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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
SAVING OF LIVES
GRAND WORK OF THE LIFE saw.
ING SERVICE.
EIGHT HUNDRED RESCUED
Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Property
Sased-Gcod Work at San Fran
cisco-Now Two Hundred and Sew
enty-Eisht Stations.

hington.-Important work was
accomplished during the past year by
the life-saying service of the govern
ment, thousands OF imperiled lives and
millions of dollars worth of property
being saved through the herosm and
unremittins vigilance of the life corps.
General Superintendent kimball
shows in his annual report
that the number of marine dis
asters was $40 in the waters of the
United States. In these forty-nine YES
sells and twenty nine lives We're lost
and S11 persons were succored at the
various stations. The total value OF
personal property saved was $l2,266,-
100, while that lost was $2,I15.04o. In
the disasters $3.50 lives were imper-
lied.
At the close OF the last fiscal year
the live saving establishments COM
prised 2IS stations. of which 200 were
upon the Atlantic coast, sixty upon the
great lakes, sixteen upon the Pacinc
coast proper and one each at the falls
of the Ohio river and Nome. Alaska.
The life-saving cre~s rendered assist
ance of more OF less importance to
397 vessels in addition to those which
were lost. Patrolmen and station
loohbuIS dlSp W Ndl lltu ninety -SSNVh
steamers and seventy-seven sailing
vessels which were running into dan
ger, the warnings undoubtedly averted
disasters which would have caused
loss of both life and property.
Particularly valuable assistance, 1t
is noted, was rendered by the life-sav-
ing crews at San Francisco during the
earthquake and confiagration last
April, in fighting the fire. transporting
supplies and sheltering the homeless.
Superintendent Kimball says that
during the year seven of the largest
sized lifeboats have been equipped
with gasoline engines. They consti-
tute most important addition to the
life-saving equipment and materially
enlarge the radius Of the effective
work of the crews.
Superintendent Kimball points out
that the great service has cost the gov
ernment only sl.S32 ,465. He urges
strongly the benefits of retirement be
given to officers and men of the service
who become disabled through injury
or disease or incapacitatcd by age.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
FARMERS CONGRESS.
Called to Meet In Denver January
the oath,

Denver.-The following call has been
issued by the president of the Farm
ers' Congress of Colorado:
The second annual convention Of the
Farmers Congress of Colorado is
hereby called to meet at the chamber
of commerce, in Denver. at 10 O'Clock
a. m. Thursday, January cath. Farm
ers of Colorado have at the present
time a direct and vital interest in mat
ters of Legislation and the manage
ment of the affairs of the state govern
ment and it's institutions. Among the
matters to be discussed by the State
Legislature, (which will be in session
when this congress meets, are.
A railway commission law, state
bureau of immigration, disposition
and management Of the state land
scope and purposes of the State Agrl-
cultural College. amendments to the
animal quarantine laws, a pure food
law.
All these matters are OF great i'm
portance to the men on the farms, and
there offers no other avenue for them
to get together to discuss except this
congress- While it is strongly recon-
mended that delegates come as the rep
resentatives of local organizations OF
farmers, the membership of the CON
gress is open to any farmer from any
part of Colorado.
Special rates have been made from
all over Colorado to Denver for TINS
week. The live stock show Will be in
progress and various other meetings
Of the agricultural organizations make
this an occasion which no farmer, fruit
grower or stockman should miss.
J. f. CHURCH.,
President.
CLARENCE A. LYMAN, Secretary.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
Wild Scene, at Hotel Fire,

Denver.-Roused from their slum-
bers Christmas night by an alarm Of
fire, twenty young women, employees of
the Albany hotel, rushed from their
quarters, 1877 California street, near
the hotel, and fed to the street in their
night robes, to escape the flames that
were sweeping through the building.
Terrified by such an abrupt awakening
they did not stop to gather their be-
longings, most Of which perished in
the fire. All of the young women ran
into the night air barefooted and in
light attire, and until the hotel man.
agement made suitable provisions they
were sheltered at the headquarters of
the Denver Walters Club. across the
street, The fre was soon put out.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
ADMIRAL SENTENCED.
Death Penalty for Russian Officers
Who Surrendered.

