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THE RCLIABLK NEWS.
THE QUICKEST NEWS,
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Seven American and Ninety-Four
Spanish Prisoners Left Behind
in Rebel Retreat.
In Confasion of the Evacuation of
Mangalaren Captives Make
Their {Escape.
Four Amerioan Deserters with the
Insurgents—Organized Resist
ance Practically Abandoned.
Manila. Nov. 27.—The Insurgents
h&ve evacuated Manglaren, province of
Pangasanan, leaving seven Americans^
and ninety-four Spanish prisoners, who
escaped In the confusion of the Filipino
retreat. The Americana are: P. J.
Green and George Powers, of the bat
tleship Oregon Thomas Edwards and
Charles Bird, Sixteenth Infantry Hen
ry W. James, Twelfth Infantry John
Desmond, of the signal corps and F.
H. Huber, of Lowe's scouts. They re
port that two Americans who were
unable to escape are with the insur
gents. They are David Scott, of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, and William
&.hterby, of the hospital corps. Four de
serters are with the Filipinos—Howard,
Martin and Ford, of the Californians,
and Watts, whose former regiment is
unknown. Howard is the only one
serving with the insurgents. He is a
captain of artillery.
Col. Bell, of the Thirty-fourth Volun
teers, arrived at Mangalaren last even
ing, after a hard march and fording of
the Agno. He found that Fowler's
company of the Thirty-third had occu
pied the town for two days. The insur
gents, Gen. Alejandrino commanding,
are retreating to the mountains behind
the town, short of food and ammuni
tlorii-Besides this his men are deserting
and the six cannon, which the insur
gents were dragging, impeded their
march.
Bell proposes to follow the Filipinos
until he can bring about a decisive
fight or they are scattered. Mangala
ren was strongly fortified with rifle pits
commanding the roads, but the insur
gents abandoned the place without fir
ing a shot.
«. More Prisoners Rescued.
^Manila, Nov. 27.—Three hundred
^punish prisoners who escaped from
their captors before tne American ad
vance, including civil officials of rank
who have been in the hands of the Fili
pinos for more than a year and many
officers, have arrived at Manila during
tfio past week. Buencamino has been
lodged in comfortable quarters at the
police station with his family. Other
persons are not allowed to communi
cate with him. He is-classed as being
the most slippery personage connected
with the Insurrection. He was a colo
nel in the Spanish army and a traitor
to Spain. At the time of the first iij
aurrection ho tried to sell out to the
Filipinos and his present imprisonment
(jxoites no sympathy among his own
people, while the Spaniards think It is
mistaken leniency for the Americans to
retrain from shooting him on the Lune
ta, the fate dealt out to better men in
the.anti-Spanish uprising.
JUST ABOUT DONE FOR.
Apparently OnJy a Few Odds and.
Ends Loft of Aaulnaldo's Arm v.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Otis cables to
d$y: "The Steamer San Fabian yes
terday brought 115 Spanish prisoners,
$7& to0 of Insurgent government money
and other property captured by Law
ton's troops near Tayug on the 25th.
"Wheaton's troops and Fowler's com
pany of the Thirty-third drove the en
emy westward from Mangalaren, a few
miles southwest of Dagupan, and cap
tured five three-inch muzzle-loading
guns and a large amount of ammuni
tion. The indications are that the two
or three bodies of insurgent troops,
numbering probably 500 or more men
In the mountains west of the railroad
can be readily handled by MacArthur.
They have the bulk of the insurgent ar
tillery, all of which will be captured
unless buried. Young Is still In pursuit
of Aguinaldo, who is heading for Ban
gued, a few miles east of Vigan.
"young's reception by the inhabitants is
enthusiastic they give all the aid pos
sible. Aguinaldo has collected more
than 1,000 of his troops at the north,
but It Is probable most of them will de
sert him. A number of small detach
ments of insurgent troops throughout
the country north of Manila have been
captured and the inhabitants manifest
gratitude for their deliverance. Indi
cations are that, the insurgent force
south of Manila Is disintegrating and
the troops are going to their homes.
Reports from the southern islands are
favorable. The Zamboanga insurgents
surrendered to our troops and no trou
hie Is anticipated there."
