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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-04-24
FIERCE LAUNDRY FIRE.
Wilcox Laundry Has Gasoline
Explosion
DAMAGE WAS NOT GREAT
Fire Had Good Start but Excellent
Work of Firemen Prevents Loss.

An explosion of the carbonator at
the Wilcox Laundry started a fierce
blaze in that establishment on Satur-
day forenoon. Considering the char
acter of the fire and the length of
time that elapsed before the alarm
was sounded and the fire companies
were on the scene. it is little short of
miraculous that the building and con-
tents together with other buildings
on Broadway were not a total loss.
The splendid work of the tiremen
confined the fire to the laundry build
ing and eXtinguished the flames with
loss of less than $500 to the build
ing and plant. The fire started when
w. w. Smith started to iiil the gas
oline tank for the ironing machine.
No sooner was the tank opened when
an explosion followed like the report
of gun. The burning fluid flew all
over, the rear of the building. Mr..
Wilcox and Mr.. Smith went to work
in very cool headed way to extin-
guish the fire. The alarm was sent in,
the doors were closed to prevent a
draft and water and hand fire extin-
gnishers were used. In spite of this
the fire gained steadily. and the alarm
did not sound.
Thought it False Alarm
1t now transpires that the 'sys-
tenn worked all right. but the Thu.
man element prevented prompt ser.
vice. The Indicator at the city hal
was being fixed so that hereafter the
last company out to a fire can return
the index back to zero. so that ths
apparatus will be reany for anothe7
alarm. j. M. Fisher was doing thu
work, the alarm was sounded from
central' but Mr.. Fisher though hi
had sounded it himself and pomptl,
stopped it.
Thus it was that no alarm wa
sounded until excited men rushed t
the city hall and pulled the bell
Within three minutes the fire com
panies were at the laundry and a
work but at least ten precious min
utes had been lost. Mr.. Wilcox i
loud in praise of the work of the fir
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5 AUSTR|ANS KILLED.
Illinois Central Train Runs
Down Loaded Handcar.
EVERY MAN WAS KILLED.
Bodies Knocked as High as Telegraph
Poles. Coroner's Jury Attaches
no Blame.

On Thursday afternoon a hand-car
on which were five Austrians. en-
ployees of the railroad on surfacing
gang, was run down by the fast west
bound train Number Five on a curve
of the track near Ellis. The accident
was one of the most complete and ter
rible of railroad catastrophes. Not a
man escaped to tell the tale. The
skulls of all were crushed and life was
extinct before any help could reach
them. Racing against time at speed
conservatively estimated by the en-
gineer at siXty-five miles an hour,
the iron monster. pushed by the heavy
cars. literally plowed its way through
the flesh and bones of the five unfor-
tunates. There was crash and the
five bodies were hurled through the
air as high as the tops of the tele-
graph poles. and left MANNED. broken
and dead along the right of way.
Railroad men who have seen many
accidents, turned away, sick and un-
manned at the gruesome sight. The
story of the accident is as follows {:
Thursday was bad day. there was
wind and snow and cold. The surfac-
ing gang. working near Ellis was laid
off for the day and the enforced idle
ness tempted FIVE of the men to take
the hand car which had been left un-
locked on the siie track. go to Boyer.
buy keg of beer and return with it
for the enjoyment of the whole camp.
The foreman was at dinner at a
farm house and did not know that
they were gone. They went to Boyer.
made their purchase and were on their
return journey when the fearful acci-
dent occurred.
The evidence is tritie conflicting.
but it appears that at least four of
the men had their backs to the ap-
!. preaching train. while the other man
Swas bending down helping to pump
the car The noise of the storm. the
4 rattle OF the car and doubtless the
noise of their own conversation as
they went merrily along on their little
holiday. drowned the sound of the ap-
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preaching train. They evidently did
not hear the whistle sounded for the
nearby crossing and if they heard the
warning whistle given by the engineer
the moment the car was sighted. it
was too late. A train going at the
rate of 65 miles an folr covers hun
dr., d feet every sec, nd. The fireman
states that the l:-nd car was eight
hundred feet distant when first seen
by him. Tie engineer puts the !
tance at nine hundred feet. Thus it
would be between eight and I'm
seconds from the time the men were
first sighted until the car was struck.
Even had they heard the warning
whistle it would have been impossible
for all of them to have escaped. and
as it was not man was seen to jump
and all were hurled in twinkling
into eternity.
The train was stopped as soon as pos
sibe but at that high rate of speed it
had gone half mile before the wheels
were at stand-still. Assistance was
Immediately sent but it was all too
late and nothing remained but to take
the mangled remains back to the camp
of their comrades. The hand-car was
stuck fast to the pilot of the engine
by the fearful impact The keg of
beer which was the indirect cause of
the whole affair was hurled through
the air. 1t fell on the roof of the
second coach and rolled to the ground
without being damaged in the slight
est.
The bodies were brought to Denison
on the evening train and the Denison
undertakers used their utmost skill to
restore them to some semblance of
naturalness so that their friends might
have one look at them before they
were laid to rest forever among
strangers in strange land.
The victims of the accident were
| $50 DRAGOSAVAC aged sixty.
married man with family in Austria
and one son who was member of the
surfacing gang and who was at the
camp when his father was killed.
Dragosavac seems to have received
all the violence of the blow. His
skull was crushed so that the skull
cavity was empty. one leg was nearly
cut in two and the other leg was
broken in two places.
DAMJAN BOBIC. aged thirty-t two.
was also married and leaves family
in Austria His skull was crushed.
his head cut. his leg broken and his
chest crushed in by the blow.
ZOWAN UZELAC. single man,
aged 27. skull crushed. arm broken,
4 leg badly cut at knee.
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SUNDAY AYSCHOOL WORK
Successful Convention Held
Saturday and Sunday.
PROF w r MANNING PRESENT
Manila Chosen as Place for Holding
Next Meeting. New Officers.

