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Evening star., 1909-05-20
JUMP TO ESCAPE FIRE
Twenty or More Chicago
Apartment DWeIIers Injured.
EXPLOSION STARTS FLAMES
Entire Structure Destroyed and
Walls Fall In.
BABY IS DROPPED TO STREET
Caught by Crowd Below-Many
Leap From Second-Story
Window.

CHICAGO. May 2o.-Dropping from
second-story windows. twenty or moro
persons were injured, some of them se-
riously. during a fire, starting from
gas explosion, which destroyed the To-
ledo nats. 65th street and Minerva ave-
nue. here today.
The first explosion occurred In tho
basement, and was followed by others
in various parts of the building. Fire
broke out In several quarters. Halls
and stairways became choked with
flames and smoke Those in the build
ing were thrown into a panic.
Mother Drops Babe to Street.
Mrs. E. C. Updegran, who occupied a
fiat on the second floor, rushed to win
dow holding her four-year-old baby In her
arms. Her screams attracted crowd.
Leaning out Of the window Mrs. Upde-
graff dropped the child, who fell safely
into a dozen upstretched arms. Mrs. Up
degraff herself then climbed out and after
hanging to the ledge dropped. She was
seriously injured.
Mrs. A. Elmore, a third-foor tenant,
was also injured by jumping from sec
ond-story window. Mrs. C. Ballard. said
to be deaf and dumb. who lived on the
fourth floor. was assisted to safety by
other occupants Of the building.
John Miller, janitor, was in the base
ment. He was severely burned by the
first explosion and was taken to a hospi-
tai. His condition is said to be serious.
Harry Ripley. a furniture salesman who
cd INT he h,,{1A AirD Aovy
escaped from the second floor.
Mrs. Catherine Carmody escaped
through the hall and was severely burn
ed. She and an elderly woman. whose
jumped from a second-story window. were
taken to hospitals.
Building Destroyed.
Explosions which followed that in the
basement blew out nearly every window
in the building. Within half an hour of
the first explosion the entire building was
a mass of flames. Firemen were unable
to check the fire. Some Of them narrowly
escaped when the south, and north walls
fell
Ambulances were sent to the scene from
the different police stations. In these the
injured were given medical attention. In
all. 1t is said, over twenty people were
hurt.
Among those who escaped was a Mrs.
Herne. She rushed into the street carry
ing her pet parrot Then she realized that
while saving the bird she had forgotten
ner mother. eighty-nine years old.
She rushed back into the flames. but
tainted before she had gone far. Mean
while her mother had reached the lower
floor and both women were rescued by
neighbor.
The loss is placed at $4,000
Evening star., 1909-05-20
WILL UPHOLD CONSTITUTION
SULTAN REPEATS OATH, DEP
UTIEs SWEAR ALLEGIANCE.
sovereign's Speech, Telling Of Tur'
keys Good Relations to Other
Powers, Read.

CONSTANTINOPLE. May 20.-The
members Of the chamber of deputies took
oath this afternoon in the presence Of the
sultan to uphold the constitution Of Tur-
key and to protect the Speriat and the
rights of the nation. The ceremony oc-
Cured in the chamber itself and a great
crowd gathered outside the building and
gave an ovation to Mehmed v when he
appeared upon the scene.
Accompanied by the grand vizier, his
majesty ascended the presidential tribune.
He then handed his speech to the grand
vizier. who read it. The address made
reference to the good relations existing
between Turkey and all foreign powers
and the desire of Turkey to strengthen
these ties. Referring to the disturbances
In Asiatic Turkey. tho sultan expressed
his keen regret and gave assurance that
they would not occur again.
This passage made very good impress
sion. The reading OF the address was
punctuated by applause and CALCULATIONS
of "Inshallah." At the close of the
speech his majesty repeated his oath to
uphold the constitution, and the grand
yizier administered the oath to the various
ministers and deputies individually.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
NOT ANXIOUS TO RISE EARLY.
Navy Department Canvass Against
Daylight-Saving Plan.