The Oregon landed the marines at
Vlgan yesterday. Young's column was
•t Nalnogpacan, twenty miles north of
Han Fernando, on the 23d, from which
point it passed north into the mount*
ains. Troops will relieve the marines at
Vlgan on the 29th. The bulk of the
Spanish and American prisoners are
reported at Bangued, twenty miles
east of Vigan. Wheaton, at San Fabi
an, has been obliged to take the mother
and son of Aguinaldo under guard to
prevent ^fielr murder by the natives,
They will be sent here at the first op
portunity and delivered to their
friends. Natives in the vicinity of Ba
ynnbong and Nuesta Visfcaya are offer
ing their services to drive out the in
surgents and request arms. The repi
is that there are only 400 insurgents
there.
Decide on Guerilla Warfare.
Manila, Nov. 27.—The last Filipino
council of war was held on Nov. 13.
ing leaders at Bayambang on Nov. 13,
in the house now occupied by Gen. Mac
Arthur. It was attended by Aguinaldo,
Pio del Pilar, Garcia, Alejandrino and
aome members of the so-called cabinet.
lUon has reached Geo. MacAr
jj&fcjs
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thur from several sources to the effect
that the council recognized the futility
of attempting further resistance to the
Americans with united forces and
agreed that the Filipino troops should
scatter and should hereafter follow
guerilla methods.
Reports of ambuscades and skirmish
es come from every section of the coun
try along the railroads. Those districts
seem to be filled with small bands.
Saturday four men of Company p,
Ninth Infantry, were foraging beyond
Bamban when twenty Filipinos took
them In ambush, Killing one and cap
turing the other three. The Americans
resisted for half an hour. The firing be
ing heard at Bamban, Lieut. Frazer,
with a squad, followed Uhe .retreating
Filipinos several miles. fThe Americans
found the body of the soldier boloed.
They burned the hamlet wiiere the fight
took place.
Thr^e Filipino riflemen ambushed an
American surgeon near Capas. He shot
one and the ethers fled.
Between Bamban and Angeles a mule
train was fired' upon by the insurgents
and a Spaniard, a former prisoner of
the Filipinos, who was with the train,
was shot.
As Malasiqui the officials who wel
comed the Americans were murdered.
This was the only railroad town which
the Americans didi not garrison.
On the night the troops withdrew a
band of Insurgents entered and dragged
Antonio Mejia, president of the town,
into the street and cut his throat.
The murderers then assassinated the
vice president and live members of the
town council in the same manner and
told the frightened natives who wit
nessed the slaughter to spread the news
that a similar fate awaited all friends
of the Americans.
Military activity continues in every
section. Col. Bell's regiment has ad
vanced from Bayambang upon Ma.ngat
arem, where it is supposed there ts a
large insurgent force. Two battalions of
the newly arrived Twenty-eighth infan
try have been sent by cascoes to Bacoor,
to re-enforce the south line.
MaJ. Spence, with fifty men of the
Thirty-second regiment, surrounded a
village near Bautiston during the night
and attacked the place at daybreak,
capturing a Filipino captain and fifteen
men. with seven rifles.
The latest news from Gen. Young is
that there are ten cavalrymen and 200
Macabebes with him, most of the horse
men who started having been compelled
to drop out because their horses failed
them.
The Filipinos took the American pris
oners from Victoria to San Carlos. On
the walls of the Victoria prison and of
the San Carlos convent are the follow
ing names:
Civilians—George Langford .Thomas
Hayes.
Soldiers—Harry, Winfleld. Phil Bet
terton, ,T. I. Salisbury, A. N. Gordon, E.
N. Nufft, Frank Stone, John Desmond,
George Sackett, David Scott, Martin
Brennan, Tom Edwards, D. P. Curran.
John Cronin, Charles Baker, C. L. Da
vis, Leland Smith.
On the walls of the San Carlos con
vent were also found the following
names:
Civilians—Charles Bird, W. J. Sheehy,
F. E. Huber.
Sailors—Edward Burke, battleship Or
egon C. B. Powers, gunboat Urdaneta:
John J. Farley, B. J. Greene, Tilden
Herbert.
Campaign to Bo Pushed.
Washington, Nov. 27.— The depart
ment had no official news concerning
the final meeting of the Filipino council
of war. reported in the press dispatches.
The adjutant general commented on the
brevity of the new campaign, which, by
the way, was opened less than a month
ago.
Asked what plans are on foot relative
to further maneuvers in Luzon, Gen.
Corbin said that the rebellion will be
thoroughly crushed from one end of the
Island to the other. Asked what would
come next he replied:
"We must skin the rabbit before we
cook it."
