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Popnllatlc Watt- Butler leads
^Minority Ke»erton to Vic*
f?tory lor Silver.
Ex-Mayor Phillips of Ottamwa,
Nominated for Governor
on Second Ballots
Pahdenonlmn Belf aed Con
nratim Distasted and Many
Refused to Vote.
......" Governor—T. J. Phillips, of Ottum
w.
Unitunnt Governor—Q. E. Fergu
aon, of Harrison county.
Supreme: Judge—John 8hortley, f.
Dallas county.
Railroad Commissioner—A. C. Brice,
of Taylor county.
Superintendent of Sohools—W.
Johnson, of Carroll county.
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Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 22.—That which was
done in the democratic state convention
last evening between the hours of 4:30
and'7:30 p. m. made it doubly certain
that A. B. Cummins will have the larg
est majority ever given any candidate
•for governor of Iowa.. This Is the delib
erate opinion of mapy'conservative men,
including not a few who were delegates
to the aforesaid convention. -The con
vention was so managed and manipu
lated as to cause disgust and disappoint
ment to both factions of extremists—
and the convention was composed of ex
tremists almost to the exclusion of all
others.. (^pinions differed as to the re
cult. When Walt Butler was asked
"why the radical sliver men di£ not hunt
up some, candidates to put on their plat
form, he said:
"I'was Interested only in the platform.
I wanted that to be right ahd don't care
anything about who the candidates are.
The platform is what we wanted and
got. Thl is enough for us."-
Gen.* Weaver takes a different view.
"The platform suits me," he said, "but
It is a shame that? after coming up here
and making a two, days' fight for the
platform, our peopl sltjyld J|aye utter
ly negiected the matter of the candi
dates." ,.v
A prominent gold democrat declared
that ineither tlcket'inprplatfprm would
suit Many went 'hom^ dlsgusted with
both. The candidate.^fpc governor can
make no canvass. The' platform will
faaye no defenders,
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and adopt the following declaration of
principles:
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"Resolved, That the fundamental
principle of democracy, 'equal rights to
all. ahd special privileges to none,' ap
plies In full force to the subject of taxa
tion The democratic party belleveB
that the burdens of taxation should be
borne equally by all taxable property.
We pledge our members of the general
assembly to formulate and urge the
adoption of such a law as will compel,
the burdens of taxation to rest on cor
porate and individual property alike
without favor or exemption of any In
terest^
"We demand economy In the adminis
tration of state affairs, the repeal of the
mulct law, the enactment of a local op
tion law, the abolition of the offices of
state "printer and state binder and the
contracting for supplies for the state
with the lowest responsible bidder.'
"We cordially invite all honest men of
the state to unite with us in securing
the enactment of these principles into
law."
The minority report was tq.affix the
following preamble:
"We, tlie democrats of Iowa, in con
vention assembled, hereby reaffiim the
principles of the democratic national
platform adopted at Kansas''City 011
July 5, 1900? and without surrendering
our convictions or abating our loyalty
to pur national policies,, we believe this
campaign to be particularly one that
should be confined to state issues."
The second minority report, which the
jhair refused ,to.allow to go before the
reinvention on the ground that it was in
the nature of a substitute for a substi
tute, was as follows, as presented by
Mr. Hamilton:
T. J.PHILLIPS, Ottumwa.
Democratic Candidate for Governor.
This ticket was nominated by the
democratic .state convention.Wednes
day afternoon. Pandemonium
reigned from the. time the first vote
was called on governor until Brlce
was nominated for railroad commis
sioner. Everything went by default.'
No one really wanted the nomina
tion after the fight over the Kansas
City reaffirmation. That is, no one
that the leaders of the party really
wanted, and consequently every
thing was in a state of cnaoB.
By the way, It is a fact that the plat-
wa8 not
reaily adopted by the cen-
ventlon at all. In the committee on
resolutions a compromise-was at ope
Wmjfe' time agreed on, and tl^t .compromise
itimply declared loyalty'w*, the past ut
terances pf the party' and went en .with
(he state issues. That:took- in CleVe
.lfjij-'wd what he' re'preaehted and
|pP* James Buchanan and what he repre
.VMnted...But one inember' changed, his
mind, 'fjphiii etme the three renPrts.
n^id. Then came the thrpe reports.
