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Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-30

"Our baby cries for chamoeriain's
Cough Remedy" writes Mrs. r =.
Kondrick, Rasca, Ca. IL - the best
cough remedy on the market for
coughs, colds and group" For sale
by All Dealers.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-30

Albuquerque scenes IN moving pic
lures. Al the Orpheum soon.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
RUNAWAY BACK WITH
BRIDE AND $4,000
Lad Whipped For Not Attending
School Ran Away.

Northumberland, Pa, Dec. 20.-Ten
years ago Paul E. Derk, of this place.
was whipped by his father for not at
tending school.
He ran away and had not been heard
from until Wednesday, when he ap-
peared. He had with him bride and
a certified check for $4,000. half Of
which he presented to his father.
Derk, who was seventeen years old
when he left, says he did not like
school and rode freight trains to Pitts
burgh. He was penniless and managed
to eat by begging from house to house.
In Pittsburgh he got work, but later
drifted to the west, where he drew a
quarter section of government ground
at Rosebuck, Mont. He worked this
and successfully started small stock
ranch, which prospered. On Dec. 1 he
sold out for $4,000.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
TAFT:OFF FOR PANAMA
The President viii Spend Three Days

The President viii Spend Three Days
at Big Ditch.
Washington. Dec. 20-The President
and Mrs. Taft and their invited guests
left Washington for Key West, Fla.
on the first leg of flying trip to Pan
anna
The president and his friends will
eat their Christmas turkey in the
tropics, spend three days inspecting
the greatest engineering feat in the
world, and Mr.. Taft will be back In
Washington in time to shake hands
with few thousand persons at his
last New Years reception
The presidential party will be away
from Washington twelve days. Four
will be spent on trains, five at sea and
three in Panama. 1t will be the presi-
dents fifth visit to the zone and his
first to Florida.
1t will not be merely pleasure trip
for the president. He has determined
to make Colonel George w. Goethals,
builder of the canal, governor of the
zone under the forthcoming civil ad-
ministration.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
TAFT PARDONS VANSCHAICK
General lSiocum's Commander Freed
by President.

General <Sloeum's Commander Freed
by President.
Washington, Dec. 20-The president
granted a pardon to Captain William
H. Van Schaick, who commanded the
steamboat General Slocum, which wac
burned in 1904 in the East river off
New York city resulting in the loss
of 1890 lives, mostly women and chill
dren. \
The pardon becomes effective on
Christmas day. Captain Van Schaick
has been out of prison on parole for
some time. -
Captain Van Schafck in 1906 was
convicted and sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment for criminal negligence
In failure to have sufficient life saving
and fire equipment aboard his vessel.
He had served five years when paroled
last February.
Two hundred and fifty thousand per-
sons signed the petition to President
Taft asking his pardon. Two previous
attempts to secure pardon for him
failed.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
I4O MEXICANS KILLED.
IN REBEL RAID
Burn and. Loot After Driving
Out Federal Force.

Guadalajara, Mex, Dec. 20. - One
hundred rebels and forty rural guards
and townspeople were killed ii a
fierce battle at Huejuquilla. The town
was sacked by the rebels, who com-
mitted many outrages.
A force Of 600 rebels, COMMANDED
by General Cheche Campos attacked
the little town of Huejuquilla, in The
state of Jalisce, near the boundary of
Zacatecas.
The garrison, which consisted + of
fifty rural guards, with the assistance
of armed citizens, held them off FOR
thirty hours, until the store of amhu.
milton in the town was exhausted.
The rebels forced their way in and
burned many of the buildings in the
town, and committed every kind of
outrage, according to reports which
have reached Guadalajara.
Some hours later reinforcements of
federal troops arrived and drove he
rebels out, after killing large nun.
Der of them.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
Moro sIays Army captain.