A successful county Sunday school
convention was held in the M. e.
church in this city on Saturday and
Sunday last The sessions began at
$50 P. M. and were presided over by
Prof. Van Ness of the Normal who
was vice-presidant of the association.
Although Saturday is a busy after
noon there were quite a number of
people out. Representatives could be
seen, not alone from Denison bat from
Manila. Dow City and other points
in the county. After little getting
acquainted and singing the program
was taken up and an address ma;.. by
Prof. w. r. Manning who is repre-
senting the state work. With a
blackboard to make clear his points
he first spoke of the duty OF the pastor
to the school. He called attention to
the fact that the mass of the conver-
sions in the church came from those
taught in the Sunday schools. of the
help the children We're to the church,
and urged that the pastors magnify
the work of the schools and help them
along. He spoke of the necessity of
interesting the grown people in the
schools as with these in attendance
the children came. there was be. ter
order. The Importance of the Home
department was touched upon. 1t was
the line of work which took the bible
to the people in the homes where the
people could not come out because of
sickness or household cares. This de-
partment had shown ilself blessed of
God and should be part of every
school. Mrs. Voss on behalf of the
committee on entertainment was
present and the out of town friends
were given assignments for supper
and lodging. After some handshak-
ing the assembly disbursed until the
evening.
Saturday Evening Session
The Saturday evening session was
we'll attended. There was some gooe
music. Mrs. Lou Martin being on the
program. Prof. Manning spoke f9l
nearly enc hour telling in a mos
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men but states that the chemical en-
gine proved the most effective. The
loss to the building was between S150
and 5000. with another slO0 loss to
fixtures and for loss of time. The
laundry is now being completely over
hauled and will be ready fer business
the last of this week or the first of
next
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way the things needed for
teacher The strong address