.The majority report was read by' ex
.Senator Cleveland and ipade no refer
u^Bee .tpithe silver question. The'minor!/
ty report was rtad by' Walt Butler.. 'He
pkd Olaude PQrter were the oqly silver,
oto the committee^ Seerley wa», in
to be w^th them. Hamilton
w*o Instructed ihe sftme way, bkiitL
jilted. Henick wi}» ijurthtcted in lllte
manner and he refuiked id ytand by i|ls'
^'jlnstructions. The Teht|»^ dlitrlpt.. matt
fffmu In the same Ifvt 'majority re
l^»ortwa«: "^.v
"We, the democrats of Iowa, In con
vention assembled, make the following
declaration* of principle:
"We hold that in this campaign state
issues are paramount and while not re
tracting. or repudiating any past decla
rations of the democratic party we deem
It our duty at this time, waiving ques
tions of national politics, to address our
selves to the redemption of Iowa from
republican misrule.:
"In all other respects, the same as the
majority report."
The motion was to substitute the
Butler report for the majority report
and this was done. But the part of the
majority report--which is given above
was never adopted by the convention
and the chair would not let it be adopt
ed. Thete was a wild scramble when
the vote of 661 to 558 was announced
and the Butler minority report de
claring for the Kansas City platform
was adopted. The Hamilton report
was signed by Higbee, Hamilton and
Powers, and the Batter report by But
ler, Porter and Sheerly. But the ma
jority report was brought in by the
chairman because of the votes of prac
tically all but Butler and Porter.Altho
the gold men controlled the caucuses
and had the organization they could
not command the votes in the conven
tion. But they feel that they did not
get a fair show with the chairman and
might have won out if he had permit
ted the Hamilton substitute or some
other to have come squarely before the
convention.
When speeches were being made for
Stiger and Phillips two amusing- things
occurred. Caldwell had started in to
make his speech and had not got far
in describing his idealic candidate
when a delegate shouted out:
"Who the h— is he?"
The convention wanted no speeches.
When Lewis waa telling of all the great
virtues of the Ottumwa candidate for
governor and had described him as be
ing a wonederfully honest and virtuous
and model man, a delegate asked:
"Is he a democrat?"
,. The delegate evidently felt that the
description did not fit and he wanted
to be assured that such a paragon of
perfection was really a democrat. On
the first ballot there was a time during
the changing of votes back and forth
when Stiger had a clear majority, as
shown by the records of the clerks, but
the chair permitted changes in the bal
lot for a half hour or more, and on'the
second ballot Phillips won out. The
rest of the ticket was easily nominated,
but in fact there was utter chaos for
an hour or two. Most of the delegates
left the hall. A few remained to make
the ticket. Fifty men talked at once.
Neither the chair nor the reading clerks
could be heard. One. fellow got what
purported to be a proxy from Sac
county and kept on .voting it to the
end. He had other counties In his
pocket and despite objections he was
allowed to vote them. Attempts were
made at times to vote counties that
were not represented. Whole delega
tions were voted, by one man left to do
the work., It was a miserably Man
aged affair. The room had become
dark because only a few lights could
be turned on. The delegates wanted to
get away, but did not know how to ex
pedite business and the chair was help
less.-.-'
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Tin Piste Company Starts Star
Hill With Hundred New
Men.
Claim is Made Thst the Whole
Plant Will Soon Be in
Operation.^
President Shaffer is Beginning
to Talk of an Honorable
Peace.
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Pittsburg, Aug. 22.—Developments in
the steel strike this morning were all
favorable to the manufacturers. Early
today the American Tin Plate .Company
succeeded in getting about 100 men safe
ly inside the gates of the Star plant in
this city and preparations are in prog
ress for starting up two mills today. The
officials claim the entire plant will be in
operation within a week. Another crew
was put on at the Lindsay and Mc
Cutcheon works and 250 men wfere re
ported at work in the PAlnter plant.
