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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-19

shock was Il $50 seiosk
At s:1s another panic but
durato and tho ALARMS
Gus damage was slight wa. done so som. BRICK u @ s
ehmneys county
1sUp 400 dead had been brouoht
to Mechanics Pavilion
o'clock there were heavy
brought panIc a. III
o'clock San Francisco Telegraph company
had to leave their office account Of fire.
Washington Secretary Of War oliver tee
sphed today Major General Greeley
authorities
IevIatns the situation there.
earthquake has reach.
ed across the entire continent The smosraph
off recording
under Nrbaton showing
Apr1s-At Union received report
that serious fire burning Berkeley Call where the state unveyls
9 the y.g, ,a s. Mysa. ] saying the M
The greatest damage
s"s 'ss ssss Main sss
DAY Ms s uss .sss ever sis says the
morning damage '''''''' = 'a'y
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San April
aged sa shsss sstss s s 9ss d % BUILDINGS
There water supply CITY,
All the wires with the onea gone
MANY COSTLY BUILDINGS DESTROYED
The city hail. which
indescribable.
and they rusbed
Buildings
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] i @ % ss.ss II, 7s Palace Lex "a US !
wihsood - SS
The greatest damage TO buildings street. where
there many frame structures
There are fires block district
FLAMES SPREAD FAST.
(O4b Palace hotel
teen stories high the Phelan building and the
Market
ahame and the fire is spreading all districts
section will be
Mayor schmi has called for the assistance Of the
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sERvlAN PREMIER RESIGNS.
Quits Because King Peter Refuses te
Dismiss ReqIeides.

London April 1s.-A dispatch to a
news agency from Belgrade says that
General Gruios, the Servian premier
and minister Of war, has resigned be-
cause King Peter refused to adopt his
suggestion and dismiss the regicide
officials.
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WIDE AREA is AFFECTED BY EARTH
QUAKE SHOCK AT AN EARLY
MORNING HOUR
MANY. LIVES LOST; GREAT CITY WRECKED

THE ENTIRE BUSINESS FRANCISCO PRACTICAL
Z " IN RulNs-cosTLY BUILDINGS ToPPLE
AND FLAMES HOLD uNDsPuTED SWAY OVER THE RUINS
,-wATER SERVICE RENDERED USELESS BY EARTH
oUAkE-oTHER CITIES ARE AFFECTED
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DICKINSON COUNTY WILL BE IN
THE cUMMlNs COL
UMN
HIS FRIENDS REJOICE
There Is Comfort Also for the Perkins
Forces In the Fact That osceoIa and
Woodbury. Counties Are for the
Sioux City Editor.

spirit Lake, April l6.-Returns from
the republican caucuses OF Dickinson
county show that Cummins has carried
the county. In Centerville township, in
which Spirit Lake is situated the vote
went for Cummins $40 to 173 for Per-
kins. Returns from other precincts
show about the same figures.
Pleases cummIns Men.
Des Moines, April 18.-The Cum
minis men in this city are much elated
because Dickinson county remains in
the Cummins column. The facts seem
to be, however, that the contest in
that county was simply fight for life
on the part Of "Abe" Funk, the gov
ernor's factotum in northwestern Iowa.
That they were successful is no sur
prise to one who has watched the situ-
alton and that the eight votes in that
county should be matter of SO much
solicitude on the part of the Cummins
forces shows that the result is In
doubt, In their opinion.
Comparison OF Strength.
UP to the present the situation
seems to be about as follows, In the
counties, where early conventions have
been held. The following counties
have either held conventions and in
structed, or primaries have been held
indicating other counties will vote on
the governorship in the convention:
For Cummins- Delegates.
Hamilton county i................ IL
Marshall county a..;s......-... 2z
Kossuth county ............... 16
Hancock county ................. u
Creme county ...................s "a
Winnebago county ............... IL
Emmett county ................. 10
Cerro Gordo county ........,....,.- u
kDickinson county Observation-Disclosures. 8
Pocahontas county .............. IL
Total lSS
For Perkins: Delegates.
Woodbury. county .............. 81
Osceola county ................. z
| It may be noted that the counties
that have called their conventions
thus far are mostly in the northern or
northwestern part Of the state and In
the territory where the governor has
had the most of his strength. The
counties in the Cumnins list, all with
the exception of Cerro Gordo, were
carried in 1901, while Woodbury. and
Osceola counties which this year give
their votes to Perkins, were also in
1.-The Cummins column that year. This
gives the governor net loss as com.
pared with his vote in 1901 In the
counties which have held conventions
or primaries thus far, Of 25 delegates
This would scarcely afford the friends
of the governor an excuse for any hys'
|terics of joy as yet. j.
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NO 0 QUARTER, .
DOW lE ! PLAN
"EEIJAH" WILL NOT MAKE a COM.
PROMISE WITH
voLIvA