Manila. Philippines. Dec. 20.-Cap-
tain John Watson. of the Eighth cav
flry, stationed at Augur Barracks, Jolo.
was killed by Moro who sneaked
within the lines of detachment en-
camped at Seit Lake, according to re,
ports received from Jolo. Lieutenant
Kinzie D. Edmunds was seriously
wounded Hearing the cries of the Of
f1cers, Captain Rush s.. Wells dashed
into the tent and killed the Moro.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
Only Three suffragettes on Hike.

Ffshkill Landing, N. Y, Dec. 90
Three survivors of the suffragette
army arrived here in the midst of
darkness and a rip snorting snow
storm. They had walked twenty-four
miles during the day over roads al
most impossible on account of mud.
This record-breaking performance had
exhausted all of them. General Jones,
who rarely recovered from badly bills
tered heels, nearly collapsed in the
public square and had to be carried
into the hotel, where she revived I'M
der the ministrations of Surgeon Gen.
eral Dock.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
WILSON VISIT BIRTHPLACE

Presldent-Elect Will Spend Night In
House Where Born.
Princeton, N. j., Dec. 20. - When
woodrow Wilson wakes up on the
morning of Dec. % he expects to find
himself in the same house in Staun-
ton, Va, in which he was born, just
fifty-six years ago that day.
The president-elect said he would
leave Princeton on Dec 27 and reach
his birthplace that night, so as to
sleep in the Presbyterian parsonage
where he was born. He will spend the
next day. his birthday, in Staunton,
where jubilee celebration has been
arranged in his honor.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
Accused Of KilIina Visitor.

Newburgh, N. Y, Dec. 20.-Vinceni
Palhalo, twenty-one years old, was
locked up here on charge of muir
der. Palhalo, railroad laborer, lived
in shanty near Mountainville. An
unidentified man, an American, Stop
ped at the shanty Tuesday night. On
his refusal to depart, Palhalo, it is
charged, smashed his skull with an
iron bar.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
MISSING Man a Suicide

Elmer, N. j., Dec. 20-Missing sH<
Dec. 1, Lippincott c. Moore, fifty
years old. of this town, was
de4d In In sand san s. hole NEAR -
his throat gashedl The gashes
been inflicted wit1the small blade L
a penknife, which the dead man ST.
clasped in his hand.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
FIND SLAIN MANS SKELETON
Mysterious Disappearance sIeared by
4 etfer Eropo AtIaoad M,rdarar


Letter From Alleged Murderer.
Richmond, Ind, Dec. 20.-The mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance Of
Henry Dayton in 1910 was cleared
when his skeleton was found buried
In the cellar of his home here.
Alternate layers of quicklime and
earth covered the body to a depth of
two feet. The skull was fractured, evil
IDENTIFY by Ratchet.
According to the police the body
was found through a letter given to
them by Mrs. Dayton. The letter is
alleged to have been written by Jo-
seph F. Snyder, fifty years old, who
had been close friend of Dayton. In
the letter Snyder is said to have con-
fessed that he killed Dayton.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
The Point of View.

Say. pa. what is the difference
tween visit and visitntion?"
Fond Parent-A visit. nv bow.
when you go to see your GrandmotI
Jones. and visitation is when va 4
Grandmother Jones comes to see us. :
Philadelphia Ledger
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, S4.15@4.30; city mills,
fancy, $5.25@5.50.
RYE FLOUR quiet; per barrel, $3.50
03.75.
WHEAT steady; No. red, s7@
CORN steady; No. yellow, 56@5Sc.
OATS quiet; No. 2 white, 40c.; low
or grades, $50.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 12Q
l4c.; old ROSTERS, 11@11%c. Dressed
irm; choice fowls, 16c.; old ROSTERS,
l2kc.; turkeys, 20@22c.
BUTTER steady; fancy creamery.
89c. per Id.
EGGS steady; selected, sc q 41c.;
nearby, 34c.; western, 33c.
POTATOES steady; 70@73c. bush.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. 20. = The
body of Chester Lawrer ce, newspaper
man and companion of Horace Kear
ney last Saturday in the hydro-aero
plane flight which brought death tc
both men, was recovered from the sea
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURGH (Union Stock Yards)
slow; choice. $9@9.25;
prime, $8.40@9.
SHEEP slow; prime weathers, S4.35
@4.e0; .culls and common, $2@2.5O;
lambs, $5@8.25; veal calves, s10.500
HOGS lower; prime heavies, S7.4U
80; mediums and heavy Workers,
81. 40@7.45; light Workers, $7.30@7.35;
pigs, $7@7.25; roughs, $6.50@6.75.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
Fire DESTROYS DistiIIery.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Dec. 20. - The
West Nanticoke distillery was destroy
ed by fire, entailing loss of about
$4,000. The fire was the result of a
tank of whisky exploding. Two work
men were injured fighting the flames.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20

