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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
NUMBER OF DEAD
MAY REACH 1000

M. Bradley and four children, and a
family named Livingstone. Several
others are reported missing and believ-
ed to be dead.
The work of burying the dead be-
gan Immediately. Many bodies are bur-
led without Identification. Scores OF
bodies are still in the ruins and from
a sanitary point of view this causes
alarm. While there is necessarily great
confusion the panic itself is over. The
city is practically under martial law.
A dispatch today reports the destruc-
ton of the insane asylum and hundreds
of lunatics escaped and are at large.
Kingston Sinking Into Sea.
The shores and the harbor of
Kingston is sinking, and there is ter
ror lest the city slip into the sea. Ac-
cording to private dispatch received
by large mercantile house here today.
from Port au Prince, Hayti, the bed Of
the harbor is said to be sinking and the
water in many places is now 100 feet
deep. Every wharf not destroyed by
fire is said to have sunk into the sea
or been rendered worthless.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
TIRED or CHORUS GIRL
Fl. Dodge Man Who We'd
Seek. pixorl %
spectal to- Times-Republlcan..

Special to Times Republican.
Ft. Dodge, jan ia divorce u
asked by John A. Inman, Of this citya|
vino, a few weeks ago, married on q
dare, chorus girl whom he met afteyj
a show. A petite brunette caught the
eye of the young man, who Is an exc
pert workman in local shoe factory
ard after a day Of each others society
the following dialogue resulted:
YOU'RE not game enough" she ra.s
Piled.
You can't beat me to it." he ans
swered.
In the petition now on file Inman sets
forth the grounds that he was intoxt-'
Gated at the time and did not know
what he was doing, and, in fact, had
no recollection of what took place
shortly after he met her. He denied
any knowledge of having signed or en-
tered into contract at the time and.
asks that the marriage be set aside
and declared null and void. His wife'a
name was May Monte, Of Boston, Mass.
previous to her marriage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
WANT AMENDMENTS
Important Changes in tho Bankruptcy
Law Recommended - Aimed at Dis
honest Debtors.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Important ac-
ton was taken today by the national
board of trade at the closing of the
thirty-seventh annual meeting, with
respect to the bankruptcy law. A res
olution was adopted approving the
present law, but suggested 1t be
! amended so as to provide the following
additional reasons for refusal to dis
charge an applicant from bankruptcy:
First. Loss by insolvent debtor with
In four months by filing his petition, OF
money or property by unlawful specu-
lation, betting or gaming.
Second Making away with the pro-
ceeds of merchandise purchased with
In four months of the filing Of the Pc
tition in voluntary bankruptcy.
Third Making of any preference In
attempt to defraud creditors.
Fourth Making Of Intentionally false
statements to commercial agencies to
secure a false commercial rating.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17

tourists from the United States, are
sleeping in tents on the lawn. They are
comfortable in spite of the cold mortimer
which set in at twilight last night, bu!
those on the hills, who have no shelter,
are not SO we'll Off
The wharf and offices Of the Ham
burg american line are used as a hos
pital and the dead and dying are
brought by watersin barges and by land
in drays. The crew of the Arno, its
captain dead, was saved at the Roya
Mail wharf by the ships here.
The damage outside of Kingston Is
nothing. Trains are running to Titch-
field. Port Antonio is reported little
damaged and Spanish Town the same.
The negro population behaved splen-
didly. There were no riots or looting,
but they got religious frenzy and were
singing and praying in TIE streets.
Warships are reported summoned.
Troops are guarding Varley's -four
store, where there is sufficient food for
twenty days.
DIR. Twitchell is working hard among
the wounded. He and his wife of New
York. the Haines and Foulkes families
of Philadelphia, and the Hazens and
Goulds of Boston are safe. No Amer
leans are reported dead yet.
Among the reported missing are
Charles and Edward de Cordova, J. w.
Middleton Bradley, who married Miss
Varley of the family extensively inter.
ed in sugar cultivation; BERTHE Varley,
Charles Sherlock and his brother, we'll
known merchants.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
TopAy,s COURT DECISIONS.
Opinion. Handed Down by lowa's
A;rhee$ Tribunal