Rockford, Ill.,, April 1S.-Follow-l
ing the fling of bill to set aside
the conveyance of the property Of
Zion City, valued at $21,OO0,o00,
Judge Wright in the circuit court
today granted an injunction re-
straining Voliva and others from
interference with or in any way
preventing Dowie from going to
Zion City, remaining there or en-
tering his house at will. The injunc-
ton also gave Dowie the right to
hold religious services in the tab
ernacle on alternate days.
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Chicago, April 1S-All negotiations
looking toward a peaceful settlement
of the question as to who shall control
Zion City and its vast resources were
broken of last night. John Alexand-
er Dowie, through his attorneys, Emil
c.. Wetten and P. G. Haley, threw
down the gauntlet to General Overseer
Wilbur Glenn Voliva and his followers
when proposition advanced by the
volivaites to the effect that the $21,-
100000 estate be turned over to a
board OF control was rejected by Dow
lie. According to the provisions of this
proposition the board was to consist
Of nine members, four of them to be
selected by Dowie and a like number
by voliva. The ninth man was to be
selected by the board as created. 1t
was stipulated that both Dowie and
Voliva be active members Of this
board, and that the action Of the mem
bers thereof be final in determining
whether or not the deposed FIRST apos.
tle'' or Voliya be the recognized head
Of the Christian Catholic church.
Dowie rejected the proposal on the
ground that not only would he not ac-
quiesce in the appointment of Voliva
on the board, but that he no longer
recognized the new leader as a mem
ber of the church.
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San francisco. April l6 Ill a. m,-For the benefit !.
of eastern people who have friends San Francisco
it it safe say that they have been injured as
the result Of the earthquake The loss of life seems
to have been confined to the poorer residence dis
tricts and the misunderstanding territory.
, 1906-07-27
FEDERAL BUILDING NOTES.

The marble treads on he stairway
are being put in position today.
The concrete steps from the first
floor to the basement are being fin
ished up.
The laying of the cement pavement
about the building is expected to begin
tomorrow.
Workmen today started to lay the
maple flooring in the work oom Of
the building.
Contractor Maxwell was at the build
ing this morning, looking over the
progress of the work.
1t Is hoped to be out of the building
entirely toward the end of August.
Some little work is yet to be done in
almost every room of the building.
The last carload of granite for the
curbing along the pavement arrived
last night, that probably being the last
carload of material to be received.
Some of the material for the heating
system has arrived and the boilers
will be connected with the radiators
within the next few days. All the
radiators have been bronzed
, 1906-07-27
BIRTHDAY PARTY
At SMITH HOME
GUESTS DO HONOR TO NATAL DAY
OF CHARLES SMITH LAST
MONDAY EVENING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith Invite
Friends To Help Young Man Re-
member Sliding Scale of Years and
All Have Merry Time-Supper at
Midnight and Dancing.

