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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
YOUNG KID CARTER
DOUBLY CHARGED
While in Jail for Shooting Man
is Suspected Of Murder
Of Woman.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
BOSTON, Mass. Jan. 2.-While
city medical examiners from Maiden,
Revere and Boston today prepared to
perform an autopsy on the body OF
Mrs. Mildred Donovan Of Revere, who
was found dead yesterday in a clump
OF bushes near Holy Cross cemetery
in Maiden, police OF the three cities
worked on clues that led them to de-
clare today that the woman was muir
dered.
A squad Of detectives followed up
several clues, while others question
ed James Brandon Jennings OF Ev-
erett. who Is known as Young Kid
Carter" In boxing circles. Jennings,
or Carter, Is held at police headquar-
ters on charge of shooting with in.
tent to kill George Mcpherson. In a
south end saloon. Mcpherson is dy-
ing at City hospital
No connection between the arrest
OF Jennings and the finding OF Mrs
Donovan's body was noted by the po-
lice until F.sA. Menard, the woman's
father, told detectives that she was
last seen with Jennings on Tuesday
evening. Jennings denied any knowl-
edge OF her death. Despite the dec
laration OF police that they believe
Mrs. Donovan was murdered, Mrs.
Menafd, the girls mother, said today
she believed her daughter was taken
with an epileptic fit. to which she
was subject. and that she fell near
the Holy Cross cemetery and died of
exposure.
Physicians who examined Mrs.
Donovan's body last night said today
that there was not the slightest indi-
cation that the woman had been sub
jeced to any kind of violence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
No Steel Pens In TROPICS.

The ordinary stel pens used in tenn
perate climates, particularly those
used in the United States, are not
adaptable to the tropics on account OF
rusting. This is especially true dur
Ing the rainy season and at seaports.
Bronze or brass pens, or those coated
with bronze. do not seem to be thus
Affected. Ink deteriorates rery quickly
n tropical climates and often has the
consistency of gum. On the ordinsry
steel pens this aids the rust and is
hard to wipe off IL left for short
time. With the bronze or brass pen
or with pen coated with bronze the
coated Ink is easily wiped or burnt
off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
MORE CHANGES OF
RAILROAD TIME
Additional Slight Changes Are Given
Out Under the New Card e.
fective January 5th.

In addition to the changes in time
on the Burlington announced yester-
day in The Gate City. the following
are given, effective Jan. 5th:
Train No. Hannibal Division will
arrive at Keokuk. 1928 a. M, leave
1880 a m. The present time of this
train is 1925 a. m.
No. 5, x. & w. Sunday only leaves
Keokuk, 1887 .. m instead of 7:35 p.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
Completeiu Finished

One day my little three-year-old sis.
ter asked mamma for a slice of bread
she was accustomed to eat the centers
OF the bread only and throw away the
crust This day mother told Mer-
cedes not to waste the outside. so
when Mercedes had finished eating.
she said: Mamma, can have an.
other slice of bread9 ate all that,
even the bones. '-Exchange.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
PERSONALS.

A. B. Corey, va prominen. resident
OF Peoria Ill, is visiting in the city
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Plckens
and son Charles who have been visit
ing with relatives and friends in Keo-
kuk for the past two weeks, returned
to their home in Rock Island, H..
this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
) ASK GOv-ELECT TO
: COME TO KEOKUK
, Committee OF Iowa Citizens Ask
, Governor-Eiect Clarke to Meet
Governor-Eiect Dunno.
limited Press Leased Wire Serv-
Ice