Opinion. Handed Down by lowa's
Highest Tribunal.
Special to Tilncs-Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 1.-THE following
decisions were handed down by the SUI
preme court today:
State of Iowa, appellant. VS.. Young,
Polk district Reversed.
State Of Iowa VS.. McGovern, appel
liant, Clinton district. StrickeN from
docket.
State of Iowa VS.. Manchester, appel
lant Woodbury. district. Affirmed.
State of Iowa VS.. Blackburn, appel
liant, Marshall district. Affirmed.
Twaits, appellant, VS.. Walter, Du-
buaue district. Affirmed.
Fuller VS. O'Conner, appellant, Linn
district. Affirmed.
Kinney, appellant, vs. Howard. Cedar
district. Affirmed in part and reversed
in part.
Inman Manufacturing Company vs.
American Cereal Company. Linn dis
trict. Reversed.
Hendrickson, appellant, vs. United
States Gypsum Company. Webster
district. Reversed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
step, for Relief.

| Washington, D. c., Jan. 17.-Official
news of the disaster at Kingston, Ja-
maica, reached Washington slowly; in
fact the first report did not come to
hand until well along yesterday after
noon, when dispatch was received at
the state department dated Jamaica,
1881 p. M, Jan. 16," and signed "Amer-
lean Consul" stating that Kingston
had been destroyed and hundreds of
lives lost, and stating that food was
the signature to this dispatch was mis-
leading, as the consul is absent on
leave from his post. 1t was assumed at
| the department that the vice and dep
uty consul, William H, Orrett. at
Kingston, had sent the dispatch. A
reference in the cablegram to the fire.
proof safe is understood to convey as
| surance of the safety of the consular
records and papers. 1t was also re-
garded as possible that the message
might have come from Nicholas r.
Snyder, the American consul at Port
Antonio, on the island of Jamaica.
However, the dispatch was regarded
as warranting the taking of instant
measures of relief Indeed, the navy
department had been in advance in
this matter, for thru Captain Beehler,
the officer in charge of the naval sta
tion at Key West, wireless commune
cation was early established between
the navy department andy Admiral
Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet
at Guantanamo, Cuba, and when Sec
retary Root later indicated the desir-
>F xuoro1oinc Of f0
the distressed island, it turned out
that Admiral Evans had anticipated
the direction and had started on a
torpedo boat destroyer the swiftest
vessel in the American fleet, for King
ston, ordering two of the slower bat
tleships to follow as soon as they
could.
The appeal for food supplies directed
attention to the fact that under ordin-
ary conditions none of the government
supplies could be used for outside re-
lief save by special authority of con-
gress. That fact, however, did not
prevent Secretary Metcalf from order
ing two supply ships with full cargoes
of food at once to Jamaica, leaving for
tomorrow the question as to how the
supplies are to be given to the needy
inhabitants.
The war department up to the close
of business had not acted upon the
application for food, but it is assumed
that in anticipation of the passage of
the necessary legislation by congress,
it will at least take care to get supplies
to the islands and ready for the distri-
buting agencies. There are stores of
food at San Juan, Porto Rico and at
Havana that might be used for emer-
gencies. leaving the department to
draw upon the large stocks at New
York.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
Report on Canal Borinss.

Washington, Jan. 17.-Chairman Mil
lard, of the senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals, today made public the
report of the inter-oceanic canal COM
mission on the boring at the Gatun
dam site, which was furnished in re-
sponse to a request from the commit-
tee. The report includes a cabled
statement from Chief Engineer Stew
ems, in which he says 127 holes have
been bored at the Gatun site and all
show the lock walls will rest on firm
and suitable but soft rock. He also
says sixty-th three borings all extending
to rock, have been made across the
valley Chagres, covering the dam site,
and that previous material was found
in only four holes and below 200 feet.
At the Peiro Miguel lock walls there
have been ten borings, all showing the
rock suitable for foundation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
Sanitary Condition. Bad.