pbtSidi " IL lhtpuDllCan.
Jelm, Wyo., July 26.-Mr. and Mrs
Frank Smith gave a very nice party in
honor of their eldest son Charles
birthday last Monday evening, when a
few of their friends gathered and had
a very pleasant evening, enjoying them
selves in dancing and playing games
At midnight an elegant lunch was serv.
ed by Mrs. Smith which consisted of
chicken salad, olives, rolls, bromange-
Ion, ice cream, cake and coffee. The
table was decorated with wild roses.
Those present were Artie Mansfield, Oh
lie Mansfield, Edith Lundquist, Maude
Pollock, Matte Steele, John Mans
field, Art Howell, Everett Lundquist,
Charles Steele, Jud Hance, Logan Nc
Mullen and Frank Smith, jr. They all
returned to their homes wishing Char
lie many more happy returns of the
evening. A. GUEST.
, 1906-07-27
THOUGHT COMPANIONS
HAD "DOPED" HIM.

The man who was taken to the city
hall yesterday, believed to be dead
and who was afterwards found to be
Suffering from drinking seven glass
fuls of brandy, this morning pleaded
guilty to the charge of intoxication in
the police court and was fined 81
He told Justice Grant that he thought
his friends had "doped" him instead
of merely filling him up with a few
pints of brandy. He was sicker, he
said, than the brandy alone ought tt
have made him.
, 1906-07-27
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

At the Johnson-E. f. Gaskell, Sheep
mountain; F. l.. Stocks and wife, Lit
tie Medicine; H. A. Andrews, Horse
creek; John Burke, T. Andrew, Raw
Inns; Mrs. ]. H. Fox, Walden; S. w.
Hixson, j. H. McNealey, Charles Peter
son, Centennial; R. M. Turner, Lin
coin; Martin Kaisen, Woods; John
Knudsen, Pioneer canal; B. Gerke, Salt
Lake; 1. D. Cross, st. Louis; John T.
Long, Denver.
At the Kuster-Archie H. Johnson
and wife, A. w. Upson, Denver; L. M.
Lewis, w. Ratlye, L. w. Kaufman, w.
A. Bonser, Ole Nelson, Cheyenne; Mrs.
F. w. Griffin, Hermosa; A. C Detro and
wife, C. E. Smith and wife, Gleneyre,
Colo; G. w. Bradley, Cortland; Bert
Hoss, shearing pens; Frank Mcdonald
Woods; Frank Fordyce, Weiser, Ida
no; o. Mossburg, Felix Aston, o. ]
Smith, Sheridan, Wyo.; willard Cad
well, Saratoga, Wyo.; Charles Reid
Rawlins.
At the Union Pacific-H. c. Schmidt
w. C. Francis, A. w. Wheatley, F. NJ
Titus, R. P. Cook, Omaha; ]. e. Cuz
zert A. Lilly, jr., Chicago; T. Fitz
simmons, Denver; NJ. Woolf, West Vir
ginia; H. NJ. Grimes and wife, San
ford Hartman and wife, North Platte
Neb.; F. A. Wright, wife and son, Ger
ing, Neb.; j. w. Mccormick, ranch;
C. Davis, Cleveland, o.; H. N. Boyd
Cheyenne; William H. Maxwell, Pierre
South Dakota.
, 1906-07-27

returned to Cheyenne tbs morning
and will go from there 70 sheridan.
They had no trace of the wo men.
E. f. Gasken returned O his ranch
at Sheep mountain this morning, TAX.
ing some supplies. He is now harvest.
ing the first crop of alfalfa. which is
turning out about as wei as he ex.
pected.
Judge and Mrs. H. M Grimes of
North Platte, Mr.. and Mrs. p A.
Wright and son of Geringand Mr.. and
Mrs. Sanford Hartman OF forth Platte
who have been spending several DAYS
at Gleneyre, IN their ann,al outing TO
this section, arrived from the ountry
yesterday afternoon and lift for home
today, their train being telayed until
this afternoon.
George M. Williams, tie son-in-law
of DR.. II. l.. Stevens, wlo has been
in New York buying gods for his
jewelry store at Los Angels, and Chas.
Adams, a wholesale jeweler of Los
Angeles, arrived in the ely last night
on their way home from the Atlantic
coast, and will visit her, for a few
days. They went to the country witt
DR.. Stevens and Mr.. lockwood this
morning, on a little fishing expedition
, 1906-07-27
RAILROAD MEN ARE
BACK FROM SHOSHONI