y United Press Leased Wire Sery- .
= ice.l .
= DIES MONIES, Ia. Jan. r. =
= Governorelect George w. Clarke :
= lie In session today with business =
= men from keokuk, Fort Madison .
= and burlington who arc urging =
= him to meet Governor-elect .
= Dunno Of Illinois, and the gov =
. ernor of Missouri at keokuk jan =
= uary to confer over plans for .
= dedlcatlng the dam there next =
= July. Plans are being made to =
= secure the attendance Of Presl- =
= don't Wilson az the speaker Of =
= the day. .
= Tho men In conference With =
= aovernoreiect Clarke are q. A. =
= Wrightman, Of Des Molnes, SEQ .
= rotary Of tho state nrsnufactur- =
. er's association, Jas. C. Davis, of =
. Des Molnes, Hazen |. Sawyer, =
= and Senator e. p. McManus, of .
= keokuk, N. c. Roberts, Of Fort =
. Madison and Geo. B. Stewart, OF =
= Fort Madison, w. w. Copeland =
= and Il. s. Rand Of Burlington. .
= Il Is understood that this com =
= mlttee carried message from =
= Governor-Elect Dunno asking .
= GovernoreIect Clarke to meet =
. with him. .
.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02

But there is one thing at Keokuk
That Is worth while. A little woman
who looks almost like child. who
plays Beethoven as he himself wouId
like to have had his Compositions
given" And then he raced for the
door and disappeared in the gloom.
AS the conversation had bean oar.
ried on in an animated manner Il wa,
impossible that the other passensors
should not have heard what was sa,&
II they had taken up the argument
and carried It on, what a wonderful
pow-wow that would have been. ana
OF course. they would no more have
arrived at an agreement than did the
original two who chose to look upon
the world and life from widely dif.
ferent points.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
o'Brien-Worthen Company May Go
Into a Merger With Other Similar
Houses in varlons Parts Of
the Country.
CAPITAL TO BE s3,5oo,ooo
Underwriting Agency In St. Louis
Would Consolidate Twenty Dem
tai Jobbers and Three
Factories.

A letter has been sent out calling
q meeting of the stockholders OF the
O'Brien-Worthen Company. dental sup
ply house, for January 10 70 vote on
a contract to merge with other SINH
lar houses in various parts OF the
country. The meeting will be In the
Offices OF the company in the Frisco
building, says this mornings st.
Louis Globe emocrat
The letter does not give the details
OF the merger plan, but merely states
the purpose Of the meeting to be Ito
authorize certain contract with an
underwriting agency"
The consolidated company is to
have capital stock OF 81, 900 and
Is to include twenty jobbing houses
and three factories 50 located as TO
cover the entire United States. The
O'Brien-Wortfen Company is to be
the only representative of the consol-
idated companies In the district II
now serves, which includes Missouri,
Illinois. Kansas, Nebraska, North and
South Dakota and Iowa
The O'Brien-Worthen Company IS
close corporation. all the stock
being held by about fifteen persons.
A stakeholder in the corporation yes
terday said there was little doubt the
meeting would authorize the contract
as. IL the deal became effective, 1t
would greatly enlarge the facilities OF
the company to serve its customers.
The underwriting agency which is
promoting the merger Is strong st.
Louis financial institution, so that st.
Lonis is the center OF the negotia-
lions Officers of the institution yes
terday declined to discuss the mer-
ger or to state details, declaring the
matter was too far from completion
to permit this.
Audit Books Of Companies In Deal.
Price, Waterhouse G Co. has a
force OF auditors now al work on the
books of the companies to be consol-
idated, checking the statements made
TO the underwriting agency By the
companies concerned The work In.
cludes an inventory and appraisal OF
the assets and an audit OF the books
THE merger Is still long way
from completion" said atockholder
in the O'Brien-Worthen COMPANY yes
terday, Our representations viii be
found to be correct. Some of the
other companies may, however, be
found to have placed their valuations
too high and refuse to permit a re
duction. As this has to do with the
elements Of the merger agreement
the entire structure may collapse or
changes may have to be made either
IN the companies participating.
The negotiations have been under
way for some months. When they
began It was stated a Chicago pro
moter was the leading spirit. The
st. Louis underwriting agency was
called in after considerable progress
had been made in the project.
The officers OF the O'Brien-Worther
Company are; Joseph P. o'Brien
president; Frank X. Worthen, vic,
president; ]. ]. Hynes. secretary, W
u. Comfort, treasurer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
!. o. o. r. ATTENTION.