It Is believed that it may take a few
weeks longer to clear up the Luzon
trouble. Aguinaldo is riot captured up
to present advices. While the war de
partment has been claiming from day to
day that Gen. Otis' campaign has not
been directed entirely toward the appre
hension of the rebel chief, every one In
terested In the success of our arms in
the Philippines will be relieved when It
is announced that Aguinaldo is in a Ma
nila prison.
NOTED DIVINE DEAD.
Rev. Robert I.owery, Author
Many llyinn». Passes Away.
New York, Nov. 27.—Rev. Dr. Robert
Lowery, a prominent Baptist minister
and author of many religious hymns,
died at his home in Plainfteld, N. J.,
Saturday. He was 73 years «old. Dr.
Lowery was the composer of the well
known hymn, "Shall We Meet Beyond
the River," and many others equally
popular. During his career as a cler
gyman he had been pastor of the
Bloomingdale Baptist church in this
city and of the Nanson Place Baptist
church in Brooklyn.
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DEWEY COMING TO CHICAGO.
The Admiral Accepts Invitation to
Celebrate Manila Day There.
Chicago, Nov. 27.—Dewey has accept
ed an invitation to visit Chicago May 1,
next year. The' letter of acceptance was
received by the committee this m'orn
Ing.
Street Cars In Collision.
Detroit, Nov. 27.—Two Detroit rail
way electric cars collided at the corner
of Warren avenue pnd Twenty-third
street. Injuring six people, one severely.
The injured:
Mrs. Otto C. Eckert, condition seri
ous.
Motorman Fred W. Seccome,
Conductor Ed H. Toepke.
Motorman Charles E. Clixby.
Otto E. Eckert and Baby Eckert
aged 4.
The accident was due to the careless
ness of the crew of one of the cars by
occupying the track when they had no
right to do so.
Now Church Dedicated.
Special to Times-Republican.
Muscatine, Nov. 27.—A new German
Baptist church, costing $7,000, was ded
icated yesterday.
The current month's report of the
Bloomington rural mail delivery pays
double it* co»t. __
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Something About its Wants and the
Prospect of Having Them
VS' Supplied.
President McLean Creating Better
Atmosphere in Iowa University
Circles—New Interest
Legislature and People Becoming
More Friendly as They Under
stand Institution's Needs.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 27.—The State Uni
versity will come before the legislature
this winter with high hopes and with a
better prospect of geting what it de
serves than it has had before for some
years. There is a new feeling toward
the university and concerning its needs
and its future. It is coming to be better
understood and it will be still better un
derstood. The trouble, chiefly, in the
past has been that the people of the
state have not understood the universi
ty, its possibilities and its true place In
the educational system of the state. The
new president, Dr. George E. MacLean,
is going to let the people know what
they have and what they might have in
their State University. In other words,
he believes in advertising and he knows
how to do it effectively. He Is satisfied,
as all the friends of the university are,
that if the people knew the conditions
perfectly, they would not let the people
of other staes inquire "What's the mat
ter with Iowa?" in regard to her state
university, that it is allowed to have
such a low standard. Why are the peo
ple satisfied to have other states of less
wealth, more debt and poorer prospects
than Iowa so far outstrip her in main
taining high educational standards'.' It
is no longer necessary to repeat the hu
miliating figures that show Iowa to be
behind all neighboring states in the sup
port of her university, for the fact Is
well kno^vn. The salaries paid to the
professors, assistant professors and in
structors in the Iowa State University
are so low that the institution becomes
a training school for other universities
and colleges. The best men are con
stantly receiving offers to go elsewhere
at higher salaries, and some of them
feel that they must, in justice to them
selves, leave Iowa to go where they can
do better for themselves. The salaries
paid in Minnesota and Nebraska are 20
per cent higher than in Iowa. When a
first-class man fit to teach in an univer
sity, who must have had from six to
eight years of university training and
who should have demonstrated, his abil
ity to teach as well, is asked to work
for $800 a year, and sometimes $600, as
an instructor, it is only to be expected
that the best men will be strongly
tempted to go elsewhere as soon as they
have developed.
Some of these men have been hanging
on in the hope that a more liberal policy
would finally be adopted, and' now they
are more hopeful than ever before that
the state will give the university at
least some of the indispensables. How
many people In the state know that there
is no assembly hall at the university?—
no place where all the students and fac
ulty of all departments may be brought
together. Not in Iowa City is there such
a room. A local hall 1ms to be hired
when ever there is any sort of gather
ing embracing the entire university,
and it does not furnish room enough. Of
course it is impossible to conduct a real
university, in the full scope and true
spirit of a university, in the face of such
conditions. It makes the university
merely a grouping of a number of spe
cial schools, that remain almost as dis
tinct through the year as if they were
located in different (owns. There is a
lack of tha't broad spirit that should
strengthen the whole institution, for
there is no opportunity for the general
administrative policy to be felt as It
should be.