Conductor Harry Cummings, Walter
Brown, Harry Nottage and Elmer Bow
man have returned from Shoshoni,
where they went to register for the
drawing of lands in the Shoshone res
ervation. Mr.. Cummings says he saw
very little of the reservation, Shoshoni
being on the edge of it, and could form
no estimate of the value of the lands
to be allotted. If he draws a winning
number he will go and locate his claim;
otherwise he will not trouble himself
about it any more.
Ole Erickson, who went with the
party to Shoshoni, left them after the
first day and went on to the hot springs
at Thermopolis, where he intended to
remain for a few days.
, 1906-07-27
Is TOM SON

In a letter to the business depart,
annie Grocery company from Medford,
Mass, under date of July 18th, MI. T.
H.. Simpson, general manager of that
firm, who is visiting his old home for
the first time in many years, ended his
letter with the prophetic words: "Tll
not write again until I've caught a
fresh cod" Enquiry upon the part of
The Republican staff as to what news
they had from Mr.. Simpson brought
fourth the information that he hadn't
written since the 18th. Query: Is he
still fishing?
, 1906-07-27
BUSH
FOR SECOND TIM {

FOR SECOND TTWE.
The banana belt is rather outdOing
itself just now. Last May Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Lovejoy bought a rose
bush from the east and planted it at
their home on Seventh street. The
bush had a few buds at the time and
they bloomed out, showing a very pref,
ty, %we1l-formed, delicately scented
white rose. Now the bush is full OF
buds again, which promise roses in
greater number and finer shape than
the first ones. The Loyejoys will bury
some of the branches and endeavor to
secure cuttings for their friends.
, 1906-07-27
ILLUSTRATED EDITION
LIKE NEWS FROM HOME.

ment of The Republican from Mrs. En-.
ma Murbe, renewing her subscription
20 the weekly edition, that lady, under
date of the 23d, writing from Sellwood,
Ore, says:
we wish to thank you for the New
Year edition. We certainly enjoyed it
very much. Although it is five years
since we saw Laramie, everything
looked familiar. We are always anx,
ious for news from that CITY,"
, 1906-07-27
THE DRUM CORPS HAD
INTERESTING SESSION,

The Laramie Fife and Drum corps
had it's regular practice meeting at the
city hall last night, and if the noise
was not heard for blocks around 1t
was the fault of the listeners, as the
ffers and drummers did their full
share. The boys are doing nicely and
expect soon to be able to make a pub
lie. appearance.
, 1906-07-27
Turns Down Cement Proposal

Florence, Colo, July 27.-The Port.
land Cement company has been advis,
ed from Washington that the govern
ment has rejected its bid of 81 per bar,
re- for cement as unsatisfactory. The
government advertised for bids on 49,,
900 barrels, and the local concern Of
fered to sell 5000 barrels at 50 per
barrel, delivery not to exceed 1000 bar
rels per month.
, 1906-07-27
SHERIDAN MINERS
MAY co ON STRIKE
RESULT To FOLLOW FAILURE OF
CONFERENCE AT OMAHA TO
REACH AGREEMENT.
Sheridan Coal Company of Dietz, Car
ney and wyoming Coal Company
at Monarch to Be Affected-Gov-
eminent Declines Cement Bid in
Colorado.