earnest way the things needed tor
successful teacher The strong address
of the evening was given by Rev.
Lacey of Manila. He told of the
fruits of the Sunday school. Under his
master touch the subject grew into
great proportions. He called atten-
tion to what the school had accom-
plished. He congratulated the press
of the land and of this county which
was devoting so much space on Sun
day school topics. The schools were
a great agency for temperance and
were saving thousands yearly. While
having no antagonism to secular
schools he criticised any which did
not try to help the morals of the
pupils
Sunday Afternoon
The delegates and friends we're
ready for another feast of good things
on Sunday afternoon. The music of
the opening was in charge of Leon
Cassaday The first business was the
reports from the heads of the depart
ments. Mrs. E. w. Pierce spoke as
to the Home department. She is an
enthusiast in this work and told of the
great good it had accomplished. She
asked that every school have this
branch of work. The request is that
the person study the lesson for half
hour each day. Her statistics showed
that some schools are doing good
work. Mrs. Sears McHenry spoke as
to the Normal department or the
training of teachers for their work.
Some progress had been made but
there was need of much more. Mrs.
Penney made quite hit with her re-
port on the Primary department by
insisting that she had done nothing.
She gave reports however from eleven
schools of the county which showed
that the little ones were being cared
for in the schools. Mrs. Hope hac
no report to make as to the temper
ance work. but good discussion fol-
lowed as to how to present the pledge.
In this Sears McHenry. Prof. Man.
ming and Rev. Lacey took part. Aftel
some beautiful singing by Mrs
Glenn's class of girls the secretary
, and treasurer Mr.. Hoffman made his
report as follows:
County Secretary and Treasurer's Re
pert for 1907 by F. L Hoffman
The number of Sunday schools il
the county at this date is 10. JUS
two less than a year ago and IL les
taan there We're 13 years ago. Th
I great increase in foreign population
and the removing of many America
families results in decrease of mem
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Saturday Evening Session

The Saturday evening session was
welt attended. There was some good
music. Mrs. Lou Martin being on the
program. Prof. Manning spoke for
nearly cne hour telling in most
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-07-06

The question of the ownership OF
the Holden mine on Lake Chelan
will be threshed out in the July
term of the Superior court, which
opens next Monday. This mine, the
most valuable on Lake Chelan, is
valued at about 100000. Victor w.
S. Denny has filed suit against J. H.
Holden, Alma j. Holden, his wife,
and the Holden Gold & Copper Min
ing Company, asking for an adjudica-
ton of his rights in reference to the
said mine, alleging that he furnish
ed his grub stake to J. H. Holden
previous to the discovery of the mine
on the understanding that he was TO
receive half of the results of his
find. This agreement he alleges has
not been carried out. The amount
involved is in the neighbornooa uf
100000.
The jury term of the Superior
court which was to have been held
at this time has been postponed until
August. Accordingly the criminal
cases will be postponed until that
time. Davis. the man charged with
the murder of McGee at Leaven-
worth, Is still in Jail, not having
been able to furnish bail, and will
most probably remain there until his
trial in August.
Civil eases set for trial for the July
term are as follows:
Ida NJ. Johnson VS.. o. D. Johnson.
Action to quiet title. Attorneys for
plaintiff, Reeves & Reeves; defen-
dants, Williams & Grimshaw and Ira
Thomas
Matthew Sunnitch VS.. Albert
Walker. Action in damages Plain
tiff, J. J. King; defendants, Lewis
]. Nelson.
Hugh w. Wantz VS.. Leroy Wright.
Action for recovery on loss of po-
tatoes. Plaintiff. Ira Thomas: de-
fendant, Reeves & Reeves and W. o.
Parr.
l.. 0. Hall and Annie J. Hall, VS..
City of Wenatchee. Action to quiet
title and recovery of land. Plain
tiff, w. o. Parr; defendant. B. J.
Williams
State of Washington vs. A. A.
Bryant. Action in tresspass. Plain
tif. Henry Grass; defendant
G. H. Kelly VS.. Mary s. Johnson
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5000
HERE THE 4th
The Largest Crowd That Has Ever
Been Together in This City
at Once.

How many were at the celebra-
question asked ON the streets today
The World man has made a little
round with that question himself
and the general estimate made up
from the answers indicate that there
We're 45OO to 5000 people in attend
ance on that day.
This was probably the greatest
number of people that have ever
been in Wenatchee in one day. Some
place the estimate as high as six
thousand, but the general belief is
that that figure is too high.
1t is said that there were 600 peo-
pie from Cashmere and vicinity
alone, besides large number from
Leavenworth.
Within the city limits of Wenat-
chez there are 5000 people. On the
fiat within two miles of town there
are close to 1000 more This alone
would make 5000 had they all turn
ed out
The people were all taken care of
in a way that seemed perfectly salts
factory to all. The hotels were all
full early in the day. The Chewa-
wa Cafe alone fed 900 people during
the day.
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VIII Remain Until After Trial
His Son Allowed to Visit With
Him Today.