st. Thomas, D. w. l., Jan. 1912 m
Late advices received here from ia
maica declare that all people have
been warned to keep away from King
ston The stencil there is described
as awful. ~
There is no fodder for animals and
famine is imminent. Money is useless
The banks have been burned, but the
vaults are supposed to be safe.
The misery on all sides is indescrib-
able. Rich and poor alike are home
less. Provisions of all kinds are urg-
emily needed.
It is impossible to say where any
body can be, fonnd. Sir James Fergus
son, vice chairman Of the Royal Mail
Steamship Company, is among the
killed.
The loss of life is very great, but
The dead are being buried under
smoldering, ruins The mercantile
community suffered most severely,
warehouses falling upon them Many
professional men are dead or injured.
The negroes are looting. Ghastly
scenes are being witnessed. All the
shops have been destroyed and all
the buildings in and around Kingston
are in ruins. Very few of them are
safe to live in. The governor and his
party are safe. 1t is reported that an
extinct volcano in the parish of Port
land is showing signs Of activity, but
this has not been verified. No news has
vet been received from other parts of
the islands of Jamaica, communication
being very difficult
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
TOLEDO WOMAN DEAD.
Ms. Amo. Ball, sr, Died in chiosoe
After Long illness.

Special to Times Republican.
Toledo, Jan. 17-The body Of Mrs.
Amos Ball. wife of well known mere
chant of this place. arrived this morn-.
ing from Chicago, accompanied by sew
eral of the children. Mrs. Ball died
Yesterday, after an illness extending
over a period Of several months. While
on a visit to a son and two daughters
in Chicago she was stricken with apo
plexy, and has been helpless since and
unable to be removed to her home here,
Mrs. Ball was highly esteemed. Sh4
is survived by her husband and several
children. A son, Mr.. Amos Ball. Jr.s
formerly resided in Marshalltown, but
now lives in Des Moines, where he q
connected with the division Offices o.
the Standard Oil Company.
The funeral will be held Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
TWO THROATS CUT
Dead Body of Young School Teacher
Found in School House at Fairview,
kas., and Young Man Who Admits
Quarrel, is Dying, at His Homo.

Eldorado, .Kas, Jan. 17.-The dead
body of Miss Mary Glass, young
school teacher, with the throat cut
from ear to ear, was found early to-
day in the school house at Fairview'
near here. Later, Robert Hall. with
his throat cut, admitted at his home,
where he is believed to be dying, that
he and Miss Glass had quarreled at
the school house last night He declar-
ed she attacked him and cut his throat,
but when asked who cut the woman's
throat. Hall refused to reply. Hall was
hardly able to speak because Of the
loss of blood. At the school house
there are evidences of a struggle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
NO VOTE TODAY
Attempt to Amend Foraker Brownsville
Resolution Starts Discussion Anew
and Delays Final Vote.

Washington, Jan. 17-When the sem
ate met today, Blackburn offered an
amendment to Foraker's Brownsville
resolution, disclaiming any intention on
the part of the senate to question the
presidents right to discharge the negro
troops. Foraker opposed the amend
ment and Immediately entered upon a
speech denying the presidents power.
1t is believed the amendment will de-
lay the final vote on the resolution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
.(|B|O RIVER FLOOD
TIES UP TRAFFIC
High Water Reaches Stage Of
1884 and Portions Of
Cities Inundated
FURTHER RISE is PREDICTED
Mountain Streams and Creeks Pouring
Flood Waters Into stream-cinein-
natl and Louisville Hard Hit-Watsr
Has Passed the Danger Line and is
Still Rising.

Cincinnati, jan 17.-The Ohio river
continued to rise all night and today
there are no signs of relief. The
Grand Central station, into which the
Big Four, Baltimore & Ohio South
western, the Queen & Crescent, some
OF the Chesapeake & Ohio and Louis
vile & Nashville passenger trains US
ually run, was put out Of business last
night and trains were started today
from the Eighth street viaduct. At
9 o'clock today, the river was 56.3 and
is rising at all points up as far as
Point Pleasant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
POPE DESIRES NEW CONVENTION
vatican's Position Relative 10 Church
Worship Revealed.