Sheridan, Wyo., July 27.-Word has
been received here that as the result
of a two weeks conference held in
Omaha between the owners of the
Sheridan Coal company of Dietz, Car
ney Coal company of Carney and the
Wyoming Coal company at Monarch
and the miners representatives a
strike in the big coal mines in this vi
cinity will be declared within the next
thirty days. The walkout will affect
/ 800 miners.
, 1906-07-27
GOING TO THE RANCH
FOR FEW DAYS. STAY

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Finest and lit
tie daughter will leave on Monday for
the Ernest ranch, where Mrs. Ernest
and the babe will spend some time for
the benefit of the latter's health, which
has not been very good for a few days.
, 1906-07-27
If You Have Friends

or relatives coming to Laramie, be sure
their tickets read over the Union Pa
cifc. A long journey means extra ex-
pense for meals and incidentals, and
a waste of valuable time en- route. Why
have your friends incur unnecessary
expense or delay in travelling via cir,
cuitous routes, when vol can ride in
the finest train-on a perfectly ballast,
ed track-over a direct road?
The fast trains of the Union Pacific
reach all principal points many hours
ahead of all competitors. Via the Union
Pacific it is twelve hours shorter to
Omaha than any other line. Inquire of
I. w. BMMoNS, Agent.
Old books rebound at The Republi-
, 1906-07-27
Will Import Miners.

The strike will not be declared until
the boycott has been completed. The
mine owners profess to know nothing
about the proposed strike, but it is
learned they are making arrangements
to import %nonunion men.
, 1906-07-27
WILL GO FISHING

TO THE CENTENNIAL.
T. R. Sears and wife and their aunt,
Miss Anderson, will leave tomorrow
morning for the Centennial valley,
where they will spend a couple of days
camping and fishing.
, 1906-07-27

A job of printing done in The Re-
publican office is a guarantee that it
is done right and according to the
, 1906-07-27

Old books rebound at The Republi-
can bindery.
, 1906-07-27

SUPERB LINE OF FRUIT AT THE
PACIFIC MARKET.
, 1906-07-27

Fica1 Department.; Cheyenne, wyoming
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30

that big deal with trust company
weuld he more likely to succeed than
small one. and by tho time he reached
iiippic's effce the request that he was
about TO make had grown TO $500. 600
Il was the psssr Of niouYnful. limpid
eyes that turned the tries. Segal's
speccus argument ttiat Hippie's son
would be NJ hoe treasurer OF the sugar
refinery simply ciinched the matter.
Tie intimacy between the two men be-
gan from that day. Il continued until
scgal was given key to tho ban.. and
It's vaults so tnat he might make him
self at home in the trust company on
SUNDAYS and holidays.
Did / hypnotize Hipple?' Sesal re-
pcated the question with derision in
his voice. Does Andrew Carnegie
hypnot2e all the people who buy His
steeI?' he asked In turn. Let me tell
YOU OF my struggles to succeed in life
and then you viii not ask the question.
Il came here as an Immigrant.
worked as a soap boiler. and let me
say right now that l lived a far easier
life in those days than / have since
lived. ! belonged to union. II was
prescribed. that my hours should be ten
a dey When I returned to my home
] was absolutely free. Then | was not
slave TO the conventions of capital
the strict conventions of society. the
home and the table. | might have lived
in my shirt sleeves had desired 20 do
so.
"As promoter work eighteen
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30

