is laid over in iobse burrows and when
the meager rainfall comes the loose
soil retains the moisture where 1T
would not even remain damp in hard
ground. To prevent evaporation the
soil is loosely scratched. The follow
ing spring the crop is put in and culti-
waited in the same manner as in other
States Crops are raised only every
other year. however, under this system,
the ground being permitted to rest
each alternating. year. Already several
small farms in Eastern Wyoming have
produced thirty-hve bushels to the
acre of first-ciass wheat. where for
merly no wheat whatever was grown
except under the irrigating ditch.
Equally az large crops OF corn, alfalfa
and sugar beets are promised to those
who follow tie same course of culti-
Vation.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
NOT WORRYING
/. ABOUT RUMORS
Grand Jury Is Unconcerned
Over the Alleged Collins
MaeStretti Combination
BOWES TO STEP ASIDE
Foreman Andrews viii Re-
sumo Reins-Mrs. McCur-
dy to BE further Quizzed

The story that George D. Collins and
Frank A. Maestretti have joined forces
to fight the Grand Jury does not seem
to worry either Foreman Andrews or
Acting Foreman Bowes. Both declared
that they heard that the lawyer and
the Board of Works Commissioner had
combined TO put the jury out of bust
ness" but had decided TO take no ac-
tion in the matter.
i have heard something of the sort,
said Andrews, but 1 believe it is
largely rumor. AS yet 1 see no reason
10 take it seriously"
Then the Grand Jury will not in
vestigate the story?" was asked
Not at all. 1t is not worth our
while"
The inquiry into what Tax Collector
Smith did with the money he stole
from the city was continued yesterday.
II was intended to examine several
bankers and brokers, but Foreman An
drews. who is conducting the investi-
cation. found it impossible to find the
most important witnesses, and little
was done Alfred Lilienfeld, foreman
of a previous Grand Jury. was about
the only witness who could be located.
A meeting of the. entire Grand Jury
will be held in Judge Lawlor's court on
Tuesday. At that time Foreman An
drews will be reinstated in the position
he left to pursue the Investigations into
the case of the absconding Tax Collec-
tor, and Bowes' reign as acting fore
man will be ended.
Mrs. McCurdy, mother of George D.
Collins second wife, has been sub
penaed to appear at this meeting. Act
ing Foreman Bowes has collected evil
dence which may contradict her story
that Collins and his second wife did
not live as husband and wife in this
State
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
CITY TO HELP
RAISE BABIES
Nurseries to Be Maintained,
Milk Supplied and Mothers
Aided in English Town
HUDDERsFIELD SCHEME
Women Will Be Sent to the
Homes, Where Births Are
Reported, to Give Lessons
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, May 20.-Huddersfeld, the
most progressive of Yorkshire manufac-
turing towns, is going in for form of
municipal enterprise which is certainly
unique in Great Britannia by-raising.
The local government Intends devoting its
energies to keeping alive and making
healthy the babies that succeed In gain
ing an entrance into the world. No time
is to be lost in putting into practice the
scheme e .olved.
1t is to the Mayor of Huddersfield,
Alderman BENJAMIN Broadbent, that the
world is indebted for this latest and most
advanced conception of civic duty. He
is brother of the Kings physician, Sir
William Broadbent, and has profited by
MS kinsman's advice on the subject. He
started the campaign against the high
rate of infant mortality by offering re-
ward of $40 for every child born in his
district that survived twelve months.
This opened the eyes of the other town
authorities to the possibilities of success
ful child-rearing as a means of adding
TO the wealth and prosperity of the city.
BETTER CARE OF BABIES.
1t was resolved that special attention
should be paid to inducing poor parents
to take better care of their little ones
and that means should be provided,
where necessary, for relieving them OF
part of that task, the municipality play
ing the role of beneficent foster mother.
According to the scheme, which has just
been adopted, a payment of 25 cents is
to be made to the first person who shall
notify the medical officer of the birth of
child within forty-eight hours of the
event. Then the machinery is to be set
In motion which will give the little stran-
ger the best chance of surviving and wax
ing strong and vigorous. The medical
| officer will send to the mother printed di-
rections as to the best methods of rails
ing babies. Feminine health visitors, spe-
cially appointed for the purpose, will call
at each house in the poor districts where
births are reported, and supplement the
| advice thus given with practical instruc-
ton. They will make frequent calls to
see that the babies are receiving proper
care. Pure milk will be supplied by the
municipality.
COMPLETE DAY NURSERY.
But perhaps the most important feat
ure of the scheme is TO be the establish
ment of day nursery where the babes
of mothers who have to work in the mills
or elsewhere will receive the best of at
tention and the most wholesome food
For twelve months this will be expert
mental. but If the results in any way
! approximate the sanguine expectations of
the advocates of this new civic departure,
proposals are to be submitted for making
municipal day nurseries permanent insti-
tutions in Huddersfield
| or course the scheme will be severely
criticized as tending to diminish indiyid-
ual Independence and responsibility en-
courage parental recklessness and burden
! the state with matters that belong to the
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
WANT CALIFORNIANS
TO PAY THEM VISIT
Commercial Bodies to Protest
Against Short Time Al
lowed Fair Visitors.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, May 20.-The Chambers of
Comerce, Boards of Trade and other COM
mercial bodies of Tacoma, Seattle, Spo-
kane, Everett, Walla Walla and Bel
lingham will file a protest Monday aft
ernoon against the action of the Southern
Pacific in limiting to ten days the ex-
cursion tickets for the Lewis and Clark
Exposition. The business men will base
their protests on ground that under the
present plan of the Southern Pacific the
vast majority of California visitors to the
fair will be unable to extend their trip
into Washington or Idaho.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