Seven foreigners! were arrested for dis
turbing the peace at the Pennsylvania
Tube plant last evening. They were
given a hearing this morning and se
verely reprimanded. AH were discharged
but one, who was fined for having a
dangerous weapon In his' possession.
The magistrates requested the Amalga
mated officials to instruct foreigners as
to the rights of others as well as how
far they themselves could go without
breaking" the law. He said? "Hereafter
any one arrested in connection with
strike diaordtrs will be made to feel the
utmost penalty of the law. Thirty-two
non-unions arrived over the Pennsylva
nia road early his monting and, under
escort of twenty-five policemen, safely
marched to the Star plant of the Ameri
can Tin Plate Company. Several hun
dred striker? were at the station, but
there was no demonstration, further
than' trying to get. a chance to talk to
the non-unionists and dissuade them
from going to work. The police pre
vented the strikers from doing any mis
sionary-work.'''' The latteti- claim five men
broke from the guards and took to the
hills.
There was much excitement in Mc
Keesport last night, especially about the
Demmler tin plate works. Several hun
dred strikers assembled about the plant
to thwart any attempt -to Introduce
npn-unlon men which was expected tp
t^ke place during the night.
SEES .END OF STRIKE.
Shaffer Believes There Will Be Hon»
orable Settlement Soon.
Pittsburg, Aug. 22.—While disclaiming
any intention to sue for peace with the
United States Steel Corporation, Presi
dent Shaffer believes that the end of the
strike Is not far oft. During the last
two days he has been talking about
"peace with honor." Yesterday he said:
"It won't be very long until we have
honorable peace.- We are slowly getting
-what we started out to fight for. Just
at present both sides are in the heat of
battle and (there can be no talk of a
truce, but It will come in a short while,
I think."
Mr. Shaffer would not tell on what he
based his prediction of a near-by. set
tlement, but his statement is interpreted
to mean that when the Lindsay & Mc
Cutcheon mill In Allegheny, owned by
the hoop combine, Is started in full, the
contention of the strikers will have fall
en flat and they will be ready to accept
the combine's proposition.
At the Lincoln Hotel conferences In
this city early In July the combine's last
offer was to sign the scale for all mills
that had been union up to June 30, In
cluding the Old Meadow plant at Scott
dale and Saltsburg, the organization of
which had been disputed. The McKees
port and Wellsvllle sheet mills were also
conceded. This was rejected, the Amal
gamated officials demanding all mills,
union and non-union.
After the strike was declared the
Amalgamated officials were surprised to
find that the men In Lindsay & Mc
Cutcheon's, Painter's and Clarke's hoop
mills in this city, who had not been-or
ganized, had struck. At the New York
conference the Amalgamated people in
sisted on the combine recognizing as
unionist these three and all other mills
that had been made idle, arguing that
they had established a union claim by
bringing them out on strike. The
combine
officials refused to sign for any mills
that had npt been union up until June
30, but-made an exception in the-case of
Old Meadow and Saltsburg
After the general strike had been de
clared the Old Meadow and'Saltsburg
men refused to come out, ai\d Mr. Shaf
fer dropped his demand for their recog
nition as union men. In their place he
substituted Clarke's, Painter's and
Lindsay & McCutcheon's men. The bat
tle then began for the recognition of
these three plants, In addition to Mc
Keesport and Wellsvllle. Since then
Wellsvllle, Clarke's and Painter's have
been lost to the strikers by reason of the
mills being put In operation. McKees
port has been lost by the decision of the
American Sheet Steel Company to either
remove the plant or allow it to stand
Idle.
The only one of the Ave plants'eft is
Lindsay & McCutcheon's. This plant Is
being gradually put into operation.
When sufficient men are secured to man
it to its capacity it will be dropped by
Prfcldent Shaffer. This being the last
.plant, for which the Amalgamated peo
pleParted their flght, the wqy will be
open for a.settlement on the terms pro
rosed by the combine^ This will be
"peace with honor."
ENGLAND SEES BQNQPIT.