Conservation Of daylight for work time.
il 1t depends on the preference Of the
Navy Department. will not be applied to
upset the existing system OF working
hours in the executive departments.
A canvass Of the department has just
been completed on the proposition to
change the hours of labor from to 4:30
to from to $50 o'clock. There are about
$50 employees In the Navy Department, ex-
elusive of officers of the navy.
Each was asked his opinion as to the
desirability of the proposed change. The
vote showed that the sentiment was more
than to against the proposition. Nearly
all the naval officers were opposed to the
8 o'clock plan.
The votes are now being tabulated by
bureaus and divisions. The result will be
reported to Secretary Meyer. He will un-
doubtedy submit the matter to the Pres
ident and cabinet at the next meeting.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
HOPKINS GAINS NINE VOTES.
All But One Come From Supporters Of
Foss.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. May 2O.-what an.
peared to be the beginning OF a deter
mined effort TO break the long deadlock
was made today. when on the ninetieth
legislative joint ballot for United States
senator former Senator Hopkins received
81 votes. a gain of nine from the last
ballot. All but one Of these nine votes
came from former supporters Of Repre-
sentative G. E. Foss.
Senator Jones. in explaining his shift
from Foss to Hopkins. declared that It
was the duty of the republican legislators
to elect Hopkins senator. and that falling
In that purpose 1t Is the duty Of the
republicans ''by caucus or otherwise" TO
select and elect United States senator.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
Howard Divinity School.


The undergraduates OF the day and
evening school Of theology Of Howard
University rendered the annual ban
quet to this years graduates We'd
nesday evening at the Metropolitan Bap-
tist Church, DR.. Isaac Clark, Dean Of
the department presiding. DR.. Nor
man, pastor OF the church, welcomed the
school and its friends. Addresses were
made BY Thomas Gates and q. U. Dick.
ems OF the day class. and J. E. Fields
and ]. d. Pair Of the evening class,
Solos were rendered by Miss Bessie
Gibson. r. g. Doggett and G. r. Dixon,
accompanied by Mrs. r. HI. Pelham.
The classes were addressed in the most
earnest and sympathetic manner by
Prof. w. S. Ewell. DR.. Frank p. Wood
bury and DR.. Sterling Brown.
The graduating exercises OF the theo-
logical department will take place FRI
day evening at the Andrew Rankin
Memorial Chapel. DR.. S. III. Woodrow
will address the students to be grad
uated.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
0vERCROWDIN6 STREET CARS
SECRETARY OF DISTRICT RAIL
WAY COMMISSION REPORTS.
Says Several Companies Limit Num-
Der Of PassengersNew Type Of
"Pay-As-You-Enter."

meeting Of the District electric rail-
way commission has been set for tomor-
row afternoon at 8 o'clock, when a num-
Der Of special reports will be considered.
Secretary Eddy has learned in connection
with his investigation Of the subject OF
overcrowding street cars that the United
traction Company. running out of Al
bany' n r., Of its own volition. has lin-
iteo the number OF passengers that may
be carried in it's cars at one time.
The Third avenue line In New York
city has regulation to the same enoect,
which requires sign reading "Full' to
be shown on the car when the prescribed
number OF passengers are aboard: and
also that resolution has .ecently been
introouced In the city coun I'll Of Cleve-
land. Ohio. which limits the number OF
standing passengers to so per cent OF the
seating capacity OF the car and restricts
the number Of those who are permitted to
stand on the platforms.
New Type Of 'sP. A. =. E.,
\ new type OF pay-as-you-enter car,
with cross seats and a seating capacity
OF thirty-four passengers, is being tried
on the 14th street line. The car is num-
bered 1i3 and has twelve transverse seats.
with short longitudinal seats at the end
IT has the appearance OF one oof the large
type OF yellow cars heretofore used on
that line.
The Chevy Chase line is operating sew
erai large new summer cars OF the yell
low type of the 14th street line equipped
with airbrakes. in conformity with the
recent regulation adopted by the inter-
state commerce commission on recommen-
cation M OF the District commission.
t~I
reported TO his ONCE that passengers are
permitted to leave the p. A. Y. p. cars hv
me rear as well as by the front door on
costa lire. -
Evening star., 1909-05-20
FUGITIVE HIDING IN PRISON.
Unique Situation at Ohio Jail
Prisoner Eludes Capture.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. May o0-Harvey
johnson. a negro. under life sentence, who
was brought to the penitentiary a few
days ago from Franklin county, and who
escaped from his CELL Is hiding some
where in the prison. Twice during last
night he was seen, but each time he
eluded capture.
The entire floor In the bolt shop. where
the negro worked, was ripped up. Traces
of where he had crawled beneath the
floor were found. His working clothes
and an improvised ladder were also
found. The guards have been ordered to
shoot to kill II johnson does not give
himself up.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
WINS THE PRIx DARU.
vanderbilt's Oversight at SO to 90
Captures $4,000 Francs.
Leram 10 Tho Star.