domain of private family life. 1t will be
called socialism in disguise and many
jokes will be made about municipal legis-
lators assuming the functions of nurses
But the Huddersheld authorities defend
their action on practical and economic as
well as on humanitarian grounds
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
IN Luck Seays with westphaI.

ATter bein@ idle six months A West
plai who lives 1T G55 Jessie street. OBJ
toiced q job yesterday at 1889 Mission
street. u less than twenty minutes
after he started 10 work his shirt
sleeve was caught in the running gear
Of machinery. with the result that his
right forearm was broken in two
places.
The brokea member was set at the
Emergency Hospital by Dr. Pinkhar,
who chcerfrllv Informed the injured
man Chat with proper treatment and
Sood care he may he able to resume his
5ob six months from date
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

Police Captain Anderson's men in the
Mission district have run to earth the
last of the three thugs who on tie
night of November C. 1904. at the point
of a revolver. robbed two citizens at
Alabama and Army streets. Oh!cers
Smith and Burke yesterday captured
Charles Balling at his home on Ala
hama street and booked him as being
one of the trio who committed the rob-
berry Frank Ifalling and james Olzlun
arc already in 5ail. charged with hav-
ing participated in the 'offense.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

FRANQUELINs HURT FATALNArmand
Franquelin, who resides at 1913 Woolsey street
Berkeley, died at the German Hospital yes
terday morning of blood poisoning. About
soda water delivery wagon in Sausalito fell
off the wagon and injured one OF his legs
Blood poisoning set in recently. He was Al
years Old.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

r. B. Baumgardt of Los Angeles lee
tured under the auspices of the Swed-
ish German Relief Society last night at
the auditorium of the Y. NJ. G. A. be-
fore an arpreciative audience. Mr..
Baumgardt talked on The Worlds
Fair at ST. Louis" and his lecture was
illustrate by 40 beautiful colored
stereoptican views
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Millinery sale.

Miss I L. Connor will offer to the la
dies of San Francisco her entire stock
OF trimmed Hats, TOques, Bonnets, both
French and domestic. at half their reg
ular value. Sale beginning Monday, s
A n. 1%S Gearv street
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

oliver w Steward. the noted Pro-
hibition lecturer. will speak this even
ing at the Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church, Twenty-first and Capp streets,
on temperance.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

LOS ANGELES. May 2o-The Wa
seda japanese ball team to-day defeat
ed the Sherman Nndian nine from the
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

The Union Gun Club w. hold it's
regular bluerock shoot to-day at In
gleside. Valuable trophies are offered
the gunmen.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

You may whitewash a mans char
acter, but you can't wash it white.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Lectures ON Worlds Fair.