Members of Herman lodge are re-
ouested to meet at hall at 1880 o'clock
Friday afternoon to attend the tuner
al of Brother George Schneider. Mem
bers of Keokuk and Puckechetuck
lodge are invited to participate.
OTTO sEIsE, N. G.
ALBERT KIEFER, Secretary.
advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
The Grain Market.

Hunted Press Leased Wire Service
/ CHICAGO, Jan. Argentine news
was most favorable for the bears to-
(day with large shipments Of new
crop expected. The domestic feature
TO support prices is tho dry weather,
while there was small gain in Law
erpool wheat at the opening. May
and July wheat opened nc UP here.
At noon May was unchanged while
July was up lsc.
Corn features showed moderate
gains on early trades. May was un.
changed at the opening with July
down sc. At noon May and July
were both up 14c.
Trade in oats was slow and feature
less. There was no change at noon
from the close OF December 81.
Provisions opened lower and there
was little change at noon. A larger
run of hogs was expected.
The market continued slow and mar
now this afternoon. The tone was
firm and q gain of about &c was scor-
ed early but this was lost later.
Early strength was due to dry wealth
er reports from the winter wheat
country. Reports Of snow and sleet
in the same area Offset the early gain.
Trade in corn was very dull. The
weather is mild and there Is little
live stock on feed.
Oats trade was light and prices fol-
lowed the general trend Of the other
grains, though the range was very
narrow.
Provisions were dull and narrow
with values a trlfie lower.
Daily Ranne nf prices
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
New York Money Market

Money on call, Az.
Six months, 5.
Mercantile paper, unchanged.
Bar silver London, 20 Ills.
Bar silver New York, unchanged
Demand sterling, 4s5.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
Another Policy Carried OUT

Washington Post; When President
Taft takes his trip around the world
he will probably refrain from dictat
ing Englands policy in Egypt and
telling Kaiser Bill how TO run his
army and another of my policies
will be sent to the scrap heap.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
CITY NEWS.

Miss Efie Hoyt OF 511h Ex.
change underwent surgical opera.
ton for appendicitis at $3.50 a. m. to.
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
NEW COUNTY
ATTORNEY TAKES OATH
E. w. McManus Takes His Oath at
Fort Madison with County Clerk
and Other Of7ciaIe

E. w. McManus took the oath OF
Office as county attorney of Lee coun.
ty at Fort Madison this morning. e.
G. Weber will be deputy county attor.
ney at Fort Madison under appoint
ment by Mr.. McManus. Bruce Lake
also took the oath of Office, succeeding
himself as county clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
Chicago Cash Grain.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.--Wheat-No. .
red, s1.10@112; No. 3 red, 5000
LOT; No. 2 hard, s91s@94c; No.
hard, s7@93c;; No. 9 spring, s5@ssc
Ccrn-No. 2 white, 4sAc; No. 2
yellow, 4Tc; No. 8, 45@45Ac; No. ,
white, 1914 @47c: No. yellow, $50
45ac; No. 4. 42@44Ac; No. white,
4411a @46c; No. 4 yellow, 42A @44&c.
Oats-No. 3 white, 321s@S3c; No. a
white, a1@32Ac; standard. 3sA q
33kc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
THE WORLDS MARKETS