Hiram Davis. the father of w. L..
Davis, now incarcerated in the county
Jail awaiting his trial on the charge
Of the murder of Contractor Mckee,
arrived today from Morehead. Ken
tucky.
Broken-hearted with his sons mis-
doings the father on his arrival in
the city on the / o'clock train, made
his way to the courthouse and went
to the Office of the county sheriff
The son was informed that a per-
son wanted to see him in the sher-
riffs Office. In silence for a space
of fifteen minutes time father and
son embraced teach other wishout
saying a word
The father bears the appearance
of being man of intelligence and
sobriety. He received the intelli-
gence of the predicament of his son
a few days after the killing.
Interviewed by a World repres-
entative, Mr.. Davis said:
II expect to remain here until af-
ter the trial. / have another son also
but neither one has been before a
magistrate to my knowledge, before
this happened. 1 have no use what
ever for liquor, which must have
been the real cause of the crime" +"
I am a poor man but expect to go to
work out here until this thing is
over
Mr.. Davis is a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge and or the Baptist
church according to the credentials
produced, is unquestionably in good
standing in each.
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PRICES FOR YAKIMA
APPLES WILL BE GOOD
Well-Known Buyer. Returns From
East, Where He Examined
Into Conditions

Bruce Wees, the well-known apple
buyer, who has been purchasing in
this valley for the exclusive eastern
trade, returned this morning after a
six weeks trip, during which time he
visited the principal cities of the
east. The objdet of his trip was to
get thoroughly acquainted with the
condition of the markets.
Mr. Wees is considered one of the
fairest buyers operating in this vic
unity, so that his reports may be re-
lied upon to be fairly accurate. He
does not come BACK with tales of big
crops and low prices, but states con-
servatively that while the eastern
apples will yield better than at first
anticipated, Yakima growers may
look for better prices, as their prod
uct will be in demand.
''The eastern crop is far from
heavy" said Mr.. Wees this morning,
but the exceedingly pessimistic re-
ports from many sections in the ear
lier part of the season were not JUS
tilted. There are lots of apples in
the apple growing states of the east.
However, there will be good
market and good prices for Yakima
apples. l should say that farmers
will get as good prices as last year
perhaps a little more. l wish to be
conservative in making statements
about prices, but this statement
seems to be justified by the present
outlook.
lone result of the light crop in
the east will be that there will be
more apples packed than heretofore.
The Yakima fruit is getting a
fine reputation in the east and your
farmers cannot do anything better
than to continue their efforts to pro-
duce fancy stuff.
so far as the peach crop is con-
cerned, there are practically no
peaches anywhere that will come in
competition with the Yakima fruit.
Peaches should bring good prices
this year" Yakima Republic.
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LOCAL BRIEFS.

N. Ament is in the city after sew
eral days stay in Moses Coulee.
Geo. w. Lessinger, deputy county
Auditor has gone to the Sound for
ten days vacation.
Mrs. c. w. Jorgenson left Thurs
day eveni~- for Seattle where she
will visit 60 sane time.
Mrs. H. A. Manchester left on the
up river boat this morning for Oron-
do where she will remain during the
summer.
Smith Miller, formerly OF the Co
lumbia River Lumber company in
this city is spending the Fourth in
Wenatchee.
Judge Berry of the Okanogan
County Be- is down from Riverside
to be in attendance at the Superior
court whiea convenes next week.
c. H. Armstrong has resigned
from his position as principal of the
Wenatchee High School. The school
board is now looking for some one
to fill the vacancy.
The people of the Entiat had a
celebration of their own on the 4th.
A picnic was held in Knapp's Grove
and practically every one in the val
ley was present.
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pOrtant than was at first dreamed of.
The amount of money that is now
being spent and the preparations that
are being made are such as to lend
credence to the belief that work will
be begun in the very near future.
Beside the Lamb-Davis Lumber Co.
it is reported that the Chelan Eon-
solidated Copper Co. of the Red
Mountain district which is backed
with plenty of money is interested
in the proposed new road.
Road Needed.
The rich district through which
the road is to pass is itself reas-
enable assurance that the road will
go through sooner or later. Much
valuable timber lies all along the
route.
The Mines.
The money that has been spent
in an effort to get the rich mineral
deposits of the Red Mountain country
has come from conservative men.
The work has been done quietly
but none the less effectively.
A report from Leavenworth this
afternoon says that other things are
in store for Leavenworth which will
follow as a natural sequence Of the
construction of the railroad ans pow
err Dlant
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SPEAKERS
FOR BAR ASSOCIATION
Vice President Fairbanks. Secretary
Garfield and Other Notables
On Program