Michigan women Lose by 200.
Lansing, Mich, Dec. 20-Aecording
to the Anal returns as canvassed by
the state board of canvassers, the
equal suffrage amendment was lost in
Michigan by majority of 7so.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
Appointed Postmasters,

Washington, Dec. 20.-Among post
masters appointed by President Tai,
we're Louis H. Donnelly. Atlantic City
N. J.; Richard J. Shanahan, Syracuse
N. T., and Oscar Lesser, Baltimore.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20

-Messrs. Geo. o. Dashiell e
Bro. have Just received q complete
line of cigars and tobacco OF all
kinds. which they have for sale at
their stationery store, corner Pop
lar and Race streets. 10-S-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
WEATHER EVERYWHERE.

Observations of United States
weather bureaus taken at s p. m.
Yesterday follow:
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-20
DIR. BARNES. Physician s.'! .sa

s Specialist.
All General Goth sex) Diseases
Treated. Mems Diseases and
WEAKNESS and Catarrh q
Specially. Many cured at Home.
One personal visit advisable.
Business Confidential
Hours. Daily and Sunday. 9to 8.
Medicine furnished. Consulta-
ton free. Call or write.
TIC W. Fayetts st.. Baltimore. Nd.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
COUNTY NEWS
PROTIVIN

Charles Pergler. of Cresco, was q
Protivin visitor Sunday.
Chas w. Prochaska, of New Hamp-
ton, is spending few days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Kovarik
moved some of Stheir household goods
to Lawler, where they will make their
future home.
John A Dostal returned from Saude
Sunday, where he was taking care of
the creamery. during their butter
makers absence.
Abbie Kodelka returned to her work
in New Hampton last week.
Emma Chipera. of Breckenridge,
Mimi, is visiting in this vicinity.
Married-On Monday, Oct. IA, oc-
cured the wedding of Emma Valvoda
and Joseph Ptachek. On Tuesday. Oct.
Is, occurred the wedding of Lizzie
Hovorka and Albert Cisar. Both1wed
dings were performed by Rev. La.
komy in the Holy Trinity church. The
writer joins in extending congratula-
tions.
w. J. Springer was up from New
Hampton Sunday.
John Mikesh, of Spillville. was visit
ing his sons here last Saturday.
Some of our young boys were enjoy
ing picking walnuts lately.
James Cisar was business caller in
Lawler Thursday.
Anna and Mamie Svestks, of jack
son were pleasant callers here Mon
day.
Josie Frey and Albina Bubble were
at Cresco Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Mikesh returned to her
home in Spillville. Monday.
Frank H. Chyle came up from Cedar
Rapids Monday:
lack Kapler, of Cresco, was seen here
Sunday.
Married On Tuesday, Oct 18th in
Little Turkey, Ia, occurred the we'd
ding of Miss Anna Karnik and Arthur
Tupy. The writer joins their many
friends in wishing them much success
and happiness.
Lolita Schwestka. Mrs. Oral Ellsner
and children returned to West Union
Wednesday.
Mrs. Hopperstad, of Ridgeway, was
shopper here Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Eimwalter
autoed from Fort AtkinsonssW ednesday
A large crowd attended the .Karnik
Tupy wedding :dance here Tuesday IN
Beseda.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18