35@s5ac; firsts, s0032c; dairy !,
tras, 31@32c; dairy firsts. 26@27c,
Eggs Prime firsts. 2s@24c; first,
22@23c.
Cheese Twins, 1914 @163xc; Youns
Americas, 16a @17c.
Potatoes, 4S050c.
Live poultry Fowls. 13@13Bcl
ducks, 15@151sc; geese. 13@14c.
spring chickens, 13@13hc; turkeys
159l6c.u
ST. Louis Live Stock.
EAST ST. LOUIS. Jan. Cattle
receipts 1900; market steady. Texas
receipts 1880; native beef steers.
S5.00@1o.O0; cows and heifers, $4,000
91O; stockers and feeders, $3.50
CTS; Texas steers, $5.0o07.90; cow
and heifers, $3.65@5.60; calves (car
lots) $6.0o@10.25.
Hog receipts 5000; market steady.
Mixed and butchers, $7.6o@7.SO; good
to heavy, s7.4O075o; rough. $1,000
715; light, s7.s0@7.5O; pigs, $3.50
T.45.
Sheep receipts 1900; market steady
Sheep and mutton. $4.35@50o; lambs
s6.50@S.76.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Jan. Cattle receipts
. ON. ,narLa% ,trcru oxoo-. o. on ~
800: COWS and heifers, s5.409675;
stockers and feeders, $6.5O@ 500;
calves, s5.o0@9.Oo; bulls and stays,
s4.4o@6.4o.
Hog receipts $500; market steady.
Bulk $7.oO07.25.
Sheep receipts 400; market
steady. Yearlings, s6.o0@6.6O: weth.
ers, s4.65@5.50; lambs, sS.o0@S.4o;
ewes, $7s5@4s5.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. Cattle re-
ceipts $500; market steady. steers,
s6.00@S.5o; cows and heifers, $4,000
$50; stockers and feeders, $4,000
7-5o; calves, s4.oo@1O.Oo.
! Hog receipts 10000; market slow,
steady. Bulk. s7.1o@74O; heavy, $7s5
| @745; medium, $4,000. 40; light,
s700@725.
Sheep receipts 5000; market
steady. Lambs. s7.00@s.55; ewes,
si.Oo@5.oo; wethers, s4.5o@5.so.
| New York Produce.
| NEW YORK, Jan. Flour market
| dull and unchanged.
! Pork market quiet. Mess, $4,000
1925.
| Lard market steady. Middle west
spot, s9S0@9.sO.
Sugar, raw, market quiet. Centrifu.
gal test, 1878; Muscavado SO test,
1928.
Sugar, refined, market quiet. Cut
loaf, $50; crushed, $3.50; powdered,
$500; granulated, $49004.95.
Coffee Rio No. on spot. 1870
14e.
Tallow market dull. City, eAc;
country, 606&c.
Hay market steady. Prime, s1.1o;
No. 3, sO@9oc.
Dressed poultry market quiet. Tur-
Keys, 14@26c; chickens, 12@26c;
fowls. 12@251kc; ducks. 10000.
| Live poultry market firm. Geese.
1S@14c; ducks. 14@15c; fowls, 12Hm
14c; turkeys, zoe; ROSTERS, 1oc.
Cheese market steady. State mix
common to specials, IAN 01sc; Skins
common to specials. S@14Xc: fnll
skins, 2@6c.
Butter market steady. Receipts 1918
creamery extras, 37@37kc: da,ry
tubs. 2a9s4c; imitation creamery
frsts, 41k@25c.
Egg market weaker. Receipts 5,so1;
nearby white fancy, 4o@4ec; nearby
mixed fancy 2e@2sc; fresh, 75Q3oc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.--Hog receipts g..
600; market slow to SC lower. Mixed
and butchers. s7.2O@7.52h: good
heavy, s7.so@755; rough heavy
s7.2o@7.so; light. s7.2o@75o; pigs
s5.75m7.5O.
Cattle receipts 5000; market steady
Beeves, s5.S0@9.5o cows and heifers
S2.S5@7.60; atockers and feeders
s4.25@7.e0; Texans, s4.75@5 90.
calves. se.50@10.25.
Sheep receipts 10000; market slow
Native, s4.35@5.50; western, s44O@
$50; lambs. se.3o@s.s0; western
se.4O@s.so.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Jan. neutrality-suspicious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02