The state bar association will
meet in Seattle next Thursday and
remain in convention until Satur-
day.
Thursday Hon. James r. Garfield
secretary of the interior, will ad-
dress the convention and Saturday
Vice President Fairbanks will make
the principal address
Among the other speakers on the
program are Chief Justices Hadley,
of this state, and Ailshe, of Idaho.
H. G. Rowland, Pierce county prose-
cutting attorney. viii speak on Tide
Lands"
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FATHER OF w. l..
DAVIS ARRIVES
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G. n. DEAL FOR
RIGHT OF way
Another RumOr Current That Great
Northern is About Ready
for Business.

Right of Way Agent Anderson of
the Great Northern is in the valley of
the Columbia again.
On Wednesday he closed up the op-
tion for the right of way across the
John Leonardy place on Burch Flat.
The price paid was $1,000 per acre.
The surveyors are still at work
up the Columbia river between We
natchee and Pateros. The perma-
nent survey has been made, all of
the right of way is practically ar
ranged for and nothing seems to
stand in the way of early railroad
building.
The report was out several
months ago that the Great Northern
would begin on the new branch line
at that time but the fact that they
did not was ascribed to the fact that
labor was scarce.
Since the closing up of the camps
on the Sound and the rush of work
of early summer is past labor is
more plentiful.
Besides the above mentioned facts
the rumor is current that the Great
Northern will begin building in a
very short time. AS to the cOnfirma-
tion of this report the World will
not vouch Everything, however,
points to the early beginning of actual
work.
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HOLDEN MINE IS
NOW IN LITIGATION
Superior Court In Session Monday---Jury
Term Postponed Till August
Cases DOcketed.

ct vir. Plaintiff, J.. j. King, Ira
Thomas
Irwin Wanddell VS.. Jennie Wan
dell. Action for divorce. Plaintiff,
Ira Thomas; defendant, Williams &
Grimshaw
James Geary VS.. City of Wenat-
chez. Damage for personal injury.
Plaintiff, NJ. j. Cochran; defendant,
B. J. Williams.
E. E. Bachelor VS. H. D. Kirken-
dali. Appeal from justice court
Debt. Plaintiff, A. H. Mohler, Fred
Reeves; defendant, A. N. Corbin.
Phillip Miller VS.. Peter Wheeler
Action to adiudicate water right
Plaintiff, Ira Thomas; defendant
Corbin & Kemp, Reeves & Reeves
Hugh w. Wantz VS.. Leroy Wright.
Action in contract. Plaintiff, Ira
Thomas; defendant, W. o. Parr,
Reeves & Reeves.
w. j. LAWS vs. Wenatchee Planning
Mills Co. Replevin. Plaintiff. Ira
Thomas; defendant. w. o. Parr
Reeves & Reeves.
Victor W. s. Denny VS. j. H. Hol-
den, Alma j. Holden, his wife, The
Holden Gold e. Copper Mining Co
Action for interest in Holden mine
Plaintiff. Martin & Denny; defend.
ant, Graves & Graves, Williams &
Grimshaw
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GREAT NORTHERN
BREAKS GROUND
Three Parties of Engineers.--Lines Run
Through Leavenworth Today
New Railrord Projected.

Great big things are being don4
at Leavenworth.
The Great Northern railroad today
broke ground for their mammoth
power project in the Tumwater cam
yon. This will cost in the neighbor.
hood of $1,O00,000.
New Railroad Projected.
Added to this is the projected new
railroad between Leavenworth and
Red Mountain. Three parties of sur.
veyors are now on the ground and
this morning surveyed through the
townsite of Leavenworth to the
Lamb-Davis Company's mill.
Up the Chumstick.
The proposed new line runs from
Leavenworth up the Chumstick to
Lake Wenatchee thence into the min
ing district at Red Mountain. The
name of the road will be the Leav-
enwOrth, Lake Wehatchee & Red
Mountain Railway.
For some time it has been known
to the World that parties were in
the vicinity of Leavenworth looking
over the Chumstick valley but it
was not until today that sufficient
facts could be gathered to justify
the publication of a news story.
The facts developed are more i'm
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Wet wheat for sale. Farmers
warehouse.