Paul Dvorkovlts, of London, editor of
the Petroleum Review, arrived here yes
terday to study the strike. "English
manufacturers are watohing the strug
gle," he said. "If the workmen beat the
trust it is not improbable, englishmen
think, that some of the worka in this
country will be moved to the other side.
The United States Steel -Corporation is
striving to secure a foothold'Iff/the Eu
ropean mrakebt and
could, do *0
EDITION, fi O'CLOCK
IOWA,
advantageously if it had.plants in Eu
rope."
John Shuster, watchman at the M°
nongahela tin plate ptttnt, this city,'
which is idle, discovered the mill on fire
yesterday. He thinks: strikers started
the blaze.
McKeesport striker* will be rich Fri
day and Saturday.' Tlje National Tube
Company gave notice jresterday that all
employes would be palA in full on those
days. Over $100,000 wtfl be disbursed.
John Sternsgrove, of Richmond, Va.,
escaped from the Monessen hoop mill.
He says he and thirteen others were
hired in Richmond'to come here to work
anew mill. They w^re told that there
was no strike. Theire was no change
about the mills.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
Platform Denounces Wilfull Debase
ment of Elections.
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 22.—The republi
can state convention concluded Its work
at noon today. The platform announces
adhesion to the principles of the Phila
delphia platform,. endorses McKlnley's
administration and gives Its unqualified
assent to the republican doctrine that
the people are sovereign and all power
Is derived from and bqpngs to the jpeo
ple. It declares willingness to trust the
people to decide all poIBical Issues': De
nounces all attempts to discriminate in
favor or against citizens of Virginia on
account of race or cotdr. Arraigns the
democratic party of Virginia for "wilful,
deliberate,- debased and fraudulent elec
tions that have been hela in the state for
years past:" declares its unalterable op
position to criminal trusts and to every
illegal combination of capital: but
wages no war on combinations of capi
tal for legitimate purposes.
CAPT. SCHLEY EXONERATED.
He Writes a Letter to War Department
Denying Alleged interview.
Washington, Aug. 22.—Capt. Thomas
Schley, Twenty-third infantry, has
made an official repiy~ -to the war depart
ment regarding the alleged interview
credited to him in the! ^natter of the
Schley court of inqulr^. Capt. Schley
says he has had no interview and has
talked for publication* to no person. He
says some remarks made by him in pri
vate conversation were picked up, dis
torted and extended upon-and the pub
lication misrepresented what he said In
a friendly conversatkur.wlth ol+ier gen
tlemen. The letter'Is regarded at the
department as completely exonerating
Capt. Schley and in a satisfactory ex
planation of the alleged Interview.
MILLIONAIRE MURDERED.
Mine Owner Strong Shot to Death at
Cripple Creek.
Cripple Creek, Colo. Aug 22.—Sam
strong, a millionaire rjilne owner, was
shot and killed this morning by. Grant
Crumley In. the lather's saloon. Strong,
with three friends, luU. been iout .all
night St Various* gambling saloons.
John' Neville, Strong's fatlrtr-in-law,
and Crumley got. into an altercation.
Believing Neville in danger Strong
drew a revolver. -Crumley jumped be
hind the bar and grabbed a shotgun
and blew a hole thru Strong's head.
Crumley surrendered to the police.'
Strong formerly owned the famous
mine at Victor, which bears Ijls name
and- had other valuable mining proper
ties' in the Cripple Creek district.
WORLD WIDE COMBINE.
Consolidation of All the Known Coppet
Interests in the World.
Denver, Aug. 22.—The News today
says: Mining men of this city accept as
true the reports that a world-wide cop
per combine has been formed and com
petition in buying copper' will be no
longer known. A combine is said to have
been effected between the Amalga
mated. Calumet and Hella, Senator
Clark and the Rothschilds. Papers were
signed covering a lone term of years.
The consolidation of interests is said to
be financed by the National City Bank
of New York.
Game Laws Balk Science.
Warsaw, Ind., Aug. 22.—Professor
Carl H. Bigemann, head of the Indiana
university biological station at Winona
and Vice President of the Indtana
Scientific society, was arrested yester
day by Deputy Fish Commissioner
Harris and fined $5 and costs for hav
ing a fish net at the station, which
studentB have been using for years in
taking fish for scientilic study. The
officer claims the law does not exempt
anybody. Professor Bigemann has
appealed the case.