The greatest need of the University
Is for additional support fund, chiefly
for instruction, for the establishment of
new chairs, essential to a complete
university, and for strengthening those
already established, but which are re
stricted in their work by insufficient
teachin" force and equipment. It is
the hope that some of the best men in
the University will not find a few hun
dred dollars a year such a temptation
that they will be leaving the state to
go where their work will be better ap
preciated. The state has been sitting
on the fence and watching this thing
long enough and now proposes, If the
new policy is sustained, to hold its own
with other states when it comes to
bidding for talent. The details of this,
the use that is to be made of the $50,000
that is asked to be added to the annual
support fund, will be set forth in such a
manner that no one can fall to see the
justice and strength of the request. No
reasonable person can deny the abso
lute necessity of the sum asked, which
is a modest and conservative estimate
of the most urgent requirements. It
must be remembered that these esti
mates of the regents are not the high
water marks of appropriations, but on
the contrary, the scaling down, the par
ing, has already been done. The heads
of departments made their estimates
far above the recommendation of the
regents. The heads of departments were
told to make estimates of what was ab
solutely necessary for the development
of their several departments, and were
cautioned to make these estimates con
servative. They asked for nearly twice
what the regents have recommended,
and they listed nothing unnecessary.
The regents have reduced It to the last
possible limit, and it is hoped this may
"be allowed.
Besides the assembly hall and armory
and drill room for the use of the mili
tary company during the winter and
the gymnasium the year around, the
building most needed area museum and
library. The museum material now on
hand would make the best collection in
the line* represented that la in exist­
MARSHAXLTOTTN. IOWA. MONDAY, ZNQVUSOEK 27. 1899
ence in the west. Those who are in
formed say there is no collection in
Chicago equal to that in Iowa City, a
large pfrt of whiph is now stored in
boxea in the attic of the present mu
seutn 'building. The great Hornaday
collection has been supplemented by
ProL Russell in the frozen north and
Prof. ?utting in the West Indies, as
well as by thousands of smaller gifts
from friends of the University all over
the world. There is no room to use or
show The building in -which it is
stored and shown is not fire-proof, and
this fact deprives the university of
many valuable gifts. "There is not a
week passes", said President MacLean,
"that I do not receive letters from per
sons sa'-'ng they would like give
the university something It ought to
have for its museum, but they do not
•want to risk its destruction in a fire
trap. A proper museum is not only
needed to elevate the standard of in
struction in the university but it would
be a good Investment in bringing" val
uable material to the institution.
The library is temporarily housed, in
complete as it is after the Are, in a
great barn of a room inthe building it
formerly occupied, but both room and
library are inadequate for the needs of
a university and should be made twice
what they are—the room Is simply
nothing but a makeshift shelter, a
great, half unplastered, half white
washed room, the whitewash over the
bare brick.
These are just a few of items of uni
versity needs,, barely hinted at, One
can feel in the very air of Iowa City a
different and more enthusiastic and
hopeful tone since President MacLean
went there. As one observing woman
remarked, "it has really become quite
fashionable in Iowa City the past few
months to be enthusiastic."
TEE EARLY BIRDS.
Candidates for Poweshiek County
Offices Already Out nnd Primaries
Not Till Spring—lirinnell Jr'urnlshe
Plenty of Good Timber tor County
Attorney.
Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell, Nov. 27.—County politics
have taken an unusually early start fo
next fall's election. No less than three
candidates for clerk of courts have al
ready signified their purpose to try their
luck, or popularity, in the primary elec
tion next spring. The candidates for
clerk thus far announced are two from
Montezuma, H. F. Morton and Prank
Bechly, and Capt. Phillips, the present
incumbent.
For the office of county attorney it
now looks as though Grinnell intended
to appear before the primaries with two
candidates in the persons of the lion, it,
M. Haines and ex-Mayor W. C. llay
burn. This is an old trick of Grinnell's
that has cost it many a defeat in county
politics. Furnishing as It does the
largest republican vote of any one com
munity and always able to offer the
most excellent men for candidates it
has time and again lost at the primaries
because the republicans of tlte town
failed to unite on one man. It is the
opinion of many here that the republi
cans will have to induce one of the can
didates to withdraw in favor of the
other before Grinnell stands much show
of landing the office.