For SALE High.grade Jersey Rec
boars, on the Upton farm. CHAs. lass
Mrs. VIM. Meyers, living south Of
Schley, passed away Monday, Oct. IA.
Pure bred Indian Runner brakes,
$l.5O. Mrs. E. Beauregard, Howard
Center s.
Mesdames E. c. Magnus and H.
Melaas were up from Ridgeway We'd
nesday. I
Mrs. W. E. Haven returned yester
day from a visit with her parents in
DEBORAH.
Mrs. R. w. Nash and children went
to Bonair yesterday for visit with
relatives.
Miss Louise Johnson left Wednesday
for visit at New Hampton and
Waterloo.
Miss Mayme Baker left Wednesday
for visit with relatives in New
Hampton.
"Mound City "Horse Shoe" Paint
wears longest, looks best. P. A.
Clemmer. 2y1
Harry DAVIS. now of Canada. who is
visiting in Bonair, was Cresco caller
yesterday.
F. II. Smart and sister, Mrs. J. l..
Page, spent the day in Lime Springs,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ed. King and son Merle of
Lime Springs, were Cresco callers
Wednesday.
Mrs. Prescott and son Augustus
were down from Lime Springs,
Wednesday.
Mrs. j. X. Shaw arrived yesterday
from Minneapolis for visit at the w.
B. Perry home.
Mrs. w. Halling and daughter Leone
of Ostrander, MINI, were Cresco cal
lers Wednesday.
Mrs. MacGonigal and mother, Mrs.
r. w. Thomas, were down from Lime
Springs, Wednesday.
Grandma Brlnkman came up from
Ridgeway yesterday for visit at the
Andrew Smith home.
Mrs.. T. F. VanLeuven and Mrs. AL.
Rose, of Lime Springs, were Cresco
callers, Wednesday.
Mrs. Ray Becker came down from
LIE Roy Wednesday for visit at the
E. B. Wildman home.
If you want farm loan at low rate
of interest, see American Loan 4 Trust
Company. Cresco. la.
All kinds of mill feeds in stock at
right prices at l.. P. Sanborn's, sue
cessor to N. Graf & Son.
Ira Richardson returned Wednesday
from visit with his sister, Mrs. A. J.
Beasley at Sumner, Iowa.
WANTED HAY AND STRAW Those
that have hay and straw to sell, notify
J. H. JONES, phone AZ, Lime Springs,
Iowa. 2tf
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18

! Mas. M. Post who was called here b
serious illness of Mrs. Stockman re
turned to her home yesterday.
Charley Fisk is in Rockford, Iowa,
this week to play Tuesday, Wednesda,
and Thursday at Catholic Fair.
Kate Stinson left yesterday for .
visit with cher sister, Mrs. VIM. Viii
liams, and family at Minneapolis.
For SALE registered Poland Chi
ma boars, all good growthy fellows.
Smith BRO, Saude, la.
Look over our music; new, popular
music, 10c.
KELLOGG Music HOUSE.
l am again prepared to do dress
making at my home in the east part
of town. MRS. LILLIAN Bowers.
We make a speciality of 10c sheet
music-all late popular music, 10c.
KELLOGG Music HOUSE.
For Sale House and u acres of land.
Enquire at the place.
Dan Wheeler, the Gardener.
All popular sheet music, lOc; specia
orders 15c. at the
KELLOGG Music HOUSE.
Dinners and lunches at all hours.
Special attention to Sunday dinners.
PALMER CAFE.
Mrs. Ed. Williams and little daugh-
ter came down from LIE Roy, Wednes-
day, for visit at the r. r. Rose
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. O. White returned
Wednesday from a visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Harry Caward, at
Waterloo.
Mrs. Will Breedlove returned We'd
nesday to her home in Turtle Lake.
Wis, after visit with Miss Josie
Breedlove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Kettles0n and
children came down from st. Paul
Wednesday for visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Charley Daily and two children
came up from DEBORAH yesterday for
visit with her parents. MIR. and Mrs.
S. P. Fuller.
Mrs. L. v. Strayer and little daugh-
ter. Kathryn went to DEBORAH Wednes-
day for visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. o. Peterson.
Miss Mildred Simonds stopped off on
her way from Fayette to Baltimore,
yesterday, Tor a short visit with her
aunt, Mrs. l.. E. Webster.
Henry Belts and family arrived last
Friday by auto from Wautoga, S. D.,
and will move onto their farm north of
town for the coming year.
The Misses Marie Reque and Inge-
borg Larsen visited at the home of the
latter's BROTHER. Rev. Larsen and
family Thursday and Friday.
Reinforced concrete and frame build
ing, concrete silos, barns, dwellings,,
etc. Drawings plans and estimates.
IT. E. Killoren. Austin. MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18