ST. Peters5urg-The court martial
which has been trying Rear Admiral
Nebogatoff and seventy-eish officers
Of his squadron for surrendering to
the japanese at the battle of the Sea
OF Japcn, May IS. 1905. handed in its
decisions Monday.
Vice Admiral Nebosatoff, Com
mander Lichino of the coast ironclad
General Aprain. Rear Admiral Grego-
rieff of the coast defense ship Admiral
Senivian, and Lieut.. Smirnoff. who
succeeded to the command of the bat
tleship Nicolai, We're sentenced 10
death. but in view of eXtenuatinS cir
cumstances and the long and other
wise blameless careers of these Off
GERS, the court will petition 10 En-
peror Nicholas to commute their sen
tences to ten years Imprisonment in
fortress.
Four other officers are sentenced to
short terms of imprisonment in fort
ress, while the remainder are ac-
quilted of the charges brought against
them.
The trial OF Rear Admiral Neboga-
toff ana The officers of his squadron
began in St. Petersburg, December 5th.
The accused were divided into three
categories. First Rear Admiral Nebo.
gatoff and the commanders of the bat
tlcships: second, the officers who ad-
vocated the surrender. third. the OIL
GERS who did not endeaVor to prevent
the surrender
The first group of officers was tried
under the paragraph of the navy regu-
lations which provides for the punish
mcnt by death of any commander of a
squadron or ship who surrenders
without fight when he could save his
crew or inhict damage upon the
enemy.
The sentences passed upon Rear Ad-
miral Nebosatoff and the three com
mandeEs are similar to those handed
down IN the cases of the naval officers
who were condemned by court martial
for surrendering the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Bedovi to the Japaneses.
These sentences were coupled with
a similar recommendation to the en-
peror for mercy, and such intercession
generally has proved successful
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
Van Wyks File Insurance Claim.

Denver.-Attorneys Isaac Pelton and
r. d. Rees, representing Wourtje Van
Wyk, filed suit Wednesday in the Dis
trict Court against the State Life In
surance Company of Indiana for the re-
covery of $1,000 insurance on the life
of Gerretje Hast, who died some time
between December 2Sth and 31st last
wear. The reason that the suit was
filed, Attorney Rees said, before the
second trial for murder of the Van
Wyks, is because to retain any claim
upon the insurance the suit had to be
filed within a year of Gerretje Hast s
death. This is provided for in the pol
icy
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
Boiler INSPECTION.

Denver. - Charles Taylor, State
boiler inspector, has submitted the
eighteenth annual report of that de-
partment to Governor Mcdonald. Dur
ing the period from December /, 1905,
to November 80, 1906, there have been
LIP boilers inspected, rich fees col
lected and certificates issued for that
number There were no boiler explos-
ions in the state during that period,
but many boilers were found defective,
for which repairs were ordered. Five
boilers were condemned. Mr. Taylor
states that the tendency to substitute
high pressure for low is responsible
for the fact that there is no increase
in the number of boilers in use.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings Ct the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
Dasts of the World Condensea
1DtO SMALL Space for the
DeoeAt Of Our Reaaers.
PePs0Aal.

President Castro of Venezuela is
growing worse and his condition is
critical.
Henry WattersOn and Mrs. WAITER
son OF Louisville, Ky, are in Barcel-
onia, Spain. where they are expected
TO remain one month.
l.. Klopsch, editor OF the Christian
Herald. was the first to respond to
President Roosevelt's call for help for
Chinese famine sufferers.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas has issued a
pardon to Orrin Beauchamp who was
serving sentence for criminal care
lessness in handling a revolver.
Gen. Alfaro has been formally elect
ed president of Epuador for the next
four years.
immigration Commissioner Watch-
orn is authority for the statement that
the number of aliens who land in this
country this year will reach 1,o50,o0
Hicks, the Bakersfield, Cal, miner
who was imprisoned by a cavein
has after 16 days, in which he lay
on his side without room to sit up,
been released by the gang OF res
cuers who have worked all the time
night and day to dig him out
Mrs. Susan Caldwell was declared
not guilty of numbering her husband
by jury in the district court at Sali-
ma, Kan. This was her third trial, two
former juries having disagreed.
1t is stated that James Bryce who is
supposed will become British Ambassa-
dor at Washington has declined peer
age and will be the first plain citizen
to represent that country here.
Martin B. Dunbar. company Z,
Fourth infantry. has been officially
declared by the war department TO be
the best rifle shot in the army.
The appointment of James Bryce.
to be ambassador of England at WASH
ington is now admitted by Mr.. Bryce
himself.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
Mrs. Van Wyk Gets Bail.