Ban on Peaunt Shells.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 22.—Peanuts in
the shell no longer are allowed to be
sold In the public reservations called
parks. So order the Metropolitan
Park commissioners. One man in Bos
ton has the temerity to arise and pro
test against the edict of the Mero
polltan Park commissioners. He is
Dr. H. W. Johnson, of 30 Medford
street, who fasted twenty-four days in
the interest- of medical science and
who eats peanuts in the shell tor simi
lar reasons.
Scottish Clan Offiecrs.
Pittsburg, Aug. 22.—The Royal Scot
tish. Clans today elected the following
officers: Royal chief, W. H. Steen,
Braid wood, 111. royal tanist, Charles
McKnlght, Boston counselor, Mayor
George Taylor, Jr., London, Canada
royal treasurer, Peter Kerr, Boston.
Three Bodies Recovered.
Paducah, Ky., Aug. 22.—Three more
bodies were found today, those of Wal
lace Bennett (white), Lolla, Ky Horace
Rondeau, Golconda and George Sans
bury (colored), Paducah.
French-Kruiser in Turkish Waters.
Paris, Aug. 22.—The Matin this morn
ing announces that the French second
class cruiser Cassard started for Tur
kish waters'yesterday and .the naval
division will follow. 'fffF
Widow Bowen Dead.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—Mrs. Abbie Bowen,
widow of the late Charles M. Bowen, the
well-known Methodist preacher, some
times called "Hallelujah Bowen," is
d&d here, aged 95.
X* Indict Two Policemen.
New York,. Aug. 22.—The grand jury
today voted'-to indict Police Sergeant
Shields and: Wardmen Glemmon and
Dwyet^ It Is'given out the Indictment
charges
neglect of
THtTRSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901
duty.
Storm of Cyclonic Proportions
Demolishes oneof Oklahoma's
Mushroom Cities.
Three Men. Killed end About
Twenty Buildings Almost
Completely Wrecked.
Millionsir Strong Murdered in
a Saloon at Cripple Creek,
Colorado.
El Reno, O. T., Aug. 22.—A wind and
rain storm, amounting almost to a
tornado, nearly demolished the new
town of Anadarko last evening. W.
P. Levis, of Weatherford, Tex., John
Antone, of Paris, Tex., and Dr. Mayse,
of Wichita, Kan., were killed by falling
buildings, and a number of others were
Injured, while about twenty buildings
were almost completely wrecked and
hundreds of tents and a great quantity
of merchandise strewn over the prairie.
The wreckage will soon be cleared
away and the .buildings rebuilt. The
damage will amount to several thous
and dollars, but can not be estimated
accurately at this time. The known
injured are: Sam P. Nelson, Kansas
City, may not recover Dan Warren,
Story county, not serious. Others are
repoted injured, but it is believed none
have died. The storm struck about 8
o'clock and came up without warning.
John Antone was killed in a lodging
tent and grocery store of his sons.
The postoflice building, a rudely "con
structed affair, collapsed and fell over
the tent. Ant
one's thr4e sons suc
ceeded in getting out, but the father
was caught by timber and crushed to
death. W. P. Levis was killed In a
tent by the side of a saloon' building
being erected. He leaves a wife and
three children. Dr. Mayse was killed
in a tent by an unfinished house blow
ing down on him.
The building used by county officials
was damaged, but none of. the docu
ments was damaged nor any of the oc
cupants injured. At Hobart there was
almost a cloudburst, two and one-fourth
inches of rain falling in an hour. Thous
ands of dollars worth of merchandise
there, in unfinished buildings and tents,
were ruined, but as far as learned no
one was hurt. Reports today indicate
the storm was severe in the country dig
tricts. Several people are reported killed
or injured and many buildings are re
ported-destroyed, but as the points are
off the railroad, nothing definite Ijas
been.,learned. One report says four per
sons were killed at a farm house.-a*f£w
miles out from Anadarko. It'is believed
the damage to crops and livestock will
be heavy. Anadarko and,£iobart were
two of three towns recently opened in
the Kiowa-Comanche country, selected
by the federal government. Anadarko
was located on the Washinta river,
about thirty miles southwest from El
Reno, where the land lottery took place,
while Hobart is situated in the extreme
western part of the reservation. The
Rock Island railway runs thru Ana
darko, but Hobart Is off the railroad.