+ 1, 7 +. y & 4 s
4 LosT-On the streets OF Cresco, OF
Friday evening, Oct. 18th, lady's
gold, oval band ring. Reward for itl
return. MRS. |. IvERsON.
Highest cash market prices for all
kinds of old iron, rags, rubbers and
metals. Extra allowance for deliver
ng. Phone 376. Sam Feldstein.
For RENT--After Oct. 10th, either
my entire residence west of the M. E.
church, or rooms.
MRS. MARY MULLEN.
New and secondhand sewing ma
chimes for sale and rent--also repaired
JNo. j. VAN SLYKE, Singer Sewing
Machine Agent, Cresco, Iowa; Phone
Is.
The Wolverine Orchestra will furn-
ish the music at the leap year dance at
Schley. This Orchestra is up-to-date
and never fail to make a hit wherever
they 60.
Mrs c. E. Brown and daughter Ruby,
returned Wednesday to their home at
Blue River, Wis, after visit with
another daughter, Mrs. John Davis
and family.
On Oct 10th, at the Zone of the
bride in Cresco, Rev. J. Pless Official
ting, occurred the marriage of Miss
Louise Hass to Mr.. Carl Runge, of
Harmony, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hanneman and
two boys returned Tuesday to their
home at Eldora, after visit at the
home of the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Hanneman.
Mr.. Charles Ernst and Miss Helen
Bergman, both from near Ridgeway,
were married on Thursday, Get. 10th.
at the German Lutheran parsonage,
Rev. Pless officiating.
My cabbage are fine this year; they
are selling for Soc doz. until Nov. l.
There are the Holland seed cabbage
and will keep all winter. Now is the
time to buy. E. B. WOODARD.
Choice pure bred Holstein bull calf,
well marked. Its sire's dam has
record of 2O.6 lbs. Of butter in days,
its dam record of IL, 600 lbs. of milk
in year. Price $50.
E. Beauregard, Howard Center 8
Lester r. Fields, of Cresco has been
appointed first lieutenant in the cadet
regiment of the State University of
Iowa. The interest in the military ac-
tivities in the university is so strong
that an appointment blythe command
ant is considered one Of the highest
honors that can be, conferred on an un-
der graduate during his college career.
Do not forget that the greatest and
best football game of the 1912 season
will be played on the local gridiron on
Saturday afternoon, when Usage
meets Cresco. Our team played at
Usage to a to score in favor of
Usage in Cresco's first game of the
season. Cresco can win the game if
you, reader, are on the side line to
help boost.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
MARRIED

Wednesday, Oct, Is, 1912, by Rev.
PIess, Miss Emma Decker and Mr..
Charles Wilson. They were attended
by Miss Pearl Stevens and MIR. Paul
Daughenbaugh. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
will make their future home on farm
near Usage, Iowa. We join with a
host of friends in wishing them hap
py future.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
Harvest Home Festival

On Sunday, Oct. 10th, harvest
home festival will be held in Grace
Episcopal church at 1O:45 a. M, and
1880 p. m. The church will be deco
rated appropriate for the occasion and
the choir will render special music.
The offering will be used for missions
in lows. Everybody welcome.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
J. D. LIVELY. ESQ.