Special Cablegram to Tho Star.
LONGCHAMPS, Paris. May 2O.-The
Prix Daru. $1,000 francs. 2,1oO meters.
was won by Vanderbilt's Oversight. at SO
TO 20. with Bellhouse up. Veilpicard' 5
Vieux Pouen, IL to 20, ridden by Jen-
nings, was second. Blancs Fills Du Vent.
81 to 10. Stern up, was third. Ten horses
ran.
The Prix de LArc de Triomphe. 1000
francs, 2,OOO meters, was won today by
Aubreys Madrigal, Barat up. Pfzer' q
Ma Cherie, ridden by Childs. was Sec
ond Duryea's Wanda, O'Neil up. was
third. Six horses ran.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
MULE REVEALS HIDDEN CAVE.
While Flowing Near York, Pa,
Drons Almost Out Of Sight.

YORK. Pa. May 20-While two men
were plowing a field on the farm OF
William Miller. short distance west OF
the city, one OF their mules suddenly
dropped almost out OF sight. The animal
was extricated with difficulty. and 1t was
then found that 1t had broken through
into . cave.
The cavern, which Is about twelve feet
deep. seems to extend through the lime
stone formation for a considerable dis
tance. parallel with the Codorus creek
close by. but It has not yet been ex-
plored.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
Committee Action Sustained.
LEvEEs LINED WITH PEOPLE.
Great Enthusiasm Over Battleship's
Journey to Natchez.

BAYOU SARA, La. May 20.-Before
sunrise this morning the battleship Mis-
sissippt began the dnal stage Of its jour-
ney up the Mississippi river to Natchez.
The levees were lined with an enthusias-
tic crowd as the big ship hoisted anchor
and steamed out Of the confines of the
rospitable little town.
The sounding OF an artillery salute at
Fort Adams. Miss, signaiized the nrst
the Mississippi's draft into the river on
the banks of Mississippi soil.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
Visitors Register at star once.

Visitors Register at Star once.
The following visitors to Washington
registered today at The Star ONCE:
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Check. Trenton.
N. J..
Dr. Silas Stevenson. Eilwood City. Pa.
Mrs. Ira C. Biau. Manchester. N. H.
Mr.. n. Murphy and Mrs. Murphy. Dan
bury. Conn.
Mr.. III. Murnane and Mrs. Murnane,
Danbury. Conn.
Mr.. Brady b. Walter and Mrs. Walter,
East Freedom, Pa.
Mr.. Austin Walter and Mrs. Walter.
Claysburg, Pa.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
TO VOTE ON CHOICE OF PASTOR.
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
to Pass on Committees Selection.

Rev. Paul r. Hickok of Delaware. Ohio,
has been selected by the special commit
tee of the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church for the vacant pastorate of that
church. A special meeting of the congre-
CATION will be held this evening and vote
taken on the committees recommendation
Rev. Mr., Hickok conducted the morning
and evening services at the church Sun
day, and many of the members Of the
congregation who heard him afterward
expressed themselves as much pleased
with him.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
HELEN CoRTELYoU DEAD.
Daughter Of Former Secretary Of
Treasury Passes Away.