Mr. Haines has been brought out by
his friends, but it is not yet known
whether he sanctions their action, al
though it is generally supposed that he
will be a candidate if the people so de
sire. He has never been an office seek
er, although he has been often honored
by the citizens of Poweshiek county.
He Is an eminent lawyer of state-wide
reputation and well established ability.
A man of experience, ability and strong
character, he offers most excellent ira
ber for a county attorney. His partner
having been ehcted state representative
it is thought will be both an advantage
and disadvantage to him.
Mr .Hayburn's candidacy was made
known today, when it was learned that
within, a few days he will announce
himself as a candidate for the republi
can nomination to succeed Capt. Carr.
Mr. Carr is now serving a third term
and can not consistently ask for anoth
er. Inasmuch as Brooklyn now hsas a
district judge, the county auditor and
county clerk, serious opposition is not
expected from that quarter, so that Mr.
Hayburn's candidacy would seem to
come at a very opportune moment. It
is true that Cupt. Phillip, the clerk, lias
only one year to serve, but he has al
ready expressed an intention to stand
for a third term. Mr. Ilayburn is a
very popular young man and has made
a great many friends. For several years
he was superintendent of the Brooklyn
schools, was elected county superin
tendent and held the office four years.
He was an ellU inet officer and declined
a re-election. He then took up the prac
tice of law and was elected mayor of
Grinnell, and it is entirely sate to say
we never had a better mayor. He is a
man of good education, a well read, stu
dious and painstaking lawyer, a thor
oughly competent business man, and
has ways about him that make all who
know him like him and trust him. It is
freely predicted here that he will have
things pretty much his own way at the
primaries.
INDIAN CASE IN COURT.
Federal Authorities to Itule in
LLP-'
Buller's Eeinforcements SI
vanoing to Aid of Kimb
Fighting at Every Step.?'
Mat
terof heiuli l'uc-Ka-Chee lu.nrdl
anglilp.
Special to Times-Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 27.—The scene of
the Musquaki Indian trouble was shift
ed to the federal court in this city. The
husband of l.elah Puc-Ka-Chee asks a
writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that
the Tama county court holds no juris
diction and asserts that the guardian
ship of Lelah Puc-Ka-Chee was ob
tained by fraud. A great legal battle
Is In prospect.
Had fttrunao Disease.
Special to Times-Republican.
Muscatine, Nov. 27.—Charles Logan
has Just died of some unknown disease.
HIb case attracted medical attention,
An autopsy will be heUL
The Advance Guard Said to Have
Beached Esteourt, After
Hard Battle.
Ball "way and Telegraph Communica
tion Eestored—A Severe Con
flict at Gras Pan.
Cape Town, Nov. 27.—It is report
ed that Gen. Methuen captured
Honey Nest Kloof, ten miles north
of C'raspan, and 2,000,000 rounds of
ammunition.
London, Nov. 27.—The war office has
received the following from Bulier dat
ed 3?cltermaritzburg, Sunday, the 20th:
"Ilildyard, from Esteourt, made a suc
cessful attack on the 23d, with three
bataiions, one Held battery, a naval gun
and 700 mounted troops on the enemy
occupying Beacon Hill, which domi
nates Williamgrange and had interrupt
ed fciis communication. As the result of
the operations the enemy is retiring and
railway and telegraph lines have Been
restored between Esteourt and West
on.
"Our loss is about fourteen killed and
fifty wounded.
"Hild-yard has advanced to a position
near Frere. as he hopes to cut off the
enemy, who are believed to be retiring
to Oilenso via Weenan.
Hart on, from Weston, has advanced
to 3\ateourt."
Esteourt, Nov. 26.—The railroad
bridge at Frere spanning a wide stream
has been destroyed by the Boers, who
are reported, to be retiring rapidly.
-A general advance upon Colenso has
been ordered and a flying column has
left here to intercept the Boer raiding
party.
.A reliable messenger from Ladysmith
says he gathered from the Boers that
they hiad proposed a combined attack
all over the country for today. Joubert
is expected to stoutly dispute the pas
sage of Tugela river.
Kattle at Cms Pan.