Denver.-A Wray dispatch Wednes-
day night says: The bond OF Mrs. Van
Wyk was accepted to-day and she was
released. Her husband will be placed
in the Denver county jail, leaving here
On the train due in Denver at 1880 to-
morrow morning.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
CONGREGATIONAL. ].

fTO1. ROBERT hOCn, OF Berlin, mas
succeeded in finding a remedy for So
called sleeping sickness" to which
the natives of equatorial Africa are
subject. The new medicine is atosyl.
preparation of arsenic.
William c. Anderson, former assist
ant paying teller of the First National
Bank of Kansas City, who recently
disappeared with $4,000 of the banks
funds. has been captured in Austin,
Texas, and returned to Kansas City.
A train of 80 cars OF coal was re-
Gently made up in Superior, Wis, and
rushed to points in Dakota to relieve
the fuel famine.
There are 10 cases of typhoid fever
in Ell Paso. Tex.
MiscelIaneous.
The report of the postmaster gem
eral shows a reduction in the deficit
for 1906 of more than $4,000,Q00 or
27s3 per cent.
The Kansas City Stock Yards COM
pany distributed among its 400 employ
es in amounts OF from five to$20 each,
the sum of $4,000 as Christmas presents.
A desperate effort was recently
made to assassinate Probate Judge
Cutting of Chicago by Frank F. FL
lerbrock at the entrance OF the Grim
inal corvt building. The author ties
believe Ellerbrock is insane.
The president has announced the ac-
ceptance of John Mitchell, president
of the United Mine Workers, and Mar
vim Hughitt, president of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, as members
of the board of trustees to whom he
will convey the amount of the Nobel
prize,
Owing to the shortage of coal the
gas works of Helena, Mont, has been
compelled to shut down.
A party consisting of ten congress
men and Senator Flint, of California,
have gone to Panama to investigate
abor conditions ir the canal zone.
At the close of the investigation at
Kansas City OF the freight car shortage
it was announced that the interstate
con merce commission would meet soon
in Washington and recommend to con-
SIcoo lcSloidllOA 1ol lAo iSASA "a
shippers
The tipping over Of an oil stove in
car of house, d goods sec fire to
the car and J. S. Gilliland and another
man who were in the car were burned
to death in the Rock Island yard at
St. Joseph, Mo.
For the first time since last August
Cuba is free from yellow fever.
Joda Hamilton who murdered five
members of the Parsons family las.
summer was hanged at Houston. Mo-.
Tor the crime.
Henry Davis, negro brute who
confessed tc assaulting a white wom-
an. was taken from the Jail at An
napolis, Md, and lynched by mob.
The fund for the monument to the
iate Joseph jefferson, the actor, has
now reached the sum of 100000.
An explosion in coal mine at Stone
City, Kan, recently caused the death
of five men. and the injury Of nine
others.
Miss Hermione Schenley Of Pitts
burg, Pa, was married in London re-
Gently to Lord Ellenborough, re-
tired commodore of the British navy.
A merger Of the leading Woolen
llls Of the south, involving capi-
Glization of 81 .225 900 has been effect
q It Nashville. Tenn.
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CARNEGIE GIVES BEAUTY KISS.
Thus Rewards Young Southern We
man for Praising His Speech.
12s-12s-1so East Main Street.

~ tL -
Atlanta, Ca, April 9.-Andrew Car
negie is not yet advanced SO far in
years nor weighed down with financial
deals, nor bothered in giving away IL
braries, as, to have forgotten the de-
liciousness Of a kiss and fond embrace.
Mrs. J.. T. Eichberg and another wo-
mar who was SO bashful as to request
the reporter to not use her name In
print, were recipients of old-time
Georgia oscillations Friday afternoon
at Carnegie library in the presence of
a large number of people. Z
Mrs. Eichberg and her friend were
introduced to Mr.. Carnegie by Phelps
Stokes. Mrs. Eichberg congratulated
Mr.. Carnegie upon the speech he had
made on the South and upon southern
women.
"You are such a fine looking lady,"
said Mr.. Carnegie with enthusiasm,
that / am going to kiss you for all the
rest here" and with that he kissed
her. Then Mrs. Eichberg's friend was
kissed, while a distinct futter was no.
ticed among the younger beauties
present. 81 wouldn't take anything in
the world for that kiss" said Mrs.
Eichberg. "It was so unexpected, you
know. When I congratulated him up
on his speech he just threw his arms
around my neck and then kissed me
before 1 could think. oh, he's a fine
fellow"
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eruptions of the volcano has separated
the lava streams into two branches.
The scientific deductions made by OBJ
servations there have often been the
means of warning the people of inn
pending eruptions, and doubtless have
resulted in the saving Of many lives.
At the entrance to the observatory was
a tablet erected to the memory of the
tourists who lost their lives in April,
1872, while watching the eruption
from the Atrio del Cavallo crater.
Vesuvius Mountain Of Fire.
With the danger and horror of the
situation aside, Vesuvius presents one
of the most splendid sights magma
BILE. The mountain Of fire, whose
speech is by defamation and whose
acts are destruction, seems like an en-
ragged giant determined to make the
pigmies of earth feel, the might of his
wrath. Here and there on the noun
tain side stand the blasted trunks of
pine trees, their bare branches out
stretched as if in protest against the
devastation the volcano has wrought.
The town of Tore del Greco, which
is in danger Of being destroyed, has
been overwhelmed by the power of
Vesuvius sixteen times, yet the seven.
teenth city stands over the ruins of
the first only four and a half miles
from its destroyer.
Tore Annunziata, which also has
suffered considerably by previous
eruptions of Vesuvius, has extensive
manufactures of macaroni.
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To those who cannot speak the truth
it. is advisable to keep a stif under
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thanking Chief Clerk Benedict and