After the lottery had been concluded
thousands of home-sceaders, many of
whom had selected a tract of land In
the new country, rushed to these towns
to buy busines property and since Aug.
6 the government has been disposing of
lots at auction. Both towns were pros
perous from the sta rt and now, tho less
than thirty days old, each have per
haps 6,000 or 8,000 inhabitants. As
yet but five substantial buildings have
been erected, the greater number of new
comers living In tents. Tents and small
huts, however, were arranged by the
thousand in regular streets and well es
tablished towns had been created with
banjts and stores of all descriptions.
BLAZING OIL TANK FALLS.
One Hundred People Injured by the
Accident.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 22.—By the
collapse of a burning oil tank at the
Atlantic Refining company's plant at
Point Breeze, where a fire has been
raging since Monday afternoon, about
100 persons—firemen, employes of the
company, and spectators—were burned
severely. Most of the cases were
treated on the ground by ambulance
surgeons, but a few of them were con
sidered sufficiently serious to necessi
tate the removal of the victims to the
hospitals.
It was shortly after 2 o'clock this
afternoon when the tank careened and
fell, the heavy Iron sheeting separating
precipitating great quantities of blaz
ing petroleum into Pasyunk avenue.
There was a wild stampede among the
people in the vicinity, but many of
them were badly burned by the flery
spray which fell among them.
Dikes were hastily thrown up by the
firemen and employes of the company,
and the blazing fluid was confined to an
era of about two blocks on Pasyunk
avenue.
After yesterday's explosion the small
quantity of burning oil entered a few
of the sewers, but burned out before
reaching the river. Today the hastily
constructed dikes prevented the oil
which poured into the street from en
tering the sewer inlets.
The firemen are exerting every effort
to prevent the blazing fluid frOm reach
ing the river, as much destruction to
property would undoubtedly result if
this should occur.
Two oil tanks are in flames tonight.
On either side of one of them are two
benzine tanks, but officials of the lire
department express the fear that they
can not be saved.
Ferryboat Run Down.
Port Hurcn, Mich., Aug. 22.—The
steam yacht George Stauber, used as a
ferry-boat on the St. Clair river, was
run down and sunk opposite Fort Grat
iot late last night by the big steamer
George McDougall.
The steam yacht was crowded with
passengers bound for this ci£y. .,lt was
rammed at full speed by the huge ore
carrier, and sank within- few ^mo
ments. By deBperate efforts the paseen-.
T.-R BULLETIN.
The Weather.
Iowa—Fair tonight and Friday
in the east and central tonight, JT
Illinois—Cloudy, with local shov in
the north this afternoon and 1 he
south tonight Friday, fair.
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PAGE ONE.
TELEGRAPHIC r.'Ewo:
The Strike is Waning. •*?.'
Shaffer Talks of Peace.
Franco-Turkish War Improbable.
Tornado Ruins Anadarko, O. T.
America and World's Trade.
The Democratic Convention.
PAGE TWO.
GENERAL NEWS:
Schley and Howison.
Llpton Arrives at New York.
News of the Day.
PAGE THREE.
IOWA NEWS:
Louis Busse Confesses.
The Iowa State Fair.
Fatal Accident at Vgll. A
News of the State.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL:
And Still They Blunder.
The Deadly Mosquito.
Substitutes for Potatoes.
Topics and Iowa Opinions.
Iowa Items and News.
Political Cartoon.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
LOCAL NEWS:
Two Thousand Excursionists.
Prisoners Cut Thru the Jail.
Big Damages Asked of Three Young
Men.
Three Additional Saloon Suits.
Dog Saves Boy from Robbers.
Local Democrats Disgusted.
Miscellaneous City News.