Not to Be Got Away From.
Trouble Is sprinter that overtakes
even those who travel at the fastest
clip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-02

Gate city want ads bring results
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
SENATORS SALARY
RAISES QUESTION

Des Moines, Jan. 22-Joseph Byrne
of Waterloo, deputy state auditor, is
conducting quiet search to find out
If he can legally sign warrants giving
holdover members Of the state senate
more than $3.50 for this years session
while he signs warrants for $1,000 for
the remaining members Of the senate
and all the members of the house. The
point Is whether the case at issue
comes under the constitutional pro-
vision prohibiting an official partaking
of an increase in the warrants of an
office voted by himself during his
term of office.
The question was broached as side
issue during the last session when the
bill was passed, but was not consid-
cred seriously at that time. Mr.. Byrne
is the first man to meet the question
in an official way as the warrants for
the first half pay of the legislature
due in two weeks must be made out
in the near future. He will make an
immediate appeal to the state legal
authorities to settle the question. The
men affected are Senators Allen,
Ames, Balluff, Chase. Cowles, Grow,
DeWolf, Dunnegan, Garrett, Jewell,
Legel, Malmberg, Mates. McManus,
Neal, Schrup, Smith, Spaulding, Sulli-
van, Webber and Wilson Of Clinton.
House members are not affected no
matter what the decision may be, as
all have been reelected since the last
session.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

RECOMMEND A
CUT IN COTTON
House Ways and Means
Committee Working on
Tariff Expects to Present
Plan in Extra Session.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 22.-The
democratic plan for cutting the tariff
on cotton manufactures which will be
recommended to the house early in
the extra session of congress, brought
representatives of the cotton industry
to the ways and means committee
hearing today. Democratic leaders
hold that cotton bears relation to the
worlds economic program more i'm
portant than that of wool, silk and flax
combined and that the American PEG.
pie pay annually about $200,000,0
more for their cotton goods by reason
of the present tariff rates.
Claim No Loss Of Revenue.
They contend that no actual loss in
revenue will result from the proposed
legislation which is identical with the
cotton bills the democrats sought to
enact in 1911 and 1912 and that the
revision would reduce the annual cost
of cotton clothing by more than $780,
100000. The estimated duties under
the proposed revised schedule would
aggregate $10,599,00O against $685.
8O1 in 1910 and $12,359,032 in 1911, the
latest available statistics. Democratic
members of the committee believe
that the rates provided in the tenta-
tive schedule, the bill of last year and
the year before, are more fairly COM
petitive than have been proposed in
any other tariff measure, and that
they would offer substantial
economy in the cost of living. The re-
publican minority denies these con-
tentions. 4- ~
Cotton affects some of the most
powerful industrial interests con-
cerned in the tariff and most of the
big organizations national associa-
tions and some Of the smaller bodies
were ready today to testify.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
O'Gorman Of New York
Takes Issue With His Col
league on Speech Of For
mer on Amendment.
NEWLANDS TAKES
HAND IN FIGHT
Nevada Senator Says Rail-
roads are Trying to De-
feat Canal; Martins Ac-
cuses England Of Greed.