thanking Chief Clerk Benedict and
his assistants for their services.
Mr.. Kendall was called upon to adj
dress the house. After expressing his
gratitude for the unusual honor that
mad been accorded him, he spoke Of
the pleasure his four sessions in the
legislature had given him, of the hon
esty and dignity Of the body and its
Importance. He paid a high tribute to
Speaker Clarke and closed by speak
ing of the sadness Of the closing days
of the general assembly.
Mrs. Dame, who has been a con-
slant attendant in the interests Of
woman's suffrage, was invited to ad.
dress the house. She was escorted to
the rostrum by Representative Teach.
out and was loudly a%pplauded.
Many of tie members of both
houses left for their homes last even
ing and the great majority are going
today.
Senate Heats Speeches.
The senate spent a delightful half
hour yesterday in hearing speeches
from members inspired by the more
or less saddening thought of separa-
ton.
Senators Molsberry, Garst, saun-
ders. Whipple, Young of Washington,
Gillilland, Ericsson, COPYRIGHT, Lam:
bert AMI Crossley participated in the
speech-making.
Lieutenant Governor Herriott deliv-
cred an extended address lof farewell.
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In this he assured the senators Of his
confidence in their perfect integrity.
Several Of the speeches took on
something Of the same tone, and SEN
ator Garst said it was surprising to
him, for he had heard of No one, any
where, at any time, who had impunged
the integrity Of any member Of the as
seE:hly.
References were made In several Of
the speeches to the long service of
Senator Garst, and the distinguished
career of others of the members.
Senator Ericsson was the only mem.
Der of the body who served in the old
state house.
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CITIES ARE DESTROYED.
Continued from Page ~.
by the present eruption. Not in cen
turtles has Vesuvius been so terrible in

by the present eruption. Not in cen
turtles has Vesuvius been so terrible in
its rage.
Countless new craters are emitting
a molten flood simultaneously, and the
attendant earthquake shocks have.
caused the panic to spread to Naples.
More villages have been blctted out
and the people in other towns are
fleeing in terror.
Breathing momentarily is becoming
more difficult because of the poisonous
fumes and smoke, while the dense
shower of hot ashes adds to the horror.
The Royal Meteorological observa-
tory on Mount Vesuvius has been de-
stroyed and Signor Metteucci, the di-
rector, and the employees had narrow
escapes. They passed the night in
darkness, save for the frequent flashes
of lightning, as the gas works and
electric lighting plant also were de-
stroyed.
Lava Sweeps Over Barriers.
Refugees from Tore Annunziata
rep6SmRrrs of the. asm striking the
villa on the outskirts. 1t divided, m
current flowing in the direction of
Pompeii, while the other threatened
to destroy Tore A~nnunziata. Itsince
has been. reported that the lava
reached the town sweeping over bar.
riers that had been erected with the
utmost energy Iby the military engi-
neers. The latter, together with all
the officials and the whole population,
were compelled to abandon the town.
Ottojano, Poggio, Marine, Somma,
= - -, Ave-, o-1 ryi11o a ~ h q yyn
been abandoned. Lava is flowing sew
Ottaiano and many houses have fallen.
Two strong earthquake shocks,
which shattered windows and cracked
the walls Of the buildings here, were
experienced Sunday. The entire pop
ulation rushed to the streets, many
persons crying, "The Madonna has
forsaken us; the end of the world has
come"
Town of 10000 Swept Away.
No trace remains of Boscotrecase,
a commune on the southern declivity
of the mountain, where up to forty
eight hours ago 10000 persons lived.
Tore A%nnunziata, on the shores of
the Gulf of Naples, one mile to the
southwark, is almost surrounded by
the invading lava and has been evac'
uated by it's 10000 inhabitants. The
people were brought to Naples by
trains, street cars, military carts, and
steamships.
Dense Smoke obscures View.
Ashes are falling over a large part
of southern Italy, vel the east coast
These and the dense smoke have blot
ted out all sight of the mountain, the
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FOSTER.