I,onIon, Nov. 27.—The war office has
posteel the following dispatch from Gen
F" ores tier-Walker, dated at Cape Town
ax 121 -0 p. m. Sunday:
"Lord Methuen reports that he moved
yesterday (Saturday) at
S:"0
a. m„ with
tlie NTinth brigade, the counted corps,
tiic naval brigade and two batteries, the
g-uarcis following with the baggage
Cear Gras Pan (about ten miles north
of lie-Iniont, on the railway line to Kirn
tei!ey) 2,500 Boers, with six guns and
two machine guns opposed him.
"The action began at 6 a. in. Our bat
teries ilred shrapnel very accurately till
the. heights seemed clear. Then the na
val brigade and infantry advanced to
the a.ssault.
"The lighting was desperate until 10 a.
m„ when the heights were carried. The
Boers retreated on the line, where the
Clnth lancers were placed, to intercept
them. The result was not known at the
time of telegraphing. The artillery took
immediate advantage of the enemy's
T-etlrement.
"Early in the action 500 Boers at
tacked our rear guard. The brigade met
this and also protected the flanks. The
naval brigade acted with the greatest
gallantry and suffered heavily, but no
particulars are yet known.
"The enemy showed the greatest
stubbornness and. must have suffered
greatly. Twenty were buried. It is
kno-svn that thirty-one were killed and
forty-eight wounded. More than fifty
horses were found dead In one place.
Our battery tired 500 rounds.
"Our force must halt one day at Gras
Pan. to rest and replenish ammunition.
The- force worked splendidly and Is
preparfd to overcome many difficulties.
The
iirvaI
brigade, the royal marines,
the- light infantry and the first battal
ion of the Xorth Lancashire regiment
especially distinguished themselves.
"Ilegarding Thursday's fight, eighty
one- Boers killed are accounted for.
Sijcty-four wagons were burned. A
large quantity of powder, 50,000 rounds
of ammunition and 750 shells were
blown up. Commandant Albrecht, chief
of the Orange Free State artillery,
commanded the Boer artillery. General
Holeivy was in chief command."
Th2 admiralty is in receipt of the
following dispatch from Rear Admiral
Harris, dated Cape Town, Nov. 26:
"I deeply regret to report the follow
ing: casualties in the action at Gras Pan
yesterday: Killed:
"Commander Ethelston, of the Pow
erful.
^lajor Plumbe, of the Doris.
"Captain Guy Senior, of the royal
marines, of the Monarch.
"'Wounded:
"Flag Captain Prothero, of the Doris:
severely.
"'Lieutenant Jones, of the Doris.
"The other casualties are not yet
known. Commander de Horsey, Cap
tain Morgan and Lieutenant Wilson, all
of the Monarch, have proceeded- to join
the naval brigade with Lord Methuen."
Another ofiicial dispatch from Cape
Town, dated yesterday, says:
"The officers, noncommissioned offi
cers and men in the hospital at Nyn
berg are doing well, except a driver and
a gunner, both of whom are seriously
ill. Two privates have died of pneu
monia. The Belmont wounded are due
here today by the ambulance train.
Lard Methuen is in telegraphic com
munication with Kimberley."
HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF
Former Sear usciitino Killed by
Accidental Discharge ot'n Gun.
Special to Times-Republican.
Muscatine, Jov. 27.—Charles Kuriger,
a farmer, was fixing a fence and took
a. ehotgun along. By its accidental dis
charge his head was blown off. He was
Xouad a few hours later by nelsrhbora.
T. RS| BULLETIIN,
The Wcattiar.
Iowa—Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Illinois—Showers in the extreme south
thlfe afternoon and tonight fair Tues
day.
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TELKGBAPH AND GENERAL:
American Prisoners Escape in Luzon.
Three Hundred Spanish Prisoners
Freed.
Rebellion in Luzon About Ended.
Two Battles Fought Sunday.
Hitch in Samoan Agreement.
Iowa University Needs.
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TELEGRAPH AND IOWA:
America Promoting Peace In Europe.
England Tiring of War Excitement.
More About Franklin Syndicate.
PACJK TillllSK.
IOWA NEWS:
Tales of Cruelty at Mitchellville.
A New Railroad for Iowa,
Short Iowa Specials.
PAGES FO UK AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL:
Office of State Printer Again.
"The Fool and His Honey."
Hoar and Expansion.
A Blow at Trust Agitators.
Views of Europe—Germany.
Topics and Press Comment.
PAGES SIX. AMU SEVEN".
CITY NEWS:
Plumbing Ordinance Row.
I3avis is Discharged.