When you want swell booklet printed. see
Edward Knowles Company 24 Second st.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

Sherman Institute by the score OF IL
to .. Eight hundred people saw the
game.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Iecturr on Protib;tion.

Or. Decker dentist. so0 Market. speciality
colton gas for painless extraction of teeth.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
capture Alleged Robbcr.

Trapper's Oil cures rheumatism and neuralgia
Druggists. soc flask RICHARDS & co..4oS Clay
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21
Trapshoot All IngIeside.

B.F.stoll. dentist: Haight & Masonic av.'
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-11
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Edgar Nelson of the Coun-
ty of Lake and State of Colorado. did.
by his certain Trust Deed dated March
6, A. d. 1891. convey to j. b. Milan,
Trustee and the acting Sheriff of Salt
Lake County, in the Territory of Utah
NOW State of Utah), Successor in
Trust, the following described lot, or
parcel of land described as follows.
to-wit
Lot numbered thirteen 03), in Block
Number Ten Q0), of Capitol avenue
addition, a subdivision of Lot Five 60
Six (6), Seven 60, Eight (S), Seven
teen 90, and Eighteen OS), in Block
twelve (12). Five-acre Plat A. Big
Field Survey. To secure the payment
of certain promissory notes executed
by the said Edgar Nelson and due
and payable in six and twelve months.
And whereas, the said Trust Deed
provides that in case of the default in
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-11

interest thereon the above described
property should be sold at the front
door of the Court House in the said
Salt Lake County in the said Terri.
tory, (now State), for the best price
the same will bring in cash.
Whereas Default has been made in
the payment of the said notes and
the interest thereon and no part of
said notes or interest thereon having
been paid.
Whereas the said ]. b. Milan has re-
moved from the said Salt Lake Coun-
ty and is unable to act
Therefore, | the undersigned, Frank
Emery, the Sheriff of the said
County of Salt Lake in the said Ter
ritory (now State), successor in trust,
by virtue of the power in me vested
in the said Deed of Trust, will sell at
public vendue to the highest bidder for
cash in hand the above described
property, at the front door of the
Court House, in the City of Salt Lake,
in the County Of Salt Lake and State
of Utah, on the Bird day of April, A. d.,
1905, to pay-said notes, interest there
on and the expenses of executing this
Trust.
Witness my hand and Seal this
Sth day of March, A. ID. 1906
J. b. MILAN, Trustee.
G. FRANK EMERY,
Sheriff of Salt Lake County. Success.
sor in Trust.
First publication, March IL last pub
LEGATION, April /.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-11
e. w. TATLOCK, Attorney.
533 Atlas Block.
SUM M ONS.

In the District Court of Salt Lake
County, State of Utah.
George H. Layton plaintiff VS.. Effie
May Layton defendant.
The State of Utah to the said De
Embellishments.
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after the service
of this summons upon you, if served
within the County in which this action
is brought, otherwise within thirty
days after service, and defend the
above entitled action; and in case of
your failure so to do, judgment will
be rendered against you according
to the demand of the complaint, a
copy of which is filed with the Clerk
of said Court.
e. w. TATLOCK,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
GEORGE II. LAYTON,
Plaintiff
P. o. address, 53S Atlas block, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-03-11
G. M. NIELSEN, Attorney.
Constitution Building.
SU M M ONS.

In the District Court of the Third
Judicial District of the State of Utah.
County of Salt Lake.
Alice G. Brealey, plaintiff VS.. viii
liam G. Brealey, defendant-Sum-
mons.
The State of Utah to the said de
PENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after the service
OF this summons upon you, if served
within the county in which this action
is brought, otherwise, within thirty
thirty days after service, and defend
the above entitled action; and in case
of your failure to do so, Judgment
will be rendered against you accord
ing to the demand of the complaint.
which within five days from service
hereof will be filed with the Clerk of
this court.
G. M. NIELS SEN.
Plaintiffs Attorney
p. o. address, Constitution build.
ing, Main street, Salt Lake City
Utah.