Paris, Jan. lit is now possible to
announce definitely that the ultramon-
tanes were victorious at the sessions
Of the French episcopate in their de-
termination to hold in suspense the
main question of how worship shall be
continued decision being arrived at
not to form cultural associations under
the law of 1901, and to at the same
time ask for precise instructions from
Rome In the meantime the status quo
will be maintained. The key to the
vatican's position in the matter was
revealed by Cardinal sCoullie, arch
bishop Of Lyons. who told the assem-
bled ecclesiasts that the, solution would
be contrary to the orders Of the pope,
who desired to compel the French gov
ernment to make new convention
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
TN NOT WORRIED,
SAYS DOLLN[R
Senator Arrives in Des Moin
and is the Center Of Consif :
erable Interest s
BATTLE WAS FOUGHT AND WON
senatorship Was Practically Decided
at tho Polls, He Declares = Federal
Appointments a Matter to Be Set
tied Later by the Iowa Delegation
Speaker kendalps Committees.
,o T,mes-Repupl:can.


Des Moines, Jan. 17.-Senator Doiil-
yer reached the city today and opened
headquarters. He was at once sur
rounded by a large number of the
members of the legislature and spent
the day informally talking over mat
ters. He stated he was in an amiable
frame Of mind and had no doubt Of his
election.
From personal assurances OF repub-
lican members of the legislature, and
because the matter was fought out be-
fore the people last fall, feel sure
that the legislature will give me re-
election to the senate. am not wor-
ried over the situation. In regard to
the federal appointments, that is
question that is open and it must be
settled by consultation among the
members of the delegation later
The members of the legislature who
have indorsed Chase and others pre-
sented the Chase petitions to Dolliver
after the Inauguration ceremonies
were concluded.
Speaker Kendall announced his
standing committees Immediately after
the Inauguration. The important
chairmanships were as follows:
Ways and means, Teater.
Judiciary, Weeks.
Railroads, Meredith.
Schools, Bixby.
Elections, Darrah.
Insurance, Gonna.
Municipal corporations, Sullivan.
Public health, Marston.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
RATE DISCOUNT REDUCED.
Bank Of England Makes II S Instead Of
~ RAr Cant.

London, Jan. 17.-The rate discount
of the Bank of England was reduced
today from to per cent
Operators on the stock exchange
had already largely discounted the an
nouncement of reduction, and the
only immediate result was that the
tone Of the market grew hrmer.
The reduction in the bank rate was
generally anticipated, as the per
cent rate has been so effective since
October 10, that the bank has been en-
abled to satisfactorily build up it's re-
serve improvement in the New York
exchange which helped the directors
of the bank in deciding on the change
of the rate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
EXTENT OF DISASTER GROWS.
Further Details Accentuate Gravity Of
Calamity.

London, Jan. 1.-THE latest reports
received here regarding the Kingston
disaster all tend to confirm and even
accentuate the gravity of the calamity
which has befallen Jamaica. While
the colonial office was unable this aft
ernoon to give official figures on the
death roll and extent of the destruction,
yet many responsible sources of in
formation concur in showing the grow
ing proportions Of the catastrophe.
Sir Alfred Jones' dispatch, received
during the night, and saying every
house In Kingston had been destroyed
and that the city was heap of smol-
dering ashes, has awakened the Brit
ish public to the extent of the blow to
their favorite colony. Other delayed
dispatches are now f1llering into the
business houses, showing the appalling
results of the earthquake, hotels, piers
and warehouses being instantly de-
'stroyed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
GOES AGAINST YOUNG
states Case Against "Lafe" Reversed
bv Supreme Court and Sent Back
for New Trial = Lower Courts De-
eision Regarding Refund, Favored
Younu.

Special to Times-Repnbl,can.
Des Moines. Jan. 17.-The supreme
court today reversed the case of the
state VS.. Lafe Young, and sent it back
for a new trial. The suit involves
overcharges by Young as state binder,
amounting to $4,000. The lower court
held that the state could not claim
the refund, since the bills were audited
and paid by state officials. The state
appealed the case.
The court in the decision held
squarely against the lower court on
every point and declared that the
theory Of the defense would. lead to
official corruption thru collusion. The
court also held that the jury should
have been permitted to judge for itself
of the expert testimony offered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
KING EDWARD HEADS FUND.
sub.oribes $1,000 for Relief Of King.

Subscribes $1,000 for Relief Of Kings.
ton Sufferers-London Same.
London, Jan. liking Edward has
headed the Mansion house fund for the
relief Of the Kingston sufferers with a
subscription of $4,000, the corporation
of London adding similar amount.
The principal theaters are organizing
special performances in behalf of the
fund. On instructions from Washing
ton, the American embassy this after
noon telegraphed to King Edward and
the foreign office, condolences on the
Kingston disaster from President
Roosevelt and the state department..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
charred Bodies in Streets.