The Rhodes Troubles.
Local News Notes.
l'AtiK Kiotrr.
MARKETS AXD GENERAL:
Monday's Markets by Wire.
Legislature Bribery in Michigan, j:
ilisc-ellaneous Matters.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Dewey Episode—lioberts and
Congress—Coiijfressioniil Library.
Special to Times-Republican.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24.—After
explanations and counter explanations
and the home on Rhode Island avenue
deeded to George Goodwin Dewey, it
would seem that the episode might be
fully closed, but the New York yellow
journals are still harping on the mat
ter, and the Star of this city, which
commenced the war on the hero of Ma
nila Bay, says in last night's issue that
it was in bad form to give away a gift.
The whole trouble is largely because
of jealousy of many church peopleof the
jealousy of many church people-of the
Roman Catholics, as Mrs. Dewey, they
say, bc-ing an ardent church woman,
would will it to some of the institu
tions of charity which are fostered by
them, but the sensible take the admir
al's word for it. that he gave it to her
because he loved her—i hat the presence
of a charming woman in his widower's
etablisihirsent was more to him than a
dozen houses of lovely splendor.
The question of seating of Roberts,
the Utah polygamist, is dividing public
attention. The south is being blanketed
with petitions by the women, protests
and resolutions by the clergy against
the congressman. Yet when the vote is''
counted in congress by the tellers his
strength will come not from the moral
sentiment of the house of representa
tives but on the expediency of the us
ing of the Mormon votes in the coming
presidential campaign in Colorado.
Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. The talk of
southern leaders is to the effect that
they will vote against Roberts, but no
one believes this, for politics first and
all the time. The friends of the Mor
mons threaten to cover the house of
representatives with a cloud of detec
tives to discover scandals upon the
members. They threatened this, before
the passage of the Edmunds anti-po
lygamy law. but nothing ever came of
it. Some think the speaker, Col. Hen
derson, will have much to do with it.
Not at all, as it will be by vote of the
house, if Roberts is expelled, and by
tsvo-thirds vote, which is doubtful.
Some of the suffragists are for Roberts
because his wife Xo. 3, Martha, is a
power among the Utah women.
The Countess de la Forrest Divonne.
who was educated at the Georgetown
convent and before her marriage was
Miss Florence Audenreid, daughter of
Commordore Audenreid, has come back
to Washington among her old friendF.
as handsome as ever, altohught she is
not far from 35 years of age. Her hus
band will take the place of M. Oambon
at the French embassy. She was born
in Philadelphia.
Miss Rosemary Sartoris, who was
Gen. Grant's "sunshine" and his favor
ite granddaughter, has gone to Italy,
not to England, he- father's birthplace
but to the Rivera, where she will meet
her cousin, the Princess Cantac.uzene
and her husband before they go to
Egypt. It is said that the young couple
are as much in love as when the nup
tial tie was knotted in Newport under
the eye of Mrs. Poter Palmer last Sep
tember.
I went through the coi gressional li
brary yesterday and its loveliness is
hard to describe. The marble is so clear
and the mosaic so artistic that you
walk through the corridors with an
overpowering sense of a new revelation.
At the head of the grand staircase is
the memorial to Minerva,, the goddess
of wisdom, in mosuic. The figure is
majestic, imposing, perfect, and one is
ready to fall down and worship. There
is a platform that runs around the gal
lery under the dome which is the cen
ter of this superb structure where are
forty-six statties of the great men of
earth through the ages. Homer, Plato,
Columbus, St. PaiM, Moses, Beethoven,
Shakespeare and others who have
played their part on the stage of life.
No one is allowed to speak above a
whisper, and the building is kept in the
perfection of neatness. The elevators
are handled by careful men, mostly by
old soldiers, so that it Is very enjoy
able for visitors and as the building
cost l.'ncle Sam $3,000,000 it is well
enough to see where the money was ex
pended. The paintings on the walls
alone ought to take a day for the sight
seer's visit.
Th: weather is delightful, the parks
are green, which makes the chrysanthe
mums and roses charming to the vis
itor. N.
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Probable Fatal Crossing Acoident on
the Rock Island at Grinnell
This Morning.
Operator OwenB Found Dead Besidft
His Instraments in Calo
mus Station House.
Head-On Collision of Freight Neat
Colo—Man Killed in a
Runaway.
Special to Times-Repu'blican.