PAGE-EIGHT.
IOWA AND COMERCIAL:
Condition of the Markets.
Thursday's Market Quotations.
Death Rate Decreasing.
Higher Prices for Hogs Predicted.
gers clung to the wreckage until res
cued by a fleet of row boats that flocked
to the scene within a few minutes after
the collision.
It is believed not one life was lost.
The McDougall, a huge ore carrier,
belonging to the steel combine's fleet,
was bound up river without cargo, hav
Ing the barge Manda in tow. It -was
proceeding at full speed when the steam
yacht attempted to cross in front of It.
It is believed there was a mistake In
signals, for both boats proceded rapidly.
When the boats were within fifty yards
of each other the passengers ou the
Stauber observed that *a collision was.
'.unavoidable. A". panicp-^en'Sued, many
.jumping" overboard to escape being
•crushed ddwii under the big freighter:"
•Tlie boats met with a terrific -''crash
and the little steam yacht was crushed
like an egg shell, sinking almost imme
diately, being torn In two by the Mc
Dougall.
The ore boat was stopped as soon as
possible and returned to the scene to aid
in the rescues. The river at the time
was full of row boats, and dozens were
pushed to the scene. For twenty min
utes they were kept busy picking up
passengers who were clinging to wreck
age and crying for help.
The George Stauber will be a total
loss. It registered forty-two ton.? and
was owned by Captain Dennis Kerrigan,
of Port Huron.
PERISHED ON THE TRAIL.
Companions of the Dead Man Pushed
to Verge of Cannibalism.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 22.—An issue of
the Teller City News just received re
counts a horrible tale of starvation by
which George Huston of Canton, O.,
perished and his two companions, Jack
Huston and J. C. Thiery, living skele
tons, were rescued by passing prospect
ors as they were on the verge of canni
balism.
The men lived for twenty-two days
without food except such as they could
find along the Agiapuk river, eking out
their existence on grass roots, snails,
wild goose eggs and half-formed birds.
The starving men were found Saturday,
July 20, by Lewis Reich and George
Woods, prospectors.
George Huston died six hours before
the rescuers arrived. His two starving
companions, recognizing in -their dead
comrade a means of deliverance from
their awful condition, cut from his thigh
six inches of flesh to the bone, and when
found were preparing a stew in the eglo
which had been their home for about
two weeks.
The three men left their camp on
Clark Creek, bound for Nome for pro
visions. They were unable to get across
Portage creek, and were obliged to re
turn to their camp with four loaves of
bread. The trio again started for sup
plies, heading in a different direction,
and again finding a swollen creek, which
they were unable to pass. Finally, fol
lowing the Agiapuk river some thirty
miles, they found an abandoned eglo and
made a raft and attempted to cross the
river, but failed utterly, and remained
there until found.
FELL FROM A WAGON.
Frank Lyon, Aged 8, of Sumner, Ac
cidentally Killed.
Special to Times-Republican.
Sumner, Aug. 22.—The eight-year-old
son of Frank Lyon, living in Fremont
township, fell from a wagon last eve
ning and was so badly injured that he
only lived five minutes after the acci
dent. It is thought his neck was broken
by the fall.
IOWA POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
Safe at Hull Blown up and $6.25
8tolen.
Special to Times-Republican.
Hull, la., Aug. 22.—The postoffice here
was burglarlred last night. The safe
was blown to pieces by three explosions
and $174 in stamps and $150 in money
taken.
Grocer Is Robbed of $600.
Winnebago City. Minn., Aug. 22.—M.
V. Zecor, a groceryinan at 1. intley, five
miles west, Was htld up in his store at
9.15 last eventag a^td robbed of MOO.
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Says Neither Country Expects
the Matter to Reach Point
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Calls it Child's Plsy and Thinks
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Adjusted
New York, Aug. 22.—Edwin Bruwaert,
French consul general on this city, ridi
culed the possibility of war between his
country and Turkey.