Washington, d. c., Jan. give
would indeed create painful impress
sion abroad, II this mighty nation
should surrender to the control Of any
foreign power, it's domestic policies
and the control of it's domestic COM
merce. That we can never do and
maintain the prestige, the honor and
the glory of this republic"
Senator Root marked the opening in
the senate today of the fight against
thu Root amendment for the repeal of
ths free passage provision Of the new
Panama canal act.
"If Great Britain has expended a half
billion dollars In an enterprise affect
ing her people as the Panama canal
does ours, what would be her atti-
t., lie If the United States should make
complaint against her action?" he
asked. ,t"
NewIands censures Railways.
Senator O'Gorman was followed by
Senator Newlands who also asserted
that the United States had domestic
rights at Panama which q foreign
power could not dispute. He proposed
that he free passage provision rsaaaiR
in the bill, but that the objections OF
Great Britain be met by an amendment
whereby the United States government
would pay the tolls remitted upon
American coast wise shipping.
"All that foreign nations have the
right to insist upon" sal Senator
|Newlands, sis that the charges which
American ships are freed from, shall
not be imposed upon foreign shipping" :"
Senator O'Gorman replied directly
to Senator Roots declaration that the
United States was bound by the solemn
pledges of its treaties to submit to
arbitration the Panama controversy
He declared the latest arbitration
treaty negotiated with Great Britain
those now in force explicitly exempted
from arbitration questions involving
the national honor or vital interests OF
the United States.
Senator Newlands declared the
American transcontinental railroads
were trying. with the aid of Canadian
roads to ''paralyze the canal"
He said American roads first tried
ot prevent the construction and then
to restrict the operation of the canal.
Failing in that. he said. they had ap-
pealed to their strong neighbors in
the north, also interested in. monopol-
izing transcontinental transportation" :"
Senator MARITIME of New Jersey also
spoke against the proposal to repeal
the free toll provision. II
"It comes with bad grace for Great
Britain to demand arbitration he
said, when her whole history has
been one of greed and avarice in deal
ing with the world"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23

st. Anthony, Idaho, Jan. PA fire
which started in the Ross Hammer
block early today and spread to ad-
joining buildings, still was making
headway at noon and threatening the
entire town. A small water supply, at
first available soon failed on account
of frozen pipes. A rough estimate OF
the loss up to noon was 100000.
A desperate effort is being made by
firemen and citizens to prevent the
flames spreading. The fire was dis
covered at Z a. m. and an hour later
was making rapid headway. The loss
Of this building alone would amount
to over $250,000.
Threatens Big Business.
The building is occupied by the
First National bank, the Consolidated
Wagon and Machine Co., with a stock
of 800, 900; Chase Furniture Co., $780,
600; Bell Telephone Co., exchange and
Offices, and by many business and
professional men.
There seems no possibility Of check
ling the fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Commerce Commission
Will Investigate the
Railroad Pass Question

state traffic, this being due. perhaps,
to the fact that 1t has no state law for.
bidding the issuance Of passes"
Officers are Subpoenaed.
Denver, Colo, Jan. 22.-At least q
dozen witnesses. including freight and
passenger officials of five Of the rail.
roads operating in Colorado are sched.
-nled to testify at the government
. into the issuance of railroad
! o's,S|l this state, which opens to.
-n.e.BlS1. The witnesses include repre-
sentatives of the following roads:
Denver & Rio Grande; Atchinson,
Topeka & Santa F'e; Union Pacific;
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Last November the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Colorado & Southern
railroads were indicted by a federal
grand jury at Pueblo on charge OF In
fluencing Interstate shipments by tssu-
ing passes within the state. On Decem.
ber the roads discontinued the issu.
ance of free transportation.
An anti-pass bill, based on the fed
eral law, now is before the Colorado
legislature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-23
Idaho 7Own Threatened
With Destructive Fire;
Water Pipes are Frozen

The flames from the Ross Hammer
block are spending to adjacent build
ings on the same side of the street.
Buildings across the street are in i'm
mient danger. Families are fleeing
with their household goods.
Water Supply Failed.
The fire continues to spread. The
Ross Hammer block is completely
gutted and the other buildings in the
block all seem doomed. Great fear
is entertained for the entire town. The
wind, changing suddenly whipped long
tongues of flames over the tops of
buildings across the street. The water
supply has absolutely failed because
of the intense cold.
The roof of the Gwynn Ferney block
to which the flames spread. caved in
with sudden crash that nearly caught
score of persons beneath. The Rex
burg fire department. has Just arrived
on special train The walls of the
Ross Hammer block collapsed but 1t
is believed the securities of the First
National bank are safe.