Grinnell, Nov. 27.—As J. S. St oaks
and his brother Frank Stoakes, of Des
Moines, were crossing the Rock Island
tracks at Spring street this morning at
about 11 o'clock, they were struck by
train No. 3, and Frank severely. If not
fatally wounded. He has not been ex
amined by the surgeon, but his left arm
is severed at the wrist, and he sustain
ed injuries about the head and body.
One horse was injured and will die.
The top buggy is demolished. A freight
train stood on the track between the
men and the approaching train, so that
it could not be seen until too late. The
injured man was taken to his brother's
house in south Grinnell.
ANOTHER CROSSING ACCIDENT.
Adoiph Kossman Killed at Lone Tree
—Team Killed.
Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa City, Xov. -2'.—Adoiph Ross
man, aged 2r, was struck by a Burling
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern passen
ger at Lone Tree, near Iowa City,
today. His skull was crushed and he
died instantly. He was crossing the
track. Both horses were killed.
DIED WHILE ON DUTY.
Operator Owens at Calamus Dle»
"VN nile lending Message Over
AVlres.
Special to Times-Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Nos\ 27.—Operator
Owens at Calamus, C. & S. W. line,
was found dead in his office Sunday
morning, the circumstances indicating
heart disease. The dispatcher tried all
Saturday night to call him. but receiv
ed no response. A train crew instructed
to enter the office and ascertain the
cause, broke in the door and found
Owens dead beside his instrument#.
COLLISION AT COLO.
Two Northwestern i'relahls Come
Together Rcad-cnd at That l'lace.
Special to Times-Republican.
Colo, Nov. 27.—A head-end collision
between two Northwestern freights,
Nos. 31 and 36, occurred at this place
directly in front of the depot, at 5
o'clock this morning. Luckily no one
was injured. The trains were each com
ing slowly, pulling into the depot, but
could not be stopped in time to prevent
striking, although each engineer no
ticed the other train shortly before the
crash came. The east-bound freight.
No. was pulled by one of the large
Class engines. No.- 525, while the
west-bound train was being hauled by
a double header, engines 643 and fi78,.
both smaller locomotives. Several cars
were pretty badly smashed up and the
engines were more or less crippled.
Main-line traffic was not delayed, as
the trains came together on a siding.
Another Account.
Special to Times-Republican.
Colo, Nov. 27.—A head end collision
occurred at 5:30 this morning, just west
of the depot, between a double header
freight west and an east bound freight
The three engines and two coal cars
were badly wrecked. The head engine
and tank of the west bound freight are
resting entirely on top of the second
engine. The two trains had orders to
meet at Colo. The west bound could
not stop at the switch, the air not work
ing, and the rails being slippery from
the frost and the weather foggy. No one
was seriously injured. The train men
all jumped. There was no delay in
tra c, trains going through on the side
track.
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
Walter Kolbert Jleets With Terrible
Hoatli ieartcUnr liapids.
Special to Timee-Kepubliean.
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 27.—Walter Hol
bert, aged 21. whose home is in Missou
ri, but who has been working near Par
is. this county, was thrown from a bug
gy on his way home from church last
night. He was dragged a mile with a
line around his neck and kicked to
death.
ACTORCOGHLAN DEAD.
Not Believed That It Is Coghlan of
"Koyal lJox" lame.
Galveston, Texas, Nov. 27.—Charles
Coghlan, the actor, died rhis morning
of an attack of acute gastritis.
Charles Coghlan. the eminent English
actor, played in Marshalltown, Sioux
City and Des Moines last week In the
"Royal Box" and is booked to appear
tonight at Cedar Rapids. An inquiry
to the Associated Press brings the re
ply that it is not certain that the dead
Coghlan is the noted actor. The
chances are that it Is not.
Gun Exploded.
Special to Times-Republican.
Dubuque, Xov. 27.—While hunting
Sunday Frank Zuber's gun exploded.
Ills, left hand was shot off.
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Slang in the Court.
Chicago, Nov. 24.—Judge Waterman
is hearing evidence against Edward
Barnett, charged with robbing W. rf.
Yroom, of Red Oak, Iowa, of tllO by
means of a confidence game. Vroom,'
testified yesterday. He prefaced every
sentence with "sugaration," "gosh all
Friday" and similar expressions that
caused amusement In the court room.
At Niagara Falls, N. Y., it Is thought
the man who jumped into the river
Monday and passed over the falls was
the Rev. A. Wickham, pastor of the
Baptist church in Iachua, Cattaraufvs
county, N#w Tork.