The trouble arises he said, "Over
wharves In Constantinople. A French
company built wharves there. They
were to charge vessels for docking pr'v
ileges and the Turkish government
guaranteed an income up to a certain
fixed sum yearly. If the income from
the wharves did not reach that amount
the Turkish government was to make
up the difference. The income did. not
reach the sum fixed and now. the com
pany wants Turkey to make good its
guarantee. Then comes In another
question. France has a postoffice of her
own in Constantinople. Turkey does
not like that. She says it Interferes with
her postal service, but France will not
consent to do away with her post office.
Then Turkey tries to force France. She
says: "Very well. You keep your poet
office, we will keep the money belonging
to your wharf company. When you
abolish the post office, we will pay the
wharf company. Now France intends
to have both the post office and the
wharf company's money. She has seen
the success your country has had In col
lecting money from the Sultan and she
is going to collect the money due her.
But war: No. This what you call a
bluff. It is like two children. One says,
I will not play with you and goes home.
Then they do not speak until one apolo
gizes or a friend makes It up between
them. You may think of war when
France sends Munior Bey, Turkey's am
bassador in Paris, his pass ports. France
will not do that"
Mehemet Webb, Turkish consul gen,
eral, also said he did not think there
was a possibility of war between France
and Turkey.
THE GERMAN TARIFF.
It Will Increase the Duty on Wheat
More than-Halfr-'
'Washington, Aug. 22.—The state de
partment today received from Consul
General Mason a long report setting
forth in detail the features of the pro
posed new German tariff, which will
most materially affect the United States
products. By far the most important
of these being in advances from fifty to
fifty-three hundred per cent in rates of
food materials, meats and live animals.
The present treaty rate on wheat is 83
cents and will be Increased under the
new bill to $1.54 per hundred kilograms.
As to American manufactures the most
notable advances made by the new bill
are in the rates on bicycles and shoes.
ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Judge Estes Renders Important De-....
cision Relative to Hawaiian Chi
nese.
Honolulu, via San Francisco, Aug. 22.
—United States Judge Estes rendered a
decision in which he declares all Chi
nese born in Hawaiian Islands alO
American citizens, no matter what gO^
ernment they were born under.
HALF MILLION IN TREASURE.
Steamship Oregon Arrives From Nome
Laden With Gold.
Seattle, Aug. 22.—The steamship Ore
gon reached here today from Nome.
She has half a million dollars worth of
treasure.
Fights With a Robber.
LaPorte, Ind.. Aug. 22.—Wash W. Col.
lum, proprietor of Collum's general
store at Mill Creek. LaPorte county, had
a. pistol battle with a burglar at 3
o'clock yesterday morning. Neither was
hit on account of darkness and a hand
to hand struggle ensued, the men club
bing each other with their revolvers.
Collum finally overpowered the burglar.
The man is now in jail under a doctor's
care, but refuses to disclose his Identity.
Collum six years ago caught two rob
bers in bis store. He blew the head olt
one with a gun and permanently crip
pled the other.
Colombian Revolutionists Defeated.
Washington, Aug. 22. Colombian
Minister Silva today received an official
letter from the minister of Colombia of
Quito. Ecuador, which reports an en
gagement near Tomaco, in which a
force of Colombian revolutionists were
defeated and arms, ammunition asd
prisoners taken. The letter also dis
closes a satisfactory condition of affairs
between Ecuador and Colombia, and
disposes of the reports that an armed
invasion by Ecuardoran troops is to be
apprehended^
Ex-Collector Arrested.
New Britain, Conn., Aug. 22.—Charles
H. Faulkner, ex-collector of city taxes,
was arrested yesterday on the charge of
unlawfully appropriating $16,500 of city
money to his own use. He made an un
successful attempt to escape arrest by
jumping from a window. Faulkner has
been city collector since 1896, and ex
perts who examined his accounts say
they found errors In them during the
whole period.' He failed to file a bond
and was read out of office by Mayor
Bassett a few weeks ago.
Dynamite a Postoffice Safe.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 22.—The post
office at Andrews, Ind., thirty mllea
from-here was robbed last night of $270'.
in cash and $100 in stamps The safe
was dynamited. The burglars escaped
on a handcar, going over the Wataah
railroad tracks toward Huntington. Two
men are held la that ictty
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