NEW YORK. May 2o-Helen Cortel-
you. the nine-year-old daughter Of
George b. Cortelyou. former Secretary
of the Treasury. and now president Of
the Consolidated Gas Company. died last
night at the Cortelyou home, Hunting
ton. l.. !.
Two attacks of grip which the former
Secretary's daughter suffered during the
winter had undermined her general
health and left her in an extremely
nervous condition and with q weakened
heart.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
Going to Law.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The man who goes to law for the pur-
pose of obtaining satisfaction generally
gets SO many other things that he for
gets all about the satisfaction II there
Is any In 1t for him.
Evening star., 1909-05-20

Mr.. vitz, who is assistant librarian of
the Washington Public Library. told a
Star reporter today that he had accepted
the position in question. but would re-
main here In Washington some little time
longer. Librarian Bowerman has not yet
selected a successor to Mr.. Vitz. The lat
ter came here two years ago from Cleve-
land, where he held a position in the
public library Of that city. He Is grad
uate Of the New York State Library
School at Albany.
Evening star., 1909-05-20
NEW YORK PLACE FOR vITz.
Assistant in Public Library Will Go
to ALBANY.

ALBANY. N. Y. May 30-State Com
missioner OF Education A. s. Draper to-
day announced the appointment Of Carl
p. p. vitz of Washington, D. c.. as di-
rector's assistant in the state library at
s. 100 year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-11
FOR EVERY Ill THERE IS A CAUSE

Persons who at middle age should
feel the full strength and energy OF
youth are often rheumatic, nervous.
irritable and inclined TO worry too
much. There are spells OF utter weari-
nesa. life is made miserable by con-
slant lameness and dull backache and
sleep is disturbed with pain and dis
tressing urinary disorders.
You have tried to shake this off end
wonder why you can't. Probably you
have missed the hidden cause-sick
kidneys. Prompt treatment with Doans
Kidney Pills would right things
quickly.
An active life weakene the kidneys
end something must be done to stinnu-
late the little filts-s OF the blood--to
keep them working as they should.
Every day OF your life the blood
gathers up q dangerous amount OF
uric poison, and II the kidneys do not
pass II all off with the urine, there is
bound to be serious trouble. Uric acid
weights the blood, clogs the circula-
ton, weakens tho heart, duiis the brain
srritates the nerves and forms little
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WEIGH YOUR PACKAGES.


Postmaster Nimocks has communi-
cation in today's issue of the Courier
which should command attention. He
states that unless packages are fully
stamped they will not be sent from the
Ottumwa Office until after the Christ
mas rush is over. Most of the Christ
mas packages come under the postof-
flee classification OF merchandise. the
rate FOR which is one cent an ounce.
This must be paid in full, otherwise
the package is not mailed from the Of
flee until card has been sent to the
person to whom the package is con-
signed and postage is returned for the
full amount. The due postage privi-
lege is not extended to packages and
the postmaster is not permitted to al
low mail matter of this character to
leave the Office where it is mailed for
delivery until the postage is paid in
full. All pa ,k,.g are weighed at the
Ottumwa Office, and unless they are
fully prepaid they are not sent out in
the mails. 1t is to the interest of per-
sons sending Christmas packages
through the mails to make sure that
the postage is sufficient. If they fail
to do this it is practically certain
that the packages they mail will
not reach their destination until after
Christmas.
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holdings in tens of thousands of acres.
The latest survey from which figures
can be compiled, the dispatch says,
shows that peers of all parties hold
16, 1886 acres, or one-fifth of the en-
tire area of the united kingdom. And
the peers who defeated the budget are
shown to hold together 10,978,979
acres of this total. The average hold
ings of dukes is shown by the dispatch
to be 142,564 acres each, of marquises
1880 each, of earls 30.217, of Wis
counts 1924 and of barons 1852.
Two of the three foremost brewers,
Lords Hindlip and Kenmart, own ST.
600 and 100000 acres respectively. AS
the land and liquor taxes were two OF
the principal items in the budget, it Is
not hard to find a reason for the oppo-
sition in the upper house.
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PAcKWooD.
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Packwood--Mrs. Bert Rimier