Kingston, Jan. 17.-Among the kill
ed in the city were Capts. Constantine
and Young, of the Royal Mail company,
DR.. Robertson and wife, Dr.. Gibb Brad
ley, and B. Varley. In the ruins of the
Jamaica club the bodies of Mr.. Sher-
lock and Miss Lockett were found.
Mines Constantine and Wedderburn
were badly injured
The upper part of the city was less
damaged by the earthquake, but was
ruined by the fire which followed.
The flames were first seen in the
ruins of the parish church in Port
Royal street. They spread with
frightful rapidity, famed by a high
wind.
The fire department was helpless
from the start. The water mains were
broken by the earthquake, and the
flames swept thru the city practically
unchecked until Tuesday afternoon.
The whole city south of the Parade
was consumed, including churches.
banks, and government buildings, ex-
cept the treasury.
The streets are full of wreckage and
wires and the charred bodies of men
and horses.
The disaster has left Kingston like
charnel house. Negro soldiers are
burning the dead by scores in huge
piles of debris. Other parties are
searching the ruins for bodies and
burying them as rapidly as found
One hundred and eighty bodies were
burned in the Catholic cemetery yes
terday and 130 more today.
white.
With the destruction of the insane
asylum hundreds of lunatics escaped
and are roaming at large.
Thousands Of homeless persons are
sleeping in the streets and parks their
principal food being bananas.
The guests at the Myrtle Bank hotel
and Constant Springs hotel, mostly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
River Equal 70 1884 Flood stao,,.

Louisville, Jan. 17.-zWith the tribu-
taries Of the Ohio pouring the foods
into it, at all points south Of Pitts
burg, the danger point has been
reached and passed in many places. It
Is predicted the river Is equal to the
fieod stage of 1884. The rivers and
creeks in Kentucky are raging and
much damage is done. The rain has
fallen in Louisville almost daily for
three weeks, and the Ohio river today
began to creep up into the wholesale
district. The weather bureau an-
nounces the river will continue to rise
for the next several days. probably
reaching the stage Of thirty five feet,
which is seven feet above the danger
lire, by Sunday. Trains from the
south and east are from two to seven
hours late.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
Kingston Alone in pe.oIation.

Holland Bay, Jamaica, Jan. 17.-Ad-
vices received from various parts of
the island, show that Kingston is the
only place damaged by the earthquake.
No further earthquake shocks have
been felt in Jamaica
Reports agree that the entire busi-
ness section Of Kingston is completely
destroyed, mainly as the result of fire.
The destroyed section includes a por-
tfon of the town between East and
West streets, from Tower street to
the water front. The Myrtle Bank
hotel, a favorite resort of Americans,
was completely razed and the large
dry goods houses Of Nathan Sherlock
& Company, as we'll as all other build
ings in the vicinity, have been burned.
The city hospital is overcrowded.
Steamships in the harbor are caring
for many of the injured. Hardly a
building is left standing in the entire
city, and every one that was not de-
molished, is dangerously injured and
uninhabitable. 1t is impossible to fur
nish an accurate estimate of the dead.
The figures vary from 400 to 1000, the
latter a police estimate. The injured
number several thousand, and about
10000 are homeless. Some very prom
inent business men are among the
dead. So far as known, no Americans
were killed or injured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
State Department Notified.

Washington, D. c.. JAN 17.-The
following cablegram has been received
at the state department:
Jamaica. Jan. 16-3:31 p. m.-Sec-
retary of State. Washington: Fearful
earthquake followed by fire. Kings
ton destroyed. Hundreds of lives lost.
Food badly wanted. Consulate prob
ably destroyed. Fireproof safe Amer
lean consulate
The last sentence of the dispatch is
supposed to have referred to the con-
sulate papers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-17
General News.

that in few of those states Is there any
anti-pass law So far as Illinois was
concerned the railroad representatives
were in a tangle Three roads In the
state-Burlington Northwestern and
milwaukee & St. Paul-have cut on
passes to everybody, while the Illinois
Central, Wabash and Chicago & Alton
and others have declined to apply the
interstate law to state business.