1t means clear, healthy complexion
for the ladies'; restful nights and cheer
full days for t e little ones; strength
and ambition for men. It's HOLSTER
r ,cky Mountain Tea. 35c. Fred Lowry.
MIR. Paul Junichero Tajima, of
Tokyo, Japan, a Japanese missionary
who is at present spending some time
in the United States, will preach at
G ,ace Episcopal church in Cresco, Sum
day morning and evening, October the
9th.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
Auction Sale.

AuCIlOu 0Al6s
M. L. Gillard and Son will have a
sale 50 miles northwest of Cresco, on
the DeLange farm, Oct. 20, 1912, of z
horses, AZ head of cattle, ga hogs,
machinery and household goods.
D. R. Conway, lAuctioneer.
E. j. Thomas, Clerk,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
For Sale {

rs spring pigs. l.. p. LATHROP,
Howard Center, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18

Farm for rent. M. H. CULBERT.
John Ruesink was Lime Springs,
caller day.
Mrs. Eugene Reed was down from
Bonair, Wednesday.
Miss Dora Thompson was up from
Ridgeway yesterday.
Mrs. Arthur johnson came up from
Ridgeway Wednesday.
Mrs.'P. w, Setchell of Bonair was a
Cresco caller yesterday.
Mrs. o. E. Thomas was down from
Lime Springs Wednesday.
w. E. Haven was business caller
in Lime Springs Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Dsolittle came
up from DEBORAH yesterday.
N. A. Blackburn, Lawyer; Office
opposite the National Bank.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
Farm for Rent.

A 16O acre farm, located between
Cresco and Protivin. Renter must have
some stock. Inquire at First National
Bank.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18

ChamberIain's Cough Remedy
Cures Colds, Group and whoopine Cough.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
HAMILTON At ELM A
Dan W. Hamilton Democratic Candidate for United States
Senator from Iowa. will address the of Elma and
vicinity at the
ELMA OPERA HOUSE
Wednesday Afternoon, Oct. 70
Mr. logical and convincing speaker and every
residing in Elma shond avail themselves
of the opportunity of hearing him. Mr. Hamilton at
the6 Dist Conor

John Miller left Tuesday for bust
ness trip to Spokane, Wash.
LosT-A pair of gold bowed glasses.
Finder please leave at this Office.
Miss Eta Hughes returned yester-
day to her home in Lime Springs.
A $500 barn for $3.50.
Call on N. B. WHEELER.
For SALE-Two Duroc Jersey male
pigs. FRED HOWARD.
For SALE-Hot Blast Heater.
F. E. ERLER.
For Sale-Two Shropshire Bucks, 16
months old. L. E. Strawn.
Mrs. w. w. Sanborn, of Lime
Springs, was Cresco caller, Wednes-
day.
A good time is assured to all who at
tend the leap year dance at Schley the
22nd.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18
DEATH ROLL HEAVY
IN COAL PITS
Terrific Explosions in an Eng
lish Colliery.
BODIES OF So RECOVERED
Some OF the Victims Were Men
Who Went Into the Mine
TO Rescue Those En-
tombed.

Conisbrough, Eng.-The bodies OF So
victims OF a series of explosions in the
Cadeby colliery Tuesday morning have
been brought to the surface. It is
feared that a further search Of the
mine will increase the death roll to 80.
OF the killed, 80 were mine workers;
the others were men who went into
the pits to rescue those entombed.
Among these were three government
inspectors, including William Henry
Pickering, chief inspector Of mines, In
Yorkshire and North Midland district,
who was to have explained to King
George, and Queen Mary the workings
of another Yorkshire colliery.
The King Monday visited a colIiery
adjacent to that In which the explo-
sions occurred Tuesday. The presence
OF their majesties in the district great
" minimized the fatalities, because
the miners were celebrating and had
taken a holiday. Thirty OF the men
who were working in that part of the
mine where the accident happened
were killed outright and one, the man
ager Of the pit, was brought up alive,
but died later.
The first explosion, which killed the
miners, occurred early in the morning.
It was followed by an explosion about
s O'Clock in the afternoon, which re-
suited In the collapse Of the roof. over.
whelming the entire rescuing brigade.
The King and Queen visited the
scene and personally expressed their
sympathy.