Packwood-Mrs. Bert Rimier is
visiting her parents near Pekin.
p. l.. Mitchell left Monday for
business trip to Montana.
Word has been received by relatives
that Miss Florence Anderson, who is
visiting in Boise City, Idaho, had re-
Gently underwent an operation for APP
pendicitis.
Mrs. C. s. Adams is the guest Of
Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Decker at Kinks
Vile.
You can sell eggs, chickens, horses.
hogs, sheep, cattle, seed corn and all
kinds of grain, or you can exchange
articles by putting a want ad i'm the
Courier Read the want ads today.
You have something you want to sell.
or there is something you want to
buy--wrte your ad and then count the
words and send it In with stamps to
pay for the number of insertions de-
sired One half cent word.
Christmas will be observed by the
churches here. The children will give
q program, after which the presents
will be distributed
Chicken pox has been in the ma
iority Of the families here and now
the humps has appeared. w. Thomas
being quite i'll with the latter
Mrs. III. 0. Johnson and Mrs. p. r.
Mitchell were Oskaloosa visitors on
Tuesday.
o. y. Myers has returned from a
trip to st. Louis.
]. A. Norman has added another
room to his house on West First street
and when completed will move his
family to it.
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Colored Men to
Get Appointments
Washington Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier,
Washington. d. c., Dec. 8.


That President Taft is going TO
make appointments of northern ne
eroes to Office rather than southern
ones is the information which has
been pretty thoroughly disseminated
among the colored politicians of WASH
ineton and elsewhere. The president
has talked over his ideas about the
annointment Of colored men to office
with some of the leading men OF the
race, and he has signtfied to them ms
inclination to give recognition 10 the
negro voters in northern states where
there are large populations OF blacks.
AS the result Of this policy, 1t is ex-
pected that the negroes IN the south
who are holding in1portantaoffices Will,
as their terms expire, be displaced for
the most part by whites and in turn
recognition will be given to colorad
men in the north.
IN the entire south, there are not
many offices held by colored men, that
is, Offices of Importance and influence.
The list of colored men holding i'm
portant offices in the south under the
fedefal government includes the fol-
lowing:
Robert Smalls. collector OF customs
at Beaufort, South Carolina.
Henry A, Rucker, collector of inter
nal revenue at Jacksonville, Fla.
Joseph Lee, collector of internal rev
enue at Jacksonville, Fla.
Martin H. Alexander, register of the
land Office at Montgomery, Ala.
Thomas v. McAllister, receiver OF
public moneys at Jackson, Miss.
Walter l.. Cohen. register Of the
land office at New Orleans.
Alexander B. Kennedy, receiver Of
public. moneys at New Orleans.
John E. Bush, receiver of public
moneys at Little Rock.
| The course the president will take
| in the matter of appointing colored
men is likely to be illustrated in the
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this question are explained in the
statement that "if the facts secured by
the tariff board are Of such character
as to show generally that the rates of
duties imposed by the present tariff
law are excessive under the principle
of protection, / shall not hesitate to
invite the attention of congress to this
fact and for the necessity of action
predicated thereon" Until such inves-
tigaton has been made and the facts
are at hand, the president believes the
tariff question should be let alone.
The president believes the postal
savings bank practicable as substi-
tute for the plan attempted by some
of the western states of guaranteeing
bank deposits, in which he sees the
seeds of Generalization to conserva
tive banking, and certain financial dis
aster. He favors a federal board of
health and sees no reason why such
an agency should not be as successful
as the department of agriculture has
been, though the states now have
state agricultural boards that bear the
same relation to the federal depart
ment as the state boards of health
would bear to a national board.
Changes in judicial procedure and In
the method of issuing injunctions in
labor disputes are urged and plans are
suggested by which such reforms may
be accomplished.
Taken as a whole, the recommends
lions cover range sufficiently wide to
give congress plenty Of work to do,
without taking into consideration the
questions the president states he will
deal with in future messages.
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the very moment when most wanted.
If that life-saving equipment had been
available; II the electric lights had not
been out OF commission, but had been
there for the men to use (instead Oh
the naked torch which was an invita-
ton to confagration) and, finally, If
an ample water supply had been pro
vided for Just such emergencies, the
story would have been far less OF
tragedy, and there would not have
been a village full Of weeping widows
and orphans.
1t is a self-evident fact that human
life is held too cheaply in our mines,
and the humble heroes of Cherry,
many OF whom saved the lives OF Their
comrades at the cost of their own
lives, will not have died in vain, il
their sudden taking off arouses the
country to the need of such reforms
as will afford the greatest protection
to miners in the future.
r. Williams,
Oliyet, Iowa.