Foster, April 4.-Wallace Conway
was an Ottumwa business caller Mon
day hight.
Cyrus Huxford and family of Hilton
spent Sunday with friends in Foster.
Mrs. Neal Crook is visiting her sis
ter in Hilton, while Mr.. Crook is at
tending the miners convention In Des
Moines.
Joe and Hugh Anderson are visiting
their families in Willard during the
strike.
Absolom Turner and wife of Ottum-
wa are visiting friends here and at
Hooking this week.
William Rector was in Abba Monday
~transacting business.
Mrs. George Skaggs returned to her
home in Moravia Sunday after a
weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs
Frank Hoskinson.
Will Mosley left on the G. M. &. st
P. for a three weeks visit with friends
in Chattanooga, Tenn, last Tuesday
John Hughes and wife of Hilton
are visiting their children here this
week.
Lester Dale and Gertrude Scott were
married last Tuesday at he home o.
the brides parents in South Foster.
The Misses Adie and Coma Peck o.
Blakesburg visited with their friends
Misses Lille Dale and Bertha Duggan
in Foster, last Sunday.
Ed Hughes of Hilton spent Sunda!
night in Ottumwa.
Mrs. James Martin is very i'll at he:
home two miles east of Foster will
pneumonia and there is very lttl'
hope for her recovery.
There was a free dance in the oper'
house Monday evening in celebration
Eof the eight hour work day.
The Moravia home talent compan.
gave a play entitled "The Corne
Store" in the opera house here Satur
day night to a fair sized audience.
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DUNREATH.

Dunreath, April bud Williams of
Red Rock was at this place Sunday.
Harson Hollingworth of Red Rock
was here Sunday. 4
Mrs. Carrie Pattison of Percy was at
this place Tuesday.
Will Hegwood made a flying trip to
Percy Monday.
Miss Alpha Amos of this place spent
Monday and Tuesday with Mrs. Carrie
Pattison at Percy.
Miss Lucy Vangorpe began her sum.
mer school last Monday.
Henry Littell of this place is very
sick with lung fever.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James Littell died last Saturday.
Lew Jefferson of this plsee was a
Des Moines caller Tuesday.
Mrs. Mary Ann Pratt of this place
was a Des Moines caller Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Sam Crook was a Des Moines Seller
Monday
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DOUDS.

Douds. April Capt. James Eler-
ick returned home Saturday, the leg
islature having adjourned Friday ev-
rr. and Mrs. J. F. Wiley are moving
Wiley have made many friends while
here who regret their departure, but
wish for them success in their new
home.
Roscoe Morrow, who was age in
the state senate, returned home Fri
day.
E. B.. Kirkendall and w. H. Harry
man are business visitors in Keosau-
qua today.
Miss Hazel Doud visited with rela.
itives at Eldon last week.
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We're Very Busy

especially so in our Ready
Made Department, where we
have nine experienced people
exclusively engaged to care for
your needs. We advise early
selection of your Easter Ready
to-Wear Garments, so they can
be carefully and properly al
tered and made fit your partic-
.ular form perfectly. We are
equipped in this section with
four experienced ladies, work
ing overtime, in order that none
shall be disappointed in their
purchase of .Ready-to. Wear
Garments.
We will consider it a special
favor to us at this very busy
time. if you will make your
choice as early as possible, as
we desire to, get every garment
out in time for Easter Sunday,
and we will if you can assist us
with an early selection. OF
course our garments fit often
without any alteration, but
come early and make sure.
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The Reliable
Store

is we'll prepared to care for
your Easter wants, with aeon
petent, painstaking and exper-
fenced corps of salespeople
anxious to satisfy your every
desire.
We are showing the Largest,
Newest, Cleat,est, Up.to.Date
Stock of Women's Easter Mer-
chandise and we are busy fur
nishing and making happy the
Smart Easter Dressers.
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GERMANY TRIES TO BATTER
DOWN TARIFF WALL

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