banks other than the purely savings in
stitutions the ,repor~ OF the Clearing
house is received at about haff-past
ten a. m Here is half an hour of mar
gin to cover the Withdrawals OF the
previous day 1t may be very vital
matter that money be deposited the
first thing in the morning TO stay the
hand of the cashier. who would other
wise stamp the fatal mo funds upon
the check on its way from the Clear
house cashier will tell you to
a certainty when these lines will reach
their maximum lengths and when they
will disappear. These calculations dtf-
fer in various parts of the city The
business of the depositors. the approach
of a holiday. or the first Of the month,
even the weather, must be considered IN
this very complicated equation
The machinery under the cashiers
control which aids in handling this diff
ficult business with the greatest pos
sible dispatch has reached perfec-
ton of late years which the old-time
cashier could scarcely have imagined
The telephone at the cashiers elbow
is. OF course Indispensable, but even
THIS has been superseded. The cashier
is. after all. only the mOuthpiece of
another department where clerks are
bending busily over great books ever
lastfngly adding up long columns of
figures The outflow of money is. of
course. under the instant control of
these clerks The problem is. therefore.
to keep in the closest possible touch
with the bookkeepers. One of the in
genious devices to this end seems TO
transmit all questions and receive the
answers by curious scheme of silent
telegraphy To one side of the cash
ier's window stands curious white
slate so connected with a correspond
ing slate in the clerical department.
that any word written on one will be
instantly reproduced on the other The
telephone would do the same work to
be sure. but the conversation might be
overheard A depositor might resent
the cashier taking up the telephone
and asking if he tJones) we're good for
a hundred or thousand dollars. but
he cannot complain If tho cashier de-
fays paying out the money for few
seconds while he apparently makes
some notes on a harmless looking
sheet. When the cashier takes up hts
pencil to write on this reproducing
slate signal bell IS rung in the
clerical department. wherever that may
be. and an alert clerk receives the
question. 1t is but the work OF an in
stant to turn the ledger to the proper
page, obtain the necessary information
and signal it back.
The machine for making change is
again . great saver Of time where time
lis exceedingly valuable. besides Insar-
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30

In coin and currency must be brought
from the vaults. as we'll as carefully
counted and disposed of in the draw
ers or on the tables. where it will be at
hand when the rush begins. There are
the problems carried over from the
previous day to be adjusted. An ac-
count has been ovcrdrawn and the de-
positor must be- quickly notified and
careful watch Kept upon any further
Demands which may be made upon 1t.
There Is a complication OF notes CONF
Ing due. there are scores of accounts
to be looked up and borne in mind
against possible demands. suspicion
here, a certainty OF deception there, a
long list of figures relating to various
certified checks. all with some bearing
on the business OF the day. There are
long lists of signatures. each to be
carefully memorizeS.
Promptly on the stroke OF ten the
window is thrown open and the line.
which has probably already formed,
passes rapidly in review. The windows
both Of the receiving as well as the
paying tellers are likely 10 be very
busy places in the carly hours. In
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30

stands. To the teller the ornate bars
of his window shut out an apparently
endless succession of faces. each with
business to transact~ which varies as
widely as their features. Here are "a
thousand problems with something of
his reputation staked upon every one
of them. Often there is only time for
a glance; for a fraction of time a face
looks in through the bars. Thousands
of dollars may hang upon the decision.
An error of recognition-and there are
hundreds or thousands of faces to be
kept in nlind--and the loss is instant
and irremediable. On the other hand,
the danger of erring through over
caution is very great. An. instant's
hesitation in recognizing some big de-
positor, which may be expressed mere
ly gesture, and an offense may be
given quite as dangerous to the teller,
as an overpayment Meanwhile the
service must be rapid, the line must
not be kept waiting. 1t is scarcely to
be expected that the cashier Of bank
should find time to be rs communicative
as an ordinary tradesman.
The narrow cage. barred in upon all
sidcs. even rooted with steel. into
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30

which one glances from time to time,
is after all a very fascinating interior
Here is wealth in its most concrete
and available form. Under the CASH
1er's very fingers are pies OF gold and
silver. He sits before open drawers
where bank notes of MI denominations
are sorted and stacked like some very
commonplace commodity He Is ac-
tually hindered In his work, cramped
for elbow room by piles OF bank notes
or of gold. But this money which is
the cause OF so many anxietleS, has
long since lost all fascination for the
teller. For him it is merely very
cramped little cell, very much over
crowded and Uttered up with money.
where he must sit for at least five
hours daily with every nerve strained
upon an exceedingly dificult business.
The bank tel1er's day begins at nine
O'Clock. often much earlier. 1t is only
for the outside world that banks open
at ten. Long before this hour the lit
tie cage behind the barred windows IS
busy n preparation for the day There here.
Is mail to be gone through, the books
must be brought from the vaults where
they have spent the night a fortune